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Orcnon Hlstarlcal 8oJr riiv Hat ''iT" Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Knlr, Warmer Max. JHM1J Mln. -ta.n He) Hum. U7.B, A K i Kt A - liirlyNficiiiii1 Your, Dully--Hnvi'iitli Yi-nr, COUNTYCOURT TO LET CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE ON BEAR CREEK, BUT ASHLAND MAN TALKS INJUNCTION Di'iitun Dowers Slates to Men Who Submitted Bids on Work That the Work Will Do Stopped "Even if It Takes an Injunction Suit tu Do It" County Jiiilijo Says Court Will Go Ahead and Let the Contract Wed nesday Afternoon. Large Crowd Completely Fills Conn ty Court's Chambers and They Arc Forced to Adjourn to Circuit Court RooniUowers Says He Is Rep resentative Only of Men Who Signed Protest to County Court. 'Bunion Honer: "I mil lutic to mini tin' men bidding mi llii tit i !p of lhi feeling which i'.njnIh throughout I li cntinlv mid tu say tu them llmt this bridge over Hear Creek will inn In- liuill even if il Inkes iui iiijitiielini, Hllil to Ktup il." .1. It. Neil, (MMiuty judge; "Tin n yon liml heller k'I luiy for Hiia county court I'i'iliiliily intends to !! n ciuitnii't. V will puo nti these Mils at I :II0 o'clock Wi'ilni'Miltiy iil'lcriimui." Tlii'ii thti oriilorioiil fireworks .icgitn. Tlic enmity iMiiut held n iiM'int hi'thinii thin morning for I ho purpaiHi uf r iviug bids for tin' construction of ii liriilk'" over Hear ('reck in this oily. A it'iiiil Unit proti-ntM would In lili'il liv Iti'iiluii Mower nf AMilitud against tin' lotting of it contract cir diluted in .Mcdfnrd thin morning nml when Uih iniiiiitv ciinrt inct to open I li hiilx tin crowd wan so largo that Him county court uiljouriicil to tin ciictiit court loiii on the second Hour ol' Hit' court Ihuiko. Kvoii this room was filled, I hero being between 7.1 unit 100 persons present. .Most of tlic citix.ciix tit tlic Mcnxinu were front .Mcdfnrd. Iti'iilou Bower nml S. .. Cnrli'lon uf Ashluud nttciulcil the iiii'ctiiii; mill ti'iulcrcil I lie cnuiity court it protest iiii imh t tlic bridge signed lv it iitiinliitr of tnvimvcrH. Six lllili ()'iiit Six liiilrt'Wni opened liy tlm county court. Home of them were involved iitul lite court therefor put off dofin itc action until Wednesday nflcruooii. Ah nearly aw tlicy could lie figured roughly I ho bids were us follows; I). M. Stevenson of Salem: Bridge according to IiIn own specifications, IIH.OOO; uccoidiiig to tlio specified lioiiH mi file, f 1:1,(1111). Const Bridge ceiupany: . 10,000 for stool concrete girder; concrete Kinlcr, .111,000; l.utcit arcli, $:i7,fi(Ml. This in tlui company having the spoi ifieittioiiK un fill!. Leonard II, Wiles Const ruotio.i cempany: $ 10,'JUO, based on spooili cutiouH on file. II. (. I'orhnm, of .Mnihlificld. Ore: according to hpooifionlioiis on file, .T.'lli.riDO. (Thin hid provides extra payments fur retaining walls mid the like,) Milwaukee Bridge eeaipniiv: Ac- (Continued on Pngu '1 wo.) MED BY EACH HIOUX 1WM.H, 8. 1)., Juno !. With the nttppurtorri of Colonel ltoounvolt claiming 1,000 to 1,000 plurality, tho pollH for tho Htitto pri mary election opened throughout Kouth Dakota nt 8 o'clock thlH morn ing, to remain open until ri p. in. On the Democratic. Hide, both Woodrow WIIhoii mid JuiIhou llur inoit inanagerH claim victory for their roHpectlvo candltlateH. SETTLE PROBLEM OF PORTLAND, Oro., Juno 1. -Control of tho University nf Orogon mid tho Oregon Agricultural college by duo hoard of rogonts, maintenance of both institutions by mi annual mlllngo tax of six-tenths of u mill mid elimination of nil duplicates In tho coiiihoh of Htiuly today huvo boon agreed to by coiiunlttooH foproaontlng both schoolH, These piovIhIodb, It Is planned to embody lu mi Infllatlvo hill to ho submitted to tho voters, of tho statu at the general eloctlott next November, OH DAKOTA DA 1M1 IIH L I FIOWER OF CROOKEDNESS ASSERTS KEN WASHINGTON, Juno -I. Hotly tli'iioiiiirliiK the election of I'nlteil Slates Senator Wllllum lorlmor uf IIIIiioIh iih tho flower of political crookedness In America, Senator John W. Kern of Indiana (odity In the itcllltte openetl the renewed fight Oil l.orluter by announcing Unit ho In tended to consume two dnys In hltt denunciation. Henntor Kern rcprcHents tho minor ity of the neiiato l.orlmor commltten which favored tiiiHcntliiK the "llloiide IIosh" from C'hlritKO. In op. en I n K he ridiculed tho majority of the comiultteo'H itrmimcut that iih I.oi'Iiiht wits oiico exonerated mid no new evidence hud been prcHentvd In It Ih enso wiih rex ndjudlcata mid could not he reopened. MONEY TRUST INQUIRY TO BEGIN THURSDAY WASHINGTON', Juno I. That tho "money tnml" InveatlKatlon will ho tnkeu 11 1 In Now York Thursday wiih the dcclrilon reached today hy tho committee on bunking mid currency of the Iioiiho. Preliminary hearings will he hold In the stock cxcliaiiKe mid at. the clearing Iioiiho. LINCOLN, Neb,, Juno t,Whllo I'rcHldent Tuft apparently has a ma jority of tho Chicago ilelegnten, Col onel HooHovolt Intciidri to bo a can didate before the people mid, It dec enary, will organize a bolting con vention. Klthor Clark or Wilson can defeat KooHovolt or Tuft This Is tho gist of un editorial forecast by William J. llrymi lu tho current Issue of the Commoner. Tho article Is iir follews: "Wo have now npproachod near enough to the Republican national convention to forecast the action of that body. Kx-l'rosldont Roosevelt will apparently have u majority of the Northern states, while President! IIATANO, Oltiim, .limn -l.Heporls loceived today from Thibet Buy the Chinese are regniiiin tlie upper hand in tlio rehelliotiR dependeiieiert. At IiihI. itceoitutri llto CliiiieKo t'orccH from KniiHit nud Hzo Chwa provinces wore converging upon 11 Iiik.su mid it is likely lliiit ,liy now, tlioy mo liesioe; ing or in possesKioii of tlio Thilietmi capital, More than litis, tlio Cliiuusu inililitvy ootniniindorri huvo won tlio friendship of the Thibetan tribes iilonp; the frontier of China proper, mid many of (lie tribesmen joined tlio Chinese troops in their mnrelt on L'Hiissn, BRYAN m CHINESE RECONQUERING AND MEDFORD, Mits.n.n.vjivTS suns for nrvoiicu MR.. RICIVSR.D ItAXOINO .HVX3. Mm. Klchnrd HnrdltiK DnrM linn xtniicd milt for dlvorco lu CIiIchko, chitrKlni; desert Ion. Mm. Darin wiih .Minn Clnrk. dnuchtrr of John M. f'lnrU. n riilcnco Dnnncler. Iter lore nffnlr with Mr. UuvM wan nt Its lielK'llt nt the end of the Kpunltli Aincrlriiii War, lu which the latter irvfd nt war corrpn'i,"f. CITY OF HAVANA HAVANA, Juno I.- In reiomio to a hih'cIiiI ntoHai;o from I'reulduiit Joho Ooinez, roiitieHtliiK that ho be Klvoii uuthorlty to do ho, the Cuban Mctiute today panned a bill permitting the prealdeat to nimpend tho consti tutional Ktiarunlccu wherever he deouiH such action necottsary during tho proHi'iit revolution. A Bpcclnl Heiodon of one hour was ordered to determine whether tho order should bo applicable evorywhero In the country. The hotiso referred tho mat ter to tho law committee. Tho government wiih unablo today to confirm reported outbreaks In Ha vana province. Tho attitude of tho noKrocK In thla city mid vicinity Is cmiBlnc alarm. It Ih reported that tho rebels Invaded Wajay village, lu thin province. Tho situation In Daiquiri wah Im proved today. HOUSE COMMITTEE TO" PROBE BEEF TRUST WASHINGTON, Juno 4. Quiet preliminary InvoHtlatlon of the hoof trtnU wiih decided upon by tho house committee on Judiciary, In executive HohHlon here today. Tho committee iiKreod to report the KdwanU rcnolu tlou which calls for the Invalidation Taft seems likely to have a majority of the convention, Including the Hotitern delegates, who represent merely patronage and boodle. "Mr. ltoosevelt has been careful to arrange for contesting delegates from the South this was the first Indication of his Intent Ion to bolt. With a majority of tho Northern dele gates ho Is lu a position to have a convention of his own lu case his contesting delegates are refused ad mission, "Can RooseveU bo dpfentotl? Yes, by any good progresstvo. A progres sive will hold tho Democratic vote and the Republicans who opposo a third term will do tho rest." Tl Tlio suoi'oss tlms fur of lite expedi tion sent URiiiust tlio rebels speaks highly of President Kni's judgement in the selection of its leaders. Not only huvo the Chinese soldiers boon well handled from u military stand point, hut mi important diplomatic triumph has hi'i'ii tiohioved in divid ing: tltu Thibetans mnoiie; themselves. Tho grontest danger to tlio Chinosu is thai of English interference. Though tlio Hritish government litis denied any such intention, it is fur from being trusted by tlio Pekin ml-ministrutioii. izVLlrm'MUJ si A "" ' J CUBAN NEGROES CAUSING ALARM VGTORY GOMPERS REBELLIOUS HBETAN ORJWON, TUKSDA Y, J 1TN1C E BRIBE MONEY Self Confessed Bribe Giver Says Oat row Told Him That Coin Cam From Labor Leader Says He Wae Promised Assistance. Says Darrow Asked How Laru.e the Cells at San Quentin Were attri What Were Accommodations. LOS ANOKLKS, June 1 Clarence Durtow told me that he got the money direct from Samuel (Souipers," testified Detective Itcrl II. Kranklln, referring to the H.000 alleged to have been paid McNatuarit Talesman George .V, Lockwood for the purposi of bribery, during the morning sen- slou of the trial of Darrow, who Is charged with tin; bribing of McNa mara Jurors. The statement wag made.' r'rank lln swore, when In? hud told Darrow that he had read .In a newspaper that the district attorney had been able to trace the money, direct from the vaults of the bunk through Frank lin's hands, tho bills being numbered. Dm row Offered Help Darrow, ho said, laughed at' the Idea, aing that that was Impossible, us the money had coino direct from tho president of the American Feder ation of Labor. llefore this startling allegation was made Franklin tind contended that "Clarence Dnrrow told me that If I would (dead guilty and take a fine, he would see that got $3,000." On direct examination, Franklin testified Hint A spoliate' Counsel Lc compte Davis of the McNamara de fense had made such a promise to him. Fiunklln could not fix the date o thb3 alleged convocation, but per sisted when question further, that Darrow had made such a statement. Arked Alxiut Prison Cells The witness furthor testified thnt ut various times Darrow had express ed solicitude for his family and asked how ho mid his friends were taking his arrest. Franklin displayed con siderable spirit mid fought Attorney Rogers, often wheen cornered an swering: "I don't remember." The witness testified that Darrow asked him on one occasien: "How largo arc the cells at San Quentin. and what arc the accommo dations?" "I told him," said Franklin, "to the best of my ability I was thinking a good deal on the subject myself at that time." FRANKLIN LIES IN BRIBE TALE WASHINGTON, Juno -I Informed by tho United l'rcsa tliut Bert 11. Franklin lit the Darrow trial at Los Angeles today swore Darrow had told him that money to bribe Juror Lock wood In the McNamara case came from Samuel Gompors, tho head of tho American Federation of Labor hero said teday: "Any statement that I furnished money to Darrow In tho McNamara case for tho purpos.0 of bribing tales men or Jurors Is absolutely untrue. I never handled one pomiy of tho money sent there, and I cortulnly did not send any for bribery. "As a matter of fact, Darrow has already testified under oath that not a single dollar of thoo money ho used camo from mo. Frnnkllu's story is absolutely false. "I don't bollove Darrow over inndo such a statement as Franklin says he did." ARCHBALD INQUIRY HEARING' ITS CLOSE WASHINGTON, Juno 1, -No wit nesses lu his own defoitBO wore pre sented today by Judge Robort Arch bald of tho comniereo court hoforo the houso commlttoo on Judiciary, which is Investigating clmrgoa against him. Tho examination of witnesses ended this afternoon. GOMPEHS GAV AYS FRANKLIN m 4, 11)12. M It. UAHXES STILL moil TIXG FOR MR. TAFT William Ilarnes, Jr.. chairman of the Republican State Committee In New York. U still lighting hard for Mr. Taft. Mr. Itaruvs Issued a statement warn ing the people that Mr. Roosevelt, If elected, intends to make himself king or' dictator. BELGIANS CLASH : IN REUGIQUS WAR AGAINST SOLDIERY! UUt'SSKLS, June 4. Score -t person were wounded throughout Belgium today mid ut least one died in u series of riot-, di.-affeetion le inc oniewhat in the nature of n re ligious war, I'rote.-tants opposing Catholic and both denomination ap parently determined to "wipe out' the nation's soldiery. In Koekelberg, a smnll town near Brussels, a mob attacked tho govern ment troops .ent to quell po-t-elee- tiou not. The soldiers fired into a erowd of defenceless women, who swnnned the streets, ninny falling in their trackc Military reserves were ealled out hut the dUordres continued in several towns, de-pite the efforts to quell them. Although government troops are concentrated in nil tho larger cities, clashes have been frequent, hut it is impossible nt this time to get authen tic figures n to the number of dead and wounded. MEDFORD WOMEN Votes for women will havo a prac tical test Monday at the coming elec tion for a member of tho school board to succeed L. G. Porter, presi dent of tho board, whose term ex pires. That tho women may unlto upon a candidate at a mass meeting of women has been called for Satur day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at tho Medford theater. Thoro will bo speeches by both men and women and school affairs thor oughly aired. Protest, long voiced by the women, has culminated In ac tion for reform, and for tho first tlmo In Medford's history, tho women wilt bo out In full forco to vote Monday, PULL ALONE SECURED II SAN KRANCISCO, Juno 4. "Poli tical pull alono was responslblo for tho action or President Taft In grant ing nu unconditional pardon to Wll lard Jones of Portland, convicted of laud frauds," according to tho declar ation hero today of Francis J, Honey, who prosocutod tho caso agaliiBt Jones, "Prosldont Tuft's explanation," continued Honoy, "that ho was moved to act on tho ground that Improper methods wero usod in filling tho Jonos Jury box Is all rot. Former Congressman Wheeler of Pennsyl ILLIAnJ3ARrm3-cJB . Al IWlwn 'S ROOSEVELFS PLAN NEW YOHK, June 4. -Bitter ar raignment of Theodore Hoosevelt i made .here today by William II. Jinnies Jr., chairman of the Now l ork state Republican committee. who charges that Colonel Roiwevelt in hi-, statement at Oyster Buy last night betrayed his intention "to sub vert this government to a despotism.' Bnnies said: "Koo-evelt lias come out in the open now by the declaration thnt th principles 'enacted nt the Rochester convention are not merely reaction ary, but are Bourbon mid reaction ary.' "The principle, reaffirmed at Rochester were never before attacked by a public man in the history of the tuition. If the Republican couvciitbit at Chicago desires to follow Roose velt's advice and declares tho bill of rights of the constitution as endorsed by the Rochester convention 'Bourbon and reactionary,' then the Republican (Continued on Page 6.) ENTER POLITICS and they intend to win. Thoro will probably bo two tickets In the field, ouo put forth by tho friends of the present administration, and one by tho Insurgent womon and their malo allies who think a chaugo needed lu school affairs. Dr. E. L. Seoly has been Impor tuned to mako tho raco by tho ad ministration forces whilo tho Insur gents havo asked Prof. P. J. O'Gara to becomo tholr candidate. Neither has as yet accepted. A hot fight la promised and tho womon assert that thoy havo tho backing of tho bulk of paronts of the school children. vania, a millionaire lumbormun hoav lly Interested In timber lands In Oro gon and California, Is tho man who brought great prossuro to hear lu Jones' case. Wheeler has wondorful political Influence and knows how to mako it count. Ho has been working in Jones' behalf for months, and I was not surprised at the president's act." The Into United States Sonntor Mitchell of Oregon and Dinger Her mann, fanner commissioner of tho gouoral land office, wero nllogod to havo boon implicated In tho laud frauds for which Jones was convicted, I NATION WRECK ASSERTS BANES NO. G3. TAFT ELECTS DELEGATES AT President's Forces in Control of State Republican Convention by a Good Working Majority and Secures a Clear Cut Endorsement. Rtfoseve'lt's Strentjth From the Rural Districts Motion Laudlny Colonel Is Decisively Turned Down. COLUMHUS, O., Juno 4.--Control-llng the Ohio state republican con vention hero today by a good working majority, adhercntn of President Taft elected for him tho six delegate at large from tho state, and despite des perate endeavors by tho Roosovolt clans, obtained a clear-cut endorse ment of tho present chief executlvo for the republican nomination for tho presidency. Alter the Taft victory It was rum ored that the Hoosevelt inon ould bolt the convention. Tho first test of strength between Taft and Roosevelt camo on tho ques tion of cndorsatlon. The Roosovolt men attempted to substitute for tho majority rcpoit'endorslng Taft, a res olution lauding Colonel Roosevelt. On a division, Taft won by 393 1-2 votes to Rooscvet's 359 1-2. On tho vote for the delegate at large Roosevelt showed a trifle moro strength, the vote being for Taft dele gate 390 1-2 against, or Roosovelt delegates 3C2 1-2. Every large coun ty In the state except thoso contain ing Columbus and Toledo supaprtod the Taft delegates, tho Roosevelt strength being largely drawn from tho delegates representing tho rural sections. AT G. 0. P. CONVENTION CHICAGO, Juno 4. Overjoyed by Colonel Roosevelt's statement voic ing a decision to fight to tho last tho selection of Elihu Root as temporary chairman of the Republican national convention, adherents of tho formor president wero doubly delighted hero today when the first rift In tho llno u p of solid South, lmndplcked Taft delegates came. The first break in what tho Roose velt men declare ultimately will be come a rush to tho colonol was mado by two Alabama delegates, who de clared thnt, despite their Instructions for Presldont Taft, they will vote for Roosovolt "because 90 per cent of Alabamans uro for tho colonel." Adding to tho confidonco of tho Roosevelt party Is their belief that, when tho test comes, the dolegates pledged to Cummins and La Follotto will vote for Roosevelt. Ormsby Mc Harg, Roosovelt's contest mauagor, declares that his chief's nomination on tho first ballot Is a certainty. On tholr side, tho Tuft mou aro do. lighted with tho president's "calling Roosevelt's bluff" and insisting that ho favors making public tho commit tee meetings In which tho contests for delegates aro to ho decided. Hundreds of politicians and news paper correspondents aro arriving hero today, Tho lobbies of all tho principal hotols aro Jammed. Con gressman McKluloy, director of tho Taft bureau, so fur has fullod to ap poar In Chicago. Senator Dixon, Roosevelt's campaign onanagor, is duo this aftornoon. TANNER SAYS BIBLE TELLS OF 40 DAY FASTS II I II m II SEATTLE, Juno 4,--Dr. H. 8. Tanner, tho fasting specialist, defied tho Seattlo ministers federation yes terday to rofuto his assertion that tho Dlbio contains several Instances of fasts lasting forty days. He ask ed tho assembled clergyment whom they thought was rlKlit th Jadlcl men, who say fourteen days is ths ttmit of human endurance without food, or the Bible whloh thy"teii, Tanner's challenge whs UHaMWri. LA N lUHHEIJ CHIAGO