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ittrietl It ! 1 ortaon Medford Mail Tribune UN1TKD 111KS8 ASSOCIATION Full Lwuod VVJro Itcport FIRST SECTION Tho only paper In the worli publlihod In a city the ilia erf Medford having u lonnod w!r. PAGES 1 TO 8 .MFJL'll YJQA.ll. MEDFORD, ORISOON, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1010. No. 107. ASHLAND GRANTS TROLLEY FRANCHISE V K BY OVERWHELMING VOTE CITY REVERSES PREVIOUS ACTION MAJORITY IN FAVOR IS 221 Every Ward Piled Up Tremendous Majority In Favor of Grantlnu Franchise for Trolley Line to John R. Allen Assures Electric Lino Ilv tin overwhelming vote tho fit irens of Ashland yesterday granted to John R. Alien u franchise in that city for nit oluotrio trolloy l'uic. The vote stood 280 to (M, tho franchise carrying by -21 majority. Tim vote by wards: First ward Yes Ml, no II; major ity 82. Second wnrd Yes 1)0. No 2(1; ma jority 73. Third wnrd Yob DO, No 21; ma jority 00. Tho vote was heavier than wns expected, as tho balloting was done very (iiietly. Hy its notion yosturdny Ashland roverscH it vote taken in regard to a similar application of Mr. Allen sonic weeks ago. SOON TO CALL FOR BIDS ON GRATER ROAD Enrjtaecr Heldel Completes Survey for This Season Now Prcparlnrj His Ecstlmatcs Preparatory to Calllnn for Bids. Engineer Iluidel has practically concluded tho work of surveying tho Crnter Lake road for tho distance he contemplates doing this season and is now eugnged in compiling his data preparatory to calling for bids for tho construction of tho road. This work will occupy him for tho next two weeks. Mr. lleidel has already completed his estimates on that section of tho road within tho. national forest and tho forestry department will call for bids in tho near future. Tho section of tho road surveyed by Mr. Haldol this season extends from Prospect to Trail. BLOODY FIGHT ON TACOMA STREET GAR TACOMA, Wash., July 23. Piob ecuting Attoruoy MoMurrny is today investigating tho sensational attack on Peter Jensen, one of tho leaders of tho citizens of Fern Hill, in thoir fight against tho streetcar company, who was perhaps fatally beaten shortly after midnight at Fern Hill station. S. S, Ruiinoy, couduotod of the ear which earned Jensen from Tiieouui, is in jail, charged with tho assault, whilo warrants' have also boeii issued for the crow of tho car mid for it number of other streetcar men, who are churgod with aiding in tho affray. Fern Hill pooplo are up in arms today at tho outrago, frooly charging conspiracy, and Prosooutor MoMurrny is looking for ovidonco to couuoot tlio assault with men higher up in tho strootonr oompnny service DETECTIVE ON CRIPPENS PATH Inspector Dow of Scotland Yard Sails for Canada. Close on Trail of Man Wanted for Brutal Murder In Ennland. LONDON, July 23. Dr. Hawlcy Crippou, accused of wife murder, with a typist, Miss Ethel Claire Len eve, will ho Arrested in Montreal next Saturday, when tho steamship Snr- doiiiu ties up. According to n state incut given out hy Scotland Ynrd tonight the pnir are unaware that thov arc under surveillance. Tho man alleged to bo Crippen is registered under tho alins, "Itcv. Dr. Itobinson," whilo the supposed Len ove, disguised as n boy, is traveling as his son. Scotland Ynrd declares there is no doubt ns to his identity. LONDON, July 23. Inspector Dow of Scotland Ynrd loft hurriedly for Cnnndn today. Ho admitted that bin purpose wns to rind Dr. Hawloy II. Crlppon. tho Amorlcnn dontliit, whom tho London pollco nrcuao of tho murdor of his wife nt thoir homo In Islington. Ho said ho hnd received lmportnnt Information which makes him boltovo Crlppon In In Cnnndn. Tho Evening News declared that Dow's dopnrturo followed tho receipt of a wlrolesH moBHngo from n vessel in mldoccnn doctoring thnt n couplo resembling Dr. Crlppon nnd MUo. Kthol Leneve wns nbonrd, Tho ves sel Is bound for n Canadian port. Tho namo of tho ship Is withhold. It Is generally believed thnt tho couplo reportoit to bo Dr. Crlppon nnd MUo. Leneve nro nbonrd tho stenmor Corslcnun, duo to nrrlvo in Quebec Inst Thursdny. Inspector Dow Hulled on tho Cnronln, bound for Now York. Upon learning tho Hlsplclons of tho offlcom nbonrd tho Corslcana, tho lo cal pollco cnblod tho Quoboc authori ties to moo tho steamship nnd Bonrch for tho fugitives. Thoy iiIbo naked thnt dotoctlvoa soarch tho Btcnmors Hosporlnn, Snscandra, Mognntlc, Si cilian, Empress of Britain, Dominion nnd Virginian, STOCK IS SOLD Nino Bids Received Junction City Firm Gets Stock, Paying. $11,700, Which Represents 45 Cents on the Dollar Appraised at $10,000. Tho bankrupt stock of tho Rnkor Hutchasou company was sold Satur day to a firm in Junction City. Tho successful firm bid $11,750 for tho stock, which was inventoried at $2-1,000 and appraised at $10,000. Tho bid represents about -10 cents on tho dollar. Roforoo Wellington was notified Into Saturday and lie immediately confirmed the sale. Nino sealed bids woro received, among them being a number from Medford. Tho bids woro opened in Portland by If. h. Sabin, trustee. Whether tho successful bidders will dispose of the stock hero or take it to Portland is not known. Ono of tho plncos adyortlsod for rout would mr.ko your kind of a homo porhnpB, ON CO SUFFRAGETTES IN BIG PARADE Over Half Million Women March Throunh Streets of London, Vole Inn Their Disapproval of Parlia ment In Shelvlnn Bill. LONDON. July 23. Tho greatest siiffrngotto pnrado that ovor marched through tho streets of London wns teen today when moro thnn half n million womon nhowod thoir Indigna tion nt tho sholvlnc of tho Chncklo- ton bill giving tho right of franchlso to woman In pnrllamontary oloctlons. Tho great column wns headed by C17 "prison martyrs" In tho cor-. roctlon houso uniforms worn by suf frngottos ImprlBonod for dlaturblng tho penco In London's streets and public hnlls. Womon In every profession wore represented by brigades. Threo hun dred womon artists, carrying pal ettes nnd brushes, formed on division. Moro thnn 1000 professional nurses woro In anotnhor. Tho actresses, including practically all tho promlnont womon on tho Eng lish stngo, formod a detachment 300 strong. s.' ThorO woro women doctors, womon lawyers, thousands of housokcopora nnd houBowlvos nnd working womon. A regiment of suffragist cavalry, Biiporbly mounted, acted as escort to promlnont Bunffrngotto loaders, In cluding Mrs. Dolmont. In tho col umn woro many flonts nnd scores of bcniitlfull wovon bnnnors. GREAT DAMAGE FOREST FIRES Thirteen Dead, Two Towns Wiped Out, 400 Homeless, $4,500,000 Es timated Loss in Forest Fires of the Past Week. Tho forest firo toll during tho past wook has boen: 13 doaths. 2 towns wiped out. 100 homeless. $1,500,000 estimated loss. , PORTLAND, Or., July 23. Showers during tho past OH hours have done much toward chocking the big forost firos which have been sweeping tho forests of tho Pacific northwest and Hritish Columbia tho past week. Despite tho downpour, howovor, sovoral big firos aro still burning in Idaho and Hritish Colum bia and a few smaller ones in Mon tana, Oregon and 'Washington. A consorvntivo estimate by gov ernment officials and timbermen con versant with the situation places tho damngo at $1,000,000, with a strong possibility of tho damage being higher when tho full extent of tho fires is known. Tho devastation has been terrific during tho last two weeks, Two towns, Whit own tor, H. C and Hynn, Wash., havo boon wiped off tho map; 13 portions, including a woman and baby, woro burned to doath; over 400 havo lost thoir homes; stretches of country onco hoavily timbored with tho choicest forests mo now a deso- 20 CAW EXHIBITSARE PROMISED Ren H. Rice Now Sending Out Hun dreds of Invitations to Apple Growers to Send in Exhibits- Twenty Carloads Are Promised. BlflQcr Show Than Ever. SPOKANE, Wash., July 23. Twenty carload exhibits of apples arc already promised for the na tional apple show here this fall. Lnst year there wero but 13 full carload exhibits, of which tho Iloguo River, Oregon, orchardists furnished the best. Secretary Ren II. Rice is now sending out hundreds of invitations to all parts of tho continent in an effort to make tho competition great er thnn over before. Many fino ex hibits arc expected from Oregon be causo of the excellent success with which Oregon growers met lnst year. $25,000 Pi FOR 35 ACRES ORCHARD LAND Andrews Brothers Purchase 35 Acres of Sam Bennett Tract Contains Ten Acres of Ncwtowns, Which Have Made Name for Themselves. Dr. J. W. Andrews of Mnnknto, Minn., nnd George Andrews of this city havo purchased 35 acres of the Sam Bennett orchard, pnying $25, 000 cash. Ocorgo Andrews will re side on tho property. Ed Andrews tnndo tho snle. Tho Bennett orchard is ono of tho best known in tho valley. On tho tract purchased is ten acres of New towns, which havo inndo n groat rep utation for themselves. Tho other portion of the laud is planted to pears. This property is situated ideally upon which to make a homo, and it is tho intention of Dr. Andrews to build such a homo there. George Andrews will have ehargo of tho proporty, with full authority to carry out his ideas in tho making of an artistic suburban home. Tho placo has been christened tho ''Westviow Orchards," and will bo known as such from now on. PRESIDENT TAET SPRAINS HIS ANKLE ELLSWORTH. Mo., July 23.. President Taft tonight is suffering from a sprained ankle sustained on tho golf links at Bar Harbor. Ho is under a surgeon's euro. Tlio nnklu is bandaged or ho couldn't walk at all. Ho was injured when ho slipped on tho grass auad fell heavily. Ho was ablo to resume tho gniuo. Today, howovor, tho ankle began hurting and a surgeon was called. Into sea of nshos. I.ibby, Mont., roports tho fires in tho Kootenai reserve practically ex tinguished. Small firos still rugo in tho Flothoad country, in Idaho. Tho grent Pine Crook firo continues un abated, but is believed to bo nndor control. Engineers Report Of Pisa May Iff' s rsSSSSiLB tiiifiii " ??& iJiJiJHAMHiJiJiJiJiJiJiJiJiJjHHHiJiJBuk H.i,9L'2 The tojal engineers appointed to Investigate the condition of. the famous leaning tower of Pisa reported thnt tho inclination from the perpendicular has recently Increased eight Inches owing to tho weakness of the foundation. The cngln !rs declare the hlstpric old tower is on the verge of collapse nnd that It ! extremely doubtful If It can bo repaired. The ringing of the bells In the to nr has been ordered stopped, becanse the vibrations thus caused throntened to throw down the structure. This cnmpanlle or leaning tower was erected In 1 171-1350. It was In this structure that Galilei worked out the tbeorv tho pendulum. ASHLAND AWARDS PAVING TO WARREN CONSTRUCTION CD ASHLAND. Or.. July 23. Tho city council of Ashland lnst night opened bids for the improvement of certain streets in the city with bitu lithic pavement, as heretofore ad vertised. Two bids were received, one by tho Beaver Construction com pany nnd the other by the Warren Construction company. The bid of the Warren Construction company was determined by tho council to be the lowest nnd best and the contract was ordered awarded to that com pany. Tho aggregate cost of the work, as shown by the surety bond furnished, will be a little over $140, 000. Immediately after awarding the contract tho contract and accom panying papers were laid before the council, thoy having been already prepared, and were executed by Mr. Olson, an agent of the Warren com pany, who hnd been appointed at torney in fact with power to Mgn for tlio company, nnd by tho mayor and recorder. Tho contract and surety bond were then approved by tho council. Councilman Cunningham protest ed against tho undue hasto and ir regularity in all theso proceedings, since a caso had been instituted on tho referendum petition in tho circuit court, whoso decision might nullify all that had been done; that tho con-' All FORMER RECORDS FOR ITRAVEl TO IAKE SHATTERED Secretary Parkhurst of tho Orator Lake company arrlvod from tho lake Saturday aftornoon, and states thnt tho trnvol to this grent natural won der was Increasing very rapidly. Dur ing tho month of Juno 320 pooplo registered at tho govornniont station, and during tho first 15 days of this month 2 GO had registered. This bronks all former records for this ttmo of yonr to tho rim of Crater Lake. Tho trail down to tho water's odgo had been improved, and a largo numbor havo gono down to tho water and tnkon boat rides and fished In tho lako. Theso roport good luck nil hav Leaning Tower Fall Any Second. tract hnd been awarded to this com pany without proper competition and tho people who hnd to pay for the improvement had been given no con sideration whatever. The company agrees to complete tho whole of the projected improve ment within 70 days from the begin ning of the work. This is tho improvement against which tho referendum wns invoked, and iv restraining order against the referendum secured by the Wnrren Construction company through its attorney, A. E. Reamcs. It is stated that an arrangement has been mnde between Mr. Rcnmco and R. G. Smith, attorney for the pe titioners nnd nbutters, under which . the court will hear arguments on the restraining order next Monday. . Some interesting points aro involved in this caso of far-reaching import ance since it involves tho applica tion of tho referendum to tho most important 'subjects of legislation. The petitioners claim that since a part of tho expenditure for tho pro posed improvement is to come out of the fund provided by tho taxpayer, it is a mutter of general legislation and the ordinance was- ono subjoet to tho lawful exercise of tho refer endum. Tho other siiV claims that it is a kind of special legislation not at all subject to tho roforondum. ing caught tho limit of flvo to tho Individual. Mr. Parknurst snys whilo tho soa son opened at tho lako this season earlier than usual, tho tourist travel Iuib hardly bogim In earnest, nnd ho expects tho heavlost travol through thero this yenr over known. Within a vory short time tho din ing room on tho rim of tho Inko In tho now lodgo will havo boon com pleted. Tho opening of this resort has been delayed owing to theso bo Ing no wntor avallnblo, tho pump bq Ing broken. Howovor, In a fow days this will bo remedied. PAGE HOTEL T Long-Term Lease Is Taken on tht Building by Weil-Known Hot Man, Who Expects to Scrvev New Year's Dinner in New Structure Concrete Work" Is Let. Work will start Monday on the erection of the Page .Hotel building at the corner of Main and Riverside. It will be rushed to completion with the expectation of serving a Now Year dinner in tho grill of the new hotel. A long-term Icaso has been taken on tho hotel by Frank A. Clark of Portland, who is ono of the beat known hotel men in tho northwest. Tho building, is to bo erected by the Page Building & Land company, which has just been incorporate with a capital stock of SlOO.nnn. rir P. C. Page, S. K. Page and C. A. ivnignt are the incorporators. A COUtruct for thn nrrfhnn nf it.. foundation wns lot Saturday to the Medford Cement & Paving company. mey win start work Monday. The Garoctt-Corey Hardware company was granted a permit for the sewer (Continued on Page 8.) ADJOURNED TERM OF CIRCUIT COURT MEETSJHONDAY Judge Calkins Calls a Special Venire of Seventeen Trial Jurors, and Also Orders March Grand Jury ta Meet Many Matters to Come Up. The Mnrch term of circuit court will bo reconvened Monday pursuant to tho regular torm. In ordor to facilitate the buslaeaa of tho court, Judge Calkins has or dored that tho grand Jury meet Mon day for tho consideration of tho sev eral mattor which aro to como botorav thorn. Thero aro nlno prlsonora In tho county jail awaiting examination be foro tho grand Jury on charges rang ing from larceny to assault with la tont to kill. t Frank "Williams nnd William Free man will bo called upon to answer a charge of Iarcony, in a dwelling, com mitted In Meiford. Lloyd French Is accused of hay ing stolon a horso and was commit ted from Jacksonville. Tom Root and Jack Williams usdd knives on opponents and must aa- swor to a ehargo of using a dnmgtr. oub weapon. Norman Grantham must explain why ho used another man's namo in vain on a chock. Frank McDonald and Pierre Slan tto aro accused of using weapons not classed as Innocent. Auguat Hnrtwoll, according to tho complaint, otolo anothor man's "un nibontlonnblos" and was wearing thorn whon f jund by tho police. Au gust will oxplaln this to tlio grand Jury, Tho first caso to bo considered oa Monday morning will bo tho Pacific & Kastorn-Phli-ps right of way case und tho spoclal vonlro of trial Jurors Is principally callod to adjudicate this caso, Tho grand Jury consists of F. M, Contcrs, R. C. F. Atbury, M. D, Bowles, R. A. Clark. Frank Nell. J, O. Barnard, C. R. Kllnso.i. CONTRAC IS AWARDED