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Medford Mail Tribune Tv SECOND EDITION I WEATHER Fair. Max. .", Mill. IK). ItHittlvo Humidity, 10 Vet, Dully- HIUli Vrar Coflv 1'lrnl Vcur MEDJfOUD, (WMION, AV.WVHKI)AY. FIOBitrAUY 28, 11)12. No. 292. D no 11 W Ei 01 SillJIIIllllll il .. .. V , 4fo ' M d M . MOWS FINE OUTLOOK CRATER LAKE APPROPRIATION Will G. Steel Writes Thai Prospcqls fur Scciirlnu Hunilrcil Tliousnml atlon (or Rands In National Park Seem Bright. BOUflNE AND CHAMDERLAIN AND HAWLEY ALL WORKING Coniircsstuan Takes Cliaruc of Flht and Engineers Dill Tlirouijh Ap- proprinllons Committee. Will (I. Steel, hIik im iCiri'i'iiliiiK ,M t'd fti ill Mini .Im'kiMiii county hI Wnh IhrIimi in (lit iiilutrr tln f'no.uoo ((HilimiiiiK appropriation for huildriK lilgliWM.v in thi' ('rater bike National mit, wiil under ditti of Feb. 23, thftt ptiiKMH'U it ic good for MiifiiriiiK the nppr print ion. mid Hint Senator Itiiiirni Miitl ChitinlicrlHiii hiu! Rcpie wuImIUh llMtttay Mrti working liKt Tiojitn fur the mircwu nf llm iiicm hur. .Mi. SIM write: SinnH Si-ciiiH (VHiiln. ''for lht ml ui'k or tu tlityw 1 Imvii been dHVoting my entire time mill Mlentinu tu tlic appropriation oomiuittmw of tliti Mtimtn mill hoimn, 1,rfMmnfttf ftiifpi ? wMu -m imp, or Tour!', tiie Jtiiiunimo 01 wo fijclit already mnih in lot It.v tin' hick of mum' out' hero to follow it up, wliirti I tin nut believe will ln tlm liihc. I In Icy Iiiih iiiironghl wakem-d i'i mill is iluiiiK noble work for ('ruler l.nke. lie Hitiriitwrcd tin matter lor imc liffotn (hit huiixe oiiiiuiili,i', mill in entitled to m xri'Ht deal of credit I'm the iiihihht in which lie worked it mi, mnl I believe will lie ulili' to hold tin commit ten in Iiiih, in which cnc wc will K't tin full $1011,000 at Hun . h'iiHl. "Them U im niiimtion iilmiit our Rltl'IMMH in tlll NOiltttO. Am pllllll full of I liw mibjui'l right now mnl wth I liiul tlm tiiiui t ft write n lout; letter going into tliitiiili. Am to deliver cv irul lectures in llm next few day. Tonight I lecture in t lit l-'oumliy .Motlinilint clinch of thi city. Tluri in nullum: iimro can Im done lien' for 111 ll'ltxl IttO UllMltllM. No Help fioiu Ibtlliomlx. "I iVt'l tlml hoiiio ollu'i' oi'iihl hhoiilil help in this work hiiidc Med ford, lint no other locality will do it, mid 1 urn dotonniiiod lluit Mcilfnrd ahull got tho full bunufit for her loyal miiMH.. "I Imvo importuned tlm railroads for viinr for aid mid put only hot mr. Thoy ought In pay liliorally, for every person limy liiuil to tlu luku will lie u profit to them mid tlmy know it, lint limy know of no way in uliinh tlmy ran nuMint iiiidiir (he inlei'.Hlale eiiin meri'ii law.' tSiuiiu old htory llii.i yiiar. Helling mi ()iioiient. "J mv linn Selling in a caiiilidiiln for thi) I'nilml StatOH soiiatu. lie did everylliinc in hih power to dnfiuit iik in llin Oregon lej,'ihliitnn, ami yet Im would Imvo kiiII oimmiH to appivil to kuullii'iii Oroxon for voles, when Moiiini) jm working in niiiu-oii and out of Htmsiui for iih. Ilolli he and Cliiim lunlaiii are dead kiiuio for m, and it iplimmm nm lieyond cxnri'hsion In sou Hnwloy 8winj into linn and work for Dm in duml oiuneHt, mid do mmd work too. BY UNCLE SAM WAHIIINOTON, I), 0., Fob. J18.--Tho Iioiiku eoinuilttoo im fnrolgn af fali'H today voted uuiinlmoiiHly to in port favorably ConwoHBiniin Hulzor'a rosuliitluii cauKNiliilutiiiK tho puoplo of China nit minuiniiB tho powniH ami rititluH of milf Kuvonuuont, Thu lOBolullim Ih oxpootod tu puhh both lUMIBOH of connro8, BRYAN KEPT BUSY DURING OREGON VISIT PORTLAND. Oro.. Kob. a. Wlllliim .1. Ilrynu will Im tiiirtlly iiiciipluil In 'or t In it il tomorrow atdM ii'iiui ami o ve il I ill,' Ho In Mi'lmiltili'd to -nt al leiiMi tliruo t tiiit'H mnl to HpiMik tlireu or four I linen, lie nlileH all tlm IiiiiuI-hIiiiUIiii; mnl oriflilcnl lut I'liatM on par ty BecietM Unit no with tlm vlull of a iiiitlonul Imuler In i-iimpiilKu iIii.vm. IN WITH S200Q IS OBJEGTOFSEARGH W. C. Rcartlo of San Francisco Mys teriously Disappears Anxious Wlfo Enlists Authorities in Search for Him Foul Play Is Feared. Willi two illmiiniiil rlimn valued al moro i linn toon mnl nearly that amount of money In ohhIi on hlx per imiii, W. C. Itenrilo, wild to lie from Hnu Kratii'ltu'o, htm illnoppmiroil. .Mr. Itimrilo Iiiih appealed to tlm police to niHtliU hur In locnliiiK til U. Iteardu ilUiippisired from Anlilaml TuiNHlny moruliiK. Tlm nvenliiK he fore Im ami liU wife arrived from Hun Krnni'Upo and ittopped over for a few iliin. TmiHtliiy iiioiiiIiik hu In fnrinoit liln wife Uinjt, he was koIih; Tfown lowrn to kcI nhaveit. He wn later traced to a barhor nliop where lv wiih Heeii to hoard an automobile with two MtimiKerH mid Htart oten Mll'ty for thin city. 81 wo then he Iiiih mil heeu neen. .Mm Iteanlo lieeanie alarmed mid appealed to (he AmIiIiiihI imlke. I)e tuctlviw ar now at work In thU city eudeuvnrltiK to neciire mime trucn of I ho iiiImIiik iiihii. Foul play Ih feared. Mm. Iteanlo hIhIch that hIic kuowH of no u'iinoii for hiu dlHiip pearmice. T IIKNVKIt, Col.. IVh. 2S.- All Col orado today Ih nhlverliiK In one of tho woritt lilUtnnlH of tho winter. In Denver tho thermometer la HtaudliiR below rem mid to uitikn matteirt wniKD a heavy miiow Ih fallliiK. th third Hiiiivv Htorm to vUlt tho city In tun iIiih. .Many tralnn are Mailed throughout thu Mtate, with thoKo riinuliiK l"t( Denver many hour behind their ui'hediileH. A further drop In tflinnurnturo l predluted for toulKht, tho weather itnociiMterH oievtliiK terrific wind to iii-company the ilecreime, O lOc. ES Ct w C 1 1 "? r2r tt - -- .,, Ij J. . ' V i a m - -- . "vrta!!1 ' v 1 1 li STRIKERS WIVES i! AGAIN CHARGED AT E. Mllltla and Police Attack 250 Women Who Arc Quietly Wnlklitn Alonfl, Street Several Women Knocked! i Down and Trampled Upon. . , ( REPORTED STATE TROOPS WILL BE WITHDRAWN' 1 Mill Owners Declare Removal Will Dt Signal for More Rlotlnjj One Arrest Today. I.AWItKNCi:. .Miihh., Kch '2H. Wiik and motliern Miffercd iipiin to day in the lxiwreiiee textile sink'.; when Troop It of the lntc inilitii, aided hy m fnri'e of pidiee, churned 'J.'ill woiiieii mid h ii'ore of men who were ipiietly wulkitiK iiIiiiik lsc htreet. The eliHrxe eaine suddiiily and without warning. Althoiieh the kiiihII anuv of slnk er broke mid ran for xheltor, offer. iiUC not the lijht(t reniHtiuiee, the envaJry purHiied wuiii' if them as far iih the Common, hlockh away friun the heene of the oiiiual I'linre, Sev eral women were knocked down ami trampled Uhiii hy Milieemeii, who u m i'd their eluh freely on the men. One policeman ktmeked down a wom a a with a Idmikjiuik.' ..'.. t wan ruporteil liore,- iodny-flmt flovetnor Fiim Jia ordered Colonel Sweetor to he prepared to withdraw the militia from l.nwreuee before tfnndiiy. The mill ow ners deelare that the withdrawal of the Mldier will mean mine rutin ;,'. FEAR MASSACRE By MEXICANS 'WASHINGTON'. D. C, Feb. 2S -Tho (idmluihlratlou fearH a ulaiiKhter of Americans In Moxlco which thiiH will force an American invasion nn the roMiilt nf tlm Incendiary state ment today kIvcii out by Sanchez Aueoiia, .Madero'H Becretary. FoIIowIiik lufortnatlon of tho state itmnl'H bul tu; Ifituiod, Fruiildeiit Taft, Heeretary Meyor mid Acting Socro tary of Statu HiiiitliiKton Wilson went Into a protracted conference. 11 In believed hero that Azcoiiii'h Htateineiit waa iHSiied to caiuc America to modify Its position ro- KardliiK a noutral zone to bo policed by American troops and It Is feared that tho American occupation of much a 7.01m would raiiBO n iiuifcHiicro of AnierlrniiH.lu Mexico. Senator I.oiIko today said that PreHldent Taft hud deolarcd the Bit- MY HAT'S IN THE RING, (v LAWRENC - "--sss-issrspi "rK 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 'i I 1 11 - King of Wall Street Who Made a Fabulous Fortune Promoting Steel Co:irlKht. 19t0, by American Prra S FOR LA FOLLETTE POIITLAND, l'.b. J8. Making the direct eliarp' that Colonel Kooi-avelt, "doiible-eri)M.ed" I.n Follelle and that the Wifcooiihin treiiiitpr en lei Oil thu nice for the lepublienn prebidouiial uomiuiitiou at tiie uariint Mtlicitatiou of Kooovelt, Walter lloiieer, of Wiihliintou, I). C, ami eauipaiKii nuinaj;er for I.a Follotte, issued a statement here this afternoon in wliieh lie predicted that m Follotte would enrry OivkoiiiiiiI Califomia dopite the "flopping of (lovarwir .lolnisttn. nation cate." "very dniigirUiiB and dell- DOUBLE 1 -r i n ur 1 nrk r-i 11 " t U 1 . .1 I I. 'ULI-1LJJ1IJM I 1 Association. HOLDS UP BANK ' Al SAN JOSE SAN JOSK, Oil., Fob. 2S. Boldly onterliiK tho bank of J. A, Costa In North Market utrcot horo today, un unuiHsked robber hold up Costa al tho point of a rovolvor, took $1500 from an open safe, and, rushing out of tho building, leu pod into a wait Inn automobile and with a companion escaped In tho direction ot San Franclbco. Tho bandit bucked Costa Into a back room, gagged him and bound hi 111 to a chair. Costa was not dis co vorod until Honry Ballads,' who has a real otato offlco In tho build ing, arrived to begin work and dis covered tho captlvo banker. Costa, after entering tho bank this morning, openod tho sato. Whllo his back was turned n man entered quiet ly and when Coitu looked toward tho entrance again ho was covered by a rovolvor, hold by an unmasked man, who bad his hut pulled down low over his oyos. Tho robber marched Costu with his hands over his hoad to a had; room. After blading him securely with n rope ho carried and gagging his vic tim with a portion ot a tablo cloth, tho bandit went to tho front of tho bank and looted tho safe ut his lelsuro. CAMPBELL INSPECTS & Thomas 1C. Campbell, state rail road coniinlsBlonor, loft Wodnosday morning for Uutto Falls In ordor to Inspect tlto Pacific & Eastern rnll rond. Mr. Campbell Is on his an nual Inspection trip mid Is going ovor all of tho railroad linos In this section. Ho will loavo this ovoulug for tho north. EVOLUTIONISTS ATTACK TEXAS CATTLE RANCr Boldly Crossing Border Line, Mexican Rebels Raid American Property. Stealing Cattle Pursued and Routed by Posse of Cowboys. INSURRECTOS PREPARE TO MARCH UPON CHIHUAHUA Mexicans Warring About Juarez for Invasion of Capital City Un easiness Along Border. KL 1'ASO, Texas, Feb. US. Wild with oiithu-mmn following their tak ing of Juiirez, the rebels are iiiiikmiik in mid around the captured city, pre paratory to a miirch n;;Hinwt Chihua hua, capital uf Chihuahua state, which will be bcpin tin evening. General Campa's victorious rebels were joined here today by Colonol Itojns with S00 men, kw olliim; the iu Mirrceto nrtny here to fully 2,000 men. KuMly cro ins the botimlRry, Mex ican rebel today pIiiiiikciI tiie theater of action from Mexico to Texas by raiding tho Wilson cattle raiicli, nenr Alpipe, where they stole cattle and engaged in n battle with the pooe of Americans who pursued thorn. The maurauders wore overtaken and in tho fierce fighting thut'folUnvod four of the invaders were killed and Charles Tuttle, mi American was wounded. Hadly beaten, the Mexicans cross ed the Rio Grande river at a ooint where the wator is shallow and escap ed into Mexico. Intense excitement prevails along the bordor today as a result of tide; and other clashes between American cowboys and Mexican rebels. Heavily tinned. Atuoricnn posses are patrol ling the international line mid are prepared to fire on any .Mexican ruau ratidcrs that attempt to cross into Texas. Hunting the Moxican bosiogera n strong band of Amoriean cowboys, after a hard ride, rouohed tho Nelson Morris ranch across the line in Mex ico, near Siorru Ulancn last night and rescued the hard preyed defenders. Hi! RELEASED ON SURETY BOND NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. Foulke E. Hraudt, former valet of Hanker Mor timer L. Schiff, who it is ciiarged was "railroaded" to prison for 30 years for alleged burglary tlirough n con spiraey of Schiff, detectives and oth ers, won at least a temporary release from prison today when ho wtis freed on bail from tho Tombs. Tho $7500 bail was provided by n surety com pany. Hrandt was in mi agony of four when ho loft tlto Tombs. Insisting that his enemies would kill him if he were not protected, he insisted on be ing guarded by officers. 'S RESI6NAT EXPECTED BY REBELS JUARI3Z, Feb. 28. Within 21 hours, In tho opinion of rebel chiefs horo today, Frunolsco I, Mudoro will resign as president of tho republic and General Kinlllo Vatrtuoz Goinoz, his political rival, will succood him. President Mudoro mndo ovory of- fort to stamp out tho uprising but tho rebel leaders learned their trado under him and are as roloutlesB In their demands that ho resign ns ho was when at tho point of tho bay onet ho forced Diaz to floo trout Moxlco, According to tho robol officers, Mudoro will not keep up what thoy torm a hopeless struggle. REVOLUTIONISTS AY 0 N RS i FIXED PRICES EOR INDUSTRY United States Steel Corporation Op erates in Restraint of Trade De clares Expert of Stanley Committee After a Thorough Investigation. CONTROLS RAW MATERIAL SO ELIMINATES COMPETITION Profits of More Than a BIHJon Made In First Nine Years of Trust's Existence. -f -f -f 4- STEEL FROM THE INSIDE. 4- Stanley cointtiitlco expert reKrt that: The United States Strcl corporation operate ' in re straint of trade nnd controls 80 per cont of the country's steel trade. It manipulates prices through the Gary dinifers. It eliminates competition through control of raw ma terial nnd interlocking con trol of companion. J. P. Morgan & Co. were given ;?70r00d)000 in profits for promoting Jhe trust. Tn the- firdtr.imiet- yeti!r.Tt$f -its existence the- trust made "" aggregate profits of moro than n billion dollars. f -f 4- f WASHINGTON', Feb. 28 That tho social functions known as "Gary dinners" control absolutely tho prices in the steel industry and thnt tho United States Steel corporation s oporated in restraint of trade through this price-control and its domination of raw material, was the conclusion roiwrtod to tho Stanley iiouso steol investigating committee tou'ny by Fiirquhnr J. MuRue, the committee's export accountant. MaeRao's report was tho result of a detailed examination of the books of the steel trust, mndo whilo tho records were under subpoena by tho committee, lit sovorai particulars the report contradicts testimony giv en by officiate of the trust beforo tho committee. Tho Gary dinners, tho ro jHirt says, operated to maintain pries and exclude competition. Morgan's Fabulous Profit. A fabulous profit was made out of the formation of tho Steol Trust by J. P. Morgan & Co., wliieh framed the combination, the report says, tho steel trust books show it total of $(19,300,000 was paid tho Morgan con cern for finanoing the syndicate that organized tho trust. Of this, $G'J,5l)0,000 was a promo tors' profit, whilo tho renminbi $0, 800,000 was the profit on n bond con version scheme. In tho first ntuo years of its existence the corporation onrnod net, tiio report says, $1,020, (SS:,3SP, instoud of $$080,000,311, as is set forth in tho reports ot iho cor poration offioials. This amount to a not profit of $1.) a ton on finished steol products. lSestralus Competition, Kiglity per cent of tho steol pro ducing properties of tho country are dominated by tho corporation, tho re port says, although 1). II. Gary und II. C. FricU told President Roosevelt whon thoy absorbed tho Tcnncsso Coal & Iron company in 1007, that thu trust controlled and desired to control loss than (it) pur cent of tho steol busiiioss. Even in making its profits, the id port chargos, tho steel corporation re strains competition by concentrating tho greater part of iU profits in Us operation on raw materials and semi finished products, while uonfining tho finished products plants tn a low pro fit. This opera I en, according to the report, to keep tho price of raw ma terials up, to tho udvuutagQ of the comporntioii nnd the detriment of in dependent competitors,