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0I tiw M Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS Hank clearings today were WEATHER to. !?2J),'J(JJ).:MJ. Occasional showers. ft FORTIETH YEAR. ALEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, ibll. No. 277. 0VERN0R WILL VETO PIERCE FISH BILL ' GOOD ROADS IS TOPIC IN HOUSE SESSION TODAY Strong Opposition Crops Out in Re gard to Joseph Bill Creating Stale Highway Commission House Con siders it as Committee of the Whole. CONGARS, WILD CATS AND BOOZE DEALT BLOW Strenuous Struggle is on in House Over Highway Bills Numerous Tilts Occur Between Members SAIjKM, Or., IVli. 10. Governor West Mill i(o tlio Plcreo hill lUISSLMl yesterday in (lie house. Tlio hill wipes out (lie people's initiative meas ure closing (lie Jlnguo rier to net fishing, wlildi passed hy a largo ma jority at (In Xovoiuher election. Nu merous friends of the initiative have asked the governor to step in and disapprove the l'lerce hill. A strenuous tussle is on in the Iioiiho of representatives today over the varloiiB good roads bills which aro up for discussion. The bills were niudo a special order for today and the liouso and lobbies aro packed with friends and foes or'ttie differ ent measures. Strong opposition has cropped out In the house to the Joseph hill cre ating a stato highway commission, and much feeling was shown in the numerous tilts between Its friends and enomlos while it was tinder con sideration In the committee of tlio wholo tills forenoon. Hx-Judgo Web ster of Portland, who is making u strong fight for this bill, was ex tended the courtosy of tho houso for 15 minutes to explain tho real pur pose of the moasurc. liouso bill 230, introduced at the request of tho stato grango, Is dia metrically opposed to the Joseph act in that It would havo nil road work supervised by the stato engineer. Its passage would block the largo ap propriations asked for in tho Joseph bill and would keep all road work under control of the dlfferont county courts subject to supervision of tho state engineer. It is probable now that tho ontlro session today will be devoted to tho discussion of thofco bills. Cougars, wild-cat and boozo woro deulth a blow In tho sonnto today. Hills woro passod in tho upper houso increasing tho bounty on cougar scalps to 1 f and tho bounty on wolves was raised to $25. Another measure passed mnUots the possession of liquor on any railroad train a mis detuuHiior punishable by flue and Im prisonment. O'URA'S BILL PUSSES HOUSE Measure Drawn By Local Patholicjist Passed in House Without a Single Dissenting Vote Sure to Become Law. The insecticide ami fuunjicido hi'! ifrepnred by Professor O'Gura of tliu oily mid introduced by Rpreeuta tive Witetoi'luiwl iaw)(l the house Thiii-Mlay without a single ditoentiutr vote. Taft Cancels Speeches. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 10.-U wan announced this afternoon that President Taft bad canceled ull hi Coluinbu eiiKagenwnU, except hi M'wh at tin Com Klmw here, on .i. tint f .1 sole 1 111 oat . E CASE IS BEING HEARD IN THIS CITV Examiner Prouty of Interstate Com merce Commission Begins Taking Testimony in Medford Traffic Bureau's Case Against S. P. LOWER RATES SOUGHT ON 23 COMMODITIES Medford Would Enjoy Benefit of Lower Rates Claim Present Ones arc Exhorhitant. Tho case of tho Medford traffic bureau -against the Southern Pacific Railroad company for tho establish ment of lower freight rates between San Francisco nnd this city was bo gun shortly nfter 11 o'clock Friday morning beforo Special 13xamlnor Prouty of the interstato commerco commission. Tlio case Involves, tho reduction of tho present rates on 23 commodities nnd Is being pushed in an effort to give Medford an equal opportunity to buy In the open market that Is now enjoyed by cities having a ter minal rate. .Mt-Cuno Is Counsel. Tho traffic bureau Is represented at tho hearing by Frank II. McCune of Portlnnd, counsel, and Messrs. II. C. Garnett, Kihvnrd A. Welch and George F. Cuthbert, local merchants. Tho railroad's side of tho hearing Is In tho hnnds of William D. Fenton, and Messrs. II. E. Lounsbury, S. N. Hostwick, J. K. Butler and E. C. Mor rison. Garnet t on Stand. II. C. Garnett, tho first witness enlled, tostlfied In regard to the pres ent rates In force between San Fran cisco nnd this city, and In answer to quostlons put to him from tlmo to time by Mr. McCuno nnd Examiner Prouty, endeavored to show that Medford merchants, because of tho lnck of terminal rates, aro provonted from entering tho Jobbing field out side a district lying Immediately ad jacent to tho city. In nddltlon to this fnct, the dlfferont In rntes now exist ing between San Francisco by rail direct and from that city to Portland by bont, thence here by local freight, Is so great that tho local market can only secure Its supplies through Port land houses or by using that city as a shipping point. Can't Compote. Uudor examination by Mr. Fonton, counsol for tho rnllroud, Mr. Gurnett testified that undor tho pres ent conditions It wns linposslblo for local merchants to entor tho Job bing field In competition with Port lnnd and outside houso. Operating oxponhos, wages and rentals in this city," ho said, "nro as high as t hoy are In Portland, and whilo our company has kept paco with the growth of tho city slnco Us es tablishment In Hton, wo havo boon prevented by high rntes from com peting for business In Hoseburg, Sa lem and ull othor cities along tho Southern Pacific railroad lino hy tho fact that in addition to having to pay local freight rates on articles which wo bring In hero, ho would havo to pay local rates when shipping thorn out again." .Must liny In F-ast. A detailed list of tho particular commodities In which Mr. Garnott's firm deals was gone ovor, article aft er article, and the difference In ratos on thoso things shlppod from Port laud as against thoso shipped from other points was gone Into. It wns shown that' in tho caso of many arti cles, local merchants woro unable to purchase in the California mnrkots, but were forced to do their buslnoss ia the oast. Is Entitled to It. la answer to seeral questions by Jlr. Teuton asking why Medford should receive terminal rates In pref erence to other cities aloug the line. Wr. Garnett stated that this city Is situated approximate! half way be tween Portland, the present Jobbing (C'unUiiUnl on l'dgu 8 Luke Lea, Is Luke Lea, the newly elected senator from Tennessee, Is one of the youngest members ever elected to tho upper branch of congiess and Is also the possessor of one of the shortest names that ever figured on Its roll call. Loa Is but thirty-two and will form quite a contrast to the eldest senator, Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin. Senator Stephenson hrs not much of an age margin over Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois, but he bus It, having been born In New Hririswick June IS, 1S2!), ns against Cullom's Kentucky date of Nov. t!.! in the same year. Lea comes o' old Tennessee stock, Is owner of ji Nashville newspaper nnd has been admitted to the bar. lie Is credited with being the man who made former Governor Malcolm It. Patterson and also with being his detbroner. Former Senator Ed ward W. Carmack, who wns killed by tlio Coopers, father and son, was editor of Lea's paper at the time. Lea also hnd much to do with the election of Ben W. Hooper, n Hepubllcnn. to the governorship on a-fusion ticket Inst fall. TAFT BOOSTS FOR NEW MATY Speaking at Annual Corn Show Presi dent Urges Adoption of New Cana dian Reciprocity Treaty Says it Will aid Farmers. COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 10. Speak ing at tho annual corn show hero today, President Taft urgod tho adop tion of the new Canndlan reciprocity tronty. "Tho greatest renson for adopting tho ngrooniont," tho president said, "Is that It w'lll unite two countries of kindred people In a conunorclnl nnd social union which would bo of groat ndvantngo to both. Such a result does not need justification hy a nlco balancing of pecuniary profit to ouch. It Is meioly a truism to say that a country's fnrmnrs aro tho greatsot wealth producing class and Hint It Is most important that thoir wolfaro shall be conserved. Anyone Initiating a policy Injurious to tho farmers has much to answer for bo foro tho bar of public opinion. "I am a republican bocauso tho republican party always has pursued a policy of protection for American industries and manufactures, later limiting Its pm poses in tho matter of protection to tho difference In tho cost of production hero and abroad, with allowance for a reasonablo prof It for the American producer. Pro tection thus stnted removes Justlflca- (Continued on I'ni;a What, In Your Estimation, Does Medford Need the Most? AVliai Medford impels tlio most is n mooted jncst ion. Tliore'l'oro tht Mail Tri bune seeks to know just whore its readers stand in this regard. Ir (his purposo it will give all a ehane-o to register their iews. The answers will he compiled and published in the Sunday issue of the Mail Tribune Sunday, February 19. Your name, if you so signify, will be treated confidentially. Limit your answer to 1 f words. Xame the one thing which, in our estimatiem, this city jitjeels more than any other one thing. (Tip the following coupon and mail it to the Sunday Eeli tor, Medford Mail Tribune, before the mail eloses next Friday evening. This will give a chance for the compilation 6f the answers for the Sunday edition. Medford, Or 1911. To the Sunday Editor, Medford Mail Tribune. Sir: In my estimation, Medford at the the present time needs more than any other thing , Can we use your Name? (Mark with eross) Tennessee's Newly Elected Senator, Youngest Member In Congress' Upper House. NG WATCHES Secret Agents Arc Sent Out to Report on Escapades of Ruler While in Paris Known to Travel Under Aliases. LONUDN, Fob. 10. Despite offi cial denials from tho Spanish court that King Alfonso's escapades In for olgn capitals brought about mnrltal differences, governmont agonts sent out to get tin official lino on the Spanish king's Jnunts learned today that ho traveled under aliases. In tho cnfoB of Paris ho was known ns "Monslour Lamy." As it has been months slnco the United Press sent out tho first re ports of dlfforonces between Alfonso and Queen Victoria, It Is pointed out that tho royal couple havo had am ple tlmo to become reconciled. It Is Intimated Hint a reconciliation was brought about, tho king ugroolng to forogo nnothor trip to Paris. Now that all dlfforoncos betwoon tlio royal pair have boon patched up, tho Spanish court comes out with strong denials that any dlfforoncos ever oxlsted. They declare that tho queen was aware that tho roports of Alfonso's "unkingly" conduct In tho Parisian cafes weie circulated by po lltlcul enomlos. The Identity of two Spanish noble men who made tho rounds of tho Paris oafos with Alfonso Is being kept secret by government agents Yes. No... (Signed) NIIW N BILLS ARE AIMED - AT JAPANESE Questions That Two Years Ago Shook Relations of United Suites and Japan are Again Introduced In California. SACHA.MKNTO, Cul., Feb. 10. Tliree bills aiming agniiisl .Japanese, Chinese and oilier Abilities, reviving tlio questions tlinl two years ngo threatened the peaceful relations of tlio United States and Japan were introduced in (lie legislature today by Senator Finn of San Francisco. One meusuro directs (lie district attorneys of counties to proceed against Asiatic owner of land with in a certain period niter the bill shall bccoiuo a law. The second bill provides for segro- guliou of Oriental .school children in buildings separate from those occup ied by whites. Tho third measure enables muni cipal or county utithorities to restrict Asiatics to certain localities. TRUST COMPANY NOW OPERATES AUTO VAULT J'ATKUSON', X. J., Fob. 10. A local trust company loduy is operat ing n steel lined automobile with of fice equipment and u steel safe which is intended to gather up Into luccpla in Hie restaurant belt of I urge cities and catch wayside depositors in the country disliicls. TOBACCO JUICE IS HURLED IN FAIR ONE'S EYE Complaint is Laid Before Justice- of the Peace Wcrtz, of Woodvillc Who Has Requested District Attorney Mtilkcy to Draw up Complaint. IS ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF EVANS CREEK FEUD District Attorney Mnlkcy is Planning to Brinr About Change of Con ditions in That Neighborhood Juekson county's "Old lCoutuok," ns the settlement on Evnns crook about twelve miles east of Woodvillc might well be culled, is again in a state of turmoil, this time, it is nl lcgcd, because "Hill Hillis ungnllnntly expectorated about n pint of tobneco juice in the eyo of Jorushn, the wife of Dill D. Moore. The notion wns the outgrowth of ii neighborhood feud Why Dill, tlio son of Hillis, resort ed to go uiigentfomnnly a means of bringing un nrgument with a Indy to a close in long Btory, but liko in Old ICnintuek, in the settlement to the enst of Woodvillo everything that is nnylliing bears a dato lino upon its commencement rending nnywhero up to five years ngo. Incensed nt Ibo somewhat rude do mennor of Hillis towards his Bpouso, .Monro Friday inndo objection, with tho result flint Justico of tho Pence O. P. Wcrtz, of Woodvillc, requested District Attorney D. P. Mill key to furnish him with tlio legal language necessary lo tho proper milking out of n couiplnint in a case whore to bneco juice was tlio weapon and tho optio of a lndy tho tnrget. According tlio tho brand of eti quette lived tip fo nlong the banks of Evans creek, ono is not in style unless "toting" a gun of leust n foot in length. Tn order to circumvent Ibo stnlo law ngainst currying con cealed wenpons, tho guns nro usually carried m Rtieh n mnnnor Hint they may bo Rwung into inslnnt view so ovorv effort of llio slnto to secure convictions under the sfnlulo havo proven a failure. Tf is nlso fashion able lo be "goin ler git" somebody, but Ibo inflexion fo bo rightly placed must nlwnvs bo on the "goin", Mrs. Grundy nlso porniils much bnnfor botwoen tho members of the sotlleinont which on Fifth uveiiue tend lo demorolize traffic. It is considered quite 'conuno il fuut' when two members of one elan meet one member of another, to hurl nil manner of epithets at him nnd to make motions towards ones gun, nnd it is cqunlly permissible, when baled iulo court for the offense, lo stnilc bhiudly, declare Hint you only greet - od Ibo plaintiff with n polite "hnw'dy" nnd to, Hloutly deny that you ever carried n gun. If properly brought nil, your companion cuu always be counted upon ns nn excellent witness for you. Nobody lias ovor gof murdered in (lie soltlornont yet, duo perhaps tn the fact that the time specified by the term "goin" bus not yot arrived, but District Attorney Mtilkcy is planning to bring about inch a chango in con ditions there in the near future that tlio residents will "pack" nn olive branch where now tlioy "loto" n Wrong Girl Found. DKKLINGHAM, Wnh., Fob. 10. Dorothy Arnold, who wan said to have boon "almost" discovered in Vancouver, D. C, through loiters foi wardod to hor there by n local at torney is still in Vancouver, but slio is not tho Dorothy Arnold of New York fame. Tho woman wiio was traced b ytho loonl sleuths lived in Delliiigliaui for sovoral yeniv. Sho it tho wife of O. H. Arnold of Winni peg, formerly a book koopor for a loontl lumber firm. She is several years older than the nisising girl and rcMiubles hor hi nuuio only. FEDERALS TURN GUNSONWHEN AND CHILDREN General Luque Is Again Defeated By Rebels With Which He Has Been Fighting Querrila Warfare for Week Past. FEDERALS DESLIKE TO FIGHT IN COLD WEATHER Telegraph Lines Down No Direct Word From Navarro Who Is Coming to Relief of Juerez MA UFA, Texas, Feb. 10. Messag es hero today from Mutato, Mexico, say that General Luquo wns ngnin defeated yesterday by tho relicts, whom ho hns been fighting querrila. war for u week. Tho federals as sailed the rebel trenches nt Mulato and were repulsed nfter a fivo hours ffehting. Troop IT. of tlio Third United Slates Cavalry, which was on patrol duty ncross tho Rio Grande, woro several limes exposed to tho federal shells, and ono mnn wns killed whilo standing near Captnin Williams of tho cavalry. After lite fight it was declared by witnesses that the Mexican federals, furious nt their dofoat, deliberately turned their guns on groups of wo mon nnd children who bad fled (U the Amoricnn side of the river. On tho last charges of tlio federals, P. S. McConibs, a a Americnn, wns nt tho bend of tlio rebels who numbered about 200, nnd the 350 troops of Luquos command wero ensily driven back. Only insurreclo was killed but eight federals nnd others wore enr- ricd off tho field. It is believed thi fighting is still in progress today. EL PASO, Feb. 10. Colonel Ra bngo's troops made no uttompt to dis lodgo Orozco today, preferring to ro mniu.wnnn in burrocks to ventur ing on tlio chilly firing lino nnd of fering themselves ns tnrgets to the concealed rebels. As nil telegraph lines nro down, there is un direct word from Genornl Navarro, but his commnnd is expected in Jtinrcz to night or tomorrow to relieve the gar rison in its strenuous duties of guurd ini' fbo old church and carrying hot tnmnlos nnd frijoles to tho officors. Americnn nmiy officers hero de clare I lie .liiurez garrison will soon be inorimscd fo 2,000 and though none will admit it, tho belief is strong that Home news of tlio Moxicnn fodornls' movements hns loaked to them ncross the line. Ono cnnipnny of infantry nnd two troops of cnvnlry wero today rushed to 1'elea nnd Noria, N. M., where the Moxicnn rebels nro uctive. Captain O'Sliea of tho Fourth United States Cnvnlary went in command of tho dctiichmout. OEKPOSD Rebels Suffer From Internal Troubles Row on Between Commanders Bianco Refuses to Join Orozco's Forces Near Juarez. PL PASO, Texas, Fob. 10. It was roportod today that tho Mexican revolutionary junta has decided to depose General Orozco and niako Gonorul Solo commnndor of tho in surgent forcos besieging Juarez. This notion is said to bo contemplated us tho result of u row botjveon Orozco nnd Blanco, whoso enmity for tho couunnudor-iu-uliiof is deeinrod to account for his failuro to join his superior officor. Provisional Gov ernor Gonznlos ropoatodly has order ed Dlnnoo to reinforco Orozco, but the rebel general hns refused to obey. Z M i r