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lWru mm "ffljw Medford Mail Tribune UN1TKD PRESS ASSOCIATION Full Leased Wire Report. THIC WHATHKIt. Tonight ami tomorrow Fair mill warm Tho only paper In the Wsrtft published In a city tho iIm of Mod ford baring a loaned wlr ircrai year. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, .JULY 21, 1910. No. 105. JAY BOWE WILL SECURE NOMIHATION III 11 DR.A.C.SMITHFAILS TO SHOW STRENGTH AS WAS EXPECTED PoNtlcUVs From All Parts of State Present, Comprlslnu Greatest Gath erlnn of Republican In History of Oregon Opposition to Bowerman May Concentrate on Wlthycombe May Try and Stampede Conven tion to Mayor Simon of Portland. PORTLAND, July til- (Special.) Unless all prediction fail, Jay Rowunnmi will bo nominated for tiovcrnnr by thu assembly on thu first or second ballot. Dr. A. C. Smith ban not developed tho strength expected and it is probable that all opposi tion to Howennnn will concentrate on I). K. Wlthycombe. After tho first two ballotH mi effort may bo made to htamiKdo tho convention to Simon, though it is not likoly to be hucceHs ful. Politicians from all parts of thu state aro present, comprising tho largest crowd of Republicans ever gathered together in an Oregon con vention. Over 1200 delegates aro present. This !h tho first assembly held since tho passage of tho direct pri mary law, which did away with tin; convention system of nominating candidates' for state effice: The as Kemblv was called to order after a big campaign hnd been waged against it by oppononts of the convention system. It was charged that the assembly in illegal, iniiHinncli that the primary law makes no provision for it. It in charged also that it !h tho first step toward putting tho knifo to Htntcment No. 1, wbiob provides for the election of United States senators hy direct vote. Uudur the provisions of (he statement No. 1, legislative candi dates pledge themselves to vote for tho senatorial candidate who receives 2400 IONS OF USE ON PORTLAND, Or., July 2,1. Twenty miles f steel havo boon ordored for tho Pacific & Eastern from tho 0 rent Northern railway. It will ba delivered In Medford In a fow days and from thoro will bo sont to Eaglo Point, whonco It will bo laid as far a s Iltitto Falls. It Is officially In timated thr.t tho track laylng-wlll bo accomplished by tho middle of Sep- tcmber. ..- t i Tho contract price of tho cteol approximate. wolfcks 2400 tons and will bo brought In 80 xiro. PltlCHDT BITTERLY ASSAILS CANNON, BALLEN6ER, EL AL SACRAMENTO, Cab, July 21. Declaring it enough to inako tbo .founders of thu Republican party turn over in thoiv graves to havo such men as Cannon, Hale, Tawney, Wiokursham and llalliiigur claim to bo truo Republicans, Gifl'ord Pinuhot, campaigning in tho interest of Wil liam Kent, inseurgont eaudidntu for congress against Duncan MoKiuluy, attacked tho regulars lodny. "Insurgency is tbo hopo of thu Re publican party, The insurgents and the men who stand with them aro thu Republican party," said I'incliot. "Tho party was founded to prevent tbo. extension of human slavery over frco soil, Insurgency sprung into be ing to prevent tbu extension of in dustrial and political slavery ovur free men, "Sonntor Ahlrieh stands for monoy, not for men, and I bo whole nntion kuowH it. I assail Aldrieh be cause umlor his leadership tho tariff on rubber was increased at tho same time that Aldrioh, with members of J tbu highest popular voto of the peo ple at tho general election. To this Sonntor Chambcrlnin, a Democrat, owes his election in 1000. Tho state at that time bad a Republican ma jority of 18,000; tho legislature was Republican by a large majority, but tbu caudidatci) were pledged to elect tho senatorial candidate who received thu iKtpular voto. Senator Hotirnc f Oregon likewise oweu his election to htntcment No. 1. Proiwncuts to tho assembly plan dcvlare that tho light against the as sembly is being made principally by tho Democrat ij, wbo hope by this means to disrupt tho Republican party. They j.ssert that the. assembly is tbu only means of harmonizing the party nnd keeping tho organization in power in Oregon. Tho -assembly ban only the- power io roeonmiumT candidates to ""voters and these must receive their nomina tions at tho primaries held in Sep tember. For the past threo days Portland has been seething in politics. Pres ent indications aro that the fight for tbu gubernatorial recommendation will bo between Dr. A. O. Smith of Portland and Acting Governor Bow ennau of Condon. , Governor Frank Benson, now un der medical euro in San Francisco, probably will receive the assembly (Continued on Pace 8.) STEEL FOR SE $55,000. Tho steel thu firm of Guggouhoims, was estab lishing an industrial rubber company whose charter made it a holding com pany for tho coal and copper depos its of tbo whole world. I sent to Trenton, N. J., and got certified cop ion of tho artielos of incorporation, showing Sonntor Aldrich's name mid thu name of his son among tho in corporators, A man who will tiso bis political power for such a purpose as this is utterly unworthy to lie fol lowed as a leader by any Repub lican." CORONATION OF GEORGE V WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE LONDON, July 21. A proclama tion laBiiod today notlflos thu pooplo of tho United Kingdom that George V will bo erownod In Juno, 1011. The coromnny 1b planned to bo tho moat magnificent over witnessed In Eng land and offortB will bo mndo to ocllpso In brilliancy tho famous cor onation of King Edward VII. ASTERN SI AM FOfl PAVING N MEDFORD Already Contracts Totaling $700,000 Have Been Let to the Clark-Hcnery Company and More Streets Are to Be Improved Petitions Are Now Being Circulated. With propc.ty owners on tho va rious streets In tho city not in the original contract with tho Clark-Hon-cry Construction company petition ing for paving, It begins to appear that Medford will apond nearly fl, 000,000 for etrcot Improvements be fore the company Is allowed to re move their plant from this city. Tho original contract provided for tho laying of pavoraent on ten mllos of streets at a cost of $500,000, and al ready an additional amount of paving has been ndded to tho contract, which will bring tho amount up to $700, 000. Other petitions aro out and tho sum In constantly growing. Tho Clark-IIenory Construction company under tbo personal direction of A. W. Clark hni raado great prog ress with tbo work. At present they havo some 50 men employed and 80 teams. Their payroll amounts to moro than $600 n day or $15,000 a month. Tho contractors state that they aro unable to got teams or men In tbo numbers they doslre. If moro wero nvnllablo work would progress much moro rapidly. neforo tho rainy season opens tho company hopes to havo nearly all of tho original contract completed. SAYS REPUBLICANS MUST SUPPORT A DEMOCRAT LINCOLN, Neb., July 21. David K. Thompson, former minister to Mexico under President Roosevelt, todny disturbed the political atmos pbore of Nebraska when ho declared that if Taft wore renominated for the presidency tho Republicans must support a Democrat in the national election. Thompson recently created a slight breeze in Now York by predicting a third presidential torm for Roosevelt nfter ho had visited the colonel. Roosevelt promptly denied that be had authorized or oven considered thu mattor. Monorail Now Being Used In New York City For Passenger Service. VHrt93SpMflEYY ttKKKBSKWBKKPjS -- "-jcy "" ' t vMM"??1 "a ' " Jt 1 II. II. TunU, ntyle of cur unil uuck of monorail ytem.) Whllo Gcrnmuy hnH hnd a short monorail Byatom In use for some time, the tlrst practical rond in the United States Iiiih Just been completed in New York city. The tlrst public triul resulted in a failure, much to the dlsap polntment of August Helmont and other mllliounlro backers. Rut tho fniluru was- duo to break In the power house. Students of transportation problems declare that within tho next flvo yours mouornH (.wds.js'iy.J.KinriwI, aii mm. nf Mm TTr.lt.ul Wat ftr hih uniimwr nud froli-'lit service. i ' --. ' ' lMmM- jummjm gw iii i ii ' ' ' i , i ,i ! "i" i ' ' 1 MN KILLED BY Breechlock of Twelve-Inch Gun Blows Out and Members of Gun Crew Were KIHed Batteries at Fortress Monroe Preparing for Target Practice Time of Accident. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 21. Eight men of tho coast artillery were killed ioil tro mortally, wounded to day by ths blowing out of tho breech lock of a 12-Inch gun at Fortress Monroe, Va., according to an offi cial report received at tho war de partment. Tho report says that the accident occurred during target rractlco on the Dattery DcRussbz at tho fortress. Tho target practice referred to by General Carloe in hta report was tho final event In a courao of instruction of 30 officers of tho artillery corpB who aro attending tho artillery school at Fortress Monroe. When the accident occurred five batteries wore making ready to fire at a target .6000 yards away across Hampton RoMb, PIONEER SHOWS PROGRESSIVES Resident of Territory East of Butte Falls Calls at Offices of Pacific & Eastern and Is First to Give a Right of Way. Alvln Dloborctedt, a pioneer resi dent of Jackson county, who resides east of Rutto Falls, on Wednesday proved his progrosslveness by calling on Chlof Enslneer Gerlg of tho Pa cific & Eastern and stating that he wished to bo tho first man east of Bctto Falls to give a right of way for tho road. Mr. Blebei-a.edt's prop osition wna accopted. If moro of tho residents of tho section through which this road Is to pasc woro as progressive as Mr. Ble bcrstedt thoro would be ho question ns to.itB oarly commotion. EXP ION D IJWiNG 10 STRIKE England Faces Most Serious Strike in Her History 30,000 Railroad. Men Out All Traffic Tied Up and In dustries Paralyzed No Relief Is in Sight. NEWCASTLE, England, July 21. With 53,000 men idle as a result of the strike of the Northeastern rail road and with factories closing be cause of inability to ship goods or se cure coal, the industrial situation here todny is grave. The strike is considered one of the most serious that England has ever faced. A conference called last night to adjust the differences between the employes and the officials of the road failed, and today the strikers are more determined than ever to tie up traffic. No freight has been mov ed today and only the mail trains are running. Thirty thousand railroad men are out. Seventeen thousand miners were mndc idle today whou, owing to in ability to bbipvconl, tho mines were closed down indefinitely. Five thou sand dock workers havo been laid dff because no traffic can be han dled. In tho manufacturing' cities through which the Northcnsteni rnns, factories arc facing a serious situa tion. Thcro is little coal on hnnd nud unless trains aro run soon fac tories will bo forced to close, throw ing thousands of men but of employ ment. President Rrixton of tho board of trade is making every effort to bring about arbitration nnd todny held sev eral important conferences with the strikers nnd with officials of the rond, but there is little prospect of a speedy adjustment of tbo trouble. To make matters worse, the strike ...... c,..v.. . w.v .- .... v- I Intnl. Stxtv Jhnnsniid pmnloves on tho Scottish roads hnvo already walked out and thousands more nre threatening to quit work. Many riots aro reported. Business nnd financial lenders, re alizing tho gravity of tho situation, nro plnnning to do all in their power to stop tho sprend of tho strike. Un less this is accomplished at once, they declare, every railroad in Eng land will become involved. TWO MILLION FIRE LOSS PAST WEEK IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Town Now in Jeopardy Two Towns Reported Wiped Out, But Details Are Lacking Small Army of Fire-Fighters Are Dispatched to Scmm Enforced Suspension of Industrial Enterprises Causes Less Whteft May Total Over Half Million. VICTORIA, B. C, July 21. Gen eral fire reports from all parts of the province confirmed by dispatches to Premier McBride and other gov ernment officials plncc the aggregate losses of the present week by bush burnings at not less than $1,500,000 actual, while fully $500,000 more will be lost in the enforced suspension of industrial enterprises. The Slocan continues the focal point of the danger zono and Chief Fire Warden Glndwin hns been dis patched thither to take charge of the DOCTORS COMING Will BE WELCOMED BY CLUB Secretary Malboeuf of the Medford Commercial club is making arrange ments to visit Ashland Friday and memet a largo homeward bound dele gation to the American instituo of homeopathy, which recently closed a convention In Pasadena. Latest News Bulletins- -Received up TEN, NOT EIGHT MEN, DEAD AT MONROE. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 21. Tho war department has just stat ed officially that ten men were killed in the gunnery accident at Fortress Monroe. POPULATION OF RHODE ISLAND IS 542,674. WASHINGTON. D. C, July 21. Tho population of Rhode Island, announced today by the census bureau, is 542,(374. This is au increase, of 26.(1 per cent over the ltopulation in 1900. Tho increase entitles Rhode Island to another representative in congress. Tho population of tho city of Providence is 224,32(1, an iucreasc of 27 por cent; Newport, 27,140. MRS. SUTTON TO RUN FOR CONGRESS. LOS ANGELES, Cnl., July 21. -Determined upon another effort to clear the mystory surrounding tho death of her son, Lieutenant Sutton, on tho campus of the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, Md., two years ngo, Mrs. Roso B. Sutton started todny for her homo in Portland, Or. k-itf Mrs. Sutton probably will bo a enndidato for tho houso of represen tatives from her district. She declared today that hor decision would ho mado as soon as slip reaches Portland, and that sbo is willing to muko tho fight if her candidacy is favored by tho peoplo sho would represent. $40,000,000 OF COMPANY'S ASSETS DISAPPEARED. LONDON, July 21. Charges that .f40.000.000 had disappeared fronr tho assets of tho Wnshburn-Pillsbury Klour company, which went into tho hands of receivors sonic time ago, created a lively topic for discus sion at tho miutiul mooting of tho company today. R. II. Glynn, who was president at the meeting, said tho amount was lost chiefly as the result of wheat gambling nud improperly issued notes. Ho said that mi additional :?1, 800,000 could not bo trncod, thoro being no record of tho notos. Still another .f'JOO.OOO, ho said, was lost through unsettled balances mid uncollected dobts. FAKIR KICKED OUT OF T. R.'S HOME. OYSTER BAY. N. Y., July 21.--Claiming to bo mi archdeacon of tho Armenian Protectant church, soliciting a .f.'iOOO contribution from Colonel Roosevelt for an orphans' home at Nnzareth, Palestine, tho Rev. George Nntluiniel tried to gain access to Sngamoro Hill today, but was ejected boforo ho reached tho front door. ' THIRTY HORSES BURN IN TAC0MA FIRE. TACOMA, Wash.,, July 21. Thirty bead of horsoa woro burned, J; their.stalls mid a loss of $75,000 was caused by a spoctaoular firo. which,, broko out in tho Eaglo stables oarly today and for somo timo thretitcd tbo destruction of an entiro business block at Eleventh mid K streeUi. Thcro was vory little insurance. DR. CRIPPEN STILL AT LARGE. CARDIFF, Wales, July 21. A report today saying that Dr. Hawloy Crippon, accused by tbo London police of- tho murder of his wife, mid MJIe. , , Leneve, with whom thoy think ho fled, wero cnptitrod, proved untrue. , , , army of deputies in which the gor ernment's regulars are now rein forced by volunteers organized ant enlisted through tho railways, mining nnd lumbering companies. A dispatch from Kalso says that tbo safety of tho town of Sandon, pitched in between four covered hills, is seriously jeopardized. Dispatches from Nelson claim that it is fairly certain that Thrco Forks and Sandon have been wiped off. the mnp by the fiorco fires raging in tka Slocan country, but positive proof is lacking and difficult to get. 10 STRONG On the train aro 100 medical mea from all GectloB of tho United States. Mr. Malboeuf will meet them and en deavor to interest them In the Rogue River valley. Ho has wired for their names and will glvo each a personal letter from tho Commercial club sign ed by President Colvig and himself. until -:30 p. m.