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VOL. II.
MEDFORD, OR., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1(1908.
V
PROSECUTION
KtdllKtU BY
Governor Says Put
nam Should Never
Have Been Fined
1 Committed No Crime.
'.- The Portland Journal of January 15
contains the following:
"Salem, Or., Jan. 1i. Georgo Put-
CHAMBERLAIN
' nam, editor of the Medford Tribune,
who was fined $l."iO for alleged 'libel on
the grand jury of Jacksonville county,
refuses to avail himself of the effort
of his friends to procure from Governor
Chamberlain a remission of the fine.
and proposes to carry his case to the
supreme court.
. jj "Numerous friends of Putnam wrote
t or wircu to uovernor v,uuuiuuiiuiu "'g
ing the exercise of executive clemency,
And now there is no doubt that the
governor would have complied with
these requests, but today Railroad Com
missioner Oswald West received n letter
from Putnam saying. "I can neither
ask nor accept a remission of the fine
imposed on me. I have done no wrong,
I am guilty of no crime, and a fair
4 trial will prove my cause to bo a just
one. ' .
In view of Putnam's attitude the gov
ernor cannot intervene, but he said to
day:
, tit Aoaiiminrf tho faota tn tto fl.Q arnted
in the presB reports. Air. Futnnm is cer
tainly entitled to remission of the fine
imposed by the Jacksonville court if
' he wants it. My knowledge of the facts
has been derived from the newspapers
7 and from the information thus received
t I am certainly of the opinion that the
.; fine should not have been imposed. But
since Mr. Putnam is determined to carry
his case to the supreme court, there is
no occasion for me to intervene.
"Putnam's alleged offense, consisted
in eriticising the grand jury of Jackson
county for its failure to indict W. S.
Barnum, who made a murderous as
sault with an ax on J. F. Roddy, mnyor
of Medford. The grand jury retaliated
by indicting Putnam for libel and on
his trial the judge refused to allow the
admission of evidence offered by Put
nam to prove the truth of bis charge
against the grand jury.
ENGINE IS DITCHED,
DELAYING TRAFFIC
While bowling along at full speed
yesterday morning near Bloody Run,
Or., Southern Pacific train No. 15 suf
fered a peculiar accident, delaying traf
fic ten hours.
The front truck and wheels of the
huge engine tender left the track,
swerving to an angle of 45 degrees,
badly damaging the trnek for 300 feet.
All that saved the Southern Pacific
company from a disastrous wreck was
a side chain attached to the truck,
which held in spite of the strain. Had
it given way, trainmen state nothing
could hnve saved the train nnd loss of
life would have been inevitable.
PROHIBIT IMPORTATION
OF OPIUM TO ISLANDS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Within a
little over a month the law prohibiting
the importation of opium into the Phil
ippines will become effective. A large
quantty of opium is consumed in the
islands by the ChineBe, but the habit
is rapidly extending to the natives and
Americans.
Wise Talks By The
Toggery's Office Boy
Tho other lnv n frllnw cnnio rushing
into the store am wanted to buy
suit of our swell underwear. He was
in an awful fix. He said he had houirlit
a combination union suit early in th
winter and was having trouble palore
The boss savs: "What's the matter:
doesn't the suit seem to suit!' Th
linn saifl: " Y' t. the suit suits nllriirli
and the sinis in all rich, and the
ml .iut tiekbs Pie to death. lint
n e, it i one 'if these cunbinati' O
'. fcid i l e e lot (tie cAbiiiatiiin
njl : ' (jef it off."
When
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84 LBS. BEEF
TO EVELYN
Evidence of Irrational
Conduct on the Part
of the Defendant Of
fered in Trial.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. More evi
dence of alleged irrational conduct on
the part of the defeudant was offered
in the trial of Harry K. Thaw today,
the most impressive witness being Ab
raham II. Beck, who taught a select
school for 15 boys in Pennsylvania in
1S81 and 18S2, young Thaw among the
number. Beck described Thaw's un
governable temper and produced a let
ter from tho mother of the defendant,
who said Bhe feared Harry's mind was
unbalanced, lie was so different from
the other four children.
One of Thaw's recent eccentricities
which it wa-s said will soon be testi
fied to, was the sending of 84 pounds of
beef to Evelyn Nesbit one morning
when she was ill. Attorneys have re
ceipts for the meat.
Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the
defendant, has arrived in New York and
may be called as a witness this after
noon or tomorrow.
GLENDALE BANK CASHIER
IS PLACED UNDER ABE EST
ROSEBUItG, Or., Jan. 16. Harry N.
Pratt, cashier of the Glendale State
bank, of this county, has been plnced
under nrrest by D. J. Jarvis, constable
of this city. Tho charge is embezzle
ment of the bank funds and the amount
alleged to be short is $3570. E. E.
Kedtleld, one of the directors of the
bank, filed the information.
When the bank holidays were de
lared at an end by Governor Cham
berlain on December 16 the bank failed
to open, Pratt boing sick at home. A
few days previous a fire in the bank
office left tho books and papers of
the bank in a bad condition, and it
was to this reason the closing of the
bank was attributed. There are inti
mations now that the fire may have
been for the purpose, of covering up evi-
lence of wrong.
Mr. Pratt has heretofore been in the
confidence of tho bank officers and the
people nt large, and the presnt action
is a shock to hiB mnnv frinds.
SHOULD NAME DELEGATE
TO DRY FARMING CONGRESS
PORTLAND, Or., .Inn. 10. The sec
ond session of the Trans-Missouri Dry
Farming congress is to be held in Snit
Lake City, I'tah, .January 22 to 2(1. The
proceedings of this congress are of es
pecial importance to a vast area of Ore
gon and Washington, and everv com
mercial body in tho two states is asked
to appoint nt least one delegate. Their
whole territory east of the Cascades
honld be represented, nnd both Gov
ernor Chamberlain and Governor Mead
are anxious that Inrge delegations
knoum oe present nt the convention
J no executive committeemen from the
I'acitic .Northwest are Hon. W. J. Kerr
of the Oregon Agricultural College and
lion. it. i,. .Mecroskoy of Washington.
President Fisher Harris of the organ
i.ation requests that didegates be ait
pointed nnd names sent to him nt once
at Salt Lake Citv.
MERLIN SAFE CRACKED;
HUNDRED LOOT SECURED
The safe in the Merlin Mercantile
company s store, nt Merlin. Or., was
blown open Sunday nnd $100 secured
Entrance to the store was effected bv
Taking out a large window pane
front of the building. The cash drawer
was bmkeu, emptied of its contents and
hidden away. About ?170 in checks
was left undisturbed. Besides taking
the money, the robbers supplied them
selves wifli three witches, tobacco ami
several other article of aluc. A den-
uty sheriff b ft r th train thi iir
ing to invctitrtfr t matt-r, as par
tits i.rally are mcfe4 of the crime.
Lnf.tf A.A apery.
' pv'ie, l vour toundny dinner at the
Ladi-' Aid marketp .Saturday after-
no..n. in iT.d''v ' Keronftand fjorc.
t near Hubbard uil.Wng. M member
d to bring
AW SEN
A Friendly Salute in Medford.
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TAFT FAVORS
L
Secretary Appears
Before Senate Com
mittee to Discuss
Pamama Ditch.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Secretary
W. II. Taft appeared before tho senate
committee on inter-oceanic canals to
day and gave the committee informa
tion concerning the Panama canal pro
ject and suggestions for legislation,
Taft expressed the opinion that the
canal should be completed within six
years from next .luly, at an ultimate
cost of approximately $300,000,000, in
cluding the purchase price.
Taft gave considerable information
regarding prices paid for labor on the
canal and urged that there be no reduc
tion in wages paid skilled laborers, in
spite nf the fact, according to his esti
mate, they are receiving from 50 to
60 per cent higher wages than they earn
in the United States.
NEW WITNESSES IN
HARRY THAW'S TRIAL
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Many wit
nesses entirely new to the case testified
in the Thnw trial today and told stor
ies of his eccentricities during the years
preceding the killing of Stnndford
White. All declared that be impressed
them with being irrational. The most
interesting was that of f'hristopher
Haggan, steward of the New York
Whist club, who told of Thaw's doings
the day of the tragedy, and who, when
under cross-examination bv .Jerome,
gave amusing details of whist games in
which Thaw and several men of promi
nence participated.
CHINAMAN IS KILLED
IN WAR OF TONGS
OAKLAND, Oil., Jan. HI The
Chinese tong war is responsible for an
other murder today. An unidentified
Chinaman was shot six times and in
stantly killed at the corner of Fourth
and Washington streets. The mur
derer, Wong Tip, made no attempt to
escape. The dead man was an official
of the Hop Sing flic tion. The pat red
of ( hinatown has been doubted and fur
ther ttonble is feared.
BURNS SAWDUST FOR
FUEL AT GRANT PASS;
Though located in th midt of n h'
Iv timbered region, rants Pass S, suf -
f'Ting from a (f'l famine this wintpf.
Wooi I c:ti lmrdlv bethought at anv
iriee, and as a last resort many resi
ii)nts are burning sawdust) one of the
'ocat factories disposing of tue 'intT
HIGH WAGES
UPON CANA
)
W
KEYNOTE OF
El
Commercial Club
Smoker a Success-
All to' Work for Up
building of City.
The Commercial club smoker was
largely attended last night and a long
liHt of newcomers filed applications for
membership. Enthusiastic speeches for
Medford 's growth and upbuilding were
made and the work of the club indorsed
in short talks by all in attendance,.
A committee was appointed on mem
bership, which will conduct an active
campaign for new members. Every
present member is requested to bring
in at least one candidate for member
ship at the next meeting, early in Feb
ruary, when the annual election of of
ficers takes place,
A committee was appointed author
ized to collect contri but ions and sub
scriptions for another election of the
dub's famous pamphlet on MM ford and
the Rogue River valley, the present edi
tion being exhausted. An edition of
;it least -".OOil copies is contemplated
Other commit tecs were named to work
along various lines for tin1 benefit of
the club.
Visitors told how Medford impressed
them and what they tnought of the
country. New Net tiers told how they
happened to come here, and in all their
narratives the Medford Commercial club
pamphlet, played an important part
People not only in the east, but ii
Southern California, arc planning to
POme here as soon as they can get
away.
Manager Hutchasoii, of the linker
Hutcliasoii and Shorty finrneit. each
paid a glowing tribute to the press and
the part it played, not only in building
up tlK-ir own bnines, but in building
up the community, which was judged
largely by nmi r-sid' nts by the news
papers published in it. A paper well
patronized by local merchant meant
more than anything ele a progressive
and enterprising .-lass ,,( merchants and
an appreciative rnmnimiity.
TREASURY MAKES DRAFT
FOR GOVERNMENT DEPONITB
The treasury department i making
another draft on the banl i for a part
of the governim'iit. deposit?. Ten -day
ago. the tia-urv got about. .'H"i.(H-).
h was hop. d
that tiia-' that int-?lil
ipts from, .utott.n1
Hits aii'i
the J. part nt ralb-d 1 ii-oi.
1 9ouId
up to ) in iv a I arm mane
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ENTHUSIASM
GATHERING
j 1
HARR1MAN
TO ANSWER
All QUERIES
Court Rules That Rail
road Magnate Must
Reply to Commis
sion's Questions.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. E. II. Hnrri
man was directed, in a decision given
by Judge Hough, in tho United States
circuit court today, to answer all ques
tions propounded by the interstate com
merce commission, except those relating
to the purchase of the Union Pacific
and Southern 71acific railroad stock in
connection with the dividend of Au
gust, ittoti.
.Judge Hough also directed Otto If.
Kuhn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., to answer
all questions asked him by the inter
state commerce commission.
GOVERNMENT IS AFTER
NATIONAL AIRSHIP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jaa. 1(1. The Ex
aminer says that federal authorities
have started nn investigation of the of
rs of the National Airship company.
Sales of stock amounting to JUtfO.n'in
are alleged to have born made. The
company offices are in Portland and
on Saturday J. A. Morrell, president of
the corporation, was subpenaed to ap
pear in Portland to explain the status
of his company to the authorities. It
is asserted that he has disappeared. Fed
eral authorities, it is alleged, have se
cured much information of the com
pany's affairs from Miss Alum Smith,
who formerly acted as secretary.
PORTLAND, Jan. HI. The National
Airship cempany has been doing bmi
ncus in this city for several month. It
extensively advertised its stock ami
made glowing promise ,,f dividend a ad
the future of tin in puny. Stock was
sold her- at cent a harf, whor-as
it is averted "inidar fork was .-.Id in
San I'rain-isco nt 7" con.. It pro-nito'd
a line uf airhiti b - -n San !r;ti'-i.-o
and i'.rt!i!fid, the tirt trip t-i be mad
April 1.
SWEDISH KINO OPENS
II IJ FIRST PARLIAMENT
VT n K Hol.M, Jan. HV Formal
p tm.g of tin riMt puriMtio nr niei'T ;
tfcc rtigo of Kil'g liusf ive look plnei'.i
fufsy 'ii. i ! t-tiiioiiti. King. '
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DEADHEADS
Postal Authorities En
force New Rules Re
quiring Paid in Ada
vance Subscriptions.
The newspapers of Jackson county,
at a meeting held in Ashland on Sun
day, organized the .lack son County
Press association, and for tho first
time in history, harmony reigns among
tho representatives of the press. All
papers were represented or telephoned
their membership.
The primary object of the organiza
tion is to agree upon uniform meth
ods ot conforming to new regulations
of the pustoffice department, which re
quire that newspaper subscribers mutt
pay in 'id v mice in order that publishers
may secure second-class rates. The rad
ical changes in the postal laws com
pel a revolution in the business ninth
ods of nil Southern Oregon papers.
The new postal regulations, in effect
the first of the year, require that sub
scriptions entitled to second-class post
age rate shall not be delinquent longer
than the following periods of time:
Dailies, three months; tri-woehlies, six
mouths; semi-weeklies, nine months;
weeklies, one year; acini monthlies,
three months; monthlies, four months;
bi-mont lilies, six months; quarterlies,
six months.
The mails are not forbidden subscrib
ers who are in arrears longer than tho
time provided by the new ruling, but
these subscribers are placed in a aopa
rate classification, the postage rato bo
ing. so high that publishers could not
afford to send papers at the price, of
subscription now in vogue.
H. A. Pattisou of the Central Point
Herald was elected president of the
( 'oiinty Press nssocint ion, and Lynn
I'urdin of the (iold Hill News, secre
tary. Messrs. Kaiser and Wagner of
Ashland were appointed a committee,
to draft a constitution and bylaws for
permanent organization.
All publications are requested to bo
represented at the State Press Associ
ation meeting at Portland Friday and
Hnturdnv.
GERMAN CRUISER TEARS
HOLE IN HER BOTTOM
KIEL, Jan. HI. The Oerman nrmored
cruiser Soharnhorst ran aground near
Muelk last night, while engaged in evo
lutions. It is reported that, a holn
100 feet long was torn in her double
bottom, requiring the closing of the col
lision bulkhead to prevent her from
sinking. She docked under her own
steam. There were no casunlties.
THIRTY LIVr.H LOST -
ON WRECKED VESSEL
SEATTLE, .Jan. 11. The Hritish ship
If art field, from Liverpool for Seattle,
is believed to have been wrecked wilh
ItO souls aboard off the west coast of
Vancouver Island. A wireless report
that the ve-nel 'n deckhouse and f!T
eral boats were washed ashore this
morning.
DAY Or rUNERALfl IN
PENNSYLVANIA HAMLET
HoYERToWN. Jan. HI. This little
borough today engaged in burying it
dead. All ttt'.'ht long the work of pre
paring liodi- f"r interment proceeded
and 'odav s.-orr s of funerals Here held.
It is. bt !i d that 0 b.nl its will never
!. identified.
W iT' A, '. Fire nrly today
nearly d-iro,d ti.e S.-cond (Wgn ga
tional church in DoMo-ster, The. wi
was i.Vt, Tt is b-lievd Hie Ida.i
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