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Clly Hall Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Occasional nliimvi. Mnv. r.2, Mln. .!..-. I'rerlp. .10 x: DaUy -HUlli Vur I'erty-I It mI Your MEDFORD, OIMWON, WJODNKKDA V, KICBIUTARY 21, Jf)J2. No. 280. URGENCY A - i.i i-i-.-n. ii... ...i I, ' ' IB ROOSEVELT PLEDGES I NITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM, mm w LUMBUS NOMINATIONS BY THE PEOPLE AND RECALL IS PLATFORM Short Ballot, Election of United States Senators by Direct Vote, anil Other Pronrcsslvo Measures tnvorcd by Roosevelt In Speech Before Ohio Constitutional Convention Quotes Lincoln ami pleads for Masses as Analnst Classes Rljihts of People Above Those of Capital. SAYS EFFORT TO BREAK-UP BIG BUSINESS IS FOOLISH RETURN TO ANCIENT FORMULAS Rcoulatlon, Not Destruction, Is Remedy SnoncMed Administration of Law Has Become Technical Instead Just Jucl(jcs Arc Servants of the People, Same as Other Officials Most Rad ical Uttcrauco Yet Drllvrrcd by Colonel rOM'MIU'S, (Hit.., Feb. 21 I'IwIk in; IiiniM(ir fttill n I'm- (ho iiiituituu Mini lPfewMidiiHi, Ihe uliiul bulbil, dir ect iHimiimlluiw by tho KMiplo, I ! prwdilentiKl preference primary, the ulocitiuH of United SIhIoh noun lor by llillM'l Vol It Htltl, ill H llltlHltlllf, goillg iih word for Ihe inndl, fotmor Pres ident Thwuliiu iHii'Vfll, hcio ml tlrtM(til tti Ohio Mate i'(itiHiliitiiiMil convention nml nallmed, he hit never iIimk fully belit. ut whole Iii mIwiuIm hm to (ln prnKroivo mI ii'in on which it U believed ln iimy HKHIII llWUMU H CHlldldlltc Jur lilt" pie- wdenoy. Welcomed to OIiimiIim by tdimrinu urowdt, Colonel l(MHHvlt itU if- tirWwPwiilftii hH. Wnhlfit7 i- Itty h plunged into hi wpeceh, which wimi dtMt rilnKeil for nililii'lniu to the new Mgeiieieti under tin- title "A C'liHt lr of Denim no-v." Mr IUmmwjvcH mi I) I lit purl. "I liolUtwi In lniic denim ntcy With MiiCiitn, I hold tlmt "lliln eoun try, wllh Itn limtltntluit. IioIoiim l Old llfKlfllH Will) ItlltHllll It Wlieil- ovor lliey kIihII how weary of tin' I'xImUiik n eminent (hoy emi oxor elm tlmtr eoiutlliutlomtl rlRlit of HimtmllitK It." Heller III People' Power W'h irorowlo hollovo tlmt the people have tha rlnht. tlio power unit tho iluty to protect Ihoiuimlvoit iul tholr own wnlfnio; (hut Iiiimihii rllit Hrc unroiim onr Mil other iIkIiIx;' tlmt wtMlllt hIiouIiI l the iK'rHHt--liot I tin manner - of the two plo. Wo liwl the worth of nil men hih! nil moutninm by uk!iiK how they eoiililbiitu to I Iih welfare of tin men. woman nml children or whom thU iintloii Ih eoiniooi. Wo mo tni(;iiK(Ml In one of the Knmt hit It leu or tlio line- loll i'n tNL waned iiiiuliiMt iirlvlleKo on ho hitir or tlio common u elf me. Wo hohl It ti prime duty of the people DIRTY MONEY OF RYAN'S REJECTED BY PROF. MSI Marso Henry Kicks Woodrow Up Another Stop in White Houso Stairs Says Wilson Stiffly De clined to Touch Wall Street DoumJi. LOUISVILLE, Ky., I-Vli. -M. W'ooilrow WilHiin loilnv i lelieeil to Imvo lii'nii kinked up nitotlier step on llio While lloiinii hlltii'M by ulleniliceh of L'iiIoiiiiI Henry Wnllcrhon. One i f llin iilluKiitiiinw ("iiIiiiioI Wullei-xoii milker in liin ullnek on Wilt-on ih Unit I hi tut tor win "ruilo" in IiIm lofiihiil to lake mmpiiii:u eontrilnitioiiH from Tlioinim K. Kymi when mii'li a eonie wiih wiiyt'OHlinl by Colonel Wullurnoii. Ho HiiyA Unit WiUnn Htil'Hv ili'dlinml to tako what ho turmoil "Hynn'H dirty moiioy." "Miii'ho lluiiry" nlho asworU that while ho wiih eiiKiiKOil-iii fuillmrbij,' the uuiiNO of Wilmin, tlio lattor vn corroNpondluK with rolonol Walter Biip'b ciu'iaiort in Kt'ului'Ky, to free our Koternmeiit from (Iih tontrol of iiioiwy In pollllii. Tor till PUIHHH' wo HlhllCHte. not um oikU In theinolve. hut h wiwpoiiN In the llHHlU Of IhO piMlph'. Mil ROM-Ill- UieiitHl ilpxlrim which will make the rtpreMitHtle of the people more mIIy ami reilMluly MMipimnllilo to tlio iMMiple'H will. Uinil lleloiiK" ( Ihe People. ThU loiuitr), mm l.liicolu hmIiI. he Ioiirm to the people Ho io the ititt ui al reMtutcet which make It ilcli In preiliiK them, which U an tul illtloiml iliily. we iiiiimI not forK't UtHt monopoly U hawed on the mu (ml or iiHtnral remmrcw mul nt iirnl HilvHiituRHfi. mul that It will belli the Hwpl llttlf to cuiihurvo our imtiomtl tvm 1 1 11 tllUO uie ueueiiiH which It cmn ylolil tiro nociiroil to tho ptHtple. Let um remeiiiher, ttlno, that conwrvHtlon ilooa not itop with tho iiittuml reiurcei, hut Unit the prin ciple of innkliii; (he houl tine or nil i Imvo ui'Miiliml with eiutil or Kieuter limUionio (hut wo xltiill Mop the wiADlo or huiiiHii wnl fit ro which flown from the unfair tie of concvii irateil Miwir mul wtmlth In the IihiiiIm or moil wIiih enneriKHW for ! profit IiIIiiiIh thuiii to tho col of whiit they lo. I mu iiiuphatlcwlly a hollnvor In coutitlttitlouallMiit, mul Iioouuho or thU fuel I no lew einplutllwtlly pro ihmI iiKtiltiMt any IhiHiry Unit wouhl make of the roimtlluttou it nuiaiiH or tltwHrlliiK liiHtttiut or M'ciirliiK tlio HlMolute iIrIi! or the peoplo to rule tliemeheit. All coiiHlltullniiK an1 ilenlKiKHt nml iiiUMt he Inturpruteil Hinl inlitiluUtereil mo um to fit hu iuhii rUliU. l.liicolu m Inturpruteil mul lulnilulHtercil tho nntloiuil con Ht It lit hni. ltiichaiiau atteuipteil the iinerae; uttempteil to fit human iIrIUm to anil limit them hy tho cotiHtllullon. I.lniolo Is l.iiiotril. We Miami ror iipplyhiK ('"' coiihII tutloii to the Inane or toiluy as Lin coln uppllml It to the Ihhiic or IiIm iluy Lincoln, iiilml ou, mul not I lliichmimi, wiim tho real upholder J unit piewerver or tho constitution, 'for I ho true prourcHHlvo Ik the onl truo coiiHtllutlonallHt, tho only real roiiMorvutlvo. Tho ohjoct of ovory Amorlcmt coiiHtltutlon which Ih worth ciiIIIiik Hitch miiHt ho what It In Hot forth to ho In tlio proumhlo to tho niitloiiul constitution, "to oh lahllHh JiiHtlco." ir tho coiiHtlliidou Ih HiiccoHHrully Intokod to nullify tho offort to loin edy luJiiHtlco It la pro or poHlllvo, olthor Unit tho constitution mmdti tin medlato uiiumilmout or olao that It Ih IioIiik wrongfully mul Itupioporly const mod. Tho power Ih tho poo- pie's mul only tho pnoplo'ti, 1 emphatically iIIhhuiiL from tho view that It Ih olthor wlso or iiocoh nary to try to iIovIho iiioIIioiIh which under tho coiiHtltutlon will automat loully pi event (ho iiooplo from do clilltiK fur tlioniHolvea what Kovnrn mental actlnii (hoy doom Jimt mul pioper. It Ih ImposHlhlo to Invent mstltutloiial dovlctiH which will Itrovoiit tho popular will rrom IioIiik ori'octlvo ror wrtiiuJi without iiIbo provontliiK It from IioIiik ofroctlvo for rlKltt. The only Hiiro courHo to fol low In (IiIh isrout Amorlcau damoc racy Ih ( prpvldo for maltliiK tho popular JudKiiiont roally orfocllvo. Tho wisdom of framliiK any partlo- (Coutliutod on PitKo iwo.) Cw'lyrr asf: "" Sketili of Tlieoilore KooHi'ti'lt. E FIRST FRUIT IN E Jrtck Asthury as Guest of John W. Dennis Sees Car of Local Cornice Sell for $9 a Box at London Auc tion. The kcopnijj ipiiihly of Knuc iier pour, the o.eelleiteo oi their pttek ami the lepulntioii they httvu in tho Hiitc lihh nmrkutti ih iewHiiihihu for the high iniceM paid for tlium, according to It. F. C. AMhiiry who recontly in turned from mi oiht inoiitlih visit in F.ti;lmitl. Mr. Antlmry itnei-M'il the miIo of a ear of Kexiit: river I'omiv'o li .lolin W. Doiinif. mul Soiin at t'ov iUf,'tou (liinlcns, London, which hrouglit an av oritKO of .!) u box. At the (.aliie time ho miw a ear of Fieueli Ciinnce, iippiiicully iik e.eellcnt n the Koiio river aiioty, Mill at mi uvorup' of .i'J a box, due, he Hatoo, to the luet tlmt tlicv will not keep mul dealer are tberofoie tifimd to dual in them e.teiiMvoly. .Mr. Ahtbury wn u ,'tiot at (be Mile of John W. Deiuiit., well known lo loual (iiohiuilihth. Air. Deuiiit, bail iitiieh ipuet enjoyment out of the fact that be introduced Mr. Atbury us the Ki'ovwir ol the ItoKim rivor fmit, while hi reality they came from Ilillcrot and Hollywood orcburil. However, Mr. Ahtbury ui mi well potcd ou local conditions tlmt ho auswerud maiiv iiichliou ami listened to ninny sic.'goslion-, the KiijliMi dealers hail lo of tor. "It ih u wonderful MKht," hlatch Mr. Ahtbury. "and one which I enjoy ed very much indeed. !' m'o n far of fruit iiuetioueil on tho oilier Mile of the woilil when I knew almost the very tree that bore thorn, wiik most iiitcrcMiiiK. Mr. Dennis ilifplaycd the fruit to Um ulinoht uilviiiitiiKO mid 1 saw it M'll for $11 n lio. "Tho MiiKliMi dealer' offorcd me a nuinbor of hiiootious, tho princi pal one lioinu' to double eleat (lie boxcx, to iiiMiio the fruit V arrival in firM clah hbape. It is a splendid Hiij,'KOslioii. "KoKiie river fruit bus mi ovecllont reputation in Kiifjliunl, hein the lioi-t frohh fruit tlmt rcnelio that market, I saw Freneh I'omieo sell by its side ut .f2 u lio., duo to tho (m'l that the lronoh J'ruit a poor koopor. "I boliovo that noarly tlio entire fruit mop of tho Kopiu rivor vulloy bboubl no to KiikIuuiI." Died At Ibo homo of her daughter, Mrs, William F. Hammoiid, Amorioa 1-3, Oillnin, at 2:lfl . in., Frb. 21, 31)12, iiKod 7fi years, 2 mo., 1 day. Sho wiih a native of Indiana. Fituorai Hcrvioos thin afternoon at 2 o'clock from tho Into vc&idottoo. ROGUE PEARS nR GUSH m ,. Jk GOLD R DBE MUST RUSE CO N ENOUGH TO PHY TO SECURE STREET Jc Street Committee of City Council Meets With King Street Advocates But Fail to Find Way to Open Pro posed Street. Following n lengthy conferenco WodnutHiay mornliiK hotweon the commitiae or property ownorH In toroHtod In the opening or KIur street mid the utrct'tcoutmltteo or tho city council, tho lattor commit too announced their determination to report iinfnroralily to tho city coun cil ou tho petition unless tho prop erty owiiera rnlied money enough to pay ror tht opening or tho street. About $.1000 Is Involved, $1500 or which the property owners havo raised. In tho opinion of tlio memhors or tho council tho city cannot nffurri to pay ror the opening of KlnK street from Oakitale to tho city limits mul thai it Is lin ponsllilo for thorn to act favorably upon such a request (nit II tho property ownora can afford to pay for tho improvement. On the other hand tho street com mittee believe it will ho possible to open King street between Kloventh mul Tenth htreots with tho amount of money now Mibscribod hy prop erty owners. This would bo of con siderable advautiiBO. Tho mutter was brought up at the council meeting Tuesday evening. wiih referred to tho street committee and tho mooting Wednesday morn ing was arranged. BRANDT WINS FIGHT FOR HIS FREEDOM Al.HANV. X. Y. Veli. 21. Foulke Hrniidl, formerl.v valet lo Mortimer Sehiff. who mil sentenced to thirty years, for bui-rlarv on what was al iened lo Imvo boon a tramo-iip today practically wen his fiejit for ftrce- dotri. Attorney (ieueral Carnuuly notified fliivernor lhx (lint there was no evidence in (be oiiso to warrant Itinnilt's conviction tor huruliirv. C'armoil.v leiiucstcd a fnll pardon. IJraudt was scutencoil by Justice ltosnlsky. HfH FIGHT EXTRA TOMORROW 4 Tin, Mail Tiihuno will issue. " " mi u.tra edition uoutiiiniuir " tlio fidit al Los Anirtiliw to- " imiriitiv Hfternoon. Tho l'iulit "" " stalls at II o'clock and should "" bo over by .r o'clook. "" - -r-r-r-r t-r MINE SCENE Ir 1 T. M. Anderson, In Following Ore Chute Strikes Base Ledge Which Shows Gold to Extent of $6000 a Ton. OVER $900,000 IN GOLD ORE NOW BLOCKED OUT Brings Ore to City Where It Attracts Much Attention Only in 60 Feet T. .M. Anderson, owner of Uiv Gold Kldgo initio on the divide between Josephine mul Fall creeks, eight tullos northwest of KlrlJy, Is hi the city with a sack full of specimens taken from the mine, which shows IG000 In gold to the ton. This ore Ik taken from the base ledge which proves the Immense richness of the mine. Complete prospects show ovor $900,000 In sight at the progent time before the oro chute and base ledge drops and there be that much again below. Mr. Anderson has been following au ore chute for some months, which Is filled with free gold. However, ho was moro Interested in tho base ledge, which If It should show a good value would mean much to the mine. He started in on this and on last Wednesday a blast opened It up. Tho ore goes a trlUe over $G0OO. which Is Immensely rich, tinder the circumstances. The ledge of high grade ore Is 12 root wldo and thirty Inches high. Tho oro chute cuts Into It diagon ally. The property bids ralr to prove one or tho richest In the district. From tho ore chuto alono Mr. An dorson haa taken a largo amount of gold, $20,000 from tho surface when ho was prospecting to determine the extent or tho ore chute. Mr. Anderson has a largo amount or ore at the Medford National bank, where It Is attracting much atten tion. MAY PAY SIX FIREFIGHTERS Fire Committee of City Council Has in Preparation Ordinance Providing for a Paid Department for This City. The file committee of the cit.v council has in preparation mi ordi nance providinj; for a paid fire de partment for tlio city. While many of the provisions liuve not as yet been determined upon it is slated that six men will be employed by the city 'to remain ou duty at (lie fire- hall. It is stated that this improvement in (bo department was made neces sary by tlio purchase of (bo new auto truck as it gets away from the barn so rapidly that tho volunteer company ciinnol hoard it as they did the tenia drawn chemical. The mul tor did not come before tho city council Tuesday evening- as tho tiro committee was not ready to act. PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW Tlio Medford public library will bo closed all day Thursday, Washing ton's birthday, Tho library board bus appointed a building and grounds committee, com posed of Mnyor W. H. Cation, Mrs. H. 1 Tlieiss, and Mrs. V. W. Hollis. HcquchtH for tho use of tlio library auditorium should bo made- to this commit too. ISASTROUS COMFLAG CAUSES LOSS IN CITY OE Burned Area Comprises Section Seven Blocks Wide and Eighteen Blocks Long and Not a Building Is Left Standing In This DistrictThous ands of People Huddled Homeless in Parks and Houston Threatened by Food Famine Work of Volunteers' Saved Bafance of City. THIRTY MILE GALE DRIVES FLAMES WHICH - ' ARE ONLY CHECKED BY'USE OF DYNAMITE Two Million Dollars Worth of Cotton'bcsiroycd, An Ent!retBlbck of Hous es Blown Up to Stop Fire Hundreds of Residences, Churches, Schools, Warehouses, Lumber Yards and Cotton Compresses Destroyed. - 4--H--- 4- HOUSTON', Texan, Fob. 21. The lire started in a hotel in South Houston. After u visit to tlie burned section, city officials at noon placed (bo fire loss at tt,000,000. The flumes destroyed ,"7 blocks of residences, churches school., warehouses mid other buildings. - - HOUSTON', Tex., Feb. 21. The most disastrous conflagration iu the history of Houston swept the city to day mul before it wns brought iindor control at 10 o'clock this morning, seven hours after it started, proper ty valued nt $.i,000,000 was destroy ed and several thousand persons were rendered homeless. The work re lieving tlio fire victims lias already been hcgim. The burned area, which adjoins the railroad yards of the Southern l'aei fie company comprises u section of seven blocks wide and 18 blocks lonjf. Not a building was loft standing in this district. Thirty Mile Gale. Starting shortly after 2 o'clock this morning, the llamos, funned by a HO mile wind, spread witli incrcdiblo rapidity. Firobrands were blown lo all sections of the city, and for hours it was feared tlmt Houston was doomed to destruction. Hundreds of citizons aidod the firemen by going to the roofs of tboir homos and ex tinguishing firebrands hy moans of wot blankets. This action on the part of the residents is admitted by tlio firemon to have saved the city. The heaviest individual losers are I the McFadden and Cleveland com prosses and the plant of the E. 1. liarrell lumber company. Sixty thou sand bales of cotton were destroyed, the loss to the cotton dealers aloio exceeding $2.00,100. In addition o churches, schools, factories and lum ber plants, n hundred private resi dences were destroyed. The fire finally waa controlled, fol- PLAN 10 WAR ON SLAUGHTERHOUSE Tho citizens of N'ortb Medford Imvo decided to wage war upon the slaugh ter house conducted in their neigh borhood by Smith mid Lawton and will appeal to the county court for relief. A committee consisting ol Goortro Andrews, Frank Conlor mid John Multy are in charge of tho fight. If otlior measures fail tho residents of tho district will apply for an in junction restraining tho owners off tho slaughter houso from operating t upon tlio ground that it detracts from tho value of residence propoity in tlmt section. POWER IS BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY Juntos A. Power who is said to Imvo forged Hex II. Lumpniun's namo to u eheok was this aftornoou bound over to await notion by tho grand jury. RATION OE S6 fowinjr the use of dynamite. An en tire block of lioitsoH wero destroyed by this means to prevent the spread of the flames to tiie downtown sec tion of the citv. .The pnrks and other open spaces arc jammed with homeless men, vvontr on mid children. City officials an nounced that the fire victims would be cared for and that aid from out side cities probably would not bo needed. The fire started at about 2'J)0 this moniinc and has been rngiiij: fiercely for seven hours. Soon after the flames started a IurIi wind sprang up. A hundred residences, a number of ehurelios, school houses, wnrehou&es lumber yards mid cotton compresses have been consumed. Hundreds Hoinclcvs. Hundreds of persons are homeless. Mounted jKtliee are hurrying abend of the llamos, notifying everyone cf tho danger. So far no casualties have been reported. The parks ami otlior open spaces are crowded with women and chil dren. Citizens fortified by wet blankets, are standing on tlio roofs of their homes, endeavoring to extinguish firo brands. At 10:30 o'clock the firo had spread to tho big shops of tho South ern Pacific company, mid at that hour a score or moro box cars, containing provisions, wore on fire. Engine, have been pressed into ser vice, mid despite the terrific heat, an heroic attempt is being made to draw otlior cars loaded with foodstuffs to points of safely. A food famine is threatened if the fire spreads to tho business section. s SOUTHWESTSTATES Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Shivering A Foot of Snow Has Fallen and More Is on tho Way Suffcrinn Is Intense. ST. LOL'IS, Mo., Feb. 21. The en tiro middle southwest, comprising the statos of .Missouri, Oklahoma mid Texas, today is sli'ivoring in tlio wort blizzard of tho winter. A foot oi hiiow is reported in Missouri, ICausus and Oklahoma and it is still falling. All trains running into this city are from two lo five bourn late and thu telegraph is badly crippled. Business both in Kansas City ami St. Louis is virtually at a standstill. Street ears uro blocked bcciiuso of tho heavy fall of snow, and traffic is completely demoralized. In the poor or seulious of tlio cities tho buffering is intense. Delivery of coal is out of tho question and this lias added to tho niisory. Hundreds of huad of cattle mi doidjo(lly huve perished on tho ranges in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, Tho loss from this source is certain lo run high into the thousand). ,000,000 HOUSTON, TEXAS WORST BLIZZARD OFYEARS mm