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ut.irtfky"7" W-T V JL,v- j, 4- lMtMMf-)-J'tJ U el SUBSCRIBERS ruiiiiiir to t pnptr war hr out (1iltvr(l by photilii of flc by 0 p. in. Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Knit Mnx (IK, Mill SH.rt, Moan 7H. Dully Hlxlli Your. I'urly'l'IrMl Vrnr. MEDFORD, OltlOaON, THURSDAY, .JULY 20, 3011. No. 102. FOREST FIRES FILL VALLEY WITH SIX E Four Hundred Acres of Timber Near Brown's Cabin Burns Over hut Loss Is Small Two Other Fires In Tlmt Section. BEAVER CREEK FIRES NOW UNDER CONTROL Camplnu Season Open and Is Said to Be Responsible for New Blazes. Six fureM fii'-n within tint national fort-Hl til pant rw dnyrt luivn burned over hcmtiiI hundred acres of tttiiln'r, Init have done little damage owing In the fuel Hint they Marled for the ninul purl in Mior limber mid were checked trtr limy '""I covered iniii'li Itinitory. Of tin- wx firerf, one in entirely nut, four lire under tn Irol miii oiiu will be controlled bcfnrn nightfull. Tim grcatent uri'ii covered by itny of n fircn wiim uiik nt Hrown'rt cabin ubovu I'roHpcet. Thin onn uttirlt'd in lodge jki pint' iiiui xwept omt -100 acre before Hunger Went controlled it. Two of tin nix fircn weru in lb Applegnte dintriet mi Heaver nreek. Tbene two fire up rend rapidly by ltangcr Whitney with tint belp of it large crow of men, controlled llitin. I .it h t night Whitney let one half of hi ervw go. Three of the fires were near lron- n'et. Of themt Hunger VM hit put one entirely out, Iiiih one under eon- .trol,-"(iinlWilrcontml the third today. Nothing hnH been heard from the fire on Kite ttreck nnd it i believed that it in under control uh iio en 1 1 for help hurt been received. Tlie Hinoke from thcM firen and other biuret in Jnxephine county hae filled the valley with hinoke. It in not an Inid, however, an hint year. HEINZE MAY BID RG CANNERY HERE Afjent Looks Over Valley In Com pany of Professor O'Gara Is Es pecially Interested In the Growing of Tomatoes Is Well Pleased. NO DISEASE HERE TO THREATEN DISASTER May Establish Experimental Station to Determine Varieties to Be Grown. GOTHAM MARKET UNSETTLED EARLY NKW YOIIK, July 20,Thu atook market wan uiiHcttlcd enrly, mont of tint active lituca opening below ye; tnrilny'H level. Thu heuvloHt lowies worn lu thu local traction atuckii. Klmiwhuni tho Indent ileellno wax In Canadian Pacific, which dropped I 1-4, Loudon prlren for Aumrliann iiIho were unsettled heforo tho open ing here After Homn hesitation thu IIhI gradually Htrenglhcnod and at noon inoHt of tho nctlvu HtnrlCH wore hIIkIiU)' aliovo ycHturday'u cIohu. Can adian Pacific and lutorlioroiigli Met ropolitan, however, reinalued heavy. The innrktit cIohhI heavy. HoiiiIh weru nteady. 'T.7 Varieties Heltir.i the Pickle KIiik. mny chnoe thu Iloguu Itlver Valley an thu ttllii of ono of IiIh larg Nt cniiucrlcK. lie Iiiih J nut had an intent lu thu valley looking over the field ami the uncut In mild to have been greatly plenum! with tho rcHiilt of IiIh InventlKatluu. Ho Hpeut the Kreater portion of IiIh time, while here, with Prof. P. J. O'Cnro, who Kave hi in much Information regard tiiK the groulng df (omatocH, pen, lieiuiH, ciK.MiinlierH, hurrlrii and thu like lu thin valley. If Mr. Ileltuo Mhould decide to purchaMo a largo tract In thu valley for thu purpoHu of growing t own tomntocM and other Kardeu truck hu will cHtabllnh an experimental farm and develop plant to the highest de gree of perfection, Mr. HcIiixu'k agent wan especially Interented In the growing of tomatoes Por canning purponcH thu tomato must be large and of an Intcuuu red throughout uh Undo 8am no longer tie mi Its coloring. Tomatoes with few noedH are aluo lu deiuand. Thetu can ho grown very nucccMfully here. In the eniiterii ntatoa whore Mr. Ilelnxn Iiiih his largo canneries, to matoen have been xttbject to a num ber of dcnciiHCH which aru not found lu thht valley, due to local climatic conditions. Tho prevalence of tho "tomnto wilt" Is what led Mr. Helnxu to neck a new location. If Mr. Ilcliuu should build lu this valley It wilt mean the erection of a large canning factory which assures a payroll and a ready market for garden truck. Senator's Nephew Dies. OXNAIil), Cut., Julv 20. Clirl. linn flcrberdlui, nephew of former United KtntcH Senator TIioiuuh K. Hard, died today at Venliirn of lockjaw. A nmnll hlifltcr appeared on (Icibonliiitf'H foot Sunday and (etniiiiH developed tho iioxt day. EUGENE JEWELRY STORE ENTERED AND ROBBED I.UOKNI3, Ore., July 20. -llobbera entered II. I). Siuart'u Jewelry store last night and stolo jewelry valued at about SHOO, Thu articles taken Included seventy-eight rings, eight watches and a quantity of smaller ar ticles, Kutrnnce to tho store was af fected by way of tho skylight, tho robbera letthiK themselves down a rope. Denies Robbing Hotel. SAN FKANOIBCO, Cal., July 20. Denial of thu charge of having held up and robbed thu clerk of thu Carlson Hotel was niadu today by Itoss P, Odoll, said to bo tho nou of a weallhy Hxkauu real estato and mining operator, who was arrested last night and arraigned In police court today. PARSONS OF CUIUS TO BE TRUST; NOT CREATOR U NKW YOUIC, July 20 That Honry O, Havoiiioyer, tho Into sugar king, was not tho orgunlzor of thu sugar trust but that It emanated from Ills own brain wait thu testimony today before, tho Hardwtck houao sugar In vestigating commlttoo lioro by John 13. Parsons, a Wall Stroot uttornoy, Parsoni maintained that tho pub lic Idea that Havomoyor wan rospon ulblo for tho trust was orronuous, "I orgunliod tho sugar combina tion," ho said, "and 1 am proud or It, I worked on tl'o problem for sovon yoaiHv Tho fact that tho sugar trado who most domoi'alUud was brought to my attention by flovolopmonta lu Washington, After I had worked out a plan to combliio tho warring ele ments I brought Henry Havomoyor and his brother Theodore Into thu schumo and wo put It through." Parsons Is under indictment In con nection with tho gobbling of tho Pennsylvania Sugar RoflnliiR Com pany by tho trust. Ho said thut In tho old days uvory director and offi cial of the trust wanted tho publlo to regard him iib tho real brains of thu organization, adding: "Hut when wo bogan to bo criticised for our busluoss methods, every slnglo one of them ran to cover," ALDRIGH SAYS HIRES' STORY S FALSEHOOD Flatly Denies That He Ever Declared Thot Lorlmcr Was Administra tion's Choice for United States Senator From Illinois. SAID HE AND TAFT ONLY WANTED A REPUBLICAN Former Boss of the Upper House Tells of Conversations With Hlnes. WASHINGTON, I). C, July 20. Hat denial of the story of Kdward HincH to the extent of declaring he had ever authorised the Chicago lum berman to sny that William Lorimer was tho administration's choice for United StateH senator from Illinois was made today by former Senator Kelson W. Aldrieb of Rhode Island before (lie Ijriiner senate investigat ing committee. 'Inking tho stand before thu senate inquisitors, the fanner king of the upper house declared that hu and President Tnft were only interested in the Illinois seuatorsbip to thu ex tent of wishing to see a republican elected. lie denied that be personal ly had ever uxpressed any preference for Lorimer. Tells of Conservation. Aldrich declared that ho could not recall on whonu initiative his conver sations with HincH weru brought about. Hu added: "Our first conversation was in April, 1U0U. Hines then said tint in, bin judgment Hopkins could not bo re-lcetcd. I said the president desired the republican senator from Illinois; that bo was friendly to Hop kins bccaiihe the lutter bad received tho largest vote in the primnry, but that hu would take no part in the contest. Wo did not discuss the tar iff." Attorney .Marble then asked Aid rich: "Did you tell I lines that sev eral tariff schedules were endan gered and that it wan most iiiijxirtnnt that u a republican vote be furnished fnnu Illinois. lloutell Agreeable. "I did .not. In a second conversa tion Hiiics told me an effort would be made to unite on Houtell and want ed to know what the president thought of Houtell. In our next con- (Continued on Pnce (.) TRAIN ROBBED IIMTHBHI Bandits Flee In a Racing Automobile Sheriff Hot On Trail-All Ave nues of F.srape Are Believed Closed Enoiiieer Shot. HUFFALO, N. 1)., July 20. Flee ing in a racing automobile to tho southwest, three masked bauditH who held up tho North Coast Limited No. 2, of tiio Northern I'nutfio at Towor City, uro boing trailed toduy by u big posso and sheriffs for 100 miles nrouud nro speeding to cut off all avenues of escape A Daylight Hobbery. Tho robbery, which yielded n largo amount of booty from the, Pullm.ui pasHongera of tho train, oeeurred at 10 o'clock thin morning. When tho train noarcd Tower City, tho rob bers, who had boarded tho train at some curlier stopping place, got into nation. One of thorn, pistol in hand, climbed across thu tender and or dorud Engineer Sam Olson to stop. Olson rofusod, whereupon tho bandit fired Boveral times, two of tho bul lots hitting Olson but not inflicting fatal wounds. Meantime tho other bandits woro rifling thu slocpors and searching ovory passenger at pistol point. Tlioy first weut through tho day ooaohoa shoaling recklessly nnd lined nil tho occupants up in one end of tho ear, (Continued on Page t.) J OHNSON TO F PURS E IS $1 r nnn nnn JUUiUUU '5 Reported That Champion Is Planning to Lay Down te Wells In Order to Let Englishman Have Title Jack Is Disgusted With Americans. STADIUM WILL SEAT OVER 200,000 PEOPLE Published Contract Gives Johnson $30,000 and Wells $10,000 Said te le a Blind. LONDON, July 20. That Jack JohiiHon, heavyweight champion of tho world, Is planning to "lay down" in his coming match In England with Bombardier Wells and permit the Englishman to win the heavyweight title Is openly charged hero today In sporting circles. It Is only declared that tho prelim inary negotiations for the match are suspicious, and that Johnson, soro on American sports and realizing that ho Is getting older, wants to clean up big money in one lump Is willing to drop tho tltlo to "get the dough." Piirso of n Million. That Johnson, If he does lay down, will get a big cut of 11,000.000 for doing so, Is generally reported. The promoters of tho fight except to hold It In tho Stadium, whero fully 200, 000 persons could tee tho fray. This, at au avurago of ono pound a head, would result In gathering In $1,000, 000 nnd the clean-up an tho side, If tho reported deal Is consummated, would bo enormous. A. big syndicate? ot which, James White of Manchester Is tho alleged head. Is to null off tho battle. Tho Idontlty ot tho members ot tho syn dlcato Is carefully guarded, but it Is authoritatively learned that its real backers are Terah Ilooley, tho famous promoter who Is now In bank ruptcy and II. Uottomley, editor of John Hull's Weekly, which Is also Jn financial distress as tho reBult ot liberal verdict agalttBt him for Il legal promotions which aggregate $475,000. Doth tho promoters, It Ib Bald, hopo to recoup their fortunes through the Johnson-Wells match. Johnson Hates America. It Ib alleged they havo offered Johnson not only tho entire purse to "lay down,' but also a largo per centage of the moving pictures, the (Continued on Pago .) mm'm ALONG BOUHDRV No One Permitted to Cross Interna tional Line Into Douglas as Result of Mutiny of Madero Insurrectos Against Being Disarmed. AQUA PltlKTA, Mexico, July 20. Martini inw was enforced hero to day. No one was ponnitted to cross tho international lino into Douglus, Ariis. Thu order wna a result of mu tiny of Madero iusurrectors against beinc disannud. Bloodshed was threatened when tho soldiers refused to surrender their arms to Lieutenant Colonel Hafaol lleinoro. tho officer detailed to superintend their dis charge, llomero was taken prisoner by tho mutineers but was released ut ter ii promiso to moroaso their pay. CHISH0LM CONVICTED OF KILLING POWELL SANTA ItOSA, Cal., July 20. Convicted of huwiig killed John D. Powoll in n tent war Fort Koss, Dr. C. L. Chisholm today paces n coll in tho local jail horo awaiting sentence by Judgo Seawoll. Tho jury rocom uionded lifo Imprisonment. Mystery still surrounds tho idouti ay of tho murdored man. Chisholm doolnred on tho stand Hint Powell was an, assumed naino nnd that tho dead munVright immo was John Wil-sou, RECEIVER LEWIS' FAKES S APPOINTED Court Declares That If Small Per cent of Allegations Are True, Wo man League Organizer Is One uf the Most Gigantic Frauds. SOUTH SEA BUBBLE BEATEN TO A FRAZZLE Indictment Contains Twelve Counts Charges Lewis With Obtain ing Millions Fraudulently. ST. LOUIS Mo., July 20. United States Judge Dyer today appointed the St. LouIa Union Trust Company general receiver for all the E. a. Lewis corporations here. Walter Cole, refereo In bankruptcy, waa ap pointed master to take an accounting of all tho Lewis enterprises, chief of which Is the Lewis Publishing Com pany. Judgo Smith McPherson also sat In Lewis' caso. He and Judgo Dyer. In making the order, declared: "If this bill recites the truth, or a small per cent of tho truth, then we havo here ono ot the most gigantic frauds perpetrated In many a day. If the recitals of tho bill are to be believed, and they are as yet uncon trovcrted, tho South Sea Bubble, of which Irving beautifully wroto has been well nigh equalled. If not eclip sed by tho Bchemes of the defendant during the last decade. If the story told of his activities Is worth cred ence, the Panama Stock and Bond scandal In France, 15 years ago hnB been equalled If not surpassed." The Indictment against Lewis con tains twelve counts. It charges that ho, by Issuing long tlmo debenture paper, tried to recover securities of his different companies, most ot It duo soon, to tho amount of moro than $7,000,000. It Is also charged that ho obtained several million dollars by fraudulent uso of the malls. Lewis' enterprises centered In Uni versity City, a suburb of St. Louis. Thoro ho published the "Woman's Magazlno and the Woman's National Daily, and It Is charged that the sale of their securities and of UenB on the University City land and buildings were tho means ho adopted to de fraud the public out ot hugo sums. Lowls denies any criminality In his transactions and declares Ida down fall due to malicious persecution by thu United States postal authorities. LINCOLH-TAFT LEAGUEAI WORK Thousands of Political Circulars Sent Out From Salem to Help Carry State for Taft Hal Patton Leads the Hosts for "Greatest President." SALEM, Oro., July 20. Thous ands ot political circulars nro bolng sent out by tho Ltncolu-Tatt republi can league of Oregon today for tho complete organization of tho republi can party In this state to ro-nomlnato Taft and Bpread tho doctrine ot pro tection and reciprocity nlong tho Hues advocated by tho administration. .State Senator Patton, .member of tho statu executlvo committee, saya tho efforts "to organize tho party on progressive lines and to uphold tho laws onacted by tho people," aro mooting with cordial responso. "Thoro Is no reason," says Pat ton, "why Oregon should not bo saf ely for tho return of tho greatest president tho country over had." SACRAMENTO WILL ABOLISH ITS MAYOR SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 20. According to the tentative, plans of tho board of 15 freeholders who nro framing u commission fonn of char ier to bo voted on this fall, Saoramou to will bo n mayorless city, ils gov ernmental functions boing entrusted to five commissioners vested with tho sumo power, IMPROVEMENT IN COAL WITH El V LOPMENT Prof. J. S. Dilker of Geological Sur vey Finds Quality of Coal Mined Near Medford Improves as Coal Vein Is Sunk Upon. ROGUE RIVER COAL FIELDS HUNDRED MILES IN LENGTH Coal Is Lignite With Chances of Be coming Semi-Bituminous In Char acter With Development Work. "Coal in the Medford coal field improves in quality with the amount of work done, the further tho tunnels run into the hill, the better tlie grade of coal and the cleaner it is from interlacing veins of shale and clny." states Prof. J. S. DihVr, chief geol ogist of the United States geological survey, who spent Wednesday in specting local, coal mines, particu larly the Cascade, where a force of meB are now engaged in development work. lie was very favorably im pressed with the showing mode, though non-committal on account of his official position. "The Medford coal is n lignite though the vein may develops into a semi-bituminous coal, as in the Coos Bay region. The Medford coal is similar to the latter. The amount of coal available, or the extent of the deposit, can only be determined by development work. The tunnel nt the Cascade is in quite a ways and shows no obstruction in the coal bed," said Prof. Diller. "The coal resembles that at the Sunnyside." "Coal occurs at many localities,'' he continued, "in the Rogue Rivjr vnlley. A long nnrrow coal belt tsretehes to the south and southeast, east of Medford nnd Ashland and continuing from Evans creek through the Siskiyou mountains to Ager, Cal., a total of nearly 100 miles in length. "Prospects have been opened at six localities between Evans creek nnd Ashland, a distance of 40 miles. The evidence does not indicate the continuity of 4ho same coal beds throughout that distance, but rather the development of small beds n few miles in extent, parallel to the old (Continued on sure X) BROWN TAIL MOTH FOUND NEAR SEATTLE TACOMA. Wash., July 20. Tho brown tall moth, a tree pest for whoso destruction the government Is spending annually $300,000, has been discovered In tho Rainier Val ley, near Seattle. P. A. Huntley, statu commissioner of horticulture, was notified and today laid out a campaign to fight tho pest. Quaran tine of tho infected district embrac ing nu area of twenty acres was or dered. A crew of men, under tho leadership of an Inspector, will be gin today to destroy all tho vegeta tion within tho Infected circle. Look nt tho ads for tho chance to buy tho property you need at a "right price." L IIS STRANG CRUSHED N AN AUTO WRECK Man Who Set New World's Record for Fifty Miles on Motor Speed way Is Killed While Riding With a Party of Friends. WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST RACING DRIVERS IN COUNTRY Held Many Records Was In Em ploy of Case People and Was Killed In Their Car. BLUB RIVERS, Wla., July 20. Louis Strang, dare-devil automobllo racer, was Instantly killed horo this V afternoon when the car In which ho . Pi was riding carrying tho technical J" committee of tho annual enduranco tour of tho Wisconsin Automobllo As sociation careened and crashed over an embankment. Strang was driving tho car at a lively clip. Tho accident occurred when ho endeavored to avoid an ap proaching wagon. , Strang was driving a Caso car when the accident happened. Ho was regu larly employed by the Caso people, representing them fn a number ot races recently. For tho few months previous to his becoming a driver for them ho had been driving indepen dently, and before that had been driving for tho Bulck people. Strang was ono of tho oldest driv ers of racing cars In America aud held a number ot records. Strang, on August 20, 1909, set tho world's record for CO' "miles" on a track. Tho halt century was covered at the Indianapolis motor speedway In 46:04 3-5. In the car wjth Strang at tho tlmo ot tho accident wero thrco passeng ers, ono ot whom was Joo Jaeggors berger, also a driver for tho J. H. Case Company ot Racino. Wis. Les ter Clark ot Richland Center was (Continued on Pago Two.) CLUE AS YET TO GIRLS WHEREABOUTS SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 20. Puzzled by their failure to find Mary Oertrudo Ilg, a pretty 23-year-old girl, who vanished from her home here Monday evening, police, Pink ertons nnd the girl's family today are running down every possible clow to the strangest disnppoaranco mys tery San Francisco has had in years. From Sun Jose today came a story which caused the family to immedi ately dispatch dctcativos to that town. II. T. Anderson of San Jose doclnred positively ho saw tho miss ing girl pass his rcsideucu Into yes terday in company with n young man. This information was tho second al leged direct clew to Miss Ihs where abouts sinco sho disappeared. It was alleged sho was seen in Fruit vnlo yesterday. R. II. Gripp, tho girl's fiance, and he relatives so far havo scouted thu polico theory of an elopement, nnd fenr sho has met wtih somo darker fate. HOUSE OF LORDS HASTEN DOOM BY AMENDING COMMONS VETO BILL LONDON, July 20. Tho house of lords this ovening passed the bill tak ing from that body tho veto power on financial legislation but amended so that it is almost certain to bo ro ieotod by tho commons whon it ro- convenes on Monday. It is bohovod tho houso of com mons will send tho bill buck to tho lords next Thursday with tho demand that tho uppor house's amendments bo romoved. This will preoipitnlo the crisis which has been gathering for many months nnd either lords or commons must buck down. It is declared unofficially today that it was oxaotly this contingency which Premior Asquith bus been pro paring for, and that if tho lords do not nt onco nccedo to a peremptory demand by tho government to pass tho commons' bill without amendment King George will bo asked to muko good his promiso to the premier and flood tho horcditory houso with more than 300 now peers. Should tho king nt tho last mo ment refuse to comply with Asquith'H wishes, it is ndmitted that thq grav est situation will result in England sinco tho days of Olivor Cromwell,