University Nowi Offlo, K Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS Saturday $i!0,)i:7. Monday j:j.r(.i) WEATHER Fair Ilnr. 2I.00, Max. 07, Mln. .11, Mean 50. FORTY-FIRST YEAR. MEDFORD, OttEOON, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1911. No. 10 t F CANNOT FIX A RETAIL PRICE Supreme Court Knocks Out Present Custom Whereby Manufacturer Prevents Sale of His Articles at Cut Rate Prices. COURT SAYS IT VIOLATES SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT Oklahoma Loses Fight for Same Rates Court Rules it Has No Jurisdiction. WASHINGTON, I). C. April 3. Tho United States supreme court to day decided that any manufacturer fixing a minimum retail price for which his products aro salable, through wholesalers, does so In vio lation of the Sherman anti-trust act. The opinion is one which will swccplngly affect the trade in pro prietary medicines. The decision was evoked through an action In which the Or. Miles Medical company of Elkhart, Iud., sought an injunction restraining the Park and Sons com pany of Cincinnati from selling the Miles medicines to cut-rate druggists. The lower court denied the Injunction and today's decision by tho supreme court upholds tho verdict of tho low er tribunal. (ovci-uincnt whit. After having been defeated two years ago In the highest courts In tho construction of commodities clauso, the government this afternoon won tho first move In a bnttlo for the same provisions ngalnst the Lehigh Valley railroad and the Lehigh Val ley Coal company. In a decision today tho United States supremo court reversed the or der of tho federal court of Pennsyl vania, so far as that court refused to permit the government to amend its petition against tho railroad to in clude stock ownership by railroad or coal company as part of Its allega tions. Hate Case Dismissed. The tight of the Oklahoma state officials to prevont tho Atchison, To peka & Santa Fo Uallroad company from charging higher freight rates within Oklahoma than those allowed in Kansas for similar classes of goods for a similar haul was dismissed by the United State. supreme court to day for lack of jurisdiction. The case was brought by Oklahoma and charg ed that differences In rates for tho transportation of lime, brick and oil were so great, compared with the rates charged in Kansas, as to amount to discrimination. Tho court also dibinissed Oklahoma's suit to se cure an Injunction preventing more than 20 roads In tho state. Commission I'pliclri. WASHINGTON, D. C. April H. Affirming tho docislon of the Inter state commerco commission, tho Unit ed States supremo court today held railroad forwarding agents wero en titled to carload rates In official classification territory. Tho railroads sought to enjoin tho commission, as sorting that only whom tho shipper or the consignee was the pwnor of the shipment was tho carload rata per missible. Memphis Wants Bryan. WASHINGTON. I). C, April :i. A bit: Memphis (Toiinoseo) delega tion holy today will inite William .1 Hryan to movo to that city. Tho whole south is suppoiting a plan to raise $100,000 to induce Hryan to! transfer bib Commoner plant to that Mi A city, where a homo for Hryan will persons have been killed. A big bli. lo provided. I "'d i raging over the northern On- Senator John Sharp Williams of tario region and nearly all tho wires Mississippi and ex-Senator Horry of nro down. Arkansas will urge Hryan to accejit Laundry on 8-Hour Basis. J J 3. - NKVADA CITY, Cul., April The largest laundry here began today nn an eieht hour dav for the women employes, to moot tho requirement of the law pafd bv the la-t legi-lalim, but which d..- not -.. mi., effect f..r i.. iici.Ui-. Extra Session Democratic Congress Meets Reforms Planned; To Consider PLANS COMPLETE Bryan and Harmon arc Both on Hani to Watch the Wheels Go Round Three Important Investigations to Be Made. WASHINGTON, I). C., April .1. With both William .1. lJryan and Jud son Harmon on tho ground to "watch tho wheels go round," tho democrats completed today their plans to take over the government at tho opening of congress tomorrow. Tho democratic, program for the extra session has been completed. They plan to pass President Taft's reciprocity measure, to accomplish a reapportionment under tho new cen sus figures, to revise tho tariff sched ule by schedule and to institute a general policy of economy and re trenchment. In ndditlon to thoso policies decid ed upon, there aro to bo three Impor tant Investigations. Tho department of justice Is to bo probed in connec tion with its failure to prosecuto the steel trust; the postofflco department Is to be combed over In connection with the fcecond-class mall rate con troversy between Postmaster General Hitchcock and the magazine publish ers, and tho nallingor-PInchot fight In tho Interior department is again to be mndo tho subject of a full Inquiry. CLEVELAND MAY FIGHT UNIONS Plan on Foot to Put Town on Open Shop Basis Such as Exists in Los Angeles at Present Attorney Studies Situation. CLEVELAND, O., April II. To put Cleveland on an open shop basis sim ilar to that now in force In Los An geles is tho aim of tho Employers' association of this city, which an nounced its determination today to wago war on organized labor. Tho association has a membership of 000 and tho fight will affect 100,000 working men. .Iny P. Dawley, attorney for the Employers' association, has just re turned fiom Los Angeles, whoro ho made a careful study of tho opon shop situation, and ho will report fully In a few days to tho association. It Is expected that his report will bo made Hie basis for tho beginning of tho local war. DEMOCRATS ARE TO HELP INSURGENT REPUBLICANS WASHINGTON, I J. C, April :i. Congressman Sulzcr announced thU afternoon that the house democrats will force the regular republicans to give the insurgents good committee assignments, lie said tho democratic caucus had decided that if the regu lars tried to side trackk tho insur gents, tho democrats would provido assignments for (hem. Wreck Reported. MONTH KAL. Que., April . De spite denials from officials of the Canadian Pacific Railroad horo, it is reported through other sources that a serious wreckk has occurred .it Shreiber, Ontario, and Hint several JOHNSON TO SPEAK TO TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SAN FRANCTSCO. April 3 Cov- ernor Johnson will dallvor an address welcomo to the delogatei of tho National Educational association 'on It meets here in July. The gov-, ernor's acceptance of the Invitation j tn th,J address was received to-, ,'" 1 PRESIDENT ili'ii VETOJEW BILLS Prominent Republicans Say That Taft Will Not Allow Present Tariff to bo Monkeyed With Democrats Laugh at Threat. WASHINGTON, 1). C, April I!. Prominent republicans who aro close to President Taft declare that should tho democrats succeed In getting any tariff revision bills through both tho houso and tho senate, the president will certainly veto them. In splto of this threat, the democrats at their conferences today, reiterated their de termination to revise certain sched ules of the tariff act during tho spe cial session which opens tomorrow. Such measures, It Is believed, will go through tho house with a rush, and the democrats believe that a suf ficient number of insurgents In the senate will voto. In favor of revision to pass the bills In that body. Tho matter will then bo up to tho presi dent, and his veto, tho democratic leaders believe, would make mighty loud campaign thunder next year. Up to noon today President Taft had not written his mossago to con gress. It will bo very brief and prob ably will urgo only Canadian recip rocity. It may also recommend that tho houso postpone any consideration of the tariff. ENSENADA FEARS REBEL ATTACK Insurrectos Said to Be Preparing to Move on Little Mexican City in Near Future City in Precarious Condition. SAN D1F.GO, Cal., April :i. Alarm at Knseuada over the threatening at tituto of tho insurgents under General Hcrthold, who has made Alamo u stronghold, is increasing daily, ac cording to passengers who arrived today from the Lower California capital. They said that the Knseim daus have become hysterical again, and that practically all their soldiers have gone lo meet the rebels at Mei cali, leaving only tho warship Gen oral Guerrero available for the town's defense. Tho rebels aro becoming restless and are said to be prowling over the whole west coast of tho peninsula' south of Knseiiatla and north of Saul Quentin. A large party was report-1 ed at San Vincente, a seaport south of Knsenndn, yesterday. There is no doubt that tho insurgents are now well equipped to attackk the city of Knsonnda, especially since the sold iers have gone. Reports that there are 200 soldiers in the ciiarlcl are not generally credited by visitors to tlio capital, the idea prevailing that tho city is in a precarious position. SAN DIEGO MAY NAME A SOCIALIST MAYOR SAN DIEGO, Cal., April .'!. Ono of tho quietest city campaigns In tho ,,, HOt hy Km Ko,0t socialist may history of San Dlogo closes tonight.!. . , ,., , ,, , . , ..., . ., , . i or of Milwaukee, .Mayor-elect J. Stltt A mayor, two coiincllmon and four i members of tho school board will lolwn"0 UlUi0(l t0,1"y ()f hl l"ctlcin oloctcd tomorrow. Interest Is keen, vor Hovorly lloiignond, republican, howovor, In tho ehanco that George A. i by a majority of' 181 votes. Garrott, socialist candidate for coun- "You need not export anything ell, has of winning. Ills supportors, j dramatic or spectacular In my work who Incliido many Independent ro-'as Horkoloy's mayor," said Wilson publicans, havo boon much encour- today. "Wo aro now faco to face agod by tho oloctlon of J. Stltt Wll-.horo with practically tho name prob son. socialist, as mayor of Herkoloy. loins which confronted Soldol when ho waH oloctcd mayor of Mllwaukeo, WASHINGTON, I). C, April 3. and I expect to go about solving thorn Chairman Underwood of tho ways and moans committeo announcod this aftomoon that Victor h. Horgor of Wisconsin, tho lone sooialiht in con- gross. would bo uivon committee as- iignments by the domoorats. Horgor, ,0 Initiate a municipal policy foriHv lli(t j,rr,ti,Pr Honior Hillman, also j,o said, would bo allowed to heloct Herkoloy looking to tho ultimata own- ft m, 0fclllto ,,,, ur(, ,ivising Hill. ,i1P ,,,,.,. ,, ,j,., . ,hfl , ,'orshlp of all pui.U utilities, but I do (1)lll (o ,.,.. (l. .,.,,.,.,. without m - iu i"' oxpoct to uhIk i In socialism ' ......i.. .. lllII)P(li IS T Such is Charge By American Anti Trust League Which Sends Letter to Every Congressman Denouncing Committee Appointment. WASHINGTON, 1). C, April H. Hitterly assailing Koprosentulivc John F. Fitzgerald, (democrat, New York) as the "representative in con gress of the prodotory interests" and denouncing his reported selection as chairman oL' tho powerful committee on appropriations, a letter from the American anti-trust league, has been received by every ticmncrut in the house. d "Behind Filzgorajd stand the Wall Street trusts, who are republicans when the republicans are in power and democrats when tho democrats are in power" says the letter. "Fitz gorald takes his orders from Cannon and the trusts." The letter demands that Fitzgerald bo not named as chairman of the ap propriations committee. No Sunday Ball in Nebraska. LINCOLN, Neb., April 3.--Suuday baseball in Nebraska was killed to day when Governor Aldrich vetoed a hill pnsed by thq legislature per mitting it, with restrictions. f TTTtt f-t V-T -H-I f f -f VOTE OF THANKS FOR MAIL TRIBUNE The Koguo River Horticul tural Society at its session Saturday adopted the follow ing vote of thanks: Whereas, the Medford Mail Tribune of this city has al ways freely devoted its space and influence to the further ing of tho horticultural in terests of tho Rogue River Valley, and Whereas, its policy in this respect has been conducive of great good, Therefore, lie it reselved: That the Rogue River Horti cultural Society, convened in regular session, do tender to the maniigemeul of (lie Mail Tribune a sincere vote of thanks for its aid and co operation in furthering hor ticultural interests in the Rogue River Valley. -f- f f f f 4 f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4444444 4 4 4 4444444 WILSON TELLS OF HIS PLANS Socialist Mayor of Berkeley Will Fol- . , roii. ..! . low Plan of Scigel of Milwaukee, Says Not to Expect Anything Spccutacular. UEitKELEY. Cal., April 3 ',0 daring that ho will follow tho oxam- ' lo h"o dlxnlfled and conserva-1 tlv" manner that ho has omployod. "Politics will not ontor Into my , appointments, as only morlt and abli-1 'ty count in public sorvlco. I oxpoct I FT L T M Important Measures HOT SHOT IS HANDED TIFT New Democratic Press Bureau Scores Taft for His Intimary With Wall Street Norton's New Job is Pointed Out. WASHINGTON, I). C April :. Hot shot for President Taft's admin istration for its intimacy with Wall Street handed out by the now demo cratic congressional press bureau here is the cause of the prediction hero today that the coming session of congress will sec some sizzling times. Under the caption "White House lo Wall Street and vise versa" and re ferring to President Taft's former private secretary O. I). Norton, be coming vice president of a Morgan bank, the bureau says: "Do Morgan and Rockefeller give out those high salaried positions to government employes for services rendered by thoni while they are in the government, or is it because of a realization that men like a secre tary to the president are likely lo have valuablo secrets which may bo useful for speculative purposes If "Going and coming, tho path be tween Wall Street and President Taft's immediate circle is short and much traveled." 2500 MINERS GO ON STRIKE Northwest Coal Mines Arc Tied Up Arc Endeavoring to Force the Operators to Uphold Closed Shop -Non Union Men Hired. ELLENSUUKO, Wash., April I). In nn endeavor to force tho mine own ers to observe tho "closed shop," UfiOO miners employed by the North westorn Improvement company nt Clo Elum, Koslyn, Jonesvlllo, Ron ald and number 5, went on strlko to day. Tho miners' union signed a con tract last September submitting to an "open shop" agreement. A month ago K10 men wore discharged at Clo Elum and tho minors' union claims that many non-union men have been employed to tnko tho places of thoso discharged who wero members of that organization. Saturday night tho unions held meetings at tho various towns af fected, and voted to demand a closed shop, notifying Superintendent Clng- . horn of the Northwestern Improvo- J inent company of their action by tol- ephouo Sunday. ,,,,. . ,milpnvnr , .,. gate the effect of tho slrlko, ordered Immediately all mines controlled by the company to bo closed. Sheriff German has sworn In 110 deputies, tho Clo Elum pollen force has lieon Increased to .'10, and In oth er camps scores more of special offi cers aro guarding proporty. Thus far there has boon no demon strations, but that trouble Is antici pated Ik ovldencod by tho activity of police officers in adding to their forces. HILLMAN FAILS TO GET THE REQUIRED BOND SKATTLK, Wash., April 3. Aftorj remaining in tho county jail in do-, fault of $12.'i,000 cash bail, sinco 5 o'clock Saturday. C. I). IMIiwin. mill. inajro n,al otdnto operator, and jM,,m, lown builder, eamo into United stntoM Judge Donwortb'a court today ( i,n,.r the rulinir nn hi annoal. i.vinmlb. nf Hillmnn ,.nd hid enrw. - Tomorrow TAFT TO 0FFJPUBLIG1TY Calls Stilzcr Into Conference and Ex plains Details of Recent War Move Does Not Care to Have Matter Aired Now. WASHINGTON, I). C, April 3. Anxious to avoid publicity, ono of tho reasons which led to the American naval and military demonstrations on tho Mexican border, President Taft today received William Sulzor, con gressman from Now York, and gavo htm tho whole Inside history of tho move. After tho talk Sulzcr, who Is chairman of tho now houso foreign affairs committee, refused to discuss tho matter, declaring that ho had been asked to keep tho Information Imparted to him a dead secret. It Is pointed out horo that Presi dent Taft, In endeavoring to forestnll an investigation, Is conferring with momborB of tho foreign affairs com mittee, and not tho members of tho committee on military affairs. This, it Is hollovod, Is a sine confirmation of tho statements mndo that tho mo bilization was la no senso moroly a "manouvor" to test tho efficiency of tho troops, but was prompted by a pressing danger through tho machin ations of some outsldo nation. GRAND JURY TO PROOEJOTHAM Will Investigate Change Made By Magistrate Corrigan That City Un tier Gayor is More Wide Open Than Ever Before. NEW YORK, April 3. To Inves tigate Maslstrato Corrlgau's assertion that New York under Mayor Gaynor Is more "wide open" thnn over It was under tho palmy days of Chief Dov ory, and that tho pollco aro habitual ly protecting criminals and strong arm men, tho grand Jury re-convened today. Pollco Commissioner Cropsey was up for Interrogation and It Is said he wan examined In the light of Infor mation held by tho grand Jury through tho possession of the police "squeal book," which lu some mys terious manner hns been furnlslied to the Imiulsltorlal board. Another alleged phase of tho grand Jury Investigation Is to ascertain who Is having Magistrate Corrigan dogged by detectives and who ban caused his telephone to he tapped since ho made the charge that the pollco wore pro tecting vice. It Is reported that n high city official ompoyed detectives to shadow Corrigan with tho Idea of ascertaining what pollco officials are giving him Inside Information as to the activities and omissions of tho force and the political powers which control It. Mann Is Candidate. WASHINGTON, D. C. April I). When the house republicans meet In caucus tonight, It Is reported that former Speaker Cannon will present Congressman Mann's candidacy for tho speaker to tho caucus. Tho prin cipal business tonight will bo a de cision as to how the minority mem bers of tho committee shall bo chns on. Searching for Woman. hA-N i-'KANUIHUU, April :t -worn- '"B '" '"JiiGon with Sheriff Jack Smith of Santa Rosa, local dotectlvos t,,,la' inntltutoil a clty-wldo soarch !for "Mnncho Thompson." who is nl- Kd to havo occupied rooms In a I,n' "troot l0(1lnK ,loUH0 wlt Dr- ,'0W,B (V Chlsholm, hold In tho So-, "onm cmmty Jnl1 for tno alKH" r- ,d" of John I), Powell. LAWYERS SEEK A PRETEXT FOR or Hume Interests Are Confident of Be ing Permitted to Operate During Month of April When Big Run of Chmooks is on SUCH IS STATEMENT BY HUMAS0N TO LOCAL MEN Grounds on Which Injunction Will Bo Asked Have Not Yet Been De cided Upon. Several lawyers aro busy in the Ilumo's behalf seeking some pretext whereby tho federal court can be in duced to grant an injunction against the enforcement of tho Oregon initia tion law closing tho Rogue river to commercial fishing. As it is a poor lawyer that cannot secure a tempor ary injunction upon some pretext or other, tho Hume interests are confi dent of being permitted to opernto during tho month of April, when tho big run of Cbinooks is on, nnd are making preparations to this end. Tho nbovo is the statement mndo by Ivan Humason who hnd cliargo of tho legislation campaign made to rc penl tho initiative bill, to members of the Rogue River Fish Protection As sociation, wiio havo just returned from Portland. Mr.. Iiumnson is showing in trumph n statement print ed in a Medford paper staling that not one person in a hundrod in tho Regno river vnlloy is benefited by Hosing llio stream lo eomniorcinl fishing. Mr. Iliiinasou Rlnlcd that tho grounds for asking tho injiiuclion hnd nol been definately decided upon. It might ho tho right of tho federal gov ernment to regulnto fishing ns against the right of Hie stnte, and it might be necessary to attack tho legality of the initiative nad refer endum. Flaws in tlio law nnd in its submission (o tlio people nro being eagerly searched for by thu best legal talent. NO ARRESTS MADE YET IN KIDNAPPING CASE LAS VEGAS, N. M., April 3. No arroBts hnvo yet boon mado horo In connection with tho kidnapping of little Waldo Rogers, and It Is report ed that an attempt at a compromise with those who shared tho $12,000 ransom will bo mado and no ono will bo Jailed, Detectives aro shadowing local res idents and an unconfirmed rumor Is current that efforts nro bolng mado to shield woll known persons horo who aro mixed up in tlio affair. Upon Home lead which has not been made public, an armed posso left hero for tho south last night, and this afternoon had not yot returned. OLD OFFICERS OF PANAMA RAILROAD RE-ELECTED NFAV YORK. April U. At tho an nual meeting hero today of the Pan aiuii Railroad stockholders tlio pres ent directors nnd officers wero re elected. The ipiesliou of chiinging rales across the isthmus to meet competition by the Hawaaian-Auiori-can Steamship Company was deferr ed until the next meeting. Prisoners Escape. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., April II. Pohhoh sought fruitlessly today for six Jallbreakers who last night sawed out a bar In a window of tho county Jail horo and escaped. Not ono of tho six apparently loft any trail, nnd for this reason it was bcllovod that tho fugitives romalnod togothor and pos sibly intend to mnko a fight If nppro- hondod. Tho men dropped 12 foot fro mtho window to a drivoway and then scaled a 20-foot wall boforo gaining tho opon. No Trouble for Powers. WASHINGTON. I). P.. Audi .'l Announcement was mndo horo tint lu0 democratic caucus hnd decided to entertain no protest against the -eating of Caleb Powers of Kontuokv. HI m i