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1& tfW ,W t MWC1 FIRST SECTION TRIBUNE WEATHER Cloudy Today FOUTIUTU YEAR. TWO SECTIONS. jtfEDFOKD, ORKOON, SUNDAY, "FWBRUAttY 19, 1911. SIXTEEN PAGES. No. 284. SENATE 4- 4 tHHR LLy IN i fiOOLO "'- - 3 E I a fl 8 C 9 aa fl t B h BhBu fill h IBs SI 9 B"0 m 5 O rnFo n I .fa TSh B (T" 1 E 't H Y By Vote of 18 to 12 Senate Follows Lead of House in Defying Peoples Bill Men Voted for Pierce Bill Who Had Sworn to Leave People's Laws Alone Arguments for and Against Measure Were Made Be fore Governor Von dcr Hcllen Makes Strong Appeal for Measure. SA LKuM. Ore, 1V1). IS. My a vole of .18 to 12 the sonnto this lNonihu? passed the Pierce bill re-opening the Rogue River to commercial fishing. The hill had been made a special order for 1.0 :H0 o'clock and the vote was preceded by no debate. Those who voted to sustain the people, and against the bill were Albee, Dean, Dimick, Joseph, Kellaher, Lester, iMiilarkov, .McColloch, Miller, Von der flellen, Wood and Helling. Among those who voted' to repeal the people's law were a number who had previously in speeches declared their intention of not interfering with any legislation enacted by the people, among them being Dowernmn, l.oeke, Pet ton, IJarrett and Oliver. The Jlimie interests were represented throughout the session by a strong lobby and brought great pressure to bear upon the legislators from Portland financial and com mercial interests, including the entire commercial fishing industry of the state, who feared the precedent by closing a stream by initiative. This afternoon before Governor West the Tlumc repre sentatives and those from the Rogue River Valley appear? ed to state their respective cases. Arguments on behalf of vetoing the bill were made by .Judge Driggs of Ashland, .J. K. Iflnynrt and (Jeorge Putnam, while for the llulne in terests were Herbert and .John Humeri van llumason, D. Keasey, .J. ( JNIunsey and Kendall; also Senators Norton and Chase and Representative Pierce. Many questions were asked by the governor who gave no inkling of his intentions. The senate passed house bill tin1 sjik' mi hhipmciil ill' ! ICIHN salmon trout ami 1 1 out J'totn t In Rogue Hivi'r mid it tributaries ami tllO felllo Uilil ShillUIC'Ilt of sillllioll dlli'- inj; (ho closed period; Keu tlunili tin- governor does nut veto tin; hill,' the hporti'iK interests are in I'nr lmt-1 fcr shape than oer before. The op-j on season at tho mouth o ft he river ib cut down to i'ie mid one-halt mouths, mid In four mmilhn on the, upper river. Use of seines and dm;!- I is pioliiliited mid S inch iiiinimiuu! nets provided, Catching of steel-1 heads or trout except with liook and. line is iihnlutil prohibited. Tho following Ih tlio text of the amuuded Pierce bill, houso bill No. i! IS, which nullifies the initiative bill closing the Rogue rlvor to commer cial fishing. A Hill For ftn act to amend an art entitled "An act to protect fish in Rogue river; to punish those who violate this act, ami to repeal all laws in conflict herewlh,' adopted November S. 1910, and became effective on proclamation of the governor De cember 3, 1U10 JJe It enacted by the people of tho , I" stato of Oregen: He it euacted by tho legislative as sembly of the tints of Oregen: Title That tho tile of an act on tltb'd "An act to protect fiaU in Rogue ilcr. to punish those who violate thin act and to lepwal all laws iu con-, rilt herewith." be amended to read as follew: "An act to protect fish iu J Rogue river, and to prohibit the tntming ui nrwiuwB"". !.. .....0 - closed season for aalmou fishing, and regulating the U of net mesh used in fishing In Rogue river, to punish those wno violate this net and to re peal all laws in conflict herewith." Section 1 That section one be amended or read us folio : Section 1 H tball be unlawful for any person to take or attempt to lake any fish of any kind whatsoever ,fjflrM jikdy ( be. MirpaMUe from the waters of Rogue river or (W- jwf n firH any of its tributaries, above the steel t.lagse4( an1 there ta miM)l lo bridge that croases said Rogue river Jje lm trftV4, aiM wiJ t the foot of Sixth street In the clty,be of Qrants I'aaa In Josephine county.) ., with a aalne. net. trap. hhwl or, iwapiBW (always) of a by any other means xte,.t with hook a(her(Uing j R retiab)(l andnne. conimonl) tailed ar.gl ug. 1f ,, completeness, of the tore er i iiiiun it on 'ir'" 2 ) viie. 18, as amended, prohibit ing SKUHD GETS I y Bill Authorizing Erection of Ar mories Passes Neighboring City Also Gets $8000 Due Her for De ficiency in Teachers' Salaries. I i SAUCll. Or.. Feb. is. Ashland .geta her new armory provided her people ratio and tho county court puts up half of the necessary amount. Thin the county court of Jackson hni done and (lie people of Ashland vote moa m lw mnUw of nn ap- pioprialiou with which to oroct the armory. 'the bill authorising the erection of armories passed both houses to day. Ashland alao gets in the general aiproprtattou bUl f8000 ror the de ficieucy due for teachers' contracts to reimburse the cltisens of Ashland for the premuturo closing of tho school. TRAVEL TO EUROPE WILL BE GREATER XKW YORK. Feb. 18. -According to a report of the Truiis-Atluntic Line, the tidwiuce bookings for next season gho fiery indication that travel to Europe will be greater than ever before. Iust year was heralded as the banner yeur of hteuuiwhip travel, according to steamship men. Helwcen January 1 and Sejrtember 1 of last year, l"fi,00 cabin and 2)0.1)00 steerum trans. A dunlin iui. y d 4 thi t ... EW H So Say I. W. W. Members to Rcurc scntativc of Mail Trihunc Who Spent Night With Them on Slopes of Siskiyous Say They Will Make No Trouble en Route. "WVIl settle with Fresno first," was the statement made to a repres entative of the Mail Tiibune who pent Friday niht with (hem, by members of the Industrial Workeis of tho World army at Stineinan, on the northern slope of the Siskiyou mountains, "and then on to Mexico." This statement, uttered by mem bers of the "common herd" portion of the mob, was instantly and I tally denied by the committee of six who are at tho head of I he lnijjruthm; In dustrialists, who, however, pinned down, wive as tho reason for their denial the fact thai "Unit part of out campaign is as yet unnolfieial." Aro Not Aimed. Not withstanding the fact that a squad of eight special railroad po licemen who arrived in Ahsland Sat urday lo intercept any more mem bers of tiie baud who come south, and to protect railroad properly from dupVuiUiliotiFf-by the army now march ing across (ho Siskiyou mountains to California are believed to have been iuidrueted that about one half of the hoboes were heavilv armed, the lead era of tiie mob Friday night reques ted the newspaper man to scndi them and their cffoclH for weapons, and although no attempt was made, (o make a thorough search, it is not beliexed that they are armed at all. No Trains Slop. No trains would stop between Ash land and Siskiyou Friday night, and in order to have them go by Steiu man at a spoud which would ninke the catching of the train possible by any of tlio inarcliPi'i, three engines were attached to each. According to members of the parly who spoke officially through the "executive committee," almost four hundred moie memberx of the I. W V. will puss through this city en routo to Fresno within the next three weoks. I! that time, it is said by the leaders of the baud, that about three thousand sympathizers witli their fame will hae been mustered iu Fresno. Nothing Can Slop Them. "Only one thing in the world will cause us to turn back." tliev said ''and thai is ihc news that our broth ers in l'n -mo h.iw In en liberated from pnl nml i Hhim d tin r cotisiilu- (f in t,i nff on Vina CI 2 LOCAL OFFICIALS A Frctl Colvi Now Gets $2000 a Year With $300 for Deputies Deputy is Given District Attorney Mulkcy at $900. SALISM, Or., Feb. IS.--The re corder of Jstksou county gets a raise. House bill No. SIS Increasing the sal ary of the county recorder of Jack sou county to $3000 a year and pro viding $300 a year for deputies was passed by the senate today. Senate bill No. 526, providing ft deputy for Prosecuting Attorney Mill key at salary of 900 a year in up to the governor for signature. Senate bill No. 281, fixing the sal ary of thy school superintendent of Jackson county at l0v, has bays paaaad. GIVES The Mail Tn Mine Miin-. O.tlH'k J-llll-. Sun- ami is YESTERDAY TODAY? QUERY BEFORE S0L0NS WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 18. Willi a score of meas ures Of national imporlnifVe awaiting notion by congress, tho house today debated for hour to decide whether today is yesterday or today. I On account of Representa tive Mann's filibuster lo pre vent consideration of the omnibus claims bill, (he house last night toolc a recess uulil 11 o'clock iliil morning. After much wind, pro and con, had been spilled, Speaker Cannon finally ruled that today is yesterday. "This Avill bo a continua tion of the legislative day of February 17," ho announced. And then the house got down lo business. - -- -- - -. CHINA SPREAD PLAGUE If CHECK RUSSIA? Such is Charge Made in Germany Every Indication Now That Chin ese Will Resist Threatened Oc cupation of Towns. niORMN, Feb. IS, That Clilmt do liboratoly spread tho pneumonic plaguo in .Mancli'v4'! to check tho encroachment of Russia is tlio charge inado hero today In tho Tokal An zelgor by Professor Skorltchenko, a Russian statesman. lie declares China deported plaguo patients from southern China, whoro tho plague was Incessantly epidomlc, to .Manchuria, and that clothing sent to tho Manchurlans from China was first Infected with plaguo germs. Tho procedont for this, ho says, was es tablished In early Chinese wars against (ho Tartars, hundreds of yoais ago, whon (ho Chlnoso throw tho bodies of plaguo vlcltlms Into the camps of tho enemy, starting disas trous epidemics. China Will Resist. I.ONHON, Fob. IS. 10ery indica tion that China will resist tho threat ened occupation of throe of hor prov inces by Russia by forco of arms Is contained In notes received hero to day by tho foreign office from tho chancellories of Kuropo. All of Ilium bellevo that tho car must liavo the bajonets or his threat will prove uso Iosh. "Knglmid," It is said, unofficial ly," will second tho attitude of tho United Statos that tho czar's grab is out holy uiiwari anted. Along this lino tho Morning News says edito rially teday: "Clearly wo are not witnessing a demand for Justice, but an act of vulgar aggression. It Is hoped that Kngland will not support Russia In her design because American Ib like 1 to 'infaorably n-garil such a wan ion outrage. JhiiUiiud has no luter (M Iu injuring China and provoking tlio ('jilted States at tlio behest of RllMltl." DEER SEASO COMES LATER Postponed Fifteen Days In Order to Keep in Order to Keep Careles' Hunters Out of Woods Until Aftei First Fall Rains Fall. SALHM, Or., Feb. 18. Tim opun lag of the deer season In Oregon la postponed ID days, as Representative Westerlund's bill providing for this has passed each hoiiM. Tats bill was Introduced at the in- stance of the locul -'ruler forest off! elals, wbo rnaintaiuad that moat of, the destructive forest fires were due 'I ,(1 reless huntein who took to the' tti.mU liifnii tin Hint fall imiih ORDER San Francisco Labor Council Adopts Resolutions Dcnoimcimi President Diaz. as Bloodthirsty Enemy of the Worker Copies , Mailed to all Union Bodies in America. SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 18. A movement to enlist organized labor In the cause of tho Mexican revolu tionists was launched hero today, when resolutions adopted by tho San Francisco labor council denouncing President Dins as a bloodthirsty ene my of tho workor woro mailed to every union body in America. Tlio resolutions call on' unionists throughout tho country to conio to the aid of tho Insurroctos and to urgo through tholr roprosontntlvos at Washington that alleged discrimina tion now going on against tho in surgents in tho enforcement of tho neutrality laws by American troops shall ceane. Tho ordors against tak ing food across tho bordor and the stopping of unarmed men who en deavor to cross Into Mexico wero es pecially denounced. Tho resolutions woro endorsed by Secretary A. J, Oallaghor of tho San Francisco labor council, who urged their adoption, saying that labor con ditions Iu Mexico woro a dlsgrnco mid that tho whole power of the Mexican government was used to crush at tempts at organization, Ho bitterly denounced Diaz, saying ho could not express his opinion of tho chief oxo cutlvo of tho southern lepiihllc with out resorting to profanity. Tho resolutions wero adopted only after a sharp clash during tho labor meeting. Some of tho members said thoy wero so radical that tho state department might consider them a violation of neutrality. The friends of tho resolutions, howovor, secured passage by a vote of 19 to 17, de feating a proposition to rofor them to a committee for re-draft ing, During the debate it was nssortud that dissatisfied workmen nt Cau auea, Mex., who desired to strike could nub do so by running away under cover of darkness and then, It was alleged, thoy wero In danger of being shot by federal soldiers placed aioiiud tho town by older of Diaz, That the real onuso of tho activity of tho United Statos along tho bor der, (Jallaghor declared, wiih tho fright of American Investors who rop rosfMit $000,000,000 In Mexican en terprises. "When money gets scaro," said ho, troops an' lushed to the scene." The usoIiiHoiik spcdflcally endors- ll til- M'Milillioll SENATE PASSES STATION BILL Riijjun River Valley Assured An Ex periment Statlpn Von dcr Hcllen Diijs it Out of Grave and Gets it Through. SAI.K.M, i'Vb. is. After u alonuy career, houso bill No. 18 toddy paus ed the seuate after being roaurrsutud liy Senator Von der Ilellen. It whs killed In the senate Friday. The bill as amended appropriates 5000 for the support of and uimIii teuaiice of an experiment station In souihoru Oregon under the control of the state agricultural college. This was the only appropriation secured for southern Oregon. Must of the bills iutiodueed by Westerlund, one of tfiggleston's and all of those by Von der ilellso passed. Tin ii l.inl Tiibuuc W'.i ni I.. tin- Mail RAILROAD CdDON Complaint Seems to he a Duplicate of Mctlfortl Petitions With the Excep tion of tho Addition of Less Than Carlot Commodity Rates From Grapts Pass This Leads to Suspicion That Portland Jobbers Have Hand In Case Much Actlvcty There Amonrj Certain Interests. S AIvKM, Op., Fob. IS. The railroad commission has jusl issued a statement on its own motion citincr the Southern Pacific company to appear before it on February 27 as defendant in a suit'in behalf of Grants Pass. The complaint of the commission appears to be a du plication of the Medford petitions with the exception of the addition of less than carload commodity rates from Portland to (Ira nls Pass. A review of the public docu ments on file with the commission in the Med Lord suits indicates u most strenuous opposition on the part of. tho attorney representing Bedford's interests to prevent the Portland chamber of commerce from intervening and raise the question of less than carload commodity rates as a part of the petition. The citation on its own motion of the commission and including tho issue opposed by Med ford has led to some speculation as to what influence dic tated the clause of the less than carload commodity rates lo Grants Pass in the petition of the commission associat ed, as the mooted question is, with the efforts of the cham ber of commerce of Portland to not only raise this issue in the Med ford suits, but also in similar suits now pend ing in behalf of Paker City . It is pointed out that under customary traffic regulations Grants Pass would ordina rily, as an intermediate point, receive the same carload rates from Portland that Med ford would receive, and this being the case an extension of the petition or motion of (he commission to include less than carload commodity rates has excited inquiry and comment on account of the index hand pointing Portlandward because of the activity of certain interests there in tho less than carload commod ity issue. s Most Expensive Session In Years is Held Everything Got All Coin Wanted State Printer Put on Flat Salary. HAI-K.M, Feb. IS. -Thii oIohuij,' hcciuik of tho most expensive kwh'kiii of tlio Oregon lejjiblattire iu yours uru huiiiK oiinctuii tliis s suing. Soino !ji'I,r'J'..VI(Stl or ovor fifty per cent iiiori) I him (lie amount appropriated by the liihl legislature, wiih spent. The univoi'Mly of Oiogou got all it asked for, O. A. ('. got all it want ed, hIiiIii institutions ditto, ulso iu the matter of county district I'uirs money win not tukvii into considera tion. (iowrnnr Went today votooil tlio Mimic bill providing for tlio salo of iiuappropriutcil or over flow hinds by uiiiuicipiilitioH. Tho Hoimlo this afternoon puHHiid the hill which make" Miiltnoiuuli one I'lHiroNHiiiiuil ilihtiiot, the rust of Western Oregon, another ami all tlio coiinlich of Knslci'ii Oregon a third. The limine also voted to put the state printer on a flat salary. This was the one big saving uet of raco lo murk the cloning Mosiun. EX GOVERNOR'S BODY TO BE BROUGHT BACK SAN' FHANVIKI'O, Cnl.. Feb. 18. l'reparalioiis were made today to send to Suleui, Oiegon the body of William I'uine Lord, former governor of Oregon, who died hero yesterday after h brief illness. Ird came to San Francisco a few weeks utro suifering from an organic ailment which affected his heart, lie whs 72 years of age. A widow an 1 three children. .Montague hril of SOW PEMD MILLION Kauuii, Altoriiev William l. I.opI, Mi- Kllnbeth l-'Hil of S.ilelli, sin - MM' llllll. Tho nmttor was brought to tho at tention of an attorney well versed In tho laws regulating common carriers nml bin view or opinion sought ur to tho probable action of tho civil court In a review of nn order of tho com mission naming loss thiin carload commodity rates on tlio nrtlclcs cnu menitod iu Its potltlou or motion in ho Grunts Pass nmttor. Tho opinion exptessud was In substance that f tho commission ordered such a re duction as liau boon sought by Port land Intcrcstu In tho loss than car load rates that tho oritur of the com mission would bo reversed In ho far as tho less than carload commodity rates wore coucorned mid tho prob abilities are that tho court's order would extend to tho carload com modity .rates and the full ordor of tho commission uulllflod. It is tho opinion of this porsou that no hotter plan could hnve been ovolvod for a loversal of an order of tho commis sion and tho defeat of Medford, an,d for that matter Grants Pass and nil other southern Oregon towns, In tho matter of rovlsud carload rates by this motion of tho commission mak ing less than carload commodity rates a part of the Investigation and ordor, because there is no woll de fined precedent to support a general commodity list of less than carload shipments for the distance covorod hy this complaint, and it cannot ho shown by competent tostimouy that any good reason exists for tho estab lishment of such rates; nor did Port laud raise the Question as u matter of Justice or cijulty nor complaint against existing rates, but as mat ter of commercial policy to cimtlniio Its coutrol of distribution with whtah it now dominates this hqoUuii. IC this Is the correct view of tho situa tion, it would appear tho commis sion is simply paving tho way for Its own undoing and tho triumph of Portland over southern Oregon tow us if it makes any ordor rovisiug the presen loss than carload rates which hnvu been so recently establish ed by Its order undor support of tho court. i The ooininission has sot a good ..'record for itself boforo tho courts iu revision of rates largely beneficial to Portland distribution, but tho Med- iL'uiiliiuicd on 1'ogu Three.) h. l tfutiMMmxamtiMiZi