v y "'" ' y - THE WEATHER Continued tains. Mayor Snell Should Move to Medford Where Progress is Appreciated Circulation MAIL TRIBUNE'S CIRCULA TION YESTERDAY WAS 2 975 Medford Tribune Tht Men aft of the rutr. yvhlte l'ulr weather. Jjlue 'Iialn or snow. ,.'1Me nni1 blue Local showers Uluck trlanijular Above white, warmer; below white, collier White with black center Cold. -"7 Mail u r iti m. r ' ' J I pi 4 . 1 tr ii" 1 FIFTH YEAR. SNELLOUITSTWOMANSENTlNEIL IfflK FIGHT IN DISGUST Ashland's Progressive Mayor Aban dons Battle for Civic Improvement and Refuses to Be Again a Candi dateDefeat of Water Improve ment Bonds Deciding Feature. ASHLAND. Dec. 10. Tho muni cipnl election situation in Ashland preached a climax Wednesday night, when tho allied bunking interests mol in secret assembly to deeido upon t candidate with which to defeat Mayor Snell. The meeting was pre sided over by J. P. Dodge, an Ash laud undertaker, in id was attended by J. A. Harvey of the Citizens' bank, li. L. Mullett of the First National banak. J. W. McCay of the United States National bank, R. P. Neil, J. S. Puller mid other members of the old-line conservatives. The object of this assembly wax to choose a man with whom those in terested could defeat Mayor Snell and for this puiposo two men had been chosen, but two was ono too many, and to make their election sure, thoy met for the express pur pose of deciding upon one man, and the situation was a delicate one. Ira Shoudy, a retired capitalist had been induced by ono faction ot the Snell opposition to allow his inline to be used in the mayortlay race, and 1. P. Neil had been brought out by another faction, and the woik to bo done was to induce one of the two candidates to withdraw. It was "soo'j discovered that ene mies veto in the camp, that Then was a "nigger in tho woodpile" In tho guiso ot E. J. Kaiser of tlje Val ley Kecord, and tho next thing was to eliminate tho press. Mr. Kaiser was called upon to give his standing in the matter, and his explanation being unsatisfactory, he was kindl. invited to leave the room, tho chair man stating that business would In brought beforo tho meeting which they did not wish the public to know. Mr. Kisor and others left the room and the assembly proceeded to butt Ira Shriudy from the ticket and unit ed upon It. P. Neil to defeat Mayor Snell. Tho trouble did not end with the selection of Mr. Neil. On Thursday morning the Shoudy men who were not permitted to sit in the assembly aiul who refuse to support Noil, lav in wait for their discarded candi date, and when ho showed up tried to force him back into tho race, but as he had sworn that he would with draw from tho race, tho eloquence of his friends was of no avail, and the Shoudy men were left without a candidate. Now there is dissatisfaction and contention in tho ranks of the as sembly. A number left tho room in disgust, while others were so warm under the collar that speech was not possinlo, and tho situation today is a politico, pandemonium among the niiti-progi'esscjomeut 0f Ashland, and the i'oreiTTthiit all tho good woik uVeomplisSw hy Mayor Snell and his loyal 'oiiiicT!LUo bo thrown to tho winds, and Ashland, on the erc of a progressive upbuilding ii'i procodentod in its history, is to slide back to tho foot of the hill. The work and worry of thonHHein hl v. hownvor. "-cs "lnvr' labor Joit," a- Mayor Fuel, iicclnrod long bi'fnr) the water main bond election that If tho measure was defeated bo would doelino to run for re-election; that ho was proud of the record made by IiIh administration during tho past two years; that ho had fought every step In his march of progress; that the nioiibbacks had opposed and blocked him In every possiblo way, but Ity tho aid of his loyal council and tho people of Ashland ho had won Ills point, and that ho did not propoio to grease the skids to slide hli town backwards. ' I havo dofeat'od this bunch In a recall election, dofeatod thorn In tho courts, dofoated thorn In asking a city to pay eight per cont Interest when tho law reada six por cont and no more I have, with tho assistance of my loyal council, defeated them In ovory turn of tho road from the 'hoss' trough to the Injunction proceedings, and when tho turning down of the (7"oi7tliuitf on I'uee 4 TO PRISON R Mrs. Tottcn, Who Shot Neighbor She Attempted to Fence Out, Convicted of Murder Dispute Over Highway Led to Crime No Regret Express edClaimed Self-Defense in Trial WENATCHEE, Wash., Doc. 10. Convieted of murder in tho first de gree, for having shot and killed Jas. Sutton, a rancher, because be tres passed on her farm, Mrs. Delia B. Totten was today sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary, at Walla Walla. Her mother, Mrs. Hajinah Becbo, aged 7"), who was convicted, of manslaughter for com plicity in the murder, was sentenced to an indetonninato sentence of from one to two years in the penitentiary. When sentence wns passed Mrs. Tottcn did not show much emotion, but her aged mother broke down and wept. Mrs. Tottcn killed Sutton August 8, MOO, while he was engaged in cutting a wiro fence which had been built across an unsurvoyod road that passed through the farm owned by Mrs. Beobc. For -some time the Sut ton family had been living on n ranch above tho ono owned by the women in Broader canyon, and tjie load through their faun was the onl convenient egioss. Previously the Suttons had used tho road without opposition on the part of the women, but finally n quarrel arose and' they wero forbid den to cross tho property, und the fenco -wns "constructed to prevent them doing so. This was cut three times. The fouith time the women stretched the wires (boy carried a shotgun. They had hardly complet ed their task wjien Sutton's father diove up with a load of wood. The women warned him back and ho re turned' to his home, and James, hi son, accompanied by three others, all members of the Sutton family, arriv ed shortly afterward and started to cut tho wires. According to tho testimony at the trials of the two women, Mrs. Beebi warned young Sutton to desist and pointed to a trespnss sign. Sutton replied that ho cared nothing about that. Mrs. Bcebe thereupon called her daughter, Mrs. Tottcn, who like wise warned him. and as ho would no desist, she shot him. Tho women assorted that Sutton first threatened with a hummer he carried. FORTYONE MILLION FOR JAPAN'S NAVY Very Prosperous Year, Despite Flood and Korean Annexation Twenty six Millions to Be. Spent on Rail roadsOfficial Budget Announced TOKIO, Dec. 1 C Forty-ono mil lion dollars for a navy Is tho sum called for by Japan's nowest budget, mado public today. Fifteen million of this will bo spent In tho next year, tho budget stipulated. Tho amount Is to bo usod In "supplementing and Improving" tho nuvy, to that It will correspond with tho navies of other countries. Tho balnnco of tho budget Is to bo spout in tho next six yearn. According to ,tho budget, Japan has Just complotcd a vory prosperous year, desplto tho heavy Inroads on hor treasury by the annexation of Korea and tho disastrous floods. Tho budget was announcod as fol lews: Receipts Ordinarily $2 I0,0C9,- 000; extraordinary, $24.398,480. 50. Expenditures Ordinarily $202.- 550,037; extraordinary, $00,910,849. Marquis Katanra, promler and min ister of finance, said that ho nnl his oolloaguos woro partlculaily woll ploasod with tho mannor In whloh Japan's present system of finances Is working. ' Next year's ostium tog for ratlioads In Japan aggregate $20,000,000. j MAYORLITY E Aslilanders Will Vote Upon Three Candidates for Recorder, Two for Treasurer and an Assortment of Councilmen Present Administra tion Conspicuous by Absence. ASHLAND, Dee. 1(1. Time foe. filing nominations for city offices at tho coming election Tuesduv next ex pired last night. There is but one candidate for mayor, II. P. Ned. There are thrco candidates for re eorder, W. II. Gillis, J. O. Hurt and C. D. Schell. For city treasurer, there nre two candidates, G. G. Etibnnks and II. F. Pohlaud, and tine for park commis sioner, Francis Butler. For councilmen, thero aro from tho first ward, George Irwin, W. II. .Mo-' Nair and II. L. White; from tho sec ond ward, G. Homer Billings and O. L. Young; from the third ward,, O, II. Johnson and W', C. Sanderson. Neither Mayor Snell, Recorder Eg gleston, Councilman Moore or other of the present udmiuistration aro candidates for re-election. The people will vole wot or dry, as customary for many years, Ash Inud having had homo rule since its charter was adopted. No effort Is being mnde to. carry tho city by the wets, who long ago abandoned nil hope of Ashland's over being any thing but dry. TAFT CHIEF OF STAND PATTERS Bryan Declares President the Loq ical Candidate for Presidency uf Reactionary Forces in Next Na tional Campaign. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 10. That" President .Taft is entitled to a seat at the head tnble of any gathering of "royal standpatters" and that he is tho logical lepublican candidate for the, presidency in 11)12 are the conclusions of William JeLnings Hryan's Commoner, after a study ol the annual message. "The president's annual message," says the Commoner, "is notable foi its length. If Tuft's sympathies for tho special interests were not already known, the message would be notable for its distinct leanings toward the system which the people ato seeking to regulate. It declares there should bo no more legislation respecting the regulation of corporations, giving the laws already on the statute books a chance lo demonstrate their use fulness. If tu. president put the presti-;0 of hU high office and his power behind the criminal clause in tho Sherman anti-trust law, enforc ing it against the chiefs of tho great trusts, the people would experience immediate relief. "The message shows tluit at nny ggthering of inyal standpatters Tall is entitled to a'seal at tho head of tho tabic. It piovos that be is the logical candidate of tho republicans for the presidency in 1012. because ho stands unflinchingly by tho present-day Hamiltouianisiu." MOTHER BADLY CRIPPLED IN SUCCORING CHILDREN SAN HERNARDIN'0, Cab, Doc. 1C. With both less broken and suffer ing from Internal injtirleo. Mrs. Rob ert Koehly, wjfo of a rancher living noar Vlctorvlllo, llos today In a local hospital. Tho surgeons do not believe sho enn survive her Injuries, which sho rocolvod while trying to savo hor two uttlo ones, who hod ventured too noar an open well, Soolng tho children standing by tho open abaft, Mrs. Koohly rushed upon mem nnd throw them away from tho pit, Into whlcii thoy woro starlnc. Tho looso earth around the woll gavo way under her. nnd sho fell Into the well, sustaining terrible Injuries. I MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1G, 1910. CLARK WONTTEDDY OR REIGN AS Probable NexJ EpcaKer of House As serts That If Elected He Will Make . .7 ... no Auempuio name uommmecs But Will Support Insurgents' Plan of Dictation WASHINGTON,!!). C, Dec. 1C Declaring In favor ot a schedule-by-schedule revision of the tariff, Champ Clark, democratic minority leader, to day Issued a formal statoment. Clark, who, It Is generally holloved, will bo elected speaker at iho next session, also declared In fayor of a commlt teo on committees to select the mem bership of the various houso commit tees. Tho announcement Is regarded1 as extremely Important, Indicating tho courso legislation will take when the democrats nssmne control of tho 1 ouse next year. It Is genorally be lieved that Clark, a? minority leader ami tho probable loader at the next session, Issued hlu Btntomont only aft er consultation with tho other mem bers ot his party, and it Is bollovcd that It Indicates that tho democrats will attempt a schedule-by-schedulo revision. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 10. Champ Clark will not bo dlctntor of tho nex houso. Even though ho Is olected Bpeakor, ho will not nertcavor to nnmo tho committees, but Instead will support tho "committee on com mittees" plan of the-1 Insurgents. Simultaneously with tho announce ment (hat tho-MlsBOilrl.minorltyiead-er will favor thlsplan a petition wns circulated today calling for a demo cratic caucus January 19. It Is ex pected that Clajk will bo named for tho speakership at this caucus. Clark hlniBOlf' prepared and circu lated tho petition, hut would not sny what tho purposo of tho meeting Is. SQUARE DEAL IS ASKED FOR ARMY Congressman McLachlan Replies to Attack Made by Tawney Says War Has Always Found the Nation Unprepared. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 10. Roplying to the opponents of the publication of facts in the confiden tial report of the secretary of war lo his resolution inquiring about the slate of tho defenses of tho United States, Congressman James McLach lan of California this afternoon fro to for tho United Press an ex clusive stutement lcfuling (lie alle gation that an attempt is being made to Htampede congics.s into greater military appropriations. Tho state ment follows; "Representative Tawney's charge that tboro is a conspiracy to stam pede congress into adopting larger appropriations for military purposes is too childish to be taken seriously, yet it carrion too il.uigorous an im pression to bo o el looked. "Tawney mij it is cowardly to make known the admitted uuliuu.il weakness either lo our own people or to the world. He admits that we are like fatted capon and would have u pose as gamecocks. In other word", lit; would have us trust tho national security to iilult'.' We havo bluffed since tho beginning of our national existence and at lcgular intervals havo boon 'culled' by war. The ap palling pension roll and the gic.il hcai't-scarn ol Ihou-anils of ourpoo ple boar witness to tho fact that there Jim o been other Tawney in the councils of the iihIiou before. Alleg ed patriots huut krpt the nation in utter ignornnceof our helpless con dition until war was declined; then they placcid mil ruined, untutored men, armed with obsolete woapoiiH, ii tho field to uphold 1 1 1 national honor "The most wick' I national cow ardicoI i an picttue is to demand ((Viitt mi' 1 .i J'ag'' 6) CZAR TAFTfllHT END STRIKE Colonel or President Suggested as Mediator Desperate Situation in Chicano as Result of Riots by tho Striking Garment-Workers Con ditions Bordering on Civil War. CHICAGO, 111., Hoc. 10. Colonel Roosevelt, President Tail or Johtt Mitchell limy bo asked to act its mu dintor in the garment workers' strike hero. Following tho desperate riot ing of .yesterday, in which ono man was killed and two so severely in jured .that it is said today thoy can not live, union leaders and city of ficials mo striving to bring the strike lo mi end. Tho situation, as tho citj oflieials see it, is desperate. Tho reckless fighting spirit displayed by the strikers whaeh has been mani fested in nearly every contact with tho police and which was at high tide yesterday, is creating u crisis W'ith which the police cannot deal. Tho union leaders realize tho grav ity of the situation, nnd although they declare the blame lies with the employers who refuse to trout with their striking operatives, thoy aro anxious to end the controversy; The services of a mediator, they think, would bo the best method of bring ing tho strikers and Iho employers to gether nnd they are working toward that en dtoday. "Colonel Roosevelt probably could meet the employers here," said ono of tho union leaders. "If they will not discuss the troubles with us, thoy prolifdily-'woiild talk' Willi lfuhf Tfiu- hovo (hut either President Taft, Roosevelt or Mitchell could end tho strike. Unless something is done soon a condition bordering on civil war is likely to develop in Chicago." CAUSE TROUBLE A Man Named Owens Accused of Having Signed Employer's Name to Bogus Checks, Which Were Cashed at Saloons Is Missing Now. There is serious trouble on tho tapis regarding two or three $30 checks which were supposedly forg ed by u man mimed Owens and cash ed at different saloons. The cheeks weio diawu on Iho First National bank and signed, "R. J. Earl, mali nger," and wore indorsed on tho back bv the man to whom thoy wore made in favor of, Frank Owens. Tio bank t of used lo cash tho checks when presented, on lhogiouud that tho signature was not that of Mr, Kail. The cheeks woio cashed by the sa loons on Tuesday night and Wednes day morning, when Mr. Earl was no tified. When tho checks woro pre: sculcd thoy wcie pioiiouiiced forger ies and it is understood u wiuiunt has been issued for Owens, Mrs. Owens is still at the much, w heio sho is cookiiu', but Owens has disappeared, and it is likely will Hot bo apprehended lor some time. FIGHT TRUST FLOURISHES IN FARAWAY AUSTRALIA VICTORIA, 11. (', Dec. 10. -Special cables just leceived from Au stralia say the "fight trust" which Promoter Mclutoxh has orgutii.ed in Australia, is fluuritthiug. Three , f the American pugilists who wore son! to the anliiioilcs havo had inolohos and in all thiee thoy carried tho Stars und Stripes to victory. Millv Papko, according to Iho ad vicoN, had little difficulty in dispos ing of I'M ward William. Jimmy Clabby, the wolturwcight champion, i sit id (o be tho great a I lighlor that America ha xent to An stralia for many Marw, und had no tumble in disposing of "Hobby" Mrviiiit, "Cyclone" Thompson docs not ap pcir to have made as tnwnable an nnprt -sou in the coiniiioiiwi.ilth FORE CHECKS HOBSONSAYS CONSPIRACY TAWNEY TO TO WORK UP BLAME WAR SCARE Jingo Statesman Accuses Watchdog of Treasury of Responsibility for Condition of Army and Navy Says He Is Now Preparing to Fight Fortification of Panama Canal. -WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 1C, Declaring thnt Congressman James A. Tawney la tio man responsible for tho present utter lack of prepared ness to repel Invasion, Congressman Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama as sailed tho Minnesota representative today. Tawney, ho declined, had misrepresented nffnlrs la his public utterances nnd wns now preparing to fight tho fortlflcntlon of tho Panama canal. "Tho truth Ib " Ilobson snld, "that Tawney has boon misleading the pub lic in stating that over 80 por cent of tho total rovonues of tho, government woro devoted to purposes of war. Ho know tho public would think that he meant the current appropriations for innlntnlnlng tho nrmy nnd navy woro what ho Intended, while as a matter of fact the enormous totnl ot tho pon slon bills was a part of tho GO por cent. "Tawney hns fought ovory move ment for developing tho national de fense since I havo been In congress and Is now preparing to fight tho rec ommendation ot tho administration to fortify the Panama canal. "Tawney Is responsible for tho pros viit"utterrlnckforjpripardnosli',!unil naturally ho will ko to extremes to provent tho fnct from becoming known. Ills refcronco to patriotism Is almost puerile In saying n man Is a coward Jo admit that anothor man could whip him. The strongest man allvo unarmed can bo killed by tho weakest If tho latter la armed. "Modem warfaro Is a contest ot preparedness, not of resources. Tho man who would leave his country's wclfaro thus unprotected Is elthor superficial In knowledgo or his pat riotism Is blinded by personal inter ests." JAPAN COULD SEIZE SOUND Congressman Humphreys Declares That Northwest Is at Pover of En emiesDelegation Called to Con sider Fortifying Pacific Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 10. Congressman Humphries nf Washing ton emphatically disagreed with Taw eoy's vlow that tho effort to got bot Jer coast dofoiiHOH and an Increased army Is "Jingoism." "A foreign foe, for liiHtunco Japan, could laud an invading force at llel llngham, on Puget sound, without coinliTg within lri mllos of a gun," aald Humphries. "They could estab lish an lmprognablo position thore and havo that whole soctlou of the country ut th'olr mercy. "Tho swurotary of war oxprobtios an opinion of a condition which has boon known to every man on tho Pacific coost for year. The people of tho const havo been crying for dofqnso (did the cry linn been almolutely un heeded. Once lauded along Paget vound, luvndorx could capture Seat tle and its fortifications from the land vide and tlu up tho whole terri tory, cutting off communication with the outside world, l'lien the enomy could dovntitatg the northwest at leis ure. It would take an enormous expenditure mid months to dlslodgo them." Humphries called thlu afternoon a mooting of hy Paclfla coast delega tion lit oo iig renin to device ways nnd mean for ImurQeslug on congroea the UHcenHlty ot trougUiuninK Hio Coast defenses. The Mail Tribune want ads brim, results, NO. 220 Congressman Tawney Declares Jin goes Aro Trying to Hobsonizo the Country Conditions Not Such as to Alarm the Country Outcry Is Part of Propoganda. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec, Id -"The War department has .joino'd Iho jingoes and is trying to 'Ilobsonitt)' tho country," according to Congress man James A. Tawney, chairman of Iho hoiifm coinmiltco on appropria tions, who sees in tho cry of uhpro imrcdncss for war the prelude for an nssnult on the treasury; Tawney does not lieliovc fho Unit ed Stales is defonsolossj and ho does not believe there is an imoindlalo de mand for a rocord-breakiiig appro priation for the war department. Ho" means to hold the financial fort against Ilobson, McLachlan mid their war department friolids. "EffoNs to got'the cojifidcntini re port of the secretary of yar in re ply to MoLachlaii's resolution tick ing about tho country's ability to re- . pel a foreign invasion," salit Tawney today, "are n part of the propngantin by military enthusiasts to Hpre, (he support of congress for larger ap propriations. Anyone hearing Ilob sou's locluro on tlio '-i'clloV iporiP or who has read this confidential ropoit will find difficulty in distinguishing ono from tho other. , "General Leonard Wood ntfd Con gressman .Hobso iironliJ-o thnt-1 lhi viimfsr'ntolitvoi nif 'rowV- house in tho next congress. Thb tti- rpropriutiniis for (ho nrmy wjll li-r controlled by that party. Jji be hove Hint if (hoy can got Ia)'ib'r" ap propriations from tho present-, con gress thoy can got slil,-blg"ger-,onW tro mtho next." That, is tho .rcuL secret, nccordjng lo Tawpey, of tho fuss thatiins been created by tho report which was handed to tho houso and tlieii with drawn when Speaker Cannon refus ed to accept u "oonfidentiatH einit municiition. There are no rpnl facts to warrant any alarm, i$ Tn,vngy sees it. Ho. thinks tho American, pod plo nro tho equals of everybody clso and havo no need' to sh'ivgr .over a peril of any hue. ' ' "No one but a coward, will' admit inferiority," he said, "and wh'ut s true for an individual is true for ..i nation. Advocates of .militarism ig nore entirely our chief weapons yf defense our groat natioiial re. sources and the spontaiiiety vwill'i which tho pcoplo'Hpatriotism would bo aroused in tho event of an assault b a foreign foe. They also ignore our geographical isolation." PANAMA FAIR BILL IN HOUSE Resolution Providing for Holding Ex position at San Francisco Befofc Committee Raises Guarantee ft Fund to Fifteen Millions. WASHINGTON, 1 (J, ,!)e. 10. w The (inusdoii of tho I'uniuiitt'JntorJ national imposition Jjitnhtlti;lietriinin botore the houso l(nlniijittm on rule?, today. The oonunltt(jo belli a luja! iuir on tho rotiplutuin iiyodiced"l Repicseututivo "Kulin pf.-fciilifWit, i but no uctiopiwas taken',' t Iho resolution nlunes. nn Frnn cNnu as tho plaee, frfr hpldiiljr tin exposition, but thfy UomiumcQ 6nU. taincd it witji the; pi'ovio, that n.i uiiiiyitlinuul changiiigaUio Nuaino lo Ihnt of. some ithrjdt v'uiild In in order at any titnu,' jji.' - The rosolutiop rnWs the limU 913 (ho oxpohitrntv tinjil ''-i bo guurunv toed, by thm suticoHsfn iiv to igto, OOO.Olin. . . Kahu made in. nwni'ig .speech in favor of th QiuK'iluticB.' 0ovonuii' Gillott of California, 'riieddoro j Hell and Ji.-cpU Mcm.m, of. Cnlifftrmh. ,i.. ..1.1.... ...i .1. (...1.111 .... t"i-j .iiiiiiv -i-n iuc I'tiinimiuu, m i T) -. ' M i i v. "V 'W t '?f 4 I v ,