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JnlversHy ho 0(fi edford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS WEATHER Stumors Ma v. fi(J.5; Mln. :?."; Mean, 1(1. .Monday TucMliiy ..(J;J,H8H.(tl . :.s,(i:to.(!i) FORTY-FIRST YFAtt. jLEDFORD, ORl'XION, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1911. No. 11 8 wl tafl RAILROAD PLANS 10 EXPEDITE rmm lit REFUNDS CHAMP CLARK DID NOT DRIVE MULES TO CAPITOL BUILDING AS PROMISED Despite Italn, Clark Uses Street Cai Until Near Capitol lliiilditig iiiul Then He Walks. RDAD M IS W H Order is Issued for all Freight Bills on Which Refund is Due to Be Turned in for Purpose of Forward inn Them to San Francisco. MOVE IS MADE IN ORDER 'TO HURRY THE PAYMENT Local Office Has Been too Busy to Attend to the Matter So San Francisco Force Will Help' WASHINGTON, D. C. April 1. Champ Clark tlld not drlvo tho unties, ttoports that the new speaker would Inurney to the house of congress to day helilnd a pair of Missouri camels Sailed. Despite the rain, Clark, Ig noring the speaker's automobile. walked to a common, ordinary street cur, rode In It until near tho capital and then walked there to take up his new duties of presiding over tho na tional house. Clark will walk to work daily unless It rains, when ho will fall hack on tho street cars. Crew Is at Work Near Ashland Put tinp. on Wearmy Surface Machin ery Overhauled anil is Ready for Active Service. SURVEYORS NOV AT WORK ON MEDFORD-CENTRAL POINT ECONOMY 10 BE GIB'S POLICY Newly Elected Speaker In Brief Speech Folowinrj His Election Thanks His Constituents and Out lines His Policy. In order to expedite the refunding of amounts due local merchants and citizens on freight hills paid' to them for the period of time between Un order of the statu railroad commis sion lowering rates on the Southern Pacific between Portland and Bed ford and the decision of the federal court upholding that order, the Southern Pacific company has issued a request to all who have r'ofundfc coming to curry their bills to the office, from where they will bo sent to San Francisco, whero they can be handled more readily. Agent A. S. Kosrnbaum today is sued a call for these freight bills with lux! ructions for shippers to Include only the freight bills tar shipments originating at I'prtland and which bear waybill dates from October IP., l'JIO, to Fobruury 8, 11)11, Inclu sive. These dates will be found on the cxtioino left hand sldo of the freight bill just below the freight bill number. There litis been some complaint by local shippers because the refund have not been paid, but this Is due, states Mr. Hoscnbauiu, to tho fnc' that the lecnl staff of the Southern Pacific had too much work to do. In trac-ferrlng tho work to San Fraud -co tin- matter will be greatly expedited. FOLK URGES ECIPROCITY Says Middle West and North West is Over-Whclmingly in Favor ot It Regrets it is Not Broader Than it is. SAX FKA.VC18CO. A pi II I De clariiiK that the farming intorcsts n well as others would be vastly ben efited by the ratification of the Can adian reciprocity, Joseph V. Folk, former governor of Miaaourl, is out with a statement here today In which he maintains that the measure would groat ly benefit all Americans. "To the north of us," he said, "vc have a vast dnmaju that can become trade territory of this nation by merely asking for It, and it would seem to be the part of wisdom to ratify the treaty which Is now ho tel e t-iingrett. While the treaty is under consideration, it is not aa Ineard as it should bo III that It in cludes tor the most part only farm piod nets, still It Is a step in tho right direction and pine-en us lu a position to go farther later. The aoutlment in the middle west and lu the north western states is overwhelmingly In favor of its ratification." JACK TO EOSE S4J0 SUI1 His Inability to Appear in New York to Defend Civil Case Will Cause Him to Be Parted From a Consitl erablc Sum. SAX FUANCISCO,, CjiI., April , -Champion Jack Johnson, who ) confined in (lie county jail for Iiaviiip. . iolnted (lie spued law, stands today i good cliance of losing .$1,000 be cause of Ium inability to appear in New York, city April 10 to defend a ivil suit pending against liim for that amount. Attorneys for tins negro who filed n petition wiili District Attorney I'lckcrt asking J or the parole ol Johnson, have not received much encouragement from that official "I think Johnson will slay in jail," was tilt reply of Fiekerl todny when asked whether ho would 'grant the parole. E HAS REflCHEO JAVA i i Forty-Six Cases Reported in Vicinity of Malang Batavia Loses Over 100 in Few Days Officials Con firm Report. Will Soon Open Large Quarry on Desert From Which Excellent Material Will Be Secured. PLAGU TIIK I J ACS UK, April I. With the ecolpt today of official confirmation f the presence of the plague in east III .lava, it was learned that lu the Iclniiy of Making alono there have teen Hi cases, IMS of which terinin ted fatally. A telegram from Hata- ia slated Hint the deaths there ox- - ded liiu in one week. SAN JOSE PRINTERS THREATEN TO STRIKE RAN' JnSK, Cal.. Apnl 4. -Demanding a straight raise of "ill cents a dnv in. .mi printer, here announced todav that thev would strike' at noon WedncMtav unless their demands were granted by that time. Pour newspapers and thirty priniii g e liilil'slimeiiU will be affeeted. The NEGROES FLOCK INTO Willi a large road crew at work near Ashland, with a surveying party running lines on the county road be tween Medford and Central Point preparatory to letting a contract for its construction, and with the county road building machinery overhauled and ready for business-, the season's road building campaign in Jacks.ui county may be said to be fairly under way. Within tho next two weeks se cral crews will be at work and con tracts let lor Hie construction of much roadway so that in I he fall Jackson county will have many miles of road which will be passable in the winter time. Monday a crew of county road builders started work near Ashland. They are rounding the roadbed and putting on the top dressing in order that it will stand up under a rain, which was not the ease last winter. This wearing stirfnee will bo laid as far as Medford. County road engineer W. W. Har mon has a crow of surveyors now at work on I he highway btewcen this eily and Central Point. As soon ns this survey is completed bids will be called and a conduct let for Ihe con struct inn of the road. Kngineer Har mon slated thai this road will be op en to dittos all of next winter. Dur ing the winter months just passed i could not be traversed except with i beay team and then it was a lon tedious pull. The county is preparing to open n In rye ipinrrv on the deserl from which niiileriiil will be hauled for use on surfacing the roads. According to Engineer Ihirinnn Ibis (pinny will furnish a mulerial which is highl 'tesirablc lor road building. The session of lbe eoiinlv court rtbich opens Wednesday of this week will be of much importance from a rend building standpoint as .several matter me to be considered. PRISONERS CRY THEIR THANKS WILL CUT DOWN EXPENSES SO FAR AS HE IS ABLE Says Tariff Must Be Revised Down Ward Also Favors Direct Election of Senators. i WASHINGTON, l) C, April L lloth the house and senate convened today exactly at noon. Clerk Mc Dowell cnlled the house to order. Chaplain Couden opened tho ex tra session with prnyer. Immediately after business lu the house was begun today Champ Clark of Missouri was formally elected speakor, receiving 217 out of a total of a 05 votes. Sixteen republican progressives voted for Congressman Coopor of Wisconsin. Coopor himself voted for Congressman Norrls of Nebranka. James It. Mann of Illinois received 131 votes for tho honor. Clark's Keynote ttpcecli. Accepting the scpcakershlp of the house today, Champ Clark of Mis souri thanked the members and urg ed decorum and order lu handling tho public business. He said In part: "My democratic brothren: Coupled with my joy at again seeing In this house a majority which is of my po litical faith is a keen sense of our lesponstbzlllty to tho country. We tiro put on trial, and the duty de volves upon us to demonstrate, not so much by flno phrases as by good works, that wo are worthy of tho con fidence reposed In us bv tho votors of tho land; Unit wo nro worthy of a htill wider confidence. That wo will prove equal to the emergency through our own efforts and our own desires do not doubt. And the way to ac complish tills Is .to fulfill with cour age, Intelllgoiico and patriotism the promises wo niado before election. Keonoiiiy the Watchword. "Ill literal fulfillment of our ro- tronchnient promises wo have begun by cutting tho 1iou3o'b running ex penses by $188,000 annually. Kcon omy, like charity, begins at home. That's whero wo began. Wo cannot, witli straight faces and clear con sciences, reform expenses elsowhere unless wo reform that at the fotin-tain-head. "Tho Constitution gives tho house practical control of tho country's purso-strlngs, and tho house should Insist resolutely and firmly on exer cising this control, to the end that the appropriation bills may lie rcdtie ( d to meet the needs of a govern ment economically and effectively ad The New Speaker of the House M T fSsa?wHEifwHllHraSBWI vfefelw rffl T!ZiliiBraL "'-' -Wmmm '- r t'l.ote by Aincr'an Prons Assorluilon TTinnmnai in luiniim ...in t HMKI8UN ID WMtH WAR LEAD IN CHICAGO ON SOCIALISM S1D0EE AFTER HHYEARS Congress Opens In Extra Session Champ Clark Elected Speaker Galleries Crowded Wild Cheering Greets Newcomers. MUCH IMPOMTANT WORK TO BE DONE THIS SESSION Senate Has Narrow Republican Ma jorityReciprocity is First Matter Up. -- 4 -f - 1IOUSK MI-LMHHHSIIIP Now deiuocratio tiicinber.s. .81 Now republican incmbers. .-b") New socialist member.... 1 Total number of now mem bers 127 Seven new democratic and two new republicans served in former congresses. Total number of demo crats 2'J8 'I lul number of repub licans 100 Tolnl Soeiulist number 1 Democratic, majority over reptiblicniiH (58 Vacancies in tho second lVnnn,. and ninth iown dis tricts will .be filled with, re publicans, niH'i.mg, llid demo- .it'n majority over the ro- pubi, .it, s no. SKNATK "" . Now demueiaU 11 '"" I-" " - Light Vote in Mcrriam Districts In-More Than 10,000 Members of Fail dicatcs That Harrison Will Win in Today Fight at Polls His Lien tenants Confident. CIIICAUO, Ills., April !.- Light wiling in the fashionable residenl district of the eily where Charles L. Sex Expected to Cast Their Ballots Before Polls Close In Milwaukee Election Today. Total uumhcjr new members 10 Total number of republi cans GO Total number of democrats -11 Republican majority !) Vacancies in New York and Colorado will be filled with democrats, making tho repub lican majority 8. f -f -f -f -f f -f -f -f H fl f im MIIAVAUKI-:i:, Wis., April I. UraViiiK rain and generally Inclement weather, Milwaukee's women votors .Merriui.i, icpublieaii muyorally .tn-f",n' ",0 "iroinnliiK to the polls lu an di.lale is strongest curly today iiunloi"rrort 1o "r(,al n' HOt:,",,Ht lo""" Dominion Considering Law Which Will Bar Blacks From Taking Up Homesteads on Ground That They Arc Not Desirable Citizens. OTTAWA, Out., April -1. The movciuont of uogioc into Western Canada to tako up free homesteads lm reached uch proportions that an attempt is being iiitulo on the part of some member to have parliament pus an not restricting their emigra tion. On the floor of pitrliiiuienl yos terday .Member Thulium stated tii.it hundreds of negro settlers had emi ir rated from the I'nited Stale, and that thu should be dicoiiriijted bo euo the negroes were not tniitt'd to condition j Canada nd would not make desirable eiticeus. Milliliter of tho Interior Oliver said that thero was nothing to prohibit llie immigration of negroeb into Canada. NEW JERSEY' POLITICAN MURDERED IN MEXICO i i- n -' i I ix- nrii need lln-ir i. -i-i il, .1. . ,'- WASIUNUToX, l. C sli,,i I r. 'in . miIiii-Ii i I i ..-( i April 1. - Wildly Applaud Witness in Camorra ,n,l,,8ton'rt- u is 0,,r ,uty to provl(I v every dollar needed for tho propor Trial Now on In Italy Witness and economical conduct of tho gov- ,.,... I ni ii i eminent, but It Is equally our duly to Readily and Plausibly Answers )irovont vn8t0 (.xtmvaKlin(.0J , Queries By t llC Court. "I0 I"blln expenditure, for wo should imvor forget that it Is difficult for inilllnns of families now to live lu deconcy and comfort. Surely It Is the part of wisdom, statewniaiiHhlp, hu manitnrlsm and patriotism so to leg islate as to regulate thoir burdens to tho minimum. Revision of Tariff. "Our chief promises to tho coun try," continued the speaker, are: "First An honoBt, Intelligent ro vlslon of the tariff, downward, in or dor to give overy American an eipial chanco In the raco of llfo and to pampor none unduly by apodal favor or privileges; to reducu tho cost of living, eradicating the onormltloa and cruelties of the present tariff and to ralxo only such revenue nu la uecos aary to support the govornnioiit. "Second The pasaago of a roao- V1TKIIIH), Italy, April l.- (leti naro Marinio, who is accused of hav ing devised lbe Cainorrist plot for tlio murder of (Jonnaro Cueeolo and liis wife, was the principal wilncis today at the Camorrist trial in jiro grohn bore. (Questioned by I'resident liianclii of the court, do MnrinU' an swer were ready and plausible, and his story of liii councelion with the Camorra was wildly applauded by the thirty alleged conspirators who occupied the priaoucr'h cage, the uproar fcuvorul times making it noe-ogfeHi-y for tho gandnnnes to intor foro. Ho rnrinis is specifically charged with having btnhhlod Cuocollo to death in tho Torro del Orcco and then lutlon HiiumlttinK to uio atatoa a con lowding his fellow murderers to Sig- "tutlonaI amendment providing ror nora Cttocoolo's iipartnient. wboio' tn" oloctlon of United States aoiuttora she was knifed to death u lier bus- h' I'Plr vto baud had been. furaey politician, is dying today, ae. cording to word received by the stato dapurlinent from Coiibul .Miller at Tampieo, Mexico. Wukliingtou offi cials imuiodiately ordered a tboroiiitli invaatitrnltnn nf tl. ori'aii, nn:il of tha shooting were not given ' but it is balieved to have beon tho work of Mi'iean aoldiera, Critehenfield waa recently n can r.i ih ne.i- didate for election to eongreoa from il, ,i V j N'ew ,Ierse on tin- republic. in liil.et 'Third Such chango In tho ruloa of tho house aa are nucoaaary to a thorough and intelligent conaldera tlon of tho meaaurea which coino be foro It, "Fourth To carry out economy on public expenses, that labor may be moro lightly liurdeued. AdiiiiiiNti-atlon of Territories. "Fifth The publication of cam paign contribution and dlabnrao iii ants before election. The average citizen la absolutely honest and he demands honchty and cleanliness In (fini'li, ! 'I on I'llgo 0 J (Ion of tho educational and Judicial branohoH of tho city government. More than 10,000 women are expect ed to cast ballots before tho polls close. Tho efforls of tho women are prompted in part by the denuiicla lluu of socialism by priests ami Lu theran clergyman, who for weeks have boon pouring hot ahot Into the propiiKanda ami Its exponents from their pulpits. Kmly indications today are that I In- Iii.inI' t ote lu years will be poll d. it scent probablo that Carter II. Har rison democrat, would win. Tho Harrison men are most eoni'idoiif. Serious injury Merriain'o chances is initialled through a heavy down pour which held down loday's early vole, lu he First Ward, 1 1 inky Dink ICciiun! bailiwick, .Mcrriam watchers arc at every polling place and clashes were feared before the day ended. Tho mayoralties cainlidalea this year were uomiiiitfcil at the first di rect primary ever held in Chicago Harrison won by only 1,(11)7 over for mer Mayor Dunne, and Andrew .1 (iraliam, the maehiiie caudidiile, wa third in the race. .Merriam, the rcpub lieau nominee, distanced all eniii titers, sweeping llie city by UH.IKHi. Harrison, who is backed by I In Hearst faction in return for a repor ted "deal" to dcliwr Illinois dclcgnt -to Hearst al the next democratic u.i lioiial convention, is running on n platform which culls for tint stri-t legulatioii of public utilities. One of bisprineipal plunks is the rcdie tion of gas rales from 85 cents per 1,1)00 feet to 70 cents. j .Merriam, is generally speaking n, "reformer," Ho has been attached bneaiiMo of his prohibition loumiugs and I ho "personal lilmrly" element has fought him tooth and nail. Mil ? i t . i t I me ciiiiiimixi wn.cn touaya am- VAN (.m-VI-:it. Waal... April 1.- iioii onus iiiih iH'i-n one oi uio inoaii' .. . bitter Chicago lias ever aeen u.nl, ""'l""" Wl" "u '"" ' l throiighoul bus been marked by umiiy; tlhl faw" low,B H" :t,0 ' l riols ami stalibing mid shooting af- '" lt night legalUIug frays. Heaw details of pilum, de- '"',zo "bt- Tl'6 acUo" wa lwkun tectixes and spe.-ial oliieei-a are ut af,f1' U,e P tUtttoii of n petition all polling i-l, s todav. .alatied by 000 hualneaa men of the , city. No limitations were placed in ASK GRAND JURIES TO ',n0 orl',ltt"l'e "! ,,le entire regula- PROBE CENSUS FRAUDS ,Uo" r tne ,,'t", l "a Mt in the 1 ! hands of the city authorities. WASHINUTOS'. 1). ('.. April !. -1 T,'U ord,,,e h" ot lie'' -Carrvi.ig out the department of iu-!e(1 by ,,yo,' ut it is IwIIbv tico investigation of recent census "e wlU frU Ul" te without frauds, it was announced tndnv hat',ie",tauc5r' Special Federal Agent Kewlon would' u ccou,,t Qt rU"''' I'roxitty go to Rontllc, Tacoma and Helena to "' Vvcr It la believed that aome ask grand juries in those cities tc """,,Unt b,,,lt " l ' probe the lo.-itt., to (Ii, butt,,,, """ fl" 1 10 BE FIGHT MECCA Petition Sinned By GOO Business M.:n of the City is Presented and Coun cil Acts Several Important Bouts Will Be Stunetl in Near Future. WASHINGTON. April -I. Legions of happy democrats today stormed llie house end of the capitol, the prize of their November victory. Slulwari4Champ Clark was the slur feat n ru of Ihe occasion so joyous to his party brcthern. As ho sank gracefully onto the higbbiick chair, Ihe Cauuoii throne, the climax of parly triumph seemed to have been reached and Ihe iicclamiilioii of tho dcmocriils on tin floor ami in the balconies was without bounds. Since March I, 18)", when Chas F. Crisp, of Cieorgiu, laid usido the gavel, there hud been no democrat in the speaker's chair. Over on tho senate side of the boiiso of government thero had been u large shrinkage in Ihe republican m-i-jorily but no change in party control and so there was no deiuoiisl ration to mar the dignity of tho opening cere monies. Senators were almost dazed by the number of strange men in their midst, mostly unknown and unsung political warriors, appearing as khii cesMirs of battle-scarred veterans who had bossed the senate for years. On lbe dot of twelve, gavel taps nl both cuds of the capitol signaled for order ami (ho spoeiul session was under way. President Tuft had mob ilized Ihe statesmen to get action on his reciprocity I rude agreement with Canada, which was passed by the lasi house bu( neatly hinothorcd by tho senate. Democrats in the house expected in reach the subject by and bv mid, in the meantime, will try thuir hands at a revision of font tiros of the I'ayne-Aldrich tariff law. Kuduced rates on wool, Schedule IC, will bo their first offering. Predictions of members, as (o tho length of the ses sion range in lime from July to Sep tember. Interest centered in tho houso be cuiiso of (ho turnover in control. Mon wore willing to give high prices for tho privilege of acolng "Unulu Jon" Cuiiiiou with tho minority on tho floor and the valiant MisHourian, with the national flag as a haekkgrouml and tho terrible niiu-o at his side, ruforeo the doings in the pit. Thoro waa an awful jnm4 folkg who were children when the de'nioerals (Continued on Tngo Two.)