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Oregon wm.. . V v . ''lainrinni - r "MJBijJFOKU SPENT $2,500,000 FOR BUILDINGS DURING 1909 AND 1910 PROMISES TO SURPASSSTHIS AMAZING REC0R1 VuhiI 'i'iiN .Unoulutlon, Tho only paper In tU world uIHhIiuJ hi u city tlio nle f MnUford having n Medford Mail T1IH WKVKKHR. Tonight nnd Wcdnosdny Clondy. Monday Cloudy; high, i0; low, 28; rango, 30. MHJDJ701U), OBISGJOtf, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1910. No. 253. FIST ATTEMPT IN AMERICA TO FLY IN MONOPLANE FAILS OPERATION INGER HERMANN TAKES FIRST ROUND IN HIS TRIAL NEEDED IN Tribune B PU HERO OF DAY IN L0 ANGELES First Accident Mars Aviation Week, hut Aeronaut Escapes Death hy Remaining Cool Heailcd. AVIATION KIKM), 1.08 AXGKI- UB, Jan. 11. The firm tittotnpt to fly In n monoplane In America was' , mado at noon liy Mitmon In ono of Puullinn'H arloraft -and resultod In ttiQ totnl ihwtruotlon of tho plane. Aftor two or three nltuinptml flights, Mnnon finally succeeded In geotlng tlio craft up an high uh thirty feet wlmn tho onglno suddenly wi-ut down ( nnd the btrd-IIko crntt camo heavily to tli u ground. Tlio wheels In front woro torn cotnptotoly off, tlio main wood on trims nnnpplng nnd tho stool fraiiiu wan buckled ho badly It will ticccrmltnto n now crnft being nindo. In tho second effort to fly, Mnnon cume to tho earth nnd when within nhont flvo foot of tho ground Jumped, fulling on bin fncu-und getting a bad slinking tip. Tli U In tho first accident of any connoqtiunco Hlnco tho opening of tho nvlatlon -week. ItUliop Hrorr Wright's. . LOS ANGLES, Jnn. 11. Court land Hold UlBhop, president of tho .... -!.. I. A mui.Imm ...I... ..I . .. BERLIN. Jnn. 11. Iu his own horo Innt night to net as chairman .... ,, of tho Judges during tho aviation 1 wt,KI' lmI)or- ""olnnd on Ilerlln. moot, nld todny thnt tho Wright jl'o Lolpazlgor, ono of tho foremost HrothnrH nrn upheld In tho courtnj Gorman writers, tomorrow will pub nnd tholr allegations ngalnst Cnrtlituj JIhU an rtolo under tho cnptlon, sustained, thus forcing nil who fly ' tol..T0 MorgnB por, jmjr .iiu.il i,.uu..n, .t mil rcwu.i niw dovolopmeut of aeronautics nn noth- Ing linn been doT.o slnco tho first fllKht wan mado. Interested Willi Curt I. "I am financially Interested with Mr. Curtlsu In tho manufneturo of tho Curtinn neroplnno nnd of coutho I fnvor him, but looking at tho nnt-!t,10 ior irom nn unmn-.e,. muuupi.mi, 1 1 fall to seo whero tho Wrlgtlm can i claim thnt Curtliw Ih Infringing on their patents for warping tho plnncH, nnd this Curtliw does iiho, Ho uhch a wing tip which In not connected with tho main planes In nny way nnd Ih worked from tho sent. Cliungo Coming, t President Ulnhop Is of tho opinion thnt tho next few months will see n 'wonderful chnngo In flying, nnd ho jthlnlcH that It Ih nlmply a matter of Itlmo before neroplnnes will bo com irnon. Tho dlrlgflilo balloon such nn bount Xeppullu's, nro not popular with IllBhop, who says thnt tho mn chlno In ontlroly too oxpouslvo and too hard to mnnngo to bo used to nny great extent. Tho futuro of tho neroplnno Is great, Hiiya Ulshop, but ' Just what Its ovolutlon will bo Is flhroulded In mystory, tho voll of which will only bo lifted with tho passing of time. l'nullmm Ih Hero. Following his spectnculnr flights yostordny Pnulhnm Is n popular horo horo today. Ah n result It was ox poetod thnt tho aviation Mold will bo crowdod this nftornoon when tho s" jMilrdmon" will nttempt to wrowt tho World's rcord for nltltudo from Lnth- iiiii, m;i;wi Mlllf, ill Uliuilliuuiliuill, Should Pnulhnm attempt tho high flight ho will UBQ a Farninn bl-plano, j Thin nftornoon tho ollmlnntlon trlnlH will contlnuo. This Is tlio Inst day nnd nil machines thnt do not lonvo tho ground boforo this ovenlng will bo rulod out of tho meet, r '.. Colonel Ooorgo P. Mima of Control .Point spout Tuesday in Modford. k Ilonrv Tt. Qrnv will lonvo thia ovo- K f ... ning for Sun Frunolfloo, wlioro liu will . epoiid koiiio timo with rolntivoa. Jolin II. Mnllor.v of Tnhlo Hook wna n viaitor-inftrodford on Tuesday. BITTER AHA ! German Writer Makes Most Vitriolic Says His Collapse Would Ruin Millions of Men and Destroy Many Fortunes. ,,.. -lnntn which woro plrnn li llin Tirrfi tnilnv rnnlnln uno ;of tho bUorcgt ntIncks ovor tnmlo upon J. I'lorpont Morgan. It roads In part: "From Amorlca, tho lnnd of ttn- llmltoil flnmirlnl nwliiilln nnil over .......... ,i.... ., . worl(1( Tnls dneor jB j, pior-j (t Morgnnf . WANT PORPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION Orcrjon Labor Leaders Enthusiastically Approvo Proportional Legislation at Today's Session of Convention Would Tax LaBi and Not Food. PORTLAND, Jan. 11. Propor tlnnnl ropresqntntlon, legislative nnd counollmnnlc, was onthuslnHtlcnlly approved as today'a feature of tho state federation of labor. Time tho plan bo framed as n law and voted on nt tho 1910 eloctlon is tho subject' of u resolution to ho put for formal ndoptlon boforo tho sosulon this aft- j omoon. ! Tho schemo Includes. ,tho direct election of utnto otflclnlu who will bo equally roproaontutlvo of, all class- es, iAU)or uy tlus mcunu, it was ad vocated, will havo representation It-' solt In tho stnto sonnto nnd house of dologutou to socuro tho pusungo of numerous laws named nti necossnry to protection of popular rights. Among those laws worq nained tho non-oxomtptlon of timber lauds from taxation, n bailor Inspection act, stnto ownership of railroads, regulation of scaffold width, tnnxtlon not assossod unless votod on at popular election, and many othors. , Ovor tho lroad of Prosldont Daloy a cartoon was hung, tltlod "Tax , Lund, Not Food," Tho federation, ; by commlttoo will report Its condem nation of oxceuslvo living cost, and ' vIU'attompt to dofluo tho ciuiho aa rolntod to cnpttallstlo grasping. This report will bo heard Intor lu tho sos bIoii, Bontiitlon was stnted by II. J, Iliirkln ON IK Attack on American Financier- "Tho financial atnbttlonB of this ono mnn who strives to control tho ontlro capital of America, constitute a most terrlblo dnnger to tho civil ized world. "His unscrupulous lovo of riches nnd his fanatical crnio for power havo mndo his financial edlflco out wardly Imposslng, but Its foundation is rotten. "Its collapso may ruin millions of men and destroy many fortunes. "Reviews of Morgan's different converna suggost nn attempt to form n copper trust. This mny bo tho bo- ginning of tho crash that will provo Ull8 undoing." boh to a plan wheroby nil council men of Portlnnd will bo oloctod re gardless of party affiliation, Oronnlzod labor, numbering ono third of tho local vote, would thus securo ouo-thlrd of tho representa tion In tho council und by securing tho support of other mombors bo equal to the pnsago of ordinances. PEANUT SHELLS BOUND TO BREAKFAST FOOD MAKERS CHICAGO, Jnn. 11. "In n froiKht train wreck recently it wna discov ered that Bovornl onra consigned to breakfast food mnnufnotiirers woro londod witli ponnut shells from tho peanut oil nnd buttor factories in the south." So Prosldont John FiUpnlrtck an nounced to tho Chiongo Fedorntiou of Labor yesterday. Somo discussion followed. "This is n froo country," said ono dolegnto, "and ovory mnn 1ms a r:i to oat ponnut sholls if ho wialios. Hut ho should know whnt ho ia oulinj?. Peanut Bholla should not ho son'od to him diBRui8Qd 'aa 'Your Grandpa's Hruin-Mnkor,' or masked tinder the nnmo 'Old Dr. Pnbulum's Idonl Pood.' For I nolieo that oven tlio monkeys in lli0j zoo throw away tlio sholls after eating tho poanuta." El Reginald H. Parsons of Klllcrost Or chard Returns From Trip to the East, Whero He Studied Marketing Conditions. SAYS OTHER MARKETS THAN NEW YORK MUST BE FOUND Suggests Further Co-operation of Fruit Growers in Marketing, of Frultto Find Better Market. That tho fruitgrowers of tho Uoguo rlvor valley must co-operate In order to extend tho markets for Roguo river fruit In order to se cure better returns Is tho word brought from tho Atlantic coast by Reginald II. Parsons of tho Hill- crest orchnrds, which hold tho rec ord for high prices paid for Cornice pears, $10.08 a box in London. Since leaving hero In tho fall Mr. Persons has visited all of tho larger c'tles of tho caat and has thorough ly studied tho matter of marketing fruit. And In his opinion tho grow ers hero should co-oprato and extend tho market to other cities. "I went cast to look this matter up," states Mr. Parsons, "and gnvo much tlmo to It. I bellevo that lo ol growers, by acting together can extend the markotn for our high oxtond tho markets for our high class fruit. For instanco: thero is Savnnah. Gn., which .should havo fruit consigned direct instead of through Now York. By dividing tho offerings, when 'a car of excellent fruit camo in it would be in great demand. Wlillo wo get splendid re turns now, I bolleve they could ma terially In creasod." CRATER LAKE CASE IS UPJTOMORRiW Attorney C. L. Reames Leaves This Evening for Salem to Assist in Argument of the Case. Attornoy C. L. Reames leaves this1 evening for Salem whero ho will np-1 ponr as ono of tho attorneys in tho! Orator Lako caso, which comes up i boforo tho supremo court tomorow. I r T l.'.A.Wr... nnn.. n.... mont for tho nppollant, and McMa - ban. who worked up tho caso, wlll respond. I ,i. u i v uuii "it. unuti i iu iii mi C L. Ronmes will follow and At tornoy General Crawford will appear as a "friend of tho court." and speak on both sldos. NOTORIOUS CATTLE THIEF K IS AT LAST KILLED VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 11. A special from Moosejaw, Saskatche wan, says tha tho notorious cattio thief, "Dutch Henry," who has bcon tho scourgo of tho international bor dor eountry for eight years, it is re ported, has been Bliot at Big Muddy river, HO miles south of horo, by a mountod policeman. Ho was killed aftor n smart duol in which tlio po licomnu lind his horso shot under him. Tho latter camo on tho outlaw unexpectedly and ho instantly fired, killing tho horso nnd throwing tho policeman to the ground. The of ficer thon fired twice, killing "Dutch ITonry" at the second shot. olico on both sidos of the lino luue boon hunting this, notorious lioive rustler Mvovnl years, but ho lias ovndod them hy continually shifting across tho lino, District Attorney' Mulkoy of Jnok sonvillo spent Tuesday in Modford on uusiuQss. " O'BRIEN HERE TOMORROW TO ! TALK OF DEPOT; General Manager of Harriman Lines in Oregon Will Meet Citizens to Discuss Location of New Depot. J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the Harriman lines In Oregon, will arrive In Medford tomordw- after- 11UUII ui 3.30 oclock to moot w Itn local people and dlacuss tho matter of removing tho depot. Tho Southorn Pacific recently an- nounced .need that they were to erect S i 0,000 pasenger depot in this city and since then thero has been conj siderablo discussion as to tho loca tion. Somo favor tho present site, and others a site two blacks north. Mr. O'Brien will mako his decision lesion, Plo. after conferring with local pco; BURGLARS AT WORK IN JACKSONVILLE City Drug Store in County Seat En tered and $50 Taken No Clew, But Robber Familiar. Tho City Drug Store, owned by Dr. J. V. Robinson, was entered br bur - Pinr Mnmi.v n.nmi i money taken monoj taken. Tho thief entered by way of tho ! back door, breaking tho glass In thej door so that ho could reach tho bolts ' .,., iu -.t t.- : When Dr. Robinson's clerk closed up the Jiight before ho had $50 on hand, and secreted It in the usual ' place. Tho robber was evidently fa miliar with tho custom of tho store, or bod watched tho clerk hido tho money, as it was ovldent that, ho had llttlo difficulty in finding it, nnd ho disturbed nothing else. Tho robber loft no clow to his iden tity, but tho supposition Is that tho robbory was dono by local artists. FRENCH MAID FOUND GUILTY; SHE MUST HANG T.VQ. 77 , KANSAS CIT, Mo., Jan. 11. Convicted In tho federal court of tho murder of Mlunio Soherbora, . . . . n rftnpn Tnnifi mnn mvif 11 nn nn.. offM , , Cn , Q.v , g . r Pr,al Umr ,S Noa1' u- s-; was 6euton today to bo hang- od. I tho part of O'Neal to shoot tho girl' t Ho loft tho house whoro sbo wns em ployed, aftor making tho threat and was arrested. Whon ho was taken betoro tho girl for identification, ho broko from hta-guards, drow a revolver r.nd shot hor. Sho died almost Instantly. JOHNSON-JEFFRIES FIGHT PROBABLY IN FRISCO SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. From statement mado this afternoon byj" John T. Hergot, chairman of tho po- KIDNAPING CASE ON llco commmlsslon of tho board of su-. porvlsors, It Is almost snfo to pre-; diet that tho Johnson-Jeffries fight GRANTS PASS, Jan. 11. Tho will Do decided right horo In San January torm of tho circuit court con Francisco, vonod yostordny morning at 10 o'clock Tho ordlnnnco limiting local bouts with Judge Hanna presiding. It will to twouty rounds, stands a good undoubtedly bo a short term as tho chanco of belug set asldo for the big ' dockot is very short. The stato of puglllstio attraction and still another Oregon vs. August Fctsch, ono of tho ehanec of boing permanently ro-jolcal option cases, will bo tnkon up ponied. j Wednesday ns tho defendant wlth- . j drew his domurror and entored a Junket to Grants Pass. j pion of not guilty. Tho grand pury A Inrgo numbor of local members nn"' niado no roturns ns y but will of tho Masonio ordor aro to spend nudoubtodly tako somo action In tho Wednesday iu Grants Pass ns"thOjbJncknmlllrtf and nttShiptod kldnap gues'ts of tho lodgo in thnt city, I I'lns of tho son of A. N. Parsons. NLY IN SECOND IS THERE EIGHT ON ' Election Much Different From That Of Year Ago indications Are That Wortman Will-Win. With the exception of tho second ! war(lf tho anntml c;ty ecction today was a tame afa;r especially so whan WARD 81 comnared with Inst venr. -whi-n thnii-j t... .. ... town, torn with factional fi.htJ I turncd out carly and ourU "to a, r.:. -ru u i .lETfa d Wnrtl - , 7 tr ZV. ' man and Hornco Nicholson, and, while both sides c mra victory, it ib behoved that Wortman mil win out, by some 100 votes. ; YotinR wns very light in tho city election during the forenoon today, as compared with that of last year. At ' oVIick in 3001 each of the wards woro well over tho 100 mark I u 7 ! i T A T i bat this year only the second is M-eemntr anywhere near the record, i -j- ic-,'1 votes; the first ward had 95 and the it,;j or ond on couneilmnn, where the fight between Wortman and Nicholson is closo and bitter. Telfer will be elected recorder by' nf orPsea. mapor- r.ii.i .--j.. i ,r . icrnment then exercises one peremp a comfortable majority and Merrink will bo returned from the first ward. The total vote cast in all wards was 4CC. At 2:30 o'clock 120 votes ! "uu. ceca in mo iirst waru. zio 'he second and 131 in thb third. This is 106 votes less than m 1909, , 7. l"u Sama ftuno of day! nnn t L"Rt .nenrIv votf , waF cast and this year fho total wj I l,ard,V reach 750- WAITS FREE TRADER TO SUM TAFT Secretary Dickinson So Goes on Rec-' I ord in Cuba Says He Is Free Trader Himself. HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 11. Secre tary of War Jacob M. Dickinson hopes that a Democratic, free trado.nnt ono, the court snid, nnd it would II TOSl l P n t Will llH olpptoil tl" SllPPPll4 ' ..... - . wHVV William H. Toft after tho prosoit , chief executive has served two terms.) according to Sonor Don Pelayo, ownor of the Kosario sugar mill near! U"VU u"u ,luu, vrim wmo i T!1.; 1 it x ?it. Pelayo. A discussion of a free en try into the United Stnos of Cuban products was preeipitatod. Dunng tho discussion, according nblo story of tho hardships nnd mis to Pelayo, Dickinson said: I haps occurring on tho vovaco of tho "I nm tho only free trado Demo-1 i crat in a Republican protection cnb I inot. Aftor Mr. Tnft has served his ! socond torm, I invito you to como to tho United States and assist in oloctine a Democratic free trado nresident " JOSEPHINE DOCKET DEFENSE GETS G ADVANTAGE DRAWING JURY Heney, After Objecting in Vain, Fin ally Has to Give in to Ruling ' of the Court in the ' 1 " Caw. i 1 PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 11. Binger ITcrmnnn won the first round in his battle before the United States court ZTA: . J - the 3tio cnailonjrcs lor him in the selection -t te for the government. x rosccuior nenoy, oner nnvmc op- osed thc conten(ion ot tho dcfcng(J nnd hav;nc Inade a ,cnilth ar lt affainst tf conccde3 tho pogit;on of the defcnsc and hire his ob.fcQ ; tj,: i, A'. j an advanajJC in RelcctinR tho T,ie d(lfenpe be nMe to cu thy0. ; ,-,t, , , ., ,cnPes nnd m a 3ury that meo a with' itshapprovaL a-.i: t. According to the procedure of thv l tC Lf" . " V Kr ' wruy the oefense exorcises its npht by ono cused and a new man chosen from iUn t: mi .: ? i , ,y ho s,dca nnd then ,t,,or chffl- tory challenge. Should the govern ment fail to maWo a chnlTcntre in its order it forfeits the rightvto do o later. ' no" I0n been excused for hp to noon today sovcn jurors had cnuso and tliruo peremptory challenges had been ex amined, two by the defense and" ono' hv the government. Court shortly uuiuro o cjock took a recess until 2 this nfternoon in order to allow Heney to scan tho records of the 12 men now in tho inrv box. nnd make a decision as to who ho will chal lenge. It is believed thnt the jury will bo pomnWivi J,;s afternoon nnd sworn m. Unless fh0 defonso uses nil of its ten chnllences it mny be possible for ,ho "pcnin,r ment of the govern- - .... ... , '"lionrnmonr. tun win oepena. however, on work of sifting out the jury. Judno Wolverton instructed tho tha jurors at noon that tho 13 mnn fin. nib chosen would, bo kept together durine tho trial of tho cose, beginning lumgni. ine case wns nn Jmnm-f. JlO nA.nconn. t .. v-v . 1. 1 v ... n 1 1 rr'i n mm in tho conduct of it. Therefore; tho trial jury would bo konHoW!hor n der tho care of the bailiff during L trial and until the decision had beort SHIP HAS HARD VOYAGE: CREW SUFFERS TERRIBLY TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 11. A tr- British bark Loudon Hill from tho sound to Dublin is told by Cnptriih K. J. Looke, former master of the vos sel, who Iins iust arrived from Du . lin to mnko his homo in this city. Captain Locko states thnt from tho const of Chile to Montevideo tho vos sel encountered sovero storms, Inch sens nnd other mishaps thnt cost' tho lives of nine seamen, four othors go intr insnno. the first mate beinsr o bndlv ininred thnt after n month's suffering ho Inst his mind nnd tho I'nntnin himself sustained severe In-, terunl injuries. LOOKS LIKE SALE OF THE MEXICAN CENTRAL SANTA FE. N. M.. Jan. 11. Fol lowing tho appointment of C. G. Murray of Pittsburg ns receiver of tho Now Mexican Central railroad, it is nnderstoqd horo today that ' tho first dofinito stop to bo taken by him will hi' (Qwnrd tho solo of tho ronrt,. i m