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PAGE TWO arrcDFOTO matl tribune, araPFORP, oregon, Thursday, February 2. 1911. I S K. it . 1 n v. "f k 1. araN els. 4 DEAD: 22 ARE MISSIKG.FttSULT OF EXPLOSION Powder Was Being Handled oh Jer sey City Pier Contrary to Law Immigration Station on Ellis Is land Badly Tvisted hy Crash. 4NBV YOltK, Feb. 2. Kour men (lend, twenty-two roportod inlawing and tho noBsihlllty tliat oven more porlahod is tho siilnniliiK up todny of tho dlsnstor yostordny whon a carload of dynamlto oxploded on a JorHoy City pl"r, whore It wan bi'lttg handled fmi trary to law. Exactly bow many wore killed probably novor will bo known, as tho bod I ok of many of tho victims wore sunk In tho North Itlvor and probably bavo been carried out to sea. TVo bodies and a portion of a third havo boon found. Captain Robert Hnr nott of tho tug Twohy died of his In juries In tho Jersey City hospital. No trace has boon found of tho captain and crow of six of tho bnrgo Catherine W., near tho pier wlioro tho oxploslon occurred, and It Is bollovod that all woro blown to bits. Tlireo men of tho lighter Hustler, which sank, after tho crash, are still unaccounted for, ns aro twolvo laborers, who woro working about tho cars on tho plor at tho tltno tho dynamlto went off. Whllo tho damnKO throiish tho ter rific crash, which shook all Now York, is ostlnmted at not less than $150,000, thoro is llttlo doubt that Hit) total is really much largor. F,or thirty miles around glims was shat tered. Jorsoy City's damao Is placed at $21)0,000, the wreck on .Manhattan Island at $100,000, and more than $50,000 dainago was cuusod on Ellis Island alono, wlioro every window In tho big Immigration Ktatlon was sumshod, tho buildings wrenched and shaken as though by an onrthqimko Criminal prosecution of. tho Powder Trust, which Is said to bo responsible for tho prenoneo of tho dynnmlto on tho plor, Is being considered todny. Tho grand Jury, Coroner Haughton and City Combusllblo Inspector Con nolly aro Investigating separately and as soon as sufficient ovldeuco Is found to warrant Indictments against the porsous responsible for tho disaster tho countyiroBocutor vyllnct. FATALITIES IN COAL MINES IN 20 YEARS WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 2. Thoro woro li!),-'!)3 fatal aocldontH In tho coal initios of North Amorlcn dur ing tho 20-yonr porlod ondod 1908, n rato of IS. 11 to on eh 1000 omplnyos It. the mining industry, nccordlng to a bulletin of tlio bureau of labor, de partment of commerce and labor, which has Just been niado public. During tho 10-yoar porlod onded In 1!M)0, tho latoNt porlod for which flg tiros for other coal mining countiioa aro available, tho fatality rato In North Amorlcn was It. in per 1000 employes, which wns decidedly high er, Htatus thu bulletin, than tho fa tality rato In any other Important coal Hold in tho world. CALIFORNIA LAD IS YALE'S BEST SCHOLAR NKW 11AYHN, Conn., Feb. J. HoracB Koynlmi of Los Angeles i tho bowt ''fiiMMer" in Yale and Coi uulius Ioiiibui-di i Meikeley, Culifoi Ilia, the niosl scholarly person, ae eonling to balloting conducted tod.n by Yalu seniors. H was voted tliat Frederick Dal.. fonuei' football captntu, wits the tiuM adinlrej miui of hi clus, hiuI tlu.i Joint Kilputiiek, a meiulier of the Varsity deveu, hail done most fot Ynlo. i Trains Marooned 1SL PASO, Tshs, Feb. 2.M seugors Hiriviug here from the South bay Hut two Mexican Central a geiiger t ruins, with Ainarinuim aboanl. are, marooned in the dunert ol North oi'4i Chihuuhuu, hot ween Iwtgunu an ! Ojo CuliunU). No trttiuK bine urrix- (nl lioro since Sunday. Thu iiiMiirrtv tus have burned bridge ulong th lino ami have cut iUI wire to pre vent agmmimicHtiou. It is not known jus yet whothor Hie inarooned train lmvo Ikwii pjuudored by the revolu tionists. Clerk In Trouble. SAN FRANCISCO, ChI., Feb. 2. f'liAtiril with keeping $2.7H'J in fee , ivesivod from tho Naturalisation of. fue, whielt should havo boon place,! u the oity treasury, Cuunty Clcik ljjrry I. Mulorevy was today mm defendant in a complaint bronchi l (lie oily of San Fiancmeo. I'lhm OUItHI) l. (I TO I.J DAYS. PA.O OINTMHNT la uiinmntOfHl la oure any oaao of Itolllng. blind, blooding or protruding pile in 6 to 1-1 duys or mnnay refundotl. 50c CONIES! CLAIMS 01 HOMESTEADS Government Accuses R. H. Bradshaw of Abandoning His Claim on Lit tle Butto Creek Files Counter Charjjcs More Cases Follow. It, Jf. liradwlinw, claimant on a ImmcHtcad HJtuuted in the Outer na tional foroBt nenr LUllo Hullo Creek npiienreil before United Stales Com missioner W. II. Canon Thursday to lunko final proof upon his entry- The filiiijj ib lioing contested by Ilio Forest .Service upon the grounuV Unit IlradNlmw abandoned his claim for a while. Testimony introduced by llrnd hhuw at tlio CotniiiisHi'onors liourinj,' endeavored to show Hint n ranger in the Forest Servieo had plncnrded his claim with government "Tros piW warnings niid that ho had on ly abandoned- the claim while under the belief that the government had taken it away from him. The governments ease at the hear ing was conducted hy Special Age.il Laiiglilin of tho general land office and I' M. MoGowun of the Forest Service and consisted of a niimbei of affidavita and reports hy niiinor- oiifl siioi'inl agents and government employes who lmvo visited the home stead. Tho Uradslmw easo will ho follow ed hy five others, on Hie dates set against them: Hiram Douhleduy, homestead near Ilutlo Falls Febru ary 3; Archie It. Kinkaid, homestead in the Dead Indinii country, Febru ary "I; Margaret Lindsay, homestead in Dead Indinn, February (J; Churle Terrell, lioinosleud on Little Unite, February 8; Dan WiiImiii, homestead in Dead Indian, February 'J. TRAIN LEAVES TRACK CALCIAKY, Alhorln, Feb. 2. Nine peiBons ore under treatinont today for injuries stislained when (he Caiia (ban Paoilic Kailroad Woslboitiiil truin ntiiiibir, oifq. was derailed near (Ugieluui. fTo miIo yet of bora hist everting. Tho (inin wna going nt i. good Hiicod when it struck u broken roil anil crashed down a ten foot embankment. Forluiinlel.v a drift of snow broko the force of the Mm pact. i ' ' " "' '" j.. i SAY WARREN WILL NOT BE SENT TO PRISON WASHINGTON, D. (, Feb. 2. That prison doors will never cloii behind Fred Wnrrun, editor of. tin "Appeal to Kensou," under sentenc of ai. mouths for onnteiupl, was pic dieted todny by officials of the de oartment of justice. Warren has noi vet been jailed and it was Icarnei. that tho muiidule of Hie federal conn ordering his eoinuiillmeiit has hccti lu'Iil up by Attorney Wiokersbntu, act uikf under sjipciul o rd piii from Presi dent Tnft. Taft has asked for Ilk papers in (he ease, it is said, and i I'vntnining them at leisure with a ie of pardnning Warren. "WHITE MAN'S HOPE" TO MEET MARTIN TONIGHT SKATTLi:, Wash., Feb. 2. - Neaii. 1,001) SeMttle Chi is will journey to Tucoinu by ipcciitl train tonight so witness I he 10 round jfo between Diner Kd Aim tin ami .lack lister, the latter the "uhito mnn'a hope." who is being handled by Toniim Hunts, Both men tire in prime con dition. The belting fmoi-s .Marliu to win with even inouoy Hint Lester ni -lay the limit. Baldwin Case RcMimcd. I.OS ANOKLUS. CHI.. Fh. 2. -Th itial of the Itnlduiu will cunt est esi wis resnnu.,1 today. The testimony ol Jeiuc H. Wood, ii detective mid one of the star witness? for the e-laic that he wu to rcceiw fl.OtU) nml his expense., lor hi wor( j tu ,.U1. was the toatinv ot ,veUrda. V mi "ton. Wood was recti lied todnv and testified ol length as lo hi employ ment bv "Liirk.v" ItaldMiu, preceding aud during the seduction suit brought iv Airs, uiiihii Ashley, now Mrs Turubiill, in 1MXI. Letters isses.dl lV Wood which he allege Mrs. Turn hull, wrote to him while Irjmg to get h settlement from Baldwin, were of fered ll evidence. Wood testified thai he reeeived W.'.tlO tor pi glueing them in the seduction Resoiieliifl Pnrly Drowns. RAN' Ll'IS OHIKI'O. mi, Keh --In su offurl to rm ue two men esucht os a tttsll ialsml lit the 8. Hunk river nd hold ther by the Wool, Joe Hobles, Mexican, sml Jobu ur l'oinr, colored, put out In a rowWoat.' wiu.it was eanslied, and Itoth vrtru. HI DS MANY 0 ROADS IN HERE John Kirkup, Secretary of State Automobile Association Spends Some Time in Mcdford Talking Good Roads for State. .John Kirkup, secretary of tho State Automobile association, who hns boon lit Mcdford tho past few days talking good roads, states that nowhoro has he found greater enthusiasm for good rendu than In Jackson county. Con vinced that local people woro already unanimously In favor of tho move ment, Mr. Kirkup cut short, his stny here, an lilg services woro not nocdod. "Tho legislation will affect the atato In general to tho grcatost do gieo, and In which each Individual should havo an interest, no matter what district ho may live In, is fhat whloh appertains to road building and malntonnnco," statos Mr. Kirkup. "Tho law should provldo that the roads bo built In progressive commu nities who show they want pprmanent roads by providing a pnrt of tho cost of tho highway or who will guarantee that If tho road Is constructed In their district they will maintain It In perfect condition continuously and provldo n fund for that purpose. "The location of theso roads should not be left absolutely to flie Judgment of tho county commissioners, but thoro should bo somo system dovlsed by which those who aro willing to pay good money to get a road Into tholr district from a trade center should havo that road In preference to some remoto district whoso resldonta may havo a "pull" with tho commissioners, but who havo not tho disposition nor energy to help In Its construction or lii'inianent maintenance." JOHNSON Will TALK TO INDIANAPOLIS, lud., Feb. 2. ('haiiipiou Jack Johnson, who intends lo blurt Sntunhiyby slow stages foi Iho Pacific ('oast, unnoiincod today Hint if All Kaufman really wauls to fight he will meet him in Chicago Sun day mid post u forfeit. "I helieo wo should firtjt meet in a (i round batth;," suid Johnson, "Then if Al shows Hint ho hns th class he will he entitled lo a liuish fight and I will give it to him. I would he willing to post $10,000 or 20,000 to go as a side bet." Ilasklne for Health. Draperies Wo carry a very completo lino of draperies, lace curtains, fixture, etc., and do ah classes of upholstering. A special mnn to look after this work exclu sively and will glvo as good service as Is possible to got In oven tho largest cities. Weeks & McGowan Co Agency Grand Union Tea Go. 110 Tripp St. Pliono 901 Teas, ColTeos, Hairing Pow der, Spioos, Soaps, Starch, etc. Orders taken. Prompt Delivery Cure Your Rheumatism;! .M OTHUt ll.l,S Or Till: IU)DY AT TIIR HOT LAKE SANATORIUM Hot Lake, Ore. (The MouMM.r crrhleney) jj UQ Orefjon-Wttsh-'j rngton Kuilroad (&L Navigation Co. SIU round tilt tUKots f.u tm tin oo nioiithH. allowing $; u worth of MKOiuiuodntloii at tlu Sanato rium, a Poitlund and all O.-W. H. N. Stations s s X s For furthsr Information nnd IUus-,1 trated buoklut. address Dr. W. T. Phy. ! MtHllcal Supt. and Mgr.. Hot Uke, Oregon. y O.-W. It. & N. Ageut. writs to WM. MoMlMlHAV, Gouera! l'Hwuer Agont. MEXICO LIFTS ITS CENSORSHIP Many Federal Victories are Report ed Mexican Outbreak Is Surprise to Revolt- Sympathizers Many Ready to Join Madero. HUACHUCA, Fob. 2. Because a largo number of Madero sympathizers aro anxiously awaiting word from the robol leader to Join them, tho Mexican government has partially raised tho news censorsnip maintained for months, and today accounts of tho reported federal victories have boon received bore. The belief Is general hero thnt tho Mexican government, having learned that hundreds of bor der Mexicans aro propared to Join Madero, is taking this method to .dis courage thorn. Tho Moxlcali outbreak was a, sur prise to revolt sympathizers here. The taking of the customs house there is believed to bo premature, ns the seiz ing of customs houses' on tho border was planned for Mnrch, whon Madero declares ho will proclaim a now re public. That the government Is coloring what news is allowed to reach hero Is suspected, In view of tho fact that following Its denials that thoro was troublo in Sonorn, prlvatOi lettors reached hero today telling of lnsur- gont movements thoro. Revolutionist forces nro gathering for a march on Ures and Ilonnoeillo, it Is said A mining mnn In from Nacozarl last night reports meeting with rov lug bands of rebels, buying arms and ammunition nnd horses. Americans, ho said, go about unnrmed, remaining neutral, and aro not molested. At Agua I'rleta extra guards havo been placed on public buildings to repel an expected Insurgent attack. PAID HOTEL BILL BY WRITING IT POETRY NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Miss Sophie Prueseh, who says she is an author, b under observation ut Pellevue Hos pital today because the only move she made toward paying her hoiel bill, wns to write poetry dedienled lo the hostelry. Miss Pruesclt complain cd to the physicians Hull she had been shot in tho eyes with a noiseless, powderless revolver by u Mrs. Clarl.. r 9 9n 994 DON'T BUY AN AUTO UNTIL YOU , SEE THE . NEW 1911 BUICKS They Are Revelations in the Art of Motor Car Building .very ear F Tv X J- . Phone Main 4282 COOK HAIS ONE TO 1BERT E. Ridicules Peary's Proofs Jliat He Reached North Pole Says Whoic Polar Tapagraphy is Destarted and Abscrvatlons arc Faulty. NKW YORK, Fob. L'. Ridiculing Peary's proofs that he reached the North Polo as unconvincing nnd as- J sailing tho manner In which tho Na tional Geographical society had en dorsed tho navy man's claims as a dlscovorer, Dr. Frederick A. Cook to day discussed the Arctic situation. In an Interview, given tlio United Press, Cook said: , . "In Arctic latitudes refraction, is a problem which represents possible In accuracies not of seconds or minutes, but of degrees. 'As a result of mlrago tho wholo polnr topography Is dis torted, glvlnir possibility of orror In observations which might easily amount to sixty miles. In spite of this well known fact, the group of tho aiuny's geographers which forms tho Xatlonnl Geographical society pronounce a series of sun altitudes taken when It was only seven degrees abovo tho horizon ns proof positive of tho attainmqnt of tho pole.'.' REAR ADMIRAL SPERRY, TAKES HIS LAST VOYAGE WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 2. -Pear Admiral Churles Slillman Snor- ry who wns rt,iovt,(1 fro,u fm ,,, maud of tho Tinted States fleet dur ing its iccent round tho world cruise, died here today nt tho naval Uoepilal of pneumonia. Since leaving active sea duty Admiral Sporry hud beep in command of the War College at New port, t, I. The dead naval command er wns born in Hrook'lyii, N. Y., Sep tember It, 1847. ., POSSE SEEKS SAILORS WHO SLUGGED OFFICERS IN HEAD COLONIAL URACIL Ya., Feb. ,2. Escaping after murdering Captain Alien Doiseyl of the dredge Irene Ruth of Fairmont, Md., nnd crush ing tho skull, of First Mafo John Adnma, mutinous saihn ,nro being sought by a ppse. The trouble sturled after bitter arguments be tween the officers and crew. f-rt .r , Ittiicks last yetir outsold all conipetitors in the Rouo River valley and else where. They will do the sank' this season Cars built especially to stand the wear and tear of rough roads They, have stood the test Askjmy owner. Tho 1911 Huieks are not last yeav models revamped, but new in design and eonstruetiou the classiest, staunchest, most powerful, speediest ears for the money ever built and the cost of maintenance is least. The name Uuiek on a motor ear is sufficient guarantee of its worth. A pro duction of .'57 ca'i-s in 1!)0M hns grown to a production of over 127,000 GARS Lr 1910 Over b'0,000 IJuiek machines in operation, every one of which is giving perfect satisfaction to its. user. The "Huick is the largest automobile factory in the world. 'It is' the third largest factory of any kind in the world. It is tho 'largest shipper of first class freight in the world. No other maker has had equal experience in pro ducing a moderate priced automobile and no other auto is better suited for Oregon roads. 1911 Buicks Sell $750, $1100, $1200., $1350, $1700 and $2050 i Any si'o or style, from runabout to the big forcdoor, and at moderate prie guaranteed Anyone who questions the value of HU 1 Ihiicks is requested to make a side-b-side comparist)U. nTmi VaIIa rogue r,ver valley distributor AUU V Clie .FOR BUICK AUTOMOBILES CRATER LAKE GARAGE Would Bar Dukes. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 2. Hcp rescntntive .McArdlo of Jefferson r--i'n-ed to puns itp.u chance for n funny crack nt the mixed marriage bill. "I suggest to the judiciary com mittee," lie snid, "that not only Orien tals be affected but nKo duke?, counts and onrls of the Ca licit "-inn race.'' The hill will pas without doubt. r For T 15 acres, 3 miles from Talent, fenced, timber, alfalfa and fruit land, good house, puro water, mile from school, 300 young poar trcos, lovely place; $2 000, one-half down This 15 acres is one of tho love liest small ranches In southern Ore gon. Sheltered by tho hills from the cold winds of winter, deep, fer tile soil, an Ideal place for health. Also 34 acres. 1 mile from Talent, 12 acres of fruit, family orchard In bearing; apples, Nowtowns, 12 ncres, poach filled; 7 acres timber, Irrigated, dwelling house shaded by large laurel trees, plenty of water; fertile soil; garden spot; pumping plant; ternis, $13,000, $7000 cnuh, the balance in pnymonts of $1000 yearly at C per Cent. Also 2 0 acres alfalfa and fruit land, with timber, 1 mile from Tal- fent; $6500 cash down; Just think whnt a snap, a little over $300 an acre. "Where can you find near tho depot and railroad a cheaper place? Town lots in tho newly Incorporat ed town of Talent, Or., on tho in stallment plan. Also 17 acres, 14 acres commer .clal fruit bearing orchard, 2 miles from Talent; $10,000, ono-luUf on time. Also 80 acres fine Umber,' $2000, one-half down. ' Also 34 ncres, half mile from Tal ont; fine houso; fruit trees; alfalfa; all under cultivation; price $8750, balanco to suit purchaser. Also for salo, homo In Talent, Jack son county, Oregon (a nowly Incorpo rated town) ; a flno homo of 18 acres; level, fertile alfalfa and fruit land; Irrigated; ono block from postofflco, 6n the main road itnd cxtohds to Rear creek J has two Acres bearing Now townS 11 years old; 12 acres Bartlett and d'AnJou pears; 2 ncre3 alfalfa; all Is flno garden landr a six-room house; climate very mlldj pure water from tho mountains; very healthy; churches, schools and literary socie ties; no saloons or drunkenness It Is a dry town; It Is midway between the thriving cities of Medford nnd Ashland: prico $10,000 $1500 down, tho remainder on tlmo at C per cent. Also lands, alfalfa and fruit, from 2p to 800 acres. Write, enclosing stamps, or como and seo me. !- : TH J, 2. Talent, Oregon at Medford fo V r Riverside Between Main and Eighth Sts. L Arc you thinking of buying a pin no? Wc would like to talk to you about pianos and believe that we aro las well posted as any dealers in tho J state, or on tho coast for, thnt matter. We havo. beep in the piano business I right hero In. Southern Oregon for a 'long time, and every year wo have dono a greater, buslnoss by far than la thq year past. Wq havo oyer two thousand satisfied customers , who ! will tostify that we handle the best I pinnos and players that arc, pn tho i maret today You, i , , " , S0(1 (lc,u w,1Cn ( J," "' nro sure of a ado here. Wo can save you af least on any piano that you may desire. Come and see us. If we don't hap pen to hnvo on hand tho plnno that you wish, wo will got. It for you and gnarnntco to sell it tq you for $100 less than the dealer that handles It. We can do this because wo aro under no expense. Wo pay no, rents, biro no help, wo lcII direct to you. Wo aro factory .to homo distributors and can deliver tho best pianos for less mon ey, as hundreds will testify. Many people aro buying pianos, nnd wo nrp selling thq best Jhat havo ever been produped., Call us up and allow us tho plcasuro of explaining our methods. Wo sell on easy terms and deliver nnywhoro in this section of tho country. . Just remember that wo .savq you $100 and all you havo to do is tq call and seo our stock to bo convinc ed that wo can and do deliver the goods. 4$ JL U Player rMMMwrrrffffMMtM. -: V X s X s X X- s s X X X s X X s s s s s s s s s s s s X s s s s r X V .f Ilasklns for Health. drowned. l'ourr.ANi), OKieaoK. i v -.& r ,-f 4 '-n-t4-i b -