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city Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Clonr iiud wnriiiur. Max. 40, .Mlii. III!) ltd. Hum. 7!. SUBSCRIBERS rn(iini( to trot pnptr will 1it oho ruilvured liy phoning of (loo by 0 p. in. Illy HI ilh Yniir, roily lit Ml Ywtr. MtiDlYOlU), OUI'XJON. TITKSDAV, NOVUM IJJ3R Id, 1911 a tiff No. 203 LONG AND SHORT HAUL CLAUSE UPHELD PAUL beattTe repudiates recent testimony HQWEVERCOURT HITS INTERIOR RATES A BLOW Interior Cities Which Sotifjlit to Have ' Tht'lr llatcs Equalized on the Bases of Tlirouiili nates to the Pacific Coast Suffer Most. WATER TnAFFIC BASES FOn LOWER RATES Interstate Commerce Commission Finds Some Pleasure In De cision of Court. WASHINGTON. II. C. Nov. ' . Tin) cuuatltutlnunllly or tho long and abort limit cIiiiiko of tho art tu rogu Inti eonimumi wax oMtiihllyhed today by a dfiliidii of tho mm it. of com merco. Tliu written decision In. tho SHiUiini' ratti iiuhm. published today, iwyn: "hiMifur an tho lntorHtnto com iiumio uouiuiImIuii attempts to deter iiiIiih tliu roliitloii of tho lorn; and Hliort liant rates, Irnmpcetlvo of nb wdiit rule, ll exceeds' Hm aiitliorlty, fur It Ik ol wltlilii tho power of the (MiiniiiUntnn to any that 100 per c.nt. 107 per cent or any kIvuii por .HKtfJLji'1 uuUiipii or Ion limit rmtifliuililiPnttrTto llio const Ih iiccoh wirlly n niiixliiniiu, reasonable and iion-dltHtrltnluutory rato from tlio hh mo point of origin to an Inftirlor point." TIioiikIi thU decision enjoined tho reducing or rntua In Inturinoimtaln cllli'H, an tho Interstate commerce coiumlMiInn ordered, tho commission found witUfiicllon In upholding tho lonx nud short haul clause or tho lAvv. TIih court dlwucromi with tho meth od of (ho roininlwdou In determin ing h propor rato and In this regnrd It Is expected that a thorough hives Hunt Ion will ho iiindo liuforo tho case Im finally settled. Tho couiiulmtlon has always main tained tho constitutionality or tho lonx mid Mhort haul cIiiiiho, Tho commerce court omphnslxod Its authority undur tho law to grant ex ceptions to tho nppllcatlon of tho long and hIioiI lianl (dauflo, declaring IIh boiler that cities having wator truffle ar entitled to lower rates than HtluH whuru thoro Ih no wator I'oinpollllou. IIIlN Interior Points. This Ih a Kovur hlow to Spokane, Bonn and othor Interior cities which Houuht to Inivo their rates equalized on tho liimlrt of tliroiiKl- rittim to tho I'aelflo const. In thltt connection tho decision nay n : "For example, as Seattle ran got HiipplleH from New York by water, and iih Spokane, hocaiiHo of lta loca tion, cannot, Seattle cannot ho Hitld to ho unduly favored, .merely because tho railroad cnrrlois, In order to moot wator oompotltlon, charge a lessor rato from Now York to Souttlo, through Kpokano, than front Spokane, provided tho Hpoknno rato Ib reuson uldo por no, and tho Hoattlo rnto Ih not iinioinunorntlvo. Bo, too, If tho St. Paul-Henttlo rato Ih reduced to n point leHit than Ih reasonable por bo, though not unroinuuonitlvo, to meet tho Now York-Seattle rato, In order to enahlo Bt. Paul inorchantB to cem: ikiIii with Now York merchants at Hoattlo, Hpoknno could not complain merely boeniiso this rnto Ih not lomi than tho Ht. Pitul-Spokuno into. Hiiniuiary of Decision. "In each of theno Instances, Spo kane's ciiho la not unduly prejudiced, because, If a lower rail rate to Sont Uo were forbidden, Seattle would nevertheless, hy reason of Uh loca tion, ho nolo to hociu'o supplies hy wator, and would, therefore, In tho nature of things, luivo an ndvnntngo over Hpokano, Humming up, (ho declstou says; "Tho practical effect of tho Inter state commerco coinmlnslnn'H nrdor Ih either to compol u hlaukot vato from tho entlro onst to tho ontlrd woHt or prevent carrlerB from ijottluu " WEST PLEASED WITH REPORT! OE Governor States That He Trusts Men Continue to Behave Them selves aas Well as They Have Duf lii the Past Two Weeks. HERE TO GATHER DATA FOn USE ON TniP Will Return Ahout Christmas Time for the Purpose of Vlsltlnrj Wcstvillo. "I am Illicitly r.ratlflod at tho ro porU 1 lnvu received rrom Honor C'niirvNo. I," Hinted (lovornor OhwiiIiI Went, on liln arrival In Medrord till iniirulim'. "and I eanumtly hope that the honor men continue to do their work trnfuly and well. I have k!ui them a chanco to help thonmelvoH and In ho doliu; I hope that I have done tome little good." (iovcruor WVitt wputil Tuesday In Medford and Anhlaud for tho pur )oko or KalherltiR data which ho will n yhllo ennt on tho "KovornorH' apeclal," a train which will tour tho oniitorii ntnton, 18 Kovernorn makliiK the trip liu order to advertise their ronpectlvo statoH. Governor West will also visit (IrantH Pass heroro ro tuniliiK' to Salum, ami will bo woll posted on this onllro section of the (tnto. Tho governor finds It Imposslhlo to visit "Westvlile" on his present vUU but expectK to bo In southern Ore Kon In December for that spealal pur poso. This trip will bo mndo about ChrlstniBH time, and no doubt for tho purine of brliiKliiK a certain amount of tho Chrlstmns spirit to his honor men. "I slncorely trust that reports from W'ustvlllo' will rontlnuo to bo kIowIiik as they aro at tho present time. Tho experiment wo'aro trylnjc wltli theso men will mean much, If successful, not only to tho men them selves, but to tho taxpayers of tho state, ror at work on roads they aro not a dead loss financially. "I, personally, do not bnllovo that you will have any trouble with tho men. If 1 thought that I could not have undertaken tho courso I havo followod." (Inventor West will upend this af ternoon at Ashland, returning north to GrnntH PauH tonight. PATRIOT CALHOUN MAY LOSE HIS JOB SAN KWANCISCO, Nov. M. Tlmt I'ulriek Onllioun in hooii to bo huc eccdeil by Clin lies N. Hlaek iih prosi denl of the United Huilroiulu in the glut of it portdHlont rumor todny fol lowiiiK u reputed nicotine; of the own ers of tho railroad in New York. Calhoun nud lllnok, tlio latter at present vice president ami generul iiiiiiiiiki'I' are on llieir way weslwaid to iiiaku tlio chungi) ut tliu uununl meeting of tlio htoukltoldei's of the eoinpany uero on rsovemoer -. NOBODY DEAD; NOBODY SICK; DOCTORS WORRY AllBUDKKN, "ViiHh., Nov. 11. With few bIcIc and nobody dying, Aberdeen undortakors nud doctors aro getting worried. Sovornl of them nay they will unit uiiIobh business plekH up. IiuhIuohh which thoy now seouro with out loss, by making rat oh enabling tho inorchaiitB to moot market com petition. " Tho court ojijoluod tho onforco mont of tho commission's order re ducing tho lutermountalii rates, pond ing final determination of tho ciibo, N NN DELEGATES TO MEET AT CANTON TO ESTABLISH GOVERNMENT izw: 3 r . -M-: ;., A U -TTT'i TT ! ' - ' . A M"-t t IT-.': i 1 ISSOil FINES ra DUSTS IT Fifty Thousand Dollars Fine Is As sessed hy State Which Also Was First to Attack the Standard Oil Company. JKI'TICKSON CITY, Mo., Nov. 11. Tho supremo court of Missouri to dny lhaucd a writ of ouster enjoining tho International Harvester compnny from doing busluosH In this state and fining the trust K-0,000. It wns Missouri which first oiiBted tho Standard Oil company from the Htate as a combination In restraint of trade. The decision was tho result of a report by Special Commissioner Theo dore Hracu filed September C on the ouster suit begun when Governor Iladley was attorney genornl. Tho report alleged that tho com pany had violated tho Missouri trust laws by controlling practically all tho standard plants and makes of har vesting machinery. Tho company's roply admitted Its connection with tho parent corpora tion of New Jersey but denied that It bad violated any of tho laws of tho state or .Missouri. ALLJFOR BABE Mnkos Effort to Stop Stampede in Order to Save Indian Woman Lies Today Near Death but Child Is Safe. LOS ANCIHLICS, Cal., Nov. 11. Miss Nelllo Frances, a cowgirl In tho omploy of a wild west show, Ilea por hups fatally Injured In a hospital hero, tho result of an effort to Btop a Htampedo aiming steers and lluffalo which had headed for tho topoo of Mary Uaglo, Sioux Hquaw, who had given birth to a papooso earlier In tho day, Tho moment Miss Francos saw tho cattlo headed for tho tepee, alio real ised tho danger, and, Jerking a lariat from her belt, hIio took a Htaud direct ly lu front of tho charging animals, This partially chocked tho atampodo, but while hor attention wiib turned to ouo wing a lluffalo lit tho other wing charged her. Sho was hurlod HO feet lu tho nlr nnd rocoived In tornnl Injuries nnd a broken left arm and right ankle, Mary Knglo and hor papooso os capod Injury. Look nl tho ads that offer em ployment nud you'll find tho right one. ESTER COWGIRL RISKS " itwKt ' - ix&JimrWffi '! .'TTI vitbhs " t rr "rtfffwf?. ' -. jv,i4 ?H& . -i WWMTy ,r 'i klm AynsKk - : vw jrxpy . j"f j im3Bm ". - - THE RjVEiiyvND.DRElCJN IiE51DENTUl. SECTION AT CANTON. CHIEF ISSUE TO T OF Republican Leaders Plan to Make Tafl's Anti-Trust Records the Issue Upon Which TIjlWjII Base Their Floht for President's Re-election. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 11 Republican milional lenders arc jilniiiiiiiK to win President Tuft's re election by political strategy and they are shifting tfie bntlerouud of the presidential cuuiMigu to the ques tion of the enforcement of the Sher mnii nnti-triiht law. They plan to ninko I'resitlent Tail's aiiti-tnist record tlio ibatie up on wliiiih they will base the fight. And the president is devoting much time and spuee to that subject in pre pining lii-s animal message to con gress. He will dismiss the tariff quostion with mere rcoommendutions to the tariff board and endeavor to force uetivo d'usioit of tho piv eniincnt's nttitudo toward the various trusts. 1're.sident Taft will uluini credit for till prosecutions waged by the gov ernment iigHiiist the trusts that have been nud are today undur fcdcrul probe. lie will reeoinniPiid tu his message n federal ineorM)ration law gtiiip the government cloi.cr ttuntrtil over the integral parts of the big trusts nnfter they have been It-fially dissolved He will, howeved, oppe-o niti incorpora tion scheme supplanting the Slicruciu law. RICHESON TRIAL TO START JANUARY 15 BOSTON, Mns., Nov. ll.-No further attempt will bo mndo to post pone the trial of Hew Clarence Hien eson, charged with tho murder of nineteen-year-old Avis Liuucll, uis former fiancee, hy inducing her to tuke oyunide poison. Tho trial will now begin Jnnuavy IH, ltM'2. .lames l.ce, proiuiuont ut torney of Virginia, will assist in the defense. ONLY HOPE FOR WILSON LIES IN SUPREME COURT OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 11. De nied a now trial by Judgo Uurcholl, tho laat hopo of Cloorgo 11. Wilson of avoiding n 1C years ponitontlary son tonco lloa now lu an appoal to tho su premo court. RUtilMS, France Aviator Woy- mann, carrying two iKiosongora and (160 pounds additional weight, yes terday completed the round trip from Uhoima to AuiIoub, 190 mlloa, and return nnd at nn average speed of 73 ntllea per hour, IEEI 1 1 M V ' '. v '. J! MW COMMERCE COURT Crisis Comes as Result of Decision in Turninrj Down the Order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Rate Case. WASHINGTON. D. C, Not 14. Att acute situation developed In the career of tho court of commerco to day ns n result of tho court's decision In turning down tho order of tho Intorstato commerco commission granting lower rates to tho lnter- mountaln cities, and talk of abolish ing tho court, a movement warmly ndvoeatod recently by Representative Sims of Tennessee, Is again rifo. Sims nnd Ills followers point to the repeatod action of tho court of com merco In overruling tho commission, resulting In tho frustration of a ten yonrs' fight between tho Interior cit ies In the west for lower rates. After this porlod, Spokane, Salt Lake City, Hono and other cities had practically won tholr contention, only to havo it nullified by tho commerco court for bidding tho reductions by Injunction. Tho court wns organized In De combor, 1910, when President Taft appointed tho following members: Martin A. Knapp, former chairman of the lutorstato commerco commis sion, proslding Judge; Robert W. Archibald of Pennsylvania; William Hunt of Montann, John G. Carlaud or South Dakota and Julian W. Mack or Illinois, assoclato Judges, it S is PROBE 10 START Senate Committee on Interstate Com merce Begins Its Work of Invcsti Qatinrj Corporations Tuesday Many Financiers Will Appear. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Now 1-1.--. Whetlier "big business" shall he con trolled along (he lines of competition or by combination of loading corpor ations in tiio question which is njr.1 tntiug the minds of politicians and trust magnates hero today, in view of the proposed investigation of "big business," which begins hero tomor row with tho hearings before tho sn nto coinnutlo on interstate commerce Senntor Cummins of Town, a tuoiu ber of tho committee, said today; "Whether thoro shall bo competi tion is tho question. Tf competition our aims shall bo to perfect it; if combination, to rogulato it, "The business men aro ooinp'niu ing that under the present conditions there is danger of tho business o2 the V'r' . TA 1 WIPED M I m GUSINES REBELS SEND WARSHIPS TO AID ATTACK Leaders Confident That Imperialists Will Soon Be Forced to Surrender as It Is Known That Their Supplies Are Low. MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN DECLARED AT CANTON Robber Chiefs Are in Control of City Pirates Have Been Made Policemen. SHANGHAI, Nov. 1 1. Rebels aro today preparing to send tho newly acquired 13 warships, surrendered yesterday by Admiral Sah, to Nan king, It Is planned to wage a simul taneous attack by land and sea. While the warships bombard the city tho rebels will take advantage of the fire to attack the walls. Rebel leaders here are confident that the Imperialists will soon be forced to surrender, as It Is known their funds are low and their chances of replenishing their dwindling sup plies of food and ammunition aro slender. Emissaries of General LI Tuen Heng, commander of tho revolution ary forces, arrived hero today to meet Wu Ting Fang, secretary of foreign affairs of tho proclaimed republic and former Chinese minister to tho United States. j Dr. Sun Ynt Sen, the rebel leader recently roported to havo been In the United States, Is expected to bo pres ent to orbanlze a national bureau for tho proclaimed republic. Martial law has .been declared at Canton. Robber chiefs are practical ly In control of tho city and pirates and brigands havo been atado po licemen. FRICTION DEVELOPS AT NI'NAMARA TRIAL HALL OP RECORDS, LOS AX OKLKS, Xow 14. Uocniisc he as serted that his associate counsel Le compte Davis, had been dUcriminuttd against in a ruling by the court and assailed District Attorney Frodorieke for, ns ho alleged, refusing the de fense n privilege he Inula himself de manded only yesterday, Joepr Scott, assistant counsel for tho defense in the MoNamnraa murder case was sharply reprimanded by Judgo Rord well today. Tlio entire morning ses sion of the trial seemed charged with electricity, the friction botween tho court and counsel on both sides being at times very manifest. As the result of tho morning ses sion another tentative juror qualified. Ho is William J. Andre, a carpenter. UNION MEMBERS GIVE SIGNS OF MUTINY NEW YORK, Nov. 14. William Ashton's threat to call out tho 20,000 teamsters in tho union of which ho Is tho head lu an offort to bring tho city of Now York to terms and win tho strlko for tho garbage collectors la being opposed by tho members of tho union. Him Many toamstors throaton to doposo Ashton if ho forces tho program through, as tho teamstora do not feol that thoy aro callod upon to tako an nctlvo part In tho troublo botween tho garbage collectors and tho city. country goiug to ruin. Propositions to amend the Sherman law may also bo considered." Thoso who nro invited to appear before tlio committeo include J. V Morgan, 1-3. H. Gary, George V. Por kins, Bnniuol Gomporn of tho Ameri can Federation of Labor, and Presi dent lludloy of Yale, AFFIDAVIT IS SWORN TO BY STAR Wll This Affidavit Is Presented to Gov ernor Mann in Hope That It May Save Younjj Wife Slayer From Gallows. GOVERNOR TO DECIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING Attorney Admits That Much of Paul Beattlo's Testimony Was Perjured. WASHINGTON, D. C, Now 11. Attorney Walter C. Raldorson admit ted todny that Paul oBntlie made nn affidavit in his offioo Inst week re pudiating the mean foaturos of -his testimony, on which his cousin, Hqn ry Clay Beattie, Jr., was conviotod of the murder of his wife near Rich mond, Vn. Tho affidavit was presented to Governor Mann nt Richmond today, and for this reason tho governor postponed his decision on Tlcntti's appeal for commutation of tho death sentence. , A, ii - - Paul Uea'ttle gave as a reasoTTfo?- - hl3 testimony which ho now says was false that ho was In a bad physical condition at the time, was In great fear as tho result of tho suspicions directed toward him and wns affected by his confinement In Jail. Ho denied that ho gave tho shot gun to his cousin Henry on tho Sat urday night preceding tho Tuesday In last July when Mrs. Beattio waB killed. Ho also donled that Henry ever made a confession to him. It Is understood that Paul Beattio camo to Washington to mako tho affidavit In ordor not to attract at tention. Tho paper was forwarded Immediately to tho' attorneys for Henry Boattlo In Richmond. Has Been Confused. Since his return to Richmond Paul Beattio told confused stories of bo lug drugged and taken to Washing ton by three men. When ho was told a few days ago of tho report that he had mado an affidavit ho do nled It. saying that If ho had signed anything in Washington It was whllo under the Influenco of a drug. This story Is not generally credited, as Attorney Bnldorson Is a prominent lawyer of high standing and good reputation. Ho had no connection with tho caso further than tho fact that Boattlo and two mon from Rich mond went Into his office and had him drnrt tho affidavit. Ho said that Paul gavo tho affidavit frooly. RICHMOND, Vn., Now 14. At torneys for Iloury Claay Reattie, Jr., convicted of murder of his wife, to day pleaded with Governor Mann to grant the prisoner a ropriovo until itaftor the Christmnsn holidays. Rent tie was soutonoed to dio on November 24. Thoy also asked for a commu tation of the sentence. Routtio's fathor personnlly pleaded with tho governor, who announced that ho would decide by 11 o'clock to morrow. 1 is not beliovcd thnt tho governor will intorfero. Today's hearing wns secret. S0L0NS IN ILLINOIS FAIL TO AGREE; ADJ0URH SPRINGFIELD, III., Nov. 14. Tho two houses of tho Illinois loglslaturo being unable to agrco and pass tho appropriation bills, both adjourned siuo dio today. Governor Donoeti had Intended to proroguo tho legisla ture but tho housos "boat him to It" adjourning slno dio apd tlton receiv ing tho prooroguln moesngo from tlio govornor. ' Court Upholds Law. MADISON, -Wis., Nov. 14. Tho flV promo court of Wisconsin today up hold tho constitutionality of Utfl workmen's compensation act. t'