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Ot-enon HhUrn city Hall WlllUll IVn ANNOointion, Full l-Awd Wlro Itoport Thu only iinpur In ttio world ftubllHhod lit ft olty Uio bIxo of Mod ford Imvlug a IdrtMod wlro, Medford Mail Tribune THK WKATIIKH. Todny and Monday Clenr. Saturday High 48,. low 32, rnngo iO. FO I TUT IT YICAtt. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1910. No. 257. TSUFFERSWORSTSTORM OF SEASON mum am EAS Lflv 1 0 ARE DEAD EXPECTED; IRA MIDDLE WEST ALSO INTENSELY SUFFERING GOLD Clilnigo Hi'nirt Four I"ntli Throughout .Middle West Illlr.Mi-tl I Inge, Imt Ijiltt KcortN Hny Ktorin N llrokeu In New York. - -f f NISW YOIUC. Jan. 15, Tho -f- -f trcnt bloc kail a mm broken hero f tonlclit after tho greatest storm -f lliln city hn over known. f Tor tlirro days tfco city Una -f been cut off from communication with tho outside world, except f for a few atrngKlIng pre ines- 4--f asses. Tlio total death were trn f mid tho pollen station arn full f of refugee, -f -f William Hdwnrd. In charge of -f f tho tret-weeplng deportment, -f f ntnted tonight Hint It will require -f f mnny day to olenr tho ntrceU f for trnfflo nnd repair Die hnvoo wrought by tho storm. NISW VOIIK. Jnn. IS. Thin city ! faat In tho grip tfvlny of tho worit tills- nurd It haa nxpertencod In year. Ten ,denth nnd many nccldontn hnve already been re tn rt Ml and It In f on roil that tho Hat will' bo greatly Inoroaaed ttnleaa a cemiatlon of tho storm contra before nightfall. Trafflo la paralyzed nnd neither fuel aiippllea nor provision can bo carried Into Now York from outside point. Shipping In Imperilled, feara being en tertained for many amnll uraft plying outside of tho hnrhor. Th llnera fit. Loul and Lualtnnln wern compelled to fight their way up to quarantine In tho fnco of a high wind nnd cloud of snow. Although In great danger In approaching tho port, tho ship found It would bo na bad to re main off Handy Hook. Mayor Gnynor, who had a narrow os capo from dentil yealorday whon ho left n Ntnlled train nt lllcknvlllo, I.. I nnd wb compelled to Ha flat on n rail road trtstlo nnd hang to tho rnlla to keep from being blown off, la nt tho homo of Dr. Adolf rtave, unablo to como to New York and attend to hla official diittra. All tralna nro from ono to right hnura lato and tho chance uro allm for tho moving of trnfflo todny. Condition on Htnten Inland, In Now Jersey, In Connecticut nnd nt nil sub urban point nro nppnlllnif. Drift nro piled up IS feet high and now I still fnllliiK fiint. Hiinlnia Is at a Htandstlll, with no relief In Night, New York hotel aro crowded with suburbanite, unablo to reach tliolr liome. Th6 United Wlrole company today ordered nil of It operators to remain on duly contnntly until tho storm sub sldod, bocnuso of tho groat danger to shipping, Undor "Ulg Bill" Edwards, former Frlncotnn footbnll star, now directing tho atrcot dopnrtmont, 18,000 men nro making n deaporato effort to keop tho main arteries of travot open, but so far havo failed. Forry aervloo over tho Hudson nnd Enat river Is desultory, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jim, 15. Hull trnfflo and wlro communlcntlon thrnughout Mlnneotn I demoralised todny n itho reHiilt of tho storm that Is rnglng In tho upper Mississippi val ley. All train from tho south nnd tho ennt nro from Ihreo to Heventeon hour Into. Schedules on ovory rallrond havo been Interrupted. Tho storm continued throughout tho night without nbntomont, CIIICAOO, Jnn. IB, Thero I n bronlt In tho storm, Throo nro dead from 'ox pouro nnd mnny uro sufforlng. The mlddln weHt rnportH tho storm still on nnd much suffering, Tho crop damngn I qnnrmou. Newspaperman Snloldes. CIIICAaO, III., Jnn. 6. A photogrnph of n mnn who cnmmlttod nuloldo yoRtor dny nt niloxl, Ml'., wn Identified to dny it thnt of tlnrrott KnRtmnn, n well knnwn Chicago iiawspnpor mnn. EnHtmnn formerly wn tho husband of n sister of Mrs. Cnrtor ITnrrlHon, wlfo of former mnyor Cnrtor Harrison. Ills father Idontlflod tho picture, IN NEW Y ORK; MORE 0. 1. LAWTON SELLS BUSINES TO CUTHBERT&CO After Nineteen Ycnm lu Medford teuton Hell New Owners to Or. cupy w lllock t Itu ICrctH 'l on .South Out ml Avenue. O. I". Cuthbert & Co., who uro the Ipmnvph of the now building to b erect oil on Central avenue next to tho pont offlcit by A. A. Davis, have bought tho eutlro slock of D. T. Inwton on llart lett street near Main, und will contlnuo ti.e limine In the old location. When their new storo Is ready for oc cuixincy they will extend the lines nnd will nlo carry n hlgh-crnd nutomoblle. Tho new firm will take possession about I'ebrunry 1. Mr. Clrunsky Is to liute chnrgo of tho vehicle nnd Imple ment linen. J. W, Iiwton will bo re tained In tho employ of tho now firm. I. T, I.awton give an n reason for tho unto thnt his health has not been good for the pnat 'ir, nnd a ho has paid close attention to hi business for 19 yearn, hn wlahe to spend inoro of hi tlmo nut of doors looking uftor hi ranch Investments. lie leave a hont of business friends who will regret his loss, but with tho energy that Mr Grui.sky nnd Mr. Cuth bert havo shown, It In certain they will handle tho trade In n natUfuclory man ner MEDFORD DELEGATION HITTINGHARD LUCK Hoys nl rnlverlly of Oi-ckoii Trom .Alcilfonl Slrlko Hiiiiks lit Tliolr CollfRo Cnrrew. Ht;OI5Nn. Or., Jan. IS. Tho Medford lelegntlon nt the stntn university at Ku geno seems to bo trnvellng In III luck. Of tho flvo locnl lad who liegiin tho semester last Soptember, only two nro In college. Tho hint Medford boy to Icavo Is Trod Htrang. n promlnont soph omore nnd frnlcrnlty mnn. Duo to nightly vigils nt hi study tnble, Mr. Htrang has overstrained his eyes nnd must glvo them a complete rest. It Is a very unfortunate tlmo to bo lnld up, ns tlio oxnmlnatlona nre but a month distant, nnd n few week lost now put one out of the running Hat. Ilowover. Mr. Rtrnng has mado nr rnngemenln with President Campbell whereby ha will be nblo to make up what ha lose by attendance at n short ses sion of summer school. If Mr. 8trn,ng did not Khvo tho reputation of being n consalentlou student ho would not havo been nblo to do this. The other two boys who begnn tho semester wero Parrel Rarhnrt and Clnr onco doro. Tho first wn offered up as a snortflco by tho faculty In order to ap P(i.isn tho publla wrath against hazing and Is 410W serving n term nt tho Uni versity of Washington. Ills mnny frlomVi at tho Oregon university hope that ho will return to tho collcgo nt Kugene next year. Clarence Ooro wna In college until tho Yuletldo holidays, whon ho wont home nnd did not return. Earnest flmlth nnd Vernon Vawtcr nre tho two who havo withstood all faculty odlola and other diverting Influence. IIII110N Men Invest In !t'J Acres of ImmI N'eur Tills City. -: , ... . Wllllnm Iowls yeslerdny sold tho south 32 npreH of hi land In tho II fas trnot, went of Medford, to Kd Stoep nnd Dr, W. M. Vnn Rcoyno, recent nrrlvnl from Illinois. Thoy wero nttraoted to tho vnlloy nflor mnny months spent by Mr. Stoop nnd wlfo In Inspecting tho dlfforont aoottons of tho western coast, FFIG IS BLOCKED $10,000 FOR THE EST THIS SUMMER Flvo ThoiiKnnd Dollar Will Bo Ex- IM'iidrd on IW'ttcrlnn Hond to Crn ter I.nko If Cjino Ih Not 1,0ft In Hiiiri;iiio Court. During the coming senson tho for estry bureau ot thu department of ag riculture will spend fSOOO on hotterlng tho road to Crater Lake, provide! the appropriation by the state to build the now boulevard Is not killed In tho su preme court. Aside from this amount, tho bureau will expend somo 15000 on other Improvement In tho Crater for est, such ns building trails, etc. W. 11 Herring, district engineer, Is In Medford looking Into tho mntters of Im provement for tho coming year and making his estimates. "Por somo time," states Mr. Herring, "wo havo had tho fSOOO available to ex pend on tho Crater Lnko road within tho forest, but havo awaited an out come of the ensa. Whllo this would not build a great deal of road, It would vastly Improve tho 17 mllea within the forest." Tho other 15000 will bo lined this sea son to n great extend In building pas tures In tho forest Into which ranger can turn their homes nt night Instead of picketing them. LIME BURNER DAS . STRENUOUS LOVE DEAL "SK-Slinolcr Kute" Follows lllm About Country nud Tom's lllm To Wed Her. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. IB. Strenu ous nnd out of the ordinary was the. courtship of Andrew Kromherx, a llmo burner, living near Itepubtlc, Wash., and his wife, Mabel Fromherx, known a "Six-Shooter Knto" throughout tho northern part of Wnnhtngton, according to a petition for legal separation filed by -tho husband In tho Spokanu county superior court on a change of venue from Kerry county. I'romherx says ho met tho woman wandering In tho dense, timber near his homo ono night nnd took her to his houso to rmt nnd dry her clothes, Hho refured to leave, so ho quit his homo. She then followed him to tho llmo kilns, where ho wn nt work, and proposed marrlnge, nnd after sev eral refusals sought n lawyer, who threatened n suit for breach of promise. FromJierx compromised by promising to wed, nnd they wero married. Thon, ac cording to tho complaint, tho woman drovo 1'romhorr from hi homo and forced him to sleop In n hut, finally do sorting him. Ho pnmd the winter In tho shack, freeztng both feet and suf fering other Injuries which make It nn cessary tp tnko treatment In n hospi tal. Mrs. Kromherx I reported to bo In tho wpods, cither In Washington or Idaho. Cannot Boyoott Call. WASHINOTON. D. C, Jnn. IS. Tho oxocutlvo council of tho American Fed eration of T.nbor today sent n telegram to tho San Krnnolsco Newspaper Carri ers' nnd Solicitors' union, Inntruotlng thnt no boycott could bo put Into effect against tho San Frnnclco Call by tho local organisation without tho npprovnl of tho oxocutlvo counoll, Tho council donlcd tho application of tho Newspaper Publishers' nssoclntton of Sun Francisco for n rovooatlon of tho union's chnrter. Including the best portions of Southern California. Knrly last spring thoy mado their first visit to Modford, nnd nftor departing with a good Impression of tho valley one of I he now Medford booklets wan sent him. nnd that fixed It, Mr. Stoop still deolnres It Is tho best adver tising booklet In print, Tho natural ro suit was that tho rest of tho family came, too, nnd thero nro moro who will follow, Mrs. Van Scoyna Is n daugh ter of Mr. Stoep and tho young orchard now growing on tho 32 ncres will bo n souroo of satisfaction to nil members of tho family, as woll ns rapidly grow ing In value Tho snlo was negotiated by tho Itoguo Itfvor Land company, CRATER 0 LOUIS F. COREA. PEACE ENVOY SENT BY MADRIZ TO WASHINGTON. Louis F. Coron, who was Nlcnrnguau minister at WashluRton for several years, again at the capital on a diplomatic lulsslou. He wn recently desig nated by Dr. Madrlz. president of Nicaragua, to appeal to the United States authorities to recognize the rehabilitated government of the Central Ameri can republic. He Is well known and popular at the capital and can come us near effecting a reconciliation ns any man the new president of the turbulent republic could have sent Senor Corea mnrrleil an American woman. .MLss Fleming. In Washington about three years ago. A former love romance of his Involving a wealthy Mrs. Jordan of Georgia Is well remembered at the capital BITTER FIGHT AT One of the Mot IniKrtnt Elections Hot li Sides Confident of Result Conservatives Claimed Yictory JAito Itst Xlglit. LONDON, Jnn. 15. Tho conservatives tonight aro claiming tho most bitterly contested election over hold In Kngland and ono of the most Important In her history. In 6C constituencies nn enor mous vote w.is polled, and cxcltemont Is at a fever heat. Tho constituencies voting today .iro entitled to 74 members in parliament. These, with three un opposed conservatives returned yester day, including Joseph Chamberlnln. nnd H unopposed candidates declared elect ed today, will mako a total of 91 scats that will bo filled who ntoday's ballot ing Is concluded. This Is practically ono-seventh of tho total commons mem bership of 670. Of tho 11 unopposed today, ono Is a nonpartisan cpenker, Sponkor I.owther Is a liberal, seven nre conservatives nnd flvo nro Irish nationalists, Tho constituencies which wore repre sented by tho 91 scats In the last parlia ment and 50 liberals, i conservatives, 8 lnborltes, flvo Irish nationalists and pno nonpartisan, tho speaker, who Is al ways classed as nonpartisan. Tho booths opened at 8 o'clock this FEDERAL BUILDING .Medford Citizens Aro Unanimous lu DcumudluK a Federal Hulldlng for Tills City. Petitions to congress sotting forth tho necessity for tho construction of a fed eral building In Modford are being cir culated and signed ns fast ns tho citi zens of tho community can get to thorn, j Over 300 names wero secured within u efw hours nnd tho end Is not yet. Tho foreBty service, Professor O'Carn's office, tho postofflco and tho weather bureau, which will bu ostnb Hahcd next year, croates a demand for ENGLISH POLLS In England's History Held Yesterday morning and closed at 8 o'clock, so It was expected that tho result would bo known In most localities between 10 o'clock and midnight. Klghteon London districts balloted to day and concerning them tho llbcrnls aro decidedly anxious. Although the same districts returned It liberals. 10 lnborltes and 3 conservatives at tho last election, thoso aro always uncertain, with n conservative tendency. Tho con servatives expected to capture at least nine of tho seats this your. The most Important of tho Londot constituencies, however, do not voto until next week. Tho preparations of tho police to pis vont rioting nt tho polls were so com plete that In splto of tho unprecedented bitterness of tho campaign tho early part of tho day was not mnTked by any very serious disorders. Klnborato preparations wero mado by nil tho newspapers nnd various other I concerns In all cities, and especially in London, to nnnounco tho roturns tonight. Public Interest has never been so In I tense, nnd tho crowds In tho Btreets to l ward evening blocked traffic beforo any reports had, been received. a building In which all thoso govern ment offices can find n home. llesldes tho United States district court meets hero onco a year and will perhaps meet more often In tho future Last Ootobar Judge Wolverton held court In tho Commercial club rooms, nnd tho club was compolled to vacate for the tlmo being. Medford needs a federal building. It Is entitled to tho building, and If enr nest, concerted effort can obtain It, tho building will come. AHKItDRKN, Wnsh., Jan. 15. Just liofArn thu vessel tied un nt the doclt here, 21 passengers on tho sienmer Cen tralla, from Snn Francisco to Aberdeen, wero lined, up for a thorough oxamlnn tlon of their clothing. This action was tmiicht nbnut bv tho thoft of soveral wntches nnd a suit of clothing while tho vessel wn on route to this olty. rinHiiltn the fact that 21 trunks were forced open nnd ransacked from top to bottom, tho missing nrtloles were not found, The crew wob searched, too, but without result, RAIN MARS125 SlUD MEET CLUB Crowd Decline to Face Downpour a And Attendance Falls Off Hamil ton Again Is to Try foe Allltudo IU-cortl in Order to Fluck Laurels From France. AVIATION FIELD, Los Angeles, Cal.. Jan. 15. Rain, starting shortly .before noon, decreased th attendance at the aviation field this afternoon, although Paulhon declared that he would fly. rain or shine. "You should have seen the weather we flew In at Rhelms," said Paulhan aa he dived under an umbrella, "especi ally the day the president came. I can fly my good Farman In a 40-mIIe rain If I can find a spot to get off the ground. The rain. It docs not bother me, for the wings of the machine nre curved so that nil the water drains off and the engine Is safe from the weatherfl The Ill-fated Olll-Dosch biplane was partially wrecked again today. Tbls time a gust of wind carried away a tent support and part of Uie tent fell Upon the plane. A Curtlss biplane be longing to Charles Wlllard was slightly damaged also when the tent fell. Can Xe X.oop the Loop? Will Louis Paulhan loop tho loop In his big Farman biplane? Though the Frenchman and his man ager havo formally denied that the aer ini w)ril hns such a hazardous Dlan In cOTtemplntton. It Is persistently ru mored that the daring wroraan luny in tpnrtN to make the attempt Members of the committee In whom Paulhan has confided admitted today that ho has In mind a feat which will nithor fcllose any other feat ever per formed In aeroplane, or will end In his death. Mosson. ono or hla pupns. was asked regarding the plans of his teacher. Ho said nothing, but instead signifi cantly swung his arm In a circle up ward, then pointed to his neck. Queried Again. "Docs that mean that Paulhan will turn a complete somersault in the air?" was asked. Masson smiled sllghtty. repeated his pantomime and walked away. It was announced today that Pauinan ana v-ur-ti for tho first time would race this afternoon, provided the wind was not blowing. The committee worKea some iim hefnra tho two aerial giants could hn nersuaded to ncrcc to a contest Ac cording to the plans, the aeroplanes would be started on opposite siaes or the field. It would prove a sensauonni dontest, to .say the least To pass his opponent, he either would bo ocmpelled to fly either over or un der tho other machine. Crowds Ziarge. nsnlti the storm clouds which have been hanging over Southern California tnr int two da vs. the attendance at the mwt shows no Indications of fnll- ln- nff T.nni- heforo noon the trains arriving 1 at Domlnguoz Junction were filled with enthusiasts nmtious 10 do enriy ui mi- crounds so ns not to miss any or the exhibitions. It la nn open secret that Charles K Hamilton will mnke another attempt late this afternoon to beat PauJhan'a nltltndo record that Is. If tho atmos pheric conditions nre favorable. Question Katght. k nrottv nttln controversy Is In vron- ress hero today concerning the real aU tltudo reached by the Frenchman in nis record-breaking flight Into the cloud zone. Lieutenant Heck, signal corps, V. S. A., nsserts thnt the Frenchman flow at least B00O feet, according to bis cal culations. Isstend of the official 4163 feet credited to him. As Beck Is one of the JJudges, his ns- sertlon carries weight. In nddltlon, he to ..nnat,iiril one of the best authorities on mllltnry signalling In the. 'country and Is an expert In measuring instances. 1 no rnngo rnko, as It Is known In nrmy cir cles, was used by Peck In taking hln observations, and ns he checked over his measurements he Is unwilling to nc cept tho commltteo decision as correct. As a result. It Is probable that the mat ter will como up for reconsideration. PROFITABLE MEETIKO IS KEXiS BY THE W. O. T. IT. Tho Indies of the W. C. T. U. met last Thursday afternoon at tho Baptist rinirnh. Althouch the wonther was bad. thero wero a number out and a very profltablo afternoon was spent transact ing business, and a paper on department work wn rend by Mr Howell. Sirs. Nancy Wilson rend a letter In reply to tho letter she wrote to a sailor boy. It wns good and straight from tho heart of a boy away from homo. All present expressed their desire of hearing from him again. Great Progress Is Mado by Members Injc the List Big Time Scheduled of tlio Commercial Clnb In Swell for tho Kcxt Meeting, Wlilch Will He Held in Near Future. In Midford Wall Xav Tlfty Thousand, (Air, "Marchins Through Georgia.") Clear the way for boosting, boys; we'll sing a Medford song; Sing It with a spirit that will more tho town along; In nineteen twelve we're going to bo fifty thousand strong. In Medford we'll have fifty thousand. Chorus Hurrah! Hurrah 1 for Greater Medford town. Hurrah 1 Hurrah! for Creator Oregonf With forty feet of water down Colum bia to the sea. In Medford we'll have fifty thousand. Let the call from Oregon be heard the world around; Proclaim It as the state where oppor ' tunltles abound;. Get busy. Medford boosters, and your city's praises sound. In Medford we'll have fifty thousand. Chorus. Such is the text of one of the songr soon to be sung at the Commercial club high Jinks which Is to celebrate the pass ing of the S00 mark. Never before was a campaign undertaken with such en thusiasm In Medford as the present one. Ono hundred and twenty-flvo new raem bers have already been seujredjand more aro promlsed.'"Men 'are'JoInlng',' who never would consent before, as they have realized what tho club is doing for tho town. F. Medlnsky stands highest as a new member-getter, he having secured 32 new members nt noon Saturday. Ha says ho has several others on the string. Others havo also made a splendid rec ord. The big doings will be celebrated Jan uary 5 at a banquet, at which time every citizen of Medford Is urged to be present and enjoy themselves. Tho new members secured are: It H. Whitehead. D. B. Russell. R. B. Cook. K. Hall. Dolbcrt Fehn. J. W. An tle, George A. Butt. Dr. Goble. B. E. Smith. Charles N. Hansen, A. E. Powell. Georgo E. Kramer. M. V. Erlckson, W. K. Lllley, L. J. Butterflold. John Ben son, F. E. Elliott, H. E. Foster, Wllllnm Welser. oJe Ebe. C. T. Noe. W. IC Whlso nnnt, E. D. Root. B. T. Van de Car, E. W. Anderson. W. XL Brown, J. D. Daw son. J. E. rayette, Everett O. Trow bridge W. M. Kennedy, Ed Pottltnger, X.eon B. nasklns. Ocorgo t. Davis. J A. Howard, Dr. Hargrove, George'- Mcrrl- man, Dr. Ira Phlpps. Frank H. IIuJl. W. M. Holmes. W. N. Van Scoy. .Frank Arnsy, E. S. Estcp. William Ulrtch. W. H. Rardon, J. I Demmcr, M. F. Mo Cowan. W. M. Qault. I Duffleld. Earl W. Huntley, H. B. Flynn, C. O. Power. W. H. Watt. J. B. Wright, F. I Ifeath. O. T. Faucett. T. C. Norrls, J. E. Olo son. Charles Lyon, T. A. Howell. W. R. Tucker, B. J. Adylott, M. McDonough, N. D. McDowell. Ray Toft. F. C. Ed meads, Harry Mcslor. W. Orr. Wilbur Aslipole, John Barneburg., George I. Llndley, Sr., W S. Barnum, Sr., W J. Beacom. A. W. Walker, II. D. Edmeada. E. D. Townoend, C A. Lux, W. M. Smith, O. N Wilson, O. F. Cuthbert. II. W. Grunsky, Fred Weeks. W. H. Kenworthy, Gus Samuels. Sid Brown. Harry E. Foa. ter, a W. Gray, J, B, Wood, Bert Glca son, E. C. Gaddls, J. A. Burch, W. & Price, F. S Day, It L. Vradenburg, M. B. Worrell, W. a Clay, R. P. Little, M. P. Welch. R. H. Hnlloy, a F, Rowell, W. D. Allen. Henry Bates, C. F. Cook, Joe Hlbbard, John Olmstead. Charles B. Tull, B. F. Thelss, W. S. Clay, C, B. B. Webb, K. F. A. Blttner, W. E. Phlpps, B. A. Hicks, Klino Ross, Charles Hazol rlgg. I O. Orton, N. Jerry. O, M. Selsby, S. T. Howard, Jr., G. L. Bchermerhorn, M. J. Emerlck. Fred Hopkins, Jamea I, Fay, B. E. Gore, O. J, Petton, A. Cole man, Verne Canon. rHILADEia'HIAIf BUYS SAHDINE GREEK St&NOK J. A. ficDonouKh, lato of Philadelphia, has bought tho Sum Morris farm on Snrdlno crock, four miles northwest ( f Oold Hill, and takes possession th 1 week. Tho place Is a quarter section, of which a largo porcentago Is tllia a laud. There nre nbout 20 acres clou re t, but an yet no attempt has been made t fruit raising, although tho land Is ad mirably adapted for anplen. pi-nrs and peaches. Mr, MoDonon'-h will plant berries and small fruit this spring, and spend t.ie summer getting acquainted with the land, Intending to put out fruit trees In tho fall. 1