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lorjcal Society. ft 5 f Medford Mail Tribune UNITKD PRKS3 ASK)0TIO FIRST SECTION Full Leaned Wire Report, Tho only paper In the world publlnhed In a city tho clze ot Medford having a loaned wlr. PAGES 1 TO 8 KlIiTIl YJiJAK MEDFORD, ORKCION, SUNDAY, MAY 1 , 3910. No. 35. WILL MOVE TH TOWN REPORTED THAT NEW LOCATION IS PICKED OUT iue Composite Picture of Roosevelt and Emperor William. Pacl', & Eastern Railroad Will Build Depot on Htfjli Lands Two Miles From Present Site and Will Aid Movlnn Town to New Loca tionLumber Yards Established. ALLEN PLANS TO MAKE CITY A "HALLEY'S C0MEP Natural. Advantanos of New Site Is Pointed Out Allen Says Ho Will Give Free Lot to Every Person Who Will Move There. Tlif town of Eagle Point i to bu mown hitino two luilu from its pres ent locution to tho higher land ocor lookiug tho irc80tit Kite, if tho plans of tho Pacific & Eniitorn rnilrunit do not mlHcnrry. Tho Mnil Tribune- has learned from n reliable Houreo that tho Pacific & KnHtorn railway linn dofinitoly de cided to oHtahliNh itH pormnnont stn tion at Englu Point about two mile north of tho old temporary depot and n now and commodioiiH depot, strict ly np to dnto, will bo at otico erected at tho now location. A now townsite in planned and Engle Point is to movo. Thix, no doubt, will bo wol como nowa to thotio whoso bufrino Inst winter had to bo trnntmutod at the old location. For Bomo months John 11. Allen, president of tho Pncific & Eastern rnilrond, has been working quiutlv on this matter and it in now reported that lumber ynrds hnvo nlready been established nt tho now townsito nud brick kilns will iiIho bo burned near by. In fact, ovorything readi ness for a vigorous campaign of town bguihling in n truly western Btylo. Alrondy flcvornl business houses of Eaglo Point hnvo declared their intention of moving to tho now town nnd tho project has revived the hopes of tho residents of Sam's Val ley for obtaining n county bridge, which is very much nooded, noross Iloguo rivor at somo suitublo point botwoon tho Uybeo bridge nnd tho present forry, thus onabling them to roach tho rnilrond. It is altio re ported that a now rond will bo laid out through tho old Hnak place. Tho advnntngoB of tho now town Bito aro many fold. Tho famous or cliards of tho Applo Kings of tho World are only n milo distant, nnd many other fnmous orchard lands aro nonrby. Tho situation is ideal. A most beautiful viow of Mount MoLnughlin nnd many othor beautiful and high mountain penlcs may bo obtained. Allen says nature has done her part and ho pxpoots to do tho rest nnd make tho now town of Eaglo Point tho "Hulloy's Comot" on tho map of Jackson county. Tho light and powor for tho now town, it is roportod, will bo gonor ntod in tho old Holmes mill, in tho prosont town of Eaglo Point. John H. Allon, prosldont of tho Pu oifio & Eustorn, when nskod about tho muttor, said: "It booamo apparent to us last winter that tho location of our sta tion nt Eaglo Point had boon un wisely solootod on nccount of tho land hoing black sticky; also on no count of n small crook that travers ed tho station grounds, Aflor con sidorablo thought on tho subjoot and tho inspootion of nil available points wo dooidod to movo tho station about two mllos northward, whoro tho ground is of tho 'dosort quality' nnd tho elevation hoing tho highost of any point in tho neighborhood nud admirably ndnptod for providing an cxoollont BQWorago system. Water (Continued on Pago 8.) 1 iHMEmmm:r" I r Colonel Roosevelt lo the emperor of (ierinuny Is one of this ling oventH of the remnrknhlo trip now being mndo by the for- in of (he United Stated. Itoth aro known n men who npeak out' ," both hnve ntrong likes and dislikes, and the entlro country Is i-e which will provo bin right to be known an tho rrnl strenuous the componlto picture It nppoars thnt Roosovelt overshadows the fur. TRAP IF MANY WHITE SLAVES PREDICTS DEADLOCK Two Gollcrjo Graduates Pass Thcm- scrves as Immoral Women and Catch Many White Slavers In Net. NEW YOIIK, April 30. Addi tional warrants will bo issued todny for men and women suspected of connootion with tho white slnvo traf fic following tho nrrost of Poll Mooro, a ncgress, here, last night; Harry Lovinnon, 20, white, nnd Al- oxundor Anderson, n negro. Tho warrants nro tho result of tho investigation of tho special grand jury, of which John I). Rookofollor, Jr., is tho foreman, nnd which has boon investigating tho white slave traffic. Tho ovidonco warranting tho ar rests was secured by two young col logo womon, ono 40 years of ago, n graduato of Rndoliffe, and tho othor a young grnduato of Smith college. Thoir nnmos hnvo boon withhold bo causo thoir work has not yet boon comnlotod. Both of theso womon will npponr at tho trials and testify against tho nllegcd whito-s!nvors. uno or motto womon wont ic, Alaska, tho othor to Soattlo. Thfly became friendly with tho proprietors of lllognl resorts, protondlug that thoy wnntod to buy womon for Im moral purpoBoa. They Boonrod tho nnmes of alleged whlto slnvo doalora In Now York. Tho Identity of tho porsons to bo nrrost od todny has boon withhold ponding tho arrests. Democrats' Inslstanco on Election of Clark Would Havo Let tho County Know What It Docs Not Know. BOSTON, Mass., April 30. "Wicked Czar Cannon still prosidos over the doliborntions of tho great est legislative body on earth, but his notions nmount to nothing unless mndo vitnl by n mnjority of tho rop rosontntives," declnrod Spoakor Joe Cannon horo todny. Explniuing why tho insurgonts did not oust him, Canon said: "My opinion is that if n small mi nority of tho mnjority had united with tho Domocrnts nnd declnred tho sponkorship vncnut, Domocrnts would hnvo insisted on tho olootion of Chnmp Clark. This would havo doadlookod tho sossiou and allowed tho country to know what tho coun try does not know now. "Tho Republicans are in control, othorwiso tho result would hnvo boon nn ' uon which would bo ontiroly t'tblicnn." Christian Science aorvico Sunday morning nt 11 o'clock, subjoot of losson-sormon, "Evorlnsting Pnnishmont." Sunday school nt 10 o'olook; testimonial mootings Vodnosdny nt 7:30 p. m. Tho publto Ib oordinlly invited to ht.Ho tiprvicos. 128 North Grnpo i'vonr, north Shormnn-Clny muslo hot, e. OF LE POINT WAl ER PROBLEM MIDDLE WEST OB E SETTLE City and Hanley Getting. Together on Long-Contested Points William Hanley Takes a Hand and Fast Unravellnn Knots Does Much in One Day. PARTIES AWAIT ARRIVAL OF ATTORNEY FROM NORTH Believed That Question Will Be Thrashed Out Monday and Trouble Ended-Petition Circulated Asking Council to Act. At lust there seems to bo a rift in tho war clouds which hnve long hovered over tho Hnnloy premises on Litllu Butte creek in connection with tho right of way tho city is seeking for the gravity water sys tem. The pnrtics nro fast getting together nnd it was believed thnt on Monday Hanley will submit a prop osition to tho city. Tho mnn who is responsible in n gront mensurc for tho unraveling of tho tnnglo is Willinm Hnnloy of Bums, Or., who enmo in ami got- the city in closer touch with M. P. Hnn loy. Tho mnttcr is now awaiting tho nr rival of nn attorney from Portlnnd who represents the Roguo River Cnnnl company, successors to tho Fish Lnko Ditch compnny. Ho will nrrivo Mondny morning nnd it is be hoved thnt nnnlcy will be in n po sition to submit n definite proposition. Tho matter now rests between the Roguo Rivor Cnnnl company nnd Hnnloy. An endonvor is being mndo to sottlo tho wntor rights in Little Butto crook, onco nnd for nil. This will lenvo Hanley in n position to mnko n proposition to tho city. Citizens of Medford nro almost unanimous in their desire to hnvo tho question settled. A petition wns circulated Saturday asking tho city council to .tako steps to decide tho mnttor. Tho petition wns signed by nenrly 'ovory porson appronched, showing how unnnimous tho senti mont for nn enrly settlement is. ENGLISH ACTRESS TO WED GRADUATE OF HARVARD CROP IS LOST Missouri Nursery Man Writes N. S. Bennett That All Hope for a Fruit Crop in Middle Western States Was Wiped 4)ut by Recent Terrific Blizzard. NEVER BEFORE DID THAT SECTION SUFFER SO SEVERELY Means Hiflh Prices for Rogue River Fruit During Coming Season Great Area Vas Hit by Heavy Blizzard. NEW YORK, April 30. According to friends of Miss Beatrico Forbes Robertson, tho English actress, has nnnouncod hor engagement to Swin bumo Hnle, n grndunto of nnrvnrd lnw school, who is practicing in Chi cago. Tho young nttornoy thov sny met tho nctrcss nt a suffragist's moot ing in London at which sho dolivored an address. It is rumored thnt thoy wore ongnged boforo Halo returned to tho United States. Miss Forbes-Robortson will not givo up tho stngo, nor abandon hor efforts in behalf of votos for women nftor hor mnrringo. Sho is nn opon oxponont of tho suffrage causo but has novor indontifiod herself with tho militant English element. GIRL FALLS FROM THEATER BALCANY AND IS KILLED NEW YORK, April 30, Fourtoon-year-old Loulso Lotfor Is dying at tho Flowor Hospital from lnjurlos sustained whon sho Joll from tho balcony of tho Lincoln Square The atre Into tho orchodtra pit, 30 foot bolow. Tho girl wns wnlklng down tho nlslo toward hor tsont In tho first row of tho b..lcony and stumbled. Sho foil against tho brass lalcony rail, which gnvo way and prcclpl tntod hor Into tho body c tho tho-ntro. Efficient workers, whon out of work, nro snro to bo porsistont wnnt ndvortisors for that's n phaso of thoir officioiicy. Tho entire fruit crop of the mid dle west bns been destroyed by the recent blizzard which swept over that section and in consequence top prices nre insured for the Rogue River valley during the coming sen son. Once ngnin has the superior ity of the Oregon fruit sections been demonstrated. Confirmntion of tho great dnmngc done to fruit in the middle west comes in u recent letter from tho New Hnven Nurseries of Missouri to N. S. Bennett of this city. The let ter says: "The entire fruit crop in this pnrt of the middlo west fs utterly de stroyed. Apples, peaches, pears nnd grapes throughout tho entire middle west, ns fnr west ns Knnsns City, as far east as Cincinnnti, ns fnr south ns tho Oznrks. nnd north to tho Minnesota line, including central nnd enstern Iown. enstern Missouri. Tin. nois, western Indiana nnd northern Kentucky. Southern Missouri, so fnr as wo can learn, is not nffected bo low the Ozarks. Wo had tenincrntnrn here yesterday morning of 25 nbovo zero, una tno thermometer stood for 48 hours bolow freezing, nnd with npples tho sizo of hazel nuts, ponchos nbout tho same, nrid cher ries ditto, you enn seo tho result. Wo hnvo never seen such comploto de struction. Just what tho result will bo to tho nursery, wo nro nimble to leu at this writing. Wo hnd 500,000 pench seedlings up, nnd these scorn to bo dead to tho ground. Tho peach buds, however, nro not ns bad ns wo hnd fenrcd. Thov seem to hnvo Iioph less tondor, but they stood from six to twolvo inches in height, nnd while they ,scom to bo wilted, they may mnko good trees. Tho two-yenr penr hud grown from thrco to eight inchos, now bends, nnd wo will prob nbly hnvo to cut tho mbnek to the ground and make into stroiii? cut back whips. Wo nre giving you this urn nuormntion, ns it mny bo worth something to ypu to know it. Wo ennnot lenm thnt tho Kansas nurs eries hnvo been soriously hurt. Tho freezo wns not ns severe there ns horo. Wo had several inches of snow, but now snm& is nbout gone. When wo toll vou that wo havo had sum mor wenthor for tho uast six weeks, you can undorstnnd what this bliz zard has dono for us. Tho nntivo nuts nnd nntivo fruit, such ns nnw- paw, porsimmons, hlnckborries, otc, nro comploto loss; in fact, tho con dition is ono novor boforo known in this section of the countrv. Wo hnvo hnd frosts, but this wns a 18-hour buzzard." Lands Opened. Notlco hns boou rccolvod from tho United Stntcs Land Offlco at Roso burg, Ore., thnt tho following unsur voyotl lands hnvo boon survoyod and application for entry of tho unro? sorved nnd unappropriated Uwids thoroln will bo received: In tp. 34, S. R. 2 E., W. M. Sees. 1, 3, 3, 10 to 15 tncluslvo and 22 to 27 lucluslo. In tp. 41 S. R. 2 W W. M. Socs. 4 to 0 Incluslvo and 1G, 17 and IS. Plat will bo on fllo after Juno i, 1910. This County Has I Most Residents VIH Double Thnt of Josephine County, According to Conserva tive Esthnntes Taps Kla math nnd Lake Jackson county will load nil Southern Oregon in population this year, according to the present indi cations. It is estimated thnt the county's population will range be tween 30,000 and 35,000 inhabitants. GRANTS PASS. Anril 30. A con- servntivc estimnte of the population, nccording to the census enumerators, is 16,000. KLAMATH FALLS, April 30. According to n conservative estimate the present census will show 3C00 m- habitnnts of this city nnd tho count' 0000. LAKE VIEW. April 30. Tho pon- ulntion of this city is estimated nt 1500, while thnt of the county will bo in the neighborhood of 4000. No More Does the Old Town Sleep Jacksonville Wakes and Stirs Her self Younger Wood Telling Out After Rlght-of-AVny for Rond in Earnest. With the resolve to not be caught in tho samo trap ns wns the old town when tho Oregon & California rail road left tho pioneer town of South ern Oregon off tho map, nnd inci dentally created Medford and n good part of Ashland, the livo ones in Jacksonville are not only bending nil their energies toward tho secur ing of a right of way for, the trolley lino proposed by J. R. Allen, but nro going farther nnd will reach out in nn effort to secure rights for the building of n rond from Jacksonville to tho Bluo Lodge mine. Tho old town is wnking up. No more will somnolence and the spirit of retro gression prevail. From now on tho spirit of progress will prevail, nnd the citizens of Jncksonville will unito in giving tho lio to tho man who said that Jacksonville wns n "finished" town, BREWERS WILL BE ID UP BY STRIKE Workers Ask for new wage Schedule Which Association Refuses Be lieve 800 Will Go Out on Monday. SEATTLE, Wash., April 30. Fourteen breweries, including ovory big bcor mnnufneturing plnnt on Pa get sound, will bo tied by a striko of from 700 to 800 members of the United Browory union Mondny. Tho contracts between tho brew ery owners' nssociation, which rep resents broworios of Sonttlo, Tacomn, Olyrapin, Abordeen, Evorott, Bolling- hnm, Port Townrend nnd 'Port Au golos, nnd tho brewery workers' ex ecutive officers. Tho browory workors nsk for n now wngo schedule which tho asso ciation refuses. Wrestling Match Stopped. CHICAGO. Ills.. April 30, Jesso Wnstcreard -was thrown hoavilv to tho floor after flftv-oue minutes westling with Stanislaus ZTbysko V: night, no sustained n badly twist ed ligament nnd Roforeo Flomin stopped tho match. ClnssifivJaTion of your "to let" ad makos it moot tho would-bo vend or of it moro than half way, FIGHTER IS SLAIN; ILL MAY BE STOPPED ESOLT SR Tommy McCarthy Dies Following a Knockout Blow by Owen Moran In San Francisco Prize Ring Tragic' Ending of Battle May Stop Jeffries-Johnson Fight. OPPOSITION TO BIG MILL CRYSTALIZED BY TRAGEDY General Gloom Prevails in Sporting World McCarthy Was Popular Death-Dealing Blow Came In Six teenth Round After Hard Fight. The following prize ring fatalities have occurred with htho last 11 days: April 19 Young Gcorgo Cole, negro, Merchnntville, N. Y., died in Presbyterian hospital, as the ,ult of a prize fight with t aley Rog ers. Fight was n slugging match, ending in. knockout. April 21 Max Landy, Boston, died following prize fight with Joo O'Brien, Cnm bridgo. Fight had ended in a draw. April 30 Tommy Mc Carthy, San Francisco, died in St. Mary's hospital, San Francisco, following knock out in 10th round of fight with Owen Moran of Englnnd at Dreamland rink, San Francisco, previous night. ' f SAN FRANCISCO, Oil., April 30. There is gloom in tho sporting world todny. Tho death of Tommy McCarthy, ono of tho clovorest nnd best-liked little boxers in locnl fight ing circles, following tho fight in which ho expected to climb a long wny up tho pugilistic lndder, has thrown a pall of sadness over the fight followers. Wherever fighters and fight faus gather today, tho death of Mc Carthy is tho subject of conversa tion. Many fight followers were in court today whon tho preliminary hearings of tho men arrested in con nection with McCnrthy's ucnth be gan. Weeps in Court. Owon Moran, tho English fighter, whoso stinging right sont McCarthy to tho mnt nnd ended in his death, broko down and wopt oponly in court. All through tho night Mornn pray ed that tho life' of his gamo little opponent might bo saved. All thoso arrested wore brought ' boforo Judge Conlan today. Johnny nnd Willio McCarthy, brothers of Tommy, wore rolonsed on thoir own rocogniznnco. Tho court directed thnt thoir fathor bring them into court Wednosdny, whon tho prolim innry honrinp will bo hold. Moran, Porry, CnrolJ and Bernard Pniutcr wore rolonsed on bnil. Blow on Jaw. Aftor lingoring in unconsciousness from tho timo ho was struck down by Owen Moran, tho fichtor, Tommy IfeCarthy oied nt 353 o'clock this morning of a fractured skull. JfoCarthy diod at St. Mary's hos pital. Ho was foTIed ?iy a blow on tho jaw dolivored by Moran in tho 10th round of thoir fight last night nt Dreamland rink. Mornn and othors hitorstcd in tho (Continued on Pago 7.)