- in 'rrlcal Socrttiy THIS WICATIIKIt. Medford Mail Tribune UNITKI) vmm ABSOOTATION Full Leaned Wire Report. Tonight itml Biitunlny Clear mill warm, Thurwliiy Temperatures High 08, low 45, rongo rH, Tho only paper In tho world published In a city tho sIm of Medford having a leased wire. JWUTIT YIDAJt. MEDFORD. 'OREGON, FRIDAY, MAEHtl, 1910. No. 304. COMPANY'S WATER FROM VALUES ARE FALLING New Element Enters Into Great Strike In Philadelphia and May AcompJIsh What Resolutions of Strikers and Business Men Have Failed to Do. STOCKHOLDERS, ALARMED, DUMPING THEIR HOLDINGS Commercial Interests Continue Their Efforts to Find n Way to Settle the Strike City In State of Great Dread. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., March 11. A now elnn:tt In tho Philadelphia car strike- today may accomplish what resolutions hy strikers nnd business men liavo failed to do. Thin element U tho effect tho car ntrlko has had on tho values or tho Philadelphia Itapld Transit company's securities. Tho tracl'on stock closed yester day at 19 1-8. It has declined 7 points since the strike began. Stockholders of tho company have become alarmed and over SS,000 shares wore dumped upon tho mar ket yesterday. Tho directors have manifested no ummslness, but It In acknowledged by financiers that the transit stocks which hnvo been llstod among tho leading securities of tho market that continued woaknens would bo fatal to tho company. 1 Tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit company Is a "holding company" of a "holding company." Whllo this tends to Increase tho values of tho stock nnd tho payment of higher dlv Idnds, It also tends to glvo tho con cern a lack of coherency and ability to resist doprosslon, Commercial Interest today contin ued their offortB to find n way to settle tho strike A meeting was scheduled for this afternoon to dis cuss tho situation, which It Is admit ted Ih growing worio dally. Frequent rioting has kept tho city In a state of dread thnt fatal clashes between tho rlotors nnd pollco may occur at any tlmo. This la Incroasod by tho brutality In chocking disor ders. TAFT ORDERS NO MORE CHANGES IN ROAD BILL WASHINGTON, D. C, Mnrch 11. That Prseidont Tuft has ilollvorod an ultimatum against furthor changes in tho railroad bill drawn by Attor ney Gonorul Wickoruhnm along the lines ho proposed, is gonornlly sup posed today tohavo boon tho result of n long conforeuuo tho chief exe cutive hold with Sountors Aldrioh nnd Crano nt tho Whito IIouso Into yoaier day. Aldrioh nnd Crano woro summon ed hurriedly, and at once repnired to tho oxooutivo mansion. Tho president ordorod that ho was not to ho disturbed upon businoys, howovor urgent. It is tnoitly under stood thnt Tuft doereod thht no ohnngo is to bo mndo in tho monsuro as it now stnudB, and thnt notion upon it in tho Honnto to bo tukon im mediately. Tho result of tho "conforonco will bo ovidout if tho bill is tnkon up in tho uppor house whoro it nlrondy linn tho right of way in viow of (ho fuel that it nof is olnssified ns unfiniHli. oil business, LOS ANGELES, March 11. Sum Lnngford, tho ..Boston "tor-baby" who wjll mnko n dotonninod offort to oblitoruto tho iiuiuo of Flynn from tlio pugiliHtio rostor at Vernon on St. Patrick's dny, is tnking n wgll onrnod rest today. Tho husky nqgro hns boon doing somo Btornuous train ing during tho woolc nnd upon tho nd vioo of Goorgo Ryors, who hns iih Hnmod olmrgo of his work, ho will "Iny off" for it fow days boforo put R tho finishing touches on his condition. FISH LAKE On March 15 City Will Be Alolwed to Take Water Again From Fish Lake Canal at Bradshaw Drop and Cut Out Bear Creek Which Is Some thlnfl to Bo Desired. CANAL HAS BEEN REBUILT, AND CLEANED THOROUGHLY Doubtless Controversy Regarding Rluht of Way Will Soon Be Dis posed of and System Will Be Com pleted. Medford will bnve Fish Lake wa ter again by the lCth of March, as tho main canal of tho Fish Lako com- iniiiy i rum uiu imaKO io wie urau sliaw drop has been cleaned and en larged and the engineer In charge has been Instructed to flush tho ditch through n splllwny above tho Intake of tho city pipe for several days In order that the water may bo ab solutely puro when tunic' Into tho city system. Within a short tlmo tho Hanlcy controversy will doubtlesB bo settled ouo way or tho other, and good mountain water will flow through tho city pi j os. GREAT NORTHERN SAID PLANNING GREAT TUNNEL SPOKANE. Wash.; MurcITll. That tho Grout Northern railroad Is planning u 17-mllo tunnel near Chla wukum to Skykomlsh In order to os capo such disasters as occurrod at Wellington Is a toplo now discussed In railroad circles In this city. If such a tunnel Ih built, nnd tho railroad en gineers are now figuring on It, It will bo tho longest tunnol In tho world and probably would bo ono of tho greatest onglneorlng foots of all Urn. Several shafts would bo sunk along tho route nnd tho total cost of such a projoct Is variously estimated at from 120,000,000 'to $50,000,000. BAT SORE AT JIM CORBETT'S CRITICISM Durable Dane Does Not Fancy Crlt Iclslm of His Seconds by James J. Corbett. CinCAGO, Ills., Maroh 11. Bat tling Nolson is "soro" at Jim Corbott today simply becauso Corbott took oooasion to writo un artiolo on tho Noiuon-Wolgilst battlo in San Fran cisco in which ho said that tho But tlor's socouds showed poor judgmont in allow tho Durablo Dane to con tinue tho fight. Nolson wuxod oxcoodingly wrothy last night uud finally ho snt down and wroto u roply which ho tolo graphed to sovoral papers published in the wost. IIo said in part: "I nrguo thnt Corbott was several thousand miles away from tho ring whon I was fighting. ' I hnvo noth ing but pruiso for tho mon in my corner and I am tho man most in torostod. Lot Corbott rooall tho fact thnt nt Goldfiold, Onus murkod and out nnd boat mo worse than Wolgnst did, yot I was always rondy with n final kick, I landed it in tho 12ud round. In my fight with Unnlon I wns bonton almost to n pulp yot I stoppod Ilaulpn in tho 10th round. "Pleaso undorstnnd mo that my sooonds noted us I wanted thorn to, Anytime I got whipped, I want to ho strotched out on tho floor with tho roforoo finishing tho count over mo, I novor will have n spongo thrown in tho ring ns n tolton tliat I hnvo given up tho bnttlo. T novor hnvo in thu pnst nnd will not in tho future" MEDFORD'S ROLL OF HONOR Following are tho names of W. M. Colvlg J. A. Tornoy T-'E. Daniels F K., Deuel (leorgo L. Davis A. Conro Kioto J. H. Dutlcr , I). It Hill J. A. Wrstorlund D. L. Dodgo IV. N. Dutlcr ' F. C. Pago J. D. Heard T. W. Osgood E: C. Doeck D. H. Palmer J. M, Hoot '. D. Olwoll JUG. Smith A. .8. Dliton Glen Fabrlck' . 0. H. Relchman F?Hubbard C. W. McDonald ' W. M. Vayno . W. J. Mundy TX: H. Prechard Jt. A. Thomas K. II, Davis (1. H. Hanauor 6..R. Llndley S. Chlldcrs II. P. Hnrgravo W. M. Hodsoa VHC. Kcntncr W. M. Smith C. L. Reamea W. T. York V. W. Hollls A. L. Cuslck E. C. Gaddls I. W. Koycs X. A. Davis O. V. Meyers ' W. I. Vawtor J. B. Wood M, J. Rcddy J. E. Watt B, U. Plckol H, L. Montgomery G. M. Bordeaux J. E. Enyart J. F. Rlttor 0. A. Moreo F. II. Hopkins W. W. Glasgow II. Humphrey B. B. Waterman P.' M. Hamlll 'W. II. Brown P. L. Tou Velio C. H. Glalxo Claude Miles W. M. Holmes C. II. Snydor C, H. Corey o. M. Sclsby . D, T. Lawtot. B. M. Andrews C. D. Miller C. A. Malboouf W. S. Crowell C. W. Palm A. 8. Rosonbajja W. C. Murphy M. L. Alford W. F. Isaacs O. Putnam . J, E. Bark lull 0. C. Boggs J. A. Perry J. C. Brown Scott V. Davis A. D. Helms C. P. Youn; W. C. Reagan 11. 8. Dudley Warren Construction Co. J. W. Dunlap A. C. Allen F. B. Walte C. M. English CONSTRUCTION CAMP ON ANTELOPE CREEK p$n LaKe Co js pushng Work of New Construction Will Enlarge Hopkins Canal. Tho construction nnd engineering camps of tho Fish Lako company Is now located on Antelopo crook and tho work of constructing tho now work outlined for this season will ba pushed as rapidly as possible Work enlarging tho Hopkins canal from tho .main canal to tho crossing Bear crook will bo commoncod next week. Tho Hopkins canal Is tho ono leading to tho Snowy Butto orchards, , , ... .... . 1 and In recognlt on of tho loo" nnd i successful fight put up torj' Fred , II. Hopkins It has b,von his' slvo spirit. JURORS ARE DRAWN FOR of the n. P. trains over the Ore- THE MARCH, 1910, TERM gon lines was handled without an ne- ; cident. Tho trains wero carried over Tho followlns list of Jurors has ti10 ShnBtn Routo in gIxfoty nn(, whh boon drawn to servo at tho March :a remarkable dispatch. The hand torm of circuit court, which moots nn(. of this trnffi(.e wi uU5mntoy March 28. Tho grand Jury for tho nmko n pieco of rnd historv. Decombor, 1909, term has been re- , called and will begin its sessions on TREMBLOR FELT OVER March 21: ... nc 1MP,..,. O. W. Elghmy, Medford; Shannon Ollvor, Trail; II. O. Frobach, Ash- land; J. C. Barnard, Ashland: Gcorgo Grow, Barron; Alfred Coloman, Mod- ford: Oro Bellows, Butto Falls; P. M. Centers, Medford; E. B. Houston, Phoenix; H. A. Hanscom. Medford: ' William Korby, Talent; Georgo Nj .,.,' tii.j Ashland; H. C. Payne. Ashland; Ed-!1 J down the peninsula south ward P. Hughes, Ashland; M. D. , T: -T: .. ...... Bowles, Lako Creek; Homer Barron, i J vns dlstinoj,y fe,t. h,ei? Barron; Frank Nell. Eaglo Point; l"nDd ftm.n f"! d1ono "nd bric-a-brac Fred Klolnhammer, Duncem; C. n.!wn no 8trbod. Ellason, Ashland; F. M. Blovens, Jr., ,?OTem"nl.of lho qu"ko wns Ashland: A. O. Mannimr. Wimor: nd'lt'nB nd iher0 wns shnrP " Thomas Colllnn, Modforc; Jshn Mnt noy, Ruch; R, A. Clark, Jackson ville; R. C. P. Astbury, Sams Val loy; Fred P. Downing, Modford; Grant Davlo, Talent; Grnnt Flnloy, Eaglo Point; Charles Oswoll, Climax; L. A. Noll, Ashland. SENATE COMMITTEE TO ADMIT NEW STATES WASHINGTON, March 11. Tho sonato commlttoo on torrltorlos today voted to roport favorably on tho ad mission of Arizona and Now Moxtco as states, Tho vote was strictly on party lines, tho republicans of tho commlttoo favorably and tho demo crats opposing. Tho bill gives each torrltory mil lions of acres with which to pay tor- Tltorlal bonds valldatod by nets of con gress In 1896. All other dobts nro to bo borno by tho people of tho now stntos. Tho tlmo of rosldonco in which to gain cltlzonsblp will bo ono year. Tho bill will bo offored In tho son - nto as a subBtltuto for tho Hamilton bill, wnlch has passoa tno nouso. r- NOTICE. All applicants for positions on Mod-1 ford baseball team will report to J. O. Hall or at tho ball grounds Sunday. af toruoon. , those who have subscribed to tho fund highway: v ' REGULARLY AGAIN Ogdcn Route Is Once More Open and Train Service is Resumed on the Shasta Route. After mussing up the schedulo "f the Shasta Route until the trninmau when ho went to bed oven if he had tho opportunity was uncertain whothcr ho would bo called for a passenger run or a stunt on tho wrecker, tho lines east to Ogdcn from Sncramcnto have been cleared and the Shnstn divisioi is resuming the m . L. Irains nro now running on near .,. .. , ., ' , jS"" " nnd Jh r J" ar Rett,n 0 chnnco lo It is to bo snid for tho motive de partment of this division that tho A , . rr; i i... ... . . nut. ur unkirunnm SAN FRANCISCO, Mnrch 111 " , , , '.u r ta , d,ny shT Jhat 80 fnr J "'ff no ,damnK rp? ff0. th? t"m',,0.rhich wn ' C'nua nst night. jhe earthquake was folt in the nP- Pr San Joaquin and Sncrnmonto sharp shook. Tho tremblor lasted three seconds. WASHINGTON, Mnrch 11. A fa vorablo report of tho bill to authorize tho chartoring of the Rockefeller foundation was decided upon today by tho eennto commlttoo on tho Dis trict of Columbia, WOODVILLE REALTY Several Important Sales Made in That Section Lately Good Prices Are Realized. j WOODVILLE, March 11. Tho i Carnor tract of 1-100 nores lying fivo miles from Woodvillo on Evans (Crook has boon sold to onstorn pnr- ijios for a consideration of $81,000. This tract inoludos farming, grazing and timbor lands. Tho Myors plaeo nonr Woodvillo, consisting of 100 noros has also boon sold for $0,000. Tho old Savngo homestead oi 1(50 acres nt tho junction of Snvngo orook nni n0RU0 rvo Wns disposed of this week nt a price not lonrned. for tho building of tho Crater Lako PETITION IS OUT TO Men Arrested at Talent and Phoenix for Selling Fish Without License Petition for Pardon. W. P. Mason of Talent and John Basin of Phoenix, who wero arrested this week charged with selling fish without first procuring a license, and who arc serving time in the county jail rather than pay the $50 fine as sessed to them have friends who are circulating a petition to the governor to relievo them of tho fine. The men, it is said ,were innocent of any intent to vlointe tho game and fish laws, and sold the fish they as sert merely as nn accommodation. "It has been the custom of the 'Portland fish men," said one promi nont Talent citizen, "when tho catch of smelt was unusually large to send out boxes of the fish nil along the line through the express companies to different small towns, consigned to some merchant, with instructions to thongent that if the consignee re fused to take the shipment to sell it to someono else. That is about the way these men iwoto 'oaugh'.V Thoy do not make it u rule to handle smelt or other fish and merely took them out nnd sold them for tho ac commodation of their customers and the fish men. They had no intention of violating the fish laws, in fnct probnbly didn't know there was such n law." PATTON HOOTED FROM FLOOR OF EXCHANGE MANCHESTER, England, March 11. James A. Patton, tho Chicago grain speculator, was hooted from the cotton exchange hero this after noon ncordinir to tho Evening Chron icle. The Chroniclo says that after Pat ton loft tho oxchnnge a crowd fol lowed hi mnlong the street nnd finally forced him to tako refuge in an of fice building. ' Tho anger of the orowd, according to the Chronicle, was due to tho be lief thnt Pntton came hero to repent his Chicago performance of alleged market "rigging." CARNEGIE ANSWERS FELS BY DISPLAY OF WIT DEL MONTE, Col., March 11. Those who heard Andrew Camcgio's laconic roply to the attack upon him by Joseph Fels, tho soap manufactur er, aro still smiling todny. Fels necusod Cnrnegio, Rockefel ler nnd oMrgnn of being "robbors" nnd charged that their millions wore "ill gotten." Whon Cnrnegio read tho crtioism of tho soap man ho smiled. Thon he remnrked : 7 "Is no a soft sonp rannufncturorT" Further than that tho laird of Ski- bo would not comment on Pels' vor bnl outbreak. Exchange "used thing for used things" through n classified nd. getting tho nooded for the un-needed nrticlo. Just ns tho mnn with whom you trndo will, tool BYLLESBY IS BUYER OF POWER Company to Which the Condor Plant Was Recently Reported Sold Has Again Acquired Great Holdings of Power Plants Throughout the Northwest. HAS PURCHASED PLANTS OF NORTHWEST CORPORATION Is Larnest Promotion House in the Country Will Open Branch H&use in Portland and Continue Buying Properties. PORTLAND, Ore., Mnrch 11. Corroboration was obtained here to day of the report in which sale of the Northwest Corporation of its numer ous gas, water and electric light and power plants in Oregon and Washing ton to H. M. Byllesby & C., of Chi cago, one of the largest promotion houses in the country. Byllesby & -Co. will open a branch house in this city and it is understood will add ex tensively to their holdings in the northwest by purchases and by ex tensions of the electric railway sys tems acquired. The price paid for the Northwest Corporation is not made public j. Aomng the holdings of the corpor ation were the following: Electric light systems at Pendle ton, Corvnllis, Dallas and Monmouth, Ore.; gas plants at North Yakima, Wash.; Lewiston, Idaho, and Eocene. i Ore.; street Tailway system at Al-i bany and Eugene and valuable water power sites along the Mccnzie river and in Umatilla county. In addition to these, it is said Byllesby & Co. also have acquired an option on the mysterious North Const radyay, paying $100,000 for the option which is to extend for six ty days. This is the company to which the Condon Light and Water company. was recently reported sold for $1, 000,000. Col. Frank H. Ray is at Goia Ray at the present time but he could not be reached todav in order to deter mine the truth of the reported snle. WHY FOUR WOMEN Actor Is Writing Book Telling Why Four Different Women Strolled With Him to the Altar. LOS ANGELES, March 11. Nat C. Goodwin is writing a book. Tho title will bo "Why Four Beautiful Women Married Me." When asked about it today the actor-mining man and promo tor merely laughed and said: "Read it." One part he writes: "No 6olf-re specting American citizen would take advantage of tho written law. If a man steals your, wife, don't kill him; caution him." Of tho four women he married, Goodwin says: "My first wife wns nn angel; my second a silly fool; my third a Ro man senator, my fourth makes mo superlatively happy. "Eliza Weathorby married mo for love. Mrs. Nellie Baker Penso to get out of tho vortex of society into tho nrtistio life of Bohemin, Maxino Elliott was prompted by ambition. Edna Goodrich well, bocause I did not boro her." Make tho first insertion of your nd. tho first stop in a campaign that is to end who your proporty is sold whether that's two days or twonty days from now, , $10,000 IS NEARED BY ' LIST Soliciting Committee of the Crater Lake Highway Commission Is Meeting With Huge Success te Their Crusade to Raise Money for Read. GREETED EVERWHERE WITH CASH PLEDGES At Neen $9,400 Had Been Sufecrfeetf and Cemnittee Has Net As Yet Get Down te Real Work But WIH In Near Future. $9400. Noon Friday. One day gone. Such is the record set by the Med ford boosters In subscribing to the fund for tho building of the highway to Crater Lake. Sinco the commit tee of tho road commission started work at noon on Thursday 93 havo signd the roll, with scarcely an ef fort on the part of the committee. With all honor to their hard working characteristics, the men on the com mittee hav4 simply stood on Mala etrcet and kept track of those who would sign. As an Instance of how much Interest is taken la the "roll of honor," two business men of the city called at the offlco of the Mall Tribune Friday morning and asked whero the list could bo found. They were greatly disappointed because they were not the first to sign. All of the slgnors havo agreed to give S100 each with one exception M. H. Payne who protested that $100 was not enough, so ho gave $300. In two Instances ladles signed the roll today, not waiting for the com mittee to see their susbands. They were Mrs. Dillon Hill and Mrs. H. L. Montgomery. Whll the names of thoeo out of town who huve pledged 3100 are not given In the "roll of honor" publish ed elsowhere, they would briar the, list over tho $10,000 mark. Among these Is C. S. Jackson of the Oregon Journal. When tho local list Is com pleted the other sections of tho state, will be called upon. The work Is going ahead with much: enthusiasm and without doubt the amount will bo raised and tho road, constructed. ITALIAN BLOWN 40 v FEET THROUGH AIR' WELLINGTON, Wash., March 11. An Italian, Patsy Impera by name. Is In tho Leavenworth hospital today after being blown 40 feet through, tho air In a powder explosion on the work of clearing the Great Northern tracks here. Impera is an expert pow dor handler, Ho had lighted a fuse and, thinking it wns a failure, started back with another. Tho first fuse came to life just ns he reached the spot. Will Lift Sheep Quarantine. WASHINGTON March 11, A quarantine on Washington sheep which has been In effect for three years, will be lifted March 15. Secre tary Wilson has Issued an order lift ing the quarantlno for the entire state and parts of other states. The quar antine was for scabies. Limited Wrecked. SEATTLE, Wash., March 11. In a donso fog shortly after midnight the Soattle-Tacoma limited on tho Puget Sound Electric railway crashed into a frejght train of the same road two milps south of Kent, Injuring throe of the 31 passengers and one of the trnlnmon. Mrs. W, J. Gross of Tacoma was cut about tho head and face, A un known man wns soveroly bruised, pos sibly suffering internal (ajurles.