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Medford Mail UN1TBD PRK88 A9OCIATJOW Pull Leased Wire- Report. HhoworH tonight ami Satur Tho only papor In the wati puhlUhod In a city tho nit ot Medford having a loaned iritn. day. 3OTTI YJSA.1l. MEDFORD, OREGON, PRIDA Y, APRIL 29, 1010. THIC WHATIIHIL Tribune KELLY REPLIES (!) ATTACK OF EVANGELIST Local Attorney Says Misrepresenta tion to Conurcyatlon of tho Facts Call for a Reply Characs Oliver With Hldlnn Behind Skirts of Med ford's Church Members. THOUSANDS Of DOLLARS GOOD DONE BY RAIN 4f -f4f f "I linvo lived lit Jucksou county for 08 year,'' Htutcd Judiro W. M. Col via this morning in discussing Kvnn- 1'iiliut Olivnrl nltnnL- ituiiln upon him Inst ovciiinp. in which liu was bitterly I1B niiIIoiI, "mid 1 will lunvu tho tnnttor to tho people of thin section. "I could not reply to tho utterances of this trump, for to do no I would hnvo to stoop to hit level, which is im posKiblo, owing 1 "y limited familiarity of hillingHgnto." To tho Editor: I ntn creditably infonncd that tho self-styled Dr. (f) Oliver opened tho flood-gates of Iuh Howcr-liko mind nt tho tnhorniiclo last night in an attack upon Judgo Colvig nnd tny- Mf linfnni:n nf untmt ttiint.u (lint titnl hoen Haid hy Mr. Cojvig and mysolf tho preceding night nl tho Commer cial club. Were It not for tho fnot that Oliver linn mUroprosoutod tho matter to IiIh congregation, I do not think I would indulge in anv public f Continued on page fl.j KICKED WIFE TO DEATHM0 HANG Man Who Recently Brutally Mur- , dered Wlfo Asks Judfjc to Impose Death Penalty Jokes With His Jailers. . Orchardlsts Arc Smiling Today and Hoplno That Rain Keeps Up Is Worth Much to Fruit Crop "Look Out for Frost," Says O'Gara, "When Weather Clears." Medford Welcoming the Portland Visitors Tho light rain which foil Inht eve ning aud today has done thousand of dollnrH of good in tho Itoguo Kiver valley nnd In consequence thu orch arding tiday are all wenring a broad smilo mid praying for tho rain to keep on coining. JtiHt at this timo the orchard with tho fruit net need rain to bring the fruit out. While more is needed, tho bonofit o fnr Iiiih been very grent. "Iook out for froHt whun tho woathor clears," Bays Professor O'Gnrn, "for it is npt to tuni off cold." Tho HhoworH promiso to continue over Saturday. Tho rain in doing good to vegetable, grain hay nnd berry crops, but when tho weather clears thoro will bo, ax nhvny-K is tho case, danger of frost. The weather man snys there will "ho bhowcrH to night nnd Saturday. TEDDY CALLS ON W1LHELM1NA Holland's Queen Sends Automobiles to Station to Meet Party and Con voy Them to Palace She Shows Roosevelt About Garden. mm on STAND ON HIS LADIES WORKING HARD TO SECURE MORECITY PARKS City Council Asked to Submit Char ter Amendment to People Giving Council Power to Acquire Prop erty for City Parks. Starves Self To Regain Health LOS ANGELES, Cnl., April 120. Ernost Wirth, who murdered his wife, crushing hor skull with hit heel, to day wnH Hontonccd by Judgo Willis to bo hanged. Hoforo Hontonco was pronounced Wirth mndo tho following Htntoment: "Vcm, I killed my wifo. I did it bo cmiBo hIio wouldn't live with mo in this world. I hopo you will hnvo mo nangod. Mnybo it's diffcron over thoro." I Wirth jokod nnd laughed with tho . officers who took him to his coll. ITo expressed tho wish that ho bo taken to bin coll iih noon iiR possiblo to pro paro for donth. AHNIIEM, Notherlnnds, April 20 Theodore Hoosovclt nnd his party, who arrived nt noon todny, were nt onco tnken to tho royal palace, wltoro thoy wcro rocoivod by Queen Wil hclmiun nnd Princo Henry. Two nu- lomomios, Bcni iy llio queen, wcro waiting nt tho Htntion when the party arrived, nnd tho Rooscvclts woro driven nt onco to tho palace A grent crowd wnH waiting nt tho stn tion nnd tho colonel was given i rousing rocoption. Tho journey was n'continuod ovation. Aftor tho pnrty hnd been received nt tho pnlnco, Quoon Wilholmlim per sonnjly conducted tho RoobovcHh around tho pnlaco grounds. Stato Buys Water Bonds. SACRAMENTO, Cnl., April 20. I ho Rtato honrd of oxnminors has in vested $11,477.80 in municipal wntor bonds voted hy Newport Bench, Or nngo county. Stnto Controllor Nyo hits drnwn tho wnrrnnt. Tho interest on tho bonds will go to tho school fund of tho wtnto. ALL IN MUST JOIN ARMY Albanian Loaders Issuo Mandato to Evory Adult Now 45,000 Rebels In tho Field and Goncrnl Rescript Will Add Many More Great Battle Imminent Heavy Flnhtlno Is Alroady Reportod. At tho meeting of tho Indies of thu Greater Medford club Thursday afternoon an interesting report was made by tho committed for acquiring moro city parks, composed of Mrs. Roddy, Mrs. AJford nnd Mrs. Hnfor. For Twenty-Six Vays Man Has Spurn ed Food nnd Now I to Gc Forced i 1 to Easts by Authorities. ' LjJ: i ' SEATTLE, Wash., April, 20. For 2G days E. L. Itader, lnnd broker and former state ' representative from Picrco and itsap county, hns tasted no food and tasted no water in amef- fort to regain his health, according to Coroner Snyder nnd Q. T. Olds, proprietor of tho hotel whero Rnder is a guest. Declaring that death mav come nt any timo if thu man is not made to drink water, tho coronor has nsked tho prosecuting attorney to tnko im medtnto action in tho case. Rnder has made his long fast nt This committee reported thnt thov . . A it t nnu moi w,m mo .council ana uau tbo tircclion of Dr. riazznrd, a wo prosentod a charter amendment tomnM ni,vft;P:nn. wiino trnn,'t m , J ...... MUUl.UVtl. WW phnsizes fasting. Dr. Hnzzard has somo in conflict with tho police nnd prosecuting nttornoy sorernl times before as a result of hor system o treatment. cnnblo tho council to buy park sites nftor tho amendment hnd been ap proved by tho city nttoniey. This nmondment, thy reported, had been tnken nndor ndviscmcnt nnd will probably bo submitted to tho peoplo LADIES PLAN A E LAWN FETEj Greater Medford Club Will Give an Entertainment In City Park in tho Near Future Pleasing Program Is Arranged. HUG Poor Olney Is Over Worked Says He's n Directory, ft Sub-Postof flro, Telephone Kxrlinugc, Ilnnker, llut It Xot n I'nnnibroker. BELGRADE, April 20. DoHoring all AlbanlntiB who rofimo to join in a revolution, ngninst Turkoy to ho traitors nnd puniBhnblo with donth, tho Albanian londors today issued nu orndo ordoring nil ndults to join tho nnny. Thoro nro now 45,000 robols in tho fiold nnd tho gouornl roBoript is ox pootod to bring many thousands to tho revolutionists. Tho Alhnnlnns hold many strategic points. Thoy nro boing nldod by many dissatisfied Turks, nmong thorn tho old guard of Sultan Abdul ITamld'a pnlnco. Tho guard is noting as a board of strategy for tho revolutionists. LONDON, April 20. A groat nnny of Alhnninns nnd revolutionary Turks hnvo invndod MounBtir, no oording to ndvioos rocoivod hero to dny, and nro boing mot by tho Turk ish army nonr Afychnnllc Pass. A groat bnttlo is roportod to bo imminont. Alrondy hoavy fighting is roportod nt Ipok, in Kossovo prt)v inco, ndjoining Monnstir. KISER ORCHARD SOLD BY ANDERSON & GREEN Tho snlo of tho Kisor orohnrd nt Phoonlx to E. M. Boynton, J. R. Tomlin and Ron Sholdon of Minnonp oils for $125,000 was mndo by An dorson & Grcon, who hnvo inado many largo sales in tho valley. Tho program now under prepara tion by a committee of tho Greater Medford Club to bo given in tho park In tho near future promises to bo of uiiiiHiiul intorest. Tho commlttoo hna had tho good fortune to secure Mr. Goo. Andrews aa ono of tho soloists. This Is Mr. Androws' first nppenrnnco boforo a Medford nudlonco, nnd all nro looking forward to a raro treat. Tho Medford II. S. chorus up ml or tho dlroctlon of Prof. Collins has ilndly consented to sing. Thoy will niso ravor wuii mandolin and orcnos tral solcctloiiB. A Mnypolo drill by tho pupils, Mrs. Weaver's and Miss Norton's grndos of tho WnBhlngton school, nnd n pngnont led by Miss Josephine Root, as May Quoon, and hor loyal subjects, will bo among tho Interesting foaturoa of tho program. Mrs. llnzolrlgg has generously con sented to sing nnd tho Misses Crowoll nnd Crowloy who always delight their honrors, will rondor selections on tho violin rind piano. Mrs. Edward Dur nott Hnnloy has promised to nsslst with tho program. Tho Modford band wll Iplny and ovory thing Is auspicious for n most entertaining program 'nnd social good timo, "I am tho most overworked mnn in Modford," said O. J. Patton, tho populnr mnungor of tho notol Nash, this morning. "In tho first plnco, I i HI a nm irouuicu witn poopio coming around nnd wanting rooms when I hnvon't any to givo thorn. Then I'm n genornl information buronu. Whcn- ovor anybody wants to know any thing m Modford thoy bond for 01 noy Patton, and you nowspnpor guys are not excepted on that. Then I'm supposed to bo a city directory, but I am not. I'm a sub-telophono stn tion, a postoffico nnnox, nn unoffi cinl bank, ovorything but a pawn shop. Thoro's whoro I draw tho lino." W. Q. Moyors of Contrnl Point. county fruit inspoptor, was in Mcd. ford on busiuoss Friday, PAULHAN SAYS TRIP WAS HARD LONDON, April 29. Louis Paul hnn, tho Pronoh nvintor, who won tho groat nonnl dorby from London to Mnnohostor, doolnrod todtty tho flight was ono of unboliovnblo hard ship. Ho was so nonrly oxhaustod from cold nnd oxposuro, ho declared, whon ho roaohod Manchester thnt ho did not boliovo ho could have re mained aloft for anotEbr quarter of a miio. Ho doclnrouj that ho would not make tho trip again for twice tho prizo whioh tho London Mnil offor- ed. HANLEY AND CITY AT LAST GETTING TOGETHER SLOW Party of Local Men oJurney'Up to Hanley Ranch to Look Over the Ground In an Endeavor to Come to .Sprue. Understanding. W BEHALF Outlines His Career as Government Official and Brands Glavis a Liar Says Alaskan Claims Should Have Been Clear Listed and That He Would Follow Same Course. WASHINGTON, April 29. Secre tary of the Interior Dalllngor today went. upon tho witness stand in tho Ballingcr-Plnchot controversy Inves tigation. Secretary Balllngcr at Jaat has been given tho opportunity to make good his threat of last winter, namely, that Ig he took tho stand, bo would "scorch somo snakes." In tho beginning, Balllnger out lined his career In tho stato of Wash ington. He laid stress upon his acts as a public servant in tho Puget Sound state, particularly with refer ence tu hla antl-vlco crusado while ho was mayor of Seattle. Then Balllnger reviewed tho cir cumstances attending his appointment as commissioner of the land office. Ho said that Roosevelt telegraphed him: "It is your duty to accept. You (Continued on Page 5.) LADES 10 GET OUT ISSUE OF MAN TOiDnUC IIIHIL imuilHL Greater Medford Club Will Havs Full Charge ef Newspaper for Out Day and Will Devote Proceeds t Betterment of Medford Plan a Large Edition, Full of Good Thing In hn endeavor to bring about settlement of the right of way con troversy with M. F. Hanley which has held up tho completion of the city s gravity water system a party left today to look over the promises and seo tlf tho trouble could not bo settled. Those In tho party were W, B. nnd M. F. Hanley, G. Putnam, Mayor Canon, A. E. Reames and Dr, Keono. Tho party will return tonight It Is believed a compromiso .can bo brought about. KERN MAY TURN I DOWN NOMINA ON Indiana Democrats May Yet Be Without an Endorsed Candidate for Senate Tatjgart May Have Slipped One Over. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aprol 29.. John W. Kern, nominated by tho In diana democrats as tholr candidate for the United States sonato, refused today to say whothor ho will accept tho nomination, Tho nomination enmo just nfter Korn had mndo a stntomcnt that ho would not bo n candldato nnd left tho convention hall. Korii's rotlconco today loads to tho porslstont rumor horo that Tnggart has again outwitted tho progressives in his party and thnt tho domocrats will bo without a sonatorial candidate during tho campaign, a condition which Tnggnrt desirod. Should Kern rofuso tho nomination It would leave tho domocrats in tho position that Tnggnrt desired. Ho fought Marshall's schomo to hnvo a senatorial cnndldnto ondorsod. rUthough It was bollovod that tho long friendship bctweon Tnggnrt and Korn had becomo strained during tho session of tho loglslnturo a yoar ago whon Benjamin P. Shlvoly was oloct od to tho United States sonato, though many domoemts declared tho nomination should havo gono to Korn bocpuso of his rnco for tho vlce-pres-ldoncy. It is now runiorod thnt Korn may stay out of tho senatorial rnco and that tho old Taggart-Kom friend ship is as firm as oyer. Tho Korn votes startod, It Is de clared, whon Tnggnrt roso In tho con vention and. doclarod that tho "old guard today Is In tho scrap hoap." JOHNSON HOOTED IN CITY OF ANGELS Negro Falls to Hide Roll of Fat When He Boxes In Los Angeles Is Hooted by Mob May Not Leave There Until Saturday. LOS ANGELES, Cnl., April 20. - Now that they have seen Champion Jack Johnson in notion, the Los An geles fans are moro at sea than ever concerning tho outcome of his battle with their favorite, Jim Jeffries. Johnson did not strip to the skin for his exhibition at Naud Junction last night. ' Many boliovo thoro was n reason for this, but even tho purple jersoy ho woro faded to hide tho roll of fat that covered his abdomen. Tho galleries hooted him during his attempt to make a speech. Jack received the homago due an emperor last evening when ho attend ed a reception in his honor, given by tho Blue nnd Gold club, na exclusivo African social organization of Los Angoles. Ho declared after the fes tivities that he might postpone his depnrturo for San Francisco until Sntnrdny night, so good a time was ho having in Southern California. Tho Indies of the Greater Medford club aro to havo complete chargo ot tho Issue of tho Medford Mail Trib une on May 15, or two weeks from Sunday. They aro to gather, writs and edit tho nows, and to solicit ad vertising, for which they will maktt their own rates. Tho proceeds wiB be devoted to bettering conditions ia Medford along the lines which tbe Indies have worked for tho past tiro years. At a meeting of tho clab Thursday afternoon thoy accepted the offer mndo by Georee Putnam, editor and manager of tho paper. The news department of tho paper will bo in charge of Mrs. E. E. Gore, who will act as managing editor. Mrs. H. C. Stoddard will prcsido over the city desk, while Miss Janney will handle tho telegraph nows. Report ers will bo chosen later. Mrs. Reddy, nKsifited by tho offi cers of the Greater Medford cine, will conduct the business end of tb paper, Mrs. Reddy being basisees manager. Tho two advertising so licitors will bo Mrs. Edgar Hnfor and Mrs. B. P. Theiss. The ladies w3 handle all the advertising and news, and will not bo influenced by tho reg ular staff of the Mail Tribune. They wiB create their own editorial policy. HUNDREDS OE JEWS MURDERED Terrible Atrocities Are Committed Ut Russia Russian Governor Spurns Appeals of Jews for Protection Horrible Brutality'. Tho Now Fox, Remington and L. C. Smith typewriters at Merrivold Shop. BUCHAREST, Romania, April 29-. Dispatches from Kleff, printed In the Olmlncatzu hero today state that hun dreds of Jews wero massacred yestor day at Kloff and surrounding towns by Russian peasantry. Feasants gath ered In tho gbotto ot Kleff and boga a slaughter of Jewish men, women andchleldr en. Terrible atrocities wore committed. Tho Russian governor general Is said to havo Ignored tbo appeals ot tho Jews for protection. E. B. Wntterman who was serious ly injured several days ago, is doing; uicely. Carl Stanloy of Brownsboro spout n few days in the city rocontly. WASSWOPE'SBODYMOVED Defense Today In Noted Murder Trial Endeavors to Prove That Milllon- aire's Body Was Removed From Grave and Poison Injected Into tn Dead Man's Veins. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 29. I to prove that tho body had been Testimony tending to provo that tho tnkon from tho vault at tho comotery caskot of tho lata Colonol Thomas H. Swopo had boon riflod and tho body of tho capitalist tnmporod with was a feature of tho trial of Dr. B. C. Ilydo today. R. D, Mitchell, an uudortakor, tes tified that tho coffin had been fas toned securely by him just boforo tho funeral. Ho said that ho porsonally had screwed down tho lid of tho cas ket and that at that timo tho body of the oolonol apparently was in tho same condition as whon it had boon embalmed, Tho dofenso, in its opening state ment, made tho claim that it intends nnd poison injoctod in tho veins, Mitchell said that on January 11, whou Swopo's body was tnkon frosa tho tomb for examination by toiieol ogists, tho lid had been found parti nlly off, somo of tho sorows loose nnd tho body frozen. Mitchell tes tified that tho surgoons performed an autopsy on tho body whilo it wh in a frozen condition. Within quo week we will dispose of all of our holdings in this eeetien sfe tho most unusual sacrifice pris, Benson Investment Co