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Medford
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SECOND
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WEATHER
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Filcmlly Relations of Two Countries
Not to Do Dlslurhcd Minister's
Remarks Misinterpreted Bryan Is
In Favor of New Trenty.
Hotiso Immlurntlon Committee Calls
Off Indeflnatcly Hearing on linker
Asiatic Exclusion Dill.
WAHIIINHTON, Jn. 22. Wliltu
Hertnry of Hlnto llrnn Insisted
this afternoon that a touiplcti ''t
Ili'liU'iit with Jiiin was Imminent ro
jsnrdliiK tin alien lit ml oontrinerwy.
ho it on I imI tlint nn altilalor iiiiauliu:
Milted b) Jnpnnom Foreign Minister
Mnkltio ilurtlny before Ihn Jnpn
ino parliament had nu thing to do
Willi Hill Indefinite pOHtpOlleltliml of
limtrlnt: scheduled today bofont the
liniiilmntlou loininlltcu on the linker
Asiatic exclusion Mil. It snn under
stood (lint Mr) mi wrotu llio commit
Kit Unit In desired no Mti'ii taken thut
might ilnlit) nu iixpeettid now treat)
with Jnpnii.
Ilrjnn Not SurprlMil
Ilrjnu Insisted I hero was nothing
nurprliliiK In Unroll Mnklua's dcclarn
(Ion Hint "the Japanese government
liml comu in see tlin necessity of con
slilerlng noiiin otlntr way for solution
of tint question lircaimo thu rcplM
of lh I'lilti'il Htnlc had not been
foiinil snllsfnclor) "
Tim decision to drop tho hrnrlu
on the Asiatic lilll followed uti mo
eutfVd HessloifoToni hour' duration.
A doxon nltucsscK, Including Commis
sioner flitiicrnl or Immigration An
thony Camlncttl, walled nutsldo to
testify,
Hearing It I'nstiMinitl
It vva understood Hint Hut com
mittee acreed to iiiMtiotu) Hid hear
Iiik twin .Sccretnry llrjan detailed nil
tint various treaties Hint would In
rupi'uli'it li tlio linker hill. When
Hut rotninltti'ii unit, ('ongressmnn
Monro of I'miniiyhniiln objected to
public hearings In lw of llnron Ma
kino's speech mid Chairman Huriictl
agreed with lilm. Tlio announcement
of tlui Indefinite postponement of
the pulilli' hearings, follow oil,
ALASKA RAILROAD
BILL UP FOR VOTE
IN SENATE TODAY
WAHIIINHTON, Jan. 22 After
ncaily two weeks of debate tlio pro
ject for n government owned am!
operated AlnMknn railway wan up In
Hid senate for n oto this afternoon
After Senators rittmnii mill Wiling
ham liml concluded tlio nniioiiiiciul
speeches on Hid hill It was agreed,
hy iinnnliiioiiH consent, to begin thn
lollmll at 4 o'clock,
lluforu tlio voto was tulcun It wuh
expected tin of fort would hu mmlu to
nmonil thu provision purnilttliiB tlio
prusldont to leuso tlio rullrouil when
constructed. Virtually nil thu oppo
Hilton tlio bill uvolvoit around gov
ornmont ownership ot mllroaiU, '
Honntor IMttmun ilocluroil Hint thn
iii'iiil for Oinro colli whuroupoii to
luillil croilll would nlono jimtlfy tha
Koviirninoiit hullilliiK tlio rullrouil
nt'i If thoro woro no nucli Hiiikh uh
Hploiidlil ;iisrlcuturnl InndH ami coal
unit other nilnornla tlidro.
RUMORED 40 KILLED
IWIUH), N. I).. Jim. '-"-'- l'''
Hiiiii'il i'iiiU Hull I'limi (unity lo
I'mly rioiin luiw lii'Kii I'llli'il in it
(IikiiI Noillimi ImiIii wiri'li liriil
JVlllMlllli N. I). MI'M' IH'I'hl'll In'
dt noon Imlii). IIiiiIioihI olfinuU
Pi llllll ll'llir I'llllllU'll I"' lllHK M'l'l'l'
iJ nv HWd nf Uv (l)uir.
GREATNORTHERNWRECK
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AL J, JENNINGS, FORMER TRAIN
At J. .IminiiiKH, formor truiii rohliiT,
now prtii'tii'ini; nllonii'v in (Ikliilnuiiii,
in ilcli'imini'il llin tmlilii xliull in-iIoi-rk
his trforinatHUi niul to pioo
Hint tlnv will ilo mi In1 ii now n
ciiniliiliitu Tor Hii nomiiiiition for
Koiriior lie Inlii'Vi'H II lu li I'loi't
cil In will kim' Ol.lnliomii Hi" lt''t,
nl liii"! tin1 mot lionrl, lulnnii htrn-
E
TOKIO. Jan. 22 - All ctnum-ti ilU
plniil thn lUi'llvxt Intercut liuro to
iln In Ihn ntniotnimt innilo by J'ornlKn
MliiUmr llnron Maklno nt )i(oriU't
ninlon of pnrllnmi'nt to tlio effect
Hint Japan wonlil hno to tnko fur
Ihur Mtepit to emplinrilo with tho
Amiirlcnu government Hid Mlknilo'i
protent ayaliiMi California'! alien land
lawn.
Hpemilntlon wnn rife on nil hnmU
an to what tlio bnroii incnnt hy HiIh
referelU'il. Tllrtt III! Willi llllltlllK At
inllltnry preparation wan not nt nil
Kiinernll) bellneil, ulnro there nro
few Jnpnnem who ilon't renllte their
country I In no financial condition
to iindorinko nu extuiuUo cninpnlKU.
The loiiHenuuK of opinion wn Hint
retaliatory luKliilnHon iiIoiik coniinor
rial linen was contemplated. Htrlctor
ri'KuluHoiiM ronrcruliiK American
resldontH or lnltorit In tho country
wan thought unlikely, Itinimurh n
not eunuch American couio to Japan
to make audi action particularly
felt, except, potslbly, In a purely son
tlmuntul way.
THAW GETS $30,000
FROM TRUST COMPANY
IMTT811UIM, l'a., Jan. 22.
Ilurr K, Tliuw, ulayer of Stanford
White, this afternoon van rnnto.l
rlKht to 130,000, held by tho Fidel
ity TriiBt nml Tltlo company lioro, by
JiiiIko J, J. Miller of tho OrphuiiB
court. Tho amount ropreHonta uc
cummulateil Interest on a sum hold
In truht for Thaw by tho company,
tho court ruled Hint tlio law holds
that one may ho In tho custody ot n
lunntlo nnylum and ntlll linvo suffU
rleut moutal capability to make con
trmlH and tranunct biiHlnosa.
TO
TERMS WITH WILSON
LONDON', Jim. '"-. H. W. IJiri.
Iui Hitlil to lepri'M'iit l.oiil C'ott
iliuy, lieml of (lie Peiioxm K,inliiiili,
wliicli liiix cunt iiioiik .Mexieiin Intel -
ohtn, wuh iimlerxlooil licit tmliiv lo
limn niiniiKi'il fur u conferi'iire with
l'ieliliilil Wll-oii. Ilielluiiu Ih liov
ill Hie I'nili'il Hliilt'. II nwih Imliev
nl hy noiiio JiiiiiiieierH Hint Ciiwi'i.iv
Iin ilri'idcil lie cmi lii"l fiili'Uiiiinl
Ilia I'lWI Ml'klemi lllll'M'kU ll Ml Oil
iJiilii'jf Milli Hu Wiiklnnuli'ii mlimii
iliulioii wi'il Hi.il Jliriliiiijf Iiiiioi
li u wlv Hunt,
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APAN
PLANNING
RETALIATORY
IV
AGANST
AMERICA
MKDFORD.
tn .
ROBBER, RUNS FOR GOVERNOR
Hon it linn known. If liu fnilx of
iiominntion or I'lrction lio will Inno
iii'liiKMil Hiffii'icnl iromini'iiru to
tntiki lux low prni'tii'i) i'M'ii moro
profilnlili- than now.
'I ln iliffiTi'iit'o lii'tui't'ii JcnniiiRH
nml Hiinic oHiitk in politic in Hint
In iiiIiiiiIk hi wiim n lnj;li wiimihi n iiikI
n lliu'f, nml llu'V ilon't till imlii'ti'il.
VILLA MASSING ""
TROOPS 10 ATTACK
HI. I'ASO. Texan, Jan. 22-
Aliothnr battle on Mexican noil, a
inomontou na thotn foiiKht recotitly
nt Blerrn lllauca nml OJInnsa will be
Kin within ten da)n nt Torrcon, ac-
ronlliiK to mhlcos from Chihuahua
City today. Thu conntltutloiiallstn
troop from all parta of. Northern
Mexico nro hurry Iiik to a rendezvous
aboM) that point where General
"1'nnclio" Villa will tnko personal
command. JteallrlnK that Torreon
I tho key to" the uholo territory
miiitli of Mexico City the federnU aro
mnHHliiK their nvnllnble force from
Mexico City, San l.ula l'otoal and
Monturuy.
Cenernl Villa expect to liavo 15,
000 soldier to attack Torreon, whltn
tho federal treiiKtli thero will bo
leta than that. Vlllu Is supremely
confident. In a proclamation today
ho predicted that hla forces would
capturo Torreon and then "knock
another prop from under tho totter
InK throne of lluerta." If Torrcon
fall, hu predicts nil tho other cities
between thero niul Mexico City can
ho easily captured.
FEOERATION ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
ASTOKIA, Or., Jan. 'J2. Ono of
the liiKK,!t fiKlitx III the prebent con
vention of the Statu reiteration of
Labor in mms'ioii here, n resolution
iiitioduootl Tuehilay by tho Typo
rnpli'u'iil union, proxiiliut; for the
umoiiiliiiK of the eoiihtitiitiou of the
federation no that officers of tho on
Miine; yj.nr eoulil ho elected on tho
floor of tho conu'iition, was defeated
today hy a oto of II) to 'Jo. Thy
officers will hu nominated this ufter
noon mid elected later hy tefcrcndiiiu
ote.
Discussion of thin resolution took
up pi Helically all of tho moraine; ses
sion. WESTMINSTER ABBEY
LONDON', Jan. !!i At Ki.i
(Icon.!! Iivhcht iliiiicli milliontic
Inday nl lend hpni'i' fur Hie lulu
Liml HlriilhciMia'x hody in Wcslinin
hlcr Alhi. The fniiiily ucirplcd tliv
honor of liiiii'iiil m'lwi'ea in llic uh
lic). lull di'i'limd a Inn ml Ihi'li', III"
loidlii' In I ikpniil uili laiiM
Hm I iii lii'di lit' liulc lu uife'n
IU Jlighgulu ihuHhudi
ENEMY
EN
Oltl'XION, THUIWDAY,
KEEN RIVALRY
President Wilson Appeals to Chair
men to Allay Jealousy Which En
dangers Fate of Anti-Trust Bills
Pending Before Congress.
Judiciary Committee Gets Part of
Bills and Interstate Commerce
Committee Balance by Truce.
WASHINGTON', Jan. '22. The
house judiciary committee thm morn
inc Ix'iran real work uu the lithiums
t ration trust prormn. Three tenia
tie hills drawn by Cone;rciMmmi
C'lu ton and lfcpresentnties HojU
and Carlia wero laid before the full
committee. Formal introduction ot
thu bids will be planned this after
noon or tomorrow. HeannpH will In,
ejn next week liuforo both the judic
iary mid interstate: commerco com
mittees. (juellini; jeitloUH nnlry of both
scuntc mid bonne lenders ocr inns
ion of the ndminiitration program
wus the problem that faced the pres
ident toilny. Chairman Adntnxon of
the interstate commerce mid Clayton
of the judiciary committee reached a
lenisirary tnieu after President Wil
son had appealed to both to bury
their differences in handling the
measures. Clayton was said to hne
protested to tho president npiiust
linwnt: Adttinsou'i committee take any
part in the work, following Demo
emtio Lender I'ndcrwood's reference
of the interstate (rude commission
and rnilrond ftrcuritics rejrulatiou
features of the Adamson committee.
It was reported toilav (hat the
president hm! asked Adamsou if he
eotihl to Kracei'ullv withdraw and
leave the entire field and glory to
Clayton's committee. Adntusnn re
fuscil, hut agreed to give Clavton the
prestige of introducing the several
hills with his immc uimiii them as the
author, reserving to the interstate
commerce committee the right to pre
sent thu final ilY.itK
In tho senate moro rivalry between
Chairman New hind", interstate com
merce commission, mid Chninnan Ov
erninn's judieiarj committee was im
pending. Overman thinks .omo of
the bills ought to bo given to tho
judiciary committee and not have
New lands' committee handle the
whole program.
OFE
RATE TO 4 PER CENT
LONDON, Jan. 22. Tho
Hank of Kngland today re-
" duced its discount rate to 4
" per cent, owing to tho easier
monetary situation at homo ""
"" and abroad. Tho Oennan ""
" bank rate also was lowered,
"" and it was expected tho ""
4- lln.,1. T V..n.ul wnill.l f.ll I il IV 4
4.IIIIIV " 4 ,4,11 v- ...... ',.v.
suit shortly.
STRENUOUS TRIP FROM
EUREKA TO BAY CI1Y
PAN FltAKCISCO. Cal., Jan. 22.
In tow of tlio steamship Jumes W.
Higgius, the steam schooner Scotia
arrived at this port today after a
perilous vouigo of Hoven dnys from
Lurekn. Under ordinary conditions
the trip is madu In twenty-four
hours,
Thu schooner run Into a lernfi
MHilhcastcrly galu soon after leaving
Luiekii, The tuiiieiidous waves
uashi'd over her and put out her
firci.. For two duvs she Ntliigg'ed
iihing until lie iml Hie HJKinn. H"lli
vckils linn I'lii'oiiuL'iid it'iiimeil
gules mid were lhlily-lx Imurn Hi
inuLmg Ihu DID mil.'. Tin Hcolm
Joi.1 MlfUUU lit I ut lir di'illoud of
JuUr.
MS
THREATEN B LLS
.TANUAHY 22, 1014.
SUES "TALMAGE OF THE
Mrs. Allele Davis, known to the
stage as Allele Hlooil, has found out
she cannot get along with her min-ister-aetor
hifdmrid, Kdward Dnvis,
known when in the church as the
Itev. Cader Ilussell Davis. She has
begun su.t for divorce, miming an
nctrei".
Iifr. Davis has played in ''The
Kingdom of Destiny," mul .kas-UIji-
E
LONDON, Jan. 22. A quarrel be
tween Chancellor of tho K.xchequcr
David LIoyd-Qeorgu and First Lord
of tho Admiralty Winston Churchill
over expenditures of the British navy
today threatened to disrupt tho cab
inet. Churchill, as head of the national
sea-fightini establishment wants
more ship. Lloyd-George, as tho
government's financial manager,
thinks the countrv is spending more
for wnr craft already than it can
afford. It was understood today thnt
Churchill would resign if his esti
mates were materially reduced, and
that Lloyd George would resign if
they were not cut heavily.
A cabinet meeting vva- held this
afternoon to consider tho situation,
but to far as could bu learned, no
decision was reached. It was. ru
mored that seven ministers support
ed Lloyd-George, fix Churchill and
that five were doubtful.
WHITE SLAVES WED
T(
SAN FUANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 22.
Although Detective Joseph rtodmotul
of tho vlco detail from police head
quarters wanted Kmllo O. Uucolu
held while ho endeavored to connect
him with tho whtto slave traffic tho
man was roleased today on $1000
ball. Ho was arrested last ovonlnt;
charged with a statutory offense and
accused ot keoplnu a dlsordorly
house.
Thu apartments whero thu police
found h'm were magnificently fur
nished and ho Is said to bo worth
more than a quarter of a million dol
lars, As a sequel to tho arrest It was
bald a federal Invest Illation was likely
o look Into ihance that, to prevent
tho deportation of fallen women
froju abroad, thu white slaver havo
made a prattlm of inarriliiK their
Vlillius, usually for u fee of 1100,
lo Anierlraim, thus ylvliiK liivuj iHI
jmilkhlp. Iliouuh Ibi'lr hUnbSDilu set
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CABINET
DEADLOCKED
VE
D RES
WEST" FOR DIVORCE
pcared all over the United States.
Davis began his public life as a
preacher in California. Joaquin
Miller gave him the sobrirpict, "The
Talmage of tho West." He preached
in Oakland with considerable success,
but abandoned the pulpit because, ns
he said, there wasn't enough money
in it. He was graduated from Ken
tucky nniveiiiy.
LOF
FAVOR AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. A fa
vorable report ou the bill withdraw
ing lands was expected to be return
ed todny by tho houso mines com
mittee. The milium hearing, how.
over, continued this morning. The
withdrawal of thu laud is being
stubbornly fought hy J. M. Flannery,
president of the Standard Chemical
company, and a group of scientists
and others.
Chairman Foster of tho mines
committee declares he sees where
Flannery and others could make vast
fortunes from tho radium business
unless the government interferes.
"You will soon see these rudinni
people," said Foster, "putting on the
market a lot of radium and radium
waters and radium pads and tho
like, which would mean moro profit
to them than the sale of the pure
radium itself."
MINERS IN FAVOR
OF
INDIANAPOLIS. Iml.. Jan. 22.
Hundreds of resolutions from vari
ous locals were considered today bj
thu delegates to the annual conven
tion hero of the United Mineworker.
of America. A resolution urging
government ownership of publio util
ities was adopted. Another demand
ing a federal investigation of the
robbiii!' ot Deleirate William ltodda
ou a West Virginia train was also
adopted.
SENATE AGREES TO
WABIIINOTON, Jan. 88 Favor,
able report on Ilia iioiillnutloii of II
M I'luiloll, of I'txirU. Ill . to t
Aiiierlisu aiiiLuxmdor ttt Kus, was
muuiiid by Hid ifwslv tmlitu rla
tfous MjwwmU- May
WBAWA
RADIUM LAND FINDS
NO. 259
T
Total for Six Days' Storm 2.44
Inches Seasonal Deficiency Five
Inches Bear Creek Rises Six Feet
and Falls Faster Than It Came Up.
Laundry Slabwood Carried Away
Rogue River Rises and Falls Two
Feet No FloeJ In Prospect.
Tho first soaking rain of tho
present season has showered tho
volley nt intervals since Saturday.
Wednesday night .33 inch was added
to the .52-inch Hint fell during llio
day and Thursday morning .27 inch
more refreshed the earth. The total
for the storm up to noon Thursday
wns 2.H inches. The normal rain
fall for January is 4.73 inches, and
the total that hag fallen this month
is 3.83 inches nn nverngo for this
date. The total rninfnll since Sep
Umber 1 is 0.C7 inches. Tho normal
rainfall for this period is' 1-1.13
inches, leaving a seasonal deficiency
of annroximntclv S inches. Predic
tions nre for continued rain, though
the storm seems broken.
Snow In SlskljroiM
The rain of tho earlier part of thn
week wns snow in the Cascades and
Siskiyous. A chinook Wednesday
evening,, together with the heavs.raia.
turned the local streams into tor
lent. Dear creek roso -lxl feet
Wednesday evening, carrying off u
pile of slabwood at tho Medford
loundry and Ketfing afloaftfce Pa
cific & Kustern temporary track un
der the Bear creek bridge, Lot little
damage was done, tho creek subsid
ing almost as fast as it had risen.
Practically tho entire force o city
employes were stationed at the Jack-'
son street bridge this morning keep
ing debris away from the city water
pipe. Two bents were washed away.
Wednesday evening tho stumi
sewer in the southern part of Hie
oily became clogged, forcin.' tho mr
I'lus water down an old mil' race,
Hooding yards on South Central av
enue and causing two streums to
flow- down both sides of Itivenide
u venue. In spots the water covered
tho entire strcot. Other sewers in
various parts of the city becamo
clogged, flooding basements by hack
ing up water.
Ilogue Itlsc Two Feet
The Rogue river rose about two
feet at Gold Ray Wednesday after
noon and fell about the same amount
Thursday morning. A heavy volume
of water, how over, tills the stream.
The California & Qregou Powor
company reports very little snow at
Prospect.
Traffic on tho Southern Pacific
was demoralized Wednesday after
noon and this morning. No. 10,
northbound, duo nt 5:25 in tho even
ing, reached Medford this morning
at 4 o'clock, being delayed by heavy
snows in tho Siskiyous. Tho 11
o'clock train from tho north this
morning was over an hour late.
All the tributary streams to the
llogtio river aro reported bunkfui.
The snow melted fast in tio hills,
none being visible today on the near
by foothills.
PORTLAND LUMBER
YARDS DAW
sz&nonr fe
POItTLAND, Or., Jib. 28. V
tiro, extinguished early today altar
burning fiercely fer several nra,
swept the yards of the Portias! Luas".
ber company doing daw varfeiMty
estimated at from f 18S,e t 17l,
000, fully cover by xtirM,
Fanned by u atremc MHtkwerly
wind, (be fire threfttl te aft!
but the walu Mill was v4 fNWH U
UructloN ihrfwisN Ike Hti4 nt Dm
flreweM, t4y mb4 mm! ft ft
boat MK IM M4 4iw,
Wliiu IkkJI uUJ tAAyj f i Hsi-
llf WW9 1 W FW
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SOAKING
RAIN OF SEASON
RAISES CREEKS
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