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rMnVHW y . .f"VH off!. & TIIIC WICATIIICIt. Medford Mail Tribune UNITKU PKK8S ASSOCIATION Full LcMcd WJro Iloport. 4 Tonight mill loumrrinv-Fnlr mill warmer. Tho only paper In the wort published In a city tho ! f Medford hating u loaned ivlr. JOTTHYKAR. MIDDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 5, .1910. No. 91. BLOODY RACE RIOTS FOLLOW FIGHT Jrc!r,M' T ;4 I MANY KILLED AND HUNDREDS INJURED IN RACE CLASHES ALL OVER COUNTRY HEAVY TOLL HUMAN LIFE At Noon Elnhtccn Ncnrocs and Five Whites Reported Killed and Hun dreds of Both Races Injured, Many Fatally Scores In Prisons. CHICAGO, III., July C A toll of bbxiilnhcd nnil riot wan today's nftor miith of tho Jcffrlou-Johniion fight. Tho IiIowh thnt beat down tho white inati nl Reno woro re-echoed throtiKh tho iilh'hl ami today In nil parts of tho country. Tho com of Johnson's victory In liuiiiiui llvon could not bo estimated exactly because of varying roportM, but In believed thnt tho di rect result of tho fight will bo no ex tensive douth lint. Mont of tho vic tim woro member of JoIiiiboii'b own rnco. Up to noon today 18 npgroeii nnd flvu whiten hnd boon killed, hundreds of both racon Injurod, many fatally, V R NAT ON If niiu neuron in iirinuiin in vnriuiia cihuh. Hang Negro In New York. NKW YOltIC, July C A negro wan hniiKi'd to a lamp pout In tho tender loin huro today, but tho pollen cut him down In tlmo to snvo bin Ufa. Illntn continued nil nlKht, and tho pollco foar furl or troublo during tho day. Thousands of pollromoii nro on duty In tho colorod Boctlnnn of tho city. Negro co.nchir.ou nnd butlers, who hnvo won largo hiiiiih of money on tho fight, nro quitting worlc. Tho no grocH nro nHHiimlni; an ovorhonrlng nnd liiHolont domennor nnd go out of tholr way to crowd whltim off tho Bldownlku. night Dead In South. AT. LOUIS, Mo July G. Reports from southwestern polnta ludlcnto that eight uegrnoH wfcro killed and tcoroa Injurod, four fatally, In rlota following tho defeat of Jeffries by Jack Johnson. Tio nogrocn hnd plnn nod a colohrntlon hero todny, but tho uthorltloH Intorforod nnd tho plnns ConHnued on Page 8.) L SLAUGHTERS l Collision ot Twentieth Century Lim ited and Dayton Train Injures Thirty and Kills a Score Other Bodies May Still Be In Debris. MiniJLKTOWN, 0 July fi. With tho recovery of an unidentified body today from tho wreckage of Iho Twontiolh Century Limited of tho Itig Four rood nnd u train of the Cincinnati, llmuilloii k Dayton, tho total dead as n rosult of yest onlay's collision numbers 'Jl. Mtiny bodies nro boliovcd to be under tho wreck ago. Thirty piirsons, soriously injurod, nro hoiui; cured for ut the liospilnls anil holels hero. Practically all Iho (load mid injured are residents of Ohio towns. ProfoHHnr John Duxburv of Mun ehosler, nglnud, is missing mid is boliovod to ho among Iho (lend, Coronor Purnott nnd u grand jury nro iuvoHtigaliug the wreck. RAI WRECK Roanoke, Vu. Six negroes beuten uiul dying; 0110 whilo mini Hliot. Pittsburg, Pu. Scores liurt in race riotH in which 1000 negroosnttneked white men; 100 rioters arrested. J Philadelphia, Pit., Wljitos nnd negroes fight with hriekH ami missiles. Louisville, Ky. Crowds ,of negrooH nttnek wliito newsboys selling extras telling of nice riots last night. Wilmington, Del. Whiten attempt wholeHiilo lynchings nnd scorcH of persons nro injured in re sultant riotH, v Now UrluiuiH, La. In riotH before bulletin boards of newspapers' revolvers and knives nre used with fatal effect. St. IjOIiIh, .Mo. Negroes are attacked by whites. Cincinnati, O. NegrooH are tnkeu from homes mid henten by whites. Atlanta, On. Negro runs uniiick following the victory of JoIiiihoii nnd is saved from death by the iHiliee. Hnltimore, .Mil. Several negrooH stubbed in n riot. Washington, I). C Hospitals crowded with injured whites and blacks. Rioting continued nil niKht; 'J.'IO under arrest. Now York Negro beaten to donth; scores injured; police reserves out in nil negro sections. Shreveport, Lu. Threo negroes killed, one white man fntnlly injured, scores of- whites nnd lilnckH hurt in riot following' tho fitrlit rutitniH from Itono. Reports from Northern Louisinnn tell of many persons injured in riots. 1 Chiot.go, III. One negro Htnhbed and dying; scores injured; frequent fights in tho "black belt." Omiihu, Neb, One negro killed mid several injured. Little Rook, Ark. Two negroes killed, many injured. Houston, Tex. A white man wnt. stabbed by u negro nnd then killed his ussailnnt; several ne groes utlui'keil mid beaten. Fort Worth, Tex. Two iiegrcw.es nttnek white woman nnd bent her fatally with boor bottles. Augusta, (lu. Riots rejmrteil in Southern Qeorgin; three negroes killed, mnuy injured. Mound, III. Negro constable killed by negroes, whom ho was attempting to nrrost for "shooting up the town" in celebration of Johnson's victory. 4444 44 44 444 44t444 44 4 4444 44444444 4--r4 4 44444444 NEED TROOPS Mob of Seven Thousand Spent Riot ous Night and Day Negroes At tack Whites In Their Homes Na tional Capital Made Hideous. WASHINGTON, P. C, July fi. Rioting, in which 7000 negroes uini whiles participated, eoutinued throughout tho night hare. Kvery available poliecmmi in ushingtoo is on duty today mid it is possible that federal troops may bo ordered into the national capital to restore order. Tho fighting was coutiuuuous along Peuusylvnuin avcuuo botwoon the eupitol mid the While House. The neuroos nro wild with cuthus iusm mid their hoistorousness in creased us tho evening woro on. Attacks were made upon white men in their homes by negroes, joy muddeued at the beating of Jeffries by Jack Johnson. Threo nogrossos eulereil the homes of white women, dragged them to tho streets, bent nnd toro their clothos from thorn Lo fore it moh of howling blacks. A fierce riot followed when polico and whilo iiieu rescued tho women. Hundreds of drunken negroes pro ceeded through tho streots, making night hideous with thoir erics. Po lice, who had been reinforced by re serves, attempted to quiet them, mid tho result invariably was a conflict in which one or moro persons were seriously injured. Two whilo men, stabbed by ne groes, are dying in a hospital. At least 200 blacks are under arrest mid moro than 30 wliito men nro in jail. i'he hospitals nro filled with wound ed negroes and several whites. The negro quarters are patrolled by largo dotnehmonts of polico, hut daylight brought little cessation of the celebration of tho victory of u black man over a white, and fuithor trouble is predicted. Tho black population of Washing ton numbers 100,000 nnd the indica tions today were that u great major ity woro hilariously and uiconirol Inbly drunk. Jeff Hoard wires from Rone: "Jeffries couldn't licit a Chinese cook," which probnhly was among the most expensive knowledge he bus acquired, N WASH NGTON JEFF HIS BLAMES STOMACH Says Fight Was Won Fairly and on ! Nearly Quarter Million Dollars Di Its Merits Was Not Knocked vided Between Pugilists for Ycs- uompictciy out, But Was All In and Exhausted. Y JA.MKS J. JKFFHIKS. KKN'O. Nov., July 5. I entered tho ring in tho best shape I could hnvo possibly put myself in. I felt confident nnd trained as faithfully us any man could. Tho people dc munded that I return to the ring nfter my long retirement to faeo Johiibon, and I went through n long siego of work boforo I announced that I would fight. I thought I could regain my old form nnd 1 worked hard in an effort to got into the best possible shape. Johnson is a groat fighter and tho people c.innot imagine how clover ho is. I hnvo nothing to Bay against Johnson. Ho fought fairly and won the battle striotly on its merits. As early as tho third round 1 found my stomach troubling mo, nnd I did not hnvo tho speed and strength 1 thought I had. I was not knocked out completely, but I was nil in and it did not matter whether tho fight ended in that round or tho next, as I was exhnusted. "JOHN ARTHUR JOHNSON FOR ALDERMAN" IS POLITICAL BOOM THAT STARTS TROUBLE CIIIOAOO, 111., July G. "John Ar thur Johnson for nldormnn," That Is tho political boom which started nonr rlotu In Chicago follow ing tho victory of tho colorod hoavy- wolght ovor tho "hope of tho whito rnco." It Is ostlmated thnt tho uogrocs of Chlcngo won a quartor of a million dollars as a result of Jack's fistic ability, AntluiBlnstlo ovor this sud den lucronBo In wealth, thoy started a boom to mnko tho dusky champion nldormnn, Placarding an automobllo with Johnson's niiuio, thoy started a parado. Whito mon showorod tho f 4-4- 4-4-4-4-4- 4- s 4- JACK $120,500 JEFF $1 1 7.000 terday's Fight at Reno-Loser Nets Almost as Much as Winner. HKNO, Nov., July 5. When tho last bit of money in the house is counted it is believed thnt Johnson's victory ovor Jeffries will only net him $11000 moro than the defeated whito man will receive. It is believ ed that Rickard nnd Glcnson will split approximately $130,000, in ad dition to their interests; in the mo tion pictures. It is estimated that the gate re ceipts woro $230,000. Tho purse was $101,000, with $10,000 bonus for each fighter. Tho cost of the arena approximated $30,000. The estimated attendance was 18,500. Johnson's share of the purse will bo about $00,(100; his bonus, $10,000. and his picture rights $fi(),00. making a total of $120,.ri00. Joffrioa is to receive $40,400, a bonus of $10,000 and $GbGGfi for his motion picturo rights, or a total of $117,000. Kaiser Off on Cruise. PKUL1N, July ."). Kaiser Wilhelm has started on a four weoks' vruiso in his yacht llohonzollorin. The trip will bo along tho coast of Norway. parade wltir "IrUh confottl" and n numhor of porsons woro Injurod bo foro tho polico rostoroil ordor. Whites Invading tho "black bolt" last night woro forcod to choor for Johnson. Frank Bryant, colorod, and Joseph Huntor, white, got Into nn nr gumont whon Huntor rofusod to choor! A fight followod and Bryant 'was fntnlly stabbod. I William Kolly, a whito tonmstor, (was benton unconscious by nogrooa who. choorod for Johnson, Kolly pro ' tested against tho demonstration for tho uogro champion, JEFF WENT TO PIECES N AH Once Great Fiahter Lost Everything He Showed in Traininq as Soon as He Entered Rlnrj Had Absolute ly Nothing Not at All Like the Old Fighter of Other Days. (BY MAX BALTHASAR.) RENO, Nov., July 5. Perhaps It was a case of youth being served; perhaps It wos something psycholog ical, perhaps It was a piece of luck. At any rate, Jack Johnson today stands forth as the greatest heavy weight In tho world, with none to dis pute his tltlo unless It Is Sam Lang ford, equally n- black and fully aa confident as Jeffries was yesterday that ho can take the measure of Tom my Burns' conqueror. The cervlng of jouth may lave been a frxtor In tho downfall of the hope of the white race; psychology may enter very largely and luck also may have fig ured, but to cet down to th real nub bin of the thing, Is as complex as the manny excuses offered for Jef fries' defeat. In the first rlace, there Is no deny ing tho fact th: t Johnson showed, the greater speed, strength, judgment and skill. His remarkablo defense was ever to the fore, and Jeffries' best efforts wer turned aside as a duck's back turns water. Superior Fighting. But It was tho negro's superior fighting qualltv thnt won the battle for him. Was It a lucky punch or was It a strange pall that seemed to come over Jefi'rles tho moment he stepped Into the ring? Fair minded critics will not take anything nway from JohnsoL for the victorious battle he fought. Ho fought cleanly, cleverly and with his consum mate skill ho combined tho qualities of a gentleman, so fas as gentlemanly conduct enn go In tho prize ring, whore tho principal aim of the con testant Is to "knock tho block off" of his honorable opponent. Jack never transgressed tho rules. Ho took no unduo advantage while tho roforeo was not looking, but Inshed out squarely and when ho lnndcd It was a fair punch. Not the Olrt Jeff. Getting down to brnss tacks, Jef fries lost everything ho showod In training tho moment ho stopped Into tho ring. Ho had absolutely nothing. Cold as a fish, his hands more Hko Ici cles than tho great bono and gristle maulers that sent so manay mon to de feat, ho was nothing Hko tho Jef fries whoso training stunts made tho grent judges of condition mnrvol and predict thnt ho would mako mince ment out of Johnson. Why ho should hnvo gone to pieces upon entering tho ring, as Sam Borcer, Jim Corbett and Billy Muldoon say ho did, Is an In tnnglblo somothing thnt may como under tho head ot psychology. Psy chology or whr.tovor you mny call It, Johnson seomed to have Joffrles' goat and no matter what tho power or In fluence, Johnson won enslly and fair ly. Lucky Punch Talk. Tho lucky punch talk mado Its de but In tho second round. Johnson bouncod a sizzling straight loft off tho whito man's oyo. Instnntly it began to swell. Tho punch did not rock Joffrlo9, but his oyo was In bad shapo, Tho moment tho punch land ed ho looked dazed and stoppod Into tho enslest sort of punches to nvold. Ills judgment of dlstnnco wont to plocos and ho hogan to fight Hko a washerwoman. To tho mon In his cornor tho answer was apparently simple. Ho hnd been synipnthotlcally blinded the punch on tho right oyo had hit tho sympnthotto nervo and (Continuou on Page o.) BALL1NBER NO QUITTER STANDS PAT Secretary Visits Taft and Says He Does Not Expect to Resign Con ference Decides Fate of Director Newell of Reclamation Service Plans Western Trip Shortly. BEVERLY, Mass., July 5. "I have never been a quitter and have not brought my resignation with me," Bald Secretary Balllnger of the In terior department today whet, asked If he intended to relinquish tho inte rior portfolio. "Moreover, I do not expect to re sign," continued the secretary. "I came to discuss with the president a plan to reorganize the land office and reclamation service. New regulations recently enacted requires new work by tho Interior service. I think tho Indian service offices and somo other bureaus aro in splendid shape." Balllnger bad luncheon with Presi dent Taft and conferred with him at 2 o'clock thl9 afternoon. It is un derstood that the conferenco will de cide the fate of Director Newell of the reclamation service. Balllnger already stated his belief that Newell wasn't the man for the reclamation service. The secretary: claims that the service was demoral- ized by the changes made. CHOLERA RAGES; RUSSIANS RIOT Attempts of Authorities to Enforce Sanitary Laws Meets Violent Re sistance on Part of Natives, Who Believe in Visitation of Providence ST. PETERSBURG, July 5. Riots nro breaking out throughout Southwestern Russia ns a result of attompts bv tho authorities to en force the sanitary laws. Cholera is prevalent in ninny localities nnd tho ntithoritics nre seeking to prevent its spread. Threo reasons arc assigned for the opposition of tho peasants to tho efforts of the health authorities. First, they beliove that if u pesti lenco visits them it is by will of heaven and tho nuthoritics have no right to intorfero; second, they ob ject to tin intrusion by officialdom, nnd, third, they fear ill-treatment of tho sick at tho hands of the authori ties. The plague it. gaining hendwnv rapidly and the government is de termined to check it if possible. JEFFRIES ACTIONS GIVE RISE TO RUMORS THAT HE WAS "DOPED" BEFORE FIGHT BEGIN RENO, Nov., July 5. Jnmes J. Joffrles, defeated heavyweight cham pion of tho world, is Btlll a theatri cal attraction. Today he received a nunibor of offora for bookings for theatrical trips. Ono managed on doavored to book Joffrles and Cor bett together. Corbett would not accept, rofuslng to do n boxing act. Joffrles was In fair shapo today following tho pounding ho recolvod from Johnson yestordny, Tho con stant application of hot packs had roducod tho swolllngs. Ills most so vere Injury Is a cut on tho lip and SEEK SITE OF FEDERAL STRUCTURE Government Asks Bids for Property Upon Which New Postoffice WW Be Erected Must Be 140 Feet Square, Centrally Located BMs Will Be Opened August 2. Uncle Sam is looking for a site to placo tho new federal building or dered by congress upon. Bids an asked for a lot 140 feet square. The government appropriation Is $110, 000 for building and alto. It is ex pected the site will cost within $10, 000, leaving $100,00 for the build ing. On account of inflated valuation placed upon much city property, some difficulty is expected to be encoun tered in securing tho proper kind of a lot. The advertisement reads as fol lews: Washington, D. C, June 29, 191. Proposals are hereby solicited te be opened in the office of the super vising architect, treasury department. Washington, D. C, at 10 o'clock a. sa. on August 2, 1910, for the sale or donation to the United RtstM of m. corner lot, approximately 140x14 feet, centrally located and suitable for a federal building slto at Medford, Oregon. Upon application to tho postmaster, will supply prospective bidders witk a circular giving particulars as to requirements and instructions for preparation of bids and data to ac company same. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH, Sec. RUSSO-JAPANESE TREATY IS SIGNED TOKIO, July 5. Government of ficios today received notification of the signing late yesterday ' of tho Russo-Japanese treaty at St. Pe tersburg. Though the treaty lias beon signed, its terms will not ba made publio for somo days. It is expected tho toxt will bo given out about July 10. A cable from Vladivostok today says tho new agreement relates chiefly to territorial integrity and is intended to mnintnin the present status in regard to Russi aneso holdings in tho Orient. The treaty, it is declared, also recognizes tho right of enoh country to maintain urmnments in Asia and provides for tho surrender of crim inals under extradition proceedings. W. E. Phipps hns found how to settle a voxatious problem. Ho snys: "Match Johnson against Lang ford, the winnor ngainst a gorilla, and the gorilla against Roosevelt " that Is oxpectod to hoal without diffi culty. Ills oyes which woro tho tar get ot tho negro's attack aro all right today, Tho big follow still appeared dazed. He c&nnot remeabw aaythlag about tho fight. He says ho doesn't remember ontorlng tho ring. Ills actions just boforo nnd after tho tight havo caused rumors her that he was doped boforo ho ontered tho ring. Ills hnndlors deny tho sto ry stronuously. Thoy declaro that the niontnl strain so upset tho big fight er that l'P dldr't know what h was (Continued on Page i