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VOL. XXI.
SALEM, OREGOX, MONDAY, MAY 15. 1911.
O. 115.
D OIL COMPANY IS ORDERED .DISSOLVED
ftk tiitta
m 'MMILIUUUUI
STANDAR
OCTOPUS IS GIVEN ITS DEATH BLOW
WHEN LOWER COURT IS SUSTAINED
DRY AS DUST PHASES OF ITS
HISTORY THRILL WITH LIFE
AS TOLD DY CHIEF JUSTICE
The Most Momentous and Far-Reaching Case Ever Decided in
Any Court in the World Combination was as Ruthless as
It Was Successful Says, the Venerable Justice Lower
Court Is Sustained, Except as to Minor Details, Which
Means That Standard Must Pay Fine of Twenty-Nine Mil
lion Dollars Company Declared Nine-Million Dividend Today.
Declares Dividend.
the United States
court at Washington
New York, May 15. A quar
terly dividend of $9 was de
clared by the Standard Oil today
The declaration calls tor the dis
bursement of $9,700,000 among
the stockholders.
The dividend was published'
several hours before Chief Jus
tice White read the decision of
supreme
ordering
the dissolution of the trust.
Nearly Killed Six.
,
Vancouver, B. C, May 15.
' ' Is Against Mudero.
San Diego, Cal May 15.
Captain Pryce, who led the Mex-
lean tnsurrectos in the capture
of Tia Juana, and now- plans
an aggressive campaign for the
HILL WILL
NOT BUILD
TO EUGENE
IS ALSO PESSIMISTIC AS TO THE
BUILDING OP A OflOX DEPOT
IN PORTLAND, AND TALKS OP
AN I.VDEPENTENT DEPOT.
This morning's Oregonian men
tioning the visit of Louis Hill to
Portland, says:
Mr. Hill and party left last night
for Seattle, wfcere they will remain
today. They will spend a day In the
vicinity of Wenatchee, Wash., to in
spect the orchard districts, and then
will continue East.
Inspection of the Oregon Electric,
as originally planned, will not be at
tempted this time. Mr. Gray, who
remained In Portland to begin his
new duties will take a trip over that
road as soon as he finds it conveni
ent. ' " '
The failure of Mr. Hill to accom
pany Mr. Gray over this line, he ad
mitted, meant practically the aban
donment of the plans to extend the
road to Eugene this year.
In spite of the recent utterances of
Julius Kruttschnitt, vlca-presldent
of the Harrlman system, implying
that the union depot ' situation in
Portland was virtually In the hands
of the Hill interests, Mr. Hill talked
discouraglngly of a union depot pro
ject. He said that, even though the
two systems agreel on a construction
policy, it would be Impossible for
them to agree on the way the station
should be managed after It was com
pleted. He spoke favorably of the
erection of an. Independent depot by
the Hill forces.
There was no confirmation at Sa
lem of the report that all operations
have been suspended for this season
on the Oregon Electric. Right of
Way Agent McDowell has a force at
work between) Salem and Albany, and
In some cases fancy prices are paid
the farmers to cross their landB. That
does not look like quitting operations
With the Southern Pacific letting eon-
tracts to electrify their West Side
lines, there Is not much danger of
stopping extensions of the Oregon
Electric. . -
UNITED MESS LEASED WIRE. J
Washington, May 15. The Stand
ard Oil trust is killed.
By a decision of the United States
supreme court today, read by Chief
Justice White, the decision of the
eighth United States circuit court ren
dered in St Louis on November 20,
1909, branding the oil trust as a mon
opoly and ordering its dissolution un
der the Sherman anti-trust law, was
affirmed.
Chief Justice White began reading
his decision shortly after 4 o'clock
this afternoon before a small audi
ence of lawyers and business men
who packed the supreme court cham
ber to the doors and who sat with
bated breath waiting for the word
which would scotch the $500,000,000
combine, the greatest in the world.
Beginning with a long and intricate
preamble of the case In its legal as
pects, the chief Justice warmed to his
subject by degrees and it was not un
til he had spoken for nearly an hour
that the words fell from his lips
which sealed the doom of the octopus.
A Ruthless Combination.
Slowly and painstakingly, the chief
Justice went over every angle of the
famous case from the time when John
D. Rockefeller, William G. Rockefel
ler, Henry H. Rogers and others are
alleged to have formed the conspiracy
away back in 1879 to capture the oil
trade of the whole country by a com
bination as ruthless as It proved to be
successful.
None of the human Interest of the
Standard's growth was touched upon
by the Chief Justice as he, with great
dramatic emphasis rolled out the
story of the Standard's growth. Only
the legal aspects of the combination
the dry as dust phases of Its his
torywere set forth, but so vividly
did he portray them that even the
dead facts took on life and his hear
ers thrilled with Interest as he pro
ceeded with a most drastic arraign'
ment.
A Dramatic Situation.
Rapping his desk and raising his
voice from time to time as he drove
his points home, Chief Justice White
eloquently summed up the tremen
dous magnitude of the case and the
gigantic work before the court in de
elding the points at issue.
Not for a long time was it possible
to say What the decision would be
and the auditors of the aged jurist sat
with straining ears and in tense atti
tudes, eagerly watching for the word
which would first foreshadow the dic
tum of the court Below the bench
newspaper men were tense with ex
citement and at their side, waiting for
the word, were the messengers who
were to bear to the waiting country
the decision the most momentous
according to Attorney-General Wick
ersbam, ever rendered in an Ameri
can court since the existence of the
country.
Finally, aftr even the associate Jus
tlces of the court had begun to show
eagerness, Chief Justice White struck
the root of his decision.
With raised voice and dramatic ges
ture, he summed up the case for the
prosecution, then for the defense and
rendered the final verdict of the court,
gravely and with such force as well
befitted the vast importance of the
dictum.
Lower Court Sustained.
."Our conclusion is," he sad, '.'that
Tons of brick tumbling from the
top of the Jonathan Rogers
block on Granville street, nearly
killed six men at 11 o'clock this
morning.
Bryan Williams, provincial
warden, was one of fhe victims.
The falling mass felled him to
the sidewalk, broke one leg,
smashed open his head, Injured;
his back and otherwise wounded
him.
R. S. Main, Harry O'Dorman
and two others were rushed to
the hospital in a rJollce ambu
lance. Their legs were broken
and they were unconscious when
nlaoed upon the stretchers.
conquest tf Lower California,
says that he represents the lib-
eral party of Mexico, which In-
eludes Orozco and ;BIanco and
' two-thirds of the Mexican peo
ple, but does not Include Fran
cisco Madero. He says the elec
tion of the latter to the presi
dency is not conceivable, but
that all opponents of Dla are
working together to overthrow
the present regime, ; When that
accomplished, he said, the Lib
erals will Indicate their choice
for president.
the decree of the lower court should
be affirmed except as to minor mat
ters concerning which we have indi
cated that the decree should be modi
fied. Our order, therefore, will be
one of affirmance with directions,
however, to modify except in accord
ance with this opinion the court be
low to retain Jurisdiction to the ex
tent necessary to compel compliance
with Its decree, and It Is so ordered."
The court held that 30 days set by
the lower court as the time within
which the Standard OH company
should be forced to comply with the
EC1SI0H IS ATRIUr.lPU FOR LABOR
SUPREME REVERSES LOIVER COURT
PARIM
"IMAGED"
Looks Good to mm.
Portland, Or., May 16. Juli
us Kruttschnitt, vice-president
of the Southern Pacific, and dl
rector of maintenance and oper
ation, left Portland today for
San Francisco, whence he will
return to New York.
Kruttschnitt has been looking
over the Harrlman properties In
various parts of the Northwest
for the last week aud a half.
He expressed himself as well
pleased with the railroad devel-
opment in Oregon, Washington
and. Idaho, and predicted that
that there would be greater de-
velopment work in the near fu-
ture.
Stands Pat on His Proposition
to File the Referendum Pe
titions Despite the Strong In
fluence Brought .ta Bear.
filed and the question of whether or
not these legislative appropriations
shall be approved will be left to the
people," said Mr. Parklson, following
the conference with Governor West.
"I feel In duty bound to the people
who signed these petitions to see
that they are filed in accordance with
their expressed wishes."
O'
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TELLS HOW
HE KILLED
HIS WIFE
JURY PRONOUNCE THE MURDER
DELIBERATE AND WILFUL AND
FURTHER DECLARE THE MUR
DERER IS NOT INSANE.
r UNITED PBESN LBARKI WIHH.1
Murphysboro, 111., May 15. Fol
lowing the verdict of a coroner's
jury, which declared that he was
guilty of "wanton, wilful and mall-
clous murder," and was sane, James
Freeman, 72, today in his cell told
how he killed his wife, 38, because
he suspected she was unfaithful.
'I have known for 14 months,"
said Freeman, "that my wife was
visiting a doctor in his office at Car
bondale. She hsd an operation per
formed 14 months ago. I begged her
to give up the physician for the sake
of our children, but she would not.
"As my wlfe. went into the cellar
to get butter and eggs to take to
town, I placed my left arm around
her neck, and1 cut her throat from
ear to ear. Neighbors talked me out
of killing myself. My wife went to
the doctor, and I believed her to be
more In the wrong."
THE PETITIONS ARE NOT HIS
He Places No Faith In Political
Promises, nut, Like Editor Cate,
of t'o Cottage Grove Leader,
Seems to Hold That "In Politics
You Only Get What You Have a
Club Hit? Enough to Compel Ac
tion With."
INSTALLS SANITARY FOUNTAIN
IX THE HOTEL MARION
In keeping with his usual efforts to
please not only the guests of the ho
tel but also those who have occasion
to pass through the lobby on busi
ness, Charlie Savage, manager of the
Hotel Marlon, has had Installed one
of the new sanitary drinking foun
tains In the hotel lobby near the cigar
case.
By turning a small wheel a little
stream of good water slowly shoots
up from the center of the fountain.
After drinking, a little turn to the
left shuts off the water. There is no
spurting and no danger of getting
sprinkled. This new Invention over
comes the antl-drlnklng cup which
forbids the use of public drinking
cups at fountains.
THE ROM
IS COREY
WILL QUIT
PRESIDENT Gnus. ALSO
SECRETARY MORRISON AIIO
Mil MITCHELL SET FREE
United States Supreme Court Holds That Their Sentences to
Imprisonment by the Courts of the District of Columbia
Were Illegal and Could Only Be Punished by Fine They
Were Sentenced for Contempt for. Publishing Matter Or
dered Suppressed by the Court Decision Is Far-Reaching
in Effect, and Labor Leaders Are Delighted.
All efforts to "manage" ex-Editor
Parkinson, of the Portland . Labor
Press and get him to throw down the
referendum petitions on about a mil
lion dollars of appropriations, have
Droved unavailing. He seems to be
beyond the control of Governor West
Labor Leader Harris, and the other
Influential people who are trying to
save the Eugene Institution from be
ing tied up for two years.
Parkinson and Cate, the Cottage
Grove editor, seem to act on prlnci
pies that are not variable and chang
eable, and are very disagreeable t&c-
tors for the practical politician to
handle. Cate was about the only man
on the Cottage Grove committee who
would not come through and drop the
fight. When 100 of the biggest men
Eugene agreed to Bign up a contract
to allow Nesmlth county to be created
by the next legislature, even agreeing
tK the very boundary lines, Cate said
No. The agreement can be kicked
over as soon as they have got what
they want. In politics you onlyget
what you have a club big enough to
compel action with."
Parkinson seems to be consistent In
this view and despite the urgent ap
peals of Governor West to at least
hold the referendum petitions for a
short time, adheres to his determina
tion to fight them. The time for filing
thete petitions expires Friday and
Parkinson insists that they will be
filed before that time. He takes tin)
view that they are not his petitions,
but belong to those who signed them,
and that he nor no one else but the
signers has a right to withhold them
In a final attempt to dissuade Park
lson from carrying out his announced
Intention, Governor West went to
Portland Saturday for a conference
with Parklson. The meeting took
place at the Seward Hotel at 5:30
o'clock Saturday afternoon. The con
ference continued for nearly two
hours, but Parklson remained obdur
ate and would not recede.
"The referendum petitions I . have
circulated and lmolving the Univer
sity of Oregon appropriations will be
RUMOR ALSO SAYS THAT IT WILL
. NOT BE OF HIS OWN VOLITION
THE HEAD JANITOR WILL
ALSO LOSE HEAD AND ALL. "
That the string of the political kite
which H. C. Corey, chief clerk of the
office of secretary of state, was so
gaily flying several weeks ago has al
ready broken and that Secretary of
State Olcott after a consideration of
his application to remain has made up
his mind to deny It, is the substance
of a story which has been flouting
about In the corridors of the state
capltol building for several days and
which can lay claim to a foundation
as solid as bed rock.
When Olcott shortly after assuming
the office of secretary of state offered
the chief clerkship to Corey he de
clined it on the ground that he had
been urged by hi ifrlends to make the
race for the secretary of stateshlp at
the next general election, and that he
had made up his mind to do so. Re
cently, however, as the story runs, he
reconsidered, and Indicated his will
Ingness to remain and while Olcott
had apparently been considering, the
subject, the story has it, that be has
made up his mind to say nay, as
strong and as firmly as Corey said
nay to him when he offered him the
(3,000 position on a platter.
Here Is Another Story.
Washington, May 15. President
Samuel Gompers secretary Frank
Morrison and Vice President John
Mitchell of the American Federation
of Labor will not have to serve Jail
sentences.
The supreme court of the United
States in a decision rendered today
by Judge Lamar, reversed the deci
sion of the court of appeals of the
District of Columbia, sentencing the
men for contempt in disobeying a
court injunction in the case of the
Buck's Stove and Range company of
St.. Louis and dismissed the whole
case.
The decision In favor of the laW
leaders was based on the contention
that the case was purely a civil one
and that the contempt, If any, was
Shown, was purely civil. In such
case, It was declared, a Jail sentence
was entirely unwarranted and If any
punishment were Inflicted nothing
more Bevere than a line ccjld be Im
posed, The case was remanded to the low
er court with Instructions that the
action be dismissed. In ordering the
dismissal It was pointed out that the
differences between the Buck's Stove
and Range company and the Ameri
can federation of Labor had already
been adjusted.
Call It a Great Triumph.
Labor leaders are Jubilant overtke
against themselves, which would not
have been the case had the controver
sies been separate. This Is purely a
civil case. The only relief was the Im
position of a fine, payable by the de
fendants to the Buck's company.
There was a fatal variance With this
procedure when the court Imposed a
Jail sentence. This was fundamental
ly erroneous."
Gompers Is on a train en route' to
Washington today and could not be
reached this morning. Secretary
Morrison is elated over the outcome
of the case. ,
. ... . . Leaden Are Pleased. ...,-....,
"Naturally I am pleased that the
supreme court has supported us."
said Morrison: "I always contended
that Justice Wright's decision In this
case was wrong. I will now. eat and
expect to enjoy my meals."
Samuel Gompers was informed of
the supreme court's decision by a
United Press representative when he
arrived in Washington 'today.
"I am greatly gratified,", he said.
"I think It was the opinion of the ma
jority of Americans that Judge
Wright's sentence of Mitchell, Morri
son and myself was unjust, cruel and
unusual particularly In the alleged
constructive contempt proceedlngs-j-and
that his language was Intemper
ate and unjudicial. I am gratified
that his decision was reversed, but
victory. It Is regarded by most of I
them as one of the blggeBt triumphs
that labor has ever attained In the
courts and Is considered the turning
point In labor's fight.
The decision, read by Justice La
mar and concurred in unanimously
by the other members of the court,
exhaustively reviewed the entire case.
"The Court of appeal of the District
of Columbia held that this contempt
case was not a part of the main cause
between the American Federation of
Labor and the Buck's Stove and
Range company," said the decision.
"Yet the three defendants were called
as witnesses and made to testify
dissatisfied that the supreme court
did not decide the question, princi
ples and contentions In the proceed
ing." Gompers evidently was greatly
elated at the decision. He had been
very nervous lately, but with the re
ceipt of the news today all his wor
ries appeared to fade away from him
and his high spirits were remarkable.
CIiisnImcs Contempt Cases.
Justice Lamar said contempt cases
were of several classes. The princi
pal, he said was that in which a de
fendant first refused to obey a court
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BUILT TO LAS'
Soaring on outstretched wings right
beside the above story Is another one
to the effect that C. E. Rockwell, head
Janitor, is troubled with constant
visions of the gilded ax and that It Is
apt to descend upon him at anytime.
According to this story Rockwell was
advlHed some time ago that lie was
scheduled to be 'decapitated but that
he would be permitted to remain un
til June 1. Since then, however, the
story says that the secretary of state
has changed his mind and that while
the hour of execution has not been
set that It Is not far distant. Just
why he has changed his mind no one
really seems to care to say but poli
ticians say that In this case there Is
a "nigger In the woodpile" a real
Senegambian but whether this In
true and as to whether the public
ever gets a 'glimpse at that "nigger's"
bead remains to be teen.
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