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iMu Mall mtm city HtU i" K SUBSCRIBERS 1'Allliuf to not inir will Imve (ill rtilvrrt by iilionlnif of. flow by 0 p, in, MEDFORD Mail Tribune WEATHER l"n If Mnt HH. ltd. JlnmU (Illy 1!0 r rout. Mln III. Dully Hindi Vrnr. Int t y-l"lr nl Ynr MiflDjroni), omsaofr umiijkhixay, august 30. 1011. No. 120. SQUARE I Seek to Follow Up Advnntancs Gained Ijy Spokane Rate Case Decision nnd Prevent Readjustment Favorable Only to Portland Campaign to Do Vigorous ami Publicity Given Rate Problem Illinois Plan Fav ored as Best (or Both Railroad and Shipper Abolition of Discrim inative or Distributive Rales is Sought So Every Section Will Have An Even Break. Is Burned Out THK Mint foul Ttulflo bureau, which linn mivornl vrmh ponding before tho liittimtnlo comment' commlttou mill (ho ulnto railroad rom iiiIkhIiiii, linn IniiiiKUtntud n campaign to Hiilunlt to Iho people o( Oregon lit ttui uitxl general oleetlnu, mi tiiltlntlvo hill to establish equltnldf rntim for nil, mm xcIumIuIo of dlstnnoo claim for tho ontlro Mate. Tim Uj lowing ri'MHlutlnii litiM boon ndnptod utiil will ho Hont nil commercial dub! In tho ntato unit rn-oporatlou iinIk-iI: Itt-noliitlou .itopli-tl it .Mftlfoitl. "WhiToiiK In prartlro the railroads of tho Hlato of Oregon for nitiii) yearn havo dlrrlmlimtod In tholr claim rnlo nrhoiluhm by mitlntnliiliiK llf formit tilmm r:tnH for innwiui'iil of IraMr iivor tlmlr nmpertlvo lines up on iho iKiiiin iirllrlw, tho amount of tlr rule being dolurinluod hy tho point of orlKlu. "Whimum (lirforcnt nrhtlitlt'ii of niton for equal dlmaneo tiro uttnblliih ml hy tho vnrloim rnllroiuU which ran proporly ho Kroiipml In tho same claim of mllronilH, an liiMniired hy tho following llliiHtrntlou of rates: On tho iniitii lino of tho OroKon-WaHhliiKtoii Uitllroiul & Navigation Compnn) for ion 111 Hen uiiilor tho dlMnnro tnrlff tho flrwt claim rato-U 00 rents tho hnnilri'il pound, anil under n proforonllnl elium rato tnrlff for u distance or too mile tlit tlntl cliu rnto In 33 cent tho hundred poiiiiiIm; on tin Hnutliorn I'nelfu- Company ninltt lino umlor tho distance chin rt" for 100 iiiIIom tho tlntl claim rato In r.2 renin tho hundred, it ml under tho preferential ohm rato tho flrnt elan rnto for ion mile Ik 3T, roiitn. Whiirwi thin lack of uniformity" In n maximum illntitlico Hans rntoti niiiltli't9iiiulhtnliilnit of profonmlhtl clawt rnttm. for n hIiikIo community retard tint K"wth of tho ontlro utatu nt tho expense of tho mnny to tho enrichment of tho few, "Whoiwui for a normal nml iiatural development of tho ontlro State of Oioroii It Ik noiotmnry that n minimum illMtiinco tariff of olns rate Hhoulil ho (wlnhllHhoil for tho ontlro tttato applying iiulformlly to all hoc Hon upon tho name claim of railroad. "Whoron concerted uml united nrtloii of tho ontlro Htato In imces tmry lo bring ahoul thU needed roform ami readjustment of dlstanco cIiikh frolnhl rat on which run hunt ho nrcnuipllHliod through tho Initiative. Thoro foro ho l "lltiHOlvoil Hint thoro hhnll ho juihuilltcil lo tho volortt or tho State fif Orison a law JUIiik nml HiiihllttliltiK a uniform maximum illntntuv hIhmh rato i.ohoilulo nppllcahlo to nil hoHIoiik ami to all rallrondn accord. Iiik to Iholr oliiMHlflcatlon n flrnt olnwi, norontl cIiihh, otc, nml hucIi law Hhnll. prohlhlt tho kIvIhk f lowo-r ohmn niton for oqual dlntanco upon tho namo nrtltilo In liny charactor of profoinco, hucIi iih dlntrlhullvo clnBH ratitn, oxcupllmiK to tho uniform rliuwirionilnii In tho form of larRo HntH of urtlclon umlor Iohm carload commodity niton whoro tho rIvIiik of nuch would nuuiN fiwlly Rriiiil lo any city or community commorclal udvantiiKtm In tho con trol of markolw nnd tho illntrlhiillou of waron, or any utliur form of ox coptlonn to tho ulanHlflcatlou. llo It further "KoHolvod that all clllon nnd towim In tho Htato of Oregon ho Invltml to Join In ii campaign In tho attainment of tho piihuiiko of nuch u law hy tho lull hit Ivo of tho volom." "Tho Mod ford Traffic Human com- prlrim tho nhlppom and uiorchautu of Modford, HpoaUltiK of tho huroau'n iictlon, Pronldonl II. (I. ihirnott xald: (mriicltV Htatoinoiii. "Wo don't Hcont to not action from tho utatu railroad cmninlrinlnii and wo want u niiuaro doal with tho ront of tho Interior cltlon. Portland will nook to imlii nomo ndvantiiKO In tho oHtnhllHhinunt of proforontlal rat on out of Portland, laholod "dlHtrlhu tlvo" rnloH. Thoro In nn roanon why Modrord Hliouhl allow thin doidron of prlvlloKO Bookoni to rlpou Into" con trol. "Tho thliiK for tho OroKon ehlppor In to dotorinlno hln own niton, nnd If Iho ntato railroad conimlHHlon doon not attouil to thlH mattor proporly and iniiko o(iiltahlo ailJiintniPUtH, I lion tho nfilppor mimt dotorinlno tho mattor for iilmnoir, that In, oxorchio tho Inltlatlvo and In ho far an a uni form maximum dlntanco tariff In coin cornod volo It Into oxlntonco and iniiko It prohlhltlvo or proforontlal Hyntoiu now In voruo and which Port land will nook to coiil'nuo If not to onlarBo. i-Hl'MlK IIIIiioIh Ailjiistiuont. "Tho Ideal ndjiintmout In found In IIIIiioIh, nnd that it worku woll for Intorlor cltloa In oxomptlflod In tho Krowlli or Hint Htato In tho pant do cudo whoro out or tho hoiiio 800,000 Iucitiiho In population approxiumtoly CSO.OOO wiih dlutrthiitod to polntH oulHldo of ChlciiKO. Tho hiiiiio unU form dlHtanro cIiihh ralot'r- can ho noourod for thin Htato hy dotormluod action or tho Intorlor an iiKiilimt I'ort laud, alllioiiKli I' t'fml"! )t ho oxpoct od ut. Iho proHimt I lino to noouio tho niimo iiioiiHiiro of niton an provalln IIIIiioIh, hut tho hiuiio adJuHtmout In lu'luclplo Hliouhl lio In foi'ox horn, and It In up to tho votorn or tho ntato to noo Unit It Ih ontahllnhcd. "Wo huvo takon Initial Htopn ror a campalcu to Invoko tho Inltlatlvo at tho next ntato election In pannlm; a maximum dlHtauco tahlo or ratoH to ho applied for tho ontlro ntato and prohlhlt any deviation from thin schedule In tho KrantliiK of leaner dlntanco clann raten under hoiiio ophumolnm iih rompotltlvo cotulltloun, market comlltloun, natfiral iiilvnn tiiKoa, eta., hut tho hIokuii mimt ho oiniltahlo ratoa for nil, one nchodulo of dlntanco cIiihk for tho ontlro Htato. Thin doon not moan that commodity carload ratcn may not ho ontuhllBhod, and thoro need ho no roar from lens carload commodity ratoa an iiKltatod hy tho Portland Chamhor or Com inorco to nocuro a dlniulsnal of tho Modford nult an theno will novor ho ontahllHliod. "Wo will nnk tho co-oporntlon of every organization In tho' Intorlor nml conduct, n HyHtomatlo onmpnlBn In puhllclty, to tho end that wo may all Hocure a huuiu'o ileal." l l fT " C0RRIGAN RESIGNS GARAGE MANAGEMENT Tho viWKiiulion of J, U. ('orrlpin, iih iiiiiiiiiki'I' of Iho lluar Crook flarnuo, was ao ooploil loilay. Arlltitr fl. Ful lor Iiiih huoii iippniiilcd to (lie position, f f H: T T Look at tho ikIh for tho ohiimm to liny tho pvopcrly you nood ut u "rljjlit irloo," ' fim M tit SEEK CUT IN ICING CHARGE ASK EQUITABLE RATES TO ALL SECTIONS MEDFORD INITIATES BILL REGULATING FREIGHT TARIFFS TRAFFIC BUREAU ASKS HELP OF ALE INTERIOR POINTS IN PASSING LAW TO PROVIDE miss biuie 3URKE. . ACTRESS ESCAPES A WITHOUT A Bllllc Burke Flees From Flames In Carlcton Hotel With Only Her Dressing Gown James R. Kcenc Loses His Baggage. LONDON. Auk. 10. Whllo tho Carlton Hotel flro hero was In Ita holKlil latt ulKht Illlllo Ilurke, the American nctronn, fled from tho tinmen with hor drcHHlni; sown. To day nho linn hardly the proverbial "niR to her name," Jiunoa It. Kooiio, Wall Street iiiiib uato ami homomau, who han hecu III In tho Carlton for pouio time, was ouo of tho lnnt to leave tho hlnzlui; hotel. Koenn lost nil his bagRaRC. Tho heroen of tho flro were tho Hurl or Poulott and It. M. Hunter of Phllndelphln, Apparently with no thought ot their own dniiKcr, tho two men only emorKod from tho horning hutldtuK after they had thoroughly explored tho Binoko-flllod corridors or tho upper floorn and had guided noveral hyntorlcnl women to wifely. FIVE ZONES FOR FREIGHT RATES Interstate Commerce Committee Di vides Country for Convenience of Shippers Applications for Trans continental Freight Bureau Denied. WASHINGTON, 1). G, Amr. 10. To fiifilitnto tho onlorinn of now iftilronil ratos, thei nterstnto com morco' uouunission today iliviilcd the country into fivo zones. Zono num ber one lies west of u linn oxtoiulini; Houlliwcst from Oriiiiil lorliiKO' atieh., uloiii; the ArkmiHiiR nml Ok Inhomu lino to tho Gulf of Moxioo, Tho oilier four rout's nro in thu east. The commission hold, in n dcoision announced, that thu freight rates complained of by thu Spokano oluun Insr of coinmoreo woro unlawful and orderoil them suspomlcd for a period of two yours from November 15. These rates includo cIiiu'kos fov transporlntion from points of origin iu r.ono ono to Spokuuo, Walla Wal la, lliikor City, Lu Gramlo ami Pon illeton, wliieh, nat-'orduu to today's onler Hliall not oxoccil oIiiii'kuh from any point in the sumo ono. Tho omumission denied applica tions from n trniiseontinontul freight liuroau to establish rates from its- onsturu froijjlit liuroiius to intonnodi nto jmlntH iu thu middio wcstoni states nnd cauadu, wliioli are higher Hum llioso to tho l'noifiu const. TO .THE EAST Rogue River Apple Growers Will Re quest Reduction In Refrigeration Rates to Eastern Markets Along Lines of Those Granted Recently MEANS MATERIAL SAVING TO SHIPPERS OF APPLES Less Ice Required for This Fruit Than Any Other Placed In Same Rating as Vegetables. An effort ih to be made by Koguo river fruitgrowers to Imvo the rail ronds reduce tho refrigeration rates to eastern K)iiits on npplo shipments in accordance with u reduction re cently made from common points in California, where apples were plnced on thu vegetable list. It has been de termined thnt it requires Ies ice to refrigerate n car loaded with apples than niiy other deciduous fruit and accordingly tho vegetable rate has been applied to apples. On August 14 tho following reduc tions iu tho rate for refrigeration from common points in California to tho different' auUtim points named will be iu effectf' Destination. Old Hate. Xew-Rntc. ArkumJas $90.00 $o..00 Colorado ,80.00 4'J.oO Illinois 85.00 55.00 Massachusetts ..100.00 70.00 Kansas City ... 80.00 5-2.50 NT. Y. Cities .... 07.50 07.50 Ohio 95.00 05.00 tinlvcxton 05.00 55.00 Oklahoma .. .. 00.00 5'.50 Inasmuch as these reductions were granted fnun California common points it is believed thnt they will nlso be iniulu to apply from com mon points in Oregon. Tho present rntes fnun Mcdford to eastern points for refrigeration nro as follows: l'lnoe. ' Kate. Now York $82.50 Huffnh 00.00 Haltimore 07.50 'Chicago 80.00 ICnnsas City' 75.00 If tho snme ratio of reduction was nuulo from Medford to eastern points tho saving would amount to a con siderable sum. Is Called Liar 1911. by American Prc Anfoclatlon. OOVKK.NUR WOOtmOW WILfiO.f OF NEW JEiisrv. GALLS WILSON INGRATE; LIAR Chairman of Democratic State Com mittee of New Jersey Ousted After Stormy Session for Attack Made Upon Governor Woodrow Wilson. WALL STREET DIDN'T START PANIC IN 19Q7 AFTER OREGON'S BOOSTER LEAGUE Judge W. M. Colvlg Will Endeavor to Have Development League Meet Next Spring In This City Believes He Can Get It. Judge V. !!. Colvijj will attempt to secure tho next convention of tho Or egon Development longuo for Med ford. He leaves Saturday evening for Astoria to attend tho session which will open August 14 and whilo there will do much work iu an effort to Imvo tho leaguo chooso this oily for its next mooting whieii will meet in tho spring, Judge Colvig states that tho only expense over ntlaehcd to n mooting of tho leuguo is tho donation of u hall in which to hold its sessions Tho leaguo hns nlrondy mot at Ku gono, l'ortlnnd, Saiom nnd now it is to moot noxt week nt Astoria. MINNHAl'OMs! Minn. Usual conditions, woro rovorsod boro whon Kstbor Kndoll Olson, legally assumod tho namo nt Smith becuuso Smiths aro ho much loss common than Olsons, Look for tho ml that onlla for you nmom,' Iho help .wonted ndfli ASI1URY PARK. N. J.. Aug. 10. James R. Nugent, chairman ot the democratic state committee, was Oust ed today after a stormy session for an attack on Governor Woodrow Wil son. Tho action followed a toast de livered by Nugent. In which ho re ferred to Wilson as an ingrate and a liar and used other Insulting terms. Nugent's wrath at tho governor followed Wilson's stand against Jqmcs Smith, tho New Jersey demo cratic boss, who opposed James Slnr tino for United States senator, al though Martlnc had been selected at a statewide democratic primary. Smith wanted tho seat himself, and after asserting that his machine elect ed Wilson, demanded support from tho governor. Wilson virtually forc ed tho election of Martlno. Nugent's anger nt tho governor boiled over at a recent banquet and, in addressing tho assembled demo crats, ho flnycd tho chief executive. The state commltteo brought him to book today and there was n stormy session. Uy a voto of U to 2 tho chnlrmnu wns repudiated. During tho deliberations, Attorney Kraft waa thrown bodily from tho commltteo room by Nugent hlmsolf, who used "strong-arm" inothods. Kraft said ho held tho proxy of an absent committeeman. Tho election of a new chairman was deferred. FROM SINGAPORE TO VISIT LAKE Lady Cox Travels Half Around Globe to Visit Southern Oregon's Greatest Natural WonderOn Her Way Homo On Visit. Lady Cox, tho wife, of Lord Cox, an' Kuglis huohlcmuu, high iu the servico of his country, has oomo all tho way from Singaporo, India, to sco Crater lake, Sho nntioipates great pleasure from hor visit to southern Oregon's great natural woudor. Lady Cox 1ms visited nearly every gieat natural woudor in tho world and hns devoted much of hor lifo to study of tho beautiful iu nature. Sov orul yenrs ngo whilo visiting this country sho hoard of tho marvolous beauty of tho lnko nml dotonniued nt that timo to visit it. Ae sho was planning a trip homo to Knglaud through tho United States sho de cided to stop over nml viow tho umv vol of which sho hns hoard, so iiiiioh. So Declares George W. Perkins Who, Wildly Excited, Brands Story to That Effect, an Infamous Lie Denies Domination by Morgan. BITTERLY DENOUNCES THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST LAW Declares Present Campaign of Anti Trust Prosecutions Is Hurt ing Business. WASHINGTON, 1). C, Aug. 10. Wildly excited and flourishing his anus in the heat of his discourse, George W. Perkins- before the Stan ley stcelinvcstigating committee of the house, denied today that the Jforgan interests dominate the fi nancial world nnd characterized as nil infamous lie the state ment that bankers started the panis of 1907 for n purpose of their own, not knowing that it would get beyond control. Perkins bitterly denounced the Sherman auti-trust lair niuTpredJul ed that business disaster would re sult from enforcement of the law. He declared the present campaigu of auti-trust prosecutions was danger ous to all business, nnd character ized the dissolution orders of tho United States supremo as tho red flng dnugcr signal to every business man. The steel man further asserted that tho commercial supremacy of the na tion could not be maintained under tho Sherman law and that the bene fits which big corporations brought should bo preserved. Asked by Representative Bartlctt if ho did not ngreo with E. II. Gary on tho, necessity of government reg ulation of prices, Perkins, replied: "I ngreo with Gary that wo should Imvo some constmctivo action, but I do not agree as to government reg ulation of prices. But I prefer eveu tbut limit to going ou ns we arc." "What is tho trouble with the present system?" Bartlctt nsked. "Amorican business cannot go on under present conditions," Porkins shouted, hammering his fists down on tho stand in his excitement. "We aro going tho wrong way nnd some thing must bo done." "But tho steel and other corpora tions huvo been successful?" "Yes, somewhat," Porkins admit ted. "But wo have reached a poiut whero tho officers of tho governmont aro proceeding to break up stand ards of business without regard for tho good thnt tho company has done. They nro leaving that for tho people to find out later. I am opposed to any effort to break up the steel cor poration until somo ono has found out tho good it has done." TROOPS SENT TO QUELL RIOTS WITH STRIKERS Hundred and Fifty Thousand Men Have London In an UproarBusi ness Paralyzed Wnile Battles Are Waged With Police. LONDON FACES FAMINE; DRASTIC ACTION NECESSARY Government Takes a Hand to End Walkout Liverpool Also In Disorder. CHURCH LEADERS GREATLYJARMEO Powerful Heart Stimulants Are Nec essary to Keep Life In Pontiff's Body Pope's Brothers and Sis ters Aro Summoned. ROMB, Aug. 10. Despito official statements that tho popo was hotter today, a strong fooling of pessimism was apparent in Vatican circles. Prominent church officials do not attempt to conceal tho alarm thoy fool. Tho pope's brother and bistort Imvo boon summoned to tho Vatican and nro in constant attcmliiiico. LONDON, Aug. 10. After a day of the wildest rioting b ystriklng transportation employes and dock la borers that London ever saw, soldiers tonight are streaming into tho city from Aldershot and by morning tho world's metropolis will resemble an armed camp. Armed with ball cartridges, an en tire division ot the British army is either hero or on route. It will stamp out all disorder, no matter at what cost. Serious rioting, which has been in progress all day, Is expected to be even moro serious tomorrow, but tho orders from tho war office aco that the. disturbances must bo checked, no matter it tho sternest measures nro employed. Serious fighting, which ra In pro gress all day long on tho water front and at tho railroad stations, finally decided tho cabinet that only forco would quell tho outbreaks of tho starving and desperate strikers. Or ders were at once sent to Aldershot, whero. trains, their engines under full steam, were waiting, nnd tho move ment of troops to tho city began. LONDON, Aug. 10. With trains at Aldershot ready on railroad sid ings nnd their engines .under full steam ready to start with troops at a moment's notice, tho governmont today took a detlnlto hand to check the striko iu London, whero moro than 150,000 strikers today have tho wholo city In an uproar. Famine al ready faces tho ontlro city and tho workless thousands with their tons of thousands of dependants aro starv ing nnd desperate. In every street of tho business sec tion and all along tho docks battles with tho police aro being waged with savage bitterness. Traffic Is prac tically stopped In tho streets and wholo tho waterfront of tho world's greatest port Is paralyzed. Merchants are JosIng moro than $10,000,000 dally. Government Takes Hand. Convinced that drnstlc action la necessary to prevent an upheaval which might havo tho most bloody results, Homo Secretary Churchill, Chancellor ot tho Echequer Lloyd Georgo and other cabinet mlnlstera aro trying to forco a settlement. Thoy havo secured a list of tho strikers' minimum demands and aro bringing every lover posslblo to bear on tho omployors to Induce thorn to ylold. King Goorgo today had an oppor tunity to sco how sorlous la tho situa tion. In his motor car ho waa strand ed for a long tlmo bohlud a long lino ot desortod vans and finally had to abandon hla proposod routo to tho palaco and proceed by anbthor way. Stock Market Responds. Tho general fear that tho striko may bocomo ono of tho most sovoro crises In tho clty'a history was reflect ed In tho stock markot today. Rail road shares nro falling. Should somo action not bo takon at once to ond tho striko thoro la not n doubt thnt tho outlook Is of tho gravest. Great destitution already oxlsta among tho poor and mob vlol onco which may (111 tho atrcota of London's East Sldo with wounded and dying, la not too much to expect whon tho denizens of that quarter bocomo thoroughly arouHod. Already tho most turbulent scenmi (Continued on Page Two.) J