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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune FOURTH YICAil. MKDFOKD. OKKOON, MONDAY, JW3ftUAR 7, 1910. No. 276. GREAT BRITIAN FOLLOWS LEAD UNITED STATES Certain Newly Elected Members of Parliament Prepare to Introduce Measures far Better Protection of England From Invasion. PLAN TO USE TORPEDO I0ATS IN COAST DEFENSE Ultimately Planned to Have Every P ert In England Pr alerted U. S. Is Stirring Them to Action. LONDON, Feb. 7. following the action of luwmakrn in the, United States looking to thu increase of coast defense and army and naval strength, cortain newly elected mem bers to parliament today ure prepar ing to introduoc measures for the hotter protection of England. It it believed that thin subject will be ono of the first taken up by parliament when it convenes Particular attention will be paid to tho protection of cht nation's .great rominercial port as similarly design ed in tho measures pending in tho United States. By way of effecting thu tWirvd im provement economically, exports who hnve invoMigutcd tho kitantion favor entrusting defenno to flotillas of torpedo-boat destroyers of too ancient n typo for active service elsewhere'. An the destroyers now on active service are superseded by more mod urn vessels, they in turn could re place thj still older coast defense craft. ,. In this way, St is pointed out, m?v oral years' work will be obtained from boatM that otherwise would he due for tho Hcrnp heap. The older destroyers have some fighting value and in flotilla rould do effective work against a single modem vessel. Other pinna are for the construc tion of submarines to ho placed on ntations where difficulty in oxpcriouu ed In mining harborH nnd cliumicl". Liverpool, Harrow - in - Funics, Hrinlnl. Ifull and Harwich are the ports that probably will he dominated first for pmtectiou. It is intended ultimately to have every port on tho const of England imilarly defended. WIFE NARROWLY ESCAPES HAND OF HUSBAND . 1.08 ANniCl.KR. Oil., Feb. 7.- He cause bin wife would not open tho door ho bo could murder her, "Pro fotjfior" William Itmmkupt. a protn. Klnnnl hypnotist, la dead today, the ri'Hiilt. or a HclMndlcted wound. After a series of quarrels. durliiK which he th rent cried n nuinhor .of times to kill her, Rorikopt chased hla wlfo Into hor apnrtmcntx yester day, Tho womnn nlnmmed the Joor uliut and locked It tifor.i 1k rould tu tor. t For several uilnutca tbo man atood nutaldu and beggod hor to open It, Finally ho ahoutod: "I will give you three minutes to opon tho door." Ho counted tho minutes Hlowly. Af ter repenting "three' tw!co:,ho Bhot hlniaolf through tho broant. Uororo uld could bo uiiiuinoned wan dead. LUTHER BURBANK GIVES ' " RIGHTS TO SEATTLE FIRM SANTA HOSA, Cal., Feb, 7. It was announced rodnv . that Luther Ilurbank, tho plant wizard,- has given to n Henttlo firm o.cliiHivo rights to roproduoo hit) horticultural uud agri oullural woudurs in iiiotal and scat ter them broadoaot throughout- the world, Believing that tho wide interest in Iluibank's.work could well bo oupitnl incd, tlioy fonnod plniiB to roproduoo iu.uiotal-, colored and tOinpod truo to life, tho woiidorhon".y,.Hpiu'lesH cao tun arid-other wonders, which will bo plucod on (ho markets. -p Just as Hut stonmship doeH not have to wail for n broezo, so tho adver tised store gooa right along, irrn Hio(itivu of weather. REGULATION OF CORPORATIONS BILL'SJPURPOSE 8ejiator Clark Introduces Adminis tration's Federal Incorporation Bill In Senate Claim It Means Rigid Regulation. OPPONENTS CONTEND IT IS TOO "PATERNALISTIC" Argument on Postal Savings Bank BUI Is Resumed b Senate Ray nor Says Cengress Can't Act. WASHINGTON, 1). C, Feb. 7. Kenator Clark of Wyoming today in trodueed the administration's federal incorporation bill in the senate. The ineawuru already has boon presented to the bonae. This ia ose of the moet interesting bills from home points of view. The bill waa prepared by Attorney General Wiokersharo arid Secretary of Commerce and Labor, .N'ngol, after an exhaustive iuvcstigi don of the sub-, jeet. It provides hat corporate, ,if . giveu federal charter shall bo berfT: strictly Cllf I Co. chio ponuiuu oum blc. Three plans if . t)t of the law are provided, may alter or reiwal tbe Tho commissioner of cor may hub for a receivership. Tie, thin method jh fqr tmr attorney rod. i"al ,w brintr annullmont' proceed i'ifd ' ttdmioistratlon porterH cIaIu 1 iirVil result ir nid rt-ff- ulali The opponents eo id that it in' 7 mturnalistic." ' A tfi t nrone over wh ther the ioe.jir ent ahould refer the bill to tjfi h ,. eommittee.or the com. minen ofmtetht commerce. "This matter will be settled tomorrow Postal NaviNKfTN Hill. WASHINOTON, I). C, Feb. 7. Arjrument on the postal ftnvinfrH hank bill was rcimmod today in the senate by Rayner of Maryland, who attacked the moaHiire in visoroux terma. Itayner declared that the measure ir paencd would ho ntfeonatitutional and entered upon a refiumo of the bill, indicating ita allctred conflict wjlli llie connlitution. Hnynor further: mninlained that eonpresR, under tho' constitution, lmn no rifjht to enact I ui'h legislation. ' Is Dlsappointlno News. I'UM.AOKt.IMIIA, Felt. 7. Thei mrmai annouiicemont today of the otiBaBciuont of MIhs Margolin Arm Mrong Utexol to marry Cuy Monta gue aenrge Fluch-llatton, holr to nn learliloni, In lakon hero to mean that mom American millions aro to be turned Into the roff..'tH of tlit nrii. ; Ib huoblllty. BURGLAS ENTER LOCAL Wkl SHOP Only Fifty Cents Taken Scorn Meat, Even If Price Is High No Clew Is Left. Tho meat markot ut 21 North Cen tral avenuo was entored Jfonduy morning by burglars and about .Ml coats in money taken. A surcon in ono of tho front windowH was turn partially out and through tho oriftco made thu outran'oo was offoutn. nonio smnll clinniro, amountmcr ia less than 50 conts, was taken from tho cash registor. Jf nnything in tlm way of stock waH missing tho propri otors havo not boon able to discover it. The only clew U the depredator ia n quantity of coal dust sonttorod ovor tho window sill, wh oh would In. dioato that tho robber had a rocont iu- tininto aoquaintanoo with a oonl bin anil luurks of hob nails on a table ho walked over in getting from the window to tho intorior of the shop. Chiof Shonror has found sovoral pun plo in town iu tho necessary state of grimiues8. but nono with hdh n, 'grime and the hohuniled shoos. ATLANTIC COAST IN HARD COLD SNAP Mercury Hovers Around Zero Point In New York and Poor Classes In Foreign Section Are Suffering to a Great 'Degree. MANY SEEK RELIEF AT CHARITY STATIONS fiaJe Ranging From Forty ta Fifty MHes an How Sweeps Coast Cheek In Maritime Activity. NKW YORK, JftA. 7. The AUanUo BeAhoard ia HhiveriDR with the pi era -injc cold today foUowisg a Mvcre night, and all big cities, report great Buffering among tbe poor. The mer cury hovered around tbe zero point here, which ia excess for New York. The rcporta from New England Bay that the thermometer went down to 10 and 25 4egreea below zero dur- iog the night (At aomo placea a low .record of 30 degrees was recorded. The' thermometer r. jcatered from 10 to 12 degree below j rUhe vicinity of I'hlladelphui and in Wa'ahington it dropped belo'M zero, yefltern Pcnn aylvania report d from 10 to 15 Ne groes below. Moni than 500 perrons sought shel ter at tho publio relief Ktationn in this city and today the charity or ganizationn have more than they can do to supply tho demands. Th ..highest prices and "increased 08t iving" have been asgsed as the.ofw for a part of the hea7 wonc of relief organizations-thk win ter Bsi the sudden eold spll has brought to light a great number of heretofore unreported canes of des titution. A gale ranging from 40 to 50 miles an hour swept tho coast all night and today carried tho chill through the heaviest clothing. Shipping activity is almost at a standstill in New Kuglnnd ports and there is a check in all maritime activ ity nlong the wholo Atlantio const. SOCIELY FORMED FOR WORLD PEACE i Plans of New Orgnnizatlon Have In dorsement of Leading Amer icansAre to Work for Peace. HAIrTMOItB, Mil.. Feb. 7. The' Americnn Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes, under way today, after formal organ ization last night, is planned to sup plement as far as possible tho work of tho politics conference hold peri odically at Tho Hague. Iho plans of tho American nooiety havo Iho indorsement of President Tuft, Secretary of State Knox, Sen ator Hoot and other national offi cers. , Knox declared that tho purposes of the society aro identical with his cir cular of Octobor 18, 100P, in which j he urged tho powers to elotho tho. ! .. : .. i - i .. .,. . 1 iiiiuiiitiiiiiiiiii (uiio I'oun vii juris dictions and powers of a court of nd ininiHtnition nnd arbitration. Commenting on tho establishment of an American court, Taft, in a let tor niMvosscd to thu society, wrote: ''Tho loaflots which you propose to publish, togothor with tho mootings of j national seopo which yon aro plan ninir to hold from time to time, innv' havo n very great influence ou tho development of publio opinion on this importnnt subject. "If tho proposed court of arbitra tion jnptioo at The Hague become an accomplished fact there will still re main tho task of securing tho ndhos ion of n uumhor of powers to tho court and tho very important task of so cultivating opinion in various countries ns to incline governments to reeort to tho court IS SHIVERING LAWLOR DENIES MOTION TO DROP CALHOUN CASE District Attorney Flckort, Successor of Heney, Moves to Discuss Indict mtnts Against Traction Magnate Lawlor Refuses to Drop the Case FICKERT ASSERTS THERE IS "LACK OF EVIDENCE" After Denying the Motion, Lawtor Contfcuts .Casio .UfttH ,MMtay, Wnon They WW ti Taken Up. SAN FIULNCISCO. Cal., Feb. 7. District Attorney JHekart, traooeesf ol opixlDeHl of Frasoia J. Ilcney ia tbe Lreceat aleelioB, t4cy- aakd-' Jsage Ltiwlor to.'eieBies sntea iBcteBt6 pend&Bg. agalast -Patrick Calhoun, residest'of the Usited; Ilailreads and other United Railroad officials. Judge Lawlor denied the motion. The other wdiotneot Kickert sought to havo quashed upa kis &e- sertipn of laek- f " endBc7. are those, of Thornwell Ifsllally, assist ant to the preeident ef the United Railrpada; Tyrfey ! Ford, chief coaimel, and William C. Abbott of the law department of tho -company. The indictments referred to by Fickcrt wcro brought agaisst offi cials oX the United Railroad by thei Oliver grand jury eeariy three years j Sro. They were based upon testi mony of supervisors' of the city and aessty. of San Pg&cdsooj who ac- iesowledged that they had receiyedia dividaal bribes of snore than $4900 to vote fer overhead trolley fran-eHae-for the United! Jlailrdads in the period of canst ruction after the fire of 196&. Ford was brought to trial and a failure to agree resulted. Later he wus acquitted. Later still, Patrick Calhoun obtained the benefit of a disagreement of the jury on a charge of offering a bribe to a snpcrvisor. Abbott and Hullally were never tried. After denying the motion Judge ; Lawlor continued tho cases until next Monday. DISTRICT FAIR ' OFFICIALS MEET i For Purpose of Electing Officers and Starting New Year, Beard of Commissioners Gather. The'annual u.neiiug f tho board o( commissioners of the First , Southern Oregon District AgrioulJur.nl society was held this afternoon in tbe rooms of tho .Medford Commercial club for tho purpose of electing officers for tho ensuing year and to select a place for the holding of the HVJ0 fair.!. . The following officers nnd commis sioners were present ; President H. T. Staples, Vice-President J. A. Perry, Secretary J. M. Potter, J, I). Olweil, Ij. P., Hall nnd Chnrlos Mosorvo. President Staples rondo a roport of tho fair held in Ashlnud last Octobor. Tho fitrures indionted a rapidly grow ing interest in the nnmml fairs of the sooioty, the IDOft fnir surpassing that of 1008 in number of oxhibits, at tendance nnd net receipts by as muob as tho 1008 figures surpassed those of 1007. Exhibitors received $12.r0 in pre miums, or .$50 more than the state's appropriation. The receipts wero ap proximately $1000 and tho expenses under $700, tho margin being turned over to tho Ashland Commercial clan, which bodv co-operated with tho fnir management in making tho event n success. Resolutions of appreciation of the workidone by the Commercial clubs of Grants Pass, Medford and Ash land wero adopted, nnd u vote of thankg extended to Ashland Lodge, No. 044! for the use of their now building so generously donated?. HERMANN CAS WILL NOT 60 TO JURYFOR WEEK Jury Takes Little Vacation While At torneys Argue as to Further Cress examination ef Hermann Heney Has Net Yet Started Rebuttal.. HITCHCOCK'S SECRETARY TB BE PLACED ON STAND WIN Enfeaver te Contradict Htr- mm .In. Connoetron With Fik'ng f ftepert wHfe Secretary. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 7. Prose cutor F. J. Ueney at .noen today had not begun on his rebuttal evidence in the Dinner .Hermann trial except to read' extracts from the Washington trial of the ex-commissioner. Colo nel Worthington is still checking np on ITency by rending more of the Washington testimony every time ITeney leads off, and from appear ances it will require the whole of the week to get the case to the jury. This afternoon the jury is taking a little vacation -while Heney and Col onel Worthington try to get tbe court to soe in their respective directions regarding a question of further cross- examination of nermann. Heney wants to ask ITcnasnii, afepng other things, if it fcj not a f act7that Secre tary Hitchcock sent fp r the commis sion telling -him to bring down tho Holsincer report about the Hyde-Ben son land frauds m California and Or- egqn, ad -at "that tfcrie, orrery boob nfterwrd, nsked for his resignation as commissioner. Colonel Worthins- ton denies the propriety" of Honey's nsJdncr this ouestiorr. on the wnnml that it will tend tn prejudice the jury! against the defendant. The question it brine nreued out before the court in the absence of the jury this after noon. It is the intention of the prosecu tion to put W. Scott Smith, former private secretary to Secretary Hitch cock, on the stand and have him tes- j tify to the fact that he was directed by Hitchcock to telephone to Her-j mnnn and' tell him to brine tbe no?-' singer report to the secretary, ami that the conference which followed wns a heated one and resulted in n demand for Hermann's resignation. This will be done with the view of contradicting that portion of the to timnnv where Hermann said he tool-' the Holsinger report nnd filed it with the secretary because ho was afraid it would be seen and reported i Benson or Hyde if filed in the land office. SEATTLE WILL BAR ALL ILLEGAL VOTING Sheriff Swears in Large Number of Deputies to Shut Out Some 700 (Illegal Voters. SEATTLE, Wush., Feb. 7. Shor-i iff R. T. nodge is today preparing to swenr in a Inrge nuuibei of deputy sheriffs to mako arrests at tonnr-j row's primary election snouiu any attempt be mado at illegal voting. Moro than 700 arrests will bo made at tho polls if tho men whose names havo boon placed iu tbe hands of grand jury detectives and depaty sheriffs attempts to hnvo n say in the selection of candidates for mayor. Duplicate poll books hnve been pre pared nnd opposito tho nnmos of tho mon suspected of illegal registration has been placod tho word "arrest." Doteotivea employod by tho grand jury claim to havo discovered a num ber of instances of "colonizing" of votors in cheap lodging houses in tho interest of ouo of tho candidates for mayor, and a careful watch will be made to see that nono of these men ore permitted to vote. . , CLARENCE GOR PASSES AWAY A RESULT OF HAZINO Young Man of This City, ef Excellent Character and High Ideals, Diee ef Quick Censufflitlen, Which FeSewt CM Contracted at College. FORCED TO BUILD HUBE BONFIRE; CONTRACTS COLfl Funeral WW Be Held From Pretby fterian Church Tomorrow at-Noee) t IH Since Thanksgiving. As the direct result of bazkff at tbe University of Oregon, Glares W. Gore died at his- home in this y San day afternoon. The young mm. never recovered from a cold ex tracted while being put through hazing stunt before Thanksgiving, g ing into quick consumption. He was forced to leave the university a Christmas and was Unable to retara. Young Mr. Gore first sprang iats prominence throughout the state laa summer when he brought maadamas proceedings against the local schoel board to compel them to issue to hbm a diploma from the iledford high school, which had been refused be cause he was not at the commence ment exercises. This action is stifl pending in the circuit court. In spite of the fact that ho never received his diploma, the young man entered the University of Oregon at the first of last semester without condition. After he had been in the university some weeks Mr. Gore, with four other freshmen, was taken out oae &t$bt and for three' hoars was eea pelled to keep up a huge Jjonfire for the- benefit of the tormentors. Tie work was enough to keep a score of men busy, but in their efforts to please their superior classmen the youngmen overexerted themselves. Especially so was this in Gore's case, who was of a slight, delicate build. He was soon in a dripping perspira tion, and although ho took the host cure possible of himself, afterwards' he contracted a heavy cold, which he was unable to throw off. He came home at Thanksgiving and spent a week trying to build himself up again. Ho then returned to cOl lege, ogainst the wishes of his father, aud remained uutil Christmus. Whan ho pome home lit Christmas time ho was very weak and stated that ho was unable to climb a, Might of stairs" without stopping to rot. k .Mr. Uore was a young man of ex ceptionally high character and iduuls. He was u deep student and- took ui active part in local ohureh work. His habits wcro most exemplary aud his report cards from tbo university show his standing there wa& similar to tint in this city. Ho has a huge host f friends who mourn his untimely death. Mr. Gore was a native of the Rogaa River valley, beiug bom iu Ashluud 22 j oars agoV nu the 10th of this mouth. His moihor died three years ago. Since that time ho has resided with his father and two sisters in this city. Funeral services will bo held ut tho Presbyterian clptrch at 12 o'clock, Tuesday, Rev. W. P. Shields ' officiating. Tho remains will lio in state in tho cluuoh from 10 o'clook a. m. until 12 o'clook noon. CALIFORNIA MAY HAVE ANOTHER BALL LEAGUE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 7. If the offorts of J. Cal Ewiug and othor baseball promoters are suc cessful, California will havo another league under tho sponsorship of or ganized baseball when tho season of 1010 opens. Representatives of oicht cities which will compose tho circuit met Inst evening and elected officers. R. Raymond of Napa waB choson presi- dent. Tho cities that will be represented, according to tho present plans, nra Napa, San Rnfnol, Honldsburg, Vn,I lejo, St. Helens, Potalumn, Santa' Rosa and Point Richmond. An ef fort will he made to get class "D" rating for the orgauizutkm