If .'.You've Anything to Buy or Sell, Try Advertising in the Tribune-It Brings Quick Results ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES lHkflfrt IDtiifly OUtaine The Weather Showers tonight and Wednesday. THIRD YEAR. MED FORD, OR., TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1908. NO. 52 ERLAIN DEFENDS ISSUANCE OF PRISON PARDONS D CMMB 11 a I out IF GOVERNOR ERRED T'WAS ONMERCY'S SIDE IN ASSISTING CONVICTS Large AudienGG Applauds Executive Accuses Cake of Having Deserted Statement No 1 and of Now Occupying Same Possition as Fulton Before Pri- - mary Election-Issues of Campaign Discussed. Tho Inrgest crowd of tho season's campaign turned out M mduy uftorn .n to welcome Governor George R. OJmru berlnin, democratic nominee for United StnteR senator. Despite tht inclemency of the weather 11 tut the unsensoiiabloness of the hour, the Medford Opera House was packed by an undicncc greater than those that heard Senator Kill ton and Mr. Cake combined. The governor was warmly received and his remarks greet ed with frequent applause. Kg was in troduced in an appropriate speech by District Attorney A. K. Kennies ns the "next United States Senator from Or egon." Bolicves ill People's Rule. "T am no recent convert to the cause of popular government, ' said Gover nor Chamberlain. "In 1S92 T cham pioned the i 11 it iative and referendum, j Afterwards T advocated the direct pri-1 mary and every measure that has been1 before the people fur an enlargement of their powers. T have always believed in Statement No. 1, which simply means the right of the people to elect a sen ator. "Before the primaries, Mr. Fulton said that he believed in Statement No, 1 personally, but thought it . should be left to each legislative candidate as to whether he should indorse it. Mr. Cake came out flat footed fur Statement No., J, and because he did so. was Humiliated over Mr. Fulton. Cake Against- Statement No. 1. "No sooner was he nominated than Mr. Cake flopped on Statement No. i but now takes the name position thai Mr. Fulton took before the primaries Hint Statement No. 1 should be left to the individual candidal' for the legis-. Inure. Ho refuses to support Statement No. 1 men, and is now placing principle j in tho rear of party. "Because Mr, Fulton took the posi ; tiou ho did, he was defeated. Because Mr, Cake has abandoned his position -t for that of Fulton. Mr. Cake will be defeated. I 'm going to tell you a so ' cret, I 'in going to be ted senator, not on party grounds, but simply- be cause I repiesent the principle of popn lar election of senators, something the people have striven for for half ecu tury. Cheap Skate Candidates. " I do not see how those cheap skates seeking election to the legislature from the per pie have the nerve to go before the people and tell them that they know better what the people want than the people themselves. They seek to be come public servants at $:i :t day. and yet tell the pie they ask for votes that they haven't sense enough to pick out a senator. Why, they aren't worth W a day. Most of them couldn't earn it. If you had a man working for you, who WHiite! to run your business, how long would you keep him? Securing Appropriations. "It has been said, ' ' continued the governor, "that I could not get appro priations for Oregon with a republican administration. !o yon know that the biggest appropriation the imrt hwest ever received was secured by Senators Fulton and Gearin. republican and dem AVrat. working together? Do you know that with a solid republican delegation, Oregon has been unable to seeur' any appropriations sine Do you realize that nil the southern and Mississippi states, nil democratic, get nnd always have got immense nppropriat ions from republi can administrations? Do you know that Binger Hermann got inure money for Oregon than any other representative ever gotf And he got them from dem oerntie congresses as well ns repunii cnn. He got it by being friendly with every one. " ft isn-'t a man's political party, it 's the personality nnd knowledge of J Io nian that counts, of the friend be make in congress and out of congress, the influence that be bring to bear that counts. What Is a Republican? "How could Mr. Cake help Ins party? If he lined up with President Roosevelt, he will have all his party leaders against him. If he enters his party caucus he will have to oppose the president program of reform. Kittier WT he in not in a position to ftecomplUn anything. It President Roosevelt a republican f Then Aldrich, Piatt nnd other party leaders aro not. if they aro, then tho president is not. What kind of a republican is Mr. Cake and who will ho lino up with? Alleged Abuse of Pardons. "I havo been accused," continued the governor, "of gross abuse of the pardoning power, I am accused of having- granted L'S7 pardons during my term of office as chief execntive. This statement is only partially true. ""When tirst elected governor, I be gan a thorough study of the penal sys tem. As a result, I stopped the cus tom of publishing to the world the name of released convicts whose terms had expired. I did this so that they might have a chance to secure work and begin lite anew without being branded as criminals. "1 abolished tho system of flogging and other physical punishments in flicted upon prisoners. Finally I abol ished the striped suits ns causing un necessary humiliation. The objects of imprisonment, aro to punish tho crim inal,, to protect society and to care for the soul of the criminal. If these ends are served, the ends of justice havo been met. So far that large class of criminals, not hardened offenders, but men ranging from 15 to 25, serving their first offense, I devised a special parole or pardon, which is granted only on the promise of the prisoner and his friends that he behave, report once a month to prison authorities and agree to drink no liquor of any kind during his parole. Not All Were Released. "While I have signed many pardons, it does not mean that 1 freed all from prison by it. In many eases the men left the penitentiary many years ago. and have behaved themselves since, and were granted pardons simply to re store them to tho rights of citizen ship. Many of the pardons that I have signed were issued to t his class, men who had already served their prison terms and were discharged long before 1 became governor. " I may have made mistakes in grant ing pardons, but in all instances the pardons wore granted at the signed request of the prosecutors. And it is better to err on the side of merry than to take away from a man chance for reformation. There are so many tin fort una tes railroaded to prison that only lack a kind word and a chance to make honest men, "The publication of this list of par doned criminals will lose many of them situations, when it is known they are ex' convicts. IC will bring discourage ment and I urn many a striving soul backward, and all for the sake of tak ing away n few votes from me. Bather than resort to such tactics, I would cheerfully stand defeat, for T had rather be t he means of helping reform a dozen lost souls than even to be United States senator.' After his speech. Governor Chamber lain was driven to ,shlnnd, where he spoke in t In evening. Tuesday after noon he speaks at Gold Hill and in the evening at Grants Pass. JUDGE LOWELL TO SPEAK AT MEDFORD THURSDAY Indue Stephen A. Lowell of Pendle ton. one of Oregon's brightest nnd most eloquent public nun. will address the people of Medford and vicinity at the Anglo Opera Honse next Thursday eve ning, May HI, at S o'clock, upon the issues of the campaign. Judge Lowell has a wide reputation as an oralor and statesman ami has frequently been men tioned for a United States senatorship from Oregon. He will discuss the issue of the present pidit ical campaign as viewed from a republican party stand point. ATLANTIC FLEET ON WAY TO SEATTLE, MEET HEAVY SEAS Los ANoLKS. May 1 1. The United wireless was in e'ommnnii atom with the 'oniiocticut nt midnight. Tli fleet was lfi" mile north of San Francisco, steaming at II knots in vry heavy sas. ONE HE BODY IS CLAIMED Relatives of a ChiGago Girl Identify Her as a Steps to Help in Affair RaGe in Southern Por Victim of Gunness Death Until Violence is Stopped tion of the State but Farm Near La Porte. .---More Attacks on Cars. Loses Endorsement. LA POIiTK, Ind., Mav 19. The is suing of a death certificate for Jennie Olson and the turning over of the body to relatives in Chicago puts the official si a nip of identification upon one of the bodies found on tho Gunness farm, re garding which there has been so much controversy. Although identified by her brother, many refuse to believe the girl dead. Seven unidentified bodies, including one female, were buried in the pot tor's field today. Just before noon today the upper nnd lower plates which came from Mrs, Gun ness' mouth, both containing her false teeth, were recovered through sluicing ashes. They are positively identified bv her dentist. WORK PROGRESSING UPON ST. MARY'S ACADEMY Work on the new St. Mary's academy itmler construction on Klevnnth street is progressing rapidly. It is a three- story building, .very solidly constructed and the next few days will st'( painters ind plasterers busily engaged in push ing the structure to completion. Tho building wilt be fitted with the most approved system of lighting, san itary plumbing, heating and ventila tion, assuring, when completed, health and comfort of tho students. The rooms of the different floors nre onveniently arranged so as to facili tate the" work of the several depart ments. The first floor will contain the ul i nit ry apartments, dining halls, roc rent inn rooms nnd primary class rooms. The second floor, chapel, parlor, libru- ry, class rooms, auditorium and music hall; the third floor, dormitory, stn leuts ' private rooms, laboratory anil class rooms. Xo effort will be spared by tho Sis ters to make this a thoroughly up, todato institution for the moat cul tured moral and mental t raining of boys ami girls. BILL PASSES GRANTING ONE MILLION ACRES TO IDAHO WASHINGTON, May lit. Tho sen ite agreed to the house amendment to the senate bill granting 1,000,000 acres f land to the state of Idaho under the t arey act. The senate committee on public build ings and grounds complete consideration of the omnibus bill, which passed the house last week. The committee added s1 ,000,000, bringing the total carried by the measure as reported to the senate over $311,000,000. The net ion includes .:t,oni),ooo f,r purchase of land for buildings in Washington. FIRST TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT KLAMATH FALLS KLAMATH FALLS, Or,, May 19. Klamath Kails has a very active tennis club, and announces a tournament to he held on July A. The club has (wo fine courts on Klamath avenue, and in cludes among its members i champion ship player. W. S. Wiley, attorney for the reclamation service. He has won many honors in Washington, D. C. The tournament will be for Hip cham pionship of the Middle Pacific, and it is hoped to make it nn annual feature and bring many players from outside pouts. CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST STOCK BR0KR NKW VOKK, Hay I!). Criminal charges against certain members of the firm of T. A. Mclnlyre & Co,, stock brokers, who recentlv failed, their lia bilities exceeding 1 .ooo.ooo, were laid bef ore District Attorney Jerome todav by C. C. Burlinghnm, t ho receiver of the failed firm. Mr. Jornm presented the charges to the grand jury. XF.W Vnl.'K. May li. The mcmiter of the board of managers of thm New Yrk c,tt,,n Kxcharige who were in of fire about u yar ago. summoned the federal court today, presumably in eon nertioti with the charges that the rev is ion of cottan grading last year resulted in large profits to ?h member of the New Vork eichange. 11 CONTINUES Mayor Will Not Take Any OLKVKLAND, O., May lit. Riot ing on a scale thai threatened, to result in death and serious injury to many was resumed this afternoon by strike sym pathizers who are trying to advance the cause of tho striking streetcar men. In one instance a mob attacked a con doctor while he was turning a switch. Trying to dodge hundreds of rocks, hunks of wood ami other missiles, the onductor rushed for his car and locked himself in. He was suffering intense pain from the injuries inflicted by the sharp edged rocks. Not content with having injured him, the crowd wrecked the car. The police stopped the rioting. Notwithstanding the widespread dis order which prevailed last night, the Municipal I ruction company claimed to day to have more cars in operation than at anv time since the strike. The trucks of a Superior avenue car were wrecked this morning and windows broken by an explosion of dynamite. It was filled with passengers. A panic cusuf-d, but no one was hurt. Mayor Johnson says that he will not lift his hand to aid either side as long is thi strikers use dynamite, lie said this morning that he would at all costs prevent further violence and that dy namite outrages would not be tolerated for a moment. All the police of the city ind a thousand specials will be called out if necessary In prevent mob rule, TERRIBLE CRIME IN FRISCO BY CRAZED DRUNKARD SAN FRANCISCO, May 111. William L Hanna, n wfl-todo plumber, nt 1114 Tennessee street, cut the thronts'of his baby sou P.urlon and baby daughter 2 years old with n razor early today. Both will probably die. Then he invaded tin- apart men Is occupied by his wite and three other children, aged .4, it and 7, nd announced: "T have killed the two bnbies and now I am going to kill tin1 rest of you. ' ' Mrs. Hanna .jumped from the bed and grappled with the armed maniac and in tho struggle lo prevent the carrying out f the threat was frightfully beaten about the head and face, but managed to hold him until I he children, dad only ill their nightlobes, fled into the street. She then followed them. Hanna then locked himself in the room of his two vie! tins. The police broke in and found him holding Hie boy up by the teg in the act of drawing the razor across his throat. Hanna was overpowered and handcuffed. He was crazed bv drink. PARTY LOST IN MOUNTAINS IS RESCUED BY SEARCHERS RKLL1XGHAM. Wash.. May 111. 0. W. Crawford ami wfe, Joseph Lester and Msm Gertrude Webster, who have been lost on Chuckutiut moiintan, were found today Ovsler creek. !: mhs southeast of Itellngham, hopelessly lost, enarly dead will fatgue, hungry and wit I t hop.; of ever leing found. They were caught on the mountain in a storm and lost Heir way. It rained almost continuously and the party was with out food or fire. The women could walk no further and th men had decided to stay with them instead of I tying to sa e l lo-ms-h e. VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH ISACCEPTED PHINCKTO.V. May I (.- I isvaf ixf ac tion was shown by some of the author! tied of Mercer and Middlesex count ion at the decision of the coroner of the latter county that Miss Itertha Vamb-r-bilt was accidentally drowned, creating a new interest in the case. The second examination of tin Imdy, however, by lr. Simian, confirms th1 opinion of the coroner that death was accidental. Her parents aro satisfied. CLERKS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING TO BE SENTENCED PITTSItl'ltG. May Ml. Henry Itei ber, paying teller, and John Young, aud itor of On- Partners' Deposit & Nation at bank, nho pnhelrd ,o.',,ihmi( will be inteneed tomorrow. ALABAMA PLAIT PAID SHAMEFUL IS CARRIED MAE WOOD I CONDITION BY BRYAN POR LETTERS OF RECORDS Johnson Gives Him Close MOX'lYiOMKRV, Aln., May ID. Ho- turns from the state democratic prim aries continue to conic in slowly. At noon the indications were that I try an has carried tho state, I hough Governor iohusoa of Minnesota is giving him a lose race. The Johnson forces piled up a large vole in Southern Alabama, but not enough according to present iudi- atious to secure an indorsement. HUMAN CHAMALEON RESUMING NATURAL COLOR POHTLAXH, May 111. Suddenly hanging from white to black and be lieved by physicians to be on the verge of death from a strange malady, Mrs. Millie Watkius is on the road to recov- ry and will probably be returned to a ell in the cily jail, The prisoner is ro I ai nod at St. Vincent 's hospital, a re- urrenec of her strange ailment being possible. A peculiar feature of the case of Mrs. Watkius is that when breat hiiig free air she makes her home in the negro dis trict in the North Knd. She has been addicted to the use of liipior for many years, and stagnation of tho blood oc- urrcd, which had the effect of trans forming her complexion lo a yellowish black. Simultaneously she had an acute it tuck of rheumatism of the heart and was thought to be near ibnth. ASHES OF MUSIO TEACHER SCATTERED TO WINDS NKW VOKK. May lit. As executors of the estate of Miss Frances Miller, Hie Title Guarantee & Trust company yes terday observed the carrying out of a provision of her will by which the body was to be cremated nnd the ashes cast to I he four winds. M isH Miller was well known as a music Icnchcr and left in estate valued at $iif),i)i)H to immcdi ito relatives and friends. She died Inst Sunday. In her will she gave explicit lirections as to the disposal of her body, and in accordance wit 1 1 t hem, rendition took place in the crematory it Fresh Pond, L. L Yesterday the ishes wore scattered without ostentation or ceremony. SCHOOL TEACHER KILLED BY EATING CASTOR BEANS OH A XG L'LKH. Mav 111.- One young woman is dead, a boy and two lit t lu girls are seriously ill and suffering in lease agony as (lie result of a picnic held in the Arroyo Hero, near Pasudeiin. last Sundav, when the merrymakers mis k poisonous castor bean for wild innuauitu hemes. The girl, who died after suffering for llli-e days from Hie effects of tho poi son, was l.'aphilia Iturgroff, a Sunday chool teacher, who had charge of the xetjrsioil. The three children of J. Iteichis.y are in u dangerous condition. Fweiity other children were poisoned slightly. FINANCIAL MEASURES ARE IN THE AIR WASHINGTON, May IU. -The I "nit d Slates senate adopted tho amended Aldrich financial bill as a substitute for the Vreeland men -one passed by t he hiue Thursday. The matter now goes a conference bet ween the t wo ranches of congress, AUTO RACE FROM NEW YORK TO FRISCO AND RETURN NKW YOIOX, May lit,-As Hie result of a meting of automobile manufactur ers and their representatives here Sat utday the holding of a transcontinental automobile from Xew York to San Fran eisco and Imck agnin is practically as sun-d. PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED; TWELVE PASSENGERS INJURED COLI'MMI'S, ,. May P.i.- The Nor I folk i Western passenger train was t wrecked by the Hpreading of rails two j mile west of here. Then was but one coach on the train nnd only 1'" people I riding. The car turned over, injuring about 12 pf rioui. i Testimony in Divorce Pro- ceedings Shows That Correspondence Cost the Senator $7,500. XF.W YORK, May l!.Mue Woo.t continued her testimony in her suit for divorce from Senator Plat. The coun sel for Plait concluded the cross ex amination, questioning her about a re lease she gave Abraham Hummel, the former lawyer, iu HHU, in which she agreed to accept :H),niio in Nctllumcnl for her claims against Piatt. Wood declined yesterday that the re lease was secure I under duress, but that she said she accepted some of the money. Although Miss WoihI has signed a rtdease and declared in an accoin panyiug affidavit that she gave Plntt letters to lliimeml, as counsel, she de clared she could have obtained foO.OOl) for the letters. Miss Wood said today she was paid $7500 for the letters. 'She did not know where I he money came from, she said. GRAFTING COMMISSIONER SHOOTS HIMSELF DEAD INIHAXAPOLIS, May lit. John Mc tJanghey, former county commissioner and prominent in polities, shot himself dead today. His name is connected with the scandal of the commissioner's of fice of the Allan engine deal, in which money, it is alleged, passed to the com uiissioiiers. One commissioner was in dicted, but McGaughey was not indicted DECLINE FOLLOWS HIGHEST PRICE IN YEAR ON 'CHANGE NKW YOKK, May I'J. After a num ber of leading stocks had reached the highest price of I he year, a sharp break, tho decline becoming precipitated just before the close. The American Smelt ing fell I points below last night's clos ing, and a number of others between 2 nnd ;t points. The decline is attributed lo I he efforts to realize oil profits. CALIFORNIA HALFBREED COMMITS DOUBLE MURDER WILLITS. Cal., May P.I. Word from I he lion ml Valley Indian reservation I slate that Charles Curd shot and in I slant ly killed Henry Hayes and John I Powell, all hall breeds. It is nlleg-d 'the men were too attentive to Card's ' Wife. ISON KILLS FATHER WHO WOULD WED SECOND TIME j NKW YOUK, May IU.- (tecanse he ! was to be married again, George Slerrv, ', aged was shot and k tiled by his i son, George Hterrv, Jr., who then com I milted suieido. The fatlo-r was a men) j her of a I urge wholesale drug firm 'a rid j was engaged to marry a young school teacher, COMMITTEE TO PROBE CHARGES OF LILLEY V SXGToX. May 1H.--A special commit tec of I he In disc, invest igating the charge; of (rprosenlative Lilley of improper uo-ilowls used by the Kleeiric Itoal company to influence the siibmn rine boat b-gislat ion will be submitted iu a report to the house tomorrow. COMMITTED SUICIDE WHILE SITTING AT HIS DESK j SW,T LA K K. May l!t -K. S. Suel iglowr, bookkeeper of the I'tah Assnei 'atiou of Credit Men, coinmlitcd suicide 'this morning by shooling hi in self while j sitting at his desk. He had been in ill health for some time, He was married. Campaign Rally. 'The workers of (he world are unit ;" The socialist nominees for the state legislature. Mr. !. M. Ilr. J er of Ash laud nnd Itaplutel Messner of Gold Hill, will speak upon the issues of the day. viz., "Socialism; Prohibition vs. Shall the .Hiilnon He Abolished"' McJford Opera House. Saturday, May 2'i, H p. m. Central Point hall, Monday, May 9 p. m. i Jacksonville hall, Tuesday, May fift. i 4 n. in. Ladies (specially invited. 0 State of Chaos Among Court Papers Due to Parsimonious Policy of County Court. ' Tho condition that Jackson cunty records are in is shameful," tjtut.es At- t torney George W. Hurhum uf Grant Pass, who has been looking into several' cases at Jacksonville, involving titl nt valuable, propertied, "Judgment roles, containing the complaint, ans wer, journal of entry and final judg ment iu cases have been filed away aad have disappeared or been tost for years. Those' that remain are in a state f chaos, unindexed and practically impos sible to locate.. ' ' Laud titles, proof and foundation of title and many proceedings-bearing upon t he establishment of titles ar gone. We know that certain cases wern brought and certain decrees entered af fecting many valuable propert ies, yet there is nothing on record to prove it, and if they aro on the preserved records they can 't bo found. "There is not filing room in the clerk 's office to take care of preocnt papers, let, alouo putting away papers of old eases. The of fie outgrew its facilities years ago. .It should ho en larged by half, nod old records gathered up and indexed. "In the old clerk 's office, he Torn tin- clerk moved to tho courthouse, there used to bo several big dry goods boxes filled with these important records. What been'; to of them no one seems to know A pouud wise nnd penny foolish parsimnnous policy pursued by tho county court nnd comtaiRsioiiers in re sponsible for the chaos in county rec ords. It would take from W00 to it 1 300 to straighten nut and tnako of some use the records still left, but it ought to be ilone. Meanwhile the Needs f much litigation nre sowing." PRAISE FOR MEDFORD PAMPHLET FROM TEXAS San Aulonio, Tex., April HO, l!m. Commercial Club, Medford, Or. Gentlemen: I dropped into the Wood ard Vichy company's office this morning to get a drink nf this vichv wa ter and spied a beautiful booklet of Medford, Or. It attracted my attention and I picked it up and glanced through it. 1 became so much interested in it that I read il through and I write to con grni uhit e you on th fine articles and work done in getting it up. Your bib is deserving of success w where such ability is shown in giving the pub lie a stnteinent of your resources. I fed like xlarting for Medford on tho next train. Yours for muccess. GKo, i. HOOT, Prisnall Hotel. LATE LOCAL NEWS. Dr. Hoxtoe of Pittsburg hits pur' huscd the cast half of the Rrotvti or chard, paying 10.0110 for 'Jo acres. The sale was made through the Roguo River Land company. If. L. Miirdick of Ashland has pur chased a Kissid cur. Hie first one in the alley, from t In Med fonl Auto com pany, II is a "l" horsepower, four cyl inder car, costing Mrs. S. ranlrall of AptJcgntt and her daughter, Mrs. K. B. How of Jackson ille. were among the many who hfiird Governor chamberlain's speech in WA fowl. W. H. Moreland, nuperintendent. of the comity hospital near Talent, was in Medford Saturday. II" informed us that Isam Hubbard, tt pioneer of thuf county, died nt t ha I inst it n t ion some time njpi. If, Callahan, the well-known miner, who has heen spending the past several months at Spokane, was in Medford Monday on his way to the copper belt to lof.k after his intensive mining in terests. Glen Fabric has purchased ft laundry in Medford and will now become a southern Oregon booster. Well, Glean has learned how to do the stunt In 9 very perfect way while living in Hno4 River. We are all sorry to see the young man and his family leave to take up their permanent residence in the dusty city. However, we wish thnm the hMt of success in their new field of 1 lib or. Hood River Newt Letter. oat oi