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WEATHER
Occasional rains tonight.
Ilnr. 20..1I; Temp, mean 00
CLEARINGS
Bank clearings today were
or.
$14,708.25.
FORTIETH YEAR
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1911.
No. 298.
BALUNGER RESIGNS FROM TAFT CABINET
Olllte
'f
.
T"
B
PINCN
SUCCESSOR
Resignation Follows Report That
Democrats, Lead by Ollie James,
, Were Planning, to Investigate
Charges Against Him. .
CAREER IN CABINET HAS
BEEN A STORMY ONE
His Friendliness to Interests Brought
Storm of Censure Ahout His Head
Cunninham Cast's Responsible.
WASHINGTON, I). :., March 7.
Richard Achilles Eallingov has jo
sigued as secretary of the interior
after holding tlw po'ilion for two
stormy year TIo handed hi e.vjr
nntion to President Tuft and ii was
announced today that the president
has selected Walter I 'Ashor of Chi
cago as successor to D'llilngoi-.
With the announcement of Bnlliin
ger's resignation it became known
that ho resigned January 39, hut
withheld it at Taft's request until
congress adjourned. Yesterday Dnl
linger wrote a second formal letter
of resignation which President Taft
accepted this morning. Ballingnr's
resignation follows the publication
of a report that the democrats, head
ed by Representative Ollio James of
Kentucky woro preparing to impeach
Ballingcr as soon as congress con
vened April 4.
Fisher Is I'inchot Sinn.
zFlsher, the now secretary, is a
Pinchoit conservationist. His selec
tion Is regarded hero as an attempt
to placate the progressives and an en
deavor on tho part of the president
to restore poace in tho conservation
war. The National Conservation
league, of which Fisher was president,
was merged with tho National Con
servation association, tho organized
opposition of tho Dalllnger land pol
icies. Fisher is now honorary vice
president of that organization of
which Gifford Plnchot, former chief
forester, Overton Price, formerly as
sociate assistant forester, discharged
with Plnchot by President Taft be
causo of their activity against Dallln
ger, is an actlvo associate of Fisher.
Tho now secretary has boon activo in
tho conservation movement since its
inception.
"I fcol bettor than I have felt In
two years," said Balingor as ho loft
tho cabinet meeting today. "I will
got ready to leavo for Seattle ob soon
as possible That is all' I can say
now."
The career of Ballingcr ns secro-
ini.ti P lir I'lilnriov lmtt llPOIl II storillV
OI1C blllCU "IS llJJJJUiiiiiiiKin. uj -."-
dent Taft in 1009. Tho first year of
his incumbency was fruitful of alle
gations by many that his friendliness
toward the vested interests hampered
liipi in an unbiased administration
of his department. These charges
were more or less somnolent until the
incoption of tho Cunningham case, in
volving tho title to thousands of aeros
of coal lands in Alaska, valued at
untold millions which had been dis
covered by Arthur Cunningham, and
which, it is alleged, ho had parceled
out umongst his friends, but also
among many men high m political
life.
Tho cvidenco brought out at this
hearing, which was first instituted
in Denver, and afterward transferred
to Sonttlo, was the foundation for the
famous Ballinger-Piuchot controver
sy which resulted in the dismissnl
of Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot
from the service, nnd also the ending
of tho official life of Louis It. Glavis,
a government special agont, whose
roport on the Cunningham claims was
greatly to tho disadvantage of the
claimants, who wore bonding every
effort to prove- up on them.
Ballingcr was tho attornoy for tho
Cunningham claimants before he be
came secretary of tho interior and
up to tho tiem of his accepting that
office had worked diligently to have
the title of Cunningham nud his as-
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Skeered o' th' Dimmy-crats
RICHARD ACHILLAS IIALLINGKR
Who Resigned Today From tlie Cabinet of President Taft.
WAR eANIE IS
ID BE PLAYED
Over 20,000 Troops and Four Ar
mored Cruisers Will Take Part In
Military Game to Be Played on
Mexican Border in Few Weeks.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 7.
A great military and naval demon
stration involving 20,000 troops nnd
four nrmorcd cruisers was ordered
by tho Unitod States today to bo
made immediately on tho Mexican
frontier.
Though officials refused to discuss
tho possibility of troops boing soul
across the international line, it 13
known thnt tho state department had
been considering tho possibility of
such action for several days.
As tho state department openh
admits its support of tho established
government of Mexico, tho Diaz gov
ernment, and as American capitalists
largely through concessions from
Diaz aggregating more than $100,
000,000 iu Mexico, it is believed bore
that tho demonstration is against the
Mndero revolution.
Tho action was taken following the
return of Ambassador Wilson from
Moxico City and coincident with a
cabinet meeting at which General
Wood, chief of staff, was prosont.
Tho state of mind of the officials of
shown by tho action of General Wood
in leaving tho White House by -vay
of a French window to osenpo nows
paper men. A combined naval and
military mimic attack on Galvoston
is ono of tho fenturos of tho great
"war gamo" which it is planned to
piny. The officials assert that tho
movemont of troops is puroly for
technical ttso but tho sudden dispatch
of one-fourth of tho entiro nnny ;o
tho Mexican border is not accepted
here as ft mere practice mauauvor.
Has Three Wives.
BURLINGTON, Kan., March 7.-
Clydo Frazoe, in jail hero charged
with bigamy today admitted that he
had three wives. Ono, ho say, live
iu Kansas City, Kan., one at Butler,
Mo., and ono m Derby, Kas.
NEW OFFICERS
FOR MERCHANTS
Local Association Met Las Night and
Elected Officers for Coming Year
Credit Rating List of County is
to Be Published by April I.
Tho local merchants' association
held their annual meeting Monday
evening and elected officers for tho
ensuing year. II. C. Garnctt is pres
ident, M. J. Roddy vice president nnd
II. A. Theirolf, treasurer, J. II. Cur
kin, secretary.
Tho secretary was instructed to
compilo and publish a credit rating
list of Jackson county nnd to have
tho same ready by April firnt.
SWING UN RUEF
Stay of Execution Ends and Curly
Headed Ex-Boss Leaves for San
Quentln Long Fight to Keep Out
Ends in Failure,
SAN FRANCISCO, Gal., March 7.
Abo Ruof's long fight to kcop out
of tho stato cpnitentiary has onded
in failure At 1:45 thU aftornoon,
accompanied by Chariot, Haggorlv,
his office olork, Chief Juilor MeAu
ley and Jail Superintendent Carroll
of San Francisco, left hour for San
Quniin to bogiu serving n 14-year
term.'
Ruof's sovsn-duy tay of execu
tion granted a week ago by Judgo
Lawlor, expired at 10 a. in. today.
Attornoy Konn, who has boon the
londor in the fight to keop Ruef out
of prison, nftor a long conferenco
with Judgo Lawlor announced that
no further ttay would bo asked as
Lawlor held out no hope.
The prisoner was taken to tho peu
itcntiary in a taxicab v.-l 11
PRSON
OS
TO COMPLETE
CRATER LAKE
E
Four Banks of Medford and Colonel
Fiank Ray Underwrite Subscrip
tions to Permit Construction to Be
Rushed to Completion.
ENGINEER HEIDEL LEAVES;
COUNTY COMPLETES ROAD
Over 4000 Feet of Road Is Oponed
Contractor Says Work Can Bo
Finished in Sixty Days.
That ''section of the Crater Lake
highway now under construction, will
he completed at once. Tho four
banks of 'Medford, togcthor with
Colonel Frank Ray, will underwrite
tho subscriptions for $10,000. Tho
work will h6 dono under supervis
ion of W. W. Harmon, county road
engineer, and Jackson county will
put up tho balance of money needed
to finish tho highway. P. E. Mer
rick of tho Medford National bank,
was appointed trustee for tho under
writers.
Tho ubovo was tho result of nu
morons conferences hold Tuesday ho
twecn members of the Crater lake
highway commission, Judgo Neil, Qol-
onol'Ray, and Mosarw Crowoll, Vnv
ter, Morrick and Davis, representing
the four bunks.
At a meeting of the Crater lake
highway commission held Monday, it
was decided to uso every effort to
hanteu construction of the Pumteo
hill section now being built, and to
this end Colonel Ray offered to un
derwrite the subscriptions for a third
of tho cash required, provided local
banks undenvroto tho balance, so
that tho grade could bo completed
before tho summer travel begun. It
is tho intention to ask the subscribers
who do not euro to pay their entire
subscriptions now, to sign notes pay
able Juno 1, when the subscription
is duo, nnd upon these notes, the
money will bo advanced.
Tho accounts of tho commission
showed approximately '75 subscrib
ers delinquent on first payment. Al
togothor $15,000 in subscriptions in
cluding those delinquent, will ho due
Juno 1. Tlioro has been oxpended to
date, including $1000 received from
t)io county, .$0500 in actual construc
tion. To complete tho grndo and
surface tho road will rcquiro the
f?l 5,000 additional. With a small
crew the work cannot be dono at a
profit, but rushing it through, with
a lnrgo force will save money.
It was decided to turn the super
vision of tho highway over to the
county, now thnt a rood cngincor hns
been nppointed, nnd to ask tho co
operation of tho county. Engineer H.
F. Ileidol asking to bo relieved as the
dopurlmont of good roads could not
spnro him longor for this work. All
tho surveys and work has been un
der his jurisdiction,
Mr. Ileidol stated that 4000 feet
of tho grado had been opened up, that
2000 feet had boon finished, but not
surfaced, and thnt approximately 35
per cent of the work had been dono.
Contractor Natwick stated that he
could, if tho money was available,
finish construction in 00 dnys.
Colonel Rav offored to undorwritn
$5000 out of tho $15,000 subscrip
tions duo or $.'1500 out of $10,000
provided tho bnlnneo was underwrit
ten, as an emergency proposition.
"I do this," said Colonol Ray, "bo
causo I don't want to seo tho road
fall through, because I want Medford
to succeed in whatever it undortakos
and I know of no worse black oye
tho commmunily could receive than
to fail in this effort."
I II !! n I
CHICAGO, III., Jlaroh 7. Tho
comity court today ordorod an Im
modlato recount of tho recent pri
mary. This action is tho outcomo of
tho claim of former Mnyor Dunno
that Carter H. Harrison waB tho buc
ceHBful domocratlc candldato through
irrogularltlos at tho primary.
ROAD A
Taking the North West East
j& j& j& j&
Oregon Car Attracts Crowds
nHHiK .-v, -fv.-,' s 1 Mlyrffi'"f1lMTll('"'Krlmh:"y'
OREGON EXHIBIT DY QltEAT NORTHERN RY. AT WESTERN LAND PRODUCTS
EXH11UT. HELD IN OMAHA, NEU. RECENTLY.
"Tho way to got people into tho
northwest is to take the northwest to
them." This is what President Hill
of tho Great Northern has dono for
Oregon by completely equipping a
ear wilh Oregon products and send
ing it on a 7000 mile tour through
the eastern states with traveling rep
resentatives iu charge who aro well
versed on western conditions. Tho
interest this car has created every
where on its tour through Michigan,
eastern Ohio and southern Indiana
has been nothing short of wonder
ful. Oregon is bound to gain from
this practical publicity, and the
valuo of it can' only bo reckoned
when the colonisf poriod is over and
some idea can ho had of thu'uumbor
of now settlers brought into tho
state.
Tho following roports of tho trav-
ttUTti !5iTft
lilirLIMIISIU
BE E
Additions to City North- and South
of Jacksonville Road, Just West
of City Seeks Admission Into tho
City.
Petitions for tho calling of a Bpo
cial olcction for tho purposo of ad
mitting adjoining territory into tho
city aro being generally circulated,
and signed in tho city today.
The territory it is proposed to take
into tho city lies north and south of
tho Jacksonville road just west of
the city. Sovornl additions there
ask to be admitted,
SCANDAE STIRS
ARMY CIRCLES
p
Captain is Dismissed After Secret
Court Martial Beautiful Woman
is Dragged Into Case Trouble Oc
curred on Shipboard.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 7.
With tho aHBortion that ho did not
havo a trial, friends of Captain Guy
H. U. Smith, who was dlsnilsaod from
tho army after a socrot court martial,
aro today doing everything In tholr
power to havo tho oaao ro-oponod.
Thoy assort tholr faith that Captain
Smith will bo cloarod ovontuajly.
Mrs. Uarnotto, wlfo of Lloutonant
Colonol George h. Uarnotto of tho
murluo corps, will again bo tho cen
ter of InteroBt in cao a new trial is
obtained for Captain Smith. It was
for nllogod offonsa roportod by Mrr.
Uarnotto thnt Captain Smith was
brought to trial. Kvery effort was
mado to withhold Mrs. Damotto's
Identity from public knowledgo, all
tho officers participating Iu tho trial
bolng Bworu to secrooy. Notwlth
standing this effort, MrH. llurnotto'a
imino cumo Into tho cauo.
XTEHDED
oling immigration agents in charge
of Oregon's exhibition car woro fur
nished by E. Cv Lecdy, general im
migration agent of the Great Novth
orn railway.
Greenwood, Tnd. Piftecn hundred
visitors, a groat many of whom woro
fanners. A largo per cent of inter
est was for homesteads in Oregon.
Tho hall whero Hid storcoptfeon lec
ture was held iu tho evening was
crowded, and some wore turned
away. The apple display iu tho oar
is drawing many favorahlu com
ments. . .
t..v ..in.. -1.2? en ;.. i
uuiiui.-iynviiu, nm. ai'i'iuuu-
doiis crowd. At least 5000 pqo
j)lu vJsltoi the car. Tho crow'd kopt
lip alt day long and the Iccturo Iiall
was crowded in tho evening. Wo
estmated tho nttoiidnnco at about
(Continued on Puco 0.)
DIAZ IS SAID TO
BE PASSING AWAY
Diaz of This Given as Cause for
Mobilization of American Troops
on Border If Aged President
Dies Government Will Pass.
WASHINGTON, 13. C, March 7.
Rcpiesontativcs of tho Madero rev
olution in Mexico this afternoon de
clared that tho United States has re
ceived secret information that Pres
ident Diaz, is iu danger of dying at
nay timo; (hat his advanced ago and
enfeebled condition make tho cud of
his career a matter o,f a very short
time. On the theory that the in
tions of Europe of Europe will look to
Undo Sam to maintain order iu
Moxico wlion Diaz dies, the revolu
tionists explained tho hasty mobili
zation of tho army nud navy at tho
Mexican frontier, tl is un admitted
fact that no man exists iu tho Diaz,
government who cnu hold tho admin
istration togcthor when Diaz relin
quishes his iron grip.
S0L0NSC0MET0 BLOWS;
FIGHT OVER SCHOOL FUND
POISE, Ida., March 7. A pugilis
tico encounter between two senators
enlivened tho Sunday sossion of the
sonato far beyond tho wildost expec
tations of ovou tho most bloodthirsty.
Sonnloru Page of Pminer nnd Day
of Moscow- wor tho holigoronts and
today Page has a bruised and lacer
ated face vhilo Day sports a black
oyo.
Tho trojiblo bolwoon tho souators
urouo over tho appropriation provis
ion for tho state educational insti
tutions. Day said tho University of
Idaho was composed of a "pack jf
robber" and thnt Page was "the
worst of tho lot," thou tho troublo
bogau.
Tho sohools of tho stntp will rocoivo
substantial appropriations.
A want nd campaign will got you
acquainted with n lot of people who
want to buy homoH and tho homo
Iyou want to soil would auroly suit
Bomo ot thorn,
NEW ORDIANCE
PROVIDES A
$400 CLUB
LICENSE t
License Committee Places Model Liq
uor Ordinance in Hands of City At
torney for Final Drawing May be
Presented to City Council Tonight.
DRUG STORES MUST PAY j
OR NOT SELL BOOZE
Cards and Dico to Go Screens Must'
Come Down Closing Hour
Comes Earlier.
Providing for a llconso for clubs
and drug stores at ?400 a year and
prohibiting thorn from selling liquor
ou Sundays, doing away with cards
and dlco, ns well as boothB and tables
in saloons, fixing tho closing hour
botweon 11 and 12 o'clock at night,
doing away with all screens abovo a
height of five feet from tho side
walk, tho model liquor ordluanco will
probably bo roportod to tho city coun
cil tonight by tho llconso committee.
Tho committee, which consists of
Mayor W. II. Canon, P. B. Merrick
and V. J. Emorlck, havo nearly con
cluded tholr work and tho result of
tholr dollborations is now in 'tho
linnds of City Attornoy Tortor J.
Noff. Mr. Notf is Bwampod with
work and mny bo unnblo to havo it
ready for tonight's session.
Tho llconso committee has given
much thought to tho formation of tho
now ordluanco, having had It under
consideration for two months. Now
thoy nro rear" to submit It to tho
council.
License Clubs.
Tho comiultloo has decided to place
a llconso of $400 a year ou clubs and
to closo them on Sunday. This will
offect tho Crator Lake club and tho
University club. Tho latter club at
prosont closes Us bar at 6 o'clock on
Sunday ovoning, through its own
houso ruloB. Tho amount of tho ll
conso, tho club mombors atato, will
practically forco tho closing of tho
clubs, nnd thoy aro preparing to seek
a lower yearly llconso. Members
stato that no drunkonnoss Is tolorat
od about tho club rooms and that only
inomberB havo tho privileges of tho
club, A fight Is expected on thlB
point.
Drug stores will also bo Hcenaod
In order to soil liquor. Othorwlso
liquor can bo sold, by them only on
prescriptions und but ono ealo can
bo mado on each prescription,
Other ltcgulatlons.
Under tho provisions of tho now
ordluanco tho saloons of tho city must
closo botwoen 11 and 12 o'clock, tho
oxact tlmo not yot havlug boon flxod.
Thoro was somo discussion of hnv
Ing tho closlug hour fixed at 10
o'clock. Tho saloons closo at 1
o'clock nt prosont.
All Bcroona muBt bo romovod about
ftvo feet from tho sldowalk.
All Bcreons must bo removed abovo
inuat nlBO go. Strict regulation is to
bo provldod.
PORTLAND BOY TO CAPTAIN
CLEVELAND NAPOLEONS
CHICAGO, III., March 7.ThGro
is u good possibility that Manager
McGuiro of tho Naps may give tho
captaincy of tho team to Ivan Ol
son, tho young shortstop.
Olson is a wostorn product and
oamo from Portland, Or. Ho is ro
gardod as a euro fixture, on tho
Cleveland toam.
TRIAL OF MOTHER FOR
INFANTICIDE IS BEGUN
ALBANY, N. Y., March 7. The
trial of Mrs. Edith Melbor, for tho
murder of her 5-yenr-old eon, whom
sho killed by giving carbolic noid sov
oral months ago, bocauso it is' alleged
sho wanted to marry n uiau who did
not Jiko tho lnd, began hero this even
ing. Tho defense, will pload insanity.