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Combines Correct Evils, Fright
ened by Bureau of Cor
porations.
POWER OP OIL OCTOPUS
RENT IN NEW ENGLAND
Roads Give Oppressed Independ
ents a ChanceTobacco
Trust Yields.
TRUST S SURRENDE
AS GARFIELD AUS
By W. W. Jermane.
-One of the
Washington, July In
definite results of the campaign of the
bureau of corporations against the
Standard Oil company has been the
breaking .of the oil trusts monopoly of
the Nfew England field. For the first
time in twenty years independent re
finers are now able to get their pro
ducts into Massachusetts, Maine, Ver
mont and other states of that section on
equal terms with the oil of the trust.
Officersfof the trusts threw up their
hands in every direction as soon as they
learned that the government meant
business in its search for evidence to
begin prosecutions. The railroads
whieh have always been an essential
factor in maintaining the power of un
lawful combination also surrendered
like Davy Crockett's coon when Com
missioner Garfiled, leveled his gun at
them. Illegal discriminations and re
bates and arbitrary rules drawn in the
interests of the oil trust for instance
have been abandoned in a great many
cases since the bureau j-of corporations
went on the warpath. The result of
these reforms has been to loosen the
grip of the trust on the market in cer
tain territories and to open new fields
for the independents.
Only Oil Barred.
The most striking instance of this is
found in New England. Until the last
few weeks the two railroads that con
trol the traffic of that section, the New
York, New Haven & Hartford and the
Boston Maine, refused to make thru
rates from the west to their territory.
This refusal applied only to oil and^ in
thi
some instances to one other commodity.
The independent refiners of Pennsylva
nia, Ohio and other states desiring to
ship into New England had to pay one
rate to the edge of that territory and
then a local and much higher charge to
Boston or other points of destination.
Cheap thru ra^es could be obtained over
these railroads from the west on, coal,
jumber and I other classes of freight
save oil and one other -product.
This arbitrary policy on the part of
the railroads in question, apparently
was for the .purpose of favoring the
'Standard Oil, because the trust -was not
Oil company is located at Bayonne,
N. J. This refinery supplies the great
er/part of New England with oil. It
is shipped in tank steamers from the
s.eacoast to Boston or some other point,
frpm which it is distributed at a mini
mum railroad charge. The practical re
sult of this arrangement has been to
give an absolute monopoly to the trust
in this big region, because it was the
only concern having a refinery on the
seacoast.
Forced to Surrender.
Attorney General Moody and Com
missioner Garfield conferred together to
determine whether or not the policy of
New England railroads constituted an
illegal discrimination under the Sher
man law and the Elkins law. It is not
necessary to institute legal suits to de
termine this point, however, because
Commissioner Garfield has been notified
that the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad has abolished its old
system and now pro-rates on oil from
the west. The Boston & Maine has
followed suit and will now give thru
rates on oil just as it does on other
products.
This is a tremendous concession to
the independent refiners. It opens to
them, a large and lucrative field from
which they have been excluded for a
great many vears. The action of "these
railroads will be followed by vigorous
canvassing of the New England states
by agents of independent refiners.
Tobacco Trust Whipped.
Similar reforms have been wrung
from other trusts since the prosecution
of illegal combinations has become a
reality. The bureau of corporations is
constantly hearing of concessions which
the tobacco trust is making under pres
sure from Mr. Garfield's investigators.
Eetail tobacco dealers state that the
trust has relaxed its persecution in a
number of instances recently. One
dealer said that he thought the relief
brought to the retail trade in the city
of Chicago alone more than compen
Bated for the total cost of maintaining
the bureau of corporations since its
establishment.
One of the favorite methods of the
tobacco trust to kill off a rival has
been to punish the retailers who use
the products of the independent manu
facturers. Tho trust controls the sale
of certain popular brands of cigars and
chewing tobacco which every store- must
have on its shelves if it is to do any
business at all. The trust refuses to
furnish these standard supplies to any
dealer caught flirting" with rivals of
the trust. Lately these tactics have
been abandoned and smokers now can
find any brand of tobacco they desire
in practically every store, regardless of
whether -the tobacco is the product of
the trust or of independent firms.
The use of false weights and meas
ures in the.oilI industry was^etected
by Mr. Garfield's assistants. This Vr
*fraud was promptly. stopped by those
In pursuing his oil trust inquiry, Com
missioner Garfield ran across a great
many interesting incidents which re
vealed the methods of the Standard
Oil company. Only a few of- these cases
were put in Mr. Garfield's .report.
The story of an independent refiner
of Illinois who got the better, of the
Oil trust throws some light on" the work
ing plans of the Standard Oil company
for maintaining its monopoly. For a
HALTS THAW PROBE
PLEA OF INSANITY?
Supreme Court Justice Restrains
District Attorney and
Grand Jury.
New York, July 17.John D. Glea
son, one of Thaw's counsel, appeared
before Justice Blanchard of the su
preme court today and secured a writ
of prohibition restraining the district
attorney and the grand jury from tak
ing any evidence as to the killing of
Stanford White. The writ, which is
temporary, also restrains the district at
torney and the grand .itnry# fronv issuing
any subpenas in connection with the
matter of the killing of White.
Justice Blanchard also, issued an or
der directing the district attorney and
the grand jury to show cause tomorrow
morning why they -should not be abso
lutely restrained from any further pro
ceedings in the. matter of the killing of
White and against Harry K. Thaw.
Spy Near Thaw's Cell.
The grounds for this proceeding were
not ascertained,'but such an order could
not be obtained^ except upon the show
ing of a strong probability of insanity.
It is assumed that this showing was
made.
Mrs. Harry. K. Thaw paid her daily
visit to her husband in the.Tombs pris
on today. Thaw also had a consulta
tion with his counsel, Clifford W. Hart
ridge and his partner.
It was reported todav that Thaw has
been watched constantly since his ar
rest, by a trusted prisoner, who has
been detailed as an extra watchman on
the tier where Thaw's cell is located.
One purpose of the surveillance is said
to be to catch as much as possible, of
what iB said in his .talks with his visit
ors. It is not known who set' the watch
upon him, as the prison warden refused
to discuss the subject.
FOES AGREE TO
AN ARMISTICE
Suspend Hostilities Pending
Peace Parley.
a
affected by the .discrimination. One of belligerents yesterday agreed upon an
the largest refineries of the Standard I atmistice
Salvador, Monday July 17.The
It is said that the Guatemalans dur
ing the recent fighting,' used explosive
bullets, notwithstanding the fact that
Guatemala signed the Geneva conven
tion.
Washington, July 17.The evening
of July 18 probably will be fixed as the
time for an armistice in Central Amer
ica, pending the setlement-of the dis
pute involving Salvador, Guatemala and
Honduras. The state department re
ceived dispatchese from the City of
Mexico, from Guatemala City and from
Salvador, indicating that all the pow
ersr involved in the war are willing to
agree upon an armistice, But some diffi
culty in fixing the time when it shall
begin has been encountered .because of
the scattered condition of the warring
troops and the scarcity of means of
communication between the parts of the
various republics: I tis stated by state
department officials, however, that to
morro wevening seems to be acceptable
to all the.powers.
BAOAIiADO ASSASSINATED
ow"
responsible for it when they learned' Boers wlffli.Guatemala.
that the government had knowledge
of it.
Oil Trust's Tactics.
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Was Report Says Salvadorean "Idol"
Victim of Spies.
Mexico City, July 17.News was re
ceived yesterday that a rumor is cur
rent in Salvador that General Eega
lado was assassinated by two men who
formed part of his escort, and that
these men were Guatemalans employed
for the-purpose.
Colonel Pinedo's forces, which en
tered Guatemala by way of British
Honduras, are now said to be in the
mountains south of the Mexican state
of Tabasco.
The following dispatch has been re
ceived here f#m Salvador:
"Never before in the history of Cen
tral America has there been such hard
fighting. Salvador, as,, a government,
was not prepared, but Guatemala had
about three men to one. Notwithstand
ing the great odds, Salvador won every
battle. The ldss on both' sides was
great, Salvador losing about 700 killed
and 1,100 wounded and Guatemala
about 2,800 killed and 3,900 wounded.
Coalition Alleged.
New Orleans, July 17.An alleged
coalition of the Central Republics
against Guatemala is reported in a spe
cial dispatch- from Mexico City. The
dispatch, which quotes a friend of Gen
eral Barillas as authority, says:
"Some time last March Salvador,
Honduras and Nicaragua entered into
an offensive and defensive coalition
against Guatemala, agreeing that the
moment there was an infringement by
Guatemala of territorial rights of either
of the three confederates a declaration
wa
aga i
Guatemala should fol-
fi
-,g TiHfh rtnatAmn.la.
It is alleged that President Cabrera
of Guatemala secured sixty Boers at
Chicago. St. Louis and New Orleans to
go. to Salvador- and-.join malcontents
there in an attempt to disrupt the gov
ernment.
It is further stated that posters have
been placed ^bout in Guatemala city
calling .for the assassination of Presi
dent Cabrera, and some of" these mis
sives have been placed opposite the
walls of the president's palace, which
is guarded by about 2,000 picked men.
Cabrera is^aid to be practically a pris
oner in .Jus residence and to have
hisJ
O N OIL KING'S TRAIL
SHERIFF E. L. GRAVES.
Ohloan new In the limelight thru his
possession of a warrant for John D.
Rockefeller, which commands him to. pro
duce the body of said Rockefeller In
court. He says he will. In time, capture
the ell klna.-
FILTHY ABATITORS
FOUND IN KANSAS
Slaughterhouses in Frightful Con
dition, Says Health Board
Secretary.
health, has been found to be in such
filthy condition that Dr. J. S. Crum
bine, secretary of the board, has sent
notices to the county commissioners of
every county in the state directing
.^them to examine..the slaughter houses
"l in their districts and if not found in a
Parties to Guatemalan Wat Willi sanitary condition to allow "five days
for cleaning up as permitted by law
If the order is not complied with in the
time specified arrests and prosecution
may follow.
'"'It is impossible for me to describe
the actual conditions as I found them,''
said Dr. Crumbine. "No person who
has not seen the place can conceive the
filthiness of it. It was so bad that I
cannot see how the place can be.cleaned
in five days or fifty days. It is my
opinion, that the burning. of the house
would be the only means of eradicating
disease germs.'''
MUTINY IN LISBON.
Lisbon, Portugal. July 17.Owing to the
arrest of a soldier a mutiny occurred here today
among the troops who formed part of an ex
peditionary force to which the man belonged.
The soldiers made a disorderly demonstration.
The authorities calmed the mutineers.
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MAD DOG IS SHOT I*
IN "U" CLASSROOM
Barking, snarling and frothing at
the mouth,, a mad' dog held undisputed
possession of the^uuiversity campus to
day, frightened' summer school stu
dents and. instructors, and finally met
his death in a recitation room at the
hands of John P. Downey, dean of the
academic college'.and veteran of the
civil war. The dog^was killed in the
mining building, af|er he had made
the complete circuit of the campus.
At 11. o'clock a large black dog
ran across the knoll in front of the
library building. He was frothing at
the mouth and snapped at summer
school pupils as he passed. Running
down the walk in front of th_e col
lege' row, he turned a-nd made hia way
back toward the
library.had'arisesn
the*cry of "mad dog
Topeka. Kan., July 17.A meat bitten anybody. According to univer-
slaughtering house near Wellington, in- I sity authorities, however, the dog had
spected bv order of the state board of an and
everunmistakablle effort wil bcase madf trabies, ascertain
what damage was done,-
KAISER PPWG
it EXfOStTIOS
Germany in 1912 Purposes to
Outdo All Previous Interna
tional Shows.
Berlin, July 17.The government has
decided to invite the nations of the
world to ^participate in a great interna
tional exposition to be held here in
1912. It is proposed that, the exhibi
tion shall surpass all world fairs, not
excepting the marvelous exposition for
which Paris is famous, or the two great
American fairs at Chicago and St.
Louis.
TWO BAB BOYS,'
W&frri Getting toward the end of a
vr-.w-::^m--:mwm^^^^^msiiBf'^3m..:.-
"7~ 'K'V"'
Dean John F. Downey KUIB Rabid
Animal Which Invaded
Building"
v'. v^y/i-
Summer School Students' Flee
0 Campus, &nd Co-eds Are
Panic-Stripken.
By thi time
_'K
and
summer school students had fled.
Heading straight for the mining
building, where classes in pedagogy and
other summer school courses were being
held, the dog rushed thru the open-door
and made his way intjo a
room in which
a class, largely' made up of ypung
women: was in session. There was a
general scramble to, get out of the'path
of the beast, and in the melee chairs
and tables were overturned by the re
treating students.
At this stage Dean Downey, who had
gone in search of "JMike," the univer
sity policeman, appeared on the scene,
armed with a revolver. With one well
directed shot he sent a bullet crashing
thru the skull of the-beast. Dean Dow
ney had seen the) dog oil his tour of
the campus, and, frealiz^ng the serious
ness of the situation, hadrarmed him
self and followed $&e animal to the
mining building.
In the confusion which followed the
visit of the dog to the campus it could
not be found whether the beast had
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STAMPS OU REYOLT
RODERICrUEZ ALVES.
President of Brazil, whose wise policy
has ended what In Its Inclplency bade
fair -to be a, serious revolt against his
administration. Tho fighting still con
tinues in jremote provinces, the revolution
Is broken^
StiH ES AFTER
MII NG SISTER
Nebraska Woman Would Take No
Food when Locked Up for
Strangling Sister.
&**'
ial to $} Journal.' ,'._^..* p- 'jtegSi,
'ebraska City, Neb., .July 17.After
kfliing her sister to keep her from go
ing insane, Lucy Lloyd starved herself
to" death in the. asylum at Lincoln,
where she was taken immediately fol
lowing the tragedy two weeks ago.
The sisters lived alone on the farm
left them by their father a few miles
north of here. Lucy admitted she
strangled her sister to death and cried
for forgiveness.
She was adjudged insane altho pro
testing she was not. There she abso
lutely refused to touch food. The body
was buried at the family home yester
day.
1,600 EEGISTEU 70S LANDS.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 17.Upward of 1,500
registrations for lands in the Shosborne Indian
reservation were made before the books closed
at 8 o'clock last night. No trouble was re
ported anywhere.
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FAIR A2TD WARMEE TONIOHT AND WEDNESDAY.
MIXED BLOODS MORTGAGE ?i
LAND SALOONS GET MONEY
-$
INNEiOTi
tm^PJl?
O I
S0C1FTY
^W? PRICE ONE CENT IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Land Speculators Responsible for Disgraceful
Orgies at Detroit and Other Towns Bor
dering on the Reservation.
Already More Than 2 50 Allotments Have
Been Mortgaged for a SongThe
Indian Agent Powerless.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Detroit, Minn., July 16.With the
minds of the White. Earth Indians
.muddled by liquor and their eyes
dazzled by money, of which they know
little, the White Earth mixed bloods
are in a fair way to lose all the gov
ernment allotments' recently given to
En. The land is fast, passing into
hands, x scheming ian4 graj&ers,
if-^t&e meseitf, campaign of^tbe
sharks fs maintained,' the White Earth
reservation .wil}
.soon'
"WOHKING" THE RED MAN
Since the mixed blood Indians from White Earth reservation took their
allotments in fee simple on June 21, a disgraceful carnival of land grabbing
on the one side and. of drunkenness on the other has been in progress in
the towns bordering on the reservation. Advised to hold their eighty-acre
allotments, which are worth $25 an acre on the average, the Indians have
still been persuaded by calculating speculators to "mortgage" their hold-
ing's. Immediate funds for liquor, which has been freely supplied, have
been too much of a temptation to the unsophisticated sons of nature, and
they have encumbered their allotments by the score. Reports that certain
conscienceless speculators were debauching the Indians at Detroit came to
The Journal, which immediately dispatched a staff man to that place
to make a thoro investigation. He found conditions worse than reported,
and the results of his inquiry will be found below.
In addition to the allotments of eighty acres each which the Indians
are now drinking, up, they are to receive another allotment of the same stae
when the Steenerson bin goes into effect. If the Indians are allowed to
encumber and lose these second allotments, they .will have nothing left and,
having sacrificed their reservation rights to take their lands in severalty,
will have, nowhere to look for relief. The prospect is pitiable unless the
government awakens to the seriousness of the situation and takes steps to
insure that Indian allotments are used as the lawmakers originally intended.
be.a
thing*of
penditure of money.'
the
past*.
The Indians now made citizens and
land owners, can obtain whisky as
easily as they can obtain water, and
once filled with liquor they become the
easy victims of speculating schemeTS
who get $he land for a song.
Detroit, in Becker county, and
Mahnpment in Norman county, are the.
principal scenes of action- and here the
bitter competitive war to get. every
inch of Indian land possible is being
waged in the face of any public -sen
timent that might be aroused.
"Skin the Indian" is the slogan at
tiiese points and the red man, knowing
he can no longer live the wild life/is
seeking civilization thru the medium of
large quantities of "fire water" and
quantities of pretty but worthless
things.
A serious problem for both Norman
and Becker counties and the govern
ment is fast developing, and in, the
end can only be solved by a larger
ex
Bars Down on June 21.
On June 21 the law making the
mixed Indians citizens and allowing
them to sell their allotments of- land
went into effect. For the first time in
their lives they could do exactly' as
they chose. The land speculators knew
that they were not dealing with the
government^ .and were on the ground
ready to open the campaign. No one
apparently wanted to buy Indian lands,
but everyone was willing to loan a
little money on them at a fair rate of
interest. The Indians took the bait as
expected. They had been advised not
to sell their holdings, but a mortgage
that .was different.
The mortgage is the thing that is
proving the downfall of the newly
made citizens. It best suits the In
dians in their own minds for they think
they can keep on owning the land and
owing the money indefinitely. Of
course the mortgage system is best
suited to the land grabbers, for should
public indignation be aroused they
would have the defense that they had
given the mortgagees a chance to re
deem their lands and that there had
been no actual swindle.
On the day the law went into effect,
the mortgages began to show up. The
Indians wanted the money quickly and
they found no trouble in getting it.
Thinking they were full-fledged busi
ness men because- they were no longer
under the eye of a guardian, they will
ingly listened to friendly offers of
money. The land speculators were wise
enough to allow the Indians to visit
the saloons first and talk business.
Allotment. Indians are citizens and as
such liquor, is sold to them freely. If
the Indians had no ready money he
could obtain the liquor just the same
and for several days following a sober
halfbrced was hard to find. In the
meantime the business was progressing
rapidly. Mortgages galore were filed
with Register of Deeds' Converse at
Detroit.*
From June 21 to the present time an
average of eleven mortgages have been
filed, daily with the register of deeds
and undoubtedly many' others have
been signed which are in the hands of
attorneys or the men:
OME
ITIOM
ik
it
:&
^m
alone, and Register of Deeds Converse
says that twice that number of allot
ments have been mortgaged in Norman
county, where two-thirds of the White
Earth reservation is situated. At Mah
nomen, the contest is more open, for the
town is small and there is not so much
danger of arousing public feeling
against the schemes. The tows is on
the weat^ide of the reservation. W is
more easily reached'by fEe"Indiaas. As.,
soon as they have disposed of their
holdings, however, the red men come to
Detroit to spend their money, for there
are more and bigger stores and mora
places to get rid of the money.
Where the Money Goes. /.tV
No sooner have the speculators given
the Indians a few hundred dollars .on
their holdings than men in other lines
of business start out to get every cent
from the red men. They know that'
the money burns in Indian's pocket
and everyone has something to offer
him at two or three prices.
Horse -dealers sell old broken down
teams for the price of thorobreds and
an old dilapidated carriage will .sell for
more than it cost when new. This
state of affairs has created a small
boom at Detroit and the merchants aad^i
others whose tills are easily filled ares
not active in starting a movement to 'f
save the lands and to keep the Indiana i
from eventually becoming paupers and*:
county charges. $s
Every man in Detroit knows exactly
what is going on for the conditions do*.'
their own advertising, yet they wink}!
the other eye, and what promisee to beg
one of the easiest land grabs on record,'
is not even talked about at the hotels,^
in the stores or on the street. As a mat-}.
ter of fact the subject is avoided.
The visitor to 4he town, however,,-
can seee at a glance the results of the./
land aet. The streets are thronged.'
with drunken halfbreeds day and
night, and only a rainy day prevents
a free-for-all spree in the little park
owned by the Northern Pacific railroad..
On pleasant days it is usually the scene
of disgraceful, drunken orgies by
mixed-blood Chispewas.
In walking down the main street
one will always meet a dozen or more
drunken Indians staggering along and'
gazing into the store windows at the
trinkets that have been placed there to
catch their eyes and money. They'
gather in little groups on the corners
watching the better dressed pedestri
ans and try their best to emulate them5
in manners. The things that appeal
to them most are the ways the white/
man- has ot spending money and enjoy-v
ing life. They think that money JB ail
that is required.
About the first expenditure the In
dian makes is for a rig in whieh he
may speed recklessly up and down the
streets. Some of them have good
fhe
who loaned the
money.^,.Approximately. 250 farms ,have
been- encumbered by the Indians in this
way.
w^iiittle Chance" for Redemption.
%m
Most of the mortgages are for a short
time*^nd every farm will ultimately go
into,the hands of ,the mortgagees for
the rndiane-in'ow.Httle or nothing of
fawning, the land..is yet uncultivated
and. yields nothingvvFertile as it $s, it
jSfeannot possibly yield enough under the
crude aboriginal methods, to pay off the
loans before the mortgages are fore
closed.
This number applies to Becker county
ionies and comfortable carriages, but
majority have been inveigled into
buying bToken-down "skafes" from:
unscrupulous horse dealers and they
make a sorry showing/ *&>
.*$?'''
Booze Camps Near Town.^,.,
-*&?
Just north of the town many In
dian families have taken up their
abode for the summer. Their tepees
and tents are pitched on the hillsides,
where they may live after the manner tj
of their ancestors and yet near the ex- I
citement and the saloons. They make
a dozen trips to the town in a day,
driving their teams and usually bring
ing home a good quantity of liquor.
Many of the town Indians have die'
posed of their allotments and are Jiv- \M
ing in what they deem splendor. Liquor^ 1
is consumed by the squaws and chil- ,t
dren, as well as the men, and it is no &
uncommon sight to see the entire fam
ily seated about a small campflre, their i
minds so muddled that they care for
nothing but rest and the smoke pour- '$
ing into their faces.
At night and the little main street
iB an Indian Broadway. Squaws come
into the town with the men and boys
and .gather in the little park, where
they drink quietly but steadily. Some
of them Will be stretched senseless on
the graSS while the others, bjetween
drinks-, will stroll along.the street
searching for some new sight.
Where all the liquor comes from is
somewhat of a mystery. All of it is
not purchased over the bar in the sa
loons, even'tho the Indiana are admit-