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AGAINST
Prosecution of Alleged Merger to Fix Prices to the
Consumer, Will Be Begun At Once in
Indiana By the Government.
CONTROL PRICES OF PROPRIETARY MEDICINES
PARTIES TO THE ALLEGED COMBINATION TO CONTROL PRICES IN
CLUDE THE PROPRIETARY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, AND
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETAIL DRUG
GISTS METHODS ARE EXPOSED.
WASHINGTON, May .-The Gov
trnmftit today began protection of the
alleged "drug trunt," beginning pro
rrpiliiif lu Indiana mi the 'ground n(
rotiihluutioii to fix riT4 to the con
j uinrr. Attorney -General Moody iimltm
public tliU statement:
"Tin Government Uny filed In the
Circuit Court of (he lnitd State for
the DMrict of Indiana petition for an
injunction nj;uitt crrtain a-ociation,
corporation. nml individual, rompr i-
ing what i commonly known a the
'drug trut of the United State.'
"The parties dcfctulunt fjM'rlitlly nam
ft) in the Mil have viilnnltirily combined
together to control the price t which
proprietary iiicdirinc nml itrnn ahull
I o!d to the roii-iniiiT through the re
tail dniggil in violation of the Slier
in nn iinti tritHt law,
"The parties to the, combination in
Hude the Proprietary Ancintion of
America and the National Association
of Retail Druggist."
"There in hut one ultimata object of
the conspiracy, viz.! To fix the price
WILL PAY FIRE LOSSES.
SAN" FH A NT I SCO, Mav O.-Finaneial
interest today wu centered in the nn
nouncemeiit of the insurance companies
that in the Immediate future they
would pay he losses of tho firo suf
ferer. Hy this it U believed the most
money can be put in general circulation
nnd when distributed will relieve the
people of Sun Francisco a no other
mean could. To a great extent the
work of demolishing the walls and
clearing nwny the debris has been post
poned becnuse of the doubt of the ntti
tude of the insurance companies.
COAST BASEBALL SCORES.
Northwest League.
At Tarotna Tiieonm 0, Spokane 2.
Pacific Coast League.
At Portland Portland 1, Snn Fran
cisco 3.
At Los Angeles Los Angele, ,
Fresno 0.
At Seattle Oakland 5, Seattle 3.
TRAIN ROBBERS OVERLOOK
PACKAGE WITH $40,000
Vancouver, b. c, May o.-The
robbers, who held up the Canadian Pa
cific got only seven registered letters
for nil their trouble. An amazing thing
is that they overlooked $10,000 on a
shelf of tho mail car. The chief rob
ber looked the packages over, but it
Jmd been placed with aparcnt careless
ness and he evidently did not think it
AttOOIATIO PRIM HfODT
MERGER TO BE PROSECUTED
10 HOVE
which hall 1 observed hy all retail
druggist In idling to the consumer the
ynriou eommoditie manufactured by
the several mrmiNr of the proprietary
aitMN'iution.
How Price, Are Regulated.
"The plan by which inch object I
effected i in brief at followi: No re
tail druggUt can obtain good, from
wholeule drnggM or a manufacturer
of a proprietary medicine unless uch
retail druggist lieeome a number of the
,N'ntioiuil .miation of Retail Drug
git. and ill order to become such
jneuilicr, he iiiiihI agree to observe the
established price at which such pro
prietary medicine hull be hold to the
iiiUMinier."
An injunction in proyed for prohibit
jug these association fron: acting in
concert for the purpose of maintaining
price, mill the individuals, Arm and
corporation who are member of the
jeective asociution from acting to
gether for the purpose of maintaining
uniform prh-e to the consumer
throughout the I'nited State.
SUICIDE BODY FOUND.
1IAKERSFIKL1). Tnl., May O.-The
body of Hurry Purt ridge of San Fron
cinco was found in the Calloway canal
today. The Ixidy had been In the water
about a week. It is believed despond
ency following losses resulting from the
Sun Francisco disaster caused his self
destruction. LAKE STRIKE ENDS.
CLEVELAND, May 0.-Conferences
between the longshoremen of the allied
labor interests nnd the representatives
of the dock managers today resulted
in settling the strike on the lakes.
The men will go back to work on last
season's wages pending another confer
ence.
PLEAD NOT GUILTY.
NEW YORK, May O.-The defend
ants in the "Sugar rebate" case indict
ed for alleged violation of the Elklns'
law today pleaded not guilty.
worth while to examine them closely.
Jhe robbers are undoubtedly the same
gang which robbed the Canadian Pacific
in 1004. When the mask foil off the
loader's face, Mail Clerk Thorburn rec
ognized him ns the moving spirit in the
gnng which had committed the previous
outrage. A total reward of $2500 is
offered for his apprehension, dead or
alive. A posse is pursuing.
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ASTORIA. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1906
F OOTPAD KILLED,
CHICAGO, May O.-At the clone of
the ilrt week of the structural. Iron
Worker' strike, Thoma Darragh. a
member of the union, wa shot and
killed lute lout night am rohlier. Dar
ragh, it U mild, stole a watch from
Clifford N. Spi-ncer, on electrician. The
men had spent the evening at a saloon
patronized by iron worker, and left
the place together. The robbery occur
red at Madison street and Fifth ave
nue. A gold watch and WO in money
were taken by the thief who then ran
south in Fifth avenue. Spencer fol
lowed, calling on him to halt. At Ad
am street the thief stopped and struck
Spene,-r on the head with a club. The
victim fell unconscious but hi eric
had been heard by Jame McGoIdrick
and F. L. CudeWk, watchmen. They
saw the thief Wuting Senceer and alo
saw him throw a watch into the street.
Doth followed the robber and when he
fined to obey their demand to atop.
Mcfioldrick- fired. The bullet penetrat
ed the neck of the footpad and he died
soon after nl the Chicago Emergency
Hospital. Spencer and McGoIdrick were
arretted.
LISTEN TO EVIDENCE.
CHICAGO, May 9.-The interstate
fommepce rommi-ion will meet here
tomorrow to hear the evidence of the
railroad men and independent oil re
finer In regard to the relationship of
the Standard Oil and certain railroad.
It i expected the hearing will lint until
May IS. Many oil men who will testify
are from Kana. Ohio, and Pennsyl
vania. Some of them being men, said
to be reponible for the inquiry.
FALSE TO HIS TRUST
Trusted Employe Embezzles Over
$100,000 From Employer.
SPECULATES IN BUCKET SHOP
Defaulter Had Risen From an Office
Boy to Head Clerk la Arrested
and Makes a Full
Confession.
PHILADELPHIA, May O.-Charged
with the embezzlement of $100,000 from
his employer, Edwin S. Greenfield, head
clerk of Harrison, Snyder & Son, was
nrrestel today and held in $10,000 bail,
in default of which he went to prison.
Greenfield mndo a full confession. Fol
lowing the announcement of the em
liezzlement, tho creditors of George
T. Snyder, doing business ns Harrison,
Snyder & Co., filed a petition in bank
ruptcy nnd a receiver va appointed.
Greenfield rose from ofilce boy to
trusted representative. Recently Sny
der made a trip to California. He gave
Greenfield power of attorney to carry
on the business. After his return he
missed valuable securities. Not until
Monday wa he able to find where they
had gone. Greenfield then broke down
and confessed and said most was lost
in speculating in bucket shops. Snyder
nnd the accountants believe the defal
cation will amount to $125,000 and may
reach $175,000.
CRAPSEY VERDICT REACHED.
BATAVIA, May 9. The ccclesiatioal
court which tried Dr. Crapsey on a
charge of heresy, reached a verdict to
day nnd forwarded it to Bishop Walk
er. Until the verdict is reviewed by
bishop no olllcinl information of the
contents can be stated. The published
statement that the vote Btood four to
one again Crapsey is declared o be
mere guess work.
PHOTOGRAPH BURNT DISTRICT.
KAN FRANCISCO, May 12.-The ig
iih! eorp of the I'nited State Army i
photogiuphing San Francisco's ruin
from balloon. A nerie of picture i
being taken to be kel on file by the
War Department in Washington. Sev
eral hundred picture have already been
taken of the different building and an
order ent for three balloon no that a
Complete panoramic picture of the city
can be had.
LEGISLATORS SUMMONED.
IIOSTON. May 9.-Following the de
feat of the anti-bucket shop bill in the
house branch of the egilature recently
several mcmbera are alleged to have
asserted they werv- offered money to
vote against the measure. Today the
district attorney announced hi inten
tion of summoning the entire legisla
ture before the grand jury in connec
tion with the case. Already summonses
are issued for seventy-five members.
BOBBY BURNS STATUE.
CHICAGO. May -The bronze statue
of Hubert Burns, designed by W. firant
Stevenson of Edinburgh. Scotland, wa
formally tendered to the West Park
board yesterday by William D. Barclay,
pres,dent of the l!urn' monument and
memorial association. It will be erect
ed in Garfield Park.
Mr. Burclay in his speech presenting
the monument said the organization of
which he is president, had worked 18
year, to obtain the funds for the monu
ment. ON EVE OF OPENING
Parliament Opens Today Govern
ment On Qui Vive.
FEAR TERRORIST OUTBREAK
Revolutionary Party Gives Notice of
no Demonstration, But Police
Watch the Terrorists For
Any Trouble.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 9. Dread
that some unfortunate event might mar
the solemnity of the opening of parlia
ment was largely dissipated tonight by
the announcement of the revolutionary
party disclaiming its intention of a
demonstration tomorrow, A terrorist
attempt is the only thing now feared.
Police measures, however, are so well
taken that such a crime is considered
an impossibility. The most sensatonal
news of the day contained the an
nouncement of the names of the council
of the empire, nmong whom Witte's
name was conspicuously absent. No ex
planation was obtainable, but the
omission of the former premier's name
would seem to indicate either an open
slight or a determination on Witte's
part to withdraw altogether from pub
lic affairs.
In either case there is a complete
break between the emperor and the late
premier.
ADOPTS ELKINS PROVISION.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The Senate
spent the greater part of the day con
sidering the question of divorcing the
production of coal and other commodi
ties from their transportation and
closed that branch by adopting the pro
vision offered by Elkins. When the
Senate adjourned the general feeling
was that a nal disposition of the bill
will oecur at an early date. None of
the Allison amendments were reached.
OOVKRS THI MORNINQ FIILO
THREE MEN
IN SINKING III ALGERIA
Schooner Algeria Goes Down Two Miles Off the Har
bor of Cleveland in Severe Storm On Lake
Erie Shipping Is Damaged.
SCHOONER IRON QUEEN
SEVERE STORM CAUSES HEAVY S EA SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE HAS
BOR IS MENACED LIFE-SAVING CREW IS KEPT BUSY RES
CUING MEN FROM DISABLED SHIPS CREW CAN
NOT REACH ALGE RIA IN TIME. 1
CLEVELAND. O., May 9. The
schooner Algeria sank about two miles
off the harbor of Cleveland this morn
ing and posibly three men lost their
lives. The schooner Iron Queen is in a
sinking condition outside the break
water. Her crew of eight men was tak
en off by the life-saving crew.
The storm of last night and early to
day, with the heavy sea it stirred up,
was a menace to shipping outside the
harbor. The big steamers that had been
SOLD MODEL MINE.
LEIPSIC, May 9.-Before the imper
ial supreme court today Otto Seften
lelten, former government clerk, and
Konrad, a mechanic, were found guilty
of selling a model submarine mine and
drawings to the American legation at
Brussels. The prisoners were also
charged with selling similar drawings
and models to France and Russia.
Seftenleben and Konrad both received
heavy sentences.
Know Nothing.
WASHINGTON, May 9. The War
Department stated today it knew noth
ing of the surreptitious purchase of a
submarine mine. Attention was called
to the fact that no military attache was
at Brussels.
DAGO STRIKERS.
NEW YORK, May 9.-A special to
the Tribune from Greenwich, Conn.,
says:
Five .hundred striking Italians parad
ed through Greenwich yesterday after
noon and stopped all their fellow coun
trymen from working. By night, after
they had cleaned out the stone men at
the new plant being built to electrify
the New Haven Railroad, they number
ed a thousand. '
The men who are quarry workers
started a hundred strong and first
visited the quarry district then crossed
the Bryam river to Bellehaven and
Fieldpoint park. AH the gangs putting
in foundations for the trolley poles
along the railroad tracks joined them. '
At W. H. Truesdale's estate the strik- J
crs' took the tools from the workmen. '
Sheriff Ritch was called upon for pro-
SECRETARY OF NAVYJO
BUY IN OPEN MARKET
WASHINGTON, May 9.-Nearly the
entire day in the house was consumed
by two propositions; the first whether
to go into the open market and buy
anchors, chains and cordage or continue
to manufacture these articles, and the
second, whether the transportation of
coal from Atlantic and Gulf ports to
ON THI LOWIfc COLUMBIA
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ARE DROWNED
IN SINKING CONDITION
tied up there by the strike came inside
Ihe breakwater, but the small schoon
ers could not get in.
Signals of distress came to the life
saving station, and Captain Motley, of
the life-saving erew went out to the
Iron Queen, rescuing the eight member
of the crew with difficulty. They could
not reach the Algeria, which went down
about two miles out.
Captain Motley thinks there were at
least three men on the Algeria.
tection and gathered together fifty
special officers to prevent damage being
done. The men acted peaceably and no
arrests were made. The strikers de
mand $1.75 a day.
SHIPS BADLY DAMAGED.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-A survey
by the underwriters shows the damage
done to the Union Iron Works by the
;j earthquake to have been considerable.
The two 500 feet long freighters Mexi
can and the Columbia, in course of con
struction for the American-Hawaiian
Steamship Company were found for
ward in their cradles and damaged to
the extent of about $15,000 each.
The Harrinian Steamship Columbia,
on the drydock, was thrown on one
side, wrecking the dock and damaging
the vessel to the extent of about
The Columbia and the dock later sank
and have not yet been received.
A pair of heavy shear legs fell on
the City of Puebla inflicting damage of
about $15,000. The Puebla will be fa
commission in about a month.
LAWYER DIES.
CHICAGO, May 9. Edwin Burrith
Smith, one of the best known lawyers
in Chicago, died early today at his resi
dence, following an illness extending
over a year.
Until early in 1905 he had been one
of the most active attorneys connected
with the traction litigation, being as-'
sociated with Corporation Counsel Tol
inn in the preparation of the 99-year
tases for the city. This case recently
,was decided by the United States Su
preme Court in favor of the Tolman
Smith contention. Mr. Smith was born
in Spartansburg, Pa., January 18, 1854.
the Philippines in American bottoms
should be limited to $5 or $6 per ton.
The house finally decided to permit the.
Secretary of the Navy to go into the
open market for the articles referred
to if he found it cheaper than their
manufacture. An effort to limit the
cost of the transportation of coal failed..