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THE WEATHIR Clomly tonight ami tomorrow. i iii The Meaiftge of th rjftfa. White FRlr weather. Hlue rtaln or snow. "VVhlto Rtid blue Local showers Ulnck trlRtiRUlar Above white, warmer: bolow white, colder. Wtiltq with black centerCold Medford Mail Tribune V BANK CLEARANCES TODAY $60,203.88 I FIFTH YEAR. ALLEfiED fllIE SLAVER" WANTED TRUST FIGHTS JOHN SULLLIVAN, SPOKANE IBOYS PROVE HERE, CAUGHT IN GRANTS PASS FOR ITS POLICECHIEISHOT;WAYLIVE DESPERATE KEPT GIRLS III GREAT EXPLOSION MINNEAPOLIS Ml I PV TIHIIH5 -!- u ni i Over 30 Witnesses to Prove Him a Traffikcr In .Women May Bo Turned Over to Federal Officials for Prosecution Trainmen Gave Kim a Way. "John Dee" Parinor, a Greek, wns arrested n Griiuts Pass this morning by Deputy Sheriff Johnson of Jack son county on a warrant charging him with "white slavery." Ho will he brought hack to Medford this aft ernoon and taken to the county jail to await tho action of tho federal au thorities. According to the information in the hands of tho Jackson county offi cers. Farmer's girl victims, four In number, have been located by him at different points along tho lino of the Southern Pacific railroad. Medford Is mentioned ns having for a short tlmo harbored one of tho girls, while it is known that others have been located by Farmer at Englo Point, Grants Pass and Aohland. The fjrst suspicion of Farmer's connection with tho women were fur nlshcd by railroad men, who wonder ed at his frequent trips up and down the lino. Ho was placed under sur veillance by Chief of Police Shearer and the county authorities, who bo tween them hnvo woven a chain of evcldenco against tho man which may result in his being turned over to tho government officials for trial under tho white slave act of 1905. Over 30 witnesses, nmong hem Farmer's victims, will bo called by the probceutlon at the man's trial. IIMEsllRY FUSE Twenty-Tlircc Indictments Are Re turned Generally Understood They Are Directed Towards Three Men Wlio Met Frequenty. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. C Al though no official confirmation can bo socurod, It Is generally understood todny that 23 indictments roturned by tho special grand Jury Investigat ing tho TImoB explosion of October I, were directed against threo men. Those men aro M. A. Schmidt, J. II. Hryson and David Caplln, at whoso homo lu San Francisco tho trio Ih known to have hot frequently. Twen-ty-ono porsons wero killed in tho Times disaster and it is believed three man woro Indicted for each death. Thlc would account for 21 triple Indlctmonts. The romnlninc two bills aro said to bo against tho samo men for tho attempted dynamiting of tho homo of F. J. .eohnndnlar, secrotary of tho Merchants and Manufacturers' association, and or General Harrison Gray Otis, proprietor of tho Times. CALIFORNIA MAY REGULATE AVIATION SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. C, Herniation of aviation and aviators Is nrovldod for in a bill which Sena tor HHro of Sni Francisco Is prepar ing. Tho recent deaths of Hoxsoy and Molwant and the approach of tho big aviation moot in San Francisco havo cauwd Hare to look into tne question of prevontlng accidents. Al though a rough drnft only hus boen preparod it ie statod that tho mous ure will proscribe cortain conditions for soraplanoB before flight. Cor Uln weather conditions also must ob tain. , , Tho bill will nsk that an official oxuminw of aeroplanes bo authoilzod. It is posslulo that a section directing thnt all blrdmou must undergo some sort of a physical examln: Mem which will be mclui'ed in tho mcuni.e IRK Gas Accumulates In Basement of Plant Two Badly Injured Damage to an Extent of Half Million Dollars Is Done. MiNNEABOLIS, Minn., Jan. C. An explosion, said to have been caus ed by nn accumulation of gas in tho basement, today wrecked tho plant of the Minneapolis General Electric company. Two persons voro severely hurt ntul,tlie plant, valued nt half a million dollars, was totally destroy ed. Flames followed tho explosion nnd spread to adjoining buildings. Firemen stopped tho flro before it reached mill "A" of tho Plllsburg Wnshburn Flour company, which was threatened. LOCAL MEN WERE T J. W. Diamond and William Van der Hellen, Returning From San Fran cisco, Excite Suspicion of Pullman Conductor Escape Arrest. Thought to ho the bandits who held ui and looted the Overland Limited near Ogdcn nt the first of the week, J. W. Diamond of this city nnd Wil liam Von der Hellen of Kaglc Point, narrowly escaped tho clutches of th law while returning to this city from Sun Francisco Thursday. Messrs. Van dor Hellen and Dia mond were traveling together and each had hugetrnveling bags. Yos teidny morning Mr. Diamond, who i in tho jewelry business here opened his grip and showed Mr. Von del Hellen several samples of jewelry. Twis enough. The Pullman conduc tor had visions of u great reward. He passed tho word to thetrnin de tective who kept tho pair under stn veillance on suspicion that tlte.v were tho hirudits who looted 1 1 1 Overland. When thetwo dropped off here the conductor was nonplussed to see each of the men greet a bunch of friends. It was then that he discovered the 'identity of tin supposed hold train men. , Hilly Von der Hellen states that lie intends now to cultivate a more peaceful npcarauce for fear lie will run afoul of come ambitious officer of the law. A. 1 Ai M. ATTENTION. Thero will bo work lu tho F. C. degree this evening. By order of W. M. WILLIAM MULLElt, Sec. TOE CITY AND In order that nil may fully under stand what follows, a little history must be told. lu 11100 the city of Medford made 11 10-yoar contract with tho Condor Water & Power company for powor to operate the city's pumping .plant at the extremely low price of 1 1-1 cent-, per kilowatt hour. The next year, nt a special elec tion, the voters of tho eitS' turned over to this company its electric ligthing plant and gave it a 'J.")-yeur franchise In thu franchise it was provided that the company should pay the city o por cent of its grota receipts, as rental for tho plant. Hut the franchise also contained a clause fixing the prieoo tho company could charge for electricity, and the lowoit price named was 4 cents por kilowatt hour. The company nt once mado the claim that tin supttrcudod the old charge and that it wiu entitled from the date of tho franchise to charge the city 4 conts instead of 1 1-4 (touts for electricity furnished foi pumping. It presented its hills on that Iiusi and when the cit reh.-ed B 1 10 pa tin in it ref.i-ul to p.i it MEDFORD. OREGON. Geral Electric Company and Blows Up Th destruction of tho plant shut off light and power from many fac tories. Tho Western Union nnd Pos tal Telegraph companies found them selves without current and for a time wero unable to hnndlo any mes sages. The Western Union finally obtr.lned power from St. Paul The tickers In tho chamber of com merce were stopped. Tho Dally News was forced to operate Its llnotypo machines with power furnished by automobile storage batteries station ed In the street outside tho building. TO CREATE FOUR Action of Commissioners' Court This Morninn Will Cause Change of Present Conditions To Fix Tax Levy Saturday. As tho result of a decision reach ed by the court of commissioners now sitting In Jacksonville this morning, Jackson county will bo so rearranged as to permit of 14 road districts In stead of tho present number of ten. The districts to bo cut up In ordor to permit of tho new ones have not as yet been deckled upon. Tho afternoon session of tho court today was taken up In drawing the 200 names of Jurymen for tho ensu ing year. Tomorrow morning the court will decldo upon Its appointments and tho fixing of tho tax levy. SUPPORT IS FOUND FOR NICK'S BILL WASHINGTON. D. C Jan. C -Tho national tariff commission as sociation, through President Cobb, has promised to support tho bill in troduced by Itopresentalivo Long worth of Ohio yostorduy providing for a comnilsclon. "A few minor points nro not on tlrcly In accordanco with our views, but gonerally the mcasuro Is n splon dld oiio," said Cobb. "Tho provision regarding tho subponalng of witnesses r.ud compelllug them to bring books and papers Is an excellent solution of a much discussed question." THE ELECTRIC tho ." por cent under the franchise. Tho matter ran on in this way from the time the franchise was granted until Mayor Cuou nssmmed office. My this time the oompniiy's bills amounted to nearly $0000 more than tho f) por cent. Hut if the bills were chnrged nt the old price they would be entirely wiped out and the com pany would be owing the city about 1000. Various propositions for compro mise and arbitration bad been tallied over and at the time Mayor Canon took office one such wnn under con sideration. Mayor at once look the position claim wns unjust. It whs too plain for argument that the voters would never have granted this frauohino bad they suppomd it would give the company the right to raise the oity'a rate for power more limn 1100 pur cent. Accordingly bo took (lie position thai not 1 oont khould be appealed said otherwise. Tlia council bneked tho mayor up in thi position and directed the ciiv iitiiriif-i t'i C'lininciicf legal pi.x'ced ngi nt 01.ee. 0 DISTRICTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1911. American Tobacco Company's Case Again Being Heard by Supreme Court-Over $! 04,000,000 Is at Stake Formidable Array of Doc uments In tho Case. WASHINGTON D. C, Jan. fi. Before tho court of last resort today began tho final egal battlo for tho life of tho American Tobacco com pany and its subsidiaries. High priced corporation lawyers matched wits with tho government's trust busters In a strugglo to determine whether tho Sherman anti-trust law is Invalid or whether it has tho power to crush tho tobacco trust. On tho outcome of tho fight do- ponds the life or death cf tho vast corporation with an invested capital of more than $100,000,000, or the emasculation of tho Sherman law, which would milllfy tho government's strongest weapon ngalnst corporate aggression. In tho small, prim chambor of tho court, boforo Its nine silk-robed jus tice, with an nudlonco mado up of lawyers, tho legal Waterloo began. Attorney General George W. Wlckor sham and Special Attornoy J. C. Rey nolds commanded tho forces of tho sovornment. Attorneys John C. Johnson nnd William U. Hornblowor represented tho tohncco company. To Johnson, na chief counsel for tho appallant, foil tho duty of making the opening ar gument, and his legal defense of tho accused corporation consumed by far tho greater part of tho day. This Is tho second tlmo that tho story of tho tobacco trust has reach ed tho highest court in tho land. It was argued last year, but death and 3leknees so thinned tho ranks of tho Justices that It was decldod that ro nrgument should ho held so that tho decision, considered by tho cpurt as well as tho atlcmoy general, ono of ho most Important tho tribunal over faced, might bo decided beforo a full bench. Piled on the bench' In front of the Justices wna a formldablo array of documents, muto ovldonco of tho com plexity of tho caso. Tho record alone fills two fnt volumes of 300 pages each. Tho government's brier is spread over 320 closely printed pages, tho two briefs of tho nttornoyo for tho trust nro compressed Into tvo volumes or 200 pages each. A copy of each or thoso documents wns be foro each Justice. Tho case hud Its inception In a bill of complaint filed July 10, 1907, bo foro the circuit rourt for tho southern district of New York. It vns allogod that tho American Tobacco company had gradually acquired a monopoly or tho tobacco buMnosB in tho Unltod States by n series or bold buccaneer ing exploits; had stifled competition and defied independent dealers LICIT COMPANY The coiupanv -aw Hint it was deal ing with men 11 Im wero in earnest and meant business and ralber than In drawn into litigation which might in volve a great deal more Hum the $7000, it pbandoncd its position, set tled the controversy op he basis of Lllio city's contention and paid into the oily tieasiirv (lie full amount ot the fi per cent lr the entire period after deducting tho city's bill figured at 1 1-4 cents. Since (hat time the company has regularly paid the ."i pei cent uccoiduiLr to its franchise. Ir all there lias been thus paid to tin oily on this account during Mayor Canon's udmim-tniUnii irioro thai' '.1000 in money. Thi is (lie first ami only money that te ever been paid bv the compaii) to thu city under it fruuehiho. One more incident remains to be told. Liixl summer thu city ordered from the elect no light oompaiiv about 150 new olactrio arc lights fm street lighting. The price to be pan' was $0 piu month por light. This contract meant about $3GQ0 por yonr in now business for the company, and It Is natural to assume hat the companv was jiad to get It White Sitting In His Home Assassin Shoots Through Window Chief Is Wounded In Lung Is In Serious Condition No Clue Is Found of Would-Bc Murderer Room In Which He Was Seated Was Brilliantly Lighted. SPOKANE, Waal)., Jnn. 0,---While sitting in tho living room of his homo alone Inst night, Captain and former Chief of Police John T. Sullivan was shot through tho loft lung by an assassin who stod outside of the house and fired through tho win dow. While lu a serious condition, hos pital physicians reported today that Sullivan had passed a good night and that his chnnco or recovery was ralr ly good. Sullivan was able to mnko a stntcmont himself, lu which ho de clared ho would rocovor. Tho shooting occurred nt S:4G last night. According to marks on o'clock last night. According to marks on a rrost covered ronco the assassin stood by tho fonco when ho fired. Tho blind of tho window was up nnd tho room brilliantly lighted. Cutting a clean, round holo In tho "OREGON POINTS LA FOLLETTE MADISON, Wis., Jan. (1.- Asking thnt Wall street bo not allowed to soled- (lie nntion's president LuFol lette's Magazine in an editorial to day urges tho election of dolegutes to the natioiuil conventions of 19012 at direct primaries. All states aro called upon lo join the movement This, tho editorial says, would mean that tlie voters would he able to se cure a platform representing their rcul wishes and candidates who would fulfill the platform pledges. "Oregon has pointed tho way," the article continues. "Under the initi ative the people there adopted n law FOOR RUN DOWN BY TRAIN AND KILLED CONNELSVILLE, Pa., Jan. C. Four employes or tho Western Mary land railroad woro run down and kill ed by tho Hultlinoro & Ohio's Do quesiio Limited, westbound, today. Tho men woro mombora or a gang working in tho Plukortou tunnol near horo and woro walking to their work. through a network of subsidiary com panies, operating as "Independent" concerns. OR A TALE OF Hut the company is roproseuted by a not or loyal and energetic business men. With tliotii nothing Is good enough for the company but tho best that can bo gotten They dotormlued, ir possible, to Induce tho city lo ad vance tho cost or the now polo line and lamps mado necessary by this now buslnoss, and which they esti mated would bo about $1100, Hut tho company had had some experience with Mayor Canon tiud wisely decided not to tuko the mut ter up with him. Lust full Mayor Canon wns com pelled to loavo tho city for a couple or days and Councilman Eirert there upon became, during Mayor Canon's absence, acting mayor. Hero wiis tho opportunity. Tho company promptly opened negotiations with Mr. Eirort, nnd beforo Mayor Can on's return It had an agreement to Its liking, signed, sealed and dollw orod. Horo is a copy of It: Medford, Ore., Oetobor 6, 1910. llogue Itlvur Electrlu Company, City: Please Install are lamp)) us per list attached, which vo agreo to pay for at the rate of $0 00 per lamp per mouth, and also ugieo to advance pane, another lnco curtain nnd a third in tho chair back, tho bullet passcdp through Sullivan's back and lung and then out, dropping on tho floor. Tho captain picked tt up, cnll ed for help, and thou telephoned to tho police station. No clue as to tho Idontlty or tho man who did tho shooting has been round. Neighbors heard a man run ning down tho street Immediately after tho shot was heard, but that Is all. Several months ngo Sullivan, while chief of police, was charged with In competency, with ravorltism toward certain pollco officers, nnd with 11 legal handling of hquscn of ill fame. Ho resigned as acting chlof, keeping his former position or polico captain. The city council round him guilty on tho charges and ordored him suspend ed pending a grand Jury "probo or the entire city administration. THE WAY" SAYS TO THE NATION providing not only for the election of delegates to thu national conven tions, hut providing Hint each votet shall, at the April primaries in 1DU1 -have opportunity to express a clioici for president and vice president. "Wall street haH already selected the candidate) of both parties. Le the people organize and demand that every legislature enact a law foi the election of national delegates hj direct vole, embracing u provisio. giving the voters the right to oxprosf preference for president and vice president. Such a plan would heal Wall street and would elect a presi dent for nil tho people." MANY VIEW REMAINS OF SENATOR ELKINS WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. C Several huiidrod porsomi today vlow- od the body of Senator Stephen II. Elklns or West Virginia as It lay lu tho Elklns homo lu IC street. A spe cial train bearing tho body, tho mom bom or tho family and a number or officials who will attend tho funeral, av.hs scheduled to leavo Washington at f p. m. for tho aonu'tor'a Into homo lu Elklnc, W. Vu. Hundreds or tele grams or sympathy and floral tributes woro received by tho family today TWO I tho estimated cost of lino construe Hon to bo rebated to us at tho rate of, ono-hulf our bill for lighting ouch mouth until the amount advanced by us is returned. Lights to bo paid for at full rale thereafter. Tho es timated cost of polo lino is $1355.40 ' CITY OF MEDFOnn. (Signed) W. W. EIFEUT, Acting Muyor It. W. TELFEIt. Of course, tho city had no $1400 to spare for uiiythlug of this kind. but you "never mlns tho water till tho well runs dry." Mayor Canon enmo back and promptly repudiated thu whole ar rangement becauso It bad never boon authorized by tho council. This was ono llttlo matter that had apparent ly boon overlooked by the contract lug partlus. The mattor oamo beforo tho coun cil and that body unhesitatingly re fused to ratiry tho contract, oven Mr. Elfort on tho final roll call voting with tho rest, Tho sequel to this tula follews: Tho company Is now busily engaged lu making extensions with Its own money. MY NO. 247 CRIMINALS After Committing Scries of Crimes Reading Like a Jesse James Novel Youngsters Shoot Police Officer, Hold Up Car and Make Their Escape. DULUTH, Minn., Jan. (I. A sor ieu of crimes reading liku a elmpttr from a Jesse James novel committed by William Muzzury and Allf John son, bolh 10, euliuinaled' today in-the killing ot roliciiinun 'Hurry Chis more. Following the shooting of Chsmure, the two outlaws held u ear load of peoplu at bay for several minutes and finally escaped. Muzzary and Johnson were urrest ed by Chiamoro on suspicion of hav ing bebl up Night Clerk Clarenco Stubsted nnd Porter dairies 1 Firo voil and robbed the olltel McKay of f.'jO. Chisuioru placed them ubouid aear to take them (o tho station. When opposito the intorstuto bridge one of tho youths whippeij a revol ver from liissleovo nnd shot Chis Migh the chest. A score of passengers nnd the street cur crew wore ordered to hold up their hands. Thu bids then backed out of tho car, jumped to tho ground and ran. Within a short time a dozen posses wore in pursuit. The lads took. Chicmoro's weapons and thoso which tho officer hud tiikcn from them. It was expected thoy would figlU if overtaken by their pursuers. Automobiles, motorcycles and po-' destriaus joined in the chase. It was believed the boys would soon bo caught. . . Muzzury and Johnson nro suid to have formerly been bell boys nt the, McKay hotel. LEASE LOTS FOR SUMMER HOMES Forest Service Aportlons Ten Lots on Shore of Pejican Bay for Use of Summer Cottages Will Bar Hotels. Ton lota, situated on tho banks of Pelican bay and Ideally located for summer homes, aro to bo loasod by tho United States forest survlco to anyone making application for them to Supervisor M. L. Eiicksou at tho orrico or tho Crater Lake rorest re servo here, Tho lots, which llavo a rrontuge of 100 feet apiece on tho lake and vary from 22G to 32C feet in depth, will he leased by tho government to per sons wishing them for summer homo purposes for an annual rental of $5. Thoy will not bo leased to hotels or other commercial enterprises. Tho ground Is located to tho north of tho Hartimau lodge, and Is easily .ircoHHlblo from Medford either by auto or train, and boat. WANT MORE MONEY FOR PANAMA CANAL WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 0. The war department iuib sent its ea tiumtoM of tho cost, of thu Huiiumu canal to the house, asking for addi tional appropriations. An appropri ation of a quarter of a million is asked at once to compluto the ycar'a work on tho rolocutiou of tho I'au ima railroad, damaged becauso of a slide in the Culebra cut. It is asked that the appropriation be incorporat ed in tho urgent deficiency bill. It In requested that tho annual im propriation be iiievonsicd next you 1' rum 11 million to a million mid thro 2 niarterb. Answer nil "likely looking" help want ads -or it will not lm an way 'mutter to find tho riUt job. ,