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Medford Mail UNlTkl) VMtM AWKKTJATHJN Full Leased Wire Report Tho only. 'paper In the world published In a city tho alia ot Modfora1 having a loasod wire, mrm year. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1910. No. 12. VESSELS MEET Teddy Refuses a Restricted Audience jg? j? Jg? J5? jZ? Shocks Pope By Giving Reasons to World BUSINESS IS GROWING FAST 0NP.SE.R.R, CAL CHURCH OREGON lo LISION: 25 YEARS OLD CALLED HOME 21 ARE DEAD tiih wicviiiKiu Tonight ninl Tuesday Light front tonight. No damage In ox peeled, Cull central nflor 7 p, in, for fiirtlmr warnings. No (1ainni((i litHt .night. Tribune PRESBYTERIAN GRAND OLD MAN IN GO Twcnty-Jfth Anniversary Observed Rev. W. F. Shields Sketches the History of Church Since It Wns Founded In 1005 Tells of Dlffcr,- cnt Pastors In Charge of Work. With npprot rfnto coromonloii tho First PrcMbytoilan church or .this city obnorvi'd tho l!6th miiilvorunry ot lt founding on Buudny. Tlio congrogn tlon wiim unusually largo. Itov. W. F. BhtoltlH delivered nit aiiroirluto sermon, In which ho skutchod tho his tory of tho loeni church, lu tho yo:ir 1867, on October 31, 'tho Itov, Mourn A, Williams anno to tho Rogue Itlvor valley. Ho cniiio from n work for many yearn In Chill, South Auiorlcit, nit n foreign iiiIshIoii nry, nnd for 4 1 years ho labored as a. 1 omi) mlsulonr.ry In t It lit valley, uul voritnlly lovod nml roupocted. Mr. WlllluniM n., utilized under tho dlroc tlon of tho Prowbytory of Southern OroKon tho Flrul Presbyterian church of Medford. March 20. 1885. The following wore th charier nioinborH: K. 1'. deary, M. I.)., Mrs. Agnes Mc- Coruauk Goary, Mrs, Sarah L. Wll llnnm. Wnlter 8, Gore, Mm. C, A. Goro, Mm. Llzzlo Johnson, l'oter 81 inon, Mrn. Hll both Simon and Mar tin Vrofinnn M. I). Of thoao only one, Mrn. W llor 8. Goro, Is now a member of this church, tho others having oltlior romovud to other places or having roiio to their heavenly re ward. Uov". Mohos A. Williams nerved tho churdi for throo yearn n't organization, (liirlnt; which time 21 pepmiiM uultud with iho church, llor. Eneas McLean, comliiK Hko hU prod uceitiior from tho inltwlon work In , Chill, Suuth America, took charge of George H. Williams, Who, for Half a Century Has Been Leader In Public Life, Dies Suddenly In His Portland Home Helped Draft Or cfjon's Constitution. (Continued on Pngo &.) WQLGAST SIGNS UP WITH BALDWIN tt Scrap Will Bo Pulled Off In Los An rjclcs June 27 Wolrjast Tlrcs o tho Footlights. PORTLAND, Or., April 1. Geo. II. WllJluiiiH, onco n member of Pres ident Orant'H cabinet nml the most prominent figure !u jwlitios nml pub lie life in Oregon, died suddenly ul Ii!h homo horo early today, Huppoxcd ly of heart failure Williams had celohrntod hia 87th birthday only u few dnyH ago by giving a banquet to liia friends. On this ocenmon many telegrams of congratulation were re ceived, among them bolng ono from I PreHidont Tnft. WillintiiH wiib ftffectionntoly known aH tho "grand old man of Oregon." Judge Williams wns horn in New Lebanon, N. V., Mnrch 'JO, 1823. He wnu admitted to the bar of that Kioto when 21 yearn old. In 1853 lie w in appointed chief jitHtico of the Oregot , territory and wan reappointed by I President IJnelinnun in 1857. I Judge Villiainn became a member j of tli v eoiiKtitiitiounl convention, up- i pointed to draft n constitution fori Oregon, and wnM chairman of tho ju- British Bark Cuts Unknown Vessel In Two Cabin Boy Only Person Res cuedWife of Captain Goes Down With Her Husband The Tragedy Comes Without Moment's Warning. olic. mnnifests n belief that Former Tho Vatican had taken up tho mat-'"'"" the dignity of las position ns a PrfHidint Tlinnihii-n Ifni.tn vr-1t finli.. 1 inr nf nudiciico with ,Koow;volt wlule lonncr chief executive of the Anion i unxlP A. ...I I tl.l i .. ,..l ,1... .w.i I iff a rmirfwrnitn ... i . .,. e ., . , f , it ' 4111111 illllluiiLMl uvcrv uuu uuu mv.- was one of the foundem of the Union " hoI , w,th .tho oxccplwii, jws- mos. ronf,.lcIa, ... . . . .. lutliltf nf il errininai iv,w. .C f..,!.-' Welti L OnilUCIIIIul rar y in ioou ami Aiiijgcniicnuv can-1 " " vr vasscd tlio country for Lincoln. He ll'ftil ttrtt TT!fit Ctnlna un nL.ii viv vuiivh lll-r i . ..... . t . . . a fm from OrcKon in 1804. In 1871 he!w,10l,' Wltum lm rWlU " ref umi.k : tho colonel was m ligypi. mo cow wnH appointed n cominiwioner to nd-ito nccoIl Ku ndnco with the popeinunicationH osclinngtd were supjwh- judlcnto tho Alabama claims. under certain restrictions, they ure ed to bo conlidentinl nnu tuo cntno- Judgo Williams boenmo nttonioy- i oxprcMinn ; nsioniHimieni mat kooho-ics nro nmnzco anujpunirwuu umi Koncrnl In 1873 In President Grant'i velt 8UW fit to PIU'1 the contents tho American statOHnSu should liue cnbinot. Ho wn olcolod mayor oflolC uessnKCS that panned between given them to the prW;for puulicu- roriiam! in iuu.i, retiring two yent-N later to private lifo. tion. The general feeling, however, is that Roosevelt not only acted ! within his rights, but in conformity can republic. It wns pointed out that Monsignnr Kennedy'B final inostsagc left the Amerienn with no other option but to decline an audience which "would (Continued on Pago 8.) MILWAUKKH, WiH., April Ac cording to lellerH received hero to day from Ad Wolgnnt, the compioror of battling Nelson, WolgnHt linn signed up for n 15-round fight will Matty Ualdwin. Tho Borap will be pulled off nt Lob Anguloa on Juno 27, nccording to Iho leltor. Ad ih now playing in a vaudeville IioiiHO at IudiauapoliH. Ho writ on that he in to receive $5000 and ox ponsuH nH n gunranlco. WolgnHt ad milled (lint ho in tired of the Hinge and h niixioiiK (o get hnok into t lie ring ngniu, MASKED MEN ROB BANK OF $10,000 IN G0LP LINCOLN, Neb., April l.-Tht First National bank of Randolph, Nob., wan robbed early loday ly throe mankod men who firHt enugght tho oily nmrah.fl, Carroll, and locked him in a hnck room of tho building. Tlio robbers Hoourod .fl0,000 in gold nnu ourronoy. Carroll saw tho throo mon niid fol lowed tliom toward tlio bank,", Stid donly thoy wlioolod on ld.m, pvored him with rovolvors and forced him to throw up his hands. Tlion thoy bound nnd gagg'od him and took hiirt to tho ronr of tho hank building. , SEATTLE, Wash., -April 4. Fears for tho safety of tho Dark Diamond Hoad from Shu Francisco, throo days ovorduo, wera disponed today on the rocolpt of a wlroloss mossago saying tho boat had' put Into Astoria last night. Tho Diamond Hond loft San Fran cisco March 27 In tow of tho tug . Foarloss wltli coal for Tyeo and co mont for Soattlo. Sho probably mot 'with somo accident. Tho moanngo, howovor, says nothing of any trouble. GENERAL BOOTH, OF SALVATIONARMY. ill Faints on Street and His Recovery Is Doubtful All of His Engagements Havo Been Cancelled. LONDON, April I General Wil- lium Hontli, tho bond of tho Snlvn- tion Army, is sorioiiHly ill ana under tho cotiNtnut euro of physiciana to day. Yeslorday ho fnintod on the ritrcot. As a result of his illness all engagements hnvo. been cnucolled. Oonoral Uooth ib 81 years old. For tho past six months ho hnn suffered from lll-Iieallh. Recently ho was eompollod to submit to an operation for tho removal of n cataract In hi right oyo which had nonrly blinded him. PAVING WORK 10 STAR! ON EAST SIDE NEXT WEEK Clark-Hcnery Company Will Be Ready to Start Excavation Work Soon Council Soon to Sign Con tractWork on West Main. COYOTE BITES BOY, WHICH CAUSES THE RABIES SPOICAN13, Wash., April Roger, tho 0-yoar-old son of John 'I' I I!..!.... a .... iiiiiiiiiiiii, inniK iitu iuiicm until OI flonoseo, Idaho, Is dead today fnmi tho rnbios, ouused by tho bito of a eoyoto last Week. While plhying in the yard of his father's home, the ad wiih attacked by tho oovoto, which, maddened by hunger, inflicted several wounds about tlio faeo. Qn Iho day following thb attack, symp toms of rabies woro manifeuted nnd (loath finnlly rosultcd. Does were litton by tho samo animal boforo it was killod and the muyor has issued ,a proclamation compelling nil dog oyvnora to koop their onninoa okninod or tho of ficors will shoot them. City Employes on Strike DAYTON, Wnoh., April 4. Bvary street omployo of tho city of Dayton Is on Btrllco today domandlng an ln- croaso of $1,50 n day, Thoy havo boon rocelvlng S3, 60 tor eight Hours, tho ocnlo Including tonms. Tho men walked out Saturday. Today tholr domands woro rofusod by tho street commission of tho council, Tho otrlk ors lay tho blahio for iho walkout to tho high cost ot living. Next week tho CInrk-lIenery Con struction company will probably start work on the paving of ten miles of Iho city's street, us they oxpool their oxcuvntitig ninoliinory to arrive soon. Tho council within a day or two will sign tho contract and then work will bo under way in enruost. Tho first work to bo done will be on Cast Main streot. Although the water has not dried fur from tin' surface, it is thought that by the time tho excavation is completed that It will bo ready for binder. Tho work of paving West Main is undor way, but tho contractors are having moro or loss trouble with soft spots. Howovor, by May 1 this stroot should be complotod. FOOR GIRLS ARE FATALLY HORT CHICAGO FIRE Steam Pipe Explodes in Laundry 175 Girls in Building, But All Es cape But Four, Who Jump From High Floors. CHICAGO, 111., April 4. Four girls probably were fatally hurt nnd eight injured severely today by jump ing from tbo blnxing iix-story build ing of tho Contrnl Luiiudry i-orapaiiy. When the firo started 175 girls wore at work in tlio buildii g. Those who arc behoved to have boon fatally injured wero: Katie HrycluKoky, 20 yeni of ngo. Annie Kuniriok, 32; Josie Siofbelc. 10; Kate Rookofoller, 27. Th girls jumped from tho second story of Iho strue- the , eemeiit , turo. Whon 'tho firo started thovo was 'a panic among tho omployes, most of whom were working on the top floor. mi i r . i iiio explosion oi a sieam pipe started tho blare. FALMOUTfl, England, April 4. At least 21 lives wero lost in a col lision between tho British bark KnthO Thomas and an unknown vessel which cnt the bark in two off Land's End today. Tho Kate Thomas sunk within a few minutes after sho had been struck and all aboard went with her, except a cabin boy, who clung to a piece of wreckage, from which he was rescued. The news of tho accident was brought by tho. Belgian tug John Bull, which made port this afternoon. Tho tug was towing the bark. Without warning the unknown vessnl shot out of tho Jog. A moment Inter its prow ploughed into tho side of the Kate Thomas, tearing a great hole amidships. Before lifeboats could be lowered the bnrk had d? nppeared beneath the channel wa ters. Tho other vessel continued on her course, and her fate is unknown, according to officers of the tug. Tho wife of the captain and the wife of the first mate of the Thomas were aboard. Thoy shnred the fate of tho others of the Thomas. Since New Coaclj Was Put on Road Is Being Patronized .Much Hare Extensively, Especially by Wemen Two New Engines Arrive 0n to Run Medford to Butte Fails. ENGLISHMEN SCORE PERMIT GIVEN TEDDY OER KAISER AND T. R. TO TALK OF MONROE'S PLAN German Interest in Roosevelt Great Wllhelm Wants Teddy's Own Opinion of Monroe Doctrine Ger mans Would Build Up Trade. LONDON. April A. For authoriz ing Theodore Roosevelt to shoot big game pramtlcally at will wherever ho chose to go in British East Africa, tho English government Is coming in for much bitter criticism from tbo sportsmen bore. WIRELESS DIVORCE IS LATEST THING Dr. Stephen Wise States That Pres ent Demand for Quick-Severance Wil) Soon Demand Use of Wireless Stnco thet new passenger coach has been received by the Pacific & East ern and has been placed on tho run between here and Eaglo Point the passenger traffic, of tho road has In creased by leaps and bounds until now the train Is filled on nearly every trip. The now coach Is used for the pat rons of tahe road, the old, ono bolEff used to transport the laborers who flock to and from tbo camps along the extension. Since they are being kept in a separate coach, especially tho Hindus, many more women than heretoforo are using the road. . Two new engines havo been pur chased by tho road and ono of these will bo used on the passenger run aa soon as tho road Is completed to Butte Falls. The citizens of Eagle Point have determined to have the Pacific & Eastern depot constructed in tho center of their city, and to that end have circulated a petition asking that such a depot be built, and will pre sent the same to John R. Allen, pres ident of the road, npon bis return from New York City.f Tho citizens o tagle r"oint are afraid that the depot will be con structed some distanco from tho present center of their town and arc enrly taking steps to head such a plan off. If your store is a good store, ad vertising will "make it." Tf it's not, it will noL Dog Save? Man's Life. SEWAItD, Alaska, April 4. Tho keen eceut ot his dog savod tho llfo of 'St. Clair McClary, a minor, burlod deop In a enowsltdo, according to nows which has Jus', reached horo from the Haughan copper proporty. Tho snowslldo swopt down tho hill- Bldo March 28. Tho four mon at work on tho proporty woro caught and burled Two nianagod to oBcapo without sorlous Injury.. Tho tlldo was so doop, howovor, that tho othor two had complotoly disappeared. Finally tho dog led the rocouors to n placo Bovoral yards distant and bogan to scratch nt tho dobrls and barking ox- cltodly, After hard digging thoy came upon tho men, who had boon burlod for eight hours. Thomas Coaloa wns already dond. McClary was almost dead, hut 1b now expectod to rocovor. T TO MEET TEDDY APRIL 11 Date Is Set by Roosevelt After He Had Received Letter From, Pin chot Asking Him to Set Date. ROME, APRIL 4. GiffoVd Pin- chot, formor chief forostor of tho Unitod States, was requested by Thoodoro Hoosovolt to moot bun Ap ril 11 nt Gonovn, Switzerland. The dnto was sot .by Colonol Roosovclt after ho had roceived n lettor from Pinohot, who is nt ; Copenhagen, wnere no snouiu ineci mm. BERLTN, April 4. The attitude of tho United Stntes, tho Tnft adniinis (ration and, most important of all, former President Roosevelt's person- ill idea, of the Monroe doctrine, will be ono of the chief topics of con versation when tho hunter-statesman visits the kaisor, according to iufor mation at is said to have Ionked from inipori.nl oircles. It is appatcnt horo that German intorost in the formor American pres ident is greater than that of any othor Europonn country. England not excepted. Thoro nro many things that tho Gorman pooplo would like to know concerning' Amoriea, nnd high officialdom is said to sharo this our iosity, but tho Monroo dootrino and tho interpretation that probably will bo accorded it in tho future is cnus ing tho most discussion as tho day for Roosevelt's arrival draws nonr. Tho emperor's woll-kuown desire to build tip trndo in South America, oouplod with tho groat number of Germans who have gone to tho South Amoricnn republics, hnve mado tho interpretation that tho Uuited States wll likely put on tho Monroo state ment extremely important horo. It is gonornlly supposed tho kaisor will in a diplomatio manner endeavor to loarn just how an notnal attempt nt Gorman colonization in South Amer ica woiild bo received in tho Unitod Stntes. NEW YORK, April 4. Dr. Stephen Wise stated toduy that ho spoko -seriously yesterday when ho said that divorces will bo granted by wireless in the near future, provided that the presout domanC for the quick sever ance of marriage ties continues. In his address yesterday Dr. Wise severely criticised tho tendency to hold the gay dinners to celebrate "successful" termination of divorce actions. He arraigned tho divorce colonies of Nevada and South Dakota WOMAN FOUND DEAD NEAR WAGNER HOME Mrs. Joe Buck of Wagner Creek Dies Suddenly of Heart Failure Fount! Nearly 100 Yards From the House. which he characterized as "blots upon ,u,,Uh nrvinw our civilization." 1 " Mrs. Jdo Buck was found Frlday by her husband lying dead on tho ground about 100 yards from hor homo on Wagner creek. Sho had evi dently walked from tho houeo and. died suddenly of heart failure. Mr. Buck mhsed her on his roturn homo and startod to look for hor. After finding tho body he summoned a physician, but tho woman had been doad somo tlmo. Sho was in fair In concluding his address ho said "Noxt wo shall find Heno arranging for divorce suits with treble dispatch through telephonic or perhaps wire less communications." WINNER BENNETT-CARROLL MATCH TO MEET C0UL0N Corelll Better. LONDON, April 4. Mario Corolli, povolist, who has been oritienlly ill, is thought to havo passod tho crisis, mid today hor physicians believe that she will recover. PORTLAND, Or., April 4.-Tho manngomoiit of tho Oregon Athletio olub announced today that tho win ner of tho "Jookey" Bennett-Jimmy Carroll ten-round bout which is tho top-liuor in tomorrow night's fight oard, will bo matched with Johnny Coulou, champion bantam weight. This fight will bo pulled off enrly noxt month. Boiinett and Carroll are tho only boys on tho coast nt the present tiuio who nro nblo to make 115 pounds, which is tbo woight de manded by Coulon's inntchmuking father. According to a lettor from "Pop" Coulon, his boy is to bo very busy during tho coming four weeks. Ho hns four mntches in Brooklyn, two m New iork, one m Pittsburg, ono in Johnstown, Va., ono in Akron, O., nnd ono nt Memphis. After theso dntes havo been filled, Johnny will journoy to tho const and ncoomrao- date aspirants for the ohnrapionship. CHILD CARRIED THROUGH COVERED FLUME; LIVES SPOKANE, Washv April 1. Car ried 300 yards through a cover flume, Audrey, tho 7-year-old daughter ot Mrs. Samuel II. Hughes of Kellogg, Idaho, is none tho worse for her ex perience today. Tho child, with Eva Lynch, was playing along tho Bun ker Hill flume ncur tho old Stemwlnd- er mill yard, when sho slipped into tho raco and was carried down 300 yards. Her playmate ran down the grado calling for holp, and two. men camo to tho rescue, dragging tho child out. That cho had a heavy bearaktB coat on, accounts for tho fact that she was carried so far without sinking. Tho flume Is seven feet deop aid was full at the time. Goes to Dance; Dies. WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 4. It. G, Parkes, city treasurer of Walla , Walla, attended a ball Saturday night and took part in the dancing. He died Sunday morning of corebral homhorr hnge, at tho age of 68, The funeral will bo held today. Parkes was a prominent lodge man and camo to Walla Walla frost Cali fornia ia 1878.