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MKDJj'OUD, OMXION, WJilDNUKDAY, JUNE 22, 1910.
No. 80.
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KONS AWAY LARGEST IN
FROMNURSE HISTORY IS '
AND DOCTOR FRUIT CROP
M I fe. aa a a m . .
Patient at Southern Orcfion Hospital
Escapes From Her Room and Is
Gone All Night-Was Located In
Jacksonville Early Today Disap
pearance Kicked Up Row.
Loft by tlio nurso In chnrgo for n
few ml mi to In order Mint iluMiIng
to jionnlt hor to bo In tho oiitor nlr
mlKht bu Hooured, Mm. Stuvons, n
piitlonl In (ho Soiitlmrn Oregon hon
pltnl, eacnpod from hor room Tues
day afternoon iiml mndo Jior wny to
Jnckaonvlllu, whuro nlio wan tnkon
jam or Tiiesdny ul;lit nml whh flnnl
ly located Wednesday mornliig'hy tho
offlclnlM of tho honpltnl nftor n nonrch
eovurltiK nil of tho city and Kh en
virons. Mm. Slovens nvo no Indication of
on Intention to oscnpo wlion hIio ro
rjnoHtod tho privilege to go Into tho
opon nlr, and. hnvlng boon froquut
ly Ift nlono without showing audi
nymptoiiiB, tho uiitko hnd no HiiHplclon
Mint who contemplated flight. Aftor
arranging for hor comfort In tho opon
nlr, tho ntirao en mo back to got hor
patlont nnd found her gone. Tien
conitornntlon provnllod, nnd r. aonrch
was tnndo for tho womnn nil ovor
town, but with no nvnll, nnd It was
not until Into this "morning Mint nny
word wnn recelvud of tho iiiIhhIiii; pa
tlont. "It was not cnrolOMincftri on our
pnrt," anld tho mntron nt tho honpltnl,
"for alio hnd never before developed
nny MytiiptouiB Indicating n mnnln of
this kind."
VETERANS SLIGHTED
ROOSEVELT WELCOME
NBW YORK, Juno 22. FoIIowiiik
n utntaiuuiit by Oeiiornl 1). Q. Loud,
uouimnudor of -17 local posts of the
O. A. It., Mint tho Kruno" army wiih
iloniod recognition in tlio welcomo to
Colonel HooHovelt, thorn is iniieh dis
cussion nnd crUidmn today. Geu
oral Loud aHHorta lio applied for iop
reHentatioii on tho rucoption commit -too
nnd Mint it wau denied. More
over, thoy woro Riven no plaeo in
tho parade or reviewing stands.
"Colonel HooBovelt h an Hincerck
loved by tho civil war veterans iih
any prosldout wo liavo over had, with
tho posHiblo exception of Qeuoral
Grnnt," RtiSd Qonornl Loud. "Tlio G.
A. It, wanted to domonutrnto Mint itn
loyally Saturday, but woro not per
mitted tho privilege"
STANDS IT FOR 50
YEARS THEN QUITS
SAN PRANOISCO, C.M., Juno 22.-
In poor hoi'.lth r.nd with ft honrt fill
ed with Borrow, Miu Ellznboth Solln
gor, 7G, la plaintiff In n milt for (II
vorco ponding In tho Btiporlor court
todny.
Fir no yoaru sho hnB homo cruolty
from hor lumbnnd, nlio nllogea' In her
complnlnt, and now hIio cnu oudtiro It
no longor. Sho InolHtB that nlio wnutH
to bo flood of tho tie Mint linn bound
her to Michael Sollngor bIiico 1801,
Tho ngod plaintiff olnlniB Mini Hho
hna Hufferod juiWional vlolonco and
ahiiBo from hor lumlmud from tho
first yonr of tholr mnrrlngo, Sho nlao
tinyH ho hnn nlwnyu boon nllugy nnd
refiiHod hor tho common npcomiltloH of
life.
Sollngor Is a night watchman, aUo
75 yoara of ago, Tho couplo woro
marrlod In Odooa? Ilustiln, mid camo
to San KmnclHco 20 yoaiH ago.
DoinoiiBtrnto tho worth of ndvortlR
lug by trying It,
Professor O'Gara States That Pres
ent Crop In Ftojjuc River Valloy
Has Never Before Been Equalled
Here Says He Was Surprised on
Invcstlqatlon.
'Tho fruit crop of th lloguo River
vnlley will bo tho Inrgost In Itn his
tory," says I'rofovnnr I J. O'tlnrn,
"nnd tho quality In I holy to bo cor-
rcHpnudlugly splendid. In traveling
over Mm vnlley with I'rofenaor Itnvn
wo miide juotty cIoko Inaportlon mid
I who myself HiirprUod nt the crops.
'i'lio young orehnrdB evon, which or
dinarily would produce little or noth
ing nt their ago, nro well filled. One
mnn hnd natlmnlcd IiIh crop it 2000
boxoH. Aftor wo hnd fjono over tho
orrhnrd nnd ho hnd looked n llttlo
inoui cloudy ho thought -TiOO about
the figure. Tl tnko enro of Mint or-
chnrd from now until picking tlmo,'
nld one of tho party, an experienced
fruit mini, 'for nil oer 3000 boxen
I get off It, nnd then mnlto good mon
ey ' Tho offer wnmi't nccoptcd, but
given nn Ide.i of whnt tho crops will
bo."
SIGNAL HONOR
IS PAIO EIFERT
Local Man Is Elected Grand Prelate
of Knlnjits of Pythias Has Lonj)
Been Earnest Worker in the Order
for Many Years.
The grand convention of tho
ICulghta of lytlil:iB now In session In
Portland hux pnld n olgnnl honor to
W. Klfert of thla city by oloctlng
him grand prolate of tho order In
thla Btnto.
Mr. Klfort htm long boon nn onrn-
eflt worker In tho ranks of tho ordor
mid deserves recognition.
Expect Battle Soon.
NACO, Ariz., Juno 22. Qonornl
TorrcB, Kovornor of Souora, is en
route to fnuaucn with 200 troops,
according to advicos roeeixed horo.
(louoral Torres denios that ho Iiiih
boon ndviHpd that trouble will occur
thero. General Kostorlitsky, eom-
mnndiiu; tho Souora ruralos, arrived
at Naeo, Souora today and is guard
ing tho custom hotiso. Troops are
heiiiK liurried to Manzanilo to pre
vent upriHingri thoro.
JAP AND BRIDE NOW
LIVE IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANCII3LKS, Cnl., Juno 22.
OtinJIro Aold mid lila Amoilcnn wlfo,
Holon Glndya Emory Aold, havo rout
ed n cottauo on tho Haat Stdo mid nro
oEtubllBhlng tholr homo thoro.
Wlion t-pproachod by Intorviowra
AoUt KiuoBted Mint llttlo publicity bo
given tho matter, na ho nnd hla wlfo
wlnhed to live in peaco nnd sUirt llfo
anovf. t ,
Smith Makes Good.
NKW YORK, Juiiu 22. Kiihtom
fight fans today me piedieting that
Jim Smith will make u reeoid in the
middloweight elass and may some
day oapluro tho holt, following IiIk
Hplondid nliowiiig Innt night when ho
won from Sailor Hurko in u ten
round bout. ,
Smith floorud the Nuiloi' with u
light swing in tho fifth loiiud mid
Hurko took the count of uiiiUr lie
stalled through the remaining five
roundu,
C. S. Rolls, Who
And
WEBB SAYS HE
KILLED JOHNSON
IN HOTEL ROOM
Police Now Worklnn to Learn What
Became of $25,000 Which John
son Had When He Went to Port
land to Meet His Death.
PORTLAND, Or.,' Juno 22. Fol
lowing tho confession of Jesse V.
Webb Mint ho murdered William A.
Johnson, tho police today nro work
ing to useeitaiu what became of the
$25,000 which .lohiwon secured by
tho salo of his farm near Kenton,
Wash., sovoral mouths ago.
With tho exception of $1000 found
iu tho slocking of Mrs. Uort W,
Koi'hh, all tho monoy has disap
ponrcd. The police suspect thai Johnson
was lurod lo Portland from Spoknuo
for tho purpoho of robbery, and that
Webb and his femalo companion hud
deliberated on tho ninttor boforo she
came to Portland with Johnson.
Dotoetivos nro not satisfied with
Webb's plon of solf-defenso. Webb
said that ho and Johnson fought In
room 111) ovor Mrs. Korsh; that
Johnson drow a slugshot from his
pookot and struck at Wobb mid that
Webb, being tlio strongor, took the
shot away from him mid heal John
sou to death.
The police beliovo that robbory,
not jealousy, was tho motive. The,
deolaro that Wobb nnd tho woman
plnnuod tlio rohbory, just us lhe.
planned for the disposal of tho body,
us Webb uluted in his confession.
In jail today Mrs. Koiv.li eontiii
nod to tell conflicting Hlmioa of hoi
ni'lioiiH with both Wehh mid John
sou, Sho said that JoluiMin spent
money lavishly on her, but tho police
assort Mint he could not have pos
sibly expended VJU.OOO in m month.,
if her stoiies of the uiuiuuh' iu which
Johnson spent his money nnd lied
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HARMON GIVEN
NOMINATION AND
GREATjVAIION
Governor of Ohio Is Renominated by
Acclamation Says He Will Make
Phrase "Set ing the Pcoplo" Mean
Something
DAYTON, 0., Juno 22. Governor
Jiidsou lrnrmou was rcnominnted by
ncolnmnlion today nt tho Democrntio
state convention. Harmon was given
a groat ovation following tho nomin
ation. in lesponso to continued cans lor
a speech, Qoornor Harmon smd:
"1 shall endeavor to coutimio try
ing to mako tho phrase, "serving the
pcoplo" a true description mid not a
false pretense. It is a figure of
speoch with a cliiof uiagistiato who
doos not serve the peoplo, who uses
his powers to ndvanco his own inter
ests or other iutorcsts Minn thoso of
tho public, or who fails to uso his
powers to safeguard tho gonoral wol
fnro. A porfunotory porfoiinnnco of
routiuo duties is not enough.
"I confess that I would liko to
oontinuo my work and that I should
not rolish leaving it unfinished.
"Nocdod reforms iu tho federal
go eminent nro greater than can he
mot in tho olootion of congressmen.
A waste in publio funds to the ox
tont of .fMO.OOO.OOO is oponly con
fessed and tliis is worth investigat
ing, especially when the peoplo are
struggling to moot tho cost of living.
Neither economy nor wntohful io
gard of the publio welfare is possible
at Washington whilo tho leign of tho
favored few continues,
"Tho votors havo boon imposed up
on by tariff luxes, loiod ostonsibl
lo gain publio rovouue, but really io
pvovont profit, Novor before hav
tliev heen fooled by tho promiso ol
-.uhst.inlml reduotious which has
been broken in their faces wlion theii
voIcb woro soourod. A power so iu
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to France
$60,000 IS PAID
FOR 320 ACRES
BYWESTERLUND
Purchases L. C. Coleman Tract and
Adds It to Holdings of Western
Oregon Orchards Company, Mak
ing a Total Acreage of 3323.
J. A. Westerlund has purchased
tho plnco of L. C. Coloinnn, between
Hillcrost nud tho Western Oregon
Orchurda tract, consisting of 320
acres, paying $00,000. This makes
tho total norengo in Mr. Wester
lund's holdings 3323 neros. Tho tract
is to bo improved and contains some
vory fiuo land.
NO ROUGH STUFF TO BE
ALLOWED IN RENO
KENO. Nov., Juuo 22. Shoriff C.
P. Forroll will ponnit no intoxicating
liquors to bo sold or brought into the
grounds whoro tho Jeffries-Johnson
fight will bo hold July 4.
"I iutcud to ouforco hnt ordor by
promptly arrosting ovory offonder,''
said tho sheriff.
Extra doputios will bo appointed
mid ordor will bo maintained if pos
sible Shoriff Forroll says ho will
protect Mio fight, as it is legally li
censed, "Thoro is an impression abroad
that ltouo is u frontier town mid tln.l
everything goos," said Ferrell. "Hut
those who como horo July -1 will find
that tho laws aro strictly eufoieed,'
Fleet to Sail South.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Juno 22.
Ordors havo boon issued for tho fiibt
division of tho Pacifio fleet to sail
from Los Angeles, August 1, for
Valparaiso, Chilo, to partioipato in
tho Chilean centennial, which begins
in September. Tho first division
oonsists of tho California, Colorado,
Washington and Pennsylvania, com
iu,undod by Horn- Admiral G, lluibor,
31 DEATHS
IN CHICAGO
FROM HEAT
Temperature Began to Rise Again
Today and More Fatalities Are
Predicted Humidity Is Intense
Maximum of 90 Degrees Is Regis
tered. CHICAGO, 111., Juno 22. A iota!
of 31 deaths is recorded today since
the beginning of the hot wav Mint
has carried the mercury to the top
of the tube in Chicago nnd vicinity.
The temperature began to rise
again today and more fatalities were
predicted. Tho humidity is intense.
TJte maximum registered yesterday
was 90 degrees.
KX'W YORK, Juno 22. FIvo
deaths nnd 40 prostrations Is tho rec
ord of Ahe heat wave hero today In
the Inst 24 hours.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 22
Sixteen deaths In two days and scores
of persons prostrated In the streets
Is tho total of the heat wave In Phila
delphia to date. No relief Is In sight
PIPE WILL BE
LAID BY AUG. 1
The Pipe Line Over Hanley Ranch
Will Be In Place by August I at
Least, Says Hamilton, Who Holds
the Contract.
In spite of hard luck. Injudicious,
leeal proceedings and a few other
llttlo things liko that, "Shorty" Ham
ilton has never lost hio norve, and is
now forcing tho work of laying the
city pipeline acrocs tho Hanley ranch.
Tho matter of securing teams to haul
tho plpo Is still somewhat of a .hand
icap, but that handicap is rapidly be
ing overcome.
"I might say that I will complete
tho laylnc of tho plpo by tho middle
of July," sa,d Mr. Hamilton, "but I
do not consider that I cm safo In such
an assertion. Something might turn
up to overset my plana. JSy Auguat
1, however, the pipe will bo laid and
roady to bo rocolvcd. I havo beon
hnndlcapped by lack of tcaraa to haul
tho pipe. A carload of plpo wont out
on tho P. & E. this morning and more
Is to follow. Tho pipe laid trom now
on will cost us $1000 moro for haul
ing than it would If we hnd not been
held up by tho lltlgr.tion over tho
r'ght of way."
RICKARD TO QUIT "
AFTER THIS FIGHT
RENO, Nov., Juno 22. Tox Iliok
ard is determined today to havo
nothing moro to do with pugilism af
tor tho Joffries-Johnson fight. ,
"I am a miner nnd I will give all
my attention to my mines nftor July
4," said Ricknrd. "I will novor mix
iu tho fight gmno again."
liieknrd is disgusted boonuso ol
the number of cotbneks ho has had
iu an attempt to stngo tho big fight.
Ho has boon put to unoxpoctod ox
pouso and n groat doal of trouble.
Prosecution Concluded.
CHICAGO, 111., Juno 22. Stnto's
Attorney Wayman today concluded
nrgumont for tho prosecution in tho
trial of Leo O'Neil Brown, charged
with bribory in connoction with tho
olootion of United Statos Sountor
Lorimor, and Attornoy Erbstoin bo
gan final nrgumont for tho dofonso.
It is probnblo Mint tho caso will
not go to tbo jury until Friday.
HI WITH
TO
GET VIEWS
Representative of Selig Polyscope
Company, Accompanied by 25 Per
sons, Arrive to Spend a .Month In
Southern Oregon Taking Views of
Pictures.
Director Bogga of tho Sellg Poly
scope company, accompanied b7 26
persons and a car ol equipment ar
rived in Medford this morning for a
month's stay la tho valley. All points
of interest In sojthorn Oregon ma to
be taken and later will be exhibited
i to thousands of people in tho mov
ing picture world.
Some time ago a number of views
were taken In this section and tho
company promised at that tlmo to
send someone In later when vlows
of Crater Lake could bo obtained.
The party Is here for that purposo
now.
The largo number of people with
the representative of tho company
consists of actors and actresses who
will stage plays In tho mountains
with natural scenery for the back
ground. One set of views era to bo
secured In tho neighborhood, of tho
Mill creek falls.
The' films will prove a great ad
vertisement to' this section, and It was
through the efforts of E. C. Hubbard,
manager of tho Savoy theater, that
they wcro Interested in southern Ore
gon. TWO LIES NAILED
BY THE COLONEL
NEW YORK. June 22. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt today angrily
denied a rumor that Miss Ethel
Roosovelt was engaged to marry J.
T. Williams, a newspaper man and a
favorite with tho colonel. Roosovelt
said:
"Tho rumor is such a scandalous
infamy that it is foolish to deny it.
The report was started by soma
scoundrel."
Roosovelt also denied tho report
Ihut ho was opposed to tho Hughes
direct primary bill, saying:
ult looks like someopo was crowd
ing tho membership of tho Ananias
club."
Tho .colonel declared incidentally
that he bad not considered tho coun
try's political condition "to speak
of." In tho course of his remarks
ho begged newspaper men to stay
away from Oystor Bay, saying there
was "no news there.
LEAVES HOME FOR
DEATH III SEA
TjOS ANGELES, Cal., Juno 22.
8onrch f bolng mado today for Mar-
gu-rlte Ward, 17, who Is missing.
from her bomo, Tho following note,
which she .ont to Jphu Ward, hor
father, by HJMJdal delivery, has causod
tho pollco t? wr slio was onuoa uoi
llfe:
" 'Ere you Tocolve this my bodj
will bo la Mio vox and Abo sharks wll,
devour mo. N vor again will you so
your daughter, and I ask i(orgvonos(
for my action. I bollovo I mado over
offort to occur o work and "have full,
od. I could nc 't keep up wy oourngs
nnd could not ftorgwt the awiul attac)
that was mado o n mo throo yeara agq
I nm leaving for iM ocwn, and goodi
byo." i
In April, 100G, Mia girl was fotiu
bound and gagged la ier home, AJ"
though tho police sou.rcUed dlllgontt
her assailant was aertf found. B
cniiso. of hor uorvouuneH nmilMn
from tho mysterious attack she w'
sent to relatives In Sacramento. 8b,
roturped to Lob AngeVw a yoar agd
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