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lootoirg "aGST"- TIIIC WlflATIIICIt. Medford Mail Tribune UNITHD mum ASSOCIATION Fnll IiCMcd Wire UeporL Tfitiiulit Mini Frlilny I'arlly oloinly, willi occiikIoiiiiI hIiovv Tho only paper In tha world published la a city the tin ot Medford having n loaned wire. ore, LOTTIE YJBAJt. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1910. No. 57. AEROPLANE WARSHIP SAYS FAKE REMOVAL WILL SOAR SINKS WITH TELEGRAM IS BLAMED TOMORROW HER CREW WAS JOKE ON TRUST Pnul Ely Will Mnko First Attempt to Play Mnn-BIrd at 2 o'clock Friday Afternoon Arrives Today and Is Preparlnn for Fllrjht Weather Conditions Arc Satisfactory. Paul Ely, tho "man-bird," who In to glvo otiroplnno doniouulrntloiiH In this city for tho benefit of tho Crater Lnko road fund, will nttompt bin flrul flight In tlilH city nt 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon nt Oak Park, nt tho Month end of Oakdnlo nvouiio. Mr. Ely arrived thin morning nnd loft Immodltitoly for tho fluid to vlow tho trade nnd unlliubor hla ninchlno. AgniiK of moii under hla nuporvlHlon nro preparing n landing plnco with a nliort runway. A representative of tho CurtlH Aor oplnno company In nlHo In Medford nnd will remain horo to witness Mr. Kly'u muccooi) with Iilrt machine, llo mny nlito mnko it flight. Mr. Ely Im much pleased with weather conditions nnd states Hint ho hollovcs n number of Hucccimful fllghtM will ho made. Ho will glvo his domouHlrntlonii Prlday, Saturday nnd Sunday aftcrnoona nt 2 o'clock. LEO TAKEN 10 REDDING JAIL Man Accused of Assault In Califor nia Captured by Chief Shearer on Bclnn Identified by Victim-Both Arc Italians Reward Offered. JnineH Montgomery, Hhorlff of Shasta county, Wednesday afternoon took Philip I.eo, wanted there for (UHdtilt, bark to Redding for Idontl flcntlnn nnd trill. Tho man wiih ar rested by Chief Shearer when A. Franco, tho victim of bin uhhiuiU, pointed him out. I.eo had been em ployed by tho contractor erecting tho Gnrnotl-Corey building on West Main. Tho man arrested denied thnt ho wnH I.eo, but Franco Instated that ho was tho man. Roth nro ItnllniiH, It Ih roportod that whan Leo hnd flntahod lilu ansa tilt on tvincn, ho cut Gregory Mnitluo'ii tliront and thon iniulo bin eacnpo. A rownrd of $G00 wna offered for hta (tipturo. Tho assault wan committed In Mnrcii, 1000. NEW YORK MARKET NEW YOKIC. Ma'y 20. Aftor an nctlvo start In which prlcoa of somo stocks roso, trndlng (piloted down to day nnd Rlumpa In many Rocurltloa wore noted. Tho bettor tono of tho English mnrkot was refloctod In tho trading, and ndvnncoa woro tnndo gon orally In stocks nffoctod by tho Eng lish nmrkot. Intornatlonul Hnrvostor, loading, Atohlson, Amorlonu Smolt Ing, Utah coppor and Conlral Lonth or, all mndo hdvnncos In tho onrly trading. Iloavy salon carrlod tho market down, but it lator rnlllod nnd pricos ndvancod again, reaching high er lovola than nftor tho oponlng nd vnncos. Later In tho morning trndlng foil off and prlcoa docllnod oomowlmt. Tho spoculntlvo tono was doubtful. At noon tho tono was heavy. Thoro wno n roactlon In tho nftornoon trnd lng and tho tondoncy was ngnln to wards advancod prices. Honda woro stondy. Tho' mnrkot closed strong, French Submarine Goes Down and All Aboard Perish in Collision With Calais-Dover Packet Boat Vessel Half Submcrflcd When Struck Identification Slow. CALAIS, .May 'JO. The eoiumnn der of the French Hubmurinc Pluvi- oho, two officers ft iid 21 men, wero IohI when the Hubmurinc wn sunk by llio packet Ville do Calaiw, just ouIhmIu tho hay today. Tho reckluHHiiuHK of the eommiiu- dur of (lie Hiibmnrinc in attempting to pitHH under tho packet wiih tho eauiiu of the accident. The commnii iler miHciiluulntL'd the depth to vlvfh ho would have to go to j:ct by the packet and tho collision followed. Tlio captain of thu Ville do Calais did not know the Pluviose was near until his vohhcI struck the Ktibmu rino. The Villo do CuIuIh put hack to this port, badly damaged. The captain loft n number of Mini 11 boats to pick up any possible nurvivors. Several hundred persons who had been watching the submarine man euvers saw tho accident. HOOD RIVER Prof. O'Gara Unable to Return as Soon as Expected on Account of Inroads Made by Disease In North ern Orchard District. ProfoMior O'Garn, who Is In tho Hood IUvor district, wlicio ho waR culled to Investigate an Infection of blight, expected to return to Med ford today, but was unnblo to leavo Hood Klver aa eooii aa he expected, owing to the sorlousnecB of tho In foctlou. According to reports tho blight made considerable headway before the growers under Wood what was tho trouble Extensive pruning will hnvo to bo done before It la con trolled, nnd thla yenr'H crop will Buf fer to n ronsldornblo extent. Two additional cnlta nro nwnltlng tho profosaor'o return, ono from Cal Ifornla nnd tho othor from Roseburg. In both cases nn Infection of blight Ih rcapoualblo for tho calls. ANTELOPE PLACE SOLD TO MONTANA PARTIES, $33,000 Tho Hioborstodl tract, oonsi&tiiig of 'J80 acres on Antelope creek, has hooii Hold to Montana parties by Brown & Holmes of Kaglo Point, tho consideration boing .f3!l,000. Tito property consists of splondid land and is n part of the old James Mntnoy place, ouo and ouo-half miles southeast of Knglo Point. WILL QUIT CAPITOL WASHINGTON, D. O.. May 20. Official Washington Is ono tho qui vivo today following a roport that tho family of Socrotary Balllngor Is pre paring to leavo Washington, that tho Balllngor housohold goods nro pnekod and crated nnd thnt tho preparations foreshadow tho resignation of Bal llngor from tho cabluot, Rumors that tho socrotary will Rlldo out gracofully, following tho submission of tho congressional Inves tigating commlttoo's roport to con gress, In which ho probnbly will bo oxonorntod by n majority vote on par ty linos, hnvo boon current hero for many days, FIGHT NG BLIGHT BALLINGER Grand Jury Problnjj Mystery of Swedish Widow's Disappearance Undertaker Who Caused tho Mcs sane to Be Sent Is Among Those to Testify. PORTLAND, Or., .May 'JO. A iiumbor of witnesses today will bo called before tho grand jury inves tigating the strange disappearance of Mrs. llnnna Smith, a Swedisii widow who dropped from sight on Mny 8. Krio Kricfion. an undertaker, the ciiHtodiuu of tho aged woman's small fortune, who admitted that ho caus ed to bo sent n fako telegram from Los Angeles purporting to he signed by Mrs. Smith, and who os involved in the baffling cnfc, probably will bo among t,hoHc to testify before tho in -(liiisitorial body today. KricHon was to bavo gono before tho grand jury yesterday afternoon, but at tho last moment he refused t. do BO. Tho authorities todny received dis patches from tho Los Angeles police to tho effect that F. W. Lchbrick, n traveling salesman who sent tho fako telegram from Los Angeles nt Eric son's request, Into Inst night tumed over another letter to them from Krieson. In tho letter Kricsou appealed to Lchbrick to get possession of tho or iginal of tho telegram, which is re sponsible for the investigation now under way in Portland. In a statement to the police of the California city, Lchbrick is reported to hnvo said that ho did not know Mrs. Smith, and thnt he sent tho tele gram just to nssist Kricsou in car rying out n "practical joke." Tho Portland polico dcclnro that Lchbrick is not involved in tho af fair further than tho fact that he sout tho telegram. MARY HARRIMAN WEDS SCULPTOR Dautjhter of Late Railroad Magnate Marries Charles Carey Rumsey of Buffalo Nuptials Are Quiet, Ow inrj to Recent Death of Father. AIID13N, N. Y Mav 26. Mary Hnrrlmnn, daugUtor of tho Into 13. II. Hnrrlmnn, nnd Charles Carey Ruru soy of Buf.'c.lo, N. Y woro married ro today at noon. The woddlng ceremony was hold In tho old Epis copal church, bcsldo which Is tho gravo of tho brldo'a fntVor. Owing to tho rocont death of tho railway king, tho coremony waa a qulot ono'. Carroll Harrlman, tho brldo'a slstor, wns maid ot honor, nnd I.awronco Rumsoy, tho groor .a borth or, was host man. Tho Rov. J. Holmos McGulnnoss, rector ot tho church, otflclatod, Tho church was decoratod with maiden hair ferns nnd wild flowers nnd a now enrpot wns laid In ronor of tho woddlng, Tho gravo of Harrlman w.18 covorod with spruco twlga and a largo cross of rhododondrons. A woddlng breakfast wna sorvod ct tho Harrlman country rosldonco hero, A greator pn.rt of tho honoymoon will bo spent on tho Hnrrlmnn estnto, althought n brlot Journoy Is plnnnod by tho couplo. COLONISTS THREATEN LIFE OF LEADER URIAH, Oil., May 20. A. Adol son, formorly of Oakland, nnd bond of tho "llights of Man" colony, wns nttaokod today by tho colonists nnd his lifo throatcnod, A furthor out break is fonrod. Adolson wns arrest ed and it is feared an nttompt mny bo mndo to storm tho jail. Gugoenheim Interests Accused of Bc lnn Instrumental in the Ousting of Federal Officials in Alaska De mand Made That Lid Be Removed Is Rejected by Committee. WASOINGTON, D. C, May 26. The charges thnt tho Gugcenholm In tercHtn woro instrumental In Becking tho ousting of TtnM.i Sti.tcs District Attornoy Jonn B. Boyco end United States Marshal D. A. Sutherlnnd will continue behind 'closed doors. Chalr mnn Nelson of tho Biib-commltteo of tho sennto Judiciary committee, be fore which tho charges have been brought, ruled against tho open ses sion demanded by senate leaders to day. The decision wan reached aftor an executive session of tre sub-committee. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26. Allegations of political and civic cor ruption, including charges that tho Guggenheim syndicate caused tho re moval of Federal District Attorney John B. Boyco nnd United States Mnrslml D. A. Sutherland of Alaska resulted today In tho dornand that tho lid bo UftoJ from tho Bccrct In vestigation being carried on by a sub committee of tho senate judiciary committee Tho Bub-committco met today to consider tho lld-llttlng and probably will announco Its decision. Tho charges havi created consider able interest, and many senators are demanding that tho wholo investiga tion bo conducted opocly. Sonntor Nelson of Minnesota, chair man of tho Balllngor Investigating committee, is chairman ot tho sub committee hairing tho Boyco-Suth-crlnnd cases. Tho other members nro Borah of Idaho and Overman of North Carolina. PAVING PLANT BISECTED Work Rapidly Pushed on Ten Miles Contracted for Curbing on Gen esee Street and Grading on West Side. As rapidly as possible tho Clark llonery Contraction company is erecting their pavine; plant in Whit mnn Park and exeot to start paving streets of the city within a week or ton days. Two additional ears of mnchinory arrived Thursday and is now being unloaded. Tho company is busy nt present laying tho curb on Qeneseo streot, while grading is rapidly progressing on tho west side. As soon ns the plant is erected tho work will pro gross rapidly. FORTY MILLION FEET OF PORTLAND, Or., May 20. An ordor for 40,000,000 feet of Oregon fir lumbor wns received horo by Or ogou lumbermen today from tho Am erican Car & Foundry company at St. Louis. This is said to bo tho largost singlo ordor for lumber ovor plaood on tho Pncifio coast. Tho figure at which tho lumber was sold was withheld. Owing to tho fnot that tho ordor must ho filled within eight months, ton mills in tho Willnmotto vnlloy will shnro in tho business. Salosmon who might bo socurod to push your proposition aro all ad rendora, always, 10 RESIDGK RIVER WITH STEELHEADS Half-Million Eyed Eggs From Trask River Shipped to Hatch at Elk Creek by Master Fish Warden Mc Allister Supt. O'Malley Promises His Co-operation H. C. McAllister, master fish war den, has advised tho local Fish Pro tective association that ho will ship on Saturday to tho hatchery at Trail n half million eyed stcelhead eggs from tho Tratck river hatchet y at Tillamook. Tho resulting Iry will bo liberat ed in tho waters of Roguo river. Mr. McAllister further advises the association that Henry O. Mally, tho superintendent of the United States of fisheries, has assure! him of his hearty co-opcrr.tlon in regard to re stocking southern Oregon streams and that ho will soon forward a large shipment of fry for local streams. Tho Roguo River Fish association will meet this evening la tho Com mercial club rooms. ONLY 1 HOBO . STILL IN CITY Roundup Gets Rid of All Loafers Solitary Individual Has Not Decid ed Upon Which Way to Travel, But Will Be Assisted by Chief. Tho polico are kecplnr after the hoboes in Me-1 ford and now have them all cleaned out with the excep tion of one man, who states that he hasn't yet decided which direction ho wants to tnko. if ho Isn't gone tomorrow or at work tho chief will holp him make up his mind. The first day 23 wero roundel up, tho second nine, the tUrd four, and non but one remains. Chief Shearer reports many boes traveling north, but says most of them go on th'ough. REAL ESTATE MEN ARE VICTORS IN COURT In Justico Canon's court Wednes day afternoon Wilson & Kenyan, real estate dealers, got a judgment against S. L. Bennett for $100 nnd interest. Tho trouble nroso over a snlo of property and tho resulting commission. HIRING MEN POR PIPE LINE Crew Bcinn Assembled and Work on Trench Will Be Under Way by End of Week and Rushed to Com pletion, States Contractor. "I'm not finding It as difficult to pick up mou an I thought I would," states I. L. Hamilton, who has tlo contract for building tho gravity wa tor systom, "and within a day or two trenching for tho plpollno across tho Hnnloy promlsos will ngaln bo undor way. Naturally, wo wish to completo tho work ns rapidly as possiblo and vIll do nil In our pow r to finish It. " Whon wo v ore stoppo last suin mor nt tho Hacloy lino wo had Just two vook8' work loft, but of courso wo had a crow of picked mon, hnrd enod to tholr work, on tho Job, With a groon crow It will take a little longor. No ono la moroiai.xlou8 than mysolf to 8oo tho last tap of work eomploted." ATTACK ON BLUEFJELDS A FAILURE Revolutionists Successful In Repuls ing Government Troops Two Hundred of Madriz' Soldiers Killed in Engagement Reinforcements Hurried to Scene. BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, May 20. (By wireless to Colon.) Suf fenng heavy loss, tho government soldiers who hare been attacking tho custom house on the bluffs over looking Blucfields, have been repuls ed by the revolutionists and have been forced to fall back. Today they are marshaling their forces to renew the attack while the revolutionists, encouraged by their advantage, are strengthening their position, ready to continue the defense of the city. More than 200 Madriz soldiers were killed in the engagement and a largo number wero wounded. The revolutionists' loss was slight. The revolutionists who had tho ad vantage of position and who fought from behind entrenchments, raked the government soldiers with a heavy fire from Hotchkiss and Colt rapid fire .guns. Although tho government soldiers fought bravely and repeat edly charged tho customs house, they could not dislodge tho revolutionists and were forced to fall back. Reinforcements are being hurried to the attacking party and a fur ther attempt to seize the customs houso is feared. Five hundred Madriz troops en gaged in the last charge. They were the men landed by tho gunboat Venus and reinforced by a small detachment of the attacking party. There were many outpost skirm ishes todny, but it is believed that there will be no general attack before tomorrow. The greater part of the Madriz troops have fallen back toward Rama. MOORE GRILLS PIMCHOrS FADS Former Governor of Washington Cen sures Policy of Conservation as Practiced Hitherto Wants Re sources Opened. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. May 20. Ex-Govornor Miles C. Mooro of Washington today is on record as a proponuent of Balllngor and an op ponent of tho policies of Roosovolt no carried out by former Forester Glfford Plnchot, following Lis spcoch boforo tho innunl meeting of tho Pioneers' association horo yostordny. Ex-Governor Mooro, who Is inter ested In tho Alaskan Holes, charac terized tho Investigation of Balllnsor as a "persecution." Ho wa3 strong In his denunciation of Plnchot. Ex-Govornor Moore said In part: "Our resources belong to thoso who exploit thorn, I hnvo no patience with thoso magazines and pooplo who ndvocato thoso foolish policies of re serving them for future generations. Rather than withdraw from ontry the wator sites, wo ehould offer a liberal bonus for their dovolopmont. To thoso who havo tho entorpilso to dovolop resources, bo thoy water, mineral or forest, thoy belong. "Tho Snnko rlvor dam, which was to have Irrigated thousandu of acres of arid lauds, would havo boon a real ity without tho veto of Plnchot, slgn od by Roosovolt ono ot tho mistakes of hla administration. Tho same la true of our forests. Thoro la no lum bor usod unlofB somoono wants to lulld a houso. Why save It for tho fututo? Lot tne future build of con crete and steel." LIS Thresher Murder as Far From Solu tion as Ever Officials Untlrlnn to Efforts to Fix Blame, But Eneriy Proves Wasted Clues WorkMl Upon Lead to Naught. Although the Thrasher murder crso promises to become ono of Jack son county's few unsolved mystoriea, it is not duo to tho untiring oncrgle of District Attornoy Mulkoy or Sher iff W. A. Jonec. Both of these offi cials have been endeavoring In overy way possiblo to arrive at somo con clusion whereby tho guilty party would be brought to Justice. But seemingly all ot their efforts aro la vain, for so far nothing tangiblo baa developed. There has been somo criticism of the methoda employed by these offi cials, inasmuch as they took ono sus pect tho Italian, Joy and kept hira a row days away from his friends. whllo they woro looking up his past record. Although nothing was gain ed by doing this, the effort was a wise ono and ono often employed la such, cases. Tho officers In fact har shown remarkablo ability In their handling of the case, and that they havo not solved It as yet It no fault of theirs. CELEBRATION TOO PREVIOUS Weary Willie John Dee Thought It Was the Glorious Fourth and Pro ceeded to Get Gloriously Full, and It Cost Him Five Plunks. Jolm Dee was a hoozor right. How did I guess it, you say. ITo celebrated tho Fourth o' July Ajwl "Twas only tho middle of May.. Weary Willie John Doc, after im- bibingn great quantity of bugjuico Wednesday evening, lore a few leaves from his calendar and start ed out to eclcbrnto tho glorious Fourth of July. Romemboriug that tho propor way to open a celobra tiou of Independence day is to do livor an oration, ho mounted a barrel near tho Exhibit building nnd started in. Ho was just working into his first climax whon Chiof Shearer enmo along, and, despite John's de claration of iudopendonco, carted him off to tho jug. John might not hnvo been interfer ed with but his oration did not ox- actly fit into tho spirit of a religious meeting boing held on that comer at tho same time. So ho was led away. Justiruj Canon imposod a fino of. $5. TRUST EXPLAINS FALSE NEW YORK, May 2G. By Intro ducing In ovldenco a lottor wrlttoo by Charles R. Holko, secretary of tho Amorlcan Sugnr Refining company, to tho Boston suporlntondont of tha company, tho Holko prosocullon to day playod ono of Its high cards. Tho lottor admitted that there wa a decided discrepancy bo:woon the weights kopt by tho ottlcora for rec ord and referred to "liberal treat ment" by tho customs employes. Tho lotter waa dated Decombor 24, 1004, and said In part; Mako your advertising worthy of your storo and your aloro worthy of your advertising! M UNSOLVED MYSTERY WEIGHTS v: f i i ;: 4 ; i , i j i 1 lri !fSfk0iKMs:i -vx f- a . u. '--MumiMitiniUMini M , fnn iUirPmiMfaiKmammb