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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12
Il. Wilson, Arthur Meeker, 8. Nc
ROl,orta md l.. A. Carton.

Il. Wilson. Arthur Meeker, 8. Nc
Roberts and l.. A. Carton.
The Board Of Review should sum.
mon the. following well.knOwn citizens
and interrOgate them with reference
to the amount OF stock In foreign cor.
poratIons owned In Chicago, which
they have knowledge OF:
J. Ogden Armour.
Louis +. Swift.
John A. SpOOr.
Laurence A. Carton.
Arthur Meekee.
Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Armour are both
reported to be public.splrited.
They should both DO willing to help
In this matter.
They can, II they will. help a great
deal by telling tho Board Of Review
what they know.
Mr.. Armour Ia q director In the fol.
lowing corporations and the Board of
Review, II It wishes, can ascertain how
much stock he owns In each, or what
Chlcagoans do own It, AZ 1t 10 taxable:
Armour car lines,
Armour Grain Company,
Central LEATHER Company,
G. II. Hammond Company,
Hammond Packing Company.
National Packing Company.
United States Leather Company,
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Rail.
way Company,
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company.
Fort Worth, Texas
Hutchinson Packing Co.. Hutchinsoa,
Kannas,
Northwestern National Fire Insus.
ance Company. Of Ailwaukes. Wis
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12
GOODRICH TRANSIT co.

astounds everyone. In the opinion of
able lawyers, tho very fact that bids
were not advertised for invalidates the
lease. This lease IL worth from
$4,000 to 100000 a year TO the city,
~ II IL the very best dock property on
the whole chain Of lakes. Several people
would gladly bid $5O.OO0 for 1t II they
were given a chance. This sort OF
business In played out with the public
and the facts once understood will
arouse a storm OF indignation.
The Goodrich gang have all their
steamboats, registered from Duluth.
Minnesota. from which port they
hail." although they do not run to It.
II IL alleged that this crowd "hail"
their vessels from Duluth to escape
taxation In Chicago, and yet Chicago
furnishes them with police. fire and
other protection.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12

fresh water commerce. 1t In the blg.
gcst and best dock In the greatest city
on the whole chain Of tho great lakes.
What do you suppose tho Goodrich
folks pny the city for this valuable
property
Only 5000 a year rental!
From period to period tho lease has
been renewed. WITHOUT ADvER.
TISEMENT. ana always ut the same
old figure.
The last leaae or agreement was
drawn up by the city bureau Of com.
IensatiOn. 1t IL Of date Of May I,
1900, and runs for three years, or until
100.
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The leasing by the city Of the great
Goodrich dock, east Of Rush street
bridge, for the paltry sum OF 5000
per year, without advertising for bids,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12

full seat for every child DESTROYS Of
attending the public schools and would
provide a large number Of kindergar.
tens. public baths aud other public
necessities.
The Board of Review must make the
packing interest pay Its Just share Of
the taxes.
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Neal estate taxes are very high and
will stay high for tho next four years.
The rich tax dodgers, who get out OF
paying their just personal taxes are
responsible for this.
~
Perhaps the Board of Review will do
noching this year with the tax matters
mentioned ON the second page of this
paper. But you can bet ON one thing
without fear Of losing and that is. that
before this fight IL over twenty millions
Of back taxes will be collected by the
people.
Every small shop keeper and every
mechanic who has a little saved has
to pay taxes upon that little. But
rich holder Of stocks In outside corpo.
rations escape Scott free.
Equal and Just taxation with no
lodging on the part Of rich stockhold.
ers II what the people demand.
Tho Armour estate aaeased on
100000 and the Field estate on over
el8.000,O00 makes quite Q contrast
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12
THE PUBLIC BE o Di

Ing to the public that the concern IL
really grcnt public institutIou-Of a
certain kind.
Then agaln. Marshnll Field 4 Com
Islny are In favor Of a high pressure
water system which will cost the tax.
payers millions Of dollars TO install.
l'ut We do not hear Of small ner.
chants shouting for high pressure watcr
system.
The collection Of over &,,O0O.O0O al.
legged back taxes against the estate n
the late Marshall Field wysS urged
upon the Board Of Review by the I'LL.
nOls Tux Reform Association.
Marshall Field. the association In.
sIsts. never paid more than 10 per cent
on his falr share Of taxes on his pcr.
sOnal property. lie was, It In further
charged. permitted 10 cvadc the pay.
mcnt Of over $2,OOOOO taxes during
the Inst eight years III his life. IAN
Of this" the letter says, ''was made
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12

uVuBetb AZ NAASoUV " W0xIWuS kA1ko -
going before the grand jury upon %.
teen minutes notice.
''The corporation Counsel's once h.
tends to keep stenographee In -,
tendance at the sessions Of Tie Beard
Of Review from now on" declared Mr..
Hill. That stenogrupher will b ussA
for securing verbatim record Of pr.
sons Of wealth who make statements
before the board In support Of Q claim
for reduction Of their taxeA
1T 10 hard problem to decide lust
where to begin. because nearly every.
body seems to think lightly Of their
oaths when they come to discus tho
value Of their personal property With
taxing officials. However. 4 u q tact
that I already possess evidence sun.
Client to justify me In appearing before
the grand jury In fifteen minutes. lt
Is also highly probable that tax dodg.
Ing will be brought before the attsa-
ton Of the grand Jurors before ths pvss.
ent hearing ends"
In the meantime, the poor real egtoAe
owners Of Chicago are getting he fun
dement, OF the tax lodging tactics Of
the big millionairea Real estate taxea
were never 30 high ln Chlcaso's his.
tory. The poor man must pay, bat ~
Rich fellow escapes with bis uuhxed
fortune
Henry p. Darlington should give IN
what he knows when the Board Of
Rcview asks him.
Ono Of the taxing officials Of Oook
County says that 1t 10 Discretionary
with taxing officers AZ to what thsy
shall tax. IL it1 Who gave the,n this
discretionary power? Not the lsws Of
Illinois.
j. Ogden Armour would uaake q
startling and valuable Board e IA.
Arthur Meeker could toll the Board
OF Review who owns stock In Ohicaso.
IN the following corporations, Of which
no Is a director:
Union Stock Yards
Chicago Junction Railway.
q. u. Hammond Company.
National Packing Company.
Peoples Trust Il Savings BANK.
Ihe packers have been buying cattle
subject to post mOrtcm." They will
soon mud out that they have been pay.
Ing taxes subject to post morten and
that the people are about ready To
hold the examination.
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Sam. McROberts and J. Ogden Ar.
mour are good names to conjure by and
please don't forget Louis u. Swift
Arthur Meeker should furnish tina
iaots when questioned by the Board OF
Review.
| Don't forget that before this fight
Is over, that over twenty millions Of
dollars In back taxes will have been
collected.
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Laurence A. Carton would he IN
excellent man for the Board Of Re.
view to consult.
~
What Interest deserves the most ben.
eht from the fire department? Dvery.
body knows that 1t Is the packing In.
terest Why, then, should the packing
interest keep back the twenty millions
OF dollars In taxes belonging to the
peOple3
| ~
| Louis r. Swift would not have y
tell anything about Lake Tovsse e.
easements II called before ths Boas1
Of Review. He could Just tell whAt -
knows about personal propssH sW1D1
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12

Tho Armour estate a8essed on
100000 and the Field estate on over
e13, 100000 makes quite Q contrast
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12

Tic Goodrich Transit Company n a
corporation organized under the lawn
Of the State Of Maine. CAPITAL stock,
100000.
Every dollars worth Of this stock
owned In Chicago 10 taxable here. Tho
Reviewers should call A. w. Goodrich
and ask him who owns II. Mr.. Good.
rich ought to know and the people want
to know.
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WHO dnes the fine work for the
Goodrich Steamboat gang ut the City
Hall?
II II not generally known that the
dock used by the great Goodrich inter.
ests IL city property. 1t ~ at River
street. with u dock frontage of 352
feet, with a depth ranging from 10 10
43 feet.
This dock Is the very State street Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12

Equal and Just taxation with no
lodging on the part Of rich stockhold.
ers II what the people demand.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12
Omaha Packing Company,

Ohuuu IuckluS SOupuHys
Prusslan National Insurance Com.
pany, OF Stettln Germany.
Mr.. Louis +. Swift is a director In
the following. How much stock does
he own? At all events he can give the
Board Of Review much valuable In.
formation:
Union Stock Yards Company.
Fowler Brothers, Limited.
Libby, Mcneil and Libby.
National Packing Company.
st. Louis National Stock Yards Com.
pany.
swIft's Refrigerator Transportation
Company.
Hollis Cold Storage Company.
Illinois Cattle Company.
Mechanical Manufacturing Company.
South San Francisco Land aud In.
vestlnent Company.
Springfield Provision Company.
swift's Fertilizer Works.
Western Meat Company.
The Arm0N. Tank Line carries
grease to most OF the soap makers Of
the c0untry outslde Of Chicago. It ID
a big ching In itself, and should not
forget the tax collector. -
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Millions Of dollars that belong In
the public treasury have been wrong
fully withheld from the peoples use
by derelict 0ilicials-tO use no stronses
term. These millions would give VI
plenty Of money to double our polics
torce; would give our aremen eight
hours work Q day; would provide on
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1Omi ..... ............' SIO'UUVVU
These figures take no notice Of Tho
fac. that the insurance Ii supposed 10
cover but 50 per cent Of the real value.
which would make the asscsors' val.
uation appear about Sl4OOO.O00 shy Of
tho true figure.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-12

good by the smnllcr taxpayers Of Chi.
cavo to their great loss AMI injury"
Marshall Field 4 Company arc only
valued at 100000 by the assessors.
and taxed on one.hfth OF 1t. In view
Of this fact. It Is interesting to note
the insurance carried by this iirm.
which II rs follows:
State street section ....... 1000. 900
Wabash avenue section 80. 100000
Wholesale ................. 100000
Madison street ............. $4,000
Fixtures ............ ...... $4,000
Warehouse. Polk street and
the River ................ 100000
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
kuroki,s Tribute to Grant.

New York, May 1S.-General Grant
and staff paid an official call upon
General Kuroki Friday. Through an
interpreter. General Kurolli said to
General Grant: I'm 1871, when your
illustrious father visited Toxic on his
tour of the world, 1, as the colonel OF
the Japanese regiment, was one OF
his escort of honor. l am delighted
at the opportunity of conveying to his
son my belief that General U. S. Grant
was one of the finest military men
the world ever produced. Every school
boy in Japan is taught something
about him and his work in war and in
neacen
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
He PLEADS GUILTY
Abraham Ruef, Dethroned Dictator of
San Francisco, Throws Him
self on Mercy of Court.
HIS SENTENCE DEFERRED
In Statement He Said His Health
and That of His Aged Par
ents Would Not Stand
Going to Trial.

San Francisco, May 16.-Abraham
Ruef, better known as Abe Ruef, the
acknowledged advisor Of Mayor
Schmitz and once the recognized dicta-
tor of municipal affairs in San Fran
cisco, pleaded guilty to the charge
of eXtortion in Judge DUNES depart
ment of the superior court Wednes--
day. Sentence will be announced up.
on him two weeks hence
After a private conference with his
four attorneys in Judge Dunne's pri-
vate chambers Wednesday forenoon,
and after they had withdrawn from
his case because of the resolution he
had taken to change his plea and avoid
trial, Ruef to the utter establishment
of the prosecution, arose in court and
announced in a dramatic address,
that after long and earnest considera
ton he had determined to withdraw
his plea of not guilty and enter plea
of guilty. He asked that the jury be
dismissed and the trial abandoned.
Ruef read his statement from
manuscript which he had prepared 49,
the presence of his attorneys a few
moments before Judge DUNES cham
bers opened. He showed in his voice,
in the expression of his face, in his
quiet and gestureless attitude, and by
the tears again and again that over
flowed his eyes, the great emotion
and utter humiliation he suffered. The
pathos of the scene was communicated
to the crowd that thronged the court
room. Tears sprang to the eyes Of
veteran newspapermen who have been
lifelong acquainJances anG whose pa
pers have conducted against him and
his political associates a long and bit
ter campaign for the publication of
municipal affairs. The accused man
was several times all but overcome
by emotion. When he reached the fin
al words of his address, desire to
withdraw my plea of not guilty and
enter the contrary plea"-his voice
was sunk to a whisper, but so intense
was the silence that it reached to the
far corners of the room.
Though, Abraham Ruef has formal
ly declared himself to be guilty of the
charge on which he was about to be
tried, he nevertheless proclaims his
innocence. He confesses that he is
guilty of having connived in the cor
ruption in municipal affairs, but he
denies, with all the emphasis a man
in his unhappy position can command,
that he is not guilty of the crime
of extortion charged against him. He
declares that his sole motive in accus-
ing himself in open court was to
save the lives of those who are near
est and dearest to him, his aged father
and mother, his maiden sister and a
niece.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
WAR ON VICE.
Grand Jury at Joplin, Mo. Returned
1903 indictments And Cleanup
Is in Progress.

Joplin, Mo-, May 16.-Sixty-three
arrests were made Tuesday in Joplin
of saloonkeepers and gamblers indict-
ed by the special grand jury which
adjourned Monday after returning los
true bills against saloonmen, keepers
of disorderly houses and gamblers
Indictments against saloons in every
instance charge a violation of the
Sunday laws.
A large number of those arrested
appeared in the circuit court Tuesday
and gave bond for appearance and 1t
is said there will be an organized eff
fort to defeat the state in the prose
cution of the cases.
The grand jury was in session two
weeks and Joplin has experienced two
of the dryest Sundays known. Re-
sorts also have been dark.
The true bills returned are distrf-
buted throughout Jasper county al
though a majority are against per-
sons of this city.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
END OF THE GREEN BUGS
Agricultural Department Announces
Their Practical determination.
The Bureau Of Entomology Has AS
sisted in Sending Out Parasites
To Do the Work.

Washington, May 15.-It was an
nounced by the agricultural depart
nlent Tuesday that the green bugs, or
spring grain aphis, which has done
so much damage to wheat and other
small grains in Texas and Oklahoma,
and in few of the southern counties
OF Kansas. already is practically eX-
terminated by its natural parasite, a
very minute black fly. In Texas and
Oklahoma the bug has practically dis
appeared through the action of the
parasite and report from Southern
Kansas received by the department
Tuesday states that at least fifty per
cent of the bugs now are parasitized
in ali the infested fields in that Sec
ton.
The report adds that if the favor
able weather continues through the
present week the bug will have been
absolutely eXterminated.
Millions of parasites" continues
the report, "are coming out in every
wheat field and the green bug has
been overtaken and controlled by its
natural enemy and there seems to be
little if any fear of further damage
The bureau of entomology of the
agricultural department has aided the
work by sending hundreds of thous-
ands of the parasites from Oklahoma
and Texas into Kansas. Three
agents OF the bureau now are in the
field directing the onslaught on the
bug. The weather conditions this
spring have been favorable to the
multiplication of the bug, which be-
comes a serious pest only under such
conditions. The parasites, too, null
tiply only under favorable weather
conditions, but they soon exterminate
their enemy.
"The green bug was noticed first
in this country in 1884 While more
or less common every year, the con-
ditions which favor its destructive
abundance only occur at comparative
ly long intervals. 1t caused great
damage in 1890 and again in 1901,
ten years later, and a third outbreak
is now coming to close. Every
year. however, few of the bugs are
present in wheat fields, especially in
the southern wheat districts, but not
sufficient to cause notable damage"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
OUSTED AN ICE TRUST.
Charter of One Kansas City Company
Revoked and Fines Aggregating
$32,500 Imposed.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 16.-The
charter OF the Peoples Ice, Storage
and Fuel company was revoked Tues
day morning by Judge Walter A.
Powell in Independence and the con-
Germ prohibited from doing business
in the state of Missouri. In addition
Il fine of $4,000 was imposed.
The Central Ice company was fined
IS. 900 the Kansas City Brewers COM
pany $4,000 and the Vanderslice-
Lynds Ice company $4,000.
These are the penalties for viola
ton of the Missouri antitrust law in
the case of the Ice trust.
The costs of the case are to be as
sessed equally upon the four defend
ants. If the three other companies
do not pay their fines and otherwise
comply with the orders of the court
within Is days their charters will also
be forfeited.
Judge Powell dismissed the cases
against the other four respondents in
the suit against the Ice trust.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
Dir. kIonsoh is Decorated.

New York, May 1.-THE decoration
of the Order of the Morning Sun was
Wednesday conferred upon DR.. Louis
Klopsch, editor of the Christian
Herald, by Baron Takewo Ozawa,
personal envoy of the Emperor OF
Japan, in recognition of the doctors
work in relieving famine sufferers in
Japan last year. More than a quar-
ter of million dollars was raised
by the Christian Herald for this pur-
nose
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
TWO new RULINGS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sends Out Circulars of Cen
eral Interest.
CARRIERS TO PAY FREIGHT
When Shipping Materials Or Supplies
over Lines o. Another Company
Regular Legal Tariffs
Must Be Paid.

Washington May 1S-An import
ant circular, issued Friday by the In
terstate Commerce commission, con-
tains two administrative rulings
which are of special interest both to
the railroads and to the shipping
public. In the first" the commission
expresses the opinion that under the
law a carrier or a person or corpora
ton operating a railroad or other
transportation line cannot as a ship
per over the lines of another carrier
be given any preference in the appli-
cation of tariff rates on interstate
shipments. In other words, one car
rier shipping its fuel, material, or
other supplies over the line of an
other carrier must pay the legal tariff
rates applicable to the same commod;-
ties shipped by an individual. Tie
commission suggests that there MY
he some instances, such as the NOV c.
ment Of needed fuel in which, in
order 10 keep the trains or boats NOV
preference in movement without
Grating unjust or unwarranted dis
elimination
IL is said there probably is not a
railroad in the country that has to
pay tie regular tariff on all of its
supplies from the initial point to the
point Of destination This is especial
ly true of coal used by the railroads
for fuel purposes. Coal shipped to
given point from the mines for
railroad at a rate far below that
which dealer at that point would
have TO pay in freight charges. The
commission holds, in effect, that this
is discrimination and that the railroad
must pay the same tariff as the in
dividual
The second ruling relates to the re-
turn Of astray shipments. Instances
occur" says the commission in
which, through error or oversight on
the part of some agent or employe
shipment is billed to an erroneous
destination or unloaded short of desti
nation or is carried by. The commits
sion is of the opinion that in bona
fide instances of this kind carriers
may return such astray shipments to
their proper destination or course
without the assessment of additional
charges and may arrange for such
movement of such astray shipments
for each other on mutually acceptable
terms without the necessity of pub
fishing posting and filing the tariff |
under which it will be done"
The commission will soon issue one
tariff circular containing in revised
and correct form all the live matter
which has been contained in it's tar
if circulars IA to 13-A, inclusive,
and which will cancel former issues.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
Increase for the Trainmen.

Denver, May 17.-Wages Of passen-
ger conductors on the Denver C Rio
Grande railroad will be increased $40
a month, those of passenger firemen
and brakemen $3.50 per month and
a general increase will be given all
men in the freight service and OVER
time paid for on a pro rata basis.
These in brief, are said to be the
terms of the settlement agreed upon
at the final conference Tuesday night
between General Manager A. c..
Ridgeway of the railroad and the rep
resentatives of the employees and OF
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men and the Order of Railway Con-
ductors
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
ITCHING Rash 10 YEARS.
Girls Rash Spread and Grew Worse
Under Specialists Care-Perfect
Cure by Cuticura Remedies.

when my daughter was a baby she
had breaking out behind the ears.
The doctor said that she would out
grow it, and it did get somewhat bet
ter until she was about fifteen years
old, and after that she could get moth
ing that would drive it away. She was
always applying something in the way
of salves. 1t troubled her behind the
knees, opposite the elbows, back Of
the neck and ears. under the chin, and
then it got on the face. That was
about three years ago. She took treat
ment with a specialist and seemed to
get worse all the time. We were then
advised to try the Cuticura Remedies,
and now | don't see any breaking out.
NJ. Curley, 11-19 Sixteenth ST., Bay
City, Mich, May 20, 1906"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24
DECIDED AGAINST PIERCE
Oil Magnate Must Answer to Per-
jury Charge in Texas.
Judge Adams, in Federal Court at
st. Louis, Denies Habeas
Corpus Writ.

st. Louis, Mo-, May 16.-In the
circuit court of the United States
for the eastern division of the Eastern
district of Missouri Judge Adams
Wednesday denied the application of
Fl. Clay Pierce, chairman of the board
of the Waters-Pierce Oil company,
for writ of habeas corpus and or
dered that the petitioner be remanded
to the custody of the chief of police
to be delivered to Sheriff George S.
Mathews, of Travis county, Texas,
for eXtradition Pierce is wanted in
Texas to answer to an indictment
charging perjury in an affidavit made
by him in May, 1900, to the effect
that the Waters Pierce Oil company
was not a party to any pool, trust,
confederation or commission in re-
straint of trade.
after careful consideration of the
able argument of counsel for both
sides, the conclusion is irresistible
that the substance of an offense is
found in the Indictment, and that
jurisdiction rests alone with the
courts of the demanding state to pass
upon any question which may arise
in its consideration and trial. The
prisoner must be remanded and it is
so ordered"
When court convened at o'clock
Attorney Priest gave notice of APP
peal both to the United States court
of appeals and the United States SUI
preme court.
Judge Adams fixed bond at $4,000
on each appeal