Medford 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service are superseded by more mod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