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CREATION OF
STEEL PLATE
MEDFORD, OUIWON, WON DA y, .JULY 21, 1011.
No. 105.
TRUSTSHOWN
Evidence Shows That Eleven of
Largest Manufacturers Secretly
United to Limit Output and Raise
Prices to Consumers In 1900.
WANTS REAL' 'AMERICAN.
P V , T"
BUSINESS OF COUNTRY
PRORATED AMONG MEMBERS
Printer Testifies to Printing Agree
ment Which Is Afterwards De
stroyed fw Fear Prosecution.
WASHINGTON, I), ., July 1M.
ICvliltMicu Hint iiviii of tint htrKi'xt
nleel iiiuuufat-ttiriUN In tliu country
had entered Into n pooling in;reuii'iit
In 1U00, thus formliiK a ihi plate
uinnclatlnn, was preidtntod before tins
Htuuli')' commission of tint Iioiih,
which Ih InvKittlitutliiK the- alcol trust,
today, Tho agreement was doted
jNovmnlinr t, 1U0O, ami tho commit
tee believe Itn tirovlHlutiri ii ro utlll
being enforcud. t
Tho companies- hIkhIiik tho aicree-
jueiil wore:
Tho CariuiKlo Hteel Company, tin
Jones oml LaiiKhllu Company, Limit
tulj Tho Illinois Steel Company, tin
Crucible Bteol Company of America,
tlm Olla Hteel Company, tho Tltl
wator Steel Cotnpnny, thu Lukeus
Iron umt Strcl Company. Worth
Brother, thu Central Iron ami Hlool
Company, tho American Steel nml
Wlro Company ami tho OlaKw Iron
Tho agreement states that tho
combination wai formed "(or our
mutual Interests ami to unnbln uw to
pay liberal whkoh to our workmen."
It sots for tho uxact iihuro of each of
thu rnmpuules lit tho steel pluto IiuhI.
lie, tho CaruoKlo Compiiuy being ae
I'onloil 40. 'Jr. pur cent of thu total
output of thu combine.
According to tho itKroomout, If any
i'ouiiuuy nolrt morn than Itn nhnro
of steel plate tho offender would bo
compelled to pay 36-100 of ouo tout
for ovory pound of ItH excess imlon
Into tho cofforH of tlm association.
To ciiHiirv observance of tho agree
moiit, each of thu roiupanloH puld In
1 1, OUO for each per cent of ItH allot
ment of thu total production..
F. II. Kaiifniun, n ContoHVlllo, lu.,
prliiUtr, who printed tho UKreumout
between Hie Hteel companies, tostlfl
ed. "After President HoiihIoii of tho
Lukcim Iron and Steel Company had
tho Agreement printed, hi Hecretury
came to my shop and destroyed all
the proofs unit copies wo could find.
Ho mild thn president of thu llllnolH
Hteel Company wild tlmt lloimton
had been mlHtaken In having the
agreement printed and tho IIIIiioIh
men wore afraid thoy go to Jail If
thu agreement weru (Uncovered, hitter
my brother told he had u ropy or tho
agreement."
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xmrs
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TO GIVEN
8 YEAR TERM
STATES PR SON
Former County Assessor of Alameda
County, California, Sentenced for
Soliciting and Receiving Bribe
From Spring Valley Water Co.
miss bulie
BURKE.
OH BORDTH(
AMtRIKA.,
The above Hiiapnhot of Hilly liurke,
Iho well known nrtrenN, wan taken
In New York JiihI before hIio Hailed
for IJurope on tho HteuuiHhlp America
Look I iik iih haudiiomu an hIio over
did In her youiiK life. h" waH anked
If nlie Intended pIckliiK UP a prince
royal while away. "Oh, mercy, no,"
hIio mild. "I don't earn "IioiikIi to
take rare of one, II'h a real Ameri
can for mine, If I do marry."
LI WAN
GRAHAM
HAS DISAPPEARED
Press Agent of Girl Who Shot Mil
lionaire Stokes Worried Over Her
Whereabouts Much Speculation
Regarding Her Indulged In. '
NEW YORK, July 21. ATuah Bpuu
illation Ih imlulKutl in hum today over
the alleged (limippouraiiuu of Lillian
(haliam, ouo of. tills n'irln who Hliot
Millionaire Htoken, from Hie Catliu
dral I'litKii niiarliyeiit, wliuro hIio Iuih
been livine; with Iter Hibter,'Mrn. Sin
lolou, ami Ethel Conrad.
CharloH Lawronoo, a l'riond of (lio
Kirl, HiiyH pho uamo to Ii'ih Iioiihu, miy
iiiK hIio had (itprrolled with MIhh Con
rad over u droMH, and that hIio Ih hHII
domioilod willi him.
Mi-h. SiuK)otoit HiiyH IhiH not true
MiHH Ornliam'H preHH uont Ih mueli
eoiioornod over lior disappearamio to
day and IhroatuiiH to ntart an u.ten
bive Boni'oh for lior.
FILLEO SUGAR
WITH TILTH
Spreckles Details Fight Waged Upon
Him by Trust Subjected to An
noyances of All Kinds Arbuckle
to Tell Story of His Fight.
Ni:V YOIIK. July .M. On tho
Rtuud loilny before tho Hurdwlck
HUKur liiveBtlKtttliiK committee of tho
hoiiHo, which Ih problnc tho opera-
tloiiH of tho linear trtiHt, CIuuh A.
HpreckeU toduy kuvo full dotallri of
how the truHt tampered with bin em
ployeH u ml did everylhluK In tho pow
er of Itn controller! to dlxcrcdlt him
In ImihIui'mh ami financial circled.
HpreckelH until that for more than
u year tho product of IiIh refinery
wua filled with filth by men who
worked for him while In tho pay of
the HUKur triiHt. and that Hhort
welKht packiiKea were dlHtrlbutod
from tblH refinery ho that bin credit
with the trade might bo undermin
ed. A Hub-coiiunlttee of tho Invention
thiK body went to Now Palli, N, Y
today to net John Arhucklo'n ntory
of IiIm fh;ht with tho BiiKnr trust. Thin
trip wiih taken iih tho romilt of a
Htutemeut by Spreckoln, who Raid on
Saturday that tho Arhucklen had
been active In nttcmptH to Induce In
dependent reflnern to aid tho trust
In llmltliiK production and booMtliiK
prlreM.
England Hysterical Over Morocco.
LONDON. July 15-1. All KnKlund
Ih hysterical toduy over tho Moroc
can ultuutlou, nml there weru wild
riimorH that (lermauy and Franco
had actually declared war. Another
rumor nuyH that a (leriuan fleet has
been Keen off tho caHtorn Ilrltlsh
coitHt, while atlll another report Ih
that tho Kaiser la oxpected to uevoru
diplomatic relations with HitKlnnd.
HUGE HAY CROPS IN
OREGON THIS YEAR
OHKdON AOIUGULTUItAL COL
IiK(ll3, CorvalllH, Oro. July '22.
"Tho fnrmern of Oregon nro harveat
Iiik tho largest hay crop In tho his
tory of tho Htato," HtUd Dr. James
Wllhycombo, director of tho export
meut Htatlon at thu Oregon AKrlcul
tu nil College, dluctiHuIng tho presout
harvest.
'Tho total hay crop of Oregon last
year roprouontod UOQ.OOO tons, but
this year It will roach l.liiO.OOO tons.
Mtut Uiikilnii rirAifrtii jttK) la ttit
lliu Mntvtil vuoui viw(i in
per cent linger than It was hut year,
and tho Kuutorn Oregon crop about
ton par cent larger. Tho difference In
percentage Is mostly duo to tho fact
that In Kastorn Oregon tho crop Is
grown on Irrigated or uuh-lrrlgatod
land, wlillo that In Wostorn Oregon Is
Brawn under natural conditions, and
tho Homum has been favorable ftfr liny,
u well n a for othor farm croiis."
WILL NOT APPEAL BUT
SERVE TIME AT ONCE
Takes Fate Calmly, Showing Little
Emotion Was County Assessor
For Sixteen Years.
OAKLAND, Oil., July 21.-Fm-mer
County AHHeHHor Henry I. I)nl
ton. convicted of linvim; Holieited and
reeeived a .1.1000 bribe from th.
Spring Valley Water company, 'whh
Henleueed todny lo a term of eihl
yenrH in the jM-nitentiary. His attor
nu.vH iiuuoum'ed thai ho would not ap
peal, Henry I'. Dalton whh for ItJ years
aflKOHSor of Alameda county. Surwr
ior Judjje Kverelt Jlrown'rt Hontenr.j
of eight yearn in Snn Quentin was
impoKod iitton Dalton, folowiny th-i
diminKnl f the petition for n nov
trial madu Huh inorniiii; by DultnVs
attorney. Wlien sentence wa pro
nounced there were no relatives of
tho nrciiHcd man present except his
brother, Vnnk X. Dalton.
Dalton look his fate calmly, hIiow
iup; little emotion.
A plea for leniency was made by
CharloH H. Kairall, who comlueled
the fight for tho defenxc, on I In
ground that Dalton, hceauHO of bi.s
hfgli HiAndititf in the community h:w
already Buffered muo hand koeiilv
felt IiIh disgrnee and notoriety whirl
the exposure hud brought upon him.
It was j;cnenilly understood that
Dnltou would accept the verdict, lie
ih allowed five days in which to ar
range hiri pemoual affairs and w'll
then begin hi weuteuec,
Judgo Drown, replying to FairallV
plea, said he felt it his duty to make
an example of the cane because of
tho prominence of the defendant.
GODDESS OF LIBERTY
GROWING OLD EAST
NEW YOIIK. July 24. An exam
Illation of tho stutuu of liberty, just
completed, sIiowh that tho goddess
Ih getting old. About fifty small
IioIoh have appeared In the bront
platen of which tho monument Is
built.
Lieutenant Jones, tho statuo'n rhlcf
caretaker, stated today that she Is
good for 100 yearn more at least. Just
an nhe Is and that ho does not see
why replacement of defectlvo paltos
cunuot prolong her life Indefinitely.
Tho statue of liberty was onvulled
la 1880. '
Namesake Called Liar By Attorney General Wickersham
ATTORNEY GENERAL ACCUSED,
(KuausTUi o - r.Aju.;V
HOWLED DOWN
IN COMMONS
Premier Asquith Hooted When He At
tempts to Explain Ministry's Stand
Drowned Out by Shouts of Trai
torFirst Time Event Happened
LONDON, July 21. For tho first
time In tho history of England, a
premier was today howled down
when ho officially attempted to ex
plain tho ogvornment's course on tho
yords veto bill on tho door of tho
houso of corn m on h.
For half an., hour Premier Asulth
tried to expluln the stand of his
ministry on tho veto bill, but all his
utteranccK wero drowned out by
shouts of "traitor" which wero kept
up b yteh conyersatlvcs.
Thu apeakor of tho houso was
unable to preserve order and Asulth
tired out, finally ma do a brief and
inaudible' statement- and sat down
When ItaDlDfour oroso tho liberals
howled wildly. Ualfour said ho re;
getted ho had been unable to hear
the premier's speech and declared the
debato tho most disorderly in the
history of parliament.
Speaker Lowther finally obtained
portlal quiet In tho commons by re
minding the conversatlves that the
liberals would be sure to howl down
Ilalfour's reply In rovengo for the
tumult against Asqulth.
When ho could' bo heard premier
Asquith said, that if tho veto bill were
not passed by the lords tho liberals
would bo. compelled to Invoko tho
king's aid In creating a sufficient
number of liberal peers to mnko a
majority.
Scarcely had Balfour staited
spcakiiip; than the . uproar was le
roar was renewed and thu speaker
realfcinp; that all attempts to restore
order were useless, adjourned the
house until tomorrow.
CONTROLLER BAY INJURY
POSTPONED A FORTNIGHT
WASHINGTON', U. C, July 2T.
Theinvestigation into the Controller
bay land filings heirun by the houau
commit t co on expenditures in the in
terior department, will be postponed
several weeks weeks beeauso Louis
D. llmndeis, who agreed to appear as
attorney, cannot now undertake tho
work.
t i ,
JAMES WJCKR3HAM.
T
GEORGE Vf. WCKEWli7M
SHIELDS TRUSTS
F
OM
INQUIRY
Chairman Stanley of Steel Trust In
vestigation Committee Accuses At
torney General of Going Out of
His Way to Protect the Intere'sts.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 24.
"I am getting tired of the depurt
meut of justice and will go ahead and
investigate myself."
Following his personnl expose of
the fact that most of the big steel
concerns of the country are in a hard
and fast combine to limit production
and keep up prices, Chairman Stan
ley of he house investigating com
mittee which is probing thu steel
trust, todny utered the quoted sharp
criticism of Attorney General Wick
ersham and the department of justice
In nnswer to tho query of a member
of the committee as to why he did
not get aid from Wiekershara's
forces, Congressman Stanley virtu
ally declared that Wickersham shield
ed "the interests" and then made the
remnrlc quoted.
Stanley's outburst came as the ro
suit of tho testimony of a printer
who told of having prepared an
agreement between the steel kings
which bound them in a hard and fast
"trust."
OFFERS LIFE
SAVE LOVER
Beulah Binford Sends Message to
Beattie That She Will Confess to
Having Committed Murder If It
Would Help Him.
CIRCLES PIKES PEAK
TO WIN HIS BRIDE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Cnl., July
24. Aviator Parmalee, ono of tho
Wright flyers, is elated today over
having secured the wedding promise
of his sweetheart. Miss "Sweets"
May, of Dayton, Ohio, if ho encir
cles Pike's Peak in an aeroplane
within 100 feet of the summit. Parm
alee will make tho attempt the first
week in Augut. If successful, Miss
May promised to marry Parmelee on
his return to Dayton.
AUTOMOBILE TAX FOR CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK
IS PROTESTED Bi MEDFORD COMMERCIAL CLUB
Tho following petition has been
sent to Washington protesting tho tax
of 1.Q0 winced upon automobiles in
Crator lako national' purk:
To tho Honorable- Secretary of tho
Intorior, Washington, Distriot of Co
Inmblui We, tho undersigned, your
petitioners, respect fully request that
tho ordur heretofore issued from your
department by tho Honorable H. A.
Hallingor, whereby persons passing
through tho Crator Lako park in au
tomobiles or othor vehicles aro re
quired to pay a tux of ono dollar
($1.00) for such privilege-, bo an
nulled aiul sot aside. Wo respect
fully state that tho uitizeus living in
this immediato vicinity subscribed
and have oxpondod about twenty fivo
thousand dollars ($2r,000) to aid in
tho building of a road to said Crater
Lako park and to make it practicable
for automobile- travel, Wo further
bog lonvo to say that for forty (40)
yours thoro has beon a public road
lending through said park from Jack-
Memorial Sent Secretary of the In
terior Department for
Abolition of Tax.
sou county to Klamath county, upon
which tho peoplo of these respective
counties have expended a very largo
sum of mfiney. This road is tho ono
onw appropriated by tho government
and whioh leads to within fivo (o)
miles of the rim of Crator lako.
Tho people of Jackson county and
Klamath county and in fact all the
state of Oregon, tiro interested in hav
ing the tourists visit Crater lako and
it does not seem right to us that the
government should impose any tax
upon such travel. "Wo notice that
from tho years 1002 to 1008 inclusive,
tho following appropriations by tho
government wero made to sustain
national parks:
Yolldwatoiia park ...... ,$1,171,810
Yosemito park 119,150
Mt. Rainier purl; ,...,.,. 103,000
While to Cnitor Lako park has been
given tho sum of $23, 315; just about
enqugh to pay tho salary of tho su
perintendent in charge.
Wo have been informed that no
larger appropriation can bo expected
for tho improvement of Crater Lako
park until tho peoplo of Oregon havo
mado it accessible by a good and suf
ficient wagon road. This yo havo
done and we do not feel that it is jus
tice to the general publiu of Jackson
and Klamath counties for tho gov
ernment to oxnot any tax whatever
as a privilege- of seeing this great
natural wonder. Wo cannot help but
feel that tho aot of Sooretary Imlliu
gor in placing this tax upon oiir ef
forts whs ill-advised and wo thoro
foro most respeotfully ask that you
tako this matter into consideration
and grant us tho relief prayed for,
by an order removing taxes for tho
privilege of visiting Crator Lake, and
your petitioners will over moBt hum
bly pray, oto.
KXKOUTIVB HOARD OF THE
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
RICHMOND, Va., July 24. "Tell
Harry that rather than seo him con
victed I will confess that I killed his
wife myself" was the message Beulah
Iilnford sent from her cell hero to
day to Henry Clay Beattie, junior,
accused of having murdered his
young wife in order that he might
resume relations with tho Binford
girl.
"I do not care what they do to
me," Misa Binford continued. "Life
Is not worth living now. I guess I
am just as well right hero since
Harry rnuBt stay In Jail. Ho sent me
a message last night asking mf-not
to forcet him. I could not if I
wanted to."
Tho Blaford girl, who Is held as a
material witness against Beattie, is
near collapse. Beattie, tho alleged
slayer, continues cold and Indiffer
ent. "I have nothing to fear," he said
today.
SUE FOR ROAD
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Medford Commercial Club Asks Judg
ment Against M. H. Payne for Cra
ter Lake Highway Subscription
Which He Refuses to Pay.
Tho first of n series of suits to
bo brought by the Medford Commer
cial club through Colvig & Reames,
against delinquent subscribers to the
Crater Lako highway fund was filed
Saturday in tho circuit court at Jack
sonville, against M. 11. Payne, who
lives on Hoguo river a few miles bo
low Pumice hill, who subscribed $200
toward building the highway ami then
refused to pay a cent. Only a fow
of tho subscribers have refused to
pay, tho majority keeping their
pledges. Suits will bo instituted
against all these delinquents, us the
ciub raised the money to complete
this section of highway by depositing
those subscriptions with the banks,
tho latter, with Colonel Ray, advanc
ing tho needed coin.
The complaint reads in part as fol
lows: 'That tho plaintiff in tho month
of March, 1910, was contemplating
and proceeding to build unu eonstruut
u highway or road from Medford, Or.,
to Crator lako in Klamath county of
said state, which said highway was
intended to bo for uso of tho general
public when traveling to and from
said points by wagons, automobiles
or otherwise; and tho building and
completion of snid highway was
deemed a'd considered by tho plain
tiff, and all porsona who subscribed
or aided in tho construction thoroof,
to bo of material benefit to tho gen
eral public of said Jackson county
Or., and particularly to tho citzens of
Medford therein.
"That tho abovo namod dofondnnt
is a resident of Medford, Or,, and ho
and mnny others requested the plain
tiff to undertake and comploto tho
building of said highway from Mod-
(Continued from Pago Six.)
WICKERSHAM
SAYS CHARGES
ASH OS
Lie Is Passed by Attorney General of
United States Who Accuses Alaska
Delegate to Congress of Testifying
Falsely Before Committee.
ACCUSED OF SHIELDING
PERJURERS FROM JUSTICE
Temporary Adjournment Forced by
Disorder of Principals Little
Progress In Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, July 24. A heat
ed clash between Attorney General
George W. Wickersham and Delegate
James Wickersham of Alaska today
forced a temporary adjournment of
the judiciary committee. While tho
attorney general was testifying tho
Alaska delegate said:
"I can confirm iriy charges."
'Well, confirm them; make good,"
snapped tho cabinet officer.
"I will," was the Alaskan's reply.
"I say your testimony and charges
are falsehoods," blazed the, attorney
general and the committee adjourned
to still the rising tumult.
Complete-denial, of the charges of
PsJjHPte Jame'5 Wickersham of Alas
ka -that bis department had refused
to investigate the alleged "grab" of
Controller bay by Morgan and Gug
genheim interests was made today be
.fore, the houso judiciary comnjjttco.
by "Attorney fjenerul Wicke'reham,
The attorney general read a letter
from the Alaska delegate which
charged that the department of jus
tice had "shielded perjurers from jus
tice and permitted grossly incompe
tent officials to continue in office
under the protection of the depart
ment, while competent nnd fearless
officials were short-lived and always
died officially as soon as they ran up
against tho 'interests.' "
Wickersham flatly denied that tho
bids for coal in Alaska requested
by the war department wo.ro not com
petitive. EIGHT INCHES OR RAIN
FALLS IN NEBRASKA
LINCOLN. Neb., July 24. Beat
rice a town 40 miles south of here,
Is Isolated today by floods resulting
from washouts la tho Bluo River
Valley. More than eight inches of
rain fell there within a few hours
and tho Blue River today Is moro
than tvo miles wtdo at some points.
Tho damago to crops Is estimated at
$1,000,000.
HINES WANTED
- TAFTJ KNOW
Chicago Lumberman Took Means to
Have Lorimer Know Who Elected
Him to Senate Buutell's Letter Is
Read.
WASHINGTON, D. C July 24.
Edward Illnes, tho Chicago million-
alro lumber man who claims credit
for tho olectlon ot Senator Lorimer
ami who Is accused ot having com
passed tho feat by collecting a $100,-
000 "slush fund" was again uoforo
tho ueimto Investigating commtttoo
today.
Going ovor tho tight to elect a suc
cessor to Souator Hopkins, Hlnes said
that two or threo woeks before tho
olectlon ho saw Congressman Bou-
tell, who agroed to lnduco Lorlmor
to run. Boutell also volunteered to
sou Prosldeut Tuft on tho subject
and did so.
Illnes produced on unsigned letter
In Boutoll's writing which had been
ouclosod with a algnod lottor from
Boutol to Hlnes. The unsigned let-
tor road. ,
"I would llko to have Lorimer
know who was the only man to go to
tho presldout In his behalf ami bring
away 'the goods.' " ,
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