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GrMji lortHi we Medford Mail Tribune Ml SECOND EDITION WEATHER M S.IV"r1f f ; A W llly- Mlxlh Vmr. 'orly.li'irwl Vimr. THJRTY-FIVE ARE ARRESTED Thirty-four Am Members of the In ternational Association of Bridge anil Structural Iron Workers Ar rests Made In 10 Cities. SAMUEL GOMPERS IS COMPLETELY EXONERATED Not One Scintilla of Evidence Found Showing That President Gompcrs Knew of Aliened Plot. ARRESTED TODAY. Al linliiiiiiiMij I're-nleiit I'. M Ryan, Acting Seeiolury Herbert S. Ilockin, Vice Prov ident Jnltii P. Ilutlor, Sptir fction Meadow (of Carpeu tn' inii(iii) mill Find Slittr llltlH. M Now York-Frank Webb. Patrick Pencil ami DuiiicI llrnphy. At Iiiiiihh Cilv, Mo. -W.J. .MoKniu and M. .1. Brown. At Peoria, III. .Iiiiiiiim Hay mill P.dwanl SimvIIh1. A I nrlri.il I'm nk .1. Miir phy nml Clitirlfi WnehuoUter. A I Spriujdlolil, III. Andiew IChmiiuiiikIi mill Murray Pun licit. At ClooHnd IVI.t Smith Mini (lnnrxi' Nipper Amh-ixui. At Milwaukee - Williiim ItvdditiK mid Herman Seiforl. At HI. I.tuiis 1'iuil .Morrin utiiLJiilio I l.i i ft'. ArNRRie:iJ:iiTni...hi ift-.v.' ... wiinini. . ..,.,,- till... !....... I. It.. 1 .im.ii. iiniinw illinium, Miiiii.-r ('nullity mid William Shupe. At Sytaou-e. N'. Y. I-:. E. Philip mid .lolin Cat roll. Al Ciiiriimiili - IMwiiid Clmkc and EiiicnI luov. Al )onor II. W. l.egleit- IHT. At Seniiiloii, Pn. M. H. IIhuiiiui. At Philadelphia - Michael CinniHiiit. At Ihilulli,. .Minn. Fied Mnoiioy. Al Davounoit. la.- Haldol Buckley. INDIANAPOLIS, link, IVI. II. Indit'ti'd by a fitdoml Kraml jury Intra on nouifiatioiiw nl' ixiiiiplicity in it iioiiiilry-wiihi ilynmnitiiiK plot wliich oiilmiiiaUtil in tlm dt'xlnu'tion of tlio I.'iH AiiKt'lnn Tiini'N hy .lolin ,1. and laini'M It. MoNaimira, !(.' lalior load or, III of tlimn uiomliorH of tlin lit lariialioiial AHsooiation of MiidKo ami Struultiral Iron W'orkoix, woro arriMtod today in 111 iihtoru cilio., I'oroinont in iuiportauoo of tlio lakon into oiistoily ly tlio IVdoral of IIoiiiIm wiik Frank M. ltyau, ptchidout; lolin P. Ilntlor, ico priMidout; llor- liorl S. llockiii, vico proHiilitut ami actiinf hoorolary, and II. V. LokIoi nor, a fornior mondial of Ilia umvii livn hoard of Ilia iron Worker. In iivai.v i'iinii wlitua tlm union mon wore arraiKiuil limy at ouoo ploudod not Kitilty to dm i'kax of couhpiriup; illo Ciilly to tranHioi'l dyuutuila from Mlala to Klalo. Thoy wora all ra liuihcil on hail mid will ho arrnijiu'l I at fii in United Slalen .hulpt Amloioii hi tlm f cdorn I ootirl horo Maroli I'J. Kvon in tlia midst of Ihu anohtH Ilia (iiiliHo of thu union mon heoroil a dihlinat triumph wlmn aooimatioiih lavoloil at Kiiiniiol OouiporH mid tlio id Inn offioinlH of Ilia Aiiiorioan I-Vd-orallon of Lahni' worn officially de clared to liavo lioon luiKoless. 01 llcialrt of thu department of jiml'ioo in WnHhiiiKton kiivo full mid fioo as niionilioii In Uoiii)H)i'ri and hits unso cial ok of Iho federation, dticlnriiij; that not one Hclulilla of ovidenea laid lioon proilueed lo kIiow Unit they hud any kiiinvlodpi whalovor of tlio al leged (!iiin.iiriuiy. Intimation tlm( (Im arroHlcd iron woikiirri expect ipiiol; notion in llioir ciikok wiih uiiido liy Prtmidont llyau when lie wmh talion into oiiatody. "Of courwi) vn won't ha (jlvou as much time an nemo otliorn," ho nniil. "It look tlio government hovcii years to not the hoof tniHt into oontt. (Coiitlauuu an luiuu 2.) Bon EADERS SCHWAB THREATENS TO RETIRE FROM STEEL INDUSTRY. KiWVwj ... JBV 'wNLftjP C-i r ttflH WX-Ei"(r His I I BBBHl lft . t ,Kry , Jr'.-. r 3 fr jtf iwJT . "lri ii 'liPl'''. fcimaFNHBH w If ItIbt iiiNfiffTiiB C HARLEM M bCHWAQ l.MIIMtTOV. D. (' IVh. II. "If Clio I iiiIituooiI Slcil Mil Imtoiiics a law I it III iTiln' from ilu kIi-cI ImliiMry," miIiI ( luirlix ,M. Stliwnli, of Iti'llllilH'lli, Ta,, Im fnn ln- nciiiKc riiiiiniK roiiimlllci. "I.'xInIIiik hiIch of iltif lot itti innniuj (o (ln ttclfun' if (lie ntt-fl liiilu(iy. To lower llicin ttotihl Ini iiiIikmi"." Iti'mlnili-tl of llio Malriiii'itl" of .inlivv Coiiuli llnil (lie M44l Imliihlry wan mil ili'iii'iiiliiil upon o prolciilto larlff, .Mr. Scliwali rrplli'il (lint .Mr. I'ariH'Klo linil Im'i'ii IIKc it rattier to liliu ami lo ttouhl not Ih tlntwit Into any (ouliotrrxy wild lilm. MAOEROMAYUSE WILL WIPE OUT 1 IRON HAND In Statement to United Press Presi dent of Mexico Declares He Will Suspend Constitutional Giraranlcc If Necessary to Keep Order. N'KW VOItK Kol. 11. PoHltlvo iloi'laratlou Hint lit will MUHpt'iiil tin roimtlltitloual Kiiiiranleo In Mexico If ii'iotary to rentont ortlnr, ami that alnmily ho Iiiih miihioikIoiI Hipho Kiutr anttMiM In oeral Mtatct In .Mexico. In iniiilo. today liy l'i wililont KrHiiclMcti .Mailoro In a ttilonrum from .Mexico City roralvo illiere. I'rtwIiliMit .Mnilcio' toleurHin whh aililrtotNoil to thu taltcil l'rutia uiul ohiIh iih follow m: "I Ktill lit'lliiva a iltmiocratlc ropiib- Ho Im poMilila In Mxlto. Hut IIiIh ilmm not prevent tlio mlmliilKtriilloii at critical tlnion hnvliix rucourio to the iinlliimy uioaHiiroM anthorlxoU liy the ailiululMtratlou. IiihiiiiiicIi an pin IiIcb a meaim of HimpcnilliiK the guar antcen, which It lltwlf urautcil. "I have alreHily applied thin in can arc to Hi'vornl HtatM, and prohahly will extend It to ntlioix. have do cldod to operato with all encrky uocmMutry to rt-CM(ahllili complete or der. If tlio Irouhlo Ih not doflultuly nettled, then I xliall replace the pruti cut mlnlHtcr of war with (icacrat Tri'Vlno." GAME PRESERVE AT TABLE ROCK Colonel Ray Offers State Game and Fish Commission Lower- Table Rock to Bo Used as a Game Pre serve ('ol. Pi auk II. Hay Iiiih offQiod tlio Klato t'ltino and flnli rommlHtdon lower Tnlilu rock ih ii kiuiio pro xorvo, conditional upon their foucliiK Iho iioilheaHteru harder and protect liiK tlio Kami) hy patrol, Tlioro are 11000 acrcH of land In Iho tract, IiioIuiIIiik foro.st laud, ra vlmm, uatiirnl moadowti and rlvor hotlniu - Ideal laud for hir-jo and Hinall Kiiuio, TIiIh Ih a natural kiiuhi rotrc'it. Al inoHt any t linn of .onr dour can ho fluuliuil. licit li inoiiutaiii and valloy iputll ahoiind. Tlio flrat inoiuoilal lh;lithotiKo In Iho United Utatoa Ih IioIiik orcutod at Oiown Point, N. Y on l.iiko Chum- plain, lu honor or tlio explorer for whom tho lnho In named, IUJ0DFORD, T United States District Attorney at Portland Declares War Will Be Waned on Every Questionable Or chard Company in State. POIl'I'I.A.N'li, Ore, Fob. I 1. "This In JiimI the Ih-kIiiiiIiik." mid United .State DUtrlct Attorney John Mc Court today HpenkliiK In regard to tlio arrctttH of A. J. lllohl and 11. II. Humphrey of the defunct Columbia lllvnr Oicliaril company and J. T. Conway and II. II. ltlddoll, president of tlio OroKou Island Dovoloptncnt compHiiy, for mttiiK the mulls to do- fraud. "Wo lilt uiul to wipe alt t;ot-rlclw quick land acliomuH out of Oregon and fit puiilHhmont will ho muted out to their proniotora," added McCourt. WarrantH for tho nrroHt of K. Delariu, picHhlcnt, and CI. C. HodgoH, another officer of tho wrecked Or chard company, and Frank Itlchurt, prtwldout of tho Oovelopiuoiit com pany, liavo hcuii liMdiod and will ho ttonod If the men wanted can ho found. Dolarm and Hodges are be lieved to ho la Canada 'and Itlchurt lu tho oant. lllohl and llumphroy will ho given a hearliiK this afturtioou hoforo Unit ed StateM Coiumluiiioiiur Cannon. Tlioy are at llhorty on bonds. McCourt wild that lie was satisfied that eiooked work marked thu bond mollliiK and promotion career of thu orchard concern, Tho company ap paruutly had floated $'1,000,000 bonda and had iihhoIh of possibly J'-fiO.OOO .lust how- miicli was secured on tho bonds Iiiih not boon ascertained, Tho orchard company, McCourt mild, operated through tlnuo branch- cm and their offlcorn had official ro latloiiH Insuring a distribution of hotidhnldorn' coin to all, According to rcconla eolzed horo tho WiiHliliiKton Orchard Irrigation and Fruit company wiih tho first of tho coinpiiules in tho field; then fol lowed the formation of tho Columbia Orchard company at Hoattlo and fin ally tlio organization of tho Oregon WiiHlilagton TniHt company of Port laud took place. sam mum STILL UNCONSCIOUS A lolotrruni received Wednesday from Sail Die-jo stales that Sam Mo Olumlon of (laid Hill, who was in jured in an unto ijcciilont Sunday, Iiiih not eiiico recovered uonnidons- 11CKS. His lirnlhei. dcnri'O AlePlen. tlmi oC ll0,,,op Cr,i 1h M0W wUJl liiiti. WILDCA CONCERN OJUMON, AVUDNKSDAY, ABE RUEF MAY FOR TESTIMONY Former Boss Still Has a Number of! i Indictments Hanging Over His. Head and He May Demand That They Be Quashed. TESTIMONY IS NEEDED TO CONVICT EX-MAYOR "t - Only Two Jurors Remain to Be Seated Befcre Schmitz Trial Starts. HAN l-'ItANGISCp. Ca. F'-li. 1 1 "Oiil Provl-Juiico' and Abe Itiiof know whotlior Iltief will tCMtlfy or not and what ho'll twitlfy to If ho does take tho stand " AMHhttant District Attorney Uerry today thus efiltomlr.cil tho problemat ic ultuRtlon confronting the common wealth In ItH do Ire to hnvo Hucf appear as a wltnttss lu tho bribery trial of former Mayor Kiikciio L. Schmitz. In Icsh serious phrase. "Abo Huof has everybody but hlmscir up in the air.' " Tho fornior mayor cannot bo convicted If Uuof does not testify. Ho may not bo convicted If Itucf doo testify. Itucf alone knows. And Itucf won't toll. There' a reason. Abe Itucf still litis a number of In dlrtuifiits liaiiRlni over his head. When he flnlshea nerving tho present term lu Han Quontjii he may have to go to prison agatn---nnlosH tho In dictments nro drjmijcd. That's the rub. Abo wants tnem ounshed and ho won't ro onjjm stand to toll uiij iiimii ii nit- arc nui. Hut two Jurors remain to be se cured before the actual Schmitz trial begins. Meanwhile conferences be tween Ituof and thu district attorney ceaso. Following a conferonco today District Attorney Flokcrt slated that ho will take no further steps In the matter until the trial starts. A fourth venire of 40 men Is In court for resumption of tho jury drawing today. ST BE BUILT SOON Golden Drift Mining Company Must Improve Conditions at the Amcnt Dam or Drastic Step Will Be Taken. Stale tlamu Warden Kin ley wriloh that thu Mate piaio and tili eom- niihhion hns intonaeit iho reeeiver and htookholdeis of tho Goldun Drift Mining company that unless work ! bejj'iin immediatclv upon n permaiieut lishway at Anient dam, clnihtio tops will ho lakou. Supurhiteiideiit O'Sfalley of tlie federal hureuu of lishuries has hceu authorized to install at tho Mute's oxpciiho equi)incnt needed to handle u liirfjo ipiantity of IM at tho Klk Creek hatchery. This will enahle tlio maturiii),' to (ho Huihliln sttijio of fiovoral million trout fry. TAXI SERVICE FOR Young & Hall are In receipt of tlioh first taxi, which will ho placed In sorvlco soon. It Is u uplomlld car, ulogautly finished. A socoml car will artivo soon. Later thoy expect to liavo their drivers uniformed ami glvo a first class sorvlco. Eliot Arjaln Travels. CAMNIHIXlti, Mass., Feb. W. Dr. Churloa Y, Kiot, president emeritus of Harvard, whoso world tour was interrupted hy an nltmik of ill health, today resinned his journey to Houk Ivonij from Ceylon, ucuordinir to a cablegram to his son horo. Tho party will uiuiool ninny engag-onionta nml nrrivo on tho Pncillo coast iu July, K Miiiiry HW 1 immUAHY 1 1, V.)V2 REPRESFNTATJVE CLARK WASIIIXfJTON, I). C, IVb. 1 I. Koprewiitatlw Frank l. Clark, of FloritLi, Ix'Hcvc lie lian unrovcreii another "hcamiai" in the dep;irtiiicnt of aKrlfiilluiv. lie hiicielc(l in iiidiiriii) tin lioiixe romniitUvs on cx Miitlltun in Hint Ieutrtuiciit (o agn upon an intchtlg.ition of the jwirt wlilcii tin tlepartiuent luis plajt'tl In jiromotliif; plans to tint In the Kvcr gluiles in 1'loriilA. The iiKpilry vtill prolwtbly include tin entire ilivl.tlon of (Intliiin. YUAN SHI KA 6IVEN CREDIT Empress Dowaner of China Thanks Ex-Premier for His Loyalty and Declares His Statesmanship Saved Her Life. PKKIX, Koh. J I. Clntniititc Yuan Shi Kni a )at audiouee. the dnwaor emjiret. today thanked the former premier for hie loyalty and declared that Itis tnteMiiaii-diip had prevent ed tho rebels from executing her and the baby emperor. Weeping bitterly, -he condemned tho younger Mancliu princes for having opjiosed the abdi cation of the dyua-ty. Yuan Shi ICai a&ured tlio omprons that the imperial ohm would he hmvn every court esy. "REQUEST COSTS" TOO HIGH SAYS EXPERT CHICAGO. Koh. II.- When the trial of ,1. Ojidcti Annour and nine othor iniHionairo Chicago packers was resumed today before United Stales .Judge Carpentor, Bornard Kaninior, an expert accountant, em ployed hy the Armour Packing com pany, was calletl to the stand. After identifying hundreds of "cost fchoots" already admitted in cidoucc, Ham mer contended that Iho Armour com pany loot money on tho 8alo of dressed meats because the selling ..... .4.. ft... ......1.1 4 r 1....... fl.n .....i... tlfVIIIC- Ul'H' IllltllllU tt' VI IHV ,llll- up to "rctjuest costs." Hammer at-1 tempted to show that tho selling price was invariably below the cost juice. , The government is booking to show that tho eo-t prices n- tabulated in ' tho "cost sheets' are inflated, UNITED STATESSEEKS RU$m I WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. H.-I Tho united states is today making preliminary negotiations with Kus- sla for a treaty to replace tho con- volition of 18UW, abrogated rocontly to expire , at nildnlgl.t Dccombor 31. IDlli. Tho uhlor difficulty to bo ovorco.no In it now ugreo.uont will bo tho question of passports for American .lows In Russia. RADICAL PRESIDENT UHHLIN, Feb. II. Final triumph of tho coalition of parties with tho socialists for tho control of thu roioli stair was completed with the election us its president of Herr Kuempf, n;e"a ono, which shows radical, I NF.ARItIS A "SCANDAL." llJrm jfop PROBE OF BRANOT GASE1SGHECKED Justice Gerard Says He Is Unable to Act in Accordance With Instruc tions Owing to the Constitu tion. NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Investiga tion into tho case of Kolko Brandt, formor valet to Banker Mortimer Sohiff, whs today unexpectedly de ferred. Justice Gorard of the su premo court, appointed by Governor Dix to probo Brandt's charges that he was "railroaded" to Sing Sing, an nounced that the state constitution prohibited him from investigating the case. Justice Gerard suit! he could do no work not iu direct connection with liit judicial dutios. Pending an inquiry, tho investigation will be halted. An other investigator, iu alt probability, will bo appointed. rive years ago Brandt was sen leneed to live years' imprisonment. Ho wa convicted of burglarizing the Sohiff mansion. Tho prisoner' frionds now contend that ho was "sent up" to -hiefu tho name of a member of the Sohiff household. I'pon tlie-e claim- Governor Dix or dered an ine-tigatnii SIX HONOR MEN COME FROM SALEM Jake Grieve Returns From Salem With Men to Replace Those Whoso H Terms Havo Expired One Here ono Five Days ' ' Joh ap ,.ot , T , , , nl"K r,om Salem. t"-lngliiB six honor lllu" wIt l' to roplaco those whoso tonus liavo expired among thu old forco at Wostvlllo. Ho loft with tho men on tho Paclflo & Kastorn for Derby Wodnosilay morning. "I had u talk with, tho governor at Salem and ho scorns much ploased with tho progress at tho camp. Work Is going ahead rapidly and I liavo a good forco 0( workmon, equal to any that I liavo ovor had. "Ono of tho honor mon employed at Woatvlllo camo down with mo sov oal days ago to got sonio dontnl tvork dono. Ho has spent flvo days what a trustworthy bunch I havo." Mowers. Max. II, Mln. a. Itclnllvo Humidity, 71 I'ct, m v No. 280. HUNT WALKS TO SS N At Noon Today, 50 Years From Day Arizona Was Admitted to tho Con federacy, State Is Added to Amcrl- ,-'' ' can Sisterhood. NEW GOVERNOR DECLARES GOLDEN RULE ADMINISTRATION At 8 O'clock Tonight Every Citizen of the United States Is Asked to Toast New State. PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. It. Exact ly fifty yfcarsi from the day Jofforsoo. Davis Mghe'ci a proclamation admit ting Arizona to tho confederacy, George W. P. Hunt iVos today Inaug urated as- her first state governor and she became tho 48th member of the American' srsterhbod of states. Simplicity was " tho keyaoto of the Inauguration. Military features wero entirely absent and Hunt, who began his career In Arlzou.a 30 years ago as a waiter in a Globe restaurant, insisted on walking to tho capltol, where ho took the oath. Phoenix is in gala dress today. Thousands of visitors aro hero from every section of tho torrltory. A great celebration Is planned for to night. Governor Hunt received con gratulatory messages from tho gov ernors of almost every other state At S o'clock tonight tho world will drink to the health of tho nowest state, It tho Invitation of tho Arizona committee Is heeded. Every citizen of tho United States has bocn-.tfi.-qucstcd to pledgo prosperity to Ari zona. In his Inaugural address Governor Hunt said In part: "Fellow Citizens: In tho name of the sovereign people of Arizona, who gave it, I nccept the responsibility conferred upon me. There is neither thought nor desire iu my mind to bo known to posterity ns Arizona's best governor, but rather tho wsh that Arizona nnd her governors hereafter shall continue to be progressive nnd that my administration encourage u constantly awakening public con science. 'Arizona is progressive and demo cratic, and my administration, inso far as my conduct can nssuro it, shall be democratic iu tho Jefi'ersonian sense which denotes equality, sim plicity and uuostentntion. "The offico of governor will bo open every hour of every working day of tho year, and many other hours." After outlining his plans to maku hi- administration one of strictly business principles, Governor Hunt said: "Iu a subordinate sense I have tried to indicate that my administra tion will bo strictly n business ono and the people's, money shall be wise ly used, waste prohibited and graft, wherever it may bo found, ox posed and punished; but 1 am far more anx ious that it shall bo known us a gold en rule administration, in which tho rights of all classes shall have equal consideration." Tho new governor closed his ad dress with a proiuioe of an oppor tunity for the people soon to decide upon tho principle of judiciary recall which was eliminated from tho con stitution at tlio request of President Tuft, in order to secure his approval of the constitution. Governor Hunt today refused to rovlow tho Inauguration civic parado from a rovlowlng stand that bad boon constructed by non-union labor. "When tho word wan convoyod to tho officials of tho now Arizona state Federation of Labor, thoy at onco communicated with tho offlcora of tho carpontera' local, who .ushod la borers to tho rovlowlug grounds. 'Within threo hours a now stand, constructed by union labor, had been built. From this Governor Hunt an nounced ho would rovlow tho parado. With him on tho stand wore William J, Dry an mid Governor Munthull of Indiana, Mayor Gaynor Better. NEW YOKK, Feb. 14.-Mii.yor Gaynor, who has been conduct! to his homo with an attack of grippe, is to day reported much improved. His physicians say ho will be ontlrely ro covorod within a week, APO AND WORN