luionWIF ,h ;" Medford mail Tribune THIS WICATHICIt, UNITKl) PRK88 A880CIAT10H Full Loaod Wlro Itoport. Tmilit and tomorrow Fair and warm Tho only paper In tho worl published In cliy the tlio WT Medford having u loaaed wlr, fifth yeah. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, .1910. No. 110. GARFIELD IS DEFEATED IN OHIO STAND-PATTERS VICTORIOUS - -. Fatal Boiler Explosion. f MAIIBHFIELD, Or., July 27. Engineer F. E. MaeCau- -f ley Is dead, sovoral persona -f arc suffering serious Injuries -f f today ns a result of an cxplo- f lon of a boiler la the plant -f t or the Coqulllo Mill and Mor- ca utile company, -f BEST FRUIT CROP IN HISTORY OF NORTHWEST SAYS RAE 44- -f . agfw - A IS NOMINATED Fl Insurgents Completely RoutedMost Stand-Pat Platform Ever Adopted Tariff and Taft Endorsed and Administration Commended. COLUMBUS. 0.. July 27.--The firm ballot in thu Ohio Republican statu convention remitted in IB.") votes for Harding for governor. -113 for Drown, 02 for Ixmgworth, 711 for Garfield, 2 for Deninan and 1 for Thompson. Only the iinmcH of Drown and Harding were placed formally be fore the convention. Garfield did not get a vote in Cuyahoga county. The second ballot gave Harding -ll7. Brown IMK1, I.ongworth 10 J, Gar field OH. and Fornkor -I. Harding wan nominated on the third ballot, which remitted iih fol lows : Harding 7-10, Longworth IWi, Drown 120. Garfield fi. After the result of the ballot wan nnnouneed Hnrding'H nomination wax matle unauimouH. Frnnis Treadway wns renominated for lieutenant.Kovenior by ncelamn- tl0 " ' . inu Harding in editor of thu Marion Star. ITnnlinc'H nomination is a blow to Senator Durton. In accepting tho nomination Hard ing said: "I am for President Taft and hi policies. Republicanism reprehend the bent conscience of the new world civilization. If elected 1 will de mand that office-seekers bo hon est." Granville W. Mnoncy wan nopiin nted for secretary of state, II. W. Archer for state treasurer and U. G. (Continued on Page Four.) STEW ASHORE COBUMBIA BR Vessel With Three Hundred Passen gers Aboard Goes Hard Aground In Fog In Which Skipper Lost His Bearings Try-,tb?ull Ship Off. PORTLAND, Or., July 27. Whilo outbound for San Francisco litli ilpO passengers aboard, tho steamer Reaver went hard aground on the Desdomnuia Sands betweon Tansey Point nnd Fort Stevens, on the Columbia side, early today. The accident occurred in the douse fog in which tho skipper had lost his hearings. The tug Oueontu and the steamer Chancolor were immediately sum moned by whistles calling for as sistance. They httehod mi nnd are now working to pull thu vessol from thu sands, It is not expected that the ship will bo pulled into deep water before high tido this ovening. When tho stenmor first struck some of the iiy-ngors showed in dications of panic, hut they were soon quieted. Most of them have boon lauded on the river bank. Several picnic par ties have been organized and tho travelers nro enjoying a' day rusti cating in the mountains while the ship ij being freed from her bed In the sand. Several other vessels outward bound over tho Columbia river bar this morning came to anchor and waited for tho fog to lift boforu eon tinning on their way to sea. NG R GOVERNOR ON V UNPAID BILLS Real Estate Agent Who Advertised Half Million Dollars to Loan Be cause It Sounded Prosperous, Did Not Pay Rent, Furniture or Fare J, II, Itobortnon, who has been op eratlnK In Medford for tb paHt two montlm under tho name of "Medford Orchard and Trust company," with offices In tho rear of tho Medford Nntlonnl bank, for which he never pnld tho rent, and who advertised that ho had $500,000 to lonn, Is iiiIbh ing, though wnnted by numerous creditors. Tho office furniture, which had not boon paid for has been seized by Cuthbcrt & Co., and his stenoKraphei, who has patiently wait ed for his return from Portland, where ho went two wcokB ago, prom ising to return with money, has quit her pnyless Job In disgust. Ho paid his railroad faro to Portland with a bogus check end tho probabilities are that tho haunts that know him well will know htm no more. Early In Juno tho Medford Orchard ftnd TrUMt company started In busl- ocas in Aivuioru wuu n iiourisn oi trumpets, nnil inrgo ads of property listed with thorn for sale. Tho con cern negotiated for tho corner store room In tho now 7plscopal church block as pormanont offices. It was announcod that that L. V. Burling nine of Portlnnd was president and J. It. Hobertson secretary, and that Frank A. Stcelo, Edwnrd M. Nolan and C. II. Wilder, all formerly with tho "Lnurolhurst" addition company of Portlnnd, Senttle, Minneapolis, etc., were to bo enstern representa tives. Mr. Durllngamo visited Medford and a few dayH after his departure letters wore reoclved from him ask ing for statements of Indebtedness Incurred up to Juno 21, announcing that all relations with Ilobortson had been severed, and that ho would not bo responsible for Indebtedness In curred nftor that date, or for actions of Mr. Hobertson. On Juno 22 Mr. Hobertson evi dently stole n march on his former associates by Incorporating the firm name, for on that date articles of in corporation woro filed for tho Med ford Orchard and Trust company, with J. R. Robertson, M, E. Hobert son and IC. E. Lr.nformnn trustees. Hobertson mndo frantic efforts to soil some of tho property remaining listed with him. Ho gavo a check for his hotel bill to tho Nash hotel for HO, which wao roturnod marked "no funds," and when threatened with nrrest, managed to dig up the money. Ho made dally promises to pay his bills, only to put off creditors with ono excuse or nnothor and oven In sulted somo of thorn for daring to ask for mouoy from such a ropreson tatlvo concern. When nHked why ho advertised a half million dollars to lonn, ho stated that "It Bounded big nnd gavo a sub stantial appeal anco" to his business. Hobertson Is a man about 3fi years (Continuod on Page 5.) BRICK " FOR WEST SIDE In all probability Robert S. Slew- ing and Charles Palm will erect a two-htorv business buildine- on Wo.it Main, next to tho D. & C Cash Store, n was partially uncovered yostor whoro a blnoksinilh shop stands at .day afternoon, but tho boulders un preseut. Tho two men have been dor which it lav were not pried off considering tho matter for some time until today. Tho body will probably llllll Jll',1 llflU Qlllfl ill lllll'.l V.IIW.ll.l.l till... ....i 1. 0....11I. 1 .. 1 l il I" , """ """ " ,u " "jiiu hem iii oeaiue jor uiioriuoni wuu determination to erect the building.' the other unidentified victims. Governor Harmon to Go Into Training For Presidential Honors at Charlevoix, Mich. " r ' wen ' rirrr. 2z;Tr,zzzx: si; a& . binr' 1 TSD 1E MJiHC4 ?','. .. ' J ' e r...ff SPECIAL TRAIN HAMIAJUL Rogue River Valley Railroad Will Provide Special Train to Take Lo cal People From Medford to Jack sonville This Afternoon. A special train on the Rogue River Valley railway will lenvo tho local depot this afternoon to take local peoplo to Jacksonville to at tend tho funeral of tho pioneer jur ist, IT. K. llauiia, which is to be hold at 5 p. m. Today eitir.ons from all sections of Southern Oiegon arc gathering lo attend tho funeral, showing tho great esteem in which tho judge was held. Tho train leaves Medford at 3:115 and loturiih immediately after the fu neral. REMAINS OF LAST VICTIM WELLINGTON SLIDE FOUND WELLINGTON, Wash., July 27. Tho body of an unidentified man, tho last of tho victims of tho Wel lington avalanche, which snuffed out !H) lives last March, was taken fiom tho duhris in a oroek hod at the foot of thu mountain today by Great Northern suction hands. Tim body lav in iuuninir water and was not as hadlv deeomnosed as miuhl l, i.vmwin,l HHHI y- ' -"'-, BHBHBHilllllllllll. HHHHllHIV hk ' DIHHSiliHHIiiiiiiiiiiiW CLOSING GAP IN WATER-SYSTEM Unless Something Unforseen Hap pens Full Pressure Will Be on Mains in Morning City Officials Soon to Inspect System. Unless something unfor&een de velops Medford will be supplied with wnter direct from Little Rutto creok Thursday morning. The contractors today are closing tho gap nt tho Dradshaw drop. Doforo ovening tho system will have been completed. The city officials are planning to oxnmiuo tho line on Friday nnd see whether it has been constructed in accordanco with tho specifications. ASK PERMISSION TO ENLARGE PLANT Manager Thoirolf of tho Rig Pines Lumber company has applied to tho city council for permission to in crease the size of the planing mill owned by tho oompnnv. Tho coun cil will meet in special session soon to consider tho request, which will probably bo granted, The addition ,wif. uiado necessary by the increased mill business of tho company. Anyway, tho aeroplane- hao put an ond to tho plaint of tho mollycoddle who was always sighing for tho wings j of n dovo, 1 " BRIAN TAKES DEFEAT HARD . Commoner Thinks Party Erred and Will Continue to Talk for County Option Down and Out as Leader of Party in State. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. July 27. William Jennings Bryan, looking crushed nnd woebegone, stood on tho floor of tho Democratic state con vention hero at 10:110 this morning after his fight to control his party in Nebraska and intimated that ho would not make any further attempt to direct affairs of tho Democrats. Bryan said nftor the convention had adjourned thnt he expected de feat, but that ho fought for conces sion rather than for victory. It is tho consensus of opinion today that Bryan's leadership of Democracy in Nebraska has ended. Tho platform adopted by the con vention Democrats against tho Payno Aldrich tariff. President Tuft's ad ministration and recommends a "daylight liquor law," "It is up to tho Democratic party to fight it out," said Bryan. "I have pointed out the dangers of its failure to indorso county option. My dutv is discharged. 1 have made no futuro plans, but 1 intend to con tinue the campaign of education in tnis matter." No ono who is of normal mind an swors want ads out of sheer curios ity. For thoro ore always so many ,ids that apron' to tho sslf-intorest thr.t thoso arousing mere curiosity may bo overlooked, CENTRAL POINT MURDERER HAS MADE ESCAPE Frank Wade, Who Killed Man in 1895, Gets Away From Insane Asylum and Is at Large Is Con sidered Dangerous Characjer. SALEM, Or., July 27. Officers are still scouring the country for Frank Wade and Christopher Smith, who, together with George Bowcr mnu, Reynolds Johnson and J. II. Kirby, nil inmates of tho criminal ward of the insane asylum, effected their escape from the institution by brenking through the grating of the outing court, where they were being given an niring lnte yesterday after noon. Bowcnnnn, Kirby nnd Johnson were reenptured, but Wade and Smith are still at large. Smith was heard of this morning nnd is report ed to be traveling in the direction of Portland, but so far no trace has been scoured of Wade. Smith, who was sent to the state prison for burglary from Dallns, ;ifterward be came, insane nnd was transferred to the asylum. His maludy is of a mild character and he is not considered dangerous. Wade is considered to be a dan gerous character and it is feared that before he is apprehended he may commit some desperate crime. He ' wns serving a life sentence in thei state prison for murder, committed ' at Central Point. Jackson county, in 1393. The murder wns committed in conjunction with his brother, with! whom the murdered man had hud u' ouarrel. Wade, who was then in Eastern Oregon, upon hearing of it,. came to Southern Oregon, and when ue mm ins uroiuer mei meir victim in the ii) ad they murdered him in cold blood. The younger brother wns released from prison after serving n sentence of a few years, but Frank was retained and finally became in sane and was transferred to the asy lum. Prior to being incarcerated for murder he had served a term in the state prison for highway robbery committed in the '80s. STOCK MARKET SHOWS GAINS IN SECURITIES NEW YORK, July 27. Prices at tho opening of tho stock market to- dny ranged considerably higher than yestorday's closing revel. Missouri Pacific rose 3 1-2, Westlnghouso Electric !, Great Northern profened and American ocomotlvo 2 1-2, and Minneapolis, St. Paul and Saulto Sto. Mario 2 1-4. During tho first hour tho market was excited. Later prices slumped, Rock Island proferred drop ping 6 points. Dot an appearanco of buying ordors again steadied tho markot, Rock Island proforred rally ing -1 3-4. On tho rally prices ad vanced to ovon higher lovols than thoso at tho oponing. Thoro were gains of moro than 2 points In tho Pacific, Illinois Central, Norfolk & Westorn and othor nctlvo stocks. The market closed strong. Bonds woro stronger. ICEBERGS PUT SHIP IN COLD STORAGE OFF ALASKA SBATTLK. Wash., July 27. With $200,000 in Nomo gold, the steamship Mackinaw has touched Seattlo after the hardest trip in tho 18 yours' experionco of Captain Frank Mills in northern waters. It took the Mackinaw 12 days to fight her way through tho ice from Nome to Kotzebuo Sound, 1111 ordinary !10 liuur trip. SATISFACTORY APPLE PRICES LOOKED FOR Senior Member of Rae & HatffoM on Annual Inspection Trip Says One Always Expects Splendid Crop in Rogue River Valley. That the northwest apple crop Is the best in point of quality ever grown and that satisfactory prices will be received hi' growers this sea son is the good word brought by George Rae, senior member of tho firm of Rae & Hatfield, fruit brok ers of New York, who arrived in this city this morning on his regular tour of the fruit districts of the north west. Mr. Rae will probably leave this evening for Portland on his re turn east. "The fruit crop of the northwest," states Mr. Rae, '.'is splendid. lis quality could not be better. Satis factory prices will be received, in my opinion, ns the eastcm crop this year is scattering and will not be bulky." Mr. Rae spent the day in confer once with local fruit men and stated that he was delighted with the pros- 1 pects in the valley. "But then," ha I concluded, "one always expects a splendid crop in this favored sec- Hon." GAS COMPANY Tnree Hundred Thousand Dollars Capital J. R. and M. M. Ander son, L. E. Wakeman, J. C. Brown and P. J. Neff Incorporators. The R03110 niver Valley Gas com pany has been Incorporated for 300,- 1000. Tho incorporators are J. R. Anderson, M. M. Anderson, Louis E. Wakeman nnd J. C. Brown. Porter J. Neff is their attorney, Tho Incorporation papers woro sent to Salem Wednesday for filing. The company has already laid over six miles of gas mains In tho city, For tho most part these pipos aro laid across streets soon to be paved in order to prevent tearing up pave ment. Work has also started on the plant, which is to stand just south of tho spur at Voorhies, near Talent. TALENT TO BE Attorney Porter J. Neff Prepares the Necessary Papers County Court Will Act on Petition During September Term. Porter J. Neff, attorney, has pio pared tho necessary papers for the incorporation of tho city of Talent. Petitions to tho county court have been circulated and signed and will bo notod on by tho court during the September tonn. Tho citizens of Talent have for somo timo boon considering having their town incorporated. Recently mass meeting was hold and commit toos wore appointed to take tho ne cessary step COPR NOROA D