iTrcqon Hlilorleri Sodety riw Mall ft 'i f United I'H'nn AsMoclatloii. "It leased Who Report Tho only pppor In tho wirld tuiMlHluhl In n city tho hIku of Medford having; a h.nitod wlro. Medford Mail Tribune THE AVKATHKR. Today nnd Monday, Cloudy. Saturday High 02, low 41, rango 53. FOOTtTIJ YEAR. MEDFORD, OKJWON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1910. No. 263. CRUSADE AGAINST INFLATED PRICES GROWS GIGANTIC LABOR UNIONS, NATION WIDE, LEND IMPETUS TO MOVEMENT S WAR WILL MANY HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS SPURN MEAT NEXT MONDAY ON TRUST PEN 31 DEAD RESULT OF STORM IN FRANCE Movement Started In Cleveland Federal (Irani! Jury Will Mirt Mon HpreiuN Like Wlhlflrt- livery uhero Idea In Favored -In Some I'ltkm Price of Men I In Iiwered. tiny lfr Inlllnl Move in (Jovern iiii'iit'N Second Fight to Hreuk AN leged Combination of Parkers. Feared That Death Lint Will Ho GmUly Increased AVhen Full Ho. construction worK on tho rmmonse port Are In Hundred of Arm Irrigation system which will eventually ... . ....i.e. , piace t,vuu noros or iwgue iiivcr vni III Country District Submerged. ,ey ,.,, ,,- irrigation. . c... mated cost of SI. 250,000, wilt start on February 1, according to an announce- (MIlr'Ann Inn Will, .11,... PAIMH. Inn ?5 TMrv.nn.. n.r.nn. I ment mmln from thn lftMl nffle.x- nf A A I . ...... ... ........ ...... ... - "" I " . " TT -rTT-r-r-r-rTTT-r-TTTT l lawyer for tint ChlcaKO mnt uicers we dead an tho result of tho floods that I tho syndicate hnndllng the proposition i iinrrvinir iiiwiirii hub rn v r uraii iv 11a vn wriii iiiiiiitrii iiiifi pnmnrii urnnriiniiiiuiuur. i un iirit huik iiii iin inn I - ' ' " ' " - -- . ...... . , ,- - 'It II... . ...... A . - . . .. I IV0RKBE6INS SYSTEM PETITIONS FILED FOR PAVING OF TEN MILES OF CITY'S STREETS Plant of S?v Irrigation Company Heath Such n I'olnt Tlmt Construc tion Work 'Will Soon Start 55,- r 000 Acres of Valley jUnd Arc to He Plnced Under Irrigation. . I licrr. tho federal gran 1 ;ury Is matting during tho Inst three' days, nccordlng .... preparations today to incut nmt Monday , to advices received here today. News ' I II .1 ........ ... ... . 1 . t. . . I . f workmen which started tho rent -f l'or ",0 '","01 movrment In tho tfovurn from tho stricken sections, however. Is kkiIm,! hl'iI.i it.., i.i,-t, t I nieiit's second M k tl,rht to hrn. nu meoeer, and It Is feared that tho mim- ...... .... i.. i , ..... i ...i.i it... .... ... . . .... . ..... ,.. ..... uiivHi-, vuiuuiiiiKiwii iii nu agners in uur ui cnniiaiiivs win Keaiiy exceeu innlntaln high prices for innts. that number. United Htntert District Attorney Klmit Althouch the swollen rivers am still will open n criminal prosecution of tho rlslne, there Is liopo that tho hluli-water packers with the presentation of n larKe mark wilt be reach od before tomorrow niMit throuKhuul the oountry. ''We, as waitO'carners, aro will Ink to assist thn slultt nnd mil ntulpalltlca In prohlnir Into the IiIkIi cost of llvlnir. purtlaularly thn co.it of moat, which Is almost prohibitive. "This niiitatlon can best bo- . nmounl of datn uathrred by himself nnd Tho rains have ceased, but tho rivers inn i.nni.iiiui. a ui 111 I'KHveriuiieui nra ueuit. ten irom sinmier sireanis. Intends n vlKorous and hard fouKht cam- Knnrmous damaRo was done In nnd come effeotlvo by refralnlUK ,1,,K" """"en 10 e snuwn oy mo nrounu mis cuy. ino wans oi mo from ealllit invot for ft period of -I I'ruceuuro linn iot mo J'nris onu urieans rnnwuy tunnel, which JO itays. .I1'"10 keen made secondary to the crlm-. was flooded yesterday, were creatly "If this does not brlnif tho t . . weuiicnei ami enKineers who oxnmincu wuiui igmu urn, mem expiesseii mo lear inai incy wouiu Hints has scores of witnesses hero collapse. Traffic In tho metropolitan who hnvo been worklnx secretly for subway Is partially tied up today several months. These aro expected to Vlneyardlsts and small farmers suf- KO at onco before tho ifrnnd Jury and It fercd severely Hundreds of acres In (Continued on pass 4.) the country districts wero submersed. price of meat within the means of poor people, thu we will re frain from eatlns meat for CO days. "We, as citizens, do hereby ask our representatives In each counollmunlo district and the legislative bodies to keep 'this aultatlon uppermost In their minds and actions until the re sult manifests Itself. "W'a ask tho co-operation of all proplii who lira Interested In fair play and tho future of our otherwise prosperous oountry." f 4 FANATIC ADJUDGED INSA MASONS DECIDE SITE ON EAST N MA Will Krect 950,000 Hulldlns Where Merriumu'M Illuckuniltli Shop Stood Money In Sight nnd Work Will Start in Xear Future. VALLEY CHARMS I DEAD SPOKANE BOOSTER II. J. Xeely, Vice-President Xntlorml Apple Show nnd President of 150,- 000 Club of Spokane, Greatly Pleased "With Rogno Itlver Valley. ,i a. meeting or Medford lodee. So. Sookano'a chief booster. IT. 3. viv. 103, A. F. & A. St., Friday evcnlnc ,tl whoso signature, by the wav nmuarirt was decided to purchase tho Trail lot on the check won by Tronson & Guthrlo on East Main street, where tho black-'at the National Annie fihow as vl smith shop of George Merriman new ' president of the show, has been visiting situated, and to erect a building, il.e ' Medford, for tho past few days and Is total cost being In tho neighborhood o: charmed by city and valley. Mr. Neely 150,000. A largo portion of the monev has long been Identified with the Boost has been subscribed and work will soon ' ers' Club of Spokane and Is at, present be under way. 'president of the 160.000 Club of that It Is the Intention of the lodce to cltv. erect a three-story building, prejssd i "I am ereatlv nlenl with what T brick front, steam heated, full basre- havo seen of your valley," states Mr. ment and modwern In every respect. Necly, "and I feet that I must come Work Is to be started as early In the back and ret some of vour fruit land. spring as possible. Tho top floor will I have seldom been so impressed by bo fitted as a lodge room and In addl- natural conditions as I have been here. Hon to a banquet hall, a smoking room. "Medford has a great future. Your library and other features will bo add- city la bound to grow with the resources vu, maKing u a noma xor members of It has back of it. Although the year 1S10 la still young, Medford has set a mark, -f in municipal improvement which 4 probably lias never been equal- eu oy any city of 7500 in the world, and which no other city in the northwest can show. Dur ing the past two, weeks petitions for paving have come in until the total' on file when tha recorder's office closed last evening repre sent a. total of over ten miles of the city's streets. This work is all to bo dono this summer. Medford has nearly three miles of pavement at the present time and it Is believed that by fall T flrwl tnonv. I T 1UII7 i miieS 01 IHO CltY'S tho Siosonlc order. neonio hero and t to tht ,. ,ov.-f streets will bo paved. This is the first lodge building to chosen wisely. You certainly have a live l Faring 300 feet to a block; be put under way In Medford. It Is un- bunch of-boosters here, and I say this. tho PUtlons on file represent. (der8tood that tho Odd Tcllows and Slks in spite of tha fact that I conic from thoi PavlnS " cy blocks. .aro also contemplating building. place which contains none but boosters." , 4- - EMAND IS MUCH RATER THAN EXPECTED SJayor Canon nnd Councilman Weldi Leave Todny for California to In terest I'a-lng Continuity in Loco Field Much Work to He Hone. f .Man Who, Nude, With Fntnlly, Sat on Housetop to A wait Coming of the Iortl, In Committed to Anyltttit Wife It ANo So DlNttosed of Sahl HIn Children Were "Po.HeHM-tl of Spirit of Hevll." I HAN 1'ltANClHCO, Jan. 52. Declar ing that the price of meat In Han Fran cisco Is no hlghor today than at corre sponding dates for years past, Juf- feron (1. James, a wholesale meat deal er, today asserted that thorn Is no meat !,. I.. rniir...,.i h.i.i am 1im ,.iti , MHIIIWIIIIII ...... l I W III VI I,...,,, .1.... ...... . . . . , . ...., 1,,. ml Vm. nn,,.,tlll,.i, ..Tl.t. nmnni. thu " "ftu "wei.iru 10 jmii. wholesalers. Tho advance In prices Lena, my little daughter, front mo and noted at this season of tho year, ho said, I held her tight. Sho kicked and Is due only tc tho scarcity of beef on screamed nnd stl'ffencd nnd struggled tho ranges and not to pr.unedltnted at- ko n ,,ov poj..oj ncr, x wna try. iuiiiih on inn imri ui uiu uwiiurn . to cot tho dovll out of her " IIOIU up 1 110 llgurt'S. So testified OenrL-i. l'enlnt. th fannl. I.eroy Hough, vice-president of tho icn, ..,,... Holipr.. wh ...lth western irai company, corrouoraicu nm, two sm(.,i chn,irn. wn. tounA OI, james sum-munis. no iieciareu Mini ttm roof of tho lWnt hnmn near I.m meat prices in mis city navo noi ex- ,ion nWniiinir tho end of the world. !. coded a normal flguro and nro lower jU(jC0 Hardin's department of the su- limn in any oini-r l acuio iw.i cuy. iKjrIor court wh lo belnc examined for o uomoinauon. i.i. -ntv todav. ino peopio oi mis cuy aro 10 nn Jiidiro Wiiti Aiinr, conKraiuiaiiMt inai inoy nro noi ueing ju.liro itUP,ii. moved to wrath bv the FHKI x. cuJmixgs Whost oL'or s lot" t tho foundation of the iv.tdlcate wit It J. vIU build an I.Tigntlon system la the Rogue rlvor valley uneqailed In 'ho northwest. I overhauling nnd repairing of tho main canal from Llttlo llutto creek to the oha'rged exorbitant prices for meat," ,ic,cr,,tlon of Daby Martol's death and HoiiKh said. "Tho reason they are not . onft.a torturo by her father. reutlM: Is becnuso then. Is no combination hero ..j x ,lfttl ,,oen ro wh KOO(, nntiiitg mi., wnoiesniers. uocnuso oi Mie , x wou,a ,myo move(, a Mov or .'.inuiiK nrcii tiiii..iiui.iu, mrui yunin two ollt 0f you j B10rt order " i cents per poumi ess nr on nn av- At Ul0 000mslon of tho oxa.t.hmtlon erogo than It does In Los Angoles. Tit- of 1Vatot ln ,ha cour,room ui of Mrs. coma, Han Dlego, Portland or Heattle. restot ,n tno coulthoue Jail, Mio tx- N "Thero In a marked scarcity of live- stocu on tno consi una year, ami many smaller cities have scoured portions o tho supply that should go to tho larger centers, Kxpenses of .feeding cattlo nt this Uine of year Is high and tlmt con tributes to thn general advance In prices In many cities. Han Francisco has not suffered from these conditions, how ever, nor hnvo other const allies to any nppreclnhlo extent." HKliLINOHAM, Wash., Jan. 2!. nmltlng physician, toporiod the cout' "radshaw drop, and then tho rccon- Hi.it both nro Insau. and nti-.i nnd wife "tructton or what Is Known as the Hop were ordered connnUtjd to iho theil.t-Mna lateral. coom Insane asylum. I uwing to tho limited time that the Tho hearing of Putot was marked by "ulor can 00 KW irom tno main oanai. tha queer comblnatloT of tr.tr.nUnifi 1,10 company finds It Impossible at this nn tusnnlty dlplavd by Tostot. "mo to reconstruct the main canal, but Imbued With the Devil. I" wm 00 inorougiuy Cleaned and some Tho lunatlo blaei...! alt his troubles Improvements made. Tho Hopkins lot- on tho beliefs of tho Holy ItolVr cult era!, however, will be built larger, tho nnd on his following them and thus work bel,,B ot R Permanent nature, bocomlnu Imbued with tho "snlrlt of the The new syndicate hns not entirely dovll." 0000 organlxed, tho final steps not ns "Tho Blblo and truo rellulon never having been taken. This will be drove a man Insane." ho declared. "It arrangoa in tno near future. was when wo followed this false doc- company plans a great work In trine that my wlfo had delusions and I tho valloy. When its system Is com hypnotized mo into doing fooilsli lted It will have over 250 miles, of things." laterals In tho valley, placing 55,000 But although ho seemed to havo re- ncros unr Irrigation, covered from tho belief that ho would , or niany months tred N. Cummlngs bo taken up to heaven by a fiery clur- ,m8 becn nl wrk on the project and lot. that tho world was comlne to an nw "I" Plans glvo promise of a suc- end nnd that ho must strip himself nak- cessful culmination. He has already ex- ed to meet his maker, Pestot was ovl- ',enl"" 'n preliminary surveys dently far from sane. nml "tost cnthuslaatlo regarding the ruiuro, TWO OR DIE IN WRECK Train Leaves Soft Track on C. P. Railroad and Plunges Into Rive: Three Conches Submerged Drowning Occupants Like Rats Feared Heath List AVill Reach Total of 07. SAULT STK. MARIE. Ont., Jan. 22. of tho forward part of tho train, but Late this evening tho Canadian offl- broke under the pressure and sent a first cmis sam inai j. persons wero Known class coach, a second class coach, a to be dead In tho wreck of the Montreal- sleeper and a diner plunging down the Minneapolis express. embankment toward the Spanish river. .From the number missing it is cstl-l Coach Shattered, mated that tho death list may reach! Tho second coach was shatter,! h.. as high us C7. ' sleeper turned over on it bU1 wt.it.. Thirty-seven passengers were Injured. , tho first class coach was hurled etonr Several of them are expected to die. ;lnto the stream and went Into the rlv- ItDDY MUST WRITE BLIZZARD SWEEPS THREE BANKS Will BOOK THIS TIME' STATE OF OHIO HANDLE CITY FUNDS Parents of Triplets Who Received n letter From Roosevelt Now PoNsea.s Quadruplets. Tacoma Takes It Up. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 22.Tho Pion eer Improvement club of Tacoum has called u meotlng for tonight to tulco un. tno -no mcai propnganna' wnton sinn ed In Cleevlnnd and Is gaining hendway an over tno country At tonight's moot- tj0.S ANQHLKS. Cnl Jan. 22, W. AV, oV en r nr , : " w.on .d i of 2010 Magnoim sons who will pledge themselves not to nvonuo, who rocelvo.l a congratulatory ont meat for BO days. lottor from TltLOdoro IIoobovoU whoa Ministers to Act, trlnlots weru born to Mis. Wilson dur- TIlO mllllHters of tho city nro reported ! thn fnrmnr nrnsldent admlnlBlrn. to be planning n Ullltod meeting for Hon. aro the nroud nnrents of niindrmi. nosi wci'K. 111 which nine tun period lotSi Tw0 nro boys nnd two nro blrls, noyooii win no inorougiuy iiisoussea priOP to tho arrival of tho four mill Homo (lotion tnKen. THO subject Will honnolnir vounirHtors vestordav. Mrs nlso bo tnknn up by tho central labor wilson had given birth to trlplots on council Wednesday night. two occasions, and onco to twins, All tho ohlldron wero born within tho last to Kauo on Bean. Initio years, VKNTUIIA, Cal., Jan. 22. With thou- Tho first "sot" of trlplots died. Ono snnda of peoplo abstaining from moat llttlo lad, 4 yenrs of ago, Is tho only with tho vlow of compelling tho butch- surviving of tho second trio, Two twins ors to lower tholr prlcos, It was nnnouno- now nro protty llttlo girls of 0 years rd todny hero thnt tho Lima Ilcnn Whon tho first trlplots wero old QroworB' nssoolatlon whlah controls nil enough to bo oxhlbltod on tho stroot by tho nenna in tno country, exoopt 125,- tholr fathor and mother, threo go-enrts 000 sacks, IntondB to hold for n rnlso woro dismantled, fastonott abronst, and In tho prices uoforo soiling. heavy wheels nttaohed to tho outsldo (Continued on pago B.) ' xlcs. Wilson stated today, thnt an ox- ItejKirts of Fatalities Hegliitilug Come In From All Sections Snow Causes n Fatal Wreck. Special Meeting of tho Council Friday Afternoon Divides City Funds Hetween Three Ranks. CLEVELAND, 0 Jan. 22. HeportB A special mooting of tho city touncll of fatalities and accidents nro begin- W08 1,oUl Friday nfternoiu at which nlng to oomo In from all parts of Ohio, , , "7. , ,. , . '. M " ' privilege of handling tho city funds luiiunmii iuu niu ui u uuzzaru wnicu I weor opened. Is sweeping the stuto todny. The ro- It was found on opening tho bids thnt porta havo boon dolayod owing to In- tnreo of "le banks, tho Jackson County, tnrrimtimi of wim exminnninniinn u tottroni Mitioiiai nnn tho Fnrinors , ... . .... . " i' ruugrowera nmi uui in uieniicai ul IVUIVU HUH BIX injUrOU ll .la vl Mill li,l,.rn. .1.11.. lw, ...... ,,,. . ... I ' ..... - ..... ....v.vat w. .i,i-i. I'ii6i iiaiii vuiliucu Willi a in nni, nn.1 .11.3 tier eon ,loll strootcnr near hero lato last night. Le iv ,m.- , nv,.e ti, m..; x.. T1I...1I.. .... - . " - u.i.K .., unveil oy 11 lo-miio gnio, tlonnl offered 2 per cent on dally bal Is assigned ns the cuuso of tho nccodont. nuccs na 3 ,,or ccnt on 'six month. j. uuiiiuur ui nuuuiLur acCUieniS OO- I il.mnultu uu"u" ""':?' lrco,cnr "a"o A resolution was passed ncceptlng tho now ueu up oy mo siorm. offop of thQ ...... flrst ,mm.,, ,innWa Instructing tho treasurer to dlvldo the cltv funds botweon tho throa muntoliml im Bi-ui win uo auueu to una nursery depositories as nearly ortunl as the Htate on wncois ror tho bonoflt of tho now of tho different funds would permit. DOUIOS. Tho treasurer's band win flu,l nt It was suggestod to Wilson thnt ho $25,000. ns at nresent. nnd eneh of thn. eauio tno goou nows to Koosovelt In banks will bo ronulred to eiv v hnmi Of 115.000. Ten bodies havo been recovered. Divers aro nt work on tho submerg cd cars. SAULTE STE. MARIE, Ont. Jan. 2S. Tho Montreal-Minneapolis passenger train went over an embankment 37 miles west of Sudbury. Ont, last night, but tho number of victims will not be k own definitely until divers have made an Investigation of the threo coaches submerged, with its occupants. In the Spanish river. The condition of tho track Indicates that tho wreck was caused by a weak ened rail, which withstood the passage1 er, but it was only partially submerged, its occupants all escaping with slight injuries. Most of tho severely Injured were In tho second class coach, which was smashed In Its crash down tho embank ment The sleeper, being of much heav ier construction, was not nearly so bad ly damaged, but several of the passen gers who wero In it woro badly hurt Ho One Escaped. It la not believed that anyono escaped from tho first class coach, which went into tho river, as it was so quickly sub merged that thoso within It must havo (Continued on pago 6.) SUFFRAGETTES MAIL TOM TAGGART BADLY THREAT TO CHURCHILL Fanatical Women Mall Target Per forated With Hitllets to Eng lish Lender, LONDON, Jan. 22. Officers from tho Scotland Yard today aro trying to learn tho Identity of tho Suffragettes who mailed to a momber of parliament who was standing, for ro-clectton a paper targe, that had been perforated by bullets. Tno arrival of tho tnrgot enmo close upon tho Suffragettes' announcement thnt they Intended to make a demon stration before tho national elections wero concludod and tho discovery that several of tho "votos for women" lead ors hau been Indulging ln secret revol ver and rifle practice At Scotland Ynrd It was admitted today that a shooting gallery tho Suf fragettes had established was raided. Tho Impression la great, however, that Winston Churchill was tho recipient. Qeorgo Sheriffs and William Duncan spent aSturday In Medford visiting their friends. Will Xot Lose Sight of Eye as Re iwrted Politician Peppered With Small Shot. When City Recorder Telfer closed hls offlca last evening he had on file peti tions from proporty owners In the city requesting certain streets In the city to be paved totaling in tho aggregate near ly ten miles, or 176 city blocks and this since January 1. This work Is to ba done during 1910. With nearly threo miles already paved. It la expected that by January 1, 1911, that 15 ralles ot Mcdford's streets will bo paved. -k Mayor W. H. Canon and Councilman Welsh, armed with all available data, and knowing that they have ten mllea of streets petitioned for, leave today for California points, where they will take up paving matters with companies in on endeavor to secure a lower cost They will be absent sorao ton days. A number of petitions aro still out and will coma in later. Tho streets on which paving is asked and for which petitions aro on file ln the recorder's of fice are: Genessee street East Main from brldgo to city lim its. Riverside avenue, Twelfth street north to tho city limits. Central avenue, both north and south to city limits. Sixth. Rlvcrslda avenue west to Oak- dale, with exception of railroad crossing. Bartlett from Main to Eighth. Front north to Jackson, south to city limits. Fir from Sixth south to city limits. Alley between Fir and Orapo, Main to Eighth. Grape, Sixth to Eighth. Holly, Second south to city limits.. Ivy, Sixth to Seventh. West Tenth, Oakdale to Hamilton ln Ross addition. Laurel, Main south to Eleventh. North Orange. Main to Fourth. West Fourth, Oakdale to Columbus. Roosevelt avenue, Main north to city limits. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 22. Al though Tom Taggart, Demooratlo na tional committeeman, was painfully wounded while hunting near Fayette. Miss., yesterday, his surgeon today wired that Taggart will not lose the sight of his injured right eye. Taggart was out quail shooting In tho underbrush near Fayetto with H. W. S. Norton, his secre tary. Norton fired at a bevy of birds and a portion of a chargo of blrdshot struck Taggart The politician's face, right shoulder and chest were peppered with small shot and for a tlmo it was thought that tho sight of ono eyo had been destroyed. Taggart is duo to arrive hero tomor row. Firate Son round. PORTLAND, Or.. Jan. 22. What Is thought to bo the rendezvous of a band of river pirates hnvo boen found near Smith's Landing below Woodland, on tho Lowls river. Loot to the valuo bf moro than 15,000 was found. mawy inr ssx.axrjr CHARLEROI, Belgium. Jan. 22, Many persons aro bollaved to havo been killed and a scoro of missing burled under the wreckage of a largo building which collapsed today. A number of Injured persons wero removed from tha outer portions of tho debris. Tho falling building narrowly missed burying a passenger train. Workmen aro attempting to rescuo tho Injured and missing and recover bodies. PIONEER OF OSEQOK DIE3 AT EUOENB Mrs. W. AV. Haines of Eugene, ono of tho pioneers of Oregon, died Saturday morning after an Illness of several months, aged 77 years. Mrs. Haines was among tha children who made the great trek across the plains rt tho early settlement of tho Oregon country, crossing with tho sec ond wagon train which madotho trip. Hor parents settled at Brownsville,, Linn county, which village topk i'ltn' name from them. '