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r,iy Hall Medford Mail Tribune KOURTJJ YEAR. . .MBDFOiiJ). OKIWON, MONDAY, JANTAItY 31, 1910. No. 270. IN FLOOD - STRICKEN m 1 HOMELESS PARIS WHOLE OF IS SEINE STILL IS MANY DROWNED Lootlnu Begins in French Capital Police, However, Claim They Have Situation Well In Hand-Beautiful, Gay Paris is City of Sorrow. PAULS, Jan. 31. Two hundred tlnMifciim) pontons aru homeless iii this flood-Htrieken city today, and almost double that number inn with out employment, The refugees, so far as possible, have been taken to camps uHtnhliHlictl liy the mitlioriticrt or hoimi'd in public buildings. !)o Npitii thu efforts tlmt have boon made to provide lliem with Niiffieient food, many of tliem arc half-starving. Thu government today iKsned n formal notice to thu effect that it has tlio Hituiition "well in hand." Thin, however, in merely n couimru tivo statement and is coiiccrned more with thu actual flood conditioiiH than with the physical suffering and dam ago that Iioh already resulted. Other Hcrtloti Huffcr. DoxeiiH of cities and villages around Pans report Himilar condi tioiiH to those prevalent in the cap tini. nry 'nunuurino roHcmtiioH a city famine-swept. Thousands are destitute, there, and unless food and fuel can he brought from thu coun try districts thu suffering in likely t. be attended with serious results. In Alfordville soldiers arc using boats of every description to dis tribute th food that is being sent to thu city. Thu supply, however, is pitifully inadequate. The Seine continued it slow reces moii today. At noon it had fallen to '.Mi feel :i inches at I'onl d'Austcrlit, and won dropping at the rate of half an inch an hour. The temperature at noon was .') degree, and although the sky was murky nnd overcnt. there were no clouds in sight that threatened more rain. ltcport routing In. While commuuiciitiou with 'he out siile has not yet been restored, news from other parts of France gradually is leaking into Paris. It is apparent from thesu reports that the cuuntry districts wore sorely afflieted. The rivers are swollen above their banks and hundreds of villages have suf fered severely. The wine districts arc flooded and the daiuaue lo xiics alone will reach an appalling total The slreetH of Paris arc in fright ful condition. Although some im provement wiih noted today, the au thorities will not permit tunny thor ouuhfarcs to he used, even though much of the water which coveted thcin last wvok has disappeared. HI reels Ileluir Opened. Wilder tho direction of the uuthori ties, streets are being reopened to traffic as rapidly as possible. It will be many days, however, before Isnl'fie can hhhuuio anything like its normal proportions. Dozens of struct it will be impassable for weeks. Police Active. Who unruly element have confined themselves largely lo the suburbs, where there ure fewer agents of an Hioritv to elude. While more Mum Plie usual number of crimes have been revolted, tho police seem to have l'iu Hituiition fnirlv well in hand. In tho eetions where tho looting took plnco tho ciluona on Hovornl no enwioiiti took the law hit their own Winds. On at least throe occasions I i n nil . kuj me uiiorreroneo 01 ino ponce prevented them fmm dealing sum uinilly willi men caught in depredation- , Looters nt Work. SLOWLY FALLING At Mfordsvlllo four loolora nt- tempted to nsonpa ft pursuing pqutul, m p ili'i ' ned (colt to an op"i boat V ; '" f :. iv ' If FRANC FAMINE-SWEPT PETITION FOR SNELL RECALL WITH RECORDER Not Officially Placed on File, How- i j over Said to Carry Names of 230 Snell Too Progressive for Some of tho Citizens. ASHLAND, Or., Jan. III. It is understood here that the petition for tho recall of Mnyor Snell is in thu Hands of Ituoorder Kggli-ston, but has not yet been officially placed on file, and for that reason it bus not been given to the public. Tho jioti tioti as placed on file is signed by men, 108 being required. It is gen erally understood today that He cordor Kgglcstou is going over tho names before placing tho mnttur on file. Tho recall movement grew out of a sharp division between those who favor municipal improvement nnd those who do not. For this reason Mnyor Buoll is opposed, ns ho io known to ho tin active worker for progrcssiveness. TONE MASONS Archdeacon Chambers Is Looking for Workmen to Lay Stone for New Episcopal Church. "The work on the KptM-opul build ings is progrocMiig Mudy," said Archdeacon Cliainbcrs this morning. "The stone, native uriiuitc, for the church will be on the ground next week and the work of construction will be rushed in nil respects that the word implies. "The assembling of a competent force of stone masons to handle tho work is one of tfio problems 1 have to solve now. hi order to finish the. work quickly a large force will be uecessarv, nnd to finish it as it should be finished the workmen must be competent." 6LAVIS IS GIVEN A SEVERE GRUELLING Congressmen Implicated by Ex-Lantr- Agent Put Him Through Hard Course of Sprouts. WASHINGTON. 1). 0.. Jan. 31. Interest centered in the gruelling of L. It. (llavis by Congressmen, Kin kit id of Nebraska tuid MiiLnohlnn of C'ajiforuia nt today's session of the investigation by tho congressional in quiry into tho Hnllingor-Piuchot con troversy. tho firo tho Holdiors directed nt it. Two of tho men woro drowned, one OBoapod, while tho fourth wan cap tured when ho ronuhod tho shore ami was lvuchod. A" thiof nrros'ol at Yvni uttomptod to capsirn tho boat in which hm captors woro carrying him to onion. A vope was tiod about his. body and he was thrown over boavd. For mora than half an hour ho was dragged through tho icy wn tei. Tie probably will dio from Mm . 'i' v nl' If - i't. 1"'. LOOKING FOR WIL11EITE IN RN GRIP OF STORM All Wires North of Medford Down- Local Snow Storm Will Continue Tonight, But Will Not Be Severe Follows Splendid Day, During Which All Nature Rejoiced. Meager li. formation drifting south from tho Willamette valley today Ik to tho effect that that section Ib fn tho grip of one of the worst snow HtorniH of the season. Details ore lacking, an all wires north from Med ford, Including tho Unitod Press leas ed wire, has gone down In the neigh borhood of Salem. The Mall Tribune Is tho only paper on the clrccult today north of Collfornln receiving dls patches. According to the rhrcds of Infor mation received here, tho storm start- cu in mo wuinmeue nuoui miumgni. Since then It has continued without abatement. The Local Storm. Following n dny of balmy routh em Oregon sunshine, Monday dawn ed bleak and dreoryjuid this after noon n steady fall of snow Is being experienced but with nothing of the harsh about It. Snow began falling this morning and has continued slnco Local orchardtsts arc pleased by tho outlook, knowing that tho pros-, cnt cold weather will hold back the trees from budding until danger from frost will be done away with. Th- weather man says It will snow to night, but tomorrow will be warmer, TONG WAR AGAIN ON TAP IN F Word Passed for One Association to Be on Lookout for Other On Yicxs Are Enraged. SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 31. Word Is being passed among members of tho Yce Sing ussoclatton In tho Chi ncse quarter to tie prepared for an attack by the On Yleks. Tho warn ing followed nn announcement on the part of district agent Flckort that ho will not oppose the granting of ball to Tong King Chong, accused by tho Yoo8 of conspiracy to com mil murder. For several months tho Yecs and the On Ylcks have been living undor tho terms of n pence pact, which is now about to expire. Tho Yee fam ily, though wealthy and powerful commercially, do not number tho fighting men that can bo mustered by thu On Ylcks tone. Tho On Ylcks aru known to be on- rngoil at tho action of tho Yoos in taking tong troubles in to tho courts of tho whites. Tlt.oy havo sworn to revenge thomsolves for what thoy deem nn Insult, and tho Yoos fear that thulr enemies will not wait for the approaching end of tlvo peacn agreement, ' Yeo Sing, head of tho Yee family, declared that the bitterness of the On Ylcks was aroused whon a Yoo Sing mni abducted and doped with n (Chinese girl claimed by th On Ylcks. As ii result of their cninily, ulx You men huvo been killed by On Ylck highbinders, according to Yeo. Yeo declares (hut his toag will not submit to blackmail; Ih giving orders for thorn to protect themselveii, and it Is probable that the local police will bo busy soon lu preventing a clash botweon tho rival societies. ,0 INVESTIGATE COST OF LIVING IN U. S. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Tho ways and means commit too of tho hoti8u this nfternoon decided upon np Investigation of tho cost of llvlus. A BubPomndttoo wnn appointed to plan the Investigation. 121 DIE III FIRE Ml HAND ORIGIN Tenement House in Hew Yortt Is Burned Kerosene Oil Is Poured Over Stairways and Match Sets Entire Block Afire Believed to Be of Black Hand Origin. NEW YOHK. Jan. ai. Fire, be lieved to be of I Hack Hand origin, toduv destroyed a tenement house in the Italian section anil it is believed tli nl 22 portions lost their lives. That tho fire wuh of incendiary origin there is no doubt, as kerosene oil wu poured over the stairways m tlmt u match placed the entire build ing on fire in an instant. The members of the firo depart - Vncnt did heroic work and saved mnny persona from the (second and third stories. Those who lost their lives ore thought to be those occu pying rooms in the back of the build ng. It is impossible nt this timo to give the number of those who perished in the flames, but it is thought that there were nt least 22 victims. METCHAN LIKELY TO BECA HB10ATE Popular Proprietor of Hotel Imperial Looked Upon With Favor as a Gubernatorial Aspirant by the Republicans. The latest gubernatorial aspirant Is said to bo Phil Metchan, the build er and proprietor of tho only first- class hotel In Oregon, thu new Impe rial. Mr. Metchnn Is widely known and very popular, through tho state Years ago he was state treasurer and In the ensuing years has not only held his old friends, but made hosts of new ones. At an Informal mooting of the as sembly forces recently held in Port land. It is said to have been agreed upon that either .lay Bowermon, president of the state sencto, or l)r. Andrew Smith of Portland will bo the assembly candidate for governor. It Is not known whether or not Mr. Metchan will go beforo tho assem bly. State Senator J. V. Coffey will ask the nssombly for nomination as sec retary of state. Governor Ponson's friends will also ask an endorsement of the governor at nominee for the same place, and there promises to bo a sharp contest between Coffoy's nnd tho governor's friends. Many Mem bers of tho assembly hold that un less Mr. Tionsoa will go boforo tho people solely as tho assembly candi date h should not bo endorsed by the assembly, While nearly all of tho present state officials are gubernatorial as pirants, it Is probable they will com promise by seeking nomination tor ro-olcctlnu to their present jobs. Strong fights, however, aro promised ngalnst Messrs. Dalley, Duntway and Crawford, all of whom will orobably go beforo tho assembly. Thori prom isor to bo several anM-assombly can- didatoo, and should the ussembly can- dldato bo defeated to ruomlnntton one may look to sco the nusewbly forces openly knifing tho tickot. Tho now Imperial continues to bo hpadqimrtors for tho politicians of tho state, nn tho old hotel was. Hero It Is tlmt former Senator Fulton lives nnd hero it is tlu.t Oovomor lionBon nnd the politicians from all quarto tako up their abode whon in tho mo tropollH. Tho now Imperial is also tho favorite of Medford visitors to Portlinid, for ns Mr, Motehna says, Me-df nl, bolng a classy town, lihonj u Cai't-y place, BAR ASSOCIATION HONOR II. K. L HERE TO ARRANGE PLAN TO AIDGROWERS Will Arrange to Lend Assistance to Local Fruit Men During Frost Sea sonDanger Reduced to a Mini mum, So That Frost Bugaboo Is Thing of the Past. Forecaster Bcnl of the Portland wenther bureau hr.s advised C. E. Whisler that he will be in .Medford to meet local orchardista within the next two weeks nnd discuss with them 'tho best way in which the weather burenu can co-operate with local orchnrdists during the frost season. This is in accord with n promise made to Mr. Whisler, while in Washington, by Chief Moore of the bureau. While the valley is remarkably free of frosts for n fruit section, there are nights when smudging is necessary, and local orchnrdists have reduced loss, to. a minimum. How ever, the one thing- needed has been the co-operation of the wenther bn- renu in order that the local fruit growers may bo warned of the ap proach of n killing frost. For the purpose of getting a greater under standing between the bureau nnd lo cal men, Mr. Benl is coming here o decide upon n future plan of action. MINERS MAY GO OUT ON STRIKE To Demand Shorter Day and Increase In Scale Conference With Mlneowners to Be Held in Near Future. INDIANAPOLIS. In., Jan. 31. A demaiMl for an Increase of 10 cents per ton was recommended today In a report mado by tho scalo committee to tho United Mine Workors. The present rate is 90 cents por ton. Pesidcs the increase of 10 cents per ton, which is for pick mining, with a corresponding Incroaso for machine mining, the committee rec ommends a flnt. demand for nn eight hour day, with a definite provision for n half holiday on every Satur day. Tho committee does not agreo with tho proposition of President Lewis that no general strike bo called lu case tho negotiations aro sWU pond ing when tho present contract ex pires. Tho report recommends that Joint conference bo held between the min ors und mine owners for tho pur poso of reaching a settlement regard ing th demands. It further proposes that In caso there Is a prospect of a general strike, unlsu organizers bo rushed to nil non-union districts for the purpose- of completing preparations tor such a contingency. Tho convention immediately adopt ed tho ijectlonR of tho report regard ing tho demand for au lncreaso in wagts nnd tl" eight-hour dny. Tho other phases vcro taken undor con- Bidoratlox. W.AS1HNG TON, J C, Jan. 31. Tn an officinl report to tho tftnto de partment today Ttobort Bnoon, am bassador to France, stated that tho dnm.igo dono hy the floods that havo swept I'.. -is for tho last wook will ninount i huntlieds of millionB of riojliiri BEA SOON HANNA AFTER QUARTE E LEAVES BENCH Local Attorneys Present Him With Gold Watch and Pay Him Tribute AH Came With Surprise to Retir ing Judge Long Active in South ern Oregon. At the coming in of court this aft ernoon Judge Hanna, who retires from the circuit bench after a serv-. ice covering nearly a quarter of a ' century, was met with tho surprise of his life. Instead of the small routine mat ters which he supposed would mark the end of bis term, he found a ma jority of the members of the bar who had practiced before him in the court- room. A few.trivlal matters were disposed of; then William M. Colvig arosa and,, speaking on behalf of the Barf associations of southern Oregon, pre-j sented Judge Hanna with, a, beauti fully engraved watch. Tn accepting the gift, which camo as a complete surpriso to him. Judge Hanna was overcome with emotion and a for a few moments was unable ents was unable ade by C.' LJ r, E. D. Brlggs, to reply. Speeches were made Reames, W. I. Vawter, CENTURY Judge Calkins and other membersl of the bar in appreciation of Judge Hanna's work on the bench. t Afterward an informal and 1m- promptu smoker took plnce In the courtroom: j H. K. Hnnnn has been a wromlnor.t n flKiiro In leg! rireloi n ?oiibern Or- V egon for over 40 years, and for njar- !;- n. generation of that tlmo ho has served rs n stnto officer. '' He served two terms as prowisu tlng attorney beforo ho was elected In S0 ns circuit Jtidgo ric lao First Judl-iiil district, which then compris ed all th counties of Jackson, Jo sephine. Lake and IClainth. T legal work wasn't so hard, tint tho traveling was to be reckoned wlth-i-they staged then from .Jacksonville to Lakevlow, and tho roads were not any too good. Judge Hanna resigned In ISS-t and! L. R, Webster was appointed by Gov- ernor Woody to servo out the unox- pired term. . In 1892 Judge Hanna was elected circuit Judge and again In l!j9S aud In 190-1. If he had served out li Ik term he would have been In the public boi v Ico 24 years. Besides this, Judge llaiina belongs to the band of mon who helped to found tho milling camps In southern progou, which wore the nucleus of ' .tie prosperous cominomvcnllh of. to day. Ho Is the last of tbe old re- Ktme which bad such Intrepid koiWb and forceful brains, such as the Into P. P. Prim, Henry Kllppol, W. 0. T, Vault, Silas J. Day, Jniacs l. Fay nnd many others, who, while they have crossed the great divide, have left their mark on the pages of south ern Oregou history. CAR HITS AUTOMOBILE; MAN BADLY INJURED LOS ANGELES, Cnl Jan. 31, T. P. Ewlng, a wealthy rancher, was fatally Injured near Inglewood today when a speeding Los Angeles and ltodondo electric car struck nn au tomobile tn which Kwlng wits driving. The car was derailed, tho automo bile snwuihed Into kindling wood an, Ewlng -was hurled 40 feet, and badly mangled. No one was injured in the .r, ler-. plto the fact that nt irly 5 i-ot qf track was torn up beforo It utlppqd lowing was taken to a honpltul, a' Inglewood, whore physicians uttom' od hirs.