W Medford Mail Tribune ll CLEARINGS Hank clearing today were WEATHER Fair Today nnd Wednesday Mar. 00.20 Temp. 00 $2 1, 10 Loo FORTIETH YEAR. MEDFORD, ORKGON, TUESDAY, KIOBRTARY 21, 1911. STo. 286. WNW SECRETS OF NAVY TRADED FOR CONTRACT Building of Battleships Consideration for Betraying to Argentina Confi dential Information in Possession of Government Bureaus.- KNOX AND MEYER WONT EXPLAIN TRANSACTIONS Admiral Garcia Claims Carte Blanche to All Information in Posses sion of Navy Department. WASHINGTON. D. C. Fob. 21. That the secrets of the American navy have been trailed for two bat tleship contracts!, chief beneficiary of which is Charles M. Schwab's Hetheloni Steol Company, Is the sen sational chargo brought hero today 'against Secretary of State Knox nnd Secretary Meer of the navy. The two ships, the building of which was obtained for American? by the alleged bargain, aro now In course of construction for Argentina, one nt tho yards of tho Fore River company at Qulncy, Mass., and the other at the yards of tho New York Ship Uuildlng company. The plans and drawings of the United States navy department and tho brains of Uncle Sam's oxports aro being used In their construction. It was because of tho promise of open nnd free access to the secrets of the American navy by the state de partment that the contract for the warships came hero, It Is charged. Now tho navy department has been called upon to make good tho prom ise. Onco the ships are built there Is no guaranty that their guns may not ho turned against tho stars and stripes, say thoso protesting against the action, for they might be sold, or by capture, fall Into tho hands of any nation possibly Germany or Japan. Thus It is charged, for a 'single contract the millions spent on the development of the American navy are practically placed at the 8ui Ice of a possible enemy. When Argentina decided to build two drondnniightft bids were nsked from the whole world. Tho bidding was finally narrowed down, to the English, German and American bids In the latter of which Charles M. Schwab's stool works woro greatly Intel osted. Secretary Knox was for merly attornoy for Schwab. While the contracts woro still "up In tho nir" United States Minister Sliorrlll nt Uuonos Ayros Intervened and by pledging tho socrots of tho American uuyy, it is nssorted, turn ed tho "scuYo's In favor of the United States bidders and tho contracts came to this country." All requests to Socrotary Knox to explain tho transaction have boon met with a noto saying the secrolary declined to bo Interview oil on tho subject. NKW YORK. Fob. 21. Quoiiod on Washington roports that American naval secrets had boon plodgtyl and woro being used In tho construction of tho Argentine dieadnnughts horo mid in Massachusetts as a part of tho bargain by which tho contracts were given to America, Admiral Gnr ola, chief of the Argontlno commis sion In chargo of tho construction of tho war vossols, today freely ad mitted that It was tho lnfluonco of the state dopaitment which secured tho contracts for tho United Statos. "I met Secrotary Knox In Wash ington," he said, "and was Introduc ed to Socrotary Meyer. I was in formed that confidential relations had been established between' tho United States and Argentina. The relations are extraordinary. Tho United States Minister, Mr. Sherrlll. nt Huenos Ayres, obtained remark able concessions from your govern ment. We have carte blanche to all Information your navy department has and are free to call for drawiugs, devices or expert advice. We can also use your proving grounds for testing our guns. We have been al lowpd to put our naval officers ou board your ships to study your uavy aod methods. These new sll.s will be mors powerful than any la your navy Indeed. Ulan any Is the world." 6000 INSURGENTS IN SCATTERED BANDS TO ATTACK CHIHUAHUA Kosiiinpllon of Through Traffic on Mexican Italh-oads Brings News of Insurrection EL PASO, Texas Feb. 21. Willi tlie resumption of through traffic on Mexican railroads, n train crow brought word here today that GOOD insurrei'tos nre scattered through out the provinces of Southern Chi huahua nnd Durniigo. According to the railroad men there are from 300 to GOO in each Ijuul and the entire force is marching towaid Chihua hua. Two federal deserters who anivod here today declared tlmt General Na varro's force was in a pitiable condi tion. Many of (lie soldiers are with out shoes they said, and have been forced to march barefooted through sleet and snow. ProwMonul l'resi dent Madeio's force camped last night nt Ahittuudn. RAISING MONEY FOR CHINESE FAMINE FUND VICTORIA, I. C, Feb. 21. O.-er .2000 wii" collected in the Chinese quarter in the hist 21 hours for n famino fund to he cabled to the Red Cross society nt Shanghai for relief of (lie famine sliiokcn Chinese in the An Hni disttict. The .subscription is being ( continued nnd efforts will he inp.de by the Chinese to raise money at other points throughout Canada SELECT SITE FOR HOSPITAL Mother Provincial Arrives to Inspect Location and Complete Preliminary Plans Brings Architect to Draw Elevations for Big Building. For the purposo of looking over tho site on Nob Hill, for tho $100, 000 hospital to bo erected thero by tho Sistois of Mercy and Providence, the Mother Provincial f this district with he'i: juarters at St. Vincent's hospital in Poitland, and Sister Wcn ceslaus. of tho order and Robert F Togen. nn nrchltect, canio to Medford Inst night nnd spent today at the location, tlxlng among other things, the site for the Inundry. the flist of the hospital buildings to be erect ed. Mr. Togen. tho architect chosen by tho Sisters has hnd considerable ex perience In building himllar institu tions and it is expected that after coinpletlirg the preliminary work hero today, ho will have tho plans for tho Btructuio completed within ii short tint . The Mother Provincial and Slstor Woncoslnus. who while bore woro tho guests of the Slstors at St. Mary's academy, will roturn to Portland to night. "Wo will have the laundry build ing put up first" said tho Mother Piovlnclal told n lopresontntlvo of tho Mail Trlbuno this morning, "and will make of that the living ipiar tors until the ronialndor of tho hos pital Is completed. When finished tho institution will have a capacity of about 75 bods and a personnel of probably 120." "It Is more than provable that n training school for nurses will be nttnehod" she continued, "If a suf ficient number of young ladlos horo show a disposition to learn tho pro fession of nurse." WIFE TOOK SCISSORS TO BED WITH HER NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Walter K Tichonor, dontUt, stood for alleged ill tteatment from his wite until she began, ho says, taking knie, scis-i sors, hatpiiia nnd "other deadly won pons." to lud witli her, with the threat thut she would do him bodily harm. And then he kicked. Today he is suing for diwuoo. Mrs. Tiohe nor denies the charges ami assorts that her liiuhand threatened to take her life if he did not Iee home. CENTRAL ONLY ROAD TIED UP BY STRIKE KANSAS CITY, II".. Feb. 21.- j President Franklin of the Interna- tionul iroihtihiioil of Iloilennalers ..aid toduy that the New York Central railroad wax the only road aftected. by the boilermakerw' strike, lie an-; nonneed that 2000 meu would be out! by tonight. ' TD LEARN EATE TOMORROW Senate Will Vote on llinois Senator According to Notice Served by Burrows Beveridge Speaking This Afternoon Upon Case. CANADIAN RECIPROCITY IS A GO, SAYS CARTER Agreement to Be Ratified Before Ad journment Heyhurn Expected to Lead Opposition. WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 21. Tho senate probably will vote on the Loiimor ense tomorrow, according to notice served In the upper house by Senator Harrow's today. Harrows announced that Immediately follow ing Senator Lorlmer's personal state ment tomorrow he would demand a vote. Senator noveiidgo spoke on the Lorlmer case this afternoon. Following a conference this af ternoon with President Taft, Sen ator Carter of Montana announced that the Canndlan reciprocity agree ment would be ratified before tho senate adjourned. As Idaho Is lined up solidly ngnlnst tho measure, Senator Heyhurn Is ex pected to lead tho opposition when tho bill Is brought up in tho senate for final action. Representative Gaines of West Virginia today endeavored to force tho house ways and means conimlt teo to consider a "icclproclty niensurc which provides for absolute free trade between Cnnndn and tho United States for a period of twenty years. The bill- requires both countries to adopt the same customs duties upon products of other countries. The committee adjourned leaving the inensure pending. SEATTLE GRAFT Secret Session of Grand Jury Inves tigating Corruption in Police De partmentPatrolmen Accused of Collecting Tribute. SEATTLK. Wash, Fob. 21. Tho socrot session of tho grand Jury that Is Investigating tho charges of cor ruption and giaft in tho police de partment under formor Chief Wap pensteln today havo several saloon keepers bofoio It, and It Is said that Gideon Tuppor, suloonkoopor, will be compollod to give bond bofoic ho will permitted to leave tho city. -Tapper Is said to huve boon an officer of tho Northern Club, a big gambling on toiprlbo that flourished horo 'last spring when Gill was mayor. A number of pollcomen havo boon cnllod boforo tho grand Jury and It said thut these men aro accused of having collected logular wookly tri bute from the unfortunates bolow the doad lino and to huvo tuniod It over to tholr superiors. Chief of Police Dannlck, who was a pollco captain under Wnpponstoln was bofor tho grand Jury today. VETOED IN IOWA DKS MOISTS, I.i. IVb 21 -Go-ernor H. F. Carroll appeared person ally bofoie the state assembly today and read his veto of the Oregon pri mary bill which the democrats and progressive lepubllcaus bad passed. Tbe governor said he feared the law inlicht result In democrats controlling the btate at tbe next election. WASHINGTON, 1. ('.. Feb. 21. The house committee of postof floes and poatroads this afternoon favor ably reported the Gallinger ship sub sidy bill. C'biua, Japan and the PbilipfinM were stricken from tit pruU' iont of tbe bill m committee. LORMER mm RO PRIMARY GRANGERS TO FIGHT TAFT'S RECIPROCITY PLAN TO A FINISH Master of Organization Notifies Sen ate Finance Committee That Pin posed Agreement With Canada , WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb., 21. -Declaring that iutioductioii of the i Canadian looiprooity measure trt ready had caused n 1 eduction of 'seen cents in the price of wheat j representatives of fanners and mas ter granges, headed by N. J. Dntch- eldor, master of the National grango, today notified tho senate linanee committee that their organizations would fight tho hill to a finish. "The treaty is decidedly unfair to Hie American farmer," said Hntchcl der today. "It is u .pig-handled af fair with Canada owning tho jug and tho United Stales the handle. The fanners will endure fice trade in products nnd continued protection lo inanufiictiirers but thev will not stand for Ihe roeiprocit tieiitj." GOULD TO RETIRE FROM ACTIVE BUSINESS NKW YORK, Feb. 21. With of flcal verification today of the re port that tho Gould holdings of Mis souri Pnclflc had been offered for salo at something above $70 a share, It Is generally believed heie that George J. Gould shortly will retire from nctlve business. Tho railroad holdings of tho Gould family approxi mate $100,000,000. JAPJMET Removal of Marquis Katsura De manded in Diet Alleged to Be Responsible for Growth of An archy in Empire. TOKIO, Fob. 21. Impeachment of the Japanese cabinet headed by Mar quis Katsura was domniided In the diet today. Introduced by the constitutional nationalist party, a resolution was placed boforo that body declaring the cabinet responsible for tho growth of anaichy hi Japuu nnd for a ser ious schism among Its people grow ing out of tho contests of a now school textbook which practically at tacks the right of the Mikado to his throne. Great excitement exists thiougnout tho country as a result of the latter complication and tho blttornoss cngondcied, It Is feared, may havo serious tonseqiioiicos. Tho accusation of responsibility for tho growth of socialism and anar chism In tho omplre is based In gen oral terms. Tho Kntsurn administra tion Is bitterly cousin oil for too severe roprosslvo ineasuios and paitlcularly for tho oxecutlon of Donjlro Kotoku, tho socialist and his partisans, the constitutionalists maintaining that too gieat sovoiity only feeds tho flames of socialism and will result In its rapid growth. Tho other, nnd tho moro serious chargo, against Katsura and his cabi net. Is based on conditions poeullnr to Japan. In the Kutsuia ministry's now school textbook on Japanoso na tional history a feud dating back to tho l f t It. ci'iituiy Is io-oponoil. LORDS VETO BILL LONDON, Feb. -'1.- The LonN eto bill lodiu w.i-, introduced in the house of commons by Punier Asipiilh. In spouking to tho hiibp-ct of the introduction of tho ineasuie he declared that an iinpiucudcutcd situation would rio if tho lords' le jootion of tho 1U0U budget wont un uhallougud. He said: "If you loavo this powor in the lords' hands' it will rcvolittioni.u con stitutional practice, enabling tho lords to force the re-iigimtion of the ministry by rejceiiui; finance hills." Ho called the reje tion of tho 1000 budget the "moot stupendous polit ical blunder oer perpetrated." "On that fatal duy," ho said, "the loids kuuw that they had oominittud political suicide. The Liberals aro not not in favor of obilifchintf the sao ond eitainber; thev merely wth U remedy the oi of unlimited ulo." m i TARIFF REST IS DEMAND OF DIG BUSINESS No Extra Scsion of Congress Say Money Kings .Who Arc Bringing Great Pressure to Bear Upon Pres ident to Prevent Further Agitation WALL STREET FEARS BUSINESS DISTURBANCE No Indication as to How Taft Re gards Pica for Legislators to Be Permitted to Go Home. WASHINGTON. 1). C, Feb. 21. Fearful of business disturbance If an extra session of congress is call ed, agents of the money kings today nio bringing tho gientcst possible piessuro to bear on President Taft to induce him to foiego his declar ed purpobo, no matter what tho ac tion of' congress on reciprocity and his other pot piojects. "Let us have a rest," Is tho plaint to the ptesldent. "Wo don't want an extra session. It will keep business in a turmoil, becauso tho democrats aro apt to stint anything when they hold of the reins of government. We want a tariff rest until Doeoinbor anyway." No Indication has yot been ghen us to how President Taft regards the nlea of "big business," but It Is known that every resourco of tho In terests Is being brought Into play to Induce him to allow tho legislators to go quietly homo, even If his re clproclty program Is not endorsed. Mission Lodging House Burns. SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Feb. 21 Scores of lives were jeapardi.cd when fire today gutted u lodging house in the .Mission, (lie tenants Hoeing U Ihe streets, scantily clad. PLAN CAPTURE OF E Rebel Troops Occupy narrow Pass and Prepare to March South To wards Capital Bull Ring Fortified at Tia Juana. CALKXICO, Cnl., Fob. 21. As a preliminary move to an adviinio on KiiHonada, tho capital of lower Cali fornia, lohel troops under General I.eyva and General Horthold today occupied Pic actios Pass, a narrow de file directly south or bore. A party of 10 Insurroctos took tho pass, moot ing with no opposition fioui federal outposts who woro loportod In the vicinity. It was expected that tho federals would place every obstacle possible in tho path of tho lobols be tween Mexican and Kiwnndu. Tho inosoniont of tho full rebel arm toward Kusounda will start prob ably tomoirow, nccorclliiK to General I.eyva. One or two other pusses will havo lo bo scouted fully to piovont an ambush bofoio tho main body of tioops onteis. In the last few days tho Mexican fedcials at Tla Juana have thrown up IniuMtworkH m omul tho old bull ilng nnd aie prepared to make ie hlshincc tin re If lusurKiiuts appear dotai lniK'iif Is believed to bo cut the wa fi"ni C.ilexlio, evidently bound fti 1 ii' H'id.1 10 BE EFFECIED NHVV YORK, Fib Jl Tin prop osition to combine tin- Bell "in! n- dependent intoici-ts has not beeu dropped, it ua leaned today that a "ueulloiuim'o" agreement will be made and that lutwcuttiiiK and un necessary competition will be abol ished. l(epreentntictf of both in tern U conferred today m the of fices of J. I', Alortfuii. Such a oom binatioii would not be iu violation of the Sherman law, it i said. NSENADA MILLIONAIRE ARNOLD BELIEVES DAUGHTER KIDNAPPED AND SLAIN States in Afflduxlt That Heiress Was Abducted December til and Is Con- I need She Has Keen Murdered. NKW YORK, Feb. 21. Affidavit thut he believes his daughter, Dor othy Arnold, the missing Now York hen ess, has been murdered wus made here today for District Attorney Whitman by Francis H. Arnold, the millionaire father of the girl. Arnold, urging action by tin New York autlioiities, swore that ho had information to the effect Hint his daughter was kidnapped on Fifth nveniio on December 12 last, and de clines he is convinced thai she wis later murdered and her body dis posed of, "1 am firmly convinced that my daughter has been killed," Arnold said after his interview with (he dis trict attorney, "and I will spend every dollar I hlive in the world to luenge her denth." SPOKANE JEWELER COMMITS SUICIDE SPOKANF. Wash.. Feb. 21. llei- berl W. Counter, u jeweler foimerly u resident of iMiiinenpoli.s, and where his family is said to now leside com mitted suicide early today by shoot- tngg. He has been living m Spokinio tor lour years. Aoquiiintinieos uscrihe his deed lo worry oir family affairs. POSSES CLOSE Five Days Hunt After Murderers of Four Prominent Nevada Stockmen Ends With Aborigines Being Sur rounded Battle Is Expected. ltHNO, Nov., Fob. 21. Death by tho bullets of outraged frontiersmen, It Is expected horo, will bo tho fato within 2 1 bonis of tho band of In dians who murdered four piomluout stockmen In tho wilds of AVashoo County soino tlino ago. Three posses today are closing In on tho baud, which now Is in the Jackson Moun tains, heading for tho Pluto Indian it'servatlon at Pyramid Lake. After a five days hunt over moun tain trallB after tho murderers, Cap tain Donnelly of tho state pollco, who, with Sheriff Forroll and twenty-two men, took up tho pursuit ns soon ns the cilmo was discovered, has com municated tho fact that the end of his long chase Is at hnnil. Captain Donnelly sent a courier from Qiiluu HIvor, thirty-six miles, to Amos, from whoie ho telephoned to Sheriff Lamb of Wlnneiniicca, who within an hour led a second posso to cut off tho In dians from tho reserve. Tho news was thou sent to Pyramid Lake and tho stato pollco thero made up a third posso to block tho led skin's rotroat. There Is llttlo doubt that a buttle will como within a very fow hours. Coroner Loo Davis and Surgeon S. IC. MoiiIboii anivod today fiom tho country whero tho inassacio occuried. Thoy report that near tho scono of tho killing Captain Donnelly's posso found a deseited camp of the Indians strong- 1) foitlflod and with a look out stat ioned high uii on tho mouiitalu-sldo, which coininaiidod all approaches for miles. Thoio was ovorj evidence that tho camp had not long been evacuated, and the posso believed that tho Indians had decamped only a shoit time before their arrival. HOBSON'S WAR SCARE DUE IN TEN MONTHS WAS1I1NOTON, I). ('., Feb. 21. -War witli Japan within tliu next ton mouth wax piedietud ill tho hoime today by Representative Richmond I' Ilobbou. During a speech in fa vor of n definitive constructive poli cy of defense, he declined that Ja pan now is financially pi opined for war, and thut tho United Status, be line long, will bo forced to make uu cxh.uistini; strtiift-lu with the Japa nese, ending in probable disaster. COLD WEATHER KILLS WHEN BULLETS FAIL NOOALFS, An., Fib. 21.- Fhu ally cold se..ther in the mountains near Nogalen, whero Mexican sol diers aie entrenched bus reunited in a doaeii cu es of bickuess and caused several desertions, according to re I mi its received here today. Qua sul dier died from exposure, INDIANS NO CHARGES FOR USE or ICES CARS Interstate Commerce Commission Rules That Western Shippers Should Receive Use of Refrigera tor Cars Without Additional Cost. NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR PRE-C00LING FACILITIES Thousands of Dollars Saved Annu ally to Fruitgrowers of Pa cific Coast by Decision. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 21. Hy tho decision today of tho Inter stato comnicico commission In ruling that western shippers should rccelvo tho uso of refrigerator cars when over asked without additional cost, hundreds of thousands of dollars will bo saved annually to tho fruit groweis of the Pacific Coast. Tho commission sustained every contention niiulo by tho fruit grow ers and denounced the oxtra charges niiulo by tho rallroadB for prc-cool-lug facilities as unreasonable and un just. Tho decision renders practically useless tho pro-cooling plants of tho Santo Fo and Southern Puclflc, cost ing more tl'iun $r00,000 each. Tho new court of comnicrco ro ceived its first big cuso today when western ruilioada appealed from tho decision of tho interstate commerce commission declaring that switching ohnrijeri exacted lit Sun Francisco nnd Loh Angeles woro unreasonable. 1 'eliding n decision, tho commission postponed the reductions ordered un til Muy 1. AMERICANS IMPRISON FELLOW COUNTRYMEN LOS ANOHLF.S, Cnl., Fob. 21. Friends of W. II. Holmes, a magazine writer; J. II. McDonald, u soldier of fortune, and Ferdinand Pnloiunres, nn Insurgent officer today bombarded Senator LiiFollotte, Chump Clark and Victor L. Horgor with tolegrams urging them to exert their lnfluonco to obtain tho rolenso of tho three nion J mm tho United States Army prison at Caloxlco. The matter probably will bo settled by the state department, ns It Is un derstood that tho Mexican government has oxpiossly requested that the pris oners bo hold. Palmares nnd Hoi- lues crossed tho border from Mexi can for medical treatment. McDon ald, wounded, was brought over by United States soldiers.' TWELVE THOUSAND FOR CHINA'S STARVING CHINKS VANCOl'VFR, II. C, Feb. 21.--With Jpl'J.OOO pledged at a iihisb moot ing lust night committee of citizens toduy begun nu active campaign to mid mote to the fund which is to bo used lo aid tho famine victims of China. An appeal to ;.ll citiyons of the oity in the form of u resolution, was pub lished in tho nwspnpors toduy and it was piedieted that sevornl thoiiBUiid moro would he added to the sum be bore nightfall. G0TCH LOSES MATCH AGAINST "AMERICUS" POSTON. Mass., Fob. 21. Wrest ling fans aie undecided today wheth er Frank Gotclt made n hotter show ing against "Ainerh us" In tholr match hero last night than did George Hackonschinldt leceutly. Gntch lost his match, falling to throw his man twice In the hour allotted, but so did Uackonschuildt. Gotch secured tho first fall In 50 minutes and 35 sec onds. It took Iliickenscbiutdt a min ute longer. REDUCED IN RANK BY SINS OF CLERK imiSMISKTON, Wash., Feb. 21 liecause his safe wus robbed of $2,200 by one of his clerkB, Assistant Pay master E. H. Wilson, Unltod Statos Navy w ho Is attached to the navy yard here, will be reduced two numbers iu rank. This is said to bo the sontunco today determined upon by tho court martial. Paymaster WUou was pay officer of the Philadelphia when tho thott occurred.