Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-18
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

To Break Trust A bill de-
signed to aid in the separation of the
Waters Pierce and Standard Oil COM
panies was introduced In the house OF
representatives at Jefferson city, MO-,
yesterday The measure prohibits for
eign corporations from holding STOCK
in Missouri corporations.
Strike Continues - The strike
of the postmen and telegraphers con
tinues to spread in Paris and the
provinces but, although dtsorgan1zed,
no branch of the service is completely
paralyzed. 1t is estimated that 3,O00,OO0
letters and 100000 kilograms are held
up. AS a result business interests are
suffering.
Methodists Convene-The for
ty-first annual session of the st. Louis
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church convened at Sedalia, Mo-, yes
terday, Bishop F. w. Anderson of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, presiding. over 200
ministers from southern and western
states are present and many interest
ing discussions are expected.
Petition Opposed - After a
stormy session the recount committee OF
the legislature at Springfield, Ill,
adopted report yesterday holding that
the petition of Adlai e. Stevenson for
recount OF votes cast for governor last
November did not present a prima facie
evidence. 1t recommends that the
count petition be dismissed.
Many Attend Funeral-Fifteen
thousand persons paid honor to the
memory of Gen. William ]. Palmer.
founder of Colorado Springs, railroad
builder soldier and philanthropist,
whose body was laid at rest in Ever
green cemetery in Colorado Springs at
noon yesterday. The ceremony at the
grave was brief and devoid of display
of any kind, in Difference to the wishes
Of the dead
Bankers Prosper - The great
est volume of business in the history
of Portland, Ore, was recorded yester-
day by the local banks through the
Clearing House association when the
total clearings aggregated $2ll6,4lS.
This makes new and double record,
being not only the largest showing for
a single day, but it is the first time
Portland has ever hit the $2,000,0OO
mark.
Competition Keen - COMPETE
ton between soliciting agents for the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacinc ran
roads prior to the so-called Hartman
merger has become so active that rep
resentatives of the roads have sought
to buy business from shippers. Such
was the statement of A. H. Ginz, for
mer traffic manager OF the south BeEo
Pillow company today in the Cnlcago
hearing of the governments dissolution
Steel Trust Loses-The annual
report Of the United States Steel cor
poration was made public yesterday ana
showed that for the year ended jan
uary 81, 1908, gross receipts OF $4S2, 3O1,-
$40 were earned, a decrease OF $274,106,-
927 from the preceding year. The net
earnings of the corporation were $751;
Iii, a decrease of $69, 1888 from the
year of 1907. The report shows that
no sums were set aside during the year
for additional construction, against
$54, 900, 600 in 1907.
Germans Interested The dis
cussion in the British house of COM
mons of the naval estimates is causing
the greatest interest in Germany Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz, secretary of the adj
miralty, speaking before the budget
committee today, declared the hgures
regarding the construction of German
Dreadnaughts given by Reginald Nc
Kenna. first lord of the admiralty, in
the course of the commons debate,
were entirely wrong.
Strike Is Ended-The strike in
the American Steel Foundry companys
plant which began at Granite City, ILL.,,
Saturday when 400 men went out vir-
tually ended yesterday when Superin-
tendent Washer and an assistant
chased the agitator whom they blamed
for the trouble out of the town after
beating him with their fists. Following
this episode the entire day shift went
back to work. Washer stated the agi-
tator had Unframed the imagination of
the workingmen."
Grand Jury Meets-The grand
jury of the district court at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, which is investigating the
wholesale swindling charges against j.
C. Mabray and his companions. some of
whom are under arrest at Little Rock,
Ark, was in session again yesterday
A report of any indictments found is
not expected before the end of the week
unless it may be necessary to report
sooner in order to secure the arrest of
one of the alleged swindlers who now
lives in South Dakota and is said to be
making preparations for flight. He is
being watched by the authorities.
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