THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1908.
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REBATES PI BY
LIKES
California Merchants Get Con
clusive Evidence Against
the Railroad.
GET RECORDS FROM OFFICE
Old Employes Discharged Before
Tensions Acerue Turn Against
Company diaries Before the
Male and National Boards.
SAN FRANX'USCO, Feb. 6. tSpecial.)
Evidence of rebating on the part of the
Southern Pacific Railroad on a scale far
greater than that revealed by Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Franklin K.
lane has been unearthed by the C'aJiforr
nia Traffic Association. This evidence
consists largely of transcripts made from
the hooka of the company and shows that
the. corporation continued its rebating
without interruption after the exposures
made by Mr. Lane. The matter will be
placed before the State Railroad Commis
sion February-l;i, when the inquiry into
the Southern Pacific will be begun.
Betrayed by Discharged Men.-
The evidence which has come into the
hands of the California Traffic Associa
tion has been supplied by employes of the
Southern Pacific who have recently had
differences with the company. The com
pany recently released many men who had
lieen in its service more than & quarter
of a century. These men In a few years
would have been eligible for the pension
list, and their unexpected discharge haa
mado them bitter against their employer.
These men have made copies 01 the rec
ords in the Southern Pacific offices and
turned them over to the Traffic Associa
tion. The defense of the Southern Pacific will
consist of a general denial that rebating
within the confines of the state is a fel
ony. The evidence is so positive that
the company will not attempt to combat
the facts.
Protest Against Switching Charge.
The California Traffic Association for
warded yesterday its first complaint to
the Interstate Commerce Commission. It
charges that the Southern Pacific and
the Santa Fe have been collecting without
legal right a switching charge of a
car. It is stated that San Francisco is
the only city in America, as far as is
known, that is thus discriminated against.
The complaint asks that the companies be
prohibited henceforth from charging this
switching fee on any consignments that
come under interstate trade. The South
ern Pacific alone is said to have collected
$1,000,000 in the past year from the mer
chants of San Francisco in illegal switch
ing charges.
Now Fraft Since Fire.
Another complaint will be lodged by the
local Tariff Association against the
Southern Pacific in regard to the loading
end unloading charge of 20 cents a ton.
This is also a feature of discrimination
directed especially against San iTancisco.
The Southern Pacific introduced this ob
jectionable tax shortly after the fire of
April. 1:H6. It has remained In force
despite the protest of the local merchants.
After the complaints have been filed
with the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. Franklin K. Lane will come to San
Francisco to make an investigation. He
is expected here before the end of the
present month.
T
NKVADA LEGISLATORS TRY FI
NANCIAL GAME.
Buy Mining Stocks on Advance In
formation, but Lose $40,000
When Squeezed Out.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. (Special.)
Members of the State Legislature of Ne
vada were "stung" to the tune of 40,000
in an attempt to mix politics and finance
In the extra session which has just ad
journed. Tho facts reached the brokers
5n the stock market this afternoon and a
dispatch from Carson, Nev., received late
tonight verities the story.
When the extra session was called,
Goldflcld Consolidated was around the $5
mark. The market was waiting on the
session of the Legislature and the passage
of the police bill meant a big rise. Be
fore the session was called to order, a
few of the Legislators got together, can
vassed the field and found that the po
lice bill "would pass. Then they got to
gether, formed a pool and began to buy
Uoldfield Consolidated. The sudden heavy
buying in the midst of a period of dull
ness sent the prices up -with a rush, and
the last of the orders were filled at $6.10.
Here the stock held. Then the police
bill passed. Its effects had been dis
counted by the heavy buying and instead
of rising the market dropped 20 points.
The Nevada Legislators took fright and
began to sell. They have been selling
ever since and the market has been go
ing lower and lower until today it touched
Jt.M. The Legislators were caught in the
squeeze to the amount of $40,000.
For some days the street has been un
able to account for the mysterious selling.
The secret came out today.
FOR COAST' CHAMPIONSHIP
Professional Six-Day Race at Oaks
Rink Tonight.
Kruse finished first last night at the
Oaks- Rink In the six-day race, followed
cloxely by Card, Copeland. Holt. Swartz,
Farrell, Brown, Harrison and Little, The
race was fust and furious from start to
finish. Harrison took a bad fall and
failed to recover lost distance, which -was
oile and a quarter laps. Farrell took a
bad fall but the plucky little fellow again
got on his feet and started out to recover
tho lost distance which was a half lap.
He soon regained his place amid the
cheers of thousands in attendance.
The race will continue tonight and the
balance of this week, also Sunday.
NOT INDORSE CANDIDATES
But Mitchell Says Labor Is Inter
ested in Good Officials.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 6.Iohn Mitchell,
president of the United Mineworkers.
when asked today in regard to the ru
mors to the effect that there had been
InauEUTated during- the recent Minework
ers' convention a movement to Indorse
the candidacy of certain aspirants for the
Presidency of the United States and for
other political offices, stated that so far
as he knew there was no foundation for
these rumors. He said, however, that
the members of the Miners' Union, to
gether with all trade unions affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor,
were interested actively in the election to
all executive, judicial and administrative
offices of men who were known to be
sympathetic to the reasonable demands of
the wage-earners of the country.
"It follows, therefore," said Mr.
Mitchell, "that they would oppose the
candidacy of aspirants for political
honors who are known to be unsympa
thetic or antagonistic to the labor move
ment. 1
"This activity on the part of the or
ganized and to a less extent on the part
of the unorganized workers of our coun
try is not a partisan movement. I think
there is little possibility of the labor or
ganizations entering the political field
from a party standpoint. In common
with other citizens, the woTkingmen seek
the general welfare of our country and
at the same time they ask such special
legislation as is necessary for the protec
tion of their own lives and the preserva
tion of their own health', so far as these
ends may be secured by legislative enact
ment. In other words, the laboring men
believe that officers of the law, whether
they be high or whether they be low,
should be especially solicitous for the wel
fare of the members of society who are
least able to serve thpmselves."
ASSAIL 17AG0-J ROAD GRANT
NINETY-ONE SETTLERS FILE
SUIT IN FEDERAL COVRT.
Southern Oregon Company and Coos
Bay Wagon Road Company Are
Defendants in Proceeding.
Through a suit in equity filed by 91
plaintiffs in the United States Circuit
Court an attempt is being made to force
the Southern Oregon Company and the
Coos Bay Wagon Road Company to sell
13,000 acres of land in the Coos Bay
Wagon Road grant for $2.60 per acre.
The suit makes Attorney-General Bona
parte and the United States defendants
and is based upon a resolution introduced
in the Senate recently by Senator Till
man seeking to force the holding com
panies to abandon their claims on the
property or to fulfill the terms of the
Government grants by selling the land at
the stipulated price of $2.50 per acre. In
addition to the many plaintiffs named
in the euit, all of who claim to be resi
dents of the United States, the document
filed contains many John Does and
Richard Roes. The various people who
filed on the lands did so recently at Em
pire City.
John R. Herron and others against the
Southern Oregon Company is the title of
the suit. The papers filed in the case
contain over 100 pages of typewritten
matter.
TAKES LID OF FSCANDAL
Landis Says Grafting on Printing
Office Was Rich.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. -Concurring in
the recommendation of Acting Public
Printer Rosslter, the President today can
celled the contract of the Government
with the Audit System and ordered its
ejection from the Government Printing
Office at the end of six days. The Audit
System is the corporate name of the
method which was installed more than a
year ago by Public Printer Stillings.. Un
der its operation the Government has paid
about $120,000 for the privilege of calcu
lating the cost of printing and binding.
Representative Landis, of Indiana,
chairman of the joint committee which is
investigating the office, says that the
Audit System as it has been Installed and
operated in Washington "is a gold brick
thinly plated with the genuine stuff. We
have paid for this brick," said Mr. Lan
dis, "and before we throw it out we are
going to extract and retain the modicum
of value it is gilded with. I mean that
you can't run the Government Printing
Office with all its departments and its
4500 employes without using some method
of cost ascertainment. So if there are
any good features in the Audit System we
are going to keep them, for we have paid
for them many times over."
Mr. Landis is authority for the state
ment that the Joint investigation commit
tee purposes to take the lid entirely off
and delve to the bottom of the many
charges, some of them definite and dis
tinct, others of a public-rumor character.
Among the charges which the Joint in
vestigation commission will inquire into
pursuant to the office of the Public
Printer is that his administration has
been compassed by remarkable extrava
gances. Chairman Landis, who visited
the office today to call on Mr. Rossiter,
found himself ushered into surroundings
which a multi-millionaire might fancy.
In the Public .Printer's office, were mas
sive furniture, costly pictures, appoint
ments of elegance, little in keeping; with
a printing and binding plant.
The committee, with the help of Mr.
Rossiter, will endeavor to find out why,
roughly speaking. It has cost the Govern
ment $50 to turn out a Job which com
mercial houses would do for $1. The
committee may inquire into such reports
as these: That 45 cents a pound has been
paid for quantities of inks worth less
than 20 cents a pound; that the store
rooms of the Government printing office
contain at the present time more paper
stock than other administrations used
up In half a dozen years; that so
great was the pomp with which Public
Printer Stillings surrounded himself that
persons having business with him were
frequently required to make appoint
ments a day ahead and never could gain
his presence without running the Are of
uniformed lackeys and threading a maze
of scarlet tape.
HINDU KILLED BY TRAIN
Attempts to Cross Track at Seven
teenth Street.
An unidentified Hindu was killed at
1:30 o'clock this morning, by an in
cocming freight train on the Northern
Pacific Railway at the foot of Seven
teenth street. The man, who is about
S2 years of age and poorly dressed, was
struck while attempting to cross the
track In front of the train. Several
cars passed over his body before the
train could be stopped. His head and
one foot were completely severed from
the body. Coroner Flnley took charge
of the remains.
Ribs Broken by Fall.
ASTORIA, Feb. 6. (Special.)Charies
Heinonen. the 7-year-old son of "V. A.
Heinonen, last night fell from the roof
of an old building In Union town to the
beach. Several of the boy's ribs were
broken and he is believed to be otherwise
injured. There is little hope of his recovery.
Pioneer of Ocean Park Killed.
OCEAN PARK. CaL, Feb. 6.-Andrew
Mills, 63 years old, who settled on the site
of Ocean Park 21 years ago, before any
dwelling had been erected anywhere In
this neighborhood, was killed this after
noon by a fall from a house which he
waa painting.
The World's Greatest Range The Incomparable "ECLIPSE"
BISCUITS, CAKES and
COFFEE SERVED
Cooking Demonstrations
TODAYTOMORROW
THE EXHIBIT OF
THE PEERLESS
ECLIPSE"
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The two events that now claim the attention of Portland's
shrewd and learned store patrons. A great sale offering
these two days TODAY AND TOMORROW
The Floor-Clearing
Sale of Highest
Grade Furniture
Portland's Finest Stock of Sideboards
THROWN ON THE MARKET FOR WHAT THEY'LL BRING
We come now to a place in our long merchandising career when for the first time we must fairly shove furniture
out at what it will-bring. First, we take the sideboards the largest and best selected stocks ever shown on one
store floor. We must clear two-thirds of the floor space occupied by these elegant dining pieces,
during the two days TODAY AND TOMORROW. The prices given here as regular are those
quoted during the January Clearance Sales and are in reality far under the actual worth. The
values are much greater than possibly can appear on paper.
Quality In every instance the very best. Prices That sliould
iBSSalR! bring to this store a large assemblage of enthusiastic patrons
THESE ARE THE PRICES THE GREAT
MOVING POWER OF THIS SALE
No. 103
No. 623
No, 641
No. 651-
-$40.00 Sideboard
-$27.00 Sideboard
-$30.00 Sideboard
-$50.00 Sideboard
$24.75
$15.50
51S.OO
$29.50
No.
No.
659
998-
No. 1493
No. 141-
-$ 60.00 Sideboard
-$ 60.00 Sideboard
-$ 85.00 Sideboard
-$150.00 Sideboard
$39.50
539.SO
356.50
$85.00
A Sale of the Higher-Priced Dining Tables and
Chairs at Prices of the Very Common Sort
Chairs are in the solid quarter and weathered oak and golden
oak finishes, plain and leather upholstered seats. T.oday and
Saturday, these great special prices : ,
No. 209-2 $1.25 Dining Chair 75$
No. 359 $1.75 Dining Chair, cane seat l.Oo
N. 886-2 $2.50 Dining Chair $1.50
No. 480-1 $4.00, Dining Chair ..$2.60
No. 300; $6.00 Dining Chair, leather seat $3.85
No. 19-$7.00 Dining Chair, Jeather seat $4.45
Tables in the solid quartered and golden oak, all of finest
grain,"hand-rubbed polish, 6 and 8-foot extension, round
pedestal, hand-carved legs, claw feet, etc. These ruling,
prices for two days:
No. 516-6 $32.50 Dining Table $10.75
No. 4021-8 $35.00 Dining Table.. $21.75
No. 517-cW$42.50 Dining Table $25.75
No. 534-8 $45.00 Dining Table $27.75
No. 380-8 $75.00 Dining Table $48.75
TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK SATURDAY NIGHT
Eclipse Ranges
Guaranteed for
Fifteen Years
OREGON'S LARGEST AND" BEST FURNITURE HOUSE
:. GEVURTZ &
SONS
ON YAMHILL
15,000 Ecli pse
Ranges
in Portland
ATTACKS ITS TITLE
Heyburn Wants Inquiry Into
Northern Pacific.
ASKS CONGRESS TO INQUIRE
In operating its railroad under any fran
chise derived from the Government of the
United States but operates a railroad
under the laws of Wisconsin, under which
it was incorporated, and the laws of the
several states in which the railroad is
situated.
Canada Reduers PoataKe Hata.
OTTAWA. Ont.. Feb. . The following
was-given out by the Postoffice Depart
ment today:
"An amendment has been made to the
convention negotiated between Canada
and the TTnlted States as regards the post
age paid on daily papers. Daily news
papers now charged 4 cents a pound will
in future be 1 cent a pound. Weekly
newspapers and periodicals remain the
same, 4 cents a pound."
Senator Says Reorganization Was
Fraudulent Conspiracy Aga!nst
Former Company and Moves to
Cancel Federal Charter.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 6. Senator Heyburn today re
introduced his resolution calling upon the
President to make Investigation and re
port to the Senate all matters connected
with the reorganization of the Northern
Pacific railroad property; to ascertain
what title and estate in said railroad,
telegraph line and land grant is held or
owned by the corporation created by
Congress by the act of July 2, 1S64, and,
if said Federal corporation has no title
to estate in any property, then to ascer
tain and report what reason, if any,
exists why the charter'should not be re
pealed by Congress.
Fraud on Government.
In the preamble to his resolution Mr.
Heyburn says the Northern Pacific re
ceived a grant of more than 40,000,000 acres
of public land. Since receiving the grant
the company has been twice reorganized,
once in 1S75 and again in 1896. The last
reorganization was effected by a fraudu
lent conspiracy against the organization
of 1S75 and to the Injury of the stock
holders thereof, and results In fraud upon
the Government of the United States by
wrongfully making it appear that the
ownership of the Northern Pacific rail
road is no longer vested in a corporation
of congressional creation, over which
Congress is possessed of direct and im
mediate legislative power.
Denies It Got Land Grant.
It further appears that the present
corporation, in litigation against it in
stituted by the United States Govern
ment, has undertaken to defend against
the enforcement of thn In w rln Mv. t tv,
exercise of franchises by railroad com
panies suosiaizea Dy the United States,
and has averred that it is not subject
to the provisions of xaM nc tvnnu i
never reoeived any subsidy from the Unit
es ota.iea ana eecauM it la not enaajwd ,
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There must be something in all this Pure Food Talk.
We hear the term "Pure Food" on every hand Pure
Food Shows, Pure Food Laws and Pure Food agitation
of all kinds. It simply means that people are awaken
ing to the fact that that they cannot be too careful about
the purity of their food and the ingredients which enter
into its making.
One of the most fruitful sources of indigestion in the
past has been the use of lard. Nine times out of ten, the
lard which you buy is not fit for any human stomach. Its
source is suggestive of uncleanliness and unhealthfulness.
It makes greasy, indigestible food, and food which is
bound eventually to interfere with digestion.
COTTOLENE is the only rational frying and shorten
ing medium. Wherever exhibited in competition with
other cooking fats, it has always been granted highest
award. It contains no hog-fat, but is a pure vegeta
ble product, made from the choicest cotton seed oil, and is
every bit as pure and healthful as the purest olive oil.
For frying and shortening, you should use nothing but
COTTOLENE. It is more healthful than lard; it will
go farther than lard, one-third less being required; and it
will make your food more appetizing and digestible.
- Buy a pail of COTTOLENE to-day, use it according
to directions, and you will never go back to lard.
Cottolene is Guaranteed We herebr authorize your grocer to
, . . . . refund your money in case you're not
pleased after having: given COTTOLENE a fair test.
Never Sold in Bulk c.OTTOLENE is packed in pafls with a patent
. . , air-tight top, to keep it clean, fresh and whote
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