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nw",c" VIRGINIA OF THE AIR T A T "P C An Absorbing, Thrlllino Story of the Mastery of the Air by Man Beylns In Today's Mall Tribune You Can "" 'r' not Afford to Miss It-Flctlon, Fact, Romance and Mystery, It Fills All tho Essentials of n Good Story Medford Mail Tribune UNITKU FKK8B ASSOCIATION Full LcHard AVlro Report, THIC W10ATJIHII. Tonight mill tomorrow Fair mid warm ' Tho only paper la tho wor!4 published In a city the sum p Medford having a loaned wr. POTJI YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 38, 1910. No. 102. SCORES OF BLOODY RIOTS ARE W OVER GREAT FRENCH JS BEING REPEATED Military Authorities Arc Throwing Heavy Bodies of Troops Into the Cities to Stem Revolutionary Tide Fighting and Bomb-Throwing BAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, July -8. HcoreH of bloody riots In which riot ers nnil poden nllko miffo'cd swept Spain ycatcnluy and today. AlthoiiKh dUphtchcH from Madrid nro censored cloiioly, authoritative In formntlou lma boon received Hint flpn'n Im on tho ovo of tho greatest revolution In hor history. Tho forccn nt work against tho Spanish crown nnd cnhlnet r.ro sim ilar to tliono of tho gront Kronen rev olution, Secret soclotlcn In n dozen cltlcn havo rocolvod upon concortod nctlon nnd n uror.t "strike" Ih spread ing throughout tho peninsula. Alrendy In Barcelona, Illlliao, Go ronn, Snntador, Oljon nnd Saragossa strikes havo been declared. Tho mil, Itnry nuthorJtlCB hnvo thrown heavy bodies of troopn Into tho cities to Htom tha revolutionary tldo, Tho KOi10r.1l opinion horn la that Spain In nflnmo with revolt nnd Hint tho klnK and cabinet, after yester day's conference, are prepnrlnR to Huupond tho constitution and dcclaro martial law. Ban 8ebnntlnn on tho northern const and Hnrcclonn on tho Moi'ltarrnnonn, both adjacent to Frnnce, havo been mado tho hcadquartors of tho plot ters, It la Mid. Hnrcclonn, owing to tho strong gnr rUon placed thoro lnat week by Gou oral Woylor, was roported quiot today. Fighting nnd bomb throwing la gen eral In other parts of Spain, but tho government Is suppressing tho disor ders. Underlying tho demands of tho pop ulnco for tho curtnllment of tho pow ers of tho church In Bpnln la tho rap Id growth of tho ropubll'ni! party, with Its doslro for tho abolishment of tho crown nnd tho cortea and for tho oHtnhllsl in en t of a roprcsontntlvo body elected by tho peoplo. Tho republicans hnvo been nldod by tholr brethren of Franco nnd by bo clnllHtlo nnd anarchistic soclotlon In other cnpltnlH of Europe. These havo supplied tho Spanish agitators with futidH and mnny promlucnt socialist londors havo promlsod pcrsonnl nld In tho npproachlng crisis. It Is hollo vod hero, tho summer capital, thnt King Alfonso hnti been kept In Ignorance of tho strength of tho rovolutlonnry movomont nnd of tho weakness of his own party, It la admitted thnt tho iirmy Is oaten with sedition nnd thnt tho secret societies havo worked BitccoBsfully In tho nrmy, so thnt mnny of Its offlcors nnd men aro rendy to Jolt REVOLUTION MRS. CRIPPENS BODY GOES TO LONDON PAUPERS GRAVE LONDON, July 18. Tho mutilat ed, dismembered, limo-ontoti body taken from the collar of ill) Ililldrop CroHconl, tho former homo of Dr. Hiiwloy II. Crippen, will go to it puu por'H grnvo today and will ho classed in tho official records of tho coroner in tho list of unidentified dead. Tho groat murder mystery of Isl ington hoenmo deeper today follow ing tho preliminary honring by tho coroiior, whon Dr. Marshall, tho po lice Hiirgcou, slated that thoro win no lugnl ovidenco to show that tho body wiih that of u woman, much less thnt of Mrs, Crippen, Tho strongest link in the chain of suspicion attaching Crippon's nnino , o tho piystory is tho disiiiipoiirunoo of Mrs. Crippon, tlio ullegod flight of I)r, Crippen with Mile. Leneve, his typist, nnd tho comploto fniltiro of SUNNY SPAN UNCLE SAM MAKES CHANGE IN SIZE OE LOT WANTED Will Consider Proposals for Lot 1 00 Feet in Depth With 20-Foot Alley In Rear Probably Several Addi tional Lots Will Now Be Offered. Tho supervising architect of tho United States treasury department has advised Postmaster Woodford thnt proposalu for tho salo of prop erty for tho now federal building In this city would bo considered for Iota having n depth of 100 feet with a 110-foot alloy In tho rear, provided tho width of tho property 1b such as to give approximately tho nrcn first called for, which waB for a lot 14 Ox 140 lu slzo. This makes It possible for moro proposals to bo mado and tho numbor of those nlrondy tondored will prob ably bo considerably Increased. 8722 KILLED ON RAILROADS OEU.S.INYEAR Great Majority Aro Trainmen 59, 626 Persons Were InjuredRoads Carried Durinn Year 891,000,000 Passcnncrs. WASHINGTON, D. C, July IS. Railroads of tho United Stntcs killed 8722 persons, injured riO,C2G during tho yenr ending Juno 30, 1910, ac cording to n synopsis of tho annunl report of tho lutcrstnto commorco commission glvon out today. Tho roport shows that 253 passon gers woro killed nnd 10,000 Injured; 1.14-1 trnlnmon mot death nnd 29,000 were Injured, Tho numbor of tros pnssora killed was 4944. Ono passon gor wnu killed to ovory 3, GOO, 000 cnrrled. Tho total numbor of pas Bongors carried waB 891,000,000. Tho pr vnluo of outatandlng stock Is gov on (it SI, 750,000,000. To Build Torpedo-Boats. LONDON, July 18. The ndmirnl ty, nfter conducting n series of prno- tieo operations with submarines nnd heavy toimngo warships, iiiiiiounecd today Hint tlio experiments have hIiowii tho growing vnluo of under soil torpodo-bonts and that further mnnouvors with tho little craft will ho curried on. tho polioo to offer nny other solu tion thiiii that of wife murdoi Inquest Adjourned, Tho coroner heard the testimony of police officials today and then adjourned tho inquest for one mouth. In the interim Scotland Yard must first establish beyond doubt that Mrs. Crippen is dead. Tho whole fabric of tlio murder theory ih built about that surmise. Her disappcav uiico is one point in their favor, but tho remains found in Islington luivu not boon legally identified. Dr. Marshall's tostimony was tho most seusatiounl disclosure yet made by tlio authorities in connection with tho mystery, It boars out tho state mont of Dr, Popper, tho govorinnont analyst, given exclusively to tlio United Press, that tho polico hiu'o (Continued on Pngo 8.) Virginia BY - flsBBB BBBBBBfi BBBBBBBbP BJ -j- jf L A vmmmm. BbIbBBBBB 'HiBB ASMBmI T ,, - - ! T i I, 1t!t ii 'ff" I iSJBBBBBB3BBBBJiB, N 241 -sC I n j iiiiiiiiiiH vc " II ,' -4 BBBBkBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BJ L- . V.V XHAT the Mastery of the Air means to mankind is interwoven into this absorbing romance. Herbert Quick has written a story in "Virginia of the Air Lanes" that fills all the requirements of a good story fiction, fact, romance, mystery. To miss this story is to miss a tale that will be talked about for months to come. Tr-: , . ,? -?2zzgz .-S--' Place Your GREAT DAMAGE DONE BY FOREST FIRE IN IDAHO One Man Insane, Many Settlers Homeless as Result of Conflagra tion Which Destroyed Mills anil Timber Worth Tens of Thousands WALLACE, Idaho, July 18. Ono man has boon driven insane, half n doeon settlors' homos have been de stroyed, tons of thousands of dol lars' worth of timbor has. burned, mills of ono mining company havo been wiped out by a forest firo which is burning in tho Pine Crook district today. Tlio flamos, according to last reports, woro rapidly advancing to ward Kellogg Poak, Ono hundred and, fifty men fought tho furious (Continued on Page 8.) of the Air Lanes HERBERT QUICK Order for the Paper Today UNCLE SAM MAY BE FORCED TO RESTORE ORDER Secretary Knox May Invoke the Amended Monroe Doctrine in Or der to Restore Peaco In Central America. WASHINGTON, D. C July IS. Tho amended Monroe doctrine na enunclntod by former Prosldont Itoosovelt may bo Invoked by Secre tary Knox within nN short tlmo as tho guiding principle for tho United States In endeavoring to put an ond to tho troubles in Nicaragua. Itl s admitted by tho stato dopart mont officials that it Is only a mat tor of tlmo boforo tho Madrlz roglmo will bo brought to n decision. Tho (Continuod on Page Eight.) MORE STEEL HERE EOR USE ON THE PACIEICSEASTERN Eight Cars Have Arrived and Work of Laying Track Is Undertaken Will Bo Running Trains Into Butte Falls Before September 15. With tho arrival of six additional cars of steol for tho Pacific & Eastorn railway, making eight to arrive of tho 4C on tho way, work hns been resumed on laying track an tho road, and It is believed now that by Sop tombor 15 trains will bo running in and out of Uutto Falls. The track laying farcu has been lavgoly Increased and thoro will bo no letup until tho work is complet ed. Tho contractors will havo tho lino to Uutto Falls graded soon. FREIGHT WRECK 24 CARS ARE FOREST FIRE NOW MOSQUITO SWAMP Men Are Needed to Fight a Fire on NG R N the Forest R'eserve, Which Also mulr, Causes Bad Wreck Train Threatens Settlers Men to Be men Are Killed Sunday EveaiM't Sent From Medford to Assist. A forest flro Is raging In tho vi cinity of tho Mosquito swamp station ncr the headwaters of Willow creek and at tho base of Mt. McaLughlln. A force of men is being organized in Medford tj go to the assistance of tho rangers and the citizens. Tho location of tho fire is Just across tho forest reserve lino and there Is danger of it coming over the divide to Little Butte and 'doing dam age to settlers in that valley. HIBERNIANS ARE GATHERING EOR . PORTLAND MEET Thousands of Delegates Are Pouring Into Convention City Preparatory to Opening Session Tomorrow- Many Important Matters. PORTLAND. Or., July 18. Dele gates to tho national convention of the .Anclenl Order of Hibernians, which convenes In Portland tomorrow und continues throughout tho week, aro pouring Into the city on every train today. When tho first session convened it is estimated that 10,000 strangers,, attracted to tho city by tho conven tion, will be here. Tho streets aro decorated and ev ery shop window displays some em blem of the order. Tho' delegates have taken Portland by storm. Tho Philadelphia delegation of 200 per sons arrived lato last night. A few of the California delegates have reached Portland, and moro aro ex pected today. Tho Massachusetts del egation arrived today from Seattle, where the party had stopped off for a short visit. All tho national officers, with tho exception of Rev, John Kennedy, a director, are in Portlnnd. Rev. Ken nedy Is 111 at Seattle An Informal meeting of tho delegates will bo held tolnlght for tho purposo of "getting acquainted." "Wo expect to bring about a union (Continued on Pnsro 8. IF PRESENT CONFERENCE FAILS GREAT STRIKE WILL COMMENCE PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 18. Although both sides aro hopeful that an agreoraent may bo reached at a conferenco betweon tho trainmen and conductors of the Ponnsylvnnla rail road men and General Mnnngor Mey ers, It Is conceded on both sldea that If tho conferonco falls a strike can not bo averted. Elaborate preparations havo beon mndo for tho conferences. Tho unions will bo represented by officials of tho different organizations and represen tatives from most of tho locals af fected. It Is expected that tho whoo mat ter will bo gono over from tho be ginning and a detorralned effort will bo mado to reach an agreement. Loaders of tho unions and officials of tho railroad aro reticent and neith KILLS FOUR; PILED IN DITCH TRAFFIC ON S. P. TIED UP FOR 24 HOURS: NO MAIL Broken Rail at Gibbs, Near Duns- Trains 24 Hours Late. Four men were killed, 24 cars wer piled In tho ditch, tho track torn up for a quarter of a mllo and traffic delayed 24 hours on the Southern Pacific, when a freight train was wrecked bolow Dunsmuir Sunday morning, according to reports receiv ed In this city. A broken rail Is said to havo been responsible. A number of local peoplo who plan ned to leave for Portland Sunday eve ning were unable to do so, as tha northbound trains failed to com through. They are reported duo thin afternoon about 24 hours late. The wreck Is said to havo been re sponsible for the death of four oC the train crew, but particulars are meager. Twenty-four cars are said to havo left the track. No mall was received from the south today, owing to tho blockade. MAN POUND COMPLETELY ARMORED HEAD TO FOOT BOZBMTN, Mont.. July 18. Bozo man is facing a genuine mystery to day. Tho mystery Is a man who, when arrested hero Saturday night, on general suspicion, was found to bo attired almost from head to foot in a suit of homo made armor. A steel plate was fitted on the in side of his cap. On his foro arms were two steel bracelets, which pro tected his flesh from tho wrist to elbow. Theso plates wero connected with other ones which covered his body by strips of cloth sewed togeth er. In addition to his armor, tho man was a walking arsenal. In ono pock et tho authorities found a 38 Colt's automatic rovolvor, In another an old fashioned "bulldog" revolver of Eng lish pattern, besides soyeral knives of varying lengths. The fellow gave two names. As soon ns he learned that ho was not arrested on any spe cific chnrgo, ho refused to talk fur ther or to explain his elaborate scheme of protection against gullets and knives. THINKS HE HAS FAUND A CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS PITTSBURG, Pa., July 18, An. nouncement by Dr. S. O. Dixon, state commissioner of health, that the board has discovered a preventive for tuborculosis which may soon bo used ns a complcto specific Is today caus ing much discussion In medical clr clous. Tho discovery, Dr. Dixon said, will bo equally efficient as a cure. er will express an opinion as to the probalilo outcome of tho conference. Both Bides, meantime, aro preparing for tho strugglo that is oxpoctod in caso tho conferonco falls. Tho unions It la said havo mado minute plans for tho conduct of tho strlko and If It is called they will bo ablo to tlo up the railroad almost completely within a very few houre nftor tho order takes offect, It Is said, On tho other hand, It Is said, the officials havo mado plans for oper ating undor tho difficulties that the unions will throw In their way, aad thoy will use ovory offort to preveat n tleup of their business. Army enuincors declare thnt the Mnino enn't bo raised for $300,009, Thou let's raise the mite.