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i'iyi''FW V: r-' ' ...--. , rapper' !? . vyv ? .1 , University New3 Ofllst'li Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS bask oz.sAaiiros 950,863.68. WEATHER Shower. Bar. 39.05 Max., 74 Mln., 38; Mean, GS. FORTY-FIRST YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1911. No. 34. GREATEST BOODLING SCANDAL IN HISTORY OF AMERICA CALLS BURNS FROM LOS AN T ITC n A CT7 IH la . .. m A- . B r!TeSGftr'J--aL-'V- SJL JLV--1- 'WW' U T .j '-iS .I 'T 1; ' sit? OHIO SOUK CHARGED W BRIBE TAKING Burns to Take Charge of His Opera tors' Work in Columbus Claim They Have Evidence That at Least Fifty Members Were Bribed. CLAIM THAT MANY WILL TURN STATE'S EVIDENCE Members of Both Houses Loudly De mand an Investigation, Which May Mean Immunity. COLUMBUS. O.. May 1. Sidetracking for tho present evop tho Inipqrtant dyna mlto caso in Los Angeles, William J. IlurnH will arrlvo liero tomorrow to takf personal charge of tho work of his de tectives In what thoy clnlm will bo tho greatest hoodtlng scandul ever exposed In thu legislature of any American stuto. Arrested nftor thoy had arranged to bribe Dr. George N.ye, a Btato repre sentative, threo of Burns' men were to day arraigned and held In $5000 hall each, after thoy had been trapped by Nye with tho aid of Speaker Vlnlng. rifty Take Bribes. Undeterred by their arrest, tho detec tives say that In six weeks' work here thoy have gathered proof that at least r0 members of tho legislature havo been soliciting anu ucccptlng bribes. Tlloy declare themselves most confident of the result of tholr probo and assert, that most of the legislators will turn state's evidence to save their skins when tho tiutli comes out. Since tho rovolntlon of tho scandal members of both houses of tho legisla ture are loudly demanding an Invnestl gation, despite tho protests of tho au thorities that this may mean Immunity for tho crooks. Faces an Investigation. COLUMBUS, Ohio. Muy 1. Through the arrest hero of K. S, Harrison, A. O. H.illey and D.ivld Perry, threo detectives employed by William J. Hums' agency, tho Ohio leglsluturu today faces a grand Jury probe for alleged boodllng during tho present session. Under tho supposi tion that tho dutecttves were lobylsts, the three men wero taken Into cuHtody. Thoy uro accused of havjng attempted to bribe Dr, Qeorgo H. Nye, a represen tative, and wero arrested after Nye and Speaker Vlnlng had laid a trap for them. No sooner wero they arrested, how ever, than the threo men Identified them selves as Burns operatives and an nounced that they hud evidence of cor ruption agalustat least 20 members of the legislature which would be present ed to tho grand Jury tomorrow. Not withstanding this charge, the three sleuths wereurtalgned today and re leased In $5000 bonds each on the bri bery charge. Tho detectives nllege that 19 membors of tho state senato alono are involved In the crookedness they havo unearthed They arc are alleged to havo been re tained by a largo manufacturers' asso ciation which was being bled, nnd to havo obtained their evidence by a dic taphone. Story of Arrests. Tho story of tho arrests as given out by Nye Is that Bailey anl Horry first gave tho legislator $100 cash for his support against a bill limiting the work ing hours of women to nine dally. Nye then conforrcd with Speaker Vlnlng and the latter arranged to havo Nye accept nnothor bribe. Harrison, tho detective In charge mean while had arranged for tho other bribe. He had fitted up a room adjoining tho ono where Nye was to accept a bribe with n dictaphone and had a stenograph er ready to take down tho conversation. Under these circumstances, Nye accept ed tho second bribe. The arrests fol lowed and then both sides found they wero double-crossed. It Is feared here that the arrest of the detectives will cripple the Investigation of the legislature which was under way They had been working for six weeks and In attempting to determine If Nye wero susceptible, made It possible for the representative and Speaker Vlnlng to trap them. Cop Translates Z,tla. PORTLAND. Or.. May 1 " Copla ox h.imullae fjt." This translated means "Plenty of iuurt bottles of beer." according to Pa trolman Nlles today. While walking his beat last night Nlles found T. Hed buying six quarts of the beverage nt drug store. The Sunday oloslng law obtain In Oregon and Reed was arrested. The patrolman translated thr "jt" part of the prescription Reed held and left the other part for experts to figure out. Look for the ad that tvllx yo who wants to find the Job 70c ha, -a 1 offer. WILL MATCH HIS WITS WITH BURNS Who has been retained to defend the MoNamara brothers In tho Los Angeles dynamite case. Be defended William D. Haywood. i LEFT III DARK Fire Destroys Winchester Plant of Water and Light Company Fire Started in Engine Room $50,000 Loss. ROSEnURO, Or., May l.Roncburg Is Without electric lltrht nr nmver tmlnv n a result of a fro nt midnight which des- troyed thu Winchester plant of tho local water und light company. Tho loss Is estimated tit IG0.000, with JU'.OOQ Insur ance. Tho flro started In tho engine room. Socialist Sail to Be rorger. PORTLAND, May 1. Otto Newman, socialist candidate for councilman from the Fourth ward, Is under urrest today charged with forgery In connection with tho paving petition frauds. Ho was In dicted by tho grand Jury. Newman circulated one of tho Initia tive paving petitions. It Is alleged bo with other circulators signed many fic titious names to tho petition. Select Site Soon, SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. Tho direc tors o ftho Pnnnmn-Paclflc exposition will, It Is believe, announce tho selcc- Hon of a slto for tho fair at a meeting i scheduled for May 10, PORTLAND, Or.. May 1. Tholr wages cut from IS to $1.75 per diem, 300 la borers employed by Baker und Scar pell! Brothers went on a strike today. Tho men aro unorgunlzed them aro foreigners. Most of - . 0 BUR A Beloved Daughter of the South Alt mmmwmT I't.- . ., sbbssV'bsssbsssssB'bsssssssssss1 sHMlMMIPksMs(W4 (A M&.)W:Ms&: &MZ??Z1- JlssBBWtWssssssI I J 1il66 MARTHA ERKY. NEW YORK. May 1 -The Sundny Itdy of Possum Trot," perhaps the most beloved woman In certain sections of the south. Is In New York. Having given her life und all her fortune to the uplifting of the log cabin lxs and girls of the mountain regions of Georgia. Al abama and Tennessee, she has come boldly to the metropolis, and nest week at tho Hotel Astor proposes to tell a) distinguished audience of New Yorkers y REFORM MAY BE Senate Judiciary Committee Reports Favorably on Resolution Submit ting a Constitutional Amendment for the Direct Election of Senators. SUTHERLAND AMENDMENT TURNED DOWN BY COMMITTEE Heyburn Protests Report on Ground That Judiciary Committee Is Not Yet in Evidence. "WASHINGTON, D. C. May 1. The senate Judiciary committee reported fa vorably today on tho resolution submit ting u constitutional nmondment for tho direct election of United States senators. Tho measure has already passed tho house. The committee voted down tho Suth erland amendment, which caused tho de feat of tho direction election resolution at the last session of congress. Tho vote on the proposition was five to six. Tho committee then voted, 7 to 0, to rec ommend tho adoption of the resolution In tho form In which It passed tho house This gives tho states control of elec tions. Tho Sutherland amendment pro vided that tho senate should have su pervision over elections. Tho Bell Call. Senators Clark, Dillingham, Suther land, Brown and Root favored tho Suth erland amendment. Senators Chilton, Culberson, Overman, Bacon, Cummins and Corah opposed It. On tho voto on ll, nu"Ptln of tho resolution as passed Uy tUo houo, tho following voted in fa vor or t no measure: 'Chilton, Culberson, Overman, Bacon, Cummins, Borah and Brown. Tlio favorable report was then made to tho senate. Sonator Heyburn protested against tho report on tho ground that it seemed hasty and III advised. Ho pointed out that tho judiciary commlttco did not come Into existence until noon today. "Thero was no Judiciary committee au thorized to report until noon," ho suld. "Tho commlttco meeting at which this measure was discussed wns nothing but nn assemblage of Individuals, and not a genuine committee meeting." Tho protest was not ueted upon. Charles aarwlii Dead. Charles Garwln, tho 3-year-old son of George Andrews, died early Monday morning of stomach trouble. Ho was feeling well Saturday and Sunday and was fooling- slightly Indisposed about 1 o'clock Monday morning. Ho becamo Vvorso and a physician was called, but arrived too late to bo of any assistance. Tho funeral services will bo held from itho homo of Edward Kndrows nt 2C North Roosevelt street nt 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. - "THE ,5W.n-y LAD" all about her work and how badly she needs more money to keep her work go ing. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Is going to speak at Miss Berry's meeting next week and many persons of prominence in the social and business worlds will he there. Among th.em aro Robert C. Ogden, Dr Albert Shaw, Henry Hlgglnson of Bos- ton; George W. IVrklns und Mrs Wll- Ham is. Rice ADOPTED TO CENTER ALL E Chief Officials of Pacific States Tel ephone Company Here to Determine) Advisability of Erecting Building1 and Mrking Medford Division Point HIGH PRAISE SOUNDED FOR CITY BY OFFICIAL Says in Point of Development Med ford Has Passed Every Coast City. For the purposo of determining the advisability of making -Mod ford their Chler division point between Portland nnd Sail Francisco, purchasing u lot and erecting a building and moving to this city all of their district offices which Include a relay station nt Grants Pass, construction and repair office at Rose burg and u traffic manager's office ut Eugene, a party of Pacific States Tel ephone company officials aro visiting the city. Tile party Includes G. B. Bifsh, general commercial superintendent; W. .1, Phillips, division commercial super intendent, C, II. Moore, district com mercial superintendent, and C. W, Bur kett, superintendent pf real estuto and supplies,, all of San Francisco. Accom panying thorn aro W T. Teaiuc nnd J. It. Davis of Portland. Chief Division Point. For some months It has been known that (he telephone company Is planning to make Medford Uwt chief division point, duo chiefly to lis geographical lo cation and Its rapid growth, It Iiuh been thought advisable fur. the" company to get "all of their nUHl'offlcef laiiiBHwI. and Medford seems to bo tho most fa vored city. G, B. Bush hus not been In Medford slnco the telephone exchange hero was handled by ono operator and states that he Is greatly surprised by the changes found in this city. He says that while ho hus known that Medford has made tho greatest development of any city served by his company on tho coast during the past few years he Is surprised to noto on every hand, tho great grains which havo been made here slnco his previous visit. . ' A Great little City. "Medford Is certainly u great little city," states" Mr. Bush, "and deserves n.fucli commendation for tho growth she has inado In tho last threo or four years. No other city that I know of In the west has developed more nnd from our stand "point Medford In tho ono best of them all. Development heie us shown by use of tho telephone Is marvelous. Since tho first of this yeur wo have Installed 200 new telephones." v riCJHTS TO SATS ABM; WXX.X, PROBABLY SIB 4t LOS ANOHLICS, May'L After a four hour battle against having his right nun amputated, Louis Claik, victim of a street car accident, has tho Injured mem ber In Its proper place today, but prob-1 ably will loso his life. Today the In jured limb showed signs of blood pois oning. Tscoma's Station Opened. TACOMA, Wash., May l.-Marklng nn epoch In the commercial progress of Ta coma will be tho formal dedication tills evening of tho magnificent $7C0,000 un ion passonger stntlon, which has Just been comploted by the Hill railroad sys tern on the Identical site of the dingy old ono-story wooden building that serv ed for many years as a depot. THOUSANDS LOSE HOMES BY FIRE Bangor, Me., Suffers $6,000,000 Blaze Three Known to Be Dead; Fifty Injured Flames Sweep Two and a Half Miles. BANGOR, Mo,. May 1. With three know dead, 60 Injured und thousands homeless, with tho city under martial law and soldiers with loaded ilfles guarding the bank vaults against loot ers, Bangor today sees the last flickers of a fire which has cost her betwetm five and six million dollars and has wiped out a section of the city two mllos long and a quarter of a tulle wide. The fire broke out shortly uftor mid night last night and was not controlled until 9 o'clock this morning. Dynamite was used freely to ehet-k the progress of the flames, but It hud gained suoh headway ami the wind diove It forward so fast that all offorts to stay Its dos trustlve progr ss were of no avail. OfflCES Pardoned By HW tBs)sBBBBBBBBBHiSBBsflVuSBBsSsHsBSSSBBBBW I sKiMnnB! t nP"V MWPPW 'LSaisssssHr jf i kS rfnB0PIMM ' "VmUHshH X sssssssdHsssfc ssssssssssulssssH I sbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbVbbbbK WK. sssssssflVsaflssliBSI I sssssssssssssls&MFo TlfHsssFsssMsPssssiBssW I EDWIN1 ELATT M . lidulirM Ulntt and Laurence Con versi, the two American Ikh. Imprisoned In Juarez. Ja.ll and over whom there has been much diplomatic correspondence between Washington und Mexico, have been pardoned by President Dlux. C. II. CunwrHe, of (llendav, (V.t , (called on Henry Lane "Wilson, the American nm b(ixndor, with letters from leading Americans In' Die United States The am bassador nt once Mjjjit one of hlu under secretaries with Mr. Converse to tho ex ecutive maulon, tohoro Mr C'onveise put his son's case directly before President Wax. As a result of the plea of the boy's father General Diaz nt once pardoned both Converse and Blntt IS SEHTTHREAT Los Angeles District Attorney is Sent Letter in Which His Life is Threat ened Should McNamara Be Found Guilty. LOS ANOHLi:S, Cul.j May 1. A tjire(itenlng,lijt.(er froin.g,?, Ijahnildt, dated Now York city, ApiM'SlT, Wits'T-u-celved by Ulstrlct Attorney I'ledurlcks today. The letter Is almost a duplluato of one recently sunt to William J. Burns In which the detective's life wns threat ened. Fredericks would maka no comment except to say that no amount of threats would deter llio pioHecutlnn, und that If thethreats weie put Into, effect nnd lives token other men would oarry on tho state's attempt to prove the guilt or Innocence of the accused men. Tho communication was written In u somewhat ramming hand nnd vague way, coitfnlns some obscenity and Is apparently tho output of an Illiterate person.' Tho envelope bears the post mark "Times Square station," rord Dies. LOS ANGHLICS. Cal May 1. A. P. Ford, .president of tho Merchants Flro Dispatch, who was shot by his wlfo last Friday, died In a hospital horo today. Tho shooting followed a breakfast tablo quarrel. "Red" Lopez Is C OT.OTTKL, NACO. M x M i f. R. A" Lop, tho during '-reoioto 1 ader, who captured the olty of Aguu I'rietu and drove its little gurrlson ucioss the American boun dary, Is teparted to have been shot by fedetuls In the mountains west of this place Lope vsus u fugitive from Jus tlco, but he wus brae and possessed fur FREDERCKS i sBBBsssBBsssnsssHiwF ?(.tii.. v ITVSim aS&SnfBBaal ft. mZffiMtmi&MM tE. TJttS.'A-fJM "-" ' ' .. J! L H Presftf ,T ttiiM LUXyaZEZTLCW GOT.VXZR,i&, CHINA CRITICAL Assassinations and Executions Arc Said to Be of Hourly Occurrence Grave Fear is Felt for Safety of Foreigners Troops May Join Rebs HONGKONG, May 1 Dispatches from Canton today ileularjjuio sjjjintlou. thero Is desperate. Thero nio said to be 30,000 soldiers within tho walls of the olty and It Is feared ninny of them will Join the revolt at the first rebol suc cess. Assassinations and nxocutlonn nro said to bo of hourly oooiinonco and grave fear horn Is felt for tho safety of for eigners, Two British gunboats havo ar rived at Canton ami the American gun hoat Wilmington Is nt Shamlun, tho for eign concession, ready to protect the lives and Intel ests of citizens of the United States. , In tho districts around Canton the re bellion Is spreading fast. Tho rebels Imvo killed tho prefects at Hunting and Hanskul nnd tho town of Fntshun has been partially burned. In Canton today tho outbreaks wore hourly more serious. Tho vlcomy has taken rofugo In tho admiralty, which Is being assaulted by several hundred rob els, It Is feuio,d that tho i Intern will burn tho wholo city. Look for tho nil that calls for you nmong tho help wantod ads. Reported Killed KKl) ii T.OrBZ ri irr c ir ij, r ai.d gi i, r,il alih( as u p.idtr than many of the su culled gen rials bigli in the counsel of Mudvro, He was a diseiplinurluu and guine to the core. He fled from Agua l'rluta only after two men higher In rank than he und closer to Madera hail sneaked uoross the American boundary am) surrendered to llig United Statis. T Pr tfl K Vi Jbbs1bss1bssL "K JZ l 4 sssssssKJbW. ? f BHHWHWbsvS. jBCmBHBI SITUATION SI FRANCISCO 0 LEADERS E Information in Possession of Detec tive Burns Will Be Laid Before Grand Jury Wednesday Believe It Will Result in Indictment's. SITUATION. IN LOS ANGELES HAS CHANGED OVER NIGHT Defense as Well as Prosecution is Chary of DIvulving' Its Plans' Hearing to Be Held Soon. LOS ANORLKS. Cal May a. Infor mation in tho possession of Detective Uurns which ho will bring from tho east jii his arrival here Wednesday will bo laid bororo tho grand Jury In connec tion with tho trial of John J. nnd James U. McNamara on charges of having dy namited tho Los Angeles Times, it was Intimated today by representatives of tho prosecution that this Information would result In tho examination and possible Indictment of two labor leaders, both of whom nro In Ban Francisco. Sid Schmlat Tell? Tho alleged Information Is to tho ef fect that David . Caplan nnd M. A Schmidt, Biispected accomplices of James II. McNamara in tho Times case, confid ed to tho Sann Francisco men 'thrlr In dention of destroying tho Times nnd that afterwards thoy sought sholtor with tfieso men. While tho deflnlto time for tho arrival )f Burns has not been announced, tho prosecution expects thnt tho detective will bo here Wednesday mornlnng. If thin is unnect, tho preliminary hearing of tho McNnmnars will bo hold that day. everything is waiting on tho arrival of Hums, although District Attornoy Fred ericks doolared that ho Is ready to pro ceed without him, having sufficient ovl doneo nn hand to undertake tho prosecu tion. Tho defense, however, Is not so ready, and It Is not likely that Attorney lob Harrlman will want tho prelimin ary hearing before Wednesday at tho earliest. Situation Ohanffos. Overnight tho Hlttiatlon here has clmnged. Tho prosecution, after having announced earjy last week Hint tho dls trlot attorney's offico contained suffl olent force for tho conduct of tho enso. now ndmlts thnt It Is probable special prosecutors will bo retained. This brings forward Karl Rogers, deputy district attornoy during tho deliberations of tho grand Jury that Investigated the TlmoH disaster, and holding the retainer of tho Merchants und Mnnuufoturors' associa tion, which Is In bitter controversy with every union in Los Angeles. Rogora now Is no longer with the M. & M., but It Is thought that ho will bo employed by the National Ki odors' association, In whoso employ Burns Is said to be. This would place sldu by sldo Rogers and Burns, who were tho bitterest opponentrt In the San Francisco graft prosecution ami who matched wits hundreds of times In phases or tho graft cases. Was Mrs. McManlffal an Agent? Tho prosecution would not confirm or deny tho storj that Mrs. Ortlo MoMuu igal acted as an agent of Bums In link ing John MeNamara with tho younger McNamara und McMnnlgal In tho dyna mite eases. Tho leport was that when McManlgal was arrested, Burns nnd MoManlgol sent Mrs McManlgal to John MoNamora with a note saying that McMunlgul wus In trouble und asking for monoy, U la alliged that John McNamara told her to tell McManlgal to keep Ills mouth shout nnd everything would bo ull right, ..ml that the labor leador gave her 50. Bums' agents horo profess to know nothing a fthls story. They say thoy havo received no Intimation of the whereabouts of Caplan and Schmidt, nnd It In hinted that Mayor Alexander will bo iskeii to cull uponthe city council for nu additional reward for tholr capture. Mayor to Consult Burns. Befoie doing this It Is likely that thu mayor will consult with W. J. Burns. Sunday maikod a gathering of the do , fense clans. With tho arrival of Attor ney Leo Rnppaport, the defense will bo read yto proceed. Andrew J. Unlaghor and, B. II. Rosen thai of tho San Francisco labor council arrived yisterday and conferred, with loi al labor leaders. Befonse Is Chary, i Tho dofense s as chary as tho proso. ' utlon In divulging Its plans, hut It la i hellevod that ouch slda will havo a retln , uo of deteetlvou watching tho move i inontM of the other. Gallagher and Ro- I UAtlMinl until flto,. au..i , t ' "- WAimmi IU I1UVO (I lonsthy Interview with tho MoNumars, Tin accused men spent a quiet Sunday . In their cells, nope attending church services. Tho older McNamara express ed a deslro to go to iha ocean beach dur ing tho day and both MoNaumrs sent out for meals, which they ato heartily. In tho morning the hymns suns by prls- FIGURE IN S Y 't'i 1 -i V fX '"v . ".." (Continued pa pajo I.J,