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PRICE FIVE CENTS.SAN .FRMTCISCp; ;EEBRU^RY-24;.;1909.
TWO PRINCIPALS IN THECOCHRANE SHOOTING
PACIFIC MAIL'SFRIGHT FORCES
SLASH INRATES
VOLUME CV.—NO. 86.
After Diaz, What?THIS IS THE SUBJECT OFFREDERICK PALMER'S NEXTARTICLE IN , .
TOMORROW'S CALL
Mrs. J. W.Goehrane Sends Bullet IntoFair, Companion Who Dines
With Spouse
IRATE WIFE TRAILSHUSBAND AND WOMAN
THEN SHOOTS RIVAL
The meeting was held for the pur-pose of discussing -the water front
\u25a0^—^ 'AKIjAN'D,Feb. 23.—1n repljr to
| |the epithet of "liar" flung at
y^ J him by P. B. Jones at the meet-ing of the Merchants' exchange
tonight," former • Governor \u25a0. George. CPardee walked across the room andsmashed his fist Into Jones', face. Theoffending Jones was knocked off hisfeet. The meeting broke Tup and in theexcitement Jones, vowing vengeance,was hurried out and deposited In thestreet. .-*
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Discussion of Water Front Pro-blem Interrupted "by Ex-
citing Clash
Ex-Employe of S. P. GrowsVitriolic and Gets
Chastisement \
Former Governor Knocks DownP. B. Jones in Mer«
chants' Exchange
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TELEPHONE -KEARXY S6'
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 24/ 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONSYESTERDAY—East wind; partly cloudy; max-
imum temperature,' o2; minimum, 46.FORKCAST.FOE TODAY.—Cloudy, with show-
ers; fresh south wind.' Page 13
EDITORIALCongestion in the superior courts. Pace 6
| Mexico as seen by Frederick Palmer. Pni?e 6Australia's way' with the Japanese. . Page 6
LEGISLATIVEHigh school frat*rnities get majority vote in
assembly, but reconsideration Is proposed for billagainst Greek letter societies. Page 2
Machine prepares to see Wrlght-Stanton directprimary bill pass, bosses fearing wrath, of peo-ple. Page 2. Anti-smelter fight of San Mateo county consid^ered by assembly committee. . '
Pace 2
GRAFTCalhoun placed in custody of sheriff while his
beads are changed, and talesmen examined with-out any qualifying. ! Pace T
Irate woman trails hasband and-
woman andthen shoots rival. Pace 1
One killed and one hurt by falling throughfloor of old city hall. Pagre 14
Paciflc Mail makes big cut in rates as partof plan to crush movement for an Independentline of _steamships. Pose 1
Society winds up season with brilliant- mardl
gras at the'St. Francis. Page 14
Coard of supervisors orders plans .drawn forImpounding waters of Lake Eleanor. Pagre 3
Ministers d'sruss the life of a preacher on an;eager income. Pose 6
But two more members needed to complete newgrand Jury panel. "Billy"Lange. ball player, al-most made member of jury: Pagre 3
Wife hotly denies husband's charge of -liaisonwith cook in divorce case. Pace 3
Shippers of flour recover insurance, althoughcargo had been seized by Russia when policyissued. Page 3
Local importers and Jobbers prepare to Join inprotest against the proposed duty on coffee andtea. ',. : Pagel
William Hons of 410 Mississippi street mur-ders a man and.a woman and then kills himselfin a fitof Jealousy. Page 5
Women's public healtii association organizescampaign In city. Pajje 5
Mme. Yale addresses audience of women onsubject of beauty
#culture. Page S ;
Friends of Lieutenant Moller at loss to under-stand reason of suicide. Page 5
SUBURBANFormer Governor Pardee knooks down man
who called him liar. Ptiffe 1Desperadoes bold up .saloon and make rich
liru!, but oue gives money back. Page 1,L. L. mil chosen to edit Stanford 19U
Quad. ; Pagre 4
J, State . council.of St.. Patrick's Allianr<• meet*? «In Oakland. ,
"*..,.- -<iPßSfe'I4: *
Eighth annual convention of Alamtda district*of California federation of women's clubs, p. 4
Ulcerated- tooth cause*-
blood poisoning'and.i
death of Mrs, L. M. Chapman, wife of formermayor of Oakland. Page 4
'
j Steel trust absorbs Pacific steel and wire com-pany. Pace 4
Grand lodge convention of B'n&i B'rith closeswith election of officers. Tage 4
Senators Flint and Perkins and CongressmanKnowlnnd «>»y they willfight to have new collierbuilt at Mare island navy yard. Page 4
COASTTunnel caves in, kills two \u25a0 workers and Im-
prisons 11 under Seattle fair grounds. Page 1 •Jury drawn for trial of District Attorney Bul-
lock of San Mateo county. Pace 4Stockton police and a councilman accused by
giand Jury of protecting vice. Page 3Fifty women narrowly miss death when roof
of buildingfalls IninManhattan, Nev. Pagre 3
EASTERNHetty Crceu's daughter marries Matthew" As-
tor Wilks, aged C3. Page 3United States* supreme court affirms decision
Imposing big penalty on New York Central forrebating.
-Page 1
Taft announces that Herrlck willnot be secre-tary of the treasury. .' . Page 2
Admiral Sperry and officers of battleship fleetei.tertalned at Richmond, Vo. Page 3
Industries of Mexico practically controlled byforeign capital. Page 7 '
Woman aged* 79 Is given 10 year term, forswindling. <^ Page 2
Rev. Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady flays DelphinM. Delra.w and the "unwritten law." .Page 3
'Colorado compromises on direct primary meas-
ure: Pages
SPORTSDan Webster beaten by Ad Wolgast in 10 .
rounds at Los Angeles. Page 0Coffroth may match Johnny Coulon and, Monte
Att?ll- . '"';„- - Pag#>B
Contest narrowing in two classes for basketball cbamplonebip. . . . Page 8
Oregon champion basket ball five challengesCalifornia teams. jPage 8.' California Derby winner,,High,Private." to. tryfor Los Angeles Derby. Page 8
Arcadia card lacks class and long" shotsscore. .' p,,CcCc 0'
Oakland and Berkeley parochial schools Intraining for Catholic" league meet. ;Page S
Jockey- Eddie Dugan suspended for rough rid-inS- :
'/ Page 8
SOCIAL \]\ : ':Mrs. William' Craig and Miss Olive Craig en-
tertain party at tea. . Page 6'LABOR
State federation of. labor, is Inteersting ItselfInformation of farmers' unions. Page 5 'iMARINE ,. Japanese -liner Tenyo Maru has narrow escape \u25a0
In ;Nagasaki, harbor and is saved from" serious ,collision by hitch In launching of another ;vcs-scl
-V Page 13
VICTIM'SPLEA WINSLOOT FROM BANDIT
TUNNELCAVESIN2 DEAD,11BURIED
"The trouble -created: excitement for afew.- minutes,. but' with the 'departure ofJones perfect peace was restored: Justwhat Jones was doing- r
at the meeting
was not known. 'When arrested hegave
'his address as 416 -Thirty-eighth
street^ ', . *
After-Jones had been put out he"
was gathered in by a policeman on thecharge of;disturblng. the peace. Pardee,hearing, of this, immediately; askedthat the man be released, and' on hisrequest Jones was allowed "his liberty
on his own recognizance. \u25a0
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Jones did not ask any more questions.
When he picked himself up the "\u25a0; fight
was over and the members of the
merchants* exchange -were tryingt
toexplain to each other; how it happened.
"You're a——
liar," said Jones.Pardee made no verbal reply. • In-
stead he left his place, walked acrossthe.hall and, at the appropriate mo-ment, hauled off and brought his right
fist in contact with the proboscis ofJones.
:'."Were" you not the author, of certaineditorials ..which have^ appeared in thecolumns of the: Oakland Enquirer?" \u25a0.-';
"No, sir, 111 1 was not,". Bald Pardee.
situation, ; and-r during :the discussionPardee .. made \u25a0a
-speech favoririg.^MayorMott and the, present iadministration.Jones, formerly -a clerk' In the- employ
of the Southern Paciflc,. arose at theconclusion of,Pardee's talk and began
to ask questions which were exasperat-ing, to say the 'least. .Finallyhe asked:
The proprietor, ,William 'Drury, wasserving -Isddor Merle, a,^brother j.in lawof Assistant 'District* Attorney .W;:H.'H.
Hyn'es; "John .Beigeveder, .Joseph -Wan-descheid, Dn.O'Donnell'and John'rMerl-sen,'-whe/n the. two'men 'appeared-: in thedoorway and commanded^ all.
vto; throw
up their., hands. Drury waa \ slow- in"obeying the order. and one. of the high-
waymen'threatened to shoot hini.^ '»• •
Then- one. man .remained- at .the /door
on guard and' the second- went into'- Jheroom \u25a0 and :robbed- the '.tills;of .:;Nexthe turned"bis.. attention'^ to ;the- men,"
and relieved theih":of> flO jin?a^ hurriedsearch."-': :/';.-'T-i "-;i. }>-;.;.;... '\u0084;\u25a0.'\u25a0'.,
Merle was-'wearing^'a. 1diamond-pin
andLturned- it;around *in his 'tie;so,, thatthe' jewel wascohcealed.'^But *the;rob-ber at" th.c;: door,vhad.:npted\the'sus-picious' action',- and.': when 'his, partner
had'^finlshed* and-,was- about', to f'leavethe sharp eyed one .said: r. '?„••*._- ;.>:'l
[;"Go' back; and? search-that^ one;"jhe.
looks like . ready money.'.' -•> '\.j.:;-.
I Thereupon' the Vman.'searched".' Merle|and tookA,s2o'-from'*him.. '
\u25a0 . /, ."Say, 1;look here,",ipleaded uMerlel" "l
need that money .very- much-^-probably,a .wholet lot*;more than 'you^do:^;Don'ttake.'it.and'rir^treaf you.right -some;dayV' ...'.,...." "\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0- .."'.• .'..-\u25a0'' ';',,:::. The -robber ''argued, foV a- fewtnfd-ments, and' finallyJgave 'back the 'coln^though, his;:companion' demurred. \u25a0_
"All right,'* he; said, "We'vei'made /apretty .good .haul,, anyway." .The; twobacked" to the ;door. . ;J; J "''\u25a0•\u25a0 r'~ '-'..; *.'"Good . night/g entlemen,", they: saidwith ceremonious bows.
""Good night.'.'
And;they disappeared into -the dark^nessJ. :. \u25a0-'
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•OAKLAND,, Feb. .23.—Two armeddesperadoes, one with a tender spot Inhis criminal heart, rand the"other;lack-
ing '.that- feature, held, up and' robbedthe Tank saloon •on{the ;San {Leahdrbroad with- its,' proprietor and customerstonlght;lsecuring,sl26 and relinquishing$20
*after*it".had come into their.-pos-
session: ••' ;
Desperadoes Hold Up Saloon,Make Rich'Haul, and One^
Gives. Money Back
-NEW YORK,-.Feb. 23.—Mrs. \u25a0JamesBrown Potter, according to a "storypublished here today, has definitelygiven up,.the "stage and is now livingwith her daughter, Mrs.'- James -Stiil-man Jr., at the latter's residence here.According to the sariie story Mrs.James Stillman Sr. is now', onv
mostcordial terms with the former actressand is .preparing; to pave the::way forher. re-entry In society.
Daughter's Mother in Law WillPave Way, for Society. Re-entry
MRS. J. B. POTTER• GIVES; UP STAGE
';SEATTLE,:,:Feb. /23.^-A -cave in oc-
ciirred 't'hVs morn ing'in the/tunnel which
is"being 'driven \ for;the "northernitrunksewer/ and .buried ibeneath 1.700;tons .of
earth v.il*•men,;:.two\ ofvwhom werecrushed tbi death, fwh'ile*nine were en-
tombed = inrthe>tunnel_beyond the caveln.'\The, dead :.r'."" /
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;"Augu«t.Stauele: .:-"..,\u25a0 Duncan Robertaou. _'/.'.-'. .^ \u25a0-
- -The ventombed „\u25a0 men v
:are, -.in ;a clearspace in"tlie".tunnei ;12".feet
;ln diameteraiid .142 ;feet rlong.
v"Communication .wasestabilshed wHh/them by^driving.a J;wo ;inch.pipe-t hrough the^falleif dlrt;wlth
a/ battering :ram. Electric^ light wireshave been; passed ;throughVthe PjpeslFood and water .were furnished in the
game way. - . .A •/\u25a0 ,-" ... \u25a0,'.'\u25a0]
:The entombed ;:nien;" have no fear/of jfurtner;'caye^and*seera -.cheerful in.theirposition;:' .'* ;\u25a0 \.\^.1....t^ - -" - '
A large crew^of :men^lsj driving;a!driftTthrougli:the;'fallenearth*as rapidly
as 'iipossTbie.-.; 'rAlthoughS; provided;' with|Yoois!,-tiie:'entombed?nien/h^ jstructed not :to 'attempt ito .work their |way,out.' . \u25a0-.
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r,-.iWHfie';.one';sanfr.;is^working from thetunnelfa^Ui^gan^si^^ing a shaftfrom;the surface. Itis 34*feet from the«rcluniiis?'the Iroof /ofUhe/tunneJ -
Uhder^Fair'Grourids
Seven HundrediTonsjof Earth'"4Falls' and imprisons Men
NEW YORK, Feb. 23^—Mrs. BallIng-ton Booth of the Volunteers of Americawill-be operated upon nere tomorrowfor appendicitis: by.,Dr.' Howard Kellyof Johns, Hopkins^ aniverslt}-.
MRS. BALLINGTON>BOOTHUNDER SURGEON'S KNIFE
Noted Leader^ of Volunteers ofAmerica Faces: Operation V
ASpart of a plan to crush the
movement for an independentline of steamships, the PacificMail company announced a
\u25a0 sweeping cut in rates yesterday, on'freight from San Francisco to Xew
\u25a0 York- The reductions include thegreater part of the products that go
out from this port, and the cut In some'f instances reaches as high as 30 per
cent. The average decrease is 20 per
cent. Itis one of the most pronounced• cases of tariff slashing that the state
•has known. Although intimations wereconveyed in a recent issue of The Call
. that a general reduction of rates wascontemplated by the Pacific Mail, theabrupt way In which the existing
schedule was completely shattered;tame as a surprise to the shippers.
So evident was the attempt to nip in\u25a0 the bud the plan for an independent
line of vessels that many businessmen. expressed the opinion that the Pacific
\u25a0 Mail had committed a tactical blunder.Harriman, as the controlling force inthe transcontinental railroad com-panies, has just raised the rail
'rates
10 per cent. As the controlling force•'. In the Pacific Mail steamship company
."' he reduces t\^ rates 20 cent by
Cut Is Signiiicant(\u25a0". It is a significant fact that the inde-'.pendent steai.iship line was to be\Uujnehed on the- theory- that a 20 per-cent reduction in existing water rates
was possible. That was the statement
j.made before the meeting of business-. .men by H. S. Bates of the shipping-. firm of Bates & Chesebrough, who are• at the head of the movement for the
; It was stated yesterday by a number.\u25a0of big shippers that the ruse of the; .Pacific Mail •was too manifest to de-
••celve any one. It was the opinion of
these men that the new rates had beenput into 'effect merely to end the agi-tation for an independent line, and that
.'.as soon as this had been accomplished'• the higher tariffs would again be made
\u25a0 effective. It was given out officiallythat the independent project would goforward without interruption.
It willbe the plan of the Pacific Mail-.' to tie local shippers up witl^term con-• tracts so as to leave no business\u25a0for. the proposed line. No success was.achieved in< this direction yesterday,however, as he agents of the PacificMail received no promises of extensiveshipments.
\u25a0 :" The theory was also advanced yester-
/ day that the Pacific Mail, by soliciting. -business at a time -when little freight. was moving, would endeavor to per-
suade the officials of the Panama rail-road that there was not enough traffic•to •warrant the encouragement of the'Bates and Chesebrough line. In order
:that the government officials might notTie deceived, a telegram explaining the
•\u25a0\u25a0 situation was sent at once by members.of the traffic bureau of the Merchants*exchange to William R. Wheeler ,at
". Washington.
Some Concessions Gained'\u25a0• 'In cutting the through rates to bed-': rock the Pacific Mail company Is avail-;- Ing Itself of-the offer of the Panama/'.railroad and steamship company",. to.enter* into any tariff as low as $8 a ton'
The same conditions which were of-'tered to Bates &. Chesebrough have
•been extended to the Pacific Mail.A significant feature of thie action
for the Pacific Mail in soliciting freight
\u25a0at the lowered schedule was the fact. that the 'company's agent was, accom-
panied yesterday in his visits, to the• local merchants by J. P. Williams, the
local representative of the Panamarailroad company. .',
. "Joseph Diirney of the governing com-. mittee of the traffic bureau of the
merchants* exchange expressed the
sentiments of the shippers when he
eaid: ."This cut in rates Is merely for the
.purpose of forestalling the movement•
for an independent steamship line. Itwill not stop us."
H. S. Bates expressed the belief that• the Pacific Mail had forced a crisis in
the shipping situation."This move should not fool any one,*'
.«aid Bates. "It has brought about a-crisis that we should be prepared to
meet. How comes it-that T Mr. Harri-rnan Increases rail rates 10 per cent
.and decreases water rates 20 per cent?Why does hedo this? Itis too evidentto merit reply. He wants to create his \u25a0
own competition. It is, of course,
. merely a stratagem to block an inde-jpendent ,line. Itought to fool no -'one. iRates are put down to discourage theproposed, service. If they are success-fulIn this, then rates will go up again
to their old fiyure." i
Traffic Bureau Sees Purposeand New Route Promoters
Are Not Dismayed
Reduction Averages 20 PerCent, Meeting Theory of
Proposed Competitor
To Head Off Independent LineCompany Announces Cut
in Freight
COLUMByS^O./^eb^S.— While walk-ing along \ a",street f Mrs.
:;Ethel
Boesc 1ians/.aged _;IS'/\u25a0 a;;.b"ri<j1c
'-{o f~\ t \vo
inqnths. w'aselrctroctited when, her um-brella*;;came'.insco'htact. initlie1darknesswitha livewire. A dozen personstried
to 'pull •the young:woman's body awayfrom, the vwire;and all were', hurled -'.to,the'grouna-by the sKbcls.
ness. arid- She^FallsJDead
BRIDE ;TIWOyMONfHSKILLED BY A LIVE WIRE
Umbrella StrikeslCableiih'Dark-Threaten jDeath'lto. iWife
TRINIDAD;^;Colo;,\ \u25a0. Feb.;-J 23.—Twomasked robbers forced .- anv entranceinto >the'"; homo-:
" of-S.rlr" Andusky,; awealthy iresident of_.Raton.'^NT. ';M:,': early,today, :and \after;beatijig"; Andusky Intoinsen sibi1ity,"} \u25a0 foreedls'iMrs.»Andusk y,£tqreveal the /hidings place of /money} andjewelsiamounting ;to; ?1,400. The: rob-bers threatened Mrs. Andusky>. withinstant
'death ,if /she did :not-J,'cornpiy'
with.;their ;demands..:'
After: securing.jt'he /plunder; the robb_crs*escapc4 :' \u25a0
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Beat Husband Insensible and
THUGS FORCE WOMAN T6GIVEMONEY ANDJEWELS
The sale will include, her Larchmontestate,, with a. mile frontage^ on thesound, and her former • town house at
439 liadison avenue, 1which, she -rentedabout a year ago ;for five,years to E."'C."Converse Jr/ The former is \valued at
JSOO.OOO and the latter is!worth;about?12aiO()b. . \ - •\u25a0'.\u25a0. ..
<NEW/ YORK,-Feb. -23.—Mrs. JacksonGourautl,. wealthy Jieiress and daughter
of the late E.'II.Crocker; of San Fran-cisco,'has placed aliiher. realty'holdingson-the market.' with: the \u25a0 exception of
her new; home, 461 Weststreet, which she bought "a few monthsago for $125,000 ifroiri Samuel Kridel."
WillRetain OnlyMansion[Special '.Dispatch' tiThe Call] '.
Daughter of Late E.H. Crocker
MRS. JACKSON GOURAUD TO;
SELL:NEW-^yORK HOLDINGS
DRIVEN to \u25a0desperation -by the insistent reports that her husband, JamesW. Cochrane, the wealthy real estate operator and attorney of SanFrancisco and San Rafael, had been unfaithful to her with Mrs.-;L.X.'
Emory, a stenographer and lodging house keeper, Mrs. Lizzie G. Cochranetraced the couple to a restaurant at Sixth.avenue and Clement street early
last evening and fired two shots at the young woman. One of the bulletstook effect in-Mrs. Emory's wrist. Cochrane instantly sprang at his wifeand wrested. the revolver from her g^asp before.it could be used again. Acrowd, gathered at the Palm theater, witnessed the shooting.
Mrs. Emory was taken to the St. Francis hospital in California street,
and Mrs. Cochrane was arrested by Policemen Healy and Savage and takento the Park station. Cochrane went withhis wife to the police station. Shewas booked, on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder, and two
hours later was' released. from jail on the order of Judge Cabaniss, afterCochrane had put up $250 cash bail as security.
Immediately after being bailed put Mrs. Cochrane returned to her home,"'2711 Sacramento street. There she
sat and wept, while her daughtersvainly attempted to comfort her. Toall inquiries regarding the circum-stances of the shooting or the causeswhich led up to it she refused to an-swer. Finally she said:
"I-have promised my husband thatI^would make no statement. Ihavenever broken my word to Jim Coch-rane, no matter how often he may
have broken his. Ihave never beenfalse to him, no matter how often liemay have. been false to me. For thesake of my children Ihave sufferedmuch. My friends and my relativesoften have told me that Iwas fool-ish to put up with whatIhave. Butin spite of all Ilove my husband. Iwould shield him with- my life,ifneces-sary." iHusband Is Silent
Cochrane, although he had tentativelypromised to make a statement of hi3side of the case, refused point blank to
discuss it when seen later in the even-ing at the buildinghe had leased for a
term of years at Bush «nd Kearny
streets and which bears his name. Hewas silent, even after it had beenpointed out to him that his refusal to
talk placed the woman who. was shotin a moat unenviable position.
Mrs. Emory, the subject of the wife'swrath, is a divorcee. For almost a year
Mrs. Cochrane has suspected that herhusband had been Intimate with thewoman, and in June of last year Mrs.Cochrane, tracing Cochrane and thewoman from this city to Marin county,
swore out a warrant -for their arrest
before Justice of the Peace Renner inSausalito on the charge of adultery.
The warrant was never served, Mrs.Cochrane relenting, as she always didprior to last evening, for the sake ofthe good name of her four children.
Wife of ConvictCochrane's friendship with Mrs. Em-
ory is of unusual history. The woman's
husband. George Emory, is a convict
now serving a term in Folsom prison
for 'robbery. After his conviction,
Cochrane, as an attorney, secured adivorce for Mrs. Emory from Emory.
Then he had her learn stenography and
took her into his office as a stenogra-
pher. Mrs. Cochrane, realizing herhusband's character, grew 'suspicious,and Cochrane, for the sake of ap-
pearances, dismissed the woman fromhis office and established her in theClaremont lodging house at First andHarrison streets. There, itis said, Mrs.Cochrane found the couple severalweeks ago and created a scene.*
The shooting last evening occurredabout 10 minutes after 7 o'clock. Theclearest account of the desperata act
of the goaded wife was gtven by J. A.Weissend.. keeper of a cigar store at
Sixth avenue and Clement street.
2>**About 6:30 this evening." said Wais-\u25a0
send,- "Isaw a young man peering intothe restaurant kept by George Mentos
at 261 Sixth avenue, a short distancefrom:my place.' After he had recon-noitered there for some minutes h©went to a telephone. Fifteen or 20
minutes later an automobile drove up.
in which was the woman Iafter-ward, learned was Mrs. Cochrane. Mr*Cochrane spoke earnestly to the younff
man. who must have been a private de-tective.'..\u25a0 Then, he went away and sh«stayed. Impatiently walking up anddown before the restaurant and seem-ing very much disturbed.*
Then :Isaw Cochrane and the otherwoman come out of the eating house,
gaily chattering together^ Instantly
Mrs. Cochrane stepped out of th«shadows, -flashed a revolver from thelolls ;of i;e.» dr s*» .&n4 Cra£ two sr>.o :i
Long Series of Alleged Infidelities of Noted: -
:Lawyer, Told by Detectives, Leads
"YOU DROVE ME TO IT," CRIES WIFE
Continued on Pair 5. Column 4
WASHINGTON, 23.—The verdict of Hhe United .'States circuitcourt .for- the southern district of New York, imposing a fine of
. $108,006i upon !the New York Central railroad company on the charge
of granting rebates toUhe' American sugar,- company, was today affirmed by
the United.States •\u25a0'supreme .court. ./ . \u25a0 / ;
the: United; States supreme court. .The;<rebates *to
v:the] American sugar .•refining company were given onshipments of VugarUnil9p3 from New zYprk to Cleveland and Detroit. Sixoffenses were charged arid fines of $18,000 each were imposed by the trial
-::THe. government prosecuted under the interstate commerce and Elkinslaws. Between New.York and Cleveland the railroad's .-published 1;tariff calledforVa charge of 21 cents per loo pounds, while the rate to Detroit was 23 cents;
•?*The cut in the first instance was 5cents and in the s'ecorid- 2 cents."\:;The court also rendered a similardecision upholding -the: lower courtin-the case: of a shipment ,to Clevie-land. ;In7 which a'fine of $26,000 wasimposed.
Company Loses CaseThe case of the United States vs. The
New York. Central and Hudson Riverrailroad company,* 'involving: the ques-tion whether a railroad company, .whichis a party to a rebate transaction,, butwhich was not the inltiatory^road.canbe
t"criminally,prosecuted for a violation
ofVthe Elkins: anti -trust law was de-cided by.the court againstj the company.The New York Central *was Indicted inconnection with-a number of- othercompanies,* including the Missouri Pa-cific, on the charge of granting rebatesin;1903 to the Brooklyn cooperage com-pany, vqn 'cooperage material shippedfrom: Poplar .Bluff,. Mb.,' to- Brooklyn,N. Y.' .lt^was 'shown that all the rail-roads concerned iri the 'shipment had ajoint tariffof 35'cents a hundred pounds
on. such ;goods between, the' pointsnamed, and that all of them had beenparties'to a rebate of s?i
(cents a hun-
dred on shipments made by the Brook-lyn company. .. . . - , \u25a0\u25a0
Demurrer.- Is Sustained/,.«.---.-- \u25a0:::\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0: --•\u25a0- \u25a0.
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The. New York Central was .the'de-livering carrier = and: it replied: to .thecomplaint by, filinga'demurrerlin.whlchit took, the'; position. that as it was notthe initialfco'mpany it could not be"heidcriminally'responsible under ? the
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law.The .ease was heard in theUnited Statescircuit court for, the southern districtof New Yorkjand 'the demurrer sus-tained for the -reasons;/ given.,
The .government 'immediately ap-
The stock market; In Wall street "declines concurrently vrith the news of
the supreme court's decision In the rcbatlnjf case aaralnst- the New York Central
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In the retrial of the Standard oil company of Indiana "Federal Judee.;Ander-
son quashes the panel of.150 venlremen because of the larsre proportion of
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-The constitutionality of the anti-trust law of Arkansas Is affirmed by the
United States supreme {court Injthe case of . the Hammond packing; company
ngainßt the state.
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Louisiana has a right to reduce the Cumberland telephone company's long? dim-
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The; circuit, court's verdict Imposing a -fine of fXOS,OOO upon the Xtw York
Central railroad company for granting rebate* to the American anear company
lit affirmed by the United States supreme court.
Fine of1108,000 Imposed on New York CentralRailroad -Held Legal on Review by
Highest Tribunal in Land
U. S. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMSBIG PENALTY FOR REBATING
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