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r31. 'CM r , f,f J " 1 mi. a Medford Mail Tribune UNITKI) I'UKHS AHWOOIATIO Full Lcwii'd Wlro ItopurL. IIIIC WIOATIIKIl.- Tnnlghl and tomorrow Fulr iiml warmer. Tho onlr papor in tho rorl 4 published In a city tho lxs of ( Medford having u lonrt wlm, Ml JmT.ILYJOAR. MEDFOJID, ORJSQON, TUESDAY, JUNE ,28, 1910. No. 85. WED IN STYLE? SURE-STEAL IF ETO Edna Armstronii. Such. Is Philosophy of Young Jack sonville Girl Who Carried Her Ideals Out Is Now In Trouble and All Over nn Old White Dress Husband May Lose Brlilo Soon. Thu courtto of truo lovu struck u hard snug in thu person of Justice Dox al Jacksonville Monday. A wuuk ago George Schumpf led Edna Armstrong to tho altar. Edna was druHHod in thu "conventional bridal whitu" and tlio groom wnn proud of hur appoaraneu. Sunday Mm, Wilcox, whoso residence in va cated nil day whilo she is out al work, began looking for ft certain whltu druiiH and other articles of fouiiuiiio uppurul which should lntvo been thoru. Tlioy wuru not to bo found, Investigation brought to light tlio fact that young Mrs. buhumpf had been boon wearing a similar cohIuiiiu. Mrs. Wilcox swuru out a warrant for Edna's arrest, and a search rovualcd thu goods conceal ed tiudur the younu couple's bud. Scliiiinpf profcHricd and proved hid iiiuoceiico of any connivance. Mary Johnson, another young girl, wiih accuhed by Mm. Schumpf of having gone into thu house and taken thu thingH whllo tho Schumpf womaii stayed outside. Mary wiih released, iih thu charge could not bu stihstanti ntcd. IS ARRAIGNED IN JERSEY COURT Chief Counsel for Younu Man States That Ho Docs Not Believe Client Will Bo Returned to Italy to Faco Charlie of Munlcrinn His Wife. JBKSKY CITY, X. J., Juno 28. Porter Charlton, confessed wifo nitirdorcr, wiik arraigned before Judge ltlnir in thu court hero today. Ho wiih remanded in thu custody of tho nheriff until July 8. Hit attor neys ntatod that no attempt would bu Hindu to secure his rolousa on habeas corpus or a piinauy writ. Charlton did not appear interested in the proceedings. On tho way to court ho objuctud to having hand cuffs on his wrlstH and thev were ro inovud, Attorneys for Charlton asked a do lay of tho court order following thu arraignment, in ordur to gain an op portunity to loam tho attitude of thu fodoral government concerning riiiirllon'fl extradition to Italy. ' De lay wan also linked ponding tho re port of tho alieniHtH in tho onso. E TO USE UPPER BERTHS WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 28. Many uuaatora anil congressmen who aro riding woHtwnrd tod iy in Pull inaiiH aro occupying uppor berths bo cause of tho rush to Rono, Tho low ora woro roBonod In advaaco by oaat oru fight faua rud tho statesmen woro forcod to nccopt uppor borthB, In fljilto of 'atrnnuoua objoctlou. On oao westbound train CongroBS nmii Noodham wiih tho only states mint far-BluMo. enough to rosorvo a lowor berth auvornl daya ahond of tho tlmo for his departure GIO STONE GAP, Vn., Juno 28. Dow Traokor, a Leo county farmer, hint hifl third wifo today, when in juries Bimtaiuod from u fall provod fatal. Ilia first wifo wiih gored to death by ft bull and his second wah drowned, CHARLTON THREE TO GET ACROSS STYK Man Attempts Three Times, by Dif ferent Methods, to Take His Own life Falls Utterly on Every At temptWill Bo 3cnt to Insane Asylum In Salem. If J. M. Rollins ever succeeds in taking bin own life he must uhu some other method beside lenpiuir from a fust train, laying his bead on a rail in front of an engine or taokliug an electric light wire. All throe of those methods he has tried within thu past two days, and none proved uffuutivu. Sunday afternoon Itollina was a passenger from Weed, Cal., on tho second section of No. lii. About two miles from Ashland ho suddenly dovu headforemost through an open window while thu train was running at a high rate of speed. Tho train ran on into Ashland and a party was sunt out to look for him. Na turally supposing that his body would bo found along thu truck, tho search ers confined their operations to tho right of way. Meanwhile Koliins, who had not been faoriously hurt, had crawled into thu bushes. That night ho madu his way to Ashland, and thu next seen of him was when thu uu giueur of a lreight almost had a spasm when ho saw a man's head lying across tho rail in front of tho locomotivo( so oloso that ho couldn't stop. Thu engine hit him, but simply knocked him off tho track. Ho was then taken to tho poor farm for treatment. Monday afternoon he u- caucd, grabbed a ladder, set it against ono of thu electric light poles, climbed the ladder and tho polu and seised ono of thu wires, Luckily for Rollins it wasn't thu high tension ono, but it had enough juice to knock ltollins off thu polu to thu ground. That settled tho poor farm authorities, so Hollins was bent to Jacksonville. "1 don't know why I did tho.bo things," (mid ltollins, "but I know that 1 did do them. Something seem ed to force mo. I hnvo been in ill health for somo time, and thu thing started whilo I was working on a farm near Weed. Oao night I im agined I hoard voices outside my tent und bucamo convinced that somebody was aftur mo. 1 know it could not bu truo, but could not get rid of thu impression. I thoueht I would go away. Tho impulse came upon mu to jump through tho car window and I did it. Also tho other things I did came on suddenly. I was insane, and may bu so again. A few mouths' treatment in tho hospital may bring mo out nil right." A peculiar feat mo of tho case was that Hollins seemed perfectly ra tional in his conversation and re membered ovory incident of his nd vonturus. lie will bu taken to tho iiisnno asy lum as soon as an attendant arrives. BALL PLAYER RESENTS LAUGH WITH GUN PORTLAND, Ore, Juno 28. Portland's froak dinner record today la hold by tho Enatorn Hospital club, composed of 'physicians and sur geons. Tho dlnnor was glvoa last night nt tho Commorclnl club. No knives, forks or spoons woro used. IiiBtond tho dlnors employed surgi cal Instruments of various kinds. GlnBBCB voro replacod with grad uated glass monoiircs, whllo tho fin ger bowls co.Ualuod nutlaoptlo wa ters, Whoroor losalblo medical or surgical lUBtr.'monts replaced tho vaual tablo artlclos, Plans for tho dlnnor woro arrnngod by Dr, George S. Whltoaldo, prosldont of tho club, and was gotten up as u surprise to tho mombora, who did not know until tlioy woro uahorod Into tho banquot o.'A that thoro was any thing unlqvo about tho affair, Covora woro laid for fouvtooon, is MS The Abernathy oMy.fltlt. 310. To a twy xin iciirx old wlio can rldu horseback Irum Oklubomu to New York the Job ot dn-aslug each morning vhoulil uoi In much nt n tasU IJut that Is n point that Temple Abernathy. U yeurs old. found fault with "Son. ftitltl tTiiltiil Sum's Martluil .lm-k Aburuatby, "I'm going to dress you oncb morulug ort bo next year Yoifie ability. tnv and mini all in, mid I'm going to keep you a baby ror n little longer by liolplnu yn iln." If vti ivn boVK iTi'iiled n iuoiitlnii la .Nw York It was Temple and Louis Abernathy Not only did tin two bov p.-rfiuin a wonilfrrm rent u riding liorselmck from their homo in Oklahomn to New York city, tun they wnt tlintugli ilu cut In publlill.i ulilioin til-Ill: vpolled " Tho rcunlou In Now York between the mothprliwi tmys nud their fHilier wax a happy one. and the father Is giving them a chanco to seo New York under his guiding tnind Thp trio will tun n limtifward tin last of .luni. but will make tho Journey by train. MRS. REDDY AGAIN ELECTED TO HEAD MEDFORD CLUB Close Ballotlnn Gives Her Place Over Mrs. Merrick by Three Votes Both Ladles Have Taken Active Part in tho Affairs of the Club. Mrs. J. l' Roddy was ro-olected prosident of thu Greater Medford club nt its nuuiial business mooting hold Monday afternoon in Smith's hall, dofoating Mrs. P. E. Merrick by a small margin of throo votes, tho vote boing 20 to 23. Both of tlio la dies havo taken an aotivo part in the affairs of tho club during tlio past your and havo oaoh directed much of Iho good work accomplished. Noither sought tho place, and, as tho vote shows, sontimont was about ovonly dividod. Other officers, eleotod wore: Mrs. II, C. Kontnor, first vieo-prosidont; Mrs. E. H Piokol, socond vico-prcsi- dont; Mrs. W. C. Reagan, recording secrotary; Mrs. A. II, Miller, corre sponding soorotary. No ono was oltoson as treasurer nud Mrs. P. W. Ilnllis continues to sorvo. Tho only other business oonsidored was tho instructions given a commit too to ndvorliso for bids for the building of thu now grandstand in thu nark, Boys and Their Father, "Catch by American "Erosa AssocJtitlon MEDICOS MEET IN THIS CITY State Board of Health Attend in a Body Program Includes Auto Ride Through Valley and Banquet This Evening at Nash Grill. Tho nineteenth annual session of the Southern Oregon Medical associ ation is boing hold today in tho Odd Fellows' hall, and there is a very fair attendance of tho medical men of tho stnto present. The gathering is favored with tho presenco of tho stnto board of health, all of tho doctors arriving this morn ing. All of tho members are hero 'and are: W. N. Morso, A. C. Smith, ,E. A. Pierce, C. S. Whito, C. P. Smith, W. II Lyttlo and E. II. Pickol. Tho session opened this morning and sovoral addresses on timely topics woro made. At 0 o'clock this afternoon an auto ride throughout tho valley will be tendered the visit ors mid the day's events will con clude with a banquet thU evening at tho Nash grill. Somo voinou aavo only a dollar or bo now and then tlirouch reading I tho ad9 Othora eavo something on I practically ovory purchruro tlioy I nrnko bosldos acquiring a buyer's J uuucauoD. ANNUAL SESSION 'Em Alive Jack." 3 $500,000 EIRE IN HEART OF PATTERSON N.J. Controlled After Difficult Fight In Which Four Firemen Are Injured Entire Business District of City Was Endangered for a Time. PATEHSON, N. J., June 28. Firo which threatened destruction of the business district of this city was controlled hero today aftor four fire men had bcon injured. Tho firemen woro struck by a fnlling wall, but none was fatally hurt. Loss, $500, 000. COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY TO INVESTIGATE WEST WASHINGTON, D. O., Juno 28. Tho wostorn aub-commltteo of judic iary, consisting of Sonators oBrah, Bowon and Stono, will go west in July to invosMgato Bovoral fodoral matters and It Is posslblo tlioy will tako up tho allegation of Dr, E. 13. Porrlng thst ho was unjustly Indict ed and nccordod improper treatment by Unltod States District Attorney Devlin and Spoclal Agont Burns at San Francisco, Tho commlttoo will also Invostlsato tho charges of Gov oruor Haskoll ot Oklahoma that "third dogroo' mothods woro used against him and his wltaosscs during tho admlulatrntlon of President Hoesovolt: II Y S SITE FOR NEW GAS PLANT IES J. R. Anderson Prepares to Erect a Large Plant Half Way Between Ashland and Medford, From Which to Supply Valley With Gas. J. It. Anderson has purcbaccd a tract of land about a quarter of a milo south of tho Voorhles spur on which to erect his gas plant, which is to supply Ashland and Medford other valley towns. Tho spur Trill be situated closo to tho railroad, so that a eldo track can be constructed In order to facili tate tho shipping in of material from which to mako gas. Tho plant will be modern in every respect. Mr. An derson plans to be ready to furnish gaB in September. DEATH RATE IS LOW IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28. In a statement just issued by the bureau of insular affairs, it is shown that the death rate among the S000 government employes in tho Philip pines Is only C.9 per 1000 per an num. Of tho number of employes, 3700 aro Americans, and the con clusion is drawn that the Philippines aro not unhealthy for Americans. Sod House Roof Kills ATWOOD, Knu., Juno 28. J. J Campbell, 75 years old, and his son, U. J. Cambell Jr.., were killed whon ' tho roof of the old sod house on their rauch in Thomas County col lapsed. Kill Big Bear In City Street MACON Ga.. June 2S. A blnv-k bear weighing 250 pounds, was killed on Houston avenue, this city, early this morning after hnvhig been chas ed from n nenrby swamp bv a pack of box hounds. Deluge of Snails Ensue. POTTSV1LLE, Pa., Juno 28. To day completed tho sixth week of al most continous ram in this section, which is declared bj the local wea ther bureau to bo "the wcttsst spot on tho face of the map." All through the agricultural districts ,aud oven in Pottsvillc, thousands of snnils wcro noticed in numbers nev or seen before. Kansas Needs 40,000 Hands. TOPEKA, Kan., Juno 28. Basing his estimates on recent reports from tho wheat belt of tho State. Charles Harris, director of tho State Free Employment burcou, states that Kansas will need nbout 40,000 hands this year. His earlier estimates were 20,000. Mrs. Sherman III. BALTIMORE, Md., June 2S. The condition of Mrs. James Sherman, wifo of tho vice-president, who w ill bore, is grnvo today, and Mr. Sher man h remnining at her bedside con stantly. The naturo of her Hlue has not beon mndo public. PORTLAKD HAS A H DINNER MEMPHIS, Tenn., Juno 28. Ollie Hollis, 20 years of age, is a prisoner in the county jail today, charged with tho murder of Leslio Pratten, following a baseball game near Korr ille. Pratten laughed at Hollis when ho struck out during tho game. Two hours lator, it i& alleged, Hollis, met Prat ton outside tho grounds and hhot him through the bieast. Pratten died instantly. Ho was married and had two small children. Auto Kills Man. HAMMOND, Iud., Juno 28. Petor Ripley of Hammond, was drowned today whon his automobile leaped from thu road, turned turtle and pin ioned him bonenth it in tlio waters of a creek. Six companions wero injured. NEAR VOORH 00 S DR V SCORES THEIR HOMES Heavy Rains in Kentucky Cause High Water Crops Damaged to Great i Extent Rail Communication De moralizedMany Wires Are Down WHITESBORO, Ky Juno 28. Scores of familic.i living in the val ley of tho middle fork of Beaver creek, along tho border between Floyd and Knott counties, nrc home- Jess today, following abnormally heavy rains in this section during the last J8 hours. Hundreds of farmers with their families have tied to higher ground to escape the rising waters. Crops have been already damaged to tho extent of many thousands of. dollars and hundreds of head of livestock dcstroj'cd. Tho cloudbursts occurred last night in tho Beaver creek district. A bridge of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad near hero und u cattle bridge over John crook wero washed nwuy. Rail communication throughout this section is demoralized and tho telephone and telegraph wires arc prostrated. Reports from the mountain dis tricts state that several persons lost their lives in a terrific wind storm that preceded tho rains. These re ports, however, could not be verified. ECTORY IS CRITERION OF CITTSGROWTH Increase of 300 Phones Shown Since January Reflecting Increase in the Population of City and Valley Is, Forty-Page Book. Tho Pacific Telephone company has published a new diiectory for Medford, Central Point. Gold Hill and Jacksonville. It contains 1310 telopliono numbers, a gain of 300 names ovor the last directory pub lished on January 20, reflecting the rapid growth in the population as well ns in telephones. The now directory contains 40 pages, as against 28 in the one prcr vious, nud carries a good displuy of advertising. In September a combined directory of Ashland, Grants Pass. Medford and other towns of tho Rogue Rivoi valley will bo issued. Senator McEnerny Dies. NEW ORLEANS, La., Juno 28. -United State Senator Samuel Doug la MeEiicrnv died bore today. The- causo of his death has not vet been mndo known. TEDDY SHAKES WITH HIS NEW YORK. Juno 28.- Theodme Roosevelt was driven from his homo nt Oyster Bay to tho Grand t'eutial station in Now York in 40 minute, today, in spito of tho bad roads. Ilu then boarded a train for Cambridge. On thu train Roosevelt IiuqI hands with thu portor, et giaourx, firemen and other member of thu train crow. In greeting n. vejuiun postman at Oyster Bay, buforo, luay ing, he said: "Well, Jerry, my old friend, you dieted mo to tho assembly "A .!." ago. I shall never forget the day," Before leaving Now Yin I; RoohuveH greetod a group of rupuiuu,,, "f wonder who startod that o'ltmsaniiti story that an operation was to bo performed on my throat," hu innuir od, "The author must nttruly huvs an dastic mind." FROM R t '! -K ' sit f i $-. i.1 bl v ,'Si Txm 1JJ3 i (.WJt .. . "j. i 1u j ' '"j ' 4