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MEDFORD, OUIWON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2G, 1009.
No. 214.
MANY ASK OF SIMI0
APPLE : HIGMU
. LAND ACUT
Secretary of tho Commercial Club
I Itllll I LA All
uciugcu vvmi Letters, mil .
Askliii) Rcuartllnu
Apples.
WORLD HEARS OF WINNING
AT SPOKANE AND WAKES UP
Real Estate Men Also Are Hearing
. From All Sections Asklnu for
Land Values.
Tho .result of winning tho chief
prlru at thu SH)kuiiu tipple show and
carrying oil' thu title "Applo King uf
America," in abundantly shown in
thu Commurcinl club rootiiM, where
hundreds of letters uru bciiiK rcceiv
ud, all ubkiug for particulars in con
nection with thu growing of ajjjilcri.
liuiuinoriiblu ailu atatUtics nrc
linked, hand values uro sought.
Kroin all sections aro coming letters
for iiifoniiatiou.
Ileal estate moii in tho vulloy are
also being deluged with letters from
prospective settlers. Tho winning of
tho grand prize in Spokane in result
in' in thu grcuto.it advertisement
that thu vulloy over experienced.
Scurulnry Conrad of thu Commer
cial club, realizing thu almost hopo
Icmh tatik of writing letter to ouch
individual, la taking' stops to scud
out Bovornl hundred copies of thu
applo edition of tho Mail Tribune,
which will bu issued Sunday. Every
possible phase of apple-growing in
tho vnlloy will bo covered and will
give prospective nottler an idea of
what thoy will find here. Thu real
ostnto men havo also arranged to
Hond out many hundreds of copies.
Tho Mail Trihuuu will havo kouiv
11000 copicH for mailing .and all of
thcHO nro to bo sont out in order to
answer thu deluge of questions the
residents of thu valley aro receiving
an a result of last week's victory.
OARING BALL00NISTS ARE
FOUND DEAD IN FIELD
(United 1'rmn limed Wire)
IIHHLIN, Nov. 2C Dr. Ilronchmnn
and 11 ii o Frnncke, inombnrs of tho
Aero rlult of Merlin, linn been found
dead In tho balloon "Kolmar." which
wbh wrecked In Houthern Austria
Hungnry, nrrordliJK to ndvlHca receiv
ed hero today.
i
WORK OF VOLCANO
People Escape Safely Town Will
Soon Bo Engulfed If Flow
Continues.
(United I'rons I.rnsoil Wlrn.)
MADRID, Nov. 20, A dispatch
from Tenorlffo todny says that tho
I flow of lava from Mount Lasaloras,
which Is In a stnto of eruption; Is bo
slow thnt tho puoplo aro escaping
safely.
If tho present flow Is continued,
however, It Is believed thnt tho town
of, Santiago will ho engulfed within
a week. Tho town already Is depop
ulated, A thousnnd porsons nro
homeless,
fcETS TEN YEARS FOR GETTING
AWAY WITH $100,000
(Unltoil I'roKH I.ounciI Wire.)
MADISON, "Wis,, Nov. 20. Phil
Allondor, ex-vleo-presldent of tho
First National hnnk of Mlnornl Point,
Wis,, todny plendod guilty to stealing
1108,000 of tho Institution's funds
annd was sentenced to sorvo ton yonrs
lntho fdornl prison,, nt Fort Lonvon
worth, Kan. '
News pi Decisive Baltic Is Expected
Momentarily Will Mean End
of War If Zclaya Is
Defeated.
UNCLE SAM IS READY
TO TAKE HAND IN FRAY
Communication With Interior Points
Cut Off All Messages Barred
by Revolutionists.
(United Vrtn I .none J Wire.)
COLON, Canal Zono, Nov. 2C.
News of a decisive bnttlo bolwoon the
forces of President Zolnya nnd Gen
eral Rnni-z, marking tho success or
defeat of tho Nlcaraguan revolution.
Ih expected rnomntnrlly.
It In belle vod that tho bntttlo must
have been' fought In or near Managua,
tin- capital, In which Zclaya has for
tified himself.
Mut Olve lltttlo Boon.
WA'HFIHLDS, Nicaragua, Nov. 2C.
AdvlccH from tho Intorlor today
say that Prosldcnt Zelaya and his
2600 mon garrisonod at Managua will
bo forced to Hiirrcndor or rIvo bnt
tlo very soon by tho Investing nrniy
under General Sanoz, which numbers
r.ooo;
Managua Is without provisions and
a stnto of anarchy Is reported within
tlm city.
President Zolaya linn been shut up
In tho capital for 11 dnys. Tho pres
idential pnlaco has been surrounded
by a plrVcxl gunrd and practically has
been turned Into a fortross.
Mnrtnl Ynw PrvvnlK
Martini law Is all that has pre
vented an outbreak on tho pnrt of
the citizens, It Is said.
Hundreds of persons suspected of
sympathizing with tho provisional
president, Estrada, has been arrest
ed. It Is Imposslblo to communlcato dl-
rcctly with Managua by tolograph or
telcphnno without government per-'
mission nnd this pormlwlon recont-
ly wns withdrawn. Tho nowspaporsj
aro barred from tho malls and lot-
j tors nro being opened
nro closely censored.
Tolegrnms all
Messages Bcnrce. j
Messnges coming through prlvato(Aw(u, ToI pa,d Ths Year to Great
sources nnd ml vices coming tnrougn
from tho ngents of tho Investing nrmy
sn ythat In the last fow dnys tho peo
plo of tho city hnvo grown moro In
consed ngnlnnt Zolnya. Tho lock of
food Is straining their onduranco to
tho breaking point.
Oenornl Sanoz hnn not boon at
tempting to fight, but lins been using
his nrmy with grent success In pre
venting supplies from being tnlcon
Into Mnnngun,
As tho situation now stands, It Is
apparently certain that Zelaya must
elthor surrondor or mako a bold at
tnek upon tho revolutionists nnd at
tempt to.drlvo thorn bnclc.
Outnumbered nnd with his men
disgruntled nnd not well fed, It Is
belloved thnt Zelnyn would stand but
little chanro In n fight with Sanoz.
Uncle Sam Ready.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Tho na
by department was ndvlsod todny thnt
crulsors hnvo nrrlved in Contrnl
American wntors and nro ready for
action.
In all probability hluojnckots will
ho ordered ashoro to protoct Amorl
enn cltlzons. No word hns boon ro
colved from Zolnyn In nnswor to do
mnnds for nn oxplnnntlon,
Yesterday's Scoros.
O. A, C. 11, Multnqmnh' 8.
WnRhington 20, Oregon fl.
Modfovd 18, Central Point 0.
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f
ION j MEN Hi CONTROL 11 BILLION IN EXPEHDiTURES Mj!ff GETS
HE' l CFS " JAIL '
x m m m sr g ,
NEW YORK'S BOARD OF ESTIMATE, THE MOST POWERFUL MUNICIPAL BODY IN THE WORLD.
In round !!'Utvn New York's board of estimate will have the distribution of a blUion dollars in the pcxt four
yearn, it U by far the nxst powerful municipal body In the world, presiding over the flnances, apportioning tho
fundH and letting all the contracts of the greater city, besides controlling all the franchise, which prerogative for
merly wiih In the hands of the board of aldermen. The board consists of the mayor, comptroller, president of tho
board of aldermen and the presidents of the five Itoroiighs. The mayor, comptroller and president of the board of
nlilermeu each Imx three votes, the presidents of the boroughs of Manbnttan nnd Itrooklyn two each and the other
borough presidents one each. The vote of the new l"nrd stands ioIltIcally ns follows: Fusion, 12; lVmocratlc, 3;
independent, I. The lxnnl will be com-tost'd of William J. Cinynor. mayor (Dein.); 'William A. Prvndergast, comp
tnlb r (fii-l pi: .Ic lm I'lirmv Mltchel, president lxninl of aldermen (fusion); George McAncuy. prehldut Manhattan
(fUKlonl; AKreil V Stet is. pivldeut Hrooklyn (fusion). Cyrus C. Miller, president Ilronx (fusion); Ijj.vrence Gresser,
president Queefs (tilde; d-nti. and Georgu Cnimwell, president IUchmond ,(fuslon).
29 GRIDIRON
WARRIORS DEAD
American Fall Game
Twenty More
May Die.
(United I'ross Um.A Wire.)
NEW YORK, Xov. 'Jfl. A state
ment prepared, following tho close
of, tho football nonson yesterday
shows that this year's toll of death
from, gridiron injuries was 20.
Twonty other, players were so badly
hurt that they may succumb. It is
estimated that minor wounds num
bered 10,000.
Following is u 1M of dead:
Albert Arend, .Marietta, O.; kicked
in tho head in a mass play.
Laugdou llabeock of Buffalo ;
fallen upon in n bcrimuingo and lung
tissnos torn.
Chnrlos Hooker of Finlny, O.; bur
iod under muss jday and internally
woundod.
Miohnel 1-Surke, Sheiinndonh, Pa.;
kicked on bond whilo playing nt Phil
ndulphiu with Medico-Chi college
cloven.
Cadot Eugono Rryno of Ruffulo;
neck broken in mass play during tho
Harvard-West Point contest.
Archer Christina, Richmond, Va.;
intornnlly hurt in sorinimngo during
Qoorgottown-Univorsity of Virginia,
gamo.
Waller Evnns, Dos Moinos, In.;
bngk broken in tnoklo nt Panora, In.
i-IOIIIHIIO XA'IlllU, iMIlBtjlllOll, VI. ;
(ContlnueJ on pago 8.)
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POLICE DENY AID;
SH00ISJ0 KILL
Aged Man, After Demanding Money
Back, Shoots Thief Twice
Police Had Re
fused Aid.
(Unltfd I'i-ss Lfeot Wlre.
rORTIiiKD, Or., Nov. 20. After
demanding thnt Albert Wilson return
a purse containing- $42, which had
boon stolen from him earlier m the
day, Samuel Custis, 02 years old, a
native of North Cnrolinn, and n Con
federate veteran, shot Wilson twice
with n 4-I-enliber revolver late last
night.
Custis went to the police headquar
ters ns soon as ho discovered his
loss and demanded that a warrant
for Wilson's arrest be issued. As he
was intoxicated, no attention was
pnid to his complaint, and he was
himself nrrested. Upon his release
yesterday afternoon ho immediately
sought Wilson and found him in n
room nt tho Contrnl Hotel. Without
ceremony tho aged man drew n re
volver nnd fired twice. One bullet
entered Wilson's stomach nnd tho
other his breast near tho heart. That
Wilson wns not instantly killed is
duo to tho fact thnt ho hnd nn ovnl
pieco of enko in his pocket ovor tho
honrt, which diverted tho courso of
tho second bullet. Wilson will prob
ably die.
Custis wns arrested shortly nfter
tho shootitng, hut may not bo prose
cuted for sltoqting Wilson, in-viow of
tho fact that Cnslis hns reported his
loss to tho poliod 'without avail nnd
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SOCIALISM IN
ENGLAND
RW
Ex-Senator Clark Returns and Says
Socialism Is Growing In
Europe as Never
Before. .
(United Tress Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Ex-Sena
tor Clark of Montana returned from
Europe today nnd declared that so
eialism is spreading in England moro
rapidly than ever before.
lie declared thnt tho entire world
is wrought up over tho budget fight.
When nsked about market condi
tions here, Clnrk snid thnt ho thought
13 cents was too low for copper.
In reply to a question as to what
ho thought of the decision ordering
n dissolution of tho Standard Oil
company, he snid:
"1 never believed in combinations.
I have always worked on nn individ
ual basis myself."
WHEELER PLEASES GERMANS
IN RECENT ADDRESS
BERLIN, Nov. 20. Anti-British
ngitntors nro enthusiastio today ovor
tho address, delivered horo yesterday
by Benjamin Ido Wheeler, president
of tho Univorsity of California, in
which Whoeler declared thero was n
doop kinship between America and
Gormnny.
tho further faot that tho purso and
money, as described by Custis, woro
found undor Wilson's pillow nftor tho
shooting.
Wilsoii enmo to Portland several
months, .ngoi from .SanV ' Francisco,
thgyjigci frojn .JjariV IJranoisco
wlinri
Another Break Made From County
Jail-Man Sent Up for High- "
way Robbery Makes
His Escape.
FOOLS THE JAILER AND
DISAPPEARS INTO NIGHT
In Spite of Extra Precautions That
Have Been Taken, Smooth
Customer Escapes.
Lou Martin, who wns caught in the
act of holding up J. J. Fleury in the
rear of one of the saloons on Front
street several weeks ngo and bound
over to appear before tho circuit
court at the December term, escaped
from tho county jail at Jacksonville
Wednesday night, nnd so far no
trace of his whereabouts have been
found.
It Is the custom of the jailer to
bring the food for the prisoners to
them in the evening and allow them
to come from their cells and ent to
gether in th- corridor, which faces
the cells in the steel cage. The cells
can be locked or unlocked from the
outside of the cage, and the corridor
in question runs in front of the
cells, forming part of the steel cage,
which includes all.
. Since tho escape made a short
time aco tho jailer has been ordered
to be certain that all the men were
in their cells and locked in before he
opened tho door leading into the cor
ridor. Wednesday evening Jailer
John Dungnn entered the jail to re
move the supper dishes and ordered
the men- imprisoned in their c"ells.
In the dim light he could not sco each
one enter, and when the corridor wns
apparently empty he opened tho out
side door and entered. Martin had
swung up the side of the cage, and
hung from the open work top,( just
above tho jniler, as he entered to
tnko out the dishes from which the
prisoners hnd enten, nnd wns con
cealed from view. Just as Duggan
turned with tho tray in his hands,
Mnrtin dropped from tho top of the
cage upon him, knocking the brenth
from him temporarily, and before
Duggan could get to his feet and
sound the alarm tho prisoner hnd es
enped in the dnrkness. Senrch wns
continued nil Wednesday night for
tho escape, but no trnco has yet
been discovered.
Sheriff Jones hns sent out descrip
tions of tho fugitive all along the
line, and every avenue of escape is
being closely watched.
FREE SPEECH KNIGHTS
DITCHED ALONG ROADS
Debs on His Way to Spokane Fight
Continues to Be Warmly
Waged.
SPOKANE, Wnsh.. Nov. 20. Forty
mombors of tho Industrial Workers
of tho World started this morning
from McKeea Rock, Pa., for Spokane
to assist In tho fight for free speech,
Eugeno V. Dobs, the socialist lend-
or, Is expected w'thln a fow days.
Tho Industrialists nro meeting with
difficulty in re?chlng Spokane on ac
count of being dttchod from freight
trains all along tho road. Somo of
them toll how thoy woro thrown off
trnlns In remote sections of tho coun
try nnd compelled to walk many
miles whore thoy could cntch trnlns
ngatn.
filtlinns nf Snoknnn npm tn tnlrn
moro Intorest In tho fight nnd It Is
believed they will soon lnvoko tho
Initiative and demand a more liberal.
ordinance then tho ono prohibiting
Btroot speaking. I
iilNHAND
1STRUSTAND
CnURCH
Investigation This Winter Will Bring
Out Sensational Facts Involv
ing Sugar Trust and
Mormons.
TOGETHER THEY CONTROL 65
PER CENT OF BEET SUGAR
Minutes of Corporation for Past
Seven Years Now in Hands
of Government.
CLEVELAND. O., Nov. 26. A
Washington dispatch to the Cleveland
Press today cays:
"Tho Mormon church and tho sug
ar trust have been for several years
In partnership, and thoy together con?
trol 65 per cent of the beet sugar In
dustry in tho United States-. The
above facta will bo proved at an in
vestigation to be made by congress
during the coming winter, by the
production of the minutes of the sug
ar trust's directors' meetings cover
in ga period of seven years. Tho
minutes were secured through a for
mer director of the trust and tho doc
uments are now in a vault in Wash
ington. D. C. They will be produced
when needed. It is unnecessary to
say that tho inside view of the sugar
trust's operations,, furnished by s, the
stenographic notes of the board's do
ings will expose the operations of this
Industrial trust In a way which may
legitimately be called sensational.
"Hero are sorap of the things which
it will do:
Brings In Smoot.
"It will show why Senator AldrJch
turned over to Senator Smoot of
Utah the management of the sugar
schedules on the floor of tho United
States senate last winter when tho
tariff act was under consideration.
"It will show how Aldrich has act
ed as representative of tho sugar
trust in tho United States senate. It
will show tho sugar trust's connection
wifTi tlm snnnosed lobbyists for Vi
'Amerlcau beet sugar growers,' nam
ly, Charles B. Warren. F. It. Hatht
way, Henry T. Oxnard and tho cci
tidentlal relationship of tho latter tt
Senator Burrows of Michigan.
"It will show that now beet sugar
factories havo been started during
the past five years only with and
upon the approval of the sugar trust.
"It will show tho connection of va
rious prominent financiers anad poll
tlclans with the criminal operations
by which the customs sorvlce has
been cheated, secret rebntes secured,,
competition suppressed and the anti
trust law violated.
"It will show what was done by tho
sugar trust In a vain effort to head
off the Investigation started by Pres
ident Roosevelt when he appointed
Special Agent Parro and by Collector
T.oeb.
AMrlch In It, Too.
"It will show conclusively that Aid
rich has been the political sponsor as,
well as tho business partner of tho
suear trust for years, These nre'a
fow things which nro at tho disposal
of any committee who may deslro to,
Honestly investigate tlio corrupt ae
tlvltles of tho sugar trust. Thoy aro
not tho only things, but thoy will
serve to Illustrate. It has been charg
ed that President Taft mado a bar
gain with tho sugar trust In regard
to tho tariff legislation and with tho
purposo to secure the sugar trust's
support for his election, that Aldrich
was tho agent through whom th"
agreement finally was mndo and the
Luke Wright, former governor gen
eral of tho Philippines, took part ir
tho negotiations Is another matter
suro to bo brought up- Accordlng,to
tho evidence Inland, Taft agreed that
the sugar trust should have the same :
protection in ine now taritt act mat
it onjoyou unuer tho Dingloy -jajfd.
Tho amount of
sugar to do
uContluucd.on .raee SAi