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3J0U0II HUlC.Jt JW All.l IJjftlfc M i"l. iliy nun v SUBSCRIBERS riUnf to t ppr win iikt on dtUvtrtd by phoning of. do toy 0 p. m. Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Fair Max 1 (:?., Uel. Hum. Itllty 11! Per Out. Mill. 10. Dolly HUlli Yenr, l'oriyIMrnl Vr. CREATION OF STEEL PLATE MEDFORD, OUIWON, WON DA y, .JULY 21, 1011. No. 105. TRUSTSHOWN Evidence Shows That Eleven of Largest Manufacturers Secretly United to Limit Output and Raise Prices to Consumers In 1900. WANTS REAL' 'AMERICAN. P V , T" BUSINESS OF COUNTRY PRORATED AMONG MEMBERS Printer Testifies to Printing Agree ment Which Is Afterwards De stroyed fw Fear Prosecution. WASHINGTON, I), ., July 1M. ICvliltMicu Hint iiviii of tint htrKi'xt nleel iiiuuufat-ttiriUN In tliu country had entered Into n pooling in;reuii'iit In 1U00, thus formliiK a ihi plate uinnclatlnn, was preidtntod before tins Htuuli')' commission of tint Iioiih, which Ih InvKittlitutliiK the- alcol trust, today, Tho agreement was doted jNovmnlinr t, 1U0O, ami tho commit tee believe Itn tirovlHlutiri ii ro utlll being enforcud. t Tho companies- hIkhIiik tho aicree- jueiil wore: Tho CariuiKlo Hteel Company, tin Jones oml LaiiKhllu Company, Limit tulj Tho Illinois Steel Company, tin Crucible Bteol Company of America, tlm Olla Hteel Company, tho Tltl wator Steel Cotnpnny, thu Lukeus Iron umt Strcl Company. Worth Brother, thu Central Iron ami Hlool Company, tho American Steel nml Wlro Company ami tho OlaKw Iron Tho agreement states that tho combination wai formed "(or our mutual Interests ami to unnbln uw to pay liberal whkoh to our workmen." It sots for tho uxact iihuro of each of thu rnmpuules lit tho steel pluto IiuhI. lie, tho CaruoKlo Compiiuy being ae I'onloil 40. 'Jr. pur cent of thu total output of thu combine. According to tho itKroomout, If any i'ouiiuuy nolrt morn than Itn nhnro of steel plate tho offender would bo compelled to pay 36-100 of ouo tout for ovory pound of ItH excess imlon Into tho cofforH of tlm association. To ciiHiirv observance of tho agree moiit, each of thu roiupanloH puld In 1 1, OUO for each per cent of ItH allot ment of thu total production.. F. II. Kaiifniun, n ContoHVlllo, lu., prliiUtr, who printed tho UKreumout between Hie Hteel companies, tostlfl ed. "After President HoiihIoii of tho Lukcim Iron and Steel Company had tho Agreement printed, hi Hecretury came to my shop and destroyed all the proofs unit copies wo could find. Ho mild thn president of thu llllnolH Hteel Company wild tlmt lloimton had been mlHtaken In having the agreement printed and tho IIIIiioIh men wore afraid thoy go to Jail If thu agreement weru (Uncovered, hitter my brother told he had u ropy or tho agreement." , HJ v i'HSHi . . 'BRr xmrs nViS TO GIVEN 8 YEAR TERM STATES PR SON Former County Assessor of Alameda County, California, Sentenced for Soliciting and Receiving Bribe From Spring Valley Water Co. miss bulie BURKE. OH BORDTH( AMtRIKA., The above Hiiapnhot of Hilly liurke, Iho well known nrtrenN, wan taken In New York JiihI before hIio Hailed for IJurope on tho HteuuiHhlp America Look I iik iih haudiiomu an hIio over did In her youiiK life. h" waH anked If nlie Intended pIckliiK UP a prince royal while away. "Oh, mercy, no," hIio mild. "I don't earn "IioiikIi to take rare of one, II'h a real Ameri can for mine, If I do marry." LI WAN GRAHAM HAS DISAPPEARED Press Agent of Girl Who Shot Mil lionaire Stokes Worried Over Her Whereabouts Much Speculation Regarding Her Indulged In. ' NEW YORK, July 21. ATuah Bpuu illation Ih imlulKutl in hum today over the alleged (limippouraiiuu of Lillian (haliam, ouo of. tills n'irln who Hliot Millionaire Htoken, from Hie Catliu dral I'litKii niiarliyeiit, wliuro hIio Iuih been livine; with Iter Hibter,'Mrn. Sin lolou, ami Ethel Conrad. CharloH Lawronoo, a l'riond of (lio Kirl, HiiyH pho uamo to Ii'ih Iioiihu, miy iiiK hIio had (itprrolled with MIhh Con rad over u droMH, and that hIio Ih hHII domioilod willi him. Mi-h. SiuK)otoit HiiyH IhiH not true MiHH Ornliam'H preHH uont Ih mueli eoiioornod over lior disappearamio to day and IhroatuiiH to ntart an u.ten bive Boni'oh for lior. FILLEO SUGAR WITH TILTH Spreckles Details Fight Waged Upon Him by Trust Subjected to An noyances of All Kinds Arbuckle to Tell Story of His Fight. Ni:V YOIIK. July .M. On tho Rtuud loilny before tho Hurdwlck HUKur liiveBtlKtttliiK committee of tho hoiiHo, which Ih problnc tho opera- tloiiH of tho linear trtiHt, CIuuh A. HpreckeU toduy kuvo full dotallri of how the truHt tampered with bin em ployeH u ml did everylhluK In tho pow er of Itn controller! to dlxcrcdlt him In ImihIui'mh ami financial circled. HpreckelH until that for more than u year tho product of IiIh refinery wua filled with filth by men who worked for him while In tho pay of the HUKur triiHt. and that Hhort welKht packiiKea were dlHtrlbutod from tblH refinery ho that bin credit with the trade might bo undermin ed. A Hub-coiiunlttee of tho Invention thiK body went to Now Palli, N, Y today to net John Arhucklo'n ntory of IiIm fh;ht with tho BiiKnr trust. Thin trip wiih taken iih tho romilt of a Htutemeut by Spreckoln, who Raid on Saturday that tho Arhucklen had been active In nttcmptH to Induce In dependent reflnern to aid tho trust In llmltliiK production and booMtliiK prlreM. England Hysterical Over Morocco. LONDON. July 15-1. All KnKlund Ih hysterical toduy over tho Moroc can ultuutlou, nml there weru wild riimorH that (lermauy and Franco had actually declared war. Another rumor nuyH that a (leriuan fleet has been Keen off tho caHtorn Ilrltlsh coitHt, while atlll another report Ih that tho Kaiser la oxpected to uevoru diplomatic relations with HitKlnnd. HUGE HAY CROPS IN OREGON THIS YEAR OHKdON AOIUGULTUItAL COL IiK(ll3, CorvalllH, Oro. July '22. "Tho fnrmern of Oregon nro harveat Iiik tho largest hay crop In tho his tory of tho Htato," HtUd Dr. James Wllhycombo, director of tho export meut Htatlon at thu Oregon AKrlcul tu nil College, dluctiHuIng tho presout harvest. 'Tho total hay crop of Oregon last year roprouontod UOQ.OOO tons, but this year It will roach l.liiO.OOO tons. Mtut Uiikilnii rirAifrtii jttK) la ttit lliu Mntvtil vuoui viw(i in per cent linger than It was hut year, and tho Kuutorn Oregon crop about ton par cent larger. Tho difference In percentage Is mostly duo to tho fact that In Kastorn Oregon tho crop Is grown on Irrigated or uuh-lrrlgatod land, wlillo that In Wostorn Oregon Is Brawn under natural conditions, and tho Homum has been favorable ftfr liny, u well n a for othor farm croiis." WILL NOT APPEAL BUT SERVE TIME AT ONCE Takes Fate Calmly, Showing Little Emotion Was County Assessor For Sixteen Years. OAKLAND, Oil., July 21.-Fm-mer County AHHeHHor Henry I. I)nl ton. convicted of linvim; Holieited and reeeived a .1.1000 bribe from th. Spring Valley Water company, 'whh Henleueed todny lo a term of eihl yenrH in the jM-nitentiary. His attor nu.vH iiuuoum'ed thai ho would not ap peal, Henry I'. Dalton whh for ItJ years aflKOHSor of Alameda county. Surwr ior Judjje Kverelt Jlrown'rt Hontenr.j of eight yearn in Snn Quentin was impoKod iitton Dalton, folowiny th-i diminKnl f the petition for n nov trial madu Huh inorniiii; by DultnVs attorney. Wlien sentence wa pro nounced there were no relatives of tho nrciiHcd man present except his brother, Vnnk X. Dalton. Dalton look his fate calmly, hIiow iup; little emotion. A plea for leniency was made by CharloH H. Kairall, who comlueled the fight for tho defenxc, on I In ground that Dalton, hceauHO of bi.s hfgli HiAndititf in the community h:w already Buffered muo hand koeiilv felt IiIh disgrnee and notoriety whirl the exposure hud brought upon him. It was j;cnenilly understood that Dnltou would accept the verdict, lie ih allowed five days in which to ar range hiri pemoual affairs and w'll then begin hi weuteuec, Judgo Drown, replying to FairallV plea, said he felt it his duty to make an example of the cane because of tho prominence of the defendant. GODDESS OF LIBERTY GROWING OLD EAST NEW YOIIK. July 24. An exam Illation of tho stutuu of liberty, just completed, sIiowh that tho goddess Ih getting old. About fifty small IioIoh have appeared In the bront platen of which tho monument Is built. Lieutenant Jones, tho statuo'n rhlcf caretaker, stated today that she Is good for 100 yearn more at least. Just an nhe Is and that ho does not see why replacement of defectlvo paltos cunuot prolong her life Indefinitely. Tho statue of liberty was onvulled la 1880. ' Namesake Called Liar By Attorney General Wickersham ATTORNEY GENERAL ACCUSED, (KuausTUi o - r.Aju.;V HOWLED DOWN IN COMMONS Premier Asquith Hooted When He At tempts to Explain Ministry's Stand Drowned Out by Shouts of Trai torFirst Time Event Happened LONDON, July 21. For tho first time In tho history of England, a premier was today howled down when ho officially attempted to ex plain tho ogvornment's course on tho yords veto bill on tho door of tho houso of corn m on h. For half an., hour Premier Asulth tried to expluln the stand of his ministry on tho veto bill, but all his utteranccK wero drowned out by shouts of "traitor" which wero kept up b yteh conyersatlvcs. Thu apeakor of tho houso was unable to preserve order and Asulth tired out, finally ma do a brief and inaudible' statement- and sat down When ItaDlDfour oroso tho liberals howled wildly. Ualfour said ho re; getted ho had been unable to hear the premier's speech and declared the debato tho most disorderly in the history of parliament. Speaker Lowther finally obtained portlal quiet In tho commons by re minding the conversatlves that the liberals would be sure to howl down Ilalfour's reply In rovengo for the tumult against Asqulth. When ho could' bo heard premier Asquith said, that if tho veto bill were not passed by the lords tho liberals would bo. compelled to Invoko tho king's aid In creating a sufficient number of liberal peers to mnko a majority. Scarcely had Balfour staited spcakiiip; than the . uproar was le roar was renewed and thu speaker realfcinp; that all attempts to restore order were useless, adjourned the house until tomorrow. CONTROLLER BAY INJURY POSTPONED A FORTNIGHT WASHINGTON', U. C, July 2T. Theinvestigation into the Controller bay land filings heirun by the houau commit t co on expenditures in the in terior department, will be postponed several weeks weeks beeauso Louis D. llmndeis, who agreed to appear as attorney, cannot now undertake tho work. t i , JAMES WJCKR3HAM. T GEORGE Vf. WCKEWli7M SHIELDS TRUSTS F OM INQUIRY Chairman Stanley of Steel Trust In vestigation Committee Accuses At torney General of Going Out of His Way to Protect the Intere'sts. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 24. "I am getting tired of the depurt meut of justice and will go ahead and investigate myself." Following his personnl expose of the fact that most of the big steel concerns of the country are in a hard and fast combine to limit production and keep up prices, Chairman Stan ley of he house investigating com mittee which is probing thu steel trust, todny utered the quoted sharp criticism of Attorney General Wick ersham and the department of justice In nnswer to tho query of a member of the committee as to why he did not get aid from Wiekershara's forces, Congressman Stanley virtu ally declared that Wickersham shield ed "the interests" and then made the remnrlc quoted. Stanley's outburst came as the ro suit of tho testimony of a printer who told of having prepared an agreement between the steel kings which bound them in a hard and fast "trust." OFFERS LIFE SAVE LOVER Beulah Binford Sends Message to Beattie That She Will Confess to Having Committed Murder If It Would Help Him. CIRCLES PIKES PEAK TO WIN HIS BRIDE COLORADO SPRINGS, Cnl., July 24. Aviator Parmalee, ono of tho Wright flyers, is elated today over having secured the wedding promise of his sweetheart. Miss "Sweets" May, of Dayton, Ohio, if ho encir cles Pike's Peak in an aeroplane within 100 feet of the summit. Parm alee will make tho attempt the first week in Augut. If successful, Miss May promised to marry Parmelee on his return to Dayton. AUTOMOBILE TAX FOR CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK IS PROTESTED Bi MEDFORD COMMERCIAL CLUB Tho following petition has been sent to Washington protesting tho tax of 1.Q0 winced upon automobiles in Crator lako national' purk: To tho Honorable- Secretary of tho Intorior, Washington, Distriot of Co Inmblui We, tho undersigned, your petitioners, respect fully request that tho ordur heretofore issued from your department by tho Honorable H. A. Hallingor, whereby persons passing through tho Crator Lako park in au tomobiles or othor vehicles aro re quired to pay a tux of ono dollar ($1.00) for such privilege-, bo an nulled aiul sot aside. Wo respect fully state that tho uitizeus living in this immediato vicinity subscribed and have oxpondod about twenty fivo thousand dollars ($2r,000) to aid in tho building of a road to said Crater Lako park and to make it practicable for automobile- travel, Wo further bog lonvo to say that for forty (40) yours thoro has beon a public road lending through said park from Jack- Memorial Sent Secretary of the In terior Department for Abolition of Tax. sou county to Klamath county, upon which tho peoplo of these respective counties have expended a very largo sum of mfiney. This road is tho ono onw appropriated by tho government and whioh leads to within fivo (o) miles of the rim of Crator lako. Tho people of Jackson county and Klamath county and in fact all the state of Oregon, tiro interested in hav ing the tourists visit Crater lako and it does not seem right to us that the government should impose any tax upon such travel. "Wo notice that from tho years 1002 to 1008 inclusive, tho following appropriations by tho government wero made to sustain national parks: Yolldwatoiia park ...... ,$1,171,810 Yosemito park 119,150 Mt. Rainier purl; ,...,.,. 103,000 While to Cnitor Lako park has been given tho sum of $23, 315; just about enqugh to pay tho salary of tho su perintendent in charge. Wo have been informed that no larger appropriation can bo expected for tho improvement of Crater Lako park until tho peoplo of Oregon havo mado it accessible by a good and suf ficient wagon road. This yo havo done and we do not feel that it is jus tice to the general publiu of Jackson and Klamath counties for tho gov ernment to oxnot any tax whatever as a privilege- of seeing this great natural wonder. Wo cannot help but feel that tho aot of Sooretary Imlliu gor in placing this tax upon oiir ef forts whs ill-advised and wo thoro foro most respeotfully ask that you tako this matter into consideration and grant us tho relief prayed for, by an order removing taxes for tho privilege of visiting Crator Lake, and your petitioners will over moBt hum bly pray, oto. KXKOUTIVB HOARD OF THE COMMERCIAL CLUB. RICHMOND, Va., July 24. "Tell Harry that rather than seo him con victed I will confess that I killed his wife myself" was the message Beulah Iilnford sent from her cell hero to day to Henry Clay Beattie, junior, accused of having murdered his young wife in order that he might resume relations with tho Binford girl. "I do not care what they do to me," Misa Binford continued. "Life Is not worth living now. I guess I am just as well right hero since Harry rnuBt stay In Jail. Ho sent me a message last night asking mf-not to forcet him. I could not if I wanted to." Tho Blaford girl, who Is held as a material witness against Beattie, is near collapse. Beattie, tho alleged slayer, continues cold and Indiffer ent. "I have nothing to fear," he said today. SUE FOR ROAD SUBSCRIPTIONS Medford Commercial Club Asks Judg ment Against M. H. Payne for Cra ter Lake Highway Subscription Which He Refuses to Pay. Tho first of n series of suits to bo brought by the Medford Commer cial club through Colvig & Reames, against delinquent subscribers to the Crater Lako highway fund was filed Saturday in tho circuit court at Jack sonville, against M. 11. Payne, who lives on Hoguo river a few miles bo low Pumice hill, who subscribed $200 toward building the highway ami then refused to pay a cent. Only a fow of tho subscribers have refused to pay, tho majority keeping their pledges. Suits will bo instituted against all these delinquents, us the ciub raised the money to complete this section of highway by depositing those subscriptions with the banks, tho latter, with Colonel Ray, advanc ing tho needed coin. The complaint reads in part as fol lows: 'That tho plaintiff in tho month of March, 1910, was contemplating and proceeding to build unu eonstruut u highway or road from Medford, Or., to Crator lako in Klamath county of said state, which said highway was intended to bo for uso of tho general public when traveling to and from said points by wagons, automobiles or otherwise; and tho building and completion of snid highway was deemed a'd considered by tho plain tiff, and all porsona who subscribed or aided in tho construction thoroof, to bo of material benefit to tho gen eral public of said Jackson county Or., and particularly to tho citzens of Medford therein. "That tho abovo namod dofondnnt is a resident of Medford, Or,, and ho and mnny others requested the plain tiff to undertake and comploto tho building of said highway from Mod- (Continued from Pago Six.) WICKERSHAM SAYS CHARGES ASH OS Lie Is Passed by Attorney General of United States Who Accuses Alaska Delegate to Congress of Testifying Falsely Before Committee. ACCUSED OF SHIELDING PERJURERS FROM JUSTICE Temporary Adjournment Forced by Disorder of Principals Little Progress In Inquiry. WASHINGTON, July 24. A heat ed clash between Attorney General George W. Wickersham and Delegate James Wickersham of Alaska today forced a temporary adjournment of the judiciary committee. While tho attorney general was testifying tho Alaska delegate said: "I can confirm iriy charges." 'Well, confirm them; make good," snapped tho cabinet officer. "I will," was the Alaskan's reply. "I say your testimony and charges are falsehoods," blazed the, attorney general and the committee adjourned to still the rising tumult. Complete-denial, of the charges of PsJjHPte Jame'5 Wickersham of Alas ka -that bis department had refused to investigate the alleged "grab" of Controller bay by Morgan and Gug genheim interests was made today be .fore, the houso judiciary comnjjttco. by "Attorney fjenerul Wicke'reham, The attorney general read a letter from the Alaska delegate which charged that the department of jus tice had "shielded perjurers from jus tice and permitted grossly incompe tent officials to continue in office under the protection of the depart ment, while competent nnd fearless officials were short-lived and always died officially as soon as they ran up against tho 'interests.' " Wickersham flatly denied that tho bids for coal in Alaska requested by the war department wo.ro not com petitive. EIGHT INCHES OR RAIN FALLS IN NEBRASKA LINCOLN. Neb., July 24. Beat rice a town 40 miles south of here, Is Isolated today by floods resulting from washouts la tho Bluo River Valley. More than eight inches of rain fell there within a few hours and tho Blue River today Is moro than tvo miles wtdo at some points. Tho damago to crops Is estimated at $1,000,000. HINES WANTED - TAFTJ KNOW Chicago Lumberman Took Means to Have Lorimer Know Who Elected Him to Senate Buutell's Letter Is Read. WASHINGTON, D. C July 24. Edward Illnes, tho Chicago million- alro lumber man who claims credit for tho olectlon ot Senator Lorimer ami who Is accused ot having com passed tho feat by collecting a $100,- 000 "slush fund" was again uoforo tho ueimto Investigating commtttoo today. Going ovor tho tight to elect a suc cessor to Souator Hopkins, Hlnes said that two or threo woeks before tho olectlon ho saw Congressman Bou- tell, who agroed to lnduco Lorlmor to run. Boutell also volunteered to sou Prosldeut Tuft on tho subject and did so. Illnes produced on unsigned letter In Boutoll's writing which had been ouclosod with a algnod lottor from Boutol to Hlnes. The unsigned let- tor road. , "I would llko to have Lorimer know who was the only man to go to tho presldout In his behalf ami bring away 'the goods.' " , " n i i . 7