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-i...i., . ,hiimtKitimmni"i!l','t"'''i!:'' wa ,., --H s. V " .'t;., fH 1) , ( 1 ,w, orotton Historical Society miy HKfl ,1' Medford Mail Tribune TIIK WlOATIIICIl. IWITKD PRIMA AMOOIAmMT' Fall Lee4 Wire Kepert. Tonight iiiid Thursday I'lour mill wurnior. Mitxliuiiiri toiiiHiraturu Wednesday, 87. The oHljr paper Ik tae wcW publkhed la a city the riM Medford having a laaaed wire. mfjlui yjeab. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, .TUNE 1, 1910. No. 62. DISGRACEFUL IN T Thousands Upon Thousands of Fish Vainly Strive to Ascend Stream and In Frantic Leaps Meet Death Pitiful Slflht Presented at tho Structure. lly II LV. A disgraceful mill pitiful condi tion exists at tho Anient dam; dlu grareful because of tho apathy which IB ItH d()lo VXCUHU; pltlflll llCCUUDO thousands yon, tons of thoiiHnndK of tho finest gnmo ami food fish In America are healing thotr liven out in a vain endeavor to obey tho law of Mother .Vattiio which bids thorn to spawn In tho lieadwiitorn of n Htreatn, Each day that this condition exists hiindredu ot salmon and Ktuol headK are lout. Tho reputation of tho flni'kt trout ntream In tho wotl Ih being bartered for tho benefit of n few gllliiottors, A clear violation of tho law Ih being met with a nhrtiK of tho nhoulderH. Not only a tils Krace ll Ih a crime. , A Pitiful Might. Never before In tho iinnnla of tho ItoKiie ban hucIi n ntntv of affairs existed no U to be found today at tho Anient dam. It la a wonder rul Hlght, but pitiful. Tho high wntor of tho wlntor tore away one end of tho dam Juat enough to allow all tho water of tho Iloguo to pour over thin end, leaving tho crest high and dry. TIiIh outlet lit about thirty foot wldo and through It tho st renin leaps twenty-flvo or thirty feet to tho rocks below. It Is nu ImpoiMlblllty for fish to nscond It. try as thoy mny, I ntood by tho side of this fall yesterday and snw hundreds of great salmon nnd ntool heads try tho leap only to bo hurled back Into tho pool bolow. Sovornl woro caught In tho swirl of tho wa ters and hurled upon tho locks at one side; only to slip, stunned and bleeding, baclc Into tho wntor to bo carried away down stream and cast up on tho shore llko driftwood. In this great pool at tho foot of "(ContTuuod on Iao 877" FISHWAY WILL BEJtEPJURED Master Fish Warden Orders Work Berjun Attorney-General Craw ford Starts for Scene to Look Af ter Lcnal Status and Rltjhts. A telephono moHsago was recolved today from II. 0. McAllister, mnetor fish warden, stating that ho has or dered Ed Clnnton, doputy fftih war don, to start work at onco with six men remedying conditions nt tho Anient dam, whoro thousands of fish aro provonted from making their way up stream to their spawning places. Mr, McAllister statod that ho would see that tho matter was remedied without further delay. Attornoy-aenornl Crnwford will leave Balom this evening to look into tho matter and seo that tho state law regarding blocking of utroatiiB Is en forced. TWO INCHES SNOW FALLS IN MICHIGAN DETROIT, Mioh., Juno 1. Snow which foil in sovornl Michigan coun ties yesterday has disappeared to day. Tho storm wns gonornl through out tho stftto nnd in Ostogo county biiow foil to tho dopth of two inolion. In Woxford county tho tomporu tnro dropped to tho freezing point and wintry woathor provailod throughout tho northern sootiou of tlio Btnto. Heavy damage to early orops is fonrod. M AM E STABLSH LAKE STAGE Planned to Run Seven Automobiles From Medford to Scenic Wonder ds Soon as Roads Permit Steel Comlnn to Close Deal. Tlio Orator Lnko company, the .Southern ravifio and H. M. Cuth 1)0 rt liavo completed arrangements for im automobile Btngo lino between Medford and Klamath Fulls via Cra ter Lake, to r.o placed in operation ns hooii after Juno 13 no possible. Will U. Steel, of the Crater Lake company, will arrive in Mod fold within a few duys and lie mid Mr. Culliburt will make a triu over the route horsobnok and note thoso por tioiifl of tho road which require fix ing. A orow of moil will follow to liridgo Union creek and work over other difficult siKitH along tho road. It is planned to use seven machines on the stage line. A ear will leave Medford each morning mid one will arrive each evening. It is planned to make the trip to the lake in nine hours. The Southern Pncifio has arranged to sell tickets from nil poiutH on the Pacific coast lines via Crater Lake. The faro to ho charged will bo $25 and the passenger will havu the op tion of going out by Klamath Palls or returning to Medford. The railroad company has also nr rnuged for nu o.xtcnsivo advertising campaign, setting forth the scenic wonders of tho lake. HOTTEST MAY DAYS IN YEARS Monday and Tuesday Broke Five Years Records With the Thermom eter at 95 Cooler Weather Today and Tomorrow. Monday and Tuesday woro tho hot test May days tho Iloguo Rlvor val ley tins experienced In tho past flvo years, tho thermomotor touching 09 dogreoR on each day. On tho snmo dates a yoar ago 80 and 82 respect ively was recorded. In tho past, May weather hnB oc casionally touched tho 90'a nnd on Mny 2 of hist yoar 98 waa reached. On May 10, 1905, tho thermomotor reached an oven 100, which was tho hottest In tho past decado In May. Today Is coolor but waruor wonth er Ih predicted for Thursday. TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS COST OF TILLAMOOK PORTLAND, Or., Juno 1. Ac cording to information received here from Tillamook, Or., today, tho coast of Tillamook county wiih washed by n ton-foot tidal wave Thursday night. Tho tramway of tho lifesnv iug Btatiou at Guribaldi beach was damaged and a number of fisher men's uetB woro broken by the big wuvo. John Turk, u member cf the lifu- anving orow, narrowly esonpod being engulfed. Ho was patroliug tho beaoh wlion ho Baw n gront coinbor swooping toward tho land. Ho succeeded mii reaching Bomo logs up tho bonoh bu foro tho wuvo struck nnd carriod tho man nnd logs to tho foot of n bluff a hundred foot awny. Turk was slightly oriiBhod by tho rolling tim bivrs. OIIIOAGO, 111., Juno 1. Judgo McSurly today ovorrnlod tho motion of tho dofonBo to quaBh tho Intftct mont charging Loo O'Nell Drowno with brlbory In connection with tho oloctlon of William jKorlmor to tho Unltod Stntos sonnto nnd ordorod Drown 'a trial to procoed. AUTO CONFIDENT OF NEW RATES Attorney-General Suro of Success In Proventlttn Proposed Increase In Frclflht Tariffs Suit Is Begun In St. Louis and Certificate Filed. WASHINGTON; I). C. ouno l. Declaring ho was sanguine of win ning his suit for a permanent in junction restraining tho 25 railroads' in tho Westoni Trnffio association from iucronsing freight rates, Attorney-General Wickcrsham today is sued n statement in which he said tho proposed iucroiises uro "sub servient" to public interests. Wickorshnm said ho began work Friday on tho suit yesterday filed nt St. Louis and considered by Judge Dyer nt Hannibal. Mo. He consider ed secrecy necessary to the sueecsrt of the plan, he said. Sunday WiekenOimn sent Assistant Attoniev-Gcneral Orosvcnor West to start tho suits. Ho said he had re ceived numerous telegrams Thursday nnd Friday protesting tho increases proX)scri nnd Bpent Friday, Satur day and Sunday propuring a bill of particulars and getting affidavits showing that the railroads designat ed W. II. Hosmcr chairman of tho Western Trunk committco nB agent of all the roads in iucrcitsiug the rates. Wickcrsham said ho feared to nn nounco his intention to bringing salt, fearing tho attorneys for the rail roads might persuade the judge that no injunction was nccessnrA. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 1. Tho government todny filod nn "expedit ing certificnto" in the federal court here, asking that the issue in the suit to restrain tho 25 western' rail roads from increasing freight rates bo given prcccdenco over other eases on tho court calendar. It was an nounced after the filing of tho suit that this notion would be taken. Tho filing of tho expediting certif icate, according to Speeinl Agent Judson, of the department of justice. is the last action Hint will be taken GAS PLANT'S FIRST PIPE Initial Work Bcnun on New Llrjhtlnn and Hcatlno System From Now on Rapid Propess Will Bo Made Must Bo Completed Within Year. The first pipu for tho new gas plant in this ciy was laid Tuesday nnd from this timo on the work is to bo rushed. The company is signing men as rapidly as possible, and many moro aro wanted. J. It. Anderson, of the company, states that tho work will continue as rapidly as possible in order that they may fulfill the tonus of the franchise mid be furnishing gas by the lirst ot tho yoar. I LONDON, Juno 1. English offi cialdom refuses to comment publicly on Hoosovelt'rt speech at Guild Hall becauso of tho sonii-officiul clinrno tor of tho formor president's visit lioro. In spite of this lnulc of open commont, howovor, it is plnin to seo that mnny officials fear tho speech may rosult in nn uphoaval of tho Anglo-Egyptian rolntions. Many people today doolaro that Roosevelt violntod diplomatic pro priety and eomparo tho incidouts surrounding his spooeh to tho Lord Snokvillo West iuoidont in 1888, when President Cleveland dismissed tho British ambassador for advising oitizoiiH of tho Unitod Stntos to voto for Cleveland, The pross lioro is dumbfounded by tho oolouol'a utter-nnocs. ROOSEVELT THE FIRST OF MEOFORD'S JIM BRIBES fSTABBED IN INCREASE OF .ggSkg. I QUARREL AT 28 PERCENT JiaHk CHOP HOUSE POST OFFICE Mrs. A. Conro FIcro, nee Andrews. MISS GRACE ANDREWS NOW E Pretty Horn Wedding of Popular Couple at Residence of Bride's Parents, With Only Relatives and Immediate Friends Present Cou ple Leave for California. Tho wedding of Miss Grace An drews, youngest daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. William T. Andrews, to Mt. A. Conro Floro, formerly of Chicago, son of Mrs. A. W. Flero, was solemnized nt high noon Wednesday, Juno 1, nt tho Andrews resldenco on South Rlvorsldo Ave- nuo. It was a very qulot homo wedding only rolutlves and most in - tlmnto friends of tho contracting par- ties being present, Tho brido, attended by Mrs. Philip W. Ilnmll as matron ot honor, and Miss Emollo Flero, sister ot tho groom, as mnid of honor, entered tho room on tho arm of her father. Tho wedding ceremony, nt which the Rov. W. T. Lucas ot St. Marks church officiated, was performed In the spacious living room which was transformed Into a bowoi of ptnk and whlto roses, and banked with palms. Tho groom was attended by Mr, Phlplp W. Hamll, as best man. Miss Andrews, a pottto and most attrnctlvo brunetto, mndo u beauti ful brido, gowned In a most elnbor- ato dress of whlto chiffon over whlto' satin, mndo on traino nnd trimmed with point laco with a tullo vol! which reached to tho horn of her gown. Slio woro a beautiful nock laco of poarls, tho gift of tho groom, and carried a huge shower bouquot of whlto roses. Mrs. Philip Hamll, nn sattracttvo F Roosevelt's Speech Deemed Boyish ' ' and Muddled and Called a Social ' Crime Grave Diplomatic 'and Violation of Proprieties. I The Evening Star Buys Hoosovolt , ,'c lui. . fcmvn - ....;.... tho lnws binding on host nnd guost." "Tho faot that RoosovoII'b predo oossor was assassinatod," the Stai ndds, "should mako him onrofnl in! his comments regarding tho assas sination of Boutros PnBhn." Tho Mnnohostor Qunrdinn calls tho colonel's viows "muddlod nnd boyish." Tho Standard calls his DUMB OE A. CONRO HERO blond, was very stunning in a whlto hand-made lingerie gown made over pink silk, nnd Miss Flero made a charming picture in n lingerie gown over pink silk trimmed with lace. Doth carried bouquets of pink and white roses. Mrs. William Andrews, the moth er of the bride, was becomingly gowned In a cream messallno trimmed with duchess laco, and Mrs. James Stevens, sister of tho brido, was charming in an elaborate white pongee, trimmed with cluny lace. Mrs. Flero, mother of the groom, was beautifully gowned In a hand some black chiffon taffeta with yoke nnd trimmings of point do esprit. Hazelrlgg's orchestra played the pruning mnrcn wnen tno Driuo en t0,e1 and a wedding breakfast fol lowed tho marriage ceremony, after which tho happy couple motored to Ashland nccompanied by Miss Flero nnd Mr. Hnmll, whoro they took tho train for California. They will spend a. few days in San Francisco and from there will go to Del Monte, re turning in about n week, when thoy will resldo on Mr. Flero's ranch, In tho now homo he has been building for his bride. Mr. and Mrs. Flero will glvo n re ception, which will be in the nnturo ot n house warming, to their friends as soon as they arc settled In their now homo at Woodlawn, the fine orchard owned by Mr. Flero. Thoso presontjit the woddlng wero Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hamll, Mrs Harvey, Capt. and Mrs. Voorhees, Mr. nnd Mrs. John dwell, Mr. nnd Mrs. Wllllnm Andrews, Mrs. f A. W. Klero, Mrs. Joseph Stevens, Miss Cnr ollno Andrews, cousin of tho bride, Miss Emily Floro and Rev. Lucas. Tho brido has resided with her (Continued on Page 8.) ALLE speech "a social erimo, little short of s"lec-" All the newspapors concedo that Koosovelt's arraignment of tho Eug- tror . highest honor violated tho propri loties. I Tho London Times wonts Rooso- volt that ho must not bo surprised "diouM unpleasant manifestations 0Mr' ll to sensitiveness resulting from his criticism." Tho Nows contemptuously denies tho stntoments of the colonel. Tho Lender calls him "tlio greatest of modern sontimentnlists." Average I citizens frankly ore nngored ovor tho ' Hoosovolt speech. Tho gonornl ex pression is hoard that Roosovolt dis continued on Page 8.) Cutting Affray Nearly Terminates in Murder at Front-Street restau rant This Afternoon Lee Myers, One of Employes, Cut Across Left Side by Drunken Man. A cutting affray" which nearly ter minated in a murder occurred at tho EngllBh Chop House on Front street shortly after noon today. In con sequence Lee Myers, ono of the em ployes, lies In the Southern Oregon hospital with a nasty cut across his left side, and his assailant, a drunken man, whose name has not been learned, is In the city jail, booked on a charge of murderous assault. It Is not thought that the young man will die, but he is in a serious con dition. Tho assault upon Myers followed his ejection of the drunken man from the chop house. The man had been creating a rumpus and Myers ordered him to leave When ho refused to do so, Myers put him out. He then re-entered the house and Vhen Myers started to put him out again, drew a knife and cut him. Bystanders prevented him striking twice and to this the young man prob ably owes his life. The police say tho man Is a stran ger to them. Within flfteon min utes after he had been locked up he was fast asleep and until he awakens It will be impossible to learn his name. LA FOLLETTE LOSES OUT Amendment to Railroad Bill Provid ing for Physical Valuation of Lines Defeated 25 to 30 Regulars Op posed With Elkins as Speaker. WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 1. Tho senate today rejected Sonator La Folletto'6 amendment to the railroad regulation bill providing for tho physical valuation of railroads. Tho amendment was defeated 25 to 30. Senntor Elkins single handed de bated against the amondmont while the insurgents and Democrats argued In favor of tho provision. Tho fight of tho regulars was in spired by tho fact that tho house has already adopted a physical val uation amendment and if it wero passed by the senate tho conference committco would havo no power to eliminate it from tho bill. The rogulars do not want tho provision adopted. The Interstate commerce commission has long sought tho powor to assess tho physical valuation of railroads as a basis for Judging tho fairness of freight rates. La Folletto spoko In favor ot tho amond mont. Ho declared that the Wiscon sin physical valuation law has saved millions to tho peoplo of that state. PATTON HIT HARD BY MORGAN CROWD CHICAGO, 111., June 1. Although it is not known just how much of a loss James A. Patten suffered yes terday whoa cotton dropped $1.50 por balo, indications are that ho suf fered heavily. It is estimated that tho bulls, headed by Morgan & Co,, which is aft or Patten's bcnlp, havo soourod 800,000 bales, which is worth $27,000,000. Tho day's doolino of $1.50 per bale would amount to $540,000 on thoso holdings. This in dicates that Patten was hard hit, as ho was n big holder of May cotton, Business for Month of May CMtl ues to Reflect the Steady Qtmrik of Medferd Receipts of Year Aft Thirty Per Cent Greater Tm Mm Year Previews. The receipts In tho local postofile for the month of May continue to re flect the steady growth of the cltr. An increase of 28 per cent is showa over May, 1303, and tho receipts eC that months shows an Increase ot St per cent over May, 1908. The re ceipts are as folelws: May, 1910 2.08i May. 1909 $1,54 May, 1908 $1,1H CHOIR PRACTICE OF FIRST METHODIST CHOIR Owing to commencement, tho rega lar Friday night practice will ifle diatcly follow prayer meeting Thurs day evening of this week. Dr. Dyre will preach Sunday morning for Ike last time beforo his departure for his old himo in Iowa, and & full attead ance of the choir is desired to pro pare for these services. FORREST EDMEADES. Will STREET NEAR PANIC Action of Government Causes a De moralization of Railroad Stacks Entire List Under Pressure Many Lose a Few Points. NEW YORK. June 1. Tho govern ment's suit against tho 25 railroads in tho Western Traffic association caused near-panic in tho stock ex change today. Wall Street, startled yesterday by the onslaught of tka railroads, was visibly affected today. The market opened weak, issues sell ing off from 3 to G points. Railroad woro particularly noticeable in the slump. A fenturo of tho demoralization of the market was the transfer of cer tain bull loaders to the bear side. Thoy oppressed tho boliof that rail road earnings would suffer througk tho notion of tho government. The entire railroad list was under pressure. St. Paul dropped GJi points 50 minutes after tho mnrket opened. Early in tho day Iowa Central and Atchison and Denver & Rio Grande dropped 2 points, while Union Pacific and Northorn Paoifio lost 1. One point wa.s lost by tho Missouri, Kan sas & Texas, B. & 0 N. Y. C. and Great Northorn preferred. Later tho slump affected I. CX, which dropped 2M; Reading, which fell 2 3-8, and Atlnntio Const Line, 214. FOUR CLUBS ONLY IN CALIFORNIA LEAGUE STOCKTON, Cnl., Juno 1. Tne California State longuo will be con tinued us a four-club organization, San Francisco and Saorameuto drop ping out of thoir own nccord, ' After a session that lasted into the early hours of tho morning and an other meeting nt the flotol Stockton, tho lenguo manngora ndjourned this morning. Attempts to find two othor cities to take up tho franchises forfoitod by Sacramento and Saa Franoisco proved uusuccesaful. CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 1. Am carthquako lasting from 1:01 a, m. to 2:30 a, in, was recorded today r tho seismograph at St, TgaatliM Ml lege here. Father Odenbach, the as tronomer, said that the IndlcaMoM woro, that tho temblor was la Jape y 1 a hi &'' t ' "'IP i --1 1 1 nJMiffnimli ' MBlOTaEBHft'Jgie T"