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AVIIATIUCH Fair tonight.
The Messag of the riftzs.
Wliltr Knlr wrutlifr.
Rlue Ittiln or snow.
Wlilln ami nlun. T.n1 mnntrm
Black trlanculnr Above wfcllc.'&f"'
nuiniiT. bciuw white, comer.
While with hlnck center Cold
Medford Mail Tribune
Fall Jasel Wire Report.
The only paper la the werM
publlaboa In & city the tin f
Mod ford having a leatd wlrs.
potti year.
2:
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1910.
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No. 202.
WARREN BODGE IS DEAD AS RESULT
0
ON BRAIN
. KILLS
1.
sje
CLOT INTERSTATE RATE
HEARING IS UNDER
WAY IN THIS CITY
At First Was Believed That He Was
Not Seriously InjuredBut Was.
Was Hurled to Ground When
Chemical Wayon Struck Telegraph
Polo Saturday Evening.
Warren Budge died tbia uftor
110011 nt shortly after - o'clock.
Al' hopo for tlio recovery of War
ion Hodge, who was Injured Saturday
evening, when chemical No. 1 of tlio
local fire department plunged Into
a telegraph pole at tho corner of
Main and Ktont streets, wuh nban-
doiied today. Tho young man lies
unronHrlotiR at his homo in this city
and Is mild to ho gradually sinking,
He him been uncoiiBcioiiH for 18 hours,
Tho oarllor reports ot tho accident
contained no mention of Mr. Hodgo
being Injured, owing to tho fact that,
while ho was Ktunncd, ho apparently
locovorod tnpldly. Ho waB carried
to the Nash hotel Immediately after
tlio acrliiunt, whore ho soon regain
ed lila Ktrougth, Joked with' friends
and lert to find his hat, romnrklng
that ho wan only Jolted u hit! After
finding his hat ho walked over to tho
tailor shop of hln father-in-law. W,
W. KirfJrff wlioro ho nlood and chat
ted somo moments, telling of tho ac
cident Ho thon, ncrompanled hy Mrs
Hodge, started to walk homo.
About a Monk this Bide of his home
the young man complnlncd of nllnd
neHB. He wiib assisted homo tho re
maining block by Mrs. Hodge. A
I1ihIcIuii wiib summoned, as ho grow
lapldly worse..
Jt was found upon examination
that Mr. Hodgo had suffered n blow
at the Initio of tho lira In. A clot of
blood formed against the biain and
this Is responsible for his iinrnu
hcIoiisiiohs and serious condition.
It Is Impoislbln to opurnto upon
the wound, nnd It Is bellovod that he
uinnot rocovor. '
Mr. Hoilgo Is Very well known In
this city, Mrs. Hodgo being tlio
daughter of V. Klfert. president
ef the city council. Tho young couple
formerly resided In Robeburg, coming
hoie to reside about a year ngo, slilco
uhlan time Mr. Hmlgu has been ns
hoelnted with Mr. lOifcrt lu tho tai
loring business.
Further light upon Snturdnj
night's accident to tho chemical wag
on cannot be had. It Is thought that
,i ioIii was snapped to tho halter In
stead of brldlo on one of tho horses
lu the rush that preceded tho response
to tho riro alarm. When the time
came to turn tho corner tho team
(ciuld not bo fully controlled ts
RAIN STEADILY
FALLS IN FRANCE
Rendition of Last Year's Floods Is
Feared Poor in Eastern Suburbs
Flee From Their Homes Fears for
Safety of Pcoplo Increase.
PARIS, '" II. -Ruin wliii'li mii
in lat night contiunm tit full today
.iikI four fr Ik eiifoto oJ" ''"' '"
ImUilMflU id ullasi rtluiitr I lie Seliw
a to iuaiWMil. Alroudy tlio water in
die nut ka raaalntd high wtr
i-.ark .md iMiltst the ilownMiurte0Hi.e
mmiu it uill lie orur tlio lnniko.- in a
ihiieii l.n-'.
TV i""i" n tUr eastern hiibnihs of
ran., wli" wfferd sTaatly in It
vnr'. (I...hU. are liwiti"' to tie
from what they believe will bo n rep-,
. J .,.. l .. ... lit
ilitiuii ! 141 January a ovvrnuw, n
i fanrutl that a number of faolri
will bo ffld down, throwing ihou
s.imU out -f eHiplovnienl.
That the Southern Pacific railroad
has u cuusldnrably higher range of
rates hi Oregon than lu California,
whllo the percentage of cost of oper
ation to earnings In. Oregon Is less
than on tho entire system, and tho
porrentngo of profit greater: that
Mod ford Jobbors can ship by wagon
throughout the valloy ehonpor than
by rail and that bettor railroad
grndes existed oit of Medford to Its
distributing territory ' than existed
'roin, Sacramento Into the samo torri
ory, were somo of the factH brought
out at tho heating of tho case of tho
Medford Traffic bureau against thn
Southern Pacific to secure distribut
ing rates Into Cnllfornln.'boforo Spo
Inl Kxnmlncr Pugh of the Interstato
ommorco committee In the Conimcr--Inl
club rooms Monday. Tho fact
hat .Medford jobbers hnvo to pay
u ore than Jobbers In similar territory
alsowhero was nlso brought out.
Tho Southern Pnclflc was repre
sented by Attorney "W. D. Kenton,
district Freight Agent LouiiBborry,
mil other offlclnls, the Medford Traf
'ic bureau by Its rate export, Attor
icy Frank M, McCuno of Spoknno,
President H. C. Cornell, Secretary B.
A. Welch and other members.
Very completo data was filed by
Attorney McCuno, givlngtho cost ot
Vi'iorntlng ntllroads, the comparative
barges In slmllnr territory olscwhoro
mil Irref.itablo facts nnd figures
diowlng the railroad disci Iminatlon
igalnst this city-as a Jobbing center,
compared with Portland, ileattle,
Spokane mid other cities. It was
shown Hint 'a threo-tnilo haul Just
over tho California sldo of tho boun
dary cost five cents, whllo a' two
mllo haul thin sldo cost 14 cents.
A. 13. Welch of tho MeJford Gro
cery company testified that In selling
groceries nt Horubrook, in competi
tion with San Frauclsco houses, the
margin lu favor of tho latter duo to
freight rates was 3 rents, while in
order to soil at Dunsmulr ho bad to
meet a M-cont margin; thaIs, tho
San Francisco Jobber could lay goods
Mn thesa towns that much cheaper
than ho could from Medford. Mr,
Welch nlso stated thut ho shipped by
team to Ashland for 12 cents ns
ngalust 1ft cents by railroad, plus
rurtago at both ends, making u21l
cent rate.
Mr. Ciiiiiett stated that ho also
sent hnrdwaro by team ns it was
cheaper than by freight, and Btnted
that he could not continue In whole
sale business or Invado othor terrl-1
tory unless tho asked reductions woro
granted.
Dr. J. F. Iteddy testified regard
ing mining operations and stntcd that
for lack of favorable rates and rail
road facilities, it was Impossible to
dovolop thu mining industry, G. Put
natii testified regarding tho growth
and development of Medford and Its
territory.
The case will bo concluded this afternoon
PROGRESS IS
ACCIDENT SATURDAY
E
RAPID ON
ROAD
PLAYER IS DEAD:
MURDER CHARGE
FOLLOWS GAME
Ball Player Killed and lllylit End of
Opposing Team Held Responsible
Says He Will Face Charge, as
He Has Commf'tcd no Crime.
CANTON, O . Nov. 1 1.- Thomas
McCoy, right end of I ho Ilethany
ollogo football team, clinrged with
i ho minder or itudolph Munk, right
halfback of tho University of West
Virginia ttxtm, was located horo to
day.
"I am going bi'ck to Ilethany to
aco tho charge," said McCoy this
noinlng. ( have nothing to con
ical and havo coininlttud to crime."
Munk waB in knit fiom the fluid
luring Saturday's game butwoen
Ic'hnii and Wont Virginia nftur ho
ad been Injured In a scrimmage. He
lied four hours later as the result or
blood dot on his brain, caused, tlio
.iiitopsj surgeon said, by a blow on
he head
ALDRICH MAY
AGAIN RETURN
TO 0. S. SENATE
Reported That He Will Reconsider
Announcement That He Would Not
Atjain Be Candidate If He Does
Not Legislature May Lock.
. nolir.uril on laj;e 8 1
PHOVIDKNCi;, It. I., Nov. It.
That Sonator NuUou W. Aldilch may
roLonsldor his piovlous iiunoiiiico
itM'iit thut ho would not bo u candi
date for ro-oluctlon to tho Unltod
States somite became known today,
when It was predicted that unleH.tl
A Id rich should enter the rare the
Hhodo, Islaiid legislature would dead
lock over tho choice of his successor.
Circuit Judge Lohaiicr Colo recent
ly aiinouuced his candidacy as tho
roprosuiilatlvo of the young repub
licans, or "liiMiigout" wing of the
parti' In Jthode Island. Provided Aid
rich does not onto'r tho contest. Colo
stands a fralr (banco of winning, al
though many predict that the legisla
ture would be iimthlo to reach an
agreement on the senatorshlp.
MUZZLING PRESS IN THE ORIENT
leiPi
Newspapers Objecting to Draft of Press Law WhlcfProvidcs That Noth
ing Unfarovahlc of a Man Even If It Is True Would be Step
Backward for the Celestial Empire. "
TOKIO. Nov. II Chlnoau nowa
pnpora continue to objgot to the ro
cunt draft of a proas law submitted
to tho ionatu at Puking, providing
that no newsimpor may publish any
thing Injurious to tho reputation of
an individual, whether tho fact be
true or untrue.
The enuctinunt of buati a law would
put an end to journallttie1 criticism
in China and tho newspapers of tho
capital and th spfipnrts are vlgnr-
oiikly vPIMWJug It. Tliir Hllogo It J
dlrottly opposd to thu odlct Iwiuod
by thu luto otnporor. who nssurmi
bin subjoins that all administrative
affairs wpuld bo conduclod lu ac
cord with popular 'sentiment,
It U polntod out that the itassago
of such u law will do more than any
one other thing In blocking the prog
ress which China has boon making
toward enlightenment lately
Contractor Making Dirt Fly Now
That He Has Untlcrtakkn It In
Earnest Pumice Hill Will Bo a
Thing of Past When Travel to Lake
Is Again Resumed.
Much progiuM ih being made li.v
Contractor Nnlwielj on the noi'tinn of
the Critfcr Luke boulevard which will
do nwny willi the vornl M'clion !
the roiui lo tlio lake, ncooidilig to re
ports received in thin city. Tlio con
tractor now linn 75 men uud ninny
teams ut wink iiml Iho dirt is liujng
moved rapidly.
Tlie right of way bus been cnlircly
elcnrod nnd much of (lie road wiik
is under way. By tliu lime I ravel lo
the Inko is icsunied next venr the
pumice hill will bo u tliinir ot tlic
past.
The I'oKistry ol'llcinlx me iiImi
making much progress on the road
in the national I'orcht, Vtlicic .'()l)ll
is being expended.
REWARD OFFERED
" FOR FIRE IUGS
M. L. Erickson in Receipt of Infor
mation That Hereafter Department
of Agriculture Will Pay Reward
For Men Setting Fires In Forests.
National Apple Show Opens
J v!
Will Crown Queen Tonight
Tho local forestry officials have
been notified that heieaftor the do
paitmeut of agriculture will pay a
rewind for tlio apprehension of fire
bugs operating lu tho national for
ests. SunervlRor M. I-. lOrlckson id
In receipt of the following uottco of
reward:
Horeafter, during Hie fiscal year
uniting Juno 110, 1!U1, unless other
wise ordoied, and thereafter, pro
vided congietui shall mnko tho lien
essary appropriation or authorize tho
payment thoieof, the ilepaitiiiout or
agriculture will pay the following to
wn ids:
First Not exceeding 1250 mid not
loss than $r0 for liifoimatlon loading
to tho arrest and (onWctlpn of any
poison in any I'nltod Slates court on
ithe charge of wllfulh and maliclous
lysottlng oiPrirMr iuuLvg.to bo set
on flro nny timber, unftirbrush or
grass upon tlio lauds ofwho United
States within a national forest.
Second -Not exceeding $100 ami
not loss than $2!i r'i Information
leading to the arrest and (uinviotlon
of any person In any I'nltud Stales
court on tho churn (r building a
flro on lauds of tho t'nllod State
within a national forot In or near
any forest tlmlwir or other influni
inable material, and leaving wild fire
before the snino has been totally ex
tinguished. Those rewards will lo paid to I lie
person or orsons llng tho Infor
mation leading to muh nrrosUi and
convictions upon presentation to tho
department of ngilcultiiro of satis
factory dimuiiiBUtary evidonc then
of. Mibjuet lo the tiecfHsary nppriiprl-
(ConttniKxl en Phko 8-)
IH4H 4 f HU44
4 4
ART EXHIBIT
4 IS POSTPONED
4- . 4
The art i-xIiujU Ii Uki lailii
of the (Jratr JlcdforiJ oluli lia
bu tiM.ncd until S'nvml)r
17. IH mid 'J2U. Thf wliUjit will
" bo Mil nt tb KiiinUuIiiui and r
" will also be open en tilts evening
of tho 18th.
4- 4-
444 44 4 4 4-44 444-44
INFURIATED
IV!
WOLD
LYNCH FIEND
. .I..I.H.M
Negro Charged With Murder of Nlnc-Ycar-Old
Girl Is Heavily Guarded
Girl's Father Kept From Courtroom.
ASHtmV PARK'. N. .., Nov. II.
riireatenlng mobs, clamoring for tho
life of Thomas Williams, a negro
clinrged with tho murder nnd mutil
ation of tho body of Ilttlo Mario
Smith, aged II, today prevented tho
preliminary hearing of tho nccusod
man and insulted lu taking extraor
dinary precautions to provent a lynch
ing. Williams, under n triple guard,
s hold at tho Asbury Jail. Outside
the Jul! walls crowds of men, openly
talking of "nuoktlo pnrtlos," "hang
bees" nnd "stako roasts," havo kept
tho negro'H Jailors on edge nil day.
Tho entire police force has boon
on duty since early today, but In
splto of iougli handling, tho crowds
refuse to diiporso.
Wllllmns' preliminary hearing was
to hnvo taken place this morning,
and court had convened. Owing to
tho tin untuning mood of tho people It
was dimmed Inadvisable to take tho
negro out or tin jail. Tho aotirtronm
unit guarded to provent vlolouca dur
ing tho arraignment.
AKIIIItlKY PARK, X. .1.. Kv. 11.
IJetml.v gtiiudci! I pre von I rt
iMiclung, TIhuiiu William, nlf
"Hluek DiutiKiiiil," n negro, win ur
rexled and iiihiuiic(I in policu eolirt
iii-re today mi t lu cjihi'ki' of inurilor
iii' ji til iiialtii'.ilnig Mimic Smith. D-
. .r..,l,l ilmi'-llll-l il' I'cll'l Siuilli
li imiii U il on l'HKl M l
36 DISTRICTS
REPRESENTED
SPOKANE SHOW
Opening Heralded hy Blowing of Fac
tory Whlstlcs-Flrst "Llvo Wire'
Convention Meets 2,000,000 Ap
ples Displayed.
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SPOKANIO, Wash., Nov. 1 1.
Unique lu plan, biond lu purposo mid
educational In icsult Is tho third Na
tional Applo Show, which wuh for
mally opened at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Practically every cotumorclnl or
chard district In Washington, Ore
gon, Idaho, Montana and thu piov
Inco of llrltlhh Columbia Is represent
ed In the niimorous competitions for
prizes and pnimiuuiu ot $20,000, and
In addition tlioro mo displays from
Cnllfnriila nnd other states,
Tho slgniil to "open tho gates" was
heralded by tho blowing of factory
and locomotive whistles mid the
ringing of bolls In nil parts ot tho
city. Thon the first "J.lvo Wlro"
convention in thfwiorthwost wass call
ed to order. More than ISC conimor
ulal nrgaiiliiitlous woro ruprosontod
by one or more dologates. K, F.
Onrtlur Van Dlasol presldod.
lylegiiteM First.
Tho dolegntoA wore tho first to
view the dliplnys, 'composed of 110
curs of apples, Including 19 straight
(ins, entered In compatlMou lu their
cluasus and eligible in tho sweepstake
contest for tho chief prize ot $1000
mid tho world's chaiuplonshlp. There
me :ifi district dlsplaH, lopieseutltig
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana,
California mid Hrltisli Columbia,
uioie than 300 entries lu tho box
cdiiIi'hU and about 'looo en' lies on
(('ontlmifil on I'ib" !
MAC N
UN
UN MOBS
Trouble Begins When Estrada Net) lects to Institute Promised Reforms
Mass Meeting Called to Protest Is Ordered to Disperse and When
Order Is Disobeyecd Soldiers Started to Use Rapid Fire Guns.
COLON, Xu. 11. Many hh'oiis
Harts KiJUmI ami cnp woiimUd wliwi
(i troupi acting under Hie diiwJlHin
of i'pttNntuliMii. of the S'li'iungiinn
govemUUMit iiMfd machine uuiitf ti
(Iiioiv mobs ut Cm into and I-emi
llint had guliicred in pmlo-i HgHiiiKt
Proaldunt J-Iairadit for not iuatiluting
pruiiiiwad let'trinx
A revolution in tha insurroaUon.
ridden littln rapublic i iiiimiuunt and)
f-l.i-.lic Iii'Imi-i'ii limb- and llie nub
turv in saaml cities are rtipotloil in
(linpalelic raovivad liare.
Thu lioublo began iKteiday nt
Connlii, ttheu a iiut'ii. iiifsliiig haitl
lo piutol that ltiala' pniiuisud
rufortiu had not iiiatciiali.i'il. wan
ciidcied by the nillliolilif4 to ilU-IMM'M-
The order wh out ln'cdod mid
u'liM-'iniiieiit suidinri, trail Mil rnpid
lire kiiii- I'll tin- meeting;, and without
hiitalMii bajrau slinotiug. Tlie giitb
wring diHiKm-ed in panic but later
limb- I'niiiii-il mid loir.'lil the xildii'l's.
COAST AT
MERCY OF
FOREIGNERS
Such a Condition Is Revealed in Re
port Soon to o Filed by Gen. Lean
aril Wood, Chief of Staff Rejwrt
Will Declare Present Coast De
fenses of no Avail Against Foee.
WASHINGTON Kwv. 14. -Th do-
I'oiiHolcessiiLvst) ot thu I'ucifiu ooast,
dllcgcd in tlie'rcbolutiou of Kuproen
(utivo MoLiicbluu of Cnliforniii thai
called for u rupoit on unity condl
lioiiH, is rovoplud in a report, hooti
to bo lllutl by Qonornl Luounrd Wood,
chief of Htuuff, ncdordiiig to roliublo
iiiloimulion. Tho report is said lo
ho tho tiuiHl coinproliuiihivo cxpos.0 of.
tlio uriny'tt uumlitiun over 'tVun the,
public.
11 Ih proliublo Unit Cfciiornl Wood
will u'ttributu tho military doUciciuiy
lo bovornl ciiitsos. Thu ropurt will
iissurt Hint tlio tinny is ilividcd in.l
Kimill inililury units lu older thut. m
iiumbvr of "political posth" might be
gnrrisouod. It will deny that tlio of
ilcorti mid meii lack proper UainVng
.iiid ill rouommoml mi ouliro rc-n-gnnlwitiuii
of- tho tinny.1
Among, thu rccoiuinonilaUone ijon
tniuctl in tho r6-orgHitir.tition urged
nilM'iyUieJibandoiimc'iit of UHtiece
iiiry military posts; the, ndditiou of
25 regiments of infantry lino and
hovoii regiments to tho fluid nrtillorv
lino mill thu concentration of troops
in lingo gnrrisous o ntbo two ocean
rentiers.
Tho vulnerability of tlio Atlantic
uoiibt us well as tho Pacific const will
bo pointed out.
Tho roort will declare that tho
pruhuut coast dcfcimcs can bo roadlly
.ukcii in land attack. 11 will also
riticizo thu coast batteries mid rco
immcuil mi inereiiso in Imttoricu bu
fore troops emi be provided to guard
ihcm on the luudslide.
(loiiernl Wood will demand tho im
mediate mid udcipinto gitrrisouiug oT
Hawaii, tho I'anuiua canal ono mid
.ho Piicifio. coast. Tho report will tis--orl
that tho labor nucossnry to keep
the pundit iiiuncroMH posts in repair
Iiiih (Icuiundcd all (ho tiinn mid wotk
lie soldioiH could give, and that ns
n (Minsuipienco the troop.nto dell
iuut in militury trniiiitig. Many of
flceiM, oh u i chiilt of thU policy, tho
toMrf will say, mo made mlmiuistra
live officers inatend of tuoticnl cijin
inuuilerK. The militnrv mitbniitios now us
ert that the uiiny actually is unable
lo place a Htiglc division of I rained
troops in the Held in ciiho of wr.
SEATTLE MEN TO
DREDGE
ROGUE
Capitalists Form Company to Take
Gold From River In Josephine
County New Machinery Is Now
Being Installed. '
SKATTLK, N'ov. II.- For Ibe pur
pou of tetneviiig tlio gold from t)m
Hiiriforniii aiiudn of tho Uoguo river
valley in Otugoti, u munbur of Scuttle
capitalist! havo liandcd tlieiiiHulVort '
lugulhar into mi orgmiixnlioii known
it Semidiimvimi-Aiiieriemt Dredging
(uimpiiuy mid (hoy plan to coiiunoucu
upenttloiih on n fairly largo scale im
mediately. 1'. II. Iloldhwoilh, W. Ii.
Hunter, Joe Slumpf, William Mm lip,
n Seatllo iiltornoy, mid syvornl otliutt
local liiidinoss mnl iroforhionul moi) '
Mie iutoruntod in tho propobitieii.
llulikworlh is now ul (Irant.s l'un-i
biiiH'inilondiug the iiifitallntlou of (ho
now mai'liiuery, which htit n capucilv
of tretitlng 30 cubic ynrda of pravot
per hour. It is expected (but the
machine- yJII Vo liorntd .
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