Medford mail tribune., March 30, 1910, Image 1

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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESPA'ih MARCH 30, 1910.
IOTT YEAR.
rilll W1CAT1IICK.
Bin is
AN AID TO
Allliouoli Railroad Traffic and Wlro
Service Is Badly Crippled by So
vero Storm Which Sweeps Rocky
Mountain Belt, Crops Arc Bene
fltcd and Loss Moro Than Offset.
COLORADO FRUIT CROP
SAID TO BE UNINJURED
Storm Is Over, But Several Days
Will Elapse Beforo Communication
Is Restored to Normal Conditions
Heavy Wind Followed by Snow.
DKNVKIt, Colo.. Starch 30. Al
though railroad traffic mid wiro sor-
vlco in badly cripplod today on no
count of tho blizzard which swept
over tho region between Denver and
KniiHiiH City and extended into Now
Moxico, however, thu damage done
by the Btonn ih more than offset by
tho financial benefit wiiich will no
cruo to farmers whoso cropH wore
threatened with failure, duo to tho
extended period of clear flkictt in the
luHt month. ,
Indications today are that thu
Htonit U over, but it in expected that
novural days will elapiio boforo tho
telegraph coinpnnicri will bo nblo to
resume nonnal service
Koports today from various sec
tions of tho intenuotintain country
indicate that tho blizzard ragod nH
furiotiHly nt ono point nn it did at
othors. 1
High winds, rain and snow tore
down tho wires and poles around
JnloRburg, Colo., and a liko condi
tion provailn in tho central routes
via Pueblo and Kansas. From Santa
Fo, N. M., ii hoavy snow storm w.ik
recorded and a but drop in tempera
turo waH noted. All mountain cities
of Colorado aro covorod by Know to
day.
Tho unow Htoppod falling at most
pointH in tlio Rockies Into Inst night.
In tho Colorado fruit districts rising
tamporaturoH aro being recorded.
Tho fruit mifforcd no damage from
tho Hlorni,
In tho vicinity of Choyonne, Wyo.,
tho ftO-milo-nu-hour gnlo which blow
yoslorday nbatrd today. Wires aro
down in many placoH and traffic is
delayed by high hhow drifts. A
hoavy hiiow atonn accompanied tho
high wind.
PriooH that a morchnnt is nnx
Iouh to ndvortitio nro Hiiro to bo
right, for ho known tho hurt tn his
store's roputation if most nd-rondors
fihould nay, "that'H too highl"
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SUPREME COURT WILL
NOT ACCOMPANY THE
REMAINS OF BREWER
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WASHINGTON, 1). C,
March 30.--Tho juslicos of
tho supremo court today de
cided not to accompany tho
body of Jimtlco Hrowcr to
1i!h old homo in LeuVonworth,
Kan., for burial. Tho mem
bom of the court plannod at
first to take tho trip, but de
cided that It would roquiro
too long an absence from tho
bench.
There will bo brief funeral
HorvicoB at tho Brewer resi
denco in Washington Thurs
day afternoon. Tho other
justices will act as pallboa-r
eru and will escort tho body
to tho station, whore, at 4
o'clock in tho afternoon, tho
Htaii will bo mamdo for
Leavenworth.
WILL EXHIBIT
ROGUE FRUIT AT
SPOKANE
SHOW
Ren H. Rice Addresses Meeting of
Frultmcn at Commercial Club and
Commlttco to Whom Matter Was
Referred Have Decided to Recom
mend Fruit Be Exhibited.
Ren II. Ilico, manager of tho Na
tional Apple Show at Spokane, ad
dressed an interested audience at tho
Commercial clubroomB Tuesday eve
ning.
His Hiibjcct was tho matter of se
curing tho promiHO of nil the fruit
growing sections of the northwest fo
mnko nn exhibit nt tho National Ap
ple Show nt Spokane next fall and
nftorward to take Bpnoc In tho Chi
cago exhibit.
Prizowinning fruit from tho Spo
kano show will bo exhibited in the
center of the spneo allotted for the
northwest. In tho four comers of
the spaco booths 30x12 nro arranged
and in theso spacos fruit from thr
different sections will bo oxhibitod.
Ynkima, Hood River, Wcnntehw
and Itoguo River vnlloy will occupy
tho four corners.
At tho mooting Inst night tho mem
bers of tho commit too, MeHsrH. Whis-
ler, Waterman and Wostcrlund, np-
pointod to investigate tho matter of
making an exhibit nt both tho Spo-
knno and tho Chicago bIiow, resolved
to recommend to tho Medfo-d Com
mercial club and to tho Itoguo Itivcr
Horticultural society that tho neces
sary funds to buy tho ppneo nt thr
Chicago exhibit bo raised. Bo i
understood that spneo for prize-win
ning fruit costs nothing, but tho spe
cial corners nro sold at n certain
price
50 SOLDIERS
perish IN
WRECK
Special Troop Train Collides With
Express Light Wooden Cars Used
to Convey Troops Crushed Like
Eggshells Under Heavy Coaches o
Express Burled Under Wreckage
SOLDIERS SHOW GREAT
PRESENCE OF MIND
Attack Wreckage With Their Guns
Using Them as Levers to Pry
Apart Broken Framework In Or
der to Rescue Others.
IlKItLIN, Mn.-ch 30. Hctwccn 50
and 7G soldiers wore killed In a rati
ro.nl collision near Muchlhclclm to
dny.
Twenty bodies have been recover
ed.
Othors cm bo seen under tho
wreckage
A spuclal troop train collided with
tho North Oorman-LIoyd cxnreas. No
pnRscngors on tho express wero killed.
Tho troop train was ma do up of
light wooden cars. Tho express con
slated of hoavy steel coaches. Tho
earn of the troop train wcro shatter
ed up by tho impact of tho heavy
conches of tho express.
liio soldiers wero burled under a
mnss or wreckage. Tho fow soldiers
who escaped doath or Injury wero set
to work under tho direction of their
officers to clear away tho wreckage.
Tho Injured -were carried to an
Improvise! hospital nd tho bodies of
tho dead laid out In tows along tho
track.
Tho soldlors who escaped Injury
showed reinarkablo prcsonco of mind
and dlsclidlno under adverse circum
stances was maintained. Tho survi
vors attacked tho wTeckago wfth thoir
guns, using U-em as levers to pry
part tho brokon .framework of the
cars.
SOCIETY FORMED TO PREVENT
KILLING OF ELEPHANTS
(Continued on Pago 5.)
TEDDY IS OFF 10 NAPLE!
No Reminder at Sailing of Nationalist Disturbances of Yesterday Eng-
Innd Mightily Rollovctl to Havo Him With His Big Stick Out of Egypt
Colonel Thanks Khcdlvo for Entertaining Him Hopes for No Un
ploasant Aftermath.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 30.
Ex-Prosldcnt Roosovolt b'ndo faro
well to. Egypt this aftornoou, Bailing
at 2 o'alook on tho liner Prinz Iloin
rich for Nnplos.
Boforo his doparturo ho sont a
tologrnph mcssago to tho khodivo,
thanking him for courtesies enjoyed
in Egypt.
Former Prosldont Roosovolt and
his party loft nt -ls-lG o'clock this
morning for Alexandria, ITo will
sail today from Aloxnndria for Na
ples, whore ho will nrrivo Saturday.
Whon tho party loft today thoro
wns no roraindor of yostorday's Na
tionalist demonstration. Tho station
wns crowded with tho formor presi
dent's friend, who gave him a hearty
fiondoff.
Tho khudiviah sent Mrs, Koosovolt
a bouquot as a mark of spoclal
honor.
A uumbor of high officials' nssur
od tho oolonol that yostorday's dem
onstration was hondod by irrospou
siblo agitators. Roosovolt laughod nt
tho affair and said ho considered it
an "intorosting inoidout of a most
interesting visit."
"I only hope," ho snid, "that thoro
will bo no unplonsant aftormath.
"I hnvo bobon told that tho Na
tionalists aro likoly to wngo their
fight now with redoubled onorgy. If
thoy do, it will bo a oaso of hunting
for provocation, ns thoro was noth-
lug in my romnrks to which tru6 Nn-
tlonoll8ta could take oxooption."
PARIS, March 30. "Tho cle
hnnt's friends," ts tho numo of n
new fontiod Bocicty horo today for
tho purposo of checking wanton
slaughter of tho pachydonns in Af
rica and Agio.
Tho formation of tho society just
on the evo of Roowvclt's entry into
Paris from his triumphant African
hunt is causing eonsicdrnblo com
mont.
Tho Boioty bolievos that tho elo
pliant is threatened with extinction
unless some notion in taken to pre
vent it. Soorotary Tournior declares
that tho clpphnut species is on the
road to disappearance. Tho Ttoose-
velts, great and small, tako'plensurc
in exterminating them. Thoy slaugh
ter on an nverngo of .16,000 of those
beasts n your. In nil of Africa thoro
aro not more than .1 '25,000 olcphnuts
mug, so nt tho present rate of
slaughter tho African elephant will
not last ninny yours.
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SURVEYORS LAYING
OUT STATE ROAD ARE
BLOCKED BY WOMEN
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WALLA WALLA, Wash.,
March 30. Surveyors laying
out tho routo for tho state
highway aro idle in Walla
Walla today, fearing tho
wrath of the farmers if they
continue tbair work.
Mrs. Lewis Windust and
Mrs. Peter Swanson, near
Dayton, drove the surveying
gang off their farms at tho
rnuzzlo of shotguns Monday
night. Yesterday tho men so
cured an injunction restrain
ing tho women from further
interference, but feeling
among tho farmers is so in
tense and their "objections
against the state highway
running through their prop
erty is 60 strong the men
fear to return to their work.
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QUIT BEFORE
THEY START IN
Four Men Recommended by Com
mercial Club and Appointed to
Take Census in Medford Send
Back Their Commissions in Dis
gustPay Is Not Enough.
Because Undo Sum, only comes
through with 3 ccntTir, each per
son counted, -Census Enumerators
McCowu, Sutumorville, Eisenhart and
Miller have fired tkeir commissions
back at tho old boy and decline to
hnvo anything to -Jo with the mat
ter.
Tho bays state that they were
tromisod $0 a day and instead fouud
thoy would only get 3 cents for each
porsoii -counted. Hence their dis
gust
So thoro is a job for him who
would ask 31 questions of a man for
cent a.
2000 WOMEN CRY
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500,000 ARE
AFFECTED
BY FLOW
Mount Aetna Spews Ashes and Cin
ders Over Immense Area, Reduc
ing Thousands of Farmers to Pov
erty-Vineyards and Orchards
Killed-Soldiers Ordered Back.
NATIVE UPRISING IN
LIBERIA SPREADS AHD
LIVES ARE IN DANGER
LIVERPOOL, March 30.
Advices from Liberia, tho ne
gro republic on tho west
coast of Africa, today stato
that tho native uprising is
spreading and tho lives of the
white residents are endan
gered. Tho English residents aro
in great peril, as the tribes
men are anxious to' havo
Great Britain interfere.
According to tho dispatch
es, Rev. B. K. Spear, a for
eign missionary, was assas
sinated at Capo Palmas by
tho natives.
The native soldiers and tho
tribesmen have clashed sev
eral times.
WILL START
PAVING
STREETS OF CATANIA, 20
MILES AWAY, DEEP IN ASHES
Thirty-Five Craters Now Active
Thousands of Peasants Rush
Through Streets Praying to Virgin
to Save Them From Destruction.
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OF SHOW WAS
DECIDED HIT
CATANIA, March 30. Local au
thorities have appealed to tho gov
ernment for aid in caring for thou
sands of refugees from the stricken
territory surrounding Mount Aetna.
Relief depots here nre being over
crowded with men and women who
hitherto have been independent, but
aro now in need of food, clothing
and medicines.
ine extent ot the destruction is
so great that nn appeal for financial
aid is asked as well as for supplies.
It is considered here that tho gov-l
Ladles of Greater Medford Club Give
Best Show for the Money We
Have Had From a Financial
Standpoint, Show Was Also Great
Success.
New $30,000 Plant Will Be
in This City by Clark-Heaecy
Graders Will Be at Work-
Streets of City Within Next
Weeks, According to Clark.
COMPANY MAY ALSO
BID ON SEWER MAM?
Work Has Started Upe-n Paving
West Main Street WW 1st
pleted and Open to Pufeff&rRti
Three Weeks if Weather fi
Within the noxt two week Aiv
Clnrk-Honery Construction
of Sacramento, which was th ibb
cessful bidder for tbe- work oS par
ing nearly ten miles of the 8tre4 C
the city, will have their graders ma&
rollers here and will have st&rME
work upon their contract. Bvr
timo a few blocks are ready fae Mm
"hot stuff" a new $30,000 plant -m
be in readiness to turo out the hh
tnre.
Arthur Clark, manager of the SSe-
ramento branch of the
states that he is dcsiroBs o
at the work as soon as
every means will be employed-ta-jat
the work under way.
Bid oa Sewers.
It is probablo that the Clark-Hen-
ery company will also bid on- Al
laying of water and sewer maiiw in
the city and will carry this- -warkf
along ahead of the laying of jmn
ment on those streets which are
bo paved,, bnt which have as ywt
water or sewer mains. Mr. Gmhbt
is considering this mattes at jjran
ent.
On Tuesday Mr. Clark, Bsrjosr
FRISCO SUFFERS $35,000
FIRE ON MISSION STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., March
30. It is ostimatcd today that $35,-
000 damago was caused by fire last
night which destroyed a row of
framo buildings in Mission stroot.
otweon Ninoteonth and Twontioth.
Fivo stores woro burned with most
of their contents.
Mrs. Snlly Pratt, who resided
abovo one of tho storoo, nearly lost
tor life during tho nro. Sho rnn into
tho strnoturo to rosouo a pot cannry.
ator firemen found hor unconscious
in tho smoko-fillod stairway, ,whoro
sho and boon ovoroomo. Tho bird
ongo was olaspod tightly in hor
hand.
Tho origin of tho firo is unknown,
t broke out in tho- ronr of n mon's
furnishing storo owned by M. Storn-
borgor.
Inmates of Pittsburg "Bed-Light
District" to March In Body ta City
HaH and Demand Rescinding of
Mayor's Order Abolishing District.
Tho entertainment given last night
by the Greater Medford club was a
ernment will note nu appropriation success. Tho word on the street
to carry out relief work. A rumor this morning is, tho best show for
spread hero today that King Victor the money wo have had. The ad-
Emauucl is planning to visit Catania mission wns very reasonable and it
to personally suporviso relief. The is the wish of the public that enter
report caused joy. which quickly tainments of this sort be repeated
changed to sorrow when the rumor quite frequently, as it is o good way
was denied. oz raising funds for the ubrnry.
CATANIA, March 30. A violent The program was varied, each fea-
eruptioti of Mount Aetna throughout ture being thoroughly enjoyed and
tho night filled Catania's streets differing materially from tho othors.
with ashes and cinders to the depth The program opened with some very
of half n foot. The volcano, 20 pretty tableaus, or magazino mustra-
miles away, is snewintr volcanic dust tl0nst ns thoy were called, and fol-
over a great area to the southward, lowing was a quartet, "The Sea Hath
is mining vineyards and orchards Its Pearls," which wns beautifully
j i i ; 3 i p i nmiiaMH h- ai ten ATMi;ii;nn ir
una is buuwiiiir every iiKucnuon 01 1 mu.muiuii, ' r.- t? -n . r -
an mnraaehinir crisis. A nonulation Andrews, Mr. Whetsel and Mr. An- T' Dguieer Fo,str
of 500,000 bus been affected by tho drews. Theso four voices blended
flow, Ivrell and tho singers wero rewarded
A hugo stream of molten lava is pith a hearty encore.
moving slowly toward this city and 1,10 next musical number was
the peoplo aro becoming hysterical '"Eluubth's Prayer," from tho opora,
with fright. Frequent enrth tremors "Tannhnnser," rendered by Mrs. F.
add to tho alarm of the impulace and Rn'' This was Mrs. Ray's firht
tho increasing detountions from the nppenrnnco musically beforo a Med-
mountnin nro causing widespread ford andienco. The selection is a
fear. pretentious ono and music-lovers
Fresh craters appeacpod in tho wore expecting n treat, and to sny
night and today. Professor Ricco bnt thoy wero agreeably surprised is
estimates that 35 craters in tho vol- "nh' putting it mildly. Medford has
caao, old and new, are .now active, omo roally good musical talent, and
Tho profoct and othor civil author- lor n now smgor to break into the
ities aro doing everything in their 0,rclc nn tnko the audienco by
power to allav alarm. Thef have torm, ns Airs. Kay UkI Inst ovenuijr.
assured tho people, through procla- 's indeed a triumph. Tho lady pos-
mations, that the Lva cannot do- posses n full, rich, dramatic so-
sjwil Catania, owing to the confor- prano vooo, and hor phrasing shows
Medford
PITTSBURG, Pa., March 30.
Word wns carried to Mayor Magee
today (that unless tho ordor wiping
out the Pittsburg "red light district" nution of tho lava between horo
n,j lyears of careful culture.
is countermanded within tho next "J-l.the mountain
hours, 2000 women Horn that section' Tho assurnmvtj of tho auUiorities
Eifert, Demmer and Welsh and Cfej
Recorder Tolfer visited the eStyie
rock quarry above Jacksonville- a
nn inspection tour. Mr. Clark tomb
very much pleased with, tho qnt&byj
of tho rock. ifcv.
Work on West Mala.
Tho Warren Construction osb
pnny has undertaken tho compIsk
of paving West Main and are Vfa.mi
ing much timo in rolling and gri&
ing the stroot. Thoy expect to hmm
tins streot paved to the city jTmHrr..
wuiun inreo weeks. ir thn nrwuml .-
weather holds.
most surely welcomes Mrs. Rny
are glad to claim hor as their
William Vawter made his dilmit
last evening and received praiso
(CoH tinned on Page 8.)T
sccunug
of tho city will iuvado tho city hnll
and demand thnt thn council furn
ish them othor ways of
their living.
It wns hinted today that politic
inns nud othors interested in main
tenance of tho crib district havo been
organizing tho women for tho dom
ntistrntioiu They will march
through the business streets of tho
city carrying bnnners nnd ploonrds.
"Give 'Us bread," ono of these
placards will rend
Tho ordor for the clostm; of tho
red-light district was tho rosult of
crusades of n body of Pittsburg re-
tormors. Thoy woro led bv Robort
Wilson. Mnyor Magoo stated today
that ho will moot the women through
n representative if thoy carry out
thoir threat 'nnd march to tho city
mil. It wns further assortod that
to would adviso tlum ta' continue
thoir ranreh to tho Pitt hotel, whoro
Robort Wilson makes his hondnuar-
tors, and lny their cases boforo him.
A similar orusndo wns inaugurated
in Pittsburg in 1802. On that on.
oasion 700 women invaded tho citv
all and laid their ensos bofore tho
mayor.
For throo doys delegations of tho
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iMvu-iivuiioii siormeu me exomi.i
tive office
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JUSTICESHIP FOR HUGHE
Such a Rumor Is Started Among Politicians and Much Excitement U
Stirred Up Friends of President Admit That Hughes Has Been Ca
sldered a Possibility Rumor of Appointment Emanates. Front. Waafc
Inoton Huohes Says He Will Not Be a Candidate.
that tho lavatio stream probably will
be diverted calmed the more intelli
gent of tho people, but thousands of
peasants pass through the ash
wtrews streots, praying to tho Vir
gin to save them from death.
The heavy coat of nshes has chok-'
cd all vegetation for miles nnd tho
country has takon on n desolato ap.
poaranco. Tho impulpnblo dust
from the craters fills tho nir to such
an extent thnt breathing is unpleas
ant. During tho dny tho sun's rays
caused tho lloating particles to bo-
como illuminated with bountiful col- NEW YORK. March 30. Thnt
ore, whilo ot night tho fires of tho Qovornor Charles E. Hughes of New
volcano present nu awo-inspiring but York may bo proffered n justiceship
mrruyiiig Kigni. on tlio supremo court of tho United
An indication of tho increasing Stntos is a rumor which caused a
yiolonco of tho eruption was tho is- buzz of comment in Doliticnl circles
suanco oi orders today withdrawing hero today.
troops irom thoir stations nonrest Tho rumor, which emanates from
mo mountain. Iho tonuor dnneor Washington, declares that President
zone is desortod by ovory living Taft previously considered tho ad
Creature. VISnbllltV of nnmint nnvnrnnr'Jift nnf I . .
n'l. ir...!..".. n. " uo a uuuiaMtMir
i..u Kicuiust hiko unit nas ooen uuikiios 10 mo sunromo nencii. and eovernor. Thin nm.. ..i
wronirht so far 5a lint frnm lnvn ImMthnf Iia mnlU ,il..t Ls ...i , . ' "
0. ..nu ucou viiouuodcu . yiuo uiui uui VI BiatO polities MB
l i mai aro in n meeung oi jnow xork politioians least so far ao stato offices is
lulling over an area of many miles, intended by tho nresidont. corned, thnrnfn i,ta p-:.i-
vr..i,. u. i-.. i ..... mi.. , . - . . . ' ---" iw
"u eiMimry uoiweon ino ueam oi justice JUrowor, will accept an offer of r
,,v """" ia tuwiunnuiiui ivuvcci u vuuuuujr jubi ni mo ah angio oi me inattor that is m
wiih iibiios. ims nas Kiiiea vmo- urae wuou uovernor Hucrhes' term torost ia ia nffnf i.0.
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yards and orchards aud reduced to I has almost expirod and when ho pointment would have on state nJ
u..uu.wui w itiiGo, uuuiu fiiviivii) uuuuiuur auen u posi- lues.
tion, has caused the rumor that Mel
an offer is to bo mado to gain cirev
lotion. Friends of Prosidont Taft m
Washington are reported to have ad
mitted that the president has etm
sidered Hughes the most avaHaUfe-
cauuiaaie lor any vacanev
might arise.
uugties rocently announced