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i CUV Wa" tMTKI) I'ltKSH AHHOCIATION Kii II LciiMt'd Wlru lU-porl. Medford Mail Tribune TUB WICATIIKR. Tonight and Friday Partly cloudy. Wednesday's Temperatures -High fifl. low 38. range fil. Tim (inly pnpor In tlio world PHIiIImIumI In it cliy tint hm of Medford having ii l(iinnd wire. FOURTH YEAR. M BDFOH ) ORIOrJON, THURSDAY. IWBRrARY 24. 1010. No. 201. TATE CONSTABULA RDERED TO PHILADELPHIA RY 20,000 ME STRIKE Quaker City Faces Greatest Crisis in Her History Business In Every Direction Is Damaoed by Threat ened Strikes Stores Sufferers. SCHOOLS FORCED TO CLOSE; NO PUPILS Rioting Continues on Streets of City State Militia May Be Ordered Out Unions May Strike. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 24. -Leaders of thu f.triU'.'ig pit) t form men of the Philadelphia Hapid Transit company admitted today that tho nr Tivnl of four companies of gray-olad constabulary and tho possibility of tho calling out of tho state militia a severe blow to their ciuiho. Tho lcadors woro In conference nearly nil night and today nnnounu- cd that thoy, too, had been preparing "drastic" measures with which to meet tho now turn of oventB in tho Industrial Htrifo that linn rent tho city sinco laHt Saturday and in which Hovcrnl persons have lost their lives. Drnntlc Measure. They declared that tho arrival of state coiiBtubulary was regarded by them ns n drastic moasuuro on tho part of their opponents und said that equally decUivo action would be taken by tho unionists to win their fight. Thoy rofiiHod, however, to reveal what action thoy would tnko or tho nature of tho monsures under con sideration. Tho city was filled with wild rumors today that ovory union man and woman in tho city would bo ordored out of tho workshops, BtorcB and factories hoforo sundown. Facing Crisl. Doth sidoH admitted that tho city faces ono of tho grontost orisos in Philadelphia's history. Already buR inoss in ovory diroction is damaged by thrcatonod Htrikos. Stores oro suffering from lack of customors. Soma schools have been closed bo causo of datiRur in tho streets to childron, who aro compollod to walk through tho districts which aro bo ing disturbed by rioting. Tho calling out of 20,000 laboring mon will complotoly stagnate tho commorcial lifo of tho city and would add fuel to tho fires of riot that break out snosmodically. Pollco Cluirgo Mob. Tho first disturbance todny result cd in the injury of sovoral of tho riotors who stonod n car in West Philadelphia'. Tho polioo ohurgod tho mob and dispnrscd it, arresting n ringloudor. Tho four companion of constab ulary woro ordored to Northoast Philadelphia, tho sootion whoro tho most of tho laboring pooplo live. Tho Frankfort oar bam was surrounded by a dotail of constabulary and a lino of tho stato troops was thrown along Konslngton avonuo to glvo protootion to tho oars of tho com pany in oporation thoro today. BHOO 1'ollco. Tho mnssing of tho constabulary in tho northoastoru sootion of tho city onnblod tho polioo authorities to distrihuto their 55(10 mon with hotter offoot in othor sootions. Tho inoronso of tho polioo forco by addition of tho constabulary in diontod that tho authorities havo ro spondod to tho transit company's demand for polioo protootion to ou nblo it to run' its full quota of cars. Mayor Royburn announcod thnt tho company would ho givon ndo qtiato protootion nnd that if tho (Continued on Pn'.o 5.) WORK BEGINS GOLD HUE ROAD First Step Taken In Development of Great Lime Beds Near Gold Hill Largo Lumber Mill to Be Erected for Foot's Creek Lumber. Strengthening' of Lines for Battle Premier Denies Change of Attitude MACHINERY FOR LIME KILN IS ON GROUND Baxter Last Week Purchased 4000 Acres Timber Land for $125,000 Composed of Pine and Fir. Construction began Wednesday by tho Gold Hill Railroad and Lumber company of n railroad to oxtend from Gold Hill to tho l!mo dopostta four miles west and thonco to tho timber bolt In tho upper Foots crook country. This marks tho first step In tho de velopment of tho great llmo bods near Gold 1II1I. Tho machinery for tho llmo kilns Is on tho ground, and man ufacture will begin shortly on a largo scalo. Tho railroad Is being built by tho timber men. comprising John Baxter of Walla Walla, Wash; IJ. II. Harris of Modford, and others who havo se cured a contract from Mr. Hughes of Salom, who Is developing tho llmo deposit, calling for tho shipment of 400 barrels of lime or 100 tons a day for tho next 20 years. Tho Gold Hill Railroad and Lum ber company plan to work many mon during tho coming season, . A large mill will bo built at Gold Hill for tho manufneturo of lumber and tho rof ubo will bo hauled to tho llmo kiln for fuel. Construction of tho lumber mill, announces Managor B. H. Har ris, will begin at once. Mr. Rnxtor last weok purchased 4000 acres of timber land In tho Foots creok section from Dr. Fowler and associates of Clovoland, 0 at a cost of $125,000. Tho timber Is plno and fir, nnd manufacturo will commonco upon a largo scalo at an early date, LnnLU FEAR FLOO RTHER RFRON DS Springlike Weather Causes Snow to 'Melt Rapidly and Rivers and Small Mountain Streams Are Fast Ap proaching Flood Stage. 10 LOOK INTO OEAL United States Attorney McCourt Asks for Special Federal Grand Jury to investigate Acquisition of 100,000 Acres Timber Land. HEAVY RAINS FALL IN HOOD RIVER SECTION Willamette River Expected to Ap proach High Water Mark Preparations Are Made. Parties Wish to Pass Budget Before Taking Chances With Throwing Out Government Fear Conserva tive Victory if Elections Called. NATATORIUM S SOON TOBE BUILT Ground Is Being Cleared and Con tracts for Materials Made Amusement Park Certain. Tho Medford Natatorlum & Amusc mont company havo already commenc ed work on tho park thoy Intond building this season. Tho grounds aro bolng cleared of brush In ordor to niako way for tho various amusomonts nnd tho plans aro nearly porfoctod. Tho company has cocurod tho sorv Icos of R. I, Stuart, tho architect who built tho Falrmount hotol In San Francisco, to superintend tho work. Mr. Stuart Is not now actlvoly ongag- oil In biiBlnoss, but has consented to superintend tho work ot building tho Medford natatorlum. Tho work will bo dono under his suporvlslon and ho has alroady con tracted for tho dollvory of sovoral carloads of comont to bo usod In tho work. Also whllo hero Wednesday Mr. Stuart waa looking out for lum ber to bo usod In tho sovornl build ings to bo constructed on tho grounds. Tho company Is comprised of F. 13, Morrlck, J, 13. Enyart, II. O, Kontnor, W. H, Brown and John Orth. LONDON", Feb. 24. There has been a strengthening nil along the lino of battlo over tho radical liberal budget supported by Premier As- quith and his chief lioulonaat, Chan cellor of tho Exchequor Lloyd -George, and today's session of par liament shows, that open wnrfnro is not far distant. Tho roports sent out yesterday that Mrs. Asquith, wifo of tho pre mier, had wielded her influence over hor husband for tho prize of social proferment nnd bad induced him to wenkon in his Btnnd against the lords, was vehemently denied today by his friends. Ho disclnims nnv tendonoy to ndopt a vaccilnting pol icy, nnd tho oarly dissolution of par liament predicted, is not borne out by his stand today. Doth tho nationalists nnd labor parties nro nwnro that they hnve nothing to gain by throwing out the govommont; as this would lead to a dissolution nnd to tho probable vic tory of the conservatives at tho next genoral elections. Ilenco tho extrem ists todav display a more concilia tory spirit. J'ho cabinet had n long council to draft tho voto resolutions and to do- bato tho genoral situation. The re suit oi i no deliberations was a spooch in the house of commons by Winston Churchill, president of tho board of trndo, in which ho an nouncod the determination of tho government to stand or fall by tho voto bill. This determination should to some dogroo satisfy tho irrccon oilablcs, who, it should bo remom bored, in no way ngreo among them- boIvcs, tho laboritos being ns strong ly for tho budgot ns tho nationalists nro against it. Any diroot co-opor-ntion botwoon thoso two pnrtios with tho express intention of defonting tho govommont is improbnblo. Negotiations nro now proceeding botwoon tho difforont pnrties with n vlow to averting a crisis until the budgot is adopted, nnd some prog ress hns boon made with tho veto resolutions. REDDY PETITION HERE'S CHANGE FOR PAYMENT TO GET A JOB; UP SATURDAY' GLORY IS PAY Juudge Calkins Will Hear Arguments Weather Observer Is Wanted in Med- on Reddy's Petition Soon Davis ford to Work in Connection With Will Fight Payment of Fee Asked. Portland Bureau and Fix the by Receiver. Weather. PORTLAND. Or.. Fob. 24. Re ports received today from Oregon and eastern Washington where unusual weather conditions nave prevailed for several days, with severe blizzards In some sections, Indicate an improve ment, although floods aro now threat ened In several localities as the re sult ot warm 'winds, which are rap Idly melting the heavy snow that has fallen In the mountains. Springlike weather la reported from j Walla Walla today, with tho heavy snow rapidly disappearing, mo tjy crs and small mountain streams are rising rapidly and much damage from floods is feared. There Is more snow In the hills now than when the last flood occurred, Isolating the city. Reports from Tho Dalles and Hood MAY RIVAL NOTED LAND FRAUD CASES IN SENSATION Violation of Timber and Stone Act In General Charged Huge Tract of Land in the Balance. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 24. United tates District Attorney John McCourt tdday made a special application for the calling of a federal grand jury to investigate the acquisition of more than 100,000 acres ot Baker county timber lands by the Oregon Lumber , company, one of the largest logging' and manufacturing corporations la the stato, and the Sumpter Valley Railway company. Federal udge Bean granted tno order and the grand jury was called to report on March 1. Prominent Men la Seal. The investigation promises to rival in Importance and sensational fea tures the famous Oregon land fraud cases. More than a score of promt nent men in eastern Oregon will, It is said, figure In the Investigation. Al- Tho bearing of the arguments on Who wants to bo United States tho petition of Dr. J. F. Reddy that , weathor observer In Medford and reg no bo allowed a fee of $6000 nnd mate tne climate? $1900 oxper.80 money for survlcos as rcelvor ot the Medford & Crater Lake railroad and A. E. Reames for at torney's feets In an amount ot SS500 will bo heard before Judjro Calkins on Saturday. Tho petition Is being opposed by A. A. Davis ns nn un paid creditor who protosts tho man ner In which Reddy handled the re ceivership and tho amount of tho fee. It Is expected that much of the unwritten history of tho caso will bo brought out in court at this hearing. It Is also known that a largo, number of local men nro to be oubpenaed to show tho nature of tho work per formed by Dr. Roddy as receiver. NEW COMPANIES ARE INCORPORATED Gold Hill Luumber & Railroad Com pany and Eaglo Drug Company File Articles With Clerk. Tho Rogue River vnlley fruitgrow ers aro looking for someone to fill thnt place, but so far havo been una ble to locate a man who will tnko the Job over. There Is no money In nit, there fore the aching void. Observer Beals of Portland station, who was recently in tho city to moot local orchardUts, to arrange for local Eorvlco In order to bo of as sistance during the frost season, out lined n plan whereby his offlco would co-oporate with local people. Tho or- chnrdlsts aro to purchaso tho necea sary instruments and a volunteer Is needed. Tho Portland bureau will furnish instructions and keep In touch with the local man. Whllo this arrangement Is not al together satisfactory, It Is tho be thnt can bo dono at present, as Uncle Sam Is so busy building battleships to keep out the yellow peril. Mrs. O, E. Roso of Applogato died at hor homo Tuosdny morning. Mrs. Roso was n pionoor of tho Applogato II, J, Wilson of Grants Pass spent 'sootion and was a slstor of Mrs. S, Thursday in Modford on business. ,R. Taylor of Jacksonville. Two companies have filed their in corporation papers with tho county olork, one tho Gold Hill Lumber & Railroad company and tho othor tho hoglo Drug company. Gold Hill Lumbor & Knilrond com pany, B. II. Hnrris, L. W. Smith nnd J. H. Cnrkin, incorporators; Med ford principal place of , business i stock $100,000. . Eaglo Drug company, Medford; Chnrlos Pnlm, A. E. Whitmnn, f hos. Bartholomew; stock $15,000. NDUSTRY STILLED WHILE JAFT SLEEPS Obsequious Yardmaster Hushes tho Whistles, Etc., While President Slumbers in His Car. River say that heavy rains fell there though McCourt'a application for the . i a f - A - 111 A m M all last night and today tho ground is covered with a glaro of Ice. Some damage may reault to small trees. "A sliver thaw" Is threatened, though no damage Is expected from floods at the.o places, as tbere Is z.ot enough snow to cause serious rise In the streams. Willamette River Up. EUGENE. Or., Feb. 24. If the high temperature and the warm rains contlnuo another 24 hours It Is expect ed that tho river hero will havo reach ed tho flood stage. Notwithstanding tho, heavy rain of last night and the day before, the river roso onoly a few inches, but it Is expected to rise more rapidly during the day, as much snow is doubtless being melted in tho hills, Preparations Aro being made to meet a posslblo flood which is ex- pectcd to result should the present warm weather contlnuo for any length of time. Grcnt Northern Blocked. EVERETT, Wash., Fob, 14. Fif teen feet of snow on tho tracks for ten miles from Walllngton to Albion, has completely blocked tho Great Northern railway today and six pas senger trains, with between 500 and 600 passengors aboard aro stalled In tho mountains. Tho rain which fell yesterday and today, on the coast was suow in the mountains and Is adding to tho block ade ovory minute. Great Northern officials hope to havo tho line cleared by tonight, but it seems an impossi ble task. Four rotary plows and six snow plows aro battling with the snow today. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. All trnffio was tied for nn hour today nt tho big union station because Presi dent Taft wished to sloop. Whon ho retired in his privnto ear Owl Inst night nfter his speech nt Newark, ho gave orders that he should not bo disturbed until 8:30 Shoriff W. A. Jones was n visitor o'clock today. Tho Owl reached tho in Medford Thursday on business, union station at 7:30 o'clock. Tho MYRTLE CREEK, Or., Feb. 21. Safecrackers early today blow the safe in tho genoral merchandise store of Rico Bros., in this town nnd es caped with $100 in cash and notes valued nt $7000. The noiso of tho explosion arous ed porsons living nonr tho store, nnd tho authorities were notifiod, but tho yeggmen succeeded in making thoir osonpo before officers reached the scone. ynrdranstor gnve ordors that no whistles should bb blown, no bells .rung and' no car couplings made in tho yard until tho cessation of slumber. immediate calling of the federal grand Jury gives only a hint of Its primary purposes, the district attorney today corroborated reports from Baker City, Or., which told that aubpenaes were being served on all officers of the two companies, and on many land agents. Tho application charges the violation of the timber and stono act and asks that the jury bo called Im mediately, as tho statute of limita tions In tho cases will soon expire. According to McCourt, more thaa 100,000 acres of valuable timber land lying In Baker county is in tho bal ance. Tlw Cliiefs. D. C. Eccles, tho Salt Lake mil lionaire, Is named as president and general manager ot the Oregon Lum ber company, which owns and oper ates mills at tho Oregon towns of In galls, Bakor City, Hood River and Austin. Charles T. Early Is given as the acting managor of tho company, with headquarters in Baker City, and Joseph A. West is named as superin tendent and general freight and pas senger agent of tho railway company. Tho Eccles intorests aro supposed to own moro than 2,000,000,000 feet of timber In tho stato of Oregon. Just what charges havo been made against the officers of tho two com panies will not bo learnend until the grand jury files Its finding. All that Is known today Is that 100,000 acres of timber land is involved, that vio lations of tho timber and stono act ia general aro charged, and that tho in vestigation will begin March 1. MEAT TRUST WOULD BUY PROSECUTOR OFF JERSEY CITY, N. J Feb. 24.--Thnt friends of Prosecutor Garvan wore approached by porsons repre senting tho pnoking intores's with an offer "to make it right with Garvan" if he would find means of dropping tho meat investigation and seo that no personal indiotmqnts wero return ed, was announced offioially today. Tho stntcmont enmo from Gnr vnn's office, but he refused to dis cuss the matter. Assistant Prosecu tor Viokers, however, stated thnt Garvan ndmitted thnt tho attempts to can mmorr Jiad beonjnado. John w. Pomoll of Annlee-nto was in Medford on business Thursday. . I