Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 03, 1910, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCliy nan , 1 TIIK WKATIIICIt. UNinm ram a80oiaxic Pull Lfued Wire Kttrt, ToIiIhIiI mill vVd Hominy Cloudy, pHiill)li) liowor. Wed IKlM(lll)' wununr. Fi bTII YEAR SIX GREEKS BEAT YOUNG MAN TO DEATH JESS THRASHER, IN COUNTY, Dlsclianicd Foreigners Whllo Drink Inn Heavily Turn qit Young Man and Beat His Head to n Pulp With Clubs Trnflcily Short Distance From Ashland. SIX MEN ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO ASHLAND Preliminary Examination Will Bo Held This Afternoon In Recorder's Court In Ashland Thrasher Was Known as Clever Ball Player. The body of Jho Thrasher, n young man 27 years of ago, well known throughout tho county, wnH fount! 'nrly this morning at AyrcH Spur, tin tnlloH south of AhIiIiukI, Tho young mini lintl been monten to donth Ity six Greeks. His murderers nro nil under arrest nml In tho Ash land rlty Jiill, where tholr prellmln nry examination will liu hold this afternoon. It jieema thnt Thrasher wbh rocont ly employed by tho Anhlnnd Mnnu fncturlng romimny nnd sunt up to their work nenr tho Spur. Tho nix Grooku had boon dlnohnrgod recently nnd It In believed thnt whllo drinking thoy decided to tnko thi'lr fnnclod wrongs out on Thrnshor, whom thoy bent to death with club. Tho hIx men who nro under nr rot nro: Nick Kotnra, howls Kotnrs, (leorgo TrnknH, N, Chnmbore, J. Chnmborn nnd M. CocnH. Tholr pro Ihnlnnry oxninlnntlon will bo hold thin nftornoon In tho city recorder's court,, Jesso ThrnBhor wnfl n nntlvo ofj JnckHonvlllo nnd plnyed bnll on tho( JnnkBouvlllo team on tho receiving end. Ho tins n host of frlonds nil over noutheru Oregon, nnd thoro nro nono of IiIh acquaintances from Hilts to Grants Pnsa who will not speak n good word for Jesso Thrnshor. Ho wnR gnmo to tho coro, nnd n clean, upright young mnn. CHINAMAN IS EXPERT WIRELESS OPERATOR With Home Made Key, Buzzer and Battery Ho Is Hard at Work on Continental Code. WALLA WALLA, Wnsh., Mny 3. Leo Ong, n, locnl Chinaman, hnB bo como nn enthusiastic wlrolcsa Urog raphy oxporlmontor, With u homo nindo key, buzzer nnd bnttory, ho Is nightly practicing tho contlnontnl codo. Iletwoon times ho la studying tho wireless nppnrntua In tho city pnrlc. Ong Is n formor student In tho pub lic schools lioro. Ho says ho Intonds to bocomo nn oxport nnd onrn his liv ing In tho busluosB, AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT NEARLY KILLS PASSENGERS ABERDEEN, Wnfih., Mny 3. -Crashing bnokwnrd down a stoop hill whon tho ongino stnllod nnd tho hrnkos rofusod to -work, nn nutomn hilo with oight pnBBongors droppod ovor tho odgo of llio rond nnd turned turtlo in a ditch Into yester day, Bovoroly injuring ono oooupnnt, nnd badly bruising tho othors, nil nnrrowly oscaping dontli. Tho party oouaistod of ChnrloH Brndloy, his dnughtor, Mrs. Edwnrd Lovo, Jr., nnd hor infnnt son, nnd RubboII Linn, Shirloy Gillis nnd Mm Gertrude Sponoo, of Sonttlo, nnd tho ohnuffour. All nro woll known horo, Mrs. Lovo helng prominont socially. Medford WELL KNOWN IS THE VICTIM IF NOT COUNTED II 18 YOUR DUTY TO SEND IN NAME Result Not Up to Expectations and Many Persons Have Evidently Es caped Enlistment-Get Busy at Once. Willi tho exception of n fow resl denco localities nnd tho lodging hoiiHOB nnd hotels, ennstu cuumoru lorB hnve practically coinpletotl their work In Medford. TIiIb week will seo It finished. Though forbidden to glvo out statistics, It In known thnt tho result is not up to expectation!). Many personB hnvo apparently escaped en listment. Such should nt onco turn In tholr nnmcK to tho Commercial club. Hotel nnd lodging houso .keepers nro not showing tho co-oporatlon nec essary to sccuro n full enumeration. Many of them hnvo not lifted n hand. One lodging house, recently opened, whore over n hundred nro housed nightly, tins turned In bur four names. Others hnvo not given n namo. All hotels nro full, with not n vacant room. Every person n rosldcnt of Medford April 10 should bo cnu inerntod, nnd so should thoso who hnvo como olnco thnt dnto. Tho Commercial club committee as- Hlstlng tho enumerators, earnestly re quest thnt each Indlvldpnl not yet enrolled mnko It n point to enlist his nnmo nt once. Volunteers will bo call ed for nt Wednesday's meeting of tho club nnd n thorough canvass bo mndo of tho city to enroll thoso mlsned. Tho situation Is n serious one. Ev eryone must do his shnro nt once, or Modford will suffor for tho noxt ton years. ' :50 PEOPLE NARROWLY ESCAPE FROM FLAMES Block In Seattle Suburb Destroyed Of Seven Buildings Burned two Aro Hotels Loss Is $15,000. SI3ATTLB, Wnsh., Mny 3. Fifty pcoplo woro nroimod bnroly In tlmo nnd fled from tholr lodgings In night clothes on account of flro which des troyed n block In Youngstown, n sub urb, onrly todny; Of the seven buildings burned two woro hotols, Tho loss will not ox coed $15,000. WIHInm Hlozam, n butchor, who roomed In tho Youngstown hotol, first dlscovorod tho flro nnd aroused tho other roomors. Tho work of tho firemen was mndo dnngorous by tho oxploslon of sovornl cans of gnsolmo In n grocory Btoro. Property ownors to whom tho spootor of "vncapt upnrtmonts" is disturbing should qualify quickly as porsistot.t want ndvortiaoK. COMMERCIAL CLUB TO MEET Roguhir mooting of tho olub will ho hold Wodnosdny night, Mny 4, nt 8 p. m., in tho club- rooms, Much important busi nosa is to oomo before tho moot iiiR and a largo attondnnoo is oxpqotod, $ . -r -ft Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders' Colonel, Taking a ! ! 8 ON TRIAL FOR EMBELZZEMENT Credit and Debit Slips Showing Transaction, With Testimony of! Moore, Will Be Feature of Case Was Cashier of Defunct Bank. PORTLAND, Or., Mny 3. Charg ed with having embezzled from tho Orogon Trust nnd Savings bank whllo ho was cashier of that Institution S5000 In notes nnd SCO, 000 In cash, W. Coopor Morris was placoj on trial in tho circuit court horo todny. Tho mysterious dlsnppenrnnco of tho SG0, 000 In question hnB novor boon satis factorily explnlned. Tho credit nnd debit Blips snowing thljj. transaction nnd tho testimony of W. H. Mooro, ox-prosldont of tho bank, will bo two of tho strong features of tho( present trial. Seneca Pouts nnd Judgo Gordon of Tacoma nro acting ns Morris attor neys. IS F Representative Harrison Asks That Wickersham Bo Forced to Produco Papors In Balllngcr Case and Fight on Floor Is Expected. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 3. Tho ropubllcan mnchlno loadors fa tho houso aro worried. Thoy find n renBon for ombarrnBsmont In tho res olution prosontod yostordny by Con gressman Francis Tlurton Hnrrlson calling on Attornoy Gonoral Wicker sham for tho papors and data re quested by Attorney Brnndols boforo tho Balllngor-rtnchot Investigating commtttoo nnd which tho commltteo rofusod to ask tho attornoy gonoral to furnish. (Continuod on Page 5.) GREAT STRIK W.COOPERMGRRIS RESOLUTION MAKING TROUBLE ORRERUBLIGANS Mail Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1910. NEAR MERLIN GRANTS PASS IS TFUL OF TRUTH, HOWEVtR Stated That Platinum Is Found in Great Quantities and That Mine Is Worth Billions Mine Is Located Six Miles . From Merlin. SALEM, Ore., Mny 3. Tho great est striko in mining history, if tho now assays nro correct, was nindo a few months ngo ;icnr tho town of Merliiij in Josephine County, Oregon At tho time not much nttention was paid to tho find, for instead of beiug gold the values were in tin nnd plat inum, metals praeticnlly unknown in tho United Stntes. In fact tho discoverers of tho nvno wero looking for gold, and it wns only when It. E. Bailey, a mining mnn of Chicago, visited tho mine that (Continued on Pago Fivo.) INSURGENTS FORCE MANY TAFT RAILROAD BILL Drive Regulars to Wall and Force Changes on Threat of Completely Killing Bill-Urged by Tnft Lead ers' Put Up Great Fight. WASHINGTON, D. C, Mny 3. Drivon to tho wall by tho attacks of tho insurgonts, hut urged to con tinuo fighting by tolegrams from President Tnft, tho sonnto regulnrs today bognn a strugglo to savo such romnnnts of tho Taft-Elkins rail road regulation bills as thoy can forco to passngo. That tho bill ns finnlly passed will bo very difforont from tho ono orig innlly plnnnod by tho ohiof oxeoutivo is ndmlttod gonornlly today. Sonnto rogulars have agreod to abandon on tiroly provisions nnd soctions to whioh thoy offorcd substitutes and ! atnondmonts. When tho bill hns finally passod tho sonnto, thoro is dangor that it (Continued on Pago Fivo.) 000 Real Rough Ride. EMPIRE BUILDER GOOD FATHER TO CENTRAL OREGON So Sayss William Hanley While Here Recently Hanley Says Many Roads Are to Be Built in Oregon In Next Few Years. "Tho state-aided railroad movement has found a good father In James J. Hill," stated William Hanley of Burns, father of central Oregon and ono of tho Dig men of the state, be fore leaving for tho north. "Tho leg islature submitted a constitutional amendmont to tho pcoplo and author ized the appointment of a commis sion, which wns named by Govern or Chamberlain. Tho object was to securo n railroad Into central Ore gon, nnd for the state to build It, It others failed. Bights of way for the stnto-aldod project woro secured down tho Mainour canyon, an J upon assur ance from Mr. Hill that ho would (Continued on Pago Five.) EIGHT HOUR DAY LAW LAID DOWN BY ROOSEVELT He Begins Sightseeing at 8 o'clock In the Morning and "Knocks Off" at Four Will Meet Edward at Luncheon. COPENHAGEN, May 3. Theodoro Roosevelt today Instituted tho system of tho "olght hours a day" law In his tour of Europe. Ho began sight 6eolng horo nt S o'clock this morn ing nnd "knocked off work" promptly nt 4 o'clock. In tho courso of tho dny ho visited a modol dairy farm, which ho Inspect ed nnd pronounced up to tho stand ard. Ho vlsltod tho Losklldo cathe dral nnd plnced wreaths on tho tombs of King Christian nnd Prlacess Ma- (Continued on Pago 5.) JACKSONVILLE SECURES ALL BUT ONE MILE OF RIGHT OF WAY HILL SAYS HE IS TO DEVELOP ALL PARTS OF STATE Authorizes Statement That He Will Pay Attention to Southern Oregon Will Build New Depot in Portland for Hill Lines. PORTLAND, May, 3. James J. Hill, the empire builder, this morn ing stated thnt he intends to de velop nil of Oregon nnd Washington nnd to thnt end will ask the co-opera tion of both states in advertising them. Southern Oregon, he said, is to Teceive attention ns well as the eastern and ccptrnl part of the state. In nn authorized statement Mr. Hill said: "I will hnild a new .depot in Port land for the Hill lines as tho pros ent terminal facilities aro not suf ficient. The depot will be a good one. "It is trne thnt I have acquired conlrol of tho Oregon Electric nnd the United Rnilronds. "I will develop Oregon nnd Wash ington and will ask tho co-operation of both states in advertising them Southern Oregon will receive atten tion as will the eastern' and centra? part of the state." Tho announcement of a new depot at Portland surprises, ns it looks liko Hill is going to draw out of tho locnl terminal company and co it alone. MRS. LEAVITT TRY MARRIAGE AGAIN Quietly Wedded at Falrvlew to Lieu tenant Owen of British Royal En gineers Will In Future Reside ln Jamaica.. LINCOLN, Neb., May. 3. Lieuton nnt Reginald Owen,, of?; tho British Royal Engineers nud jRuth Bryan Lcavitt, daughter of William J. Bryan, wero quietly married at Fair- now, Lincoln, Bryan's country homo today. It is believed that the ceremony wns performed at 11 o'clock, though nothing beyond tho moro stntemont thnt tho wedding had occurred has been given out. COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE MAKES APRIL RECORD Tho Receipts for tho Past Month Greater Than at Any Time Slnco Formation of Jackson County. Tho. receipts of tho offico of tho county olork's offico for April wero grontor than nt any timo for a similar period sinco tho formation of Jack son County. Even undor tho old fee system and whon tho county olork wns practically a Unitod States land offico, tho receipts nover woro ns ligh as during tho month of April. To bo oxaot, $301.80 wns tho amount recoived by Clerk Colomnn, nnd for the pnst six months tho ro coipts have been abovo tho $300 mark. Tho only paper In the werM published In a cky the ! Medford having a loaned win. No. 37. Committee Meetss Fifteen Men wm Only Three Decline to Sign Up These will Come Into Lino Latw, Reports Party Who Made the Trip Everyone Boosting for Road. COMMITTEE ON MEDFORD TO CONFER WITH ALLEN Allen Recently Stated He Would Con sider Building to Blue Lodge if Right of Way Was Given and Jack sonville Makes Good Its Part. The commltteo of Jacksonville cit izens who started Saturday afternoon, to securo a right of way from Jack sonville to Hutton, Cal., for a rail road, returned Monday successful la securing the necessary right from er ery man along the lino except three. Twelve out of-15 land ownors wer only too glad to glvo a railroad right of way through their premises, and of tho three doubting onoa tw at least can bo pulled over, accord ing to tho story of tho committee. The party consisted of J. M. Dowsv B. H. Bagshaw, of Ui&, Jacksonville Post, CharIe3Dunford and Jaso Hartman. Thoro is only ono and a half miles of tho right of way be tween JacksontUlo and tho Califor nia line that has not been secured. At Hutton tho road la practically at the Blue Ledge, and that Is tho pres ent object. ' Tho citizens of Jacksonville got busy on .the assurance of John 'R- Allen that he would favorably con sider tho construction ot tho road to tho Bluo Ledge If the right ot way could be secured. The commit tee Is In Medford this afternoon 'to presont for Mr. Allen's conslderatfoa the results ot their labors. AB along tho lino' the proporty owners .wereentbuslastls in regard to tho proposed road, and all wish to see It built, for It means much to south ern Oregon. j . , MANY KILLED HEAVY CYCLONE IN' MESSircA Area Stricken By Sicilian Earth quakes Reported to Have Suffered Greatest Damage; MESSINA, May 3. Sovoral per sons aro reported to. have beon killed' and scores Injured by a cyclone ttiat swopt this caeotlon last evening. ThoMarea rtrjekon by th Siclltaa c.' ;bquo,kes i -."ported to have uuf .owshrdl shrd shrdl cmfwyp Jpii Jpa ft" i.(t tho groaiest damage L OF IIOL&m BIO MILL Wires Friend In Chicago Advising Htm Not to Cot Until He Hears Further from Fighter. CHICAGO, III., May 3. A friwi of Jack Johnson, tho hqavywoight te- coivcd n tologram hero today from him advising npt to hot on, the Jeff ries-Johnson mill until furthor ad vised. Johnson said that ho was nfi-nid that tho doath of Tommy flfe Carthy in tho fight with Owon Mora would prevent tho big battle, How to got work that you really know how to do is important.