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I V PUILI8HCS FULL AMOCtATKO PRESS REPORT COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA NO. 222. VOLUME LXIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUEDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS WILL INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK Standard Oil Official States Com panyWill Adjust Itself to Assets. MODEL COMPANY HEREAFTER Vice-President Denle Such t Llbl od Iti Syttera of Doing Thing, Howtvtr, nd tlx Lawyer Get Buiy With lie For th Court. NKW YORK, Sept 83.-A representa tive of the Standard Oil Company said Oday I "it statement - that ft conference of the Standard Oil Interest had been call d for the purpose of changing (he name of the company mid effecting a re-orga nlxillon in general I without found turn. We can do nothing a long at the company la under Investigation. "I can say however, that a soon a tli htandard Oil Company baa freed It elf of (he labyrinth of litigation now Involving It, there will be ft re-orgaulza-tlon. The capital stock will lie Increased to an amount more In harmony with the value of lu at, aay to f tuO.OOOV 000 or $100,000.0110 ' also purpose to itiie periodical statement of the earn ing, operation, etc. "We propose to give the government everything In the way ,of Information that la called for, which U all we ran do. If we are guilty of certain Infrae tlon of the law, then practically all the other corporation are guilty of the eame ofTcnsc and should le treated ac cordingly. But we are confident we will win out." Later in the day, after the above In terview had been published, John 1). Archibald, vice-president of the com pany, tald the itatement to the effect that the Standard Oil I about to confer as to changing It name, extending the corporation, etc., I unauthorized and untrue, The line of defenie of the Stamlurd Oil ompany of New Jersey, to the alio gatlnns made by the federul government, in it ault agnlnt the company, waa In dicated In the oil hearing today, when W. II. Tllford, treasurer of the company wu cross examined on the stand by John K. Milburn. chief counsel of the defendant. Mllluirn' Interrogatories were do wlgned to ohow the oil fight in Colorado vbetween the Standard and Independent companies, wa begun by the independ ent companies rutting price, and that no trouble waa made for the independ ent companies except thoo which a row from natural cause. Tllford explained that therenson why the supply of crude oil had been cut down to 10 by the Independent In the ritUburgq Held jut before the agree ment was mado with the Standard, was because the oil supply in that district was diminishing, Milburn developed that the oil rm of Scholfleld, Schurmcr & Teagle, of Cleveland, an iudeiendeiit company, was not forced into the Stand ard' control but had been taken over after many suggestions fiuni the officers of tliHi Scholflold ticlmrmer Company. Queitlon that adduced thin testimony and other put to till witness, showed the defendant intend to meet the gov ernment on every pohit raised in a long lilll of complaint. CENTRAL AMERICA AGREES. Coming Peace Conference Favored by Minister iri Washington. , WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. It 1 nn lerstood that all of the Central Amer ican minister In, Washington have re ceived from the respective governments plenipotentiary power In the matter of arranging for the proposed 1 peace con ference that is to be held in Washington for the tnirnose of settling all differ- nces between the Central Amcufean. atate, Owing to the foot, howeer, that this U Mexican Day at the Jamestown Exposition and soverol of those inter ...ui. In Mia nnnferenca lire in Norfolk. "DD--! as V"v -..... . ... it was Impossible to hold a meeting of the diplomats today. It Is probable that a formal confer ence will tnka place tomorrow, and It Is hoped that within a few day a pro tocol will be ttigned. . GRAND JURY VALID. . Oliver's Bunch, Judg Says, Had Full , Authority, SAN FUAX1SCO, Sept. 23,-The state unreins court lolft tinlm- rendered a iln. i - - (. . . clslon upholding the validity of the so calU'd Oliver grand Jury. On this decis ion depended the rate of the Indictment found ubeiuent to lat Mare. An tt tack was made on the grand jury by William M. Abbott of the United Rail way, Finnk (1, Drum, John Martin and Ku.cne de Sabla of the Ban Frncloo (.a i. Kleetrio o.. and other defendant. to tet the validity of the Indictment charging them with bribery. Ibey con tended that In February last the name of the new grand jury wer drawn and while the Oliver grand Jiry had not leen ditch roed it power lapsed with the Urt ten taken to empanel its ucoesKor. justice McFarland filed ft JlMcntlng opinion. PORTO RICO FIGHTS VARIOLOID. Wholesale Vaccination Ordered No . H More Smallpox Death. RAN It' AN, Bept. 23.-The preva- lenve of rariolotd In the island deter mined Oovemor ?ot to recommend eont pulsory vaccination. The executive oiincll adopted the proposal, and will order iKHWM) vaccine point. The work will begin lu the Guyana district, which I the mot afTected. Since vaccination took place under the military regime in 1900 not a death from mallpnx luu U-en recorded. Before then there were many deths from the h- yearly. ARMSTRONGS GIVE Is.ooooo. English Firm Interested With Vlcker in Gun Foundry In Japan. TOKIO, Sept. 2.1-U i announced that the Arnistrong-Whltworth Co. will con tribute $3.000,mX) to the work that Vicker Sou & Maxim and the Arm trong Company are establishing at Murorano, llokbtklo Island. DEFIES STATE LAW United States Judge Issues In- junction Against it. TIES UP MINNESOTA RATE LAW State Officials Will Violate Injunction, Habeas Corpus Proceedings Will be Instituted and Whole Affair Taken to United State Supreme Court. ST. PAUL, Sept, 23,-dudge Lochren of the United State Court, today Issued an Injunction, that obsolutcly tic up the Minnesota commodity rate law, pending a (lnnl decive or until the court's decis ion is overruled on an appeal by the state. I'lie order restrains" the defendants, including the attorney-general and ship- ler, who were made parties to the no tion and- all other persons, from Institu ting any proceedings for violation of the suid act and from demanding that any f the rates contained In the act be glv- on them It I reported today that- the stnte ofllclals are planning to violate the" in junction in such a manner that habeas corpus proceedings will have to be in stituted, in which even the case will at once be appealed to the United States supreme court and the whole matter determined. NURSE AND JEWELS MISSING. Property of Patient Valued at $1,500 , Disappear From Sanitarium. BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 23. The police of this city have been requested by Dr. D. W. MoFarlnnd' of New York, propri- otor of a private sanitarium at Green Fnrms. to make a search for a young and attractive nurse who disappeared a fow day ago witn jewelry ana wear ing apparel belonging to patients and valued at $1,500. The name of the nurse is being with held. It Is claimed that she was the most nonular nurse In the house and that Dr. MFnrlands family made muoh of her and trusted her fully. SENATOR BORAH UP FOR TRIAL On Threshold of Career He is on Trial for Defrauding the Government STEUNENBERG WAS INDICTED Juror In Haywood Trial on Borah Jury, Whom he Last Saw Upholding United States Law John Dot Alia Senator Borah. BOISE. Sept. 23.-Vllli.m E. Borah, at the threshold of hi career in the I'nited State Senate, having been elect ed to teke hi tt at the coming aea in of oongre, ra placed on trial today before Judge Edward Whiton in the federal court, charged with .conspir ing to defraud the United State gov ernment out Of title to many thousand of acre of timber land in l$oie county. Indicted with Borah are 12 other per sons, while It I claimed the conspiracy rjurnora 10 loo resiaenis oi soutnern of Turis, hsve been purchased by Amer Idaho, who acted as entry men in taking kuns, including J. Peirpont Morgan. Mrs. out timber claims which were subse- Huntington, p. A. B. Widener and Mr. quently turned over to the Barber Lum- Altman. Iier Company, a corporation which era-' According to Dr. Bodne, the collec ployed Borah as attorney, cloaked un- Ion is the mot important and the choic- der the title of John Doe. The attor- est now in private ownership, not only ney for the government disclosed In because of its quality, but also on ac open court the fact that former Gqver- count of its excellent preservation end nor fcieuneaoerg waa included in we in-, lUotment and is alleged to have had a leading part in the so-called conspiracy, lue announcement came as surprise to the community at large. Several of the laiosmen exanunea touay ucciarea mey their fate, but died. The collection thus had never heard it even Intimated that ! go to America, which was the last Steuneiiberg had In any way been con- thing M. Kann de-sired. as he meant to neoted with the land frauds investiga- il) the oldest and the French works tion. Little or no progress was made at to the Louvre; the works of the Dutch the morning session of the court, but 'masters to the Berlin gallery, and the during the afternoon the government at- English and late Italian works to his torocys temporarily passed 12 men into native city. Fraokfort-on the Main, the jury box. All these are subject to: V further examination by the prosecution! MODERNISTS YIELD, and to complete examination by counsel for the defense. 'Surrender of Two Italian Leaders Col- An odd angle is given to the case by ( pje t0 liberalism, fact that one of the men pii-d into! the jury box today is Thomas B. Gess. a j ROME, Sept. 23.-Surrendering with local real estate dealer, who served as'out a Move !n dffenge 0f modernism, foreman of the Haywood jury, in which . AUm Murri anJ Ardift0 the two Ie(ul case Borah served as state prosecutor.?.-. of th. Italinn ienj,,nfV towards ex Several of the juror temporarily accept: jtrPI11. mraiu,,, jlt tmJ Catholic church, ed claimed acqiwiutance with Borah and j published a. declaration today approving one openly declared he held the defend-(h(, pupe-t encyclicat on which the mod ant in high eteem. He felt however he ntt doctrines are denounced in unmeas could deal out justice to him. jure(1 term. The two abbes capitulation . Three proposed jurors who declared ; ig accepted by both lay and clerical their belief in Borah's innoeenee andj. a, nmr'killJ modernism's utter were promptly challenged by the gov eminent and excused. District Attorney Ruick conducted the juror examination and questioned the jurors closely as to jny feeling of prejudice against him for his active part in securing the indict ment of Borah and whether they believ- WHEN TAFT VISITS THE CZAR. . The Ciai'-Great Harryorchardisky I With such a bulwark as this no terrorist could ever gee met d he had acted from personal motive or in good faith mi public prosecutor. Nearly all said they bad given the nutter little thought. They alo declar ed they would not permit their rever ence for Governor Steuneiiberg memory to Interfere with the rendering of ft jut verdict in case of an s trial. ' CHINESE REBELS STUBBORN. Armed With Modern Smuggled Weapons They Invest Ling Sbuan. HOXGKONO. Sept. 23.-Imprial troops and insurgent have had a stub born engagement wbieh beted 12 hour it the city of Ling Sbuan, in the pre fecture of Yum Chow, on the southern border of the province of Shansl and about 330 mile southwest of Pekln, The insurgent, who were armed with modern weapon, severed the telegraph connections. The imperial reinforce ment had to make a nraroh of 69 mile, but finally Beached and1 relieved tin city. Gunboat are patrollng the coast to prevent arms to be smuggled in for the insurgents, a business that bad flour lhfd for some time before the gov. eminent took preventive meauree. KANIT PICTURES FOR AMERICA. Finest Private Collection Being Broken Uu, Best Worki Coming Here. BERLIN, Sept. 23. Dr. Wilhelm Bode in a magazine article, declares that the beet pictures lu the collection of old masters left br the late Rudolnh Kann the beauty of the frames. M. Kann. In the last hours of his life anxiously deliberated as to what he would do with the pictures. He meant to affix a codicil to his will directing narking 'collapse nil over Italy, where the move ment has hitherto been the strongest. That Italy's failure to resist the pope's commands will mean similar weakening among Catholics liberals throughout the entire world is generally believed m evifcable. . , . STEAMER TELLUS IS BROKEN UP Dumps Four Thousand Tons of Coal on North Spit at Grays Harbor. CLAIM SHEWASOUTOF COURSE Captain Werlich Positive That Buov .Wert Not to Blame Vessel Appear to Have Been at Least Eight Mile From Conrse She Sought UUYCIAM, Wash., Sept. 23. The Norwegian steamer Teilus, , coal laden from Xanaimo for Portland, which went ashore on the Xorth Spit, at the en trance to Gray Harbor Sunday forenoon broke in two at 7 o'clock Monday nd wim tier cargo will be a total loss. Three mates, three engineer and the steward, who remained on the wreck, were taken off by the tug Cudahy, which stood by during -the night. Captain "erg. witn force of 30 longshoremen, arrived at the wreck about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, but seeing there was no hope of saving the vessel or any part of her cargo, returned to Hoquiam with hia orew. The tug Traveler, with Second Mate Kelson,, of the Teilus, Is standing by the wreck. Captain Berg believes the Teilus wilt go to pieces entirely within a few days. The Teilus carried nearly 4000 ton of coal valued at $20,000. for the Independent Coal 4 Ice Company of Portland. The cargo and the ship were both in sured. The crew will be paid off and sent to their homes tomorrow., Captain Berg will employ a legal representative tomorro wto look after the instirsace. Se is breaking up rapidly and apparently will not last long. That the Norwegian steamship Teilus, which went aground and was wrecked at the entrance to Grays Harbor Satur day, while bound for Xanaimo, B. C, for the Columbia River, was from 8 to 10 miles out of her course, is the opin ion of competent marine authorities of Portland. A chart of the North Pacific Coast in the olliee of Captain P. J. Werlich, in spector of the Thirteenth Lighthouse district, shows that if a vessel proceeds in a direct line from the Straits of Ruca to the mouth of the Columbia River she will not touch within about eight miles of Grays Harbor. To make a quick pa.e age ships iuvarinbly take this course. Consequently, how the Teilus happened to reach the fatal spot, where she now lies a wreck, is inexplicable to fliose fa miliar with that part of the coast. Learning that those in charge of the lighthouse district had been accused of permitting buoys and other aids to navi gittion going adrift without taking steps to Teplace them, Captailn Werlich show ed by correspondence and other records that nothing had been amiss with the aids at the entrance to Grays Harbor since Mav 21. VERDICT IS $15,000,000. . Dominion Coal Company Must Pay Steel Company for Breach of Contract. HALIFAX, X. S.. Sept. 23.-Justice Longley of the supreme court of Nova Scotia today awarded the Dominion Iron & Steel Company judgment against the Dominion Coal Company for $15,000,000 as damages for breach of contract in not supplying coal suitable for metal lurgienl purposes. Justice Longley in concluding a lengthy judgment says: "Between November 1 and 9 the coal company furnished large quantities of coal not reasonably free of none and shale and incapable of operating an Iron and steel plant, and while they are mm ing plenty of coal fit for such purposes, they foiled to furnish a sufficient quan tity of such coal to meet the require ments of the contract. The company has thereby committed a breach of the contract, and is responsible to the steel company for all the loss nd damages which resulted from this breach. "I think the contract is still In opera tion, and, in mv judgment, the best, in- eed the only true, remedy in this case is the issuing of a decree requiring the lompnny to perform the terms of the lU'reement." BURGLARS SEARCH 18 HOMES. One Right' Work in Flushing Neta Rob- ners uniy 9250. NEW YORK. Sent. 23. HurffW. Tiff A1 open a window of the hm. i ti, a- Crawford at State Street and Parsons avenue, Flushing, L. J., early yesterday "'""""( ua carried away table ware valued at ft0. The noVmrn m nnfiflJ also by a dozen other person in the town mat window of their home had been forced open and nevenl trint.f. taken.' When detectives Investigated they learned that in all IS house. haA Wn entered but very little property taken. One woman said that she saw two men and a boy sneaking through the nf her house and scared them away. It ia relieved mat tne same gang committed all the burglaries. The total amount of the losses report ed doesn't exceed $250. WANT AMERICAN GIRL. Protest Against Use of Urofile of Irish f Waitress. HARRISBUBG, Pa, Sept. 23. The Independent Order of American. In an nual state council here, adopted a pro test against the proposed placing of the ' face of Mis Mary Cunningham upon the United States gold coins, and has au thorized the state controller to forward a protest to Washington. Victor B. Boyer, state counselor of the- Order of Americans, will personally protest to Secretary Cortelyou. Miss Cunningham wae a waitress in a Cornish, Vermont, eating house when discovered by the late Augustus St Gaudens, the sculptor, Acho elected her as a model for a design he had been commissioned to execute for the govern- - ment. . The Independent Americans of Pennsylvania admit her rare beauty but object to having her profile appear on the United States coins because she was born in Ireland. They say there are plenty of American-born girls to choose from. PEACE IS DECLARED France and Morocco Bury the Hatchet MOORS UNINTERESTED IN WAR The. Prophet Failed to Make 'Em Vic torious and They Will Now Throw Away Spear and Arrows For Modern Guns. An. official dispatch received from General Drude, confirms unofficial ad vices that the Moors made fresh over tures for peace, but the French govern ment announced it is impossible after previous experiencew ith hostile native that hostilites wll be suspended, pending tne result of negotiations. PARIS, Sept. 23, 10 A. M. Peace has been declared in Morocco. Deleeates from three important tribes have accept ed Frenche peace overtures and will see that the terms of the agreement are carried out. Hostilities are now at an end. , SLUSH 1 OYSTER BAY, Sept. 23. Stuyvesant Fish came to Oyster Bay today and was closeted with Secretary Loeb in the exe cutive offices for an hour. He declined to be interviewed.. The secretary said has given him a message to the Presi dent but he decline'd to divulge, the pur port ANGLO-RUSSIAN TREATY. John Bull and Cossack Bamboozle Each , Other. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 23.-The Ango-Russian treaty was ratified here today. The convention regulates inter ests in both countries in Tibet Afghan istan and Persia. Russia maintains her position in North Persia end Great Britain in the . south. Neither country is to seek advantages In Tibet or Af ghanistan, which might be disadvant ageous to the other.