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PAGE F01T1J MEDFOUD MATTJ TRIBUNE. MEDFOIW, OTfEfiOX. SATFRDAY. JANTARY 20. 1017 MEDFORD MAIL. TRIBUNE AN INDKI'KNIJENT NEWSPAPER PUBI-INHEM KVKKY A KTEH NOON . KXCEI'T WU'XIJAY BV TUB MEDFORD PRI.S'TINO CO Office Mull Tribune RulMlnij, 2; North Fir treet; tt-lepnoinj 7o. 27-28 THE POINDEXTER BILL The Eemocratic Time, the Mclford Mail, The Mevford Tribune, The Kuuiti ern Ortgoniaii The Asi.lunJ Tribune. GKOnGK PUTNAM. Kditor BUBSCHTPTIOIf BATES t On year, by muil 13. ftO One month, by mail 50 Per month, iMivi-ti by carrier in Me.lfurd, I'ti'-niJt, Jacksonville and Ontrnl folM .SO Saturday only, y mail, per yi-ar..., 2.00 Wwhly, pr year 1 SO Official l'apt-r of ti e City of Medford. Officio! Paper of .li-rkBon County, Kntort'i tin M.roinl-i'ltif.i matur nt Medfonl, Oregon, undor the act if March 8, Sworn Circulation for 1&16 2491 Full leased wire .Associated Press dla ftfttcbrs. BILL 10 PROHIBIT SEINESON COLUMBIA RIVER SLAUGHTERED ' KAI.Kir, Jim. 2d.-1 r. I!, nn, pro liib i lin tr Reiiiinjr, l'isli wheels and trnps in the Columbia river, by Tieh enor, was reported back yesterday with an adverse report from the fisheries committee. Mr. Tiehenor staled that lie was . npt surprised at the report of the committee, lie .stated that lie had been severely criticised for interfer ing with tin1 Columbia river fishing Industry, but staled that he felt that be was reprcscntinr the whole state of Oregon and not only one section, and that he believed that the people wanted to see the removal of seines, fish wheels and traps from the Col umbia river, mid flint he was pledged to dp nil he eould to secure such leg- . islfttiun. ''I have other fish bills and I realize that my attitude on this bill ntuy hurt my other bills, but I must keep my pledge, '' he stated. Representative lliownell spoke in Kiipport of the bill mid staled that the people have been bowing to the will of the ennneries lout; enough, lie Ntqted that seines, fish wheel and traps were most destructive and that every year hundreds of thousands of jfisli were murdered, killed and mutil ated by these contrivances. He also f-thled that as long us men like Mr. WiU'ren, nh is largely interested in canneries, were on the fish mid game couunissinn, . we 'could not epeet intfrli protection to "lir l'isli industry. .-Representative Anderson arose and Minted that the Tiehenor hill i about as reasonable as single tax. The fish wheels belong largely to small i ishcruicn, and t take them uwny from them would pat hundreds of these small fishermen out of bus iness. ',. Tteprr.scntntivo Tiehenor slated that the pictures of the royal ehiiiook salmon eoutd soon be token out of the hooks containing pictures of llic various salmon, as this lish was fast becoming exlinst and would soon be n thing of the past, and thai 1 1 1 1 -wheels and traps alone are respon sible for it. Holl cull was asked for on the question of whether adverse report should lie adopted. Thirtv-oue voted yes and twenty-eight voled no, one ubseut. Hill ordered indefinitely pnst )Hued. dole, Thomas ami Sheldon voted Vcs. ALL interior cities are vitally interested in the long--and-short-luuil controversy waged before the inter state commerce commission in the Spokane rate ease. Under the present conditions, it costs more to ship a car of products, from New York to an interior point like Boise or Spokane than it does to ship the same ear from Xew York through these cities to Portland and back again to N'ew York. The same conditions prevail locally. It costs more to ship it ear of goods from Portland to Med ford than it does to ship the same cav from Portland through Medforcl to San Francisco and back again. The railroad hauls four times the distance for less money. Railroad rates are still based upon all the traffic will bear, interior towns pay rates based on the through rate plus the local rate. On the plea that they must meet water eompetit ion, the railroads make lower rates to coast points :han to intermediate points. The struggle over the long-and-short-haul abuse is an ld one. There were long and short haul clauses in the original interstate commerce act; in the Hepburn amend ment to that act, and in the amendments of 1910. But the same old discrimination exists. ' Senator Miles I'oiudexter of Washington has intro duced a bill forbidding a greater charge for a short haul when that haul is part of a long haul. The bill would give Medford as low rates to Portland as San J:ranciseo now enjoys, and make it possible to ship valley products to either San I-rancisco or Portland and meet the competi tion of those cities. Success of the I'oiudexter bill is imperative if we ever expect to maintain industries here. I he bill will destroy the monopoly of coast terminals, which litis built up a few big eil ies at the expense of the development of the country. HOW LLOYD GEORGE LOOKS TO YANKEE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION 0XGKES8MAX BAILEY of Pennsylvania has intro- duced it bill in congress that will have a far-reaching effect and revolutionize government, it adopted, by giving the minority representation. It is a measure to permit states to elect their representatives in congress by the pro portional system ol election, ami is based upon the idea that all voters, even those of minority parties, are entitled to representation in proportion to numbers. Speaking of the bill, Mr. Bailey said: "Our system Is supposed to bo representative, but everyone knows that it is not truly so. What representation is there for a Democrat In Vermont or for n republican In Texas? There are Democrats in Vermont as tliero are republicans in Texas, but they are as utterly denied repre sentation In congress as It they did not exist. They Indeed go through the forms of exercising their citizenship. They vote for candidates for congress. Hut Tor all tho good their ballots do toward securing for them representation hero, they would as well stuff their ballot into rat holeH or chuck them Into the kitchen stove. Tho only real purpose a democrat serves In Vermont la to entitle republicans In that state to a larger rep resentation in this house than they would otherwise get. Hut ttie demo crats might Just as well be dead in actuality as they are politically (or all the good they can do at the polls. The same Ir equally true as to re publicans lu Texas." Mr. Bailey declares that the present system is respon sible for both the "political boss" and the "pork barrel," through congressmen being nominated and eleetetl by a body of controlled votes swung between the parties as it becomes necessary to the representative that he cater to local influences controlling this balance of power. The progressive party, which cast four million votes against the republicans' three million in 1!)12, had less than a handful of representatives and were outnumbered five to one by the republicans in congress. I'lider the pro portional system the minority parties would till secure rep resentation in proportion io votes cast. Proportional representation will make congress repre sentative which it is not now. 1!V JAMES KEELEY. (Noted editor of the Chicago Herald, who recently interviewed Lloyd George, new English premier, and called the biggest man lu Europe, at length on questions of state.) Lloyd George Is utterly unlike por traits of him published In America with which we are familiar. Worse the majority not only fail to give one an idea of what he is like hut give a false idea. If one were to meet Lloyd George on the street and glance at him cas ually he might be taken for a pros perous. If rather carelessly attired merchant, or an earnest and absorb ed physician pondering over some troublesome ease, or a barrister briskly approaching a knottty legal problem In tho courts. That Impression would endure, on ly until one saw bib face and caugh the expression. We all have seen persons who re mind us of animate and inanimate things, although no resemblance ex ists. In talking with him and wash ing him as he spoke, Lloyd George gave me two Impressions first, a searchlight; second, a lion. - There is something leonine In his magnificent head with Its tuwny mnne. lie has been In tho past, slyly reminded that he needed a hair cut. I almost said "ridiculed," but no one In Kngland ridicules or attempts to ridicule Lloyd George now. . Interviewing Lloyd fieorge Is a strenuous task,' The room in Which he receives you Is long and narrow. In the center is a long table, flanked with carved chairs. It Is not recorded that anyone ever sat in one of those chairs during an Interview, for Lloyd George, while ho talks, walks rather briskly, at times rapidly, back and forth. lie walks solidly, firmly. That, T should say, is the character of the man solidity, decision, certainty and set purpose In every move and every act. Ills muscles betray or re flect his mental activities. As he walks the interviewer, on the opposita side of the long table, paces up and down with lilm. Ills conversation is liko machine gun fire, sharp, fast and' clear. lie is, I believe, the most accurate and clearest talker to whom I ever listened. When he makes a point stronger than usual, for he makes a point every time he concludes a sen tence, he stops in his rapid walk and the interviewer also stops sud denly, and the moment the point is hammered home the march continues, j s ,; : ' 'J'W '-il'ifi ' J UJAMtS KtEUE-r , I tS Tl is voice Is as remarkable as his facial expression. No written ctuota- tion from whut ho says, no matter how accurate, can convey the full force and meaning of his remarks. . To get the complete meaning It Is necessary to hear him. speak .the words. 11 Is. voice is one of the sweet cts I ever heard. lie Is a natural orator and the case and perfection of his periods Is astonishing. We who have heard Hryan would think of Hryan's voice while listen ing to -t5, i-j. . Uoyd ftcorge plays golf when ho isn't tuo busy ami often, before going iH-foi-o the house nitii n 'ig sublet I, may louiul tin the golf course or resting In the grass, us nIiowii In the j.ieluic.s. them, it every sentence Is perfectly He played that searchlight all over rounded, the inflection placed to give ! Europe, lighting dark places, and he full force to the meaning of the sen-! levelled Its rays into the future ai trnce. and his choice of words is as-! toward the I'nited States, tonishing. He uses a comparatively Whether be Is democratic or not smnll vocabulary. depends. upon what definition of the Lloyd George docs not hesitate to word we have in mind. Ho Is carry- Lloyd George, but the voice i use forceful expressions if they add lag too heavy it burden to add any- of the Welshman Is much sweeter In to what he has to say but does not j thing in the way of forms or cere tone and there is a fiber ami an in--drag in such expressions for the pur-. monials and nrobahlv hb: mind is too pose of dramatic climax. j busy to consider form or ceremony. It was during such an interview If they stood In his path toward a that the searchlight simile came to desired end he would brush them me. Ills phrases seemed suddenly to , aside. V stab through the darkness and light ,' Kui-opc's lliggest up. something that had been hidden Sinn at Ease. tensity In it that is seldom found. Lloyd George speaks rapidly and evidently with no effort. There is nothing studied, no mannerisms Of the trained 'orator, no repetition of past speeches or quotations from COKVAM.IS. Or., Jan. O.-Mem hers of the Micron legi-dnliire, their himiiics nutl friends, nuinljeiin:; uer Jf0, today were guests of the Oregm Agrii'tiltum! college here. The visit ors arrived in a special train ami af ter being escorted to tiie campus by the College baud, faculty member students and Corvallis citizens, lli. v inspected the college buildings witli ft view lo determining their needs, Tolilghl there will be a balnplel, aflci Which tho Visitors mil rcltirn lo Sn- lein. TEXT MADE PUBLIC WASHINGTON", Jan. 'Jil. -'I'he of ficio,! text of the final allied uliiaiat unt to Greece, dated Ib-etuibcr -I, giving-King Coiistnntiue forty-eiuht hours to agree to withdraw nil his forces from northern liivice into llic I'elvuenesMis within I'iitccn dns and the Greek responses aeccpling the de rnands, but expecting in return u till -intf of the allied blockade, wen- given uul today lit the Greek legation Ueje WASHINGTON", Jan. JO.-- Iinmcdi-at- vil!i. Iran al of a substantial nuinlicr of National Guardsmen from the border has been ordered bv the win- department and General l-'iins-lon now is .-elei'ting tlie units to be sent home, lu announcing the order Into today Secretary linker said llic number lo be withdrawn at this time probably would be 1 ."..000 or JO.IIOO. Tin. secretary refused to comment on the order or say what relation it might hat e lo the w illiilrnvval of Gen eral I'ei-shing's expedition from Mex ico. He said that the org.-inizal ions to be withdrawn would be announced us souit as General ruustou reported lliose he had designated. I1VI PORTLAND "FELL" FOR WOOD JAILED AS GAY IMP0STER V.I. PASO, Tex.. Jan. 20. -A mes sage passed through here today for General Pershing in Mexico asking him when he would be ready to be gin ninrehing Inward the border, ac cording to a reliable report. No formal order has yet been is sued for the withdrawal of the pun itive exH'dition, it was said, but Gen eral Pei-slnng's reply was expected to fix a definite date for the withdrawal. Kopoit.s have also been in eircula- jtion here since yesterday that the Kl i Vulle and San Jompiin outpost troops i had begun their march toward Col I'-mu lluhlan to join the main column encamped there. Ilrigailier General George Hell, Jr said he hail received nothing uew re gM'ding the withdrawal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 'JO. Swiss consulates in the I'nited States and el-euhcre throughout the world have ht i-n instr'i'-iril to inform niembei s of the second Swiss annv division and parts of the fourth and tifth army divisions which are not already un der anus, to reuiin iniiucdintelv to Switzerland and join the eoloi-s. Instruction- to the cotisiuar offi cials in this eountrv pa-se, through the Swiss ligation h.-ie. The divis ions will be mobilized on January IM. According to iiil'.,iiii:ii,.ii ohluincd from tlie legation h.d.iv the Siiss i ili. iis who will In rtiiiircd to oiii 1 the color- were peillllllid lo have S u i I . e i . i j w 1 1 h (he oiiitcr-liin ho- ! thai they woubl lcliiln il called. The lllllcbcl of Swis-, cilizciis in t'.i!-; ouiitl- affcclcil bv the nlobiha'.ioi. nii-r . eoinpaiatively small. 10 UNDER-SEA BOM NEW YOltK, Jan. 20. A battle w hich lasted an hour and forty min utes between the Hritish freighter Llmleiiliall and a Teutonic subma rine in the Mediterranean with nearly U0O shots exchanged between tho two cratts was described by officers ot the i.ludeuhall upon her arrival here j today from Naples. The freighter came in so severely shelled that she looked as though she bad heea In an explosion. Twentj-six shots from the t'-hoat hit her an done n( the shells still pro trudes from the woodwork above lite ttcard' huuk. PORTLAND, Jan. 20. Richard Wood, man of many aliases and ruave of manner, who for the last few weeks dazzled a number of prominent business men for dinners and dollars, was today turned over to .federal officers and for the second time in his career Is being held to answer for impersonating an army or government officer. Wood arrived shortly before Christmas and repre sented himself nt various places to bo tho Honolulu mauager for a large sporting goods house, theatrical mag nate, railroad builder, "Lieutenant Morton, I'. S. A.," "Lieutenant Wil bur of the marine band at Washing ton, 11. C on furlough," and many other imposing personages, each time realizing on his bold front to the ex tent of a royal dinner at the best cafes or perchance a few dollars. He "placed" mythical orders for rail steol and box cars for the "Honolulu railroad" and had local railroad men at his beck and call (or him at his house. STERILIZATION TO APPLY TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN NAVAL INQUIRY INTO WRECK OF MILWAUKEE EI'REK A, Cal., Jan. 20. The stranded cruiser Milwaukee keeled over today to nn angle ot twenty-six degrees. A stiff northwester stirred a hasty sea. The current was undermining the derelict on tho weather side and piling the sand higher tender the cruiser's lee. Contracts for salvaging the machinery and other movables were being prepared. - high ranking court will be des ignated by Admiral William 11. Cap erton to inquire Into the stranding of tho submarine H-3 and the cruiser Milwaukee, it was made known here today. Hear-Admiral William V. Kullam. commander of tho reserve force, Pacific fleet will be president of the board and has been ordered to start north Sunday on the flagship Pueblo. The II-:: Inquiry will be first and the same board will take up the Mil waukee case. W. U. Mcl cod of Prospect was in Medtord KriiVy on bu-.iness. ELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25catall druggists. SALEM, Ore, Jan. 20. A steriliz-j atlon bill to apply to women as well ; as men, was introduced in the house i today by Representative. Arthur Peck ! ot .Marshtleld, and It embodied the I views expressed by Governor James I Wllhycombc in his message to the I legislature. The bill provides for a ! state board of eugenics to lie com- I posed of the heads of the health board, Insane hospitals and peniten tiary. The board must report quar terly the names of all inmates, who in its belief should be examined with a view to sterilization. It gives those concerned right of appeal to the cir cuit court. Tho bill is intended to eliminate the features of a previous act, rejected on a referendum vote of the peoplo several years ago. A hill offered by Representative Vernon Forbes of Hentl, would stop the sale of snuff within tho state ex cept under rigid regulations. GUARANTEE TIME OF SENDING PHONE MESSAGES SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 20. Reprtsen tativo Ira Rarber of Wlllamina today introduced in the house of represen tatives a bill providing that any tele phone or telegraph company operat ing in the state when accepting a message to be delivered within the state "shall guarantee the time of de livery of such message." A measure j by Representative Denton Hurdick of Redmond aims to make every long 1 distance line a common carrier and j Imposes the "duty of making connec tions with the forwarding managers of Independent local companies." THIS is not to try to convince you that we are the best hank in town for your purpose but just to remind you that if you are look ing fcr bank it will pay you to investigate our facilities for band ling your account. The Jackson County Bank Medford, Oregon MEDFORD COMMERCIAL COLLEGE I'ndcr New Management Offers Standard Courses by Individ ual Instruction and Class .Method in . IIOOKKEEPING, PENMANSHIP, SHORTHAND, TYPEWRITING,' ARITHMETIC, PRACTICAL ENGLISH, SPELLING, ETC. 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