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YOL. I. NO. 55.
The Atlanta Georgian.
ATLANTA
1910
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, * JUNE 28, 1906.
T>nT(T. In Atlanta TWO CFN'TS.
JrlVJLOlii: On Trains FIVE CENTS.
THAW IS INDICTED FOR MURDER,
PRETTY WIFE REFUSES TO TESTIFY;
WHITE’S SON SWEARS VENGEANCE
Flags Are at Half Mast
For Victim of
Millionaire.
WIFE OF SLAIN ARCHITECT
defense abandons
PLEA OF INSANITY
Justification Is To Be Line of Ar
gument Presented When
Case Comes to Trial.
By Prlrate Leased wire.
New York, June 28.—Harry K.
Thaw was indicted at 1:20 o’clock
this afternoon for the murder of
Stanford White. The indictment
charges murder in the first de
gree.
Accompanied by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Garvin the grand
ju^y filed before Judge Cowing
in the court of general sessions
and handed up the indictment.
Thaw will be arraigned to plead
tomorrow.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the prig
oner’s beautiful wife, refused to
testify against him. She was tak
en before the jury but her pathet
ic demeanor won the sympathies
of the jury and she was not called.
WIFE PLEADED TO GO TO
THE CORONER’S INQUEST
By Private Leased wire.
New York, Juno 18.—The- coroner’s
Jury In the Thaw case after three min
utee’ deliberation, returned a verdict
finding that Standford White came to
hie death from cerebral hemorrhage ae
the result of a pistol shot In the head,
Inflicted with a revolver In the bands
of the defendant, Harry Thaw.
The Jury was out only five minutes.
Its verdict' was the sterotyped one.
"Mr. Thaw, Mr. Thaw," called Coro
ner Dooley, when the verdict was ren.
dered„but Thaw was staring straight
ahead of him.
Ceried Away Handcuffed.
"Mr. Thaw," again called the coroner
In a louder tone of voice and the young
man's attorney prodded him.
"Stand up,” one of the officers whis
pered.
Thaw fcot slowly on his feet.
"Come forward," said the coroner,
and when the young man stood In front
of his desk, Mr. Dooley announced
slowly:
"It Is my duty to - hold you for the
grand Jury.”
Thaw Inclined his head In the slight
est sort of a bow end, handcuffed to a
deputy, was led away to the Tombs.
Wanted to Comfort Him.
Thaw’s wife pleaded In vain to be
allowed to ntencl the Inquest and to
sit beside her husband.
"Even If I am not wanted to testify,
I want to alt by Harry’s side and com
fort him," sho begged.
"There Is no need for your testi
mony and you are not wanted,” aald
Judge OlciH of counsel for Thaw,
“you had batten remain where you
are."
"Very well. I will try to keep away,”
said Mrs. Thaw, doubtfully.
Crowd at the Inquest.
No lesa than 800 persons made a
rush for seats as soon as the doors of
the court were opened for the Inquest,
and every available seat was occupied
In a twinkling. The crowd was made
up of Broadway folka of the sort that
fanned the associates of Thaw In his
gay life. ,
Edward ConVoy, who Is a foreman
°n the Madison Square Roof Garden,
testified that he heard the shots and
saw Whtte fall.’ He said he noticed
Thaw going toward Mr. White, but
they did not speak.
Abandon Insanity Plea.
While the body of Stanford White Is
being taken to St. James, L. I, today
for burial, tha Inquest before Coroner
Dooley begins.
It wae planned also to, have Thaw
Indicted today by the grand Jury, the
inquisition before the latter body to
begin as toon as tha witnesses had
given their testimony before the coro-
It Is declared now that the lawyer*
for Thaw have abandoned all Inten
tion of pleading Insanity as the defen*#
for the killing of White.
The Insanity defense ha* been
thwarted by Thaw, who refused to sub-
m lt to an examination by expert* ana
» ho win not listen to the assertion that
h* l» Insane.
To Pleed Justification.
From now on. It Is asserted, the lew
s'*™ will bend their effort* toward
fsovlng that the action of White Juetl-
®*d Thaw In killing him.
The flrst tnt between lawyer* for the
state and the defense, It wa* expected,
*ould come when an effort would be
■rad* to force Mrs. Evelyn Neeblt
Thaw to testify before the grand jury.
Mr*. Thaw announced positively that
Jh« wilt go to prison rather than teatl-
fy before the grand Jury. She ha* been
•hbpenaed a* a witness before the
grand Jury, and It was the Intention
ihe acting district attorney not to
■hake her a witness for the state.
Prosecution 8eeks Motive.
M’hether Mrs. Thaw Is acting of her
•*« volition or by advice of her hue-
Mnd’e lawyer* In refusing to testify
Vas not revealed. Mr, Nott and As
sistant District Attorney Oarvtn ara
sst-rmlned, however, to put her on
Stand end endeavor to learn from
5r r enough to establish the motive for
killing. «.
They geclared she could not claim
MBS. STANFORD WHITE.
When News Was Received That her Husband Had Been Killed
by Harry Thaw She Seemed Calmest Member of Family.
“/ Live Only to Avenge My Father,"
S'-
Declares Son of Harry Thaw's Victim
By Private Leased Wire.,
New York, June 28.—“While a breath Is In my body or a dollar In my
pocket I will seek only for vengeance against the tnan'who murdered my
father.”
This Is the declaration <>l Lawrence White, son of Standford White,
the architect, slain by Millionaire Harry Thaw.
"If Harry Thaw le freed of this murder charge," eald White, "or If
he gets a term of Imprisonment, he may be sure that I will get even aa
eoorras he Is free. i
"He murdered my father In cold blood. Ho was the best father that
ever lived. He loved the Broadway life, but he never did half the thing!
that are charged to. him. I
“I am only a young man, but I have a life before me, and I will seek 1 '
only for vengeance against the man who murdered my fathkr.”
SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY
DIES IN TORTURE
FR OMHYDR OPHOBIA
To Make Paper and
Alcohol From Cot
ton * Stalks.
EXPERIMENTS MADE
POINT TO SUCCESS
If Plan Is Practical, $100,000,000
Will Be Added Annually
to Cotton Crop.
MRS. LONG WORTH IS
PRESENTED AT COURT
Continued on Poo* Throo.
Special Cable—Copyright.
London, June 2S.—Mr*. Nicholas
Longworth, at the head of a glit
tering group of beautiful and * 'titled
women, was presented to King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra, at' court
today. It was an especially brilliant
drawing room, made so In honor of the
daughter of the president of the United
States. Extraordinary graciousness
was manifest In the demeanor of their
majesties toward both Mr. and Mrs.
Longworth.
Mra. Longworth with Mr*. Held and
MU* J,an Reid drove to the drawing
room together. They were Joined
there by Mr. Longworth and Ambas
sador Reid. . .
Crowds along the route taken by
Mr*. Longworth'* carriage recognized
her and cheered. She waa In t f»»
mood, and responded to tho greeting*
with emllee a #1 bow,.
Extended comment waa made by the
•oclety column* of the,newspapers to
day upon Mr*. Longworth, preaenta-
tlon. It waa recalled that ehe waa the
first daughter of a president of the
United States who had Den presented.
On# or two writer, argued that the
game honor,'at court were due her aa
would be extended to the royal prin
cess, but expreeeed doubt* that eh#
would have accepted them had they
been tendered.
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BICYCLE RACES OFFi O
RAIN PR08PECT, TOO. O
Jack Prince having run off 0
hi, icheduled race Wednesday O
night, the unsettled eute of the O
weather Immediately clear, up -
and a regulation day of the June
variety Is our, Thursday. IF*
hot enough to be »ummer-llke,
but not half a, depressing a*
some we have had.
Ferecatt:
Generally fair Thursday night
and Friday.
Thursday temperatures:
7 o'clock a. m.
8 ofcloek a.
t o’clock a.
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RAILWAY RATE BILL
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, June 28.—The conferees
of the two house, have’ agreed upon
the railway rate bill.
The paaa amendment has been com
promised. Senator Tillman will not
sign the report.
The beat judgment U that congrasa
will be able to adjourn by Saturday
night.
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11 o’clock noon ■
1 o'clock p. m. .
2 o'clock p. m. .
THAW, BRIDE AND WHITE.,D
WERE TO HAVE SAILED O
TODAY ON SAME SHIP.
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By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 28.—The police
have just learned that It has
been.the Intention of Stanford
White to sail for Europe today
on the steamer La Provence.
Harry Thaw and hts wife were
to have sailed also today on the
same ship. Whether Thaw knew
of the Intention of White to sail
on the asm* vessel I* not
known.
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FARMER IS OVERCOME
BY A FIERCE EAGLE.
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O* Pottsvllle, Pa., June 28.—In a
O terrific battle with an eagle.
O Thomas Haywood, a Tumbling
O Run farmer, eras whlpepd by
O the bird. Haywood saw the
O eagle seize a rabbit and attack-
O ed the bird with a dub. The
0 eagle dropped the rabbit, and
p with Ita wings and beak beat
O the farmer into Insensibility.
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For the purpose of making paper,
denaturlied alcohol and other products
from cotton ttalk fllx - Harvle Jordon,
president of the Southern Cotton As
sociation, has been Instrumental In
forming In New Yank city a company
capitalized at 218,046,000, with him
self as one of the directors, and the
bulk of the stock controlled by South
ern capital. Finn* for the company
are now being tamed, and within a
few weeks a she will bo chosen for the
first plant of the dompnny, to be lo
cated at some centrsl Southern city to
be determined upon Inter.
Harvle Jordan pts returned from
New York nnd et hi, office Thursday
morning spoke enthusiastically of the
plan, of the company nnd the great
possibilities of the contemplated enter
prise. Mr. Jordan recently conducted
a series of experiments In Pennsylva
nia. which demonstrated to him beyond
all doubt the practicability of the Iden
of making line paper of nil grades from
the cotton stalk, w hlch at present I, a
total loss to tho farmers of the South.
Fertiliser salts nnd severnl Important
compounda an well n* alcohol will alao
bo manufactured by the new company,
and It la believed po-slblo to reduce the
coat of these commodities very consid
erably. Tho grade of newspaper man
ufactured from the cotton stalk fiber Is
gTeatly superior to that of wood fiber,
and can bo munufiniurad much more
hcaply and In practically unlimited
supply.
Sotttm Stslks ^rSTuits Company.--
The company organized In New York
lins been Incorporated ns tho Cotton
Stalkz Products Company, and Is the
conception of Harvle Jordan, of Allan
ta. Mr. Jordan for the present will
continue aa president of the Southern
Cotton Association, aa the work with
the new company will not require his
full attention for several months. It
le hla Intention to retire at the annual
election of officer* next January.
The other officers of the new'com.
pany are: Vice president, Samuel F.
B. Moras, New York; secretary and
treasurer, Arthur F. Kales, New York;
directors, John P. Allison, Concord,
Oa.: W. P. O. Harding, Birmingham,
Ala.; William H. Massinger, Birming
ham, Ala.; Harvle Jordan, Atlanta,
Ga.; Arthur F. Kales, New York; Sam
uel F. B. Morse, New York; William C.
Seddon, Baltimore; William F. Andlver,
Montgomery, Ala, and John D. Walk
er, Sparta, Ga.
Directors Prominent.
The directors of thla new corpora,
tlon are all men of high standing. W.
P. G. Harding .la president of the First
National bank, of Birmingham, and
chairman of the finance committee;
John D. Welker Is president of the Na
tional bank of Sparta, Ga., and also It
a dominating Influence In a great num
ber of Southern banks; William H.
Haaslnger le vice president of the Re
public Iron and Steel Company, of Bir
mingham. and William C. Seddon Is a
banker of Baltimore.
Harvle Jordan, In tjlsctualng the new
enterprise, said;
"The manufacture of paper from the
fiber of the cotton stalk I* one of the
latest and most Interesting Inventions
of the new century. For many year*
expert Inventors have been busily en-
KILLS SISTER
OF RIS WILE
Baby Dropped to Floor
. Unhurt by
Shot. "
WIFE WAS STAYING
AT HER SISTER'S HOMS
Was at Telephone in the Inter***
of Her Husband Who Was Ac
cused of Mistreating Her.
<>n to-
he nlx-
In her'
bab^
Special to Tho Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., June 2* Mr*.
Mogglo Patterson, vvlfo of a harries*
maker, was shot and killed by her
brother-in-law, Frank Blssett, a rall-i
road man, at the Patterson h
avenue ,# D.” shortly after r
day. .The woman was holding
inor)ths-old child, of Hl*nett,
arms when she was shot. T
Ml tn til*- ilonr >-f fh«- veranda, but
waa unhurt.
When the shooting occurred Mra.
Blssett waa across tho street at a tele
phone In the Interest, Jt I* wild, of her
husband, who ehe had heard was ar-*
rented for an alleged assault upon he*
last Runday.
Because of alleged mistreatment,
Mr*. Hl*»ett had left her husband one
week ago and had been living wttkt
her sister, who was killed.
Two Months After
Being Bitten, Barclay
Arnold Dies.
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appears from recent
developments that their labors and
expenditures of money are to be re.
warded with signal and striking auO'
cess. Not only have these Investiga
tions passed the experimental stags,
but they are rapidly being shaped to be
placed Into practical operation.
How this new enterprise will affect
the present manufacturers of paper re
mains to be seen. More than 8278,000,.
000 now Is Invented In the 780 paper-
making establishments In existence In
the United State*, the value of the pro
ducts of which In about *200J)00,000 an
nually.
Will Bring $100,000,000 to 8outh.
In the first place, the practical ef'
feet of the manufacture of paper and
alcohol from cotton-stalk fiber will be
to Increase the present value of the
South's cotton crop by about 11*0,000,-
000; It will revnlutlonlz* tha handling
of the cotton crop and aav* about $80,-
090,000 In freight charges; It will
cheapen the price of paper, and by
tha elimination of the boll weevil pest
save about 878,000,000 yearly to the
cotton growers of th* South. About
88 per cent of the fiber treated can
ha made Into paper and about I per
cent Into alcohol.
The residue, after all by-product*
ar* extracted from the cotton-stalks,
becomes the/best known quality of fer-
tillxar. The use of the cotton-stalks
will sar* to the farmer the expense of
gathering and give him a profit for the
bringing of them to th* mill, and alao
will absolutely eliminate the boll wee
vil. Which is today the great peet of
th* South. Thla latter will be accom
plished by the removal of the stalk*
from th* fields In th* early fall.
Stalks Wasted Heretofore.
The amount of cotton-stalks In th*
cotton belt Is estimated at 80,000,000
tons, heretofore a waste product which
has been burned annually, and It now
will be salable at 81.80 to 82.80 per
ton and manufactured Into valuable
this company. The pro-
thst can bo considered as the I
Bitten by n dog more than two
months ago, little 8-year-old Barclay
Arnold, son of Professor and Mra. L.
W. Arnold, of Atlanta, dlsd at 0:20
o'clock Thursday morning at the home
of hla aunt, Mr*. J. S. Ward, of Nor
wood, Ga. It Is believed hydrophobia
was tha cauao.
The little ffllow, accompanied by
Mr*. Arnold, left Atlanta last Satur
day for Norwood to spend the sum
mer, and were to have beeti joined by
Mr. Arnold this week. Both Mrs. Ar
nold and the hoy wero In the,best of
health when they left thn city nnd
the newa of the death of his eon waa
a great shock to Mr. Arnold, who Is
vice-president of the Southern Short
hand and Business University.
Th* troy was bitten by a pet dog
while at play with other children on
April 18, n email Incision being made
In the left hand and wrist. The lit
tle chnp was tulteu at onrn to the Pas
teur Institute; and, after remaining
there for n short time, was discharged
ns cured, no signs of lllneen having ,1
v,‘loped. .Meantime He dog had dh
a natural death without hnvlng exhlh
Ited any signs of mndness, nnd noth
ing moI .• w II" thought of t III. nuttier.
Tuesday afternoon Mr. Arnold r
celved a message from hla wife to tho
effect that the little fellow wns slightly
Indisposed. On Wednesday another
message was to the effect that no wns
'lull.' Ill, lull III" ill no'll I of I ho
death waa entirely unexpected
The little fellow suffered terribly
from the moment he was strickon until
the end.
The funeral will be held nt 4 o'clock
Frtdny afternoon at tho residence of
Mrs. Ella J. Stewart, 111 Houth Pryor
street, nnd wilt bo conducted by
Wslker Lewis nnd Dr. J. W. Lee. It
torment will he nt Oakland cemetery.
HEFTYJEADLOCK
a . Proctor Says House
Conferees Won’t
Compromise.
SHRILL CHINK SHRIEKS SPLIT
SERENE SUMMER SLUMBERS;
FOUR ACTS AND A SQUEAL
CHAPTER I.
t—I— I—8—*—$— I !-*-!—I—I
Bloated molecules, swollen from hoat,
forming heavy ether wave*, came beat-
ing In through the open windows of
half a hundred houses, striking upon
the sensitive car drums of twice aa
many people, making a noise the like
of whfch has seldom disturbed th# at
mosphere In th# vicinity of Peachtree
and Ivy streets since Sherman's can
non boomed and shrapnel screeched
over the city back In the 80’*..
Disturbed, the sleepers loosened tha
arms of Morpheus long sfiough to ax-
claim "cats!'* nnd sank again to rest,
but for a short time
Again tho din broke forth, this time
without respite. Half a hundred heads
with twice aa many sleepy eyes formed
a plantom boat at the windows. Quick
ly drawing on whatever happened to be
the nesreat to their disturbed couches,
a negligee assembly of awakened
sleepers mode their way toward th*
source of the noise.
CHAPTER II.
8omswhat Profanltory.
A seen* which might be common In
| this earth sounded like It except n de-
(?) Ill Oh* once heard In a woman'*
traordlnary In the Occident, met the
eyes of all observer*. Three Celestials,
with queques flopping a Souaa-llke lead
to a high-pitched argument, pranced In
Wun Lee's laundry, under the corner
drug store at th* Intersection of Peach
tree and Ivy. In and out the bundles
of maculate collars snd shirts,.over th*
tubs of soiled linen, back of the coun
ter* of Oeorgla pin*, the Chinks danced
to the tun* of Mongolian controversy.
"Me llkle say damn—an* blttle you
ae."
"You* pay so me goie Chlna-a, get-
tie much mon."
"Payle he, he telll* you owl* he me
you payle.” ,
Such mild phrase* as the above were
flrst heard, but the tide of anger
swelled and English became too poor a
language to express the emotions that
bent In th* breasts of Hong Lee. Wun
Le* and Hon You. Chines* waa turned
to In desperation. What waa then said
puxxled tha people. Nothing ever on
suffrage convention.
For thirty minutes this song and
dancs continued. Thsn Hong Lee be
gem* exhausted and, lf fclH tf the count
In this three-cornsred battle royal of
hot air, staggered from th* door, thus
ending th* scene.
CHAPTER III.
Slightly Explanatory.
A Georgian reporter dropped Into tha
shop under thn corner drug store,
called for the proprietor of th* wash-
tub* and waa told, "Ms note disturb.
Hong Lee cousin, me good frlen’. He
com* talkie beee-ness, alt rlghtle, no
say nothin',"
From a negro who live* near the
building the story waa learned.
Hong Lee runs a laundry at 108
Luckl* street. His cousin, who exer-
clses paternal rights over tha Luckl*
street Celestial, has from tlm* to time
loaned hi* nephew sums of money,
which now aggregate a goodly sum.
Wun Lee has been In America ten
years, and at the comer since the
building waa first erected. Several
weeks ago, having enough money, he
decided that be would return to th*
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the Orient, but, to »*y the least, ex- land of hi* forefathers. He tried to
mein product* or by-products will be
paper, alcohol, acetone, smokeless pow
der, celluloid, pyroxylin and fertilizers.
Paper manufactured from the cot
ton stalk la r>f the strongest texture
and softest finish. Several plant* will
be erected during th* next few months
In certain sections of the South which
will be In full operation by Jai
collect what waa coming to hfht. The
foregoing chapters relates the result.
CHAPTER IV.
Nothing Derogatory.
Wun Le* appeared at The Georgian
office early Wednesday morning, load
ed down with cigars, sliver dollars and
offer* to set up the whole offle* force
It nothing would be said In th* papar
about the word battle. When It waa
explained that all th* spectator* around
the vicinity of Peachtree and Ivy
streets had enjoyed th* free perform
ance, that aa no blows were passed
the officers of tha law would not cause
trouble, snd that tha higher Ideals of
Journalism demanded that those citi
zens whose sleep had been murdered
be given an explanation as to tho truth,
Wun Lee receded Into the stairway,
leaving two 10-c#nt cigars and offering
to do the laundry for the editorial and
r-portorlsl staff of The Georgian for
fifty-two weeks gratis.
He was bound for 106 Luckle, there
to hit the pipe of peace with his
nephew.
Injunction for Peace.
W. O. Martin filed a petition Wed-
■sday In th# superior court praying
i Injunction restraining Bryan M.
Grant, trustee for ft P. Grant, and
ty, agents, from Interfer-
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, June 28.—An absolute
deadlock' on tho meat Inspection
amendment to tho agricultural apprn-
I" lotI .M Mil wns reported by Henator
Proctor to the senate late yesterday,
after thro sessions of the conferee*
had been held. )
Tho Vermont senator said that tha
house i.aifeiee.H Ini,t declined to con
sider nny compromise on thn subject of
tho payment of tho coat of Inspection
to I tie packers.
The senato conferees offered to com
promise, he aald, upon a tax of nva
cents a head on rattle nnd three cents
"II h"g«, sheep anil g'UtlM, to lie col-
I acted and converted Into the treasury
the same n* any other revenue. He
i'll lhe i "i111.i '.till .pr'ip'iHlllon. shnw-
li'K Hill Ho* 1.1,01111,11110 appropriation
provided by tho house would remain In
the bill nnd the cost of Inspection
would he paid therefrom. In reply to
a question from Henntor Hale, he stated
that tho tax would amount to about
one.half of the appropriation.
The third conference of the day had
• "in hided a sh'irt rim" before
Henntor Proctor mad* his statement. At
th- i "lif"i. n. " I," nffeieil th" . "inprn-
mlse which wns met by tho bouse con
feree* with the argument Hint It would
>•" Ml" !.-tiiiiti.u,i,i on III,. K round that
congress hnB no nuthorlly to levy a
direct tax upon chattels.
In making Ills statement. Senator
Proctor ssl'l the conferees had agreed
on practically all Items, hut that tho
house conferoes had positively re
fused to consider nny compromise. He
then related tho particulars of the pro
vision regarding the coat of Inspection
nnd added that the house conferees
had absolutely declined to sign the '
i"l"UI IJI.I.-H Ilia house provision
should bo accepted letter for letter II*
sold the effect of the position takvx
by the houso would be to cause the
failure of tho legislation and the gen
eral arrest of business.
ON OIL TRUST
IS TO START SOON
ATTORNEY GENERAL CON.
FEES WITH LIEUTENANTS
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By Trlrat* L*a«cd Wire.
Washington, June > -Attorney General
Moody had conferenco* j«*nterday with
Frank II. KqUogg and Charlea B. Morriaon.
who hava been engaged aa special coubmJ
In the which la being mada
Into the affair* of the Hrnmlard oil Com
pany, with a Oew* to it'44'vrtalnlng w hether
t.a$4 l.-.*n «n> \lolntlona of the anti
trust law. with reference to thla It was
-♦.•••I th.it further Investigation I* to b«
made.
humnioned to Washington, and 'it
ed that they were In-lug InatructM
w they tdxxild proceed against tha
I Oil i mu tinny.
a lie* wild to he most likely
id Jurora will )»e railed to deter-
let her the Standard fill Company
i granted rebates or couciwtloua la
of the lut-rntat* commerce act.