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0I UitVittdW w Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS Hunk clearings today were WEATHER Fair Tonight. j?i,:jo5.;vj. FORTIETH YEAR. AffiDFOKD, OR1WOX, THURSDAY, F10BRVAKY 16, 1911. jno. 282. ITTEE SPLITS ROGUE FISH BILL i V r r Will REPORT I0SENATE Three Favor Bill Openlngg Rogue River to Commercial Fishing While Three Oppose Fight Will Be Close On Floor of Senate. DEBATE IN COMMITTEE LASTS FOR MANY HOURS Rush of Work Comes in Order That Legislature May Complete Work By Next Saturday. SALEM, Or., Pob. 10. Standing three in favor of and two against, tho senate coinmlttco on fisheries will probably report to the sennto this afternoon on tho Pierco fish bill, re opening Hoguo river, which was clos ed by tho peoplo at largo at tho elec tion in November by a majority of lG.Ilin votes. This report will precipitato a fight on the floor of tho sennto which will he uxcoedingljfc close. Great Interest Is being dlsplayod in tho bill, owing to the fact that It forms tho first at tack made by tho legislature on a law passed by tho peoplo. Hearing Lengthy. Tho hearing before tho fisheries committee of tho sennto was hold last night and lasted until after mid night, the dobato beginning nt 8 o'clock. J. E. Enynrt, W. P. Isaacs, Gus Newbury, George Putnam of Med ford. and W. M. Davis of Portland spenklng against tho bill, whilo Nor ton and Smith of Grants Pass, Pierco of Coos, Hume brothers, Kensey, Hu mason and Munsoy of Gold Beach spoko In favor of the measure. The usual arguments were made. Gus Newbury made a strong nppeal to sustain tho people's law. Hill Is Postponed. Senator Kollaher's bill providing for regulation of porpotual franchise held by Iho Portland Gas company was indefinitely postponed in tho sen ate this morning. Only seven sena tors Dimmlck, Kellaher, Miller, 011 vor, Patton, McColloch and Joseph votod for tho bill. During tho dobnte Prosldent Sell ing tried to oxplaln his attitudo In having tho minority report against tho measure substituted for tho ma jority by mnklng tho statomont that it was referrod to tho senators from Portland for their consideration and not to tho Multnomah members of the lower house who approvod of the measure. Kollaher accused the Port land sonators of attempting to mnnlp ulnto tho bill to kill it. This brought Malnrkey to nil foot, who attackod tho motives of Kellfthor by accusing lilm of "playing polities." Whipping PoM Goes. Tho Orogon whipping Jioit was ubollshod by tho senate. Buchanan's bill doing away with this mothod of punishing wife boators was passod In tho sonato over the governor's voto by n vote of 22 to S. The bill was pnfiiod in tho home Monday ami now becomofl a Irw without the govern or's approval. Tho Ainme bill, which provides that assignments of wages for loans by a married roan shall bo signed by tho wife, and which the senate mado Ineffective by several amendments, was disapproved today by the homo. This bill la aimed at the men who lend money to worklngnieu who sign awny all rights to their wages as se curity for the loan. It passed the house, but the senate eliminated the clause requiring the wife's consent to the transaction. Itiihliud With Work. Only two days more remain of the 20th legislatlre session and both houiee are swamped with business. Sevornl bills yet remain to be acted upon and many of the committees are working night and day to get them out of their hands. The ses- iCuntinuttl vn I'a.'f I ) OREGON TRUNK WILL REACH MEDFORD IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS So Says ,lolm 1 Stevens, "Who Hearts Hill's Companies In Oregon- Work Will lie Hushed. John P. Stevens, who hends nlj of tho Hill linos anil companies In Ore gon, stated yesterday at the celebra tion at Madras that tho Oregon Trunk lino would be completed to Medford within tho next two years. This positivo declaration on tho part of Mr. Stevons assures the rush ing of work on tho Pacific & Eastern across tho Cascades to nn eastern connection, as to build this lino fully two years are needed. Yesterday Madras celebrated tho opening of the railroad to that point. Work on tho extension is being rush ed. English Papers Warn Canada to Be ware of Reciprocity Agreement With United States Unless She Would Be Swallowed. k LONDON, Feb. 1G. President Tnfl's flat disavowal of Chump Clark's speech in congress predict ing tlie nun.utimi of Canada as n certainly if reciprocity comes, is taken very differently 'by Hie Liber-il and Conservative organs here today. Tlie Liberal papers prniso Tnft ffnd deny that America intends to absorb Canada. The Conservative pa puis declare Unit Ttift's disavowal docs not reflect (lie true sentiment of American statesmen. The Uloue says; "Naturally Tnft repudiated Clark's referring to reciprocity as the road to annexation, hut this repudiation covers only tlie president himself. Tho fact remniiis that tlie thought embodied in Clink's nnnoxation talk seems to be one permanent in the minds of other Americans whoso engernons certainly will enu&o a storm of protest." Tlie Conservative papers generally warn Canada to beware of reciproc ity limes sho is willing to be swal lowed by the United Statcn. I LOVE? Young Girl Suicides Rather Than Give Up Young Man for Seven Long Lonely Years Prevision In Will Cause of Trouble. UDALL, Kan., Pob. 10. Kathor Ine Haines, IS, heiress to a fortune, Is a suicide today, having killed herself rather than comply with a provision In her tathor's will, which disinherited her If sho marriod a cor taln young man beforo sho was 2G. "POET OF THE SIERRAS" IS SERIOUSLY ILL PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 30. Called to Oukland, Cal., where his brother, Joaquin Miller, "the oet of the Sior rus," is rejMirted to bo seriously ill at hi home there, George Molvin Mil ler of Kugene, left for California today. According to the telegram received the fatuous California char acter in seriously ill. McKinley May Be Senator. SPRINGFIELD. HI., Fei. Ifl.--Friendi of Congressman McKinley are dicusi.ing the ioaibility of hi becoming Tinted States. senator in case Loriiuer hould he ousted. It l generally understood here that when AfeKinley used his influence t elect Adkins speaker of the Illinois house ho agreed to support McKinley in the1 eveit hi eer making a tight for the i ciutol'lnp. i ANNEXATION IS BIG BUGABOO WHAT IS Fl WITHOU LABOR UNIONS RAISE$50Q,QOO Los Angeles to Be Scene of Great est Struggle Between Unions and Open Shop Advocates Ever Seen in History According to Gompcrs. WILL BE BIGGEST FIGHT . OF ITS KIND EVER SEEN It Is the Intention of Capital, They Say, to Stamp Out Unionism In Southern California. ' WASHINGTON, ). C, Feb. 10. Aniiouuceuient that $300,000 is being raised by the unions of the country to finance the struggle of tho unions of Los Angeles against "open shop" conditions, wns mado hero today by President Samuel L. (tampers of tho American Federation of Labor. Its collection, it is said, will mnrk the opening of the higgesl fight between capital and labor that the United Slates has ever seen. Appealing to nil union men to con tribute to the war in the naino of "justice and liberty," Gompcrs today is sending out an nppeal for funds lo various cities, and Secretary Frank Morrison of (lie federation announced that already contributions are streaming in. - " Miller Fight Abend. The union lenders declare that the National Association of Manufac turers is backing the Morchauts and Mnnuinctiircis association of Los Angeles in its fight against union ism and it is the intention to utterly stamp out the union movement in the southern California city. Although the labor leaders refused to confirm rumors that today's ac tion follows a decision reached at u secret conference in St.- Louis when tho AmoncairM'oderntion hold its con vention there Inst fall, it is gener ally accepted hero as true that the movement is the culmination of care fully formed plnns made at that time. At the time of the convention, repre sentatives of the labor interests on tho Pacific coast are said to have talked at length witli Gompcrs and the' executive officers nnd lenders of the federation urging Hint union labor coneontrato its ontiro forco for the fight' in Lo Angeles. (tampers Asked lo Act. Sinco the National Manufacturers' association was backing tho "M. & M." of Los Angeles and the forces of the unions on the coast wore lianl pressed, the const representative-, nro said to huvo nfeked Gonipors o lino up the forces of the workingnion for a fight to a finish. The intimation is Kivon out that a fight to the end lias at last been docided on, and that tho activity of President (tampers and his assist ants moans that the coast will sec tho highest labor wnr in tho history of tho country. (."rent Hacking (.'hen. & All along tho const, from Seattle to Los Angeles, it is said, the labor uions have for some time been un seating their members 23 cents each per week in preparation for the struggle. To this fund, according '. (tampers' admission today, will now ho added the eah collected in the east. Thu will give the Los Angeles unions the greatest bucking ever received by labor in any city for the struggle which will decide whether the southern California city and the Pacifiu coast as a whole shall ho dominated by the principle of the open or the closed shop. The intimation is given out here that the struggle iu Los Angeles is to be only one of a series. The un ions, it is said, have determined to "down" the open shop principle, and then, their fight won in Io Angele, to carry the war up the const to the Canc.diau border,, Tbev nre deter mined, it i, fleHarad, (hut the const iut In iii.io'ii'-d lnn'i Mexico to Cunoda, and will concentrate every effort of the labor f..rces ol tli whole country to stmt t.u ihe cru-.ub for n W What, In Your Estimation, Does Medford Need the Most? "What Medford needs the most is a mooted question. Therefore the Mail Tri bune seeks to know just where its readers stand in this regard. b)V this purpose it will give all a chance to register thejr views. Tho answers will ho compiled and published in the Sunday issue of the Mail Tribune Sunday, .Februar.y 19. Your name, if you so signify, will bo treated confidentially. Limit your answer to 15 words. Name the one thing which, in your estimation, this city needs more .than any other one thing. Clip the following coupon and mail it to the SundayEdi tor, Medford Mail Tribune, before the mail closes next Friday evening. This will give a chance for the compilation of the answers for the Sunday edition. Medford, Or 1911. To the Sunday Editor, Medford Mail Tribune. Sir: Tu my estimation, Medford at the the present time needs more than auv other thing May we uso your nniuo? (Mark with cross) REBEL D L A Y IS Navarro Having Been Drawn to the North is Nov Out of the Way and March Will Start at Once Upon Chihuahua. 13L PASO, Tex., Fob. 10. The puzzling Indlfforenco of tho Mexican robols to General Navarro's relief of Juarez Is bellovod to bo oxplnlnod to doy by n scora of reports coming In from thcsoulu that tho insurrectos nro marching upon Chihuahua from all points of tho compass. Friends of tho revolutionary moveniont hero de clare that tho city will bo captured within ten iliivn. Innvlnir .Innroz nlsn nt tll(J niorcy of tho ,.0i)o1h. It is now genorally felt that Oroz co's failure to glvo' battle to Navarro on his march to Juaroz was duo, not to fear of an encounter, but in Hue with a cleverly laid plan to draw Na vnrro tg the north, thus making It easy to tako Chihuahua and thoroby provide a rallying point for tho In surrectos of tho Interior of tho state, From Chihuahua, tho revolutionary junta says, It will bo oasy to capture Navarro and nil his troops, as com mand of the Mexican Central railroad will cuj. off the federal gonoral from his bnso of supplies. Fvldonco that thoso In tho nnor councils of tho revolutionists do not by any means regard their causo as hopeless is soon todny In a flat re fusal by tho Insurgent general, Cns IlliiB, who Is In Jail horo for violation of neutrality, to renounce tho cause of tho rebels. Oovomor Ahuniudn, tho foderal chief In Chihuahua state, was nn old personal frlond of Cann ing, and ploadod todny with tho In surgent commander to desert the foes of Diaz, return to Juaroz nnd be re instated in nil his former honors. Caslllus flatly refused, saying that he plnced his duty beforo his friendship and that ho by no means despaired of tho ovarlhrownl of tho Diaz govern ment. FORGERY USED 10 ELECT SHEEili '. Assemhlyman Receives Letter to Which Congressman's Name !s Forged urging Him to Support Sheehan In Senatorial Race. NBW YOUK, Fell, 10. That for. gery is being resorted to in attempt to bioak tlie long senatorial deadlock at Albany to elect William K. Shee hun is asserted here today in spe cial dispatches to the New York World from th) statu capitul. The World dispatches declare th.it Aeinblyuian Kcnnsdy recehed "j letier purporting to hear the higiii-' ture of Congressman Wilkin Sulaer asking u'uo U support Sheeuan. Kul- ier, the World de( lure, asserts thut the letter in a "de-picublu and pi"- jm-iteriiu Juig i . M (Signed) WT PROBE IS E Method of Procedure Delays Action By California Legislature Both Houses to Take Hand in Investi gation of Court. SACKAMKNTO, Cal., Fob. 1G. Quostlon of procedure by tho loglslu turo In Its Investigation of tho state suproino court today temporarily halt cd tho Inquiry requested by tho Jus tices Into their action In the ituof re hearing decision. "When tho communication of (ho justices requesting an Investigation was received It wns suggested that a Joint committee of sennto and nesom bly should undertake tho probo. To day objection wns raised to this be cause of the fact that ns Impeach- moiit proceedings, If recomniendod, would begin in tho assonibly, tho as senibly members of any Joint com mittee would bo In an Illegal posi tion. Many of the legislators, there fore, favored a preliminary Investi gation by a senate noiuniltteo, possi bly the committee on rules, so that If Impeachment proceedings should fol low, tho ussomblymon could bo In a position of prosecutor without hnvlng previously acted on the evidence. ANTI-ANNEXATIONISTS PLEASE JOHN BULL IIIUAIH), III., Feb. III. It was gonornlly predicted by uolitieians to lay that the pro-reciprocity and anti-niinexatiou speoches of Secre tary of State Knox and Junius J. Hill, tlie railroad magnate, delivered nt u Imnquul given by the Chicago As Hociutiou of Commerce Inst night will do much toward quieting -the fcu'H of Kiigluiul that the sentiment of the American people favors the annexa tion of Canada. WOULD HAVE TAFT NEGOTIATE WITH ENGLAND WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb, 10 Congressmun Bonnet of New York Introduced in the house todny a reso lution providing that Prosldont Tnft be requested to contliiuo negotiations with the British government to secure he annexation of Canada to tho lilted States. JOHN D. AGAIN FIGURES ON STREET NEW YORK. Feb. 10. -John I). Rockefeller, Kuhn ob k Co., nnd the Deutsche bank absolutely control the Missouri Pacific railroad today, according to the New York News Hu roHii, n Wall street organization. Force "Hope" to Fight. OKYAIIOMA"ciTY, Okla., Feb. 10. Ill order to force Carl Morris, the "Oklahoma white hope," Into the ring with him, Fireman Jim Flyitu oM'u oblo will follow the giant ex-rallroad-or around tho country ImuIiik chal lenges from the ringside evorywhore Mn.ia ui.7t7"i"i , nl Hold-Up.MwRolj Prisoner, WlMUSSUAilitl!:. I'a., Feb. 18. The Wllkeeharn police today are Kenrchlng for two masked bandits who broke into ttio Jail at Warrior- Yes. No... m TIM IU VO I0K IS E Reported That Pneumonic Plague Is Found All Business to and From City Stopped Railroad Transpor tation Under Medical Supervision. ST. l'KTI3RSnUHG, Feb. lfi. Vlad ivostok Is quarantined today following tho reported discovery of a caso of puouiuonlc plaguo there. Tho city traffics to a large extent with Man churln, where hundreds of plaguo vic tims nro dying dally, and it Is he Ileved the dlsenso lias boon commu nicated ns a result. All business relations with Mnnchu rla have ceased, Hallway transpor tation hctweon Vladivostok and the plaguo district Is under medical su pervision. Vladivostok authorities aro taking ovory precaution to pro- vent a spread of the dtBeaso In that city. No Boxing In Seattle SKATTliK, Wnslt., Feb. 10. Chief of Police Hannlck Iiiih come out flat-fooled ugninst boxing exhi bitions under tlie nuspiccs of the various athletic clubs. An enter tainment hud been planned by the Hnllurd Athletic club, a local organ ization for tonight but the chief is sued orders this aftornooii forbidding the show to go on. No Change, Says Solous. OTTAWA, Out., Feb. lb The Canudian government has refused an other request for a change in the ic ciprocily agreement. This wns from hook nnd writing hcrnp makers who affirmed that if paper up to cents u pound value were admitted free to Cnnnda (hoy would be put out of business. WHITE TO TELL OF PORK BARREL i Legislature Aroused Over Charges of I Kansas Journalist and Asks Him to Como Before Committee and Explain. TOPISKA. Kan., Feb. 1C Arou ei over William Alien White's charges that " 'the pork uarrol hnd been opened by the presjont session of tho legislature," tho statu senate today naked White to appear before thut body ami explain. White declared today that he would gladly explain his charges bo fore the senate, and would ask each senator, under oath, to tell what he knew about "pork." Snow In California. HlVICItSinifl, Cal., Feb. 16 All records for snowfall In Kevirslde County were broken today when n precipitation of six inches iu one hour fell at Us unl ng. Flakes nearly as large as saucers foil during the height of the storm. The mountains near Jtlvi-i side appear to bo under several feet of allow. HAM RUSSIA SERVES NOTICE SHE IS TO WAR ON CHINESE Scuds Formal Announcement to Powers Will Force Celestials to Comply With Treaty of i88l Preparations for Invasion. IF CHINA RESISTS WAR WILL BE INEVITABLE Russia's Intentions Arc to First Seize Border Town Chinese Hlndcrlnn Merchants. st. PFnwsnuita. Feb. 10. Practical certainty Hint Huss'iti will bo involved iu wnr witli China within n few hours is seen hero today in a publication by the nowspapor It etch that the Russiun jvtivnrnmcnt plants to occupy the Hi region iu Chinese Turkestnn. Conferences nt the war ministry today, it is believed, aro over the prepnrutionn for the invas ion. Hussinn is aggrieved over China's alleged violation of the treaty of 1881 whereby Kusaiii evacuated Hi prov ince nftur tin Occupation of'K) years, in return for which Chinn promised Russia commercial concessions in Hi, Mongolia nnd Manchuria. Russia ascrts that these rights have been gradually curtailed. To Sclzo Town. UiiNsia's intention is declared lo .bo to first seize the town of Kuldjn. Its occupation will bo equivalent to a declaration of war, hut actual hos tilities are considered as unlikely, for it is considered curtain that China will yield. If China resists war is inevitable. Itussiu declares that China is hin dering Russian morohnnttj in selling ten in Chinoso territory and that Chi na refuses to permit Kussian con suls iu many of her cities. LON'lJOtf, Feb. 10. Formal no tice Hint Itussiu intends to make a military demonstration ugainbt China to forco compliance with the trcnty of 1881, was sent to tho Ilritish for eign office todny by the Huesiun gov ernment. .It is understood that similar notes have been cnt to the other powers. INSURGENTS TO COLLIDE WITH TROOPS TODAY ISI. PASO, Tex.. Feb. 16. On a ro port that the Mexican Insurgents worn massing nt Guudnloupo, Gun eral Navarro, tho fodoral comman der hero, today sont threo troops of cavalry with n mnchlno gun down the valley to disperse thorn. It Is possible that tho Insurgents niny ro slst, though their policy of lato has scorned to bo to conduct a guorrllla warfare. ANTI-ANNEXATIONISTS PLEASE JOHN BULL CHICAGO, III., Pub. 10. It was generally predicted dby politicians today that the pro-reoipmuity and nnti-annexatiou spsechos of Secre tary of State Knox and Junius J. Hill, the railroad magnate, doliuvored nt a hunqitet given by tho Chicago As sociation of Coniuioruo last night will do much towardd quioting Hiq fears of England (hat the santiniant of the American pooplo favors tho animation of Canada. . 'i 4 Elks Get Busy. Wttrtf PORTLAND. Or., Feb. 10. Deter mined to raise an ontortuinniont fund of $125,000 to he used in tho ovont that Portland is successful in semir ing the 1012 convention of (ho grand lodge of Kike, a number of oauvago ing committee of tho local lodgo bo gaii work yesterday. It is boliovcd thut the desired sum will huvo hcuu MuWribod within thtoo days.