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ail Tribune UNITKD MtESB ASSOCIATION Full Leaned Wire Ilcport. SEOOND SECTION PAGES 9 TO 10 Tho only paper In the world published In a city tho ilse of Modford having a loaned wlro. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 3910. No. 35. MEDFORD M In MedforcTs Following ii pretty custom origin tiling in England, but much liked i' Amorien, lliu liulk'H of tlie Greater Modford cluli aro preparing a lawn foto to bo given lliu city park in which tho crowning of tho May queen und tho winding of tho May polo will ho tho prominent features. Tho nf fair will bo both picturesque and Mpootnoulur and u oiwontially an out door entertainment that cannot ho takon to a hall without ..n'.ir- Khh ol effect, bunco tho date 11 ..idcfinilo. depending on tho statu of tho wonthor. Tablon will ho spread on tho lawn in tho park and rofroh montii of icon and cako will bo nerved while tho May polo dance, participat ed in by tho children from Mr. Weaver' and Min Norton'H grades in tho public school, will take place on tho hnudntand. An interesting muftii-itl program in also in prepara tion and a fortune-lolling booth proiniKCH to attract much intercut. It will bo roineinbored by many what a ttignnl hucco tho Indie made of the firot lawn social Kx ' in the park noveral ycara ago. An outdoor fete such an thi. with promise of many ioboh, an entranc ing dinpluy of girlinh boituty and the service of Medford' inoft popular matron", will dnuhtloHtu Hiirpntu any thing heretofore attcmptud in thw line. Mr. .lack Albury and Mr. II. H. Tronnon were dinner host at the Louvre cafe Wednesday evening. Inning n honor gaunt Mr. and Mr. F. II. Hopkins, who aro leaving obortly to mako their homo in Port land. The table deeoratioiiM were hundnnriio bowls overflowing with gnrgooim Papa Oontiur rooH, occu pying the center nnd each end of the table, while silver candelabra tdiitded with rone and green nhadon added another nttractcd decoralivo noto. After tho dinner, which watt elab orate and woll served, tho party ad journed to the hospitable home of .Mrs. .1. F. Neddy, whore dancing win enjoyed until a late hour in the par ish ball, Mazelrigg'H orchestra furn ishing tlio mimic. Mr. Astbury and Mr. Tronson's guoslH wero: Mr. nnd Mr. F. H. Hopkins, Mrs. Pratt of Now York, Mr. and Mrs. Ooorgo II. Dnggett, Mr. ami Mrs. John D. Olwell, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Neddy, Mr. nnd .Mrs. F.vnn Noainos, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hrooko, Mrs. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip iramil, Mr. John It. Alien, Miss draco Andrews, Mr. A. Conro Fioro. Tho monu: Naw oysters, chicken gumbo soup, rninbow trout, eolory, salted almonds, olivos, sweetbread pntties, green peas, murschiuo punch, spring chickon a la Maryland, straw berry Ico crcaia, Noquofort cheerio, Bout's water crnckors, coffee noir. A largo and efficient committee from NonmcB' chaptor, 0. E. S., con sisting of Mr. nnd Mrs. M. L. Al ford, Mrs. A. M. Woodford, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Nvo, Mr. and Mrs. Wos loy Green, Mr. II. F. Piatt, Nov. W. F. Shields, Mrs. Mary Isaacs, Miso Agnes Isaacs, Mr. John While, Mr. II. C. Kontnor, Mr. Charles Strang and Mrs. A. L. Eisonhnrt, provided a most delightful ovoning of sociabil ity for mombors and guests Wednes day ovoning at Masonic hall, tho oc casion being tho rogulnr monthly re ception. Miss Agnos Isaacs was hoard In a piano solo, as nlno wore Mrs. II. E. Marsh and Miss Nuth Woodford, in a pinno duct. Missos Crowoll and Crawford rondorod many bonutiful clnssio and popular selections on tho violin and piano that woro grootod with hearty ap plause After rofroshiuoutfl of sand wichos, pioklos, olives, ornngo shor hot, cako nnd coffco, an hour of convorso followod, whon, tho orowd beginning to disporso, thoso remain ing indulged in tho Virginia rcol. Among tho visitors who nro recent nrrivnls woro.: Mrs. Maltby, Mrs. Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Gnmol, Mr. and Mrs. Budge, Mr. nnd Mrs. Corliss nnd tjio Missos Folgor. Much intorost is oxprosnod in tho first annual exhibition of mnnunl training nnd domostio soienco work to ho given by tho pupils of tho pub lic schools on Friday, April fl, at tho high school building. Sowing by tho girls and cnbinot work by tho oldor boys will bo on display nnd it is hop ed that nil iutorostod in thoso prac tical arts boing taught in tho schools will go to boo tho work dono tho first yonr, Social Realm Tho closing danco of tho Swastika series win given Friday ovoning nt Anglo's opera house. Tho hall was attractively docorated with scores of Jnpanoso lanterns bunging from the coiling, whilo open Jnpanenc umbrel las formed a screen on tho stage for tho orchestra. Mrs. W. 0. Alden bagbii nerved as chairman of the decoration committee and Mrs. J. I). Hoard of tho rofroMhmoul committee. Notwithstanding tho rainy night, a pleasant crowd was present and Un closing dance passed off with tin same vim that has characterized the entire scries. About eighteen young pooplo as somblcd at Smith's hall Monday to givo welcome to AJrH. F. Otto Krause, who has recently returned from Los Angolos. The affair wan informal and in tho nature of a surprise. Piano selections woro rendered by Miss JcunoHAO Butler Miss Venita Hamilton. Minn lone Flynn nnd .Miss Lorrnino Bliton gave violin and piano nuuihors, and Miss Enid Hamilton and Mr. Krnuno Hang. Nefrcsh monts were sorvod nnd dancing en joyed. Mr. Charles Carr entertained IS young friends Friday evening of last week nt his home nt tho corner of Eighth and Mixtletoo. Games were played and n jolly evening enjoyed. Thoso present: Misses Laura Pag-. Nuth Nye, Mildred Uliton, Nuth War ner, F.sthor Warner, Frances Yonr, Lucilo York. Hertha Wold and Ha zel Anile. Charles Nay," Nobcrt Gib boney, Urnl Coleman, Leslor Jacobs, farter Brandon, George Ilcnselman, Karl York. Steven Nyo. The meeting of tho Young Peo ple's Hiblo Society recently hold at the home of Miss Margaret Noberts, 015 Oakdnlo nvenuo, was greatly en joyed by the members. Airs. Maltby and Mrs. Sbiolds wore present to assist the young ladies with cm broidery nnd a delicious lunch, con sisting of sandwiches, olives, ico crenm nnd enke, wns served under the trees on tho lawn. Tho Ladies' Aid society of tho Presbyterian church hold a ploasant informal meeting Tuesday afternoon at tho home of Mrs. H. 0. Wortmnn, 012 Oakdnlo avenuo. Tho porches nnd lawn worp used for tho accom modation of tho ladies, tho refresh ments being also served out of doors. Considernblo work was accomplished. Mrs. Charles Delhi nnd Miss Ma bel Nay gave a skating pnrty nt the rink ThurMlny evening that was ono of tho most pleasant events of the week. Though plnnncd for last week, Miss Nny's tnking a hasty trip to San Francisco made postponement neces sary. Tho morchnntfl' lunch given by tho C. E. socioty of tho Prosbytorian church yostordny nftornoon wns woll patronized had was a distinct suc cess in every way. Tho financial and social enmmittoos of tho society woro in, chnrgo of tho nrrangomonts. .Mrs. J. A. Perry nnd Mrs. W. II. McGownn ontortninod tho Five Hun dred club Friday aftornoon at Mrs. McGowan's homo, 35 Oakdnlo nvo nuo. Tho prizes wero hnndsomo pot ted plants nnd woro won by Mrs. T. K. Daniels nnd Mrs. Antlo. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ilnuloy gave n ploasant dinnor party Sunday ovo ning at tho Nash grill, having ns gnosis Mr, nnd Mrs. Miihiny, Mr. nnd Mrs. Evnn Nenmes. Tho flowers woro rod car.mtions. Mrs. Charles King of Portland nnd Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cox of Alnmedn, Cal., who aro visiting rolativos in Modford, spoilt Friday and Saturday at Door Crook. Mrs. D. IT. Drowory, who has boon visiting in Portland for two wooks? has returned homo mid is accompan ied by hor mother, who will mako a visit of sovornl we'oks. n Tho Lndios' Missionary soototy of tho Preshyiorian church will hold its rogulnr mooting Tuesday nt tho homo of Mrs. J. E. Wutt. Mrs. Jo nussoll of Jnoksonvillo wns tho guost of Mrs. N. G. Gnlo dur ing tho wook. Nov. nnd Mrs. 0. W. Gibbony have roturnod from a trip to Srjokano, Congressmen Martin and Olmsted and Scenes In the Philippine Island Sugar Scandal. XSVGSIR TRUST i . pvTVf AMk iiflKJ CONGRESSMAN ConKrcHHiimu Martin of Colorado nnd CoiiRrensmnu Olmsted of Pennsylvania declare that confess must not odjouru until a complete Investigation hns been started oil tho sale of susor binds In the Philippines by the gov eminent to the HURiir trust. The sale of the land involves many millions of dollars, and Congressman Mnrtlu Is busy preparlnk n detailwl report which lie will plve to the bouse showing, he deelan-s. that a KiKantic swin dle hns iK-en carried ou lu Washington. He hns itone on record as snyini; that be has evidence that men high lu olllcial and business circles have been active In turning over sugar land to the trust at a great loss to the gov-ernmunt. CORT NO LONGER 10 1 T Severs His. Relations With Klaw & Erlangcr and Will Book Shubcrt Attractions Asks Thirty Attrac tions at Once. NEW YOKK, April 30. Tho Sbu borts formally announced today that thoy had completed an ngreomcut with John Cot, who controls the tho ntors of tho northwest nnd tho Pa cific coast, whorcby Shubort and tho Lieblor company nttrnctioiiB would horoaftor appear in his housos in stead of Klaw & Erlangcr bookings. 0 This nnuouncemont follows tho news that Klaw & Erlangcr revoked nil their bookings for CortV houses, numboring moro than 150. Uroadway does not yet tully uu dorstnud tho portent of those ohang03 or what is behind them. Cort announces that his thontors will horoaftor follow tho "open-door" policy and rofuso to tako diotntion from tho "trust." Hut nn open-door policy might just ns woll bo n closed door policy so far as Klnw & Erltui gor nro concornod, for thoy nro not sonding their attractions to houses controlled by tho opposition. Tho Shnbort8 hnil tho chango as a tromondous victory, which menus tho wresting of tho theatrical businoss from tho hands of tho "trust." Thoy point to tho fact that Julius Calm and his circuit of 200 thontors in NoV Englnnd lion latoly adopted' tho "open door" policy; also M. Nioa and his 100 thontors in Now York, Ponn sylvnnin, Ohio nnd Now Jorsoy. Pnrt of tho Shuhorts ngroomont witli Cort is that ho shall have, 30 first-class attractions at onoo. This wns compliod with. Furnishod hoom huntors can nar row tho soarch jlown to throo or four wortU-invostigatiiiB places ull nd vortised. 1 BOWS RUS I : -J RUTH WILL WED DESPITELEAV1TT Says She Vill Wed Owen on May 3 In Spite of Any Opposition Which May Bo Offered Plans Leaving for Nebraska. JACKSONVILLE. Ind.. April 30. Mrs. Nuth Bryan Loavitt, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, declared today that sho will wed Reginald Owen of tho British Noyal Engineers on May 3, in spito of any opposi tion thnt amy bo offered by William Hornco Loavitt, from whom sho wns divorcod. Mrs. Loavitt is visiting friends in Jacksonville Sho plnns to loavo Into today for hor fnthor's homo in Ne braska. Furthor than roitornting hor intention to murry Owen, sho refused to comment on Loavitt's declaration that ho would try to provont the corcmony until ho secured possossioii of tho Lonvitt childron. Probato Court. Estnto of John B. Brown Ordor mado Bottimr apart porsoual prop erty; invontory showing real prop erty valued at $5000 filed and ap proved. Estato of Ellen Jaquish Invon tory showing proporty to tho vnluo of $0885.01 filod and npprovdd. Estnto of L. F. Gardner Mnry E. Qardnor nppointod ndminiotrntrix; II. T. Polton. J. L. Rowo, W. W. Ed ington npprnisors. Estato of Mary L. Buck Joseph T. Buck nppointcd administrator; Frod Rapp, John Kobinson nnd L. A. Abbott npprnisoi-s. Estato of Ooorgo M. Noodles Final report of ndaiinistrator filod and date of final sotllomont sot for Saturday, Juno -1, at 10 a. m. Estato of Salisbury Shonnan In vontory filod and approved. fioal vnluoa iad buyora promptly whon ndvortisod for pooplo now adays havo como to "know." PATTON BUYS ALL COTTONIN SIGIT Calls for Loans to Extent of Six or Seven Millions Over $14,600,000 Worth of Cotton at $75 a Bale Is Purchased. NEW YORK, April 30. Manipu lated by James A. Patton of wheat market fame, tho largest transaction in spot cotton New York hns over known nro now taking place and will probably bo terminated Monday. Through tho office of J. S. Bncho & Co., Patten has purchnscd $1-1,000,-000 worth of cotton nt $73 a balo nnd lias called for lonns to tho extent of sis or soven millions, which will be ready Monday. Patten's purclinscs includo virtual ly every halo of cotton in tho ware houses of New York, about 200,000. S. A. R. Annual Meeting. TOLEDO. O., April 30. With del egates nnd visitors from nlmost ev ery stnto, tho 21st annunl congress of tho national socioty, Sons of tho American rovolution. began in this city today with a meeting of tho cx ooutivo committoo at tho Ilotol Scott. Tomorrow tho delegntes will r.ttond patriotic services in Trinity Motho dist church. Tho businoss sessions will bogin Mondny. San Francisco, in which city tho socioty wns first organized, is nn npplicnnt for tho noxt mooting of tho national con gress. Pomcroy-Schulzo Wedding. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 30. Soci ety in Now York, Chicngo, Denver, Indinnnpolis nnd sovornl othor cities wns represented at tho wadding of Miss Louiso Sohulzo, dnughtor of Mr. and Mrs. Thoodoro A, Sohulzo of this city, nnd Theodoro Pomoroy, son of Mrs, C, Kins Pomoroy of Chicago, which took placo this nftornoon in St, John's Episcopal church. Precooling Seven hundred nnd fifty thousand. dollnrs is tho price which tho Pacific Fruit Express is ipondintr to secure a system of refrigeration at its new precooling plant in Colton, Cnl., which vill make it possible to handle citrus fruits across tlc continent with practicnlly no decay. About two-thirds of tho big plant has been in oparation for n month. The pros pnt capacity is permitting it to hnn dle 20 enrs every four hours. When the bnlnncc of the plant is completed the capacity will be 40 cars every four hours. Work is rapidly being puslrd and within another 30 days it is expected the entire system will be complete. Citrus fruit culture in California is ono of the stntc's largest indus tries. Mechanical features have kept pace with the growing and mar keting and the intelligent use of them hns made it possible to grow and de liver oranges in grcnter quantities, better condition nnd thereby obtain ing better prices. Machinery for cultivation, for preservation nnd for harvesting on one side nnd for clean ing, sizing, boxing and shipping on the other hns developed tho indus try and has likewise developed with it. Economy, sufficiency end excel lence in handling, packing nnd for warding have kept pace with the ex-1 tnnsion of territory cultivated and expansion of market. The big plant of the Pacific Fruit Express is tho resnlt of tho necessity to minimize the enormous amount of damage ocenrring nnnunlly in the transportation of the fruit. Clnim? aggregating hundreds of thousands of dollnrs are yearly filed with tho railroad companies by ship pers because oranges and lemons and other fruits nnd vegetables reached tho market in decayed con dition. The cause is either insuffi cient Icing or other defects in pre serving the fruit while in transpor tation. It is stated by some thnt tho sav ings in damages alone will pav for the Colton plant in two years, and that tho snvine in loss of decayed fruit to the growers will amount to even more than this, because the damages awarded by tho railroads are seldom equal to the actual loss. The system adopted by the Pacific fruit exDrcss was decided upon af ter a series of experiments by the federal government nnd the rail roods, and is known ns tho direct system. Althontrh a different pntent from thnt used bv the Santa Fo, the results obtained hy the Colton plant aro identical. Although years wore spent by the inventor in perfecting his idens and much time wns taken np in conduct ing n series of tests and perfecting the machinery before it wns finally ordered to be placed in service, yet the system is simple. Tho tempera ture, whntcver it may bo in the fruit when londed in the enr, can bo brought down to 33 degrees in four hours. This is ten dogreos lower thnn is nt present reached after tho fruit hns been on the rond three days un der the old plan of rcfrigoration. If the fruit is delivered nt tho icing nlnnt in the cars m good condition by tho shipper thero seems to bo no renson why it could not reach tho mnrket without decay. Whilo pro-cooled enrs nro as fre quently ro-iced en ronto ns thoso that movo under ordinnry refrigeration, tho nmount of ico consumed nt the vnrious icing stations en routo is considerably less than under tho old system. Tho Pacific Fruit Express is mnking somo extensive experi ments to dotormino just what saving will bo mndo in tho ico consumed en route on procooled cars ns compnred with oars moving under straight ioing. Roprosentntives of tho Pncifio Fruit Expross havo frequently stnt ed that if it is dovolpped by those oxporimonts thnt thoro is considor nblo moro saving in ioing on routo thnn tho cost of precooling tho ship pers' will nnothor season bo given the bonofit of this snving in reduction of rofrigerntion rates. This company qlnims to bo doing ovorything possible to porfect its sys tem of refrigeration and transporta tion to such a stnto ns will practi cally gunrnnteo tho delivory of tho fruit nt tho onstorn mnrkots in tho idonticnl condition thnt it is deliv ered in tho cars. Horotoforo it hns boon nocossary to ro-ico fruit from eight to ton times botwoon southorn Cnllfornin nnd eastern 'mnrkots, at a cost to tho shippers of $02.50 por car, and nl- of Fruit thrugh it is understood that no re duction in this chnrgo will bo mndo, there will be no additional chnrgo for precooling and ovory car of porish ablo stock will bo procooled, whother so ordered by tho shipper or not. Whether or not tho expense of tho immenso plant will prove to bo a good investment as far ns tho snving of dnraago claims are concerned is n matter time alono will answer, but evidently this matter was carefully gorie into beforo tho plant was con structed. Tho success of tho pro cooling plants nt Pomona and Roso ville has clearly demonstrated tho necessity of procooling nnd tho snv ing of loss to the growers. The prent interest taken in tho plant by the interstate commorco commission and railroad officials from other points, fruitgrowers and newspaper men has made it neces sary for A. M. Mortensen, manager of tho Pacific Fruit Express in this territory to make many trips. In ev ery case both surprise and delight have been expressed by visitors at tho amount of money expended and the perfect system demonstrated at evcrj conceivable minute detail for the protection in handling of fruits. The ipemaking room, which has a capacity of 250 tons of ice per day, and the coil rooms containing about tlO miles of three-inch pipe, arc most interesting; 20,000 tons of ico aroi now in storage hi tho big plant. In the coil rooms, which resemble im mense safety deposit vaults, mado of reinforced concrete, the air which passes to and from the care is cool ed. There aro two large tunnels or aid ducts in this room, one of which conveys the cool air at the rate of 20,000 cubic feet a minuto to tho cars at an average temperature of 14 degrees. Tho other air duet con veys tho air back to tho coils at nn average tempo rat nro of 30 degrees, whero it is again cooled nnd driven onco more into tho cars. Immenso sets of fans nro used to force the air into tho outgoing duct and other sets for the pnrposo of suckine the air back and forcing it agn'm into tho coil. room. Immense flexible coup lings are attached to tho pipes which are so mado as to fit tho door of tho car. Air cushions aro used around the edge which aro blown up with high pressure in order to mnke tho car absolutely air tight. Inside of ithis cushioned door where tho air goes into the car thero aro distributing chambers which force nir in nil di rections at the same velocity and pressure. On top of tho cars thoro " nro at each end n 20-inch flexible coupling attached to tho opening in tho ico bunker, through which tho warmer nir containing heat from the oranges is drawn back into tho coil room. Ono of tho first questions which comes to tho mind of tho avcrngo layman and ono which G. Harold" Powell, a government oxpert, who spent somo timo in California devel oping tho procooling system, con tested, is, "will tho orange in tho middlo of tho box bo as cool as tho one on tho outside and will tho heart, of tho orango undor this process bo as cool after n four-hour tempern turo ns tho outer skin?" At tho Pomona precooling plant tho boxes nro plnced in refrigeration vaults and left for two or threo days in order to cool tho hearts of tho fruit, which scorns to bo n reason able process. At diffocont periods during tho four-hour process tho tempornturo wns taken by specially prepared instruments on tho outsido of tho box, tho middlo of tho box and also tho outor skin of tho ornngo nnd tho heart of tho orango nnd it had been thoroughly demonstrated thnt tho tempornturo m tho middlo of tho box and tho honrt of tho orango woro tho same. In explaining why this was, Mr. Sullivan statod that on ac count of tho juico of tho fruit boing a conductor of heat or cold it was only necessary for tho tempornturo to penotrato tho rind, nnd thnt tho honrt of tho orango in any caso wns alwnys tho samo tomporaturi ns tho insido of tho rind. This septus n vory ronsonublo and plausiblo explanation and whon it is considorod that tho saving of two to thrco days in timo nnd tho nmount of lnbor and exponsa nocossary to handlo tho fruit in vaults for sovornl days tho diroot systom usod by tho Pacific Fruit Ex change covering a period of only four hours, enn bo appreciated, , Tho big plant is locntod in tho honrt of tho citrus fruit seotion and tho cars pnokod nt tho difforont (Continued on Pago 13.)