PUILISHC8 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.
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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.