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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Probable rain. Mat., IHj
Mill., 110; ltd. Hum., HI) I'd.
llly-Hlxtli Ycixr,
Korty-Klml Ttmr,
MKDFORD, OKKCJON, WKUXKHIMY, JANUARY 17, 1912.
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No. 256.
OREGON RETAILERS WELCOMED TO CITY
PROSPECTS BRIGHT FORCENTRAL FRUIT SELLING AGENCY
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GREAT GAIN TO
FRUIT MEN IS
SEEN IN MOVE
Klrliy S. Miller, Manager Rogue
nivrr Fruit anil Proiluco Associa
tion, Dack With Word That Other
Districts Arc lnvosllatlii Matter.
FOUR GnEAT DISTRICTS
TO FORM CENTRAL AGENCY
In This Way the Great Crop of Fruit
Produced Each Year In Northwest
Can On Sold to Best Eml.
OroUy Hrnu raged by th ontliii
hImih with which IIih phut of tint
Itogtta Itlvor I'nill & Prmltieo aimo
elfcUou to lmv tliu Hood Itlvor, Wo
natelmo, YaklMm and Ituguo lllvr
(rult HWMHllafllUIH COtlllllUO III on
KrMt KetllHK ancney by purahuMng
tlm ooiitrolllHg stock In tin Norih
4iHlrii lrult. Hxalmiigo. and ttinw
(t)irn (Ii0 HltVNHltlRtl Of tlllN IKIlHril
irMrHl caiiiitrtluni!, huvo limm ru
elrtl, ICIrlijr H. Mlllor, iiinuciKur of
tlm luttt nmxH'lHtloti, roturnod thin
morning from it two wj)ih vbdt at
lltKut Itlvor, Wountchiw and Yaklinn.
Ttaw HUMHtllltlOIIH III tluwo )0ltH.
litt( Mr. Miliar, urn iiiurh lutorontod
li lh propound plan ami nro now
lood Rlyr
ufr and
?'fTr w'ltwi thuy innkft 11 rofMiit V
I'uiuitrhco
nml
Yakima wilt Kit buy.
In l.iinil Moil.
Tin lituii of ifiiiililnluK tlm mwoeln
tlorm of tlitw four grwtl dlrttrlctn In
(h uorthwtMl ratiio from tliu lual
HMwlHilmi which wiit Mr. Mlllor to
lliw olhsr district to iIIwiiihi tlm mat
tr. It I btdlnvott that tho formation
of nmcli a nulling Hftury Ik (mhhIIiIm
nhI will Imi of liicHlculaliln benefit
to lk Indiuitry. Tliu ld grow out
of it feeling that If tho four lUrttrlnU
could gl tnglliir tlm unrthwottt
would uftcap tho ehuotlo dlmiHtnr
' wlilali ovorluok Cm llfnrtilii ami othor
MoutldiiM. nml won lil moan no ail
vmiiwj of five yearn In iiiHikotliig
fruit. 'I'll In kiihhhii tlm northwest
will iiiaikut 2S.0O0 oar of tipple,
16,000 or which, at Uwal. will ho
produced hy thwo fouF district.
Tlm plnu nit It HtauiU now, accord
lug to Mr. MJIlMr, In to mergo tho
nulling ilspurtmoutH , of tlm llooil
lllvor, Hokum Itlvor, YaMnin ami
Wouiitrhoo milium Into 0110 mmtcnl
ugouey, whloli will direct tlio innrkot
Iuk of tlio fruit of tlm four big
uuloim In thin and coiulnx ymirn. It
Ik piojiomd to tnko ovnr tlio IiuhIiioih
of (ho N'orthwoHtoru Krnlt oxcIiiiiiku,
whlnli lia Uh luwuliiiiartorn at l'ort
laml.' Tlio o.xiilmiiKo, In (ho paat two
yoNiH, htiH ptirfoctod Uh hoIHuk hh
(did iindl It now Iuih 1111 out lot In nil
tho iiiiirl(U, lai'iio mill hiiiiiII, In tho
Unltoil HtntHd and iiIho kooiI uoh
puotM for doing hiulucflH In foroJKii
(uiiiiitrloH. Hindi 11 Hytituiu would ho
Inviiliinhlo to .tho four lnio unions,
iih II would not only kIvo tlmm an
iiddltloual outlnt; hut hy tho puroluiHo
of tho IiuhIiiukh of tliu oxoliniiKo, thuy
would tliim louiovo 11 hIioiik coiupo
tltlou from tho Mold,
Mi'iiiih Advanlano,
Thu unrryltiK out of thoHo plaim
muaiiH 11 coopurntlou of tho hhhooIu
tloit anil tlio Hollliut form, rnthor
(linn (ho huIIIiik forco and tho cnu
Hiiiuor. At (ho prcHont tlmo hut 10
poi; mint of tho nrlno paid liy tho
iiouiuiuor In rmuilvod hy tho Rrowor.
Tho roumlndur i;ouu lai'KOly to tlm
nnlddlnniiui; and for traiiRportutlou.
Ah tho nuBoolutlon hoIIh In cnrlondii It
cannot rough tho onuHiiuior dlruct hut
It miu ojiuilnato tho nilddloman to n
grout (Ioki'oo and Hull dlruct to tho
wlmloHiilor.
Tho dlHtillnitlvo Hyatom hi cniupro
IioiihIvo, roiKihluK tho outlio country,
and tho pundiitHo of tho NorthwcHt
Krult nxchaiiKO moans tho tiilclut;
over of nioro tlmn 100 lirauch ukuii
oloH, and would kIvo coopo ntlon
with Htiuh oi'KiuilziitloiiH nli tho Flor
ida OltniH union, tho Anuulcan
Ortmliurry oxchunBo, tlio (Iooi'kIh
ECONOMY AND
C N CT S
ORGEHBYTAfT
President Sends Message to Conness
as Result of the Invalidation Car
ried on hy a Commission Appointed
One Year Ao. '
SEVERAL CHANGES IN
ADMINISTRATION SOUGHT
Would Wipe Out Revenue Cutter
Service and Group Llohthousc and
Life Saving Services Toother.
WASIIINdTOK, I). ('., Jan.
K
(Irt'Mlor wrrioiwioy hiiiI umrn ''
noitiii'Ml ini'thoilii in Ihn mlminiMr.i
tifl of lllO ItllHtlltMM Of till) UHCll'
intiit wait urxml lodny hy VroHidint
Tn It til 11 ni(t'il immiHK(i to mm
xrtwd.
KiihIiIi'iI fo iuvilixiilo pulilio Im-i-ikim
liy mii uppniprialion of $111(1,(101)
tiiHilij .limo UA, 1 (J 10. tin irMiilint np
IHiintml h (Miintiiiiuilou of ihmiiioiiiv ami
offwiMHov and iih h nwull of llicir
worlc n uitMMiiKc win iiiliiiiitlml.
Tin ('iinmitHHion, Hit priiilunl Any,
lint mitcrml upon llio pmpnrHliim i.f
lliri'M Hopnrnlo lalmlationn. The flit
IohIh with tho iinumor in which t lit
MorvicoM of th Kovt'rtiiumit mIiuiiM ho
jfriti)il iti ilnirtnimil, ,lli-wc-limlitHd
tlrtnl unriiw of niMrt tltml
wllh tlio HotiviliiM nf particular mrv
it'iH nuil tlio form of orKiuimitioit for
llio Mrfiiiniim'0 of partii!iilnr lm-i-im'hh
oDonitioiifi.
AnmiiK tin ri'ooiiiiiiomlntioiiH of tlm
roiuntiMHiiMi jM t lift t (lit 10 venue ruU
rlur forviiM', which mmt llio jfovoni
uioiit W,.'ill().0(ll enoh yenr, ho nlm.
JhIiciI Mild itx work performed liy oth
er HurviooM. The ooiiiuiinMinti cn(i
iiiHltN that thirt would mtvo $1,000,0(111
HMiiiiHlly. Tho coinuiiMiion iiImi iiiih
llml the lilitlmut nml lifo nm iuk
Mnn-icuM ho iiiliuiuiMtorm! liy a muhIi
linroau iiilmid of, uh nl nrociit, h.v
Iho Imi'ciiiu loimtcil in ilifforout ile-i-arlimmtK.
Till wonlil hiiv .flOO,
0011 a ally.
Another ulmlilion recommended Is
(hat of Iho return oTfico of llio de
partment of Iho interior. II wo 11U0
niinlei mil flint wlioron llio miiiual
triiiiNpoilution imimI lo Iho uovornniout
I iiImmiI .1'..(I0(),000, Iho country wl
no cmiHidoriilioit from (ho pulilio ear
rlor. Tlio pit'niiloiil mh-ooalo moro
liiiKinoHhliho uii'llmil in itrrnnniiiif for
ami poyiiiK for thoo Korvioo.
In elimliitf hU inohMiKO, which deals
with it multitude of governmental
liUMincK iiiultcrN, (ho president do-
oln iv that llio cot of tlio offioiency
I'ointiiiMMiiiii'rt orvicoK duriiiK (ho
priwlnul fUciil your i nl llio ralo of
$i:iO,000. Ilo nk thai cmiKrc'
iippropiiiiimu tor llio work ho in
creaxed lo $J00,0tl() ami that an ad
ditional .frill. 000 hhoulil ho provided
for tho puhlicatiou of tlio ioniiIIh of
tho oftuiiuixMnii'ri work.
NOMINAL CHANGE IN
NEW YORK MARKET
N'KW YOHIC, Jan. 17.- TodayV
look inaiiol opoucd with uoininnl
chniiKOH. TrndiiiK wan lif;lit with tlio
oxoopllou of Canndiun Pnoiflo,. which
lout a point. I,ohi,'li Valloy ro.so' tj
a point. 1, atcr scclling forced ITuion
I'doillit down a point ami IJiiilml
SIiiIch Slool, Anicricnn SimilliiiK and
Hill HlookH worn douiilcilly heavy.
TolcKiaph nml tolcphouo Ihsuch wore
in K"ml ilciuaud, hut tlm fetandard
lonlH wcro dull nml laokml yostor-
lav'u linn uudoVlono. ' 1
Tho innrkot olouod utuiuly.
Uontlri avoiv linn,
Krult oxchaiiKo, Iho Carolina Fruit
oxohaiiKO, tho Virginia Krult ox
rluiUKO and a dozon othor audi nBHn
olatloua, and allow tho uho of tho
forco for nn nil tho year aorvlco,
Mr. Mtllor will roturit to Ilnnd
Hlvor uoxt wook to nddrcsa tho
Htooltholdora of tho Hood Itlvor hbso
elation. In tho inonntlino ho will
lako up tho inattov with tho nionihorfl
of tho local nusovlntloii.
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MONS. CLAUSE " H&r&. H 0lfV
IHrel mt 5-Tjlfei l
nrk& iWw i liruGMtXAafiS . JmI R V vV "
"T BOAS JOSEPHR5&J)W ' ''
KEY TO ROUTES-i- GRACE, v.,55
5?AU Jb SVE-fi PACKeT COMPANY CPRO&ABUE
MBORG. AMERICAN LINE C PROBABLE ROOTe)
AMERICAN -HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
r.V.SrSU.uu',ii:r,l:Mt-H eflM5HIP COMPANY
NEW YOf?K AKIO 50UT4 AMERICAN UNE.
SOUTH AMERICAN STEAoASHlP COMPANY
W.R GRACE AMD GOMPAUY
Failure of tin.' Kovcrjuncnt authorities ut Washinm-i o dutunuiuo what tolls, if any, are to ho charged
for vokm'U umiij; the Pamiina canal is unmsin sluppi'ig moil and cxportors in Ihis and olhcr ports to
ilciuaiiit that there bo a prompt M'ttlement nf the mutter. ,
emigre i now wrctlinu with the prohloui of lll-( hut il iniiy not ho settled at this sesbion. Thoro
i h lUioided olm-li on tho Mibjeet of whutlior Aiuoricau vohuIs should pay or not. How much toll foreign
or doniohlio voolt iuut pay dopond on (ho roMilt of (lie il'ht in congress.
Plaint for t)ii huildiiiK of voHsel mid for tho e.xleiiMon of trade, involving the expenditure of millions
of dollar hy American Iiiimiiosr tuou, are held up pending notion in Washington. Foreign shipping interests,
mixioiiK jo inako iie of (ho ennui, are atoumled hy Hie delay, which they declare is sure (o mar tho opening
if not injure for yeaiv 0110 of Iho iiiot sludeudous onjjitu'ering works in tho history of the world. Emil L.
Hoas of (lie Hainhurg-Americnii line, Moim. I'ahiinir-lVrtor, Josuph P. Oraeo and other big steamship men
anxioiiHlv await immediate action. i '
CUBANS OBJECT
TO INTERVENTION
Fear Lnmllnfl of American Troops
Aualn Will Mean End of Freedom
Nunoz Says Thoy Will Flpjit
Americans as They Did Spaniards.
HAVANA, Jan. 17. Proaldont
Uoinois conforrud today with tho load
ora of tho vutoraus' niovoiuont and
all paitloH of polltloliiim aro to
fraino a roply to tho warning o( tho
United Sdilos. Tho'hollot horo la
gonoral that It Aiuurlcaa troops
ngulu ocoupy tho Island, Culm'a lu-
doiiuudonco will ho gouo,
President Onnio. ojiiicola to roply
that tho ovurninont will ho ahlo to
provont any outhroak.
Kfforta todity aro liolng inttdo to
conclllato Gonoral Nunoz, louder of
tho "votoninB' niovoiuont." Nunoz
announced hofnro tho mooting with
tho Ooiuois partloana that ho would
not consent to un Aiuerlenn ocou-
mil tolls
TO
FACE TRIAL
Judyo Willis Refuses to Grant Mo
tions to Set Asldo Information
Charfjlnrj Detective With Attempt
ed Brlhcry.
LOS ANClHLKS, Cal., Jan. 17.
Huporlor JudKO Finnic Wlllla today
donlod both motions of attorneys for
tho dufonso to set asldo 'information
charging Hurt II. Franklin, forntor
dotootlvo for the McN'amara dofonso,
with bribery and attomptod bribery
of Juror Robert F. Bnn nnd Pros
poctli Juror OoorRO N, Lockwood,
In tho McNamara trial..
Judgo Willis sot Tuosday, Fobrtt-
27, as tlio trial datoT
patlon. ,
"If tho Americans InvndQ Oubn,"
ho said, "wo will flgliflhom aa wo
FRANKLIN
did tho Spaniard"
tils huh
Room)
NEW ORLEANS AND
CALXAO LINES
CPROGAeLE ROVTE,
WEST TO PROTECT
PRIS0NP0LICY
Unofficially Announced That Gov
ernor Will Leave Giving of News
Rcgartllnn Prisoners' to Discretion
of Prison Officials in the Future.
SALEM, Ore, Jnn. 17. Tho un
official nnnouncoiuout of Governor
West that heronftor ho vould luavo
It to tho dtscrotlon of prison officials
as to whethor nows rogardlUB tho
oscnpo of convicts should bo made
public Is beltovcd to Indicate that
West la dotormlnoil to protoct hU
prison policy from bitter attacks
which havo boon launched against It
by a number of Grogon nowspnpors.
Undor West's policy a largo num
bor'of folona havo been paroled from
tho stato poaitoiitlary, and ha has
olthor conitnutqd sontonco or re
prieved ovory murdoror sentoncod to
COUNTY TAX
EEVY WILL BE
1 1 QR 1 2 IVtiLLS
County Court Is This Afternoon
Considering Levy But Has Not Yet
Fixed the Amount for Roads or
General Fund.
STATE LEVY IS FIXED
AT 2.8 MILLS BY COURT
Road Tax Will Probably Be Five
Mills General Tax to Be
About Two Mills.
The county court Is this afternoon
fixing tho 1912 tax Icry for tho coun
ty and state. It will bo between 11
and 12 mills.
At a lato hour this afternoon tbo
county court had not decided upon
the exact amount needed for tho road
and general funds. Tho tax levy
fixed as follews:
State ' 2.8 mills
School 1.6 mills
High schools .3 mill
Armory and fair 4 mill
If tho road tax levy Is fixed at 5
mills and tho general fund at 2 mills
as expected tho total tax levy will
be 12.1 mills. This with tho 9.5
mill tax levied by tho city and the
TJ mills levied by 'the school board
will make a total of 29.6 mills on
property In Medford. It may be that
tho road lory will be fixed at 4 mills,
which will make tho total levy for
county and stato only 11.1.
Among the special items covered
by the Jcvy is .7000 for an Ashland
armory, $2000 for n county fair,
$2500 for experiment farm and $4000
for the county juil.
Tho school levy is mnde to cover
f8J3 for every pupil, as demnnded
by the new state law. Petitions had
been received to increase this to ?10
per pupil.
All road work was ordered stopped,
pending decision by supremo court
upon tho roud bonds, and tho county
road masters office ordered closed.
This means that Koadmaster Har
mon's services will be dispensed with
for tho time being, at any rote. No
rond work will bo done until spring
opens.
ATTORNEYS HURL CHARGES
TO AND FRO IN WILDE CASE
PORTLAND. Jan. 17. An excel-
lent opH)rtunity, which was not
passed up, for attorneys in the Wilde
ease to hurl recriminations ut each
other was offered during tho fore
noon session when Venireman Martin
Snttlc, a paiuter, stilted that he had
been approached and sounded con
cerning his views of the oaso.
Sadler's statement was mado just
at tho olose of his examination. In
stantly lawyors for tho prosecution
mid dotense were on their feet chnrg
ing their opponents wilh jury tam
pering. CANT HOLD HANDS IN
PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PORTLAND. Jan. 17. Holdinc-
hands whilo attending public school
in l'ortlniid wus forbidden hy tho
school board in a formal auuounuo
nient today.
Fear of tho diseaso microbe, In
st end of tho kissing bee, aotunted the
order.
Unknown Steamer Sinks.
ADKItDBKN, Scotlaud, Jan. 17.
A largo steamer sank off Potor hoad
today with all hands, after foundor
Ing. Llfo savors sighted tho vessel
In distress, but all attempts to roach
her woro provontod by tho hoavy seas.
Tho namo of tho vossol haa not boon
learned.
hang slnco his term of offlco began.
As a rosult West has boou severe
ly criticized as a "weakling" lu aonio
quartors and pralsod aB a "humano
governor" In others,
OREGON RETAIL
MERCHANTS IN
SESSION HEI
Large Number of Delegates on Hand
for the Sixth Annual Convention
Two-day Session Replete With
Matters of Interest.
COMMITTEE GREETED
DELEGATES AT GRANTS PASS
Convention Will Come to an End
Thursday Evening With a Ban
quet at the Medford.
The sixth annual convention of tho
Oregon Hctall Merchants association
Is In session today at tho Nataorlura,
tho greater number of tho delegates
having arrived In tho city this morn
ing. Tho morning session of the
convention was devoted for tho great
er part to addresses of welconio and
preliminary business. This afternoon,
tho merchants will tako up tbo real
work of the session.
Tho Medford Merchants' associa
tion had every plan' for tho conven
tion arranged for tbo reception, aed
entertaining of the delegates. A large
committee ot local business mea vis
ited Grants Pass this morning and
there welcomed tho delegates trav
eling south on train -15. Or "arrival
in this city tho party was conducted
to tho convention hal! at tho Natatc
rlum. and also to tholr apartments
In tho hotels of tho city.
Several banners of welconio wore
displayed In tho city, and all of tho
cluster light polos wcro decorated In
honor of tho advent. ot tho conven
tion. Representatives from ovory town
ot slzo in tho stato aro on band for
tho convention.
Tho convention will gathor In ses
sion this evening, Thursday morning
and Thursday afternoon. Tomorrow
evening a hugo banquet will bo given
at tho Medford.
A number of features havo been
arranged for tho entertaining of tho
delegates, a principal featuro being
automobile drives throughout tho
city and valley to all points of In
terest.. Tho convention was called to order
this morning by Pres'dent Garnett.
prciddont of tho Medford Merchants'
association. This was followed by an
invocation by Rov. Shields, after
which Mayor Canon mado an address
of welcome, as did Prcsldonot Colvlg
of tho commercial club. Mayor
Canon's address was responded to by
J. C. Mann of Portland, whllo Presi
dent Colvlg was answered by J. L.
Stockton of Salem.
Tho report of Secretary C- D.
Morrlck showod that tho organiza
tion was, at this tlmo In a moro flour
ishing condition than It had boon at
any tlmo slnco It was organized six
years ago, during all of which tlmo
Mr. Morrlck has boon soerotary. Ilia
roport showed thoro was $1031 in
tho treasury at this tlmo and a pros
pect that this amount would bo In
creased to ovor $1000 lu tho near
future
President Bell appointed tho fol
lowing cemmittees:
On credentials, W. M, Groeu, Eu
gono; Geo, Hockouyos, Portland; M.
TUIory, Corvallls.
Order of business Thco. Roth,
Salem; B. Iluukl, Astoria; E. N.
Warner, Medford.
Auditing G. A. Scott, Dallas; O I.
Clrclo, Eugene, Mr. Prouty, Albany.
Resolutions Max O. Rurln, fia
lom; John Collier, La Orando; J. C,
Mann, Portland; F. R, Wotherboo,
Eugene; W. F. Isaacs,. Medford; Geo.
Johnson, Corvallls; A. G. Dlnckerhoff,
Carlton.
Following Is a list of tho namoH of
those in attendance from out of
tewn:
J. C. Maun, Dan Kellahor, George
HockenyoB, Rny ChlHholm, W. F
Groer, II, W. MathlBon, A. L. Oraff,
F. h. Sluill, O. B. Morrlck, Loo R,
vVQittlnucq on Pave 6.)
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