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Newspaper Page TextI ... -1 Apple and Pear Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually MEDFORD 'S RAPID GROWTH year Ending: ltttdlte Bunk Pupa te Hilary. R et-eipts. Deposit, lata. mH $5,344. It) wt.ta) 2.100 ,lP .V5L' si' 477. iW ibUi 0.407. Z isw0 .I0O liW7 S,-J.J'..:i b-Vumu 4.JUI itm . . ii.iH;i.ij--, i.rjo.tM) r..::m) THE WEATHER. Fresh southerly breeze. Kaiu tonight and Thursday. Associated Press Dispatches. VOL. II. MEDFORD, Oli., WEDNESDAY, FKMIi UAH V 1!0S NO. 28!). AIL BIDS FOR BONDS REJECTED City Council to Readver tise for Sale of Securi ties Special Election to Be Called -Damon for Street Commissioner. Rejection of bids for the purchase of $4(1. mm 5'V per cent city bonds and tho read v or t Wemont for their snip v:is t ho principal act of t he pity council Tuesday evening. Wednesday :if tor noon l ho council will full a special elee tion to vote upon tlio issuance of $2v 01 HI additional improvement bonds, which represt tits tho difference in post between a wood pipe ami a cast iron pipe system. All members of the council wore pres ent except Olwell, wi... is :n California. A committee from the (J real or Medford pluli, consisting of Mosdnmcs M. L. Alfnrd, W. !. Vuwter and M. N. War ner, requested of the city fathers tho use of the council chamber in tho now pity hall for use as a public library, when the council was not in session. The reipiest was granted, and tho eouti pihnen passed a resolution to provide a $l"0 library fund by taxation at the next animal tax levy. Mrs. .1. K. Knyart addressed tho eoun p'd, complaining of the shacks at the southeast corner of Sixth and F streets as a menace to tho neighborhood. Tho matter was referred to the firo chief to report, next mooting. Tho liipior license retpiested by P. W. Wnehnti was planted and his bond ac cepted, after some debate. Ti. L. Damon was appointed street "commissioner and tho appointment, np- A petition from property owners liv ing near South K street to have the Standard Oil tanks removed was re ferred to tho building com in it too. Tho sewer committee reported favor ably on tho acceptance of the septic tank, and t ho emit ract ors ' bondsmen were released. Hids for the excavation of the pipe trenches for the city distributing; sys tem were rejected and new bills will be advertised for. OREGON HAS RIGHT TO SHORTEN WOMAN'S LABOR The T'nited States snpreni" court has upheld the constitutionality of the Ore goii law of February lit. 1 ):(, provid ing that no female shall be employed in any mechanical establishment or fac tory or laundry in that state more than ten hours a day. the decision of the state supreme court in the case of Mid ler vs. the State of Oregon being af firmed. Midler was convicted of viola tion of this law ami the state supremo court affimeil his conviction. Appeal wns taken to the United States supreme court on the ground that the Oregon law infringed tho right of an individual under the 1 l:b amend ment to make her own eont racts and oil the further alleged ground that this was class legi-thi! ion. discriminating be tween the sexes. UREN CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATE W. S. F'Ren ha announced his can didacy f..r I'nited States senator, in the republican primary, and comes out strong against Senator Charles W. Pul ton, whom lie charges- with being un friendly to Statement No. 1 and with being allied with Standard Oil and cor poration ad her.-nts. Mr. I' 'lieu nbo declares that TT. M. Cake is a comprom iser w1im ha-, said that he favors Un people 's choice fur di i ted States sen ator, but whit h:o remained silent nmb-r the attacks again it Statement 'o. 1. Several time during the hxt s;x month Mr. 1 'IN-ii ha openly tatt 1 that ho would like to be I'nit.-d Statis senator, but ha refrained from declar ing his candida. y with the hope that Mr. Cake or oim ufh. r man would take lip the cudgel in ib'ft tl'- of Statement Xo. 1. but ho has wearied at last of waiting for Cnke to act and lias ar rived at the ciiiH-hi'di'i that Cake is not aggressive enough to defend the principle for which Senator Ihmrnc rind (sther Statement Vn. 1 mm stand, BLACK HANDS THREATEN TO DECAPITATE DOCTOR ST. I.'ICIS. Feb. -0. Police are guarding 'he hmne of Dr. Julin K. Mi 9 Btriiia. .i prominent Italian, who re reived a letter (f)'in the l;la, k Hand threatening the piivticjan with d"crt pi ta tion mdes .V"i;i was forthc onOg. Oei.rg. W. Steel , Q..J through Med ford Tui lay uu his ft ay to sou! hern California. I ROW MAP TOJTAY Jacksonville Boosters Hold Enthusiastic Meeting and Organize a Commercial Club, Sixty Strong-May Issue New Pamphlet. The "boosters'" meeting held last night at Jacksonville was a great suc cess, the courthouse being almost filled with an enthusiastic crowd of both men .md women. The object of tho meeting was to organize n commercial club and a number of spoophes on the subject by Z. M. Gossett, Clarence Renmes, Cap tain F. L. Fvnns, Professor Wells, Judge Dunn and Will Coleman and others were greatly appreciated. ' The Jacksonville hand gave a num ber of selections, whieh livened things up immensely. Sixty members sub scribed at the elose of tho meeting. O. L. Davis presided and C. L. Renmes act ed as secretary. The club contemplates taking up the proposition made by TJ. Wells for the Sunset magazine, having n pamphlet, descriptive of the resources and devel opment of (hr. country about Jackson ville issue 1 to attract immigration and advertise the city. Jacksonville is awake, is on the map, and is going to stay there, joining forces wit h other ect ions to ma ke Kogue River valley the best advertised spot in tho northwest. H. G. M'KINLEY MUST COME INTO COURT Horace fJ. McKinley and his at tor iieys mt't appear in the federal court Friday iiext to show cause why the rocoids of the court should not show that MeKiniey's motion for an arrest of .-tidgnient had been denied. Since MelCiiiloy 's rnturn to Portland it has boon discovered that the court record shows that long ngo McKinley through his attorneys moved for a new trial and an arrest of judgment pending the cute imo of such motion. The rec ord of t"C clerk tihou-q Hoit llin mnlimi I for a new trial was overruled, but no I roi-nrd of the action of the court re garding the arrest of judgment has j been entered. It is to show that such ! record should have been made that Me Kinloy has been cited to appear in court. TOM JOHNSON APPROVES PROPOSED TAX REFORM Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland, (., who sprang into national fame through his redtentloss fight against corporations and in particular the street railway company of Cleveland, from whom he finally wrested a three-cent fare, looks with favor upon the pro posed exemption from taxes of labor products in this state. In a letter to a Portland friend Mr. Johnson says: "I have your letter of the 1.1th with eiicvlosures. You may be sure it gives me pleasure to know the progress Ore gon is making along the lines of adopt ing a system of taxation according to benefits received, and the exemption of those labor products which do not benefit by the outlay of public money in your state. "The adoption of the proposed con stitutional amendment must of neces sity enormously increase your wealth production. Monopoly now forces pro duction to a small part of the wealth producing land, whether it be fanning land, manufacturing sites, iron, -eon I or oil lands that be considered ; a vast acreage remaining unused held for spec ulation. ' ' Probably the greatest evil results from the fact that the more indus trious the farmers of any district, the better their buildings, fences and drains, the greater the value of un used adjoining wild Innd. Thus, under our present tax system, their progress iveness it capitali.ed into greater in debtednos to he nssnmed by their sons and daughters whrn they purchase near the old homestead, with in many cases the additional handicap that the best timber has been cut and sold. "Kxcmption of manufacturers' d chinery sod building, with thp com petition between manufacturers to sell gitud. hoiihl enable them to supply their output to the farmers cheaper, bv at le:it the amount of the tar they now pnv, while making n large profit a heretofore. "Prom every viewpoint your prop ortion commends itself to me as a long step the direction of justice and ft grander civilization "With heartiest best wishes for your surcttM, I urn. sincerely vonrs. "TOM L JOHNSON." MRS. W A YMIRE FOUND GUILTY SCHOOL CHILDREN HELP ADVERTISE MEDF0RD1N EAST Letters to Be Written by Pupils of Upper Grades to Scholars in Eastern Schools, Telling Them of Advantages of Living in This Land of Promise. A pnique method of advertising Med ford has been worked out by Professor Signs for the public school pupils. Sev eral hundred letters will be sent out by grades five, six, seven and eight, setting forth the advantages of Met! ford as a place to reside. These letters are to be mailed to pu pils of their own grade in some east ern city. Names of those who reply are to bo filed and handed to the sec retary of the Commercial club, who will send a Med ford booklet. JAPS SAY AMERICANS MUST PROVE CHARGES TOKIO, Feb. 2(i. Tokio newspaper declare they lire unable either tit refute or indorse tho criticisms of Japanese policy in Manchuria until American newspaper produce valid proofs of their assertions. It is pointed out that immigration ne gotiations having pome to a conclusion. some American papers seem eager to devise new pretexts for an ant i-Japanese campaign. While holding that present measures for restriction of immigration were in evitable, the Tokio authorities believe the prospective lack of labor will great ly affect the Pacific coast and Hawaii, and that the future of the labor ques tion in America deserves keen atten tion. NORELL NOT CHARGED WITH WIFE'S DEATH THE DA MjKS, Or., 1 di. 211. Tom Xorolt, who was placed charged with complicity of his wife, Sadie Xorell, rooms of a house in the trict, was released fro.u terdav afternoon at the under arrest in the murder in one of the rod light dis- eustody yes loe of a pro- liminnry hearing ! '.' I Donthit. The woman di. day morning, pr. I. .iM !:i of having taken :o :;. were married about : v. o Spokane, but were not li i.'C.ie Justice I t i yester i.n iho effects 'i'lie Norclls years ngo at ing together. The woman had reluliv land. living in Port MORROW IN RACE FOR CIRCUIT JUDGSHIP SALEM, Or., Feb. 20. Robert fl. Morrow of Portland this morning filed his petition with the secretary of state for nomination to the office of circuit judge for the Fourth judicial district on tho republican ticket. FRENCH MOTHERHOOD REDUCED BY TOBACCO PA KTS, Feb. 2. The lliological so ciety has received the reports of two eminent French physicians deputized to inquire into the vexed quest ion as to whether smoking is injurious to wom an or not. The overwhelming testi mony presented shows that it is, and that the use of tobacco especially in ter feres with woman's prime duty, motherhood, Statistics regarding the state of health among tobacco factories prove that the handling of toboeea and the making of cigars ami cigarette means early ileal h to a great many of the working women and girls. Among those who smoke, in addition to handling to bacco, the mortality is greatest. The investigation includes the collec tion of statistics regarding th" married state of tobacco workers. Tho figures show that a greater percentage of them than in other trades are childless, while the mortality among their children t exceedingly large. Mot of t he chil dren die at ft very early age. UGLY WIFE CAUSE OF PRISON SENTENCE 'H 1 1 Alio, Feb. 2(1. Marion Goodc iiottgh. three litres married ami iiioMht j or h .t-vf ar i Id son, who as .M arm in '.in y e r ducted a mat rinioiiial bureau in !'J;.in. Ill . wa found guilty today of having ued the mails in i-erpet rat J ing n fraud on William I ruble, of : Henrbon, Mo., by failing to procure for him A wife n ' ' wealthv and g I looking" nn promised in advertiemMit. sent out by her. Orable was married to the woman for nished by the bureau and whs sat is fith with her. though he testified he had been deceived as to Iht beaut v arid wi alth. Tljury decided that the descrip tion const ittited n fraud. Orable paid only i Marion (ioodonongh faces n jail sen tence. MERELY CASE Old Panel " Game Which Failed to Work-Mayor Lane's Character and Reputation Cleared From Designing Woman's Plot. P01tTF,AXn, Feb. 2(1. Mrs. Hello Waymiro and K. M. Itndding were eon v id ed by t he ju ry i n J ml go ( !a n t en be in 's court last night of cotisypiracy to blackmail Mayor flurry ha no of Port land. The trial, which lasted a week, grew out of a scene in Mayor Harry Lane's private medical office last September, us the result of which Iho woman and Kadding were arrested for attempting to compromise the mayor and blacken his reputation. The Waymire woman, according to the evidence, visited Mayor Lane in his office and tried to place him in a compromising position. The testimony on the two sides was flatly contradic tory. The prosecution claimed a plot to defame Lane. Tho defence tried to make the mayor out a sensualist of the blackest type. MORGAN'S DAUGHTER TO IMPROVE WORK WOMEN NKW YOII If, Feb. 2(1. Miss A hie Morgan, daughter of J. Pierpont Mor gan, has enlisted in a movement to im prove tin' condition nf working women in all the big cities of the country. The daughter of the well known fi naiicier is associated in this work with many prominent society matrons, who. on many occasions, have emerged from the drawing rooms to go on a tour of inspection of uninviting factories and accompany working girls to their board ing houses to taste their food. As the result of these visits KM) wom en will meet hero on March ' in confer once under the auspices of the Xnlionnl Civic federation. HARRY THAW'S MIND IN AWFUL CONDITION NKW VOKK. Feb. 2(1. Statements emanating from the alienists who have examined Harry Thaw indicate that nothing short, of a miracle will save Stanford White's slayer from spending the remaining days nf his life in an asvlum for tin iiinane. I It is said that Thaw is tho victim of paranoia, which ts a progressive disease of the mind. Thaw is entirely in the j hands of the slate board of lunacy and the alienists at Mat tea wan and his fate rests wit h I hem. It is customary for these ollieials to report the mental con dition of an inmate (i0 days after he is entered, but t here is not hi rig eompul sorv about it. BASEBALL NOTES. The Medford team has been putting up some snappy pi act tee games t his week am) expect to be able to trim all comers as usual. f n fir of Ashland will play lirst and can be rilid on in any company at the ba or itt the field. Ti e dope on Hopkins is good, and liOj is eecied to cntne through with a fat -batting average. Taking it all around, Medford ha j got ,ust about the daisies! hunch ot players that ever played in this end nf Ih- state. .Wtlaud parties are going to hack their team to a Htaii'Ntill this year, and an- preparing a new ball park. J rid; ton ille. a usual, has a good bunch, and t lie I r Mi men umler Pat Ooiicgan will put up H scrap from the time the gong loiinds tilt the game is ovr r. Tnggi ry Hill will give a fancy vest to the fir-t player that knock a home run in Sunday 's ga me. KEEP KEL8EY IN OFFICE AS INSURANCE COMMISSIONER AMlAN'V. X. V.. Feb. 2fi. The sen ate t.dav rejei-ied the resolution remov ing (M to KeNey from office as state mi j eriutend" n' of insurance. Postage Stamps Stolen. HAKKItKFIFXH, Cal.. Feb. 21. The saf" in the local powtoffice was broken mi-n lnd hieht and in slami'S -to'eti, Tlore is no clue to the perpe J tra'or. j MEDFORD WILL BE HEADQUARTERS FOR JEFFRIES HENCEFORTH Champion of the World to Hunt and Fish Along Streams of Southern Ore gon Applegate and Klamath Rogions to Be Visited. Jim Jeffries, champion heavyweight pugilist of the world, is going to make Med ford his summer headquarters here after in his search for recreation and sport. For t he past several years he has made Kitgono his headquarters. Court Hall, who was one of the exr cu ran mists from Med ford to sou them California, was t he guest of Jeffries in Los Angeles, ami the big fighter promised to change his hunting grounds at. Hall s solicit at ion. Jeffries is ex pected to arrive hoc i Jruuuc or July ami to remain until late in the autumn. He will hunt along the Applegate and in tht Klamath country ami fish in the Ifogue and other streams. WOULD DRAIN TULE LAKE TO SECURE THE LAND KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. Four men who have been working on t he out let of Tule lake have made a proposition to the government to work for one year, if necessary, in draining the lake, the government to furnish the tools. I f t hey are successful, at the end of the year each man will be given 100 acres of t he reclaimed land. I f they fail their services will bo given free. Those men are Mark Howard, William Duncan, Klmer Hoyt ami Jesse Huberts. They am awaiting the decjs ion of the government. Many ot hers are equally confident, and are willing to join these men if the government ao cepis t heir services, under the same terms. GOVERNMENT DISPLAY FOR SEATTLE YUKON FAIR WASHINGTON, Feb. L'li. A favora ble report on the bill of Humphrey of Washington providing for a govern merit exhibition at the A laska-Yukon-I'acific exposition at. Seattle in liHIU was today ordered by the house com mittee on industrial arts ami exposition. The bill carries $7.")(irtHMI. THROWN FROM HORSE, FRIGHTENED AT AUTO .1. A. Perry's auto Wednesday fright eneil a horse ridden by a Mr. (iresham so that the latter was thrown ami his shoulder dislocated. The accident hap pi tied a mile west of t he city. M r. (iresham 's injuries are not serious. WATERS PIERCE OUSTED FROM STATE OF TEXAS AI'STI.V, Tex., Fell. 2(1. Tho suprc court today sustained the judgment of Iho lower court awarding damages and an ouster from t he state against I he Waters-Fierce Oil company for inlat ing the anli trust law. The case will be a pieated to t he I'll i ted States su preme conl r. NORTHERN PACIFIC REDUCES EMPLOYES' WAGES HI'TTt:, Monl., Feb. 21. A St. Paul. Minn., dinpalch to the Miner says lhat t he Northern I'acific has declared its intention of reducing the scale of wages paid its telegraphers from " to fH a month. Conferences are proceeding be t ween t 1m- railroad official- and I he operator ' commit tee. QUEEN IN COLLISION, BUT NOT HURT A"Blf THK II AC I'K. Feb. 2fi. An electric car collided with a carriage driven by Pi ince I lent y, in which ivim seated ( n Wilhelmiria. Time wheel of the carriage were torn off, but neither the queen lo.r prince were hurt. Mr. Pleasant Drops Dead. Mr. Pleasant, proprietor of'othe Pleai ant hotel at Central Point, dropp.d dead Tnesdav from heart din-ane. Much Building In Sight. Contractor O. W. I'riddy n-ports that nev er in Medford ' history has there been such a prospect for building a at prisent. More structures, both business and residence, are planned than ever before at this time of year. Q Penal Code Bill Pasmr. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2fl. The penal rode bill rcvimng and codifying the criminal lawn, paused the senatu tuday. MYSTERY OF CRIME UNSOLVED No Effort to Be Made to Bring Slayers of King Carlos of Portugal to Light-Both Sides Deter mined to Hush Matters. USllON, Feb. 2(1. The mystery hr hind the murder of King Carbvs ami Prince Lui. i not likely to be com plelely lined. The new Portuguese government prefers the crime should bo regarded both at home and ubroad as the deed of individuals carried away bv political passions of the moment, and as republicans are anxious to keep clean skirts in I he responsibility for the reg icide. Until sidivs are glad to have tin investigation smothered. Vet there is undoubtedly much that could be clear ed up. Jt is a matter of common knowl edge that there were intrigues both in high and low places before the tra gedy. HEPBURN ACT UPHELD BY HIGHEST FEDERAL COURT WASHINGTON, Feb. 2(1. One of the main contentions by which Iho rail roads which gave and the corporations which received rebates hoped to escape punishment has been swept away by a decision of the United States su preme court. This decision vitally nf I'ects Iho case under which Iho Si a ml aid Oil company was fined $2it,2 Ifi.mm for I he same poiit was raised. The case nnou which the decision was rendered was instituted in Die I'n it ed Stales district court for the I list rrct of M iuuesota, which court fined the Croat .Northern railday innu each for 1.1 violations of the llrst sec tion of the Klkiris law. The companies contended t hat the Hepburn law so modified the FJkins act as 1o accomplish its repeal and render punishment umler il impracticable. BULLETIN EDITORS TRIED ON CHARGE OF LIBEL SAN FltANClSCO, Feb. 2(1. The so lection of a jury to try If. A. Orothers and Fremont Older, proprietor and edi tor, respectively, of the San Francisco I in t h-t in. tdiarged by William II. Tevis, president of Iho Hay Counties Water company, wit li criminal Hhcl, on ac count of the slory printed ill (he Itnlle tin on January II of this year, charg ing Tevis with protecting I he "graft ors" in this city in order Hint a Hchcmo to sell the liav 4 'mint les plant to t he it v for :f(.fl(o,(MlO might not be dis overed, was heun this morning before Superior Judge I e wl i ng, sit t ing ill place of Judge limine. At the morning session Iho following jurors wore temporarily passed : Mar tin Hink, a grocer; It, Troost, a i tractor, and Joseph F. Gasmnii, a re t it ed pii l ore f rattier. During the coin I examination nf prospective jurors an effort was mini bv the attorneys representing the ib fell e to inquire of the jurors whether or not thev were favorably disposed to ward tin "graft" prosecution, as it is their contention lhat this libel chargi has prang direct I y from I he prosecu t ion of ' ' grafters. ' ' FRESNO DEMOCRATS WOULD LAUNCH BRYAN'S CAMPAIGN I'l;i;sVO, Cal.. Feb. 2!.Fol1owilig t he la nd ing of t he democrat if state convention for this city, local leaderi ate nothing big plans lor tho meeting which will be held Mav IS. Slate Cen tral Committeeman M. F. MeCorinick aniiounc'd todav that within the next few dnvi a meeting of the county com mittee will be held at which an invita tion will be drawn up ami telegraphed lo W. J. Itryati, inviting him to attend t he ( a!i turn in convent ion and inaugn rate I he democrat ic campaign on t he I'acific coiml. As I he convention is nearly three merit h a In ad. ami as Itryati has not I ti on the coait for some time, it is t hough! he may accept . AMtflCAl Wilt! EQUAL ;iGtf OF ANY NAVY qWASHINCTOV. F.b. 2C.-lt.nr Ad muni ('apps, chief constructor of the 4K-W, was Inibty bct the senate i iniltee on d ul affairs, lie n plied to the magazine article written by Henry Iteuten'JIkl containing critcisut for the il ruction of American battleships. The admiral assorted lhat American hip equal the ships of any navy In , tho world. HONORS FOR SLAIN PRELATE Notable Fnneral Proces sion in Denver for Mur dered Priest --Thousands Attend ServiGes-The Re mains Sent to New Jersey OKXVKlt, Feb. 2(1. With solemnity and i-eveionce due his holy position and cliar.i.-t- r. the body of Rev. Father Lei Iteinrit lis was taken from tho St. FJi7 ahoth Catholic church today to Union station, where it was placed on a train to be tin. en to Patorson, N. J,, wllCIi tho Pinuci-cnn fathers have Ainorienn hen bptniters. The procession waa nota ble ami was witnessed by thousands, who s.ool bareheaded as the hearso passed. Five thousand gathered uboiiC the church i wait ing tlx conclusion nf tho services. A solemn high masa wn recited and tho services were highly impressive. Itev. Father William O'llryan deliv ered t ho funeral sermon, in which ho highly eulogized the martyred priest. Information charging (luisseppe Alio, alias Angelo Cabriole ami (luisoppe (iiarnnccio, with the murder of Father I-1 nine is Leo lloinrichs was filed to day in the district court. The assas sin will be brought to Denver secretly from i 'olorndo Springs, where he will be kipt for safe keeping. ENTIRE COAST OPPOSED TO JAPANESE IMMIGRATION" CHICAGO, 'Feb. 2(1. nenjamin Uh Wheeler, president of the Fuiversity C California, came out of the west with! a message, and ho delivered it with uu Ihorily ami understanding at the UuioV 'league club banquet. "We have held that salvage nf th( .in. ion as a barrier against the orient,' l o Kiiil, speaking of Chinese and Jnp anose immigration, "and we hold it ire the intercut of humanity for the white race." President Wheeler declared th orientals, especially the Japanese, must he Kept mil of Iho coast strip. "We know what we want," he said, "and we are almost unanimous in our views. If you think we do not. under stand the question of oriental immigra tion, come out and live with us and you will learn we do. If you think th. south doesn l understand the race quei lion and what it wauls done about tho mixing of races, go there and live.' President Wheeler emphasin-d that, t he nation must make f Heads with China. " That is a great nation," hit said, "just awakening. Hut as for Ja pan well, he did not say it. definite ly, but he hd it be understood that th Pacific coast, has no use whatever for .aian and doesn't care two strnwsi lct her it is a fight, or a floric, and lie added with significance that instead of t lie back yard of the tint ion, the coiisl strip is now becoming the front :nd Iho one to be guarded at all haz ards. RAILROADS MUST SUPPLY ELEVATORS WITH CARS FOKTLANO, Feb. 2(1. In dismissing Iho motion to quash the mandamus pro ceeding bi ought by the N'ort h west or a Warehouse company against the O. U, S. X. company to compel the defendant: company lo make an equitable distribu tion of its ears among shippers. Judgo Uo've.lon discuse- irn plain terms the duly of I i n niportn ' ion agencies to ship pes under the provisions of the inter utat e.iuuiieri e Jo t. The motion win d i-p.iji d of, an 1, in doing so Judge Wt. I vert mi hold t hat warehouses, a I th'i.igh owned bv private interests, are public iVpositorie f,,r the storage of grain and cannot in any way be dii cri". in"ted against by railroads in tlM BANKS ASKED FOR FUNDS BELONGING TO GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The sec relarv of Iho treasury announced a Call upoi I he national banks for npprox: niately 2"t per cent of the public funds now held in inactive depositaries, hav ing on deposit such funds in the sunt nf oo.tiod or more, and 2" per cent tf the pnbic Ifunds now hold by nctivn enodtnries where the deposit is HH.- non of such fund or in excess thereof. and where such withdrawal can be made wit liout inconvenience to the treasury lepartmenl in the transaction of public business. I'mler the call approximated 1.1,000 will b" returned to the treasury. Pay ments under this call will be made in follows: Ton per cent of tho nmnnt collected on or before March 0, and tho remaining lo per cent on r beforo March 2:t.