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FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 19.10.
No. 267.
S HURL
ASTER OVER EUR
STORM
DIS
OPE
GAR OF TREE!
ORDERED
AWAY
Inspectors Condemn Ono Car of
Nursery Stock ami Will Probably
Order Second One Deortcd Trees
Aro Affected With Crown Gall
Commissioner Cnrsons Acts,
Commlnnionor A. II. Cnrsonii of
the stato board of horticulture on
Wednesday condemned n carload of
iiurHory Htock consigned to N. S.
Boniiott from Silvn & liorvthuliU of
Newcastle, Cul., nnd served notice
on tho Southern Pacific company to
remove it from thu fltnto within three
days. If not removed tho stock will
ho taken from tho oar and burnod.
Thn tronH an; inflicted with crown
pill, a cancerous growth which pre
vents tho trees from properly ma
turing. Todny tho county inspector arc
busy with n second car, which ih
consigned to C. V. Cok by tho snme
nursery compnny. A number of
trees havo been found in it already,
but so in o arc said to bo in good con
dition. Tho nurserymen slnto that thoy
ordered tho cars in trood faith and
that thoy aro Kind to have them in
8H)oled, an they woro imposed uKn
oh much oh any ono concerned.
Ah soon oh Chief Inspector J. W.
Meyers began to go through the car
bin suspicions wore aroused and he
immediately consulted Professor I'.
J. O'flara. who told him what the
unit tor wan, (.'ommisMniicr Carxou
whh cuMimI, who nt oneo condemuod
tho car.
$300,000
Threatened for a Time Destruction of Entlro Business Section of City
Valiant Efforts of Flro Department Only Thing That Has
Averted Worso Disaster Men Will Rebuild.
RARER CITY, Or., Jan. 27.
flro which for a llmo throntonoi! thu
destruction of tho ontlro huslncsa dis
trict of tho city broko nut horo nt
midnight last night, nnd before It wan
gotten under control four hours later,
sovoral of tho town's most subatnii
tint buildings wore in rulnu, Tho
ontlro loss Ih estimated nt 1300,000,
partially covered by Insurance.
Tho henvlCBt losorfl aro Well nnd
company, 1100,000; Dnor & Co?,
1100,000; Superior llakory, $10,000;
Dr, McUnnlol, SG000; aroco Robin
son Drug company, 1000.
. Tho flro utartod In tho bnsomont
of tho Ilnor company building and
boforo discovered tho building was a
ninHH of flames. Fanned by tho high
wind, tho blnzo sproud rapidly to ad
Joining buildings. Sovoral people
Bleeping In uppor floors woro awak
WONT WORK AND
LAYS OUT FINE
Jim Wny was nrrostad Wodnnsdnv
night by Policeman Hrophy for dis
ordorly conduct on tho utrootB.
Wny wns arraigned boforo Jtulgj
Eifort this morning and was fined
20, with tho nltoriiativo of working
tho fino out by labor on tho utrootB.
Tho prisonor hnd no money and wuk
too strong to work on tho ntroots, o
ho will "lay out" IiIb fino on a inop.u
in whioh tho fluidH which woro tin
primal oauso of his incarceration
will bo conspicuous by thoir nbsouco
In othor words, ho will subsist upon
Ronr orook wator and broad straight
for tho noxt fortnight.
RATE
Insurgents and Government Forces
Enrjanc In Bloody Battle Wild
Scenes Approaching Mob Violence
Is Condition Dally Occurring on
Streets of Capital.
IILUKFIEIjDS, Nicaragua, . Jan.
27 (by wireless to Colon.) Dis
patches from Rama today nay that
Estrada's insurgent nnny today bo
gun nuothor attack upon tho gov
ernment troopB under Gonoral Vau
qucz. A duHporato battle !h in prog
ress, pud according to tho reports,
upon itn rcHiiltH tho fate of Managua
depends.
Tho rcbol Kcnornl,sChamorro, pre
cipitated tho engagement at dawn,
Bending bis divimon ngniiiKt the left
of (ho loyalist' line. Within nu hour
tho fighting wan gonoral.
Chamorro failed to time his at
tack boforo tho arrival of tho rcin
forcemontH dispatched to the aid of
the government forces frm Man
agua. The opposing nnnie today
are about equal in size. More than
4000 men are under nniiK on each
Hide. 0
Following tho defeat of tho gov
ernment force in Sunday's buttlt
and Monday's engagement. Vusquez
fell back to a level plateau, where
tho cngnircmont todny in taking
place. Tho battle ground is but
threo days' march from Managua.
nnd should the rebels bo trtumpha.it
it is believed certain that Kstritdtt
will hurrv his men to tho city.
(('nntlnurtl on rK I.)
CITY
ened bnroly In tlnio to oscnpo In their
night clothing.
Thousands of persons gathered to
watch tho conflngrntlon, nnd tunny
nnrrow weapon woro reported from
falling wallH.
Despite tho fnct that tho flro de
partment ronpomlod promptly nt tho
first alarm, tho flntnes had gal nod
such hondway whon thoy nrrlvod that
thoy woro practically helpless. Eight
stromas of wntor woro plnyod conttn
unlly on tho business structures nnd
only stronuoun work on- tho pnrt of
tho tlromon prevented tho flames
from Jumping Across tho street to tho
huslnoss blocks ou North Center
street.
Last night's flro wns tho most dis
astrous In tho history of io city.
Sovornl of tho morchants hnro ox
pressed thole dotormlnntlon to roplnco
thu burned buildings with costllor
Btructuros.
PORTLAND FANS EAGER
TO SEE JIM JEFFRIES
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 27. Jim.
J. Joffrios, who, whon ho retired as
undefeated hoavywoight champion
fivo yoara ago, was concodod by ring
exports to bp tho groatost fightor tho
world over producod, is sohodulod to
nppoar in Portland tomorrow night
with hia galaxy of athlotio Btnrs, Tho
advnnco salo of Boats has boon tho
groatost for nuy nthlotio ovont in tho
liistory of tho city, nnd tho exposi
tion rink is Hiiro to bo paokod from
pit to domo whon tho big nlfulfjt
farmor stops upon tho stago to go
through his stuuts with Sam Dorgor.
OESPE
BATTLE I
NOW ON
BAKER
TREMENDOUS LO
AND PROPERTY I
DISEASE ADOS
Damage Already Done Will Require
Two Years to Repair Police
Forces to Seize Stores of Provis
ions and Dole Them Out.
PARIS, Jnn. 27. ThouKundfl of
flood refugocs aro in actual dan go
of starvation today bccniiBo of gov
ornmcnt red tnpo. Hundreds
half-starved victims aro fltanding in
lino tonight nt public dispensaries
after watting all day vainly for food
Private chnriticB ore tho only hope
of many of tho rofugecs.
It is estimated tins evening thi
tho dnmngo dono by tho floods will
roach !?f00.000,000. Almost one
half of the terriblo devastation is in
Paris alone. The tmluce of President
FallicrcK is surrounded with water.
Itiillillngs Wooded.
Tho pnlaeo of fino art is floode
and the water in the basement of tho
city hall has almost doubled in vol
itme since this morning. Tho build
ing in which tho chamber of deputie
is located, the world-fnmous Eiffel
tower and tho beautiful Troeadero
Park ns islands in a murky lake.
Isle do St. Louis is almost entirely
submerged by tho flood. '
Ilnlle mix Vins, the largest wine
warehouse in the world, is snr
rounded by a swirling pool.
Pitiful scones were enncted nt all
the roliof stations tonight. Thou
sands of huniiry Parisians are beg
ging and fighting for enough food to
keep body' and soul together.
PARIS. Jan. 27. With tho ther-
momoter below tho freezing point
and the relentless Seine continuing
its fonrfnl progress toward the top
mark, all Paris is ashiver with cold
aud grim with terror. Tho habituo
freedom from enro which mndo it
possible for tho peoplo to look on the
rising waters as a spootaolo of outer
tainment, has passed entirely nwnv,
and "gnv Paris" is today tho most
dosolato and grief-stricken of nil tho
largo cities of tho world.
Suffering Intense,
i
Tho suffering nmong tho poor
intense Womon nnd children, driv
on from thoir chonp lodgings by tho
wntors nnd bitten by tho wind, seek
sheltor in doorwnys and congregnto
in great wailing groups nbout nil tho
public buildings that remain conipnr
ntivoly safo.
Tho mcmbors of tho chamber of
deputies, who rcmainod on duty
nonrly all night, wero in session still
today, using ovory means within
thoir powor to alleviate tho situation.
Tho soldiers, gondanucs nnd firo
men, fatigued almost to tho point of
fainting, worked todny with tho
vigor of desperation in thoir strug
glo with tho flood.
Hulldlng Up Walls.
Masons labored through tho night
building concrete wnlls about somo
of tho most throatonod structures.
About tho famous Louvro n small
army of mon labored unoonsingly in
their efforts to savo tho gallories
nnd thoir inestimable treasures of
art.
Milos of tho boulevards nro liko
running stromas and tho wator rush
ing through tho cavernous under
ground work throatons hourly to un-
dormino tho foundations of scores of
tho most notable structures in tho
ity.
Wth more thnn 100,000 homoloss
and thn destitution and distress in-
(Continued ou paxe I.)
TO TERROR
IN PARIS
S RE
'
NEW SERIAL WILL
BEGIN TOMORROW
"The Guest of Qucsney'1'
begins tomorrow in this pa-
por. You should not fail to
read it.
It abounds in epigrams and
phrases such as tho best au
thors of past generations
might havo produced.
It is a story which answers
tho question whether one can
fall in lovo twice with tho
samo person.
Tnrkington has fow peers
in tho description of .scenes,
customs and manners! either
American or European.
MEDFORD NAT L
CAPITAL STOCK
Will Also Erect a Three-Story Brick
Addition to Present Bank Build
ingAnnual Report Shows Flour
ishing Condition.
. Tho Medford National bank at Its
annual stockholders and directors'
moot Inns Wednesday authorized nn
increase In capital to $100,000, tho
building of a three-story brick ad
dition, costing $20,000, to the pres
ent hank building, making tho build
ing 25 foot by 140. re-elected tho
li resent officers nnd declnred the usu
nl dividend.
Tho annual roport showed a most
flourishing condition, deposits having
nearly doubled during tho year, now
being over half a million. Tho in
crease In tho capital will bo offectod
as soon as the necessary papers aro
received from Washington and will
make threo hanks for Medford with
a capital of over $100,000, all throo
having dndubled their capital within
a yenr.
(Continual on p .)
BY STUDYING -THE
ADS YOU
INCREASE
GREATLY YOUR
CHANCES OF
"LIVING HAPPILY
EVER AFTER!"
Presont-day conditions .of
living comes pretty nearly mak
ing nd-rcadtng an ad-answering
IMPERATIVE.
Householders find that tho
ads. really holp to make tho
Incomo STRETCH OVER THE
NECESSITIES when it scorns
Bomot lines llko too big a task.
nuylng economics n llttlo
horo and a llttlo thoro really
grow to worth-wlillo propor
tions in tho courso of a yoar;
and amount to an Incroaso of
Incomo.
Homo-makors who aro roally
oamost lmpplnoss-huntors aro
coming, qulto gonornlly, to bo
Intelligent readors of tho ads.
BANK INCREA
SS OF LIFE
PORTED
All of Europe Suffers at Hands of
Recent Gale Believed When Def
Inite News Arrives That Stories, of
Death Will Shock Entire World.
LONDON, Jan. 27. Two hundred
vessels have been wrecked, with the
probnblo loss of at least half of their
crews, in tho great storms that are
raging nlong the western seaboard
of Europe, according to dispatches
received hero today.
Tho vessels, mostly fishing crat't
lio scattered along tho coasts of
Spain, France, Germany aud the
Scandinavian pcninsulc. Even the
Mediterranean has felt the force of
the great atmospherical disturbances
nnd wrecks nro reported from Italy
and the Turkish and Grecian pen in
sula.
The loss of life cannot be stated
at this time, but it is probable that
in many instances tho entire crews
of vessels were drowned, while in
other cases at- least half of them
perished when their vessels found
ered.
Great Gales Sweep Coast.
Great gales havo been sweepiu
the coasts for the last 48 hours. Tre
mendous loss of Hfo and property on
shore is reported. These reports
cover a period of two days or more.
as wire communication has been in
terrupted by storms. Details of the
general disaster aro lacking nnd it is
fenred that when definite news nr-
rives the stories of denth nnd de
stmction will shock tho wholo world
Inland Suffers.
Inland Europe is suffering almost
ns much ns is the sea const. Inter
ior Spain is isolated, whilo the Swiss
Alps have been threshed by blizzards
and covered in blankets of snow, in
which already twolvo Alpino tourists
nro reported to havo been lost.
Banks of snow havo blocked trains
on tho Danish railroads in isolated
soctions and reports from tho near
est tolegraph stations say that the
prospect of aiding the weather-be
sieged passengers is slight. In many
instances passengers in tho stalled
trains nro without food or fuel.
Although reports of n tidal wave
at Venico woro fnlso, tho ancient city
of tho dogs is badly damaged bv
storm. Othor Italian cities, includ
ing Homo nnd Nnplcs, roport oxten
sivo damage. Tho waterfront streets
nt Naples nro floodod and many
quays wrecked. At Homo tho Tiber
rivor is rising and threatens to in
undnto portions of tho city.
BUG-HUNTER TO CHINA
FOR BUG-EATING BUG
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Jan. 27.
Georgo Comporo, tho groat hug cbas-
or, omployed by tho horticultural de
partment of California to scour for
eign wilds and wastes in pursuit of
pest destroyeds, will loavo next Tues
day on another long Jaunt.
This tlmo Comporo goos to Chi
na, whoro lio will search for somo
Insect that t111 show a carnivorous
spirit when confronted by a nice,
Juicy, moaly bug. Ho takes with. him
samo badly Infected growths so that
ho may conduct his experiments with
thorn on tho othor sldo. Ho hopes to
rjturn with tho spoils of tho chaso In
July.
Comporo has boon wondorfully
ruccessful In his pursuit of bugs that
will oat bugs and haa facod all man-
nor of perils In his occupation.
200 SHIPS ARE
I nop Miuv i
LUUI, MHIU
PERISH
ASK PAVING
STREETS
'Latest to Clamor for Hard-Surface
Streets Are Property Owners on
Jackson and South Orange Looks
Like the Whole City Would Gel
Into the Game.
And still the clamor for hard sur
face streets Is heard In the land. In
addition to the long list of petitions
asking for tho laying of pavement on
J streets of tho city, which were recent-
ly published In these columns, Jack
son street and North Orange have
Hoined In the game. It is now pro
posed to pave Jackson street from
Riverside avenue to the west city
limits, which will make of this street
one of the most ideal boulevards In
tho city. Tho street Is a long straight
one for nearly a mile, and will be a
favorite with automobllists. With
shade trees planted lta entlro length
it' will bo Ideal for residences.
North Orange asks for a hard sur
face from Main south to Tnth. Sev
eral other streets are considering the
matter.
CHILDREN TOLD NOT TO
WED? COMMITS SUICIDE
NEWTON. Ia., Jan. 27. Tho Jas
per county coroner today received
word from Monroe, a village nine
miles from this city, that Vernon
Darr, aged 16, and Llna Ammor, aged
14. were found sitting side by side,
their nrms clasping about each oth
er's lifeless bodies, In a buggy by a
iENEY THROUGH
Worthington Has Already Begun His Efforts to Tear Holes In Case Built
Up by Prosecution Hermann to Go on Stand Soon No
One Has Idea of Time to Be Used by Defense. ..ift
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 27. Pro
fessor Fllbort Roth, former ohlo -f
tho- forestry division of tho gou tral
Innd oftlco, will clos tho caso of the
government n thi H'nger Hermani
trial this afternoon. Prosecutor Ho
ney, It Is expocted, will concludo tho
direct examination of Professor Roth
during tho afternoon, and with the
direct examination and tho recall of
ome witnesses who have nlready been
on the stand tho prosecution will
come to a closo tomorrow noon.
Colonol Worthington, ovon before
tho closo of Honey's case, has bogun
his effort to tear holes In tho net of
circumstances which Honey has been
weaving about the defendant during
tho past two wooka of testimony. Yes-
tonlay during tho cross-oxamlnatlon
of M. J. McVoan, Colonol Worthlugton
attemptod to remove tho forco of tho
witness' direct testimony, which was
in part to tho offoct that Hermann
had at onco taken up the Dluo Moun
tain caso and mado tho temporary
withdrawals as soon as ho had ro-
colvod two lottora from P. P. Mays,
'n May, 1902, urging that such ac
tion bo taken by tho land oftlco. Mc
Voan had testified that ho had thoso
lottors from Mays boforo him whon
ho wrote tho order of withdrawal.
Ou cross-examination Colonol
Worthlngtot. drew from tho witness
that ho wroto tho ordor boforo tho
Mays letters bad reached tbo land
otfloo, which took away pat of tho
sting lntondod by Honey to tho effect
that tho Maya lottora had influenced
Hermann in making tho withdrawals.
This was to combat tho contention
of Honoy . founded ou tho testimony
.uwuuuvwu u uim uuf.UK vuu uu-
THAT CASE Of
SORE HEAD
iSROWS
W. W. Sawyer, Whose Apples Were
Topped by Those from Rsgue
River Valley, Follows Car r
Washington in Effort to Dfscrec
Car Weird Story Is Sent Out
PORTLAND, Jan. 27.A dispatch
to tho Oregon Journal today ffora
North Yakima says:
The division of pomology at Wash
ington has given an opinlqn that the
Rogue River Spltzenbergs which won
the sweepstakes prize at the national
nppl cshow at Spokano wero diseased.
The opinion was secured by W. W.
Sawyer, who took second, prize.
Sawyer says that he noticed dark
spots on the Rogue River apples and
followed the car to a commission'
house at Washington, D. C, where ho
selected a box and took 20 apples
at random, eight of which were found
diseased by the department nomolo
gist. Evidently Mr. Sawyer Is continu
ing his policy of venting his spite
on Rogue River valley, which haa
been his since his apples were found
Inferior to those from Rogue River.
"I do not believe It," stated Pro
fessor P. J. O'Gara today when shows
the foregoing dispatch. "Tho apple
from this orchard wero clean and I
believe there Is a mtstako some
where" Rogue River valley growers will
have to be furnished proof positive
that the apples submitted by Mr. Saw
yer to the department were from thei
(Continued on pace 5.)
THIS AFTERNOON
ferent stages of tho trial that the fact;
that Hermann marked the letters Of?
Mitchell to Hermann concerning the'
Dluo Mountain caso "special" nioant
that he had done so becauso of h(a
argument 7:1th Mays and becauso he'
was in tho conspiracy with Maya to
push tho Blue Mountain reserve
through tho land office to final crea
tion. No one has much Idea how long It
will roqulro to put In tho case or
tho dofonso. Tho documents wbleS
havo been brought into court by Herr
mann and his attorneys fill a big:
trunk, which Is guarded carefully by
tho dotenso. It Is brought to tho-
court-room ovory morning and at the
closo of tho session Is locked up and'
taken to a placo of snfe-kcoplng for
tho night. How much of this material
Is to bo used as orldenco lu tho case
Is problematic.
Dinger Hermann is to go on the
witness stand when tho dofenso faf
its inning, and it is probablo that tk
will bo tho chlof point of tho d'ofonj 1
and will take up most of tho tlrq
omployod In presenting tho cnuut'4 ,
evldonco Intended to broak up tho r.C
tacks of tho prosecution.
GLAVIS ORDERED TO
PAY WIFE ALIMONY
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 27. By
an ordor of Superior Court Judge
Gilliam, Louis R. Gln,vis, former
chief of tho looal fiold division of the
United Statos land office, who 'is
now giving evidonco in tho Ballinger-
Pinehot ' mvestlcrntion nt Wnsbini".
'(onj ia ordoroa to pay $50 pr
moth temporary alimony