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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-10

Spokane. Wash Sept 1O.-Frank
II. McCune, rate expert, who was the
principal witness for the people Of
Spokane in their fight before the In
terstate Commerce commission against
the transcontinental railroads for
equitable freight rates, has prepared a
statement in which he shows a vital
defect in the Hepburn Act to regulate
commerce, under which. he declares
it is utterly impossible for any ship
per in the United States to obtain re-
lief from loses through misquotation
in rates by railroad companies.
Mr.. McCune urges the people Of the
country to support the Trans-Missis-
sippi Commercial Congress in its ef-
forts to secure the adoption by the
United States Congress- Of an amend
ment to protect the shippers. as re-
commended by the hrst.named organi-
zation at its annual meeting in Denver
two weeks ago. He says:
Three years have elapsed since the
passage of the Hepburn amendment
to the act to regulate commerce, and
shippers are now awakening to the
fact that the railroads are protected
from their own acts in making misquo-
tations in freight rates. either wilfui
ly to secure shipments or otherwise
while the penalty of the loss falls on
the shippers using the rates quoted to
the railroads in making delivered pri
ces or buying goods on the basis o.
rates furnished to them by the car
riers.
Though bankruptcy ensues. q ship
per is denied relief under the law fol
the reason that he is charged by ths
law to know what the legal rate is
on the other hand the law compeli
the railroads to recover by civil actor
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ELK CITY PLEDGES
BONUS FOR RAILROAD

Elk City, Okla. Sept. 10.-The com
merciai club and citizens here have
pledged a sonus of $4,000 and right
of way from the south line of Beck
ham county to the Wichita Falls rail
road. a project that promoters have
been working on for the past year.
one after another the towns along
the proposed right of way have pledg-
ed bonuses until now there is scarcely
any doubt but that the road viii be
built
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Hepburn Commerce Act
Shown To Be Defective

any sum that is less than the lawful
rate. although the railroad may have
quoted the rate the shipper
used in the purchase or sale of the
"a case was heard before the Inter
state Commerce Commission. where
the shipper attempted to recover what
he believed to be an overcharge.
Under the provisions of the law the
railroad was supposed to institute act
ion to recover undercollections cover
ing period Of FIVE years in which
event the merchant would have been
ruined In substance the case is as
follows
1.-TWO lines operated from the point
where the merchant made his ship
ments. For years he had patronized
one line exclusively. making delivered
prices at the rate Of q cents the hun
dred pounds. Receiving a rush order
and not being able to obtain car
from the line he patronized. he applied
to the other. which furnished the car
at the same rate on arrival at desti-
nation a rate of SO cents was charged.
AT the hearing the general freight
agent of the line testified that the cor
rect rate was 80 10 cents, while the
representative of the other line testi-
fed the rate was "a 10 cents. The
matter was referred to the auditor OF
the commission. who determined the
rate to be S5 cents or eight cents high
er than that used by the shipper for
five years
Another instance OF threatened
bankruptcy concerned a lumberman
who had made large contracts at de
livered prices of lumber on a rate quo
ted by the railroads general freight
agent To nI the contractwhich the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-10

Mrs. C. Dalquest of Junction City
is visiting her son, /. D. DalQuest
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civil law compelled him to do or be
liable for damages, would have entail
ed loss of 100000. He appealed to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
for relief, but was told that the COM
mission was powerless to act in the
matter.
Scores of instances could be cited
to show losses to shippers under this
state Of affairs / make mention Of
one A settler moving his household
effects from Iowa to Idaho received
four different quotations from the
railroads, the rates ranging from So
to N cents the hundred pounds. What
was the legal rate?
This condition prevails through
out the United States and no territory
nor class of shippers is exempt. The
time is near at hand when, to avoid
heavy fines. the railroads must collect
by civil action such undercollections
as are made on misquotation of rates
by their agents. There is no parallel
in law equal to this immunity Of the
railroads. In all other affairs the ag-
reements made between the contract
ing parties are binding, but the rail-
roads are protected by their omissions
and commissioners, while the people
suffer for the carriers sins.
"A rising wave of remedial legisla-
ton of transportation reform is sweep
ing from coast to coast. but the COM
bative spirit Of the railroads is devils
ing ever legal technicality and throw
ing it across the peoples will as bar
rier to progress in this direction. If
the law protects the carriers in their
contracts with the people. it should
not discriminate by abandoning the
people to the merciless win Of the
railroads.
The recommendation by the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress that
the Congress of the United States en-
act an amendment to the Act to regu-
late commerce. requiring railroads
to quote rates in writing when so re-
quested by shippers, and that rates
so quoted be protected TO avoid loss to
the shippers, and assessing a reason
able penalty against the carrier max
ing the quotation. so that the provision
Of the act against rebating may be
kept inviolate. should have the en-.
dorsement Of every commercial body
in the United States.
These organizations viii be inyit
ed to join in petitions to Congress to
enact the amendment as a safeguard
against the evil practice in misquo
tation of rates. and the congressional
representatives will be urged to give
their support to the measure. which
is of vital Importance to all parts ol
the United States suffering losses
from this fatality Of the Hepburn act
under which the Interstate Commerce
Commission is working"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-10
OKLAHOMA CITY LEADS
IN FACTORY EMPLOYEES
At Bond Election Held Wednesday
Proposition to Build $15o,ooo
Building Failed.

Oklahoma City, okla, Sept. To-
BY majority of nearly 700 votes
the proposed S15OOOO bond issue for a
new city hall was defeated Wednes-
day, and
BY majority of 647 the negative
side of the proposition to issue $780,
600 bonds for the purchase Of city
hall site at Reno and Walker street
won at Wednesdays election.
The proposition to issue $1S5,OOO
bonds for sewer extensions was car
ried by practically the same majority
by which the other two propositions
were defeated. The following Is the
vote:
For city hall site bonds. ...... -l,OS2
Against ...................' l'o'S
Majority against proposition. SAT
For city hall building bonds. .1,OOl
Against ..........-.'.' .''. l'o9 {
Majority against proposition, 6s6
For sewer extension bonds .l,672
Against .................. l'OS4
Majority for proposition sss
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No EVIDENCE AGAINST
ENFORCEMENT ATTORNEY

Sapulpa. Okla. Sept. 10.-After an
all days grind in an attempt on the
part of consel for County Attorney L.
p. Jackson to show that Enforcement
Oficer Fred S. Caldwell was guilty OF
gross misconduct while the recent
special grand jury was in session.
court adjourned at 6 o'clock last even
ing with very little evidence having
been produced duplicating Attorney
Caldwell as charged. The testimony
of the eight grand jurors examined
did not indicate that they had been
unduly influenced by any word or ac-
ton upon the part of Caldwell, al
thought he may have in at least one
instance transcribed by small mar
sin. the exact bounds of propriety. In
other words the enforcement attorney
according to the testimony of one OF
two Jurors. may have "cussed' little
on one particular occasion.
Four other jurors are to be exam
ined. after which Special Judge John
Carruthers. who is hearing the mat
ter win render his decision. If he
rules that the charges against Caid-
wen are i'll founded and that the ac-
cusation charging official misconduct
upon the part Of the county attorney
was properly returned it is probable
that Associate Supreme Justice Jesse
l.. Dunn viii render decision regarding
Jackson's suspension the latter part
Of the week.
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UNVEILS BRONZE STATUE
OF FATHER OF ALASKA.

BY Associated Press.
seattle. Wash. Sept TO- = The
bronze statue Of Secretary Of War
William H. Seward. the father OF Al
aska. who bought. for a trihing sum-
the richest colonial possession OF Rus
sia was unveiled today at the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition.
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VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN
AT KANSAS CITY.

Kansas City. No, Sept l0.-Niee
President James S. Sherman arrived
here today, to help settle the estate Of
Mrs. Destaing Dickerson, who died
recently. Mrs. Sherman is one Of the
heirs to the estate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-29
WANT BOOKS Of
UNITED COPPER
COMP ANY NOW
INVESTIGATION INTO AFFAIRS OF
AUGUSTUS HEINZE FoR MIsAP-
PRoPRIATIoN OF FUNDS TAKES
SENSATIONAL TURN.
By Associated Press.

New York, May 2S.-The federal
grand jury's investigation of F. Angus
tuS Heinze's affairs in connection with
transportation of funds o. the Mer-
camille National Bank took a sensa-
t:unal turn today, when United States
District Attorney Disc obtained from
Federal Judge LacOmbe an order d.
recting certain directors of the United
Copper Company to produce the full
and complete books OF that concern
In court, or be declared in contempt
OF court.
Directors replied by saying circum'
stances are such that 1t is impossi-
bic TO produce the books at once, but
would make every effort to get the
books. The Judge game them until
Tuesday to report and said, las long
as the books are on earth and haven't
been burned. an effort must be made
to produce them"
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H. \. ROGERS
WILL PROBA7ED
At NEW YORK
ESTATE VALUED AT $75,ooo,ooo
WILL ULTIMATELY BE DIVIDED
BETWEEN FOUR CHILDREN
WIDOW GETS 100000 ANNUITY.
BY Associated Presa.

New York, May 2S.-The will of Il
H. Rogers was admitted to probate
here today and according to its terms
practically the entire estate valued, &C
cording TO Wall street estimates, at
between fifty and seventy-fiye million
dollars, will De ultimately divided be-
tween the four children or their heirs.
Half of equal shares into which the
residuaFy estate is divided will he
given the four when they reach the
age Of forty. The remaining half they
NAV dispose of only by will, contiu-
uing TO enjoy the income until death.
The widow and a large number Of
relatives are provided for through
trust funds, the interest on which they
will receive during life, the principal
to revert to the estate on their death.
Mrs. Rsgers's annuity is placed at one
hundred thousand dollars. One hun
dred thousand to the school at Fair
haven is the only bequest.
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Steaming at the rate of ten miles
per hour, drawing 27.6 feet of water,
steered by Pilot VIM. A. Bell, the
United States first-cIass I4,OO0-tOn
displacement battleship Mississippi
crossed Pensacola bar yesterday
morning about $50 o'clock, and
anchored in the channel a short dis
lance from the navy yard. where the
work of filling her bunkers with coal
was commenced a few minutes after
She was anchored.
The battleship arrived here from
New Orleans, Captain John G. Ere
mont in command. No salute was
fired from the navy yard, her arrival
at Pensacola not being marked by any
public demonstration.
The work of placing ! 900 tons OF
coal aboard the vessel will be finished
today, the supply being taken in order
TO carry her from here to Horn Island
and thence to Philadelphia, where she
is due June 8. A large amount will
remain unused even after she makes
this trip.
LEAVES LATE SUNDAY.
She will remain in port up to few
minutes before dark Sunday evening
when she will leave for Horn Island.
on the gulf coast of Mississippi, where
she will, on next Tuesday, receive a
handsome silver service from the
people of the state whose name she
bears, entertainments for proper OBJ
5servancs of the event having already
been arranged at Pascagoula. Scran-
ton. Biloxi and GulfpoTt.
There will be a general exchange
of calls and courtesies today. Mayor
Goodman will call upon Captain Ere
mont this morning at 10 o'clock.
COST SIX MILLION.
The battleship Mississippi is one OF
the newest types in the navy. She
was built at the Cramps shipyards at
Philadelphia. and entered the service
Feb. 1, 1908. She is of $4,000 tons
displacement, has a speed of seven
teen knots, and carries $50 officers
and men.
Her name is a historic synonym in
this section of the South. Named
after the great state Of Mississippi,
she is a namesake of the Father OF
Waters and also carries the title of
the historic Confederate battleship,
Mississippi, that was sunk in the Mis-
sisSippi river.
The Mississippi represents a cost
Of about $1,000. 900. The original cost OF
the hull was $4,000, 900, and that much
more was expended on the turrets,
armament and guns.
She is equipped with wireless, and
also carries one of the new fighting
towers now being erected on the
newest of the battleshiDs. The fir
ing is directed from these towers in
case of war, and they are so made
that several large shells might pass
entirely through the tower and it
would still stand. The ships aFmor
is of the highest resisting quality
The vessel is covered with a coat OF
dull lead paint, the latest design Of
the navy department, which gives her
a grim and ugly appearance as she
plows along at the water line. The
Ccontinued on Page Two)
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KILLED MAN IN CELL.

AbeIine, Texas, May 2S.-The Tay'
lcr county Jail in this city was storm
&c by a mob of determined men at l
O'Clock this morning Demand was
made for admission and the delivery
OF Ten Burnett who was recently con-
ViCted of the murder of Alexander
Sears, in the district court here. Be-
ine refused admission by the jailor
the mob worked unSuccessfully coT
an hour until 2 o'clock to open the
cell doors AT that time, having fail
ed to secure tne victim, he was shot
TO death in his cell by the attacking
uartv
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sv Fred M. AIhn.

Tallahassee, May Is One of the
most important bills of the present
session was finally enacted this morn
ing when the house passed Senator
Leggett's biltIfor the relief Of the pub
lie schools of the state Affected by the
recent supreme court decision which
Knocked out the 1907 appropriation.
The bill has been passed by the
senate and now goes to the governor
for his Signature. It carries over
$166. 600. appOTtioned amOIg the va
riOuS counties of the state.
The senate passed the Sloan bill
prohibiting the drinking Of liquor on
railway trains.
TEXT BOOK BILL PASSES.
Within less than ten minutes de-
bate the senate this AFTERNOON passed
the Cone state uniformity of school
text books bill by vote Of seventeen
to nine. Senator McCreaY, father of
the county uniformity bill spoke for
q few MINUTES against tie measure,
and Senator Cone defended it in a
few remarks.
The senate also passed the Williams
bill for the protection and conserya-
zion of the oyster -fsakssssts of the
state and creating the Office of state
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-29

Atlanta, Ga, May 2S.-ViOlence by
strike sympathizers about dusk to-
nisht successfully blocked the first
attempt on the part of the Georgia
railroad to move a freight train. Sew
eTal cars Of perishable goods had been
living on the side track at Lithonia.
Ga, for several days and today Off
ciaIs of the railroad arranged witt
Sheriff Morris of DeKalb County to
Lring these cars to Atlanta.
49, Assurances had been given Tor sew
eral days that In the interest of local
Shippers no Representation would be
made against hauling these cars to
Atlanta. Waen, however, the engine
from Atlanta pulled into Lithonia 1t
was seen that a negro fireman was
aboard The engine was coupled to
the cars and then. according to the
railroad officials, just as the train
Was getting under way stone flew
TO the cab of the engine and struck
Engineer Downing. Next, say the
reilroad officials. several men boarded
the cars and set the brakes, causing
the last car to break from the train.
THE TRAIN LEFT.
Finally the engine was uncoupled
and the train left stalled on the main
line. the engine continuing on to At
Gals their men saw no attempt by
ine local authorities to interfere with
the attack on the train. 1t is be-
IAeved the railroad will attempt to
-eSs ar the track at Lithonia early in
the morning and permit the passage
of mail trains.
\ report telephoned to the state of
fiCisls here said merely there was no
Violence. that the train had run a
short distance out of LithOnia. when
II stalled and the engine continued
on the run to Atlanta. After it had
stopped. said the report, small siz-
ed crowd of men swarmed upon the
freight cars.
RACE TROUBLE FEARED.
Today brought forth almost stimuli
tapeously possibilities of speedy state
OF federal Intervention. believed by
many persons of wide acquaintance
With local conditions. TO be heavy with
danger Of race trouble II is admitted
either the federal or state authorities
(Continue5 on Page Two
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VIOLENCE BLOCKED
FIRST ATTEMPT TO
RUN FREIGHT TRAIN
BY Associated Press.

Washington, May 2S.-That the
outrages of the night riders in Ken
lucky and Tennessee resulted from
the oppression of the American To-
bacco Company and that unless the
internal revenue tax on leaf tobacco
on hand is repealed, these outrages
will again occur, was the declaration
made by Senator Bradley of Kentucky
today in arguing the adoption OF his
amendment to the senate bill. This
amendment proposed to restore in the
tariff bill the house provision for the
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r. r. CATTLE RATES.

Fort Worth, Texas, May 2S.-Coun
eel for the interstate commerce com
mission and railroad clasled at the
hearing here today to decide whether
a reduction in cattle rates is justifia-
bic. While Auditor w. l.. Maury
Of the International and Great North
err railroad, was on the stand and be.
Ing closely cross-eXamined by s. H.
CCwen, for the commissioner, J w.
Terry, for the Santa Fe railroad OBJ
teCted 10 Mr. Cowan's queries and
a heated argument followed
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ON
FREIGHT TRAIN
UNDER ARREST
ALLEGED THAT HE TOOK ENTIRE
SHIPMENT OF WINE AND 10000
CIGARETTES WHILE ON SEA-
BOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY.
az Associated Press.

New Orleans, May 2S-Charles 7.
Lear. formerly a freight train con-
ductor on the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way out of Hamlet, II. c.. and who
has been running train out of New
Orleans to Angola for the Louisiana
Railway and Navigation Company.
has been arrested here as a fugitive
from Justice. Lear is wanted in
North Carolina, it is said, on a charge
of grand larceny and breaking into
freight cars. The specific charge
against him is taking a shipment OF
wine and $4,000 cigarettes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-29
Quarter of a Billion
Needed for the Canal

ceived in Washington from the canal
zone and are being reviewed by Sec-
rotary of War Dickinson.
Already there has been apprOpri-
ated for the purchase of canal rights
from France and Panama and fer
construction. a total of S210,060. 600.
Secretary Dickinson finds il very diff
cult to reduce the estimates and con-
gress itself has learned that a reduc-
ton of the estimates merely invites a
deficiency appropriation later.
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BILL FOR REL IEF OF
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GOES TO GOVERNOR
Tobacco Co.
at Bottom of the Trouble

free sale of leaf tobacco by the farm
er which was stricken out by the fl
nance committee of the senate. At
ter reviewing the growth of the
American Tobacco Company, MIR.
Bradley said that, not content with
destroying all competition in the Unit
ed States, this concern drove the I'M
perial Tobacco Company, of Great
Britain, its chief competitor, to a
compromise and obtained an agree
ment by which the Imperial yielded
up all competition in the United
States.
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Georgia Railway Attempts
to Move Train of Per
ishable Goods.
BRAKES APPLIED
BY SYMPATHIZERS

The TRAIN STALLED, ENGINEER
STRUCK WITH A STONE AND
FINALLY THE ENGINE WAS CUT
FROM THE TRAIN AND RETURN
ED TO SAVANNAH-FEDERAL
OR STATE INTERVENTION is
NOW VERY PROBABLE AND
SRAcE TROUBLE is FEARED.
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DEMANDED $500, 600.

Los Angeles. Cal. MAY 2S.-Charg-
ed with sending letters in which he
demanded 100000 from A. Douglass.
a millionaire mining man of Bisbee,
Ariz, who is residing temporarily in
Pasadena. Sam Leros, alias Fred Ri
vera, was arrested at u ranch near
Redondo and brought here. DR. Geo
Campbell examined Leroe here and
later a complaint of insanity was is
sued against him.
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Bank CIearingS VIII
Show Decrease To-Day

is made for the fact that the COM
parison is with only FIVE days in the
week o. that year. For the month %
date bank clearings are one-fifth
larger than a year ago and slightly
under ! per cent larger than in Mas,
1906, when trade was very active AS
noted above, the increase in the COM
parison with the report three years
ago shown in the earlier returns is
hardly maintained in the last week Of
the month.
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The Senate Passes Measure
Which Carries With
it S166, 500.
STATE UNIFORMITY
BOOK BILL PASSES

BUT LITTLE DEBATE ON THE
MEASURE, WHICH REEIVED II
OF THE 26 VOTES THE Will
LIAMs BILL FOR Til PRoTEC-
TON AND CONSERVATION OF
OYSTERS AND GREETING OF
FICE OF STATE oYSrER CON-
MISSIONER ALSO P$sEs.
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Big Ocean Liner Goes
Aground in ". Y. HarbOr

by but a few feet At high tide to-
day she hoated with the aid of ten
tugs and steamers and resumed her
course down the lower bay, only to
run aground again on the edge of the
new Ambrose channel
The steamer was soon freed from
her second predicament by the rising
tide and her own screws and pro-
ceeded on her voyage. She carried
426 passengers. all of whom remained
on board.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-29
Two Soldiers Killed i'm
flight With Moro Bandits

first shots fred.
Two columns of infantry are in pur-
suit OF the bandits.
The detachment that was attacked
had been engaged in the protection of
friendly natives, inducing them to
cultivate the land and had introduced
the double sentry system as a pre-
cautionary measure. as attacks were
expected momentarily from the rowing
bands of mauraders that Infested the
country.
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BY Associated Press.

Washington, May 2S.-A quarter of
billion dollars will have been appro-
priated by congress for the purchase
and construction of the Isthmian ca
nal if the estimates for the expendi-
lures in canal material for the fiscal
year beginning July l, 1910, are agreed
to by congress next winter
These estimates, amounting to
about s65,000.0OO. have Just been re-