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Newspaper Page Textebforb Mail Tribun The Weather Maximum yesterday !! Minimum today ai Predictions 1'ilir. Dally Fourteenth Tu, Porty-nlnth Year. MEDFORD, ORKtiOX, MONDAY, MARCH 1, l!r'o. NO. 21)0 STEEL T D J M RUST I DISSOLUTION PROCEEDING DISMISSED Maioritv Ouinion Supreme Court De clares Steel Trust Dissolution Would Be Injury to Legitimate Business Opinion Virtually Annuls Sherman Act Declares Justice Day In Minority Opinion Only 7 Jus tices Participate. WASHINGTON', Jlar. 1. The prome court today uphold formation of the United State Steel cornoration and subsidiary combinations in the iron ana steel Industry. Refusing to dissolve tho socullod "steel trmrt" tho court dismissed tho federal government's Sherman law suit tor dissolution. 'Affirming tho New Jersoy federal court's dismissal of the government prosecution, the supreme court de clined to enjoin 'the restraint of trade charged, and also denied an order to break up tho super-combination, said to be tho world's greatest industrial organisation, with assets exceeding 2,UUU, 000,000. Vn dismissing the federal suit, how ever, the court ordered such dismis sal "without prejudice" permitting the government to sue again if the corporation actually resorts to Illegal wrongful or repressive practices. In rendering the decision Justice SleKenna said illicit slncolOlFno act ,iu violation . of daw can be charged against the steel corporation and that It was tho c'plnlon- of ithe court that the practices . 'complained, of;: by the government had been abandoned. ' Justices Pitney, Clark and Day dis sented, . , ' AVouId Disrupt lluslness .;, '. Justice McKcnna said that to grant the government's request for disrupt ion of the corporation and restore conditions in tho industry as they were twenty yoars ago would bo im practicable. It would disrupt busi ness, the decision said and w eta Id not bo in tho public intercsl. Justice .McKonna said tho tobacco and Standard Oil company cases ut tered no analogy as they had been guilty of certain objectionable prac tices which the steel corporation had not been. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Day said tho corporation violated the law In Its formation and practices and that thero ought to be a decree "as tar as possible'" for Its dissolution because of Its "open, notorious and continual violation of the law." Justice Day said tho majority opin ion virtually annulled the Sherman act. . In deciding tho suit tho court an nounced its 'decree thru Justice .Mc Konna. Only seven Of the nine jus tices participated, Justices lirandois and McRcynolds taking no purt. BULGARIA ESTABLISHES HUltNE. Mar. 1. Usurers, black mailers and profiteers are being pla- j carded and marched In chains tnrn tho streets of Bulgarian .cities, ac cording to advices received here. This exposure which recalls the medieval pillory, is said to bo producing good results. AVERAGE OF $1.10 HUOD KIVEK. Ore. Mar. 1 The Hood Hiver Apple Growers associa tion to (lute, according to n bulletin issued todav, has made total dis tributions of $1.10 per box on all varieties and entiles of apples not af fected bv frost, which were sold the past season. A total of 90 cents tier box has been distributed on frost ed fruits. Net returns to the association on the Principal pools that have been closed no to the present time, arc r.s follows; HOOD RIVER APPLE GROWERS MAKE ID RATIFY SUFFRAGE WHEN HE V01E CAST CIIAlil.KSTON, W. Vji., Jfur. . Itiitificntion ul' t tie national v ' suffruge amendment was refused v bv the West Virginia small' this afternoon, the vote to ratify ''being I I to I I. When ii was an- nounceil. Senator llarvev W. v Manner, who proposed the reso- lutiiin, changed his vote to no. This was done, il wits stated, in f order that he might move tor ro- v consideration. . AGTIVE BANDIT LEFT IN MEXICO MUXICO CITV, iUiir. 1 Cirilu Arenas, n rebel lea tier, lias lieen eap tuml bv st'eret military police at l'uel)la, aecdnlinir to an official tele- irrain. Arenas was taken mto cmis todv when he attempted to enter tho city of 1'uebla after leaving the eulf :oHt region. About a vear a briirade of soldiers under eoinmaiid of Arenas and protertinir ttic Inter Occanie railway revolted after Are nas received njurtro sum for the pay ment of the troops. Semi-official report announce the capture oil iMarcelo Caruvo, in, tlii' state Of.,TanudiiHis, p-miM' n NowspnlH'rA here1 in'! ('ornniciitihir upon' (hu capture of " Arenas and Caravd, pohit out the progress mK by the presentj admiiitstpitiun toward "conndele pacification of tho coun try," before the duly elections.- Atnomr outlaws wlio'liavc Von put to death or stain in battle duriuir I Ho past year were Felipe1 Amreles, A are liano lilaiuiuet. Francisco Alva res. Jose Inez Chavez Garcia and Kmiliano Zapata. Amonir tliose. captured were Guadenico de la. Uave and Luis Cu ba Hero, while Giiillcrinol lMeivncriro is said to be. ncirotiutiiur with fctleral officials preparatory to snrremlcrinir. The aplure oti more than a score of outlaws throughout the country also occurred during the vear. This leaves only Francisco Villa, who is operating with a small force in a cir cumscribed district in the north ami Manuel I'elaez and Felix Diaz, who are virtually powerless in the null: toast ruirion. v FAIL COMPLETELY iPAiXAMA, Sunday. Feb. 2) Lead ers of striking canal zone- mainten ance oC way workers tonight accepted tho offer of mediation made by An drew Percy Bennett, British minister to Panama and the men are expected to return to work tomorrow. A committee of American workmen will cc'nfer with tho governor tomor row and request, that American citi zens replace aliens in the Panama canal service. Pending arbitration tho men who participated in ttre walkout must accept a rating next be low that held at the beginning of the trouble. PER BOX IN 1919 Winter bananas, large sizes, re spectively as follows for the three crudes, :!.8l. 12.4."i and .'-'. lo: me dium si7.es. r-'..-.5. '-'.-'0 "d l.n.5: small sizes, $-.04, $1.74, mid 1 -;" - Kings, large sizes. &. an.f W.IO: medium sizes. .'2.4!) iiml $1.!I'J and small sizes. tl.'J'.l and -1.0 1. (iravenstcins. large size. $2. 09 and .J.lfl: medium frizes, J.4!t and 1.!!I and small sizes .'JJ 1 and .l.(i4. Tear prices follow: l.arL-c size d'Anious. :i.'J!) and $J.78: Hose, large sizes, .4.27 and :i.04: Winter Xellis, laree sizes, 'J.j0 and J'-'.O'J. .s. y aw WILL II N ANARCHY Rhode Island, in Anti-Prohibition Brief Declares 18th Amendment Means End of Liberty in America If Conqress Can Dictate on Drink Can Dictate on Evervthinti Means Oppression, Anarchy and Constitu tional Revolution in America. WASIIIXOTON, liar. 1. The eighteenth amendment "is a direct invasion of jurisdiction and powers of the state and tho rights of its people" the state of Khodo Island declares in its brief filed in the United States supremo court today in reply to the government's motion for the dismis sal of its action to obtain injunctive relief from tho amendment. Thu brief, filed by Attorney Cen eral Herbert A. Itico of Rhode Island, asserts that the government's view that the amendment is unassailable, "can caly lead to anarchy and op pression." It contends it is the court's duty to keep congress in its amendments to the constitution "within the scope and jurisdiction of federal authority and maintain that line of jurisdiction betwoon federal and state powers," which has "for so many years Insured the harmonious operatic of our dual system of government ordained and established as' perpetual'- nHi 1 ;t' " Thef'-the'ory1 'of the' govorniieh't,'"'t's so subversive of ftintlu'niohtuY'prlnci ples that its acceptance voitltl 'bring about a " constitutional "revolution," continues tile brief. " ',. Kntlanir J.lbf-riy "it would convort tho sovereignty of the people; Into u. sovereignty of officials. It would -.endanger civil lilerty and those Innumerable rights thut have been Inherited from tho common law since the tinio of magna charta. Under its application the boundary between federal and state authority could bo shifted at will. In lact, all power might bo uhsurbed by tho federal government." The brief dec I urea that article five of the constitution relating to amend ments only provides for tho "correc tion of errors committed in fruming tho constitution." Revolutionary Proceeding . The proposal of the eighteenth amendment "to1 tho states" tho brief asserts, Is unconstitutional "and Is tt revolutionary proceeding." Hereto fore, it doehires, congress has pro posed amendments "to the legisla tures of tho several states." "The dlfforent course which was pursued in this instance was adopted understanding!)' and with a purpose" continues the brief. "it was neces sary to depart from the practice which had always heretofore obtain ed, in order to cany out the new constitutional doctrlno that tho word amendment in urtlclo five includes proposals covering the wholo field of absolute sovereignty. In tho proposal of the socalied amendment, neither a pc-'wer nor a subject matter within the scope of tho federal constitution was dealt with, on the contrary, the power involved resided in the sover eign people of tho respective Btates and in them exclusively. II was nec essary thereforo, in order to obtain a surrender of such power, to propose the socullud omcndinent to those who possessed It. .'empress as IHrlalor "Itocognlzlng the necessity, con gress made tho proposul of the so called amendment to the respective states, that Is, to the sovereign peo plo of tho respective states. "The cntlro procceduro Is revolu tionary and without constitutional sanctic'n. "It surpasses all understanding that congress while submitting the proposals 'to the slates' declares that their legislatures shall bind them. When, pray, did congress become the dictator over the sovereign people of a state with respect to their sovereign powers? Sovereignty resides in the people and they alone may express sovereign will." 5 Deaths, Flu. Portland. roliTI.ANO. Ore. Mar. 1. Kive deaths from influenza (and fifteen new eases werp reported bv the citv health bureau for the '24 hours end ing at noon today. Senator Bankhead Influenza Victim V.SH...(;T0X, .Mar. 1. Senator John II. Itunkhrad of Alalmina, dint hero today after an illness of several weeks from jirip. This is (lie seeond death hi the nuiks of democratic sen ators in tho past yenr. L WASHINGTON'. Mr. 1. -The su preme court in an opinion today held the New York stale income tax act of 1!IH to be uneoiHlitutioiial. inso far as it denies exemptions to citizens of other states, which re uranted to its own citizens. In dcclurinir the act invalid the lower court held tiiat U eont'licted with article four and the foiirieenlh amendment to the federal constitu tion. .WASHINGTON. M!ar. l.In 'in-te-ri-reljiur the Sherman anti-trust' net .today the supreme court reversed federal court decrees which held that the statute did not prohibit: re-snle price;, fi.iur unless there was inten tion of creatine a momipolv. ' I 1,0X1 MIX. Mar. 1. It is aiitbori talivclv learned that an unsuccessful attempt has been made to assassi nate l.ord Acton, the Hritish minis ter to Kinland at I Iclsinsjfors. Lord Acton, who formerly was I5ritis.li consul irciicrnl at Zurich, was appointed minister to' Kinland Sep tember 'J. lust, lie beiran his career in Hie foreiirn ol'liee in 1H84. .Ureal Britain rccocnized the inde pendence of Kinland Mav (I of lust vear. Similar action was taken bv the I'nitecl Stales Mav 7. market place in Hie carlv niunii:-u when shots were fired at liini. bill !ic "as not struck. No arrests have been made. The motive for the attack lias not been learned. ARSENATE LEAD SPRAY KILLS H. RIVER BEES 11(11 II) HIVKK. (Ire.. M'ar. 1 Hood lliver orchurdists are expressinir the fear that pollcnizntion at the coining blossomimr period will be poor as a result of the loss of a lanre per centage of the district's bees, (.row ers stale that lack of care in appli cation of arsenate of lead spravs Iris caused the death of f0 per cent of the bees. ELIS RUSH SEASON WITH PRACTICE FOOTBALL NIAV IIAVKX. Com At,..- 1 Kiidiiiietitiirv i'oolhall practice beirins at nr. todav. (he earliest date for this sport in the records of the col lege. The sipiad oUciiditv or more will work in Hie L'vmnasiiuii. Men will drop out to Lro into spring sports. The full practice is lo beu'in Septem ber HI. Klcc lrir- service in lieno, Nov., , lisruptcd tcmporaiilv vcstcnlav when a L'iant Aiiicricini eiiL'le flew into a '2.",000 volt transiiiission wire, break ing it. NotliiiiL' but a lew feathers f the eai'le were found. Dr. Charles K. linker, dci ,.l.-.l tv.i- bravcrv in the Rorlil war. was ar rested in San Kriinciseo last niaht 'hnrtred with passinc worthless checks nmountin? to more than $10, 0UU on local merchants, IMPORTANT CHANGES EAST ROADS R. H. Aishton. Formerly President and S. G. Strickland. General Manatier, of Northwestern Are Ousted bv Directors Pennsylvania System Divided Into 6 Groups No Excitement Marks Cliantie From Government to Private Ownership. ('IIICA(II). Mar. 1. Several im portant changes marked the return of railroads centering in CIhcul'o to private stock control. The IVnnsvl vunin svstciu is reorganized in four reuiotis. instead of two, and Vie1 I'resident .1. .1. lioeers lodav look charge of Ibe Ntu-thwestcrn ri'iiion, with Iteailiiiuirlers lire. h. II. Aishton, ftn-merlv iircsidetd o' tlu: (.'hieiiuo and Nor! hweslern. weslcrn reuionid director, formerly in direct control, passed mil of' the railroad world to be succeeded bv Wilfuin II. f'inlcv. S. (!. Ntrirkl 1. formerlv general manaircr, and fede ral mamiucr of the road under Aish ton, also was ousted bv Hie directors. In the maioritv of railroad offices no changes in personnel marked the transition. WASHINGTON, .Mar. 1 Tho Unit ed States railroad administration, tho Koverumental iiKcncy which for- more than two yonr.Si .him. conti'olloil' i,tlie operaliitK division; of the Uj S, mil toad. aiiniiulsLnuion, , loilay ..passed out of existence. With ita imsmiiK al midnijiht, the H : ! 1 1 lines that had been merged intt' what was virtually one KiKautic system again went under control of private 'interests, free to oporuto in competition as of old. The transfer was without incident. Of the staff of directors and execu tives who 'cVmtrollcd the roads during KOveramcnt operation, Director Gen eral Hlnos alUie remains. I lo re mains simply to clear up matters left pending when tho government rolin (juished control. These incltido thou sands of claims, contracts, and grlv ances yet lo be settled and among which aru eighty-three compensation contracts with various roads which still are tho subject of negotiations. Compulsory Arbitration Under tho stAialled . railroad reor ganization bill which governed the return of tho transportation systems to private ownership, but little juris diction Is retained by tho govern ment. .Under lis terms the interstate commerce commission is given greut er power to 'control rates and com pulsory arbitration of labr dlsputus Is required. The go'vernment alsu re tains a certuln amount of control over their bond Issues but at the same time Insures a fixed percentage of. profit and makes It possiblo for the corporations to sectiro loans from a tedcral fund set aside for that pur pose. Specifically, tho hill authorizes tho president lo settle all iiuestlOns, in cluding compensation and appropri ate $0(1, IMM), lino for this purpose. Provides guarantee of "standard return" to carriers for a period of six months after tho termination of federal control. Creates Kcvolvii.fr Kami Creates a "revolving fund" of t:iun, unit, oon fi r making new loans to carriers. Creates a labor board and other machinery for tho amicahlu settle ment of disputes between employers and employes. Directs the Interslato commerce commission lo fix rates Unit will pro vide for two years .1 Vi per cent re turns to thu railroads on tho valilo of I ho aggregate railroad property devoted Jo tho public use. Provides that If any carrier earns in any year a net operating Income in excess of six per cent one half of such excess must be placed In a re serve fund anil thu other half must bo paid Into a general contingent fund, to be used to make loans lo carriers. Increase I. C. C. (Jives lo tho Interstate commerce commission the power to regulato tho Issue of railroad securities. Increases the Interstate commerce commission from nine to eleven mem bers and their sularies frol 10,000 to $12,000. Whether union labor leaders, who stubbornly opposed the measure In (Continued, vn race Six) W. G-jS'ADOO BOOM IS I'Oli'fl.ANl), Ore, Sf.Jr, Announcement was made to.i4 bv Newton Mel'ov. a deniucir.tic leader of Portland, that he bus opened presidential eauipuiuu h'cadoiiiil'IcrM here for William (libbs McAcloo uud Unit petitions to put I he inline of Ibe former seerclarv of the Ircnsiirv on the ballot as a candidate for Hie democratic presidential noimun lion in Oremin will be put into circulation imtiiediatelv. U. S. EXPEDITION XOHAU'IS. Ariz., Mai'. 1. Willi tho death here early today (if .1. A. Kraser, American storekeeper of Ruby postofflcn, thirty miles fn.ui here, the death toll as a. result of tt raid by Mexican bundits on Kruser's general storo Friday was increased to two. Aluxander Krasor, .1. A. Kraser's brother uud business partner, died . riday shortly after tho attuck. Sheriff U. ft. liaiharl, who with a POsho and bloodhounds, crossed tho International border in search of tho bandits gave' tip tlioicliase; yesterday and returned to lluby i camp last nlftUU , Troop A oCtlie Tonth cavalry, (I, negro regiment, scoured tho coun try, urouud .lluby yesterday. , ....is : . Colonel 1C. ii. Carnahan, conimlind lug officer of thef.NogaloH military district declared today ho was con vinced the -Mexican lullllury -authorities In Sonera wore, doing their ut most to' approhend tho culprits. . .Colonel Carnahan added bo did not beliovo there would be any punitive expedition Into Moxlco as the result of tho attack on the Kraser brothers. F l'OKTI.AND. Ore, Mar. 1. The body of l.eon Weincr. who bail been missinir since lasl Kiidnv was taken Irom Ilie Willamette river here last niuhl. Weincr who was 'Jti years old, was lasl seen on hoard a harbor limine where be was employed. Of ficers who hive-dimiti'd the eilsc said the circumstances pointed to acci dental drowning. JAPAN GIVES UP TOKIO. Kridav The i crial prince will leave for Krancc in April for a course of sludv al the military school ul St. Cvr. This will occupy two years, lie will be accompanied lo Km nee bv Ma jor I iirnshikiuii. Madame Sliidehara. with her two sons, will also leave Julian in April to join M. Sliidehara. Japanese am bassador at Washington. OF TREATY WASHINGTON, Mar. I. An carlv and unfavorable vole 011 ratification of the peace treaty was forecast in the scniile todav when republican leaders, rcplving 'to the demands of the treaty's irreconcilable republican opponents, re -it I' firmed their decision not to aceept anv change ot sub stance or of language in the republi can reservation to article ten. Both sides concede that enough democratic senators to defeat rati I. W.W. ATT'Y CENSURED BY COURT J mine Montesano Trial Threatens Court Punishment for Vanderveer If Methods Are Continued Jury Dismissed While Barrister for Reds Is Given Severe Rcyrimand More Defendants Maintain Hall Attacked Before Shootinq. MOXTK.SAXO. Mar. 1. Toward ih,. ..I., si. ul' the inoriiinc: session when O. K. Khiinl. one of the defendants. was on the stand one ot the detense counsel again attempted to introduce evidence of nlleecd threats toward Hie I. W. W. hall without showinu a definite connection btcween Ihc nl i..r.i iln-nis mi. I Ci-imm. and court sustained an objection to the ciues- Iiiiii, ilisiiussmir the pirv and reuuli iiic: Yiindcrvoer lo such an extent us to threaten court; punishment, it ti repetition were nllempted. "I have ruled on this iiuestion seve ral times before." said the iudirc. "I have asked von to desist in this lino :if oucstioninir. The next time von ...Mlii.lsj. tlin eniirt's decision Vol! will sufu'i' the penaltv. I do not euro what viui sav in niv chambers, lo me. but this cojut shall have the respect il is entitled to receive and I insist that vou show Jhat respect. I urn not sninir to ullow vpu to discuss this nucstion-'pro ahd coti'"' indofinilelv. You must, first show' Uti idcccltHMl wait n-pnrtv to-tin v allmrcd' 1T rnmSi ed nlot. or eonspirnevi"! J'" J1 ii' "I Soldiers ArrucKcd Hint '"" ai)t. succeeded Shcehairon the 'Wiiucqs i i....i:i-..:.... i l;l... I.11.H1 'iitii) stami. iesui.iiii; in , " 1" , Unit he biid not "u'sked. 'fur citizen sliil) luipcrs.- lie joined (Ko I.,Wf.Y ml II I (I. he said lie had heard con siderable discussion of nil iilleirodt eonleniplaled iilan to raid the I. W. W. hull in Ccnlralia, he said. 1 lo had never heard of plans for pliteinif men. in stratcL'ie positions to defend the hull, he testified. The revolver Mc Inerncv had on the dav of tho shoot i itr was given to him bv Loren Rob erts, one of the defendants. Mclncrnev Icslified. He did not shout ut any lime, however, he said. "I li.,i.l u.tini.linitv cnihliiand. T don't know who. and then the march ers rushed lor the ball, he sum. "AH the windows were smashed , and tho shiiotin.' slurlcil when tllUV , WolC smashing in Ibe door." ,. , , .Sbcclian Takes Stand H'ONT KSANO, Wash., Mar. 1. Mike Sliccliau. one of ten illlegcd I. W. W. on trial here for the murder for Warren O. tlriumi. C'ontrulia, Armistice dav parade victim, look thu witness stand in his own behalf when the sixth week of the trial opened to duv. Sheeluiii, U(l vears old, 11 native of Ireland, hut not a eitizell of tho I'niled Slates, testified that ho did not participate in the shoolimr OH November -1 1, lust. Shechan said he went to Centraliu the niuht before the shoolinir, intend in:; to go lo Tncomn on tho night of the eleventh for the purpose of hoar imr Kiiiuoun DeValern, Irish lender, speak, lie went to the I. W. W. hull, he said, on the night of tho tenth, and was there also 011 the elevctitb. No Knowledge Itald Shechau had 110 knowledge of nu alleged contemplated raid on the hall, he testified, lie said ho did Hot hear Ibe mutter mentioned during the time (Continued tm Page Six) WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE fication are determined lo slnml with President Wilson and vote against he .treaty unless'article ten (lualil'ication is modified. The republican decision todav w'us followed bv evidences that all the elements in the senate fight would co-onernle to end debate and let the treaty issue go undecided into the campaign. Some of the leaders predicted tt final vole bv Thursday, but others thought it would not come before the first of next week.