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frefon Htitwleal StffHy City HaH - flj t v-i k ft tit y Medford Mail Tribune i V Vf i w -&4 rii . SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair and wnmfc MaifWj MIii til; ltrl Ham MO, rVl -.-j. ' ' tf riirty.mu'oml Yiir. Dully- HkvmiiIIi Yinr. MEDFORD, OREGON, WNDAy, JULY 2f), 1912 NO. 101) J JUDGE CALKINS PERMANENTLY ENJOINS " CONSTRUCTION OF BEAR CREEK BRIDGE V V h A IfrlBUi ii - fc?' .w l3 f: APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN 10 T Injunction Secured by Bowers and Carlton et al of Ashland Against Construction of Bear Creek Bridge ul Medford Made Permanent Finances of the County Only Point Touched Upon In Decision by J u (I (j e Calkins of Circuit Court Circuit Judge F M. CalkliiH of Aflhlmid, In it decision n'iiilriMl "Moil ilny miulo permanent tho Injunction neinip'il by llonton Bower and H, A. Carlton til it I of Ashland restraining J nek nun county from building tht Mmlford bridge. In hi decision tlio iMjttrt doi hot answer many of th tiucNllnim rnlfii'tl by tin? Attorney for llio county, nor docs lio pass upon tint (iuHtlon of tlin diversion or roml fiiiulH lo tho Ktirnt fund, Tim ciue will nt onco ho appealed to tho supremo rotirt. Pending a iIi-oIhIoii. tho Injunction oeurd by tho bridge contractor against tho re demption of warrants with road fuiidH vl lio continued. JuiIko Calkins' dccUlon reads tin follews: Calkin' Periston ... ."Tho jrjicord, In thin case shows thntThoftTwaii on hand In tho treas ury on January 1, 1013, $0340,04, nml Hint thuro hat slnco Iwson re ceived from othor sources than 1011 luxt'N, $0,000, that tho gcnornl levy or l.'.i milts will produce approxl matoly $72,000, and tho road lovy will produce approximately $70,000. Then tho total assets of tho county for tht purposes In thin cane, are, nfin.340.ot. "Tile trt'amiror has paid out of tli In money for redemption of road warrants, $10,724.80, aud for war rauU for general purposes, $40,027. 4S; thnt tho sheriff baa recolvod for taxes, wnrrniil for road purposes, $l2.sri.1.4 0, and for general purposes, $4, MO. HO, or a total of $l02,r!G,34. Thla miiiii Iiiih been pnld out and Is r.ono, mid iniiHl ho deducted from tho assets of tho counly In ordor to as certain whether thorn In any money aiiywhoro for tho bridge. Finance Discussed ' "It nUo appoint that tho running cxpnnno of tho county la $4000 per month, and for flvo months prior to bringing thin Hiilt, $30,000 hna boon appropriated from tho general fund by operation of law for thla purpoao. Thou tlio amount of crodjt In nny fund which tho county can apply to tho brldgo must bo roilucoil thin lloni. Or If It bo urged that thla la a debt anil Hhotild not bo 'deducted from tho nvullablo general fund, for It hua nil boon appropriated by opora (Inn of law to pay tho oldest out standing wurrnnta, which tho record ndiullH umount to upwurda of $200, 000 Involuntarily contracted, "Thou from thla balnnco wo de duct tho warrantH Inauod thla your against tho road fund, for work dono thlH your, $10,110,02, and tho locond ' rContlnuod on pago 2.) HAPPY H06AN FINED FOR ASSAULTING PLAYER RAN riMNCIBCO, Cnl., July 20. lluppy lloaan, manager of tho Ver non toiun. and Hill Lonrd, Oakland aocond baaoman, wore ouch fined $25 today by President Damn of tho Pa elflo Count Ioiikuo its it result of their flHt right during tho game at Ouk laud yesterday morning, Iliuiiu hoB ordered tho umplroa to Imnlul'i Hogan to tho club house in futuro Just as boou ns ho aturta tin iipnrtHmanUho tactics. During tho early part of tho sorlos Our IletlliiK wub itognn's mark, hut fulling to get dim' "goata," Hognu, It la mild, turned his uttoiitlou to heaiil, HIGHER U TEDDY AGAIN SHOUTS FRAUD AT T Colonel Answers Hilles' Statement and Compares Taft's Nomination With Lorlmer's Election as Senator Says No Room for Doubt If Honestly Organized, Convention Would Have Been Against Taft by One Hundred Majority OV8TKK HAY. N. V., July M. C'oloiH'l oMi'lt today look ilirocl Ihhiio with llii- hIiiIoiui'iiIh imiile from Hut whiti' Imminc' liiht niuiit in which llio ri'ptililii'iiu iiiitioutl comiulttcH iieliou in Ihu I'onti'htH nt (he eon volition in Chicago wcrt jiiKtifii'd, The Colonel hhhitIi'iI that Senator Kliliu Knot hail inlinltti'il that he would luivo voted lo Hunt the Itooxe velt ilfleateH in the 'IVxiih fonteit. He refrnvil to NleholiiH Murray Hut ler'H xtiitemeut that the KuoNevelt ilt'lcgateM from WtiNliiitKtpu should have hi'i'ii Keuted, unyiii in part: "Thin utleinptod defenuu by Tuft ilof not nml rnniiot controvert n htiiKte htatemeiit made in my throe nrtieleH in the Outlook. I did not miirtiiler one third of tho cnncx thnt hlioulil have been conmderi'd. I merely took I lio tifttorioiiH ciihim, where tliere wuh no onihility of tlio fm-trt beinu dinputetl. Thi.i ciihom alone, if it had not been for the ilotMiiifilit tbeft perpctinted by Tuft'- lictitcuniitrt would uhnolutely hnvo pruveutcd Tnt't'ri nomination. If honestly organized, tho convention would have been iigainit Taft by more lliau 100 mnjortty. "" Ilnrvfacrd Fraud "I wihh to Ntnte with all empluiHiH that therein no room for holiest doubt rvgnrdiiiK "'hut hupHned at Chieago. The friiud wnn bitrefnced and hhame Icmh n any ever committed by Hokh' Tweed's maehiuo in the days when there was no pretence of holding a fair election in New York. "Milieu, it in reported, recently e.-pri-HHiMl eiitluirtiiitio gratitude to Humeri for the wny be held the bridgu nt Chicago. It is uonHeiiNe to miiimhc Taft mid llilles did not know how the bridge wiih held. "It Is not n mere coincidence that iiino-tenths of the senatorial leaders in the tbeft nt the Chicago conven tion were ulso the lenders in the fight to retain Lorimer's seat. Penrose, Guggenheim, flalliiigi'r and Crane, for instance. ItetcrtHt.o Larimer "There nre politicians and news papers who continue to uphold lori mer's innocence nml assert there was nothing improper iiboul bis election. Nearly all of these politicians mid newspapers assert there was no fraud in tho Chicago convention, One as sertion has us much merit us lite other. It is us idle to assert that Taft was honestly nominated us it is to assert that Lorimer was honest ly elected' E UP BY NEW YOHIC, July 20. Twonty flvo families of tho Lowor Eaat Sldo uro today rojolclng over tholr eoom lugly miraculous oscapo from death by an oxploslon bomb, following nn uttompt, as tho pollco bollovo, to de stroy tho tenement In which they live, Part of a cot placod on a roar flro oscapo and containing a alx months old infant was domollshod, but tho baby waB not ovon awaken d until tho mothor picked It from among tho debris and Joined tho screaming women in tho back yard, Tlio pollco found an iron bar wedged against a roar door to pro vont ogrosH, IN w H M UNHURT DEATH COMES EMPEROR OF Af VfAH liriOM iD-ira mm TO Yoshlsblto New Mikado End Comes While Monarch Is Unconscious, Worn Out by Loin Struggle and Constantly Increasing Dellbity Funeral .of Great Magnificence Plan ned to Emphasize Fact that Nation Is No Longer Medieval TOKIO, July 30. Worn out by conatantly Increaalng dubltlty duo to his dlabotla condition, .Mutsuhlto, Mikado aud Kmperor of Japan, died herd early In tho Imperial pulnco this morning while (lie elder utatcumen of tho nation and Yushlshlto, bin son, Htood by Ills deathbed. For hours tho dead Mikado had been unconscious aud only bin feebly fluttering heart gave Indication that life had not fled. Oxygon was being constantly administered during tho last fow hours of his life but tho shal low breathing of tho ruler mndo It certain at midnight thaht tho end could not long bo delayed. ,No ar rangements havo yet been announced for tho funeral of tho dead ruler, but It Is expocted thaht It will bo one of great magnificence and thaht tho ob- soquctles of tho head of tho nation will bo such as to oinphnslro tho fact that the land of tho Dalmyos is no longer mediaeval, but Is in tho forefront of modern progress. New ltulcr Ascend Throne Immediately after tho death of Mutuuhlto his son aud heir Yoshlshlto assumed tho supremo authority and under his hand tho elder statesmen of the nation will have charge of tho funeral rltea of tho dead ruler. Tho Mikado for years had been a sufferer front kidney troublo but acute noprhltls developed a few days ago and his physicians declared that ho could not recover. Tho stroots wero crowded for hours boforo tho omporor's death but tho voices woro hushed, an atmosphere of sadnesH being everywhere. The crowds Immediately dispersed when tho bulletin announcing their ruler's death .was posted outside tho palaco. Tho Mikado was born November 13, 18G2, ascending-tho throne when but flftoeu yearn old. Dynasty nn Old Ono Mutuuhlto wan tho 12st. emperor of tho dynasty, tho first of his nn- cestbrs ascending tho throuo about 2500 yearn ago. Tho ability of tho doad emperor manifested Itsolf dur ing tho Chlneso-Japnn war, and Japan became n recoguliod power. Then ten years later, when tho Mikado's Boldlora and navy defeated tho Rus sians, Japan took rank with tho really big powers, Mutsuhtto waa always cordial to foreigners and spoke In a low, cloar, plousliiR volco. When but 17 years of ago ho married llaruko, tho daugh ter of n noblomau. Tho empress has had no children. Tho omporor, howovor, was tho father of several chlldron, only four of whom nro now living. According to custom, tho Jnpancso rulor has 12 ladles in watt ing, who sorvo as socondnry wives. Ilia annual Incomo was about $3,000 000, halt of which was paid by tho government and tho rest derived from prlvato ostatos. WEST MEETS HAWLEY AT CALDWELL TONIGHT VALE, Ore., July 20, Governor Oswald West left Vulo early today, eontlniiinix his horsobuuk vide from Salem to Hoiso, He will bo mot to night ut Caldwell, Idaho by Governor Hawloy, who will ride into Hoiso with him Tudsdny. Tho governor has oovered 450 miles. Governor West in on his wny to attend n eoufereimo of governors nt Boise, COMES NO I WILL BE Xl'AY EMPEROR OF JAPAX. X t V CROWH PRlttGEOTJABttt BODY OF MISSING L CATSKILL. N. Y., July 29. A body positively Identified as that of Miss Dorcas SnodgraBs, the missing Now York heiress, was found here today. Tho naiiio "Snodgrass" on an un der garment furnished the conclusive link In the identification of tho body which was found In tho mud of Cat skill Creek. Mrs. James Crlder of Mount Vor non, Miss Snodgrass' sister, declared tho description exactly fitted that of her sister Dorcas, and that as tho name "Snodgrass" was found on tho garment, she was auro tho body was that of her missing sister. Physicians here say tho body had been In tho water at least four days. PLAINVIM.B, Ga July 29. Bont on vengeance for tho slaying hero yesterday by whites of soven mombers of their rnco, nrmed no groos today nro In possession of this town and they threaten bloody re tribution boforo night. As tho ne groes outnumber tho whites two to ono, it Is feared that it will bo neces sary to call out stato troops boforo order is restored. In addition to tho seven nogroes slain, olovon black and four whites, Woro wounded, sovoral of tho negroes probably fatally, Tho troublo started when a whlto man whipped ft negro and tho latter shot hlu chastlaor. This startod n race war in which tho nogroes took rofugo In a railroad section house. Tho whites charged tho building, and flvo nogroos woro killed outr'ght. Two nogroes who woro woundod woro tied to tho railroad tracks and tholr bodlos riddled with bullets just ob an express train dashed by, Sheriff Owous ami a posso rushed to tho 80.0HO and In tho battlo which followed Owens wub wounded. HEIRESS FOUND ATI CREEK RACE W M F UN M OF ffl Hill:; TO JAPAN EFFIE ID HER T Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dreon, Mrs. Ureon being known in this city as "Efflo" a medium, wtio recently re moved their car from this city after It had been attached and placed in n local garage by Constable Singlor, nro under arrest at Provo, Utah, ac cording to a message received by Sing ler today from George T. Judd, sheriff. Tha tolegram states tha.t tho runaway pair will fight extradi tion. Efflo and her husband camo to town somo weeks ago and secured an engagement In a local playhouse whero Sfflo professed to confer with "spirits" on tho other sldo of Jor dan. However tho "spirits" failed to warn her thut William Smith, an old friend of tho couple, who had loaned them $125 sovoral years ago was in town. Smith recognized them and Immediately attached tho largo touring car they travolod In. Tho car was placod In a local garv ago and that night tho couplo re moved It while tho night man waa at his midnight lunch. They started for California making a record run over tho Slsklyous. Tho removal of proporty under at tachment Is grand larceny and it Is on this charge thnt tho couplo la held. Extradition papers will be taken out and tho couplo brought back. WATERS OF KANKAKEE KANKAKEE, Ills., July 20. Four persons uro added to tho death list of the Knnkukee river. Tho- dead: Walter Webster, Mr. Paul Mnstello, Miijs Widu Hemstoek mid Louis Herkbarlter. The first tbroo woro batbinjr in the river wlion tho current caught tliom mid dragged them under. Horkbaltor stnrted to tlio rescue but tho whirl pools woro too strong for him mid be went down before roaobing tho strug o.liug trio. Thesis donthft, mako a total of nix drownings hoiu this summer, MO H n UTAH TAFT OPPOSES F STEEL T Kllles Writes Resume Agreeing with Minority Report, Urglnq Federal Incorporation and Supervision of All Interstate Corporations Senate Finance Committee Refuses Congressional Committee Right to Probe Money Trust J WASHINGTON, July 20. That I'rcnideiit Taft is more in m-conl with the findiup. of the minority members i of the house tecl inwMisntM!;; com mittee (In ta with the report of the tinnjontv members was indicated hen; (today by the issuance of a pamphlet headed: "Itcstime by ii eometent leron" of n statement relating to the investigation, which was released to day simultaneously wth the report of the minority members. It was ad mitted ii the white house that the resume was prepared by Charles D. llilles, chili nna n of the republican national committee, and until re cently secretary to the president. In bis recent menage to congress on the anti-trust, act. President Taft urged federal in uoruo ration as a sup plementary means of curbing the trusts and this method is one of Hie features of the minority reort. The minority members Imi agree that the burden of proof in suits brought under the Sherman law should rest upon defendant corporations. The The document, which was signed by representatives Gardner, Danforth, Sterling and Young, ,all. republicans, recommended federal supervision of all corporations engaged in inter state commerce, and criticized the majority report as "overdrawn, pre judiced, innceurate and exaggerat ed." The senate finnneo committee today decided by a vote of bcven to six to adversely report on a bouse bill de signed to give congressional com mittees equal rights with the comp troller of the currency in the investi gation of tho conditions of national banks. The bill -was framed to give author ity to the money trust investigating committee of the house to probe vari ous financial institutions. McCumber and La Follette, repub licans, favored the measure. Hailey was tho only democrat against it. It was announced that the minor ity of the finance committee intends tp forco a vote on tho proportion on tho floor. Aims as Fi y EL PASO, Texas., July 29. As a result of tho edict Issued by tho Mexican rebol commanders that all Americans regardless of sex, leave tho country or Join tho ranks of tho rebels against tho constlutlonal gov ernment, 500 American women nna children of tho colonists from Poar son, Casas Grandes. Coloula, Dub Ian and Colonla Juarez, havo arrived here. It Is expected that 500 more will reach this city this afternoon and 200 additional aro coming as quickly as thoy aro able. It is planned to erect a tent city near Fort Bliss In which to Bholtor tho 2000 refugees from Mexico who havo been driven out by tho robol raids. COLQUITT RENOMINATED BY TEXAS DEMOCRATS AUSTIN, Texas, July 20. Tio re turns from tho stato primary indicate that Governor Colquitt has beon re nominated by a plurality" of 20,000 voteH, Dl 1 0 M MEXCAN REBEL m ACTS ADMITTED N ARCHBALD Accused Judge Files Answer to im peachment Charges in Senate Old Things Accused of, but Judicial In fluence not Corruptly Used He Says Friendship and Relations Used as Cloak to Explain Acceptance ef Money and Notes From Litigants WASHINGTON, July 23. Admit ting practically all of tho acts la the Impeachment charges against him but emphatically denying that he corruptly used his Judicial Influence, Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court, today filed hi -formal answer in the senate. Ho - as-' sorted that no casb had been made against him by tho bouse of repre sentatives. Archbald admits being involved In numerous coal deals while on the bench. He admits soliciting high railroad officials to further auctt deals. He admits that prositflaer) notes bearing his endorsement were presented to attorneys and litigants'' In his court. Ho candidly concedes" he wroto letters to, and visited rail road" officers to .futrtl)er,,BrJvate busi ness' negotiations for himself, asso ciates and' friends. ' ' All Acts Innocent But the Jurist says every such act was , innocent. Ho declares many were, without hope of private gain. although realizing , the railroads would havo cases before him in tho commerco court. He does not even admit that he acted Unethically. Ad mitted he visited Erie railroad offi cers in New York and Scranton to aid Edward J. Williams In securing their proposed option upon the "Katydid" culm pile, Archbald says his part in tho caso was that of a friends to Williams. He did not at- ( tempt unlawfully or corruptly to use his Judicial office. Archbald admits ho figured in ne gotiations with rail road heads for' the settlement of tho suit of William ' F, Boland, Archibald's accusor, against tho carriers, but denied he did so for any pecuniary constdera tlon. Tho Judge also admits writing lot tors to Helm Bruce, attorney for the Loulsvlllo and Nashville railroad without consent of other parties in tho case, to get Bruce's. opinion, upon . evidence in tho case. He denies such action was wrong. "Solely Out of Friendship" "Sololy out of friendship for Fred Warnke." Archbald says ho asked Heading railroad officials to extend. Warnke's coal leaso. , Tho answer assorts that a $2,500 noto Archbald endorsed In 1908 was . presented without his knowledge to an attorney In whose favor ho had decided a case Junt sovon days bo foro. Tho jurist denies he endorsed tho noto as a partner In any Hon duras gold mino deal, but says he afterward recolved stock "as collat eral security," of tho $C00 note pro- (Continued on page 2,) 150 AEROPLANES FOR ITALY'S AERIAL FLEET HOME, July 29. One hundred and fifty uoroplanes are to be added to Italy's aortal fleet as the result . of a popular subscription undertaken .. for that purpose. Announcement . was made today thnt to date the sub scrlptlon totals 2.8Q0.0Q0 lire..' 'Uf ' not to bo closed until 3,00000 has boon collected. " , Of tho 160 aeroplane that this ' amount will purchase at least 12 will bo tho result of donations wade by tho Italians living in the United States, while a sliUlar number will come from the doatIH'oftajkjw " in South Amerloa, cb