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MEDFORD. OJUSGON, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1910.
No. 306.
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STANDARD OIL
CASE AT LAST
IN HIGH COURT
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Latest Pictures of Supreme Court Justices,
Who Will " Hear Arguments In Big Case
Flnnl Stafle of Three Years Leunl
Strurjiilo Renchcd Artjunient Be
gins Doforo Supreme Court ncijan!
Inn Lonal Phases of the Grca
Combine.
UNCLE SAM CONTENDS ITS
OPERATIONS RESTRAIN TRADE
While Supreme Court Is Hearing Mat
ters Rcgardlntj Massing of Welath
Congress Considers Rockefeller's
New Plan for Charity.
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WASHINGTON, March 1 1. Tho
flnnl utafto nf tho thruo years' strut
rlo between tho department of Jim
tlcu and tho Standard Oil company
was reached today, wlion nrKumont
van begun boforo tho supremo court
of tho United States.
Tho ruse coiiicr up to tho highest
tribunal upon appeal from tho de
cision of tho fedornl court at St. I.ou
In, which ordered tho trim dlolv
od.
Tho Kovornmont'n caao ban boon
directed by Frank II. ICoIIokb. tho
"trut-butor," and It ( oxpectod that
1.0 will mnko ono of tho loading ar
gument.
Morlts ItoKontbnl. John G. Mil-
burn and John S. Miller nro tho most
prominent of tho array of corpora
tion counsol directing tho enso of tho
Rockefeller holdlni; concern.
Art' ItoHirtilnt to Tnule.
Tho gnvorqmont contonds that tho
trtiBt la n monopoly in restraint of
trade. Thero nro countloss phnsos to
tho cano, but that la tho main point
of contention.
In filing tholr briefs beforo tho
supremo court tho trust and tho gov
ernment each denied nil tho conten
tions of tho other.
Thin brings practically tho wholo
groat cnuo boforo tho supromo court
for doctslon.
Tho argumont and Bubmlsslon of
tho dissolution suit to tho supromo
court in attracting spoclal attontlon
In view of tho rocont Introduction In
tho Ronnto of tho Galltngcr bill, pro
tiding for tho "Rockofollor founda
tion." Sovoro comment has boon very fro-
quont during tho Inst fow dnyn ro
gnrdlng tho action of Rockofollor.
Tho stntomont hai boon frcoly
mndo Uint tho "foundation" nrono
sal may hnvo boon Introduced just
at this tlmo for tho purposo of cra
ting public sontlmont.
The nnnouncomont that Rockofol
lor proposoa .to donato hla onormous
. fortuno to charity and tho wolfnro
of tho human rnco, coming Just at
tho final hearing of tho great suit, la
bollovod by many to have moro than
Its nppnront significance.
While no official comment upon
tho nubjoct was mndo nt tho dopart
mont of Juotlco, It was easily ascor
talnod thoro that tho department does
not look upon tho Introduction of tho
'"foundation" bill at this tlmo as a
moro colncldonco,
Tho dissolution suit involves tho
entire Rockofollor concorn, and In Its
scope covoru tho history of tho oil
bualncas In this country from Its In
coptlon up to tho presont day.
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MARK
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$14
WAS REACHE
NOON MONDAY
Two Subscriptions Come by Mail to
the Committee Chairman Root
Plans to Begin Active Campaign
Outside of Medford Soon Will
Work Over Entire State.
PAVING BIDS
STILL UNDER
ADVISEMENT
LIST GROWS $600 IN
SPIT OF BLUE MONDAY
Committee Made No Effort Today to
Secure Subscriptions But List In
creases Just the Same Success
Assured.
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Informal Meeting of City Council Is
JJHng Held This Afternoon to
Consider tho Matter.
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Tho city council still has
under advisement tho bids
offered March 8 for tho pav
ing of ten miles of tho city's
streets and will probably tako
definite action at tho regular
meeting to be held Tuesday
evening.
This afternoon an informal
meeting of the council Is be
ing held for tho purposo of
arriving at some conclusion.
The bids for the high grade
paving were all disappoint
ingly high and It may be that
II of the bide will be rejected
and new ones called for.
GREA
T UNREST
OVER THE FAR
EAST SITUATION
Japan Seeks to Undermine Chines
Sovereignty In Manchuria and New
Policy Change on Port of Russia
Complicates Situation and Powers
Are Worrying.
RAILROAD LOAN IS
UP TO GREAT BRITIAN
120 FISHING BOATS
$14,000.
Noon, Blue Monday.
otill they come!
Six new names were added to the
'"Boll of Honor" before noon Monday)
(nU Twmoui tne committee making an , Heaviest Blizzard in Years Rages
eiion. ine new snmers who volnn.
New Minister to China Is On His Wa'
to Difficult and Arduous Post
China Is Demoralized Sertws Sit
uation at Hand.
WRECKED
"JUSTICE
HARLAN
ANOTHER
WAR
THREATENS EAST
Russia Has Decided Upon Military
Course In Far East Which Means
But One Thing Imminence of An
other War.
LONDON, March 14. Russia has
docldcd upon a military courso In
tho far east, according to dispatches
rocotvod horo today from St. Peters
burg. That movo, according to military
exports, can moan but ono thing
tho lmmlnoncta)f anothor war.
Tho dlupntchos say that Russia
has docidod to Immediately strength
en all Siberian nnd Mnnchurlnn gnr-
rlsons and to comploto tho double
tracking of tho trans-Siborlan rail
road. This will onnblo hor to mo-
blllzo a groat army In tho fnr east
uud will bo dono without dolay.
In vlow of tho npparont ngreemont
of HuBsIa and Japan on n Manchu
rlan policy, It Is bollovod, sho Intends
to mnko war upon China.
TWO ALARMS
BUTJO FIRE
Fire Department Called Out to Quench
Fires That Wore Not Plenty of
Smoke But no Fire Ono In "Smoke
House."
II. C. flnmott returned Monday
from San Francisco wlioro ho lias
Twlco within 24 hours has tho
ndngo that "whoro thoro la smoko
thorp must bo flro" been disproved In
Mod ford.
Sunday evening JiiBt as ovorybody
that Is, most ovorybody was start
Ing for church, smoko began to pour
from tho front of tho West SIdo moat
markot, tho alarm was turned In and
tho churcligoors olthor stopped to
look on or mndo tracks for tho scono
Just ns tho location of tho person
hnpponed to bo.
But it was all smoke, nnd appro
priatoly so. Tho smokohouso attach
ed to tho shop was filled with moot
In process of curing, and tho damp
er on tho smoke furnace had gone
wrong. Thoro was no flro, Just
smoko.
Tho West SIdo Smokohouso In tho
Farmers and PruItcroworH' hnnk
building "smokod up" Monday Just
boforo noon. Mr. Antlo tolophonod
ALL SHOULD AID
TO GET OPERA
Ed. M. Andrews Tells Why Medford
Theater Goers Should Assist in
Gottlng Lombard! Company to Stop
In Medford.
(Continued on Pn- o 5.)
boon on n businosH trip.
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY BETWEEN LOCAL
AND NATIONAL UNION LEADERS IMMINENT
PHILADELPHIA, Pa March 14.
It Is poBsIblo today that iv conflict
of nuthorlty botwooti local and na
tional londors may result from tho
ordor of tho central labor union horo
to all union mon of Philadelphia to
quit work under penalty of not bo
Ing oonsldorod unionists,
In most of tho trados tho lntorna-
lonnl orennlEntlons have ordorod
tholr workers to romaln. thoroby ad-
TiBiiiK mom io ignore uiu oruure oi
the central labor body. As a result
It Is expected 'hero that fow of the
union mon who nro now nt work will
oboy tho contrnl union's ordor.
Tho gonoral ordor to tho milkmen,
bakorjr wagon drlvors, Ice wagon
drlvors and othors who dollvor ne
cessities to quit work was not gonor-
ally oboyod today.
Tho majority of theso mon romnln-
od at work, although a few failed to
nppoar this morning.
Tho city was qulot during the early
hours today. A canvas Indicates that
most of the men who quit work last
week are still oat.
This would Indicate that tho labor
loadora aro still holding tholr men In
lino and that tholr predictions of
furthor defections from tho ranks of
tho workors may bo fulfillod.
A poworful offort unquestionably
Is bolng made to provont tho milk
mon, bakery wagon drlvors and oth
ors In that class of work from obey
ing the order to strike.
Tho next movo of tho union leaders
Is awaltod with Intonso Interest on
all eldee, ,
(By Ed M. Andrews.)
It seems ns though wo are about
to Ret a great attraction for 'ho lat
tor end of Mcdford's theatrical sea
son. Manager ITnjcolricK informs us
that he Imb completed arrangements
with tho Lombard! Grnnd Onera com
pany for a one night engagement Ap
ril Bth, nt which time tho.v nro to
produce a double bill, consisting of
tho operas, "Cavnllona' and "Pair
liacci."
Tho Lombardi Grnnd Opera com
nany nro Rooond in importance onlv
to tho Metropolitan Grnnd Onorn
oompnny of New York. Thoy number
J.J.U mombora with nn orchostrn of
forty pieces. In tho lending caste
there nro a fow names worth Men
tioning. In tlioir sopranos. Adnborto
and Basettitoy, hnvo two singers who
aro woll in tho Molhn nnd Nordion
eln88. Thoir nrincinnl tenor who
would sing in thoir engagement horo,
is Scnlnbrini. IIo is one of the croni
Italian tenors and whilo not so well
known as Caruso, ho is n mnn who
would bo chosen to nlternnto with
thnt grent tenor.
Tho writer of this article 1ms
henrd most of tho grent singers in
gnnd opera nnd can sny with nil ns.
suranoo nnd modostv that the Mot.
ropolitnn ensto hnvo not two bari
tones ns cront ns Sienors Antnln nnd
Mnggi. Antola is boyond a doubt n
greater baritone thnn Scotti. Tho
oporns chosen nre two of tho nrnntnsf
works of tho modorn school, Lion Co
vnllo nnd Mnsoncnl. the ennmnanre nf
l avnllonn nnd Pnglinooi are prnoti
oally young mon and have combined
the Wnernorian school of nrclmsMnn
with the melody of the old Italian
school and the result is a wonderful
peered their subscriptions were Mrs.
; Belle .Xickell, A. M. Shannon of the
Warren Construction company,.!!. C.
Gdrnett, Paul Hnnsen, L. E WVko
mOD nnd C. A. MoArthur. The-
ol R. A. Holmes which was loft f rjia
the list through an oversight was also
added.
Tho day being Bluo Mondav tha
committee made no offort to secure
'subscriptions but the foregoing vol
unteered. I J. M. Root, president of tho Crater
I Lake Highway Commission, wiil soon
start active work outside ol the city.
A number of prominent men will be
written to .and n general campaign
waged.
Following aro two letters received
by tho commission, showiug how the
bouilding of tho road is- considered :
Portland, March, 13, 1910.
Beforo leaving Medford I intended
to volunteer a personal subscription
of $100 to tho Crater rood fund but
did not run across any one soliciting.
This is to authorize you to sign for
mo for ono hundred ($100) dollnrs,
assuring you of my deep interest in
the schemo, with kind regurd, hoping
all your schemes, ns this.
successful, I remain
Yours truly,
A. M. SHANNON.
Jacksonville. Ore.. Mnridi 11 10m
Crater Lnko Highway Commission,
Jicdtord, Oregon.
Gentlemen: I horebv invA vnn nit-
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tnonty to sum mv namo n Mia ci.i..
scription list for $100.
Unliko tho Oregon supreme court,
bolieve that the thorouphfn win
ho of geenral utility. Thero should
bo no doubt of tho success of this en
terprise.
. Yours truly.
MRS. BELLE NICKELL
I Along Coast of Hondo Believe
Many Lives Were Lost.
TQKIO, March 14. The greatest
blizzard experienced in the island of
Hondo slnco tLe devastation o.f 1S0.
raged nlong tho eastorn coast Satur
day night and yesterdar.
Tho fate of thousands of fisher
men Is unknown, it Is estimated
that ISO fishing boats lavo been
wrecked.
Tho storm swept tho coxits of Cbl-
ba and Ibarakl prefectures and
wrought terrlb'd hr-voc.
The cruiser Takachio was dispatch
ed to search for possible survivors
of tho great storm.
Tho prefectures of Chlba and Ibar
akl adjoin tho prefecture of Toklo.
Tho force of tho storm was felt In
land here for a considerab'e distance,
but tho principal damago was done
along tho coacL
Details of tho blizzard are lacking,
but It Is possible that additional war
ships will bo sent to the etst coast as
soon as tho Takachio reports by wire
less to the navy office.
COLORED PUGILIST IS
BADLY BRUISED UP
RACINE, Wis., March 14. While
Jack Johnson is bruised in several
places today, as a result of an auto
mobile accident in which ho and his
wue experienced, mo coiorea Heavy
weight suffered no injuries worth
mention.
Johnson, accompanied by Mrs.
Johnson, were on their wav from
Milwaukeo to Chicago in a new au
tomobile which Johnson was driving.
When a few miles north of Rneinn.
i tho machine skidded nnd dashed in-
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ilonov of Mnr-' to a snnivhnnlf
risville, Vermont, nrrivod in Modford Both occupants wore hurled from
Sunday nnd expects to locate hero their seats into the bnnk. Tho depth
permanently. ! of the snow undoubtedly saved them
combination. Manncer HazolncL' Inns
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kept tho best of vino for tho Inst of Dr. J. M. Keeno is expected to re
tho feast. Lot us see if wo can turn turn from San Francisco Tuesday ac-
foimanco ns wo did for Mnlntyio & been sponding the winter in ?outhorn
ucanrs "in uayti." Cnlifornia.
WASHINGTON. March 14. The
unrest in Europe over the action ot
Russia in formulating a military pol
icy in the far east, taken in conjunc
tion with tho establishment of what
is practically an anti-forelan Dartv la
3apan, reached horo today.
It Is not Jingo and some say that
the question of Japan's increasing
aggressiveness In her Manchurian pol
icy Is causing genuine concern nf tho
state department. It Is realized that
the United States must bo prepared
to make a protest if Japan's aggres
siveness increases or bo prepared to
abandon the policy of thn "mut.
door" in China.
Japan Is the leader In sovino. t
undermine the Chinese sovereignty
In Manchuria. Hitherto the crux of
the situation has rested botwoen thf
country and Japan; now the policy
changes on tho part of Russia further
complicates a dellcato situation.
By the agreement ot France. Oar.
many and tho United attr th
Shankow railroad loan Is now up to
ureat Britain.
It remains to bo seen whothor r.nn.
don will stand by her former declar
atlon and Join tho three powers o.
whether tho government will bow ti
St. Petersburg and Toklo nml lot thi
Chlneso loan fall through.
The rejection of tho Nox oronosak
chowed that Russia and Japan pro
pose to keep thoir grasp upon Man
churia. Tho negative attitude of
Great Britain is taken to show that
she approves.
Thus tho United States, France and
Germany are loft alono to uphold the
territorlal Integrity of China. The
Unlted States, having tho largest
commercial Interest, Is tho moat Im
portant ot theso threo powers.
In viow of tho differences likely to
arise at any tlmo with Japanese be
cause of tho exclusion law, there la
little telling at tho present tlmo where
the trouble Is going to end or how
soon this govrnment may feel called'
upon to Issue a positive warning to
Japan to keep her hands off Manchu.
rla.
Tho sltu:.tion In China and Man
churia requires careful bundling. A
now American minister to China,
William J. Calhoun, Is now on hla
way to a difficult and arduous noat.
The United States needs a man of
tact and discretion to keep his foot
In tho "open door" to prevent Its
being Blammed shut by either Russia
or Japan.
Special Easter Edition
To Run Next Sunday, March 20.
WE ARE making strenuous efforts to produce nn extra large Easter edition
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Advertisers will recoivo full bonofit on account of tho extra papers distributed
by tho enthusiastic boosters.
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