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FOUTIUTU YEAR.
TWO SECTIONS.
jtfEDFOKD, ORKOON, SUNDAY, "FWBRUAttY 19, 1911.
SIXTEEN PAGES.
No. 284.
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By Vote of 18 to 12 Senate Follows Lead of House in Defying Peoples
Bill Men Voted for Pierce Bill Who Had Sworn to Leave People's
Laws Alone Arguments for and Against Measure Were Made Be
fore Governor Von dcr Hcllen Makes Strong Appeal for Measure.
SA LKuM. Ore, 1V1). IS. My a vole of .18 to 12 the sonnto
this lNonihu? passed the Pierce bill re-opening the
Rogue River to commercial fishing.
The hill had been made a special order for 1.0 :H0 o'clock
and the vote was preceded by no debate.
Those who voted to sustain the people, and against the
bill were Albee, Dean, Dimick, Joseph, Kellaher, Lester,
iMiilarkov, .McColloch, Miller, Von der flellen, Wood and
Helling.
Among those who voted' to repeal the people's law were
a number who had previously in speeches declared their
intention of not interfering with any legislation enacted by
the people, among them being Dowernmn, l.oeke, Pet ton,
IJarrett and Oliver.
The Jlimie interests were represented throughout the
session by a strong lobby and brought great pressure to
bear upon the legislators from Portland financial and com
mercial interests, including the entire commercial fishing
industry of the state, who feared the precedent by closing
a stream by initiative.
This afternoon before Governor West the Tlumc repre
sentatives and those from the Rogue River Valley appear?
ed to state their respective cases. Arguments on behalf of
vetoing the bill were made by .Judge Driggs of Ashland,
.J. K. Iflnynrt and (Jeorge Putnam, while for the llulne in
terests were Herbert and .John Humeri van llumason, D.
Keasey, .J. ( JNIunsey and Kendall; also Senators Norton
and Chase and Representative Pierce.
Many questions were asked by the governor who gave no
inkling of his intentions.
The senate passed house bill
tin1 sjik' mi hhipmciil ill' !
ICIHN
salmon trout ami 1 1 out J'totn t In
Rogue Hivi'r mid it tributaries ami
tllO felllo Uilil ShillUIC'Ilt of sillllioll dlli'-
inj; (ho closed period; Keu tlunili
tin- governor does nut veto tin; hill,'
the hporti'iK interests are in I'nr lmt-1
fcr shape than oer before. The op-j
on season at tho mouth o ft he river
ib cut down to i'ie mid one-halt
mouths, mid In four mmilhn on the,
upper river. Use of seines and dm;!- I
is pioliiliited mid S inch iiiinimiuu!
nets provided, Catching of steel-1
heads or trout except with liook and.
line is iihnlutil prohibited.
Tho following Ih tlio text of the
amuuded Pierce bill, houso bill No.
i! IS, which nullifies the initiative bill
closing the Rogue rlvor to commer
cial fishing.
A Hill
For ftn act to amend an art entitled
"An act to protect fish in Rogue
river; to punish those who violate
this act, ami to repeal all laws in
conflict herewlh,' adopted November
S. 1910, and became effective on
proclamation of the governor De
cember 3, 1U10
JJe It enacted by the people of tho ,
I"
stato of Oregen:
He it euacted by tho legislative as
sembly of the tints of Oregen:
Title That tho tile of an act on
tltb'd "An act to protect fiaU in Rogue
ilcr. to punish those who violate
thin act and to lepwal all laws iu con-,
rilt herewith." be amended to read
as follew: "An act to protect fish iu J
Rogue river, and to prohibit the
tntming ui nrwiuwB"". !.. .....0 -
closed season for aalmou fishing, and
regulating the U of net mesh used
in fishing In Rogue river, to punish
those wno violate this net and to re
peal all laws in conflict herewith."
Section 1 That section one be
amended or read us folio :
Section 1 H tball be unlawful
for any person to take or attempt to
lake any fish of any kind whatsoever ,fjflrM jikdy ( be. MirpaMUe
from the waters of Rogue river or (W- jwf n firH
any of its tributaries, above the steel t.lagse4( an1 there ta miM)l lo
bridge that croases said Rogue river Jje lm trftV4, aiM wiJ
t the foot of Sixth street In the clty,be
of Qrants I'aaa In Josephine county.) .,
with a aalne. net. trap. hhwl or, iwapiBW (always) of a
by any other means xte,.t with hook a(her(Uing j R retiab)(l
andnne. conimonl) tailed ar.gl ug. 1f ,, completeness, of the tore er
i iiiiun it on 'ir'" 2 ) viie.
18, as amended, prohibit ing
SKUHD GETS
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Bill Authorizing Erection of Ar
mories Passes Neighboring City
Also Gets $8000 Due Her for De
ficiency in Teachers' Salaries.
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SAUCll. Or.. Feb. is. Ashland
.geta her new armory provided her
people ratio and tho county court
puts up half of the necessary amount.
Thin the county court of Jackson
hni done and (lie people of Ashland
vote moa m lw mnUw of nn
ap-
pioprialiou with which to oroct the
armory.
'the bill authorising the erection
of armories passed both houses to
day. Ashland alao gets in the general
aiproprtattou bUl f8000 ror the de
ficieucy due for teachers' contracts
to reimburse the cltisens of Ashland
for the premuturo closing of tho
school.
TRAVEL TO EUROPE
WILL BE GREATER
XKW YORK. Feb. 18. -According
to a report of the Truiis-Atluntic
Line, the tidwiuce bookings for next
season gho fiery indication that
travel to Europe will be greater than
ever before. Iust year was heralded
as the banner yeur of hteuuiwhip
travel, according to steamship men.
Helwcen January 1 and Sejrtember
1 of last year, l"fi,00 cabin and
2)0.1)00 steerum trans. A dunlin iui.
y d 4 thi t ...
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So Say I. W. W. Members to Rcurc
scntativc of Mail Trihunc Who
Spent Night With Them on Slopes
of Siskiyous Say They Will Make
No Trouble en Route.
"WVIl settle with Fresno first,"
was the statement made to a repres
entative of the Mail Tiibune who
pent Friday niht with (hem, by
members of the Industrial Workeis
of tho World army at Stineinan, on
the northern slope of the Siskiyou
mountains, "and then on to Mexico."
This statement, uttered by mem
bers of the "common herd" portion
of the mob, was instantly and I tally
denied by the committee of six who
are at tho head of I he lnijjruthm; In
dustrialists, who, however, pinned
down, wive as tho reason for their
denial the fact thai "Unit part of out
campaign is as yet unnolfieial."
Aro Not Aimed.
Not withstanding the fact that a
squad of eight special railroad po
licemen who arrived in Ahsland Sat
urday lo intercept any more mem
bers of tiie baud who come south, and
to protect railroad properly from
dupVuiUiliotiFf-by the army now march
ing across (ho Siskiyou mountains to
California are believed to have been
iuidrueted that about one half of the
hoboes were heavilv armed, the lead
era of tiie mob Friday night reques
ted the newspaper man to scndi
them and their cffoclH for weapons,
and although no attempt was made,
(o make a thorough search, it is not
beliexed that they are armed at all.
No Trains Slop.
No trains would stop between Ash
land and Siskiyou Friday night, and
in order to have them go by Steiu
man at a spoud which would ninke the
catching of the train possible by any
of tlio inarcliPi'i, three engines were
attached to each.
According to members of the parly
who spoke officially through the
"executive committee," almost four
hundred moie memberx of the I. W
V. will puss through this city en
routo to Fresno within the next three
weoks. I! that time, it is said by
the leaders of the baud, that about
three thousand sympathizers witli
their fame will hae been mustered
iu Fresno.
Nothing Can Slop Them.
"Only one thing in the world will
cause us to turn back." tliev said
''and thai is ihc news that our broth
ers in l'n -mo h.iw In en liberated
from pnl nml i Hhim d tin r cotisiilu-
(f in t,i nff on Vina CI 2
LOCAL OFFICIALS
A
Frctl Colvi Now Gets $2000 a Year
With $300 for Deputies Deputy is
Given District Attorney Mulkcy at
$900.
SALISM, Or., Feb. IS.--The re
corder of Jstksou county gets a raise.
House bill No. SIS Increasing the sal
ary of the county recorder of Jack
sou county to $3000 a year and pro
viding $300 a year for deputies was
passed by the senate today.
Senate bill No. 526, providing ft
deputy for Prosecuting Attorney
Mill key at salary of 900 a year in
up to the governor for signature.
Senate bill No. 281, fixing the sal
ary of thy school superintendent of
Jackson county at l0v, has bays
paaaad.
GIVES
The Mail Tn Mine Miin-.
O.tlH'k J-llll-.
Sun- ami
is YESTERDAY TODAY?
QUERY BEFORE S0L0NS
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb.
18. Willi a score of meas
ures Of national imporlnifVe
awaiting notion by congress,
tho house today debated for
hour to decide whether today
is yesterday or today. I
On account of Representa
tive Mann's filibuster lo pre
vent consideration of the
omnibus claims bill, (he house
last night toolc a recess uulil
11 o'clock iliil morning. After
much wind, pro and con, had
been spilled, Speaker Cannon
finally ruled that today is
yesterday.
"This Avill bo a continua
tion of the legislative day of
February 17," ho announced.
And then the house got down
lo business.
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CHINA SPREAD
PLAGUE If
CHECK RUSSIA?
Such is Charge Made in Germany
Every Indication Now That Chin
ese Will Resist Threatened Oc
cupation of Towns.
niORMN, Feb. IS, That Clilmt do
liboratoly spread tho pneumonic
plaguo in .Mancli'v4'! to check tho
encroachment of Russia is tlio charge
inado hero today In tho Tokal An
zelgor by Professor Skorltchenko, a
Russian statesman.
lie declares China deported plaguo
patients from southern China, whoro
tho plague was Incessantly epidomlc,
to .Manchuria, and that clothing sent
to tho Manchurlans from China was
first Infected with plaguo germs. Tho
procedont for this, ho says, was es
tablished In early Chinese wars
against (ho Tartars, hundreds of
yoais ago, whon (ho Chlnoso throw
tho bodies of plaguo vlcltlms Into the
camps of tho enemy, starting disas
trous epidemics.
China Will Resist.
I.ONHON, Fob. IS. 10ery indica
tion that China will resist tho threat
ened occupation of throe of hor prov
inces by Russia by forco of arms Is
contained In notes received hero to
day by tho foreign office from tho
chancellories of Kuropo. All of Ilium
bellevo that tho car must liavo the
bajonets or his threat will prove uso
Iosh. "Knglmid," It is said, unofficial
ly," will second tho attitude of tho
United Statos that tho czar's grab
is out holy uiiwari anted. Along this
lino tho Morning News says edito
rially teday:
"Clearly wo are not witnessing a
demand for Justice, but an act of
vulgar aggression. It Is hoped that
Kngland will not support Russia In
her design because American Ib like
1 to 'infaorably n-garil such a wan
ion outrage. JhiiUiiud has no luter
(M Iu injuring China and provoking
tlio ('jilted States at tlio behest of
RllMltl."
DEER SEASO
COMES LATER
Postponed Fifteen Days In Order to
Keep in Order to Keep Careles'
Hunters Out of Woods Until Aftei
First Fall Rains Fall.
SALHM, Or., Feb. 18. Tim opun
lag of the deer season In Oregon la
postponed ID days, as Representative
Westerlund's bill providing for this
has passed each hoiiM.
Tats bill was Introduced at the in-
stance of the locul -'ruler forest off!
elals, wbo rnaintaiuad that moat of,
the destructive forest fires were due
'I
,(1 reless huntein who took to the'
tti.mU liifnii tin Hint fall imiih
ORDER
San Francisco Labor Council Adopts
Resolutions Dcnoimcimi President
Diaz. as Bloodthirsty Enemy of the
Worker Copies , Mailed to all
Union Bodies in America.
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 18. A
movement to enlist organized labor
In the cause of tho Mexican revolu
tionists was launched hero today,
when resolutions adopted by tho San
Francisco labor council denouncing
President Dins as a bloodthirsty ene
my of tho workor woro mailed to
every union body in America.
Tlio resolutions call on' unionists
throughout tho country to conio to
the aid of tho Insurroctos and to urgo
through tholr roprosontntlvos at
Washington that alleged discrimina
tion now going on against tho in
surgents in tho enforcement of tho
neutrality laws by American troops
shall ceane. Tho ordors against tak
ing food across tho bordor and the
stopping of unarmed men who en
deavor to cross Into Mexico wero es
pecially denounced.
Tho resolutions woro endorsed by
Secretary A. J, Oallaghor of tho San
Francisco labor council, who urged
their adoption, saying that labor con
ditions Iu Mexico woro a dlsgrnco mid
that tho whole power of the Mexican
government was used to crush at
tempts at organization, Ho bitterly
denounced Diaz, saying ho could not
express his opinion of tho chief oxo
cutlvo of tho southern lepiihllc with
out resorting to profanity.
Tho resolutions wero adopted only
after a sharp clash during tho labor
meeting. Some of tho members said
thoy wero so radical that tho state
department might consider them a
violation of neutrality. The friends
of tho resolutions, howovor, secured
passage by a vote of 19 to 17, de
feating a proposition to rofor them to
a committee for re-draft ing,
During the debate it was nssortud
that dissatisfied workmen nt Cau
auea, Mex., who desired to strike
could nub do so by running away
under cover of darkness and then, It
was alleged, thoy wero In danger of
being shot by federal soldiers placed
aioiiud tho town by older of Diaz,
That the real onuso of tho activity
of tho United Statos along tho bor
der, (Jallaghor declared, wiih tho
fright of American Investors who rop
rosfMit $000,000,000 In Mexican en
terprises. "When money gets scaro," said ho,
troops an' lushed to the scene."
The usoIiiHoiik spcdflcally endors-
ll til- M'Milillioll
SENATE PASSES
STATION BILL
Riijjun River Valley Assured An Ex
periment Statlpn Von dcr Hcllen
Diijs it Out of Grave and Gets it
Through.
SAI.K.M, i'Vb. is. After u alonuy
career, houso bill No. 18 toddy paus
ed the seuate after being roaurrsutud
liy Senator Von der Ilellen. It whs
killed In the senate Friday.
The bill as amended appropriates
5000 for the support of and uimIii
teuaiice of an experiment station In
souihoru Oregon under the control
of the state agricultural college.
This was the only appropriation
secured for southern Oregon. Must
of the bills iutiodueed by Westerlund,
one of tfiggleston's and all of those
by Von der ilellso passed.
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RAILROAD CdDON
Complaint Seems to he a Duplicate of Mctlfortl Petitions With the Excep
tion of tho Addition of Less Than Carlot Commodity Rates From
Grapts Pass This Leads to Suspicion That Portland Jobbers Have
Hand In Case Much Actlvcty There Amonrj Certain Interests.
S
AIvKM, Op., Fob. IS. The railroad commission has
jusl issued a statement on its own motion citincr the
Southern Pacific company to appear before it on February
27 as defendant in a suit'in behalf of Grants Pass.
The complaint of the commission appears to be a du
plication of the Medford petitions with the exception of
the addition of less than carload commodity rates from
Portland to (Ira nls Pass. A review of the public docu
ments on file with the commission in the Med Lord suits
indicates u most strenuous opposition on the part of. tho
attorney representing Bedford's interests to prevent the
Portland chamber of commerce from intervening and raise
the question of less than carload commodity rates as a
part of the petition. The citation on its own motion of
the commission and including tho issue opposed by Med
ford has led to some speculation as to what influence dic
tated the clause of the less than carload commodity rates
lo Grants Pass in the petition of the commission associat
ed, as the mooted question is, with the efforts of the cham
ber of commerce of Portland to not only raise this issue
in the Med ford suits, but also in similar suits now pend
ing in behalf of Paker City . It is pointed out that under
customary traffic regulations Grants Pass would ordina
rily, as an intermediate point, receive the same carload
rates from Portland that Med ford would receive, and this
being the case an extension of the petition or motion of
(he commission to include less than carload commodity
rates has excited inquiry and comment on account of the
index hand pointing Portlandward because of the activity
of certain interests there in tho less than carload commod
ity issue.
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Most Expensive Session In Years is
Held Everything Got All Coin
Wanted State Printer Put on Flat
Salary.
HAI-K.M, Feb. IS. -Thii oIohuij,'
hcciuik of tho most expensive kwh'kiii
of tlio Oregon lejjiblattire iu yours uru
huiiiK oiinctuii tliis s suing. Soino
!ji'I,r'J'..VI(Stl or ovor fifty per cent
iiiori) I him (lie amount appropriated
by the liihl legislature, wiih spent.
The univoi'Mly of Oiogou got all
it asked for, O. A. ('. got all it want
ed, hIiiIii institutions ditto, ulso iu
the matter of county district I'uirs
money win not tukvii into considera
tion. (iowrnnr Went today votooil tlio
Mimic bill providing for tlio salo of
iiuappropriutcil or over flow hinds
by uiiiuicipiilitioH.
Tho Hoimlo this afternoon puHHiid
the hill which make" Miiltnoiuuli one
I'lHiroNHiiiiuil ilihtiiot, the rust of
Western Oregon, another ami all tlio
coiinlich of Knslci'ii Oregon a third.
The limine also voted to put the
state printer on a flat salary. This
was the one big saving uet of raco
lo murk the cloning Mosiun.
EX GOVERNOR'S BODY
TO BE BROUGHT BACK
SAN' FHANVIKI'O, Cnl.. Feb. 18.
l'reparalioiis were made today to
send to Suleui, Oiegon the body of
William I'uine Lord, former governor
of Oregon, who died hero yesterday
after h brief illness.
Ird came to San Francisco a few
weeks utro suifering from an organic
ailment which affected his heart, lie
whs 72 years of age. A widow an 1
three children. .Montague hril of
SOW
PEMD
MILLION
Kauuii, Altoriiev William l. I.opI,
Mi- Kllnbeth l-'Hil of S.ilelli, sin -
MM' llllll.
Tho nmttor was brought to tho at
tention of an attorney well versed In
tho laws regulating common carriers
nml bin view or opinion sought ur to
tho probable action of tho civil court
In a review of nn order of tho com
mission naming loss thiin carload
commodity rates on tlio nrtlclcs cnu
menitod iu Its potltlou or motion in
ho Grunts Pass nmttor. Tho opinion
exptessud was In substance that f
tho commission ordered such a re
duction as liau boon sought by Port
land Intcrcstu In tho loss than car
load rates that tho oritur of the com
mission would bo reversed In ho far
as tho less than carload commodity
rates wore coucorned mid tho prob
abilities are that tho court's order
would extend to tho carload com
modity .rates and the full ordor of
tho commission uulllflod. It is tho
opinion of this porsou that no hotter
plan could hnve been ovolvod for a
loversal of an order of tho commis
sion and tho defeat of Medford, an,d
for that matter Grants Pass and nil
other southern Oregon towns, In tho
matter of rovlsud carload rates by
this motion of tho commission mak
ing less than carload commodity
rates a part of the Investigation and
ordor, because there is no woll de
fined precedent to support a general
commodity list of less than carload
shipments for the distance covorod
hy this complaint, and it cannot ho
shown by competent tostimouy that
any good reason exists for tho estab
lishment of such rates; nor did Port
laud raise the Question as u matter of
Justice or cijulty nor complaint
against existing rates, but as mat
ter of commercial policy to cimtlniio
Its coutrol of distribution with whtah
it now dominates this hqoUuii. IC
this Is the correct view of tho situa
tion, it would appear tho commis
sion is simply paving tho way for Its
own undoing and tho triumph of
Portland over southern Oregon
tow us if it makes any ordor rovisiug
the presen loss than carload rates
which hnvu been so recently establish
ed by Its order undor support of tho
court. i
The ooininission has sot a good
..'record for itself boforo tho courts iu
revision of rates largely beneficial to
Portland distribution, but tho Med-
iL'uiiliiuicd on 1'ogu Three.)
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