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MF.DFORD.OltKf.ON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1011.
NO. 5
PRESIDENT WINS EIGHT FOR REPEAL CANAL TOLLS EXEMPTION IN HOUSE
J,
VOIE TO LIMIT
DEBATE SHOWS
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Opposition, Led hy Speaker Champ
Clark, Defeated hy 207 to 176 In
Effort to Continue Debate Sec
ond Victory Follows.
Umlrrwood, Leader of Majority, Also
Against Picsldent, Scores Speaker
for His Attitude.
WASHINGTON. Miurh 27 Pre.
it 1 1 lit Wilson's personal plea l coll
glen lur tin' repeal of III exemption
I'liniHf will not In- in i in hii fur iih
till hllllM x COIICI'IIII'll.
TliU much wi indicated lino this
iifli'tnooii when tlio udvocntc uf I In
Sunn Itill, providing fur llio repeal of
llio I'Vl'lllptllUI I'lllllM', MH'pl llio op-
xiNiliim off iU foot In two lost voti'v.juf Clnrk was extremely bitter. Ilo
llio firM loM runic wlint the opposi
lion, li'il by Speaker Chump Clink,
wii defeated by it ili of 207 to 17(1
in mi oll'iirl to continue llio debute
mi ii i ulo In limit llio debute on llio
repeal ri'Koliition to twenty lionri.
Tin next vielorv for tin Wilson
lie i'iiiiio when ln Iiiiiim vol cil tn
limit llio debate mi llio SiniN ri'KoIti
lion to Iwcnt.v hour, ('lurk opposed
llio iiilmiiiitiulioii in Imtli instances,
tiling with iho opposition.
Atlnilnl.tnit'iui Jubilant.
Ailmninliiitioii rrpri'N'ntiilii'M were
juliiliiul out tlio oiiIi'oiiik nml pro
diclcd I lui I iho riiml oo on llio re
peal resolution would curry n major
it y a large as tlmo polled in tlio
test ease,, loility,
llowiiloH Clnrk, llii' Wilsonites 11U0
liiul to fiioo tlio opposition of lleprc-
scutalivc 0t'nr I'mlorwooil, Iruilor of
llio ioiio luujonty, who in inn' ot
llio iiiitot hitti r opponent of Iho Siiiih
M'solution. Itcprcscututtvc Ailiiiiixoii
Iril llio iiiliiilnlxtrution force, nml
while ho iliil i.ot personally ilcnoiincc
('link, In reference In the speaker
wore imifct polnteil. It was believed
lie was saving hi" iiiuuitinilion until
the Ittciity.hntir ilelmto on the icsti
lut ton itself htiirtf.
I'liilcrwniMl Store flmU
lli'Hpilo hih oiMihilinii to the re
penl resolution, l(eprefeiilntic l.'n.
ilcrniiuil inilireclly hcurcd Clnrk for
his hienk with I'losidciit Wilson.
"The ilcinoerntic party," he miIiI,
"iniiito the free toll plunk. I helicve
the plunk is right utnl Hint theic is
only one portion for me to tnl.c nml
Mint in to HiiHiniii (ho party's pint
form. 1 icgiol thai 1 have to iliffer
xxllh the picsiilent ill Hi's miitlcr, lint
( Continued on I'ngo Five.)
UNDERWOOD EIGHTS TOLL REPEAL
WAHIIINOTON, Mar. 27. Tlio niu
UMiinl iipertaclo of the leader of tlio
hoiiMu majority lendliiK tho flKht
iiKulnnt u policy advocated by tlio
titular head of bin party wiih fur
nUhud In tho Iioiiho thU afternoon.
Itopri'uoutatlvo Onrar W, Under
wood, of Alubanui, chnlrinau o( tho
mih mid moaiiR eommltteu, lKoroun
ly oppoHod ropeal of tho exomptlon
Krmitod American uhlp In tho Pana
ma rmiat act, Ilo did not mention
tho president by niimo, except, Inci
dentally, and ho Btoerod clear ot di
rect roforeuro to li Ih clilufn rocout
IIIOHHIIKO tO COIIKrCHH,
J I Ih addreuu wiih dollvored before a
Jammed ho into and crowded nailer
leu and punctuated hy frequent ap
plaiiio, moHtly from ropubllcau,
llcllccs In I'latfoint
"I believe tho democratic piuly
wan both wImo and patriotic," hi
xalil, "when It announced a policy in
favor of dlHt'i'liuliiatl.iK In favor of
our coiihIwIho khlpn and I believe
tlieio I no iciiMiu al this tluio why
wo hIiouIiI aliaudon a hoIoiiiii proiulnn
iimilo to tho American people In ono
of tho nioht promliioiil planliH of our
parly platform
' Mill wo tiro luld thai ivo tiro vio
CENSURE CLARK
FOR BREAK WITH
PARTY LEADERS
Breach Between President Wilson
and Speaker Overshadows Even
Repeal Question In Interest One
of Bitterest Fights In Years.
"Political Suicide" Is What Associ
ates Call Speaker's Opposition to
Administrative Measure.
WAHIIINOTON', Mar. 27 The
broach hot con President Wilson
iind Speaker C'inrk overshadowed
even din repeal question In Interest,
and ono of tint bitterest fights in
carn Mlarlixl when Acpresi'titntlvo
Adamaoii opeiii'd hU nttnrk on (he
Mltsoorlau Ailniimon spoko for
fifteen mliiiitoH mill tils ilmimiclfiilo.i
unit follow oil by Itopre.nitntlvu
llnnlwlck.
Ailnmaun nn clintoii At llio early
morning meeting to :oad tlio fight
against Clnrk. Ho Man nnxUtoil liy
Iti'Pri'iiontMlvi'n llnnlwlck, Hliurley,
CovliiRton. Henry. I'almur, liny,
I'looil, Hull, Onrrett nml I'oHlrr.
Tli lino opponcd to reprftllni; tlin ex
omptlun rlniino nlin ronforreil liotoro
tlio liuurn met, and It n Hiuiuiinccit
that Clark would allien IiIi brenr'i
wltli tlio iirclilent by making nnntliur
hlieeclt durliiK tlio day nKnlimt the
rule to limit tlio debate to SO hour.
Hdit U lllttrr
llotli fnctlniu wore extremely bit
tor President Wilton' follow hit;
were plainly worried and admitted
that iho outcome, wan uncertain.
Hoprrnoutntho I'oNtor nixlJ ho tlioimhl
llio dr fen l of tlio debatn rulo would
1 foroennt the defeat of tlio repeal ro
'milutliiu ItrpreiMMitntlvo Henry, o!
Texav, chntrmau of tlio rule com.
'mlttoe, would not admit thh. Ho
belloxod that tlio pasnaco of tlio re
peal bill wax certain, no matter wlint
tlin oiitromu uf tlio xoto on Iho de
bute rule.
Itnprcicntatlvo Hardwlck defondo.l
the 20 hour ilelmto rule. TiirnliiK
directly In Speaker Clark, ho nlil
"And nt the eleventh hour you turn
and attack the democratic prciddcut."
The followlnK ronimeut was voiced
hero thin afternoon by prominent
fmomhorx of coiiKrcya on tlio action
of Kpcnker Clark In oppoHlug tlio
repeal roselullon:
"CiiiniolltliiK Suicide"
HoprcHPiitailvo Slnm "A man
commlttliiK milcldo U Junt iih dead
a ouo whom Nomebody cIho kllli.
(Continued on I'oko Five.)
lating a Holomti treaty niado with
annther nation and In kooiI faith that
wo hIiouIiI abandon tho canal to for
oIkii rival without conteit or dls
puto In order that we may keep our
HtanilliiK In tho family of natloiiR.
"Not for ouo moment do I hollo. n
that wo luio violated a treaty riuht
or Oroat lirltnln Herlouuly feels that
wo xlolatcd a treaty rlKht.
Spirit of Nui'rciulor '
"Our whole difficulty In tho mat
tor arlHca from tho iin-Aineilcau npl
rlt of Hiirrondor that hoiiio of pur
own people have exhibited toward
thU Important quoHtlon from tho
vory lieKlnnliiK. If cou;res bad
iiuaulmoiiHly piihhciI tho canal toll
hill two )oaiH ao, I do not believe
that tho ipiextlou would over huvo
boon rained."
The majority leader held that tho
I'aniinm canal loll rate aro fair and
lower than Iho Hue rale and that
tho exemption, a a Hiibvcntlon, U
tho only way In which America can
build IIh marine In tho coantliiK hiinl
iiomh. In a careful nnalyHi of tho
Hay P.iuncefooto tioaty ho declared
ouiphallcully that Iho pad wag never
Intended lo lake from Iho 1'nlted
Htate tho I'IkIiI lo uraut till Indl-
led aid o Km i'oatwe ililim
REBELS V S
-A UN
I PALACIO
Federal Losses Enormous 300 Slain
.UU..-.V, U ,WU U, .W
Wounded Bombardment of Tor
reon Continues.
Garrison Bottled Up and Villa Prom
ises to Kill or Capture Every Man
In Torreon.
Kl. VKUJKI.. iloxlco, Alar. 27
(Noon) (lencral llcrrcra ban J not
notified (icnoral Villa that bit forces
Inno captured the bullrlnc and al
muni the entire nouthcrn part of Tor I
reon. The federal j:nrrlnoti In than
iiinrter of the town had been wcak-
oiled to atrcUKtlicu (lomei I'alarto ,
with tin. result, llirrern ray, that)
hi victory wan comparatlvoty cany,'
thoiiKh ho had to flKht hit way
throiiKli barrlrndod Hired.
The entire northern portion of Tor
reon Ih now in flamr.
Villa ha not et kIvoii tlio ordc
but It I holloxcd an attempt to
carry tlio whole city by ttoriu will
bo mndu thht afternoon.
Ill, VWtJIX, Mo.x., Miireh 'J7.
The relicU were ewecpiiiKly vietori
iiiih jcslcnlny nml hint night They
n'eiiplurcil (iiimcx I'nlncii, nml l.erdo.
The fcilerjil Iok-c were cnnVinotiM.
At thU hour SOU feilernl ilenil' liilxV
been found. hciiloh iiiiiiu'ioiih wotiml
oil. Thi' lehel lofrt wns cxtiuintcil lit
100 ilenil nml l!tl() wotimleil. The
woundi'il were heu fir-t uiit on the
biittlefielil nml then M'lit to the p'ti
erul ho-pitnl tit llcrmijillo.
Torniui on l'lrc
The lioiiiliiinliiicnt of Torreon con
linnet.. The eitv i n fire in ninny
plaooo. The ihiiult ha, not htnrted
on thin hiilc of the town, hut it i
reporlcil Hint llieie him been fierce
linmMo-luiml f iIlii. in its cistern
nml soullieni environs.
The BiuriMMi is hottlcil up nml
(lencral Villn promises to kill or dp
lure every mini of tlicm, ns thorn is
no hope of their csenpe.
Since Sammy nijjlit u practically
continuous, buttle lias been in prop-
i chs. It will k" ilnwn in hilory as
tlio muht smiuiiiuary enuapement
foiiclit thus far on Mexican Mil.
Tlio heuxiust Iichcs were Mistaiucil
in the final lehel cIiiii-kch on (lomer.
(Continued on Paqo 3)
TRADING IS DULL
NKW YOKK. Muieli 'J7. Kaily
stock inarkcl IrmliiiK' was ilull today,
stocks tleeliniiv; fractionally as u
rule, bill tlieio was no pronounced
hear pressure, rittshuit,, l ('. .V
SI. I.ouis ilccliiicil 2 ami the prefericd
1. Dullness persisted ilurinc the
moruinj,'. The tlownwunl trend con
tinued most of Iho day, henr trailers
poinlinif to business dullness in fore
in; lower prices. Iluyiuj; to cover
helped to steady the list.
lloiids were steady.
The market closed steady.
UNIONISTS HOLD CONFERENCES AS ULSTER SITUATION GETS WORSE.
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LOSt iONPONDCMt
gVEMgi siiiiii ssBIX
WELL KNOWN LECTURER
MARRIED, ENDING
j jmmi SBtk '
- m Ai&. zjfwanv
I "!iil 1
nm
MR. AND MRS. BURTON HOLMES.
Tho wcddlm; In Now- York city of Mr. 1. llurton Holmes, the xvcll known
lecturer, and MIm Margaret KlUo Oliver, formerly of Ualtlmore, was the cul
mination of on ocean romance that bepin ten years nso, when they met on
board tho I-ilin, of the North German Lloyd Hue, crosslug the Atlantic. They
iKcnino cuRnced. but later the enptcement was broken. Then thero was a
reconciliation. Cor the last few jcars MUs Oliver has devoted her time to
photography, and hist summer had a studio at Kast Gloucester, Mass. She Is
n Southern Ctrl, the daughter of the late Charles Kcmblc Oliver. I
PRESIDENTS ROUTINE "
NOT VARIED BY FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Miu-ch "-'7. l'icv
ideut Wilson did not vnr lit routine
work todnv, di-pdi' !ii Kical interest
. .. ,. ,, . , . ,. ,.
in iiie hkiii in ui' ,i"ii-,- , .. . . -...-
tnlixc over the repeal resolution, lie
disciisofd depaitmcntnl matters with
the members of his cabinet mid then
cleaned 11(1 nceiunululcd Intsino-.
President Wilson spent lite aflcr
noon on tho j;olf links, hut Seeretnr.x
Tumulty kept in commiiuicalioii with
tho capitol.
"It xvns jul what I expected,"
said Tumulty, "when the re-nil ot
today's vote vouched him. "It means
the repeal icsoliitinn will carry in
tho house by 100 majority. It will
also pass the senate."
Iti'prcsi'iitiitixe Ixnowlaud predict
ed, however, thai the vosolulion would
he defented on the titial vole.
EARL : CLAN WILLIAM.
AND GIRL HE
ROMANCE OF TEN YEARS
T
SURROUNDED BY REBELS
DOUILAS, Anr., Marcli 'J7. (Icn
era I Vcuiistiana Carrnuza, supreme in
command of the constitutionalists in
"n.ieru .ucxieo, .s cm ou irom
Juarez, with Ins bOO followers, no-
. . 1, i ! .1 ... A
cordinjr to Aichihald Wil-on, n Mor
mon rmichcr, who armed here this
aflcrnoon.
OHIO GOAL MINES
TO CLOSE APRIL 18
CI.KVi:i.Nn, O, Mar, 27. Fol
lowing a conferenco nmong thom
foIvcs tho Ohio coal mluo operators
iild their mines would bo closed
April IS because of tho falluro of the
miners to reach nn agreement with
thorn on the vvngo scale.
CAP7WN CRNG
ARMY TANGLE
LIKELY TO CAUSE
CABINET'S FALL
Asquilh Ministry Tottering as Result
of Home Rule and Military Situa
tion Scely Ukely to Be Sacri
ficed to Save the Day.
Progress Still Insufficient for Issu
ance of Statement King George
Butts In.
LONDON. Mar. 27. The ho,wo ot
Lmrnnn. adloumcd today without O
,concurted attempt to attack the mln-
lutry. Unless Premier Aiquitn nas
mn nmo nroKresi by tomorrow,
T,nttv,.r. In his efforts to settle the.
army and homo rule tangles, it was
certain a campaign would ue launcucu
to forco the cabinet's resignation.
LONDON. Mar. 27. The Asqulth
cabinet still stood over a volcano to-
i day
i-Moii! Marshal Sir Jnn
French
n,i Adjutant Gcnerat Sir John
Kwart wero steadfast In their deter
mination to retire. The government's
repudiation of tho "Cough treaty.
which they endorsed, placed them In
such a position, they said, that they
could not retain their posts honor
ably.
Politicians agreed that If tholr
resignations bad to bo accepted, it
-,vas hard to see how the ministry
could escape being overthrown. Onlv
one thing, It was said, might lnduci
tho two officers to chango their
minds tho sacrifice of War Secre
tary John Seeloy, who, by drafting
tho "Gough treaty," signing It and
asking them to endorse it. Involved
them tn their present embarassment.
Scely to lie Sacrificed
And that Scely would bo sacrificed
was thought very likely, though Pre
mier Asqulth refused his resignation
once. Asqulth. Scely and French
held a conferenco early today nt
which It wag presumed tho matter
was discussed. The Impression pro
vailed that, if Scely went out,
Colonial Secretary Louis Harcourt. a
strong homo ruler, would bo trans
ferred to tho war office.
Tho statement Asqulth promised to
mako In the houto of commons last
night had to be postponed because
he had not made sufficient progress
to havo anything to say. Tho ex
pectation was that ho would be
(Continued on Page 3)
ADAMSON DEFENDS REPEAL TOLLS
WASUINOTON. March 27.-1., Umn any other feature of llio Mtip
feiiM of President Wilt-ou's reiiucKt trut projuijinndu which U fraudulent
for the repeal of tlio exemption ' from beginning to end."
clause of the Panama canal act wu- J Adaim-on alo ileclarcil that the
voiced in the hou-e today by Hep- free tolls declaration in the llulti
resentulive Adanison of Georgia. I more platform was not a democratic
"I would not be impolite enough plank, but win. tdipped in under fuUe
to license anybody of treasonable 'pretence.
conduct." he mi id, 'but when the j ''An effort lias been made," bo
president of unv party emphasizes nid, "lo perveit tho truth nml be
tho dire extremity of the government ! cloud the iuo hy perverting tliu
by going iien-untillv to congrcn iiiidi meaning of the treaty. Tho govern-
describe an obstacle in the Mife con- intent needs Iho tolls to defray tlio
duct of foreign affairs, no man can, operating expen-es of tlio canal. The
escape by quibble and sophistry. j railroad bugaboo i tho main stock
''YVIioever fights this repeal now j in trade of tho opponents of the
not only fights honcM equality mid ' measure. Hut it is also the most
domestic economy of the people, but I valuable to coastwise ships owned by
fights the administration on the for-1 railroads or allied with them. The
cigu policy of the government, and if railroads never expected to comietu
disaster results must sharo the odium on their own tracks with the cuuul.
and responsibility for the cheap and. They expected to get free tolls unit
vulgar criticism that has been in- then run their ships parallel with
dulged in regarding the picsidcut's 'their own lines, drivo olf competition
motives. land raise the rates to their own
"The president has been charged,, level,
without foundation, with dickering "The sliam figlit of exemption ud
with government, and trading for,vocalcs was, iiciiordinj- to their pro
help and peace. Nation do not do fe-sioiis, o picvcnt a certain trails
business in any such vulgar way. continental railroad from monopoliz-
Kiighiml's attitude, in uny crisis in iug llio canal t rut lie lliroiili the ship
vriiich we uiv iiivolv ed will depend on company it controlled, The goveiji
the honesty and I'uiiiiess of our heal- incut did not build the cunul for the
ment of Kiiglaiid. Theie In more solo benefit of tlio HoullicrH 1'atdfin
claptrap unit poppycock and ilvltuloii mid (he 1'aell'ic Mail HlcHWJilp mr
alioul (Ins jingoism iigahut I'uxliind puny,
I
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EOR $200,000
John S. Owen Company of Eau Claire,
Wis., Purchases 5840 Acres hi
Butte Falls DUtrict Fretn the Hart
Estate.
Other Deals Pending Which, If Ctm
pletcd, Involve PassiWe Construc
tion of Large Manufacturing Plant.
The John S. Owen company of Kau
Claire, Wis., has purchased from Kr
ncst K. Hart, incorporated and tho
Krncst K. Hart estate of Council
Illuffs, Iowa. SS40 acres of timber
land in the Butte Falls district for
J200.000, The timber is princi
pally sugar and yellow pluo and
Douglas fir and lies along the Pa
cific and Eastern railroad and its
projected extension. Agreement of
sale and deeds to property Involved.
Including mills, sawmills and box fac
tory at Dutto Falls and .Medfotd,
were filed for record today.
Other Deals I'cndiajr
The deal Is one of several pending,
involving the purchase of over .29,
000 acres of timber land in this dis
trict, and the erection ot a large
sawmill, sash and door and box fac
tor) at Medford. The Owens' are
large lumber manufacturers of Kau
Claire and owners of extensive tim
ber holdings on the coast. Including
tho redwood timber belt ot Del Xortq
county, California.
The terms of payment as shown by
the recorded contract were $10,000
down, $25,000 on examination of ab
stracts, and $25,000 annually until
tho entire amount Is paid, ho sa'.o
wag mado by J. F. Mundy, who Just
returned from tho east and nego
tiated tho salo of other timber land
Involved in tho deal.
I'lnu.H Not Completed
Since the purchase of tho property
from tho Dig Dond Milling Co., about
eight years ago, it has been man
aged by Kdgar Ilafer, along with
other holdings In tho Hafer-Hart-
llarkncts syndicate, but plans to
operate were abanoned and the syn
dicate dissolved after tho death of
Mr. Hart last year.
Asked concerning future plans, Mr.
Sam Owens, who Is now at Uutto
Falls, stated that plans had not boon
matured sufficient for anuouncomen'.
A
TIMBER
INTER
STS SOLD
orf;