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Oregon. Hlfttorltal Setlriy nify M.ill ' -W i, "i I ! Medtord Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair nnl wnrnwr. Iilfttit front, tonight. My, flO, mn, AH I V H I rorly-itct'diid Year, liiilly Wi'Viiilli Vi'nr MEDFORD, ORIWON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1912. No. 19. Ll ..ll JI..1- 5!?9 V I i DAN ROM HEM FROST Llylit Frosl Is Predicted for Tonlyhl Dunucr Period Passed When Clouds Hiinn Over Valley All of Last Nitilit. Smtid(lno Only (lcsortcd to In Peach Groves Main Fall Heads off Frost Klnii. Danger from n heavy front iih tho. tOUIlll (If lllO lOOOIlt MtOI in linn pruo-limit)- iniHiu'd, according l t lt weather bureau. While ii Unlit front will icwiilt tonight If tho clouds pass tut It Ik piodloteil they will, It will not tin lnmvy enough to do any iliini ago, imperially If flii.'B are used. Tlio groateM danger has panned, a raltt fiilllnjt at r. critical inoiucil Friday I'Vwiliig." Tlin air litis warnii'il con siderably today and t TiIm will keep tlm mercury from dropping any great, illdltuiii' tonight uvea If tint sky clears. A precipitation of .21 of an lu.-li of rain fell taut I'Vonlng. bringing tlm total to .'t.'.') on tho morin. Tlu temperature dropped to 2S In rurlulu sections of tin valley Friday night, Inn for short periods only. HiiiihIkIiik was resorted to only to protect ponchos nint Htono fruits. I'cAm mill apples were not In any danger hi an)' time. Tint lmmonm ainoiint of molMtnro which foil dur Ini: tlm evening readily evaporated mul an lliU nmuhi'd tho upper air It chilled anil clouds formed which ef fectually iiitinifRTorr tti front "kim To date f.JiH'(i Jniiiinry 1, there has been a total precipitation in the vnllcv of 11.011, The normal for tin xiimn period based mi 'J I years report .1 II, Oil, showing tlm alley to i .'! Itillllih ahead of tln average. The IiiiIIoIh for (lie iiiimitrv 'l'i' lion on April It) have liccn prcpaii'il mid a ic now in tlio liiuiils n' llu piiuti'r, mid will lio iIi'IivoiimI to tin 1'iiiiiitv oli'ik at tlio firxl of tlm work (iviiii; plonty of tlini' for iliitrilmtion. A total of 108 cnmliiliiU'K 11 if to ho votoil upon, of which iiiiinlier (II mo ivpiililiomiK mul l 11 ro ilomoorats, Xoiirlv ovorv offit'C h ooiitoftoil. Tin) republican linllol in IIH inolios Imi ar 11 litllo o'or .'I fool. A PASSED BALLOTS READY FOR PRIMARIES OPEN LETTER TO VOTERS '111 tho votoi-H of Oregen: In twonty-flvo ycaiH of political Htrugglo I havo found ono great Ik hud ovoiHliailnwIug ami Including all othoiH- tho onoroilchniont of tho powerful few on tho rights of tho many. All tlio Iiihiioh of today aro but pIihhoh of this 0110 great (pics Hon. How shall tho Individual, thu fanner, thu workar ami all thorni who pay trllitito, lie set t'reo from tho 1111 Jimt eMictloiiH of tlm tarirr, tho rail roads, (ho money- power and other forms of oppression by spoolal inter ests? Tho comliluittlouii havo unlawfully taken poHHossluu of the wholo country.- Thoy control transportation, manufacturing, mining, capital and credit, tho niarkot prluo of overy ihlng tho fnruuir hoIIh, tho wages of men, women and children In tlio fno tortoit and inlium mid tho nuirluit prion of ovory thing the consumer must buy. Thoy htvo achieved this control except iib to a fow or tho older triiHls iilmoHt entirely under tho last two administrations, not withstanding the prosucutloua for which 110 much has been claimed. Increase In Ciipltull.ntlnn When HooHovolt becamo proslduut the total amount of tho stock mid bond Usuu of all comblnntloiiH mid trusts, IncludliiK thu railways then In combination, was only $:i,78l,000, 000, When ho turned tho country over to Tnfti whom ho had selected au bin HiiccoKBor, tlm total capitaliza tion of tho tntuttf and comblnatloiiH MUTISM NAVYSIZI3 U!"Pl:NDS ON KAISER 1'Tt X lTJVITJN .jr-'Jf.NC-n4 C Zl.T)H.CLCT fJL Wtll-flitt Spoilt er Chun lllll, lint I,ii(l nt tli llilllsli Admiralty, Intro ill,. 11I Mm- 11. mil i'iIIiiiiiU'h fur the com Iiik i'iir 111 tln I Ionic nf Ciiiiiinnii. The I'll xl I. mil iM-iiiiipiiiiu-il I In- Intro iliK'Hmi w Ilti 11 straight talk to (Jer iniiiit. iiiiinNliiu tin iiiiKini'iitiitliMi or a iriniiliitltiii of HrltWi muni construe ilmi in c .irn-ii'iiiiii . 11I1 (ieiiiuiiiy'K inn il 1 nitirniiinm. LA FOLLETTE IN 10 E I'KN'DI.I.TON', On.. April 1 I. Atlill!L' Ill I'cllilll lull III Hpli'lliltil honltli ami ilorliinnv ho I1111I iicvtor Im'cii Hiok "Mic in tin miiiil" uf tlni-o "i'iioiiiiiH who iloM'tloil mo mul tnoil to wrook my oitnipiiiKii." Soimlor Ui licit M. I.11 I'ollut:.' iiiiiiotinooil that ho wax romly d iiuiko tho himh-Kt fiuht of hiti lil mul that 11 II or com plotiivvr lii Malt OroL'tnl ho would pli'tiivv; his hliih'uldn caiiiiiiipi of von In' would mitki' 11 four ilnys HpooolimakiiiK campaign tlirniiliiiiit WiiNhinutoii, pniviilinc tho pniyiox kivom of WiiHliiuntdii ui mnkc ar raiij,,iiiciiU. Tho hIiiiiIko in tho xunu lor'n iiIiiiih wnx ocoaxiitiiod li- the 1I0 iiMiliN or Spotaino. SHitllo, Tnooiin; ('out ralia, Vmicnnvci' mul otlu'r Wiihhinuloii oilioH that thoy lie pvon an oppoilnuily to hoar him spcnl;. Walter UoitMor. iialioiial omnpait;n iiiauiiKor for Soiintor l.a Kolloljo, now in l'ondloton, xtaloil today tlttit ho wntild mi to Wifiliiiicton iih nhou Ii" (MiHtihlo to arraniio for tho trip. An immoiiMo miilionoo will civot Senator l.a Kollotto when ho speaks at an upon air iiiceliiu: this aftornoon I1010 from tlm stop.-, of tho city hall. ('ohI)u.vm, hotiioMonilorn, farmorn and onltlomoii today aro flookitii; into I'onillotou mid it in lieliovod fully (1,00(1 poioiiK will hoar tho Mciiiilnr. Mm. f.n Kollotto toilnv oprossi'd hoi' ploasiiro at tho plmiH lioiiig; iniulo hv tho woinon of I'ortlmiil for hor oiitorlaiumoiil whilo tlioro. If nrmiiKO iiioiiIk can do 111111I0 Mrs, ta Kollotto will npoiik in Portland in liolialf of woman snffriiKi PIIII.ADKI.PIIIA, Apiil UI- Prosi. dout Whilo of tho I'liitod Mino Work ors said today that mi fur 110110 of tlio minors demand had hecu granted, oithoi' wholly 00 in part. atunuuteil to tho enormous sum of $:iU7:i, 000, 000, more than 70 per cent or which wiih water. Prlijoa were put upon transportation and bit the products of tlio mines and fac tories to pay Intorost and dividends on tho fraudulent capitalization, Tho organization of theoo combi nations In transportation, .mining, maiuifiu'tiiiiiiK, money, credit mid the control of the markets wiih a criminal conspiracy. It was In vio lation of tho common law and fed eral statute. It was subject to pun ishment by both flue and Imprison ment, Moreovor, iindoi' the provis ions of tho statue, oyery such combi nation could havo been oujonod and it violation of such Injunctive fuiloral ON MI HARD CAMPAIGN OF OREGON-BY IHTJVfl F, Interest In Votlnu Throii(jhoiit Penn sylvania at Fever Heat Heaviest Polllnn In History of State is Now Under Way. Penrose Declares Roosevelt Cannot Secure More Thau 12 Delegates Out of 64. . PIIII.ADKUMIIA, I'a., April KI. With hoth tlio cainpain maiiiiuurH for I'lCHiilont Taft mid Colonel IIooh ovi'lt olaliniiiL' that today'h irimnry election will ri'Mill in an overwhclminc viotorv for their rcipoctivo candi datoi, intoio.Hl in the voting (liiiinli out tho state wnn at fever heat. Vt 2 Volook thin afternoon when tho vetiut: htniU'd, all indications niiiiti:d to thu licaviost polling in tho hintory of I'oniisylvniiia, Tho ltooM'velt hoouierH claimed their caudidati' would elect at least mv of the 12 delegates from Philadel phia. Sixty-four delotttoH will lie ehoM'ii lliniiiuliont tho htalo. Twolvo othern, iiieludiiii: doleKiitos at InrRo, 1 will ho elected to attend tho state nut t'niitm, -vviiicii iin.'viM .liny i, Cnitod StateK Senator Pe.nroHC, loadur of the Taft force, deidared thiR afternoon. that it was impossible for Honscvolt to elool more than 12 delegates from Pennsylvania. Other Taft loaders, howeor, doclim! to en dorse this iireiliotinu. Thoy admitted their inability to solve the depth of the Uoosovelt sentment hut insisted that Pn'siilont Taft would havo n ma jority. Tho. IIoohovoU mauaerK hi Tvllorii IWinsylvania, inoludinir Wil liam K. Klynii, and .Mayor .Mnp'e of PlttKintrjr, cliiiini'd their oandidatc would jfft Jiovon of thu el-jilt dolc fjato.H (0 ho eho-on in their section of tho state. The fiaht between tlio domnoratic prosideutial aspirants also is keen. (Inventor Woodrow Wilson's iimnn- : i.!..i ... , .or.s elaimod the entire Pennsylvania delegates hut the iidhoreiitK of Speak er Clark, disputed this, assorting their man will elect more than half of the slate's delegates. OAKLAND. Cut., April Kl. Stan ford won today's varsity eight oared boat rin'o hero. Washington was half a length behind thu winning shell, tunl California was third, threo lengths to tho roar of tho Washington enifl. R. M. LA FOLLETTE statute specifically made It tho duty of the government to execute tho law, i:ccutlvo to Illume If, In the earlier stages of trust formation the executive had UBod all the powor of this groat government to euforco tho anti-trust law, It would havo saved tho peoplo tho 'pay ment of hundreds of millions of dol lars wrongfully taken from them in excessive transportation rates and In exorbitant trust prices which thoy have had to pay for tho necessaries of life. Had UiIh been dono before these combined monopolies acquired such absolute mastery, tho peoplo would not now ho confronted with this momentous questien: Aro these trusts and combinations utrongor than tho government Itself? That Is the supreme Issue, Can tho peoplo free theinselvos from this powor? Can tlio unjust burden of fraudulent capitalization bo lifted from thorn?,' The trusts and combinations, tho railroads, tho stool trust, tho coal trust, nil aro scheming to socuro Home action by tho government which will legalize their proceedings and sanction their fictitious capitali zation. Tho situation is critical. It may bo oxpoctod from the attitude of tho supremo court aa shown In tho .Standard Oil mul Tobacco cases, that any act on tho part of tho executive or tho legislative branch of govern ment, giving countenance to a trust or combination will bo construed 119 an approval of tho thousuuds. of mil- BOTH NS CLAIM 0 NN VANA STANFORD WINS BIG BOAT RACE (Continued on pueo 8.) PRESBYTERIANS PLAN 10 BUILD Elect New Officers of Congretjallon and Instruct Trustees to Act as Bulltlinu Committee and Start Work on Plans at Once. Report Made to Congregation Show ing That Parties' Are Ready to Take Over Present Site at Once. At a mei'tinjr of the officer of tho ProKbytcrinli church held Krid.ty evening the trustees, were iusti noted to have plnns nmj specifications drawn for the erection of n new church, Ihn building to cost, com plete mid ready for occupancy, to gether with a new pipe organ, not loss than $l.r),0o0. .Thesg plans when pro. K)scd are to be wuhmitted to the church membership for approval mid if satisfactory to that body work s expected to commence shortly follow ing such uetion. ' As a menu of finaiicint: the new church project the ydiidnnaii of the tnisteoH stated that he had in mind the name of 11 local capitalist who had agreed to purchase tho present church site, nt the comer of Main and Hollv streets, nt the price aRk'.'d for it, $25,000, if the purchase would assure the erection of a new church building. With this assurance and a further ctinrnutcc. fnra members of the church nf donations amounting to $15,000 tho trustees were instruct ed to jverfeot tho plnns for the new chcurch nt once. Aside from the nropcrtv now occu pied by the church-Idling the Pros-1 by tc ruins own a lot 120x118 feet in size in the snine, block mid cornering on Hollv ami Higlith streets and it upon this property that the new church will be built, and 11 wot front age will bo given it. The trustees, who constitute the; building committee asked thnt W. 11. Oore be authorized to act with them ns a member of this committee and it was so ordered. At this same Friday night meeting three new elders were elected to serve for threo years. These were J. II. Ileuey, H. G. Wortmnn and W. II. Oore. The holdover elders arc C. A. Wenver, W. S. Gore, I,. P. Mack and K. N. Warner, J. G. Gore, llenunn Harrison. J. II. Coolev was elected a tmstee to servo five years. The holdover trustees are II. 0. Wortmati, J. F. liutchnsou, John A. Perl and W. II. Watt. Tho new deacons elected were John Drew and L. H. Warner; deaconess, Mrs. John A. Perl. The holdover deaoon is E. E. Gore and the dene- onesfics are Mrs. J. N. Miller and Mrs. Ella Stevenson. Keports from the various church mid Sunday school organizations uvro read and all of them showed a year of remarkable sueccess, both ti to Christian uplift nud finance. The pastor, lle-v. W. F. Shields, rejiorted that there had boon 05 accessions to tho church during tho past year, 50 of these being by profession of faith and !.") by letter. The church and Sunday school each has a member ship of over .'100. . W. W. UNDESIRABLES EVBUETT, Wash., April 13. -The suggestion thut that itinerant order, tho I. W. , may Invade Evorett Is not looked upon with pleasuro oltbor by socialists or by mombera of or ganized labor, Although tho social ists aro strong In Kvorot, only 10 members of the party arc roported to look with favor upon tho I. W. V most at thorn holding that tho men who havo been moklnu trouble la tho northwest aro non-prmlucors and for that reason "undesirables." VANCOUVER. U, 0 April 13. Reports received from tho head of fices of tho Northern Crown bank to day say tbroo armed mon entered tho branch at Lumby, near Vornonv 1). 0 yesterday and attempted to hold tip tho olorks. Tho umnngor resisted and wub shQt by ono-of tho bnudlts, but nt sorloualy woundod, Tho po Ilea captured tlio bnudlts, !ifi 0O0CHURCH SOCIALISTS CONSIDER Dunn Turning A vote for Dunn Is a vote to set Jackson county kick eight years. IJACKWAUI), TUIt.V ll.VCKWAIM). O TIME IN' TV FLIGHT! Backward, turn backward, O time In thy flight! Muko ono a judgo agaiu, Just for tonight. Urlug back my highways, so narrow ami tall, Roads without bottom, surfaco or wall, Streaks paved with cobblestones, sticky and slime, Unlit any old way ami any old time. . j Wear of progress I prayerfully bid For chance to sit four years more on tho lid! Backward, flow backward, O sad tldo of years, Hark to my volco and give heed to my tears, Tulk without recompense tears all la vain, Take them and glvo me my Judgeship again! 1 sigh for do-nothing days that havo flown! Whoa no sign of progress evor was shown, SlumberB soft calm o'er my heavy lids creep. Glvo mo a chance for four years uioro of sleep! SUFFRAGETTES WILL GREETMRS.LAFOLLETTE Loonl ladies who aro members of tho ennui suffrage tduh in this city aro planning to greet Mrs. Robert M. I,u Kollotto when bho arrives in this eiy noxt Thursday with her distin guished husband. Mi's. La Follotlo is making muny addresses throughout tlio nation urging votes for women and may muko a brief address on I that topio while Lu this city, Back the Clock PASS W H Git ANTS PASS, Ore, April 13. Bontloy Brumbaugh, the eleven year qld son in tho family of J. E. Brum baugh of this city, was accidentally shot and instantly killed at noon to day, on tho Pritehard ranch, four miles west of this city. Tho family resides in Grants Pass but tho futh- ! . . 0 !.., 1. . .1 a tr or is u pioiossor ur a senooi at vcr-i million, S. Dak. , . nnuf TS State Department Believes Mexican Rebel Commander is Deliberately Tryfnrj to Provoke American Inter vention by His Actions. Issues Announcement Which Is Direct Insult to United States Treat '! Consuls as Citizens. WASHINGTON', April 23. That rflenernl Pnsctml Arrrcco, commander in chief of the Mexican rebel forces is trying deliberately to provoke American intervention by hit action in breaking off official relations with the United States consuls in Mexico is tho belief here this afternoon of state department officlnls. Confi dential dispatches receiver from Mexico today give in detail the af fronts to the United Stntes purposely made by the rebel commander. State department officials point out that General Orozeo realizes thnt his revolution is crumbling and pre fers to fake chances of personal ag grandizement in a conflict with tho United Stntes than to lead a forlorn hope in his effort to bring about the fall of Madero government. Orozeo has openl" announced that hereafter he intends to regard Amer ican representatives merely as citi zens. This attitude is regarded here as a direct insult to the Unifed States and the state departm'ciil is ponder ing on how to offset this attitude without falling in with'Orozco's plans. HIGH PRICES WHEAT OFFERED PORTLAND. April 13. Bids for wheat in the Portland grain market today were the highest for years. Offers for club range as high as 08 1-2 cents tmck basis Portland "or other const points. Rluestem is now ranging at $1.02 11 bushel and buyers nre anxious to hold .at this high fig ure. The sharp advance abroad, due to crop damage iu tho territory enst of the rocky mountains has Mandated the entire trade here. WAY INTO WHITE WASHINGTON, April 13. Sus pected of au attempt to assassinate President Taft a man giving the name of Michael Winter was arrested at the White House after he had twice forced his way into tho private parlors. A claspknife in his pocket was his only weapon. Questioned tho man said ho is a Gorman subject who lutd vainly nsked the Gemma ambassador -for a letter of introduction to 'President Taft. On reaching the White House, he rushed up the steps and pnst the doorkeeper Ejected ho ngam repeated the perfor mance. Ho was then arrested. Win ter is 34 years of age, unmarried and poorly dressed. Ho declared ltd meant no harm to the president but refused to tell what ho wmite,d to talk about to the chief executive. Ho was taken to tho Washington usylum. whore ho was pronounced harmless. Crosses Channel In Air PAKIS, April 13.T-Ascendiuj,' from Issy, nenr hore, in a violont wind storm at 7 o'clock this morning, Avi ator Maurioo Prevosti accompanied by Lnvreneo Snntoni, London malin ger for Perdossin acroplancHs, made successful flight across the KitfclMi Channel, lauding at Kastcliurch, mtwr Loudon, at 1 :30' p. in. Thty UmM at Calais at 10:28 it ivHmhI tkpfar machine mid tkftn.rMWM! fbdt Jttghft. HOrOW 1MB IfHUIIHW. . , 0R0ZC0 WAN INTERVENTION BY UNCLE SAM FOR UN H MAN FK HIS K PARLORS -p it , '.. y,,-.3-i