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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1912)
& SECOND EDITION Korly.m'ciiinl Y'iir, I tii 1 1'- -Mo vmi Mi Vinr. FOUR KILLED, FOUR EXPLOSION AT ME IS AS CAUSE OF BLOW-UP iBY OTHER WOMEN Mm Lltcially Blown to Pieces and Hurled Hundreds ul . . . Fret In Air, Limbs Belnu Scattered Broadcast Powder j Charyt: Was Beliio, Placed In a Cliff Above Where Crev. of Men Were Haulluu Rock. Powdcruien In Hahlt of Smuklnu While Placlntj Powder Charges Some Survivors Contend That Powder Was Tamped With Sun-Heated Iron. Three ini'ii witro literally Mown to IiIitiih, another fatally Injured, ilylni; t tln Kiirrul Heart Hospital In (IiIh city, mill four badly hurt by n premature- explosion In the quarry above Jnekunuvlllo at 11:10 o'clock (IiIh morning. Tlin explosion U believed .by men working In (tin iiiurry to have been I'liiiKi'd by a curolcindy dropped cigar ette on powder healed by being ex pound to tliu nun, although ll ipay liavu ln'iiii raimcd by the powder man 'it bo wnn .ulicliiK u'fliargo vboforu cooling Tim bold In which ha wait tniupliiK the powder. Thu dead: IOIIN SIMMONS, ni;"d about 45, a iKMldniil of Jacksonville. LOUIS LAZOVIt'll, Greek employ t'd n water boy. LOUIS HOODON, (irc.tk. thi pow der man. .IA.MKB RYAN, ngud about 1!C, r.nl iliuit of Jacksonville. Tim lujiirml: i:. VInIiio, severe ctilri, log broken, possible- Internal liiJurluH, Resident of Jacksonville. .lohii Button, log mill nnu broken. Severely Injured otherwise Resident of Jucksouvlllo for a number of yearn. Curl Burn, gash In hem) and other bruises. IteHldiiut of Applegate. John Xiiucllo, arm broken, llailly bruised, (Ircek laborer. Three Killed Outright The three men who were killed outright were horribly mangled. The body of young Laxovlch, waler boy, who wiih standing above the place the exploMlon occurred, prosontod tbw inoHt horrlhlo appearance. He wan hurled nearly 200 feet. An arm wiih picked up In otto place, a let; In an other. Ills body struck a chapnrrol IiiihIi and wiih torn to bltH. Thu pow Jer man, Hogdon, was liurled clon. of the huge pit of the quarry, land ing li H loiiKO lf0 feet from the place tlio explosion occurred. Ho wiih horribly mangled. John Rlmiiiniin wiih hurled directly Into the air and waw Instantly killed. JaiuoH Ryan, though fatally Injured did not huc cumh until be had reached the Sacred Heart hospital, Tlio powder olmrgo wnH IhiIiir pine i'd In u cliff about ar. feet directly above where u crow of men were hauling roclt. Tim explosion hurled rock down upon them and this nc coiintH for tho lirokou logH and nriiiH. Olio man camo through tho Hhowor of. i ucl unhurt. Ah llogdon wan killed outright the manner In which tho uxpIohIoii oc curred will-hover bo known, A largo uiimher of tho laborers nay that lie wiih In the hnblt of smoking while placing powder ohurgoH ami Hint they hellevo that this fired tho cbarj;o. On the othor hand hoiuo of the men claim that the heat of tho nun boating down on tho cliff whoro ho wiih work ing inado tho tanking f powder a very diuiKorouH niuttor. Hluolc pow dor mid dynamite, Is bulni; used for blaming. , Wild i:iilonieiit Follows Iininodhitely following tho explos ion the wildest uxoltumunt provullod at tho quarry. Klnally one of the (Contttiuua on I'ago (,) Medford BLAMED M WARSHIPS START WOI AT KtFRIMIOR SENT KEY WEST WASHINGTON, June 0 The navy department U preimrlm; today to Bend the hnttlcithlpH Florida. Utah, Delaware mid thu North Dakota now nt AtiuiipollH, to Key Went on Satur day next. The fourth dlvlnlon of tho Atlantic fleet, reiiHlHtlnt: of tho four battlenblirt which left Key Went yes terday, arrived at (liiaiitanaino at noon today, accordliiK to deRpatchen received here. Tho warHhlpa landed 1,100 niarlnes nt (liiantniiaino this aferuoou. Tho plan of tho ndinlnltttratlon hero In to await tho effect of thu presence of tho United Htateu ImttlcHhlps On tht Cuban revolutionists. I'rlted HtatcH Mlulntur Ileaupre of Havana wired the Htato department today that I'roHldent (loinez Ih re- eruUlut; 10,000 volunteora, and ban united the United Stated government to furnlMb r.,000 more Krai; rlflcH mid 1,000,000 more roundn of am munition. SAN DIEGO'S JAIL SAN MKCIO, Cal., Juno C Two niHCH of Hinnllpox In thu county Jail remitted today In tho city health ituthorltlcH iiHHiimliiK custody of 17 men who were hold In tho jail on chaw of vagrancy In connection with the recent I. W. W. dlHturbancea. On motion by District Attorney Ut ley, (leorKO W. PutorbiuiKh, police JiiiIko, ordered tho release of tho 17 prhhmcrn on their own recognizance, Dr. KrmiclH Mead, city health officer announced to tlio court that tho re leased prlsouerH would bo removed to tentH at Rorronto, where they would bo cared for by tho city for at least fourteen days, tho time that must elapse for disease to develop If It has been contracted. COBALT, CANADA, IS DESTROYED BY FI COHAIP, Out., Juno tl. Most of the business section of this town was 'destroyed by flro oarly today. Tho flro Btartod from tho uxploslon of nn ollhtovo In tho Lyric thentor, Tho uudioiico loft ho building (utotly and no nnu was Injured. Tho flro riiBoil for Hovoral hours nul was not gotten under control un til outiy today. Loss $D0,000, OR CUBAN UE MX N MEDFORD, Scene of Today's Fatal Explosion SHSSisSflfttfjiKPRg ) u!jflHjiiLHHHHHjBjBjBHHH "7 " " . "i ONCE SECURING ; SERVICE FOR EGGS NAMES FOR BILL The matter of riiitfiui; the ncecxnry .?7ft) for the cciiriti of 12,0011 names (u iiiMia .the appearance of Mcilfonl'! Home liule n:ul hill on the ballot in November, the Medford Ommcrcitit club diseiiKoeil (ho mutter at some length ut i reuliir meting held Weil iihilay eveniiii: nt the City Hall and ileeiilecl to call upon the proKrehMves of tliiH city mill enmity to contribute to u fund for this pun him1. Ak there reimiiiiH hut four weeks in which to M'curo the necessary Mxiuitiirus, the mutter Ih urgent. The Home Kule bill as outlined by the Medford Coiiiineieinl olub vill give iiliMilute county eontrol of the amounts of money, location of roads and Mipcrvisiuu of the same to the. respective counties of the state. Willi thu amendment enacted each county will Imvu absolute control over the matters of htiihliui; iicrmmient muds. Thu plan outlined by President Colvig is to uct the number of signatures, about J'J.OIIO from the respective couiinereiiil clubs, rane;cs and by dir ect canvas of the larger cities through the aid of bureaus that secure sig natures. These iinnies must be .se cured, if ut all, before July 0, or Jackson county's fight for permanent roads will have become a dead issue, That this work may bo carried on with rapidity a sum of money will bo ncucssiiry for the securing of tho names and every public spirited man in Jackson county is to bo asked to contribute. BRYAN'S NAME DULUTII, Minn., Juno 0 Montlon of tho name of William J. Hrynn halt of business for several minutes whlla tho delegates cheered tho Nobraskan at tho democratic &tuto convention hero today. It was reported that tlio Clark supporters aro prepared to stampedo to Dryau If it becomes ovl dent that Champ Clark cannot cap ture tho statu convention, Tho Wilson men aro apparently In control, Iowa Elks in Session, LWVKNPOKT, III., Juno 0. Dav onport extended a cordial nrotlng to tho hundrods of visitors who gathorud horo today for tho sixth annual con vention of tho Iowa Htato association of lOlltu. Thu meeting will last until Friday. lu mldltlou to tho usual business sessions thoro will bo u street parade, bund contest and nu niorous features of outortulumont, AROUSES mm Mail Tribune OKISOON", TJITUSIMV, JUNE fi, 19J2. aw mm Owinj; to the rcctnt increase in cj iiiul berry sbipmculs from the Houe Hiver Valley to PorUyid nno Seattle, me .-souiuern jmciiic win in tlio luture opcrule n refrigerator car on Satur tlnys through the valley, picking up till local sliipiuent.s of es, butter, and other perishable products. The ear will be carried on the local freiejit between Ashland ami Grants Pass where it will be attached to a fast through freight ami given u 'J4 hour service to Portland. This service will also take eare oi small fruit shipments and bo of material help to the growers inasmuch as the freight charge is considerably lower (bun express charges. Being loaded in a refrigerator ear. frait should stand up well in the freight service as the time in transit is short. There is no doubt that this will prove of considerable value to the valley and will be welcomed by the fanners and small fniit growers. Last Saturday 2000 pounds of but ter wns shipped to Portland from this city and from III) to -10 cases of eggs are going torward diulv. litis iced car will taho eare of all manner of berries which will soon be shipped out of the valley and should prove of much benefit. Hv putting " ""' ' !'' grower gets the .same iHivauiage wm n -mull shipment bo would receive with an entire carload. F OF LOS ANOULIJS, Juno C That Hort II. Krauklla conforrod with tho strike committee of tho Merchants and Manufacturers association with regard to his plea of Kulltyk and that they promised him immunity If ho would so plead was wlmt Attorney Hurl Rogers for tho dofoiiBO attempt ed to bring out when tho state's Btar witness was recalled to tho stand for further cross examination In tho mor ning session of tho Darrow brlbory trial today, Franklin admitted going to tho of fice of tho M, and M. nnd meotlng tho members of the strike committee thoro, but could not rontomber any of tho conversation, according to his testimony. Ho admitted tho mombors woro all his friends, nHJLLINClHAM, Wn Juno C How Owon of this phico, ouo of a party making thu descent of Mouut Hakor yostorday, slid 200 foot down nn Joy slope A crovaBso yawned at his foot. A companion, Richard llesso, In tho lead, ernbbod htm as ho coasted past and stopped htm at tho Instant when his foot woro pro truding ovor tho void. MN FIND MERCHANTS INJURED IN JACKSONVILLE TWO COVENTIONS BRYAN'S PROPHECY Tl BY Three Times Presidential Candidate1 Sizes Up Republican Contest Be tween President and Former Presi dent and Predicts a Bolt Probable. uepenus upon nerve oi candidate s .. . i supporters und Whether Taft Dare Use Party Machine for Himself. (By Williams Jennings Bryni..) Copyright, J!U2, by the SYwspupei Enterprise Association CHICAGO, June 0. The fhicago convention promises to be the most exciting ever held in the history of the country, provided, of course, there ih no surrender before the bat tle. Never before have we had a president, fighting for a second term, pitted against an ex-president, fight ing for a third term. This alone would make it a battle of giantfi, but an inexhaustible quantity of red fire is supplied for tho celebration by the met tout the contestants, once bosom friends, are bitter enemies. What ever may be the cause of the feud, there is no doubt that a feu J exists and no feud among mountaineers has ever been more deadly in its effect on participants and innocent by standers. In a street duel a stray bullet sometimes strikes a passerby, but in this case, several hundred thousand officeholders not to speak of nn army of aspirants have had their hopes riddled and their bread and butter filled with fragments of ex ploded shells. Two Conventions Predicted In speculating as to the outcome of the convention one must have con siderable latitude. At tho present it looks like two conventions, if Mr. Tuft's supporters have the courage to do nil that is in their power. Tho refusal of the committee to honor Hoosovelt's request for 250 tickets indicates they have tho ani mus to fight, but have they the cour ai'e to carry tho fight to the last ditch f -Mr. Taft has control of the na tional committee. The committeo can sent enough of the Taft delegatos to give- him n majority of tho con vention and thoro will bo as much to be said in favor of Taft delegates from tho South as can bo said for Mr. Hoosevelt's delegates from that section, for Republican delegations from tho South, whether thoy support Taft or Koosevelt, represents, as a rule, only what patronage and cor ruption or money can buy. There aro two questions to be an swered. Whoever can answer them correctly can foretell tli result in Chicage: Two Questions Only First Will President Taft daro to use tho machinery which he controls? If ho does and tho mitehino doesn't brenk down ho can tako his South ern delegations, and with a minority of the delegates from tho north, nom inate himself, Does ho want that kind of a nomination, and will ho risk what Mr. Roosovolt may then dof (If the ex-president would an nounce in advance that ho would abido by tho decision of tho conven tion ho would not havo much chunoo to secure a nomination. Ho might ,ns well go to Africn.) , Tho second question is, what will Mr, Roosovolt, if his contesting dolo gates aro denied seats, do? Will be tako a minority of tho delegates from tho north, repair to another bnll, scat his contesting delegates from tho south and then proceed to nominate himself? Holt Seems Likely That would soeirjt o bo bis ptir- ( Continued "on Page cTJ IA ION N NEBRASKAN Orcnon Historical foclito City Hall "''HJ rm .-.rLAV v H!B III I v sZs- .gS1 iisi,iini W..J TAFTSSTFJI ROLLER BEGINS TO WORK REPUBLICAN ROOSEVELT CONTESTANTS TO BE OUSTED CHICAGO, June C With both Roosevelt and Taft leaders claiming a maturity of delegates, while both sides privately admit that the result will he very close, the Republican na tional committee met here this after noon to consider a temporary roll call of the delegates to the national con vention. Victor Rosewater of, Nebraska, was elected 'chairman and tho rules governing the Taft-Roosevelt delegate contests were adopted. These largely duplicated tho old rules. Tho first debato came up over the question as to whether press associa tions only should be admitted to the contes hearings, ort as to whether tho hearings should bo open to all ac credited newspaper reporters. Today's session was devoted mostly to organization and rules of contest. Tho Taft delegates control the ront mitteee and a large number of dele gates in favor of Taft will be seated. Tho first contests are Arkansas and Alabama and will probably not be settled before Saturday. President Taft is expected to win practically all these contests. Ruling Kavois Taft Tho Roosevelt leaders aro urging seats in tho convention, each dele gate, contested, to be allowed half a vote. Tho Taft men decline to con sider such a proposition. Tho na tional committeo miido it plain at its first session that whore a contesting delegation seriously assails tho legal- Square-Faced Bulldog Roosevelt Anthem CHICAGO, June 0. The Roosovelt campaign song lias made its appear ance. It is a parody of the famous war chant of tho Chump Clark boost ers, "You Gotta Quit Kickin' My Oawg Around." It is sung to the tune of "Casoy Jones." Hero it is: TKDDY'S BULLDOG. Teddy's gotta dawg, but be ain't no hound; Hu's a square-jawed bull and his face is round, His legs is short and he's eloso to tho ground, And you bet thoy ain't kickin1 Teddy'ri dawg around. CHORUS. Square-jawed bull, and his fnco Ih round; Squnre-juwed bull, ami ho ain't no WEATHER Fair and Wiirnt- Max. 7j Mln. r.l; Itch Hum. IB. - NO. G5. EsryasT itv of the election of regular delegate niey win nave a cimuee but that in cases where fraud, intimidation or juggling of roll calls is claimed, tho committeo will take tho stand that it is without authority to review tho acts of any convention. Such n ruling strongly favors President Taft nnd means the ousting of nearly all tho Roosevelt contestants from the South. Hold Ilalanco of Power President Taft is boing kept in im mediate touch with all developments by means of a private telephone lino extending from the office of Clmrlea 1). llilles, secretary to the president, at the Blackstouu hotel here, to the White House. Irrespective of whnt tho national committee may do with tho contests here, tho uuiustriicted delegates really hold the balance of power. Both sides claim them, but whoro thoy really stand will not bo determined until tlii first roll call is taken in. the national convention on the make-up of the temporary organization, If the national committeo pushes through the Taft program, it is gen erally oxpected that Roosevelt, will come here in nersou noxt week. If he does the colonel will hold a proxy and will sit in tho sessions of the na tional committee. Root to lie Chairman Senator Elibu Root of Now York undoubtedly will bo elected tempo rary chairmnn of tho national con- (Contluuod on Page 8.) hound; Short-legged bull, eloso to tho ground, And you bet thoy n'm't kinkin' Teddy'rf bull around. Tlio Domourntio dawg, Uio unlucky hound That tho boys hnvo all been kickin' around, Is tho same old dawg that's boon stiokiu' 'roun, Sinco old Abu Lincoln camo to Wash ington town, , ' Chorus. And now ho oome back, the moasly ho.in', With his fnco and his tail still hangm' down; Tho hungry, sly, old, lob-wrd hpuild, t . No woudor the boys have beefi kwkfo hint around. NATIONAL KIMMIM 9