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Uncle 5am Promises to Conduct Precoolmg Experiments Here Next Fall MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE BANK CLEARINGS TODAY $ 43,874.80 THE WEATHER Rain tonight and tomorrow. Tho Menage of th -!. White Fair weather, lllup Rain or snow. Whlto and blue Local showers Mack triangularAbove white, warmer; below white, colder. Whlto with black center Cold. FIFTH YEAR. MEDFORD, OEEGOX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1911. No. 256. WELCH 10 RUSH WORK ON LOCAL TROLLEY LINE James R. Thompson, Consulting En gineer, Emphatically Declares That Prsent Activity Is Not a "Bluff" Work Will Be Rushed. SAYS WELCH HAS GREAT FAITH IN CITY'S FUTURE Mr. Thompson Is Here to Outline His Plans and Choose Location ' for Lines Much to City. That A. Welch fully Intends to build nn electric road In thin city ami that unless he were morally certain that Medford will doublo her present population within the next ten years, ho would not consider such a project, was the emphatic statement mnde this morning by James It. Thompson, consulting engineer for the trolley line builder, who Is In t'.io city to establish routes for tho new system. "As I only arrived hero some twenty-four hours ago," said Mr. Thompson, "I am not prepared to say where or how often cars will run, but I can say that wo Intend to complete our line as soon as possible ami that wo hnvo already started work." Mr. Thompson, who has been as sociated with the Welch Interests In tho construction ot several other electric lines in this stato and in Washington, will remain in Medford for two or three weeks and during that time expects to arrive at a final decision re-jaullng the territory within tho city limits which his road will covor as well as tho kind of ser vlco which patronngo will warrant keeping up. "As near as can be outlined now," lie continued, "tho lino will run along Main street. This will neces sitate building through hard surface pavomont, but it will bo our policy to gJvo service right to and along the main thoroughfares at a somewhat turgor expense to ourselves rather than to causo passengers any incon venience when coming to or leaving tho cars." Just what, In figures, tho comple tion of tho trolley lino will mean to Medford cannot bo told. With six cars In oporatlon, a forco of about twonty-flvo men would bo required which would create a local payroll of several hundred dollars a month. Tho Increased assessable valuo of both city and county caused by tho coming of such a road will bo no smalt Itoin in itsolf, although it will l)o an Insignificant sum whon com pared witli tho Increased valuation qf outlying city property when mado easily accessible LADIES CLUB TO HOLD RECEPTION Will Receive Informally at the Nata torium Tomorrow Afternoon Bc morrow Afternoon Between 3 and 5 o'clock All Ladies Arc Invited. Tho ladies of tho Greater Medford club will rocolvo Informally at tho Naiatorlum Wednesday afternoon from S to 5 o'clock and all tadlos in ttio city are cordially Invited to -bo i reteii t. , Tho ladlot of the club hope ln"thls way to got in touch with now arrivals in the city and onllst their aid in the work being carried on by them. So if you are a now arrival nnd are Interested you aro urged to at teiid. Spooner's Retreat Going. SACHAMKNTO, Cl.. Jan. 17. Capitol irk, lonit regarded by lov ers h an ideal phut to poon, on account of the sliadod nook' and trees, will be made bright at. day if the S'-.'S.OOO appropriation uked by Aeiuhlvuiau Maich ol SHrrumeiitn today is granted. ATTEMPT MADE TO ASSASSINATE PREMIER AN Unidentified Man Shoots From Be hind Pillar 'In Chamber of Depu tiesStrikes Director of Public Relief by Mistake. PAKIS, Jan. 17. An unidentified man this afternoon made an unsuc cessful attempt to assassinate Pre mier Brinnd. Tho would-be assassin fired from behind- u pillar in tho chamber of deputies while tho body was in session. The bullet mused Premier Brinnd, but struck M. ilirninn, a friend, who was standing behind the premier. Jlirman, who is a director of pub lic relief, was bit in the right leg and painfully injured. In nn instant the ehnmber was in nn uproar and be fore the would-bo assassin could fii ,11 second shot be was disarmed and placed under arrest. Tho attack is the second that bus been made upon the present premier during the last few months. On No vember 20, SI. Lacour, n royalist, as saulted .the premier during the cere monoy attending the dedication of.the Jules Perry statute. Lnoour slapped the premier's face and only a few days ago was given a long term sen tence for the assault. EIGHT MEN DIE IN EXPLOSION Boiler Explosion On Battleship Del awareMen Scalded to Death Were Imprisoned In Room Unable to Escape. WASHINGTON, I). t, Jan. 17 Kight men wore killed this evening and one seriously injured by a boiler explosion aboard the batllesbiu Del aware, according lo a report' just re ceived here. A wireless t otbe nnvy department states that the men were all scalded to death by steam following the ex plosion; that they were imprisoned in the boiler room without a chance for escape. NEW BRIDGE IS COMPLETED People Living Across Bear Cjeck From Phoenix Are Able to Reach Medford Without Driving Many Miles Around. The new bridge across liear creek in tho neighborhood of Phoenix has been completed nnd Fust Side resi dents of tho valley are thereby en abled to reach Medford this winter for the first timo without driving many miles around, which in' winter wn moot disagreeable. Work on the structure was delayed through the summer by non-arrival of (be steel. JAPAN IS GIVEN A DIPLOMATIC SETBACK LONDON, Jan. 17. A diplomatic aetbaek for Japan is tho view gen erally taken here today of tho tariff concussions offered F.ngland by Ja pan and which aro now being made tho basis of a now commercial troaty. Knglifeb morchi.nt- brought tremen dous pressure to boar to have Jaimu recede from her stand of heavily in creasing tho duty on praotionliv nil linen of good that England exports to Japan. It is now said that Tokio has yielded mo'-t of the material points. Army Bill Passes. WASHINGTON, U. C. Jan. 17 The army appropriation bill carrying over $1,000,000 for the year ending Juno ,30, 1012, pjied the houc lhi afternoon. $26.0000 ASKED DV SECRETARY TO BUY ME HERE Congress Is Asked to Make Available Portion of the $110,000 Author ized Last Session Location of Site Will Be Known Soon. WASHINGTON", Jan. 17. The secrctnry of tbelreasury has nsked congress to appropriate $'26,000 of tho $110,000 some time ago author ized for the purpose of acquiring a site for a federal building in Med ford, Or., and slnrting work." He has also asked for the folownig ameunts: Roscburg wito, $10,000; Albany building, $0,000; Pendleton building $33,000; Tho Dalles, $10,000. Until congress passo Bthb bill ac tually appropriating $20,000 of tile $110,000 some time ago authorized for a federal building bore, it is not probable that the choice of n fed eral building site will be announced. The next dozen classified ads you ncqiinnted wtb u dozen phases wbcb you answer, will probably get you acquainted with a dozen phases of this city's life that you never ou countered before. KERN ELECTED TO U.S. SENATE Complimentary Vote of Republicans Goes to . Bevcridge Threatened Attempt On Party of Machine Not In Evidence. INDIANAPOLIS, Jud., Jan. 17. John W. Ivern, former democratic candidate for vice president and the choice of the last democratic state convention, was elected to the United Stntcs senuto today. The tbroatoncd attempt of the Taggart machine to disregard the.instructions of the con vention did not materialize. The complimentary vote of the republi cans was given to Senator Bevcridge, whom Kern succeeds. UNCLE SAM TO EXPERIMENT HERE Professor P. J. O'Gara Advised That Government Will Come Here Next Season and Experiment In Pre Cooling Rogue River Fruit. That Undo Sam will conduct a serioir of procoollng experiments In tho vnlloy this coming season Is the Information reaching P'ofcssor P. J. O'Garra in a letter rccdlvod from A. V. Stubonrauch, oxport acting in chargo of field investigations for tho bureau of plant Industry, department ot agriculture. Mr. Stubonrauch snys that Medford is included In their plans and that extensive work will bo dono horo. Lodge Leads, IJOSTON, Jan. 17. Tho Massachu setts legislature today voted In sep arate sessions on tho candidates for tho United States sonatorshlp. Henry Cabot Lodge, who scekH ro-olectlon, polled 24 votes; Sherman Whlpplo, democrat, 14, and Congressman Hut ler Amos, Lodgo's foe, got 2, Tho division of tho sonato was about as expected and shod llttlo light on the question of whther or not Lodgo can bo returned. Forty Years Behind Dad. LINCOLN, Nob., Jan. 17. Just forty years from tho day his father. I I'hlnoas Hitchcock, was elected from ' Nebraska as a republican United ! States senator Gllbort Hitchcock.' democrat, vns today nomlnutod Unit ad Stnto senator In separate sessions of tho logUlaturo. j LEGISLATURE FOR FIRST TIME IS SMOKELESS Bourne and Chamberlain Arc to Be Punched Up About Oregon's Share of Reclamation Fund Want Ore gon to Get Her 50 Per Cent. MAY ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN STATE Resolution Introduced Demanding In vestigation of State Agricultural College Baily Under Fire. SALF.M, Or., Jan. 37. For the first timo in its history, an Oregon legislature will bo smokeless. The senate this morning passed tho anti smoking resolution nnd tho house en forced tho long forgotten rule 03, that prohibits smoking during the sessions. Kellaher in the senate fought for the smokers but bo fought nearly alone. Bourne nnd Chamberlain aro to be punched up about Oregon's shore of tho reclamation fund. House joint memorial number one, demand ing that Oregon get at least GO per cent of what it gives the reclamation service, passed this morning. The memorial also urges on the Oregon senators and congrcssben an immediate getting busy in this mat ter. No Pardon for Murderers Not only will there be no more capital punishment in Oregon, but governors wont pardon murderers it Clyde's resolution introduced in tho bouse this morning, is passed. The Jre.solutfion provides Unit imprison ment for life shall be tho penalty for murder, and that unless new evidence showing conclusively the innocence of tho convicted, is produced that no governor shall have pardoning powed for murder sentences. The legislature is on the trail of Pood and Dairy Commissioner Bai ley. The committee' on resolutions this morning reported baok on house concurrent resolution number one, advising that the food commissioner bo investigated at once, and also ad vising (but the board of health and the fish warden's office bo left uu bothered. Theoriginal resolution pro vided for the investigation of these tbreo offices, but the committee re ported that it thought only Bailey needed ' 'imlesljgatioii. The bouse thought so too, and unanimously up. held the committee ii report. Invest Igalo Mr. Ilnilcy The same action Is probnblo in tho scnato and since .the committco must report long boforo tho close of the session it is probnbla tlmt tho logls laturo will do more tnan Investigate Mr. aniloy; anyhow that's tho tem per of tho house as shown this morn Ingu. A resolution was introduced In tho house this morning demanding In vestigation of tho Corvallia agricul tural school, Tho Kollahor senate bill validating ovory portion of the Hroadway brldgo Initiative measure and enabling tho city of Portland to at onco proceed with tho construction of this bridge, was 7iot reported favorably and adopted in tho senate this morning, but tho bill was placed on third read ing nnd probably will pass tho somite tills nfternoon or tomorrow morning. This will finally end tho Kornan tio up of this bridge, that has prevented tho bonds being sold for two years nnd more, thoi j-h the bonds woro ap proved by a largo majority vote of tho pcoplo of Portland. Income Tav Pusses The Incomo tax umondment to the federal .constitution, thnt Is now be ing passed on by legislators all ovor tho nation, passed tho house this morning. It probably will puss tho senate tomorrow, an it nas neon mado a special order for tomorrow morn ing. Not a voto was recorded against the amondment in tho house, and on tho preliminary skirmishing tho son ato has showr. u safe majority for this amondment. House Joint memorial No. 3 was Introduced this morning asking con gress to ponsion all worn out work ors In the life saving ervico and to put them on tho saino footing us are! the Hiiporanuatos in the army nnd navy. J SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY IN PITTMAN CASE Patient In Hospital Says Pittman Whilo Raving, Exonerated Robin . son of All Blame Verdict Is Reached by Coroner's Jury. "Early Sunday morning, boforo he died," said W. M. Smith, a witness before the coronor's jury investigat ing the circumstances surrounding the death of Sidney Pittman, "he got out of his bed at tho Southern Oregon hospital, camo over to my cot across the ward and, holding his bund out us though clasping u knife addressed pie as 'Charlie' nnd said, 'Well, I am to blame for tho whole thing. I chalonged you lo fight and drew the knife. You only protected your mother us it was your duty to do."' This testimony, although not "cok roborated and coming from the mouth of n man ' friendly . with Charles Hobinson, tho lfi-yenr-old boy now held by the authorities to answer to the next grand jury for the assault on Pittman, made u no ticeable impression on the members of the coroner's jury who, howover, after viewing the body decided to paos the question of Kobiuson's guilt up to a higher court. In their verdict, the jury found that "Sidney Pittman came to hi? death us tho result of nn eucouutor with and at the bunds of one Charles Robinson on the Dth day of January, J 011, in which Charles Hobinson struck one Pittman on tho bead with a blunt instrument." A number of witnesses nppenred who told tho details that led up to the quarrel and told of Pittmnn's condition from a few minutes after tho l'otal blow was struck until tho timo of bis death on Sunday morn (Continued on l'ago 0.) IS SERIOUSLY ILL Her Majesty's Recent Trip to Bad Naugheim Brought Only Temporary Relief Nervous Troubles Are Again Returning. ST. PFTIWSMUKO, Jan. 17.--Coufirmutiou of reports thnt the Czarina is again in a critical condi tion was obtained today from at taches of the palace. Hur majesty's recent trip to, Bad Nauheim brought only temporary relief and her ner vous disorder nnd melancholia re turned simultaneously with her re turn to tho paluce. It is feared that the empress has not long to live. Shu is hysterical much of the time, her condition amounting almost to inutility when ever t lii ezarovitcb is not in her sight. Al court functions have been abandoned. Perhaps most of your "bad luck" consists in failing to answer tho want ads that contain opportunities for you. TAFT HANDS ONE TO WASHINGTON, D. C Jnn. 17. President Tnft today dashed too liopos of national insurgent lender by appointing CongrosBmau Walter I, Smith of Iowa to tho federal cir cuit bench to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation of Judge Vnndovnu tor to tho supremo oout. Tho insur gent loaders had endeavored to se cure tho appointment for Congress man Norriu of Nebraska. Sometime a raino of salary can be boourod only by a change of posi tions. So wntoh the help wanted ads I Tho completeness (nlwnytt) of a -tnro'ii advertising is a reliable test of tho 1'OinplcltMHn nf the st.orc -T NA INSURGENT FORCES i'JCC. . . . JL-i.JcKl-UHiLl- COMMITTEE TO PASS ON LEGALITV OF AMENDMENTS Sill Provides for Competent Men tt Judge All Proposed Amendments to Constitution Under Initiative In troduced by Egglcston. SALEM, Jan. 17. Amendments to tho constitution proposed by tho Ini tiative will horeaftor carry an explan atory noto nB to tho purport and le gality from a commltteo composed of tho governor, nttorney gonoral nnd throo circuit court Judges to bo dos ignatod by tho governor and attor ney gonoral, !f a bill presented today by Ropresontatlvo M. V. Eggleston of Jackson Is paBsod. Ho Is a state ment No. 1 and antt-nssombly man. "Said committee," rends n section of the bill, "shall bo called to meet at tho capitol at Salem, Ore., by tho governor not later than ton days prior to tho timo prescribed for printing in pamphlet form of tho truo copy of tho tltlo nnd text of each measure so proposed by Initiative petition and shall then and. tliero consldor ovory such Inltlntlvo measuro so roforrod to them', nnd shall after due delibera tion thereon, proparo a written state ment of their opinion ns to tho legal or constitutional meaning nnd ofrcct ot ovory such Initiative measuro, ir enacted Into law, as briefly as possi ble, and such statement Bhall bo signed by tho members of committee nnd Bhall bo filed with each measure, to which It pertains and it is hereby mado tho duty of tho 'secretary or state to cause tho same to bo pub lished at tho oxponso of tho Btato in Its appropriate place In tho pamphlet printed for distribution to tho votora. It tho commltteo dlsngrco a minority opinion may be Blgned and filed and shall bo printed ovor tho names of tho disagrooliiB commit tmen, the saino ns tho majority opinion." ADMIRAL BARRY Without Even So Much as a Servant to Keep Him Company the Aged Commander Remains Closely In His Rooms. SAN FRANCISCO, Cul., Jan. 17. Without a plan for tho future, Hear Admiral Kdwnrd II. Barry, U. S. N., (retired), began life as a private cit izon today. Without so much as a servant to keep him company, the aged coinmandor, until yesterday head of the Pacific squadron, re mained in his room at the Palace hold, Practically no one called to sco him oxcept newspaper represen tatives. Admiral Harry will remain in Sail Francisco today and probably tomorrow. Aftor that he will visit friends at Mare Island, ho an nounced, From Mate Island ho will go to Now York. "After I roach Now York I have not planned what I will do," said Barry. "Fin,t of all I will take a long rest. Further than thnt I don't enro to iinko a statement." SQLONS FLEE FROM E CINCINNATI, Jan. 17. Dotor mlnod to maintain tho deadlock In tho West Virginia somite, soxontcou ropubllcan stato sonators aro bore today aftor ovadlng arrost by tholr democratic opponents, who sought to compel tholr attendance In tho sonato chamber at Charleston so that the upper house could bo organizod. Tho rofugooH had boon barricaded in tho executive chambers at Charles ton for sovoral days boforo thoy woro able to ovudo their guards and mako their way out ot tho stato. Someone's necessity -as indicated in a classified ad is probably yojr , opportunity. M RETIRED DING CENTRAL BANK PLAN SPRUNG; ALDRICH IDEA Scheme Is Designed to Centralize tho Control of tho Nation's Currency Forty-Five Directors to Control Association. HEADQUARTERS ARE TO BE IN WASHINGTON Plan Provides for Fifteen Branches to Be Scattered Over County to Take Care of Districts. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Senator Aldrlch'B central bnnk plan was in troduced today. Tho schemo designed to centrallzo tho control of tho nation's currency, provides for nn organization of na tional banks to bo called tho Reserve Fund of America. Under tho schomo tho forces which now control tho na tional banks ot tho country would bo bo lnr the saddle In tho case ot tho Hesorvo association of America. Tho association will be govorned, if tho Aldrlch plan can bo put through tho present session of congress, by a board of forty-flvo directors and will gradually tako over the prlvllogo of Issuing currency until it becomes tho solo agency of thnt purpose. Sonntor Aldrlch wob not present when tho national monetary commis sion announced Its plan. Vice Chair man Edward B. Vreolnnd presided. The capital of tho Resorvo associa tion, nccordlnu to tho plan, will bo approximately ?.100,0u0,000. Tho association Is to be chnrterod for a" term or flffy years. Its headquartora will bo Washington, but tho plan pro- (Contlmiert on I'nga 6.) CREW ON DOTTOM I. i Have Plenty of Air, However, and Efforts Arc Being Mado to Raise the Craft by Looping Huge Chains About It. ,KKIL, Germany, Jan. 17. Tho Gorman submarine "US" went to thu bottom of tho sea during a practice maneuver today. Divors from her parent ship, ono of tho largo battle ships of the North sea fleet inimodi aloly began endeavoring to loop chains about the sunken boat. The full crew was aboard when the fatio inarino went down. As eooii as the boat settled thu crow detached thu nowjy invented telephone arrangement which imme diately cftino to the surface where it was picked up by a small boat from tho warship. The officer command ing the submarine, phoned up that the boat was all right and that thu crow had plenty of air. Ho stated that tho machinery had beun disabled and that tho submarine probably would have to be lifted with chains. Tliero is air in tho tanks sufficient to supply tlio men for several hours. OF FIREMEN SAVE 100 ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 17. Iloroio work by firemen reunited in tho res cue of more than 100 girls from tho third floor windows of a burning shirt waist factory horo today. A sooro of tho girls woro overcome by smoke mid thu ruins aro boiug soarehod in tho belief that posibl.y Home of the workord may have beun trapped, GRAVE TROUBLE IS AHEAD FOR TURKSY CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 17. Thero in grao trouble in hight bo Iwoeu Turkey and a nunibor of tho world powers tho United States among them oec tho question at foreign school in thu sultnit'd country. SUBMARNE N HEROIC - "'-Vi'i- '" & issgs--ryT'rrii ii0 aj! i ..