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n;frncrants & 12-8-10 ui livtf Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Haiti tonight imtl Wednes day; wanner. CLEARINGS Bunk clearings today were. J? lU.iOS 80. FIFTH YEAH. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2-1, 1911. No. 262. WORLD'S PLEA 10 JAPAN IS RD Twelve Socialists Are Executed by Mikado's Aflcnts Not One Blanch ed at End, but All Declared a Wil lingness to Die for Freedom. END CAME MORE SWIFTLY THAN WAS EXPECTED Word Spreads Througout Tokio Causfng Wildest Excitement Police and Troops Are Ready. TOKIO, .Inn. 24. Disregarding a stream of protects from nil over the vorhl, the Japanese government to day wiped out by means of the gal lows the lives of Donjlro Kotoku, his mistress, Suga Kanno, ami ten other Japanoso socialists convicted by star chamber sessions of the se cret court of having conspired against the llfo of the mikado. Tho hanging of the 12 victims to the government'u fear of socialism began at 0 o'clock in tho morning in the central prlsor. r.nd tho trap wns not sprung for tho last one until 1 p. in. Not one of the socialists blanch ed at the cud, and all declared their willingness to dio for liberty. Of the 1 1 socialists sentenced to terms of imprisonment tho 12 whose death senlonces were commuted are confined In local fortresses. While tho attitude of Premier Kat Bura and his colleagues bnd for days Indicated that they were resolved that nothing short of death would servo as tho punishment for Kotoku and his fellow socialists, not an in timation was allowed to escape up to today that their end would como so swiftly. zllardly had tho preparations teen completed at tho city prison for the executions than tho word spread throughout Toklo, causing tho wild est excitement. The executions were proceeded with under direct orders, it Is said, from Marquis Katsura. On his ex press command, reports say, tho pro curator general and tho necessary of ficers wore In attendance early todny and ono by ono tho socialists were led forth to die. Throughout all tho city special re serves of pollco and troopo wore hold in readiness to prevent any outbreak, but so well were tho precautions tak en that tho frionds of tho condemned B"v that nny demonstration would be ufaoless nnd refrained. RECALL URGED Rehearing Ordered in Ruef Case Stirs California Bills Dealing With Caso Flood Legislature and So lons Get Busy. SACRAMENTO, Cal., .Tan. 21. "The decision of tho stnto supremo court grunting Abe HueC a rehearing, came at tho moment when supporters of the administration measure for in itiative, referendum and rocall wore considering the withdrawal of appli cation of tho recall to judges," said Senator Gates today. "When tho de cision boeamo known it stiffened the backs of tho progrossivo leaders and administration supporters and no ar gument now will indttoo us to with draw tho clauio rolating to the recall of judges from tho bill." The expression of Senator Gnto, Mho introduced tho administration initiative, roforoiidum and rocall bill, is echoed by a groat numbor of lawmakers. SACRAMENTO, Cal., 2I.-D-signed to provont technical defect, fiom thwartiug tho oounw of justice a bill remiirint: the court to give ludgiueuts on applications for no OR JUDGES tn.ils and on appeal regardless r.flmg began in the tpvr n..ii-e ..1 me technical error wns in ttodliced t.- day by Senator Gates. Reed Smoot Is Somewhat of a Mixer Himself! In Speech in Senate He States That the "Keystone Arch of Republican Ism May He Kicked to Death." WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 21. "Mixologists," in the metaphor line, are choitliug. They have u new ro- cruit in thei rorgnnizntiou in Sen ator Heed Smoot of Utah. lie be came eligible to membership in the Mixed Metaphor club today when, in concluding n speech against the schedule by schedule tariff revision, lie said: "Such n system would result in the destruction of our industries, and the principle of protection, the key stone arch in the temple of republi canism, would ho nicked by sup posed friends of n protective policy, and kilched to death by the adher ents of (he tariff for revenue only idea." county loses By Destruction of Central Point Structure Across Bear Creek County Is Heavy Loser County Out $2500 for Removal. Eighty-five hundred dollars is a conservative estimate of the loss li the county taxpayer by the destruc tion of the bridge across Bear creek near Central Point by recent high water. The bridge cost the county (())) and fully JfJlVJOO will be need ed to wreck the partially destroyed structure to permit the erection of a new bridge which will cost another jftiOOO. The county court is now in vestigating the matter before deter mining how to repair the bridge. Huge stringers are being laid todn.v to temporarily repair the bridge. $103,777 WAS SPENT ON ROADS Annual Report of County Clerk of Operations Shows Huge Amount Was Spent on Highways of Coun ty During 1910. One hundred and three thousand, seven hundred seventy seven dollais and eighty-two cents was the amount expended by Jackson coun ty during 31)10 for better roads. This is about JKIO.ftOO more than the amount expended during 2!)0!(. These figures weie brought out in the annual report of tho county clerk to the court. WAR BEING WAGED II NEW YORK. Jan. 21. A general campaign against alleged bogus med ical concorns was inaugurated today by the federal government. Chief Post Office Inspoetor Dickson has raided tho Collins Now York Modicnl institute and tho Litlnnnmii .insti uto. Dickson says 7j other places will ho ovorhaulod. Tho government alleges that the bous medical concerns draw mil lions annually under fale piotunsc most of the victims berngjiunnigrunN CORRUPTION CHARGED IN VIRGINIA ELECTION CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Jan. 24. -Charging corruption, Uepresontutive Hubbard started a bolt today against Wutn, the democratic cau cus nominee for till hrt term Unit ed Stutes senutorfllup. when ballot- legislature. J oil nu-r u.-in.Miai homed witJjMtublMid, nil otmg toiyi 3500 OH BRIDGE MEDICAL m AND OLWELL GETTOGEtHER Exhibit Building Will Bo Occpicd by Secretary of Commercial Club Af tcr April I Papers to Be Signed This Afternoon. OLWELL REMAINS IN BUILDING UNTIL APRIL I Reports That Negotiations Had Ceased Were Erroneous Clear Understanding Has Been Reachedl After April 1 the exhibit building will be occupied'by the Medford Com mercial club. John D. Olwell and the committee appointed to confer with him have reached an understanding nnd the papers will be signed this afternoon if sortie unforseen feature does not arise. Mr. Olwell asked the committee that he be granted until the first of April to leave the building, as he will at that time have new quarters ready to movo into. The committee has acceded to this request and the mat ter has been arranged satisfactorily. Mr. Olwell sells liig interest in the building to the club for $2000. Heal cstato and business men in the city put up the money. OWNER CASE GOESJO JURY Evidence All In Defense Put Up Strong Case and Acquittal Likely Prosecution Shows Theft hut O'Connor's Connection Is Hazy. Tho ovldonco in tho trial of Jack O'Connor, now being bold before Judge P. M. Calkins In tho circuit in Jacksonville, was given to the Jury this afternoon nnd that body retired from tho courtroom for de liberation. O'Connor, who Is charged with tho larceny of a number of hogs, alleged to havo been tho property of P. Y. Allen of Trail, prosontod a strong defenso. IIo wns represented by At torney Gus Newbury. District Attorney H. P. Mulkoy, In chargo of tho prosecution, closed his argument shortly after 1 o'clock nnd turned tho caso over to tho Jury. Ho brought out considerable tctlinony showing thdt, but O'Connor's con nection was hazy. TAFT BURIED BY TELEGRAMS Substantial Evidence That "Solid West" Favors City by tho Golden Gate Is fleceiveil by President . Taft. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 2-1.- Substnntial evidence that the "wolid wost is 111 lavor ol holding tho Pan ama exposition in 1915 in San Fran cisco, was heapod upon President Taft today in tho shape of tolo grnms which came to the White House in a perfect flood. Tho pros idetit read as many as possible but was finally forced to give up the task as oven the shelving f ajl state affairs and tho loss of his night's sleep would not onnblu him to ktep up with the task of roMdintr the telegrams of the friends ofihc city by the golden gato. Other douio- Congresn-elect Dabix. crats h.tve piouncd to vote for Da- Ms if the charges against Watson re sustiunvd. MM Vestern and Southern Senators Crowding Their Eastern Brethren Out of Limelight. i l- VflL. ... (i VK V r V t L ' ffiqfi0g ?-mmr mmwHsjmmkm , t&R38r!vrr V c?170? l&Mva&MMaffe. )wo7v& The eastern pan of the 1'nlted States lias long labored under tho Impression that tho west was Just countr, a place where folks lived, but did not eaio much beyond raising crops and digging minerals. There havo been poltlcnl leaders In Washington who havo given vent to such feelings, and now they are sorry, for tho west nnd south nre crowding the senators from the cast out of the limelight In patronage, political power and number of bills In troduced. Senator Money of Mississippi lias a number of reform measures that he wants passed beroro ho retires. Some five oilier senators who are going to take part In shaping the laws of the country for some time are being looked upon as men who arc to become link1, Aldrlches, lturrowses and Dcpows. Theso men are Senators Owen, Oklahoma! Ilevburu. Idahe: Chaiiibeilaln. Oretieu: Burton. Ohio, and Sutherland. Utah. ' MN IE S E LOSES EYE Inventor, Victim of Explosion Last Saturday, Said to Be Out of Dan gerChild Who Was Watching Experiment, May Lose Sight. H. C. Ricriel, a Gold Hill miner, who lost liotli of liw hands lust Sat urday by the explosion of chemienlH with which he was experimenting oil the invention of u new sulphur mutch, is said todnv to have n fighting chance for his life, but his vt-yunr-old daughter, who was standing lie Mde him al the tiniu, may, as the result of burns she received about the face, loo the sight of one of her eyes. A sister of tho injured man, a trained nurse in a St. Ioui, Mo., hospital will arrive in Gold Hill to night to take chargo of the injured man. Owing to tho jaggid wounds in flicted by the explosion, surgeons were forood to umpiitnls on both Riedel's arms above tho wrist, but it was from an in jury to an artery iu his neck, ruptured by n flying piece of the tin basin in whioli he whs mixing tho cliemicnls, that it was feared ho might lo.-o his life. The little girl is being constantly watched by surgeons al the Gold Hi!. hospital und every weans is he mic resorted to by them in their of fortn to buvp her sight. Mrs. Riedei, who was ill in an ad joining room when titi explosion oc curred suffered a slight relapse from nervous shock. Ths "For Sale" cliuatftal ads ii the market-place for lbs useful thing that have . ready been used Sometimes u se ud-hund article vw iild serve vn as will at a iicm one W.ittli tin-, du .bilieutioii! 1 . r i. 1 (&w&?MsWtfs?(FwpjraY S Contract for Grading and Excava tion Will Probably Be Let Today Ground Will Be Broken In Next 48 Hours. In all probability tho suli-contraot for the grading and oxcavntlui; for the foundations of tho two now schools will bo let todny by Alfred Ivey, who secured tho contrnot for their ornctlon. If no hitch occurs the ground will be broken within the next h hours. Prom that tlmu on tho work will be rushed. As tho basement for each school Is considerably above the ground, the excavation will be of short duration. It Is expected, with favorable weath er conditions, that work of erecting the couorete will start wlthluthreo weeks. Kneli school will cost $30,000. One will he established on Jackson boul evard in West Medford and the other In Queen Anne addition on tho Kast Bide. WARREN SAYS ONLY GUILTY ASK PARDON GJKARD, Kans., Jan. 24. -Fred Warren, tho socialist editor sen tenced for wrongful use ot the mails today made it very plain that ho was not concerned ; the application lo President Tatt for bis pardon which yesterday was made by Congress man Campbell of Kansas City, in a statement to ths L'uitwl Prsss to day Warren said: "I have not violated lbs law, Onlv the guilty ask pardon. 1 have not asked for pardon and I shall not. I GROUND F My conviction is the result of polit- though Dyers (republican) withdro.v ical iteroccutioii. This is admitted , lodav from the stnaloi ml race, Ken by evcrviiie except the imii'4 w.n and r'uiik, both republican, tliiuii'rli vvlmli the c.i-m diaggcd los in.nh cii'i.il giiih- and the deadlock tour i ul M'fiPS oWV?r?r y6?J0A0. MARIE GETS JERSEY TOGA James Smith, Jr., Withdraws From Senatorial Race Owing to Opposi tion on Part of Woodrow Wilson, Governor. TRICNTON, N. J., Jan. 2J. Jnintw Smith, jr.. this afternoon withdruw from the Now Jersey sonatoiiul rune. This insures tho election tomorrow of James .Mai lino, when balloting v resumed. Smith's withdrawal is a insult of tho figjit mnciu by Governor Wilson in .Mnrtiuo's behalf. In the balloting today Murtino lucked ono vote of election. Smith is chairman of the democratic state committee mid did much to elect Wil son. Marline was chosen at a pri mary election. ST. BIKE CAUSED BY LEAK A small tire, successfully put out before any damage was done, oc curred late last night ou tho side walk in front of lite R. R. V. rail road station. ' A quantity of gasoline whioli had leaked from the tank of a popcorn roaster onto the walk became ignited and until stamped nut. caused a sheet of flume several feel high. Iowa Deadlock Prevails. l)KS MOINKK. In.. Jan. 2 1. Al luii.uncd uitbloUcii, :rftwrarass-irii SOLONS HEAR ADVOCATES OE GOOD ROADS Lobbies of Senate and House Arc Packed by Boosters for Webster Good Roads Measures-Bringing Much Influence to Bear. HEAVY LICENSE FOR ALL PEDDLERS PROPOSED Twenty New BillsHit House Several Bills Passed by Lower Body of Legislature. SAL13M, Or., Jnn. 21. Tho boost ers for tho Webster road bills and for tho Portland-Vancouver brldgo across tho Colarnbln arrived In Sa lem this morning and packed tho lobby of tho house and onato. Thero aro fivo "good roads" bills Included In tho program of tho association, headed by Judgo Webster, nnd a lot of Influonco will bo brought to benr by menibors of tho nssoclatlon over tho stnto. ' Tho measures provide for n bureau to havo In chargo nil tho road work In tho stato, to work tho convicts and to havo tho widest powers. Tho cen tralization of so much powor In tho hands of a few, and tho fear that n political machlno may bo built up aro aruuinoiits against tho measures thnt sovoral senators and representatives aro advancing, nnd tho path of thoso measures will not bo easy. Last week tho first of thoso bills struck a snag In tho liouso and was sont baclc to tho comniltteo for nioro Investi gation. Tho most Important hit of now leg islation In tho sonato today was tho resolution by Dlinick providing for an export Investigating commltteo to probo tho asylum, to discover wheth er tho pnyroll wns pndded, and to find out if tho stato's monoy wns being wlsoly oxponded. All agents, from book solicitors to Insurance men nVo mndo peddlers by a liouso bill Introduced this morning. This hill provides for a heavy llconso feo for all pcddlors, and ovory solic itor or ngont Iu a poddlor undor this law. Exceptions aro mndo only for farmers soiling tholr own produco or for old soldiers. Indeed, tho mcasuro does not exempt tho grocery hoy; tho milkman or tho butchor's cart. Tvvonty mora now bills hit tho house this morning. Tho Important ones aro thoso providing for the stnto r.ld in tho draining of marsh lands; constituting a commission In each county to havo chargo of nil county division monsures; making a penalty of from one to 15 yours and ?5000 flno for tho practlco of abortion; li censing all mercantile and collection agonclos nt 2G0 a yonr, and consti tuting co-oducntlonal boards to havo supervision ovor tho county school with the aid of the county superin tendent. Tho houso this morning passed house bill No. 10 exempting legisla tors from Jury duty; liouso 1111 102, ending tho prattico of making tho .Monday following a holiday on Sat urday a holiday ton; liouso bill No. 130. taken (rjiin the ' I'at of school holidays February 22 and election days. j..J ai-li T GO BACK TO ITALY Only Hope for Young Man Accused of Wife Murder Is Supreme Court to Which an Appeal Will Soon Be Taken. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 24. Un less the supromo court rovorsos tho decision of tho lower court, Porter Chailton will bo returned to Italy for wifo murdor. Cliarltou's father said today an append would bo taken. After a hearing yesterday Judgo Kollstnb dismissed the application for n writ of habeas corpus to prevent oxtrudi tioii, A i 1 &L" ' . j. fa. r w!