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reion niato'iimi sum 207 Second Street SECOND EDITION Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Probably fair. Max. A2, mlti. 01, preclp. .At. KiirttMliln! Yrur. Dully i:i(lilli Vrnr. MEDFORD, OHlSgON, MONDAY, ,JlTNI0 9, lUl.'J. - STATES GIVEN POWER TO FIX TRAFFIC RATES RnHronils Loso Minnesota Case In Supremo Court Which Upholds Mflhts of State to Repulatc Rail roads Within Their Limits. FAULKNER FIRST LOBBYIST TO BE PUT ON RECORD WASHINGTON, June II. Sliiiuirh I.V upholding (liti tiullinrilv nf the hlnli'fi tn icgubiti! niilriiiiil lilies with in their own hnidcis, tint United .SI ut ex supreme, cum I tuility diitihiicd constitutional a Mlnnrsnln law re ducing freight iiinl passenger rules within Hint commonwealth. Tlin deathblow aimed lit "stales' rinht" li.v forty allied inilroiuls ni- fceting sit slate immediately, iiinl -MTV Mult- J 11 tlu iiiiiuii ultimately, nun defeated liy tint decision, which was leml by Justice Charles I!. Hughes. It was specifically staled tlint iiitruslulc rale regulation hy Male railroad commissions In not In- deference uitli iutcr-Mutii com ineiio or n iihiiriatinii nf federal miw er. , Tim decree generally riiiiHiiIcicd n gieut lclnry lor tint states an itii iiiht lln railroitiU, Tim court held Hint stales rim leguhito lulrn-stale rules when eiieu grt.s hns not aeleil In that field, subject to tlin rights of tlm railroads to iiiily to the eoiirt to uncertain whether the. rat en made mid emifiscn. tiny. Point, of lie Mini Tin conn held In the Minnesota ease that two cent fares were rra mumble an (o the Northern Pacific iiinl (Irvut Northern cases hut were confiscatory as to tlm MinncnisilU mid ,Sl. LoLui railroad. The. court declared: I. The roiiHlilulion gives congress uulliiirity adequate to Hccuro free ilnin of inlorMiilo commercial inter eon rio from Male control mnl to iroide regulation of that inter course iin iiutiuiuil InlorcHt may de hire. ''. Commerce lliul is confined within oih Mate mnl which dues not n I fee I other ft a ten is rchcrvcd to the slate. Thin reservation is only of Hint ixiwcr which in consistent with the grant to congress. Tint author ily of congress extends to every part 01 iiiier-Hiaiu commerce mnl every instrumentality mnl agency by which it is cariied on, mnl full control hy congress over the, subject eonunilteil to itri regulation is not to he denied or thwarted hv the etiiiuniugling of iutra-hluto mnl inter-htuld opera lions. Hughes Heuili HecMnii II. F.ven without netion hy eon gicss the cuininoreo clause of the constitution iiecossnrily excludes the stales from direct control of those subjects emhraccd within Hint eluiiM) which are nf Mich n nature. Hint, If icgiilntcd ut nil, their Jcgululinii should ho prescribed by n single mi thuiily." Thin wiih Hit) court' Miyopsis of Hie decree. In rending tho decihiou Justice Hughes ulnci Hiiid: "The states may uinko regulations nllhniigh intor-htalu commeicu !h in eideiitully nffeeleil by congiess must he tho judge of the necessity of fed oral action or legulntlon or of a ne cessity (o displace local Iiiwh hy laws of its own. Until congress netH tho liower of tho Mute is iiloiiury," No Power Otcr Trolleys The United .Slates supioino court denied to tho intur-Mutc. eommereu coiiiiiiisslou today jurisdiction over iuleriii hmi lines doing mi inler-Htalu business in a decision continuing the pieseut uphold ruling of tho com inerco court, which enjoined tho in ler-fnrcH from Ouinlin, Neb., to Council llliifl'ri, Iowa. It prohibited the inter-Htuto eonimerce coinmisslou from making ol'foclivo its order re ducing flllCS. Former United States Senator Ad mits ncprcscntlnii Railroads and Companies Before Committees- Permanent Lohliy Kept at Capitol. FORBID PUBLIC FUNERAL FOR SUFFRAGETTE American Players Win in Tournament With Australians Authorities Resent Attempt to Make Horse Grapplcr "First Martyr of Cause" Ason hy Women Analn Common-r-Grandstand Destroyed. NWKIIINtlTON, Juno II. The lit si nlhed Inhhyinl to appear lie- lore tint hciiuin Hiilfeocuuiutleu in vcslipitiiiK' President Wilson's "in sidloiis lobby" elinrje here hthis nf leruiioti. The witiiM wns I'oimer I'uiled Slates Hcnulnr I'milKuer ol West Vlrj-iulu. I'aulkncr udmilteil Hint twelve .M'ars nfler lenUng Hie senale he had rcpnseutcd a uuiuher of mil roads mill commercial companies here hy uppciiriui beforu congressional couilliltlees, Keuutor Siltheilmiil of Plah wiih the fiis witness today when the licuriuj; tvns toiimcd, I hi leslificil Hint his principal tariff callers were Secretary McCluro of tlm Wool (lrowci' association mnl .lames Molc, a prominent wool grower of I'tuh. The witness declared he believed some itien weie here perinuueiilly nt lemptiiiK to inlliiuee lenislation. He nmned leprcseututivi's of Hie Sen men's t'nioii, the llrothcrliood of Ii eouiotivc Kuginceis and the American federation of Labor us "pennnnent lobbyists." Senator Iteed of Missouri denied knowledi'e of nny lobby nttempliiiK improperly to influence tiuiff leis lution. Senator Heed nssertcd that lobby ists wero uuiiecesKiiry mnl declared that Iho-d allachiii tariff revision were mi "nircn'ssive eoinbiuiition." LONDON, June O.-hYiitlmi.l Yard niiljiorilies are todny coiiNidcring pro hibiliiig a big public funeral which Hut militant sulfraj-ollo nre uiranu ing for Miss Hmily )avisouf who died nfter grasping (he bridle of Kmj (leorge's entry, Aimicr, in tlm derby. It is feaieil that grave disordcis may nccoinpniiy (he burial of Miss Davi son, whom the siilfrugvtlu rnnhs re ganl us their frist martyr. The flag over Miffmgctto hendipiurters wax at half mast todny. The trials of seven suffragettes arrested in the police raid on their headipiarlers begun todny. Mrs. Flora Drmamond who is critically ill, was ubsent. All the defendants woie seeebands of erepu in moiiruiiig for Miss Davjsoll. Arson by the suffragettes is agniii becoming coniomon. Lust night Hie destroyed the jTO.OOO eouit grnnd. stand ut the Hurst Park course, and early today the grandstand ut the North Middlesex cricket grounds and u hoathoiise on the river Lea was burned. HSkfl ' ALLIES FIGHT NO. G7. v m SPOLS 0 BALKAN WA CLAIM BOOSEY DRIVEN INSANE Scrvla and Bulgaria Unable to Agree at London Conference Many Points Unsettled Greece to Sup port Scrvla's Claims. ROSE SHOW OPENS WILLIE RITCHIE T 1 WEIGH 134 AI RINGSIDE TODAY A I PORTLAND HAN KIUNCIBCO, c'nl . Juno 0. Willie ItKehle imiHt weigh lU-t rliiR sldo for libt Hght with Jou Hlvor on July I. This was the decree tusned todiy by MaiuiKer Joo Levy upon hln ar rival hern from Lou Angeles. Ac conipnujlug Levy were Itlvcra ami his rorpi of irnliiern. At a conference Saturday night lietween Promoter LMillu (Irnuey and llllly Nolnn, the latter nKreeil to levy's weight terniH. which rolled for I. II rlugxldo or 133 two hoiim before the linltle. It wan left to Levy to choime between them, mid after pondering over tho mutter for twenty-four hours ho selected tho ringside weight, believing that a two hour leeway would have. giver, ltltchlo at least two additional pounds. Tho Indications wero todny that the Klghth titrcot arena will bo rent cil by (initiey for tho big foment, Jim Coffrolh having agreed to let him liuvu It. Tho arena will scat between 10,000 and 11,000, which at prices which are expected to bo $- S3, Jr., $7.50, $10 and S20, will lie sufficient, If nil aro taken, to give Ornney a nlco margin over tho money ho will liavo to pay tho lioxorg. WUTLANr) .Or.,. ..Jtino 3. Ucjc Orrgouui, the merry monarch of tho Ho-o IVitlval, arrived at noon today on tho royal barge Hen Otter from bin mytlilcal land ot drenms after n trliimphnl cruUo up tho Wlllumettu river. A Inrgo number of crafts of ill slicK, brilliantly decorated, nttendod tho carnival king, wiionu Identity will not bo known until tho fentlvl- ties and tnerrymnklng como to a cIoho Saturday night. Immediately nfter landing Uex Or egonua, at tho head of a parade, went to the city hull, where Mayor Kush 1lK.it turned the key or tho city over to hi in. There will bo six brilliant page ants during the femlvnl, which Is held nnmially to pay homage to tho flower that ha canned Portland to bo known ay tho "Itoso City" tho world over. NKW YOIIIC. June 0. Maurice K. McLoughlin of H,m Frmieisco. Hie national tenuis champion, by defeat ing Stanley N. Dotisl, of Australia in the straight sets, today won for the Tinted Slates the nlit to com plcte in the semi-fitmls with Oer- iuiiiiv for the Daxis international cup, McLoiiuhliu won by the heorcs of 0-1, (M mnl O-'J. Mclaughlin's victory eliminates the Au-traliaiis fmui the contests in the singles, the Americans now play ing Hie (icrmaus in the semi-rninis. The ('alifoniian's terrific service mid tree smnslies routed Dou-L f - LABOR LEADERS NDCTED VIOLATION ANTI-TRUST LAW ALASKA VOLGANOS AGAIN IN ERUPTION ON KATMA I ISLAND LONDON, June JJ. -More war in the llalkatis was seml-officially ad mitted to be a serious possibility here today when the peace conference ud joiirned nfter n final session of three rind a half hours. Servia did not participate in tho conference. The lialkan delegates will not meet until the powers force a renewal of the negotiations-. All the envoys ngrcc that many ini Mir!nut points growing out of the Turkish struggle remain unsettled, mid while it is not admitted openly, there is imw- little doubt Hint tho chances of Servia mid the Bulgar ians reporting to the arbitrament of war are more than grae. No intimation was given out an to (IrecceV attitude i-hoiild Iiulgnria nnd Servia come to blows. It is prob able, however, that as 0 recce nnd Hulgaria arc ut hwords' point around Salonika, Greece will be found aligned with Sen in if the clash comes. SHE PROBE TO BY LITIGATION Complaint Sworn to AIIcjjm That Perpetual Lawlntj Over Ten Dollar Strip of Land Has Unbalanced Mind Now Quarrellnn with Court. BEGIN Tl OMORROW E5PEE GUN ISSUE EN REP SENT E MEDFORD IN GOLF UPPER COLUMBIA FALLING FLOOD DANGER PAST KHNNKWIGIC WiihIi., Juno . The Uoloiuubiii river wiih receding to dny, a fall of two inches mving been registered sinco yesterdny. Tito Kuake river is also fulling. Tlm water is nlill very high mid a foot Chandler Kgnn loavoa Monday u roproHcut tho Medford dolt and Country club mid tho ltoguo Itlver vulloy at a soiiou of coutcstH lietween tho crack plnyora of tho middle west and tlniHo ot tho Pacific conut at Portland, Boattlu and Tacomn. MohI of tho middle west players aro from Chicago, headed by Chick l-vans, 'against whom Mr, Kgnu will play, Mr, Kgnu U champion player of goutheru Oregdu and for govern' yonrH was nntioiinl clmniplon, Tho biHt fow yeara ho hns been too busy with his orchard to dovoto much tlmn to tho g'nmo, Imt still rotulns rise would make the situation grave here. The islands near here nre only ' "km " of tho fluoat idayoiH n few I'eet of holnr undor vner, lit tho nation. SAN I'HANCISCO, Cal., Juno . Pennissiou granting aulhoiity to the Southern Pacific to issue ifllO.OOO, 001) in Hceuritics for improvements nnd extensions on the Pacific coast was given today by (he California railroad commission. The notes will be Bold through New York finnncinl houfces, mid work probably will start at once. The notes will carry a five per cent interest mid will run two years. Tlm commission gave itri permis siou on statements by the company showing that tlm surplus earnings of the road for the fiscal jour will total f'J 1,835,000. FRISCO POLICEMEN 10 BE TRIED JUNE 16 SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., June I). The ease of the eight Snu Fraueitieo patrolmen indicted recently for a conspiracy lo obstruct justico in con nection witli the operations here of mi Italian bunco ring, will go to trial Juno 1(1. This date was fixed hero today by Superior Judgo Lnwlor when ho denied tlm motions of tho accused men for neperato trials. Detective Frank Ksola, convicted of hhariug in tho earnings of the bunco men, was in court today, lie will hu sentenced tomorrow, CIIAUl.KSTOW.V, W. Va.. Juno 3. Labor leuders wero greatly ln council here today over tho Indicting of John P. White, president of tho United Mlno Workers of America; Vlce-Pronlilent Frank J. Hayes anil seventeen officials and subordinate officials of district No. 17 of the miners' union, for alleged violation of tho Sherman nntl-truet law. Tho Indictment allego there U a conspiracy In restraint of trado mid commerce between tho tulucworkom nnd the coal operators of wentern Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois ngalnst tho West Virginia. La bor men declared tho convictions of Whlto mid others would stop stato nctlvlty In organizing labor. They do not expect conviction, however. Government officials say they Intend to domain! an Immediate trial, Whlto ItiMatti the charges against him aro baseless, Several of tho Indicted offlcla s of tho miners' union announced this afternoon that they would appear voluntarily within a few days, not waiting for summons. Thomas Hag gerty, n member of the miners' Inter national body, said: "Wo welcomo this procedure. Wo will tight tho case, and If wo lose will tuko our medicine. 1 know c.f plana or schemes by officials of tho niluoworkcrH' organization and tho coal operators of other states to ruin tho trudo ot West Virginia operat ors." E AGAIN POSTPONED SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June D.- The Merrimu nrmy divorce contest, set for today before Superior Judgo Oraluim, wns ugain postponed to give Major Murphy, tlm co-respondent nmned by Cupluiu Merrimu, time to arrive in San Frnuci&eo. SKWARD, Alaska, Juno 0. The Katmai group of vnfcnuocd, tho eruption of which caused great dam age on Kodiak Island and Seward peninsula last year is again in ac tion. Katmai is belching great columns of smoke and flames, the odor of which was noticeable here last night. The sun is visible yet, but tho sky is overciist and copper colored. The volcanoes. in eruption include Mounts Katmai. Redoubt, St. Augus tine nnd llinmua and Pciilil;, the lat ter overlooking llecherof Lake. The disturbance is widespread for Mount Shishaldiu on Uniiuak Island is also iu eruption according to re ports brought hero by the steamer Dora from Dutch Harbor. This eruption which wns seen by tho pas sengers wns spectacular. A great column of flume shot straight into tlm sky from the nioiiiitainfnp, while the smoke rolled away to tho cast, mid ashes fell in all direction. The eruption of Shishnldin is of particular interest to scientists be cnuso it is in a heparato zono from the Katmai group which broke forth last year after being dormant for ages, and last year, also from Pav loff mid tho llocgolof Island which have been in continuous eruption for years. I hey point out that is ovi dent Hint the volcanic disturbances in the Seward peninsula mid Alcutiu islands is increasing. WASHINGTON. JUNK 9. Tho senatorial probe Into the Went Vir ginia coal mlno strike, made pos sible by the adoption by tho senate W. T. Orievo nnd K. K. Kelly, (his morning filed n complaint before County Judge Ton Velio charging W. J. Dooscy with litngiouu insanity and us soon as tho defendant is appro hended he will bo given n hearing on his mentality. District Attorney Kelly stated Huh morning that IJooscy's mentality had been m seriously impaired by his years of continuous litigation that he was no longer n safo person to bo at large. A number of yenra ago Bdosey got into a law suit over n roadway Ktrip on tho south boundary of his laud near Jacksonville, although the ac tual value of the land in controversy wns not over ten dollars the case was taken to the supremo court and the judgment rendered ngains't IIooh ey was there sustained. Hooscy how ever would never conform to tho mandate of the supremo court nnd hns been nrrestcd several times! for contempt of court. Hoosey recently served a jnil kcii tencc for pointing a loaded shot, gun at C. C. Sanderson who wns at that time owner- of the property adjoin ing the contested rond strip. It ii also alleged that Booscy has inade numerous threats against others'. The county court recently con demned a road through the laud -adjoining Uoosey'-j tract, granting Boo'sey's claim, in tho hope that the long drawn out bickering nnd con tention would' bo dropped, but nfter establishing this line, Dooscy feuei'd of a resolution by Senator John W. Kern of Indiana, will begin tomor " hc new road nnd again ob row at Charlcaton, W. Va. Senator nictcd the highway. Horah ot Idaho Intimated today that federal legislation will follow the commlttcos report. "We Intend to get tho facta and go to tho bottom of tho case," said Senator Kenyon of Iowa today. "Wo intend to kco who Is responsible for conditions, and whether congress can 'do anything to permanently pro tect tho community from a repeti tion of tho trouble. Wo will exercise great care and not grant witnesses immunity irom criminal prosecu Hon. MARSIIALLTOW.N. Iowa, June 0. News of n double murder mid sui cido by a Grundy county fanuer. Hen Kuiscley, reached here today. Knise- ley first shot mid killed his sou, Ralph, four years old; then he shot his daughter twice with a fehotgun. Tho first shot blew off the 13-year-old girl's arm, and tlm second blow n hole through her chest, killing her instantly. Kuisely then fired twice at two other daughters, missing both, and finally blew out his own brains. Ho is believed to have been insane. According to the District Attoniov the various civil and criminal ac tions brought in tho Inst ten. years over this leu dollar strip has cost Hie county considerably over n thousand dollars. Hoosey ho says has for years harassed nearly every official of the county and state with a continuous correspondence over his fancied wrongs. Tho Dritish consul, premier of Canada nnd tho king nnd his secretaries have been repeatedly petitioned 'to for protec tion. Although Hoosey claims to bo a subject of Great Britiuu ho fre quently votes iu the Oregon clect'ious. DAMME USED MILLION DOLLAR FIRE AT SPRINGFIELD, MO. ARMED POSSE HUNTING MANIAC IN MICHIGAN KALAMOO.O, Mich. June 0. Sheriff Chapman mid posses arc scouring Iho woods nenr here today for u uiauiae armed to the teeth, who brutally assaulted Mrs, Cyrus Lovy Into Saturday night after wounding her husband mid ullcmptiug to kill lour other men. Mrs, Levy is in u critical condition, SPRINGFJKLD, Mo. Juno n. Tlm entire noithenst section of this oily was swept this morning by fire, causing a loss variously ebtimated at from .js'OO.OOO to $1,000,000. Fanned by n high wind, the flume spread rapidly mid for u time threatened Hio entire city. The Springfield Traction company mid the Hell Telephono company wero heavy losers, their wires being centered in tlm public .square, whore tlm flames started, The square was swept clean. The Heer Dry Goods company, iu whoso hnsoment the fire started was the heaviest losers. I tlm lo&s being estimated nt $250,00. FREED FROM JAIL Albert Mitchell, tho uegro arrcstad Saturday morning, suspected with holdlug iit Kim Yung, n Chinaman. Friday night on Oakdulo avenue, was rcloased front custody this morning. An Investigation or the evidonco against Mitchell dlsclosod nothing upon which ho could bo helil. The pollco aro working upon tho aso and aro milking ovory effort to locato tho holdup. OREGON CHINAMAN MUST HANG SAYS SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON, ,Juno 1). Tho United States supremo court today affirmed tho decision of tlm Oregon supremo court iu convicting Lem .Moon, a (Tiinmiinu, of first degree murder. Moon killed Lee Tai liny in Portland, March 7, 1008, during n long war. IN SELF DEFENSE Virgin Dasom, tho 15-ycnr-olil Phoenix boy charged with assault with a dangerous weapon upon Jti Iub Wattenburg. a Medford youth, was given a hearing before Juvenile Judgo Touvello Monday morning mid after taking the testimony ot sev eral boys on ouch sldo the casu against young Ilasom was dismissed. According to tho testimony, Wat tenburg and four othor boys wont down to Phoenix last Wednesday In search of worTS. Not finding any other employment, they repaired to tho banks of Hoar crook In seurch of a swimming hole. Hero thoy found Voting llasom and two younger brothers repairing u fence. Young Wattonburg having previously de clared that ho wou d "lick tho first Phoenix kid" ho met, precipitated a fight with the llasom boy und at tempted to tako a hammer which tho latter wus working with away from him, and In tho scufflo that followed' Dasom struck Wattenburg on the head with tho hammer, inflicting a dangerous scalp wound. A number of citizens ot Phoonlx tostlfled to tho good churactor of Dasom and tho boy companions who wero with Wattenburg admitted thut thoy had sturtcd tho troublo. PANIC AMONG INMATES OF CINCINNATI HOTELS CINCINNATI, Ohio. Juno O.-Oe-cupauts of four hotels on Walnut istrect hero were seised wlh panic, curly today when fire destroyed 7i livc-Mnr.v building nearby. No one kvs injured. , v