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1 oirr"a,,' iir IJ11V rl,, TIIIC WICATIIICIl. Medford Mail Tribune united rnnm absooiavkw FhII LeMcd Wire RporU Tonight mill Tiwntiii'j Cloar tonight mid Tuesday, wanner, Tho only paper In thn wertt published in a city the iIm at Medford having a leased wlm ITIFl'nYEAB. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, aiAY 30, 1910. No. GO. -iJ nil DAY BEING OBSERVED Graves of Forty Veterans of Union Army Are Decorated, as Well, as Thrco of tho Confederate Army Business Houses Close Many Gather at City Park. Memorial day is being fittingly ob served in Medford today and loyal citlzciiH arc paying their tributu to thu thinning ranks of vutoran do foadorH and revering tliu memory of thoso ulio liuvo gone before. Most of tho biiHincNu houses woro closed, stilling tho wheels of commercialism, while a grateful pooplo visited tho lo cal cemeteries, carrying with them hundrcdH of floral tributes to lay noon tho graves of their dear oiioh. TIiIh aftornoon in the city park hun drcdH of towiiHocoplo have congre gated to attend (ho memorial nervines which liuvo been arranged. Early thm morning thu members of ChcKtor A. Arthur Post, G. A. It., and thu local Women's Relief Corps met at tho 0. A. It. hall and repaired to thu coumtcry, whore thoy decorated the graves of -10 Union vetorauH and of threu veterans of tho Confederate nnny. lteturiliug from tho cemetery, tho vetorniiH and their fnmilloA to tho numbor of somo 'J00 gathered at tho hall and Hat down to n luncheon pre pared by tho W. R. C. Early this nftonioon tho veterans mnrched to tho city park, whoro an appropriate program in being ren dered. Hon. P. H. D'Arov in the speaker of tho nftonioon. 20 INJURED AT OAKLAND Two Electric Cars Collide and Occu pants of Both Seriously Hurt Three Will Probably Die Cause' Undetermined. OAKLAND, Cal.. May .'10. Forty porHonH woro injured, Home fatally, today when two earn of tho Califor nia llailway company, traveling at high speed, met in a out between Sathor station and Leona IIoightR. Tho injured: Gun Adding, Oakland, both legs Bovorod. George OoIdHtring, Oakland, onu foot oruahod off. C. Cnstollnzzo, 0 yoars old, Oak laud, shaken up, ponsibly internally injured. Axel Frlosondnln, Oakland, kuco hurt. Sophie Andorson, Oakland, novoio ly hurt. M"uud Rothrouoh, 17, Borkoloy, legs and foot crushed. Itobort MoArthur, Oakland, ouo leg cut off nud injurod internally; will probably dio. Raymond OIhoii, Borkoloy, HorioiiB cutrt about head, injurod internally. Kdward Swindell, Uorkoloy, sori oubIv hurt. (Continuod on pago (5.) BLUEFIELDS BLUFF TO BE RECAPTURED NEW ORLEANS, La., May 30.--General Zolodono of tho robol army has takou a position noar tho Bluo fiolda bluff, whloh was captured late Inst wook bv tho govornmont troops, nocordiug to dispatohos roooivod horo today. It is beliovod that ho will attempt to rotako tho position, His command has boon roiuforood and is said to bo well nrmod. 137 MILES A Aviator Files From Albany to New York, Rcachlnn Altitude of 5000 Feet and Wlnnlnn $10,000 Prize Several Records Broken Averane Speed of 54 4-5 Miles Maintained. Ni:W YORK. May 30. Tho bogln nlng of noroplnno flights between Chicago a ml New York,, with no more h(oim than would bu necessary tor nn ovprcHH train to change engines Ib connldered a probability hero today. Aviators, cnthuscr by tho nchluvomont of Glenn II. Curtlss In flying 137 mlloB between Albany and Now York ycHtorday with only two descent, aro claiming thnt with the establishment of aerodromes and IncrcaRod knowl edge of ncrlal condltlonfl, Curtlss' flight may bo surpassed for greater dltttnnccH and ovontually glgnntlo paH HuiiKor carrying airships will ply be tween principal cities of tho United Statca. Winn $ 10,000 Prize. CtirtlBB today was tho recipient of many honors and congratulations be stowed by his admirers. More sub- ntantlal In reward was tho Now York World's check for $10,000, tho prizo Curtis won by his successful flight. Tho nvlator gavo tho check to Mrs. Curtlss who took It with a i:i.IIu and ald sho would "make g 1 uto of It." Among the records that Curtlss fractured wjib the world's avorago hourly speed record for long dlstanco flights. Curtlwi maintained an avorago speed of 54 4-5 miles an hour throughout tho Journey. Ho esti mated that he ascended to a height of 5.000 feet at one tlmo In tho flight. Flew From Ground. Tho daring of Curtlss during tho sky voyage received commondatlon by famous aviators and laymen. Thnt tho aoronaut risked bucccrs In flying from a steep torraco at Spuyton Duyvll nfter ho had alighted a boc- oad time Is generally believed. Tho aviator, to use his own words sort ed "as n bird would begin Its flight," not taking tho usual run along tho ground. Curtlss trusted to IiIh planea to bear him up nfter leaving tho higher ground until ho could got his engine Into notion. In doing this ho Jeopardized his chnnco of success but ho saved considerable tlmo, ns tho ground from which ho nscondod nt Spuyton Duyvlll was terraced and uneven and ho would havo boon com pelled, to trundlo tho machlno to lovol ground. Curtlss announced today that ho would not fly ngnln for some tlmo. Ho said ho would roturn to Hom moudsport to rtnv sovoral weeks and would thon probably go abroad. MILLION ACRES FROM RESERVES Land Withdrawn Under Plncliot Re stored by Balllntjcr Twenty-three 'Thousand Acres In Orenon Is Re stored Today. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 30. It Is ostlmated that nioro than n million neros of land hnYo boon re stored to ontry from tho forost ro Horvoa of tho Plncliot regime slnco Secretary of tho Interior nalllngor Inaugurated hlo IdonB of confjrvatlon and inndo thorn offcctlvo, llnlllugor holds that many of tho withdrawals woro mado without lognl authority and that vast stretches that novor could ho nvnllnhlo for forost woro Includod In rroswiont nooso- volts swooping withdrawals of land from ontry, Soorotnry of Agriculture Wilson, Vho'la ondonyorlng to check Amorlcau Medford -,fK?JSjPP s r: tf-i'. 9 - ; "$$ 1 J. V ""L 4.1" .i ''Vf j. vkk tJi. J ft; ' Whipple Hull In His Curtlss A BIG AIRSHIP GIRL BUNCOES POORJEWELER Flftcen-Ycar-Old Miss Gets a Watch to Take Home for Approval and Disappears With It Said Doctor Would Pay for It, But He Won't. GItANTS PASS, Ore, Mny 30. A young woman described cp having a mincing step, demure mnunor nnd np pnrently 15 yenrs of oge, Is being sought by tho local authorities on a warrant charging hor with having swindled A. Lotschor, n Jowolor, out of n valuablo gold watch. According to Lotschor, tho protty miss ontcrcd his storo Sunday, choso tho best gold watch ho l.ad In tho storo, suggested that sho tako It homo on approval nnd whon tho salesman consented, wnlkcd out nnd disap peared. I.ntcr n girl's volco oa tho tolo- phono told Lotschor thnt n woll known local physician would pay for tho watch. Tho Jowolor hecamo suspicious nnd vlsltod tho doctor, only to learn thnt tho young woman wns unknown to him. Tho girl was n stranger in Grnnts PnBs and It is bollovcd sho is from Cnllfornln. ABOLISHES POLL TAX SALEM, Oregon, May 30. An amendment to tho constitution of Oro gon abolishing tho poll tnv and mak ing It nocossnry thu? all tax lnw3 Elifill ho approvod by tho pooplo nnd removing therotrom Ml ; i stitutiontil icHtrlrl'oi.'H has boon .nlthtrd by tho stulo federation of 'nov A potl t'on c ntnlulng in t" neighborhood if IV aoo uninoH lm bn presontod to tho recrotnry of stntes otflco fo flllng, v. Hob prosos the nn.nndment. Tho potltton will bo filed ns soon ns tho names can bo choclcod ovor and tholr validity afflrmod, omigratlon Into Canada, is working with Palllngor on tho consorvntion problom. Wilson bollovos thnt tho restorations will hnvo n mnrkod offect in holding Bottlers. Tho following rostoratlonB woro an nounced teday: Pocatollo, Idaho, 22,320 ncros; San Isabol, Col., 10,005 ncros; Wallowa, Orogon, 33,035, frifo-fjg " ,-J&&"4fiihtWiyi tirtiWtfzXlz tTwtiam- V "8s to See Two Airships Fly , y jm Ksf :ttrTtT?i J3n Aeroplane, Who In to Fly in Mcdfor MEET SCHEDULED TWO AIRSHIPS TO MAKE FLIGHTS AT SAME TIME AilK V f S ik ' V A . k. r Former Forester Predicts a Lot of Medford is going to have tho lnrg-j Lemon Trees-Discusses Social est airship meet yet held oir the , side of Visit With Roosevelt, But const, excepting only thnt held Inst! winter in Los Angeles. J Keeps Mum on Conversation. Whipple Hull, tho celebrated nvi- ator, will fly in his Curtiss biplane nt j Oak Park Saturday and Sunday. In ' NEW YORK, May 30. Frank',' addition, Mr. Ely will nlso fly in his ; discussing the social features of his relP- " " visit with former President Roose- Two airships at tho same timo aro vcit -m itayf uut Ucut on tho sub soldom seen anywhere, nnd it was1 jccta 0f tijC;r conversations ou polit to give a superior attraction thnt tho ' icnj innttors, Gifford Pinchot, formor Crnter Lake highway commission dcf f0rest6r, gave nn interview to postponed the meet last week. day aboard tho steamship Arabic. Mr. Hall has mndo ninny success- Ti,0 nenrest hint thnt Pinchot gave ful flights. Ho is a pupil of Hamil- regarding Roosovelt's progrnm when ton, who won plaudits at Portland, ho reaches America came when Pin nud a membor of the California Avi- nhot referred to tho olive trees of ator club. Ho comes horc from El Paso, Tex., where ho has just con-, eluded a successful flight. POSTMASTER YOUNG OF PORTLAND DEAD PORTLAND, Ore., May 30. John scrvntion." P. Young, postmaster of Portland, Thoro was a peculiar twinkle in died nt his homo nt 1:30 this morn- Piuchot's eyes as ho emphasized the lug nftor an illness of sovoral weoks. word "great." IIo was unconscious whon tho end Pinchot rofused to discuss politics camo. His wlfo, two soub and n ' or tell tho result of his secret confer dnughtor woro nt his bedsldo during eueo with Ruobovelt. his last moments. Young had been Buffering from enncor of tho stomach. For a week ho had boon In n conatoso condition. IIo was born in Salt Lake City Docombor 21, llfrO, nnd wns n nophow of nrlghnm Young, formor lendor of tho Mormon Church. Hoi rocolvod tho appointment as post ninstor of Portland In 1009. Pre viously ho had sorved as prlvato soc- lotary to Sonntor Dourno of Orogon. Ho had boon active In Orogon Itlcs for 20 yoars. Boforo ontorlng pottles Young was a newspaper man."0 "va" " "'" "- l ( OLDFIELD DRIVES MILE 37 SECONDS r MOTOR SPEEDWAY, In diaunpolis, Ind., May 30. Bnrnqv Oldfield, in a Hour automobile, today covorod n milo in 37 seconds, tho time boing Ms 800ond bolow his own world's record. i P'TrfraiBSKa 1 on Saturday nnd Sunday. FOR MEDFORD PIHCHOT BACK FROMWE Italy. "Woro thero no lemon trees?" ho wns nsked. "For some people, I gue&s, thoro will bo a lot of thoso lemon trees," Pinchot signifienntly replied. "I wns dolighted," continuod Pin chot, "when Colonel Roosevelt ac cepted my invitation to address that conservation congress to bo held at St. Paul. IIo showed tho grent in i, terest ho always has shown in con- TAFT SPENDS QUIET MEMORIAL DAY NEW YORK, May 30. MoVorial Day for Prosldent Tnft was a (Jilol ouo with tho oxcoptlon of a public pol-l0"'0 nran0 ,4nt U)Q ,arand Armr a; """; "" uuc 4m " "us" "J uiu uuja ui ui. nuiuuiuui iiuiiuubu a fow woro In carriages. When tho column reached River side Drlvo and Eighty-ninth Street, whoro stand tho Soldiers' nnd Sail ors' monument, tho presldont en tered n stand nnd reviewed tho -f .marching column. Whllo horo -f Tnft had breakfast nnd lunchoon at tho homo of "Ilrothor Henry.' Ho f intended to start for Washington Into f today fl Mnko your ndvortlsing worthy of f your storo and your Btoro worthy of your advertising! I RFMAINR M KIDNAPPED i- GIRL FOUND Body of Alma Kellner, Eight-Year-Old Child, Found in Cellar of a Schoolhouse at Louisville Back Broken and Ribs Crushed Was Held for Ransom. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May SO. Tho body of Alma Kellner, supposed to have been kidnaped frcm Louis ville some months ago, wan found in the cellar of a school house near hero today. Alma Kellner, eight yenrs of age, disappeared last December. Fred erick Kellner. her father, Is a wealthy brewer. He has made every possible effort to find the girl. Alma disappeared on her way to school according to the story told by her parents. It was believed thnt sho was khlnr.ped and !'cld for a ransom. Child Was Killed. Fred Fchr, uncle of the kidnaped girl, has helped in the search. The lait offer for the return of tho girl was made April 1. Fehr with $10,- 000 went to the place appointed by tho supposed kidnapers to get tho girl. No defin'to statement of the offer and tho place where the girl was supposed to be hidden was given out by the Kcllners for fear the po lice would lntoi fere and the girl would not be given to them. Tho InvestlgJitlon so far made In dicates that tho child t.is murdered and her body droppel through a trap door In t1.o floor. Thoro are two entrances Into the cellar, and a trap door icstde the school room, which for a long tlmo has not been opened. Tho other Is a doorway rer.r tho side entrance of tho school and between father Schumann's home and the school houso. Hack nnd Ribs Broken. A hasty Investigation by tho coroner rovcilcd the fact that six of Alma's ribs had been fractured and that hor bsck ves broken. Quicklime vns found In the car- pot wrapped around tho body. A holo had been scooped In the floor of the basement and the body put In and covered with rubbish. Fred Kellner, Alma'3 fntler, was summoned and identified the body as that of his daus'iter. Frank Fohr, the r'rl's undo who has been untiring In hb search for Alma, ac companied Kellner. "Thero is not the sllgh'est doubt In my mind thnt Alma was mur dored," Fehr said, after looking nt tho plnco In which tho body was found. SPITZER TO TELL OF MORE FRAUD Further Revelations of Swindling Op erations Expected When Trial Con tinues Tomorrow Drawback Bus iness to Be Investigated Next. NEW'' YORK, May 30. Further rovelatlons of fraudulent transac tions by tho so-callod sugar trust In connection with tho United Statos customs sorvlco aro expected this weok from Oliver Spltzor, former dock superintendent of tho American Sugar Refining Company. Spltzor had boon convicted of fiaud, but wns pardoned by President Taft. Ro- contly ho too tho witness stand In tho trial of Charles R. Helke, an of ficor of the sugar company, and his testimony wns sensational. Tho Spltzor expected disclosures will deal tho "trusts" ndawbnck business, a phnso of tho Investiga tion' hitherto unmontloned. Spltzor will tostlfy boforo tho fedornl grand (Continued on Page 5.) LOST LIFE IN RAPIDS OF ROGUE George Conners, Lumberjack, ployed in Driving Logs Down Mwr, Misses Footing Near Trail mi Loses Life Body Not Yet Fleck ered, Though Search is Made. George Conners. one of the lum bermen employ.."!1, by tho Rogue Rmr Electric company in driving lags down Roguo river, missed his foot ing late Saturday afternoon nnd was drowned. His body has not been re covered. Tho accident happeaei above Trail. t Conners had been employed for somo time nt tho work and was oh of the most export of tho crew. Tfce foreman bad issued orders for the men not to go out on tho logs unless tho boat kept with the crew was manned and ready to go to the res cue of any person falling into tkfl stream. Conners disregarded these orders nnd went out on the logs te free a jam. He missed his footiafc and the swift current carried bua away. This is the first accident of its kind to occur, although the company has long been engaged in floating logs down to the sawmill at 'Gold Ray. Conners. as far as is known, ku, no immedinto relatives. Little i known of his history. INDICTED SOLON "WILL SURRENDER Senator John Broderick Indicted far Bribery in Lorimer Election, MfH Give Himself Up Further lnvit tigatlon Postponed Until Tuesday. CHICAGO, III., May 30. State Senator John Broderick, Democrat, indicted for haviug paid State Sen ator D. W. HUtslaw $2500 to vote for William Lorimer, representative for tho United States senate, has sent work to tho authorities that ha surrender today. IIo will bo releas ed on bonds, tho sum having b fixed nt .?10,000. Brodorick will not give himsolf up until lie has mad tho necessary arrangements to fur nish this amount of bail. Rrodoriok wns indicted Saturday by tho Sangamon county grand jury nt Springfield after a sonsatiotuU confession by Holtslnw, made at about tho same timo Senator Lori mor in the senate was oxplniniug the ehnrges as "lios" basod on tho ill will toward him of a Chicago news paper. An attempt wns mado Saturday to find Brodorick, but tho officer were unsuccessful. Yostordny thoy failed to find him and tho soarch was go ing on today whon Broderick sent word ho would surrondor. Tho investigation of the Tiribery charges was postponed until tomor- row, tho grand jury having ndjouni-, od bocnuso today is Momorial day. WESTERN UNION TO HAVE NEW OFFICE E. A. Kippil, Buporintoudent of tbe Wostorn Union Tolograph company, has boen in tho city for sovoral days past making arrangements for quar ters in which to houso tho local of fice of tho company. While ho haa not dofiuitoly dooidod upon a loca tinn for tho office it will be titber in tho prosont offico of tho Wells Pargo Express company or where De. Qohlo is, in tho Perry building;. Tho officos (ira to bo moved tmm tho depot in the immodiato futura. ' i t J i u