UN1TKII I'ltlCMH AHHOOIATION
Full Leaned Wlro Kopnrt.
Medtord Mail Tribun
THE WKATHKIt.
Tonight And Snturdoy Pnrlly
cloudy.
Thursday's Tompornturo High
fi5, low 39, range 60.
Tlio only ninr In tlio world
ImiIiIIhIiuiI In a city tlio nizu. of
Mddfnrd IimvIiik ft leased wlro,
MBDFOKh ORECION, FRIDAY, FJDBRUAKY 25, 1910.
No. 292.
am
Jack Johnson, Colored Fighter,
Called to Answer Assault Charge.
Most Powerful Figures In Packing
Industry of United States Must
Faco Serious Charge In-State of
New Jersey.
CHARGED WITH INCREASING
AND DECREASING PRICES
Only One Man Escapes Follows At
tempted Bribery of Federal
Prosecutor Garvin.
lu'ixim.v .
JHItSKV (MTV, N. Feb. 2.1.-
The grit ml Jury heiv Unlny returned
lmll tinrniK iigitliit nil the officer
nml itlirtiiirM of the National Pnrlc
lug (oniMiuiiy with I lie exception of
Ketiuctt Meruit In, ilio rcMdcnt 01 rec
tor of till' rniilKin)- here.
Tim trim hill charge Ilio big park
ing .concern with Increasing nnd do-
preying the price of fiMHMtiffii con-
frnry to tho Inws of tlio stale.
Hit' men Indicted by tlio grand Jury
nro:
J. Ogricn Arnionr, A, XV. Armour, h.
It. Swift, K. Ii. Bulft, 13. II. Swift,
Kilwnrtl Morrii, A. Meeker, Kdwnrd
Tilden, Aainiicl MrltoltcrtA, T. J. Con.
now, Ii. A. Cartons, Thomas Wilson,
Ji. Ilryinmi, A. Fowler, James ltnfli
gate, Jr., Oorgo Kdwartl, Fred Coop
er, !. II. llartwell, Irn M, Morris,
Henry Darlington, IxMimel Patterson,
A. A. Fuller.
Tho men represent tho most iow.
crful figures In tho packing IndiiNtry
In tho United Htntcs.
Tho indictment follow intimations Secretary of Washington State Hor-
on mo pan or iricmii or l'rosecutor
500 PERSONS
STALLED BY
LATEST BUST OF LINCOLN, WITH
MAN WHO HAS CniSELED IT.
Great Northern Road Is Unable to
IK T ! M ...... 0..l. PIIJ. I
muvc u nam NCdi QLtini; onuc
Kills Two Wires All Down-No
Communication.
PASSENGERS HELD UP,
BUT ARE NOT HUNGRY
Oriental Limited Starts East From
Seatle, But Is Forced to Lie
Over In Everett.
Pugilist Jack Johnson, matched to meet Jim Jeffries for the honvvwelcht I
ciiniiipiormiiip or tin? worm nml enlled Uhhi In New York to stand trlnl on the
charge of assaulting n negro miivli Ninnller thnn lilinat'lf. Is very happy lu his
homo life In spite of the engagements that call him iiwn.v most of tlie time.
Tho picture of the lighter with his need mother was tnlien recvtitlr In Chi-
enco In the new 11.000 homo which he presented to her Johnson's defomio
to the charge or assault In the second decree, innde nfter his nltercntloii
with Normnn l'Inder In n New York saloon. Is tlmt he acted In hcif defense
WANT FIVE PECKS
NSTEAD BUSHEL
tlcultural Association Tells Why
Commission Men Want the
New Box .
Onnnii that certain Interested per
sons had promised to "make It right"
with flnrvan if no personal Indict
incuts were returned by the IiujiiImU
tors.
SPOKANE, Wash., Fob. 25. "Of-
VALE ADOPTS SLOGAN. fleers nnd members of tho 'Notional
"VALE, LAST FRONTIER" Applo 81ilpi)orB' nssoclntlon nro bnck
l.of tho fllit for tho Introduction of
VALh, Or., I' ob. 20. At tlio rep- ft substltuto packaKO for tho north
iilitr mootiiij; of tho Vnlo Commoroinl WCBt atandnrd nnnlo box. adontod by
club tho oontoHt for tho Boloctlon of Browora ,n Montnnn Wall0 0rogoni
l J i.. I1,H
moKau xor vaio was conciuuod mm WnflhlnKtou. California and tho nrov
tho prizo Of ?5 awarded to Hnrrv n.f.nCo of nrmB Columbia, nml tho nrl-
uarroii, a roni estnto donlcr. Tho mnry rt,Hon for 80oklnB tho change
Blonn adopted wna "Vnlo, tho Lust B that thoy want fivo pocks of fruit
Frontier." .
iui uiu miiitu utuuvf uiu iiuw I'iiy lur
a bushel."
L. O. Monroo, socrotnry of tho
Washington Stnto Horticultural as-
soclatlon, gavo out tho forogolng In
announcing that W. K. Nowoll, prosl
dont of tho Orogon stato board of hor
ticulture, and ho will loavo Spokano
for WnBhlngton, D. 0 on March 3 to
lopposo tho Lafoan bill, which will
I como boforo tho congressional com
mlttoo on Mnrch 0.
Aftor doclarlng that groworB In
tho northwest nro dotormlnod to fight
tho Lafonn and otlior Biibstltuto nions
urea to a finish. Mr. Monroo snlrl In
"TllO ilnoU88lnK tllO merits of thn nrnannl
onargo nine tlio sonntorlal InvostlKH packagp;
tlon of tlio cnusoB for tho high cot '"OrchardlBta and packora all ovor
of living Is moroly a "framoup" Is 1,10 northwoBt hnvo oxporlmontod for
nmdo by Senator LaFollotto's Weekly r , . 01 U0X08' nml
thoy liavo docldod that our standard
pnekago 10 1-2x11 1-2x18 Inches, con
mcuoB, or
MANY COMING
SAYS MMRAY
General Passenger Agent of South
ern Pacific Pleased With Evi
dences of Prosperity Mani
fest In This City.
EVERETT. Wash., Feb. 25. Ru
mors ronched hero today of a slide
on tho Great Northern near Scenic)
InBt night in which a cook nnd
waiter lost their lives. All wires nro
I down nnd the report cannot be con
imncn.
A fresh slido 200 feet long and 10
feet deep this side of Scenic, block
nded tho tracks this morning. Last
night's Onenlnl Limited out of Sc
nttle pot os far as Skykomish and
returned to Everett during the night
This coining's train nlso got to Skv
komish, but is expected back this af
tcrnoon.
Three railroad trains with 500
passengers nro still stalled in -the
mountains, but hnvo plenty of pro
visions and fuel. .
Tho two men reported Idlled lost
their lives in a bunkhonso at the
west portal of the Cascade tunnel
winch was swept away bv tho avn
lanche. The .lino from Skykomish t
Scenic is blocked this afternoon nn
irum ocenic to Wellington is one
great slide.
Loaded with every availabl
bridge worker nnd wrecking mnn,
special trnin was sent into the
mountains todny to follow the snow
plows. Two carloads of provisions
were taken nlso to prevent any suf
foring among the passengers on the
stalled trains. At the hendqunrters
hero it is believed . most of tho
bridges in the mountains have been
torn out by tho slides.
NO MORE LONG FIGHTS
FOR EX-CHAMPION
SAYS INVESTIGATION
IS ONLY A FRAMEUP
La Follctto Declares Public Senti
ment Is Against Republican Ma
chine Herolo Methods.
MADISON, Wis., Fob. 25,
William McMurrny, general pns
songor agent of tho Southern Pn-
cifio linos in Oregon, is spending the
day in Modford nnd is greatly pleas
ed with tho many mnnifostntions of
prosponty nnd improvements to bo
scon on every side of the citv. Ho
Btntos that there will bo a gront in
flux of new pooplo soon nnd that
Modford will got hor sharo of thorn
"Modford looks bettor onch titno
I como down," stnted Mr. MoXrur-
ray, "nnd ono cannot como hero
without wishing to stny. Tho growth
during tho past year has been wo'i
derfnl. nnd tho outlook for tho future
is cortnmly splondid.
"Tho Southern Pacific in deciding
to givo Modford a $50,000 depot is
building against tho noxt fivo years.
Wo nro planning to givo you some
thing worth while."
Mr. McMurrny is ncoompnniod by
William Biddlo Wells.
published today.
An odltorlal anyo that tho Invoatlga- talnlng 2,150 3-4 cubio
tlon 1b doBlgnod to furnish material to 2173 "u, Inches with tho awoll,
bo tiacd In dofonfio of tho so-callod ,noro l,inn a w,noP3tr bushel, Is
Aldrloh-Cannon alliance. Tho paper nu ,niU,.,,tod fr, t'oIr1 rT, Th.
Ann,no tl , , 11 California special, 10x11x20 Inchoa, b
doclaroB that public aontlmont has nlfl0 sod to advantngo for four-tlor
turned ngalnst tho ropubllcan mn- fruit. Tho Lafoan bill provldoa for
cmno andtnat tho Aldrlch- Cannon ft paokago of 12x12x20 luchoa, whllo
managomont la adopting ( monatiroa another, monsuro anyB tho now box
that aro liorolo, if not doapornto. slmll contain not loaa than 2342 cublo
Inchoa, which means a box of nearly
fivo pocks.
"Colorado orchardlsts use a larg
er box than ours, but thoy do not
grndo or tlor-pack tholr opplea, It
rqakoa llttlo or no dlfforonco to thorn.
Howovor, thoy and tho growers In
Utah favor our box, as it moans uni
formity in fruit and scientific pack
ing; and, want Is moro Important, tho
consumers know JuBt whnt kind, site
and numbor of apples ho receives for
hia monoy, No other stato, whoro ap
plo growing la followod aB an indus
try, uses boxos, and, ns growors say
no aquaro box will pack right, tho
adoption of the northwoat standard
box sooms to bo tho logical solution
of tho problem."
SAN FRANCISCO. Cnl.. Feb. 25
wonlo Attell, who was relieved o
his title of bnntnm-weight champion
nt Los Angeles on Washington's
birthday by httlo Frankio Conley, re
turned homo today accompanied by
ins manager, Harry Foley.
Foloy declnred that he will not lot
his boy go over the Marathon route
again. While Attell wants n return
mntch with Conloy in tho nenr fn
hire, ho mndo it plain that ho does
not wnnt to go ovor 25 rounds, At
toll soys ho is willing to bet $1000
that ho eon beat Conley nt this dis
tance.
OF
MEN HUNT NEGRO
Man Accused of Assaulting Two
Year-Old Girl Is In Danger
of Lynching.
F. W. Cornolius of Wnco, Tox., is
ono of tho rocont Modford nrrivnls,
DALLAS, Tex., Fob. 25. A mob
numborlng moro than 1000 men start
ed boforo daylight to hunt Allen
nrook8, n negro accused of having
aB8aultod Ethel Buvln, a 2-year-old
white child.
Tho mob surrounded tho local Jail
last night nnd demanded the nogro.
Later thoy bocamo convlncod that ho
was not concealed In tho pall and
disponed.
Tho surrounding country is being
senrchod for a trace of tho negro and
ovory offort Is being mndo to learn
whoro ho has boon hiddon by tho au?
thoritlos. It Is bollovod that ho woa
taken to Fo-t Worth,
QUAKER CITY
: SITUATION
BETTER
j Sanity Again Prevails in Philadel
' phla and It Is Doubtful if General
j Strike of All Unions Will Be Called
to Aid Streetcar Men.
ARMED MEN HAVE
SITUATION IN HAND
Only a Few of the Hotheaded Strik
ers Continue to Urge General
Strike in City.
' ' ' "
Putting Into marble some of the compelling greutucyx of Lincoln n.-ti. h:
th wonls of Guuon Borglum, was the puriwse of the vulptnr In iihhIcIIii
in Imperishable stone his Impressions of the uiviit lllieRiiur IV1H i
dlfllcultlcH In forming a conception of tho real I.Iiu dIu. he wrote t hat It un
necessary to "wade through mountain oi niat'nm." itiid :t wan .ni w
long nnd exhaustive research, embracing pbiti4gpi)lis. palatini: mat th-i
material, that he commenced to model hi tutsi of Lincoln The fn.n-i
the newest Lincoln has won renown In two nV.'d of art. Not oiilv i
of the best known of American sculptors, hut hi caiicae in-
teemed by critics and connoisseurs. He exhibited for the tirxt time in
Parts salon of ISOt. his contributions being a br"iiz ::roup of a fallen in.li -and
his horso and a landscape painting Botti n- 'ti ,.. ti
WAS YOUNG MAN
PARI OF PLAN?
Special Agent Jones Says Govern
ment Gave Up All Hope of Win
ning Its Case When Sheri
dan Was Picked.
HALLEY PLANS TO
B
UILD
NEW FRON
I
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 26.
i Although a general strike of union
men here in sympathy, with tho street
railway employes who are fighting
the company appeared remote today,
tho question will be cettled finally
next Sunday at a great mass meeting
or unionists.
The presence of armed men along
the lines of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company prevented any sem
blance of riot and more cars were
operated today by tho company than.
at any time slnco the strike began.
No disturbances of any magnitude
were reported and the indications to
day are that the authorities will b
able to bold the situation in hand
with the forces already on duty.
The company claims a victory and
refuses to arbitrate Its difference
with the strikers. Placards are up
in the car barns offertng employment
to men desirous of becoming motor
men and conductors. The claim is
made by the company that hundreds ,
(of men are offering their services.
A few of the moro hot-headed strik
ers still continue to urge a general
! strike, but a maporlty ot tho carmen
W. H. Meeker & Company Are to
Occupy Quarters in the Halley
Block, on South Central
Avenue.
WASHINGTON. D. C. February 25. W- H. Hauey nas let tne contract
-Special Agent Jones, who worked .tor putting in place glass fronts with
with Louis It. Glnvlo on the Alaskan maroio oase m nis io sioru rooms
coal cases, sprung a sensation at the! Jst north of the Mail Tribune office,
T nllln haii1) MAhA InfAffll MA1 IndnV "
' 1 tral avenue, will be occupied about
by declaring Hating tnat Attorney ; AprU l6t by w H . Meeker & Co., who
Sheridan, tho young lawyer appoint- will bo compelled to move from their
ed by tho government to Investigate present location at that time to make
tho Cunningham wises, had spoiled , room for Charles Strang, who owns
tho government's hope of a success-j tho property, nnd is himself looking
lor a location, owing to tne recent
salo of his present quarters to Nich
ols & Ashpole, who wish to establish
tholr meat n.arket there. Incidental
ly Nichols & Ashpole must move from
tholr present location because tho
Medford National bank wlahes to ex
tend Its building to tho alley between
Main and Sixth streets.
It's a kind of merry-go-round for
tho abovo mentioned firms.
Mr. Halloy Intends making exten
sive Improvements in hia building this
year, and mako it nn ap-to-date busi
ness block.
E. A. Hofler Is also Improving the
building which houses the Mission
cafe by adding a kitchen, work upon
which began Thursday.
are said to oppose the plan.
The first semblance of disturbance
came shortly before noon, when a
crowd of men and boys attacked a
car. They were charged by the po
lice and state constabulary and ser
oral rioters sustained minor Injuries.
One policeman was seriously wounded.
BRIEF RESPITE GAINED ,,
BY SUGAR FRAUD MAN
fill prosocution
Jones declared that Sheridan re
vealed tho ontlre case of tho govern
ment at onco. giving tho defendants
time to proparo their defense at leis
ure.
Senator Fletcher asked ttto witness:
"Do you mean to say that there
never has boon nny serious prosocu
tion of theso cases up to this time?"
"Just about that," replied Jones.
'Shoridnn was ignorant. I do not
chargo him with being corrupt, but
I think he tried tho case unwlsoly."
Jones testified that former Govern
or Mooro of Washington once said
that If It had not been for Glavis his
people would have had their patents.
Tho witness corroborated tho testi
mony of Glavis regarding his efforts
to got criminal proceedings on tho
.charge of frauds started against the
Alnskan clnlmnnts.
Attornoy Prnndols produced a
statomont signed by Glavis nnd Jones
rolntlvo to u conversation with A. D.
McKenrlo of Alaska. In tho state
ment thoy stnted that McKonrlo went
into tholr office on June 26, 1909,
,and told thorn ho had talked with
Jnmoa R. Garfield, then secretary of
tho Intorior, nnd Garfield appeared
to bohostllo to tho Alaokan cases.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. A writ
of error was allowe dtoday by Jus
tice Lurton of the United States su
premo court in the case of Secretary
Charles D. Helke of tho sugar trust,
Indicted In connection with the sug
ar weight frauds.
Helko's plea for Immunity was re
ceived recently by the New York court,
and denied, and the action today
brings his case directly before the su
preme court.
1000 MISSOURI HENS
IN EGG-LAYING CONTEST
UNCLE SAM TO BUILD
TWO NEWBATTLESHIPS
Secretary Meyer and Naval Commit
tee Favor Greater Navy Will
Cost $11,000,000 Each.
T. A. Tnit of. Quincy, 111., is in
edford looking over tho country
ith n viow to locating.
MEXICO, Mo Feb. 25. Moro than
1000 hons will bo brought her next
fnll to participate in an egg-laying
contest If tho plana of T. E, Qulsson
borry, secretary of tho MIsoourl Stato
Poultry board, nro successfully car
ried out. Tho competition will bo hold
nt tho poultry experiment station
which will bo built horo and conduct
ed under tho suporvlalon of the' Unit
ed Stntos department of agriculture
and raanagod by tho Missouri poultry
board, Tho station will accommodate
G000 hons.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 25. Two
great battleships yearly, ot 28,000
tons, costing $11,000,000 each, may
bo recommended to congress by the
hoiiBo commlttoo on naval affairs, ac
cording to a report current hero to
day. Aftor a conforonco with Secre
tary Meyer of the navy department,
a promlneut member of tho committee
said that tho secretary and a major
ity ot the committee favor a greater
navy.
Recommend Bill's Passane,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The sen
ate committee on interstate commorce
today decided to recommend tho pas
sage of the Tatt-Elktn bill amend
ing the interstate commerco law,
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