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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
30VCRSTHC MORNING fllLO ON THf LOWER COLUMBIA
33rd YEAR. NO. 198
BAKER REPLIES
TO DECISION
CRITICS
Judge Tells Why Court
Reversed Action
OF STANDARD OIL FINE
Said It Was Not, Parent Organi
zation on Trial, But an
Offspring
EVERY FIRM HAS SAME RIGHT
Judge Baker Insist That What Any
On May Say About His Decision,
U Not Worth More Than His
Opinion.
GOSHEN, Ind., An. 26.-Judge
Francis K. Baker, of the United
Sates Ccurt of Appeal, which re
versed the decision of Judge Landis
ruling the Standard Oil Company
$29,000,000, replied yesterday to the
criticism of his court.
"In the first place," he laid, "it
was not the Standard Oil Company
Incorporated under the laws of New
Jersey, the parent concern, that was
on trial, but the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana, 'an offspring, un
doubedly, but a much weaker organ
ization. ..
"But when it came to pan judg
ment it was on the offenses of the
parent company that the Indiana off
spring was found guilty, and it was
on the property and revenues of the
parent company that the fine of the
offspring was gauged. If it was the
desire and purpose of the court to
punish the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, that company should
have been indicted, either jointly or
separately, and have been brought
into court.
"Every corporation has exactly the
same rights as an individual, no more,
no less, The parent company is, of
course, more or less responsible for
the acts of the Indiana Company.
The people will sooner or later real
ize that the courts are not swayed by
any other influence that law and pre-
WILL NOT DISCUSS
HUGHES QUESTION
Hitchcock Refuses to Give Opinion - Regarding Ef
fect of N. Y. Primaries Results on Ticket
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Chairman
Frank H. Hitchcock of the National
Republican Committee, today declin
ed to' discuss the New York ' State
primaries in respect of any possible
effect they may have on the governor
ship nomination, and later upon the
national ticket. He insisted he had
not committed himself in any manner
for the goverorship and said he did
not think lis was called upon to do so.
In regard to the recent conference
at Oyster Bay, which gathering was
followed by a statement of John S.
Sherman, the Republican candidate
vice-president that the preponderance
opinion there, favorable to Hughes,
Hitchcock said: "Sherman stated ex
plicitly that no determination of the
governorship matter was effected."
It U not expected that the views of
any of the republican leaders who
SOCIALISTS Afi
BRYAfl'S LETTER
Socialist Party Think Democrats
tot Sincere in Promises -
NEW YORK Aug. 26. -John
Spargo, a member of the National
Committee socialist party has sent t
letter to Bryan in which he answers
the appeal of the latter at Indian
apolis for the socialist votes, declares
it a bold but pathetic and futile bid of
socialistic support and declares the
"known abuses" are no where so
flagrant as in the south which, is al
most wholly democratic. Spargo as
serts the conditions in the south with
peonage of other evils rampant,
through the alleged toleration of
democratic officeholders, Is not an in
dication of any sincere desire on the
part cf the democratic party for the
people to rule. '
If ITERN ATI OFI AL FISHING
CODE MAY CHANGE
JORDAN ARRIVES AT PORT.
LAND AND OIVES INTER
ESTING INFORMATION
PRESENT LAWS WORK INJURY
Dr. Jordan Says it to a Well Known
Fact That Conflicting Laws do
Much to Injure the Fishing In
dustry. ,
I'ORTLAND, Aug! 26.-Dr. David
Starr Jordan, president of the Stan
ford University and American mem
ber of the international committee to
investigate fishing, arrived today. As
a result of his investigations during
the summer it is likely that a new
international fishing code will be en;
volved and that important rulings will
be incorporated. With Dr. Jordan on
the committee was S. T. Basteldor, of
Toronton, a representative , of. the
British government-
"Unless some rigid action is taken,"
cedent. What any one man may say
in regard to the decision of a court
counts for no more than his opinion.
All I know in reality about the case
is that a common thing has occurred
a motion for a rehearing has been
filed."
participated discusion at the -president's
summer home were altered by
the fact that a number of counties in
the primaries expressed themselves in
opposition to the governor. Thus far
the republican national committee has
taken no stand in the Hughes matter.
The governor has not been invited to
speak in the national campaign and
it is Said that no' invitation will be ex
tended to him until after the New
York state convention. .
The engagement Hughes "has to
speak in Youngstown, Ohio, Septem
ber 5th, is not made under the au
spices of the nation organization. If
Hughes is renominated, the directors
of speakers of the bureau of the na
tional committee will begin imme
diately booking the governor to as
many speeches as he will consent to
make.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, (903
TOWfJ OF AUGUSTA COMPLETELY
Down-Town Portion of Business Houses Demora
lizedDamage May Reach Half Million ;
THE UNION DEPOT IS TEN FEET UNDER WATER
Three Deaths Reported Large Cotton Warehouse and Wholesale
' Grocery Warehouse on Fire Owing to Conditions Some of
the Reports Cannot Be Confirmed
ATLANTA, Ca., Aug. 26.-A long
distance telephone from an Associat
ed Press correspondent from Augusta
says the city is completely, under
water. The downtown portion of
business houses, telegraph offices and
newspaper offices arc completely de
moralized. Tbree deaths were re
ported at Augusta today, two whites
and one negro. The damage estimat
ed will reach half a million. At 8:30
tonight it was learned ' through ,a
single wire of the Georgia railroad
said Dr. Jordan, '"the international
fishing grounds will be destroyed, or
at least injured just as much as the
Columbia river fishing interests have
been injured. It is a well known fact
that the conflicting laws of Washing
ton and Oregon have injured the fish
ing interests of the two states, and
similar results will come from the
present operation of the international
laws. We have spent the last three
months in investigating the fishing in
terests of this country and of England
in the waters that are adjacent to our
shores, and a new code of laws will
be formulated." '
WOOL WILL BE STORED.
SALT LAKE, Aug. 26.-Rcsolu-tions
approving the plan of the na
tional storage for the western wool
THIRTY MINERS
IG DEATH
One of the Worst Mine Disasters in the South
west Occurs in State of Oklahoma
ALL MEANS OF ESCAPE
Barrel of Oil Catches Fire and Explodes, Throwing Burning Oil in
All Directions, Which Spreads With Such Rapidity As to
Make Escape Impossible Jrorn Lower Tiers
McALESTER, Okla., Aug. 26.-
One of the worst mine disasters in
the history of this part of the South
western occurred at Haileyville, 15
miles east of here today, when be
tween 25 and 30 miners were entomb
ed in the Hailey-Ola coal mine No. 1,
the result of a fierce fire that it is
believed has shut off all means of
escape. The men whose escape was
shut off are in the lower part of the
mine. At noon a telephone message
from the scene stated that . the fire
was burning so fiercely that it was
impossible for rescuers to enter the
shaft and it was then belicyed the en
tombed men must surely be burrfcd
to death. All the miners are foreign
ers., A number of miners who were
working near the openings escaped.
The actual loss of life is not yet
known. . The fire is said to have
started at 7:30 o'clock this morning
soon after the day shift went to work. J
It appears that a barrel of oil caught
ER6ED BY WATER
company partly into Xugusta, that a
large cotton warehouse and wholesale
grocery warehouses of the Nixon
Company was burning. The union
depot is tinder 10 feet of waer and in
the best residence district the six feet
is slowly rising. The report of a fire
in the Nixon warehouses cannot be
confirmed. The telegraph operator
could not get near enough to get defi
nite information on account of water
but the first burning is in the vicinity
of the big warehouses.
crop was adopted unanimously today
by executive committee of the Nat
tional Wool Growers' Association.
The president of the association was
authorized to name a committee to se
lect the city where a central storage
market can be established and to form
a corporation.
' BASEBALL GAMES.
National League.
Pittsburg 3, New York 4.
Chicago 6, Brooklyn 4.
Pacific Coast League. -San
Francisco 8, Los Angeles 1.
Portland 3, Oakland 6.
Northwest League.
Seattle 2, Aberdeen 5.
" Tacoma 6, Spokane 8 (11 innings).
Butte 10, Vancouver 7. .
EHUD III A
'.-'
SHUT OFF BY FLAMES
fire and later exploded, spreading
burning oil in all directions. The fire
spread with such rapidity that the
miners on the lower tiers were unable
to reach the shafts and all, a venues of
escape were cut off.
The mine is owned by Dr. D. B.
Hailey, of McAlester, and is one of
the biggest mining properties in the
state. Soon after the fate of the en
tombed men became generally known
crowds of wildly excited women and
children, relatives of the unfortunate
men appeared at the mouth of the
shaft. Their grief 'was pitiable, and
the fruitless cries of the entombed
miners added -much to the confusion.
Those who . were able to reach the
surface were greeted with shouts of
joy. The officials of the company,
aided by the mine, bosses and others,
immediately set to work to rescue the
men still in the mine. It was soon ap
parent, however, that no one could
enter the mine, as volumes of smoke
began to pour from the openings.
GOIERAL LAND OFFICE
ANNUAL REPORT
Showing Area of Land Undis
posed Of on July 1 -
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. -The
geeral land office annual statement
showing an area of public domain re
maining undisposed of July 1, 1908.
The government has an area of 754,
859,296 acres surveyed and unservey
ed including the following: Alaska,
386,021,509; Arizona, 42,769,202; Cal
ifornia, 29,872,493; Colorado, 23,696,
697; Idaho, 26,785,002; Montana, 46,
592,440; Nevada, 61,177,050; New
Mexico, 44,777,905; Oregon, 16,857,
913; Utah, 36,578,998; Washington,
4,450,000; Wyoming, 37,145,302.
ELMHURST, L. I., Aug. 26.-An-tonio
(Tony) Pastor, the theatrical
manager died tonight after an illness
of several weeks.
APPLE SrllPIIITS EAST
TAKE BIG JUOP
RATES ADVANCE FROM 15 TO
25 CENTS PER HUNDRED
POUNDS.
WILL PROTEST THE ADVANCE
Northwestern Fruit Distributors' As
sociation, Wire Western Growers
and Shippers That a Meeting Will
be Held at St Paul.
PORTLAND, Aug. 26. Announce
ment is made that after Septembr 13
shippers of apples from Portland. The
Dalles, Hood River and the Willam
ette Valley points, Spokane, Walla
Walla, North Yakima, La Grande and
in fact all the Pacific northwest
points will be required to pay a sharp
advance of rates to eastern points, the
advance being from 15 to 25 cents per
hundred pounds in excess of the.
rates now in force. . That is not all
The minimum weight for mixed car
load lots when apples are included
will be increased from 20,000 to 24,
000 pounds. The raise in rates is made,
by all receivers serving this territory,
The Northwest Fruit Distributors'
Association of Fargo, N. D., has
wired the western growers and ship
pers that a meeting will be held in
St. Paul to frame a protest against
the advance in rates and requesting a
representation from this territory. .
MANY MEET BRYAN
Large and Enthusiastic Crowds Welcome Demo
cratic Leader at Salem, Illinois
SALEM, Ills., Aug. 26. No crowd
of such size and enthusiasm ever
turned out in this tcity, the birthplace
of Bryan, as that today", when the
democratic candidate stopped over to
greet old friends and neighbors, and
thousands of people who came into
the city of special trains.
' The principal event of the speech
by Bryan from the platform on the
court house grounds in which he ap
pealed to the "Roosevelt republicans"
to support the democratic ticket, be
cause he said, they could not hope
for realization of the promised re
forms of their party. Taft, he said,
was not the heir to the republican
reform. 1 " ''
Bryan took up the question "Shall
the People Rule?" and referring to
Sherman's declaration, "People do
rule," he said of Sherman:
PRICE FIVE CENTS
All IIIDIfflEIIT
TO RECKLESS
BAIIB
)
Is Objection to Bank
Guaranty, Says Taft
INCREASED DAGGER
The Proposed System Would Be
Far More Dangerous to De
posits, He Says
WOULD BOOST SPECULATION
Speculation Would be Encouraged at
the Expense of Bankers, Percentage
of Taxation Would Have to be
Greatly Increased.
HOT SPRINGS 'Aug. 26.-''It puts
a premium on the reckless banking
and is an inducement to reckless
banking." This Judge Taft. this
afternoon, in a response direct to a
question to State what in his opinion,
was the vital objection to the propos
ed plan of guarantee to deposits in
the national deposit banks. '
"That is a fundamental objection "
he said, arid "Relieved the responsibil
ity to any of his depositors, the tend
ency to induce exploitation, manipu
lation and use of assets of banks in
a speculative way. It would promote
speculation at the expense of his fel
low bankers and that ultimately
means at the expense of the deposi
tors. Any proposition as to the
amount of tax that should be assess
ed, as based on present rate of loss, is
on an erroneous basis, as danger of
lots of deposits is increased vastly by
the proposed system, so that the per
centage of tax would have to- - be
vatly increased. Mr. Bryan did favoi
a guaranty, the government to raise
a fund by taxing the banks, but the
democratic platform provides for an
enforced insurance which compels all
the national banks to contribute to
the insurance funds to meet the de
faults of the speculators. I am told
that such laws' were in force in New
York and that the result", was that
(Continued on page 8.)
AT BIRTHPLACE
'. "He ought to know for he has been
one of the fellows that have kept
them from ruling. In the house of
representatives he has been one of the
men responsible for thwarting the
will of the people, and I lay down
the statement that the American peo
ple today do not rule. They do not
conduct their own government, and a
government conducted by others is
not responsible to the will of the
people. Now, if I am right, ' Mr.
Taft is wrong and Mr. Sherman is
wrong." When they say people, do
rule they admit people ought to rule
and if they admit people ought to
rule, if, I can convince the country
that the people do not rule, then we
are entitled to the verdict at this elec
tion, and I am willing to meet the
issue." .