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,m. - r-sfrdwW, 'i--n3-)jftvfa rMwytwwflp" Oregon HlstorJcai oi city Hsffl ,i f Medford Mail Tribune tiiic wiflvnucit. unitkd vnmm amooiation Fall Leaacd Wire Kepert. Tonight mid Wudmimlny- Pnrt l.y cloudy, I'ohhIIiIu showera. Wodnumltiy -Clour, warmor. The only paper la the worli publfahed In a city the tlM et Medford having a leaaedl wir. 1OTTII YEAH. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1910. No. 55. I ROOSEVELT I Of Former President Heart and Soul With Opponents of Administration, Declares Report of Committco Now Mado Public for First Time Tried to Induce Taft to Favor Them. m WAHIUNUTON, I). 8. May 24. Thnt Theodore Roosovolt to with the iniiurgontif, heart nml nuul, Is tlio gtot of ii hitherto uiipuhllHhod report mado by n committee of ItiBiirKontn to a cnuciiH of tho Uoiiiio proKronnlvcH In Mnrch, 1009. Tlio endorsement wnH kIvdii tlio InmirKontK In tlio iitronu oufl cloning days of HoohovoU'ii ad mlnlHtrntlon. With thin support hohlnd thorn, tlio ItmiBO progrcRHlvos, with "RoorovoU nnd Insurgency" nn tho battle cry, nro plntmlng a torrlflo campaign next rail that will nwoop tho formor president Into tho whirlpool of politic. Tho ondorncmont, which foniiK tho ground work ot tho campaign plnn, whb given to Ropreflontntivo Nelson of WlHcottHln, Roprcsontntlvo flard Inor of Mnmucl.uHottn nnd Represen tative Madison of Kmihob. Tho thrco roproiiontatlvoB woro Bont a a com mlttoo by tno Insurgents to Roosovolt to obtain oiidorHOtnonl of tho Insur gent pollcloH. Thoy appeared before tho caucun and mado n roport of tho rcnult of tholr mlsHlon. Tho roport Is horo mado public for tho flrnt tlmu: Cniinon nn Obstacle. On Mnrch 3, 1900, tho roport do- claros, HoobovoK propoiod to glvo ncprcRontatlvo Nolnon nn chairman of tho Insurgent commlttoo a letter on dorolng tho flRht mado b; tho pro gressives on Speaker Cannon, and tho hoiiBo ruloB. Ho oxprosNod thorough sympathy with tho proKroflBlvos and Bald: "Cannon linn boon tho RreatoRt obatnelo to my offortn to aouuro Reed lCRlBlntloa throtiRhout my administra tion." On March i, nftor having npont an ovonliiR with Tnft, HoorovoU asked tho InnurRontH to oxcuro him from wrltlnR a formal lottor IncorporntlnR thoRo vlown on tho Rround thnt Hiich a letter iiiIrIiI ombarraRu tho now ad ministration. Ankid Tnft'B Help. Standing In tho proaldont'n room In (Continued on Page Five.) ELEC1 ION TODAY IS VERY QUIET At 2 This Afternoon Less Than 100 Votes Had Been Cast Indications Are Territory Will Bo Admitted. Tho election boliiR hold In Mod ford today for tho purposo ot voting In additional torrltory to tho city of Medford la ono of tho moat qulot ovor held In tho city, At 2 o'clock loaa than 100 votoa hnd boon cast. Tho torrltory which la npplylng for ad mlaiilon In that woBt of Onkdnlo nvo nuo and south of tho Jackaonvlllo roiil. Prom nil Indications, tho mnt tor will bo carried and tho torrltory admlttod, PORTLAND CROWDS SEE COMET AND ECLIPSE PORTLAND, Or., May 24. It iH intimated thnt 00,000 porsoiiH alimbod tho hoiRhts Burroumling Portland laBt niKht to Rot u viow of Ilnlloy'a comet durinpr tho total oolipso of tho moon, Strootonra to Mount Tabor, Coun cil Crest and Portland IToif,'hts woro jnmmod with oxpootnnt, humanity, while tho roads loading to highor nl titudoH woro alivo with Hpoodinfr au tomobilofl, loadad down with oomot Knjtorfl; There was a circus in town, but it could not compoto with tho sky vaudovillo offorod by mothor nnturo, INSURGENTS Brooklyn Man Who Claims To Be Heir to English Throne. r ' "" ' w , ' MK- BBJj ' i i 'i ' mil BittKSfUmVli tQkL MsWMssMBJsBwBMfcftK ,fr til vsoBnflHK Jtlm (J. K, V. UiK'Iph towtTH over six feet four luchi, It a pod Judgu of Kentucky bourbon, looks like nn Indlutia circuit rider of the old xchool, ItnM a Vauki-e twaiiR In lalbliiR and heapn of nerve. Guelph, or l'rlnco John, u h he InslnLi on beltiR called, la, uccordltiR to Ida story, the hou of the late KIiir Kdwnrd of ICiiRlnnd. Hu hna n lawyer and n innnH of papers which, ho cIiiIiiim, will provo Ida rlRht to bo the ruler of Great Itrltatn. Ho is Rolng to Loudon within tho next two weeks to lay hla claim "before my brother, How Kiiit; fioorce." (iuelph Iiiih a Ioiir lilxtory In and around New York and for inontliH lived at the Plnzu hotel, He hna two BcrvnntH, who address him an "your lillineci." Whero Ouclpb secures hla money hna bceu a mystery, but hu Rlve the Impression that It cornea from England. "This point will ko to prove my right to the throno when I make public my letters nnd whero I Bocuro my mouoy," nnld Trlnco John. In the meantime Prince John hna Rlrcn up twenty dollar a day liotrl rooms for it more modest room nt 100 Montague street, Brooklyn. "You (," ho explains, "my father hnd been 111 for nemo timo." WATER RATES FIXED TONIGHT Council to Determine How Much Citi zens Will Pay for Aqua Pura Rates Operative Throuuhout Year. After two montliB of consideration tho water committco of tho city coun cil! will In nil probability Uila ovcnlnR mnko tholr roport to tho city council. Howovor, tholr roport la not comploto and tholr action tonight will simply put tho mattor up to the council ns n whole. Tho water raton aro provlnR ono of tho blRRoat probloms tho council linn ns yot tackled. An equitable adjust ment la most difficult. No monthly rnto ban aH yot boon determined upon. Tho commlttoo bollovcn thnt tho beat course to pursuo la to fix a rnto for ench Iioubo nnd buslnosa block nnd chnrRo It nRalaBt tho proporty. Then there will bo no losa through romo- val of tonnnta. Tho rnto fixed will bo operatlvo tho ontlro year. This will keop up tho rovonuo, which tho city needB, In tho wlntor months and provont proporty ownors from shutting off tho wntor. MOVING PICTURES IN SCHOOLS FOR MILWAUKEE MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 21. That moving pictures installed In tho public schools will offset tho evils of tlio nickel thoator is ono of tho sur- Rostions mndo bv Mayor Einil Soidol thnt has Riven tho ministors of Mil- mnukoo somolliint; to reflect upon, The Socialist mayor attondod a inoot iiiK of tlio ministers yesterday and talked about reform. Ono minister sugROstod that it was to try to r'ivo p;ood, wholesomo nmuBotnont to tho boys of Milwaukee as loner ns tho niokol theaters were allowed to opornto. Tho picture bIiows, it was ohnrgod, hnd nn evil influence. l'lnd today's boat advortlcod bnr- gnln from your viewpoint, and thon nnawor the adl MISTAKE KITE FOR AIR SHIP Crowds Watch Supposed Aeroplane, Which Turns Out to Be a Device for Photoaraphlno City. Medford suddenly becamo wildly excited Monday afternoon upon tho approach ot n lingo aeroplane from tho north. Tho howb spread llko wlld firo and It was only a tow moments until traffic on Main strcot near tho depot wbb blocked, whilo scores of faces were turned heavenward, The ncroplano npproached tho city rapidly. It resembled tho famous ma chlno of "Wright brothers and a man could plainly bo soon seated astrldo tho lower plane. A few of tho moro enthusiastic ones vowed that they could hear tho staccato barklns of tho engine. A nunibor claimed that It was Paul Ely oa his way down from Suthcrlln. Howovor, tho machlno soon devel oped Into a hugo box klto, which a number of photogrnphora woro fly ing In ordor to obtain a bird's oyo vlow of tho city. Tho blnck objoct wna n camora which wnB so nrrangod that tho shutter could bo snappod from tho earth. ASHLAND TO VOTE BONDS FOR SCHOOL Tlio ABhlnnd city board of educa tion hiiB called n special olootion of tho loRnl voters of school district No. C, to bo held on Juno 1-1, to vote on tho nuostion of tho authorization of a bond issuo of $76,000 to provido grounds and a nuw high school build ing to moot tho growing nooda of the district, and roliovo tho present con gestion in the publio sohools of tho city. This is tlio first prolimmnry toward tho carrying out of n projoct which tho board has had undor con sideration for somo timo pnst. Tho bonds must bo nuthorizod boforo tho board can tnko any action whntovor toward tlio securing of n sito or ronoliing a dotonninntion in tho mnt ,tor of a bidding, SINKS NCOH 18 Lake Steamer Is Rammed Durlnrj a Dense Fog and All But Five of Crew Lose Lives Jumped Over board and Are Drawn Down ny Rush of Water When Vessel Sinks. CLEVELAND, May 24. .Eighteen of tho 23 mombers of tho crow of tho Btcnmor Frank H. Goodyear woro drownod today when tho veBBel sank after a collision with tho steamer Jnmca IJ, Wood. Tho Wood rammed tho Goodyear, tearing a big holo in her hull. Tho water rushed In llko a torrent and tho Goodyear sank almost Instnntly. Tho collision occurred off Port BnrcucH, Lake Huron, in a fog. The Wood was Boveroly damaged, two oles having been knocked in her bow. Tho Wood arrived nt Port Huron to day. Tho mombor8 of tho crow re fused to discuss tho accident further than to soy that tho collision occur red during a heavy fog. Most of tho victims of tho disaster lived at Algona, Mich. Tho crow of tho Goodyear Jumped overboard when tho accident occur red nnd tho crow of tho Wood throw lifelines to them. It Is believed that moBt of tho drowned woro drawn down by tho rush of water when tho big vessel sank. Tho heavy fog made tho work of attempted rescuo diffi cult. Among tho known dead aro Mrs. T. II. Bassett and her daughter of Marino City, Mich. Captain Hemlnger of tho Goodyear was rescued and was brought to Port Huron on tho Wood. Ho refused to discuss tho accident. Tho Wood remained near tho scene of tho accident for several hours In an attempt to savo tho crow of tho Goodyear, but tho fog provented suc cessful rescuo work. ILLINOIS LEGISLATOR TRIED FOR BRIBERY CHICAGO, III., May 24. Tho trial of Leo O'Neil Browne, Democratic house leader of tho Illinois legisla ture, charged with bribery in connec tion with tho election of William Lor imer to tho United States senate, was begun here today. Attorneys for the defense moved to quash the indict ment and a lone argument was begun. 3 NEGROES 1 WHITE KILLED IN RACE WAR Uprislnn Quelled After Fatalities Which Started In Quarrel Both Sides Arming. HOGALUSA, La., May 24. Tho doath of thrco negroes and ono whlto man, tORothor with tbe wounding of a rcoro of negroes nnd whites at a plcnlo nt Sun, La., yesterday, was re potted horo today In a mossago ask'ng aid In suppressing a raco riot. Whites and blacks woro said to bo arming and n sorlous raco war im pending. Lator advices indicated that tho uprising had boon quollod. A quarrol botweon a whlto and a nogro la said to havo started tho trouble LUMBERMEN PURCHASE GRAY'S HARBOR PRODUCT IIOQUIAM, Wash., May 21. That San Francisco nnd San Pedro lum ber buyers nro ondoavoring to pnr- ohnso lumber in Otrny's Harbor, do Bpito thoir announcement Inst your to tho effect that thoy would not pay tho prioo domntidod by loonl miilmon, is indioatod today by tho prosonco of a numbor of California buyers. Although no big snlos havo been nnnounood, it is n rocognizod fnct that tho , California, men aro nogotU nting with miilmon for shipments, A Twenty-two Story Building Grown Old Fashioned In Ten Years $l'ii& Grid? frit JtffltmJL VV S'Ji f'.?ftBwL? '' "U '' J, BHHHHHSB'i- y$ C ' MBwu3BliBBBBMiBBBBBBl tArrow Indicate buliatne belnj; torn Uown. Root ot J. 1. Morgun' otUc In lor- ground. The Glllenser building. Wall and Nassau streets. New York city, wi bnilt some ten years ago and was considered a model twenty-two story of flco structure. Itut the owners of the ground decided the building was old fashioned grown old in ten years and now an army of workingmen nr busy tearing It down to make room for a building forty-two stories high. The new skyscraper will be the tallest In the country OLD SOLDIERS TO KEEP DAY Memorial Services and Program Pre paredGraves to Be Decorated Parade Is Arranged. Decoration day on next Monday will bo fittingly observed In Medford, and once again tho thin blue lino, a llttlo thinner perhaps than it was last ear. will bo honored as well as those who havo answered tho last great roll call. An opproprlato program has been arranged nnd all Medford will pay a tribute to tnoso wno rougni thnt a great nation might remain in tact to take its place among the pow ers of tho earth. Tho events of tho day will open early In tho morning, when tho vet ornns, togother with tholr wives and children, will gather at tho Grand Army hall and from thoro visit tho comotory to decornto tho graves of tho comrades who havo goao before. Tho Women's Rellof Corps will fur nish lunchon, which will bo partaken of In tho hall at noon. Tho events of tho day In which tho public Is requested to take part, will commenco nt 2:30 p. in., whon tho votorans will march from tho hall to tho city park, whoro a program has beon arranged. Tho Medford band will furnish music, whilo tho speak ers will bo Hon, P. II. D'Arcy of Sa lem and Rev. Bondor. vion arrival at tho park a gravo will bo decoratod, ho cravo being symbolical of all tnoso who laid down tholr lives in tho causa of llborty and a united country. Tho Grand Army men wish espec ially to Invito all old soldiers and sailors to moot with thorn and tako part In tho coromonles of tho day. An invitation has also boou Issuod to all ot tho fratorual bodl03 of tho city and all social organizations to assist In tho momorlal programs. Tho fire men and city officials will march with tho votoranB, Tho momorlal sermon will bo douv orod by Roy, Holmes at tho Baptist church on next Sunday, All aro Invit ed to attend. LADIES PROFITS J1150JY ISSUE Woman's Edition of Mail Tribune Nets Fine Sum, Which Will Be Nsed on Parks and Library. At a meeting of tho Greater Med ford club, held Monday afternoon, tho ladies voted to expend ono-half of tho money mado by their issue of tho Medford Mail Tribune lor city parks and tho other half for tho pub lio library. Tho ladies cleared ovor $1150 on tho edition, which, with tho monoy they had, gives them a fund of $1350, so that $075 will bo ex pended on city parks and an equal amount on the library. A vote of thanks to tho Mail Tribuuo manage ment was unnniraously carried. Two additional park sites were considered by tho ladies, one offered by Conray & Clancy and the other being a portion of tho Bnrneburg plnco, oast of tho city. No dofinito notion wns taken. A stook company which is soon to play for sovoral weoks in Medford lias offered to givo tho women the proceeds of thrco nights' perform ances and tho offor was uccopted. SIX BICYCLE RACERS POISONED BY RIVALS TEREMO. Italy, May 24. Six Italian bioyclo racors aro said to bo dying from poison plncod in hoir food by a rival in n raco across Italy. Tho men who woro stricken woro well in tho lend of tho fiold nnd woro bunched, and suspicion hns fallen on sevornl of tho racors just to tho rear of tho leadors. Tho suspootod racors havo boon nrrostod. LOS ANGELES CHURCHES DENOUNCE BIG FIGHT LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 24. Officers of tho Church Federation of Los Angolos today aro preparing cop ies of resolutions denouncing tho pro posed Joffrios-Johnson fight to bo forwarded to Govornor Gillott and Distriot Atiornoy Fiokort nnd Chief of Police Martin of San Francisco. ECLIPSE; LIGHTNING AND COMET Spectacular Events In the Heavens Watched by Thousands in RegM River Valley Lightning Belt Shuts Off Lights and Adds to Beauty t Celestial Performance. For nearly two hours last ovenine. the residents of Southern Oregon were offered a vaudeville perform ance in tho heavens, which is rare! v. if ever, duplicated. Tho star per former of tho evening was Ilalloy'a comet, which made good nil of tho thimrs its nrcss ncrcnts have been snying of it during tho past two months, nnd it was ably supported by tho moon, which appeared in total eclipse. Tho property man was on tho job and tho curtain wont up with a great blare of trumpets. Tho elec trician gave a demonstration which added to the beauty of tho show. and. as if natnro resented any work of. man which might interfere with tho beauty of tho performance, a bolt of lightning shut off tho electric sunnlv from Gold Ray and tho audience, nt least that portion, of it in Medford, was plunged into 'total darkness. Began at Basset. Tho evening's performance really .opened with the sunset. Tho west- Leni sky at that timo .was colored far beyond the descriptive power of man. Orange was tho color schomo, which approached at times a brilliant gold. Then as tho sun sank further from viow Stygian darkness settled over tho ski. But not for long. Soon flnshcs of lightning began to play about the heavens and peal after peal of distant thunder furnished tho overture for what was to como. Slowly tho curtain went un. The- great black clouds which had veiled tho heavens rolled back slowly and Jhcro was disclosed to view myriads of twinklinp; litttlo stars. Then thoro appeared on the sccno tho celestial hobo who makes his rounds once ev ery 78 years. When tho comet first appeared tho moon was still hidden from view behind the heavy clouds. Comet High In IleaTcns. The comet appeared high in the western heavens. A fiory ball like a (Continued on Page 8.) ROOSEVELT THANKED BY EN6LANDSIQUEEN Teddy Decides Not to Reply to Let ter Claiming His African Hunt Was Big Game Butchery. LONDON, May 24. Dowagor Queen Aloxandor today rocoived Col. Roosovolt in tho throno room ut Buckingham Palace and thanked hira for tho sympathy oxprossod by Am ericans following tho doath of King- Edward. Tlio queen mother received' Lord Strnthcona and Ambassador Reid at tho samo timo. Roosovolt today decided to not ro- ply to tho lottor of tho English Hu manitarian society, charging that his African hunt wns a big game butch ery. Roosovolt nnd Kormit wero to- gothor a greator part of tho day, Af- tor a motor trip thoy overhauled spe cimens of thoir hunt that aro being mounted by London taxidermists. SELECTING A JURY IN DOXEY MURDER TRIAL ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 24. Tho work of securing a jury in tho case of Mrs. Dora E. Doxoy, acaused of tho murder of William J. Erder, will tako tho entire day today and prob ably most of tomorrow, attorneys oonneoted with tlm trial predict, Twonty-ono of the necessary 47 ven iremen havo boon seleoted. The venire may not bo competed, before late to morrow, it is declared, VM " mi J . . r M 'S ii ! 4 I - J V ITS? k ip3&to wv-- - .I-iy ut-miiir .. ,, . . .,l. --'tlin-. M,mmiiM''tL.U'r" ttMnmm- ij&s.-."ffc"JM' immmmmmmmiaiiMk Mk