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.-.. . I , . '. .' . rirrnn HlMofril fluoUlp r'"l Sir I Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nlr (onlRlit nml Tuesday Max. filt Mill. -in. l'(ir!ytlilril Y-nr, Dnllv- IClMlilh Vxnr, MBPFOim. OHKCION", MONDAY, HIOI'THMMM 2), 19IH. NO. 1G3 MEDFORD INITIATIVE FREIGHT RATE BILL KNOCKED OUT BY THE FEDERAL COURT " . TARIFF BILL IS TO Compromise Report of Democratic Hon so nntl Senate Confcres Pre sented Conjircss Provides Lower Duties. President to Slim Measure Thursday Free Wool In December Many CliaiiCs Aurced Upon. WASHINGTON, Ki.pt. 89. Tim i-nmpromlHo report of tlm democratic Iiimiko itiut nounto conferees an tliu turlff till! was pnnetitod tu tlm re publican roiifcreim (lilt morning, 11 In m'lmiluli'il for Mihmliuilan In Dm Iidiiho thlit nlturiHiiiti nml will cuina up for mtnpttoii tomorrow, It probably will liu adopted by tliu seuntii Thurs On)'. Democratic loaders say President Wilson will sign tlm Mil Thurmlny night. hTo mil)' poiHillilllty of ( olny In (or tlm republican to nrnko fluitl rpweclm In fnvor of protection. Tlm hotiMt It oxpected to nitopl tlm Wltou-8mltli-l.evcr milwlltuto (or tlm roltmi fiitiiten tnx ituieiidnnint. It wnii bollt'MHl, howovur, Hint tlm sen itto would refmo to ndopt tint stilwtl luti. ami Hint tlm iiitlro cotton fti turo section wotilil Im eliminated (rom tli ii bill, President Wilson irnld tlm ennto nml hatirn leader regarded tlm cot ton tnxlug nmmidmciit n foreign to tlm tnrirf till), ami declnrml thoy woro wIIIIiik to ndopt tlm Wilson Smith I.ovcr bill nil it wepnrnto men mi re. Coiifi'iriiro lti'Nirl Pp'mmiIc! Tlm eotifcronco report wns pre rented to tho lioutn nt noon. It con idMod or 12.000 word nml wns ur pompnnlnd ly n 3000 wonl slnlomonl by lliipromiiitntlvii Hnderwood. "Tlm Inrlff bill." wild Underwood. "In mi sntlnfiittory now n whim limited. It will yield u surplus re venue of J 18,000,000 imxt year," Asked If tlm Inw would furtlior re diirn tho rot of living, Uiulurwooil mid: "Tlm ronferoncp bill l lowor tlmn oltluir tlm hoiiin or tlm senate bill. Tlm nonntn ylolded nbout nnn-hnlf of It Increases nml wo yloldod tho rent." Underwood prodlclod Hint tho house would approve President WIN ron'M compromlno plnn In rocnnl to tho tnxlng of ftituro dealing In cot ton, l-'rort Wool In DeremWr Tho decreased wood schedules be fomo effoctlvo Jnnunry 1, nml freo rnw wool becomes nffectlvo December 1. Duties on silk ribbons, bands nml unrrow fnbrlcn nro Incronscd from to to 4fi per rout. Other Importnnt nd dlllnun to tho froo lint follews: Pur skins, gunpnweder, hnrnoss, sugnr-mnklng mnrhlnory, iichool text books nml unused moving picture fllnm, Tlm principal chungo In tho Incomo tnx Incroniio tlm taxes on IncntncH of moro thiiu $7Ci,000, nml taxes nil In tomes of 13000 oxropt Hiobo who nro (Contlnuod on paga 8.) 10 8AI.HM, Ore., Sepl..l2f. Frank Keyinmir, nliiiH Parian-, nml Mike SiinmiH, convicted, of miiriler in Hip fiiht decree In ,1iipIhoii eounly, were received nt lliu iienlteulinry iodny for Ihe Hocoiul liinu iniitor senleuee to Im ImiiKPtt. Tito dnlo for tlm ex cculioim In l-'rlduy, (hilolier III. Tlm mso wiih npimiloil to tlio Biiprenie court nml Iho verdict of tho lower oourl won affirmed. Tliu ilealli hcii tcncii lliin time h final, iiiiIchh Hip t'ovornoi provcnlH. A A BOTH BRANCHES BILL 10 POSTPONE HAN E AND KEEP HUERTA MEXICO CITY, Ki'il. 2!. -Deputy Mine iiilioiluced n lull In enngnmn lo ilny In pnnloim indefinitely tlio presidential I'leclion scheduled for Octo ber i!(),iiii account of "tlm ilinturli, uiiHi'ttli'd ciiiiditiiui of lite country." If piihied Hie bill would letnin I'lovin iounl I'ri'Hiilfiit llueilii in of fiee. 4 4' 4 4 4 4 4 4 F HAN FltANCIBCO, Cnl., Sept. 29. - "Ah I fell fnlntlitK In tho ulreot n voice eiiiued to miiriiiur to me: 'Am you hurt, ilnrllmt? Did 1 nbout you? I did not menu to hnriu you.' "I thought nt tho llmo Hint It wn Arthur ipenklur. but nftvr thlnklu,; It over for dnyti at the hopltnl I hnvi) roncluded Hint It inunt hnvo lici'ii n linltiicltintlou. "I anw no ono." With thoiio words, Mrn..CnHicrlno (iiilliiKher, eoiuiuoiilnw wlfo of A. It. Coulnoti, tlm ninrchnnt chnrsfd with dlmotltiK to denth Wllllnm Acknr nnd (leorKo Kovnck In tlm AtlnB gnrnK recently nnd with unrloimly wound- Iiik Mm. HnllnKher, who wn with them, roncluded lior tetlmony todny nt tho Imiupit of Acker nml Kovnck. Iler precedlm? testimony covered tlm ntory of Imr nutomobllo rldo with Acker enrller on tho nlRht of the tniKKily, Tlm womnn wnH yet feeblo from Imr wouml. A vhlto bnndiiKO con cenled tlm bullet mnrk In her thront. C'oulHon wns prenent. Ho smiled sIlKhtly nit Mrs. CouUon toolc tlm nt nnd. I-'or nn Instnnt their eyes met, but neither pnvo n sign Hint tho other wns recoKiilzed. BAN PLACED ON E BAI.KM, Ore., Sept. 20. Corporn tlon CommlHsloner Wntson todny ro fused tlm OrcKoit Telephone llornld company n permit to soil stock In thh stnto nit tlm Kroumls that tho schomo of tho compnny Is vUlonary nnd tin snfo for Investors. Tho purposo of tho compnny Is to furnish n tolophonlc news sorvlco diirliiK certnlu hours of tho tiny nnd nlKht into resldoucos, o fflces, hotols, or nny plnro whero n pntron desired tin Instrument tustiillud. Tho compnny Is cupltnllzod nt inOO.000 nnd SI 17,000 In stock linn been Issued for tho pntentB, It Is now oporntliiK In I'ortlnud. L UrCNOH AYIIKS, Sop.t. 29. Furth er flnhtliiK belwoon robols nnd gov ornmont forces wn8 roportod todny In Kcundor. Rovornl cltlos nro besloKod by tho robols, tho dspntchett stntod, Whllo mnrlnes nnd bluojnekota woro InmlliiR from tho government Ritnbont Cotopaxl yestordny, robols In skiffs nml linrgcs nttnclcod tholr lnunchcs nnd upset sovernl of thorn, Tho Runbont thoreupon firoil upon tho mon struggling In tho wntor, smnshed two of tho robel boats nnd Itlllod many mon. Tho robols finally WOUND MAKES WOMAN GET SHOOTING SCENE 11 DEAD, 21 SHOT A ROT OVER GAME OF CRAPS State Militia Patrols Streets of Har rlston Nccroc; Run Amuck, Shootlnji at Everyone and Lynch Inn Dee Follows. Five of Wounded Expected to Die Dead Include Sheriff and Mem hers of His Posse. IIAIClMKTON, MIsm., Kepi. 1211. Stute militia pnlndleA tho Mrcct liete todny. Willi eleven piThOiirt dcitd, live prolmlily fnlitlly wounded nnd hixteeu Ichh M-Hoiihlv hurt m it result of yesterilny'rt fiKliliiiK l' tween u'liilex and negroes, only the arrival of the troops pretented a race war which promited to end in 'tho extermination of one color or the other in llurrixton. TIioiikIi tlm trouble yelerdy slnrled in n ipiarrel over a negro ernp game, there had been ill-feeling nmong the negroes, for xoinc unex plained renitoii, for heveral dayn. Thin feeling probnbly explains 'why, nfter hhooting Teller Wnrren ' iletnl in tlio fight over Hie ernp gimie, .Will .Jones, one f the negro plny en, who wns nflerwnnl joined by jh'w brother, Walter, run nimiek ithroucli tlm town, firing in every i irreiiou. Xegnxt Jtiin Amurk Tlie two negniex lind nlrendy cliot nml killed cx-Comtlnble Frank Kins ley nml Claude Freeman of Fayette, Misc., nnd wounded Kiutdey'rt son, William, Conductor K. H. Appleby nml Flagman W. C. Homl of the Ynroo A: MUiihippi Volley railroad, and taken refuge in n eottonseed wnrehouse when Sheriff O. II. Hnm melt of Jefferson eounly arrived nml witx shot dead nn he nppronehed the building. Several member of his poM were wounded in the fight which followed. Will do n es was shot nnd killed while attempting In escape from Hie wnrehousp to a safer place in n nearby coal chute. The battle hnd liv Hit time been raging for eight Iniiirri nml tlm militia from Nuteliez wero del raining when the posno fin ally rushed the wnrehouso nml cap tured Waller Jones, who had lost his nervu nnd ceased firing. LynrhtM Jy Mob Walter had been strung up by (ho crown, nfl had his bnither's dead body, before the soldiers could reach tho scene. After tho lynching the crowd Hindu n ruMi for Jones, found two negroes lliero and would have lynched them hImi if the militiamen had not como up just in limu ami saved them. The while men killed were Sheriff Hnmmctt, ox-Constable Kinsley, Freeman nml Conductor nnd Apple by, who died a short time nfter he w'as shot. Tho others of the cloven, besides the Jones brothers, were ne groes, two of them women, shot dur ing Iho promiscuous firing. Of tlio wounded, tho whllo men were ex-Slieriff Orron flillis, who may die; Flagman llond, young Kins ley nnd William MeCnhe. (lillis and McCnho were mciiibora of Sheriff Ilammelt's posse. Appleby, Freeman nnd llond were standing besido a wailing passenger train at tlio railroad station, chat ling. Tlio Jones brothers fired on them without provocation. Tlio ne groes thou fired into tlm coach, smashing many windows, hut wound ing no one. ALBANIlHTlK AI ATHKNS, Sopt. 29. Albniilniis to day nttackod tho Urook forces nt Kn vnln, In Bouthoru Turkoy. At last accounts n bnttlo wns rnglng. Tlio American Tobacco compnny hns ex IoiibIvo Intorostr. nt Knvnln. OPPOSING COUNSEL Ii MR. SOLZER'S IMPEJkGHMENTTRIHL ( O- CACr MCPVJCK ) .- .. . -, JX -ij9K vAttyiif,riinirriiriirvf'o. - -. . . .. ,, ,VS &-flU v csjprint ntfsr -.rcccio IJ C -v -- '.'" - " "---W352I'iW '- 1 H AliD SIXTH A?T Tr.tC, TJ I . yJrVWVfl?rWl . 'f-swM 2j .- - J ITrosecuted upon : fflK PERJURY CHARGES Ife xfiab AUIANY, N. Y Sept. 29. If the Impeachment court removes William Suitor from tlm offlco of governor of Now York he wilt bo prosecuted crim inally on perjury charges, Jt was stated todny lfersons who nru pinn ing the preicnt ease against. Sulzcr xer's friends retorted that thoy ex pect to provo that several prominent men nmong his accusers nro grafters. Frchiding over tlio Suler im peachment court, JuMiee F.dgar L. Ctillen refued today to permit the prosecution lo introduce evidence which it wns said, indicates that the governor hnd traded f-cetional leg islation for votes in, favor of the di rect primaries bill. The justice ruled that the evidence wiih iniulniisnhle beeau-e it was not specifically men tioned in the nrticles of impeach ment. His dccUion was an impor tnnt victory for Sul.er. The state court of appeals met this afternoon for its regular fall session, hut adjourned for u week, its members being engaged on the Sulzcr trial. SACltAMKNTO, Cnl., Sept. 29. ICvery criminal chnrgo pending In local courts against F. Drew Caml- nettl, Maury I. Dlggs, Marsha War rington ami Loin Norrls, Meno elopers wns dismissed today upon motion of tho district attorney. Thoro still ponds In tho juvontlo court tho matter of declaring tho girls dependents of that court. Judgo Shields wll render a decision at a ftituro day, not yet sot, upon this mat tor. Tho district attorney, a minor ity of tho probation commlttoo and others favor dropping tho charge A majority of tho probation com mittee voted to hnvo tho girls mndo dependents of tho court and porhnps punished. Tho court must decide Just what Bluill bo dono In tho mat ter, VOLLEY FIRED INTO OAKVIKW, Colo., Sept. 20. A volloy was fired from tho surround ing hills today into tho blincUs occu pied by strikebreaking coal miners. Mine guards rushed toward tho liid dou marksmen, but the latter scat tered among tho hills nnd escaped. No ono was hit, hut it was feared tho incident marked the beginning of gravo trouble. i MEXIHAN REBFI S FIMTRTMM SOHATOR EDQABT BRflCKETT craw MMfn DDnurernniniiw KAOI.K PASS, Texas, Sopt. 29. lloth American and Mexican rofugoos hcenn naiirinir In lior.i trul.iv. flonlnir before tho rebol forco which, defeated ! notoriety his famous painting "Sep In a desperato three days' battlo ' tomber Morn," has brought him that about 75 miles to tho southward, wero at last accounts thomselves In full hss fonnor imuuu. Paul Chabns, the flight townr.d tho border. jarth.t, is hiding from his friends On their way tho rofugees declared. ;M)im. here in the south of Frauee, they wero destroying all property formi j, ,0,Kd, n dainty nnd demure which It was posalblo tho federals ijU0 i,neliolor girl, has al-o dropped might find uso. Tho territory Is ono . f rom siilt, according to Jules Pages, whoro thoro aro big American Inter- m,t,i artict, lioro tmlay from Paris, eats, nnd It was bclloved their losses jWmro lie knew both artUt and model hnvo been heavy. Deep anxiety was i porsonnlly. folt also for tho lives of Americans) Pages 'says tho girl who posed for botwoon tho border and tho retreating j "September" Morn" is not pretty, but lino of robcls. Very graceful in figure. Sho is 2o It was said more than flvg hundred yonis of ago and daily made her liv Mcxlcans woro killed in tho battlo us ,y calling nt tho Paris studios which ended so disastrously rebol nrmy. for tho BY HOUGHTON, Mich., Sopt. 29. Striking coppor minors scored a vic tory hero today whou Circuit Judgo O'Drlon dissolved n temporary injunc tion prohibiting plckotlng or parad ing by strikers lssuod a wcok ago. After tho doclslon tho nilno ownors asked for a tomporavy Injunction re straining tho strikers from vlolouco OAKLAND, Cnl., Sept. 20. So deeply pained nnd humiliated by Hie ho oati no longer bear to frequent lor pomig. "September .Morn' lias not mado her rich or famous, nnd she is now hiding from its notoriety. She bears an excellent reputation for character, Pages says. Chabns is of it retiring and deeply frciiMlivo nature, and tho comment tinmsod over his painting hns griev ed him deeply. BURGLARS TAKE PANTS AND SIX DOLLARS CHANGE Huiglars entered the homo of J, II. llenselmnu Sunday night whilo ho was asleep and stole his pants mid $Q ill change. Tho prowlers gaiued ejilraueo by meana of a pass key, Nothing else was taken. SHIPPERS LOSE LONG F EQUALZE K Judae Wolvcrion Holds Bill Passed by People on Medford's Initiative, Unconstitutional and Void After Seven Months' Deliberation. Framers of Bill Censured for Care lessness in Drafting Measure by Federal Court. PORTLAND, Or., Sent. 21). In n decision in the United States district court by Federal Judge Charlcn K. Wolvcrton, the Jtcdford initiative freight rntc bill, passed by the people November 5, 1012, wns declared un constitutional nnd void. The bill, which was drawn up by Attorney Frank McCunc in tho in terests of tho merchants of Medford, and which wns pnsscd by an overwhelming- initiative vote nt the gen eral election, fixed nn nrbitrnry clas sification of railroad freight rates iu the relation that carload rates bear to less thnn carload rates. More than seven months hnvo been spent by tho. judges of tho fcdernl court in considering the ensc. Tlm decision in no uncertain languami condemns the initiative msasure ns unconstitutional and highly "incon gruous," nnd the intimation is given throughout the decision that tho ac was one that should have been given much grentcr consideration by those who nre instrumental iu buildinir i. After the. bill was passed last No vember every railroad in tho stnto put in n strenuous protest ngaipst it, and within two weeks temporary injunctions against the enforcement of the net had been granted in tho federal court in behalf of every road. Tho ponlon was written and deliv ered by Judge Wolvcrton, but Dis trict Judgo Dean and Circuit Judgo Gilbert of tho federal court of ap peals tat en banc Iu hearing tho caso argued. Judgo Wolvcrton stated that In tho decision as read by blm all the Judges fully concurred. Tho Inltlatlvo freight rato bill was fathered by tho Medford Traffic bur eau, which has won six aults boforo tho Interstate Conimcrco Commission nnd stato railroad commission for reductions In rates to Southern Oro- (gon points, u was uesigneu io Jequnllio rates and abolish tho dis crimination oxlstlng In fnvor of Port land, and onablo any locality to build up a Jobbing center. It Is probablo that n new bill, '.t.M a Ma t. ni'At.1 tliA. tAYinffl1 fill- III."'" WW " i,VI WIV IVW.M.VW. ww- Jectlons of tho courts, will bo sub mitted to tho people next year, to so curo tho desired equalization of rates. OF GAYIMURDER I.OS ANQELKS, Cnl., Sept. 20. Scienco was called upon today in the search for tho murderer of Mrs. Kebecea I. Gay, Christian Seiencg practitioner, who was beaten to death in her offjeo hero lato Friday. Chemical analysis of Mrs. Gay's blood and bloodstains fouml on tho clothing- of H,obort Askew, n nejro suspect, nro being mndo for compar ison. A bloody shirt nnd trousorn peoulinrly Bpottcd woro found in tho negro's room. Tho pollco ndmitted todny that lliey wero following n now clew, hut they refused to divulge Ub nnturc. A clinuffour whoso nnmo thoy with held wns closeted with tho detec tives for an hour. Ho is flupixisod to hnvo given informntlou regarding the movements of n mnn who hns not yet figured in tho stories of , th crime. 0- ' !.4h' " -v M n i i y -!.., ,f