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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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JVLIiJDFORD, OKEOON, SATURDAY, JANUARY J8, J91.
NO. 256.
OHIO RIVER SWEEPS CITIES TOWARD SEA
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FLOOD MOB
DELUGE TOWNS
IN Tl STATES
Many Towns Aliamloncil to Flood
Urijcnt Calls for Relief From a
Dozen Places Crest of Flood
nmrlms Evnnsvlllr.
Fatiilltlrs Cntisrd liy Last Nluht's
Hliih Wind-ncllrf Sent (o Strick
en Plarrs.
r.VANSVII.I.H. Iml.. Jnn. 18.
limine llnnllng down lli Ohio incr,
linttipnv, Iml., llli Miinlnlntn of
Jllll nhuudoiii'd nnil pinlmhlv HVM'pt
awny; MmiIImiiimIIc, WVIihIit ami
Tnuipkiti, nil mi the Jintiifk side,
hIimihIimii'iI, nml urgent cull fur ie
IW fnim n imii iu'lghbnnng lnuii",
inn In- up llii HiiiiiI -lllliiliiili here In
tiny.
Tim! Ilu iti! rctiehi'd wns in
ilifMli'd liv Hid Hxer tnge, sltilinunrv
imiw !JI himi nt 4ll.fi fed. Tin' dan
ger w ill iml In' ntir for scleral iIh.,
Ull'M'r, H till' rffcOl llf (lllllllht l
week' Nli'iily ruin will kir-p I ho wn
lir liUlh fur some limn.
Wind CuiiM-N Fiitiillllrs
I'ntnllllc wi'ir certainty euud liv
hut night' high wind, Miiil ctper
ii'iH'ctl iir iinui tdn, Iml owing lu
tin- iiIuhmicc nf uriliiinr.s menu of
eminuiiii'ntloii no ouiillriiinlliMi of
llli' fi'lirn could In' obtained. Wires
wore iluwit in I In- M'iniiU iliiuiugnl
illalrinlM.il ml tint iniiu hclKdiik-s ern
liliiuiiloiii'iir
Kit linn floated down the river,
upMHnlly from Kutcrprise, which Ik
licllovi'il In Inn it ln'i'ii wi'd mil liv
tlin high wind nnil flooil. Tho inhtih
Hunt Inn i' Hid In houses in lln IiiIIm.
CI ill's I'lKO I'iuiiImc
0t'iilioro unit lliikidt, Ky, he
Mdi xotiuiil miiiiII iIIhkm hi Illinois
Iihii nmdn frantic attempts In get
fiiinl nml provision. KviiiisviIIc'h
iclii'f arrangements nri' strained In
llm iiliuoMt nml hlnln iitfii'inU nrc mi
Iliu ground today In offer niil. In
llm euieiguntiy, bakeries nml urm-i'M
mo giving In the limit of their re.
Miiucix, mi llit city's prouiUcs !o puv
Inter.
Twenty flood victims nro housed in
n Imsi' house. Then' mo n score of
cuts, rescued liy Mayor llcilmun him-
M.f.
KNUTE NELSON
HELPS
TO
WASHINGTON, Jun. 18. Koulko
K. llmuilt. Mortimer HchlfCa vulot,
piiriloni'il yostonlay hy (lovomor Bui-vn-r
of Now York, I on routo today
to MlnnpHotu, thcro to bunln anow.
Hramlt U traveling on n tlckut
which Knuto Nvlsmi pnrelmncd for
him. Tlin nonator ruached WuhIiIiik
lon curly today, "Mo Is koIiik nut to
MluncHota to turn nvor u now leaf
nml work out IiIh own salvatton,"
nu Id Nelson. "My luiait wont out to
him, uol no much Iiih-iuiko ho wan n
Hwuilo, nu lioratisa ho wna ft sonil
hoy, llo wan linnilHomoly troated In
iiiIhou. uuHlHtlim In tho offlro much
of tlui tliun and ho ovlduutly appro'
cluU'.i tlovornnr HuUor'H clotuoucy.
LLOYD GEORGE WINS;
DOCTORS 10 SERVE
LONDON. Jan. 18.- A big victory
for Cliuncidlor of tho Kxolioquor Dav
id Lloyd (loorco wan ncoiuil liuro to
day whon tho llrlllMh Modlnil uhhocIii
Hon, hy a voto of 110 to an, do
I'ldod to rolomio HiIHhIi ph)nlcluiiH
from pludKOH not to hoivo mulor tho
National liiHiiranco Act. Tho net
provldoo u nioiiotaiy ullowanco and
noillctil attontlnn to worldnit ncoido
BRANDT
BEGIN LIFE ANEW
Uiiiluu ulckitcus. I
MANY
FEATURES
WAvi i
fin",
Wlirn ltobcrt M. Williams,
ClfesX n HUWAKU H.LtA. FKtil UhNT. FRANK .SPE LMAW.Uff PRE5 DMTJ-NPlMKfe-r
rymr v ' ' ' ' ' . . -, - - - , WKMMa .
i - -""'"iiiwii. r mrw i "bi'.ifu r? -5
- 'r riiN r-timt. i u rxi . hlh vr rw i b i i i
next AtifUt u KTvat nKrlcultural fair and lire itoclc liuw, with a Grand Circuit trotting snectlnjc' one ol lu featarc. many conicrratlre bonemeu Uioastit that the newj vra alot too geA to
m I nut. Huclt an rotrrprUc baa Ut-u tulki-d about and vrlabed for from tltue Immemorial to toeal horsemen, but until Mr. WIUUebj and bla frleeds arrived there It 'bad Berer fot byo4 the
wl,lilnic tujio. Under thtlr eilmrlctucd tuanascwent tba big undertaking U faat approacblne tta ataxo ot re)butUos and all alga point to the xucceesful carrying out of their coaeadbie ftv
grumibj. '""'
Thcr him txn much speculation aa to wrhrre the proposed fair and trotting meeting would be beld. From a source which may be deemed reliable It baa beea learned that an optloa
liai brrn oliUiliitnl fnim Jainvo Itutlrr for aloug li-ttie of the Kmplre truck, at Youker. which will uudoubtvdly bo ued If aaUafactory traniportatJoa facllitJei can be arranged.
riaint hao trtt'ti Urnn by J. 1 It. Carpenter, a vi-ll kuotvn Xcw York architect, for (everal large bulldlnpt and pavilion to tit the available space at the Empire track. Mr. Oarpeater
has nlo mmlo new plaim for laying out the ground, and I ho drawing on this page ahoua the general scheme and effect.
The officer of the (ireoter New York Kalr and Kxpotltlon Company, Mhleh 1 the coriiorate name of the organization, are nil experienced men In their special line of work. IToward
V l.ra, the pmldvnt, I n well known lawjrrof Kntixn City, Mo. Irank 1'. Hpollinan. of New York, the lco president and director of auiuiemeut. ha bandKil the spectacular features of some
of tln Inrgi'Mt Xinlu fulm In thoroiiutry. Itohrrl M. Wllllnmi, the crnrrnl mnnscer, hnlti from Columbia, 'JViin., and Is widely known b oueof the most successful fair managers lu the Sooth. lie
on luuuagud the Aluliuiua Slats Fair, at Ulrmlughum, tliu Trl State Fair, at .Memphl. Touu., aud other similar exhibitions.
SH P TRUST PLANS
BilKE MONOPOLY
E
WASIUNOTON, .inn. 18. ClmrR.
inu' (Iml tho "Shipping IiiinI" h plan-
nine to monopoliro 1'nnnmn oaual
trade, Iti'pioM'iilnlni' lliiinphtoy, of
Washington, today inlroiluci'il n hill
to oxcludo fmm uc of llm uatorwny
nil hliipH whit'li mo paitios to foreign
or ilnmoMio i'tiiiliiitf pimlh, or "eon-
fori'lH'OH."
"Tim cviilnii'i' nhi'iiily aihliiccil ut
llm 'hloiimship liiiht in OMtipatlnn
him ili'mniiMiutuil llmi n foroijitt I'om
hiuo Ih guilty of oHiiy rhnro imiilo
iiKiiiiiht tlii'iu," Kiiid ltoiMM'iilalic
llninphicy. "Tht-y ih niton liy
(iXtri'ii)i'Ut nml do everytliliiK liuiuun
injjciiuily cun oYIm to htlflo rompe.
I It ion.
"Foretell ottiied linos used tho
I'niled Htnten iih n mere wuv Mnllon
mid nil the pnHHcncr nml fretelit
rati'M to mid from this country nro
tlxed in F.urnpo.
"Hired men supposedly Ameiiean
HhlppiuK liuiuun let, hrokeirt mid
nuTtit do not dure lix on u rato un
til they lutxo eahh'd to F.urnpo nml
nxfcrlnlned tho opinion of the hneiuit
rule fier.s,"
"Conforeneo nml imolint! iiurce
men! mo iieeethiiry to tho life of
foroten eonnneree," nsHeiled lleihert
Harher, piesulent of tho ltaihor
RU'iiuiMiii eonipaity of fow Yoik, he
I'ofo tho Itonso Hhippiiu,' trust com
mittco today,
I ft) explained that ullhnim.h hU
oompuny nperulnl i5hiH under near
ly every J Ins; they received u null
hldy fioiu Frunee.
MINEHif
E
HUDDINO, Cal., Jan. 18.4-Ilurlod
hoiiuuth a thoutinud tout) ut now, Ed
ward Troudwoll, Hon of Jmnoa Trond
' (Coutluuurt ou jiajjo a. J
PANAMA TRAD
SNOW
TO FOLLOW OPENING OF BIG AGRICULTURAL FAIR AND
' V CARPENTER
of TennMif. wuni i.i New York last fall
UNCLE JOE SINGS
TO
WASIUNOTON, Jan. IS.UncIo
Joo Cannon sniiR a "swan hoiir'' In
tho hnuso this afternoon. Ho de
clared ho would never nguln ucok pub
lic office ho paid his respecta to
tho demncratH; ignored tho Dull
Mooso party and eulogUcd long and
triumphantly on tho republican
achievements,
"I nm about to retlro from this
chamber," ho mild slowly. "Hut I
feel no different now from tho way
I fell !.".! )earu bko, when I had a
'leave' for two years fnnn this cham
ber. I feel as well as I ever did,
"I nm koIiik buck to Danville, III.,
to tho people who hno honored mo
by succenhtvo endorsements for bo
many cur. I shall not seek public
office attain. I am Kolns back to
perform my duty ns n single voter
art a citizen of thin great country."
Tho veteran ex-speaker spoko dur
ing n lull lu tho dobuto ou tho army
appropriation bill. Ho pleaded for a
"largo army and navy" and defined
tho Monroe Doctrine far tho demo
cratR whom ho accused ot unreason
ably reducing tho army and nnvy
for tho sake of "tomethlng they cull
economy."
OPERATOR KILLED
BUN OVER KEY
SAN IiKUNAUDINO, Cal., Jun. 18.
Huddled ovor his debit, n llfoloRs
hauihgrlpplug bin key, tho body of
Night Telegraph Operntor Qoorgo
Co,x, n bullet hole through hla head,
wiih found today ut tho Santa Fo sta
tion at Summit, 28 miles northeast of
San Ilornardlno. A shattered win
dow pane Indicated that tho bullet
which ended his lite had been fired
ft oui outside tho BtiiUon,
WAN
N
D
ASSOQA S
be took an office !o the Iletdriberc Itulldloe and anlellr announcnl that he and
POWER
PERMIT
ALLIES TO RENEW
LONDON, Jnn. IS.The ponce en
voys of the Hulknn states today
agreed that the joint nolo of tut
grent powers handed to the itnrto did
not put nny restraint uon the allies
nml they declared that Turkey's re
jection of tho uthico of tho ixnvers
would mean the utter annihilation of
Turkey-in-F.urope.
Tho Halkan delegates said they
eouhl interpret no part of tho nolo
to bo in opposition to tho capture h;
the allies of CoiiHtautiuople, nml they
deolared that the taking of tho Otto
man capital would he tho first thing
undertaken, should (ho war lie re
sumed, At tho same time tho Halkan pleni
potentiaries professed to bo eonti
dent that war would not be resumed,
Thoy said they were remaining in
London heoniibo they expected tho
St. James palace pence negotiations
to he reopened soon.
"I cannot believe that Turkey
would ho so foolish as to reject tho
ndviee of tho powers, nml I am con
fident that the peoeo conference will
ho resumed eaily next week," taid
Dr. Dnnoff, chief of tho Uulgarian
envoys.
Tho voto of the powers, jointly
presented to Tut key by the niubnsu
dors at Constantinople, advised tho
l'oito to submit to tho tcnus offers!
hy tho allies including cession of
Adrianoplo nud tho Aegean islands.
Turkey wns told Hint if she precipi
tated fresh hostilities she would ro
eeivo no financial aid from nny of
tho jvowers, nml would lay herself
liable to assaults on Asiatio Turkey,
which up to now the nllien have not
attacked.
"It Is lo ho hoped that Turkey will
seo tho light" said M. Venixelos, tho
Greek envoy, Greece is quite willing
to leavo the disposition of the Aegean
islands nud nil other questions to tho
powers, confident Mint they will con
sider tho justice of our claims nud
tho desires of our people
WA N BALKANS
R.M.WILLIAMS.GENERAL.
TURKISH FLEET
DRIVEN BACK BY
ATHENS, Jnn. IS. Tho Grcok
fleet ntacked the Turkish squadron
outsldo tho Dardanelles today and a
shnrp engagement, which Is believed
to bnvo resulted In heavy losses for
the Turks, follows.
Tiio Turkish squardon withdrew In
tho faco of the heavy Greek attack
and returned to tho Dardanelles In
great disorder. Tho casualties on
tho Turkish flagship nro believed to
hao been heavy.
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TO GO TO WORK
NKW YOltIC, .Ian. 8. Despite
assertions of the union lenders that
all workers employed in shops or fac
tories affiliated with tho dres mid
wnist innkers association would te
tuni today under the terms agreed
upon by the arbitration committee, it
was evident this nfteruoon Mint the
rani; nud file of the strikers were
unwilling to accept tho tonus offered.
Tho settlement which was supposed
to ho binding upon LTi.OOO shiit mid
waist makers was repudiated by a
majority of tho workors this after
noon. They declared that tho Agree
ment should have been submitted to
the union for n voto and assorted it
would not ho lived up to. Charges of
"being sold out," wero made in many
meetings held this afternoon and n
voto was taken to place tho strike in
tho hands of the I, W. W. lenders.
Another riot this afternoon result
ed in tho arrest of four strikers,
A crowd of nearly 1,000 strikers nU
tucked un automobile driver for
carrying strikebreakers to various
shops uffeatcd hy the walkout and
tor n time serious trouble appeared
to bo threatened. Police reserves
wore enlled out mid tho orowd wud
GREEK
SQUADRON
STRKERS
REFUS
dispersed,
LIVE STOCK SHOW
?&
VMOTt
MAr4AGER.
hU atsoclatcs Darpoieil to ktd then
PUJO TO RETIRE
FROM PUBLIC LIFE
AT TERM'S END
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. Iletirc
inent from congress on Mnrch 4, of
Chairman l'njo of the money trust
committee "becnuso of unsatisfac
tory results" was stated today us
the cause of suspension of the in
vestigation next woek.
Ilefore leaving here for St. Louis,
Samuel Untenuyer, attorney for the
committee, emphatically stated that
strong pressure would bo brought to
hear iqioii tho next house to continue
tho investigation.
"Tho inquiry ,$ merely suspended
not stopped," said L'ntennycr. 'be-
enuse wo deire to present n 'report
to the present congress to try if
possible to secure curly enactment of
legislation deemed necessary."
Ptijo oluuturily leaves public life
March 4 to practice luw. As head
of the present investigation he wish
ed to present some tangible results to
eongre-s before leaving with recom
mendations for reform."
Closing of the present sitting of
the probe net week is forced, l'ujo
explained today, by tho brief space
of timo befote congress adjourns,
l'ujo hopes to have tho new legisla
tion to be recommended, adopted at
tho biwoinl session of congress next.
QUEEN MARY'S HATRED
OF
DRVONPOrtT, Kngland, Jnn. 18.
Queen Mary's dislike for Amorlcuns is
given us tho reason why the naval
training ship Cumberfand with Prluco
Albert aboard, will uot touch at Now
York, or any other Amorlcun port on
tho crutse to tho West Indies. Tho
Cumberland sailed today with the
second son ot King George among tho
cadets on board. Originally It was
plannod for tho ship to stop at Now
York. Tho Itlnorury was changed at
tho lust momout.
STORM TIES UP
in
COAST STATES
High Water, Deep Snows, Slides and
Flood Crlppfe Rallreatb and AH
Trains Many Hews Late Pwt
land Cut Off Fram Werfd.
Foot of Water Pews Over Tempor
ary lear Creek Irldfo CeMer
Weather Halts Flood.
A warm rain Friday night melted
the snow well Into the foothills,
caused Dear creek to submerge tho
temporary brldgo at Main sireet, and
brought high water to Rogue river
and the various creeks of the sec
tion. Threo quarters ot nn Inch of
rain fell during the night. Snows to
the north and south delayed trains
and a severe storm around Portland
left Medford without telegraphic
communication with that city.
A big landslfdo between Keswick
and Copley Is blocking the Southern
Pacific railway, and no trains will
come through until late today. All
paaeeflger trains are being held at
Kenaett on the north and Red Bluff
on the south. There was a heavy
rain storm with high wind last night
throughout the northern part ot
California and all of Oregon and riv
ers are rising rapidly.
All Trains Late
All trains into Medford have been
from fire to ten hours late. , No. M.
due In Medford at 5:i5""FrIday night
arrived at 3 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. Tho Shasta limited going south
pulled through at 8:30 In the room
ing and tho 10:52 due Saturday
morning Is scheduled to arrive at 3
In tho afternoon. From Dunsmulr
to Ashland the trains have been
forced to fight the snow for every
Inch and ten hours was lost by 14
on this distance. The bridge at Oak
land, Ore., Is said to be In a bad way
and long delays were caused betore
the railroad crews could cable and
strengthen the structure.
Tho Central Point wireless station
Saturday morning got Into communi
cation with Portland and learnod
that one foot ot snow had fallen
there. Tho Postal, Western Union,
and Southern Paclflo wires to Port
land wero put out of commission by
tho heavy snow, but tho break Is fast
being repaired.
All Streams Rising
The highest temperature during
the past twenty-four hours was regis
tered during tho hard rain between
S and 9 o'clock Friday night, when
the thermometer went up to 47 do-
(Continued on page 3,)
T
JKFFKHSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 18.
An agreement to "lesson, restrict
and destroy free competition" and
fix prices exists between the packing
companies of tho country, according
to nn opinion filed today with the
supremo court by specini commis
sioner Daniel Dillon.
Tho report was mndo to the court
in tho proceedings instituted by
Governor Major when ho was gover
nor of Missouri lo oust tho Hummond
Packing company find tho St. Louis
Dressed Heof und Provision company
from tho state.
In his report Judge Dillon said that
ho found the iigrecmcnt affecting
this existed between tho Swift & Co.,
mid tho Nutionul Packing company
mid the two companies mimed in tho
ouster suit.
"I do not think," said tho report,
"Mint the ovideneo is sufficiently
specifio in r.gnrd to the volume ot
business the companies control, the
volumo of business dnilo by others to
warrant tho finding that the cowbiti
utio.ii, coutititutos a monopoly.
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