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artnon Historical loilikftt Clly Hall vM Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION MM I WEATHER (le-nr. Mut. .17, mill. It, 1U-I. Hum. 80 Per Cent. Diilly-nuili Yenr. forty-Kirn! Yi-nr. MEDFORD, ORI'XlOXTUriJHDAY, DJWJOAmER 7, 1911. xN n .wwwt FEDERAL PROBE 13 UNDER WAY AT LOS ANGELES Clarence! Diitruw Status That Neither John J., Nor Jamrs B. McNamara Will Sell Out-Two Convicted Men Aro Defiant. OTHER LADOR LEADERS ARE TO DE INVOLVED Every Effort Is Delnii Mailc liy Fed eral Authority to Keep Intentions Secret. 1.0 KAXdtil.F.K, fill.. Dee. 7. Won Iho federal (mini jury which i probhiK tho nllitfci'd dynamite con Hplmcy involving tlimtruotimi of properly huill under llm open shop plnu, which it n nloj'tl culminated in tint hluwiiitc up f llm I.un Aiik1" TIliMi building, li'Hiiiiiril Mm minion thin MTlf rtinon, Ortio N. MeMiinigal uoiitittuutl hi Htory of bin nlloge'd op oration. .Mewl of hirt Htory, it wit Mid bv Ihewo familiar with it, dealt with f m o t m already puhliehi'd. It un said oho of Ihu n'iifnt for Ii'ih Immhv emllhid t tho otiUol of Ihu probe lll'l'rt wmm (hut In lo Itlt lkoll to lliiliMliripoli to limlify before tin ft'doml grand jury thrf in the near future. I.OS AXtiKI.KS. )im 7. A fed eral probe Into wholeiMilo ilyiminitiiiK douxpirueie whuo riiuiirn'titioiiH o. loml from tint Atlantic to Ihu Pacific , win iHHiiiiuiiiiiiiil by tho foelurnl grand jury hero luihiy. l'nr mure than an hour before tin iiUpiltiltOi-a mot AMistniit District At toe imy Kemgnn ninl Ononr Lnwler, tho xpi'itiitl agent of Ihu department of jinlloo in charge of Iho probe, wore in cniiforcnuei, while tlmir piukuil men curried to tho grniid jury room boeik. pupor mill nil oviilouco which wan to ho oounidorwl. ThU last lot wis Imittt ninl included everything ihul IiniI been gathered hy Iho lliinm ninl I .'hi Aiiki'Ii'm iMMiuty dotoolivem for lli in tho proH'i'iitioii of Iho McN'n inline brothers. Will Ho Tixllfy? Tliui John .). McNniunni, onnwetoil miorolury-lnmiiuror of tho liitoruu lioiml Ammoiiitiiin of Itril uml Structural lrnuu inker, wn to bo ' taken lioforo tho gniud jury won nil inittoil hy l.nwK'i- hut that ho would tiMlify win n inooti'il iiioKtion. His etnuiuol, CIiiiciioo Uurrow, positively wwmlod thai ncilhor John .1. nor Initio II, .McN'umurn would in nn wnv Hid Iho government. ''I'lioy won't soil mil," win nil that Da now wouhl nay. In Ihoir colls tho MoNaiuiiriiw wore pnrlhiuliiriy ilofiaul. Thov told their jjuuid and Iho jailor, Captain (lul higher, thai uiulor no I'irouiiistunooH wouhl Ihoy lull anything, "I Would lliivo Nnllilng lo Toll." "In tho first plui'o I I Hi vo ueilhiiig lo lull uml if 1 hail 1 would not aid thosu in any way. Ne'ilhor thoir throalH lint' thoir proiniM'H will hno any ufout on mo or Jim for that unit tor." Howovor, it wns known thai I.aw lor uml hiri assistant) Imped thoy might got i-(wpoiiHOH lo uortaiu ipioh IIoiih ut loaut t hut wouhl put thimt on tho trail of tho "mini highur up" in tho vuriviiH "lilow-upn" whluh hnvo tuhun pliuio tlirniiKlimil tho LViloil H tn tew, hut niuro impuuinlly on Iho wewlorn Hhjpo, ilurlu thu piiHt fivo yours. That Iho proHont proho Is uxpootoil to involve) many woll himwu lahor lemeloru of Han I'ViuiuIkoo and tho liorthwoHt eioiiHt was imielo norliiln hv thu flat Htiitoinont (hat eiorlnin of iiioho mem linvo nlromly (uiai,'oil (iouiihuI in tho oxpoiitatiou jhut an at. ttmipl would ho imielo to iuiliot tlieiiu. I-Jvory of fort wuh muelo h,y (ho fo.l eirnl offieiliilH to hoop Hoorot thoir In tontioiiH. Tho Knuiil jury room was guanlod y piol;oel mini mill whou in. i'oi'iimlioii was iiHkoil rofjarelini; Iho iiifoulimiH of tho Kovoriinuuit, Law lor, Koiikiiii uml thoir aHHislantH ro. i'liHoil lo lalh. Thoy euulonvorod Co oreialo Iho improSHion iat 10 Kn,nel jury wuh not In ho hurrioil ami what ovor It eliel It wouhl nut porinlt miv thhiK lo loak 'until nil Iiullctuiuiitrt woro elntwij ami reported to Iho court. OLDEST "NEW WOMAN." 'CJKAH0MA" ct.ivciw KDninuv. ('iillforiilu'ri unlvorNiil miffrnt;o law kIvcm tluil Htittn tho ellmlui'tlon or liievhiK tho olilont 'now womiin." Hint Ih Mm. Kloriru Koiiuoily. Kit yoieru old. ami wln'ii It fiiino tlmo rocoutly Itnown an "(.Jmiiilnwi Koiiiii'ilyinfin to h'kUIit Mm. Konuoily, who U lenouii ten (5111111111111" Konuoily IhroiiKli tho M'i'tloii of tho city In whle-h Mho llvoie. neomoil tho hiii;koi Hon that thu poll hook ho brounht to hor homo, mill hIio wielkoil all tho way to tho pollliiK hootli. OREGON SLIPS ONE OVER ON-OTHER STATES AT Entire Day at Land Show at Chicafjo Is Devoted to This State Tom Richardson on Hand to Tell the Why and Wherefore. CIIK'AdO, Dee. 7. Oregon plan tliui ami (niTiVel out u hjir "nooop' on tho otheir hlMtem at tho hi;; land ohow in the Cul'motim horo today. Tho day had boon kivoii ovor to tho ropro hontnlivo of tho htto thnt nro horo, and Governor Wont ha hIiowii hii iulorot hy nainini: J. If. O'Xoill of tho O. W. K. & N. of Portland, hh him offioial roprosonlntivo. Mr O'Koilll aolod an ohairiunti at mi eilahomto eiiitorlaimaoiit which is lic iiiK hold thin nftornoon. Oao of tho hij; looturo IiiiIIh of tho Union ami Soulhoi'n PuoJfio e'ouipauio.H ha hoon turnoil ovor to tho utato for Iho pro it nun whioh inoludoH Hpooe-hos,, niuio ami olhor uood things hy woll known porsoiiH, Tom KiohanNon, who loft iho pivorunrrt' special with which ho wuh travolini,', lo ho horo, in Iho I'hiof upoakor of tho day. Ho in o.xpootd lo tell Chie'liijoiniirt junt "Why i Oro (on," ninl when Tom roIm through t'hioni;onii8 Hint havo tho ploiiHiiro of lieniitiif him tall; nhout hi stale will know jiihI why Mr. KitdiarelHou ih so outhusiaslio. Olhor spe'iikorn of Iho eluv nro (Irovor Sim)son, jjononil sit poriiile'iidout of Iho Virp11-e-l,'arj;o oom pany, .1. V). Vorroi'. 0. (!. Colt, Oet). Dohauvou, Uallott W. Smith, F. II. (Irahaiu, I'rof. Chmiihorlniu and oth ers. Ate every visitor lo tho h.nd show cnlers the hie huildin' today ho had :i silken limine honrini' the one word "Oivisem" pinned on his ooat. Then the Ori'con oxhihit was oxplaini'd In detail ad Ihousnndrt of liooklcts do serihinir Iho difforoul soelious of tho slale were ijivoii mil. "Wo shall loll all Ihal it is posM hlo to erowd In a few words iihoul Oroejon" said rharlos S. lVe, pass onejor I in f fie innnujjor of tho South im'ii Paeifio'liiRl nii;ht, "I eoufidonlly holiovo thai when Oivjjnn eleev ! over (hero will ho at least 110,000 now hooslers for Unit slnlo. Oretrouhas niueh lo loll about nnd with Tom Uioharilson to toll il, wo all know I horo will ho a hunoh of oonvorls to Oregon and Oregon Ihiniirt that wo I'oulil not tjol in any olhor way. The Southern Pae-ifio ninl its allied lines nro oo-opornlini; with tho people of Oregon In this hooslinir movement and with tho Klorooplioan and ninv ini: piolures that wo aro showini; dally in our hiir looluro halls wo are. provini; 'ho faols that our lecturers nro hnudini; nut." Doh Is Tliroujih. NKW YORK', Doev 7,"l'vo solllod with Linn Cavalori and hIio'II ohtaiu u dlveiroe," eluediiroel Kohort riinulo upon hin rot urn from Paris today. "Thoro will ho no rooonoilialion," ho Nald, "fiunnoiul," SI RRGATON D'AY PLANS ARE Bin Gathcrinu Will Be Held Satur day Afternoon at tho Opera House to Which All of the People in the County Arc Invited. DOLLAR BARGAIN DAY ALSO AT SAME TIME Speakers Will Deal With Value of Water in the Ronuc River Valley. With eviry plnu complete, Irriga tion nml Dollar llnri;ala day, next .Saturday, promlmm lo ho ti Kront hiiccomi). Prom nil parts of iho coun ty people will ho In ntomlmtro, need thu day In cvrtaln to ho a Kiln one. Kow pcoplo roallze-, from thoir oh Horvatlon of thu IIobuo Illver vnlloy, what Irrigation will do for tho farm er and orchnnllHt. An Swrotury Wll moii of tho department of agrlculturo eeiiyie: "Thoro In no Hitcllon that wouhl not ho vimtly honofltvd hy IrrlKntlon," Tho commorclnl cluh IioIIovom that our pooplu only nwij the rli;ht kind of luformntloti in or der to koo thai the future production of tho valley Ih dependent upon tho application of wntor. It Is tho aim at tho Irrigation rally to kIvo definite ami accurate) Information as to what water on tho lam) hate done, uml what it can rea Konahly ho expected to do In thu Itopiu river vnlloy. TIiIh Informa tion will ho kIvoii In nu address by A. V. Btnvor, who hns had a most extended obRormtlon in Jackson, Joj eeophlno nnd Klnmath coutitlOH, as well ntt tho Wlllatnetto vnlloy on tho rotntllM of tho nppllcatlou of wntor to our InmlH. Ho compiled n bulletin for tho Kovorumont on Irrigation In thin Hoctlon. and what ho has to glvo Ih of first value. ProfoHsor O'Oarn has devoted much tlmo nnd attention to tho in vimtlKntlon of other crops thnt can ho crown HiiccoHHtiilly and profitably In tho vnlloy, nnd ho will glvo val uable, Information nu to what differ ent typou of koIIh enn bo used for In tho wny of cropB when tho wntor la applied. W. II. Gore, ono of tho Invest land holdcrn In tho vnlloy, has also Hindu an oupeclnl study of what wntor will do, mid comes with firHl-hnnd Information nhout Irrigation. No ono who litis tho good of tho vnlloy nt heart can afford to miss tho Information that will ho given out nt this nelly. Tho Commorclnl cluh, ns host, ox tends n most cordial Invitation to tho orohnrdlsts nnd fanners In nil HoutloiiH of tho vnlloy to uttond this mooting, to ho hold nt tho oporn house Saturday nftornoon, December !lh, nt - p. m. This will bo tho Dollar Ilargaln dny of tho Morohnnta' axsoclatlon, nnd tho Southorn Pacific and Pacific & ICastern will sell tick ets at ono and ouo-thlrd faro for tho round trip from all stations. Saturday, Docombor 9th, 2 p. in. at tho opera house. RODGERS TO COMPLETE HIS FLIGHT SUNDAY I.OS ANGNI.KS, Cal Doc. 7. Cal P. Uodgora, tho aviator, arrived in I.os Angeles from San Francisco today and announced thnt ho would complete hla ocean to oconu trip by flying from Comptou to Long llouch next Sunday. After completing his flight Hodgora, it was nunouucod, will return to Pnsndoun and ongngo In passenger carrying fllghtB. Sev eral Pasadona mllllomtlros, It Is Bald, havo offered him as high nu ?G0 for 11 spin tu tho other, UPRISING IN RUSSIA FORECAST BY PAPER ST. lM'STKHSHUHO, Dee. 7. An inspired nrtiolo in Iho ultrn-oousor-vntivo Novo YiTinyu gives warning that tho Hussian revolutionary netvo emtort 11 ro propnviujj for n fresh up rising in ID1-, whioh Ih to tnko tho form of u iifiuitio jieiiBnut rebellion. NOW COMPLETE WOflK DN THE MAINE f? nTHvT;E6 A EAJ-T OF Through tho mud In and about tho wreck of tho Maine, In Havana Harbor, members of tho joint army and navy board of Inspection nro wad Inp on their tour of Inspection. They spent a considerable time examin ing the kool forward of frama No. 41, which received tho closest- atton Uon. Tho experts nro pushing tho work rapidly and il Is expected that a dofinlto roport on their findings will he mndo in a short time. Tho accompanying illustration shows a part of the old battleship and a key lo tho conditions. Letter "K" it will he noticed, indicates part of tho outside bottom of the ship, which came up from under the ten Inch magazine. ABDIGATIONOF FRINGE CHOH HOT JILL SATISFACTORY r Yuan Shi Kai Will Soon Join Rebels Is ReportHe Is Said to Be Dip lomatically Weeding Out the Man chus One by One. SHANGHAI, Dec. 7. HopulilieHiis nro not aatibfjed with tho abdication of the regent, lrinuc Chun, uuolo of toh hahy emporor, and they Mu or ganization horo of n provisional as Hoinlily. Nanking will thou ho made the onpitul of tho proclaimed republic after whioh tho rebel nnny now oecn pyinp that city city will lenvo for it march nMinst I'ckiu. Yuan Shi Kai, it is generally be lieved hero hy republicum, will soon join tho rebel:. It ih tho onoitil im pression that he 4s lliplomntioally wecdiiiK out tho Mmiejhus nnd prad milly hriuiiiii; tho throne nearer u coinplole full than could ho done by saerifieo of the whylo nnny in the field. Ho in given ejreldit for tho nb- dieatiou of Pnnco Chun. Wu Tin Fmiih-, formerly Chinese minister to the I'nitod States and now eino of thf most powerful foes of the MniicJius, doe6 not favor luiythini: hut iwuiplote Hiirrcudor of gooeie meutal power to the peoplo, uml he advocate eoiitiuutuiuu of hostilities to the end. (leneral I.i Yuan Hon;;, howovor. awed by the bloodshed, is willing; to accept a limited inonuroliy to end the horrors of the war, nlthoujjh ho pre fers Iho lepuhliean form of govern ment. Frone'h uoro-eruisors hnvo nrrived and will bo uod by tho rebels uguint tho imporiahhU ut Wu Chmitr when hostilities in that section are resum ed. Signnl suew&sejs of tho Italian aorial linllory aainst tho Arabs in Tripoli onoournjjpil tho revolutionary louder to attempt thoi ruso hero. Lyman on Trial. SAN FHANTTSCO, Dee. 7. Dr. J. (Irani Lyman, tho I.os Angeles promoter who et tooted n sensational osoapo from nn Oakland iWpitul sov todny in "the Tailed State's district court hero, e'barged with tooiispirno to ovudo federal authority. Charles A. Cnurtwright, guard, nnd J. .M, Thoniot, nurso, who aro ohargod with aiding Lyman, nro albo boforo tho bar. Lyman is declarcel to -havo need "Out ltinli Quick Wiiilinford" boIioiuos woven about l'linuum lands to enrioli lilmsolf. Ho must v also stand trial for niisusv of tho iniule, WRECK 15 BEING PUSHED RAPIDLY B EXPERTS OUT51DE BOTTOM OE 6KtP. IT TEN X2TCU MAT1A2.IKE.. IS TO SEND MORE TROOPS JO Ml Losses of Italian Army to Date in Tripoli City Is Said to Exceed 5, 000 Only From Personal State ments Can News Be Received. LONDON, Dee. 7. Advicos todnj from Milan, Italy, announce that the govemmout is preparing to despatch n fifth division of troops to Trijvoli This has convinced Italians gonornlly of what thoy havo long suspoctor that the military situation in tho "new etilonies" is most preenrious. When tho new division is landed thoro will bo approximately 130,000 troops eif nil arms in Tripoli nnd Cy- roniuon for tho purpose of copur with somo 10,000 Turks nnd thoir more or less unorRnnizcd nnd ill equipped Arab allios. Tho stringont censorship on nil news from the so.it of war has mado it difficult to un derstand why General Canovn's pick ed nnny of 00,000, not counting the troops gurrisouinjj other const points at buy. Only from porsoual stiitemont made by returning journalists and miltary attaches is it possiblo to ar rivo nt an intelligent idea of tho real situation. Nowspapor moil on the ground are all under oath not to send any information, oven in the form of private lottors, without first submit ting St to tho censor. Violations mean thoir deportation; hence even tho oombpondent.s of journals in othor Kuropoau countries nnd Amer ica, nro unable to portray conditions adequutoly. Conservative estimate, based upon (ho observation of returning news paper men, place tho losses of Iho Itlaian nnny to date in Tripoli city alone, in killed and wounded, at , 000. ROGERS SAYS HE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dee. 7. -Jeihu lingers, suspected of the kill ing of Doiijnniiu A. Goodman, thy jewelry snlotmiun. mid robbing him of $5,000 worth of diamonds, declared to ono of his prison companions to day that ho had confessed to tho murder. Hogors is again light heart ed and gay and sooins to delight in thu notoriety Hiirrouudiiu him, Rogers ' was instructed and nr raigucd today. T PLAN HAS ON CAME rsjoin urrDE& 120: STOKES SHOWN IN UNSAVORY LIT BY GIRL'S LETTER 1 , Misses Graham Fell a Victim to Mil lionaire When She Was but 16 Years of Age According to Letter Produced In Court. NEW YORK, Dec 7. Sensational lettors alleged to havo bean written to Mlllionalro W. E. D. Stokes by Miss Lillian Graham, who, with Miss Ethel Conrad, is on trial horo for shooting Stokes, will not bo intro duced at Iho trial, accordiug to a ruling mado today by Justlco Marcus, who, on his own motion and ovor tho protests of tho attorneys for tho dofense, struck from tho record tho re-direct testimony of Stokes. Justice Marcus hold thnt with this testimony eliminated, tho continua tion of tho cross examination of Stokos wns unnecessary. Tho girls probably will testify to day. Tho motion of tho dofonso to hnvo tho charges against thorn dis missed was overruled. Attornoy Jordan for tho dofonso, after finishing his opening address, produced a iottor which Miss Graham wroto to Miss Conrad, tolling of hor mlstrontmont "hy tho well known mlllionalro, Stokos." This Iottor. according to tho do fonso, was to bo glvon to tho news papers as the causo of hor suicide In tho ovont that sho wore ovor found dead. Tho lettor states that Miss Graham had fallen n victim to Stokes when only 1C years old. FARMERS TO PASS ON GUILT OF PACKERS CHICAGO, III., Dee. 7.- -Whether tho ten Chicago millionaire pnckei" boing prosecuted horo under the Shor miin niiti-tru&t law shall go to jail for criminal conspiracy, it is expoot- ed, will bo docidod by a jury of farm ers. Tho govoniiuout, it was an nounced today, is preparing to per emptorily challenge ovory rosidont of Chicago who comos up as n talosmnn. At the rosuniDtiem of tho trial in Cujlod Statos District Judgo Carp ontorj court today llio room was jam mod to tjio doors and interest in (he preliminary hkinnishog of the legal baltlo was intense. Double Umpires. SAN FRANCISCO. Dim. 7.-TI10 Fnoifio Coast Longuo dtruuturq today adopted (ho doubly umpire syntoni. S E TO BUILD HOME In Address Before Irrigation Coin grcss, Speaker Vants to Know If Work of Production Is Not para mount to Work of Destruction. WANTS UNCLE SAM TO , FURNISH HOMES FOR POOR v. "To the Rich Men We Have Loaned Millions-Why Not Help the Poor to Get a Home?" , CIHCAaO, III., Dec. 7. "I would havo tho nation organize nn nnny of peace as it organizes tho army of war " declnrod William E. Smytho of e California in tho National Irrigation congrees today, "and for ovory dol lar spont on tho army of war I would havo tho nation spend tan dollars lit building homos." Continuing, he said: "In evory large city thoro Is today a wide opon door of osoapo for tho man who craves security of life. Ho sees tho Stars and Stripes displayed from an offlco window, nnd tho al luring sign 'Good income, no ox pengos, ctmnco to seo tho world with out cest: all social and educational ad vantages.' "What could bo finer? Ah, but If you -happen to bo oyer 3& yonm of ago or uncfer flvo feet four, or it you .weigh an -ounce more than ICO pounds, tho door of hopo slams' in .. nnd navy don't want tou7 "Wp "What about tho mnn who Is over nge, under holght nnd over w.olght? Can tho nation do nothing for him? Is there no place for him In this world? Can't wo onllat him In tho work of production, as wo on'Ist tho other man In tho work of destruc tion? Isn't tho home as precious as tho barrack? "I would hang out anothor of our starry flags with this Icgqnd: "A home on tho land for ovary Indus trious man nnd woman; Undo Sam shows you whoro and how; advances money when nocesBnry; Join tho army of ponco and becomo ludopoudont.' "Why not? "Havon't wc oncourngod capital by ovory moans in our powor? Isn't It just as logitimato to oncouraga la bor? "To tho rich men who wanted to build railroads wo loaned mjlllons of dollars and donated 200,000,000 acree of Intnl. "Can't wo help a poor man to got a home? "I would have) a bureau of llttlo farms, and by the oholco flt thnt uumo omphuilze tho ldexi of Smaller farm units and more Intensive culti vation. "In bohalf of the swarming mil lions who cry aloud for rollof from tho Increasing proeuuro, of llfo and especially of thoso good men and womon who have pussud tho dead line of 46, where no one will biro thorn and who, in tho strugglo of llfo hnvo been nblo to nucumulata but llttlo for old ago, I appeal for tho support of this pulley ut social re construction. "I appeal to tho soul of tho na tion!" rw 'S TO ENTER RACE LINCOLN. Nob., Doc, 7 Illohard Motcalfo, WUlJapi J. Iiryun'a ti8o clato Qdlljdjroi : tho Commnuor, an nounced tQflitX ' candldu.oy for thu nomination Tor llio, govunmndilp. at tho prlmnry election, Tho unnouuarf meat followed an oxchnugii of cublQ grams botwoon Motcalfo anelftryaiiy who Is now in tho West Indies), Motonlfo'a anuouncotuaut took thu form of a Iottor to tho Woodrow Wil son club of Omaha, and It Is bo llovyd, aligns Bryan with WlUon against thu Dalilmau .crowd, who aro supporting JiidHoa Harmon of Ohio' for tho presidential nomlnutlpi). SMYTHt WANT ARMYOFP A BRYAN 0 1