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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
ENORMOUS PROFITS.
IN ONE YEAR CLEARS si,osl, o22
ON So, 22s, 75s INVESTMENT.
AMAZING FACTS BROUGHT OUT
Attorneys Say that Some pro"'s
Have Been Twenty Times Actual
Cost Of Operation.

New York, Sept. 27.-The Indiana
Pine Line company, a subsidiary ol
the Standard Oil, made proht OF
s4,0s1 ,O22 in 1908 on total invest
ment of $2,22s,75s, according to the
company's figures produced by George
Chesebro, controller OF the Natl9ha.
Pipe Line company, who appeared 90
witness yesterday in the ieaeIa'
suit against the oil combine. Mr.
Chesepro testified that the Indiana
pine Line company was common
carrier and engaged only IN the Trans
portation Of oil.
From balance sheets OF the com
pany Frank B. kellogg, conducting
the governments case, sought "
show that the Indiana company
was making excessive profits ana
that it maintained a higher sche-
dule of tariffs to prevent shipmen'S
of oil by independent oil producers
Mr.. Chesebro testified that the
Indiana company transported practii,
cally only the oil of the Standard Oh
company. The counsel for the gov
eminent alleges that 1t Will pc SHOWN
that the profits made by these plpe
line companies have In some cases
been twenty times the actual cost OF
operations. .. ~
Calvin N. Payne, who with II. =.
Folger, Jr., owns the Corsicana Rehn'
ing company of Texas, under exam-
nation yesterday stated that the
tanks and receiving stations at the
end of the pipe line of the New York
Transit company were called the
National Transit company OF New
Jersey, and that the terminals OF the
pine lines of the National Transit com.
pany at Centre Bridge, Penna., ana
Fond Grove, Penna., were built the
year the Hepburn law went into Ell
feet
Mr.. Payne was stating that he sup
posed there was some legal reason
for building these receiving stations
on the state lines of New York ano
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ne"
Jersey, and Pennsylvania and Mary
land, when John G. Milburn, chief OF
the defendants counsel, interposed
and said he gave the advice. Mr.. Mil
burn cross-examined the witness ano
developed the testimony that the pipe
lines connecting the terminals at
KNOXVILLE, Centre Bridge and Fond
Grove with the tidewater at New
York and Baltimore were the private
lines of the Standard Oil company OF
New Jersey, and were not public.
Mr.. Payne said the National and
New York Transit companies were
prepared to accept business over the
lines and to deliver it at their re
ceiving stations.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
COMPANY ISSUES PAMPHLETS.
Nearly 100000 Replies to Lands
Put in Circulation,

New York, Sept. 27.-The Stand
ard Oil company has issued in the
last month 100000 of its pamphlets
labeled Prom the Directors of the
Standard Oil Company to Its EN-
ployes and Stockholders"
The pamphlet is being distributed
not only to those to whom it is adj
dressed, but strewed broadcast among
oil consumers. 1t Is given away
through dealers, with the sale of a
gallon of oil. The pamphlet, a sum-
mary of which was published month
or more ago, deals with the s29,24o,-
90 fine imposed upon the Standard
Oil company of Indiana by Judge
lands. In "a word in advance" it
alleges that the Standard Oil company
is the victim of a persistent and
adroit" attack on the part of the fed.
erai authorities. 49,.
Then follows a statement by James
A. Moffet, president of the Standard
Oil company OF Indiana, In which he
defends the 6 cent rate attacked by
the government.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
STEAMER TRAIN IN COLLISION.
French Special Carrying Americans
Wrecked-AII Escape Death.

Paris.-The rear coach OF the sec
ond section Of the special train carry
ing $50 frst-class passengers from
Paris to Cherbourg to embark on the
White Star line steamer Adriatic, for
New York, was telescoped Wednes'
day by the regular Rouen express at
beyond Nantes. Strangely, no one
was killed, and according to the latest
authentic information, no one was
seriously injured.
All the passengers in the last coach,
however, were badly shaken up and
seven or eight were injured. A man
sustained a fractured leg, and wo-
man, 1t is feared, suffered internal in
juries. All the injured American pas
sengers, with the exception of one.
continued on their way to Cher
bourg.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
FISH BACK At HARAHAN.
Charges Are Old, Asserts Fighting
Former President,

Charges Are Old, Asserts fl9ht'n9
Former President.
New York, Sept 27.-Stuyvesant
Fish is still on the job.
Last evening he made public a reply
to the circular letter sent out on
Tuesday last by President Harahan
of the Illinois Central, in which he
declares that the charges made by
Mr.. Harahan were not new, but had
been published long ago and "ea"'
met by me and disposed Of. "
But the one point at issue, to
decided by the stockholders OF tAt
Illinois Central at the coming annual
meeting Is nowhere touched upon"
said Mr.. Fish.
THAT Issue is this: Shall the I'LL
nois Central become a mere feeder
and fattener of the Union Pacific?
Can any such perversion of the pur'
poses and the opportunities OF the ILL
nois Central be profitable to the stock
holders? Will the Illinois Central
stockholders submit to having all OF
their voice and power in the manage
ment and control of their property
delegated to one man, under the
power of attorney plan, which Mr..
Hartman has adroitly used to his
own profit?"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
ANTWERP STRIKE is ENDED.
Great Victory for the Federation Of
Ship Owners.

Antwerp.-The strike of the docb
laborers of Thu city, which has been
going on since last June, came to an
end Tuesday afternoon with sweep.
ing victory for the Federation of Ship
Owners. At meeting of the strike
leaders, 1t was decided that the men
should return to work unconditional
ly. at the terms Of the employers.
The men have been astonished and
overawed by the solidarity of the
federation. and there will not be an
other dock laborers' strike in Ant
werp for many years to come. The
power Of the strike organizers has
been completely broken. This strike
has brought about a coalition among
the ship owners of the world for mu-
tual protection which, in the future,
will make shipping strike an ex
tremely hazardous undertaking.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
Wear Paiamas on Cara

Il learned something from the por
ter on our train this morning" said .
hotel guest Il noticed him pick up
the coat to a pair Of pajamas while he
was making up one of the berths
Whoever had occupied the berth hae
got of the train, evidently, and LEI,
the garment behind. Forgot part o.
his nightie, eh? says to the porter
The porter grinned broadly. Wash,
any his about 1t, boss he says. II
war a lady that was in that berth las
night. Yes. sab. Lots Of 'em Seems
20 like them to weah on the cabs. ]
guess they thinks they's better In case
OF wreck or sump'n like that"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
OIL TRUST ON RACK
lands CALLS FOR PROOF THAI
RELATING IS GENERAL.
AROUSED BY PAMPHLET
President Moffett Of indiana Company
Summoned Before Grand jury
Alton Gets Immunity
Bath.

Chicago.-Tne now famous Bona
narte letter urging immunity Tor the
Chicago & Alton railway in the stand
ard OIL and Union Tank line rebate
ease came out Tuesday morning When
Judge Lands had the special 1edera'
grand Jury brought before him.
The letter was read to District Az
torney Sims shortly after the jurors
were brought into the courtroom pre-
liminary to the judges taking up 'ne
Alton matter.
Tbe communication, however, was
soon forgotten when Judge Lanois
began asking the Standard OIL attor'
news about the yellow pamphlet whlch
appeared from the offices OF the com
pany shortly after the $29,Ooo,ooo nne
was imposed.
One of the statements in the yellow
pamphlet was that if the Standard oli
c..apany was guilty of wrongdoing In
accepting rebates, then many large
manufacturing companies In the md
die west likewise were guilty, for IL
was said these practlceS nau Doen
carried on for Is years.
Judge Lands then ruled that the
Alton road should be granted the I'M
munity promised by former District
Attorney Morrison and insisted upon
in the letter from Attorney General
Ronaparte, but that the special grand
Jury should continue in existence 10
investigate the charges contained In
the oil company's yellow circular.
The court ordered that James A
Moffett, president of the Standard O1i
company of Indiana, be summoned TO
appear before the grand jury OCTOBER
l and furnish proof that other manu-
featuring concerns had been guilty OK
violating the law on rebates.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
1t Is stated that English scientists

1t Is stated that English scientists
are giving Lowell observatory credit
for establishing the existence of arti
fetal canals on Mars, and English ply.
sicians and artists are endorsing Prof.
STAIRS theory that children should go
naked for ten years or SO. Thanks,
awfully; but America in general would
prefer credit for the Panama canal
and its unrivaied lines of childrens
clothing, both of which are better
suited to plain. everyday navigation
than the Ideas advanced in England
America has some brilliant thinkers,
but its long suit Is common sense.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
GETS AFTER OMAHA PACKERS.
Nebraska Food Commissioner Starts
Out to Enforce the Law.

Lincoln, Neb. - Food commission
er Johnson is beginning a cam
paign against the packing houses
which are offending against the pure
food law. Packages of meat must
hereafter have the net weight
stamped upon them.
To start his campaign for packages
of honest weight, Johnson Wednesday
ordered the county attorney of Doug
las county to institute proceedings
against the South Omaha packing
houses. 1t is found that packages Of
bacon and ham are wrapped with pa
per and cloth until five or six per
cent of the stamped weight is thus
accounted for. The order is that all
Nebraska packers must comply with
the law. If outside packers do not.
the retailers handling the goods will
be held responsible. So.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
PEACE E0W N MoR0GCo
THREE CHIEF TRIBES hccspr
TERMS OF THE FRENCH,
Hostiiities At an End-Featurs, !,
Agreement Made Between Gen
Drude and Natives.

Paris.-Peace has been declared !,
Morocco. The delegates Of three n
portant tribes have accepted ".
French peace overtures and will sas
that the terms of the agreement 49,
carried out. Hostilities are now J.
an end.
The peace terms are as follows.
Hostilities shall cease at once; Go,
Drude may make military recopna,.
sances throughout the territory OF ~
three tribes to satisfy himself that N.
pacification Is complete; the triba,
engage themselves to disperse and
chastise all armed bodies that NAV
assemble in their territory with hos.
tile intent; every native found in thu
possession Of arms or munitions !,
war within ten miles OF Casablanc,
shall be handed over to the Sherman
authorities, condemned to imprison.
ment and fined 5000; the tribes shall,
be held responsible for the CARVING
out of the previous stipulation; ever
native detected in smuggling or using
arms shall be punished: the delegates
of the tribes undertake to surrender
the authors Of the outrages upon
Europeans Of July 80 and, pending
judgment, their goods shall be seized
and sold irrespective of the indemnity
which is to be paid, the amount Of
which be fixed by the Moroccan gov.
eminent; the Casablanca tribes shan
pay large indemnity, the part Of
each tribe to be apportioned according
to the length of time it resisted the
French. In addition, the Chaoula
tribes shall pay contribution toward
the harbor works at Casablanca.
To secure the carrying out Of this
convention, two notables of each tribe
shall be given up as hostages The
delegates of the Ouleseeyan, zenata
and Zyiada tribes Immediately named
their hostages and sighted the capitp
lation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
FOLK LOSES MUCH BACK PAY
Judge Kinsey Finds St. Louis Owes
Him $2,C52.

st. Louis.-Decision was rendered
Tuesday by Circuit Judge kinsey IN
the suit of Gov. Folk to obtain back
salary at the rate of $1,000 a year.
which he contended was due him for
his term as circuit attorney. The de-
cision holds that as circuit attorney
the salary due Gov. Folk should be
rated at $4,000.
Under the decision Gov. Folk will
receive in back pay from the city OF
st. Louis s2,O52.36. instead of s5,s33.
for which he sued. During the time
of Office of Circuit Attorney Folk the
salary was increased from $4,000 an
nually to $4,000 by the legislature.
City Counselor Bates decided that the
circuit attorney could not profit by an
act raising the salary OF the office
during his incumbency. Folk refused
to accept any of his salary thereafter
and later filed suit to recover bacF
salary at the increased figure.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
AMASAa CAMPBELL GUILTY.
Jury, However, Asks cIemency for
Slayer Of Or. Harris.

Chicago. - A verdict OF man.
slaughter. with recommendation
to the state board of pardons for ex-
IRENE clemency. was given by a jury
in Judge Windes' court Tuesday even.
ing against Amasa c. Campbell, the
lumber dealer of Amigo. Wis, who
shot and mortally wounded DR.. Ben
jamin S. Harris last December in the
Stock Exchange building. Campbell
suspected Harris Of improper rela.
tons with the formers wife.
Attached to the verdict was q petit.
ton to the state pardon board, signed
by every member of the jury, recon-.
mending that Campbell be confined
in the penitentiary not to exceed the
minimum term prescribed by law
This is one year.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
STANDARD AGENT JURY BRlBER
Ohioan Arrested On Chares Of A.
tempting to Fix Member OF Panel.

Findlay, O., Sept. 27.-I. B. Will
hanson was arrested on Wednesday
on an Indictment charging him with
atrT1nrrldg to bT7Dg CHARLES E.
Thompson, juror in the case OF the
State of Ohio against the Standard
Oil company, which was tried here
last June. ..... s IL ,. fs 49,.
q Mrs Charles E. Thompson said that
Williamson approached her and asked
her to persuade her husband to dis
agree and hang the jury In the Stand
ard OIL case The final vote of the
jury was eight to four. the last oppos-
ing conviction.
Williamson, In statement made In
the county Jail yesterday. admitted
that he had made the proposition to
Mrs. Thompson, saying that her hus-
band would be PAID from $500 to ST.
900 should the jury disagree.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27

4 Woman without Hon. Duties.

a Woman Wftnout T1oHe 0oNSs'
A woman who has no home duties.
ar who does not attend to such duties.
h ! pest to her acquaintances. 1t may
take her a long time to make her
breakfast toilet, but her outside gar
pents go on like magic when she has
once decided to make a morning or
afternoon call. She will not work. ana
the will not let her neighbors work.
Her acquaintances are kept In state
IL chronic discomfort in the expecta.
lion OF visit. and door-bell In her
vicinity cannot ring without striking
terror to the heart OF the lady OF the
house. A call from this idle person
means simply loss Of time without the
slightest compensation. The work IN
the kitchen or the nursery must os
abandoned, and this means, with prac.
teal. conscientious housekeepers, not
only q giving up Of the work for the
time. but for a considerable time. Inc
work planned for that day. and omit
ted for that day, means overworE at
another time, confusion and anxiety.
What can be more exasperating than
TO be compelled to entertain an idle
nerson to the neglect of ssary
duties? 1t occasionally 5 all
the antagonism and latent usiness in
ones nature. Hands and brain are all
ready for the work which has been de-
ferred for this time. When will she
go?" the spirit keeps asking. III she
will only 60 now can rush through
with the work, and the morning viii
not be a lost one But the visitor
does not go. In fact, it is rare thing
for this particular kind of caller to
take her leave until the utmost limit
of time is reached, as well as the ut
most limit of her hostess patience.
So. declares the New York Weekly,
sensible ladies protect themselves by
feeling at liberty to report that they
are engaged when the idle woman
thrusts her company upon people who
do not admire her or her converse
ton.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
GREAT NORTHERN DEFEATED.
Judgment in Rebate Cases Is Affirmed
at Denver.

Denver Colin an opinion an
nounced Monday by the United States
circuit court Of appeals sitting in Den
yer, the judgment of the district court
for Minnesota against the Great
Northern railroad in the rebate cases
was practically affirmed.
The maximum fine in this case Is
$4,000 for each offense, and there
are over dozen cases of great i'm
portance awaiting the result of the
decision handed down Monday, not
ably four Kansas City cases in which
the Armour. Cudahy, Swift and Morris
Packing companies were each fined
$4,000 for accepting rebates.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
Rescued 24s from the Wreck

Washington.-A message was re.
ceived at the treasury department
Monday from Capt Munger, CON-
handing the Boring sea feet of rev.
enue cutters, dated at Unalaska, stat.
ing that the cutter McCulloch had res
cued 24S persons from the ship John
Currier, which was wrecked in August
9 in Nelson's lagoon, Unimak island,
Boring sea. All Of the rescued were
transferred to the cutter Thetis on
September 16 and the Thetis had dis.
cretionary orders for landing at eithe.
Seward or Seattle.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
City Ownership Beaten.

Milwaukee. - Municipal ownership
of waterworks plants was defeated
Wednesday in four Wisconsin cities
At Manitowoc the vote against city
ownership was defeated. At Racine
it was found impossible to get brokers
to take city bonds for $4,000 for 3
municipality owned plant. At Sheboy-
gan the same trouble is experienced.
At Appleton the supreme court rem
dered decision which fixes rate for
service SO low that the people will
drop the agitation for q city owned
plant. #E
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
conspirscy in Gu: a.

Havana.-A conspiracy TO start Il
revolutionary movement in Cuba mas
been discovered. Under instructions
issued by Gov. Magoon, number q
suspicious persons believed to be con.
nected with the conspiracy have bsea
Swallowed for several days past " y
believed that the movement is bacAea
by New York capitalists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
STRIKING Car Men Violent

Aatrobe, Pa.--After cutting the troll.
ley wires. causing the stoppage Of
traffic, striking employees of the West
Moreland Street railway attacked a
car in charge OF Supt Schwartz early
Tuesday near here, and put the crew
to Hight. The strikers then smashed
the car windows and destroyed the
seats and furnishings.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
President In Capital Again.

ngton.-President Roosevelt
arrived here from his summer vaca-
ton at Oyster Bay at 5:57 p. m.
Wednesday. A large crowd was at
the Pennsylvania station to greet
him. Postmaster General Meyer,
Secretary Straus, Assistant Secretary
Murray of the department of com
merce and labor and a number Of
other federal officials met the presi
dent at his car and accompanied him
to his carriage in Sixth street, where
it was surrounded with people who
cheered Justify.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
Woman surned 70 Death.

Boone.-With her flesh burned to
the bones and every shred OF clothing
burned from her body, Mrs. w. 8.
Keyser, living near here, ran to q
neighbours screaming In agony. The
woman died six hours later from her
wounds. She was making apple but
ter and IN some manner her dress
became ignited before It was noticed.
The cotton texture spread the hre
rapidly which envelored her body be-
fore controlled. NH Is
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27

A former famous football player OF
Princeton proposes to go down to Cen
trA America and take a hand in the
political game there. He probably
thinks that after several campaigns
on college football fields little scrim.
mage like a Latin American revolution
will be hardly worth mentioning.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27

!! an, Wife and Babe Burn to DsA',
Oakland City, Ind.-The hons D
James Dossett was burned ana Z. :.
two-months-old child persisted u i
flames. Dossett and his wife were Z
RED from the house badly burned 40
died later. \
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27

That Denver man VINO says that his
airship viii go from New York to
Chicago in three hours evidently
doesn't fear that he will encounter
speed ordinances projecting upward
from the villages over which he
flashes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
Police Shoot Crap Players.

Pittsburg, Pa.-During raid Tues;
day by the police on a crap game par
ticipated in by number of negroes,
the officers opened fire on the men
when they ran and Daniel Murphy, IL
years old, white, was fatally shot and
Hays Kessler. colored, was shot
through the back. The others es-
caned
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
Quite : Difference !,

Alice-Kate Is awfully disappointed
That young Englishman asked her l,
she thought q married couple could
get along on 80 . week and. she
fastened to say yea
Mildred-Wellf d
Alice Now she has discovered tn,
ne meant 80 shillings.- somervilk
Journal. Nh s.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27

Survivors Of the currier Reach Port.
Port Townsend. Wash. Capt. Muir.
Gibson and 25s survivors Of the shin
John Currier. recently wrecked In
Alaskan waters and who were rescued
By the United States cutter Thetis.
reached port Tuesday.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27

A st. Louis man had his head
shaved and his wife told him that he
needn't Il cnnzs-- hsssa If & Determined
woman is not to have her favorite ex.
ercise OF hauling man about by the
hair what possible use can she have
for the masculine animal?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
MAN HUNT IN MICHIGAN.
Posse, Pursuing Max Minnie, Accused
Of Mutilating Horses.

st. Joseph, Mich.-A posse headed BY
Sheriff Tenant and his entire force
Of deputies is engaged in the greatest
man hunt ever known In Michigan
The posse is in hot pursuit OF Max
Minnie, who is charged with cutting
out the tongues of eight horses. MID
ME has twice been sighted BY the;
posse and shot at, but none OF Inc
bullets struck him. 1t is feared ne
will be lynched If caught.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
win Hold Wheat for ST.:

st. Paul, Minn.-The Mlnneso.
union of the American Society )"
Equity, which claims the allesianes
Of 5000 farmers in the northWssl'
passed resolution at its conTenelu
here Wednesday afternoon calling ~
its members to hold their wheat Wy
fau until the price Is $1.25.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27
Fireman sealded to Death.

St. Paul-Walter Scott, a Great
Northern fireman, was scalded to
death Wednesday in wreck near
Boyleston, a station near Superior,
! Wis. The freight train on which he
was employed was derailed. Scott
stuck to his engine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27

a GIRL In London has developed ten
different distinct personalities II that
girl were only : man and over here.
how Invaluable the owner {: such 1
peculiarly would prove 10 close
election.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-27

Thirty cents is the amount at which
q Chicago Judge valued a woman's
broken heart In a breach-of.promise
suit recently. At this rate It is more
profitable to get an arm broken in a
streetcar accident