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ill HID li!IO TlllliTEEll PARTS Lawyers Must Appear Before ' Court in New York Wednes day and Show Plan of Dis integration of Trust. . (By the International News Barrio..) "' me American Tobacco company will oe obliged to appear before Judges Ward, Lacombe; Cox and Noyes in the United States District court In New York Wed nesday morning, when the time limit al lowed for the carry ins out of the plan to dissolve the combine known as the tobacco trust will have expired, and rive a detailed account of the process of dls entegration, .--,,...-.,.-,.;- , , The dissolution began, .by order of the circuit court, last November, "after the United States supreme court -had turpei) the-governmenCs-Biiit to dissolve the tobacco trust back to the lower court with Instructions to ascertain some way of reorganizing the American Tobacco rimnanv anA It. .iihnlritarf that wnnlri conform with the law. i , A, plan of reorganization was submit ted by the attorneys of the Tobacco company and after severar amendments were made by Attorney General Wick erBham it was accepted despite the vio lent opposition of the independent to bacco dealers. . . -. .; ." Divided Into Four Parts. As a result of this plan of disinte gration the American Tobaoco company has been divided into four separate and distinct concerns: The K. J. Reynolds company., the . American Tobacco com pany, the Ik Irillardobacco company (newly organised) andle- Llgs & Meyers Tobacco company TBeWly or ganized). Each has been complettely equipped for the conducting of every branch of the tobacco business accord ing to the trust's attorneys, all four are entirely Independent of each other. The R. J. Reynolds company will continue to carry on a large general business but it will not include all the branches. - The American Snuff company has been divided into three companies, two of them newly organised the George W. Helme companjr the Weyman & Bruton company and the American Snuff com pany. A new corporation, the Johnston Tin Foil end Metal company, has been organised land has taken over part ot the business of J.he. Conley Foil com rany, MaeAndrews & Forbes, known as the Licorice trust, have -distributed a share oftheir business to a new con cern created for the purpose, the J. S. Young company. TtieAmerican Cigar company has been disintegrated as fol lows: It has terminated Us interest in the American Stogie eomrmnv. which has beeh dissolved, and it has-sold to the American Tobacco company for cash all Its Interest in the Porto Rlcan American Tobacco company, and the American To--baceoompany has distributed the stock so. acquired together with Its own stock in the Porto Rlcan American Tobacco company, to its common stock holders. The result of the disintegration is that the Porto Rlcan American company has been Completely divorced from the con trol Of the American Cigar company. neither of which now have any1tUeret . in it. ' ... ' ,. Trust la BlraanVbereaV. 4 The above named eoneerne,- together with the United Cigar Stogies company and the British American Tobacco com. pany, comprise the 14 individual con cerns that have emerged from the pro cess of dissolution which the combine known as the tobacco trust has under gone since last November. All of these corporations with the exception of the new ones have been controlled by the American Tobacco company, but In the future the stock will be held by the com raon stockholders of that corporation. -At the time that the plan of dlssolu tton was accepted the circuit Judges ex pressed the opinion that it would not only serve to break the combine, but would also serve to create out of, the elements at that time composing the trust new conditions that would be hon estly in harmony with the law and without unnecessary injury to the pub lic or the rights of private property. The injunctive provisions that were Introduced into the disintegration plan the defendants from continuing the Il legal combination and from entering In to or forming any like combination In restraint of trade. , The injunctions also forbid the 1 companies from having of ficers or directors in common, and pro hibit the purchasing ; of business or plants, one of the other. The 29 indi viduals are enjoined for three -years from increasing their proportionate hold ings, but to this Drovlnion tha court has added the following clause: . Boles' Jtigo Is Softened. "Provided, however, that ony of the aid defendants may, notwithstanding this prohibition,-acquire from -any other or others of the said defendants, or In case of death from their estates, any of the stock held by such other defendant or defendants In any of the said cor porations." 1 " a. , . In this way the 29 men now in con trol, who were made Individual defend ants in the government's dissolution ult are not allowed to Increase .ttfelr aggregate holdings within the time spec ified, but it would permit a few of them or even one to acquire the entire hold ings of the 29. . ; In the meantime' the Independent to bacco Interests, whose . appeal . against the acceptance of the American Tobacco company's plan of dissolution was re jected have made a direct move to get a review of the terms of the dissolution. Through counsel the independent deal ers have asked President Taft to have the department of Justice v"Joln in and obtain the domlnance'of the pending bill of review, filed in the southern dis trict of New York for the correction of the errors of law apparent on' the face of the record." The thief point of i the protest of the Independent dealers is made in -behalf of the retail dealers and maintains that the United Cigar stores company is left with the same power td throttle the re tail business that it had before the dis solution and that the company's stock Is still controlled by the same interests which held it through the old American Tobacco company as a holding Interest. A BEATTY BROS. PIANO $150 Second-hand, but a big bargain. In good condition. Tone- fine. SIXTH AND BURNSIDE. CiiiEF CLEn HAS WORLD'S RECORD Clarence) R, Staffer, Clarence II. Shafer, one of the best known hotel men in the country, has taken the position , of chief clerk at the Imperial hotel, after having spent two or three years at Seattle and Port land as manager and cleric In several hostelrles. Mr. Shafer Is a nephew of ' W. S Shafer, manager of the Auditorium Annex -of Chicago, fend for eight years was connected with that : hostelry. Previous to that time he was member of the executive staff of the old Audi torium hotel. ' .- ".' "During th St'Xouti exp08ltldn,"Mf. Shafer was manager of the Inside Inn, and there he broke the world's record for rooming guests. He registered 86 pages of arrivals and roomed them within two hours, ' The total number roomed was 320. . Leading . hotel pub lications gave Mr. Shafer credit for rrooming the greatest number of people In the shortest space of time of any hotel clerk in the world. Mr. Shafer has been In the hotel bus iness since 1991. He started as a room clerk at the old Virginia . hotel, Chi cago.' From there he went to the Au ditorium and the Auditorium Annex, then the Great Northern. From there he went to Omaha, but shortly returned to Chicago. He has been oh the coast about three years. Five Man Competition Settled Bowling Congress Will Close Today. (Br tb Inter&itlonal News Service.) Los Angeles. Cel., Feb. 24. Competl tlon for the western championship and the- $2000 first -prize offered by-the Western Bowling congress has ended, the last five remaining five-man teams having- rolled against the world's rec ord score of 2876 set by the Evening Herald team on Thursday night, ; and failed to even threaten the high mark. The Herald team will go to Chicago next month to compete in the annual American bowling congress tournament. The . B." B. C. company, . Mlnerallte team of Chicago finished with a score of 2814 and won second prize of $750. The Maler Brewing company team of Los Angeles bowled 2790 and won third prize of $400. The Evening Post team of San Francisco bowled 2636 and won twelfth place of $36. The Eugenes, No. 1, of San Francisco, bowled 2636 and won 18th prize of $35.. The Gatos of SpO' kane bowled 262) and won 14th prize Of $35. ;, . -.. ... The Beavers of Portland won the sev enth prize of 260 br bowlina- 2729. ' The events wllleornetoa .plosejo-I morrow afternoon with the individuals probably the last to finish. 1 ( The Portland Revolver club how holds the undisputed championship title of the United States-Revolvee-Assoela- tlon league for the reason of 1811-1912. The - local team - won -23 .: straight matches and finished the season with a clean slate. The Manhattan club of New York city,' which has some of the greatest shooters In the United States enrolled, was the last to fall before the' Portland shooters. "':- r The local team made the score of 1132 against the Manhattan team and Friday night the Manhattan club made the score of 1120, which gave Portland " victory by 12 points. . The Manhat tan team made the score of 1118 against the' Springfield club and' this may also bring defeat to It. .... . Much of Portland's success Is due to George -Armstrong, who captained the local team during the season. Frank Hacheney and R. H. , Craddock also helped the local team win a couple of the matches' by steady shooting. San ders, Wilson, Hansen and Hubbard were also mainstays of the local team. The next shoot of any importanoe will be for the single championship, The shoot will start about March 24 and continue till the end of the TOonth. AMATEUR BASEBALL LEAGUE -FORMED The Archer-Wiggins Baseball league for the season-of 1912 was organized last .night. Doo Anderson, .the biggest baseball fan In Portland, was elected president, and R. J. Btaehll, secretary. Eight teams entered the league and It .Will be divided into two sections, known as the North , and South. The Overlook, Gill, Vernon and .Peninsula Cubs will be in the North section, and Tribunes, Ramblers, Brooklyn , and Lents in the South section. . The entry Hat is open till next Sat urday night, when another meeting will be held. ' " v ' . Ashland Wins-Again. ..... Ashran(rr-;'''iyeli,i-t.'hyrA9h7anc7 high school teajn this evening won the high school championship of the state by defeating the Dallas team by the score-ef 31 to 15. ' The first half ended with the score of IS to 13. ... f'Ci'f ran ra IK 711 MET LOCAL REVOLVER 1 NOW CHAMPIONS OF U APPEAL OF BEDS WHO I'll MS Brotherhood of North Ameri can Indians Urges That Del egates Be Chosen From jthe Ranks of Tribesmen. Washington, Feb. 24. A vision of big Indian chiefs. In paint and feathers, sitting in the house of representatives. Is seen by some of the silk-tiled and frock-coated Beau Brummela of congress In a petition now In the hands of Presi dent Taft - . . The Brotherhood of North American Indians, organized here last December, is demanding of tha Great White Father that he urge congress to seat Indian delegates,' of full blood, to manage af fairs affecting the thousands of In dians in the country. : Senator Curtis, Republican, of Kan sas, has Introduced a bill in the senate to incorporate the brotherhood, and has announced . the, federal organization asked by the Indians will be pressed vigorously. Forty redskin chieftains, repreeen t ing 40,000 Indians, met her e December 6 to form the brotherhood representatives of every large tribe from the wigwams of New York state to the mountain camps of the Pacifio northwest. Here are the demands of the brother hood before congress and the presi dent: . '. ' What They "Want. 1. The right to have Indian dele gates on the floor of congress, of In dian blood, and to be chosen exclusively by recognized Indian tribal vote, one delegate for each 60,000 Indian popula tion, with the same powers- and onr pensation as delegates from the present territories, 2. The right to ratify or reject by vote of the tribe or tribes affected, after 60 . days' notice, any legislation by congress affecting or relating tc the sale, allotment or other disposi tion of Indian land, in all cases where there has not been -an agreement with the Indians sanctioning the lands dls position. S. Liberal appropriations for the In dlan service. . , . 4. An advisory board of Indians for each Indian school or agency, consist lng of three or more members, to be chosen by Indian tribes, whose Judg ment shall have equal weight with the recommendations of the superintendent or agent in. all matters affecting the tribes. 5. Greater industrial assistance and development In Indian agricultural com munities. .-u - 6. , Greater cooperation between, the federal government and state govern ments in all matters of education Of Indian youths,, with opportunity to at tend state public schools, whenever these are preferred by the Indians. 7. A more liberal policy by the In dian office, in-allowing -the Indiana to use their individual monies. 8. The right of petition and assem bly without restriction or restraint, and the right to come and go without the permission of any superintendent or agent. 9. 'Qualifications being equal, Indians by blood be given preference in the Indian service as superintendents and employes. , ," ' . ' . .- , . ; 10. Protection, as persons, under" the constitution, for all Indians,, whether as tribes or individuals, of life, liberty and property, and the right to enforce such protection.: in the courts. ., v Fifty Thousand Aligned. . The brotherhood backs up its requests with the covert statement that It rep resents 60,000 Indian votes; It is also pointed out In the Indians' petition that the total value of all In dian property is $1,001,182,000. This sum includes tribal lands and funds of $291,022,000: Individual lands and pro perty of $887,642,000; a government plant worth $22,818,000, and property of 40,000 Indians not under federal con trol estimated at $300,000,000. . The petition says in part: . "Surely our interests are vast enough, our people intelligent enough and ' our personal training . of more than . 100 years under government tutorship and control good enough to entitle us now to nave representation in tne maxtng ana admlhlstering of the laws that affect our very existence as a people, that af; feet our material welfare, our property rights and our destiny, "The government has long been In the habit .'of negotiating treaties with the Indians, the very first treaty ever made being with, the Delawares, in which our people 'Were promised repre sentation in congress. Some of our reservations are being - opened, alloted and sold without consulting xmr people "We do not come In a belligerent spir it, but we believe we are entitled to the same liberties, the same protection and the sametr&tment , as is accorded to all American citizens, and place us upon a plane of equality with that of our white brothers." Ostracism of Indian youth by placing them In exclusive Indian Schools is an other complaint of .the chief tains, They declare Indian children should, be al lowed to choose their schools, whether in the general publlo Institutions or the segregated Indian establishments.". " Indians declare they are in Identically the same position now as were the 13 original states when' independence was' declared in 1776. " They say their prop erty Interests are as large , as those of the colonists. HANS WAGNER, 38, . SIGNS HIS CONTRACT Pittsburg, Feb.. 24.- Hans Wagner, shortstop for the Pirates, this after noon returned a signed contract at the headquarters of the Pittsburg baseball club. 'The eccentric star, whose batting average "f or 15 years of major leagui playing is .845, went up to President Dreyfuss with the contract In his hand, and said: "Howdy, Barney. This is my birthday I'm 88 today and I thought I would celebrate it by bring. ing in my signed .contract Here she is, an in gooa snape." - Thirty-one. Pirates nojr have signed zor JLD1Z. - (I ! - . - .... , . , WILL STOP THAT , Headache 1 PRICE 25( Rejieves Headache quicker than any known retfiedyy quiet ing the "erves. AS fording a TestfuT'sfeejJ.-1"";.' " '.' Portland Hotel Pharmacy ' , Frederick. C, Forbes "Co, As -Cap-So in toniiEur III HUGE STRIKE Meeting Between Labor Lead ers and Mine Operators to Be Held Tuesday in New York to Seek Settlement. By tbt;intnr.tknl New Serrice.) New York, Feb. I WThe result of the meeting of the committees of an thracite coal miners and anthracite coal operators, which is to be held tn the Offices of the New Jersey Central railroad here. Tuesday mornln will undoubtedly decide tha question as to whether April 1 will see the beginning of another one of the many coal strikes that has marked the unendlnr struee i between capital and labor In the coal rieidsr The object of Tuesday's meeting is to arrange a eatisfactory agreement be tween the Operators and miners and the drawing up of a contract that will fls a new scale of wages and the length of each working day. This contract if made will go into effect April l. as the old one, governing the present wage scale, expires March 31. If no defl nlte agreement is reached at the meet ing there is a strong probability of a "walkout occurring in the anthracite workings, all over the country, on the lirst nay oi April, President John .P. White, of the " " ' v. -' 'J, '?w Bit iW- WMWU- II - ' I.IK yr -Jw6-tii-l7tf,) :.Jfl -'rWtPWWm--- II ',i iiii i AM w jf , w.t tn it i m i vri sj m mm,. , , , . ra-- ii m i 7 1 li . m i ruL mazLzzi. j,. btX - i ui ' i v.'.' sra a. i .ft"'." i m HMUT-vwyjtf'z nt ivi . i II f Iff I , ;, !gK7 M-r-T 'i, II ifr' -"sy'- '''r'yvv' Unitol y.'.r.o Workers of Ar. win po to YiT.kfs Tarre tomorrow, and on Morday he wlil hold a meeting of the district presidents for the purpose of deciuing the best possible way to pre sent the demands of the miners to the committee of coal barons, anj just .what action will be taken in the event of the operators refusing to accede to their propositions. At the national convention of United Mine Workers, which was held h In dianapolis, -last month, the committee on wage scales made its report to the national body, and referred, to the fact that there had been a steady Increase la the cost of living since the last wage scale was agreed upon, that the conditions In and about the mines have become more disagreeable, and that the introduction of labor saving machinery, the use of gas and oil for fuel are making unnecessary, the long hours which the miners are now asked, to work. The committee advised the; presenta tion of the following!, demands regard ing the wage scale, and they will prob ably comprise the demands of the mi ners' committee at Tuesday's confer ence: Gross Weight Urged. 1. That all coal be weighed before being screened . and paid fofon the mine run basis and that the" readjust ment of the prices be made on the basis of the actual percentage of screenings as compared, with lump coal. 2. That we demand a flat 10 cents a ton increase at the basing points. 8. Twenty per cent Increase on all dead work, yardage and day labor. 4. Uniform workday and wage scale for all classes of outside and inside day labor. ..-.'. . j 5. A proper readjustment of the ma chine differential at the basing points in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsylvania. ' 6. That uniform day of , seven hours at the working place for all 1 classes of inside labor be made the Imf'.a cf t::o above scale, fcaxd on pres ent prices. Ea.lf Holiday Saturdays. 7. That five hours constitute a day's work on f-'aturday. 8. We demand weekly - paynents. The coa,I companies shall not be per muted td Jiave more than two weeks wages held in their offices at one time. 9y We demand that there shall be no limit to the amount of deductions made through the companies'- offices for the miners' organization. 10. We demand that there shall be no discrimination ly the coal compa nies in the- employment of mine work ers on account of creed, color or na tionality 11. Wre demand that all local Iner qualities and internal differences be referred to the districts affected. 12. We demand that this contract shall be entered into for a period of two years, becoming effective April 1, 112. . LAW WINS OUT AGAINST THREATENED MOB RULE (United Prvia Leistd wtra.l Bardwell, Ky., Feb. 24. The law won against threatened mob violence today when Willard Richardson was tried and. sentenced to death or the murder of John Vlcelet. a farmer, in Carlisle county, last Saturday. The jury was. out 20 minute. The trial, which began this morning, was con cluded at 2 p. m. A company of mili tia stood guard during the trlaL VICTOR IN-rttfflTRA DROPS REVOLVER; SHOT (Totted PrewT Leaed Wire.1 . Bakersf ield. Cel., Feb. '24. Jack Basye, who drove the Stutg jrnachlne.to victory In the automobile road race here on Washington's birthday is In - the San Joaquin hospital with bullet wounds in both legs as the result of dropping Rt . ' w ii ? This illustration givesan accurate idea of the amount of labor that no w is being expended on Westover Ter races to form level building sites. And for the; purchasers of. this heights property ' it will . save much expense in the shape of retaining walls that never are beautiful : Only superfluous earth, or earth that has a tendency to slide, ever require walls to retain it. And it is thi3 earth that is now being removed once and for all from Westover Terraces. To form each site in the property almost-10,000-eubic yards, on the average, is being moved. Big railroad contractors with steam shovels charge 40 cents a yard for moving this earth-whichis $4000 per site notice that the 10,000 cubic yards of earth in the illustration is e q u a It o s e ven ord inary houses piled one on top of the other! : r -Figuring thecost-of manufacture ? alone, Westover Terrace sites are by far the most costly in the city. Yet for $4000, on terms, under my present arrangement, you can purchase a large and " magnificent site Yes provided of course, -that you are able to get in before the 20 sites that are now ready are disposed of. But the first thing in any case iaio see the property. Conte up today and see this most favored location head of Lovejoy St. SFitFOaS'ii Ml fCnltcd rrrw tii.-il Wlr. - -San : Franeiseo, Feb, i. AN I. ' ' subtle. brain has not been jullcl I y i confinement In San Quentin per.!' -tlary. This is the Crlnlon. here tonlqt ( f District Attorney Charles M. FKk.rt. who has conftsscj his Inability sn cessfully to prosecute the briN tv charges against former Mayor Euyi,' E. Schmitz unless Huef, who la orv lng a sentence in the penitentiary for bribery, "comes through" with his testi mony. . "Quash the indictments against m so I will be in a position to ak for a parole and i will. tell you all I know.' Ruef told the district attorney. Flckert Is eager to do this, and has asked such - action of Superior Judg. Frank P. Dunne, but the court says he sees no reason for hasty action. The Schmitz case, 'which has stoo.l still for a week -on Account of Judgu Dunne's failure) to act, is scheduled t be resumed Monday, but District At torney Flckert (announces that he will be forced to ask another continuance then : unless the Indictments against Ruef are quashed In the meantime. his automatic revolver on the sidewalk. asye"wa8 walknm11 uloua Chester uvwj nue with Edgar Graney, who acted as his mechanician in the race, when the-1 gun fell. The bullet passed through the calf of his left leg and entered hi right thigh. The wound is not at all dangerous. . The southern tip of Florida is the never has experienced freezing weather. and Cornell Road and I venture to say you will find everything just a little better than I have described it. 1 F. N. CLARK , Selling Agent Westover Terraces and Eastmoreland - Both Phor.