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rjt 4 VUr . ? : aofc-V o0t c& , Tttt t i fti ?" Medford Mail Tribune UNITKI) PRESS ASSOCIATION Pull Loaned Wlro Ilcport. FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 i i Tho only pnpor la tho wort published In a city tho ilse of Medford baring a. lonsod wlr. mimi yjdab. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1910. No. 77. $110,000 FOR FEDERAL BUILDING HERE l I l "Vi; $5,000,000 FOR OPERATION Will BRING EASTERN COIN 10 LOCAL FIELD Southern Orcfion Land & Trust Company, With Capital of $5,000, 000, Is Incorporated Purpose Is to Loan Eastern Money In South ern Orcnon. Articles of incorporation weiu fil ed today by thu Southern Oregon Lund fi Trust company with a capi tal of $5,000,000. Tim incorporator arc John It. Allen, 1-'. L. Ton Vollu and Ogdon II. WillmiiiH. Tho com pany will fill a long-felt want by loaning ciiHtoni money in Southern Oregon. The capital Ntock consists of 60.1)00 tdiurcii at $100 each. .Med ford is named iih tho principal plucu of busiltCHH. When .Mr. Allen was nuked about tltu corporation and if it was in tended to coma into competition with tliu banks of Roguo River valley ho replied in tho negative, Hinting that there wnH nut tiiiffioiont local capital nvailalilo to properly curry on mid keep paeo with the valley'H rapid de velopment, and tho corporation wan made simply to Hiipply thut need. When linked when tho company would begin biiHiucHH ho replied uh soon uh ha should return from the cast, probably about tho middle of July. Tho nrliclos of incorporation cover n wide range of business, ns follews: Tlio untorprlno, IiuhIiichb, purauU or occupation In which MiIh corpora tlon propoHOB to angnga Ih: (n) To buy, soil, mortgngo, ront, Improve, dovolrp, oxcIiiuiko or othor '.vIho acquire, or dlupoHo of, trade ami deal In real property, Improved and unlrprovod; to build, conntrcct and alter Iiouhoh or othor buildings thereon, and to manage, dovolop mid Improve real propoity generally. (h) To buy. hoU, acquire, own, hold, inortrfa;;e, pledge, lease, as sign, trnniif'jv, trado and deal In and .with goods, wr.ros and inorchnndlao, r.nd property of every Itl'd, nature nnd doHrriptlon, pertaining to tho real eHtato u'mlucbH, and to carry on ucch liiiHliioaii or any o'itor bunlno3, which may propoily or conveniently bo connected thorowltf , nnd to con duct a general real catnto agency and. brol(eiYi(o biiBlnoas, and to net an ngont, broKor, or nttornoy In fact, of any poraon, firms, or corpora tions, In buying, hoIIIuk nnd dealing In real property or Uh arroBflorlo. (c) To lay out and pint any roal property, belonging to tho corpora- (Continued on Page Right.) TRAIL LUMBER CO. MAKES BIG SALE Soils 4680 Acres Timber Laud In tho Trail District to W. Dwlnuoll for Over $100,000 Tract Has Upon It Somo Very Flno Timber. One of tho latgesl sales of timbui' lauds at present undeveloped, in the history of Jackson county, was in a tie by the Trail Lumber Co., of which J. T. Oagnon is miiiinger. to W. S Dwiunell, comprising -1(180 acres of laud on the headwaters of Tiail crook, in townships '.12 and !l!l, J west and !l!l, 1 west. Tho consideration in tho ugiuu liient of sulo is slatod us $117,070. Tho tract involved coinpiiHod hoiho very fine tiiubor lands and i.i duo for development .Vithlu tho next fow years, IAN GUE RAILROAD BILL AT LAS! IS IN OF IAFI Houso Adopts Conference Report and Bill Badly Shattered From Or dinal Goes to President, Who Is Expected to Slti It Part Will Be Effective at Once. WASHINGTON. 1). C, June 18. Tho house toduy, by viva voce reso lution, adopted the conference re port on the railroad admiuiHtrntion bill. Tho report now goes to the prcHidcut for his signature. It in taken as a foregone coucliis ion thut Tuft'n name will be append ed. He bus been in conference with the coui'rchMonul leader and tho bill as finally adopted wan finally changed by tho conferee somewhat to suit tho president'! ideas. Tho cluiiNo giving the interstate commerco commission power, to huh pend rates while they determine their fnirnosB will bo effective .is hooii uh tho president's name it signed to tho measure. FINDS LOST RUBBER FROG IN STOMACH OF A SNAKE YOUNGSTOWN, O., Juno 18. Tho unaccountable loss of a newly acipiired rubber frog several daya ago in Wick Park caused its owner, a little girl, to be inconsolable. Tho toy disappeared and search as she might for the frog, the child's nurse was unable to find it. It was bo lieved the frog, a bright, now and natural looking product, hud been stolen. The mysterious disappearance bus been explained. A blaeksuako was found by u caietaker dead in the grass in the pnrk. Its body was un liaturallv distended nnd ho decided to investigate. The post mortem dis closed tho suuke had swallow cd tho rubber frog. Tho mukeup of the frog was so lifelike tho snake was fooled into grabbing it as it lay in the grass, and having taken hold tho reptile could ueithor disgorge it nor digest it. SEEKS DIVORCE FROM NIECE WHO WEDDED HIM TWICE DENVER, Juno 18. Twico mnr ried to her uncle, George Raymond, tho doubly related man, according to Bessie Raymond, sent lior out to Salt Lake so ho could get a divorce for desertion. The case was tried before Judgo Greeley Whit ford, but Raymond did not got his divorce Mrs. Ituymoud declined thut ho hud sent here theie nnd then failed to support her on her two children. Tho couple weio tirst married in 181)1), divorced in 11)05, remurried in inOfl. Mru. Hnymond ib the daugh ter of hor hubbitud's sister. LAKE COUNTY TRAVEL DIVERTED TO KLAMATH KLAMATH FALLS, Oro., Juno IS. Much of tho Lake county travol Is now passing through this city. Throo automobile lines are In operation nnd all aro doing a good business. Lalco county pcoplo find It much mora con venient to come to Klamath Kails by automobile and then lenvo over tho Southern Pacific thnn to travol over tho N. C, O, to Rono, Nov. It Is an nounced that tho narrow gnugo road Is to bo extended from Reno to Lnko vlow UiIb your. HANDS ED RIVER VALLEY THOUSANDS ARE HEAVHLOODS Soldiers Burn Dead to Prevent Con tagionLists of Dead Are Being Compiled, But as Yet Are Incom plete Hundreds Suffer From Exposure. BERLIN, Juno 18. Thousands of Hungarians, 300 Servians, 300 Ger mans, 200 Swiss and 100 Austrians were drowned in tho flood that swept Central Kuropo during tho last few days, according to reorts received hero. Lists of dead aro being compiled, but ns vet aro incomplete. Hundreds of persons in Lower Germnnv. Switzerland, Austria nnd Scrvia nre marooned nnd suffering from hunger nnd exposure. Soldiers uro burning the dead to prevent contagion. GERMAN PROTESTANTS AROUSED BY ENCYCLICAL BERLIN, Juno IS. Sovoral thou sand Protestants took part In demon strations In Ilorlln today, nnd mass meetings wero hold at Esson, Magde burg nnd many othor cltlea In de nunciation of tho papal oncycllcal, re cently Issued, condemnatory of re ligious reformers and making special reforenco to Martin Luther. Resolutions calling for tho strong est nctlon bytho government woro ndopted and hnvo boon forwarded to tho Imporlnl chancellor. Tho manlfeatrntH docorntod tho Luther memorials with wreaths. SENATE IS TO LOOK NTO BRIBERY CASE Committee on Elections anil Privi leges Will Investigate Charges of Bribery in Lorlmcr's Election. WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno IS. rho sonato committee on olectloiiB and privileges today decided to In vestigate Jio charges of bribory In connection with tho olectton of Son ntor Lorlmor of Illinois during tho fluirnior locosso. Chairman Durrows today reported a resolution piovldlng for tho Investigation. MYSTERY IN USE OF A 15-YEAR-OLD LICENSE TO WED CHICAGO, Juno 18. Tho uso in West Hnmmond of a nmrringe li cense lf voars old by a couple giv ing tho names of Julius Hoffman and Heuiiettu Domko and the fact that tho venorablo liconso proed to bo good created much interest in West Hammond, but still greater in terest in Julius Hoffmun, who with his wife, Henrietta, lives at No. 2332 West Fifty-second streot. Whon a reporter visited the Hofl- mini residence two young mon nnd u girl said that thoy uro children of Mr. nnd Mrs. Julius Hoffmun, wlulo a third Young muu said ho i u stop- sou of Hoffman and that ho and a sister older than liimsolf nvo ohil- dieu of Mrs. Hoffman by nuothor husband nnd woro born boforo sho mnrriod Hoffman 10 years ago. Thoy said boforo hor nuirruigo her uauio was Domko. 1 DROWNED AMOUNT IS SECURED IN HOUSE OIL Congressman Hawley Advises Lo cal Representative That He Has Succeeded in Getting $110,000 for Building Here in Reported Build ings Bill. "Washington, D. C.f Juno 18. D. B. Russell, Medford, Or.: Have se cured in public buildings bill, which was reported todny $110,000 for site nnd erection of n public build ing for Medford. (Signed.) "W. C. HAWLEY." Tho nbovo dispatch was received last evening by D. B. Russell, tho lo cal representative of Congressman Hnwley, from Mr. Hnwley, and indi cntes that conditions arc favorable for the securing of a $110,000 fed eral building for this city. Such n building lias long been needed here to house tho various government offices located in this city, which include the postofficc, tho federal court, n fruit expert of tho department of ngrieuHnrc. the land commi'.sionor, (he forestry ser- ico nnd for a weather bureau, which it is hoped will soon be established here. ATTEMPT MADE TO WRECK FAST VALLEY TRAIN Tie Is Placed Across Track of tho Rogue River Valley Railroad Near Pcrrydalc, But Is Seen in Time by Driver Dense Brush Hides the Trace. What appeavs to hnvo been a de liberate attempt to wreck tho motor car on tho Rogue Rivor Vnlloy rail road was made Friday night near Perrydale, where a tie had bcon placed across the trnok in such a way that tho car would likely bo thrown from the rails. Fortunately the obstruution was soon in time by Will llarnum, who was driving the cur, to praotically stop tho machine boforo the lie w'ns struck. No injury resulted nor could unvono bo found in tho vicinity of the attempted wreck. The dense brush on tho Miuth side of (ho trnok ut (his point mnkc an ideal hiding plueo for miscreants cowardly enough to endanger the lives of a cailoud of people in such n mnniior. TEDDYS FAME IS NOW COMPLETE; COCKTAIL IS NAMED AFTER HIM ST. LOUIS, Mo Juno 18. St. Lou Is roundora woro todny troated to a drink lnbolod "T. R. cooktn.ll." Thoy agreed It was proporly named. It was stronuous. "Pop" Harris, tin artltlcor of tho mahogany nnd out glass pnlacos, workod for many days to porfoct a bovorngo worthy, of a namp nftor tho groat cosntopolltan, Last ovontiiL' ho cried "Euroka" and hurriedly summoned his frlonds R ROW Al BIO SPORTING CONGRESS GETS STATEHOOD DILI OFF TO TAFT House Adopts Senate Statehood Bill and If Now Awaits Signature of President Arizona and New Mex ico Will Be Admitted as Separate States at Once. WASHINGTON. D. C, June 18. Tho house today adopted the senate statehood bill providing for the ad mission of Arizona nnd New Mexico as states. Tho house had previously adopted a statehood bill. When this meas ure went to the senate, the senate bill was substituted for it nnd pass ed. The house adopted the sennte substitute, thus avoiding the neces sity for sending the measure to con ference. Members declared that if tho bill went to conference it would bo emasculated. President Tnft strongly fnv&red the senate bill and urged lenders in tho house to secure its ndoptum. Therefore, it is expected that his signature will soon be nttnehed. Tho voto on the measure in the house was unanimous. It provides for the admission of Arizona and New Mexico ns sepa rate states. Tho state constitutions must be improved by congress nnd the president. A million ncres of land nre set nsido ns public domain in each tate to provide for the paying of out standing county bond. Tho house educational limitation of the' risrht of franchise wns not in the senate bill ns finally adopted. JEWELERY SALESMAN FOUND IN TRUNK Girl Opens Trunk and Finds Body Police Believe Man Was Robbed and Then Shipped in Trunk. NEW YORK. Juno IS. Tho body of Mosca Sacks, a Jewelry man, was found In n trunk In tho hallway of n East Sldo tenement houso today. Tho trunk was loft thero by nn ex pressman yesterday. Tho pollco bollovo Sacks was rob bed and murdered. Sovornl empty jowolry cases woro In tho trunk with tho body. A Jnnltrees oponed tho trunk today and discovered tho body, which was so cramped that tho lid flow open whon sho turned tho lock. Suit Added to Johnson's List. SAN FRANCISCO, Juno IS. An other link lu tho legal tangles of Jack Johnson wnB added today when D. E. Dcscckor filed a suit In Justlco court to recovor $50 from tho chnm- plon for payment of a month's wngos alleged to bo owing to Prank Jeffries, n formor sparring partner of tho'no gro. as Jurors extraordinary. Tho "T. R." cocktail It 13 claimed will mako Hon fighters out of mollycoddles ,nd oven lnfluonco a govornmont official to do bnttlo with a malofnctor of groat wonltli. "Pop" attomptod to roclto tho rec- Ipo for tho mixture Tho rocltal of tho Ingrodlonts occupied 15 minutes nnd by that tlmo covoral "T. Rs" had Leon consumod and tho magic reclpo foil on unuoodlng ears. EVENT FORGER CAUGHT HERE AND HELD FOR GRAND JURY Young Man Is Haled Before Canon and Sent Over the Road Worked His Game Once Too Often and Is Nabbed by Bootblack, Who Caught On. Norman R. Grnnfhnin, carrying a cardcasc announcing that ho is mak ing his way from New York across the continent and back on a $5000 wager without a dollor to start with, came to a stop in Medford Friday, the reason therefor being that he used another man's name in vain, the same hying that of Charles Brown of Eagle Point, nnd the man ner thereof,: a .forged check, or rather, two of them. Grantham passed through Medford March 12, this year, on his long hike, which was supposed to termin nte 4n August, nndcarries in his notebook a clipping from tho Mail Tribune to that effect. However, he evidently missed tho trail and has been in the valley for n couple of weeks or more. Friday he came to Medford and purchased goods from the II. C. Kentner Co., tendering a check on the Medford National Bank, osten sibly signed by Charles Brown, and indorsed it "Ilnrry Stringer." Tho check was for $21.55 and Grantham received several dollars in change. At the Wnrdrobe, on the west side, ho presented n check on the snmo party, indorsed John F. Martin, for $27.50, nnd after his purchases had been deducted thero was $0.50 in cash to the good. As it happens, William Brown, or 'Buster," ns ho is hotter known, who conducts tho shoo shining department nt Ireland & Antlo's Smokehouse, happened to bo in tho storo when tho purchase was made and noticed the man particularly. As soon as tho checks wero pre sented nt tho bank thoy wero refus ed nnd tho polico commenced looking for tho culprit. Friday evening Grantham entered Ireland & Antlo's storo nnd asked for chango for a $10 check. "Bus ter" was shining a pair of shoes, but as soon ns ho saw tho man ho dropped his brushes and bout it for tho back door. Meeting Policeman Kinenid on the street he told him where ho could catch tho forger, and Kinenid caught him as ho was walk ing leisurely down tho streot, nfter having failed to work the Smoke house for tho $10. As n conse quence, "Bustor" is $10 richer now, ns F. S. Brandon, of tho Wnrdrobe, had offorcd thnt sum for tho identi-' fiention of tho forger. j On arraignment boforo Just ico inuon, urautnnm unit nothing io I say, and was bound over to the. Wmnd ,iury on two charges, with bail nt $500 in eaoh ease. ! He said, however, that he would ' try and got in communication with, l.! P.-ll - 0-...1 i r i .... . ' ins minor in Dominion, i-iuuc usuiro, Englnnd and nrrnngo for a dofonse. ' t f IH MANY DIE FROM HEAT IN CHICAGO 1 CHICAGO, 111., Juno 8. Two denths from boat occur red today, making eight denths in two days as a re sult of tho heat wave. To day's victims woro striokon on tho street. -t- ' ! '- OF GETTING OF CENTURY MILITIA NOT ! NEEDED, FIGHT WAS CALLED OFF Promoter Blot Yesterday "Post poned" Kaufman-Langford MiH After He Was Assured That Stale Officials Were Not Running a Bluff on Him. SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 18. It has been practtolly decided to hoU the big fight at Reno. Sam Berger, Jeffries' manager, said tonight that Jack Gloason had Informed him that arrangements had virtually been completed for hold ing the fight In the Nevada metrop olis. .Move Camp Monday. Jeffries' camp will be moved Mon day to Moana Hot Springs, Just out side of Reno, and Jack Johnson will go to Laughton's Hot Springs somo tlmo Monday. Advices from Reno state that that city Is preparing to seo the Jeffries Johnson fight. Sam Berger, Jeffries' managor. today engaged fifteen rooms at Mo ana Springs for training Quarters. McCarthy Is Home. Mayor McCarty arrived tonight and said he would have to go ovor the "ntlre fight situation before passing Judgment. He said he wa la favor of the fight being held hero and would not take any drastic action, preferring the governor to assume re sponsibility. McCarthy admitted that the nctlon. of tho state officials would tie his hands. Tho fight will undoubtedly go to Reno, but a small crowd will prob ably attend, as nearly overy west bound special train has beon can celled. State Park, on tho lino of the (Continued on Page S.) MURDERED MEN BAD RELATIVES IN VALLEY Newall Brothers, Who Were Recent ly Murdered In Lake County, Were Cousins of Himmerslcy Boys. , Horbort mid Waltor Newell, who wero murdered in Lake county on Juno 0 by Isnno Harrold, n sheop- herdor, who hud been employed by them, wero cousins of the llnmmors- lv brothers of Gold Hill. Tho mur dered men woro 22 and 24 years ovW, tlio sons of Honry Newell, a pio neer of Luko county, whoro tho hoys woro born and rmsod. lhoy owned 4000 sheen, having got their start us children by raising n fow pot Iambs. Ono of them had just returned from college. Hnrrold had beon employed bv them for somo tirao, mid his work not proving satisfactory, ho was dis charged. Tho shooting was tho re sult of an altercation which occurred whon it cnino to sottling up. Ilur rold had not boon considered a dan gerous character. Ono of tho boys loft u nolo tolling how tho murder occurred. Tho bodies woro discovorod -nftor n search mado whon tho boys did not como in with ft bunch of shoop uh ex pected, A man-hunt was nt onua organized and wont in pursuit. It was not oxpeoted that ho would al low himself to ho takon alive,' hd he was onpturod Tuesday nftor a fight in which ho wnn wounded. 4 i