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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNEDAY, APRIL 33, 1910.
No. 20.
LA FEAN BILL
DOWN AND OUT
Committee on Arjrlculturo Votes Not
to Report Bill Into House This Sea
son, and Thus Disposes of It for
This Session at Least.
S
GUGGENHEIM DILL
BURIED IN COMMITTEE
Frultmcn of Northwest Win First
Round Regarding Obnoxious Apple
Bill Regulating Size, of Boxes
" Washington, I). C, April
13. D. II. Russell, Medford:
Committee on iigriculturo
took nction on Ln Fonn bill
today. My motion to lay that
bill on tho tnblo was carried
by vote of 0 to 0. Thin de
fends the bill. (Signed.)
W. C. I1AWLEY.
by vote of 0 to 0. Thin do-
.f.mln tin, bill. fSltnietU
.WASHINGTON, April 13. The
houso coinmittco on agriculture th'iH
morning votoed to tnblo tho Ln Fean
bill, which has for its purpofte the
regulation of apple HbipmcntH. The
bill will not come up in tho houso
this HOHhion.
The Guggenheim bill, whicli wuh of
n like nature nnd was introduced re
cently in tho flcnnto, ban evidently
been buried in the sonnto committee
on agriculture.
Membors of the Iiouho committee
hero today stnto that it was shown
at recent hearings that the bill was
unfair nnd that it would not be re
ported fnvornbly.
The Ln'Fenn bill, against which a
hard battle was waged by fruitmen
of tho northwest, has ovidently been
offcctually disposed of for this ecs
fiion. Tho notion of the house committee
disposes of it thoro nnd it is im
probable, that Senator Guggenheim'
bill in tho sennto will bo reported
back.
That tho bill was defeated is due
Inrgely to tho efforts of C. E. Whis
lor of this city, who, nB n roproflcntn
tivo of tho growers in tho Roguo
River vnlloy, mado two trips to
Washington to fight.
If pnssod, tho bill would have
worked groat hardship to tho grow
ers of Jho Roguo River vnlloy nnd tho
entire northwest.
WANT RECIPROCITY
TREATY WJTH CANADA
Immediate Action Leaking Toward
Negotiations Will Probably Be Un
dertaken by Taft.
Washington, d. a, April 13.
Immediate nction looking toward ne
gotiations for n reciprocity tronty
with Cnundn will probably follow n
conforenoo which Prosidont Taft ar
ranged with tho londors of tho ways
and means committoo of tho houso.
Roprcsontatlvo Pnyno, chairman of
tlio commltteo, will hnndlo tho oom
mittoo end of tho mnttor.
Tho prosidont dosiros an onrly fa
vorable report on tho resolution in
troduced uy Iloprosontntivo Amos of
Mnssnchusotts, which doolnros in fa
vor of opening negotiations with
Cnnndn immodintoly. Whilo tho
prosidont could opon nogotintions
himsolf without nutliorizution from
congross, ho fools n dobnto on tho
floor of tho lmuso would bonofit tho
plans of tho administration, If tho
prosidont is unablo to porsundo tho
ways nml monns committoo to roport
tho bill, Roprosontntlvo Amos do
olnros ho will oirculnto a round-robin
on tho floor of tho houso in favor of
tho roport. Ho says ho has boon as
sured of tho support of tho Now
England and nortlorn bordor stato
dologations.
Reprieve For
Sugar Trust
rrvnlilcnt Decide CongrcMlonnl In
vrntlgntloii Wll Ho Inexpedient
nt Thin Time -FitenilcVii
Itoiolutlon Smothered.
WASHINGTON, D. C April 13.
After a confcrcnco botweon President
Tnft nnd ItcpreHontntlvo Hill nt tho
White House today It was reported
that n congressional Investigation f
the iio-called migar trust would
bo
Inexpedient nt this tlmo.
Itepreiientntlvo Hill of Connecticut,
chairman of the hotieo commltteo on
l)w expenditures to which Hltzgor
nld'n resolution providing for nn In
vestigation wan roforred, discussed
tho mnttor with President Tuft for
half nu hour.
Ah n result of tho conference Hill
will not report Fitzgerald's resolu
tion from the com ml t too on account
of n possibility that Immunity might
bo era a tod to offender nhonld they
testify before nn Investigating com
mltteo. Johnson May
. Forswear Us
Hut Cleveland Ex-Mayor Consigns
Keportem to Warmer Climate,
When Asked Ilegnrdliig Mutter.
LONDON, April 13. An nttcmpt
to get a btntcmcnt from former
Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland re
garding a rumor that he intended to
live in England elicited thejraply: Oo
to h ."
That wns the only nnswer that
could bo secured to tho inquiries re
gnrding tho Ohionns plnnB for tho
future.
Whoro tho mmor originntcd is not
known, but is believed that Johnson
plans to enter politics hero. Mnny
politicians behove that tuo rumor
has eubfitnntial foundntion nnd that
thereafter ho will bo n big figuro in
affairs on this sido of tho Atlantic
Politicians interested in tho report
duclnro that ho would have n big
following if iio doeided to enter pub-
lie life.
Posse Arrests
Sheriff Jones
All Jacfcsonrillo Turns Out to Greet
Sheriff and nridc "Sheriff Parad
Tfirough ilia Main Street..
Nonrly alt of Jacksonville assom
bled at the realdenco of Shorlff Jonos
Tuesday night nnd thoso who could
not get Into tho house stnyod sutsldo
and choered. It was not a charivari,
but elmply an expression of tho ea
tcom In which ti.o newly weddod cou
plo woro hold by tho townspeople. An
olnbornto lunch had boon prepared
by Mrs, Jones und hor frlonds nnd
spoeches of congratulation and ox'
prcsslons of good will woro numer
ous. W. R. Colomnc told of hia long and
pleasant relations as a follow off!
clal with tho groom, Will Grlovo
addod Bomo witty and npproprlato re
marks. Bob Dow spoko In. favorab
terma of Liu "bias," nnd othor con
gratulatory remarks woro mado.
Then Shorlff Jones was arrested )
a posse and taken down town. Kit
patrol wngon bolng nvallublo, ho wn
niountod on tho bonst which Is so fre
quently montlonod In both profnno
nnd rollglous history ns tho original
moans of artificial locomotion for
jnnn, and nftor having ontlsflod tho
jjudgoa of his probity nnd good in-
jtontlons, wnB allowed nnnuy to ro
turn to his homo,
EVELYN THAW TO STUDY
SCULPTURE IN PARIS
NEW YORK, April 13. A friond
of Mrs. Evolyn Nosbit Thuw, wifo of
Hurry K. Thaw, hns authorized tho
nnnouncomont thnt Mrs. Thaw had
riven up hor npnrtmont nnd thnt sho
would loavo for Paris noxt Thursday
to study sculpture
KAISER ASKS
TEDDYJO COME
Urges Colonel to Bp His Guest Three
Days at His Palaco In Berlin and
to Brhjg the Folks Along to Stay
Admires Him Greatly.
PORTO JIAIR1ZIO, Italy, April
".-tinperor W UIwiu of Gorumny
todny ipm demonstrated tho high
rcgnrd in which ho holds former
President Roosevelt by writing a
personal letter urging that Mrs.
Roosovelt, Hermit and Miss Ethel, us
well as tho colonel, becomo guests at
his palace for tbrco days.
Whilo it was expected that Mrs.
Roosovelt would sharo with her hus
band tho kaiser's hospitality, tho fact
that the ruler laid usido official red
tapo nnd urged in u personal letter
thnt tho entire family should accept
his hospitality is considered note
worthy. Roosevelt nnd Kermit sturtcd for
Venice nt 2:30 this uftcmoon. They
will arrive thoro at 2 o'clock Thurs
day morning and twclvo hours later
will start for Vienna.
Mi's. Roosovolt and Miss Ethel will
remain hero ulitil tho colonel arrives
in Paris on April 17. They will re
join him at tho French capital.
Posters which bado Roosevelt wcl
como when lio arrived hero have been
replaced by othors bidding him tho
following farowoll:
"Good-bye, Roosovelt; como buck
soon."
In nddition to tho posters, the
mnyor issuod an official pronuncin
ucnto sotting forth "our most dis
tinguished fellow-citizen" is nbout to
leave. Tho jnnyor exprossed the
honor felt hi' tho oily at the visit of
Roosovelt and called upon tho citi
ions to decorato tho railway station
with flowers.
Tho residents responded with good
will and tho dopot looked liko a bridal
altar. Roosovolt's carriago was pelt
ed with roses whilo on its wny from
tho villa of Miss Carow, whoro tho
Roosovelts sojourned, to tho station.
Hugo bouquets wcro presented Mrs.
Itoosovclt nn'd Miss Ethol. All work
in Porto Mnurizio wns suspended to
day until nfter tho depnrturo of tho
Roosovelts.
H0LERA THREATENS
CAPITAL OF RUSSIA
ST. PETERSBURG, via Eydtkuh
neu, April 13. It wns lonrned today
that cholera is again threatening St.
Petersburg and thnt tho outbreak of
a yenr ngo wns nover crushed com
pletely, nnd the past two weeks has
a small increnco in the numbor of
cases.
NO SHORT WEIGHING
SAYS PROSECUTOR
Investigator Declares Uncle lam Was
Not Buncoed by Sugar Company
In New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, La., April 13.
bpccial fcdoral Prosooutor Winifred
Donnison, who arrived here recently
from Washington to invostigato a ru
mor to tho offoot that tho sugar trust
was short-woighmg Biigar importa
tions, declnrod today that ho did not
belicvo tho govorumcnt hud lout a
ueut in Now Orlcnns through sugar
frauds.
lie said thnt tho government had
outwitted tho "sugnr trust" in Now
Orlonus by installing moving scnlos
instoad of stationary onos, which
could bo tamporod with.
Donmson said that ho probably
would comploto tho investigation by
noxt Friday night. Tho largost su
gar rofinory in tho Unitod States i.s
situntod horo. For somo timo it wns
porsistontly rumorod thnt tho sugnr
compnnios horo woro making- a prao
tico of short-woighing. Donnison
was sont down to invostigato, with
tho result that ho announced that
nothing of nn illogal naturo, as for
as ho wns nblo to find, had boon
committod.
If thoro's nny work thnt. you can
do do woll you onn find a ohnnoe
to do it, through want advertising,
Was Swope's Body Taken From Grave?
j& jg? jg? jg? jg?
Such Is Defence Set Up By Dr. Hyde
D Ad-
'rfK ministered to Col. Swopc After yfmfW
" Death Evidence to This Effect. mf
oniiynii tii io
MANY MATTERS
Much Work, Entailing Investigations
of Existing Conditions, Ordered
Laying of Water Mains Under DIs
cussion.
Informal discussion of citv prob -
ft
lems marked tho incoting.'of tho coun- !severoi, momasA annB lue nnc,
oil Tuesday night, and work ontnirmgi wa not euard- ......
:..nC;i!i., f nvia.; ,i:;nncl The attorneys declared that they
j..i ? !..
ographer aud city salaries furnished
the subjoats for discussion.
Tho most important mnttcr dis
cussed wns tho laying of n water
main on Genosso street by Contract
ore Vincent nnd Baker, when the
street wns not included in their con
tract. Work had been nbnndoncd on
Court street, which was included in
tho contract, to prosccuto the work
on Gcnceee. Complaint wns mado to
tho council by Charles Boardmnn and
investigation ordered by tho wntor
committer
Tho next problem came up in con
nection with tho request of Mrs.
Tolfor thnt she be given somo com-
ponsntion for her work in tho re
corder's office. It developed that
tho city had employed a stonogrnphor
nt a salary of $05 n month to work
botwoon tho mayor's, citj attorney's
nnd recordore offices, but that sho
hnd not so' divided her timo between
tho tliroo offices. Tho m..tter was
roforrod to tho finance committee.
Ono of tho most important matters
disauBStid was that of public health.
City Health Officer Dr. Shcnror was
present nnd called attention to n
number of pcoplo who persist in re
fusing to mhko sowor connections
nnd elenn up their premisos. no
was instructed to appear boforo the
rocordor, swoar out complaints nnd
hnvo theso pooplo brought boforo tho
city authorities nnd finod if thoy
porsistcd in thoir rofusnls. This
campaign is to start nt onco.
Tho city is considering tho pur-
chnso of 1000 feet of now hoso for
tlin t . n ilAinti.initr lnli.nl. . 1 I . - I
. Bj.4i.uv.,i, u.iu is uhui.v
A liquor iiceiiBO ofGooreo Bor
deaux was transferred to Adams
Bros,
Salaries seemed lo be nn impor
tant' item nt last ovonine's session.
'lM.n l,.,ni. r r m. .
wiu uuiiiwi uiiiuur. iuva, xouor nml
tho drivor of tho firo ngmo each claim of tho Columbia Bridge oom
asked for a raise. Thoy Avero re- pnny for $1330.32 as payment for
forrod to tho finnnco committee, and
from indications tho salarios asked
will bo granted.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April 13.
That the body of Colonel Thomas H.
Swope, the Kansas City millionaire,
was removed from its casket and
filled with poison will be tho prin
cipal defense of Dr. B. C. Hyde,
charged with the murder of Colonel
Swope.
Attorneys for Dr. Hyde said today
that they had discovered evidence
tending to destroythrce of tho state's
strongest links in the chain of casu
alties that resulted in- tho charge
ngninst the physician.
The body of Colonel Swopo lay m
jn vault nt Forest Hill cemetery for
ihnd discovered that tho body of
Colonel Swope was tampered with af-
ter it had been pined m tho vault.
Thoy assert that there is unmistake-
nblo evidence that the body was re
moved from the casket for somo
purpose, presumably to iuject poison
into the veins.
Tho attorneys said that Harry
Cooke, superintendent nt tho ceme
tery, told them that tho key to the
vault wns accessible to a number of
men; thnt a number of persons he
did not know were seen about the
body and remained nt the vault for
as long as an hour at a timo.
The casket, according to tho at
torneys, hnd been unfastened and
loosely refnstcucd. Air had entered
the coffin and tho body had frozen.
They said that tho rofnsteuing of the
casket wns apparently done by in
experienced hands.
ST. ANNE'S TO GIVE BIG
DANCE THIS EVENING
Tho ladles of St. Ann's society will
givo a danc. nt the Angle opera houso
this evening. L'ausual preparations
have been p.ade towards making this
tho ono danco of tho season. Up to
date an unusually largo sale of tick
ets have been sold ln advance and
ovorything points to a record crowd.
This will bo tho last Janco society
will havo an opportunity to patronize
this season, and the ladtos of St. Ana
aro striving wltn each other to mako
It tho most memorable) in the history
of tho society,
A very nttr&divo featuro of theso
erntlinrfniTa la ihn nlnrrnnt cnpnml n.n-
...
vided by tho ladles and on this oc
cnslon nothing will bo lacking to
mako tho danco a hugo success,
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
COURT IN SESSION
GRANTS PASS, April 13. At tho
Ijlfif TlinnMnn- nf ilm nnnntv nnnvr
lnbor and oxpenso of tonring down
tho old bridge nt tho foot of Sixth
strcot, nllowed and ordered paid.
SIX FIREMEN DIE
AT POST OF DUTY
Jail Burns, 300 Prisoners Narrowly
Escaping Death Guarding of the
Prisoners Hamper Men In Fighting
Flames Militia to Rescue.
NEW HAVEN'. Conn.. April 13.-
Fire Chief Fancher this afternoon re
ported six of his men to be missing
and expressed tho fear that they were
all killed when the root of tho county
Jail collapsed in a flro which des
troyed tho building, several rest
donees and for a time threatened tho
(buslness section of tho city.
The entire fire department of tho
city was called out and continued
ithelr efforts this afternoon to save
Lthe main building of the Jail.
Tho root, which collapsed, fell upon
the third floor and tho firemen who
aro missing were working on that
loor at tho time of the collapso.
, In addition to thoso missing, gour
firemen aro reported injured, three
of them probably fatally.
Three hundred prisoners were tak
en from tho jail by policemen and
.deputy sheriffs. Tho work of rescu
ing tho prisoners, hampered tho flro
.department In fighting tho flames.
.Every prisbnov, however, is reported
safe.
Tho prisoners are now under euard
at the various police precincts of the ! about tho onSittouB which provaU
city. A few are BUfforing from burni!thla rear. i
and thoso whn worn In tha n'.tr ... .i
from shock. None of tho prisoner.
' - .HW I . ... I.
escaped.
The flro ia believed to havo started
from defective electrlo wiring ln tho
chair factory of tho prison. The fac
tory was destroyed, togothor with va
rious workshops and tho building In
which was housed tho prison com
mlsary department. When tho fire
broke out the prisoners bocame pan-
Jc-strickon. Many of the prisoners
woro at work ln tho chair factory
(and some of theso wero tramplod In
ft rush for the door,
Whilo some of tho gunrds provout
od a Jail break, othors rushed to tho
factory and aftor a hard fight with
tho torror-strlckon Inmates succood
od In saving them from death.
Whilo the firemen woro endeav
oring to save tho Jail buildings, tho
pollco, doputy Bherlffs and militia ar
rived and took tho prisonora In
charge. This gave tho firemen a freo
hand in fighting tho blaze.
LARGEST CROP
RY
Professor P. J. O'Gara Says Nevtr
Before Were Conditions as Splen
did Nor the Outlook as Good for 2
Banner Crop In Valley as TMs
Year Trees Doing Well.
FREEDOM OF DISEASE
AND CLIMATE BOTH FACTORS
Pears and Apples Will Both Proditae
Large Crops of Splendid QuatHy
No Danger of Losing it.
-;
Prospects for this year's -f
fruit crop In tho Itoguo River -f
, valley according to Professor -f
O'Gara:
Pears Heavier than last
f year. Trees are In better con-
dition than over before.
Apples Tho best crop la -f
f tho history of. tho valley, -f
Newtowns anad Spiezcnberga
-f a"ro in splendid condition.
-f Cherries Heavy. -f"
f Peaches Never better.
General The banner crop
ln tbo history of tho valley. 4
, Climatic conditions havo been
splendid and novor before
4- wereo tho orchards as freo of -f
pests and diseases. Thoy may
bo said to be as clean as It Is
f possible to get them. -f
' f
A banner fruit crop will bo har
vested ln tho Rogue River valley thta
year one never equaled before la
Its history according to P. J.
.O'Gara, pathologist of the depart
ment of agriculture, who has beea
watching tho orchards of the valley
.closely slnco they first began to put
forth buds with the oponing of Jmrtng;
Novor before woro tho trees In bet
ter condition or did they give prom
ise of a greater crop than tho ono t
bo hnrveated this year. A dec
watch will bo kept on tho we&ttar.
and as tho Rogue RIvor valley was
never known to lose a fruit crop wltfc
frost, it is unlikely that with aetab
title methods being used to preveafc
Injury from this source that It .wK
occur.
Thoro aro a multitudo of reason
for tho quantity of fruit which tha
trees givo promise of producing tat
year. Chief among these are the f
vorablo climatlo conditions, whlck
have prevailed throughout the year.
Secondly, tho orchards were nver
beforo in as splendid condition M
they are this year. Seientlflo carf
has been glvon tho trees until nenr
thoy aro as clear as It Is posslblo for
man to mako them. Theso aro tfaa
n,t.it. ntmn.. ..,...
m. . .. "
The applo crop, accordln gto Pns
feasor O'Gara, Is the largest whlak
has ever been grown In the valley,
and gives ever) promise of being af
flno fruit as was ever grown. Applet
in othor sections, while In tho north
west they aro heavy, aro reported
light, especially In Colorado, whera
a heavy crop was harvostod last year.
Tha Inrnl nnnr prnn nmnMnllv tf
Bartletts and d'AnJous, givo promlw
of bolng vory heavy and of produelag
tho finest of fruit.
"Takon all In all," states Professor
O'Gara," tho outlook Is hotter than ft
oror has boon boforo for a heavy crop,
Ever condition is perfect and all w
havo to do now Is to guard against
somo unoxpocted turn ln tho weather
or tho dovolopment of soma post or
disease, and In the Huguo RIvor val
ley, whoro tho orcbardlsts aro all
them carefully watching tholr or
chards) and giving them tho highest
sclontlflo culture, It may bo said that
there Is practically no danger,"
IN HISTO
OF ROGUE
VALLEY