if-,. GOQD EVENING Journal Circubtion THE WEATHER. Fair this afternoon, tonight and ' Thursday, warmer; winds shifting to -westerly. VOfc. V. NO. 229. PORTLAND, OREGON, .WEDNESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER : .28, :: 1906. SIXTEEN! PAGES.. .i.: o-otrtf Twn rirMTro . cw Taaras airo rwi SUBSIDIARY Waters-Pierce"3rancH "of Standard Oil; Ac cused of Rebating by Federal Jury Two True Bills, Containing Seventy-Two Counter Re ' turned Against Trust at St. Louis Maximum Penalties Aggregate Fines Over Million. (Jeeraal Special Si lies.) ' St. Louis, Nov. 21. The federal grand Jury today returned two , Indictments sgslnst ths Wsters-Plerce Oil company; a Subsidiary standard Oil ' company, charging them with the acceptance of rebates-from railroads. This to the first result' of the Investigation being made - her by the government In Its warfare against me ntanaara un company. Both Indictments are based upon facta discovered by Commissioner of Corporations II. A. Garfield and pub llsbed in bis report on the transporta tion of petroleum. The first Indictment contains 21 counts, each charging the Illegal shipment of - a carload of U from this city to Alexandria, Louisiana. at lesa than lawful rate, over tha Mis souri Pacific - The second Indictment contains- 81 counts, each charging unlawful ship ment to other towns in Louisiana. Tha maximum penalties that could be Im- -peeed aggregate-fines of oyer- fvsOlets Dissolution. " ;: : ' An official of tha, department of jus. tloe, tinder oover, haa given a statement .. of what wHl liappeu to tha SUndard Oil company after conviction, - and tn predicting tha absolute dissolution, and why. He says: . ' "There' srs Just three forms of eon- . splracy In restraint of trade that have been discovered by tna department of Justice. Tha first and simplest Is where a number of persons or firms enter rtd gppU't tiusteea iujamLiui-4.iiwoip 'bines to maintain prices. , ' "Tha second Is called tha trust agree ment, whereby any given number enter Into an agreement without wording and -appoint - trustees-to controt the -com bine's business. "The third is tha form taken by tba . Standard Oil company of New Jersey. Thia la where tha stock of the compet ing companies In thia case there are 70 of them la held by the central com- ' pany, ' which shuts down competition, stifles opposition wherever possible, and jagulates the prices ss It sees fit. J . Three Toxins of Trust - - "Of the three forma of trust, it la most difficult to prove tha existence of tha first, as there is nothing in writ ing, no holding of stock, but this form 1 is not acceptable ' to many of - those going Into the combination. Sooner or later soma -ona In 4he combine seeks an advantage over tha other, secretly Invades another's territory or reduces prioea to get business. Then tha mem bers fall out and begin, to cut prlcea. Thia la when tha publlo gets soma bene fits. - , - President in rrtHconnh ing Message Would Reduce Fortunes by Legal Means Forecast of Recommendations -Shows Advocacy' Supervising All Corporations by Licenses, an Eight-Hour Day for Rail road Men and Divorce Law. ,, (Journal Special service.) New Tork. Nov. 28. A special to the Herald from Washington says: " A summary of the principal features of President Roosevelt's message to congress follows:' . He advocates the consideration by congress of a progressiva inheritance tax to reduce - tha great fortunes of tha county; advocates supervision, by license or otherwise, or ail corporations other than railways, doing an Interstate business; advocates a bill providing for a mora elastic currency; aska the eight hour day for railway employes, and the adoption of the -block signal system; favors publicity of .campaign expend! tures and the prevention of corporation contributions; advocates the correction of dlvorpe evils by a uniform federal law; condemns rsotal antagonism, cit ing -the -Atlanta- and Brownsville eases. and asks a remedy for race aolldaiity In face of tba enforcement of law; de al a res for drastio restrictions against undesirable Immigration; aaka for ample army and navy appropriations and assistance to tha merchant marina for the purpose of extending the. com meres of tha United Statea on the high seas, i ; - The president does not touch, the Question of tariff revision. .. Congress will surely pass tha regn lar aupply measure, and may also pass these measuies: Tha river and harbor bill, tha bill to reduce tha Philippine tariff, and tha measure to regulate lra migration. Congress will discuss the snip' sTTDsiaT ""Mil. " wtiicij. proba6Tjr"wni aotpass. The proposed elastto cur rency measure, the antl-lnlunctlon bill and tha eight-hour law will also be dis cussed, but - not pasa. Congress will certalnfynotTevise thatarlft ; ' (Continued on Paga Two.) MAN KILLED IN MUTINY , ON OCEAN STEAMER NEW QUEEN OF OPERA V 's0. opooxaxr Nooo V - Y 4 - Y? w :. I ;'- A Geraldine Ferrsr, the American Girl, Who Is Receiving Orations in' New York.' To' Her 'Left Is Manager Conreid of the Metropolitan Opera " Company.' '. ' "': ; ' ' ' . ' - - ; - SUPERVISOR TRIES POISON San Francisco Official Accused of ; Grafting ; Makes Two Unsuccessful Attempts to Commit-SuicideSavedIbv-Wif( (Jearaal Bpedal Bfrrlr. New Tork, Nov. 28. A fireman was killed and five other men were Injured In a mutiny on the Mallory Una steamer San Jacinto, which arrived In port to day. Emanuel Conchero was arrested, charged with the murder of tha fire man, j brTtish prince slated TO REIGN IN SERVIA f Jnvrnal goerial Bervlce.t Manchester, England, Nov. 28. A pa per here aaya King Peter of Servla ji certain to be deposed. - It thlnka Prince Arthur of Connaught will succeed him. JAIL WITHOUT JAILER, SAYS THE SHERIFF Refuses to Pay Official's Salary, iSo County Wilt uAj5ut,twtfrr J of Prisoners on the Regular j Payroll, Beginning ' yvitfTftti'ftt Month. Sheriff Stevens, resentful because the feeding of tha county prisoners 'was takSn away from him. would aooner do without a jailer than pay a jailer's salary. He presented a requisition for ' a ' padlock for the outer door of tha county jail to the county court yester day afternoon, and stated that he had paid the salary of tha Jailer for three months, but would pay It no longer and Intended to discharge him. The pad lock was wanted ao tha jail could be locked from tha outside at night. Thia morning the county commis sioners and judge decided to place the jailer on the county payroll. They will appoint George Mitchell, tha present Incumbent, as jailer at a salary of 110 a month, tha appointment taking effect from December L " Commissioner Barnes stated thia morning that this action had been de cided upon as being a fair course Xo pursue, Ihe perquisite of feeding and boarding .tha county prisoners hsvlng bwn taken' from tha hands of the sheriff and let by contract to I Eba llng. ... Judge Webster stated that white this ,. action had been' agreed upon, the order j had not yet bee a entered, but would be mads at onost . '. , . i- ; . J r ; ' ,-, TO REORGANIZE PACIFIC STATES PHOIIE'COmiY New Corporation With Fifty Mil .4ioriXapitalto-B formed Lines Will Be Rebuilt and Ex. tended Fo, Every Village and Hamlet in Western States. (Special PUpalc t The JoeraaL) San Francisco. Nov. II. Tha recent advance In tha price of tha shares of tha Pacific States Telephone A Tele graph company has attracted consider, able attention within tha last few days. On November 1 tha shares of tha com pany were rather slow at . f 100 per share, while yesterday $110 waa bid. but nothing obtainable at lesa than $11S. For tha last 10 daya there haa been some quiet buying of these shares at prlcea In excess of 1105. In explanation of the rise In- values It la announced that the company will undergo complete reorganisation and a new company Is to be organised under the lawa of California with 160,000.000 capital to take over the atock nf the present concern. It will be dlvtden Into 112.000,000 preferred and (17,000.000 atock. Bonds wlll7e Issued to rebuild and extend tha lines of the company. Tha expansion of business during tha last 10 yeara haa exceeded the com pany's expectations, and on the show ing .of recent yeara tna company haa determined to extend Its lines to every village and hamlet within the borders of Its territory. Eighteen million dol lars is to be ussd for .-thia purpose. . , - (Jearaal Special service.) j. Los Angeles, Nov.- t. For tha sec ond time alnca his arrlvannLftsA"n gelcs. Supervisor W. W. Sanderson of San Francisco, the alleged grafter, haa attempted to end hla life. That ha did not succeed la due to his . wife, , who knocked from hla hand" a vial of poison which he had raised to hla lips. Bandlrson. who . In wanted at - San Francisco itv connect!6n with, the .graft Investigation, haa been in a- deplorable state ever alnca he.came t'A thia city. Mental worry and physical dtseaae have left him a wreck. According to hla physician. Dr. J. H. Davison. 'his rea son is fast tlesertlng him.-' After an unsuccessful -trial at suicide Friday Sandorsnn Expressed a desire to see his wife, whom he had left at San Francisco. -She hurried to lm Angeles and reached hem Monday. 1 When she entered the room at the Lakevlew hotel where her alck husband lay, ha bounded from hla couch and .embraced her af fectlonately -'XowI. can .. dieJiow I can die," he sobbed. . ' Mrs. Sanderson sat by his bedside and chatted, lightly In an effort to divert hia mind. After a time she walked to tha window and looked out, with her back toward the couch. . Suddenly San derson rose on his elbow and aelxed a gloss of poison which had been left on tha. medicine table, Mrs. Sanderson turned to see her husband elevate the potion to hla Hps. - She rushed to his bedside and with her hand dashed the poison- to the floor.. Sanderson fell back on the pillows . murmuring: - "It would have, been better;. It would have been better." . Tha doctors say he la not responsible. Sanderson Is a son of a former mayor of Sun Francisco and a member of the present board Of supervisors of the Bay City. - - . -, . Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeww HlLk HINTS AT - St. Paul, Nov. 28. -A pplossal combination of all railroads in the west be tween the Canadian border aild the Mexican line was the stupendous movement indicated' by J. J. Hill, president of the Great . Northern. The movement was checkmated only by Hill's refusal to enter the combination. , Mr. Hill made this remarkable disclosure while testifying before the Minnesota railroad and ware house commission today. ' ; : , ; ' s . ' "I could have accepted,", he said, "the mariacrement of all the railroad lines in the west between. the Canadian boundary and Mexico, but I refused, so that I.f migm continue in cnarge 01 my interests 'in tne nonnwesi ana tne aeveiopment of this part of the. country." . il : .;- ; : MrHiHnafteF-mu i panies which the Great Northern had purchased was still held by the- Great ''Northern..',"', " 11 '.";' r Y-- Y : a SENSATIONAL CHARGES DIVORCE SUIT Charles N. Oilman, Accused of Breaking Furniture and Cloth ' ing and Threatening to Kill His - Family - and Burn - His Home.- JUST ABOUT ENOUGH TURKEYS TO GO AROUND JAPS STEAL GUN PATENTS - OF AMERICAN FIRMS Factories Busy in Orient Turning Out Colt's Weapons With - -v out Permission.'' ; v ' - (Joonul Special Service.) ' Waterbury. Conn., Nov. 28! In an in terview President Drover of thetColt Patent Firearms company f Hartford, deolarea his concern has lost practically all Ita market In the. far east to. tha Japanese, who, he says, have stolen the lempar-patent -and are-tn iwiiw.-a H manner of American arma ' for both government and private use. O rover adds: ' Y' ' : ' ' '": "When the-Colt company found Its market In the east was- disappearing 'It secured the services of sn English army officer to Investigate. -t We r found - in southern China-a .Japanese factory -In full operation, turning out Oatllng guns, Colt automatic firearms and-other armament great . and -small. , The Chi nese government apparently., fostered the enterprise and tha Colt company got nothing. 1 - -'--a -, . BUTCHERIES-ORGANIZED BY RUSSIAN ARMY OFFICERS Government Documents Regard ing Massacres Fall Into Hands of Jewish Relief Society. . ' ' (Journal Special Service.) ' Berlin. Nov. 28. A gruesome light is thrown on the methods of the Russian authorities on tha occasion of the Jew ish massacros a ' Sledlcs, '' near War saw,' In September last, by a secret re- port fumlsmd the ' govsrnmont at flt. Petersburg. . A copy or Hill aorumena bus fallon Into the hands of the Central Jewish Relief' society of Germany. . The rep Jrt proves conclusively that the massacres were .'organised by Colo nel Tleohanowsky who appears to havs been appointed "chief of the protective garrlou" -at Sledlce for the speoiflo purpose of carrying out tha plan of slaughter, ostensibly for tha suppression of revolutionary agitation at Sledloe, Tlechcnowsky decided to Isolate the town", from, the outside world until tha butcheries mere completed, and did so. Artificial Vegetables Grown From Chemical Substances . Preaklng "up tha dishes, . taking .a knife and cutting up photographa be ponging to hla wife, destroying hla own clothing, breaking the aawtng machine, taking a bottle of oil In hla hand and threatening to burn hla wife and fam ily, and aeixlng a razor and threatening to cut hla wife's throat, are soma of tha accusations of cruelty made against Charlea N. Oilman by Lizzie Oilman tn a suit for divorce filed by her In tha state .circuit court this morning. Nine different Jt'nds of actions .that csused Mrs. Oilman pain and humilia tion are charged against Oilman In the complaint. An indication that it la not si ways women who- use household goods aa weapons In domestic warfare is found tn tha charge that Gllman, In a fttof-anger-about threer yeara ago. shied ' a breakfast plate at his wifea1 head with auch precision that It struck her and cut a deep gash. Otlmsn Is charged also with gross drunkenness and with ha vine; frequently eursea his wife and called her vile names. Mra. Oilman aaya that for many years aha haa had to support herself and children y notng manual labor. Last Aua-ust Oilman went to Ban Fran- sauterjeuint3,wV3Dacita would never return, unman is a steam fitter, aaya his wife, and la capable of earning good wages, but spends nearly all of Ms aarnlnga for liquor. The litigants were marrievi at; 8an Francisco In - June. 1898. They have two children Charles, sged T years, and Archie, aged years. Mrs.'Gllman asks their custody. . O. W. Allen appears as her attorney. ALLISON IN SENATE AFTER THE HOLIDAYS (Joaraal Special Sarvks.) " " Dea Molnea, la., Nov. 28. 8enator Allison, who was thought to be dying last summer, will not return to Wash ington until "January. He" aaya his health Is good, but he wants to stay at home over tha Christmas holidays. GOVERNMENT SCORES Y ON. THE DRUG TRUST IJesraal Special Senile.) Indianapolis, Nov. 2S. The govern ment won Ita first skirmish agalnat tha National Retail Druggists' association thia morning when tha federal court overruled tha , demurrer to tha charge that tha organisation la a trust, oper ating in restraint of trade. Tha court ruled that tha association muat answer the first Monday In February. Spanish OaMaet Ont, ' (Jnnrnal Special Karri re. " ' Madrid. Nov. 28. The Spanish cabi net resigned today.. . . . Tna turkey market will nave ' just about enough 'birds to go around. Prices on the best dressed stock in the retail jnar keta range between 28 and 20 cents a pound and In order to get a first-daaa bird your order must be given at onoa. . . First-class cranberries srs to day selling at m premium on ac count of the small supplies, and : no mora will arrive in time for tomorrow's dinner. Tha arrival of a ear of aweet potatoes from California thia morning saved many a menu from omitting 'that article to morrow, aa auppllea on hand aroe very scant. Fancy , atock coat a) mora money. a) :- FIVE LOSE LIVES 111 FIRE CAUSED BY CIGAR STUL1P Salvation Army Barracks In St. ' Louis Destroyed by Flames- . Two Hundred and Fifty Lives Endangered, but No One Thinks to Use Life-Lines. . fjaarnal' SpacUl Settles.) a," WevV"88i A cigarette stump thrown Into sn elevator temporarily used for a clothes hamper - at 4:10 o'clock thia morning caused a firs at the Balvatlon Army barracks In which four men lost their lives by leaping from wlndowa and another died later In the hospital. The barracks were crowded to their capacity on account of tha cold weather. Two hundred and nrty people laced death before tha police opened tha ave nue of escape. Life lines were booked in each room, but not ona parson out of the many occupanta thought to use them. . DEATH OF THE FATHER OF EUGENE V, DEBS - (Journal Bpedal Service.)-. . Terra llaate, Ind, Nov. 28. Jean Daniel Deba, father of Eugene V. Debs, the noted Socialist, is dead at hla homa In thia city. Six children survtvs him. The Deba family la tha laat surviving ona that traces descent from tha early French aettlement at Terra Haute. PEARY SAY DRIFTING IS THE BEST PLAN (Jearaal Special Sti ilea.) New Tork. Nov. 28. ArcUo Erplorer Peary arrived thia m.mlni and waa met by tha Peary Arctlo cluo committee, Peary Bald: "I have no faith in airships nor eleo- trlo aledges for A ret la eap;rar!on; tha drifting plan is the moat falble. SAUVIE GOATS LIKE CLEfK f jpPIHG ROG Were So Full of Duck Shot That They Could Not Rise to Oc casion and Were Drowned by .Recent. Floods, From, Willam ette River. In tha - recent . high . water s . large) - number of goats lost their Uvea by drowning on Bauvle's island, whloh la situated In tha Columbia river, about 10 mllea below Portland. It la said that goats of ordinary bread ' cannot awlm. . To render tha coincidence) mora fatal tha hides of Bauvle's island goata were full of duck-shot and wheat tha floods came tha goata. Ilka tha Jump ing frog of Calaveras, ware nnabla to rise to tha occasion. X hunief,Petsr-mmngford, -tells ef -great loas of Ufa among tha whiskered quadrupeds and attributes tha large per centage of mortality almost entirely to the fact that their hi dea acted aa alnk-era.- Ha aald: . ' -" ' "For yeara JokeYul duck-hunters have been shooting duck-shot Into tha skins of tha goata of Sauvte'e Island. These goata come of vary old families. They data back mora than fifty years ami have come to regard tha Island as their birthright. Therefore they reaent the nvaaion and interfarence of hunters who come down there and romp all over tha Island and disturb tha peace by shooting IP-thing genaj-aUy. j , "These goata have long whlskerSKar-' trail .tha ground, and their faces have appearance of great wt adorn and gravity. They have fallen Into a habit of moseying around after a duck-hunt- . Ing party and spoiling the fun. Just aa sura aa a hunter becomes nicely en sconced In a blind and a flock of duoka began . eetUlng In tha vicinity, a long wblskered goat would poke hia face out from behind tha neareat tree and queer tha game. la moat cases tha hnatara . have turned their guns on tha goata. Hundrada of chargea of duck-shot have been lodged In them. Their hair Is) heavy and their hides tough, ao that torn ahot never Inflicted any serious Incon venience. Tha only admission a wis . old goat aver makes that ha la hit la by Jumping Into tha air. pawing side wise a few times and running away tnv" a playful manner, meanwhile uttering a few blata. These goats got ao that they loved to ba tickled with duek-ehot. and would follow a sportsman around all day hoping to get another round. They naves realised- their mistake nntu tha high ' tar came. NOBODY'S BUSINESS WHO PAID THE BILLS - - . (Jearaal Spssta! Service.) Washington. Nov. 1. Tbs deposition ef Mra. Baasett waa read In tha trial of her divorce ault thia morning. Cns did not tell her husband whan her child waa born, because aha thought ha had forfeited all right to know about It. 8ha refused to anawer questions aa ta who paid tba bills at tha hospital where, the chUd waa born, or at Atlantlo City. ENGIN EER TAYLOR REVOKES NG PERMIT I-VT--K-T 14"- f-V I A t Tf I rrr 1 1 o er o d lta o i (Jmraal Special Service.) Paris; Nov. 28. Before the Academy ef Sciences Professor Darsonval haa de scribed artificial vegetables, which he exhibited,! and which were produced by tha methods of Professor La- Due of tha Nantes Medical echool. - Professor D'Ar eonval Interested his colleagues greatly. but unfortunately for tha lay publlo ha did not aay whether the so-called rage- tables were edible. . While they were described as vegetables, they have noth ing of the vegetable In their makeup, though they behave-After their produc tion as do real vegetnoies unoer natural oondlUons. Xats Uts - composition et thesa products nothing living enters. Professor La Duo makes aaeds In pill form, pne part aulphata copper and two parts glucose. These are deposited tn bouillon made of gelatine, -to which haa been added I per rent ferrocyanlde of potassium and a little aea aalt. Tha seed develops, - sometimes on ita sur face and sometimes In Its depths,- a liquid giving birth to planta resembling see weed and other marina planta It la announced that these artificial pUnta enjoy the same properties aa the planta they reaembla and are Influenced similarly pi heat and Uc&V- . . After hearing tha statements of a number "Of Indignant residents of Wil lamette Helghta. City Engineer Taylor this morning revoked the permit to blast Issued a few daya ago to tha Pence company. The earthquake" yesterday morning seriously damaged a number of dwell ings, ao their owners -declare, and if thia la proved the damages will ba paid out of tha 83.000 bond which Lafe Pence filed with the city engineer when tha permit waa Issued. Four hundred pounds of black blast ing powder caused tha scare on Willam ette Helghta yesterday morning. Previous complaints had caused tha city engineer to order- tha Pence com pany to limit the chargea to 200 pounds. It waa the Intention to do an. It seams, but yeaterday two blasts of 200 each were sat In two tunnels not far apart Tha powder waa divided Into 11 pock et a, and It wsa expected that the Inter val between the two blasts would mska tha operation safe. Both charges ex ploded at the aama Instant, however, and the combined effect was tremen dous. Though people living In the vi cinity knew that blasting waa In pro gress they felt aura that an earthquake had occurred. , Meeting la Held. Laxt night tha angry residents met, and this , morning a delegation" waited upon City Engineer Tsylor. ' "I thought tha bast thing to do wss Protests by Willamette Heights Residents Has Effect and City Engineer Immediately Notifies Pence Company of Decision : to revoke tha permit." said ha after ward. "There Is soma -question about the shock to tha houses, but tha beat way out of It la to atop the blasttng. Mr. Pence haa a bond for any damages dona to aurroundlng property." , Mr. Pence was not present when It was agreed to revoke the permit "The blast discharged by my mn yesterday morning at Willamette Helghta waa set under the personal di rection of City Engineer Taylor and his deputy William Wanser," declares Lafe Pence. ."We are working under a city ordinance that requires a permit for blasting and requires also a bond to be filed guaranteeing the payment of any damage our blasts might cause. "We had a permit from tha city. The city engineer examined our methods of blasting and approved them. Our bond of 13,000 waa filed and It slo wss ap proved by tba city engineer, But some complaint about the blasting waa made after that, and yesterday morning City Engineer Taylor and Deputy . Wanser came np to tba heights and personally directed tha placing of tho blast Says Baginae Waa, meant. "Wr men loaded tha blast according ' to tha Instructions of tha city engineer. Deputy Wanser went to ona of tha housea that was claimed to have been) shaken by tha blasts and balanced Ma knife on a nail In tha wall before tha blast waa discharged. Tha explosion of the powder did not even Jar (he kalfa off the nsll. "The blast was at tha and ef a 800 foot drift, 10 feet under tlvar surface ef- tha around and 1,0 feet from any hous-.- The work la b-lng done nn tt.-e other side of the hill, ovr in I;lr!vs gulch. We sro the, Uutt p"pl on eartu who want to d any ii .nm . tar would have tn pnv f"r It II t ( :, That la what our h..n. la f.ir City Knsineer T4Ylir n Tat' waa HO feet frum t i 11 6