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SECOND
EDITION
Dully HUlli Vrur,
Fatly -Hint Yi-nr
JUEDJ70RD, OINMON, MONDAY, KKHIM'AUV 1, 1012.
No. 284.
SUPREME COURT, BY IMPLICATION, DECLARES THAT
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM IS CONSTITUTIONAL
Tribune
'?
REFUSES TAKE
JURISDICTION
OF TEST SUITS
Verdict Looked Upon as Distinct Vic
tory lor Popular Government In
This State Question Raised hy
Phono Company.
TWO CASES COMBINED
AND TAKEN TO COURT
Frank Klcnan of Portland Raisnl
'Sntiui Question In Injunc
tion Suit.
WASIIINOTON. I'kIi. 1 I'wli
inl Mfflriniilioii ihHt ill" principle "f
the Initiative mid lefcrfiiiliun, k
Ill'tPll ill Olf"ll, i IMIIl-littllHIIial.
vnim hen tdty when lli I'kiIimI
Kuti MupriHnt imhiiI rpfneil l"'
jurMiclluu in ll nil. eoiilo-ting
th validity of llu lnw.
"Tho dadaioH of Uih I'nilud SIhI
Miiprmtto waul, which w uinuiimou.
nffiwl ninny (( wheic diiocl lei:
Ulntltin agitation i" heloro I In people
Cliiof .ItiMico White deliwicil Hi
opinion. IMtid:
'Tht iMiw in xlili'Hl nud govern-
It.PlltHl Mild tlieiefiilO IHtl WltM"
willtin or JitrlfMlIcttlftH mid tlm wrll
of itriitr IhffHfiiii- muM lie, nnd i.
IimIhImim1 fur whiiI f junmlicttou."
Tin ilei'iHioii of tin court leiivc the
Oregon law in fine mill tiiiiriiiiiiiiclrtl
operation tiiilw mtuiH win! rry hi
lum to moirlde it hould In1 inkcn b
oingfwM.
'lit oiiiin imj:
"Whil th niHilniiry i imir
tmit, it in not' no id. It mil hhm
iih to dwid whether it lite public
duly of thu iiiiirl or the priiviinm ol
(HiHfnw l dduiii whim h tn'e
Iihm i'0ifwl In he repulilienti in form.
Tim! Imiir ine Iiii been doloi mined
hy a com! to In Hi)ltiMil in chnr
ili'tvt', it ml lliMirfoii widely committed
hy lh coiiNtitutlnii to tin judgment
nf niiiiui "
Tlin opinion thou iociie. that Iho
adoption f the iuiliMtivi mill icfor
ondiiin in t)nnii won n hIiciiiimiI
liidwiukiiijtf of legilMtlin.
"Illt'OllOllivHlllo OXMII!xillll llf ju
dicial iwivwir" and "riiinoiiK t!Mt rn
lion of IwiHlfttiM Hiithoiily" (iiv
iHiuin ('hint' .ltutioi White iinoh in
dnuyiujc the jnnxilii'tioti of iho conn.
Tim opinion oeiioluilos:
"'I'liai'o in ii iiiixi'oiii'i'ptiou icxultiiiH
from fa II u ro to iliiliiiKiiili la'twocn
lliiiilfpi which urn widoly diftVrtoit
that thu I'oiirtH' li'Kixhitivo duty ix to
ili'lt'iiniim politicitl iiinxtioiiN inolvi'il
in dt'cidinn wliollmr n xintu povtu'ii
inaiit. nipiihlii'an in I'ouiu i'ixtx; uml
whi'lhi'i' jmlii'iiil povvi'r ix cut proxont
on duty wlu'ii it hin'oiniix iiiiix.nry to
(infiiicc anil to npliolil apilii'iililo pro
vixionx of tin I'onxlitntion iix In cncli
iiinl I'vcr.N If'W)' k1 v '"'l of komtii
imuilnl power. Tln xtiitc liovoin
niuiit, h politii-nl I'ntilv in lid i'iim1.
wax ttiillnil In tin Imr of tldx foiirl
lint o lent judii'inlly xoiiic ou'ivUi
of ilk pnwor, hul wax axxaili'il ax to
ilw light to liigixlutu ax a xtnli-."
Tin i-oiililutioniililv of tho Orison
inilialivo and rofori'iidum law, wliiidi
mux pniulii'iilly iitliina'd in piiiu-iph-hy
thu UnltDil tatou hiipionio I'oiut to
day, wiih llrwl rulHi'd in Oruuiiii win'"
' I In'i hIiiIo atliiiiipli'd to ivcowr from
Iho Piudlln Stiiliix Tuh'plioni and 'IVh
Ki'uph I'ompiiiiy $10, MO I iiv on itx
(fiotw (iiuniiik'n iiiulor tin aitlhorily o
Iho iiiilintivii law piiNxod.in MUKI.
Tim tiiluphoiiii Koiupiiuy oppoMod tin
la.v on Iho ki'oiiiuIh tluil tin law wax
iini'onMlilulinniil.
I'Vank Kiniuiiu of I'orlluud raixi'd
Dm hiiiiui iiumt!on in mi iiijiuii'tion
nj,'iiiiiNl tin t'ily of Porihiiid and tin
I wo (MiH0t llnnlly warn cuiiiIiIiumI and
Hiiliiiiillcd lo Iho Ihiilnd Blntim hii
pii'iiio coiirl for final ndjiulhtiillon
luxt fall.
Tin Kit'i'iiiin ni'lhui ulxn iibxoi'IimI
t lint tin nulhoiilv c'onforrt'il on i-Umt
(Contliiuod ou l'uuo Two,)
ABKB 120,000 AMMONY
I
I
ffiripYw?
'J'liw milt Tor illvorcu of .Mr, riorvncn
.MoCiinuliU Thaw iikhIiihI Clmrlurt II
Tluiw, n cousin of Hurry Thnw, wlilcli
unit KtHrtnl three iiiutiths neo In Now
York, will coiiiii up fur Irlnl In tliu Hu
prenir Court us tin uucoiitititfil ru'lloii.
Mr. Tluiw, It Is until, linn put In no uu
nwr to Ills wlfn's chiiruos.
.Mlniony to Uu Hiiiiiinit of f'.'OrrfX. n
)cnr III Ik nski-it hy Mm Tlintv
FAMOUS POCKET
HUNTER IS HERE
Man Who Has Taken Over $1,000,000
From Hills ol Southern Oregon
Visits City Larijcst Find Was
$130,000.
rjV.ft i
Kmim M. l(hotiii tin iiioiit fniuoitx
Micki'l lui'itfi' in lint world, who lui
"(will lux lift among tin hill ol
-oiiIImmii Oit'ipm, takiiiK out ovi!'
?l. 11011,1100 duriiiif IhHt tiuii'. in pock
fix, if in .MkiIIohI ou m xluirt iit.
Mr. Klmleii Intx juxt dixpotfi'd of hit.
riini'h on thu Applt'itnto and i'.pclx
to turn nitiiiu to lux favorilu oU.
Mr ICh'itt'ii i-uim to .liii'kxon ihiiiii
t in IH.'iD ulii'ii ii xiniill hoy, fominK
iiM'tluiiil v i t It lux piui'iitx from lown.
Ilix fin I y lilV wax xpont in tin iiiininu
caiiip of thin ilixtrii'l mid In wax
vol ii vohiiKKlor whoii he fouiiil lux
llrsl Mn'ki't and tii'iuiivd u tuxlo for
xiii-h hoiU which In hax never xiu-(-ceded
in HiihdiiinK. In llio paxt ."()
yenrx ho luix uni'OM'ii'd liuiidrnds of
poi'kotx ruuiing in alui fiom .f'-Ti to
-:I0,II00. lux ni'hi'xl find lioiiiK on
Kiiui'x cifck.
"Tin ix tin Kri'tili'M mininic dlx
t x it t in tin woild," xtnlox Mr. ltholou,
"for.nowhi'ii an i'onililioii xo ideal.
Tin xiiifncf hux nx il hut lioon
xiTHtidii'd and wt uiuxt ko down.
"1 d it I'laiui that a porxon enn
'go down' ou uny proopci'l nud xlriki
it i it'll, lint llu'.v i'ihi folow a pay
uliult) down nud llml lii'hcr ou than
hax yet hi'i'ii uneovered.
"The plneer ttold in llii dixlriet
coiiiex from lediiiix nud il will xome
day he found in xueh rich iuautitiex
that will Mm tie the win Id."
Mr. Itholen hax xeveral iniuiui;
lroportiix now, hut iluriiiK' the pu-t
four yearx he hax heeu rnneliun;,
miikiiiK n home for hix faiuily. He
lias now xohl hix ruueh, iniide hi fain
ily iMiiufoiluhle, and ix planning to
turn hix attention to mining at oui'c.
Ami thoxe who know him hex) hu
that Home day he will stroll into town
again with u fortune wrested from
some mountain htroughohl,
ACTOR, RECENTLY
HERE, PASSES AWAY
SANT FRANCISCO, Cal., 1-Vh, ID.
Alkiux Lawi'i'iieo, one of (ho oldet
ai'toiH on tin Amerieuu Ktage nud u
memher of the (Irmixlark company,
now uppenring horn, ix dead today
followiuif n xhoii illness from iueu
iimuia, Though nearly 70 years of age,
ho played the pari of the iniiiistm' of
police in Iho drainn until Tliurxilay
and wiih thought to he in excellent
lienllli.
Liiwrenco had phiyi'd lending roles
wiih JMury Andei'xou and had nlno
heen with Month nud Huni'tt during
htu long (,'iii'cer,
TAFT SCHEME
ARBITRATION
A DEAD ISSUE
Such Is Belief In Paris Followlnij Re
cent Quarrel With Italy Its Im
ractlcahillty Is Said to Have Been
Shown by France.
NATIONAL HONOR CANNOT
BE LEFT TO ARBITRATION
When France Jumped Italy Enylantl
Nodded Her Head In
Approbation.
, PARIS, Kuli. U.--.lrclilont Tafl'u
nrhuiiio to nrliltrnio fjuiwitloiiH of na
llouitl honor Is believed to lio hh iluuil
h the proverliliil door null. Slowly
tlio eyx of MtutoHumou arc opening.
ho It Is -wild, to tlio fact t lint tin
rercnl ipnrrl with Italy clearly le
inoiiHlrHteil Hh ultr Iniprnrtllilllty.
Kor kIiuiiIiI gcivcnununtH HKree to
nrliltrati hiicIi canon public uiilulon
woulil force of an entirely illffctcnt
fort.
The HnUure of the Krouch uteamcr
Miiuoulm unit tin anet of tlio 20
cHptureil I'rwK'ont liop!lu! nttaclicM
iiv tint liallHiis chuhihI I'rauco to
lilnut with lnillKiiutlon. Tlii Itullnn
cottKiiliitii at MnwollNto wag Rtianluil
liy tin police to prevent uttaclt. When
Italy HugRiHitori taking thu affair to
Tho Hague, n cry or ilorlnlou went
up from France. Neer! "Hut urn
to the French flag the 2'J Turks you
took fiom tin ami wo will arbitrate
tho rust." Prime Minister Polucalro
wild, thu people to a iurii bucking
him up.
"Tin taking of thorn TurkB placed
a Htaln upon tho French flag wipe
out that Htnlii first," tho premier ile
clareil, "anil then wo will talk. It
In a ipuwtloii or national honor," and
"iptoHttons of national honor cannot
be Htthmlltcil to arbitration."
Franco mild theso things to nltly,
with which country nho Itaa long
been ou terms of wuruiotit friend
ship, anil with whofio people she Is
akin by blood ties. Knglnuil, who,
with Franco, signed the Taft arbi
tration treaty, applauded France
unite vigorously and'tho tone of the
KugllRh presx wnu the buiiio an that
In Frnnce: "Questions of national
honor cannot bo arbllrntod."
So politicians and stntosmon hero
aro Btnlllitg itud asking thotnsolvos If
Theodore Uoosevelt Is not right In
Halug there Is no use making treat
ies Just to break them; that Ques
tions of honor aro not debatable.
MEN WIIH PLOI
i i i
Federal Grand Jury of Indianapolis
Returned Indictments Analnst
Tveltmoo and Clancy for Nation
wide Dynamite Plot.
SAN FIJAN'CISCO, Cal., Feb. 10.
Olul' A. Tveitmoe, secretary of the
Cnliforniu State Huilding Trades
council, nnd 10. A. Clancy, foiinerly
nu'inber of the executive hoard of the
tutcrnulional Association of Hridge
nud Structural Iron Workers, wore
amis ted here todny hy United States
deputy murshulH on indictments found
at Indianapolis, charging them with n
complicity in n country-wido dynn
mitiug plot.
The warrants charged hoth Tveit
moo nnd Clancy with Illegally trims
porting dynamite from one state lo
another, ltolh woro immediately vo
leusetl ou honds, Cttluoy furuishitig
f 10,000 and Tveit moo .fSOOO. Jnfet
liindehcrg, uu Alaskan milliuuitire,
and Mrs, Tvcitmoo iptulillcil ou the
honds Tor hoth men.
CHARGE
FRISCO
Banker's Valet, Said to Have Been
X nVBjLw VV ,J J tJBfc M JSl JP jf Uf 9 o&
PITNEYPLACED ON
UPREME BENGH
Officially Announced That Chancel-
lor of the State of New Jersey Will
Be Named Justice of the Supreme
Court.
WASHINGTON Feb. 11). It
officially niiuounred lit the While
House today that Mitlilon l'ituex.
ehuneellor of the Mate of New .Jer
sey and former coiigrayinnn, will In
appointed to the vacancy on the
bench of the Mipremo court of the
Tinted State-.
Pitney wus for two terms n member
of emigres nud i a noted lawyer ami
jurist.
Chancellor l'ltuev bus heen under
consideration by tltu president for
several weeks, lie is 54 yours of age
and lu" boon a pi.icticiug lawyer and
judge Miiee 1SS-.
NEW FLAG OF CHINA
FLIES O'ER CONSULATES
LONDON, Feb. 19.- Tho repub
lican flag of the Chinese republic
was raised over all Chinese legations
lit Kuropo and the old flag, emble
matic of tho Munchu dynasty, being
hauled down.
All Chinese diplomats today have
dlhcnnled their Queues, In accordance
with orders by I'tcsldeut Yuan Sltl
Kill, and hereafter will appear at of
ficial functions In occidental attire.
Noted Trarjcdy Recalled.
HOSTON, Mass. Fob, ID. Forced
to pass the Vlbl y'-s of her life
practically penniless, Mrs. Louisa
Flsk, widow of James Flsk, Jr., part
ner of tho late Jay Gould, illoil In
South Uoston today. Rivalry between
Flsk and Fdward S. Stokes for tho
smiles of Joslo Mansfield led Stokes
to shoot Flsk moie than 10 years
ago.
Ht
4-
ATTENTION, B. P. 0. ELKS
-
All Klks will meet at Klks
hull tomorrow morning
promptly at S. From there
the lodiro will innrilli to tho
Catholic church to attend the
t'lmmiil ill" Mrs. Hoddv. tho "
mother of our brothers, Mar-
tin ,1. noddy and J. 1 Roddy.
Hy order f
C L. UKAM.KS, "
" KxnllcdUuler No. 1U18.
4. .t4. 4--f '""""
JUST1GE TO SET
SENTENCE USE
j District Attorney May Also Move to
Have Other Indictments Against
Brandt for Burglary Quashed hy
the Court.
NKW YOItK. Feb. 19. Justice
Gerard this afternoon expects to set
aside the 30 year prison sontonce
against Koike K. Brandt, rormer
valet to Millionaire Mortimer Schlff,
who Is said to have been "railroaded"
on a burglary clmrge to save the
name of a woman member of tho
Schlff household.
It Is expected that District Attor
ney Whitman will als,o move to have
other Indictments outstanding
against Brandt for burglary and as
sault quashed on tho ground that
the man already has suffered enough
in his five years imprisonment.
No Intlmntlon of the expected ar
rest of Schlff, his attorney, Howard
Cans, or the detective who is said
to have 'framed up" tho caso against
nraudt has yet been given out.
YOUNG WOMAN OF
PORTLAND DISAPPEARS
POUTLAND, Ore., Feb. 19. An
oxhaustlvo search of the Pacific
northwest was started today for Miss
Hlols Harris, 22, who disappeared
from tho homo of hor motlior and
stepfather. Mr. and Mrs. William
Shafcr, at llitlsboro.
Although the young woman has
several thousand dollars In her own
right, she loft with loss than S10.
THOUSANDS SAID TO BE
STARVING IN CHINA
PORTLAND, Oro., Fob. 19. An
appeal to tho people of tho north
west to aid In the relief of COO.OOO
starving families In China was issttod
here today by tho China fiunlno re
llof committee of Now York, which
Is cooperating with tho Red Cross
society.
According to tho circular 3,000,
000 people aro practically destltuto
and south central China on account
of heavy floods which last years de
stroyed crops In GO.OOO uquaro miles
of territory,
"Railroaded"
TROOPS CHARGE
BODY OF WOMEN
, Detachment of Infantry Aided by 200
Police and 15 Cavalry Hurl Them
selves Upon Women Strikers at
Lawrenceville.
LAWRENCE, Mass., Feb. 19.
Without warning and apparently
without cause, u detachment of In
fantry today, aided by 200 police and
15 cavalrymen, charged a body of
100 women, composed of striking
textile workers, who had gathered on
the common here, pleading with
other operatives "not to return to
work nnd scab." Three of tho ivoraoa
plckoters wero arrested on charges
of Intimidation nnd disorderly can
duct. Dispersed by militiamen whenever
men plcketors attempted to approach
strike breakers, leaders of the tex
tile workers hit upon the plan of
using women for this work. The
plan, however, was betrayed to the
police, and when tho women gath
ered on the common tho police and
mtlitlnmon wore In watting. The
charge camo when several of the
women approached a body of men
who wero on tholr way to the mills.
No warning to stop picketing was
given by either the police or militia
men. Instead the police and soldiers
with drawn clubs and bayonets swept
down on tho body of plckoters,
knocking down the women right and
left. Several of tho plcketers were
thrown heavily to tho ground, sus
taining painful bruises, but no cas
ualties woro reported.
No nttompt at retaliation was
mado either by tho women plcketers
or other strikers. Instead the women
filed quietly and separately to their
homos.
OREGON CO-EDS WILL
WORK FOR SUFFRAGE
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EU
GENE, Oro., Feb. 19. With Miss
lllrdlo Wise, or Astoria, ns Its presi
dent, tho co-eds at tho Unlvorslty of
Oregon have Just organized an equal
suffrage association and aro planning
today to plungo Into a "votes for
women" campaign.
A suffragette parado will be hold
horo soon, At present the co-eds
will hold to tho plan to confluo tholr
efforts to converting the mere man
olomont of the unlvorslty to tho
equal sutfrago Idou.
JOHNSON OUT
FOR ROOSEVELT
FOR PRESIDENT
Governor of California Deserts La
Follette's Standard and Declares
fpr Teddy as Leader in Flffht (a
Defeat Taft and Reactionaries.
NAMED AS RUNNING MATE
UPON PROGRESSIVE TICKET
Radical Speech Planned by Strenuous
One for Columbus This Week in
Which He Announces Campaign.
FRESNO, Cal.. Feb. 19. Chester
H. Rowell of Fresno, president of
the La Follette league of California,
today declared for Roosevelt and
called a state meeting of progressives
to be held In San Francisco Febru
ary 28.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Governor
Hiram Johnson of California, appar
ently released from his allegiance to
Senator La Follette as progressive
candidate for the presidency, today
Issued a formal statement declaring
for Theodore Roosevelt ns leader ot
tho fight to beat President Taft.
Johnson recently conferred at
length with Colonel Roosevelt and
other leading progressives, and last
week saw La Follette In Washing
ton, when, it Is believed, tho Wis
consin senator released tho Califor
nia governor from previous promises
of support.
While Jo'hnson refuses to discuss
the matter In any way, It Is strongly
believed that when the progressive
slate Is made up he will be found in
tho position of Roosevelt's running
mato as a candidate for the vice
presidency.
Johnson's statement endorsing
Roosevelt's candidacy is Interpreted
also as an endorsement of tho senti
ments to be expressed by the former
president in his speech on Wednes
day next before the Ohio constitu
tional convention at Columbus.
Johnson extended his stay hero In
order to urge on tho colonel tho ne
cessity of taking an ultra-progres
sive stand In his Columbus addrres,
and as a result of his lnfluenco It Is
believed the speech will be much
more radical than It was originally
Intended by the colonel to be.
LOG UNO DEBRIS
CHOKEDJNTAKE
George Trana Returns From Head
of Water System Stating That
Everything Is in Good Condition
There.
A huge log and debris enst up by
the flood witters of Little Butte creek
was responsible for tlio failure of the
city water supply Saturday. The loj;
lodged in such n position that it
turned the water from tho iittuke to
tho creek again. No duuuigo was
done.
Superintendent Trana of tho wutor
system visited the intuku Sunday mid
states that everything now is in good
shape.
Stocks Change Slightly.
NEW YORK, Fob. 19. Today's
stock market oponed with small and
Irrogulur changes. Tho buying of
United States Steel nnd Amalgamat
ed Copper sent the leaders up frac
tionally for a tlmo, but profit tuklng
again sont It back to tho opening
figures. Oporntots took iidvuiitago of
feoblo rallies to sell but tho general
prices did not ,go much bolow last
weok's figures.
The market closed firm.
Uonds woro steady,