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MMMp '" i ii'i iiiiiei&em HlitorlQftl"f ' V refln rftrA ffliHiU u u. 1 Clip the Big Special Coupon in the Mail Tribune Tonight and Give it to Your Favorite Candidate. See Page Four; $.' ' . t Medford Mail Tribune unitk!) vnum ahbooiathhi Full Tinned WJrtf Itepee, Toiitr.ht nnd tomonow Fair mid cooler. ' ; a Tho only pnpor In the wert publlBhoa In ft city the (te t Medford having, a lMieaV wfr. ?.. 3OTTH YEiU. . MEDFORD, OKEGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1910. No. 165. ., rt m IHW4-BfWHpyHM ij NEW YORK DEMOCRATS CROWDED; POLITICIANS IN SESSION CONFIDENT OF VICTORY Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall Dominates Convention But States That He Has N' Candidate to Put Forward Shepard uf Brooklyn Is Leading Candidate. UOCIIIiBTISK, N. Y Sopt. 20. Although tho democratic stato con vention opened nt noon today, It la tho Konornl opinion horo that tho Into wilt ho mndo up tonight. Lender ChnrlcH K. Murphy of Tammany Halt, who dominates tho convention, de clared thlH afternoon that ho linn no candidate to put forward. Tho old Nlognn of "Ilnrmon, 1 learnt nml Harmony" will ho rovlned for tho prcHcnt occasion. Tho Harmon por tion will not bo touched upon, whllo tho Hearxt ond of tho triad In expect ed to bo ducldodly lacking. Tho liar atny In promhtod, but n considerable flRht In predicted over tho Roloctlon of n gubernatorial candidate to "buck tho Htlmtion-Hoonevolt lino." Hlieinnl for Fuvrrnor. Kdwln M. 8hopnrd of Drooklyn ap parently In tho loading candldato for governor, but tho fact that ho for , morly won a corporation ntlornoy In bolng urKod against him. Tho no comity of delecting a strong man to fight Htlnuon la roftllied by the lead ers and UoodovoU's assumption of tho '"republican party leadership "In tho etato ha lmprosod tho domocrnta. Tho chlof features of tho party platform, It In expected, will ho an attack on republican extravagance, and an nosautt ppon tho Payno tariff law. Tho direct primary plank pos sibly will bo Ignored by tho dolo gaton. Murphy Mnn. r Whoever mny bo cIiohou will bo a Murphy mnn, an tho Tammany chief, through IiIh alllnnco with tho Kings county delegation, control" n major ity of tho dolosstcH. Tho lenders ox pert a big fight with Itootuivolt oppos ing thorn, and tho strongont mnn thoy rnn Hocuro will bo put up to run agnlnst StlmBon, (Continued on Page 5.) MIL f 08 BIDS ON WATERSYSTEM Jacksonville Council Asks Tenders for Construction of $30,(XW Sys tem Which Will Furnish Splendid Water to City. In thu mooting of thu council of JiKikHunvillo bint night it wan voted that bidH for the contract to build tile city' water HyHlem should bo opened on tiio 10th of October, Liuit' Hpriug thu city voted .$110,000 worth of IioikIh to be used for tho coiiHtrue Hon of n watoiHyHtom for tho city. It Jh thought by hoiiio of tho council men that tiio Hum voted will be iiiHiif fioiout to comploto tho proponed water. Tho plan is to bring tho water in to tho town from two miles up JaokHon crook, OLD BILL LANG AGAIN COMES INTO LIMELIGHT CHICAGO, Sopt. 2. Although it 1b many a year Hineo Chicago fans Haw big Dill Lnng cavorting in tiio coaler gardon, thoy havo not forgot ten tho former ntar, nnd today nro preparing a rocoption for him when he comoH from San FrauoiHoo to hoo tho world's Borioa contostfi. , Tho old Chlcngo plnyor will he given a dinner nt whioli many of hits former tonmmatoH and their adiuir ors Vill bo proHont. AraugoinontH nro boing mndo to present Lang witli nu nutpmobilo on Ootoljor 8, ROOSEVELT BAND WAGON Complete Reorganization of Party in Empire State Is Predicted Old Leaders Are to Be Dropped and Party Management Given to New Men Teddy's Personality Is Expected to Carry G. 0. P. to Victory at Polls Will Stumo Every State and Endeavor by Personal Appeal to Voters to Carry His Point. SARATOGA, N. V., Sept. 'JO: -Tho RooBoboll bund wngon Ih crowded. Politician! who mo Htill in Saratoga nro clambering nhoard today and nro ready to net in lino for tho ticket Heleclcd liy the convention at itw clos ing session. Although Hie delegates who arc Mill hero nro exhausted Jy tho Inlior of the convention mid tho strain and oxeilemeut of the juiHt two days. Colonel Roosevelt, with hih untiring energy has nlrendy begun plain for (ho campaign. A complete roorgii niuitiuu of thu party in the Htato h predicted. The old Icailurt will he dropped from places of rstpnimibil ity and (lie parly management, nut into new hands. Tho politicians nro confident of victory "t tho coming election. Gy nor's annouiiced withdraw nl from tho demoenttio nomination of tho governorship is one fact that U ex pected to help. HoohovoII'h own pernonnlitv, how ever, in the chief cuuho of thu con fidence. It is expected tlmt ho will ho nhlo to exert a powerful infiilmiiti in tho nlntb nnd that His whirlwind plan lie in planning and ia which he will visit ovory county in the stnto will ho a large fnotor in tho result. Roosevelt's followers heliev the colonel was wise in his fight. Fren: n iwlitienl standpoint, if tho republi cans win in November. 1m wi'l got HEARST SAYS THAT GAYNOR'S REFUSAL IS NOT SINCERE PAWS, Sopt. 20. William It. Hearst, In an Intorvlow glvon tho United Press today, nssortod that ho know posUlvoly that Charles W. Mur phy, leader of Tammany Hall, had arranged to nominate William J. Qay nor for governor or Now York nt tho domocrntlo stnto convention, which moota In Rochester today, and thnt Mayor Gaynor would uccopt tho nom ination. . "I did not fool niiro that Mayor Gaynor wou'd accept tho nomina tion,' said lloarst, "until ho said ho would not nccopt. I know positively now that Gaynor has a peculiar com bination, which Is simple whon you know It, You noed only to bank upon his doing that which ho says ho pos itively will not do." Hearst said that Gaynor had tried ENDORSE FEDERAL CONTROL WATER Committee Takes Action Fight Over Matter is Expected on Floor of . Irrigation Congress1 John Barret Tells of Irrigation In Re publics to tho Eouthward. PUEBLO, Col., Sept. 'JO. Tho fed oral control of interstate wutorn wiih overwhelmingly omlormul today by 'tho commiteto on rosolutionn of tho National Irrigation CongroHH, in sua sion horo. A minority of tho com mittee will proHont a report favoring statu control, and although a fight in predicted on thu floor of tho con gress over tiio (piostion, it is prob ablo that federal control will bu en dorsed by a groat maority of tho inombors. Tho morning session wan opened by John Uavrott, dirootor of tho Huroau of Amorioait Ropublics, in an address on "Irigution and Con sqrvatiou in Our Sister Republics.", the credit, for tho victory, it w pre dicted. If they Ioho, the dcCou will he blamed on a "deinoorutij jear. ' It Ih iiHKerted today by lliohc elocc to the ItooHoveU leaden that Her bert PnrsoiiK it tho colonel's choice and will bu chosen stnto chainnaii to succeed Timothy L. Woodruff Expressions of tho lendors of tho republican party In Now York on tho rcmiltK of tho Saratoga conventien: Colonel Theodoro Uoesovelt: "Wo have a sotnd, progressive platform, have nomlnnted n Reed ticket, and I think wo will win." Governor Huches: "I am greatly I pleased with the action of tho con tention nnd with tho platform." William names, Jr.: "Tho ticket has been nominated and I am for tho ticket. That Ib party government. I Hliall support tho nominees of tho convention, nnd I hopo for tho best. I expect tint harmony will provall in tho party." James Wadswerth: "I shall not bo a candidate for ro-elcctlou as speak er of tho lowor house of tho next leg islature I shall Hot be a candidate for any office. I Hhall continue to tako an active interest In tho wolfaro of tho party." Lloyd C. GrlBceru: "Thero will bo comploto harmony in tho campaign. Wo will havo tho united support of every olemcnt of tho republican par ly at tho polls." to get tho support of tho Independ ence league, nnd centinued: "Wo gavo Gaynor honest nsHOclatcs and ho really ought to bo grateful. His associates mndo an honest ad ministration, but Gnynor gots tho credit, Gaynor, however, did not seem to want honest associates; ho ly declared that ho would not nccopt offlco unloss thoy woro oloctod. A bettor now and thoroughly distrust him. Ho Is a shrewd political trlck stor, 1,I would support Gaynor now If I bollovod in him, but I boo through his political mnnouvors and feel It would bo n fraud If I protended not to 800 It, I should feol that I had betrayed my friends If I lod them to support a mnn whom I know to bo a trlckstor and trading politician." IlopruHontutivoH of Australia, Ger many and Uussia followed Harnett. This afternoon Gifford Pinchot lyid Francis J. Heuoy wero among tlioso scheduled to addross thu delegates. Tho election of officers of tho con grosB will tuko p'luoo tomorrow. The Colorado delegation, which hat led tho fight for state conserva tion, charges tlmt tho govommont re clamation nnd forest services "paoked" th oongross to prevent Colorado from prosontiug the stno'u rights policy. Thoy .assort that only one Colorado roprosontutivo was nl lowod on tho program for today and tomorow, 125 BOXES PEARS FDR NOTABLES Senator Bourne Fftllowf Plan of Former Years ami WMI Distribute it Rogue River Comle Among Sen ators and Diplematki Corps in Washington. ? kM i. Following the .course he has pur cd for tho pnst tlirce,jearsfJonn- sucd than Hoiirnc, Jr., Bcnntor from Ore gon, has again ordered Cornice pears from the Rogue River valley for dis tribution among tho senators and diplomatic corps in Washington, D. C. Senntor. Ronnie Iins doubled hirt order this year, rcqilcsting C. E. Whistler, manager of the' Bear Creek orchards, to forward him 125 boxes of his choicest fruit, where as lest year bo ordered but CO boxes. The senator has followed this course for some timo and has greatly advertised the valley by so distribut ing the fruit, which holds nil records for prices paid for fancy pears. PUBLIC LIBRARY MAKING GROWTH School Children Are Being Fur nished Many Books Along the Line of their Study Many Working Men Are Sunday Patrons. The library, from a smull begin ning, has dovcWpcd into one of Med ford's important educational insti tutions. Not only have the school children became constant patrons nnd are furnished books along tho line of their studies, but the general miblic are besieging our limited quarters until it has becomo evident that a suitable reading room must be furnished. There nre many working men in the town nnd vicinity who nro con stant Sunday patrons to the reading room. This demand should bu met both from nu education and 'moral standpoint. Tho library cominitteo is giving nn entertainment tomorrow averring for tho purposo of fitting up just such rooms. Tho entertainment in itsolf is well worth the admission asked and when wo tako into account the purposo for which this monoy is to be spent wo feel that every citizen should purchase a ticket to help this good cnuso along. BOTH PARTIES NAME CALKINS With Full Returns jn, Frank M. Calkins is Given Democratic Nom ination for Judge as Wellas That of Republicans at Primaries. Frank M. Calkins, udgo of tho circuit court, has a suffioionoy uf nominations this year for circuit; judge. Ho was namod by both tho democrats and republicans. Although Harry D, Norton of Grants Pass was supposed to havo been namod by the democrats, comploto returns givo Mr. Calkins n lend of-two votos oTvorSlr, Norton, v No campaign was mndo by Mr. Norton and it is not believed that lie will run on nn independent ticket, although ho has until Ootobor 15 in which to decido on a eourso of action. J 8 I s "WM FINANCE" CHAR6ED iCONTROLBY t IN OMP I IN SUIT FOR Jameg H. McNicholas Said to Have Sold Several Hnudred Thousand Dollars' Worth of Mining Stock and Never Turned Proceeds Over to Company Browning Sues to Foreclose on Property of the Old Channel Mining Company, Located in the Galice Creek Mining District. If tho .allegations set forth -In two complaints on flic in tho 'circuit court are proven, another deal in high fl nanco rivaling that of tho Anient case las been unearthed In connection with a mining deal in southern Ore con. Two caserf nro pending, ono for an accounting against James H. Mc Nicholas, who Is said to havo obtain ed several hundred thousand dollars and never turned It over to tho com pany, and tho other against McNich olas and his company for foreclosure on nn $85,000 mortgage. According to the statements set forth In the two complaints it seems that lrst year tho Old Channel Min ing company, owned and controlled by Thomas W. Browning, w:.s sold to James H McNicholas for 1110,000. Of this amount $25,000 in cash was paid and notes given, for tho balance. As soon as McNicholas secured the contract giving him provisional own ership of the property, which 1b Ik tho Gallco district In Josephine county, ho organized tho Old Channel Hy draulic Mines coinpany under tho laws of Arizona, capitalized at $5, 000,000. Tho first suit against Mr. McNich olas was filed in August by stock holders ia his company. They de manded an accounting, saying that ho had sold several hundred thousand dollars' worth of stock, tho exact L ARREST R HOUSE RAIDED BY POLICE NEW YORK, Sept. 29. The bro kerage firm of 13. II. Shcftels com pany, ono of the largest curb bro kerage houses in the couutiy, was raided by tho police this afternoon. Shcftels and n hnlf dozen of Iris clerks were arrested. It was report jd that postoffice authorities inspired tho raid. George A. Rice, n leading spirit in tho operations of the Shcftels com pany, was also arestcd. All the pris oners wero charged with violation of tho buckot shop laws. Tho cuib market learned this morning that thero would bo ''some -tiring doing" nnd excitement pro ail ed, which culminated in the falling of prices of the securities dealt in by tho Sholtels coinpanyq. While the crowd was raging about tr OR Newspapers Call on Authorities to Use the "Blood and Iron" Treatment for Purposo of Preventing Further Outbreaks by the Strikers Seven Hundred Inured in Riot. ' llKKLlN, Sept. 2. Tho nowspa pors of Berlin, pnrticulnrly those of tho Mnobit section, which ha.s been racked with strikes und riots todny, called upon tho authorities to usu (ho "blood and iron" treatment for the purposo of preventing further out breaks, Tho rioting last night rns IJio worst in many yours and i, i- feared that tho disorders may surpass the socialist disturbances of southern Germany, in whioh many portion's woro killed. Tho police estimated 'today that 700 persons woro injured. Many of tho wounded ' hospitnls here FORECLOSURE amount being unknown to them, and that he had not turned any of It over to tho company. This suit is sill pend ing, but tho court appointed a tempo rary receiver to tage charge t af fairs. Now Mr. Browning has brought suit against tse company to foreclose tho mortgage for $85,000 given by McNicholas on tho property. Astho new receiver, L. C. Hndson, was con templating tho removal of a sawmill on tho property and mining equip ment, Mr. Browning, through hli at torney, A. E. Rcamefl, has secured a temporary restraining order until the i foreclosure suit can bo near a. ONE MORE AVIATOR IIS INJURED BY FALL SANTA ANA. Cnl., Sept. 29. Charles Hillman, a Los Angeles avi ator, is suffering today from injur ies he received when the Curtiss bi plane lie. was demonstrating twith crumpled and dashed to the earth from u height of 100 feet. The fclnntinjr descent of the, piano probably saved Hillman's life. Ho was severely bruised and made un conscious, but ihe physicians who examined him state that no bones were broken. If yoa have business ability, show Its quality in the way you advertise E tho brokerage offices, n police patrol dashed up. Thu police seized tho brokers nnd n postoffice inspector took chnrge of tho company's books and papers. Federnl Attorney Wise said that seven persons were arrested nt the offices and the police aro seeking two othor men. It was learned that the department of justice hnd ordered tho raids and that tho alleged evidence hnd been secured to support charges of illegal dealings in mining stocks. Tho curb mnrket became wiidor after the soizuro nnd prices tobog ganed. The complaints alleged that prior to .June, 1910, tho firm conspire,- to defraud by use of tho . S. mails und telegraph wires, Will A. Slack and others. in n precarious condition. Tho in ujred include police, strikers and sympathizers. Four American news paper correspondents received slight cuts and severe bruises from sabres in tho hands of tho mounted police Echoing Polico Commissioner -In-gow'i order to suppress the disturb uncus without mercy, ono nowspaper says : "The sabres having proved innda quato, lot us have tho bullet." It is believed that this pnpor takes its cue from tho commissioner, who is quoted as saying that tho polico would shoot to kill if rioting is ro- J sumed tonight. R A GERMAN STRIKERS STATES IS F Committee en Rettfuttons ef lean Mining Cenfrets Declare It Faver ef State Central sf Htfaraf Resources ami Sutervisftn sf Cfl servatlen. LOS ANGELES, Cal Sept." 29. The committee on resolutions of tks American Mining congress returned & report today declaring in'favor of slate contro I of natural 'resources and state supervision of conserva tion. The report was presented just be fore the congress adjourned for Um noon recess and was laid on tlw table for later discussion, It is believed that tho issue of fed eral or stnto control will be fought out on the floor of the convention, nnd it may be several days' Before final action upon the subject is till. According to members of the com mittee, it is not probable that a minority report will be submitted. The report declares approval of conservation as an institution, but, hi a following paragraph, condemns "any system of conservation whkfc would make mineowners and other citizens concerned in the developstcat of resources pay tribate to' the ac tional government." Regarding stale control and super vision of conservation, the refit. recommends and-aaVecates "in the very largest measure" any plan pro viding stnto control comnptibje with the present federal statutes. Regarding the use of water on pub-, lie lands, tho report recommended thnt laws be enacted definitely de fining the rights of citizens to util ize streams for power purnoses and providng for consurrronl contol ef power sites, so long as the uses were benoficinl. It recommended that water powor sites upon tho public domain be controlled by the stales in which they lie. SOIL EXPERT TO VISIT L1REG0N Has Been Commissioned by Hill In terests' to Tour Interior Ore and Speak to Residents of Thai Section on Dry Farming. jt PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 29. Dry farming in Oregon will receive boost from the visit uoxt month of Prof. Thomas Ehuw, soil axpert of Montana ond North Dakota, who has been commissioned by the Hill inter ests to tour interior Oregon and speak to people of that region at tho pjrincipnl towns. Tho tour will begin at Ontario about October 8. ' ' Professor Shaw is nn export' In agricultural mattors and he says the conservation of moisture in tho soil is tho greatest of all conservation problems, nnd that its solution will menu tho agricultural salvation of tho country. An instance of the val cq of drv fanning methods is shown in Montana nnd Dakota this season, where vast areas yioldod from one hnlf to two-thirds of a crop with only nn averago railfall of five inches. The normal rainfall is abeut: the samo as in many parts of interior Oregon, 15 inches, and, without the dlry fanning methods, the semi-aria1 regions of Montana and' North Da kota would havo recorded a complete failure of crops. ' . Olive Oil Burns. - LOS ANGELES, Cal Sept. 20.-, Tho plant of tho American Olive 'OS company,, quo of the lament olive ennpnries. in the vyorld,v was barne! to tho ground by a fire of ualatee origin shortly after midnight. The loss is estimated at $450,Q06,--m AVORED f K S .'J if , .'! -m Vi ' V . ia ' S AS , '4 t $ . . 4 . .4 , t v a! "V' v i ? ri ..i : fir. Oil "V " -' "t t