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jrennn HUturinl MMed r.nv Hall .vttsninim City Hall Vi.' -s, il W V I" ' FIRST I SECTION 1 Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Fair nntl Cooler Mux MM, Mln (10.5, Afcnn j. Pally- HUth Yi'iir I'jitv.-l'lriit V'itr TWELVE PAGES MEDFORD, OMMONNTNIMY, JULY 10, 1911. TWO SECTIONS. No. 98. NEW COMPANY TAKES HOTEL MEDFORD GREEK MEETS GREEK; ONE SHOT, OTHER A FUGITIVE QUARREL ENDS IN FIGHT; ONE CANNOT LIVE Assailant Flees Without Waiting to Get His Hat Deputy Sheriff Gets on Man's Trail Not Possible (or Him to Escape. STOh'tiJS' JlXUlilt d HOUSED H'll ICY I'OLVTKl) QUESTIOXS auk .is km jit niMt, or auu.s he accuses ROLM'.rr M . MOORE , MAGISTRATE rBaOU . WI . M.K.OWTOTT. c FEW PARTICULARS COULD OE LEARNED OF TRAGEDY Med ford Police Notified to De on Lookaut for Man Greeks Thrown Into Wild Excitement. A Greek laborer employed on the Pacific & Eastern win fiitnlly shot liint m filing ,y n fellow Inborcr known us "Pclo" nl tint railroail enmp nlioiil a null) anil ii luill' this side of Unite Falls. Three bullets lodged in tin1 man's body iiial there i no hope for hin recovery. 1 1 ir assailant fled to lu hills mnl is now a fugitive, from justice. Hut very few particulars could he teamed regarding the trouble Inst ii i K t t an (lit) telephone line to Unite Falls closed about the than tint trng hI.v was reported o thc K)lito in h oily. Deputy Sheriff Clo vengor t Unite Falls notified the local n litf lint Im know lint little, of tin) . shooting. He left immediately to get on the trail of tho fugitive. It is reported Hint tin two men af ter finishing their supper pit inli n violent quarrel. Later before tin1 bystander cnild interfere '"Pete" 'hud drawn u mm ami shut lib com panion. Hit then turned and flt'd without even waiting to get Ins hat. It in thought that lu in coming in Ilia direction of Mi'dford. "I'l'lofift Ik Hiiid to lat ulintit five feel lull, jh 'J." yearn old alul welkin aliout i:i,rt pounds. He bus red lunr. (treut excitement prevailed In the eauip following the shooting. The foreuiau of the camp was ko excited when lie telephoned the deputy slier iff that he eouhl give no eohereut aeoount of the Irngcdv. He staled Hint, it would ho impossible for tho man to live an the three bullets lodged in IiIh hody. TRIPLEALLIANCE IS PREDICTED Great Britain, United States and Ja pan May Become Components of New Alliance, Accordion, to Pa pers of Nippon All Favorable. TOKIO, July IB. "A now triple ulllunco, with Great Hrltnln, tho United BtutCH ami Jiiau iih Its com tiounntH," Ih I Im glut of many pub HhIioiI opIuloiiH hero today with re ference to tho rovlsod AiiKlo-Jnimnotio treaty, tho provlHloiiH of which havo Jiiat boon publlHliiul hero. Th ii ro are other opinions of tho compact, but nit agree that tho modi ricatloiiH woro umtvoldublu and moHt of tho editorial comment on tho change Ih favorable. It Ih gonorully bolelaved that tho niircomont absol utely provontH war with tho United BlntoH. I ! ! I I - New Hi'iMations follow in clone succession at the trial of Ethel Conrad and Lillian Grnhnm, in New York, charged with having shot V. K. I). S token, n millionaire hotel proprietor. The ea.su is being tried before Mag istrate Freschi, nud the Mate is being represented by Assistant District Attorney Sullivnii. Mr. Stokes told of his meeting with Ethel Conrad, who wan Midi a shy bashful young girl 'he could not look hint in the eye when asking for $-0(1 for .M'wh (Iralntm mid a Kinition for herxulf. He told how AlihH Conrad sofa" Miss Ornhmn had alteiaplcd Miielde, wan repoutaiit and wanted to go away to hide her acid scarred fnec. Mr StokvH deuitfl ever forcing Mifrt (Irahuui to ign a phr exonerating him while hbe wn.s spending a night at bin farm, lie failed to lentil's' that he gave the $200 for 13 letter of bt.s in im-.-thion of Misn (Iraham and wan made uncomfortable by the questioning of Hobert .Moore, of counsel for the chorus girls. Questioned by counsel for Miss (Iraham whether he had written u certain letter, Mr. Stokes' countenance flushed and with anger in his tone declared: "1 never wrote any-such letter in my life." William I. Olcott Ih Mr. Stokes' perMimil counsel at tho trial. MERCURY GOES CRAZYWIDHEAT' Prances Around Over the Hundred Mark Reaching. 106 Hottest Day In Many Years Visits the Rogue River Valley. 0RCHARDISTS ALONE WEAR SMILES; IT HELPS THE FRUIT Coats 'Are Discarded and Mankind Spends Its Time In Seeking Spots Large Crowd In Park. W1CKERSHAM MAY BE IMPEACHED Charged With Having Connived at Escape of Men Who Defrauded the Government Out of $50,000 In Alaska. BANK DIRECTORS MUST MEET MONTHLY WASHINGTON, I). (, July Ifi. Moro stringonl Miiporvislou of na tional hnukfl Ih deemed nouoHsavy and orders wore isnucd to all bank uxamiuuirt today dirooling them to hTipiIro at loaHl monthly juootingH of hunk dirootoi'H and thn adoption of u pormaueat Hyslom of approving bank luuiitJ uiul (IIhcoiiuIh, WASHINGTON. 1). C, July 1.1. Impeachment of Attorney (leueral Wickcrsham on charges of having de liberately connived at the cscaiH of men who defrauded tho government out of $r(),0(lll in Alaska was pre dicted hero today when tho demo crats generally took up charges against tho attorney general which were preferred by Delegate James Wiclicrsham of Alaska. With three house committees al ready probing tho conduct of tho department of justice, the new charges filed with tho judiciary com mit Ice are tho center of interest. That committee today decided to re port favorably a resolution demand ing tho decoments in the case of Captain I). II. Jarvis, at one time agent of the (luggcnhcims in Alaska, failure o prosecute whom limy cost tho attorney general his official head, In his expose of tho enso Delegate Wickorshain assorted that more than A year ago ho furnished to tho at torney general information warrant ing tho immediate, indictment of Jar vis and declined that tho attorney general had deliberately allowed tho statute of limitations to run against tho offense. Jarvis committed sui cide in Seattle June '2, tho day after the resolution demanding tho papers in his case was introduced in con gress. In explanation of his accusations against tho attorney general, Dele gate WiokorHhnm produced an nffi davit showing that through tho con nivance of Jurvis, ,lohu II. Hullook of I ho ScHuor Coal company of Nanio had defrauded thu government nut of $.ri0,00() through coal contracts. He charged that thu two men, Jarvis and Hullock, had formed an agreement between competing coal companies, increased tho price of coal ami by eliminating competition had hold up tho government for tho Jiigh price. Thou ho deolarcd tho two companies dividod tho profits of tho steal. Delegate Wickorshain aRsorlod that on May 2-1, 11)10, ho Hont to the at torney general tho ovidonco in tha case against Jarvis and Hullook. On May ill, 1010, ho roeolvcd u lottov BEAUX WROTE TORRIDJ.ETTERS Half a Score of Rich New Yorkers Wrote Many Warm Love Letters to Lillian Graham and Ethel Con rad, Assert Lawyers. NEW YOKK, Julv If.. Charges that a commission of city and pri vate detectives who were jiaid by rich Now Yorkers, "double crossed'' their clients were made openly here today by lawyers for Lillian Urnliam and Ethel Conrad, tho two girls held for tho alleged attempted murder of Millionaire W. K. I). Stokes, their aged admirer. Half it score of rich New Yorg ers, tho attorneys said, had been involved with the girls, jiml whim Stokes was shot in their apartments, both girls had bundles of torrid let ters from them, as well as a bundle from Stokes. All of those loiters were stolen from tho Graham girl's trunk. The thief, they say, was paid by a combination of the girls' admir ers who feared an explosion would ensua Jiecauso of tho publicity of their Attempt on Stokes. FINGER POINTS 10 FASTEN CRIME Peterson, Missing Section Hand, Wanted by Police for Coble Mur der, Is Captured Think He Also Murdered Hill Family at Portland. f-f f f f GATES VERY LOW. PARIS, July If). Although John W. Gates, who is ill here, passed an extremely bad Might, there was little appar ent change today in his con dition. Mrs. Gates and his Hon Charles G. Gates aro in constant attendance and havo become almost exhausted from thu long vigil. - - 4 acknowledging its rcceiot. Further correspondence resulted, but, ho nays, tho attorney general allowed the ease to drag along until Juno 1H, 11)11, when a letter was received from that official stating that ac tion would bo impossible, as tho stat ute of limitations had intervened, Tho liouso committees on expen ditures in tho departments of agri culture and of .I'usticu aro also prob ing Attorney Geuoral Wiokorshmr.'a administration and today it is de clared thoro is little doubt that an attempt to havo him dismissed from tho government will bo made in the house, TACOMA, Wash., July l.r. Swan Peterson, missing section man. wonted to explain his disappearance following the murder of Archie and Nottio Coble at Rainier last Monday night, in the county jail here today denied any knowledge of the crime. Nowspajier descriptions of Peter son made his capture easy. Two men in Puynllup yesterday recog nized him and at night Marshal Meade of Puyullup and Constable Harry of Meeker's Junction, arrest ed him at Meeker nnd held him for. Sheriff Longmire. Peterson ndmitted his identity and iniide no resistance. Doctors J. C. and R. C. Cat hey of Portland who have been working on the case decjarc that in connection with the murder of tho Hill family n month nt Portland declare that a study of the finger prints show that tho same man committed the crimes Peterson occupied u room at the' Waddell hotel at Rnmer. Tho don tors sny that tho man who eonmuttcd -the two almost parallel crimes was left handed. Peterson is left handed. Tho man who is 00 and looks 45, speaks fair English, strenuously de nies the killing. "I loft suddenly becauso I wasn't getting enough uionay," ho said. "I quit without getting my pay be causo I figured my hoard bill had taken about all I made. I don't know anything about any blood stains in the room nt tho Waddell hotel. I didn't see any." The mercury went crnzy wid de heat Saturday, prancing around above the hundred mark like a two year old. And before it got through with its high fluttin' no tions it scored 100 the hottest day in many yeurs experienced by the residents of the Rogue River valley. The weather man says it will be cool er today but then the weather man said Friday that it would be cooler Saturday, and it wasn't. Not by a degree nnd a half, and Friday was some warm. All Medford sweltered yesterday as Medford was never known to swelter before. Street thermometer showed surprisingly high marks and some of them broke The day was quiet Jor all 'weropntting in their tune m tryinp to find some method of cheating the weather of its due. A scarcity of humidity saved the day umi no prostrations were re-jwrted. All of the men in town shed their coats regardless of dignity. It was too hot to stand on coreniony. The city city purk was well filled all dn ynnd was about the coolest place in town. The park rules were waived and the lawns were Tilled. Tho present hot wave has contin ued for three days and it is believed that cooler weather will follow short ly. Friday the thermometer reached 104J,4 nnd this record was expected to stand but Saturday Old Sol came bnck and rang the bell nt 100. Tho orchnrdists , were the only men smiling and enjoying it all. The hot spell is splendid for tho pears and apples and thoy realized this. It means more color and flavor. Works for Peace III t 1?f m &Kk PUEBLA, Mexico, July 1.",. Francisco I. Madero is doing his ut most to harmonize the warring fac tious of Diazites and Maderistns who have been conducting n guerilla warfare here for days. Revised fig ures of Wednesday's fighting shows that 57 Maderists and 17 federals were killed in an engagement which amounted to a pitched battle. MASS MEETING MONDAY NIGH T Plans Will Be Completed for District Fair and Pear Show to Be Held This Fall Large Attendance De sired. CHINESE CHAUFFEUR HITS POLE WITH MACHINE SAN 1)1 GOO" Cnl., July 15. Tho first and perhaps tho last Chinese chauffeur in southern California is battered and grieving today as tho result of a disaster wtih which ho met when ho ran n -fiuo now nm chiuo belonging to Mrs. Lyman J. Gage, wife of the formor secretary of tho United States treasury, into a olustor light polo noar thu city plaza. Tho light globes woro shat tered into bits and tho machine onmo out of tho encounter badly disfig-uvod. TWO NEW FIRES AREJPORTED Rangers Keeping Close Watch On National Forest and Reach Flames In Time to Keep Them From Doing Much Damage. Two now fires wero reportcd"Sat urdny to tho local forest headquar ters, ono on Elk creek and tho other on Beaver creek. In both oases tho rangers woro nblo to reach them quickly and get them under control. It is not believed that much damage was done in etihor case. Tho rangers aro keeping a close watch on the forest nt tho present time as tho fire season has opoued in earnest and mnny campers aro in tho hills. JAPAN MAY ASK FOR ARBITRATION TREATY WASHINGTON, D. C, July 15. It is predicted horo today that Ja pan will soon negotiato with the United States for nu nrbitratiou treaty similar to that botweou Ja pan and England. Tho prodiotion is based on Japan's agreement with Uront Britain that sho will not do- mand England's aid in case of a war botweou tho United States and Jiipnn. M A big meeting is looked lor on Monday night at the Emporium, where .arrangements are to be cotaleted for the district fair and pear show. The fruitgrowers and stock men are tak ing a deep interest in the event, and n big tournament is expected. We learn that there are many excellent attractions from California that will be glad to stop here on their way north. A Conro Fiero, in speaking of the fair said: "It would seem to me that there is no locality in Oregon that could furnish a greater variety of exhibits, and splendid specimens, too, than the Rogue River vulloy. By aH means let us have the best district fair in the state." J. C. Brown says: "Inasmuch as we are known almost entirely by our our fruit, why not photograph the fine exhibits of com, vegetables and stock, and mnko it up into a little pamphlet and send it east and show tho people there what we have in the way of other products than fruit" W. T. York said: "We should have a rousing fair, and make it known to prospective visitors from the east, who could manage to be here at that time and see in a day what it would take them weeks to learn at any other time." A. S. Rosenbaum said in speaking of the fair, "Wo had a great Fourth of July celebration. Everyone who camo to Medford at that time seemed to bo thoroughly pleased. The fair to bo a real success must far ex ceed our efforts at entertumment on any previous occasion. Farmers nnd business men should null toirether and mnko this tho best district fair in Oregon." it. C. Garnet t says: "By all means have tho fair. Medford is al ways on tho map. If wo set out to giye the best district fair in tho state we'll do it." John G. Root expressed himself as follows; "Counties in Minnesota and Iowa with not ono quarter the re sources thnt Juokson county has havo succeeded in establishing annual fairs that aro looked forward to as great events. They havo douo moro toward tho development of fino stook than nny other ono thing. Fnrmors do not enro for tho value of tho prize A blue ribbon means every thing to a farmor, and is an incen tive thnt spurs him onn to his best efforts from year to year." A. K. Ware said: "Wo havo n cliinnto particularly adapted to tho breeding of fino horses. Just enough whiter to dovelop bono and nervo energy, and as to tho rainy season, it is just right for growing a porfeot hoof. Horses bred in tho dryer climtao o fsouthorn California nro often defootivo in this point; and you know tho old saying, no foot, no horse' Yes, tho Roguo Rivor vnl loy can brood horses oquul to tho fa- BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST 1 5 Original Company Forced ta Sell Owing . to, Financial Embarrass mentNew Company Premises Speedy ;timpteti&n and Ojtenlng. RAU-M0HR COMPANY WILL LEASE AND Of ERATE IT Completion and Operation of Hotel Means Much fe This City Stockholders la AwniLtl '"8 , US' A proposition submitted by West Medford Hotel company, a new syndicate headed by W. I. Vaw ter, was last evening accepted by tho Medford Hotel company whereby tho holdings of the old company aro taken over by the new. This assures the early completion nnd opening of the Hotel Medford on West Mnin street. The Medford Hotel company some time ago got into financial diddi culties which for a time threatened the completion of the structure. It seemed certain that a receiver would be asked but the formation of the .new syndicate and thu offer submit ted by them offered a chance to es cape tying up the completion of tho hotel definitely. Tho matter was discussed at several meetings nnd was finally determined last evening when tho stockholders of the origi nal company voted to nccept tho proposition. The purchasing com pany gives an option to tho old com pany to buy back tho property a.t ti certain figure any time within tho next two years. . The hotel when completed will bo leased and operated by tho Ruu Mohr Hotel company. It will be mod em in every respect and a great credit to the city. It is expected that the building will be completed und ready for occupancy by August 15. When finished it will bo second to none in tho state outside of Portland. BECOMES MORE GRAVE LONDON, July 15. Tho British-Franco-Gerumu Moroccan crisis became moro grave than over today whou dispatches from Gibraltar con firmed reports that a German force had been lauded at Capo Juby, Mo rocco, from tho Gorman cruiser, Panther, which is at Agndir in defi ance of French and British protests. It is belioved tho landing of tho Gorman troops will at onco bo mado tho bnsts of no wand moro positive demands by Brituin nnd Franco that Germany immediately caso its activ ities in Morocco. mous bluo grass region of Kentucky." John D. Olwell oxpressed himself highly in fnvor iof tho pear show. Said ho: "Wo raise tho best pears in tho world and so fur thoro hus beep no exhibit nnywhero in tho Unite dStates of ono of the greatest of fruit products. Let us offor a liberal rowurd for nnyono to como in nnd oomepeto with us." Kerby S. Miller snid: "Tho pear show by nil moans. Hang up a liberal prize, nnd if Cniliforniu or nny othor part of tho Pacific coast feels thnt it can carry off tho uro- nnum wo will givo them a chance If competitors don't wish to trv for first honors wo will nt least havo issued tho challenge nud enn clnim tho championship. And if thov do enter, wo will not worry ubout ro sults." ' . Look among tho olnsslfied nds for tho address of your next 'bdardiug place I M i'l J V i i-yK'