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SECOND EDITION IMflytlilnl Yrnr. iMIIv I :1m Itl ti Year. TIFF REPORT VOTE 254-T 03 Aftrr Disposal of fli-port, Cotton Fultires Section to Do Passed ami Completed, Measure Sent to Sen ate Tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Hepl. :ill. Ily n voiii Hi' itit to 10:1, tin' Imiihu tin iillttinnon adopted tin tit riff confer iiium tcpoit. The (pientnm nf tu. lllg euttuil ftltlllot WIIH lint included ill lllO IIK'llMlirc, llllt WIIH postponed fur u separate vote. Four democrat . utfi1 against llio report. They wcie RcpiesoiitnllveH Ilrouwinl, .Morgan mill l.imtra uf l.iiiiiMiiiiiii ituil Dono- him (if l'lHIIMIWIIIIU. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. The house tncilly agreed In iIihmi) of tin' tariff nport before adjournment lodnv, voting mi flu icpiirt tit I o'clock tliim afternoon, luuiiedmlclj tluueiifler it "ill coiisiilcr the colluii I'lltlirox section. It will iriiimii ill SCBftillll, it WHH Hlllll, lllltll till' I'litlllll ftllliri'H SOI'lioU in lliHKI'll "T. HI'llll illg till) tlOlllplctl'd lllll tU till' HlMllltf tomorrow. t'lttlcrw nod's Statement Oponiilic the debate nil tlui confer enuo report, Representative 1'nder wood nf Alnliniuii, "tut uf tin) until- urn nf tlu liill. uid: "Tlii liill plnco iiiiiny nf the lie eoMitioa nf life mi Ihu free lint nml hMlwtitllllW IoWIT (little tllllll tlliwi iniw existing nil many other ueecimi titm. "Tin" overuse tiiMitinn rate pro vided fur in this lull i a trille mure tliHii 'Jll per cent, iix nguinst 'JO. Ill under tin' W'iUnu law nml 10.1'J mi ilnr tin" Payne law. "It Ih estimated tlml tin ineumu tax will bring In ?M'J.n00,(MI0 mime ally, exclusive nf iMMHIO.OOO from tliu Diirpumtinii tax. Million I-. ltlH-(t "From nil revenue source tlu liill will rnlsn $l,0'J,00,non in IIU.". "N'n inattt'r what t'ritii'iiim uur ndvcrwarUm may linvu In iiiaki' uf iin, tliu ohurgo cmiiiiit lu' inaili' Unit tlio dcinnoraU iii nut kept tlu'ir I'1k to reduce ta.xaliiui. "I do nut believe there i- nnv danger that tliu hill will wmk injuiv In aiiv industrial interest. It will only fnri'o tlu'iu to tiluuijco artificial conditions, Iluiiics in already pie parcil (n meet ui'w condition. I he lii'M' an era of pmspciily uiul ptog-rc-s is iilu'iul." SHOOTS EX-SPOUSE i.os ANdHi.r.s, fai., s.'pt. ao. - Frank Jl. Ivy, a ir-nl citnli' ilrah-r, wax hhut ami pruhahly fatally wuunuVil 1'nily tmlay hy hid ihwiri' i'il wifu, Mrs. F.tlilh M. Ivy. Aftur Mrn. Ivy hail hlrnt Iiit fnr mor IiiihIiiiiuI nho ilruppoil hi'r ri'vnl ir anil floil. Ivy rrrpt In wlii'rt' tliu wi'iipuit lay, Hi'i.cil it ami fiii'il a hhot aftur tliu wninau, inflirtinu a l'li'hh wuiiiul in hur thili. Ivy was taken to tlio n,i,i,iiuK hiihpital. KurKi'unK Niiiil thoru thn hulli't poiH'Iraloil hi ahilnuu'ii mul that ho liml littlu chaui'd to u'cuvor. Mrn. Ivy wan anvHti'il mul tnkun to tliu I'i'utiiil pnlicii Htatinn, whom her wniiinl witH iifiiti'il. Mrn. Ivy wan illvorci'il from tin1 inmi hhu hhot MiiitIi 17, UU)1. Ivy rt'iiiarrii'il mul livi'd with his hi'cuiul wifu mul Ihi'ir two chihlivn. Tliu 1'irnt .Mm. Ivy ilrovo to his huuiu in a tiiNii'iih, calh'il him to thu tluur mul npuui'il fire. Harry Ah in, her chmiffi'iir, lu'hl hor until Ihu pu- li(!U CUIIU). GIVINJO YEARS YIIKKA, Cal., Kepi. III). Cunvirt eil ri'i'i'iitly of cuuHpiiinj,' to dyiia uillu I ho humus of Kuvural wnikmuu at Woi'd, nuar huru, (I. Milotto, mi llalian, wiih Huiituncuil today to 'JO vuiim in FoIhuiii prison, mid (1. Violin tu fiftcun ymr in Hun Quon tin. Two nlhur iiicu cnnviulud on Himilnr pluugus nlrcady nro survinir fifteen yenra Piich in Hnu (Jitenlin. SE AS 0 m Medford GOVERNOR FELKER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (ibVERMOR.SP.ftLWR.. TIip flKlit liy I lurry IC. 'lliaw'ri cotiU' id tu ri'ilit tliu I'Atriiilltluii of I licit tlleiil from tliu Hlnti' of .Now Miiiiinlilri: li lieliiK liifinl liy (lowruur I elUir In tlui Ktiuitu ClitimlxT of tin.' Klntu Cniil lul ut CuiieuM. OAV TUAIA PHIM5 orti mwi UUII19 FREELY USED 10 DEFEAI JUSTICE AI.IIANY, N V, H.pt .IC Al- I ok I UK Hint certain liiflmnrcH In DutrlioiH county aru priituntlnK tliu liiillctuiont of llnrry K. Tlmw, tlio fiiKltlvo from .Mnttonwnu. Dlntrlct Attunioy Wliltuinn of Now York county nml DUtrlct Attornoy CoiiKor of Hiili-lioM comity tuilny rmki'd Act Itii: (lovornor Clnn tu onlcr thu nt torfify pcliural to tnku rlmrK" of thu TlunvcnHo.- It wmi cx'icctoit horo that 01 Jim would lmin tho onlur. Doth Whitman nml CoiiKor tohl niynu Hint n DutclioM comity Krnml Jury Imllcteil Tlmw on n comtplrncy chnrKu hut (lint thu motuhom rhniiRoil tholr inlmlrt over tilKht nml rovorrieil tlniiiinlvp. They clinrRu Hint Thnw inoiii'y In liolriK iihpiI freely. It wns liellev(i thnt thn nttomey RpnnrnI would delminto Wlllinm Trnvem Jerome n n Hptrlnl nttoruey geiiernl If the reipicut In Krnnted. OF 1.08 AN(!Kl.i:8. C'nl., Sept. .10 Oeormi II, lllrby, inlllloiuvlro hnukor of I.uiik Ilenrh, utnmln ncqultted to ilny of n chnrKu of nldliiK thu moral iliMMifnll of (.Moo lluleu Mnrker, n uliieteen yenr old iiume. Further- more, ho prolmlily will nut tin called upon to fnco t ilnl on n Hlmllnr chnrKO Involving Mario llrown-I.evy, n- HioiiKh DUtrlct Attorney John I). I'rederlckH mtld today that no decl- hIoii In HiIh imittor Iiiir heeu reached. Tho jury thnt henrd tho uvldoucu for nml nunliiBt lllxhy In oun of tho uioHt RuiiHiitlomil trlnln hold In I.os AiiKotcti lu tunny yearn ncqulttcd thu defeiidnnt on ItR flrnt formul Imllot, nflor ilellhprntliiR nuo hmirtTud fifty mlmitert. Two luformnl hnllotB woro taken, cloven jurora votltii; for nc ipiltlnl nml one not votlnj. lllxhy uxpreHHed hln nntlHfactlon wllh thn verdict, Miylnc: "1 mil hnpplor than worda rnn tell," T KAOI.l-2 I'ASS, Toxns, Sept. 30. With thu coiiBtltutlumillstu roluforcud l; a thoiiBiiud men, flKhtliiK hotweun .Muxli'iut rohula nnd fodorula wiib ro- aiiuied today ut Sulilunn, nccordliiK to rufuytioH nrrlvltiK hero. Tho fntnll tlea mo i;rowltiK hourly, and at hoiuo plncoH corpHPH nro piled up llko cord wood, Non-comlmtnntB, on tho verKo of Htarvatlon, nro fleohiR from tholr homoa fn towns ilynnmltod nml hurnod hy tho warrltiK factions. Hundreds of refugees aru arriving Iioro. 'sLMh v" MKBlHi r ' BIXBY ACQUITTED M1AT RESUMED MEXCAN D MHUFOIW. SULZER HOODOO IN SPECULATION STAIES BROKER Broker Testifies Governor GamhlcJ on Mariilns for Many Years and Invariably Loit Stocks Always Tumlilctl. AI.IIANY, N. Y., Kept. :. Tliuro i'imiIiI Inn illy !iiic liicn a more un lucky Hpeeiilalor than (luvcriior Wil liam Hulir uf New York, accordim,' to thu Htury told from the witnen i Inmi hy .Melville M. Fuller of the hrokeniKU firm of llnrrH & Fuller, at thu iiiipuiu'hmuiit trial today. livery time Kuler IioiikIiI n Hccur ity Fuller Said lie ncemed, hy duiiiK it, to dcprcMN it m price. Tim htoekn he invented in iinarluhly cruinhled. And lie speculated, uh wiih brought nut hy the iiie.tioiiiii(; of the pnine iMitioii'H lawyew, fur yearn. Much of Fuller' leMimoiiy cover ed the utory of Sulrcr'rt nlnek mar ket dahhhni; hefure hix ulcetimi to thu Kovernnrhhip. On Jiimiary 1, IPl'J, the witllPHH related, Kiilzet owed llarrin & Fuller .flH,r.:,!l.:i8. I'irin Cnrrjlm; Sulcr Oa that dale the finn wiih carry inir him on ittt hooki for f00 hliarcn of Ilij- Four and 100 of Southern Pacific Mock and for 'J00 of Amer ican Smelter. AceordiiiK to fiurca which Fullei produced, tho itovernor paid tho lint- kern f 'J 1.000 after hii olectiun. Ilif firnt pa incut, indeed, wiih iimucdi atelv after he waa elcelcd. It win on November 18 nml amounted to f 1 0,000. The market price of hia holding continued to decline, nnd Inst June Iiih nccouut waa In xenon ahapc Tho governor diarccnnlcd cnlla for additiotial inftrK-n nuM'ou .luiio 1 Lieulcnaul ('ummander Iiuia .Ins nphthnl, a memher of tliu pihenin loriiil staff, mutinied the nccouut, paying $'Jtl,7.tU ami receiving the sc eurities on deposit with ,thu firm. Purely SpM-nla(lo Tho witness stated that lie con sidered tho Sul.er account na a pure ly speculative, margin account, and it waa pairied na suelt until Sulzer was elected, when it waa transferred to the loan account buok. "Whvf" ithkcd Chief .Justice Oil- len of the state court of appeals, presiding over thu impeachment trihmial. "Mv pnrlncra and myaclf thought it unwise," miswered Fuller, "to have slock hearing Suler'a name carried In audi n way that it might he hawked about Wall streel." "Was the I'linugo mnde nfter Sul zer waa elcelcd I" impured t'ullon. "Yes," said Fuller. "Thnt waa when thu change was uiadu and why." Tho identification of market rec ords relating to the alleged Sul.er Irnuaaetiuna followed a blow mid tedious business. The ehurgo that Harris & Fuller manipulated their hunks ao as to conceal a debt of $IO,'JlU owed them hy Sulzer December HO, waa made just before reces, ALBANIANS STILL VIF.NWW. Sent. .10.--Fiihtimr bo- tween Alhuuinua ami Servians is re- ported in progress today on tho out skirts of Monastic It is believed Turkey is aiding tlio Albanians. It also is feared (hat thu fighting is preliminary 10 a resumption oi Hos tilities with Hulgaria and Turkey al lied agninst Serviu and flreeee. E riOVF.lt, Kiiglund, Sept. !10. Tho Karl of (luilford fought sido hy side with firemen' hero today in a futile effort to bavo his W'ahloshiro Park mansion. Many famuus paintings were saved, however. Thu origin of tho firo is not known, hut HiiiTrug- ettes nro Biippeeted. FIGHTING SERINS Mail Tribune ORI500N, TIIRSIMY, StiPTHMBHR 30, 3013. THREAT IDE Players Must Cut Out Wrlllnu. Spc clal Articles for Papers or Uslnn Their Names In Press or Cham pionship Games Will Be Called Off NKW YOHK, Hcpt. 30. -IteportH that thu National commUnlon may cancel tho erlc for tho world's baiie lmll vhninplonslilp hntweon tho Now York OlnutH nnd Athlutlci as n re sult of certain platers announcing their Intention to wrltu stories for uuwHpnpers, or pretend to wrltu wcro henrd on nil sides thu afternoon Many of tho playern, It was said, had contracted for the mo of tholr names before thn commltslou barred tho practice. Now tho players declare they will go through with contracts dcHplto tho ruling, but tho Notional commission Is determined to call a halt. At Monday's meeting of tho com mission, the plnycrs, It was said, will bo notified to break all contracts un der penalty of n heavy flnu. Mnno per McOraw of the niauts nnd Mann- Ker Mnck of tho Athletics will bo or dered to sco Hint tho players obey. It was reported that If signed articles by players appear after tho first game, tho commission mny cancel tho remaining games. SUIT TO CANCEL DKNYKR, Colo., Sept. 30, Tho riHentton by tla Unltvd States gov ernment of oil lauds In California, Arlzonn. W)omlug, I'tah and Colo rado vnlued at figures so stupendous ub to ho almost unbellevablo Is In volved In the suit for tliu government ngalnst Ihu Mid-West Oil company nnd others, hearing on which began In tho United Status court of np peals hero today. Technically tho suit Involves title to only 1C0 acres of laud In tho Wy oming nil fields valued nt $1,500,000 to 14,000,000. In reality, It in volves tho validity of an order Is sued by tho president of thu United States In 1909, withdrawing from all forms of entry, 3,041,000 ncres In California nnd Wyoming, much of which is estlmntcd to bo worth from 110,000 to $23,000 an aero. At tho orlglnnl hearing of the suit lu Cheyenuo last year, evldenco was Introduced to show that tho officials of tho nnvy department estimated tho nmoutit of oil lu tho laud withdrawn lu tho stnto of California nlono at 1,000,000,000 barrels, which repre sents a value of two billion dollars. B AND LOLA F SACHAMKNTO, Cal., Sopt. 30. Marsha Wnrrlngtou and I.olu Norrls, Iteno elopers, will not faco tlio juvo nllo court ns tho result of their es capade with Maury I. Dlggs nud P. Drew Camlnottl. Aftur n BtrenuoiiB session, the pro bation commlttoo hna voted today to dismiss tho pending action against tho girls, but this wns not dono until Juvenile Judgo Shields requested It. "Whnt about tho other girls who romnluod nt niggs' offlco overnight?" HBked Mrs. h. Morolnnd, wlfo of lllshop Morolnnd, during tho discus sion. "Didn't wo punish thorn? Shouldn't theso girls bo puntshod Just ns well ns othors?" IN OIL LAND CASE WASHINGTON, Sot. 30. A reso lution domnmling an oxplnnntlou from tho department of Justice for Its alleged fnlluro to prosocuto tho South ern Pacific railroad for accifpancy of California oil lands was Intro duced In tho houso today by Itopro- sentntlvo Thomson of Illinois, ANEL1 ' E GAMES AND PATENTS c. w. mjiiPiir denies r ii Aliens IN MEIililAM IJirOltCE TRIAL 7 S8& - nSftilb. i !k - v. ' WmsMt ill I K fs lHBB MRS tiCSSIC C.MERRIAM Fulfilling his promlso to clear tho name of Mrs. Ccxile C. Mcrrlsm nod to prove to the world thnt nn "Infamous Injustice was lieing done tin lumx-cm woimin," Clurcncu Wnlnwrlght Murphy took the witness t.ind lo Judgi Graham's court room In Sjii Francisco. With the words "InfnnioUH luJuttUc' which he flashed over tho cable from Purls froh on hi lips, Mr Murph; stepped to the stand nud soon was answering a tucccvdoii of rapid fire ques tions from Mrs. M err lam's counsel. Uicry uuo wu u denial of the alienation made by Cuptuln Jlcury C. Mcrrlam. Mr. Murphy testified thnt he had not heard of the divorce nctlnn brought by Cnptaln .Mcrrlam until ufter he reached Paris lift May cm hN trip around the world and added that he might have been there jel lud.be ihu cnuie to America for the solo purpose of testifying lu tills case uud to right the attempt to blacken Mrs. Merrlum's name. HOOPER CALLS PROHIBITION LAWS NASHVIU.i:, Tenp., Sept. 30. Governor Ucn Hooper today called a second extra session of tho legislative for October, 13 to consider passago of a bill which will cnablo him to enforco prohibition strictly through out tho state. In his proclamation, ho urged tho peoplo "of every county to rise abovo tho narrow confines of partisan limi tation and to assemblo at tho county seats and elsewhere to encourago nnd support tho governor and tho assem bly In restoring tho majesty of tho law." Tho first extra session adjourned Inst w'eok without having compiled with tho governor's wishes hut after a series of gatherings In which wea pons wero repeatedly drawn, tho most violent scenes enncted nnd blood shed wns Boveral times narrowly averted. DEMURRER FILED CRAWFORD'S SUIT SALKM, Ore., Sept. 30. Attor neys for Governor WW, Secretary of State Olcntt nnd Stuto Treasurer Kay today filed n demurrer to the complaint in tlio suit brought by At torney General Crawford against litem ns members of tho state board for tho recovery of about $15,000 alleged to hnvo been unlawfully spent from tho old nenitentinry re volving fund. Tlio demurrer is on tho ground "thnt tho complaint does not stnto facts sufficient to con stitute n enuso of suit." MEXICAN REBELS EA VEttA CRUZ, Sopt. 30. Robols captured tho town of Ponsncoln, near Pueblo, early today, according to mes- sngea recolved horo this afternoon, looted tho placo nnd killed largo numbors of people I.ator, whou n train pulled Into tho placo froitf Puoulo, they klUcil tho englnoer nnd two federal officers who woro on board nud robhod nil tho passongors. NW SE N m Oregon Hlstirrfcnl Society J"" Second Slrcct AHD DVJGHTEre CHARLOTTC FEDERAL COME TO STUDY T A. V. Stuhcnrnuch, jmmologist and horticulturist, nml C. Mnim, fruit e.ert, both connected with the department of agriculture, nro in the city tanking an investigation of the pear raising industry in this valley. This nftemoon they will inspect the pre-eooling plnnt of tlio Rogue Htver Fruit & Produce association nnd visit tho llillerest orchard, leaving on the evening train for CorvnllU nnd Salem. "Tho primnry purpose of our visit," said Mr. Stubenraucb, "is to determine tho practicability of keep ing jienrs, particularly Ilnrtletl, in cold storage, so ns to extend the market nnd avoid tho slump enured by tho California pears flooding the eastern markets. Last yenr our in vestigations in this valley showed it to be of practical value to the grower, nnd tunny of tho ideas nd vnueed in our bulletin woro ndopted by tho Hillcrest orchard. o are making our experiments so ns to gain tho points that will net thu greatest good to tho growers, nnd when wo hnvo finished witit our pro cooling investigations wo will take up tho practicability of storing win ter pears." Mr. Mann has been put in charge of tho export fruit trade and will make an investigation of tlio condi tions in this line. His present trip is a preliminary one over tho fruit districts of the northwest. NKW YORIC, Sept. 30. A heavy drop lu Union Pacific marked tho opening of tho stock market today. thnt stock declining IVj points to IDS. Although S000 shares woro un loaded, tho price yielded only a small fraction. I.ator In tho day Union Pacific mado up all its losses, nnd Reading advanced a full point. After all tho earlier losses had bon recovered busi ness grew quiet, with a strong under tone. Just before the closo most of tho actlvo stocks roso slightly above yostordoy's closo. Ponds woro easy, Tho market closed steady. EXPERTS FRI PROBLEM WEATHER Fair tonight mid Weilnea day Mat. 0."J Mln, JW. NO. 1G4 Firearms Used Frequently Train Stalled and Strikebreakers Open Fire From Both Sides Windows of Train Riddled With Bullets. CAT.UMKT, .Mich, Sept. .'10. Strikebreaking miners nnd striko sympathizers rcpontcdly clashed In Calumet nnd vicinity today. In two fights just outside tho town of Ahmcck firearms wero used freely. Tho Ahmcck Mining- com pany wns nttemptine; to reach tho plnco with n cnrlond of men from Xow York detective ngencics, but their train wns stalled before reach ing there by a bnrriendo of tics across tho track. Miners sny that tho strikcurcak ers opened fire from both sides of the trnin ns soon ns it stopped; tho strikebreakers thought thnt striko sympathizers fired tho first shots. The windows of the trnin wcro rid dled with bullets nnd stones, nnd it finally bneked up into Cnlumct. I.atcr tho strikebreakers succeed ed in getting into Ahmcck in auto mobiles, again exchanging mnny shots with strike sympathizers, they snid, on the rond. So fnr ns known, no one wns hurt. Militiamen bnd a hot fight wi.lli a street rrnwil here Inst night in which a number of persons wero cut nnd bruised, nnd tndny nt the hour for giing to work in the mines fights oc curred in mnny pnrts of all the min ing towns in the region. Mnny ar rests wcro mnde, including a number of women. The strikebreakers themselves quit at Mohawk today, tho mino fires went out nnd, ns tho mine supplies the plnco with water, the town wns left without fire protection. BANDITS CAPTURE HANKOW, China, Sept. 30. Great anxiety wns felt hero today for tho safety of tho Lutheran mis sionaries reported captured by ban dits nt Tsao Yang, in Ilupeh prov ince. Chinese soldiers of both the government and rebel forces hnvo trented foreigners well, but whnt tho bnndits might do wns deemed prob lematical. Tho missionaries nt Tsao Yang are tho Rev. W. M. Ordahl, tho Rev. Rainholdt Killen and wife and tho Misses Caroline Rasmussen, Ida Wales nud Mnrio Hnrsfnd, all mem bers of a vjjis.sionnrv society with headquarters at Wahpeton, N. I). TRAIN BANDII FAINT NKW ORLKANS, La., Sept. 30. Reeauso one of tho participants be- enmo couseleueo stricken uud in formed a deputy sheriff of tho con templuted hold-up, a train robbery was foiled horu today. Clureueo Doatwright is the man said to hnyo informed thu police of thu plan. Ho told them that Alfred K. Oliver had planned tho robbery. Roth Oliver and Iloatwright woro nrrested, tho authorities believing they mny huvu been connected with recent train robberies in tho south. GAYNOR'S ESTATE ONLY HALF MILLION NEW YORK. Sent. 30. l'rivnto npprnisnl today of tho estate of tho lato Mavor Guvnor fixes its valuo at muro thmi $500,000. Tho executors, oxpect to pay the tihoritntco lntma iliatelv. Thov declare that one-half of tho real estnto Is heavily mort gaged and that tho rest of tho es tate consists mainly of bliaros tit the Itoyal Unking Powder company. MINERS CLASH m STRIKERS NA CALUMET MISSIONARIES iJ fj V