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flrmon Historical Society. City Hall " Medford FOURTH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1910. No. 27! TWO E EXPLO Tribune SCORE IN COAL MIN SON COLORADO CENE OF ONLY ONE MAN HAS ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE "Remember Cherry!" Is Cry of Res- cuers Who Are Bravlnu Depths In Effort to Reach Seventy Men Still Unaccounted for. 1 - - PRJMHItO, Col., I'ob. 1. Wit! tho, death roll KnmlnK ,mc rl , the resccuors make from the wrecked literary gciiim-ec, in Iiin widely road Colorado Fuel antl Iron company's niuiice. "Tin- Hoiim of Hit Seven i , Vi el.nrre.t mid mangled bodies. ""W" makes old IIoplb,,k, the now l!o In ll.o Improved murKii i "I'n'Ho.itnlive "I hiiKliin.l oris near the mouth of tlm tunnel tooniey. reduced by misfortune to Although they Kail nlmou nN.n. '' nocwmlly of earning her own doned hoo of flmiliifc even one man ''J' "'mI ;r .words to the alive In the earth trap, the men work- cff,,0 !' MI" this world tile Lord .I nil day Ilk? mad Ono by ono thoy '' t.. mortals on y ll lo- liroiiKht to tho iiurfnco tho bodle of n" '?f MM',,CM ,hul M,',rV" '" the minor who wore Killed outright ,k.cp'' ,'"n tnt n rraroiinWy full oxer-, who,, th explosion occurred late .-lr","f f M,WPr ' Uil1' lerdny afternoon, or .n.rcu.m. -d h,!"1 T " . ,,,"",M'rn,,"' Hie Injuria they recolxed. "T' J1'" 'Wi"k' IMMn1, ' "t" (look, in the iiioriiitnr wnw not the niosi PRIMKIIO, Col., Feb. I. With the "hewing for the IndioH of the Orcnt- discovery of threw more bruised mid 'p Med lord club, who for weeks bad torn bodies today, tbe-nunibor of men been making preparations for the re- known tu have lout their liter In an wplton nt Smith' hall to the Indies explosion In tho conl mliiu of tho Col- of Medford. whieh look plnor yclor- orado Fuel und Iron rouipuny wbi '"' afternoon, hut will, ohnrnetcriK- lunronsed to 27, ' resolution the preparation wero When tho explosion occurred thcro i""cd to the most minute de were 150 men In the ...me. w.ivuuy " "' ffnir ln(-il off with of these ore unaccounted ror, and are J OT of success mid general snt olther dead or entombed In tho tun- ,wJ "''d' 'imlIH wlpn skies nols under tons of earth and rock, ".""idinjr mid walking good. An nr. Flftythreo miner escaped with "h",, "rnuifeme.it of iw. fonninr n tillKht InJurleH. ' 1,', iierosn the renr of the ball Fire llmkN Out. , afforded mi effective background for Sotm after the uxploHlon'flre broke Ui' l"ld'. ntlrnetively Inid with out In .the malt, tunnel. It wao ' '""delabrn bean.ijr twelve Mumiohod, It l believed, before It w:,',,,,1 "l ,'l,l,'r penetrated to the threv ot! er tunnelH ;v,'r" Wltl' loow-pwmlmir where the men ar l.nprlHond. ' bou.pielH of lon-fi lemuied searlel The .Urnth mhikkIoh o- - nmt.ons and tniil.n,. fern. Mrs, mid praying men, caKht umlerground ,T' I,(,ot' 'JSN's,e(1 JV" J"am In a firu.Hwept mine shaft, attempt liiK to fli;lit their way to . . described toiltiy bv nirxn i'., V ilw. flr, ,..l..r I..L, rn.tn ll... wn.clj.. " " e'd Prlmero mine, TellN of DlmMer. u 7' "; b iir.ketH In u nlmprovlNcd ioh pltal hero and In broken r.enteuces told, throiiKli an Interpreter, all ho knew of the disaster. "Thcro was a deafonliiK roar," snld VlrKcn, "then flushes of fire and then darkneuM. I remember fallliiK to the Krotind. Then riiniii a rush of I men, Kcrainlnc. uhoiitliiK and praylus In their attempts to escape, . ' 'V "I HtaKKi'ied to my fV-i. bu Unoeked down by iimmi w'mi wl" ' clothltiR on flro rushed nlotiR tho tun nel, insane from thole aitony. DiiiKKctl llluiNelf AIoiik. "I was too weak to jjot l oil my feet, so drowsed niyself aloni;. Over dead bodies I crawled until n fainted, When I canio to I nenrd tho i;roan growing fainter and finally corwo. I bellovod nil wero dond. "Then I heard tho rosccupn.. j shouted as loud na I could, hut had not. ...mil. fltroniuh except to shout . Intorvnls. ' When Vlrgeii was broiiRht to tho mouth of tho shaft thorc . was u groat demonstration by tho tlivomjs sur- ronudli.K the mine, His condition is critical,'1 bill ho Iiuh an oxen-elpuuw for recovery. 1 ltoM'iioriH at Work. nattered and inutlluted nltno-.t b.v yond recognition, tho IioiIIoh of -l of iho vIcllniH of an explosion In lh coal initio of tho Colorado Fuel and Iron company Ho todny In an Impfo vised morgue, IteiicnorH nro working frantically to nave the men who are mipnovoil to bo entombed lu tho wrcuked shaft. At leant nr. wore linprlnonod .ami it was feared they1 would no itad lo foio liclw vould reach them, A count todar o-owed (Vnt. V MINE I S DIS LADIES' OUTLINES COMING YEAR In Spite of Snow Storm, 125 Ladles Attend Reception and Most Pleas Ing Afternoon Is Spent Much Work Outlined for Club This Year. Nathaniel Hawthorn, Unit bright nlur In iho linuuiuont of America. iiinii i nun nun .umn iim'miiiii ium'I, poured, and the Indies of (lie nuxil- I inrv committee were hostesson. t ro 1 i.' i...i.i..' .. M....I ..t .i... loluli, hv her ntlitude of ensv finee, i... . . ii i . . . , , . no ,cn itiiiii tier nuicKiiesH oi oecis- ion and ltiimi of n xiliiiition. provw hcwelf an effieieol presiding office, ... , ... ,. ., , , . und Minn Kmily fitnity. eliuintim, of tlet .neeial connnitlee, im deerviuir of miieli credit for the MieccM.ful ef fortK nut forth. Fully one hundred mid I wen! v-five ladies were present mill much interest wan expressed in Hie excellenl proijrmii rendered, eneli number of which called out hearty npplnuse. and wan mven wih n tvlo and finish that bespeaks a hitrl. stmi .1 1 .. I t ! ... I ........ m i . mm, im mem mu!icai insie. I wetiiv nmnen were propned for inemherKhip to the clnli. Aide from' tho distinctly eootn.1 BiieeesH of (he mcclinir. II. e ladi.'s feel (tint tlm iiflernonii wuh sienifi onnl of (he future work to bo done bv tlm club because, of the impelt.K fril'i.ti ilia inmnt'titlif nmiini P unmn hm fm. , ,(V I ho nd.Wos of ,T. M. Hoot und K. M. Andrew, Tito nmtlor of pnrU h ft)0 f (0 ,livigioi)H of wor). ,0 ,,.,,,, ,mf) ,,pon KjvJlip aUpn. jon Hj1(.p jj, orgniilstntiot), but Mr. ,,))f .,, i.:n. ,,,,. of .,),. 1J(, HnnUntJotli opN)(MV uu nmi,nr ()f ,.,;.,, omiOIIV(iP. hi(ll l0 I()(li(,R wi), ,1on,,(,ss ,,,, I lioir nllontion nt nn onrlv ditto, Ti nilili'( of iho president, ptv- inir i. condenfsod l.)torv of Iho eluh niu()0 ilR orRanizntion.' wiih n fol h own "Wo wi-.1i to tbotik. ii tlii name of Uio club nnd our fi "m1k, tho nrtisls bo litivc iriven uu mcl.i ploiiMtro lo ll iv, Th c ',tin.,M(' ii'.vi"i in eliiuyo tliii' nflenioon's pplondld en- li" ii 1 in. w y 1 li,i reii.iesloil Pie lo tell to our Riicflts BomethinKx nbont tho ppriMiKo op the Oro'ito.v Medford club nnd tbo Hook elul'. 'nllh t viow of AS CLUB WORK having vesy lady present Mho H not 1 1 -1 - - ' ' "'r'l'lifl- (Cimtlnuutf on p-.s 8.) , - Advertise ' his Year As you wish yowhad ad vertised lust year It In llkly that n IIiI'ik In eomicctlon with the ituin iiKcmcnt of your b .kI,i lout year n mor rei;rotted than the failure to .idvcrtlso ADEQUATELY. To make amends thl year- Ja "rood HHiniiure" for atlvertlnltiK that itxn NOT DONE Inet year; or, to" "Muke up" this MONTH for tho Insufficient advertis ing of last month; or, this WICKK for last week's non BKKresHlveness In a IvcrtlslnR these are the privileges of the business rnni who Is working to WIN. ' HtRMANN PLACEO On STAKD Denies Bit by Bit Case Built Up Against Him by Government Heney Takes Copious Notes and When HeStarts Cross-Examin-' ' f ' " atlon the Fireworks Will Benin. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 1. Dlngor Hermann Is denying bit by bit the' case built up CRalnst lilin by Prose eutor lleney for tho government. His witnesses bnvo entered absolute do nlals of tho testimony of Henry Mel drum, surveyor general, to tho effect that Mays and Hermann discussed the creation of the Illuo Mountain re serve -In Moldrum's office. Charles Holmstrom denied tho testimony ot H. I.. Patterson of Orer.on, who nld that ho had soon Hermann and Mel- drum and Mays In the office of Mel-I drum. Holstrom who was with Pat - terson, mys that ho never saw either Mays' or Herman:, In Moldrum's of fice. Mrs. Moda Bllversteln denies that she was ever spoken to by Mel drum. Hermann himself, now on' tho stand, has started In at the begin ning of the government's caso and Is controverting the evidence right down tho lino. Ho donloa Hint ho ever met Mays In Moldrum's office. He COUNTRY SUFFERS MORE THAN PARIS Residents of Suburbs Indignant at Undivided Attention Paid. Paris by Authorities Seine Is Slowly Falling. PARIS, Feb. 1. During, tho 24 hours ending nt noon today the So I no fell hut a fraction over two Inches nt Pont d'Austerlltx, and fears were expressed that tho waters might rise again and renew their attack upon tho city. The wnter at tho bridge measured 25 feet .1 Inches., This painfully slow recession, how ever, was attrluuted ny tint tin vial department ton slight rise In the river Yonne, a tributary of tho Solne. It probably will not greatly affect tho greater river. , A general protest arose In tho sub- urlm today because ot tho undivided attention tho authorities nro giving Paris. Asldo from tho actual work of rewoulng persona whoso lives wore menaced by the Jlood, tho suburbs hnvo boon prnctlcnlly neglected, ac cording to their Indignant residents. Ti.o property loss In tho outskirts of Paris and lu Uio Htivrnur.dlug cit ies has been proportionately greator than In tho capital Itself, CORONER'WILL LOOK INTO DEATH OF SWOPE KANSAS CITY, Mo Feb. 1,Cto oner Stewart muiotinecd todny that ho would begin preparations for an iniiuost into tbo denth of Colonel Thorons II. Swopo, the Knnsns City millionaire. Ho doclnred that ibe re port of tho Chicago ebomintH uttitiiig that a quantity of poison bad been fovnd in tbo stomach and vUtera of fiwopo mwih sufficient to wnvrnet holding iw, ii.q.ieat. - - - - - - ,. -... T dcules that ho ever dlsctiBsed tho Blue Mountain rcscrro with Mays or Meldrum. Ho denies that ha advised Meldrum to buy school In nils. Hermann explains all of his offi cial ac4s as being diametrically op posed to tho KOYornmor.t'8 theory of the caso. Ho was fighting tho crea tion of reserves, not promoting them, ho said. Hermann went on too stand yester day afternoon and began his story. Ho has continued his story dnrlng tho . morning session today and will I bo on the stand on direct examination durlBgKvll pf the afternoon and per haps part way throurih tomorrow. From tho painstaking care with which Heney Is following tho testi mony of tho witness and the quantity of notes which he is making, it Is evident, that the big bnttlo of the trial will between Hermann and Ho ney on cross-examination. When that begins tho fireworks of tho trial will he set off. CANON AND WELSH ACK ON SUNDAY Have Seen Several Paving Companies and Aro Interesting Them itr the Local Held. Mayor W. H. Canon nnd Council man B. A. Welch are expected to re turn Sunday from 'southern Cali fornia, where thoy hnvo been looking Into the pavment Question in order to sect.ro a cheaper pavement for this city. Word has been received that they have found several compnnles doing excellent work for less money than the city has been paying, and thoy hnvo discussed tho locnl situa tion with several companies. Whon last heard from they, wore lu Los inseles. POLICEMAN WOULD MEET WITH BERGER H12LLINOIJAM. Wash., Feb. 1. Police Cnptaln Al Callahan, ono of tho officers who nrrostod Sam Ilor- gor hero on Sunday nIght,announc od today that ho will accept" tho chal lenge of tho Jet f rles-Gotch show man- agon 'In which that person otfors to whip tho entire local forco In pairs. Callahan wants to go It nlono, but specifies that it must bo n rough-nnd-tuniblo affair, no refereo, no rules, no limit, for a bet of ?G00. IJo also says tho nm'eh must bo flxod so that II cm bo held without going counter to tho laws it 'l o land. Callahan says he Is not boasting- -ho 18 JnRt soro at Hoigor'i threatf. Chief ot Police Cado ban uOiod tho . vll servlc board to Investigate tho .conduct ot tho offsets wh.i forcod their -way Into tho show lirr Rundny nlpM and arrested TJergor b'ecnuno lie rcfutted to admit, them. ILTON SOLD; TO KM FIGHT IN ASHLAND IS NOW ON IN EARNEST Petition Formally Filed and Charges Laid Bare Said to Be Progress ives Against Mossbacks in Strug gle to the Death. ASHLAND, Feb. 1. Tho much- talkcd-of recall petition ngaint Mayor Ji. IS, Snell wus filed this aft ernoon with Recorder Eggleston. Fol lowing aro the charges upon which the petition is based: "To M. F. KKglcston, city recorder, Ashland, Or. : ' "Whereas, the present mayor, R. N. Snell, having been in the office of mayor of the city of Ashland, Or., for one year; and, Wherens, lie has hhnwn himself generally incompetent in the admin istration of his office as mayor; and, Y7horcap, ho has hceii instrumental in improcrly expending the public funds.on improvements rando partic ularly for the benefit of his private property, thereby limiting funds available for necessary public im- provements;-aud, "Whereas, he has summarily dis missed tho superintending engineer of tho municipal electric lighting plant, thus prccipitnting a suit in the courts, the expense of which will have to be met by the public funds; nnd, Whereas, ho has shown his favor itism and incompetency in the ap pointment of certain committees for tho current year. "Therefore, we, tho undersigned legal voters of said city, availing ourselves of the provisions of sec tion 18 of article 2 of the constitu tion of Oregon, hereby demand a re call election to be had whereby H. N. Sneyy shall be recalled from the office of mayor of said city." It is claimed that theso so-called charges do not constitute sufficient grounds upon which to ask for a re call election, and Mayor Snell's friends say that it lofiks very much ns if tho taxpayers would have lo foot tho expenses of nn election merely to gratify the whim of n num ber of men who do not ngree with Mayor Snell in his publio policy. Friends o tho law under which tho action was takon arc indignant that it should be used with so littlo rea son, thus bringing it into disrepute ns n law. Who Signed Tt. A close perusal of tho list of sign ers, 229 in numbor, throws soino light on tho matter, say tho mayor's friends. A lender-of tho progressive elemont sums the situation up, say ing: "A fow who call thcmsolves pro gressivo oitizons havo signed, for reasons best kifown to themselves, Quito a number of Socialists seized m.a nnnnrhmiiv to vesfe.- ,v kiek ..w it". 'j r I . a against tho government, nnd ovory well-moaning " hut unenlightened t inossbaek in tbo city una every uvow od obstructionist jumped at tko chnnco to givo progress t black eve by signing tho petition to rccnll tho most progressive mayor tho i-'tlj bus had for ten yoars." Xo ltesignatli u foe Snell. Tho oorrospondont of tho Medford Mail Tribuno interviewed Mnyor Snll last night nnd found him full of fight. "Am I going to resign?" ho shouted, "Well, not on your life I Why, man, look nt tho el urges," ho continued.' "First they sny I am incompetent. Well, that is n matter of opinion. Then they allego that I have nod public funds to improve a street that runs past n pi-n e 'if tov own prop erty. Gnat giu.sl Am. I to refuso lo improo a inilo t street ho.onuMi HA! I hnpin to own a ploco of abutting , 1 nfkrnoH. 'i'ho emiro ro de im inrh1' The third charge in par-P'tn't the city lias Iwun or f'i)ttfii.'ii on pi- s.) (I'H'i'i! cot !V'?M krt f!ti.-. RANCH IS SUBDIVIDL SPOKANE MEN i PURCHASE 1100 ACRES FINE LfS Is Situated Near Eagle Point and Is Comprised of Some of the Best Land In Valley Will Subdivide, Plant and Sell. A syndicate of Spokane and east- -trni men havo purchased the William Hart Hamilton blaco near Eagle Point end plan to subdivide, plant and sell to small holders in o, 20 and 20-acrc tracts. Tho consideration is withheld, but it is known to ho well up in the 6ix-figure class. Tho tract consists of 1100 acres of some of the- finest land in the valley. Two hundred and five acres aro" planted to ono ,two and thrcc-ye'ar-old Spitzenbergs, Newtowns, Bart letts, Cornice and d'Anjous. Tho tract adjoins Eagle Point, which af fords a shipping point for thCfruit. Since Tronson & Guthrie's orch ard near Eagle Point captured tho sweepstakes at tho national apple show with a car of Spitr.enbcrgs, great activity hns been manifest In. these lands. Several sales have been reported, but none of tho magnitude of this one. As it is near Tronson & Guthrie's orchard, it enjoys tho same advantages. The syndicate plan an office in Medford and also in vnrious eastern cities. Those interested are If. II. nnnnucr, K. F. Mnssnita of Sixikniie. George Chandler of Osage, la., and Charles D. Hoy of Decatur, 111. v Throughout the valley the Iargor practs are giving way one by one, be ing subdivided and placed on tho market. They are rapidly being taken, and no wonder, when it Uiis been demonstrated that mi acre of,. Rogue River land pays $ldtl() iH. ally ten or twenty norm i for a family.. SAN FRANCISCO POLICE ARE UNDER INVESTIGATE SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. t. Intima tions that the dlstr'et attorney's tts Blstanse will investigate tho action of the pollro department in Us al leged tampering with oldoneo In' connection with the trial utf former Police Captain Michael .1 Tonlinv. wero tnado today by persons familiar with tho details of the ease. Con boy Is tried on a charge of mamslaughtor for tho death of Ber nard Lagan, who was shot by tho. police captain. Conhoy's cJalni ,is that he shot Hagen In self ilefoiHo. Todny tho district attorney's as sistants nro endeavoring to uscartnlu cm w 'v ' ' ' ' coat Lagan .wore on the Bight of tho tmg. The blood-,.attured . Garment, pierced by bullotholes made 1. A . . ut .1 1 - -.UA . by missiles from the revolver ot Cup- ! (,,bo-' 8 S illt0 u,e ro A 11. . ..all.. u ...... i Y U nl.,. ..till of tho police propert. clerk shortly after tho Elsoo ing. ILLINOIS PrOPLE TO GATHER THIS EVENING. The n "Hinuhwtlou of Natlvo Soub mid URimhtrp of HMnnW u to meet th evening nt tho PrtfbylorIan church ' 7:30 o'clock. !"'fty-nlni htno uorolloO. Kvoryone v'ulblo to membership is requested to ba on hand, STANDARD OIL WARH0f. BURNS IN HALT I 11 ALT I MORE, Md., ,Fe'. 1. A brnnolt waroliouse of tho Slmtdurd Oil .ompnny caught fiio liwo Into