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CUV HB IT IS NOT TOO LATE; TO MAKE A NOMINATION IN THE MAIL TRIBUNE'S CONTEST I i i i in in j.i . I ,ifc wiii f mhWji I il I I nulla i n..BiiBiMiiwiiiim J I 111 t mi ' I I I iwwi - '" -Mfc. mi i 1 1 i. i ii i. - - - 1 ii . i - - Medford Mail Tribune UNITED PUK88 ASSOCIATE Full Leased Wire Kfpert. Tonight nnd tomorrow Pair nnil coolor, Tho only taper in the worM published In a city the bIm ef 9 Medford having; a loaned wto. ' tfJLTTTH YEAR. MEDFORD, OllECJON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1910. No. 15a 1111 AND PRIMARIES SAME DAY Saloons Will Have to Close and tho Farmers Vote Early In Order to Get Into the City to See Buffalo Bill Liquor Dealers Will Lose Circus Patronage. Saturday, September 24, bids fair to be otto of tho burnetii Medford bus room iii ninny him; inoutliH of biiHy days. On Hint day the statewide pri maries will bo hold, nnd Buffalo Hill will bid us his bionnlul good-bye. Tho Hitlooniiion nro worrying con siderably ovor loss of tnulo, for thoy will bo forced to close while thu polls r.ro oinin, and ciruiiH day in ono of thuir vorv bunt bets. Kvory circus day preparations aro iiindo for a tremendous biiHiuuHH, but thin timu thoy will Iohu out. Tho coming of tho circus will cuuho tho ranchers to rise earlier tlim thuir wont, for thoy will havo to vinit thu polls early In order to cot mother and the children into town 'in order to xoo tho fur-f timed Iiiillau warrior. BRITISH LABOR CONGRESS OPENS President Haslam Demands Return to Tax Lovylnn Privlleqo Recently Taken Away Delegate Denounces Lord Mayor. SIIKIT1KLI), EiiKlnnil, Sept. 12. The largest labor congress in tho history of Great Britain opened here today. In bin opening nddruss Prov ident IIiihIiiiu demnuded a return lo the Inx-Iovying privilege whieh was taken awav in the' decision in the Osborne case. Tho speaker eon demued sectional strikes. Incitement wan caused at thu op ening session by an unknown dele gate who objected to the address of welcome by Lord Mayor Karl FiU william. Tho delegate rose to his feut shouting a denunciation at thu carl, duolnring him an enemy to la bor. Thu delegate wiih itfelod and the lord mayor finished !uh address. It your advertising Is so unimpor tant Unit It niakoB pooplo Bupposa your ntoro to bo unimportant work hard to correct tho Impression. SOLDIERS Leave With Words of Pralso for Treatment Accorded T!i:m In City Officers Aro Given Luncheon and Taker for an Auto Drive Through tho Valley. The soldiers of tho First infantry loft with great praiso for Medford,, its hospitality, its salubrious olimiito nnd its wonderful surroundings. Major Martin and Captain Offluy both said that Medford is (lie place for them when their fighting days aro ovor. Tho thirteen officers were not al lowed ono moment of idleness from thoir arrival at noon Sunday until thoy left at 5:30 o'clock in (lie eve ning. Lunch was served ut tho Nasli flrill, shortly after arrival, at whieh Judge Colvig, president of tho Com mercial club, presided. The thirteen commissioned officers present were: Major Martin, commanding efficer: Captains Offloy, Upton and Pierce; Surgeon and Lieutenants Sears, Un tie, Noland, Budd, Mitchell, Huberts, Spencer, YYhitloy and Campbell, J. B. Kuapp, assistant district forester of Portland, M, L, Eriokson, super visor of tho Crater national forest, IK BOOM MAY SPLIT Four Parties Hold Conventions in Missouri Tomorrow and Folk Boom for Presidency Is Principal Matter Before Democrats "Old Guard" Opposes Him. JKPFEU80N C1TV, Mo., 8opt. 12. Tho presidential boom of Joseph Wlngntn Folk, formor Rovornor of .MlHHOiirl and fuiuoiiH Kraft prosecutor of St. I-oulu. will bo tho cnuso of n npllt in tho domocrntlo platform com mittee, according to Missouri poll tlclniiR. Tho convuntlonH of tho dem ocrats, repuhlicnnB, prohibitionists and socialists, according to tho pro visions of tho primary Inw, will nil bo hold tomorrow. Tho Folk boom will ho tho princi pal matter boforo tho democrats. An effort will bo inndo to nccuro his en dorsement for tho presidential nomin ation, It Ih lonrned. Folk hlmsoir will not nttend tho mooting,' but his frlendH will bo thoro nnd will endeav or to force through n resolution en dorsing Folk for tho presidency. Tho "old guard" of tho democratic pnrty In thfl stnto oppose tho movomont. Some of tho loaders nro determined to fight it, oven on tho floor of tho convention, If necessary. It Is pre dicted that tho question niny causo n HOrlous spilt. Tho 'old guard" endeavored somo tlmo ngo to Induco Folk to accept tho support of tho state mnchliio for tho presidential nomination. In re turn thoy asked him to stay out of tho Bonntorlnl fight. Folk rofusod to nccopt tho terms nnd at n "harmony" banquet In Knnsns City tho rofusnl cniiHcd quite a ruction. E ON BUSINESS BASIS JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 12. -.John Nnrling, the veteran oornotist, has his mine on a business basis. Under the direction of YV. J. Butter ly of Philadelphia, an up-to-date stamp mill has been installed and a I'lii'cn ni' iiuii nr wnrkinir cottini out thu ore. For a tiino the forest fire which has been raging on Jackson ami Foiiisl ereidts threatened their now mill, but a couple of days1 hard work saved it. A company has been iii-L'iiniod to wnrk the iirunortv un der the imino of tho Southern Ore gon Mmititr & Millinir eompauv DEMOCRATS ENJOYED STAY HERE This (and Sam Swonuing, deputy super visor of the Crater forest, wore also present. After lunch tho officers wore takon in automobiles through the principal (imhnrds, stopping at John M. Hoot's handsome residence and Captain Gordon Yoorhios for additional re freshments. It was on tins ride that tho followers of Mars wore complete ly captivated by thu beauty and pro gresBivenoss of the valley which formed such a pleasing contrast with tho smoky, burning forests whoro thoy had been for more than two wooi'8. Thu soldiers enjoyed themselves imnioiiKoly while in Medford, us well as thu officers. The swim at thu Nutatorium was an unique experi ence for them affer a two weeks' so journ in tho mountains, where tho only water runs ice cold. The men splashed, swam, dove and yelled and (Continued on Page Eight.) Camera Proves Welcome of Colonel Roosevelt In West as Anticipated by Cartoonist Photos by American t n ..baucitiilou. Colonel Itoosovclt's Journey through fourteen states has furnished phoiographers and cartoonists with mauy in teresting subjects, uiid probably suvernl thousand pictures have been taken of the former president or places that he visits, hut none of them Is more Interesting thnn tho reproductions above. Some days before Mr. Koo'scvelt reached tho middle west Cartoonist MeCutchcon of the Chicago Tribune offered the subscribers of his paper a car toon depleting the anxiety of tho pooplo of lowa for tho coming of their distinguished visitor. The cartoon rep resented a, typical town of the Hawkeyo State with Its iwpulntlon nlwut tho railway depot watching, whllo on telegraph polo and from tho tops of freight cars other hundreds scanned the dlstaut horizon for a sight of he traveler's train. When tho sieclal train bearing the visitors arrived in ono of these towns r photographer of tho American Press Association with tho colone.'s party was one of the tlrst to alight for a snapshot of the crowd of welcome. Notice how like tho cartoon of Mct'utcheon nre the characters In tho real photograph, even to tho telo uritnli nolo nnd tho bos cars.' WE WON'T PLAY WITHYOU. NOW Such Seems to Bo Status of Split In Balllnner Investigation Com mittee Call for Mcctinn on Tues day Is Ignored. DODGE CITY, Kan., Sept. 12. Anv notion of tho pro-Bullingor members of tho Balliugor-Pinehot investigating eommittoo may talcu when they moot in Chicago will bo void, in tho opinion of Representa tive Madson, republican of Kansas, a-member of tho committee, who is at homo here today, following last week's meetings of thu committee in Minneapolis. "Tho Chicago meotijig will bo ir regular," Madison said, "Tho soc rutary of tho committee attetidod the Minneapolis mooting and kept full minutes. Wo adjourned after adopt ing n report. That is in the minutes ho kept. Although thu chairman of thu eommittoo ruled wo had no power to do anything elso, wo did have power to adjourn. Sinco adjourn ment has boon taken any action, in Chicago tomorrow will bo unparlia mentary as woll as unjust." Senator Nelson of Minnosotn, chairman of tho committee, called tho meeting scheduled for tomorrow in Chicago. His notion followed sovornl attempts to secure a quorum at the Minneapolis mooting last wool Kv ory anti-Ballingor meinbor of tho committee has announced his inten tion of ignoring tho call. L TOBEH Will Arrive the Latter PaVt of tho Week on His Way to Klamath Falls to Choose New Maneuver Grounds for Armv. Drlgadlor General Mans, command of the District of tho Columbia; Dr. K, A. J. MacKemslo nnd A. L. Mills, presidont of thu First National bank of Portland, will arrive in Medford tho lntter part of tho wcok by auto mobllo en routo to tho Klamath In dian reservation, which tho briga dier general la to inspect as a possi ble location for tho army's annual field mnhouvors. Whllo. In Medford tho party will ho tho guostB of tho Medford Commercial club. For n number of years American Lake, near Tacomn, has tjoen tho annual stamping ground for tho reg ulars and militia in thoir annual 21 days, of mock warfare. Tho Amorl can Lnko region, howovor, haa bo como too populous nnd a chnngo must soon bo mado. Tho Klamath reser vation has boon prominently men tioned ns a aultablo slto for the man euvers. Although Medford would not profit dlroctly by tho change of loca tion, as would Klamath Falls, squads of soldlors would probably march from hero over to tho scono of con Iflct, Tho otflcora of tho' First In fantry whon In Medford Sundny said that tho gonorous treatment accord ed them would ga long way towards GENERA MAS RESOON BITTER EIGHT IS ON IN MAINE Democratic Candidate for Governor Claims Election by Five Thousand Plurality Republican Is Optimis tic of Re-election, AUGUSTA, Mo.. Sept. 12. An enormous earlv vote was east at the general election in progress horo to day. Frederick Y. Plaisted, demo cratic candidate for governor, claims that tho early returns indicnto ho will bo elected by a plurality of 5000. Pert M. Femald, republican gover nor, who is fighting for re-election, is optimistic and chiims the state by a plurality of 11000. Ho was elect ed in 1008 by 7(15:1 plurality. Tho republicans are claiming tho four congressional districts. In tho first district, known as "Tom Heed's" district. Asher Hinds, parliamentarian of congress, is tho republican candidate. Tho cry of "Canitonisin" has been raised and a hard fight is being made against Hinds, T. R. Takes a Rest. OYSTKK PAY, N. Y., Sept. 12. Colonel Hoosovolt is recovering today from the fatiguo caused by his wos tern trip. ' itii ni"i"iit I i" I ii'4 imiim i ii i iiil'i'i in causing tho higher otflcialo to choose southern Oregon for tho maneuver grounds, VOTERS ARE VERY SLOW IN SIGNING List at Noon Today Had Grown to 3152. Which Is About 50 Per Cent ef the Vetinn Strength of the Ceunty Only Two Days Are Now Left. The vote nt the primaries on Sep tember 24 in this county will be the lightest cast at a county election in several years, if tho registration books nro a criterion. Desultory registering continued today, and with tho rolls closing Wednesday night, unless voters aro interested in the meantime, the list on record will be far below normal. On Saturday night only 2868 per sons bad registered. Today at noon the list had increased to 3152, which is about half of the voting strength of the county. The Medford list is .far below nor mal. Over 500 more should register in this city. Every citizen should enroll in time to vote at the primaries. That elec tion is just as important, in many instances, more so, than the final election. Register! Do it now! Barbed Wire Pioneer Dies. CHICAGO, Sept. 12. The death of Colonel Isaac L. Elwoodfl(77,m.ark the passing of one of tho pioneers of tho barbed wire fence business. Col onel Elwood died at his residence In Do Kalb. He made a fortune in barb ed wire manufacturing. Elwood was one of tho organizers of the United States Steel and Wire corporation. 400 STRIKERS ARE ONDER INDICTMENT GHEENSBURG, Pa., Sept. 12. The grand jury this afternoon re turned indictments against 400 strik ing miners on charges of rioting 'is tho result of recent disturbances growing out of tho coal miners' strike. Wholesnle arrests havo been ; mndo sineo tho indictments were rend in court. i Tho grand jury nlso recommended tho erection of a new workhouse to rolieve tho congestion of the loc.il jails which hnve been filled with strikers. TEDDY ASKED AS New York World Asks Colonel to tial Campaign Fund Which Was Used to Elect Him Want Light of Publicity Turned On. NEW YORK, Sopt. 12. Colonel Hoosovolt is called on by tho Now York World today to publish tho re ceipts of campaign contributions and tho expenditures of tho funds in tho presidential campaign of 1904. "If tho nntional government is to control any business carried on in tho various states, meaning all business; if the presidont of tho United States is to bo tho 'steward of public wel fare' in regulnting business, nnd if you mTu to Uo tho presidont, tho country lias a right to know how tho stewardship is to bo exorcised. It has no menus of judging thu futuro except by tho vmst," snys tho World. "Your 1004 campaign has novor been publicly accounted for oxcopt as fragmentary facts havo como to light through investigations. Othorwiso Chairman, Cortelyou novor publicly accounted for a penny of tho millions colleotod to oleot you. "You sealed his lips and kept thorn sealed for six yours. Wo know tho POEICE NAB MAN A T Ef Charles Daly, Alias Harry 0'IM, Bartender in Local Sateen, Ar rested by Chief Shearer en Charp ef Stealing $2100 in Washhtftea. Made by His Wife. Chief Shearer arrested Charms Daly, alias Harry O'Neal, in this city Sunday afternoon at the request. the sheriff of Chehalis couaty, Washington, received by mail earlc in the day. The charge against Dftly is grand larceny, made by his wife, with whom he has had trouble. Tlw sum alleged to have been stolen $2100. Daly has been in Medford several weeks, working as bartender in the Oaks and Office saloons. While is Medford the police hnve had ne trouble with Daly, and the arrested man has friends hero who believe that the charge is simply tho outcome of a family squabble and without foundation. Joohn Hcrrington, owner of the office cafe, says that ho has knows Daly for 20 years, both in Colored and in Baker City, whoro he tended bar in the Kciscr Grand hotel for a number of years. Chief Shearer has taken the ac cused man to the county jail ;t at Jacksonville nnd has telegraphed 'theT, , sheriff at Montesant. WaabXo'fahw apprehension. WWP8I FIGHTING OVER " CRIPPEN REWARD Courts May Be Called Upon to De cide Division of the Purse-Caa-tain and Mate at Outs Reqardins the Matter. LONDON, Sopt. 12. Tho British courts may be called upon to settle the claims of five porsons to the $1250 reward for tho arrest of Dr. II. n. Crippen, the American dentist, nnd Ethel Leneve, thu typist with whom ho fled to Canada. It became knowu that Detective Sergeant Barclay, who claims" la have put "the Scotland Yard dctec- tives on the right trail of the cou- ( Continued on Page 8. TO FUND OF '04 Publish All Contributions to Presiden -'. & insurance companies contributed $150,000; that tho Harriuum corrup tion fund contributed $260,000, Har riman personally supplying $60,000; tlmt thu Standard Oil company, the beof trust and others contributed. Wu know you afterward attacked the hoof trust, but did not "porsonaliy proceed against its officers, ul-V though tho Shormau nnti-trust luw is a "criminal statute'. Wo know;f you aftorward publicly attacked tho. Standard Oil .company, but did notp proceed uguinsl tho officors person-- ally." v Tho World reviows other failure of Hoosovelt's administration to prosecute trust officials. Conclud ing, it says: "Does tho now nationalism meas! tho kind of imblieity given iu 100 IT Before thu now nationalism proceeds titK (ik lit i.e. i.iiTn r.lil!f.ll r it il.n old nationalism, the nationalism . 1004." I ,1 h t