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By far-thr largest and '.best news report
furninhetl-by any-paper south of Portland
Fair wi-nther i promised (or ' runight
and Wednesday.-
THIRD YEAR.
MEDFORD, OR.,-THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1908,
N o. 60.
Ml
FIVE YEARS IN PEMTEMTARY FOR BANK WRECKER ROSS
FINE OF $576,853 IMPOSED UPON
PENALTY FOR STEALING
SCHOOL FIDS Of STATE
J. Thorburn Ross, Former Banker, Churchmen and Sunday SGhool
Teacher, Given Heavy Penalty-Was Head of Failed Title Guar
antee and Trust Company and Took Public Money to' Stop Run
SAhKM, Or., May JS.J. Thnrhiirn
Ross, former hanker, churchman ami
Sunday school superintendent, was sen
tenced to serve five yean ill tho state
penitentiary ami pay a fine of o7(i,
8.3.74 1 v Judge Itiimett this morn
ing, in whise court Hoss had been con
victed of larceny by the conversion of
$1180,000 of the state school funds. The
crime wan committed while Rosa was
president of t lie now defunct Title
Cuamntce & Trust company.
The double life Rohm had boon living
was disclosed when the Title Guarantee
& Trust, company was forced to close
its doors in the fiiuincial panic of last
October.
Kxum hint ion of Iiih hooks revealed
the fact that he had eonvorted state
fuuds on deposit in nn effort to save
tho bunk, and that $280,000 of. public
.
SALEM CHERRY FAIR
BETTER THAN EVER
SAL KM, dr., May -S. The third an
nuol Nnleni cherry fair will bu held niiereeteii Masonilt; Temple' IVeenliy A
Mulem Tliurwiny unit many, July u
and Id. according. to
vesterdiiv of the chi
di finito decision
rry fair coinmis-
sionors. The fair this year will be
grainier in every respect than any pre
vioiis fair and will be open 16 both
Washington and ( 'nliforniu compel itors
as well as those of Oregon. '
In addition to the cherries, for which
a largo number of cups and 'premiums crete.
will lie offered, there will be premiums i About -for
other fruits, as well lis roses, sweel I I'ass lodge
peas and a large variety of other flow
ers. Tho fair is held under the auspices
of the Pacific. Const Nurserymen's as
soeiation with which organization Iho
coiiimcrciiil bodies of Salem and the hor
ticultural societies of Marion county
will co-operate.
Twenty cups are offered to competi
tors. Cups will be offend for I he best
lll-polllld box of Ilovitl Anne.s best box
of Lambert. Iling, lllack Republican.
Helicon, llciskin. best display of cher
ries on plates, best display of cherries
in inercial pack, sweepstakes for
best box of any variety, fust and sec
ond cup: best seedling of merit, best
general fruit display, best berry display,
best, collections of sweet peas and roses
ami best all round floral display.
AUTO RACES IN PORTLAND
DURING FESTIVAL WEEK
PORTLAND. Or., May 2s. Tin
fcslivnl week. 1'iirt land 's annual
rose
cele
br.ntion from June first to sixth, will
be aigniiliod lliis year liy 'be ,irs' ni1'"
mobile road races of national inlercsl
ever held on the I'aeifi st. Two
events will be run. one of ."i'l miles
and one of lilo miles.
Handsome prizes l.ave been offered
by the Portland Automobile club, and
n special prize, a .f.lllil silver cup. do
nated by K. Henry Wemme. the pioncei
alitomobilist of Ihis city, for the vie
torious driver ill the lllll mile race.
Fflstcru tiinnufactiirers are sending
their best drivers to this city, nnd nl
r.-adv several of the men who made
records at Hi ian lif I'e. N. V.. and Or
innnde, Fla.. are on the ground. Com
menring today the racers will com
llience Irving out the roads.
All preparations for the carnival are
.. '...;..llv i.oii.-liuled. except the flnial
ileenralions. which will be il
place
ihe Inter nnr: of the week
With the I
profusion of roses in bloom, the floral
exhibits this year are expected to ex. el
those of any previous year.
Four New Bishops Elected.
IIAI.TIMORK. .Mil.. May i1. - Th
last four of tl ight hi-liops
the Methodist Episcopal cluir.-h h.'v
been elected by the geiiei T eonieren. - ,
Rev. Wilson S. Lewis, pre.i.l. nl "f j
Morniligside college. Sioux City, la..
and Rev. K.lnnrd Hughes, president ..f ;
the He Pouw university, fiwrn-n'tle,
Ind.; Ri v. Robert Mclntiyre of I.i"
Angeles. Cl.,-alid Key. FrnnV M. Uri- ;
tol of Washineton. D.'C., were il." Inr'tr
ones.
HEAD OF DEFUNCT PORTIAND BANK!
money hud lieen swept nway in the
crash. Tho state, however, did not lose
anything, as tho bondsmen of tho state
treasurer were t'oreed by Governor
(-liuinlierlnin to make good the loss.
Counsel for Rosa put up a hard fiht
to save the banker from tho peniten
tiary, but the jury found hint guilty.
.Sentence was to hnvo been passed yes
terduy, but the attorneys occupied the
entire afternoon with arguments.
When sentence was passed this morn
ing the court grunted Ross' a stay of
judgment ponding nn appeal, to the su
preme court, and ho wns released on
$6000, making the total sum posted j
000. - j SIMtlNHPIKLP, O., May 2S. Tbfl
Failure to pay the ouormous fine i.in-. ; Wright brothers, most successful of all
posed on Ross this morning would mean j aerial navigators, today began prepare
c term of 2SS,000 days more than Silo ! ionH for the construevtion of an aoro
years in tho Multnomah county jail. j piano which they expect to turn over
i , .
' KERBYVtLLE MASONIC
I LODGE'S NEW TEMPLE
i
ORANT 8 PASS, Ma.v 28. The newly
eaten oy Kemyviim wns pur up iy
Kerbyville Masonic Lodgo, No. J. A.
F. and A. M. This lodge was organised
1S3", at the time when Kerby wns
the countv scut of iloseiihine County. It
is still n prosperous and well-to-do
lodge. Strange to say, this historic, old
town of Kerbyville was tho tlrst "in the
countv to build a structure out of con-
"i members from the Orallts
went in automobiles to. itar-
tu-ipale iu I lit ceremonies at Kerbyville.
which were conducted by W. II. FIiinn-
gan. P. (!. M. for the stale of Oregon. -
At the close of the programme the vi-1
itors were utertained at -a bknquet
the women of the Knstern Star.
The building cost o.10il. ar' '
of the finest lodge rooms O
(Jrants Pass iu this county. Ti
of K rbyvillo lodge are: -.1. P. M '.
.l.j Charles .1. Howard, S. VS.: 'i ,
Floyd, Jr.. W.: W. A. Leonoi !.
tary; II. S. Wondcock, treasurei J.
Ilmlgidnn, S. l.
HOOD RIVER IS BUSY
PICKING STRAWBERRIES
HOOD HIVKR, Or., May SK. Straw- .CONDUCTORS MUST SAT
berry picking at Hood Hiver is on "SOOTER" AND "KAHNET"
iu full blast, hundreds of people leuving '
Fort land every day for the berry Holds.' SAX FRANCISCO, May Tbo
About Jon women and children took pas- I'nited Railroads has fulled into line
age on Ihe steamer llail' v (latzert for and taken heed n( the popnlur demand
Hood River this morning. -Must ot them
took camping outfits wilh them
The
picking season will continue about three
or four weeks and Hie navigation lines
aie preparation to handle big crowds.
Aside from those who lire making the
trip to assislill harvesting Ihe fruit.
there are many tourists who are going
through curiosity. Soon after the her- (
; ries are gulliereu me nop po-nnie;
! son slarls. when the crowds will he
! gin to flock to points nlong Ihe ITpper
j Willamette, where great quantities of
1 1 r brewing material are grown.
BLACK ROSES PRODUCED
BY RUSSIAN GARDENER
ST. PKTKKSIII'HO. May 2s. Flor
ists and fancy horticulturists here are
nine interested in specimens of black
roses which have been produced by Ser
aphiiuoff, a master gardener of Voron-
esh. He claims to possisis the serret
..f growing these freak roses, which sci
entific gardeners here have been try-
I lltg lor generaiions in prooiice. I ne
ruse is not black, but has the slight
est possible brown tinge. By itself it is
'. not decorative, but when mixed with
.ither flowers it brings out their hues
'Jieffectively.
LAW PROHIBITING SUNDAY
THEATERS IS UPHELD
lil.YMI'l . Wnh.. Mav 2S. The eon
a it nl innslil v of the law prohibiting
I,, lucling of theaters on rnnoay
1 upheld by the supreme court today.
Tl,,. case win instituted by a combina
( iheairieal men of this state to
l, ,t the tonstitutit.nalitr of the law.
TO KEEP CHURCHES OPEN
EVERY DAY IN YEAR
KANSAS CITY, May 2.
"Our churches make awful poor
time in the racc for souls," de
clared the Krv. Dr. Matbew
of Seattle in th "Presbyterian
general assembly this afternoon
iu a speech in which he led the
movement to open the churches
every. day in. the. .year. " Saloons
' and places of evil are open every
t
day in the week .but the churehrm 't.
are- itpen perhaps two 'days. I
believe that the churchott should 4
be opened all the time aud that
we should not lag back in the
contest with evil, but should
keep to the - front."
BEGINS WORK ON
NEW AEROPLANE
Wright Brothers, Most Successful of
Airship Builders, Start Construction
of Machine to Turn Over to Federal
Government Confident of Success.
! to the United States government at
:
lort Meyer September c8. The new
' .nAk;n. uilll hn nm.tl.allff fill etliet Hll-
- .
, 'i,ii,.ae f tho noroolane which ' was
-nuuinnva it' 'he, recent accident at Kill-
i devil Hill, N. c -'n tb oporutor
! p,,!!,.,! the wrong lever and
the
; iVer diving to tho ground.
The
j Wrights say tho accident wns unbnpnr
.taut and thoy are eonlldent tho ma
chine they will present for tho test at
Fort Meyer will fill the bill.
ATLANTIC FLEET LEAVES
TACOMA FOB BAY CITY
TAOOM A, Wash., May 2H Admiral
usperry on the Connecticut, louoweii
by the Kansas, Vermont and Louisiana
'left today for Sun Francisco to pre
tljlri for .tho voyage around the world.
by -The Oeorgia, .New Jersey, Hnode ts
i limit anil Virginia will remain iu the
ie it ' until Saturday, when they will
. ' . i.i Hieoii rfon to he docked in their
Th? Illinois. Kuraarge ond Minneso
I . put into the navy yard at Brc'
l.i- rton.
! Iu leaving Seattle yesterday ihe
i (Jeorgii. had a slight mwhap and was
delayed nearly a half hour, but caught
up with the fleet long before Brown's
Foint was reached.
for tho proper pronunciation oi nistor
ienl names upplied to streets of San
Francisco. H.-rcafter a conductor who
calls Kearny street the way it is spell
ed will be subject to a carpeting, and
he who defntnes Sutter street by using
a mutilated pronunciation may be
docked a portion of his wakes. Gen-
oral Manager Charli X. Black came
to the rescue ot tne rwo srreets yes
terday by issuing a general order errti
eerning them.
The order provides that conductors
must refer to Sutter as "Hooter" and
to Kearnev as "Karnv."
bOW PRICES SECURED
FOB OBEOON WOOL
I'F.vni.KTON, Or., May About
mni,0fi0 pounds of wool out of some
I. ling over l.OIWi.noOn pounds that was
offered yesterday in first sales for this
city was sold. Tho prices bid ranged
from II to 1.11.; rents per pound. Mosliband, a millionaire sheepman in eoulh
of it changed hands at or near 12 cents,, em OTegoo, and say her trip is .Imply
and there were only two bids as low as' for pleasure.
U cents.
The prices paid were from 1 to A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOB
cents lower per pound than Ihe growers- 8INOLE APPLE OFFERED
exieeted, and on a acoured basis are j .
about 3" per cent lower than lost year. SPOKANK, Wash.. May HH. -Oue
While the wool opened up well a far aa thousand dollars may seem to be a pret
staple is concerned, the bouyera de- ly good aized sum, to, pay- for a sinhle
clnred there was more sand and dirt apple, yet that is what the dilvetora of
than usual, due to the large number of
wind And dust storms this spring.
MARRIAOE LICENSES.
Willis flreen and Anna fleppart.
P.olln St. James and alatta Martin;.
ALL ARM TO
HUNT THEIVES
Every Man in Oakland Big Enough
to Carry a Goo Joins in Hunt for
Bandits Who tooted Jews,
n OAKLAND. Or., May Uawry
man old enough to fire a. gun has armed
uintself aud joined in the hunt for the
two bandits who raided this -plae awl
seriously wounded Marshal John Week
ley iu tho shoulder iu a revolver duel
when tho officer attempted tn arrest
them. Toe hills arc being scoured aud
The malicious destruction, of proper
ty by the thug?, who looted even busi
ness houses before shooting Reckley,
has aroused the people of Oakland to
a frenzy of anger, und if they are over
taken a lynching may be tho outcome.
Apparently angry at the small sums of
( .7 , i 1 .
n,.,.. ........ ij...:. i.....t.,..
er iwwM..n mu" ur - t ... ,
smashed showcases and windows In nl
most every store thoy entered, and at
tne postoffiee burned a quantity of
stamps.
HOSErWlK, Or., May 2!.-l'h busi
nesa section of tho city of Oakland,
18 niiles north of here, was tho sceee
last night of a daring and record break,
itag series of burglaries, followed by a
fpur-eornered revolver duel, in which
John W. llcekley, the town marshal,
ws slightly wounded. According to re
ports received from Oakland by tele-
nnone touav. too uurKiars enmreji mo
I onstoffioe. the Thomas hotel. tha sa-
j loous of .lohn ond )nn Cronch, ud
tbc stores eondgctedby the followlnir:
l&feruji tt Chenoweth, hardware; ,f. A.
t'niJri'ooil, groceries E. M. Brook,
jewelry; J. II. Deurliug. shem; Utu'oI
t PiclstkliiT, furniture and- harness;
W. O. Brldgws, general merchandise, and
K. (i. Voung & Co., gca'eru! merehna
dim), 11 establishments in el, a record
perhaps never equaled before io the
history of bnrglarie on the Piieifte
coast.
LAND FEAOD CASES TO
BE RUSHED TfTROUOH
PORTLAND, Or., May 4.- Taouws
It. Meuhauseo, special inspeelin' fur the.
department of the. interior,, has re
turned to Portland from Washington,
D. C, where be has been oo official
business coooocted with the luad fraud
eases. ... , -
' ' I had u long talk with both Sec
retary (laideJd and Conunlasiuijcr Den
licit ou the general plans for the. com
ing year in regard lo pushiug the load
fraud cases," he said toduy. There
is plenty of money in the general flfv
propriations of the department of jus
tice to oirry on the eases. Attorney
General Itonaparte especially wants ,tsi
see the dwk cleared ot;aU Iho land
fraud rases one way or the otlier.
"Mr. ileney will eooduct the eases
of Williamson .and jiermauu. in pr
sou; as tbey have been bis own ia
ilividiuil i-ii-v from the start, nnd nat
urally he wsoln to ser..theia tliroiigh
to the end. All tho others conceioed
with llermauu have been convicted, aud
he wa given a si'paraln trial at his
own requi-st. The Williamson ease was
once reversed, but will be tried aain
here either this summer or fall."
MADAM NOBDICA VISITING
IN TOWNS OF IDAHO
KOIKE, Idaho, May 24. After tiiriw
days' mysterious visiting t Bols.- Ida
ho, (rbcTr she was registered as Mrs.
Norton of New York, Madame Nordieu,
the singer, left for l"yctte Falls, rfe
daring she would remro in a tttr da-.
Nnrdica arrived Saturday, hut her idru
ly mis not discovered uutll today, hbs
visifeil the penitent iarv Sunday, where
Orchard Is confined,, and yesterday at.
tended a circus. She denies that she
will file suit for divorve from Ler bus
the national apple show are going to
poy tor tun best apple exhibited bete
oeit December. An rose is entitbd to
make entries. Manager flarry Nele Is
aow oa .the -coast, and on hir fetarn
ha will aunouac the remainder of foe
priics to be oterad. .
RAY ERE
TO ENLARGE
Controlling Owner of Rogue
River ElestriG Co. Arrives
In Mcdford WUl Double
Capacity of Plant.
Colonel Frank Ray, the New York
iHillio&aire und capitalist, who is heay
lly interested iu Rogue River , valley
lauds and enterprises, arrived iu Med-
tord Thursilay morning from Sun Fra-u-
ewep. H wo met. by bis brothur, Ur,
(.'. 8. Hay and his family, who are eu-
tertaining him during bis brief visit.
Colonel Ruy's last trip hero was over
a year ago, and the past 12 months have
seen a great advunce iu this valley, lie
spent the day iu automobile trips around
Mcdford und left lit :i o'clock for Gold
Ray to oinspect the plant of the Rogue
River Valley rjlectrie company, in which
he ia the principal stockholder.
The contemplated enlargement of this
plant is the reason for bis visit at.1 his
tunr. Olierutious -well commence at
once." as the eanctiou of Colonel Ray
raa all that bus hold tbein up. It eras
stated' that the present electric output
of the plant has been sold and tho on
UrgeiAeat. Ls in, anticipation of l)e (jreat
isereas inputted iu popuw'iog aud in
duattial operations in this valley dur
ing the neat few years. When th
work'ie completed the capacity of the
plant will Jbe doubleil. , .
It,H significant that a faseeing fi
ouiii!ivr.js,iasrcajg)g his investment ia
the Rogue Hlver -raller at a time when
other parts of the country find It very
difficult to enlist, capltul in iiew enter
prises. - -
Colonel Ray is the majority owner in
the liay Realty company, the largist
land owner in the valley. ;The proper
tic controlled by this company have
been slesdily appreciating and upon ev
ery visit (Colonel Ray notes a substan
tial advance in the value of his hold-
logs. .
Colonel Buy does not eapec to be
here longer, than the remainder of the
weekend wjll then return to New York.
POCXETBOOK RETURNED
WITH FIVE HUNDRED
SlS.SnX, (... May lit. .-Probiibly
Harry tJ. Luwrenet ot' Nun I'Vaaeim-o,
formerly of MeCloud. will be one of
l lie buppit uien ju Sii-u I raneio wheu
h find that u foeliAlbook i-onfuintii(r
uor than V"1". which he Innt more
I bun two Week hurt been found
and (be coort-ntH intact.
Mr, Lnwreoei tint.il rectutiy w:i i-ou
neeled vritk tlif- M'-' lvnd Hiver tub
ber e.niiipany t Mct.'loud. ftnmewhere
between McIaiiJ nud Dnqtmuir he lowl
bji pOrHf4, CixiruipLwn $2H( iu rurr ni-y
aod $V iuVtvck. The road w;( iai
fully goat! Over the njuruitj following
but the rnouey fftin uot fount! wad the
fcojK- of ifp feiovery bad be o given up.
KtlltorW. .Sjiucu uf th Ml!iou (n
lijrbt inserted an advrtleuo-ut de-crib
lug tho pane und Monday afternouu
a una living at Mutt .'Ufn up und turn
nl the mony ovr to Mr. Spa no, r
eeivlni reward of iO.
ABMIRAL CBeOWNIN SHIELD
CReOSSEB OREAT DIVIDE
WAHHIN'fiTON, M.v lift- The anvy
ij'j'arlnjfht (olay rreived au announce
tutjttt of (he deuto iu 'hi liiHi-optjt ht
pllnl at PbiladelphiM of (Uar Adnutul
Areot H.hnylef ("rowniuiliield. fornnr
chiff of the hnreuo f anviatioo. If
huh retired on bi owu upliciittnu on
Mtrt;h 20, l!wt;t, 40 year iu the oivr.
Hj wun a uutive of New Yrok. II'-
sfvut M yam and uine uinuth in uv
ti n-r'um oo th w-a and the rcoiaiu
iter of the time wa under designation
for iinpor'aol Kervicen on hore. lie
wn onfl of the tfjoit prominent omceri
of th uavv uad beranm a rear admiral
March in, 1002.
ROAD DITCHER AT WORK
ALONO CENTRAL AVENUE
The rod dttcher was again the cuter
fit in teres Thursday. Th huge ma-
hini wn trmnferred from Kiversid
aveoiiA ta (' strvt und bgun working
frotn oupo-dtt the Ju-kson County bank
down put th poatoffice. Progress was
slow, i4 rrosjrwvlk and light and wa
ter ma his constantly interfered with
the advance of th machine and nice
tltuted freqaent hair. All day, how
over, crowd f tbs curtoun have lined
fh streat oa. both lde keenly a)
orbed Ja th work.
HIS PLANT
ALL AUTOS EXPECTED
TO BOOST BALL GAME
i-lvery Hutomobiliat- iu Med
ford anil vicinity ii requested to
turn out to participate ip the p:t
mdn of prol'eMttioutil and bunt
new men ball phyeM pre.-ed-iojf
the threat gjtuie ou 8:itur
dny ufteruooii. The bund will
hend the purnde.
WIFE BEATER
Camper Who Threatened Rela
tives and Thrashes Mother-in-law
Still at Large.
thuijfed with 1 hreut,iiin( tho life tf
lhn McNeil, with u londed revolver,
tmd being a wit'e beuter. Krmik Wil
lianjs, on 1 if a biiud of rovers on
I'junpei) tho outKlciitH of the town, is
Ktill lit Ihiho, while rotirttithlf Tiill hohU
wurmut for hin arrest.
Knragfd at the inlerferein'e of his
wii'e'M purent when iu a bursit of fury
he Hltempted $ bent hi wife Wednes
day evejiiiijf, he turned upon them hint
evening nud u futn shunting wiih nur
rowly averted ouly by MeVeil'n lulling
to bit Iuh'Ih and Buramoping asmiftanoe.
MfiinwUile Willium jpcut his wrath
iu his, mother in luw an fbd, Mtf.
M''.Nreil is it ill nffrini; mWcrely from
the efftxtt". r
. AttomptH to 1 ovate WiHtuuv have
beer) fruitier, but Imh (.'am uVl r'm
r being -hf M by th authorities iKlif
hoprt tluit deir to Hecure hi otiFffc
will induce him tn return.
CHAMBERLAIN'S DEFAME
, , FACES DISBARMENT
POKTLAND, Or., May W.
Laft'erty, :l Portland attorney, having
offices iq the Kenton buildiug, who has
ruad a specialty sinee coming to the
city of praetico before the United
Sttitea Innd office, has been uiade the
defendant, in dinburment proceedings
brought by direction of United Hint en
Land ComminHioner Dennett of WtiHh
.ngou, l. t'.As a roHult of Lafferty'R
nifta bofirrr- the land department the
enmmiMioner baa preferred ehfir '
irregularitiea which if rnliibliahed vill
prevent him from praetieinff before the
department in future. The chtirgv were
tiled with the local lund office fluhrie
quent to un investigation into Lnffer
ty'jt methiMln uf doing business made
by upceiul ugeolM employed by tlm land
dMpyrtment,
Lttfferty in uid to be the mau who
liii furnished much of the materia), if
not pnicticiijly all of it, upon which
Wer baKed the uolrutlifnl and distorted
utludtM upon the Inad nt)ice record of
Governor f 'humberlntn, recently pub
linhpil. Thne churgefi, which included
inhume of ol'fii-iit) power and repayment
ot' Mioiir-y to lund puri-haMerN when the
govetjmr hnen- their clubuM to he fraud
ub-nt, have nil b-en Hwept on I of even
remote credence by t he rcfnljitionn
whii-h huve ben pijblifih'-d iu the .lour
ual. by th cb-nr wod fn!r titalement tt
Piatt Jb Pbili, Kttorneyn, dealing with
Hie citifi h point, nd by k vant nhotv
iug that Governor f'hamberlnin ' lanrl
ot1i'e record in one of the most credit
uble uiouumcutA of hi t'u irness and
fidelity to the pfopl't iuti'renta raised
during his adm in iit ration mm governor
uf the slate.
ANNUAL RETORT FROM
INSURANCE COMPANIES
8AI,i;.r. Or., Way -Prfluk lien
on. secret nry of shite, as fix officio
insurance 'nminitiorier, uh completed
his annual report. H is now bfing print
'd und will b. available within a few
wtel,s. Tim rerrnrt includes a itiite
mtjii of the total risks whittn hy nil
iiisnrairicc cntnianii's doing hnini's
within Ihf stuff of i tregon. t bo gios
premiums received, premiums returned,
locs (mid ;md 'he in I premiums for
tiiiutinii of ull authori'd rotnpanics
uod asnociat ion, for the ye:ir ending
IVeember A. l!i7.
Hexjfles much other valuable inforttiii
lion the report shows the aggregate
husirn-HK I ritnMjieted within, the state
since Hi,",; the amunf of licenses ond
tales paid into the state treasury since
1M. and gives a list of nil the insur
ance companies authorized to frnntact
business in Oregon on Muy H, UaiS. A
statement of the business of the several
Oregon miituul fire relief associations
for the year ending December 31, IPOT,
is nlno included.
Rom Festlral.
A l'i section drawing room Pullman
car has been provided for tho Medfnrd
people who wish to bave Monday night
to attend the rose carnlvul.
A .large, portion of this spaee fa eu
gagged , Those going on that night
should call at the depot at once and se
cure tleeplng accommodation. 63
UNCAPTURED
h'ri'iriirn in
III I II III S" I HI
sDCUCKg 111
! CHILDLESS
: nnjinniJinr
HIAKKHbt
Race Suicide Pact Signed
By Newly Weds Before
Ceremony-Parties Claim
Bible Sanction For It.
CilU Atit), Mnv The- Rev. Charles
. ILaveuor loduy caused a aensatiou in
the court of I'nited States Coinniinidoner.
Kotte by deelariug that he had married,
under a nice tmicide pact ' accord
ing to the teachings of tUj Bible, lie
appeared at the trial of Minn Atimt
Wbitmore, postmiHtresH of (sray's Jake,
111., hirt home, where she ia charged with 1
opening letterv from hit) fiance, MiK
Murv t'ulviu of l-'ort Wnvno, Tud.
When cornered by questions, he nur
prise! the eomiuisioner by announcing j
that ho nnd Miss Calvin were married
on Muv IN. Then he admitted that he I
had written to Miss Culviu and pro
posed the race suicide pact.
"I did this from tho inspiration 1
received from the lliblo and according I
to the instructions of the holv writ.
he said. t4Tbn Bibb? aaya it is wrong t( j
a bring a child into the world unless yoi J
r? uhle to support it ana care for
popt'iiy. My tiunce wished to rontJDQi
heistudv of music and therefore
wouube. impossible for her to heenm
the mdVUer of u fumily."
The raVnter aaid that the poatmii I
tress could ntiver have learned -that hi
und Miss Calvin were married und I
sueh a propreulfen unletts she htul .openr J
iiih letters and , that this led bim tl
bring tho oharo against her. Mr I
flnvenor, the " racnuieide' wifo, too I
the si und and smilivrly eorroborati
all the atutementN niade-by her huaboi
in connection with their reement ri I
the i.'tters which they ,had-wntton.
She apr.' with, httrhti'iind th
the nooipact hail been ComietMu co'
plianee with Ihe teuebings of tho Dili
and admitted that be considered 1
desire to study music suflicient grou I
fur it.
INDICTMENTS AWAIT BOTH
SMITH AND KRE I
I'OHTI.AXl), Or.. May I'M. Wb
Cu'ited States Attorney McCourt Is
eeptioually secretive as to tbe t-Jtt
of the investigations that will be. tut
by the grand jury now in session
possible that C. A. Hmith. the Miu
sota iiiillitmaire. may be indicted
inn lly for the part he ia alleged to b
played m looting the stalo of Sev.
thou ui od acres of its most valiu
timber lands. Mince equity suits
filed Monday to annul the piilml?
nearly H.U00 acres of tljit land w;
HiitiHi is alleged to have acquired fr.
tilentlv, it hus been discovered that
Minnesota millionaire on April 4, 1
sent .t11.rtO tu the state Innd b
as principal and interest due on
acres assigned i.y Frederick A. h
to Smith.
Kribs had petitioned the board
he repiiymeiir of his purchase nit
vith interest, after government
celbition, owing tn the selection . i
wrong bn-e, November 'JH, l&OJi. ,
it developed Ihut the part of tho
ngiirmg in entries nutoe iv . r,. r
nnd I.ubi T.vle. the eertifiuates of u A. JL-i"r:-
hud been us.tigned to rTrib,
had h: flt-
miide on proper bnse. The result!
that Kribs was ordered to pay
mainder of the purchase pnVe uuT fa'py?'' I
fe.-t titl. to the la ml. It wa: ff-'f
money thnt Hmith remitted to thi.'
nfter th lund
had been assign'
him b- Kribs.
IDAHO STATE BANK DID
NOT OPEN ITS DOORS Tf
HolSi:. Idaho. May 2S. The CM .
State hank did not open its dooi I
morniog :is had been announced, f i J '
Wood recently approved plans I 1
organization of the bank, and din
ed the receiver and set toduv 'V i
late for its re opening. M
Last night it was announced b;- V
hank Kxaminer Chonev that th
for re organization, which inrlud ffcyy
loan of .'lOi.OOO from outside f KkV"'
iu ndnm for which thev were
ceive per ceni oi rne cninra; :
hnd been nbaiidonnl, hut that, V-r
plans for re-opening were underV V'tSO
eration, tt is openly charged th: L '1i)-.'ilv
sit ion on the part of other banV v.' ,7
terests here wus responsible for fj f :
nre of the hank to re-open its A
day.
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