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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
GET FIGURES ON OIL TRUST
Kellogg's Experts Dig in Books-W. G.
Rockefeller Next Witness.

New York, Sept. 23.-The adjourn
ment over Sunday of the hearing here
in the governments suit to dissolve
the Standard Oil Company has given
the governments expert accountants
another day in which to obtain figures
from the books containing records of
the Standard Oil Company in the Pc
riod from 1882 to 1892. These figures
will probably lead to an interesting
line of questioning during the week by
the government counsel. It is likely
that when the hearing is resumed this
afternoon Wesley L. Tilford, treasurer
of the Standard, will again take the
stand. John G.. Milburn, of counsel
for the corporation, wishes to cross
examine him upon several points
which have been touched upon by Mr..
kellogg.
William g. Rockefeller, it is un-
derstood, will then be called to the
stand and asked by Mr.. Kellogg to
produce several books relating to the
assistant treasurer's Office.
W. E. Bemis, one of the leading
men in the export department here
of the Standard Oil Company, is
wanted by the government for wit
ness, but Mr.. Kellogg learned from
Mr.. Tilford that Mr.. Bemis is in the
far East and will not return for ten
months or more.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
COMMODITY RATE
Held UP BY Court

st. Paul, Sept. 24.-Judge LocbreD
of the United States court, has issnsd
an injunction that absolutely ties m
the Minnesota commodity rate LAW
pending final decree, or until the
courts decision is overruled in an an.
peal by the state.
The order restraints the defendants
incnluding the attorney general and
shippers who we're made parties to thu
actions, and all other persons "from
instituting any proceedings for the vi.
olation of said act, and from demand.
ing that any of the rates contained in
thea ct be given to them"
It is reported that the tsate officials
are planning to violate the injunction
in such a manner that haLeas CORPUS
proceedings will have to be instituted
in which event the case will at once
be appealed to the United States So.
preme court and the whole matter de.
termined.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
SOCIALISTS FOR TEMPER ~
Congress at Essen Declare. As.;n., ;,
OF lntoxicants. "

Essen, Germany, Sept. "a
temperance question was apa;n ias
cused during the day in the 500; DIS
national convention in this citv ''. nl,
one vote was cast against resolu val'
whose main feature was an exnraa .!oa
in opposition to the use Of alcph vss'ea
any form during working hours ' - IN
setting the full strength of the so saos
list party against the German fa o.lal'
system of beer drinking at reenls u'G y
tervals throughout the day. In n ID
workshops the drinking of eight ~ aa 40
pints of beer while the men W " zen
work is usual. e
The prevailing opinion amono >,
delegates to the convention was tt tus
the intemperance of laborinp o,. 'ua'
will generally cease with tho b boss
ment of their condition, the sbbor. 's''
ing of their hours of labor and tba ' ~
clifton of night work. a.
The Bergman Electrical Worb. !,
Berlin, which is owned hy an Amo,i
can, was one of the first concerna 'i :;
Germany to prevent its employees fro -
drinking beer during working hon,a
This followed long and hard sns '.
with the employees some years a en'
and the result has been that the n So'
duct of the works is increasing anp,o
Gladly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
tom JOHNSON IS
AGAIN NOMINATED

Cleveland, O., Sept. 21.-lom -
johnson has received his fourth Luz tho
nation for mayor Of Cleveland az .ua
hands Of the Democratic party ao ou
from now until the November eiec :.:oa
there will be waged the most e1cl: w.
campaign in the history OF TINS O
not excepting the contests OF sev e.or
years ago, in which the late oen ~he
Hanna was the central figure c 49,
Republicans have picked upon W. ota
gresham Theodore Burton 70 nd
the race against Mayor johnson the
their selection is admltteoy Lon
strongest one that could have
made. .,di.
The Endorsement of Burton o" CO..
.dacy. by President Roosevelt anu ia. o
Rotary Taft, it is said, may be 1ol'J ,ater
later by speeches here by them amor
on in the campaign. II this fu hat
proves correct it is probaDle lin.
William J. Bryan and other upaord
emit Democratic leaders will De n0 nv
in behalf Of Mayor johnson. - = at.
event the campaign is bouno tire
tract the attention Of the en
country.
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Plans Output Of 5000 Tons Daily When
Old Agreement Ends.

Vancouver, B. c., Sept. 21.-The
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
is completing plans for solving the
coal and coke problem for the Pacific
coast. The output from British Col
umbia is just now particularly affect
ed by the export of thousands of tons
of coal daily by the Crows Nest Pass
Coal Company to the United States.
The Canadian Pacific Railway owDs
1000 acres of coal lands at Hosmer,
in East Kootenay. According to an
agreement made half dozen years ago,
the railway company is to keep out OF
competition in the production of coal
till 1909. But the G. P. R. is getting
ready to start business at the first
moment it can under the agreement,
and contracts for equipment have al
ready been awarded and 81, 500, OOO
will be expended in starting the work.
Practically all the buildings have
been erected. The works will be start.
ed with daily capacity of 5000 tons.
Three hundred coke ovens will be in.
stalled.
Alngside the coal lands Of the @. P.
R. and the Grows Nest Company, the
Dominion government has reserves ag-
gregating $4,000 acres, which are to
be developed later. The original plan
was that this coal would be mined
and sold by the government to house
holders for So per ton. So far the gov
eminent has not developed its property
to any extent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28

Fort William 81. Seward, Alaska
Sept. 25-Two earthquake shocks were
felt here, one at 4 and the other SNORT
~ after 6 o'clock yesterday morning
The governments steamer Peterson
bound up Lynn canal, reports that 1n1
water is full of floating icebergs anu
navigation is extremely hazardous:
Indian guides have arrived at Hain0'
and report that Davidson glacier, QUO
Of the historic ice fields OF ALASKA
had moved half a mile and that tn0
ice broke off, floating out into Lynn
canal as good sized bergs.
Sitka and Skagway also report w.
we're shocks.
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SEATTLE MARKET REPORT


The following prices are offered to
the producer by local dealers for de-
livery in round lots, f. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice:
Grain-Oats, $25 per ton; barley
$22@23; wheat, chicken feed, $28
@29; bran, $18; shorts, $40; corn,
$25@26.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$23; Puget Sound hay, $2O@22; wheat
hay, $17@18; alfalfa, $11.5O.
Eggs-Select ranch, Soc; local
ranch, SO@35c.
Poultry-Live hens, 15c per Id;
spring chickens, Ice.
Wool-EasterD Washington, 15@
10; dirty, ls@1219c; Puget Sound.
clean, 2O@21c; timber stained, Is
@2Oc.
Live Stock-Sheep-Wethers, 81
@6c; ewes, &c; lambs, 6@6k. Hogs,
4A@4kc; Cattle-steers, $40; COWS
AVG; calves, 51a@6Hc.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS
TO fight PAPER TRUST

New York, Sept. 21.-Member of
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association, meeting in the Waldorf
Astoria, discussed the high price of
white paper and adopted resolutions
for a reduction.
Efforts are to be directed against
the combine among manufacturers.
Another phase of the battle will be
for reduction of tariff rates on white
paper imported into the country from
Canada.
The publishers plan to carry their
contest to the president and the de-
partment Of Justice, alleging there
exists among the manufacturers a
combination in restraint Of trade.
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st. Paul, Sept. 25.-Attorney Gen.
eral Young yesterday obtained from
the county court writ of mandamus
directed against the Northern Pacific
Railway Company to compel it to com.
ply with the commodity rate law, the
operation of which was enjoined by
Judge Lochren, of the United States
court.
The railroad officials will probably
ask Judge Lochren for an order citing
Attorney General Young for contempt
of the United States districat court.
If the attorney General is declared in
contempt, writ of habeas corpus will
be issued and the matter taken to the
United States supreme court for final
decision as to the states right to reg
ulate rates.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Tacoma Quotations

Wheat-Club, Sic; bluestem,
85c; red, $50.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $50;
spring chickens, 13c; hens, 14c;
ducks, loo; geese, 18c. Live-hens
1870 14c; springs, 12c; ducks, 16@
geese, 5000.
Butter Standard, 800, Washington
creamery, 36@37c; Oregon, SEC;
Eastern creamery, 500.
Eggs-Washington ranch, strictly
fresh, 30@31c.
Oats,-$28@28. so.
Hay, Alfalfa, etc.-Wheat hay, $18
@19; timothy, $27@2S; clover, 5000
%; mixed, $1,000; alfalfa, $17@1s;
straw, $10@12.
Feed-Corn, $32@ss; wheat, $si
@32; barley. whole grain. &24@25;
rolled. $25@26; shorts, $1,000; bran,
|$17@I8.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
CHANGE IN MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT FAVORED

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 2l.-One session
of the eleventh annual convention of
the American League of Municipalities
was devoted almost exclusively to the
discussion of Municipal Government
by Commission versus Mayor and
Council"
An address was made by Rear Ad-
miral Chadwick, U. S. N, who took a
decided stand against municipal gov
ernment by commission.
''The first need in an understanding
of this subject of municipal admins
tration," declared Admiral Chadwick,
"is realization of the immensely of
our backwardness in nearly all things
which go to make the we'll organized,
we'll administered town. Though we
are all agreed that our municipal con-
ditions are in general bad, I do not
think that it is at all generally under
stood how very bad they are in COM
parison with those of we'll ordered
cities of other countries"
James M. Head, of Boston, formerly
mayor of Nashville, Tenn, heartily
approved of the new Des Moines COM
mission charter for commissioning gov
eminent.
He said in part: "There is and can
be no such thing as perfect form of
government, so long as it has to be
administered by imperfect men.
''By far the best remedy have vet
seen suggested for these evils is the
Des Moines form Of city charter, which
gives local self government to our
cities, makes the people themselves re-
sponsible for the kind of government
they have. and places it within their
power to correct any mistakes that
have been made; to recall any public
official who should not have been
elected, and to initiate any legislation
which they may desire to have enacted
into law.
William H. Allen, secretary of the
Bureau of Municipal Research, New
York city, declared that the cities of
the United States owe debt of graft
tude to Galveston and Des Moines for
having caused the country to consider
seriously the defects of existing city
charters.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Immigrants From British Isles

London, Sept. 25.-More than IT,
600 British and Irish immigrants went
to the United States and Canada dur
ing the last year, according to a board
of trade report just issued. The total
Is greater than that of any year since
1887. Canada received last year the
largest number Of emigrants, $1,000,
nearly $4,000 more than the previous
highest total for the Dominion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Franco-Canadian Reciprocity

Paris, Sept. 21.-The Franco Cana
dian commercial treaty was signed
yesterday. It is learned that this
treaty not only provides for a recip-
rocal arrangement on large number
of commodities, but also commits it.
self to a general reciprocal doctrine
designed to cover possible concrete
contingencies in the future. Canada
is unable to give France more favor
able duty on champagne than was al
lowed in 1898, but she grants special
tariff on silks, and in return gets q
minimum tariff on certain farm and
forest products.
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w ashington News

The Newport Miner has been pur-
chased from the Henion estate by +.
L. Wolf, of Elkader, Iowa, who will
enlarge the paper and plant.
William Roehl, of Bellingham, has
been appointed as a candidate for the
United States naval academy at Ann
apolis through Senator Piles.
The estate left by Senator Van De
vanter is valued at 1926, 600. All was
left to Mrs. Van De Vanter with the
exception of 81, 500 each to two neph-
ews.
The annual convention of the coun-
ty superintendents of the state met at
Olympia Tuesday with only one alb
sentee. The meetings are held in the
senate cham Der.
The Oregon Railroad and Naviga-
tion Company has purchased large
tract of land in East Spokane suburbs
and it is reported will erect large
warehouses and shops.
Gov. Mead has agreed to appoint E.
B. Preble, Democrat, to succeed Judge
Fl. B. Riggs, resigned. The appoint
ment is in responce to the unanimous
request of the bar of the district.
The fifteenth annual state fair was
opened at North Yakima Monday.
when Gov. Mead dedicated the new
horticultural building. The attend
ance was very large The stock ex-
hibit is exceptionally fine.
The Chehalis County Logging and
Timber Company has shipped a car
load of specially selected spruce logs
to a Wisconsin factory, where they
will be thoroughly tested to ascertain
the woods quality for veneer. If we'll
adapted for this purpose, the owners
have signified their intention of put
ting up big mill at Montesano, the
nearest point to the camps where these
logs come from.
Two carloads of machinery arrived
at Anacortes last week for the Wood
Products Plant, the first of the ship
ments overdue from the Sumner Iron
Works, of Everett, and the J. E. Traf-
ton ship yard has launched the first
of twelve wood scows, being built for
the same connern.
At the opening of the new Hotel
Kennewick, at Kennewick, the Com
mercial Club will give banquet, and
citizens from Seattle, Tacoma, Spo-
kane, North Yakima, Portland and
Walla Walla will be invited to attend
as guests of the club. The opening
will occur about the 80 of Septembe
As a reward for keeping his stretch
of track in splendid condition William
Swanton, a section foreman on the
Great Northern, has been given. trans
portation to Ireland for himself and
family. He has been section foreman
for fifteen years on the line with head
quarters at Chiwaukum, and during
this time there has never been a wheel
broken on his division.
The Chlopeck Fish Company's cold
storage plant closed last week, after
the most successful season in its his
tory. having put up $50 tierces of
mild cured salmon and 1850 barrels
of humpbacks. Refrigerator cars were
loaded at the local plant for the first
time this season and shipped diresct
to Eastern points instead of being
packed and shipped from the plant in
Seattle.
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Something of a Cucumber

North Yakima, Sept 21.-What is
said to be the largest cucumber ever
grown in the Northwest is displayed
in the window of local real estate
firm. This cucumber is four feet
long and six and half inches in
diameter. Two weeks after separa-
tion from the vine it weighed five
pounds. The cucumber was grown
here, but it is known as the mystery
by reason Of the fact that it was sent
to a local newspaper office by some
unknown person, who has never come
forward to acknowledge the owner.
ship of the big vegetable.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Bar Japanese from Primary Schools

Chicago, Sept. 23.-The school man
agement committee of the Chicago
school board has decided to admit to
high schools the three adult japanese
who applied for admission to the pub
lie schools, but in no case to permit
them to enter schools occupied by
young pupils. An adult Swede, Ha-
waiaan and an East Indian who had
also applied will be admitted under a
similar condition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
CRANKY Production L. Mammoth

Grand Forks, B. c., Sept. 21.-Ad-
vices received here from the East state
that for the year ended June 80, the
CRANKY company produced 30, 900, 900
pounds of copper. Since the installa-
ton of the CRANKY Reduction Works,
its stockholders have received eight
dividends. The first one of per cent
was made in 1908. The present an
nual dividends of IL per cent call for
an expenditure of 81, 62O,O 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Moves to Break Injunction

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 25.-In the fed
erai court here Attorney General
Thompson has filed a motion to dis
solve the restraining order issued last
week to prevent the state railway
commission from publishing the new
schedule Of grain rates, on the ground
that there is nothing to enjoin.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
King Leopold Fears Arbitration

The Hague, Sept. 81 The decision
OF the Belgian government to oppose
obligatory arbitration is attributed to
the command of King Leopold, who
is fearful that his claims in the
Congo might be affected in the event
OF the adoption of the proposal. The
kings action in this connection is
regarded here as being in the nature
of q scandal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Bonaparte Want. Larger Fore.

Washington, Sept. 25.-Owine to
increased trust busting" and other
business, Attorney General Bonaparts
will ask congress to enlarge his de-
partment. He will recommend that
some OF the places now filed by special
counsel be made permanent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Army of Idle Shoemaker.

st. Louis, Sept. 25.-A conservative
estimate places the number Of shoe
factory workers out here at Is. 900.
The companies, at meeting, decided
not to accede to any Of the demands
Of the strikers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Aoki to Remain at W..b;notor

Tokyo, Sept. 25.-The foreign office
has decided that Ambassador Aoki
shall remain at Washington. Baron
Tsudsuki. now representing Japan at
The Hague, will succeed Ambassador
Inouye at Berlin.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
REPORTED FROM ALASKA

juneau, Alaska, Sept. 25.-Early
yesterday morning this section OF Alas
ka was aroused by a most distinct
earthquake shock which lasted for at
least is seconds. Windows rattled
and for time the excitement was
great. Shortly after O'Clock another
shock was felt.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28

San Francisco, Sept. 25.-Charles
N. Black has arrived from Kansas City
to take the position Of general mana
ger of the United railroads, succeed
ing George Chapman, who died re-
Gently. The vacancy caused by Mr..
Chapman's death has been filled in the
interim by Thornwell Mutually, as act
ing manager.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
WI Ting Fang to Come Beck

Peklng, Sept. 25.-The reappoint.
ment OF WI Ting Fang to his former
post as minister of China at Washing
ton, has been gazetted here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

Mrs. Ann Yeaman, this country
Oldest actress, will retire from the
stage when she celebrates her 72nd
birthday, Nov. 10.
The California supreme court has
decided that the San Francisco grand
Jury is valida nd legal, and this means
that all those indicted must stand
trial.
ATTORNEY General Bonaparte has an
nounced that Francis J. Heney, now
prosecuting the San Francisco graft
cases, will go to Portland and prose-
cute the land fraud cases.
Hon. Eric Johnson, of Omaha, ed
itor of The Viking, is gathering mate
rial which he will use in writing a
history of the Swedish settlements and
influences in the United States.
Homesteading has about run its
course in Missouri, Kansas and Okla
boma. In the last three months only
about /. 500 persons made homestead
entries on public lands in the states
named.
Arrangements for transatlantic wire
less communication between Canada
AMI England are being made. Within
a few weeks it is hoped constant day
and night service will be in operation.
Marconi is experimenting the install
lation.
The steamship Governor, the new
vessel of the Pacific Coast Company,
arrived Tuesday at San Francisco from
Philadelphia. She made the run
around the Horn in AZ days, beating
the record of the President one day.
A memorial window to John Har-
ward, founder of Harvard college, was
unveiled some time ago in Southwark
Cathedral, England, in the chapel of
which he was baptized. This past
summer the chapel has been restored
through fund of $4,000 given by
Harvard graduates and friends. In
removing the old boarding of the
chapel perfect Norman arch was un-
covered.
The new Los Angeles-Nevada min
ing exchange has been opened at Los
Angeles.
A parade of the encampment of the
sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows
was held at St. Paul last week. It is
estimated that 5000 men we're in line.
A dispatch from Progresso, Mexico,
says the eutire Yucatan coast. ten
miles eastward, is strewn with dead
fish, presumably from submarine erup-
tions.
Plans for new vessel Of the Dread
naught class have been received at
Portsmouth, England, accompanied
by orders to commence building the
ship Immediately.
Union plumbers of Vancouver, B.
c., have notified employers that in
creased wages to the amount of so
cents day will be expected in all
union shops on October 1. At present
union men receive 81 day.
Denver has been selected by the SOW
ereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows of
the world as the place of meeting next
year. Gen. Manley A. Rainey, of
Iowa, was reelected commanding gen.
eral of the Patriarchs Militant.
Five hundred members of the indie.
pendent Boot and Shoe Cutters union
at St. Louis have struck for shorter
hours and increased wages. All the
shoe factories in the city are affected
save one, which signed the union
agreement.
Under the will Of the late Thomas
R. Potter, treasurer of the grand lodge
Of Masons of Pennsylvania, who died
recently, the entire estate, valued be-
tween two and three million dollars, is
devised to the grand lodge of Penn
sylvania for the education and support
of male orphans of Master Masons.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-28
M00RS REJECT PEACE
TERMS and RENEW war

Paris, Sept. 25.-Official announce
1nent is made here that the neogtia-
lions which have been in progress at
Casa Blanca between the united
powers and the hostile Moorish fanat-
les have failed. The peace terms Off
cred to Mulai Hafig by france and
Spain we're rejected and the war will
be renewed.
Gen. Drude, in command of the
united forces, has been ordered by
Premier Clemenceau to assume the
offensive with vigor at once.
The terms of peace offered by
France included the payment of an
indemnity, to be fixed by an interna-
tional committee; Morocco was to be
held to blame for the outraees at Casa
Blanca Of July 80, and for the dam.
ages suffered as result Of the pillag-
ing by the fanatic troops following
the bombardment of the city.
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Drude Strikes Successful Blow

Casa Blanca, Sept. 25.-Immediate-
~ after the failure Of peace negotia-
tions here Gen. Drude assumed the
offensive and burned the Moorish
camps at Sidi Brahmin, south of Casa
Blanca, and dispersed the tribesmen,
who offered but little resistance.
These operations we're chiefly notable
for brilliant forced march Of the
French troops. who covered forty kilo-
meters inside Of twelve hours.