Uncle 5am Promises to Conduct Precoolmg Experiments Here Next Fall
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
BANK CLEARINGS
TODAY
$ 43,874.80
THE WEATHER
Rain tonight and tomorrow.
Tho Menage of th -!.
White Fair weather,
lllup Rain or snow.
Whlto and blue Local showers
Mack triangularAbove white,
warmer; below white, colder.
Whlto with black center Cold.
FIFTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OEEGOX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1911.
No. 256.
WELCH 10 RUSH
WORK ON LOCAL
TROLLEY LINE
James R. Thompson, Consulting En
gineer, Emphatically Declares That
Prsent Activity Is Not a "Bluff"
Work Will Be Rushed.
SAYS WELCH HAS GREAT
FAITH IN CITY'S FUTURE
Mr. Thompson Is Here to Outline
His Plans and Choose Location
' for Lines Much to City.
That A. Welch fully Intends to
build nn electric road In thin city ami
that unless he were morally certain
that Medford will doublo her present
population within the next ten years,
ho would not consider such a project,
was the emphatic statement mnde
this morning by James It. Thompson,
consulting engineer for the trolley
line builder, who Is In t'.io city to
establish routes for tho new system.
"As I only arrived hero some
twenty-four hours ago," said Mr.
Thompson, "I am not prepared to
say where or how often cars will
run, but I can say that wo Intend to
complete our line as soon as possible
ami that wo hnvo already started
work."
Mr. Thompson, who has been as
sociated with the Welch Interests In
tho construction ot several other
electric lines in this stato and in
Washington, will remain in Medford
for two or three weeks and during
that time expects to arrive at a final
decision re-jaullng the territory
within tho city limits which his road
will covor as well as tho kind of ser
vlco which patronngo will warrant
keeping up.
"As near as can be outlined now,"
lie continued, "tho lino will run
along Main street. This will neces
sitate building through hard surface
pavomont, but it will bo our policy
to gJvo service right to and along the
main thoroughfares at a somewhat
turgor expense to ourselves rather
than to causo passengers any incon
venience when coming to or leaving
tho cars."
Just what, In figures, tho comple
tion of tho trolley lino will mean to
Medford cannot bo told. With six
cars In oporatlon, a forco of about
twonty-flvo men would bo required
which would create a local payroll
of several hundred dollars a month.
Tho Increased assessable valuo of
both city and county caused by tho
coming of such a road will bo no
smalt Itoin in itsolf, although it will
l)o an Insignificant sum whon com
pared witli tho Increased valuation
qf outlying city property when mado
easily accessible
LADIES CLUB TO
HOLD RECEPTION
Will Receive Informally at the Nata
torium Tomorrow Afternoon Bc
morrow Afternoon Between 3 and
5 o'clock All Ladies Arc Invited.
Tho ladies of tho Greater Medford
club will rocolvo Informally at tho
Naiatorlum Wednesday afternoon
from S to 5 o'clock and all tadlos
in ttio city are cordially Invited to -bo
i reteii t. ,
Tho ladlot of the club hope ln"thls
way to got in touch with now arrivals
in the city and onllst their aid in
the work being carried on by them.
So if you are a now arrival nnd
are Interested you aro urged to at
teiid. Spooner's Retreat Going.
SACHAMKNTO, Cl.. Jan. 17.
Capitol irk, lonit regarded by lov
ers h an ideal phut to poon, on
account of the sliadod nook' and
trees, will be made bright at. day if
the S'-.'S.OOO appropriation uked by
Aeiuhlvuiau Maich ol SHrrumeiitn
today is granted.
ATTEMPT MADE
TO ASSASSINATE
PREMIER
AN
Unidentified Man Shoots From Be
hind Pillar 'In Chamber of Depu
tiesStrikes Director of Public
Relief by Mistake.
PAKIS, Jan. 17. An unidentified
man this afternoon made an unsuc
cessful attempt to assassinate Pre
mier Brinnd. Tho would-be assassin
fired from behind- u pillar in tho
chamber of deputies while tho body
was in session.
The bullet mused Premier Brinnd,
but struck M. ilirninn, a friend, who
was standing behind the premier.
Jlirman, who is a director of pub
lic relief, was bit in the right leg and
painfully injured. In nn instant the
ehnmber was in nn uproar and be
fore the would-bo assassin could fii
,11 second shot be was disarmed and
placed under arrest.
Tho attack is the second that bus
been made upon the present premier
during the last few months. On No
vember 20, SI. Lacour, n royalist, as
saulted .the premier during the cere
monoy attending the dedication of.the
Jules Perry statute. Lnoour slapped
the premier's face and only a few
days ago was given a long term sen
tence for the assault.
EIGHT MEN DIE
IN EXPLOSION
Boiler Explosion On Battleship Del
awareMen Scalded to Death
Were Imprisoned In Room Unable
to Escape.
WASHINGTON, I). t, Jan. 17
Kight men wore killed this evening
and one seriously injured by a boiler
explosion aboard the batllesbiu Del
aware, according lo a report' just re
ceived here.
A wireless t otbe nnvy department
states that the men were all scalded
to death by steam following the ex
plosion; that they were imprisoned
in the boiler room without a chance
for escape.
NEW BRIDGE
IS COMPLETED
People Living Across Bear Cjeck
From Phoenix Are Able to Reach
Medford Without Driving Many
Miles Around.
The new bridge across liear creek
in tho neighborhood of Phoenix has
been completed nnd Fust Side resi
dents of tho valley are thereby en
abled to reach Medford this winter
for the first timo without driving
many miles around, which in' winter
wn moot disagreeable.
Work on the structure was delayed
through the summer by non-arrival
of (be steel.
JAPAN IS GIVEN A
DIPLOMATIC SETBACK
LONDON, Jan. 17. A diplomatic
aetbaek for Japan is tho view gen
erally taken here today of tho tariff
concussions offered F.ngland by Ja
pan and which aro now being made
tho basis of a now commercial
troaty.
Knglifeb morchi.nt- brought tremen
dous pressure to boar to have Jaimu
recede from her stand of heavily in
creasing tho duty on praotionliv nil
linen of good that England exports
to Japan. It is now said that Tokio
has yielded mo'-t of the material
points.
Army Bill Passes.
WASHINGTON, U. C. Jan. 17
The army appropriation bill carrying
over $1,000,000 for the year ending
Juno ,30, 1012, pjied the houc lhi
afternoon.
$26.0000 ASKED
DV SECRETARY TO
BUY ME HERE
Congress Is Asked to Make Available
Portion of the $110,000 Author
ized Last Session Location of
Site Will Be Known Soon.
WASHINGTON", Jan. 17. The
secrctnry of tbelreasury has nsked
congress to appropriate $'26,000 of
tho $110,000 some time ago author
ized for the purpose of acquiring a
site for a federal building in Med
ford, Or., and slnrting work." He
has also asked for the folownig
ameunts:
Roscburg wito, $10,000; Albany
building, $0,000; Pendleton building
$33,000; Tho Dalles, $10,000.
Until congress passo Bthb bill ac
tually appropriating $20,000 of tile
$110,000 some time ago authorized
for a federal building bore, it is not
probable that the choice of n fed
eral building site will be announced.
The next dozen classified ads
you ncqiinnted wtb u dozen phases
wbcb you answer, will probably get
you acquainted with a dozen phases
of this city's life that you never ou
countered before.
KERN ELECTED
TO U.S. SENATE
Complimentary Vote of Republicans
Goes to . Bevcridge Threatened
Attempt On Party of Machine Not
In Evidence.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jud., Jan. 17.
John W. Ivern, former democratic
candidate for vice president and the
choice of the last democratic state
convention, was elected to the United
Stntcs senuto today. The tbroatoncd
attempt of the Taggart machine to
disregard the.instructions of the con
vention did not materialize. The
complimentary vote of the republi
cans was given to Senator Bevcridge,
whom Kern succeeds.
UNCLE SAM TO
EXPERIMENT HERE
Professor P. J. O'Gara Advised That
Government Will Come Here Next
Season and Experiment In Pre
Cooling Rogue River Fruit.
That Undo Sam will conduct a
serioir of procoollng experiments In
tho vnlloy this coming season Is the
Information reaching P'ofcssor P. J.
O'Garra in a letter rccdlvod from A.
V. Stubonrauch, oxport acting in
chargo of field investigations for tho
bureau of plant Industry, department
ot agriculture.
Mr. Stubonrauch snys that Medford
is included In their plans and that
extensive work will bo dono horo.
Lodge Leads,
IJOSTON, Jan. 17. Tho Massachu
setts legislature today voted In sep
arate sessions on tho candidates for
tho United States sonatorshlp. Henry
Cabot Lodge, who scekH ro-olectlon,
polled 24 votes; Sherman Whlpplo,
democrat, 14, and Congressman Hut
ler Amos, Lodgo's foe, got 2,
Tho division of tho sonato was
about as expected and shod llttlo
light on the question of whther or
not Lodgo can bo returned.
Forty Years Behind Dad.
LINCOLN, Nob., Jan. 17. Just
forty years from tho day his father. I
I'hlnoas Hitchcock, was elected from '
Nebraska as a republican United !
States senator Gllbort Hitchcock.'
democrat, vns today nomlnutod Unit
ad Stnto senator In separate sessions
of tho logUlaturo. j
LEGISLATURE
FOR FIRST TIME
IS SMOKELESS
Bourne and Chamberlain Arc to Be
Punched Up About Oregon's Share
of Reclamation Fund Want Ore
gon to Get Her 50 Per Cent.
MAY ABOLISH CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT IN STATE
Resolution Introduced Demanding In
vestigation of State Agricultural
College Baily Under Fire.
SALF.M, Or., Jan. 37. For the
first timo in its history, an Oregon
legislature will bo smokeless. The
senate this morning passed tho anti
smoking resolution nnd tho house en
forced tho long forgotten rule 03,
that prohibits smoking during the
sessions. Kellaher in the senate
fought for the smokers but bo fought
nearly alone.
Bourne nnd Chamberlain aro to
be punched up about Oregon's shore
of tho reclamation fund. House
joint memorial number one, demand
ing that Oregon get at least GO per
cent of what it gives the reclamation
service, passed this morning.
The memorial also urges on the
Oregon senators and congrcssben an
immediate getting busy in this mat
ter.
No Pardon for Murderers
Not only will there be no more
capital punishment in Oregon, but
governors wont pardon murderers it
Clyde's resolution introduced in tho
bouse this morning, is passed. The
Jre.solutfion provides Unit imprison
ment for life shall be tho penalty for
murder, and that unless new evidence
showing conclusively the innocence
of tho convicted, is produced that
no governor shall have pardoning
powed for murder sentences.
The legislature is on the trail of
Pood and Dairy Commissioner Bai
ley. The committee' on resolutions
this morning reported baok on house
concurrent resolution number one,
advising that the food commissioner
bo investigated at once, and also ad
vising (but the board of health and
the fish warden's office bo left uu
bothered. Theoriginal resolution pro
vided for the investigation of these
tbreo offices, but the committee re
ported that it thought only Bailey
needed ' 'imlesljgatioii. The bouse
thought so too, and unanimously up.
held the committee ii report.
Invest Igalo Mr. Ilnilcy
The same action Is probnblo in tho
scnato and since .the committco must
report long boforo tho close of the
session it is probnbla tlmt tho logls
laturo will do more tnan Investigate
Mr. aniloy; anyhow that's tho tem
per of tho house as shown this morn
Ingu. A resolution was introduced In tho
house this morning demanding In
vestigation of tho Corvallia agricul
tural school,
Tho Kollahor senate bill validating
ovory portion of the Hroadway brldgo
Initiative measure and enabling tho
city of Portland to at onco proceed
with tho construction of this bridge,
was 7iot reported favorably and
adopted in tho senate this morning,
but tho bill was placed on third read
ing nnd probably will pass tho somite
tills nfternoon or tomorrow morning.
This will finally end tho Kornan tio
up of this bridge, that has prevented
tho bonds being sold for two years
nnd more, thoi j-h the bonds woro ap
proved by a largo majority vote of
tho pcoplo of Portland.
Income Tav Pusses
The Incomo tax umondment to the
federal .constitution, thnt Is now be
ing passed on by legislators all ovor
tho nation, passed tho house this
morning. It probably will puss tho
senate tomorrow, an it nas neon mado
a special order for tomorrow morn
ing. Not a voto was recorded against
the amondment in tho house, and on
tho preliminary skirmishing tho son
ato has showr. u safe majority for
this amondment.
House Joint memorial No. 3 was
Introduced this morning asking con
gress to ponsion all worn out work
ors In the life saving ervico and to
put them on tho saino footing us are!
the Hiiporanuatos in the army nnd
navy. J
SENSATIONAL
TESTIMONY IN
PITTMAN CASE
Patient In Hospital Says Pittman
Whilo Raving, Exonerated Robin
. son of All Blame Verdict Is
Reached by Coroner's Jury.
"Early Sunday morning, boforo he
died," said W. M. Smith, a witness
before the coronor's jury investigat
ing the circumstances surrounding
the death of Sidney Pittman, "he
got out of his bed at tho Southern
Oregon hospital, camo over to my cot
across the ward and, holding his
bund out us though clasping u knife
addressed pie as 'Charlie' nnd
said, 'Well, I am to blame for tho
whole thing. I chalonged you lo
fight and drew the knife. You only
protected your mother us it was your
duty to do."'
This testimony, although not "cok
roborated and coming from the
mouth of n man ' friendly . with
Charles Hobinson, tho lfi-yenr-old
boy now held by the authorities to
answer to the next grand jury for
the assault on Pittman, made u no
ticeable impression on the members
of the coroner's jury who, howover,
after viewing the body decided to
paos the question of Kobiuson's guilt
up to a higher court.
In their verdict, the jury found
that "Sidney Pittman came to hi?
death us tho result of nn eucouutor
with and at the bunds of one Charles
Robinson on the Dth day of January,
J 011, in which Charles Hobinson
struck one Pittman on tho bead with
a blunt instrument."
A number of witnesses nppenred
who told tho details that led up to
the quarrel and told of Pittmnn's
condition from a few minutes after
tho l'otal blow was struck until tho
timo of bis death on Sunday morn
(Continued on l'ago 0.)
IS
SERIOUSLY ILL
Her Majesty's Recent Trip to Bad
Naugheim Brought Only Temporary
Relief Nervous Troubles Are
Again Returning.
ST. PFTIWSMUKO, Jan. 17.--Coufirmutiou
of reports thnt the
Czarina is again in a critical condi
tion was obtained today from at
taches of the palace. Hur majesty's
recent trip to, Bad Nauheim brought
only temporary relief and her ner
vous disorder nnd melancholia re
turned simultaneously with her re
turn to tho paluce.
It is feared that the empress has
not long to live. Shu is hysterical
much of the time, her condition
amounting almost to inutility when
ever t lii ezarovitcb is not in her
sight. Al court functions have been
abandoned.
Perhaps most of your "bad luck"
consists in failing to answer tho
want ads that contain opportunities
for you.
TAFT HANDS ONE TO
WASHINGTON, D. C Jnn. 17.
President Tnft today dashed too
liopos of national insurgent lender
by appointing CongrosBmau Walter
I, Smith of Iowa to tho federal cir
cuit bench to fill the vacancy caused
by the elevation of Judge Vnndovnu
tor to tho supremo oout. Tho insur
gent loaders had endeavored to se
cure tho appointment for Congress
man Norriu of Nebraska.
Sometime a raino of salary can be
boourod only by a change of posi
tions. So wntoh the help wanted
ads I
Tho completeness (nlwnytt) of a
-tnro'ii advertising is a reliable test
of tho 1'OinplcltMHn nf the st.orc -T
NA
INSURGENT
FORCES
i'JCC.
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COMMITTEE TO
PASS ON LEGALITV
OF AMENDMENTS
Sill Provides for Competent Men tt
Judge All Proposed Amendments to
Constitution Under Initiative In
troduced by Egglcston.
SALEM, Jan. 17. Amendments to
tho constitution proposed by tho Ini
tiative will horeaftor carry an explan
atory noto nB to tho purport and le
gality from a commltteo composed
of tho governor, nttorney gonoral nnd
throo circuit court Judges to bo dos
ignatod by tho governor and attor
ney gonoral, !f a bill presented today
by Ropresontatlvo M. V. Eggleston
of Jackson Is paBsod. Ho Is a state
ment No. 1 and antt-nssombly man.
"Said committee," rends n section
of the bill, "shall bo called to meet
at tho capitol at Salem, Ore., by tho
governor not later than ton days prior
to tho timo prescribed for printing
in pamphlet form of tho truo copy
of tho tltlo nnd text of each measure
so proposed by Initiative petition and
shall then and. tliero consldor ovory
such Inltlntlvo measuro so roforrod
to them', nnd shall after due delibera
tion thereon, proparo a written state
ment of their opinion ns to tho legal
or constitutional meaning nnd ofrcct
ot ovory such Initiative measuro, ir
enacted Into law, as briefly as possi
ble, and such statement Bhall bo
signed by tho members of committee
nnd Bhall bo filed with each measure,
to which It pertains and it is hereby
mado tho duty of tho 'secretary or
state to cause tho same to bo pub
lished at tho oxponso of tho Btato in
Its appropriate place In tho pamphlet
printed for distribution to tho votora.
It tho commltteo dlsngrco a minority
opinion may be Blgned and filed and
shall bo printed ovor tho names of
tho disagrooliiB commit tmen, the
saino ns tho majority opinion."
ADMIRAL BARRY
Without Even So Much as a Servant
to Keep Him Company the Aged
Commander Remains Closely In
His Rooms.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cul., Jan. 17.
Without a plan for tho future, Hear
Admiral Kdwnrd II. Barry, U. S. N.,
(retired), began life as a private cit
izon today. Without so much as a
servant to keep him company, the
aged coinmandor, until yesterday
head of the Pacific squadron, re
mained in his room at the Palace
hold, Practically no one called to
sco him oxcept newspaper represen
tatives. Admiral Harry will remain
in Sail Francisco today and probably
tomorrow. Aftor that he will visit
friends at Mare Island, ho an
nounced, From Mate Island ho will
go to Now York.
"After I roach Now York I have
not planned what I will do," said
Barry. "Fin,t of all I will take a
long rest. Further than thnt I don't
enro to iinko a statement."
SQLONS FLEE FROM
E
CINCINNATI, Jan. 17. Dotor
mlnod to maintain tho deadlock In
tho West Virginia somite, soxontcou
ropubllcan stato sonators aro bore
today aftor ovadlng arrost by tholr
democratic opponents, who sought to
compel tholr attendance In tho sonato
chamber at Charleston so that the
upper house could bo organizod.
Tho rofugooH had boon barricaded
in tho executive chambers at Charles
ton for sovoral days boforo thoy woro
able to ovudo their guards and mako
their way out ot tho stato.
Someone's necessity -as indicated
in a classified ad is probably yojr
, opportunity.
M
RETIRED
DING
CENTRAL BANK
PLAN SPRUNG;
ALDRICH IDEA
Scheme Is Designed to Centralize tho
Control of tho Nation's Currency
Forty-Five Directors to Control
Association.
HEADQUARTERS ARE TO
BE IN WASHINGTON
Plan Provides for Fifteen Branches
to Be Scattered Over County to
Take Care of Districts.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Senator
Aldrlch'B central bnnk plan was in
troduced today.
Tho schemo designed to centrallzo
tho control of tho nation's currency,
provides for nn organization of na
tional banks to bo called tho Reserve
Fund of America. Under tho schomo
tho forces which now control tho na
tional banks ot tho country would bo
bo lnr the saddle In tho case ot tho
Hesorvo association of America. Tho
association will be govorned, if tho
Aldrlch plan can bo put through tho
present session of congress, by a
board of forty-flvo directors and will
gradually tako over the prlvllogo of
Issuing currency until it becomes tho
solo agency of thnt purpose.
Sonntor Aldrlch wob not present
when tho national monetary commis
sion announced Its plan. Vice Chair
man Edward B. Vreolnnd presided.
The capital of tho Resorvo associa
tion, nccordlnu to tho plan, will bo
approximately ?.100,0u0,000. Tho
association Is to be chnrterod for a"
term or flffy years. Its headquartora
will bo Washington, but tho plan pro-
(Contlmiert on I'nga 6.)
CREW ON DOTTOM
I. i
Have Plenty of Air, However, and
Efforts Arc Being Mado to Raise
the Craft by Looping Huge Chains
About It.
,KKIL, Germany, Jan. 17. Tho
Gorman submarine "US" went to thu
bottom of tho sea during a practice
maneuver today. Divors from her
parent ship, ono of tho largo battle
ships of the North sea fleet inimodi
aloly began endeavoring to loop
chains about the sunken boat. The
full crew was aboard when the fatio
inarino went down.
As eooii as the boat settled thu
crow detached thu nowjy invented
telephone arrangement which imme
diately cftino to the surface where it
was picked up by a small boat from
tho warship. The officer command
ing the submarine, phoned up that
the boat was all right and that thu
crow had plenty of air. Ho stated
that tho machinery had beun disabled
and that tho submarine probably
would have to be lifted with chains.
Tliero is air in tho tanks sufficient
to supply tlio men for several hours.
OF
FIREMEN SAVE 100
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 17. Iloroio
work by firemen reunited in tho res
cue of more than 100 girls from tho
third floor windows of a burning
shirt waist factory horo today. A
sooro of tho girls woro overcome by
smoke mid thu ruins aro boiug
soarehod in tho belief that posibl.y
Home of the workord may have beun
trapped,
GRAVE TROUBLE IS
AHEAD FOR TURKSY
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 17.
Thero in grao trouble in hight bo
Iwoeu Turkey and a nunibor of tho
world powers tho United States
among them oec tho question at
foreign school in thu sultnit'd
country.
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