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f -trf Historical 8oeW WW a ' i .; ? .. h - - f 1 S t 'S ' It tiHii Medford Mail Tribune UNITKI) PRESS ASSOCIATION" Full Leased Wire Report. tf' FIRST SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 The only paper In the worl publlshoa la a city the site e Medford having a leased wtr. FurrnYBAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1910. No. 155. 2 BIG GERMAN MUST BALLOT COLONY IS UN TEDDY'S PLANNED VIEWS McClcntlon Place, Conslstlnn of 604 Acres, Purchased by Iowa Man Tract Will Be Cut Into lOAcre Tracts on Each of Which German Homcuullder Will Do Placed. II. A. Vogol of Nuwnll, In., today cloned a dual whoroby ho and his as sociates come tit possession of tlio 0. 0. McClondon placo, consisting of 004 acres, onco f tho finest plncpa In tho vnllcy, considering tho amount of land In tho plnco, Tho Innd l located about flvo mlloit northeast of Qold Hill, Just across tho road from tho Douol & 8tang ranch, Tho plnco la now In, grain. Tho Intentions of Mr. Vogol and associates In to put thin ontlro tract out to commorclal fruit, with tho Intention of cutting It Into ten acrn tractH, a homo orchard will be planted on each tract, and tho wants of ench tiituro homo builder will bo looked out for. Mr. Vogol now hnB a colony of Industrious Iowa ClormnnB, all being men of moans, and looking for bettor cllmato and a general good placo to llvo. that will no doubt como out and purchaso tho tracts as soon as they aro dovolopod enough, A ton-acre tract'wlll bo act asldo to tako caro of a Luthoran church, and to pay tho minister of tho church, fig uring that th6 Incomo will bo a good salary. Mr. Vogol has had a groat doal of experience In buying and soiling Iowa lands with oxcoptlonal succoss, and will no doubt moot with flno succoss In his venturo horo, as ho Is a very shrowd buutnoss man. This will undoubtedly revolutionize tho fruit Industry In lowur SamB Valloy with all this acroago sot to fruit. Tho prlco paid for tho G04 acros wan SCO, 000 and Is a bargain at tho prlco. Mr. Vogol purchnsod tho lnnd from R. T. C. ABtbury, II. P. Klndlny, J. B. Hnynrt and S. W. Mc Clondon, theso gentlomon buying tlio land from 0, 0. McClondon of Gold Hill. Tho deal was handled from start to finish by W. B. Whltosldo of Cen tral rolnt and Medford, WORK RESUMED OK TRUNK SEWER Tho city engineer, Harry K. Fos ter, Iiuh men at work on the cower ncroHfl Hoar crook ngnin. Tlio in junotion brought by I. J. Phipps did not dolny tho construction work ovor u week. Tho troHtlo and Bowor will bo complotod by tho latter part of noxt week. Tho big storm sowor down Sixth fitroot from Onkdnlo to Hear oreok in completed from Apple Htroot to tho oreok. The ditch in which tho pipal in lining laid 1h ovor 12 foot door. RESIDENTS OBJECT TO DANCE HALL Petition Is Circulated Asking City Council to Revoke Llcenso Granted Al. Stroud to Open Dancing Pavilion In Building Now Oc cupied fi tho Cuthbert Company. Tho rosidonta of Laurel street nonr tho West school nro up in nrma ovor tho prospoct of having a dnnco hall in tholr neighborhood and aro pre paring a potltlon to tho city council asking that a Hcoiibo granted to Al Stroud for that purposo bo rovokod. If tho council dooa not grant tholr potltlon tho mattor will bo carrlod to tho circuit court and an Injunction sought on tho ground that it la a New "Nationalism" Advocated by Colonel In His Western Speeches Must, Ho Says, Bo Voted Upon Soundness Depends Upon Wheth er Party Takes Other Side. 8YRACU8I3, N. Y Bopt. 17. That tho new "natlounllBin" advocated by Colonel Roowvolt In hln rccont west orn Hpeochcs must bo made a national Ihbiio and left for tho wholo pooplo thoniRolvos to decide, wan tho former president's declaration horo today In tho first speech lu ono of tho Inrgor cltloH of tho ntato slnco tho oponlng of tho Now York campaign. "Whothor or not tho principles ot tho now nationalism aru eouna must bo answered by tho Hlmplo oxpcdlont of determining whether any party Is willing to tako tho other sldo of tho Irhuo," Bald Itoosovolt, "If ono Is, tho Isfluo must bo clear cut and mado plain to ovory voter, for In tho end tho peoplo nro cor tain to docldo for tho principles I havo advocated." Criticise Courts, Tho colonol roltoratod and defend ed lila criticism of tho courts utter ed in his speech boforo tho Colorado legislature. IIo declared that his declaration coincided with tho dls sontlng opinion handed down by tho Unltod States supremo court ltaolf. "My critics justify Mr. Justice Har lan," ho continued. "Do tho critics bollovo that tho peoplo shall not con trol tho mntmgomont of tho activities of great monopolistic, corporations doing nn Intorstnto business? It so, lot tliom aver tholr position. For C3 years Abraham Lincoln was assailed for his repeated criticism, of tho Drod Scott decision. Moroovor, ho used stronger Inngungo than I am using. Ills vlow that it was his right and duty to call tho attontlon of tho poo plo to tho orronooiiB decision was on tlroly sound. At any rato, it I havo orrod in commenting on tho decision of tho court, I havo orrod in company with Lincoln." Parties Necessary. Itoosovolt Bald ho recognizes tho fact thnt partlos, lllto corporations and unions, nro necessary Instru ments. "Politically, I bollovo tho peoplo should act with JiiRtlco and with solf control," ho continued. "Lltorally, nolf-control, I mean: not control by outsldors, Thoy should bo control led by thomsolvcB, not by political boBfloa or by tho direct or indlroct uso of wealth, and least of all by n combination of bosslsm and big bus iness. Tho pooplo nro apt to say bosslsm Is moroly another torm for leadership. I don't think so. Tho boss is a bad doovlopmont ot politi cal llfo; tho loador Is necessary and doslrablo. Tho loador makes war on orookB; tho boss too froquontly pro tects tho crooka and socks his profit in tholr existence Tho loador treats tho unfaithful public sorvant as tho worst foo of tho party to which ho holongs and rofusoa to rocognlzo him (Continued nn Paw 4. public, nutsnnco, Mr, Stroud proposes to start a dunco hall in tho building ocouplod temporarily by tho Cuthbort com pany. This building adjoins tho homo of W. M, Colvlg, and Mr. Col vlg and othors nro romonatrntlng, It la polntod out that tho location ot a dnnco hall at that point would proVo very annoying, Honco tho pro-teat, ROUGH RIDING FORTHE -r-- . WiP; JsBst 5!3nmm I bl1 tJJ fv (. fmccrkl fa I JUKBmu I K--''-,E CspJs3fii uit-fe&3 - .HHMMMMKMmMwvaw'ii iwvl -ai sivm. sjhs" b u,nt iNFv avtfllK4jJw?fVl ( t V iHwJHlfF mW mlhJ3-. IE JSnI; $(Mw "' HURLS CARBOLIC ACID Takes Revenge on Young Woman Who Broke Her Engagement to Him When She Heard Tales of His Nights In Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17. Dr. Walter J. Hennessey, chnrged with hurling a viol or carbolic acid in the faco of Mlsa Laura Jones, Is Bald to havo croBscd tho contlnont to bo como his brldo and to havo brokon hor ongagomont when sho hoard strange stories of hor flnnco's allcg od participation In tho night llfo of San Francisco's Orcnt Whlto Wny, was rolcoBcd from Jail today under $20,000 bonds. Tho ncld throwing occurred In tho lobby of tho Miles hotol, whoro Miss Jones, who formorly was a mocibor of Anna Hold's company, and Is bo llovod to havo acted with tho Dolas co company ot Los Angolos undor tho nanio of Laura Lyle, was a guest. According to Miss Jones' story, Hennessey had 7mportunod hor to rcronstdor hor determination not to marry him and dashed tho r.cld In hor faco when sho rofusod to listen to his ploaa, After tho incident in tho hotol lob by, Hennessey leaped into nn auto mobllo, whoro another woman was awaiting htm nnd drovo away. IIo waa arrested oarly todny in ono of tho all night ci fes and was arralgnod in court today. HonnoRsoy formorly was an In torno nt tho Southern Pacific hospi tal in this city. IIo was onco n star basobnll playor in tho dofunct Cali fornia Stato leaguo. Miss Jo ios viaa takou to a hospi tal, whoro torrlblo burns on hor faco woro drossod. With hor faco swath ed in bandages, sho Is 3UtforIng In tensely todny. Tho physicians say thoy will bo unnblo to dotormlna tho oxtont ot hor burns until tho ban dagos may bo Batoly roraovod. GREAT POWER IS LATENT IN ROGUE W. B. Horvlug, dlBtrlct ongiuoor who is completing a carotuUoxnmln atlon of tho wntora of tho Roguo and Its tributaries, la onthuelaatlo In his prediction ca to tho futuro of tho Roguo Rlvor valloy along linos that can bo dovolopod by harnessing tho tromondous powor which oxlata in tho rlvor. IIo aayu that fow roalizo tho part that this powor will play in tho dovelopmont ot tho country, Tho onglnoor atatea: (Continued on Page Four,) DOCTOR K'J W-i (Courtesy of the Oregon Journal.) LARGE INCREASE SMOLCHILDREII Increase Over Last Year is 20 Per Cent Present Senior Class in the High Scheel Is Largest ImHistory of Institution. ' ' t There arc 1030 public school 'chil dren In Medford. Last year tho en rollment in the schools wns; 854. These figures show nn increaso of 172 scholars in three months, or 20 per cent. .Tho present senior high school class numbers 24, which is eight moro than tbo graduating class of 1008, which up to this year was tho largest of which tho high school boasted. Seven members of this banner class nro newcomers. Tho high school, ns n whole, has nn enrollment of 151, showing nn in creased nttendnnco of 21 during tho past year. Tho registration of Washington school for 1910 is 501, against 442 in 1000. Tho student body of North school has grown from 324 stu dents to 205 since tho beginning of tho Inst school year. WARNING GIVEN BY FIRE CHIEF J. H. Butler Warns Public to Keep From Rushing Into the Streets Af ter Sounding of Fire Alarm Al ways Keep to the Right. J. II. Dutler, assistant chlot of tho flro dopnrtmont, Issues tho following warning against running 'in. tho stroota after tho Bounding of a tiro alarm: "It BooniB to bo tho custom when tho flro boll ringa, for tho public to rush Into tho stroot. Tho1 public Bhould dlstluctly understand that .the stroot belongs to tho tiro dopartmont and should bo kopt clear. Automo biles carrying "firemen" constitutes part of tho flro dopartmont and Bhould havo BOino right of way. When everybody ruahoa Into tho stroot with heavy toanfs, buggloa, autos, bicycles, etc., on foot, tboro Is gravo dangor ot aomoono losing tholr llfo, be8ldoa tho blocking of tho Btrcot hlndora tbo flro dopartmont. Toama should koop to tho right when flro Uuck la run ning, no It will pass always on tho loft." Occasionally wo raeot a waa whose train ot thought reminds us ot row of flat cars, POLITICIANS i arcKON 7HBYLL FIHDTHEy CAN'T DO HUCH with ly yh. GREAT SHAKEUP GOTHAM POLICE Graft and Crime Protection Is Ex posed by Officer Whose Name Is Concealed Acting Mayor Mitchell Is to Act at Once. NEW YORK, Sept. 17. Reported revelations ot police graft, mado to Acting Mayor John P. Mitchell by a high pollco official, will result. It Is declared today, In n shakeup In po llco circles hero greater than has been known for years. Tho confes sion, It Is alleged, has brought to tho acting mayor stories ot graft and crlmo protection which overshadow the famous rovelatlonB brought to light by tho Ludlow commission. Tho name of tho offlcor who Is said to have confessed has been kept socret, but It is said that tho story told to Acting Mayor Mitchell and District Attorney Whitman involves othor men high In tho department. Tho grand Jury has been summoned and tho wholo matter will bo laid boforo It next week. It Is said that both tho acting may or and tho district attorney aro de termined that tho matter shall bo probed to tho bottomm. Tho wholo sordid Btory ot how a regular system ot extortion, bribery and corruption was maintained, Is said to havo been placed In tho bauds of Mitchell and Whitman and more than 100 witnesses from all walks of llfo will appear boforo tho grand Jury. According to reports today, gam blers, resort keepers, women of ques tionable character and criminals havo boon paying regularly Into a protection fund, which was pnrcolod out among tho higher ups In tho de partment. Mayor Gaynor nnd Mitchell aro said to havo doclded on tho Investi gation at a conferonco hold recently. WOMAN MAKES LONG TRIP AFOOT No woman slnco tho days ot Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea haa mado a longor tramp through a roughor country than that Just complotod by Mrs. W. B. llorrlng, In compnny with hor husband, district government on glnoor. Six hundred miles along' tho summit of th9 Cascades from oast of Portland to Prospect la tho rough country travorsed by this dauntless woman. Besides, Mr, and Mrs. Her ring, tho party consisted of ono pack or. Although tholr travels took tho party through ono of tho greatest (Continued on Page 4) DISSOLUTION NORTHWEST OF TRUST Uncle Sam to Undertake Great War on Sugar Barons Similar toJOne Waged on Tobacco and Oil Com binesMany Indictments Are Sought. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept 17. A suit seeking the dissolution of tho sugar trust bas been prepared by the department of Justice and will be filed in New York. Tho action will be brought through tho United States district attorney In New York. Attorney General WIckeraham himself will havo personal supervis ion of the action. Ho Is now in Now York preparing to institute proceed ings. The suit is similar to that brought against tho Standard Oil company and Its subsidiaries and which was decided in favor of tho government by tho district court sitting in St. Louis. The charges against tho sugar trust will bo similar to thoso brought in tho government's cases against tho tobacco trust and the Standard Oil company. Itl s understood the gov ernment will not prosecute the case, liowevor: until the supremo Icourt takes final action in the former cases, The evidence In tho sugar case. It Ib reported, will be much stronger than that in either of the two cited. TO AMERICA TO RAISE FUNDS LIVERPOOL, Sept. 17. John Iledmond and T. P. O'Connor, Irish nationalist members of pJiliamcnt, sailed for America today on tho liner Baltic on their long-planned trip to collect funds to continue their fieht for home rule in Ireland. They were accompanied by Boyle nnd Devlin, nationalists, who will be their cbiof lieutenants in tho American cam paign, Redmond plnns n six weeks' tour of tho middlo western states; Devlin will work through tho south nnd Boyle the far west, whilo O'Connor mil cover tbo Atlantic seaboard and Canada. O'Connor believes his party is nearer success than it has ben for many years. Ho predicted homo rulo for Ireland within the uovt two yenrs. ,. PRIZE OFFERED FOR BEST BOX OF JONATHANS Roguo river orehnrdists nro asked to bear in mind tho prizes offored at the various applo shows whilo gath ering fruit. Noxt week tho picking of Jonathans will bo on in full blest and growers should remember that many prizes ;iro within thoir roach, among them being $20 worth of nursery stock, offered bv N. S. Ben SOUGHT CAN SELL WASHINGTON SCHOOL Deed to Property Is Simple Quitclaim, With No Restriction as Thought, That It Must Always Be Used for Educational Pur posesBids Asked for Building. Although It was currontly roport- od that tho school board could not disposo ot tho Washington school property, owing to a restriction In tho deed wheroby tho property was to bo always used for educational purposos or rovort to tho donor, O. O. Doekman ot Jacksonville, such proves not to bo tho case, and tho school property cana bo sold. Whilo Mr. Deekman douated tho property, he 8 Rffl IS I GENERA Llgtif Rain Last Night With Mere ' Moisture Promised for Today ErTd Put to All Forest Fires Half an Inch Fell Yesterday In Eugene. It seems that at last southern Ore gon will experience a real rain once again. Showers fell last evening and additional rain Is promised for today. The rain has been general over tho nonnwest, interfering with the stato fair in Salem. A half inch fell In Eugene last evening. The storm started north and has been working its way down the coast. Whilo not heavy, tho precipitation has been steady. Tho rain storm has put an end to oneo t tho worst forest fire seasons In coast history. Tho rains which began Friday ox tended from central Idaho to the Pacific ocean, and tho downpour prac tically extinguished the conflagra tions that wero burning in the va rious forest districts. With danger from a continuation of the disastrous blazes at aa ead. It Is probable that lumbermen aal others Interested In the forests will Insist on the passage of laws tending toward better protection from fires in every stato of the northwest. From this time on weathor signals will be displayed from tho flagstaff on tho building occupied by the Rogue River Fruit and Produce as sociation. The forecasts are receiv ed every morning from Portland, and the signals immediately hoisted. A white flag will Indicate fair weather, stationary temperature. A blue flag will indicate rain or snow, stationary temporaturo. Tho white and bluo flag will In dicate local rain or snow, stationary temperature. The white flag with black centor will Indicate a cold wave. Tho black triangular flag Is known. as the temperature flag and is dis played either above or below the white flag, tho blue and tho white and blue flag. If this flag Is placed above It Indicates a rising tempera ture; ifplaced below, It Indicates low- . erlng temperature. TO OPERATE ON BOB LA FOLLETTE ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 17. Senator Robert M. La Follotte of Wisconsin announced toduy thnt he will go to the Mayo Bros.' hospital at Rochoster, Minn., oarly noxt week to undergo an operation for gnll--stones. " ' La Follolto has been ill sinco tho Inst session of congress closed. t nett for tho best box of Jonathans raised in Oregon. (mado out a slmplo quit claim deed, ' in which tho only consideration waa, . Jl, Therol a nothing in the lnstru- ment to provont a disposal o4"the' 3 proporty nnd tho construction of twe't' now buildings as planned. ' "'' Tho board has called for bids, same 't to bo placed with tho clerk by 4 p, m. October 1. Possession will be ''"' given at the close of the present school year. t J .'A