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flrcnon HUTorlJRi fccrttftV City Ha!) , W ii y SUBSCRIBERS rnlllnir to irV iuiir will lir on iUtlvr(l by plioiilnir of. (lo by 0 p. in. Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER I''lr nnil Wnriiwp Sfnt 1)0 !S, Mlu nr J4, Menu 711 4 Dully. -Hindi Vvnr, Kmly.l'IrHt Vfiir L MEDFOKI), OKimON, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1011. No. 91. GRAY PROMISES TO COMPLETE HILL LINE JEWELRY BURGLAR CAUGHT WITH HIS STOLEN BOOTY RAILROAD !0 CONNCWH OREGON TRUNK 111(1 HERE 10 CONSTRUC President of Pacific & Eastern States That Construction Has Been De layed Owlnu to Condition of East ern Money Market. NO VALUE TO OWNERS WITH OUT EASTERN CONNECTION Too Late In Season to Flirc Upon Extensions For This Year hut Road Will Be Constructed. I PLAY HOUSE President of Northwest Theatrical Association to Confer With Busi ness Men and Citizens Regarding Erection of Sultahlo Theatre. STEAMER ON ROCKS WITH 290 ABOARD 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 President Gray Says: Tlml tlm Pacific & Eastern railroad will In' completed over llii' ('iiHiuiihw I" n emi iieetion with tlm Oregon Trunk. fTT ... . . y ' That III" iiinJitJiM f Hi" money market jilmu! has been responsible fur cheeking thu work thin year. Tlmt it in unlikely that any work will In1 done on tin1 road thin summer, iih it in too Into to start tint work this xuummi. WANTS LOCAL SUPPORT BEFORE MAKING DECISION Declares Medford Is Good Show Town and Deserving of Adc- (jualo Facilities for Patrons. Tlmt ho has great expecta tions of tlm Rogunllivcr val ley of which Im has heard so mih'li since he Iuih oomo to Or egon ami before. Tlmt Im hart cmuc to learn firHl IiiiiiiI not only fuel con (mini; the Pneitio & East em hut of the entire valley, its pwiuiees ami eharaeterin tic ami that he will welcome all information jegarding the city of Medford anil the Rogue River valley. Tlmt the Pacific &, Kantem rail road will lie extended to eoiiueet with the Oregon Trunk on the eastern fill" of the Cuheatle mountains ami tint tlm work Iuih lieen only temporal ily ilelayed owing to the eomlitiou if tlm money market this year is tlm substance of a statement iniiile uy Carl R. (Iray, president of the Hill liiieH in Oregon, who arriveil in .Med ford Friday morning to inspect the Pacific- fc Eastern lailroail, of which Im is the henil, nnil to learn lir-t hum of tlm eit.V of .Mfilfonl ami the Rogue River valley. President dray was emphatie iu )iin statement that tlm l'aeifio & Knsloru would he couslriiclod over the Cascades slutlng that tlm road Jiidimrit on imcn 2.) For the purpoxi) of meeting local business men ami confer with them iu regard to the erection of a then tru iu thiH city, Calvin Jleilig ami Hruco Clendeniiig, who in associated with him, arrived iu the city Friday. Thi) two men will remain hen! two day nnil iu that time will determine definitely on the. erection of it thea tre. If they are assured of the proper support they will start con xl ruction "work at once mid have tlm theatre ready as soon aH ixissi- hie. "We mo here," Hinted Mr. Jleilig, "to talk the matter of lliu erection of n theatre, ovor with local people who wo desire to have associated wim us In tlio undertaking. Wo will dur ing iho next two duys thoroughly investigate, the local situation in ret gurd to the erection of n nmdern playhouse. Wo want to build a the atre hut we wihh find to know that the people of Medford are, wtih us. Mr. Clendeniiig, who is associated with me, had never hecii hero mid he wished to look oer the field he fore we decided definitely on plan. "We will .reach u decision in the nintlur heforo we leave. Saturday evening and will anuouncn whether wo are to huild u theatre or not. Med fold needs a show house and wc know of no helter show town of it hia) on tlm const. Hut w wish to feel that wo have llio people with iih heforo we make u decision." SPOKANE IN PERFECT SHAPE BEFORE WRECK Pacific Steamship Company's Ves sel Santa Rosa Aground Off Point Arguello, Otio of the Most Danger ous Spots On the Pacific Coast. WIRELESS APPEALS FOR ASSISANCE ARE RECEIVED Steamer Curacoa of Same Line Goes to Assistance of Distressed Ves i scl Heavy Fog the Cause. LOS ANdtiLKS, Cnl., July 7. Tluit thu steamer Santii Kosu's posi tiou on the nicks off Point Arguello is far more dmi;erouK than officials of tho I'ncifio StcauiHhip company navo yci luimiticd ih hiiowii y die fact that Ih wireless operator con tinues to send out nppealu for as sistance. Kvery five mintucs the irnvorumcnt wireless station at Suif catches tho calls from the distressed vessel. Tho Santa Nona went ashore at '! o'clock, when Ilia tidu wns at its lowest. A concerted effort will he Hindu to free the, vessel at '2 o'clock- this afternoon. Indictments 'Found Against Big Trust Officials MILLIONAIRES W' ARE INDICTED Akf iKSBl Men High Up In the World of Finance Called to Account by Federal Grand Jury as Result of Steel Trust Investigation. SKATTLK, Wash., July 7.- Offi cers of (Im wrecked steamship Spok ane yesterday iiflernoon testified hu foro United States Stcmuhoat In speetors Whitney mid Turner that tlm equipment of tho ship was in per fect shape. They until that thoy had personally assisted passengers into the hunts ami (hat tho hoats were promptly lowered. The hearinp; wns continued today. Tho steamer Queen, operated here tofore on (ho Scuttlo-Sau lVauciseo rim will replace (ho Spokauo on (ho Alaska cruise, heinuinc; July IU. IKS F, 1 NTS PLAN TOUR AFTER TRIAL NBW YORK, July 7. Expecting ucipiittal of tho char'o of attempt ing lo miinloi' Millionaire W. K. I). Stokes, for which (hoy arc on trial here, Lillian Oraliam and Klhol Con rad today are laying pluiiH for u vaudevillo unpigemeut (hat 'will "knook 'cm off their soutn." After hearing Slokos' tesliumiiy tellhiK how tlm (wo u'ii'Ih hud 1'oiikIiI with and wounded him iu their ilat when Im called to j;et Homo letters ho hud written ruturued. Slnkes siild tho Graham iii hud remained on his farm near LuKiiiKt'"! after he first mot her for two or throo cloys. ' "Did you ever have improper ro latloiiH with Lillian'" AKoruoy Mooro asked. I did not," said Slokos. Questioned about a niyslorioiiR coiiuless, he ohiliuod had come mirods tho ocean In warn him (hat Lillian was a hlaukmailer, Slokes reiloralod the slory. With volipineul nesluros and at (ho lop of his voice, Stokes denied that ho had over siiuested marriago to Lillian Graham, lie said ho know Miss Graham and her sister, Mrs, Siuujolon, as thoy had lived at his hotel, Ho declared ho mwo tho Gra ham Rill money Himply heeniiHO limy woro good friends. "Previous to my pivine; hor the ensh, Miss Conrad told mo sho was tho tiuuKhtar of n Russian nohlonmn wlio was killed in Hluofields, Nioa ruKiiu, after nmassinp; a forluno. Sho said hor mother had later married a mini who rohhed and dosorled her, and that hor mother then went to live with hor son in Mobile. Tlmt was (ho lusl I henrd from her until she lolojihoiu'd ntu lo cjoino lo her I'llld" LOS ANGKLKS, Cnl., July 7. With 200 passengers on board the steamer Simla Rosa of tho Pacific Steamship company's lino is on tho rocks two miles north of Point Ar- Ruollo, ono of tho most dangerous spotH on tho Pacific const, it i . .. rainy ngnmmi, Hie passengers nrtt all snfe and tho vessel shows no signs of leakage. Realizing tho perilous of tho Simla Rosa, local officials stated that the steamer Curacoa of tho Rtunc line left Snn Pedro to go to tho assistance of tho vessel and its passengers. It was said thai they would ho trans ferred to tho Curacoa and brought to Los Angeles. Tho Snntn Rosa, ne conling lo inoagro details, received here, wont out of her course dur jn tho dense foj; of the early morn ing hours and went on tho rocks shortly before dawn. Officers of the vessel awakened Iho passengers and notitied them of ho accident. The Santa Rosa loft San Francisco yeslorduy mid was duo at San Pe dro nt noon today. NKW VOIIK, July 6. VlRorous de feiiHo Is being planned for tho men high tin In tho world of finance have been Indicted by the federal grand Jury which hasMyiorr Scaring evidence In Now York' aK&nitf otilclala of the United States Steel Corporation, tho Winb Trust, IU subsidiaries and many Independent steel companies. Among tho most prominently mentioned In tho Indictment are Frank J. Goutd and Herbert L. Sattorlee, bon-tn-law of J. IMcrpont Morgan and who Is president of tho Hablrshaw Wire Company, of Yonkers. N. Y. Charles K. IlrooKer, vtco president of thu Ansonin Hrass and Copper Company nnil a member of tho re publican national commltteo from Connecticut, and Ferdinand N. Itoob Ilng, of John A. Uoebllng Sons com pany, are nlbo named. SWELTERING HEAT CONTINUES IN - EAST AND DEATH LIST GROWS BROTHER CARLES SAN DIKGO, Cnl., July 7.-The Santa Rosa has been making regu lar triw to thw port sinco tho earlv 80's. Uuilt iu 1881 at Chester, Pa!, sho is one of tho oldest stenmors on tho const. Her length is a20.f foot; beam, -10.0 ; depth, 20.3; gross ton nage 2110; net tonnage, 1135, and horsepower 2000. LIGHT FLUCTUATIONS IN STOCK MARKET NKW YOUK. July 7 Today's stock market opened with slight changes. Tho list was lrrogular with a downward tondoncy. Reading, Union Pacific, Missouri Paclflo, Amer ican SmoltonB and Bovoral othor Ib- sues lost fractions. Later tho market Improved slightly. Fluctuations In tho roprcaontattvo stocks woro unimpor tant, but Bomo of tho luactlvo spec ialties moved wldoly, w BETWEEN CHICAGO, III., July 7. The cool ing breezes following yesterday's rain faded away this morning and at noon tho humidity had reached SO per cent. Tho city was again sweltering and numerous deaths were reported. Eight died during tho morning and tho coroner estimates that 225 per sons bo far have succumbed. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 7. Fifteen deaths from heat had occur red at noon. Tho total during the hot wavo Is ninety-one. BALTIMORE. Md July 7. Eleven heath deaths had occurred at noon today. Tho total so far here since July 1 Is 36. BOSTON', Mass., July 7. sons died hero today as a tho heat. -Ten per result of NEW YORK, July 7. Ten addi tional heat deaths were reported up to 1 o'clock. NIGHT POLICE AB BURGLAR WITH JEWELRY Tom Howard Arrested Charged With Robbing Reddy's Store Says His Pal Took Bulk of Jewelry and Started for Portland. IS BOUND OVER TO AWAIT GRAND JURY Reddy Gets Back Over $100 Worth of Jewelry Suspects Allowed to Go After Examination. BOSTON,, Mass., July 7. Six per- Isons succumbed to heat here today. All of them woro found dead In their beds. ATW00D AND HAMILTON IN AIRSHIP IN SEA TTT;TFT -rfTTTT f t i f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 7. Shortly aftor start ing thoir Washington flight Ihiu afternoon Avintorn At wood and Hamilton narrowly esoapod drowning whon their hipluuo fell into tho .ocean. Holh wero rescued. WASHINGTON', U. C, July 7. Tlmt Charles P. Taft, brother of the president, was the means whereby tho Morgan-Uuggeuheim interests in duced President Tuft to grant them tho Conl roller buy lands which givo tho combine a stranglo hold on tho rich Alaskan coal fields, is tho gist of a story circulating in official cir cles hero today. Tho story resulted from an inquiry by Miss M. P. Abbolt, who assorted that Richard Ryan, representing tho (iuggciiheuus, obtained tho rights oi way whereby the only outlet for tho Alaskan coal field was controlled. She nssoited that ho had found tho postsuript of a letter from Ryan to Richard A. Rallinger, then secretary of tho interior, winch under dato of July 13, 11)00, said: "J)ear Dick: 1 wont to seo tho president tho other day about this Controller bay affair. Tho president asked whom I represented, and I told him, according to our agreement, that 1 represented mynolf. That did not seem to satisfy him, so I sent .for Charley Taft and asked him to tell his brother, whom I really rep resented. Then tho president made no I'm thor objection to my claim. (Signed) "DICK.'' DARROW SAYS IT'S CONSPIRACY Attorney for Alleged Dynamiters Accuses District Attorney of Los Angeles of Swearing Falsely When Making Affidavit of Guilt. OPIUM IS DISCOVERED BURIED UNDER COAL SAN PRANCISCO, Cnl., July 7. Buried uudor 500 tons of coal in ono of tho bunkers of tho steamer Si beria, .f'J.lOO woilh of opium was discovered today by customs inspoo tors. Tho Siboria, belonging to tho Paeifio Mail company, nrrivod hero yesterday from oriental points, LOS ANGELES. Cnl., July 7. "District Attorney John D. Fredericks know that ho was swearing falsely when ho uuulo tho affidavit that John J, McNnmara was, a fugltlvo from jus tice" This wns tho oponlng statement of Attornoy Glarenco Harrow, when, shortly heforo noon, for tho first ttmo, ho argued boforo Superior Judge AVnltor Bordwoll In connoctlon with tho McNnmnrn case. Turning until he faced tho district attornoy, Dnrrow pointed his finger at Freder icks and shouted: "You know and Uotectlvo William J. Burns knows that tho wholo mat tor of extradition was arraugod long boforo tho hands of tho law woro ovon laid upon J. J. McNnmnrn. "You know, I know uud William J. Burns knows that your Illegal con spiracy to kidnap John J. MoNamara from his Indianapolis homo and rush him Into California without ovon a chance to dofond hlmsolf was ono of tho most dastardly crimes In tho his tory of tho couutry." WHAPPY'S WIFE EXAMINED TODAY Brother-in-law of Convicted Ex Chlef and Other Relatives Sum moned Before Grand Jury Wife's Appearance Causes Sensation. BUFFALO, N. Y. National Detno oratio Chairman Norman K. Mack iu his National Monthly presents tho olnima of Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio for tho demoorntio presiden tial nomination in 1012, SEATTLE, Wash., July 7. E. B. Benn. termor mayor of Aberdeen and brothrr-ln-law of C. W. Wapponstoln, tho convicted cx-chtof of police, was (Continued on Taso ) One of the two men who robbed Martin J. Neddy's jewelry store was arrested by Officer Cincadc at tho Bungalow boarding house at 10 o'clock last night. Over $100 worth of jewelry was recovered. Tho man gave tho name of Tom Howard and was today bound over to await ex amination by the grand jury. How ard states that his pal left for Port land with the bulk of tho loot. In making an attempt to dispose of a portion o tho jewelry Howard tipped his hand. Ed Caldwell, a fel low boarder at the boarding house, saw a portion of tho jewelry and re ported it to tho officer who made the arrest. Howard waived exami nation this morning and refused to tell of his part in tho robbery- At tho city jail, however, to Constablo Singler and Chief of Police Hitson ho stated that his partner had left for Portland with tho bulk of tho loot. Howard had hidden a portion of tho jewelry in tho woodpllo back of the Chinese restaurant on South Front mid had tho rest with him at the boarding house. He made no ex planation as to where ho got it or why ho was offering it for sale cheap. In tho loot recovered wero 19 bracelets, a, half dozen lodge em blems and several watch fobs. This represents about ono-third of tho total amount stolen. Tho two men who wero arrested Thursday afternoon at Gold Ray af ter they had sold four pieces of jewelry at Central Point wero al lowed to go this morning aftor thoy had been examined in this city. They told a straight story throughout. They picked tho jewelry up along tho track near tho Crater Lako junction and told tho man to whom thoy sold tho jewelry tho circumstances of their finding it. It is not bolieved that they had anything to do with thetheft as thoy wero able to show that thoy had worked ut several places along tho coast and boro good reputations. Both had worked locally and nro tailors. It is helioved that tho pal of How ard jumped a train and attempted to mako his way north but was put (Continued on Para (.) ' ESCRIBES 1 IT FEELS TO BE PURIFIED BY THE ABSOLUTE LIFE CHICAGO, HI., July 7. Denying that sho had ovor soon any oxposuro of their persons by tho "absoluta llfo" disciples of Evolyn Arthur Seo at tho meotlngs of tho cult, Mrs. Luclllo Bridges, mother of tho girl whoso de linquency tho "rovcalor" Is nllogod to have caused, testlflod today In Seo's dofouso. Mrs. Bridges said sho first felt "ab solute llfo" coming ovor hor In Do combor, 1905. "I had boon studying," sho said, "but had not been Imbued with tho spirit. Suddenly tho thrill camo and then joy, rollof and happlnoss. I folt ns though I was walking abovo tho earth, wnndorlng among tho clouds. It was absoluta llfo. It mndo mo happy, purified mo and I havo since been a bettor woman," Spoaklug of tho effect of tho Sco teachings on her daughter Mlldrod, Mrs. Bridges said: ' "Mildred's beauty had spoiled hor. Sho was headstrong, atubborn aud wilful. Sho was dlfforont when Im bued with absoluto llfo, and became obedient, docllo and Bweot." Mrs. Bridges, asked tho difference botweon mothorhood In ordinary and that In "absolute llfo," said: "Tho mothor lu absoluto llfo has a truo Insight Into hor own conscious ness and would not think of bearing a child until sho had boon purified." Sho dotlnod absoluto llfo ns "tho elimination of bad things and living as God would." Sho said sho had not lived In Seo's "Junior commouwealth" bocauso "thoro was too much perver sion In mo," f- i f t f t P U I I & i' $. - V '- r o'v jiMwr-i-p'' IV