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CLEARINGS
Hank dealings today were
WEATHER
Fair Tonight and Friday.
IJnr. 2D.80 Temp. Menu 50
FORTIETH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MATCOTI 2, 1911.
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PINCH finds
PLOT IB Kill
FKBUU
Jokers Inserted Appropriation y
Hcyljurn and Carter Would Cause
a Complete Abrogation of Coun
try's Forest Policy States Pinchot
FRAUDULENT MINING
CLAIMANTS PROTECTED
Lumber men Protest Bill and Ask
Taft to Veto Sharp Trick
of Interests.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 12.
Charges that Senators Ileyburn ami
Garter were tbe eliief movers in a
plot to kill the national forestry ser
vice through jokers in tho appropria
tion were made here hy Gilford Pin
chot today, former chief forester of
the United States.
Nullify Forest Policy.
Speaking to a convention of, lum
ber merchants Pinchot said the I ley
burn and Carter amendments would
. cause a complete abrogation of the
country's forest policy.
"Tho Ileyburn amendment," ho
said, "provides that all land upon
which there is growing less than
JOO feel of merchantable timber in
contiguous areas of 1G0 acres shall
be excluded from national forest re
serves. This would practically end
the use of the national forests by
westerners, and would prevent till'
practice of forestry. The amend
ment was supported by arguments so
false as to be ridiculous. It was ob
viously intended to destroy tjio na
tional forest system which it will do
if the bill is enacted.
For Fraudulent Miners.
"Another amendment, this time in
the interest of fraudulent mining
claimants, was introduced by Senator
Carter and was adopted. It prohibits
the forest service from interfering
with fraudulent claimants except
when their claims include merchant
able limber, which most claims do
not. In other words Carter is act
ing with Ileyburn to draw upon the
national, foxesls so as to injure con
servation in the interest of western
exploiters.
"These are examples of the way
in which legislation hostile to the
public welfare is secured in tho rush
of tho cloring days of congress. Ev
eryone who knows anything about
public opinion knows that the coun
trv does not want those things done."
Pinchot urged tho lumherinon to
bring pressure to bear upon cou
gress to defeat the Carter and Iley
burn "jokers.''
Stirred hy Pinchot's appeal, tho
lumbermen adopted n resolution ask
ing President Taft to veto the on
tlro bill.
The alleged "jokorB" Pinchot de
nounced wore adoptod by tho sonata
Jast nlKht and the bill Is now In cen:
ference. The lumbermen also select
ed a committee to urge tho conference
to eliminate both "JokorB "
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Former Construction Engineer of the,
Pacific & Eastern Put in Charge
of Road Building for Jackson
County.
W. W. Harmon, former engineer on
the Pacific & Eastern railroad was
Thursday appoluted road engineer in
charge of the roads and highway con
struction work of Jackson county by
HARMON
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the county court.
Mr. Harmon U an engineer of ex- 30 pR CENT POSTAL INCREASE.
peiience in railroad and bridge build-. ,
ing. Ida salary will be $300 per1 The receipts of the local postoftlce
month until November 1, and ?150 for tbe month of February show au
per month from thence to January 1, J Increase In business of thirty-one por
1912, when hl office expiree. . ceijt over February of last year.
. ., ., The figures (or tbe month show
PARIS. March 2.-Prtier Mum., W ! to the amount ot it.
.accessor to ittle Urlw.il. pw.u- " "?tT?'?il W,t ,n 1?,b
ed hi, new cabinet to premier H'"1?' m lh tU"tM WW ,1'"
lu-icr. this afternoon. j 8-8.-3.
PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION
ASSURED TO WASHINGTON
BY INITIATIVE MEASURE
Senate Passes Hill For Iultintivu ami
llcfcivmluiu Which "Will Soon
He Signed hy (ho Governor .
OL.YMPJA, Wash., Mch. 2. Fol
lowing the action of the senate which
passed tho Initiative and referen
dum by a vote of 32 to 7 It is ex
pected today that" Governor Hay will
soon sign tho measure nnd Washing
ton will join Oregon, California and
other progressive states in tho fight
for more popular government.
Though the friends of tho measure
wero plainly In tho majority they
feared that tho measure might not
pass and as a result three amend
ments were allowed to slip through
to gain votes. Tho first amendment
requires that !!0 per cent of the total
vote must bo balloted on any Inlta-
tlvo measure to make it legal and
the other two cunuged tho percen
tage of voters necessary to ten per
cent and from six per cent on
referendum.
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FOR GOLD Kill
Regular Session of the Court Held
in Jacksonville Gold Hill Bridge
Decision Postponed . Until April
Session Orders Rock Crushers
Following the transaction of the
regular monthly routine business,
tho county court received the maps
of the proposed Gold Hill bridge pre-
'parcd by W. V. Harmon, civil en
gineer. The bridge culled for in the
plans submitted is of the same
height as the railroad bridge which
now spans tho lioguo and was de
signed by Mr. Harmon to be suffi
ciently high to make it absolutely be
yond the loach of high water. Owing
to the fact that opinions regarding
where the bridge should cross the
river differ so largely in Gold Hill,
tho town being divided almost equally
for two different sites, the court post
poned action on the matter until the
April term. Another cause for de
lay was that in placing the bridge
on one situ , proposed, its cost will
bo about 12,000, or about twicb the
stun that would be required to locate
it a short distance away.
About the only unfinished business
remaining to be concluded at the close
of the morning session of tho court
this morning was tho nnnointmout
hy the court of a county road en
gineer. This matter will probably be
taken up this afternoon, after which
tho court will adjourn until the next
term.
At the session of court Wednesday
aitornoon, tho court completed the
passing of the regular monthly bills
and received a delegation of citizens
Jrom Kvans creek who petitioned
the court to construct a bridge be
tween Wimer and Woodillo. The
nocd of the bridge was admitted by
tho court aml,Uj tho material for it
is already on band, it will probably
he built early tjjis summer. The span
will be about 100 feet long.
Tho oourt also ordorod tho pur
chase of two 12-ton per hour capac
ity rock erushors to bo used on road
work. They will cost $1500 each ano
will bo bought from the Pouch manu
facturing company of Portland.
A road was ordered established to
connect tho residonts of Sams valley
with the P. iV K. railroad. According
to tho present conditions, a drive of
I 10 milos is necessary to roach the
railroad while with the, new road, the
ground for which will he donated by
.Mesrs Dodge and Theigs, owners
of the River&ido ranch providing the
county wll t'ontsruet a bridge to span
the Hoguo river at a cost of about
iSOOO, it will bo a distanco of only
two nnd ono-half miles. Tho now
bridge, if located so as to connect
with this road will span tho Hog.e
river at a point approximately six
miles above the Jljbee bridge.
Tho petitions for the now rond were
signed by Messrs. Dodge and TheUa
Prank Prown, of Kugle Point and
Wttny 0ti,eri,,
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TARIFF BOARD,
PET OF TAFT,
NOMFD
Smoot Admits Commission Bill to Be
Killed Under Compact Whereby It
Will Be Left as Unfinished Busi
ness at Close of Present Session.
REPUBLICANS ABANDON
HOPE OF A COMPROMISE
Democrats Urge That Only Logical
Plan is to Frame a Tariff for
Revenue Only.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Mch. 2.
Confession that a senatorial agree
ment existed whoreby 'President
Taft's tariff commission bill Is be
lieved to be doomed to defeat at this
session of congress was nindo today
by Smoot of Utah In tho debate of
tho measure. Smoot flatly declared
thnt a compact whereby the bill is to
be left as "unfinished business."
When debate of tho measure open
ed Smith of South Carolina took tho
floor and explained why ho wns qp
posed to the tariff board. He pre
dicted that tho board, If organized,
would divide and return majority and
minority reports. He urged that tho
Duly reasonable plan was to unite
in framing a tariff law for revenue
only.
Why Hurry Now.
Shlvoley of Indiana, who followed,
loprecated haste at this time. "Why
ihould tho republicans bo In a hurry
now?" ho asked. "They had twelve
ears in which to create a tariff
'joard and did not do so. Can It bo
hat their haste now Is because the
next congress will bo democratic?"
Then camo Smoot's admission.
Shtveloy denounced tho policy of
jroventlng action on the npproprla
lon bills, and thus forcing an extra
session.
"The plan is" ho said, "to appoint
x committee of nrch-angols to dotor
:nlno tariff questions. Thus, thoy
:ouldn't bo mistaken In their con
clusions. Slap Made a( Taft.
"Tho same president who declared
tho 1009 tariff bill the best over
snactod will make the appointments
to this board. Tho Payno bill hnB
'icon approved and ouloglzed by him.
This bill now before tho senato Is an
ulmlsslon thnt previous enactments
have been arranged on an entirely
different basis than tho relative cost
of production horo.
Hopubllcnns In tho sonnto today
abandon hope of compromising with
tho democrats on the tariff board bill
and determined to fight to a finish
even If au all night session Is neces
sary. This decision was roachod aftor the
lomocrats had replied evasively to
iverturcH by Senator Hale for an
igreemout to vote on tho hill tomor
row at noon and an alternative pro
position by Senator I.afollette, who
.suggested 10 o'clock tonight.
10 RATE RULING
WASHINGTON, 1). C, Mnrch 2.--fnteistato
Commerce Coinmisiouer
Franklin K. Lane today predicted
that the railroads would fully submit
to tho recent rate decision of tho
commission within a week.
"Koprosentntivos of oastorn and
wobtorn rnilroud," Lane said, "ol
roady liavo informally notified the
commission that they will comply
with tho decision, nnd there is no
doubt in mv mind that others will
follow suit."
ELKS LODGE DEDICATE
THEIR NEW HALL TONIGHT)
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The local lodge of tho B. P. O. K.
will hold tholr annual election of offl-
cers In the new hall In the I. O. O. P.
bulldlng tonight. As this la the first
meeting to be held in the new hall,
upon which the order has secured a
lease for a year, there will be a de
dication ceremony after tho regular
business of the meeting la oomplotqd.
A banquet will close tho foetlvltlee.
ENGLISH POLITICIANS
TO BLAME FOR BOER
WAR ASSERTS BULLER
Commander of Hellish Forces Says
lit Ills Memories (hat English
men Deliberately Hrotight
LONDON, Mch. 2. That ho ma
chinations of English politicians
woro responsible for tho lloer war
Is tho startling charge In tho auto
biography of Sir William Uuller.
glvon out today for publication. Sir
William was In command In South
Africa Just beforo tho wnr.
Ho declares that ho repeatedly
warned tho government that wnr
was linnilnont but that his warnings
were disregarded because ho Insist
ed on blaming tho English people
for tho trouble. Hecauso ho refused
to cooperate in a plan to forco tho
Boers to fight, Uuller says he was
recalled.
He says that prominent English
men who woro In South Africa tried
to infurlato tho Doors to the break
ing point and then nuked him to send
fnlso reports to the llrltlsh govern
ment. JAPAN STANDS
BY PROMISES
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Foreign Minister Komura in Speech
States That Restrictions on Emi
gration Now in Force Will Continue
Government to Keep Pledgge.
TOKIO, March 2. Public decla
ration that Japan would continue to
enforco her present restrictions on
tho emigration of Japanese laborers
to tho United States was made here
today by Foreign Minister Komura
in n speech beforo tho lower house
of the national diet. Discussing the
new treaty between Japan and the
United States Komura voiced a
strong npprociation of the American
government's spirit of friendly ac
commodation and dcclnH'd it to bo
a fresh indication of tho traditional
expression of tho good will between
tho two nations.
deferring to tho omission of tho
immigration proviso from tho now
treaty, Komura declared that the Jap
anese government had no intention
to depart from its established policy
relating to tho checking of any great
wave of emigration of laborers to the
United States. Ho said that in pro
ceeding to tho signature of the
treaty, tho representative of tho Jap
nnero government made a full decla
ration of that policy, which the gov
ernment was fully prepared to main
lain. YOUTH STOPS
FRANTIC TEAM
L. S. Beveridge Climbs Over Back of
Wagon and, hy Climbing Along the
Pole, Pulls Frightened Team of
Runaway Horses to Walk.
Frlghtoned, It Is believed by tho
nolso of a passing automobile, a team
of heavy gray horses belonging to
C. II. Strunknltzor broke loose from
their chock strati, this morning, ami
after colloding with a wagon at the
cornor of Main and Fir streots, dash
ed madly up Fast Main street until
brought to u stop near tho Washing
ton school building.
Tho toain had been tied by tholr
driver at the cornor of Fir and Main
streets but whon thoy started upon
their mad flight ho was not In sight.
L. S. Hovorldgo who was btundlng at
tho cornor of (Jrapo and Main stroots
was able to grasp the wagon as It
passed him. He climber over the
body of tho wagon and, aftor secur
ing a hold to the harness of tho gal
loping horses, ho walked along tho
shuft of tho wagon until able to
i secure tho bridle reins, whoreitpon bo
l"d tho team down to a walk. An
automobile containing J. R. Barlulull,
and Kd. Undraws, which hud statod In
pursuit of tho team, camo up and Its
occupants held tho team while Dover-
idgo clambored down from his precar
ious position on the polo.
If the pnlronago of the readers of
this uewapaper is important to you,
make your store-advortishig import
ant to THEM.
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TA LY'S QUEEN
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Countess Giulia di Toiyona Killed
After Quarrel With Lover, Who
Strangles Woman. Shoots Her, and
Then Puts Bullet in Himself.
RELATIONS OF COUPLE
HAVE LONG BEEN SCANDAL
Lieutenant Under Arrest in Hospital
hut Will Recover Tragedy
Causes Sensation.
ltO.MIC, Mch. 2. Murder today
cost Queen Helena ono of her Indies
In wnltlng when tho Countess Olulla
dt Trlgonn was killed In n small hotel
here by Lieutenant Pnterno of tho
cavalry. t
The tragedy has caused a great
sensation, although tho government
at once suppressod all details of tho
affair further than thnt tho murder
and attempted suicide took placo In
tho Hotel Rebecchlno. Pnterno Is
now In a hospital under arrest. He
will recover.
Tho rotations of the couplo horo
have been a scandal for a long time.
The Count Ul Trlgona, who Is high In
court circles, recently sought a di
vorce from his beautiful wlfo, alleg
ing thnt she was Intlmnto with Pnt
erno. The countess denied tho chnrgo
but tho queen ordered her retlromont
from tho court.
Today tho countess mot her lover
at the hotel, and papers found In tholr
effects showed thnt sho Intended to
forco him to huenk off tholr relations.
Shortly after tho couple mot, wnitors
heard them In a heated dispute, and
heard Iiloutenant Pnterno threaten to
kill tho countess If sho returned to
hor husbnud, Then followed screams
nnd. hrenkluir In tho door of the"
apartment tho hotel attaches found
tho countess dying and Patorno un
conscious on tho floor.
The womnn had been strangled and
then shot. With another hullot Pnt
erno had pierced his own breast.
STOCK MARKET DULL;
BONDS ARE IRREGULAR
NKW YORK, March 2. -Today's
Mock market opened dull and was
inclined to heaviness. Union Pacific',
Heading uud United States Steel weio
down to '. Trading grow more
active after the opening and pricos
declined a point or more on vigorous
selling. Canadian Pacific lost - uud
General Fleet ric and vVowtinghotiso
about '1.
Monds were irregular.
The tnutket closed firm.
County Court Invaded hy Cupid.
I. P. Leonard of Medford, and Miss
Mary G. Ilawkos woro married tit tho
county court court house Wednes
day hy County Judgo .J. K, Noil. The
couple secured the license during the
afternoon uud at the conclusion of
the m'smoii ul the county court in the
o.eniug secured the son ices of Coun
ty Coiiuni inner George Davis as
witiu s and were united In the judge.
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RL PASO, T.xas, March
Charging that Rdward Hlntt
nd I
I.awronco Converse, American youths i
CM
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arrostod by tho Mexican government
as rebels, wore taken on United Status
soil and dragged across Into Mex-l0f
Ico with tholr bauds bound, friends
or the two hoys today took steps to.dits on a downtown street comer.
have the captors arrested as kill-,
nappe. i
An agent or the department of.
justice Investigating the rflr re-.
turned from Tomllls yesterday. He!
reported that the atorles told hy the
youths of their having been takon Inwnd slipped $3 into Vuloondti's
tho United States were truo. If thin poekot.
can be established, friends bay, their por (ila H111Qh nt homo." whis-
roloaso will bo brought about Hpood-
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HOUSE OF LORDS TO
BE REDUCED IN SIZE
IFASQUITH SUCCEEDS
(ioveriuneut l'lati for ltefornilng
Peers Made Public llalfour Starts
Uproar hy Attacking Cabinet.
LONDON, Mch., 2. Outlining tho
government's plan for tho reform of
tho house of lords, Premier Asqulth
In tho commons today said that tho
Idea was to make tho commons the
domlnnnt chamber with tho Lords a
"relatively small chamber, not rest
ing on a hereditary basis and not gov
erned by partisanship."
Following Astptlth's statement.
Arthur J. Balfour started an uproar
by charging tho government with
fraud and with attempting to coerce
tho country by an alllunco with tho
Irish Nationalists. Ho admitted that
reform In the hottso of lords was nec
essary but deprecated tho ollmlnatlon
of the hereditary principle. Ho also
urged a referendum on tho proposed
changes, "to prevent any tampering
with legislation."
PANAMA RATES
TO BE ADJUSTED
Secretary of War Dickinson Calls
Meeting of Parties Interested to
Straighten Out Traffic War Raging
on the Isthmus.
WASHINGTON, 1). C, Mch. 2.
Secretary of War Dickinson today
called a mooting for March C of all
parties Interested In tho rates of
freight handled between tho Pacific
and tho Atlantic via tho Panama
Railroad which Is expected to do
something toward straightening out
a rate war between tho Pacific Moll
Steamship Company, ownor by tho
Southern Pacific Railroad, and nn
Independent San Francisco lino, tho
California and Atlantic Company
The Independents allege that tho
Southern Pacific steamer lino Is try
ing to freezo them out and thus
create a monopoly and San Francisco
shippers have appealed to Dickinson.
ROEF'S APPEAL
STILE III DOUBT
Whether or Not Grafter Will Take
Case to Federal Supreme Court
Will Be Decided Today Accepts
Fate Philosophically.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Mch. 2.
Whether Abo Huof will attempt to
carry Ills caso to tho United States
Hiipremo court probably will be flu
ally decided late this afternoon at a
conforunco botweon tho former poli
tical boss and Ills attorneys at the
lounty jail, whore Ituef is held pend
ing his transfer to San Quoutlou.
Henry Ach, who has been chief
counsel for Ituef, declared that he
doos not bollovo an appeal will ho
taken, and that If It Is, George I).
ICoaue, probably will be Knot's chlof
attorney.
Ituef said today ho believed be
should take every possible action to
! avoid his fourteen years sentence
bht If there were no legal grounds for
nppeal ho would f.ico the Inevitable
phlloHphlcInlly,
VICTIM CASH GIFT
KKATTLK, Wash., March 2.--A.
J,, Viilcoud.i, a i-nlcMiiun, 21 years
of ago, today told tho police the
strungest story yet of the opidomie
hold-ims nnd street robborios .'n
Seattle. He wna hold up by two bail
"l'luaso don't tnko my wtitoh and
monoy," ho pleaded, while he hold
his hands hIiovo his houd. "I have a
luutlifir and siater to support."
"Well, lei's let tho kid go," said one
0f tho thugs. Tho other assented
p0rol the crook, ui tho pair hurried
away,
HUMES' MAY
RAISE ISSUE
STATE RIGHTS
Threaten to Apply to Federal Courts
for Injunction Preventing En
forcement of People's Law Closing
Rogue River.
CLAIM GOVERNMENT ONLY
HAS RIGHT OF REGULATION
Master Fish Warden Says Question
Has Already Been Decided in
Favor of the State.
An nppeal to tho federal court to
prevent tho regulation of fishing In
tho Roguo rlvor by tho stato of Ore
gon, is tho threatened movo of tho
Hume Interests, who haVo failed In
tholr efforts to re-open tho stream to
commercial flshlnir. An Inlunctlon
will bo askod on tho ground that tho
control of tho waters of a Btream aro
vested In tho fedornl government In
stead of In tho state.
Such at least Is tho Information
brought back by Ira J. Dodge from
Portland, who states that this pro
gram was outlined by Ivan Humoson,
ono of tho Ilumo ngonts. Similar
threatB woro mndo during tho session
of tho legislature by tho Hume holrs,
These contentions wero then re
garded ns a bluff, to forco tho pass
age of tho bill ropoallng tho Inltlatlvo
bill. Tho master fish warden stated
that tho federal courts have ropeatod
ly ruled that the stato has tho right
to regulato fishing In Its- streams,
nnd upon theso decisions aro based
all of tho fish laws of the various
stated.
Howovor, If the threat Is made
good, and an injunction Is secured,
tho Hoguo rtlvor Fish Protection As
sociation will bo on hand to fight
It to a finish.
WAR SCARE
Congressman From Alabama Calls
on President and Declares Japs
Won't cLt Us Finish the Canal Un
molestedArc on Brink of War.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Mch. 2.
While calling at tho white house
Congressman Jtlchmnnd Pearson Hob
son of Alabama reiterated his warn
ing to proparo for a war with Japan,
declaring that tho country of tho Klk
ado never will permit tho United
States to finish tho Pnntuuu Canal un
molested. Hobson iiiKiuallgledly endorsed tho
sentiment of Sir Frederick Vllllors,
tho llrltlsh war correspondent, that
"Americans aro a misguided people,
on tho brink of war with Japan."
Hobson said: "Fvery well Informed
diplomat, every army and naval offi
cer In America knows that war with
Japan Is lnovltablo, and that tho
I'nlted StatoH Is unprepared for tho
struggle. It must not bo Imagined
for a moment that Japan will let us
finish tho gntoway to tho Puclflc, tho
canal across tho Isthmus of Panama."
NKW YOIUC, March 2. John
Mitchell, vice president of tho
Amerlcuu Federation of Labor today
doclaiod he made no plans for his
future, following his resignation
from the civic federation.
"Hocause tho United Mine Workers
of America demanded It, ho said, "I
resigned from the Clvio Federation
and will leave Now York as soon as
can arrango tho business of my
offlco. Inasmuch ns tho officials of
tho miners' docidod thnt a referen
dum of the resolution framed against
mo U impossible, thoro Is nothing
for mo to do but quit. I liitomto
maku no plans until I havo closed
up uiy civic fodoratlon work,"
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