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orcflnnHJrlcalSortii cilv Hnn ' T! Hi r Medford Mail Tribune TIIIC W13ATIIKIL UJttTKI) PRK88 ABSOOIAXIOM Pull LcMctl Wlro Report. Tonight and tomorrow Fair tuiil wn nn Tho only paper In tho worU published In a city tho ili sf Medford having u loased wlr. rami year. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 3910. No. 111. Hfl' ATE BUILT HIGHWAYS CONVICT BUILT ROADS COL HOFER'S PLATFORM Salem Journalist to Make Whirlwind Campnlnn for Good Roads Throughout Oregon In His Effort to Land Republican Nomination for Governor Anti-Graft Also a Plank Would Cut Out Half Million Dollars of Frauds Imposed on People and Build Highways With It Main Roads Should Not Bo Built by County Bend Issues. Colonel E. Jlofor of Biiloin, tho well known booster and champion ot de velopment was seen by n Mull Tri bune man end uhIcoiI for u statement of tho political Httuntlon. IIo In limit ing a fight for tliu nomination for governor, and Ih n representative of tho strenuous newspaper man In nc tlon. Asked n to tho assembly nominee, ho declined to bnvo anything to nay, saying ho had not participated In tho wholesale embalming process that bad prematurely sent to tholr grnvoH ho many prominent and t;b!o pollll clatiH, Two Line of Fight. "I am In tho flcht on two distinct lines. Wo haven't a dollar of craft In our city or county Kovornmont at Salem, and I do not boo why tho old grnftlng propoMltlonit hIiouUI bo con tinued In our stato government, I am In favor of cuttlni; out $500,000 ot tho ancient hoary, untnltlijatcd frauds that tho legislature imposes on tho long suffering and patient pooplo of Oregon and spending that monoy on Htnto highways. Ily lining convict labor and adding anothor half mil lion dollars In tho shnpo of an ap propriation, wo can build several hundred miles of first-class Htnto highways and advertlso Oregon nH being no longer a moHHbaclc common wealth on tl In question. ( 'nit or Ijikn Derlnlon, "I feel nflhnmod for tho wholo Htato that you pooplo were blocked in your effort to get Htato aid to build tho highway from .Medford to Crator Lake and Klninntb Falls, Tho Htato of Washington Ih building 20 hiicIi blghwnyu and sllurlnns are perfectly bnppy to otny In tl.elr IioIch when It raliiH and come out, pang tho hat for an Injunction milt to stop cntorprlHOH llku the Crator Lr.ko rond or n little bridge acroBH tho Snake river to get tho people of southorn ldnbo to como ovor and drop tholr money Into tho coffeni of e.iBtorn Oregon merchants and banks. "I am going to mnko a whirlwind campaign of tho wholo atnto for a state highway ayBlom on tho plan of tho Htato of Washington, where they WRECK DELAYS " P.&E. VS. PHIPPS Failure of Motor With Attorney Aboard Postpones Condemnation Suit Resolutions of Respect for Hanna to Be Drawn Up. Owing to the delay In tho arrival of tho Bouthorn v Pacific motor from OrantH Pass, whereby II, O. Smith, ono of tho attoruoys In tho enso of Phippu vs, tho Pacific & lOastern rail-' way, was prevented from nppoarlng, tho session of tho circuit court was short thlti morning. Aftor passing an Indotormlnnto sentonco upon Lloyd French nnd Nor man Oriutham, Judge C"lkln ap pointed tho following commlttoo on tho framing of rosolutlocs to tho memory of tho Into II, K, Hanna: William M. Colvlg of Medford, W. C. Halo of Grants Pnss nnd 10, D. Brlggs of Ashland. Whoroupon, owing to tho cause aforesaid, tho court took a recess un til tho cnuusel should arrive, Tho poor old Pullman company claims now that It runs Its enra at n loss. are building Htato hlghwr.ys, helping rouutloH to build highways and work lug 4 00 convlctH on tho highways. Wo are not doing a blessed thing. (Col- houel Hofer liucd a HoorovcU word hero that Is not printable), Tho firm bill that goes through tho leglnlnturo ought to be a Htato highway bill, pro viding for ( Htato highway cornmls Hloner, with power to employ convict labor and opon to every county in tho Htnto on equal termu, so it can not be attacked In the supremo court. I have talked with tho Judges of tho Hiipreme court and they tell mo that that kind of n bill would be conntltu tlonnl. On Htnto Highways, "I bnvo gatl-ored statistics on the subject and find that innln state high ways ought not to bo built with coun ty bond IsHues. Only about 26 per cent of the tn.fflc over a main Htato highway Is county traffic, the rest is Htnto traffic and tho state should build It and tho county maintain It? If any of tho counties want to Issuo bonds for highways on Judge Web ster'B plan they would find plenty of use for the money. Hut the county bonding system will not give us state highways. Ono county will Issue bonds, nnother county will refuse. "Wo will get no stato hlghwnys on the county bonding plan. It Is1 not right to bull I Htnto highways at tho exponso of tho abutting property, Ite rance all uuch proporty will nlvance In value from two to COO per cent (Continued on Pace o.) CALKINS GIVES maun Makes First Decree Under 1905 Ses sion Law, Providing for Indeter minate Sentences in the Case of French and Grantham. Judgo Cclklns Thursday morning mndo tho first commitment In tho First judicial district under act ot tho session Ir.WB of 1905, providing for an Indeterminate sentonco for parties who plead guilty or nro con victed of crimes tho maximum pen alties for which Is 20 years, a Ben teuco dependent upon tholr good bo havlor, outsldo of tho minimum pen alty. There was a great hunting up of authorities. Every lawyor In tho courtroom war "satisfied there was such a statute," but nobody could IContiinudon Page S.) NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL ROAD CAUSE OF RALLY IN THE PRICES OF STOCKS NEW YOKK, July 28. Thoro was rood. The Hock Island, Missouri Pn an advanco In prices of stocks at the elfle, Kin Grande, Wabash and tho opening today, tho market being Lehigh Valley aro reported to bo In flooded with buying ordors. United cl.ided In tho projoct. States Steel gained 1 3i points, Tho Pearson syndicate has boon Union Paclflo 1 C-S nnd Hock Islam! anxious for douio tlmo to build n a 1-2 and Amorlcnn Smoltlng 1 3-4. now trons-contlnontnl railroad, but Tho rally Is bolloved to have boon numy difficulties havo boon oncaun- duo to tho purchnso of $30,000,000 tered. A dlspr.tch from Toronto to- from tho syndicate bonded by Dr. day attributes tho transfer of tho Pearsons by tho bnnklny banco of Pearson secuirltlos to tho failure of Kulin Loeb and compnuy. Tho pur- the syndicate to carry out Its plans, poso of this transfer, it Is snld, Is tho K'uhn, Loob & Co., It is said, has pur- orgunlzntlon of plniiB for tho build- chased tho soourltles with tho object lug of a now trnns-contlnontnl rail- r currying out tho syndicate's plnnB. TROOPS TO QUELL RIOT OF STRIKERS Two Thousand Ohio Militia Ordered Out at Columbus Mob Attacks Troop Train Strikebreakers Are Beaten and Ralls Torn Up by Rioters Efforts to Run Futile. HAMILTON, 0., July 28. A troop train carrying Company 1 Third Ohio infantry, to Columbutj, to lie held in readiness lor strike duty, wiih attacked todny by sympathizers of. the Columbus strikers. A shower of iron holts fell upon the earn and many windows wero broken. It was offieinllv reported that none of the soldiers was struck by the missiles. COLUMBUS. O.. July 28. Two thousand stato militiamen arrived here today to nucll rioting which fol lowed an attempt on tho part of the Columbus Hnilway & Light company to operate streetcars manned by strikebreakers. Mobs of strikers and sympathiz ers, augmented by the rnilroad men of the city, nttneked the cars, beat tho nonunion crews and tore the tracks up. The polico were powerless to prevent rioting nnd Mayor Mar shall called on the state authorities for troops. Governor Harmon ordered Adju-tnnl-Gcnornl Wcybrccht to call out the Second, Third and Sixth Ohio in fniitrv, tho Clovelnnd troop of the envnlry, n signal corps nnd hospital ambulance company. The ndjutnnt general sent orders to the Fourth, Fifth. Seventh and Kighth Ohio regi ments to hold themselves in readi ness. Until military control has been es tablished the traction company will make no further effort to operate its ears. DEMOCRATS TO NAME LINO Minnesota Convention Solid on Anti Local Option Platform Initiative and Referendum Plank to Be Fa voredSpeech Attacks Tariff. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 2S. Tho democratic stato convention Is expected to nominate John lLnd for governor If Llnd will consont to run. LInd hns tho solid bncklng of tho opponents of local option nnd they enn easily control tho convention. Though It la tho doslro of a small minority to mnko local option ono of tho Issues of tho convention, It Is bo llovod that tho question will bo Ig nored altojj'jther. Tho plntform prob nbly will lncudo a plank favoring Ini tiative nnd roforondum. Tho koynoto speech of tho conven tion was delivered by Congressman Hammond, who strongly donouncod tho Aldrlch-Pnyno tariff lav. Walter Wellman Declares He Will Cross the Atlantic In an Airship. VJFx. r:. -- - BfcWfHLHHBHH & "' W 'n "'' -'iilHIIHBHHI i -! & 'h$i& iH BiililililB xwJ&ihnjrxtmMir it n iliHiiiB- . . &'$ Walter Wolltnan. explorer and Journalist, unsatisfied with being blown around the reglou of the north pole In u balloon, has declared he will try to cross tho Atlantic wean from New York to London in the motor balloon America. Mr. Wellman is about ready to try n number of bind trips around Atlantic City. He will take his big balloon to New York city next month nnd by tho last of August Iiojmjs to bo well under way for the long ocenrrtrip. Mr. Wellman will carry a wireless outfit with him and report his progress as be sails along. London, New York and Chicago papers are to pay Mr. Well man for his efforts. IIo Is to be nccompnnipd by Mclvin Vanlman and an engineer nnd a fourth companion, yet to be selected. STRIKE MAY TIE OPJWUWD General Walkout May Result From Teamsters' Strike Unions Con sider Plan to Call All Men Out Declare Stand Threatens Labor. PORTLAND, Or., July 2S. -Unless tho toaracters' strike, tho me chanics' walkout and othor labor dis turbances In Portland nro settled booh It Is highly probablo thnt every labor union In tho city will havo bo como Involved in a genoral strike bo foro autumn. Eight thousand union ists would bo affected by n gonern! strlko order. At a Joint meotlng of a committee from tho Central Labor council last night, tho plan of calling out ono union after nnother until nil woro on Btrlko was considered. It was pruc tlcally ag-eed upon that such action might prove necessary on tho part of tho unionists to protect themselves In tho campaign being wagod by em ployers an J business coneorns to mnko Portlvnd an open shop city. In summing up the situation ns It stands, at present, WUll.un Dnley, president of tho Oregon Federation of Labor, said: "Tho huukvs and inorehnnts havo taken such i. leclded stand against tho advanco "sked by tho toninctors' union that wo feel that It Is tlmo for tho Various labor uiiIohb to tnko a hand In tho niater While I am not ready to sry wha' othor unions of tho city will go out on . sympathetic utrlko, I bollovo that unlosB tho mer chants and bushecs mon of tho city retront from their docidod stand nar.lnst tho labor unions It will bo nocessary for us to tnko boiiio stren uoub me.'tauro to protect oursolvoa." Why not orgnnlzo a "swat tho fly" club In every school district? CHINESE PRINCE LOSESJPOSITION Shakeup in Ministry Due to Prelim inary Precautions to Avert Dem onstrations Over Railway Conces sions and New Treaty. PEKING, July 28. An importnnt shakeup In tho foreign office occurred today, following tho publication of an Imperial edict announcing that Llnng Tun Yen had been "permit ted to resign ns senior vice-president, owing to 111 health." All Important officials of tho for- elgn office, with tho exception of Prlnco Chlng, president of tho conn- k cll, wero transferred to other depart ments of the government. A reason for tho changes Is not given, but It Is bolloved thnt the 1m porlnl govorument Is taking prelim inary stops to avert demonstrations ovor tho recent Russo-Jnpanoso-Mnn-churlnn convention nnd over cortaln railway concessions In tho empire. it CRIPPEN ABOARD" STATES WIRELESS FROM STEAMER MONTROSE STILL AT SEA MONTREAL, Quo., July 28. A wlroless dispatch to tho Montreal Star from the steamer Montroso snys: "Crlppen aboard." FATHER POINT, Quo,, July 2S. Chief Constable McCarty and Inspec tor Denis of tho provincial polico nrrlvod bore today to sslst Inspec tor Dow of Scotlnnrt Ynrd In arrest ing Dr. II. IL'Crlppon, tho Amorlcnn dentist whom tho polico cle.rgo with murdoring his wlfo in London, and .Mile. Leneve, who la snld to bo with Crlppon on board tho steamor DEATH RIDES T E Many Fatalities Reported at Chicago' Hottest Weather in Years at Omaha Drouth Causes Crops to Wither Churches Praying for Rain Mad Dogs Bite People. CHICAGO, July 28. Four per sons arc. dead today and scores are being treated at hospitals as the re suit of the terrific heat of tho last 24 hours. Three persons, in addition, were bitten by rabid docs Inst evening. They were taken to the Chicago Pas teur institute. Special prayer services for rain were held in several churches last evening. Crops throughout the middle west nre suffcrine because of the continued drouth. OMAHA, Neb., July 28. Omiilui i. Mifferins todny from the hottest weather known here in years. The thermometer registered 104 degrees. Many prostrations were reported. Reports from surrounding sections of Nebraska nnd Iown say that the crops had been severely damaged by the continued dry. hot weather here. Corn ha.-? been withered by the sun, and unless the drouth is soon broken the loss will be very heavy. REGIMENT 10 STOP RIOTING Michigan National Guard Ordered to Durand .to Protect Grand Trunk Property Yardmaster Told to Leave, on Penalty of Being Shot. DETROIT, Mich.. July 2S. Four companies of the First regiment, Michigan national guard, were des patched to Durand today, whore the striko situation on tho Michigan branches of tho Grand Sruuk-Pnclfic rnilroad Is acute. A battalion of Infantry from Grand Rapids also Is en route to Durand. The troops are under command of Major John S. Horsey. Durand Is ono of the central points on the Michigan division of the Grand Trunk system. Tho troops wero sont to Durand following nn appeal by Sheriff Wat son.who claimed that tho situation there was beyond tho control of tho local authorities. Watson declared that tho strikers and their frlonds had Intimidated strikebreakers and hnvo completely provonted any traf- flc In tho rr.Urond yards. BUFFALO, X. Y., July 28. Tho Grand Trunk strlko took on a more serious aspect today, when a dele gation of strlko sympathizers noti fied Yardmaster II. G. Foster ot Drldgeburg that ho would bo Bhot unless ho leaves Buffalo. rose. McCnrty and Donls caino loro un der orders from tho nttoruoy gonoral or tho province of Quobec, who In structed thorn to do ovorythlng In tholr powor to secure tho arrest of Crlppen nnd his companion In caso they aro aboard tho Montroso when the vessel docks. Inspector Dow Is to arrlvo hoie on t'o steamer Lrurontto In tlmo to join .the Cannllnn offlcors. No wlroless communication has yet been hold by tho Labrador stations with tho Lau- Mont-.rontlc or tho Montroso, M W WA BARRETT SHIPMENTS UNDERWAY First Car of Rogue River Pears Leaves for Chicago Tomorrow Fruit of Very Fine Quality 0thr Shippers Prepare to Begin Picking Next Week Bright Prospects. The first car of Rogue River Bart lett pears for tho season of 1910 will bo shipped Friday. They are now being loaded at the Voorhlea spur by tho Eden Valley orchard. Tho fruit Is said to bo very fine la quality. It Is billed to Chicago and will probably be diverted at that point to a market further east. Splen did prices are expected. All of tho largo orchards In the valley are preparing to open the pick ing season with the first of the week. A few are delaying tho work as much, as possible in order to allow the Cal ifornia crop to bo cleaned from tk market beforo local fruit goes on. Fully 350 cars of pears will ba shipped this season, according to es timates of prominent fruitgrowers. WILL DEVELOP IRRIGATED ORCHARD IN "THE DESERT" Clyde E. Niles, recently from Spo kane, has purchased 20 acres of fruit land from Roguclnuds, Inc., nnd the land is now being plowed and leveled bv the compnny. As oon nsr the planting season opens the entire frnct will bo planted to Spitzcnbcrgs and Newtown Pippms. This tract lies directly south of the townsite of Roguelands, which, borders the desert boulevard and lies along tho right of way of the P. & E. railroad. Mr. Niles has al ready let a contract for the con struction of n modern ;?2o00 bunga low and the carpenters will begin, work ns soon as the material is oa the ground. BRYAN'S FIGHT NOT IN VAIN As Result of Local Option Struggle, Both Parties Declare for Initiative and Referendum Oregon Plan for Senatorial Election to Be Followed LINCOLN. Neb., July 28. Wil liam J. Bryan today issued u foi-mul statement regarding the present htatus of the county option fight in Ncbrnskn. "Tho failuro of tho Democratic stnto convention to indorse county option is disappointing,'' says Iiryun. "Still tho fight has not been iu vain. It has helped to see nro u declaration favoring tho initiative and referen dum by both parties and no doubt such a necessary amendment will be submitted to the next legislature. "Wo must now secure county op tion delegates iu every stato assem bly district. If tho Democratic con vention hud indorsed county option it would have eliminated tho uccoh ity of u stnto campaign, but, even us it is. there is no reason why any vote lor stnto officers except tlmt of governor, should bo influenced bv the candidate's attitude on coun ty option. "I boliovo lite Democrats hnvo tho udynutnge iu the (!!r.'UMuiu on na tional issues. Every legislative can didate should be urged to Mippnrt the candidate for United Stater. Mmntor receiving the largest vote under the Oregon plan, thus eliminating the option iiuestion in selecting (I neim tor. The Democrats ought to elect a senator. Tlioro is no reason to he discouraged and loso intorcHt." Marriage Is Indeed a failure whea ' lovo grows cold before tho bride. Rets, '' all tho rice out of. her hair. uL'MB&titiftA