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NO. 218, VOLUME LXlK
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1907
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OCTOPUS LOSES
That Indiana Concern Earns
Nearly Half of Big Fine in
- One Year Proven.
SEARCHLIGHT ON SHADOWS
Tight Now Waging to Obtilo Records
of Liquidating Trustees- ladiana
Prove Jftxt to Parent Orginiiation
in Piling up.
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NEW YORK. Sept. 18.-rroflta of
tnure than 1000 pr cent an mad by
the Standard OH Company of louiaaa,
the oorporatlon sentenced to pay a, Via
' of f,M,24O,0O0 Ly Judge Landis la Chi
cago. The company' profits for 1000
were 110,516,01)12, ami In 1903 they were
13.793,410.
The Standard OH Company of New
Jersey own WDO shares of tbe Indiana
Company' atock. The Indiana Company
It capitalized at $1,000,000. The divi
dends paid by th Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana kit year aggregated
H403.6O0, or a little more than (0,000,
000 ! than profit. The figures war
presented today in tb Federal proceed
ing against the Standard Oil Company
or New Jersey. Tbe dividend and
lmflt of 16 other aubaidiary corpora
f Ions were given.
Theliearliig yesterday brought out
mm information which Mr. Kellogg ob
tallied from the Standard Oil Company.
Mr, Kellogg ol.t allied a statement show
ing that the Standard Oil Company of
Jtew Jersey controlled by atock owner'
hlp over 70 companies engaged In the
refining and the transportation by pipe
line of oil, September 14, 1007.
Tbe Standard had always carefully
guarded the lint of it subsidiary com
panies and the amount of it sharehold
ing. The Hot allowed that the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey owned PO,
000 chare of the total capital atock of
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
which w recently fined 120,210,000 for
tebating.
Clarence O. Kay, assistant controller
of the Standard, wa recalled today and
wan questioned aliout the income of tlte
C. M. Pratt Investment Compuny. He
said that the Income from this aource
in 1002 wa 1.18.4Mt. and that the money
was paid over to the Standard Oil
Company by C. M. Pratt, who yefctcr
tiny testified that he held stock of the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company of fcxaa
for the Standard Company, and that the
Standard Company held the atock of
the C. M. Pratt Investment Company In
lieu of tho Waters-Pierre Oil Company
atock.
SEES FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE.
Public Instruction Official Quoted as Say
ing U. S. May Grant It.
MANILLA, .Sept. 18. nhe Dentocra
da quotes Dnvid P. Harrows, superin
ieiuU-nt of public Instruction, as saying
In an interview.
"If the assembly petitions for ah'o
lute independence without the aid of a
foreign power, and without imposing re
sponsibility upon tho United Stale, I
te1ive the petition., will bo granted,
American consider tho Philippine as
Tcpicacnting an annual expense of $15,
000,000 for the maintninence of a mili
tary and naval force in tho Ulands."
The native newspaper ore comment
ing freely upon the revival of agitation
for independence. They gicv special at-
tcntlon to. tho Barrow interview, lie
cauao In the interview Barrowa is de
scribed as having crossed the American
continent four time during hli recent
lx month's vacation, discussing the sit
uation with prominent citizens and high
officers of the government.
SUCCEED IN FLOATING BOAT.
RASTPORT, Sept. 18. The schooner
Mile JL Merry, whioU wend "ashore
liore on Tuesday lat, was flouted lust
night shortly before midnight and pro
ceeded on her way to New York. Two
tugs of the Merrltfc & Chapman Wreck
ing Company, which were standing by
lnie yesterday morning, waiting for a
high tide, got her off. It Is behoved
the vessel sustained no damage other
than small leak. ' ,
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WINS FINE BULL.
Oregon Farmer Takea California PriM
In Fruit Exhibit.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.Callfor.
n l hut lout flue, thoroughbred, reg.
liAored Ilolatcln bull, but what la Cali
fornia' loss .1 Oregon's gain, for the
bull 1 now at the home of J. F. Adam,
a Tule Lake, Oregon, farmer, who won
him at the National Irrigation Congre
by making the best exhibition of , tbe
products of a alngla irrigated firm. Ilia
prize went to Adam from tbe Califor
ula Committee which offered the bull,
California Promotion Roy, to tba man
who alwwed bt what an irrigated farm
could do. California farmer were not
allowed to compote for prize because
California waa the boat on tbi coca-
inn, and It would not bav looked well
to keep all tht fin prize at bom.
there were quit a number of compet
itora for this prize, for California Pro
motion Roy ia tbe kind of atock tbavt
(armera are anxlou to get hold of, and
while there wcr good exhibit, Adam
mide such a flue diiplay that th judge
had no difficulty at all in making tbe
award, llie bull waa turned over to
Adama by tbe authorities of the Con
gr and haa been aent to Tula Lake
wheher be will head the herd on Alama'
farm, ......
COMPANIES F0S TENNESSEE,
NAIJSTCLLE, Tenn., Sept. 18.-The
following liiMiranoe companle have di
ed copies of their charter with the sec
retary of state fur the purpose of doing
iiiininr. in the atato of Tenno.se;
KIkxIo Inland Insurant Co., capital $500
000 j Fidelity Fire, 0f New York, OaplUI
ll.OOO.OUOf Southern National of Aua
tin, Texas, capital (200,000.
KINO UNDER SURGEON'S KNIFE.
SAN SEBASTIAN. Sept. 18. A sue
ceseful. operation wa performed today
iion King Alfonso' note for the relief
of the nasal passage.
SETTLERS FOR SIBERIA.
ST. PETEItSBIKJ, Sept. 18. A tele
gram received here from Riazian My
that 51,000 cmlgraut have paused
through there since the beginning of the
year bound fat Siberia,
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Forty Thousand Taken by Hold'
up Men. ,
TEN .THOUSAND REWARD UP
Two Men Secure Neat Bunch From the
Great Northern Train in Hold-up Sev
eral Days Ago Near Rexford, Mon
tana, S1DKANE, Sept. 18. Forty thousand
dollars, mainly in large bills, is now de
clared to have been secured by the rob
bers who held up the Great Northern
train near Rexford, Mont., September 12.
The money is reported to have been
shipped by the Commercial National
flunk of Chicago to the Old National
Dunk of Spokane, It is a!d to have
been insured, so neither bnak will lose
anything.' No trace of the robbers has
been reported since that morning, though
a vigorous search has been in progress.
A reward of $5000 for each of the two
robbers i offered.
' KILL BURGLARS.
, LOUISVILLE Ky, Sept. ' 18.-1 hree
burglars, while breaking into Rector &
PoneV store in Highland early today
wore discovered by tho proprietors. In
the battle which followed! on of the
burglars waa killed ' and two were
wounded. The latter are W. S. Whlt
lnck and Edwin Parish, of Nashville,
and both are under guard at the City
Hospital. The dead, burglar has been
identified as a man named Sullivan.
PANIC FOLLOWS RAID.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, Sept. 18. A
panic occurred on the Stock Exchange
today. The raid was started on United
Gas improvement stock which was forc
ed down rapidly. Some other stocks
fell In sympathy. Supporting orders
came to the rescue after a few minutes
and started a rally,.
HAS IIS
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Meat Inspection Advocated for
Roast Beef of John Bull's
Country.
PEOPLE CRAZY TO GET THIN
Great English Phftician Deplores Fact
That People Dread Being Suspected
of Glutony and Indulge Hunger in
Secrecy.
LONDON, Sept. IS. Sir James Crlch
ton Browne, before the sanlUry inspec
tor' Association, today referred t) the
English jucat supply and advocated the
abolition of private alaughter houses
and providing for abbatoir nnd a con
trot office for meat inspection. The
people no longer find "pisza Christmas
beef filled with generalized tuberculosis."
He added that if Chicago had it
jungle, London has it dismal swamp.
In another part of his address the
eminent physician denounced ' what he
termed the prevalent craze for getting
thin.
"On all handt the cry is we eat too
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tfv uvhti ,u mime ijukiicis ift
the propaganda of dietetic acetism that
m the dread Of being inspected of gut
tony, people only iudulge their healthy
appetite in ecret," he said. .
ST. LOUIS AWAITS ROOSEVELT.
Invitations to Waterways Celebration
Banquet of Oct. 3 Llmted to 400.
ST. LOUIS, Sept, 18. Invitations to
the banquet here on the evening of Out.
3 in President Roosevelt's honor were
issued today l,y the Business Mens'
League. The guests' ore limited ta an
even 400. Secretary Saunders has been
notified of the appointmeut of 2,100 del
egate to the Inland Waterways Con
vention nnd expect the total will be
3.000.
M. Loni Mi't'ch nits' Exchange began
arrangements today to cluirtcc a lioat
to take its members to Memphis with
the presidential .fleet. L. C. Inine,
vbnirmuii of the fleet comnilttee, an
nounce ,1 that over liHi decorated yachts
will greet President Roosevelt.
STAUFFERS IN HARRISBURG
HAUftlSllURC. 1M., Sept. 18.-E. F.
Stauffers, manager of StaulTer's Insur
ance Agency, with offices in York,' Co
lumbia nnd Lancaster, will locate at
NVk 80, North Second street, this city.
Mr. StauflVrs will assume personal di
rection of this IlarrUburg oflkf. The
StaulTer agencies are writing upward of
$.1,000,000 fire insurance annually.
Tlie Peace Angel I trust, young sir, that you'll become very peaceful in
your disposition and not play with war toys. t
There is an -Agitation on hand in the Interest of the peace Idea to prevent
the manufacture 'of soldiers, eaimona, battleships, etc., in the shape of toys for
children, New Item. 1
RESULT FROM 16 ACRES.
Remarkably. Profitable Pear Growing in
the Rogue River Valley.
ASHLAND, Sept. 18.-F. 1L Ilopiins,
proprietor of the Snowy Butte Orchard,
haa closed deal for hi crop of Winter
N'ellis pears at a price which probably
break the record for that 'variety of
pear. ay the Central Point Herald.
Mr. Hopkin has 10 acre of Nellis, and
the present crop brought him $10,000,
or about $1,200 an acre.
Tlte Snowy Butte orchard ia one of
the very finest orchard propertiea in the
state and ft being improved each year.
The orchard adjoin Central Poinr, and
lie on each aide of the railroad, pre
senting a tine view of an up-to-date
Southern Oregon orchard to traveler
over the Southern Pacific road.
RECEIVERS FOR HOSIERY MILL
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 18.Iudge
J. & Saler lit the United States court,
appointed the marshal of Zanesville and
Attorney Frederick C. McLaughlin, of
New York, aa joint receivers of the
Evansville, Dresden AFrasierville Hos
iery Mills of the Kapner Bros. Hosiery
Co., on Ohio corporation doing business
In New York. ' "
NAMES INSPECTOR.
HARRISBimtWisTsepli. U.-W
second of Pennsylvania's insurance in
spector waa named this morning by
David Martin, insurance commissioner,
and as soon s he qualifies the work of
inspecting insurance agencies through
out tbe state, solong promised, will be
started. The man selected today k
Dnvid & Hunihan, of East Pittsbuig.
CASSIS CHAD WICK IS BLIND.
Stricken in Her Cell in the Ohio Peni
4 tiary Today.
COLUMBUS, Sept 18.-M.rs. Cassia
M. Chudwiek, noted witch of finance,
who, posing a Andavw Carnegie's nat
uruLdaughtr, swindled Oliio and eastern
hanks and capitalists out of millions in
loans, on bogus securities, was stricken
with a nervous collapse at the peniten
tiary today which has left her blind.
Her condition i terious and it is of
the opinion of the prbon physicians that
she will never live to serve out her tea
years' entence, two of which she has
now completed.
EXPLORERS RETURNING.
HAMMERFEST, Norway. Sept 18.
Thd Duke of Orlean's expedition to
Novia . enibia arrived here yesterday,
homeward bound, and departed 'oJay
for Bergen. The expedition left Varde,
Norway, July 18th on board the yacht
Carasa. The meiuders of the party ex
press great satisfaction nt tb result
attuined br the expedition.
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CHOLERA NEAR MOSCOW.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 18.-Four
fresh cases of cholera, of which three
were fatal, have been reported from
Moscow and thiit vicinity. The govern
ment ofVintiaka ia declared to be in
fected with tbe disease.
M If
BIG RAISE ON
LUMBER RATES
Transcontinental Lines Block
Shipments to South by Rail.
With Increase.
BIG CURTAILMENT PROBABLE
Railroads Claim Increase of Railroad
Equipment the Cause of Forty-Fire
Cent Lumber to Eastern Points From
LoiAiigelet.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18. An in
crease of 12 per cent in freight raite
on lumber to Eastern points announced
tcdagr by ail trans-continental roaUs. to
take effect on November 1. The In
crease applies largely to ahipmenta to
go east from Loa Angeles. San Pedro
and Redondo and particularly affecta
lumber that haa been shipped from the
North by water and rail
Since tbe recent raise lumber has been
shipped South by water from," Oregon
and Washington and routed east by rail
from here, which waa cheaper haul
than by the railroad route from the
north.
There ia now a heavy congestion of
lumber at San Pedro and Redondo,
brought here for eastern shipment.
Local lumbermen are protesting budly,
as it means, they say, a serious curtail
ment of eastern business. '
The railroads say tbe increase is de
manded by the increased price of rail
road equipment. The lumber rate is
43 cents per hundred against 40 cents;
tbe former rate.
L0EB GETS GIFT.
OYSTER BAY, Sept. 18.-Secretary
Loeb received today as a gift from
Ernest Lyon, United States Minister to
Liberia, an elephant's tail In a letter
accompanying it Mr. Lyon explains that
no one but a person "in authority" is
allowed to use an elephant's tail for any
purpose. The present is about a foot
and n. half long, supplied with a black
bristly brush at one end and a neat
leather handle at the other.
ENTERTAIN 600 SAILORS.
ROCKPORT, Me., Sept. 18. Rear
Admiral Thomas' division of the North
Atlantis squadron left this port today
for the target grounds off Province
town, where they will join the fiijt
division under Rear Admiral Evsns.
Last n'ght the young women of Rock
port entertained GOO of the solio: in
the town hall at a pie fest
FEDERAL HEALTH GETS TITLE.
Accident Concern to Wory in Pennsyl
vania Field Names Officers.
1LRRISBUR0, Pa., Sept. 18,-Gov-ernor
Stuart has approved the charter
application of the Federal Health 4
Accident Co., of Philadelphia, a joint
stock concern which is to insure health
at sj rata of $10 week, and give $250
upon death. The capital is $25,000 at
$10 a share. The officers are Justice
Cox, Jr., president, Ediu J. Walker, Sr.
and Levis 'W. Biting, vice-presidents;
S. R. McDowell, treasurer and James, N.
Randel, secretary. ,
These officers with the following com
prise tho directors) James W. Ayers, C.
W. Denny, J. T. Kinsley, Horace B.
Pf arson, Isaac E. Rowland, Herbers Russ
aud Stephen W. White, all of Philia
dclphia. CUDAHY PLANT BURNS;
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18. The large
plant of the Cudahy Packing Co, at
Ninba, street and Girard avenue, was
burned today, Iosa about ' $200,000.
Boef weighing 25,000 pounds was burn
ed. The fire is believed to have been
caused by a epark from a passing loco
motive. FLEE WITH BOOTY.
CHIPPEWA. Ont Sept. 18. Masked
robbers blew open the safe in the Boyal
Savings Bank here today and escaped
with considerable booty in a rowboat.
The police of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and
Toronto were notified. The robber did
not get into the main vaults of the
bank.
LUMBER RATES GO UP NOV. x.
Freight Bureau Notifies the Commerce
Board of 10 Per Cent Increase.
WASHINGTON, Sept, lA-JTbe trans
continental freight bureau notified the
Interstate Commerce Commission of a
new tariff schedule today, which will
increase the present rates on shipments
of lumber from the Pacific Coast to
Chicago and vicinity. Under the new
railroad rat law, carriers are required
to file with the commission notice if all
raise in interstate rate 30 day before '
tho rates go into effect. The new rate
will go Into effect Nov. 1. The present
rate is 40 cents on a 100 ponuda and tho
railroads will increase this rate to 50
cents. : . ', . :'
The lumbermen of the Pacific Coast
are expected to fight the increased tate,
and several weeks ago the lumbermen's
orginization in Pacific Coast cities re
quested the commission to inform it of
tbe filing of the increased lumber rate,
so that they could file a formal pro
test with the commission.
THIRTY-ONE KWEP, J
Japanese Government Makes Official
Report on Accident
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-The Stata
Department was advised today that the
Japanese government officially an
nounced 31 men killed and 11 wounded
by the explosion of shells on the Jap
anese -battleship Kashima. Representa
tive Dodge, in charge of affairs at Tckio,
baa expressed to the Japanese office the
regret of this government.
FEAR AN EPIDEMIC'
Chinamen in Nebraska Afflicted With
BeriBerL
LINCOLN, Sept 18. Fear of epidemic
Beri Beri disease, with which twenty
Japanese laborers of Alva are afflicted,
prompted the city physicians of Slat-
tery today to order an inspection of the
orientals in this city and they will en
deavor to have it extended to the entire
county. No officials action haa been tak
en by the state board of health.
IS DEMOCRAT STATE
Returns Show They Have Taken
Oklahoma.
CONSTITUTION IS ADOPTED
Prohibition Carries by Thirty Thousand
Votes and Four Democratic Congress
men Are Elected Out of Five Charles
N. Haskell Headed Democratic Ticket.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 18. The re
turns of yesterday'a elections coutinue
to be of the same tenor, that the con
stitution has been adopted by 3 to 1.
that Prohibition has carried by at least
30,000 majority and that the whole
Democratic ticket, headed by Charles N.
Haskell, has been elected by a majority
of over 20,000. In the congressional
election the Democrats seem to Lave
chosen four of the five representatives.
INQUEST INTO ACCIDENT.
MINEOLA, Sept. 18. Coroner Eem-
sen held an inquest here today into
the death of Frederick Allenv a car
penter, who was run down and killed
by an automobile on Labor fay on
the Jerico turnpike, near New Hyde
Park. After two witnesses had testi
fied District Attorney Coleg secured an
adjournment so that more witnesses
might be summoned. The auto that
hit Allen belonged to A. W. Jlorse, ot
40 East Fifty-seventh street, Manhat
tan.
FALL OVER PLANE. .
PADUCAH, Ky.. Sept v 18.-3eorge.
Bishop, of Lancenter, sixteen miles west
of Paducah, stumped his toe and saved
a fast passenger train from being
wrecked near'Barlow, Ky. v .
Bishop and a companion had been
hunting, and were retunrng home down
the railroad track afoot. It was dark
and Bishop stumbled on an object on
the track. -An investigation showed it
to be a large plank laid across tho
track and nailed down to the ties.
It was removed before the fast pas
, senger passed. j