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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
HISTORY OF THE.
STANDARD OIL
Report Submitted to Roosevelt
by Commissioner of Corpo-
rationS Herbert K. Smith.
MANY UNLAWFUL DEVICES
MONOPOLY DOES NOT REST ON
OWNERSHIP.

Washington, May 19.-That the history
and present operation of the Standard Oil
/ interest show throughout the past thir-
ty-tlve years a substantial monopolization
OF the petroleum industry of the country.
a deliberate destruction of competition and
consequent control OF that industry by
less tnan a dozen men, who have reaped
enormous profits therefrom." largely
tDfocgn abuse of transportation facili-
ties. is charged In a report just submit
ted to President Roosevelt by Commits
sloner of Corporations Herbert Knox
smith Part one of the report was made
pubic today and other parts Will follow.
Certain information acquired is withheld
for the present in accordance with in
structions of the president, who feels that
publication might interfere with the pros
ecutlon OF the governments suits pending
against the Standard Oil company and its
subsidiary companies. The report con-
tains the net results of a study of the
petroleum business during the year 1904.
ScandaIous and Unlawful.
1t is the first Of the statement of the
operations and methods of the Standard
Oh company by which. the report states,
through f'scandalOus railway diserimina-
lions and other unlawful devices they
have secured and maintained an ''excfu-
siye domination of the petroleum indus
try"
1t is stated that in 1904 the Standard and
affiliated concerns refined over 81 per
cent of the crude oil run through re-
fineries: produced more than So per cent
of the country's total output of illuminat-
ing OIL and transported through pipe
lines nearly nine-tenths of the crude oil
of the Older fields and 9S per cent of the
crude of the mid-continent fields.
The report points out the monopoly en-
Joyed by the company does not rest on
the ownership of the source of the oil
supply, which amounts to about only one
sixth of the total. but that Its growth
and present power rests primarily on the
control of the transportation facilities
Secret Determinations.
After the railroad rebate was aban-
doned the company the report continues,
was able to establish a system of Sc
cret or open Determinations of rates in
its favor throughout practically the en-
tire country. Having established it's mo-
nopOly of the pipeline business, the COM
pany substantially refuses to act as a
common carrier"
1t is shown that the Standard controls
not only the wholesale but also the re-
tail trade in oil.
In conclusion. the report says il is ap-
parent that the position of the Standard
Oil company in the oil districts has large
ly been secured by the abuse of transpOr-
tation facilities, first. by fragrant discrim-
nations obtained from railroads: second,
by a refusal to operate it's pipeline sys-
TEN so as to extend to independent inter-
ests the benefits to which they were both
morally and legally entitled. while at the
same time the Standard has prevented
such independent interests from con-
structing lines Of their own.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
DECAPITATION PREFERRED.
Shanghai conviets Begged Not to Be
Sent 70 City Jail.

Shanghai. May ls-An extraordinary
scene occurred Saturday in the mixed
court during the trial of thirteen of the
ring-leaders in the outbreak in the mu-
nicipal Jail in May last year. when Gov
ernor Blennerhasset the head warden.
and two warders were severely wounded.
The prisoners were sentenced to terms in
prison ranging from five TO twenty years.
All begged not to be sent TO the city Jail.
declaring that deeapitation would be pre-
ferable to Imprisonment in the municipal
JAIL and force had to be used to remove
them from the court room.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
VESSEL A TOTAL WRECK.

st. Johns, n. F. May 19.-The crew of
the steamer Moreno, which went on a
reef off Cape Ra yesterday abandoned
the vessel at shutdown tonight. her bot
tom having been beaten out by pounding
the first storm. She was new vessel
bound for Liverpool from Toronto. with
a cargo of pig iron, and stranded yester-
day during a heavy fog.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
FAST FREIGHT WRECKED.

Albuquerque, n. NJ, May 1s-The wreck
OF a fast freight on the Santa Fe early
this morning at Maine station twenty
miles west of Flagstaff. Ariz., has de-
layed traffic on the Santa Fe from twelve
TO fifteen hours A broken flange on a
ear is said 10 have caused the smashup
which totally demolished ten cars with
their cortents and tore up the track for
several hundred feet. Traffic was re-
suneG tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
SENATOR LA TOILETTE IN
COLORADO ON BEAR HUNT

Glenwood Springs, Col. May a. Senator
Robert La Toilette, of Wisconsin, who ar
rived here yesterday, will start on a bear
hunt in the Muddy DISTRICT tomorrow.
with Jake Borah as guide
The Muddy is the famous bear country
into which Borah had intended to take
President Roosevelt two years ago, but
at that time the snow was too deep and
the bears were still In their winter sleeD.
The senator will hunt about ten DAYS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
JOHN BARRETT
WILL Be THERE
Annual Meeting of the Lake
Mohonk Conference on In
ternationaI Arbitration.
IRISH TO DISCUSS LAND BILL
COUNT BONPS APPEAL WILL BE
HEARD THIS WEEK.

Many prominent educators and states
men will gather at Lake Mohcnk. n. Y,
ON Wednesday. to take part in the three
days session of the thirteenth annual
meeting II the Lake MOhonk conference
on international arbitration. Among
those who will address the conference
sador to the United States: Nicholas
Murray Butler, president Of Columbia
univ crsity, and John Barrett director of
the bureau of American republics.
Inc National Association of Manufac-
tureis. which will begin its convention In
New York City Monday is TO hear the
result OF a poll of its 1900 members on
the tariff question, WHICH has been ia
ken during the past year at the direction
of the convention. The tariff committee
sent out several questions intended to
snow, II possible, not only how much re-
VISION Is desired. but also when and how
the reYiSlOnistS want the problem under
taken
Other subjects to be discussed by the
convention, with the names of the chief
speakers or the different toDics will he
Further Railroad Legislation Charles
A Prouty, Interstate commerce commits
sloner; The Child Labor Problem"
Charles p. Neill. commissioner of labor.
On Wednesday night at the annual ham
quet addresses will be made by Secre-
tary Straus. Senator Deliver OF Iowa:
Read Admiral Sigsbee and Major Cen
eral Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the
army.
The fate of the Irish bill introduced in
the Brltlsh house of commons NAY Z, will
largely depend on the attitude taken by
the Irish Nationalist convention. which
Will assemble at Dublin on Tuesday. Ali
the Irish corporations and the borough
and city rural councils irrespective of
politics, have been invited to send dele
gates, and the branches Of the United
Irish league in Ireland and England will
also be represented
The appeal Of Count Boni de CasteI-
lane against the decision of the court.
which on Nov. is, 1906, granted a divorce
to the Countess de Castellane. formerly
Anna Gould, Of New York City, will come
up in Paris on Tuesday
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
THE DEATH RECORD.
Andrew jackson Harlan.

Savannah. Mo, May 19.-FOrmer Con-
gresham Andrew Jackson Harlan. who
represented the Eleventh Indiana dis
trict I'm the Thirty-first and Thirty-third
congresses, died at his home here TODAY.
aged 90 years
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
INJURIES PROVED FATAL.
(Special Id The HeraldO

Especial to The Herald.)
Boise Ida, Nav 19.-Without regaining
consciousness. Owen J. Williams the
veteran Boise street sprinkler driver.
knocked from his wagon last Wednesday
at the railroad crossing on Eighth street
by an engine cOiliding with the sprinkler,
died this evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
Funeral Train at Buffalo.

Buffalo n. Y. May 19.-Bearing twen-
ty-five bodies, five injured persons and
seven uninjured persons, the Shriners'
funeral train pulled into Buffalo TODAY
after its trip across the continent.
In driving rain Hugh DePayens COM
mandery, Knights Templar. marched TO
the railway station to meet the train
Fresh flowers for the collins of the Read
ing dead were brought
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
Charles Frederick Cutler

New York. May 19.-Charles Frederick
Cutler of MOrristOwn. y. J.. president of
the New York Telephone company. died
suddenly from heart disease last night at
the Saranac inn. Saranac lake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
Company Makes No Statement.

Representatives of the telephone COM
panies involved in the trouble, said last
evening that until they were formally no.
tifie' IS the men of their plans the COM
panies could give out no statement rela-
tive to the controversy.
What effect the impending strike will
have on the telephone service of the city
is probiematical Installations and ex-
tensions will undoubtedly be stopped and
difficulty will be experienced in the
trouble department. Quite all of the
electricians employed by both telephone
companies are union men and in case of
a strike would. no doubt. all walk out.
The wiring on the upper floors of the new
addition to the Bell Telephone company's
building undoubtedly viii be delayed by
the strike and a severe storm would Grip
pie. the service to an appreciable extent.
A telegram to The Herald this morn
ing states that neither McNulty nor Sui
Ivan could be found il San Francisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
TELEPHONE MEN
FAVOR STRIKE

imously endorsed the contemplated
strike of the electrical workers. and
pledged them its moral and financial
support during the controversy In a
concise statement OF the conditions of
the controversy at the present time.
District President Lynn scored Grand
Vice President NJ. J. Sullivan for his
Indifference in attending to the trou-
BILE in Salt Lake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
Says They Are Poorly Paid.

Mr. Lynn called the attention of the
delegates at the meeting yesterday to tie
alleged fact that the electrical workers
were the poorest paid of any class of
skilled mechanics and considering the
hazardous nature of the occupation they
pursued, the 50-cent increase they asked
for he said. was small enough.
Several other talks were made on the
subject by the various delegates. All were
favorable to the cause of the employees of
the telephone companies. A motion was
made that the Utah Federation of Labor
lend its moral and financial support to
sustain the electrical workers in any ac-
ton they saw fit to take in the telephone
situation. This motion was unanimously
adnnteG.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
Scores Grand Vice President.

According to our constitution, q"
said Mr. Lynn, Mr.. Sullivan should
have come to Salt Lake Immediately
upon the request of the district presi-
dent. We wired him repeatedly to come
to Salt Lake to investigate the situa-
ton, and although he has not refused
to do so, still he has not come, nor has
he ever given us any good reason for
not coming. All he has said is that his
presence on the coast is required he
advised us 10 hold off
when Grand President f. J. McNulty
was in Salt Lake he expressed himself as
displeased at the fact that a grand Of
ficer had not ieen on the ground sooner.
Since going to San Francisco Mr.. Nc
Nulty seems t. take the same view IL
the situation as Mr.. Sullivan. At any rate
he advises delay, without expressing any
reason for doing So
Now Mr.. Sullivan may have some guCd
reasons for cOUnseling delay and for ,1e-
Ginning to come here to investigate for
r'T1self but If he has. the members of ine
l. 3. f. w. in this district who haze
been waiting in vain for months for him
tc {. Ike some action are entitled to know
what thpV are.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20

You may not have been born with
silver spoon in your mouth. but we all
have the privilege of putting one there.
Try
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26

We each Of us possess within our
selves the true source OF happiness.
Enjoyment is contained in our i'm
agination. not in the book We read;
in our appreciation Of beauty, not
in the picture (; our musical culture,
not in the instrument played. Our
enjoyment of nature does not de-
pend upon the charm Of oGr sur
roundings, but upon Ourselves.
Some men will find more JOY in the
prairie than others in the Alps;
some more JOY in the desert than
Others in the flowers and forests Of
fertile lands. Is il the rich, the
powerful, the popular that obtain
the greatest happiness: We look
about US and we know that this is
not true, though We act as If il we're.
Blessed are the poor in spirit. This
we know is true, thoagh we act as il
il were not. No one is truly happy
who has not happiness as a well Of
water springing up within himself
into everlasting life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26
A John D. Roek.fslI.r Yarn.

Mr.. Rockefeller is something of a
dialect expert, and some of the sto-
ries he RECALLED us with were Of the
ILibernian, German and southern
type, writes Victor A. Watson in
the New York American. One of
the former was:
"An old lady went to a haber-
dashery ard called for a 'craveit'
~(cravat). The clerk said he thought
she meant a necktie and directed
her to the next counter.
"'Oi want a craveit for me hus-
band said she TO the second clerk.
Don't you mean a necktie"
"'Sure, an thot's phwat Oh sed.'
"'Well, I'll recommend this beau
t;ful green one for you. Your hus-
band will like it,
Sure, an me husband will have
no choice i tn matther. He's a
rornsc.'"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26

Two young society women were
in an outbound Sutter street car.
1t stopped at Leavenworth.
"Oh, there come Tom and Ed.
guess they've had luncheon at the
Palace. They've got on the front
end. | don't want to speak to Ed.
What can | do il he should come
back this way ?"
"Hyde" shouted the conductor
as the car sped along.
What's the matter? Don't you
like him any more"
"a never did. but | expected he'd
ask me 10 the auto show. md he
pretended he wasn't going. and
just knew he'd be there. What DO
you suppose he was doing BY his
Lonesome? 2"
"Larkin..' yelled the conductor,
loud above the down grade whir Of
wheels.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26
His Ciient's Weaknssa.

When President Hadley Of Yale
was professor Of political science
there a student once offered him q
poor excuse for a bad examination
paper, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Professor Hadley listened to the
excuse in silence. Then he said
with a grim smile:
THAT excuse is about as poor as
the one a criminal lawyer offered
for his client in a case that had gone
hard with him.
Gentlemen Of the jury cried
this lawyer %eloquently, remember
that my client is hard Of hearing,
and that therefore the voice Of con-
science appeals to him in vain.'"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26

"Why do YOU give that man en-
couragement in offering you so
much adyice?"
81 have some things / want TO
say 10 him, and ] want 10 let him
20 ahead until ! get a good open.
ing."-Washington Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26
How Boastful lnnkeeper Was Pun
ished by a Joker.

DR.. John +. Russell OF New York,
whose emulsion Of fats and COM
pound Of vegetable juices have done
so much for the cure of consump-
ton, said at a meeting Of physicians
that he did not wish to praise too
ardently his discoveries.
"FOr they who speak overhighly
of their own work." he said, ARE al
WAYS a little ridiculous, and some
times they stumble, ike a certain
innkeeper, into a pitfall.
"This innkeeper, a New Hsmp-
shire man, was noted for the fine
quality of his beer.
"A joker from Sunapee, a gen.
tleman named Perley, said one day
that he would put up a trick on the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26

Mark Twain has handed out q
hory about Q physician friend Of his
who not long ago had to engage q
new chauffeur. A big, strapping
fellow applied and was questioned
as to his technical ability, his size
and strength appearing wholly sat
isfactory. what is the first thing
you do whsn you find that your car
buretor Il out Of order'" asked the
doctor. We'll, ! tell ye," replied
the applicant, Il honestly don't
never have no trouble with il. II
uever gets out Of order. / amt been
sick one day for the last two year."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26

She vas a Sunday school teacher,
and Of course she tried 10 make ev-
erything good. She spied a lot OF
urchins going bathing one Sunday
afternoon, and so she tackled them.
"Do YOU know where little boys
90 to who bathe on Sunday? p said
she.
"Yes," said one little arab, black
er than all the rest. Tt's farther
up the canal side. But you can't
go. Girls amt allowed."-Strand
Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26
Her Concession,

do YOU know" asked Mrs. Hen.
peck, that this is u eleventh an
niversary"
"0urs p he answered, edging to-
ward the door. Thank you, dear.
] supposed you considered it yours"
Chicago Record Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26
Coming Scandal.

Potato Masher-Look out for a
big sensation next week.
4. Pot-Is that right?
Potato Masher-Yes; the broom
is going 10 make some sweeping
charges, l hear.-St. Louis Post
Disnatch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26

ShurbtH1 w DFapta
An Arab was lunching In 8 New
York restaurant
~You have heard Of the thorough
bred Arabian steed Of the DESERT"
he said you have heard Of Its
beauty, its docility, It's intelligence,
its endurance. Did you know that
it churned the family butter"
'Nol"
at is q fact. Among our desert
tribes when butter is needed the
milk Is put in a sheepshn bag and
tied by a short rope to the horses
saddle. The horse is then urged
into a trot, and this gait is kept up
until the milk in the sheepskin Is
joggled into butter. A fine, firm,
smooth butter il is.
Buekssheat Cakes.
There is nothing on the dining
room table and nothing that could
be placed there that is so great and
formidable an enemy to the human
face as buckwheat cakes. They are
sure to make the complexion yellow
and covered with eruptions. Don't
insult your face by putting buck
wheat cakes into it. They head the
entire list Of complexion destroyers.
Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26
Willing 10 Oblios.

Mr.. Dudling - Waitsh, you no,
fohgotten the-aw-fngah bowl.
Waiter - We don't serve finger
bowls any more, sir, but when you
get through roofing around among
the vittles I'll bring you a wash
basin il you want it.-New York
Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26
CUTTING Up.

Archibald is SO delightfully."- &c
centric" confessed the pretty girl.
blushing deeply. "Why, after he
had been calling for some time he
used to cut q little notch in the old
sofa every time he kissed me. Then
at the end OF each month | used to
count them"
"And you count them now?" ask.
ed her chum.
ooh, dear, mol There-therc
isn't any sofa. Chicago News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26
Before lonafelIom pied.

The breeziest Renaissance Of
Longfellow is this extract from one
Of the poets letters which his
grandson has been reading in pub
lie:
"As / was standing at my front
door this morning a lady in black
came up and asked, is this the
house where L~ongfellow was born?'
"'No, he was not born here
"'Did he die here"
"'Not yet
care you Longfellov?
81 am
az thought you died two years
ago.'"-Boston Herald.
Senator Bates Rules.
The late Senator William B. Bate
of Tennessee was q major general
in the Confederate army and never
quite reconciled himself to the de-
feat OF the south.
Soon after he came to the SEN
ate he formulated a set - rules
which be called "Rules Fol-
My Proper Legislative Guidance"
Whenever q proposition came up
about which he was undecided he
would take the printed slip contain
ing these rules from his pocket and
study it carefully.
Bate" said a colleague one day,
"what is that slip Of paper tc which
you refer SO frequently"
THAT" said Senator Bate, SIS o
little reminder of my beliefs on con-
stitutional questions"
Where did you set it7 Think it
out YOURSELF"
"No, suh," replied Bate with much
dignity; II found most Of those i'm
mortal truths if the constitution Of
the Confederate States Of America"
Saturday Evening Post.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-06-12

OF Wise, who said that he had
the highest tax rate in the State
Of Virginia, but that still this
did not enable him 20 keep pace
with the phenomenal growth OF
the towns IN his county. where
towns Of several thousand
wonid spring up IN six months.
where there had been nothing
bD, wilderness before lie said
e. it.sii th.' districts ID lie conn
3, wers 'rsanisra into associa-
iio .~ani heli monthly meet.
ings, AMI these were organized
lHio a county association,
which is a member Of the state
Teachers Association.
The meeting closed Friday
night after most successful
session
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-06-12
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

ginia and the United States.
and used by the Indians. Many
of the public roads Of this sec
tion were first located over
steep hills, just as the Indians
went over them In other
words, the Indians went over
hills TO avoid crossing water.
While Southwest Virginia
and last Tennessee were unoc-
cupied 10y the Indians at the
time Of the early settlements.
still IL may not be amiss 20 give
briefly a description Of the In
dian tribes that proceeded our
forefathers and afterwards gave
them so much trouble i'm their
first undertakings. As Go the re-
mote Indian inhabitants of this
section of the American cont.
nent nothing authentic is
known beyond the evidences
OF their occupancy 10 be gather
ed from tumuling commonly
written tn mulD scattered
throughout the country, and
the remains found in close prOx-
unity thereto. These remains
indicate the existence at some
distant time of a dense pOpula-
ton, civilized TO a great extent,
and 1t is not improbable shat at
a time IN the past all this sec
tiOn was the seat of a civliza-
tiOn that would have compared
favOr6ly with that of Greece
and Rome. The Cherokee In
dams knew nothing further of
these vestiges than that their
forefathers found them here,
and they considered them the
evidences of a numerous popu-
lation far advanced in civiIiza-
tion. The modern Indian held
in great veneration these evil
dences of an extinct tribe, and
never used them except for re-
ligious purposes. The piles of
stones 10 be found IN most all
the gaps of ridges and noun
tains are supposed TO be that of
modern Indians, as they are
exceedingly superstitious, as all
barbarians are. It is not un-
common to find In heather
countries similar heaps of stones
erected by the inhabitants at
some particular spot, as an Off
ering to an evil spirit, who, ac-
cordiDg TO their superstition,
would affiict or bless the passer-
by. A pile of stone such as in
dicated may be seen near the
main turnpike road as it passes
through Little Moccasin Gap,
Scott county.
The Indian tribes that mo
Tested the. early SETTLERS in thi
.sectioA were the Cherokees an