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Tho only paper In the
world pwbllaliorf tu a 0U7 tWt
nlzn of Medford hftTiag a
leMiir4 wire,
Tonight and Wednesday,'
fair. Monday Iligh 60,
low 34, rango 44.
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1909.
No. 235.
DR. COOK BRANDED GREATEST FAKER
Medford Mail Tribune
UNIVERSITY
TURNS HIM
DOWN
SECRETARY BALLINGER
Investigating Oommittoo As
aorta His Records Aro
Wliolly Insufficient to
Warrant Vordict That Ho
Discovorod North Polo.
COIMSNIIAOHN. Doc 21. Tho
riiimnltton which hnn been Invcstl-
, gating thu tin tn of nr. Krrtlorlck A.
Cook today officially reported to tho
coiiMlHtory uf tho University of Co
iuhiiKn Hint l)r. Cook's records nml
observations nro wholly Insufficient
to wnrrant n vordict that ho discov
ered tho north polo. By this action
Dr. Cook l branded tho neatest flk
r of history.
The consistory of tho unlvondty
adopted tho report of tho commlt
tio, flatly rejecting nr. Cook'a claims
and throwing out hid records and
observations.
)n( U Worthies.
Cook's duta, according to tho re
port, U no more convincing than was
tho newBpnpor Bccount. iuq com-j
mlttco made up tholr mlntlB nftor a,
tiny spent on tho rccordn. Thoy wore.
. ...lit. .IIII.!M I
IIIIIIIU Willi niiim".
Dr. CooIi'h private secretary, I.ons
dalu, who, represented tho explorer
hero. Ib bitterly disappointed nt tho
vordict. Ho in mnklng nn of fort to
Induce tho conclHtory to withhold fl-
nnl judRinont until tho whole of l)r
Cook'H dntn can ho prosontort to it.
Clnlnw OHiit Data Coming.
LoiiKdnU told tho commlttoo that
mUiilng dntn, which niv pnrt of Hr.
Conk'ri original documents, woro sent
l.oro from America by n route illf
forent from Hint hy which tho rec
ords already examined woro brought
Ho wild this additional dntn would
nrrlvo In a fow days.
Tho prlvnto sccrotary itnld tho moth
of Bending tho dntn by two dlfforont
routes wiib adopted for purposes or
protoctlou.
DlMn'gitril Herrt'tnry.
Tho conslBtory rofuBod to pay any
nttontlon to Lonodnlo's application,
nnd tho findings nnnouncod todny nro
final ns fnr no tho consistory Is con
cerned.
Tho discrediting of Dr. Cook was
n Biivoro blow to tho Danish scientists
who hnd stood firmly by him nnd glv
on him support under tho charges
jnmio bv Commandor Ponry. Tho
great rocoptlou given Dr. Cook on
IiIb nrrlvnl horo, tho honors thnt woro
paid him hy high and low, Including
tho king, nro rocallod with nomowhat
oponly dlBplnyod chagrin.
Woro Cook's Friends.
It Is kuown that tho Danish ox
portH woro porconnlly Inclined to fa
vor Dr. Cook, most of thorn already
Ing como out In Btntomonts tond-
lug to wihBtnntlnto his claims, Thoro
foro tho nbsolutoly tint doclfllon
ngnlnst him Is looked ujion ns all tho
moro convincing.
It Ib bollovud that tho dntn and rec
ord hnd provided grounds upon which
tho Bclontlflts could havo ofltablbihod
n roiiBonnblo bnsls for claiming thnt
tho Brooklyn oxploror ronlly ronohod
tho polo, nud th0 claim would havo
boon mado nnd uphold as long as
tonablOj,
Noted Mwi on Hoard.
Tho commlttoo conalstod of tho fol
lowing' world-ronownod oclontlats:
rrofesoor Ells Stromgron, Com
mander Oustav Holm, dlroctor of tho
hydrogrnphlo buroau; Commnndor
Jonson, dlroctor of navigation; As
tronomer Pochylo of tho Unlvorslty of
Coponhngon, Cnptaln Ilydor of tho
Motoorologlcnl Institution, and Pro
foBHor Lund of tho Unlvorslty of Swo
don, A mombor of tho commlttoo said
Knocked 'Em Speechless,
todnyi
h
CARAGUA
RULER
Madriz Takes Control, Suc
ceeding Zelaya Promises
All "New Dear-Promises
Immunity; to Revolution
ists if They Surrender.
NEW TELEPHONE
COMPANY
FORMED
Soon Bo Possiblo to Tele
phone Up Evans, Pleasant
and Ward Creoles.
ANIENT DAM IS
ALL BUT GONE
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 21.
Joho Madriz today naBumed tho pres
ident of Nicaragua succeeding former
President SSolnya, who resigned.
Madriz' recent threats to break
wylth Zelaya, coupled with his sub
sequent announcement that his prcsl
dntlal candidacy was supported b7
th0 Moxlcan government, which had
sent Scnor Creel to Washington to in
tcrcodo In his bohalf, Is construed by
his supporters to mean that ho will
bo president in fact as well as in
name, nnd that ho Intends to clvo th0
country a "now deal."
Americans here, however, aro In
clined to accept this opinion. They
belle vo that tho now president Is pro
tending to want peace in order to
(precludo ho possibility of Interven
tion on tbo part of Uio United, Statc3.
Madriz has promised tho revolu
tionists immunity If they will sur
render. He bns Intimnted thnt ho
will placo Provisional President Es
trada In n Mgh office.
RIGHTOFWAY
FILED
Now a Gap of Only Some 50
Miles Remains Between the
End of Oregon Trunk
Right of Way and Butte
Falls.
Tho oitirons of Woodvillo imil pro
porty owners nlong Evans crook met
in Woodvillo Saturday nud orgnniicd
what wil lio known nti tiio Evans
Creek Tolophono Co. '
Tho following officers woro loot
ed: Prosidont, 0. H. CnrnoB; vioo
president, P, W. Streets; Becrotnry,
E. D. Thompson; treasurer, Samuel
Mnthis. A board of fivo directors
woro ohoson.
Tho now tolophono lino will covor
nbout Iwonty-fivo miloa up Evans,
I'lonsnnt and Wards crooks. Tho ma
terials nnd construction will bo of
tho best.
Tho stock waB oagorly subscribed
and enough signed up to build tho
lino nnd equip it.
Tolophono switchboards will bo in
stalled in tho Wimor Moroantilo Co.
storo at Wimor, somo suitnblo build
ing in Woodvillo nnd arrangements
havo boon mndo to cononot with tho
Pacific Stntcs lino nt Grants Pass.
Thus Woodvillo shows hor disposition
to koop in tho prooossion of progres
sion in tho Roguo rivor vnlloy.
Ed Clanton, Deputy Fish
Itnttlo Still "Imminent."
ULUKFIELDS. Nicaragua, Dec. 21.
ltonorts from Hnnia today say that
Warden, Says Next Flood Estrada's nrmmy Is advancing against
r i t r t .. l . . 1 .1 n ,
tTTMl n est- l , i iiuuuiui viibijuvz jubl uuidiuu jvuuiu i.ino iu jjuiiu .runs uiuro is omy a
Will Carry Structure OUt. today and that n bltt0 Is Immlnont. pnp of some fifty miles, although a
This is tho first declslvo movo on .greater distance mny be required in
tho pnrt of the revolutionists ngalnst
KLAMATH PALLS, Or., Dec. 21.
Maps filed in the Lnkeview land
offico by Jnmcs J. HilL's new rail
waj, the Oregon Trunk Lino, have
given nso to tbo belief thnt Hill and
"Lumber King" Weyerhaueser havo
joined forces.
The mnps show thnt a right of way
has been secured from Tho Dalles
down tho Dcs Shutcs valley nnd Des
Chutes Canyon. Tho right of way
extends to n point thirty miles south
of Crescent Lake, thenco passing up
tho East fork of the De3 Chutes.
Tho maps indicato a right of way to
a point sixty-fivo miles duo north
of this city.
Weyorhneuscr ovns moro than
200,000 acres of valuablo timber land
in tho Bection through which the right
df way ctxends and. amlntnins n
narrow gungo line from Ivlnmnlli
Falls into tho timber bolt. Tho fact
that, the right of way fololws so
closely tho Weyerhaeuser lands has
furnished grounds for tho rumor of
n combination between their owner
and Hill.
From the present terminal of tho
right of way of tho Oregon Truuk
General Vnsqucz Just outside Rama Lino to Dutto Falls thoro is only a
Reading Ancient
History
US
Is All Very Well,
but the world today Is making mora
inUrsttlng history than over bfor.
S&bscrlfce for tfeif piperssd keep
ap with the people sew m eartk.
DRYS CERTAIN Tl
WIN TODAY IN
AS
HAND
Indications Are That "Pas-
adena Plan" Will Be De
feated by No Less Than
Three Hundred Votes.
CONGRESS TO
EX1I
OFFICE
Determined Today That Con
gress Will Thoroughly In
vestigate the So-Called Pin-chot-Ballinger
Controversy
Long Before Country.
S. IT. Glnsn dropped dond Monday
nt Iiis plnco on uppor Roguo rivor.
Ho will bo lmriod at Antioch tomor
row nt 2 o'clock. ITo wnn a moml)or
of Modford lodgo, No. 103, A. F. &
A. M.
Thnt tho Anient dnm Is so badly tho selection of Madriz ns successor
llnmnged thnt tho next high wntcr will of Zolaya ns president.
enrrv It ilnwn utrnnm la flin rnnnrl TllO formnl protest agalnBt the
i.mNeM niv ,v v.a election of Mndrlz will bo bnsed upon
..... tho fact that tho Atlantic coast de-
uepuiy nsn wnruon, wno wob m town partmcnt8 woro not repreaentcd in tho
Monday on his way to Aahlnnd. Tho congress thnt elected Madriz
now flshway, pronounced tho finest Undor Estrndn In tho impohdlng
In tho stato, was badly damngod by battlo will bo Generals Luis, Diaz,
rolllnir bouldors. At present it la be- Mnnafeen, Mntuty, Pacho nnd Cn-
Ing ropalrod nnd fish aro going upmorro. It was reported today that
tho old flshway. tho gunboat Dlnnca has sailed up the
"Thoro Is no doubt," said Mr. Clnn- Mlco river,
ton, "but thnt tho flood will carry
tho Amont dam out. ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES
"Tho now flshway was damaged BEYOND THE GREAT DIVIDE
by rolling bouldors and nt tho hot- g N Cookn7 tho pioneor
" "Lr.u'.:, . "sidents of Applesate, died at his
-.. . u " homo in thnt section Snturday, Do-
ubo It. At presont, while it Is bolngLmiinP in nml 77 vnn: 7 , ,lnii
. u4. nnd 7 dnvs.
NO MORE BORAX IN
PRESERVING HEN FRUIT
Mr. Cook enrae to Oregon in 1870
and mndo his homo on tho farm from
that timo until ho passed nwny.
Ho wns nn honest, upright citizen,
nud hnd friends by tho scoro among
his neighbors.
Tho funeral took placo at Jnokson-
WASHINOTON, D. C, Dec. 21.
Tho mummified egg industry rocoived
nnothor jolt nnd tho human rneo was villo Monday under tho nuspicos of
shoved nnothor notch nenror nnturo Jacksonville lodgo, I. O. O. F., of
by a court docision just rendered nt which ho wns n member.
Poorin, Illinois, tho opinion in which I
todny reached tho dotinrtmont of ng- Tho Farmers' and Fruitgrowors'
rioulturo. Tho Illinois judgo hold Bnnk, in tho Syndicate building, cor
against tho uso of borax ns n nrcsor- nor of Main nnd Grano strcots. will
vntivo for eggs, in a enso growing out bo opened for business Thursday
of tho soizuro of fifty cases of hon I morning, Decembor 23rd. It wns in-
fruit prosorved m thnt "dopo." tendod to have tho bnnk opon Wod
Wlulo tho docision my bring ogg nosdny but unnvoidablo delays havo
oousumors nonror to nnturo, doifart- proovntcd tho consummation of. tho
montnl officials aron't yot nntioipat- first plans.
"It took tho commlttoo but a fow
mlnutoB to oo that Dr. Cook'a ob
servations nnd so-cnllod rocords aro tUo tiom wl10n tho housowifo can
iriniosB. hopo to stand oxpootnnt nt tho hon
"Wo could havo roportod immodl- houso ti00r nWnitinir tho knnhmk
atoly, but It took sovoral days to ro- WHjoh imiiC(ltes tho production of tho
covor from tho surprise l0(ri;. indootl. tho donnrtmonit still nor-
"Tho BO-callod noto books on which niwfullv admits that o?m mnv vnt l.M
Dr. Cook rolled In a groat monsuro ,08Seti HP( nB n inviting omolot on
for vindication hnd only accounts of tho restaurant tnblo. Tho nuro food
his obsorvntlonB, rnthor than tho ob- iw has its defeats, tbnv mlmit. 11
SOrvatlOnS thomSOlVOS. TllOSO notO .thoV intend to Stnn tlm. nrnnhVn nf -f
J ' J - - vw "
-r -H-f-f"-
LEE JACOBS WILL
RUN FOR TREASURER
books woro thrown nsldo without a 0RC. storngo housos in "piokling"' hon
momoni B conBiuorauon, fruit in no hour
"I ennnot undorstnnd how a man,
of pr. Cook's roputod sclontlflo at-' WASHINGTON, D. C, Doo. 21.
talnmontB could havo attomptod to Congross ndjoumod oarly tliis nftor
bolator up his clalniB with such film- 00 to resumo its sossion on Thurs-
By evidence iny, January 4.
Ait or much pressure hnd
boon brought to bear Leo Ja
cobs hns nt last consented to
booomo n enndidnto to succood
himsolf as city tronsuror. No
ono could woll bo found bottor
qualifiod nnd it is oxtromoly
doubtful if any oiio will enter
tho lists against him.
t-r -H- ---- --
order to gott through tho Cascades.
Gradunly tho gap is being closed and
before long Medford will have a now
outct to tho cast
PHYSICAL VALUE
OF ROADS NEEDED
Interstate Commerce Commission
Files Its Annual Report
Much Legislation
Urged.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 21. In enu
merating certain amendments to ex
isting laws which it deems deslra
bk th0 lnterstato commerco com
mission In its annual report mndo
public today placoa foremost tho ur
gent need of a physical valuation of
tho lnterstato railways of tho coun
try. In this connection the roport
Bays that It rates established by the
commission ar0 to bo successfully de
fended when attacked by tho car
riers, somo means must bo furnished
by which, within reasonnblo limits, a
nluo enn bo established which shnll
bo binding upon tho courts nnd tho.
commission. Tho report nlso urges
thnt somo mothod bo provided by
which railroads can bo provonted
from advancing their rates or chang
ing their regulations and practices
to tho disadvantage of tho shlppor
ponding an investigation into tho
reasonableness of tho proposed
chnngos.
Tho need of control over railway
capitalization Is again urged upon tho
attention of congress ns a subject
constantly Increnslng in importance.
Tho nvorago cost of running a train
ono milo waa 1,47. Tbo averago re
ceipts for passengor sorvioo per train
mWo waa $1.27 and the freight f 2.65.
As gift-buying days, grow fowor,
ad-ronding should bo increasingly
helpful to yon, . a .
ASHLAND, Dec. 21. (Special)
luo printing of a long argument
favoring tho "Pasadena plan" in last
evening's Tidings and tho circula
tion of small sheets containing the
article and signed by J. M. Griffin ns
socretarv of tho "Ashland Liberal
League," was the first intimation
tho voters havo had that tho pro
liquor forces woro actively at work
to carry today's election. The nnti
saloon league has mado its usual
.thorough campaign and indications
point to tho defeat of tho proopsed
"Pasadena plan" amendment by not
less than 300 votes, while saloon li
censo will bo defeated by not less
than 200 majority.
Final Rally.
Tho final raly of tho antis was
held last night at tho opera house
and whilo tho attendance was large,
it was significant that less than ton
per cent of tho crowd woro women.
Roy. Ward MacHenry, on bohalf of
tho anti-saloon league, disclaimed
any particular interest in the acudi-
(Contlnucd on par IP
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. It was
finally determined today that there
shall bo an investigation by congress
of tbo so-called Ballinger-Finchot con7
,troversy.
Senator Flint today introduced a
resolution which was adopted and
which calls np President Taft to turn
jover to congress all tho reports and
statements purporting to contain
charges made by L. It. Olavls. for
merly chief of tho field division of
tho. land office, against Secretary
of the Interior Balllnger.
Ballingcr Asks It.
After the resolution was adopted.
Senator Jones of Washington read
before the senate a letter from Bal
llnger demanding in the strongest
terms a thorough investigation of his
department and the - forest service.
Senator Jones declared that he would
offer a resolution calling for tho In
vestigation immediately after tho hol
idays.
Wants It Thorough.
In tho letter Balllnger wrote to
,Senator Jone3 he said in part:
"Any Investigation by congress of
tho interior department and Its offi
cers should bo sufficiently broad and
far-reaching to allay all suspicions,
criticisms and representations of cor
ruption and Improper practices here
tofore charged ngalnst the adminis
tration and therefore further, such
an Investigation should mbraco the
forest service, slnc0 w have reason
to believe that the precautions and
activity of Its officers have been the
source of Inspirations of these chargo
and involve In common tho adminis
trations of the public domain.
Best Interest Require- It,
"Tho best Interests of the Interior
department require a broad and thor
ough-going investigation, and I assure
you that It cannot be too broad to
suit me, and those under mo who
have likewise suffered indignities and
unjust censure by tho deliberate mis
representations of tacts and who
court and will demand Inquiry by
congress, and slnco you have stated
your desire to aid mo In establishing
before congress tho injustice of the
attacks which have been mad?
You. May Well Be Proud
-of-
Medford's Stores!
Medford 's stores aro bigger, better, more interest
ing this month than ever before in the city's history.
Never before were so many of life's needed things
offered for sale in this city never before were tho
offerings more 'tempting."
. The stores bring to our doors the best things tho
workers of the world make the newest ideas tho
best efforts of the makers of useful things to assuro
creature comfort in tho home, increasing self-respoct
as to apparel, and purer and better food.
The stores, at this season, carry the city's Christ
mas cheer on their counters tho gifts that aro to ce
ment friendships, to brighten gray lives, to gladden
tho children and warm the hearts of tho old.
Tho storo ads aro tho best and timeliest reading
matter to be found for thoy carry real news for
ovory person who expects to buy a gift, oven of tho
smallest kind, during these gift-giving days.