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THE WEATHER Possible showers. Ulue naln or snow. W Whfft i?JrMwh.,t- colder 1,C' hIto with black center Cold Oregon's Leading Boosters Favor National Pear Show For Medford Medford Mail Tribune Circulation' MAIL TRIBUNE'S CIRCULA TION YESTERDAY WAS 3050 lWni YEAJR. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, tDlO. No. 215. ATTY. W1NIEREE ADMITS FACT WHILE ON STAND Railroad Rate Case Adjourned Until December 20, When Commission Will Hear Railroads' Testimony Medford Present Traffic Aired. DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE FAVORS PEAR SHOW HERE That iliu jobbers of Portland arc "PPViug the efforts of Medford to tfoeuro distributing rates in this ter ritory was admitted by Attorney Wini frcu, representing tlio rate coiu ifutteo of the Portland clituulier of commerce at the hearing before the stati! railroad commission in Med ford Tuesday. Medford completed its ease and an adjournment was re quested by the Southern Pacific un til December 'JO, when the commis sion will hear the railroad's testi mony at Portland. The Medford case was merged with that of Bnkei City. Kvidcnc' submitted by Medford wus-iuuoji the same as (hat present ed a foilnight ago before the inter state commerce commission. Tin. same witnesr.es, II. C. Oarnetf, K. A. Welch, J. F. Roddy and 0. Putnam, were examined and Medford's pres ent trnflio thoroughly aired betore (Jonimissionerb .West and Ailchison. The railroad was represented by At torney W. I). Fcnton, General Freight Agent' Miller and Assistant General Fioight Agent Lounsbiirv. Attorney W. A. MuCuue, for tin. Mcdtord traffic bureau, submitted schedules of rates and data and ex amined the' witnesses. Most of the ornss-cxainiiiiitioii was done by Mr. Miller, who evidently sought, by re cording the origin of each commod ity affected, to lay the foundation for the defense that the traffic af fected was-interstate and hence not in the .jurisdiction of the commission. Messrs. Welch and Garnctt testi fied that freight was hauled ti Rogue River valley towns cheaper b. wagon than by rail; that conipetitioi. with Portland could only be met In the .Medford jobbers (laying the dit foroncu in freight charges over thai granted the Portland jobbers, anil that on account of the differentia attempts made to do jobbing busi ness entailed an actual loss to tin Medford jobber in several places Mr. Garnctt stated that unless lovvei rates were secured, he could no carry on a wholesale hardware bus inoss, and MY. Welch stated that ii towns like Myrtle Cieuk groceries wuro sold at an actual loss. He hut shipped a carload from Muucic, Ind. hilled to Sacramento, then 1 chilled to the California line, and there re billed to Medford cheaper than In could have shipped thrpugu the Port land gateway. Mr. Garnett tin-, shipped by steamer from the Allunlh in less than carload fpinntities. and tlioiico from Portland, cliuupci tln.n ho could in carload quantities dircd from the east. Tim witnesses set forth tin growth, resources and development of Medford, its increasing coimnor oial advantages, its geographical n -cation, its railroad connections ui.i' established commercial institution--ae reasons why this city wa ontitlon to recognition as a distributing coa ler. Attorney Wlinifreo iutervoiiod i.i behalf of Ilia Portland cjimubcr ot commerce, stating that the proposed reductions would work an injustice to Ashluiid, Grants 1W, Rosoburg and olhor Orosoii eitios. On cross examination, lie admitted that he had not been employed by thee towns, had not oven consulted thorn and thai he only represented the rate couiHiittuo of tlio Portland chninliei of nomiuurce, which was mosth composed of Portland jobhors. SPENT $264,000 TRYING TO DEFEAT RACE BILL NIJW VOHK. Nv. 30. Tlmt Hi" Joekey dub spent Jflt.000 for "'e fll forvjeos" in fighting the Ilushos nuti-nioolmok gambling measures before tlio state iogirdntuo, iu addi tiau to a $300,000 "slush fund" al leged to linvo boea raised by the rn iii interests, was lh testimony ot witnesses lioforo Hie legislative n-voti-nting committee here today. 'Boosters of State Are Enthusiastic for Pear Show to Be Held in Med ford Carey Makes Principal Ad dress of the Day. BELIEVE FIGHT OVER PARTITION OF PERSIA SURE Turkish Diplomats Say They Arts Certain Russia and England Will Attempt to Gain New Territory by Underhanded Method. SAYS EAST HAS SEEN READING OF I CAMPAIGN IN PRODIGA SOI Ami Now, Having Consumed Their Own Substance in Riotous Use They Want Paternal Government to Give Them Share of the West. ENGLAND MO SALKM, Or., Nov. 110. A national pear show to be held at Medford, Or.. in the heart of what is said to be the greatest pear distiict in the world, was heartily indorsed by the Oregon Development league iu ses sion here 'today. The committee on resolutions also reported favorably in the Panama exposition for San Francisco. G. F. Johnson of tlio Portland Commercial club presided today and the third day of the development congress opened bright and clear The delegates wcro lirst taken tor a drive over the city ntul through the fruit district in motor cars. The principal address was by Charles C. Carey, chief counsel ol the Hill system at Portland, in fa vor of a state bureau of liniiuigru t ion. President Korr of the Agricul tural college showed how thai slate industrial school could he mado to co-operate with commercial clubs iu liomoling development of the com munity. The Snlcm board of trade and cit izens were remembered for the gen erous hospitality. The congress con "ludes this evening with a formal 'inmiuet at the Hotel Marion, which s free to Iho delegates and visitors. H which .'100 plates will ho laid. Prominent citizons ;uvo a $10 plate 'unique! last night to Pi evident Fl- iott and his parly. PARTY LINES ARE PASSING AWAY So Says James J. Hill Voters, In His Opinion, Aro Becoming Inde pendent, Showing That Lahorinp Man Is Tired of Buncombe. WASHINGTON, I). C, Nov. .10. 'The recent election indicates beyond doubt that party lines are being gradually dissolved," is the opinion exproftsod by J. J. Hill, who came t) Washington recently for a confer ence with President Tatt. "The vot ers are becoming more and more in dependent," continued the empire builder. "There will bo no place for the demagogue and tlio agitator iu litis progress. "Independence of thought in vot ing is apparently not confined to liiriiuo men. Tlio loxiilt of Novem ber 8 shows that the laboring man i thinking. The laboring man is tired of buncombe and wauls some thing moro definite thuu campaign CONSTANTINOPLR, Nov. 30, That Russia and England aro ondoav orlng to secuio by undorlianil means what they feared to obtain by force, namely, tho partition of Persia, Is the belief or Turkish diplomats to day, mnny of whom privately express the conviction thnt fighting over Per sia cannot bo averted. Hacked by tho triple alliance Tur key does not proposo to bco Persia divided, because of political and re ligious reasons. Turkey opposed a Husslan grab at Persia three years ago. Recently sue massed Janlznrlos on the Arabian-Persian frontier and caused Knglnnd to hack down on a Rlmllar attempt. It transpires today that not only wero Turkish troops mobilized on tho frontier, but a strong Turkish forco crossed Into Persia and occupied a position near the small British land ing parties on tho Porslau gulf. Tho Diitlsh force was suddenly withdrawn and this was Interpreted ns meaning tlmt THiiglnnd did not foci strong enough to ,dofy tho four continental powers. It develops, how ever, that England played a shrowd game, as upon hor withdrawal the vtgllunco of tlio opposing powers was relaxed nud Hussla sent n strong forco into Persia from tho north, which solzed Umilahnnd Salinas. It was learned today that this forco Is merely an advance column of a Russian army mobilizing north of the Persian frontier awaiting a favor able moment for an advance. Menu whllo Russia and England renewed that representations at Teheran for the restoration of ordor In Persia. Turkey and Germany aro not going to bo again caught napping, say the diplomats, and u a result tho great est activity in the Turkish military circles in many years has begun. T HITTER IN YEARS Widespread Violence at Election Rallies Testify to Intense Feeling on Part of People 200 Policemen Necessary to Protect Churchill. HOM E SEEKERS SEND SCOUT TO E VALLEY ROG OREGON APPLES WIN GRAND PRIZE CANADA WILL PROTECT COAST Laurier States That Canada's Naval Policy Embraces Plan to Protect Her Pacific Coast Against Invas ion From Far East. promises. "Tlio figures also feliow that the negro is awakonjiig to his full re sxnsibility and the necessity for lining his head iu voting. I believe .1 "nail iimny negroes voted tlio dem-ici-Htic ticket, whii'h is a good indi cation of their inilepontloiico oi thought." MINNESOTA GAINS ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN' WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. .10. The ceiisiu of the state of Venue eo huh announced today by Direc tor Dnrun as 2,817,080. Siinul (nneotisly the imputation of the state of Miuuesota is 2,075.008. Tumiksmm's gain is 8.10 per cent and the Mate will not ot an addi tional eouKressmau under the rean iKirtinniuont. Minnesota's gaiu i 18.5 per cent, which entitles the stale to one ad ditional representative in eongress. The matter of nceomplliblng things would have no difficulties, worthy of the name. If one publication of a want ad always hrocgtit what you wanted OTTAWA, Oat., Nov. .'10. -Spunking on Cauaija's mmi! policy hefoio parliament Inst night, Sir Wilfrid l.iiuriur declared Hint Hie now nnvy was designed for Pacific coast dofoiifco. llu had no fear Hut Ihero ever would bo mi Invasion of Eastern Canada, for such an invas ion would be made only by the Unit ed States. Witli Russia, .IiiMin and China as neighbors of British Co lumbia, however, the situation in the Pacific was different. Tho premier aid Canada must prepare a naval dofcu on tli" Pacific. FRANKFORT, Ky., Nov. :0. Spenkhig before tho conference ol governors on uniform laws nud oth er matters here todny, Governor Norris of Montana oujjiuctl his ideas of conservation. "It seems to us of tho wesf," he said, "as though our bicthron of the east had been re-reading the story of the prodigal son. lluUng con sumed (heir own substance in riot ous use and abuse, thoy want tho paternal government to make an other divjijinn and assign them a part of our patrimony, "Let it be said emphatically thai the people of (ho northwest enthus iastically and strenuously advocale the strictest conservation of natural resources and that they do not dif fer front the most ardent national ists in principle, but they do diffoi most radically in the method thai should bo adopted to bring about the enforcement of conservation." Norris declared (but Iho policy ol "holding iu the forest reserves land far more valuable for agriculture than for growing timber is a most unprofitable use of the hind and tin most unwise economy" "Those who have blazed tho trail ' ho continued, "and have helped make civilization, who havo made tho de velopment of the west possible, lie lievc tlmt thoy thciiiHo!os aic as ful ly capable of protecting their herit age iir aro tho people of other Mic tions to do it for them. This is tin sum ami substance of (he so-ciillon dictrine of states rights. In claim iug this right no ghosts of disloyal! to the indissoluble union aro raisci1 from the graves wherein southon hopes lie buried." WETHER MN STILL SWITCHING Promised Fair Weather Today, Bui Changed His Mind and Sent Alontj the Storm Clouds "Possible Showers" His Prediction. LONDON, Nov. ilO. Widespread violence at election rallies continued throughout Knglund nud Ireland to day. Scores of meetings last nigh! and today wero broken up, . the speakers nud candidatCH egged ai',1 in some places attacked and bciitcn Winston Churchill, soorotarv foi homo affairs, was attacked several times, and when ho spoko at Shef field it was necessary for 200 police men to form a hollow sipmro about him to protect him. Followprs of Redmond and O'Brien in Ireland clashed ul ovary meotiig scheduled. The ct'iilral issue iu (ho election is tlio virtual abolition of the house .. 1 1. mi... "l jittiiM. i mo conservatives niv vainly endeavoring to drag in the (piestiou ot tariff. Thoy have done their best for ten years to stir up a sentiment for "protection" and re newed their cfforls recently when threatened wit liciirlnilmoiit of their privileges. The libqrnls will not attempt to eliininulo absolutely (ho hoiwo of poors. As a concession thoy are, willing (o ot the cliamber exist,' lint withrtut the power to veto any legis lation enacted by the people's repre sentatives th0 house of commons. Tho answer substantially of tho ior ie. is Hint the abolition 'of 'the lords ically is being attempted by. the Irish nationalists with money furnished l hem in the United Slntofl, The principal concossipn that Iho lords havo aunoiinoed a willingness to make is a reduction of the mem bers of the house of peers from (100 !o 200; (hat the peers bo allowed to led 100 members o the newly oi ganlzcd chamber mid the remaining hundred to consist of members elected generally. Forty Wyoming Families May Lo cate in Rogue River Valley If Geo. V. Pike Says This Is the Place Much Impressed With Valley. Unless all plnns laid liy George V. Pike of Casper, Wyo., prove a failure, it colony of -10 WynmSng. tamilles will laid homos tu Southern Oregon, iu tlio early spring. Mr. Pike, who is Iho advance agent oi Iho hoinoR'okors, was in Medford Wednesday morning, and wliilo he refused lo give out any slateinciil ..it .1 .i... ... .... . oiovr inaii mo j net nun no was merely looking over lite country it, the interest of those who sent him and that divcrsifmd fanning would lie followed Jy the oo1oiiis"Ih, lie let drop the fad (ha! no loss thuu AC families from his and m joining stales mu v bo expected in tho spring ns (heir coming rests with him nud lie is much pleased with what ho Iiiik found hero. Mr. Pike will visit all sootitiiiH of Iho Rogue River valley. AT CHICAGO SHOW Hood River Spitzcnhcrgs, n Com petition With All United States, Takes Premier Honors Oregon Fruit Attraction at Land Show. - ARRESTED; DJES OF HEART FAILURE OAKLAND. Cal., Nov. .'10.Mis. Alice ClcniHliire, a prominent Porko lav woman, nrrcstqd on a clmrgo of obtaining goods udder false pro- lenses, died fi'oiniif"aT(TV?rv'onica'rr failure in (ho county jail hero to day. Mrs. CloniKliiro was arreslid Monday on a Warrant sworn to ir Los Angeles, It was charged Hint she had represented herself lo In the wiTc ofa wealthy Sal! Lake Vit business man ami had secured oi approval $."00 worth of goods, leav ing Ilic city without paving for Hioin PORTLAND APPLE MINING EXPERT WORKING HR E MUCH INTEREST IN GO BETWEEN ATTELL AND MOORE NEW YORK'. Nov. 30. - Allliuiub die buttle does not carry with it Die title of featherweight champion, to night's mixnp belwcoii Abe AlteJI. cliamiHon, and Pal Moore is the most talked of event tlmt has been slauud in New York sioeo tue dys of (he old Horton law. The lads must at 13.1 pounds. Should Moore wm from Ailed, h nnnouocsd today that he will issue a cbnllenjse to either Munui or Wol ml. Hettintf an the oontost hjir. bceu brink with the price even. At tell is coiMHrded to be latcr. but MiMire Mill inilweiu'li him at least six Miiiiids. It looks very much today as if the wcalher man hud icmged on his promise of fair weather for the ro inniiidor of tlio week. "Possible showers" is Ids prediction for loiu and tomorrow. It is highly evident that tin weather mini doesu't know his own mind. Ho smids along a snow stoim and just as it got iiiturosliiiK h. switched to a heavy rain. Then n a jokor ho sent along a rare dH Tuesday, givi.ug Southern Oiogou a sample of hor uvular woalhor. Then on (op of Hint he hits scattered u few clouds about and sent out u warn ing, 'possible shower. For the first lime iu iniHitbsHt i impossible to know what to oxpucl iu the morning. Last uigh( it was dear. This morning it looked very much like rain. But he says "pos sible showers," ami it will havo In ko at (but. DOC RYAN MEETS WITH A PAINFUL ACCIDENT A iwiuful accident occurred to Deo Ryan of Ryan & Brown, at 0 o'clock Wednesday ul Hie Medford. Mr. Rviui hud a call to Jim (ojuphouc and In arising to ohov Iho onll he in some manner swung the honvv safe iloor which caught the tuiddlo fhtuor of his right liaud, budly amaahbig tho member. While it fa believed that amputation will not bo hjcch- ar, the accident caused Mr. Ryan extreme Hum and will put him on! nf i'oiumisr.i)ii for -nine weeks. Wpll-Known Washlnuton Miner Sent by Seattle Men to This District lo Pass on Claims and Prospccls Near Here. A'. M. Bnrron, one of Iho host known mining men of Iho .Mount Ba ker district, and discoverer of the Inmous rJurokii miiio, njnr Batloii, Wash., which propoily was laiei bonded io Charles I). Lane of Sun Francisco, visited .Medford for a short time Wednesday. Mr. Jtor- ron, who hat been inslriiiiiuutiil in finding prndieally all of ihu good claims in Iho Slaje ciook and Ruby creek districts, Mount Baker, Wnsh iugton, has boon soul as an cxpcil lo determine the vulue of mining claims iu Southern Oregon, and his judgment will delermir.o the dolin. of many a claim. Some parties' iu toresled near Hold Hill, Ashhuid ami othtr points, whoso homes are iu He. Altlu nud other Washington paints, have oni ployed his services lo deter mine Hie purchase or refusal of cer tain nliniug properties which are running pHe ads in the Scsllle and Tacomn im'ptrs, and should his de cision he iu favor of our mineral re source, tlieio will be something go ing on in mining elrel. Mr. Barrou withholds the names of all iwrties concerned, but will louder a just account of all claims from Ashland mine in Hrauts Puss. The iii.xl.-rii More aims to milk Hie housewife's rknppjug hauc rest ful and interesting to her not MircuiiouM and ni'iM"-wrecking. If Ihi sln'1'H-r i no iid-rc,idrr, thin t ennv lo do. SHOW ON C. W. Wllmcroth of This City It Amonji Speakers -Howard Elliott President of Great Northern Opens Show. POltTLANU. Or., Nov. 110. -The Portland uppb show wns opened to day by Howard Kllinll, president ol the Northern Pacifio milroml, lu the .Majestic theater building. Apples grown in every suction ol the Pacilic northwest, Ciiliforiiiu iintl in British Columbia wore on exhibi tion when the doorv were thrown open. The show will close Satunlnj night. A large crowd, which included many apple-grjiwors, was present lo hour Elliott and oilier well-kuowi speakers who followed htm. Dining tho pi ogress of the.show addresses will be made daily lo prominent business men and by sn thoiities on tipples nud their eulture Among (Imso scheduled to speak are: Dr. B. N. Ilninin of 1ortlnud Piofessor C. L. Lewis of the Ore gon Agricultural college, Profensoi W. S. Thoruherg, Washington Stutc cojluga; A. B. Stubeiitaueh of tin flepaitiueiil of agriculture, Washing ton; C. W. Wllmcroth of the Rogiu Itivur Fruit association, Medford Or.; J)r. F. II. MeCurinnck, president of the Kugene Fruitgrowers' associ ation, unit II. B. Miller, Unite' Stales consul at Belfast, Ireland. Professor II. P. Van Deuiuu of Washington, J). ('., will judge (lie p de exhibits. Fairbanks Guest of Taft. . WASHINGTON. I). C Nov. 30. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana wib be the guest of Prescient Taft iicn' week. The announcement (hut the former ice-prcsideot and scnutoi from the Hoo-icr stale is shout In In-rM.-cii'd iiitiin.iii'lv bv T.itt i- cm HUT run-nil ruble piililii.it Mi-ip. ' CHJCAOO, 111., Nov. ,30,-Orogou n'iiplort carried off Iho grand HweOp alfikoM prize al tho Chicago land -, show when C, II. Spronl of Ilood" River won Iho oup ami $1000 for (ho best carload of apples. This in Iho same car of applca tlmt won tho grand sweepstakes prizo at the mi lional npplo show nt Spokane, aWsu. This car of KpiUeiilvirgs wtia in I'oinpolitioii wilh upplcs front all sections of tho United Slules, nud, considering the 1'uct tlmt they worn Imnlod farthor nud- handled twice, Ibis Ih a romnrkablo reciird. T lipplcs scored 1107 pohjta out at n posslfilo 3000 nt tho Spokaijo how' and havo now captured two wrtrld'a prizes. ' " C. IT. Sprout oWiir tho Eldorndo orchard nt Hood River, consisting 'if 'IO ncros, nud the prizowiiiiiiiig'ear ;viir (iiken from this orchard alone. This or'liard is not under irrigation. Mr. Sprout lma been offered nl 'uoHt fabulous Hums for vnriou. 'io.nc'3 of iho iirizowiiiiiing applet, but ;vill probably j-oll the cur iu one lot to n commission bouse. Oregon fruit and otller oxhibita , .rq attracting ntteiiHon Jjpm. thoij- ands of people wlfo aro looking westward and llio fact thai Hood Klvnr apples havo wop Hie grand nrizc meaiiH that llio tide of imiui. rulioii will bo heavier tg Oregon huu any other slate, judging from ho comment hciird on all sides, BANK ROBBERY IS REPORTED One Hundred Thousand Dollars Is Said to Have Dccn Taken From the National Mlnlnn Bank of Salt, Lake City. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. J10.-A special from Biitlo, MouU litis ul'1 cnioon snya thai tho NulioiiitJ Mln- ng bank of Salt Lalio Cll.y was hold up nl noon today by ihrcy masked neii, and It ir. reported that .flOu, 1100 was secured. Tim robbors s enpod. FRENCH CAPTAIN IS CHARGED WiTH MURDCn PA HIS, Nov. .'IO. Cnptniii .Moy. oior of (lie French unity, who is hi -ciised of the murder of the Baiou cs. Olivier in Ins lodging i Sniiir I41Z1110 November 17, nud who n s(iii)ood to have committed nnio! lo afterward, was arrested here today. Captain Mmicr was recognized :nid eized liy detective. a he was on leiiiiK the Qffices of (he ministry of marine. Tho discovery of (ho murder wtw 1 dranuitio affair. A. voluu on ilm telephoi) adfised (he iwljco that Hie womau'e body would bo found III, Captain Moytder's room and Hiai' Meyuier's body would bo found iu. lie Seine. . Heforo thu umiiQ of the iuformant could bo Wnmil Jjijj hi ceiver was hung up. DR. COOK CONFESSES HE DIDN'T REACH POLE NKW YORK, Nov. 30Al)r. Fred erick A, Conk, tho Brooklyn o,iihiv er, iu an article which will ho pulj. Iwhed in Humpioii's Maguzinc, c,ioi. fesaes he does not know wlielhor or not he reached the uurtJi polo. Dr. ('00k, who has been iu hiding fur more than n year, linn informed the iulilnr of the iniigazino tlmi lie will rotiiru lo the United Stnton wilh Ins wii and children December '2i iu order to spend Christmas horn. c 1 I t vi m i ml t ti F m 'i '$ VA f ; ' 1 V