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Jl "7." u'h'WM' """' "v Miff '"pHt Medford Mail Tribune Ml SECOND EDITION WEATHER l-'nlr tonight mtl warmer. Miu., Ml .Mill., 1.1. yi 'J 4 11 I'lifly-llilnl Ycnr. Dully- KlMlitli Yrnr. MHDFOltD, OKKOON, TUKKDAY, MAY 0, JD1JI. 4i NO. 38. I AMENDMENTS TO TARIFF BILL MEET DEFEAT Proposal to Impose Twenty Per Cent Tnx on Raw Wool Lost Baltic Over Free Pulp Pnper, Wheat and Flour ns Well as Wool Expected. Democrats In House Plan Month's Vacation While Senate Is Thresh lull Out Details of Tariff. WASHINGTON, Muv 0. An nuiciidmcul offerrd by Itcproeiitn. tivn Sharp of Ohio linpoing ii twen- ly per cent lux on raw wool was ! Ion led In lla- Iiiiuhu IliU afternoon by a viva oen vote. A rcilliitt Imltlu over llio frerllst Ing of raw wool ptili nKr, wlicut ami Hour wuh oxcctcd when run idcrntlnu of Ida Pndrrwood tariff Mil wu rrtiuiK'il. Several ilnnocni tin members predicted that llio rcn ati would niiii'iiil the 1111. To Nulliry itiTliinler. Ilcpuhlienns oi(nly charge tliul tlu ilt'inouralii' iimjiirllv U Indirectly at tempting to nullify tlio mrMiiim of I lit- Canadian reciprocity treaty. A score of democrats are mi reo onl toilay with a proposition In ail joiirn tint house for at lenit n inmilli afli'r it piMMiih llio tariff hill that It members may have it vacation while llio ini'iiHiiri' U being considered in llG scnutit. Thcv . . f i ro nro canvass In t Ik house to usccrtnhi if u inn jotity favor their plan. After Iho Inrilf, only the currency 1111 will he pending iiml tlio iruMiu eiitM of the Hchemn think thnt the bunking committee hluiuld hear wit iienc whllo the ret of tlin houo in on vacation. Tim limine cannot nil jiium for morn than three days with ofil llio consent of the senate, hut n specittl concurrent resolution coulil reuieily that anil the seekcm for leis ure are working linnl to bring such a plan to fruit. Sharp Offer Auiciiilnii'iil. Kcpnwi'liliilhe Shnrp of Ohio of fcicil an amendment removing woo! from the frco lint ami hupoMiig a twenty per cent tax. Defending the proMiHitl(iii, ho ileclareil that House Leader I'udcrwood ami Speaker Clink themselves were, in fnwir of a duty on rnw wool. MinucMitn's representation nt lacked the alleged iueoindhtetiev of taxing wheat mid udmilling flour free, HcprcHOilntivo Anderson stud the wheat ami flour paragraph wiih Hid result of "democratic; mental tightrope walking." lie Haid it scr imiNly threiitrui'il the flour mill in dustry. Itcprusontutlvu (Irccti of Iowa pro llrted n panic, suylng tlmt tlio demo crats were prepurlng to meet ouu with n proponed currency meiiHiiro. Itupreiientutlvo Donovan, a democr.U of Comiertlrut, liiHUrgod, ulttcrly thv unuiu-liiK thu course of (ho doinocrnts and cuiiMtirliiK Uouiso Leader Under wood. KANSAS ' CITY TRAIN IE K'ANKAS CITY, Mo., May 0, Aiifiwoiiu fully to thu dchcripliou of thu train bandit who recently h1io( .IchHii Short, woullhy .piiHHciif-or, ilurint,' the hobl-tip of u ICiniHiiH City Soullicrn train, a man bus been ur rcHled at a coiitractorH' camp near llii'iiiiiinliuiii, Mo. The Hiinpect worn a bloody hIiIi'I and ouu font wiih wounded, Jl Ik believed Ito was bit by Sboit'ri pihtol bulk'tu in the duel which resulted in tlio piibtjcuxui'ti duatli, FRISCO FIREMEN SEND $2000 TO DAYTON BOYS SAN FltANCISCO, Cul May fl. The San Francisco firemen havo cotuii to thu MHHintniU!o of their fellow l'ireligbtei'ri in Dayton, Ohio, who Hiiffurud in tlio iccont floods, will) tint hiiiu of .V-!IOH..r.O. A draft for tlmt mnouiit wiih huiuhil to Mayor Kolpli today, will) u rcqueHt that it lie forwarded to llio cliiof of thu Day Ion firo dcpiirlmciit and iliHlriliuled to (bono in Hood of assistance, SUFFRAGETTE BEAUTIES WHO TABLEAU Home, perhaps iiiiihI, or the young women m'leried to pose In the tnb lemi nt tlin Metropolitan opera houso In New York to represent tlio ad vancement of womuu. am Reed to look on. The mumiKcra of Hid wom an suffrage, part), who made tlio se lections, (ilcked out mnuo of the moil henutirul they rould find. I'nrtlcu lurly wero they mirrcMful in tlio caio of I'aulliiu I'redcrlrku, who reprn ctit woman, mid Mn. Hyliltln l'opi mid Mm. May llelle Morgan, who wero amoiiK thu ornament of tlio how, drrwu'd in (irrek coiitumeii. - 1 WANTS IEST CASE TO SETTLE STATUS ANTI-ALIEN LAW WASHINGTON, May (l.-Dedar-liiK that California undoubtedly him exceeded iU rilttH in pithHiui; n land law liciiiuiimtiuK auaiuxt the .lapa iicm', rniiKrctiniunii Hrilluu of llli noin loilnv lutioiluccil in the bouse a rcHolutioii propoitiii); that Hie depart ments of htatc and tuMico should eo. operate to text Hie California law hi the court, lie iiHkeil the judicmiy couuuittco to rcxirt his resolution. WAHIIINGTO.V, May fi A baud of Hloux IndlmiH In full war recall i, bended by ChlefH l'luelilrd, Ilour-ln HiD-Wood u ml Hear HhleldH, entered Hecrotnry of thu Trennury MrAtluo'i otrico today mid ununited on tin floor. They nuked -McAdoo to pay tlio trllm 1800,000, thu nmniint diui under trltml allotmuntH. McAdoo re fiiHcd to art until Bccrvtnry of tliu Interior l.atiu had comddorrd the mutter. TO CALL A CONFERENCE WAHIIINdTON, May (J. WnriiliiK that coiiHiirviitlon of human llfu U tlio mortt vital problem confronting America wiih Bounded to Prcnliluu WIIhoii hero today by u commlttcu of noted KcleutlHtH, "Call a eonferonco of HclontlHts to meet hero this rail," thu rommltteo mild, "to adopt a program of IckIh latlou wbjeli would bu uniform In all BtateH, provldliiK nooited health res illation." OREGON AND WASHINGTON PLAY AT EUGENE TOMORROW KUGKNH, Ore., May O.-Greut in teiust is beiiiK manifested in thu huhchiill k"h between thu Uuiver hity of Oie(,'ou nnd University of Wunhlu(,'lo hero WiMlnesduy ami Thursday. Thu fact Hint Oregon do fented WushiiiKtou twico on tlio re cent northern trip, is lumui no effect on the prcparatioiiH of thu varsity team as they rponiiUo tlio Washinu tnniaus us beiuj,' their most formid ublu livals in the oonferoneo Kiuuca. POSED IN GREAT AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE KILLED JAP-BOY SHE LOVEO, THEN T HERSELF BAN KItANCISCO. CI., May C "Wo loved the boy nud ho lood u. My wlfo thought It better Hint wo all dlo than bo nopnratcd. That'n tlio nnswor." Thin cxplnniitlon wna awlKiicd hero today by Clitnincoy W. Hale, nsed 71 )eam. for tlio Mayliu: ot their llttlo ft-) ear-old Japaiamo ward "Jimmy" by his wlfo. Mrs. Ida W. Halo, u comvly whlto-bulrcd old woman, who then ended her own life. "Wo plowed out nt 2:30 o'clock,' was the nolo left by Mrs. Halo to her husunud. Iloth bad been shot. Halo, a bent nnd broken man, to day sobbed out tlio story of tho trag edy. "Ilcjlma YamiiKuchl was Jlmmy'i renl name," said tho old num. "Wo found him In our wnudcrlnKs In Japan curio shops nud my wlfo loved him nl tho firm glnnco. Tho boy'rt mother Ih n nurso at a Japanese hos pital. Shu gato him to us to keep, ltecently wo learned that It was planned to take Jimmy from us. It preyed upon my wlto's mind con stnntly. Then situ must havo de rided to put thu llttlo eliup bcyou I tliulr i each. I don't expect any om to understand Just how wo folt to ward tho boy. Our greatest plensuro was dlscussliiR pliiim for his future. Wu wanted him to grow to bo tho kind of man wo would want our son to bo. Then came Iho plans to take him away. It was too much for Ida." When Halo returned from work yesterday Jimmy failed to meet him. Ilu found tho bodies of Mrs, Halo and tho boy, wrapped In Mower col ored robes, lying on tho bed. "Tho boy looked llko n beautiful blHquo doll with Its eyes closed," subbed tho old man. TO BUNCO STORY l.OS ANGHIiKS, Cab, May (!. UudorcrosH examination by at tor neyn for Leo C. ltial, whom ho churned wiih huncning him of $5000 by means of a fako racetrack "Knmo" (1. IN 1'VivsK, mi lowu fanner, refused to lieeomo tangled today during ltial's tliul. KriusK recited Hie alleged procedure of Itinl and his uHsialuutd before sub mitting (o cross e.Mimiualion. Ho stuck to liis btory, despite tlio us biiult of counsel, ltial was arrested during an invos ligation of nu alleged swindling ring "V. u. .. . Ju. H STRIKERS SHOT SYRACUSE RIOT WITH POLICE HodCarrlcrs and Laborers in Clash Militia Called Out to Restore Or dcr Seven Kalians Shot and Six Policemen Arc Injured. Fireman Play Streams of Water .on on Ranks of Strikers But Fall to Disperse Them. SYllACl'Ki:. S. Y.. Mnv 0. Striking lioilciirricri nud laborrrn in a riot here today clu-lied with the police. Secu ltiiliaiiK were shot and hix polieemeu huriouslv injured. One htrikcr will die. It ii probable that the militia will bo culled out to deal with the situation, phirh is exlreineh uiennciug. Later in the murium; the htnkir' rugaged in a pitched battle near Hie court hoiue, thu men iixiug clubs mid utOlfos iiml the police replying with pistol bullelH. Two more olieemeii were taken to hojpitiil nfter the af fray. The Iohcch of the trikcr are nut known. ' i Mllllln Called Out. After Hip battle the local coin nil II V of militin wiih called to the aid ol Hie police and nil city ambulances are be inir held in rentlineir further trouble beiu uiomriilurilv expected. The first clash in the strike came when three or four hundred striken nthered in nu effort to call out work men employed or n bis new building here. Fiftv policemen with drawn tevoKers advanced on the mob nud when thu strikers threw clubs nud uf, ,,.. lliu tutlimt firnil unit n TMnirnl ......v..-, ...w ,-.,... m melee was prcclpitnied at once. It was in thm but'tlo that the seven Italians wcrt shot. One bystander also was struck bv it brick nud tendered unconscious. l'llv lloso LVeil for Itlot. Later firnnen played streams of water on the ranks of thu sinkers nut failed to disperse them nud n riot cull brought every Miiccman in the city to the fcciic when tho second fight began. The Mrikors, nfter n hurd battle, withdrew, but ipiicklv re formed and further trouble is nlmot certain. PROBE VICE THREE DAYS EACH WEEK LOS ANOKLKS, Cal.. May C A nuw regime of cooporntlvu procedure? wus Instituted today by Superior court judges nnd Attaches ot tho dls trlct attorney's ofdeo In chnrgo ot tlio Investigation being mado hero Into tho existing trafflo in girls. On Moudays, Wednesdays and Fridays. until tho probo Is concluded, the grand Jury will hear testimony of witnesses regarding tho wblto slav ery situation. On alternate dns the tlmo of tho officers forcing tho In quiry will bo duvotcd to court cass Involving persons churgod by the jury mid by complutnt. Oeorgo H. Illxby, Long Itcncli mil llounlro banker, was expected to np poar today to nho wenuso why ho should not bo adjudged In contempt of court becnubo ho failed to heed a subpooua to testify at tho prelimi nary hearing of Mrs. Joslo Hosen bcrg, nlloged procuress. Illxby Is uudor ludtctmout churged with con tributing to tho dollmiuoncy ot two girls. Following tho disposition of tho Ulxby matter Judgo Keovo oxpoctod to coutiuuo tho preliminary examina tion of William Lacnsso, nu automo bile agent, who Is charged with con tributing to tho dopondency of Kvo lyn Qule, who claims to bo 1G years of ago. OF CIIUISTIANIA, May C A llfo an nuity of S1C20 la voted today to Cn,i tuln lionld AmundsQii, dlscovoror ot tho south polo by tho Storthing, Tho yoto was unanimous. FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF ANARCHIST WHO TRIED TO KILL KING ALFONSO jHIHPn-' ' VHI litfiifHMMi ' A flRyrr!iyr i Hafnel Sandier Allegro who tried to kill King Alfonfo thesother day. mado tho eighth attempt on tho llfo of the young Spanish monarch II", openly avows ho Is an snarrhlrt nnJ 'S TRIAL PLACE THURSDAY SAN FKANCLSCO, Cub, Mny . Frank K-ola, the Snn Frniioieo de fective ncctvcil by convicted bunco men with being head nud front of u K)lico ring which proteotcd tho crooks and sharvd in their $300,000 of gains in the lmt few years, will be placed on trial here next Tliur.-day before tho iniliee commission. KsoJu against whom n core of charges hnvo been mnde, is under indictment for complicity in tho bwiudliiii; of Cimrlos Foidn by Michael Oallo, now n eou vict in San Queutiu. With the nuiiouneemeut of Esolu's trial ciimo nl-o the htntemeut that his case wouhl bo immediately fol lowed by hearing of ievcu"otlicr po licemen nccuxd by tho bunco men. Charges against them will bo heard in the following erder: James McGowu, William Meliugb, Louis Droulette, Jack Sullivan, Chas. JoM'lih, Charlos Taylor nnd Detective Sergeant Arthur Mel'liee. Tho beoretiirv of Hie police com mission was nduM'd today that the nccu-ed men would not attempt to se cure, any restmiuing order ugainil tho police board's projected hearing!.. TO IN TWO WHILE ASLEEP VNION-, Ore., May (J. -Sheriff Hug is in Union today investigating tho attempted murder of Leo Thoiuason, who was attacked while, sleeping, by an unidentified man armed with ml axe. Tlio intruder iiivmlctl Tboma son's room in ranch hoiie, mid af ter locating his bed, began to chop indiscriminately with tho nxe. Thomnson slipped from Ida bed in tho darkness tipd hid beneath some btioks. Tho only injury ho suffered was a bmllv cut right aruj. , JOSLEN'S TRIAL SET FOR NEXT MONTH 1 ' - SANT FRANCISCO, Cal., May 0. Judgo Lnwlor today continued, for trial until Juuu (! tho eato nT-Dr, Otto Johlen, a wealthy Si Franqiseo prautioner, accused of bediictioil by Hlliol Williams, u fouuer Soattlo can dy girl. Tho delay was ordered over tho objections of thu defense beouuso of tho absence of tho Williams girl, who, with her mother and sister, recently disappeared nnd nro thought to have fled eusk to. escape f urthor notoriety. LA FOR GRAFTING TAKES that his purpose was to free the country from Hie rule of a king. Tho man Is laid to show consider able Intelligence, though he Is not ; educated PLAN TO WIPE OUT WINDY CITY'S REO TOI CHICAGO. .May 0.-Abo!utc an nihilation of Chicago's notorious red light dNtrict, which it intimates is recruited from women who exist on starvation Avuges, is the central rec ommondatiou in u preliminary report by the Chicago city council's uee committee, which wus appointed Inst October and which rciwrt wns made public today. The report holds plainly that the employers of undernnid women nre responsible for their downfall, nnd recommends n speciiU iuqjiiry into the subject of low wages and their relation to prostitution. Further tho report recommends the immediate wiping out of tho se gregated districts nnd ucges that nil resorts bo subjected to "constnnt rc presiou with n iew to their anni hilation." The rcort also favors the apiMiiutmcut of n city housing-coin-mission, investigation of the tene ment problem nud thu education of parents so thev may properly in struct their children on the problems of sex. Tho rejwrt snys in pnrt: "The existence of the segregated district furnishes an ojien market for the white slavo traffic. Com mercialized vice has no rights that ought to be re-pected or conserved. Segregation doos not segregate, nor regulation legulate. Abundant evi dence i-. furnished that the efforts in Chicago nnd olsewhere to restrict the buoiuess within n given zone has always resulted in spreading it to other dUtiieU." OF DKTKOIT, Mich.. May C. -The Ideutlty of u protty and vvoll dressed womuu, about 24 years ot age, who wus found dead in a few Inches ot water in Fox creek nt Grossupolut, n suburb, Is sought by tho Dotrolt polco today. The body was lying faco downward with tho clothes dis arranged. Tho pollco bellevo she wus murdered ami her body thrown Into the creek. A gold locket bearing tho Inscrip tion "A. T.' coutalulug the plcturo of a 2-year-old baby mid mi en graved hatpin nro tho only idoutity clues. A man who viewed the body at tho morguo said he saw tho woman Sun day motorcycle riding with a muu near tho scono ot the tragedy. LIC STRIC m JOHNSON CAUSED ffl OF LD N R Federal Authorities Hint That Ne gro Pugilist Made Away With Pro secutlon's Most Important Witness In White Slavery Case on Trail. Yank Kenny Missing Since Thurs dayPolice Asked to Dran River In Vicinity of Place. CHICAGO, May C Fear that friends of Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, on trial here as a whlto slaver, havo killed Yank Kenny, Johnson's former trainer, to prevout his testifying, were expresed hers today by tho federal authorities In chargo of tho case Kenny was expected to bo ono ot tho government's most Important witnesses against Johnson In the trill now proceeding here. The police ad mitted this ntternoon that tho gov ernment authorities had asked thorn to drag tho river near tho saloon where Kenny was employed. Konny has been missing since last Thursday and It Is suspected that he cither has been slain or spirited away by frlendi of the negro fighter. Jnrk Itcfine! to l'uy. Kenny and Johnson have been en emies since Kenny charged the fight er with refusing to pay him $2000 which had been promised for hli services at Reno, whore be trained Johnson for the Jeffries fight. CHICAGO, May 6. "Do you ad mire James J. Jeffries of Los Au &Iesr the. terww HeaTyjreJgk t 'cham pion of the world?" r" This was the first question put to prospective Jurors today by Attorney nachrach, representing Jack Johnson, the negro prizefighter, who Is on trial here today for alleged violations of tho Mann white slave act Tho veniremen nlso wero asked If they were prejudiced against prizefight ers; H they were even connected with vlco crusades, opposed Intermarriag es between whites and blacks, or were prejudiced ngalnst negroes. Questions concerning religion and politics also wero asked. Southerner Itarrctl. Johnson and his attorneys intend to excludo southerners from tho Jury box, which thoy apparently wish to fill with republicans. Tho government has tentatively accepted 12 veniremen, but tho de fense challcngod C. A. Glfford, who admitted the suicide or Ktta Uurye.i Johnson might lnduenco bis verdict. Johnson wore a new gray suit when ho appeared In court today. Ho was cheerful and joked frequently with llachrach. "Alt I want Is n fair trlul," Joliu sou told tho newspaper men. GURTISS AND EIFFEL WASHINGTON. D. C. May 6. The Smithsonian Institute observed Lungley day toduy by prosontlus gold medals to Glenn Curtlss aud, by proxy, to Gustuvo Klffol, tho French scientist. The French ambassador received tho medal for Eiffel. This afternoon u tablet to Profes sor Luugleys memory was unvollod. It was ou Muy 0, 1806, when ProfiM- sor Langloy first flew In u heuvlur than ulr machine. ROCK PILE SENTENCE FOR AUTO SPEEDING PORTLAND, Or., Muy C J, 0. Petors, a real estate nmn, ,wns sen tenced to five days ou the rockpllu in the municipal court for reckles driving of his automobile. Attorney for I'etera gave notice of appeal, Tha sontenco calling for Imprisonment was Inflicted at tho request of As sistant City Attorney Sullivan, who claimed tnat I'etors' violation of the speed ''law was most flagrant.' I i .' ' i . . M 1 i I h I . - i n MMMiMaiMiMMiM MMiMMMMMMMMMMtt