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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
FEATURES OF THE DECISION.

To take from corporation one-third of
its net revenues accrued during period
! OF violations is not as much real power
as is employed when sentence is imposed
| taking from human being one day of his
liberty.
1t is the business of judge to admin
lister the law as he finds it, rather than to
expatiate upon the inadeQuacy of pun
ishment authorized for its infraction.
Common honesty among men ought not
to be altogether ignored in business, even
in this day.
1t is the substance of the thing and
not the mere form with which the law
is concerned.
Waving the question of the studied
insolence of this language, in so far as it
may be aimed at the present occupant of
the bench, the court can, of course, only
leave to the discretion of the Standard
Oil Company the wisdom and propriety
Of a $100,000,O0O corporation gratuitous-
" inaugurating agitation about the
mob"
If carrier enters the field for traffic
destined to points beyond its line and a
shipper turns his property so destined
over to it, such transportation is as clear
y subject to the requirements of the in
terstate commerce law as would be the
ease if the carrier owned and operated the
line through to destination.
Motive is not material in a case where
The proof is clear that it was the de-
endant who committed the crime.
The court is not impressed by the dole
full predictions OF counsel fer the defend
ant as to the hardships upoh the honest
shipping public to be anticipated from
the enforcement of this rule. ,Hhe honest
man who tenders a commodity for trans
portation by a railway company will not
be fraudulently misled by that company
into allowing it to haul his property for
less than the law authorizes it to collect.
Under the doctrine insisted upon by
the defendant, the railway company might
give the Standard Oil Company very
low transportation rate and, by contract,
obligate itself to withhold the same rate
from the very man the taking of whose
property by condemnation rendered pos
sible tie construction of the road.
1t is novel indeed for a convicted de-
PENDANT to urge the complete triumph
of a dishonest course as a reason why
such course should go UNPUBLISHED
The conception and execution of such
commercial policy necessarily involves
the contamination of subordinate officers
or employees, even looking to the time
when testimony will be required for the
protection of the revenues of the offender
from the exactions of the law for its
violation.
We might as we'll look at this situation
squarely. The men who thus deliberate
ly violate this law wound society more
deeply than does he who counterfeits the
coin or steals letters from the mail
Where the only possible motive of the
crime is the enhancement of dividends,
and the only punishment authorized is a
fine, great caution must be exercised by
the court lest the fixing of small
amount encourage the defendant to fu-
ture violations by esteeming the penalty
to be in the nature of a license.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
RAILROAD is oUTLAwED.
Alabama Revolxes License of south
ern to Operate Lines.

Alabama Revokes License of South
ern to Operate Lines.
Alabama has entered in earnest upon
the war now being waged by Southern
States against the railroads, and Friday
took a step in advance of North Carolina
by summarily revoking the license of the
Southern Railway Company to do BUSH
ness in the State, thus outlawing the
greatest corporation in the South. Being
without the pale of the law. the company
cannot claim police protection nor resort
to the State courts for redress. The
license was formally revoked by Secre-
tary of State Frank n. Julian, who caus-
ed to be entered upon the stub of such
license in the records of his office the
statement that for violation of Senate
bill No. Sc, effective July /, the South
ern railway had been deprived of its right
to do business in the State. Act Sc pro-
vides that when any foreign corporation
is sued in the State courts and removes
such suit from the State to the federal
court the clerk of the court from which
the removal was taken will at once GER
tify such action to the Secretary of State,
who shall thereupon Immediately cancel
said license and make and enter upon
the stub thereof an order in substance"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
NEW BLOW FALLS.
OIL Monopoly Charged with Unlaw-
full Methods I'm Raising Prices.

full Methods I'm Raising Prices.
Following close on the track of the
500, 100000 fine imposed by Judge lands
in Chicago on the Standard Oil Company
for violation of the Elkins law in unlaw-
fully swelling its profits by accepting Sc
cret rebates from the Chicago and Alton
Railroad, significant revelations are made
public in a report submitted to President
Roosevelt by Herbert Knox Smith, Com
missioner of Corporations, concerning the
operations of the Standard company. In
a previous report the means and methods
of the Standard were explained. The
present report sets forth the results of
those methods and the effect they have
had on the consumer of oil and on the
profits of the Standard Oil Company. 1t
deals with profits and price, showing just
how the manipulation of the oil industry
by the Standard has affected the pocket
book of the American people.
The report is accompanied by letter
from Mr.. Smith to thu President, in which
the commissioner makes a scathing sum-
mary of the facts found in the report.
In concluding his letter Mr.. Smith gives
a resume of the facts he holds proved
facts which make the Standard Oil ap-
pear in a more unenviable light than
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
News of Minor Note.

Public meetings are being held in Chile,
in opposition to the education bill, which
it is feared would give the clerical party
control of the schools.
An earthquake that rocked the tall
buildings was felt in Santa Barbara, Cal.
Several women attending the Potter the
alter tainted.
John ID. Rockefeller told the Euclid
Avenue Baptist Sunday scaool OF Cleve-
land the secret of happiness. lie said 1t
lay in self-sacrifce and doing good to
others.
An attempt was made TO wreck the
train on which G-and Duke Peter Nicho-
Ieyitch. cousin of tie Car, was travelling
from Peterhof to ST. Petersburg. A pc
tard ex>loded on the track, but the train
was not derailed.
Joseph Owens, a wealthy turpentine
manufacturer Of Brew ton, Ala, was shot
and killed by his wife because he pulled
her tresses in his opposition to her pom
padour style of hairdressing.
The Wilson line, it is announced in
Mexico City, ,eill soon be plying between
New Orleans and Mexicgn and Contra
American ports, touching at Vigia, Port
Morelos, Belize and other points.
The first annual convention Of the Illu-
minating Engineering Society of Amer
lea was opened in Boston with delegates
present from the New England, New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and San
Francisco sections.
The Navy Department at Washington
announced that official investigation or
the recent explosion on the battleship
Georgia revealed that it was not due to
defective smokeless powder, as bad been
fotimated By Robert S. Waddell, presi-
Dent Of the Buckeye Powder Company at
Peoria, III.
Latest of vast fortunes sought by seek
ers Of lost treasure is the Transvaal war
chest containing $5.OO0,00o. Tire chest
vas taken from hiding at Delago1 bay in.
1s09 and shipped on the Dorc.hea, which
vessel was lost on a reef ia the Indian
ocean. Now the steamship Alfred Nobel
has been specially cited up by syndicate
for the work Of recovering this treasure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
TO LIGHT UP NIAGARA.
illumination of Famous Cataract
Remarkable Scheme.

Remarkable Scheme.
The contract has been closed for the
night illumination of Niagara Falls, and
the proposed plan for lighting the mighty
torrent will be the greatest feat ever con-
ceived in electrical illumination.
The illuminating scheme calls for near
ly 80 large searchlights, several of them
the largest of their kind and capable of
throwing beam of light hundred miles,
and the new color scintillatc1, late in
vention. The projectors Rill be SEATED
below the falls In two batteries, enc at
the waters edge and the other on the high
ground of the Canadian side. Every inch
of the two falls win he under light.
The new color scintillator is an attach
ment fitted to the searchlights by which
the beams of light can be made any color
at viii. Thus the mist and water, bathed
in all the colors of the rainbow, will sur
pass anything in spectacular effect save
the great Northern Lights
The proposition is to illuminate Nj
sgara on a scale in keeping with the sur
roundings. 1t is said by the illuminating
experts that the rays of coIored lights
when flashed in the air will be visible at
Rochester and Toronto.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
PEACE MORE FATAL THAN WAR.
Killed on Railroads in Three Months
Exceed Number Mt Geftysburr

6ACcSu
During the first three months of the
present calendar year more people were
killed on the railroads Of the United
States than during the war with Spain
and the casualties were greater than dur
ing the three days fight at Gettysburg
during the Civil War. During the months
OF January. February and March the
total number of casualties to passengers
and employees was 20,563, a decrease Of
3S1 as compared with the preceding three
months. Passengers and employees to the
number of All were killed in train acct
dents and 1920 were injured, being fifty
three less killed and twenty less injured
than during the preceding three months.
There were 2,J7S collisions and 1913 de-
railments, passenger trains being in 1913
collisions and 229 derailments. Property
losses and damages suffered by the rail-
roads on account of these accidents
amounted to $3.50, 10. There was a
notable decrease of % per cent in deaths
due to coupling accidents, but there was
shown no other important decrease in
deaths due to other causes. The acct
dents covered in the report included two
collisions and two derailments, in which
eighty-two persons were killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13

our supply of gasoline than for the Iodg-
ing and meals for the three of u.s." Mr..
Smith toured 400 miles in Europe With
out a serious breakdown or clash with
foreign customs. Not having exhausted
the pleasures Of motoring. he and his
party toured several Eastern States on
their return TO this country and then
motored TO Chicago. Without once re-
sorting TO railway trains. they travelled a
total distance of 6.O00 miles in their car,
and only relinquished il as a means of
transportation for the ocean passage The
entire trip cost them $4,000 aud the ma
chine in watch It Eas zsA8s 5000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
DE1S lx!A.l[s2E%IgRS
,sssssSs595IS s,sII5 G<S&reGO=.
I'D rS4Ser

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 to $7.60; hogs, prime heavy S4o0
to S6.32 sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $685. wheat, No. 2, S5c to 90c;
corn, No. 2, 53c to DOC: oats, standard,
Acc tc 4Sc; rye, No. ., S3c to Sac; hay.
timothy, $14.00 to $21.00; prairie, $500.
to 5000; butter, choice creamery, Die
to 24c; eggs fresh, lac to 11c potatoes,
per bushel, Toe to Soc.
Indianapols-Ca Cattle, shipping, $500
to $7.15 hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 TO
$685.; sheep, common to prime, $500 to
$3.50; wheat No. 2, Soc to SIC; corn,
No. 2 white, 53c to 54c; oats, No. ,
white, Acc to 47c.
st. Lous-Cattle $3.50 to $40;
hogs, $500 to $500 sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, SIC to S9c; corn,
No. 2, 53c to SIC; oats, No. 2, 41c to
4Sc; rye, No. 2, SIC to SIC.
Cincinnati-Catte, $500 to 1928;
hogs, $400 to $6.40; sheep, $500 to
S4S5; wheat, No. 2, 90c to Ole; corn,
No. 9 mixed, SOC to SIC: oats, No.
mixed, 45c to 46c; rye, No. 2, SEC to SSc-
Detroit-Cattle $500 to 1913; hogs,
$500 to S6.4o; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, Ole to 92c; corn. No. 3
yellow, 56c to Sc; oats, No. white,
.i9c to soc; rye, No . 79c to soc.
MiIwaukee-w Wheat, no. 2 northern,
0s}c to $1.01; corn, No. 3, 53c to Doc
oats. standard, 49c to soc: rye, No. l.
Soc to SIC: barley, standard, zoe to re;
PORK, mess, S1645.
Buifalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to $500; hogs, fair to choice, $500
10 S6.75; sheep, common 10 good mixed,
500 to $500; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $500.
New York-Cattle, $500 to 500;
hogs $4O0 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50: wheat, No. 2 red, 94c to Doc;
corn, No. ., SOC to G0c; oats, natural
white, SIC to 5Sc: butter, creamery, pc
80 zoe; eggs, western, 16c to zoe.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed, soc to-
soc; corn, No. 2 mixed, 54c to &c.,
oats. No. 2 mixed, 45c TO ace; rye, No.
2, T4c to 75c; clover seed, prime, $9.45.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
FIRE FRONT FOUR MILES WIDE.
Flames Sweep Washington Forests
Rains Would Save Timber.

A special from Bellingham, Wash,
says: A fire which threatens to do thou
sands of dollars of damage is raging in
the timber north of Birdview, Skagit
county, and unless a soaking rain comes
soon millions of feet of standing timber
will be destroyed. This fire has been
burning for some days and now presents
a front of fire four miles wide and is
rapidly sweeping up from the valley of
the Skagit river northward. A big fire
is also raging in Snohomish county near
the town of Index Settlers and camp
ers are in flight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Biu Sine for RocI,efeIIer

The Standard Oil Company Saturday
received the most terrific blow in its his
tory, and simultaneously was served with
notice that more serious trouble was in
store for it. Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands,
in the United States District Court at
Chicago fined the company S29.240.O0O,
the extreme limit of the penalty fixed for
the acceptance of illegal rebates under
the conviction of last April. This fine is
by far the largest ever assessed in any
case in the history of Jurisprudence. 1t
was accompanied by scathing criticism
of the oil trusts methods.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
TRAIN IN A RIVER.
Railroad Horror in France Follows
Plunge from Bridge.


Forty passengers in a third-class rail
road car and the engineer of the train
were drowned in railroad accident three
miles southeast of Anglers, France. The
locomotive of a crowded local train
jumped the track when entering the
bridge over the River Loire at Les Points
de &c. The stone railing gave way, and
the engine plunged into the river fifty
feet below, dragging down with it its
tender and the baggage and third-class
cars. Fortunately, no other cars went
into the water, as the coupling between
the second and third cars broke. The
conductor and fireman were the only per-
sons thrown into the river whose lives
were saved. They escaped by swimming.
The third-class car was we'll filed with
passengers but, although part of the roof
was blown off by the confined air as it
sank, not single passenger extricated
himself. and all were drowned. The engi-
neer persisted beneath the locomotive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
wouId keen ChfIdren Nude,

Prof. Frederick Starr Of the Univer-
sity of Chicago has openly taken the stand
that children would be better OFF if they
wore no clothing until they were 10 years
old, and several other members of the
faculty. together with a few wealthy
neighbors in the exclusive South Side
section of Chicago, have Joined in a move
ment to establish a residential Utopia, at
cost of $4,000 or more, for the pur-
pose Of putting this theory into practice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
cnId Anrnxr nay.

Friday was the coolest August day in
the history Of the Chicago weather bu-
reau. covering period of thirty-seven
years. with minimum temperature Of
"a. 1t was the coolest day in August
since 1873. when the Thermometer showed
a minimum temperature of - on Aug. is.
The normal temperature for Aug. is
about 80.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
WOMAN Tolls AS A MAN.
Trihing Accident to Supposed Male
Worker Discloses Sex.


Worker Discloses Sex.
disappearing as a man and working
side by side with her husband in Wash
ington county (Pa.) coal mines, Joe"
Provle was discovered to be Mrs. Susie
Provle when she was taken to a hospital
suffering from injuries sustained in a
mine accident at Cecil. The woman, &C
cording to her husband, Steve Provle, had
been working with him three years. Her
deep voice and close-cropped hair deceiv-
ed all as to her sex, while her strength
equaled that of any of her male Slav
companions. The woman's injuries were
discovered to be not serious and her hus-
band was lodged in the county Jail charg-
ed with violating the law in employing
female help in a mine. The woman act
ed as Provle's helper and was paid by
him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
DRAINS RIVER TO PLEASE BRIDE.
James b. Duke Pumps Stream Dry
and stops Mill Wheels

In an effort 10 make his 2,000-acre
park look like a fairyland for his bride,
James B. Duke pumped the Raritan river
dry at Somerville. \. j., and stopped the
operation of the Raritan wooden mills.
Mr.. Duke has on his estate artificial lakes
covering several hundred acres and in
Vulnerable fountains and waterfalls. sup-
piled from the Raritan river by great
pumping plant. The mills employ more
than 1000 hands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Factory Girls seek Suffrage.

For the first time in America a con-
vention of organized working women. ex-
clusively, has met and gone on record for
equal suffrage This occurred at New
York, when the women factory workers
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
and Connecticut met, under the auspices
of the Women's Trade Union League. The
meeting was addressed By Mrs Harriet
Stanton Blatch ard Mrs. Rose Pastor
Stokes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
HIGH PRICES - FEWER BABIES
John Graham Brooks Lays Race SUI
eide to Increased Expenses

of Boston. believes the cost of living to be
the chief cause of race suicide, according
to an address he made at the Chautauqua
assembly in Chautauqua, \. Y. Il hest
tate to bring up the question of race
suicide" he said, ''but it is dismal fact
that the increased expense of bringing
up children in cities where the people
either choose or are compelled to live is
largely responsible for the decrease in the
birth rate"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Strikcs FeMer Ami 1ann.

The twenty-frst annual report of the
Bureau of Labor of the Department of
Commerce and Labor shows that Ameri-
can industries suffered from fewer strikes
during 1905 than in any year since 1892,
the criterion being the number OF en-
ployes thrown out of work and the dura-
ton OF strikes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
ArchboId scores OH Report.

John ID. Archbold, vice president of the
Standard Oil Company, made a statement
in which he declared that the company
was not given an opportunity TO be heard
or to submit the data in the preparation
of the report prepared and made public
by Commissioner Of Corporations Herbert
Knox Smith
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13

Governor Conner OF Alabama is deter
mined to enfore the State laws against
the southern rs ilway at any cost. While
be has made NJ public statement, his sd-
visers say he viii call an extra session
OF the Legislature or order out troops if
necessary. to see that the States com
mands are obeyed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
WILL PREACH LABOR SERMONS.
Pastors of 1900 Presbyterian
Churches TO Observe Annual Day

Pastors of 1000 Presbyterian
Churches to Observe Annual Day.
The pastors of the 1900 Presbyterian
churches in the United States have been
requested b. the Rev. Charles Steizle,
superintendent of the Presbyterian de-
partment of church and labor, to discuss
some phase of the labor question on Sept.
1, the Sunday before Labor day, that be-
ing Labor Sunday" in the denomination.
The plan has the hearty Endorsement of
the leading central labor bodies. Invita-
tons will be sent to local labor unions by
the ministers of these churches and it is
expected that many of them will attend
church in a body.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Chicago. Special L. I'm a wreck

The Des Moines-Kansas City limited
and the Twin City Chicago special on the
Chicago Great Western railway crashed
head on near Marshalltown, Iowa For
tunately the trains were running slowly
and the passengers escaped with severe
shaking up, several being bruised.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13

Secretary Arson p. Stokes. Jr., of
Yale University has received cable from
Kuling. China. stating that Rev. Warren
B. Seabury. Yale 1900. and Rev Arthur
S. Mann. 1879, have been drowned. The
latter met his death in attempting to
rescue Mr.. Seabury.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
BASE BALL STANDINGS.
Games Won and Lost by Clubs in
- Principal Leagues.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Mnrshin shells Nroors.

French and Spanish cruisers fred ON
CaSabanca when the Moors fred on
French party of marines landed to pro-
feet the French consulate, shelled the
native quarter and killed $50 tribesmen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Posse XIII. Negro wife Slayer

George Thomas, a negro, who shot his
wife in West Chester, Pa, and then fed.
was traced to barn by posse and shots
were exchanged. At daylight Thomas
was found dead in the haymow with q
bullet hole N the temple.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13

Two young sons of David McGlashan
were burned to death. and McGlashan
and his T-year-old daughter were burned
so seriously thar they win pro;Shly die.
in fire in a tenement block ct 13 Pine
street, Cambridge, MASS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13

That the trip of United States war
ships to the Pacific is to be on hand in
case of threatened internal crisis in
China and has no connection with Jap
anese affairs is the opinion of well-in-
formed circles in Washington.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Travels 400 Miles 10 Kin.

After travelling 500 miles with the sup
posed intention of killing his wife. Har-
~ Radmore Moore of Pittsburg shot and
instantly killed himself at the home of
his father-in-law in Philadelphia, Viii
liam S. Mccormick, after wounding the
woman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13

ed as food inspector under the pure food
law Mrs Harriet McMurphy of Omaha.
who had tho recommendation Of the
women'S cluts of the State.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13

4 New York court holds il a duty of
guardians TO call medical attendance for
minors in case of illness and their diSbe-
lief in the efficacy of medicine is not a
legal excuse for emitting this duty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Alarm for >sansaeld.

Akrm is felt for RiSSard Mansfield,
whose recover from nervous break
down is slow. The actor. who is in the
Adirondacks. b~s lost flesh. is pale and
weak and suffers pain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
TOURED $500 MILES IN AUTO.

ChfcagoaA.z Experiences Abroad,
Where Gasoline is $1.25 a Gallon.
Calvin S. Smith, a Chicago motorist.
who recently returned from a foreign
automobile tour. gives some interesting
data on the expense Of the trip. He
says he used UP $500 worth of tires on
the trip Gasoline, however. proved the
most expensive item. 1t is 40 cents a
gallon throughout France. and In Italy
and Spain ran as high as $125- "In vii
lages where we stopped for the night"
said Mr.. Smith. we ofte paid more for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Kills HIS Wife as a Burglar.

At Atlanta, Ga, II. b. Krumholz, an
Austrian, shot and killed his wife, whom
he took for burglar. They were awak-
ened shortly after retiring by an unusual
TnniSa-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
Threatened by Turks.

A big force Of Turks and Persian reb-
els threaten 10 attack the City of Uru-
miah IL Persia, where many American
missionaries are stationed.