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V li -,Wn OUlcs w f jnViwsM Hews v W . L s, t' Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER rnlr. Bar., 30.39; Max., 61.5; Mln., 38.5; Mn, 60. FORTY-MRST YEAR. TWENTY PAGES. MEDFORD, OREGON, -SUNDAY, APRIL 30,1911. IN THREE SECTIONS No. 34 DEFENSE PLAN FAR SUSPECTS Jay Gould WJs M$ JR Roasts Women DEALS DEATH CLEANUP BAY OF PRECINCTS HIS SOLDIERS " FIRST I I SECTION I SATURDAY CENSUS VN MADERO OS IWf IS PREPARED Both Sides in Impending Legal Bat tle Rest on Their Oars Defense Awaits Arrival of Darow, While Prosecution Await Burns. ,uujFER IN DEFENSE THAT GAS CAUSED DISASTER Second Step of Defense Will Be That McMangal in Employ of Burns Led McNamara Into Trap. LOS ANGHLnS, April 20. Waiting tho nrrlvtil of William J. Hums for the prosecution, and Cl.ircnco Harrow for tho defense, princtpatH In tho legal bat tle to bo fought for the freedom or con viction of tho McNnmuru brothers mid Ortlo McMnnlgnl, alleged dynamiters, roHted on their ourH todny. While Attorney O. M. Hilton attend ed to private mutters In I'oinonu, hlx home, Attorney Job llurrlmnn, his ns soolnto In tho defeiiKe of tho McNiim nniB, remained nt his office here, digest ing portloiiH of tho alleged confession liiiulo by McMunlgul to Dlstilct Attorney Fredericks, and discussed the case with local labor IcaderH, but took no definite Htops In tho campaign of defense. Barrow to Arrive Soon. Hnrrlinnn wild that Dnriovv should arrive cither Monday night or Tuesdny Until then, ho wold, the force hero would merely keep abreast of developments and let things tnko their comae. District Attorney Fiederlcks and bin assistants spent a buHy day. Hut their efforts -were simply along tho lines that havo already been developed. Actively assisting Fredericks Is G. Hay Ilorton, his chief trial deputy; De puty Arthur Kern, Judge C. C. McC'otnns, Deputy IIIH nnd Deputy Veltch. Fred ericks said today that there would be no spcclulf prosecutors, us ho regarded IiIh forco us amply capable or handling tho case. Awaiting- Surni. Tho arrival of Hums Is expected to bo tho slgnnl for gonernl activity nmong tho ugents of the proHecutlon and it was broadly hinted today that (wo and possibly threo men will ho arrested at about tho sanio tlmo ho steps from tho train. Two of these ate s.ild to be In Lns Angeles and tho third In San Frnnolsco Tho suspects nro said to havo been un der survelllanco or tho past throe weeks. Operatives of tho Hums ngency ap parently have assumed complete charge of tho case. In their talks with the threo men now under urrost, representa tives of the district attorney's office have always been accompanied by nurns' men, whllo only occasionally membeis of the, Los Angeles detective bureau havo boon taken along. McManlgal Restless. Whother his conscience troubled him or tho prison faro asserted Itself Is not known, but according to his Jailers. Mc Mnnlgnl passed a restless night follow ing Ills refusal of assistance from Or ganized labor. Ho turned and twisted until Ions nfter midnight, they said, nnd two or three times got up ftom his cot and sat on tho bench In his ivll Hoth tho McNumuras slept well and utr a heaity bteakfast. , Sefome Flans Drawn. LOS ANGHLKS. April SO Tentative plans for tho defonso of John J., and James II MoNnmaru accused of min der in connection with tho Lns Angeles Times explosion wmo outlined today by Judge Hilton, tomporary chief counsel for tho defense. Tho flist contention will I that the Times wnH dostroyed by an accidental combustion of gas. Tho second will bo that Ortie Mo Mnnlgul, as a Hums' detective obtained tho confldenco nt tho younger McNmii ar.i and induced lilm to purohase dynu inlte, alarm olooks and other parapher nalia supposad to bo necessary to com pleto destructions of iron works and other buildings uml arranged that the evidence would ho forthcoming lu mieli shupo us to lead to the suspicion that McNnmnra dynamltid the Times huild " Iiir in addition to other non-union plants thioughout tho country Plot Charged. Tho necessary evidence. It Is aliened by momburs of tiie defend, will be forthcoming to show that MeManlgul. us mi iiL'.mt nf Hums, worked upon th oungor MoNamura's antlpaihlen to capital to suoh un etent as to Involve him In u woh of olrcumatlal evidence from vvhloli it would be hard for him to oxtilcato himself and would throw he shadow of suspicion on John J Mo Kiimaru as the leading official of the Iron workers. "There Is doubt that MeMnnlgel employed by Hums." said Judge Hilton. ' but Just how much he received for hie wmk and wlt he did for the money 1 uin unable to my. I did not dhtcuas that part nf the ease with him Mc Manlyul alMi admitted that he bad made a confession to Dlatrlct Attorney Fred cricks upon his arrival here" "No effort will be made to arraign the acoused men until after tv arrival of Clarence narrow'. If thv diatrlct at torneys office should tr t arraign them before then, the defense mil fight -. , r, ',' .y.r,.1..,, 5 YBBBBBjaaaBHaji jSlaHHalllillllllilH ,iaHr,' i tmr i I Wl6i.AMTriE DOU(il65 tiRAlCAM NUW YOKIC. April 29 In St Thomas chinch this afternoon Jny Gould, hec- ond son of Mr, and Mrs. George J Gould, and Miss Annie Douglas Graham, a princess of the Hnwnllan royal family and only daughter of Mis Hubert Voss, were married by tho Itcv. Dr. Karnest M. SHrroK. George Gould's gift to tho bride was a Head ornament In diamonds of n laurel design. Tho young couple will go for n bilef honeymoon at Gould's Camp In the Arldinnneks, after they will go to London as the guests of Lord and Lady Decles. SLAYS I Rclicls Win Many Recruits and Are Planning Fresli Outbreak Gun boat Ordered to Canton to Protect American Interests. HONGKONG, April 29. Chliioso leb els have assassinate! Admiral LI the tontai of Canton, officially tho actual fighting nt Cnn ton ended wltn tho repulse of tho tobols on Thursday, but It Is known that tho rebels nro winning many lecrults from the. army and aio planning a nuw out break. Tho Hrltish officials hero are sending two toipeilo htf.its to Canton to protect the Hngllsh resident and foreign Inter ests gonomlly. General Chung died today In Canton from wounds lecolvod In Thursday's bat tle. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 29. The navy department announced todny that tho United States gunboat Wilmington had sailed finm Hongkong to Canton to protect Ameiiutns and their interests dm Iiir the outbtenk of Chinese lebels there BAILEY SAID TO BEJRAFTER Is Indicted by Grand Jury on Charge of Malfeasance in Office Indict ment Follows Recent Charges nf Grafting. HOIITLAND, Or.. April 10. StaU Food and Dairy Comiiilwiloiier J. Halley wae Indicted by tho grand Jur here thla afternoon on u ohargo of mul feHWince In office. Tim indletmeut follows cliargos made roiently against Halley .iccualng him of petty Kruftlnsr no immmm FOR UNION LABOR l'OUTLAND Or. Apill J9 Union la bor will not participate officially in the demonatrallQH 'tpnmd by oollUt for tomorrow aa a proteet alnt the ar rest of the UcNamarae for the drria mltlnK of the Ioa Anifelee Time. ThU declalon waeieehel at a met Ing of the central labor loumil. the local body ef the Aim-rlcan Kedaiatlon of li bor. on th gmnnda tliat such a demon stration wa 111 advlaed at thla time. The council, however. Iiae dulded to draft reaolutlona of prof at against the removal of John M Namar from Jn dlanapolle to Lo Angeles without giving him a chain e to light txtradltiou and a committee haa been appointed to devise means by which organised labor of Hort hud tan give tt.e McNamaraa financial aid in tbelr trial- Look at the cUaelfled ada If you have loat aomethlng-nd If the finder haan't u.lv.itla.d. V.-u Adv. Ml- CHINES M 1 Spreading Ralls Ditches Excursion Train Running at Speed of Fifty Miles an Hour Most of Pasengcrs Were School Teachers. MANY BODIES BURIED IN FLAMMING COACHES Specials Bearing Nurses and Phy sicians Were Rushed to Scene' Many Dead and Injured WILICK.SUARHK, I'a April 29. ICIghty poisons were lujuied, sovunil nio missing and n scout will die as tho result of ii wreck on the Lnoknwttnna railroad at i.lartln's Cie6k, ton miles north of Haston, I'm, this nfternoon. The wrecked train was a special having on board 1C9 school tcachois coming from Syracuse and Utlea, N. Y to l'lill adelidila. The tialn was transfeircd from tho Lackawanna tiaeks to tho Pennsylvania tracks at Munch Chunk nnd had pro ceeded os far uh Martin's Cieek when It was derailed and tho engine and cars plunged over the embnnkmant. It was running nt a speed of 50 miles tin hour. Spreading tails caused tho dam age. Tho Pennsylvania railroad nt once sent u relief train fiom here, but only priests nnd physicians were allowed within tho euclosuio before It pulled out. Specials wore rushed from Scranton to tho sceno nnd every nvullublo physi cian In tho city and Wllkcsburro weio taken to aid the Injured. Aboard tho train wero school teach ers from Utlcn, Syracuse and other Now Yord points en route to AVnshlngton. Tho wreckage took flro and was par tially consumed. It Is believed that a number of tho killed wero cremated. BUYS ANCIENT BOOK; FAYS $21,000 FOR XT NEW YOltIC, April 23. Walter IX Hill of Chicago, today Is the owner of Helya's "Knight of tho Swunne," the first pilntod version of legond of Lohen grin. Ho succeeded In purchasing tho book nfter much, spirited bidding which ran to tho prlco of 121,000. This Is tho bccond highest prlco for a book In the Hoo llbiary s.ilo which has been on foi some time. GOVERNMENT TO BUILD XACKZ.ESS DAM AT YAKIMA WASHINGTON. I. C. April 20. Sec rotary Kishor authorized today tho re clamation service to construct the Knck pss dam, In tho Ynklma project in Wash ington The bids offered by outside contractors were excessive, it was al leged, and tho wotk was therefore turn ed over to tho government Interesting Heideman Murder Trial &: I "Vir PKKLHOLD. N J , pril 29 Probahl tn most dramHtlo opining of 11 murder trial In the history of New Jerst was tliat whlcii was Iwgun ..ert In the court oyer arid terminer whan Krank U. Heldwnun, u young florist's anlstant, plailel not guilty to a elwrgn of having klllMl MarliaSmlth tan yrnrr. old. In tho Mdmm woxlH at Aabury Park, Nvwn- br 9 last Ttu prowwutor astmrts mat littdvman thrice eonfajmad to tlia crime which he la aoousad. In His opening address to the Jury, John 8. Applegota. Jr. prtfsoeutor of Monmouth county, retraied the auccea- i atana by which the man now on trial for his life, after he had onee sat urud ib- uuthoritua of hla Innocence, I tu-"e hejcpekv- Vp $k X Jv S&fk Acting Mayor F. E. Merrick Issues Proclamation to People of Medford Urging Them to Devote Next Week to Riddance of Rubbish. PUT IT IN STREET; CITY WILL REMOVE IT Ordinance to he Strictly Enforced Medford to be a Spotless i Town.' lllr TTT-f4 - -f To the cltl.ens of Medfeid: T -f The general welfare of our city -f makes It advisable that wo have -f -f In the near future what Is known f as u "cleunlng-up day." -f f Thcrefote, I do hereby deslg- 4 unto Saturday, May (!, for that -f -f purpose nnd urge all good cltl- -f .ens to remove nny unsightly 4- rubbish from their premises and f from adjacent vacant lots, pine- -f -f lug tho sumo In the streets -f whole It will be colli cted by tiu -f 4- city and removed. 4 -f All violations of the city or- f dlnnnco prohibiting nccumula- -f f tlons of rubbish will heieafter bo -f f stilctly enforced. -f f (Signed) V. H. MHimiCK. Acting Mayor. t-44 4 44 4 4-- 4TT Adopting "A Spotless Town" as their slogan the ladles of jtho Greater Med foid club Saturday outlined a campaign ngulnst rubbish nnd unsightly accumu lations of all kinds ami am prepared to tatlous of all kinds ami 1110 prepared to iccep up an unccuslntf battle with dirt until there Is not ulspOt let to mar k until the beauty of the town. With this In mind they swooped down upon Acting Mayor !' R Menlck Saturday and cutis ed that official to Issue a geneiul pro clamation setting forth Saturday, May t) uh 11 cleaning up drtyln Medfoid, They ulso succeeded In gaining frbm Mr. Mer rick a promise that tho city would col Iect the rubbish from different premises If tho piopcrty owners would place It in tho streets Likewise Mr. Merrick lias promised a strict enforcement of tho cleaning up ordinance which pro vides a fine for unsanitary proporty nnd has notified tho police department to tuko necessury stops toward un enfoi ce ment of this ordlnunco after Suturduy, .May 6. Property owners who havo un sightly heaps of rubbish about their homes uml property have ono week in which to remove it Tho indies of the Grenter Medford club huvo decided to follow up the cam paign which hus been started ami will keep on the track of tho city authorities and see that the ordinance covering these cases Is enforced Cleaning up day has proven u great success In other W MOPI'MAN I J JznWi $ if If I , THK FCIRMD WHO ' CAuairr thc dEi kndant was again trapped and lodged In Jail. Throughout the reiltal of tho olld'a dwith Heideman pah' und appurnntly to tally unnerve! sought to appear uncon cerned, but as the chain of olroumatancoM which lid to his rearrest was slowly unfold) -I to tl, Jul) the prisoner at- if rs i- a 1 rm m wr. n 1 j it xj -1 r pr war a. j r t. Uncle Sam Issues Bulletin Giving Number of People Residing In Each Precinct and Minor Civil Division in Jackson County. SHOWS GREAT GROWTH OVER TEN YEARS AGO Med fort) Precincts arc Largest in Point of People to be Found in County. The census huicuu has Issued u com plete list showing tho population of each town and pioclnct In Jackson county. .Medfoid heiuls the list of towns, Ash land Is second and Central Point is third. The Medford precincts nro the largest In point of population, those of Ashland being second. Tho pieclncts and other minor civic divisions are given tho fol lowing number of peeple: Minor civil division toll) ltioo Jneksnu county "J K , 7 n 1; 13,008 Applegate pieclnet 274 Applcgato precinct ...... HIS .1.13 ltarron precinct 572 470 llig llulte precinct 43R 201 Coutml Point precinct, In cluding Centinl Point town 1.124 -104 Central Point town 7fil 322 Climax ptcclnct... 08 19G Knglc Point pieclnet 782 534 liist Ashland precinct, In- . eluding part of ward 1 of Ashland city ........ 1,821 Ashland city (putt of)... 1,7 i:t Total for Ashlnnd city In east, south and west Ash land precincts G.020 2,031 Ward 1 2,irl Ward 2 1,160 Wurd 3 1.709 Plounco Hock pieclnet .... 112 126 Foots Crcok precinct 187 14s Gold Hill priciuct, Includ ing Gold Hill town ... 741 C32 Gold Hill town ,. 42f 380 Lake Creek precinct 201 228 Meadows pieclnet ....... . "nJ1 90 261 Mound precinct 113 North Jacksonville, Includ ing part of Jacksonville city C06 Jacksonville city (part of) 387 Total for Jacksonville city In not th and south Jack sonville products 785 6G3 Noith Medford, Including ward 3 and part of wnrd 1 of Medfoid city I.7P8 Medford city (part of) ... 4,570 Total for Medford city In north and south Medford precincts S.fliO 1,701 (Continued on Pnea 4.j cities uml there Is no reason why Med ford should not Indeed become a "Spot less Town " Under Way PROSECUTOR .JOrfN MRS. PETER n.APPLEGATE.JR. SMITH PETEFi 5MITLC tempt at Indifference graduully dUup peareil until ho finally placed ills heud In IiIm hands and wept. Among tho spoWutors nnd wltneNsea In court were Mr and Mrs. Peter Smith, parents of the dead girl, nnd "Curl," the friend who caught tho defondunt. v 9s ft' - iH . . . ,M Dr. Dudloy A, Sargent, head of tho de partment of physical culture at Har vard, lias cicutcd (iiilto n furore In Bos ton, where ho announced that woman Is a lower order of being than a mnn. "Woman Is neuier tho savage stato than man," snld Dr. Sargent. "Her develop mnnt Is more prlmltlvo than mans, Just as tho Indian Is moio primttiva than tho white man." TO FORM NEW POSTAL BANKS Now That They Havo Mado Good Government Will Place Them in , Many Larger Cities Forty-Five More of Them Planned. WASHINGTON, D, C, April 20. With the declaration that tho postal savings bunks had mndo good, officials of the postofflce department announced today that the system would be speedily ex tended to the larger cities. Statistician Hurry Thompson, who Is supoi vising tho postnl banks, said: "Tho banks now realize that Instead of losing tuojiey through our system, thoy nro netiiufiy gaining In deposits. Our deposits nro from people who would not trust tholr savings to nnyono but tho govoinment. Tho government then deposits these suvlugs with qualified hanks. ' "Now that tho system has proved such n big success, 011 May 1 tho government will open IG now banks in second class postofflees. Then wo will bogln branch ing out to tho big cities, with Now York, Chicago, Hostoii nnd San Kninelsco us tho objective points. "Tho government does not oxpect to tniiko u penny on its operations and will he satisfied to clear expenses." Conlan-O'Xtefo Draw. KANSAS CITY, Mo. April 20. John ny Coulon, buntumwelKht champion cf the world, and IMdlo O'Keefo of Phlludel phlu, fought 10 rounds to 11 draw last night Tho decision wus well received, CHIEF COX TO FACE TRIAL Grand Jury Indicts Portland Chief of Police for Allowinn Disorderly Houses to Run Graft Money Is Said to Havo Been Paid. l'OUTLAND, Or.. Apill 20 Chief of Pollie fox wus Indicted this afternoon by the giand Jury, which Is Investigat ing vice conditions In Portland, Ho Is churned with having neglected duty In fulling to close up dlsoidurly resorts In Portland. It was oxpi'ouxj unit uiilici meiilK would bn rutin nod uuuliist other officials uuiid several city officials. The Indictments resulted riom agitation started from 11 municipal nssoelatlou following slatemeuts made by dutoctlvea employed by tho district attorney's of fice that over 100 disorderly Inuses hud paid graft money for protection. UNCLE SAM CHECKS UP TALK BY CORRAL WASHINGTON. April 29- Following official protest to represeututlvi s of the Mexloun government ugulnst nn Inter view alleged to have bwen glvwn in S1111 tundur, Spain, by VIoe-Piosldent ltumou Corral of Mexluo, Ambassador 'amaona of Mexico today cabled to Spain to as certain If Cor nil hud bemi ooireotly quoted. If It should ho found that he has been uml the Interview Is uaknulwedged, there Is little doubt that the Incident will lead lo u serious diplomatic situa tion. Look for tho loser of tho nrtloles you have found for u prompt ad muy suvo him it lot of worry. BURN BRIDGES Declarinn That Armustlcc Has Been Violated by Diaz Rebel Leader Prepares to Check Advance of Federal Troops Toward Juarez. PEACE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD MONDAY Gomez Reach El Paso Madero Has Not Yet Named His Repre sentative. - ' KXa PASO. Tev., April 20. Declaring that tho federal government had violat ed Its nrmlstlce, General Francisco Ma dero, louder of tho insurrectos, Into thin nfternoon ordered his men to bjow up bridges and othorwlso provent tho move ment of trains on tho Moxlcnn Central railroad bearing federal troops. His action was taken when shown n telegram from Chlhunhun saying that Colonel Ilabngo with 1000 men bnd loft Phlhuahiui for Juarez. Madero said tho movement of troopM clearly violated tho pacific terms under which tho armis tice was arranged and that I'm would uso ovoiy means to stop their progress to ward tho border city. Foace Conference Soon. VA, PASO. Tex.. April 29. In tlio cot tago of u goat herder In the foothills of tho Sierra Madro mountains, half way between Cluudad Juarez, and tho camp of GcnernJ Krunclsco Madero, provision al president of tho Moxlcnn Insurrccto government, tho peno commissioners who will endeavor to ond tho revolution with out further bloodshed will meet Monday or Tuesday. In tho humble hut Justlco Francisco Cnrbajal of tho supremo court of tho republic of Mexico will meet whntovor cnmmtsslonerH Mndeio may select. Judge Cnrbajal, who will listen to thn pro posals nf tho Insurrectos and answer In thn nnine of President Porforlo Diaz, ar rived Inst night In Juarez. One to Be Named. Mndero's representative lins not yet been named. Ho has snld, however, that It probably will bo Ills father, Francis co Madero, Sr. Madcio had originally Intended to ap point Dr. Vnsniio)! Gomer, bond of tho Washington Junta, but an Interview by Uotnez nt Now Orleans In which ho was quoted ns saying he doubted Mndero's ability to control tho situation, caused tho rebel lender to change his mind. Gomoz nrrlves heio tonight nnd will nt once enter Into conference with Ma dero, Oomet lu El Paso. Dr. Vnsquce Gomex, diplomatic agent of tho Moxlcnn revolutionists, nrrlvod here today for n conference with acn einl I'ranels Madero, heud of tho robot army. Accompanying Dr. Gomez wns Senor Pine finurez, provisional govern or of Yucatan. It Is understood domez comes to accept appointment as revolu tionary pouco commissioner to Diaz. With nil details arranged for holding the formal peuce conference, It wns be lieved here today Mint tho Mexican rev olution Is nearer settlement than nt any tlmo since tho Insurrection started. HI Paso has been selected ns the place, nnd Judge Kmiii'lM Cnrbnjnl of thn Moxlcnn supreme court hus been named by Presi dent Dla. as tho govoinment commis sioner. CnrbaJaPs appointment wus en tliely satisfactory to Provisional Presi dent Madero. Kenela Active. TUCSON'. Ariz.. API 11 29. Despite tho urmlstleo In forco at Juarez, the rebels In Sonoiu state continue notlvc. Ac cording to nd vices received heio today. ilubtlnif nt Hermosllln hus been lonewcd and nt Mros skirmishes between rebel uml federal scouting pintles occur dal ly. WASHINGTON. 1). C April 29 An oxpected Insurroeto attack on Mazatlan has been reported to tho statu depart ment, by United States Consul Alger. According to tho report, the uttuck Is expected hourly. The robelM havo de manded tout tho town surrender, but tho demand wus refused. DUST Or TAXT HEJECTEDI SCULPTRESS IS DEAD SHOUT HILLS, N. J., April 29 Ho ouusn u bust of Wllllum H Taft, upon which sip- had wotked night und day for severul months wus rejected by o. committee of the Yulo oluh, for whom it wus being made, Mrs. Hllzuboth St. John Matthews, aged 35, 11 sculptress. Is dead Phislciaitu say silo died of ner vous breukdown. uggruvuted by disap pointment HENEY'S PARTNER WII.I. TAKE LAWLER'S F&AGB WASHINGTON, D. C, April 29. Wll llum II Cobb of San Frnnolsco. law part ner or Friinols J. Honey, will ho ap pointed assistant attorney gonerul of tho United States, unsigned to the de partment of tho Interior to succeed Os oar Lawler or Los Angoles, uccorJing to announcement mudo hero toduy, Hecro tury Fisher, Senator Perklim nnd Con gressman Kahn ot California urged Cobbs appointment. -i (Continued from page I ) ,1.