City Knll
MEDFORD SPENT $2,500,000 FOR BUILDINGS ,DURING. 1009 - AND 1910 PROMISES TO SURPASS THIS AMAZING RECORD
IJulUd IV'M AMwoafattaii,
Full I'mmm V'Io lloport
Tint only i.r In tu
world piit)llHli(id Iti u city tbo
iilxo of Mod ford having a
lonHud Mrlro.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBU
THIS WKUMRMR.
Toriight nnd Wednesday
Cloudy. Monday Cloudy?
high, -10; low, 28; rnngo, 30.
FOUJITH YBAJ.
MJSDJORU, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAOTAKY 12, 1910.
No. 254.
PEOPLE ENDORSE CITY ADMINISTRATION AT THE POLL
EELECTE
Wortman Wins In Second Ward by
Seventeen Majority Out of
Three Hundred Votes Bal
ance Walk In Easily.
FIRST THREE CHARTER
AMENDMENTS CARRY
Fourth Amendment Lost by Narrow
Marflln of Four Teller's Bio
Lead for Recorder.
Tho poopty of Mudford yesterday
dciiioimtrated tliotr confidence In Uio
Administration of 190'J by re-oloctliig
Mouth Klfurt, Murrlcl; ami Wurtmuu
ha city counnllmoii, mul t!olr appro
edition of tho work of It. V. Tolfor
iu ruconlor by mnkliig It u runaway
rncu for him.
Tlio only null flcht was iu tlio doc-
ond ward between 11. 0. Wortman
and II, 0. NIcholHon. nnd Wortman
won by a uinrgln of 17 votOH.
Tlio first tliroo of tlio four charter
amendments proposed, woro carried,
but tlio fourth mul dofunt.
Tlio niiiundinont providing that the
council hnvo power to doulKuntu (ho
bank In which city fuutU iilmuld bo
(lo)onltu,d ouoiuod uiOHt In favor ami
tho majority In favor win H".
Tho fourth iwiuuiduioat providing
for uanuiimontH for liniirovuuiuulii was
lost by four voton.
Tho total voto wiih 713, consider
nbly Hhort of what It wati iu 1900.
when tlio coutout otxoudod nil alone
tho lino.
Tho first ward cant 213 votes, tho
Hocond 300, nnd tho third 200.
Thu following hi tho voto by wards:
l'imt Ward.
For recorder Tolfor, 130; Taylor,
77.
Treasurer Jacobs, 19 4.
Councilman Morrlck, 135; Bwoot,
75; Morlck'H majority, 00.
Second Wnril."'
Itocordor Tolfor, 1131; Taylor, 03.
TremuirorJacobH, 27G,
Councllinon, lf8; NlohoUou, HI;
Wormian' mnporlty, 17.
'Nihil Ward.
itoeorder Tolfur, 150; Taylor, t'i,
TroaHiiror Jncohn, 172.
Couuclluiaii Hlfort, 147.
Tlio Amendments.
Ainundniont So, 1. (Creating a
police court) Flint wnrd, yoH, 1'iT',
no, 72. Second ward Yen, 109; no,
111. Third ward yoH, 99; no, 79.
Total, yoa, 395; no, 205.
Amondiuont No, 2. (Providing
salaries for mayor nnd council)
Vital wnrd. yes, 132; no, 7S Sucond
wnrd yoH, 151; no, 123. Third
ward, yos, 92; no, 92; total, yos, 375;
no, 273.
Amendment No, 3, (Proscribing
(ho tronanror'a dullea) Flrot ward,
yoH, 12-1; no, 07. Second ward
yes, ICO; no, 103, Third wnrd yos,
102; no, 09; total, you, 380; ho, 239,
Amendment No, I. (Amondlng
BoctlonB 80 and 8i) FlrBt ward, -yos,
99; no, 85. Second ward yos, 124;
no, 117, Third ward yoo, 09; no,
94; total, yos, 292; no, 290,
DALZELL NAMED TO
INVESTIGATE BALLINGER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. By un
nulmoiiH consent tlio houso today
adopted a motion to concur In tho
Honiito umondmouts to tho Balllngor
resolution.
Speaker Canon thon apoplntod tho
following momhorB to roproaont tho
houso In tho conference: Dalzoll of
Pennsylvania, Fltzgoral'd nnd Smith
of Iowa,
HUT TlmE IN AIR SHIPS
COUNCIL RECORDS
City Dads Reject Franchise Applica
tion of Homo Company and
Appeal Will Bo Made
to People.
WILL EXPERT BOOKS
OF RECORDER EGGLEST0N
Allen Trolley Franchise Postponed
Councllmcn Exchanrjo Compli
ments and Fccllnii Is Hhjh.
A SI 1 1. AND, Jan. 12. TuoHdny
night's council mooting wan full of
inturost. If the hill hnd been an
nouueed tho city hall would not have
iiciu uio crowuK i mu woiimi nuvo
gathered to boo tlio show. Of ourso,
it wnH largely vnudovillo, but higu
cIiikh, up-to-date viuluvillo at that,
nnd franchises, committee appoint
ments nnd veiled charges of grntt
simply filled the air, giving a decided
metropolitan aspect to tho meeting.
That Telephone Fnmrlilnc.
Convinced that his prospects for
getting a frnuchiHo from tlio council
woro very slim, 12. C. Shnrpe, repre
senting nn independent telephone
company, last night infonnod tho city
(laili! that ho would make the request
direct to the people by initiative po
tit ton. Mr. Shnrpe roprosonts tho
peoplo who lmvo secured frnneliiRos
iu Grunts Pass nnd Bedford nnd who
propone to givo tho entire valley u
first -class telephone service which
will connect with long distance linen
to the north and Mouth within n vo v
short time.
Tho attitude of the council, which
ib wholly tho result of lack of foro
sight, if imitated by tho peoplo, would
bo equivalent to granting an oxclumvo
franchise to tho Pacific Stntos Tolo
phono enmpnny.
j nuioy irniKiiuo rostMncl.
John R. Allen's petition for n street
railway franchise wns ngnm present
ed Inst night nnd notion wns ngain
postponed. Attorney Robert Olonn
Smith of Grants Pans mndu tho plea
in hehnlf of Allen, hut the council,
being nn xccedingly Inrgo body,
moves slowly, and had not vet arriv
ed nt u point where n fiunl decision
could ho mndo. Aolion was postpon
ed until next meeting. Iu tho mean
time, the citireiiR nro wondering just
how much more monkey-business the
(Continual on par D.)
MOORE ANNEX IS
SOLD, $24,
T. E. Pottcnucr and F. M. Amy Pur
chase Block West of Moore
Hotol, on the Wost
.Side.
T. H. Mooro has Bold tho brick
building on Main Btreot, West,
known ns tho. Mooro Jlotol aiinox, to
T, 13. Pattlngor nnd F. M. Amy for
a consideration of $24,000.,
Tho building la, two atorlos high
and fronts fifty feet on Main street.
Tho lower floor 1b occuplod by
BtoroB and tho uppor Is usod by tho
Mooro Ilotol as lodghig rooms.
Moasra. Pattlngor nnd Amy nro not
forming nny plans for the futuro In
gornd to tho proporty, having pur
uhnsed It m an lnvostmont and bo
lug pretty well satisfied with H as
It Is. .
000
Glenn Curtiss, American Aviator,
Travels at the Rate of Fifty-Five
Miles an Hour at Los An
gles Exhibition.
PAULHAN IS AFTER
HIGHEST ALTITUDE
Two New Trlplanes Put In Air Late
This Afternoon Biplanes and
Monoplanes Are Tried.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 12. -Followitig
his wonderful exhibitions
In li vitalnnlnv nflnmnnn n'linrt In.
fimnshod thrco world's records. fJlenn
Curtis, the American aviator, is be-)
ing idolized by tho people who until
yesterday worshipped nt tho nedcstnl
occupied by Panlhnn, tho Fronchmnn
bird.
Curtiss stated today (lint bo in
tended to "cut looso nnd put n kink
into every record goingi" if it is with
in bis powor to do so. After smash
ing tho stnrtine record by rising af
ter the remarkably short run of OS
feet, Curtiss immediately created a
new world's record for quick slnrting
by rising from the ground in 0 2-fi
seconds. Then, before the cheers of
the crowd hnd ceased echoing, tho
American wnR in tho nir. with Je
rome Fnneiulli ns a passenger,
speeding bis biplane nround tho
course nt tho rate of fifi miles .-mi
hour. He traveled three omirtcrs of
a mile. This wns the third world'
record made in one day by the avi
ntor. An Alt Kudo Rccorfl.
Not to be outdone, "for the sake of
bis denr Fronce," Paulhnn stated to-
day that ho would go after thi
world's record of altitude this nftor
noon. TTo passed the forenoon at tlm
grounds getting bis Fnrman bipluno
in rendmess for tho high flight.
t linries K. Hamilton, who enmo
nnnr boine hurt when his Curtiss bi
pluno suddenly dropped from n height
of 2.r feet, hns worked from early
morning in an effort to cot his ma
chine in working order ngnin. TYhen
Hip npHinlniip plunc d 'wmvnrd the
ground u'enr wns wrecked.
Tt wns learned today that tho real
rensou why l'nulliuu only remnined
l.T seconds in the nir in n Bleriot
innnoplnne wns because ho hnd
promised his wife it to fly in tho
skv terror nnd not on account of tho
stiff wind, ns wns explained. IU is
understood that Mmo. Pnullinn bn
mndo Hi edaring mini-bird givo bis
word Hint ho novor will essay n flight
in n monoplane.
uio wontnor conditions romiun
idcnl and tho indications nro that
moro records will bqsmnshed
(Conttnuo4oir"psco I.)
PROGRESSIVES STAND PAT.
SAYS MR. P0INDEXTER
WASHINGTON,. D. C, Jnn. 12.
Roprosontntivo Poindoxtor of Wnsb
iugton, in an intorviow today, said:
"It is childish to supposo that
threats of withdrnwnl of pntronngo
or othor opposition will cause the
progressives to abandon their prin
ciples, "T do not roeognir.o tho fow bono
fioinries of tho Torr'oy orgnniiiation
in conuross n.s the diotntors of tho
Kopublioan parity,
"Tho nnllinger-Pinehot contro
versy is merely nn incident. Thoro
is n muob doopor issuo iu which Piu
ohot stnnds for cortnin polioios for
tho bonofit of nil tho poople. Those
polioios nro olosoly rolntod to tho
fight in tho houso ngninst tho rulos,
which will go on until it moota with
success,"
0. W. MORSE. EX-ICE KING,
FOB WHOM PRISON YAWNS.
Judge Howe's rcuent decision d cnying n now trial to Chnrlea W.
Morso was a sovcro blow to the litt 10 financier nnd when its full effect
was realized by Morse's lawyers, the ,0ors of tho federal prison nt At
lanta seemed nearer to Morse than c vor before, Fourteen, months ngo
Morso wns convicted of nerious infractions of the banking laws nnd wns
sontenced to sene 15 years iu tho federal prison. He claims to hnve
been mndo a scapegoat for the sin s uf V.i) street.
COT OP LAND FOR
SMALL WARDS
The Broadbcnt Tract of 1180 Acres,
a Few Miles East of Medford,
to Bo Surveyed and Sub-
divided.
Wednesday mornlnc tho firm of PARIS, Jan. 12. Nowo was ro
Osgood & Cummlngs sent out flvo colvod hero today tending to confirm
mon in chnrgo of Knglnoer Spencer
to mnko a tonocranhlenl stirrer nf
tho Drondbent tract oast of Medford. :
with tho purpose of sub-dividing the;
11 SO acres contained. In tho tract In
to such sized parcels ns would best
ngreo with tlio tonography of thq
section Involved.
Tho sub-division or this tract is
rnthor moro difficult than tho usual
run of sub-dlvlstona In tho valley,
as It lies In rather a hilly section and
has a varlpty of soils. However, n
topographical map will be tho ob
ject of tho present survey and tho
tract will bo dlvldod-aftonvnrd.
QUARREL OVER-LAND
RESULTS IN SHOOTING
HUTTR. Mont., Jan. 12. In n
quarrel ovor tlio homcsteading of n
fow norQS of ground in tho field of
Cyrus Spnngler. a well-known stock-
man, Lawrence Holnnd, n ranch hand,
wns shot to dentil by Spongier enrly
todny.
Bolnnd, who wns employed by
Spanglor on his munch nenr Butte,
hnd gouo to the field to help Spnn-
glor sot up his stakes. A disputo
nroso during which Spnnglor doolnr-
od his omploye drew n wonpon.
I he stockman said bo fired nt Bo-
Innd with his revolvor in solf-dofonso. i
Bolnnd wns killed instantly.
Spnnglor tolophonod to tho nuthor- j
Hios novo nun gavo himself up when
officers wont for him,
Ludios of tho Groator Medford club
want moro orders for shndo trees.
KING MENELIK OF
ABYSSINIA DEAD
Confirmation of Report of Demise on
December 23 Received at
Paris Uprising Is
Probable,
! tho roport that King Menelik of Ab-
8ynnlft dlcd on Dcmbor 23 and
tlloro ,s considerable concern for tho
soldlors at Adlzaba, tho capital of
Abysslna.
The old king had lain a plan to
mako his youthful grandson, Ltjjas
bu, his successor, In opposition to the
wishes of ninuy of tho tribes.
It Is supposed that tho death of
tho king was kopt secret as long as
possible In ordor that ovory means
of preventing an uprising could be
taken.
Messages received last week said
that It was generally known that tho
king was nenr death and a general
uprising was then Imminent.
A telegram receded January 4
from Quornm stated tho residents of
tho foreign polony at tho capital wore
prepared to seek refugo in tho lega
tions. BOHEMIAN. CLUBMEN
ARRESTED FOR SWINDLING
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl.. Jnn. 12.
A wnrrnnt charging Walter J.
Wnylo nnd Charles P. Grimwood,
members of tho oxoinitivo committeo
of the Bohemian club, witii obtain
ing monoy by falso pretenses, wns
issued todny upon tho complaint of
W, H. Ford, n ooutrnotor.
Ford nllogos Hint Wnylo nnd Grim
wood induced him to invest $9000 iu
n whiting plnnt in Alnmcdn, which ho
nllogos tho clubmen told him was
11 A.
pnymg a mommy prom averaging
$10-12,50.
CU LAKE
IS ARGUED
Reames and Fenton Make Addresses
Before Supreme Court, Uphold
ing Constitutionality of SHI
Making Appropriation.
M'MAHOJ APPEARS
AGAINST THE MEASURE
Probably Be Several Weeks Before
Decision Is Rendered,. Which
Will Settle Controversy.
SALEM. Or., Jnn. 12. The famous
Crrrter Lake caso Is being argued
this morning before tho supremo
court of tho state, but a decision will
probably not bo rendered by the
court for several weeks.
This caso was instituted before
Judgo Galloway In tho circuit court
hero by James K. Sears for the pnr-
poso of enjoining tho secretary- of
stato and tho state treasurer from
tho payment of $100,000 appropri
ated by the last legislature for the
construction of a macadamized road
from Medford to Crater Lake via
Klamath Falls on condition that the
counties In which these towns are lo
cated should make an appropriation
of $50,000 each for the same pur
pose. Tho county In which Medford
is located made tho appropriation,
but before steps could bo taken for
tho construction of tho road, Sears
through his attorney, L. IL McMa-
hon, brought proceedings to enjoin
tho two state officers from paying
out tho stato appropriation on tho
ground that tho act was, unconstltu
tional in that it was special leglsla
tlon which Is prohibited by tho con
stitutlon. Judge Galloway in his de
cision sustained tho contention of
McMahon .and declared the act un
constitutional and tho case is now
before tho supremo court for final
adjudication.
Tho stato Is represented by C. L.
ueames of Medford and W. D. Fen
ton, attorney for tho Southorn Pa
clflo railroad.
MINE DESPUTE
ENDS IN CRIME
James McGulre Shoots and Kills An
gus Knappa Over Copper Claim
in Josephine County and
Surrenders Himself.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Jnn. 12,
Anothor shooting affray has been
ndded to Josephino couuty's long list.
Yosterdny nftornoon Jnmos McGuiro
shot nnd killed Angus Knnppn over u
disputo over n copper prospect on tho
Illinois rivor, nbout -10 miles from
this city. The first uows enmo from
McGuiro, who tolophonod in to tho
shoriff ns to what ho had dono nnd
then panic iu this morning nnd gnvo
himself up. His story is that Knnppn
was attempting to jump his claim nnd
was mnking tlirets ngninst his life,
and Hint whilo ho wns going down to
his mine' yesterday he noticed Kunpp
skulking off in tho brush uonr Iho
trail. Thinking his life in dangor, ho
immediately shot with his 25-30 nnd
fired throo timos, nnd thon enmo off
nnd left tho body.
Both pnrties woro old men, being
ovor 00 yenrs of ngo.
Join tho Commoroinl club and b"e a
booster.
HERMANN'S
IN EARNEST
Opening Statements in Famous Latitl
Fraud Case Made by Francis J.
Heney and A. S Worthing-,
, ton to CrowdwJCaurt; ,
FORTY WITNESSES FRO Mia,
1 : , ', t rWf
BACK COUNTRY ARRIV1
Selection of Jury Completed' Late
Yesterday Prosecutor's Ar2
gument Is BriefJ
PORTLAND, Or., Jnn. 12. Bing
Hermann faced tho first witness of
tho government today in tho caso now
on trial in the United States court,
when John W. Rowland, a draughts
man in the surveyor-general's office,
was called to tho 'stand to show that.
Hermann, Mjrins and Mel drum, thea."
stato attorney-general, met in the of
fice of tho latter in Portland to lay
plans for the Blue Mountain conspir
acy. When court was adjooxned ai'
noon, Rowland hnd testified that he
had made maps for Mays' and 'later
for W. N. Jones of tho Blue mountain
reserve, as it was asked to be witli
drawn by Hermann, thon commis
sioner of the general land office. '
Familiar Faces Seen.
It is evident from the opening
statement of Heney this morning that
Henry Meldrum, former surveyor
general, convicted of fraudulent sur
veys; S. B. Ormsby, indicted for mat
ing fraudulent roports ns a special
ngent; Dan Tarploy, who dabbled in
tho Blue Mountin reserve deal; li
Sorensen, under several indictments
F. Pierco Mnys, nlready convicted o
conspiracy in connection with th
Blue Mountain reservo nnd others p
tho well-known Innd caso defendants,
will bo cnlled as witnesses for tho
government.
On tho other hand, it is evident
from tho opening statement of A. S..
Worthington, nttorney for Hormana,
tnnt tnc dctenso will rely lnrcolv on
tho official records of the eenerI
lnnd office to show that normaaa
himself did not havo anything "to, do
with the Blue Mountain conspiracy, it
being Worthington's contention that
"Mr. Hermann's record is as clour us
tho sunshine"
Heney Reviews Case.
Prosecutor Honoy in his Rtntomcnt
said that Hermann wns a candidate
for tho Unitod Stntos senate in 1001
nt tho time of the nllcged formation
of the Bine Mountain conspiracy, and
that ho desired tho political friend
ship of Mnys, n stnte sonntor, II. A.
Smith nnd Willnrd N. Jones, mom
bors of the houso of representatives,
Hermnnn secured no lnnd or profits
from tho Blue Mountain donl, nor
wns to do so, Honey Baid to tho jury,,
but ho wnntod political honor ond
wns willing to join in tho creation of
tho reserve to win tho friendship of
the, three members of tho legislature.
It is the intention of tho govern
ment, to show that Mnys, Smith,
Jonc3 nnd ohhers formed tho idon.!,
tho Blue Mountain roscrvo, nnd thai
Mays secured tho co-operation ol
Hermann whilo Hermann wns in
Portland in tho summer of lobl.
Ignorance is Claimed.
In opposition to this, tho dofonso
will contend that Hormann know
nothing of any conspiracy, Hint bo
did not rocommond tho creation of
tho Blue Mountain reservo, but simp
ly iu answer to n petition, resolutions
of tho Oregon Shoop-Orowors' asso
ciation and Jotters from Mays, rccca
mondud the withdrawal of tho mnrfrt
temporarily nnd thut when" tho soo
rotary of stnto npprovod tho rooorn
mendntiou, recommonded Hint tho gc
ologioul survey mnko nn investigation
of tlio proposed rosorvo and roport
(Oontlnuet oil iko 8.;