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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-06

The Fitzpatrick ranch consisting
iof 665 acres one mile east of Joseph,
lWallowa county, has just reen sold
ito Thomas Peters Of The Dalles for
'Sf6.O 900
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
IOWA Ex-C0NVlCT IS
IN TROUBLE AGAIN
Harry Logan. Out of 9enitentiary Only
Few Weeks, is Bound Over to
the Grand jury.

Harry Logan. discharged recently
from the Iowa penitentiary ar Ana
mosa. was bound over to the grand jury
under $500 bond Saturday afternoon
by Magistrate Elliott on a charge of
obtaining money by false pretenses.
It is possible that charges may be
lodged against Logan by Davenport
authorities. for when arrested ne was
clad in entirely new clothing through
out, but when discharged from the
county Jail here Thursday he had no
money at all. The authorities are Of
the opinion that the clothing was stol-
en- in Davenport. and an effort To To-
cate the owners is being made. The
offense on which Logan is held results
from his selling jewelry on the streets.
The young man had been out of the
penitentiary only a little over a week
when he was arrested here for This of
feuse and sent 10 the county jail for
10 DAYS.
Ed Nolan and Charles Larson were
fined So and costs each by Magistrate
Elliott on charges of drunkenness and
disorderly conduct. respectively.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
WILL BUILD FIRST
FROM GENESEO HERE
Rock River Traction Company Pro
poses to Connect With Tri-City
Line at Carbon Cliff.

The Rocl, River Traction company,
which now has $25O.000 worth Of bonds
on the market, has issued a statement
in which it is asserted that the section
of road between Geneseo and Carbon
Cliff will be the first TO be built and it
is expected 10 have this in operation
by April I. 1908. Connection viii be
made with the interUrban that the Tri-
City Railway company proposes TO
build to that place.
It is reported that the Rock Island
Southern is considering running the
proposed line from this city to both
Galesburg and Monmouth. Surveyors
are now working on route that forks
west OF Alexis. one branch going to
one city and the other TO the other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
PRESIDENT INSISTS
OLIVER HAVE A CHANCE
Conference at White House Results in
More Time for Lowest Bidder
on Canal Job.

Washington. Jan. 2S - William
J. oliver viii be given the con-
tract for constructing he Panama
canal. provided that within the next 10
days he associates himself with al least
two Independent contractors. whose
skill and experience, combined with
his own, viii cover the entire field OF
the work. This decision was reached
at a conference al toe White house
last night, when the president insisted
that Mr.. Oliver should be given an OPP
portunity to make satisfactory ar
rangements TO substitute some other
contractor or group of contractors to
take the place of Mr. Bangs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
CONFER WITH THE PRESIDENT
Postmasters to Take up Question of
Free Transportation for Carriers.

Postmasters to Take up Question of
Free Transportation for Carriers.
Tomorrow morning the posJmast ters
of the three cities will hold a confer
ence with President Porter of the
merger company. oIi the matter of al
lowing the letter carriers to ride free
on the street cars while in uniform
and on duty. The agitation for this
accommodation has been continued for
several months, and now that the post
masters have taken the question up
there seems TO be more possibility of
the granting CT The privilege. The
city council has requested the raj
way company for this measure. The
carriers viii it is claimed. be able to
serve the public much better. ii allow
ed the additional time saved by riding
on the cars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
A SHOOTING AT DANvILLE
Man Who Killed Another Fires at Po-
liceman and is Slain.

Danville. Va. Jan. 2S.-R. E. Rey-
noIds, young merchant living near
Chatham, this county, was killed in a
pistol fight with three policemen in
the tenderloin early yesterday. Prior
to the killing Reynolds had shot and
injured Tom CorDin while in a resort.
lie ran out Of the house. and the Off
GERS took him to be Albert Adkins. an
escaped prisoner, and commanded him
to halt. firing at the same time TO
frighten him. Reynolds returned the
fire. Eight or ten shots were fired at
him before he fell dead. None OF the
policemen was injured. The victim
was about Is years Of ace. Corbins
injuries are not regarded as fatal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
LOCK ARMS; AWAIT DEATH
Man and Woman, With Arms Inter
tvgined. Die Under Train.

Camden, y. j., Jan. 2S.-With arms
entwined. an unidentified young man
and young woman stood on the tracks
OF the Pennsylvania Electric railroad
over Newton creek early yesterday and
calmly waited until an electric train
ran them down. Both were killed and
their bodies We're hurled into the wa
ter
The motorman of the train saw the
pair. but not until he was close upon
them. He blew the whistle but the
couple made no move to escape, and
The motorman could not get the train
under control until he struck them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
FINDS STANDARD OIL TRUST BLACK AS IT IS PAINTED
lutte of ScFupes Attaining ERdsCrushe Competitors


Washington. Jan. 2S.-The interstate
commerce commission sent to congress
today q report of the investigations
made by it under the Tillmar Gillespie
resolution. approved March last, con
! cerning the relations of common car
riers by rail to the production and dis
I tribution of oil. The report covers the
distribution of petroleum and its prod.
ucts east of the Mississippi river. and
incidentally. the Kansas and Texas
fields.
The report points out generally the
The report points ont generally the
methods by which the Standard Oil
company has built up and perpetuated
its monopoly and the relations of trans
portation agencies to that monopoly
II is asserted that the ruin of its COM
petitors has been a distinct part of the
policy of the Standard Oil company in
the past, Systematically and persistent
Ily pursued" Considerable of the
ground covered has been gone into
fully in the report on oil and it's dis
tribution, made public by the bureau
of corporations.
No Railway Interested.
mo instance the report says, els
found where any railway company has
been interested in oil lands or in pc
troleum production. and only one in
stance is shown where officials of a
railway company were interested in
the production and sale of oil. This
relates to certain officials of the Balti-
more &sOhio Southwestern railroad
having owned stock of the Argand Re-
iining company, which was on their
recommendation afterwards sold to the
Standard Oil company, and the lubrica-
ting contract, which the road transfer
red to the Galena Oil company, Stand
ard company.
The Standard Oil company largely
monopolizes the handling of petroleum.
from the mouth of the well until it is
sold to the retailer. and sometimes to
the consumer. and under ordinary cir
cumstances it's margin of profit is very
large Estimates made in the report
show profit on refined oil from the
Sugar Creek refinery at Kansas City
of from to s cents per gallon. A
much higher profit is indicated for gas
oline. The sale of refined oil from
the large Standard refinery at Whit
ing is corresponding profitable.
Not Result Of Economics.
"The evidence shows little basis for
the contention that the enormous divi-
dends of the Standard Oil company are
the legitimate result of its economics.
Except for its pipe lines, the Standard
has but little legitimate advantage over
the independent refiner.
"The Standard buys advertising space
in many newspapers, which it fills, not
with advertisements, but with reading
matter prepared by agents kept for
that purpose and paid for at advcrtis.
ing rates. as ordinary news. The .as-
sumption is that this literature furnish
es many of the ideas touching the great
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28

! tIft Eoist4lhdit ~ N)ll tNiiil ijstliA.
In Absolute Control
Possession of the pipe lines enables
| the Standard 10 absolutely control the
price Of crude petroleum and the pricl
which its competitors in given 10
cality shall pay Il can raise the price
in one locality and obtain its own oil
from another. and reverse the process
when it desires to do so. Whoever
controls the avenues OF transportation
of the raw material or of the refined
product can speedily drive its comperi-
tors out of existence and the produc-
ton and distribution of petroleum is no
exception to the rule"
The pipe line system of the Stand
ard. the report contends is not ma
tural. but rather an artificial advan-
tage. II is argued that the reason why
long pipe lines competing with those
of the Standard have not been provid-
ed is found in obstacles in the way of
such undertakings. having been oppos-
ed by the railroads. whose right of
way has generally stood as a Chinese
wall against all attempts to extend
pipe lines. Ordinarily, il is said, the
Standard has not received rebates in
recent years, so far as has been dis
covered. but it has nevertheless en-
joyed secret rates possessing all of the
elements of illegal rates. and the adj
vantages so obtained over Independent
shippers have been of very great value
to that company.
Perfect System OF Espionage.
In discussing the assertion contained
in the report that the ruin of its com
petitors has been a distinct part of the
policy of the Standard Oil company"
the commission says that one method
has been the organization of a perfect
system of espionage over the ship
ments of its competitors, resulting in
knowledge as to the destination of ev-
cry caT. of oil leaving the refinery of an
independent The Standard agent at
the destination. SAYS the report, is held
responsibte H the independent oil is
sold.
Thosrapolt continues:
ct does not appear that the rail
road e0sfpanies have directed the fur
nishing of this information, or that the
practice has been sanctioned by super
ior officials of the roads, but it does
appear that such information is sys-
obtained from railroad en-
ployes The testimony shows that the
Standard at one time. if it does not
now. devoted a fund TO the purpose of
obtaining this information. 1t has FIRE
quently happened, when the supply of
Independent oil in a particular terri
tory was low and shipment was
peculiarly necessary, that the shipment
has unaccountably gone astray. Infor
nation also appears to have been Civ
en- the Union Tank line. q creature of
the Standard, concerning the where
abouts of its cars. while such informa-
tion was not furnishe.f TO other own
ers of tank cars and Eome discrimina
tion in tank car mileage in favor of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
eLDRIDGE HALL a FIRE TRAP
But There Was Nobody In 1t When it
Burned-Loss 5000.

Boeck's hall. two story building at
Eldridge. nine miles from Davenport.
burned to the ground early yesterday
morning, the fire developing within an
hour of the closing of a masquerade
ball in the building The place was
owned by the Independent Mailing
company of Davenport and was con-
sidered something of a fire trap. the
hall being on the second floor. The
loss is $1,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
e,,ee 70 Recover sc 1Oo 600.

Freeport, H.. Jan. 2S.-The Chicago
Title & Trust company. receiver for
the German Insurance company has
fled suit in the circuit court against
the Royal Insurance company TO re-
cover S3,1OO.00O paid for reinsurance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
IOWA WOMEN SAVE A TRAIN
Flag Passenger on Iowa Central With
Shawl After Finding Broken Rail.

MaTshalltown, Iowa. Jan. 2S.-Mrs.
Emma Randall and Miss Della Inde of
Geneva. saved an Iowa Central passen-
ger from being wrecked last evening.
They discovered a broken rail, and
with a shawl. tagged the train.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
THAW MURDER JURY NOT
READY TILL WEDNESDAY,

merchandise, has arrived at Port de
Gale, Ceylon, with her cargo on fire.
Her fore peak is burnt out The pas
.sengers and mails were rescued by the
British cruiser Diadem and brought to
Colombo. The Seydlitz was built in
Dantzic in 1908 and her gross tonnage
was 1912. She was engaged in the
regular passenger service between
Hamburg and the far east.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
ORDERS MIXED; COLLISION
Northern Pac ific Trains Meet Headon
at kiekinson. N. ..

st. Paul. Jan 28-A dispatch from
Dickinson, y. d., today says: "An al
legged miXup Of orders caused a wreck
OF Northern Pacific passenger trains.
east bound and west bound. four miles
east OF Dickinson. early today. Both
were double headers. A fireman was
killed and seven other trainmen in
jured. no passengers were killed or
seriously hurt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
WILL HOLD FIRST MEETING
Tri-City Young Peoples Union IN Sss-
sion in Moline This Evening.

Tn Tri-City Young Peoples union
organized during the fall viii hold its
first meeting since the organization
was perfected this evening at the First
Baptist church. Moline. Rev. DR.. Lem
mon of St. Johns Methodist church.
Davenport, viii deliver the address Of
the evening. and special musical num-
bers will be given.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
MOVEMENT FOR A CITIZENS
TICKET GROWS TANGIBLE
Meetings for Purpose of Furthering
Plan for Spring Campaign Con-
templated in Wards.

The movement for a peoples or citi-
zens' ticket Tor the spring municipal
campaign. referred to in The Argus
Saturday. is developing into tangible
form. and it is understood chat meet
ings viii be held soon in different
parts of the city for the purpose Of
furthering such a plan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
Three Eiremen MISSING.

Buffalo. y. Y. Jan. 2S.-The Colum-
bia building, an eight story structure
a. Seneca and Wells streets. burned
this morning involving loss of half a
million. Three firemen are missing
having been caught with II more fire
men in the collapse of a wall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
LARGE PUBLISHING
HOUSE BURNED OUT
Phelps Company, Which Issues Many
Well Known Periodicals
is Destroyed.

Springfield. Mass, Jan. Is The
plant of the Phelps Publishing com
pany was destroyed by fire today. The
loss is estimated at a million dollars.
The company published Good House
keeping. the American Agriculturist,
Orange Judd Farmer. New England
Homestead. and Farm and Home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
Cold at Superior.
DOUGHERTY SCRIPT Is FOUND

EVIDENCE Against Former Peoria School
Superintendent Not All Destroyed.
Peoria, H.. Jan. 2S.-With the find
ing of a bundle of forged school scrip
executed by Newton c. Dousherty, ex-
superintendent of public schools. in 4
box of rubbish al the public library
building. the members of the school
board now hope for favorable out
come OF the suits against treasurevs
and bonds:nen for the amount of the
shortages. The scrip has been locked
up in a safety deposit box and Will ba
kept there until. offered in evidence in
court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
But d Single additional
Member Selected Dur
ing Morning.
NEW TALESMEN CALLED
Reports of DiSsensi0n in Fami-
Iy of Accused Man Again
Denied.

New York. Jan. 2S.-When the trial
of Harry K. Thaw was resumed before
Justice Fitzgerald in the criminal
branch of the supreme court today.
there remained five jurors TO be chosen
from among less than one hundred
talosmen. who remain to be examined
generally. it is conceded the taking
of testimony will not be possible before
Wednesday.
Mrs. Thaw IL Early.
Mrs. Evelyn Nes6it Thaw came into
the court room early today. arriving
nearly half an hour before the morn
ing session was scheduled TO begin.
She was accompanied by Miss Mae
Mckenzie. who remains her constant
companion. Miss Mckenzie today de-
cIarsd there is absolutely no truth in
the report that there have been differ
ences in the Thaw family, and}sa it
was especially untrue that any dissen-
sion had arisen over her presence in
the court room.
StiiI Keeps Public ont.
The rule of the court TO bar from the
trial all persons not having direct in
terest in the proceedings was strictly
adhered today despite the fact that the
disposition of more than talesmen had
left many vacant benches in the rear
OF the room Such space as is now I'M
occupied. however. must be given over
TO witnesses who will not be required
To attend until the jury is completed.
First Fifteen Rejected.
Within the first hour of the morning
session 15 talesmen had been exam
ined. and not one had gone through
the questions prOpOunded by the dis
trict attorney further than one dealing
with 1he matter of what opinion they
might have formed.
Others There. Also.
Scarcely had Mrs Thaw and Miss
Mckenzie. her companion, taken their
seats when the other members of the
prisoners family arrived. including his
mother. the countess of Yarmouth, and
Mrs. Carnegie.
Call New Panel.
The rapid manner in which the re-
naming talesmen were disposed of
caused the district attorneys Office tol
summon an additional panel of 100
men who will report in court tomor
row.
The first juror of the day was secur-
ed in the person of Charles d. Newton,
a retired business man, the 18th tales
man examined this morning. Newton
Is married and aged about %. He de
clared he had formed an opinion in
the case, but believed il was not 50
strong as 10 prevent his rendering 4
fair and impartial verdict
Then Court Adjourns.
Newton stepped into the jury box as
juror No. S at 1902 p. III. Justice
Fitzgerald at this juncture decided to
adjourn further proceedings until D.
m. owing TO break in the heating ap-
paratus which made the court room
too cold for comfort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
Rev. AIex. GiIchrist pead.

Pittsburg, Jan. 2S.-Rev. Alexander
Gilchrist, d. d, secretary of the home
mission board Of the United Presby-
terian denomination and one of the
most prominent figures of the church,
died at his home here yesterday after
an extended Illness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
STILL ONE MORE FACTORY
Negotiations Said to Be Nearly Con-
cluded by Industrial Commission.

The Rock Island Industrial commits
sion is not losing any time and in ad-
dition 10 the new industry in the way
sively referred to in The Argus Sat
urday the commission is said TO have
carried negotiations almost TO a con
clusion whereby still another factory
Will be secured. The announcement
of this viii be made in due time by the
members OF the commission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
Noted Educator Passes.

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-Professor Wilbur
S. Jackman. dean of the school of edu-
cation at the University of Chicago,
died today after a brief illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
Four Hundred Caught in
Disaster at Saar-
bruCk, Prussia.
RESCUERS DRIVEN OFF
Three Killed and Many Hurt
When Ice Machine Blows
Up at Chicago.

Saarbruck. Rhenish Prussia. Jan. 2S.
Over four hundred coal miners were
entombed today at The Reken shaft by
the explosion of fire damp.
One hundred sixtyfour bodies and
Il dangerously injured have been talk
On from the mine
A new outbreak Of the fire in the
mine has driven ont the rescuers. IL
is probable thirty or forty men are
still in the pit The dead are estimat-
ed at two hundred.
\ Terrible Disaster.
Liens. France. Jan. 2S.-A terrible
disaster involving the loss Of many
lives occurred in coal mine at Levin,
Courriers district. The catastrophe
was due to the explosion of fire damp
in one of the pits.
But Three Victims.
Paris, Jan. 2S.-Adviccs received at
the ministry of labor. Indicate the chief
engineer ana two assistants. were
probably the only victims of the eXplo-
sion i'm the coal mine today at Lieven.
Ice Machine E.pIodes.
Chicago, Jan. 2S.-Thrae men were
killed and 1G seriously injured today
as a result of the explosion of an ice
machine which was filed with ammonia
fumes in the power house of Armour
d Co at the stock yards. All the vic
Tins were Austrian and Hungarian Ia
borers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
MAY KNOW OFDOCTOR'sDEAT
Man Who Accused Murdered Physi-
clan Arrested at New York.

New York, Jan. 2S.-Suspected Of
knowing something about the death of
Charles W Townsend of Staten Island
who was mysteriously murdered Fri
day. the police have arrested John Bell
a former street car conductor. 1t is
reported Bell blamed Townsend for
the death Of his wife year ago after
an operation attending child birth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
HAVE NOT BEEN PUNISHED
Davenport High School Rioters Get a
Day of Grace.

There was no session. of the Daven-
port nigh school today owing to the ne
cessity Of classifying the 200 new pu-
pills that come in at the beginning of
the new semester Therefore nothing
was done toward Furnishing those who
participated in the riot of the junior
class at the commencement exercises
Friday night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
RAYNER IS HELD GUILTY
End of Noted London Murder Trial
Comes with Motivs Unexplained

London. Jan. 2S.-A verdict Of 'wil-
full murder" was rendered by the cor
oner's jury today against Horace
George Rayner. the man who shot and
killed William Whteley. a Westbourne
Grove merchant. Jan. p. The motive
of the crime remains a mystery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
BIG STEAMER BURNS AT SEA
1arship Saves Liners Passengers anc
Vessel Reaches Port.

Colombo, Jan. 2S.-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Seydlitz. CAPTAIN
Dewers. homeward bound from Japan
and China, with passengers, mail and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-28
SQUALL SINKS MANY
CRAFT AT HONGKONG
Hundred Natives Drowned in 10 Min
utes When Chinese Boats are
Wrecked in Harbor.

Hcnskong. Jan. 2S.-A terrific rain
squall which broke over Hongtong this
morning. iu The space of 10 minutes
sank over 80 Chinese craft in the har-
Dor. More than hundred natives
were drowned. There were no casual
ties among the white population.