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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04

amendment to the railroad rate bill,
which will give The interstate commerce
commission jurisdiction over the pipe
lines of the country. 1t is believed
the amendment will be adopted If so
it will make it easier for the govern
ment to bring successful prosecution
against the Standard Oil Co, as it will
place it on the same plane with other
common carriers.
One story is told that Mr.. Garfield
was not making much Roadway in run
ming down the Standard. as taller of
rebates until one day one of his agents
entered the office of great railroad
corporation and asked for information.
An official of the company, presuma-
bly, the chief auditor, opened the books
to him, pointed out long rows of figures
and told him these represented rebates
on oil and other products of the Stand
ard Oil Co. The official also told him
what the figures meant. and how he
would be able to locate similar practices
in other railroad offices.
This, it is said, was the lead which re-
suited in opening up a hitherto un-
worked field of corporate wrongdomg.
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by the bureau of corporations have ap-
piled only on the shipments of oil Who'll
ly within single states.
The Standard Oil Co, which controls
the rehneries in twelve states, is OBJ
viously in position to make extensive
use of such interstate rates or as they
are ordinarily designated state rates
for the purpose of more effectively con-
cealing the secret rates given to the
Standard Oil Co.
The railroads in several important
cases have used peculiar methods of
billing and accounting. In some cases
oil has been blind -billed;' that is to
say, way bills have been made out SHOW
ing the kind of product transported and
its weight but without showing. as is
usual custom. any freight rate or amount
of the freight charges.
In such instances the collection of
freight is ordinarily made not by the
local agent of the railroad but through
the central Office by presentation to the
Standard of a summary bill showing
the amount of freight charges at the
secret rate.
Local agents often do not know what
liiG dCtudl rates uSCu OH DIlllQ-DlllS are.
The result of this elimination of COM
petition, Commissioner Garfield says,
is to make the price of oil from 2 to s
cents per gallon higher than in com
petit1ve points.
1t is stated that Commissioner Gar
field has gathered evidence which will
enable the department. of justice to in
stitute a successful prosecution of the
Standard Oil trust
Attorney General Moody would not
give any indication of whether he will
bring civil or criminal prosecutions
against the Standard Oil people. but
there is a strong belief that the testi-
mony that has been accumulated will
be presented to New Jersey grand
jury, with the object of bringing Grim
inal indictments against individuals.
Just what officials the indictments
may reach is as much of a mystery as
anything else, but it is almost certain
to be shown that John D. Rockefeller
is the head of the Standard Oil Co., de
spite the efforts of Vice President Fl.
II. Rogers and John D. Archbold to
make ii appear that Mr. Rockefeller
has not been actively identified with the
trust for many years.
Senator Lodge has introduced an
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
SULTAN OF SULU
SEEKS ANOTHER BRIDE

Washington, May 4.-These are sad
days for the sultan of Sulu. Scarcely
recovered from the wound his heart
received when the daughter Of the presi-
dent of the United States refused his
offer of marriage, he now sees another,
after whom he yearned, led to the altar
as the wife of his rival, the sultan of
Magulndanao. The bride is the princess
of Cotabato 10. the widow of Datto
Uto, a Moro chief
On one side of the tent will sit the
bride. ensconsed on pile of cushions
with a cushion in front of her on which
will rest her hands Around her the
ladies of the court will fan and dance
before her, while the native priest re-
cites portions of the korun
The groom will wave around her head
long white cloth, repeating after the
priest a number of words. In order4that
the bride may not put Der feet or the
ground for a certain time after her fiiar-
riage she must be carried most of the
way to the home of the sultan by him
or his nearest relative.
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SIDE ROOMS BARRED
I'm MIL LWAUKEE SALOONS

Milwaukee, Wis, May 4-There is
to be reign OF law" in Milwaukee.
The city's greatest evil. the stall sa-
loon, must go. Orders to this effect
have been issued by the police depart
nent at the request OF Mayor Becker.
No effort will be made to prevent
women from drinking in public resorts
il they so desire, but there will be no
more rear rooms and ladies entranc-
es."
1t is probable that 500 saloons in the
city will be affected. Statistics have
shown that over tw6-thirds OF the wo-
men who go wrong get their start on
the downward path in these private
side rooms"
There are" said the mayor, "a
number of pest breeding places in the
downtown district Of Milwaukee known
as the "Bad Lands, and it Is my in
tention to put them out Of business.
4 do not propose to allow. closed
stalls to remain in any saloon III the
city believe that saloons which are
frequented BY women should provide
that all drinking should be done in the
open, in other words, intend to have
no doors and no drawn curtains iii any
so-cailed stall In the city
{ lii we close the stalls or tear down
the partitions iii all Of the saloons we
will include such places as the Plank
ington house and Pfister hotel bar
rooms and many others which are re-
spectacle. !"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
NAMES OF WISCONSIN
MEN CAUGHT IN DEAL

Oshkosh. Wis, May 4.-Five lum-
bermen and bankers representing an
aggregate wealth far in excess of ST.
ooo,ooo, were arrested here by federal
authorities on a charge Of conspiracy
to defraud the government by means of
alleged land frauds in the state OF Ore
gon.
The men arrested are: Leader Cho-
ate, James Matt Bray, Benjamin
Doughty, James Doughty and Thomas
DAILY. Bray is president of the Bray
& Choate Lumber Co., and Choate is
treasurer OF that company. The
Doughtys are retired lumbermen. Da-
ly is cashier sof the Commercial Ma
tional bank. and all of the men are
large stockholders in that institution.
Each is placed under bonds of $2o,-
600, and the hearing adjourned to
Friday, May IL. Besides the above
defendants, warrants have been issued
for August Anderson and Joseph
Black of Shawano.
The charge contained in the feder-
al grand jury indictments under which
the men are being prosecuted, is thar
OF conspiracy to defraud the federal
government by having furnished
money to Oregon parties to make en-
tries and buy homesteads in the state
named.
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President Roosevelt Urges Senate
to Enact Denaturized Alcohol Bill
Standard Oil Co Aragned
missioner Garfieds Report the Oil
- Methods Shown Relief Suggested.

= ,ngton, May 4. = President
Roc .evelt today transmitted to congress
the report of James R. Garfield, COM
missioner of corporations, giving the
results of his investigation of transpor-
tation and freight rates in connection
with the oil industry.
The president expresses the view that
the report is of capital Importance be-
cause of the effort now being made to
secure such enlargement of the scope of
the interstate commerce commission as
will confer upon it power to meet the
demonstrated needs of the situation.
The facts in the report. he declares,
are for the most part not disputed
That the Standard Oil Co. has bene-
fitted enormously up almost to the pres
ent moment by secret rates, many of
which were clearly unlawful, the pres
1dent says. the report clearly shows.
The benefit thereby secured amounted
at least to $75oooo a year. On this sub
ject he says:
This $75o,ooo represents the profit
that the Standard Oil Co. obtains at
the expense of the railroads but, of
course, the ultimate result is that it
obtains much larger profit at the ex-
pense OF the public A very striking
result of the investigation has been that
shortly after the discovery of these Sc
cret rates by the commissioner of COR
porations, major portion of them
were promptly corrected by railroads,
SO that the most of them have now been
done away with. This immediate cor
rection, partial or complete, of the evil
of the secret rates is. of course, on one
hand an acknowledgment that they were
wrong and yet were persevered in until
exposed, and on the other hand proof
OF the efficiency of the work that has
been done by the bureau of corpora
tions
1t is unfortunately not true" he says.
that the Standard Oil Co. is the only
corporation which has benefited and is
benehtting in wholly improper fash
ion by an elaborate series of rate dis
examinations.
The sugar trust" he adds, =" accord
ing to the investigation now in progress,
rarely. if ever, pays the lawful rate for
transportation.
In an effort to prevent the railroads
from uniting for improper purposes, /"
he declares, I'VE have very unwsely
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
EARLY REPORTS.

Scranton. Pa. May 4-There seems
but slight hope for peaceful settle
ment Of the controversy in the anthra-
cite coal field.
A large number of delegates to the
United Mine Workers convention ex.
press the opinion that the strike is
their only alternative. aa1h
A decision Is looked for today or to-
morrow at the latest.
President Mitchell Is endeayoring to
find way Of obyiating extreme meas
ures and although he is reticent con-
corning the report that the final de-
cision may be by referendum vote, it
Is said the delegates are seriously con-
sidering that method.
Mitchell and the leaders realize that
the question before theconvention now
not only involves the future OF the Uni
ted Mine Workers as an organization,
but that it will either strengthen or
(Contiuued on Page Six.l
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
ROONEY EXTRADITION
PAPERS ARE DELAYED

Winnipeg, May 4.-Tihe two alleged
fugitives from justice, Pat Rooney,
who is wanted in Williams county, N.
D., for shooting and attempting to kill
Jerry Thompson, a Great Northern
railway employe in the fall of 1904, and
Robert Morris, who is under indict-
ment at East Grand Forks for theft
of $I4o, were brought before Justice
Mathers in. the extradition court Both
.cases,were further adjourned owing to
the non-arriyal Of the state documents
and certain witnesses required to
prove the commission of the crimes
with which they are charged.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
SHAW MAlNDAMUsED.

Washington, May 4.-Secretary
Shaw was made defendant in a petition
for mandamus, filed in the district SUI
preme court by Emily E. Parish Of ST.
Louis, Mo, as administrators OF John
w. Parish to compel him to turn over
to her $I8I,358.
The suit grows out OF claim made
by Parish for payment for ice furnish
ed the United States army in 1868 in
Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee. Com
gress authorized the payment of the
claim. Secretary Shaw has refused to
turn over the money because congress
failed specifically to appropriate It.
The court issued a rule returnable
May Is, to show cause why the man
damus should not issue.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
WAS FORMALLY PRESENTED

Washington, May 4.-Viscount Aoki,
recently appointed first ambassador OF
japan to the United States, was pre-
sented formally to the president late
yesterday afternoon.
Ambassador Aoki was received by
Secretary Of State Root and conducted
to the blue room, where the introduc-
ton took place. The personal greet
ings were cordial. Ambassador Aoki
laid before the president his credentials
from the japanese emperor and de1iv-
cred his address. The president res
pondcd in sincerely cordial vein. Af-
terward, the president and ambassador
had personal conversation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04

TO THE PORTE
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
HAS PRESENTED 1T
Sultan Is Framing Up Big Bunch
of Trouble If Turkish Troops Are
Not Speedily Withdrawn Prom
Egyptian Territory.

London, May 1.-THE British ambas-
sador at Constantinople yesterday pre-
sented note TO Turkey demanding the
complete withdrawal Of the Turkish
troops from Egyptian territory The
note is practically an ultimatum and
constitutes Great Britain's last word on
the encroachment of Turkey on the
Siniatic Peninsula. The French and the
Russian ambassadors at Constantinoplc
are supporting the British contentious.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
AN ICEBERG
HIT STEAMER
ALL MEMBERS OF
THE CREW WERE SAVED
A British Boat Left Philadelphia April
II and Encountered an iceberg in
the Atlantic Crew Was Rescued by
Another British Vessel.

London, May 4,-The British Steam
er Anglo Peruvian, Captain Curtis,
from Shields, April II, Tor Philadelph-
ia, foundered recently in the Atlantic
as a result OF collision with an ice
berg. All members of her crew were
picked up by the British steamer Mo
hawk from New York, April 20, for
Antwerp, which passed Prawles Point
today and signalled the news. The re-
cent arrivals at the British ports have
reported icebergs dangerous to navi-
cation in the track followed by the At
lantic steamers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
GLENDALE MATTERS.

Glendale, N. d., May 4.-Sheriff
Drew and his deputy brought here John
Bouvien, a farmer. who was yesterday
adiudged insane and committed to the
jamestown asylum This is Bouvieri's
second attack. Some years ago he, be-
came insane, but recovered after several
months treatment
Frank Z. Houghton. Of Merricourt,
was arrested on tfe charge OF stealing
goods from local store. He was bound
over to the district court on the charge
of larceny
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04

prohibited them from uniting for prop
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protecting themselves and the general
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SENATE LAID MESSAGE
ON TABLE FOR PRESENT

Washington, May 4-The senate be-
gan its session today by listening to
the reading of the presidents message
on the transportation of oil. On motion
of Senator Foraker. the message was
laid on the table. He said it carried
nearly all the questions under consid-
Grafton in connection with the pending
bill
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
HOUSE CHEERED THE
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Washington, May AT the begin
ming of today's session of the house
some delay ensued due to the under
standing that the president desired to
send message to congress in reply
10 resolution of the house. The mes
sage in relation to the Standard Oil Co.
was received at I2:I5 p. m. and inn
read. 1t was received with
applause from all sides.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
GRAIN MAN DIED

St Louis. May 4.-Corbin II. Spen-
Ger, leaiing grain trader, capitalist,
vice president Of the worlds fair and
former president Of the Merchants
exchange, collapsed this afternoon
while watching the stock quotation at
the Planters hotel and died soon al
terwards.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-04
ARRESTS FOR
LAND FRAUDS
GOVERNMENT AFTER
WISCONSIN BIG GUNS
Oregon Man Also Are, &x Conn
pilcIty in the Deal Me- <>een
Indicted as Result OF th> TS< :
nent's Investigations. II,

Portland. Ore, May 4-In addit,
to Oshkosh. Wis, capitalists who hav.
been arrested in connection with the
government land frauds in Oregon,
Sumner K Parker OF Ashland, Ore,
has also been arrested under the same
indictment.
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Continued on Page Six.)
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-06-15
An adventurous CORRESPONDENT

Few newspapers IN the United States
brilliant a corps of correspondents as
The Chicago Record Herald. Its choice
Of Walter Wellman to represent it ct
Washington is a good illustration Of it's
wise policy OF getting the best there is to
be had Mr.. Wellman has won nation.
al reputation as magnetic and resour-
ceful news writer. Now be is prepar-
ing to clinch his reputation by trying to
reach the north pole in an airship.
Whatever may be the result Of Mr..
Wellmap's daring attempt to reach the
pole this summer in an airship and send
the news at once to The Chicago Record
Herald by wireless telegraphy, the Well
man Record Herald expedition is sure
to be conducted by Mr. Wellman with
the same cool courage and whole souled
enthusiasm that have made him an ideal
newspaper correspondent.
In 1894 he made his first dash north,
reaching the latitude OF 81 degrees north
east of Spitzbergen. In 1898 he tried
the same fascinating quest again, pen
etrating as far north as Franz Joseph Is.
land.
His volumiuous writings for scientific
periodicals and popular magazines have
shown the same incsive thought and
keen insight that have marked his jour
nalistic work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-06-15
HILL NOT 4 POLITICIAN.
He Wants Business Mans Cam
poIgn Uses no Schemes.

Arthur Hill of'Saginaw who was here
last In rs3sy looking up his senatorial
fences 10 Shiawasse county, referring to
the business mans" campaign and the
fight for the endorsement by the state
convention of the senatorial candidate
said my attitude on the question as
to where the United State senator
should be named will remain unchanged
until after the adjournment Of the state
convention. | believe the people are en-
titled bv light to name the United States
senator and that an endorsement in the
convention is the most direct method
now available. Nearly 1000 delegates
will assemble, coming from the people,
and if they name choice for United
States senator that expression will be
respected by the legislature.
"If TO carry on business mans cam
paign is 10 be straightforward, direct,
without schemes or artifice 10 accom-
plish the desired result, then / am carry
ing on a business mans campaign. If.
on the other hard as suggested, improper
methods Of any kind are in use then that
is not business mans campaign, but a
politicians campaign and | have not at
least in that sense, become a politician
-Owosso correspondent TO Detroit Jour
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-06-15
TIE American Boy For June

The American Boy is bidding high for
public favor when it runs, as it does IN
its June number, stories by, Edward
Stratemeyer, Horatio Alger, Jr., Clarence
Hawkes., the blind naturalist, j. L. Har-
bour, Tudor jerks, Ernest Gilmore, viii
Lexington Comfort, Helen Leah Reed
and Fred Myron Colby.
Among the matter OF special interest
ID this number, out side of stories by the
prominent authors named, are sketches
of Senator Beveridge, Auguste Rodin,
John Christian Watson, Prof John Mil
ne, and the late Paul Laurence Dunbar,
the story OF a Wild Elk Roundup, in
struction as to How to Play Baseball,
and How to Select and Use Firearms
with Safety,a description of Uncle Sans
Flag Shop, biographical sketch of Hen
~ Ward Beecher; and many items under
the head of Puzzles, Mechanics, Chemis-
try, Biography, Stamps, Coins, Photo
graphy, and other hobbies in which boys
are interested. There are in addition
over 20 illustrations. Subscription price
sl.OOa year. The Sprague Publishing
Co, Detroit, Mich.
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Cured of Brlghts Disease.

Geo. A. Sherman, Lisbon Red Mills,
Lawrence Co., n. Y, writes had kid
ney disease for many years and had
been treated by physicians for twelve
years; had taken well known kidney
medicine and other remedies that were
recommended but got DO relief utnil l
began using Foley's Kidney Cure. The
first half bottle relieved me and four
bottles have cured me OF this terrible d.
sease. Before / began taking Foley's
Kidney Cure had to make water about
every fifteen minutes, day and night, and
passed brick-dust substance and some
times Shiny substance. believe /
would have died il had not taken Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure" Martin a Shower
man. m
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-06-15
merce.

1t is reported from st. Clair
that practically all the old At
wood followers in that locality
are lining up for Arthur Hill for
senator, in spite of the fact that
Congressman McMorran of that
district is alleged to be a can.
didate In this connection the fol-
lowing from the Port Huron
Times is significant:
Arthur Hill of Saginaw seems
to be conducting what might be
called a business mans campaign
for the senator ship His agents
are at work in nearly every Sec
ton of the state, and there are
indications that in some localities
quite distant from Saginaw tn cir
work is likely TO prove effective.
1t is limited that Mr.. Hill may not
push his scheme for Endorsement
by the Republican state conven-
ton. Many of his supporters are
reported to hold the opinion that
his chances will be better if he
waits for action by the Republi-
can legislative caucus.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-06-15
BunkruDtcy Notice.

In the district court OF the United
States for the western district of Michi-
gan, southern division.
In the matter of Charles y. Hatha-
way bankrupt; in bankruptcy.
To the creditors of Charles n. Hatha-
way of Paw Paw, in the county of Van
Buren, and district aforesaid, bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 22d
day OF May, A. d. 1906, the said Charles
n Hathaway was duly adjudged bank
rupt, and that the first meeting of his
creditors will be held at the Office OF the
Judge of probate of Van Buren, county,
in the village of Paw Paw in said county,
on the Goth day Of June, A. ID. 1906, at
8 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time
the said creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint trustee, examine
the bankrupt, and transact such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
HENRY G. BRIGGS,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Kalamazoo, Mich, June III, 1906.
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Our Foreign Commerce.

The foreign commerce of the
United States during the last ifs
cal year which ends with this
month promises to exceed in
both imports and exports that of
any earlier year. The details Of
20 months of the years com.
MERGE have been announced by
the department of commerce and
labor through its bureau of sta
tistics, and should May and June
show as large a monthly average
as that of the 10 months for
which the record has been made,
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Appalling Prospect.

A prolix preacher took for his text
one Sunday the whole chapter in Rev.
elation about the seven churches In
Asia. After he had dwelt laboriously
for half an hour on three of them,
small boy in the congregation drew
long sigh and whispered to his moth
or in a stage prompter's voice Gee!
Four more!"-Lippincott Magazine.