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VOL. XXXVII NO. 7.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1907 SIX SECTIONS TLURTY-SIX PAGES.
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SEDITION IN INDIA
English Residents in Fear of Uprising
of NatiTea.
GOVERNMENT SHOWING ENERGY
Authorities Are Moring Against Na
tire Newspapers.
WARNED TO PEOCLED WITH CARE
language Used by Them Direct In
centive to Violence.
SAMPLES OF THE PUBLICATIONS
Great Commercial Interest Said ta
Oppose Troable Aetaal Pl
tlona of Orleatal ?!ot
Apparent.
CALCUTTA, Aug. S 8peelal -Fear of
the u prliilng of the native th dread spec
ter of the yellow peril, which constantly
hangs over the hearts of all Europeans
residing In India, continues to grow dally,
It might almost be said hourly the Mad
ras government Is showing considerable
energy In dealing with the disorders
atlrred lip by Incendiary orators. As a re
ult of the visit of Bepln Chandra Pal to
Rajahmundry the students In the college
there became most refractory. They ap
peared In school with "Bande Mataran"
locketa and when told by Mark Hunter,
the principal, to remove them, they left
college In a body and subsequently re
fused to apologise for their conduct. One
of the teachera ws even Implicated.
The authorities are moving not only
against the orators, but against the native
newspapers which have long appeared to
possess Immunity. The Calcutta police, for
Instance, have Just raided No. 7 Santl Ram
Ohose street and No. ai Cornwallls street
on a search warrant granted by the chief
presidency magistrate empowering them to
ae,lse any document, paper or article con
nected with the printing of a periodical
called "Sonar Bangla." At the former
place the police made a discovery. This
was that the paper called Jugantar was be
ing printed at this place. On questioning
the printer the police learned that the
paper had been published from the office
for the last month. As there was no dec
laration, aa required by section 15 of the
press act. 1869. the forms and sheets of
the printed matter were seised. In the
course of the search they also found that
the Swadoahl paper. Navasaktl. of Mogran
Jan Guhl of Barlfal fame, was also printed
here. The police took possession of the
documents connected with the printing of
this sheet. In the matter of "The Sonar
Bangla" the authorities seised the proof
sheets, printers bill, press file, etc,
( lee Sewed em newspaper.
Commenting on the raid, the Statesman
ays with regard to the Bande Mataram.
a-hoae exoeotlonally sensational posters had
excited much comment: .
"Notice has been served upon the pro
prietor, editor manager, and printer to
th effect that proceeding would be
adopted against them under Section 114,
and other aectlon dealings with seditious
publications unless they moderated their
tone. Although they had been expecting
this action for a considerable time past Its
actual advent caused a great deal of com
motion In the Bande Mataram office. A
conference was held with the directors,
th paper being the property of a limited
company, after which the manager Inter
viewed the legal advisers of the company
In connection with the notice. In the course
of a conversation with a member of the
staff of the 'Bande Mataram' It was
stated that other newspapera had been
treated In a similar fashion. Further in
quiries proved that no action has as yet
been taken by the police, but a notice of
warning under the signature of Mr. Gait,
th chief secretary of the government of
Bengal has been served not only on the
Bande Mataram.' 'Sandhya,' Mlhtro
Bndhohau' and 'Jugantar.' The notice of
warning says that the language used by
these paper Is a direct Incentive to vio
lence and lawlessness and that they must
express themselves differently or they will
be prosecuted. A slightly lee offensive
ton has been nottcable recently.
Eagllskmen Are Pleased.
Commenting upon the subject 'The Eng
lishman" says:
"It Is something to learn that the Ben
gal government 1 at last moving In th
matter of the seditions news sheet that
have done so much mischief, though dls
sppointment will be felt that the blow,
which haa been delivered la not of a more
crushing kind. The most pernicious
papers have been left alone, and It Is a
question whether the Impression may not
grow that the government doea not feel
Itself strong enrmgh to deal with those
who have moat flagrantly and Impudently
earned the law.-
The following may be taken as sample
f th literature that I constantly being
sTtstrlbuted through th medium of these
papers : x
"Many wish to know how many flreaems
have been collected. It is not very dif
ficult to collect arms. A bomb Is being
prepared of a kind which will revo
lutionise the modern atyl of warfare. This
bomb Is also very cheap and all can carry
It about In their hand or pockets.
"People are soundly threshing a Feringht
whenever they are coming across one. And
here whenever a Ferlnghl la seen the boys
throw brick bats at him as they get the
opportunity. And thrashing th European
soldier la continuing. The Fcringhia also
are getting threshes. To what pass have
they come!
The great commercial Interest of India,
however, appear to be opposing the agita
tionthat is if one may tare to venture a
guess aa to the workings of the Oriental
mind. At Allgarh. for Instsnce a meeting
of Hindus has passed the following reso
lutions: "That we. the aamlndars. hankers and
merchants of the city aad district of AU
garh assembled In this general meeting
presided over by Raja Dutt Pershad
Singh Bahadur of Mursan do unanimously
regret and condemn the agitation most un
becomingly and rashly stirred up in the
province of Punjab and . Bengal an
agitation which haa been the cause of some
little anxletv and trouble to our benlga
government."
Protest af a Native.
There 1 patho under th quaint letter of
Madhu Sudan Saka. a native trader In the
Tarsal district, who, tiaving found th
Bengali press closed s gainst his com
plaints, turns to th English papers and
protests a follows:
"We have been selling Maaeheater cloth
for a long time in the towa of Bariaal and
In the big market. of the district. Whea
ta 14 th Swadeshi movement begaa th
(Continued oa Second Pag.)
SUMMARY OF THE DEE
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DOMXSTXO.
Judge Landis. in the United States dis
trict court at Chicago, fined the Standard
Oil company of Indiana J2, 240,000 for
accepting rebates from the Alton road and
directed a grand Jury to be called to in
vestigate the complicity of the Alton.
X, PMTS 1
Indictment returned at Chicago against
A. Booth a: Co. as the "Fish trust" and
the New York, Chicago St. Louis and
the Lehigh Valley railroads for rebating.
X. Page 1
A report is regarded as true that the
railroads of Virginia will accept tho
2 -cent fare law without a fight.
X. Par 1
New Tork'a police force Is completely
baffled by the remarkable series of crimes
that have been perpetrated there on
young girls. X, Pag 1
Attorney for the Union Pacific rallroaJ
seeks to force the State Board of Equal
ization to give. It a bill of exceptions in
Its case before it by filing mandamus
suit In supreme court. X, Pag 3
W. D. Haywood does not know whether
he will be called upon to take charge of
the strike in the Minnesota range.
X, Pag a
Vic President Fairbanks greeted by
large crowd in Lincoln and makes ad
dress at the Nebraska Epworth assembly
before an assemblage of 5,000 people.
X, Pag
POmTEIOaT.
Two hundred ship of war are reviewed
by the king and queen of England on the
Solent. X, Page 1
Emperor Nicholas and Kaiser Wllheiin
have a conference on their yachts on the
Baltic sea. exchanging calls. X, Page 1
Disaffected members of Belfast's police
force are sentenced to exile In Isolated
parts of the country. X. Page 1
The Hague conference agrees on thj
American proposition for a permanent
court of arbitration. X, Page X
VXBmJLSKA
Time for candidates to file for office ha
expired and list leaves two republican
and two fusion candidates for supreme
Judge. No fusion candidate for railway
commissioner. .X, Pag S
X.OCAXu
Vice President Fairbanks, who stop In
Omaha enroute to Lincoln, commends the
law of the last congress on Irrigation as
on of th most valuable measures.
x. Pr 4
Toung Msn's Christian association in
creases Its clerical force and will Increase
Its fees In the autumn. X, Pag 4
Omaha Boosters' recent commercial In
vasion of the northwest cost about '130.
000. B.XAX EIT1TX aVD BTJXX.XXbTO.
Omaha man offers a new Idea In dwell
ing for the consideration of local build
ers. xx "
Real estate men find the demand, for
outlying property to be fully up to sup
ply, newly platted addltlona being sold
rapidly to home builders. . XX. Pags
IOKI BSCTXOaT.
In the Home Section of this number
will be found Buster Brown; The Busy
Bees' Own Page; Art Treasures of Peru
gia; Land Boom In Valley of the Nlii;
Latest in Scarfs and Drapes; Woman In
the Business World; Statue of Lafayetle
la Now Ready; King Chulalongkorn on
His Travels; Fluffy Ruffles. Six Pages
ELECT B.ICAI. SECTIOB".
What Steam and Electricity Are Doing
for Omaha; Sights and Scenes Within
Easy Reach; Electricity s Part in Modern
Business and Domestic Affairs; Somo
Omaha Men Who Started aa Telegraphers;
Silver Plating a Magic Art; th Auto
matic Telephone; Electricity at the Park
ing Houses; Electricity and Transporta
tion. Pares
MOTSatZWTI OP OCEATf STXtAKSHXPS.
Part. ArrUed. Ell0.
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Victoria a.
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Koraa.
Italia.
DOES NOT KNOW THE PROGRAM
W, D. Harwtat Uncertain Whether
He Will Take Charge, af
ft'arthera Strike.
SALT LAKE CITT. Aug. t-W. D. Hay
wood. ecretary-traaurer of the Western
Federation of Miners, when asked by the
Associated Press today a to th truth
of report that he was going to taks a
hand in th strike now on in th Hlbbing
and Eveleth (Minn.) range district, said
that h had iiot yet been commissioned to
go to Minnesota, but that b wa going
back to hi desk m Denver and would be
subject to any order for th good of th
Western Federation of Miners.
COPPER MOV4TAI TO BE BORED
Calorado Capitalists WIll'Balld Big:
Taaael la Wyoming.
8HOSHONL Wyo., Aug. ft (Special. )
A project Is now on foot which. If suc
cessfully carried out will accomplish
much for the development of the mining
resource of Wyoming. Colorado capitalists,
who names are not yet divulged, are
about to drive a big drain. and working
tunte( thruh th Copper Mountain range.
Thla will not necessitate such an enormous
outlay of time or money a might be sup
posed, as from the head of Dry creek, at
which place it 1 proposed to start th
tunnel, through to the head of West Bridge
creek. Is considerably less than two mile.
A depth of about lOuO feet will be at
tained at the deepest point som of th
most promising mine in th district will
be drained and an economical method of
running sums of th largeet Copper moun
ts, la or bodies will be aurd.
FEAR YELLOW PERIL
European Statesmen Looking to Time
of Eventual CorfJct
RUSSIA MUST BEAE THE BRUNT
, . ... ...
Geographic Position Places it in Zone
of Danger.
KEED OF FEAI CO-RUSSIAN PACT
Eecent Events Regarded as Series of
Diplomatic Blunders.
FRANCE SHOULD KEEP FRIENDLY
Englaad, Some Declare. Will at Last
Be Forced to Side with Ras
la a Agalast Orien
tal Race.
Nc
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. t-(r
What of th Franco-Russia
Stands It where it did? Thest .s '.ng
the Interesting questions which . .very
where being asked In political clrc.es since
the discussion of tlje possibilities of war
between England's any and Russia foe
Japan.
The matter of the Franco-Russian alli
ance has been pushed prominently forward
by an article In the Novoe Vremya.
amounting to this: That as the French
army Is not proportionately as strong as It
' . ,.' . .',!,,
was. Russia would do well to seek another
alliance. This may seem like a queer
criticism Com a Muscovite, when the re-
cent war with Japan and Its grim conse-
quences are borne In mind. But there t
Is. And the arguments pro and con are
causing no end to Indignant discussions
here.
Fuel has been added to the flame by the
discussion of a series of articles along
parallel lines In one of the leading Pari
sian newspspers. the Temps. This par
ticular paper happens to be of the moderate
quality and It is as much In favor of the
Franco-Russian alliance as ever. But It
frankly admits that there have been er
ror, and in a city where frankness Is not
to be expected In the newspaper or out ol
the newsppaers city like 8t Petersburg
this very frankness Is not regarded with
satisfaction at least, not In official circles.
Maay Diplomatic Blaa4er.
From these various newspaper and offi
cial sources on gathers the following re
garding the status of the Franco-Russian
alliance: First of all, the attitude of M.
Combs and his friends was as little French
: as could be conceived when the Russian
) reverse began. Russia asked nothing of
France, and yet It was brutally told It
had nothing to expect from It, and when
Count Witt returned from Portsmouth,
N. H.. after the peace conference he apoke
his mind and that of many of hi fellow
countrymen. Sine then, however, blunder
after blunder has followed.
Whereupon M. Bompard was mad laat
year to give advice to It. Iavolsky which
h could nor take, whether the French
ambassador undertook strange missions of
economic control which were as wounding ' Deposit Tor the June hair year are n.rr.-
to the Russians a they were useless to ' 000 highfT ,han theT ww rw so: th
France; whether eertain wishes expressed ! T" haf be'n, ,ncrk" Jy '0VB
at St Petersburg a, to the "modalite." of ; e n,t7"L ,nd " ,noW J3'000 "
,. ... . the paid up capital, and nowlthstandlng
Franco-sslan relation, received no sat- , m of ,he , rfu
isfactlon; whether the French war offlc. ; th. M -MeUi tf)e d)r..
reduced to a minimum the military com- ; tor. are ,n . po.lon to increase their
munlcatlon that Is Indispensable between d!viden(i by i per cent to Increase their ad
allles, tho Russian hav derived th lm- oltlon t0 reserve and to carry forward a
preasion that they wer being neglected, j iarge balance. A dividend of 15 per cent
and though incorrect It wa none the less . especially where there Is evidence In the
unfortunate. It wa for Russia to put an j accounts that the policy of the directors Is
end to this situation by saying what It : strongly conservative the liquid assets are
wanted, but Instead of this Its government now 46 per cent of the labilities is regarded
staff maintained an excessive reserve. as being decidedly satisfactory.
When M. Isvolsky went to Paris last year
it Is now asserted he kept away from those , NEW SUBSTITUTE FOR RADIUM
who could have spoken to him with advan-
'"if- The Intimacy which did not exist at ! Bb.tance Discovered with Similar
St Petersburg needed to be restored at ! Properties, bnt Mark Less
Paris, or else the Franco-Russian alliance ( Expensive,
was practically at an end. M. Loubet had I
had the excellent Idea, promptly approved j PARIS. Aug. S. (Special.) Molybdott,
by the cxar, of attaching a French officer i the new radium, or radium for short
to his person, but M. Fallleres did not carry ! purses, as It has been called, appears to
It out so Germany's adorers in Russia j be a renuine discovery. M. Andre Lan-
simply accentuated their campa'en against ! cien. who found It, is, a medical student
France. It Is true that the Cross of St. j ,t Kochefort. He says that he haa been
I Andrew haa lately been conferred on M. , atudytng photography for over two yeara.
j Fallleres. but on the other hand the point 1 i the course of his experiments he corn
Is made that when coolness exists It la not ! bined molybdenlum and uranium by treat-
to be dispelled with decorations. lng nitrate of uranyl with molydate of
Copies of the Pari Temps, which hav ammonia and obtained a white precipitate
been received here assert that the Novoe ; which, being dried In vacuum, yielded
Vremya' trlcture on the French irmy moiyd.t 0f uranyL This substance af
are most unjust, and that the Russian ; fePtel photographic sensitive plat and
j army on Its side must still be reckoned ss
a to roe ana a power, isiks aoout French artiity Is very low, reaching a maximum
loans to Russia are most unreasonable. of al compared with that of radium
and the Temps conclude by declaring that bromin. 0f l.S.0.. On the other hand
the alliance Is as necessary to them both as ' tne new substance appears to produce no
ever, and that it I th fault of man and burnln, on ,ne ,kt, and thus besides being
not things if It does not work well. far coT, offers a double advantage
Meanwhile there Is undoubtedly a feeling ov.r radlum bromide in cases In which only
throughout the civilised world that after j a ,ow deerea 0f radio-activity ta requ'red.
11 Russia was of decided value In Aslat'c I The nrw compound has been tested on
politics, a a sort of great national police- rbb. ,nd no ,nflammation resulted. An
man. and that brutal though Ha methods j other r.port from Rochefort say that
may have been at time, they wer the only Mo,yMu . fully a radio-active aa
methods which were capable of holding th ! . ' h M. w thl. -r-jed aa
oriental in check. Since the trouble In
i . ... . .
. Cores and th revelation that Japan la
I disposed to dethrone the reigning family In I
, the Hermit kingdom, and then move first
on Manchuria and next on China, and that !
sooner or later there must be a conflict be
tween the white races and th yellow, with
Japan leading the yellow and Russia, by
the sheer fore of position, leading the
white, or at least destined to bear the bur-
' den of the attack of the yellow all of
j these thing. It 1 argued here, show that
the Franoo-Ruaslan alliance U not only a
; political necessity but thst the other na-
tions of the world will be forced to aid
! vival of th. flttert of 'th nation, of earth!
j And even England, the ancient foe of Rus
! sla, it la ergiied. will be forced to break
the Anglo-Japan alliance and line-up on
; the aid of Russia, or else Its Indian pos
sessions, where uprising are already
; threatened, will be cauaht and ruined K
' the forward movement of the yellow race
MOTORS CRASH, FIVE KILLED
j " "" ""
, Car la Crlterloa Aata Rac Collide
with Tearing Car Near
Bordeaax.
!
I BORDEAUX, Franc. Aug. 1-Flv men
wer killed and two other mortally
wuunuru m a .cement toaay.
One of the car was competing In th.
iTiieriun tup isrt. n cotnaea. wnu
running at full speed, with a touring car. Eighteen Killed la Mia.
Among the men killed are the editors of HOMBURd. Prussia, Aug. t-An ex
two newspaper. Th racing car left i plosion of fire damp In a mine at Mlttel
i Pari thl morning. It 1 said th dust ' Bexbaek. resulted today In th killing ef
, over the rose prevented th drivers from ' eighteen men and the wounding f alevea
seeing th other car- other.
COLONIAL SCANDAL IN SIGHT
Additional ' Confidential Information
Likely t Be Dltilttd la
GtrMii r
BERLIN. Aug. t (Special.) Colonial af
fairs In Germany really are the order of
the day. Nothing of the kind haa been
i widely di.cu.aed m yeare the trial of
' Dr. Petera. General Von Llebert the
I Colonial Hotspur, even went ao far as to
declare m open court at Munich that the
findings of the dlsclplinsry tribunal, which
twelve years ago dismissed Dr. Peters
from the colonial service was "a dls-
Bi-sce to the German people." The fact
i that Dr. Petera won a llhel stilt In which
I the defendant simply repeated the charges
brought against him Is in flagrant con
tradiction to the finding of the disciplinary
court. As one of the results of the already
j long drawn out litigation growing ont of
the entire sltustion at Munich It Is
threatened that additional confidential
documents, which were laid before that
court be published, so thst a very
P"" V'al scandal Is In sight
N ' of the entire affair appear
r - -.-) n- . i t i ....
.ical passion. The social democrats
are opposed to German colonial policy
nt. Dr. Peters In the blackest colors. If
they are to be believed the Spanish con
qulsltadores we.-e mild and gentle In
dividuals, when compared with the imperial
commissary of the Kllmamdajaro district of
German. East Africa. The partisans of
colonial expansion, on the other hand,
represent him aa the victim of political
rancor, an energetic and conscientious of
ficial, who has been the victim of calumny.
As usual, th truth undoubtedly lies be
tween the two extremes. Those who know
rv r.. . i . .. . .w.
I , ....
monter of cruelty, which he has been
nnt, m. ... ... . . .
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least In dealing with the natives of Africa.
He hlrrself hss said that one of the great
est difficulties that he haa had to contend
with has been the want of comprehension
of the situation In the colonies on the part
of the great mass of his fellow country
men. The delicate point that the dis
ciplinary court had before it at the previous
trial of Dr. Peters was as to whether he
had exceeded his powers and had treated
the natives with unnecessary harshness. A
he was dismissed from the colonial service
the cmirt wa evidently of the opinion that
he had.
GREAT FEAFJ OF FAMINE
Deposit la Irish Baak Increase la
Face of Impending
Distress.
DUBLIN. Aug. . (Special.) Dictated by
fear of famine, over the signature of P. A.
McHugh, M. P., a circular letter haa been
sent to the clerks of the poor law unions In
Connaught asking the following questions:
A How will the rainfall and cold of the sea
son affect the crops in your union?
What Is the view nf your board as to the
probable yield of this year's potato crop?
How are the people of your district situ
ated in regard to fuel?
What suggestions would your board make
as to the step that should be taken by the
Irish government to rope with the wide
spread distress which Is now believed to
be Imminent?
However, that all Is not adversitythat
there is prosperity Is demonstrated by the
J Torts of the Munster and Leineter banks.
i nB named molybdott. Its radio-
. . . . ,,, .
' extremely doubtful by scientists.
i
PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHTS
Vrw Rcgalatlona la Germany for Use
af Camera Wlthoat Per
mission. BERLIN. Aug. t Special.) Damages to
the extent of SLSOO. with a fine of ISO or
two months" imprisonment may henceforth
be the fate of anyone who snapshot a
prlvat person, work of art or Interior of
a building, and circulates or publishes the
clcture without permission. Persons in
the 'ye ' lh P?",e ,UCh " he "'""'
! mPmurri Ul i bi i.ihiij, m air--
men and actors and all sorts cf public
buildings and public works of art may b
snapshotted and reproduced without per
mission. Tourist with camera will not be af-
fectd " ,on- " thelr '"-P'110'- "-
i fined to uch subjects. Illustrated news-
No police regulation is provided for, and
! prosecutions will follow only on complaint
of persons involved. The law is specially
i designed to protect the copyright of pho-
tographera, painter, sculptors, architect
, and industrial artists. If the original works
! of the members of any of these profession
. ar, reproduced without their permission
, the reprove, rr.ay he punished in accord-
ance wltn the new regul.tion.
FINE IS TOO HEAVY
Oil Company Official'! Opinion of
Judge Landii' Decision.
SAYS APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN
;
, Amount Fifty Times as Much as Value
! of Oil Carried.
MAKES CLAIM OF INNOCENCE
Vice President Moffit Says Finding is
Unjust to All Shippers.
PRESLDENT DECLINES TO TALK
At Oyster Bay It I Aaaoaaeed tkat
Mr. Roosevelt Ha o Comment
to Make aa Aetloa of
Coart.
NEW TORK. Aug. S President James
A. Moffett of the Standard OH company of
Indiana made the following statement
today in reference to the Judgment by
Judge Landis pronounced In Chicago:
The court having pronounced Its 1n1g
ment In the cae of the United States
against the Standard Oil companv of In
diana, there can now be no Impropriety In
stating our position to the American peo
ple. The facts in this case are simple and
easily understood. The Stsndard Oil com
pany of Indiana was convicted of receiving
what the government claimed was a con
cession from the Chicago & Alton in the
shipment of oil from Its rertnery at Whit
ing lnd., to East 8t. Louis, 111. The con
tention of the government was that the
lawful rate was 18 cents per 100 pounds
between these two points. The defendant
claims: First, that the lawful rate was
cents; snd. secondly. If ( cents was not
the lawful rate it was the rste Issued to
the etnn'larrt by the Alton as the lawful
rate, and the Standard was Justified In
believing from Its own Investigation and
from the Information received from the
railroad company that rents was the law
ful rate.
The 18-rent rate was a "class" and not a
"commodity" rate, and the chairman of
the Chicago and St. Louis Traffic associa
tion, the association Issuing the lS-cent
class rate, under oath testified that It was
never applied and was never Intended to
apply to oil.
Many Shipper la Same Pliant.
Thousands of tons of freight have been
shipped from these points during the last
flftten years under the same circumstances
as the Standard shipments, and If the
Standard is guilty In this case, so Is
practically every other shipper In this great
manufacturing territory. Is tnere a pur
pose in selecting the Standard as the vic
tim? The Standard Oil company ahipped about
one-third of all the oil that went from
Whiting of East St. Louis over the East
ern Illlrois. the other two-thirds going over
the Alton and the Burlington. On the trial
of the case the defendant offered to show
by witnesses who were on the stand that
not only during the period covered by
the Indictment, but continuously from
the Eastern Illinois had a lawful publishnd
and filed rate between Whiting and East
8t Louts on oil of 6 cents per W pounds
and that the Standard Oil company shipped
at this rate over the Eastern Illinois more
than 2.njrt cars of oli each year during
this period. To his offer the government
through its attorneys strenously objected
and the court sustained such objection.
The defendant contended, and still does
contend, that this proof would have con
clusively shown that the Standard Oil
company had no possible motive In shipping
over the Aton .and thereby violating tho
law. when It might Just a readilv and
conveniently have shipped all of Its oil
over the Eastern Illinois and not have
violated any law.
Packing House Prod acts.
The defendant also offered to prove that
packing house products, during the same
period of time, were carried between thtse
same points under a "commodity" rate for
ten rates; malt. 7 cents; brick. S cents;
corn meal. 7 cents; rosin. 6H cents; starch,
8 cents; peas, beans and pop corn, 8 cents;
linseed oil In tank cars, g cents; glycerine.
8 cents. The court again sustained the ob
jections of government counsel and the
Judge again prohibited us from showing
the Jury how absurd was the government s
claim that the rate for example, on linseed
oil. was 8 cents, while on petroleum oil
it was 18 cents.
Under circumstances, and In view of
the fact that petroleum had been openly
carried over the three roads from Whiting
to East St. Ixuis from ten to fourteen
years for cents, what a draft It Is on
human credulity for the prosecution to as
sert the 18 cents wa. the only possible
lawful rste.
The uncontradicted evidence showed
the Standard Oil company was advised by
the rate clerk of the Chlcaro and Alton
that thla 6-cent rate was filed with the
Interstate Commerce commission.
Court, however. Instructed the 1ury thst
the shipper must know not only what the
rate was, but also that such rate was
actually filed with the Interstate Com
merce commission; that Is to sav. the view
of the court was that a shipper "must know
absolutely what waa the legal rate at the
risk of suffering enormous penalties in the
event either that he waa misinformed by
the railroad company, or in the event that
he did not exercise as much diligence as In
the Judgment of court he should have ex
ercised In ascertaining what the rate reallv
wa.
Make Claim af Iraeenes,
If this Is the law. every shipper of frelrht
Is in danger of the penitentiary or confisca
tion of his property by way of excessive
fines every time he undertakes to make a
shipment from one state to another.
Knowing that the rate on the Eastern
Illinois waa but cents, having no reason
for shipping over the Alton In preference
to the Eastern Illinois, and able to ship all
of Its oil over the latter road, we Insist
that the facts, many of which the court
did not permit ua to ahow. not alone de
monstrate Innocence, but inherently forbid
the Idea of guilt.
We further Insist that whatever may be
one'a technical view of the law relating
to the above questions, every equitable
consideration Is with the defendant, and
if the only desire was to give this de
fendant a "square deal" this prosecution
would never have been Instituted.
The American public not onlv believe In
fair play in the abstract, but with all the
facta before It. it has the caparitv to de
termine whether a defendant, rich or poor
has received a "square deal." '
For all these reasons the Standard Oil
company asserts that It la not even tech
nically guilty and that it ought never to
have been prosecuted bees use of th
claimed failure of a railroad companv
which haa neither heen Indicted or prose,
cuted to file its tariff, and thst the prose
cution of this defendant under the cir
cumstanrea of thla case is a prostitution of
the spirit and the high purpose of the in
terstate commerce act.
i B,G F,B TAKES BREATH A WAT
! w.
Wall Street Welches Closely for Ef
fect af .lodge Land la Derision.
j NEW TORK. Aug. 1-Newa of the un.
i precedented fine Imposed upon the Stand-
ard OH company by Federal Judge Landis
, at Chicago today was received In New
. York with excited Interest. The general
' expectation had been that the declalon
i would be unfavorable, but apparently no
. one looked for the Imposition of the maxi
I mum penalty.
I An official of th Standard Oil company
aid th amount of th fine evidenced the
Injustice against the company.
"The amount of Judge Landis' flnea"
said ths official this afternoon, authorita-
I nveiy tor tne company, "is f fty time th
j vlu of th ol) carried under the indict
I ment. The total value of oil was 10.000,
For each car of oil. valued at about UU
we have been fined 831.000. Aa appeal will
be takt-n In the United States circuit court
of appeals, but whether It wUl b entered
(Continued oa Second Pag.)
NO CLUE TO MANY MURDERS
New Terk Police Completely Baffled
hj Crimes Committed la ,
That City.
NEW TORK. Aug. 1 The remarkable
series of crimes In this city In which
women and children re the ohjeets of at
tack, shows no signs of abating. D'iring
yesterday two such attacks were reported
to the police and today one additional cas
has been brought to rubllc notice, that of
a young East side girl, who was attacked
by a miscreant while passing through the
hallway of the house that held her own
heme.
Scarcely an arrest of Importance haa
beeen made and the police confess them
selves baffled. Detectives who have studied
the different cases differ as to the prob
able perpetrators. Some Incline to the be
lief that the assaults are the work of one
man who has the mad animal Instinct of
the London and Berlin "Ripper." Other
combat this theory and point to the widely
separated points at which the crimes oc
curred and the different methods with
which final murder was accomplished. No
one can explain, however, why there should
be uch tji epidemic of fiendish crime in
this city at this time a crime the city Is
generally free of.
The list of victims who have met death
in this wave of crime will reach five, three
young girls and two women. A score or
more have been attacked.
FLOGGING FOR WIFE BEATER
Alderman at Hasletoa, Pa., Takes Lin
lato Owa Hand, Woman
A nplnadlag.
HAZ ELTON, Pa.. Aug. S.-Louts Sam
bolla. accused of wife beating, was pub
licly flogged yesterday by Alderman D. A.
McKelvey, before whom he had been
brought for a hearing. After the testimony
had been given. Alderman McKelvey seized
the man by the collar, dragged him Into
the street, pulled the oat Trom his back and
then handcuffed him to a tie post
The crowd divined his intention and a
man took off hi belt and gave it to Mc
Kelvey. The alderman is young and strong
and the flogging was vigorous. After a
few strokes Bambolta fell to his knees, cry
ing for mercy, but McKelvey kept It up
until he feH that the prisoner had enough.
All during the flogging the wife stood by
and seemed to enjoy it.
YUKON FIELDS STILL RICH
Canadian Experts Report thnt Mnrh
Cold Remain la Alaskan
Gravel.
OTTAWA. Aug. S.-The Canadian gov
ernment has had an examination made of
th gold-producing districts of the Tukon
to see what amount of gold waa still to
be obtained from gravel banks hill sides
and valleys, where the pioneer miner with
placer methods has skimmed off the rich
cream. Four experts spent a season sampl
ing, surveying, boring and measuring the
gravels. They estimate that there Is still
almost $04,000,000 gold to be tsken from
gravels, which ha already yielded $119.
000.000. To cover what 1 still scattered
through th soil, advanced methods will
have to be used.
BRAKEMEN LEAVE THEIR RUNS
Trainmen on Colorado Tt Soathcra
Railroad Demand Increase
la Wage.
DENVER. Colo., Aug. S.-In consequence
of the failure of the negotiations for an
adjustment of the differences between the
striking Denver switchmen, who demanded
an Increase f 2 cent an hour In their
wage, and the Colorado A Southern rail
way. Grand Master P. H. Morrlssey of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
called out all the trainmen on the road
who are members of the brotherhood at
noon today. These include about 600 brake
men and a few conductors.
VERY CLOSE IN MISSISSIPPI
William Leads Governor Vnrdnmaa
for Senator by Two Thou
sand Vote.
JACKSON. Miss., Aug.. 8. With one
county to hear from, John Sharp Williams
leads in the race for United States senator
by less than 2.000 votes. This county is
Jeff Davis, which will break about even.
The three candldatea leading for governor
are Noel, Scott and Brewer. Indications
are that the race will be between Noel and
Bcott.
VIRGINIA ROADS YIELDING
Report thnt They Have Dcrldrd to
Obey the Two-f enl Fare
Law.
RICHMOND, Va . Aug. 8,-The News
Leader is Informed on the highest author
ity that Governor Swanson, Corporation
Commissioner Prentiss and Stuart At
torney General Anderson, A. C. Braton
and Senator Daniel, special counsel for the
state, last night submitted an ultimatum
to consul for the railroads and that the
railroads will submit to the law and put
the I-cent rate into effect within thirty
day.
TRYING TO PREVENT STRIKE
Etort Being Made ta Settle Differ
ences Between Miners and
Operator.
PITT8BURO. Aug. I An effort la belg
made today to settle the differences be
tween the .miners and operator which
threatened to cause a strike of the 14.00
miner In thl district yesterday.
Miners' President Fee hand said he ex
pected all matters would be stralgbten.xl
out at a Joint conference tomorrow and
that a strike was not likely now.
AIRSHIP FLICS AT RED OAK
aaccenafol Teat of Flying; Machine
Mad la th Iowa
City.
RED OAK. la.. Aug. I. (Special Tele
gram Wilds' airship made a successful
. ascension at Red Oak today. The ship
. circled the court house twice, landed on
' the Johnson hotel, then proceeded back
j to th fair grounds. Wilds has perfect
j control of hi ship.
EXILE DISAFFECTED POLICE
Haadred M rn aa Belfast Pare tent
ta Isolated Part of
Ireland.
BELFA8T. Ireland, Aug. One hundred
disaffected members of the police force
were exiled to isolated parts of Ireland.
On hundred and fifty mar will b sent
war Moadajt
LIMIT FOR
OIL TRUST
Judge Landis Fines Standard of
Indiana Twenty-Nine Millions.
1 OPINION
OF
THE
C0URI
His Analysis of Evidence Showt
Wilful and Frequent Offenses.
COLLUSION WITH RAILROADS
Devioe for Keeping Within Letter ol
Law it Exposed.
ORDERS GRAND JURY FOR ALTOS
Other Party to Rebating is Not t
Escape Llahtly- Conrt Strongly
. Ceaenree th Corporate
Interest.
CHICAGO. Aug. 8. Judge Landis In th
United States district court today imposed
a fine upon the Standard Oil company of
Indiana of 3.:4u.000. the maximum amount
upon each one of the 1.4G2 counts of the ln
I diclment on w hch that company was re
jcently convicted of rebating.
1 The Judge also recommended that a call
be issued for a special grand Jury which la
j to consider the other party to the rebating
! operations of w hich the Stsndard Oil com-
psny was found guilty and It is therefor
probable thai within a short time proceed
ings will be commenced against the Chi
cago & Alton Railroad company for the al
leged commission of similar offensi-s.
The reading of the opinion by Judge Lan
dis aroused almost as much Interest aa th
presence of John D. Rockefeller and other
officials of the Standard OH company upon
j the witness stand. The court room wa
crowded to lis utmost capacity and th
United States deputy marshals were finally
compelled to refuse admission to all late
comers. (
The government was represented In th
court room by United States District Attor-
nty Sims and by Assistant District Attor
ney Wllkerson. The only attorneys of th
Standard Oil company present in the court
room were Attorneys Eddy and Martin,
neither of whom bore s prominent part la
I the actual trial of the case. Attorney
1 Miller; the leading counsel for the Standard
, Oil company, was In Europe, and Ills chief
' assistant, Morltx Rosenthal, was In New
Tork. Only a few of the lesser officials of
' the Standard Oil company were in th
court room.
Judge Landis began reading his decision
at 10 o'clock and consumed approximately
one hour before he announced the penalty.
Opinion of the Conrt.
Judge Landis in his decision said It wa
proven on the trial that the defendant
a corporation of Indiana operates an oil
refinery at Whiting. Ind., that the Chicago
It Alton Railway company, a corporation of
Illinois, operates a line of railroad from
Chicago to East St. Louis. 111., and that
the Chicago Termlr al railroad operates a
switching road from Whiting across th
state line into . Illinois, Intersecting th
Alton road at a station called Chappell. a
short distance from Chicago and that ther
re three corrpanles operating terminal
railroads from East St. Louis, III., across
i the Mississippi river to St. Louis. Mo.
Prior to the occurrences upon which th
prosecution was based, the Chicago &
Alton company had filed with tin Inter
state Commerce commission showing th
rates for the transportation of oil In car
lots from Whiting to East St. Louis to b
18 cents per 100 pounds and the rat fof
! like transportation from Chappell to St
I Louis to be 14 cents per 100 pounds. Th
court says it appeared at the hearing that
the defendant shipped Its goods front
Whiting to East St. Louis for ( cents and
TH cents to St Louis. The dealings of th
Standard Oil company were exclusively
I with the Chicago & Alton, which rendered
all bills for the through service. The de
I fense argued that the Elklns law authorise'
the prosecution for but one offense' and
maintained that there could be a conviction
on only one count.
Extent of the Violation.
The court held that the law Is violated
every time any property Is so transported,
as the legal rate was established by ths
railroad company on a car lot basis. Ths
unlawful S-cent rate was granted and ac
cepted on''hat basis. As to the defendant's
claim that the representations by the Alton
rate lias misled It Into the sincere belief
that the Alton -cent rate had been filed
with the Interstate Commerce commission,
j the court held that aa the law required ths
carrier to keep the schedule at Its freight
office for public Inspection, it was the de-
fendant'n duty to ascertain at the railroad's
1 office whether the rate was so fixed and It
1 being for tn Jury to determine whether
! testimony exhibited the truth of ths
' transaction. Th Jury having found a
j verdict of guilty. It became the duty of ths
I court to fix the punishment.
The court then discussed the evidence of
! fered by the defendant to the effect that
J during the period covered by the Indictment
' the Chicago & Eaatern Illinois railroad
published an open rate of centa from
j Whiting to East St. Louis. The oourt held
that this fact should be considered in mltl
i gatlon. If true, although Inadmissible be-
for the Jury as to guilt or Innocens and
, the court after the verdict had been given
directed the production of all schedules by
j that railroad.
Tarla Were Filed.
! From these It appeared that th Eastern
: Illinois. In connection with other railroad
companies, issued and filed with the com
mence commission a class tariff and fixed
tl.e rale at 18 rents from Chic ag to East
St. Lcuis. On October . 1K, the Eastern
Illinois compar.y filed with the commission
' Its commodity tent, fixing a rate of r
cents on oil from'Dalton. III., to East
St. Louis and providing that out of thl
rate a ewitui.ing charge of not to exceed
IS per car would be absorbed on shipments
from Whiting. Ir.d. On July 1. 14. sixty
days prior to the beginning of the period
covered by the Indictment In this case, ths
Eastern Illinois Issued Its Joint tariff No.
lT.'.TS. Tl.la general class tariff provided
that between CMi ago suburban stations.
Including Whiting, Ind . and Fast St Louis,
111 . the current rates in effect from Chlo
sgo. III., should apply, except on coal, coke,
grain and grain product, lumber article
taking the same rates or arbltrarlee higher,
live sum k and hay. OH waa not Included
In the commooitii t thus excepted from these
class rates Anv.g tie tariffs imiiflcslly
named In conn.-rtk.n with which this cl.J-
ule wa to be effective were tariff No. T.M.
labor mentioned, which fixed a rata of U
