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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-11

did not exceed $40 a ton. or about
$414O00.O00. Adding $4,000 OOO-a
liberal estimate-for all other possible
sales and earnings-from It's railroads,
sales of cement, spelter. etc.-we have
46O,O0O,OOO as the total amount of the
gross sales to the public.
Deducting the net profits, we have
less than $30O,OOOO0O as the total cost
Of the products sold. The actual rate
Of profit, then, we are proud to say,
was 81 per cent on the cost price of
the products sold.
But this juggle and tumble Of gross
sales is crude when compared with
the deftness with which the difference
between export and domestic prices is
concealed from most people by the
following statement:
1.-THE average mill price per ton re-
ceived for all exported materials was
only ~ per cent less than the average
price received for all domestic ship
ments."
This apparently honest and frank
confession that goods for export are
sold only ~ per cent below the do
nestle price is undoubtedly the most
beautiful piece of deception in the
whole steel trust report. Overlooking
the probable juggles in the words "av-
erage" and mill price," here are the
essential facts which the words of this
report were intended to conceal:
The exports consist mainly of highly
finished products, such as barbed and
other wire. wire nails, tin plate. etc.
heavy products, such as steel rails,
structural shapes. merchant steel. tub
ing and pipe, blooms, plates, etc. The
average price in the home market of
the class of goods exported is perhaps
SAT.
The average price of all goods sold
in the home market is about $40 per
ton. If, then, the exported goods were
sold at ~ per cent less than $40 per
ton, they We're sold for $751; or SO per
ton below the domestic price for the
same class of goods.
This would make the difference be-
tween export and home prices nearly
80 per cent instead of only ~ per
cent" 1t is reasonably certain that
the average difference was not less
than 10 or 20 per cent, even in 1907,
when, as the report admits, foreign
prices We're nearer to domestic prices
than at any time since the steel trust
was formed.
The present Q90S difference between
export and domestic prices of steel is
probably much more than 80 per cent
Thus it is known that in January the
United States Steel Products Export
company sold for export 100000 tons
Of sheet bars at 81 shllings per ton,
delivered in Wales. Deducting $3.50
for freight, the Pittsburg price for
these exported goods was SIG against
500, the home price. In this instance
the domestic price was so per cent
above the export price.
The steel trust exported 1,014,OS2
tons Of steel goods in 1907 and sold
1866, 600 tons in domestic markets. If
the tariff profits were $40 a ton, they
amounted to $93,OOO,OOO in 1907. This
Is about the average yearly tribute
that we pay to the greatest and most
powerful corporation on earth. At this
price 1t can we'll afford to perform fig
ure juggling stunts and sleight of hand
tricks in Its reports.
BYRON w. HOLT.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-11
Conditions Are Intolerable.

It has been the settled policy Of
legislative leadership for years to
maintain conditions which are intoler-
able except to the few; because those
who have monopolized the natural r.
sources Of the country do not want it.
to defer tariff revision until the manu-
facturers Of more highly finished prod
ucts, made desperate by oppression.
join at last with the consumers Of the
country in open revolt.-Senator Rob-
ert NJ. La Toilette in Senate, March 10.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-11
The Moral Side of Protection.

Protection Is form Of human slav-
cry, a device to take from the Garner
his wage and bestow it upon him who
earns 1t not. 1t is responsible for ma
terial loss and maldistribution Of the
nations wealth, but UNNECESSARILY
greater Is its ravage upon the morals
and character Of the country. 1t needs
to be indicted as criminal. Its power
to rob should be annulled. its lease Of
privilege revoked-William Lloyd Gar
r,sou In Free Trade Broa d9lde.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-11
How to Preserve Zoos.

Dissolve four ounces of beeswax In
eight ounces Of warm olive oil. Dip the
tips Of the fingers into the solution and
anoint the eggs all over. The oil will
be absorbed and the shell and pores
filled up with the wax. Pack in bran
or sawdust and put away in cool
place. Eggs treated in this way will
keep cwV years.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-11
Notice to Creditors.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State of Washington, for Chehalis
County.
In the matter of the Estate of Thomas
Green, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that all
persons having claims against
Thomas Green, deceased, or his es-
tate, must present them together
with the necessary vouchers, within
one year from the date of this notice
to me at my office in the City of Alb
erdeen, Washington, or they will be
forever barred.
Dated MAY is, 1908.
F. ". LOOMS,
Administrator Of said Estate.
First publication May 81, 1908.
Last publication June 35, 1908.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-11
ELLIS MARTEN,

Real Estate, Insurance, Surety Bonds,
Business Chances, Farm and Timber
lands, Taxes paid for non.residents.
Rents Collected. An employment de-
partment in connection.
204 South F Street. Tel. 1911
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-06-11
How 70 CLAN Zine

To clean zinc make paste Of COM
mon whiting and ammonia and apply
with wooden cloth. A last rubbing
should be given with dry flannel
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

Through sensational disclosures in Judge Lawlor s
yesterday the crime of attempted jury bribing has
been brought home to Abe Ruef and his attorneys long
suspected of attempts to prostitute justice through cr
nal acts but before caught red handed in the act
Frank J. Murphy and Adolph S. Newburgh, Ruef's
attorneys stand accused of making offer to pay 900
to yman for vote of acquittal in Ruefs behalf This
morning the grand jury will meet in special session with
the object of returning indictments against them.
Henry Ach chief counsel for the time boss of San
Francisco directly connected with the crime that has
been laid at the door of his associates yet his is not
entirely free from STAIN for longer ago than Wednes
day morning the woudbe bribe giver shadowed to
Achs Office in the Kohl building where he coseted
for long time in secret conference.
Through the testimony of John Martin Kelly venire-
In the Ruef bribery case the denouement that
brought sudden halt to proceedings in Judge Lawlors
court yesterday that threw the members of Ruef counsel
into panic of fear that led to investigation lasting
I'll midnight and that served the basis for complaint
for the arrest of E. A. S. Blake the alleged gobetween
Murphy and Newburgh.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
CUT HIS WIFE UP
WITH A BIG KNIFE
Actor Eats Beside the. Body,
Which Is Accidentally Dis
covered by Police

BOSTON, Sept. 3.-A brutal crime was
the torso of Mrs. Honorah Jordan, an
actress, aged 23 years, of Somerville,
in a trunk in boarding house at z
Hancock street, on Beacon hill, this
city. The head and bones of the limbs
were found in the furnace of the Jor-
dan home in Somerville, and the scalp,
hair and other remains were taken
from the kitchen range of the house,
Chester Jordan, aged 29 years, of
Somerville is held by the police charged
with murder, and tonight, according to
the officers, he made a complete con-
fession of the crime. According to
Jordan's confession he accidentally
killed his wife Tuesday night in
quarrel at their home, and, becoming
desperate over what he had done, he
went out, bought butcher knife, and
with this knife, razor and shears, he
cut up the body.
Jordan declared that after knocking
his wife down stairs and finding that
she was dead, he placed the body in
the kitchen and went to bed. When
he awoke in the morning he cooked
his breakfast in the kitchen, eating it
in the presence of the body of his wife.
In the afternoon he dismembered the
body.
He planned to take the steamer Har-
ward last night for New York and throw
parts of the body overheard. The fact
that the Harvard was laid off owing
to an accident disarranged his plans,
and he was obliged to hire a hackman
to take the trunk to a Boston board
ing house to await more favorable
opportunity.
The discovery OF the crime was due
to the suspicious of the hackman.
George w. Collins, who had in mind
the numerous robberies which have
taken place recently. and, surmising
from its weight that the trunk con-
tanned silverware. notified the police.
Sergeant Michael Crowley went to
investigate About 5:20 Jordan returned
and was commanded to open the trunk.
He did not appear nervous or alarmed.
and turning his head threw UP the
cover of the trunk. Sergeant Crowley
staggered back, aghast at the, disclos-
ure. for in the open trunk lay a sick
ening mass of hacked hesh, a woman's
torso filing the greater part of the
trunk, while pieces of flesh from other
parts OF the body were stuffed into the
corners. The entire interior of the
trunk was bespattered with blood.
There was no covering of any sort over
the remains.
Jordan submitted to arrest without
protest and was locked up. Giving his
name and address, he declared the body
in the trunk was that of his wife, and
said he was perfectly willing to fell
everything concerning the case.
For more than four hours Jordan, was
closeted with the police of1cfaIs and
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

Murphy's story to Judge Sturtevant
was that he had discovered case of a
man seeking a bribe The facts
brought out last night are that Muir
phys own ,alleged henchman, Blake,
offered the bribe to Kelly, who re-
ported the fact at once to the prosecu-
tion.
knowledge of the case has been in
the hands of Burns, Langdon and Heney
for weeks. Efforts have been made to
trap Blake, but they have been unavail-
ing. However. Blake has been traced
from his own Office in the Pacific build
ing TO Ach's Office in the Kohl build
ing, where Murphy and Newburgh are
alleged to have been waiting for him.
This was brought out yesterday. AS
1t was told, Ruef sat with an ashen
face, more plainly frightened and per-
turbed than he has been since the day
he arose in Judge Dunne's court and
made his confession Of guilt. He was
apparently upon the point of fainting,
and Murphy was in little better con-
dition physically.
Murphy himself was the one who
gave the first public hint OF the COM
ing sensation. 1t was at o'clock in
the afternoon that he arose with a
bluster and made the charge that an
attempt had been made by q Juror to
secure bribe money from the defense.
Before the session of court was finally
adjourned at night il had been shown
that the charge was utterly false and
that the story told by Murphy had been
cooked up as defense to an accusa-
ton that he had heard was coming
since seeing Kelly in conference with
Judge Lawlor a few days ago.
Both Heney and Burns declared en-
phatically last night that they have
evidence fully substantiating the
charge that Murphy and Newburgh
were responsible for the attempt to
bribe Kelly, and the two accused law
yers made a partial admission of this
yesterday on the stand by stating that
1t was at their suggestion that Blake
first approached Kelly to '1egitimately
sound him" on his attitude toward Ruef.
Both denied, however, that thew had
anything to do with the attempted brib-
cry, but while on the stand Murphy
made two errors in his testimony which
showed wceful lack OF cohesion in
his tale.
The crime against Blake has been
Continued on Page q Coruu,u
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
Murphy and Newburgh.

Blake. who is a contractor with Of
fees in the Pacific building, is fugi-
tive from justice. 4 corps of detectives
wss thrown about the Pacific building
last night and others were sent to his
usual haunts. but the accused man
could not be located.
A dramatic scene in Judge Lawlor' S
department. where the Ruef case is on
trial. preceded the tidal wave of ex-
posure that engulfed Blake yesterday
afternoon and drew Murphy and New
burgh into a maelstrom which. in all
probability, vziH draw them into the
criminal dock. Kelly has testified un-
der oath that Blake, who is a con-
tractor, offered him $1,000 to secure a
place on the Ruef jury and vote for the
defendants acquittal, and Special
Agent Burns OF the prosecution de-
clared last night that IN the hands of
the prosecution there is evidence that
proves that Murphy and Newburgh are
the guilty persons behind the abortive
attempt 10 bribe a juror and that this
evidence probably is strong enough to
secure their conviction.
Last night Kelly swore to a warrant
Tor Blake's arrest on a charge Of at
tempted bribery. and. to insure his ar
rest, the Pacific building at Fourth
and Market streets. where Blake makes
his office. was at once surrounded, as
was also his home in San Mateo.
The grand jury meets at 9 o'clock
this morning and before the day is
over indictments may be returned
against all the alleged principals in the
case.
That the exposure was bound to
come was presumably known TO Muir
phy three or four days ago, for Blake
has avoided q trap carefully set to
capture him. and Murphy himself ap-
pesred before Presiding Judge Stur-
. tevant Of the superior court a couple
OF days ago and told a tale contem-
plated TO open a lane Of safety for
himself Newburgh and Blake. Why
Judge Sturtevant did not report the
'tase at once TO Judge Lawlor, in whose
court the Ruef case is on trial, was
aot explained, but IL may be explained
,oday, for Judge Sturtevant will be an
essential witness in the case during
ne grand 5ury's investigation.
Murphy says that Sturtevant advised
sim to lay the facts before Judge Law
Or and Newburgh explains the delay
~ the assertion that they were held
lack 70 spring as a climax during the
lxsnaination Of the talesman. Kelly.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
Blows 0ut Brains, Leaving
Note Accusing Berry
Second Tragedy Follows Exposure
Of Motornans Duplicity

With charges of completely in the murder Of Alice
L. Donohue laid at his door by the disclosures made
cusvey yesterday in The Call and tortured by the know
edge that the web drawing tight about him and that
officers Of the law then approaching to place
him under arrest Daniel Donohue the who has long
posed the husband of the victim Of the Eeryve
der committed suicide yesterday in the house in Sixty
second street. Oakland from which the in the
disappeared nearly two months ago.
Donohue arose late yesterday morning. He read in
The Call the details of his supposed wfes history which
pointed the finger of accusation directly at himself He
wrote brief note charging her former consor Joseph
Berry with the crime and then he put bullet through
his BRAIN
Although Donohues dying note lays the blame for
the murder the shoulders Of Joseph Berry Donohues
own actions during the period succeeding her murder
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
Democratic Platform VIII Ask for
Revision of Criminal Code
By George Van Smith

STOCKTON Sept SOLICITATIONS for the code
OF criminal procedure to the end that criminals may
punishment through echnaies against the
state capital from Sacramento Berkeey favor of
mission OF woans suffrage amcndmenta rejected by
publican platform makes be features of the platform
resolutions tomorrow the ratification
of the democratic state
The platform committee which will finish its labors
late tomorrow morning. overlooking
capital out OF what the bourbons consider republican Of
The sins OF republican commission WILL of
also in for detailed considerable
The democratic platform bids fair to be formidable docu
ment It's preamble will include Endorsement of the national
platform adopted Denver by Ban convention The plat
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

'point the finger of suspicion with
a certainty at himself.
Donohue's body was found
stretched upon the floor of the.
bedroom in the house from
which Mrs. Donohue went to
her death on June II. 1t
was discovered at l As o'clock
yesterday afternoon by A. ].
Flood OF the public administra-
tors Office and Deputy Coroner
Bert H. Sargent. Gripped tightly
in his right hand was SO caliber
Smith & Wesson revolver, from
which he had fired two bullets
through his mouth into his brain.
On the bed at his side lay a copy
of The Call, opened to the page
which contained the history of
the murdered woman's past life,
and on bureau near by was a box
of cartridges. The suicide had
occurred, according to every in
dication, at about 9 o'clock in the
morning, shortly after Town
Marshal Ed Carey of Emeryville
had visited the house with the
object of placing Donohue under
arrest. On washstand close to
the bureau lay a scribbled note
which read:
Oakland, Cal, Sept. 3, 1905
l am Innocent of this crime. If
you find Joseph Berry you got
the man that had or done this
deed"
The note was unsigned. 1t was
evidently written within a few
moments of the time that Dono-
hue pulled the trigger sending
two bullets into his brain. 1t was
the note of coward, trying even
in death to shield himself from a /,
charge of crime and at the same
time casting on another the ac-,
cusation of guilt For. there can
be little doubt of Donohue's
guilt.
From the morning on which
Mrs. Donohue's clothes were
found stuffed away under the
building of the Western furni-
ture company, Donohue has
played a two faced part Before
newspapermen and friends whom
he has met he has shed hypo-
critical tears of sorrow, and
within a 'few minutes he has
sought with the greed of fiend
to learn the amount of insurance
money that he might expect to
gain from the woman's death. An
this time he kept locked in his
bosom the secret of his supposed
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
Frank ]. Murphy, Newburgh
and Contractor Blake
Face Charges
John Kelly, a Venirennan, Says He
Received an Offer to Sell His
Vote to Acquit Boss

N attempt fhe part of e. A. s. Blake, cOntrac-
~ said TO be the agent for Abe Ruef, Frank J.
Murphy and A. S. Newburgh to bribe John Martin
Kelly Venreman the Ruef jury panel exposed i'm
Judge LswIOrS court yesterday Kelly offered $1,000
by Blake The Venreman communicated with District At
tOrney Langdon and Special Agent Burns and acted under
their Instructions The matter light when Mur
ply attempt show that Kelly had solicited the
brfbe. A for BLake's arrest
The grand Jury this morning to investigate the
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
COL. GR[[NF'SCAR
SEIZED BY SHERIFF
Mine Owner and Railroad Presi-
dent Is Unable to Depart
Southwark

Colonel w. C. Greene and family must
wait In their seven rooms at the ST
Francis until the laws slow processes
get done with them or else travel
southwark like ordinary tourists IN
an ordinary Pullman car. for Colonel
Greens's private car, the car In which
they are won't to journey. is in the
clutches of the sheriff Of the county Of
San francisco.
The Greene's stepped from the gang
plank OF the Mongolia yesterday ready
to hurry southward- To the end that
they might start without delay the car
had been brought north by the colo
nefs private secretary. DR.. W. J. Cal
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-23
Estate of Daniel Devlin.
w. p. Hogan,
Village Clerk.

STATE OF VERMONT, The Honor.
- District OF Bennington, IS. able Probate
Court for the District aforesaid
To the heirs and all persons interested In the
estate OF Daniel Devlln, late of Benuinpton
In said district, deceased, GREE TING
llWHEREAS, application hath been made 10
this court In writing. by James NJ. Oevlin,
deceased, praying for license and authority 20
sell all ofreal estate OF said deceased, 20 wit
the lot and tenement on the east side OF Main
Street adjoining the Railroad Yard OF the
Rutland Railroad In the Village of North
Bennington; representing O'aid court that
u would be beneficial to the heirs and all
persons Interested In the estate OF said de
ceasedto sell said real estate and convert
the same into money.
And bringing into Court the consent and m.
probation In writing Of all the nelrs 10 said a.
tate residing in this State, and setting forth the
situation Of the real estate.
WHEREUPON. the said Court appoIntad
and assigned the oath dav OF july 1908 nj
the Probate once In Bennington In said Dis.
trict, 20 hear and decide upon said applica ion
and petition, and ordered public notice thereof
publishing said order, together with the time
and place OF hearing, three weeks success syely
In the Bennington Evening Banner, newspaper
which circulateS In the IelghhornoOd of those
persons interested In said estate, all of which
publications shall be previous TO the day AZ.
signed for hearing
THEREFORE,, you are hereby notified 10 ap.
pear before said Court, ut the time and ri ace
assigned, then and thee In said Court 10 make
your objections TO the granting Of such license
" you see cause.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND az Bennington IN
said District this sth day Of July, 1908.
GRACR II. HOLT, Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-23
GREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY

John Balch OF Manchester called
on friends here recently.
Mr.. oathout of Troy spent a few
days with Alfred Green the past week.
Miss Taylor, a former teacher is
visiting Mrs. Julia Montgomery and
Others in this vicinity.
Mrs. David Hill whose health has
been poorly through the winter we
are glad to see calling on friends.
Mrs. Bell Pierce who is at the Troy
City hospital and underwent an op
GRAFTON for appendicitis is improving
Mrs. Diana Turner of Bennington
who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lydia
Tiff, is improving from her recent
illness,
Miss Lillian Russell, nurse from
Clifton Park, n. j., is spending hel
vacation with her brother, Frank Rus
sell and wife.
Paul Il. Joy, a student at Blair acaC
envy, coed school, preparatory fol
college, is spending his vacation will
d. p. Mattison.
Mrs. Edith Myers and two children
are stopping with Ernest Harrington
and wife. This is their third summe
here from Brooklyn. Mr.. Myers Il
Expected later
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-23
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.


Briefly for Busy Readers.
Arthur Il. Patten Of South Shafts
bury visited friends in town Wednes-
day.
Miss Hollis Of Holyoke, Mass, is a
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
b. Sheldon.
Miss Amelia Corsiglla, who has
been spending several weeks IN Hill,
N. H. has returned home.
p. d. Gardner is building large
barn in the rear of his Farmers
sheds" building ON West Main St.
p. ]. Mcclure and family of SAT-
ford street expect to leave tomorrow
to spend a week camping in the vicl-
nifty Of Sucker pond.
]. l.. Harbour of Woodford is clerk
ing in his brother Alfred's store on
upper Gage street while Harry Har-
bour Is spending a week at his farm In
Woodford.
Miriam lodge, Rebekahs have ac-
cepted an invitation to go to Shafts
bury in the near future and confer
the degree on a class of candidates
in that town.
DR.. Wright, specialist of North AID.
ans, will be In his office only Mon.
days, Wednesdays, and Saturdays till
August l. Office open daily for re-
pairing glasses, and making appoint
ments. Telephone, Sand Springs,
Williamstown. 101t26