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TIII2 U'llATIIKIl.
UNITfSl) PRESS ASSOCIATION
Full Leaned Wire Itoport.
Tonight and Wiidnwolity--Clour
and viirni.
Monday's Temperatures High
(18, low 42, rungo 57,
Tho only papor In iho world
nfit.ll.l.. A l -I.- .I..- - m
1'tiuiinuuu III ll 1.11 luu nizt) ill
Medford having: n leased wire.
MED FOR I ) OK ICCIOX. 'JTEKDAy, SlAftOH 15, 1910.
No. 307.
M'ltTII YhAK
GENERAL RAILROAD STRIKE IS CALLED
WALK OUT NOT
YET ORDERED;
WILL DE SOON
25.000 Firemen Aro Effected AH
Lines In West Are Among Those on
Which Strike "Is Called Differ
ences Arise Over Wage Scale and
Working Rules Officials Return.
MEDFORD WILL DE SHUT
OFF FROM OUTSIDE WORLD
Southern Pacific Is Among Lines on
Which Strike Is Called Walkout,
Will Be Called Before the End of
the Week Conference In Chicago
Ends. .
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The Southern Pacific, Med
ford's only conuoction with
the outside world, is one of
tho ronda Jiffectod by tho de
cision of tho Firemon'B Broth
erhood. ThU will mean u
complete tio-up of nil traffic
in mid out of Modford and tho
Ions will bo hoavy in thin city
as it will bo olsewkero on tho
coast. ,
During thu past two wcoks
tho freight tie-up, while it was
only for n few dnys and did
not offoct pasnongcr trnffio
to any oxtont, was of muoh in
couvoniouco to local buniness
mon. An indofinito tlo-up of
tho roads would not only bo of
inconvonionco but would prob
nbly cnufio much lost to busi
noxH mon.
4. f about tho various stock munlnula-
Hons by which tho government nt-
CHICAOO, March 10. The com-' tornoyB declared tho Standard of Now
iiiltteo of railway general managers orsoy acquired control of tho va
nnnouiircd this afternoon that Clialr- rlous companies hold by tho circuit
man Knnpp of the Interstate com- court to have been parties to tho
merto commission and lnbr Coin- monopoly.
tnlssloni-r Nelll had accepted their In- Since tho holding company Is tho
vltntton to act as mediators In the form under which a number of tho
threatened strike of railway firemen, greater alleged trusts oporato, nttor
Roon after this announcement Pros- neys who llstonod to tho urgumont
Ident Carter of tho brotherhood said .anil tho questions of tho Justlcos, do-
that tho firemen probably would
nirreo to accept government mediation
to prevent n strlko on nil westoniitho anti-trust crusndo.
lines,
CniCAQO, Ills., Mnrch 15. A
gonernl Htriko of moro than 25,000
firomon lias boon cnllod liy tho high
officinlfl of tho Brothorhoood.
However, it npponrs probnbio today,
thnt the nctuni wnlkout of tho men
will not bo ordorod boforo tlio end of
tho wcok.
Tho few days' delay in making tlio
8triko offootlvo is for tho purpose of
nllowing tho Pacific ConHt officinls
of tlio brothorhood to rot urn to tlioir
homcH to diroot oporntions tlioro.
Tho ditto for tlio beginning of tlio
(Continued on Pn ft.)
ROOSEVELT FOR FIRST TIME
IN TEN MONTHS LOOKS LIKE
A GENTLEMAN, SAYS KERMIT
KHARTOUM, March 15. Attired
in n milt of twood nnd "looking liko
a gentleman for tlio first' timo in ton
months" ns onnit expressed 'it, Col.
Itoosovolt nppenrod today with his
wifo, bo n nnd dauglitor for n orator
trip, about tho town.
Thoy visited nil tlio "points of In
toroHt" nnd Hpont considornblo timo
nt Gordon oollogo, in which tlio oolo
nol took gront intorost.
Mrs. Roosovolt nnd Miss Ethel nro
doliglitod nt tho rocoption nnd accom
modations here. They had n tiresome
STANDARD Oil
CASE TAKES ON
NEW INTEREST
Arc "Holdlnn Companies" a Violation
of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law?
Tho Question Wilt Be Decided ay
the Supreme Court In Its Decision
Regarding the Standard Oil.
MEMBERS OF COURT
ASK MANY QUESTIONS
ArOUlng oi Ca" Progressing Rapidly
Kellogg, "Trust Buster," Waxes
Ironical During the Course of His
Remarks.
WASHINGTON, March IB. That
tho decision of thu supremo court of
tho United States hearing thu nrgu-
-f'niont In tho appeal from tho circuit
court decision dtolvlng tho Standard
joil company of Now Joraoy will do
f.clde whothor "holding companies"
;nro Illegal undor tho Sborman law
' wm Indicated by tho questions asked
f nttorneyo as tho argument proceeded
f ' today.
fj Under tho docltlon of tho circuit
court which ordered tho Standard of
f Now Jersey to return Its stock hold-,
lings In tho subsidiary companies to
,tlio stockholders of tho company, the
form of organization employed by tho
f Standard was declared a monopoly,
f Tho holding company, by this docl-
slon, was specifically referred to, and
f was declared tho basis of tho com-
blnntlon declared Illegal. 1
f Whon tho nttornoys today roach od
f that part of tho argumont describing
4- tho orgnntzntlon of tho Standard tho,
f Justices frequently Interrupted tho,
questions, asking mor specifically
claro tbo dcclalon will bnvo an Im
portant bearing upon tho status of
Although tho holding company wna
declared Illegal by tho circuit court,
a numbor of mcrgors have boon con
summated slnco tho holding compa
nies hnvo played tho loading parts,
Corporation nttornoys hnvo declared
that tho decision on this particular
point will not hold on tho Instances
and tho decision of tho supromo court,
lawyers say, will sottlo a question of
grout Importance to tho big business
ontorprlsos.
In Bomo Instances tho Justice of
tho supremo court united about tho
organization of tho Standard from
tho time the Standard Oil company
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journoy from Cniro nnd from what
they hud soon of Egypt on tho way
up tho Nilo hnd not oxpoctod to find
very fclfptuous quarters nt Khartoum.
' Thoy woro most agreeably Biirpris
icd whon shown tho npartmonts pro
pnrod for them in tho pnlnce, nnd to
'dny doolnrod that thoy could not hnvo
' found moro coinfortnblo quarters nnd
dolightful accommodations in Now
York, The colnel is having a great
I time and ia enjoying himself so muoh
thnt ho finds it hard to think about
. tho formal duties and the work that
ia before him.
Three Leaders of Big Trolley Strike
Which Led to Tying IJp
lliree or tin leaden or tin- I'liiladelpUia irollej n'ii in the yreat btrtke wbuh tailed out iu sytnputiiy practical
ly all of the union men of thu city are V. D. Malum, president of the airwi cur men's uulou of the entire country,
known as the .Amalgamated Association of Street and Uittr.c Itnllwnv Uninloiees: C. O. Pratt, ceiierul onranlzer
I of the OKKoolatlou, who wax sent to
; ami I'eter Dilscoll. pnwideut of thu
10 MAKE SURVEY
Of LOCAL CREEKS
H. K. Donnelly, Engineer of State.
Board of Water Control, to Arrive
Sooon to Determine Amount of Ir
rigable Land In Southern Oregon,
SALEM, Or., March 15. II. K.
Donnelly, nn onginoer for the stnto
board of wntor control, will begin
surveys with a crow this wook in
southern Oregon, to moasuro tho wnt
erri of the Althouso crook, the Itoguo
river nnd various' tributaries and to
dotonnino tho quantity of irrigable
land that mny bo roelnimod by tho
wntors of tlioso streams. Filings
hnvo boon mndo on tlioso streams and
hoforo tho board can nrrivo nt nn
oauitnblo adjudication of tho rights
of usorb, thorough nnd oomploto sur
veys must bo mndo, Tho work will
consumo about throo months' timo,
A short timo ngo II. L. Ilolgate,
suporiutoiidont of this district, spent
somo time in soutliorn Oregon taking
preliminary Btops nnd holding hear
ings regarding tho adjudication of
wntor rights on cortnin strenms.
Weston 72 Years Old.
KINSLEY, Knus., March 15. Ed
wnrd Pnyson Weston, podostrimii is
72 yenrs of ngo today. Tho famous
transcontinental wnlkor oolobrntod
(ho occasion by quietly resting nt n
point nine miles from hero after n
jnunt yostordny in whioh ho oovored
72 mibw, just one mile foY every year
of his age.
Philadelphia to murine tlie strike beoau.-e
local liranch of ' r men's uulon
LAOIES PLAN A
NOVEL EVENING
:
Entertainment Planned by Ladies of
Greater Medford Club for March1
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29 Will Be Well Worth Patronizing
j Novel Form of Eentertalnment
The eiitertniument to bo given by
the Grentor Medford Glub on Mnreh
21) promises to be a grout success.
Owing to tlio crowded condition oi thu
social calendar last month the ladies
in chui-go of tlio February program
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were oungeu 10 give up uio reception,
for which ull arrangements had been
! mado.
Tho committee in charge of the
March program are doing overything
'possible to make it one of the best
ever given. Ami with Airs. E, M. An
drows. in charge of tho musical part,
something very good is assured. The
rest of the program, which is being
"kept a seorot," is a vory novel idea,
not having been presented before iu
the west nnd will ptovo vory enter
taining and amusing.
Tho Indies are working to raiso
funds to pay for tho now books which
hnvo boon udded to tho library, and
also to buy more books, as tho num
bor of patrons equals tho total
amount of books now in tho library.
Sidownlks nro to be oxtondod in the
park nnd tho wost end of tho squnro
is to bo kept up as well as tho east.
Evory ono who has tho interest of
Modford nt honrt, will bo willing to
holp tho Indies do their part, and
kocp up the work thoy liaye so nobly
begun.
of Philadelphia.
of his known ability In such matters.
JO PROVIDE REST
ROOM IN CITY
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Information Bureau Will Also Be Es-
tabllshed by Ladies of Greater
Medford Club Will Consider Them
at Meeting Tomorrow.
Tho ladles of tho Greater Medford
club will meet tomorrow afternoon
In Smith's hall at 3 o'clock to discuss
ways nnd means to establish an In
formation bupreau nnd a rest room
In tho city for tho use of strnngors
and residents of tho rural sections of
tho valley. Tho mutter will bo con-
sldorod In dotall nnd arrangements
mado for carrying tho plans Into cf
foct. ,
The ladles plan to establish nn in
formation bureau for visitors and
strnngors. It Is planned to thus make
It pleasant for tho nowcomors and
tho bureau will ovon go to tho extent
of finding rooms for arrivals when
tho hotels are crowded.
Tho rest room will provide a placo
whoro the woraou from tho rural dis
tricts may bring their lunch and bo
comfortable. Probubly for the timo
being a tont will bo orocted In a suit
ahlo spot near tho contor of tosva and
someono plnced In charge
Died At Portland, March 0, 1010,
nt tlio Sovonth Dny Advent Sanatori
um, Elirnboth Huonugnrdt, aged W
yoars, 6 months and 10 days. The
remains were sent to Ashland and
tho interment took place in the Moun
tain View cemetery on Sunday, March
13.
AMATEUR TRY
DUPT
MOORE SALOON
Masked Man at One O'clock This
Morning Suddenly Confronts Bar
tender With Command "Hands Up"
They Came Up But Brought a
Bottle With Them.
ROBBER FLEES BEFORE
FUSILADE OF GLASS
Nerve of Weuld-fee Bad Man is Evi
dently in Need of Repair Police
Have Clue and May Get the Man.
In Near Future.
Monday night as Jack McGynn, the
night bartender,, was taking up hla
cash at 1 o'clock; ipreparatory to clos
ing up the Moore' Hotel bar. a man
stepped In through the side door and
called, "bands .up." In tho saloon at
the time were tho bartender.' George
Woodln, whoi bad been helping Mc-Gwynu-cleonnp.-and
a ccjgggtefel
man, who was writing a letter In one
of the booths.
The side entrance Is just nt the
end of tho bar and Woodln was the
first man that tho holdup saw as he
came in. Woodln threw up bis hands
nnd the robber then covered Mc-
Gwynn with the same demand. Jack
threw up his hands, but ono of them
bad a bottle in it and he let drive
at tho highwayman's head, missing
it by a fraction of an inch and spoil
ing some Imported soda. Woodln in
the meantime had dodged Into a clos
et, where other cupplles were kept,
and by the time SIcGwynn's second
bottle had wrecked Itself against the
wall, ho opened f lro. There were bot
tles, glasses, cuss words and other
things scattered all over the barroom
for a minute, then Woodln made a
lucky shot and caught the holdup
man on the side of the head and the
latter departed the way ho came,
leaving his hat and a lot of broken
glass as a memento.
After the excitement was over Mc
Gwynn and, Woodln looked for the
drummer. He was found jammed un
der a settee In tho booth whoro he
had been writing a letter, so tightly
that it was necessary to remove the
set t eo from its moorings to get him
out
Tbo robber made his escape In the
darkness, but tho police believe they
havo a clue that will enable them to
land hi mln a short time.
McGwynn showed considerable
onrvo In facing the robber, but had It
not been for the flank movomentof
his helper the affair might havo re
sulted differently.
James Bricklin and O. S, Lnupp of
Crescent Citv, Calif., nre in Medford
lor n business visit.
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TO HO
GOVERNMENT BRIEF FILED
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
CORPORATION TAX CASES
WASHINGTON'. March 15. Tho
j government's brief In connection with
I tho corporation tax cases was filed
'with tho supremo court of the United
States today by Solicitor General
Bowers.
The brief was filed In response to
each of the appeals mado by IS sep
a rate corporations.
Dowers argues that tho tax Is not
a direct tax on property, as was as
sorted. Ho says that It Is an exclso on "car
rying on business," therefore needs
apportionment among the various
HAZELRIGG TO
GIVE AN OPERA
ROAD BENEFIT
Will Present "Martha," "Benfflila
Girl" and "The Mikade" and Pr-
- ceeds Will Go to Swell the FwnI
for the Building of the Crater Lak
Highway.
FUND TODAY PASSES
THE $18,000 MARK.
Twenty-two Persons Sign List Sisct
Noon Monday Every ane Is lett
ing for the Road and It Will At
Built Hunt Cammitt&e te Sign.
$16,200.
Noon, Tuesday.
Twenty-two since noon Monday.
The list growd and grows.
Medford is setting a splendid pace.
A pace such as only Medford.
knows how to set.
.Twenty-five thousand by Saturn
day, then, feo; for other fielda.
'- Portland business " 'met prB
$25,000 more. f
Will tho road be built?
Hasn't Medford said sot
For the benefit of those not yet in
itiated it will.
Charles D. Hazelrigg has sprang a.
new feature in the game.
He offers to give three operas
"Martha," "Bohemian Girl" and "The
Mikado" for the benefit of the fund.-
The highway -commission has ac
cepted his offer.
The prices for tho seats will not
be out of reason.
Any person can tell the stranger
what Medford qan do in tho way oi
talent.
The operas will be well worth see
ing.
Some of the seats will be auction
ed off.
Will it be a success?
Isn't it to be pulled off in Med
ford. A success yes, in capital letters.
Several other stunts aro planned
by the commission.
They aro n resourcoful bunch.
Watch the road fund grow,
John M. Hoot, chief of all sccomp
lished solicitors, says his feet are
sore.
Not cold oh no! sore.
So be ready with that signature
when ho calls,
lie says ho doosn't mind calling
once, but twico is too much.
So help him out.
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keep
Just watch Medford got
busy. -no,
Twenty-five thousand.
Noon, Saturday.
Medford makes good.
Help her out!
Read page 8 to find out particulars
Geo, P. Johnson of Ashland was In
Medford Tuesday on business.
states according to tho population ot
tho states, undor tho Constitution.
Dowors also argues that tho cor
porntlon tax Is not tho first tax o
stockholders' shares nor upon the la
come from corporation share.
Ho donles that tho tax la as la
fraction on thQ gouoral power of im
stares to authorize tho formation of
corporations, as Is claimed,
It Is expected that tho argumeat of
the cases, now oa appeal, will twte
before the supreme Court Immediate
ly after the hearing arxumaata o
the Standard Oil dissolution suit to
concluded,