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laxity, insamuel as he describes the five windowed apartments in the floor of the two houses shown as cubicles instead of This is not mentioned in a spirit of hypercriticism but merely to indicate

rooms.

A. S. WATSON & CO., the necessity of being agreed upon torms

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windows, so that instead of three cubicles in the ordinary type there will be five-windowed rooms a trifle smaller than the cubicle, nu doubt, in the new type. Thus ten families can be accommodated where niue are housed at present, and while this will of mind on the part of a little Ove year old girl before we can hope to have clearness of

have very little effect en overcrowding reaches us from the Cosmopolitan Dock, and, thought and expression and ultimate ilasif, it ought to improve the sanitation of though the incident occurred u week or two ago, unanimity in the conclusions arrived at and the locality. That, in itself, is no small it is worthy of note. Whiles number of children the opinions based thereco. Having agreed achievement and as a debuite proposatoll into the water and his companions in alarm

were playing Dear the dock a boy named Ramy arrived. upon our term, we shall proceed. As has showing the possibility of some improve-all rau of aerosming and shou ing. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. been pointed out before, the type of bousas ment, the suggestion of the DIRECTOR OF Counie Hanson. The little mite wsat down to

provided for Chinesa here is peculiar to Hongkong. The style is neither European por Chinese, and judged by Westeru idens it has little to commend it. But it is here. ihat many people allow themselves to fall jato errol. A European criterion cannot he applied entirely to Eastern conditions, and repugnaut as overcrowding is tondynuced thought in other lands, it is less ropellant. where Chinese tre concernod, - no miftor iz

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what environment they are paced the instinct to herd together asserts itself

among this people. Therefore, overcrowding in itself is not a particularly crying evil and we are not so much concerned with the bearing our TRADE MARK and fac simila lack of accommodation as the insanitary conditious which prevail in that limited accommodation.

Dirt and squalor, absence

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PUBLIC WORK deserves sympathetic con- sideration.

Saturday's four casa brought the plague total to 123

The French Mall of the 28th May nas deliver- ed in Loudon ou the inst.

Chira has had another guabeat launched at Kobe recently. It is intended for the Yangtz

The list of copyright works which has begu publicly exposed at the Court House is publish ad in the current Gurelle.

papers coming from the north that our fore- There are many indications in the antiro

cast that Viveray Shum would not return to Cunton is to be just fiod.

Mr. H, W. Stevenson, the billiard player, on

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THE GRANT 10 LORD CROMER.

LONDON, June 27.h.

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the water's edge aud, fearless of hoing palled in Serself, grabbed the bay by the arm and held bim until a istance arrived has saring his life. Another of these enjoyable once-ta for For which the Engineers Institute is noted, wes held on Saturday night. As usual there mous, said the Government had decided to was a large attendance and an excellent pratke a special, grant to Lord Cromer. gramme which include i the names of Meners.

NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LD. .

The sixteenth ordinary annual,mesting shareholders in the National Bank of Chùa Ld. was hold of the bank at noon on Saturd Mr. J. Sevtt Harslon, presided, other shar holders pressat baing Mosare. &. C. Mexi managing director), J. E. Joseph, E. Kadoorio, E. Howard, Ellin Kadoorie, Haskull, H. Pinckney, P. Loureiro, Yeung Pat-loung and Chan Ki-pan.

The notice calling the morting having been rend,

The CHAIRMAN Said Gentlemen-Tho report und balamos sheat for the year ending 3 st December 1998, baring now been some time in your hands I will, with your permission

Sir Edward Grey, in the House of Com-dopt the usual course, and take them as road.,

Chapple, Leckie, Crispin, J. D. Logan and THE TERRITORIAL FORCES BILL Jordau. That the performers neqni'tựd them. seiver with er dit wa made manifest by the

LONDON, June 27th. numaroua eucor- demanded. Messrs. Purcy

The Territorial Fores Bill has passed

Browno and J. J. Juokay did excellent work the second reading in the House of Lords, sa acoumpauisis, while Mr. W. A. Crake unanimously. pered a sympatholic chairman.

a result of a

res.nt

I is stated that as meeting of the Daska mntoh trade, it has been; decided to prooned with the amalgamation schame without waiting for the adherence of those unfactarara at. Hiogo and elsewhere

THE ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.

LONDON, June 27th. The daily bulletins are reserved, but the

tour, leaves Brisbane for Japan on September who have not yet como to torus An intimaticu Duke is improving slightly.

tb, and exprets to play in Hongkong about the first week in November...

The Baal in the single tennis tournament in connection with the Civil Service Club was

played on Saturday aftern on between Messrs Biden and Woodcock. The former win.

Forces Ofcere Decoration.

The tolal receipts into the Treasury between

of light and fresh air conspire to produce innumerable diseases and this menace to the public health is provocative of uneasiness Bong Europeans and activity among sani- tary officials. Calielos must be abolished, said the medical authorities and the authori. ties vainly attempte to act as the advice,

At Volunteer, Headquarters last week, forgetful of the economic conditions which H.E. the Officer Administering the Government; dominate the lives of the masses. That a Hoa. Mr. F. H. May, presented Major A mistaku was committed then no one attempts Chapman with the V.D. or Colonial Ausiliary to deny, but that the Government was altogether blameworthy is net so readily admitted. After all it has to be remembered that governments and public bodies general- y are at the mercy of the experts whom they employ and in this matter it requires 110 grout effort of the memory to recall the fact that the much discuss dan much abused Ordina uce of 1303 was based on the recommendatious of those experts who reported on the sanitary conditions of the A. S. WATSON & CO., Colony at the instance of the community.

And objectionable a

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January 1st and April 30th amount to $4,604,0.961, while the payments ont were 54 526,755,11. There is; therefore, a balance of $77,274,51 on the credit side of the ledger. "

The Colonial Treasurer, in a statement published in the Gazette, shows the Colony's liabilities amout to 373,914.46, so that there total asset to be $1,202,425.75, while the total is a balance of resets over liabilitiva of 81,128,511.29.

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Two coolics who were arrested by Delective Bergnant Graut, and placed before Mr. F. A. Haaland at the Polico Court on Saturday on a charge of being in possession of counterfeit in, were found guilty, and wash was sentenced

Two Chinese women from Canton, who that Ordinance brought into the Colony 200 tals of illicit is in many respects, it is not wholly opium, appeared before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at bad. It allows greater liberality in respect the Police Court on Saturday, and each defen of cubicles than is generally understood, į dant was fined 8509, the alternative being air at least the amending Ordinance of that

months' imprisonment. year loes, and much of the barassing worry inflicted on the unfortunate inhabit. ants of the sub-divided houses would have been obviated bad the owners or tenants realised this and bad the Sanitary Board been given the opportunity of exercising its Correspiirients must forward their names and on- prerogative in granting exemptions to the extent of its power. However, there is little use discussing that further: the question to be decided is the future attitude regarding Cubicles. Either we must go back to the

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ostromanications relating to the mama calmante shant for bresand to Inz EITOR.

decases with envmunications' address ty the Editor, not fur publication bet as evidence of good fith.

All letters for pahl'catinu should be written i one sista of the papir endy-

No anaapurusty signed communications that have pre-1903 conditions, and allow cubicles to

alivady appeared in other papers will be inscrip.

Orders for extra popies of Daty PRESS thou- be text ligloes 11 natton dry of puldication. After that

hour the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cash.

Telegraphic Actress: „Pixse Codes: A,B,C. 5th EX. Lieur. P.O. B, 34. Telephone No. 12

the full extent of the floor area, or else some change must be introduced.

So for na the existing tenentents are concerned, it is practicably impossible to effect any great improvement To pull down the upper storeys of lntermediate LONDON OFFICA: 131, FLEST STEBET, H.C. houses in order to afford the neosary space to the adjoining houses and permit of the insertion lateral windows is

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JULY 18T, 1907.

Is a multitude of words there may be con fasion of thought. Trite though this remark may be its aptness cannot be devied when applied to the debate in the Legis: lative Council last Thursday. The sitting was given up to a discussion on the housing

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a very heroic measure but, as bas l ready been pointed out, financial consider ations ure against the success of the pro- position. The eight million dollars that it is estimated to cost would be well spent it there were any guarantee that it would have the results hoped for it, because no question of Suance should outweigh any consideration for public health, but as much a guarantee

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to six months' hard labour.

The Harbour Master notifies that certificates of competmey of mators and engineers of steamelipa not exceeding 60 tons, while nader- way in the waters of the Colony, are always to be on board the vessel ready to be produced for aspection by the Harbour Meter, his deputy, or by any officer of the police.

Sportsmen who are fond of shooting big game might not go wrong if they pold a visit to the Kowloon Caulon Railway works at Shatin. There, for the past wook a tigress and her cab have been visiting the camp and carry ing off pige, and have to risk only an occasional revolver shot from the miners who, apparently, are not keen sports.

The Civil Service Co-operative Soolety having been enlarged to include the military, naval yard soplojess and poliso, it is now proposed to include the Volunteers, and stops to attain this and will shortly be taken. The success of the co-operative undertaking in already assured, and we are informed that a dividend of five per cent will be paid on the first quarter's operations.

to this fact his bait sout to the British capitalista who are interested in the matter, aud it is said in Japanese papers that Dr. Ruther- ford Harris, necompanied by several experia. will shortly leave England for the Far East in connexion with the scheme. The capital of the Company will, it is reported, be fixed in the first instance at Y. 7,000,000.

THE JAPANESE CRUISERS IN

-GERMANY.

LONDON, June 27th. The Kaiser witnessed at exhibition of jujitsu and fencing a board of the T'at Kuba" & Kiel.

THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.

LONDON, June 27th. The British delegates have submitted to

I do not think the Sgure rall for special com- ment, but I am sure you will be pleased to see that profits exceed those of the precmling, years You Bard still desires to carry out the policy set forth in the Bink's report for the yea 1915 and pay no dividend antil reserva fands show a sub-tantial sam-as they feel sare that this is purane.

A wise and prideat coming te am glad to be in a position to inform you that by a recent decision of tha House of Lords the appoal of the Foundsṛa sgainst the fading of Mr. Justice Farwell in the Chancery Division of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England has back dismissed with costs. The not restft of the is that the Baskis now absolutely the proper of its ordinary sharshokiers and its accoun mayasa presented in the form now before you Before formally moving the adoption of th rept and accounts I shall ho glad to answe any questions in my power.

wored the adip'ion of the report and accounts.

No questions were asked, and the CHAIRMAN Mr. ELLIS KADoorts seconded, and the, motion was carried.

Mr. Moroproposed, Mr. Hasan.. secon le and members spreed to the re-appointed of Moeura. Low ad Bingham as aul.tore.

The CHAIJAN — That concludes th business, gentilmen. Thank you for yo

altidnoce.

GREEMENT.

A suggestion is at present being circulated in England with the object of more tho roughly testing the want that has very frequently been expressed by residouts past and present of the Far East for a London Cab where they would the Conference, a propcal to abolish you- foregsther and keep in touch with old friends, traband of war at sea; the right of visit TEXT OF DE FRANCO-JAPANE and acquaintances. It is believed that the time will then be merely exercise to establish has come when a suficient number of names the neutral character of merchant ships; the The official ranslation of the From: could sarily be obtained to beat this want, and restrictious imposed by blocku des would stil

Japanese Agreeent, reads as follows:- Cab." Eligible members would consist of resid- to start a social club (n bo called the Far East

KHANGEMENT. continue, as also the probibition of sale of | The Governant of His onte past and present of Chian, Hongkong, actual potential warships to belligerents. mente, officers of the semy and navy who here Japan, Korea, Siam and the Straits Seitlo

sorred in the Far East; and snoh ather pers connected wit', or interested in, the Far Eas as may be approved by the committer, The eng gestion has already met with considerable sup. port in the Far East; it deserves to.

Au amusing example of "Baboo" English is afforded by an application recently made to a Bombay magistrate. Tre application was as follows:-"Charge Cruelly to wale Len on high road. "To-day on my way to home I perceive a most horrible despissble dead done by the No. 1 and 2 accused persous. On a public road the said barbarious men out off the throat of a male hen with a blunt knife, although there was a deep cat on a neck of a dead ben but its pain was mercifull and its struggles were too much to melt the heart of a human kind. Not dashed off the dead lien on the road. I over content with this ambition the No. 1 accused,

Bombay up to set zorosa to 300 such horrible death in a city like I am animal's friend and granted my like to save them and protect them by the unjustícos. As a volunteer I shall work towards with ray dumb cliants and hope that your kind honor will decide this case with the cost in my favour."

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BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

LONDON, June 27th. Koighthoods have been bestowed on the playwrights Mr. W. Gilbert, Mr. George Alexander, and on Mr. Alexander Hesie, Consul General of the Province of Szechua, China. The Hon. Mr. W. Chatham of Hongkong has been made it C. M. G. and Mr. Tungkubes. (Palang), and the Japanese Admin Tamuri, (Naval Attaché to Great Britain), Honorary Companions of St. Michael und St. George,

A NEW INDIAN MILITARY DECORATION..

decoration entitled The fudian Distinguished

LONDON, June 28th. The King has created a new military

Service Malal.

THE SALVATION ARMY.-

LONDON, June 28th. General Booth has been welcomed on his i following order:-"No criminal offence. Dis the Albert Hall. The audience included His worship made the return, by an audience of 12,000 people in missed under Section 203 Cr P. Code."

The Dalyokaya Okraina (translated in the staff of the Japanese Embassy. General mapy titled and prominent people, also the Japan Advertiser) reports that No. 3 post train, Booth announced the immediate commence- before reaching Pograniohnaya station recently,

[N.-C. Daily News Service.]

RUSIA IN THE FAR EAST.

in the Far East are now known.

ToxYu, June 24th. Details of a change in Russia's military bass

The the

Majesty Emperor of Jah and the Government French Repai, animated by the desire to strengthen the relations of amity exting between them, and to remove from those relations allons of misunderstanding for tho future, hare decided overlude the following Arrangement

and

baing agreed to react the indepond and The Govers of Japan and France, integrity of China, well as the commerce and subjet or oitizens of al of equal treatmenfin that coun sad having a specialterest to have thei in the regions of the hinese Empira adjasen. pacifio state of ings preserved espaci to the territories who they bave the rights engage to support of other for assuring the of sovereignty, plection or occupation. peace and security

those rogions, with a view to maintain theespective situation and the territorial right the two Contracting Parties in the Coatizet of Aais"

Ia witness where he Undersigned: His Excellency Monsie Kurino, Ambasador Extraordinary and enipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor Japan to the President.

respective Governa have signed this of the French Rope, and His Excelleney Monsieur Stophan Phon, Sonator, Minister for Foreign Affairs authorized by their Arrangement, and ha affixed thereto their seils.

Done at Paris, Janeth, 1907.

(L. 6.) 8 KURINJ. (L. 8.) 9 PICHOS. DECLEATION.

The two Governmed of Japan and France,

regard to the relatie betwee, Japan Aud conclusion of a Conation of Commerce in while reserving the negotiations for the

shall be accorded to th offloors and subjects of French Indo-China, are as follows:

The treatment of je most favoured nation Japan in French Indochina in all that concerne proporty, and the same-eatment their persons and the protection of their Indo-Chins in the Fmpis of Jepsp, antil the

shait

be ap: plied to the subjecta sa protégés of French

expiration of the Troar of Commeros and Navigation between Jean and France of August 4, 1890.

Paris, June 10th, 1107.

4.9) 8. KORINO, G. 8.) 8. Pie on.

THE STANDARDOIL TRUST,

Harbin, Russia's ante belum military base, the voluminous report as the misdemeanours Little that is bew appare to be revealed by was securely connected with Port Arthur and of the Standard Oil Company submitted to Pre- Vladivostok, in the form of a triangle; but the sident Roosevelt by Mr. Harbert Knox Smith,

began to proceed more and more slowly until meat of salvationist work in Korea and enddenly it stopped satirely. The passengers forecasted the opening of China to the same. jumped from the coaluer and babeld a strange Reene The two locomotives were pulling and bissing, the whale inraad, but the train did not stir from the spot. On examination it was seen that the line was covered with some kind of green moving mass, which turned out to be worms, apparently a species of woodworms, The military authorities notify that gan They thickly covered the entire road and thus practice will be carried out on Thursday, the 4th the locomotives were stoppad. The poor pis- July, from Lower Belcher, in a westerly Rangers had to walk for a distance of five versts mencing at 9.30 a.m., and faishing at 10.30 a.m., journey taking three hours, while passengers and on Friday the 5th July, from yet the worms. It would be interesting to know, and railway servants helped to clear the rails of Redoubt, in an easterly direction, at ranges up seye our contemporary, how such a huge migre to 10,000 yards, commencing at 9.30 a., audtion of worms can be explained, and

nishing at 12 noon.

simil x phenomenon has been observed at any All ships, junks and other vessels are warned to keep clear of the off

other time in Manchuria. The older residents might be able to answer this question. It may be added that in America trains have been hold ap in mach the same fashion by migrations of caterpillars.

question as it exists in Hongkong, but in is not forthcoming the risk is too great to direction, at ranges up to 10,000 yards, cora which tho tralu covered af à susil's pace, the South Manchurian Railway is now in the Mr. Gardfield's accesor at the Bureaït of

Far bettor ensure

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ranges.

if

th

ance.

"predato

roar,

sad Kirin are within Japan's sphere of iuffu issued

ion of the Japanese, while Changchun Corporations. Like Mr. Gar ld's report, These circumstances make the connexion"

it dvels

mainly on the between Vladivostok and Siberia most insecure in

methods competition' Chineso Eastern Railway.

tion" indulged and affert esnsiderably the military valus of the grant acceptances of rebates from railways the Standard Oil Company involving Ruseis accordingly abandons for strategio systems of the United States It is, in fact, and a highly Reffish eintrol of the oil-pipe purposes the Chinese Eastern Railway and rather a tributo to the vast and sucosasfal removes her military base to Irkutek, which ramifications of the Sandard Oil Company will be yxtensively fortified, with Chits as an than to the advanced station. In order to connect Chita hit upon now discoveries.

ability

of the investigators to with Vladivostok the Amur Railway will be built to Khabaroval and connexion will be enumeration of the step which the Goverspent The chief interest of the report isa in the the Ussuri Railway. repared from that point with Vladivostok by

must henceforth be studied on the basis of this programme.

Rosaic's military murements in the Far East

MANCHURIAN RAILWAY RATES.

its result it could neither be described 9 be lightly undertaken. enlightening nor practical. The real point the effectiveness of the cleansing regula. at issue was never once made clear, and tione and rostore the legal cubicles as they beyond the fact that an influential com- existed before the 1903 Ordinance. mittee was appointed to investigate the tainly it is wiser and less dangerous cubiele problem, the debate was of very

to health to have the okd Wooden questionable value indeed. It tended to partitions than the curtains and sacks confusion of thought rather than clarity of which take their place, and which constitute Hie Fxcellency the Officer Administering the vision, and it is with the view of enden

the illegal enbicie, No one will care to Government has been pleased under Section 11

THE SCOTTISH CHURCHES. vouring to remove the misunderstanding is ideal, but neither, we think, will suy one I (Ordinance No. 6 of 1900), to direct that on and admit that the present system of housing (2) of the Post Office Ordinance, 190, created that we make another reference to seriously advocate such a wholesale remedial after the 1st of July, 1907, insured parefa will Scottish Churches which will come before the The question of the union between the

are taking to break the extraordinary grip tick the subject.

be rechired for uausmission between the Established Church Assembly on a motion

ederal indictments against the company to at measure as that suggested by the Hon. Dr. Hongkong Post Offiss and its Agencies in China ing that negotiations for union be opened with

pany has been obtaining on the oil industry. during the last 30 year the Standard Oil Com- At the outset it might be profitable to Ho Kar. No, the reedy will have to be a and the Federated Malay Slates with the the other Presbyterian Churches, was referred secura a common understanding with gradual one, respect to the principle tena employed.pidated and fasanitary areas are discovered, Kanls Kuantan, Kuaja Pahang and Kuala in Edinburgh

present pending in the States of Ohio, mois, A buildings become dila- exception of the following places-Pakan, of the Established Church Assembly isst month

to more than once in the openi

opening proceedings

Tepussoo, Lopisiana, Missouri, Californit and That is the word cubicle. It has been there will be resumptions which will give Rumpio.

and Now York to the number of over 4000. Lord Kinnaird, in bis address

In the Illinois case the defendants were really somewhat loosely used, and in consequence opportunity for an improved type of house-

ae King's Commissioner, said be trusted that the Assembly might wits the further Heinmiatan-Mokden Railway by 30 par cent, is now awaiting the dedo ust the Judge on

China has reduced the goods tariff on the verdict approaching £60,000. The fourt found guilty by a jury, the penalties and the there has been wrangling and angry dis- Plans for a new type have already besa

With a view to preventing fraudulent imits the way for some cloes union without in any way line has been completely reconstructed. This separate rebate courts for which it line be drawing together of the Churches and prepare and proposes a further reduction as soon as the motion by the Stander) Compay the cussion where nuauimity ought to be found. submitted to the Legislative Council but tion, Messrs A. 8. Watson and Co. annenues escrificing A cubicle is really a division or apartinen: Thursday's discussion did not make this today that they are now using a new label for which bad made Sootamen fit to play the part blow for the Japanese railway in respзat of the fine. If an adverse decisiva in given the

of the principles or doctrines action is considered to he intended as a heavy

ommuted to one afonce in a legal room. A cubicle is windor.clear. These certainly offer na improvement the label appears on pegs 5, and farther informs of work which had led to the

their popular E Whisky. A far-simile of they had taken in the world's history and had trade of Newohwang

ütted them to become pioneers in many spheres less, but a legal room

bo ken window Ne less u authority than the block will contain only a house or shop extensive domand for this famous braud of destined in the near future to do much more. Kinchou, Palaalien, and at the pier and station in which the St. Louis (Missouri) a trial

probably on the existing style. The centre of each tion in the advertisement on page 2. The end material progress of the world un, mem, the Consals and to the public, will be open on has been indicted on 600 counts, the suit is

The Tairen Customs, It has been notified to Supreme Court. In Obk, where the conspany before the United Betes and were July 1. Customs authorities will be installed at nadetermined. Hon. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS bim-rising to the first floor, learing an open whisky has led to spurious whisky being put Mitchell, in reply, said he earnestly hoped that self in the proposition for a new type space above, which will give requisite upon the market in kettles bearing a facsimile the recent trend of public opinion in Gotland not to transport goods beyond Kuantang, unless mentioned the trials have not yet began. Mr.

newly elected Moderator (Dr. Mitford in Tairen.

Ой Company is accused of violating the Anti-Trust Law is still if its external air to the floors of the adjacent of the old label; but by the change new made might lead to alosse co-operation in Christina accompanied by a certificate that duty has been Smith's report, it is hoped, therefore, will, avan of house-to which further reference

stages. In the other Skies will be made is guilty of terminological

houses and permit of the insertion of lateral

those who care for the genuine "E" will the work, and in God's good time open the way to paid. The tariff and Customs procedure will rate, have the effect of making the Department botter be able to see that they got it.

happy reunion of the scattered branches of the { be the same as at Newchwang. Scottish Church. (Cheers.)

must have &

The

Toro, June 24th.

The South Manekerian Railway has agreed

panishable by

of Jaslice press the campaign against the Standard Oil Company with renewed rigout 3