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FIRST
SECTION
WEATHER
Itnln Today; Cooler.
FORTIETH YEAE.
TWO SECTIONS.
jSEEDFOKD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1911.
SIXTEEN PAGES.
No. 272.
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IF. EG6LEST0N
DIES SUDDENLY
OF PARALYSIS
Was Leader in Jackson County Poli
tics and Member of This County's
Delegation In tlto House of Repre
sentatives. FUNERAL WILL BE HELD
IN HOME TOWN TODAY
Committee From House is Appointed
to Accompany Body Home Was
Favorite on Floor of House.
t SALEM. Or., Feb. 4. Captain M.
F. Eggleston, a member of the leg
islature from Jackson county, died
this morning at 12:20 o'clock. The
end enme peacefully at the Willam
ette sanatorium In this city of a mal
ady given out by his physician, Dr.
It. M. Shaw, formerly of Ashland, as
paralysis
Although Captain Eggleston had
been absent the greater portion of
iliis week on account of sickness, his
deatli was not expected.
A committee, consisting of Rep
resentatives Bonobrake of Ucntnn,
Westorlund of Jackson, Smith of Jo
sephine, Brownhill of Yamhill, Pe
terson of Umatilla, Nouner of Doug
las and Carter of Clackamas, will
accompany, the remains of the rep
resentative to Ashland tonight.
Tlio funeral will bo held at 2
o'clock on Sunday afternoon.
Captain Eggleston was ono of the
most popular members on the floor
of the house. IIo was second choice
of the Thompson-Rusk colierents for
speaker of this session and would
have been named If Husk had failed
to gain enough votes on the first bal
lot. As it was ho was given many
important dommltteo assignments.
He was chairman of the committee
on statistics and emigration and a
member of the house committeo on
roads and hlghwnys and of tho one
on ways and means.
Last week when tho present at
tack came on ho was too 111 to at-1
tend to his duties nnd behoved he
should return to his homo at Ash-
Ifitifl lmt fnlf Mint If u'na lila .tuft, fr.
r...n..ln .n,l Brv M, ctnfn l lin1.i
of the people of his county, who had,1" 11' ,ho Kt".e , W- , r
tendered him a Beat In tho house of
representatives.
Captain Eggleston, was horn in
Indiana. He was raised on a farm
and n! the ago of 10 received an ap
pointment at largo to the IT. S. mili
tary academy at Went Point.
lie graduated, from that institution
in 1877, with commissioned a lieu
tenant hi tho cavalry branch of the
army and up to 18S1), when he so
signed from the service, he did dulv
on the southwestern frontier and in
the Indian Territory as n troop com
mander, engineer officer, Muff of
ficer and on special duty as judge
udvocate. ITiHin leaving the service he look
ip rivii puniiiiiN oevo.uur niosi oi
jiik nine io iiiiinug opera i ions aim
journalism, until autumn, IDO.", when
be was elected rocordor of the city
of Ashland.
lie held this position continuously
until eloctod to the state LegWnture
last November I)..!!,..: bis term .iJ?lM(1(, ,iy Jll(j.0 Cnvey, u s- PXih
recorder of Ashland, Captain Kgqrie
ton was sovornl timos conininnded in
the highest terms for bis successful
mauagoiuoiit of tin office involving
larjro financial, judicial and executive
responsibility. In addition to beinjr
recorder, ho was also Justico of the
re.ice, which position no hum until ius()ht This UlUiy expWiVP ,m,w1p:-,
'"'""I' , , . lr. W. Jf. Hudson, inspector of the
ltouiR well vorfled m law, he was j r in1)t iiPm.,r, powder com
nble to allcnd to the duties of City) ,lllVi WM ,..trt (lf n hhilinPI fov
Attorney wUh tlio result that in 1008 ,,,, America, s w- the .lvnamitr.
the )co)lo of A.ldimd abolished that) n,i WH, .leliwie,! ,,, tlu. kIli', llefor,.
oiueo ami iransierou 1110 dunes tjle dvnamile w..s tK.. aboard
tho rocordor.
His ndvont into tho office opened
an ora of municipal improvement in
Ashland, an, by virtue of hi educa
tion and oxporiotico a an onineer,
be was able to project mid oivniiiie
the finaueing of tbut city's1 fine sowtr
system, lie also otvanid the uvote
incut which resulted in the laying of
miles of ivnvod streets.
His talent for or?Misatinn and
admiiiistratloa of public affair, to.
Kfther with the hijtk esteem with
which he wns held by hit-, fellow cit:-
Death Closes Long and Useful
Career of Jackson Cpunty Man
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ROAB OFFICIALS
FACE CHARGE
Said to Be Responsible for Accident
on Jersey City Pier in Which Thirty
Men Went to Their Deaths Hard
Fight Ahead.
.1 HUSKY CITY, X. J., Feb. 1. -While
divers wcro at work searching
lie sunken lighters Kiithorino V.
;niil Whistler for the bodies of victims
iwheii tl.Minmit'i) wrecked tho pior if
Hie Central ltuilroud of New .Jersey,
light official, of that road, of the
wder trust 1111(1 JlllMOb Hon
iliug, the
janrned as responsible lor tho dis
aster. With them appeared a big
: rray of counsel, which iinlioated
hat the jurisdiction of Hudson
bounty in prosecuting windd be jit-
taeked.
In' opening for tho county, tin
prosecutor said ho was prepared to
rove that the oxplosho which enus-
d the fatal wreck had boon for six
days in the city without a permit
i.iid he intimated that u strong at-
euipt would bu mado to send to jail
hose officials of the Dupoiit Pow
Vlar Company, the trust, and of tb"
ailrond who were responsible,.
The officials of the Dupont Powde"
iCoinpauy today declared they boliev-
fl 10(1110 iwilllldh. nf Mllf.l.' .ifn luiw.
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,iutlerino W.. caused the uxploMni..
mi not me (lyunmiie, wmen was i.i
:i frozon state.
All the arretted officials were fin
ally liouutl over to the giaud jiir
ibicli is investigating the explosion,
nd released on their own recogni-
d that all will be indicated.
XKNV YORK. Keb. -1. Improper
andliiiK of black jMiwder is the
nuso assigned today for the explos
011 of dynamite at Comuiiinipuw, N.
P, Wednesday, when ninny live were
TARIFF COMMISSION
BILL MAY NOT PASS
WASIIINOTON, D. C. Feb. .
Whether or not the tariff shall be
regulated by a permanent board of
tariff coismiMsionern will be fought
out on the floor of the aenate. Judica
tion today were (hut the fiuane
committee would report back the pro.
posed measure. Senator Uailey
(Texan J, iotnocratie leader of . the
senate predicted that the lull will not
in-, tin-, he--ion.
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TAFT TO APPEAL
TO COUNTRY
jl. 'ill Deliver Speeches to American
Pcoplp and Outline Benefits of Re
ciprocity Treaty with the Canadian
Government.
, WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1.
Piesldout Taft's administration today
decided to go boforo tho country In
an appeal for the ratification of tho
reciprocity agreomont with Canada.
Tho piosldent, In pursuit of this plan,
will address tho Corn Exhibition at
Columbus, Ohio, on February 10, and
at Springfield, III., on Fobruary 11,
he will dollver a fifteon-minuto talk
on tho snnio subject.
Tho wholo force of tho Tnft cabinet,
It Is said, Is to bo employed In tho
war for freer trado relations. It was
also announced today that Socrotary
Knox and J anion J. Hill would speak
at a reciprocity dinner in Chicago on
February 15.
It is said to bo probable that tho
administration will decide to conduct
u whirlwind campaign throughout the
wholo country, In an effort to stir tho
sentiment of the public to tho now
tariff policy, and thus to force con
gress to act before March 1.
HENEY PLEADS
FOR RECALL LAW
Attorney Makes Greatest Speech of
..His Life Before Judiciary Commit
tee of California Legislature Urg
ing Recall Measure.
SACRAMKNTO, Cal., V. '1.
With tho argil men t of Francis .1.
Heney for tne recall of Judgea still
ringing In theli ears, member of the
senate judiciary committee today say
ho influenced them powerfully.
Men who have heard many of Ho
ney' public utterances say hiu speech
was tho greatest effort of bis life,
lie derided the Constitution of the
Halted Statue as a national political
guide. He assarted there were no
shields for the liberty of the common
man in It; that It whs drawn by men
who considered property first and
man aeoond; that when It was writ
ten the war spirit bad died, and bus
iness was uppermost, limey said
that only the coustltutloual amend
ments eoMldered Individual rights.
He ridiculed the rights of the su
preme com 1 to oM'r-rulo loagifMH
"S'jCai JRytTT
COR SAYS THIS
CITY LEADS ALL
Tells J. C. Hall That Medford is Best
One Night Stand in America Gives
Local Men Ten Year Contract for
Syndicate Productions Here.
NEW $40,000 THEATRE
FOR MEDFORD ASSURED
Architect Will Bo Hero This Week
to Talk Plans New Building
to Be Modern.
J. C. Hall has returned from . a
busincsu trip to Seattle where ho
secured 11 ten year contract with John
Cort, the northwest theatrical mag
nate, for high class productions for
this city. This assures tho erection
of a large modern $10,000 theatre
in this city.
During this week an architect of
.Seattle will visit Medford for the
purpose of consulting with the pro
moters of the local theatre in regard
to plans. This nian was asked to
come here by Mr. Hall, as ho has
erected si.xty-ninu theaters during
the past twelve years.
"The erection of the new theiitc
is assured," states Mr. Hall, "as we
have most of the money needed sub
scribed. We will erect a theater,
modern 011 every respect.
"John Cort told 1110 while in Scut
tle Hint bo considered Medford ,tbc
best one night theater town in Ainori
cu. He was much interested in the
erection of a new theater and states
that if tho building is erected for its
opening ho will send (be highest grade
performance on circuit Io this cily
for that occasion, even if he loses
money by it. He agreed to do every
thing in his power to help us with the
scheme. IIo will give us tho best in
the business and more production--
than over before.
"The new theater will seat eithu
1200 or l.'iOO people. Mr. Cort urged
1110 to erect the larger size as be has
great faith in the future growth of
this city.
"Wo expect to have the building
ready for opening by October 1. The
work will be given to local contrac
tors. Medford bung (be best show
town ns Mr. Cort says shall havo a
theater in keeping with its reputa
tion." FIGHT DROPPED
DV NEW ORLEANS
pill . IM
xecutivo of Exposition Company
Telegraphs Loulsana Senators to
Use Their Own Judgment In Keep
ing up Fight.
NKW ORLEANS. Fob. 1. Tho ex
ecutive of tho expedition company
hero this afternoon telegraphed tho
Louisiana sonntors at Washington to
uso tholr own Judgment about con
tinuing tho fight for tho fair. The
action practically concedes dofoat.
Tho telegram said that tho com
mitteo would not undortako to In
struct tho sonatoiH to withdraw from
tho contest. Fourtaon of tho twenty
thren incnibora of tho committeo wore
opposed to prolonging tho contest,
but all wished to avoid embarrassing
tho senators.
AMENDMENT OFFERED
TO RECIPROCITY TREATY
WASHINGTON'. I). C, Feb. .--'
When Itopres at itio rWdney, Michi
gan, tliis uftcrmiHii "fiercd an amend
ment to tho w"d pulp schedule of the
McCnll rocipi"uv Chairman Payne
of the ways and means committee de
clared that ; 1 n v amondiiig of the
agniQinout uimld be practically equi
valent to a r I'ction of the treaty.
I'rogidont l.dwnrd Nines of tlio
National A--ociutioii of Lumber
show w
Maniifnoturt'i- was oxnuiiuod by thei Ojuiiiga.
ooinmiltoo tin- afternoon. U da-1 Aftor lie takes Juurog he will be-
clnroil thi tree lumber would notion a march which it is buliovod will
materially all- i prices in the United!
Kt.itan
JUAREZ WILL
BE SCENE OF
BATTLE SODN
Revolutionists Arc Ready to Move on
City Today-Its Fall Will ho Sig
nal for General Advance on City
of Mexico Success Seems Certain
NON-COMBATANTS FLEE
TO PLACES OF SAFETY
All Business Houses in Little Mexi
can Town Arc Closed
Foreign Flags Fly.
KL PASO, Feb. !. General Orozco
will attack Junrz at day break ac
cording to advices tonight from rebel
camps. Orozco said ho had delayed
to give purees tlmo to rest after an
enforced march. Tho preparations
for the attack aro all completed.
KL PASO, Texas, Feb. !. Indica
tions Hint the federals are consider
ing the surrender of .Juarez were soon
this evening when a party of soldier"
carrying three flags, two green mid
ono while, started South. It Li
thought Ihey havo gone to tronly
with Orozco nnd thus prevent the
shelling of the city.
Attack upon duarez by the force of
General l'usquals Orozco, tho revolu
tionary leader, whoso soldiers ire
encamped to the South of tho Mom
can border city, it was expected
would surely occur within the not
few hours. Why the rebel leader has
not assaulted the cily boforo this
time is a puzzle to the federals, who
arc cut 'from succor nnd wbo, 'villi
anununitlon senre, aro in houily
dread that the battle will open.
Fighting (o Ho Sovero
There was little prohnhili.v thai
the fighting would bo sovore when
Orozco finally decided to move 'i he
heart has been taken out of tho fed
orals by bis slow but steady iiilv.incc
from Sauialayuea and the probability
was Htrong that when his gnus .1 ;tual
ly opened against Juarez (bo city
would soon send nloft tho find of
surrendor.
In Juarez loday all was in n state
of expectation. All the In .iiics. wore
closed and only the open saloons giuc
a semblance of civic life io the bo-
leagured city. Over niosi of tho busi
ness houses the flags of half n down
nations floated ,lbcir owners hoping
that with the entrance of the rebel
Iheso ensigns would prove u protec
tion against pillage.
Authorities hose Ilojm, '
That the federal authorities in
Juarez were losing honit was indi
cated by the releaso of General
Orozco's brother and undo, who bad
been held as political piisoiioM.
Threats by the revolutionary go icrnl
of reprisals threw a chill into the
federals an dboth were turned loos,).
Today they came to Kl Paso and con
ferri'd with Abraham Gonzales, tl'c
provisional insurrecto Oo"cinor of
Cliihiibua and upon their ndvi"c
by messenger it wua boliovod, Oitizco
waited before giving the order for a
general advance.
Americans Leave.
N'olice to Americans and all oilier
non-combatants to leave Juaioz i-
officially proclaimed today by Ameri
can Consul 1'Mwards as follews:
"To Whom It May Cencern:
"American consulate, Ciudnd Jua
rez. Mexico, February !, 1011,
"Having received official notice
from Kl General Ku Jofo P. 0. Oro,:co
a prominent comiiiauder of the pro
visional anli-rn-electiouisls in Mex
ico, that ho will attack tho city of
Juarez without delay, I would ear
nestly advise all Americans', nil for
eigners nnd all tioii-combataiih ab
sent (liomsolscH from GJudnd Juarez.
until sufficient time as state of tran-
ipiillity shall have been established.
(Signed)
"THOMAS Nr. KUWAimS,
"American Consul."
Advice from General Orozco'
camp this afternoon plaeu tlio num
ber of troops' at present under llm
rebel chief at appioximntely 1,000,
but it is said he expects huge rein
forcements hourly from the diioction
tak" '"' trainht to Mexioo City. Ho
(Pont tllllm en I'mch 4j
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WILL NOT CALL A
SPECIAL ELECTION
Owing to tho fact that but
twolvo days of tho legislative
session remain, Governor
West will not call a special
election In this county, as pro
vided In tho constitution, for
tho election of a successor to
Captain M. F. Kggleston who
died yestorday. The governor
arrived at this decision aftor
consulting several of tho
prominent men of this county.
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MEDFORD FIRST
TO CONGRATULATE
That tho Medford Commer
cial Club was tho first organ
ization to cxtond congratula
tions to tho cly of San Fran
cisco following tho awarding
to that city by Congress of
tho I'annma Exposition for
1015, was tho Information
contained In a telegram from
Charles Woodhead, business
manager of tho "Sunrfot"
magazlno, received last night
by Secrotnry Malboouf of tho
Medford Commercial Club.
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OUTLOOK FOR
ROADS BETTER
fcn ini !
Multnomah Men in House May Vote
Solidly for Them; Some Support
Gained Elsewhere; Debate Tuesday
Morning at 10 o'clock.
SALEM, Or., Fob. 4. Fenrlnc that
If they hold a night session upon tho
good roads bills thoy would not rench
tholr bods nt nil, hut thnt morning
would still find thorn debating tho
subject, members of tho houso turn
ed down tho proposal to tako up the
proposed roads laws Monday night.
Instead thoy will begin discussion of
thorn Tuesday.
Consideration of tho bills had been
sot for Saturday morning, but It wnH
necensary to change the tlmo aftor an
adjournment was taken until Mon
day. Clemens of Multnomah propos
ed to hold tho Mondny night session,
but this was voted down nnd on mo
tion of Ambrose of Multnomah, tho
dolmto was sot for 10 o'clock Tues
day morning.
Urownhlll of Yamhill proposed
that all but representatives bu exclud
ed from talking upon tho bills, but
Speaker Husk suggested that Tues
day morning would ho a bettor tlmo
to decldo upon such a motion, and
Urownhlll withdrew It.
Advocntcs of tho bills proposod by
tho State Good Ilonds association and
pasHod by tho sonato gained some
ground yesterday and thoro is now
a cheerful outlook for them In tho
houso. The Multnomah delegation
will probably lino up solid for thorn.
There will also bo consldorablo sup
port from among members of tho
eastern Oregon delegation, from
somo of those In southern Oregon
nml from n number of Willamette
valloy representatives.
ELOOD DANGER
PASSING FAST
Weather Turns Colder Along Moun
tains Checking Melting of Snows
Local Forecaster Says Danger is
Past.
SACUA.MKNTO. Cal., Fob. 1.
With tho coHtatlon of rain along the
upper Sacramento and San .loaiiulu
watersheds, danger of flood Is past,
according to a statement mado today
by tho local forecaster. Tho rains
of the Inst 18 hours havo not visibly
affected the rivers In tho upper part
of tlm valloy, although tho Sacra
mento botweon Walnut Orovo and
the buy Is still slowly rising, an Is
al no tho lower San Joiiuln.
At the summit tho wuathor has
turned decidedly cooler and snow Is
FIRE BOYS ARE
AFTER MODERN
SE
Will Ask Council to Call Special Elec
tion to Voto $15,000 Bonds for
Purpose of Installing Modern Fire
Fighting Apparatus.
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REQUEST BACKED BY
CITY'S BUSINESS MEN
Would Get Auto Chemical Wagon
and Hook and Ladder Truck
Also Want Alarm System
At tho next mooting of tho city
council, thoro will bo presented to that
body a lengthy communication from
tho flro department which will ask
that body to mnko several Improve
ments In tho jircsont flro fighting
equipment of tho city nnd request
further thnt a special election bo
callod for tho purposo of voting $15,
000 in bonds In order to socuro tho
necessary funds for tho Improve
ments. Tholr petition will bo backod
by a long list of signers, Including
most of tho business men of tho city.
What Is Wanted.
Tho flro boys would niako tho fol
lowing additions nt tho cost set forth
belew:
Ono combination hoso anil
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chemical nuto $ 5,000
One hook and lnddor truck. . 7,000
Ono compressed nlr whistle. . 200
Ono twenty-box flro alarm
system 2,000
Total $14,200
Tho communication Is signed by tho
following committeo of the volunteer
flro department: Kitgono Amann, C.
H. Cady, II. I). King, J. H. Butler,
P. C. Dlghnm and O. F. Lindloy.
Tho communication In part fol fel fol
eows: 'J'ho Communication.
To tho Ilonornblo Mayor and tho
Common Council of tho City of
Medford, Oregon.
Gentlonien: Wo, tho mombors of
tho volunteer flro department of tho
city of Medford, nfer a thorough In
vestigation and discussion ns to tho
many things which nro needed by tho
department for tho safety of tho city
nlong the HncB of flro protection, sub
mit tho following to your bonorahlo
body for consideratien:
For tho pnst twenty-two years our
city hns had ono of tho best, If not
the best, volunteer departments on
tho Pacific Coast. Wo fool that wo
havo been faithful to tho city, having
dovotod a groat doal of tlmo nnd
labor, nnd that It has now come to
the tlmo whou this department Is en
titled to somo consideration. Wo
wish to call to your nttontlon that
whenovor tho alarm sounds wo aro
always thoro nnd thnt wo nlways do
our best. Also, to tho fact that wo
havo out of our own pockets or by
ontortalnments by ourselves Invested
between $1100 mid $1200 In tho ap
paratus itsolf. This In Itself amounts
to a groat deal moro thnn wo havo
evor realized from our work, to say
nothing of tho tlmo wo have spent or
tho clothes wo havo rulucd.
Want Wires Itciuoved.
Tho first thing wo wish to cnll to
your nttontlon Is tlio 20,000 voltnga
who of tho Iloguo Itlvor Eloctrlo
company, which Is carried on Blxty
foot poles through tho alloy thnt runs
north nnd south In blocks 19, 20,
21 and 22, original tnwnslto. Thin
who wo ask you to lmo tho olcctrlo
company plnco undor ground, ns It
Is a monnco to human life. Suppos
ing that n flro should break out in
what Is called tho "Whlskoy Itow"
district. If by any chanco n strenm
of wator from ono of tho nozzles
should strlko this wire It would tako
every man from the nozzlo to tho
hydrant. Furthermore, if tho ground
around should bo wot It would per
haps got a fow bystnndorB.
Want Alarm System.
Tho noxt matter Is that of nn alarm
systoni. Tho first pnrt of tho alarm
system should bo something to tako
tho place of tho present boll. Tho
boll In uso nt tho prosout tlmo Is al
most ns good ns nono nt nil, especially
at night Is this found to bo so. Thoro
havo boon times when flromon la
stores within 400 foot of tho station
could not hoar tho alarm. To remedy
this wo suggost that a compressed air
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