Apple and Pear Orchardsjn The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ITOSwIforti Paily tribune THE WEATHER. Fair tonight and Wednesday; light frost tonight ; westerly wind. THIRD YEAR. MED FORD, OR., TUESDAY, MARCH 1)S. XO. 10 FULTON BRANDS BENEY A L AND MALICIOUS LIAR ALLEGED BRIBERY BY SENATOR IS DISPROVED BY EYE WITNE PROSECUTOR BECOMES PERSONA E Oregon's Senior Senator Flays Prosecutor and Reads Affidavit Telling Story of Legislative Corruption by Eye-Witness-Unfair Methods Resorted to in Order to Besmirch Reputation Defiance Hurled. Accusing Francis .1. Honey of false hood and of lying villifieation, charg ing him with being the mouthpieco of a reckless conspiracy organized by bis enemies to accomplish his defeat by a campaign based on f aisehood a nd misrepresentation, I 'nit id States Sen ator Charles V. Fulton, before an au dience that completely filled the Med ford Opera House last night, replied to tho many accusations made by the land fraud prosecutor accusing him of cor ruption and bribery. It was Senator Fulton 's first speech in his campaign for re-election and he handled Mr. Ho ney and his accusations without gloves. He also grilled Governor Chamberlain for his affidavit in connection with the story of bribery told by .1. S. Smith, and read an affidavit signed by .lames F. Powell of Albany, which refuted the charges made by Sin it li accusing Ful ton of having handled ihe sack in the 181)7 campaign. He Received Much Applause. Senator Fulton also defined his po sition on Statement Xo. 1. Ho de clared himself in favor of tho election of United States senators by tho peo ple, but said that lie did not consider it his province ns a candidate to at tempt to dictate to candidates fur the legislature the position they should take upon tho question, though person ally ho would like to see all candidates in favor of Statement Xo. I, as he con sidered it would be equivalent to his election, in case such a legislature should bo chosen. An Organized Conspiracy. Senator Fulton was introduced by W. I. Vawter, who stated that the sen ator had lived in the state long enough to establish his good name and that ac ousations made at the behest of gov ernment prosecutors by perjurers who we.ro given immunity baths in payment would not have any effect on his stand ing with the people. Beginning with his election. Senator Fulton detailed the history of his term in Congress and the various effort? made to discredit him before the peo pie. He stated that he knew that n conspiracy had been at work both in Oregon and Washington with a well arranged plot, but he bad misjudged the desperate and reckless character of the campaign wnod against him which was "based entirely on falsehood and misrepresentation." "Xo man can wear Honey's clothe without looking crooked, and if he wears, them long enough he will become crooked. Honey is a malicious and wil ful falsifier," exclaimed the senator. "Ho has taken the machinery of the government and used it in order to find if possible some flaw in the indi vidual, but after his work he had no facts to base his charges upon, so he had to manufacture them." Denies Various Charges. 4 . Senator Fulton enumerated the vari ous attacks made upon him, refuting Men ot them after giving their his ry. He went over the Wayorhause article published in a magazine, i which he was accused of having intro duced n bill to turn over valuable land lo tho lumber syndicate. Ho dwelt on tho "Umatilla deal," which had be exploded. He went over in detail tin charges made through the llrowne Mays correspondence and read the let icrs from both, and his replies thereto, showing how Honey had only quoted the parts thnt could bo n.ftle damaging t" Julton. He dwelt upon the briherv charges made by ,T. S. Smith and the ac cusations mado during the trial of John HH. O "The Smith story, from top to bot tom, in every fabric, was made up and W wholly false and mnlirious. Honey knew it was when he hired a church to tell it in. Powell's affidavit dis closes the old system of electing sena tors, which, thank God, we have done PERSECUTOR away with in Oregon. Senator Mitchell was my friend, but he was hounded to his grave and, I think, more sinned against than sinning. The glimpse shown is tho outcome of a false sys tem," ho exclaimed. Grills Governor Chamberlain.' Senator Fulton told of his having in formed Governor Chamberlain of Smith's being a grafter and of his sur prise at the governor making affidavit connecting Fulton with the bribery story which Fulton had only learned af ter the adjournment of the legislature, and grilled the governor for the return of a friendly act. Ho admitted the truth of tho accusation that he had been loyal to friends, and said that he hoped ho always would bo. Ho paid a tributo to friendship as the one thing in tho world worth while. The senator briefly reviewed the story of his term in the senate; how, alone, he had represented Oregon for two years at Washington; how ho had become a member of important commit tees and tho good work ho had done for the stato in securing large appropria tions for tho Columbia and in other ways been of benefit to his constitu ency. The Powell affidavit, which is here nblishcd for i he first t ime, rends as follows: Tho Powell Affidavit. State of Oregon. County of Linn, ss.: "I, .Tn mes F. Powell, being duly sworn, say: That I am a resident ot the it y of A Ibany, in Linn county, Ore gon ; t hat I am the James I'd won re rred to in tho affidavit of J. S. Smith, subscribed and sworn to before Thomas It. Xeuhausen, special inspec tor, department ot the interior, ana re ported in the morning Oregon ian of Portland, Or., in the issue of January !f, 1!MS, as part of the address of Francis .1. Honey, delivered in the Con gregational chnn-h of said city of Port land, oh tho evening of the. L'sth day if Jamiiirv. lltus; that I have read said iffidnvit carefully and that same, fur as refers to mvself and the facts therein stated that come within my knowledge is almost wholly false: tint I knew said J. S. Smith in Albany, Or, a nit was persona li v aeqmuiiieu nmi him long prior to tho convening of the session of the legislature mentioned in his affidavit, and did not introduce mvself to him as stated in his affida vit; that I did not vote for Mr. Smith and never at anv time represented to him that I had voted for him; that the facts attempted to be narrated by the nid .T. S. Smith in his said affidavit. occurred as follows: The Deal As Put Through. "One day during the session of the legislature of ld7, after the adjourn ment for tho day. Smith came to me and after remarking that 1 knew those opoi.Ic ireferrinu to Senator Mitchell and his friends and that he was sat isfied that Mitchell had money an was using it there, and that he. Smith n led money, asked me if I could put In in into !l position to get Home of it or I'et his hand into the sack, or ord in that effect. I told Smith that thought T could manage to arrange for hint to meet Senator Mitchell. I mad arrangements for the meeting and (hat nine evening at the appointed time went with Mr. Smith, and together w met Senator Mitchell. I introduced Smith to Senator Mitchell, introducing him as a representative of Linn county I then offered to leave the room, but both Smith and Mitchell insisted that 1 diould remain. T then told them that whatever thev did was between them tlmt I would have nothing to d with it. but that if they wi-hed me r. ,,,;.. I tvoild do so. Thev said for me to remain, and I did so. After some preliminary tall; it was agreed between Senator Mitchell and Smith that Smith would, on the following day, go nt 10 CONTROLS N MANCHURIA? Russian Government Disturbed at Attitude Assumed by the American Consul at Harbin ST. PKTERSBl:K(l, March 31. The Russian government is disturbed at the altitude assumed by Fred D. Fisher, American cousul at Harbin, in the mat ter of recognizing tho jurisdiction of Russian in Manchuria. Fisher insists that Chnese sovereignty in Manchuria si supremo, and he has supported the protests of (Mi inn against tho establish ment by Russia of municipalities in the railroad zone at Harbin and Chuilar. His attitude in this Russo-Chineso dif ficulty has prompted Russia to seek an explanation of bis course, both at the American embassy here and in Washington. The foreign office hero has expressed the belief that it will be docidedlv to the interest of the United States to recognize tho Russian admin istration of Manchuria, inasmuch as oreign residents share in tho privilege this administration. NEW BRIDGE CONTRACTED FOR ACROSS ROGUE RIVER The Josephine county court has ponod tho sealed bids for the construc tion of a stool bridge across Rogue river place of tho present, struct are nt Grants Pass. Tho bid of tho Furro! Bridge & Construction company of Oakland, Cal was the lowest, being :2S,7oO, and tho contract was let to this firm. Work will bo commenced at the earliest possible date and the structure is supposed to be finished by August 1.1 of this year. Ihe specifica tions call for a steel bridge of two spans 200 feet each, set upon three con- ret o piers. It will be considerably wider than the present bridge in order to provide space for a possible earline in tho future. INCREASED DEMAND FOR COPPER IN THE COUNTRY The New Yorh Tii savs of the upper situation: The demand for copper has so in- reused that copper-producing compan ies have sold ahead to me exieni. oi 100,000,0110 pounds. This marks a vast improvement in the copper trade. Ot these for future delivery it is said the United Metals Soiling company has orders covering .1u,0U0,0no and other producers for 211,100,000 pounds. Within the last two days the price. which had receded fractionally under 13 cents, has again become firmly os- ablished at that figure, and yesterday sales were made at that price. Orders ranging from 1,000,000 to 3.000.000 pounds are said to have neon placed in. fairly large numbers recently by do mestic consumers. I FIREMEN RESCUE NEARLY SCORE OF CHICAGO WOMEN ! CIITCAliO, Mnn-li .11. Firemen to-i .lnv l-pscw-rl nenrly tl m-oro of women ; lurinc a fire which destroyed ft four- ntorv lirii'k apartment building on North i Clark street. The o is t.m.rinn. the sn-ealled Hens..n house of the legis-. latnre and answer rollcnll nncj assist in organizing the house and make a speech favor of organization, nnd that for' doing Mitch.-ll would pay Smith iloOO; that the money was thereupon paid and Smith and I left the room, gn- jiwlec in ai.w.h. if renr.n troin tin o.o ..wiv toeether I eovernnirnl w rvi.-e to lie r. laitied l.v Fulton Wan Not Present. "That I was with Smith the remain ,cr of the eveninc and occupied a room with him that night: that Senator C V. Fulton was not present when said agreement was made, took no part in it and had imtliinK to do with the pay ment of the said M'.'1" or any pa it of it ;that the matter was never men t:nnd in the presence of Senator Fill ton, so far as I know, and to the Lost of my knowledge Smntor Fnltoti View nothing nlioiit the transaction. "I make this affidavit in tie !.. li. t that wrong has le-en d-.no S. nator Fill ton and that the people of th Oregon are entitle! to know fe of truth in this connection. (Signed) ".TAMF.S I'. I'OWKI.r,. " Subscribed nnd sw orn to l.efor. this 27th .lav of March, lie's. "K. M. Itl'DFIFI.I), "lleconler of the City of Allciny. SS II BUY ResoIution.Calling Upon Govern ment to Acquire Traffic Sys tems Passes Legislature. HALIFAX, March III. A resolution calling upon the Honunion government to acquire all railroad lines in Nova Scot in and add them to the colonial system as branches has unanimously passed the piovincial legislature. The resolution suggests tho purchase of roads bo on the basis of their original cost and their present earning capacity. FAVORABLE REPORT ON CAYUSE WAR PENSIONS WASHINGTON'. March 31. Repre sentative Hnwley of Oregon got a fa vorable report today of his bill to pay certain volunteers in t he Cay use In dian war of IK 17 and IMS, $,."0 day for tin time they served, as shown in the files of the war department. The maximum appropriated by the bill is $1. "(. Beneficiaries of the bill are John Minlo, Charles Holds, Kllen Hack "tt, widow of John C. Hackett; Mis souri A. Cornelius, widow of Thomas O, Cornelius; Mary J. Kei.nr, widow of John li. Keizur; Amanda R. Reese, widow of Willard II. Reese; Mary K. Carnahnn, widow of Hiram Carnahan: Polly C. Haulier, widow of Isaac Bant ler, and Sarah I'. Schanlz, widow of P. C. Schantz. ALL BRITISH CLOCKS MOVED AHEAD EIGHTY MINUTES LONDON', March :.L- The house of commons has passed on its second reading the I'.-an-e daylight saving bill, which pro ides new British I hue for the summer mouths. The announce ment of the vole was greeted with cheers and roars id' laughter. Tho bill provides that all clocks shall be advanced So minutes, which will give an extra -10 hours of daylight. Thus a man get ling up apparent ly at 0 o'clock in the morning will be really doing so at 7:4u, thus gaining an hour and 20 minutes of daylight. That such a measure, which many regard as foolishness, should get at tent ion in the house of commons wormwood to the suffragists, whose woman suffrage hill was sent to a com miltec of the whole of the house, which virtually shelves it. WYOMING TO INVESTIGATE MINE HORROR AT II ANNA IIAXN'A. Wyo.. March 31. Under or ders from Governor Brooks, State Mine Inspector N'onh Young has begun an investigation of the causes of the two explosions here Saturday in which at least -"O lives were lost . Xo furl her effort to open t h mine will be made nnhl the tire has been smothered. It lH ""I""' f( "fm,",, ,lK' "nr,'h for ,m" CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE SAN Tt A FA Kl.. cl.. March Jn.IHe Wnr.l .tli-AHiKipT, son nt the l..r- mer society lea.lcr of New York, (lid . today from Hie effects of an operation for appendicitis. He k.-is l.orn in N'.w port. K. I., m i -.-. tie was i irai States attorn, y for California from j to ISM. and then appoint. .1 district the Parific Mail company. ALL PITTSBURG MINES TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS PITTSI.t'l,:. March 111.- At a meet ing of rniri'-r and operators tl;t after noun it was i the PitUhurg operation- , led that Ill i ties i n oipend nut it t lie rearhrd. tii P' mi IMrict wonM midnight f iitiiidi? agreement vu 0 miners of W. -- .. affecte.l. wage . Abunt FEDERAL TROOPS PREVENT STRIKINO MINERS RIOTING WVMllV'.T' nV. Mar, h i.,, ,,,-e bv th- Mrihin mioeM iu th" Treadw. II mines e.-ins to have been nvert'd by lie- aimal of troops oid id tin. re last we- k. The w a r d pari ment i4 advised that everything ii quiet. ARE SAFE Senator Fulton Says that Suit Brought Against Railroads Will Not En danger Titles. "Persons who havo purchased rail road grant lands in Oregon for develop ment purposes do not need to fear for their investments," said Seuator 0. W. Pulton Tuesday morning, just, before, leaving for (..rants Pass. "It is not the intention of the government to pro ceed against such parties, and 1 havo ihe personal assurance oft he attorney general to this effect. "When the original resolution is passed, as it will lie, a second bill will he passed recogni.iug those titles or a ul hori.itig protection of these inter ests. This is necessary so ns to keep ihe railroad interests from securing pro tect ion under an innocent purchaser clause. "The entire trouble lies at the door of the Southern Pacific management, which, after disposing of 700,000 neres of land, absolutely refused to sell or otherwise dispose' of over 2,000,000 acres, which it holds iu defiance of the terms of the grant and refuses to de velop or permit others to develop, thus retarding Ihe progress of the stale. ' ll was no) the staled price per acre i hut has brought, judgment upon Ihe ruilr I. but their refusal to sell at any price. This, coupled with the inso lence in ignoring t he reasonable de mands of Ihe people, brought the storm that is breaking and will lose to the oad its forest domain. ' ' Some inconvenience may result to property owners because of clouded lilies in burrowing money, but Ihe lilies are sure to be confirmed eventu ally." JOHN BURNS SAYS ROOSEVELT IS WRONG LON'BON. March :to. John Burns, labor leader and president of the local '.mvi'iiHiicnt board in the caliiiclF has I a hen issue with President Roosevelt on the race suicide question. ' ' 1 do not; plead for a desolat ing Mood of babies," he said, speaking to ihe delegates lo the national confer once on infant mortality. "I attach tiioir importance to iptalily than lo piantity. Let us first look properly after those we have before starting an agitation lo produce a greater mini (er. I.i I lis mitigate the slaughter of innocents under a yar old, and cease ur cruel neglect of those above that age before slioiiting to the nation to give us a liiglor birth rale." POLICE STOP LYNCHING IN SUBURB OF ATLANTA ATLANTA. March It I. The timely arrival of police wil h loaded rifles stopped a t hreatened lynching at Brownsville, a suburb of this place, tn day. li. If. t hapin, a voung white, was surrounded by negroes, when two offi eers came to his a ill ami drove tht mob back. The negroes claimed that t hey found Clin pin in a negro house ami dragged him out, and, according to the police, were about to suspend him from a tre when the officers arrived. POLICE TAKE CARE TO PROTECT TAFT FROM HARM ( HP'A'.O. March 31. Unusual pre c;i ut ions will be taken by the police, .H'ciiiding to the News, to protect Sec retary Taft from possible harm during his vi-ot to t'hicago this week. He will be guarded constantly and even the naoio of io railroad over which he will am ve is to be kept secret. He will make one public appearance, Saturday, tt the Hamilton club. RESUME INVESTIGATION Or SUBMARINE SCANDAL V sHI't;ToV, March 31. In vesli 'at ion of t he charge made by Con ''re--4tn.in Lillev against the methods piir-ui-d by the Electric Boat cornpnny in securing b ginlal ion was resumed bv tlx- Hf)"ci;il commission in the home to -lav. vi;c L. Rice, prevalent of that company, pr"tioiinecJ nn "nmlieioin lie" the ktatement of Lillev that "the Lh et rie (3)'-'at company had nt'Je con tinned and repealed efforts to influence the action of the navy department," 1 NO E Judge Dunne Gives His Version of the Midnight Meeting with the Jew ish Rabbis. SAN' Pit A. NCI SCO, March 31. Su perior Judge Frank H. Dunne, in an af fidavit filed today with Judgo Lawlor, for the first time guvo his version of tho "midnight meeting" with Assist ant District Attorney F. J. Honey, W. J. Burns, detective for tho prosecution, ami b'nbbis N'ioto nnd Kaplan, when Dunno, according to the affidavits of the rabbis, promised that if Abo Huof pleaded guilty to tho charge of extor tion he would later permit Kuef to with draw that plea, upon the request of tho district attorney. In his affidavit Dunne specifically contradicts tho aver ments of the reverend gentlemen that he promised that Kuef ho allowed to withdraw his plea of guilty and declares that lluef's nnmo was not even men tioned. Dunno was summoned to his cham bers by Burns just hoforo midnight, April 20, ll07. Tho judge declined to go and told Rums that if Heney had anything to communicate, to do so In open court tho following day. Burns said Habbt Nieto wan going to Kuropo, and as nn accommodation to him, Dunne went to his chambers, where Heney asked him to explain for tho information of N'ieta nnd Kaplan, the procedure of his court as to tho recom mendations of the district attorney, and to also state if ho had confidence in Langdon and Henry. Dunne says that he replied: "I have confidence in you, Mr. Heney, and iu the District Attor ney, and while I have that confidence iu the district nttorney, whenever rec ommendation or suggestion is inado by him iu the cause pending iu my depart ment, it is my practice to entertain and be guided by it, provided, of course, it is iu t he interest and the furtherance of justice." Pleading of Dr. Kaplan. ' ' Thereupon I r. Kaplan said: 'But, your honor, suppose a mini pleaded guilty and nfteiwanlH ashed to change his plea?' I replied: You have heard what I have said, gentlemen, ns to my pract ice. Of course iu all cases of such r nimendat ions, and which T in sisl shall always be made in open court, whenever the district attorney fails to convince me that he is wtdl advised, or that good and sufficient grounds exist for his motions, it must be remembered thai final ileterm inat Ion must always rest with me. ' ' ' Dunne also asserts he had no knowl edge of tin1 much discussed "immunity contract." when Kuef pleaded guilty and did not even Know tho prosecution was negotiating with Kuef. Referring to the incident in January when District Attorney Langdon enlled upon Dunne with reference to the with drawal of lluef's plea of guilty, Dunne avers: Turned Langdon Down. ''Mr. Langdon called upon me in my chambers and said in effect: Kuef is outside, and wants to make a motion to withdraw his plea of guilty in the extortion cases. ' I promptly told Mr. Langdon, with Homo omphairis, that 1 would not consider such a motion at that or any other time." Judge Lawlor announced ho would also make an affidavit, nnd continued Ruef's rase until Saturday, NEVADA WOMEN SEEK TO COLONIZE MANX ESS ISLAND RKNO, Nov., March 30. (ieorgo W. Place, a Reno man, has advertised for l."0 women to help settle a colony on a co ope rat ive plan on an island near Honolulu. He states t hat the colony will be settb-d and governed by wom en and that they will make certain con ditions under which man may enter the colony. H hIn estate that no money will be needed by these women, who de sire to become members of tho new colony. Ho refuse to give out any I other information concerning the pro posed colony. O Anaconda Dividend. NEW YORK. March 31. Director of the Aiiacouda Copper Mining com pnny declared a quarterly dividend of .lo cents n share today, unchnnged from the last quarter. PRO M S IMIIiY DR. II SENT TO GERMANY President Sends Diplomats Name to Senate for Con firmation InGident Re garded as Ended, WASHINGTON, March 31. Tho president has sont to tho sonata tho nomination of Dr. David Jayno Hill to be ambassador extraordinary and min ister plenipotentiary to Germany. Ho also named Arthur M. Beaupro of 111 i - uois to bo mintHtnr to tho Netherlands nnd Luxemburg, and Spencer F. Eddy of Illinois to bo minister of tho Ar gentine Republic. BERLIN, March 31. Advices re ceived by tho foreign offico from Wash ington indicate that in the Amoncan capital ns well as in Berlin the Hill episode is regarded ns having boon hap pily adjusted. The best diplomatic opinion is thnt if Hill chooses to come to Berlin he will find his position not only agreeable, but moro important than would havo boon tho caso If the incident had not happened. Ambassador Towor, in fulfillment of his letter to President Roosovelt last September, iu which ho said he would llko to resign, linn Informed tho presi dent that ho will retlro June 12. Tho house which Tower occupied in bdw tiscd for rent. It may bo purchased by the Japanese government for the am hnsstulor from that country. RAPID PROGRESS OF WORK ON KENO CANAL TRENCH KLAMATH FALLS, (Jr., March 31. Work on the Keno canal, a part of the Klamath project that was com menced last year, has been resumed. A small force is getting everything iu readiness for the large force thnt will be put on April I. This spring should see the work completed as far down ii the power plant that Moore Bros, will operate iu conjunction with the canal. Surveyors are still at work on the extension of the cnnal down the river to Keno, but it is not known when work or that part will go on. CALIFORNIA TO HAVE ENORMOUS FRUIT CROP SACRAMENTO, Ual.. March 30. In response to an inquiry from Kufiis P. Jennings, manager of Alden & Ander son of the California fruit distributors, the biggest shipping concern in the stato, has replied that more than twice as many men would be needed to han dle tho frujt crops this season than last. From all parts of the stato come reports of the most favorable iudica lions for enormous fruit crops which will go far toward solving the groat problem of tho unemployed. POPULISTS TO VOTE FOR WATSON FOR PRESIDENCY ST. LOUIS, March 31. In response t o n call issued on Decern her 2 by Chairman James H. Ferris of the poo pie ' party national committee, the populist convention will be held herd on April 2, in tho Olympic theater, for the purpose of nominating candidates for president and vice-president of the Uni ed States and transacting such other business as may come before the con vention. Chairman Jnw W. Forrest of the Na tional provisional committee, said yes terdny: "There will b 1100 delegates iu the convention, nil of whom aro instructed for Bryan, and tho Atnbitma delegation who favor former Congressman M. W. Howard." NEW YORK, March 31. Discussing business conditions, James J. Hill, who ha just arrived from Washington, expresses himself as unable to predict the early revival of buslncsa, but be lieves the revival will be gradual. NOW AND THEN In upside down land tho very dif fereut man, he with much money f to speud foolishly, would Dot be found wiring a "No Name" Hat. ! t4.4.4.4.H 4 i ; ! i I :! Q .mi.cor Olmston.l A .ilinril.