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Medford Mail Tribune
BANK CLEARINGS
TODAY
$17,145.67
THE WEATHER
Rain tonight nnd tomorrow.
The Metiaira of th riftftv.
White Fair weather,
niue Italn or snow.
White nnd blue Local uhowem
Black trlarurular Above white,
warniorj below white, colder.
White with black center Cold.
FIFTH YEAR.
!MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1911.
No. 258.
Ml STORM IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY CAUSES $70,000 PROPERTY LOSS
,7T
ONE DROWNED; TRAIN SERVICE
DEMORALIZED; ROGUE IS RISING
PAPERMILLS ARE
OF
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All Available Men Are at Work at
Oreflon City Trying to Save Pulp
at Paper Mills Man Lost in
Stream Near Salem.
OKEGON CITY, Or., Jan. 19, All
thu mills hero at noon today were
hiring extra men to remove goods
that he damaged by approaching
floods. The damage in this city has
already reached into tho thousands
and immense loss will result it' the
great masses of prepared pulp can
not he removed from the paper mills
before the water washes it away. Do
tpitc extraordinary precautious pa
per mill people are extremely ner
vous and fear they hay have to close
down by tonight. Unusually large
numbera of orders have been filled
and a shortage of white paper likely
wil folow. Not one bridge other than
tho suspension bridge over the Wil
laineto river is safe and all traffic
with Estacadu and other towns near
by is cut off. Sovorl Jog booms in
tho Clackamas river broke away this
morning.
SALEM. Jan. 19. Ono of the
most disastrous floods that has vis
ited Salem in years Is that which is
raging at the presont tlmo and tho
conditions aro growing worso hourly
with no signs of abatement. Already
many homes havo been devastated,
livestock killed, and one life Is known
to have been lost, nnd thero were
numerous narrow escapes from death
by drowning and many sensational
rescues woro mndc.
All of tho bridges In tho city, with
tho exception of two or three sub
stantial concrete structures havo(
gone down beforo tho furies of tho
steadily Increasing volume of water;
water and gas mains havo been
washed out and broken, leaving
scores of families without water and
light, nnd many portions of tho city
are effectually cut off from flro pro
tection by reason of tho washing out
of tho bridges within the elty limits.
At a lato hour this morning thol
Mage of tho rlvor at this point, with
; rainfall of over fivo Inches In 18
linnrw Mm crontost ill VearB was
sixteen foot, a riso of throe feot
I.i tl.reo hours, and it Is still ris
ing. Tho Indications aro that tho '
record-of ovor Si root nuovo low wa
ter mark, attained hist year, will be
broken.
Tho (lamace to tho city Is estimated
at approximately $r0,000 and to prl-1
ato property owners $20,000.
One of tho most distressing fea
tures of tho dovolopmonts Inst night
was tho supposed drowning of Joshun
II. Smith, C9, a resident of this city, j
wlto, while ontorlng tho elty on
horseback from his suhurbnn homo,
mi Mm Tnrnnr rnnil. roilo off Into
ii,'n.,.ini finn.i whom tho Winter,
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street hridgo was supposed to bo, and , mate of tho county .pul awaiting the
liotho and rider woro washed away. action of the grand jury on henrges
Tho cries of tho aged man woro of "white shivery," made an unsuo
luard by neighbors and a searching ' ccssl'ul attompt today to havo bin
party was organized to go to his as- bail reduced from tho sum of .$2000
Blstanco. ot by Justice ol the i;eace uicnn u
J. H. Albort. prosldont of tho aCp- Taylor.
Pal National bank, was ono of tho Knrmor, who was brought to the
first to roach tho scene with a 100- city by deputy shoriffs, hold a eon
foot rope. 'J. F. Goodenough wadod sulfation with E. K. Kelley, his at
out into tho stream up to his waist tornoy.
Put was forced back by tha curront. I Distriot Attorney B. P. Mulkey
"When Mr. Goodonough roached tho statod today that ho would oppose
tioo in which Smith wns Imprlsonod any attompt made to have the bail
he found him stunned and dazod and reducod.
had difficulty in Inducing Smith to , It is understood that, providing
n lease his hold upon tho young fir the sum is made lower, a brother
tire Tho roscuors finally pulled of fanner's wife will go on hi
him loose and started for tho shore bond.
with him. Their hold upon the aged I
n,in. however, was wrenched loose j Hurje Aviation Prizes.
l. his own struggles and ho dump-! NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Aviation
poared beneath the rnIng current, prises dibtribittod during last year
His body has not lwon recovered. (amounted to $940,000, according to
A 2u0-foot washout wus reportod 'figures compiled by tho Aoro club of
. u Mil- Southern Pacific abovi GUIs. Francp. Nino hlrdmen won more
.i i,.ilf M.uili of 8!ein. I ban $20, eon. They ain:
HAS
SIX FEEI
E !i O'CLOCK
Bear Creek Coming Up Shasta Lim
ited Will Reach Medford About 5
o'clock This Afternoon Inch and
half of Rain.
Since S o'clock this morning Rogue
river lias risen six feet, or at tho
rate of about a foot an hour. Tho
river continues to riso stcndlly and
while no damage is expected, all pre
vious records for high water may bo
shattered.
Bear creek Is also rising rapidly,
and if it continues to gnin in vol
ume some damage may bo done to
IjpropeTty tlong (tho banks of tho
creek.
A rising barometer this aftornoon
indicates that the storm center has
passed this city and that tho rain
will ceaso falling within tho next 24
hours. '
Owing to the rise In temperature
and the rainfall tho snow which has
covered tho hills about tho valley
for tho past week molted rapidly,
causing tho floods.
Tho present rain started about 9
o'clock last evening and has con
tinued steadily sinco. Over ono and
a half inches of rain una fallen, mak
ing the total for tho season nearly
1(J inches. Tho downpour shortly
aftor midnight becamo very heavy.
Tho high wind which prevailed dur
ing the afternoon and ovcnlng died
down about 10 o'clock, Vhon tho
storm which had been approaching
from tho north, reached tho valley.
Reports from Grants Pass aro to
tho effect thnt tho river may serious
ly damage tho repair work which
has boon under way for somo tlmo
on tho Anient dam. There Is small
likelihood of tho dnm going out,
however, as it has been reinforced.
Train sorvlco from tho north has
been very seriously Interfered with.
Tho Shasta Limited, which was due
bero at G:GO this morning will ar
rive about 5 or G o'clock this after
noon. This Is nn excursion trnln
from tho north.
Tho other trains from tho north
will probably got through somo time
this evening.
FARMER'S BAIL
Friends of the Alleged Wiiitc Slaver
Would Go On His Bonds if Sum
Lowered District Attorney Mul
key Will Oppose Move
William Fanner, nt present an in
ROGUE V
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WOULD
REDUCE
YEAR BEFORE
WOK
FEDERAL B'LD'G
Sito Chosen at Corner of Sixth and
Holley Was Offered by W. C.
Gren and Bert Anderson for Sum
of $1 Plans Will Be Delayed.
WEST SIDE BUSINESS
MEN PUT UP CASH
The $26,000 Asked by Secretary Will
Be Used for Preparing Plans
and Startiny Work.
WASHINGTON", Jan. 10. The
treasury department announced last
evening that they have chosen as
site for tho federal building at Med
ford, Or., the one offered by W. 0
Green nnd Bert Anderson at the cor
ner of Sixth nnd Holly streets.
The title will bo perfeeld at once
but it will bo nt least a year before
tho supervising architect will begin
on the plans.
The $2(5,000 asked for by the sec
retary of the Treasury will be used
for preparing the plans and starling
work. In making his request, the
secretary stated to congress that he
would need no further funds for this
building until June, 1912.
Tho government secured tho site
for tho now building for the sum of
$1. Andorson and Green wei;c rim
bursed by n number of West Side
business men who were desirous of
securing the building.
FISH AND GAME
Important Measures Arc Introduced
In Legislature Stcrallzation Bill
Is Again Before the House for
iioijujopisuoo
SALEM, Jan. 19. Houso bill No.
137, Introduced by Ammo of Mult
nomah this morning, would dnd tho
scandal of mismanagement of private
Insano asylums. This measure was
Introduced because of tho recent
grand Jury investigations Into tho
Coo sanitarium at Portland and pro
vldes that such asylum shall pay a
llconso fco and shall bo undor tho
direction and liable to tho Investiga
tion of tho county court.
Tho moat Important fish and ganio
bill of tho Beacon was introduced to
day In tho houso. This Is tho bill
backed by Govomor West, tho game
association and tho master fish
warden. I tprouidos for n non-pollt-Ical
board of fivo to havo ontlro con
trol of tho fish and gamo depart
ments of tho stnto; tho hoard shall
servo without pay and nhall appoint
all wardons and their doputlos. It
puts tho s:.lm6'n industry, tho en
forcement of fish and gamo laws and
tho regulation of ovcry mountain and
stream In tho stnto In tho hands of
this board, and revolutionizes tho en
tiro system that has so far applied
In Oregon.
A free forry boat across tho Wll-
lamotto rivor at St. Johns Is provided
for In houso bill No. 13S, Introduced
thin morning.
Tho most Important piece of leg
islation so far this sosslon is that
Introduce In tho sonatd this morn
ing by Albee of Multnomah. It Is
tho Owen Adair bill that four yoars
ago waB votood by Governor Cham
borlaln. Tho Adair bill provides for
tho sterilization of Insane, tho Idi
otic, tho habitual criminal and those
found guilty of tho crlmo of rapo. It
provides for a board of two experts
to bo attached to ouch state ponal
reform or asylum Institution to pass
on those cases and to apply tho scien
tific treatment provided by law, as
doomed fit. Tho bill also denotes
anv one Kring a third term for a
BILL INTRODUCED
Portland Chamber of Commerce Rebuked
Tho Medford Commercial club unanimously adopted tho following resolutien:
Whereas, tho city of Medford is endeavoring, through tho offices of tho railroad commission of Ore
gon a body established In tho Interests of, and for tho welfaro of tho general public to sccuro a moro
rcaBonablo ami equitable basis of freight rates over the lines of tho Southorn Pnclflc company, between
thlB city and Portland, coinnionaurato with tho necessities of trado conditions nnd with tho view of en
abling proper development of Jackson county and othor territories that aro naturally tributary to Mod
ford, and with tho view of reducing tho present basis of rates upon various commodities, now so execs
slvo and prohibitive as to bo a scrloirs obstnelo in local nnd gonornl development, nnd,
Whereas, tho Portland Chamber of Commerce, nn organization representing tho buslnccs Interests
of Portland, has Intervened In those proceedings by means of legal process, nnd Is undertaking to hnvo
tho same oiijolucd and dismissed to the detriment of Medford nnd Its surrounding territory. Now,
therefore; bo It
Resolved, that tho Medford Commercial club, an organization representing tho business Interests
of tho city of Medford, nnd tho county of Jackson In general, protosts against, and deplores such action
on the part of Uio Portland Chamber of Commcrco ns unfair, selfish and prejudicial towards Medford,
and ns a serious obstacle to tho development of one of Oregon's most progressive and resourceful coun
ties, nnd be It further .
Resolved, that tho attltudo of the Portland Chamber of Commorco in tho matter Is in direct opposi
tion to tho principles nnd spirit of commercial bodies locatqd nt different points throughout tho stnto of
Oregon thnt are organized and working In harmony in tho interest of their locnl communities, nnd tho
welfaro of tho stato at largo.
OFFICIALS QUIT:
MIKADO ALONE
TO FACE STORM
Thousands of Protests Pour In Fol
lowing Sentencing of 24 Socialists
to Death Premier and Three Pow
erful Ministers Quit Their Jobs.
TOKIO, Jan. 10. Dnuntcd by a
storm of protests which poured in
sinco tho sentencing to deuth of 21
socialists hero yesterday for nlleged
conspiracy to assassinuto tho mi
kudo, Premier KutHiira nnd three of
tho most powerful ministers of his
cabinet today tendered their resig
nations to tho emperor.
Tlioso who joined with Kulsura in
tho effort to shift responsibility for
tho government's condemnation of
tho socialists were Minister of the
Interior Ilirata, Minister of Educa
tion Komutsiiduru and Minister ol
Commerce and Agriculturo Ora.
Tho notion of Premier Kntsum nnd
his ministers is hailed by tho social
ists of Japan as an important pre
liminary victory in tho fijjit they
havo alrcndy stnrtcd to save )cn
.jiro Kotoku, his mistress. Sugu K.ui
uo, and tho other 22 Socialists eon.
demned to die. It is bo'ieved th.it
their fato now being directly in the
hands of tho mikado, tho protests
against their execution -will be moic
likely to succeed than if Kntsura
stood his ground. To the emperor
now will ooiuo direct world-wide de
mauds that a eommiituti'iii of tin
deuth sonteiiee he granted
To add to tho soeiulists's confi
dence, it becamo known today that
a powerful anti-Kntsura party will
scizo tho oecusion of the premier's
tendering his resignation to make
despernto offorts to out him from
imperial favor. Any change m tho
government, they say, musi be to the
advantngo of tho condemned, us Knt
sura's pursuit of tho nllegi"! con
spirators bus been particular bit
ter. Throughout all Japan today, pe
titions to tho mikado aro being cir
culated praying for clemency for the
socialists. Thsco will bo in shape for
presentation soon. Heforo tho oni
peror cnii call logothor tho "older
statcEinen,' tho unofficial body io
whom he turns for advice in crihose
tho petitions, it h expected, will be
presented. To 11ipo "fathers of the
nation," will be submitted the peti
tions in the favor of Kotoku and hi
comrades. Not until they have de
cided upon the plans to the followed
will tho fate of the Kntsura minis
try bo known, it is believed,
In no ease, it i- said, will KhIhii
ra's iron measure bo continued. Ko
koku's partUan., miico tho convic
tion and sontence of their fellow,
havo shown that ooiulism in Japan
is widor than was generally believed,
and thnt any attempt to suppress the
propaganda by the same measure us
ndopled in Kotoku'- ease will bo cer
tain to provo tiorioiifcly embarrassing
to tho govorninont.
folony as an habitual criminal In tho
moaning of tho law. Fouls of Mult
nomah Is tho champion of tho meas
ure In the houso and ho believes that
it will pass, . x JL.'Hx
MUD FESTIVAL
SlILi ACTIVITY
IN LEGISLATURE
Houso Defeats Columbus Day Bill
Governor Signs' Broadway Brldyc
Measure Many Bills Are Intro
duced In Both Branches.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 10. There was
not much doing in Siiloni yesterday
except tho mud festivul in tho sen
ate. The house defeated tho Columbus
Day bill providing Octobor 12, as
a holiday, but it probably will pass
later.
Tho houso and sennte each at
tempted to snvo time and confusion
nnd expense by having duplicate hills
and resolutions burred, but usido
from the timo spent in arguing weth
er orviiot" to do this thero was lit
llo accemplished:
The governor signed tho Broadway
bridge bill that finally would give
tho East Sido a badly needed outlot.
A lot of bills were introduced in
thu houso and senate. One of tlioso
provides that foreign corporations
that don't report promptly thoir earn
ings nnd who dodn't pay thoir fees,
can't do business. Another is to os
tublish tho naval militia. Another
takes February 22 nnd election duys
out of 'the list of school holidays
but provides thnt uu election duys
when tho teacher is a legal voter;
school may bo closed at 2:110.
Clemens' bill relative to thuiniti.i
tivo system was slaughtered quickly
yesterday morning.
Tho bill to estnblish trade schools
for dependent girls bus been lost.
Clyde's free book bill is well on its
way to pussnge.
CLUB TO ISSUE
L
To Satisfy Demand for Up-to-Date
Information Concerning Work and
Wages Here Commercial Club
Will Issue Semi-Monthly Bulletin.
In order to fill tho domnnd for ro
liable information on tho condition
Existing from timo to timo on the lo
cal labor iqnrkot, tho Commercial
club will commence issuing a semi
monthly bitlutin.
Tho information, in tho form of u
multigrnph copy with the different
trades and kinds of workingmon
and women there is a demand for
classified undor separate bondings,
will be sent through tho mail to any
portion asking for it. It will show
tho prevailing wage scale and also
predict, insofar as possible ohuugos
likely to oocur within tho near fu
ture. In a shotr preface a general resume
of existing cnmlidoiiH, financial
biMiii'h-. and cliui.'tu, i given.
BO
BULLETIN
PORTLAND UAS NO
RIGHT TO "BUTT
IN" SAYS BUREAU
Answer Is Filed With State Railroad
Commission by Medford Traffic
Bureau to Petition of Portland
Chamber of Commerce.
The Medford Traffic Bureau
plaintiff, filed before tho stato rnil
road commission its answer to the pe
tition of tho Pottlund Chamber of
Commcrco, which butted into tho case
ns an inlcnvonor nnd .js trying to
thwart Mcdford's offorts to secure
lower rates and distributive rates.
"Tho shifting and varied reasons
for Portland's intervention, first op
posing, then advocating with tho in
jection of complex issues, indicts, ar
raigns and convicts the purposo ol
intervention us of ulterior design to
obstruct justice," declares tho Med
ford answer.
"Portland's intervention does not
ovor ullego complaint against cstub
lished rules or oven allege loss of
traffic for Portland or any deoroaso
in volume of business, but it merely
voices u fear that merchandise and
othor goods will bo consolidated into
carload lots, and bceauso of this eco
nomical method of transportation, n
method highly beneficial to a con
suming territory nnd far moro profit
able to tho carrior, a hue and cry N
raised that operation of this saving
principle will work an injustico nnd
a discrimination," continues the an
swer. p
Said plaintiff admits tho filing o
a complaint in which tho location ol
.Medford is stated us being 320 miles
from Portland; thai Medford is ud
vantngeouidy situated for tho distri
bution of articles of commorco; that
tho defondunt enrrior has fixed and
maintains carload commodity rates
at vnriuiico with tho carload classi
fication ratings; that u list of arti
cles was sot out in tho putitiou upon
which no such carload commodity
rates aro made by defendant for ser
vice nnd haulugo from Portland, Or
egon to Medford, Oregon; that oor
tain rates, minima mid carload mix
tures nro prayed for; that no com
plaint is made against less than car-
I load rates from Portland, Oregon, to
.Mcdtord, Oregon; but denied the
right of any porson or party to np
poar as intervener in this proceed
ing and mako part of this complaint
or proceeding tho issiio of loss than
carload rates for transportation of
freight from Portland, Oregon, to
Medford, Oregon, or to any othvr
city or town, and have such issue
considered nt tho uumo timo and in
connection with tho investigation and
finding of thq coinniibsion upon the
complaint of said plaintiff.
Said plaintiff denies thnt tho fix
ing of onrlond commodity rates on
tho artiolos cuiimoratod in tho peti
tion from Portland to Medford will
work any injury or caueo any lobs
to tho city of Portland, to a Port
laud wholoMiilor, mnnufuoturor or
shippor, or that the prnyor of said
plaintiff in any way threatens to in
jure,, or rostriot tho free intor
ehnngo of commorco botwoon Port
land and Medford, but avers on the
(Continued on I'ugo .0 )
SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO ROAD FUND
SHOUUDBEPAID
Commercial Club Adopts Resolution
Urging Subscribers to Crater Lake
Highway Fund to Pay Up So That
Work May Go On Without Delay.
SITUATION CRITICAL ONE;
SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE PAID
President Colvig Agrees to Bring
Suit to Collect Money In Order
to Mako a Test Case.'
At its Wednesday night meeting tho
Medford Commercial club adopted a
resolution urging subscribers to the
Crater Lake highway fund to pay up
substriptioiis duo Inst June, so that
the work of constructing tho grudo
that obviates tho Pumico hill grade,
may bo carried to completion. A
contract has been let for this wovk
upon the supposition thnt tho sub
scribers would pay up, and as many
had not dono so members of the com
mitleo had had to borrow money from
tho banks upon thoir individual noted
in order to keep tho work going
ahead and prevent suit for dnmngqs
by tho contractor. Sufficient had
been subscribed to complete tho con
tract, if the signers paid up. f
President Colvig ngrcod to bring
suit to collect n subscription in or
der to make a test case lie stated
that subscribers had signed promis
sory notes ns subscriptions and all
woro collectable. Tho coretary of tho
eommitteo in chargo stated that tho
committee preferred to appeal to tho
patriotism of signers, rather than to
tho courts, but that if necessary suit
would bo begun.
None of tho members of tho conl
milee have handled nny of tho funds.
Tho colections aro deposited in tho
Medford bnnks, expenditures nro ap
proved by Engineer lleidel, tho gov
ernment engineer in chargo, and
vouchors signed by membors of tho
committee.
Tho situation is a critical ono, as
(he subscriptions must bo paid at
once or work discontinued.
IS
OLD SELF TODAY
Shows Little Efcct of Ordeal of Yes
terday Prosecution Rests Mr.
Schenk Wanted to Como to Aid of
His Wife.
WHEELING V. Va., Jan. 19. The
prosecution in the case of Mrs. Launi
F. Schenk, who ia accused of pois
oning her husband, rested at 11:J0
o'clock.
When sho entered tho court room
today, looking bright and chipper,
Mru. Schenk displayed little evi
dence of thuillnoss that caused yes
terday's sudden adjournment.
"I'm feeling fiuo,'.' sho said, "It
was the stifling atmosphere that mndu
mo ill. Collapse? Do I look it"
and bho smiled widely ns her, eyes
swept the court room's curious
crowd,
Tho first wilnoss of tho day wns
Laudv Wilson, tho chauffeur who
told of Mrs. Sehonk's allogod improp
er relations with Dan Philips. Asked
why ho hud not informed Schenk of
his wife's infidoity, Wilson roplie-t;
"It wan noiio of my businoss. Ifo
wouldn't hao behoved mo nnyway."
Alma Evans, ono of tho doteetivn-11111-808,
was reonllod. Sho described
tho scone at Sehonk's bodsido when
(ho milionniro hoard that his wifa
had beuu arrostod,
"Mr. Solionk," sho said, 'was vjry
much offeoted. IIo sprang out of his
bed and wanted to aid her, Whan
rert(r.iined, ho wept,"
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