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Clly Hall -?& " ' Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHERS Clomly, Cool Mat 71 1 Wn m Ilvl llHm m, a Korlyxtpcoml Yriir. nwllyHovntilh Yrwr. SPRING TO SEE WORK BEGIN ON AD War Department Construes Appro priation Scoured as a Continuing One With Annual Fund Avlalable States Will Q. Steel Credit (or Final Pnssnno of Measure Due to Bourne's Influence states Lobbyist for Measure 'I'll ut tlio utiiroirlnlloii tocuroil tin dor tho llouriio amendment to the Civil Hundry bill of IG0.000 for tlio construction of hlKhwayjt In tlio Orator Lake park Ih construed by tliti war department us a continuing appropriation unit that a similar amount or moro will bo available nnch year until tlio 1700,000 recom mended by tlio department linn been expended, In tlio cheering new brought by Will 0. Hteol who nr rlvud In Med ford Friday to complete nrraiiRoinouU for entertaining tho ex rurslon of sclontUts under tlio mis pIci'H of tlio American Geographical mirliity who will visit tbo luko Hop. teniber IR, Tlio bill im paused, readn: "For the construction of a wagon road and tlio necctiinry brldgo through Crutor I.oku National I'ark, Oregon, together with n system of tank niul water supply pipes to provldo for sprinkling. In accordance with tbo recommendations contained In tbo report of tho war department pub IIhIiciI iih lloiuo Document No. 32K, nUty-twoud congress, second sos rloii, to bo uxpondod under tho di rection of tho Secretary of War, $.'.0,000." These recommendation called for tho full appropriation In annual In tllinenla,, and. -Major Morrow and other govurumimt officials, state Mr. Ktcol, hold that tho original bill. has been modified nolidy by cutting down tho Initial appropriation. Ah It In too late In tho Hvanou to lieKln work, highway construction will begin under Major Morrow' nuporvlslon early next spring, when not only tho $50,000 neon red for thin year, but another $50,000 for next year will bo available. To tho of fort of Mr. Hteol, who wait sent Jointly by (ho Medford Com mnrclal club, Jackson county and tlio City of Medford to lobby for tbo bill, Ih It success lately duo. Hy Senator Bourne's personal of fort, Mate Mr. Stool, wan tho final paHMiKO of tho hill aocured, and most of tho credit belongs to 111 til. though both Senator Chamberlain and Congressman llawloy rendered offectlvo aniilntanco. Mr. Ktcol leave Saturday for tho lako and will return tho (lrt of tho week. LAKE SIEAMER SAIM.T HTB MA1MK, Midi., Aug. HO Ilrpurtrt wero received liuro liiilny Hint (lit passenger steamer Lakeland, downward bound from Port Huron, hits been Mink oft' WhitofiMi Point, in I.ulo Superior. No detail ol Hie itucidoiit liuvo been received, 0. (). Dunlin, trulTit) muiiugor f the eompuny owning the Lakeland, HiIh ul'tenitMHi denied Hint tlio hleumer liud (rutin down iih reported, He Hiiid n uieHHii'o from tlio Lakeland hint night Niiiil tlio veHNol wiih duo in Port Huron this 'ufluruooii. The Luko laud, Diuiimn Htiiil, wiih lulo in leav ing Dululh, MELLEN SUCCEEDS FOWLER ON ONTARIO AND WESTERN NKW YOIIK, Aug. !I0. TImhiiiih 1. Fowler, iit'uHitluiit of tho Now York, Qnliirlo nuij Western lliiilroud will retire tomorrow mid bo 'Hiiocouilod Jy t'liurli'H K. Mellon, president of llio Now Haven rnllronil. Thin Ih in no coril with tlio Now Haven polioy of having IIh primMi'iil nut in u similar eitpuoity for nil tho Hubsiilury romlri. MOOHK JAW, HaHk., Au$r. 0. Tlio moHt Hovuro hull storm of tho Hum mer whluli nuuurred lust night tliiniiigod tlio wheat crop to tlio extent of 33 nor v'ou(i mm M WOKNMN E AT President of American Woolen Com pnny Chanjed With Conspiracy Said That He "Planted" Dynamite In Strikers Homes Durlnn Trouble District Attorney Says He Has Stronu Case Aoalnst Mill Owner and Is Certain of Conviction IIOHTON, Auk. nu. Wltlliim M. Wood, prcHldent of tho American Woolen Coinpaiiy, tho lar'Ht textile concern In tho country, iiurreinlered today to District Attorney I'vllotlor on an Indictment cliurKlng connplr acy. Tho Indictment waa returned In connection with mi Inquiry Into tho allcKed "pluutliiK" of dynanilto dnrltiK tho Lawrence strike by textlln milt owner In an aliened effort to dUerodlt tho utrlko of (ho oporntlvnii. Wood went to pollco headquarters, accompanied by Conr.rcHniuan Sninuel I'nworH, who probably will act a hi votumol. t'oimplriiry (liarjel Tim indleiment a returned by tho Krand Jury wa read to tho million alio woolen manufacturer by Pollco Imipector Lynch. II cliar:ed con- up I racy, atiertliiK that Wood and other txtllo official canned dyna. mite to bo placed In (ho home of tho utrlkliiK forelRunr at lawreucn for the alleged purpoHo of Injuring tho utrlko of tho operative there. Tho worker wcro Victorian after ono of tho mimt hitter Induntrliil ntruRKt' In Hio hUtory of Now Kiir land. Wood wn. Immediately arraigned and wn loleaaed on $5,000 ball. UUtrlct Attorney I'elleller wiy tht ho linn n cood ciuo opaliut tho mill nwnor and I certain of conviction. lVrwcutrtt Htrlkrm Tho troatment accorded tho ntrlk or at Lawrence ntartled tho civilized world. DefonioleKH women and chil dren wero brutally beaten by pollco and mllllla nenl to Lawronco by Gov ernor Kiikuiio N. I'ohh for tho alleged purpoHo of ninlutalnliiK order. Strike loader ancrtcd that tho noldlora wero itent to pomecuto tho mill work ers, and their testimony wa borne out al a coiiRrnsBlonal hoarliiK l WiiHlilnKton, In which Senator Mile Poludoxter of WaHhtiiRton, who per Houally Invontlcatcd conditions at Lawronco, volcod bitter denunciation of tho tacllcH employed hy tho mill omployorH. Ilyiiainlto I'oiiutl A number of striker wero arrcnted when dynatnlto woh found In their homen. They nHiterted that tho ox ploxlve wero "planted" by reprosen tnttven of tho mlllowuer. and thU chnrgo was nluo horno out when Jnmea Ilrcon recently was convicted of "plnutttiR" dynumlto given him by tiniest I'lttmnn, mnmbor of tho firm of W, W, I'lttmnn and Company, ono of tho largest tnxtllo coiiHtruetlou mill In tho country. An Indictment wn returned agnlnut Plttman but tho latter committed ttulcldo Tues day afternoon following n conference with District Attorney 1'ullotler, at which tho prosecutor refiiued to grant Plttmaii's jilea to lot up In hts probo of tho dynumlto conspiracy charges. Chief of tho Industry Wood undoulahly In tho blggost man In tho woolen Industry. Ho la (Continued on page 2.) LITTLETON OFFER NKW YORK, Auk. !I0. A flat donlal of tho report that ho had of fered CongroHainuii Martin Littleton $100,000 to dofotul him and that Lit tlotou had rofiiBed wiih miulo h'oro to day by Lieutenant of Pollco Chnrlou Hooker ehargod with tho murdor of llurnmn Uoouthal, tho gambler who waa shot down In front of tho llotol Motropolo, District Attorney Whitman plans to havo Heokor tried boforo Justlco Ooff, tho Hpoolally appointed Judgo to try tho oasoa resulting from tho Now York pollco scandal, uoxt month, It Is oxpoctod that Whitman will bo Bticcossful In this effort. I n TOY LAWRENCE BECKER DENIES MEDFORD, BANK ROBBERY BLAMED M . FRAIL Mrs. Davis Accused of Havlnn Got Away With $271,000 Lost From New Westminster Dank Credited With Bclnu Most Successful Bandit Three Suspects In Jail In Connection With Crime Others arc FJohllnrj Extradition NKW WKKTMIKKTtilt. II. C, Aiij.'. '10.- One of the uiorft jisteuiidiin: erimiunt elicrex over rend in niiy poliee eourl oil the Atuerieaii eoiiti- ueut wiih inaile upilimt Aliec Davis, alleged wilo of Wiilter Davi. ono oi the niihiiectH in the fitmntiH Hank of Montreal robbery eate when the frail, nervou woman wiih ilircrtly charged tliiw nioniiiit; ill llie loeul poliee court, with "lireiikin into ami eiiteriupr Hie Hank of Montreal on September 1."), 1JU1, and HtenlitiK therefrom the hum of TJ" 1,000." Ah the remarkable ehuro under which hhc is lining held in jail wiih made known to her, the womuu, who ban barely reeouTed frmn u break down ilue to nervoitrt htrniu that hlie ha been iiiuler hinvc her hensntioiial nrrcft in Toronlo, Out., a mouth apt, ami her Hulicpieiit trip ncm-s the I'oiitiueul, cave no nipi Hint she hud heard . or hccuicd to realir.o the hciiniihiioH of its iiii'tort. The eluirp erditt. Mr.. Dimx with hoiiijj one of the most hueecNKful hniik robbers in Hie liiiHine-, yet to look ul the pale, ucrou woman it hoeincil renin rlciihlo that n otuiin who cannot weigh over 11(1 pound eouM be neeused of. Iieiuc impliealeil in u theft that U without parallel in the htntory ol nfo blowing eiihos. On rripiexl of eomiM'l I). II. ICerr, npiearin: for tho eniwn, u reuiaud of eiyht day, until September 1 wits (.-runted without oppoMtiott. There rc now three of the MixpcvN in oouuectiou with the robbery in Hie provincial jail here, Charles Dean linvlnjr appeared yehlerday nnd the trial Htpoucd until Sejtember 5. NewH is exacted daily in renrd to Hits eiiMO peudini; ai;iiiiwt MoNamani, the alleged suspect who is fihtine; extradition in Duluth, Minn., as well as from Drtroil, where Murliii Powell and Dalyrymple rt 11U0 fKbliug ex traditlou. INDICTMENTS REFECTED NKW YOltK, Aug. HO. -Tho stoek market opened today with an ir regular tone. Steel declined a small fraction, and tho coppers, Northern Pncifio and LouNville and Nashvilli registered fraelional dceliucn. Amer lean Woolen preferred wax off hliurply, yiie idleness of tho market reflected the Texas indictments against Standard Oil officials and reported had weather in tho Canadian wheal belt. Later tlio mtrket im proved but business was nominal. The uiurket closed irregular. Bonds wero irregular. ENGLAND'S RAINFALL DUE TO OCEAN TEMPERATURE LONDON, Aiil IlO.-ln tho opinion of Dr. Hill, director of tho British rainfall orguuixatiou and editor of thu Symou's Mctoorlogieal Miigaxtno, lliu phonomenal rainfall of tho last two of three mouths is duo to somo ohsiniru variation of oeeau tempera ture. MRS. HENRY M. ROGERS DEAD; WIDOW OF OIL MAGNATE NKW YOH1C, Auk. HO.Mrs. Henry M. Holers widow of tho Standard Oil magnate died suddenly today in u dining oitr while enrouto from Hretton Woods, N. II., to Now York. Mrs, Itogorti was euniing lu Now York to re-oppu lier lioniu here, POitTLANl), Ore., Aug. HO. Tho eity eontieil today sot November 2, as the datu for u special election to deeido whether Portland shall adopt tho commission form of government instead nt' tho present ooumuhuuuto system, WOMAN OltMON, Fill DAY, AUW.ST HO. 1012 YOUNG ROCKEFELLER FIGHTS GIMFIE K3. OrW O John I). nockcfrller. Jr., In aiding the commlttrc In .V?w Vork which If huntliiK for crldenre spnlnut the Kruftc who have Ikt n operatln In the Po lice Department for xome year. UN i-vate detectives hare a ma ,jr erl dence which they will turn orer to tho luventlffntors, who hopo soon to get at th uottuBi of the TlJ nutl liuurlion thn.euiltr oiid. 'S EFFECTS TRIAL OF LAWIttiXCK, Mass., Aug. 3t). That the Indictment of William W. Wood of Boston, president of tho American Woolen Company for Im plication In an alleged conspiracy to "plant" dynnmlto'durlng tho life of tho Lawrcnco strike, will havo a de cided effect on th coming murder trials of strike lcao" -Joseph -Kttor nnd Alturo Ulovannlttl, was generally bcllovcd In legal circles hero today. Counsel for tho accused men declare this aftornoon that their clients had boon "Jobbed" and that Anna Laplz ro, tho woman for whoso killing they are held, was lu reality killed by a bullet fired by a speclnl policeman. Wood has been actlvo lu tho pro secution of both Kttor and Oiovann Ittl. The trial of tho accused men Is aot for November. Following his release on ball, Wood gave tho following statement to tho United Press: "I am greatly surprlsad at tho action of tho grand Jury. I cannot concelvo what Information could havo boon presented to connect mo In any way with tho so-called plot. I had no connection with It nnd this fact will bo fully established at tho pro per time. Beyond this I havo noth ing to nay," STUTZ CAR WINS KIOIN, II., Aug. 30. At tho wheel of a Stuts car, Driver Merz camo In first with Anderson also In a Stutz, only two minutes behind him in tho Illinois automobile trophy races hero today, covering tho dlstnuco of 203 miles lu 1S4 minutes ami 32 seconds. Tho National and Knyflold cars lu this ruco broke down, leaving only tho two Stutz cars to finish. In tho Joucks trophy race, 101 miles, Hndlcott, lu a Mason car, was tho winner. This was tho only car to finish In this event, as tho Ford ear wont Into thu ditch and tho Horroshott car was forced to with draw. Hughes, driving a Morcor car, ear rlod off tho honors In tho Aurora trophy nee, making tho lH'i'i miles In 140 minutes, 10 11-100 seconds. Pillion, also lu a Morcor car, was second. Tho Illinois and Joneks racoa started simultaneously ut 11 o'clock. Tho moot was marred by ono futility,' when J. 12. Uulllngor of Chicago was killed, while driving lits' car from Chicago to attend th'o races. Ills brother, Leon Palling"' wftB lJi'd when tholr car skidded 'and ovor-Uirned, WOOD ARREST IE LEADERS ILLINOIS TROPHY ONLY N AO COCfCEPClLCU AMERICANS I. AT WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.-r-Mcs-ages received hero today from com manders of United States warships In NIcaraguan waters say that Amer ican troops and marines aro In com plete control of all tho principal ports of that revolt-ridden Central Ameri can country. Hostilities aro now regarded Improbable. Officials of tho state department seemed more hopeful today "than at anytlmo since tho Nlcaraguau situa tion became acute. Only a few cities lu tho Interior now remain In tho hands of tho rebels, it is said and oinor points in Nicaragua aro re ported quiet. Ono thousand American mariucs and bluejackets aro scattered along tho railroad lino from Corlnto on tho coast to 'Managua, tho capital. Oth,or American forces aro duo to ar rive next week to relnforco those al ready on pollco duty. SEX LOSES JOB FOR L SKATTLK. Wash., Aug. 30. Miss Mabel Kelso, tho only woman wireless operator with a govern ment license, was discharged yester day when R. H. Sawler, assistant manager of tho Marconi Wiroless Company at San Francisco, took chargo of tho Seattlo office succeed ing A. A. Isbell. Miss Kelso has mado throo trips on tho Steamer Mariposa and has given satisfaction.. Sawler says that It was against tho policy of tho com pany to employ women operators and that this, was tho only reason for discharging Miss Kelso. HIRAM JOHNSON SPEAKS TO W.YOMING PROGRESSIVES UOCIC SPltlNGS. Wyo., Aug. 0. Governor Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia Ih on his way to Laramlo, Wyo., today, following a spoech de livered hero last night lu Hiq Interests of tho now progresslvo national tick et. Governor Johnson advocated short ening women's working hours, tho abolishment of child labor, and urgod tho wngo earners to stand by Colonel Uoosovolt. FORTY YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE ENDS IN DIVORCE CHICAGO. Aug. 30. Mary C. Cal lahan, wife of Andrew P. Callahan, mllltoualro yeast manufacturer, Is suing her husband for divorce on tho grounds of iiufulthf.ulncss and ox tromo cruelty horo today. They havo been married 41 years. Mrs. Callahan asks for an account ing from her husband of forty notes, which sho claims alio gtivo him, total ling $100,000. A housomuld Is u till) ot lu tho complaint, N ROL OF PORTS NICARAGUA OPERATOR WEST'S ACTION APPROVED BY T Governcr Wins Substantial Victory In Vice Crusade When Judge Mor row Officially Recognizes Estcrly as District Attorney Tom Word Declines Job as Special Agent Because Position Confers No Authority POKTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 30. Gov ernor West won a substantial victory In his crusade against vice In Port laud today when Judge Itobert Mor row, sitting In tho circuit court hero today officially reccgnlr.cd the gov ernor's appointee. II. M. Estcrly, as district attorney of Multnomah coun ty succeeding George J. Cameron, re moved by the governor. Tho court also recognized Walter S. Ashor, ap pointed by Ksterly as a deputy dis trict attorney. Cameron, when Informed the court had recognized Ksterly as district at torney, declared he would commence quo warranto proceedings against Ksterly In tho circuit court In a final effort to oust him from the posi tion of district attorney. Tom Word, democratic candidate for shcrrirr, appointed by Governor West as "special agent" for tho state In the campaign against vlco today declined the jKjstlon. Ho gave as a reason his fear that no would not havo legal authority to make ar rests and that In consequence ho might face heavy damage suits. Tho grand Jury continued In ses sion today. Several witnesses were examined presumably regarding tho conduct of the district attorney's of fice. ' ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. As an outcome of the recent affray In Colon, when a civilian was killed and suveral United States soldlors se verely wounded, tho stato department today made an emphatic demand upon tho government of Panama to crb tho Panama pollco and nut an end to tho gross brutality to which American soldiers, sailors and civil ians havo been subjected. Uultcd States Minister Dodge yes terday demanded tho removal of Chief of Pollco Quljauo and Pollco Captain Delaosla of Colon. ANMCE LAW SACItAMKNTO. Cal., Aug. 30. Discovery that tho entire anti-race track gambling law, known as tho Walker law, passed two years ago, will bo repealed by the adoption of tho state racing commission bill, which has beon placed ou tho Novom bor ballot by petition, Is tho latest sensation In tho referendum game. Tho clauso repealing tho Walker law, and thereby opening tho way to easy violation of tho proposed now restric tion to pari niutuals ami auction pool betting, Is an obsucro ono, placed near tho end of a long and largely meaningless toxt. ' ED KENNEDY TO MEET AL WILLIAMS TONIGHT SAN FItANClSCO, Cal., Aug. 30. A rattling good bout lu anticipated by fight funs hero tonight when Ed Kennedy of Sau Francisco and Al WIUIuniH of Cleveland, heavyweights, clash lu a four round bgut ut Dream laud. Kennedy has a decision ovor Williams but tho lattor claims ho wus In poor condition his last time out. Tho foaturo bout will bring to gether Jack Horrlck of Chicago and, Ullly Wooks, mlddlowolghts. Several other bouts aro on the curd, Including Manuel VIorra and Mary Kano In tho special suml-wlnd-UP. V 0 PANAMA WARNED TO END HG llffif! KAS NO. 137 INCORPORATE TO CRESCENT CITY Local Men Organize Railroad Com pany and Will Start Location Work In Near Future Follows Discus sion of Railroad to Blue Ledge Enough Money Is Subscribed to Secure Right of Way ani Make All Preliminary Surveys RAILROAD Capitalized at S50,000, tho Med ford and Crescent City railroad com pany has been incorporated wltfc W. II. Gore, W. I. Vawter, Lincoln Mc Cormlck, Stewart Patterson and B. G. Burgess as the Incorporators. The object of the company Is to build, equip and operate a railroad from Medford to Crescent City. A tenta tive route has been selected from Medford, down the Applcgato touch ing Kcrby and Waldo, down Smith' Itlvcr to the coast. Location work. Is to bo undertaken at once. For somo time the matter of con structing a railroad to tbo Blue Ledge mine has been discussed by the residents of Medford. A mass meeting was called and a citizens commltteo named. This committee failed to report. This led the men who. Incorporated this lino to take tho matter up. A road to the Blue Lodge was first considered but this was later abandoned for a road to tho coast. A branch will probably tap tho Blue Ledge. Tho men who have Incorporated the road stato that while the build ing of the railroad baa sot bees fully financed, enough mosey has been pledged to do the preliminary work,' complete thejyirjays and tb&JiJ!iSw Thep have interested 'wTser'a, men J who will complete tae project u tne, estimates and surveys prove , satis factory. A railroad from Medford to tho coast will tap a country rich In mineral and tlmbor resources and will assure tho future of Medford. With the Hill line building In from Central rcgon a line to the coast ?ill assure Medford a prominent place among tho commercial centers of tho coast. ROOSEVELT HIS ST. ALBANS, Vt Ainj. 30. l)un in;: thu course of hlrf ttpeevh lieu today before u crowd of 3,01)0 per son. Colonel Theodore Hoosovelt, progressive, presidential nominee, wiik interrupted niul nuked by u mail' in the audience if the now party were tlio "progressive republican' party." IioosevcU sheuted: "Kb sir it's u brand new Prugrcrf feive party, "When Abraham Lincoln left tho Whigrf there wero bigots who would not voto for him; tho same bigotn now won't btiind with tin. "Do you get uiuT" Tlio mini who asked tlio ipiustiou suiil: "I got you, Colonel." c0ffr0th blacks nolan's eye in altebcat;qn SAN FItANClSCO, Cal., Aug. 30. Billy Nolan, manager of Wllllo KU chlo Is nursing a damaged right eyo and a row bruises today, following un altercation with Jamoa Coffroth, fight promoter, at the Olympic Club. Tho trouble Is said to have started when Nolan waB tolling Coffroth of Ritchlo'a Inability to meet Hogan on Admission Day, ns Bchoduled, owing, to an Injured wrist. '.S'oluu claims thut Coffroth rushed him Into a cor ner and proceedod to demolish ls countenance, MOTHER AND FIVE CHILDREN BURN-TO DEATH IN FIR KINGSLAND, N, J., Aug. !KJ. Mm. Jtosio Uiirburo, ugd 35 ytwinj, nucl ho rfivo children 'ranging from fivo montlw to five ywitrn, wrt burned to doiith in fire whUflt? destroyed their home early toOny. Epiilio Biubiiro, the father and m win, '14 years of uw, 4HihiK hy jumping from a second itary wiiUw, OPPONENTS K , 3 ji ! & m .' ; ' J i tti i r r