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TIIK WKATIIICIt.
UNinm ram a80oiaxic
Pull Lfued Wire Kttrt,
ToIiIhIiI mill vVd Hominy
Cloudy, pHiill)li) liowor. Wed
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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
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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
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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.