Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 83, Hammond, Lake County, 24 September 1907 — Page 8

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1907.

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ANOTHER STAGGERING BLOW FORSTANDARD Denver Court Bars Immunity Plea Similar to Oil Trust's.

JUDGE LANDIS' VIEWS UPHELD

Decision Foreshadows that $29,000,000 Will Have To Be Paid to Government.

Chicago, Sept. 24. On the eve of action today in Judge Landis' court which is expected to extend official Immunity to the Chicago and Alton railroad for freight rate rcbatiog, the Standard Oil company received a body blow in its fight to escape the $29,000,000 fine imposed by the same Judge jyid for the same offense. The blow caino in the shape of a decision by the United .States court of appeals, sitting at Denver, to the effect that the new Hepburn act does not render immune from prosecution certain othei offenders who Indulged in rebating before it became a law. This was ono of the principal arguments on which the Standard sought to evade prosecution in Judge Landis' court, and it is a leading claim in the appeal of the trust to the court of appeals to nullify the $29,000,000 fine. The Denver opinion coincides with that of Judge Landis, who held the contention invalid. "Prosecutor Sim In Plensed. The- news of the decision as It reached Chicago last night was hailed by federal officials as of great importance. "It is another victory for the government," said United States District Attorney Sims. "The Standard Oil company's lawyers raised the same contention in its trial before Judge Ivindis. They claimed the company was immune from prosecution on the ground that a section of the Hepburn law had repealed a section of the Elkins law, under which the offenses were committed. Judge Landis overruled this plea as being invalid. "The decision of the court of appeals at Denver on the Identical point adds a higher authority to the opinion of Judge Landis. It may be taken as an Indication of the view that the higher courts hero undoubtedly will take of this argument, which is one of the principal lines of reasoning by which the Standard will attempt to show that It has been convicted unlawfully." Lawyer Eddy Is Hopeful. Attorney Alfred D. Eddy for the Standard Oil company admitted that the point raised in the Great Northern case was the same as that made by the

Standard. "The decision would be of more importance," he added, "if It were not for the fact that the United States supreme court will give the final Judgment in the matter. That may put a different face on It." Itallroad Must Pay Fine. The decision which knocks one of tho props from under the oil trust's future efforts to escape the big fine was handed down by the court of appeals in the case of the Great Northern railway, which was convicted in the district court at St. Paul, Minn., of giving unlawful rebates and was fined $15,000. The road appealed from the verdict and the court of appeals at Denver upheld the verdict and tlie fine of the lower court. In its appeal the Great Northern set up the claim that section 10 of the Hepburn law contains a provision which operates to grant immunity from prosecution to all corporations or individuals who committed offenses against the law prior to the passage of the act, except such offenders as were indicted before the law went into effect. In other words, the claim was that section 10 of the Hepburn act repealed section 1 of the Elkins law. The circuit court of appeals holds that tho Hepburn act is an amendatory act and not a repealing act. that in so far as it repeats or reproduces portions of the Elkins act it continues them in force and makes no break in the law, and that in so far as it omits or changes provisions of the Elkins act It repeals them.

MOOR WAR IS ENDEO; TRIBESMEN S0BM1T Accept French Commander's Terms and Peace Now Reigns.

THREE TRIBES SURRENDER

Indemnity Promised for Outrages to Europeans Restrict Use of Arms.

TRUNK iRDER SOLVED Mystery of Seattle Woman's Tragic Death is Now Cleared Up.

Seattle. Wash., Sept. 23. Seattle's trunk murder mystery has been solved. The body of tho woman found stuffed in a trunk cast upon the beach at South Alki yesterday morning has been identified as that of Mrs. Agnes Trueman McCombs Covington, 17 years old. The woman had been strangled to death. She was the wife of Frank Covington aged 23, for several months employed as a liquor salesman here. Covington is missing and the police are looking for him. Covington came here from Louisville about two years ago, it Is said. Identified Through Letter. Mrs. Covington was the daughter of Trueman McCombs, who lives near Vernon, B. C. Her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, her aunt, Miss Jennie Robinson, all live here. A letter from St. Paul, under date of April 11, 1906, which was written apparently bj- Covington's sister, Edith, was found in the trunk with the body. The publication of excerpts led to the woman's positive indentification today by her uncle. The police are working on the theory that Covington Is the murderer.

Paris, Sept. 23. Peace has been declared In Morocco. The delegates of three important tribes have accepted the French peace overtures inaugurated today and will see that the terms of the agreement are carried out. Hostilities are now at an end. The government this evening received with great satisfaction a dispatch from Rear Admiral Philibert, the commander of the French naval forces in Moroccan waters, saying that as a result of the conference today at General Drude's headquAters between the French naval and military commanders and nineteen caids, representing the Ouleseeyan, Zenata and Zyalda tribes,

the three tribes have accepted unconditionally the peace terms offered by France. Terms of Peace Agreement.

These are as follows: Hostilities shall cease from today; General Drude may take military reconnaissances throughout the territory of the three tribes to satisfy himself that the ?aciflcatlon is complete; the tribes engage themselves to disperse and chastise all armed bodies that may assemble in their territory with hostile intent; every native found in the possession of arms or munitions of war within ten miles of Casablanca shall be handed over to the sherlfflan authorities, condemned to imprisonment and fined $200; the tribes shall be held responsible for the carrying out of the previous stipulation; every native detected in smuggling or using arms shall be punished. Fix. Sura of Indemnity. It is also agreed the delegates of the tribes shall undertake to surrender the authors of the outrages, upon Europeans of July 30, and, pending judgment, their goods shall Tse seized and sold, irrespective of the indemnity which is to be paid, the amount of which shall be fixed by the Moroccan government; the Chaouia tribes shall pay a large indemnity, the part of each tribe to be apportioned according to the length of time it resisted the French. In addition the Chaouia tribes shall pay a contribution - towards the harbor works at Casablanca. To secure the carrying out of this

convention two notables of each tribe shall be given up as hostages. The delegates of the Ouleseeyan, Zenata and Zyaida tribes Immediately named their hostages and signed the capitulation. Defeat of Native Force. The campaign which France has just brought to a successful close in Morocco was inaugurated early in August, under the mandate given to both France and Spain by the Algeciras agreement to maintain proper police regulations In the seaports of Morocco. The direct cause of the movement was the murder July 30 of seven Europeans at Casablanca. Spain took but a minor part In the campaign. On the pretext that they were displeased with the harbor works at Casablanca, the men of' the three tribes entered that port July 30. In the meantime the Moors had invested Casablanca from the land side. France at once sent troops to Casablanca, and General Drude was placed in command of the expeditionary force. Then began a series of engagements between the French and the fanatical, daredevil tribesmen. Early In September General Drude, strengthened by reinforcements, assumed a more aggressive policy, and Inflicted such telling defeats upon the Moors that by Sept. 10 the tribesmen were talking peace. With peace France and Spain will go ahead with the work of establishing an adequate police force in Moroccan seaports. For the sultan of Morocco, Abd-el-Azlz, the situation still is serious. He faces a strong movement, led by his brother, Mulai Hang, to wrest the throne from him. Caid Sir Harry McLean, who was captured by the Moors, still is a prisoner, all the negotiations for his release having; failed.

FISH TRIES HARD FOR GOflTROL OF CENTRAL

Former I. C. Head Asks Proxies for Stockohlder's Meeting.

SEEKS TO REMOVE HARRIMAN

PRESSMEN HAY- STRIKE

Chicago Unionists Vote to Go Out Oct. 1 for Eight v Hour Day. Chicago, Sept. 24. .Franklin Union of Pressfeeders No. 4 has voted to join

the International Printing Pressmen's union. The Franklin union has been an independent organization for many ye.ars. Its affiliation with the pressmen is said to thoroughly solidify the book

ana job employes of pressrooms throughout the country and especially

in Chicago.

The Chicago pressmen have voted to strike Oct. 1 if the eight hour day is not conceded. The executive board met at 265 La Salle street last night and arranged to present contracts to the

employers.

The International Brotherhood of

Bookbinders has also ordered its mem

bers to stirke in 197 cities Oct. 1 un

less they are granted the eight hour day. The union officials announce that

40 per cent of the Chicago bookbinders

are working eight haurs and that only about eleven firms will be apt to object

to the shorter workday.

He Claims Methods of Union Pacific Crowd Are High Handed in

the Extreme.

New Yrok, Sept. 23. That Stuyvesant

Fish means to fight E. II. Harriman to

a finish in the Illinois Central was made

evident today when Mr. Fish sent out a long letter to stockholders, asking

them for their proxies to vote at the

annual meeting in Chicago on Oct. 1C.

Mr. Fish has not heretofore solicited proxies. He said last August that he Intended to be present at the meeting and vote his own shares and such proxies as might be confided to him. but now it appears he has decided to go running for all the proxies, the election of Mr. Harriman and hree of his friends to the four places in the directorate to be filled at the stockholders' meeting. Mr. Fish himself Is one of the retiring directors and John Jacob Astor and Mr. Harriman also go out. A successor to the late John C. Welling Is also to be elected. Mr. Fish asks the stockholders to make out their proxies running to his two colleagues in the board, Charles M. Beach and James De W. Cutting, and himself. He reviews some recent acts of the present management and tells what happened to the resolution he tried to read at a recent meeting. He says nothing about what happened to Prsldent Harahan.' This was the

meeting at which Mr. Harahan was punched by Mr. Fish. Gives Reason for Appeal. Mr. Fish in his circular to the stockholders says he has served as director and officer of the Illinois Central for thirty years, two-thirds of the time as president. He says his reason for asking for proxies is that a persistent effort is being made to place the company in the hands of those dominating the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Referring to traffic alliances he said: "Your railroad serves a territory of great productiveness and has more tonnage to deliver to its connections than they can return to It. This as I explained at length to the stockholders at their meeting last year, would make its control of exceptional value to any transcontinental line such as the Union Pacific or Southern Pacific, which the Illinois Central can be made to feed at Omaha as well as at New Orleans. "On the other hand. If the Illinois Central is to serve its best purpose and

secure the largest revenue to Its stockholders. Its Independence should be maintained, to the end that it shall receive the largest measure of tonnage. "The first third of the year showed an Increase In net receipts of $663,070, then came the change in the presidency, and in the next third of the year the net receipts decreased by $372,785. Finally, in the last four months, they were suddenly increased by $l.253,SS9, of which increase $604,751 is reported as made In the single month of June. "Up to this time I have not asked for a single proxy, nor would I do so now were it not for the extraordinary efforts the present management is put

ting forth with the evident intention of electing E. H. Harrlm an and such persons as he may select, backed by the holdings of the Union Pacific company, which constitutes a practical balance of power."

STRIKE END DEfillOEO

Chicago City Council Deprecates Telegraph Companies Policy.

MORE TRUS BUSTING

Bonaparte Has Eye on Lum

ber, Harvester, and Coal

Interests. j j Washington, D. C, Sept. 23. Attor- ! ney General Bonaparte has great plans i

In mind for further trust prosecutions and for recommendations to congress in the way of improvement of the Sherman anti-trust law and the legal department of the government generally. As soon as Assistant Attorney General Purdy, principal trust buster, returns from Europe. Mr. Bonaparte will consult him in relation to the prosecution of the lumber trust. International Harvester company and the soft coal trust, and the advisability of instituting a new suit against the socalled paper trust. Various facts showing violation of the law by the combinations named have been laid before the department of Justice. In the case of the lumber and International Harvester companies it is the intention to appoint special counsel to conduct the campaign on behalf of the government.

May ProMecutc Paper Trust. With respect to the paper trust, the department had believed this combination had been effectually put out of business as a result of the legal proceedings instituted last year by Frank B. Kellogg, who is now special counsel In the Standard Oil case. The price of paper fell for a time, but evidently the combination was reformed, for the price has advanced. Agents of the deprtment are making inquiries in redepartment are making inquiries In rethe combination be violating the law then new prosecution will be begun. Attitude on Anti-Trust Law. Mr. Bonaparte did not indicate today what recommendations he would

make to perfect the Sherman anti

trust law, but it is understood that he feels, as does the president, that the government cannot be in an attitude

of suppressing combinations and at

the same time of "regulating them

Certain forms of competition are impossible under modern conditions, and

the country must recognize the fact.

Chicago, Sept. ;t. The Chicago city council last night by resolution" called upon the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies and the Associated Press to meet representatives of their striking employes and settle the telegraphers" strike. The resolutions deprecated the policy of the three corporations "in condemning their striking employes to starvation or submission" and at the samo time "causing Indefinite loss, vexation and annoyance to the general business interests of the city." Alderman Coiighlln presented the resolutions. He said It was high time the city officials took steps to end the struggle. Alderman Bennett objected to the immediate consideration of tho resolutions, but they were adopted by a vote of 49 to 2 4. I'ollcy of C'ompitnles Scored.

The resolution are as follows: -Resolved, That the city council oi

Chicago deprecates the policy of these

three great companies In condemning

their striking employes to starvation'

or submission and tho financial, com-'

mercial and general business interests

of the city of Chicago to Indefinite loss, vexation and annoyance: and Raid

city counicl of the city of Chicago

hereby declares 1 to be the duty of

these three great employers to rn-t" representatives of their striking employes and to do all that may reason

ably be expected in order to adjust their differences to the end that nor

mal telegraph service may be restored;

and

"Resolved, further, That copies of these resolutions be sent to President Roosevelt, Charles P. Nelll, commissioner of labor, and presidents, general managers and directors of the three companies."

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