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4 Medford Mail Tribune FIRST I SECTION J WEATHER Fair IJnr. iSO.ni, Max. OH, MIil H., Moan fill. iv ri f FORTY-FIKST YKAli. TWENTY PAGES. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1911. IN THREE SECTIONS No. 15 165 ARE KILLED IN ALABAMA COAL MINE GLOOM HANGS HEAVY OVER PENNSYLVANIA TOWN X CALIFORNIA CONVICTS DIE IN DEPTH OF EARTH Estimates of Death Arc Growing Hourly Over 100 Men Still in Mine Resources Hard at Work Only a Few Escape. IIRHill:; WAKE Governor Signs Direct Primary Bill Which Provides Same Plan for Election of United States Senators as Obtains in This Office. HOSPITAL PLANS TO 0 1 PEOPLE A GAS POCKET IGNITED; AIR FANS DESTROYED Practically all of the Men Working Were Negro Convicts Except for Bosses. BIIJ.MlNOIlA.Ar, Ala., April 8. j Ono hundred and sixty-five mon arc imprisoned, and believed dead and many marc are injured as the result of an expiation in the Mnmor mine early today. rut 11 . i no esiimuics oi dead are growing liuiirly. Over J 00 men are .still in tho mine. Several bodies liavo been recovered. l'raeticallv all the men working in tho mine where 'the Littleton explo sion oeeured were negro convicts ex cept for the hoses of the various working ciews. The 1'ralt Coiisolid ated Coal Company of Miiminghnni owns tho mine. It has been learned here that tho disaster resulted from the ignition of a gns pocket, hut the extent of the fatalities as yet is dificult to do tcimine. The explosion camo at 'i o'clock this moining, just after the first shift wept on for the day. State Mine Inspector IIillhouc and the crew of the Tailed States Mine Rescue Station fioni here are at the scene of the disaster. Owing to the isolation of the mine it has not yet been learned here whether any of the bodies of tho 200 men said to have jwrished have been lecoxered from the blazing pit. The fan which supplied air to the shaft was- destroyed and most of the shafting was destroyed. 'fhe explosion occurred far under ground. uesiMior.s un woi'Kiug in snails searching for bodies and survivors. Fifty convicts have been rescued. A number of them did not know of the explosion. SACRAMKNTO, Cab, April 8. Governor Johnson today signed tho direct primary bill providing for the "Oregon" plan of choosing United Stales senators at tho primary elec tion, a choice which shall bo binding on candidates for tho state legisla ture. Tho act assures tho election of United States senators from Cali fornia by the people directly as :n Oregon. till FAITH III Will Be Submitted to Local Contrac- So Says Uncle Sam in His Announcc tors This Week for Bids Building ment of Last Year's County Med- Chapman Avers That Medford Is Livest Wire in Northwest Will Be Started in Near'Futurc and Work Will Be Rushed. MUCH BUILDING I SIN SIGHT FOR THE YEAR ford is Fifth City in State Accord ing to Complcac List of Towns. JACKS0NVILE THIRD TOWN IN THE COUNTY New Hospital Will Be Modern and Up I to Date in Every Respect. r John Maxwclli of Eugene is Poorer by $1800 Because He hid It in Flower Pot Officers Think It was Stolen. u JEAN VALJEAN MAYJE FREED Man Who After Ten Years of Upright Life is Caught and Jailed for Old Crime is Expected to cB Pardoned by Governor. COLTMHl'S, Ga., April 8. Thom as IS. Stripling, tho modern "Jean Valjoun," who after ton yeans ni clilof of police of Danville, Va., was arrested us an escaped blnyur and ro turnod to prison here, doclurod today that ho had not a doubt Unit his froo dom would bo given him. "Kvor since my arrest." ld Strip Hag In a statement to the United Pre, "I Iihvo full lu my heait that the prison commlbsiou would recom mend my pardon. Thy ar mon; KUCKXti, Or., April 8. Roouuso he distrusted banks-, John Maxwell, pioneer fanner residing near here, has lost a sum of money said to be between $1,100 and .1-1800. Ho had hidden it in a flower pot under the floor of an outhouse and when he visited the scene the money had dis appeared. The authorities believe tho money was stolen by some one familiar with .Maxwell's habit of secreting money around his farm. REBELS PLAN A FIERCE ATTACK With Many Extra Rifles and Enough Ammunition For an Army Insur rcctos Off to Engage In Battle With Federals. This week the Sisters of Providence will arrive in this city for tho purpose of submitting their plans for tho now hospital to be erected in this city at acost of $100,00 to local contractors for bidso nits edection. As soon as these bids can be obtained tho con tract will bo let and the building erect ed as rapidly as possible. The plans for the now hospital givo every promise of an up todato in stitution in this city. They are com plete in every detail and physicians of this city who have seen them pro nounce a slicing very line. Tile building will stand on Nob Ashland Has 5020 While Central Point Is Fourth In County With 761 Big Growth Since. A complete list of tho census of tho various Oregon cities and towns lias just boon Issued by tho census bureau. Tho Hat gives Grants Pass 3807 people and was tho only Im portant center In Southern Oregon, which had not had Its census nn nounceed previous to the publica tion of this list. This confirms tho claims of Medford that It leads all Southern Oregon towns. Tho list gives Medford SS 10 and growth since slnco one year ago when tho census was taken the present figures are al readyp hopelessly out of date. Med ford Is now claiming 11100 bused on Mill and will be ipiite an addition tho B'()o1 ronsus. Ashrland 7000 to tho city. Time limits will bo in-i111"' "rantH Pass r.r.0. And these later corporated in the contract in order! figures are out far from correct, to assure the completion of the build-1 According to this list Jacksonville "g by fall. i's "10 third town in the county hav- Tho erection of the now hospital in ''K !l population of 785 which just this city is' .but one of many nowl,H Central Point with 7(11. (Sold building which arc to bo erected this, 'HI' ''ns '-' .... f...ir i i.. i... rtr.i. ..I... I.. ,1... summer. Yesterday tho announce- 1"UUI""1 ,B l"v ",l" u". " """ ment of the erection of a new .fl8,-stnto- I'rtlnnd Is first, Astoria sec- 000 two story building on drupel""". Salem third, ISugono fourth and street was made. In addition to this Bedford glgth. If a sensiis was to the work on the now apartment house I1'0 ,nko at tM0 lVflCl t'n Meiiroril on the corner of Kir and Sixth streets would probably jump to fourth place is to bo started this week. .Mrs. llt "' school census shows that sho Carnahaii.is excavating for a build- ls ,nrK' t!lil t,,(' !'il" '(' -ing on her property on Central aw- tropolls. nuc, and many other buildings are -ro the complete list In the contemplated. It looks like last years Btnte: building record wil be shattered dm ing J 1)11. OS A i MKXICAI.i, .Mexico, April 8.-laghly-tive rebels with extra rif les and enough ammunition to kill an entire army loaded abroad the mules they stole yesterday from the Cudahy ranch near here known as Captain William Stanley ami his band of insiirrcctos left .Mexicali at noon today. The party headed straight for Packard, eight miles south to engage Colonel .Mayot's lorce of .()() federals. It was ap parently the intention of Stanley lo hurl his haiidlul of men upon the enemy in the open plains, in tho hope of crippling them o badly that the lliiily rebels lett behind to guard Mexicali could hold the town against an onslaught. Stanley faces an un usual dilemma, which probably ac counts for hit; foolhardly action. It in win or die with him for if he is defeated, he faces either death from the federal or court martial er WHITE MEN Masked Men Drag Three Blacks From Jail and String Them Up One is Shot Down as He Flees for Shelter. KMCVIhUC (., April 8. - Ono hundred masked men early today lynched three negroes here who wore charged with having inurdoied Now son Kason, white, on January l.'l. Tho three wore Dawson .Ionian, Chas. Pickett and Murray Denton. Overpowering the Jailer, tho mob dragged tho victims from tholr colls. Ono of tho negroes fled and was shot down as he ran. Tho others worn hanged to a nearby tree ami their bodies riddled with build as thoy swung. WILL SELL, NOT BUY, RACING TRACKS SAYS MATT WINN SAN FRANCISCO, April "I'm more likely, sub, to be wiling race Ms n ilnsnrtni' t'ritm tin, Pnilul SWiilus army. Stanley is a former ,,iiiil.r.,h" "J1" '"'ir " '"'J' tho'- ..u ... ..... ....... :.. .1 .. r. :. , l. j nu- MIIIHHT I.I1 jfL-l.lll III mi- I llllt-ll Olllll'n army. t Ileforo leaving .Mexicali, Stanley i ..v. ;.., ..I ('....(...,, -'...re;. i. .. ,i... they are human, and they have wive. V "77 u. , , , I mted State army that his men ami cmnireii or tneir own. now como This, null, is not a very pro porous year for racing mon " This was the way Colonel Mati Winn of Louisville. Ky.. who Is hero today, denied the icport that ho had come to Shu KiHiietsco to confer with It'll. lift WtlllPn t lift nmiiuivtv tnL.ii P...,.. they iefuso Jusllca to a mail who thp riiatthy nn'.U K"h, ,(U jtMaroneo P. Waterhouse warding tho only crime was doing what every man who hve (, wUj, KlJU,eV( ,iefciott J t oiIii g of a new race track at Tla wuj .p .us mime ami w,.o nuaur- ed ft few ,,,. l)efore hu dBMlrtlro womanktud would do? That was all ,.,, fled amwg (J(0 ,.10 ,t(j UnU-, 1 did when I killed a man because ,,.,.. ,--:,,.,... mm, , ,.a.,t..A .... .. ...(.. , .. j n-.v iniiuinn b the p.iind. ; i..' T.i-kiM ii nil- 'It. , i i , I,, i , ti.Tni.ri tl, , he attempted to Injure m hUter I fulh li'llep (i'lM-rniir Di" i wil' H(lit till' )ill)10 I lll 111 1 - It II s '' nllillii I.il ttjoli atlil 'I it 111 W . 1 j i' 1 'I tl.i is n i l- w ( dike I ' .t tl.ls J nana. VICTOIUA. D. C. April S. A enn vatt of the votes cast lu yesterday's election shows that Alfred .1 Morlev was flcrt.d niavor li a majority of ( , (Contlniied onInKo i.i LAWYER LAUGHS AT FUND STORY Lorimer's Counsel Thinks Funk's Statement is a Joke Effort Made to Serve Subpoenas on Other Capitalists. t- l-f l l-r IIH-fft -ftf t t t -t- (Oregon Journal.) "Without disimraging other clubs, I think .Medford has- tho best Coiiimercial club in the state of Oregon for n city of its size," said .Mannger C. C. Chapiuun of tho Portland Commercial club, upon his return from tho Hoguo river valley Inst night. ".Medford has a live population and they are certainly doing things there in a progressive fashion. We people of Portland should become bettor better acquainted with them and their dis trict. The Rogue river valley has the advantage, too, of a blend ing of the climates of California and Oregon, and it is .simply de lightful. "Most of the people arc easterners and from the middlo states, and they are, certainly pleased with their now homes'. 1 say new homes, but not a few of them have been there several yen is, having gone into the valley soon after it was discovered that fruit could bo grown to tho greatest perfection. ''The city is building up .rapidly. Many store buildings are be ing erected, but thoro seeniH no difficulty hi filling Ihoin. Thoy hnve stores llmu thai compare favorably with the largest in Port hind, with nil "air of metropolitan life everywhere in evidence. "Medford is a city of automobiles, and it certainly does one good to sec how the orchard owners enjoy suburban life, while at llie same time Ihey are part of tho city, the auto having solved tho problem of distunce., "The Medford people nud the people of the Rogue river valley are determined to make a big showing and they are making splen did headway. It behooves the people of Portland to become acquainted wtih the Roguo river valley. Tho benefit will bo mu tual. Wo know pretty much hero of our own section, but should also become familiar with other sections of the state. Tho poo pie here do not realize even in .a small way, what an asset tho state has in the Rogue river valley." Mr, Chapman was at Mcdforl Wednesday lo address tho Com mercial club and discuss plans for the future and he says he found the work carried on splendidly. Olio feature that appealed .very strongly to him was Iho fact that the club sends literature, to oveiy person applying to tho I'orlhind ehninber of commercial club's promotion department for information about Oregon. This ho considers an excellent motlnd Hint shuuid ho observed by every club in tho state. Tho Portland club's inquiry department sends out a list of nniuos and addresses 'of people every day to the various commercial, clubs in th state and if literature is sent lo these persons, (hero is a very string probability of them becom ing interested in ono part or another of the state. Mr. Chapman says he found that there is still a great deal of laud to be had at a very reasonable price, although of course bear ing orchards arc worth a great deal. "Mill," explained Mr. Chapman, "few of these orchards arc for sale, hence the vnluo must be there. I spoke to several orchard owners and (hoy said they would not think of selling. It is no easy matter lo deal with a man who docs not want to sell." Medford is 'inviting especially people who will work' on the farms, establish homes and go into fruit growing or truck garden ing. "I was told," Mr. Chapman continued, "that speculators do not have to be invited; they come anyway, but the class of people wanted are those who will till the soil." It is also said that there are ovcellcnt opportunities for men who will woik orchards on a profitshariiig basis. f - 4 4 - -f f f 4 4 4 4 f 4 4- 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4- 4 4 4 4- 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 76 LOST THEIR LIVESfNTHROOP MINE DISASTER State Laws Known to Have Been Violated Firo Started In Engineer House Which Was Constructed of Wood Despite Statutes. RESCUING PARTY GOES TO DEATH IN MINE Hcartrcntllnn Scenes at Mouth of Mine Relatives Arc Restrained By Force. 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44-44444-4444-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 4-44-4-4-4.44-444.44-4-444 701; votes ow r his i.i'1'f'in-iit, F. Damn r man M CIIIAOO. III., April 8. Declara tions that the charge made by Clar ence S, Kuiik to the Ilinois lcgislatinc that a $100,000 "slush fund" had been used to elect William l.orimer to the United States senate were derid ed horo today by Judge llaneey I.011 mor's counsel. Denying that I'M wit id I linos the lumber magnate, bad over raibod the $100,000 as Kunk charged, Hancey made the following statement to the Cniled Press. "The chaigcs amount to nothing. They an all innuendo, based 011 hear say. Who is 1'iink He has notbin. People 1110 not yoing to soiiiebod hired man to ask for for $10,000 ( eleel u I'nitod Stales collator. "The whole all'air is a part of goneial scheme to 'got' l.oiiinor. Tb.' want to get him because they ean'i use linn. ! 'the)' I mean the new papers who have boon fighting him When lbe lulled ill attempts to uc hint they immediately opened tho at tack. "Kunk told nothing of evidential value. Nothing fiotn nothing leaves nothing." HfforU were made today to serve siibMionaH iijhui curtain prominent mon to apiwar 111 Springfield to go one the grill as to what thuy know about the l'riiaer cmmi'. Tho process servers tried particularly to find four men' win. i'link -n were picsoiil.1 a 111 a iir 1 iiki 11 ' llihi . in tin 1 hum ( lull, .1 I Willi Il llllll , ))' .l -, TAET WITHHOLDS HIS OPINION Informs Arizona Delegation That He Would Neither Approve or Disap prove Constitution Until Conyrcss Acts Upon It. WASHINGTON, I). C, April 8 Piesldent Taft told an Arl.ona del egation that ho would neither ap prove or disapprove the Arlioua con stitution until congroflB acted upon It. Ho wants to hear the arguments of coiigichH before deriding whether the recall of Judges provision Is compat ible with tho United Htatos Consti tution. CRATER LAKE CLUB DISBANDS Social Cluh Goes Out of Business Will Dispose of Its Fixtures and Divide Surplus Amoiiu the Members. STOLE SI: IS GIVEN 10 YEARS Ncfjro Who Robbed Messenger Boy Is Sent to Pen for Long Term Juduo Scores Him in Passion Sentence. HKATTl.K, Wash., April 8. -Fur robbing n messenger boy of .$1 on March .'10 in the early hours of the molding, Krauk M. Hall, a negro, wn today sentenced to a term ol ten 10 twenty years m the peneteiiticry. Hull denied Ills guilt lo the u .1 but .lodge Mam he! ore passing sentence, said that the pir could not with just ice huc lulled to co'iMct him. WATER RENTS W SCRANTON, Pa., April 8.-Tho gloom of the greatest mining disaster that has visited the unthrocitc fields of Pennsylvania in the last '10 years lies tonight over tho little mining town of Throop, whort 7f5 men met death in tho Prince Pancast mine firo. Seventy-two of the victims are be lieved lo have boon killed instantly. Thoy were 7fi0 foot below the sur face. White dump seized tho lives of four rescuers today. The lilazen started in tho tnino liaist onginoJiiursOi. wJ1iu.I1 was con structed of wood, contrary to the stale mining laws. At least 7(1 persons nro known (o have lost their lives in tho disaster yesterday at Throop. At 110011 to day 70 corpses hud been brought lo (he surface and six others had been located. Of (he largo force of men work ing in the China vein at thn (imo it the explosion, only Firo Moss Viekers escaped. The men were all suffocal ed. Roscueis said loday that the bod ios had been found in groups of from three lo seven with arms and bunds interlocked. Mine Inspector Williams is bore today investigating the cause of the fjro. As the corpses are brought to the surface the authorities have great difficulty in restraining the grief Rtrickon relatives. All night long wo men mill children crowdedo about the main entrance in the hope that by some ehaiieo Iho life of a loved 0110 had been spared. .loliu (Ira'', n rope cleaner, was the hero of the disaster, lie heard the alarm in time to escape, but instead of rushing to the surface, penetrated into the lowor tunnels to warn his companions. iH body was among those brought to tho surfaco just be fore dawn. Many members of the rescue par ties collapsed this morning. They had been toiling steadily since '1 o'clock yesterday nftoronn. Volunteers uie icbeviiig the fatigued workers. FREE SPEECH LEAGUESTARTS Object of New Organization Is to Promote hy Lawful Means Such Judicial Construction of Constitu tion as Will Secure Liberty. III' '- t b t -t tho sHlll.Dlllj I,, , I (i 1 I ti ' r The Cm I or l.aks soeiul olub hold a meeting Salunlay evening ami took -lep- tnvt.iiil .1 disb.iiidiiiiint ot thi' 1 !ub ' hi iim tm ' w. - 1 .tli d bv lln liMinl of iliriih t at 11 tin v li.ul l if. d d. b 1 u lb. 1 1 ib AI.DA.NV, N. Y., April 8. With l.i'ouard Abbot us president ami I Ilrand Whltlock as vlco-prosldent, tho Growth of 145 Per Cent Shown for i''''' Speech league of Now York wa.i l Incorporated here today. Helton hall March Over One Year Ago Is No ami Lincoln stoffens woro among thn o 11 11 1 1 mi., n 11 ilneorporutors. Small criterion of City's Growth. ,,,, . , .,, mv ,,, bylaws. Is to promote by lawful means such judicial construction to the Con stitution as will secure for ovoryono the greatest liberty consistent with tho liberty of others and ospoolally to piorltidc punishment for a nieio Tin' increase n, svi imioical orr use to oppose, every pi r nut fins 1- '""" '" noviM nmeui. aiuu'ii in 111c ecu- During the mouth just closed tho city recorder eolected iSl.bM.XI ui water rents in the city. One year ago lor the corie-iximliug month be coli'i id twOM '(. 1.1 l-T 11 01 11 .t .,1 1 I., .mill iiiteiioii ui the so P 'f 1 xpresslon, communication ' tv,' 'Ton lb. "1 t,u t .u.smlsalon of Ideas. m i V vv 1
