"WwylTCl" !-.) WW -JfTT- mW I W"4-1'1 f" Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER CLEARINGS Hnnk clearings today xvcro $11,711.05. J, Rain tonight; (race snow. FORTIETH YEAR. Owinn to Illness of Louisiana Execu tive Senato Committee Postpones Hearinn of Claims of Rival Cities Wantinn Fair. NEW ORLEANS WILL GET TWO HOURS; FRISCO HALF Both Claimants State That Commit teemen Are Unfair in Stayinq Away From Meetings. WASHINGTON, 1). C, Jan. 20. Owing1 to tlieillues of Governor Snn dets of Louisiana, who laws lind fun eral clitugo of New Orleans' J'ijrlit for congressional recognition a& the site for the proposed Panama e.xp" sition, the healing to have been given the San Francisco and New Oilcan.-, lepresoulnlivos by a senate commit tee loilav was postponed until Ion day. Tlie (inestioa was brought iti in Ihu coininittee in unofficial disciis .sion in spite of Governor Sander-' absence and an effort was made to fix the time each delegation shall be allotd for its argument. A general disposition to cut the uigunienls short, visible among the members ol the committee, led to the surest ion that each side be given one hour. Senator flint of California sug gested that New Orleans lie given an hour and that San Frumiisco would be sati-fied with half that time. Soipitor Thornton of Louisiana said that his constituents hud been pi oniised two hours by the commit tee, and as Senator Foster and not he, was in charge of New Orleans' light, he did not feel justified in con senting to any change in his plans. Senator Flint agiccd to let New Orleans have two hour and San Francispo only half an hour, but owing to a lack of quorum, several members having left the committ"e room during the discussion, no dcti nite action was taken. Considerable complaint was made liv members of both delegations tint t commit teemont were showing a dis position to sidestep the fair question by remaining away from committee mootiiiirs. Wrights Start Suit. PARIS, Jan. 'JO. The suit brought bv Orville and Wilbur Wright against Aiatois Fannan. Hleriot and Santos Diuaont for alleged infringement of their patents was started here today. GOIMSMSE IN SUPREME COURT Contempt Cases Against Labor Lead ers Appeared Today on Docket for Three Distinct Appeals Jail Sen tence Still Pending. WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 2C Tlio contempt casoa against Prosldont (ompcrs of tho American Fodoratlon of Labor, Vlce-PrQ3idont John Mlt choll and Secretary Frank Morrison appeared on tho docket of tho su inonio court today In throe soparato appeals. An appeal was takon In tho case of each poison. Both tho labor faction and tho Bucks Stove ana Range company askod tho higher court to conbldor tho rulings of tho lower one. The appeal, backed by tho fedora Hon of labor, Is expected to detormino the vadlllty of a permanent Injunc tion granted by the courto f tho Dis ti let of Columbia enjoining the Amer ican Federatloulst from printing the name of the Bucks company In Its We Don't Patronise" column. Alleged violation of the injunction caused separate action against the three officer of the federation. They were couvlcted of contempt and sen tenced to Jail. The sentence has been suspended pending decision by the supromo court. SENATE WILL HEAR CITIES' I PLEA HAY Wu Ting Fang Loses Cue Jan. 30 ; Chinamen to imiiipiiiiiii ''' ' ii tmmmmmmn m sn m wnsii t utmcmMMmmomHim. Wrt 4lSSw lit . i On Jan. 30 Wu Ting F.ang, former Chinese minister to Uie. Cnlted States will have his cue cut off In Shanghai. One hundred ana rorty-lhe ollie prominent Chinamen will follow his example. The sluit'c fact that a Chlim man Is to get a hair cut may not be stmtlliig news, but when it uiims to (In lime houoied cue It is another thing. This is but a step in the model ulzlui of China. British" otllcials in China predict serious iiots among Hie native when an order wljlch Is to bo iusued later on got Into ell is t ordering all cuc to lie cut off WIT REPORT ON BALLINGER Connjessman Vould Have Mysteri ous Delay In Sendinn. Reports On Secretary Explained His Resolu tion Is Adopted. WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 20. -Aleged in.N.sleiioiis delay in sending the Mallinger-Piiicliot reports to leg ular committees. i to be invostigated according to an order of the limine to tho rules committee today. LMsing to a question of personal privilege Congressman Hitchcock of Nebras ka brought the" matter before ihe house, presenting a resolution de manding that the rides committee probe the delay and lind out whether any of the teporU hud been aide tracked. The resolution was adopted by a ia voce vote. Hitchcock alleged that the reports were presentod to tho house Decem ber 7. Thoy weio not referred to the ngi cultural coininittee, ho eiiid, u.i til December 10. As a matter A tact, ho said, tho report reached the coininittee ye-torduy, more than a month after their presentation t-t the house. Ho domnndud that the iciison for the myteriou dUupjieur mice be found. AIM IS VERY POOR: MAN KILLS FRIEND LOS ANGKLLS, Oil.. .Tan. -JO. Shooting at a man with whom he Imd quaricled, W. L. Hrent, a special deputy sheriff, aimed badly and killed Rudolph A. Schrciner, his lile long friend. Today Hi eat i in jiil charged with manslaughter. Brent and Jumes .McLean caine to blows last night ns the result of a depute that begun when thvlwo men ilisxohed n buines ppurtiierhip. Schreuier w'a eudeaoriug to pre vent the fight. Men Like Blonds, COLl'MHIA. Mo., Jan. 26. The preference man long has shown for I fair xkinned women u against bra nettos iH reiou- ible tor the blenched i blonde of today, according to Dr. diaries El wood, profcitr f sociol ogy at the I'liiversily of ilissoun Man's tav..nti-ni ..r t'.e blonde tM ha, created llie dcirn aniou 'nwi to be fair, he .-.iv . MEDJTOitD, Follow Example. T TO BE IN DANGER Navy Department Tryinji to Reach the Wheelinu Report Current That Explosion Has Occurred On Board Can't Be Reached. MOW YOBIC, .Inn. 20. Thcro was an unconfirmed report horo today that an explosion had occurred on honrd tho gunboat Whoellng, now on route to Gunutauamo. Tug and rovoiiiio cu'torB woro held in readiness at Philadelphia to go to hor asslstanco. Tho Wheeling left Saturday. Sho carrlos 1 1 1 mon and was loadod with ammunition. Sho was under tho command of Carlo Britt.iln. WASHINGTON, I). C, Jan. 2C The navy department this morning had not hourd fiom tho gunboat Wheeling, aboard which It was ro portod, nu explosion had occurred. Wireless stations woro ordered to at tempt to locate hor. Tho last ro port was received yesterday, whon tho veskol was 200 miles off Charles ton. S. C. Tho bureau of navigation Issued a statement discrediting tho report that the Wheollugii was damaged or that an accident had occurred. Tho bu reau asserts that tho vessel lind boon within short range with wiioloss sta tions. She was duo In Gunntanamo tomorrow. INSURGENTS DEFEATED IN BLOODY BATTLE TKGlVlGALPA. Honduras, Jan. Jli. New htix jut reached hero of a clash today near San Antonio be tween the government troops and a body of insurgents, in which the rev nlutionUu were defeuted and Gen eral Velasquez, tlieniMirgent loader killed- Salndor is preparing to pre vent the rebels from entering its tor ritorj'. To Reform Frisco. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 20. The Sun Fianciscu charter amend ments, providing for the mol sweep ing nimMJin. goviininieiu relornn iu the hitorv of the city, were rati fied today bv the state senate. Tlu bill will be -eat t" the asemblv and i u passive 'the re the umendiacit-. 'become clltcUve. n OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1911. i BILL IN IHE SENATE Abraham of Dourjlas County Leads Fifjlit Against Measure Character izing It as Cruel and Inhuman Is Indefinitely Postponed. ASTORIA MAY GET THE $100,000 ASKED Fourts' Measure for Public Service Commission Is Introduced In Lower House. SAL13M, Or., Jan. 2C Tho fa mous Owen Adair sterilization bill received Its death blow today In the senate, when further consideration Of tho measure was Indefinitely post poned. Abraham of Douglas county led tho fight against the bill, which he characterized as cruel and Inhu man. Astoria mny got tho $100,000 ask ed for to aid in its contonnial cole brntlon. A senato bill which pro vides for tho approprlaton was today referred to tho commltteo on ways and means with Instructions from the senate thnt tho $25,u00 recom mended by that commltteo bo In creased to $100,000. Among tho moro Important bills introduced in the lower house todny aro tho Fonts measure for a public service commission. Tho bill Is al most an exact dupllcato of tho Mn larkoy commission measure, which extends furthor powers to tho state railroad commission. Portland Is ex empted from tho Pouts bill. Burke Case Soon to Jury. SANTA ROSA, Cal., Jan. 20. That the Hurke case will go to Hie jury before Saturday was the pre diction whoa Attorney James V Cowan, at the opening of court to day, resumed his argument del end ing Burke. Cownu Mtid ho expected to com plete his presentation bcioie the court closed this afternoon. Attorney Leppo is still to speak for the defense and District Attor ney Clarence will follow with the state's closing argument. Judge Seawcll announced that he probably will hold a night session to night to expedite Ihe hearing. Steamer Queen Is On Fire. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. !fi. After u 10-ronr flight against fire iu her hold Ihe tSeainor Queen crept back into porl heie today with the file si) burni'ig and lauded sal civ her 1)0 pa i ngi r-. WATER MAN FLIES Vviator Curtiss Flics From Waters of Bay and Lands Safely Later Used Pontoons Instead of Wheels. SAN DIEGO, Cnl., Jan. '2(1 Aviator Glenn II. Ciirlis at 1:1.' to day iom from tho water of San Dieuo hay, made a flight of a minute and a half and landed on the water safely. It was the first feat of tho kind ovor accomplished. The flight wan made in hU special ly constructed livdiopplauo, his big gest biplane, with pontoon iu place of the usual wheels. Tho feat was performed for the war and navy depaitmonls and is considered the most wonderful achievement so far in aerial navigation. Roseuuru Wrestlers Busy. KOSKIII '!((. Or., Jan. 2fl. 13m mette Hall of Oakland. Or., will wrestle Carl Busch before a local club heie next Tuesday. Hall chal leiiartul Busch JaM night immediately aftsr the German middleweight had failed in throw im; Jack Donovan two out of three falU. The mutch w i oue of the tastct ever pulled "It in this city. M Latest and Best Picture of J. P. Morgan, Who Is 111. CopyrlBht. 1910, by American 1'rcns Letters and Tclcjjrams Continue to Pour In on National Propcssivc Organization Kern Says Split Will Come In Party. WASHINGTON, I). 0., Jan. 2l!. Letters and telegrams of congratula tion poured In today on the lenders of tho National Progressive Republic an league. .Many of them suggoaled that a permanent sec rotary nt onco ho elected and that tho details of or ganization bo peifuotod later. Comment on the posslblu political effect of the league will have in 1012 Is brisk In spite of denials of tho or ganizers Hint It will oppose any par ticular candidate. A congressman not a member of ilia progiosslve organization, specu lating on the effect It might have, declared that tho results Iu the small number of states where national con vention delegates are dlreotly elect ed would prove a serious obstacle to tho re-iiomlnatlon of Tuft If they oppose him. INDIANAPOLIS), Ind., Jin. 2(3. That tho National Progressiva Re publican league means a spilt In the republican party Is the belief of John W. Keru, democratic senator-elect, expressed in an address lalfon a Jack sou club celebration at Ltfayttte, Ind. "The old party Is pulling one way. the new another," he said. "On diiestlons vitally affecting the peoplo thure seems no hope of relief from wither." Kern predicted It would take yetrg to heal the breach. No Boxlnji for Jeff, LOS ANGKLKS, Cal.. Jau. 3fl. -James J. Jeffries today Authorised a ttositive denial of a story that lie and Iiuruev OldfWId were going to .L-xico sight? t'fing and would com bine business with pleasure by uri . -ing a t sp.nin exI'ibitiAn- in Mexico lll and .it olhci points. NEW LEAGUE IS ISOLON MEETING FAVOR: I. jii ii i i AsHoclntlun A SUFFRAGETTE Says It Is a Woman Who Wants to Raise H-ll and Not 'Children Subject Under Fire In California Senate. SACRA.MICNTO, Cnl., Jan. 20. Woman suffrage had the floor In the senate today. For a time It appear ed that the constitutional amend ment submitted by Senator Bell would pass without discussion. Sen ator Vvutee, however, opened debate and soon the forces of the opposition were disclosed. Bell confined himself to a ploa for tho passage of the measure upon the ground that the ponplo demanded that a constitutional amondment bo submitted to thoui. Senator Saaford, speaking against the amendment, iead a lottor from an antl-sufrfagotto, a "mothor of children," whoso opltoiuo of a Hiif fiugotte was "a woman who wanted to mlse he!, but no children." MAY REMOVE BAN ON CIGARETTES IN NORTH OLVilPIA, WiiHh., Jan. 2(5. -The bun upon the sale of cigarettes is likely to bo removed during this ses sion of (he legislature. Rupioson lativo Gosn iu tho house anil Senator Collins in Ihe senate have each in troduced n bill repealing tho present anti-cigarette law. Discount Reduced. LONDON. Jan. 2f Li spito of a money stringency the Hank of F.nir lund today reduced its discount rate i from -Wi to I per cent. The direc tor believe that with the tuxes com ing iu, there will be enough cash ou hand to supply the demand. Mnn With Unsavory Past, Dead. LONDON. Jun. 2(1. --Sir Charles Dilke, Meulthy mine owner who is .said to have been prevented from , altuiiung the premiership because of mis.iwMV stnK, tidd regarding bis i.njl lilc, dad today from hoarl i liuluie. S No. 264. HILL EXHIBIT CAR IS O0IN6 GREAT WORK Secretary Maluocuf Is Receivinrj Many Inquiries From People Who Have Learned of Rouble River Val ley Throiirjli This Medium. OVER 2000 PEOPLE IN CAR NEW YEAR'S EVE In Every Town Where Stop Is Made People Show Great Interest In Orctjon. Tho Coni!norc!n,l club Is. receiving hundreds of Inquiries from people who have hnd tholr intoreat' directed to Oregon and tho Iloguo Itiver val ley In particular by tho exhibit car of tho Hill lines which la being sont through tho eaat in chargo of com petent lecturers. In a communication rccoivod thin morning from P. V. Graham, woatom Industrial and Immigration agont for tho combined 1 1 111 lines, Secretary Charloa A. Mnlboouf of tho Commer cial club Is apprised of tho won derful work being dono by tho Great Northorn'H "Oregon" car during its present tour through tho states of Mlchlgnn, Ohio nnd Indlann. "In Canibrldgo City, Ind., whero tho car was on Now Year's ovo," Mr. Graham writes, "over 2000 pcoplo camo through tho car and, although that day Is usually glvon up to onjoymont rathor . than In pursuit of Informa tion, couplod with tho fact that It vviiB intensely cold, wo could baroly acconunodnto tho crowds who camo to tho lecture." Tho exhibit in tho car Is typical of tho resources of tho ontlro Btato, but tho Roguo Itiver valloy Is ono of the fcaturo oxhlbtts In It. Wlillo In Chicago Messrs, Waterman and Per ry supplied tho car managers with a quantity of apples and other Roguo River specialties from tholr exhibit thoro, which will bo kopt In cold Btor ago nnd drawn on an tho stock In tho car Is doplctod. The car has already almost com pleted a canvas of tho states of Mich igan and Indiana and Is constantly being called attention to by the local press Iu places It visits. Besides tho exhibit In tho cars, apparatua for us ing pictorial slides nnd films is car ried along and lectures are dolivercd whore posslblo. An evldeuco of tho popularity with which the car exhibit Is held may bo gloauod from tho fact that 7800 visitors woro accommodated In six small towns touched at consec utively, whllo tho crowds woro bo largo Iu many of tho Inrgor places that It vviih Impossible to keep track (Continued on pago 2) SCHENK JURY IS STILL OUT lie Reported to Stand Eltjht for Acquit tal and Four for Conviction Mrs. Schenk Is Hopeful for Acquittal of Charjie at Attempted Poisoning. i WHIRLING, W. Va., Jan. 20. Tho Sehoulc jury disagreed this af ternoon and was dUmik&cd. WHISBLING, Vn., Jan. 20. At n lato hour this afternoon nothing further had boon hoard from tho Schenk Jury, which Is reported to stand eight for acquittal nnd four for conviction. It is bollovod that Jittlgo Jordan will Insist on a vordlct oven If hu has to kaep tho Jury locked up for a wool:. Three of tho Jurors roquosted that tho testimony of Mrs. George Colo man, tho dofondant'u laundress, bo read ovor to thorn. -4 He Mrs. Schonk said: "It now looks now as though tho Jury cither xvlll acquit uio or disagreo, I didn't sloop well laHt night. My lawyorB sepm to think that things look till right (or mo, unit I do, too." . u m " It. 13 I' LIS r - cm