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FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1910.
No.266:
ENTIRE FAMILY,
PERCHED ON
AWAIT C
NUDE,
HOUSETOP
ORIS OF LORD
A Little Child Dies of Exposure and Second One
May Die-Peeling Runs High in Little Town of
Lynden Against Holy Rollers An Elder of Se
attle Is Said to be at Fault.
M2LUN0IIAM, Wn., Jan. 19.
Tlio llttlo town of Lyndon la In n
titato ot groat excltomant today as a
result of tlio dcnth last night ot tlio
llttlo daughter of Mr. nnd Mra, Gro
Pnschtot, following
arrest will follow. Citizens ot Lyn
don declare Hint It will bo punt an
wall for tlio officer to soo thnt tlio
Holy Holler cult Ib removed nt thin
time, for fall tiro on tholr part to nt-
,B ..,,.,- ;tond to th's duty may mean that tho
Jong BtBM09rl.(1B w, ,nko m,o mutter Into
hold by tho entire family on tholr own.hands. Fooling is running
hoimctop nt Lynden, north of here, j j,Kn A Holy Holler oldo. of Seattle
whoro they waited' tho coming of tho being sought by tho office today
lord. Tho llttlo child dhrt from ox j and arrests will no doubt follow.
poMircnnd a two-year-old daughter' wimn tho Paschtots woro discovered
today In In a prucaHouu condition. Ah naked on tho hotiHotop and tho condi
a remit of tho arrest of tho father ' uon ,,f u,0 children wan inado known,
nnd mothor with their oloen-ycnr-old pCoplo ot Lyndon forcod thorn to ro
on and nine-year-old daughter, no,,novo themselves, but this was not
harm can como to thorn at tho hands' ,iono until after a florco battle In
of the pcopl of Lyden, hut thoro In which tho eloven-year-old boy and
:enl dancer for olhor members of tno nino-yoar-old nlrl woro tho florc
tho Holy Holler faith, fololwoni of eat combatants.
which cult aro said to bo living
there.
Citizen Mny Act.
Offlcero nro working on tho caso
today and it is possible that other '
Fight Like Tigers.
They fought llko tlgors for tho
faith that linn been Inculcatod Into
tholr youthful hoadH and it waa with
(Continued on pag 4.)
PAULHANSETS NEW RECQ
Makes Wonderful Cross-Country Flight, Traveling Forty-five Miles In
an Hour Curtlss Will Endeavor to Lower Record
Before Meet En ds on Thursday.
41. L. Montgomery Proprietor-
V
Ladies Emporium
Medford, Ore. Jam. 19; 10
To; tho-Public:
advertised
my
JanuaTry
ance sale of Ladies' Suits, Dresses and Hat's
exclusively in the Medford Mail Tribune, and as
a result I practically el'oared out the entire
stock on hand tho first day.
H. L . MONTGOMERY !
ALLEN WITHDRAWS REQUEST IN ASHLAND
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 10. Avi
nior Paulhan mntlo a wonderful roc-
ord-brooking cross-country flight
Into yeHterdoy afiornoon, travoling
ifi miles in one hour, two minutes,
'12 1-fi nocoihIh.
Following liis wondorful record
breaking cross-country flight, Glenn
Corliss todnv refused lo admit that
tlio Frenehmnn hnB sot n record that
ennnot he broken nnd intimated tlint
ho would mnko n try to oritabliflh n
now mnrk for cross-country flight
cither thiH nflornoon or tomorrow.
When nskod his opinion of Pnul
linn's neriul journoy, CurlisR shrug
ccd his Hiionlderrt in approved French
stylo and nnid:
"Tlio meet ih not over yet. Let us
sec. thoro aro ronlly four big records i
lo bo broken one for mistnined1
flight, one for altitude, nnotlicr fo
speed nnd ono for distance
bccuih to mo that n distance fligh
far beyond tho -10 miles which Cody
flow could ho accomplished bore."
It is said that Curtiss is now do
tenniuod io give a few exhibitions o
rapid flying, nnd his friends hint
that ho purposely has been hanging
back until tho last jlnys with tho
view of making a "grandstand flu
ish."
This afiornoon it was unofficially
announced that tho American would
attempt to establish a new tlirco-lap
speed rocord, carrying ono ynsson
gor.
Hamilton, who has been pursued
by mlsfortuno sinco tho beginning of
tho incot, said that ho probably would
make Ins second attempt for tho al
(Contlnuea on pHK .)
WOQDVILLE REALTY
INCREASES IN VALUE
Flvo Hundred Dollars an Acre Is
Realized for Raw Land New
Dank and Hotel Projected.
SNOW. SLIDE TIES
UP MONTANA ROAD
Slldo Five Miles In Width Buries
Track Twenty Fcot Deep
Worst Slide In Years.
WOODVILLE, Or., Jan. 10. Iioal
cstato business is lively in- Wood
yillo. Sinco Thursday last six tratiB
fora havo been inado in looal foal
estate Tho most important is tho
salo of tho William Hook placo for
$1000, nnd tho Halo of tho Stovons
plnco of throo noros to a man from
Silvorton, Or., for $500 nn noro. This
land ia not oven plnntod to orchard,
but tho prico is not oxcossivo.
Mr. Qnrnor will put up a briok
building in tho spring for bnnking
and morcantilo purposos. Ho lias
plnttod tiia town proporty, will put
through a 00-foot grndod street nnd
plnco it on tho market.
A now hotel building is ono of tho
probabilities, as negotiations , aro
ponding for tho construction of such
nn edifice.
BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 10. A tro
moudous snow slide, fivo miles in
width, covering tho tracks of tho
Chicago, Milwnukoo & Paget Sound
railway, today haB complotoly tiod
up trnffio ovor tho now lino m West
oni Montana.
A hugo volumo of snow rushing
from ft mountain nbovo tho tracks
has buriod thorn undor 20 foot of
snow for a distnnoo of fivo miles.
Tho dosoonding muss snappod hugo
trostlos and rollod boulders liko
marblos. Thoso havo boon onrriod
upon tho tracks nnd it is not likoly
that tho obstruction will bo oloarod
away for Bovoral days.
Tho sliuo is ono of tho worst ro-
portod in Montana, For n timo id
was thought that ft freight train had
boon buriod undor the slido, but its
snfoty was roportod today."
COUNCIL PASSES
FRANCHISE
FOR
50 YEAR PERIOD
City Dads Act In Accordance With
Amendment to Charter Re
cently Voted at Spe-
clal Election.
A tranchlBo granting to John R
Allen tho right to construct and op-
orato a trolloy lino upon tho streets
ot Medford tor a portod ot GO years
was passed last ovonlng by tho city
council. Tho voto was unalmoua and
In accord with a recent special elec
tion at which tlmo tho council was
votod tho noccssary powor to grant
such a franchlso for 50 ycara instead
ot for 10, as was provided In tho
first franchlso granted Mr. Allon.
Othorwlso tho franchlso was un
changed.
Mthough tho first soslon hold
sinco tho annual election was that
ot Tuesday ovonlng tho meeting waa
nioru In tho aaturo ot a rounlon than
anything olso as tho samo morabors
ot tho council woro thoro. Tho samo
totnmlttocB hold ovor.
Tho Evening's Routine
Tho standing committor for 1909
wero reappointed, as follows:
Flnanco Wolch, Wortnan, Mer
rick.
Light and Water Kltort, Merrick,
Wolch.
Stroot and Sowor Emorlck, Dom-
mor, Morrlck.
Dlldlng and FIro Dopartmont
Dommor, Wovtman, Emorlck,
Hbalth: Mayor Canon, Wortman,
Dommor.
Sowor and Plpollno Construction
(Spociul) Morrlck, Eifort, Wort-
tnnn.
J, J. Brophy was appolntod night
watchman at a salary ot $75 por
month.
Dr. J. E. Suoaror was appointed
health officer. v
Ordinanco No. 284, cranting al
stroot railway franchlso o John R.
Allon for a period of titty years was
paused.
Tho communication ot I. L, Ham
ilton ask Inn that tho city notify tho
contractors for tho gravity system to
rosumo work on tho plpollno not lat
er than March 1st and to abaolvo
homsolvos from cortaln conditions ot
tho contract in caso ot failure to so
(Continued o pago 9.)
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GET YOUR PAVING
PETITIONS IN
If you want your street
paved this year, got your pe
tition in to the city recorder
by Saturday, at the latest.
Sunday, Mayor Canou and
Councilman Welch learo for
Southern California to inves
tigate paving conditions nnd
ascertain whether it will not
bo possiblo to secure cheaper
pavement. They desire to
know just how much pave
ment thoro will bo to figure
on.
Present outlook is that at
least fivo milos of hard-surfaced
paved strcots will bo
added to Mcdford's paved
area during tho coming summon
500 GIRLS TRAPPED IN.
BURNING FACTORY; 10
PERISHED IN FLAMES
Worst Disastor Philadelphia His Seen in Years
OGGurs When Ellis Building is Destroyed--Was
Occupied By Shirt Waist Makers-Fire Spreads
Rapidly Cutting Of! Escape.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Jan. 19.
'death trap where many girls ara
DOES NOI CARE
TO HAVE MATTER
GO PEOPLE
! Letter From Robert G. Smith Is Read I
Stating That As It Is Evident
Franchise Must First Please Coun
cil, He Withdraws It.
With estimates that from 30 to 40
girls wero killed or burned to death,
a flro which destroyed the Ellis
building today, trapping at least 500
young women, was the worst disaster
this city has known In years.
Eight girls aro known to havo been
killed by jumping from the windows
of the second and third floors.
"Tho number of the dead must be
more than forty," declared Fire Chief
Xaxton this afternoon after making
as thorough an Investigation as was
possiblo at the time.
Origin Unknown.
Tho origin ot the fire is unknown,
but it spread with great rapidity, cut
ting off those who wero on tho npper
floors of tho four-story structure. It
later spread to three other buildings.
All four buildings were occupied
by manufacturers who employed i
r .. i
known to xiavo been roasted alive are
horrible, and tho terrible anguish of
frantic friends and relatives la such
that the police cannot control It with
out tho most violent measures.
Trapped in ItaildlBg.
Many girls woro trapped and lost
their lives because thep ran to tho
front ot the building instead of the
rear where tho single flro escape waa
located.
It Is believed that vt least twenty
young women lostt heir lives on the
second floor. When the tiro was a
ita height tho hundreds of girls were
making their way down the fire es
capes, out of windows, and leaping'
to death ot fatal Injuries from the
casoments, tho excltemont was sucb
as Philadelphia knew. t
Wero Shirtwaist Makers.
Tho scenes this af ternoou about the
(Continued on paga S.)
PORTER HERE: INSPECTION
Head of Porter Bros., Contractors, Going Over Pacific & Eastern tr
Learn How Work Is Progressing Sees Great Change
In One Year In the City. i
ASHLAND, Jan. 19. (Special.)
John R. Allen hns withdrnwn his ri
quest to havo tho council submit his lcifio &.Eastcra' is Medford on
" I ! l" A It.- 1 X?
John F. Porter, head of the firm
of Porter Bros., railroad contract
ore, who nro building the Oregon
Trunk liuo down tho Deschutes river,
nnd nlso tho extension of tho Pa
WOULD
NOTICE
HIMSELF OUT OF
HIS
CONTRACT
Judging from tho tenor of a form-
al notlco filed-with tho city council
last ovonlng, 1. L. Hamilton, who has
tho contract tor tho construction ot
tho gravity water Bystom, would "no-
tico" hlmsolt out ot a contract. Ho
demands In his notlco that unless ho
Is told by tho city to go ahead by
March 1, 1910, and comploto tho
gravity water system ho bo rolievod
of his obligations as to tets, etc., in
regard to tho lino, and that tho ton
por cont withhold by tho city on tho
work alroady complotod be paid. Tho
notlco was placed on fllo by the coun
cil, tho only comment being mado by
tho mayor who romarkod that tho
contractor, by giving notlco, evident
ly thought ho could got out of his ob
ligations, Tho notlco Is addrossod to the city
(ftlclals and calls attontlon to that
Boctlon In tho original contract bo
twoon Hamilton and tho city which
roads:
"It it shall bocomo necessary at
any timo to stop work tho
contractor shall, upon nc
tlco in writing stop said
work. Whon tho city council shall
proposed franchiso for a street rail
way to the people of Ashland. At I
inspection trip of tho construction
work now under way on tho Pacifio
Tuesday's council meeting a lot tor & Eastern. Mr. Porter plans to
from Robert G. Smith, representing I spend .somo two days in going ovor
ahou, was react, in which the writer tho road Ho is today ont on the
Biuicu mm no lnierrca irom mo ac-i,. . , . tt,.,,. .
tion of tho council that thoy would 1 n.c' companiod by William Ceng,
not submit any proposition to the cn,et cnKncor.
peoplo that did not meet with their "Wo nro making most satisfactory
individual approval, henco would progress on tho work of extending
nnvo to witnuraw tho request
Whother it is tho intention to submit
tho mattor direct to tho people by
petition is not known, but it is to bo
hoped that the voters will bo giveui
a clmnco to express themselves.
Aitenuatu of biorau
An echo of last wook's stormy
meeting was heard when Councilman
Cunningham whippod a draft of an
ordinanco from his pocket ns if it
woro a six-shooter and tossed it to
tho recorder for tho first rending.
Ostensibly tho proposed measure is
intended to restrict all committees
from contracting obligations in ex
ilic Oregon Trunk down the Des
chutes river," states Mr. Porter,
"and, from roports, satisfactory
progress has boon mado on tho Pa
cifio & Eastern, but I will know
moro of ibis upon my return from a
trip over tho road.
"I was here a year ago in August,
and I am amazed at tho progress this
city has mado during that time.
Medford is a splendid little city and
is enjoying a justly earned reputa
tion for aggressiveness over the en
tiro state."
But that doesn't excuse you if you
are not a Commercial club member.
TEDDY DUE BACK IN
UNITED STATES JUNE 1
At First of March He Will Leave for
Egypt, There to Join His Wife
Then Go to Europe.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Colonel
cess of $25, but really it is aimed nt Theodore Roosevelt will loavo tho Af
tho light committee, composed of rican hunting grounds for Khartoum,
Mayor Snell nnd Councilman Mooro Egyptian Soudan, about March 1.
nnd Myor. Should tho ordinanco There ho will meet Mrs. Roosevelt
pass, whioh is extremely doubtful, it and after a loisuro trip across
would render usoloss tho light com- Europo will return to tho United
mitteo nnd oripplo tho administra- States, arriving hero about Juno 1.
tion's plans for tho completion of tho Mrs. Roosovolt will sail for Na-
municipal lighting plant. Tho pro- P'osi February 15 on tho Hamburg-
posod monsnro will plcnse the con- Atnorican Hnor Hamburg, nnd will go
sorvntivos, who cannot overlook tho directly to Khartoum, whero Colonel
fnot that tho work hns oxcoodod tho Koosovolt will nrrivo from Gondo-
ostimnto, and it smnoks of retaliation kori on tho monthly government
for real or fancied griovnnces nursed steamer. Together thoy probably
by certain membors of tho council. wu"l visit Athena and Constantinople,
But that doesn't oxouse you if you crossing from tho Turkish onpitnl to
are not n Commercial club menibor. 'he Atlantio sido of tho oontinont on
tho Onont express.
Charley Roberts ot Modford is em- Roosevelt has consontod to deliver
ployed In Phoenix putting on new loctures at Paris, Romo nnd nt Ox
lath in tho old Colvor houBO which ford university. This sories ho ox-
will bo plastered anew throughout, poots to ooncludo late in May. It
ordor tho work to bo resumed, tho and othorwlso romodled and painted, was stated today thoro is no truth in
contractor ihall complete tho samel But that doesn't exouso vou if von
tho report that ho will visit the Holv
Lana uoioro his return.
(Continued on I,)
are not a Commercial club mcmbor.
OFFER 20 T0 1 THAT
WIN our
LIBERALS
Betting Not Heavy, However, as Ho
One Can Be Found to Taka
Up Offering. ' "
LONDON, Jan. 19. Odds of 30 to
1 that tho Liborals will rotaln tholr
parliamentary majority whon the
oloctlouB now being held are conclud
ed were offered in tho stock oxchaagft
today without takors. With a Liber
al coalition practically assured the
loaders aro already mapping out the
most radical legislation over proposed
in England, Among tho coutomplat-
od moaaurea nro a resolution taking
tho powor of voto from tho house of
lords; the ro-introductlon of the bud
get; Irish homo rule,, and a bill ta
put a stop to plural voting, abolish
ing tho franchlso handicap under
which the masses now labor.
It successful la this loglatattvo pro
gram, it is predicted that the Liberals,
Laborltes and Irish Nationalists will
start a fight to mako tho house of
lords an eloctivo body. The attempt
to abolish tho lords' veto, however
will bo made first,