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jmveiauy NtV3 UftluO to Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS Itauk Clearings Tilay Were f?ir,HM.7l. WEATHER Fall- liar. UIMM, Mnv. 02.0, Mln. Jtl).r, Menu ni.o. Korty-FInU Year Daily Sixth Year. MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1911. No. 14 $ HEINTZ PLANS II Representative of Pittsburg Factory Here Lookinn tor Garden Tract ami Factory Site To Open, Busi ness Upon Large Scale. MEDFORD MAY BECOME HOME OF 57 VARIETIES Informed Professor O'Gara That We Have Already 54 Varieties of Soil in Valley. W. !'. Graves, leprcseiitiiij; Hit' II .1. lleintz company of Pittsburg, Pa., is in Jlodford looking for tracts of land and factory oitis. It is the in tention of the company to purchase ii lai.uo tract of land and to grow on it, all kinds of egel aides and food products which are canned or pick led by this company. They wNh to interest other grow ers in raising tomatoes and vegeta bles for canning and if these plans can he carried out, the lleint. "17 varieties" company will build a large factory in Medford. j good ninny so-called waste pro ducts that grow abundantly in this valley or are thrown away in making of other products arc valuable and will bo used. Mr. (5 raves is- much pleased with this mi liny anil thinks it a tine loca tion and he hopes to gel the co-operation of fanners of this section. This industry will give employment to several hiNidied people. Mr. Graves has charge of a lleint. factory, but the purchasing and se lection of new tracts of land und'fae tory sites for the company, are .sole ly in his charge. The lleint. company is known the world over for its pickles, and if they build here will advertise this valley extensively. RELATION OF SIZE OF FEET TO INSANITY PAWS. Apul 7. Wnineii with In fect .mil men with little feet are pione to insanity, nceoiding to a i port lead by Kdmond l'enier before the Paris Academy of Sciences, ihe report being the work of Alienists McAuliffe and A. Marie. Out of 100 men, the report says, 18 have small feet, and out of 100 In sane males 70 have small feet. I'o the contrary, 100 normal women showed till with large feet and of t - same number of insane women, S'2 weie found to hne large feet. RATE VICTORY fi CM E T ES BE I SPOKANE, Wash, April 7. A l WASHINGTON, Api II 7. -The see (tcond victory for Spokano In the, n'tary of agrlcultuie has approved a railroad rate battle Is declared to be i mined form of the grilling logtila- practically certain by Attornoy II. M. Stophong, who 'i ((presented Spokane shippers before tho Intoihtnto com merce comintiislon. in a telegram to A. W. Poland of the Spokane .Merchants' association, Stephens declared that tho commis sion seems certain to uphold Its de cision of last .luly oidoring sweeping reductions in Spokane's freight rates Irom eastern and middle western points. Stephens' itiouago stated that the showing of losses by carriers is less than was oxuectod, and Hint It Is his baiter that Spokane- would Uavo no troubla lu securing tentative rates as suggested in the opinion on the Spo kane canes. QUO VADIS SPELL IS BLAMED FOR SUICIDE PHILADELPHIA. I'ii. April 7. A new tl,,rv wind, is bdn-vd pa- tuillv to explain Hie my-ler.ous ui- .-ill. "f Craige Lippineolt, present of the J . JJppiucott Pubhshintf company.' wiu advanced today by friend of loe dead publisher. Lip- pmcott, thev say. wt under a -,.-1'. pi.xlu.cd bv witti. Miig tin nMii "ij m V.nli-" In the ).ii , t i ' i In j. .v p tr . ms ii- cl I ii . . 1 h t tii n i - L pp" i 'i ' I i jr . tUr ' EMPLOYERS MEET TO ORGANIZE OPEN SHOP MOVE PORTLAND, Or., April 7. Em ployers from all ot the Pacific const cities will meet In Portland next Wednesday and Thursday to form nn nlllanco of the vnrlous employers' as sociations of the coast to fight the eight-hour dny and other trade- union measures to which the associations are opposed. Delegates from l.os Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Victoria, Van couver, Ilcllinghnm, Everett, Seattle, Tncoma, Spokano and Aberdeen will attend the convention, which is to be held In tho Commercial club rooms. Various expedients for maintaining tho "open shop" will bo discussed In the convention. I OFF FALLS IN PRICE CHICAGO, 111., April 7. With but ter and eggs lower and the puce of flour down one dollar in Chicago, the ultimate consumers are beginning think that their hopes for lower prices are being realized in n measure. Dried fruits aie some higher, how ever, on account of cold weather in 1010, killing a large part of the fruit crop in the east. Salmon is the other edible which has advanced in price due, it is said, to recent legislation in Oregon, which has prohibited iishing and curtailed the output. Mutton, pork and beef is from I wo to five cents higher today than at the same peiiod hist year. Nay beans which in 1010 were selling at $2. "." are now down to .i'J.'J.'i, and com meal is (10 cents u hundred under the price of 1010 which was :fl2.10. Other staples aie accordingly lower. 119,000 10 PROBE SPIUNCIKIKLP. Ill, Apiil 7. The friends of William Lorlmor In the Illinois legislature abandoned today all opposltl n to a $10,000 appropri ation to enable a souato committee to conduct nn Investigation Into his elec tion as United Stntos senator. They are seeking to put Lieutenant Govern or Oglohby, a close friend of tho "blond boss," on tho committee. Tho 1 ouse probably will act on the appro iniatiou Tuesday. FOREST RANGE RULES APPROVED tlons which govern tho use of tho na tlonal forest ranges. In the opinion of the department officers, the most Important departures from the old regulations are found, Hist, in tho fact that provision is made for reco gnition of a poiniunont national ad lnory hoard repiosenting tho sheep and cattlo Intel ests, which will con fer annually with tho geciotary of agiinultiiro concerning grazing mat tors; and secondly, lu the laying down of a ruh that on forests where tho quality of range and advantages for winging cattlo and sheep aio equal, tho J ear long rate for sheep after tho season of 1011 will he thirt) por cent of tho yearlong rate for cat tle. The new reguliuions havo boen made the subject of extended and most careful consideration and are promulgated at the present time as result f nwl rovUlon mndi ' reg'ilatloh. governing the llte UoM1 fo(r0th' Ue'or" de tj r"' regulations Secretary Wilson invited represent. " l nation,, or ". ' ' o1 8r"w'ir '"l llifll(dll ll.itlolldl llf bid! k tthSOf Id tlon, to piemht their mkh to bin. .. i ,1 i , ) ih - in l f" ii ake I- ,. - r s w' C ll.tfe' 1' 1 FIRE HUE CITS IFF RESCUE OF MflRBEN Death hy Suffoactlon Feared as Fate of Miners at Throap, Pa. Rescue Parties Cannot Make Way Through Smoke. GOVERNMENT EXPERTS PUMP AIR IN SHAFT Blaze Starts From Waste Left in En gine Room 700 Feet Under the Surface. SCUANTON, Pa., April 7. Death by suffocation, rescuers this after noon feared, lind been the fate of 10 miners trapped lu the Pauconst mine at Throop, Pa., when flro broke out toda. Though every effort has been made to save those imprisoned in the workings and though the fire was controlled at 1 o'clock this afternoon, the lower levels were so filled with sinoko nnd gases that rescuo parties could not make their way through the tunnels. Tho big fans aio forcing as much fresh air Into tho workings as tlioy can, but old-t liners say they fear that blackdamp and tho poisonous sinoko nnd gases from tho fire may have already overcome tho entombed men. Headed by Superintendent Hlrtley. a force of men Is engaged lu foning air down the tunnel to the foot of a shaft whore the men are believed to ho imprisoned. Tills shaft Is choked with debris and it will bo hours be fore it can ho penetrated. Kquippod with oxygen helmets, a bpecial train of mine rescuo cars Is being rushed from Kingston to Throop. At a late hour tills afternoon it wnt reported that veveral cars In the mine had caught fire, and water Is being pumped Into tho main shaft in an effort to extinguish the blaze. At J o'clock this afternoon four government experts, aided by eight members of the Lackawanna rescue crew, penetrated tho shaft and res cued Joseph VIckers, n tire boss. He was unconscious. Mine officials stated that thero was still a chance of tho others being alive, as air was being pumped down tho shaft. Officials say that the flro started from waste left In the englno room. Tho entombed men aro 700 feet bo low tho surface. Lato this afternoon officials stated that it was impossible to say just how many men were in the mlno when the flro bloke out, but lOwas believed to be a conservative estimate. UNWRITTEN LAW FREES WOMAN POUT WOUTII, Timis, Apul 7. -Tho unwritten law scotcd a lull In unipli here today when a jury acquit ted .Mrs. Kliahcth Mrooks ol murder after .Mrs. Mrooks had lieely admit ted having killed -Mi. .Mary Minlonl because (be latter alienated her hus band's affections. Tho jury deliberated " last night without being able to reach a verdict but this morning they tiled into couit with a dictum of "not guilt." Me fore a single juryman whk accepted in Ihu cum) each hud to declare uti rohorwully his belief in "the mini it -ten law.' A reiiMirkablo feature of the ease caino when Walter Scott, altnic fi Mrs. Brooks, win "Home, Sweet Home" nh his peioratiou in Inxplc,! for his clicut'h acquittal. CAT ADOPTS FAMILY AND MOTHERS RODENTS LOS AN'OHLKS, Cal, April 7. Polly, a tiger labbv, famed as a rlt ter, owned by the L'xcclhior Laundry company, has been guilty of a eon tro version of luitute hitherto un heard of. loosing three of her own kittens bv death, she killed a mother lat and adopted. .1 rodent bltcr of ihc satin iniiiibr The thrre babv r'ts ju.d n. -nr vitg k Mr imr-e n ' i' c i , t nl r wi r r-. h 4,e ".f p ir,pi'n nl tU strange r rd, T F FOR WAR T SAN KUANCISCO, April 7. Stir red by predictions by John Kenneth Turner, author ami .Mexican sym- patnlzer, that tho next Diaz forces would bo driven out of every Lower California town within a week, social ists hero today aio freely giving up money to arm and vquip recruits for tho insurrectos. "Who will give $25 to arm a man to holp restoro liberty In Mexico?" was the slogan Turner and William McDovItt, socialist oandldato for may or, sounded at a big meeting hero In the Iliilldlng Trades' auditorium, in answer to tho appeal four men each promised to equip one recruit and considerable casli was contributed by othoi'B present to tho causo. McPevitt described tho sending of American troops to the Mexican bor der as proof of tho "Morganatic alli ance between Hill and Porforio." BRYAN SCARED OF LOSING HOED LINCOLN, Neb.. April 7. Charg ing that the "intcrc'ls" are already planning to eapturu the democratic party machinery nnd warning the progressives of that political faith to be on the lookout William .1. Hrynn today .sounds a call to nuns through his paper, the Commoner, lu a black face typed ouitoiial Hrynn hays: "It behooves all democrats to be n guai 1. The friends of the pred atory interests, th I'eneliciaries of ii spocinl privilege and of govern mental favoritism aro always work ing. They do not sleep. They are able to bring pressure to bear on their class of nowspnpois and always have homebody for an office when ever there is u vacant plnec. They already have candidates for congicss, for the senate, for the judgeships, tor the cabhiet and for the presi dency. '"The interests' ate now planning to capture the democratic comeu tiou nnd to nominate a candidate sat isfactory lo them. If they find the progressive .sentiment is too strong to be t ignored they will take some one progressive enough to furnish something to talk aboitl, but not progrcssho enough to fiighten 'the interests.' "The democratic parly seems iead to come into its own. Alter a longj light those progiossive policies which flVMIten1 ttm ntiiini.lf lill iC ttn in.l ntory inteiests in 18!8 arc being iw copied as the policies of the counlr.s, but 'the inteiests' will do their best lo nominate a caudidalo not in sym pathy with and who will try to retard their progress.' EXTREME DULLNESS RULES GOTHAM STOCK MARKET NPAV YORK, April 7. -The open ing of today's stock market was in iined to extreme dullness. None of IIS the favorite securities aried mon" tempted lu this city than onc-fouiili irom their initial 'connected with tho prices. There was mi active and higher maiket for bonds. Associat- ed Oil rose 'J points; United tSat"s Rubber nnd Pittsburg Coal 1 point, and Amciicaii Car preferred, a large1 fraction; National Biscuit lost 'J points. The maiket BomI- wi ie i lticd l in film E STILL STRANDED' NI'.W OUls, April 7. Though liuiilU a riruilc di-luibed the sea off File island today, live big tugs failed PRNZESS N to pull tho North ficruiun Lloyd 1,fl"k runners, stonographom mid or liner Prinzes Irene off the sandspit icirl of tho financial district. Tho wheio she lie stranded. Thu curo !""' room In lu tho basement of a probably will be lighteied. building in Maiden Lane. between When all b of pulling the liner Nmmiii and Williams troU. off na abandoned. 1774 of her im-' WmnrltiK begin at 12:10 p. m. ov- vngcrs weie thu afternoon traim- tern. I to the -t.tiner Prii.! Pric.l.rich Willu In. Tin u-o Li l.ae liccu t .lu.,lf v-tn.l.v but the ti- ..lib i i .' i'lu tic -'-.-I wa'ir jTar I'm . rwcrotoo.- il. lor the w-ik a d ,i v, ,. I ,. , i , i.i i,i , MARTIN ELECTED EMC T OS TIE SENATE Virginian Chosen Despite Opposition of Progressive Forces as Floor Leader Voted With Aldrich on the Tariff Question. RECIPROCITY ATTITUDE TO BE DECIDED MONDAY Bryan Visits White House and Talks Politics for Half Hour With Taft. WASHINGTON, 1). C, April 7. Senator Thonuif, S. iMartin of Vir ginia was this afternoon elected flooi leader ot the democrats in the uppei house a caucus vole of -l lo lti. The pi.igre.ssivo democrats bitterlj opposed him, dunging that he had re peatedly otcd with Ahliich on the tarilf (iiiestion. The deniocratiu ways and means committee of the house today decided to submit to the democratic cnucut oii Alondav or Tuesday the question whether they should consider reci procity with Canada iunucdinluly, oi only utter, tho wool schedule of the, tariff was taken up. William .1. Hrynn visited the While House today and for half an hour talked politics with Ptcsident Taft. Hrynn refused to discuss his talk with the president. 1 lu was askee! his opinion of the reopening of Hit Lorimer ease and replied that lu did not know it hud ever been closed except in the senate. Hryau denied that he hud endorsed the candidacy of (louirnor Wood row Wilson of New Jersey for the demo cratic! presidential unminulinn. Although the name of the man who opposed .Minim in the conference was not given out, it is icpoited that Shively of Indiana received the sup port of the progressives. Stono of Missouri, Newiands of Nevada and Williams of Mississippi wore among those, it wns believed, the prog icssives might favor. Senator Hoiirne of Oregon bus ac cepted the invitation of the judiciary committee of the Pennsylvania house of representatives to addiess the leg islature Tuelidny, April 11, on the "initiative and lefcieiidum.' TO BOYS AND GIRLS NIOW YOIIK, April 8.--Tho de velopment of better bos and girls by means of dance halls! How's that for an advanced Idea? Soit o' make tho oldtlmo, orthodox chin eh members suoit with disdain, oh? Well that's Just what's being at- Antl ovorone movement- di icctly or indirectly will toll you .Hint It Is succoeillng beyond all ex pectatlons. "In coiisldeiatlon for my being ac corded membership lu the above club, I hereby pledge myself to nbHtalu f Kim lining paint on my face, which deceives no ouu but myself. I also waho m v tights for any act unbe coming a lady." "In consideration for my being ac corded membership in llio hIiovo club, I lieicby pledge imyself to abstain from using cigarettes while a mom In i I also waive my rights for any ait uuhecouiiiiK a gentlemen " Isn't tills a pretty good platform? Subscribing to It Is the only thing It costs for nierbershlp In tho music demoimlmiloii club, tho name of Hie new dance club The patrons of tho d"l aro the office lioyn, nioiwougerH. N v "y except aiinuay aim onus i'u.L.0,.Itttlon. 1 '"' " ,,lH 1,m"' ","1 "'V 'l"- 1"" t ' shift- of lnnriH nmiy " Hie floor Uw.se wI.mm lunch tlim Is ' n minutes of tin Ir half limit s lunch f'"'" t.'.on m.MI 12 " fi'-m 12 ".n time with iliilr miidwlHhes, pie and '' 1 from 1 mi HI 1 "10. The i -ft-, and U,c otjup twu,tj minutes a ..1 ft I . iirvn. I .iKi 111 Mf Ullla In MIU Mil" IH 'il'io'ci in i ri uc i STAR TWIRLER RULED OUT OF BASEBALL CLUBS WASHINGTON, I). C, April 7. For refusing to sign a contract which called for u salary of .fltllOt for six months' work Walter Johnson, the stur pitcher of the Washingtoi Ameiictiu League Huschull club, ami one of the best twirlers, turned out in a decade, was today formally or dered from organized baseball bj President Noyes of the Washingtoi club. Until today it had been expeclec I hat Johnson would come to terms but he refused to play ball for lest than !f7.-00. Many fans believe Johnson is sii perior to cither Christy aMthowsoi of the New York Giants or Mordccn llrowu of the Chicago Cubs. John son formerly played with Seattle. AT WARSIDE CRUEL NI'AV YORK, Apul 7. Tales ol savage cruelly b. Mexican woinei camp followers are told in a letter re ceived here today by u New York wo man, from the wife of nn America! army engineer located in Chihuahua Mexico. According to the engineer' wife, the Mexican women go out oi the battlefields witli aprons filled with knives and stones, and when thc find nn iusurrecto seriously wounded finish the job by crushing his skull with a stone or plunging a knife into Ins heait. After the battle of Santa Ktilalia the army woman writes, her husband saw numerous dead icbels lying oi the buttlefield with their heads hor i iblu crushed. The letter ulso recited Hint after the rebels had retreated from Snntii Kululia the fcdeinls en tered the city nnd brutally butchered helpless men, women and children. "I hear that the mikado," says the army woman, in conclusion, "bus or dered the Japanese jn Mexico to re turn to Japan. Most of these arc inonibers of the nnny reserve. It is said that many of them are march ing overland to the Pacific coast, but I do not know if this is true." SAYS IOCT0RS SQUEEZE PATIENTS EIKE ORANGES PARIS, April 7. Huron llonrl do ItotliHchlld, milllonutrn HportHiuan, dramatic author and phyHlclau, lu a leeturo today Kcored IiIh own piofeH slon, dcclarliiK the doctors employ foutH to Hccuro patlentH, operato whon uiiiiccoHHUiy and treat tho patient like an oruiiKO, H(iiou.liig him an much mi poHHlblo. Tho locturo caiiHod a HoiiBatlon. Do ItotliHclilld Hitld that a patlont'H III mckh wiiH HOiiietlmoH pioloiiKcd pur poHely, HiiyliiK: "Medical men aro apt to forpot their duty Im to cure their patient as quickly as poHHlblo, and If they fall to do ho they arc Kiillty of a wioiik ac tion " WIFE WON BACK BY DE BEAUFORT CIIICACO. Nprll 7 Count John Alexander on Mourlk do lteaufort. once reanireii in tno iiewiipaperH aw tho titled huHbund or Irma KIlKalleu, lint mom recently marred In vaude ville an "a mail of trajtcily," him been Invited to come bHck home. Th count and rouiitoiw met by ac- cldont on a dowiitowu utreet tndn) and thereafter for thieo or four houiH they motored lu the counteM' automobllo. It In wild that Papa Kit Kiillon, who onc "jnit tlio boots" to bin noblB win-lu-law, ntlll frownn at tho mention of thu eouut'u iihiuu, hut Iihi boon periiiadod to permit tho in i." ... N S K AFTER 9 YEARS TO STAND TRIAL Ellis Wainwrlght, Millionaire Brewer of St. Louis, Indicted by Folk, Re turns to Face Trial After Years Spent in Hiding Abroad. PARTY TO SCHEME TO BRIBE CITY OFFICIALS Slush Fund of $135,000 Distributed Money Loaned on Brew er's Note. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 7. After nn exllo of nlno years, Kills Waln- vrlKht, inlllionnlro brewer, who was Jidicted on bribery charges In 1U02 durliiK former Governor Polk's "boo dlo" crusade, returned horo today and surrendered to tho chief ot po lice Shortly boforo tho crusade wns ln- t URurated by Governor Folk Wnln- r -right left St. Louis with tho an louncenient that ho was going abroad iVhon the grand Jury returned tho 1 rlbery Indictment against him Waln fvrlght Was traveling In Egypt. When Lews of tho Indictment reached tho, 1 rower ho decided not to return to 'Amorica, but went to Paris to live. Wainwrlght was Indicted In con nection with nllegod brlbory to secure a franchise for tho Suburban Street Hallway company, which controls art of the St. Louis streot car sys tem. It wns tho first of tho St. Louis graft cases and Involved, besides "Wainwrlght a majority of tho mem bers of tho city council nnd tho houso cf delegates and Charles II. Tumor mid Henry Nlcolnus, offlcors of tho Suburban company. Eight persons woro convicted and sent to tho ponl tentlary and two others aro still fu gitives from justice. Tho Indictment wns returned in 1902. It wns chnrged that Wain wrlght wnB a party to a scheme to initio city officials to grant tho fran chise and that a fund of $135,000 was raised for that purpose Of this sum, evidence adduced at other trials show "d( $75,000 was to go tho houso of delegates and $00,000 to tho city "ouiiell. Tho monoy wns loaned by Uio German Savings Institution on a note signed by Tumor, Nlcolaus nnd Wainwrlght. Tumor turned state's evidence. Wainwrlght was away whon tho Indictment wns returned. N'lcolaus was acquitted, tho court holding that though he signed tho note, it was not proved that ho had guilty knowledge of tho purpose to which ho monoy wns to bo usod. The mono), It wns nllegod, was put lu two safe deposit boxes. Dolegato I. K. Morrell bold tho kooy to tho box, containing $75,000, and Coun cilman Charles Kratz held tho key to tlio other box, In which $60,000 was put. Kratz fled to Mexico. Mor lell turned state's ovidonro and his testimony, together with that of Tur nor, resulted In tho ronvlctloif of tho coiincllinen and dolegatcs who wero sent to the penitentiary. At that tlmo thero was no extradition troaty with Mexico, ami President Roose velt seen red the adoption of one es pecially that Kratz might bo brought hack. Tho cimoM wero tried by Joseph W. Polk, at that tlmo clrclult attornoy. There Is no statuto of limitations affecting the Wainwrlght Indictment, and be may still lie brought to trial. However, a number ot tho principal witnesses aro dead, among thorn Tur ner and tho cashier of tho Gormnny Savings Institution, through whom the original lonu waB negotiated. Oth er wiiiioMioH nnvo romoveu rroin tno Jurisdiction of tho court. If tho caso Ih hroiiKht to trial it will bo proso- euated by Attoruoy Jonos, a repub lican. SPAIN TO SEND TROOPS TO INVADE M0R0C0 LONDON', April 7. Mmliiil dis-ptehe-i today lo the Kxchniiiso Tolu graph say that Spain its preparitiK to sond 20,00(1 troops into Morocco and ib alto rushing tlio mobilization of tho navy. Tlio allcROil interference of Prnuco in North African affaira U the cause of thoaotivity. "Shopping" that is bmocl upon nd rcading is usually a profitable uso of one's time, & t w i i