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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1908)
Published rf Krlii ay A 5. BUTON. Publisher. MEDFORD, OCTOBER 16, 1908, SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 a Year Entered in the postoffice at Medford, Ore gon is second clsss mail miner. FOB A GOOD CAUSE. Although the attention of a great part of the male population of Med ford la taken up Just now In connec tion with the presidential election to take place November 3, and the vote on the water propositions which will be held October 6 there is another, and a very Important matter which will take place Friday night of this week. We refer to the ball which is to be given by the ladies of the Greater Medford club at the Angle Opera house. It may be that some of those who receive Invitations may not care to attend, but all of them can pay the price of a ticket, knowing that when they do so they are helping a worthy cause. The Medford men have never yet been found wanting when called up on for support of something in the Interest of the city, and there is no doubt but tbey will come forward now In their usual liberal way. If the weather man keeps up bis brilliant record we'll let bygones be bygones. If it be "a campaign et ideas," the other fellow Is sure to rise and say they're his'n. Like a balloon, candidate! who make 'flying trips" don't always know bow to light. Depew rises, ghostlike. In the campaign, but his party Isn't In need of any more thin air. "The campaign throat" Is the tat est It must be a good one It It swallows all the orator say. Money talks In the Rockefeller au tobiography, but so far It hasn't caused any one to sit np and say, "What that?" Certain candidates charged with steeling campaign thunder. Borne of them seem to have been monkeying with lightning. Only three weeks more, and can didates are counting their chickens, with game roosters In reserve for crowing purposes. "Foraker will soon be a memory," ays the Texas Star. He doesn't want to be. His atti tude Is "Forget It!" Japan has planned such a strenu ous reception for the fleet that when the boys are through with It they'll bo too weak for war. The appetite of an earthquake Is Bothlng to that of the man who, it Is alleged, got away with 1.000,000 i of land In California. The Houston Post does not think that we are governed too much In this country, "when It is considered that cabbage-eating has not been made a felony and men are not banged for kissing their wives and children." BOY I'HED AS DUMMY. New York llnnk Was . Systemlrally Robbed. NEW YORK. Oct. 17. A towhead- cd youth of 19, until recently a $12 a week clerk In a broker's office, was the star witness yesterdny at the trial in the criminal branch of the United States court of Charles W. Morse, financial man and pro moter, who with Alfred H. Curtis, ex-president of the National Bank of North America, Is charged with hav ing violated the national banking laws. In the testimony of Edward ' P Moxoy, a government bank examiner It bad been revealed that a person named Leslie B. Whiting had been ono of the heaviest borrowers from the National Bank of North America at one time owing the institution as much as $310,000. Hardly a week went by iu the year 1907, the testi mony showed, that Whiting did not borrow $100,000 or more, giving Ice stock principally as security. It al ways appeared In the records as pre sented, however, that the enormous sums of money borrowed by Whiting were credited to the accounts of C. W. Morse. At the conclusion of Mr. Moxey's testimony, Leslie Whiting was called to the stand and those In the court room, who had expected to see a dignified, shrewd-looking business man step forward, were astonished to see a smooth-cheeked boy of under 10 years walk nervously to the wit ness stand. A smllo swept over the room and Judge Hough rapped sharply for order. After Whiting had been made to describe how he had come to sign the notes which made him Indebted to the bank for such large sums, he was asked: "Could yon have paid this note I bold for $81,0007" that he would not be without this satisfactory means of settlement. The Jackson County Bank respectfully invites the checking accounts of merchants, manufac turers, firms corporations, societies and indi riduals, assuring Safety and Good Service. JACKSON COUNTY BANK MtDFORD, OREGON Establish! 1888tStat Depository Capital and Surplus. tUJ.OOO.OO W. I. VAWTER, Pres. U. R. LIXOLEY. Cash. "What me?" answered the start led boy. "No no; I couldn't." "Could you have paid a $1000 note?" pressed the attorney for the prosecution. "No, sir," responded the boy, a trifle more assured. CASHIER ARRESTED. Peculations Discovered In Affairs of La Grande Bank. LA GRANDE, Or., Oct. 17. Jef ferson W. Scrlber, cashier of the Farmers' ft Traders' National bank of La Grande, and who comes from one of the best-known and oldest families In the state, was arrested yesterday by United States officials on a charge of embesslement. The bank is said to have been found in a completely wrecked condition. The specific charge against Scrlber is that he embezzled and misappro priated $12,526.25. It Is understood that the cashier practically admits a shortage of this amount. Scrlber is to be taken to Pendleton, where he will be taken before a United States commissioner for the purpose of hav ing the amount of ball arranged. It is not probable that h ewlll be re leased under a bond of $16,000. Scrlber' arrest Is the result of a report on Saturday that a forged note on N. K. West bad been discovered. Later there was a run in an automo bile to Elgin by West and Beriberi making another trip to Elgin for the purpose of taking up the $2000 piece of paper. Monday the bank closed its doors. Claude Gatch, national bank exam iner, and who for years knew Scrlber, the two having been boys together in Salem, was sent for and the examin ation of the books and accounts of the institution began at once. Since his arrival Mr. Gatch has refused to make known the extent of the bank's difficulties. NEW PORTLAND MURDER. Jeweler Shot Down In His Own Dooryard. PORTLAND, Or.. Oct. 20. H. Butterworth, a Jeweler and a prom inent business man of St. John, a suburb to the north of this city, was shot through the heart and Instantly killed by a highwayman shortly after 9 o'clock tonight. The murder was committed In Butterworth's front yard. The object was to steal a dia mond ring, valued at about $350, which Butterworth wore. Butterworth had Just entered his front gate after closing his store, a few blocks distant. Mrs. Butter worth and her two little girls heard the gate shut and aros eto meet the husband and father at the door. An Instant later they heard Butterworth fall, though no shot was heard by them. Mrs. Butterworth opened the door and ran to the side of her proBtrate husband to see what the matter was, and discovered that he had been shot. She summoned neighbors and these called a physician. The services of the latter, however, were useless, as the victim was killed Instantly. The St. John police believe that Butterworth was followed home by some one aware that he wore valu able Jewelry and that as he passed into the shaded gate the assassin dis charged a heavy-caliber . revolver close to his body. With remarkable swiftness the ring was removed from the fallen man's finger and before Mrs. Butter worth had opened the door the rob ber had disappeared. REWARD FOR MVRDERKRS. Tennessee Governor Offers Rig Sum for Apprehension. UNION CITY, Tenn., Oct. 20. A dispatch from Reelfoot tonight, where a mob of masked men early this morning took Colonel R. Z. Tay lor, aged 60, and Captain Quentln Rankin, both of Trenton, and widely known lawyers, out of their hotels at that place and murdered the lat ter, falls to report the finding of Col onel Taylor' body nor any trace of his whereabouts. A man named Pow ell, who hauls fish from The Log to Hickman, I said to have been forced to accompany the mob, which numbered about 80 member. Powell had been ataylng at a hotel when th rider called and ordered every on out and compelled them to line up. Captain Taylor, Colonel The Merchant Knows that it is so oouYciiu'iit, siu-h a safeguard and saving of tium to pav his accounts lv check Rankin and a surveyor, whose name Is unknown, are said to have been taken away, the others being permit ted to return to their beds. Powell states, It is said, that after killing Rankin a vote was taken regarding the disposition to be made of Tay lor. After the dispute Taylor made a dash and Jumped Into a bayou, start ing to swim across It. A number of shots were fired at him and in the confusion Powell slipped away and brought back bis story of escape. Searchers found the trees at the edge of the bayou clipped with bullets and there were deep footprints in the mud along the shore. On the other side of the bayou there was a single foot print. Governor Patterson arrived at Humboldt during the consultation with the citizens of Trenton who came to meet him. Governor aPtter son announced he had offered $10, 000 reward and would visit the scene In person. Judge Joseph E. Jones adjourned the Circuit court this afternoon and called a special session at Union City, which is In his circuit. He announc ed that he will have a grand Jury Impanelled at once and will have court ordered immediately. Gover nor Patterson will have the military called out to protect sessions If ne- One hundred militiamen mobollzed at Nashvlte tonight and left for Reel foot lake. The orders calling them out do not state whether they are to do guard duty at the courthouse, pending the grand Jury investigation, or whether they are to go into field servlee. NEW SECT ORGANIZED. Former Printer of Salt Lake Starts a New Cult. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 20. Several witnesses in favor of the pe tition of Mrs. Mabelle M. Dutton, that a conservator be appointed by the probate court to prevent her aunt, Mrs. Ellen M. Shaw, of Lowell, from giving her property to the sect known as the Mazdaznans. were heard by Judge Mclntyre. The principal witnesses heard were W. S. Dutton, the husband of the petitioner, and Mrs. Adolph Dltt man. who lived for several years in the home of Dr. Hanish, leader of the sect, at Lowell. Mr. Dutton de clared that Mrs. Shaw was closely allied with the Mazdaznans and fol lowed the teachings of Dr. Hanish. Mrs. Dlttman described Dr. Han lsh's opinion on hygiene, such as wearing little clothing and taking dew baths. While Mrs. Dlttman was testifying T. W. Kittredge, attorney for Mrs. Dutton, accused Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ruth Hilton, alleged high priestess of the Lowell Mazdaznan Temple, with attempting to hypnotize the wit ness so as to prevent her continuing her testimony. The court ordered a recess, and at Its conclusion Mrs. Dlttman explain ed that Mrs. Hilton had been gazing fixedly with her left eye In line with the left eye of the witness, follow ing one of the alleged laws of the Mazdaznans to get one mind under the control of the other. The wit ness declared she had been able to Hwlthstand the test up to that time, but was very uncomfortable. Mrs. Hilton was ordered to take a seat farther back in the courtroom. Mrs. Dlttman gave evidence to show that she first knew Dr. Han nlsh when he was a typesetter on the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, ten year ago. He claimed to be a na tive of the far east and a new Christ, she said. With Hannlsh she went to Chicago, where two temples of the sun-worshipers were opened. She characterized the teaching at that time a "profane and obscene." She said that oil, charcoal and bric-a-brac purchased from 10-cent stores was bought and taken to 2$ Van Bu ren street, Chicago .where the oil was put up a "oil from Assyria," and the other article packed In mall package and sold at high price a article from th east. Was Fined Fifty Dollars. Joe Kerrlck, living near Wood vllle, was arrested and brought to Medford yesterday by Constable Sin gler for selling liquor on Savage creek In less quantities than one gal lon. He was arraigned, pleaded guilty and was fined $0, which be paid. FLEET ROYALLY WELCOMED. RlitliUNluNlic llifitlnn by the People i of Jmwii. i TOKIO, Japan, Oct. 19. The re ception accorded the American 'ket : by the government and the peovle of Japan is conceded by American nu- val officers to be the heartiest and , most perfectly carried out of the I many receptions received by the fleet since it sailed from Hampton Roads. . Admiral Speery said to the Au dated Press today that he was utter ly unable to say how It had been accomplished, but that the welcome given to the fleet and officers here I had been so carefully planned apt! carried out to the mots minute de tail that a lasting I repression hu been stamped on every American who bad witnessed it. The men of the American and Japanese flert are fraternizing everywhere throughout Toklo and Yokohama. Every wish of the American sailors Is anticipat ed and every blue Jacket finds an English-speaking guide amosg the Japanese sailors. The American uniform Is an open sesame everywhere to the cordial ity of the Japanese. It is Impossible to doubt the sincerity of the Japan ese. - The American officers sui sai lor are already beginning to under stand the fact that the evident desire on the part of the Japanese for the friendship of the Americans Is not founded upon opportunism. Since the arrival of the fleet not a single unpleasant incident has oc curred, tbough the sailors of both fleets are swarming througt the streets of both Yokohama :md To klo. Early on Tuesday A'lnii-al Speery and the captains of the fleet will be guests of the emperor at the palace. Admiral Sperry will convey to the emperor a message from pres ident Roosevelt. The words of this message have not been given out, but there is rea son to believe that it breathes a spirit of sympathy and expresso the keen appreciation of tne (nul!:icnal friendship between the two eo'iu tries. It is uncertain wh:.t answer the Emperor will make, but it Is be lieved he may break nis rule and make some statement in terms sim ilar to those used .by the president. HAINS POOR MAX. The Consequence Is That His Wife Get Nothing. NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Justice Carr o fthe Supreme court today de nied the motion for alimony and for counsel fees asked for in the cross complaint filed by Mrs. Clauddla Hains In opposition to the suit for divorce filed by Captain Peter C. Hains, the slayer of William E. Annls. , The court took into consideration the fact that Captain Hains' salary as an army officer had been stopped, that his personal means are small and that he Is in Jail under a heavy expense In connection with his trial. Mrs. Hains' motion for the cus tody of her children was denied, be cause they are not In the Jurisdiction of the court. The children are with their grandfather, outside the state. OBJECTS TO LOSING NOSE. Colored Porter Swears Out Warrant for Friend Who Bit Him. PORTLAND. Or.. Oct. 20. Ac cording to a warrant sworn out he tore Justice of the Peace Bell yester day morning. Edmund Dulster, a colored porter, is charged with hav ing disfigured the countenance of Beni Verbelle, also colored, by biting off the end of the latter's nose. The affair occurred at Fourteenth and Northrup streets early Sunday morn ing and was the result of a dispute between the two gallants over the at tentions each had been paying to a dusky damsel of their neighborhood. Dulsler Is said to have formed a violent prejudice for the conforma tion of Verbelle's nasal appendage, and when they engaged in a fistic ar gument he succeeded in fastening his teeth in the objectionable member, and after biting the end off fled pre cipitately. Verbelle appeared before the court yesterday and swore to the complaint, and ConBtable Wagner made the arrest shortly after. Duls ter furnished $500 cash ball and was allowed his liberty pending the hear ing of his case a ta future date. iHk 1j iaa fcrii As a reminder Jams for absolute "Crespo" ii going, Force. A ready - to package unexcelled as a each SIX DIE BY STORM. Blinding Snow in Colorado Is Caase of Disaster. DENVER. Colo.. Oct. 20 Six ac cidental deaths are traceable to the blinding snowstorms which prevailed In Colorado Saturday night and Sun day. Besides, seven person sus tained serious injuries in railroad collisions or by coming in contact with live wires. The dead: JOSEPH HENRY, killed by wire In Denver. J. J. M'CLOSKEY, killed by wire at Louisville, Colo. MRS. LIZZIE WINSLOW, killed by wire in ber home at Fort Collins. AUGUST CARSON, frozen to death In snow at Longmont. LEONARD E. BANKER, scalded to death in a wreck caused by a col lision on the Rock Island railroad near Carlton. HENRY JOHN, killed by collision between handcar and motor-car on Union Pacific railroad in Denver yards. In sections of the mountains a heavy snow has fallen. Consider able damage was done to electric wires and telephone and telegraph lines are seriously affected. Rail road and lnterurban electric lines have been interrupted and at places completely blocked. SHOTGUN ROUTE. Wealthy Resident of Santa Cruz Sends Himself Hence. SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 20. John C. Wood, a wealthy resident of this city, shot himself early this morning with a double-barreled shotgun. He had returned last night from St. Helens Banttarlum, where he bad success fully undergone an operation for ap pendicitis. He was an owner in the Santa Cruz Lumber company and owned a large amount of real property here. RIGHT TO NEW YORK. Jntlgo Taft Ha Been Received by Enthusiastic Crowds Everywhere. NEW YORK, Oct. 19. Taft today carried his campaign to the very doors of New York and gave a very clear indication of the characters of the speeches he would make in the Empire state next week. Taft spent three hour in Newark, N. J.t one hour in Wilmington and the evening In Baltimore. He encountered tre mendous crowds and which were very enthusiastic His extended ef forts of the day were at Elizabeth and at Baltimore. At Newark he gave attention to all the issue ex cept labor. In Elizabeth his speech was solely on the labor question and tonight he combined his Newark and Elizabeth speeches. The zest with which Delaware received the candidate resulted in his curtailing his Wilmington speech in a few lines. The important part of the conference this morning between the candidate and Chairman Hitchcock will be to eliminate Connecticut from th Itin erary and cut the number of speeches In New Tort state to two each day. The Indiana Itinerary of the can didate Is announced tonight. Thurs day. Friday and Saturday he will apeak In that state. He will reach Chicago Saturday. Tomorrow night h will apeak In Cumberland and FALL CASH PRICES The wrapping of our "Snow Flake" Bread in oiled paper to keep It from drying out Is proving a big success. The bread is better than mother used to make, which you may be sure was mighty good. We have a big supply of last years crop, extra dry shelled Q Pop Corn which we are selling at, the pound O3C "Yakima Best" Flour Is going like hot cakes, etc. It seems to bear out Its big reputation as the "best in the West" in noble style, A A I the sack $l1t) We also have a few new patent sheet iron Corn Poppers. The kind that cannot be burnt or broken. They will last for years. Selling ftl" for, each. fJvC we will again say that we are selling Kingsbury's splendid cost: and they are going fast, so Jar fully guaranteed. We will cheerfully replace any one If it should not prove to be good. Selling, when cut from 25c, for going, and will toon be gone. Why? made special "special" of It. It Is much the same - serve breakfast food. Cut from 10c Natures pure food drinks: "Angelus" Grape Juice Is made from the choicest California Zinfandel grapes and Is guaranteed to be free In every respect from adulteration. For the sick room, hospital or home use It is beverage. Put up In small bottles to Sampson brand boiled Cider is clear and pure. It Is the purest Sweet Cider boiled down till It is an extract of 1-5 the original bulk. aw I.e. a 5 In 1 mixture. In quart bottles this Rogue River Product fjvC MILLERfcEWBANK CASH GROCERS West Virginia en route to Cincinnati, where he will stop for a day' rest Wednesday. TRIED TO KILL PRIEST. The Chicago Police An "Trying to Locate Wonld-Be Murderer. CHICAGO, III., Oct. 19. Search for the man wbo yesterday fired at Father Fielding, an assistant rector of the Corpus Chrlstl church, was renewed with energy today. Every available detective In Hyde Park dis trict was detailed to run the would be murderer down. Whether he shot because of a sudden impulse or feared arrest, or whether he is a member of some anti-clerical band 1 not known. The fact that he fired on a clergy man only after the latter broached his suspicions of a loiterer by ques tioning him is said by the detectives to lend color to the theory that the man was a pickpocket who practiced his pilfering from churchgoers. SAYS HIS WIFE BEAT HIM. Seattle Man Gets Divorce From His Brawny Better Half. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 19. Be- ' cause, as he alleged, his wife, six inches taller than he, beat him and threatened his life, Willis E. Kin cald was granted a divorce in the Superior court here. "I don't think it is safe for a man of your size to live with a woman as large and as belligerent as your wife seems to be," said Judge F ra ter. "The decree Is granted." Klncaid testified that when he married her he believed his wife to be a widow without children. Last March a stalwart son of Mrs. Kln caid, Just home from the Philip pines, strode Into the house and or dered his stepfather out. Once Mrs. Klncaid walked Into his office, Kin caid said, assaulted him and told blm his life would not be safe unless he left ber. Kincail said he did not go home that night. AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR. President Roosevelt Will Act as That for The Outlook Next Year. NEW YORK, Oct. 19. President Roosevelt has signed a contract with Outlook to act as associate editor af ter his retirement from the presi dency next year. This Is made the subject to an existing contract to write stories of his African travels for the Scrlbner's Sons. His work In connection with The Outlook is to cover political and economic ques tions. NEW THIS WEEK. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned, a the guardian of the estate of David Comstock, an insane person, has filed his final account In the matter of said estate, with the County Court of Jackson County, Oregon, and that Friday, the 27th day of November, 1908, at the hour of ten o'clock In th forenoon has been set by said Court ha th time and the court room of said Court In the Court House at Jacksonville, Ore gon, a th place tor hearing objec tion thereto and the settlement thereof. speak early. Every 17c Because we have as Egg-O-See the pound , 4c sell for 10c Dated and first published October 30, 1908. W. T. YORK, Guardian of the estate of David Corn stock, an Insane person. M. PURDIN, Attorney for Estate. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, U. 8. Land Office at Roseburg, Ore.. October 13, 190$. Notice is hereby given that Jame H. Fetterly, of Medford Oregon, who on October 26, 1903, made Home stead Entry, No. 01546, 8. R. 1JI95, for E tt of SE K , Section 26, Town ship 35 South, Range 3 East, Wil lamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final five year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before W. H. Canon, U. S. Commissioner, at Medford, Oregon, on the 18th day of Decem ber, 1908. Claimant names as witnesses: Jack Tungate, of Butte Falls, Ore gon; Albert M. Shafer, of Medford. Oregon; Edward Cowden, of Butte Falls, Oregon; Buel Hildreth, of Butte Falls. Oregon. BENJAMIN L. EDDY, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Roseburg, Ore., June 19, 1908. Notice Is hereby given that Mary A. Coffin, of Boise, Ada County, Ida., who, on June 18, 1908, made Sworn Statement, No. 10159, for South H of the South Section 8. Township 36 South, Range 3 East, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of Inten tion to make Final Proof, to estab lish claim to the land above des cribed, before Register and Receiver at Roseburg. Oregon, on the 19th day of January, 1909. Claimant names as witnesses: Warren Beatty, of Roseburg, Ore gon: Grant Taylor, of Roseburg. Oregon; Hugh Miller, of Oakland. Oregon; Mark Coffin, of Boise Idaho BENJAMIN L. EDDY Register! SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court for the State of Oregon, In and for the County of Jackson. In the Matter of the Application of Eliza J. Lewis to register the title to the following described real estate, to-wit: LotB numbered six, seven and eight in block number one in Cottage Ad dition to the City of Medford, as the same are numbered, designated and described on the official plat thereof, now of record. vs. Geo. E. Chamberlain, and All Whom It May Concern Defendants. To Geo. E. Chamberlain and All Whom It May Concern, Defend ants. IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: You. and each of you, are hereby required to appear and answer tbe application or com plaint filed on the 10th day of Sep tember, 1908, against you In the above entitled court, on or before the 6th day of December, 1908, and if you fall to so appear and answer from want thereof the applicant will apply to the court for the relief de manded In said application, which is a suit to register title to the land above described, said application be ing now on file In the office of the' Clerk of said Court In Jackson Coun ty, Oregon, and tbe applicant will take decree against you registering title to the lands above described in the applicant, according to the pray er of said application, and yon will be forever barred from disputing the same. The date for the order of the publication of this Summons la Octo ber 17th, 1908. Date of first publication October 23d, 1908. Dated October 17th, 1908. W. R. COLEMAN, County Clerk for Jackson County and ex-offlclo clerk of the Circuit Court, By WILLIAM M. COLVIO and O. C. BOGG8, Applicant' Attorney.