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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1912)
'riwjawwrywgR& WW "nil Medford Mail Tribune M SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair tonight. Heavy frcnt. Clear. Slut. H, MIh. SW. MM I'orly-iit'iMMiil imr Dally - Hovi'iilli Yi'iir MEDFORD, OH MOON, I'MUDAY, Al'ltHiS, 11)12. No. 12. S3 CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL DEFAMES CITY K K 4 J CIRCULAR SENT BROADCAST TO INJURE CITY Labor Qrnnnlzntion Semis Out Mis sive Containing Knocking Libelous nnd False Assertions Regarding Medfonl nnd Rogue River Valley. Thousands of Circulars Printed by Guernsey Union Officials Plead Ignorance. Tlio Contiiil Lalior Council nf ,M'1 l'nnl and vicinity, E. Johnson, pnwidunl, (.'. V. Harrington, hocic. Ilir.V. IlilK HCIlt Ollt HOU'llll ItlOIIMIIIlI oiroiiluix defaming tli'm city iiimI (In; ItoKtiu "vor valley. Tlit'ht' circular hac been buried lirondoiiht our tho middle wwl mid arc calculated in boon hoiiioKockcrK from viwit iittj thiw HWtiou of Oiogou. 1 Tim Con (ml l.ulior Council luiil the eiimdur printed five or nix week ugn tv I J. Guornm'y. Gurrimry Muted llli iiioiiiiiik' thut he un m wo in (o Ki'Oii'i'V at the tiinii (tin! toftmed .o malm it stiitumoul today. Since tlio oiii'iiliir w nlilislinl it lias been houl hnindcnM over tin inidillii went mil liilt. V. E. Johomu, a barber employed in Hutu limn. hop i president of tlu t'oiiiinil uiiil ui Mich his iiaino up pimru at llio bond of tlio uiruular ax does Hint of C. W. Harrington, a painter, who ts jumrotaryiir the uomi ult. JohuKou oliiiiiiH that he known ludliiiMf nf the mutter, ami that hu hail only hoard it limuiNM'iI btietly. Other inciiihiTM of tin council nay Ihcv know inching of the circular. KhcIi member in Hiilit-ntepping the imitli'i jji'tliiisf out fioui iiiiiIiic an it w oi c. Mituhcnt of nrvuuiacil labor in .Mud I'm d Inilii" iixproHod thiuiMclvH a cr.v much diKiilid with the cir cular. Tlioy ohiiiIc charge that it wan the work of uuo or two "sore hmiilx" who have leaning toward the i. W. V. 0. 0. Parker, it member of the council hlalcM that he iliil mil ccn hwtr of the ciictilar until it hail heeu published uiiil distributed. He openly charge the woik to olio or two men who hid trying to guin recruits from Hid ranks of nrgatiirod lahor in Mod foul for the I. V. W. Seeinliirv Hun inglnii ilefcudcil the circular, aii that the statement wero true and all fuel could he stilt-Htautitited. Fouling Their Own Nest (Copy of circular hciiI out V. K, .lohiihou, l'ri'Mtloiit, CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL Wc, Hie Out ml Lnlior Council of Medfonl mid vicinity, deem it neccs hitry that hoiiiu hlep-i hhoiild he taken to inform tho workiiiKuian who ih thinking of chaugiiiK Id" location to hcuotit his condition, of thu trtio coudilioiiH it they o.inl in tlio Hogue ltier vulloy. A hunch of organized ii'oiuotorn, "hoohiers" itud real entitle men mo ndvertihiu tills country in Klowinj,' colorn. Tlioy do not huhitnte at any htalement to catch tho un HiihpeoliiiK', proHpcctive Hettler. All of tlio really piod land, which coinprihCH uhoiit two-fiftliK of the Kokiio Itiver valley, litis hoeu lmilit up hy milliouaireH and Hpeeulatoih, who hau hooHted the price out of the reach of the man of modumto menus, 'and wlio lire at present ndvoi Using; dehor! laud, with liardpan only u few iueliiiH under thu Hiirface, in which they miiht ncedH hhihl holes for fruit Iicoh that cannot mirvivo inoio than a few yearn, at from throo to five hundred dolluiK an acre. This entire country is overrun with w unemployed and disappointed army of ineit who Itavo responded lo this uiihtiriipulous iidvortiMii,'. Tho (iliurclies, lodgtm and municipality of Modfon havo made many contribu tions to charity in order lo tide tlieir unemployed through tlio win tor and htill moil, williiiK and an.ioiis to work, are heinj; for bread in Medfonl. And tliotiu doplorahlo conditions aro not confined to Medfonl alone, but oxist itdtu generally over tho stale of Oicjjoii. Skilled liuieliauioA are it) tlio samo boat with tlio common laborer rind aro liavinjr a hard striigglo undor these adverse conditions, Very t'ow aro at work. Tliis lelter Ik not put out, as homo ''booslcrs" claim, "lo got a corner on .labor," bill to protect the workingiuitu, Any sauo man knows that a "corner on labor," in those times of doprusMon nnd unemployment ,is an impossibility. Tlio day of tho houtostoitdor is passed in this vicinity, and uiilobs yon aro prepared to support yout'Holl' hy other means than diiy labor oitr advice to you is, do not como to Oregon, until such time when mutters have been so adjusted Hint you can at least find employment and not bo compelled to walk tho streets looking for work while your savings, uooiun nlated hy hard work nnd Huorifico, dwindle and disupnour. Pill HE'D STICK BY When La Folletto First Became Can didate He Stated Would Not Pull Out and Had Promise of Roosevelt and Friends to Stand by Him. Houser Declares Issue to Do Between Trusts Supporting Roosevelt and Taft nnd People for La Follette? I'UEKNO. Oil , April ... topllng to the charge of Coventor Hiram Johmmu of Cullforiiht that the donor (Ion ly JoIiiihoii, Anion ami (ilffonl Pliichot anil oilier progri'Kslut load urn of thu camllilaey of Smttor Ilob ert M. I.n Follette wn the renult of NtatmneiitM ho linil mitilit, Walter 1 (minor, I .it Follntto'n campaign innn ngor. Untied a long Htatemeiit hero today. Whntuver uuy or may not huvu been Kahl contenting tlio wltlulrawal ot thu l.a Follette cauillihiey, final determination of the courxo he should pumue wan mitito liy hluiHt'lf ami he pemoually notified Clifford Plncliot nml othcrM who arc now urging him to withdraw that once ho hud entered ho would go through to the olid, that there would he no turning hack or Hurremli'rlug, and addresiiltiR Plnuhot pomoimlly hu xatd to him; 'You protiittiud to go through with mo. (Wford, and t wltl not tcIcubo you from that firomUe. If you lenvo mo now It will he on your own motion. I hIiiiII nmnlii a candldntu until the nomination hi nmde. at tlio Chicago rouveittloii. Thltf Ih filial.' "Tho iHHtie Ik not wholhcr or not In the hour of dlnrouragumenl and perplexity duo to Intrlguo and treach ery ot thoHo who had heen Hiipportlng La Follette that I might have favored l.a Follette'H withdrawal In order to proHorw) IiIh health and Htrcngth, hut the IxMio Ik hetweun the Intercsta lit thlti country, repreflentrd hy men of the McKluley, 1'enroso and Murray Crane typo who aro Hiipportlng Taft, and men or (h-orgo Perklun, Frank A. MmiHey and Dan Manna typo, all poworH In the ntcol trutit, who are iMippoitlng ltooMOVult and who tiro (ho real hachhoiio of hla campaign on the one bide, nml the rank and file of American pcoplo on tho other, to whom l.a Folletto lookn for Htippint and to whom ho hau heen due nil tlicNo eatH In order that true rcprchcntntlvo govurumuuL ho ro eHtahlluhed," hy Medfonl Lahor Council.) C. W. llarriiigtou, Seorctnry. OF MEDFORD AND VICINITY WSCONStt 1 Dunn's Stancfon Good RoaJs M3SISSI E ,1 iiiU,i i i mi. m mii ii rr iiii iiiiilui i i i i, fi in irMwikix. t i i i rtni I I ' f ''JHViaHUMUML'UU LTlaUMVJ 1 WAVt I JERSEY MILLS PASSAIC, N'. J., April 5. Serious rioting hroko out today among tho textile workers at Garfield, across tho river from horo, resulting In flvo arrests. Tho trouble ntartcd when Charles Hothhlnhcr, an Industrialist organ izer, defied a munlfeato ngitltiBt pub lic mooting Issiiod by Shorlff Coulclln. Tho organlzor was arrested, but when a number of tho toxtllo Btrlk oib attempted his roocuo tho uhorUf's doputlcs usod clubs and revolvers, fir ing ono volloy Into tho crowd. Ap parently no ono was hit. Sheriff Coulclln yesterday posted notices rovlvlng an obsoloto lttw pro hibiting puhllo gatherings. Tho fitrlklnn toxtllo workers deoluro this action Ih a violation ot their consti tutional rights. NEW WAR MINISTER NAMED FOR JAPAN TOK10, April fi. Lloutouunt don oral Yusaku Uyara today was ap pointed minister of war of Japan, succeeding tlio Into war miuistqr Shiaroku Ishimoto. Yyavu sorved as a staff officor in tho Clilnn-Jurmucbif war, and in tlio ItuHsiit-Japanoso war was uldot' of stuff to General Nodcu, STRIKERS !,,..,, ..,, , ! UNDER ill I 1 i 1 a fi TO Ml u Viif 1' 18 V tTO M vM Win wA 111 J llillwlf UHiill IlHi I .lmMKlmSSSmnmK A vote for Dunn Is a vote to hill the LA FOLLETTE IS JUST BEGINNING FALLS CITY, Neb., April 5. "1 am just beginning- to fight," declared Senator Hoboit M. l.a Kollette, candidate- for the republican nomination for prefidont in an nildies.s before hundreds of people at Plntt-Muouth, where ho opened his campaign tour of Nebraska today. "1 expect to cativ both Nebraska and California," continued tlio sena tor, "and 1 e.pcct to go to the na tional convention in Chicago second in tho number of delegates." In his speech at l'lattMiioutii, Sen ator La Follette discussed the recall of tho judieiur.N, direct legislation, aud other people's pqwor methods, which were also Hie riuoipnl topics of ids speeches throughout tho day. Ho spoke in Mavnard, Murray, I'n ion, Wyoming, Nebraska City, Au burn, Stella and Vernon. ROOSEVELT SPEAKS TO WEST VIRGINIA CROWD , MAUTlNSniJUa, W, Vn April 0. With dlroct legislation nnd "jioo plo'u powers" measures as his thoino Thoodoro Itoosovolt spoko for 10 minutes boforo a crowd of 3000 horo today, good toads movement in Jackson co 'S ARE TREACHEROUS MEXICO CITY, Annl 5. -Supporters of the regime of President Ma dero wore thrown into a panio hero today when it was learned that a number of former prominent officials of the Mexican government had been charged with plotting to aid Zapata iu tho o oi throw of Mudoro. Among thoo accu-.ed are Alberto Granadps, former secretary of tho intorior un der Madoro; Jorge Estauol, former minister of education,-and Franoigco Gomez, brother of Emilio Gomez.' Madoro was greatly a'tfeeted by the charges and tint foreigners bore fear that he intends to flee from tho capital. l . Fifty rebels and federals wero kill ed, and 100 wounded today in a but tle at Yuatepcc, n shott durance from the capital, Tlio fight was still in progress at noon today. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON, I). C, April S, The house connuittee on tlio District of Columbia today unanimously ord oi cd a favorable report on tho Norris hill providing- for a pyesidontial pri mary in tlio district. MADERQ FRIENDS PPI LEVEES WORST FLOfl CITY OF MEMPHI Farmer and Family Drowned In Their HomeSeven Thousand Homeless in Memphis and Surroundinn, Country Great St. Francis Levee and Other Dykes Protectinrj City Giving Away Natchez Faces Serious Situation Last Block in Business District of Hickman Inundated. Crest of Flood Passes Cairo Drain Pipe Clogs and City Receives Scare Five Railroads Entering City Unable to Resume Operations City Wa ter Supplies Rendered Useless by Contamination. MEMPHIS, Trim., April 3. With the levves weakening noticeably un der the prehMire of u 4-1 foot stae of i water. Meinnhis todav faces- the i worst flood in the history of the city. Early this morning the Misi.nippi had rinen one foot above yestcrday'c stage, the high water mark now bein 44 2-10 feet. The nuthoritio fear that the xvcut St. Francois levee and other dyke-protecting- the city will break, and to prevent nuch a catastrophe great gnng of men today arc engaged in streuglheniiiK the various levees. FIreliiR from Flood. Ten- of thousand of per-jon to- .i j.i. . . .!.. .ir .:.... tiny tiro iiucin iruiu uie ui-uiui nv-iu I the St. Fnmeis Htibin, a it U feared imty. . W. W.'S OUSTED SAN DIKGO, Cal., April 5. Eighty deputy constables, wot and tired, but determined to remalu on guard against tho threatened Invasion of tho I. W. W.'a from tho north, aro patrolling tho north border ot San Diogo county today. Tho first squad was tolnforced by 48 more men last night, and nil oxpect to remain at tho county lino until tho Invading hordes have boon turned back. Fittoon more I. W. W.'a woro tnken out ot tho city by citizens last night. Thoy woro arrested during tho day, and at midnight, with tho' Jail lights extinguished, woro escorted to u big firo department automobile truck and takqn to tho county lino. This pro cess will bo continued, Chief of-Po-llco Wilson declaros, until ovory I, V. W. Is out of tho county. KILLED FOR 75 CENTS BY GAS PIPE THUGS SAN FHANCISCO, April 5.-Lur-ed into n room in his apartment house aud attacked by two gaspipo thugs, Julius Majaulet is dying to day from a blow on the bond. Tho mou got 75 cents for their pains. Both are still ut large. M DIEGO WEAKEN 0 IN HISTORY; ENDANGERED ', tho levee will go. It is estimated that 7,000 persons are homeless in Mem phis nnd the surrounding- country. City officials today discovered that tlio city's supply of water in sections of Memphis has been con taminated as ii result of the seepage, and an epidemic is feared. All resi dents have been instructed to boil ull water before drinking it. Natchez, Miss., today faces a ser ious situation, the Mississippi river there being- expected to reach a 55 foot stage. All river steamers aro Mvnmpcd by tile demands of farmers to move livestock. Situation Worse Hourly. The flood iu Memphis is growing more serious hourly. Already the water is flowing- over the St. Fraucis Ievco in n score of places uud with u 45 feet stage predicted within two days enormous damage is sure to ru- bttlt. Great apprehension prevails over the probability of the lcv.ejjjjpng uu nbre to withstand the Rreut pressure of water and hundreds of persons arc engaged in strengthen iii the dykes. President Koilough of the levee board is greatly alarmed over the situation. lie suid: "The city is in grave duugcr of a most serious flood. An oust wind would cause a. catastrophe and it -'S impossible to predict -what the out come will be." Seven arc Drowned. CAIRO, III., April 5. William Lynch, his wife aud three children, wero drowned in a flood near Bird's Point, Mo., today according to re ports received here. The farm house in which they lived was .surrounded hy water aud tlio family met death in an effort to reach higher ground. J. S. Carey and Henry Haker, far mers, also are retried drowned. Great apprehension and excitement prevailed here todav for a time, the rapid rise of tho water on Tenth street leuding to a report that tho Mississippi levee iiad given way. AC tor preparation had been completed to combat n serious flood, officials discovered that the water rushing in to the city was the overflow from the discharge race of a drain pump. Tho race, becoming clogged, resulted in great volumes of water flowing buck into Cairo instead of being emptied into an op'm river beyond tho city. Worst of Flood Oier. Cairo authorities at noon today is sued a statement iu which tlioy ox pressed tho belief that the worst of the flood had passed. Tho drainage district north of hor is desolated, with lumber, barns uud houses floating about iu tho flood, None of tho five railroads entering Cairo lias been able to resume opera tions. Of these the Illinois was the last to suspend, abandoning tho line wltou 11,000 feet of tracks was wash ed out early tudav. HICKMAN, Ky., April 5. Most critical conditions prevail horo toduy as it result of the floods. Itofugees with no money loft and littio food, aro floukiug hero from tlio surrounding country. Tho lust flock iu tlio business dis trict of Hickman was inundated yes terday. NEW WORLD'S RECORD IN TORPEDO FIRINfi PENSACOLA, r'Ja,, April 5. In tho face of adverse conditions thu United Statos schooners LuTrpimn and Monughan made a now world's, record Iu night torpedq firing Ir this harbor last night. Every torpc4o sent from theuo struck the bulUoyu of tho target. Tlio entire groti? &i flvo vessels made an average of 79 per cent, ubovo tho nvcraita far day light firing-. n