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THIS MOHNIlStt OKJEGrONIAW, TUKSUiY, SJSJriJi;jI1515K 24, 11KJT. T DRIVE RIVALS TO ILL Standard Lawyer Pictures Mo nopoly as Kind to In dependents. NOT FORCED TO SELL OUT t ross-Exainlnatlon of: Tllford Shows Iefense' Mill Contest Every Point Says Independents Be gan the War In Colorado. STANDARD WILL, HAVE TO PAT. NEW YORK. Sept. 25. (Special.) The Wall-Street Journal prints to day a statement from an attorney who Is said to know avery word of the recent case against the Standard Oil Company In Chicago, the evi dence and the decision. He declares that the Standard OH Statements In the public press and .Its circulated pamphlets concerning . the case are untrue. The Journal prefaces Its story with a statement which may surprise me financial community, that the fe partment of Justice at Washiston as well as at Chicago, has no doubt that eventually that $2.0.240,000 will be collected; that is. there are no more doubts appertaining to this cas than If It were a fine of $240,000 or about one-quarter of the oil trans ported Illegally, covering the time of the Indictment. , NEW YORIy. Sept. 23. The line of de fense of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey to the allegations made by the Federal Government In Its suit against the company was Indicated in the oil hearing today when W. H. Tllford. treasurer of the Standard Oil Company, was cross-examined on the witness stand by John G. Mllburn, chief of counsel for the defendants. Mr. Milburn's Interrog atories to the witness were designed to Rliow that in the oil fight In Colorado between the Standard and the indepen dent companies, the first to cut prices were the Independent companies, and that no trouble was made for the inde pendent companies except those which arose from natural causes. Mr. Tllford explained that the reason why the sup ply of crude oil had been cut down to the 16 Independents In the Pittsburg field Just before the agreement was made with the Standard was because the oil supply in that district was diminishing. Mr. Mllburn developed that the oil firm of Schofteld. Schurmer & Teagle of Cleveland, an independent company, was not forced into the Standard's control, but had been taken over after many sug gestions from the officers of the Scho field. Schurmer Company. The questions that adduced this testimony and others put to the witness showed that the de fendants Intend to meet the Government on every point raised in the long bill of complaint. ' Sold Oil to Make Gas. Mr. Tllford testified, after looking over the records, that the Manhattan Oil Company, of Ohio, had sold to the Standard Oil Company 754 tank cars between 1899 and 1901. The purchase was made for the Standard Oil Company by a subsidiary company, the Union Tank I-lne. Mr. Tllford could not say if the Standard made any contract to supply certain gas companies with oil when it took over the Manhattan Company. "As a matter of fact, don't you know that the Standard made a contract with the Indianapolis Gas Company and the People's Gas Light & Coke Company, of Chicago?" "Yes, such a contract was made In ISM," said Mr. Tllford. "And wa not that contract made be cause E. C. Benedict and Anthony N. Brady would not sell the Manhattan Oil Company unless gas companies were guaranteed a supply of oil for ten years?" "I don't know that the contract was made for that reason," answered Mr. Til ford. "I know the contract was made for two years." Dodging Ohio Injunction. Mr. Kellogg asked If It was not a fact that the only stock of the 20 subsidiary companies distributed between 1S92 and 1899 was 474,619 out of 972,500 shares, which were distributed to certain stockholders. Including John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller. Henry M. l-'lagler, H. H. Rogers and 14 others. Mr. Tllford said he did not know. Mr. Kellogg said he purposed showing that. In order to avoid the injunction of the court preventing tile voting of trustees' certificates, these trustees liqui dated a sufficient amount of trustees' certificates for a majority of the mock of the subsidiary companies and that they as individual stockholders still maintain control of the company. Mr. Tllford did not illuminate the issue which Sir. Kellogg desired to make clear and Mr. Mllburn Interposed that the records were sufficient evidence. The witness was unable to say whether these 474,619 trustees' certificated were the only certi ficates liquidated after 1892. Deal With Independents. - Mr. Mllburn took up the cross-examination of Mr. Tllford, who testified that the Standard Oil Company had about 6000 stockholder. Mr. Tllford said that the Pure Oil Company, the Columbia Oil Company. Texas Oil Company and the Gulf Refining Company exported oil. , As to the understanding with 16 Inde pendent companies In and about Pitts burg, whereby the Independents obtained a maximum supply of oil from the Stan dard on condition that they sell to the Standard their output of refined oil for exporting.' Mr. Tllford said that, previous to the arrangement, the Standard Oil Company sold these Independents crude oil from Western Pennsylvania, Southern Ohio and West Virginia. -. ''Was -there an Increasing demand for oil from these fields at that time?" Mr. Mllburn asked. "Yes, sir." "Give me figures." "Well, in VS9fi we supplied the Independ ents with 302.000 barrels, and in 1903 with 1.766.000 barrels." replied the witness. "This oil was considered the first in the market and the demand for it was too much for the field." Mr. Tllford continued, "and the Standard notified parties to the contract that they could not get all the oil they demanded." Mr. Tllford said It was agreed that the Independents were to be furnished with 4500 barrels of crude oil a day and the Standard was to purchase from them 427 barrels of refined export oil each day. He denied that there was any manipula tion of prices of export oil with the Standard or any Intention to make things disagreeable for the independents. When questioned about the oil fight tn Colorado, In which the Continental & Rocky Mountain Companies engaged, Mr. WOULD Tilforil said that all he knew was' that the independents started 'the' fight," He said that the' Standard Company had purchased the oil firm of Seholield. Schurmer & Teagle of Cleveland after the officers of the Schofteld plant had re peatedly offered the company for sale. On redirect examination, Mr. Kellogg sought to draw from the witness that where the Standard had an unopposed field it void oil for over 15 cents, and where there was competition, sold as low as 8 cents. Mr. Tllford said that he did not know if that was the fact. HAS NEW KJEBATE EVIDENCE Kellogg- Will Make' - Railroadmen Testify Against Standard. NEW YORK, Sept. 23. It is understood that Frank B. Kellogg, the Government's counsel in us suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, has impor tant evidence in his possession bearing on alleged relationship between railroad re bates and the profits of the corporation in the last eight years. It Is also said that this phase of Mr. .Kellogg's rase is being reserved until the-line of questioning he pursued last week - is finished. To back his reported evidence as to rebates, Mr. Kellogg has had subpenas. served on sev eral railroad men, among them being Jefferson Justice, assistant controller of the Pennsylvania Railroad; R. W. Down ing, ex-controller of the Pennsylvania lines, and W. T. McCulloch. auditor of freight accounts of the New York Cen tral. . They have been ordered to produce certain papers dealing with the transpor tation of oil. John G. Mllburn, counsel for the Stand ard OH Company, has made a statement ahout the hearing, in which he said that the company had nothing to conceal, and that it was perfectly willing to place at Mr. Kelloggs disposal any of its records. RE-0HEAN1ZE OIL TRUST STANDARD ANNOUNCES PLANS WHEN SUITS ARE ENDED. Will Enlarge Capital and Tuhllsh Earnings No Worse Lawbreaker Than Other Corporations. NEW YORK. Sopt. 23. A representa tive of the Standard Oil Company said today : "The statement that a conference of Standard Oil interests has been called for the purpose of changing the name of the company and effecting reor ganization in general Is without foun dation. We can do nothing in this re spect so long as the company, is under investigation. "I can say, however, that as soon as the Standard Oil Company has freed Itself of the labyrinth of litigation now involving it, there will be a reorgani zation. The capital stock will be In creased to an amount more in harmony with the value of Its assets, say to $400,000,000 cr $500,000,000. "We also purpose- to issue periodical statements of earnings, operations, etc. We propose to give the Government everything In the way of information that is called for, which is all we can do. If we are guilty' of certain in fractions of the law, then practically all other corporations are guilty of the same offenses and should be treated ac cordingly. But, we are confident we will win out" y Later In the day, after the above in terview had been published, ' John D. Archbold, vice-president of the com pany, said that the statement to the effect that . the "Standard OH Com pany is about to confer as to changing its name, extending Its corporation and so forth, is unauthorized and untrue." ' FIRST SNOW IN CHICAGO Forecast of Winter Follows Coming of Autumn. CHICAGO, Sept. 23. A few flakes of snow fell here late today. The fall was not large enough to he recognized by the Weather Bureau, on tfor several minutes it was plainly visible In the air. ffrf f funny tf . $ f 4 M5r . ...... tL, ... . : . v,.... -; : TILLAMOOK CONCEBT BAND. . TILLAMOOK, Or.. 6ept. 23. (Special.) The Tillamook Concert Band was organized a little over six months ago, and Is composed of Tillamook boys who are employed in various occupations In Tillamook City. The boys have provided themselves with expensive musical Instruments o most recent date, as well as pro viding; themselves with neat uniforms. Walter F. Baker Is the leader ana Instructor ana h has sucesded in making a first-class band. The boys take a lively In terest In their rehearssls twice a week, and having several good musicians among them it did not take long before the boys were able to play In public and give concerts. Tillamook City Is proud of Its concert band and whenever anything of importance takes' place where instrumental music Is required the band is in THEY HAVE ENOUGH Rebel Moors Accept French Terms of Peace. AGREE TO- HELP INVADERS All Arms to Be Surrendered, Armed Bands Dispersed and' PerpetraU ors ' of Outrages on the Eu ropeans Given Up. PARIS. Sept. 23. Peace has been de clared in Morocco. The delegates of three important tribes have accepted the French peace overtures inaugurated to day, and will see that the terms of the agreement ' are carried out. Hostilities are now at an end. These conditions are as follows: Hostilities shall cease from today. General Drude may make military re connaissances throughout the territory of the three tribes to satisfy himself that the pacification is completed. The tribes enpaged themselves to dis perse and chastise all armed bodies that may assemble In their territory with hos tile intent. Every native found in the possession of arms or munitions of war within ten miles of Casa Ttlanea shall be handed over to the authorities, condemned to imprisonment and fined $200. The tribes shall be held responsible for the carrying out of the previous stipula tions. Every native delected in smuggling or using arms shall be punished. The delegates of the tribes undertake to surrender the authors of the outrages upon Europeans of July 30 and, pending judgment, their goods shall be seized and sold irrespfctive of the indemnity which is to be paid. Mulal Hafig Seeks Battle. CASA BLANCA.. Sept. 23. Mulai Hafig Is reported to have left Morocco City, September 19, with the Intention of giv ing battle to his brother. Sultan Abdul Aziz, now at Rabat. Mulai Hafig has with bim 1S00 men and some artillery. NO LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST Entire Party Believed to Have Been . Rescued From Stranded Ship. OREGONIAN NRWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 23. Captain Ross, chief of revenue service, today received a tele gram from Captain Munger, head-bf the revenue cutter fleet In Alaska, stating that the cutter McCulloch had rescued 243 people from the ship John Currier that ran ashore at Nelson " Lagoon in Behring Sea, August 9. The entire party was transferred to the. cutter Thetis, which sailed for Seattle, September 16. Advices which captain Ross received from Astoria stated that there were 248 people aboard. As 243 were rescued, he thinks no lives were lost. SIGN ANGLO-RUSSIAN TREATY Regulates Relations In Persia, -Afghanistan and Tibet. , ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 23.-RatIfi-cations of tile Anglo-Russian convention took place at the foreign office here this afternoon. The . Anglo-Russian convention regu lates the respective Interests of Great Britain and Russia in Thibet, Afghanis tan and Persia. Russia maintains her position n the north of Persa and Great Britain in the south. Each of the con traction powers agree not to endeavor to obtain any advantages in Thibet and Afghanistan, which might be to the dis advantage of the other. ... REBELS QUICKLY DISPOSED OF Attack Police Chief and Are Lynched - hy Pursuing Peasants.- ZHITOMIR. Province of Volhynia. Rus sia, Sept. 23. Three revolutionists today attacked and wounded the chief of . the .V .(-. i - , ? n --- t t&$& '"Veto rural -constabulary in hl villa and wounded -six peasants -who pursued them. The peasants finally caught tne revolu tionists and lynched them. SHOT DEAD WITHOUT TRIAL Nine Lodz Workmen Executed for Murder of Employer. LODZ. Russian Poland. . Sept.. 23.-- Seven workmen and two girls were executed here today by shooting with; out trial for participating in the mur der of Marius Silberstein. owner of a large local cotton mill, who was killed by his employes September 13, because he refused to pay them for the time they were out on strike. Police and troops September 20 made a sudden descent on- the mill and ar rested 800 of the employes. CITY JAIL NEAR COLLAPSE San Francisco Bastille Condemned as Unsafe for Occupancy. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. The startling discovery was made today by City . Physician James Watklns that the new City Jail building at 64 Eddy street is In danger f collapse, and that occupancy of It Is wholly unsafe. Dr. Watklns today reported to the Building Inspector that inspection In the basement showed him that the tubular iron pillars supporting the building had "buckled" and looked as though they were about to give way. . An immediate inspection by the offi cial named verified the report and :hls evening he officially notified the Board of Public Works that the building was "unsafe for life, and should be vacated Immediately." HELENA STRIKE IS A FIZZLE Few Men Quit to Aid . Linemen In crease of Wjages. HELENA. Mont-, Sept. 24. The call for a general strike at all places where Ro'vky Mountain. Bell telephones are used met with a weak response today. The strike was called by the Trades Council to as sist the striking linemen of the telephone company, and was intended to force busi ness men to have their-telephones taken our. The Northern Pacific Railroad telegraph operators here have received an increase of 10 percent in wages, and the coal min ers employed in Montana will also re ceive a wage Increase as the ' result of the conference, whic hadjourned today. FISH VISITOR AT OYSTER BAY Harriman's Enemy Sends Private Message to Roosevelt. OYSTKR BAY'. Sept. 23. Stuyvesant Fish came to Oyster Bay today and was closeted with Secretary Loeb In the exe cutive offices for an hour. He declined to be interviewed. Mr. Loeb said that Mr. Fish had given him a message to the President, but he declined to divulge Its purport. Let . Freshmen Join In Sports. - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Berkeley, Cal., Sept. 23. The Academic Senate. Including the faculty athletic committee and a similar one from the students, has unanimously rescinded the rule, barring freshmen from varsity con tests. Freshmen are now eligible for varsity teams, and It Is expected no more one-sided athletic contests will be held with Stanford. The rule was in force from just before the disaster of April. 1906. It was en acted witli the assurance of Stanford au thorities that they were about to take similar action. , ; It lias been operative ever since except from the middle of October to the first of December. lftOS, when on the personal request of Dr. Jordan its action was sus pended and Freeman, '10, and Fairbanks, '10. were played on the varsity team in the big game. Jury Goes to Scene of Murder. PENDLETON. Or.. Sept. 23. With the exception of the arguments of the attorneys In the case, the last word for and against A. D. Rhonlmus. being tried for the murder of Tom Myers, has been said. -and the fate of the hoary-headed defendant will soon be in the hands of the jury- The Jury left this morning for the scene of the tragedy, upon a moun tain side, some 30 miles away. It is ex pected that the trip can be made In a day. and In that event the arguments will be held tomorrow morning, and hy tomorrow evening it will rest with the 12 men. - "sw-i. A - 1 - : ! I BlViC n ' : . I I fe ,i i ;? f ri : j Watch Our Windows This Evening From 8 to 10 o'CIock Watch Our Windows This Evening From 8 to 10 o'CIock Calls American Press - Agent Unmitigated Liar. DENIES HE DEGENERATES Manx Novelist's Anger Aroused by Notices of 'The Bondman," AVhlch Say His Work Is Deteriorating. ATLANTA. Ga., Sept. 23. (Special.) Insisting tha the is still In his prime. Hall Calne calls his press agent In this country. Sherman Dandy, an "unmiti gated liar" in a letter which Mr. Dandy, who was In Atlanta today, has received. Mr. Dandy's enterprising work In get ting publicity for Mr. Caine's play, "The Bondman.'-' when It was given its first performance in this country at St. Louts, sot him into the trouble. Mr. Dandy sent out a statement to the press to the effect that "The Bondman" had been written when Mr. Cralne was "In his prime. 15 years ago," and asserted that since that time the Englishman's writing had deteriorated Into a discussion of the degeneracy of the East End of London. To prove this he referred to Mr. Caine's new version of "The Christian." The cables carried the story to England and Mr. Calne I nresponse sent a scorch ing letter to Mr. Dandy. He says Mr. Dandy is in total ignorance of the things he spoke of and winds up his letter as follows: "It surely is not necessary for an American press agent to be an un- HULL CAE'S RAGE Olif jj- s ' ; 1 The Style Store hereby extends to the public a cordial invitation to attend its unique, novel and inter esting opening of the season THIS EVENING FROM 8 TO 10 O'CLOCK Living figures, gowned in magnificent garments, will promenade in the show windows, displaying all the authoritative and most approved Autumn and Winter modes as determined by the prominent arbiters of fashion- This occasion will prove itself a formal presentation of the accepted styles in apparel, fabrics and accessories, combined with the most beautiful merchandise gathered from every quarter of the civilized globe. EASTERN OUTFITTING CO. Corner Washington and Tenth mitigated liar. In future confine yourself to facts." SEVERELY CENSfRES FRAXCRE Vhler Says Dakota Was I.osl ' Through Captain's Carelessness. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. In anof ftclal communication to Captain Emil Francke, who was commander of the ill-fated steamship Dakota, wrecked on Kiukone reef, coast of Japan, March 3 last. George Uhler, Supervising In spector. General of the Steamship In-, spectton Service, severely censures him on account of the loss of the ship. Tl;f local Board of steamship Inspectors at Seattle had Investigated the wreck of the Dakota and suspended the license of Captain Francke for two years. The captain appealed to Supervising Inspector-General Uhler. Mr. Uhler af ter having analyzed thoroughly the evidence adduced at the hearing says in his letter to Captain Francke: "I am forced to the conclusion that the stranding of the vessPt and her subsequent total loss was due entirely to your careless and Indifferent navi gation, as an hour before the disaster you assumed charge of the watch and took the bridge and directed the 'navi gation of the ship- yourself. SEVERAL MAY DEFEND CtT New York Yaehtsmen Prepare to Meet Upton's Challenge. NEW YORK, -Sept. 23. Preparations for the defense of the America's cup has begun by the New York Yacht Club. At least one syndicate is being organ ized to build a yacht to defend the trophy, and there may be. a second, possibly more. These seems to be only one opinion as to the management of the defender. Everyone appears to be of the opinion that It will be vested In E. D. Morgan. Those mentioned as generous subscribers to the syndicate Tare Edward H. Harriman, Colonel Rob ert M. Thompson, C. K. G. Billings and Roy A. Rainey. The cost of reproducing the Reliance would be upward of $500,000. BRYAN TO BUILD PLATFORM Will Object to Nebraska Democrats' Indorsement for President. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 23. The an nouncement that William J. Bryan would attend tomorrow's Democratic state con vention and probably make a speech was the subject of chief Interest among the delegates who arrived tonight for tomor row's gathering. Mr. Bryan's advice will be asked In the framing of the platform, which Is the only business to be trans acted aside from the selection of a chair man and secretary of the State Central Committee and their assistants. , Mr. Bryan's well-known views will be emphasized In the party resolutions, but it U doubtful If he will consent to have a formal endorsement of himself for the Presidency inserted, though this has been suggested by his partisans. Delegates to the Republican state con vention were on hand In greater numbers than those of any of the other five parties. PLAGUE NOT EPIDEMIC Good News From Health Officers at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 23. Dr. Rupert Blue, Marine Hospital service and PresN dent William Ophula of the pity Board of Health, today united in the following statement to the press .relative to the bubonic plague situation. "From our knowledge of plague, the prevention of ft sudden outbreak In epidemic form can be predicted with as surance, but a certain number of cases will continue to occur for a considerable period In spite of all preventive meas ures." The score to. date is as follows: Number of identified cases. 42; deaths. 34: suspects under observation and not yet verified. 2S. . Family Known In Virginia. RICHMOND. Va Sept. 23. All the members of the Covington family, two of which figure In the trunk mystery at Seattle, moved from Ruthven Glen, this state, to the West two years ago. Their exact destination was not known at Ruthven Glen. There was a daughter named Edith in the family. Will Prepare for Pacific Voyage. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23.-Tha battle ships Kansas a.nd eGorgia, two of the ships expected to be in the fleet that will Watch Our Windows This Evening From 8 to 10 o'CIock Watch Our Windows This Evening From 8 to 10 o'CIock visit the Pacific Coast, arrived at the League Island Navy-Yard today and will be placed in drydock for minor repairs. The announcement in last evening's Telegram that the display of costumes by living models In the windows of the Eastern Outfitting Co.'s store, Washing ton and Tenth streets, from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M., was a typographical error. It should have read from 8 to 10 P. M. See ad In this morning's Oregonlan for particulars. Do not miss this grand display of the latest models of wear ing apparel for ladles. Living models will appear Tuesday evening from 8 to 10 P. M., Wednesday afternoon and evening and Thursday afternoon. East-; ern Outfitting Company, Corner Wash- ! lngtrin and Tenth streets. Piles Cured F re e Get Rid of Your Piles Right Now. 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