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- flW u ; HELP HER BY CLIPPING THE BIG COUPON IN TONIGHT'S MAIL TRIBUNE. WIIATIIIIlt I'ilr tonight. Tlio MtMAtfo of the rin(f, , While -Kulr wi'iitlHT Mini' -Itnlii or miiow Wlilln mill niiin - liix'itl MliuwiirH lllnnlt ItliiiiKtilnr Almvn wliltn, wnnimri liolnw wlilte, colder. , Wliltii with liluulc oiiiiliT Colli wit vn Medford Mail Tribune Full Leaded Wire Report. Tho only paper In the worlft published In a city tho alio of Mod ford having n leased 'wlr. liUOTIl YEAE. MEDFORD, OMSOON, TJ-JUNSIMY, OCTOBER 20, 1910. No. 1821 PHILADELPHIA EASILY WINS THIRD GAME i . a TRIMS HIS FINDS Of $800; GONE 'Greek Meets Greek" and NOW Thcrs Is n Weeping and Wnlting and Gnashing of Perfectly Good Greek Teeth Out In the Construction Camps of the Pacific & Eastern. Thero wan weeping n ml walling nml inoro or leu gnashing of really good Greek tooth In tliu 1'. & IS, ton Htructlon camps the first of thu week when Gcorgo Kogcloz failed to ro turn from n Baturdny night trip to Medford. (leorKo hnd confided to n few of Ilia frlendii In tho gang thirteen of thoin, thnt he Intended to mnko n trip to thu city thnt afternoon and thnt he could do some shopping for thorn. With nil confidence In their romp'ttrlnt, each Greek, unknown to tho other, endorsed hla puy check to George unci gnvo hliu n Hat of grocer lea nnd "auch" needed. George rtiahed tho checks nil right mid thnt Ih ns fnr na Ih known of hla nctlona. Monday cmno, no George, Tucs dny dnwned, nnd Btlll no George, with goods dear to tho Grecian heart. Wedneadny morning the memhera ""(Pontlnilt'il nlii5n B') " CRIPPEN TAKES WITNESS STAND IN OWN BEHALF Attorney Says Crippcn Refused to Accept an Offer to he Smuggled Ashore With the Cargo and Gave ' tti3Blf Up Voluntarllv LONDON', Oct. i'O. The defense of Dr. Iluwley II, Clipped, charged with the murder of hla netrcHH wife, Hollo Klmoro Crlppon, hegau today In Old llalley Court. Almost tho flrnt point adduced by Unrrlstor Tohln, Crlppqn's couiihoI, wiih Intend ed to ahow that Crlppon mid Kthol Clare l.onovo voluntarily gave them selves Into the handtt of the author It lea ul Quehec. Tohln declared that Crlppon re fused to accept an offer to ho amiig gled iiHhoro with tho cargo hy tho iiunrtermnatur of the Hteamer Mont roao, 'on which ho wna arreated. Crlppon waa aware ho wiih helug watched, Tohln said, and waa nd vlHod of tho contonta of every wlro Iokh meanago thnt caino to or emn nated from tho ship. "Crlppon waa dally told of the plana to enpturo him hy tho Mont roao quartermaster," aald Tohln. "Tlio iiuartormnator ngreod to so crete him In the freight, SIX KILLED; TWENTY HURT BOILER EXPLOSION NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Six men weor blown to atomu, two woro fa tally Injured and nearly 20 othora Hovoroly hurt In a hollar exploalon at tho American Manufacturing com pnny'H plant, n Juto concorn, at Green Point, L. 1, today. Twelve mon woro In tho holler room at tho time of tho oxploalon and aovoral of them woro hurled n city block hy tho forco of tho blast. Ah tlio holler lot go a panio start ed among tho 2,500 omployeos of tho company and many woro bruis ed and trampled 1 tho ruHh nnd fight for tho oxlta, Tho wnlla of tho building woro wrecked nml four oyllndor heads woro driven upward through throo stories or tho building, ondangerlng tho lives of acoros of omployoos, MEXICAN AMBASSADOR SAYS DYNAMITERS AREON SHIP BOUND EOR MEXICO So Informs Secretary Knox of State Department, Who In Turn Advises Governor Gillette Governor Now Awaits Reply From Los Angeles Police Mexican Officials Watch Carefully for Suspects Mrs. Bell Lavln, in Jail In Los Angeles, Is Not Allowed to See Newspaper Men Hearing Soon. BAN FRANCISCO,. Oct.20. Gov ernor Olllett today la awaiting word from thu Los Angelcti polico In nn awor to n meaango ho aont yesterday to tho aouthern city In connection with the dynamiting of thu Tlmea building In Los Angolcs, Ah aoon h ho henra from I.oa An golea tho governor will wire Secre tary of atato Knox nt Waahlngton In reply to tho Intter'a tolcgrnm yes terdny, atatlng that ho had rocolvcd word that three men auapected of complicity In tho dynamiting were now aboard a Pacific Mall ateniner which would aoon land at Ban IJe ulto, a Mcxlcr.u const port on tho gulf of Tchnuntopoc. Knox'a tolegrnm aald ho had re ceived tho Information through tho Mexican nmhnaandor nt Waahlngton, who In believed to hnvo aecured hla fnctH from the Mexican polico who DAVID DENNETT HILL DEMOCRAT, - DIESINNEWYORK Noted Leader Dies of Cold and Com plications Due to Age and Wanton Vitality Only the Nurse Present When End Comes. ALMANY, N Y Oct. 20. David Hemiett Hill, democratic lender, former governor of New York and ex-United Stntoa aenntor, died nat hla realdence, Wolfert'H Koost, at :i:r.O a. in. today. Hill hnd been 111 for two woo 1(8 with a cold and Its complications. During tho laat week hla condition grow inoro Botioua, but yeatordny he ceemed to Improve In health and apopared In exceptionally good spirits. Ago and waning vitality canned a relapse laat night and ho died sud denly, only the nu rue being present an Hill breathed his last. With oj'ob alwaya on tho presiden cy, lllll, while governor of Now York, seized tlio stnto machine. Fol lowing Clevelnnd'H defeat for tho presidency In 1888, tho Hill and Cleveland forces fought bitterly for control of tho Now York delegation to tho 18H2 convention. Hill won and formed n combination with Son ntor Gorman of Maryland for a Junc turo of forces to defeat Cleveland. ORANGE SHORTAGE HELPS APPLES General Manager of Northwestern Fruit Exchango Believes That Shortage Florida Crop Will Cause Better Prices to be Paid for Apples of This Section. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 20,--Thnt tho ahortago of tho Florida orango crop will result In n good market for northwestern grown npples, la tho opinion of F, R. Owyno, gonornl mnnngor of tho Nortnwostorn Fruit Exchango. Tho domr.nd for northwostom ap ples, ho bolloves, will bo much larg er thlu yonr. "In addition to tho ornngo Bhort ngo cauBod by tho unusual wonthor conditions, which hnvo vlaltod tho south hnvo dono a good doal of dam ago to tho orchards," said Mr. Qwync. "Prlcce will bo largor this hnvo been nctlvo In watching for tho dynnmltcra. Governor Olllett wired Secretary Knox laat night that he had forwarded ""the Information to tho Loa Angelca authorities nnd would let him hear ngaln nn aoon aa tho Los Angolea polico sent him n reply. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Oct. 20. In her cell nt tho county Jail, per mitted to 'see no one nnd rofualng the advice of an attorney, Mra. Hell Lavln today la awaiting arraignment on a chargo of murder. Mra. LnvJn wna arreated In San Frnnclaco on a ".Inne Dee" warrant Ismied here. The warrant wna one of alx, all of which contained a like charge, ft Is al leged that one of tho men auapected ofknowlng aomothlng of the crime had been seen nt her home In San Frnnclaco. IS LOOKED FOR IN DER FATHERLAND Growing Impression That Suffrage Demonstrations in Prussia and More Recent Disorders In Moabti Are Forerunners of Serious Trouble 11ERL1N, Oct. 20. Thero Is a growing Impression throughout Germany that last winter's Prussian Miffrngo demonstrations nnd tho more recent disorders In the Moablt quarter nre preliminaries to a real revolution. Though public men fear to be quoted on such matters, pri vately they mnko no effort to concenl their real vlows. The suffrage demands and tho Moablt disorders nro belloved to have been mero tests of tho radicals' strength. From the standpoint of monarchists they woru alarming tests. It was with tho utmost diffi culty that the disorders were sup pressed, and tho Impression pre vailed that they probably would not have been suppressed nt all had not tho "unseen lendera" decided event ually thnt tho tlnio was not rlpo for a widespread revolt nnd when they any enough "called off their dogs." oPlltlcnl prophets predict thnt the next outbreak will occur In tho com ing wlntor, whon a florco socialistic attack will begin In thu rolchstng against tho kaiser on account of his elalmu to rulondilp hy divine right season than usual. Peoplo will not buy as heavily of ornuges and will naturally seek n substitute, Tho bet tor grades of apples shipped from tho Pnclflo northwost states will therefore taok tho placo of oranges, particularly Orogou nnd Washing ton." About twonty cnrlonda dully nro being shlppod out of tho npplo dis trict of tho northwest. Tho ship ments nvorngo about 12,000 boxos n day, Tho movomont Is oxpectod to reach tho maximum about Novem ber 1, with dnlly BhlpmontB of about 25 cnrlonda, REVOLUTION 1 2 TO 5 IS SORE Teams R. H. E. Philadelphia ' 12 14 0 Chicago 5 7 5 . A CHICAGO, Oct.. J 20. Outbnttod, outficlded, outpitchccl, hut not oiu gamed, the Chicago, Cub?, lost their third straight ganWtu- the Philadel phin Athletics by as.eore of 12 to 5 thin afternoon. The avalanche of runs for Mack' men resulted from fourteen hits bv the men lrom Philadelphia, combined witli five errors nnd erratic pitching by three Cub twirles. .Chance hud relied upon Ed Rcnl bneh to hold the oncoming Athletics to n loss. He Inslcd two innings. Mclntyro, who relieved him, Instcd a third of un inning,aud Pfeister, who went in with u forlorn hope facing him, was slnmmcdj liberally, while his tenmmates made errors behind him. Coomb', was erratic, as in tho (Continued on Pace S. ALLRECOUDSFOR BALLOON FLIGHTS MAY BE BROKEN Four of Big Airships Which Sailed Monday From St. Louis Arc Still in the Afr Heading for Hudson Bay Country. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 20. All Ameri can records hnvo gone by the bnords and International records nro seri ously threatened by four bnloone that sailed nway from St. Louis Mon day nfternoon, still up nccording to Inst reports received nt tho hend qunrtors of tho Aero club of Amer ica today. Somewhere nbovo tho Canadian forests the four balloons still un heard from nro supposed to bo head ing in a straight lino toward Hudson Hay. They nro the America II (Unit ed States, Helvetia (Switzerland), Azurln (Switzerland), nnd tho Dus seldorf II (Germany). According to the last roport from any of the four racers, which was re ceived early yesterday, the Ameri can balloon wnc in tho lend, HO miles ahead of the Dussoldorf, which In turn led tho MnmburB HI by flvo miles. Word has reached horo that tho Hamburg III lmd dropped 1S00 feet Into Lake Nlplsslug. Ontario, and thnt Pilot Vogt and Aido Assmnn hnd been resccued from nn Island where they hnd spont tho night. Assinnn's nrm wns broken and he Is being cared for by tho Chorokeo In diana who rescued tho two aero nauts. TAFT IN WASHINGTON FOR WINTER GRIND WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. After a summer vacation, flllod with nov erly sea breezes, Rovorly golfing, hobnobbing with politicians nnd fi nanciers, President Tnft arrived at Washington nt 7 o'clock this morn ing for the winter grind nt tho nn tlonnl capital. Tho presldont look ed tho picture of hoalth and though ho nindo no direct stntement to that effect, the smiling fnco, tho ruddy skin, nnd an elastlo stop, all notice able as the chtof oxcoutlvo stopped to tho station pint form, from his car, Indicated thnt ho wbb In propor trim for tho arduous duties boforo him. During tho last fow hours of his stay In Now York tho presldont heard consldornblo from republican lenders thnt spoko woll of ropub Hcnn prospects this fall, i .DEATH LIST IN Greatest Damage Said to Have Been Wrecked Keys Lighthouse Blown Away Hurricane Today Centers in Carolina Many Vessels Reporte d Given. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20. Re ports received here today plnec the total dead in the recent hurricane in the neighborhood of 500. Prop erty Ions has been tremendous. Reports are mentrre owing to lack of communication. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. The Florida hurrienne today centers in the Atlnntic ocean off the coast of North Carolina, accerdint: to weather bureau reports. HAVANA, Oct. 20. Cubles from Key West indicate thnt the prentest damage done by the Florida hurri canes wns to shipping. The Nor wegian stenmer Fos still is stranded and a Standard Oil barge is ashore at Island Kev. LOOKS LIKE FINE NIGHT EOR EIGHT IN COAST LEAGOE Graham's Fighting Blood is Aroused and It !s Expected That He Will Put Recent Letter of McCredie Squarely Up to Him SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. One of the most important meetings in the history of the Pacific Coast League will he held today and the indications nre that fireworks of tho rarest sort will be set off. First nnd foremost in general interest, the mat ter of McCredie's reply to President Graham's decision in the Portland Oakland games protested by Oakland and forfeited to that club because of the playing of lietliug, who bus been declared ineligible, will come up. Graham is determined to thor oughly thresh out the matter, ami thero is every prospect thnt punish ment will be meted out to the Port laud magnate and manager. The extremely discourteous language used hy MeCredie in his replv has stirred the fighting blood of Judge Graham. , Next in importance to thee Me Ciedio incident will be the Hetling ea-e. The McCredie- will appeal to the directors from Graham's decision I and another merry row is hound to follow. All in all, '; look- like tonight i going to be a fine night for fights in the Coast League. ' JIM HILL'S SOIL WILE PASS 500 MARK PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY Thomas Shaw. Soil Expert for Great Northern, is in Valley Making Study of Conditions Here Is Accompanied by His Son, Who is Con nected With Washington State College at Pullman, Wash. Thomas Shaw, soil expert, who ha bcen in the employ of James J. Hill, tho empire builder, for a number of years, doing much work along the line of the Great Northern railroad, is visiting Medford, and is making it study of soils in tlio valley. Just how extensive Mr. Shaw's investign tons wll bo has not ns yet been do torinned, Snce tho Paefie & Eastorn rail road was tnkon over bv Mr. Hill lite officials hnvo been paying mora and moro attention to tho Rogue River vnllov. Mr. Shnw's trip hero nt this FLORIDA Done to Shipping Many Ships Arc Down East Coast Road Washed Atlantic Ocean Off Coast of North Sinking Wheree No Aid Can Be The Keys lighthouse was blowa down and the East Coast railroad below Miami wns washed out. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20. Steam ers arriving herec report a death list of nt least 100 in the Florida storm that swept the Gulf of Mexico as well ns the Southern states. Many vessels were reported sink ing under conditions in which it wus impossible to offer aid. The stenmer Carthnee, 400 miles nt sen, sent a wireless thnt she reached the schooner Beacher waterlogged early today. The schooner's erew refused to abandon their craft. A tow line was thrown, but the cable parted nnd the hnlf-sunken vessel drifted nwnv. A lifeboat wns sighted, aboard which no life wns evident, nnd it is thought the crew were drowned. CLUB MEMBERS MAY PURCHASE Orators Forced to Compete With Bowling Alleys, Dance Halls, Etc., but in Spite of That Commercial Club Holds Interesting Session The Medford Commercial Club held its first meeting in its new hall in the Nntntorium building Wednes day evening. The members had to compete with the thunder of the bowling alley underneath, the whir of a moving picture machine and the jangle of"a piano aloti'yide, a pub lie dnnco overhead, and a constant stream of people coming and going through the main entrance on the other side. When the roller skating rink is completed, it is probable megaphones will bo needed for tlio elub members to mnko themselves heard. Most of the evening was spent discussing the proposed apple ex hibits at the various apple show. R. II. Ilanaucr of the exhibit com mittee reported thnt arrangement had been made to send a ear ,of Newtowns from the Ren-huw or chard to the Canadian National n pie show at Vancouver, and the com mittee was authorized by the club to have nn expen-o not to exceed ' $300 to forward the same ear fro Vancouver to the Spokane and ' ' (Continued on Piute 6.1 LXPERT IS HERE time indicates the compiling of in formation needed hy the officials n ther advertising of tho lauds along tho roads for colonization purposes. Mr. Shaw is accompanied bv his son, Prof. W. T. Shaw, who is con nected with tho Washington State Collego at Pullman, Wnsh. You "pny" for noglectlng to road classified advertisements and 6omo tlmes you pay a big price. Maybo It's In tVo gulso of too much -out or of I,; too smnu rnges. tnovitnbly, you pay. MEGAPHONES WORK DONE; 'COMMITTEE DISCHARGED Special Water Committee is Thank) by Council and Dissolved Latt Chapter Written In History tt Construction of Medford's Wafar System. The final chapter In the hlstorjr of the construction of MedfonF $500,000 water system was writtes, at a meeting of the city council lat Wednesday afternoon when tho spe cial water committee that aaa committee which has bore tho brut of a bitter municipal fight tmc three years was discharged. Am with tho dlschargo was Toted its. expression of gratitude for tbelr ser vices. Tho special water committee vitv known originally as tho regular light and water committee of tfe council and consisted of Councllme. Elfert, Wortman and Merrick. They? were appointed by Mayor J. F. Ited dy. During the early part of their; career as a committee the city, whH deciding upon a water supply, ww torn by dissenting opinions. Tfc committee at that time, if they ha; been discharged, would probably bo. (Continued on Page 8.) CENTRAL PARIC PROMISED Wl S.P. Railroad Will at Once Park antl Afterwards Care for and Main tain at Its Own Expense Beauty Spot in Center of City. Tho Southern Pacific will at onco park and afterwards earo for and maintain at its own expense that portion of the right of way extend ing from the depot to Main atreetv east of the track and north to Wolls, Fargo building. Later on -tho por tion west of the track, as well tho block where the old depot stands, will be parked. For tho present th old depot will be used ns a freight station and will not be removod for some months. Such wns tho assurance by iVco President and General Malinger O'Brien Wednesday afternoon to a committee of the Greater Medford Club, consi-ting of .Mrs. U. C. Kent nor, Mrs. J. F. Reddy and Miss Put nam, who called upon him with ref erence to the proposed park improve-, meut. Mr. O'Hrion further promised llio--ladies, who informed him thnt thoy had no funds for parking purposes, (Continued on Pairo i, , MANUEL MAY SEEK AMERICAN HEIRESS LONDON, Oct. 20. Don Manuel tho deposed king of Portugal, Qucoa Mother Amolio and sulto arrived cub tho royal yacht Victoria and Albert Inst night and today aro on thclr way to tho Duko of Orleans estate In Worcestershire, where tho do throned "boy king" and hla mother., together with some noblo frlonds, will rest for c, tlmo. As Manuel stopped ashoro he looked pnlo and worried, Tho cvopta of recent weeks hnd clearly boon a " sovqro strain to him. Roports aro current rogardtnf Manuel today. That ho Is badly Ii need of money Is undisputed. Then would bo small surprlso It the da posed ruler at onco sought marriage- In a rich American family with a view to retrieving his fallen fortunes. RAILROAD