The Tribune Prints More Live Telegraph News than all Dailies in the State of Oregon South of Salem Combined UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES By fat the largest and beat news report of any paper in Southern Oregon. Mly Cribune. The Weather Showers tonight nnd Friday; norther Iv winds. THIRD YEAE. MEDFORD, OREGOX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908. No. 125. OTitedfsra HARDWARE STORE IS Boyden's Place of Busi ness Is broken I n to Watchman Gives Chase but Men Escape Two unknown men early thin morn ing broke tho window in the front of II. E. Hoyden's hardware establishment ou Seventh street und decamped with two rifles and a revolver. An alarm was given and, although the men were t'hased by Night Watchman Clark fur Nome distance, they escaped in a car riage t.aking their loot with them. This is the second time within n year that this place has been burglarized in a like manner. TIm1 theft was committel about l:.'ti) n. in. A woman residing ojpposito the storo was awakened by the crash of the glass and telephoned an alarm to tho- Hotel Nash. Night Watchman Clark was notified and he hurried lo the scene. No one was in sight, but the woman directed htm to H at reel , where he arrived in time to aee two men get into a, carriage and drive with much speed towards J'hoenix. The police have no clue to who the two men were. The value of the guns taken amount in all to about .f ill. PURSUED BY A HYDE AND ASKS PROTECTION HAN JOSE, Cal., August Pt. Alleg ing that she and her sister are Iming pursued by a Hyde in real life, who is fiendish over the spilling of human blood, Mrs. Eva Seckler. wife of a young musician here, has written a let ter to Coroner Hnrke of Cleveland, O., imploring him to arrest a suspect, who, she says, is dogging t he footsteps of her sister, M rs. Antoinette Garrard, now living in La Porte, Ind. Mrs. Seckler, who was formerly M iss Kva Zcechmaun, declares that he murdered her sister Lena and her sister's sweet heart, ( 'nrl lienthalen. in "evelaiid a year and a half ago. The bodies of the two young people were found in Heights park in Cleveland, shot through the heart, and a revolver was found near the body of the young man. The coroner's jury brought in a verdict of murder and suicide. Mrs. Seckler declares that the two were really murdered by a fiend, who had been haunt ing the household for months. At one time, she derlares, the fit nd sprang from tin' bushes and tried to strangle her sister. A recent letter from her surviving sister in La Porte, she says, states that the fined is haunt ing that place. y "If he kills my other sister, T shall kill myself," says Mrs. Seckler, who is prostrated. She declares that Cor oner Hnrke is the only one who believed her storv, hence she wrote to him. POLICE WARN RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIASTS TO BE QUIET SANTA ROSA. Cal., August Pt. Heeause fanat ical religionists calling themselves J Yntocosnl missionaries ex tend their worship into the small hours of the night and keep residents in the neighborhood of their church awake, the police authorities of this city today warned the enthusiasts that they will have to moderate t heir eelehrat ions henceforth or move to a less populous district. The worshippers conduct their serv ices somewhat along the line of t he "Holy Rollers" and in converting scof fers tit their fold, give vent to wails and groans. Those vho have witnessed one of their meetings declare that tlw scene is fearful. Wonon are wrought to such a pitch thai they fall nn the floor in a faint. The strange bowlings are referred t as "talking with tongues. ' ' and are supposed to be a means of communication with the dead. TAFT WILL NOT j ENTER STATE TROUBLE HOT SPRINGS, Va.. August Pt. When risked today what disposition had been made of the fight for tnd of the party in West Virginia. Taft today reiterated his determination not to In dragged into any state contests. " t shall take no part whatever in such matters," he said. "The national committee will be left with a free hand to make decisions in all such case." ROBBED BEAR CREEK Active Work Started to Supplement the Present J Water Supply of the j City Active work was commenced this morning on a trench which is to be dug across Bear creek near the city's pumping plant in order to catch the low water in the creek in order to supple ment the present water supply. There is considerable seepage in the creek and it is claimed that much water can be obtained across the bed of the creek and turning this under flow into the well. Yesterday in many sections of the cilv in nearlv all sections there was no water in the city mains. The cloudy weather, however, has caused a slight increase in t he amount of water in Hear creek and should the rain, which seems promised at this time, material ize, the situation will be much improv ed temporarily. A four-inch main is being laid north from the distributing main on A street to connect with t he Fish Lake ditch -limi) feet distant. A pump is being iustu lied and thin will also furnish a certain amount of water. The well ou the station and the tank is to be kept full if possible so thut a splurge of some kind can be made in case fire should break out. Yesterday the box factory of the Cra ter Lake Lumber company was forced I to shut down, as no water could be obtained to feed the boilers. I The water committee notified the i Sent hern Pacific company I hat their supply may be shut off at any moment, taud it is likely that this notification will soon be followed by action to that elfeet. The situation is fast becoming desper ate, and despite the fact that these steps are being taken by the water com mittee, Medford seems face to face with a water famine. WICKERSHAW IS THE DELEGATE FROM ALASKA i SEATTLE, Wavh., August P!. With the exception of the returns from mil I lying disricls which il will take from one to two weeks to secure, the vote cast in Tuesday's election in Alaska I for delegate to congress shows that i .la in is Wickersham has undoubtedly j been elected, and the few votes yet to come in cannot change his plurality, j Wickersham :t4."t, .John V. Corson 1 ST t. John Ronau HO, .1. K. Chilborg 2n:t and John C. Lnm A'Ty. It is charged that in Cordova Him) laborers employed by the Guggenheim Were voted before the deputy marshal arrived. A contest will resplt as n resi dence of one year in Alaska is remiired from voters and the !Mlu laborers have 5 not bein in Alaska one month. The victory of Wickersham has com j pletely routed liovornor Hoggatt and Louis Shackelford, b th of Juneau, the I latter being Corson's manager. POLICE FIND HEAD OF MURDERED WOMAN CLEVELAND, o., Tugust Pi. The police today are searching for clues to the identity of an unknown woman who they believe to have bt-en brutally mur dered. Captain Krne found a severed head of a woman cut off at the chin with some instrument floating on Lake Erie, just inside the break w ater last night. Tie- head appeared to be that of a woman between t'l and "i" years of age. Absolutely no cine as to the possible identity of the woman has been oh tained. ARCHBISHOP FARLEY OFF FOR SWITZERLAND ROME. Italy. August Pt Archhish op Farlev is on his way to Switzerland today and will remain in that country some time. It is considered pactically c. r 1 :tin that the pope intends to an jtoniice that Ar. hbisliop Fa rive is to be made a cardinal, a- was indicated in the disp;it.-lies of yesterday. Cardinal Gibbons today went to OrviMo, r,o miles rmrt Invent of Pome, to rem per ate, lie seemed to have almost entire tv r vered from his latest relapse. but is quite weak. WHERE IS THE RECALL Rev. Williams Denies That He Has it in Charge --D. T. Lawton Stated the Opposite "Where, oh where 'h the petition gone; Oh, where, oh where can it be? With its names so scarce, And its blanks so long Oh where, oh where can it bef" Adapted. Itev. M r. Williams has come forth with a statement that he has never had charge of the petition being circulated in the First ward for the recall of Coun cilman John 1). Olwell. 1). T. Lawton a short time since informed The Tri bune that the petition was in the hands of the Rev. Mr. Williams. Yes? Nof When Mr. Lawton made the state meat that Key. Mr. Williams had charge of the petition, Hev. Williams nas nb sent from the city on a vacation. Now, when Itev. Williams denies that he has the petition, l. T. Lawton is absent on a vacat ion. And there you are. One thing is certain. The First ward its do not seem to know what happened to the petition. There has been no ac tivity in the matter for some time. All seems serene in the First ward. When it became known that the movement had more lo do with pro hibition thai: the fact that Mr. Olwell was no longer a resident of the ward, a number of t he original signers had their names taken from the petition. .Mr. Lawton stated at the time he said l he petition had passed to Rev. Wil liams that it bore the names of about SO voters of the First ward. This is as much as can be learned. Can it be possible that the petition is accumulating dust in the pigeonhole of someone's deskf FITZGERALD MAY WIN BRIDE WITH FATHER'S AID PALO ALTO, Cal., August PL Dr. Fred F. Fitzgerald, the young San Fran cisco physician who journeyed to Mor ris. III., for t ho (Hi r pose of marrying M iss Kl he! Lud wig, only to have his intended bride spirited away by her mot her, is today under t he consoling wing of the young woman's father, Otto Lud wig, at t he latter 's home in this city. It is said that through the fath er a n nciliation may be effected und the marriage of the couple f fee ted aft er all. Avcording to the be.t information, Miss Liulwig is even now on her way to Palo Alto for that purpose, having defied the maternal authority that has kept her in hiding for almost n week. I f M rs. Lud wig follows her daugh ter to California ami again attempts to outwit Cupid, it is declared there will be a dash of family authority that may be more serious than any of the events thus far in the strange romance. POPE'S OUARD LET OUT FOR MUTINY ROME, August Ft. A threatened mu tiny in the Palatine guard, the pope's soldiers, it said to have led I'ogn Pius todav to order that the guard be ills handed. It is known that there has been much discontent among the soldiers on ac count of alleged unfairness in the sys tem of promotion. They charged that men an advanced through favoritism 'and influence and that more deserving are kept in the small ranks because they have not sought promotion in nil s' ipiies. The report is general that the sol diers had planned a unit inv and ar ranged to make a demonstration about the witit-un. News of this plot is said to have reaeio-d the p"pe. who there upon issued an order for tie- disband ment of the guard. CARDINAL GIBBONS WILL TOUR EUROPE Ro.M E. Augu t PI. ' a rdival Gib boiis, whose sudden chayen from illness to health has kept his friends puzzled lately, announced today that he has re covered so rapidly fr m his last relapse that he now proposes to carry out his original plan of touring Europe before his return to America. 0 DEADLOCK GOOD ROADS EOS ANGELES EELIS GETS IN THE CITY DELEGATION CAPITALIST 1 1 6 OUT OF COUNCIL SUCCESSFUL KILLS TWO 120 BIRDS water committee is Divid- ed-No Quorum Obtain ed Although Two At tempts Have Been Made There may be a meeting of the city council this evening and there may not. There have beoM three aL' uupts made and three times have th- att :upN failed. All because there are iwu ordi nances to be passed relatin ; to ; lie bond issue of $:iuT,iOi, aud Council man Eifert prefers to havo the eatire council prosent when any matters per taining to the bond issue is acted upon. Division in Committee. Comicilmeu Merrick and Wormian have lately been acting much by them selves in regard tn the water situation. Mr. Kifert has been rather neglected until it came time to take action upon the ordinances. He was much in de mand at that time. On Tuesday eveniug Couneilmcn Wortman, Merrick, Trowbridge and Ki fert gathered at the city hall to hold a meeting. Mr. Eifert stated at that time that he wished to await the return of the nbseut members of the council. The four city fathers thereupon went home. Last evening an attempt to hold a meeting came In an end when Kifert could not bo locatod. A session was called for this morning. Early today Merrick, Trowbridge ami Wortman gathered at the city hall. Mr. Kifert did not put in an appearance. Neither did Mr Olwell. Three times the marshal jonrnevid to Mr. Kifert 's place of business to get him to the meeting, but nothing was done in the way of forcing him. Another Attempt Tonight. Another meeting n scheduled for to night. Mayor noddy returned this morning ami Kdgnr Hafer may be in this afternoon, s a meeting may be held. Mr. Kifert states as his reasons for not attending the meetings is that in all matters pertaining to the bond issue he wishes to have the entire council present, as the matter is a most im portant one and one that should not be done rashly in any respect. AMERICAN ATHLETES HOME FROM ENGLAND NKW YORK, August Pi. Twelve American athletes who participated in the Olympic games at London arrived here today ami were met by a large party of friends. The most notable members of the party is .T. C. Carpenter, who was disqualified in the 100-meter race on the charge of fouling. He de nied the charge was true, but said that he derided it was best to accept the decision and say not hing. The A mcr icfins protested in his behalf nt the time, but without avail, and Carpenter said he is not inclined to keep up a controversy over the matter. WIFE OF POLICEMAN SAVES HUSBAND'S LIFE SANTA ItOSA, Cal., August IX Word was received here today that Mrs. Helton, wife of Policeman David Ro ton of San Francisco, saved her hus band's life in the Mendicino hills last Monday by killing a huge rattlesnake that was just about to strike him. They were members of a camping party and Bolton's horse stepped on the reptile, and, jumping to one side, threw his rider. Mrs. Helton rode up just in time to see the rattler preparing to st rike her husband, who was lying on the ground stunned by the fall. She threw a large stone tit the snake, killing it just in t ime. LUMBER MILL IS IN OPERATION AGAIN DPNSMPIR. August 1.1, The mill of the Dnnsmiiir Lumber comp'iry will be ready to resume operations touu-rrow as the result of the eiifnrcd shut down following upon the wreck of the mill n week ago. The two large cedar trees verc soon disentangled from th.' mill buildings and blacksmith shop. The work of repair is finished so far fis it applies to the mill machinery. The re ro nstrui'tioii of the shed and bbcki-mit h hup will at once be nndTtnken. The miraculous rise ape of the mill crew, in eluding the son of Manager .T. W. Nn hater, is still th talk of the community. Prominent Men Interest ed in State Highway to Crater Lake to Cost $250,000 COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL MEET TONIGHT . There will be a special meet ing of the Med ford Commercial club this evening at H o'clock to consider ways and menus for en tertaining (inventor Chamber lain and E. 11. Ilarrimau, who are expected to visit Crater lake and Medford within a week. Governor Chamberlain has been invited to visit Pelican Hay and out of the conference great things for central Oregon are expect ed t o ma t eria I ize. The governor will interest Mr. Ilarrimau in the proposed boul evard ami both will be met at the lake by Medford nulos, taken here and entertained. f Mayor Reddy has returned from the stale good roads meeting at Portland and reports t hat t hit .lack son county telega t ion was successful in interest ing Governor Chamberlain, Judges Web ster ami Scott, T. H. Wilcox, C. S. Jack son and other prominent cit izens of Oregon in a proposed stale highway lo be built at a cost of $LT0,f(Hi from Medford to Crater lake and thence to Klamath Falls. Governor Chamberlain has agreed !o appoint a slate commission, which will aid in securing t'tiinl;', selecting a route and looking after ot her details, and has requested the cooperation of K. II. Ilarrimau and others interested. 1 1 is planned to build a fine auto road, the state of Oregon, Jackson and Klamath counties, I ho cities of Central Point, Medford and Klamath Palls and others interested contributing. The fed eral government has promised hearty pcratiou and will construct the road through tin foresl reserve and national, park. Hig timbermen and othera ben efited will be asked to cooperate with the commission. Much in the way of permanent good mads is cx ted to result from t In formation of the Hlale association and legisbit ion needed to accomplish I his end is proposed by the association. Jackson county was represented at tho good roads meet by Iteuton Rowers of Ashland, F. II. Hopkins of Central Point, Dr. J. F. Reddy, Edgar Hafer, Ed Ilanley and (1. Putnam of Medford. and Will (I. Steel of Crater Lake. ' (iovi ruor Chamberlain promised the Medford delegates that he would visit Medford and Crater Lake at the earliest opportunity. He expected to come this week. AMERICAN RIFLE TEAM DEFEATED BY (If, POINTS Al'CKLAND, New eZalan.l, August 13. The Auckland rifle (cam today do feat id the American marksmen from t he At hint ic fleet by a margin of 11." points. In order that the Americans might compi le in the routes!, (lie law against permitting armed bodies of foreigners to land on Hiitish soil was suspended. The American team was presented with a handsomely engraved silver cup as a consolation prize. Today is jackies' day in Auckland. The officers of the fleet are still at Rotorua and the eily is given over to the enlisted men. They are having the time fo their lives. No streetcar com pauy wilt accept money from the sail ors nnd they are admitted free to all theaters, public gardens and plio-t-s of amusement. AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LOSES PLANT BY FIRE rJNCAGO, Angus! Mi. -Fire de.i lioyed the Coey automobile shop here today, "fS cars being totally lost. The company estimates ils loss at ,"100,000. The cause of the fire is unknown, but once the flames hrnl gained hen d way, they found their way to the gasoline tanks nnd there wns practically nn Hn possibility of saving the property. His Son and Daughter and Slashes His Wife With an Axe LOS ANGELES, Cal., August PI. i Chopping off the heads of his son Fred I and his daughter, Mrs. Ada Lacomb, ; utting his wife's urm with tho same; ax with which the murders were com mitted, stashing his own throat with a huge cleaver and fighting n hand to hand battle with Policeman Coo, who attempted to arrest him, M. .1. Put ley, a retired capitalist Oil years old, ran amuck here early today during a sud den attack of epileptic insanity. Offi cer Coo was rescued by Detectives Jones and Hoyd, who reached Duffey 's residence and arrested the insano man just as he was about to plunge a knife into tho heart of the policeman, with t whom he was struggling on the floor. 1 Killed Son First ' Duffey, who lived with his aon, inur ; dered the young man while ho lay in i bed asleep this morning. Seizing un 'ax, he severed the youth's head from his body, nnd, leaving the warm corpse i lying in n pool of blood, dashed a block down the street to the residence of his daughter, with whom his wife, who had been separated fioiu him for Home time, j made her homo. i Entering the Lacomb house quiHly, I he slipped up behind his unsuspecting j daughter, who was seated at a sewing ; machine, luiising ine ax, nn cnoppeu ;off the young woman's head with one : powerful blow. Then in fiendish rage lie slashed and cut at. the prostrate form i of his victim. Mrs. Mary Duffey, wife i of the maniac, heard her daughter's : body, fall from the chair and rushed I into the room. Maddened by hin lust for blood, he turned upon the helpless ! woman and struck her upon the urm , with the keen blade of his terrible weapon. He was not successful, how ever, in inflicting a mortal wound, and his wife, screaming with terror, ran out of the house ami sought protection at a neighbor 'a. I Tries to Kill Himself. I After hacking his daughter's body i in a score ot places the maniac coolly sauntered out of her house and made : his way back to his own residence. Re I morse, apparently awakened by the .i.i i- i '. :i . ...I I....I.. ' signi oi ins noil m iiiiii inn I'M iHiio, in ii- look the aged man upon his return home and, laying down upon the bed in a pool of his own child 's blood, lie tried to commit suicide by hacking his throat with a huge cleaver. Huforo Duffey cut himself fatally officer Cue arrived and upon being refused admittance broke down the grunt door. Seizing a sharp knife, Duf fey at lacked t he police tun a. They clinched aud fell to the floor, With the mysterious strength of a maniac, Dot fey was rapidly overcoming the officer aud had raised his hand to plunge the Icuifc into his victim's heart when th" detectives appeared. Remarkable cunning marked the man's wild orgy. After he had slain his Hon he carefully wiped I he blood fioiu his hands mid the ax before leav ing the house. At the Lacomb home he passed silently by I hti cot upon which his ;t year old granddaughter was sleeping, offering her no harm, and ex ernsing I lie greatest care not to awak en her and alarm his daughter. KING EDWARD HAS ROYAL WELCOME IN AUSTRIA ISCHL, Austria, August Pk King Edwatd of England entered this city to lav through line of beautiful women, strewing flowers in his path. Emperor l-'rnnz Josef greel ed the king at t he j railroad station. j It is known t hat. t he king and em peror discussed the conditions in Tur- j key. which are considered exceedingly i serious by both monarclis. No public I statement was made regarding the con j lereiicr, but there is no doubt that the i sultan's moves was the subject of their animated conservation. The na1 visitor was the gue-il of I I he emperor at luncheon at the imperial villa. They then took a long drive. This evening a chorus, composed of tiouil men, O.-renaded the king while lie was dining with the emperor, Edward w'.s welcomed with great en thusiasm by the people of Isehl, who heered him loudly whenever ho ftp peared on tho streets. Chops OH Heads of Squad of Five Men With 15 Shots Each Broke 73 Birds at This Morning's Shoot The third annual tournament of tho Medford Rod and Gun club opened this morning with neurly -10 shooters in attendance, and the explosion of shells and bursting of blue rocks continued from ! until 1- o'clock. In the morning shoot E. E. EIHb of Seattle, Wash., was high gun, with a score of lid nut of PJU birds Buot. The record for the squad shoot (1" birds) was made by Heihl, 15; Hillis, 14; Justin, 1-1; Kohl, lo; Ellis, 15. finrrntti Numan, Seoley and Boy den tied in the'tieeoud event for tho prize of a pair of hunting boots offered by Smith & Molony. Seoley won on tho tossup. Meek nnd Peyton tied for tho prize offered by Theiss & Co., and Poyton won. In the third event the $tl worth of trade lit "Shorty'-' Harnett's went to Nomina on a tie between he, Meek nnd llelruun. Dyer now is entitled to lie in trig own hammock, having drawn down the, ono offered by tho Medford Furniturti com pany in the fourth event. 'i' Meek, who had been playing in hard luck on ties, llnally came through with a winning in the shape of a $7 pipe offered by Ritler & Dnnlup. There is nothing the visitors can say in praise of Medford that is too good, and the fact that this city is th coaly ono anywhere near its size that can draw such u bunch of trnpshooeers as Hillis, Morns, Garratt, Ellis, Hurt, H night , 'nrlou, Newman, Hoollo and the other great shots who aro here now speaks volumes for Medford and Medford 's people as entertninera and good fellows. Three years ago when tho first shoot was held, Medford was not. even on the shooting map, but now thero urn shooters nil over the country who aro planning a trip to southern Oregon, hav ing been inoculated with southern Ore gun inn is by tho tales told them by their confreres who had boon here. Will Organize Now Tribe. During I he tournament a tribe of the "Pacific Indians" will be organ ized. This organization was started in ISii in the middle western states and is confined entirely to shooters, and its object is for the upholding and fostering of clean sport in the Held and at tho traps. Tho officers of the Pacific Indians aro: Morris Abrahams, Portlnnd, first sachem; Ed C, (iarratt, Seattle, first vice; J. E. Enyart, Medford, second vice; F, C. Rcihl, herald custodian, Tn coiiin. Mr. Rcihl was among the organ izers of the original Indians and was for Hoveral years the head scribe. The counselors, one for each state in the jurisdiction, are: E. E. Ellis, Seattle; W. E. Carlon, Portland; C. A. Haight, San Francisco; P. J. Holohan, Twin Falls, Idaho; II. K. L. Hart, Tucson, Ariz.; J. T. Hillis, Vancouver, B. G. PRISONER IS RELEASED TO DECORATE THE TOWN ST. LOPIS, August PL Nocessity, which knows no law, was responsible for the release of E. Kelch of St. Louis from jail at Liucvoln, 11)., where he is charged with bigamy by his first wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelch, residing at the Park hotel, St. Louis. Kelch is a decorator, and visits towus where celebrations are about to be bold, adorning the city with artistic bunt ing. He had many contracts to make Hloi.ntington, 111., bloom out for the state tournament of Illinois firemen this week. In order to have the city properly decorated, Kelch wns released on his own recognaiznnce. He says he mar ried his second wife in good faith, he i. mg his first wife had secured a di vorce. BAND CONCERT AT PARK TOMORROW There will be a concert by the Med ford Military band at tho city park to morrow evening at 8: 15 o'clock. The program will ho announced tomorrow. Medford TrtWe, R0 vT o o