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--"-!HPrjIm( ' cuy a Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair, Unlit fmit tonight. Max. .11, iiiln. !1H, !hn'l v-hccoikI Vcur MIUDFORD, OMWON MONDAY, MAIiCII 'A 1012. No. 2. NO GRAFT IN COUNTY COURT SAYS JURY snm Widtffcal SA REMIND AN AUDITOR FOR COUNTY Calls Attention to Fact That County Clerk Files Papers Without Feu Behin Paid First Wants This Practice Stopped. Says County Court Is Not Subject to Criticism In Any Moral Sense Whatever. Directly, nni! lonvinif no ijiu'kIhim nf doubt, Ilit ki-hihI jury' nNrl 1 !! Sithiiilny viiiiiir absolutely clear lli county I'iiuil of nil iiiiiiuiilum mid iIiiuucM tif graft which have been fl'iiiiC hIiohI lilt county tliiiinir llio Nlt (Wo or three mouth. "Wo rnti find no evidence of ili ItnnoMtv mid we have given nil unit -lim due eotisidomtinii," i Iho ixni word employed by iho grmnl jtir. in iu report i-nvi'iiiiK Iho conduct of I'iMintv affair. Thitt Hit I'otiiitv U in duht Iho kihiiiI jury "Hys ix duo "l wide spread public ilonuind for im proved highway. Tin grnud jury' rrwiil follow w in full: 'I In Crilllll .J II !)' llrMlt. We llio irmiiil jury now in cioii fiml I'fMtlllll fMOln lo ho Iriio ltIOII which wo recommend, vim I. Wo recommend tlmt nn ho! ho initialed pnividimc for mi Hiulilor to In oloi'li'il for .lui'loon oouiily whic ilnlli'H slieall ho Ilit mtililini; of nil iioiioitiitft'iHii'tnlnliiK In (In itffniit of .liiiitawn iHMinty. '2. Wo roooiiiinoiiil (hut mlii'h t!8l)ll fii'itornl Iwh of (hogou hi en lorriil rohitiiiir lo tin xoinUiiniiiiiil nuihlitiir of oiiiiiily offiooH by Hit county court. 'A. Wo nr inforniod that it )ih hoon tin custom of tin count v I'lork lo filo pijMr hi com l without iilwit, iiitiiriiiK tho legal foo to In paid when vnH-r u filed. Thin practice i hiinoly t-tnMiiii1i1-for tho illiHiiotioy "f several county dork of .luoksnn oiiunty for n limn hor of yon tit mt. Tho law provide llml when MKr io filed tho foj iiiiim! hi iaiil mill unless Hiiil am h paper shall mil hi iliiomoil to hnvo lieou filed. Wo locniiinioiiil Unit III" county clcik tJinll in tin future nl wnya comply with Iho hiw in thi re spect anil filo no paper until tho h'Kul foo Iiiik hoon pnid hy tho litigant ntir iiiiv oilier imper in hit office un til tho lawful Ice Ini hecn pnid liy tho piuty for whom Iho xcrvice hit" hoon perfoimoil. Wo nln recommend tlmt ouch mil every ooiinly nffioinl hiiiiilliujf count,. fund in uiiy inuniier nlwny Keep Hiiid I'iiiiiU separate mid ditincl frnm liin iuilividiml fund. We n iiiiucnil thill in Iho fill lire mid u i n the move enti lie iniuiuui'iileil ilmt -opnr-nto fuiiiU ho liopl for tin several do piirtuionl nf Iho county mid wnr niuls m ifying Iho oxuet fund lieiiii issued instead of Iho presold prnotico of issuing general fund warrant for nil plllpONOK. Moral Welfare. I. Cmioorniiig ninnil welfare: Wo find ii largo porounliigo f tho crime wo hnvo investigated arose through ilruukoniii's nnd uimiy (IiihiikIi tho illicit niiIo of liipinr t i minors mid drunken men mid wo cau tion the Hiiloun l.oopori of .liiokoii county lo uhido hy tho lnwx rouiilnt ini; tho mii ti ol' liipini'. .Many oiihim of I'orK'ory hnvo Iiccm iuviwllyatiul hy us nnd wo mo led In olivine, llml nil uioichmits mid IIium roonlvlnjj .checks I'i'iiiii stnuiKors ho inoro liiel iu Iho oMiminnliou of llio hiiiue lie I'o re rocoiviiiK them or pa,ii)i; liny inniioy llioroforo. Coiinly rropcrty, ft. Tho oondition nf Iho roenrdor's vniill in Iho ('iiiiut.v court Iiiihho is in ii ilelaiiiliilci condition mid tho ro cordH of tho county nro iu uruvo dim Kir from firo. Wo rocoiuiiiond ini moillulo lopairs, II. Wo find Hint u coulrnol was iiiadn hy Iho county oourl for tlu seareh of litloH to find what hind. iu tho county hnvo linen untaxed and ilclIuiiioii in lii.xos durhiK tho past livo yours. Alter two yours report -1, lllllVOd this cunt rao t was annul led and no htilisognont notion lias (Coutimioa on I'uuo o.) MUTT AND JEFF DISCUSS REPORT OF GRAND JURY Ml Itl.U ltl Willi Ii I. .Mull'.' Willi Ii Ih .1.1 C Anil li)V 'I Ills Kienl i-oulcfcl closes Mini 1 1 iH.l. Mull join kiickm". lo lln Mull Killior, .Mull 'I'liliinic. iiiih" vtlll Is tllliliclil tiHiii iciptcsl. Mitt l Kiiilor Mull is flrccr of the AnIiIhiiiI Tiiliuus, wlimo cjolUui mid ilmiijihuloixin lm inndo lihn Iho joke of sotillictii Oreuon. ,loff t On N'cwhoiTy, wltti opjniMc convict Inliur on pnlilie hihwiiyN in tho iolitienl intoioxln of Dunn. SoihI me the dollar, wo ncoil it hoiv. ASIILANDKU. Mull Kililnr Mull i I'.. K. Kfll withoul doiihl nhtivo him mid -ee. doff is Short v Smith of WooiUilic .1. .1. OSKN'HIU'ddK.. Mult Kililnr -I. K. .Moniok I- tho part of Mull, .loo Smith ol Kwin orook i doff. HoV liorl mid stuinpv. I). I'l.YNS. Mutt IMitor Xnw I know it. Mo-o look nt tho cold one near his toot in Sutiiriluy's wipcr. Mull i (Iroor viniliiiK Medford iuktho iiiu picture. .lOIINNV .MINKS. Mutt K.lltor Mull is Aiixii! Sinjc hir hoiitiiiK il lo Halle Fulls for a couplo of Orocki. .'(( is Walt Dud ley who has just hoou meiitionod. ONK WHO KNOWS. Mutt Kill I or Mult i llnuon with .loff plyiinf llio purl of Hex l.mnp maii. SBi llerl: "You omi't honk mo." i.ri.r Mutt Kilflor .Mull is Mulkoy ,.at. iiiic it from tin polilienl nice truck, doff is Hill Coleman who is ilillo with Mulkov mi thai jtol-nwiiy-fiinii-il Slllllt. .iacksonvii.m:. Mutt Kdiloi Mull is .loliu Hulliu jjor aflcr a omiMiihloV jnh. .loff is Dm Secly after Iho coroner's jnh, YOl'KS TKfl.Y. .Mutt Killter: Mutt In W'llliur Jones anil .loff t Auit. SliiBlor, hotli run uliiK for Hherlff. Kl) UOOT. .Mcilfonl. March .'!.'. MISSISSIPPI IS 40 MILES WIDE ST. 1.01'IS, Mo., ..March 'Jft. - With the lowlands of Illinois, Missouri nnd Kouluoky iiiuiulated, (ho Mississippi river is forty miles wide nt Cairo today. Cairo reports that tho water is fliiwiiiK nvor the now ;ovornnient le vee nt I'oiut I'leiihiuit, Mo., nnd it is feared tlmt tho entire country will ho flooded. The levee at lliekiuan, Ky is also weakening. A fool of snow fcll'over this boelion yesterday. MI OVERTHROW OF PKKIN, .March U'.'i. A widespread plot to overthrow the United Cliine.se ropuhlie, and to restore to the throne Pi Yu, tho hahy emperor, was un earthed hero today. President Yuan Shi Kill fears In arrest the lenders of the conspiracy, lii'iiinj, their ar rest would preeipiluto a renewal of tho rioliiiL' hero. MAN WOO GOT AWAY HERE IN PORTLANDJAIL Man Givinii his Name ns Shepherd at Portland Is Said to Be llan Who Escaped From Jail in This County Recently. Will Be Tried at Portland and Later Brought Here if He Is Not Convict ed on Charge Anainst Him There. PORTLAND, March T. In nun. arrostcil hen on a charxc of liiii'..ai Kiviin; lii iiiiiui as M. Slioplicnl, ile lootivi'K chiim In hnvo iccimio.til 1'. I'. Wilflo, one of the prioini- win. piiilieipiileil in Hie Jailhroiik nt .liuk ninvillo, Ore., Miiroh Ift. Shephenl or Willie, will ho lri.d here fii-Nt ami failinif to convict him hen- he will he Inkcii to .Inckson ille. J IS T TliM March term of iho circuit noiirt Vfls opened loility at daokon villc. Tho grand jury was chosen n follews: Ira Shoudv, foremmi, (Jeoi-jje II. Kofi". Klinu Neil. . II. Toft, T. J. O'llani. .loo Drown anil T. W. Sifi'ii. BEEF TRUST CASE GOES TO THE JURY ClllC.UiO. March 2.Y Tho case against .1, Oilen Armour mid nine other millionaire Chicago lieof pack ers, chiiiited with criminal violation of tho Sherman anti-lnisl law. proii ahly will go to the jury late llii af ternoon. Assinliuit Tnitud Stales Attorney (iciieral Pierce Duller iiiude tho final urgiimeut against the pnokors this illuming and Judge CnrpontorV charge to the jury followed. Juror Diiekliu who was taken ill In Iho coiirlrnout r'ridny hail completeiy reenvcred lodav. 25,000 BERLIN BUTCHERS THREATEN TO STRIKE 1IKUI.IN. MiUch :.- Their de mands for mi increase iu wages re fused more than "J.'), 01)11 luilelieiv and incalciitters iu Urea lor Derliu, proh ahlv will sliiko hoforo the end of the week. To prevent the puhlio friui suffering it i planned to strike y "districts," the intoher.s in some sec tions leuiaining nt work, while those iu others go out. ROOSEVELT PICKS UP INDIANA DELEGATES WARSAW, Intl.. Mnroh 23. Two delegates to the republican national convention were instructed to sup port the eandidaoy of Colonel Roose velt for Iho republican nomination for president, at the republican conven tion of the Kleveutli congressional district hero today. FORTY-ONE THOUSAND GERMAN TAILORS STRIKE UKHl.IN, March Sti. Uonowod of forts arc lieliiK iniulo today to uottlo tho coiuhluod general strlko and lookout among tho tallum In nor mally. About 11,000 tallora and atwIatnutB anil approutlcoH aru out in ir 7 Clurmaii eltloa and towns, NNW YOUIC, JYarch 25. Con IrnctB havo boon slgnod by William C, Hoick, the now owner of tho Now York Sun, by which tlio United 1'rosH full day and Saturdny night loaned wire roportH will bo nerved to tho Evening and Sunday Sun. EW CHOSEN BIRCUIT GOUR POSSE KEEPS UP SEARCH IN MOUNTAINS FOR :tDN AttENS20,000. MOUMTAtN HOME. IHN 1 MEY I1SI 8IDITS KILL ! lElBi BEHIND TAFT THREE MDflOB-.ES PVG DUIPUnT DIHir HI DIDIC GHId rillUIIUI UHI11 111 I rlllld NEW YOKK. Mrifeh :.i. DeclHra tlun that the "inonoy power" l isot tiiiK bohtnd i'ruuldvnt Tsft tn his flKht for the reimblicHn nomination for president wan made lieru today lt Amos Plucliot, trtasiirtr of the HooKcvclt leuKiio, who Iwancd the fol lcwtitK tatnieat: Wall Street Is-oflfaJnly KOttiiiK Its work In for-TRffSaruommltUa of the Taft bureau, .with hoauqunr ters Iu Klfth av.jmio. Is circulating aniQiiK oapltullttt clrelcn carefully written appeals for inonuy with which to (IkIiI ItoosevoltHUd nccompllsh the nomination of Taft. At tho bond of those requests appear the names of the members of the Taft comnilttee. Those tcontlean'n are the prosl dents. vice prestdeata, directors and trustees of more than 120 tnibt com panies, banks, Innuranco couipanios and railroads. Tho following Is a partial list of the companies which tlioy represent: Tho Mutual Ufa Insurance. Now York Central. Mcrrantllu Trust. Mich igan Central, l.sthlahoni Stool com pany. Astor Trust company, National City bank of llrooklyn. tho Dolowaro & Hudson railway, tho Wott Shore railway, tho Chlcsao & Northwestern railway, the Hankers' Trust, and more than 100 others. "It Is iit;ti lust the law for corpora tions to contribute to national cam paign funds. U ought to bo anainst tho law for representatives of cor porations to mass togothor and use tin pressure raised by tbolr corporate offices whircwttli.il to nominate their candidate OREGON 10 SEE till! CAMPAIGNS I'OM'LAND. Oro March 23. Supporters of all threo candidates for tho republican nomination for tho presidency todii aro planning par ticularly aggrieve, campaigns In Oregon and nil claim thoy will carry tho presidential iiroforon.ee primaries April 10. Senator l.a Kollotto will Btuinp tho state, arriving hero be tween April 3 and 9,. and making a number of speeches throughout Ore gon. II. P. Hudson, national ropro sontatlvo of Colonel ltoosovolt, said that speakers of rountrywldo reputa tion would further Itoosovolt's cam paign In this state. Tho Taft cumpnlKU will bo Inaugu rated next Friday, when ox-Congressman Scott of Kansas will speak on bohalt of tho president at Ontario, Ore. Scott will l"JH l "tho" Ore gon cities, Including Portland. Children Hani to Death SHAWNKIO. Wis.. March 20,-- Ihreo children of Fred .elmor, tho oldoat yoarH of ago, wore cromatod horo today when Zolmor'H farmhouRo burned down. Tho father and maill ot' wore abBont at tlio time. PARIS. March 25. Members of the "Phantom bandits." the worst gang of criminals to operate in France Iu years, today robbed the Cbantllly Branch bank of the Soclete Cenerale of a large suju. after kill ing two watchmen and a choauffeiir. No trace of the criminals has been ' found, and It is believed that the bandits doffed their disguisos, ming ling;' with the crowds which gathered about the scene. The crime is a du plicate of a number of earlier ex ploits by the same band, with the I addition that more men were slain ; today. ! The first report of the crlmo camel from the outskirts of Paris, where i the outlaws secured an automobile in ' which they made the trip to Chan- j tilly. after killing the chauffeur. j Shortly afterward they appeared at I Chantllly. near the race course. Here thoy entered tho bank suddenly, rid dled two watchmen with ballots, Hoiiud a quantity of cash and es caped. The abandoned automobile was found near Cbantllly an hour later. It Is believed that tho men arc International crooks. Heretofore they bad always stolon automobiles, using them to reach points where they had previously planned bold robberies. A month ago they slew an attorney who found them at work In a suburb. Shortly afterward" they bad a rumiinx battle with tho police, killing one gendarmo nnd wounding two others. WEST S T SAN FHAXl'lSl'O. .March 2.1. That the financial difficulties of the We-tern l'aoifio railroml in an effort to build a number of brunches a feeder.- to tho main lino and develop it into a transcontinental system aro ended was minounccd today through Charles Hchlaeke, first vice president of tlio road, who has jut returned from u conference in the oa.-t witli President F.. T. delfroy. It is said that a coterie of railroad broker in New York have come 1 the aid of the road with ample fund-. One of the fir-t result- of this will bo the completion of the new shop- at Sacramento, costing $.ri00,t)U0. POWER MERGER FORFEITS PORTLAND CITY FRANCHISE PORTLAND, March 2."). The legal status of the deal by which tho Mount Hood Railway mid Power company was uhstuiiod by the Portland Light and Power company today is tlio sub ject of controvoiy in Portland. Many claim that the franchise sriuit ed the former company to build a lino between this city and Mount Hood lapses ns it was provided that the franchise should not bo trans fcrrcd, ERNPACFC ROUBLES OVER AlLEN OUTLAW BAND. JUDGE STAPLES HOLDING COURT AT HILLSV7LLE. FEMJ ATTACK 61 MURDER TRIAL U1LLSVILLK. a.. .March ..-I'mt-un! precaution?, to xuard against a raid on lliu Carroll county court house, here wlnrn Floyd ami Viutor Allen are arraigned tomorrow on clinrse- of murder in connection with the killing; in .Judjre Mnie'.- court room, arc lieiii-r; made today. The autliiiritie-. iVnr the Allen limul:t may attempt to rescue the pri -oners, and u company of -tate militia vi'I remain on pturd throughout the trial Richmond detectie continued to day the -earch lor the outlaws but no po-itive clue regarding: their whrr about.- ha- been -ecJircd. PEACE EFFORTS AT LONDON FAIL LONDON, March 2."i. -Continued .-ulferiuj; ninoiij; the poor of F.ujjlnu.l is a certainty today by rea.-on of , the eonforoneo between I'remier Asiiiith and the coal mine owueiv and rcprc -eiitutivos of the minors, which ad journed after a brief -os-ion without j Inning any agreement. It is not , known what action will be taken next. i tiii . . i mo minors coniiuutee lias nn- uouueed it.- wilin;ue-s to abandon the demand for n complete schedule by di-trict-, and al-o all demands aft' feet injj pieceworkers. F.noch Kd wards, spokoeinan for tho miners, ndded tlmt the men under no circum stances would abandon for u mini mum wajie scale of five shillinsrs for adults and two shillings for minor-, lie said: "We have made every enncossion possible with honor. Wo havo a right to demand tlmt. the employers do soinethiny; now iu tho wav of couei FINNISH PILOTS WON'T E IIEI.SINC.FOHS, Finland. March 25. Shipping iu this harbor Is prac tically tied up today and navigation greatly ondangorod bvn strlko of tho Finnish pilots, who havo resigned rat hor than como under tho control of tho Russian authorities. For gouoratloiis the pilot business has boon controlled by tho Finnish govern moii t. Recently Russia an nounced that In tho gonoral Russlfl catton nf Finland, tho pilot business also would bo tukon over, PER i MAI DAILY DROWNED IK BEAU CREEK Attempts to Cross Stream on Foot Lofl and Becomes Dizzy Swift Water Carries Her to Her Death 200 Yards Below. Body Recovered Shortly Afterwards But All Attempts to Brino. Her Back to Life Fail. Marie Daily, tho lf.-year-old daugh ter of James Dally, formnn.of tho Hlllcrest orchards was drowned In Rear creek noar the McAndrews ford, Just north of the city limits, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock,. Although It was but 30 minutes after tho accident that physicians wero working over her, all efforts at resuscitation failed. Accompanied by her sister, tho child had been down In the fields be yond the ford gathering greens. On their return they attempted to cross the creek on a. small foot log Mid across by workmen who aro con structing a flume over tho creek at that point. The foot log being bat six Inches wide tho girl sat down on It attempting to w'ork hor way across, ! a distance of 12 feet. Half way over !she cried to her sister that she was growing dizzy and a moment later had fallen Into the water. The water, though hut some threo feet deep at the point, Is very swift and sweeps Into a deeper pool below. Evidently the child was unable to gain hor footing, probably being very frightened as well as dizzy. The sister ran up the road for help. About 100 yards dlstaut she met K. D. Jonos, who rushed Imme diately to the scene and falling to find the child frantically made his way down stream. A moment later his son Joined him In the search. Finally tho child was located near ly 200 yards below the ford, lodged against the bank under somo brush. They lifted her from the water nnd Immediately did everything possible to start respiration again, but In vain. In the meantime Dr. Conroy, sum moned by telephone, arrived, but his efforts wero vain. Mario was a bright child and woll liked by hor associates. Sho at tended local schools and probably her funeral will bo attended by tho school children. She was a pupil In tho fifth grade at the North school. She was born in Kansas, and leaves be sides her parents nine brothers and sisters. Tho funeral will bo hold at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon from the baptist church, of which sho was a momber, Itev. A. A. Holmes officiating. In torment In tho I. O. O. F. cemotery. FIFTY RAILROADS FACE A STRIKE NKW YORK, March 25. Uy turn ing down' demands of locomotlvo en gineers for an Increaao In wages averaging IS por cont, CO railroads east of Chicago and north of tho Ohio river today faco the possibility of a strike. In denying tho Increase a comtaltteo of railroad managers Is sued tho following statement: "The present wages as a rulo aro full and liberal and tho railroads aro financially unable to bear tho In creased oxpouso which would ho In volved. Tho Increaao would add $7,5CM,000 annually to our payrolls. Past history also Indicates that If tho Increases wore given the engineers It would be followed by similar requests from other employes, which If grant ed would actually bankrupt some of tho roads." Warren Stono, grand ehlof of tho Brotherhood of Locomotlvo Kngl neors, doclared that conferences with tho rallroud mnnagors would bo resumed.