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y-tnp.i m mtmmmW- wmmmmi n mnwtii wtyyMflfT OYPfion rlUTorfiiBl WKg ft lv Hall ;JP NO IHHUK JULY l 'Micro will Imi iki edition ir ihiMiiirii'ii Mull Tiiiiimo .Inly I. Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Flr Max , Mlu 17, Menu OH.." Dully HI Hi Viiir, ! nly'l'liHl Vnnr MlODtfORD, OUKCJON, MONDAY, .JULY 3, 1911. No. 88. GREAT CROWDS ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH EDWARDS IN FORD WINS THE FIFTY-MILE AUTO RACE STREETS ARE JAMMED WITH GREAT THRONG .Medford Enters With Hearty Spirit Into Observance of Independence Day Pcrfrd Weather Prevails Greatest Crowd In City's History. MANY MORE WILL BE BE IN MEDFORD TOMORROW Every Train Dlscharucs Many Pas seuuers Races and Sports Attract Crowds. Wins First Victory .. .. .Miolfiiril opened her two-day li- biutiou nt' lint l'ouith of July thin iimuiiug. I'orfect weather coiulltioiin prevailed. Tim ' crowd began to gulhcr iit llm city Siitiinlny nnd Siiiuluy iiml today llm Micclx nro blocked ly great iiiiihrtcrt of human-' ity. Tim Hlivvlii are lined with booths where vnrioiih vendurw are lniy diupciiMing pink lcinonudu anil Itiinlrthtiig tin) joungwtifni witli lire workH. Tim luigcitl crowd Medford hat ecr entertained will probably ho in llm oily tomorrow w lifii thu ri'iil Ditli'liratlmi will begin. All ut thu trains arriving in the dily loduy were heavily laden with pleasure necker. Thu city U appropriately nibcd in ml, white ami blue and thu crowd kvcius bent mi having a royal good J inn. Tim celebration program opened Hun murning with (hu r0-milo nulo. mobile race. Then vuuiu thu buHcbnll Kami' at the hall park with vaiioim contentM between tin1 hoy in uniform. Tln Medford hand wiih ut thu many functions nl' tho day ami furnished IIIIIMC. lilg Itaro Tonight. Thin uttcrnuon (lie big time in nl tin race track north of tho eily. At A o'clock thu UU-inllo fieo for nil nulo uill lie i un over thu Mime courno iw the nun thix morning. Tliiri evening at thu Nntntorium vaiiniiK hports are arranged t'nr. Thu program to iiiorrow will he uh followH: (Irand hlrt'i't paradti of Medford police force, Medford fire depot t incut, militia, hoy scouts, trades on iuiiH, lodges, dei'oralcd unto and ve hicle, county road building mucin ucry and privatu uoiixtruolinii inn climery, bicycles, flouts, etc., led hy " the Medfoid and Grants 1'nna IiiiikIh, I'aradu ends at City park where a short proginin of Hpeuking and mu sic will followr Almiit 10 o'clock, immediately af ter thu Hpenkiug nil thu Fourth thu many twirling contests will take place on Ivy street in thu City pink. 10:20, team-pulling contest ; harmi or iuiiIch, weight not over 'J 800 pounds In thu learn iiud frce-for-nll. 1 1 ;0I, a. in., hall game at thu hall park, (IiiiiiIh 1'afiH vh, Medford. Inly I Afternoon, 2 p. in., rneus at thu racu track, (Ireen trot, hull' inilu host two in Ihrco. Fieo for all trot or pace, half mile, best three in fivu. DitNlt running raoo, Ihroo-fourlliH mile. Kunnliig raoo, inilu diiRh fruo-for-all. LiuIIoh' relay race, Vj miles, change horHCH oauh half mile. Five-milo motorcycle ratio for twin cylinder lumihinoH. Fivu-milo motoroyolo raoo for fiiu (,'lu cyliudor luliuhiuuH, Hall K'ainu at thu hall park at -I p. m., (IrantH 1'iihh vh, Medford. (Irand huukliiK hroncho coulimt. It will coiiHiHl of ooutuHtH in ridiui; I he vort outlaw horHOH, ulcer rop iiitf, do. It wll follow iminedlatuly al'ler thu races ton (ho Fourth. KvoiiiiiK, hand ootieortH. Hoximr eonlest, 10 rotuidH, at Moil i'ord opera houtjo. Frauklu KdwardH of Kan l'YanciHCo vh. Kddiu Guffuoy of Spokane, Wawh. HEAT CAUSES COURT TREES ACCUSED MN California Judge Quashes Indict ments Aualnst Connors, Bender and Maple Aliened to Have Con spired to Blow Up Hall. v MANY DEATHS III THE EAST Twenty-Five Drop Dead In ChicaQO and Mortality Reaching Alarming. Proportions Entire Eastern Country Sweltering. EIGHT DIE IN PHILADELPHIA; GREAT SUFFERING IN GOTHAM Millions Sleeping Out of Doors and In Parks Crazed Man Leaps From Fifteenth Floor to Death. Look at tho ikIh that offor em ployment and you'll find thu right duo noon, I.OH AXttKLKH, Cut., July 3. At torney Cluruiiru Harrow today won ItU firm victory for thu alli'KeJ clyiw- mltem. when In n ilecUlon lintuUnJ ilown by JiiiIk" Krank WIIIIh of the MUiiurlor court, tho Indictment chart; liiK couuplrar' to ilyuamltu thu Hall of lleconlii hullilltiK, which wuru re turned hy tile tfrand Jury uuuliiHt II. II. C'onuorH, Ira Header and A. II. Maple, wcru ordered quniihed. Tim reaHiin Riven Ih that avctlun 907 of thu penal codu of California wub not coiuiilled with enrly cnoiiKh In tho proceduru hoforo tho Krand Jury io tiiHiire the acciiHcd men thulr Hunts. JudK" WIIIIh' declHinn, nftur Htat ItiKthut Htifflcleiil caiiHii nppearH In the evldcnco taken by tho Krand Jury to warrant Indletmentn, ordcra that tho cane hu rcnubm!ttcd hy tho DIh- trlcl Attorney to tho Krnnd Jury for further coiiHlderatlou, or that thu raiiHCH ho examtned lieforu n maKl- trate. 1 Tho defondantK wore, therefore, remanded for that purpose. ' The aieiiHed were preeat In court when tho ilecUlon waH read. Atlor iiuvh for thu defende, Clareaco Har row, Job IIarrlu;an, I.eComptu DiivIb and Joauph Scott, wuru Kiealiy pieaH- ed with tho verdict. ConneiH. Mender and Mania wore broad hiuIIch iui thulr cuumiul Bcored tho fliHt iIccIhIvo victory In tho not- work of cuhoh broiisht aKulnat union labor. Tho urcuHed men hnvo heoh Hold In tho county Jail In default of 125,000 ball each, and an effort wilt bo nuulo linmedlak'ly by their attornoykB to have thin amount reduced. t Ht f More than 70 deaths and humlreilH of prostration throughout till the central and eastern portion of the "" " country are reported today "" "" an liavitii; occurred in the last "" 24 hourn as the result of thu moKt intenso lient in yearn. "" "" In New York thcthennom- "" cter reached 08, thu hiuhest " July mark fiineu 18IIH, and at "" many iwIiiIh the mercury " mounted to moru than 100 de- f.rAi.u Kiirfi.tMii. f lir.ittliiiiit " thu wliolo stricken n'ion is " mostMntense and tho swelter- " t inr- iuur in Hut nIiiitiu rT tlin liiir cities have never ween 'v ttllf.li tit-fitlif.. Tit iiiitiiillnlii " relief invisible and the proh- "" "" ability is Btroii); that tomor- " row will brim: even a more f I'll r fill itnv. t GRANTS ASS WINS TODAY'S GAME: 9 TO 8 Roper's Bunch Gets 15 Hits and Chase Nine Men Across the Rub berCrawford Mikes Five Hits In Five Times Up MEDFORD MUST WIN NEXT TWO TO BREAK EVEN Game Was Filled With Costly Errors Pass Grabbed Four Runs On the Start. Tiii:t8com: Mctlfonl . . . i . . (mills lixs ...... . . m m . .O . .o in h "SMOKE" THOMAS SOLD TO BOSTON RED SOX TACOMA, WhhIi., July Ik "Smoke" ThouuiK, tho Hpeed inarver of the Victoria Islanders, ha been sold to tho Ronton Wed Sox nccordine; to tho announcement inadu today hy Mana Kor Wnt inlet. Tho price in not inadu public. ThomiiH will i'iiiiflh thu Hea hoii with Victoria.. CHICAGO, July .1. With 2fi jM'r soiih dead heiv from heat within the last 2-1 hourx, the thennometer stood at 01 decrees here early today and wiih moimtiiiK Kteadily. The weather hureatt expects it will hu hotter to day than on Sunday, and that the mercury will touch 100 degree by II o'clock thi afternoon. Only the low humidity prevent the death list reaching appalling prupr tioiiH nnd already the infant mortal ity is alarming. All last night, the park wero jammed with people, many thousand deserting their stif ling home to get a breath of air un der tho tree. A Hlight relief i promised for to morrow, when eool breozc from the northwest nru expected to modify the heat wavu which is baking tiie city. Knllro Kant Affected. Messages from Hnoino and Mil waukee and from a far south a Hal timoru indicate that the whole of tho eastern half of tho country is suf fering from heat. Ono doath is re ported fro meneh of thoso three cit ies. Crazed hy the hoat, G. A. Wright, an officer of tho United Order of Foresters, today leaped from tho fifteenth floor of the Masonio tem- plu and was instantly killed. His body lauded in tho rotunda at the feet of Miss J. Whitman, a tonog vrtnher. Tho following tompornturea woro reported Into this nftornoon: Cleveland, 1 o'clock) 102. CARDINAL RAMPOLLA POPULAR IN ROME. lly a Rcoro of 9 to 8 Grants Pasa Monday won tho second gamu of tho scries making tho score for the. sea son Grants Pubs 7, Medford 5. This menus that Medford must win tho re maining two games to bo tied with tho Pass for tho championship of tho valley. I Monday's gama was full of thrills and errors. Poor inpport was re sponsible for tho big -jcore. Tho bat terles wero HraKdaw tnd Wilson for MiMifont and WtiliunST ami Kelly for Grants Pass, Tho crowd was a fair one but not ns large as thu one tomorrow when other attractions will not keep the crowd down town. The Kiimo started off with a rush and by thu end of tho third inning Grants Puss hud four runs and Med ford none Then tho local stick ar tists started la to swipo Williams and soon on- thu scoru board was chalked up a C-4 score. Then Grant3 Pass wont crazy on hits and got five runs. Medford tried to even up but could only get two more scores. Dragdaw was replaced In tho seventh by Stevenson. Crawford of Grants Pass wob a feature. lie was up G times and got 5 hits batting 1000 per cent. 10,000 PEOPLE LINE COURSE GU&mZ4J'0&VmMA JXZTZmBl Itis the general opinion in Home t hat Cardinnl Ramolla will succeed Pope Pius in the event of the hitter's death. According to altest reports, the popu iit seriously ill. AUOBACE Fifty-one Miles Is Covered In One Hour and Eight Minutes by Ash land Man In His Specially Built-' Racing Car. ' JACK NEFF IN FRAZIER'S BUICK 68 SECONDS BEHIND Corrigan Drew Out In Account of Accident to Cadillac Finish Is a Close One. OHIOAN GUILTY SEEKING RRIB E Rodney Diegle, Sergeant at Arms of State Senate Convicted by Jury of Graft Declared He Was Acting for Governor Andrews. (Continued on Poio i. DISCIPLE SWEARS SHE WROTE BOOK ON ABSOLUTE LIFE EOR ARTHUR SEE OIIIOACIO, July a. "Standing Pat" for Kvulyn Arthur Seo, tho Prlnco Charming of tho "Absoltito Idfo" cult, who Is on trial horo charg ed with having corruptod 17 year old Mildred Hi'ldgeu, Mrs. Kollolu Hoos, a disciple, today took somo of his bur den from Soo's shoulders whuu sbo sworo that she, and not Seo, wroto uvory 11 no In tho sensational "Hook of Truth" which has boon quoted for many days lit tho trial of tho "Ho venlor." Mrs.' Hoes doclared that sho wroto thu book through revelation from God, just as Joseph Smith wroto tho ollok of Mormon, Explaining what sho referred to as "Tho Light and Symbol of MyBtory," Mrs, Itoos as serted thoro was no such thing na shamo to thoso who hold tho doc trine of "Absolute Llfo." COLUMMJS, 0., July 3. Rodney Dleglo, SerKeant at Arms of tho sen- ato, was found guilty horo today of having solicited a brlbo from Detec tive Harrison of tho Durns agency, who posed as a lobbyist. Dleglo, It was said, declared to tho detective thut ho wub acting for Senator An il rows. Tho Dleglo Jury was out 67 hours. There are still twelve moiubors of tho legislature and lobbyists await ing triul for bribery at tho fall torm of court. BOY BURNT AT STAKE BY MEXICAN BANDITS OTTAWA, Out., July 3. Through Governor Gonoral Grey, n veqnest has been sent to tho British Minister in Mexico to investigate at onco the re ported burning at the- stake of Rob ert Swiuey, u Canadian, by Moxioon htiudits uotu' Fort Summorotto. It was reported that Swuzey wns killed bocnusQ ho refused to reveal tho hid ing placo of inonoy belonging to the railroad which employed him. EXPLOSION DUE TO HOT WAVE Temperature of 106 ih Shade Causes Nitro Glycerine at Torpedo Plant at Marietta to Blow Up, Demolish ing Buildings. MARIETTA, 0 July 3. A tem perature of 10S In tho shade today caused the explosion of 2000 quarts of nitroglycerine at tho plant of the Marietta Torpedo Company. It razed tho boiler house .and thrco other buildings, causing $30,000 loss. Tho eatlre city was shaken. Thoro were no workmen in the buildiug destroy ed, and no casualties weru can sod by the giant crash. t UNCLE SAMS RECEIPTS NOW SHOW A PROFIT WASHINGTON, July 3. For tho first tlnio since 1S7 tho United States Kovernmont at tho closo of tho fiscal year ending nt midnight, Juno 30, shows an excess ot receipts over disbursements, tho surplus ho- Ing $4G,GS1,000. Theso figures are approximately correct. Tho govornmont receipts woro 1709,109,000 and tho disbursements JG5-M2S.000. Revenue from Customs houses toll almost $20,000,000 below tho recoipts of 1910, whllo tho Inter nal rovenuo receipts wero tho larg est lu tho history of. tho government by $10,000,000. TAFT SPEAKS ON SANE 4TH Says Founders of Nation Couldn't Appreciate Such a Silly Method as Noise Accompanied by Explosions and Followed by Loss of Life. CLEVELAND, O., July 3. On his way to Indianapolis, whero ho will arrlvo late tonight, President Tnft hero today addressed an early crowd on a "safo and sane Fourth." Several requests along tho lino wero answered by short speeches from tho train. This afternoon, Taft speaks on peaco at tho National Mili tary Homo at Marlon, Ind., and will also endorse tho Aldrlch Currency plan beforo a meeting ot bankers and editors. In his address hero, President Taft said : "Your commltteo hns asked mo to say something in favor ot a sano Fourth. I am delighted to do so. Tho men whoso deeds wo'ro celobratlng, whom wo should gratefully venerato, woro men who would not appreciate such a silly method as noise, accom panied by explosions, the loss ot fin gers, eyes and somotimes ot llfo, due to tho necessity ot doing something out o ftho ordinary la order to cole brate nn evont which, whllo not ex actly peaceful, was at least sensible "I am reminded In this connection of tho mother of four or flvo chil dren who on tho Fourth of July wrung hor hands and said: 'What will I do witli my children? What with tho plaguo of their Uvlug and tho fear of their dying, wo can't got on.' -- ... The GO-mtle free-for-all J auto race will he run this at'- ternoon over the snme course "" "" as the one this morning, nnd " will start nt 5 o'clock. Thu following are entered : Noff, in "" a Simplex; Hotmail, in a 60 "" y . p. Thomas; Corrigan, in a y Cadillac, and Edwards with a t Ford. ' BUR6ESS BURNED THE MONEY EASILY AND ALSO NEARLY BURNED HIS HOME "I havo horo my famous monoy burning trick," announced Arthur Hurgess at his homo on South Con tral avonuo, last ovonlng ns ho drow a flno appearing spoclmon of tho long green from his hip pocket. Watch closely for tho moro you watch the less you seo," he cantluuod and his startlod family saw him ap ply a lighted match to tho Innocont groenback. Thoro was a slzalo, a blazo, and a million sparks and tho bill disappeared. After thefsmoko had subsided and tho proper amount of applause had been given somooiio noticed a thin, dancing flamo playing havoc with tho parlor oungo. It looked for a min ute as If tho loungo was to follow tho greenback's oxamplo and that porhaps tho wholo houso might take tho notion to disappear In smoko, Huckots of wator woro brought and a neighbor, Fred Weeks rushed ov er with a hoso. "Tho porformanco Is concluded," -omurkod Burgess. "And tako it from mo I'll pot try tho money burning trick again, oven If tho monoy Isn't reaU"' A. J. Edwards of. Ashlnndf'iiij his. little Ford'raeer woniluTO-'niilo class raee for cars of 40 .horse power or less, Monday morning; his time for the 5t mile course .being 1 hour and 8 minutes. Jack IJbfjPin a Buick tvos second, finishingt58 seconds behind Edwards. Jimntio Corriganin a Cadillac ivns forced to quit during the third lap owing to.X an accident to lite engine. Fully 10,000 people lined tho course and saw tho prettiest auto mobile race over held in southern Or egon. The greatest number of peo ple gathered at the point of stnrting near the Washington school. Each time tho cars negotiated tho courao they were wildly cheered nnd tho crowd was ns well behaved ns a crowd can be and gave but little trouble comparatively to tho special police who were active in keeping thorn from tho street. All of the cross streets wero roped off and the crowd kept out of tho danger zone. Beforo tho raco it was conceded thatEdwards in tho Ford, would win barring accidents. Ho has a racing car highly geared and on tho pave ment he made this count against tho Buiok and tho Cadillac, both stock cars, only partially stripped for the race. Corrigan got away first on tho Cadillac. Ho drovo the car owned hy V. J. Emeriek and made tho first two laps in fast order. On tho third a cap serowed loso from the bottom of his wnter pump and tho hoating of his engiuo caused hira to with draw. Edwards in tho Ford was tho sec ond to ho started. Ho drovo n splen did race but did not have good luck on tho corner of Oakdalo and Main his car skidding nnd turning clonr around twico. Each timo his eu gino was stalled hut ho lost no moro than 15 seconds in gottiug awuy again. Jaok Noff in Frazier's littlo Buick was in tho raco all tho timo and drovo well, no turned tho corners in good shnpo and it was a surprise to many that ho kept so closely on tho trail of tho Ford. His timo was 08 sec onds behind on tho finish. Corrigan will drivo tho Cadillac again this afternoon in tho free-for-all and will probably make a good showing 3 ho is thoro all tho timo in driving, nia norunrq wnm n.n prettiest of tho day. GOES TO SLEEP ON TRAIN AND CAN'T BE AWAKENED REDDING. Cal.. Jnlv .l.An ,,!. dontified woman, who slept on a oomnorii metric train and oould not ho nwakeiied. is still nlumlmi-inir 1mm. Although dootorH wero called in, of- iprts to nrouHo her hnVo boon futile. v