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XHissassB -25 SUBSCRIBERS rAlllnir to PPr wll Ji on UUvrrl by liliontntf of- , flo by n p. in, Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Fair Max. 01.5; Kd. Hh rnlillly IU per ct, Mia. 48.S. Dully Hlxih Ymir. Kfirly-Klmt Yi-ur MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUC1UST 24, 1911. No. 132. 5S BEATTIE NOT EXCITED OVER WIFE'S DEATH Uncle of Murdered Woman Relates Story of Traucdy Defendant Did Not Aid In Search for Alleged Assassin. TESTIMONY BEGINS UPON MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY COLONEL GREEN TO MARRY. Young Aristocrat, Calm Faced and Smiling Listens to Tale of Terrible Crime. CHKHTKUJ-'IKM) COUKTHOUHK. V Aug. S4. Today, tiio arinlvor miry of hln mnrrlngo to LoiiIho Omcii, Henry Clay Health', Jr.. mint-raced mid itmlllnR. fared tho Jury nt the opening of It Ih trlnl mi n chargo o( having murdered tho woman whom tin tiinl married Just u year ago. Tho ulKht of tho iiitinli'r Thoumn Owitn, undo of tho murdort'd worn mi, finld lli'ittllo railed nt Owen' liomo for bin wJfo In nn automobile. Tho rmtptv left nt once. AHkcd If tho wlfo returned, tho witness, wip ing wiiy n tear, replied: "Hho did not. Hho was drad," Toll .MiinW Hlury. "I wni sitting nt tliu window," Owniin continued, "when tho auto innlillu returned. ! hoard n voice away down tho road, It wan Henry's. Hu shouted: 'My (lod, My (lodt Thoy killed UiiiIkoI' I nut down, Whun I rcnclu'd tho car I found her lod lylnK In a crunipld heap In tho bot tom of tho front m-nf.. Wo lifted It out with tho greater difficulty, o badly was It cramped." ,tJJjor.w'4UJt3iiuwn)t,ron1 to. relate mo grurnonu ennmuon or wo corpse Ilenttlo listened unmoved. Then Ow'on, switching to tho apparent nn kou for tho fatut rldo, said: "When Iloattlo started out ho snld ho wok going to tho ilniR ntoro to obtuln medicine for bin wlfo. At tho tltno I thotiRht that tho dortor had mild tho modlclno would not bo need ed that day." llvnttlo .Vol i:l(l. Asked about lloattlo's conduct aft or tho corpse had boon brought homo, Owen answered: "llo was not very excited, but wo kept him from tho room whoro bin wife's rorpHo wan placed, llo want od to enter, but wo wouldn't lot liltn. llo asked mo for whliky. I gnvo him half a pint and It nil disappeared, al though I only saw him taku onu small .drink." Tho witness then reviewed llont tlo'a story of the klllhiR and dcwrlb od tho wound on tho young man's noiio. Owon iitntod thnt lloattlo. beyond giving ii description of tho "highway., muii," did not imnlHt In tho search for thll alleged aBBUHSlU. f TRADE CONGO FOR MOROCCO Grave Anxiety In Paris Over Result of African Dlsputo With Ger many and Fear Expressed That Cabinet Will Bo Forced Out. I'AHIK' Aug. 2-1. Onivo iiuxluty ovor llm Morooeoitn disputu with Germany in apparent hero today. Thoro Ih strong probability thnt tlio irovornmonl muy bo foroud from of- lieu when tho reply il In lo prom'nt to (loiiiiiiny'H (luuuiiiilH ih Hindu pub llu. ' Friuiuu'ri final word Ih to Inv hut tied upon when tlio cabinet iumoIm I'l Hpuclal hohhUiu toinorrow. Thoro n It or J til oh ('million, Krouoli nmliiiw- Kiulor lo (lonuimy, will ro to Horlln to pruHout tli" Froncli dmilanilioii. llo, it Ih uiului'Htoml, will ho iiiutruot- cil to inform flcnuany that I'Viiuoo in ilotonnined to Ntiuiil firmly with (Inml Ihiluiii and KiihhIu us to U (iliilniH in Moroouo, but Hint it in will ing o oonuoilo to (lormany certain viRhlH in tho Coiiro in o.xohiuiRO for Ooriuait iioquioHooul in tho OHtimnlo of a Kronoh protootoruto iir Afo-roctio, NO IflAIL ORDER BRIDES NEED APPLY TO COLONEL GREEN NKW YOHIC, Auk. 2I.CIiiiicI IMwnrd I lowland ltohiiihou Qreou, moii of llotty (Iri'i-ii nuil inilltoimmt In IiIh own riRht, who today entered IiIh -11111 your Milt it baohulor hut wllh tho auuoiiiK'i't! intention of talc iiiR unto himM'lf u wife juut iih hooii iih the right woman in found, an nouui'ed that ho will have no mail ordor hrido in his'ii. Tho colouul deolaroM that the colourl (IcelurcH that tho thotiaudH of young women nil over the country who huvu been proposing to him by letter tnxl telegram might juol aw well mivo their i!iigo ami IoIIh. "I'm giiing to meet Ihu woman ! marry, in tho regular and time- honored way, ur olho wo won't meet," nhricrted tho colonel with nu mr of finality, ".lunl beeatino my iiaiuo i fJreen, Iheno young ladicH who have Irecn writing muneodnot think I nm" Colonel Oreeuulwo has mime do. eiileil vien'w on Iho Ahtor-Koroo wed ding. "11 is Colonel Aktnr'ri hiisiiienH not mipo," ho stiitl. "This in a free country ainl tho youuR woinaii Cdo nel Ahtor ih (o marry kcciiih pleated and happy, V 1 1 a t right havo a lot of einiilal-moiiRerH," Colonel (Ireeu became healed at thin point and hpoke with vigor "lo iinputn wrongful inn liven to either of theuiT It ih much worno for a pieaeher liko Dr. Hieb moiid lo eritioiso than for a layman. Tho Milile hh.vh: Mmlgo not,' and 1 think that a demagngjo elergyman liko Itichmniul, helling out to Hpoil it young giil'H roiuauec, is guilty of n fur greater in than Astor over dreamed of. It is her lifo and she lias a right lo order it an nhe ploilHCH." AT DEATHS DOOR Lifeless Child. Born to Spouse of Accused San Bernardino Dentist Who Prays That Death May End Her Sorrows. WARRANT OU T OR MAN SAD TO BE FIREBUG Edgar S. Hafcr Swears to Complaint Charging Butte Falls Man With Sending Him Threatening Letter and Setting Fires. SPECIAL AGENT STATE FOREST BOARD IS AT WORK ON CASE After Spending Week In Neighbor hood He Believes He Has Evi dence Enough to Convict. SAN IIMtNAItMKO. Oil., Aug. Ul. Praying almost' eoiiHlantly that death may miou end hot Mif foringH, Mrs. A. V. MoDnvit, wife of tho dentist charged with holding MisH JohhIo McDonald a prisoner for in months in a room adjoining bin ol'fioo' lies today on a cot at tlm county hospital with tho lifeless h'ody of a lit llo child juhI horn rest ing close by hoe hhIo. Hospital phy HiuiaiiH say that Mr. MoDnvit is (ho victim of it broken heart ami hold out littlo hopo for her recov ery. I'ouniless mid without food, Mrs. MoDnvit was found moaning in hor bed hy neighbors who, iilarmed by littlo Harry MoDavit's sobbing, lin'd gouu there lo underlain (ho trouble, Mrs. MeDavil was raving. Hurried to a hospital, shn soon became tho mother of a lifeless child. Vrom that timo oil sho begun to -regain her reason. Despiol Iho aouteuesrt of her suf. feting Mrs. MoDnvit still rcmiiiiiH loyal to Iter husband and today re iterated her determination to Bland by him for tho sako of thoir children, A warrant ban been Issued for the arrest of 1. C. Uonrdmnn, a rent dent of tho Ilittte Falls dlntrlct, upon com plaint of Edgar S. Wafer, managor of tho Crater Iuke Lumber company. charRliiR tho Hcttlng of forest fires and tho writing of a threatening let ter, which was received by Mr. Hafor Motno two weeks ago. Tho complaint was made after a week's qulot Inves tigation by C. K. Lewis, a special iiRent, In tho employ of tho stato board of forestry. Mr. Lowls states thnt ho hns uvldonco enough to war rant tho arrest and trial of Doardman. A few weeks ago a number of tires were started la tho holdings of tho Crater Lake Lumber company noar llulto Falls, but they woro placed un dcr control beforo any damage had been done. Shortly after thcHO fires worn Htnrtccl Mr. Hafcr received an anonymous letter In which threats were madu o burn tho company out. Tho wrllor was lllltoruto nnd used vllo laiiKuaRo, Immedlntuly upon re Cflljit of tho letter Mr. Hafor took tho matter up with tho jioatnl authori ties, but they declined to tako action In tho matter. Then Mr. Hafcr ap pealed to tho state board of forestry, which sent Mr. Lowls, a cpeclal agent, hero to tako up tho matter. For tho pnst week Mr. Lewis hns boon In tho Ilutto Falls country and uaa been making a quiet Investigation. Ho states thnt ho hna secured tho nec essary evidence for a conviction If somo of his witnesses do not "fnll down" when plnced upon tho witness stand. It Is bolloved thnt It can be shown that Iioardmnn sot tho fires nnd nlso wroto tho letter. During tho past threo o- four years tho company has had more or less trouble with forest fires In Its hold ings. Although tho officials of tho comnnity htfro had their Btisplrlons regarding tho origin of theso fires, thoy havo never been nblo to secure tho neecHHury ovldeno for a convic tion. When Mr. Hafcr received tho lettor somo weoks ago ho Immediately suspected rtoardman, owing to ccr tnln statements Incorporated In tho lottor referring to past trouble Sov- ornl years ago Doardman, Mr. Hnfor states, overcharged htm for certain services and ho refused to pny tho full amount of tho claim. It Ib bo lloved that tltla led to Boardmnn'a enmity toward tho company. "Wit nesses hnvo been secured who have lunrd Iioardmnn nmko threats ngaltiHt tho company. When Lowls appoarod to tako tho caso Mr. Ilator ncnitalntod him with hla suspicions of Hoardman and Lowla statea thnt bo haH secured tho necessary ovl- donco for a conviction. Tho handwriting of Uoardman nnd that of tho nnonymouB lottor nro said to bo Blmllar nnd in addition to this Hoardman bourn a most nnsnvory rop- u'ntlon among tho residents of tho Ilutto Fntla country. A hard attempt will bo iniulo to havo llourdman hound ovor to nwnlt oxamlnatlon by tho Brand Jury, which cqnvonoB next mouth. GOLD SEEKERS STAMPEDE IN YUKON TERRITORY TAFT FALSE TO PLEDGES SAYS HEARST Journalist Who Has Been Advocate of President Declares Against Him Has Repudiated Platform and Basely Betrayed the People. "A SQUALID SURRENDER TO PROTECTED TRUSTS" KKAGYVAY, Alaska, Aur. 2-L-p Trains through tho While Pass to day curry anxious Rdld-sookers on a Btiimpodo to MoOliutook creek, which outers Marsh lake about 10 miles from Tagish Post, Yukon Territory. Nowh of a Rrcut placer slriko was brought hero by Colonol Conrad of Caritiross, who told about "Shorty" Austin and Keid Good coming across an old prospector at work in a hole IT) feet deep extracting coarso gold from a plentiful supply, llo had not struck bedrock at that lime. Veto of Tariff Reduction Measures Declared a Cheap Political Trick. NKW YOIIK, Aug. 21. Open op position to President Tnft nnd de nunciation of tho republican party chief as a "tool of the tnihtH" is the burden of n cablegram from Paris hy William Knndolph Hearst which today is tnken ns puttiiti: him defi nitely irrevocably in tho ranks of the president's foes, The Hearst cable was address primarily to tho Washington Post but is featured in Hearsts papers everywhere under headlines whicl; slump it as a declaration of ocn war. The cable, which is very long, first considers Tnft's records and explains why Ilcnrst for some lime has supported him. His chnngo of sentiment ho bases upon Taft's rcc ords and explains why Hearst for somo time has supported him. His chnnpo of sentiment he bases upon Tnft's veto of tho tariff bills. He reviews the part the democrats nnd insurgents in congress played in ni.i ing reciprocity .anfi ays: An I'mvortliy Trlelc. "Mr, Tuft should remember that he ii hot wholly responsible for for reciprocity. Ho merely proposed il, as, many a man hns dono before him. "It was the democratic house nnd tho democratic aud insurgent senate which parsed the reciprocity incn-j-urc aud made into. law. "These bodies passed the reci procity program with the full in tention of having tho tariff reform bills pass with it, aud Mr. Tatt played an unwiso nnd unworthy trick, not only upon the public but upon those of his associates to whom he was under tho greatest obliga tions, when ho etocd tho two reform tariff measures which congress vot ed nnd tho country needed. "Mr. Tnft was ejected president as a tariff candidate on a tariff reform and upon past pledpcs of tariff re duction, tnndu insistently nnd im pressively throughout his cam paign. Tnft Hepudlatod Pledge. "Mr. Taft's repudiation of his pledRCs occurred when ho signed the outrageous Aldrieh bill. ".Most of lite people attributed Mr. Taft's signing of tho Aldrieh bill to his easy going good nature or to his timidity, or to his -inexperience, or oven to his inefficiency. "These mild nml moderate meas ures of long promised tariff reduc tions, these cautious nnd conserva tive embodiments of Mr. Taft's own tariff reform professions, Mr. Tnft ruthlessly rejects. "Not oven thoo who are most kindly disposed to Mr. Tnft, not oven those who aro most anxious to heliovo in his honest intentions, can any explanation of this latest and largest repudiation of his pledges bo made than baso betrayal of tho citizens and squalid surrender to ixilitieal power of tho tariff protected trust." JUIlllY ATWOOD hY SPECTACULAR FLIGHT .Y KliW YORK BAY THRILLS THOUSANDS. fr wmmmi TAFT SPENDS FEW WEEKS ENJOYING HIS VACATION HKVKKLY, Mass., Aug. 21. Pres ident Tn ft arrived hero today for a few weeks' vacation. After groot itiRS from tho niembors of his fam ily, tho president hurried to Myopia to piny golf. Ho was accompanied hy, his military aido, Archibald Butt, and Privato Secretary Hilles. Tho president definitely fixed tho date of his doparturo on his western journey which will iuoludo tho break- iiiR of ground at San Francisco for tho Panama Pncifiu exposition m 1015' hibt night when ho promised to lsit tho New York stnto fair ,at Syracuse September- 10, WR2T?3 V, ', W hHBMS rjrffflsx 'r OltllrBtl mm t(&M IK II "" . MR.ATWDOD CIRCUNQr THE MCWORK tfPtAJ.& DESPATCH BOATCWLE.T LABOR WAR ATWOOD BREAKS ALL RECORDS FOR CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHTS Aviator Stopped Within 28 Miles of New York by Broken Shaft and Has to Walt Until It Is Repaired to Proceed Has Traveled From St. Louis, via Chicago to New York Beating All Previous Records for Similar Flights. NYACrT, .V Y.. Aug. 24 After cov ering 10G miles from South Castle ton in two hours and 33 minutes nnd breaking alt cross country flights rec ords, Aviator Harry Atwood was stop ped hero today only 28 miles from Xew York by an accident to his mo tor, the first slnco ho left St. 'Louis on his epoch-making flight. After descending on a hill near here, Atwood came to Nyack with pieces of his acroplano motor which ho said1 must bo repaired "before ho could resumo his flight. Ho took rooms at a hotel hero anil said he doubted whether he could resumo his flight today. Nyack, where Atwood landed, Is only 39 miles from Governor's Is land and Atwood covered tho G7 miles between South Castlcton and bore in 2 hours and 13 minutes' ly ing time. Tho aviator soon after his arrival hero stated that ho would complete ms UIj;ht to Now York early this aft ernoon. Atwood said that while ho'was fly big opposite Hook mountain ho felt his machine sinking and his motor skipping, so, shutting off his en glnc, he volplaned toward tho moun tain. When ho alighted ho found that babbitt metal In tho connecting rod had burned out. Atwood, as soon as he arrived here, telegraphed for machinists, who arc working on tho motor this afternoon, They think it will bo Impossible for him to resumo his flight beforo to morrow. HANFORD AROUSES IRE OF PEOPLE Great Meetings of. Protest Against Decisions of Federal Judge to Be Held In Seattle Petitions to Con gress for Impeachment. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 24. A great meeting of protest against tho decision of Federal Judgo C. II. Han- ford tn tho fight between tho pooplo and tho Seattlo, Ronton and Southern Traction system will bo hold at Dreamland, one of tho largest halU In tho city, tonight. A movement Is under way to im peach Judgo Hauford and romovo him from tho bench. If successful, tho petitions asking for Impeachment will bo presented to congross. At tonight's meeting It Is also ex pected that resolutions will bo Intro duced denouncing tho munnor In which tho Soattlo electric system, dominated by Jacob Furth, has treat. od tho public. Public Indignation has been aroused by Furth's orders not to accept transfers unless pftBson gora board cars at tho points desig nated by him. Meetings In Rainier Vnlloy and other sections also will bo held tonight. WILL GIVE LARGE SIZE CUCUMBERS AWAY A Iwo foot Rogue Rivor valley cucumber will bo given froc of co&t lo all who call at J. T. Broadloy's office in tho Cuthbort block. Mr. Hroadloy states thnt ho will bring n lot of loug cucumbers to town REWARD FOR' FINDING SHOAF Appeal to Reason Offers $500 for Information Concerning Wherea bouts of Missing Socialist Writer Foul Play Feared. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24. A re ward of $500 was offered today by Fred Warren nnd Eugeno V. Debs, editors of tho Appeal to Reason for Information leading to tho where abouts of George H. Shoaf, writer for that publication, who has been mysto rlously missing from Los Angeles slnco August 13. This roward, It was announcod, would bo materially In creased later. Bollovlng that bis son has mot with foul play, George C. Shoaf, captain of dotectlves at San Antonio, Tox., Is speeding to Los Angoles from Glrard, Kan., to assist in tho search for tho missing man. Ho Is duo hero early Saturday. Shoaf, Sr., has been In Glrard consulting with tho ownors of tho Appenl to Reason regarding his son's disappearance. Although eight privato and two city detectives aro ongapeiT op tho caso, ito cluo as to Shoat's whereabouts hua been found. each day and that they will bo hand cd out freo to adults only. The Jong cucumbers aro grown oxteiibively in England but oven ovor thoro tho gardeners have not sue eeeded in getting tho length of tho Roguo rivor variety. Tho taste aud value as a vegotablo, it is said, is ,vory fino and it is for tho purpose of convincing Medford people of tltla fnot that Mr. Broadloy is giving thorn juwuy as presents, HANGING OVER ESPEE LINES Kruttschnitt's Appointment as Pres ident and His Refusal to Treat With Men Accelerates Strike Possibilities. RAILROAD ASKS FOR GUARDS AT GRANTS PASS Shopmen Eager to Ga Out On All Harriman Lines includ ing Illinois Central. CHICAGO, III., Aug. 24. General Manager Kruttschnitt of the Harri man lines this afternoon definitely refused to recognize the union "sys tem federation" plan, declaring tho proposition entirely too radical. CHICAGO, III., Aug. 24. A crisis in the threatened strike of thousands of rnilroad shopmen on the Harri man lines came here this uftcrnoon when J. W. Kline, international president of tho railroad black smiths, went into execntivo confer ence with General Manager Julius Kruttschnitt of the Harriman prop erties. Upon the outcome of the confer ence may depend tho issue of peace or wnr. Kline will urge that the Harriman officials recciye the union representatives in conference. If this is refused it is cenerallv be- Ilieved that twar will con?. GRANT'S PASS. Or., Ang. 24. Southern Pacific officials at Port land havo wired the authorities , at Grants Pass asking for protection to their roundhouse hero in antici pation of probable trouble, and ac cordingingly Sheriff Smith has ap pointed two deputies to cunrd the railroad's property here, SAN FRANCISCO- Cal., Aug. 24. Labor war tying up every shop on tho Harriman system and probably including the Illinois Central lines, as well, may be decided upon with in 48 hours as a result of a mess age from all sections of the west received here todny by Presideat Rcquiu and Secretary Scott of the Federation of Shop Employes. The danger of a clash evidently slight, suddenly assumed great pro portions today. The announcement that General Mannger Kruttschnitt would succeed Judgo Lovctt as ac tive head of the Harrimnn system, following close upon Kruttschnitt'a refusul to deal with tho federation, had made the situation acute. Shop men nro dpluging tho federation of ficials wfith )lelcgams demanding that a strike bo called at once. fContlnu1 on Pago BUT HE FOUND PUMP HANDLE " 'Wat's the Use of the Valve When She Ooan' Have No Handle? I Loose to Me a Customer Shure Thing." PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 24. "Woll, Dutro got tho pump handlo ho want ed, anyway," said Fred Manson, lo cal managor of a big Implomcut houso, today uftor ho had road tho following letter from a Bond, Or., patron: "Dor frond I got the valvo which I by from you alrlto but why for tho sako you doan' son' mo no handle wat's tho uso of tho valve whon sho doan' havo no handlo I Iooso to mo a customer shuro hlng, you doan' treat mo rlto la my nionoy not so good to you as tho other fellow I wnto 10 dazo and my customer holler like hell by tho valvo. Yu know ho Is a hot summor and tho valvo In the woll Is no good without tho handlo sen' me onu quick. "ANTIA 8. DUTRO. "P. S. 81nce I rlto those loiter I find tho dam handlo In the backs oxcubo tiio." 4 , -... r, v'.'r r,(..lrFr,T (3 .1 Hi ,