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& -w SUBSCRIBERS Vnllliitf tu tft 'nvr wilt lmv on tltllvortil l)jr liliuiilnir of. flea by 0 1. tit. Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Fair and Warmer Max Off, Mln Kl.n, Moan (IN. Dully HUili Viitr. I'uily I'lrM Ymr jMWDKOJtD, OUKdOKTrKSDAV, .Jl'lyV 11,1011. No. 94. PORTLAND, OREGON, AFTER A SPIRITED CONTEST, CAPTURES 1912 CONVENTION OF THE B. P. O. ELKS El STWA E OREGON OR ONV E Nil Seattle Is One of the Contestants (or tlio Honor, hut the Orcjjou Metrop olis Carries Off First Honors In Spirited Flht. MEANS MUCH TO ALL SECTIONS OF THE STATE Oregon Will Receive Advertising, of Inestimable Value at Hands of Elks. TO INSI'LCT PANAMA CANAL r' i COMMISSION IS VISITING DAMS ATLANTIC CITY, N. J . July 1 1 I'orllnml (OntKOit) today won tho flKlil for VAV' convention illy. Tim national cotivinilloii (if (In order horn today decided In favor of tint Oregon iiiiiriiolln after a nplilli'il content hi which Health wiim u ciintcHtaiit. All (if Pacific Count Elkdoui In re joicing today at thu fact that the Oii'Koii tuctropollH, which, lu an Ideal convention city, wiih MiicrtiKHfnl In ltn two )i'iir flKlit to "en ro thu 1UI2 i-ini)tiitloii of tlio (inter. Tin chonaliiK of Portland nieiiim much to I Ik- enllrn Htato for next )'nr from all mutluim of tin- United Htattrt, i:ikt will flock to thin utate. Tlio amount of utlvorllHlug to lie do rlvetl from Midi n i;at!terltiK In of untold vnliio, N'uU yiar tho lonil IiuIko of L'lkit will charier a xperlal train and In vnde Portland Theio will lie one lib;, Kiand time for nil ENGLAND TAKES GREAT MEET Americans Fall to Win International Games as Expected Gcorye Put nam Wins Hammer ThrowYale Man Second. Major Gnu. Leonard vopp Major (iouoinl Leonard Wood, chler of Mart of the army. Ih plan iiIiik to accompany Mr HIIiiimoii, hcc retary of war, to nl'naiiiit on the tilp wlilcli Im expects lo ttiko only In July. Tlio pnigrciM of work on tlio canal will lie liiMpecti'il and Major (Jeueral oW'oil Ih anxious to iihi how tho beginning of tint foitlflcalloii work i;etH aloiiK WRECK PROBE""" IS UNDER WAY Federal Board Starts Investiijatinn of Wreck of Santa Rosa Captain of Centralla Verifies Handling Over Price. Members of Ronuc Mivcr Fish Pro. tcctlvc Association Are Entertain ltij Men, Who Have Coinplctc Con trol of State Fish and Game. GAME WARDEN FINLEY GIVES TALK ON BIRDS Day Spent Visitinu Rotjuo River Mcinhcrs Gaiiiinn Much Information. LONDON', July 11. -English ntli IcIch limn O.xford mill Cuiubiidgo lo iluy won the tt ii it 1 meet in competition with tlui Yiiln iiml llaiMiiil ulan. Tim American iilhlolcH hud been con l'ideiit of victory. The Qhcoii'h Club ginuinlx where the meet wiih held, woic thronged li (llle of Ihc greatest ciowd tlliil bus' ever witnessed u similar event till England, (li'oi m 1'iitiiiiin of Knnsns, ii Hlnnles scholar ut (hfoiil, won lor England in Hie Iinuiuier lliiow with 1 r 1 I'ei-I 5 inches. Childn, Yule, wiih Heciiiid, ChiHlnilm of Yule won the l0 yuii liuiilli'H in .pi li-fi seconds. Cuuriidil of Yule won the high jiini willt ft feel II ILK inches. Mur ker of Hamuli wiih second. In practice lulor Cuiifield oloiiiod (I IVct :i-K inch, Tim hnlf-inilo run wiih won by Poehol of 1 1 ur va nl in 1 :."i(l 1-fi. An derson of Oxford wiih second. McMillan of Cambridge won Ihc 100-yiird (IiihIi in 10 1-fi seconds." Iloldcn of Yule wiih hccoiiiI. llohlcii, Yule, won the lirond juinpi wiih 22 fcul I) iiielum, iiml Poller of 0.fonl won llto inilo run, Brother Chnrllo Summoned. WASHINGTON, 1). G July 11. When tlio Iioiibo roimnltteo on ox pcudltiiruH In tlio Interior depart ment moots tomorrow to roHiinio Its investigation of tlio Controller liny entry, ChiirloH I, Tuft, Krunk II, Hitchcock and Daniel Guggenheim will lni uiiiiimouod liy Chairman (liuliiiin. They will liu asked to tes tify on (iioii(iiiih throwing fitrllior 1 let lit on tlm "Dliilc to Dick" letter found In tlio fllea of the Interior do-purtiiumt. HAN l-'KANUtKCO, Oil.. July II'. Tlio catiKc of tlio wrock of the Steamer Santa ItoKa and tlio roannn for holding Hi piuuumgont In Jeopardy on the vckhoI until Captain l'arhi de cided (lint the utonuiir would ho de Mtroitd Ih i today licltiK IhvontlKntcd liy fi'deral liiNpectom of hulls and liolterH HulKcr and IIoIIch. Tlio offl- cliilx (if the Pacific CoaHt Steanmhlp Company, which It Ik allowed, wired Captain Karlii of the Santa Itonu to iiHcertnlu what the trniiHfor of the pitHMencern to the Centralla ami tho Art:)le, which o8Ho1k wore lylnj; near would cost, will testify today. Captain Chnrltw A. ICrlcsoti or the Stcamwhlp Centralla tentlfled that he could huvo nod every life on tho Santa ItoHa. He mild that the lat ter vohhoI wiih doomed for nine liourc "I i orel veil u UK'HHUKO nskliiK tho price of trnnfcforrliiK." he hiiIiI, "And I replied that the company would net. tie that. After that no orders came. I could huvo Haveil ono tlioiiBiiud people " Tlio state finh mid K'1"'" coininit--Hiou in todny the mu'Ht of tho Ifoue lfior Fii.li l'nituutivo nhhociuti mi mill is heinc mIiouii nil matters of in terest hIoiijj tho Kokuc, cHieciaM the Kav und Anient diims, where tho coiiiinihsinu will mtiko mi uictiv tion mid such rL'comuiL'iidatioiiK .is may lie nocded. The commihhion, iieeouipanicd liy Slate (luuie Wiirilen lluley und Mus ter Kish Wiirih'ii Cluutoii, arrived Monday exeuiiie; from Klamath Fall whore they hint boon lonkin' over fish mid i'iiiiw matters. On thoir ar rival lieio they wore icn a buinpit't at. the N'a-h Grill and entertained Kciiurally by loeil sport Miien who hae fish and 11110 iiiatlvrM very iiiueli at licit) t. In tint uvui'mik Oninu Warden Kin IoyKav" a v,,r.V interoniiiij; talk on birds at the Opera Hoiim. Ho ixiiut t'd out their t'couomio aluo and said in part: "It is very important to this val ley that birds that do.itroy fruit poMs should bo prelected. Tho com mission is particularly interested in piopUKiitiou, lis well as protection, and wo want to .sleek Ihc streams of this htato with fish, so that the.y will be plentiful , as they woro twenty or thirty yea re uo. "Salmon briui; between $1,000,000 mid .". 000,000 into tho state now. 'f are in favor of stookiuj; the streams so (hat tho revenue, from salmon will bo from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. 'Vu intend to mniiimo this mutter 011 a business busis and work in eon junction particularly with tho fnnii ers and sportsmen. Many of our laws are antiquated and should be roused. The luws should bo inudo to more neatly coufniiu to the until IPoiitlnui'il on lnir D1IMANDS A SWhliPINO ARMY INVLb'MCiATlO M I III H.IMWIIJIHW l'i mi 1 mil x imumtt CUUXJ& KA1IM V Iteprem'titnttvo JuIIiib Knhn, of California, wauttt i')iii;r033 to make a general Investigation of tho United Stales army to see hctlmr the money appropriated for itis maintenance Is IioIiik cconoinlcnll)' spi ut and wheth er the army Ih lit condition to go to war. MAN HO T BE ONE WANTED HERUCAUGHT Chief of Police Is Advised That Man With Much Jewelry and a Bad Record Ks'3j Apprehended at Portland. GRATER LAKE SEASON OPEN First Automobile This Season Suc ceeds in Gettina Within Two Miles of Rim Roads Are Said to Be Good. TELEPHONE MEN MAKE TRIP OVER MOUNTAINS WOMAN ULPUTY SHERIFF. , I In Ten Days It Will Be Possible to Drive to Rim Snow Is Melt ing Fast. It is believed that Ihc second burg lar who robbed the Noddy jewelry store last week in this city lias been captured at Portland. The police in that city have picked up 1). J. (Irif tlu, who has a prison record for burglary, mid who had much jewelry on him. Chief of Police Ilitson received j the follnwini: wire this afternoon: Portland. ,lul 11. Chief of 1-' lice, Medford, Or.: Have in custody 1). J. (Iriffin, who has done live yea I- in San Qiiontiii for burglary. Has in possession one Klks' breast pin inscribed "Wife of mi Elk," one Elk ehaiiu, two Elk buttons, one Mooso pin, tine agate, two Masonic charms, one charm Masonic and Odd Fellow. s' combined, one cigar cutfer charm, one IC. of P. charm. May have come from Iedd.'s jewelry (ContlmiisI on natrn I.) The 1011 Crater Lake automobile tourist season has opened. The first machine of the season has made the trip successfully, getting to the sec ond bridge, or about two miles from tlio lake, from where the visitors walked to the rim. In ten dajs it will be possible to drive to the rim. C. H. Moore, district commercial manager of the Pacific Telephone V Telegraph company, J. If. Davies. district plant superintendent and C. E. Anderson, general foreman, reach ed Medford yesterdny in seven boms, from Camp Arant. They have, little complaint to make regarding the roads. The party left Medford last Fri day at lOfi a. m. and arrived at Klamath Falls at S p. m. Tho road from Ashland to Klamath. Falln, they roort as being very steep and rock- in some places but no trouble was experienced. Tliev spent Satur day in Klamath Falls and found the roads near there in good condition At (5 a. in. Sunday tho party left Klamatlj falls and arrived at Camp Arant at la noon. Hero they had lunch, a mnn nnd wife being in charge of the camp, and then started to the lake. A number of huge banks of snow were encountered but they were able to get about two miles above tho camp where they had to leave the machine owing to n large snow drift ranging in depth from fivo to twelve feet. After this there was no snow for over a mile, then other largo drifts woro .found on the last long grade before the rim was reached. A great deal of 'snow was found about the rim, but it is melting fast. The lodge on tho rim will be open bv July 15 when tho season will open. The party made fast time in com- MISS MOLLIS SPICSa Dutchess county In N'ew York state, had never employed a woman deputy sheriff until .Ilns Mollle Splcer waa recently appointed, but Sheriff John Townsend says he Is bo well satisfied with the experiment that ho thinks now ho will organize a corps of fem ale assistants. WHAPPY WILL BE SENTENCED SOON Seattle's Ex-Chief of Police Con victed of Receiving a Bribe Will Learn How Many Years He 'Has to Serve Tomorrow. SEATTLE, Wash., July 11. C. V Wnppensteiu will be sentenced to morrow by Judge Ronald, immedi ately following tho disposition of a motion for a new trial. Wappen stein's attorneys argue that the con viction of the former chief of police came as a result of a "hurry up" zeal on the part of the jurors to get away for the Fourth of July, the ver dict was returned at 11 p. in. on July 3. The penalty for receiving a bribe, the crime for which Wappcnstein has been convicted, is a penitentiary sen tence up to ten years or a fine up to $5,000, or both. ing home. They left Camp Arant at 7:30 a. in. Monday making the run to Medford in seven and one-half hours and as they stooped for lunch their actual running time was less. Mr. Mooro is very enthusiastic re garding tho trip. He drove from Portland to Medford nnd says tho best roads aro this section, and that the scenery is wonderful. Ho will attempt to get a number of members of the Portland Automobile Club lo make tho trip. King George and His Consort Returning Along Pall Mall Following Crowning Ceremony t -irirr-irr nrrrrr'ir rrr-n mriripnii 11 n mi iiiin '!! i immi imi i - - -n i - -- --m nr "frinn nr ' ' .. . . . u . ' "I. lu. - , . . ' -r-,1 ' -iM "" t-A, L-l ' ' ' .'" ' '., ,gr u.i, miih mi 1,'1'iL JUun m i... n V ' ' ' ..1 BBBBBfl Ba i lrBllnBkSBnj' BHB!li P3JtBWj3yB tAjBBjf BWoW PlfeBfBBBl9BMBflVBBBMBl xBBffBBBBBBBBBBHv C Bb B'SH3K!ii? m x(JP iiIhueS BPBBEuMBXjeBB 1 ? t aTi-ShkjSvBBT iBrrBl GIRLS AR HELD BY JUSTICE ON MUR ER HA Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad Must Face Trial Bond Fixed at $5,000 Magistrate Says Stokes Is Uncontradicted. IN HOLDING GIRLS JUDGE SAYS HE HAD NO OPTION Elevator Boy Says Miss Graham Told Him She Expected Visit From Stokes. NEW YORK, July 11. Declaring that tho story told by Millionaire W. E. D. Stokes of the attempt lo kill him here, which ho said was made by Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, had been uncontradicted, Magistrate Freschi today held both girls to the grand jury on tho charge of attempted murder and fixed their bail at $5,000 each. The magistrate said he had no op tion in tho matter, 03 whatever tlio relations between Stokes and tho girls had been tho story of tho shoot ing told by the millionaire still stood unchallenged. Ho declared that the theft of Stokes' letters from tho apartment of the two girls should bo thoroughly probed. Stokes' attorney, A. H. Qleason, testified before the conclusion of Magistrate Freschi's hearing that a detective had picked up tho letters the girls claim have been stolen from behind a trunk in their apartment. Gleason said he made copies of them and then handed them to the district attorney. Gleason admitted thnt on the day of tho shooting Stokes told him thero were valuable papers in tho flat and urged Gleason to get them beforo tho girls could hide them, but the lawyer denied thnt he had "planted" the let ters for tho detective to "find." Wilbur Hnrt, an elevator boy in the Veruna. apartment house, whero Stokes wns shot, admitted that Lil lian Graham told him on tho day of tho shooting that sho expected Stokes that night. WRECK KILLS 5 NEAR DYKE Madras Passenger Train on Oregon Trunk Is Derailed One Instantly Killed Others Die After They Reach Hospital. THEIR MAJESTIES' RETURNING ALONQf" PAL.LjV!Akkw . THE DALLES, Oro., July 11. Five persons aro dead hero today as a result of tho derailment of tho Mad ras passongor train on tho Oregon Trunk railroad, near Dyko, Oregon, luto yesterday. Louis Rising store keeper at tho Warm Sprluga Indiana school, was Instantly killed, when tho train, running at high speed, plungod over an ombankment. Four othora died In tho hospital today. Tho dead: LOUIS HISINO, Warm Springs. MRS. LOUIS RISING, Warm Springs. MRS. J. W. RASMUSSBN. EHb- worth, Wis. im MRS. C. W. BAKER, Shorldan. Oregon. 1 lwMttfl O. T. ARTHUR, Soattlo, Washing- ton. ) Little Girl Cremated. SANTA UARBRPR, Cal.l July 11. Holen Shumak, aged 3, daughter of William Shumuk, capitalist, was cremated horo today whon a flro do btroyod tho Shumuk homo In Monteo Ito a national suburb, Shumak was painfully burned In an offort to save his daughter. !l '4 3 " M 4 it -" A I I ts t .; : u H i i 71 .1 m