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benefits conferred upon the public by
the Standard Oil Company.
Possession of the pipe lines enables
the Standard absolutely to control the
price of crude petroleum and the price
which its competitors in a given To-
cality shall pay. Whoever controls the
avenues of transportation of the raw
material or of the refined product can
speedily drive his competitors out of
existence. and the production and dis
tribution of petroleum is no exception
to the rule"
The pipe line of the Standard. the
report continues, is not a natural. but
rather an artificial advantage 1t is
argued that the reason why long pipe
lines competing with those of the
STANDARD have not been provided lies
with the railroads, their rights of way
generally standing as Chinese wall
against all attempts to extend pipe
lines. Ordinarily. it is said, the Stan
dard has not received rebates in recent
years, so far as has been discovered,
but II has nevertheless enjoyed secret
rates possessing all of the elements of
illegal rebates, and the advantages so
obtained over independent shippers
have been of very great value to that
company. Numerous instances of dis
crimination in favor of the Standard
resulting from the published railway
rates were found, says the report. In
this connection the following is an
instance given:
DISCRIMINATION is SHOWN
"A low rate of 10 cents per 100 pounds
upon petroleum and its byproducts ex-
listed for many years from Neodosha.
Kan, where the Standard operated a
refinery, to Kansas City. This was
for the interest of the Standard; but
when the Standard constructed its re-
hnery at Sugar Creek, Kansas City.
and connected it by pipeline with
the Kansas oil wells the rail rate
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in the past, systematically and per-
sistentiy pursued. without reference to
decency or conscience"
NO instance" the report proceeds,
''is found where any railway company
has been interested in oil lands or
petroleum production, and only one in
stance is shown where officials of
railway company were interested in
the production and sale of oil. This
relates TO certain officials of the Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern Railroad,
who owned stock of the Argand REIN
ing Company. II was on their recon-
mendation afterward sold to the Stand
ard Oil Company. and the lubricating
contract with the road was transferred
to the Galena Oil Company. Stand
ard Oil subsidiary.
PROFIT is LARGE
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 its 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 five to eight cents per gallon.
A much higher profit is indicated for
gasoline. The sale of refined oil from
the large Standard refinery at Whit
ing is correspondingly profitable
The evidence shows little basis for
the contention that the enormous divi-
dends of the Standard Oil Company are
the legitimate result of its economies.
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 for that
purpose. and paid for at advertising
rates as ordinary news. The assump-
tion is that this literature furnishes
many of the ideas touching the great
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EDITORIAL

The 5-cents-a-ton toll on freight levied by the
southern Paciac. Page
william Jennings Bryan's ear to the
ground. Page
The Japanese DO not make pleasant neigh
bors. Page
LEGISLATURE
Held permits primary amendments to go over.
although victory seems probable. Page /
Bill that 81 is alleged would favor corporations
BY repeating existing statutes beaten in As
sembly. Page 3
Assembly plans more junkets, but fight over
mileage is deferred. Page 3
Strict regulation Of lobbyists provided for in
bin introduced by Senator Sanford. Page 8
Bills making Il necessary for railways 10 sub
NIT report on- accidents and TO maintain gates
al all street crossings introduced. Page
Proposition 10 vote pensions 10 employees Of
State institutions killed in Assembly. Page 8
CITY
For The third time Supervisors fail TO receive
bids FOR purchase Of street improvement bonds
Supervisors VIII consider ordinance imposing an
annual license fee on sPur-track permits. Page Is
Attorneys for Mayor Sehmitz file brief In
hsbeas corpus matter in the supreme Court
and argue demurrer TO indictment before Judge
Dunno. Heney VIII respond for the people
today. Page 10
Day Of trouble on the United Railroads; two
persons hurt in car accidents. Page
Board of Education shows its spleen by sus-
pending teacher Page 10
Prices Of butter and eggs 20 to unprecedented
figures as o result OF unfavorable weather
corfitions. Page l6
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin
X Lane hears testimony on the com
plant Of the san Francisco shippers against
the Southern PaciGc's charges far toll on coast
line freight Pages l-2
Burglars enter Mona dnock building. break
open four safes. enter ana rob seventeen Offices
and make of With $1,000 worth Of loot Sunday
night Page 2
Leon Soeder virtually coufesses the murder
Of his brother-in-Ilaw Page le
Father Carsber denounces skating rinks 8
menace 10 bofh body and soul. Page
Preienten mission services are held in four
Episcopal churches 10 san Francisco and oat
land PAGE
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1t was shown that the same expense
bills were used for freight coming over
the Coast Line as for the transbay
srafic. and that opposite the word
toll on each was entered the same
charge of 8 cents a ton Dunno ex-
planned that the expense bill blanks
had not been drawn by the law depart
ment of the road. and that while tolls
meant tolls in one case, they meant
arbitrary equalization charge in the
other.
RAILROADS. ANSWER
These rates to San Francisco he
said. ARE based on competitive rates
for water carriage around the Horn
and across the Isthmus of Panama and
by the Tehuantepec route 1t has be-
come an axiom that the rail charge.
when it is competitive with water car
riage, is commemorative in the full
sense of the term; consequently we
are justified in putting the rates at
these points up just as high as the
traffic. will bear. Years ago. when Mr.
oIuDUS W 90 IL Isl NOAi1AOnleu With LHS
problem of arranging rate in COM
petition with the water rates. he had
to take into consideration every cost
which the water carriers had to meet.
such as marine insurance and this
wharfage toll which the steamship
companies have to pay. Therefore. the
railroad, in measuring up to the water
rate, is justified in charging the State
toll on every pound of freight. even
T.. it all comes up the peninsula. Even
then we would be falling short of a
remunerative rate. The entire transbay
question is irrelevant"
Commissioner Lane asked if that ar
gument was not met in part BY the
fact that the Southern Pacific charged
the same toll on freight intended for
export, and Dunno was compelled to
evade the question He wanted Mann
to admit that water rates ought to be
controlling.
Was there a charge for transporta-
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Interstate Commission Den0unCeS
the Standard Oil Company
ESsszs1svN1yaSs

WASHINGTON. Jan 28The Interstate
Congress today OF the made By
Tman Gillespie resolution the carriers
rail the production and distribution Of oil The covers
distribution OF petroleum and products the Mississippi
incidentally the Kansas The
generally the methods by which the
and monopoly 1t the
peo has been distinct OF the policy the Standard Oil Company
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Technical Defense Put
Forth by Hartman
Merger Case to Be Investigated Today

Francisco merchants officials Of
Santa roads side by side in the United Circuit
Appeals yesterday Franklin K
called of Pacific Jbbers
Southern Pacific Company The railroad hearing
and the Shippers Association by Seth Mann
Of
the shippers that they charged wharfage tolls
of freight that entered the city whether the bay the
which the peninsula handled the
toll
The shippers claimed that this arbitrary
representing
points on the
c. Subbs giving
advi
point of the hearing that he be called
but
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS.
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY Sc
WEATHER CONDITIONS

TUESDAY. JANUARY 2s. 1907.
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oontInued On PaEe 3 oolumn 3
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-unuRRAN


ssfe-crackers operate within block Of Oak
lands Central police station. Page {
District Attorney Of Alameda asked for opin-
ion on expenditure Of county funds without
authorization. Page
Mystery surrounds manner in which S. g. Nc
Mahon received fatal injuries Page
Shock from powder explosion drives young
Berkeley marron insane. Page 10
COAST
Rival railroad companies suing Tor the same
rights u way through Solano County. Page S
Republicans or Los Angeles extend hearty
greeting TO William Jennings Bryan. Page
DOMESTIC
Three Buffalo hremen entombed by the falling
walls Of a burning buildire Page 5
Former san Francisco Streetcar conductor ac-
eused Of shooting DR.. Townsend Of Staten
Island. Page 5
Nine jurors are secured to trz Harry X Tbaw
on murder charge. Page
WASHINGTON
Amendment to fortihcatious bill increases the
efficiency OF forts on the coast Page
Senator Beveridge argues in support Of the
child labor bill. Page
Consul al Asuncion reports that an American
colony has been established in Paraguay. Page Z
FOREIGN
FiredamD explosions IN Prussian coal mine
cause loss Of from $50 10 300 lives. Page
More than one hundred Chinese perish in
Hougkoug hsrbor, their boats being sunk in
squal. Page
SPORTS
Eugene r. Bert resigns as president Of the
Pacific Coast Baseball League. Page
Charles J. Glidden tells OF bis automobile trip
70 the Mexican capital. Page
New California Jockey Club announces $4,000
stake. the Family Club handicap. TO be on
February 16. Page
Poor rides by Sandy and Miller cause defeat
Of well-bscked borses at Emeryrille. Page 6
MARINE
Lack Of wharf space causes delay IN dis
charging the cargo Of the liner Korea Page IL
MINING
News from GoIdheld csuses squirt in stock Of
the Jumbo Extension. Page Is
Rhyolite's new stock board is organized by
election Of officers and committees. Page Is
SOCIAL
Mrs. Hyde smith gives luncheon at the
Palace Hotel in honor Of Miss Helene Irwin. P.
Or. Walter r. Hughes and Miss Lily Hob
field Of Alameda 10 be married February at
large church ceremony. Page
LABOR
Allied Provision Trades Council strengthening
its position in the labor world by Aew con
stitution. Page
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Commissioner Lane Probes Railway Wharfage Toll
L Ucoy Probable Held Permits Primary Amendment to Go Oye

- Southern Pacific Company collected wharfage tolls freight coming into San
Francsco the
will be heard by the Government official
today number merchan be o
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YESTERDAY Cloudy; trace Of rain; maxi
mum temperature. 5s; minimum temperature. 81
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Showers; light
soufberlv winds Page II
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TEAM WORK IN
CONGRESS
TINES LOOKED
FOR AFTER HOLIDAYS
CuIberSon and Williams TO
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IlcanS in Gettiag Together on
Desired Minority Legislation,


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speaker has announced htS commit.
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The daily sentinel., 1907-02-16
HOW HE MET DEATH.
Horrible to the Extreme Was the
Death of John II. Laslcy
Whose Remains Were
Brought Here
To-day.

The remains of John II. I.asley.
the young railroad man who wns
killed Mt Dickey, Colo, Thursday. as
announced yesterday in The Sentinel.
are expected to reach this city to-
night or tomorrow for burial.
The details OF the death are most
slckening. It seems that Lasley was
employed as day watohman and gem
oral repair machinlst on the south
Park branch of the Colorado and
southern. at Dickcy 1t is said that
Lasley was walking along the main
track watching an engine and did
not hear Colorado 4 Southern
freight train approaching this train
being switching around in the yard
The train struck him and knocked
him full length onto the track The
wheels of one side of the engine pas
sed entirely through the unfortunate
fellows body. lcngthwise. The part
E severed portions Of the body were
found hanging together under the
trucks OF the following cars. by which
they were dragged about 100 feet be-
lore the cries OF the station agent
and hystander attracted the atten-
uon of the trainmen. who stopped the
train
The agent saw the horrible anair.
Noting the cars moving towards Las
ley he shouted and waved his arms
In warning hut tho do,,,,.d 49,, -
IDENTITY misunderstood the sisnals and
disregarded them.
a eornoner's jury returned a YER
diet OF unavoidable accident.
lasley married Miss Della shea of
'his place about two years ago. since
which time they have lived al Dickey.
Lasley was - years old.
The daily sentinel., 1907-02-16
TIED UP EVERYTHING.
Pressmcn, Telephone Girls and Other
Employees Went out On
Strike at Butte. Mont.
Yesterday.

The greatest concerted strike in
the history of Butte. Mont. affecting
a number of Industries and complete
ly closing the newspapers of Butte
and Anaconda, began Thursday when
the pressmen of the newspapers and
lobrooms went out on demand for
an advance in wages and the tole-
phone girl operators In the employ of
the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company went out to enforce a de-
mand for more pay. Today many
employed in telephone and telegraph
work walked out. The strike in its
entirety affects about 400 persons.
The pressmen's strike originated
In hat demand for an advance of 81
per day for news men and SO cents
per day for job-room men. The scale
is already the highest In the United
States, with the exception of two
Nevada towns. The Butte newspa-
pers concluded they could not nav
the Increase and the pressmen walked
out.
The serious feature Of the situa-
tlon Is the announcement that David
Murray of Salt Lake City. official
manager of this district of the Bell
Telephone company. is en- route to
Butte with non-union girls to replace
the operators on strike. The tele-
phone girls were getting $50 per
month They ask for SEQ. sympa-
thy for them is general and any at
tempt to replace the strikers with
nonunion women is almost certain
to nreeipitate a violent demonstra-
tion
The daily sentinel., 1907-02-16
GRAVE CHARGE
AGAINST JUDGE

San Francisco. Feb. (speclaD
-Lorin Andrews. formerly United
States district attorney for Hawaii.
has filed a petition in the United
States district court in this city in
which he makes serious charges
against L. r. Wilfrey. Judge Of the
United States court for China al
Shanghai. The petition asks for a
writ OF habeas corpus on behalf of
W, r. Price aud accused Judge VIII
frey Of being "a ear"
Andrews has departed for Wash
ington City for purpose of engaging
the attention of President Roosevelt
and to institute proceedings for VIII
frey's impeachment
Price is a lawyer and according to
the depositions. was sentenced to six
months imprisonment by Judge VIII
frey, who. 1t is said, refused to give
him a jury trial or accept bail pend
ing an appeal
1t is also charged that Judge VIII
frey refused to permit competent
American attorneys to practice before
him until they had passed a special
examination.
The daily sentinel., 1907-02-16

No. was almost on time today,
coming in half an hour late this
morning.
Last Saturday the Sentinel an
nounced that Percy Grubbs well
known here had been arrested for
defaulting to the extent of s70O. The
other paper made the announcement
one of their feature articles last
night. Just seven days later. Ex-
ceedingly fresh news.
knights of Columbus Meeting in
City of Mexico. Colorado & South
ern offers rate of one fare plus 81 to
City of Mexico and return; tickets to
be sold on February 1 6and IT with
limit thirty days from date of sale;
stopover privileges in Mexico in either
direction. Ask for literature on
Mexico. T. E. FISHER. General Pas
senger Agent, Denver, Colorado.
One Fare Plus 81 to Fort Worth
and Return via the Colorado and
will sell tickets on March
3. 10. and Il with limit 80 days from
date of sale. at one fare plus 50 to-
Fort Worth and Return.
The daily sentinel., 1907-02-16

Two thousand car loads of pota-
toes at Greeley remaining unshipped
will probably spoil because the Union
Pacific railroad is not making ade-
quate provisions for handling them.
The merchants of Greeley say they
are refused refrigerator cars and will
lose much money if the railroad COM
pany is not made TO change its tao
tics. The Union Paciis is said to
be discriminating against Greeley.
It's Just getting interesting. the
way the people are getting on 10 our
prices and purchasing our buggies
and wagons-Tiiatt's
f. A. Franklin, the poplear repre-
sentative of the Peters Paper COM
pany. is in town today calling upon
the local newspapers and other pat
rons.
Call at Bannister's whether you are
in need of any furniture or not. 1t
VIII pay you.
Dill pickles at the Star Grocery.
The daily sentinel., 1907-02-16
The Sporting World
Latest Happenings In the Realm of
Sports Terseiy Told Our Readers

The greater part OF the sporting
world just now. according to dis
patch from New York City, is spec
ulating about George Hackenschmidt,
the Russian Lion" who is doing
stunts in England but who is expect
ed here shortly to go on with the
Gotch match in Kansas City. Ten
thousand dollars os n larger purse
than wrestling promoters around New
York feel that they can offer Hack
cnschmldt and any opponent that
may be selected New Workers saw the
Russian toss Tom jenkins about at
Madison Square garden two years
ago. They also saw jenkins regain
the American championship from
Gotch. II would be hard to see
where Gotch would have n chance
with Hack" but II the Kansas City
promoters are willing to put up SIO,-
600 to see them in action nobody viii
quarrel about the matter.
II Hackenschmidt comes to this
country-and It seems certain that
he will-we may discover Just how
formidable he is as n fighter. There
has been a lot Of talk about putting
the worlds champion wrestler
The daily sentinel., 1907-02-16

against Jeffrles. Undoubtedly Hack
is a much stronger man than Jenrles
but he Is not a boxer. Men OF huge
muscles which are constantly sub
jected 10 heavy strains. as in wrest-
ling. are at disadvantage when dis
playing their strength in a boxing
bout. Strong as he is Hackenschmidt
could not Withstand many of JefT's
sledge hammer blows and II is doubt
full If he could use bis great strength
to any advantage.
match with Jeffries. however,
would easily be worth n purse big
enough to draw Jeffries out of re-
tirement. 1t might prove lemon"
to the spectators but what an oppor-
tunity 1t would prove to the press
agents to advertise the worlds
greatest wrestler" II Hackenschmidt
comes to this country in April he will
get enough wrestling engagements to
keep him busy for several weeks.
Then. If he has the fighting bug"
he might put the gloves on with Tom
my Burns or Jack O'Brien.
Hackenschmidt may revive interest
in the wrestling game. "Faklng"
nearly killed 1t a few years ago.
The daily sentinel., 1907-02-16
MORE BILLS
TO GAG THE
NEWSPAPERS

Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 1G.-CSpec-
laD--Two drastic BILLS to restrict
the freedom of the press have been
introduced in the legislature. One
by Senator Booms is practically the
Pennypacker bill with the penalty
omitted
The other bill is by Senator Graves
II prohibits the publication of any
account or reference to an execution.
burning, lynching or hanging of n
criminal or the details of the com
mission of any crime. or of any Grim
inal trial. reports OF police court pro
ceedlngs, and prohibits publication of
advertisements OF medicines to cure
certain diseases.