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Orftwri lf(torlsat lonely city Hall I'llllOtl Pt'HM ANNOl'lalloil, Pull lAtnc Wlrti Itoiwrt The only paper In tlio world published In a city tlio sire of Mi'dfonl having A leased wlro. Medford Mail Tribune TUB WKATftRtt. Tonight nnd Thursday tj- wiuiijr. xwcauny iiigft 51, low 30, rnngo 44. FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1910. No.266: ENTIRE FAMILY, PERCHED ON AWAIT C NUDE, HOUSETOP ORIS OF LORD A Little Child Dies of Exposure and Second One May Die-Peeling Runs High in Little Town of Lynden Against Holy Rollers An Elder of Se attle Is Said to be at Fault. M2LUN0IIAM, Wn., Jan. 19. Tlio llttlo town of Lyndon la In n titato ot groat excltomant today as a result of tlio dcnth last night ot tlio llttlo daughter of Mr. nnd Mra, Gro Pnschtot, following arrest will follow. Citizens ot Lyn don declare Hint It will bo punt an wall for tlio officer to soo thnt tlio Holy Holler cult Ib removed nt thin time, for fall tiro on tholr part to nt- ,B ..,,.,- ;tond to th's duty may mean that tho Jong BtBM09rl.(1B w, ,nko m,o mutter Into hold by tho entire family on tholr own.hands. Fooling is running hoimctop nt Lynden, north of here, j j,Kn A Holy Holler oldo. of Seattle whoro they waited' tho coming of tho being sought by tho office today lord. Tho llttlo child dhrt from ox j and arrests will no doubt follow. poMircnnd a two-year-old daughter' wimn tho Paschtots woro discovered today In In a prucaHouu condition. Ah naked on tho hotiHotop and tho condi a remit of tho arrest of tho father ' uon ,,f u,0 children wan inado known, nnd mothor with their oloen-ycnr-old pCoplo ot Lyndon forcod thorn to ro on and nine-year-old daughter, no,,novo themselves, but this was not harm can como to thorn at tho hands' ,iono until after a florco battle In of the pcopl of Lyden, hut thoro In which tho eloven-year-old boy and :enl dancer for olhor members of tno nino-yoar-old nlrl woro tho florc tho Holy Holler faith, fololwoni of eat combatants. which cult aro said to bo living there. Citizen Mny Act. Offlcero nro working on tho caso today and it is possible that other ' Fight Like Tigers. They fought llko tlgors for tho faith that linn been Inculcatod Into tholr youthful hoadH and it waa with (Continued on pag 4.) PAULHANSETS NEW RECQ Makes Wonderful Cross-Country Flight, Traveling Forty-five Miles In an Hour Curtlss Will Endeavor to Lower Record Before Meet En ds on Thursday. 41. L. Montgomery Proprietor- V Ladies Emporium Medford, Ore. Jam. 19; 10 To; tho-Public: advertised my JanuaTry ance sale of Ladies' Suits, Dresses and Hat's exclusively in the Medford Mail Tribune, and as a result I practically el'oared out the entire stock on hand tho first day. H. L . MONTGOMERY ! ALLEN WITHDRAWS REQUEST IN ASHLAND LOS ANGELES. Jan. 10. Avi nior Paulhan mntlo a wonderful roc- ord-brooking cross-country flight Into yeHterdoy afiornoon, travoling ifi miles in one hour, two minutes, '12 1-fi nocoihIh. Following liis wondorful record breaking cross-country flight, Glenn Corliss todnv refused lo admit that tlio Frenehmnn hnB sot n record that ennnot he broken nnd intimated tlint ho would mnko n try to oritabliflh n now mnrk for cross-country flight cither thiH nflornoon or tomorrow. When nskod his opinion of Pnul linn's neriul journoy, CurlisR shrug ccd his Hiionlderrt in approved French stylo and nnid: "Tlio meet ih not over yet. Let us sec. thoro aro ronlly four big records i lo bo broken one for mistnined1 flight, one for altitude, nnotlicr fo speed nnd ono for distance bccuih to mo that n distance fligh far beyond tho -10 miles which Cody flow could ho accomplished bore." It is said that Curtiss is now do tenniuod io give a few exhibitions o rapid flying, nnd his friends hint that ho purposely has been hanging back until tho last jlnys with tho view of making a "grandstand flu ish." This afiornoon it was unofficially announced that tho American would attempt to establish a new tlirco-lap speed rocord, carrying ono ynsson gor. Hamilton, who has been pursued by mlsfortuno sinco tho beginning of tho incot, said that ho probably would make Ins second attempt for tho al (Contlnuea on pHK .) WOQDVILLE REALTY INCREASES IN VALUE Flvo Hundred Dollars an Acre Is Realized for Raw Land New Dank and Hotel Projected. SNOW. SLIDE TIES UP MONTANA ROAD Slldo Five Miles In Width Buries Track Twenty Fcot Deep Worst Slide In Years. WOODVILLE, Or., Jan. 10. Iioal cstato business is lively in- Wood yillo. Sinco Thursday last six tratiB fora havo been inado in looal foal estate Tho most important is tho salo of tho William Hook placo for $1000, nnd tho Halo of tho Stovons plnco of throo noros to a man from Silvorton, Or., for $500 nn noro. This land ia not oven plnntod to orchard, but tho prico is not oxcossivo. Mr. Qnrnor will put up a briok building in tho spring for bnnking and morcantilo purposos. Ho lias plnttod tiia town proporty, will put through a 00-foot grndod street nnd plnco it on tho market. A now hotel building is ono of tho probabilities, as negotiations , aro ponding for tho construction of such nn edifice. BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 10. A tro moudous snow slide, fivo miles in width, covering tho tracks of tho Chicago, Milwnukoo & Paget Sound railway, today haB complotoly tiod up trnffio ovor tho now lino m West oni Montana. A hugo volumo of snow rushing from ft mountain nbovo tho tracks has buriod thorn undor 20 foot of snow for a distnnoo of fivo miles. Tho dosoonding muss snappod hugo trostlos and rollod boulders liko marblos. Thoso havo boon onrriod upon tho tracks nnd it is not likoly that tho obstruction will bo oloarod away for Bovoral days. Tho sliuo is ono of tho worst ro- portod in Montana, For n timo id was thought that ft freight train had boon buriod undor the slido, but its snfoty was roportod today." COUNCIL PASSES FRANCHISE FOR 50 YEAR PERIOD City Dads Act In Accordance With Amendment to Charter Re cently Voted at Spe- clal Election. A tranchlBo granting to John R Allen tho right to construct and op- orato a trolloy lino upon tho streets ot Medford tor a portod ot GO years was passed last ovonlng by tho city council. Tho voto was unalmoua and In accord with a recent special elec tion at which tlmo tho council was votod tho noccssary powor to grant such a franchlso for 50 ycara instead ot for 10, as was provided In tho first franchlso granted Mr. Allon. Othorwlso tho franchlso was un changed. Mthough tho first soslon hold sinco tho annual election was that ot Tuesday ovonlng tho meeting waa nioru In tho aaturo ot a rounlon than anything olso as tho samo morabors ot tho council woro thoro. Tho samo totnmlttocB hold ovor. Tho Evening's Routine Tho standing committor for 1909 wero reappointed, as follows: Flnanco Wolch, Wortnan, Mer rick. Light and Water Kltort, Merrick, Wolch. Stroot and Sowor Emorlck, Dom- mor, Morrlck. Dlldlng and FIro Dopartmont Dommor, Wovtman, Emorlck, Hbalth: Mayor Canon, Wortman, Dommor. Sowor and Plpollno Construction (Spociul) Morrlck, Eifort, Wort- tnnn. J, J. Brophy was appolntod night watchman at a salary ot $75 por month. Dr. J. E. Suoaror was appointed health officer. v Ordinanco No. 284, cranting al stroot railway franchlso o John R. Allon for a period of titty years was paused. Tho communication ot I. L, Ham ilton ask Inn that tho city notify tho contractors for tho gravity system to rosumo work on tho plpollno not lat er than March 1st and to abaolvo homsolvos from cortaln conditions ot tho contract in caso ot failure to so (Continued o pago 9.) -f GET YOUR PAVING PETITIONS IN If you want your street paved this year, got your pe tition in to the city recorder by Saturday, at the latest. Sunday, Mayor Canou and Councilman Welch learo for Southern California to inves tigate paving conditions nnd ascertain whether it will not bo possiblo to secure cheaper pavement. They desire to know just how much pave ment thoro will bo to figure on. Present outlook is that at least fivo milos of hard-surfaced paved strcots will bo added to Mcdford's paved area during tho coming summon 500 GIRLS TRAPPED IN. BURNING FACTORY; 10 PERISHED IN FLAMES Worst Disastor Philadelphia His Seen in Years OGGurs When Ellis Building is Destroyed--Was Occupied By Shirt Waist Makers-Fire Spreads Rapidly Cutting Of! Escape. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Jan. 19. 'death trap where many girls ara DOES NOI CARE TO HAVE MATTER GO PEOPLE ! Letter From Robert G. Smith Is Read I Stating That As It Is Evident Franchise Must First Please Coun cil, He Withdraws It. With estimates that from 30 to 40 girls wero killed or burned to death, a flro which destroyed the Ellis building today, trapping at least 500 young women, was the worst disaster this city has known In years. Eight girls aro known to havo been killed by jumping from the windows of the second and third floors. "Tho number of the dead must be more than forty," declared Fire Chief Xaxton this afternoon after making as thorough an Investigation as was possiblo at the time. Origin Unknown. Tho origin ot the fire is unknown, but it spread with great rapidity, cut ting off those who wero on tho npper floors of tho four-story structure. It later spread to three other buildings. All four buildings were occupied by manufacturers who employed i r .. i known to xiavo been roasted alive are horrible, and tho terrible anguish of frantic friends and relatives la such that the police cannot control It with out tho most violent measures. Trapped in ItaildlBg. Many girls woro trapped and lost their lives because thep ran to tho front ot the building instead of the rear where tho single flro escape waa located. It Is believed that vt least twenty young women lostt heir lives on the second floor. When the tiro was a ita height tho hundreds of girls were making their way down the fire es capes, out of windows, and leaping' to death ot fatal Injuries from the casoments, tho excltemont was sucb as Philadelphia knew. t Wero Shirtwaist Makers. Tho scenes this af ternoou about the (Continued on paga S.) PORTER HERE: INSPECTION Head of Porter Bros., Contractors, Going Over Pacific & Eastern tr Learn How Work Is Progressing Sees Great Change In One Year In the City. i ASHLAND, Jan. 19. (Special.) John R. Allen hns withdrnwn his ri quest to havo tho council submit his lcifio &.Eastcra' is Medford on " I ! l" A It.- 1 X? John F. Porter, head of the firm of Porter Bros., railroad contract ore, who nro building the Oregon Trunk liuo down tho Deschutes river, nnd nlso tho extension of tho Pa WOULD NOTICE HIMSELF OUT OF HIS CONTRACT Judging from tho tenor of a form- al notlco filed-with tho city council last ovonlng, 1. L. Hamilton, who has tho contract tor tho construction ot tho gravity water Bystom, would "no- tico" hlmsolt out ot a contract. Ho demands In his notlco that unless ho Is told by tho city to go ahead by March 1, 1910, and comploto tho gravity water system ho bo rolievod of his obligations as to tets, etc., in regard to tho lino, and that tho ton por cont withhold by tho city on tho work alroady complotod be paid. Tho notlco was placed on fllo by the coun cil, tho only comment being mado by tho mayor who romarkod that tho contractor, by giving notlco, evident ly thought ho could got out of his ob ligations, Tho notlco Is addrossod to the city (ftlclals and calls attontlon to that Boctlon In tho original contract bo twoon Hamilton and tho city which roads: "It it shall bocomo necessary at any timo to stop work tho contractor shall, upon nc tlco in writing stop said work. Whon tho city council shall proposed franchiso for a street rail way to the people of Ashland. At I inspection trip of tho construction work now under way on tho Pacifio Tuesday's council meeting a lot tor & Eastern. Mr. Porter plans to from Robert G. Smith, representing I spend .somo two days in going ovor ahou, was react, in which the writer tho road Ho is today ont on the Biuicu mm no lnierrca irom mo ac-i,. . , . tt,.,,. . tion of tho council that thoy would 1 n.c' companiod by William Ceng, not submit any proposition to the cn,et cnKncor. peoplo that did not meet with their "Wo nro making most satisfactory individual approval, henco would progress on tho work of extending nnvo to witnuraw tho request Whother it is tho intention to submit tho mattor direct to tho people by petition is not known, but it is to bo hoped that the voters will bo giveui a clmnco to express themselves. Aitenuatu of biorau An echo of last wook's stormy meeting was heard when Councilman Cunningham whippod a draft of an ordinanco from his pocket ns if it woro a six-shooter and tossed it to tho recorder for tho first rending. Ostensibly tho proposed measure is intended to restrict all committees from contracting obligations in ex ilic Oregon Trunk down the Des chutes river," states Mr. Porter, "and, from roports, satisfactory progress has boon mado on tho Pa cifio & Eastern, but I will know moro of ibis upon my return from a trip over tho road. "I was here a year ago in August, and I am amazed at tho progress this city has mado during that time. Medford is a splendid little city and is enjoying a justly earned reputa tion for aggressiveness over the en tiro state." But that doesn't excuse you if you are not a Commercial club member. TEDDY DUE BACK IN UNITED STATES JUNE 1 At First of March He Will Leave for Egypt, There to Join His Wife Then Go to Europe. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Colonel cess of $25, but really it is aimed nt Theodore Roosevelt will loavo tho Af tho light committee, composed of rican hunting grounds for Khartoum, Mayor Snell nnd Councilman Mooro Egyptian Soudan, about March 1. nnd Myor. Should tho ordinanco There ho will meet Mrs. Roosevelt pass, whioh is extremely doubtful, it and after a loisuro trip across would render usoloss tho light com- Europo will return to tho United mitteo nnd oripplo tho administra- States, arriving hero about Juno 1. tion's plans for tho completion of tho Mrs. Roosovolt will sail for Na- municipal lighting plant. Tho pro- P'osi February 15 on tho Hamburg- posod monsnro will plcnse the con- Atnorican Hnor Hamburg, nnd will go sorvntivos, who cannot overlook tho directly to Khartoum, whero Colonel fnot that tho work hns oxcoodod tho Koosovolt will nrrivo from Gondo- ostimnto, and it smnoks of retaliation kori on tho monthly government for real or fancied griovnnces nursed steamer. Together thoy probably by certain membors of tho council. wu"l visit Athena and Constantinople, But that doesn't oxouse you if you crossing from tho Turkish onpitnl to are not n Commercial club menibor. 'he Atlantio sido of tho oontinont on tho Onont express. Charley Roberts ot Modford is em- Roosevelt has consontod to deliver ployed In Phoenix putting on new loctures at Paris, Romo nnd nt Ox lath in tho old Colvor houBO which ford university. This sories ho ox- will bo plastered anew throughout, poots to ooncludo late in May. It ordor tho work to bo resumed, tho and othorwlso romodled and painted, was stated today thoro is no truth in contractor ihall complete tho samel But that doesn't exouso vou if von tho report that ho will visit the Holv Lana uoioro his return. (Continued on I,) are not a Commercial club mcmbor. OFFER 20 T0 1 THAT WIN our LIBERALS Betting Not Heavy, However, as Ho One Can Be Found to Taka Up Offering. ' " LONDON, Jan. 19. Odds of 30 to 1 that tho Liborals will rotaln tholr parliamentary majority whon the oloctlouB now being held are conclud ed were offered in tho stock oxchaagft today without takors. With a Liber al coalition practically assured the loaders aro already mapping out the most radical legislation over proposed in England, Among tho coutomplat- od moaaurea nro a resolution taking tho powor of voto from tho house of lords; the ro-introductlon of the bud get; Irish homo rule,, and a bill ta put a stop to plural voting, abolish ing tho franchlso handicap under which the masses now labor. It successful la this loglatattvo pro gram, it is predicted that the Liberals, Laborltes and Irish Nationalists will start a fight to mako tho house of lords an eloctivo body. The attempt to abolish tho lords' veto, however will bo made first,