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MEDFORD, OKbXJOX, FRIDAY, (KTOIJER 30, I'JOS.
No. 192.
E POLI
ALLY MAD
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MEW YORK
HAS
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WILDEST OF
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Much Talk and Little Mon
ey Sums Up Situation
Throughout the Country
From Bettor Standpoint
NEW YORK, Oct. HO. This state., nl
way a u battlefield of polities, has been
worked up to unprecedented pitch of
excitement by the heavy campaigning
by t)ie two preeHontinl candidates dur
ing the Inst two days, mid the result is
left as doubtful as before with both
Hides confidently claiming tho victory.
The small vote which the lenders fear
ed would result from apathy has given
way to an unusually strong shwing nt
way to nn inniHually strong showing at.
the polls. New York is practically mad.
Never in the political history have
candidates been granted such enthu
siastic crowds or lias the public through
out the entire state turned out in ft in h
iiiiniber) t? -ftIe part in (he demon
strations. Both Candidates Smiling.
Bryan, speeding westward today,
leaves, behind him an encouraged group
of politicians to complete the final work.
The lenders of the democratic parly arc
delighted wilb the results of the meet
ings at Syracuse last night where Rry
an spoke four times.
Tftft also is smiling today, ns he re
members the wildly cheering crowds nt
Syracuse last night, when he wns greet
ed by tremendous audiences simulta
neous to tho Bryan meetings. The
Taft leaders say his tour through tho
stnto has been a triumphal march, and
tho republican victory is now assured.
Situation Throughout United States.
"Much talk and little money" appa
rently sums up the situation throughout
the country today on the situation from
n bettor's standpoint. Even money is
being offered that Bryan will carry
Maryland.
Little money has been plnced on the
gubernatorial contest.
Chicago reports that less than $100,
000 has been posted at the eight lead
ing hotels. The prevailing odds are three
to one that Bryan will tarry the city
and four to one is offered that Taft
will win Chicago. Chanler is the favor
ite in the New York race at 11 to 10. Tn
the contest for. governor of Illinois.
Deneen (R-ep.) is tho ehort-eudor against
Stevenson (Dcm.) at one to two. Ste
venson supporters are offering 3 to 2
that he will win.
Tu Louisville Bryan money at one
to three, is going begging, with no Taft
money iu sight. Most bets have been
made at three to one that Bryan will
carry Kentucky. Very few bets of any
kind have been made on the national
contest.
In Boston the odds are five to ono
nn Tnft. Many large bets have been
made at even money on the governor
ship race in New York,
In Washington republicans refuse to
cover Bryan money nt the prevailing
odds of four to one, with Taft the fa
vorite. Chanler is n light favorite over
Hughes at the national capital.
CYCLONE THOMPSON IS
LOOKING FOB NEW LAURELS
SAN FRANCISCO, Cab. Oct. 30.
' Cyclone ' Thompson is looking for
new laurels today after whipping
"Boer" Unholz to a standstill in 11
rounds last night. The police stopped
into a game of stand up-nnd knock
down, with Unholx going to the mat
with astonishing regularity. Unholz was
knocked down three times just ns the
gong sounded at the end of the round,
the last time shooting clear out of the
ring and into the newspaper men
nround the ringside.
The Boer claims that his right arm
was injured in the third round and that
he had no more use of it. Tie didn't
use it after the third and showed a will
ingness to quit thnt disappointed tie
fan. Thompson is criticized today for his
failure to finish his man sooner. He
lacks quality and the fans say that
his willingness to take punishment wns
the only redeeming feature of his ex
hibition last night. Even at that, t'n
hulz was pitifully unable to give any
punishment.
Toe preliminary go between Johnny
Murphy and Lew Powell was the re
deeming feature nf the show. They
fought 21 rounds to a draw.
EXCTEMEN
POSSIBLE
LEGION
SURPRISE
Wellman Warns People to
Look Out For Surprise
Gompers Issues Another
Appeal to Labor
C1IICAUO, Oct. H0. Warning to be
prepared for nn election day surprise.
was given by Walter Widlinan iu the
Record-Herald todnv.
'Surface indications now are Mint
Tuft will win New York nid with New
York the presidency. By tho same in
dications it appears that Chanler will
lefent H iighos for governor of New
Vork," says Wellman.
" Under t lie surface are ('actors which
cannot be measured. Iu view of these
I feel that, it is my duty to warn the
readers of the possibility of an election-
lay surprise.
"It is possible, though improbable,'
thnt Bryan will eurrv New York. It is
more probable thai both Taft and
Hughes will win iu that state, the lat
ter by a slender majority.
'The conditions arc not unlike those
of 1N8S, when tho republicans won for
t ho presidency Uii.fHM, but lost iu the
ontest for governor by P.1,000. "
Gompers Issues Appoal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, issued a, final ap
peal to laboring men to vote for the
ticket, tif the democrats in a special is
sue of the 1'Vderat ionist issued todny.
The. paper has been sent to tho central
labor unions all over the United Stntes
lor distribution.
In a telegram addressed to the central
bodies today, ("Jumpers says:
"Every laboring man and liberty
loving citizen is urged to redouble his
activity and alertness and stand true to
the great cause of human freedom in
volved in this campaign."
The principal article in tho special
issue of the labor paper 1b ana rticle
headed ' ' Roosevelt 's Inconsistency. ' '
The article is an answer to Roosevelt's
attack on .Gompers' criticism of the
courts. Roosevelt has attacked, the ar
ticle says, "Roosevelt's assumption of
in fallibility is almost ludicrous," says
the article, "lln always attacks any
body who disagrees with him."
Another -nrticlo declares that. Taft
"by his record and by his campaign
utterances has proved himself unfriend
ly to labor." t
OFFICIAL HEADS FALL
OWING TO POLITICS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. More of
ficial heads have fallen as the result, of
pernicious activity in politics.
The civil service conimissjon today
announced that after thorough investi
gation, J. H. Fordhoiu, a deputy collec
tor of internal revenues at Orangeburg,
S. C. has been reprimanded and sus
pended for 1.1 days without pay for
active participation in the republican
state convention at Columbia. Robert
A. Stewart, a temporary deputy collec
tor who wns county chairman of the
executive committor of Clarendon coun
ty, Sonth Carolina, h-is been reprimand
ed. R. O. Pierce, an employe of the
Mare island navy yard, who announced
his candidacy for supervisor in the
first district, has been discharged from
the service. Clyde Knock, a letter
carrier at Independence, Kan., who be
came the candidate for the district
court clerkship, has rerigned from the
postal service to avoid dismissal.
ONLY FOUR VOTED AGAINST
THE ASHLAND BOND ISSUE
Nearly -4 citizens of Ashland went
to (he (mils Monday and again ratified
the matter of the bond issues for the
prop"- d municipal electric light and
power plant. The people of Ashland are
practically unanimous on the matter of
putting in n municipal plant, the pre
liminary work of which is nt present
being actively prosecuted. The vote
on Monday wa yes. 4 no, and 1
blank. Tn the First ward there were 2
noe. in th" Second ward 1 no. in the
Third ward 1 no and 1 blank. The
First ward voted l-'ll yes, the Second
ward 123 ye nnd th" Third ward 134
''
The city council met Tuesday eve
ning and officially canvassed the vote.
Valley Record.
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- ; M SHUT DUTBY
' WiWMIMJtMf BOND ISSUE
FISH LAKE LOOKING UP FROM
WILL
E
oily?
Smith Says He Will Create
a Sensation on Saturday
Night at Rally
Locnl politicians nro anxiously await
ing the democratic rally" on Hnturdny
evening to hear what Robert G, Smith
will have to say when he addresses the
meeting that evening. "Bid)" has
-tomothing up his sleeve which promises
a sensation, but only a few of Ink
friends are "in the know" and they
won't tell.
It is currently reported that he will
spring soniet hing which will locally
rivnl the Standard Oil letters which
have been sprung by William R. Hearst
in the east. All endeavors to learn
what the sensat ion will be is futile.
When pressed for an answer, Mr. Smith
simplv answers: ' ' 'ome out and vou
will find out." t .'isaKEi
The democrats are planning tliu Wig
gest kind of a rousing time. The meet
ing will be held in the Angle opera
house or in the open nir if the weather
permits.
SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE
ADDICTED TO COCAINE
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 30.
Scores of children in the public schouls
here are addicted to the use of cocaine,
according to the confession of Kdward
Lee, years old, vendor of tho drug,
land detectives are investigating the
appalling condition today.
Young Leo and Michael Larkins were
arrested with ijuantities of the drug
in their possession. Lee told (lie offi
cers that he procured the drug at a
house on North Tenth street, where a
man made a practice of selling it to
the school hoys, who in turn made
"lots of money " selling it to their
ichoohnates.
JAUOHT BEAR IN
TRAP, BUT LOST HIM
W. E. Johnson re'urned from a two
weeks hunting trip to the Blue Ledg"
country. While gone he caught a Ix-nr
in a trail, but Brum chewed his foot
off and escaped. Johnson is exhibiting
tho foot to those who are skeptical of
the storv.
Mitt VHtouu, Ms r nth.
HAS BOB SOM
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NEAR DAM SUBMERGED AND DEOAYINO LOOS, BRUSH, TULES AND TREES ALONG EDGES, WHICH
RENDER FILTRATION NECESSARY IF USED FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.
NUMBERING THE I RAY MAKES
ES AGAIN
Klum Will Make Proposi
tion to Council at Their
Next Meeting
At the next regular meeting of the
city council the question of numbering
the Iioiihi'h of the city nnd the placing
of signs on t he streets will como up
again, in order that Postmaster Wood
ford may apply for free, delivery. M.
Khun has prepared a number of signs
and nujulx-rij and will make tho council
a proposition.
One by one the obstacles which have
st 1 in the way of free delivery have
been wiped away. Assistant Postmaster
Woodford is now confident that were
t lie houses u ml si reels numbered and
uitied I hut there would be nothing to
stop a service being iuauguruted, as
there is a sufficiency of street lights
and sidewalks in.
Ashland and Grants Pass, both with
lower postal receipts, will probably have
the service before Med ford. The coun
cil will now have n chance to order the
work done and give the city tho free
delivery it is entitled to.
COSS IS GRANTED
A CERTIFICATE OF
PROBABLE CAUSE
The supreme court Friday granted the
difi-ndant, Cos-, in the case of State
vs. Cosh, a eerl i iu a t of probable cause,
which means that the execution of sen
tence is stayed until th" case is lienrd
on the merits in the pending appeal tak
en by the defendant. Coss is not enti
tled to be released on bond, tho supreme
court having the right to fix the bond,
the case having now passed from the
jurisdiction of the circuit court.
BORN.
MILLAR To the wife of Oeorge H.
Millar, October 20, a boy. Hoth mother
and son pre doing nicely.
Four Oreat Artisls at Angle Opera
House lonight. licnefit library fund.
OFFEROF S100
I! Bliton Gan Show If He
Instigated Opinions of
Outside Towns
The Medford Mail of October IU)
says:
In one of his recent issues of yellow
literature, Dr. Ray lends un article:
"(rants Pass ami Central Point opin
ions favorable to tho Jtoguo river, as
the logical source of supply for Med
ford." At whose instigation did those opin
ions originate Jt was only u few
wis-ks ugo that the Central Point Her
ald was ndvoculing a huge pipeline from
Big Jiutte a line ' ' bigger 'iniP " to
supply Medford, Jacksonville nnd Cen
tral Point mid Tolo. Again we link,
at whose instigation did these opinions,
that Roguo river was the logical source,
originate?
Just as a tip on the side to both
the Central Point Herald and tho gen
tlemen in (1 rants Pass, who have in
terested themselves in the Medford wa
ter question, let ns say to you that
wh'ti tho people of Medford want un
opinion as to the kind atid quality of
water ''the city shall use, and from
whence it shall come, t hey will ash
for it through the cit,y council and
under the seal of the city. In the
meantime, won't you please permit u
to. drink Littlo ftutte water if we so
elect t
Replying to tho foregoing, I wish to
say that if the Medford Mail can prove
that, directly or indirectly, 1 instigat
cd the opinions, I will present the Oroat
er Medford club 10o.
In r't urn, allow in to ask who in
t i gated ' 'the voice of t he people? '
Is Mr. Scnfert, who recommends wood
pipe, si highly iu tho wood pipe busi
ness? Does Mr. Hamilton get '.",0H0 or
more for water out. of wood pipe?
C. It. RAY.
Stoiighton P. Jones, the pio.ic-r stair'"
Iriver. died nt his residence in Jack
sonville Tuesday after a protracted ill
nous, aged "S years. He is survived
by his wife and two daughters. Mr.
Jones drove stago on the YreUn-Rose-
J burg route for nenrly a tpmrter of i
centurv.
1 7
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SCRIBER IS IN
Spirited Away From La
Grande to Escape Being
Lynched by Populace
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. .10. After be
iug spirited awuy from La (Iiande, Or.,
to get him out of reach of angry depos
itors, who, it is said, openly vowed they
woii'll lynch him, J. W. Scriber, for
mer cashier of the wrecked Farmers
and Traders National banak of La
J ramie, iH today occupying a cell in
I ho county jail of Portland, where he
is awaiting a bondsman.
In order to escape the infuriated peo
ple, the rnit'd Stales officers declared
today that it was necessary to take
Seriber from La tiruiide lii hours ahead
of the time he was ndiciluled to go.
' ' I derided that it was imperat ivi
for me tu take the prisoner away from
Ln (iraude at once," said Deputy Unit
ed States Sheriff Ilammersley, who
brought Seriber tri Portland. ' ' Every
body thought wo were going to leave
town Thursday, but we slipped out 1
lioms earlier.
Tnlk of Lynching.
' ' There were nil kinds of talk of
lynching nnd I wns convinced thnt it
wits my duty to remove Seriber from
l lie scene.
"In order to avert anything of thej
kind, the sheriff of I'nioii county had
'iopt a force of deputies on guard at
Seriber 's house for several days."
linmmersley describes the scenes nt
ti nding the departure of the banker ns
pit if ul in t he extreme. Members of
t he family, it is said, were oblivious
to the attitude of the mob. Broken in
spirit, hopeless, involving none but him
self in the great bank failure, the La
'irande cashier willingly and almost
gladly passed through tho great steel
id te at. the Portland ,jail last night,
lie talked readily of his troubles, of
il,e failure of the bank, anil asked no
ivors.
' ' I itlone am responsible, ' Seriber
aid, "and must stand the consequences.
Hut I want you to say for me that they
I cannot f ind a dollar thnt 1 appropriate
o to my own use, a dollar that t used
for specuiatioii or a dollar that I squan
dered. It nil went in nn effort to save
tho bank."
PORTLAND PEN
Attorney Smith Gives an
Opinion Regarding Grav
ity Water Bonds Asr Ap
plied to Condors Offer""
ORA NTH PASS, Oct. 21). Condor
Water & Power Company, Medford, Or.
(Ien.tlemen: The question you havo
submitted to me, to-wit: "Can tho city;
of Medford use the money that may bo
received from the sale of bonds voted
fir the installation of a gruvily wu-.
ter system be used by the city in tho
construction of n water system that may
rereive'the supply by pumpiugT"
Upon nn invest igat ton of tho ques
tion, I nut of tho opinion that. If the
bonds are sold the city has full power
to use the money for such water system
as it may see fit ,n instnll. Tho bonds
were voted for Die purpose of selling
Mc same for lawful money to be used
tii const met ion of u gravity water sys
tem. That a gravity water system or
tiny kind of water system should bo
constructed is not a condition precedent
or subsequent necessary to be carried '
out. to insure validity of .tho bonds.
Bonds Are Negotiable.
The bonds as voted are negotiable
commercial paper. If the city had tho
authority to' issue the same for the
purpose named, nnd the election wan
legnlly called nnd held, the purchasers
of the bonds nro bona fide holders of
the same. If the city officinls who are
to be entrusted with tho funds arising',
from the snleo f (he bonds tdiould use
the money for nil entirely different pur
pose or convert nil to their own use,
the bonds would still be, legal, bind
ing, valid nnd enforcuble. No subse
quent default of the officials of the
city or misuse of the funds could pos
sibly invnlidnte nny part of the bonds
issued. Wnnt of power- to issue tho
securities is (he only defense which enn
be set up against it "bona fide" hold
er for value before maturity.
Other Cases Cited.
Honda payable to bearer, issued by.
a municipal corporation, if issued in
pursuance of a power conferred by tho
legislature, are valid commercial in
struments. St. Joseph township vs. Rogers, . Iff
Wnll. 014. nr,.
Hlack vs. Cohen, U2. On. (121. 1
.Slate vs. Montgomery, 74, Ala. 22(1.
Mt. Portion-vs. Hovey, 52, Und. 50:1.
Tn the case of Lynchburg vs. Slaugh
ter, decided by the highest appellate nf
the state of Virginia (75 Va. .17), It was
held: "Where an nrdlnnnce- authorized "
the issue of bonds for the purpose of
securing funds with which to aid In
digent families, the fact that such funds
are misapplied by, the officinls does not
aPfect the rights of a bona fide hold
er for value, lie is not required to look
further than the ordtnnnee to see wheth
er the purpose for which the bonds were
issued was a tegitimate." Tn the snmo
effect is the case of Aberdeen vs. Sykes,
51) Miss. 23ft. No other view would
be sensible. To require n purchaser
of municipal bonds (o follow the mon
ey after it wns received by the city
and see that it wns expended for the
precise purpose for which it. wns voted
would bo such a contingency ns would
prevent any person from over purchas
ing such securities.
Respectfully,
RoflFRT O. SMTTH.
ATE TOO MANY PICKLES
DIED AFTER SUFFERING
piTTsnnno, r., Oct. After
remaining in a condition coma for J42
hours, Mnry Thompson, fourteen, who
came to be known by the nttnehes of
St. John's hospital ns the 'piekle girl"
died this morning without regaining
consciousness. Physicians nt the hos
pital declare her cns one of the most
remarkable on record.
For some time the ijirl had been em
ployed at a pickling establishment on
the North Side. She developed a pas
sionate fondness for pickles and since
the pickling season started hnd enteu
little or nothing ol ' Most of them .
were the big dills, nnd she would eat ,
scores of them everv day.
T.ast Friday the girl Ml over uneon
nctous. At firt it wns thought she hnd
merely fainted, but when sho did not
recover mm was tiikou in ek. juun n
tinspUnl. There it wuft decided she was
suffering from diabetic coma.