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BEDFORD, OREGON, FBIDAY, MAY 6, 1910.
No. 40.
EDWARD VII, KING OF ENGLAND IS DYING
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SANG PRAISES OF
EUGENE BUI CAME
HERETO RESIDE
John H. Hartoij, Whoso Publicity
Work for EuQcne Gavo Him State
Wltlo Reputation, Chooios Motlford
as Ideal City in 'Which lito Enter
Business.
John II. Hartley, former publicity
manager for liiiK'iio and well known
ns it JournallHt and advertising writer,
Ih In Medfnr.l with a vlow of going
Into business, having selected Mod
ford an the future big city of Oregon.
"Since IkuvIiik lOugeno, I have boon
twice vast, as. well us nil over tho
coast, nnd 1 have coinu to tlio conclu
sion thai no place offers nuch oppor
tunities or lias such n future an Med
ford," mates Mr. Hartley. "I base my
conclusions, upon the fact that Med
ford ban the natural resources, tlio
neceiwry country tributary, and (ho
cln km of citizenship that kocb to mnko
n city.
"This Ih one of the irfom wondorful
valleys I have over seen. I havo been
going around It for th.'co dnys and
though l lmvo not seen It nil, by any
tneniiH, I lmvo soon enough to con
vince mo that this Is going to be n
lnrgo cty.
"1 am out of publicity work. Rose
burn kindly in.'.de mo an offer, but I
want to got Into soinothln for my
self, and niu out of the community
publicity business."
ASSAYS SHOW NO
E
Minlnu Men Say Alleged Greatest
Strlko Is a Fake as Ore Falls to
Show More Than a Trace of Gold.
That the alleged "greatest mining
strike- in history" near Merlin is a
fnko pure and aimplo is tlio opinion
of Grants Puss and Medford mining
moil, who havo had opportunity to
investigate. Tin nnd platinum, nl
leged lo have been found in fabulous
quantities nro not apparent in unsay
of. tlio ore inndo by competent nssuy
om. Stories of tlio Btriko will simply
injnro the country.
It is clnimod ly tlio promoters Hint
nRtsnys lmvo boon inndo as high ns
(10 oiincos of plntinum nnd fill per
cont tin; which would make tlio ore
rich onough to bo hnndlod by hand
without mucliinory nl u big profit. '
. J. A. Hnrvcry of tlio Qaliee so
cured sampler, which nro solocted by
tho promotors as Iioing from tlio host
ore, nnd had thorn uBsnyod in Grants
Push, Portlnnd nnd Denvoy by woll
known nssnyors. All tho nssnyors
roport (i smnll nmoiint of gold, no
tinlinmn, no tin.
Henry E. Wnrd, an nssnyors of inf.
tionnl fnmo in Denvor, wired tho re
sult of hiB nssny ns follows:
"One dollar nnd forty conts in gold
per Ion. No platinum. The tin lor-1
miiintion is not out yet, but if we find
any, will wire it tomorrow. So if
you do not honr, you will know that
Uiero is no tin pronont." Henry A.
Wood.
As sovoral days havo elapsed nnd
no wiro has boon recolvod, it is snfo
to hot that thoro is no tin in tho
ore,
APPEAL FOR AID
RFNTTfi wnmn
Food Supply Limited and Pestilence
is Feared Soldiers Patrol Streets
to Prevent Lootinn Shock Came
Just After Sundown Many Prom
Incnt People Killed.
SAN JOSH, Coiitn Itlca, May C.
Over 400 bodies havo been taken
from the ruins of Cartago, according
to n message received hero today. It
Is cstlinat-d that fully 1000 people
were khlud as a renult of the earth
quake which vfrecked the city. Prac
tically every house In the city was
wrecked, ncordlug to this dispatch.
The whole city Is n henp of ruins.
AppenlH for nld havo boon cent to
every south and central American re
public. City a Chaos.
MANAGUA, May C Refugees
HtragglltiK Into San Joso today do-J
dare that fully 1000 persons wero
i.i ii, ..i i.. .i... t. '
niiii'ii in i iwinmiuuiu wini wrccK
od Cartago, Tho first heavy quake,
they declare, was followed by minor
quakes and tho city today Is In a
state of chaos.
The first Hhook wrecked the best
residence sect Ion of tho city and many
of the best known peoplo In Cartago
were killed, according to the reports
received here today.
Soldiers Patrol City.
Soldiers are now patrolling the
city to prevent looting, with orders
to shoot looters on flight. Surviv
ors are helping soldiers In the work
of rescuing tho maimed nnd Injured
caught under the fallen buildings.
The bodies are being hautlly burled
to prevent a pestilence nnd steps nro
being taken to conserve the water and
food supply.
Flint Shock Heaviest.
The Initial shook was tho heaviest.
It lasted for sovornl minutes and tho
eastern movement was apparently
from north to smth.
Tho shock camo
Just at dusk, after a sultry day.
With the first tremor of tho ground Ono of tho first to sign up wnH
buildings crumbled and boforo tho!K'l Itoot. who olgnod for a dollar a
first heavy shock was over tho great
est damago hnd been don .
OIIKGON CITY, Ore.. Muy GY-
Physicians today stated thnt the two
pound incubator' baby of Mr. nud
Mrs. Goorgo Webb of Cnnby
1ms
every ohnnoo of living.
GEORGE V ENGLAND'S NEXT KING
Political Powers of Edward Novcr Felt as Strongly as at Present Time
Many Fear Throno Will Crumb lo Under Relgh of George, Present
Prince of WalcsGoorgo Will Have to Faco Strenuous Timo.
LONDON, May C Tho political
powers of King Edwnrd uovor wns
folt so strongly ns now, whon nppnr-
ontly nonring its oml. Tho illness
of tho king oomos nt n grnvo time
in tho affairs of Grout Dritnin, no
cording to moil high in tho government
service
Many statesmon nnd politicians
.horo fenr thnt tho throno mny crumble
undor tho roign of George, I'rineo
of Wnlos, who would bocomo King
Goorgo V, nt Edward's donth.
King Edwnrd is rcgnrdoii ns n man
cnpnblo of Bottling tho proscnt orieU
hut his son, stntosmeu fear, could
not.
Tho situation is such thnt tho donth
IS MINE"
5flT5uii
mum I'll
! And a Lively Scrap Is On County
Commissioners Buy Crushed Rock
From Warren Construction Com
pany and City is Now Urglnu Prior
Rlrjht.
Jackson county and tho city of
Medford are at loggerheads with each
other over tho disposal of tho crush
ed rock at present In the bunkers at
both ends of tho route. Tho stone
was crushed at tho city's quarry by
the warren construction company,
who sold the surpliiB onthnnd to tho
county commissioners for tho Im
provemont of tho county road between
this city and Jacksonville. The city
now steps In, pleads a prior right nnd
snys the stono belongs to tho city
Therein Is tho ml sup.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
IS OUT AFTER MONEY
Committee Starts Work and Edwin
0. Root Is First Man to Sign Up
Meeting With Excellent Success.
The soliciting committee of tho
Medford Coinm rclal club began work
Friday securing funds to conduct tho
Medford publicity cnmpalgu for. nn
othor year.
Tho committee, which Is composed
of Prosldont Colvlg, J. A. Westorlund,
Ulalne ICluni, F. A. Medynskl nnd F.
A. Nye, Is mestlng with excellent auc-
cess, mooting with but one refusal in
the first morning's work.
mouth. Ilo Is nlroody n member of
the club nnd Is sotting an example of
publlo-Hplrlteduess that put to shame
many n woll-to-do citlzon.
FRESNO, Cnl., Mny fl. A slight
onrthnuuko shock wns felt horo early
today. No dnmngo is reported.
of tho kinj might involve tho full of
tho houso of lords which in its turn
might throntcu tho security of tho
throno itsolf,
During tho king's trip abroad, tho
Princo Goorgo took on his shoulders
tho kingly dutios. His critics do not
dony but thnt ho made n favornbh
improssion but they claim that ho is
not onorgotio.
In tho event of the king's donth,
Goorgo would bo callod upon to face
probably tho most stronuous period
of nccossion over known in England,
Princo Edwnrd, Goorgo's oldost son,
would bocomo tho now Princo of
Wnlos nnd tho quoon would bo Quoon
Viotorin Mnry, formorly Princess May
of Tech.
ROCK
N O W If FT
All England Hangs Breathlessly Upon
Bulletins From Sick Room Where
Edward Is Battling for Life Doc
tors Say His Condition Is Mos
Serious.
OTTAWA, Out., Mny (!. (Hullc
tin.) The king became unconscious
this evening, according to a report
received by a Canadian news agency.
The agency quotes a cabinet minister
as expressing (lie belief thnt the king
will not survive the night. He is re-
ported to lie sinking fast. I
During a lull of pain this afternoon
the king is retorted to hare said thnt
the "end Is near." The entire royal
family Is now gathered at IJucklng
haul mince.
LONDON, Mny 0. "The King'.
symptoms have become iorse during
the day nnd his condition nt this time
(0 o'clock) is critical.''
This bullctir wns issued this even
ng by Doctors Laking, Kcid, Powell,
Dnwson nnd Thompson.
LONDON, May 6. King Edward's
Illness already hns developed Into
double pneumonia, according to tho
highest authority this afternoon.
Physicians to King Bdward aro re
ported t havo found after examination
that Inflammation of the king's bron
chial tubes Is extending. Thero Is In
creased fear that, pneumonia will de
velop. The report is unofficial.
Tho following bulletin was Issued
today by Drs. Powell, Lakln and Raid
"Tho king hnd a quiot night, but
his symptoms nro unimproved! His
condition gives rise to grnvo anxie
ty." People Alarmed.
Tho alarm of the peoplo is doubled
owing to tho nso of tho words "grnvo
anxiety" as Inst night's bulletin said
'some anxiety."
It Is gonornlly believed thnt King
Cdwnrd Is much worso thnn nt any
lino since his attack.
T,
WITH ANGER.FILES
MANY LIBEL SUITS
Even Marso' Henry of Courier Jour
nal Is Sued All Comes as After
math of Gaynor Speech in New
YorkAssociated Press Also Sued.
NBW YOItK, May fi. W. R.
Ienrst has filed more llbol suits as
n nftornmth to tho spooch dollverod
nt tho press banquet horo by Mayor
Onynor. Tho Intost suits nro direct
ed against Adolph S. Ochs of tho
Times, Uorninn Hldilor of tho Stnata
Zoltung, Melville Stono, gonoral man
ager of tho Associated Press, and
Henry Watterson of tho Loulsvlllo
Courlor-Journnl.
Hearst has also brought suit
gainst sovon lloston papers. Hach
f tho suits is for $100,000 damnges.
Is understood thnt Henrst will f llo
other suits.
Yos somotimos a placard in n
indow holps tho nd-nnsworor to
find tho houso that's advortisod, But
doos not usunlly holp much more
inn that.
HEARS
FRANTIC
!D RIVAL OF
AH
QfTHR PAID T
COMMITTEE IS
A
ROAD TO COAST
Commercial Club Members Who Are
to Wait Upon Mr. Allen and Offer
Assistance and Cooperation in Se
curing Railroad From Medford to
Crescent City.
Vice-President Pickel today
nnmed the committee to take charge
of tho movement to secure n railroad
to Crescent City from Medford. The
committee will wait, upon John R.
Allen, builder of the Pacific & East
ern, and request thnt he build the
railroad, pledging him the cooperation
nnd assistance of the Commercial
Club and business interests of Med
ford. A banquet will be tendered Mr.
llen in the near future.
Those named on the committee arc
J. F. Roddy, Geo. Putnam, G. R
Ray, L. E. Wakeman, W. M. Col-
vig, J. M. Keene, A. E. Renmes, B.
F. Mulkcy, II. C. Gnrnett, H. C. Kent-
ner, A. A. Unvis, Frank Tou Voile,
W. I. Vnwter, J. M. Root, W. S.
Crowell, J. E. Enynrd, J. D. Olwell,
P. C. Page, Dr. Eberhardt, Delrov
Getchel, A. II. .Miller, J. A. Wester-
lund, P. V. Medynski, Blaine Klum,
A. Nye Edgnr Hafer, E. N. War-
nor, Mayor Canon, E. A. Welsh, A. S.
Rosenbaum, P. II. Hollis, R. II. Par
sons, J. A. Perry, E. B. Piekel, Hal
L. Conrad, H. S. Dudley, R. H.
Whitehead, Clarence Renmes, F. F..
Merrick, C. I. Hutchinson.
President Colvig today wired an
invitation to President Lewis Hill of
tho Great Northern, inviting him to
visit Medford ns tho guest of tho
peoplo dumg the present trip.
RAILROAD EMPLOYE GETS
BULLET THROUGH ARM
George Aleyao is in tho Southern
TO WORK
Oregon hospitnl nursing n sore nrm!coss
nnd incidentally congratulating him
self that tho bullet took thnt par
ticular direction instead of catching
nm in n vital spot.
Thursday morning a bunch of Ital
ian laborers woro hnvinj; i. frioudlv
celebration. Ono of tho partv was
nourishing a revolver m sport whon
it Avns discharged, the ball striking
Aloyne. Fortunately for him the re
volver was of light cnlibro nnd tho
bullet, hitting him just below the el
bow, passed almost entirely nronnd
the bones of tho arm and wns tnkon
out nonr tho point of entrance, in
flicting only a flesh wound. Ho will
bo nt his work in a few days.
200 BELIEVED
Rescuers Enter Mine Several Hundred Feet and Find Number of Bodies
Flames Shot Up 300 Feet When Gas Explosion Occurred No Hope
for Any Who Were In Mine at Time.
BIRMINGHAM, Aln., Mny 0. - Flames shot 300 feet from tho
Stnto and government officials today mouth of tho shaft when the oxplo
todk oxygen holmots to Miuo Three sion ocourred. From this, mino of-
of tho Palos Coal Company, 25 milos
from hero whoro 200 minors woro on-
tomber by n gas explosion yestor-1
day,
Tho mino wns ontored this morning,
tho rcscuors making their way sov-
oral hundred foot from tho entrance
whoro sovoral bodies woro found.
All nro helioved to bo dead. No
attempt has yot boon made to bring
up tho bodios.
TH
RASHER KILL
3FFIDERS WORK
ON THAT THEORY
Miss Mabel Putnam, Pretty and At
tractive, Was Showered With At
tentions by Thrasher Many Others
Admired Young Woman and Jealous
Rival May Have Killed Him.
JK
$750 REWARD.
Seven hundred and fifty
dollars' reward is offered for
the arrest and conviction of
the person or persons who
murdered Jesse F. Thrasher
at Ayres Spur on the night of
May 2. Jackson county offers
S250, S250 by the relatives of
the deceased and $250 by the
Ashland Manufacturing com
pany. Did tho attentions paid by Jesso F,
Thrasher, the young man who was
found with his head beaten in In his
bunk nt Ayres Spur on Tuesday morn
ing, to Mabel Putnam, a demure, at
tractive young miss of some 21 sum
mers, arouse Jealousy In some ri
val's breast and bring about his
death? If so, which of tho admirers
of tho girl Is guilty of tho crime?
Believe Greeks Innocent.
That is tho problem the county of
ficials who are investigating the death
of young Thru3her are seeking to
solve with but little success. It is
now believed that the six Greek la
borers who wero arrested Tuesday
and charged with tho crime aro inno
cent, ns all attempts to fasten tho
crime upon them has failed. And from
jthem tho officers, seeking a cluo, have
turned to the attentions which young
i rnrasner showered upon Miss Put
nam, tho daughter of tho boarding
house keeper at Ayres Spur. But so
far they have mot with- but llttlo suc-
Tho only facts which have been
established so far aro: Young Thrash
er Is dead: he was killod by blows
upon tho head dollvorod with great
force; that a blunt instrument wns
sod; thnt tho instrument was a heavy
knotty pieco of oak, thtf- trunk appa
rently of an oak grub sonio two Inches
in diameter, which, covered with
blood, was found neor tho sceno of
tho crime.
w Had Been Drinking.
Tho story of tho happenings at tho
Spur on tho evonlng before the crime
was committed has been told at tho
Investigation which Is being conduct-
ed In Ashland In tho court of Captain
Egglestotr. This investigation has oc-
E
'fioials doclared, tho minors must lmvo
run into n gas pocket,
Fifty of tho workmen entombed are
! white. The othors nro nogroes.
j A roscuing party without holmots
ontored tho mino today and wont fur
enough to find bodies but woro forced
!to retreat on account of tho gasos.
Somo of tho rescuers woro ovorcomo
nnd hnd to bo dragged out of tho
Jmino by their companions.
HIM EOR
0 YOUNG WOMAN?
cupldd two days and will probably
continue until tomorrow. Mr. and
Mrs. Putnam, with their two daugh
ters, Mabel, aged 21, and Maud, aged
16, conduct a boarding houso for tho
employes of the Ashland Manufactur
ing company at tho Spur. Thoy hare
several boarders, among them bolng
A. L. Burnett, Nikolas Joy, Edwnrd
Davidson, Ray Rhoades and the young
man who was murdered. On tho eve
ning in question Davidson, who had
visited the' valley, returned with a
Jug of liquor and ho nnd Thranhor
drank most of it. Tho six Greeks,
who afterwards arrested charged with
tho crime, also had some liquor and
they gave a portion of this to the 'two
young men.
Was Put to Bed.
As the evening woro on Thrasher
began to show the effects of tho
liquor and when ho attempted In thla
Uta to force his attentions upon
Miss Putnam she asked young
Rhoades, who vas a friend of Thrash
er's, to put the young man to bed.
This Rhoades did, both ho and the
girl testify. Rhoades, so far la tho
last person so far found who saw
the young man alive.
None of the testimony as yet of
fered by tho members of tho party
show that any quarrel at any tlma
had taken place, other thman a llttlo
trouble Thrasher had had with Joy
In the kitchen of the boarding house,
when Joy refused to quarrel with him
as he (Thrasher) was intoxicated.
Many Admirers.
Miss Putnam is rather an attrac
tive girl, and being tho only young
woman at tho Spur to whom tho
young men could pay court, had, nat
urally, a number of admirers. This
fact the officers are making tho most
of, bubt Miss Putnam states that she
showed no particular attentton to
Thrasher which could cause any of
tho other boys to tako exception.
However, she naively added in her
testimony, perhaps a mind distorted
by Jealousy might misconstrue some
of her actions.
No Sound Heard.
No sound was heard by any of tho
people at tho Spur during tho night,
and no signs of a strugglo wero found.
Death must hnvo come with almost
tho first blow.
Tho officers have discarded the
theory of robbery, as none of tho
effects of tho young man wero iuIhs
Ing and his clothing contained a cor
taln amount of silver and ono or two
gold pieces. A ring upoa hla fIngor.
of curious design and costly, was not
tnkqn.
Thrnshor's body was found tho next
morning by Rhoades, who wont to
awaken him.
His head had been crushed In by
blows from a club and blood was
spattorod over tho surrounding wnlls.
Tho dead man had evidently not mov
fd after ho hud been struck, oven tho
bedclothes being undisturbed.
Tho coroner and district attorney
aro inclined to bollovo thnt tho Greolc
Inborors are not connected with tho
i, i,1iii , ,.. lt.
no motlvo can bo found.
At tho ingestlgation Rhoades tes
tified that at tho request of Mabel
Putnam ho hnd taken tho young man
to bed and gavo tho particulars of
finding tho body In tho morning. Ills
story was told In a striehtforward
mnnnor throughout. Davidson on tho
stand displayed much nervousness
and told of tho accurrencos of the
nftornoon. Ho refused to enter the
bunkhouso and view tho body. Joy
told tho story of tho afternoon and
ovonlng, corroborating tho tootlmony
of tho other witnesses. Ho scorned
tho loss concerned of tho lot.
Tho investigation may and may not
bo completed this afternoon, but mny
contlnuo until tomorrow. Tho cor
oner's jury which Is hearing tho case
Is composod of John T. Pntty, W. A.
Storm, R. J. Shaw, W. T. Loaguo, 13.
F. Smith and M. O. BroBclor.
If thoro's a half-likolihocd of your
moving soon, tho want ads aro Hvo
reading; matter for you nowadays.