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DlraiES 11 (fflllff) 4fjS. fPRIw(IJ)O0 ;,oBiH, ;
THIRD YEAR. ,
MEDKORD, OR., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1908.
NO. 29
CHARGES OF GRAFT IN EVANS GREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT
STORY OF
SHORTAGE
DISCLOSED
Funds of DistriGt Twice
Entrusted to Daily-One
Director Ignorant of Acts
of Board.
tisatintuil tlovclopinwits are coming
to light in school district No. 46, situ
ated above t he Meadows, whirh is out
two different amounts, totaling $5So,
through former County Superintendent
of Schools V. II. Daily. Charges of
grafting aro male ngninst tho direct
ors, who are accused of having paid
too much to build the school, of ex
pending $100 in painting the 18x26
building constructed on land to which
there is no deed to the district record
ed, in a remote part of tho district; of
spending 100 to dig a dry well and
of wasting tho district's money in other
ways. A teacher is being paid $50 a
month to teach the one pupil in the
district.
It is claimed that expenditures have
been ruado illegally by two of the di
rectors without the knowledge or con
sent of the third member. Two tax
Navies of 5 mills each have been voted,
the last to construct trails to the iso
lated seat of learning.
Officials Were Informed.'
Although mauy of the facts of the
caso were laid before tho grand jury at
the December term, were also told to
the district attorney nnd were con
veyed to Hie slnto superintendent of
schools, nothing has been done to re
cover the money lost for the district or
to stop the expenditures piled up
against the property-owners of tho dis
trict. Though County Judge Dunn was
informed of the details of the case
months ago, yet the school district
scandal has been -carefully guarded
from public knowledge.
Tho directors represent two factions
J. B. Walker nnd .1. B. Warden on
the one side and Mrs. U fl. finrdner on
the other. Tho taxable property in the
district is mostly owned by nonresi
dents, a considerable portion being
railroad land.
When Trouble Began.
The trouble began iu .Inly, Haiti, when
the district voted a mill tax to build
a schnolhouse and furnish it, raising
from $1000 to $1300. Despite opposi
tion, it was decided lo build on a site
oft' from the main road, and far from
tho center of III;' district. Nothing was
donn, however, toward the erection of
u nchoolliousc or its appurtenances up
to May of 1007. Hchuyler llanlotnnd
eenred the contract to clear the ground
for the sum of $20. Ho and his wife
spent one day on the premises and he
boasted to C. R. Avery that it was
the easiest money he ever earned.
In August a contract was let to
build tho schoolhouse for $1.10 to Dick
White, although another enrpenter, ('.
B. Avery of Trail, offered lo erect the
building for $75. The size of the build
ing was 1Sx2fi. While sublet the con
tract, to Averv nftir having rcc.ived
notice that his contract was illegal and
the district would not be responsible
.Tobo Walker went personally respon
slide to While.
' Accused of Petty drafting.
Schuvler Hammond secured the con
tract to dig the well at n cost of $10n,
ned on November .10 it had six inches of
water in it. Carl Hammond, n nephew
of Hrliuyl r Hammond, stated to Davis
W. Clark, a son of Mrs. L. O. Gardner,
that a son of .T. B. Walker, of the
board, received $20 of the $100 ex
ponded for the well. One of the Walk
c-rs received the contract to haul lumber
to the schoolhonse for $" a load. The
first load is said to have consisted of
300-odd feet. Tom White was paid
iiihi mr painting tne exterior oi mr
lx2fi feet schoolhouse. in which young
Wo" v helped him. Other work was
rtnm'..lnng the same lines.
Mrs. Gardner was never consulted
by either Walker or Warden regarding
the expenditures made by the board
or the contracts entered into. It is onlv
from other and outside pnrties that she
has secured information confirming
sustained by the district.
Story of Dally ' Visit
In June, 1JMX1, Superintendent Dailv,
with P. B. MeClintlex, who posed as
at agnt of the I'nion School Furnish
ing company of Chicago, visited the
district. The schoolhouse hnC burned
down three years before, and Mrs.
Oirdaer tad other residents were Q
Ballots Cast
II. M. t ake
'. V. I'lilton
li. K. Mulk.y
(Jus Xi'whiirv
T. K. rnmp'liell
W. A. Carter
It. kohcrtsou ". . .
.lost--h I.. Ilninmorslv.
Henry D. Kubli '. .
(ieon'e Dnrui
M. i'. leggiest on
M. .mirews
.I.'itiies Owens
V. It. Coleiiiiiii
li. T. Burnett
D. II. Jackson
.lames Croiiemiller
W. T. lirievc
J. V. l.awtou
.1. I'. Wells....
A. (liesnv
A. K. Kellogg
"(1. K. t 'hainbcrlaiii . . .
.!. H. Xeil
M. l'llidin
I. II. Miller
W. l' Jones
"Democratic.
After Lingering Illness of More
than Two Months Sir Henry
Bannermans Dead.
LONDON", April 21. Sir Henry
Campbell Bannorman, the former Brit
ish premier, died at 10:40 tins morning
at his official residence, No. .1 Down
ing st root. The end wbb peaceful, and
alter a lingering illness of more I linn
two months, did not come as a surprise.
Ho had been unconscious most of the
time for the past two or three days.
tremelv desirous ol having it rebuilt.
Thev followed Daily 'h advice and bond-
1 Hie district.. Mrs. tiarilner select
ed from McClintick's catalogue the
puility desired, leaving the amount to
be selected bv Walker. A warrant was
lrawn to pay for this furniture and
dgned by Mrs. Gardner upon the prom
ise of Mr. Daily that he would secure
III,, signature of Mr. Walker, chairman
of the board. He did not consult Mr.
Walker, but Warde n, the other trustee,
signed tho warrant as chairman,
though without authority so to do.
Mr. Daily promised that the warrant
would not be presented for ten months.
Understanding With Daily.
The understanding with Mr. Daily
I that lime was that he would return j
in tell davs' time and use bis intluence j
in getting a meeting call
to vote a t
tax to build and furnish a schoolhouse.
The goods were to be shipped to the
district ill care of Mrs. Gardner.
On Walker learning of the proceed
ings from l.ee Mitchell, the clerk, who
also signed the order and warrant.
he rushed off to Warden and so
frightened him that
Walker at once sent the clerk to Jack
sonville to consult Reames, without see
inc Mrs. (lardner. and sent a telegram
countermanding the order. i
(In Mrs. (iardner learning the facts
she nt once sent a letter to McClintirk
in Mr. Daily 'b care, also countermand
ing the i.rder. The goods came, how
ever.
Superintendent Daily promised to
take up the warrnnt himself and sell
the goods to another district, which
needed supplies. When the hills of
lading came for these suppli" they
were turned over to Mr. Daily. This
was in July. Tn December, 1900, .he
district was notified by the railroad
that the goods were still on hand nt
the warehouse and would 1e sold for
storage unles taken immediately. Three
days before the rereipt of thin notice,
Superintendent Daily had informed the
district that he had sold the goods nnd
would take up the warrnnt. Daily pi
in n claim of $30 freight against the
list rift, although tho goods had been
shipped prepaid.
Beforo Grand Jury.
On advire from the district at tor- (
ney's office Mrs. fiarriner last Novem
ber made a sworn statement of the i
facts in the case and sent it to Slate)
Siterintendent of Schools Aekerman, I
fttiiiL' forth Superintendent Daily's'
acts (n scouring and cashing the wnr-j
rant. Daily then paid f!00 to the dis l
trict out of the L't" he owed. On De-
ot-niher L''i all of the fact of th cae
were aid Worn tlA grand jurv hoth
V . , : .
onnoerniir the superintendent nnd the
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.. District Attorney. . . .
. It. It. ( 'omiiiissioner. .
. It. It. Commissioner. .
. It. K. Commissioner. .
. Representative
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..County Judge
..County Judge
. County Commissioner.
. Coimtv Commissioner.
.'clerk'
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. 1'rcnsiirer
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CITY CONTRACTS FOR
NEW WATER SYSTEM
THORBURN ROSS
, HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR ACTS OF BANK
Judge Burnett Holds the Officials Are
to Blame for Acts of Corporation,
Killing Hope of Dcfenso to Escape
Jury Trial TroftKU re r Steel Testifies.
SALKM, Or., April .ln.l Bur
licit ttulny overruled the motion of the
ilctVhHf in the tml of J. Thorliuru Koss,
lovsiiii-nt of the ilcfum-l Title (iiianiu
tee & Trust eompnny, of INrtljtnl,
chained with converting to their own
uho the stfite school funds deposited in
the Imnk, to strike out the testimony
or State Treasurer Steel, who lent. fieri
to deposit ing moneys wit li t he bunk.
The defence held that the nffieers of
the bank were not individually respon
sihlo for the illegal nets of the eorpo
ration over which they have ehnrge.
The ruling Killed the hope of the de
fense to escape a jury trial.
$3,000,000 MORTGAGE IS
FILED ON SMITH TIMBER
JtOHKM'ltO. Or., April L2. Tnvolv-
ing the sum of $:t,on0,000 and covering
immense tracts of timber in Southern
Oregon and Xorthern California, the
largest mortgage or deed of trust ever
filed in the offiee of the county clerk
of Douglas ha just been presented for
recording. The mortgagor is the C. A.
Smith Timber company, which fs oper-
Warden andlnting a large sawmill at Coos Hay, and
the mortgagee is the Central I rust com
pany of Illinois. The mortgage has been
executed to secure a lonn for the am
ount of money mentioned, and repay
on-nl is provided by 0 per cent bonds,
issued on a sliding scale. Tho slated
purposes of the loan are to meet obli
gations aggregating n totnl nf $1,000,
000, and to finance lumber manufactur
ing projects. The lands embraced in
the transact inn are situated in Klrio
ratio and Humboldt counties, California.
and in Coos, Curry, Douglas and Lin
coin counties, Oregon.
LABORERS KILLED IN TRAIN
WRECK ON LOGGING ROAD
WIIXIAMKl'ORT, Pa., April 22
l-'oiir Dalian laborers were killed and
two fatally and eight seriously wound
.tl bv the wrecking of a runaway train
on the Lnrpiin Lumber company 's log
road near here. The aceident wan due
to the failure of the reverse lever of the
engine to work. Th cars were going
nt a terrific rate of speed when they
jumped tho track.
RUSSIAN FORCES ASK
MORE TROOPS TO PERSIA
TIFLIS. April 22.-- n account of the
threat t-iiing situat inn on the Persian
frontier, and the urgent demand for re
inforcements received from commanders
of the rtninn force in thnt district.
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the disturbed territory. Owing to the
,
rooii roiirurr nirv win inn nrrivt' ni
; the tcen of hostilities for thr dayi.
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POLES ASKED
Politlon from Taxpayers Would
Clear Streets-Clash Between
Coiinclliiieii.
Tho city council proceedings Tuesday
were enlivened by a clash hetween
( 'on in-i linen I Infer and Trowbridge on
I he one side and Conncilmon Kifcrt,
Wort man and Merrick and City Engi
neer Osgood on tho other, over the ac
ceptance of the new addition of An
derson and Toft on West Seventh street.
Mr. Anderson made ft speech to the
councilmen favoring the acceptance of
(he plot and asserting that $25,000 of
improvements depended upon its ac
cept nnee.
City I'ngineer Osgood recommended
the approval of the plat, provided the
owners of the new addition would se
cure the extension of Fifth street
through the plat at their own expense.
Couueihuen Kifert, Merrick nnd Wort
man favored thin move, hut Councilmen
Trowbridge and Ilafer opposed it, buf
were in favor of the acceptance of the
plat as it was presented, with no rofrr
cniM to the Fifth-street extension. Hot
words followed, opinions were expressed
with emphasis nnd the matter will
again come up tonight.
The petition of C. H. Pierce for a
flat water rate not to exceed $50 per
year was Inhlcd.
A petition was received by the coun
cil, signed by !5 tnxpayers nnd bus!
ness men, repicstiiig the city council
to cause tho removal from streets nnd
alleys fif all the telephone nnd electric
light and other poles used in and upon
the streets or alleys. The matter was
referral to the committee nn streets
and alleys.
An ordinance was passed authorizing
and directing the execution of a con
tract for the construction of a water
distributing system with Jacohsen-Dadf
company.
The ordinance for the rennming of
streets and that regulating the tomale
and sausage wagons on Seventh nnd C
streets was adopted.
VIGOROUS CAMPAION
AGAINST NIGHT RAIDERS
Fit A N'KFOIET, Ky., April 22. Gov
ernor Wilson and Adjutant General
Johuwoti have form u In ted plans for a
vigorous campaign against the night
riders. The troops will be assembled
a ICiidiz to gather in all offenders for
whom warrants have been issued.
BIHITOP OF SOUTH CAROLUTA
EPISCOPAL DIOCEHff DEAD
COLFMItl A, K. C, April 22. Dishoi
Ellison C. Cnpers of the Protestant
Fpitcopal diocese of Soiit h 'nrolitiu
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TEDDY TO VETO
NAVAL BILL UNLESS
HE GETS WARSHIPS
Says Ho Will Sign Bill If It Is Passed
Without Any Provision for a Naval
Increase Chairman Halo Will Intro
duce au Amendment.
WASHINGTON, April 22. On Die
stinuiteH supplied by tlx- navy depart
ment, Senator Hale, chairman of t lie
iHimmitteo on naval affairs of the sen
ute, will Introduce an amendment to
(he naval appropriation bill uppropri
uliiig about $;,0n0,000 for immediate
commencement of work on two battle
Hhips, the torpedo boats and other ves-
h-'Ih provided iu the lull.
It became known today that (ho pres
irieut will veto the naval bill if passed,
providing for nn increase in the navy,
but without making an appropriation
for the increase. He insists that if his
friends continue the fight for four bat
tleships. Ho will sign the bill, how
ever, if tt Is passed without any pro
vision for n navnl increase.
PILEDRIVER DERAILED
AT COLUMBIA'S MOUTH
ASTORIA, Or., April 22. Through
some cause not. yet ascertained a pile
lriver used on the jetty at tho mouth
of tho Columbia river, was derailed, as
it was proceeding to the point of oper
ations today. The machine toppled over
into the water, carrying a crew of I I.
Two of the men tvero killed, Mart in
Carlson and Jacob Lehman, both of
Hammond, Or., ami six others were in
jured. Tho latter were taken to the
Post hospital ut Fort Stevens, All the
injured will recover. The water was
shallow nt tho point when the accident
occurred ami the machine will be re
covered.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
GRANTED HARRY K. THAW
POFGIIKKKPSIi:, X V., April 22.
A writ of habeas corpus was granled
at White Plains today by Justice Mor
sehauser on applicat ion of Harry K
Thaw. The writ. is returnable at
Poughkeepsie May 0, at which time
District Attorney Jerome of New York
will bo given an opportunity to op
pose the proceedings fnr Tha w 's re
lease.
U. S. REPRESENTATIVE
INJURED IN COLLISION
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22.-
Representative Tawnev of Minnesota
was injured in the back and Itepresen
tative .lob n c. Haney of Indiana pain
fully injured in the hip, while a score
of other paseiiKcr received slight ill
juries ns the result of a rear-end collis
ion on n Pfiinoylvania avenue ear tine
iu Albanv.
Notice to Masons.
A. F. I A. M. There will be work
in the third degree Friday evening, Ap
ril 24, HiOl You are invited.
M. PUKDIN, W. M.
e
Noise for Johnson and Certain
Vote for Ncbraskan-No Plat
form Likely.
SPUINGKIKItJH HI., April 22. A
probable noise iu lavor of Johnson ami
a certain vote lor Itrvau instruct ions
are looked for al tomorrow's democratic
slate convention. The party leaders are
a unit iu declaring Hint, the delegation
will be mikI i lifted for the Nebruskaa.
Much opposition has developed to the
adoption of a olatfp'ui at the present
ouvi'iil mo. This is ilue to the wording
of the planks which Inpior interests are
urging for adoption. One of these cen
sures the church for interfering with
social matters ami demands Hint clergy
men be advised to nt tend to matters
spiritual nnd leave alone things spirit
uous. GRANTS PASS TEAM
FINALLY MEATS DEFEAT
The Grants Puss high school richal
ing team, which defeated Med ford,
Grunts Pass, Multifield nnd Klamath
Falls teams and Koseburg, iu the decid
ing debate for the Southern Oregon
district, championship, lout the a inter
district debate with Lebanon high
school at Lebanon last Friday night.
The rpiestiou was, " Resolved, That
members of the legislature of the state
of Oregon should be chosen on the
system of proportional representation."
Grants Pass had the af f intuitive and
was represented by Miss Olwen Hughes,
Krrol Gil key and Herbert Git key. Leb
anon was represented by Misses Anna
Mel 'ormick, Klsie Li I lard and Pearl
Ahlrich. Lebanon 'a victory is its fourth
and leaves it onlv one more team to
nuM't to decide the state chnmpionshiji
GALA TIME IN LOS ANGELES
ENTERTAINING SAILORS
Lo.S ANGF.LKH, Cal., April 22. A
light rain fell in Los Angeles last night,
giving n bright and refreshing aspect
to the city this morning, when the sun
dawned upon tho third flay nf the fen
tivities in honor of the Atlantic fleet.
The city never appeared in better form,
The sailors ami officers are being en
ferlaiiied elaborately, In fact there are
ut many functions in their honor thnt
many of them do not return to the
diips, but have reserved quarters at the
hotels.
UNIVERSITY "CHORUS GIRL"
STRIKE IS DECLARED OFF
NF.W YORK. April 22. The strike of
the New York university students, who
were signul as "chorus girls" nt the
day lo be given bv the dramatic club
of the university nt Carnegie Hall Prl
riav ami Saturday, is declared off to
day. The students' demnuds for six
tickets each and the printing of their
iiiium's on the program will he granted
COMMITTEE ON TUBLIC LAND
IN FAVOR OF NATIONAL PARK
WASHINGTON, April 22. The sen
ale committee on public lands has nu
ihoried a favorable report of the hill
to estnbliNli a Glacier National park In
Mor.tunn.
Illinois sur
FOR BRIAN
WANT 3
PRECINCTS
IN TOWN
Mandamus Proceedings to
Compel Judge to Carry
out Provisions of the law
Which He has Neglected
Hecause County Judge Dunn has
failed to establish boundaries of elec
tion products in Med ford conforming
to the boundaries of the wards of the
city, as required by law, mandamus
proceedings have been brought by J. (J.
(lull through his nttorney in the circuit
court to foreo the county court to curry
out the provisions of the law.
At present resident of Med ford are
voting hi tho two precincts of North
aud South Medford, each of which in
cludes a largo urea of land outside
city limits. Fanners of Griffin creek
vote lu Medford and on mutters con
cerning tho city, ns do those that live
toward Central Point. It in to secure
the establishment of three precincts,
ench including n city ward, that the
proceedings are brought.
The eity of Ashland has three pre
cincts conlorming to its wards, and nun
ilar action is sought for Medford. The
following is the complaint:
la the Circuit Court for the Stato of
Oregon, for the County of Jackson.
J. C. Hall, plaintiff," vs.- Geo. W.
Dunn, County Judge, and Joshua, Put
li rxou and George Drown, Commission
ers of Jackson Countv, Oregon, Gountv
Ci urt of Jackson County, defendant!.
I hat the defendants are respectively
the county judge and county cummin
siouers of Jackson County, Oregon, duly
ipialified aud acting as such; that the
plaintiff is a resident ami legal voter
in the eity of Medford, County of Jack
son, State of Oregon.
i io' iikiimiii i miner uiii'en iiihi
shows to the court, that the city of Med-
iiiih in uivmh-ii mk" i'otiioii iri:riuciB
in which there in included a ' largo
iioioiiiii. oi lerriiorv coiiiHiiiiiiff n uun
population without nnd beyond the cor
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not by reason thereof that all general
lections held in the county of Jackson,
the voters of Medford are compelled find
required, by reason oft he manner of
establishing the voting precincts cov
ering the eity of Medford, to vote with
and in the same precincts with a large
number of legal voters who reside out
side of the corporate limits of the eity
of Medford.
That the eity of Medford is divided
into three wards nnd the election pre
cincts comprising ihe eity of Medford,
as established by the county court of
Jackson conuty, Oregon, do not conform
within the boundaries of tho wards of
said city, and the plaintiff further al
leges that it is the duty of the Countv
Court to establish the boundaries of
the elect ion precincts embracing the
terirtory within the corporate limits
of the city of Medford to conform as
near as possible to the boundaries of
the wards in said city, nod this the
said county court has long failed nnd
neglected to do.
The geographical limits and bound
aries of the city of Medford are then
given.
The complaint then proceeds:
Aud the said city of Medford in di
vided into three wards, the boundaries
of which ore ns follows:
All east of middle line of C street Is
the first ward. All south of the middle
line of Seventh street nnd west nf the
middle line of C street nnd north nf tho
middle lino of Seventh street Is the
Third Ward.
Your plaintiff therefore prays ynur
honor that nn alternative mandamus
may issue to the aforesaid defendant,
acting as the county court of the coun
ty of Jackson, state of Oregon, com
mand them, unless they show good cause
to the contrary, thnt wherever there
unto required by this honorable eonrt,
they shall ennse why nn order shall not
be made commanding them to let off
and establish election precincts or dls
tricU within the city of Medford con
forming to the boundaries of the wards
in the said city of Medford. as herein
alleged, including therein no other ter
ritory, and that upon theif failure to
show cause, nnd they be absolutely nnd
pre emptorily commnnded by this hon
orable court, to make nitch order ctnh
lishing said election precincts conform
ing to the boundaries of the wards of
Ihe said city of Medford, and thnt your
plaintiff havfl judgment for his enstl
nnd disbursements to be taxed.