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nt ROJ ,rtort r . utW m Wi r,w v" tii lo wimtiiku. Medford Mail Tribune Full tanned Who Report. Cloudy tonlifhl' with powilblo nhowont tonlnlit am! Tuesday. Tho only pnpor In tho worl publlohoa In a city the size of Medford having a loosed vrlr. FIFTH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1910. No. 169. ELES PUD Dl OLICE SURVEILLANCE ,Vij k UH AN U INDIGNATION RUNS HIGH; REMOVAL TO FRISCO SUGGESTED 4-f-f-f - - - f - f - f - - - t - - f - f - f - f - f4 f I.OH ANGKLKS, Cnl.. Oct. I. DelegntcH to tho minimi con vention of tho California Stale Kcilorntion (if Labor wore in an' nugry mood when tho M'cond dny's m'hh'ioii opened today be caiiKc of what they term "iiiiwuruutcd police survoillnneo" at the Inhor tunipht and the convention lu'iidoiturters. The particular net of the polico that bus aroused the union men oeurrcd last night when 510 ivdiretnen were detailed from tho central polico station to tho labor heun,unrtcrx. An effort wnn mndo by huveral of -tho dclcgntos to removu the entiro oonveiition to. San Frnnciseo today. Thin wn not donu be catihu of tliu uxpciiHO involved. A national lnhor orginizcr who Imih been in I .oh AngolcH for several weeks, said teday: "Tho police surveillance to which our dolcgutcH have been Hiibjvcted ifl tho lust insult Lo Angeles ciiii give in. Of course wo didn't expect to he welcomed an (ho delegate to the Amer ican Hanker' nnnocintion were. Hut there wnMi't even onu city official prcHcnt lo greet iih when our delegate convened. IiiHtend the city t renin us iih suspicious character. Police headipinrtcrK refused to tell mo why the officors wore Bent to pv on iih IiihI night." f 4 f -f f 4- 44 POLICE T ON TRAIL OF MEN BUYING POWDER Three Hundred Men in Relays Arc Searchlnn Ruins for Bodies But With Little Success Work of Clearlnn Debris Is Extremely Haz ardous. AONEW8, Cnl., Oct. !. Tom Ilur loy, mnrHh huntor, today told n Unit ed I'rcHH corrcHiioudeut that a lniinch answering tho description of tho niyH torloiiH powder launch wns abandon ed Boptomhor 2(1 on tho IudlKO mud tlatH hIx mtlcH north of AIvIbo In n mnrsh. Hurley assorts that empty powder boxoH woro found In tho launch. SAN JOSH, Cnl., Oct. -I. Tlueo men In a myHtorlouo launch coincid ing In overy detail with tho llttlo craft that received COO pounds of glnnt golntluo at ho Giant Powdor workH, woro scon ontorlng tho Alvlso slough, tho lowcHt oxtromlty of San Francisco liny, on tho nftornoon of September 2G. Polico nud Hpoclal dotectlvoa hnvo been seeking tho boat that visited (Continued on I'iiro H.) PRESIDENCY IN 1912 SAID TO BE AMBITION OF SENATOR LA FULLETTE MADISON, Win., Oct. !. -Senator Lu Follotto in iiKain to ho u candi date for tho republican nomination for president in 1012. It can ho Hiiid that this fact wuh freely talked dur iiiK the HosHion of tho republican convention at Madison nud pluun woro von made during (lie conven tion for tho immediate btartiiiK of tho cumpaif,'ii for Sonutor La Fol lotto in other stuos. Tho publi cniiuoiiucomont of his annujidiioy f" tho proHldonoy will bo mndo hoiiiu time during the win tor, CommittooH will thou bo formed in nil tho fitutoa US preHH the onm pnign of tlio WiHcoiiHiu sonutor nnd n fiht will ho mndo in nil purtu of tho union for IiIh candidacy. Tho appeal will bo pmdo directly to tho pooplo and tho votora will bo told in advnnco thnt if tlioy dosire f -f f r f 4- - - - f -f-f 4-f4- 4 CORONEHJURY IS TIMES DISASTER Launch Now Traced to Alvlso Buy, Where Men Were Seen Transfer rin! Bundles to Automobile From There to Los Angeles Auto mobile Was Used. LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Oct. -L Tho Jury named by Coroner Iloartwoll io proho tho Times disaster and estab lish by voullct lion- 21 rcon met tholr death in Saturday's oxploBlon and rlro, visited tho ruins today. Employes of tho Times guldod tho Jurors about tho groat heap of wreck ago and located for thorn tho spot whom tho dynnmlto thnt destroyed tho bulldlni: Is belloved to havo been placed. Knch of tho Jurors took copious notes, whlo n stonogrnpher was con stantly nt tho coroner's elbow. Searching Slow. Although 300 men hnvo worked In relays night and day Bluco Sunday morning, tho work of searching tho ruliiH hnH omy partially begun. Each shovelful of nshos 1b hnndled throo times, tho polico having ordered that (ContlnmU on fiiKo 8?) fto boo n nmn who will ronlly fiht tho ureal centralized capitalists, it iu their business to poo that nion are scut to tho republican 'conven tion of 1012 who will give thou sup port to La Follolto. Convention Rtni'ts Thing. Tho program of tho entire repub lican convention at Madinou was ar ranged in a uood many wayrt in sup port of Sonutor La Follotio's presi dential ambitious. Congressmen Lou Hoot of tho Klov euth district, in fact, did not hositnto in liis uddross tliat thu policies which woro being exploited around the country by lloosuvolt woru Ln Fol letto's, not Hoosuvelt's polioios, while tho republican platform plniutly as cribed tho birth of tho progrobbivu movement in the republican party to Liv Follotto. - f - f - f - ff - f - f - f - - 4 NOW PROBING WILL URGE THE CREATION OF WATER COMMISSION FOR CITY BOILERS GO ID PIECES Twenty Survivors of Wreck Tell of Awful Hardships Steamers Dis patched to Scene Salt Water Said to Have Weakened Boiler Tubes, -Causlnn Explosion. PANAMA, Oct. 1. Thnt 50 per sons out of 70 passengers and crew of the steamer Chiri(iii, which sank near Point Jnrnchiuc, were drowned is the belief of survivors llio reached Jarachinc today. Thirteen survivors worn picked up in one of thu Chiriqui's lifeboats nnd were brought into port. Thoy wutc exhausted from the hnrdships they had undergone. Tho Chiriqiii sank nftcr its boilers exploded nenr Point Jnrnchiuc, the survivors say. A second lifeboat with nine survi vors which loft the wreck nftcr boat Xo. 1, in which tho survivors woro found, has not roported nud is be lieved to havo been lost. The Chiriqui sunk, tho survivors Miy, within an hour nfter tho o.l plosion occurred. Tho explosion tore nwny ono whole sido of tho vessel. The tng Porico nud the stenmer Chilo hnvo sailed for tho sceno of the wreck but no report bus boon received from them nnd further de tails cannot ho obtained. The Chiriqiii was owned by the Pacific Steam Nnvigntion company. Sho cleared from Panama September 27 for ltyonu enturn. Tho veel used salt wntor in hor boilors n.vl the action of tho chemicals in the water Is thought to have weakened the tubes, cnusing tho explosion. THREATENED BY LAW SUIT. MEN GIVE PERMISSION The Grand Prix Cup Race Will Be Run Over tho Vanderbllt Course In Lonn Island as Obcctlons Arc Withdrawn. NEW YORK, Oct. 4.Tho grand piix will probably bo run ovor tho Ynndorbllt courso In Nassau county on Long Island. After deciding Into ypBtordny to cancol tho wco, tho su pervisors of Nassau county, whon ln formod thoy could bo hold liable for damages, changed tholr minds. Officials of tho Motor Cups Hold ing company havo nnnouncod that tho rnco will bo run. Evory poeslblo human ngonoy will bo UBOd to Riiard ngnlnst accident. Instond of starting nt daybreak, tho rnco will commouco nt 10 n. m giv ing pooplo tlmo to got tholr plncos at tho courso and tho gunrdB to bo proporly etatlonod boforo tho inn ohlnos got nwny, 0 w Governor Hughes will bo askod to 1 1oso IT ,, Marinh Kalor w sond a company of stato mllltla to'Lnn'm tch( ftll of wllom liro fl , guard tho courso. (Continued on Page 8.) TO HAVE IL PATTERSON CONTROL OF TO TRY AND SYSTEM COMEBACK? Mayor Canon Will Submit His Rec ommendations to City Council at This Evening's Session Wil Probably Go to the People for Ratification. At this evening's session of tho city council Mayor Canon will submit a message to that body urglngtho cre ation of n water commission, which will take completo cbargo of tho wa ter system, In ordor that It'.may bo conducted upon a business basis. Mayor Canon Is tnklnjttlho step nfter consulting with mnnj leading business men. Tho cltyhfBO&reatJ n sum Invested In Us water works that It Is belloved to bo best that tho system bo segregated from tho other business of tho city. In all probability tho recommenda tions of tho mayor will bo Incorpo rated In nn amendment to tho city charter nnd submitted by tho council to tho pcoplo for ratification. DISMISSES Question of Law Only is Involved in Nunan Case Now Beinn Considered by Federal Court Hhls is Second Term of Court In This City. Tho second session of tho fcdor.il court to bo held in Medford was opened this morning in tho Commer cial club rooms by Jud'O Wolvorton. Thu only not of tho court nt this timo was to dismiss tho 27 jurors. 'Pll.f. Iltlltl .lnk.n alt ilirt MnilllAD nP llA lnwyors dofondiup; botli sides of tho ono point of issue in tho four cases boforo tho court. It was thought by tho lnwyors Unit ns tho enso in volved n point of lnw and was not n matter of ovideneo thnt bettor satisfaction could bo gained from n decision rendered by thu judp;o than that by a group of inexperienced nion. Tho point of lnw to bo deoidod is wholhor Mrs. Cnrolyn Cnrdwoll was authorized by tho will of hor lam bum!, James A. Cnrdwoll, to grunt to Jorimiali Nunan a uiortgago on 300 noros of hind lying cast of Jack sonville Tho laud in question emtio into tho possession of Nuimn 18 yonrs ngo, through tho mortgage grunted him by Mrs. Cnrdwoll, and lie has hnd possession of the property ovor since Tho will of Jnmos A. Cnrd woll gnvo Mrs. Cnrdwoll tho right to "soil or disposo" of tho proporty. Tho question nt isuo is whothor tho term "disposo" incliidos tho right to mortgage, Tho eninplniniuits boforo tlin fmlm'iil nnnrl nni Snllin Tliln.. tors- or inmos a. una inroivn Curd . (Continued on 1'uro s,) ' W V s 2 JURORS Indications Are That County Com missioner, Despite Turndown at Polls, Will Strive to Regain His Lost Laurels In November as In dependent. After being turned down by his party In the primaries for re-nom-Inatlon as county commissioner, is Joshua Patterson to bravo tho storm and seek re-election to office on an independent ticket? There are sev eral little Indications that he con templates doing so, chief among which was a call upon tho county clerk Tuesday morning for 15 blank petitions for tho purpose of placing a candldato In the running on an In dependent ticket. This request came from E. T. Staples of Ashland, who Is known to be an ardent Patterson man. Mr. Patterson himself declines to commit himself as yet ono way or tho other. J. W. Myers of Central Point has qualified as tho democratic nominee, and George L. Davis as tho repub lican. W. H. Johnson of Applegate, dem ocratic nominee for tho legislature, has qullltlcd, but R. R. Nell of Ash land, nominated by tho democrats for tho stato senate, has not as yet taken action BR00KINS MAY HAVE TO DELAY HIS FLIGHT ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4. Walter Hrookins, the vouug nvintor who re cently flow from Chicngo to Spring field, 111., may not ho nllowed to fly from Springfield to St. Louis. BARTERED HIS FRIENDS FOR GLORY; KILLED Russian Spy Who Planned Assassi atlons in Order That He Might Exposo Them, is Found Out and Is Himself Assassinated. BERLIN, Oct. !, Eugene Zof, tho Russian spy, who is alleged to havo planned assassinations in order that ho might oxposo thorn, has beon him solf assassinated at W.losbadon, ac cording to reports recolved horo to day. Tho Information has not yot beon confirmed. Zof was high In tho councils of tho socialists and anarchists of Russia and was n mombor of tho commit too that plannod many of tho assas sinations. Though ho oxposod thoso to tho Rnusslnn polico, ho wns so caroful thnt ho was not suspoctod by tho othor mombors of tho torrorlst pnr ty. Slnco his oxposuro Zef tins gono from plnco to plnco seoklng safoty. Tho socialists put a prlco on his head nnd havo sworn vengennco. INFURIATED MOB DRAGSNEGROFROM JAIL; BURNS HIM MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 4. Rich With ers, a ncRro, was dragged from the Jail at Andalusia, near here, today by a mob of 400 persons and burned to death at tho stake. Tho negro was suspected of hav ing assaulted Mrs. Hiram Stuckey of Andalusia. Withers pleaded with his captors when taken from Jail, begging them to sparo his life. Tho negro was kick ed and beaten as he was being drag ged to the public square, where he was chained to a post. HEINZE AOAIN MAVTAKEHANO M( GAME Another Struggle Between Helnze and Amalgamated is Foreshddowed by Announcement in Butte Even ing News, Owned by Magnate. BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 4. The an nouncement of the Butto Evening News, P. Augustus Helnze's paper, that it will absolutely refuse to sup port any republican candidates in tho employ of tho Amalgamated Cop por company iu believed by politici ans to foreshadow another copper struggle between Helnze and the Amalgamted. When tho pnpor appeared on tho streets last night on tho evo of tho Silver Bow county republican con vention, it created a sensation among tho convention dolegatcs. In addition to declaring its policy, tho News demanded that President John D. Ryan of tho Amalgamated "live up to his promises to keop tho mining corporations out of politics." Tho publication likewise refers to tho Amalgamated company's "control of tho recent democratic convention." Tho democrats nominntod Ryr.n's sec rotary for congress nnd ono of Ry an'c superintendents for tho stato legislature. You can soil io two pooplo where you now sell to ono if you doublo tho forco of your advertising. PROMISCUS SHOOTING ALONG RIVER RESULTS IN MANY ACCIDENTS- Mnny complains aro coming in n tourist, who wns fishing bolowjho- from tho river about promiscuous shooting wrich is of dnily ocurreuco all along tho stream. During tho lat ter part of tho week mnny accidents hnvo ocourrod, fortunately nono serious, but dnugorously nenr. Sun day n man by tho namo of Littiard, whilu fisching in company with his luthor,wus struck on tho bond with n .22 rifia bull, inflicting n slight scalp wound. Tho forco of tlio bnll knocked him down and for a timo lie was dnzed, but recovering found tho wound to bo only slight. Thorn woro a numbor of youngstors ncross tho rivor shooting. Later in tho dny a man nt tho Washburn plnco received a load of shot in tho face, but tho distance wns so grout thnt tho charge did HttJo moro than string nnd they woro not soriously injured. Sunday evening Qeorgo Thornton,! Xcwspapcrs, kindlings and logs were then heaped about him and the pilo lighted. While tho negro writh ed his last tho crowd Jeered, hooted and cheered. The mob gathered when It learned that Mrs. Stuckey had been seriously injured. They demanded tho negro from tho Jailers, who refused to give up their prisoner. Later, however, the Jailers surrendered tho negro when they learned that relatives of tho woman were preparing to head a mob and storm the Jail. HELP SCARCITY IS Cannot Find Hands to Harvest Fruit Shortage of Labor Along All . Lines Idlers Now. in City Are All Professional Bums. Farmers, orcbardlsts and builders v aro experiencing difficulty In finding i enough men. There aro a number . ? of idlers on the street corners, hut most of them are professional bums. The police arrested ten drunken ho boes on tho streets last night, nil ("of which were either fined by Mayor Canon or were sont out of tho town. Tho scarcity of hands is causing; much worry on tho part of tho or chardlsts who have their Winter Nolls pears and Ben Davis, Spltzenberg and Newtown apples yet to pick. The rain has delayed tho picking of the fruit and several hundred men could bo used to great advantago during, the next month. A largo number of ranchers wore-, on tho street this morning ln search a of hands. Every Idle man had a doz en opportunities to go to work. Some -of tho would- bo employers caught themsolves asking othor would-bo em ployers If they wanted to work. WOMAN IS FOUND I DEAD IN HER BED Mrs. S. Mnttlicows of Butto Falla', aged 07 yenrs, was found dend in bed Sunday, having expired during tho evening from heart trouble iGold Ray dnm, wns wounded inAthq runt mign oy n .a niio onn nnu enmo very uenr boing hit by others. A number of hoys nnd girls wero shooting into tho riwr from tho bluff, nud tho balls woro glancing froufthot rooks to Thornton's vjoinity. L A little farther down tho rivor- John Ingram, n companion of Thorn ton's, recoived a bullet wound influs -right palm. Tho force of tho bull wns almost spont and only gruzod the skin, but caused tho fishormnn to mnko lively tracks to u place, of snfety. Tho Fishermen claim that in- ' ordor to enjoy u dny with any de(?roo of safety thnt holmot, shiolds nnd n shirt of mail nro ns necessary now as in tho days "When Knighthood. ' Wns in Flower." Tho shootine in all done by boys nnd girls with .22 rifles, who merely shoot to hear the noiso, aiming onl ynt the wide, wid- WORRYING DRCH SS world.