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1OTTII YEAH.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1910.
No. 55.
I
ROOSEVELT
I
Of
Former President Heart and Soul
With Opponents of Administration,
Declares Report of Committco Now
Mado Public for First Time Tried
to Induce Taft to Favor Them. m
WAHIUNUTON, I). 8. May 24.
Thnt Theodore Roosovolt to with the
iniiurgontif, heart nml nuul, Is tlio gtot
of ii hitherto uiipuhllHhod report mado
by n committee of ItiBiirKontn to a
cnuciiH of tho Uoiiiio proKronnlvcH In
Mnrch, 1009. Tlio endorsement wnH
kIvdii tlio InmirKontK In tlio iitronu
oufl cloning days of HoohovoU'ii ad
mlnlHtrntlon. With thin support hohlnd thorn, tlio
ItmiBO progrcRHlvos, with "RoorovoU
nnd Insurgency" nn tho battle cry, nro
plntmlng a torrlflo campaign next rail
that will nwoop tho formor president
Into tho whirlpool of politic.
Tho ondorncmont, which foniiK tho
ground work ot tho campaign plnn,
whb given to Ropreflontntivo Nelson
of WlHcottHln, Roprcsontntlvo flard
Inor of Mnmucl.uHottn nnd Represen
tative Madison of Kmihob. Tho thrco
roproiiontatlvoB woro Bont a a com
mlttoo by tno Insurgents to Roosovolt
to obtain oiidorHOtnonl of tho Insur
gent pollcloH. Thoy appeared before
tho caucun and mado n roport of tho
rcnult of tholr mlsHlon. Tho roport Is
horo mado public for tho flrnt tlmu:
Cniinon nn Obstacle.
On Mnrch 3, 1900, tho roport do-
claros, HoobovoK propoiod to glvo
ncprcRontatlvo Nolnon nn chairman of
tho Insurgent commlttoo a letter on
dorolng tho flRht mado b; tho pro
gressives on Speaker Cannon, and tho
hoiiBo ruloB. Ho oxprosNod thorough
sympathy with tho proKroflBlvos and
Bald: "Cannon linn boon tho RreatoRt
obatnelo to my offortn to aouuro Reed
lCRlBlntloa throtiRhout my administra
tion." On March i, nftor having npont an
ovonliiR with Tnft, HoorovoU asked
tho InnurRontH to oxcuro him from
wrltlnR a formal lottor IncorporntlnR
thoRo vlown on tho Rround thnt Hiich
a letter iiiIrIiI ombarraRu tho now ad
ministration. Ankid Tnft'B Help.
Standing In tho proaldont'n room In
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ELEC1 ION TODAY
IS VERY QUIET
At 2 This Afternoon Less Than 100
Votes Had Been Cast Indications
Are Territory Will Bo Admitted.
Tho election boliiR hold In Mod ford
today for tho purposo ot voting In
additional torrltory to tho city of
Medford la ono of tho moat qulot ovor
held In tho city, At 2 o'clock loaa
than 100 votoa hnd boon cast. Tho
torrltory which la npplylng for ad
mlaiilon In that woBt of Onkdnlo nvo
nuo and south of tho Jackaonvlllo
roiil. Prom nil Indications, tho mnt
tor will bo carried and tho torrltory
admlttod,
PORTLAND CROWDS SEE
COMET AND ECLIPSE
PORTLAND, Or., May 24. It iH
intimated thnt 00,000 porsoiiH alimbod
tho hoiRhts Burroumling Portland
laBt niKht to Rot u viow of Ilnlloy'a
comet durinpr tho total oolipso of tho
moon,
Strootonra to Mount Tabor, Coun
cil Crest and Portland IToif,'hts woro
jnmmod with oxpootnnt, humanity,
while tho roads loading to highor nl
titudoH woro alivo with Hpoodinfr au
tomobilofl, loadad down with oomot
Knjtorfl; There was a circus in town, but it
could not compoto with tho sky
vaudovillo offorod by mothor nnturo,
INSURGENTS
Brooklyn Man Who Claims
To Be Heir to English Throne.
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BittKSfUmVli tQkL MsWMssMBJsBwBMfcftK ,fr til vsoBnflHK
Jtlm (J. K, V. UiK'Iph towtTH over six feet four luchi, It a pod Judgu
of Kentucky bourbon, looks like nn Indlutia circuit rider of the old xchool,
ItnM a Vauki-e twaiiR In lalbliiR and heapn of nerve. Guelph, or l'rlnco John,
u h he InslnLi on beltiR called, la, uccordltiR to Ida story, the hou of the late
KIiir Kdwnrd of ICiiRlnnd. Hu hna n lawyer and n innnH of papers which, ho
cIiiIiiim, will provo Ida rlRht to bo the ruler of Great Itrltatn. Ho is Rolng to
Loudon within tho next two weeks to lay hla claim "before my brother, How
Kiiit; fioorce." (iuelph Iiiih a Ioiir lilxtory In and around New York and for
inontliH lived at the Plnzu hotel, He hna two BcrvnntH, who address him an
"your lillineci." Whero Ouclpb secures hla money hna bceu a mystery, but
hu Rlve the Impression that It cornea from England. "This point will ko
to prove my right to the throno when I make public my letters nnd whero
I Bocuro my mouoy," nnld Trlnco John. In the meantime Prince John hna
Rlrcn up twenty dollar a day liotrl rooms for it more modest room nt 100
Montague street, Brooklyn. "You (," ho explains, "my father hnd been 111
for nemo timo."
WATER RATES
FIXED TONIGHT
Council to Determine How Much Citi
zens Will Pay for Aqua Pura
Rates Operative Throuuhout Year.
After two montliB of consideration
tho water committco of tho city coun
cil! will In nil probability Uila ovcnlnR
mnko tholr roport to tho city council.
Howovor, tholr roport la not comploto
and tholr action tonight will simply
put tho mattor up to the council ns
n whole.
Tho water raton aro provlnR ono of
tho blRRoat probloms tho council linn
ns yot tackled. An equitable adjust
ment la most difficult. No monthly
rnto ban aH yot boon determined upon.
Tho commlttoo bollovcn thnt tho
beat course to pursuo la to fix a rnto
for ench Iioubo nnd buslnosa block nnd
chnrRo It nRalaBt tho proporty. Then
there will bo no losa through romo-
val of tonnnta.
Tho rnto fixed will bo operatlvo tho
ontlro year. This will keop up tho
rovonuo, which tho city needB, In tho
wlntor months and provont proporty
ownors from shutting off tho wntor.
MOVING PICTURES IN
SCHOOLS FOR MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 21.
That moving pictures installed In tho
public schools will offset tho evils of
tlio nickel thoator is ono of tho sur-
Rostions mndo bv Mayor Einil Soidol
thnt has Riven tho ministors of Mil-
mnukoo somolliint; to reflect upon,
The Socialist mayor attondod a inoot
iiiK of tlio ministers yesterday and
talked about reform.
Ono minister sugROstod that it was
to try to r'ivo p;ood, wholesomo
nmuBotnont to tho boys of Milwaukee
as loner ns tho niokol theaters were
allowed to opornto. Tho picture
bIiows, it was ohnrgod, hnd nn evil
influence.
l'lnd today's boat advortlcod bnr-
gnln from your viewpoint, and thon
nnawor the adl
MISTAKE KITE
FOR AIR SHIP
Crowds Watch Supposed Aeroplane,
Which Turns Out to Be a Device
for Photoaraphlno City.
Medford suddenly becamo wildly
excited Monday afternoon upon tho
approach ot n lingo aeroplane from
tho north. Tho howb spread llko wlld
firo and It was only a tow moments
until traffic on Main strcot near tho
depot wbb blocked, whilo scores of
faces were turned heavenward,
The ncroplano npproached tho city
rapidly. It resembled tho famous ma
chlno of "Wright brothers and a man
could plainly bo soon seated astrldo
tho lower plane. A few of tho moro
enthusiastic ones vowed that they
could hear tho staccato barklns of tho
engine. A nunibor claimed that It
was Paul Ely oa his way down from
Suthcrlln.
Howovor, tho machlno soon devel
oped Into a hugo box klto, which a
number of photogrnphora woro fly
ing In ordor to obtain a bird's oyo
vlow of tho city. Tho blnck objoct
wna n camora which wnB so nrrangod
that tho shutter could bo snappod
from tho earth.
ASHLAND TO VOTE
BONDS FOR SCHOOL
Tlio ABhlnnd city board of educa
tion hiiB called n special olootion of
tho loRnl voters of school district No.
C, to bo held on Juno 1-1, to vote on
tho nuostion of tho authorization of
a bond issuo of $76,000 to provido
grounds and a nuw high school build
ing to moot tho growing nooda of the
district, and roliovo tho present con
gestion in the publio sohools of tho
city. This is tlio first prolimmnry
toward tho carrying out of n projoct
which tho board has had undor con
sideration for somo timo pnst. Tho
bonds must bo nuthorizod boforo tho
board can tnko any action whntovor
toward tlio securing of n sito or
ronoliing a dotonninntion in tho mnt
,tor of a bidding,
SINKS
NCOH
18
Lake Steamer Is Rammed Durlnrj a
Dense Fog and All But Five of
Crew Lose Lives Jumped Over
board and Are Drawn Down ny
Rush of Water When Vessel Sinks.
CLEVELAND, May 24. .Eighteen
of tho 23 mombers of tho crow of tho
Btcnmor Frank H. Goodyear woro
drownod today when tho veBBel sank
after a collision with tho steamer
Jnmca IJ, Wood. Tho Wood rammed
tho Goodyear, tearing a big holo in
her hull. Tho water rushed In llko a
torrent and tho Goodyear sank almost
Instnntly.
Tho collision occurred off Port
BnrcucH, Lake Huron, in a fog. The
Wood was Boveroly damaged, two
oles having been knocked in her bow.
Tho Wood arrived nt Port Huron to
day. Tho mombor8 of tho crow re
fused to discuss tho accident further
than to soy that tho collision occur
red during a heavy fog.
Most of tho victims of tho disaster
lived at Algona, Mich.
Tho crow of tho Goodyear Jumped
overboard when tho accident occur
red nnd tho crow of tho Wood throw
lifelines to them. It Is believed that
moBt of tho drowned woro drawn
down by tho rush of water when tho
big vessel sank. Tho heavy fog made
tho work of attempted rescuo diffi
cult. Among tho known dead aro Mrs.
T. II. Bassett and her daughter of
Marino City, Mich.
Captain Hemlnger of tho Goodyear
was rescued and was brought to Port
Huron on tho Wood. Ho refused to
discuss tho accident.
Tho Wood remained near tho scene
of tho accident for several hours In
an attempt to savo tho crow of tho
Goodyear, but tho fog provented suc
cessful rescuo work.
ILLINOIS LEGISLATOR
TRIED FOR BRIBERY
CHICAGO, III., May 24. Tho trial
of Leo O'Neil Browne, Democratic
house leader of tho Illinois legisla
ture, charged with bribery in connec
tion with tho election of William Lor
imer to tho United States senate, was
begun here today. Attorneys for the
defense moved to quash the indict
ment and a lone argument was begun.
3 NEGROES 1 WHITE
KILLED IN RACE WAR
Uprislnn Quelled After Fatalities
Which Started In Quarrel Both
Sides Arming.
HOGALUSA, La., May 24. Tho
doath of thrco negroes and ono whlto
man, tORothor with tbe wounding of
a rcoro of negroes nnd whites at a
plcnlo nt Sun, La., yesterday, was re
potted horo today In a mossago ask'ng
aid In suppressing a raco riot.
Whites and blacks woro said to bo
arming and n sorlous raco war im
pending. Lator advices indicated that
tho uprising had boon quollod. A
quarrol botweon a whlto and a nogro
la said to havo started tho trouble
LUMBERMEN PURCHASE
GRAY'S HARBOR PRODUCT
IIOQUIAM, Wash., May 21. That
San Francisco nnd San Pedro lum
ber buyers nro ondoavoring to pnr-
ohnso lumber in Otrny's Harbor, do
Bpito thoir announcement Inst your
to tho effect that thoy would not pay
tho prioo domntidod by loonl miilmon,
is indioatod today by tho prosonco
of a numbor of California buyers.
Although no big snlos havo been
nnnounood, it is n rocognizod fnct
that tho , California, men aro nogotU
nting with miilmon for shipments,
A Twenty-two Story Building
Grown Old Fashioned In Ten Years
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tArrow Indicate buliatne belnj; torn Uown. Root ot J. 1. Morgun' otUc In lor-
ground.
The Glllenser building. Wall and Nassau streets. New York city, wi
bnilt some ten years ago and was considered a model twenty-two story of
flco structure. Itut the owners of the ground decided the building was old
fashioned grown old in ten years and now an army of workingmen nr
busy tearing It down to make room for a building forty-two stories high.
The new skyscraper will be the tallest In the country
OLD SOLDIERS
TO KEEP DAY
Memorial Services and Program Pre
paredGraves to Be Decorated
Parade Is Arranged.
Decoration day on next Monday
will bo fittingly observed In Medford,
and once again tho thin blue lino, a
llttlo thinner perhaps than it was last
ear. will bo honored as well as those
who havo answered tho last great roll
call. An opproprlato program has
been arranged nnd all Medford will
pay a tribute to tnoso wno rougni
thnt a great nation might remain in
tact to take its place among the pow
ers of tho earth.
Tho events of tho day will open
early In tho morning, when tho vet
ornns, togother with tholr wives and
children, will gather at tho Grand
Army hall and from thoro visit tho
comotory to decornto tho graves of
tho comrades who havo goao before.
Tho Women's Rellof Corps will fur
nish lunchon, which will bo partaken
of In tho hall at noon.
Tho events of tho day In which tho
public Is requested to take part, will
commenco nt 2:30 p. in., whon tho
votorans will march from tho hall to
tho city park, whoro a program has
beon arranged. Tho Medford band
will furnish music, whilo tho speak
ers will bo Hon, P. II. D'Arcy of Sa
lem and Rev. Bondor. vion arrival
at tho park a gravo will bo decoratod,
ho cravo being symbolical of all tnoso
who laid down tholr lives in tho causa
of llborty and a united country.
Tho Grand Army men wish espec
ially to Invito all old soldiers and
sailors to moot with thorn and tako
part In tho coromonles of tho day.
An invitation has also boou Issuod to
all ot tho fratorual bodl03 of tho city
and all social organizations to assist
In tho momorlal programs. Tho fire
men and city officials will march with
tho votoranB,
Tho momorlal sermon will bo douv
orod by Roy, Holmes at tho Baptist
church on next Sunday, All aro Invit
ed to attend.
LADIES PROFITS
J1150JY ISSUE
Woman's Edition of Mail Tribune
Nets Fine Sum, Which Will Be
Nsed on Parks and Library.
At a meeting of tho Greater Med
ford club, held Monday afternoon,
tho ladies voted to expend ono-half
of tho money mado by their issue of
tho Medford Mail Tribune lor city
parks and tho other half for tho pub
lio library. Tho ladies cleared ovor
$1150 on tho edition, which, with tho
monoy they had, gives them a fund
of $1350, so that $075 will bo ex
pended on city parks and an equal
amount on the library. A vote of
thanks to tho Mail Tribuuo manage
ment was unnniraously carried.
Two additional park sites were
considered by tho ladies, one offered
by Conray & Clancy and the other
being a portion of tho Bnrneburg
plnco, oast of tho city. No dofinito
notion wns taken.
A stook company which is soon to
play for sovoral weoks in Medford
lias offered to givo tho women the
proceeds of thrco nights' perform
ances and tho offor was uccopted.
SIX BICYCLE RACERS
POISONED BY RIVALS
TEREMO. Italy, May 24. Six
Italian bioyclo racors aro said to bo
dying from poison plncod in hoir
food by a rival in n raco across Italy.
Tho men who woro stricken woro well
in tho lend of tho fiold nnd woro
bunched, and suspicion hns fallen on
sevornl of tho racors just to tho rear
of tho leadors. Tho suspootod racors
havo boon nrrostod.
LOS ANGELES CHURCHES
DENOUNCE BIG FIGHT
LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 24.
Officers of tho Church Federation of
Los Angolos today aro preparing cop
ies of resolutions denouncing tho pro
posed Joffrios-Johnson fight to bo
forwarded to Govornor Gillott and
Distriot Atiornoy Fiokort nnd Chief
of Police Martin of San Francisco.
ECLIPSE;
LIGHTNING
AND COMET
Spectacular Events In the Heavens
Watched by Thousands in RegM
River Valley Lightning Belt Shuts
Off Lights and Adds to Beauty t
Celestial Performance.
For nearly two hours last ovenine.
the residents of Southern Oregon
were offered a vaudeville perform
ance in tho heavens, which is rare! v.
if ever, duplicated. Tho star per
former of tho evening was Ilalloy'a
comet, which made good nil of tho
thimrs its nrcss ncrcnts have been
snying of it during tho past two
months, nnd it was ably supported by
tho moon, which appeared in total
eclipse. Tho property man was on
tho job and tho curtain wont up with
a great blare of trumpets. Tho elec
trician gave a demonstration which
added to the beauty of tho show. and.
as if natnro resented any work of.
man which might interfere with tho
beauty of tho performance, a bolt of
lightning shut off tho electric sunnlv
from Gold Ray and tho audience, nt
least that portion, of it in Medford,
was plunged into 'total darkness.
Began at Basset.
Tho evening's performance really
.opened with the sunset. Tho west-
Leni sky at that timo .was colored far
beyond the descriptive power of man.
Orange was tho color schomo, which
approached at times a brilliant gold.
Then as tho sun sank further from
viow Stygian darkness settled over
tho ski. But not for long. Soon
flnshcs of lightning began to play
about the heavens and peal after
peal of distant thunder furnished tho
overture for what was to como.
Slowly tho curtain went un. The-
great black clouds which had veiled
tho heavens rolled back slowly and
Jhcro was disclosed to view myriads
of twinklinp; litttlo stars. Then thoro
appeared on the sccno tho celestial
hobo who makes his rounds once ev
ery 78 years. When tho comet first
appeared tho moon was still hidden
from view behind the heavy clouds.
Comet High In IleaTcns.
The comet appeared high in the
western heavens. A fiory ball like a
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ROOSEVELT THANKED
BY EN6LANDSIQUEEN
Teddy Decides Not to Reply to Let
ter Claiming His African Hunt Was
Big Game Butchery.
LONDON, May 24. Dowagor
Queen Aloxandor today rocoived Col.
Roosovolt in tho throno room ut
Buckingham Palace and thanked hira
for tho sympathy oxprossod by Am
ericans following tho doath of King-
Edward. Tlio queen mother received'
Lord Strnthcona and Ambassador
Reid at tho samo timo.
Roosovolt today decided to not ro-
ply to tho lottor of tho English Hu
manitarian society, charging that his
African hunt wns a big game butch
ery.
Roosovolt nnd Kormit wero to-
gothor a greator part of tho day, Af-
tor a motor trip thoy overhauled spe
cimens of thoir hunt that aro being
mounted by London taxidermists.
SELECTING A JURY IN
DOXEY MURDER TRIAL
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 24. Tho
work of securing a jury in tho case
of Mrs. Dora E. Doxoy, acaused of
tho murder of William J. Erder, will
tako tho entire day today and prob
ably most of tomorrow, attorneys
oonneoted with tlm trial predict,
Twonty-ono of the necessary 47 ven
iremen havo boon seleoted. The venire
may not bo competed, before late to
morrow, it is declared,
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