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-JJSwsr 0 men HI-"'' '4 1IIIC WICATIIKIL Medford Mail UNITKI) PRHfW ASSOCIATION Full Leased Wire Report. Tonight ami Saturday Clear niitl yrui(tr. No froHt. The only paper la the world published In a cliy the ilie et ' Medford having a loaned wire. j immi year. BEDFORD, OREGON, FBIDAY, MAY 6, 1910. No. 40. EDWARD VII, KING OF ENGLAND IS DYING Tribune cBHEfflfSis t ' i SANG PRAISES OF EUGENE BUI CAME HERETO RESIDE John H. Hartoij, Whoso Publicity Work for EuQcne Gavo Him State Wltlo Reputation, Chooios Motlford as Ideal City in 'Which lito Enter Business. John II. Hartley, former publicity manager for liiiK'iio and well known ns it JournallHt and advertising writer, Ih In Medfnr.l with a vlow of going Into business, having selected Mod ford an the future big city of Oregon. "Since IkuvIiik lOugeno, I have boon twice vast, as. well us nil over tho coast, nnd 1 have coinu to tlio conclu sion thai no place offers nuch oppor tunities or lias such n future an Med ford," mates Mr. Hartley. "I base my conclusions, upon the fact that Med ford ban the natural resources, tlio neceiwry country tributary, and (ho cln km of citizenship that kocb to mnko n city. "This Ih one of the irfom wondorful valleys I have over seen. I havo been going around It for th.'co dnys and though l lmvo not seen It nil, by any tneniiH, I lmvo soon enough to con vince mo that this Is going to be n lnrgo cty. "1 am out of publicity work. Rose burn kindly in.'.de mo an offer, but I want to got Into soinothln for my self, and niu out of the community publicity business." ASSAYS SHOW NO E Minlnu Men Say Alleged Greatest Strlko Is a Fake as Ore Falls to Show More Than a Trace of Gold. That the alleged "greatest mining strike- in history" near Merlin is a fnko pure and aimplo is tlio opinion of Grants Puss and Medford mining moil, who havo had opportunity to investigate. Tin nnd platinum, nl leged lo have been found in fabulous quantities nro not apparent in unsay of. tlio ore inndo by competent nssuy om. Stories of tlio Btriko will simply injnro the country. It is clnimod ly tlio promoters Hint nRtsnys lmvo boon inndo as high ns (10 oiincos of plntinum nnd fill per cont tin; which would make tlio ore rich onough to bo hnndlod by hand without mucliinory nl u big profit. ' . J. A. Hnrvcry of tlio Qaliee so cured sampler, which nro solocted by tho promotors as Iioing from tlio host ore, nnd had thorn uBsnyod in Grants Push, Portlnnd nnd Denvoy by woll known nssnyors. All tho nssnyors roport (i smnll nmoiint of gold, no tinlinmn, no tin. Henry E. Wnrd, an nssnyors of inf. tionnl fnmo in Denvor, wired tho re sult of hiB nssny ns follows: "One dollar nnd forty conts in gold per Ion. No platinum. The tin lor-1 miiintion is not out yet, but if we find any, will wire it tomorrow. So if you do not honr, you will know that Uiero is no tin pronont." Henry A. Wood. As sovoral days havo elapsed nnd no wiro has boon recolvod, it is snfo to hot that thoro is no tin in tho ore, APPEAL FOR AID RFNTTfi wnmn Food Supply Limited and Pestilence is Feared Soldiers Patrol Streets to Prevent Lootinn Shock Came Just After Sundown Many Prom Incnt People Killed. SAN JOSH, Coiitn Itlca, May C. Over 400 bodies havo been taken from the ruins of Cartago, according to n message received hero today. It Is cstlinat-d that fully 1000 people were khlud as a renult of the earth quake which vfrecked the city. Prac tically every house In the city was wrecked, ncordlug to this dispatch. The whole city Is n henp of ruins. AppenlH for nld havo boon cent to every south and central American re public. City a Chaos. MANAGUA, May C Refugees HtragglltiK Into San Joso today do-J dare that fully 1000 persons wero i.i ii, ..i i.. .i... t. ' niiii'ii in i iwinmiuuiu wini wrccK od Cartago, Tho first heavy quake, they declare, was followed by minor quakes and tho city today Is In a state of chaos. The first Hhook wrecked the best residence sect Ion of tho city and many of the best known peoplo In Cartago were killed, according to the reports received here today. Soldiers Patrol City. Soldiers are now patrolling the city to prevent looting, with orders to shoot looters on flight. Surviv ors are helping soldiers In the work of rescuing tho maimed nnd Injured caught under the fallen buildings. The bodies are being hautlly burled to prevent a pestilence nnd steps nro being taken to conserve the water and food supply. Flint Shock Heaviest. The Initial shook was tho heaviest. It lasted for sovornl minutes and tho eastern movement was apparently from north to smth. Tho shock camo Just at dusk, after a sultry day. With the first tremor of tho ground Ono of tho first to sign up wnH buildings crumbled and boforo tho!K'l Itoot. who olgnod for a dollar a first heavy shock was over tho great est damago hnd been don . OIIKGON CITY, Ore.. Muy GY- Physicians today stated thnt the two pound incubator' baby of Mr. nud Mrs. Goorgo Webb of Cnnby 1ms every ohnnoo of living. GEORGE V ENGLAND'S NEXT KING Political Powers of Edward Novcr Felt as Strongly as at Present Time Many Fear Throno Will Crumb lo Under Relgh of George, Present Prince of WalcsGoorgo Will Have to Faco Strenuous Timo. LONDON, May C Tho political powers of King Edwnrd uovor wns folt so strongly ns now, whon nppnr- ontly nonring its oml. Tho illness of tho king oomos nt n grnvo time in tho affairs of Grout Dritnin, no cording to moil high in tho government service Many statesmon nnd politicians .horo fenr thnt tho throno mny crumble undor tho roign of George, I'rineo of Wnlos, who would bocomo King Goorgo V, nt Edward's donth. King Edwnrd is rcgnrdoii ns n man cnpnblo of Bottling tho proscnt orieU hut his son, stntosmeu fear, could not. Tho situation is such thnt tho donth IS MINE" 5flT5uii mum I'll ! And a Lively Scrap Is On County Commissioners Buy Crushed Rock From Warren Construction Com pany and City is Now Urglnu Prior Rlrjht. Jackson county and tho city of Medford are at loggerheads with each other over tho disposal of tho crush ed rock at present In the bunkers at both ends of tho route. Tho stone was crushed at tho city's quarry by the warren construction company, who sold the surpliiB onthnnd to tho county commissioners for tho Im provemont of tho county road between this city and Jacksonville. The city now steps In, pleads a prior right nnd snys the stono belongs to tho city Therein Is tho ml sup. COMMERCIAL CLUB IS OUT AFTER MONEY Committee Starts Work and Edwin 0. Root Is First Man to Sign Up Meeting With Excellent Success. The soliciting committee of tho Medford Coinm rclal club began work Friday securing funds to conduct tho Medford publicity cnmpalgu for. nn othor year. Tho committee, which Is composed of Prosldont Colvlg, J. A. Westorlund, Ulalne ICluni, F. A. Medynskl nnd F. A. Nye, Is mestlng with excellent auc- cess, mooting with but one refusal in the first morning's work. mouth. Ilo Is nlroody n member of the club nnd Is sotting an example of publlo-Hplrlteduess that put to shame many n woll-to-do citlzon. FRESNO, Cnl., Mny fl. A slight onrthnuuko shock wns felt horo early today. No dnmngo is reported. of tho kinj might involve tho full of tho houso of lords which in its turn might throntcu tho security of tho throno itsolf, During tho king's trip abroad, tho Princo Goorgo took on his shoulders tho kingly dutios. His critics do not dony but thnt ho made n favornbh improssion but they claim that ho is not onorgotio. In tho event of the king's donth, Goorgo would bo callod upon to face probably tho most stronuous period of nccossion over known in England, Princo Edwnrd, Goorgo's oldost son, would bocomo tho now Princo of Wnlos nnd tho quoon would bo Quoon Viotorin Mnry, formorly Princess May of Tech. ROCK N O W If FT All England Hangs Breathlessly Upon Bulletins From Sick Room Where Edward Is Battling for Life Doc tors Say His Condition Is Mos Serious. OTTAWA, Out., Mny (!. (Hullc tin.) The king became unconscious this evening, according to a report received by a Canadian news agency. The agency quotes a cabinet minister as expressing (lie belief thnt the king will not survive the night. He is re- ported to lie sinking fast. I During a lull of pain this afternoon the king is retorted to hare said thnt the "end Is near." The entire royal family Is now gathered at IJucklng haul mince. LONDON, Mny 0. "The King'. symptoms have become iorse during the day nnd his condition nt this time (0 o'clock) is critical.'' This bullctir wns issued this even ng by Doctors Laking, Kcid, Powell, Dnwson nnd Thompson. LONDON, May 6. King Edward's Illness already hns developed Into double pneumonia, according to tho highest authority this afternoon. Physicians to King Bdward aro re ported t havo found after examination that Inflammation of the king's bron chial tubes Is extending. Thero Is In creased fear that, pneumonia will de velop. The report is unofficial. Tho following bulletin was Issued today by Drs. Powell, Lakln and Raid "Tho king hnd a quiot night, but his symptoms nro unimproved! His condition gives rise to grnvo anxie ty." People Alarmed. Tho alarm of the peoplo is doubled owing to tho nso of tho words "grnvo anxiety" as Inst night's bulletin said 'some anxiety." It Is gonornlly believed thnt King Cdwnrd Is much worso thnn nt any lino since his attack. T, WITH ANGER.FILES MANY LIBEL SUITS Even Marso' Henry of Courier Jour nal Is Sued All Comes as After math of Gaynor Speech in New YorkAssociated Press Also Sued. NBW YOItK, May fi. W. R. Ienrst has filed more llbol suits as n nftornmth to tho spooch dollverod nt tho press banquet horo by Mayor Onynor. Tho Intost suits nro direct ed against Adolph S. Ochs of tho Times, Uorninn Hldilor of tho Stnata Zoltung, Melville Stono, gonoral man ager of tho Associated Press, and Henry Watterson of tho Loulsvlllo Courlor-Journnl. Hearst has also brought suit gainst sovon lloston papers. Hach f tho suits is for $100,000 damnges. Is understood thnt Henrst will f llo other suits. Yos somotimos a placard in n indow holps tho nd-nnsworor to find tho houso that's advortisod, But doos not usunlly holp much more inn that. HEARS FRANTIC !D RIVAL OF AH QfTHR PAID T COMMITTEE IS A ROAD TO COAST Commercial Club Members Who Are to Wait Upon Mr. Allen and Offer Assistance and Cooperation in Se curing Railroad From Medford to Crescent City. Vice-President Pickel today nnmed the committee to take charge of tho movement to secure n railroad to Crescent City from Medford. The committee will wait, upon John R. Allen, builder of the Pacific & East ern, and request thnt he build the railroad, pledging him the cooperation nnd assistance of the Commercial Club and business interests of Med ford. A banquet will be tendered Mr. llen in the near future. Those named on the committee arc J. F. Roddy, Geo. Putnam, G. R Ray, L. E. Wakeman, W. M. Col- vig, J. M. Keene, A. E. Renmes, B. F. Mulkcy, II. C. Gnrnett, H. C. Kent- ner, A. A. Unvis, Frank Tou Voile, W. I. Vnwter, J. M. Root, W. S. Crowell, J. E. Enynrd, J. D. Olwell, P. C. Page, Dr. Eberhardt, Delrov Getchel, A. II. .Miller, J. A. Wester- lund, P. V. Medynski, Blaine Klum, A. Nye Edgnr Hafer, E. N. War- nor, Mayor Canon, E. A. Welsh, A. S. Rosenbaum, P. II. Hollis, R. II. Par sons, J. A. Perry, E. B. Piekel, Hal L. Conrad, H. S. Dudley, R. H. Whitehead, Clarence Renmes, F. F.. Merrick, C. I. Hutchinson. President Colvig today wired an invitation to President Lewis Hill of tho Great Northern, inviting him to visit Medford ns tho guest of tho peoplo dumg the present trip. RAILROAD EMPLOYE GETS BULLET THROUGH ARM George Aleyao is in tho Southern TO WORK Oregon hospitnl nursing n sore nrm!coss nnd incidentally congratulating him self that tho bullet took thnt par ticular direction instead of catching nm in n vital spot. Thursday morning a bunch of Ital ian laborers woro hnvinj; i. frioudlv celebration. Ono of tho partv was nourishing a revolver m sport whon it Avns discharged, the ball striking Aloyne. Fortunately for him the re volver was of light cnlibro nnd tho bullet, hitting him just below the el bow, passed almost entirely nronnd the bones of tho arm and wns tnkon out nonr tho point of entrance, in flicting only a flesh wound. Ho will bo nt his work in a few days. 200 BELIEVED Rescuers Enter Mine Several Hundred Feet and Find Number of Bodies Flames Shot Up 300 Feet When Gas Explosion Occurred No Hope for Any Who Were In Mine at Time. BIRMINGHAM, Aln., Mny 0. - Flames shot 300 feet from tho Stnto and government officials today mouth of tho shaft when the oxplo todk oxygen holmots to Miuo Three sion ocourred. From this, mino of- of tho Palos Coal Company, 25 milos from hero whoro 200 minors woro on- tomber by n gas explosion yestor-1 day, Tho mino wns ontored this morning, tho rcscuors making their way sov- oral hundred foot from tho entrance whoro sovoral bodies woro found. All nro helioved to bo dead. No attempt has yot boon made to bring up tho bodios. TH RASHER KILL 3FFIDERS WORK ON THAT THEORY Miss Mabel Putnam, Pretty and At tractive, Was Showered With At tentions by Thrasher Many Others Admired Young Woman and Jealous Rival May Have Killed Him. JK $750 REWARD. Seven hundred and fifty dollars' reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who murdered Jesse F. Thrasher at Ayres Spur on the night of May 2. Jackson county offers S250, S250 by the relatives of the deceased and $250 by the Ashland Manufacturing com pany. Did tho attentions paid by Jesso F, Thrasher, the young man who was found with his head beaten in In his bunk nt Ayres Spur on Tuesday morn ing, to Mabel Putnam, a demure, at tractive young miss of some 21 sum mers, arouse Jealousy In some ri val's breast and bring about his death? If so, which of tho admirers of tho girl Is guilty of tho crime? Believe Greeks Innocent. That is tho problem the county of ficials who are investigating the death of young Thru3her are seeking to solve with but little success. It is now believed that the six Greek la borers who wero arrested Tuesday and charged with tho crime aro inno cent, ns all attempts to fasten tho crime upon them has failed. And from jthem tho officers, seeking a cluo, have turned to the attentions which young i rnrasner showered upon Miss Put nam, tho daughter of tho boarding house keeper at Ayres Spur. But so far they have mot with- but llttlo suc- Tho only facts which have been established so far aro: Young Thrash er Is dead: he was killod by blows upon tho head dollvorod with great force; that a blunt instrument wns sod; thnt tho instrument was a heavy knotty pieco of oak, thtf- trunk appa rently of an oak grub sonio two Inches in diameter, which, covered with blood, was found neor tho sceno of tho crime. w Had Been Drinking. Tho story of tho happenings at tho Spur on tho evonlng before the crime was committed has been told at tho Investigation which Is being conduct- ed In Ashland In tho court of Captain Egglestotr. This investigation has oc- E 'fioials doclared, tho minors must lmvo run into n gas pocket, Fifty of tho workmen entombed are ! white. The othors nro nogroes. j A roscuing party without holmots ontored tho mino today and wont fur enough to find bodies but woro forced !to retreat on account of tho gasos. Somo of tho rescuers woro ovorcomo nnd hnd to bo dragged out of tho Jmino by their companions. HIM EOR 0 YOUNG WOMAN? cupldd two days and will probably continue until tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam, with their two daugh ters, Mabel, aged 21, and Maud, aged 16, conduct a boarding houso for tho employes of the Ashland Manufactur ing company at tho Spur. Thoy hare several boarders, among them bolng A. L. Burnett, Nikolas Joy, Edwnrd Davidson, Ray Rhoades and the young man who was murdered. On tho eve ning in question Davidson, who had visited the' valley, returned with a Jug of liquor and ho nnd Thranhor drank most of it. Tho six Greeks, who afterwards arrested charged with tho crime, also had some liquor and they gave a portion of this to the 'two young men. Was Put to Bed. As the evening woro on Thrasher began to show the effects of tho liquor and when ho attempted In thla Uta to force his attentions upon Miss Putnam she asked young Rhoades, who vas a friend of Thrash er's, to put the young man to bed. This Rhoades did, both ho and the girl testify. Rhoades, so far la tho last person so far found who saw the young man alive. None of the testimony as yet of fered by tho members of tho party show that any quarrel at any tlma had taken place, other thman a llttlo trouble Thrasher had had with Joy In the kitchen of the boarding house, when Joy refused to quarrel with him as he (Thrasher) was intoxicated. Many Admirers. Miss Putnam is rather an attrac tive girl, and being tho only young woman at tho Spur to whom tho young men could pay court, had, nat urally, a number of admirers. This fact the officers are making tho most of, bubt Miss Putnam states that she showed no particular attentton to Thrasher which could cause any of tho other boys to tako exception. However, she naively added in her testimony, perhaps a mind distorted by Jealousy might misconstrue some of her actions. No Sound Heard. No sound was heard by any of tho people at tho Spur during tho night, and no signs of a strugglo wero found. Death must hnvo come with almost tho first blow. Tho officers have discarded the theory of robbery, as none of tho effects of tho young man wero iuIhs Ing and his clothing contained a cor taln amount of silver and ono or two gold pieces. A ring upoa hla fIngor. of curious design and costly, was not tnkqn. Thrnshor's body was found tho next morning by Rhoades, who wont to awaken him. His head had been crushed In by blows from a club and blood was spattorod over tho surrounding wnlls. Tho dead man had evidently not mov fd after ho hud been struck, oven tho bedclothes being undisturbed. Tho coroner and district attorney aro inclined to bollovo thnt tho Greolc Inborors are not connected with tho i, i,1iii , ,.. lt. no motlvo can bo found. At tho ingestlgation Rhoades tes tified that at tho request of Mabel Putnam ho hnd taken tho young man to bed and gavo tho particulars of finding tho body In tho morning. Ills story was told In a striehtforward mnnnor throughout. Davidson on tho stand displayed much nervousness and told of tho accurrencos of the nftornoon. Ho refused to enter the bunkhouso and view tho body. Joy told tho story of tho afternoon and ovonlng, corroborating tho tootlmony of tho other witnesses. Ho scorned tho loss concerned of tho lot. Tho investigation may and may not bo completed this afternoon, but mny contlnuo until tomorrow. Tho cor oner's jury which Is hearing tho case Is composod of John T. Pntty, W. A. Storm, R. J. Shaw, W. T. Loaguo, 13. F. Smith and M. O. BroBclor. If thoro's a half-likolihocd of your moving soon, tho want ads aro Hvo reading; matter for you nowadays.