Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 5, 1906, Page 1

The Be VOLUME 4. NUMBER 14 REBATES? NO! CRIES ROGERS, OIL TRUST IS AROUSED Declares That Standard 0il Is and Has Been Lawabiding. President Roosevelt Char- acterized as Untruthful and Unfair. Message Arouses Magnates and They- Deny All Charges. New York, May +1.—In reply t) President Roosevelt’s message aad the report of Commissioner Grfield, H. H. Rogers and John D, Archbold of the Standard Oil company, said that their exam ination of the message and report had necessarily been a hurried one, and that they should ata later date make a full answer to their shareholders. Now they made the following statement to the Associated Press: *“When President Roosevelt or Commissioner Garfield attacks the Standard Oil company and uses its methods- of doing busi- ness, as an object lesson for the purpose of promoting his views __we protest. “It may be frankly statedat the outset that the Standard Oil company has acted atall times within the limits of fairness and with due regard for the law but to secure the most advantageous freight rates and routes possible. There wil be no denial of this fact on our part. The question is whether we have at any point violated the law or properties. “We say flatly that any asser- tions that the Standard Oil com- pany-has been or is now know- ingly engaged in practices which| are unlawful is alike untruthful ‘and unjust.” HORRORS FINDINGS OF GARFIELD REPORT. i Flagrant Discriminations in Favor of Standard Oil Company. Washington, May 5.—The report of Commissioner of Corporations Garfield ‘was sent to congress during the day. It is a document of considerablé length and covers the subject thoroughly. In summing up his findings the commis- sioner says: “The general result of the investiga- tion has been to disclose the existence of numerous and flagrant discrimina- tions by the railroads in hehalf of the Standard Oil company and its afili- ated corporations. With a compara- tively few exceptions, mainly of other large concerns in California, the Stand- ard has been the sole beneficiary of such discriminations, In almost every section of the country that company has been found to enjoy some unfair advantages over its competitors and some of these discriminations affect enormous areas. “Discriminations in the transporta- tion of oil embrace a variety of forms, classed under the following heads: “First—Secret and semi-secret rates. “Second—Discriminations in the open arrangement of rates. “Third—Discriminations in classifi- eation and rules of shipments. “Fourth—Discriminations in ment of private tank cars: treat- ADVANTAGES OBTAINED G BY UNFAIR METHODS. “The Standard claims (hat the loca- tion of its reflueries and the use of pipe lines are natural advantages to which it is justly entitled by reason of the energy and foresight of its man agers. While in a measure that is true it must not be forgotten that these advantages were in part ob- tained by means of unfair competitive methods after years of fierce strife. “The development of the pipe line system by the Standard Oil company was the result of special agreements with railroad companies. Further more, these so-called natural advan- tuges have been and are being great ly increased by discrimination in freight rates, both published secret, Interstate and state, which give the Standard monopolistic' control in the greater portion of the country and which so limit competition as to prac- tlcally prevent the extension of the business of any independent to a point which even remotety endangers the supremacy of the Standard “An immediate vesult of this de- limitation of the competitive area is shown by the prices of ordinary oil throughout the country. After deduct- ing the freight rate'the price of such oil is usually from 2 cents to & cents a gallon higher in the non-competitive than in the competitive fields. A rea sonable profit upon refined oil is about one-halt a cent per gallon. It is clear that exorbitant profits ar ained in | the non-competitive fields. This monoj- jolistic control extends from the weli consumer.” the more important of which may be ! or reasonableness of the rates fixed ana | ! of the producer (o the doorstep of the i AGREE ON RATE BILL FACTIONS IN SENATE GET TO- GETHER ON COURT REVIEW FEATURE OF MEASURE. 3 COMPROMISE SATISFACTORY TO ALL- OBSTACLES TO THE SPEEDY PA&- SAGE OF HOUSE BILL AP-: PARENTLY REMOVED, Washington, May 5—What amounts practically to an agreement on the ex- isting differences ’Jncemmg court features of the railroad rate bill has been reached by senate conferences extending over the last week and Sen- ntor Allison will offer an amendment conferring jurisdiction upon the cir- euit courts to hear and determine suits brought against the interstate com- merce commission. The amendment | will not suggest to the courts whether their judicial review shall be confined to constitutional questions or Whether it shall be an inquiry into the justice by the commission. Senator Long, who made the principal legal argu- ment for the house bill; and Senators Aldrich and Crane, the leaders in the movement seeking an amendment pro- viding for a broad court review, have expressed themselves as favoring the amendment and Dboth facticns are agreed that the compromise is satis- factory to President Roosevelt. Un- doubtedy this meany that pbstacles to the speedy passage of the measure have been removed. - Whether the conservatives or the radicals have wen a victory is a ques- tion that is not disturbing either fac- tion. The agreement in a measure is regarded as political. It is believed that now practically the entire Repub- lican strength of the senate will be cast for the bill,” whereas under the long continued estrangement it was conceded that it would require minor- ity endorsement to pass the bill and the Democratic party would be In posi- tion to take full credit for it. ELECTRICIANS - ON STRIKE. Telephone Employes-of Fhree- Walk Out. St. Panl, May 4.—The eleetricians of all telephone. companies in Minne- sota, North and South Dakota struck at noon. About 800 men are out. Of these between 400 and 500 live in the Twin Cities, either working there or running out of the cities. The point of divergence came on the question of hours and wages. The electricians are after an eight-hour day aid an increase in wages which averages about $5 per month. The average wage of the men is about $70 St. Paul, Ma; —Cattle-——Good to choice. steer 4. ; common to fair, : good to.choice cows ‘and heifers, 33 00@4.50; veals, $1.50@ 4.50. Hogs—8$6.10@6:25. Sheep—Year- ling wethers, $5.25@6.00; good to choice lambs, $6.00@6:50. Silk Qlove Extensions 89c¢ 36 “inch taffetta silk at 89¢ a yard. wholesale price of these silks is $1.00 to $1.25 a ymd We don’t mind tellmg how we are able to sell it at 89¢ Silk comes from the factory in pieces of ahout 60 yards. wholesaler, lengths of from*10 yards up, which makes many short ends. pened to be in the, American Silk Company’s salesroom one morning about two weeks ago, when they were sorting out a lot of these short ends. (they run from 4 to 20 yards), they asked us to make them an offer for the lot—we done so—got " the silk— and will give our customer the benefit. JUST THINK! 36 inch silk for 89¢ a yard. Bemidji, - Minnesota. 0’Leary & Bowser, Boys Suits g With every boys suit we are ng a“never stop” top— great fun for the boys—no expense to the parents. Saturday Night. The egular Small dealers buy from the ILK SALE! Our Great Silk Sale is Still on and Will Continue Untll 89c We hap- slipper is all the rage in the Women'’s Slippers cities, price, . 5 . We have just received a shipment of Women’s pa- tent leather pomps, this style of a - $3.25 Straw Hats: We are showing a_ large a hats, price 10 cents to 3 ssortment, of straw $6 00 Linoleum: clean. Tlns i the time of year when one thinks of floor coverings. -For kitchens linolenm is away ahead of hard wood floor, easy to keep We have it-at 62 1-2¢, 75¢c and $1.50 per sqmne yard. The kind is the best imported English inlaid, . 2 0 S 50 MINNESOTA | HISTORICAL SOCIETY. TEN CENTS PER WEEK STMKE - BE AVERTED PEACEFUL i;j.-tfl.'sMENT OF AN: THHRACITE TROUBLE SAID TO BE PROBABLE. Scranton, Pa, May 6.-—There s every prospect that & strm of anthra- cite minera may be averted. The aft- | erncon’ session of the convention last- od an hour and at its conclusion it was announced that the delegates had voted to refer the question of a strike or the acceptance of the operators’ proposal for a dontinuance under the “'present seale back to the scale com- wmittee. = Tite committee composed of the ex- ecutive boards of the three anthracite distriets. -was instructed to make a recomuplendation to the convention af the next session. . Immédiately after adjournment the scale miftee met -to debate” the course it will follow. With the thirty. six members. of this committee now rests the welfare of: the 160,000 mine workers. There {s reason to believe that a peacefal settlement-will be: made and that the men who have beéfi idle since April 1 will 300 IQg; ordeved back to the mines. BRANDED UNF‘M AND, UNJUST. Standard OIl A!toflney Comments on Garfield Report. New York, May 5.—When the pres- ident’s message, with the accompany- ing report of Commissioner Garfield, was received at the office of the Stand- ard Oil company in New York M F. Elliott, general counsel of the com- pany, was asked what réply be cared te make. He said: ; “It is difficult to comment hurriedly and with due restraint on the astonish- ing report of Mr. Garfield and the mes- sage-of the president. We must, how- ever, in justice to ourselves and our shareholders, immediately express our unbounded surprise over Mr. Garfield’s report, on which, of eourse, the presi- dent’s strictures are ®used, and our unqualified declaration that it is abso- lutely unfair and unjust toward us. We do not ‘hesitate for a moment to say that an unprejudiced study of the facts presented by us to Mr. Garfield’s investigators will vindicate us abso- lutely: In this sta(ejnent we make no reservation, but mean it m & )ply__g_‘nll the - charges-of rail in any form, untaic.. public or our ors and, indeed, all the charges: so mallciously, per- sistently and unfairly made against us. Our great business has been built” up and perpetuated on merit.” ONE AMENDMENT ADOPTED. ~ Pipe Lines Declared to Be Common Carriers. ‘Washington, May 5—The -amend- ment to the rate regulation. bill mak- ing pipe lines for the transportation of oil common carriers within the mean- ing of the interstate commerce act was adopted unanimously in the sen- ate. PROMISES TO BE FULFILLED NEW RUSSIAN MINISTRY ISSUES OFFICIAL STATEMENT TO. THE WORLD. bach, former minister of agriculture, controller of the empire in-the new cabinet, who is Premier Gerémykin's chief - lieutenant, sent for-the. Asso- clated Press correspondent duting the day and requested ‘in behalf of the new premier that it be announced to the United States and.to the world | geierally in the following official note that the new ministry does not mean reaction: “His majesty, the emperor, and the premier, M. Goremykin, have the full, honorable intention of carrving through the idea of national represcn- tation with all it implies. There is no intention ‘of dissolving ‘parlament. Naturally unforeseen. circumstances may arise, as.in any government, which might force such.an unhappy event. But we do not anticipate such a misfortune, as the majority of the members of parlianient are lovers of their country and 50 do not believe that they are desirous of forcing a conflict. . The government's purpose will be to work with parliament.” HU_NDREDB‘ WILL TESTIFY. Into Oil Trust's Relations With Railroads. " Chicago, May 5—One of the most thorough: inquiries into the relation- ship between the railroads and. the Standard Oil cempany that has ever been ‘conducted. by the government will begin hére May 10-before the-in- terstate commerce’ commiasion; Special Counsel J. T. Marchand® of. the commission arrived in Chicago j duringthe day to make ‘the prelim- inary arrangements. . ‘Mr. Marchand authorized . the -issuance of four: sub- Inquiry | their- attendance. before the” sion: The names jof the- meén { moned are kept secret. . Hundreds of far. lnd&pendm ofl’ refiners‘ iy . Ohig, Kansas and’ Pennsylvania. Toad officials from those states mmis- | also be summoned before the e St. Petersburg, May 5.—M: Schiwane- | Dpoenaes for local Tailroad Officials for | sum- In UI.TIMATflM 10 TI]HKEY GREAT BRITAIN GIVES SULTAN TEN DAYS TO GET TROOPS OUT OF EGYPT. REFUSAL MEANS. USUAL ACTION MEDITERRANEAN FLEET IN READ- INESS TO MAKE NAVAL DEM- ONSTRATION. London, May 5.—The British am- bassador at Constantinople has pre- Sented a note to Turkey demanding the complete withdrawal of Turkish troops from Egyptian territory. The note i3 practically an ultimatum and constitutes Great Britain’s last word on the encroachment of Turkey on the Siniatic peninsula.. The French and Russian ambassadors at Constantino- ple are supporting.the British conten- tlons. Should the ultimatum fail to have the desired effect the-British Mediterranean = fleet will ‘take the measure so often emploved by the powers in recent years as the result of disputes with the 'sultan and a naval demonstration, ‘it- is anticipated, will quickly bring about the evacuation of the Tabah teiritory, which - Great Eritain contends is unquestionably Egyptian territory. The sultan was given ten days in which to comply ‘with the British de- mand for the withdrawal of his troops from Tabah and other points on the Sinai peninsula, pending the delimita- tlon of frontier by a commission, A cabinet council was held during the day to discuss the eventualities which possibly may arise a8 a result of the ultimatum presented to- Turk A dispatch-from Malta says sudden orders have been received Tor tite.] whole British Mediterranean fleet to proceed to sea at once. .The desting’ tion was not revealed. HOCH DER KISSER. Friends of Kansss Governor Explain Incident, -Wichita, Kan., May 5.—If Governor Hoch _did try to- take-a-kiss:trom-fow mer Governor Stanley's wife it was:-his- CEIE HE WRSeHtItIEa to 1t This {s the story told by the gov- ernor's friends, at any rate.- These friends say they have the trueaccount from both Governor Hoch and former Governor Stanley and that the way they. heard it ig the right way, all re- ports to the contrary notwithstanding::| This was the-way it happened: A year ago il -April Mrs: Staniey- had just finished & series-of visits to: various charftable - institutions. - At Emporia she met: Governor Hoch’s daughter. ? “Give papa my- love and lots of kisges,” said Miss Hoch as the visitor was leaving Emporia for the capital. Mrs. Stanley saw the governor . in due time and told him of her meeting with his daughter-and the latter’s mes- sage. i “Well, aren’t.-you going to deliver the goods?” asked Governor Hoch. ‘What the governor did ther is not made plain. It was not until some time in the winter; however, that the story of the atlampted embrace gained currency. Damage at Oakland $2,000,000. Oakland, Cal., May 5. —Estimates of the damage by the earthquake in this city foot up to $2,000,000, according to a report submitted to Mayor Mott by Building Inspector Towle. This in- cludes the injury done to buildings of the school department. Dlncharged Miners Susg Suspected. . Smithton, - Pa, May 5—The resi- dence of W. J. Bichers, superintendent of the Smithton' and Eureka mines of the Pittsburg Coal company, was part- 1y wrecked during the night by an-ex- plosion of dynamite, Discharged min: ers are suspected. $3,000,000 Loss at Santa Rosa. Oakland, Cal,, May 5.—Governor Par- dee has received a dispatch from San- ta Resa stating that the property loss caused by the recent earthquake will amount to $3,000,000. It will cost it least $150,000 to clear away the wreck- age. i Britt and -McGovern to Fight. San Francisco, May 5.—James E. Britt stated during the day that he had accepted a match for a 10-round con- test with Terry McGovern at Madison Square Garden for May 26. Britt will leave Monday for New York. ——— Daniel Lockwood, who placed Grover Cleveland in nomination for mavor of Buffalo, governor and president the first time, is ‘critically 1ll7at his home in Buffalo, N. Y. Corporal James Tm-, commander- in-chief- of “the- G. A. R, makes the statement that, according to statistics compiled by himself, the old veterans were dying at the: rate of 5,000 month. ‘By a deal involving - consideration of . $30,000,000° every light, power and.: 5 y M, w & vote shall be had on that day. panies with Booth; Test ang Piske, 18 dead ut Nfi MINERS AGREE T0 GO BACK TO WORK T CONVENTION .rl“lh Manl!lrate Ambushed and Fa- tally Wounded. Pietermaritzburg, Natal, May 5.—An outrage which may have serious conse- yuences has occurred in Zululand. Mr. Stainbank, the British magistrate at Mahlabitini, has-been killed by Zulus while collecting taxes near that place. Mr. Stainbank, his wife, a woman companion and some mounted police were caught in an ambush by hostile Zulus, who fired a volley at them. The magistrate and one of the policemen were fatally wounded. Mr. Stainbank and the two ladies managed to reach Mabhlabitini, where the magistrate died of his wounds. - Mahlabitini lies to the westward of the forest where Bambaata, the: insur- gent chief, formerly the regent of- the Greytown (Natal) district,» who has been in arms against the local authori- ties for a nionth past, had been hid- ing and it is asserted here that there geems to be no doubt that the rebel chief has succeeded in inducing an- other tribe of Zulus to join in the re- volt. SUICIDES IN CHURGCH. Te Avoid Disfiguration Woman Takes Acid Through Straw. Cincinnati, May 5.—Using a straw to prevent disfiguring her face Mrs. Emma Revbert, wife of a printef, in the solemn quietude of St. Philomena church, committed suicide ‘with car- bolc acid. She died a few minutes after being found. Despondency be- cause of her heaith is believed to have been the cause of the sulcide. ! ALL ON BOARD RESCUED. British Steamer Sunk With Iceberg. London, May 5.—The British steam- er Anglo-Peruvian, from Shields April 11 for Philadelphia, foundered recently in the Atlantic as the result of a col- lision with an iceberg. All the mem- bers of her crew were picked up by the PBritish steamer Mohawk, froni New York for Aniwerp, which passed Prawles.point during the day and sig- nalled the news. Recent arrivals at British ‘ports have reported Icebergs, dangerous to navigation, in the track followed by the Atlantic liners. in . Callision Mint Pays Bank Depositors: | San Francisco, May 5.—The: United 18!'&195 ‘mint; which is now-being nsed: ag the general’ clearinghouse=for the hanks; has paid oul between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000 to depesitors since it opened Tuesday last. HEALTH OF "CITY GOOD. Record of Typhoid Cases Below. tiie Average. San Francisco, May 5.—The health of the city continues good. “Seven cages of typhoid fever have béen re- ported in San Francisco, while only one definite case since April 18 is known to the health board. The re- maining six cases are suspicious and it is not yet determined whethér or not they are actually typhoid/ The record of seven new cases in two weeks is below the average. This constitutes, it is claimed, one of the most remarkable reports known to medical men. That almost an en- tire city should be turned into virtually one vast camp without preparation for the handling of the sanitary situation and yet the cases of typhoid should be limited to such a small number is con- sidered miraculous. Tlie clearinghouse committee reports all the city banks as solvent. lts state- ment may be taken as authoritative. That does not mean that any could pay out the full balances of all its depositors at sight, for the majority of that money is loaned. The repart means -simply that all banks could pay at sight all checks whiell would be drawn in the ordinary course of business under normal conditions and all other deposits within a reasonable time. UNABLE TO DISCHARGE CARGOES Fifty Ore Vessels Lying at Various Lower Lake Ports. Cleyeland, May 5.—It was estimated in shipping circles that not less than fifty vessels, with approximately 400,- 000 tons of ore on board, are now ly- ing at the various lower lake ports waiting" {o discharge their cargoes which; owing to the strike of the Long- shoremen’s union, cannot be done. The delay is causing heavy losses to the vessel owners, but that carrying rates will be advanced to recompense these losses later is generally con- ceded. 5 Smoot Case Again Postooned. ‘Washington, May 5—The senate committee on privileges and elections dyring the day considered the Senator Bmoot ‘e#Ee. - As Several senators de- 8ired to'review cértain features of the -testimony & vote was postponed until May 181 It was agreed, however, that Noriunion Crew Secured. Swperior, Wis., May §5.—The. flr%meh and-oflers of the Tomlinson steamer . Socopa: deserted that yeesel in port | here and: despite overtures \-;fu ed to #o further. They accordingly were DPEld oft and a.noy crew of nénmxon bank | VOTES “AYE” Accepts Award of Anthracite Strike Commission - of 1903. Will Trust to Future Arbitra- tion for Righting Wrongs. Scale Committee Will Confer "With Operators, Re- porting Tuesday. Scranton, Pa., May 5.—The re- port- of the scale committee recommending the ' return of miners 0. work under the #n-. thracite commission’s award was adopted by the mine workers’ convention . yesterday after $5 minutes discussion, - The convention :y,mrned untit Tuesday to give t,lm scale com- mittee an opportunity to confer with the operators, . The suspension order will be realized and the miners will go back to work.on the award ef the anthracite strike commission of 1903, which “the miners were willing to have continued, Fhey will later seek to obtain through conciliation er-by arbi- tration a betiering of the con- ditions-which-they-complain -are- worlking hardships on them. TIEUP NOW COMPLETE. Excursion Boats at Chicago Affected by Marine Strike. Chicago, May 4.—The big excursion boats that run during the summer months, being an important factor in the amusemeNt of Chicago people, may be tied up indefinitely as a result of the geueral strike of marine men. The strike grew beyond all expecta- tions when it was declared by the un- ion men that no-passenger boats which employed nonunion mates could have union employes. Two excursion boats will be affected at once by this de- cision and.more than a.score later in the season. The tieup in the Chicago harbor fis now complete, the decision of the un- lon regarding passenger boats being the last link in the chain which will prevent marine business being trans- acted from the city. SAYS DJRECTORS MUST = PAY. Court Molds Them Responsible for Policyholders’ Money. Albany, N. Y., May 4—The appellate division of the Third department handed down a decision during the day holding that the directors of the Fquitable Life Assurance society gre liable for the policyholders’ money Wasted and wrongtully spent by that society. The decision, which was given in the suit brought by Mary S. Young of Saratoga Springs against James Hazen Hyde and the directors of the society, affirms the #*aterlocutory judgment rendered by the special term. Mrs. Young sued to recover all the sums due on her policy wasted during the years prior to 1905, either by affirmative acts of the directors or by reason of their negligence. 7 _— BRIEF. BITS OF NEWS. — Dispatches to Dun’s Review {ndfcate- that business has made fafrly good progress despite some new labor trou- bles-on May 1. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolls Wheat. Minneapolis, May 4.—Wheat—May, 16%ec: July, 8% @78%c; Sept., T7%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 79%c; No. 1 Northern, 79¢; No. 2 Northern, 77%e; No. 3 Northern, 75@76c. S . Duluth Wheat ahd’” Ffas: Duluth, May 4.—-Whest=Te- arrive and on track—No. 1 Northern. 78%c; No. 2 Northern, 77%c; May, 79% July, 79%e; Sept,, 78¢c. Flax—To ar- rive, on track and May, $1.147;; July, $1.165%; ‘Sept.,, $1.16%; Oct., $1.15. Chicago Union Stock Yards. «Chicago, May 4.—Cattle—Beeves, .00@6.10; cows and helfers, $1.75@ .10: stockers and feeders, $2.75@ 5.85; Texans, $3.90@4.70. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $6.15@6.50; good ' heavy, $6.35@86.50; rough heavy, $6.10° @6.25; light, $6.15@6.45; pigs, $5.65@ 6.10. Sheep, $4.00@5.75; lamb: ‘L’IE @1.55.