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( -1' u ti ,Vr yil ' s Medford Mail Tribune ' n if. SECOND EDITION WEATHER! I'nlr ntnl vrrj Mk H7j, Mitt no; ltd HHm an. -i i nr for- ! 1'orly.Mi'Oiiinl Ymr, Onlly llnvmitli Vrnr. A MS CAROLINA L WITH K Slnrvliin Miners ami Sympathizers Flnlit Willi Dotccllvcs Employed hy Mlno 0wnrr8 Two Detectives are Killed and Many Miners Shot ncnurtril 'that Bomb was Thrown Into Onrrncks Occupied hy Guards Tclruraph Wires Down ('IIAItl.I'.KTO.V, W. Vn.f .Inly 27. Win in wr-leniim (o hliilo militiamen, w li tin llixy bcllevit will hliivhl I hem fiuiti alleged brutalities of private di'leiiliwi (,'iiiuiliiij; (lie mines along the Ptiiiit Creek section, wiih nn entiled by- hundreds or Mrikers tit n htiiiulimi of Niitlniiul (IiimkI, under rutumuiid oT Mnjur Jnines I'rnll, ar rived from (Miuili'Ntoii, Tim minors ehccied miuI hugged I'ttt'lt other fnun joy. explaining lo Mnjur I'rult Unit "the linliuinun hiutulitics practiced on their women and children must h0l." Tim ilcinoiiriliiilioii wiih purtifipnt iil In hy wooilntiutii and minor, lint few of the fighters iii yesterday's figlitiug engaged hi Ihu welcome to I hit troop, iiiont of tlii'in having 'scattered, fearing urreM, .Sentiment Km or Hlrlkcr Hceniixo of Mid wide ami affected tln authorities a ro finding much difficulty in compiling Hut lint of oitMinltius,' lint it Is believed (lint hii0 dead and twenty injured in a 'fAir i',ilinnit'. Sentiment in growing rapidly In fin or of tliu minors invi-Ktigiitiuit having hIiimsii Hint women niul child ton have lieen subjected to various iifdiguitic. and that the strikers wrru .jIuhliiiuttuiiiLJuiKifeiiMuorllit'ir women iiinl home limn from tiny loiing imiuiixi lite (leionnveH lie rnuso (hey were sent into the dis trict to jjtinid I he initios. Moun taineers who wore not dtiootly In lerohlutl in the strike woro aroused mer ln alleged inhumiiuitios of (ho gun ids, mid oluulanly joined in yiMtordux's ehihh with the dolccliu'n. t'oitimiialoatloii Cut Off CHARLESTON, W. V.. July 27, With both telephone and telegraph wires down, making verlflrnllou dif ficult, loports rouehed hero today that a dozen men have lieen Hlnln In the I'aliil Oioek xortlou, a clnHh liittweeu mliiern and Italilwlu detec tives mint In to the dlxtrlct to Kunrd mine property. 'Hie initio of tntink etry In heard voutliiuiilly on hnth nldeii of tho creek, and an women unit children are fleolnr, from tho dUturlied territory It Ih helleved here that lnventli(ntlon will hear out the reportg of raiiualtlen. Ooveruor (llumrork, alarmed over tho nltiiatlnu, ordered threo compn iilea of mllltlti to riuh from Mount (tret mi. I'a.i where tho Htnte tronpn are In nnuiinl onrnmpmunt, and tho noldloiH arrived here today on a pn elal train. They will march Into tho I'alul Creek nectlon at onco. Tio TlioiiNaml Out Mora than 2,000 mlnnm wont on Htrlko April 20, hut no dlnordorH wer repotted until tho arrival or tho do loctlvcH. The only accurate nowa nh tatnahlo Ih that furiilHhod hy cour lorn, and thoy report tho ltmtlon au dRaporato, Tho flrnt norloiiH cIiihIi hotweon (Continued on ptiKQ 2.) DIOTItOIT, Mich., July 27. -Two of tho tun elty iildormon arrested hero on oIhu'koh of having accoptod bilboH and conspiracy to accept a bribe for thulr voten and liifluoncu In tho piiHHliiK of a moaHiiro uffoctlitK elty property recently truiiBforroit to the Wamuh tallioad, lmvo confoHBod, acconlliiK to u Btatomont Klvon out today hy tho police. Thron othorn, It was Bald, liavo mado partial cou fuHHlnu, Tho arniHt of two other ill duiniou In uxpootod tills nftornoon. The acuiiHod men wore ouch roloiisud on n. 000 hull. Duma dotoetlvuu have beon working on tho caHo for four months, GRAFTERS CONFESS TO BRIBES POOR DO NOT NEED R SAYS LODGE Massachusetts Senator Maintains That Sugar Tariff Is Primarily .1 Tax on tho Rich Who Purchase Luxuries In Which Sugar Is Used Amenduient to Excise Dill ncpcallnn Canadian Reciprocity Will Dead lock Both Houses WAHIIINCJTON, July 27 -Piishiiko or i he sugar tariff rovlnlon bill, with pi u Irion for a reduction In duty of .10 cents per liuuilred pounds on raw ciifar, making the duty IJ.fiO per hundred, wax today presaged liy a vote i f tin- "onnte In romtnltle0 of tho whole. The volo was 37 to 2T nu tho pnritnKe of tho Lodge amend meiil providing for hiiuIi reductions. WA8IIIN(tTON, July 27. Renntor Henry Cabot I.wIko of MiiHHiicliiiKettH led tho attack In the itenntu today on the hoimu miRiir tariff revlnlou hill, tunliitnlnliiK that the tax on HiiRnr doe not coino larely on tho poor, niul that the Iioiiko hill, reuinvlnR tho tax. would In no deureo lower the cott of living for lhono nu whom It jireHneH hardeiit. "Kvory rlvlllxed tint Ion tnxeti HiiKar," raid I.oiIko. "Thono IkmI aide to do no InrKoly pay the tax ho cniiHo they nrn tho chief purchaiicrH of thoHo luxurk'H In which miRiir In imed, Tho free miKnr theory otn hodled In the Iioiiko bill appear to ho that of the duty on miRar Ih re moved tho entire benefit will comu to thn ronnuntor." Tito dninncrntle minority of the Kcnntn finance cnmmltteo filed Hh re port today on a nuhntltuto for tho hono, .niKurblll. lt ald tbo jiipiu boriCot the rommltteo did not belUno It wine o mirreuder fifty million dollar of the public rovenun In one hill. It Ih expected hern today that the HCtmto'n amendment to thn oxelno hill repealing Canadian rclproclty proh hbly will deadlock both hoimo. and pniHlhly block tariff leKlnlnllou IIiIh ear. CotiRreHHtnnn Underwood oppoKen the repeal of reciprocity, and hln In fluence prohahly will control tho bongo, TO DEATH UPON BAY CITY STREETS HAN KHANCISCO, July 27. Ah Holutely at Hea In their hunt for tho man or men who abot to death Po llremnn Clmrlea II, Dates, on a atruet In tho heart of tho city hero last mid night, tho police today Hlralued overy nerve to capture two iinen who lmvo vanlHhed and one of whom, a prob able pervert, Ih helleved to have com mitted the prime, a llatoa was do tached to Htipprctm crimen of thlc character. Ouo of theno men, tall man, droHsod In Bin)', l Borally be lieved by eye wltncHncs. to liavo fired tho fatal flhot. Tlio other, a foreig ner, who wiih In IiIh uhlrt bIoovoh, wiih book to run from tho Hpot na HateH foil nnd to tnkn a street car from tho scene of the tnutodyv Dates, who had been on special duty, wan not In uniform at tho (lino ho was klllod. According to tho host evidence presented so far, Dates In believed to have accosted tho tall man In i;ray, tho tui spooled porvort. Ho wait Keen talking with tho stranger who h moinont boforo tho almt was flrod reulod back nu though from a blow from tho policeman's flat. Thon tho ruii flashod, Dates fell, and his murderer fled down an alloy and vanished Into tho night. CHICAGO PUTS BAN ON JQHNSON-FLYNN FILMS CHICAGO, July 'J7. Over the pro testH of Jnok JohuHon, world' huavy wuIkIiI (Oiampiou, nnd .lack Cut ley, two 'ChloiiKoiitiH niul tho tnost inlcr- ohIuiI partieH, Mayor UurrUou today htifl put tho Imu on thn Johnson Flytm fight piotiiros, POLICEMAN SHOT MEDFORD, BURNS SEEKING EVIDENCE FROM DARK DUNGEON Lahor Union Committee Reports Powerful Influences at Work to Drcak Down McNamara hy Keep Inn Him in Solitary Confinement Detectives Visit Prison in Guise of Deputy Sheriffs and Hold Con versations With Guards HAN KUANCIRCO, Oil., July 27. - "Thero Ih no doubt In the mind of the tomiultteu that powerful In fliiences are at work to baniiis tho McNamani brothers and to brcitk tlioin down to secure Home sort of evidence wanted by the Hums I)e tectlvo Akciic)'." With these words the committee of seven appointed by the Ran Fran cisco labor council to Investigate the circumstances surrounding James It. Mr.N'amnrn'H punishment In "soli tary" at Han Qiientln penitentiary. where ho Ih serving a life- sentence In connection with the l.os Angeles Times dynamiting, concluded their report to the council. Huron' Men Huh)' Tho labor council by unanimous vote decided that the committee start further Investigation today to ferrot out tho purported attempt of Burns detectives to roach San Quetlu prison officials In order to liavo their way with the McNamara brothers. Tho committee declared It was prepared to produce positive proof of nil as sertions It bad mado to Wardon John lloylc, nnd this will bo done within tho week. According to tho report, James D. McKnninrn, declnred by Warden Hoyio to bnvo been placed In "soli tary" because of Insubordination, wan placed In tho dungeon July 5, remained, thero threo days and was thon placed In tho Incorrlglblo ward, whom ho now Is. Iloylo declared ho did not know how soon ho would terminate McNamarn's punishment. To Probe Situation "This Investigation Hhould go moro deeply than an Interview with War don Iloylo," said Delegnto Sollg Sul herg, "It should bring to light cer tain facts In the coudu t of men now In Hnn Quontin working In tho In terests of the llurtiH Detective Agency which I know to bo tho case. "Ran Quontin has been a peculiar place for certain crimes. I clto the action of tho Ran Krnnclsco police of. flclals who wero permitted to go to the prison and torture John lingers to wring a confession from him of the Dcnjamln Goodman murder. 1 wnnt to seo HiIh thing sifted, nnd I mnvo that this committee remain cor porate until McNamani leaves soli tary confinement." Tho most Hlgnlflcant Information unearthed by tho commit too nt Ran Quontin wiih that on July 31, Mal colm McLaren, a Hums detoctlvo from l.os Angeles In tho gulso of n deputy sheriff, had visited tho prison nnd had n long conversation with cor talu guards. To InvcMlgnto fliiurri Wardon Iloylo promised tho com mltteo that ho would lnvostlgato tho allegations ttat n guard named Orubb, who Is said to havo declared thnt If tho MeNamaras woro placed undor IiIh supervision ho would "rnlso Hell with thorn," hnd Intorostod him self particularly In tho case. Tho committee of sovon nro John I, Nolan, Beorotary of ttho labor council; J, P. McLaughlin, stato labor commissioner and president of tho council; P. H. McCarthy, presi dent of tho stato unit local building trades councils; Olaf A. Tvoltmoo, aoorotary of tho Btato and San Fran cisco building trndes council, H, A. Clancy, M. J, McGuIro nnd Frank C. McDonald, LOGGING CONGRESS ADJOURNS AFTER ELECTING OFFICERS TACOAfA, Wiibh., July 37. Tho Pneifio Losing Congress adjourned lust uluht nftor eleetiug Spokane for tho mooting in 1DUI nnd re-electing the following efficers: President, 10. It. Hluko, Seattle.; vieo president, II, C. Clnlr, Portland; huerotnry, Cloorgo Cornwall, I'ortlnud. Today tho convention wont to Kupowsiii to the logging entnp of tho St. Paul and Tiicoum Lumlior eoni-wny, OREGON, 8ATTM)AY, .IVY 27, 1912 Defends High Cost of Sweet Things ux IMBBBHHBHBBMMWMBBBMMfc?fP.r7Sgagi?gsy,M imin mmj taaemmnii i.i A A JU-l .,.,. HENRY CffiCrr LODGE. rrnrt wrote. NEWSBOY NEW SUSPECT E NKW YOUK. July 27.231611111 vn ii, the Now VOrk "Klng'f tho Newsbo8" who wKyerlerday point ed out at tho Itolcuthal Inquest as having been In tho "murder automo bllo" when tho gambler was killed, was today hold byj,the coroner with out ball for co'inpisity In 'the murder. Rttlllvnt) was nt onco sent to the Tombs. Demanding an aldernianlc Investi gation of tho Itoscnthal killing nnd of tho alleged league between the police of Uo elty nnd tho "under world," Alderman Curran today wroto lo Mayor Gnynor. Ho said: "Yon Bay wo aro trying to em bnrrasH you. How would It em barrass you If we find how nosonth.il wan so oaslly nnd theatrically mur dered? How do wo 'stultify our selves by undertaking an Investiga tion? "In complaining of tho hoard of aldermen you said you had au affi davit that an alderman bud accepted n $fi00 bribe for giving a privilege for n bootblack stand. What linn that to do with your duty In the Hoscnthnl case? Was It a bluff? Let us havo the facts no more 'stul tification' talk." SHAGlllT, N J, July 27. -With hln speech of acceptance written In his own shorthand notes completo, Govornor Woodrow Wilson of Now Jersey arrived at his summer homo hero today, bringing to an end the porlod of Bocluslon which ho went Into when he started his address. Tho speech, Is was announced, will bo printed Monday. United States Senator Goro of Oklahoma conferred with tho demo cratic presidential nominee this af ternoon. It Ih cnnsldored likely that tho blind Bonntor will mnnngo Wll sou's western campnlgn. Western hendnunrtors for Govornor Wilson will bo established olthor In Donvor or San FrancUeo. LOS ANGELES BEGGAR HAS $300,000 CASH AND LAND LOS ANUKLKS, Cut., July 27. Mrs. Loottn Soybold, n beggar, was Adjudged insane, and today is in the Pat ton Asylum. Mrs, Seyhold hns for years been a beggar on tho streets of l.os AtiL'elos. When her affairs wero gotiQ over, it wns discovered that she had n foititue amounting to $1100,000, $00,000 of which is on deposit in several local banks. l)r, J, A. Roliu of (ho county hos pital h.vs thut tho eoutitiued monot ony of vomiting riiuklcs. and dimes WH' tho woman. t Kso tor mind. ROSENTHAL CiHM wJrVi'Wl WLSON COMPLETES ACCEPTANCE SPEECH SI o AND POLICE CHIEF PORTLAND. Ore., July 27. That Mayor Kushllght, Chief of Police Slovcr, Detectlvo Captain Baty, cx Delectlvo Held and Patrolman Mad dux "openly outraged public decency, grossly disturbed the public peace," and committed an act "injurious to public morals," Is tho charge made In another Indictment agnlnst thorn growing out of tho alleged attempted bribery of District Attorney Collier in marked currency which was re ported by tho grand Jury. Tho Indictment Is based on the public nuisance statute, tho offenso being a misdemeanor and tho penal ty not moro than a flno of $500. This Is tho second time that tho present Indictments has been drawn up against Mayor Rushlight and his co-defendants. On tho first occasion, nhout threo weeks ago, tho grand Jury returned a not-truo bill. SOUTHERNER AS RUNNING MATE TI CHICAGO, July 27. Prediction that a southern progressive would bo nominated for tho vlco-presldency by tho "Hull Mooso" convention was ttindo hero today by Renntor Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, manager of Colonel Roosevelt's campaign forces. He anticipates a big industrial pro gressive vote to result from n special appeal which Is to bo made to tho working men of tho country. "Wilson," said Dl.xon, "roachod the crost of his wnvo of popularity flvo days after his nomination. Ho has been losing ground slnco. Tho democratic nomlnoo Is not popular personally, and his platform does not appeal to tho people Incidentally, thero nro no cheers tor Taft, elthor." CONTINUE EFFORTS TO FREE HARRY THAW NEW YOIUC. July 27. That of forts to secure tho roleaso of Harry K. Thaw, from Mattowean would not bo abandoned, despite tho ruling of Justlco Keogh that tho Pittsburg millionaire Is still Insane, wns tho do duration here today of Cluronco J, Shoarn, Thaw's loading counsel. "While tho blow fnls hard on Thaw's irged mother." Bald Shonrn today, "Itmoroly means n slight post ponement of tho day whon ho can go homo, Wo Intend to try again Boon," PORTLAND MAYOR AGAIN ilCTEO VICTORY RES BANDANA IKET W l"l' -fi - ONDON DOCK STRIKE ENDED BYSTARVATION Lonn Drawn Out Contest Comes Sud denly to an End Quarter Million Sufferinrj Pantjs of Hunrjcr and Ditsincss is Demoralized Employers Promised to Consider Grievances hut Men Were Starved into Submission LONDON. July 27. Without a word of public explanation by cither the workers or employers, tho great London dock strike ended suddenly! today. It had lasted ten weeks tind thousands upon thousands of work men an their families suffered great privations, while the business of tho city wa badly crippled. It Is believed that a fulf statement of the cause of the. abrupt ending of the strike will be soon made. loiter In the day It was announced that the men returned to work when tho strike committee recommended a resumption, declaring that the em ployers had promised to consider their grievances. The strike leaders declare the jnen were starved Into submission. CENTRALIA, Vn. July 27:T.Iie ieciHive battle of the mimic wnrfnro started shortly after noon today. The blue defenders aro today making their final stand at lilnek river," two mile we.sf of Gate City, to which point they were driven in the hard fighting of yesterday. At dawn today tho two armies wero decidedly disorganized nnd oousider nblo difficulty was encountered in re-nhembling tho troops. During the fighting lust night a battalion" of the Twenty-fifth Infantry broke completely through the blue line nnd today were forced to light hard to evado eaptnrc. Continual cliches occurred during the night between detachments of the two armies nnd continued today, about half of the troops being in action. HEAVY UNDERTONE NEW YORK. July 27. With Gen- eral Klectrlc and Dethlehcm Steel los ing a point today's short session stock market reflected a heavy undertone. After tho first hour General Electric made up Its Initial loss but again eased off Canadian Pacific was down a point and American Tobacco sustained a two point decline Read ing wns nhout the only notable ex ception to tho genornl weakness. Tho market closed heavy. Donds woro steady. ASTORIA MOTOR BOAT REGATTA IN AUGUST ASTORIA, July 27. With suf ficient funds on hand to provldo for liberal prlies for tho various contests tho Astoria Motorboat Club is today arranging for tho annual regatta to bo hold August 27. 28 and 29. Ono of tho features of tho regat ta will bo motorboat races for tho championship of tho Pacific Coast, undor tho auspices of tho Pacific International Powerboat Association, Sailing, Bcullllng, and swimming races will also bo held, BANKER BUNCOED INTO CASHING $10,000 DRAFT SEATTLE, "vyuBh., July 27 Tho oaglo oyo of Claud A. Phllbrlck Is credited today with saving a paymottt of $10,000 on a bogus draft. Phil brick Is assistant cashier at tho First National Ilank horo. Tho forged draft, which boro tho sup posed slgnaturo of tho cashlor of an Abordoeu bank and was sout to Seattlo from tho cast for collection, was passed by the clearing house-, Phllbrlck, howQvor, was not satis fied, Ho callod Abordoon by tolo- photio. and learned of tho forgory. I T W M REOS IN MANEUVERS NO. 108 . E SAYSW. F. GWIN General,. Manajjcr of Northwestern Fruit Exchange Sees Britjht Out look for Bartlctts This Year To ' .i i Catch Redounding Market' Thinks One orTwo'Cr8 of Bartlctts Should be Shipped to England Apple Export .Trade' Prtmlslng 'That good prices will he received for the Roguo Hivcr valley Ilartlett pears this year, is tho prediction 'of. W. V. Owitt, general rrinringbr of the N'oftn'wcs'fcrti Fruit PTxi'hnnge who is in Mcdfdrd to meet with the officers nnd members nfr.the' Roguo Hivtr Fruit and Produce rtisocintion. Mr. Gwin has just returned from nrcx tcnJlecf eastern nnd Eurofjenn trip where he enrefnlly invcstlgnd fruit market conditituts. He met with n large numehr p bVcnl orchardings to day and fliscub'cd the situution tit some length. -.'VFlic onUook for.gojdv.riecH for Hartlctt penois very good," Htntes Mr. Gwin. "The hulk of tho Cali fornia crop hns gone ca.st nnd while ricsttiro" coiriing down iJ n result, nnd RartletlwVilrp'r"hnhly slump lo ?!, the Rogue River eron will catch Jjic market on the rebound ttnd will comtrtniur good irfes.-'Thc New York crop is oft'tfiis year and will not come into usual competition with tho Oregon ,fruit. We have nlrendy sold n number of cars af.fj F. O. B. Med ford." 4I would like very much to co two br three vara of Bartlctts shipped this year to Europe. England wants Hnrtletts and I believe that we would do well wjh' therm' "The npple" export trade this year will be good. Tho Hudson river cr.ip is less than 15 per cent of normal nnd it is from (his section that tho bulk of tho exported npples nro drawn. While there will bo need of n great cure in marketing npples this year prices should be good. "I bcliero that n largo number of enrs of fruit from this section should go to Europe. Wo havo recently opened offices in London nnd expect to do u considerable business there." FORMAL NOTE IS L WASHINGTON. July 27. Cfiargo d'Affnlrcs Inncs of tho British em bassy hero notified Secrotary Knox today that Great Britain will not pro test tho freo passage of American vessels through tho Panama Canal beyond tho formal not which already has been presented, The British nolo to Secrotary Knox said that a long nrgumcut tending to show that discrimination In tolls vio lates tho Hny-Pouncofot treaty will bo submitted within n fow months. Meantime tho canal legislation pro bably will havo passed congress. ii LONDON', July 27. Kid McCoy. accused of rohbiitg u princess at Ostoiid of her jewels, was in How Street nolico court aeiiin today. Tho magistrate said bail wuH impossihtu iniless tho ccousodt of tho Hegiun minister could he obtained, and te- mniided tho former puftilUt lutt'd August 2, dosnito iis renowed pro tests of innpcoiioo, , -..,, McCoy's wife finally induced tho Helgiun minister to Mefcruph tho Os tend authorities asking approval of McCoy's releiiho. Scotland Yard Is convinced that McCoy w innocent, Its officials point out (hut the' pnly ovldenco agnlnst him is thftt o,H woman arrested in Ostetld. Hlld tfltU thoy boliovo is trying to shield the real entnliiwls PEARS BRITAIN'S PROTEST PANAMA NA KID M'OY RGBBERY Ml I .'M J v t