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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1910)
UN1TKH PRESS ASSOCIATION Full Leased Wire Report. FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 Tho only paper In tho world published In a city tho sizo of Medford having a lenscd wire. FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRARY 20, 1910. No. 287. PLAN TO 2,500,000 IN COUNTY MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SPEND $ MYSTERIOUS COMPANY ATWORK American Development Company, Which Asked Franchise Over ' Jackson County Roads, Back of Land and Irrigation Deal In Sam's Valley Runyan Refuses to Talk. It hit developed tlutl tho Aiuvri can Development company, who ro cently npplicd to tho county court for a trolley lino frnnohif over tho roads of tho county, and who have surrounded IhemtudYttK with a ccr tHln degree of tnyntory, is tho .ur.i company which hntt ben engage! the pnt two intitb in (.taurine p tion in Sum' Valley. The t'omtmnv in Mill Making In slonk i t h jiovomeiitt in H'crecy, hut n loal n .hii'f man, who in hi a position to know of their deals ctnW ed Sniu.dnv nftcrnoon thnt the com pany plnnned to place wnter uputi the io,unu acres they have been c enring in Sam's Vnlley nnd thnt their total expenditures in this coun ty would be in the neighborhood of ja.fiOO.OPO. The electric rood is snil to' he n aide imue. ns thev intend to 'use it only if John R. Alien inh to build Inn road. Their purpose, is to irritate tho lands in Sam's Valley, cut them into stnnll tracts nnd sell PORTLAND. Feb. 10. The jour tin I tomorrow will snv: From Medford comes tho report that the American Development com unny hns annlicd for a blnnket frnn ohino for n trolley line over all the rondH of Jackson and Josephine counties. A certain decree of mys tery surrounds the company in that those whofo names appear on the ar ticles of incorporation recently filed refuse to divulge tho identity of their associates who nro supposed to be furnishing the financial backing. An yet the principal work of tho oorporation. it nunears. has lieen to secure water rights on the Rome nve.r in the vicinity of Sum's Val ley, about U miles north of Medford. in Jnckson county, and to clone con tracts for 1.1,000 acres of land to be included in an extensive irritation project, the water Mipplv for which is to be obtnined from Rogue river. Itunynn Won't Tulle. 13. M, Runyan, rrinnngor of tho Atnorienn Timber company, with an office in tho Mnrn,uom building, this city, is ono of the incorporators, but in nn interview 'ho denied the com pany's intention to bnild electric roads or any other railroads through Jnokson od Josophino counties, sny ing that the plans are not sufficient ly advnneed to warrnnt a public an nouncement. "Wo nro not working nnon any rnilwny proposition," snid Mr. Run yan, "nnd I don't think it concerns tho pnblic what, our plans or pro jects nro. Our articles of incorpo ration aro brood enough to permit us to' do almost anything, bnild rail Toads, irrigation ditches or anything that might bo covered by the n'nme." Tho cupitnl stock is plncod at $1, 000,000 nnd it is intimntod thnt out side capitalists are ready to pay up this stook as soon as tho prelimin ary details hnvo boen nrrnnged, Much Quiet Work. From various sources it has been nscertnined that the contracts for lands covering nn nrea of 15,000 acres have been scoured quietly dur ing tho pnst several months and thnt water rights on the Roguo river have nlso beon obtnined to insure a suffi cient qnnntify of wnter for the irri gation of orchards, t being osten sibly the intention to provide for the irrigation of tho lnnd nnd Its promo tion on tho market in Binnll trnots. The land In the vicinity of Sam's Valley and Eagle Point is n veritable ideeort, but osce irrigated, it is said, J. P. Morgan, Leading Figure In Big Telephone Merger Probe. At the Investigation Id New York of tho recent purchases of the stocki of Independent telephone compnnleit In thu middle went It was asserted thnt the purchases were mnde for the ncrount of the Arm of J. P. Morgan fc Co. and not for the Hell company. legally known a the American Telephone nnd Telegraph company. The Inrestlgutlon wns directed towiird J. P Mor gnti'i pnrt In the creation of whnt bun been railed the glnut telephone merger. The Inquiry tnny be mnde the haul ofiuitl.tnmt proceedings In (he Ohio and MU'ourl courts should the views of thoe who declare thnt the merger means the gathering of all or utmost nil of the telephone Intercuts of the couutry under one control be upheld. CRATERROAD PLAN FAVORED Plan to Have 1000 Persons Subscri be $100 Each and Thus Build Crater Lake Highway Meets With Instant Favor Large Number Agree to Give the $100 Asked. f-f--f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f JOURNAL GIVES $100 TO BUILD CRATER ROAD -f ' Portlnnd. Feb. 10. Medford Mail Tribune, Medford, Or. Tho Oregon Journal will bo ono of the ono ( thousnnd to give $100 cash each toward tho construction " of Jackson county's Crntor Lake road.1 C. S. JACKSON. f -f 4 4 The plan adopted by tho Medford Commercial club for tho building of tho Crater Lake rood is mooting with unanimous favor on tho part of lo- it would become most productive, nnd as the Rogue river has a strong flow of water with a good fall it is believed by those hnving observed tho contour of the land thnt irrigation is feasible. The object of securing franchises to build railways on county ronds is taken to be part of tho scheme for placing the land within ensy reach, if placed under water and thrown on tho mnrkot, but it is expected that plans of the newly organized com pany will be thoroughly investigAted before netion is tnken upon its ap plication for franchises. Donnld S. Clark, who has been vis iting his pitronts in tho, east, return ed to Medford Friday to look after hta interests here. onl people, and although the commit tee has hardly started its work as yet, n largo number of local business men hnvo signified their willingness to subscribe, their $100. Men over the entire stnto who nro friendly to the move are expected to be heard from. Alreudy has C. S. Jackson of the Journal contributed his $100 and Colonel E. Hofer of Snlem offers to coino to Modford nnd urge on the good work. Never yet hnve tho Medford boost ers undertaken n work which they have not carried to a splendid suc cess, and it is too Into for them to get into tho "Cnn-t Do It" club. It is not bolioved that thero will be tho least difficulty in securing the 1000 eignors. It is oxpocted thnt 500 of them will be found in Jnokson county, HUNDREDS OF FANS GREET JEFFRIES IN. SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Feb. 10. Jeffries and his rotinuo are in town today nnd tho fight fans nro await ing anxiously the appearance of the big fellow at Jack Gleason's show next Sunday afternoon. Jeffries nr rived at midnight, his train having been delayed. Several hundred fans were wait ing for him at the forry building nnd he was accorded a warm reception. With his party ho immediately went to tho St. Prnnois hotel to rest after his journey. Tie announced to con fidential friends that he was never in better shape in his life and that he weighs 232. GLAVIS HAS HIS STORY BACKED Testimony of Hoyt Goes Far Toward Cororboratlnu Glavls' Story That Balllnner Personally Directed Alaskan Coal Lands Investigation Cross-Examlnation at End. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.Mnn nger Stephen Birch of the Guggenheim-Morgan f-yndionte, admitted to ly in the Bnllinger investigation of coal property in Alnfckn covered by Cunningham claims worth from $50, 000.000 to -s-JOO.000,000. Cross-examination tended to show the syndi cate hnd previously tried to tdiow the lands were worthless. Henry M. Hoyt, attorney-general for Porto Rico nnd formerly federal attorney nt Seattle, stated on the stand in the Bnllinger investigation today that he agreed to omit the inline of Judge Bollinger from the records of the Wilson case because he thought tho public might not un derstand and might think thnt Bnl linger had been mixed' up in some fraudulent matters, 1 He said that in pursuance of this agreement he marked the record of the cose in several places, ' 'omit Ballinger's name as per stipulation." Hoyt testified thnt he had seen this record with the pencil mark on it since his nrrival in Washington. Attorney Brnndeis for Gin vis was on his feet in nn instant. "You saw it!" asked Brnndeis. 'Yes, sir; Assistant General Law lor hnd it," said tho witness. "Wo have been trying to get thnt record for some time,'1 snid Brnndeis. The committee decided to order Lawlor to produce the record nt once. Hoyt's testimony and document nry evidence introduced by Attorney Brnndeis went toward corroborating - f i i ! t t ' r imriM in ivMimnny given uy l,ouis i. Glnvis, formerly field ngent of the Seattle land office, in tho lotter's contention thnt Bnllinger had per sonal direction of the Alaskan conl Innds investigation. When tho Bnllingcr-Pinchot hear ing was resumed today Attornoy Vertrees, representing Bnllinger, an nounccd thnt ho had finished the cross-exnminntion of Louis R. Gin vis. Glnvis has been on tho stnnd for several sessions of tho committee and was questioned exhnnstivelv bv Vertrees legnrding his reasons for nttnetong the Bnllinger administra tion of tho interior department. Attorney-General Henry M. Hoyt wns tho first witness called fo the stnnd today. Hoyt formerly was a federal district attorney at Seattle, and ns such frequently was consult ed by Glnvis when tho Alaskan conl land claims were under investiga tion. JURY UNABLE TO AGREE IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl, Feb. 19. Although ugly rumors of jury-fix- ing and police inactivity aro in tho air today, following a disagreement by tho jury which hoard evideiico in tho case of former police captain Michnel J. Conboy, charged with killing Bernnid Lagan, no direct chnrges were mado against any one concerned. The Conboy jury, when discharged lato last night, stood ten to two for conviction. Two of the jurors main tained that the evidence in the case did not warrnnt conviction nnd re fused to change their views during the day nnd a half that the jury deliberated tho question. District Attorney Fiokert an nounced that a grand jury investi gation of certain witnesses in the case probably will take place soon. WANT HENEY BEAR STATE HEAD Is Two-to-One Favorite In Los An geles Straw Vote Now Going On But Francis J. Declines to Have Anything to Do With Lincoln Roosevelt League. LOS ANGELES, Col.. Feb. 19. According to fipires given out at the headquarters of the Good Govern ment league hero today, Francis J. Hency is n 'J-to-1 choice for the nomination of governor on the straw ballot which is being cast here. Phil Stanton comes second to Hency and Belshaw stands third. So far nrmroximntelv 1000 Repub lican voters have replied to the pos tal cards which were sent out hero recently bv tho executtivc committee of the Lincoln-Roosevelt league u: - der the sanction of the Los Angeles Good Government league. A large number of replies to the query ns to their choice for gover nor are pouring in to the headquar ters of the league with every mail Will Not Accept SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Feb. 19 The overwhelming vote for Fran cis J. Hency for governor, cast in n straw ballot at Los Angeles, will have no effect on the choice of the executive committee of the Roose velt league, according to a member of the committee this afternoon. Heney has positively declined the league's nomination and the value of the vote nt Los Angeles on the other respective candidates is de stroyed because of the vote for He ney. It is conceded thnt hnd-Heney's name been eliminated in the straw ballot a better vote for the pur poses of the league would hove been attained. As it stands now, the vote nt Los Angeles merely is the expression of the views of the great minority. The members of tho executive committee were divided on the deli cnte question ns to whether Mnvor Mott of Oakland could poll a better vote ncxtx November than C. M, Belshnw. Early in tho afternoon session that question was the prin cipal one before the meeting. When the committeemen decided on which would mnko the better run, a hnrd fight in committee will hnve ended It wns stated that tho committee's decision wonld not be announced u til Into this aftornoon. So strenuous had becomo the session here thnt no noon adjournment wns taken by the committee. SHOOTS HIS THREE CHILDREN THEN COMMITS SUICIDE BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 19. George Stephens today shot and kill ed his threo motherless children, fa tally wounded their colored nurse and then committed suicide. Stephens was a railroad engineer. Ho wns 3S years of age. His friends believe morphlno wns responsible for his terrible deed today. Ho returned to his homo after go ing to work this morning and pro cured a revolver. Seizing Mary, his 9-year-old daughter, ho held hor In his arms while ho tired the shot that ended her life. Blanche, nged 4, and Jamie, only IS months old, were In tho nursery. Tho apparently crazed man rushed Into the room and with two shots killed them Instantly, Ho then pursued the baby's color ed nurso who fled p'nnlc-strlcken from the room, nnd sent n bullet Into her back. She will die, the doctors who attendod her stated. Stephens ended his bloody debauch by firing a bullet Into his head, He was dead when officers reached the house. Is Engaged to Teddy, Junior The above Is a portrait of Miss Eleanor Hutler Alexander of New York rlty, whosp engagement to The odore Uooscvclt, Jr., was recently an nounced. The wedding Is to take place tliU Mitnmer after the return of the colonel from Africa. BITTER ATTACK ON WILHELNI INREICHSTAG Socialist Leader Scores Emperor and Chancellor In Speech Says Meth ods Which Have Been Employed Will Lead to Revolution. BERLIN, Feb. 19. Emperor Wil liam, nnd Chancellor Bethman von Hellweg today were attacked bitter ly on the floor of the reichstag by Dr. Frnnck, lender of the Socialists. Franck declared that the same law which bronght the reichstak into be ing wns responsible for the creation of the kaiser. Dr. Franck declared that ns Chan cellor Von Hellwig hnd attacked the basic suffrage represented by the reichstag as a demoralizing and dan gerous influence in public life, he had tho same right to use those terms concerning the kaiser. When Frnnck attacked the knisor. Vice-President Shnhn, who was pre siding, called him to order, saying thnt no speaker would be allowed to drag the kaiser's name into a debate, "I will say what I like about the kaiser," retorted Franck. "We have no cause to shrink from mentioning the kaiser ns though he were a di vinity. "I favor respecting the kniser. but I must insist that the same respect be given the reichstag." Tho conservative side tried to hoot Franck down, but the Socialists, though outnumbered, cheered and applauded wildly. Franck continued: "Tho Prussinn government is sup pressing public demonstrations with such methods hnve been employed nnd will yet provoke n revolution." x. Barclay Reslons. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. John C. Barclay, assistant general manaeer of tho Western Union Telegraph com- panyn has sent In his resignation. He has given no cause for withdrawing from the service of the concern, with which ho has been connected for many years, but It Is believed thnt promotion of General Superintendent Belvldere Brooks to the position of general manager to succeed Colonel R. C. dowry has much to do with his action, Barclay was appointed to the po sition of assistant genoral manager upon the promotion of Colonel dow ry to the presidency, Clowry retain ing toe position of general manager. RACE WAR IS FEARED IN CAIRO Eighteen Negroes Removed From the County Jail and Taken, to Peni tentiary to Avoid Arousing Angr of Citizens Saloons Closed and Troops In Charge of Town. CAIRO, 111., Feb. 19. William Pratt, the negro accused of ourse snatching, and 18 other negro pris oners were tnken to the penitentiary at Chester today to "avoid arousing ' the anger of citizens of Cairo fol lowing the killing of ono man and the wounding .of-four others by dep uties defending the negro. Although the state troops aro guarding the Cairo jnil and the sa loons are closed, there is still danger of trouble. It was feared that the presence of the negroes at the jnil wonld cauEe a night attack, there fore before daybreak they were smuggled " away under military military guard. The killing of Alexander Halli day, the son of a former mayor of Cairo, popular nnd well liked, had divided the city into two factions. .One, hended by the coroner, main jtnined that Halliday died instantly wben struck by a bullet urea irom. the jail. The other, headed by Dr. Walsh, who examined his body, claims that Halliday lay mortally wounded in the snow for several hours and that had he been rescued his life could have been saved. Mayor Parsons took a hand in the affair by sharply criticising Sheriff Nellis for obeying to tho letter Gov ernor Deneen's order to keep the people outside the jail yard. This order practically resulted in the fail ure of the friends of Halliday to re cover his body when it lay in the yard under the guns of the sheriffs deputies. Parsons declared thnt he woulcl have disobeyed the governor's or der under such cirenmstances, and' would have risked his official posi tion even if the president of the United Stntes had issued tho order. .; With state troops on gunrd at the county jail and every precaution taken to prevent an outbreak, this city is quiet today. .There have been no reports or tronble since the killing of Alexander Halliday and the wounding of four other persons when a mob attacked the jail to lynch two negro prisoners. The display of forco by tho sheriff and the militia has had a deter mined effect upon the lawless. The stnto troops will be kept hero until after the funeral of young Hal liday. The young man was a son of a former mayor, was popular and respected. He had many influential friends nnd these may endeavor to make his funeral an occasion for an appeal to tho mob spirit which is now held in check. Other victims of tho hullots of Sheriff Nellis, deputies will recover. OLD RESIDENT JOINS THE PROGRESSIVE ELEMENT "Prices have been raised on nnm. age on the Beall ranch," snid V. T. Beall Saturday. "I nnvn honn in Jackson county for over 50 years nnd hnve seon tho time when I would hove traded the whole dnrned country to be assured thnt mv knot would remain whoro nature nau placed it, but I've concluded thnt nothing less than $1500 will take away any part of tho Vint Beall ranch. I'll admit thnt I have been among the kickers, bnt T. my heels noting a mule and have be come convinced that W to nt. ing like the "Medford spirit" the spirit that makes tblntm t,annAn From this time on yon will find xne boosting all the time."