&& i (, , iS TIIIC WKA'i'HIClt. Medtord Mail Tribune UNlTiCl) PJIKS8 A8HOCIATIOK Full Tx;Mcd Wlro Ilcport. Tonight una V,.(nuH(lnv -Clmir and wiuiuor. Tho only papor In tho world published in a city tho ilia at M Mod (or d having n loasod wirn. I PJLFTUYJGAtt. MED.FORD, OKECION, TUKSDAY, JUNIIJ 7, 1010. No. 67. 200 KILLED IN ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE CONTNUOUS OF INTERU6AN TROLLEY AN PI John n. Allen Anrccs With Aslilnml Commercial Club to Mnko Supplc mcntnl Aiircciucnt Ovcrcomlnn Objcctionablo Features and to Rush Work Throunh When Started Co mmltteo Named to Draft Protocol Club Votes Down Resolution Opposlnn Granting of Franchise What Stevens Said About Allen antl Electric Line. "I am willing to uiitur into any l.i in of ni cement deemed jo'cesdaiv to guarantee continuous woik on tho ititorurhun lino in Ashland until its completion, mill to incut tint people half way in a settlement HiiliKfiiotoij to them, of tlio objections rnihud ngauiMl (hu franchise," staled John It Allen to tlio Ashland Coiiunoicml cluh Monday night. "1 could not ohtaiu, nor could any ouo else ohtaiu, tho amount ol' monoy iiucvoHiiry to construct tho lino on anything less than n f)0-yciir franchise, hut I mil willing to I'm nihil a guarantee that thuru will ho no uniicccHHury delay in coiiHtruction mid oporntioit of tho lino, mid to giu HHHiirauco that it will not ho oon htruotcd upon certain struotH or drivcH ohjuotioiiahlo to tho puoplo," continued Mr. Allen. Ah a result of tho meeting, n coin mittoo, consisting of K. V. Cnrtor, chairman, M. F. KggloHtou mid Olio Winter, wns named to draft mi agreement with Mr. Allen Hiitisfnu tory to thorn in safeguarding tho city upon points in tho proposed fran chise. Allen Atisucrs Queries. Tho nicotian wns n woll-nttondod ono mid was presided over by J. F. Itocho itH cliainnan of tho evening. ' Mr. Itocho led tho opposition to tho franchise, mid championed a resold tion introduced putting tho Commer cial cluh on record iih unalterably opposed to tho franchise. After ni lengthy debate, during which Mr. Al len answered all questions put to him upon the franchise, the resolu tion was lost by a vote of l.'l to '2'2, and in itH place a committee was named to reach nn agreement with T TO ANSWER URGES WASHINGTON, I). 0 Juno 7. A resolution Is ponding In tho liouso today, Introduced by Representative Italney of Illluolo, ashelng that, Attor ney CJenoral Wlckortihmii ho summon ed to answer Knluol'H charge that Wlrltorsham propared a speech for KoprcHcutntlvo McKluloy of Califor nia. Italney first nindo tho charge Sat urday nnd It wau tltilil by MoKlnlny. Tho speech In question v;an dellvorod by MoKlnlny In answer to provloim HtateinentH by Itnlnoy concerning WlckuishamV) norvlccH iih attornoy for tho "sugir trust." Italnoy'H resolution hi doslgnod to iiHCortnln If Wlclcoridiuin wrote tho an swers for MoKlulny's uuo on tho floor of tho liouso. (0 INSTRUCTION FROM TAFT REGARDING SUIT ST. LOUIS, Mo., Juno 7. -United States District Attornoy HoiiIh said that he had received no instructions from Atlornoy-Oeneral Wiokorslinni rogarding tho procedure government suit filod at Hannibal to proveut woslorn rnilromla from raising rates especially with roforonco to the ngroomont bolwoon railroad officials mid President Tuft. Houts said? "I luivo no doubt that tho roads are sinooro nnd will kcop tlieir ngroo mont, T do not known whoa tho suit; will bo dismissed." BUILDING Air. Allen, which should ho satisfac tory in tho main points, to thu fran chise opponents. An attempt to railroad tho reso lution upturning tho franchise through without debate was headed off bv Mr, Carter, who held that iih u mat ter of common courtesy Mr. Allcu should be allowed to discus (he franchise. In (he debate following Mr. Carter stated that his objections were principally to thu clause in which il stated that while work was to be begun within a year, there was no provision that it ho continuous, mid that it might ho possiblo that the five years' time given would elapse before two miles would be completed mid in operation, to hold tho franchise mid block some future enterprise which meant business. Oilier Opponent Hok. Councilman Monru also opened the franchise on tho ground of its .10 years' duration. Mr. Winters also spoke against it, iih did Mr. Ifocho, who drew n comparison of tho value of franchises in Denver, mid held that Ashland would bo giving away vnluablo rights. O. F. Hillings advocated a confer ence with Mr. Allen with a view to settling tho existing differences. He said : What HIcxciiH Bnld. "It 18 not ovory day thnt h man comes along with capital ready 10 invest in mi iutorurhan lino. John F. Slovens, inanagor of the Hill lino in Oregon, is mi old schoolmate of mine. When ho examined tho pro posed iutorurhan lino he spout half a day with mo. lie told me that Mr Allen bad the ear of men with inoiiov (Continued on Page Eight.) VICTORY OVER l). S. WASHINGTON, I). 0., Juno 7. Itnllroad officials today aro claiming that tho railroads havo won n victory by "diverting tl o question nt issue from ono of locality to ono of reason ableness." Tl ey point out that tho govornmont suit filed nt Hnnnllml alleges that tho railroads conspired to Incroano ratCH, hut doos nol el logo thnt tho rates to bo Imposed aro unreasont bio, Thoy add thnt under thofr ngroomont with President Taft, tho Intorstnto com merce commlsclnu will only bo em powered to dotorm'no tho reasonable noim of tho ritos. GERMAN COLONIAL SECRETARY RESIGNS HNIthIN, June 7. The resignation of Horuliardl Dornburg, secrolary of stale for the colonies, is in the bauds of Kmporor Willhun today mid it is reported the Hoorotnrv took tluK no tion beenuso ho disapproved of the order of tho reielistag, which levies a tax on companies developing (lie Af rican colonies. The objoel of the tax is to rocovor nbout $50,000,000, which tho Qormna govornniout spout in Biipprossing colonial insurrootions. ITorr Dornliurg is of the opinion that tho tax will disoourngo invest ors. Tlio omporor has not nnnounecd his deoision to nooopt or rojoot tlio resignation. RAILROAD MESSAGE FROM TAFT President Requests Congress to Make Effective at Once the Clauso in Railroad Bill Emnowcrlnn. Commis sion to Suspend Rates Pending In vestigation Controversy Outlined. WASHINGTON, I). C. Juno 7. ProHldont Tfvft today sont a special message to congress urging thnt tho milium hill provision empowering tho Intorstnto commerce commission to s. spend rates poiidliis Investiga tion becomo hnir.cil lately effective. Tho message outlined thn controversy between tho mll-onils and tho ulmln lHtrr.tloii. ' i The mousngo was propared after Tnfi had conferred with Ropreccntn- tlvo Mann (Illinois) and Senator Crane Mtiss..c' uotUi). Tho subject of tho conference was tho most effec tive method of securing tho desired nine jdnicut. Doth Crane nnd Mann declared they bollovod tho most ef fective method of altering tho bill would ho to sond tho mensiiro to tho fonfrccoe, who could Insert n clauso making tho bill Immediately effective. Tho mcrongo recites tho I ietory of tho Hannibal suit and tho conference with tho r.illrod presidents yestor- day and tho ag- cement that had been renchod. "I hopo al' other railroads will tako 111(0 action," tho message continues. "In order that er.ch should havo the benefit of tipoody determination whether tho proposed Increases aro (Continued on Pngo Five.) COUNTERFEITING PLANTS JKFFERSON CITY, Mo., Juno 7. Following Uio oxposuro of n coun terfeiting plant In tho state poniton- tinry horo, Govomor Hadloy today decldod to pardon Loo Jayno and Joseph Vnll 8o that tho convicts may bo prosecuted for countorfoltlng, Tlio plant had boon In tho prison for 20 yoars nnd wno passed from prlsonor to prisoner. DIscovory enmo when four moa operating tho plant (lumrolcd ovor division of monoy. Tho inon will bo prosecuted by tho government. Inspector Edward Mc llugh raided tho plant and solzod tho molting pots, molds and counterfoil coins. PRES. TAFT MAKES PEACE PACT -- NKW YOUK, Juno 7 -ItnlK f roads woro strong at tho opening of tho stock mnrkot -f today following tho confor- -f f onco yostordny hotwoon Proa- Ident Taft and tho ropreson -f f, tatlvos of tho western rail- -f 4- roads. Tho trading was of con- -f f sldorablo volume. At a ro- -f f suit of tho sfongth shown by f railroads tho whole 1W moved -f f up from two to four points. f f A sharp reaction followed -f tho onrly advances and prlcos -f -f dlumpod, finally stoadylng nt -f -f about throo polntB ovor yos- -f f torday's closo. -f - Ilrnwno, McOroa and Underwood havo nlroady ondorsod oponly tho ponco pnot roaohed yostordny and It Is bollovod there will bo no hitch in tho procoodings. Tho custom railroads, it sooiub cor- Kentucky's $2,000,000 Capitol, Dedicated June 2 by BROWNE MUSI STAND TRIAL Accused Senator, lndlccA.for Brib ery In Lorimcr Scandal, Loses Ap peal for Writ of Habeas Corpus Case Set for Hearing. CHICAGO, III., June 7. Lcc O'Neil Browne must stand trial for bribery in connection with tho elec tion of William Lorimcr to tho Unit ed Stntcs Semite. Judgo Scanlnn today denied tho writ of habeas cor pus sought by Browne's attorneys. Tho decision is based on two points, ono being thnt tho Chicago court luivo jurisdiction in tho enso because it is alleged in tho indictment that tho monov said to have been paid to sccuro n voto for Lorimor was paid in Chicago. Tho second point is that tho election of n United Stntcs sen ator docs not change tho stnto leg islnturo into a federal department, freeing its meinbors from nay obli gation to nbido by the stnto law.. Browno's trial for bribory, which wns sot for yesterday, but which was postponed because of tho nrgumont nn tho habeas corpus case, will be sot for hearing nt ouco. District Attorney Wnymnn will nsk tho court to begin tho trial ns soon as pos sible Agreement Reached With Western Roads and One With Eastern Roads Under Way Stocks in Wall Street Advance. tain, will fall Into Uuo and ngivo to hold off any rate lucroaso, or with draw any thnt havo ham filed until tho now railroad law becomes offec tlvo and tho rat) 'ucrcasts como an dor tho jurisdiction of the iatoi state commorco conunlsion. It la understood thnt the president uuo tho throat of a suit olmllar to that filed at Hnuallml against .ho eastern rntlioads should thoro bo an d.'ff!ci.!v la bring m: in rntlronas tormB. It Is not bollovod hero, how over that any each club will bo nocossnry. Incivases Aro Held Up. Tho agroomont renchod botwoon tho railroads nnd tho administration pro vides thnt tho into Increases will bo MASSACRE BY MAYA INDIANS Mexican Army Ordered to Yucatan to Crush Rebellion Hundreds of Refugees Flee for Lives Natives Sacking Towns. -MEXICO CITY, Mex., June 7.- Gcnernl orders to the nnny to pre paro for nctive duty in Yucatan in suppressing the revolt of 10,000 Maya Indians were issued today. The entiro htanding nnny of Mexico will bo used to. crush out the rebollion, if noeessnry. Varying reports indicate thnt hun dreds of persons in Yucntnn have been massacred nnd that thousands of nntives nro joining in tho revolt. Tho government is rushing troops to Meridn to protect hundreds of .Mexican refugee who hae fled lor their lives from towns which the re bellious Indians havo sacked. Tho gunboat Morelos, with o00 soldiers aboard, is under forced drnught for Cnmpeche, whero tho force will lonvo for Meridn. The gunboat Zarngozn is at Vera Crua. taking on supplies, mmuuuitiou and pecho and Meridn. Tho Indians nro reported to have destroyed the telegraph nnd rail road communication between Cam troops for Yucatan. WITH RAILROADS hold ap aatll tho now railroad regu lation bill goes Into effect. Tho bill, which has reached tho conference stngo but which has not yet finally bcon ncted upon by congress, hns been held up for tho past fow days ponding conferenco nctlon. Tho bill provides thnt it shall becomo offcctlvo within GO days after it Is signed by tho pres ident. It was tacitly understood nt tho conferenco thnt if tho rnllronds held up thblr rates tho provision of tho bill giving tho intorstnto com morco commission power to suspend Increases ponding their investigation of Increases would bo mado linmedl ntoly offoctlvo. It wns hinted by tho president that It would bo necessary for tho conference conunltteo to In corporate this idea. President Tnft nnd somu of tho lenders of both houses nro expected to confor today rogarding tho matter, nad tho bill amy sooa bo rushed to tho coafihonco conunltteo In order to nllow tho provi sion to bo Insortod. Tho administration's doslro to hnvo (Continuod on Pnge 8.) Governor Willson. BAND STAND IN PARK IS ASSURED The Material Is to Be Furnished by, Colonel Ray and the Big Pines Lumber Co. $600 Subscribed by Mrs. Dana and Mr. Allen. The ladies of the Greater Medford club can always be depended upon to "bring home the bncou" when they start for anything in the way of public improvement. When tho club wus organized, tho park was a potato patch; the club concluded that it should be made a park "ns wns a park." It was made so. Afterward the club wanted a public library. They got it. They wanted trees set oat oa the resideaee street. Tho trees are being set oat. They wanted more ground for tho park and the grounds fixed up. Thoy hnvo it. Now they want to erect n band stand in tho park with n solid grna ito foundation with a basement be neath ia which will be a storeroom for tools used ia enring for tho park and lavatories for the accommoda tion of tho visitors. They hnvo it now nenrly. Mrs. Susan Lawrence Dana ot Springfield, 111., who is visiting Mr. nnd Mrs. Edgar Hnfer, contributed $300 for tho project. Jolni'lt. Allen duplicated this contribution, Colonel J. II. Kay has agreed to give the granite, and tho Big Pines. Lumhc Co. will furnisdi the lumber neceMir.y in tho construction. nowever, it is estimnted that tho catting of tho stone, digging tho basement, lnying tho cement floors in tho bnsoment, electric wiring and other e.pont.e of construction will cost in tho neighborhood of $1000, thoroforo, in spito of tho goaerous contributions of Mrs. Dana and Mr. Allen, tho club is $400 short. Nobody who knows the ladies of tho club doubt for a moment but that they will get the monoy. They never start work except ia a good cause, nnd when thoy do start they finis.h strong. WRIGHT BROTHERS TO FLY AT INDIANAPOLIS imUANAPOLIS, Juno 7. Tho Wright brothers with a crow of six aviators nnd a carload of biplanes nr rlvcd horo today to participate In tho Irst llceasod aoroplnno moot ovor hold In America. Tho meet begins noxt weolc. Trlnl flights woro mnde today. Pnr ninn, Mnrquot and Shnw-Curtlss bl planos also aro ontorod In tho moot. DESTROYS $2,000,000 PROPERTY Tremblor, Volcanic in Its Nature, Lifting, Then Subsiding Prev fnces of Campania, Basilicata aatf Calabria in Ruins Refugees Are Camping in Country. NAPLES, Juno 7. Two hundred persons aro reported killed and &, property lono of more than 12,000 000 Inflicted by an earthqucko In tho provinces of Campania, Basilicata and Calabria today. Ten bodies tavo been rccovorcd at San Sossa. Eleven persons are knows to havo been killed at Castel Baroola. Scores of killed aro reported frost other, cities. Hundreds of wounded refugees are camping in tho open country, having abandoned tLeir homes through fear of recurrent shocks. Cine Emmanuel left Rome todxy for the sceno of tho disaster. Th Italian Red Cross already has take action and forwarding supplies food and clothing and seeding de tachments ot doctors and nurses. Cathedral Damaged. Tho great cathedral at Foggla sae tained serious damago and other buildings wo-e shaken. The tremblor was volcanic In its nature, apparently lifting and then subsiding. Tho vi brations lasted only seven seconds, but the damago done is second oalr ' to that of the earthquake at Messina nearly two years ago. Tho towns of Gnlatri, Avelleaa, Benevento, Castellamare di St. Dos and Rotenza euffored tho most se rous damage. Thirty persons were killed and scores wounded at Galatrl, where many buildings were wrecked by the tremblor, ac ordlag to dispatches. Casualties aro reported at Vallata. and many of tho towns In tho moun tains of Campaaia. Communication has bcon interrupt ed. Tho government is sending troops to tho stricken region. Purl lament Sends Aid. ROME, Juno 7. Tho Italian par liament today voted $100,000 for re lief of sufferers from the earthquake in southern Italy. Tho monoy will be placed at tho disposal of government agents in the stricken region for the purchase of supplies of clothing, aned iclnes and of lumber for tomporarr shelters for tho homeless. NSORGENTS CLASH WITH REGULARS TODAY WASHINGTON, D. C., Juno 7. Insurgents and regulars clashod today when Reprosonlatlvo Maun of Illinois (Republican) asked uuanlmous con cent to tako the railroad regulation bill from tho speaker's table and sondw It to conference. Ropresontntlve Pen root of Wisconsin (Republican) ob jected. Cannon ordered tho sonata nmondmonts rord. ' Not stneo March 17, whon tho in surgents made tholr fight against the rules commlttoo dofoatlnts tho speak er and regulars, havo tho republican whips boon as nctlvo as thoy woro this afternoon whon tho rallrond fight started. Lonroot moved that tho houso. con cur in tho sounto bill. He claimed that his motion hud procodonco over Mann's motion, Tho speaker ruled 'la favor of Mr uk. DIsorlor followed, ' and for a fow minutes tho session was stormy, Finally tho speaker's banning gavol restored semblance ot order. t i f. ',! I I M r j. .fi tiv LU SL. fc.f-1 I .kii,v ,-fit-. .,. .a HiifcTiedtV A' J