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Mn'-rrslfv New OfffV) 61 Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS Ibink Clearings Ttitliiy Were JjWT.OH.'.HJt. WEATHER Knlr liar. i!.81, Max. 58.5, Min. Uo.0, .Mean 10.0. Korty-rirnt Voar. Daily Sixth Yiar MISUFORD, 014 KG ON, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1911. No. 13 if VI L i ! IS TO I E LaFollettc Introduces Resolution ill IE NVESTGATEfl M Senate Callinn for Intiulrv lnto,0,,on,,IB of Ul Mormo conference. uasc or uiontie boss on New Charges Preferred hy Kohlsaat FUNK ADMITS $100,000 SPENT TO ELECT LORIMER Inquiry Also to Be Prosecuted in III nois Legislature, Even if Private Subscription is Necessary. WASHINGTON, D. C. April GV Senator LuFollctte introduced today in t ho senate u resolution providing for another investigation of the Lor imer charges. Just before the senate convened Senator Stone ol' Missouri said 'that in his opinion thu somite was hound to take cognizance of the testimony of II. II. Kohlsaat before the Lorimer investigating committee at Spring field, HI. Stone predicted that thu case would lie re-opened. The nnli-Loriiner senator have re quested the- Springfield officials to send u transcript of (he Kolilsaut testimony and of that submitted yes terday by Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the international Har vester company. Senator Crawford of South Dakota said thai ho would await the official record in tho case before be decided his stand in tho mutter. Crawford at the session of congress recently ended, flayed Lorimer in a bitter speech. Ten of l(i senators who voted l support Lorimer are no longer mem bers of the senate ami Ihcnnlil.ori morilcs claim a majority in the pres ent body. Senator lhiiloy of Te.vas, il is expected, will bead the opposi tion against reopening the case. The resolution directs the commit tee to investigate and report whether corrupt practices or method were employed to elect Lorimer. The Lal'ollolto resolution propose that the investigation he conducted) entirely by new members of the sen ate. The committee proposed is made up as follews: Kern (democrat, Indiana), and1 I'enro.se (democrat, Ohio). Works (republican, California), Towiisciid (republican, Michigan), Mcl.cau (republican, Connecticut). The resolution recites the fact that witnesses that did not appear at the first investigation have since testi fied that it fund of I00,000 has been raised to influence tho election of J .o rimer. 'flic resolution was laid on the ta ble without discussion. II is expected that it will come up soon for debate. SI'UINOriELI), Jll., April (!.--Friends of United Status Sonnl-jr William Lorimer in the Illinois hoiiso today planned to defeat attempts to expose bribery in tho election ot the "blonde boss" by killing a bill appro-! printing $10,000 for the expense, ofi the senate comuiittcu investigating Hie scandal. I Monibers of tho senate commitlcoj aid today that they did not believo the house would dare detent tho bill in view of yesterday's charge by I for the feeble minded and thu cus-Clarem-o S. Funk that Edward Iliuos, idian of the state bouse and grounds lumber magnate, admitted that $100,- 000 had been spent to elect Lorimer. I 11 the lioirt.e does defeat tho appropri- ntion, which the hcunto bus approved, the foes of Lorimer plan to raise the Junds necessary for the inquiry by public subscription. Funks testimony, coming aftor, that of II. II. Kohlsaat, is causing a: ureal sensation today throughout III-JNEW EXPLOSIVE FOR iuois. Funk's allegation that Edward Tildun, president of the. National Pift'kJug company, was named to him hy Hiiies as tho man to whom his subscription to the slush fund should be sent, caused more excitement than any development -o far in the cae X evidence has been yet adduced tluil Iildcn handled the tmid. ! ' ' - 1 MONTREAL EMBEZZLER RETURNED FOR TRIAL PITT'SIURO. Pa., April .- - Ch.irlc. Sr.cldou, the i.llcgcd Moii treat embezzler, who operated here under the native of C. W. Ross, will be returned to Canada tor trial. Sheldon is aid to have swindled tbixi-audo of people throughout ,ri- .d.i b ii .! of (i.i.ikid stm'v i i P M CENSURED BY PRESfDET SMITH E SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. April 6. Denunciation of polygamy was the romnrkablo feature licro today of the I President Joseph Smith. nddresslng the gathering, declared that no Mor mon would hereafter be permitted to perform or to contract plural mar riages. Hereafter, he said, the church would conform strictly to tho laws of tho United States in that particular. JAPS CAUSE OF NEW YORK April 0. Dispatches today from tho staff correspondent of the New York Sun at Ml Paso, Tex., declare that Japanese aggres sions In Mexico were tho real cause of tho American mobilization. The correspondent says: "A man who is in tho closest touch with tho Mexican foreign offico and who Is now here, Is authority for the itatemeiit that tho real reason for tho ending of American troops to tho border was to caution Japan and Mexico regarding pressuro brought to bear on the Diaz government to grant tho Japaneso a coaling station. "This man declares that Japan In sisted that Mexico must grant her a coaling station if America were per mitted to use Magdalena hay. Mexi co w sathereforc forced to withdraw tho concession to tho United States. Following this Japan continued to press Mexico for a coaling station anyhow. It was to warn both coun tries against completing any such bar gain that I ho American mobilization was ordered." PR1NZESS IRENE ASHORE WITH 1000 TOURISTS NKW YORK, April (!. With lOOO' steerage pnsciigers and a full com plement of tourists returning lroui Italy aboard, the North Herman Lloyd liner l'rin.ess Irene went ashore in a dense fog early today JO miles cast of Fire island. The big ship is resting easily with her bow in a sand bar and il is ex pected tiiat she will be j United at high tide. No excitement prevails among the 'JoOO souls on board. STATE LANDS A REFUGE FOR ALL GAME BIRDS SALEM. Or.. April b- Hereaflen all stale lauds located in Marion! county will be a refuge for game birds. Oovernor West has issued or-, ders to the superintendents of the different state institutions o protect ' and, if posible, propagate game birds. i The governor took this action in ac-l MWCOHIC M OH cordnnoo with the act passed by the night In I ho Rogue River valley and Uis legislature authorizing him to'do damage followed tho recent rain set aside all state laud as "-nine re-( "hero are no prediction for frost to- serves. The superintendents of the night, but may bo by G:U0 o'clock, nsylum, penitentiary, mute school, I Considerable early fruit may havo ,tato tuberculosis snnitoriuiii. school, wdl lie expected to protect all game birds (n the statu promise in the fu-1 rltory around Spokane. tare. Oovernor West suggest to the In tho Willamette valley the only various officials that gardeners iuid,fi''iitij which may havo been damaged inmates of (liciiistiliitiou be inslriici- wo cherries and pears. ,, euro forall gamo birds found In Yakima valley there are largo mi slate grounds and protect them from hunters. DESTROYING BALLOONS , WASIIINOTON', I). ('., April II. - Another argument in lavnr of inter- national aibitratiou was advanced here today with the receipt of de- tails of a new death dealing device lor ue in aerial wart are which bus been lwtonted liv the Krunus. Cler- ' 'I ' maii.v's leading luunufnoturers. It consUU of a highly sensitive fuse which insures the explosion of a pro- jeclilo upon impact with the delicate resistauoe afforded by the gas bag of a balloon or the light covering of an aeroplane. Heretofore the explosion of such prop-cliles in aerial warlnrc pi.ic- i ' had bi'i-ii dcpciidi-ut n I !"'( h; r " " ' ' ','. UPON the p. IE. TO John F. Stevens Assures Vice Presi dent Gerig That Plans for Extcn sion Will Not Be Altered Through Former's Retirement. EXTENSIONS TO FOLLOW WHEN BONDS ARE PLACED Expected That New Congress Will Bo Conservative and Market for Railroad Securities Be Restored. "Work on the Pacific & Eastern will begin as soon as funds are available," said Chief Engineer and Vico President William Oerig, Thurs day, upon his return from Portland. "John F. Stevens, personally assured mo that tho Oregon Trunk and the Pacific & Eastern will bo completed and become one line, as soon as funds were available; work to bo hur ried from both ends. "II is expected that the new con gress will bo conservative, and in that case the agitation against railroads will cease and people will again pur chase railroad bonds. As soon as tho market opens for the bonds, im provements will be rushed to com pletion. "Everything now looks very favor able for operation on new work to commence, in the near luture. "Tho retirement of Mr. Stevens does not mean the shutting down ot work, nor tho abandonment of the plans for Oregon, which were made public, some time ugo. Everything is to go on." Chief Engineer Oerig has been in Portland for some time on important business and has had personal talks with the retiring president, .John E Stevens. The Pacific & Eastern has been surveyed and located to the Narrows near the head of Klamath Falls and passes over the divide with an ele uition of ")!I00 feet on a maxiiuiiu grade of I! per cent. The average grade being about 2 per cent. The greatest curve is a 10 degree. On next Sunday the Pacific & Eastern will run an excursion to Mutte Falls starting from Medford at 8:11 and returning about 7 o'clock. Tho company lias only a limited space for the excursionists as only two coaches are available anil tickets should be reserved inimediatel.v. FROST IN VALLEY There was no frost Wednesday been damaged by tho heavy frost In Willamette valley ns far as Salem and throughout ovory section of Washington except In a limited tor poach orchnrdH, and It is feared they suffered to uomo oxtont While tho shoots of early vegeta bles, which cannot resist much frost, wore nipped, it is claimed that the hardy variety could not have been affected to any extent. - 9- LEABO REAPPOINTED AS STATE BARBER EXAMINER . SALEM, Or.. Anril (i. - T. M. Lea lm. r Poiihm.l h h...... ,,.. ...;i.. I , i . -,..ni,i, .,n uv vliii a member of tho state board of bin- br examiner. Oovernor West mudu the appointment on the rceouitueiidu- lion of a social committee represent- ing the Barbers union, Mrs. Itobert If. Tate of Portland was today appointed a delegate to at tend the Second International Coo- grcs of Mothers The convcntioiu i, to be held n Washington, I). C. A i 1 1 ' J'j to iv J, t, t M ROM $40,000,000 FOR PANAMA CANAL 10 SELECT PERSONS WASHINGTON, D. C., April C Declaring that tho $40,000,000 paid for tho Panama canal went to a few select persons nnd not to tho thou sands who woro supposed to got it. Representative Ralnoy, democrat, Il linois, introduced today a resolution In tho house demanding a full Inves tigation into tho acquisition of the canal zone. Former President Roosovolt's boast that ho had not consulted con gress about acquiring tho Panama strip prompted Ralnoy to act. "I can show that tho acquisition of the canal strip was nn outrage." Ral noy said. "Of tho ?t0,000,000 paid, nearly all went to a few select per sons. I shall suhoenu Roosovelt and William Nelson Cromwell of New York nnd wo will show up the wholo transaction.'1 UILLS HAND IS SEEN IN FRISCO SAN FRANCISCO, April (i. The land of James J. Hill Is seen hero tmlny In the announcement that sev eral unllllon dollars are to he spent ly Herbert E. Law nnd brother, Dr. llartlaud Law, in building docks and warehouses at tho foot of tho Pre tidlo, near Harbor Vlovv. While the Law brothers would not cjuflrni tho report, the rumor per ilstod that tho project had some con nection with another railroad whose J Mid terminus would bo on tho Maria otinty shore. In local financial clr les It Is believed that tho project Is fio forerunner of Hill's known do ilies to enter tho San Francisco bay restrict with his railri'id. Dr. Hartland Law stated that tho focks and buildings will bo tho hirg ct on tho Pacific coast and menus 1io establishment of a trans-bay ferry line. T KILLEO BY A BULLET PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. April ('.. -Cralgo Llpplncott, president of the ,1, P. Llpplncott Publishing company, art patron and prominent society niombor, was found dead of a gun shot wound in Ills homo horo this morning. Tho police havo not yet determined whether It is a caso of murder of sulclilo. From tho fact that members of Llpplucott's family refuse to discuss the death. It Is be loved the publisher killed himself. ROBBED MRS. ARMOUR OF $105,000 SECURITIES KANSAS CITY, .Mo., April 0 Mrs. Samuel II. Armour, 70 years of ago, widow of tho former head of tho Armour Packing company, to day blocked all efforts of Urn police to got tho name of a friend who con fessed to having robbed tho aged woman of tlOft.ooo worth of securi ties. Tho thief confessed to .Mrs. Ar mour that sho had a mania for works if art and fancy dogs and that sho used, the stolen money to Indulge her whims. CHAMPION JACK JOHNSON SOAKED TAN0THTR HUNDRED SAN FRANCISCO April 0. Tho more fact that Champion Jink John sou is In pail hasn t ended his troub les with tho courts. Today Superior .luilgo Cahanlss sustained a flue of 7100 against the negro for speeding. Imposed by Police .1 imIku Conlan. Tim case was appealed on the ground that Hie "complaint did not state suffi cient facts." Cabaiilss thought thorn were at least $1i woith of facts. ttfHH IHHH 14 PEACE NEGOTIATIONS DIAZ DECLARED OFF 4-4- SAN ANTONIO, Texas. April li. J ii.in A conn, head of the Mcxicin levolutionary junta at Washington, who is here, announced today that all peace negotiations have been decbind off. " 4 1 4-4-4-4 f 4 4444-44-4-444-4-4 OR Ml IN I! ROOSEVELT Former President Sanctions State ment One as tlic Only Practical Way to Secure Popular Election of Senators Without Amendment. SHOULD NOT APPLY RECALL TO JUDICIARY Initiative and Referendum Right n Principle hut Caution Should Be Exercised in Administration. PORTLAND, Or., April (5. In dorsement of the Oregon systuin, with tho iinlifiontiou that tho recall should not be applied to the judiciary and that lower officers, but with ad ded powers,' should bo elected, char acterized the address of Colonel Roosevelt in his speech hero last speech here last night. Until such time as u constitutional uiueiidmeiit can bo obtained provid ing for the direct election of United States senators, the Oregon method of choosing them should bo adopted by other stutes, bo declared. lie spoke with inoderulion in in dorsing theinitintivo nnd referendum. "I believo l1iut tho referendum and initiative nro right in principle," bo said, "but it depends upon Iho meth od with which they are administered whether they will result in great good. It devolves upon the people ns a duty to regulate their use in such fashion as to prevent their use being turned to ubiise." In declaring that ho is not mi op ponent of representative government the colonel said: "I want to keep up thu represenln tivo system, but I wantour represen tatives to represent us. 1 don't want them to represent somebody who did not openly elect (hem. Speaking with utmost sincerity I want to seo the highest and best typo of men elected to executive uud legislative officers." Colonel Roosevelt cniiie out strong ly for a short ballol, saying that by having a list of .'10 or more names on the ballot, the average voter can not cast bis ballot intelligently. In the course of his speech Colonel Roosevelt look asiou to reiterate his utterances of coiigruliilntioii of the United Slnlcs senate for retain ing Senator Lorimer of Illinois in tluil body. In this connection he called attention to (bo fact Hint be recalled only one senator among those who terms bad expired in the Sixty-first congress who voted against Lorimer, while a huge majority of the now members who continued o sit voted m lavor of tin eating him. LOST TO VICE WHIN NEW YORK, April 15. Every Jew ish organization In the Culled state CIIICAOO. III., April l. Reports J"'ncd today in a demand upon Pres by n municipal vice investigating 'dent Taft that Russia bo compelled commission that the lives of ."JtJOO wo-'' 0I'H" dlKcrlinlnatlon against Amer- imcii noil Si l.-i. II I inn iiiiiiiin v . . .. ....,, .. ...,., u .. ... v ., .- .- sacrificed to vice in Chicago are to day being considered bv Carter 11. Harrison, democratic mayor-elect. "My policy has been aunoiiucud," Harrison said today. "I will standi""" ' Secretary Knox at once for an open town, but not for oxlra-k'inil Russia to rocognUo Aineri ordinary license. 1 ahull bo Iho rual!,a" l"iHHporis, tho Jewish societies head of every cilv denarlinent. hold- ing myself personally responsible for the city's conduct." The commission lupoitcd tho ex istence of a widespread, graft-protected vico organization in Chicago. Children are reported to be the vic tims id' saloons, dunce hall"' uud mov ing picture shows, the evils of which are strongly denounced. It ascribes much of the bad conditions to the in adequate wages paid girls, which, it is asserted, in thousands of cases,' forces them into couis.es that are u menace to the entire community. The commission recommends Iho organization of city commisiona to iimtm.f tin iHontlhA .if filiihlrnn unit In. 'I " w "-" ............ ..... .-I reform the morals of the courts and of the police. . . "Shopping" that is based upon ad- reading is usually a profitable uxo of one's time, OEFER MILLION TO BRYAN TO MOVE TO SUNNY SOUTH WASIIINOTON, I). C, April (i. Declaring tliut tho south could raise a million, and would raise it, it nec essary to have William J. Hryan move below Mnson anil iDxon's line, Judge Mowers of Memphis delivered today a formal invitation to Hryan to make his home in that city. The invitation was presented at a big dinner of southern democrats, given in honor of the Nebraskan. TEDDY WATCHES TACOMA GROW TACOMA, Wash., April (1 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Is the guest of honor ot Tncoina today. Accompa nied by Senator Polndexter, tho col onel arrived from Portland shortly aftor 0 o'clock this morning. Ho was mot at tho station by a local recup coptlon coininlttoo and taken to the Tnronm hotel, where breakfast was Korved at 8 o'clock. Thoro were 20 prominent Tncoinn men at tho break fast, Including tho presidents of the principal civic and political organiza tions of tho city and the editors of the four daily papers. After the breakfast a public recep tion was hold. A brief address was dollvored by tho colonel. Then fol lowed an automobile tour of the city, ending at 10:15 at tho high school stadium, where Colonel Roosovelt made tho address of tho day to a crowd estimated at 20,000. TO PLANT MINES IN OF FORT STEVENS. Or., April li. Acting on orders from tho ward de partment, submarine mines, contain ing powerful explosives, are to bo placed at the iiuoiith of the Columbia river. Tho work will bo begun April !!(), when the mine planter Ringgold Is expected to arrive. Tho approaches to Portland harbor will also bo mined. A network ot those protectors will ho placed and as soon as the work is finished tho coast defense ma rl nos have been ordered to become familiar with their use. CORRECTED RETURNS IN CHICAGO CITY ELECTION CIIICAOO, April (i. Onrreeled re turns today from the Chicago city election show tluil Curler II. Harri son, democrat, was elected mayor over Charles E. Mcrriimi, republican, by 17,l!t'J. Rodriguez, the socialist candidate, who oxpected to poll 75, 000 votes, got only 'J 1,(170. ASK AMERICA TO STOP RUSSIAN JEWISH OUTRAGES itiiii juws Acting for his co-rellgloulBts, At torney Klein of Cincinnati, who Is here, wrote today to tho president voicing their demands. He declared w' lP"iil "'" federal i lis to force the administration to act. WORKSHOP REFORMS DEMANDED BY UNIONS NKW YORK, April (i. Commit- tecs iMiiri 'I'lil in.' I'viov Inln.r union in New York c.v today are preparing a petition which will he presented to H..V,.,,,.... iiiv ...i .i, i..i ui. tare, asking for sweeping worps,op',ll('t,, '' thing, for Medford and rcfoims. lucorMirated in the Mii .!,. .1,...,..,.!. ft.r u.l,.m.ia fir.. escapes, compulsory fire drill- and the isolation of all inflammable ma- tenuis. - - To Prohu Postal Department WASIIINOTON. I). f, April b- Ilepreseiitative Sheppuid (democrat, Tcva-), today introduced in tin) house a lo-chitton mi investigation. .h t li . - pn-i..ilH-e dcp.itlliiiitt, OF CALLS High Tribute to Mcdford's Progrcss iveness Paid hy Manager Chapman of Portland Commercial Club in Speech at Natatorium Last Night. ATTITUDE OF PORTLAND DESCRIBED AS FRIENDLY Metropolis Advertising All of Oregon Knocking Depreciated Coun try Must Be Developed. Complimentary to C. C. Chapman, manager of tho Portland Commercial club and secretary of tho Oregon De velopment league, of which tho local commercial organization is olio of tho most progressive nnd activo mombors, a public meeting wns hold In tho Nat atorium building last evening, nnd about 100 representative business men wore present. Great Interest and enthusiasm wore shown as tho dlfforont topics woro discussed by tho speakers, and It did not require tho forceful arguments mndo to fully demonstrate tho feeling of tho audi ence as to Medford's splendid condi tion and their utmost confidence in Its future. Mr. Chapman was tho principal speaker. lie went Into dotall in re gard to the character of work which tho Oregon Development olaguo, through the Portland offico, nnd Its IL'S members throughout tho state, was doing for tho wclfnro of tho stato at large. Advertising All Oregon. Portland, he said, was not adver tising "Itsolf through their Commer cial club except through the broad means of attracting utlentlon to Ore gon through tho metropolis, by get ting conventions of all kinds, by working for inoro railroad develop ment, deeper channels in the rlvors and harbors, and other direct nioth ods, all of which woro calculated to Insure Oregon getting worbl-wldo rec ognition. In all other respects, tho Portland Commercial club Is a clear ing houso for the outside communi ties, and all magazluo advertising and press bureau work Is In tho solo In terest of the balance of the state, because to promote Portland's growth its tributary country must be settled. Speaking of tho feeling snld to ox- Ist against .Medford In Portland, Mr. Chapman assured the mooting that so far as organized effort on tho part of tho commercial bodies thoro Is concerned, nothing of tho kind could possibly exist. Unorganized effort, of course, ho believed, had boon mndo In tho past and wns still being made, to keep people away from the Rogue River vnlloy and from other sections. l'horo nro knockors and thin-sklnnod pcoplo la every city, ho stated, and Portland wns no exception. Ho was, however, surprised to find somo In Medford, but the great community spirit hero outweighed thu knoukor to a greater extent than anything he ! had over seen. Tribute to Mcillord. Mr. Chapman paid tho highest trib ute to Medford's progrosslvenoss. .Medford, to his personal knowledge and gratification, Is getting moro ad vertising, more publicity, moro press notice than any othor community In Oregon because thoy are on tho Job hero and know how to do things and lead tho way. The groatost compli ment he could pay wns that Med ford's foundation was becoming so secure and so solid that If uecussary we could sever our conunerelal rela tions with Portland and go It alone. This was said In roforeuco to tho freight rate situation, and the feol- '" 1""t, tlmt P01'"111"1 morolmnts, In liiuilortuklng to lutorposo legal obstn- 'cles to .Medford gutting hor rights I from the railways has shown a hog- ","h B"lrlt- ,,,,11 n,) ,,l,u i0''- ford for looking olsewheru for her 'ldtal and moral support. Ho pro. urged the commercial lutorosts not to HWMVU flOIII tliolr COUfSO ill tllO MSt, ,,,,t keep driving Incossantly at tho outer world by advertising. Keep Advertising fining. "You can't stop the town," ho said, "but you can niako It grow slow or fust as you wish. Tho niimo Medford in thu eyes of all Orogon today means progress and prosperity, and tho reputation should bo kept up." (("imUnuol on Page S.) T 1 TUT