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MIODFORD, ORWiOX, FIN DA V, MAY 13, 19J0.
No. 46.
Medford Mail
Tribune
Illl
ON TROLLEY
PETITIONS WILL
BE CONSIDERED
NEXT TUESDAY
City Recorder Ejinlcston Verifies
Slnnaturcs on Petitions Gas
Plant Franchise Will Also Be Sub
mitted to Vote of tho People
The petition filed with tho city
coiinoil of Anliltim! by the citizens of
that city iiHking that the application
of John H. Allen for a trolley fran
chise in AHhlaml be submitted to a
vote of the people will be cotiHidered
by (lie council at their regular meet
ing next TuoHday evening. Under the
law, they must uubtnit the matter to
u vote, and it is expected that an
election will bo held within two
weekH.
City Recorder Egglohton Inn on
fied the million on the petition by
comparing them with the registration
lints in the office of the county
olork.
In addition to the application f
.Mr. Allen for a franchise, J. It. An
derson in unking that ho be granted
a franchise for a gaw plant, similar
to the one granted him by Medford
recently. The petition will be acted
Umiii at t lio regular council iiiouting
next Tuesday evening, it is expected,
and at that time it will probably be
incumbent upon the council to call
the special election, which must be
held not loss than 15 nor more than
ilns I nun date.
Mayor Snoll of Ashland was in
Modfonl r'ridnv and Minted that it
seems to be a general sentiment in
Ashland that the franchisor should
be grunted.
"When ocoplo oi Ashland under
Btand the uituation thoro will prob
ably lie little opposition to the fran
chise." Mated Mayor Sncll. "Th-ie
aro Bonio who do not understand the
details, hut by the time the franchise
comes to a tote it will most of it
have disappeared.
"Hocordor Kggloston has verified
the names on the initiative petition
and the council at its ucvt meeting
will submit tho franchise to tho peo
ple. "There is no opposition to the mis
franchise." I
TEDDY WILL BE
ASHLAND TO
OM
L IflluL 1 Q that he expected to sceuiv his ac
IL uUIlL 10 'initial on Friday, the Kith. The tW-
Cables Cornelius Vantlcrhllt That the
Funeral of King Edward Will Not
Interfere With His Plans to Got
Homo on Date Set.
NEW YOHK, May 13.-A cable
gram received by Cornelius Vander
liilt from hoodoio Hoosevcll mi
uouiicos that the death of King Ed
ward will not interfere with Roose
velt's plan to niTivo in Now York on
Saturday, Juno 18.
Yntidethilt is cliuiniuui ol
RonM'voll reception cnininittoc.
the
i
WMITKIIAVION, England, May 13.
Tho hundred nnd thirly-seven
minors entombed in the Wellington
coal mi no have been left to thoir fnte,
Tho mino was soaled today in nn of
fort to smother the flames (hut uro
raging in tho lower workings,
i ii nil i limn i rrr Tn Turin
rur nnr ninrn m ninur.
rA t rhinAbtd mmm
ill ON
SI SOON
CHARGED IN THE
TRIALOFJHORRIS
Howard A. Guilford Arrested and
District Atiorney Bcfllns a Thor
ough Investigation Into the Af
fairBin Sensation.
PORTLAND. Or., Muy 13. !'!
lowing the arrest of Howard A. Cluil-
ford on a charge of having attempted
lifbribe Juror Ilnrton, hitting on the
V. Cooper .Morris embezzlement ene,
District Attorney Cameron, with n
rnrih of deputioH, began a thorough
investigation into the affair today.
Cameron said that be expect to
unearth evidence of a plan lor
wholesale bribery of jurors in the
Oregon Trust & Savings bank eases.
Morris, formerly cashier of the
bank, was convicted late yesterday
afternoon of embezzling $75,000
worth of Motes from the institution.
Previous to Morris' conviction, Juror
Hnrton was approached and it is ul
leged was offered $1500 to hang the
jury. He cave a noncommittal reply
to the ii nun t and then reported to
the district attorney.
Guilford was subsequently arrest
ed. According to District Attorney
Cameron ho made n clean breast of
tho affair and Cameron asserted
implicated several prominent Port
laud attorneys in the alleged attempt
to bribe Hnrton.
E CASE
TO JURY TODAY
FRIDAY THE 1 3TH
Doctor Says He Expects to Be Ac-
quitted and Looks for No Evil to
Befall Him on Account of thc Day
Is Not Superstitious.
KANSAS CITY. .Mo.. May l.t.
lr. Hyde, whose pectiiiMilur trial v
the iiiiiidei' of Colouo) Thomas 11
Swopo n uoni'iug it end, said today
tor said he was not upor.stitinU! nnd
i expected no ovil to befall today.
The evidence probably will go to
the jury this afternoon. Ten other
I indictments against Dr. Hyde, but if
ho be ucquittod it is not likely thut
'ho will face trial again,
i Mrs. llyile, whose condition is
delicate, is extremely nervous nnd
jhor friends fear that she will col
lapse.
County Warrants Called.
County Treasurer J. M, Croncinil
lor hns called in nil warrants pro
tested up to and including November
HO,
liMIS. Interest on the Inst call
censed on Mnv 0,
The fire followed nn explosion in
the mine. Efforts were made yostor
duy to rescue the miners, but the res
cue parties were driven buck by the
flumes. Officials gave up hope of
saving tho men and the mine was
sealed to check the flume.
FRANCO!
JURY TAMPERING
y
GOES
'ii in nrnnun
;I1A5 btliUNU
; EARTHQUAKE !
: HIT CARTAGO? i
Hoavy Shock Recorded In Mississippi
Valley, Indication Heavy Quake in
Costa Rica Tclcjjraph Lines Go
Down In Central America Possib
ly Another Tremblor.
POUT LIMOX, CoHta
13. Telegraph lincK to
Ricn, May
the interior
of CoHta Ricn were put out of. com
mission suddenly today and it is
feared another severe earthquake
struck tho diKtrict devastated last
week.
CLEVELAND, 0., May 13. 'Die
seismograph here registered u heavy
carth(iiaku shock today. Tho vibru
tioiiH began shortly after 2 o'clock in
the morning and continued for many
minutes. The indications are that
the temblor occurred in Costa Hiea.
! muko more pleasant the trip to tho
ST. LOUIS, Mo Muy 13. An! caves this summer the great llme
curthnnako shock lasting 53 minutes Hton0 labyrlnth of c.rayb.nck moun-
wns recorded ny me seismograpn
here. The shock, tho record shows,
(was heavy, but was probably bome
I thousands of miles away. It is be-
lii.Vft.l til nffirtinla tltrii llm ulitnlr nf. I
footed tho
America.
western coast of South
uons oi me unucu mates, formerly
SAN HKHNAHD1NO. Cnl., Mnv 13.' 1,10 env08 wero contro,Ied b-v private
This city was shaken by an earth-, Individuals. but aro now wlt'dn tho
quake at 10:20 o'clock last night. ,ronn08 of tho Siskiyou forest ro -
The temblor lasted several seconds.
No .lnnumc was reported.
LOS ANGELES' Cnl Mnv 13 -
The chronometer in tho government
weather bureau stopped nt 10:20 Inst
evening, tho hour nt which the tern-
I blors wero felt in
Sun Renin rdmo
PORTLAND, Or., May 13 Ken
neth, tho 2-yonr-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tracy Wood, bclioved to have
been kidnaped, was found today on
tho edgo of n creek nearly n urile
from Kusa station, a suburb of Port
OREGON ATTORNEY
GENERAL VISITS
VALLEY OF ROGUE
A. M. Crawford Greatly Surprised at
Evidences of Growth During the
Past Four Years, or Since His Last
Visit Here.
A. M. Crawford, nttoriiey-genoral
for Oregon, was in Medford u few
hours Friday.
"Really, I hiiven't any mission in
Southern Oregon,
anlA Aft fViiiV-
rri lit on,
I had an opportu-
ford, "oxeopt that
jnity to take a short vacation, and
I decided to run down here and look
'up a few of the old records of Jaei;-
son and Josephine counties in refer
ence to soinu matters which will
coino up in my office. It hns been
about four years since T visited the
Rouuo River valley, and hud I not
I been prepared for a ehnnge by rend
ing nowspapors T would not hnvo be
lieved it to bo tho sumo community.
Even nt that T could hardly realise
I that tho slow-going community of a
few yours ago would develop into tho
! l! i mi .
live ouch you nave now. me prog
ress of tho Rogue River valley from
one end to the other duriuc the mist
LOST CHILD
few yearn has been remarkable, nud',hia l,,t' hluco 1 ww 1,our 11 J'01" K
evory -seolion seems to share in the lH nrl8liig, 1 predict that Med
advancement." fonl wil1 ,10 n c,ty of r,0l)0 within
Dr. E. It. Seolv bus arrived it) New
York, where he is taking u post-
grndunto t'ourso in surgery.
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WOMAN. LOVELY WOMAN,
IN CHARGE OF PAPER
This afternoon tho rcKulnr
Htnff of tho Mail Tribune will
abdicate in favor of woman,
lovely woman, nnd until Sun
day morning ho will have full
8 way in the offices. Man
will bo nllowcrl to do only tho
most menial labor. The wom
en promiso n huge edition
Sunday.
Watch for it J
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Will Make Famous Beauty Spot
More Accessible Roads Will Be
Cared for by Rangers of the For
estry Service.
Gil ANTS PASS, Ore., May 13. To
Halls," will be put in shape to receive!
jtnln, known as "Oregon's Marble
I visitors at an early date. These caves
are said to bo tho lnrscst marble
U 0
ROAD
OREGON
CAVES
JOSEPHINE
! halls in tho world, and every year ln the House and Republican regu
ure visited by tourists from nil sec- tars openly criticized the committee
"rl " a "a-
lllonnI "ark' T"PJ" W,U Lo ro,cctcd
and enred for by rangers of the for-
fiervlct- fact ono of tbo ,na,n
' mmv of tn, rangers is near tho
jon"anco t the labyrinths.
thousands of people would visit
(Continued on Pace 8.1
land, whore it disappeared from a
go-cart Wednesday afternoon.
Tho child wns found by a woman
who hoard its faint cries in the
brush.
Tho baby wns Ii:.g on the edge of
150,000 MEDFORD
PEOPLE IN 1820
Veteran Sea Captain Loses His
Bearings in Cruising About Med
ford Owing to Its Increase Since
His Last Visit.
Captain J. T. C. Nash, tho votornu
sea captain, capitalist and property
owner. Is lioro from Ilorlcoloy, on Ills I
annual visit.
"1 have witnessed ninny changes
in .Medford." said Captain Nash, "but
1 bcllevo the changes and improve
ments during the past year have
been greater than in the other seven
teen years 1 1 nve known tho city.
Some elghtcou years ago, 1 think,
first canio to the Rogue Ulver val
ley, and nt Unit time ono could leavo,
the corner of the hotel hero audi
travel In almost any given direction
without hitting anything except chap-.
liaiai or u pmo mium. ior qiuio a uis-i
titnce. Ifsdlffere.it now.. 1 wns out'
riding yesterday nftornonn, west of
town nnd I notunlb lost my bearings
and was compelled to muko tho ro-
turn cruise by dead reckoning. The
nuinbor of buildings constructed la
the next ten years. I don't see any-
t,lll-' to
,,orw- Tho 10
lt, Tho country is
osoiiitcs aro horo, and
tho ontorni'lHltiir ueonlo aro linrn."
CAPTAIN
NASH
PRESIDENT IS
CHARGED WITH
U6LE CROSS
Representative Harrison of New
York Charges Taft and Attorney
General With Bad Faith Saves
Regulars Embarrassment by With
drawing His Resolution.
WASHINGTON, D. C, .Mny 13.
Charges of bail faith and double-
crossing on the pact of President Taft
and Attorney-General Wickersham In
connection with the Dalllncer Inves
tigation wore made In the House by
Representative Harrison of New
York.
The charges wore made when Har
rltson withdrew his resolution calling
on the attorney for memorandum
and other documents in connection
with the preparation of WIckcrsbam's
summary of the Glalvis charges.
Harrison, u Democrat, presented
the resolution after the Oalliager in
vestigation committee bad refused
the renucst of Attorney Brandels for
three papers.
I The resolution created a sensation
' for having made it appear as they
allego that the committee rnlCht be
, trying to ahleld wme one.
. Harrison today saved tho regulars
some embarrassment by withdraw-
Ins the resolution. His action was
based on the fact that the attorney-
general has already admitted the fact
( whlch the documents called for were
expected to prove, namely, that tho
8mnmry was prepared after tho date
which it bore.
NICK OF II
the stream, but n few inches from
the water. It was so weak from two
days' starvation that it could not
move.
Tho baby presumably had fallen
from tho go-card and had crawled
the entire distance.
TWO TRIPS DAILY
TO BE MADE BY
S.P.
Will Enable Mail Tribune to Reach
Subscribers in Central Point, Tolo,
Gold Hill and Woodville Earlier in
thc Day.
The gasoline motor in operation
on
the Southern Pacific linos bo-
tween Ashland nnd Grants Puss has
proven very popular with tho trav
eling public, nnd it has been decided
to increase the service, Commenc
ing Sunday, May 22, the motor will
innke two round-trips daily. The ox
act time cannot be given, but the fig
ures given will not miss it much.
Southbound, 8:30 n. m. nnd 2:20
p. m. Northbound, 10:30 a. in. nnd
1:30 p. m.
Exact figures will be published in
ii day or two. This will give the
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J gorve ml 5s in hM(
M (cstimonial of tho valley's
-(j RTOwU,
Tho inolor'is woll patronized each
a)(l )loublillK 10 sorviclo wi ll0
,,, ; ,i, i.i:
Among other things, it will enable
the Mail Tribune to reach subscrib
ers in Cent rut Point, Tolo, Gold Hilt
and Woodville nn hour earlier in the
day, and provide a regular delivery,
which through trains hnvo rendered
impossible,
MOTORCAR
HANGING BUN
FOR DEATH
JOY. THE ITALIAN,
TAKEN IN CHARGE
BYSHERIEF JONES
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict Say
ing Thrasher Came to His Death
at Hands of Unknown Parties
Have Valuable Information.
Nicholas Joy, fhe Italian kitchen
helper, wns arrested Thursday after
noon by Sheriff W. A. Jones on ac
count of the murder of Jesse
Thrasher at Ayrcs Spur last week.
The coroner's jury brongty in a
verdict of "death caused by parties
unknown." and tho sheriff immedi
ately arrested Joy.
WtlOIC
"I wanted to t&ke in the
bunch," satd the sheriff, "but the
djstnetattomey didn't deem it ad-
nar ?, i . 4l . . ,
Mabel Putnam, the principal wit-
ness at the inquest, has removed to
California, but she, as well as thc
rest of the witnesses nnd suspects',
aro under close surveillnncc, so that
any "break" that any one of them
makes will cause a quick arrest.
Even now those who know how
Jesso Thrasher was killed are look
ing nskance at each other, wonder
ing which ouo will "give up" first.
Tho officers have secured infor
mation which will lead to the unrnv-
eling of the snarl, but decline to give
it out as yet.
FIVE KILLED IN
T
German Vessel Scene of Disaster -
CaUSO Of Explosion Is Withheld by
Authorities Papers
Investigation.
Clamor for
HAMBURG, Germany. Mny 13.
Five sailors wore killod and two fa
tally .Injured today in an explosion
aboard the Gorman torpedo boat
"S-33," cruising near Heligoland.
The crnft was completely wreckod
by the oxploslon which is tho sevonth
naval fatality occurring this year.
The causo of tho oxplosiou Is with
held by the authorities. The after-'
noon papers are clamoring for nn in
vestigation and it was court-mnrtlni ,
of those who' mny bo roaponslblo for.
bad conditions. ;
MORRISON OF SEATTLE
OFFERED REFEREESHIP,
SEATTLE, Wash., Muy 13. Jns.
W. Morrison of SoattlJ, an old pal
of Tos Riokavd, tho prizefight pro-
motor, strongly intimated today that
ho would not i.eeopt Richard's invi-
tntion to reforeo tho Joffrios-John-
sou fight nt Enieryvillo July l, ow-
iug to ill-health.
IT TAIL
HEHKELEY, Cut., May 13.-On
May 18 about (i p. ni. tho oarth will
pass through tho tail of Ilnllby's
comet, according to computations
nindo at tho students' observatory of
tho University of California. Pro
fessor A. O. Leusohnor, in chargo of
tho observatory, states that thero is
n possibility tho passage will bo
EXPLOSION
TORPEDO
BOA
WE WILL PASS THROUGH
GLED: MAN BEGS
AS HE STRANGE
GREWSOME END
TO WASH
WIFE MURDERER
Thirteenth. Hanging at Walla Walla
on Friday, the 13th, Proves Hor
ribleDrop Fails to Kill and Con
demned Man Begs for Death
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Mny 13.
The 13th hanging nt Walla Walla
penitentiary, which occurred on Fri
day, the 13th, was one of tho most
' grewsome evor witnessed by prison
officials. For 20 minutes after
Richard Quinn dropped through tho
trap -with tbo ropo about his neck
and tho black cap over his face, ho
tinner cwnvinw linb- nnA IVi.tl
plcadinf: with his exacutionors to
(lraw him up and sprinR thc trrtp
Kan so that his agony might bo
enr0d,
Qu;nn was n man of abnormal
droned nn.i n m.,eie e
necbf automatically stiffening when
rntQ ,VJ,f nt,n,,f t,!m
prevented his upper spine from be
ing broken, and the mnn slowly
strangled to death.
The condemned prisoner maintain
ed his bravado to the last, and re
fused any religious attention. Early
this morning ho ate a hearty break-
fnst nnA wnttol hn'alilv in f tin cnnf
fold. As tho cap wns adjusted to
i.:g honA ha R;i tn w.a ;n:x.ra,
j "Before Almighty God and ninu, I
am innocent, snvo for an nccident.
Well, good-bye, boys, I'm going out."
Tho trap was sprung at two min
utes past five, and tho man's body
shot to tho length of tho rope, where
it hung, writhing in agony. Realiz
ing his predicament, Quinn shouted:
"Oh, my Godl This is awful! Haul
mo up, boys, and drop mo again.
Hurry! Take mo bock and let mo
drop again."
I Tho man's cries wore distinct for
' fTnl f?? and th?" bccamo les3
loud and finally wnvonng, ns uncou-
sciousness came to relievo his suf-
tenngs. He was pronounced dead
nt ":22.
Warden Reed wns absent from tho
city, nnd Captain Smith officiated at
tho execution.
Quinn wns convicted of having
murdered his wife in Evorott, Wnsh.
insisted thnt her death wns nc
'cnuii.
AUTO STRIKES DOWN
EX-PRESIDENT LOUBET
.
Physicians Say His Injuries Are Not
venous Accident uccurred on
Crowded Street in Paris. ,i
PARIS, Mnv 13. ICx-President
Loubet of Franco wns knocked down
by uu automobile todny and sovorely
bruised. Tho ncoident occurred
whilo tho formor president wns
crossing tho Pont Nouf. Physicians
say his- injuries nre not serious.
W
mado about 40 miuutos after 0
o'clook and ho is now endoavoring to
solve tho problem definitely.
Professor R. T. Crawford of tho
obsorvatory boliovos tho only result
on tho comet will bo from contact
with tho earthly gases, which will
causo it to appear brighter. Ho saya
(there will be no meteoric shower,
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