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THE WKATIIKK.
Ton (glit and Wednesday
Clotdy. Monday High
51, low 3C, rnngo 44.
FOURTH Y11AR.
M FflWORn ORKOON, TUESDAY. JANUARY 18. 1910.
No. 259.
POSTOFFICE
IV1AKE8 BIG
Nearly 3,000,000 Pieces of Mall
Matter, or Over 7000 a Day, Were
Handled During tho Past Year
Great Strides Are Made Twclvo
Employes at Work.
Two million, riln hundred mid
nevonty-two thminnd, four hundred
r.ml twi'iity-nlno pieces of mntl mot
tcr wore handled In tho local pontof
f Ico. nn nvtrag of 7322 each of tho
3fi5 ilnys, nccordlng to it detailed re
jiort JiihI compiled by Arnilntant Post
innstor ltnlph Woodford.
This In tho flrttt year that nuoli n
report htm been wnpilcri ho Hint u
rompnrloon with n previous year In
litipoimlblo. However It inny ho re
membered thnt In 1890 twenty
ycnr ngo nn old soap box'wlth nix
roinpnrtmcnta wore deemed sufficient
to hnndlo tho Incoming nnd outgo
Ing mnll.
Mnuoy Clnlor UuIhcm,
During tho year 11,134 domemlr
nnd 237 foreign money order woro
United nnd (5,51 1 domestic nnd 4 4
foreign ordorn woro paid, mnklnp tho
totnl number of trnnntttonn nt tho
money order window 17,120 or 49
ench dny, Including Sundnyn nnd hol
idays. Tho totnl nmotint of money
rccolvod for ordera. domestic nnd
foreign- wns I91.01S.13. Tho totnl
amount pnltl for orders wns $84,152.
9C, tho n inn lint nent out being In ox
n totnl of plocu. recelvd 1,272,420.
The totnl amount of money panning
fOoiitlnuwl on page B.)
S
WHISLER
Writes Professor O'Gara That Ho Is Meeting With Success In Fighting
La Fean Bill Now Before Congress Meets With Commis
sion Men In Norfolk, V a Still In Washington
Thnt bo is making headway nnd is
very hopoful of defeating tho La
Fonn npplo bill now pending before
congress, is tho word sent buck by
C. K. Whisler to Professor P. J.
O'Gnni regarding his efforts in
Washington to defeat tho bill. Mr.
Whislor 1ms boon in Washington'
noma tiufo us tho representative of
tho Rogue Rivm Vnlloy fruitgrowers.
Mr. Whislor's Jottor is dntcd Jnn-
nnrv 12 mid at thnt time bo was in'
DEL NORTE HAS A
REAL LIVE SCANDAL
Assessor Files Affidavit Charging
Judge and Others With Con
spiracy to Defraud County.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Jan. 18.
Judgo John S, Cbilds, of tho su
potior court in Dol ttorto county,
with otlior Del Norto offioinls, is
charged in an affidavit filod lioro
today by Assessor W. F. Malono of
Dol Norto with conspiracy to do
fraud. Tho otbor aoousod officials
aro District Attornoy Qoorgo W.
IIowo, Auditor N. C. MoVny nnd
Treasurer W. D. Rico.
In addition to tho allegations of
conspiracy, Malono claims that
Judgo Cbilds rondorod a fraudulout
judgment in favor of J. P. Bnrnoy in
a suit in which Mnlono ondoavorod to
t provont tho pnymont of witness foos.
Malono further allogos that tho mou
whom ho noousoH bavo Uiroutonod
him with grand jury investigation.
Tho alleged conspiracy roforrod to
by Cbilds is dosaribod as nn attompt
on tho pnrt of tho officials bo uamos
to pay an illogal claim for witnoss
feos filod by Carney,
ROLL NEARS
THE 200
MARK
Revised Circulars Sent Out to Mem
tiers rof Club, Giving Names of
Thoso Wiio Should be Members of
Club Campaign Is Now at Its
Height.
Tho lint of now members of tlio
Medford Commercinl club is growing
dully nnd nt present Homo 200 have
put in tlioir iinnies who heretofore
havo not been mcmbors. Tho total
list in nround tho 500 mark, but tho
committee Iiuh decided on bnving no
less than 000 on tho night of tho
high jinks, January 25.
Tho campaign is fnirly under way
now nnd much interest is being dis
plnycd. On overy corner rcsidontH
of the city nro being buttonholed nnd
urged to jjoiu.
Roviricd listB linro been prepared
of tlioBo who should become mem
bers, and n fresh start taken to
round thorn up. Let it be said to
.Medford's credit thnt nearly nil of
her citizens who own property arc
on bor "Roll of Honor." This year
promises to bo tho best in tho club's
history.
HOUSE ADOPTS CONFERENCE
REPORT ON CONTROV.ERSY
WASINGTON, Jan. 18. Tho house
today voted unanimously to adopt
tho conferonco report of tl-o Uniting-er-l'lnchot
resolution.
Norfolk, Vn., attending n mooting of
tho National League of Commission
Morchnntfl. Ho expected to loavo
tho following dny on bis return to
Washington.
In regard to tho La Fonn bill, Mr.
Whislor says:
"I am now beginning to mnko sub
Htnnlial headway on tho La Fonn bill
nnd am most hopoful ns to tho ulti
mate result."
E
PAYS ELECTION BET
Buys Congressman McKlnley of Cal
ifornia a $100 Suit of Clothes
to Pay a Bet.
WASHINGTON, Jnn. . 18. Con
grossipnn Duncnn McKlnlny of Cali
fornia, In addition to n happy siullo,
today Is wearing a now $100 suit of
clothes paid for by Sonntor Dourno.
Tho sonntor hoforo tho nomination of
Tnft wnB a strong Roosovolt mnn. In
a discussion with McKlnlny rtourno
rnshly mado a hot of n suit of clothes
that Hoosovolt would bo nomlnntod.
Tho California roprosontattvo took up
tho wngor nnd then forgot about it.
Rocontly Dourno mo t McKlnlny
and tho hot was rocalled to his mind.
McKlnlny rofuscd at firsts to regard
tho wngor with sorlouBnoss until
Dourno remarked:
"I am a man who pnya my hots,"
thou MoKlnlny coiiBontod to mons
uromont by a loading Washington
tailor.
'
It you haven't Joined tho commer
cial club, now lo tho tlmo. Llvo, ac-
tlvo mombors aro noodod to aid In
bringing Medford to tho front.
MINI!
HEADWAY
Ladies'
Furnishin
To tho Public:
acted by us during the past 90 days has, b'een ,
fully 60 per cent greater than during the same
period of the proceeding year.
- , ..
, The bulk of this substantial.'
increase can be traced directly to the advertis
ing columns of THE MEDF.ORD MAIL TRIBUNE.
W. H. MEEKER & Co. "s -'
TARPLEY ON
LEWIS IS SLATED
TO HEAD MINERS
Fifteen Hundred Delegates Gather in
Indianapolis to Discuss Impor
tant Business to Come
Before Convention.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jnn. IS.
Fifteen hundred miners representing
great coal districts throughout tho
United States met hero today in tho
annual convontlon of tho United MIno
WorkorB of America.
Although Bovernl important ques
tions fnco tho convontlon. a greater
part o ftho day wns spent In organi
zation of committees. Llttlo Import
ant business wns transacted.. Tho
dolegntes woro welcomed to tho state
and city by Govornor Marshal and
tho mayor of Indlanoplls. Appropri
ato responses wcro mado by leading
delegates.
Tomorrow Is set ns tho tlmo for
tho roporfof tho tollers on tho re
sult of tho vote for national ofticors
of tho organization. It is regarded
ns a certaluty that Thomaa Lowls
has been ro-olcctod as prosldont.
Lewis Speaks.
Prosldont Lowls of tho United
MIno Workers of Amorlca In his an
nual roport today doclarod that
strikos as a moasuro of strengthen
ing organized labor havo boon prov
ed a failure. Ho urged that thoy bo
resorted to ouly la extromo casos.
Lowls pralsod tho Joint conforonco
methods of negotiating wngo scales,
nnd advocated tl6 creation of dis
tricts In which uniform wages Bhall
provntl. Ono of thoso districts ho
atatod should lncludo Colorado, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Utah and Washing
ton, whllo Canada should bo permit
ted to carry on its own negotiations,
without dictation or Intorforonco on
tho part of tho mlno workors.
Prosldont Lowls condomnod In
junctions aimed to hnmpor uhjon
men nnd union oporntors. Ho aUo
advocated a govornmont bureau of
mines to donl with tho growing prob
loma of tl)o mining lntoroots of tho
country.
GILLETTE MAY YET GO
INTO RACE FOR OFFICE
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., aJn. 18,
Govornor Glllotto today positively do
nlod a Btory in circulation to tho of
foct that ho had docidod not to ho a
candldato to succood hlmsolf as gov
ernor.
231 East Main Street
Medford, Ore. Jan. 18, 19 io
Tho voluimne of business trans
STAND IN HERMANN EA
WOULD I K ALL
III COMMON BAND
And Show That Hermann Was Fully
Awake to Fact That Immense
Conspiracy to Defraud
Government.
DftDM.ivn n- 1m.i -lo-n-J
W. Tarploy, one of tho string of wit-
nessos that are expected to link
Bingor Hermann with tho alleged
conspirncy to creato tho Blue Moun -
inn fnrnat. rosnrvn fnr thn lirivntn
:.. -P.t ..:..
tho stand by Prosecutor Henev to -
jny
Tarnlov mado a start at his storv
this mominc over tho objection of
Colonel A. S. Wortkineton. and this
uftornoon bo wUl continue his tcsti-, rcad ,our esteomed favor of Jan
mony. Ho is telling tho story of how ' uar' 12th tendering your resigna
ho and Horaco G. McKinloy scoured ' tlon aa circalt idgo of tho first Ju-
ndvanco information regarding tho
creation of tho Blue Mouulain re-)11 ,s always a matter of rccrot with
servo through Morritt Ormsby, son mc T,'ll0n an ottlccr who has, for a
of tho forest superintendent ; how lon6 Period 0f years, served his stato
thoy purchased 17,000 acres of w,th 'Welity and has, continuously
school land ahead of George Sorcn-, during all of that sorvlco, performed
son, representative of F. P. Mays"tno duties of his office without fear
and W. N. Joucs, and how Mays de-'or
mnnded ono-half of the laud bought,
tolling Tarploy that tho nroceods
from tho lands wore needed to "pay
tho pooplo in Washington."
It is expected that Tarpley will be
succeeded on tho stand by McKinloy
nud borenson, all of whom havo sim
ilar talcs to relate.
A. F. Flcgiil, an attornoy of Port
laud, was the first witnoss of tho
morning.
SAYS MACHINISTS
WILL NOT WALK OUT
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. IS.
Third Vice-Prosidont Slndo of tho
Northorn Pncifio today completed n
toll of tho machinists in tho employ
of tho railroad and announced thuti
00 por cent of them would rofuso'sorvnnt you havo boen callod upon to
to striko in sympathy with switch
men, ovon if ordored out by their na
tional body.
Prosidonl Van Lear of tho north
west district of tho machinists puts
littlo faith in tho nttitudo of tho mou
as shown by Slado's poll. Ho de
clared today that an order to strike
would bo hooded' immedintely.
Dry
Goods
BENSON PAYS HIGH
TRIBUTE TO HAU
In Replying to Judge's. Letter of Res
i Ignatlon, Governor Thanks Him
for Long Services Upon
Judicial Bench.
In replying to Judgo H. K. Hanna's
letter of recignation, Governor Frank
vv. uenson iook occasion to pay a
very high tribute to tho retiring of-
! f lclal xho COTernor saya.
.
I "State of Oregon, Executive De-
!l)artment' Salem, January 13. 1910
Hon. H. K. Hanna, Circuit Judgo,
FIrst Judical District, Grants Pass,
0recon.
"My Dear Judge: I havo careful-
aicini aistnct oi tuo state or Oregon
iavor 8acu oniy ny tno wisn to
faithfully carry out tho duties of his
trust contemplates his voluntary ro-
tlrement. Knowing you asl havo dur-
Ing our closo relationship, extending
over a Period of twonty-fivo years,
and having, during that tlmo. boon
permitted to know you, both as such
officer and as a man. tho fact that
you aro now voluntarily surrendering
that trust, adds greatly to tho gonor
al feeling of regret I alwaya onttor
taln in such cases.
"Almostcontlnuously for twenty
four years you havo filled tho offlco
of circuit judgo of tho first judicial
district. Tlmo and tlmo again tho
pooplo of your district, irrospoctivo
of party politics, havo ondorsod your
work nnd place' upon It, that which
I know you regard now, In your de
clining years, 8 tho greatest recom
ponoo that you havo rccolvod, and
thnt is, thoir approval of work woll
dono.
"During your careor ns a public
oxorclso tho dutlos of your offlco in
ensos that woro of tho grentost im
portant to tho litigants appearing
boforo you. During such r. careor as
this, It cortalnly appeals to mo that
had thoro boon anything connected
with it that could havo boon shown
that you woro not faithfully dls
(Continued on pago 6.)
LIBERALS N
LEAD AT
Unless Conservatives Take Decided
Brace They Will Lose Power In
Parliament Liquor Interests In
Ireland Threaten to' Withdraw
from Irish Nationalist Party.
LONDON Jan. 18. Unices the
Conservatives take a decided brace
during the remaining days of the na
tional parliamentary elections it Is
perllctcd today the Llebrals and La-
borltes will be able to control the
next parliament without the aid of
the Irish Nationalists.
Estimates based upon the solid
Liberal representation usually re
turned from Scotland and Wales
place the total Conservative gain at
but eighty seats. As tho Laborites
are making slight gains, the Liber
als may be able to lose ninety seats
without losing control of the parlia
ment.
Forty-two constituents navlng a
parliamentary representation of for-ty-ix
members aro voting today.
Winston- Churchill and "Tay Pay
O'Connon are among tho candidates
whoso fate is being decided.
"Honest John" Burns, president
of the local board, Is receiving the
congregatnlatlons of his friends to
day over tho battle for re-olectlon he
waged In Battersea. He defeated A.
Shirley Denn, a Unionist, by more
than 500 votes, more than double
(Continued on pacoS.)
11(1
POLLS
WML
ERS
Orders Supremo Court to Look Int o Execution of Cannon andGroc$
Tells Court to Prevent Miscarriage of Justice Jn Shoot-
V
ing of Citizens of United States.
MANGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 18.
The supreme court of Nicaragua to-
today received a message from Presi
dent Madrlz, demanding the trial of
officers and officials Involved in the
execution of Groco an'l Cannon, two
Americans.
President Madrlz declares that the
shooting of the Americans appears to
havo been unwarranted and that the
court should sufficiently satisfy it
self as to who aro responsible for a
EE
IN MEDFORD T
Members of the Spokane Chamber of
Commerce and Walla Walla
Clubs to Be Welcomed.
Tho third annual excursion of
Spokane and Walla Walla, Wash.,
boosters to California will arrive at
Medford Wednesday in their special
train about noon.
Tho excursionists will bo greeted
by members of tho Medford Com
mercial club, who will present them
with somo Iioguo River apples bo
that thoy may form an idea of what
real fruit tastes like.
Tho train loft Spokane on the
evening of January 17, and is duo
lore about 12 o'clock Weunosday.
Minister Turns Murderer,
OXFORD, Miss., Jan. 18.
Wrought into an insano frenzy be
causo of obsossion that his crusade
against sin bad boen a failure, tho
Rov. Jamos Owens, a Scotch Baptist
ministor shot and lulled his wife and
bor sistor, Sarah McAuley, fatally
wounding Will J. Vnughan and then
committed suicido,
Vaughan was in a critionl condi
tion and tho doctors hold out little
tope of his rocovory.
HIPPING IS
DAMAGED
SOUND
Sixty-Mile Gale Menaces All Ship
ping Near Seattle Frame House
Blown Down Gale Subsides
S&mcwhat Today Men Injured by
Shower of Glass from Windew.,
SEATTLE, Wash., .Ian. 18. With
a C0-mile-nnrkour gale blowing and
seas running mountain high, one of
tho worst storms of tho winter pro-
Tailed along tho Washington and
British Columbia coasts jost night,
menacing shipping and making the
operation of small craft almost im
possible. The velocity of tho, wine
had diminished to some extent today,
but the sea is still rough and sound
steamers are generally behind their
schedules. Little damage was done
in this harbor.
Two men were painfully injured
shortly before noon today when a
big plate glas3 window at tho Pa
cific Tobacco company's store near
the public market blew in. The men.
were showered with fine particles of
glass and wero badly cat about the-
handd.
A frame house on Seventieth
street which had just been complet
ed, wns blown down during the, night
V J -'- ff 11- i .1
The oSuthern Pacific, ta construct
ing a new sidewalk on West Jackson
street across their right of vray. Elec
tric light voles aro also being placed.
INVESTfGATIOH
miscarriage of justico.
I Whether the prosecuting attorney,
Sllva, will be Involved is not known.
It is certain, however, that General
Medina under whoso immcdlato di
rection the executions took place,
will endeavor to Justify himself as &
( mtltary officer acting under orders-
from President zelaya. Tneso oraenr
it Is said, Medina still rotalns and
will use them to shift the blame ot
tho afafir to the former president.
POISONED ENTIRE
FAMILYJDR ESTATE
Authorities Investigating Sudden
Death of Wealthy Farmer
In Toxas.
DALLAS, Tor., Jan. 18. Beliov
ing that an attempt to poison a
wholo family ba3 been mado, au
thorities today aro investigating- the
death of L. Alexander, a wealthy
farmer, who lived near Dublin.
Alexander and throo membors o
his family wero poisoned by drink
ing coffee.
Alexander dipd suddenly, whilo
tho other victims nro boliovod to bo
dying. Tho theory of tho polica is
that the Alexanders wero poisonod
by someone anxious to got thoir es
tate. ICE GORGE TEARS LOOSE
AND DOES MUCH DAMAGE
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 18.
With a roar that was hen! for miles
an lmmonso lco gorgo that cxtondod
for six mllos along Wolf creek at
Leavenworth, Ind., broko today and
ground its way toward the Ohio- dr
ier,
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