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MEDFORD, OREGON, PRIDA Y, APRIL 29, 1010.
THIC WHATIIHIL
Tribune
KELLY REPLIES
(!) ATTACK OF
EVANGELIST
Local Attorney Says Misrepresenta
tion to Conurcyatlon of tho Facts
Call for a Reply Characs Oliver
With Hldlnn Behind Skirts of Med
ford's Church Members.
THOUSANDS Of
DOLLARS GOOD
DONE BY RAIN
4f -f4f f
"I linvo lived lit Jucksou
county for 08 year,'' Htutcd
Judiro W. M. Col via this
morning in discussing Kvnn-
1'iiliut Olivnrl nltnnL- ituiiln
upon him Inst ovciiinp. in
which liu was bitterly I1B
niiIIoiI, "mid 1 will lunvu tho
tnnttor to tho people of thin
section.
"I could not reply to tho
utterances of this trump, for
to do no I would hnvo to
stoop to hit level, which is im
posKiblo, owing 1 "y limited
familiarity of hillingHgnto."
To tho Editor:
I ntn creditably infonncd that tho
self-styled Dr. (f) Oliver opened tho
flood-gates of Iuh Howcr-liko mind
nt tho tnhorniiclo last night in an
attack upon Judgo Colvig nnd tny-
Mf linfnni:n nf untmt ttiint.u (lint titnl
hoen Haid hy Mr. Cojvig and mysolf
tho preceding night nl tho Commer
cial club. Were It not for tho fnot
that Oliver linn mUroprosoutod tho
matter to IiIh congregation, I do not
think I would indulge in anv public
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KICKED WIFE TO
DEATHM0 HANG
Man Who Recently Brutally Mur-
, dered Wlfo Asks Judfjc to Impose
Death Penalty Jokes With His
Jailers. .
Orchardlsts Arc Smiling Today and
Hoplno That Rain Keeps Up Is
Worth Much to Fruit Crop "Look
Out for Frost," Says O'Gara,
"When Weather Clears."
Medford Welcoming the Portland Visitors
Tho light rain which foil Inht eve
ning aud today has done thousand
of dollnrH of good in tho Itoguo Kiver
valley nnd In consequence thu orch
arding tiday are all wenring a broad
smilo mid praying for tho rain to
keep on coining.
JtiHt at this timo the orchard with
tho fruit net need rain to bring the
fruit out. While more is needed, tho
bonofit o fnr Iiiih been very grent.
"Iook out for froHt whun tho
woathor clears," Bays Professor
O'Gnrn, "for it is npt to tuni off
cold."
Tho HhoworH promiso to continue
over Saturday. Tho rain in doing
good to vegetable, grain hay nnd
berry crops, but when tho weather
clears thoro will bo, ax nhvny-K is tho
case, danger of frost. The weather
man snys there will "ho bhowcrH to
night nnd Saturday.
TEDDY CALLS ON
W1LHELM1NA
Holland's Queen Sends Automobiles
to Station to Meet Party and Con
voy Them to Palace She Shows
Roosevelt About Garden.
mm on
STAND ON HIS
LADIES WORKING
HARD TO SECURE
MORECITY PARKS
City Council Asked to Submit Char
ter Amendment to People Giving
Council Power to Acquire Prop
erty for City Parks.
Starves Self To
Regain Health
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., April 120.
Ernost Wirth, who murdered his wife,
crushing hor skull with hit heel, to
day wnH Hontonccd by Judgo Willis
to bo hanged.
Hoforo Hontonco was pronounced
Wirth mndo tho following Htntoment:
"Vcm, I killed my wifo. I did it bo
cmiBo hIio wouldn't live with mo in
this world. I hopo you will hnvo mo
nangod. Mnybo it's diffcron over
thoro."
I Wirth jokod nnd laughed with tho
. officers who took him to his coll. ITo
expressed tho wish that ho bo taken
to bin coll iih noon iiR possiblo to pro
paro for donth.
AHNIIEM, Notherlnnds, April 20
Theodore Hoosovclt nnd his party,
who arrived nt noon todny, were nt
onco tnken to tho royal palace, wltoro
thoy wcro rocoivod by Queen Wil
hclmiun nnd Princo Henry. Two nu-
lomomios, Bcni iy llio queen, wcro
waiting nt tho Htntion when the
party arrived, nnd tho Rooscvclts
woro driven nt onco to tho palace A
grent crowd wnH waiting nt tho stn
tion nnd tho colonel was given i
rousing rocoption. Tho journey was
n'continuod ovation.
Aftor tho pnrty hnd been received
nt tho pnlnco, Quoon Wilholmlim per
sonnjly conducted tho RoobovcHh
around tho pnlaco grounds.
Stato Buys Water Bonds.
SACRAMENTO, Cnl., April 20.
I ho Rtato honrd of oxnminors has in
vested $11,477.80 in municipal wntor
bonds voted hy Newport Bench, Or
nngo county. Stnto Controllor Nyo
hits drnwn tho wnrrnnt. Tho interest
on tho bonds will go to tho school
fund of tho wtnto.
ALL IN MUST JOIN ARMY
Albanian Loaders Issuo Mandato to Evory Adult Now 45,000 Rebels In
tho Field and Goncrnl Rescript Will Add Many More Great Battle
Imminent Heavy Flnhtlno Is Alroady Reportod.
At tho meeting of tho Indies of
thu Greater Medford club Thursday
afternoon an interesting report was
made by tho committed for acquiring
moro city parks, composed of Mrs.
Roddy, Mrs. AJford nnd Mrs. Hnfor.
For Twenty-Six Vays Man Has Spurn
ed Food nnd Now I to Gc Forced
i 1
to Easts by Authorities.
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SEATTLE, Wash., April, 20. For
2G days E. L. Itader, lnnd broker and
former state ' representative from
Picrco and itsap county, hns tasted
no food and tasted no water in amef-
fort to regain his health, according
to Coroner Snyder nnd Q. T. Olds,
proprietor of tho hotel whero Rnder
is a guest.
Declaring that death mav come nt
any timo if thu man is not made to
drink water, tho coronor has nsked
tho prosecuting attorney to tnko im
medtnto action in tho case.
Rnder has made his long fast nt
This committee reported thnt thov
. . A it t
nnu moi w,m mo .council ana uau tbo tircclion of Dr. riazznrd, a wo
prosentod a charter amendment tomnM ni,vft;P:nn. wiino trnn,'t m
, J ...... MUUl.UVtl. WW
phnsizes fasting. Dr. Hnzzard has
somo in conflict with tho police nnd
prosecuting nttornoy sorernl times
before as a result of hor system o
treatment.
cnnblo tho council to buy park sites
nftor tho amendment hnd been ap
proved by tho city nttoniey. This
nmondment, thy reported, had been
tnken nndor ndviscmcnt nnd will
probably bo submitted to tho peoplo
LADIES PLAN A
E LAWN FETEj
Greater Medford Club Will Give an
Entertainment In City Park in tho
Near Future Pleasing Program
Is Arranged.
HUG
Poor Olney Is
Over Worked
Says He's n Directory, ft Sub-Postof
flro, Telephone Kxrlinugc, Ilnnker,
llut It Xot n I'nnnibroker.
BELGRADE, April 20. DoHoring
all AlbanlntiB who rofimo to join in
a revolution, ngninst Turkoy to ho
traitors nnd puniBhnblo with donth,
tho Albanian londors today issued nu
orndo ordoring nil ndults to join tho
nnny.
Thoro nro now 45,000 robols in tho
fiold nnd tho gouornl roBoript is ox
pootod to bring many thousands to
tho revolutionists.
Tho Alhnnlnns hold many strategic
points. Thoy nro boing nldod by
many dissatisfied Turks, nmong
thorn tho old guard of Sultan Abdul
ITamld'a pnlnco. Tho guard is noting
as a board of strategy for tho revolutionists.
LONDON, April 20. A groat
nnny of Alhnninns nnd revolutionary
Turks hnvo invndod MounBtir, no
oording to ndvioos rocoivod hero to
dny, and nro boing mot by tho Turk
ish army nonr Afychnnllc Pass.
A groat bnttlo is roportod to bo
imminont. Alrondy hoavy fighting is
roportod nt Ipok, in Kossovo prt)v
inco, ndjoining Monnstir.
KISER ORCHARD SOLD
BY ANDERSON & GREEN
Tho snlo of tho Kisor orohnrd nt
Phoonlx to E. M. Boynton, J. R.
Tomlin and Ron Sholdon of Minnonp
oils for $125,000 was mndo by An
dorson & Grcon, who hnvo inado
many largo sales in tho valley.
Tho program now under prepara
tion by a committee of tho Greater
Medford Club to bo given in tho park
In tho near future promises to bo of
uiiiiHiiul intorest. Tho commlttoo hna
had tho good fortune to secure Mr.
Goo. Andrews aa ono of tho soloists.
This Is Mr. Androws' first nppenrnnco
boforo a Medford nudlonco, nnd all
nro looking forward to a raro treat.
Tho Medford II. S. chorus up ml or
tho dlroctlon of Prof. Collins has
ilndly consented to sing. Thoy will
niso ravor wuii mandolin and orcnos
tral solcctloiiB.
A Mnypolo drill by tho pupils, Mrs.
Weaver's and Miss Norton's grndos of
tho WnBhlngton school, nnd n pngnont
led by Miss Josephine Root, as May
Quoon, and hor loyal subjects, will bo
among tho Interesting foaturoa of tho
program.
Mrs. llnzolrlgg has generously con
sented to sing nnd tho Misses Crowoll
nnd Crowloy who always delight their
honrors, will rondor selections on tho
violin rind piano. Mrs. Edward Dur
nott Hnnloy has promised to nsslst
with tho program.
Tho Modford band wll Iplny and
ovory thing Is auspicious for n most
entertaining program 'nnd social good
timo,
"I am tho most overworked mnn
in Modford," said O. J. Patton, tho
populnr mnungor of tho notol Nash,
this morning. "In tho first plnco, I
i HI a
nm irouuicu witn poopio coming
around nnd wanting rooms when I
hnvon't any to givo thorn. Then I'm
n genornl information buronu. Whcn-
ovor anybody wants to know any
thing m Modford thoy bond for 01
noy Patton, and you nowspnpor guys
are not excepted on that. Then I'm
supposed to bo a city directory, but
I am not. I'm a sub-telophono stn
tion, a postoffico nnnox, nn unoffi
cinl bank, ovorything but a pawn
shop. Thoro's whoro I draw tho lino."
W. Q. Moyors of Contrnl Point.
county fruit inspoptor, was in Mcd.
ford on busiuoss Friday,
PAULHAN SAYS
TRIP WAS HARD
LONDON, April 29. Louis Paul
hnn, tho Pronoh nvintor, who won
tho groat nonnl dorby from London
to Mnnohostor, doolnrod todtty tho
flight was ono of unboliovnblo hard
ship. Ho was so nonrly oxhaustod
from cold nnd oxposuro, ho declared,
whon ho roaohod Manchester thnt ho
did not boliovo ho could have re
mained aloft for anotEbr quarter of
a miio.
Ho doclnrouj that ho would not
make tho trip again for twice tho
prizo whioh tho London Mnil offor-
ed.
HANLEY AND CITY
AT LAST GETTING
TOGETHER SLOW
Party of Local Men oJurney'Up to
Hanley Ranch to Look Over the
Ground In an Endeavor to Come to
.Sprue. Understanding.
W BEHALF
Outlines His Career as Government
Official and Brands Glavis a Liar
Says Alaskan Claims Should
Have Been Clear Listed and That
He Would Follow Same Course.
WASHINGTON, April 29. Secre
tary of the Interior Dalllngor today
went. upon tho witness stand in tho
Ballingcr-Plnchot controversy Inves
tigation. Secretary Balllngcr at Jaat has been
given tho opportunity to make good
his threat of last winter, namely, that
Ig he took tho stand, bo would
"scorch somo snakes."
In tho beginning, Balllnger out
lined his career In tho stato of Wash
ington. He laid stress upon his acts
as a public servant in tho Puget
Sound state, particularly with refer
ence tu hla antl-vlco crusado while
ho was mayor of Seattle.
Then Balllnger reviewed tho cir
cumstances attending his appointment
as commissioner of the land office.
Ho said that Roosevelt telegraphed
him:
"It is your duty to accept. You
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LADES
10 GET
OUT ISSUE OF
MAN TOiDnUC
IIIHIL imuilHL
Greater Medford Club Will Havs
Full Charge ef Newspaper for Out
Day and Will Devote Proceeds t
Betterment of Medford Plan a
Large Edition, Full of Good Thing
In hn endeavor to bring about
settlement of the right of way con
troversy with M. F. Hanley which
has held up tho completion of the
city s gravity water system a party
left today to look over the promises
and seo tlf tho trouble could not bo
settled. Those In tho party were W,
B. nnd M. F. Hanley, G. Putnam,
Mayor Canon, A. E. Reames and Dr,
Keono. Tho party will return tonight
It Is believed a compromiso .can bo
brought about.
KERN MAY TURN
I
DOWN NOMINA
ON
Indiana Democrats May Yet Be
Without an Endorsed Candidate
for Senate Tatjgart May Have
Slipped One Over.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aprol 29..
John W. Kern, nominated by tho In
diana democrats as tholr candidate
for the United States sonato, refused
today to say whothor ho will accept
tho nomination, Tho nomination
enmo just nfter Korn had mndo a
stntomcnt that ho would not bo n
candldato nnd left tho convention
hall.
Korii's rotlconco today loads to tho
porslstont rumor horo that Tnggart
has again outwitted tho progressives
in his party and thnt tho domocrats
will bo without a sonatorial candidate
during tho campaign, a condition
which Tnggnrt desirod.
Should Kern rofuso tho nomination
It would leave tho domocrats in tho
position that Tnggnrt desired. Ho
fought Marshall's schomo to hnvo a
senatorial cnndldnto ondorsod.
rUthough It was bollovod that tho
long friendship bctweon Tnggnrt and
Korn had becomo strained during tho
session of tho loglslnturo a yoar ago
whon Benjamin P. Shlvoly was oloct
od to tho United States sonato,
though many domoemts declared tho
nomination should havo gono to Korn
bocpuso of his rnco for tho vlce-pres-ldoncy.
It is now runiorod thnt Korn
may stay out of tho senatorial rnco
and that tho old Taggart-Kom friend
ship is as firm as oyer.
Tho Korn votes startod, It Is de
clared, whon Tnggnrt roso In tho con
vention and. doclarod that tho "old
guard today Is In tho scrap hoap."
JOHNSON HOOTED
IN CITY OF ANGELS
Negro Falls to Hide Roll of Fat
When He Boxes In Los Angeles
Is Hooted by Mob May Not Leave
There Until Saturday.
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., April 20. -
Now that they have seen Champion
Jack Johnson in notion, the Los An
geles fans are moro at sea than ever
concerning tho outcome of his battle
with their favorite, Jim Jeffries.
Johnson did not strip to the skin
for his exhibition at Naud Junction
last night. '
Many boliovo thoro was n reason
for this, but even tho purple jersoy
ho woro faded to hide tho roll of
fat that covered his abdomen.
Tho galleries hooted him during his
attempt to make a speech.
Jack received the homago due an
emperor last evening when ho attend
ed a reception in his honor, given by
tho Blue nnd Gold club, na exclusivo
African social organization of Los
Angoles. Ho declared after the fes
tivities that he might postpone his
depnrturo for San Francisco until
Sntnrdny night, so good a time was
ho having in Southern California.
Tho Indies of the Greater Medford
club aro to havo complete chargo ot
tho Issue of tho Medford Mail Trib
une on May 15, or two weeks from
Sunday. They aro to gather, writs
and edit tho nows, and to solicit ad
vertising, for which they will maktt
their own rates. Tho proceeds wiB
be devoted to bettering conditions ia
Medford along the lines which tbe
Indies have worked for tho past tiro
years. At a meeting of tho clab
Thursday afternoon thoy accepted
the offer mndo by Georee Putnam,
editor and manager of tho paper.
The news department of tho paper
will bo in charge of Mrs. E. E. Gore,
who will act as managing editor. Mrs.
H. C. Stoddard will prcsido over the
city desk, while Miss Janney will
handle tho telegraph nows. Report
ers will bo chosen later.
Mrs. Reddy, nKsifited by tho offi
cers of the Greater Medford cine,
will conduct the business end of tb
paper, Mrs. Reddy being basisees
manager. Tho two advertising so
licitors will bo Mrs. Edgar Hnfor and
Mrs. B. P. Theiss. The ladies w3
handle all the advertising and news,
and will not bo influenced by tho reg
ular staff of the Mail Tribune. They
wiB create their own editorial policy.
HUNDREDS OE
JEWS MURDERED
Terrible Atrocities Are Committed Ut
Russia Russian Governor Spurns
Appeals of Jews for Protection
Horrible Brutality'.
Tho Now Fox, Remington and L.
C. Smith typewriters at Merrivold
Shop.
BUCHAREST, Romania, April 29-.
Dispatches from Kleff, printed In the
Olmlncatzu hero today state that hun
dreds of Jews wero massacred yestor
day at Kloff and surrounding towns
by Russian peasantry. Feasants gath
ered In tho gbotto ot Kleff and boga
a slaughter of Jewish men, women
andchleldr en. Terrible atrocities wore
committed.
Tho Russian governor general Is
said to havo Ignored tbo appeals ot
tho Jews for protection.
E. B. Wntterman who was serious
ly injured several days ago, is doing;
uicely.
Carl Stanloy of Brownsboro spout
n few days in the city rocontly.
WASSWOPE'SBODYMOVED
Defense Today In Noted Murder Trial Endeavors to Prove That Milllon-
aire's Body Was Removed From Grave and Poison Injected Into tn
Dead Man's Veins.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 29. I to prove that tho body had been
Testimony tending to provo that tho tnkon from tho vault at tho comotery
caskot of tho lata Colonol Thomas
H. Swopo had boon riflod and tho
body of tho capitalist tnmporod with
was a feature of tho trial of Dr. B.
C. Ilydo today.
R. D, Mitchell, an uudortakor, tes
tified that tho coffin had been fas
toned securely by him just boforo tho
funeral. Ho said that ho porsonally
had screwed down tho lid of tho cas
ket and that at that timo tho body
of the oolonol apparently was in tho
same condition as whon it had boon
embalmed,
Tho dofenso, in its opening state
ment, made tho claim that it intends
nnd poison injoctod in tho veins,
Mitchell said that on January 11,
whou Swopo's body was tnkon frosa
tho tomb for examination by toiieol
ogists, tho lid had been found parti
nlly off, somo of tho sorows loose
nnd tho body frozen. Mitchell tes
tified that tho surgoons performed
an autopsy on tho body whilo it wh
in a frozen condition.
Within quo week we will dispose of
all of our holdings in this eeetien sfe
tho most unusual sacrifice pris,
Benson Investment Co