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rr Your Subscription to the Crater Lake Highway Should be Paid at Once Medford Mail Tribune BANK CLEARINGS TODAY $17,145.67 THE WEATHER Rain tonight nnd tomorrow. The Metiaira of th riftftv. White Fair weather, niue Italn or snow. White nnd blue Local uhowem Black trlarurular Above white, warniorj below white, colder. White with black center Cold. FIFTH YEAR. !MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1911. No. 258. Ml STORM IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY CAUSES $70,000 PROPERTY LOSS ,7T ONE DROWNED; TRAIN SERVICE DEMORALIZED; ROGUE IS RISING PAPERMILLS ARE OF T All Available Men Are at Work at Oreflon City Trying to Save Pulp at Paper Mills Man Lost in Stream Near Salem. OKEGON CITY, Or., Jan. 19, All thu mills hero at noon today were hiring extra men to remove goods that he damaged by approaching floods. The damage in this city has already reached into tho thousands and immense loss will result it' the great masses of prepared pulp can not he removed from the paper mills before the water washes it away. Do tpitc extraordinary precautious pa per mill people are extremely ner vous and fear they hay have to close down by tonight. Unusually large numbera of orders have been filled and a shortage of white paper likely wil folow. Not one bridge other than tho suspension bridge over the Wil laineto river is safe and all traffic with Estacadu and other towns near by is cut off. Sovorl Jog booms in tho Clackamas river broke away this morning. SALEM. Jan. 19. Ono of the most disastrous floods that has vis ited Salem in years Is that which is raging at the presont tlmo and tho conditions aro growing worso hourly with no signs of abatement. Already many homes havo been devastated, livestock killed, and one life Is known to have been lost, nnd thero were numerous narrow escapes from death by drowning and many sensational rescues woro mndc. All of tho bridges In tho city, with tho exception of two or three sub stantial concrete structures havo( gone down beforo tho furies of tho steadily Increasing volume of water; water and gas mains havo been washed out and broken, leaving scores of families without water and light, nnd many portions of tho city are effectually cut off from flro pro tection by reason of tho washing out of tho bridges within the elty limits. At a lato hour this morning thol Mage of tho rlvor at this point, with ; rainfall of over fivo Inches In 18 linnrw Mm crontost ill VearB was sixteen foot, a riso of throe feot I.i tl.reo hours, and it Is still ris ing. Tho Indications aro that tho ' record-of ovor Si root nuovo low wa ter mark, attained hist year, will be broken. Tho (lamace to tho city Is estimated at approximately $r0,000 and to prl-1 ato property owners $20,000. One of tho most distressing fea tures of tho dovolopmonts Inst night was tho supposed drowning of Joshun II. Smith, C9, a resident of this city, j wlto, while ontorlng tho elty on horseback from his suhurbnn homo, mi Mm Tnrnnr rnnil. roilo off Into ii,'n.,.ini finn.i whom tho Winter, N RA D street hridgo was supposed to bo, and , mate of tho county .pul awaiting the liotho and rider woro washed away. action of the grand jury on henrges Tho cries of tho aged man woro of "white shivery," made an unsuo luard by neighbors and a searching ' ccssl'ul attompt today to havo bin party was organized to go to his as- bail reduced from tho sum of .$2000 Blstanco. ot by Justice ol the i;eace uicnn u J. H. Albort. prosldont of tho aCp- Taylor. Pal National bank, was ono of tho Knrmor, who was brought to the first to roach tho scene with a 100- city by deputy shoriffs, hold a eon foot rope. 'J. F. Goodenough wadod sulfation with E. K. Kelley, his at out into tho stream up to his waist tornoy. Put was forced back by tha curront. I Distriot Attorney B. P. Mulkey "When Mr. Goodonough roached tho statod today that ho would oppose tioo in which Smith wns Imprlsonod any attompt made to have the bail he found him stunned and dazod and reducod. had difficulty in Inducing Smith to , It is understood that, providing n lease his hold upon tho young fir the sum is made lower, a brother tire Tho roscuors finally pulled of fanner's wife will go on hi him loose and started for tho shore bond. with him. Their hold upon the aged I n,in. however, was wrenched loose j Hurje Aviation Prizes. l. his own struggles and ho dump-! NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Aviation poared beneath the rnIng current, prises dibtribittod during last year His body has not lwon recovered. (amounted to $940,000, according to A 2u0-foot washout wus reportod 'figures compiled by tho Aoro club of . u Mil- Southern Pacific abovi GUIs. Francp. Nino hlrdmen won more .i i,.ilf M.uili of 8!ein. I ban $20, eon. They ain: HAS SIX FEEI E !i O'CLOCK Bear Creek Coming Up Shasta Lim ited Will Reach Medford About 5 o'clock This Afternoon Inch and half of Rain. Since S o'clock this morning Rogue river lias risen six feet, or at tho rate of about a foot an hour. Tho river continues to riso stcndlly and while no damage is expected, all pre vious records for high water may bo shattered. Bear creek Is also rising rapidly, and if it continues to gnin in vol ume some damage may bo done to IjpropeTty tlong (tho banks of tho creek. A rising barometer this aftornoon indicates that the storm center has passed this city and that tho rain will ceaso falling within tho next 24 hours. ' Owing to the rise In temperature and the rainfall tho snow which has covered tho hills about tho valley for tho past week molted rapidly, causing tho floods. Tho present rain started about 9 o'clock last evening and has con tinued steadily sinco. Over ono and a half inches of rain una fallen, mak ing the total for tho season nearly 1(J inches. Tho downpour shortly aftor midnight becamo very heavy. Tho high wind which prevailed dur ing the afternoon and ovcnlng died down about 10 o'clock, Vhon tho storm which had been approaching from tho north, reached tho valley. Reports from Grants Pass aro to tho effect thnt tho river may serious ly damage tho repair work which has boon under way for somo tlmo on tho Anient dam. There Is small likelihood of tho dnm going out, however, as it has been reinforced. Train sorvlco from tho north has been very seriously Interfered with. Tho Shasta Limited, which was due bero at G:GO this morning will ar rive about 5 or G o'clock this after noon. This Is nn excursion trnln from tho north. Tho other trains from tho north will probably got through somo time this evening. FARMER'S BAIL Friends of the Alleged Wiiitc Slaver Would Go On His Bonds if Sum Lowered District Attorney Mul key Will Oppose Move William Fanner, nt present an in ROGUE V N NC WOULD REDUCE YEAR BEFORE WOK FEDERAL B'LD'G Sito Chosen at Corner of Sixth and Holley Was Offered by W. C. Gren and Bert Anderson for Sum of $1 Plans Will Be Delayed. WEST SIDE BUSINESS MEN PUT UP CASH The $26,000 Asked by Secretary Will Be Used for Preparing Plans and Startiny Work. WASHINGTON", Jan. 10. The treasury department announced last evening that they have chosen as site for tho federal building at Med ford, Or., the one offered by W. 0 Green nnd Bert Anderson at the cor ner of Sixth nnd Holly streets. The title will bo perfeeld at once but it will bo nt least a year before tho supervising architect will begin on the plans. The $2(5,000 asked for by the sec retary of the Treasury will be used for preparing the plans and starling work. In making his request, the secretary stated to congress that he would need no further funds for this building until June, 1912. Tho government secured tho site for tho now building for the sum of $1. Andorson and Green wei;c rim bursed by n number of West Side business men who were desirous of securing the building. FISH AND GAME Important Measures Arc Introduced In Legislature Stcrallzation Bill Is Again Before the House for iioijujopisuoo SALEM, Jan. 19. Houso bill No. 137, Introduced by Ammo of Mult nomah this morning, would dnd tho scandal of mismanagement of private Insano asylums. This measure was Introduced because of tho recent grand Jury investigations Into tho Coo sanitarium at Portland and pro vldes that such asylum shall pay a llconso fco and shall bo undor tho direction and liable to tho Investiga tion of tho county court. Tho moat Important fish and ganio bill of tho Beacon was introduced to day In tho houso. This Is tho bill backed by Govomor West, tho game association and tho master fish warden. I tprouidos for n non-pollt-Ical board of fivo to havo ontlro con trol of tho fish and gamo depart ments of tho stnto; tho hoard shall servo without pay and nhall appoint all wardons and their doputlos. It puts tho s:.lm6'n industry, tho en forcement of fish and gamo laws and tho regulation of ovcry mountain and stream In tho stnto In tho hands of this board, and revolutionizes tho en tiro system that has so far applied In Oregon. A free forry boat across tho Wll- lamotto rivor at St. Johns Is provided for In houso bill No. 13S, Introduced thin morning. Tho most Important piece of leg islation so far this sosslon is that Introduce In tho sonatd this morn ing by Albee of Multnomah. It Is tho Owen Adair bill that four yoars ago waB votood by Governor Cham borlaln. Tho Adair bill provides for tho sterilization of Insane, tho Idi otic, tho habitual criminal and those found guilty of tho crlmo of rapo. It provides for a board of two experts to bo attached to ouch state ponal reform or asylum Institution to pass on those cases and to apply tho scien tific treatment provided by law, as doomed fit. Tho bill also denotes anv one Kring a third term for a BILL INTRODUCED Portland Chamber of Commerce Rebuked Tho Medford Commercial club unanimously adopted tho following resolutien: Whereas, tho city of Medford is endeavoring, through tho offices of tho railroad commission of Ore gon a body established In tho Interests of, and for tho welfaro of tho general public to sccuro a moro rcaBonablo ami equitable basis of freight rates over the lines of tho Southorn Pnclflc company, between thlB city and Portland, coinnionaurato with tho necessities of trado conditions nnd with tho view of en abling proper development of Jackson county and othor territories that aro naturally tributary to Mod ford, and with tho view of reducing tho present basis of rates upon various commodities, now so execs slvo and prohibitive as to bo a scrloirs obstnelo in local nnd gonornl development, nnd, Whereas, tho Portland Chamber of Commerce, nn organization representing tho buslnccs Interests of Portland, has Intervened In those proceedings by means of legal process, nnd Is undertaking to hnvo tho same oiijolucd and dismissed to the detriment of Medford nnd Its surrounding territory. Now, therefore; bo It Resolved, that tho Medford Commercial club, an organization representing tho business Interests of tho city of Medford, nnd tho county of Jackson In general, protosts against, and deplores such action on the part of Uio Portland Chamber of Commcrco ns unfair, selfish and prejudicial towards Medford, and ns a serious obstacle to tho development of one of Oregon's most progressive and resourceful coun ties, nnd be It further . Resolved, that tho attltudo of the Portland Chamber of Commorco in tho matter Is in direct opposi tion to tho principles nnd spirit of commercial bodies locatqd nt different points throughout tho stnto of Oregon thnt are organized and working In harmony in tho interest of their locnl communities, nnd tho welfaro of tho stato at largo. OFFICIALS QUIT: MIKADO ALONE TO FACE STORM Thousands of Protests Pour In Fol lowing Sentencing of 24 Socialists to Death Premier and Three Pow erful Ministers Quit Their Jobs. TOKIO, Jan. 10. Dnuntcd by a storm of protests which poured in sinco tho sentencing to deuth of 21 socialists hero yesterday for nlleged conspiracy to assassinuto tho mi kudo, Premier KutHiira nnd three of tho most powerful ministers of his cabinet today tendered their resig nations to tho emperor. Tlioso who joined with Kulsura in tho effort to shift responsibility for tho government's condemnation of tho socialists were Minister of the Interior Ilirata, Minister of Educa tion Komutsiiduru and Minister ol Commerce and Agriculturo Ora. Tho notion of Premier Kntsum nnd his ministers is hailed by tho social ists of Japan as an important pre liminary victory in tho fijjit they havo alrcndy stnrtcd to save )cn .jiro Kotoku, his mistress. Sugu K.ui uo, and tho other 22 Socialists eon. demned to die. It is bo'ieved th.it their fato now being directly in the hands of tho mikado, tho protests against their execution -will be moic likely to succeed than if Kntsura stood his ground. To the emperor now will ooiuo direct world-wide de mauds that a eommiituti'iii of tin deuth sonteiiee he granted To add to tho soeiulists's confi dence, it becamo known today that a powerful anti-Kntsura party will scizo tho oecusion of the premier's tendering his resignation to make despernto offorts to out him from imperial favor. Any change m tho government, they say, musi be to the advantngo of tho condemned, us Knt sura's pursuit of tho nllegi"! con spirators bus been particular bit ter. Throughout all Japan today, pe titions to tho mikado aro being cir culated praying for clemency for the socialists. Thsco will bo in shape for presentation soon. Heforo tho oni peror cnii call logothor tho "older statcEinen,' tho unofficial body io whom he turns for advice in crihose tho petitions, it h expected, will be presented. To 11ipo "fathers of the nation," will be submitted the peti tions in the favor of Kotoku and hi comrades. Not until they have de cided upon the plans to the followed will tho fate of the Kntsura minis try bo known, it is believed, In no ease, it i- said, will KhIhii ra's iron measure bo continued. Ko koku's partUan., miico tho convic tion and sontence of their fellow, havo shown that ooiulism in Japan is widor than was generally believed, and thnt any attempt to suppress the propaganda by the same measure us ndopled in Kotoku'- ease will bo cer tain to provo tiorioiifcly embarrassing to tho govorninont. folony as an habitual criminal In tho moaning of tho law. Fouls of Mult nomah Is tho champion of tho meas ure In the houso and ho believes that it will pass, . x JL.'Hx MUD FESTIVAL SlILi ACTIVITY IN LEGISLATURE Houso Defeats Columbus Day Bill Governor Signs' Broadway Brldyc Measure Many Bills Are Intro duced In Both Branches. SALEM, Or., Jan. 10. There was not much doing in Siiloni yesterday except tho mud festivul in tho sen ate. The house defeated tho Columbus Day bill providing Octobor 12, as a holiday, but it probably will pass later. Tho houso and sennte each at tempted to snvo time and confusion nnd expense by having duplicate hills and resolutions burred, but usido from the timo spent in arguing weth er orviiot" to do this thero was lit llo accemplished: The governor signed tho Broadway bridge bill that finally would give tho East Sido a badly needed outlot. A lot of bills were introduced in thu houso and senate. One of tlioso provides that foreign corporations that don't report promptly thoir earn ings nnd who dodn't pay thoir fees, can't do business. Another is to os tublish tho naval militia. Another takes February 22 nnd election duys out of 'the list of school holidays but provides thnt uu election duys when tho teacher is a legal voter; school may bo closed at 2:110. Clemens' bill relative to thuiniti.i tivo system was slaughtered quickly yesterday morning. Tho bill to estnblish trade schools for dependent girls bus been lost. Clyde's free book bill is well on its way to pussnge. CLUB TO ISSUE L To Satisfy Demand for Up-to-Date Information Concerning Work and Wages Here Commercial Club Will Issue Semi-Monthly Bulletin. In order to fill tho domnnd for ro liable information on tho condition Existing from timo to timo on the lo cal labor iqnrkot, tho Commercial club will commence issuing a semi monthly bitlutin. Tho information, in tho form of u multigrnph copy with the different trades and kinds of workingmon and women there is a demand for classified undor separate bondings, will be sent through tho mail to any portion asking for it. It will show tho prevailing wage scale and also predict, insofar as possible ohuugos likely to oocur within tho near fu ture. In a shotr preface a general resume of existing cnmlidoiiH, financial biMiii'h-. and cliui.'tu, i given. BO BULLETIN PORTLAND UAS NO RIGHT TO "BUTT IN" SAYS BUREAU Answer Is Filed With State Railroad Commission by Medford Traffic Bureau to Petition of Portland Chamber of Commerce. The Medford Traffic Bureau plaintiff, filed before tho stato rnil road commission its answer to the pe tition of tho Pottlund Chamber of Commcrco, which butted into tho case ns an inlcnvonor nnd .js trying to thwart Mcdford's offorts to secure lower rates and distributive rates. "Tho shifting and varied reasons for Portland's intervention, first op posing, then advocating with tho in jection of complex issues, indicts, ar raigns and convicts the purposo ol intervention us of ulterior design to obstruct justice," declares tho Med ford answer. "Portland's intervention does not ovor ullego complaint against cstub lished rules or oven allege loss of traffic for Portland or any deoroaso in volume of business, but it merely voices u fear that merchandise and othor goods will bo consolidated into carload lots, and bceauso of this eco nomical method of transportation, n method highly beneficial to a con suming territory nnd far moro profit able to tho carrior, a hue and cry N raised that operation of this saving principle will work an injustico nnd a discrimination," continues the an swer. p Said plaintiff admits tho filing o a complaint in which tho location ol .Medford is stated us being 320 miles from Portland; thai Medford is ud vantngeouidy situated for tho distri bution of articles of commorco; that tho defondunt enrrior has fixed and maintains carload commodity rates at vnriuiico with tho carload classi fication ratings; that u list of arti cles was sot out in tho putitiou upon which no such carload commodity rates aro made by defendant for ser vice nnd haulugo from Portland, Or egon to Medford, Oregon; that oor tain rates, minima mid carload mix tures nro prayed for; that no com plaint is made against less than car- I load rates from Portland, Oregon, to .Mcdtord, Oregon; but denied the right of any porson or party to np poar as intervener in this proceed ing and mako part of this complaint or proceeding tho issiio of loss than carload rates for transportation of freight from Portland, Oregon, to Medford, Oregon, or to any othvr city or town, and have such issue considered nt tho uumo timo and in connection with tho investigation and finding of thq coinniibsion upon the complaint of said plaintiff. Said plaintiff denies thnt tho fix ing of onrlond commodity rates on tho artiolos cuiimoratod in tho peti tion from Portland to Medford will work any injury or caueo any lobs to tho city of Portland, to a Port laud wholoMiilor, mnnufuoturor or shippor, or that the prnyor of said plaintiff in any way threatens to in jure,, or rostriot tho free intor ehnngo of commorco botwoon Port land and Medford, but avers on the (Continued on I'ugo .0 ) SUBSCRIPTIONS TO ROAD FUND SHOUUDBEPAID Commercial Club Adopts Resolution Urging Subscribers to Crater Lake Highway Fund to Pay Up So That Work May Go On Without Delay. SITUATION CRITICAL ONE; SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE PAID President Colvig Agrees to Bring Suit to Collect Money In Order to Mako a Test Case.' At its Wednesday night meeting tho Medford Commercial club adopted a resolution urging subscribers to the Crater Lake highway fund to pay up substriptioiis duo Inst June, so that the work of constructing tho grudo that obviates tho Pumico hill grade, may bo carried to completion. A contract has been let for this wovk upon the supposition thnt tho sub scribers would pay up, and as many had not dono so members of the com mitleo had had to borrow money from tho banks upon thoir individual noted in order to keep tho work going ahead and prevent suit for dnmngqs by tho contractor. Sufficient had been subscribed to complete tho con tract, if the signers paid up. f President Colvig ngrcod to bring suit to collect n subscription in or der to make a test case lie stated that subscribers had signed promis sory notes ns subscriptions and all woro collectable. Tho coretary of tho eommitteo in chargo stated that tho committee preferred to appeal to tho patriotism of signers, rather than to tho courts, but that if necessary suit would bo begun. None of tho members of tho conl milee have handled nny of tho funds. Tho colections aro deposited in tho Medford bnnks, expenditures nro ap proved by Engineer lleidel, tho gov ernment engineer in chargo, and vouchors signed by membors of tho committee. Tho situation is a critical ono, as (he subscriptions must bo paid at once or work discontinued. IS OLD SELF TODAY Shows Little Efcct of Ordeal of Yes terday Prosecution Rests Mr. Schenk Wanted to Como to Aid of His Wife. WHEELING V. Va., Jan. 19. The prosecution in the case of Mrs. Launi F. Schenk, who ia accused of pois oning her husband, rested at 11:J0 o'clock. When sho entered tho court room today, looking bright and chipper, Mru. Schenk displayed little evi dence of thuillnoss that caused yes terday's sudden adjournment. "I'm feeling fiuo,'.' sho said, "It was the stifling atmosphere that mndu mo ill. Collapse? Do I look it" and bho smiled widely ns her, eyes swept the court room's curious crowd, Tho first wilnoss of tho day wns Laudv Wilson, tho chauffeur who told of Mrs. Sehonk's allogod improp er relations with Dan Philips. Asked why ho hud not informed Schenk of his wife's infidoity, Wilson roplie-t; "It wan noiio of my businoss. Ifo wouldn't hao behoved mo nnyway." Alma Evans, ono of tho doteetivn-11111-808, was reonllod. Sho described tho scone at Sehonk's bodsido when (ho milionniro hoard that his wifa had beuu arrostod, "Mr. Solionk," sho said, 'was vjry much offeoted. IIo sprang out of his bed and wanted to aid her, Whan rert(r.iined, ho wept," MS NK 'AH tUl "If1 "UMl&t'1.!' ...t-?- y Sgwpr'1