THE AtEDPORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORISOON, SUNDAY, .JANUARY Hi, H)10.
WILL WAGE WAR
ORGANIZED BALL
Cnllfninhv Solon Snys He Will In
trodnco ft Illll to Stop
"Slavery of Ball
Pin yore."
SAN FnANCISCO. Cal Jan. IE. Or-
gnntzed baseball Is to bo tho object of
a lcglnlMlva nttnek during tho next sea
elon of tho stato legislature, according
to Stato Senator Gus Hartman, a 33d
dogrco Mason and a former professional
player.
Hartman declared today that If he, Is
returned to the state senata at tho next
election he will Introduce a bill designed
to break, nt least In California, tho mo
nopoly held by tho baseball trust. If
he Is not re-elected, he stated, ho will
Arrange to have, his bill presented
through other channels.
Ilartmann's bill to curtail the power
of organized baseball will be based upon
ncctlon 1 of the 13th amendment to the
constitution of tho United States, 'which'
provides that:
"AH persons born or naturalized in
the United States and subject to the jur
isdiction thereof ore citizens of tho Unit
ed States or the stato wherein they re
side. No state shall make or enforco
any law which shall abridge the privi
leges or Immunities of citizens of the
United States: nor shall any state de
prive any person of life, liberty or prop
erty without due process of low, nor
deny any person within Its Jurisdiction
equal protection of tho law."
Hartman declared today that organ
ized baseball denies a player the liber
ties to which he Is entitled by the con'
etltutlon.
"It Is slavery." he said, "and slavery
cannot exist In the country.
"The player Is forced to go and to
play Just where the trust decrees,
whether It Is detrimental to his or his
family's health. He Is In the power of
an organization that may crush him out
of his profession and deny him his
means of livelihood.
"No legislative attack ever has been
made on the baseball trust, although It
has been combatted In other ways, and
always without success.
"I am sincere In my desire to mend
this evil; I will see that this bill Is In
troduced."
LAWIPHERE'S STORY
FAMOUS CASE TOLD
Mrs. Ctuuicss ntul Children Were
Chloroformed nnd Candle Set
Fire, to House, Hunt
tho Murderess.
MOUNT PLEASANT, In., Jan. 15.
"Nigger Liz," a negress, was Ray Lam
phcre's companion on tho night that he
robbed the Outness home nt I.s Porto
and chloroformed Mrs. dullness and her
three children, according to' a story he
confided to the Rev. Dr. E. a. Schcll of
Wcslcyan. Lamphero's confession to Dr.
Schcll, who Is president of Iowa Wes
loyan university, was guarded closely
until today, when the college president
related It In detail.
Lamphero told Dr. Pchell that he was
Intimate with Mrs. Ounncss, proprietor
of tho La Porto "murder farm" from
June, 1907, when ho went to work for
her as a man of all- work. He said
that ho purchased chloroform for her
several times and once helped her bury
tho body of a man she sold had died
suddenly In her house.
Lamphero first suspected that Mrs.
Ounncss was a murderess, ho said.
when he returned unexpectedly from
Michigan City, Ind., one night and heard
strange noises coming from her room,
He bored holes In the wall and saw Mrs.
Ounncss chloroform a man after strik
ing him with a hatchet After that,
Lamphero told Dr. Schell, ho was afraid
of tho woman and left her services.
The night that tho Gunness homo was
burned' Lamphero confessed that he and
the negress went there at 11 o'clock to
rob the house. He had no tntcntlon of
committing murder, ho said, and denied
that he had arranged a burning candle
so that it eventually set fire to tho
house. Both he and "Nigger Liz" wcro
drunk, he said, and cither might have
been responsible for tho conflagration.
HXCKASD OUTCT, STATESMAN,
ZU MAY HOT HECOVXB
OLD ICES' 7ZOHT DUES;
oxrs or these is head
NEW YORK. Jan. 15. Two old men
who arrived at a disagreement when a
peaceablo end was near, fought a duel
' to the death. John Ferris, 56 years old,
had a steadier hand and 'his opponent,
"William 'Woods, aged 72. fell dead with
Ive bullets in his body.
The battle took place In a basement
ot a big grocery store at Broadway and
Twenty-flrst street, where Ferris had
worked for 37 years.
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 15. It is be
lieved hero today that thq condition of
Richard Olney, secretary of state under
President Cleveland, who ts 111 in Corry
Hill hospital, is most serious.
Refusal of his family to give out In
formation concerning htm and the fact
that tho hospital attendants have been
Instructed to remain silent on the sub
ject, lead to the belief that fears are
entertained for his recovery.
It was not denied that he has been
near death' for several days and that an
operation was performed last night. Tho
nature of the disease from which he Is
suffering was not made known.
HERMANN TRIAL
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GROW
R AL
Jiuhje Wolverton Must Xow KUher
Turn Toward or Antust
the Accused Con-i;ressnimi.'
PORTLAND. Or.. Can. 15. Judge Wot
vertton, In the United States court, has
coma to tho point In the Dinger ltorm.-um
trial where ho must turn tho hinge of
tho case for or against tho defendant
All during the session ot tho court this
morning the Judge listened to reasons
presented by A. 8. Worthlnglon. attor
ney for Hermann, why ho should not
turn the hinge against the defendant
nnd open tho gate of evidence against
him and to other rensons presented by
Francis J. Honey, why ho should lot
loose tho flood of testimony which the
prosecution expects will connect tho ex
commissioner of tho land office with tho
conspiracy of Mays and Jones In the
Blue Mountain forest reserve.
When tho court adjourned at noon
until Monday morning, Worthlugton
had not yet finished his reply to Hcney,
and It will be noon on Monday beforo
the JJudge will have had on opportunity
to hand down his decision, which la to be
vital In the further conduct of the trial.
The controversy which Is raging be
tween the two attorneys In tho lead of
tho case concerns tho testimony of Dan
Tarplcy, Horace G. McICinley, George
Sorcnscn and S. A. D. Putcr regarding
a conversation had with F. P. Mays re
garding tho operations of tho men In
securing the school lands In tho Blue
Mountain region prior to tho time of tho
creation of the reserve, or tho withdraw
al of tho lands for settlement.
It Is expected by the prosecution that
this testimony will link Blnger Har
mnnn with the conspiracy of Mays and
Jones In tho creation of tho reserve and
the illegal plan to secure school lands
prior to the creation.
MSDrOSS BOOK CX.TJB KO&DS
RECEPTION X.AST Or MOUTH
Married.
In Jacksonville, January 14, 1910, by
J. R. Nell, county Judge. Daniel J. Sharp
and Bertha Taylor.
Tho Medford Book club will hold n
j reception on tho evening of January 31,
..iv. tun, ...v'iii.i.j ,i. u iMUitiiii u . .j in,.., a
hall, on Grape street, at which time they
expect to gather In quite a few new
members.
The library of tho club comprises a
wldo selection and tho Initiation fee of
II entitles tho newly made members toj
me uso ot any or an dookh ror six
months, after which tlmo It Is expected
that a Carnegie library will bo estab
lished hero and the uso of the books
will bo free.
The members of tho club nro starting
on a campaign for a substantial Increase
In membership.
The reception on January 31 will be
for this purpose, and every member Is
expected to bring a guest who may be
come a member, I
RICKARD SAYS iKING VICTOR LEADS
NOT IN 'FRISCO IN PEACE PROGRAM
Suys lie Will Pull Ulg Mill Off lu Is Conduct Iiik Negotiations Willi All
Nevada Do.iert lief ore He
Will Take It to
Frfceo.
SALT LAKE, Utah. Jan. 16. Tox
Itlekard, tho successful bidder for tho
Jeffrlvs-Johnson fight. Is angry been uso
his partner In tho bidding, Jack aion
son, ot San Francisco, Insists that tho
fight will bo held In San Francisco, de
spite Rlckard's aertlon that It will be
pulled off only where ho decides; prob
ably in this city.
Rlckard today declared:
"I will pull off that fight In tho Ne
vada desert, 50 miles from nowhoro, be
fore I will tako It to San Francisco with
a San Francisco man as manager,
"I, and no one else, will manage tho
fight. This la my party, nnd I'll Invito
whom I choose,
"The fight probably will tako place
right hero In Salt I.nke. Boxing Is not
against tho Utah laws. San Fnmclsoo's
chances for tho fight are rather slim."
of the nroneiui HiiIim-h lo
Iitm.t Armament of
the Nations.
W. J. Scott, tho prnctlcnl farmer
and stockraisor of North Hokuo
river remained In the city Friday
night, ndmjrhii; tho rnnld chnuscs
and Improvements in tho city.
ROME, Jan, 15. In an effort to se
cure support In his campaign for Inter
natlnn.l limitation of lu'iiinnietitn, It wan
reported here today upon good authority
that King Victor Is conducting negotia
tions with tho rulers of all Important
European countries for a eon f crimen late
next spring, or early next summer.
Tho king apparently In dctiirmlned
that his efforts to secure International
limitation of armament shall succeed
At his recent meeting with n deputation
fro mthn parliamentary peace confer
ence ho dealared that ho has not aban
doned his program, but was prom-cut-ing
It with vigor. It Is considered cer
tain that he will confer with King 1M-
ward during the summer.
The Italian monarch's desire to ne
cum tho consummation of his plans ts
said to have been found In tho hard
ships enforced upon his country hi keep
Ing pare with tho recent Intense naval
activity.
It is stated Italy cannot hold up her
end In na-nl construction with her more
wealthy neighbors because of the re-
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Militant drain on hor nHoureiH In tho
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KOrEBSOR OX.A.XMB PRIOR
RIGHTS TO WHICWT MAOKXNU
, .
HAN FUANCMHCO. Cal Jan. 16. Dp
clarlug that tho reatunm of tho Wright
aeroplane that nro enneiitlul to 11 huo
eons wore Incorporated lu a "illdnr"
that he demonstrated suceeMsfully five
years ago, Professor Oeorgo Montgomery
of H.inlu Carta college today contested
tho priority of dm alalins of the Day
ton aviators In tho fluid of hravlni'thiiu
alr aeronautics,
lu Urn" Montgomery count muted iho
glider and giiva oxIilliltlwiM In this city,
In tho hlr he doxcrthed "figure eluhln"
nnd performed other ovoltitlonn, Uo
nlmiultmnd IiIm experiments after tho
earthaunko of 1000,
Montgomery claims that the rudder,
leel and nurfaea curves of Iho Wright
iiuichliin wore firm applied In hln In
vention, llu announced his Intnntlon of
resuming IiIh experiment)),
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SUCCESS
Powerful
Dramatic Success
A Play that heW New York and
Chicago spell-bound tor one
whole season.
A Play of the Canadian Woods
By Eugene Walters, Auther of "Paid in Full" and "The Easiest Way"
MM T t i
Mr. Andrew Robson aannd Excellent Cast
WEDNDSD AY NIGHT. JANUARY 19, 1910
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