Medford daily tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1906-1909, May 27, 1909, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1900. WON BIG SUCCESS BY ADVERTISING American Department Store Methods Stir Up London and Bring Firm Big Reward. In the two months since H. Gordon Sell'ridge, a Chicago merchant prince, opened his preat American depart ment store in Oxford street the es tablishment has smashed a dozen English shopping traditions. 'Our success has been even greater and iiuicker than we expected," said j Mr. Selfridge today. "Naturally I am clad that ,1 am able to say that we have already refuted the argu- J ments and predictions of the cheer ful pessimist. We destroyed nt least half a dozen English shopping tra ditions in a single day. "It has been a tradition among shopkeepers in London that people dislike to go above tho first floor to buy. It was declared that English women wouldn't use elovntors. We have proved this to be 'absolute rot,' as they say in England. Every ded pnrlment in our store, from base ment to tup floor, has been well pat ronized since the dny we opened, and our nine elevators have been so pop ular thnl it is necessary to wait five minutes at any hour of the dny to get in one. "II was also said that English women wouldn't net on advertise ments, but we found exactly the same results from cdvertising here as in Chicago. "It was said that people wouldn't coiiie in unless they wanted to liny, because, they were too timid. Eng lish women have taken to shopping nt our store ns a recreation. Thou sands visit us daily simply to look at our goods. "It was also said that the shop walker was necessary. Wo have shown that the people don't want to be held up the moment they enter the door. Y "It was likewise declared that show windows, in order to be ef fective, should bo completely filled, even to the top. We have shown ngain thai an artificially dressed show window draws the better class of customers. The claim also was made that if the shop workers were treated with kindness they repaid this with undue familiarity. This has also been proved a great fallacy." INSURANCE COMPANY MUST PAY POLICY OF MAN HANGED RICHMOND. Vn. . May 27. The Tnilcd Stales Circuit Court of Ap peals at Richmond has denied a hear ing to a life insurance company in the McCiio case as a result of which the company will bn compelled to pay the dcnlh claim of $20."o0 on the life of ,1. S. McCiic. fovmiily Mayor of Charlottesville. Vn.. who was hanged for wife niurded. The company con tested payment on the groiuidcs thai if was against public policy to pay n claim on n man who will killed by due process of law, and the decision es tablish! a Federal ruling on nil eases which policy holders are loyally executed. SeL1 Orchard Tracts Ten, Twenty 6 Forty Acres Some in trees three years old; others two years old; If you desire a small orchard, either for a home or an investment, come in and see me. Easy Terms if Desired Fred'k C. Page jfig LAKE COUNTY TO TAKE PART IN CELEBRATION KLAMATH FALLS, May 27. Judge Noland returned last evening from Lakeview, where he has been holding the May term of thoCirouit Court. Judge Noland states that there will probably be a large dele gation from Lake county to attend the. Railroad celebration in this city June 14th. Certnin of the business men of Lakeview promise to have n shipment of 100.000 wool to enter in the purade in this city on the day of the celebration. Judge Noland says that wory on the road is progressing vcrk saliffac torly, and Hint the only delay has been near the Lnkeview end. caused by wet places in the road. However, he beleives it will be in good shaie in time for freighting by the first of the month. MARKS OF TEETH MAY LEAD TO DISCOVERY LOS AMiKLKS. May 27 What tuny prove to be the most important means ot lileiililicalion ni ine mur derer of little Annie Pollers, was ninde known when detectives and urc-eons who made n minute exam ination of her body announced thnl llie two mysterious murks on the lieek and bodv of the victim were ninde by the teeth of her slayer. Tnmrossions were taken of these marks and are said to show such in dividual characteristics that the own er can easily be identified by means ,f Itiem. Pictures of the cast will be printed on circulars and seal broadcast throughout the country. II is asserted thnt there is no doubt but thnt identification can be ac complished from these easts. 3 TELL OF $1,500 AND $200 PAID TO STOP STRIKE CIIICAOO, Mnv 27. At a trial to dav of "Skinny" Madden, F. A. Pouch and M. J. Uoyle. Inbor lenders, c.harg ed with conspiracy to extort money m the settlement of strikes, wittnesscs told of one strike setleled for .tl.oOO and of another for $200. Solomon L. Lowcnthnl, "attorney for Samuel Grosshnu, a builder, tes" tified that in a small room of a saloon he bunded $200 to Madden, who slap ped him on Hie shoulder and said that work would be resumed on buildings under construction the next day. John Schnnner. a contractor test. Hied that he had asked Pouch why a strike had been called at the plant of the Jewel Ten enmpany and was i. .1.1 ,..,1 I,, liollw.r. lull to "sec Mad dden and made him a offer lo settle the strike." Wednesday's Scores. American league Chicago-Xew York, rain: Cleveland fi. Philndel phia 2: Detroit 1. Washington 3: St t.miU .Y.Ttoston 0. National league Philadelphia ". Cincinnati 2: lirooklyn 0. Chicago 2: Pittsburg 0. Boston 4: New York 8. St. Louis 2. Northwest league Portland 0. Spokane 1; Seattle 1. Aberdeen 4; Vancouver 3. Tneomn 2. Const league San Francisco 4. Portland 3: Los Angeles !). Oakland 0: Sacramento 3. Vernon 0. I Thomas W. Docket! plans to open a general merchandise building in Phoenix in the near future. WHEAT HARVEST IN EAST BEGINS Texas Counties Report Yield of 14 to 15 Bushels Will Settle Patten-Wilson Dispute. CHICAGO May 27. Private advice received here today stating that har- esting of wheat had begun in three counties in ToxAs, and that the yeald would be from 14 to lo bushels to the acre on an average. H. E. Roycroft, a Chicago expert, however declares that this estimate is at least fifty per cent too high. ' as the prolonged Irouglh in the Lono Star State pre cluded such a yield. The announcement did not affect prices in Chicago materially ,as May wheat on the lionrd of Trade earlv old at a new high prico, $1.3511. The! tirst farnenng of wheat each year be gins in Texas at about this season, and is important chiefly as mnrk- 1 the begimg ot the general harvest, sweeping in a gradually broadening path north with tho jjdvnnce of the enson mrougn tne great winter wheat belt. From now on the hum f hnnesting machinery will gradu ally swell week by week into the gfent mid-Rummer chorus of the Ohio and Missouri valleys. The winter sown crop gathered to tho granaries the Spring wheat of the immensely productive northern states follows until the last sheaf has been gathered from the broad acres of Manitoba in the latter part of August. 45,000,000 Acres This great forest of grain when harvested will leave n great, rond of stubble approximately of 4."i.000.000 of acres. The latest completed sta tistics made n yield of . .nx -..hent tisties made the yield 014.087,000 bushels in the United States in 1007. A similar yield this year would net. roughly, about that number of dol lars. However,, in may quarters it is asserted this year's harvest will be under 00,000,000 bushels. Even though the Texas returns never equal in importance those of the purely wheat states, and may bo far under normal this yenr, the fact that harvesting has" begun ns usual bears on the great point nt issue be tween the bulls and bears of the mar kot. In July Chicago will bo buying wheat of the previous yenr, is the statement made by James Patten at the height of his bull campaign in Mav wheat. On this point Secretary of Agricul ture Wilson look issue with the big speculator, and both finally left the controversy for "time to tell." The news from Texas, therefore, is I he first word of what the umpire "time" has to say on the matter. COOS TALKS GOOD ROADS IN BIG CONVENTION A good roads convention is being (held nt Coqnille. the county sent of Coos county, and is attended hy n number of the M.irshfield men. Ev ery section of the county is repre sented. The particular pui-pnso of the meet ing is to discuss the improvement of the mail route between M.irshfield and Ilnsebiirg. An effort is to he made to induce tho Douglas county i people lo improve their end of the wagon roads, the Coos comity com missioners having nlready let con- ! tracts for their end of the rond. THREE DIFFERENT. RATES FOR MISSOURI TRAVELERS sr. LOUIS. Mav 27. Beginning 'tomorrow three different passenger j rates will be in effect in Missouri. iThe .Missouri, Kansas and Texas road will charge 3 cents; the Chicn j go, Burlington & Qiiiucy and the jltock -Frisco system will charge 21'. I cents. The Missouri Pacific, system : the St. I.ouis Southwestern, the Wa bash, and the Atchison, Topckn & Santa Fe will continue under tho 2 j cent rnte until the writ of prohibition i now pending in the state supreme 1 court is ruled on. ! CRUISER ST. LOUIS TO TAKE t PRESIDENT TO ALASKA PUOF.T SOUND NAVY YARD, May 27. It is reported here todny that the cruiser St. Louis, which will go to sen early next month, will take the Tnft party to Alaska this summer. TAFT WOULD CUT ARMY COST $38,000,000 WASHINGTON, May 27. Presi dent Taft has sent back to the war department the estimates submitted to him for the support of tho mili tary establishment for the fiscal yenr, and indicated his desire that they should be cut approximately .f:iti,ooo,ooo. ' Tho estimates were reduced by Acting Secretary Oliver to $171, (i.10,000 $18,000,000 less than the estimates for 1010, but about $10, 000,000 more than the appropriations for that year. The figures have been submitted to Secretary Dickinson for final consideration. If he reduces them to the extent tho president de sires it will involve n further cut of about $18,000,000. Army officers say the reduction in estimates menus virtually no con struction during 1011. SCRAP IRON TO MAKE ITALIAN BATTLESHIPS OAKLAND, May 27. Forty car loads of scrap iron, picked from the debris of tho San Francisco fire of April 18. 1000, is being'loaded on the French bark Bretnngo for ship ment to Genoa, whereit will be built into the sides and armor of a new Italian battleship. Two. years ago the Italian gov ernment secured a modem consign ment of this discarded metal for ex perimental purposes, and as a re sult of those trials government ex perts have given the opinion that the scrap iron having passed through the intense bent of the conflagra tion makes a Jjetler rcsistnnt when mixed with steel than docs the or dinary product. Italian naval engi neers have urged their government to secure ns much of the scrap iron as possible. WISCONSIN GOVERNOR WILL NOT SIGN PROFANITY BILL MADISON, May 27. Tho inalien able right of u citizen of Wisconsin to use profanity under sufficient pro vocation is not lo be abrogated by Governor Dnvilson. The Governor is not a profane man, but having lived in the Kiekapoo valley for a quarter of a century he realizes that a person muy snnietitnes be so circumstanced that it is practically impossible for him ti refrain from indulging in a few sulphurous remarks. Beloiving as ho does, the Governor vetoed the Hull bill prohibiting swear ing in nnv public, place under a pen altv of a $2." fine or thirty days in or both fine and inprisonmcnl. Assemblyman Hull, author of the bill, is dissapointcd and will try to pass tbe bill over the veto. H0NDURAN PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES TO DIAZ MEXICO CITY, Mnv 27. Personal apologies from President Duvilla of Honduras, combined with ample moil- j etary satisfaction, closed a diplomatic j incident between Mexico and Ilnndu- j rim which nt nno time threatened to miiildtiuniitnnal: tiv reason of! the foieiblo entry of Hondurnn police ! into the Mexican legation nt Tegitci- t gal pa and the heaping of nbiise on j the Mexican minister, Ouiterre fiimo- The storv as given out by Ihe for- i cign ministry is Hint Hondurnn police j in pursuit of men who had shouted I 'Down with Dnvilla" entered the Mex ican legation, whither the refugees had fled, tried to seize them and when Minister Zamorn remonstrntod thev abused him. LIQUOR BY EXPRESS 0. K. RULES SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON. May 27. The United States supreme court has de cided the ease of Ihe Adams Express company vs. the Commonwealth of j Kentucky, involving the right of nn express company to ship lujnor into a local option stnte. in fnvor of the company. The opinion says thnt the transaction was interstate commerce, therefore not subject to interference bv the Kentnekv authorities. KLAMATH CANAL BREAKS: MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. May 27. Owing to the break in the South Branch ennn! of the government ir rigation ditch the head gate is clos-1 ed. Before the water could be turned off considerable damage was wrought to the inundated lands. It will re quire Revcrnl days to repair the IN APPROPRIATIONS The Government's Expenses of $290, 461,275 In 1884 Coming Year $1,044,401,857. WASHINGTON, May 27 Twenty-five years ago in 1884 it cost each man, woman and child of (be 44,000,000 inhabitants of the United Stntos ifd.liO to run the govornmont. Today it is costing each of tho 00, 000,000 inhabitants .fll.Sa'j nnnu ally. The recapitulation of appropria tions mndo for the fiscal year 1000- 10, prepnred by the clerks of the sen ate finance committee and tho house appropriations commit too, shows thnt congress voted $1,044,401,857.12 for governmental expenses. In 1881 con gress voted $2OO,401,27.').O3. Tho big gest items of difference aro the ap propriations for wnr purposes today compared with those of 25 years ago. Then the navy cost $22,27."), 707 and the army $l)i. 700,008. This yenr, $2:18,1.11,082.30 was voted for war $101,105,100.05 for the navy. A sum innry of the appropriations follows: Agricultural $ 12.005,0:18.00 Army 101,105,883.34 Diplomatic and consular 3,613,801.07 District of Colnmbin 10,000,531.40 Fortification 8,170,11.1.00 Indian 11,854.082.48 Legislative Executive and .judicial 32,007,040.00 Military academy ... 2,531,521.33 Navy 130,035,100.05 Pension 1(10.008,000.00 Post office 234,002,370.00 llivor and harbor ... 0.435,750.00 Sundry civil 137.(i!fi,fi23.3(i I )e t'icieney a pproprin - tions 20,310,330.02 .Miscellaneous appropria tions .' 1,250,515.00 Permanent, npproprin- tions 1(10,000,082.5 Grand lotal $1,044,401,857.12 The appropriations show a net in crease in Uncle Sam's payroll of 33,877 persons over Inst year. These persons draw an increase in Ihe snl urv roll of $5,072,000. New offices lo the number of 10.120 were created and 02-13 were abolished. A comparison of tho total appro priations of the first session of the 'Sixtieth congress, for 1000, $1.00H.- :tll7,54.'t.5(i. wilh those of Ihe second session of Ihe Sixtieth congress, for CLOSED The Store of Baker-Hutchason Comp'y Medford, Oregon will be closed Thursday and Friday, May 27 and again Saturday Morning, 9 ,a.m. May 29. TTl i 1 . 1 w a ten tne papers an nouncing the greatest Slaugihter Sale in the history of Medford 1010, $1,044,401,857.12, shows an in crease of $30,004,313.56. The increases by appropriation acts are as follows: By tho agricultural act, $1,322, 030; by tho army act, $5,813,635.75; by the diplomutio and consular act, $007,(142.64-, hy tho Indian act, $2.1 001,031.(11; by the military academy net, $1,085,880.40; by tho naval act, $14,271,313.58: by the postoffice act, $11,721,478: by the sundry civil net, $25,738,535.13. A river and harbor net carrying $0,435,750 was passed, none having been enacted at the previous session of congress. IRRIGATION CANAL IS PUT IN USE IN GRANTS PASS QUA NTS PASS, May 27. Water from Jones Creek was tinned into the 200 foot cauiil recently, nud was run aiiiimd the point und almost in town, A lurgo crew of men aro installing twenty-four inch pipo nt tho station to raise water to this canal. BENEFIT Performance Friday May 28, 1909 E. W. KNAPP. BE PATRIOTIC All of tho proceeds of this theater on this evening are to be given to tho firemen for the Ith of July colebrn tion. MOVING PICTURES and HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE The Bijou West Seventh Street. 28 opened I f : , 7". J I r break.