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Medford Mail Tribune
UNITED PRK8S ASSOCIATION
Fall Leaned Wlro Report,
'I'diilfcht tmil Hutiinliiy
Cloudy, occunloiml iihowcm.
Tho only paper In tho wort
published in a city the alia of
Medford having a loaned wire.
lOTl'H YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, .JUNE 10, 1910.
No. 70.
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ANSWERS'
CRITICS OF
FRANCHISE
John R. Alien Replies to Objections
to Ashlnntl Application Mailc by
Councilman Moore nntl Explains
Conditions Affcctln nConstruotlon
of Proposed Trolley Line.
John 1(. Allun Iiiik vriteii tho fol
lowing open letter to tho people of
Ashland in reply to nttiiekH made
upon liiH frunchiho application ly
Councilinitii V. V. Monro of Ashland:
To tliu People of Anhlnud:
Permit mo to reply to tho objection
to grunting mo n I'muchine in your
city iih wot forth by your council
tniin, Mr. V, W. Monro, in recent is
sues of your local papers.
Replying to the first portion of .Mr.
Muoro's iirliclc. I bog to wiv tliut I
ninl inv attorneys tittemleil several
meetings of tbu council for (lie pur
pose of ficcuriui; tho passage of the
ordinance granting snid franchise. It
became apparent to iih that there
might be more time coiihuiiilmI in the
council's giuiitiiig tho franchise than
under ordinary oiroiunstiiiiccs, and,
furthermore, w rcachoil the conclu
hion that a new franchise, drawn by
the council anil presented for my con
sideration, would be of kiicIi a na
ture, iih to make it an iiudcsiruhlu cn
teniriMi into which to put one's cai
(Contlmjed on I'ngo B.)
NEGRO PLEADS
NOT GUILTY
iotous Soldier Who Saused Trouble
at Fort Lawton Chnnp.es Front at
Last Minute and Refuses to Plead
as Promised.
3BATTLE, Wash., Juno 10. Na
thnt.lel Uledser, negro soldier, con
feHHod assailant of Mrs. J. W. Hod
ding, suddenly changed front whon
arrnlgnod In court on n chnrga of
second degree nsunult today and ro
fusod to plead guilty no ho had an
nounced ho would do.
Tho court Inquired if ho had n Inw
yer. UlodHor said that ho had not,
but would llko to huvo one. Tho
court ordered thnt tho prlsonor bo
fiirnluhed an attorney's services nnd
tho enso was postponed until Mon
day. Yosterday Illcdser told both tho po
lice nnd nowBpnpormon that ho would
ploud guilty nnd hoped he would bo
sentenced to tho ponltontlnry Imme
diately, even requesting tho maxi
mum Hcntouco, which Is flvo to ten
yenrs t hard labor.
GOVERNMENT EXPERT TO EXPLAIN GOOD ROADS
Kor years Jackson county has talk
ed good roads. Mcotlnga and conven
tions have boon hold and huvo usually
wound up by agreeing that wo have
no roads In tho county built on any
thing llko scientific inothodu.
Tliero aro now horo two men who
can toll ninny things worth hearing
about good roads, and nil you nro
aslcod to do Is to turn out and hoar
Eugluorr Eldrldgo of tho uovorumout
good rondn department In his Illus
trated lecture on tho proper method
of building highways.
Mr, Eldrldgo has a picture machlno
and moro than 100 colored slides
with which ho lllustrntcH his locturo.
Ho has plcturofl of roads built by tho
Egyptians for tho purposo of trans
porting mntorlnl for tho building of
tho pyrnmlds, pIctuioB of tho famous
Applnn Wny built by Applim Claud
dtus 300 yours boforo Christ; also tho
famous rond built by Napoleon across
tho Alps nnd plcturos of tho first
LITTLE WILL TRY
TO ST0PBIG FIGHT
Former Manager for Jack Johnson
to Fllo Writ Rcstralnlnn Prin
cipals or Backers From Col
lecting Receipts.
HAN.KUANC1HCO, Juno 10. Thnt
another effort to slop tho big brittle
between Jeffries and Johnson mny
tnho place, this tlmo backed up by
ono of the men Intimately connected
with tho fight, wnH learned toilny,
when It becntno known thnt George
Little, formor mnnngor for Jack Johu-
hoii, linn asked an attorney hero to
preparo a mill restraining tho prlncl-
nnln or their backers from collecting
any of tho monoy tnkon In At any
fight pnrtlclpntod In by Johnson.
Little's cnntemplntod suit In direct
ed against JohnHon, Jeffries, Boruor,
Itlcknrd. Glanuaon nnd Timothy D.
Hulllvnn of Now York, tho Htnkohold
er of tho big fight,
Tho troublo utnrtod whon Johnnon
discharged I.Htlo last Sunday. I.lt
tlo took bin contract to Attorney Ach
and said ho wanted to collect tho
money duo him. Ach considered tho
matter and ndlsod I.lttlo thnt tho
best method of procedure was to fllo
n Kiilt restraining nil Interested por
tions from collecting monoy tnken in
at any fight In which Johnson par
ticipated, until tho romnlnlng monoy
duo I.lttlo linn been pnld. 8oparnto
suit will probably bo filed against
JohnHon flecking to collect tho monoy
nllcgod by Littlo to bo duo.
FIVE INJURED IN
PORTLAND, Or., Juno 10. Flvo
peruoiiH aro seriously Injured nnd n
number aro treating minor bruises
and abrasions today as tho result of
n head-on collision of northbound nnd
southbound electric enra of tho Port
hind Ilnllwuy company nt Lnkewood
Inst night.
Tho Injured:
Conductor Black, northbound car.
W, K. Strango, Pnrk plnco; loft
kni'o severely spralnod.
Motoruinn J. A. Vnnhnm, 1507 East
15th street; eorlous Bcalp wound.
Conductor C. S. Mullens, G19 Mnln
otroot; scalp wounds nnd oyo out.
M. J. Strong. Gladstone; right k'neo
slightly wronchod and intornal inju-;,..
.
Tho four most seriously Injured
I... I, ... I)n.lln,1 ., n unnolnl
n in u tiMMthiib j a uiiiiiiiu j uj'vvmi
car. Nonu of thorn Is fatally hurt.
NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY
PREFERS DEATH TO SCHOOL
NKWAKK, N. J., Juno 10. An in
vestigation may he iiimle into the
ilonth of nino-vcar-ohl Charles Chad-
wick, who iB said to liavo committed
Kuioiile by luuiKiiiK hiniRolf in tho col-1
lar of liiH fhther'H homo. The reason
given for tho IikI'h act was his hatred
of Hchool nnd tho dotonniniition o Tho QtZOns wnnt tho offlclnls to
his pnronts to compel him to nttond nKrC0 (0 n comm0u H80r provision
an.l study. Ho iiIko disliked his ma ihoy ln8,Ht 1)0n ft terminal rato.
tcaohora, wlio complninod to his I Tho Mllwnukoo thus far has rofus
fathor Hint the liov was misHioou.01 to (loal ,, tllH i,aB8i
Engineer Eldrldgo to Deliver Two Il
lustrated Lectures Free at Med
ford on Highways Judge
Wobster to Talk.
attempt of tho macadam rond built by
tjio famous Scotchman of that land.
Ho brings us down to modern rond
building, showing by Illustrated pic
tures tho propor method of road build
ing from tho foundation to tho top
dressing. To Jiear Mr, Eldrldgo loc
turo Is a schooling that no ono can
r.ffnnl to iiiIho. Ho spoko at Jack
sonville last night to a good crowd
and thoy wore so (ntoroatod that thoy
Insisted upon hearing moro until It
was closo to midnight,
Mr, Eldrldgo tolls how to build tho
roadi and Judgo Lionel WobBtor tolls
how to ralso tho monoy, Thoy hold
SENT NEWS
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Western Union Indicted by Federal
Grand Jury for Violatinn Laws
Against Bucket Shops Forty-two
Charlies Fifed Owners Also Must
Answer for Conductlnn Shops.
WASHINGTON, I). C., Juno 10.
Tho federal grand Jury roturned In
dictments against tho Western Union
Telegraph company on 42 charges of
having violated tho federal laws
ngnlnst bucket shops on Mnrch 1.
Tho wlro sorvlco of tho Wcstorn
Union In nllcged to have supplied
data to tho offices of Edward Alte
mun nnd Lewis Colin, who nro alleg
ed to have operated as standard stock
nnd grain dcalcrn In tho District of
Columbia an.l other cities.
Tho William Prlco company, with
offices In several eaatorn cities, was
again Indicted today by tho grand
Jury on n charge of operating a buck
et shop.
Tho nctlon of tho grand Jury fol
lown tho indictment of 29 brokers,
members of firms in Now York, Bos
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, St. Lou
Is, Cincinnati, Jorcoy City, nnd Wash
ington, on charges of operating buck
et shops. Tho companies wcro in
dicted April 2.
HILL PROTESTS
RIVAL ROAD
Entrance of Milwaukee Into Spokane
Again Checked, This Time by Op
position From Great Northern In
terests to Using Same Street.
SPOKANE, Wnsh., Juno 10. With
l'"" ttJ, "''",tlo fPotano oppos-
.. . ,,, ,t '
,... ...u uiunuu mini ib ,i vva iu a
cT"n T" "roT,,0n11ow,"R oth-
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othor obstaclo In tho wny of securing
n frnnchlso stands today In tho form
of n protest by tho Hill rond ngalnut
tho construction of any moro tracks
along Domard sreot, whoro tho Mll
waukeo wants to build.
Tho protest by tho Hill rond fol
lowed the filing of a pint by tho Mil-
iwnukeo engineers of a grndu cross
jnj.
Kvor Blnco tl(0 Mwaukco filed nn
ini)n,lontiOI1 ,OP trnnpMRn tn onr
lll0 clty .,. 00,.!o hnvo onnoHOIi ...
n mooting tonight nt Ashland and n
largo number of Medford peoplo nro
going down, Tomorrow In tho aftor
noon at 2 o'clock they vlll bold a
meeting in tho Medford oporn houso
fe: tho purpobo of spoaklng to tho
farmors, who cannot bo present at
night, nnd In tho ovonlng tho locturo
vll bo ropontod.
There wero a lnrgo number of la
dlCH In nttondniico at Jacksonville nnd
It Is a locturo so entertaining that tho
ladles of Medford should turn nut to
on mnsso. Every bustnoss man and
farmor Intorootod In good rondo ought
to nttond thooo mootlngo.
Mr, Eldrldgo In Bont hero by tho
United SUitos tood roada department
at Washington nnd Is a man of wldo
oxporlonco, has travolod all ovor tho
world and studlot". road construction
nnd has had 17 years' practical ox-
tini'tnnnii In tlin nmmtiMint Inn nf ltlf.li.
w'ays In this country. Ho will toll
(you what thoy nro doing In othor
states.
HUKKFT
PA
Helen Taft, President Taft and Some of the
Members of Bryn Mawr Graduating Class.
PRESIDENT TAFT
$5 FOR BATH
IN BEAR CREEK
Three Men Who Take Plunge in the
Costume Designed by Moiher.Nature
Are Mulcted by Mayor Canon in
the Cauo of Decency.
Flvo dollars each was what it cost
threo men for tho prlvllcgo of bath
ing In "tho altogether" Just above
tho near creek bridgo yesterday, nnd,
it Id nllcged, In plain sight of eovoral
ladies, Tho men gavo their names as
Oscar Andorson, Martin Nelson nnd
J. V. Johnson, and disclaimed any
Intention of violating tho law.
Tho men were arrested by Pollco
ninn Kincnid and denied that they
wore "nu natural ' when they took
their bath. Judgo Canon took tho
view that whilo a mlsdoinoanor undor
tho stntuto might have been commit
ted, a small flno might bo a gentle
romindor ngalnst futuro transgres
sions, as n lnrgo one, and bosldos
the small flno could bo collected,
whilo tho big ono would not bo, nnd
It wns so ordorod.
THREE DEAD FROM
CYCLONE IN ARKANSAS
PINE 11LUFP, Ark., June 10. -
Three persons nro doad and many In
jured according to a list hastily com
piled today following a tornado which
swept eastern Arkansas Inst night.
Many buildings woro unroofed horo
nnd reports from tho surrounding
plantations Indicate that tho cotton
crop sustained damage estimated nt
$1,000,000.
Tho Arkansas rlvor and Its tribu
taries roso rapidly after tho storm
and a flood Is foarod.
Tlio cities of Ft. Smith. Yanhuren
nnd Little Hock were daiunyeil by
tho heaviest rainfall in many years.
Tho rain continued with such fury
that tho basomouts of offico build
ings and residences wero flooded and
tho streots woro ankle deep with
water.
The farmers lost hoimlv through
out Kastorn Arkansas.
The tornado struck the Flat Hook
eieek bridge near heie ami the
htrueturo oollap.M'd, Jiopping a
Frisco line freight train of nino cars
into tho creok. Nouo of tho train
men, howovor, woro killed or sriously
iujurd.
You aro protty safo In assuming
that if a stdro has anything to soil
which will "stand bolng advortlsed"
It will bo advertised.
STARTS UNWELCOME GUEST CLUB
PRESIDENT WON'T
SEE MAN WHO
CRITICISED Hi
Burton Harrison Barred From Ad
mission to White House on Ac
count of Newspaper In
terview. WASHINGTON, D. C. Juno 10.
Tho "Unwelcome Guest" club with
Congressman Francis Burton Harri
son of Now York as its first rnembor,
is thriving.
Harrison, a democrat, was denied
an audlcnco with President Taft yes
terday whon he escorted a party of
Now York ra'jbis to the White House,
partly to alio,.' thorn to tell tea pref'-
dent of Jewish oppression In Russia.
Tho president received the delega
tion, but refused to allow Secretary
Norton to admit tho congressman.
Ex-Secretary Fred Carpenter is
blamed today for making tho Harri
son appointment which tho president
refused to keep. Carpenter, then sec
rotary, now minister to Morocco, not
knowing thnt Harrison was "In bad"
with Taft, did not consult tho presi
dent when ho made tho appointment.
Secretary Norton today admitted
that Harrison is persona non grata bo
cause of an lntervlow Hnrrlson gavo
tho newspapers in which ho charged
President Taft and Attornoy Genoral
WIckersham with "misleading con
gress in sending tho nnte-dnted Wlck-
orshnm-GlavIa report.
Representatives and senntors aro
carefully reviewing their recent ut
terances to detormlno whether they
bolong unofficially to tho "Unwelcome
Guest" club.
Harrison ,'ntonds to rlso to a ques
tion of pcrsounl privilege In tho houso
nnd roply to President Tait.
"Of course, If tho White Houso
does anything furthor against mo I
will defend myseir," snld tho New
York congressman today.
PHILADELPHIA MAN
CURED OF LOCKJAW
PHILADELPHIA, Pa Juno 10.
John Smith, 12, returned to his homo
today from the Philadelphia Ilotno
pathio hospital cuicd of lockjaw,
wliicli threatened him with deatli for
two months. The hoy was cured by
n new method of treatment, which
tried t lip first time nt the hospital
horo, after all hope of savins his life
iiad been given up by othor phy
sieinns, Tho now method coiibists of injec
tions of magnesium sulphnto in con
junction with the nntitoxiu treatment.
Tho uijootious nro mado in tho spinal
column to roach tho nerve center.
Forty drops of mngnosiuni sulphnto
woro given the boy.
PORTUGUESE
ARIHTSTRIKES
General Meetinq Among Troops Re
ported Scarcely Enough Soldiers
Left Loyal to Guard Royal Palace
King May Abdicate.
BADAJOS, Spain, Juno 10. A mu
tiny in the Portuguese army involv
ing nearly every army corps Is re
ported today in secret dispatches from
Lisbon. A strict censorship Is in
forco and tho report cannot bo con
firmed at this time. That thq fact
that a censorship is established Is re
garded as Indicating that a gravo
crisis In Portuguese affairs Is at hand.
According to tho reports, scarcely
enough loyal troops aro left to ade
quately guard the palace.
That King .Manuel Is preparing to
abandon the throne to placato popu
lar wrath was partially confirmed to
day. It is reported that tho royal
family Is preparing to fleo from the
palace and take rofugo In Spain.
BALLINGER BRIEFS
SUBMITTED MONDAY
WASHINGTON. D. C, Juno 10,
Briefs in the Ballingor-Plnchot con
troversy will bo submitted to tho spo
clay investigating committee Monday.
The briefs will be presonted by ;c
tomeys representing Glnvls, Plnchot
nnd Balllnger. The committee will
then begin tho preparation of Its de
cision. It Is generally believed hero that
there will be a majority and a minor
ity report. Tho commltteo will hold
n short meeting tomorrow.
NEW YORK, June 10. Herbort O.J
Barron, exiled republican-democratic
candidate for the presidency of Mexi
co, today wroto President Taft aBklng
tho president to uso his luiluonco to
permit his roturn to Mexico.
Barron In writing to President Taft
denounced President Profiro Dlnz of
Mexico ns a. tyrant. Ho wrote:
"I wns not exiled for heading u ro-
volt or for anything unconstitutional,
but for being a candidate for tho prea-
Idoncy."
In 190G Presldont Diaz said that
he welcomod any opposition and
promised to foster tho snmo. Tho par
EXILED CANDIDAfEDFNOUNCES DIAZ
ROOSEVELT ;
SAYS ADIEU
AND SAILS
Former President Given Hearty
Send-Off on Boarding Kalserln
Augusta Victoria by Vast Crowd
in Which Were Many Notable En
glishmenWill Arrive June 18.
SOUTHAMPTON, Juno 10. Col
onel Theodore Kooaevolt, Mrs. Roose
velt, Miss Ethel and Kermit sailed '
this afternoon at 2 o'clock fo; Now
York on tho steamer Kalserln Auguste
V.ctoria.
The Roosevelts aro due to arrive
at New York Juno 18.
A great crowd was at tho pier to
give the Roosevelts a seed-off. In
the throng were many notable Eng
lishmen, and in splto of tho fact that
the period of mourning for the death
of King Edward has not expired, the
farewell to tho Roosevelts took on A
gay appearance.
The Roosevelts occupy two flower-
decked suites forward of the prome
nade deck.
Other Passengers.
Among the Kalserin's passengers
are Frank B. Kellogg, the govern
ment's trust-busting attorney; Mrs.
George Vanderbllt, Mrs. Mary Thaw,
Joseph and Miss Thaw and Baron
Henry von Sternberg, nephew of tho
late Speck von Sternberg ambassa
dor to the United States, with whom
Roosevelt was o.ulte friendly when
president. '
Roosevelt spent last night at' the
home of Sir Edward Gray and went
aboard the steamship this morning,.
As he went aboard he said:
"Now for home. I tell you I am
glad. I have had a great time. It
couldn't have been finer, and I on
Joyed ovory minute of It, but I will
bo glad to get home."
Colonel Roosevelt did not look as
vigorous today as whon he left Afri
ca. "I feel run down and nearly wreck
ed, but tho voyage to America I ex
pect to restore me to my accustomed
good health,'' he said.
Forgot Their Rancor.
LONDON. Juno 10. Their rancor
over Colonel Roosevelt's Guild Hall'
speech criticising tho British admin
istration In ELTpt was forgotten by
the press here today, which united In
praising tho American ex-president.
The Telegraph said:
"Roosevelt's Btay was a liberal edu
cation In energy, courage and modern
politics."
Hundreds of porsons gathered at
Waterloo station to bid Roosovolt
farewell nnd woro disappointed when
they learned that Roosevelt had pro
ceeded to Southampton from tho
country homo of Sir Edward Gray,
without returning to Londou. ..
RECOIL DEVICE PERMITS
FIRING TEN TIMES
LONDON. Juno 10. A recoil do--
vico hns been porfectod today by a
local nrnis company which will per
mit the firinir of n gnu ten consecu
tive times without magazine injection
after each shot, Tho device consists
of extra chambers of patent liquid
nnd air.
ty was organized and I, not of my
own seeking, was chosen a candi
date "Tho result was that I was exiled,
my business waa rulnod, tho party was
disorganized and tho leaders Jailed,
I am not nn agitator, I am not a revo
lutionist. I rofused to causa a rovolt
which would result in tho sacrifice or
life nnd tho interruption of business,
"Tho Mexican ambassador at Wash
ington has ndUscd that I could not
roturn to Mexico whilo Diaz lived.
Diaz fears my roturn, knowing that
many there only need a leader to
make their demands plnl'i."
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