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9mm Hfifftrteaf City Hi Medford Mail Tribune )r! SECOND EDITION WEATHER Mliourr tonight and Thp. tUy, Mm. Ofl, MIh. -Mi. fiulv llihd Year Dully l.'Klilll V-nr, MEDFORD, ORHOON, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 191.'). NO. lfl. ES X A S ON CONVENES FOR COniNGlI Progressive Democracy Irul Willi Old Lenders nns Clone Dentillfiil C:ipltul Sulfrntjettes In Full Con of Repuhllc Wealhrr nt Mm Ji Clmrnp Clark Reelected Speaker of House .Senate Proceedures With out Special Formality WASHINGTON, Apr. 7. -Willi n. groMio driiuicrnoy in full enntinl, tin rank of llio republicans depleted iiml their old louder gone, President WiIwiu'n Mpoi'inl session of thn sixty lliinl cohhumw opened today. llritfhl, miiitddtty weather marked .tin' iipciilHK of tho iintiunnl li'Kinlattiro nml (In rnpilnl nn crowded for hour before Ihe timo of emu rum); Kuffrogcltri 1'iiinilc, One of Hut feuluros was a parade of rt1 1 suffragettes, who, ncpom. pHiilcd liy uu ImiuU, marched lo thn cHpilnl from their downtown head ipmrlpi. They had plenty of jtoliro piidcelttni today. i:rh of thn stif frHrtltM worn n lyio sash nml each curried u flag hImimIiik tho congrcs Hioiinl tlUtrii'l ho represented. In till I'rnllT of till prrtrestloll WAS u IniK' liMuuur demanding Ihnt congress jtriwit equal suffrage. f u arriving nt tlit pnpitnl tlu worn- ru woro giceted ly n committee of cnngroMiiicu Ami senator from llu suffrage stales. Various specchrs were delivered nml afterword Ihe women wcrp escorted to n cpial senate gallery which Imil Itron re served for tlimii. Clerk South Trimble called the Iiomi to order. Chaplain Cniidcn of. fered prnvor. Tiimldo directed the rt'nilijir of llio piiHiidimt' pnii'liimn linn culling llu spwdnl fwuiuii. Then llm toll n called. Thivn Vncnitrlcn lilt. Tlio toll vui answered in the outer of llio ulittott. In tin) long list wrie i7ti douucrntio mill 171 icpuhlieuu mid piogrituhc members, besides llu' delegates mid ennmiissioncrs from Alimkn, Hawaii, I'oilo Rice mid the Philippines. Tint clerk nnnouupctl a (puuum piixiKiit mid Hinted that vacancies cx ixloil iii Unco diftlriotp- llio thirteenth M(iMMidiUNutrt, first South Carolina mid lentil Toxus. lie ninuiiinocd tlu int business o In' till' I'liM'liuii of n np(iitir. In llio Hi'imlo llio piopi'dnro wns it lion t other Kpooinl foiinnlily lliuii tlio ii'iiilniK' of llu) piotldiMit'x proohi. iiiiiliuii. Kli'olioii of offiontH mid Hwniiiiiijj in of nitw iiioinhorH Iiml hoon ilinpoHoil of hoforo llio Muroh ml- jllllllllllOllt. ('talk IMcctut HpoAUor. TIlO MllllllO WIK ill hOHhioil only twenty minute duriii); whioh timo it disposed of pniidliii; IiiihIiichs mid thou look u rocoHH inilil H o'olook. fjj'iin Ioim ,iiuunoo V. Shonumi of Illinois mid Nnllinii fluff of l Virtjlniii won) ftvvoiu. In tho luuiito Ihoio wmm ooiifiislon ovor llio now lionolu'H loplnoin tho old I'mdilimcd iIohIh mid hwIvoI olinlrn. Thn Iioiihk wns finally oiKiinlzod ly Cloik Koiilli' Tiinililo voioiiiK llio onll In ordor. Tlmn AroBRi'i). Murdook, Jtnnn nml Olnilc woio uominntod for Bponkor und Clink wns olootod. Tho volo Hlondi Clink '271; Maun 111; Slur, dock IS; NoIhoii of W'Noonsin 1; (.'oopor uf Wlmioiusln !. Aftor llio olcolioii roujjiossiunn Mann oxonrtrd Speaker Clink to I ho ) or.! nun mid introduced him with u forvoiil piilnjty. MINORITY STOCKHOLDERS SHUT OUT FROM SHARING WABIIIKn'lW', Apiil 7- The Unit ed SlutCH Hiipiouu) eouit today denied llm linht to 3(11) minority HlookholdorH tu mIiuiu oiiiully with tho Hmilhoru htoirio rullnmd in IIh ro-urnanizutlun of tho Uoiihtim mid ToMia Central railway. MEET EXTRA I MEN OF THEHOUR ' M BBBBBBsl FF fcg 03MV. V VWPER.VOOD Champ 2lahk..a Itiprt t liliw t rulirwood. In oluiif.i i.f iiiH Ijii ii hill, mid Chump Clnrk, i t 'i i lnl prjikrr of the hoimo. E STATE OF SEIGE WAHIIINOTON, April 7- Sixteen tttnuMiul Moro trlhcumon nrc hold Iiik tho provlurn ot Jolo. In tlfo Phil lpilnc, lu ti Htnto of hIorc, nml inn a y Amerlrnu troopit nro IipIhk alniiKhloroil. iu'coh'.Iiik to lollom In thn tin ii it of llio war ilopnrtmi'iil to day. Tlio Mltiiiitlon U ulnrmliiK. It In unlit. Tho loiter male Hint through Chi 11111 trndern In llonifo (lioiiNnuil of rKlim were niniiKKlod to tho trllicH men. all of whom aro now armed. WASHINGTON. April 7 On tho nromiil lliul only lli uruato U prlvl Ipri'iI lo pronout rliururii ot inUcon ilurt ar.al"t ono of tu niemliem, Vlcn Pr.tililcnt MnrMhnll ilccllncd tmlny to di'iil with llio ncoitB.ntlouM preferreit ni4aliiN( an iitiimiupil wentcrn nenntor hy a luy parly, whoso nmuo Ih also hi'lni; wltliliolil, ou Hatiinluy. Tho uhnnitoo npcclflcd that tho Momitor lumlit Impropor mlvaurort to. ward llio wlfo of iih offlrn neelior wlillo poiiHiittlUK tier rcKardlUK n fnileral poidtlou for her hiiHtinml. Hnuntor (Joro, Oklaliouin'H hllml Honntor, In wild to ho llio pemon In volved, nml clatntH It u roiiHplrncy to Injiiro IiIh rliuriirtur. PROPOSED TARIFF LAW WAHIIINOTON', I). C, April 7. -In tho luiuhur Hohodulo tho follow. Iiik rates aro Incluilod; VonooiH of wood 15 por cont, wood luauufniturvd ami not othor wImo provlileil for, 10 por cent; nnv Iuk poHtH, lullroiiil tins mid pohIh, 10 por emit; enaloi, ImrrolH, IiorhIrmuIh ami paeUliiK Iioxch, in por rout; box ch, ImrrolH nml othor at tlolea eon tnluliii; ormiKCH, limes, Krupurrult, etc., lf per con. Tho nohoiluli) iiIhh provldou thnt tit lit wood couiIiiIbIiu; pnitu oC oiaiiRO and loiuou hoon of Ki'owth or inan- ii far t uro In tho Unltod States nml which uro oxportoil iih ormiKO nml lomou slioolvH may ho ro-lmported lu their complotcd form filled with ormiKon or Ioiuoiih hy pnyliiR tho duty uf ouu-lmlf tho duty lmpoBod on boxou uf ontlroly foiolgu origin, 1 IN HOLDING JOL CHARGES AGAINST GORE DROPPED SESSION TO WILSON PLANS E President to Visit Doth Houses of Congress Willi Tariff Recommend atlons First Timo In 112 Years Executive Has Done Such a Thing Only Dignified Way, Says President Disrespectful to Send by Mes senger to Read Perfunctorily WAHIIINOTON, Apill 7 Tluw hllKhtcit und woriii-i'iiten toxtH on how lo art when n prraKteiit vInIIh roimndn" Arr hplni; iIiir from their ri-itliiK plttct'd lit thn coriKreimlonal lllirury mid pUnwIiprn by monilxT of tho fpii&tn And thn homo todny, following the ainiounceineiit of Pros lileut WlUon'tf Intention to ppnwn- ally rend IiIh ini-toiaKc tM-foro coiiKromi tomorrow It In tho tint tlmn such a thlnKt tum ocenrnvt In It'.' eor8, And It tin cniiKhl rotiKreiui off llu Kuurd. I'lfaKCK llio Dcmixrnts. Thn ilemorrntu, howerer, ant liteahoit with tho plan. Conurpiuinan I'undurwooil Announced toitny that ho would Introduco a liotmo rcuolu Hon Invltlnn tho presldrnt to deliver hd lurinnKo perMinnlly. Hlmltar ac tion prohutily will bu taken by the nwintp. "I ponlilpr tin only diRiiKlcd plan for tho prritdcut to cut his vleiv'A befnro cOncrolH at thn opcnlnK of a upstton U pcreonully to vlilt both hrnnchci," decUn-d Prcnldcnt Wilson today. Ho adiled thnt ho bollnved tho pernonal rend I tin merely "recoK nltcd the itlnnlty of the loglslatlvo branch of thn Rovcrnmcnt." "Only DlKiilflril Vy." To n KAthcrliiR ol nouiipappr men President Wilson today mado tho follow InK Htntomcnt recardlnR his plan personally tu read his messano lo cengress: "I think this method Is tho only dignified way for a president to mi ll reus tho house of tho opculnR ot n serslon Instead of senitlnR the'ud iItpss by a mrssonRor nnd letttni; tho clerk rend It perfunctorily. It Is true tho precedent was discontinued lone uro, but nevertheless It Is a rcspectublp precedent " MICHIGAN VOTES E ni'.TIlOIT, Mich., April 7. -Cloud, skies mid threatening uiin marked to day tho ivular Hprinu olootinii day in Mieliian when, for tho hceond time in hix months, tho ipiestinn of woman HuffrnKi will ho pasHed on hy tho volern. It in pxppplpd Hint d.'iO.OOO otcrt will ho oast. Nuuieroiis htulo offieciH nro lo he clepted. nnd thcro nro innny live local issues in various pities of tho htntfl. Tho principal interest of tho elec tion Ih llm BiiffniRO issue nnd tho feel lug on this is mi intense Hint tho po lion nro preparing to suppress dis orders. Amendments providing for tho in itiutivo nml refeieudum mid for tho iceull, except forjudges of tho points of record, also hein submitted to tho voters. FRANKLIN T. GRIFFITH POIITI.ANI), Ore., April -7. Ac cording to an nnnouucouient by C. M. Clark, ehnlrmnn of tho exocutlvo bonrd, Kranklln T. Griffith, Konornl uttomoy for tho Portland ltnllway, IdKht & l'owor company, will bo como president of that concorn July 1, whon II. S, Jossolyn, present hend, retires after six years' service. Griffith will servo ns vlco prosl dent ot tho company until hu steps Into tho presidency, PERSONALLY READ MEM ON SUFFRAG PASS TARIFF MONTENEGRO " Central Assault on Scutari Underway Allies Advance to Storm the For tressKing Nicholas Tells British Admlml That He WHI Take Fort. Public Sentiment in Nations Supports Defiant Attitude of Balkans-Dis-cord In Concert of Europe. CKTTIKJK, April 7. -In definncp of the iniindnte of the owcrn the .Monleni'Krins nnd Sen inns nro lo ilny ptmiuim; n fenrriil assault on .Scutari. FrrMi Hervlnn military Iuim been hriiUKht up to the liclcitjnirrd Turkish furtrcrin nnd the instant I his irt placed n puiernl Pnunomidiuir N to open under cover of nhieh the Moil leneuriiis mid Seninus will ndxnnee to stonu the city. Montenegrins c;iiernlly todny nrc expressing delight ut the defiance handed to n Jlritish admiral, who, hpenkini; for the owfi, demnndeil I tint the seie of Scutaii should he ubmidoued. Scores of rnessaKPH of poiiKrutulnlion hare been sent King NieliolnK and Premier Tavnnoxicli, who told the Ilritihh roimunuder of tho IdoekndiuK wipiadnm before An tivnri thnt .Montenegro intended to reduce nnd opeiipy Scutari n'ardless of whether the powi'rn approved or not. I.OXI))N, April 7. The concert of KuroHt is in dire dnnser of discord hero todAy ns u n'sult of the open do. fiance of its wishes by Montenegro in refusing to abandon iih attack up on or its clnims for Scutari. Am bassadors of the powers arc in nl most constant infnnnnl conference mid Hit' future nctinn of (ho rcot Hiwers is prohlemnticnl. Despatches from Kiel, Germany, to. day said that two German warships had left that port to join in tho block ado of Antivari. This, in London, is rej-nrdod ns a move which may provo inimical lo the plan to force Monte- negro's hand. Always distrustful of (lennau tactics, the Hritish public, through tho newspapers, is hcRinninR ojxmly lo express admiration for tho darincr of tho Montenegrins, nml it is fenred, that once the idea that Ger many is planning n cml' becomes general here, the force of Ilntish opinion may crow so great ns lo com pel tho government nt least to bo luke warm in its demands on Montenegro. It may even be forced to withdraw entirely from the conppulrnted nt tempt of tlio powers to eoinHl that warrior state to loosen its grip on llio spoils of ictory, now nlmost within its grmp. BY BOGUS ELK PORTLAND, Ore., April 7.-II. M. Hudson, who is confined in tho city jnil under 1,000 hail on n charge of wearing mi Klk's emblem to which ho vas not entitled, wns toiluy ns much u mystery to tho local police ns whuti tirst taken Into custody. In his trunk was found n complete assortment of apparel of a stylish woman, every garment showing ubso luto disregard for oust. Hudson nvess he has had no woman companion on his travels. Thveo' hundred lovo letlors fiom half us many women were found in his effects, 1'iopcrty taken from Hudson include diamonds in rings, lockets nnd brooches, unset pcnrls, women's watches nnd pendants. This jewelry is being held as evidence. Among tho women nllcged to hnvo been vietimiml hy Hudson nre: Mrs, Mario Hartley, Long lleach, Cal.;Mrs. Frank 11. Shelloy, llurkcley, Cnl.;Miss Kuimn Larson, Kalanuuoo, Mich.; Miss Kntio Glcnson, lturlin- ganio, Cal.; Miss Helen Moran, Now York City, nnd Mrs. Walter UijJBins, Wcbt Qobheu, Conn. DEHES H ATTACK WOMEN VICTIMIZED REFORM BILL SECRETARY GARRISON AND OFFICERS SENT TO At Top- General Wood nml Secretary of War Garrison. At Iloltorn (l'ft) Minor.). K. N'ortnoylc nml (Kight) Jlnjur .1. A. bignn. I.indley M. Garrin, tho new sccreliiry uf war, and Major General l'onard Wxd, chief of slnff, nre noxv in Ohio as direct representatives of President WiImiii lo deal with tho Good situation. They were preceded by Major James K. Xnrmnyle of the quartermaster department, nnd Major James A. Ioj:nn of the commissary department, who have authority to or der rations nnd lent-, und other menus of subsistence. MADERO'S DEATH TO MAY LOSE JOB WASHINGTON. April 7 A report that I.uUo Manuel Itojas, vlco presi dent of the Mexlcun house of depu ties, had filed with tiic state depart ment charges that United States Ambassador Wilson Is respon sible "morally for the death of former President Madero and Vlco President Snares of Mex ico," Is admitted by Secretary of State llrxan. It Is hinted that opln. Ion in Mexico favoring tho removal of Wilson Is crystallizing rapidly. NKW YORK, April 7. "I will be frank with ou. .Mrs. .Madero. Your husband's downfall was due to the fact that he never consulted with mo." This was tho statement made to Mrs. Francisco I. Madero by United States Ambassador II. L. Wilson, fol lowing tho assassination ot her hus band tho former president of Mex ico, according lo a Now York news pa per today. Tho paper further declares that a telegram from Mudcro's mother Im ploring President Taft to Intercede for his Hie, and a letter from Mrs. Francisco I. Madero asking Taft of tho fate of tho telegram, were both suppressed, presumably through tho activity of Ambaasndor Wilson. BULL MQOSERS TRY TO OUST YOUNG WASHINGTON', April 7. In the house tho progressive unsuccessfully tried to prevent the senting ot Hepre sent a tiro. Young of Michigan. Iline mnugh of Illinois presented u resolu tion declaring Young illegally elected, and in mi instant a score of members demanded recognition. Fitzgerald, who had caught the speaker's eye, of. fercd a resolution directing that Young tnko his sent pending invest! gallon. Tin was adopted on a viva voce vote. TO SAYS SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON, D. C, April 7. Tho United States supreme court to day affirmed tho California convic tion of James Donnelly for tho mur der of an Indian In 1903 ou tho Iloopa Indian reservation. LAID WILSON REDUCING COST OHIO FLOODS BY THE PRESIDENT GERMAN BARK Mil CAPSIZES. ., 18 LOSE LIFE PORTLAND, Ore., April 7. Mes-sagc- from Ilrighton, Ore., this morn ing give 18 as the deathlist aboard the German bark Mimi. There were aboard when she capsized early Sunday morning. Of these four have been taken off. They nro Captain Fisher of the Fisher Knginccring com pany of Portland, who wns assisting tu salving the boat; Captain Wcstplial of Hamburg, Germany, master of the Mimi, and F. I.udwig nnd Tom Kurs chom, sailors. Two others, dead, nre lashed lo the vessel. They are Willie Kurschom, a enbiuboy, and Lew Ma son, n Wheeler, Ore., man. The other sixteen were washed off when the boat went over. No bodies have come ashore. Presumably they are entangled in tho mass of rigging and spars on the shoro of tho Mimi. f ltussell ninckmnu ot Portland, one of those drowned, wns married only last Tuesday and left his honeymoon In assist Captain Fisher, a lifelong friend, in salving the vessel. coal isTlioN MODIFIED BY COURT WASHINGTON, April 7. Dy granting tho petition of the Pennsyl vania Coal company to change Its decision so as to relievo the court's prohibition Against tho operation of tho so-called "65 per cent contracts' the supreme court today amended its recent decree dissolving tho nnthra clto coal trust. The petitions filed by tho Pennsyl vania and Klkhlll companies were not objected to by tho court, but It referred similar petitions from oth er companies to tho Pennsylvania district court. PROPOSED TARIFF NFAV YORK, .April 7. Slocks of corporations concerned in Ihu pro posed tariff law woro sold heavily in tho market hero todny. A good re covery was in progress nt noon. The principal losses woro among American Can, Ileet Sugnr, Cnnadiuu Pacific, Union Pacific, Great Northern, Ana conda and C. ami O. Tho market closed dull nml irregular. Honda were heavy, OF LIVING L CUT BY TARIFF Sweeping Reductions in Nearly Every Line and Large Free List to New Bill Income Tax to Supply Reve nue Deficiencies Bill Proposes to Give Beth Hnms Power to Ratify Reciprocity w Trade Treaties With NatlMs WASHINGTON, April 7. Make4 by most radical and sweeping reduc tions, nml with the full approval of President Wilton, tho administration tnriff bill was introduced in'lno houso today. In introducing Iho mensjire its trainers said that tho time had Ar rived when American manufacturers must meet "honest competition and must develop their business along tlio best and most economical lines." Hnckcra of the measure predict it will easily pass the house nnd that the senate will have great difficulty in blocking its enactment into Inw. Drastic ItaluctlotM. The.measurc, when introduced, wni seen to be even more drastic in its reductions, than was anticipated, and house lender Oscar Underwood de clares it will materially reduce th cost of living. The bill places raw wool on the free list, riddles schedule K, puts the sugnr tariff and provides for free sugar within three years; cuts the cotton schedule sharply, which probably will produce lower cotton prices, puis steel rails on the free list; slashes all iron and steel duties, nnd either places on the free list or reduces to a minimum nil duties ou the necessaries of life. Perhaps the chief interest in tho bill is the cuts made in schedule K. Tho duty on all yarnB Is reduced to 'JO por cent; on blankets to 25 per cent; on flannels to 25 per cent to HO per cent and on dress goods from 9.07 per cent to 25 per cent. Compound Kates Abolished. In order to simplify tho bill, tho committee has practically abolished all tho specific and compound rates of the Payne tariffs nnd subsituted tho ad valorem plan, abolishing tho present classification which depends on various conditions, such ns u count of threads, weight and value. The income tax clause provides for 1 per cent on all incomes of over $4,000 annually and additional surtax of 1 per cent on all incomes In ex cess of $5,000. The Income tax clause of tho new bill defines minutely just what Is Incomu and leaves no loophole for the tax iloiU'.ora who live abroad. It makes all American cltixens, no mat tor whore they reside, subject to Its provisions. Wilson's lucomo Kxempt. Tho committee has changed Its mind about applying; the Income to President Wilson his successors lu tho office must pay. The exemption clausn affects only President WIN son's present torm and also Includes tho judges of tho United States su premo and Inferior courtB. It will enable governors and state officials generally to escape payment and also exempts, labor, agricultural, horti cultural, fraternal, beneficial, roll, glous, charitable and educational In stitutions. Tho law also extends to tho Philippines and Porto Rice. To empower both houses of con gress by a majority voto to ratify reciprocity or trado agreeemnts with foreign natlous Is the revolutionary proposal ot tho soctlon substituted lu tho Underwood tariff bill for the present maximum and minimum tar iff provision. This part ot the new law, It passed, "will abolish the ex cluslvo senatorial privilege to ratify such treaties by a two-tlilrd vote. Wuut It lu Schedules. Klght democratic members of the senato finance committee today urged tho president to ask the house leaders to divide the tariff bill, In order thnt It may be considered schedule by schedule. It Is declared (Continued on Page 6) IVING COST TO BE MATERIALLY 1 )