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FOR Ililll
OF SUGAR TRUST
Suit in Circuit Court to Termi
nate Combine "of American
; Refining and 27 Other Com
panies Absorbed by It. :
METHOD? OF COMPANY
- RECITED IN PETITION
Utmost Rapacity Alleged in
Framing and Maintaining '
- , the Trust." '
' lUnlted Preas Leased Wlre.1
New York, Nov. 28. Designating the
sugar mjsi as a . -rainless monster,"
the department of Justice today . asked
the United States circuit court to- out
law the combination. . The government
called upon the court to dissolve the
trujst by means of a "receiver or other
wise." ; The complaint alleged that the
trust agreement 13 a fraud mid cou
Ktltutes a monopoly. .,-.:. '';
United States Attorney Wise Insti
tuted the suit, which la directed against
the American Sug nef Inlng company
and 27 companies that, according to the
complaint, "either through force or
persuasion" were absorbed by the- com
bination. i The government brief say that "they"
(the Havemycrs) and. their -associates
managed and directed the affairs of
former t competing - concerns whose
shures they held, destroyed competition,
fixed prices that prevented others from
entering the trade and forced the re-
, tlrement.' of, many plants already so
engaged.- Enormous profits resulted and
the public was damnified. . -
i,;i,:,aijyv.:ciTa Bait to.DIaidrM."'t::;if
- Twenty-seven . Individuals also are
mini Infanda-ntR 'Af-liid'nt? 4Srtor ff
the trust and of other companies. Among
FreHjngb'iywm ,anjiK!ecira.AY.chb--x.
ecutrices of the w ill of H. 0." Have-
meyer; Joseph .Smith, preeldentof the
. Mormon church, who Is prestdent of the
Utah-Idaho Sugar" company: former
governor Cutler of Utah, director of the
Utah-Idaho company, - and ' John D.
(Continued on ; Pago Two.
NEWARK HRE UP
4
Criminal Carelessness Evident
as Responsible for Awful
.... Death of 24 Persons. .
,. (United Press leased Wlra.i
Newark; N. J., Nor. 28. The grand
firs of Saturday, which resulted in the
death .of 23 persons when the building
occupied by the Newark Box company
. and other concerns was burned.' ; ;
Officials "who have the investigation
in .charge, say there ;1 evidence that
there was criminal carelessness on the
pari or some one. iz inia can De mown,
an effort to have those responsible for
the disaster indicted will be made, ac
" cording to the 'state's attorney. : A caro-
ful search of the ruin -has been com
pleted by police and firemen. No addi
tional bodies have ben fi)und. Accord
ing to statements Issued today by the
police, 23 persons were killed, four wer
fatally burned, IS were severely In
jured and three 'are still missing.
Newark, N. J.,. Nor. 28. The charred
fragments of a human body were found
today In the ruins of the building occu
pied by the Newark Paper Box comany
and two other firms, twhlch was de
stroyed by fire Saturday. Searchers
working in -the ashes todaydiscovered
bits of burned clothing,' A careful in
vestigation of the cause of the fire and
the condition of the building has been
besun.
The finding of the body today brings
the total number, of" dead up to 24.
Three persons are missing. The police
believe the body found is one of those.
EXRllM.
F0URIEEI1 BIERS
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Disaster in Asphalt Mine Near
; Antlers, Okla. Victims,
All Americans. .
V United Vmm Leased, WlrJ '
- McAlester. Okla, Not. SS, Fourteen
..miners., wer. killed . by aiv-xpiofiicnr -in
the Jumbo asphalt mine, near Antlers,
according to a message that reached
here today. Thb .cause Of the.explo
Bion is unknown. The dead miners
were all Americans, it is snid.
The mine is operated by the Choctaw
Asphalt company. News of the accident
. has been received by . It. Ar. Church,"
tate- liwoector -of mines. '"
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ESTIhlATES ISSUED ! ' F . IIATIIi IS FREED;
in ran report ! ' . ,ilv; ; ' my marry girl
For Columbia River; All Items
From Mouth to Snake River
, Total $1,725,000; Coos Bay
-Down1or$40,000.
(tutted. Premi iMsed WIk.) " ':
Washington, Nov, 2s, Estimate of
the cost of river and harbor improve
ments throughout the United States tor
the year to end July 1, 1912, contained
in the annual report of General lUxby,
chief of army engineers, shows, a total
of "1 22,227,25 1.
In hh report General Blxby selects
2l, pr6jects as worthy of congressional
appropriations. Among- these recom
mendations are:
Ohio river, a,650,00a.
Mississippi river, '(3.404,004. '
- Columbia riter above Celllo falls to
Snake river, 125,000.
Columbia river, Celllo falls to Dalles
rapids. 2600,000. - - .
Columbia river below Portland. $150.-
Columbia river mouth, $$50,000.' ' '
Los Angeles harbor, 2270,009.
Ocean front, near San Luis Obispo,
Caiv$uo,ooOr.,.i - :
San Francisco harbor, 230,006. . : "
Oakland harbor, $1(9,000.
Eureka (Cal.) hnrbor, $185,000. . . .
'Srays Harbor (Wash.), (iOO.OOd.
Snohomish river, $75,000. -
-San Joaquin river, $25,000.
Coos Bay and harbor (Oregon), $40,
000. Appropriatlorta for tlie Sacramento
river were not recommended, as the re
port of engineers bad not yet been com
pleted. , . . -e lakes to the gulf waterway
project is not mentioned In the report "
, tii, "Fork . Barrel" fright,'
That the rivers and harbors recom
mendations may pwelpltate a fight
against President Taft's plan to elimi
nate the "pork-barrel" .was Intimated
thia'afternoon by the politicians. It Is
predicted that soon after congress con
venes certain congressmen will frame a
rivers and harbors bill carrvlnir ahnut
$30,000,000 in appropriations. With the
usuai aaauions io eany estimates, it la
likely that such a bill would, carry be
tween $40,000,000 and $50,000,000 in the
aggregate. "" .- .".
The politicians ba their predictiel
on the presidant's action at the time be
signed a measure parrying $50,000,000
for the. same purpose. At that time he
sent a message to congress which said:
'I once reached a conclusion that it
a'as my duty to Interpose a veto In or
der, if possible, to secure a change of
method of framing these bills.. Subse
quent consideration baa altered my view
of my duty." '-.:' ' - ' .
The president' withheld his veto, be
cause or three years there had been
no rivers and : harbors appropriations
and had he failed to sign the measure,
government engineers would have been
seriously handicapped. . ,;.-v . ;
The White House idea Is embodied In
(.General Blxby's recommendations, that
money -should be set . aside for the
prompt 1 completion of ' the more - Im
portant projects, and that scattering
appropriations for projects 'which have
been dragging along for years should
be withheld. : , ,
, Senator Burton of Ohio staunchly
supports the president and is prepared
to make a strong fight agatnnt piece
met,! appropriations, such as legislators
whoee political lives depend on the gov
ernment appropriations would' Intro
duce. The same legislators are placed
in the predicament of organizing a
fight to pass a "pork barrel" bill over
the veto of the president.
Japs Start for South Pole. .
(United Press IrfHiwd Wlra.i
Toklo, Nov., 28.- With the parting ad
monition of Count Okuma not to bom
bastically claim the discovery of 1 the
South pole unless tney brought back
scientific proof, zg explorers under
Llentennnt - ghtmse of -thdTiipttnesa
na-y are on their way southward to
day, ! The Japanese Antarctic expedi
tion, financed by public ' subscription
and government aid, sailed Sunday af
ternoon aboard the Kalnnn. Thousands
of 'residents of Toklo and surrounding
towns favo-the expedition a blg'scnd
off and lending officials m:iMa-.speocUcs
of oncourajiciauit. .
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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER
MADISON BRIDGE, SOON RILADY FOR SERVICE
11 IIIIW, IIIVIsV , llllll
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IV . . '
The tipper right hand picture shows the Madison Street bridge lift span being swung into position. The pie
tore to the left shows the cpan in position, upheld by scows. The lower picture taken from the top of the
'' ' bridge, shows the span being swung into place. '
OFFICII'
LCflllllT.
SHOWS WEST IN
LEAD BY 61 02
Total Number of Votes Cast
for Governor 1 1 7,690; Bow
. erman Received 48,751;
. West Received 54,853. ,
Salem, Or., Nov. 28 Oswald West's
plurality In. the recent election, as de
termined by the official count, now In
progress Is 6102. I '
The total number of votes east' for
governor was 117,690. 'jay Bowerman,
Republican nominee,;. , received 4S.751;
Oswald West, Democrat, 64,853; W, a
Richards, Socialist, 8059: A. K 2aton,
Prohibitionist, 6027.
In the First congressional districts.
Congressman Hawley'n ; plorallty was
8024. xUawley'Si total vote was 26,256.
Robert G." Smith, Democrat,' received
18,232; C. "WV Sherman, Socialist, 4981,
and WV P. Elmore, Prohibitionist,: 4585.
' In' the Second congressional district,
A.VW. LaffertTs plurality was 11,165.
The vote was as follows: Lafferty, Re
publican,' 80,642;, John Manning, Demo
crat, 19,477; W. A. Crawford, Soelalist,
55 83 ; George B. Pratt, Prohfbi tlonlst,
3524." ; -r .
; For secretary of state tha vote was as
follows: Frank W. Benson, Republican,
65,768; Turner Oliver, Democrat, 29,157;
Allen McDonald, Socialist. 11,S3(; N. A.
Davis, Prohibitionist, 2170.
The count Is still ln progresa,
CITY'S PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION BILL READY
A bill creating a Portland public ser
vice commission, has been prepared by
Ben lliesland and A, E. Clark on be
half of several east side improvement
associations and is nearly ready to be
submitted to the initiative. ,
The project of a Portland public ser
vice commission was inaugurated about
a year ago, Mr. Rlesland and others be
ing its ' most . active promoters. , -.It is
felt that commission having no other
duties or obligations, save to act as in
termediary between the people arid the
public service corporations, will have'a
more satis factory effectiveness than the
state'pubUc service commission recent
ly proposed by Senator Dan J. Malarkey.
The proposed Portland publlo service
commission would deal with complaints
of thsTeopie Bffalnsttft street car; tel
ephone, gas and other companies.
Hood River Team Fast, '',
The Stevens team of Portland, which
was beaten at Hood River Thanksgiving
day, 11 to 0, say that tlie bunch from
the apple orchards Is oW of the best
mip'.r . teams in. tlio tate. . They will
tive uuy of Uiu 1'orLlauil teams a tussle.
V 11
PUBLIC FMY USE
WM SJIET
Huge Lift,Span Swung in Po
sition Yesterday in Pres
, ence of Immense Crowd;
' Mayou First Official on It
Bringing to a successful enlmlnation
the delicate engineering feat connected
with the operation, the. huge 844 ton
lift of the Madison street bridge was
placed . in position' shortly, . before ;;. t
o'clock yesterday afternoon, while hun
dreds of interested persons watched
from the river banks aid other points
of Vantoso. ' - ;
The final steps toward' placing the
bridge at the service of the public are
now being taken. About 250 feet of
hand rails must be erected, the remain
ing stringers placed on the east sec
tion, , two shelter; booses built., trolley
wires strung and the paving completed.
The span may be ready for service next
Monday." according to. A.. S...Eidridr.
vice'' president and constructing - engi
neer of the United Engineering & Con
struction company.
Preparations for placing the lift were
started shortly after 9 o'clock yester
day morning. . At that time the 252 foot
lift, resting on false work Which v was
In turn built upon barges, was'pulled
part way out Into the. stream from the
mooring place at the east end of the,
bridge by the steamers Shaver and Sa
Tah Dixon." ' ,
Walt for Tide.'
Some more supports wero placed: un
der the lift and measurements taken,
which indicated that it would be neces
sary to await the rising tide In order
that the great bulk could be properly
placed in position. , ,
About' noon, - the barges bearing the
lift swung out into midstream. Great
hawsers attached to donkey engines on
the bridge' were then connected with It
and it was" drawn to its resting "place
with the steamors on either side, bound
by ropes, In order to steady it. ' -
Perpendicularly there, was but eight
'. (Continued on Page Seventeen,). ; -
ILLINOIS' POPULATION'
5,638,591; ENTITLED TO
' 4 NEW CONGRESSMEN
. (United Press Leaned Wire.) 4
- Washlngten. Nov,. 28. The ' 4
4 population of .the state of Illinois 4)
4, is 5,638,591, according to the
4 census bureau. The increase is4 4
O 817,041. or 18.9 per cent. At the
present apportionment, Illinois 4
4 would gain our "congresumen. 4
3, 1910. TWENTY PAGES.
DEADLOCK E1S
King Addresses Houses' and
Sends Question at Issue
Back to People;.-General
i Election Decides Lords' Fate
fCnlted PXw Lcamd Win.) "
Tendon, Nov. 28, King -George V.
today prorogued parliament 'thereby
precipitating a battle between the
lords and the Liberals. The' two houses
met Jointty and listened to the formal
speech of the king. t
The monarch thanked both houses
for tbelr 'services and then announced
his Intention of proroguing parliament
and - calling, a general election. .
The address was read by Lord Lore
burn, high chancellor, - -j
The " members of . the cabinet were
noj present, being engaged In an execu
tive session concluding necessary busi-
ness befor thi unit nf th c(mi '
The writs bringing the session to an'
end were issued this evening. They or
der paniament to meet January, 21 next
The elections will be held in December
or January. . "- s. . ; v
; The sudden terrntnation'of the parlia
mentary session was brought about by
the Liberals, who were, seeking to de
stroy the veto power or the lords. 'The
king's address referred In touching
terms to the death of King Edward
VII. . ' - - '
"I 'am determined to follow-in. my
dear fathers footsteps, said the king,
' fisheries Settlement pleases.
The address referred to the fact that
Referring to the Newfoundland fish
eries , dispute, recently adjudicated by
a tribunal at The Hague, his majesty
said the case, which had..been a source
of controversy between America, Eng
land and Canada lor .hearty a century,
was finally ' settled, ha believed.
, fIt is causa for special satisfaction,''
he continued, "that it has ' been possi
ble to solvo by ftrbltratioflrproBlems of
such Intricate and difficult nature' and
that the award has been, received on
both sides of the Atlantic In a spirit of
good will" , .
Regrets Deadlock, .
. In conclusion .the address says:
"We regret thnt the conference called
with a vlewof arrlvlng. at. SttmeetUa.
ineijt'ofthe situation, arising froa the
recurring difficulties between the houses
of parliament failed to agree." .
The next general election will prob
ably ' decide the fate of the house( of
lords, or the power of King Geor?o him
self, according to leaders of the-Liberal
party.. It is assumed that Kins
George- has already assured ' Premier
III PROROGATION
1 ".. (Continued on Page SeveutbeoJ
PRICE TWO
Acquitted by. Jury. on"White
, Slave" Charge, Believed He
, Will Bring Back Young Wo
man Deported Saturday.
Al Nathan, the alleged whlte slaver"
Qf Astoria, was acquitted by a Jury in
the United States district court today.
Nathan has been In jail seven months.
Immediately following the reading of
the verdict, which was. returned Satur
day afternoon., but sealed, Nathan was
released. , He will not be rearrested and
will return to hia home In Astoria
It la said that divorce proceedings al
ready begun against Nathan by ' his
wife will not be contested by Nathan
and that as' soon as Mrs. Nathan has
secured a decree, he will go to Victoria
and marry Hazel Morrison, the girl he
was accused by the government of hav
ing imported for immoral purposes. The
Morrison girl was taken to Victoria
Saturday' night She cannot return to
this country now on pain of two years
imprisonment but should Nathan marry
her she will by that act become an
American citizen and can return to this
country with impunity. : :'
- Hazel Morrison is a 19-year-old girl
who came to Portland a' year ago from
her home in Victoria. She fell in with
Nathan and they lived together in As
toria, where he Is a . bartender. , She re
turned to Victoria oh a visit and wrote
to Nathan for funds '. with . which to
come back to 'htm. When she did come
back ; she. was arrested as a witness
against Nathan' who had, been arrested
charged with importing an alien for Im
moral purposes. , The girl was allowed
to go home on: furnishing ..bonds while
Nathan was sent to the Multnomah
county Jail
Astoria friends of the bartender in
terested ; themselves , in bis cape , and
secured, ex-Senator C W. Fulton to de
fend him when the"; caife came up for
trial. ' Ttfe defense ; was based on the
point that the girl was legally a res
ident Of this country and that Nathan
therefore had not Imported an alien.-
In his instructions to the Jury Judge
wolverton ; said that unless it was
proved the gtrl was of. ill fame at the
time she, entered the country Nathan
could not - be found guilty. To prove
that she was of bad moral ' character
was not sufficient, he said.
! Nathan's wife came from San Fran
cisco to testify In -the case, but only
stated that she -was Nathan's wife and
had not , been . divorced. The .Morrison
girl was' also a. witness but an unwil
ling one and did what she could to aid
Nathan. .
LONG AND SHORT
Today's Hearing Not on Main
Question Affecting States
of Pacific Coast.
(WanhlnKton Hureaa of Tbe Journal. -Washington,
NoVj , 28. -J. O. AVood
worth, goneral traffic manager of the
NorUiernjraciHc,',vlja-.haa,ftrriveil te
atend the, -hearing before the interstate
commerce commission on the long and
ehort hatit clause, said the hearings to
day relate not to the main question af
fecting the Pacific coast and intw
mountaln States but to tho qu(Uon
whether Import and export rates come
under section four of the Interstate
comtaorca aw,.Tna umniiiion'M rfwi
sion will probably be dt;'rred until
March -IT. ,' . .
I L UD
CENTS. KiS'L:;
OF ffi-Oil TRIAL;
F.IURDERCHARGE
Mrs. Beebe, Whose Daughter
Was Found. Guilty 'or Mur
der of James Sutton, Tried
as Accomplice. . ,
CONTENDED AGED WOMAN
ENCOURAGED DAUGHTER
Prisoner, Gentle Appearing,
V.Kind Faced, Does Not Re-
semble Daughter. .
- (Special Dhipttdi to The Joonral)
Wenatchee, Wash, Nov. ,28.- With
face hardly seamed by the hand of time.
hair that Is almost coax black and eyes
that sparkle with the lustre that many
women 25 years her Junior would envy,
Mrs. Hannah. A. Beebe, 73 years old, is
sitting In the Chelan county court room
today listening to witnesses for thu '
state tell things that mtght convict her
of murder In the first degree. Such
was the crime of which her daughter,
Mrs." Delia B. Sutton, was found guilty
last Monday night The state contends
that had the mother not encouraged her
daughter In using a snotgun to defend
their property from trespassers Jaraps
E. Sutton, 24 years old, would not have
been shot down on August 10 last and it
is for this reason that two attorneys for
the commonwealth are seeking to con
vict the woman who has passed her
seventieth milepos't Jn life's highwRYi
1, Takes Interest In Trial
There is nothing of the criminal In the
face of Airs. Beebe., The ears are large
and symmetrical, standing well out from
the- head. If such ears denote a chr-ltahla.dlsposition-Mrr-Beebe-
ia-a -p-htt
anthroplst The nose is prominent, like
wise the chin, every lineament going
to make up a face, that is good to look
upon, as thwwgh golnv.rtmin)ed.!pectaclrg
bright kindly eyes gl.?an oat at wit
nesses, counsel and members of the Jury.
In not a eingle Una. gesture or appear
ance dpes she resemble the woman who
shot young Sutton." She appears to tain
more interest in the trial than did her
(Continued on Page Two.)
FROIBOSIIK
Papal Decree to Forbid Bish
ops and Priests to Toucti
- Any Gainful Pursuit.
r (United Press I.aaed Tlre.V
Rome, Nov. 28. The papal decree
which, as has been announced, will b-
given to the public - next week, an I
which Jt Is said contains, among other
things, a rule debarring the clergy from
participation in business or anything
that has to do with finances, is eagerly
awai ted '. by 1 5,0 0 0 priests and bishops
whom it affects. ..
According to the pontifical ruling,; the
clergy not only, are not to engage ac
tively . In commercial enterprises, but
they are not to lend their names or in
fluence to even charitable' schemes.
Although the edict is to be .embodle t
In the new code of the canon law, which
will not be published until the end of
next year, it will go into effect Janu
ary L, 1911, i( is said, ....
KELLHER MURDER
Wcndling's Attorneys to Hold
. State to Prove Identity cf
Eody Found. ,
' (fnlted Ptm VemtS Wlns.V
Ijousbrllie, Nov.;--2. The trial ; o
Joseph . Wendling, charg'.td - with th
murder.; -of Alnm Kollner, eight year
of age, whose" body was fcund in tl
basement of St- Johns church b'gn t
iay. Wendlin formerly Janitor o t,
parochial school and church, wh v
captured in San Francisco aftt-r a nr
that lasted for months, will make
hard fight for his life. The ) :
contend that " the -bones dlwevrc.i 1
the basement were not tb. of Oim lit
tie girl whaC.mystftrlously disapi.c-ar-and
who for months was supiH't. a t
have been; kidnaped,;'"
- The defense wUI endoiiver t' to .
the state definitely-hli'titif tit.- h-.
as -.hose of the little ;lrl. '1 t.e bo-iy .
irpund..tUfid,r. nj!! iy, of. r;l ,
Ueeu , pariially. ttvuuoytU iiy t-.-i ...
rosive action of iitm.
'.'',' lnng1iit at Alh-. .
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