The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-11-30

Aa Patricia. BY Oil
rection Of the president ain %investiga-
ton has been started at San Francisco
into Il new phase of the local graft
scandal. 1t now appears that earth
quake relief contributions a~agggrcGatin:g
S1,OOo,CO in amount have never reach
ed the relief committee. 1t is known
that some of these We're mailed in care
Of Mayor Sclllnitz.
Local Taxation of Railroads.
The supreme court of New Jersey in
an opinion by Chief Justice Gummcre
has sustained the Duffield act of 1908,
which authorizes the taxation OF sec.
ond class railroad property at local
rates for the benefit Of the towns and
cities in which it is situated.
How Oil Trust Raised Prices.
From Il schedule OF prices produced
by General Manager Askert of the
Waters-Pierce Oil company in the Mis-
souri, Oil trust case Attorney General
Hadley showed how for twenty years
the price Of oil has steadily increased
instead of decreased, as had been al
legged by the defendant. The schedule
also showed that the price to retailers
is fixed not by cost, but by competition.
and that the company had given re-
bates when in danger of losing u
tom.
Now York Labor Law Upheld.
The New York city court Of special
sessions has sustained the state law
which prohibited the employment of
women in factories more than sixty
hours in any one week. The same
court declared in July that the pro-
vision Of the law forbidding the en-
ployment of women after 10 O'Clock at
night was unconstitutional.
P;ttsburs's Reign of Terror.
The people of Pittsburg have been
wrought up to a high state of excite
ment by the increasing number of rob-
berries and other crimes within the past
few weeks. One Of several eliminating
atrocities was the fatal shooting of
Harry Il. Smith in his home by Il bur
glar within ten days after the murder
of another business man. James NJ.
Mcmillan, in sight of his own home by
highway robbers. Another shocking
crime was the crucifylng of Mrs. Jean
{ Mitchell in her own home while her
husband was away. She knows only
that she was struck IN the head and
became unconscious and that when she
came to her senses she found both
Of her hands nailed to the wooden
sides of the wash sink. A typical
prayer offered by the Rev. DR.. David
r. Breed was, ooh, God, help the po-
licemen of Pittsburg to protect the
lives of her citizens" Within a month
there have been not less than a hun
dred cases of highway robbery in the
streets Of the city. The sales Of fire.
arms and burglar devices have leaped
to extraordinary proportions and the
cIty's councils have met in special SEES
sion ut the call Of Mayor Guthrie to
appropriate money for 100 additional
policemen. The board Of trade ap-
pointed Il vigilance committee to look
after the east end district.
New Rebate Indictments
Fourteen indictments have been re-
turned by the grand jury at Minneap-
Jlis against different railroads for Civ
ing rebates and against several grain
houses for receiving them. The rail
roads implicated are the Great North
ern. the st. Paul, the Wisconsin Cen
trail, and the Minneapolis and st. Louis.
In most instances the railroads are ac-
cusad Of absorbing elevator charges.
John D. Rockefeller Indicted.
The grand jury at Findlay, o.. in
dicted John d. Rockefeller, several d.
rectors and IN alleged subsidiary COM
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