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muUFUinjM J.1VI .attMSRf' h ftitifi1'' ir w .A.ijtmwi'in'iwwjwmW'1' CUV I : i 1 i I .A WICATIIKItKiilr tonight. Tho Maaaniro of tlio ring. Wllllr- -Kiilr wniitlinr. Illuc lllllll nr HllllW Willi" Mini blur Illicit) NlioWtirH 1 1llicit tiliitiuuliir- Almvti white, wiiriiii'i'i Imlnw while, collier, Wliltii with Muck cniitiir Colli WllVi' Medford Mail Tribune Full leased Wire Ileport. Tho only pnpor In tho world published In a city tho bUo of Medford having a loused wlra. MJ3DIT0RD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1910. iottji year. No. 181. CORRUPTION CHARGE SHAKES NEW YORK $1,000,000 BRIBERY FUND USED AGAINST IANTI-RACING BILL NKW YORK, Oft. It).-Charges Unit will tour open tlia finiuu'liil mid political centers of Uio Now York mill nnonl a corrupt ring Unit would Iiiivo rtiirpnHHeil tho wildest drcnuiw of Hohh Tweed wen- contained in tenth y given t inlay before tlio Hughes committee investigating III ' alluKi'd wholoMiihi bribery !' members of tho 11)08 legislature to defeat th. anti-race track gambling bills. Tho names ill' lending "iniimi-M .Iiutit'H K. Kcenc, Harry Pnvnc Wliitm'V, Charles Hyih' of politician ami of lender in tho racing game anil in polilicH were incnlioncil iih originators of bribery funds to pur chase otes against raco truck Icgis-lnlion. The chrnges were contained in tho testimony of Congressman Fnol kcr. then u sitae senator, and of District Attorney Kldur of King "- (OoillillUl'll III! I'llKt' H ) ., BASEBALL WORLD ON QUI VIVE Chlcano Fans Plan Great Welcome for Cubs Father Penn Clean Dotty Today Cubs Will Probnh.lv Pitch Reulbach In Opening Gacm on Home Grounds. CHICAGO, Oci. l.-Chiengo fim do iiiioday is arranging a program of eoiiccrti'd rooting in tomorrow's content between Iho Philadelphia Athletics and tlio Cubs on tho home grounds. Kvcry variuty of uoicu uuikei with the exception of dyna mite and bit; guns probably will bo employed to scud Connie Muck' Amoriejms itorosknting. Captain Chance probably wil pitch Houlbaeh, holding Colo in reserve, and probably will m-iii! in Mointyie Friday, i'lank is tho election of tho Athletic for tho ThurMlay triune, reserving 'Morgan, it is likely that jloiidor again will go against tho CiiIih Friday. (Conttiuiuit on 1'itKn h.) IMS LEADING RACE International Balloon Raco is Prov Iiiii Exciting Affair One Ship Al ready GOO Miles From Starting Place Three Quit. , j ma 8T. LOUIS, Oct. 19. Sailing along on n nri-inllo broozo, tho linlloun America II, lillototl by Allan D. Haw ley. took tho load In tho Interna tional balloon raco today and la now bollovod to bo headed directly toward HudRon bay, 000 iiiIIob from tho start and a good CO mllcn ahead or her noarcht competitor, which Ih bollovod to bo tho Gorman baloon DuBsoldorf. Thin morning -10 bourn had olapBOd wlnco tho raco wnH started nnd only throo of tb6 ton entrants bad coino down. According to tho boat calculu tloiiH, tho loaders In tho balloon raco havo already covorod botwoon C00 nnd G50 uiIIoh and It Ih bollovod all rororua will bo brobon boforo tho raco Ih ondod. Tho fight for first plnco has boon hard and nil last night It was a nip and tuck affair botwoon Pilot Hawloy of tlio DiiHHoldorf and Pilot Hawloy of tho Amorlcii fl. For ninny ihIIob tho two gigantic gnu bags Balled along tbo Amoiica about flvo mlloH In tho roar. 'Tn pausing over Monroe county Hawloy took bla balloon up a thou aan'd foot or moro, atruclc a Hwlft air curront anil rapidly pulled ahead. Aftor that tbo DuHBoldorf Btoorod northward, mot with advorso currents and apparently could not 'untrnck" ItHOlf. V SHY ON ROLL OF With Some 200 Blanks Still to Come In Number of Voters Do Not Reach Mark of 1908, In Spite of Fact that Population Has Greatly In creased. , Thu roglHtrnt'ou of voters In Jnck Hon county for thu fall elections, which cloned Monday nlelit, Ih loss by 800 voters than It wn two years ago, In spite of the fact that the pop ulation of tho county Iuih greatly In cror.Beil. With a posHlblo -00 tilanks to I'oun In, ll.o total number regis tered Is YS'H, wbllo two years ago It was approximately 5100. Tho registration by precluctH as compared by tho county clerk Tues day evening was as follews: Antloch 21 East Ashland ....237 West Ashland '.,..'. 341 .South Ashland 300 iVpplcgato 7S (ConUnuc(loii I'ngp 8.) NOTABLE SUCCESS School Officers of Jackson County Took Up Many Matters of Import ance at Meeting in City Monday Decide on Action. The school officers' convention held' In tblH city Monday wiih u great sue cosii In ovory way. Thoio wore 4S delegates present and permanent or ganization was offectod by olectlon of the following efficers: Dr. H. C. Kelcoy of Gold Hill, president; J. II. Cochran of Medford, vice-president; Wolborn Dcohou of Tnlont, secrotnry trcaBiirer, nnd the naino ot thu or ganization Ib to be "School Officers' Association for JnckBon County, Ore gon." Tho proHldont was authorized to appoint a committee to draft nnd sub mit a constitution and bylaws for consideration of next mooting, Noxt mooting to bo hold In Med ford In connection with next aunhul teacborB' liiHtltuto In Octobor, 1911. Will work for nttendanco of 200 dol ogatoH at that mooting. Discussion of county high school fund lod by L. H. Aldormnn of tbo University or Oregon. On motion of J. P. Dodge tho eonvontlon unnnl mouBly Indorsed tbo county high Bchool fund and ordorod tho commit too of that tnonauro to iirocood with n publicity campaign. Aftor a dlBQusslon tho eonvontlon oxprossod Itsolt ub bolng unanimously In favor of ii bottor ByBtom ot rural school BiiporvlBlon, and rocommond- COUNTY CONVEN T ON WAS (Contlnuod on imgo 8.) Medford's New Passenger Depot Opened j& j& j& jgr j& Great Crowds Attend Opening Ceremonies NEW DEPOT IS TENDERED BY ROAD TO CITY Kindly Feelings Expressed By Offi cials of Medford and By the Offi- clals of the Southern Pacific at Openlno of New Depot. v "Tho Southern Pacific Company lines in Oregon formally dedicator, its now pah.enger ileMt to the peo ple of Medford and vicinity, Tues day, October IS, 1010, not only in recoKiiitiou of their MilMnutinl yrowth nnd commercial importance, but in celebration of Mcdford'r. ml- iiiisi(in into tin rankh of cities lm- !.. .......i...:.... ..4' to iwwi ,. ' lll II 'lilllllllllil ..I Ai'.vriiw til iiiiiii . TliChe word-, which appear in the dedication Miuveuir iMU'd by the Southern Pacific Company in con nection with tbo dedication of their hiindnomo new depot in this city Tuesday, Miinn up the feeling enter tnined for thi. city by tlio Southern Pacific. Many times during the ded ication of tbo depot in the afternoon nnd the Mihse(ucut opeuiutr of I he new (iiuirtei-f. of tbo Mcdfoid Com mercial Club in the evening tbo sen timent contained in those lew words was rceitornted in various forms, leaving no doubt of their sincerity. Met liy lbiiul. Tlio events of the day blurted with the arrival of Train HI from the north at .'liIKI o'clock in tho after noon, which brought to thi city ml of tho prominent officials of tbo Southern Pacific Company linos in Oregon. The train was met by tho Medtord baud and by muiio ."P0 local (Contlnticit on I'ngn S ) ' PULLMAN PORTER IS FOUND GUILTY Nctjro Charncd With Assault By Grants Pass Girl Is Convicted Crime Occurred in July on Train 1 5 In Douglas County. HOSKnUKO, Or., Oct. 10. A Jury tbo circuit court haB found S. M. Reynolds, a negro and former Pull man car porter, guilty of attomptod asHiuilt upon Josopblno Moss, a 14-year-old Grants PasH girl, Reynolds' crlmo was commlttod on a southbound passenger train on tbo night of July IS last, while tho girl was on route on her roturu homo to Grants Pass nftor a visit with hor graudpnronta hi Portland. Sbo told a plain, straightforward story In an In uocont, childish way on tho witness stand yesterday, nnd In no particular did she, contradict" horsolf during tho cross-examination. Wbon tho train noarod Grants Pnes tho negro, for tho npparont purpose of Inducing tho girl not to Inform on bis conduct, gavo her candy, gum and (Continued on Page 8.) m NEW QUARTERS Wm OF CLUB kkkkkHa , r ' 4kHkkkkkkkkkkkH SHp x H 1 iiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiH A. S. HOSEN'IIAUM. T IN ENTIRE STATE Portland Alone Can Boast of Pas senger Depot Which Can Rank With One in This City Open Day and Night From Now On. The now passenger dopot of tho Southern Pacific company In this city, which wnB thrown open to tbo pub lic Tuesday afternoon will represent, when completed, an outlay of no less than $50,000. While tho bulldlnu Is finished with tho exception of touch ing up n few corners, tho grounds nro yet to bo parked and mndo to conform with tho handsome struc ture. Tho depot 1b anld to bo tho (Continued on lago S.j KEEP YOUR" FREIGHT BILLS y In Case Suit Against Railroad Com mission Falls There Will Be a Re bate Coming On All State Ship mentsRoad Has Bend Up. NEWBU MOS HANDSOME In caso tho suit filed against tho state railroad commission by the Southern Pacific for an Injunction en joining the commission from putting Into effect a lower Bchodulo of rates falls, thoro will bo a robato on nil state business. Tho Mod ford traffic bureau thereforo lias sent tbo follow ing notice to all of Its inombois; "Wo beg to mlvUo you that tbo Southorn Pacific, has filed Injunction against tho atnto railroad commission In order to keop tho commission from enforcing tho now rates they had established to tako otfoct. "Tho writer understands that tbo court has compollod tho rnllrond com pany to furnish tbo nocessaty bond so as to rolmburso tho shippers In this torrttory if tho decision goos ngalnBt thorn finally, (Continued on Pane .) ARE THROWN OPEN Over 2,500 People Attend Formal Opening of New Quarters of Com mercial Club in Natatorium Build ingMany Speaker! The new quarters of the Medford Commercial Club in the Xatatorium building were formally opened Tues day evening and fully .'1.000 pcroii were in attendance. Iocnl people flocked to the buildiur by hundreds and many remained to bear the speakers of the evening. Tbo occa sion also embraced the formal open ing o the Natatorium building, whielf, though occupied some time, has not been fully completed. Tho meeting of the club in the large biKl was called to order prompt ly at 8 o'clock by President Corns. who mndo a brief speech, and then introduced Secretary Mnlboen, who sketched the work of the club in the upbuilding of -Medtord and -poke of its purposes in the future. Mrs. II. C. Stoddnrd, for tbo Greater Medford Club, told of the efforts of that organization for city ben-utiful. Her remarks were very well received. Following the addiess by Mis. Stoddard, W. Fenton of the legal department of the Southern Pacific was introduced, who sketched the growth of Medford from a farm to -i city of 10,000. He then predicted 'Jt'i.OOO within the next ten years. The music of the evening was es pccially well received nnd included (Continued on Pace 3.) SAYS DANGER PAST Insists on Loyalty of Army and States that "Theree is Nothing to Be Feared" Says Portuguese Were Fools. MADHin, Oct. 19. Inclstlng that tho loyalty of tho army Is as groat as over and that "thoro is absolutely nothing to be feared" from recent ovoiits In Portugal, Premier Cnnnle-' Jas today declared his utmost confi dence of a continuation of penco In Spain. "Portuguese ovents will not bo ro poatod horo," snld tho prenMer. "Tho lato Portuguese government lived In r. fool's paradUo, counting absolutely on tho fldollty of tho army and navy. Horo In Spain, wo expected tbo Lis bon hnpponlngs, only thoy occurred soonor thnn wo expoctod, "In Spain wo tolorato republicans. Thoy havo a right of free speech so long as thoy aro logal." PREMIER TIMES CASE SO E I ARRESTED Woman is Taken Into Custody on a "Jane Dee" Warant and Hurried to Los Angeles Said to Have Shel tered "Smithy" at Her Home in San Francisco. SAX FKAXCISCO, Oct. 10. That the Time destruction was the work of n bund of anarchists with head quarters In this city was today ac cepted us final by the men investigat ing the disaster. That the arrest of .Airs. Itelle Lnvln is Imt the forerun ner of others soon to follow is be lieved here and that tlio men or wom en arrested are nctively identified with tho anarchistic movement or known to have anarchistic sympathies is certain. At least two suicides and possibly one murder will follow the arrest of the man known as "Smithy," was the statement made today at the in vestigating headquarters. It is lelle-el that men indirectly connected with the- Times explosion will attempt the death of "Smithy" to prevent him from being the "Har ry Orchard of the Times murders." LOS ANGELES. Oct. 19. Mrs. Belle Lavin, arrested In San Fran cisco on a "Jane Dee" warrant charg ing murder, arrived in Los Angeles today In tho custody of detecMves.- She was placed in the county Jail. Tho detectives took their prisoner from the train at a suburban station to avoid a cu-Ious crowd that had collected at the Arcade depot. Mrs. Lavin was arrested yesterday on one of six warrants issued in Los (Continued on Page S.) A HUGE COMET Thousands View Stranger of the Skies Appears to Be Larger and .Brighter Than Venus Reaches Intense Brilliance. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 19. -Llko a huge ball ot fire in the southeastern skies, a comet, oblong in shape, with n straight tall, suspended perpendic ularly, attracted the attention of thousands of Portland persons last night. Tho strange body first made its appearance about 7:30 o'clock and grow gradually In brightness, reach ing intense brilliance about S:15 o'clock. The comet appeared much larger and brlghtor thnn Venus. Tho direction of the body seemed to be nlmost directly south, veering slightly toward tho east In Its flight from tho earth. ONE MORE LIVE 0' NAbfD BY POLICE John King was arraigned before Mayor Canon Wednesday morning. Drunk was tbo charge. John was glvon n certain timo to depart and a policeman detailed to seo that ho 'iiado said departure. Thomas Rudolph was assessed $5, but didn't havo 5 cents. His Bontence wno suspended pursuant to good be havior. John Collins was considerably ox hlleratod when nrrested, and had quite a sum of money In nn old to bacco sack In bis pocket and a brand new fiddle. Ho was fined f 5, which ho paid. "Now, what tho dovll do I want with that Uddlo?" bo said. "I know that I bought It yesterday, but what to do with It now I don't know. I enn't piny It." PORTLAND SEES DEATH I DEALT BY E RU Only Meagre Reports Are Received .. Key West is Believed to Have Sus tained the Greatest Damage Tampa Has Not Been Heard Of .. J Since Saturday ATLANTA, Gn., Oct. 19. Tho Florida hurricane struck Savannah late this afternoon, cutting off all ' communication with the coast city. All of Florida and half of Georgia ' is isolated as far as land communi-' cation js concerned. Scores of "Wrecka. HAVANA, Oct. 19. The damage done by the Florida hurricane is far renter than tit first reported. The Key West cable was restored this aftemoon and reports of scores of, . wrecks filled the first dispatches. The Britsh steamer Inventor res cued ten sailors of the Spanish bark Hugo nnd sailors of the American schooner Martin. Others aboard the lo&t vessels were drowned. The Norwegian, steamer Fos is ' stranded at Bocn Grande! island nnd the Norwegian ' steamer Norman Fresch Is" disabled in Alligator bay. SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 19. The . great Florida peninsula and the ter ritory south of Savannah is devas tated today. Death and destruction,, accompanied terrific storms ''that, swept the south const, the Antilles nnd the Gulf of Mexico during the last four days. Florida is isolated and only meager reports of the havoc wrought by the elements have been received here Key West is believed to hnve'sus (Conttnued onPaj:e 8.) READY TO START FRAUD CASES Government Completes Details and is Ready to Go to Trial With Fa mous Southern Idaho Land Fraud and Conspiracy Cases. BOISE, Idaho. Oct. 19. Tho gov ernment has completed details of its case and Is prepared to go to trial tomorrow with the famous Southern Idaho land fraud and conspiracy cases, In which Garnett, Daniels, Howie. Colthrop and Griffiths, for merly associated with tho defunct Great Western Beet Sugar company, are defendants. It Is believed that the trial will occupy at least ten days. Witnesses from all sections of tho United States have boon summoned to give testlmouy on behalf of tho gov ernment. Tho amended bill of par ticulars contains the names of be "wii do and 75 witnesses who reside as far east as "Wisconsin nnd as far west ns Seattle. J,mlgo Dlerlch. who will preside, has consolidated two Indictments, tho first charging conspiracy to dofraud tho government, and the second al leging nn unlawful agreement. All flvo dopondants pleaded not guilty , and will stand trial together under tho gonoral charge of cousplrncy to dofraud. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 19. Tho body of Stanley Ketcholl, the , pugilist who was killed near Spring field, Mo,, last week, lies today at tho homo of his parents, whoro It Is bolng viewed by membora of the? sporting fraternity, f -f ffi Club Meets Tonight. " 4. ( i At "" There will bo a mooting of "" " tbo Commercial oClub this ' " ovoning in tbo now quarters ' at tho Natatorium. " r 4