tut: morxlxg oregoxiax. Thursday, January is, idio.
COTTOH MARKET
PAHIG-STRIGKEH
WHITE SUVE BILL
-HAS PASSED HOUSE
COLLIER WHICH IS WEECKED AT ENTRANCE TO COOS BAY.
Our January
Clearance
Piano Sale
A v . ; 5 J
third Sensational Slump Wit
nessed Within Ten '
Days.
LIKENED TO SULLY BREAK
No Ajtpcui'iiiu c of Change in Trade
Conditions to Warrant Almost
l"n preredoii tod Collapse in
Prices Here Recorded.
SKW YORK, Jan. 12. There was a
further liij? break in the cotton market
today, makini? the third sensational
slump in prices .since the movement
started early last week.
Panic-stricken longs in all parts of the
world seemi-d to ho liquidating their cot
ton rt-ganlb'ss of prices, and the action
ot the market si i owed such intense ex
citement and demoralization as finds a
parallel only in the series of sensational
movements following the collapse of the
&ully boom.
Cotton Advances for Year.
l-'or more than a year, the cotton mar
ket has bcsMi steadily advancing1 and
toward the end of hist month prices had
readied a level which since the Civil
War hail only been equalled when Sully
was at tli1 height of his fame, March
contra' Is selling at bl.17 and May at 16.41.
At the culmina ti nq: point of today's de-
line March contracts sild . at and
Mil) at 14.7 a loss from tfie high record
f from 7-Si.j to S. 1" per Imle, almost all of
vbieh has oeeuri'ed during the last week.
The df-cline.Tt from the closim? prices
f last mjTiit amounted to more tiian
per bale.
'There does no: a ppear to have been
my change in general trade conditions
:o warrant t he aliost unprecedented
dump in prices, and in contrast to the
Bully year, bo li nunc ial differences have
M en preeipita ted. .
J tj; JiuII 1 "o ices liquidate.
It l. a pparent, however, t hat one after
in oilier of the big bull cliques, which
iad been organized Independently during
.he progress of the hull market, have
ici-n liquidating.
l'ossibly tliL i-R'Ilinir movement was due
jrii: i nal ly to an effort to obtain protits
mi lnng liiu-s. o in; to the approach of
.he new plan ting season and the ex
i c';i( .ions of greatly increasing area,
a Idle t lie absence of any speculative in-en-st
left the market with very little
support.
It yas i-epori'd today that spinners
v.re luiy ing more f r'ely in tlie South
ind late advances from the leading
Southern spot ma ria ls show no material
iVea kness.
FARM EXFERT FOUND DEAD
jU'm of .Minnesota Agricultural
i'.ram h Kxpircs When Traveling.
ST. PAUL, Jan. Profepjor William
then son, aged ;0, head of the Minne
eta AuricuUural branch ?ehotd at Crooks
ion and recognized a.- an authority in
i griculTural a t'fa Irs, was found lead in
lis berth on a Great Northern Railroad
Haiti here unlay.
Heart failure was given as the cause of
ieath.
TAFT SEEKING FOR PEACE
uueil From First Pase.)
Mice. They vigorously protested, how
:ver. against the conferees named by
:he Speaker.
Keport May lie Rcjectetl.
H u selected .Mr. T'a'zel. of Pennsyl
. a n i a. and Mr. rfm i th. of Jowa, Repub
ieaus. and Mr. l-'itzgerald, of New
fork. Democrat. All three are opposed
o i lie broad i n v est i gat ion which the
iism grills demaml. 'and all voted
igainst. the motion to take the appoint
im'IH of the House members of the in
vestigation comjiiittee out of the hands
f the Speaker.
Xo attempt to appeal from the
speaker was made, but the insurgents
will elosely follow the work of the
. on fet-eiiee committee ami are cori ti
de n t they ha ve s off icient strength to
I'ejec ' its report should it be not ac
ceptable to t hem.
The Senate joint resolution is a com
promise measure, the basis of which
was the J ones - H u mph rey resolution.
A port ion of tin reso lution reported
from the House committee on rules was
Incorporated in the measure arid this
included all of that part which provided
fur the compulsory attendance of wit
lesses and the punishment of those who
. el'used to obey the orders of the in
l esliga t ion committee. It provides for
Lhe selection of the House members by
the House itself in accordance with the
vote o that body. The sending of the
l esohn ion to con fere nee is a mr
"orma 1 i t y.
Senate Agrees Co Conference.
When the action of the House was
reported to the Senate, it agreed to the
conference. Senators Nelson. Clark, of
"Wyoming, and MeKnerney were named
a s conferees.
If the House regulars caucus on the
selection of t lie House members upon
the investigating committee, the insur-
. gents will not take part unless posi
live assurance is giwn them of the
scope of the caucus and the attitude
of the regulars. Should the Cannon
supporters remain obdurate and reject
tiie overture of the insurgents, the lat
ter will thou look to the Democrats for
coalition which will ignore the regu
lars. The insurgents are not demand
ing majority representation upon the
investigating committee. It is proposed
by the insurgents that the regulars an-
.Tiouuce their choice, and permit them to
Mate t lie ir object ion to any member
who may not be acceptable, the Presi
dent to determine whether the name of
fered as a substitute is not more de
sirable, lotiit Caucus Calm.-
The joint Kepubllc.-yi caucus of the
Senate a r.d House tonight selected a
now Congressional committee and ad
journed after a perfunctory session.
None of tiie interesting issues came up
which it was- predicted might be in
jected into the proceedings.
, The only recognized insurgents on
the committee are Woods of Iowa and
'linshaw of Nebraska.
;reat Western Superintendent Quits.
ST. PAT' U Jan. Otto CornelHsin.
general superintendent of the Chiengo
tJroat Western Railway, announced today
to take effect January
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I'
31 LIS HUE LOST
Steamer Czarina Founders Off
Coos Bay Bar.
ONE MAN COMES ASHORE
Beyond Jteaeli of Life Saving Crew,
Men Are Seen to Drop From
ttigrging as Heavy Sea
iireaks Over Vessel.
'Continued From First Page.)
but .were driven back by the fury of the
storm.
Too far to shoot ai lifeline to the wreck,
the lifesavers and others were helpless
to lend aid. "With glasses they saw
breaker after breaker sweep the rigging
and carry away the men hanging to the
ropes. The wireless late in the afternoon
got into comrminication with the steamer
Queen off shore and she started to come
to render aid, but it is feared she will
be too late.
The Eandon lifesaving crew also start
ed here in hope that some of those
aboard the Czarina might weather the
storm until the fury passed and the life
boats could reach them.
When darkness came, only a part of
one mast appeared standing, and half a
dozen men clinging to it, appeared to be
all left aboard.
The Czarina's lifeboats were swept away
by the first peas that struck her and the
men aboard had no means of trying for
the shore except to swim and the sea
around the vessel wars too rough for even
the most daring to try. From all that
can be gathered, the men at the life
suving station think the first was that
struck the v vessel shifted her cargo and
probably damaged the steering gear,
eliminating- all chances of getting to sea
after she was swung around by the waves
and washed ashore.
The Czarina was an iron vessel of
3045 gross tons and 79o net tons burden.
She measured 216 feet in length and 30. S
feet beam. She was commanded by
Captain "Charles J. Dugan, and was
manned by a crew of L'2 men. The ves
sel was built at Sunderland, England,
in .18SJ. and was christened U. W. Jones.
During the Spanish-American War
she secured American registry and was
later added to the tleet of the Southern
Pacific Company. For the past eight
years she had been in charge of Captain
Dugan, and carried coal south from
Coos Bay in the service of the Harri
man lines.
The point where the Czarina went
ashore is almost the identical spot
where the old Arago left her bones 13
years ago. The Arago went on the
north spit and 14 lives were lost. It
was only by the merest accident that
any were saved.
Captain Charles J. Dugan, master of
the Czarina, is a sailor of the old
school. He is known as a skillful nav
igator and a man of great courage. In
the days of the clipper ship Dugan was
in the class with Captains Conway,
Bennett, Macgenn and others.
VOLXG MU.I.IS IS KXOWX HERE
Victim of Wrecked Czarina Was Stu
dent at Pacific I'niversUy.
Harold Mints, son of C. J. Millis, who
it itf feared is lost on the wrecked Czar
ina, is well known in Portland and
throughout Oregon. When the elder Mr.
Millie was livestock agent for the Harri
man lines, Harold, with the other mem
bers of the family, resided in Portland. He
also at tended the Pacific University at
Forest Grove, taking both the academic
and collegiate courses and completing the
latter about 1903.
HURT BY LIFT IS SERIOUS
I5;iy City Man Caught Between Door
easing anil Kievator Vloor.
SAX- FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. A. C.
Schmdler. general manager ot the North
ern Klectric Company, was severely if
not fatally injured today when caught
between a doorcasir.g and an elevator
floor in the Alaska Commercial building.
His risrht thigh was badly fractured and
his back was wranched. It is thought
that he may have suffered internal in
juries. CHARTER DAY IS OBSERVED
I'acifie I'niversUy Kntcrs on Its
5 7th Year.
PACIFIC UXrVERSITY, Forest Grove.
Or., Jan 10. iSpeciai.) Charter day, in
STEAMER CZARINA.
commemoration of the srantins of the
first charter to Pacilic University in IfM,
was oiserved with fitting rxerol.ses this
morning. A large number of alumni and
students of the institution d;ring pioneer
days were present.
The oration of the day was delivered
by Attorney Bela S. Huntington, of Port
land, on the subject 'The Founding of a
College." He sioke of the founding of
the University of Vermont, and drew a
parallel of the work of Dr. James Marsh,
of that institution, and the accomplish
ments of President S. H. Marsh, his son
and first president of this institution
here.
President Perrin told of the conditions
at the time of the founding of this in
stitution, giving Mrs. Tabitha Brown,
Rev. Harvey eiarke and Dr. G. H. At
kinson credit for starting the movement.
PCINDEXTER TAKES, STAND
W astiinftton Insurgent Booms Tin
eliot and Itoosevelt.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington Jan. 12. Representative Poin
dexter of AVashington, in a lengthy in
surgent interview published here today
says:
"I am for Pinchot and for his policies
and we have got to tight for them. I
am for Roosevelt and hope and expect
to see him again President to guard and
preserve these policies."
Tonight Poindexter failed to attend trie
Republican caucus, and took no part in
the re-election of Representative Hum
phrey as committeeman from Washing
ton, r
Representative Ellis was re-elected from
Oregon and Representative Hamor, of
Idaho, was elected to succeed ex-Representative
French.
COLUMBIA BKIJXiK IX I'AVOK
Kills Measure to lie Itecoinineiitletl if
Molntloe Approves.
OKEGOXIAM NEWS BUREAU, AVash
ington, Jan. U Representative Kllis
today called on . the Chief of
Engineers to urge a prompt report on
his bill, permitting the Oregon Trunk
Line to bridge the Columbia River and
the Celilo Canal. General Marshall has
sent the bill to Major Mclndoe. at Port
land, and as soon as his report arrives,
will return the bill to Congress. General
Marshall says the department knows of
no reason why the bill .should not be
passed as last introduced, and he will
recommend its passage, if Major Mcln
doe's report is favorable. The only pur
pose of sending the bill to the local offi
cer is to make sure that it safeguards the
interests of navigation through the Celilo
Canal.
VILLAPA IUVEH TO ;KT All)
Var Depa rtmeiit Kecom mends
SJlJs(i:2 Improvement.
OREGONIAX NEAVS BUREAU. AVash
ington. Jan. 32. The War Department to
day sent Congress, a report recommending
the improvement of the AVillapa River and
harbor by providing a channel 200 feet
wide and IS feet deep up to the Junction
of the north and south forks and of the
same depth and lo0 feet wide at the south
fork for three-fourths of a mile, condi
tioned upon local co-operation.
' This work will cost $213,132. It is re
quired that the City of Raymond hear
half the cost of dredging ,within its limits'.
Ellis Presents Land District Bill.
AVASHINGTON, Jan. 3 2. Representa
tive Ellis today introduced in the House
the bill creating L new land district
in Eastern Oregon, to embrace a small
part of Grant County and all tf Baker
County, now in the Burns district, a
small part of Harney and all of Mal
heur County, the Land Office to be lo
cated at Arale.
Senate Confirms Postmasters.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. V2. The Senate today con
firmed Lawrence S. McConnell, postmas
ter at Sherwood, Or., al?o Christ H.
Schenck, postmaster at Burley. Idaho.
ELECTION IS HARD FOUGHT
liflitor, Taylor Has Clianee for Suc
cess at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Jiui. 12. ( Special.)
Tomorrow's Mayoralty election will
doubtless prove to bt one of the hottest
ever fought here.' when L. D. Taylor,
editor of the World, opposes Mayor C. S.
Douglas at the polls. last year Taylor
was beaten by a small majority and this
year he is making- his fight along practi
cally the same grounds, with an evident
strong popular backing:.
The eight-hour workdays non-removal
of the City Hall site and general civic
reform constitute the chief planks in his
platform. Two Aldermen wiil be elected
in each of the six city wards, as well as
minor municipal officials, and four ques
lions will be submitted to the plebiscite.
Conspiracy Against Manuel Denied.
LISBON, Jan. 12. The government to
d:vy denied that a conspiracy against
the life of King Manuel had been dis
covered, as was reported by the police
yesterday.
There 1 a florist at Pekin. I1L whose
nam u Joha Bloompoi.
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GRAVES GETS PLICE
Man Pinchot Taught Is Ap
pointed Forester.
POTTER MADE ASSISTANT
President Taft's Appointee Is Direc
tor Yale Forest School and Has
Had Kxtensive Experience
in the West.
WASHINGTON'. Jan 12. President Taft
today appointed Henry S. Graves, di
rector of the Yale Forest School. as
Forester of the United States, to succeed
Gifford Pinchot.
He also appointed Albert F. Potter, at
present Acting Forester, as Assistant
Forester.
The new Fore.ster and his assistant are
both known as Pinchot men. Both have
served under Pinchot and both are in
sympathy with his policy of administra
tion. It -was largely through Mr. Pin
chot's efforts that the Yale Forest School
was established, and Air. Graves went
from the post of assistant chief of the
division of forestry under Pincho to be
come director of the echooi in ljioo. He
served in the fores '.ry division for two
years.
Mr. Graves graduated f i om Yale in 1S92.
He was trained in forestry in this coun
try and in Europe and i:m extensive ex
perience in the West, having made the
reconnoissanee survey of the Black Hills
in 1!&7. He will begin his duties at? For
ester February 1.
Mr. Potter, new Associate Forester,
who succeeds Overton AV Price, is a na
tive of California and lived in the AATest
until he became a member of the for
estry staff nine years ago. He has juris
diction over all grazing privileges within
the preserves. He is well acquainted with
Western conditions and thoroughly in
formed of all the policies and practices
o (Forest Service.
ELOPERS LEAVE QUIETLY
HEIRESS AXB WAITEK OX WAY
lO PHILADELPHIA.
Cohen Expects Five-Year-Term for
Ilunnin-r Away With Girl, but
Says He loesn"t Care.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. Roberta De Janon,
the 'Philadelphia heiress1, and Frederick
Cohen, the .waiter with whom she eloped
in FlPPNTlhr 9t loft for rPhilaHalnhi n
that city.
The detectives observed the greatest
secrecy in getting the elopers out of the
city. They were taken to the depot in a
closed carriage, were smuggled into the
baggage-room and taken to a room below
in a freight elevator. From here they
boarded the train, and the curtains were
drawn after they entered the car.
"I suppose they will give me about five
years for this," said Cohen. "But I
don't care. I have made you happy for
a short time, anyway, and that is enough
for me." m
Cohen and Miss De Janon met at the
Harrison street police station for the first
time since their arrest. They had a nice
little talk together, the girl said. Cohen
pinched her cheek and told her he had
read in the papers that she thought more
of her dog than of him. She denied this
strongly.
Ferdinand 13e Janon, father of the
young Philadelphia heiress, has gone to
Philadelphia to await the, girl's return
from Chicago.
"I am making no attempt to conceal
my delight at the prospect of Roberta's
return," said the father before leaving
Xew York. "I cannot say what my
attitude toward Cohen will be. But
! I think hat his dealings with my
i daughter have been absolutely . honor
I able. Her letters and her actions show
: that. 1 think her experience will be a
( lesson to her.
"I can only attribute her action to
an unwillingness to be torn away from
her grandfather and me. She would
have liked the school to which we pro
posed sending her, but the thought of
leaving us was too much for her. She
wanted to do something that would
show us that she was not inclined to
go."
Man's Head -Crushed In Split Tree.
RED BLUFFS, Cal., Jan. 12. Caught
in the Jaws of a split sugar pine tree,
which closed together like a vise, Rob
ert J. Hall was crushed to death yes
terday on the Cone ranch. His head
was crushed like an eggshell. The tree
split when cut near the ground and
Hall was caught as the two pieces, fell
and closed together.
Heavy Penalty Is Fixed for
Aiding Interstate Traffic
in Immorality.
VICIOUS ALIENS BARRED
Deportation and Exclusion of Pro
curers Provided for -Democrats
Say State Rights kro Endan
gered by Proposed Law.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (By a viva voce
vote the House today passed the Ben-nett-Sabath
"white slave" bill.
A strenuous fight against the enactment
of such a law is being made by several
Democrats on the ground that it is an
attempt to Interfere with states' rights.
The "white slave" bill is the result of
an investigation of traffic in alien women,
made by the National Immigration Com
mission: Provision ia made for the de
portation and exclusion of Immoral aliens
and for the exclusion and punishment "of
their procurers. Traffic in immoral wo
men becomes subject to the restrictions
of the interstate commerce laws.
The measure makes it a crime punish
able by a fine of not more than J5000 and
imprisonment for not more than 10 years
for any person to procure a ticket for any
person to go from one state to another to
engage in prostitution.
Immigration laws are amended so as
to exclude persons who are supported
by or who receive proceeds from the
prostitution of aliens, and .provision is
made for the criminal prosecution of
persons who shall harbor aliens for the
purpose of prostitution. Any alien in
mate of a house of prostitution and any
alien who in any way assists such in
inmate are made liable to deportation.
STATEHOOD BII.I.S APPROVED
House Committee Unanimously Fa
vors Prompt Action.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The bill pro
viding separate statehood for the terri
tories of New Mexico and Arizona was
considered by the House committee on
territories today and will be reported to
the House tomorrow.
At today's hearing the measure was
virtually completed and the committee
was unanimous for its early presentation.
Only minor changes have been made
since its reintroduction this year by
Chairman Hamilton.
Francis M. Clements, first assistant at
torney of the Interior Department, dis
cussed the public lands feature of the
bill. Chairman Hamilton said today:
"I expect the statehood bill to pass the
House within a reasomfSie length of time.
I shall be greatly surprised if any oppo
sition to it worthy of the name develops
in the House. I cannot predict what op
position may develop in the Senate, but
I have no doubt that the bill will become
a law at the present session."
NEW MESSAGE XEAliLY READY
Taft's Views on Conservation to Be
Told In 3500 Words.
WASHIXOTON, Jan. 12. President
Taft's special message dealing with the
conservation of natural resources has
been completed and will be sent to Con
gress Friday noon.
The message will make about STiOO
words and will refer generally to' the
conservation bills which have been pre
pared by Secretary BalUnger, under the
direction of the President and with the
advice of the entire Cabinet.
Nevada XT. S. Attorney Renamed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. President Taft
today reappointed Samuel Piatt as United
States District Attorney for Nevada.
Colonel Walter Howe, of the Coast Ar
tillery Corps, was appointed a Brigadier
General. DRUNKARD SLAYS HIS BABE
Mojave Populace Attempts Lynching,
but Constable Saves Prisoner,
MOJAVE, Cal Jan. 12. After slay
ing his little 2-year-old daughter dur
ing a drunken frenzy and giving bat
tie to the officers who arrested him,
Charles Kuhn, engineer on a Santa
Fe switch engine, escaped lynching at
the hands of an infuriated populace
today only through the presence of
mind of Constable Hamilton, who spir
ited the man out of town and is now
on his way to Bakersfield with him.
Kuhn went to bis borne in an intoxi
cated condition. A few minutes later
the report of a revolver' was beard
and a woman rushed into the room and
returned carrying the child. Kuhn
went out flourishing his revolver and
ran into Constable Hamilton, who at
tempted to place him under arrest. A
battle ensued before he was taken.
INSURANCE MAW WINS
Against Banker: .
Verdict for the defendant was given
by a jury in the Circuit Court last night
in the case of Fred J. Epler against
Mark T. Kady, in which the plaintiff
sought to recover $159 he had paid as
premium on an insurance policy, alleg
ing that the amount of the premium
was misrepresented to him. He won in
Justice Court and the defendant ap
pealed. The case was tried before
Judge Morrow.
Fred J. Epler. who is cashier of the
Bank of Sherwood. In'September, 1907,
bought a $50(10 . 20-payment life policy
in the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company, of New York, which in Feb
ruary, 1908. went into the hands of re
ceivers. Mr. Kady, who had been "the
representative in the West for several
years, sold the policy to Mr. Epler, tak
ing his note for $159.70, due in six
months, for the first year's premium, a
few weeks before this note became due
the company went into the hands ot the
receivers, and Mr. Epler, learning of
this fact, undertook to repudiate the
policy and filed a suit against Mr. Kady
personally to recover the amount of
$159.70 damages from him, the same
being the amount of the note he signed
for the first premium on' the policy, al
leging in his complaint that Mr. Kady
had fraudulently misrepresented the
policy which he had accepted. The
policy was introduced in evidence, and
was the principal evidence relied on by
Mr. Kady. The case was tried before
a jury and their verdict exonerated Mr.
Kady of any fraud or fraudulent repre
sentation in the matter. J. B. Ryan
acted as Mr. Kady's attorney.
Our annual cleanup of new and
used pianos means much to music
lovers of good pianos and player
pianos who wish to economize in
the purchase of their instruments.
This store does not seek a repu
tation as a "Special Sales Store."
Our policy, previously announced,
is to sell the best makes of player-
pianos and pianos under an original and economical sales plan that
enables us to offer sixteen leading makes at the lowest prices in the
United States.
However, circumstances enable us to announce a bona fide bargain
sale that offers a splendid opportunity to secure a fine piano or
v player-piano at a great" saving.
Below we give a partial list of the instruments and their reduced
prices. This is not a sale for profit, but an emergency offering pure
and simple, and early callers will secure as fine piano bargains " as
were ever offered.
THESE PIANOS TO BE CLOSED OUT
1 Schmidt Cabinet grand, cost new $250.00,
closing out price ..... $125.00
1 Kingsbury, fancy oak, cost $350.00, clos
ing out price .$135.00
1 J e wel, beautiful mahogany case, cost new
$200.00, closing out price . $110.00
1 Weser Bros.' Mahogany, cost new $325.00,
closing out price ". . .JJ51S5.0O
1 Price & Teeple Mahogany, cost new $375,
closing out price . . . . ?265.CM
1 Rembrandt, Oak, cost new $225.00, clos
ing out price $155.00
1 Gerhard, Mahogany, cost new $350.00,
closing out price $195.00
1 Wegman, Mahogany, cost new $400.00,
closing out price $265.00
1 Fer'd. 'Koehler, Oak, cost new $250.00,
closing out price 5j516o.OO
1 Decker Bros.' Square, excellent condi
tion, closing out price $75.00
1 Player-Piano; Fancj mahogany, cost new
, $700.00, closing out price $385.00
1 Price & Teeple, Oak, cost new $335.00,
closing out price $245. CO
TERMS SPECIALLY LOWERED FOR THIS SALE
Out-of-town parties should write for full particulars.
Pianos shipped on approval.
.. ,11 ,.11 vw. M - W
304 Oak Streets
BEET SUGAR IS &R0PPED
COXCEHX MISSIXG TOOM LIST
OF "TRUST'S" HOLDINGS.
IMreclors at Annual Meeting Plead
Innocence of Complicity in
Dishonest Weighing.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. Indication that
the American Sugar Refining Company
has relinquished Its interest in the Amer
ican Beet Sugar Company was furnished
by -the former company's formal report,
submitted today. The list of property
in which the American Sugar Refining
Company has ownership is given, but no
mention is made of , any interest -in the
beet sugar concern. ,
The directors today made answer to the
charge that someone "higher up" was re.
sponsible for the "doctored scales" in
Brooklyn, by which the Government was
defrauded of $2,000,000. They' said in a
statement!;
"No attempt whatever has been made
to shield any one, and your board has
no reason to believe' and does not be
lieve that any officer or dire-ctor of this
company had any knowledge of or partic
ipation in this fraudulent underweigh
dng." Stockholders of the American Sugar
Refining Company met In Jersey .City
today and the company's position with
regard to the sugar underweighing was
madei known in a report of the board
of directors. The majority of the stock
of the company, the report states, is held
in New England. "
In answer to the charge that the com
pany exercised a monopoly in the sugar
trade, the directors eaid that not more
than 43 per cent ,. of the sugar consumed
in the country was refined by the Ameri
cancompany. The company has no agreement, direct
or implied, in regard to the fixing of
prices or the regulation of production,
and the company meets with the keenest
competition, the directors state. Concern
ing the present litigation with tlie Gov
ernment, the board said:
"No extended or adequate reference
can be made at this time to the litiga
tion against your company and some of
Its employee, for the reason that these
matters are still the subject of judicial
inquiry."
With the swearing in today of a new
Federal grand jury came the prospect
of further developments in connection
with the sugar underweighing frauds.
It is expected that tlie new body of
Federal investigators will endeavor to
place responsibility for the admitted
frauds upon shoulders other than those
of the humble checkers now in the Black
well's Island Penitentiary.
LAIDLAW GETS CONTRACT
Portland Man to Guarantee Freight
Rate to Philippines.
WASHIXGt. Jan. 12. The Quarter-master-Geiieral
has awarded the contract
for the delivery ot 2.1-W.0GO feet of lum
ber, for army van in the Philippines, to
A. Ei Laidlaw, of Portland. Laidlaw's
bid is $25,247 for lumber delivered at a
Pacific Coast shipping port, and guaran
tee of lowest freight rate to Manila.
STUDENTS DEBATE FRIDAY
Vancouver High and Puyallup to
Talk Commission Government.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe
cial.) The second in the series of In
terscholastic debatgs.. Jjetween the high
w V JIM. . iv-s -.y - " ,
Between Fifth and Sixth..
schools of Southwestern Washington
will take place at Puyallup, lTriday
evening. Representatives of the Van
couver and Puyallup high schools will
debate the question, "Resolved, That
cities of the Northwest, containing 50,
000 inhabitants or more, should insti
tute a commission form of government
modeled after the plan of Tjes Moines,
provided that the negative shall pro
pose no other form of commission gov
ernment." Vancouver has the negative side of
the question and will be represented
by Miss Frances Stone and Miss Mabel
Hilstrom.
The oil strike in Tayabas, P. T., has
brought into existence six oil development
companies. Many other companies have also
been lately formed to develop the mineral
rosourfPs of thp inlands.
The Formation of
Stomach Gases
Many Different Causes Are Concerned
in Gaseous Accumulation in '
the Stomach.
-A. Trial Paekase of Stuart'a Charcoal
LoxrnKejs Seat free,
In cases of chronic gastric catarrh
the secretion of digestive juices in the
stomach is deficient; the food is di
gested slowly; the secretion is not
normal; and fermentation occurs "With
the evolution of much gas.
It is evident, however, that a con
siderable time is required to allow gas
to be formed in any large quantity In
the stomach, and therefore, flatulence
from this cause is not likely to occur
until some time after food has been
aten. If the pylornn, or opening from
the stomach into the intestines does
not close properly, gas may pass from
the duodenum into the stomach, and
distend it; and such distension may
occur at any time of the day or night,
and is not entirely dependent upon
the decomposition of food in the stom
ach, although this may be a prominent
cause in many cases.
There is still another cause of ex
cessive flatulence, and that is the
swallowing of air. There is no doubt
about air being carried down into the
stomach by the food eaten; but it is
also known that liquids force a much
greater quantity of air into the ali
mentary tract than foods do.
STUART'S CHARCOAL LOZIJXGES
were especially designed for the relief
and cure of stomach and intestinal
gas - formation and accumulation, no
matter what the cause may be. Over
a century ago physicians discovered
that charcoal possessed wonderful
powers of absorption, not found in any
other remedial agent. Charcoal is defi
nitely known to lessen and cure flatu
lence by oxidizing and absorbing the
excess of gas from the stomach; but,
in addition to that property, it also
acts as a mechanical stimulant and
cleanser to the stomach and intestinal
walls, and it exerts a purifying and
antiseptic efSect on the alimentary
canal, which is similar to the action of
tooth-powder in the mouth.
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are high
ly recommended by all sufferers from
flatulence or gas in the stomach and
other parts of the alimentary tract, as
the one remedy which lias given com
plete relief from all such disagreeable
symptoms. Many persons who had
been using various other remedies
without relief, have given these power
ful charcoal lozenges a trial, and have
obtained immediate relief and a per
manent cure.
These little lozenges will absorb one
hundred times their own volume in
gases; will antiseptize tiie stomach and
intestines, destroying all poisons and
disease germs, and deodorizing, oxidiz
ing and destroying all foul odors.
Secure a box at once from your near
est druggist; and send us your naml
and address for free sample. Address,
F. A. Stuart Co., 200 situart lildg..
Marshall, Mich.