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80tM s$r Medford Mail Tribune UNITRI) IMIKSS ASSOCIATION Full Leased Wire Report, Till! WIOATIIICH Tonllit iwhI tomorrow-Knlr nml warm, Tho only pnpor In tho world published In n city tho nlzo of Medford having a leased wire. jottit yeah. MISDJrOR'D, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1910. No. 118. ABSOLUTE DENIAL BY Vlcc-Prcslilcnt Says Gore Clinrues Aro Absolutely Without tho Sllght est Shallow of Foundation Ha iiioii, on Stand, Denies That He Has Ever Offered Senator Money. -f-f-f-- f f f f -f f 4 f f f ll(l MOOHU, X. Y Auk. fi. Vleo-l'roHldont Jnuifu H. Sherman today Hunt tho fol lowing from IiIh summer homo to tho United Pnw: "Thu Htory coming from lo mo of tho (lore chnrgoB In Munkogco In ntmolutoly with out tho Hllghtotit ehndow of foundation." -f Tim vIci'Mirvaldonl'H tole- 4- gram wan wont In answer to iiii'HiinROH sent to him detail- lug tho charges made ly Son f ntor Goro boforo tho congres sional InvuflllKiitltiK committee f In Muskogee, Okln., yoBtor- day. f-f 4-t f MUSKOOICK, Okla., Auk. C Ja cob . llnmnn, charged hy Sonator Goro with offering him n brlbo In connection with thu. McMurrny Indian In ml contract, took tho Htnnd today and donli'd nbiiolutoly that ho hnd ovor offered niont'y to Senator Ooro. "Thoru In nbuotutoly no foundation for Gore's-Htory," llanion declared when ho look (ho Htand. "I did not suggest to Goro on May C or at any other time thr.t ho could got 125,000 or nny other hiiih out of tho Mc.Mur rny contrnctB." ilamon said ho hnd made, no Im proper offor In regard to tho con tractu and that ho had not endeav ored to bribe thu blind nonntor from IiIh own Htnto. Ho denied Bpeclflcnl ly partH of tho conversation which Ooro, on tho Htnnd, attributed to him In n co nfe run co between himself mid Goro In tho lnttor's office In Wash ington. Charge Made In Congromi. " Tho nllogntlonn of brlbory In con nection with tho Indian contrnctB wore find made on tho floor of tho Hounto by Sonntor Goro nonr tho clone of tho liiHt hchhIoii of congrocfl. Tho chnrgn wuh mndo In connection with lobulation then before tho Hcunto which gnvo certain offlcorH of tho government power to vnlldato con tradK with 1 milium In soiling IiiiuIh, IJndor tho prt'Hunt BBtom tho con trnctH nro valldntod by tho govorn- ment nftor recommondntlon by tho commissioner of Indian affairs DOGS SAVE MANY . FROM BURNING Seven Dead, Two Dying as Rosult of Fire Barklnn of Dons Arouses Neighborhood and Those Asleep In Dtirniiiii Hotel. JAMAICA, Auk. B. FIvo men and two woiuon wore burned to dentil, two persons r.ro dying and u hcoio nro hurt In tho doHtriictlou of an old wooden hotel nud employment agen cy hero. Thnt tho death lint In not grontor la duo to tho frantic barkliiK of iIokb attracted by tho clsro of tho flro, Tho dogn roused porHOiiH In tho neighborhood, vho Hpread tho alarm and awakonod thoso Hlooplng in tho bulldluK. Tho flro broko out beforo dnyllKht nud wiib not discovered by niiynno around tho hotel. It was not until ' persons nwnkonod by tho dogs mndo tholr wny to tho lodging houso nml nlarmotl thoao slooplng within that thoy know of tholr dnngor. MA Twenty Miles of Streets Turned Into Shower Bath For Sweltering Children. The deiith diwilliik' Win that yearly Ntrlktti doun Hi-onit of peojile In .Sew York In being fought thin year by tliu water department. Throughout the crowded eaxt Hide ilUtrd-t the police are taking chargi of the water plugs, and when n Heore or more children collect the policeman (itnn on the water. The ihjIIco estimate that 50,000 children take a biith In the public utreotN each day, and u good half triplicate the liiilh. following the olllccw to other water pliig. The Htrei-lH that have laun turned Into a public bath for children aro twenty inlles long. Tho police make three rounds a day, and to hcu a hundred children Ntnudlng In the Hired while the water Ik spruyrd over them attrneU crowd of vhdtor MEETING OE ALL REAL ESTATE MEN IN CITY CALLED Manarjcr Malboeuf of Commercial Club Wants All Dirt-Sellers to Meet at Club Rooms to Discuss Subjects of Interest to Medford. Manager C. A, Malboeuf of tho Medford Commercial club litis Issued Invitations through tho press to nil real oHtato dealers In Medford to bo present In ' tho club's qmirtorB on Tiiosday evonlng, August 0th, nt 8 o'clock, for tho purposo of discuss ing a number of Biibjects of Impor tance and vital to tho Interests of tho city and Hoguo Ulvor valley. Tho" prlnctpnl object of tho mooting Is to bring about ub far ns poHHlblo the close co-operation of. tho real cstato Intercstfl in Medford with tho Com mercial club, through the medium of uniform advertising and other mat tor, and It Is hoped Hint v. largo and representative attendance will bo on hand. Members of tho club nml vis itors will also be welcome. 3 CARS A DAY AETER MONDAY Harvesting. Will Bo On in Full Blast at Opcnlnn of Week Several Cars Have Been Shipped In Past Week to Markets of East. Tho Ilartlott pear harvest will bo on In full swing noxt week. This week tho Hoguo Itlvor Valley Fruit & Produce nsBoclatlon Kent out a number of cunt, six In all, but noxt wool; thlncii will commouco to move In tho pear lino, and three cars a day will bo sent out from tho differ ent shipping points of tho associa tion, Tho market 1b still Htroat; on poara. Tho California crop 1b ilono ami tho markets nro now opou for lioguo Itlvor Valley HnrtlottB. Arcordlnc to tho offlcorH of tho iiHBoolntlon, tho penra aro of good bIzo and uuallty nnd bo far hp.vo boon freo from dofectH of nny kind. Thursday a car of poarB wiib ship pod from Central Point, from tho,., DauKott orohard, and Friday ono wont out from tl o Snowy liutto ami uag- gott placoB, MiMMm- asm -jMii. ... JtKSK.. :- r 'jiTT :iz c j I Photo. - -. f ALICE IS ASKED TO GIVE UP HER PILLS f f f FAIMIUKY, Nul.t Aug. 3. Declurimr cignrotto Bniok ing one oC the most degener ate liabitH known to lnotlorn life, Mr. Alice Longworth wiih today nnkecl by t Chris tian Kndenvor hoeietios meet ing here to altain from finoking. Tho KiuIcavorer indited n long letter to .Mrs. Longworth asking her, for tho mike of her father, Tlio odoro lioobovelt, to give up the practice. : f 4 f f f f fi-fffi-f-f s,s. MAY SINKING Steamer Bound From Skagway to Victoria Sends Out Wireless Re port That Sho Is Sinking No De tails Are Available. SKATTLK, W'nsli., Aug. 3. A wirelcKs dispnteli from .lunenii btntes that the Cniiiidiiiu l'aeifie steiimor Princess Mny is binking off Center Island. The Prineesrt May is n pas senger steamer bound from Skagway to Victoria ami about duo in Juneau today. Sho is carrying u passenger list of about 100. No details of tho trouble nro given. VICTORIA, H. C, Aug. 3. Hoth wiieless stations in Victoria piukod up u message from tho stoamor Prin cons -Muy (relayed through several hind stations) saying the vessel was nuking. Tho nonunion wireless is iinnblo to verify the report or traco its origin, but has instructed nil wire less points between here nml Alaska to keep it sharp lookout ami report iiiinieiliutely any news that they may be able to procure. Tho Princess May is a singlo bot tom bout on Iho regular service of tho Onnndiiin Pneifio. railroad be tween Victoria and Skiigwny. She left here with 100 passengers nml is on her return trip, heueo it is im possible to proouro n list of passun gors. It is more than likely sho Is cnrryinn; nt least 100 on lior way hack. Tho Princess May is an 1800-ton vessel, the smallest ot the lour mil ,....,,, 01M..ltl,.i : i.luri,i 80li U1(1 c'anndian wntors. Sho is u twin fi0rw VCS80, or)0 foot long, 94 foot bourn nml 18 foot draft, built of stool. PRINCESS ,., , iZM 2 ,' S V .. ' , ' 'J r ji: r wiv?, -wv (h i '. , m Ld- SeiMm Iy .American PrcBAyBoclatlon.j. TAET PRINCIPAL AT DEDICATION OF MONUMENT Eight Battleships Thunder Out Pres idential Saluto as Mayflower Ar rives With President Monument Is Erected to Pilgrims. PHOVINCETOWN. Mass., Aug. 5. Kight battleships and a great fleet of smaller war vessels greeted the Mayflower today with a presidential salute of '21 guns, us tho vessel bear ing President Tnft entered tho har bor. Tho president comes to dedicate tho Pilgrims' monument in u "so dif ferent" Mayflower from the ono that boro tho original Now Kugland fathers to their new world destina tion. As tho Mayflower steamed through tho long lauo of warships President Tnft hold his first naval roviow. The president stood on tho bridge of the little vessel and fractured rigid na val etiquette by waving his baud to tho thousands of bluejackets who cheered as tho Mayflower passed. Lining tho historic strcots with thoir orderly ranks, 3000 bluejackets formed about tho president, nnd us an escort led tho way from the doeks to tho town hull, where the '230-foot shaft stands. Largo crowd woro ranged about tho speakers' stand. After nn invocation by Rev. James Do Normnndio of Huston, President Kmcritus Charles W. Klliot of Har vard, tho orator of tho day briefly discussed tho history of tho Pilgrim Fathers and tlio lumluhips endured by them in their conquest of New P.uglnnd. Following Dr. Flliott, John Van Woedo, charge d'affaires of the Netherlands legation at Washington, spoke. Then Senator Henry C. Lodge of Massachusetts, in a simple address, transfered tho stone shaft from its builders to tho people of tho nation. Former OongrosMiiun MoClonry of Minnesota followed Sonntor Lodge. Governor Draper Hum introduced President Tnft, who, on hehulf of the nation, accepted the monument from the descendants of tho Puritans. A bamiuet, nt which tho speakers and other distinguished guests woro pres ent, closed Iho coremonios. Tho nionuinont was begun on Au gust 10, 1007, whon then Prosidont Roosevelt dedicated tho oornorstono. Its cost was slightly ovor .flOO.000. SHOOT 10 Kill ORDER IN SPAIN Government Expects Great Demon stration Sunday and Is Preparing to Cope With It San Sebastian. Summer Capital, Is Seething With Discontent Revolt Discussed. SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug. 3. Anticipating a great demonstration by tho clericals, revolutionists nnd Cnrlists on Sunday, the government today fcent reinforcements to Snn So- lmstinn. The incoming troops nre supplied with bull cartridges and i. is snid that orders to their command ers nre to shoot to kill nt the first sign of disorder. Snn Sebasiinn, the summer cnpi tnl of the kingdom, is seething with discontent nnd a revolt is discussed openly. The temper of the populace is aggravated by news from the Bis cnynn provinces that clashes between troops and revolutionists have oc curred. The fnct that the dispatches nro closely censored lends to the be lief tlint the conflicts nre more se rious than the dispatches relate. Censorship Expected. Newspaper correspondents here are anticipating the adoption of u M'rict censorship hero by arranging for courier service to the French border, where dispatches may be for warded by telegraph. It is believed here that wealthy aristocrats, arc financing, the demon stration planned for Sunday. They are said to be employing automo biles, hordes nnd wagons to bring hundreds of persons from the coun try districts into Snn Sebnstian. The military governor hns issued n proclamation forbidding nny gather ings but those of regular Catholic assemblages in the churches nnd pro hibiting outsiders from entering tho town. This latter precaution was taken following reports thnt Biscay n n priests nre arming their parish ioners nnd urging them to enter Snn Sebnstian. The reports indicate that the basques in Biscnyalavn, Cuipeur.cos and Navarro hnve seized trains nnd mnll river eraft and nro preparing to fight troops sent to prevent their depredation. ALFONSO IN ENGLAND. Every Precaution Has Been Taken to Protect Visitors While in England. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 3. The local police, augmented bv .-pccril detective from Scotland Ynvd. nre taking every precaution to protect King Alfonso nnd Queen Victoria of Spain from possible attack by n gents of the Spanish revolutionist. (Continued on Page 5.) TO CROI TIMBER LAND Dr. D. W. Dwinnell, Who Recently Purchased Large Tract of Timber on Rogue, Now Making Complete Study of It To Buy More. Dr. D. W. Dwinnell, who recently purchased 5000 acres of timber from tho Trail Lumber company on upper Hokuo river, has arrived In Medford with two full timber cruising crews and will make a completo reconnals sanco of his holdings, as well ns ex amines sovornl othor bodies of timber which ho may purchnso later. Ho states thnt ho has no Immediate plans for tho development of tho tlmbor, ns tho transportation problem has first to bo solved. Mr. Dwinnell Is vory much pleased with tho tlmbor In southern Oregon. Ilo owns much timber land in north oin California, SE MOCH 4- 4- 4-4-4- MOB SEARCHING FOR NEGRO ACCUSED OF ATTACKING GIRL KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 5, Armed with guns nnd clubs, n mob is hunting n ne gro in tho brush near Buck ner, Mo. The negro is nc cuscd of attacking Clnra. Bnldtis, 13, the daughter of a farmer. Tho mob threatens to bum tho negro if ho is en light. 4-4-4- 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 4- 4- OPERA HOUSE . WEST SIDE IF T A. Coleman Plans Erection of New Amusement House on Site Adjoin ing Hotel Medford, But tf Knock ers Check Him He Will Drop It. A Coleman, who is Interested in the building of the Hotel Medford, which promises to be ono of the most handsomo buildings In Medford when completed, is now considering the erection of r-.n opera house, modern In every recpect, to stand adjoining the new hotel, but he states that If attempts arc made to check him In tbls project as ho says were mad in th financing of the new hotel, he will drop tlte matter instanter. "Medford needs a modern opera house," stated Mr. Coleman today, "and 1 believe that I can seo my way clear to erect one on the site adjoin ing tho new hotel, but to do so I want the support of Medford's peo plo. I was checked in many ways before tho Lotel was finally started, nnd I do not care for the experience asc.in. I cannot say that I intend to build the opera house, although I am conslJcrlng It, for If opposed and battered from pillar to post I will drop the affair, for life is too short, to fool with it." SEARCHING ALL NOOKS ON RANCH Fl Motive Thought to Have Been Re venge in Mysterious California Triple Murder, But Robbery May Also Have Been Motive. SANTA ROSA, Cal An". 3. A systemntio search of tho Starbuck ranch, nenr Cnzadero, where it is be lieved T. A. Kendall, his mother and father woro killed, is oxpected today to throw new light upon tlio motive for the crime. Whilo it is the belief of tho authorities that revenge was the principal factor. District Attor ney Lea admitted to the "United Press today that $300 collected by Ken dall is missing. A woodman's ax, double-bitted and with one of tho bitts blunted luun niorlikc, was tho weapon with which tho murder of T. A. Kendall, his fnthor nud mother was committed. Tho bloodstnined weapon was found by ono of Sheriff Smith's deputies in n canyon not far from the ranch houso in which attempts were made to ercmato tho bodies of tho Ken dalls. Deputies today nre seeking further traces of tho murderer. An effort is being made to trace the ownership of tho nx. lu this ef fort tho sheriff interviewed u neigh lior of tho Kendalls, with whom T, A.1 Kendall ouco quarreled. Accord ing to the authorities tho dispute was a trivial ono and was not sufficient to have furnished u motive for tho terriblo crime. Your wants will bo supplied if you read tho want ad columns today. OP BOOS URMURDERCLUE : tILttN lu I IN PAIH OF I Hlifl Forest Fire Surrounds Buildings in Littlo Mining Town Seethins Mass of Flames Telephone' CaK Is Sent for Aid Every Available Man Is Fighting Fire. Forest Arcs nro threatening the hotel buildings at Eileen, Cnl., and also tho timber and buildings on tho claims of the Bloomficld & Medford Copper company, in tho Blue Ledge district. Forest fires have boon raging ia tho vicinity of Hutton postoffice, a few miles away, but had been con sidered nearly undor control. Tho flames have broken out again in the vicinity of Eileen and not nly the hotel and other buildings, but the timber and structures on the sur rounding mining claims aro threat ened with destruction. All the avail able men in the vicinity are fighting the flames and a call has been sent out for more help. CHILD INJURED BY AUTOMOBILE Little Eleanor Nellor, Aged 4, Run Over by Car Believed That She Is Now Out of Danger, Although She Suffered Internal Injuries. Littio Eleanor Ncllnr, aged 4, tho daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Nel Iar, recent arrivals in Medford, was seriously injured Into Thursday aft ernoon when sho was run over by an automobile driven by Eddie Rcddy. Tho child is resting easily and is thought to bo out of danger by at tending physicians, although at first it was believed that sho could not recover, being injured internally. Tho accident occurred on South Riverside avenue. The street at this point was narrowed by n cut-out in the pavement, standing wagons, building material and tho like. Young Rcddy was driving slowly. With him in the front of the auto was Dr. Rcddy, who has ovor been known as a careful driver, never allowing nny of his cars to ho drivou rapidly whilo in them. Tho littlo girl suddenly ran in front of the mnchino nnd before a move could bo mndo had been run over by tho front wheel. Medical nssistanco was rendered at once and today it is believed that the child is out of dnngor. Tho shoulder nnd mouth of tho littlo. one were bruised and iutorunl injuria.? sustained. No bones were broken. NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Tho leaders of tho stock market oxperlonccd an upward flurry In the early dealings today. Trading wns In light volume. Amalgamated Copper, St. Paul, Am erican Smolting, Chicago Groat West ern, Southorn Pacific and American Sugar advanced 1. Reading 1 3-8, Union Pacific 1 1-2, Dolawaro nnd Hudson 1 5-8, Amorlcan Sugar and Union Pacific 2, Denver & UIo Grnndo proforred X 5-8, United 8toel 1 1-2. Iowa Ceutral lost 1 1-4. Iloiuls aro firm, To soil it choapor thnn any ono oIko Is Important storo ndvlco. It you let tho peoplo know nbout It, you'll got them lntorostod in your store scoros of thorn, who only "know" whore It la now,