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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1911)
Draton Mfitolttl tft iiy Hsl) sV 0 fc SUBSCRIBERS rMllnr to irt iiipr will lixva una WIIrt1 liy pluming of fice liy a p. in. Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER I.'ult Mux 10P.JJ, Mln 07, Mean 88, Dully Ulxth Yi-itr. I'mly-Klrnl Yimit MAD-FORD, OKECION, MONDAY, JULY 17, J911. No. 99. COUNTY COURT PROMISES TO CALL SPECIAL ELECTION FOR GOOD ROADS illllD AS WIIIIIIIJI ANY Bought His Seat BOND ISSU E People of County Will Be asked to Authorize Indebtedness Incurred (or Permanent Highways, anil Thus Legalize Warrants. NOT NECESSARY TO WAIT FOR LEGISLATURE TO ACT HOT SPELL IS WLLJA.r XOKiKL&Si Warrants Can Later Be Redeemed Willi Band Issue When Laws Are Perfected If Nrcessary. A way o Ij ii I Id u good system of lilr.lnvajH n Jackson county without a bond Inmie -which U huponxllilo without a special mwilon of (ho leg iHtnlurit to pttMtt needed laws Is be lieved to linvii been found, atlnrtifjH for Iho nionty court having advhicd It to tlio effect that (tin people mil nt a Kftinrnl or special election, author ize tlin Incurring of Indebtedness for building highways, which Indebted lie would Itn In Iho foim of war rants to ntiy ntnount which warrants, Imlng legalised, could find a ready Halo In milaldu money marketi). After ward, when th lioiul statutes have Imxiii cnnrti'd, thenu warrnnln could ho jajtuid With tiQjudfl. ( dcJIrcd. Such wan tho announcement made hy County Commlnflloner (Jeo. I, Davis In a talk mmln Katiirdny oven lug lo tho Medford visitors at Pros pect. Ho Mated that tho no vera I at torney ho hail cnnmiltcd hold that tho coimiltutlonnl amendment adopt il last fall rending that "debls for permanent roadit Nhall ho Incurred only on approval of a majority of Chono voting on tho itucntlon" would penult tho county court to call an election and nuhuilt the (mention of Incurring hiic.Ii ItidehtedueHH to a volo of the people, and that hiicIi ludehted m; being approved hy a majority of I hone votliiK. no iucHtlon an to tho legality or validity of the warrants iHHiied In payment could ho rained. Mr, Davis pledged hln support lo Much a movement, and Hinted thnt he would do all In IiIh power to hiiIi mil the question Hpeedly to the peo ple. Attorney Kvnn Heaniea la now nt work preparing n written opinion upon Iho subject for guidance of the county court. County Judge Nell Hinted (hat he wan In favor of spending a largo huiii for perinnueiit hlKhwayH and would certainly do Ii Ik Nharo In submitting the propoHltlon to tho people. Hpeed- ny. County CoiiuulHHlonor Owciim Hint ed that he fa voted Dtihuilttlng the question Id the people and If a ma jority voted for Incurring tho In ilchledncHM, ho would most certainly work lo give tho people what thoy wanlcd. Ho IioIIovch tlioroiiKlily In good reads, hut did not want to plunge I he county Into deht on IiIh own responsibility without being u tho i' J zed hy tho people., TIiIh annotincnniout hy tho county court worn recolvod with gient up plauue both by tho Medford visitors iih well an icHldontii of Propped who heard theni, Judge Cnlvlg followed with tho Htatoniout thai lie would bring tho Htibjout boforo tho Medford and other Commercial Clubs of the county in secure their endoriiomonl. Ho at a ted that 1io bolloved Dial thin was u way out of tho difficulty Hint Interfered with Iho good rontlH pro i;ram, Col, Frank II, Kay upoko euthiiH liiHllcally of Ihu prnpoual and prom hied IiIh iiHHlntanco and co-operation iih one of tho lament tax-iuiyerH of Iho county. Othoni prcHont Hpoko HtroiiKly In favor of tho Bpoclal oloc tlou at oiico, IELLS OF GIFT F 0 SLUSH UNO IN NORTH OR SOON Official Temperature Sunday Smashes All Records In Years In This Valley Nearly NO Degrees Registered Minimum Was 67. HOT SPELL CONTINUES IN THIS SECTION TODAY Believe That Heat Will Break To morrow, As It Has Done Further North. Electrical Contractor of Duluth Swears That C. F. Wclho of Chi cago Contributed $10,000 to Aid In Election of Lorlmcr. Explosion Kills Thron, DBNVKIt, Col., .July 17. Throe men wore killed today in nil osplon. ion nt tlio Diip-ont Powdor Works ut Louvlur, near hovo. WASHINGTON', I). ('., .Inly 17. That C. V. Weihc, n Chieiipi linn bcniiaii HiiltHerihcil fI0,00U to I he f 100,011(1 ".luli f 111111" lo elect Wil limn Lorimer (o flic United HlatcH Hcuale- or that ho Haul ho did - wiik worn todny before the l.oritncr cn nlo IiivcHtieatliiK cnntmitlro byWil- liam HiirKuxH, an clcelncnl colli rac ier of Dulitlli. Weibe in Hccrelary of Iho I'M ward IIiih'm Lumber rompiuiy, whose preM ulciit h Hiiiil lo have been Collector of tho "sliihli fund" uml who wan lirsl iiniiicd when (lie expose enmo in CIlieuiM). HurptMH named Kudolph, John and Carl Wo.voihinit.er, the lumber kiiif-'n hoiik, and "a ymiiii man named John won from 0111111(111" iih fellow pasHen Kers with him in Ihe wuioker of the Winnipeg l-'lyer, bolwccn Diilulh mid Virginia, Minn., mi the uiKhi of March 8 IiihI. The parly, ho swore, dwindled until Hun.'ChK, .IoIiiihoii mid Weilie ulone remained. Hunjcs- did nt know Weihe'w identity nt the time. ''I think (he eonverwnlioii drifted lo I.orimcr," xaid liurKows. 'i waiil it was Konornly helievcd Hint l.ori- mer had wpeut 11 laif;e niiiii of money lo Hceure Iiih elceliou In Hie mmiiiIo. Weilie hroko in: 'You don't know very damned much uboul il. F.ori mer did not spend ituy of his ouu money. A jnckpot wan riiiscd for thai piiriMxc, I know what 1 mu lulkiiii; aboul because I subscribed ?1 0,0110 to it.' ' "Wethe waiil Ihe jackpot mnoiiiiled to $100,01)0.00 On eroww'-exiiiiiiiiiitioii Hurness de clined .thai dolcelivcrt who had hceu employed lo piil oviileneu aaniHl Lorimer wenl to Kulher (live no of I'liieaijo o kc 11 confession He do ehucil (he priest suid tho detectives were doiiiu Loriiuer an injustice. Hinges fnrlliei' testified Hint Weiho told him Unit n newspaper which employed Iho hIoiiIIis tele phoned Kntlior (lieeue thienleiiinjr lo pithlish his pielnro full pajio for his refusal lo "jivo up." Tlio priest, Weilie suid, llrcpliciNliul. if the paper did so it would reduce its oirciilnlion fiO per cent. I'OIITLANI), Or., .July 17. Clouds that obscured the huh and cool breezes today dissipated the hot wnvo that has canned tho entire north west to swelter for several days. Tho hi;hcHt tcinera lurc recorded yesterday was '111) at Kltopui, in eastern Washington. Alnrshficld, Or., on the const, was apparently the only cool hol in Ihe northwest, the maximum there hcinj; only 70 degrees. In Portland 117 was registered, nt Tacoma it was 88. Oilier hefltcd centers, included Walla Wulln, 108; North Yakima, 100; Spokane, 111); Itoschtirj, 1Q.P, and Lewiston, Ida., 100. Two prostrations were re ported in Portland yesterday. Won't Apologize JOMTI HITCHX!.!) fOvmCMf ff4 y uMQtlwMf H H H f Tho teuiiHnitiiro is dropping (hln afternoon, mid It U Ndlevci tho pres ent hot hkU Ims lecn broken. At 12:110 p. 111. (lie mercury ntcxxl at 10(1. At 15:1.1 p. 111. it stood nt J 02. A breeze liai sprung up am It in thought tlio mercury will roiitinuo to fall. Tlietio rcadliiRN wero made hy I he. local ueatlicr bureau. The forecast from I'oilbuid uas for cool er Mcatlier tomorrow. sitW 1 r ,'r;H 1 LABOR IFADFRS AGAIN APPEAR Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison Again BeforejJSuprtme Court of District of Columbia to Show Cause In Contempt Case. raNIGAL TO FACECONTEMPTCHARGE l.OS ANUKIjKS', I'nl., duly 17. Mrs. Ortio MoMnniKitl, wil'o of llio solf-ooiilVsscd dynamiter, will ho ur rnlKiiod hel'oio Jutu Hordwell this nfloruooii on oIiiukch of contempt of omirl for hivviug refused lo answer liieslions by Iho Ki'iind jury in 0011 iieotimi with Iho MoNnitumi ease. jludgo Hordwoll'H decision would ho of Iho utmost imporlnuuo hIioiiIiI ho hold that Mrs, MoMuuij;al must answer, llor ooininitiiiont for eon- Wilh Iho official Iciniwraturo ro corded nt 10D.fi Sunday all heat 1 co ords in many years in Iho Iloguo luvcr valley have been smashed. Last night Iho minimum tempera ture recorded wits 07 but in spite of this there was little complaint after (ho sun had dropped below tho lior-iron. It is believed that cooler wenthor will succeed tomorrow inasmuch us tho heat wave is reported broken nt northern poinls. " No pi-ost rations wero reported in Iho city or valley. It was simply in oonvunicnt to live in hot weather. Tho oily is remarkably froo from disease. In fact, no had results arc expected as a result of tho heat. It has proven, on Iho other hand, of much benefit to Iho fruit crop. Sunday Iho streets wero practical ly deserted as nearly overyouo sought relief either by remaining nt homo or by fishing in tlio nearby streams. Much Land Opened. LAKKV1KW, Ore.. July 17. Twonty-threo thousand ncrea of flno agricultural lands havo boon just op ened to entry In I.ako County, com prising purl of 0110 of tho bOHt town HhlpB, which recently wbb survoyod and tho plats filed with tho govorn- mont Innd office horo. Tho district lu In 0110 of tho nrtoslau well basins that tho United Stntos goologlcnl sur vey snya will produco 11 strong flow or water, If It Is found that Irrigation Is nocosBary to Insuro crops. tempt of court is probablo, ns hor utlornoyH havo ndvisod hor to do olluo to niiKWor. If Judgo Bordwell dooides that slio need not niiHwor, tho proseoiition will loso tho opportunity to gniii from her what its nttornoys boliovo would bo oorroboration of hor huabnmVs oonfossiou. WASHINGTON, D. ('., July 17. Whether Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of La bor, John Mitchell, its vice president, nnd Frank Morrison, its secretary, will go to jail for contempt of the court of Just ice Wright of tho su premo bench of tho .District of Co lumbia, probably will not bo decided until October. Tho three labor lenders were pres ent in Wright's court today when their attorney, Alton P. Parker, ar gued that his clients were not pun- isnabic tor contempt. A the conclus ion of Parker's nrcument Justice Wright look the nholo matter uudor advisement. NEW YORK IS THREATENED BY CHOLERA Three Dead and Fifteen Cases Is Rec ord to Date Uncle Sam Sends Ex perts Scurrying to New York lo Help Stamp Out Menace. May Lose Job GOVERNOR DIX TAKING PR0MPJ ACTION IN MATTER kkkkEf toev kkl kkkakkw"' ''kH IIIbM. HtW-'"-'flBBBBl W "TMfckBBBB kkkm ' ' i'kkkl kikfjl Believes That City Is In banger Demands Full Report On Matter. WASHINGTON. D. C July 17. RopudlatltiK the BiiRKcstlon of offer ing an apology as reparation, Saniuol Gompers, president of tho American Federation of Labor, toRetlior with Vlco President Jolm Mitchell and Secretary Frank Morrison, appeorod today beforo the supromo court of tho District of Columbia to show causo why they Rliould not be sentenced for contempt of court. Some 1 1 inn ago tho tlirco labor leaders wero sentenced to Jail terms for having disregarded tho court's order to illscontlnuo publishing In tho "American Fedoratlonlst" tho namo of tho Hacks Stovo and Rnngol Company of St. Iiuls, In tho "Wo don't patronlr.o" column of tho Fed oration official organ. Tho United States supreme court, on appeal, sot nsldo tho Jail sentonco on technical grounds, but left the caso open for resumption of tho contempt proceedings. Tho Ducks Company hns slnco ad justed Its difficulties with Its union employes and Is now on tho fair list. NEW YORK, July 1 7. Terrified by the possibility that an epidemic of cholera may sweep New York, Gov ernor John A. Dlz today telegraphed Or. Alvah Doty, health officer of tho port, and Judgo Charles Bulger per emptorily demanding it complcto re port on tho bold tho dlscso has al ready secured. Tho governor aroused by tho be lief that the city Is In serious dan ger, minced no words In his tele grams but Insisted on a full and complete explanation. His action was taken as the result of tho deaths of six cholera victims from Iho liner Mbltke, which arrived from Mcdltcr rancan ports, and tho report that of nearly a score of others confined on Swlnburno Island several will surely die. About 200 others aro held for Investigation. Should tho reports of Dr. Doty and Judgo Dulgor sho wthat the situa tion Is as serious as is feared, It is thought Governor Dlx will, on his own initiative, closo tho port of Now York to all ships from tho cholera Infested Italian ports and possibly to nil vessels clearing from tho Mediterranean. Operators May Strike. HKLKNA, Mont., July 17. Telo graph operators on tho Rooky Moun tain division of tho Northern Pa cific, railroad aro voting todny whether or not lo striko ngainst tho announced Iroduetsion of wngos by tho company of $10 per month. A meeting; was held at Missoula Satur day nt which officials of tho ordor of rnilrond telegraphers and a num ber of tolcgrnphors woro present, to consider the situation. As a result of this eonfereneo nnd similarmcot- ings which nro being hold nt diffor- out points on tho lino, it is reported tho company will bo notifiod that a walk-out will bo ordered unless tho objectionul ordor $ ''aHeuV NEW YORK", July 17. With threo dead hero from cholera within the last 48 hours mid with 15 other cases in tho detention hospital nt Swinburne Island, New York faces a visitation of tho plague. United Stntcs experts nro scurrying here from Washington to help stamp out tho menace. Half n dozen of the patients under observation aro in u serious condition nnd the jjrnvest ap prehension is expressed that if the disease once begins to run in tho city the wholo East Sido may bo depopu lated. Most of tho cholera victims al ready in quarantine cnuio from the Italian liner Mol&c, and tho deten tion period for nil passengers from infected districts of Italy hereafter will bo doubled. Even though the pnssengers appear to bo normal, their iuteuiiual secretions will be carefully examined to see if they are cholera carriers. To ndd to tho danger of tho public health, Dr. Doty, publio heulth offi cer of tho port is under firo nnd Judgo Charles Bulger, representing Governor Dix is investigating charges thnt Doty has treated immigrants in an inhuman manner. He probably will recommend Doty's removal. Doty, on his rmrt, declares that with proper precautious thero is lit tlo danger that tho cholera will spread throughout tho country, and that ho is being hampered by tho fight upon him, which he asserts is backed by Tammany hall politicians who want his job, one of Iho richest in the sor vico of tho stato. Tho charges ngainst Dr. Doty in elude, failure to separata tho sexes nt Iho detention stations; forcing women to work 10 hours, tho uso of impropor food nnd dirty utensils; wishing Hvo nnd dead babies in tho sumo water and that his subordinates in 0110 case olosod up the mouth of a sick child with sticking plaster to prevent its orying. Tho third oholern victim from tho Moltko's pnssengers died onrly todny in the detention hospital. His body was immediately cremntod. MAY IMPEACH DE LA BARRA Conditions In Mexico Are Bordering On Chaos and Revolutionary Or gans Characterize Madero's Re gime as a "Disappointment." MEXICO CITY, July 17. With conditions here bordering on chaos and revolutionary organs character izing Madero's regime ns a "disap pointment" Jose Gamboa. former sec- retnrv of the committee on foreicii relations, is threatening to ask for tho impeachment of President Do lu Barm. Gntnboa charges tho cabinet and the president with gross negli gence in not preventing tho riots nt Covodunga nnd Puebla. grmy enter race La Follette Has Not Announced His attitude But He Will Probably Withdraw In Favor of the Onion at the Proper Time. POWER PLANT TO BE READY BY OCTOBER First Unit of 8000 H. P. Will Be Pushed to Completion Rapidly Intake Flume Is 20 Feet In Width Perpendicular Drop of 500 Feet. HUNDREDS OF MEN AT WORK UPON $1,000,000 ENTERPRISE Temporary Power' Plant Costing $10,000 Installed at Prospect Pole Line Nearly Finished. WASHINGTON. D. C. Julv 17. A ripple of somo magnitude is abroad today nmonc the insurgent republi cans, following tho announcement that James A. Garfield, former sec retary of tho interior, is to be the progressive candidate for tho presi dency iu 1912. Garfield is in Wash ington nnd hns not denied tho story. Ills friends say the announcement is premature, but that it is true. Although Senator LaFolletto has not nnnounced his attitudo on the Garfeld boom, his friends nssert thnt ho is ready to withdraw in favor of tho Ohiun nt the proper time. It is said that Gnrfield has con sulted his former chief, Theodoro Roosevelt, nnd that bo secured his npprovul nnd support beforo ho con sidered opposing Tuft. Tho old guard element has so far mado no comment ou tho Garfield movement. TELLS MISS BARRYMORE TO TEND HER OWN KID SACRAMENTO, Cab, July 17. "It Miss Barrymoro would pay niaro at tention to hor own child sho would not mind tho crying of mlno," said Chief of Pollco William Ahorn to Miss Darrymoro'a manager when tho lattor roquostcd him to tako tho child out ot tho Clunto theater horo previous to tho opening of tho show. Ahom's baby bocamo frightened upon onterlng tho dnrkonod theator from tho lighted foyer nod lot out a wall that was hoard by Miss Marry moro, whq was standing on tho stage. Sho Immediately sont word to tho front of tho house to hnvo tho baby romovod. Rapid progress Is being mado up on tho Preapect power plant now un der construction at a cost of $1,000, 000 by Col. Frank II. Ray. Tho wntor. is taken out from tho Roguo a m lie- above the Prospect bridge at tho head of tho Cascades, and carried In an immense flume two rolleg across a pumlco flat to tho river bank and dropped over COO feet to tho power house site below, tho oal capacity ot , the plant will bo 24,000 horsepower, in threo units of 8000 horse power each. Tho first unit will bo In. opera tion by October 1 and tho others con structed later as required. A temporary power plant, which furnishes power needed tor cohstruc lon purposes at tho powor house- slto and along the pipe and flunio lines, has been Installed at tho Prospect bridge, at a cost ot $10,000. It generates 250 horse power which Is transmitted to tho Inako, a mllo above, as well as to tho power houso, a mllo below. It will bo abandoned after tho now plant Is in operation. Tho flumo at tho lntako Is 20 feet wide, and Is later reduced to 10 feet, for tho first unit. Tho flumo has a gradient of 90 feet In Its length. Tho wator will bo dropped over tho rlvor bluff In an immonso plpo, sections ot which aro now bo lng unloaded at Derby. Fifty miles of heavy copper wlro stretched on cedar poles will trans mit tho power to tho cities ot tho valley. Tho holes tor tho poles of this transmission lino havo been dug. A gang ot men Is busy clearing trees and brush tor a right ot way stretch 50 foot In width. Poles havo been loft besldo tho holes, and across arms attached. Hugo earthen Insulators, a foot in dlamotor, will adorn tho cross arms. A largo forco of men aro at work blasting rock along tho drop plpo and power house slto. Great boulderti and Jagged bluffs aro being torn out. Halt a dozen buildings shelter tho machinery used. Elcctrio hoists, hugo drums and translct tho heavy machinery over tho bluff down a 100 percent and steeper grade. Electric drills and all modern construction de vices nro mado uso of and whllo $10,000 for a tomporary power plant seems n largo sum, construction tlma ' has boon shortened two years by it. A hundred teams nro kopt busy on tho road hauling matorlal and soveral hundred men druw pay checks In tho various construction gangs. Tho Prospect powor plant will bo tho biggest thing, in a powor way In Southern Oregon. It will supply power for all purposes concolvablo In sufficient qunntlty no matter how rapid tho growth of tho Roguo Rlvor Valley and Us cities. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 17, Tho announcement that tho young Princo of Wales will soon embark from England on a tour around tho world for tho purposo of bocoming acquainted wtib tho vast territory which bo will somo duy rulo, is nrous ing interest horo todny in diplomalio circles ns significant because tho voyage will bo westward. It is understood hero that U'u itin erary to bo accepted bv tho prince will bring him into tho United Statoa within ft f ow weeks nf tor leaving Etig lonO. ... .jiLlm A 4' i.