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Orcnon Historical CUy Hall t T1IIC WIOATI UCIt. Medford Mail UNITKI) PIIK8S ASSOCIATION Full Leaned Wire Ilfipert. night nnd Krldny Clour and Ivnrnl. timdiiyH TtMiinornttiroB - Hltth OC, low iO, rnngo fM. Tho only paper in the world published In a city tho stie of Medford having n leaned wire-. FOURTH YEAR. MED FOR I'). ORRdON, FJTTDAT, MAJICH 4, 1910. No. 298. PIRIT OF DEATH BROODING TODAY OVER WELLINGTON Tribune ARB R ON 8 ALL OFF; GREAT STRIKGERTAIN Lenders Must Now Make Good Their Threat to Call General Strike In Philadelphia Period of Calling All Union Men Out Will Be Reach ed at Mldnluht Tonlnht. LEADERS SAY 70,000 OUT ON THEIR FIRST CALL Authorities Take Every Precaution to Avoid Trouble Sale of Fire arms In City Has Been Forbidden Tcrrlflo Trouble Expected. OFFICERS ROAD SNOW FALLING IN BLINDING COMMISSION CLOUDS TODAY BUILDING UP ARE ELECTED MONSTER NEW AVALANCHES Crater Lake Hfohway Commission Perfects Its Organization by the Election of Its Officers Advisory Committee Is Elected, Consisting of Bankers. CANVASS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS STARTS FIRST OF WEEK Committee on By-Laws Appointed and Will Draw Rules to Govern Procedure of the Body J. M. Root Is President. Tho Crntor Lnko highway commis sion of tho Medford Commercial club, nt a meeting Into Thursday nf- ternoon organized by electing tho following officers: J. M. Hoot, pres ident; J. A. WcBtorlund, vico-prosi- dont; O. Putnam, (secretary; C. It. Hay. treasurer. An ndvisorv com mittee was elocted, consisting of W. I. Vawtor, president of tho Jnokson County Hank; W. S. Crowd!. nroi-l dent of tho First Nntiorinl bank; J.I b, bnynrt, president of the Medford ris, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Manrli 1. Villon lender mitiotiiiml Into HiIm nflcriioon llielr final dcclfdoti to roll a general Nlrlki nt midnight. TliU follow I Jit diM'Ulon of I ho car men not to coiiildcr the only propoid (Jon left open to tlii'ni ly tlio coin puny, which was to submit their com plnlitU, not n member nf the union, but hidlvldunl. Tt.la Ib miviliiv lit flti trntiKlnilnii . ....... .,t ., ...rn-iNa11.01 bank, and Goorgo L. Dnv ..... president of tho Fanners' & Fruit- ir. wftix.ajxurrt'a. ami mere i Growers'-bank. groat fear of rioting tonight. Tho following committee on bv .laws and ruloB to govern tho commiB- Nerves Drawn Taut at Wellington PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Mnrfch "'0" WB elected: L. y. Watormnn, Ponco noRollntloni looking to tho not-if; D ncn.nj; M Kcono, J. V. Moment of the street car strlko havo '(c,,uV , . , . y' The comm' boon called off and tho union labor ,lu V,,vu JO cpoH iitnus collected Four of tlio Survivor of the Wellington iIIkiiMit. Tlio star Indicates th c mnn who brought out tbo first news of tlio dbmstrr. NIGHT WAS ONE OF SUFFERING leaders will bo forced to mako good tholr threat to call a genernl strike Tho porlnd sot by tho central labor union li whloh to adjust tho strike expired lant nlKht. Doth sides recant tho genernl strike as Inevitable nnd throughout the day proparod for a fight to n finish. Guarding Against Danger. The authorities nro taking every precaution to avoid trouble, Tho salo of flro arms and explosives has boon forbidden nnd when tho genornl strlko ordor becomes offoctlvo tho authori ties will ordor ovory saloon In tho elty closed. This afternoon officials of tho Rap Id Trnnslt company announced that tlioy had not as yet formulated a re ply to tho striker who havo naked for arbitration In tho court of com mon pleas, This was takon as nn Indication that tho company does not Intond to incot tho men on that ground, 1000 Ktrn Police. Four thousand spoclnl pollco In ad dltlon to tho regular forco of 3000 aro under arms ready to protect tho cars and strlkobroakors as soon as tho goneral strlko logins. Thoy will bo assigned to all parts of tho city Thoy havo ordora to prosorvo poaco at all hazards and havo Instructions to ubo ovory moans to enforco ordor. If tho 7G00 regular and special po llco cannot control tho situation tho govornor will bo asked to call out tho xnllltla for strlko duty hero at onco. Mlllttn Is Itcody. Oftlcors of tho mllltln In cities ad Jacont to Philadelphia havo boon warned to bo roaily for nn omorgon cy call. Union loaders this nftornoon do olarod thnt no loss than 70,000 raon would respond to tholr first call for tho general strlko. This numboy, thoy eddod, will bo augmontod by furthor walk-outs nB soon as certain condi tions botwoon employers nnd employ ed nro sottlod. ( Tho unions throughout tho city aro bocomlng roatlvo. Thoy aro encour aged by tho Buccoaaful stand of tho platform men and In ninny casos aro demanding nn Incroaso of wages, Thoro Is nn apparent genornl tenden cy to take advantngo of Ida great crisis to onforco demands which for tomo time havo boon hold In ahoy-Anco. All Foreigners Aro Driven Out Danger of New Slides Grows More Acute Each Hour Superintendent O'Nell Is Man of Hour at Scene. equally with tho four; bankB of Med ford, nnd nuthorized tho president to employ u stenographer or 30 days. Other committees on locnl subscrip tion worn nlnniml , Tho commission adjourned, sub- SCEMC II0T SPRINGS, Wash., jeet to tlio call of tho chairman. It Jfnrch 4. Tho rain which '-as kept is expected to begin tho cnnvnss for nn incessant pntter on the snow subscriptions tho fim of tho week, fields of tho Cnscndes for days, " " turned to snow Inst night, nnd this 25"F02L,CTURE 0F morning tho big, heavy flakes arc CRATER LAKE EXHIBITED swirling about nnd piling up on the 1 mountain tons, buildinc- nn nw v. PORTLAND, March Critter lauchea thnt aro likely to come down f 4- Lnke, tho groat natural curiosity of nt any moment nnd sweep the re- oouinorn urcgon, is dopictod in life- cuers at Wellington to the same like colora in a painting 25 feet lontr smothering death as the victim for now being not up in tho rooms of tho whom thov are now searching. Portland chnmbor of commerce, on Tlio snow is falling in blinding tho ground floor of tho Commercial clouds, mnking it nlmost impossible club ViiihHng. It is tho property of for tlio men to work down on the tho Medford Commercial club nnd ennvon side, but In sniin nf nil ,iif. will bo on exhibition nt its prcRont ficultics 34 bodies have boon recov- ooauou lor two weeks. Tho picture ored nnd 32 of them identified, hi n panoranm of photographs taken Night or Terror, from one point of view near tho wos- LnBt iuht wns ono of terror , torn edge of tho groat crater nnd vni.,.. ti. ,:,, J" " , . bl fs Ih fit T r V ' rfy P,c' my of whom relatives XI bluffs abut ing. The photographs , frioil(lg burio(1 ,h ! were colored to represent nature nnd inncho. Tho threatening "now Umt L tho mountain peaks in tho back- i,MM i. i. , ' 1 monntai,, road. Idbs t. H. Til. C 'V. '""1 S. Sr " picture, nnd thoBo who ennnot nf- nlir; n, Vi m,,,n'; ford tho time and expense of the 1 "J1 Mho. "T' wi "f.h fnnnmv In !. Ink. -I '"'.Vi l" ro01 HIUIOl'S : : . .V:.v V'"u " fcU"uu" hotel slid off with a crash that The IdentiftaPDead. WELLINGTON,;. Wash. March 4. Thirty-two of the thirty-five bodieSjjirccovcred havo been positivjsJy identi fied. They foUow E. W. TdppmgfAshlnnd, O. ; Alexander Chisholm, Rosslnnd, B. C; R. M. Barn hart, Spokane, Wrfsh.; R. II. Bethel, Senttle; Sol Cohen, Everett, Wnsh.; Bert Matth ews Cincinnati, O.; Sister Kathcrine O'Mnlloy, nurse, Spokane, Wnsh.; C. S. El tinge, Spokane; Mrs, M. A. Covington, Olympin, Wash.; Thelmn. Davis nnd child, Se attle; Wnsh.; Edgar Lcmmnn nnd wifo, Hunters, Wash.; A. G. Mahler, Seattlo'; James McNcny, Seattle; Miss Nellio Sharp, Spokane; Frances Stnrrott, Hillynrd, Wash.; A. R. Vail, Trinidad, Colo.; Con ductor A. C. Campbell, Fire man Ed Bennington, Fireman D. JL Oilman, Engineer J. 0. Cnrroll, Brakemnu William Dorcty, Porter Duncan, Brnkoman Dnpy, rakemnn J. Kelly, Firemnn C. Jensen, Conductor Ed Lindsoy, Engi neer T. L. Osborn, Conductor J. L. Pnrsoybok, Brnkemon Andy Strohmier, Postnl Clerk Richard R. Rogart. f 4 TOTAL DEAD IN SLIDE NOW 113 Looter Is Arrested at Wellington Situation at Colfax Is Somewhat Improved Provisions Reach the Town In Nick of Time to Save Citizens From Starving. WORLD TO LEARN DETAILS OF THE ASTOR DIVORC GANNON WILL E CANDIDATE NEXT SESSION Justice Mills, After Granting Mrs. Despite His Recent Statement That Astor Final Decree, Refuses to 'He Would Withdraw In Order t Seal tho Papers In the Case, to the Insure Republican C&ntrel ef tht Great Surprise of Attorneys in the Next House, He Will Again Strive Case. for SMakrhJa MRS. ASTOR WILL GET $300,000 EACH YEAR ADMINISTRATION TO STAND IEHIND HIM Colonel Aster Is Forbidden to Re marry Mrs. Astor Will Get Her Name of Mrs. Ava Willing Again Is Renowned Case. Taft Repudiates Wade H. Ellis as Learfer ef Republicans In Ofate Says He Is Net Choice for the Governorship. -f -H ODD S TIE UP MONTANA ROAD! WELLINGTON, Wash., March 4. Reports sent out from hero that ten peoplo were rescued allvo from a day coach last night, aro unfounded. Tho JO Italian laborers hero before tho avalanche aro btlll missing, and to day must put down with tho list of dead, swelling the total to 113. R. F. Roberts, a white maa, was arrested today b7 Deputy Sheriff Hill for robbing bodies. Ho was caught stealing a wnicb from the body of Sol Cohen, an Everett merchant. Packers sMicM out over tho trail ibis morning, oracslng tho bodies of R. H. Bothel of Seattlo and Cohen Tho corpses will bo hauled over tho slides and chums with ropes. It the trip Is successful other victims may bo taken out In this manner. The day coach, In which mapy bod lea aro known to be, is still undls covered today. Tho system of lntorrlng tho dead in temporary snow tombs Is proving very successful, and unless tho trip to j Scenic with tho bodies of Bethel and I Cohen Is entirely successful no more Domes win bo taken out until the track Is clear. to boo just how it looks. IC ouiuror nnrirn klMrs NPflm v ii I iu9 ' ir wini mo nmo moun KINU NEARLY ALL IN? ,ftln hnmlot W0,lM ,)0 o d HELENA, Mont., Maroh 4. The Chicago, Milwaukee & Pugot Sound brought n hundred pooplo from bcdsirailron1, tll Northern Pncifio rail nnd cots to tho drifts outside. Thev way nnd 11,0 Buttoi Annconda & Pa- cifio railroad nre tied up indofinito- Colfnx SltnatJon Better, COLFAX, Wash., March 4. Flood conditions aro groatly Improved to-. day, tho waters having fallen several foot during the night. Tho work of rehabilitation Is going on today, and although thoro aro 400 homeless and destitute persons hero to be cared for, thoro Is llttlo actual suffering as tho work of rellovlng" tho distress Is well in hand. All business Is susnonded ly today in Westorn Montana. l-i i. .... ! "AMln 11.- C ' 1 . . T SAN i.MiANnisrn M,,rpi, i Hiruotion, ns woro tho trains nnd ro- cnr ow onn- flnanelal trouble in which H. Ida trios. TZriTAaUrS. ftnd om" m . 'rinienti iia n M i kiitiiniiiunia iimr mi'iii. fit nnrrnnia o retiring Chinese consul gon- r nf , ,.;n!: : " . and saloons aro closed nondlnP the nrnl On. ...,l., .., l , Wnnln Knnvnv T.nf n M J " ' ""hi nig tu DWUl . . " " """'"' " I'iuubuu - . 4.1.UV i i,nt it ?o !mo0;i,i , ; uumiHion oi iiormni conn tlons Iho i,m0 tn !! hundred spoclnl nollcomcn have Jco gorges have formed . in tho river on both sidoa of .1 in.. . ... 1111 rriuim ii ti l ii n 1 1 1 r i a 'potato king" from Sacramento. M" Riiloh havo vanished; tho roe-, irVniT. 't "Vn. " 1 i ... "or8 a nnd hazy; tho shouts o"3"-V. i " n"! " V rno First National bank of Mod- rrom mon direoling the work come i w, sl rd has received authorization from ns from afar. Tho roar matorinl i wluu . whon a check for $7C0 was roturnod Mn0 eo nt Wellington todav. from tho bank marked "no funds." Bovr in slowly nnd silently oblitor- i . . . i i i nn irnriMi bids fnlr to bo colorod today with tho n""K io harsh trneos of death. Tho tw- t ,iI arrival of of Chan Lung, tho Chinese crimson trnils loading out toward n loru nils received authorization from ns rrom afar. Tho roar matorinl ino treasury department at Washing- torror hns given way to nn .uncanny iuii mr an increaBo in capital to iiuo,- icnr. xno spirit of death is brood 000. Tho Incronsod capitalization ing over tho soono. wns votod some months since. All n,n t i i drivon out of Wollincton nnd none Hunting work or hunting workers hut Americans aro allowed to dig Ib want nd, work. (Continued on Pa' a 6;) freight trnffio on tho St. Paul lino is tiod up oast of Butte, exeopt on tho Orogon Short Line and North ern Pacific, which is dotouring trains through horo. ' Mrs. nolle Niokoll is In Medford on n businosa visit. resumption of normal conditions Two boen appointed nnd nre patrolling tho stroots. tho Northward schoolhouso has been turned Into a temporary rotugo and 8holteri. a considerable number of tho homeless people. Others aro quartered In tho residences of citi zens whoso homes woro not damaged by high water. Pood In Nick of Time. SEATTLE, Wash., March i When a provision pack train reached tho llttlo village of Lacona In the moun- WHITE PLAINS. V. Y.. Mwh 4.1 "Aomftuxur,, u. u, Marcn 4. ' J "IT 7. rl " t -Mrs. Ava Willing Astor was eP, a - awarded a final decree of divorce for Bpeaker oftlio house in th today from Colonel John Jacob As- 62d congrtsa, despite his recently tor. The decree was signed by Jus- , "Jf1 w,"!"" i;ra m;iu ;n McKinley. that he would withdraw to when her attorner moved that the hs"re. BePMic? control of the interlocutory degree granted four nf J18 11118 formation waa months ago be made permanent and bta"led " a sonr" thl make8- counsel for Astor made no objec- r , J TtTT. yonB It is also reported that Taft anel Tt l,n,l0n thn ;; nt ), ai. i'ostmaster-uenenu. Hitchcock have torneys in the case to ask that the d.ec!dea l0,.!. ,th adniDlst nr, in it, . l K.. hon's weight behind tho Cannon's uithnnl -vn!tirn nnv stntpmi.nl f rrm I l""C6. .. .. r, j l m4 31 it. nr. lhm. .TnctlfO Xfillo onnAm,. K"B. U UUJBCr I IHO TfniIB' ' ITT . . . . . . , "Theso papors will not bo sealed." I,onse ,nsi n,Kur at wn,cn cannon. The attorneys, however, refused to was ,natsl OI Honor aUow any one to examine them and HO sargent Preseat. annotmced that they would not be Representative Hayes of Califor- made public until they were filed n"f w"0 has been termed a "mer witb. the county clerk. cerized" insnrgent, was the only It developed that during the hear- puest at last night's dinner who be- ing of the case no mention had been longs to tho insurgent ranks. mado of alimony, that feature hav- It wns Ilayes who made tho ar- ing been settled outside the court. rnngement with Taft whereby tho It is reported that Mrs. Astor will insurgents have agreed" to support receive $300,000 a year. certain features of the president's Tho decree restores her maiden legislative program. Tins under name and she will be known as Mrs. standing resulted in Tnft's dcclara- Ava Willing. She is given the cus- tion thnt he considered fhe ihsnrg- tody of her daughter. The custody ents ptill to be Republicans and cn- of the son is awarded to the father, titled to recognition in tho organiza- Colonel Astor is forbidden to re- tion. marry during the lifetime of Mrs. -ihe enect or Inst night's dinner Willing. Sho may, however, remarry nnd the reported belief on tho part at any time. of Taft thnt a reaction will takK The Astor divorce suit attracted place before the coming elections world-wido attention last fall when! caused renewed interest in tho polit- au intorlocutory decree was granted Meal situation here today. because Colonel Astor was at that I timo supposed to have been lost in a Tnft to Be Judge. storm in Yest Indian waters. WASHINGTON'. D. C. Mnrob 4. He was cruising in his yacht with It was definitely determined tndnv his son when a terrific storm swept that President Taft will personally over tho Caribbean sea and through decide whether A. C. Shaw. late law tho West Indies. For mora than a officer in tho forest service, who wn week no word was received from dismissed by Taft's orders, will h him and no trace of his yacht was allowed to practice his profession found. After he had almost been before the department of the inter- given up as lost, tho yacht put in unljor. appearance at a Porto Rican port Shaw recently secured nermoarifin and Astor announced that his, craft to practice before Secretary BalJin had weathered the storm without ger, nnd his application was tempo- Senators Ornrmnn nml tHmmnm GOVERNMENT AFTER PHONY of North Carolina, of .ha :.. COIN MEN; BAD FIVES OUT Shaw is a citizen, wero asked to see .,... . . . fho president regnrding the matter. CHICAGO, March 4.A roundup Thev A,A Rn vU .. n of all men having police or govern- conolus;on 'wn7 f wheVeby ment records as counterfeiters is be- Tnft .,, tn ... , .. Ing mado by the federal secret serr- " " "vw"u u Ice men hero. Tho activity ot the nndorstood thftt Shaw wj b federal agents la caused by the lib- ii0Wfi,i tn nrnM? - "1 oral circulation of counterfeit S5 bills ftbIe lcnRth'of Cnptaln Porter, head of the secret 1 sorvlco hore, said that tho bill Is nothing moro than a fair counterfeit and would not deceive thoso who aio iu tho habit of handling paper money, The bill, however, might pass through many hands Is exchanged in a hurry tains on the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound railroad last night, ev ery scrap and, crumb In tho placo had boon consumed and the 50 Inhabitants woro frantlo with fear and hunger. Spurred on by tho news brought out by four men, who managed to reach Seattle, that the people wero starving to death, the pack train fought Its way through tho drifts aud won Its fight. Tuft Repudiates Ellis. CLEVELAND. O.. March 4.- President Tnft's repudiation of Wndo IT. Ellis as the deun of the Republican policies of Ohio, in a let ter to Gonorn! Marshall Davis, cre ated a furor in political circles here today. Tn tho letter Taft denied responsi bility for tho selection of Ellis na a candidate for governor arid repudi ated the report that Ellis -was th administration's ohoico for that of. fice. Although tho letter was nub. lished in n Republican papor yester day, Davis denied it, When ke renchod his office this morning. however, ho found tho letter unop ened on his desk.