The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, September 21, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPUILISHC8 FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS K 0 COVKRSTHC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA NOV 220. VOLUME LXIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1807 PRICE FIVE CENTS TO STANDARD OIL Depreciation of Stock Amounts to More Than One Hundred Million Dollars. OF ROCKEFELLERS 'WEALTH Oil King Credited With Llttl Ow On Hundred Million In Stock Stand ard Profit Sine IBS Nearly Billion. XEW YORK, Sept. 80.-Aeeountant for the government are at III engaged on tit record! of the liquidating trustee nd ledger obtained from the standard Oil Company, and while tbe examination lute not been fully completed It wae ald today taut since imt to the present time of tbe oil combine he earned between HOO.OOO.OOO and $000,000,900. It l expected tliat next week tbe xrt figure! will be produced In court. Tilford, treasurer of .t he Standard OIL on the resumption of the hearing today "was aked if the dividend of the Stand rd of New Jersey, lu IfW. wai 114, 304,188 or t32,00M41. He euid he thought It waa the former um. Con tinning he ald be thought the reaaon the dividend were o amall wa that tb divl.lon.lit In torn of tfce subsidiary companies wa paid direct to tho stock' bolder, Instead of to the Standard Oil ct Nw Jereey. Tilford didn't know whether it wa fart tht in 183 or 1889 the Man batun (XI Company, of Ohio. sold it tank car to.tht Union lank Line, Subsidiary ComHiiiy of the Standard; cm Id not state if the Ohio Oil Company, another Standard Company, purchased the Manhattan oil well, and did not know whether the Solar Refining. Com pany, another Standard Subsidiary, purchased the Manhattan' refinery. According to Tilford, 6000 (hare of the Standard of New Jersey were owned by John D. Archbold and 130 (hare by John F. Ari'hbold, hi on. S. (1. Bnyne 4 Company, owned 410 share. The wit ness gave little Information regarding the identity of thoe who owned the tock. vlr. Kellogg read Horn a list, spread upon the record that Henry M. Flagler owned 30.303 share. Kellogg' inquiries Yonnected with then1 name wa directed to adduce that many of the individual who signed orinal wrrcement In 1882 are still Identified with the company. Oliver H. Payne hold 40.000 ihtmi Chnrle M, Pratt, 52,682 hr(, while His on, Charles II. Pratt, secretary of the company, owns 5000 share. John I). Rockefeller, said Tilford, ao cording to the record, own 247,002 ahares. William Rockefeller, 11,000 shares, and H. H. Roger, 18.020. The present record of the company' show that John D. owned iuu.uw snare wnen the Standard Trust was finally dlssolv d, tut. had reduced his holing! by 0102 hares. A recor of the stockholders, only piyt of which was spread upon the court record, showed that the University of Chicnuo owned 5000 shares. Measured by tho present market value of $440 pep shore, the 'holdings of John v. m tne Standard have a value of $100,000. De preciation of the price of tho stock in the past 10 years has been more than 400 per share. (Since legal proceedings against the 'Standard was instituted, the stock has stcudily declined until now it is around $440. This represent a loss of over $100,000,000 of Rockefeller'! boldlngs. The shrinkage in the market value hns cot tho University of Chicago about $2,000,000. CHICAGO, Sept. 20. Judge Grosscup 3n the United States oirouit court an nounced today that he would accept John D, and Wm. O. Rockefeller, John D. Archbald and Henry M. Flagler, as securities on two bonds of supersecedeas to be filed by the Standard Oil Com pany, of Indiana, before any proceed ings in error can be had In the com pany's effort td" obtain the setliig aside f the fine Imposed by Judge Landis. 00,000. "YELLO FEVER AT CALLA0, PERU. MM1A, Peru, Sept. 20. A dispatch from Callao say four ascs of nlack -vomit, the worst stage of yellow fever, aire reported there, - ' TEACHER IS MURDERED. Women Found Dead With Cloth Around Around Heck. CHICAGO, Sept. 20,-Mr. Lillian White Grant, a kindergarten teacher in the pulillo Schools, vet found dead in bed today at her home, 5520 Madison street, with hep neck broken by a piece of linen cloth twisted about her neck. Mr. Grant' emptied purs wa found later In the day, In tb office of phyl vlan, 60 fet distant. The police tuspect a colored chore man of the neighborhood, Mr. Grant w Intending to movs and bad engaged two men to carry her furniture. One of them went to her Worn yesterday morning and swing the -body King aoross the bed withdrew. -Today they went again and finding the body In the sstns posi tion notified the polio. SENATOR LOSES AUTO LICENSE TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 20.-Oomml-loner J. R. B. Smith of the stat de partment of botor vehicle today revok ed the auto lioerw of Senator Jam P. MuNlchol, of Philadelphia. He also rep rimanded Senator KUhol't chauffer,Cha. H. Ruch. Tbe senator and Ruch were arretted at Ellwood, N. J-, on Aug. 24 fur exceeding the aped limit. -.. i CKARCED WITH STEALING. WKNATCHF.E. Sept 20.-Dpuly Sheriff Fletcher, of Dougfa county, parsed through here today with William Pierce, whom h got in Spokane on tbe charge of horse stealing. Pierce at first wa suspected of being concerned in the recent hold up on the Great Northern Railroad at Retford, Mont, but later established the fact that he had been in Douglas county. lie wa taken to Wat erville by the sheriff. NEED NO MORE IN Head of Western Union to Con tinue Rotton Service. ARBITRATION IS REPUDIATED Telegraph Companies Hot Over Reports and Will Buck Union Public Bean Brunt and Paya the Price a Usual McNally Senda Telegram to Local. .NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Regarding the recent talk of arbitration, General Su pcrintciulent Brooks of the Western Union Telegraph Company said today that his company had nothing to nrbi trate. "We have all the men we desire,' Brooks anid, "and there is no need for us to seek to secure the services of men who left the employ of the company Furthermore, we will never again tol erate tho condition that existed More the strike. The action of the union operators before the strike, in deliberat ly interfering with the business of the company nnd in abusing those who failed to join their organization, will never occur again in the operating room of the Western Union. ,. There are 175 operator who were env ployed in this city by the company prior to the strike who will never again ecure work with the company. They were all trouble makers." Edward J. Nally, vice-president and general manager of tbe Postal sentjhe following telegram toaay to an super' intenclents. "There Is not the lightest ground for the report that we are to arbitrate with the strikers Notify all oHlcee and as sure all that there will be no comprom ie and pay no hoed to reports to the contrary." VLADIVOSTOK FOR NAVAL BASE Russian Dispatches Assert America Will Establish Far East Station There. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 20,-The Bourse Gazette publish for the third time telegrams from Valdivostok to the effect that it is insisted In naval circles thore that an sgreeinent will shortly be consludcd between the United States and Russia in regard to a naval base for the former country in the far east. Under this agreement the American fleet will have a. base at Vladivostok in addition to the present one at Manilla, SOUTHERN FAVORS THE OIL OCTOPUS Harriman's Road Delivers Three Hundred Tank Cars to As sociated Company. OTHERS ARE LEFTIN THE COLD California Oil Producers Will Appeal to Lan to Have Wool Scheme Laid Be fore the President Claim it U a Plot to Ruin Dealers, - JLOS ANGELES, Sept. 20.-y trans ferring to the Associated Oil Company 300 tank cars, which have already been delivered, the Southern Paoifle Core pant has aroused the anger of all the other oil producers, dealers and many large consumers throughout the state. Tbey intend to appeal to Harriman, com municate a protest by wire to Inter state Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane and exert every effort to have the whole schee laid before the Presi dent, Back of the transfer of title to the cam the oil men believe that they see a plot to ruin the dealers, practically con fiscate the oil lands and dictate to con sumers the price they shall pay for the product. For five years there ha been a crying demand for oil tank. The Southern Pacitlo has pleaded that it did not own enough cars to take care of the product. "Why don't you buy some car!" th oil men asked the representatives of the company. In answer the company said that 700 hd been bought, the first shipment to be delivered here in February of this year. That 300 were delivered the oil men have the statement of E. Cal vin, general manager and vice-president of the road. Hut there has been no re lief. Any corporation outside of the Associated Oil Company could not get one-tenth the number of car if it wanted. "The Associated Oil Company is no longer a competitor of ours',' said One of the larger dealers today. "It is rather a conflhcator. If we can't get car we can't fill our contracts. Then who gets the contract? Why, the Asso ciated. The mimes of the Southern Pa cific and the Associated both appear up on the cars, and the Associated already is offering to take Arizona business and guarantee delicvery for a consideration somewhat greater than the present rates." YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. At Taeonia i Tiicoma 0, Aberdeen 1. At PortlandLos Angeles 1, Port land 0. TRYING IT ON The President is busy on six speeches of the country at the end of his vacation. rV Crzr Xk ffr WANT INCREASE IN PENSIONS. G. A. R. to Ask Congress to Give Sol diers' Widow lis Monthly. SARATOGA, N. V., Sep t. 20.-The forty-first annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which lias been held here for the last four day, was adjourned this morning. Before ad journment, the, veterans adopted reso lutions asking Congress to euaot rneas use increasing widow pensions to $12 a month, establishing a soldiers" hospi tal near tbe Gulf of Mexico, providing for a memorial to soldiers and sailors of the northern army who were la the south when the war began, but who re fused to join the southern army, and per mitting widow of veterans' who rest in national cemeteries to be buried beside their husbands. The encampment also decided to take measures for a uitable celebration of President Lincoln' lOOth anniverary on Feb. 12, 1909. JUDGE RIGG RESIGNS. OLYMI'IA, Sept. 20.-Judg II B. Rigg, of tbe superior court of Yakima, Kittitas, Franklin and Benton counties, ha tendered hi resignation to the gov rnor and requests that his successor be appointed on or before Oct. 1, tbe. date on which he wishes bis resignation to take effect. BOILERMAKERS JOIN STRIKE. EVERETT. Sept. 20. Boilermakers in the Great Northern shops here walked out this morning, joining the general strike. Apprentices and helper also went out As the Everett shops employ but comparatively few boilermakers in proportion to tbe number of machinists, the work is going along fairly well today. JAPANESE IN RIOTS. VICTORIA, Sept 20. While Japan is complaining of the treatment of Us coun trymen in Vancouver and other Pacific coast places, newspapers received here today contain accounts of similar out break against the Chinese imported in to South Japan for railway work. The Chinese are being deported and tho au thorities have forbidden them to leave their headquarter pending enibarkment as their clothing is objectionable and might tend to further outbreaks against them. LOEB DIDN'T ORDER COCKTAIL. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Sept. 20.-Be- cause of the wide publicity given to the statement of Bishop Berryv of IMroit, that either President Roosevelt or Sec jetary Loeb, and not Mr. Fairbanks, was responsible for the cocktail served with the luncheon tendered them by the vice president at Indianapolis, Secretary Jioeb today issued the following' formal statement in denial: "The statement is too absurd to be given credence. r either the president nor his secretary, either directly or in directly, ordered things of any kind at the luncheon in question or at any other luncheon where" they were guests."' THEM FIRST. that he will deliver in various varts New Item. . . INSANE INMATES California Asylumn Is Charged With Inhumanity to the Patients. URGED TO FIGHT EACH OTHER Newpaper Man Get Fact a an At tendant and Claim Victim Are Beaten, Kicked,' Choked and Used Wore Than Violent Cattle. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 20. Startling disclosures regarding condition in the Southern California State Hospital for the Insane at fatten ur made by A. W. U Winn, a newspaper man, who entered the institution a n attendant in order to make an investigation. There have been investigation before, and frequent rumors of harsh treatment of patient and other abuses, but no proof has ever been available. Dunn declares he is prepared to establish with incontrovert ible evidence all he says. This is what Dunn assert be saw durign 15 day in the asylum: Patient kicked and beaten until cov-' ered with bruise. Patients whipped with heavy "muff" etrap until they begged for mercy. Patient strapped down in bed, kicked and punished. Bald men strapped on the head. Man choked with leg of overalls until semi-conscious. , Men knocked down and heads bumped on the hardwood floor. Helpless patients pulled from bed to perform "stunta." , Patients' fight urged on by attend nts. - A patient struck on the face for ask ing the attendant for toothache medi cine. Naked patients knocked down and stamped on fop 'failing to hurry, to the bathroom. Patients forced into the "bullpen" bareheaded, without shoes or stockings with the temperature at 102 degrees. ARMY'S FIRST HANGING. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. Details of the first military hanging in the Philip pines, that of Sergeant William Taylor, Company M. Twenty-fourth Infantry, have just been received at the War De partment. Taylor, after twenty years in the army, murdered Lieutenant Robert M. Calvert, his commanding officer. A mem ber of the sergeant's company owed him $4, Taylor gave him a few hours, to pay up and then started after hira with a irun. Lieutenant Calvert tried to diasaude him from his murderous plans and finally remarked: "Sergeant, you are trying my patience.1 "Yes, and you are trying mine," came the answer with a bullet from Taylor's pistol. Calvert dropped dead. The death sentence of the ccurt martial was approved by President Roosevelt. The papers were returned to the department commander for execu tion. With a command of troops the priS' oner wias marched several miles from Iloilo to Albuera, and there on a scaf fold, built over the spot where Lieu tanant Calvert was shot, Taylor was henged. LAWYER'S AUTO HIT BY CAR. STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 20. (An au tomobile of Abraham Elkins, a lawyer, with offices at No. 170 Broadway, New York, and a house at No. 540 Madison Avenue, was smashed here this after noon in a collision with a street oar. Mrs. Elkins was thrown several feet and landed in front of the car. She was bruised, but not badly hurt. Mr. Elkus waa driving the automo bile and In attempting to guide it be tween the street car and a butchers wagon. There was not room enough and the street car hit the automobile and hurled it against the delivery wagon. The front of the automobile wa slash ed and its party of four were thrown out. Mr. and Mrs. Elkus went to the sum mer residence of M. I. Baog, the New York banker, after the accident They were touring with a friend. t MINERS CHARGED WITH THEFT. . PitUburg Coal Co. Haa Employees Ax. ' rerted-Charsed With Conspiracy. PITTSBURG, Sept. 20,-The Coal Co, the big soft coal concern, hu unearthed evidence of a conspiracy of miner all over the district to ro9 the company of a large sum of money. Five coal digger were arreted and lodged in jail to await trial The men are charged manipulating weight. Michael Dalton, weighmaoter at tbe Bunohs mine, i among the' prisoner. lie claim that w arrest 1 brought about by a refusal to obey a company order and cheat min er on tbe weight, v The company assert that the miner received $50 in excess for several month. Slips were tampered with after th che weighman tiad ceased work. ; , FOURTEEN1 KILLED. Dropping of Cage Ends in Human Holo ' canst. MARQETTE, Mich, Sept. 20. Four teen men were killed outright and three were fatally injured today by the falling of a car in the rolling mill at Kegannee. The cage was full of men and every one it was either killed or seriously in jured. The stel cable broke and the cage dropped 700 feet. SOBBED BY MASKED MEN. GOLDFIELD. Nev, Sept,. 20. J. L. Halburn, of Blair, was held up and robbed last night by two masked men three miles west of Goldfield, the robber securing $52. Halburn was driving a two-borse team and two shots were fired at him before he obeyed the com mand of the robbers to halt The rob ber escaped on horseback. Constantine Swears Dead Wom en is Suicide. REFUSES TO TOUCH RAZOR When Asked to Illustrate How Mrs. Gentry Cut Her Own Throat Testi mony of Tragedy Sounds Rather Thin For Court CHICAGO. Sept 20. Frank J. Con stantine, on trial for the murder of Mrs.. Gentry, today testified on his own be half. He declared the woman quarreled ' incessantly with her husband. On the day of the tragedy Constantine announc ed that he was going away. The woman asked him to take her with him. Con stantine refused. She then picked up a razor with which he was shaving him self and cut her throat. Constantine carried the woman to the office of a physician and pounded on the door. He left the woman standing there to run for another doctor. While doing so he noticed his sleeve was covered with blood. He feared if he returned he would bo arrested and not be given a fair trial, as he is a stranger in the city and without friends. The state introduced letters from Mrs. Gentry to her husband of an affection- ate tone to prove that Gentry and his wife were on good terms immediately before her death. Constantine was asked to take the razor with which the woman is alleged to have killed herself and to show how she did it , He refused to absolutely touch the razor. , TO RAISE BIG STRIKE FUND. International Machinists to be Assessed Day Pay a Year for it. ST, LOUIS, Sept. 20. The Interna tional Machinists' Association today by large majority decided to raise a monster defense fund by assessing each member of the organization a day's pay each year. Members forsee a big strike for shorter hours and increased pay. The convention also, by a large ma jority, raise the president' salary from $1800 to $2406 a year and decided to fill the executive board vacancies by a vote of all members of the organization. The strike of machinist on the Erie ' Railroad was also considered, and while no action was taken today, it is evi dent that the association will back tho Erie men in fight to the finish.