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KANSAS 01 1 M EN ORGAN IZE
TO DRIVE OUT TOB TRUST
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Jndepaodance, Kan., . March 1 1. Mora
. than 1.000 oil 'prodocOT aambled her
.today under tha auaplcea tha Kanaaa
' Oil- Producing aaaoolatlon, to unit all
: producers and . reflnara in the state
acatnat the Standard Oil company mad
" formulate a-definite -plan of action to
follow In the -war against the trust r
A constitution; Is being prepared,
which create an executive committee
. with plenary powers. A committee Is
drafting a constitution this afternoon,
PANAMA COMMISSION !
IS ACCUSED OF GRAFT
.'. UoaraU Bpwlal serrlee.) - '.. ,
. Chicago, March 11. Walter Wellman,
In - the Record-Herald, states . that
charges of graft have been filed agalnat
tha employes of th United SUtes on
the Panama canaL-', It Is' alleged that
'pay rolls are being padded and yarloua
forms of petty graft practiced, due to
lack of afficlent organisation. Tha pres
ent canal -commission Undeclared- a
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MORGAN NOMINATED
v- MINISTER TO COREA
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(Joaraal BpeHM' Sm .) '
Washington.1 March The president
has nominated, to be minister to Korea,
Edwin V, Morgan of New York.
BOG US C OWBOYS ;V
AT. INAUGURATION
Rpedal !-) . ..
March 1 H.Newa
Deadwood,
papers In th Black Hills are severely
criticising th expedition of so-called
i "cowboys from the. Black Hills to
President Roosevelt's ' Inauguration at
; Washington and.th tour which followed
to New Tork fend other eastern cities.
Instead of real cowboys. In th real
sens of th word, ther were probably
not a dosenjnen In the crowd who could
" lasso' ' a etr. Tha remaining "cow
boys" wer buslnesa men- of Deadwood
and other tlack HlUs cities. Th
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swept, him off the boarp
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Mlt',Your Move, Mr. Kuropatkin."
which will be submitted to .the asso
ciation. ; .'' ' . , y '
Resolutions' were ' Introduced and
passed i requesting President Roosasalt
to direct the Investigation of the Stan
dard Oil company- be mad publicly and
openly. Other resolutions attacking the
Standard Oil company as "notoriously
oppressive, unfair and acting' in viola
tion of the laws of the United 8tatee
and of Kanaaa" were . also passed. - (
Commissioner Garfield's report on the
beef trust was termed preposterous) and
the president wss petitioned to see that
th coming Investigation got at the root
of matters. - ' i
a The principal speakers' of the' day
war Miss Ida Tsrbell, Krank Monnett,
ex-attorney-general of Ohio, Governor
Hoch ' and Congressman Campbell, who
brought about the federal Investigation
of the Standard Oil company. ' '
'Miss Tsrbell spoke on -organisation
and effective methods of . fighting the
monopoly as follows:, v
' "Nothing but the small amount of
competition which men who refused to
be driven, out of th business have been
able to offer, haa ever driven rth price
of refined oil dowry Take-the price at
which refined oil is being sold all over
the country today. Ther Is no . such
thing as a normal msrket price.
'tier in Ksnsas th dealer have been
paying t and cents for what dealers In
Kentucky pay 6 and cents. The reason
la obvious. Ther has alwaya been com
petition In Kentucky. Ther never, has
been any In Kanaaa. '
"What Is happening today In Kanaaa
original Ida was for CapC Seth Bullock
to take a party to the inaugural as an
advertisement of th Blsck Hills.
Among those who really went on the
expedition wer three-wealthy lumber
men, three newspaper men. Is rich cat-tie-dealers,
four horse-breeders, on rail
way contractor, two county commis
sioner and ID other-business men in
different lines. - -
It was evident, that General Chaffee
slsed up the bunch for what they really
were, fof he ordered 20 worn-out cavalry
horn guaranteed perfectly aafe- for
their us la parad - v, ; ;
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since then.
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Is exactly 'what has happened over and
over again in ' tha older - oil fielder A
few hardy men had th daring to risk
all they possessed In searching for oil.
Tha Standard Oil company watched them
while they experimented. When the oil
was found th producer discovered, soon
that ther was no way of getting It out
of his field except i through channels
which th Standard controlled, and no
body but th Standard Oil company to
buy his oil. He must take the price
that th Standard' Oil company offered
him for h 1ST product, and he must psy
tbs prlca demsnded. to gather and carry
that product It Is a situation that must
continue just so long as the1 Standard Oil
company can control railroads and ftp
lines." - , '.
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vitclrs Army.Keportea
T to Be Cut Off. i
RESISTANCE UNUKELY
- SHORT OF HARBIN
Oyama't-Eager pursuit Follow-
ing His Victory at Mukden ;
:. Likely to Sweep Russians ' .
I Out of Manchuria.'
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St" Petersburg. March li.-Th ;
Japanese have cut the railroad In
Llnevltoh's rear. Communlca-
- tlon with the army has. been cut
off for th laat i hours: '
, The last dispatcn aatea unang w
- Tue Ku. 40 miles,' north of Tie ,
Pass yesterday states:-Ws be-
' lieve the Japanese are making a .
wide turning movement north of "
us and. will D reaay w tail upon .. w
. us whan we get out of th moun-
' tains surrounding Tie
Pas
Oorge." ..''.'('
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: between the ttnsslan rear guard
and tha Japanese flanking armies ,'
Is proceeding 20 mile north, of '
Tl Pass. ', ' J-
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. London, Msrch 18. There seems to be
no doubt that Marshal Oyama has stw-
ceeded In throwing a strong force across
Llnevltch's line of retreat, and U is rec
ognised In 'St. Petersburg that the army
may be forced to surrender. Llnsvltch
must make hi retreat along a single
road, railroad and wagon road and it Is
believed thst a large fore of Japanese
has accomplished a wide turning move
ment and will fall upon Linevltch as lie
merges from Tl Pass.' - ,
Ths Japanese legation today lasued an
official dispatch, from Toklo as. follows:
"Our detachment on th right bank of
th L.lao river haa routed vight Russian
squadrons with artillery which wer oc
cupying, th heights north or Tlellng af
ter a sharp engagement1 on Thursday."
St Petersburg Out Off Prom Promt
AU news has been cut off from St
Petersburg by the destruction of wires
along . the railroad behind Llnevltch's
army. "This fact "tends to confirm-th
rumors that Linevltch is completely sur
rounded and ' must surrender. . After
leaving Tie Paaa Linevltch could make
effective stand until he near Harbin,
where ajt the Sungarl river, th outpost
10 miles south of Harbin,, reasonably
strong fortifications exist .
A dispatch received before the wire
want down last night at St Petersburg
from point 4J miles north .of Tie Pass
state that the army Is retreating .In
good order, destroying the rstlrosd, as
it proceeds, but It Is constantly pressed
by th Japanese, the. rear guard action
being continuous. , i
Advices received at th Japanese le
gation show that the Japanese are on
all sides of the. Russians and that a
fore approximating 100,000 men is be
tween Tie Paaa and -Harbin. .A heavy
battle la reported raging today. - Line
vltch ha been compelled . to abandon
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.'.;tt,';;;fi:.v;r;.1U'-.' Girl Parishioner. kv.
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J. F. Cordova, - Removed From the Methodist Ministry, Found
- ' Guilty of Abandonment and Assault Eloped With Fifteen-"
Year-Old Julia Bowne,
(Joaraal BpeeUl SrTlee.t
i Brunswick, N. - J, March .11 J. P.
Cordova, the- eloping -pastor, wss this
morning sentenced to three years in pris
on' on th charge of assaulting his wife,
and on year In prison for abandoning
his family A writ of error was filed. .
Cordova. 'wss formerly pastor of the
Methodist church at South River. New
Jersey. He twice deserted , his family
to elopa with . Mi Julia Bowne. a
daughter of a member of his congrega
tion. Mrs.' Cordova, wife of the min
ister, was th principal witness against
hlnvVmd It waa on her evidence that th
conviction waa returned.
Cordova was expelled from the Meth
odist conference last week On account
of his escapade. ....
Miss Bowse, "Who is IS years old, wss
a member of tho church-choir and the
scandal resulting' from her two elope
ments has attracted attention over all
tha country. t Both Cordova and.' the girl
are In jail In New' Brunswick, the lat
ter under the delusion that her proteased
love for her ' companion Imposes upon
her a sacrifice. Ball which her parents
already furnished was rejected by th
girl, who state that she will not ac
cept freedom at any price ahort of th
liberty of her companion. '
After the Jury returned a verdict to
day the girl's mother, Mrs. Bowne, on
her knees with tear streaming down
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her fsoe.-and her arms encircling' her
daughter's waist, pleaded with 'her to
return home and desert her companion. -,
Th girl Impatiently drew away from
her mother, and stubbornly shook her
head, i Mr a. Bowne was led sobbing from
th room, and th daughter returned de
fiantly to her call, carrying with bar
some clothing and trinkets her mother
had' brought her. Back In her cell, she
wrote an ultimatum to her father. In
which she demanded that her parents
give as a pledge.'.of. their, affection for
her a promise to help the man whose
wife and children are suffering because
of his' Infatuation for her: ' t ;
"You certainly see how strong my love
for Mr., Cordova Is, how. I am bearing
all thla.for him. . Oh. cannot; you have
mere? Help. him for me. -1 will go
through fir and . water for him. Sever,
never, . In this world will I give him
up. Oh. help him to gain hla freedom.
I am not aad for myself; but, oh, toy
heart breaks for Mr. Cordova.", . . i
The letter concludes: .
' "If you cannot help' him, and thus
help me, oh, I must,. "y I cannot see
you; for as long as 1 live I will stand
by and love him and will bear all and
never murmur." '- ' '
The girl, however, has consented to
return home If the writ of error falls, on
condition that ahe la to remain there
only until the man she loves is free.
Among the Evidence submitted to the
Jury wer three letters written . to the
girl by Cordova In cipher. One-of them
la ss. follows: . " '.';;
"My, Sweetheart How" I miss you. O
dear. It gets harder and harder, Please
do not think that I am away from here,
for I mean to stay her Just ss long as
I have to wait for you. my sweet, dsrllng
pet O asr, you are, my wife,' for you
only Mo I..love, - And In heart and love
we are sacredly united. Oh, darling,
darling, what ahall I do? I am so-sad.
I go $o the postofflce,. and find no let
ter and have to come away so sad. I
have to cry In th streets. t suffer so
much when I sra working that I have
to go out and beg Ood to b merciful
and make them let you comtfback: to
me, dear darling." '"',
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OPERATING TABLE
(Jssrsal Speelsl grvie.
Huntlnston. W. Va March I. Mar
ried while lying on the operating table.
with surgeons aa witnesses, waa tns
termination of th romsne of n Ohio
couple today. , " '
n. r- Keenv. a. wealthy merchant f
Gateway. O., a few miles from this city,
snd Miss Stella Wilson, a teacher, hav
been aweetnesrta Tor yesrs sno engap-ea
'for soma time. -Testerdsy Keerv'. who
wa na tita wav tA trontml. i- to e ro-
Curs 4 marring license, was taken sud-
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WeyerliaHser Lumber Cd.
:Buys400 Acres fcr-r
Their Plant
WERE NEGOTIATING :Li- : ;
: : FOR-LAND TWG YEARS
Beginning of Work Here Meant
in Near Future an Added Pop
ulation to Peninsula Town ; ;
-''- Of Five Thousand. ,i
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d The Weyerhauser Timber com-. r-
4 pany desl in this city .yesterday - d .
4 amounted to . th pure baa of d
4 i mora than. 100 acre and about -4
4 l.-OOO feet of river frontage at .
St Johns,- as follows: -- '
4 . Oattan tract 10 seres. S3,M0.i'4 .
4 . '? Holbronk tract feet front-'
y ate J7.soo. V " -" - . '.
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e : Headquarterf of . tha . largest , 4 -
S timber concern in th world. '
' Th largest lumber mill In th -
.- world.-, .. r '.; .
. , Large sash and door mills. -
, . Employment of more than 1,000 -
S men. .. ... .. . .,
An Increase of (.(00 . In, the 4V
; population of St. John,- ,. : . ;'''
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If all other timber oomiMtnlea , of ths
United State were1 In one concern It
would not 'be larger than the Interests
grouped under th nun of the Weyer
hauser Timber'-company, whose " head
quarters will hereafter be In Portland..
- These men have for many years owned .
and -controlled the stumpag' of 'th
states of Wisconsin and Minnesota, that .
has furnished th lumbar supply of th '
Mississippi valley state' from St Paul
to St. Louis. They hav now- closed
deal In Portland that mean th loca
tion of their permanent headquarters In
this city snd th construction at St.
Johns of what wilt: In all probability,
become th largest lumber milling plant
In th world.- . . '. . .;-
; . ' Spends wn.OM tot IasmU '
' Th company purchased something
over' 100 acres at land, with 2.000 feet
frontage on th .Willamette, river. Im
mediately below St. Johns. The' total
consideration was t; 2.00. . They bought
bout SO acre of the Oattan tract for
tSO.OOft.- From M. L. . Holbrook they
purchased sbout 1,600 feet of adjoining
frontage.- at ,$2 a front, toot paying
him In th neighborhood of $!7.0qo. '
The desl Is th culmination of nego-
tlationa that hav extended eer nearly
two years, snd thst hav been carried on
by R. L. McCormlok and Oedrge S. Long
of Taeoma. who have charge of th Wey
erhauaer Interests In the Pacific north
west. A", large - part of the purchase
prtr' has- been- paid over. -and lb o-v
pers are being prepared for final slgne-
tures. .
" Six MlllloBa for Ttasb.:".
. The car snd deliberation exercised by
the purchaser haa been in line with
th' magnitude of their plan -respecting
th business they expect to develop
In the Peclfio- northwest. Some year
ago tha Weyerhausers purchased. In. on
transaction with the . Northern Paclflo ,
railroad company 1,000.000 acres of lira- ,
ber. paying a lump aura . of ' I0.000.000.
Hlnce that time they hav been buying
more timber, until thelr.aggregate bohl
Ings are Immense, Most of their tim
ber In th Pacific northwest. is In th
state of Wsshlr.aHon, and the larger
part of It contiguous to the Columbia,
river, although they hsv. large tract
to the sound country, nd operate
sawmill at Bverett. . ." '
Their Kverett mill Is" not a very larga
one. and for.a time they were undecided
whether to build this plant: Into a great
concern, establish a big mill at Orsjr's t
llarbor.jor come to Portland. ' After.two
years ,of studying condltloaa they came
to the- conclusion that tha - .lumbl
river bReliriwt -only-contains th great-
ewt amount-wHrtandlng Umber, but that .
Portland Is the natural center of tho
lumber industry f th. PaelfWv north-
viContlnUed On Psg Tbre.)
'denly sick. It was foond that he wft
suffering, from sppendlcltls and s .
operation was Imperative.
Miaa Wilson went to I ronton snd r
curet th marriage Icenae. Retu
she found bar betrothed on th e
ing tsble. A minister wss
and the ceremooy e"Kls-?1. "
tlon wss perform.! snd K .
few hours later..
The wlVW inherits lh,l
erty b. left' h Is f -nerve-racking
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