Wcyon Historical Society
City Hall
APPLE KING OF THE WORLD
Is Iho Ulle won b
yn cm- of! .ttoguc River npplw that won Hie sweepstakes prize n; the great Spokane apple show in competition
ill sections of America, proving conclusively that Rogue Itivcr fruit is the riiost perfect grown in any country.
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Tonight, nnd TnaadnyOd
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FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFOKD, ORI5C10X, MONJMY, XOVrLUJJER 2D, 1909.
No. 21G.
Medford
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1KU5LL
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LOVEnSTAYS
HALF-HOUR
IN CITY
DESPO
MAN TRIES
SUICIDE
N DENT TRIAL OF SUGAR TRUST
Head of Harrlmnn Lines Greeted by After Wrltlun Rnmhllnu Letter to
Citizens mul Prcscntcil With
Finest of nofjtic River.
Fruit.
SAYS HE HAS HEARD
MUCH OF THIS CITY
Promises Great Development In Ore
lion In tlio Matter of Building
More Railroads.
Landlady, A. S. Haff, Painter,
Slashes Wrists In En
deavor to Die.
FAILING IN THIS. HE TRIES
TO OBTAIN REVOLVER
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ElLEADERSTALK
OFFICIALS IS UNDER WAY! CAUSE OF
Locked Up In City Jail, Where He
Now Properly Repentant
Afraid oT His Habits.
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"I hnvo heard much of
Midford nnd the Rogue River
vnlloy Murn I Imvo been in Or
oKon. mid have, learned how
ih city led llio northwest in
ndopting tlio "t'onunnnity
plan" of advertising. I shall
remember this city with great
pleasure. I only wiwh I luiil
time lo look over the valley
more carefully. And I llinnk
tlio fit it'iiw moMt heartily for
tlio ltiHi'iotiK fruit with which
I Imvo boon presented. I
never saw anything finer in
my life." Robert S. Uvett,
miocoHUor to Edward IF. Ilnr-riuinti.
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"I hog your forgiveness for
what I am about to do. 1
have nothing left to live for,
and I, am nfrnid (lint 1 will ro
tiirn to my old habits.
"I Imvo been living in hoi!
for tlio paHt few mouths.
"Don't look for my rela
tive. ih I do not know that
1 have any living. I Imvo no
money, so just turn my body
oyer to tlio county." Huff's
letter to landlady.
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A. S. Haff, a painter, attempted
suicide 'Sunday night by Blushing hi
wrists with a knife. The weapon
wan dull and llaff'B nerve gave out
before the oiiIh wure deep enough to
hnH li dohiroil effect.
He left hi room and eommoneed
looking for a gun to finish tlio jjob
After several vniu nttcnipl to se-
I ii hit tour of iimpoetinn of the
Ilnrriinun line, of which ho i now
tho" head, Robert fi. Lovett and hl
pnrly spout 30 minute in Mudford .0ro tlio. weapon ho wan gathered in
biinony, ri lie party was greeted in-lby I'olioeiunu Murdock and plnond in
fnnnnllv nt ilin donot hv a del mm. rWl. where ht i now' properly re-
tieii of citizen, bonded by Mayor pentant.
Canon and Hon. William M. Colviir. "" ""I" rambling letter to
president oftho Coinmeroial elub. and hi landlady, Mrs. (1oodc. in which h
were dven n enmnrcliniiMvn an idea made the muni mnloiiicnls ahoiit not
of why Medford is the bent city of it
fijzo in (lie world oh the limited time
Would admit of, At that, it was as
much aw could bo done in nomo
place in thrice the time, for the
tttatomonts of ft ho boosters were
hacked up by Iho luscious baskets
and boxes of fruit being loaded on
tlio privato car, nnd tlio visitor were
lintoning to the talk and watching
that fruit at the same lime
A visit was paid to the Exhibit
building, which linn now tho finest
Uinplny of fruit it has evor had, and
(Continued oa Poro t.)
200 DEAD. STORMS
IT
Many Ships Also Wrecked Along
Azoro Coast Many Bulldlnas
Are Wrecked.
ntaltcil I'ri'nn Lcnifil Wl-e.)
LISBON, Nov. S20. Noarly 200
pei'HouH are dead and Btivoral ships
nro wrecked along thn nhoros of tho
Azores, as tho result of honvy storms
Saturday nnd Sunday, according to
advices reeoived hero today.
Tho hiirricano fiwept the Azores
Saturday night, oxtouding to tho
PorttiguoRo const, caiming honvy
proporty damago.
Moro than a hundrod buildings are
reported to hnvo boon wrookod nnd
tho Btreots of Bovoral const villngos
flooded.
SCOTLAND YARD LOOKING
FOR WELL-KNOWN CRIMINAL
LONDON, Nov. 20. Tho pollco
today aro Booking t woll known crim
inal, whoso Idontlty tlioy rofuso to
rovcttl, upon tlio olinrgo of liavlng
committed a dozon bloody murdors
which havo boon baffling Scotland
Yard rccontly.
having anything worth living for.
nnd concluded that ho was better off
dead. He had been keeping company
with h young Indy in town, nnd when
she throw hun over, concluded that
ho Would bolter shuffle off.
Haff had formerly been addicted
to liquor, but siuco his acquaintance
with tho girl bad turned over a now
leaf and esehowed all former bad
habits. Tho fear, that ho would re
turn to his old habits wafl ono of tho
rensons given in his Ioltor for nt
tempting Kelf-murder.
MIDDLE WEST
2000 Telegraph Poles Down Along tho
Santa Fe Traffic Is
Delayed.
(United Press I.onsod Wlro.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 20.
Two thousand telegraph polos on tho
transcontinental lino of ft ho Atchi
son, Topokn & Santa Vo railroad be
tween Nowton and Dodgo City, Kan.,
hnvo been blown down, according to
reports issued from tho local officos
of tho Santa Fo today.
Tho storm, which ia accompanied
by a driving sleet, is provalont
throughout tho middle west. Railroad
traffic is dolayod and tolegraphio
communication disrupted.
Reports from tho Toxas Pan-IInu-dlo
and Southorn Wost Oklnhoma
state that a blizzard is raging in that
Boot ion.
The mombors of tlio commltto aro
convinced, It la roportetl tlmt tho con
struction work on toh canal would
bo oxpodltod should Ohlof Knglnoor
OoothnlH bo pormtttod to procood
with his work froo from lilmlrarico
by tho govornmontnl "rod tnpo" with
which ho now Is euroundod.
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OE LABOR
'NEEPS
Rival Fruit Companies in Nicaragua
Sail to Be at Bottom of the
Present Revolution in
That Country.
Taft Holds Conference With Offfl
cials of American Labor Offi
cials Regarded Needed Leg
islation .for Laborers.
1 MANY 'MARINES APPLY INJUNCTION LAW MAIN
I AT RECRUITING OFFICE TOPIC UNDER DISCUSSION
Expecting to Be Shipped to Central
America, Many Apply for Berths
in the Service.
! Reported That President Will Make'
No Recommendations for Change
In the Anti-Trust Law.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 20.
That general fighting is in progress in
Nicaragua is the belief in the best
informed circles here.
All cable messages from Nicaragua
arc being censored and absence of
authentic news is believed to indicate
that a battle is on.
News received Sunday saying tlmt
President Zelayn had fled is believed
here to indicate that he was hard
pressed. Otherwise such a dispatch
would not be permitted to go out.
All late messages received (lately
indicate that nil preparations had
been made for a final struggle and
the ominous silence today is consid-
jered most sujnificnnt.
, SAN' FRANCISCO. Nov. 20. Ad-
WASHINGTOX, D. C, Nov. 29.
Tho legislative requirements of the
laboring people, as viewed by the
American Federation of Labor were
presented to President Taft today at
a long conference at tho White Houso
attended by Samuel Gompers, presi
dent; John Mitchell, second vice-president;
James O'Connell, third vice
president and Frank Morrison, sec
retary of the American Federation.
Tho main topic of teh conference
was tho injunction law and in this
connection Gompers argued that a
modification of the powers of federn'
judges Is needed, especially In cases
whero personal liberty Is at stake.
Tho labor leaders also asked tho
president to recomerand an amend-
meat of tho eight hour law, making
WGHARD PARR, TREASURY AOKIff WHO FERRETED OUT SUGAR FRAUDS; REFINERY WHERE
FALSE WEIGIiliJG WAS DONE.
SfM'ii im-ii foriiK-rl)' employed by tl; nmnr trunt t "i.e of u.h pinnt In HtiwUlyii h.ne been arr.ilt'i.itl for trial In
tbe United StulH 1Mrct court In New Vrk. I'tn-tdci't Tnft Ua- i-rlercd the inventus tioti of Mie supir trust to
c(iiiiunu until the ini'ii "libshcr up" nr,- rcirt'hiM. tuxl spfikw CVmimn luis tbreiiU'iiiil n congressional luvestlpitlou
ot it ini'Ktihirtiles in MiKiir liuportiitlii tluit led to fie (Ik cai:dal The uit tiuptirtntit witness before the
cruini jur In the farther liivet.tljtntlii of ilie snnr -n(w is itk-tntrd I"rr, who as a special asent of the treasury
depart :t.ij t w im tiisiriimentjil In eviiHitii; the falw wil' 'tf mi the suirar trust's dockf. I'nrr Is now In the cus-
limn d"i '.irn Vev Vrk He l rc;'ly to tell the v ml !ury ''l it he was hlndertd In UU work by government
ol'Si into at 'is' i',t..ii. and a further ttetiwulou Is exjf:.- l wlii'ti hu txtuplete story la published.
SUGAR TRUST 10
BITTERLY FIGHT
AT EVERY POINT:
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LABOR LEADERS
FILE AN APPEAL
MEDFORD
Many Legal Technicalities Will Ob
struct First Few Weeks Taft
Promises Fullest Govern
ment Support In Trial.
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(United Trcsa Leased 'Wlro.)
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. Tho
cinlB of the sugar truM at last faced
trial today in tho United States dis
trict court in this city. Tho court
room was packed with interesting
spectators.
A motion to quash the uidictmonts
on tho ground tlmt tlio prisoners
wore nil boforo ono federal grand
jjury though not tho one which in
dicted thorn and are, thoretore, im
muno from prosooution, was tlio first
matter coining up after the trial got
under way. Tho day was given ovor
to tho arguing of this point.
Tho preliminary steps takou thus
far by tho sovon dofondants show to
what oxtretnes tho tniso is going in
its fight to prevent thoir conviction,
realizing that if they aro convicted
thoro may result sonsntional de
nouncements which will lonvo tho
trust in an unonvinblo position boforo
tho law. .
Tho indicted men nro James F.
Rondornngol, tho formor gonornl su
perintendent of tho Urooklyn plants
of tho Amoricnn Sugar Rofining com
pany j Oliver Spitzor, formor dock su
porintondont of tho company in
Brooklyn; Thoninf Kohoo, Joan M.
Voolkor, Edward A. Poylo, John R.
Coylo nnd Patrick ITonnossQy, woigh
ors. Voolkor is criticnlly ill and was
today uiinblo to appear in court.
(Continued on page 8.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov.
20. In behalf of President
Gompers, Yico - President
Mitchell and SecretnryJMorri
son of tlio Americnn Federa
tion of Labor, Judgs Alton P.
Parker today filed n final ap
peal to tho supremo court of
tho United States of tho de
cision of the supremo court of
tho District of Columbia, or
dering tho lnbor lenders jjnil
cd for contempt of court in
violating an injunction.
Each of the three dofond
ants wns present when Judge
Parker filed tho motion.
HEAVY RAINS DO
. GREATJ3AMAGE
Stato of Washington Loses Thou
sands of Dollars by Floods
No Cessation of Storm '
Is In Sight.
HEADQUARTERS
TELEPHONE CO.
Manager Buchter Is Transferred to
Portland Immense New District
Created, With Medford as
Headquarters.
vices from Nicaragua .todny declare lt anP" contractors and sub-con-
that the efforts of two rival fruit ' factors for public works,
companies to secure a preponderance The' urged tho necessity of an
of the profitable Central American ! amendment of the Sherman anti
trade are responsible In a small ' trust ,aw Preventing Its application
measure for tho civil strife that itit0 ,abor unions,
rending that country. ' 11 was requested also" that the em-
Accordlag to tho massages re-! Ployor's liability act he amended so
celved here, the .Union Fruit Com- j ns to ellminato tho "fellow servant"
pany. doing business on the Ntca-nId tho "contributory negligence"
raguan Atlantic coast, through New features. Anotaher sugegstlon was
urienns, lounci hbou losing grounn ee."e-n" a. iusijci.--
to tho Nicnragua Fruit Company. tora 'o enforco the child labor law
which exports through Corinto on 'a the District of Columbia,
the Pacific coast. . Tho Interview with the president,
President Zelaya was said to "have ' s understood to have been very .sat
- i ii,. i m,a iniii. i.nm.1 Isfnotorv and k Is exnected that soma
..... nt t 'iT n .AAAmmanflflllnnii Ill n I
pany ana to imvo gruuiuu u luutcs-
slons that were dlstastful to tho ( eluded In tho president's forthcom
Unlon company. Tho Nicaragua con- ( '"S message.
cern. tho advices stated, rushed toj It is reported, however, that the
tho aid of Estrada when ho estab- president has como to tho conclusion
tiaiio tits nrnvlslonnl trovernment. to mako no recommendations for
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 29. At 5
o'clock thlB morning tho month's
rain rocord In Tacoma stood at 13, G9
Inches, which breaks all record's for
Novombor and is within three-quar-tors
of an Inch ot breaking tho high
est rocord for any mouth in tho yoar.
Tho Novombor rocord up to to
day had boon hold by that month
in 1877 when 12,31 lnchos of rain
foil. Tho rain of yostorday, how
ovor, broko this rocord and iho only
Medford has graduated from a way
station on tho Pacific States Tele-
phono &TeloGraph system to a dls
trlct headquarters, In tho reorganiza
tion of tho cystem ot tho company on
tho lines in Oregon and tho north
west.
Tho chnngo wll Itnko placo De
cember 1st and D. II. Dreweref, who
has been with tho company for tho
past fifteen years, will bo tho man
ager for district 622, comprising the
countlos of Jackson, Josephine, Lake
and Klamath In Oregon, and Del
Norto county, California.
A fow years ago tho Medford ox
ehango was ono of the minor ones,
nnd was Inferior to both Grants Pass
and Ashland In size and Importance
and now 't has been selected as tho
hoadquartors of a division covoring
an lmmcnso terltory.
J. J. Duchtor, tho present manager
of tho oxchango, will bo transferred
to Portland, wheer ho will bo given
a responstblo position.
Mr. Duchtor, during his manage
ment of tho service here, has mado
many frlonds, utd It has been during
his administration that much of tho
progress that resulted In tho city
being Bolected as division hoadquar
tors has boon mado.
(Continued on pace 8.)
J, V. Lanco and W. II, James of
Grants Pass aro in Medford on n
and aligned Itself It's trade enemy.
In Nicaragua tho report that the dif
ferences of tho rival companies had
much to do with the inception of
(Continued on rse 8.)
SPAIN ABOUT TO
LEAJEMOROCCO
Present Spanish "Advance" Said to
Be Nothing But Bluff on Part
of the Authorities.
changes In tho Sherman anti-trust,
law.
John Williams of Talent wns n vis
itor in Medford Mondny. v
(United Press Leased Wire.)
GIBRALTAR, Nov. 20. Semi-of
ficial dispatches received today from
Molilla indicato that tho present
SpnnUh "ndvnnco" is nothing but n
bluff preliminary to tho early aban
donment by Spain'of tho campaign in
Morocco.
Tho movomont is said to be mado
nocossary as tho internal conditions
of Spain, nlready verging on revolu
tion smeo tho oxooution of Professor
Forror, nunko it "unwiso" to bring
back a dofontod army.
Tho Spanish publio has been high
ly inflamed against tlio Moroccan
enmpnign on account of tho bolief
that it was startod and is being con
ducted for tho bonofit of rich Span
ish raorchants.
WILL INVESTIGATE
Ten State Mining Inspectors , Will
Work on Investigation
Laws in Sight.
-New
Mr. nnd Mrs. Fred Williams of
Grants Pass, who Imvo been spend
ing povornl days with relatives nnd
friends in this city, roturned homo
Monday morning.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
SPRINGFIELD, III., Nov. 29. Tho
St. Paul raino disnster nt Cherry, III.,
in which between 300 nnd 400 men
lost thoir lives, will bo investigated
officially, according to n statement
mado hero today. Ten state mining
inspectors and members of tho stato
mining investigation committee met
today and ngreod to not jointly in
tho investigation. It is deemed prob
able that thoy will advocate a chnngo
in tho existing stato mining laws,
urged by Governor Deneen, to safe
guard against similar disasters.
Commission Loses Out.
WASHINGTON, D, C, Nov. 20,
Tho right of tho intorstato com
merce commission to fix railroad
terminal charges was denied by tho
United States supromo court today in
a decision by Justico Brewer in the
enso, brought by tho commission
against tho Chicago & Great Western
nnd other railroads with tenniuala
in Chicago.