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UNITKD PKKS8 ASSOCIATION Full Leased Wire Report. Tho only paper In tho world published In a city tho alio of Mod ford hnvlng a leased wire. THIS WIOATIIICH. Tonight ivi1 Friday Glonr niul wi.rin. Wednesday's Toinpornlures - high R7, low 39, rang" 47. Mail Tribune Medford " . nm irn nn I' S .l IV A. iJ. J J-JilXJtV. i. ' - ' "' - - - - 1 I 1 U r 1 1 I I V II! A If IV 1 IJIl ' I I I ' CRATER LAKE Five Additional Members Placed Upon tho Road Commission Club Votes to Stand Behind Committee In tho Matter of Preliminary and Necessary Expenses. COMMITTEE APPOINTED IN LODGING HOUSE MATTER Mrs. Conrad, Assistant Secretary of Club is Voted Salary of $50 a Month Protest Against Ice Cream License Is Passed. r-r-r-r'r -r-r Portland, Or., Feb. 10, 1010. Mr. W. St. Colvig, Modford, .Oregon. My Dour Sir: I think (ho "" notion which your coinmor- cinl club is nhout to tnko in regard to finnnclng tho Crntcr Lnko rond is n vory commend- nble ono, and should nppcnl to nil citizens, nnd thorcforo , fool it rny duty to respond ns ono of tho Bubflcrihors to the Amount of $100. You mny, thorcforo, draw on mo for that amount. Very 'truly youni, ANDREW C. SMITn. Tho Crntor Lnko highway commit too of tho Crntor Lnko Club was in creased by fivo ndditionnl member upon tho request of the committee it self At tho club's regular meeting; Wednesday evening Tho members added nro Dr., C. It. Rny, J. A. West erlund, K. IJ. Wntonnnn, John M. Root nnd Dr. J. P. Roddy. Tho club voted to Bland behind tho highway committco in tho mnttor of prelimin ary nnd ncecBsnry expenses in se curing (ho HtdiHoripltonB. Apple Show Writtn. A communication wnH received from tho Nationnl Applo Show nt Spoknno flubmiting a proopsition that tho club co-opornto in taking tho ex hibits nt tho next npplo show to Chi cago., whoro nrnngomoiilN have boon mndo to display all tho exhibits nt tho armory tho week following the Bpokano show. This mater wnB re fored to a committco of (hroo to bo appointed by President Colvig, which will act as n pormnnont oxhibit com mittco, nnd tnko chargo of all dis play a to bo made during tho coming year by tho club. Tlutt Ico Cream License. Aftor Bomo discussion n committee composed of J. A. Wontorlund, Main Klum nnd P. Modynoki wan appoint ed to wait upon tho city council and request nn nitoration in tho llconso imposod upon ico cream wngons and a reduction from tho present oxoos Hive fco of $f0 a month. Tho com mittoo were instructed to inform tho council that tho club considered it An nnjtiBt discrimination. Tlio rndtcM Heard From. Ed M. Audrowa prooBntcTT n re quost from tho Indies of tho Greater Medford Club that tho commercial club co-opornto with thorn in tho ef fort to sooiiro ncoommodntionB for homoHookors who cannot he tnkon caro of by tho hotolu nnd lodging houflOH. A committoo composed of Ed M, Andrews, P. Osccnbruggo, Vnn Wnltorfl, J, II. Cnrkin was appointed to assist tho ladies and to obtain if possible a lot upon which a tempo rary Btruoturo can bo oroctud or tonts provldod. Bulary for Sirs. Connul. Upon omtion of P. Modycnski a salary of $50 u month, dating from January 1, wnB votod Mrc. IT. L. Conrad, aflsistaut soorotary of tho club, who for tho pnst yonr has work ed faithfuly for tho club free of chargo. Tho motion wnB carried unanimously. Tho following now members woro elootod: C. M. Dolin, Prank S. Tor- roy, D. J, Runyard, C. Walter Mc-Callum. COMMISSION IS ENLARGED 4- 4- -r4- 44- BLUE HAZE AROUND DEPOT IN SPITE OF SOFT, SPRING WEATHER 4- In until! 111' tllfl Boft. HDrillL' inoiiiiiiL' there wan u bluo hnzo 4- I. ....! ,1 (li.i .l,uit nf T tho It. H. V. 11. depot Thurs- r day forenoon wlion tlio pass- ongorn for Jacksonville con- grogated. Tho motor enr wbh tlio only meatiH of trnnnpor- 4" ilfiii niul wliiln I Iml onr 111. iiiost lis grunt nn tho "Wid- ow'h CriiHf," it hr.s a limit. J full load boforo tho arrival of tho 8:04 train from Ashland nnd camo back after awhile for tho bnlancc, which in- eluded Judge Calkins, Attor- noyrt RonmoH and Uriggs, Commissioner Owcno, and onoiiKh moro to make the to- tnl numbor nineteen, beside n few more who woro left on tho second trin. 4- .In.li.n PnllrinR wnA linoor- tain whether it was contompt 4" nt AAiicf nnt Imt will Inulf tho mnttor up during vacation. t Mnnnim ift nnw ftaid to ho 4" t1nnn!m 4a lii-itlf this I mill over in tho morning, not n car. 4-4-44-4-4-4-4-4--f4-4-4---4-4--t-4- GAS ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MARCH 21 Mere Streets Ask for Pavlno Coun cil Takes Action In Regard to the Bettering, Sanitary Conditions of tt City Much Routine" Business Is Transacted by the City. March 21 was tho day set by the city council for the 8ccial election to amend tho charter to allow the city council to grant a frnnchiso for n gas plant in tho city for a period of thirty yars. The expenses of tho eloetion are to bo paid by tho pro moters of tho gas plant. At tho session of tho council Wed nesday evonbg thrco moro petitions for pavement of strcolc were consid ered. Thoy cover eight etrcctB from Pir to Onkdalo, South Grnpo from Eighth to Thirteenth, ami nro Ivy street from Main to Sixth. Tho council mado two moves Wed nesday evening toward bettering (he health of tho city, Ono wns ordering the city attorney to draft an ordi nance requiring tho phynicianB of the city to reKirt nil contagious disonsas to tho Aty health officer and requir ing thnt official to notify tho librar ian in ordor that books might not bo loaned to parties in whoso homo tho contagious disenso in locntod. Tho othor was instructing tho mayor to look up VignroB appertaining to inoin orators with a view of securing' ono for tho city. Itoutlnc Unfitness. Tho Hills for February woro aud ited and allowed. C. W. Davia was granted a pormit to construct n warohouso on River Bldo avonuo. A dood to n vaonntcd strip of land for uso ns a street re ceived from J. O, Smith was accept ed. Tho city tittornoy was instructed to draw a plumbing ordinance under supervision of a committco of tho council. An ordinnnco doclaring tho cost of n sowor on Ivy wab passed. A four-inch wntor main wan order ed in Park Place. A five-foot comont vnlk wns or dered In on Dnkotnh nvt:iuo from Onkdalo avonuo to King Rtroet. Steamer Wrecked. VALLBJO., Cnl., March 3. Tho steamer Glen Covo, ono of tho fastest Sncramonto rlvor freighters, crashed, on a rock near nonocla today. Tho vessel struck In a fog and other craft woro sont to her nsslBtauee. Tugs arrived In tho foronoon and began to lighter tho vobsoI of hor cargo. It was found that tho Olon Covo was rostlng easily, but tho stonmer Is In a sorlous position. A lnrgo holo was stovo In hor bow and tho water surrounding the rock U more than SO foot doop. IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES AT ST. MARKS Laying of the Corntrstone of Hew Granite Church Is Marked With Impressive and Splendid Services, In Presence of Vast Concourse of People From Over Entire Valley. DAME NATURE SMILES UPON UNDERTAKING Bishop Scaddlng Makes Address at Opera House In Evening Which Was Well Received Work Re newed with Increased Enthusiasm. Darao Nature added hor quota to making a success sof tho laying of tho cornerstone of St. Mark's church yesterday by giving a real spring day, such as southern Oregon is not ed for. After tho loworing skies and cold winds of tho past several weeks, the balmy sunshiuo was omro than appreciated nnd as a consequence tho ceremonies of tho day were witnessed by n largo concourse of people. Bishop Charles Scadding presided at tho laying of tho cornerstone of this, tho first granite church to bo erected, in southern Oregon, nnd was assisted by Archdeacon Chambors, Rev. Samuel Dorrnnco of Ashland, Rev. F. B. Bartlott of Grants Pass and Rev. Wm. Lucas of Medford. Poll Ceremonies. Tho full office of tho church, pro scribed for such ceremonies was car ried out, tho music being led by the choir of St. Mark's church. At tho conclusion when tho Lord's Prayer wns recited, few voices wero silent in the congregation. In tho box which was plnced in the cornerstone there was plnced a short history of the Medford pnrish, h. copy of the lenflet containing the service, tho last adddres of tho late Bishop Morris to tho Enlscopal con vention of Oregon in 1005, two cop ies pf tho Orccon Churchman, the of ficial paper of tho chnrch, one of January and ono of February; a copy of the journal of tho twenty-first annual meeting of tho Oregon dio cese, n copy of tho Medford Mail Tribune of March 2 and n heart of gold, set with jewels, contributed by tho Ashland congregation with the mcpsnge that their henrts woro In tho work. Address ty Hev. I.wms. Rev. Mr. Lucas made a short ad dress in which ho thanked the people of Modford for tholr support of tho church, and outlined tho good thnt comes in advertising a city as oue of churches and schools. Archdoacon Chambers Rpoko from tho financial point of viow nnd wns oqnally enthusiastic over tho out look. Tho bishop them pronounced tho, bonodiction and tho hnmmor nnd saw, which had been silent during tho coro monics, onco moro woro lienrd nnd tho work of tho erection of tho build ing bognn again with seemingly ro nowod vim. Row Mr. Dorrnnco of Ashlnml spoko of tho time when Ashland, Bit ting nt tho foot of tho Siskiyous look ed down tho valley and saw no Med ford, becnuso it was not. Later she gaiod down the valley and oaw a growing eity. Rivalry thon was at first, but no moro, excepting that ri valry that makes for bettor moral, spiritual and intellectual conditions. Tho ITnroliigg orehostra rondorod scvornl appropriate solcctlons, nnd vocal Boloctlons wero rondorcd by Mrs. ITnzolrigg, Moosrs. Andrews nnd Hanson, nnd n piano solo by Prof. Fiold. Thooo artists nro toq woll known In Modford to rcquiro special rcontion. Tho fact that thoy appear ed is sufficient to show those who woro not prcsont what thoy (missod. During tho ovoning Bishop Chnrlos Scndding spoko enthusiastically for a nnitod Oregon, no said that whilo a clorgyman should not bo what is technically onllod a "promotor" or "boostor" for oountry or Btnto it is right that his pntriotiq spirit should (Continued on Pago 8.) CRROOy. THTflKDAY. 4- 4- ' 4- t 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4 4- 4- 4- COUNCILMAN WELSH 4- IS IMMORTALIZED BY 4- FELLOW OFFICIALS 4- Down throuch tho dusty corridors of time, will go tho nnmo of E. A. Welsh, tho highly officicnt and populnr representative of tho citizens 4- of tho First ward in tho coun cil chambors of tho city, and mny bo that years hence, 4 Rnmn rliilil will ask. not ns tho poot Una it, "How great was Alexander, pa," but "How great was Mr. Welsh, deddyT" For on Wednesday overling, colleagues of Councilman Wolsh mado provision for his undying famo. Tho matter came up among the pnsBfcgo of billB and cri otiK debate. Out in the north end is n Btrcot and tho resi dents thereof would secure somo imprqveraent, it matters not what. But the street had no name and owing to this the mnttcr wnB in danger of the pigeon hole, when W. W. Eifcrt, president of tho coun cil, moved thnt tho street be given a name. Nay, more, ho prooscd a name. Passed. The name is Welsh avenue. What matters it if the street is only ono block long! S CLAPP ATTACK PROPOSES LAW Submit Minority Rtport to Senate Attacking interstate Cofimerce Law as Reported by Commission- Declare Measure Creates Useless Court. WASHINGTON, March 3. Sena tors Cummins and Cl&pp today sub mltted to tbo senate a minority re port attacking tho Interstate com merce bill as reported by tho Inter stnto commerce commission. Ho declared that tho measure cre ates a usoless "court, reduces the au thority of tho Interstao commerco commission, falls to regulato prop erly tho railroads or to protect tbo public and provpnts neither ovor-cajv Itnltzatlon nor combination. Tho minority report doclared that ovor-cnp!talltatlon and combination would bo posalblo under tho proposed law because the bill la confined to railroad corporations, whereas It Is contended that it should include all corporations and common carrlors subject to act. Tho report points thnt the prohlbl tory moasuro regarding tho Issuance ot stocks and bonds Is limited by tho phraso, "shall horcafter lsauo for any purpose connected with or relating to any part ot Us business governod by tho said act to regulato commerco, otc, and-statos that these words des troy tho forco of tho whole plan. It Is declared that thoro Is noth ing to prevont any holding corpora tion from lsauin? all tho stocks and bonds It pleases. Tho report declares also that there Is practically no limit to tho privileges of reorganization and consolidation, that thoro Is no relation concerning the capitalization of increasing Values. It expressly provldod that, ovon though every provision ot tho law L' violated in tho issuance ot stocks and bondr, they shall novortholess bo val Id in tho hands of Innocent purchas ers. Cummins nnd Clapp doaUro that tho clauej attempting to prmun tho consolidation of competing ral roud lines Is valueless and that no it nl attempt has boon mado to' prevont tho consolidation ot competing water or rail lines, this feature ot tho bill does not includo express telophono or tolograph companies or suburban olcctrlo passenger railway corpora tions. Thoy doclared that any electric railway company could purchase all tho railways In tho country and com bine them without interference In so far as tho bill, as reported by the majority ot tho committee, would af fect tho transaction. CUMMIN AND MARCH 3, 1910. LABOR UNIONS A GREAT STRIKE Ultimatum Assured That If the Of ficials of Rapid Transit Company Do Not Decide to Arbitrate That General Strike Will Become Effec tive Friday at Midnight. LEADERS SAY 200,000 MEN WILL HEED ORDER Last Hope of Citizens of Philadel phia Center In C!!y Council, Which Will Try to Bring Warring Ele ments Together ' & PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 3. A general strike ot union laborers in Philadelphia to bo effectivo at mid night tomorrow was proclaimed at 2 o'clock this morning by Xbe Central Labor Union ot this city. According to tho ultimatum, the leaders declared would be Issued to day, if tho officials of the Philadel phia Rapid Transit company recon sidered their determination not to arbitrate before tomorrow the strike order will bo rescinded. The meeting at wnluh the strike was proclaimed was enthusiastically In favor of a general walkout. The leaders estimated moro than 200,000 workingmen and womn would beed the order. Dispatches from the labor unions ot San Francisco and Chicago offer !ng financial support in tbo event ot a general strike wero read. They called forth wild applause. Trusting CoubcH. Tho last Lope of every citizen here for an amicable settlement ot tho street car strike and the prevention of a general strike Is centered today in tho city couucil. Tho council to day Issued a call for a meeting, nnd it is hoped that it may be able to brlnp tho warrlny Industrial and po litical elements together. Tho council Is regarded as tho court of last resort In tho present crisis. and tho public, represented by lead lng men tn all walks of life, Is united In a demand for interference py the council. Unless tho councilmen intercede and their subsequent actions to stop the strike prove successful, a general walkout ot every labor man and wom an in tho city will take placo at mid' night Friday. Mayor Rcyburn and the Transit company officials refuso to admit tho posslbltty ot a general strlko and are suro that the prcsont striko will soon terminate. Citizens hore fear that their sangulno attltudo may be as sumed by tho council to the detriment ot the poople. UNWASHED HINDUS BANE OF JUDGE NEW WESTMINISTER, B. C, March 3. Judgo Pitoagor doclared that ho will novor hear another Hindu ease unless it bo held in tho opon air. , Yostoixlay 08 unwashed Hindus crowded into tho'district court rooom in nn assault caso. Tho etory wns told amid profnso salaams. Tho magistrate' called a halt and ordered n window closed ns ho was suffering from a cold. Five minutos later howovor ho ordorod th windows nil oponod and begged tho witnosssos to hnftton. But boforo thoy finished ho declared tch accused euilty on gon oral prinoiplos and suspeudod son tonco on, tho condition thnt ovorj'one of tho swarthy , sons of tho Oriont niako a quick oxit from tho court room. May Rename State Street. CHICAGO, March 3. Chicago's well known thoroughfare, Stato streot, may bo ronamod "Roosevelt streot," In honor of former President Roosovolt, If Aldorman Otto J, No vak carries oiit his Intention of call ing on the city council to chango the namo ot the street, as ho Insisted he would do today. PROCLAIM 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-f 4- 4- ROCKEFELLER IS TO PERFECT THE GREATEST OF CHARITY SCHEMES 4- 4- NEW YORK, March 3. Behind tho incorporation of the Rockefeller foi-tnno is hid- den the greatest plan for a systematized charity in tho history of tho world. Rockefeller's vast wealth is to bo devoted to charity in tho " 4" broadest sense including ev- cry field of human endeavor " for many years to come and " probably through fntnro cen- tnrics. It waB learned today that " the plan is on an even greater Ecalc than was thought to be 4" tlin rssn and t! will not i volve practically tho entire " Rockefeller fortune but will J present & definite life work for John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The younger Rockefeller is making preparations today to retire from all corporations 4" vctth vchtfh ti 5r nnnnpid in order that he may givo his en- tire time to the foundation. It was this in view that ho re cently withdrew from tho 4 ItAnvil nf rlimkMnra nf thn 4- Kfnnrlnrrl Oil romnanv. " 4- 4-4-4-4-4-4- 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- WHAT TAFT HAS COMPLETED ONESHORT YEAR Today Is Last Day of the First Year of Administration of President Taft He Has Traveled Far and Has Done Much Work During His Tenure of Office. WASHINGTON, March 3. This Is tbo last day of tho first year of the administration ot President Taft, a catalogue of the hapuenlngs which have marked his initial 12 months as tho chief executive presents varie gated reading. Following are some of the features of the year: Tho president traveled 20,638 miles on railroad trains. He traveled 5000 miles In automo biles. He visited 30 states and two terri tories. He made 348 speeches. He lost seven pounds, his weight now being 319 pounds. Ho obtained the enactment ot the now tariff law, which Is the only Im portant measure enacted so far, al though the present session ot the congress Is half over. Ho has taken steps toward the prosecution ot tho beef trust. He caused customs frauds to bo uneartrohed In New York. He discharged Chlof Forestor Pln chot, Assistant Forester Price and Law Officer Shaw of tho forestry service. Ho approved the dismissal of L. R. Glavls ot the land office, following the action of Glavls In filing charges against Secretary Balltnger. He lnsttiutcd Inquiry Into the high cost ot living. Ho forced Zelaya to abdicate tho presidency ot Nicaragua. Ho shook hands with President Diaz on Mexican soil. BIG PINES COMPANY ACQUIRES FINE TEAM Last summor tho big team of bay colts driven by Lcm Charley of Brownsboro, attracted much atten tion nmong tho owners of good horse flesh. Thoy woro big and strong, porfectly mnthed nnd ns nearly tho ideal of a draft horso as could be fonnd. Yostorday tho Big Pines Lumber company, through tho agency of Chns. E. Tull, became tho ownors of this tenm for n consideration of $000 cash. ' The horsss are lm1' aro four-year-olds, and weigh 1080 and 1720 pounds respectively. At ago enoh will tip tho beam at nearly 1000 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Young were at Gold IIill Thursday, No. 297. 83 IS NUMBER NOW GIVEN AS SLIDfS OEAD Railroad Officials Trying to Get An other Train Into Wellington Teday Reports of Second Avalanche Is Denied by Railroad MenGreat Suffering Over the Northwest. FLOOD DEVASTATES LITTLE TOWN OF COLFAX Entire Town Near Seattle at Tep af Mountain Range Is Cut Off Fram Outside World and People Are Starving. SEATTLE, Wash., Starch 3. The Great Northern Hallway company to- SHcd nn official RRHOHHcesaeHt at 10 o'clock this morning, giving the dead In the Wellington avalAHce as 8. All of the missing ore figured la thl statement aa dead. Tho company ac knowledges that tho list may ho too high or too loW, bat more probably too high. EVERETT, Wash., March 3. With 39 bodies recovered at "Wellington today and 34 more still to be ac counted for, the railroad company estimates 73 dead tn the avalanche at WelllnKton. Those that are mlse- lng must be counted as dead. Reports of a new avalanche at Wel lington are denied absolutely today by the railroad company. The tost courier to reach Scenic Hot Spring throneh the snow reported 39 per sons dead and stated that the rescue work was la full swing. Hk mes sage from Scenic Is dated at 4 a. jb. today. Much of the debris Is still far beneath the shovels of the rescu ers. 102 Passengers. The railroad company's official list of tho passengers and employes on the wrecked tralnsare 103. Of these 29 have been positively ac counted for. The railroad Is making another at tempt to get a train through to Wel lington today. It left Everett at lffl o'clock this morning with new men, supplies, moro doctors and nurses. No newspaperman has yet reached the scene. -."i Twenty-Eight Tombs. SCENTS HOT 8PRINGS, Wash., March 3. Twenty-eight temporary tombs In tho snow, each with a body of somcono who lost hla life In the avalanche and marked with a rough board, dot a little flat just east ot Wellington today. Tho Great Northern has been com pletely blocked for a week and It will be fully another week before the line will be clear to Wellington. It Is practically impossible to bring the bodies out and tho snow will prevent dissolution for days. Many who have attempted to get from here to Wellington have beea compelled to turn back by fresa slides and the depth ot the snow, A party that struggled through the drifts from Skykomlsh roached here this morning on their way up the mountain, but abandoned tho trip. Suffering at Colfax. COLFAX, Wash., March 3. Many persons missing, dozens of families homeless and penniless, dwellings an,d business houses swept far from their original sites these are somo of the general features of the flood that has devastated Colfax. Today tho waters are receding and the gigantic task of rehabilitation has begun, It Is Im possible to glvo a close estimate of the damage, but It will not run less Now Town Ruined. SEATTLp, Wash., March 3. The nenw town of Lacona, on the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound railway, 50 miles .'roin Seattle, near the sum mit of tho Cascades, has been cut oft from the outsldo worlu for two weeks by the snow and the people nro' starving,