r,iy Hall
Medford Mail Tribune
KOURTJJ YEAR.
. .MBDFOiiJ). OKIWON, MONDAY, JANTAItY 31, 1910.
No. 270.
IN FLOOD - STRICKEN
m
1
HOMELESS
PARIS
WHOLE OF
IS
SEINE STILL IS
MANY DROWNED
Lootlnu Begins in French Capital
Police, However, Claim They Have
Situation Well In Hand-Beautiful,
Gay Paris is City of Sorrow.
PAULS, Jan. 31. Two hundred
tlnMifciim) pontons aru homeless iii
this flood-Htrieken city today, and
almost double that number inn with
out employment, The refugees, so
far as possible, have been taken to
camps uHtnhliHlictl liy the mitlioriticrt
or hoimi'd in public buildings. !)o
Npitii thu efforts tlmt have boon made
to provide lliem with Niiffieient food,
many of tliem arc half-starving.
Thu government today iKsned n
formal notice to thu effect that it
has tlio Hituiition "well in hand."
Thin, however, in merely n couimru
tivo statement and is coiiccrned more
with thu actual flood conditioiiH than
with the physical suffering and dam
ago that Iioh already resulted.
Other Hcrtloti Huffcr.
DoxeiiH of cities and villages
around Pans report Himilar condi
tioiiH to those prevalent in the cap
tini. nry 'nunuurino roHcmtiioH a
city famine-swept. Thousands are
destitute, there, and unless food and
fuel can he brought from thu coun
try districts thu suffering in likely t.
be attended with serious results.
In Alfordville soldiers arc using
boats of every description to dis
tribute th food that is being sent to
thu city. Thu supply, however, is
pitifully inadequate.
The Seine continued it slow reces
moii today. At noon it had fallen to
'.Mi feel :i inches at I'onl d'Austcrlit,
and won dropping at the rate of half
an inch an hour. The temperature
at noon was .') degree, and although
the sky was murky nnd overcnt.
there were no clouds in sight that
threatened more rain.
ltcport routing In.
While commuuiciitiou with 'he out
siile has not yet been restored, news
from other parts of France gradually
is leaking into Paris. It is apparent
from thesu reports that the cuuntry
districts wore sorely afflieted. The
rivers are swollen above their banks
and hundreds of villages have suf
fered severely. The wine districts
arc flooded and the daiuaue lo xiics
alone will reach an appalling total
The slreetH of Paris arc in fright
ful condition. Although some im
provement wiih noted today, the au
thorities will not permit tunny thor
ouuhfarcs to he used, even though
much of the water which coveted
thcin last wvok has disappeared.
HI reels Ileluir Opened.
Wilder tho direction of the uuthori
ties, streets are being reopened to
traffic as rapidly as possible. It
will be many days, however, before
Isnl'fie can hhhuuio anything like its
normal proportions. Dozens of
struct it will be impassable for weeks.
Police Active.
Who unruly element have confined
themselves largely lo the suburbs,
where there ure fewer agents of an
Hioritv to elude. While more Mum
Plie usual number of crimes have
been revolted, tho police seem to
have l'iu Hituiition fnirlv well in hand.
In tho eetions where tho looting
took plnco tho ciluona on Hovornl no
enwioiiti took the law hit their own
Winds. On at least throe occasions
I i n nil .
kuj me uiiorreroneo 01 ino ponce
prevented them fmm dealing sum
uinilly willi men caught in depredation-
,
Looters nt Work.
SLOWLY
FALLING
At Mfordsvlllo four loolora nt-
tempted to nsonpa ft pursuing pqutul,
m p ili'i ' ned (colt to an op"i boat
V ; '" f :. iv ' If
FRANC
FAMINE-SWEPT
PETITION FOR
SNELL RECALL
WITH RECORDER
Not Officially Placed on File, How-
i
j over Said to Carry Names of 230
Snell Too Progressive for Some
of tho Citizens.
ASHLAND, Or., Jan. III. It is
understood here that the petition for
tho recall of Mnyor Snell is in thu
Hands of Ituoorder Kggli-ston, but
has not yet been officially placed on
file, and for that reason it bus not
been given to the public. Tho jioti
tioti as placed on file is signed by
men, 108 being required. It is gen
erally understood today that He
cordor Kgglcstou is going over tho
names before placing tho mnttur on
file.
Tho recall movement grew out of
a sharp division between those who
favor municipal improvement nnd
those who do not. For this reason
Mnyor Buoll is opposed, ns ho io
known to ho tin active worker for
progrcssiveness.
TONE MASONS
Archdeacon Chambers Is Looking
for Workmen to Lay Stone for
New Episcopal Church.
"The work on the KptM-opul build
ings is progrocMiig Mudy," said
Archdeacon Cliainbcrs this morning.
"The stone, native uriiuitc, for the
church will be on the ground next
week and the work of construction
will be rushed in nil respects that the
word implies.
"The assembling of a competent
force of stone masons to handle tho
work is one of tfio problems 1 have
to solve now. hi order to finish the.
work quickly a large force will be
uecessarv, nnd to finish it as it
should be finished the workmen must
be competent."
6LAVIS IS GIVEN A
SEVERE GRUELLING
Congressmen Implicated by Ex-Lantr-
Agent Put Him Through Hard
Course of Sprouts.
WASHINGTON. 1). 0.. Jan. 31.
Interest centered in the gruelling of
L. It. (llavis by Congressmen, Kin
kit id of Nebraska tuid MiiLnohlnn of
C'ajiforuia nt today's session of the
investigation by tho congressional in
quiry into tho Hnllingor-Piuchot con
troversy.
tho firo tho Holdiors directed nt it.
Two of tho men woro drowned, one
OBoapod, while tho fourth wan cap
tured when ho ronuhod tho shore ami
was lvuchod. A" thiof nrros'ol at
Yvni uttomptod to capsirn tho boat
in which hm captors woro carrying
him to onion. A vope was tiod about
his. body and he was thrown over
boavd. For mora than half an hour
ho was dragged through tho icy wn
tei. Tie probably will dio from Mm
. 'i' v nl' If - i't. 1"'.
LOOKING
FOR
WIL11EITE IN
RN GRIP
OF STORM
All Wires North of Medford Down-
Local Snow Storm Will Continue
Tonight, But Will Not Be Severe
Follows Splendid Day, During
Which All Nature Rejoiced.
Meager li. formation drifting south
from tho Willamette valley today Ik
to tho effect that that section Ib fn
tho grip of one of the worst snow
HtorniH of the season. Details ore
lacking, an all wires north from Med
ford, Including tho Unitod Press leas
ed wire, has gone down In the neigh
borhood of Salem. The Mall Tribune
Is tho only paper on the clrccult today
north of Collfornln receiving dls
patches.
According to the rhrcds of Infor
mation received here, tho storm start-
cu in mo wuinmeue nuoui miumgni.
Since then It has continued without
abatement.
The Local Storm.
Following n dny of balmy routh
em Oregon sunshine, Monday dawn
ed bleak and dreoryjuid this after
noon n steady fall of snow Is being
experienced but with nothing of the
harsh about It. Snow began falling
this morning and has continued slnco
Local orchardtsts arc pleased by
tho outlook, knowing that tho pros-,
cnt cold weather will hold back the
trees from budding until danger from
frost will be done away with. Th-
weather man says It will snow to
night, but tomorrow will be warmer,
TONG WAR AGAIN
ON TAP IN F
Word Passed for One Association to
Be on Lookout for Other On
Yicxs Are Enraged.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 31. Word
Is being passed among members of
tho Yce Sing ussoclatton In tho Chi
ncse quarter to tie prepared for an
attack by the On Yleks. Tho warn
ing followed nn announcement on the
part of district agent Flckort that
ho will not oppose the granting of
ball to Tong King Chong, accused
by tho Yoo8 of conspiracy to com
mil murder.
For several months tho Yecs and
the On Ylcks have been living undor
tho terms of n pence pact, which is
now about to expire. Tho Yee fam
ily, though wealthy and powerful
commercially, do not number tho
fighting men that can bo mustered by
thu On Ylcks tone.
Tho On Ylcks aru known to be on-
rngoil at tho action of tho Yoos in
taking tong troubles in to tho courts
of tho whites. Tlt.oy havo sworn to
revenge thomsolves for what thoy
deem nn Insult, and tho Yoos fear
that thulr enemies will not wait for
the approaching end of tlvo peacn
agreement, '
Yeo Sing, head of tho Yee family,
declared that the bitterness of the
On Ylcks was aroused whon a Yoo
Sing mni abducted and doped with
n (Chinese girl claimed by th On
Ylcks.
As ii result of their cninily, ulx
You men huvo been killed by On
Ylck highbinders, according to Yeo.
Yeo declares (hut his toag will not
submit to blackmail; Ih giving orders
for thorn to protect themselveii, and
it Is probable that the local police
will bo busy soon lu preventing a
clash botweon tho rival societies.
,0 INVESTIGATE COST
OF LIVING IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Tho
ways and means commit too of tho
hoti8u this nfternoon decided upon np
Investigation of tho cost of llvlus. A
BubPomndttoo wnn appointed to plan
the Investigation.
121 DIE III
FIRE
Ml HAND
ORIGIN
Tenement House in Hew Yortt Is
Burned Kerosene Oil Is Poured
Over Stairways and Match Sets
Entire Block Afire Believed to Be
of Black Hand Origin.
NEW YOHK. Jan. ai. Fire, be
lieved to be of I Hack Hand origin,
toduv destroyed a tenement house in
the Italian section anil it is believed
tli nl 22 portions lost their lives. That
tho fire wuh of incendiary origin
there is no doubt, as kerosene oil
wu poured over the stairways m
tlmt u match placed the entire build
ing on fire in an instant.
The members of the firo depart -
Vncnt did heroic work and saved
mnny persona from the (second and
third stories. Those who lost their
lives ore thought to be those occu
pying rooms in the back of the build
ng.
It is impossible nt this timo to give
the number of those who perished in
the flames, but it is thought that
there were nt least 22 victims.
METCHAN LIKELY
TO BECA HB10ATE
Popular Proprietor of Hotel Imperial
Looked Upon With Favor as a
Gubernatorial Aspirant by
the Republicans.
The latest gubernatorial aspirant
Is said to bo Phil Metchan, the build
er and proprietor of tho only first-
class hotel In Oregon, thu new Impe
rial. Mr. Metchnn Is widely known
and very popular, through tho state
Years ago he was state treasurer and
In the ensuing years has not only held
his old friends, but made hosts of
new ones.
At an Informal mooting of the as
sembly forces recently held in Port
land. It is said to have been agreed
upon that either .lay Bowermon,
president of the state sencto, or l)r.
Andrew Smith of Portland will bo
the assembly candidate for governor.
It Is not known whether or not Mr.
Metchan will go beforo tho assem
bly.
State Senator J. V. Coffey will ask
the nssombly for nomination as sec
retary of state. Governor Ponson's
friends will also ask an endorsement
of the governor at nominee for the
same place, and there promises to bo
a sharp contest between Coffoy's nnd
tho governor's friends. Many Mem
bers of tho assembly hold that un
less Mr. Tionsoa will go boforo tho
people solely as tho assembly candi
date h should not bo endorsed by
the assembly,
While nearly all of tho present
state officials are gubernatorial as
pirants, it Is probable they will com
promise by seeking nomination tor
ro-olcctlnu to their present jobs.
Strong fights, however, aro promised
ngalnst Messrs. Dalley, Duntway and
Crawford, all of whom will orobably
go beforo tho assembly. Thori prom
isor to bo several anM-assombly can-
didatoo, and should the ussembly can-
dldato bo defeated to ruomlnntton
one may look to sco the nusewbly
forces openly knifing tho tickot.
Tho now Imperial continues to bo
hpadqimrtors for tho politicians of
tho state, nn tho old hotel was. Hero
It Is tlmt former Senator Fulton lives
nnd hero it is tlu.t Oovomor lionBon
nnd the politicians from all quarto
tako up their abode whon in tho mo
tropollH. Tho now Imperial is also
tho favorite of Medford visitors to
Portlinid, for ns Mr, Motehna says,
Me-df nl, bolng a classy town, lihonj
u Cai't-y place,
BAR ASSOCIATION
HONOR II. K.
L HERE
TO ARRANGE PLAN
TO AIDGROWERS
Will Arrange to Lend Assistance to
Local Fruit Men During Frost Sea
sonDanger Reduced to a Mini
mum, So That Frost Bugaboo Is
Thing of the Past.
Forecaster Bcnl of the Portland
wenther bureau hr.s advised C. E.
Whisler that he will be in .Medford
to meet local orchardista within the
next two weeks nnd discuss with
them 'tho best way in which the
weather burenu can co-operate with
local orchnrdists during the frost
season. This is in accord with n
promise made to Mr. Whisler, while
in Washington, by Chief Moore of
the bureau.
While the valley is remarkably
free of frosts for n fruit section,
there are nights when smudging is
necessary, and local orchnrdists have
reduced loss, to. a minimum. How
ever, the one thing- needed has been
the co-operation of the wenther bn-
renu in order that the local fruit
growers may bo warned of the ap
proach of n killing frost. For the
purpose of getting a greater under
standing between the bureau nnd lo
cal men, Mr. Benl is coming here o
decide upon n future plan of action.
MINERS MAY GO
OUT ON STRIKE
To Demand Shorter Day and Increase
In Scale Conference With
Mlneowners to Be Held
in Near Future.
INDIANAPOLIS. In., Jan. 31. A
demaiMl for an Increase of 10 cents
per ton was recommended today In a
report mado by tho scalo committee
to tho United Mine Workors. The
present rate is 90 cents por ton.
Pesidcs the increase of 10 cents
per ton, which is for pick mining,
with a corresponding Incroaso for
machine mining, the committee rec
ommends a flnt. demand for nn eight
hour day, with a definite provision
for n half holiday on every Satur
day. Tho committee does not agreo with
tho proposition of President Lewis
that no general strike bo called lu
case tho negotiations aro sWU pond
ing when tho present contract ex
pires. Tho report recommends that Joint
conference bo held between the min
ors und mine owners for tho pur
poso of reaching a settlement regard
ing th demands.
It further proposes that In caso
there Is a prospect of a general
strike, unlsu organizers bo rushed to
nil non-union districts for the purpose-
of completing preparations tor
such a contingency.
Tho convention immediately adopt
ed tho ijectlonR of tho report regard
ing tho demand for au lncreaso in
wagts nnd tl" eight-hour dny. Tho
other phases vcro taken undor con-
Bidoratlox.
W.AS1HNG TON, J C, Jan. 31.
Tn an officinl report to tho tftnto de
partment today Ttobort Bnoon, am
bassador to France, stated that tho
dnm.igo dono hy the floods that havo
swept I'.. -is for tho last wook will
ninount i huntlieds of millionB of
riojliiri
BEA
SOON
HANNA
AFTER QUARTE
E
LEAVES BENCH
Local Attorneys Present Him With
Gold Watch and Pay Him Tribute
AH Came With Surprise to Retir
ing Judge Long Active in South
ern Oregon.
At the coming in of court this aft
ernoon Judge Hanna, who retires
from the circuit bench after a serv-.
ice covering nearly a quarter of a '
century, was met with tho surprise
of his life.
Instead of the small routine mat
ters which he supposed would mark
the end of bis term, he found a ma
jority of the members of the bar who
had practiced before him in the court-
room.
A few.trivlal matters were disposed
of; then William M. Colvig arosa
and,, speaking on behalf of the Barf
associations of southern Oregon, pre-j
sented Judge Hanna with, a, beauti
fully engraved watch.
Tn accepting the gift, which camo
as a complete surpriso to him. Judge
Hanna was overcome with emotion
and a for a few moments was unable
ents was unable
ade by C.' LJ
r, E. D. Brlggs,
to reply.
Speeches were made
Reames, W. I. Vawter,
CENTURY
Judge Calkins and other membersl
of the bar in appreciation of Judge
Hanna's work on the bench. t
Afterward an informal and 1m-
promptu smoker took plnce In the
courtroom: j
H. K. Hnnnn has been a wromlnor.t n
flKiiro In leg! rireloi n ?oiibern Or- V
egon for over 40 years, and for njar-
!;- n. generation of that tlmo ho has
served rs n stnto officer. ''
He served two terms as prowisu
tlng attorney beforo ho was elected
In S0 ns circuit Jtidgo ric lao First
Judl-iiil district, which then compris
ed all th counties of Jackson, Jo
sephine. Lake and IClainth. T
legal work wasn't so hard, tint tho
traveling was to be reckoned wlth-i-they
staged then from .Jacksonville
to Lakevlow, and tho roads were not
any too good.
Judge Hanna resigned In ISS-t and!
L. R, Webster was appointed by Gov-
ernor Woody to servo out the unox-
pired term. .
In 1892 Judge Hanna was elected
circuit Judge and again In l!j9S aud
In 190-1.
If he had served out li Ik term he
would have been In the public boi v
Ico 24 years.
Besides this, Judge llaiina belongs
to the band of mon who helped to
found tho milling camps In southern
progou, which wore the nucleus of '
.tie prosperous cominomvcnllh of. to
day. Ho Is the last of tbe old re-
Ktme which bad such Intrepid koiWb
and forceful brains, such as the Into
P. P. Prim, Henry Kllppol, W. 0.
T, Vault, Silas J. Day, Jniacs l. Fay
nnd many others, who, while they
have crossed the great divide, have
left their mark on the pages of south
ern Oregou history.
CAR HITS AUTOMOBILE;
MAN BADLY INJURED
LOS ANGELES, Cnl Jan. 31, T.
P. Ewlng, a wealthy rancher, was
fatally Injured near Inglewood today
when a speeding Los Angeles and
ltodondo electric car struck nn au
tomobile tn which Kwlng wits driving.
The car was derailed, tho automo
bile snwuihed Into kindling wood an,
Ewlng -was hurled 40 feet, and badly
mangled.
No one was injured in the .r, ler-.
plto the fact that nt irly 5 i-ot qf
track was torn up beforo It utlppqd
lowing was taken to a honpltul, a'
Inglewood, whore physicians uttom'
od hirs.