BEND IMPERIAL
AT
Admiral Sperry Refuses
Send Marines to Parade
Without Guns.
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PROGRAMME NEARLY UPSET
Awkward Point Overcome Without
Friction, but Uncle Sam's Fight
ing Forces Will Carry Xo
Powder in Guns.
SYDNEY, N. S. Aug. 20. There
arose today a circumstance In connec
tlon with the narade of American blue
1rkt and marines in Sydney tomor
rna vhlrh t one time DTOmlsed tO
make it impossible for the carrying out
of the programme as originally
planned, but the matter has been ad
Justed and the men will march in ac
cordance with expectations.
TmnriMi a ff-ni n 1 1 rn fnrhld the land'
Ins; of armed men in Australia. This
fact was communlcatea 10 wanur.
cn.v -hn in renlv - informed th
government that he would not allow
hi. mAn tn rini-rioinatA In the Drocession
and reviews unless they came ashore
armed. This was followed oy a con
Admiral SDerrv and
the commonwealth government, after
which it was announced that the gov
ernment had granted permission for
the American sailors inu murines
land armed, but without ammunition
This provision was accepted by thi
imricnn rnmmander and the pro-
gramme will therefore be carried out
unaltered.'
Messengers of Friendship.
Rear-Admlral Sperry has sent thi
following message in reply to the com
munlcatlon from Alfred Deakin, thi
Prime Minister of Australia, welcoming
the American fleet to Australian
waters:
The America Navy i fortunate In betas
the means of bringing Americans and Aus
tralians In closer touch, and the officers and
men of thia fleet are appreciative of the
honor of being messengers of friendship and
good-will.
Tomorrow is set aside for the public
reception ana puduc iau'6- "
l ... rnrd i n 1 1 1 v and Whole
hearted welcome which fills the people of
this city nas louna opiiunuimj i v -presslon
in several ways. Numberless
harbor craft have circled ail aay ions
around the white battleships anchored in
K Kb.. mnA h firPB Arid headlands
were crowded until late this afternoon by
thousands of interested spectator.
Exchange Official Otlls.
This afternoon the Admiral of the
fleet and the captains came ashore and
called officially upon Lord Northcote,
r.Av.tiiA,.p.iiral i.i Australia, and Sir
Harry Rawson, Governer of New South
Wales. The American officers were
saiuted upon landing. Later the Gov
ernor paid his official call ana was in
turn saluted by the American fleet.
This morning Lord Northcote gave a
dinner In behalf of the American officers.
There were present 6 Americans, in
cluding the Admirals and the Captains,
as well as Sir Harry Rawson, the British
Admiral, ministers of state and of the
. commonwealth, and numeroua other of-
. V.lw null
livers i inBii
Admiral Sperry. commander of the
American fleet, was interviewea
on the arrival of the vessels of his
command. He said:
"ThA wlrnm e-rtended the Amerl
can fleet has been very hearty and
Impressive. The hillsides and the
.iifr fmm Pntflnv Riir ii n were cover
ed with people as close as they could
stand. The welcome accoraea us i
lmnat hevnnd hellef. and it seeirs evi
iint that iirh a demonstration of
kindly feeling must have more back of
H than mere curiosity ana excitement.
Jt is very pleasing to me to think
that this indicates a real and heartfelt
sympathy between the two Lngllsn-
r..aif natinn who are united not
only by the ties of blood, but by great
commercial interests in tne racinc ana
inewhere. Please extend my thanks
to the people and the authorities for
this welcome."
The Governor of "Western Australia. Ad
mlrot Ctfiwrf htta Ytndd An I H vl T A
tion to the American Admirals to stay at
the Government house at Perth on their
way to the gold fields In the north.
TREPARE TO RECEIVE FLEET
Chinese Commissioners at Amoy
Provide Suitable Site.
AMOY, Aug. 2D. The Chinese commis
sioners having the natter in charge have
selected the parade ground one mile out
side this city as the best place for the
entertainment of the cfflcers and men
of the American battleship fleet when the
vesrels reach here the latter part of
October.
Large buildings are being put up to be
used in entertaining the visitors.
A boat race has been added to the pro
gramme of sport a
Fleet's Advance Guard.
COLOMBO. Aug. 20. The battleships
Alabama and Maine, which have been de
tached from the Atlantic battleship fleet
snd are preceding the fleet by about a
month on the trip around the world, left
here today for Aden, where they are due
August 27.
To Receive Pacific Fleet.
HONOLULU. Aug. 20. Governor Frear
today appointed .a committee to have
charge of the arrangements for the
reception and entertainment of the offi
cers and men of the Pacific fleet when
they arrive here.
REIGN OF BLOOD AT END
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this afternoon, after which it was offi
cially given out that in order to avoid
the danger of a collapse of the annex
ation movement, tne government had
Secided in a spirit of conciliation to
accept the action of the chamber with
regard to Congo finances. The members
of th ministry will, therefore, retain
their portfolios.
The situation regarding the annexa
tion of the Congo Independent State
was thrown Into great confusion last
(rear by the action of King Leopold
In withdrawing the control of the
trown domain, the richest part of the
Congo, from the regular Congo ad
ministration in order to prevent the
saxsage of the domain to Belgium
Ihould annexation be consummated.
Forced King to Act.
This action was bitterly resented by
3ie friends of annexation In Parlia
ment as a usurpation of Belgium's
pUosja hjerliua and. tne opposition
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SYDNEY
became so great that In February of
this year King Leopold changed his
attitude on this matter and agreed to
abandon the crown domain and the
crown foundation to Belgium, stipulat
ing that Belgium should not only as
sume all the Congo obligations,
amounting to $21,000,000, but under
take also to continue the King's
usufruct in the Congo's revenues dur
ing his lifetime.
Belgium was required specifically to
respect the concessions granted to
two American companies In 1906, In
which Thomas F. Ryan is interested.
The stipulations vere embodied In the
final draft of the treaty.
Under the terms of the treaty the
Congo's .revenues are charged with the
following annual allowances: Twenty-four
thousand dollars to Prince Al
v.A. nf thA fount of Flanders.
v. . . r trin. TnnnM 11 K ftfti) to
Princess Clementine, the King's third
daughter, and, as an especial token
of gratitude to me iiing, tne sum
tiA nnr. aaa In 13 annual fnjttallmen
for his use In maintaining hospitals
and schools and forwarding scientific
work In Arrica. r unnermore oeigi
.T,.ar,H thai ntn nf X4 0.1(11)00
w-jrk for which contracts have already
been maae.
King Retains Interests.
In addition King Leopold retains In
fee simple 40.000 hectares of land" at
Mayumbe for coffee and cocoa grow
lng experiments, and during his life
time he Is to enjoy his interests in the
Congo concessionary companies and
the property in Belgium and France
which he purchased out of the funds
of the Congo foundation.
Upon the death of the King all this
property will revert to Belgium.
TEST WRIGHT AEROPLANE
OHIO INTEXTOR'5 MACHINE IS
BROUGHT TO FORT 1IYER.
Preliminary Flights Under Auspices
of Army Board to Be Made
Next "Week.
"WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Orville O.
Wright, of Dayton. O.. the aeroplanlst.
is expected at Fort Myer tomorrow. The
Wright brothers' aeroplane Is now at tne
post across the Potomac. It will Be as
sembled at the balloon-house as soon as
Mr. Wright arrives. Two mechanics from
the Wright brothers' shop are now at Fort
Mver.
The preliminary flights of the Wright
aeroplane are not expected to begin until
next week. In the meantime the officers
of the Signal Corps will continue prac
tice flights with the motor balloon. Two
military spherical balloons, one captive
and one free, built for the Army by Cap
tain Baldwin, were Inspected at Fort Myer
today and found to meet all specifications.
Airships Crnlse Together.
BERLIN, Aug. 20. The Dross and the
Parseval steerable balloons cruised to
gether for two hours today, over Ber
lin. They performed various evolu
tlons with great success, and were
close together for the entire flight.
They sailed the length of Unter Den
Linden, only a short distance above the
housetops, and were cheered by the
crowds in the streets. The Duke of
Sachsen-Altenburg was again at the
helm' of the Parseval. Both balloons
will make dally ascensions for the pur
pose of training new men In their
management.
ABANDON BIG RACE TRACK
Brighton Beach Course Sold for
Building Lots.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. The Brighton
Beach Racing Association plant has been
sold to a land development company, and
within a week laborers will be at work
cutting the famous race course' Into
streets and building lots.
Among the large and. small business
men to whom the annual revenues de
rived from the free spending crowds that
frequented the course were an important
factor in the success of their enterprises
there is much gloom. The staggering
blow which racing received by the pas
sage of the anti-gambling bills was a
hard one for the local hotelkeepers and
merchants, but they were all hopeful of
the ultimate return of the old brisk
days and a revival of racing interest at
Brighton. With the abandonment of
the course tfVid its transformation into a
home center, all hope of racing ever
again getting a foothold near the sea
has vanished.
HORSES GO TO SOUTH AMERICA
Keene Admits Death of Racing in
New York.
NEW YORK. Aug., 20. Eighty-eight
thoroughbread horses, valued at J500
000, (he property of J. B. Haggln and
James R. Keene, were shipped irom
here today for Buenos Ayres. A track
on the deck will be used In calm weath
er for exercising the animals.
The shipment is believed to he due
to the decline In the horse . racing
which followed the enactment of the
anti-betting laws in this state.
MUTE PLEA FOR BIRDS
Society Woman Would Mend Dislo
cated Millinery Morals. '
N F.W YORK. Aug. 30. Mrs. Frank K.
Sturgis, known in society here and in
Lenox, intends the gift of a collection
of rare and beautiful birds of paradise,
which she has just presented to the
American Museum of Natural History,
as a first aid for - dislocated millinery
morals. She is a member of the mu
seum and also a leading spirit in the Au
dubon Society, which is pledged to pre
vent the slaughter of birds for the pur
pose of hat adornment. Several of the
rarer birds cost J100 each unmounted.
and there' is not one of the 70 specimens
which is not of high intrinsic worth as
well as of scientific value.
These birds are found only in New
Guinea and a few Islands off its coast.
and despite their limited number they
re hunted remorselessly by "plumers
employed by the wholesale milliners. The
plumage of the male bird attains its
dazzling beauty in the mating season,
and the killing therefore is causing the
species to disappear. England has re
cently passed a law which goes into
effect June 1, 1909, forbidding the fur
ther importation of the plumage of such
birds into the United Kingdom.
Of the 85 varieties of birds of paradise.
SO are represented in the 70 specimens.
The 25 other species are only slightly
varying forms. The collection Is better
than any other In the United States and
is surpassed only by collections In Lon
don and Dresden. The assemblage was
rathered after two years' research by
Frank M. Chapman, of the museum staff,
who is a noted ornithologist and has
achieved remarkable results In the
mounting of birds.
Toronto Has $140,000 Fire.
TORONTO. Ont.. Aur. 20. Fire today
partially destroyed the warehouse and
store of Rice, Lewis A. Son, hardware.
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MURDER
RUMOR
N FLAMES CITI
Springfield Aroused by Acci
dental Shooting of Grand
Jury Witness.
TROOPS READY TO LEAVE
Seventh Regiment Remains to Assist
Police Forces ' in Maintaining
Order Negro Refugees Are
Headed for Missouri.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 20. Spring
field was inflamed tonight by a report
that Rolla Keyes, a 17-year-old boy, who
testified before the special grand jury,
when that body indicted George Richard
son for an alleged attack upon Mrs. Ma
bel Hallam, had been' shot by friends of
the accused negro. Before the rumor had
time to spread far, however, it was
learned that the shooting was accidental,
the wound having been inflicted by a bul
let from a revolver belonging to a com
panion of Keyes. The boy is so seriously
injured that he may not recover.
Because of the excitement caused by the
first reports of the accident, extra precau
tions were taken by Colonels Moriarity
end Foreman, in command of the two
military sections of the city, to prevent
the gathering of crowds.
Fears Felt in "Black Belt."
The members of the patrols were also
instructed to spread the true version of
the accident and to arrest any person
discovered! counseling violence to negroes.
The occurrence caused fresh fears In
the "Black Belt," despite the attempts of
the officials to quiet the town.
The arsenal was crowded with refugees
n.ain anA thMA waa flljm tL 1 number
of negroes who slept under the protec
tion ot a guard irom tne dovciihi 6'
ment at Camp Lincoln.
Troops Leave City Today.
Final relinquishment of the military
control of this city will take place tomor
row as the result of a conference be
tween Governor Deneen and General
Young today. The First Regiment will
be sent to Chicago and the remaining
regiment, the Seventh Infantry, will be
held here in reserve in case the Sheriff's
force and police are unable to preserve
the peace whicn. the troopa have estab
lished. The local authorities began today the
task of overcoming the handicap on their
efforts to fix responsibility for the recent
riots. Imposed by the failure of the cor
oner's inquest to hold any one responsible
for the death of Scott Burton, the negro
lynched In the "Black Belt" last Friday
night.
The open verdict of the coroner's jury
was a blow to the hopes of the state's at
torney and other officials who saw the
confirmation of the suspicion that wit
nesses to the rioting would fail to recog
nize leaders of the mob when called upon
to testify in public proceedings.
Apathy in Grand Jury.
Only one witness appeared on the stand.
That witness displayed an unusually poor
memory when confronted with incisive
questions.
The grand jury went ahead with Its in
vestigation today, but there was consider
ably less enthusiasm regarding its work
than was displayed two days ago.
Some firing was heard today in tne
outlying sections of the city, but nervous
militiamen were responsible for it. There
were probably half a dozen calls for
troops at the various headquarters, but
In none of the cases was their presence
necessary.
Work waa resumed at the Tuxhorn
Mine, which had been shut down because
of the refusal of the whites and negroes
to work together. The orders of the of
ficials of the miners' union were respon
sible for this and other mines affected by
similar conditions are expected to resume
tomorrow.
Refugees continue to leave town. Neigh
boring villages and hamlets, however, are
In many Instances refusing the negroes a
haven, and most of the colored people
who departed today were bound for com
munities at a distance from this city.
Many of the negroes selected Missouri
as their destination, but most of the emi
grants started for Chicago, Peoria and
other Illinois cities.
Drives Negro to Suicide.
ESKRIDGE. Kan., Aug. 20. Griev
ing and worrying over the result of the
Springfield riots caused Plato Brake
bill, a respectable negro resident of
this place, to commit suicide last even
ing at Alma, by swallowing carbolic
acid. He had discussed the matter fre
quently of late and a search of his
pockets after death showed a number
of the riot clippings. He leaves a
family here.
BOWS TO WILL -OF PARTY
Governor Johnson Will Accept Nom
ination for Third Term.
ST." PAUL, Aug. 20. Shortly before
noon today Governor Johnson called the
newspaper men together and announced
he would accept the nomination for gov
ernor tendered to him by the state con
vention yesterday. He said:
After due consideration of the mat
ter, and before I have been formally noti
fied. I will tell you that I have made up
my mind to lay aside all personal con
siderations and listen "to the call of the
party. I will accept the nomination
when it is formally tendered to me.
'I desire to state also and to make It
emphatic, that if the committee (had
called on me before the nominating
speech had been made, J would have
positively declined to be a candidate."
HIGH PRAISE FOR COAST
Chicago Man's Eyes Opened by
Trip to Northwest.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. The magnitude of
natural wealth and prospective prosper
ity of the Pacific Northwest are far be
yond the present conception of the aver
age Chicagoan, in the opinion ot Harry
A. Wheeler, chairman of the ways and
means committee of the Chicago Associ
ation of Commerce.
Mr. Wheeler recently made a tour of
the Pacific Northwest in the interest of
trade extension and today reported his
observations.
LITTLE GIRLS KIDNAPED
Daughters of Wealthy Kenosha Man
Man Held for Ransom?
KENOSHA. Wis., Aug. 20. Detectives
Jpdftl a WiSfi Jo (Clear the m;tery
surrounding the disappearance of Ger
trude and Dorothy uean. oausiueis
Jacob Behn. one of the wealthiest resi
dents of Southern Wisconsin. The girls.
11 and 12 years of age respectively, have
not been seen since their parents left
them swinging in a hammock on the
lawn at home Monday night. It is
thought they were kidnaped and are
held for ransom.
Another tangle Is the receipt by Mrs.
Behn, stepmother of the missing maids,
of a note several weeks ago, warning her
that a plot was on foot to steal the girls.
Members of the household say that
Monday night a closed carriage was
driven up to the Behn gate. It is de
clared that a voice was heard sharply
commanding the girls to enter and that
they obeyed. The horses then were whip
ped up and the victims rapidly carried
Affer an unsuccessful search by rela
tives and local authorities. Mr. Behn
came to Kenosha last evening and en
gaged detectives to work upon the case.
Several years ago the girls' mother died.
Twelve months ago their father married
Mrs. Anne Schenkenberg, of Milwaukee.
The stepmother appears to have been
well liked by the children and not a word
of dissatisfaction at their home life has
ever been uttered by them in public.
CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS
FROM ATTORNEYS.
Wife Denies Improper Conduct With
Annis, but Captain's Lawyer De
clares Her Story Ridiculous.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Interest in
the case of the Hains brothers, now
awaiting indictment and trial in the
Queens County Jail for the murder of
William E. Annis on the float of the
Bayside, L. I.. Yacht Club last Satur
day, centers today in various contra
dictory statements issued by the law
yers for Captain Peter C. Hains and
his brother, Thornton J. Hains, and by
those having charge or the interests
of Mrs. Hains, the captain's wife.
Frank G. Wild, Mrs. Hains' attor
ney, insisted that, signed . confessions
to the contrary notwithstanding, Mrs.
Hains had never been guilty of im
proper conduct with Annis.
Mr. Wild denied a published story
that Mrs. Hains was trying to effect
a reconciliation with her husband and
would testify in his behalf at the trial.
Weldon C. Percy, the first lawyer called
in to defend Captain Hains and his
brother, refused to comment on the vari
ous statements. In respect to the much
exploited incident of ihe automobile ride
in which Captain Hains took Annis after
his return from the Philippines, Mr.
Percy threw a new light.
"The Captain," said he. "returned with
the conviction that all the gossip con
necting Annis and his wife was absolutely
without foundation. He studied up on a
way to silence the detractors of the
woman he loved and decided that the
best way would be to openly Invite Annis
to dinner at the fort. He did this, trust
ing the word of his wife. That night
Annis came to the tort with his wife and
after dinner the four went out together
on an automobile ride. Subsequent, to
that the Captain discovered the truth.
The talk of Mrs. Hains not having been,
in full possession of her faculties a.t the
time she signed the confession is ridicu
lous. Fully 12 hours elapsed between her
oral and written confessions."
CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH
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stove, must have started It. Little Alma
Schultz, who escaped -uninjured, ran
swiftly to the home of neighbors, half a
mile away, and gave the alarm.
, Aid reached the place too late, how
ever, for when neighbors arrived the
house was in ashes and the charred
remains of the six children were found.
The six corpses will be taken to Spokane
for burial.
The six bodies have been placed in
three caskets. Gladys and Arthur
Schultz were placed in one casket, Lu
cille, Mlra and Celia Fix were placed in
another and the remains of Esther were
placed in a separate casket.
It is generally believed that Rosa
Schultz, the heroine, will die as a result
of her injuries. When she discovered the
fire and rushed outside she had presence
of mind enough to saturate her clothing
with water before she went back to save
the others. However, she did not extin
guish the fire in her hair, and the in
juries resulting from this will likely
cause her death.
Great Missionary Meeting.
NEW' YORK, Aug. 20. A foreign mis
sionary conference composed of mission
aries and missionary workers from all
parts of the world will be held in Edin
burgh, Scotland, in June, 1910. The forth
coming conference, which will be the
largest of its kind, has received the in
dorsement of President Roosevelt, W. H.
Taft and James Bryce, British Ambassa
dor to the United States.
s
Martin " Miller. Assessor-elect of
Yamhill County, wife and son. are in
the city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Jenning. of 621 East Hoyt street.
Biggest, Busiest and
Best on the Coast
and the Northwest The House of Highest Quality
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILL WEAR:
THIS
ADVANCE STYLES
COLLEGE CLOTHES
on display a complete line of
COLLEGE STYLE CLOTHES
for young men very different
from those heretofore shown.
Take advantage of early choosing.
On exhibition SECOND
FLOOR take elevator
Price $15 to $35
EES
TRDUBLEIN CABINET
Premier Asquith Hurries Home
From Scotland.
SIR EDWARD GREY ANGRY
Raids Into Sphere of Foreign Office
by Winston Churchill and David ,
Lloyd George Arouse
Minister to Wrath.
LONDON. Aug. 30. The return today of
Prime. Minister Asquith from a holiday In
Scotland and his lengthy conference with
Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of Foreign
Affairs, are being connected in some quar
ters with developments arising out of the
recent meeting of King Edward and Em
peror William and Emperor Francis Jo
seph. '
So far as known, however, nothing oc
curred at these royal conferences that is
likely to have such immediate political
consequences as to have necessitated this
urgency meeting of British ministers. It
Is much more probable that Mr. Asquith
waa obliged to interrupt his holiday for
the purpose of pacifying Sir Edward, who,
it is known, keenly resents the raids of
Winston Churchill, President of the Board
of Trade, and David Lloyd George, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, into the sphere
of the Foreign Office.
Churchill's recent speech upon Anglo
German relations and Lloyd George's In
terviews on the continent, which seem to
have been accepted there as indicating
that he has some proposals to make to
Germany regarding the naval programme
of the two countries. Intensely angers the
Foreign Secretary, and there is reason to
believe that it was his representations to
Mr. Asquith on this subject which are
said to have amounted practically to an
ultimatum that broaght the Premier to
London.
The relations of Sir Edward Grey and
Came to a quick ending last Saturday evening, but
just as advertised and because all the pianos one
hundred .were sold. This six-dollars-a-month sale
is liable to close soon, and for that verysame reason,
so now we ask all who contemplate taking advan
tage of our special easy, terms to do so this week
and avoid disappointment. .
COME DOWN THIS FORENOON, if possible; today by all means. Your
savings run from $125 to $200, according to the piano selected. This actual
real cash is worth coming to save, even if you live a couple of hundred miles
out of the city.
REMEMBER THE TERMS $6 CASH AND $6 A MONTH
Take any of these until all are sold. $185 for Best $325 Pianos.
Pay $138 for Best $265 Pianos. $243 for Best $400 Pianos.
$144 for Finest $275 Pianos. $294 for Our Best $500 Pianos.
And a store full of other equally as good Pianos at smallest known terms and prices
SEASON, ASK BEN SELLING
N
Mr. Haldane, the Secretary of War, with
some of the more socialistic members of
the Cabinet, have been strained for some
time. The Foreign Secretary is firmly
opposed to the social reform programme
at the expense of the Army and Navy
which some of his colleagues are inces
santly advocating. The incursion of these
latter into the sphere of general affairs,
which Sir Edward regards as unjustifi
able Interference in matters belonging
exclusively to the Foreign Office, has
brought the friction to a climax, and it
Is anticipated that his protest will result
in a hint being given to those ministers to
confine themselves more closely to their
own departments.
NO FAITH IN POLICEMEN
Sew York Man Escapes Jury Duty
on Novel Plea.
- NEW YORK, Aug. 20. James Hamilton,
an .insurance man, was dismissed from
further Jury service by Judge Malone in
General Sessions "without the thanks of
the court," because he puts no faith in
the word of a policeman. Mr. Hamilton
had declared in the Jury room recently
that he would never convict anyone on
the word of a policeman and largely on
that account the, Jury had failed to agree
in the case of a man who has been up
for trial before every Judge In general
sessions.
Assistant District Attorney McGulre had
heard of this. When Mr. Hamilton was
called yesterday In a case of robbery
where a policeman was an important wit
ness, he asked him if he would accept the
man's evidence as he would the evidence
of a civilian.
"I don't want to serve, and don't think
I ought to." said Mr. Hamilton. "I have
a very strong prejudice against the po
lice." "If you have this strong prejudice
against any clas of persons," said the
Judge, "you are not fit to serve. Tou
are discharged from further service, and
without the thanks of the court."
Dog Bites Little Girl.
SEASIDE. Or.. Aug. 20. While the
little daughter of W. E. Prudhomme
was playing with her pet dog. another
dog came up and the two animals be
gan to fight. The child thrust herself
between them and was severely bitten
on the arm by the strange dog. The
wound was immediately dressed by Dr.
W. E. Lewis and so far is healing
nicely.
OUE LAST SALE
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EILERS PIANO HOUSE
353 WASHINGTON STREET
m.p Leading
MJj Clothier
FEDERAL JUDGES BLINDED
I HADLEY OF MISSOURI RAPS OIL
DECISION.
Tells National Association of Attor-neys-Oeneral
Corporations Get
Too Many Favors.
DENVER, Aug.20. "The Judge who
cannot see the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey In the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana, and who cannot see
through both of these legal fictions to
the real owners and the real offenders.
John D. -Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers, John
D. Archbold and others, is either blinded
by prejudice or by an unfortunate dispo
sition to obscure the merits of a contro
versy by strained and irrelevant techni
calities," declared Attorney-General Her
bert S. Hadley, of Missouri, today in his
address before the second annual conven
tion of the National Association of Attorneys-General,
of which he is president.
The statement was made in the course
of a review of the reversal by the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals of the
$29, 000.000 fine which was assessed
against the Standard Oil Company of In
diana by Judge Landis, of the United
States District Court.
"To assert that men may. by the or
ganization of a puppet corporation, escape
the proper measure of punishment for
their wrongdoing." said President Had
ley. "Is to give to the legal fiction of the
corporation greater rights, privileges and
Immunities than those which belong to
natural persons.
"This case should serve as an im
pressive argument as to the necessity
of the National and State Govern
ments enacting a law to the effect that
no Judgment in a criminal or civil
case should be reversed unless the
court can affirmatively say upon the
entire record, that the Judgment will
be for the wrong party,- and that but
for the error complained of, a differ
ent Judgment would have been ren
dered. . . r
"The results secured, or rather, the
lack of results secured," President
Hadley "further said, "furnish an added
demonstration of the ineffectiveness of
the present methods of litigation for
the suppression or punishment of
trusts and monopolies.