3 tral European headquarters to Switzer land and it is understood has since re turned to Salt Lake. Jtt Is now presumed his successor is re entering the German field for Mormon missionary work, from which formerly many women converts were sent to Utah. SALT LAKE, Oct. 4. Hugh J. Cannon, who was at the head of the German mis sion of the Mormon church, returned to his home In this city about 18 months ago. He was succeeded at the German station by Serge F. Ballls, of Logan, Utah. October Butterick Patterns Trefousse GlovesKnox Hats for Women of Fashion La Vida Corsets, W. B. Corsets, Nemo Corsets, Smart Set Corsets, C. B. Corsets The Pure Food Law of the United State Govt. Guarantee the Purity of All Drags Sold by the "OWL" DRUGSTORE Lowest Prices in Oregon on Drugs, Toilet Articles, Standard Remedies THE MOKJTCfCr OKEGONIAN. SATTJIIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1907. CAUSE DROUGHT 111 WASHINGTON THE VICTOR Talking Machine, $1 Down, $1 a Week Coma in and Hear the New Rec ords at Our Victor Hail Prohibition Forces Organize Attack ' and May Win Lower House. PRESBYTERIANS IN SESSION Washington Synod Convenes In Ta coma Portland Men Present. Ertabfahod 185Q-FIFTY.SEVEN YEARS IN BU5INESS-Ublihed 1850 Opinio gtoflfr $ c Good Merchandise OJy QoeJitr Coo.UUd Oar Prioea Are jUwey the Lewes B WHOLE SOUTH GOING DRY I'eartng Presidential Vetoes, Some Dry Propose Rider to Appro priation Bill Race Question Strengthens Dry' Element. WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. (Special.) There Is going to be a lively time over the liquor question In "Washington the coming Winter. The enemies of Btrong drink from East. "West, North and Bouth are preparing to storm the city when Congress meets. with the avowed Intention of making the cap ltal of the Nation aa dry as a chip. The regular inhabitants of the city, who have no actual voice in municipal affairs, are just waking up to what Is In store and are regarding the pros pective army of invaders with varying emotions. Think of one of the world'.s greatest capitals as an alcoholic Sahara, more barren as to malt, vinous or spirituous liquor than the great African desert as to water! "Impossible" would have been the comment on such a proposi tion a very few years ago. But the W. C. T. U., the Anti-Saloon League and other prohibition forces In various states, enthused by the . prohibitory wave that recently has swept large sections of the country, have selected the political and social center of the United States as the next field of op erations. Will Offer Prohibition Bill. "Word reached here today that Rep resentative Craig, of Selma, Ala., pro poses to Introduce a bill at the begin ning of Congress providing for the ab solute prohibition of the sale of all alcoholic drink In the District of Co lumbia. Coincident with this, the local Personal Liberty League, embracing the liquor Interests, la reported to have received information that more prac tical anti-drink workers, believing President Roosevelt would veto a straight-out prohibition bill, are plan ning to prevent defeat of their scheme by hitching a prohibitory clause to an Important appropriation bill as a rider. There Is sure to be a big lobby on hand in any event and a good deal of serious ("peculation Is arising as to whether there is likely to be a repetition of the situation that forced the passage of the anti-can- I teen law some years ago. It is especial ly worthy of note that the new prohibi tion move which seeks to make Washlng ton a dry town comes at the same time that a vigorous campaign is being organ lied for the re-establishment of the Army canteen. Its abolition. In the oslnlon of those who have practical knowledge of present and past 'conditions. having worked more harm than good. May Pass Lower House. If an out-and-out prohibition measure were reported and brought to a direct vote in Congress at this particular time the result would be a matter of sufficient doubt to render prediction difficult. In the lower house, especially, the measure would stand a very good show of passage. Not so many years ago the Democratic party and the prohibition Idea were as far apart as the antipodes and such vir tue, from the viewpoint of the prohibition reformer, as existed In either of the old parties was only to be looked for among Republicans. A great chance has come and now we see here, there and all around, prohibition, local option and high license politically tied to the coattails of old Miss Democracy. Whole South for Prohibition. The whole South Is going hell-bent for prohibition," declared one of the foremost among the Democratic leaders in Con gress "and while we Democrats did not lo much to help you fellows out of your hole when the canteen bill was up (he was talking to a Republican member of Congress) I believe we might Join in now on a bill to prohibit the liquor traffic at the Capital." The member quoted was not Indulging in altogether Idle talk either. Prohibition is extending everywhere in the Demo cratic South and keen observers believe it will soon bo absolute throughout that section. Oeorpia has gone dry; Alabama is practically dry under the county option law; Kentucky, the home of whisky and the whisky-drinkers of fablo and song, has county option and many dry counties; Mississippi is almost completely low license; Texas Is practically a dry state, and the movement has only begun. Rare Question at Bottom of It. Southern politicians declare the negro question is at the bottom of prohibition In the South. They say the Atlanta riot a year or so ago gave the movement a great Impetus, the part that red liquor played In the murders at the Georgia capital hav ing excited the alarm of citizens near and far. Oklahoma furnishes a striking example of the practical coalition of the Demo cratic party and prohibition elements for purely political purposes under the re markable change in the situation that has come within a few years. MORMONS ARE EXPELLED Germany Forbids Propaganda as Contrary to Morals. DRESDEN, Saxony, Oct. 4. Three American Mormons have been expelled from Germany as the result of persist ing, despite final warnings prohibiting them from spreading their propaganda, in conducting river baptisms and mak ing converts. They were arrested and summarily taken under guard to the fron tier. The imperial authorities decided in 1908 that it was not desirable to allow Mor mon agents to continue their activity in Germany, but owing to the representa tions of the American Embassy in Ber lin, and of Chief Missionary Cannon, whose field of activity was Central Eu rope, with headquarters at Berlin, the Foreign Office allowed the Mormons a month In which to settle their affairs and leave the country. There were at one time 60 or more missionaries in the vari ous states in Germany and the grounds for their expulsion were teachings contrary to public morality. It was also agreed witli Mr. Ce.nnon that all the Mormons who were American citizens should dis continue presenting their doctrines in Germany. The German converts, of whom there were thousands and who con tinued to follow their faith under native pastors, were subjected to various police hindrance. Mr. Cannon moved his cen TACOMA. "Wash., Oct. 4. (Special.) The synod of Washington met in the First Presbyterian Church today. The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Alexander Sutherland. A number of distinguished visitors were present and invited to seats as corresponding mem bers, including Rev. G. L. Tufts, D. D., of the National Reform Bureau, "Wash ington. D. C. and W. S. Holt, D. D., of Portland. General Superintendent of Home Missions for the Pacific Coast. The moderator announced the following standing committees: Overtures Rev. S. M. "Ware, D. D., W. A. Major, D. D., B. A. McDonald; judiciary F. S. Strange, D. D.; minutes of general assembly Rev. A. "W. Smyth; resolution Rev. J. R. Mc carty. Rev. S. M. "Ware, D. D.. of Spokane, submitted the report of the permanent committee on systematic beneficence. - The Rev. D. O. Shounley. D. D., synodl cat" superintendent of Home Missions, stated that in his opinion, after a careful consideration of the conditions that the board of Home Missions must sooner or later Increase the salary of all missiona ries so that the minimum salary would be $1000. An effort to change the date of the an nual meeting of the Presbyterian synod of Washington resulted In an Interesting dis cussion between city ministers and those living in the country. The proposition was submitted by Rev. M.- A. Matthews, of the First Church of Seattle, and pro vided that the synod meet on the first Tuesday in October instead of the first Thursday. This would do away with the communion of the delegates on Sunday morning at the close of the synod. After several lively debates in which the moder ators preserved order with difficulty the proposition was voted down. MUST CHANGEHER FAITH Or Gladys Tanderbilt Will Be on Austrian Blacklist. NEW YORK. Oct. 4. (Special.) Gladys Vanderbllt must change her religion next month when she becomes the bride of Count Laszio Szechenyl. The "black aris tocracy" of Vienna has become scandal ized as a result of the announcement of the engagement, and unless the young woman becomes a Ct.tholic the marriage will not be legally recognized in Austria proper. The Count being a Catholic, Miss Van derbllt will remain Miss Vanderbllt in Austria unless she changes her rellglan, although in the bridegroom's country proper the marriage will be considered perfectly legal and the young woman's name will he Inscribed as a full-fledged Countess on the roster of the Hungarian nobility. Issue of the marriage of the Szechenyla would be looked upon as Il legitimate in Austria, hence the "black aristocracy" Is convinced that Miss Van derbllt, In order to gain a standing in Austria as well as in Hungary must em brace the Catholic faith, as Anna Gould did when she- married Count de Caatel lane. It Is understood, however, that Em peror Francis Joseph does not share in the extreme views of the "black aris tocracy" on marriage, and that, so long as he lives, he will insist that the Amer ican woman gets full recognition, the law notwithstanding. - But Francis Joseph is a very old man and his successor, Francis Ferdinand, is reckoned the power behind the "black aristocracy." He, on his own part, could not recognize Miss Vanderbllt's marriage. Inasmuch as his own marriage to a woman of the lower nobility. is not rec ognized, their children bear their mother's name and are excluded from succession. The wedding ceremony, according to present plans, will be performed next month in the historic Trinity Church, of which Cornelius Vanderbllt, Sr., is a pewholder, and where the j.000,000 No vember bride Is a constant attendant. At Its finish there will be a reception at the Breakers, for which great preparations have already begun. FORD CASE WITH THE JURY (Continued from First Pag.) ton. "that you feared 'his testimony might free an lnnooent man? Tou feared he would tell the truth; there is no other explanation." Mr. Byington then complained that, al though Ruef was in the " courtroom all the time, the defense had no chance to talk to him. for the reason that the prosecution's guards were always In hear ing distance. "That's a fac " shouted Mr. Heney. "We wanted to hear what you would say to him. We wanted to see how much you would offer him. We " At this startling rejoinder the crowd broke into the demonstration of applause that called down the ire of the court. IIALSEY'S LIFE IS IX DANGER Must Have Another ; Operation, Which May Prove Fatal. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. The Jury im paneled for the trial of Theodore V. Hal sey for bribery was discharged today by Judge Dunne after a showing that the de fendant la In a far more critical condition' than he was a week ago. The surgeons are unable to approximate the period needed for a eomplete convalescence If he should recover. It is probable that another operation will have to be performed this week, which may prove fatal. The wound from the first operation Is unhealed and is In a highly inflamed and unhealthy condition. Hand Mangled In Planer. NEWPORT. Or., Oct. 4. (Special.) Word was received here by telephone from Waldport today of the serious in jury of C. Luderman, a prominent resi dent of that plaoe, who may lose one of his hands as the result of getting it caught in a planer. The member was so badly mangled that amputation may be necessary. Black Milk In Pittsburg. ' Harper's. "I see by the papers that a girl drank a bottle of ink yesterday and almost died from the effects of It." "Did they arrest her for attempted suicide?" "No. It happened in Pittsburg, and she explained that she took it by mistake for milk. South Bend Pioneer. SOUTH BEND. Wash., Oct. 4. (Spe cial.) Mrs. J. H. Dalton. a pioneer resi dent of South Bend, died yesterday. Saturday Shopping Notes TT Saturday shoppers will find our new store a very in t) teresting place to shop, with new stocks most tempt ingly displayed and priced. fTTSole agents for Robinson & Wells' English Tailored tl Hats and Knox Tailored Hats for women of fashion.. . ITTLiprrmn, Wolfe & Co. sell the only genuine "Trefousse" j French Kid Gloves. Beware of unscrupulous stores which represent their gloves as "Trefousse." Ask to see the label. - TNew Fall Hosiery and Underwear shown by salespeople who can show you what you want. Agents for Wear well Hosiery, Onyx Hosiery, Dr. Jaeger's Underwear, For est Mills Underwear. 7Just arrived from New York A thousand lovely new conceits in dainty Neckwear and Veilings. ftt We invite every book lover in Portland to see our new W bookstore the largest and best in Portland. AH the latest fiction. We call special attention to several hun dred recent $1.18 novels reduced to 50c. ffT Children's School Dresses and Coats, Infants' Wear, Misses' and Children's Hats, etc., in great variety. The new FALL SUITS for women in charming styles, that appeal to women of taste, and those that know what is correct in style. Friday's Lace and Embroidery Sale Continues Today Notion Snaps for Saturday 10c Dutch Cleanser. . . 8J 25c Gold Dust, the clean er 18 10c Pearline, washing pow der . . .' 8 2oc Stove Pipe En amel IS 15c and 25c Hatpins. 8 35c and 50c Scissors. 19 12c Hatpins, sale at.. 8 50c can Metal Polish. 28 25o black Shoe Polish on sale at 18 10c Rising Sun Stove Pol ish for 6 15o Enameline Stove Paste at , 8 25o can Metal Polish. 18 10c Electro Silicon... 8 10c Putz Pomade Polish, sale ......... T Sale of Winter Underwear Women's Vests and Pants, good Winter weight, fleeced, shaped vests, ankle-length drawers, all sizes; O tip special Women's lxl ribbed Vests and Pants, Winter weight, high neck, long sleeves, natural, ecru or white, all r sizes, special "M. W Women's Oneita Union Suits, high neck, long- sleeves, ankle length, gray or white, all sizes, at, per jQf Women's Knit Corset Covers, the ideal garment to pro tect the body these chill Oetober days; long or short sleeves .33c, 35c, -60c, 63c, $1.00 Annual October Sale Jewelry Novelties Biggest values ever offered. Odd lots and special purchases of the most popular jewelry fads of the season. We place on sale for this great event hundreds of jewelry specials, gathered for this extraordinary sale. They are" samples of the best and most stylish jewelry novelties this season has presented. $1.25 Ribbon Brooches 48c II 75c and S1.00 Hat Pins 38c Special lot of novelty Ribbon Brooches, signs, Roman finish, green gold, worth and $Lzo; sale $1.75- 2 Bracelets 98c Fancy Novelty Bracelets, newest rose finish, plain or set with pretty ame thyst and white stone settings ; worth $1.75 and $2.00; ' Qg Alarm Clocks for 78c Guaranteed Alarm Clock, good, re liable alarm, American movement; every one will keep good 7C time I OC $2.00 Beauty Pins $1.18 Solid gold Beauty Pins, guaranteed rose or Roman finish ; $2.00 and $2.25 values, at almost the price you pay for plated ones, $ 1 1 8 35c Beauty Pins 18c Gold-plated Beauty Pins, all the pret ty desicrns, ornate or plain; 1 Q 35c and 50c kind, for XJV many pretty de- 7oc, $1 Filled-gold Hatpins, - set, some plain, oial 75c Belt Pins for 28c Novelty Belt Pins, new designs in rose gold, bronze and oxidized fin- OD ish, regular 75c values ,wOC 35c-$l Belt Buckles 23c Belt Buckles in a fine assortment of the season's best designs, all sizes and shapes; pearl, enameled gold, plain gold, oxidized buckles, regular 35c, 50c, 75c and $1.00 val- 23c $1.00 Back Combs 58c Novelty Back Combs in pretty Roman patterns, latest effects; 75o CO and $1.00 combs, for OOC $2.50 Gold Cuff Links $1.48 Every pair guaranteed solid gold, all new and pretty patterns. Regular $2.25 and $2.50 jJ latest and best patterns, some stones do and $1.00 values, spe- 25c Silver Thimbles 12V2C Sterling Silver Thimbles, guaranteed 925-1000 fine, all sizes for baby or mamma; regular 20c 'anl'OI- 25c values I72C $1.25 Cuff Buttons 48c Big assortment of filled-gold Link Cuff Buttons, all the latest effects, good, strong links, will wear for years; regular $1.00 and $L25 val- gQ " 1 847 Rogers" Spoons 98c "1847 Rogers" Teaspoons, best grade shell satin, plain satin and QQ bright design, at, set IOC $11 Set Tableware $8.93 Special 24-piece case of "1847 Rog ers" Tableware, all complete in a beautiful case, latest pat- GJQ QQ Sale 1000 Gas Mantles 20c -25c -35c Values, 10c 1000 Gas Mantles, the kind that will fit nearly all lights. This is a special lot, just for this sale. Made of the best material. Mantles in this lot are worth 20c, 25c and 35o. Only one dozen to -a customer, at the sale 10f price. XV On sale at same counter, $1.75 Ramsdell Inverted Gas Lights, equal to a 100-candle-power electric light, M O C . sale price PmJ Headquarters for Children's Coats andUPresseg "Normal College" Coats, Misses Suits, Infants; and Children's Wear Children' Sailor' Suits $5 Children's Bailor Suits of fine navy blue serge, large sailor collar, red sailor ties and embroidered emblems; black braid trimming. Verytfj. e natty effects, and great values for just.. ,pJ;v The Smart "Normal College" Coats "The Normal" College Coat is a garment built for misses and children, made of highest-class materials and workmanship by the most skillful man tailors. A coat of individual style and unsurpassed for durability. Comes in the popular fireman red, navy and fancy mixtures. All mannish materials and styles. Come in -three-quarters and full-length effects ; sizes 8, 10 12 and 14 years. Infinite variety, at... .$10.50 to $18.50 $6 Children's Coata $4.75 Special today: Children's full-length Coats of fancy broken plaid ma- ' terials, double-breasted, full loose back, standing or turndown collar; pockets and cuffs trimmed and piped with plain cloth; sold regularly at $6.00; special for Saturday sale at if'XmA J Sailor Suits and Middy Suits for school and street wear, in red, navy, brown, gray and checks, from.................... .$5.00 to $20.00 Owl Cut-Rate Drugs Lipman-Wolfe' 3d Street 50c Olive Oil, bot tle 50c Borden's Malted Milk, sale. 3-lb. 20-Mule Team Borax, 60c value.. Two 25c bottles of Listerine for 3-lb. Castile Soap, 60c value, for. ... 60c Dr. Charles' Flesh Food, sale.. 50c Engla nd's Milkweed Cream. . .39c 39c 39c ;39c 39c 39c 39c Choice at 3.9. Cents $4.00 French Broadcloth $2.98) A Year ago we would have said Broadcloth could never be more popular. But there Is still greater favoritism manifested this fall. It i. of very beautiful French Chiffon broadcloth that we have pew of pecial interest, A sponged, shrunk and guaranteed apotproof good. 52 inch wide, a splendid value at $2.9S a yd. The permanent satiny luster bespeaks a product by no means ordi nary. $2.98 never seemed so little to pay; Extensive choice of colors. Stylish 44-inch Suitings at 85c As a rule it takes $1.25, or $1 at the very least, not only to get such a quality, but also to find such patterns as are,offered at this 85c sale. And, what i more, garment fashioned from materials of this standard look several dollars better. Indeed, It is little more . than an accident to find such tony checks and stripes at 85c Every reasonable demand for color can be satisfied. They could not be more satisfactory. Too good an opportunity to miss. 85c yard. TROUBLES OF TARBELL BROTHER OF STANDARD'S NEM ESIS TEIiS HIS 6TORY. His Independent Refinery and Pipeline Fought at Every Step iy Octopus and Railroads. NEW YORK. Oct. 4. "W. S. Tarbell, treasurer ot the Pure OH Company and the United States Pipe Line Company, took the witness stand today In the hear ing of the Government's suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Company and told oLthe troubles of his two companies iatfelr competition with the oil combine. Mr. Tarbell said the Standard fought the United States Pipe Line at every step to prevent it from reaching the seaboard with its pipe lines. Mr. Tarbell is a brother of Miss Ida Tarbell, who has written extensively of the affairs of the Standard. When the pipe" line reached Hancock, Pa.. In 1894, the Brie .Railroad objected to its passage over the right of way and at Wilkesbarre the Pennsylvania and Lackawanna Rail roads tried to prevent the line from pass ing under their tracks. An omnibus contract whereby the Standard Oil Company obtains from every steamship company operating between New York and all ports in Africa a rate for the shipment of lubricating oil that Is about one-half of that its competitor, the New York Lubricating Company, pays was produced. This contract was placed in evidence and Philip Harrison, a manager of the New York Lubricating Company, declared that his company was forced to pay double the Standard rate, nothwlthstandlng his protest to the eteatnsnip companies. SALT TRUST RAISES PRICES Agrees With Independents and Cuts Down Production. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. A tacit under standing has been "reached between the International Salt Company, known as the Bait Trust, and certain Independent manufacturers in regard to regulating the' future course of the market for evaporated salt, according to statements made in well informed quarters, says the Journal of Commerce today. This action was taken. It is said. In consequence of the higher cost of labor and supplies, aa well as because of the over-production ot salt. As a net result of the understanding prices have recently been advanced 60 cents to $1 per ton from the low figures prevailing a month ago, when sharp price cutting was In progress. Incidentally a policy of retrenchment has been Inaugurated and various firms have reduced their working forces. MOFFETT'S CHARGES BASELESS Standard Oil Man Gave Grand Jury No Evidence. CHICAGO, Oct. 4. The special grand Jury retained by Judge Land's to Investi gate the charges made by President Mof fett, of the Standard Oil Company, of In diana, namely, that other concerns besides the Standard were beneficiaries of rebates from the railroads, reported to the court tnB-B- th. MnffAtt abatements were entirely without founoatlon. The report declares: "From a careful and thorough lnvestl- ,0,11,11 " ment credited to Mr. Moftett was pre pared largely by Morits Rosenthal, one of the attorneys for the Standard Oil i ,,A mm ef thn United ,.ju i , ... "J V- .. States-'vs. the Standard Oil Company, it was given out oy air. juwun. name as his own statement. It developed that Mr. Moftett had no knowledge what ever of any facts relating to shipments of property from Whiting. Ind., and points in Tiiinni tha r!Mruzr &. Alton or any other road by any shipper other than the Standard Oil company, ana mm mo statement in question was based entirely upon the testimony of F. S. Hollands, an employe of the Alton, given at the Stand ard Oil trial. "Mr. Moffett was unable to give a sin gle instance to sustain his charge pub lished in the Standard Oil circular, and he assured the grand Jury that neither Mr. Rosenthal nor any one else con neeted with the Standard Oil Company of Indiana of whom he knew could give to the grand Jury any informa tion except that gathered from the Standard Oil trial, as to such alleged rebating." The grand Jury also reported that Mr. Holland's testimony was barren ot results. Two Killed In Car Collision. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Oct. 4. Two men were killed and five injured this morning In an accident on the Northern Wectric Road. The train, consisting of two cars-, rounded a curve and ran Into two hand cara upon which Foreman Dennis J. Hoorgan and IS rGeeks were riding. Hoor gan had an ankle sprained badly, while two Greek were killed. HEEDS HEAVENS WARNING CAPTAIN OF OCEAN ' GREY HOUND QUITS THE SEA. Collision With Iceberg Tells Rlchter of Kronprinr Wilhelm to Stay Ashore Hereafter. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. (Special.) Cap tain August Rlchter, known to thousands of American ocean travelers, has given up his command of the North German Lloyd steamer Kronprln Wilhelm and quit the sea forever, because, according to his friends, he was warned by heaven through the medium of his ship's colli sion with an iceberg to abandon seafar ing. Captain. RIchter"s retirement is similar in its details to the abandonment of sea faring by his brother Herman, who. after a collision between his command, the Saale. and a wayward iceberg In a fog on the Grand .Banks, nearly 20 years ago, received what he called an admoni tion from heaven to give up the sea. The collision ' which caused Captain August Rlchter' s decision to quit the sea for good occurred July 6 last, while the Kronprins Wilhelm was coming to this city from Germany, England and France. He had been in command of the Kronprins Wilhelm from her maiden voyage, had been unusually fortunate with her and had succeeded In establish ing several cross-sea records with the ship, which is one of the four great fly ers of the North German Lloyd. Captain Rlchter said nothing about re tiring until he got his ship back to Bremenhaven. The reaction of a nervous strain followed and he sent word to the director-general of the company that he wanted to relinquish his command. Tremendous Fire in California. SANTA ROSA, Cal., Oct. 4. A tre mendous fire, fanned by high winds, is rushing across Sonoma county in the neighborhood of Cobb Station, de stroying everything in its path. The damage so far is estimated at $100,-000. The irvrar depth of British coal mines 1 feet. Four thousand feet Is the 11m!r of rrirtlca mlnlntr. Catarrh 13 a constitutional disease originating in impure blood and requiring constitutional treatment acting through and purifying the blood for its radical and permanent cure. Be sure to take Hood's Sarsaparilla ' Nasal and other local forms of catarrh are quickly relieved by Catarrlets, which allay inflammation and deodorize discharge. Hood's SarsaparBla, all druggists, $1. Catarrlets, mail order only, 50 cts. For testimonials of remarkable cures end for our Book on Catarrh, No. 4. ' C L Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.