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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1911,
No. 3(.,
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DEFENSE WORKS
UNDERjANDlCAP
Need Far Greater Knowledge of
State's Case Against McNamara
Brothers and Have No Way of
Finding Who Witnesses May Be.
Exile No Longer
12,000 PIECES
Left Out In the Cold
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SCHMIDT IS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN MURDERED
Considerable Time Will Elapse Be
fore Aralgnment' on Indictment
is Had Rappaport Working.
LOS ANGELES, Cnl Mny 3. The nr
ralgiunent of John and J unions B. Mc
Nnmara, urrested In connection with the
destruction of tho Los Angeles Times
plnnt hero October 1 InHt, will bo held
either tomorrow nftcrnoon or Friday.
Hut the men will be charged not with
tho actual explosion of dynamite under
the Times bulhllnjc iirnt the killing of 21
men, but with some supplementary crime
connected with tho Times explosion.
This was tho announcement today of
District Attorney Fredericks. Colnclden
tally, Fredericks confirmed the repnrt
that Judge Walter Rordwell will try the
case.
Fredericks said that ho will confer
with Judge Hordwell tomorrow nnd ut
tho conference tho exact date of the ar
raignment of the two brothers and pos
sibly Ortle McMnnlgul, their alleged con
federate, will bo determined.
LOS ANGHLICS. Mny S. Hniullcnppod
through lack of knowledge of the state's
case against tho McNamara brothers.
charged with cpnsplrncy to, murder, tho
nttorneys for tho defense today are mak
ing every effort to obtnln from District
Attorney Fredericks a copy of tho testi
mony tnken by tho grand Jury here after
tho Times disaster. Thero Is no way In
which the defendants can obtain this
transcript until they have been arraign
ed on tho Indictments pending against
them.
Prosecution in Saddle.
Tho prosecution holds tho whip hand,
nnd It Is believed that considerable time
will elapso before arraignment on the
Indictment Ih lind. It Is thought that the
prosecution will endeavor to keep the
testimony of the hands of thn defense as
long as possible by having a brief pre
liminary hearing, at which an outllno of
tho case ngnlnst tho prisoners will be
presented without "tipping Its hand" to
the dofense Hnioly enough evidence will
bo brought forward to Insure the hold
ing of tho McNnmarns until every por
tion of tha prosecution's case has been
strengthened.
Defense Handicapped.
There Is no way under tho law that
the defenso can compel arraignment on
the Indictment nnd no way In which It
can obtnln tho grand Jury transcript un
til that Is done. Tho only hopo of At
torney Hnppaport and his collcngue.3 Is
that the prosecution Is not speaking the
truth when It Bays tho caso Is complete
nnd Mint It Is ready to proceed. Stores
of witnesses must bo Interviewed by
ngents of tho dofenso nnd no stop can
bo taken by It when tho knowledge of
whom those witnesses nro Is withheld
by tho prosecution.
Schmidt Killed?
Hums ngents hero aro said to have re
ceived roportB that M. A. Schmidt,
known as "Schmltty" nnd alleged to bo
under Indictment, has been killed. Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks says this caso
Is clinched without the testimony of
Schmidt, but other nttorneys differ,
claiming that Schmidt Is tho connecting
link between two suspected California
labor men nnd a woman accomplice, -who
nre Mild to bo under Indictment, but
whose alleged complicity In the Times
explosion cannot bo established without
Schmidt.
A former member of the prosecution
nnd who later will figure In tho caso de
clared today that "Schmidt, not McNam
nru was tho man to have been caught,
for with Schmidt In custody, every man
connected with tho dynamiting would
have been caught eventually. Without
Schmidt, nt least three will escape."
dot Job for Tote.
SPIUNGFIKLD. III., May 3. C. E.
Taylor of HarrUburg, in., today testi
fied before tho senate Lorlmer investi
gating committee that he heard Former
Representative L. K. York say in n
Harrlsburg drug store that he had been
promised a United States government
position for voting for Lorlmer,
W. O. Cnblo testified that he was
present In tho drug store at tho time to
which York's statement referred, but
that ho had not heard tho conversation.
Solona Still Deadlocked.
DENVKlt. Col., May 3. With the last
week of the Colorado legislature half
gone thero Is hardly a chance of break
ing tho senatorial deadlock before the
adjournment Saturday night. Former
Senator Henry M. Teller la mentioned
today as ft hark horse whoso name may
possibly get through In the closing
hours of the session.
Takei 50 reet Flunffe.
LONG HEACH. Cal., May 3. Unde
terred by his mishap yesterday, when
his areoplane was wrecked, H. J. French,
a youthful Inventor of l.ong Heach. an
nounced today that ho will attempt a
second flight In his home made machine
within a few days. French was only
slightly bruised In his 50 foot plunge.
Binder Dleappeari.
SAN FUANCISCO. May 3 Dosplte ef
forts of tho police, no trace has been
found of Miss Ituth Weston, church and
conoeYt singer, who disappeared Satur
day night or Sunday morning. A note
left b Miss Weston said she was not
feeling well and that she would "return
when her head felt better.'
Stocks Are eHavy.
NKW YOHK. Muy I Tho stock mar
ket developed a heavy tone soon after
the.bpenlng today. Lehigh Valley lost
one. Southern Pacific and Westlnghouat)
Electric ; and Union Pacific Ve Cov
ering by shorts and the exprctuiion of
supporting oroer cnuseu a snaip iruc
tlonal rebound. The market clos.-d
utijdy Hondo firm. J
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AVho, after years of practical exile.'
due to his prominence as an opponent of
President Diaz politically, has been
granted the privilege of returning to
Mexico from France where he has made
his home of lnte.
DIETZ TRIAL IS
FORMALLY OPENED
District Attorney is Not Bitter in His
Opening Statement Saying That He
Has No Desire to Hound Dletz to
Death Punishment Necessary.
HAYWAKD, WIS.. May 3. Insisting
that It was impossible for the deputies
woh attacked the cabin of John Diet:; at
Cumeron.dam to have killed their fellow,
Oscar Harp, District Attorney Williams
today addressed tho Jury here at the
formnl opening of Diet-.' trial, Williams
showed no bitterness. He made a very
tempernto opening address, saying it
was not the desire o tho state to hound
Dletz to death.
60LD STRIKE IS
SAID GENUINE
Rogue River Courier's Expedition
Returns From Hlggins Strike North
of Kerliy With Complete Account
of Great Gold Strike.
OHANTS PASS, Or.. May 3. The ex
pedition sent by the Dally Hoguo Itlvor
Courier of this city In charge of Mining
Expert Mnnguni has returned 'from the
famous Hlggins strlko In tho coast
runge, 19 miles north of Kurby. In
speaking of the Immediate locality where
tho discovery was made, the report
states no prljnary rocks aro to bo found,
but vast fields of serpentine overflow
tho entlro district and nlong Its con
tact with the serpentlno near tho head
of Sllda creek Is whero the strlko was
made, In a decomposed lense of qunrtz
porphyry. That this lenso Is tho source
of tho gold thero can ho no doubt. At
Its soilth end It Is narrow but widens
verj' rapidly as It Is triiced northerly
until It reaches a width of 20 feet at a
point of Its discovery whero It turns
sharply east and still grows wider for
a distance of 200 feet, where It merges
Into theandeslto and loses Its Identity.
Nature Took Hand.
The strike and course of tho lense de
scribes n seml-clrole and measures a to
tal length of 350 feet, every Inch of
which produces metallic gold ranging
from pannlngs worth onlyla few cents
up to 1100 each. Nature's ponderous
muller bus beaten and crushed tho top
of tho lenso to a pulp ready for u con
centrating plant, thus mnklng It un ensy
task to recover tho gold by ground sluic
ing and similar methods employed In
placer miningi No powder and drills are
used, Long slulco boxes with Hungar
ian riffles and undercurrents aro em
ployed with great success. About 11
tons of gold concentrates are now
stored In tho bins on tho mine nnd
are estimated to carry 110.000 per ton.
Tho top of tho lense Is exposed by be
ing mined to a depth of 20 feet, and
with depth It holds Its values steadily,
nnd If the cross-cut tunnel now being
driven to strike tho rich pay shoot 200
feet below Its outcrop proves up the
continuity of tho values found In the
present workings, then the Hlggins
strike, as It Is known, at mice becomes
tho greatest gold find of the century.
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Attack Four Traits.
WASHINGTON, May 3. Attacks on
four of tho greatest trusts In America
the Steel, Sugar, Woolen and Shoe
combinations were mado In congress to- j
day. In the houso tho three former
were attacked and the she trust wan I
oxcorated before the senate committee
on finance, which began hearings on
tho Canadian reciprocity measure Be
foro It manuoturers of shoes froiu, the
country declared they were helpless Jn
the grip of the United Shoe Machinery
company of Hoston and begged that
inousures might be taken for their re
lief. In the house the committee on I
rules voted to report favorably a bill
by Stanley (dtmioorut. Kntu-K(. to li-.
vestlgate the steel trust. Then Hard
wick (democrat, Georgia), Introduced a
resolution asking that a commit!. ut'
nine be named to probe tho sugar trunt
to ascertain whether It olates the law
and what has been the attitude of the
uxeoutlvw towards such violations.
Bankers to New Orleans.
NA8HVILLK. Tenn . May 3 New
Orleans was unanimously sele ted today
fur the 1912 convention of the Atnerl
i an Hankers' auxoclotlon.
LOBBYISTS FLEE
Predictions of Startling Developments
to Come in Ohio Legislative Booil
ling Inquiry Are Partly Justified
Nye Remains on Committee.
SCORE APPEAR BEFORE .
ATTORNEY AND TELL ALL
Money Tur.ned Over to Speaker Are
Not the Original Marked Bills
Furnished by Detectives.
COLl'MIU'S, O.. Mny 3, Predictions
.of startling, developments to come In the
legislative hoodllug Inquiry ' hero are
partly Justified today in the resignation
In a body of six members of tho house
steering committee which leaves Hepre
sentatlve Nye. Its chairman tho only re
maining member.
The members of the committee resign
ed wlion they lenrned In spite of Nye's
statements that he had accepted bribes
merely to trap the bribers, that he had
not reported tho bribes to SpenkerVJnlng
until two weeks after ho hod accepted
them, and that tho money ho ga'viVln
Ing wns not tho original mnrket? bills
ho lind received from tho Hurns.'detoe
tlves. Governor Harmon examined --the
money nnd testified to tho grand Jury
to this effect.
Speaker Vlnlng .has not yet accepted
tho resignations of tho six members of
tho steering committee.
It Is suspected today that the legisla
tors are panlcy ns a score appeared at
Presecutor Turner's office and asked per
mission to testify before tho grand
Jury.
One peculiar effect of tho boodllng ex
pose Is the way It Is affecting progres
sive ' leglslutton. Thoso reactionary
democrats who have been blocking nil
reforms, now thoroughly frightened, are
vigorously pushing nil the measures they
hitherto opposed. Not a lobbyist In vls
Iblo about the cnpltol since the first
whisper of an expose come, very ono
has fled.
STARSANDSTRIPES
MAY CROSS LINE
Intervention Today is Said to Be
Closer Than at Any Time Since
Revolution in Mexico Began Taft
Confers With General Wood.
WASIIINOTON, May 3. That tho
Mexican situation today Is nearer to
American Intervention than at any tlmo
slnco the revolution began Is tho opinion
here ns a result of the action of Presi
dent Taft today. Heforo going to Haiti
more to attend a peace congress the
president sent for Oenoral Wood nnd
conferred with him nt length on the out
look, Tho constant stream of pleas for
protection by American citizens In Mex
ico, tho certainty that In every stnte ex
cept Chlhuahun tlio revolt Is growing,
und tho danger that It will become so
serious us to ho beyond Madoro's con
trol that deCdwaaalaSIOCfTiETAOINNU
trol Is admitted to be giving Prosldent
Taft most serious concern. Ho has been
Informed that at least 7C per cent of
the Mexican peoplo favor tho Inmir rec
tos, and reports of secret servlca men
prove that not a single section of the
tepubllc Is free from rebellion.
While no official admissions are being
made, It in generally known that tho
administration Is extremely nnxlous ov
d the outlook and has grave fear that
the stars nnd stripes may yet me forced
to cross the Wo Ornnde.
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CONVENTION MEETS
HELENA. Mont , May 3 Two thou
sand delegates, representing states from
Minnesota to Washington, are speeding
toward Helena today to attend tlio meet
ing of the Northwestern Development
league, which opens here tomorrow Tho
put pose of tho meeting Is to devise ways
and means to advertise the northwest
with tho view of Inducing easterners to
settle In those states.
Scene of Mexican
0 WES
SENATE MAY. YET
UNSEATJORIMER
Senate Committee on Contingent E
penses Today Approved a Resolu
tion Covering the Expenses of Sec
ond Lorlmer Investigation.
WASHINGTON, Mny 3. Ily Its na
tion In npprovlng a resolution covering
tho expenseso of such nn Inquiry, the
sonata committee on contingent expen
ses today provided for a renewal of the
Lorlmor Investigation. Tho report will
come up In the senate tomorrow anil n
fight Is expected.
HOPE FOR WORLD
PEACE MONGER
With Proposed British-American Ar
bitration Agreement Strengthening
Their Hopo That End of War is
Near, Peace Congress Meets.
BALTIMORE, Md.. Mny 3., With the
proposed llrltlsh-Ainerlcau arbitration
agreement strengthening their hopo that
the end of the war Is at last In sight,
tho third national peace congres nsem
hied hcrethls afternoon. With president
Taft's presence as the magnet, the open
ing session wus largely attended and
principal nttontion was given to the ex
preslons of tho chief executive. Cardi
nal Gibbons, Andrew Carnegie and Ben
jamin F Truehlood jf Boston, secretary
of tho American Peace society, were also
notable figures In the proceedings.
Beginning lomoriow theie will bn
three sessions of tho congress dnlly.
Among tho notable speakers will be
Baron D'Estournelli-s do Constant of
Peace Negotiations
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.....j GJIEJ3L VEV OF OUAT2KS
OLD TOLL ROAD
TO BE ABOLISHED
County Court Will Condemn Road
Over Sisklyous Toll on Automo
liilcs Has Been Raised From $2 to
5, and This is Last Straw.
The old toll road on tho summit of
the Sisklyous which has been n thorn
In the slllo of thctrnveler for rniny years
will bo abolished In the near futuro If
the county court carries, out the plops
which It has at present of condemning
n right of way through that section for
a county road. This notion was deter
mined upon by' the fact that the owners
of the road who have Imposed tho toll
luring the past few years have Raised
tho toll on automobiles from 'i to ff
and the toll on other clnsHcs of vehicles
In proportion. The county court bolloves
that the matter should he adjusted uml
tile toll abolished, In order to do this
the county must condemn tho road and
make It the property of tho county.
The toll gate on the Sisklyous tins
proven the linno of every trnvolor who
has driven Into California from tho
Itogue river valley for many years back.
While much grumbling has resulted no
concerted action has been taken until
now and this Is duo to the fact that
tho toll has been raised from two to
five dollars
WOULD AMEND THE
EXTRADITION LAWS
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 3. To
prevent a repetition of tho controversy
glowing out of thn nrrnst and removal
of John J. McNamara from Indianapolis
to Los Angeltts In connection with the
Times dynamiting, Itepresontntlvo Korli
ly of Indiana today Introduced In the
house a bill amending tho extradition
laws.
France, Dr Lyman Abbott and Dr. Y.
lyenaga, n Japanese professor of Chica
go university.
Now Under Way
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PEACE ENVOYS
MEET TODAY
FJrst Consulalon Bclwccn Rci,rcscn.
tatives of Diaz and Madcro Sched
uled for This Afternoon Meet in
'. Grove Opposite El Paso Postoffice.
WASHINGTON, May 3. Consul Ed
wards, telegraphed tho stato depart
ment today that hostilities wore expect
ed to begin at noon today, following tho
termination of thn armistice.
I The failure of tho federal pollco com
missioners to appear nt Juarez Is as
signed as the reason for the resumption
of fighting by tho Insurrectos.
KL PASO, Texas, May 3. Peace In
Mexico Is hopod for here today ns ti io-
suit of conferences between thelnsurrec
tos anil the representatives of tho Diaz
governmont, tho firs of which is sched
uled to take place late this afternoon
In n grove opposite tho 1.1 Paso irriga
tion dam.
Judge Francisco Carlmjul, tho official
envoy of President Dluz, today spent
somo hours conferring with Mexican
Congressmen Obergou and Hranlff, his
unofficial advisors. Governor Ahumndif
of Chihuahua, who was selected as Car
bajal's associate, will arrive here to
night. He, too, will not largely In an
advisory capuulty, Curhaljnl himself
having authority to suy tliu lust word
for Diaz
On tho InsuiToclo side Dr. Vnsquez
Gome, the rebels' official envoy today,
Is conferring with Francisco Madero, sr.,
and his sou, the provisional president
The Insurgent chief Iiiivh prepared and
signed a formal draft of the demands
which constitute their declaration of
Independence, ami the details of tho re
forms they Insist upon. This will be
presented to Carbaljal as u brief of tho
lehel can".
It Is believed 'hero that thn outcome
of the peace negotiations will depend
on the probable time of President Diaz'
return. The rebels want assurance tlftit
Ulaz will letlre sooif and that n now
election will be called.
Hut while tho Daz and Mndorn fac
tions nro talking peaco hero tho revolu
tion Ih extending all over tho republic,
espeolulyy about tho oupltl and on the
west coast, and grnvo doubts are felt
that Madero can control the rebel bands,
even If ho In willing to make peace.
ThelndepoudHiit bands are Increasing
in size and their activities In the field
are assuming the proportions of u civil
ns well ns a political revolution, ruther
than n mer Insurrection against the
old regime of Don Luis Terrazas, the
feudal lord of Chihuahua stato.
Violent reellnir nt Trial.
VITKHHO. Itnly, May 3. Nicola Mor-
r, denounced by Geiinarn Abbateinag
glo ns one of the actual assassins of
Genunro Cuoecolo, facod his accuser In
rourt today and tho only thing that pre
vented them from springing at each
otliM'H throats was the Intervening Oar
binrers. s Abbatemnggln minutely described
tl f murder f Cuoecolo nnd the part
Morra Is alleged to have taken In It, tho
, prisoners In the pen provoked scene so
anient that President Hlanehl was com
p'llid to suspend tho sitting.
Prior to adjournment tho Informer
I and tho accusod exhausted their know
ledge of the Italian language In vluclng
I their hatred and contempt for each oth
ir while tho other prisoners behaved
llko mad men.
OF MAIL DAILY
County is Being Made at Local Post
office of All Pieces of Mail Han
dled by Office During Month of
May Causes Delay in Delivery.
EVERY OFFICE IN U. S.
IS MAKING SAME COUNT
Count Shows Over 10,000 People in
MedFord Keeks Clerks , ,
Very Busy.
Tho local postofflco Is handling be
tween ll.noo nnd 12,000 pieces of mall
dnlly according to a count mado during
tho past three days and which will be
continued throughout tho month. In re
spoliso to nn order Issued by Postmaster
Oenernl Hitchcock which refers to every
postofflco In tho United States. Tho
order necessitates the handling of every
piece of mall at least four times and
this Is causing a certain amount of de
lay In tho distribution of mall.
While there Is no precedent on which
to bnso n comparison with previous
mall matter handled In the local office,
by which tho growth of tho city may
bo reflected, tho fact that tho local of
flco handles 12,000 pieces of mall dally
means that thero aro over 10,000 resi
dents. In tho city, for tho ratio pf mall
matter to Inhabitants nccnrdlng to tho
postal authorities In nil cities Ih slight
ly over ono piece of mall per resident
dally.
Tho order sent out by tho govern
ment Is to tho effect Hint each piece of
mall In the sovornl classes must bo
counted for tho month of May. Hallway
postal clerks must also count each pleco
handled. The fact that this makes p.
great denl of extra work In tho local
office will be largely responsible for de
lays in delivery.
sfeamer on Bocks.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 3. Tho Daisy
Dollar, tramp steamer, laden with lum
ber for Chinese ports, went on tho rocks
off Whhlby Island, In tho sound somo
time Inst night.
GDERRILAWAR .
IS UNDER WAY
Rebel Bands Scatter Throughout
Lower California and Plunder
Small Towns Berthold's Command
Has Scattered.
SAN DIFGO, Mny 3. Guorllla war
fare Is raging now all over Lower Cal
ifornia, north of Santa Caturlnn, accord
lug to reports received hero today. Tho
rebel band that Herthnld held together
has divided nod scattered In small
gioups, some coming north to Tecarto
and Tlamuna and others wandering nt
will along the const, terrorizing tho
small settlements.
Klght towns, Including San Qulntln,
Santo Tomas, St Klmo, Alamo and Santa
Catarllia, have been visited by the bands,
and much property taken or destroyed.
Luordo Gonznles, American outlaw and
Mexican officer, It was declared today,
was not killed In yesterday's fighting,
as reported, H. O. Idlest, an Ameri
can citizen of Alamo, was u passenger
on tho steamer Han Diego, In front F.n
sennda. Ho says thn rebels arrived at
Alamo while he was 111 some time ago
and forced his two sons to Join him. He
has not heard a word about them since
and Is now en route by automobile to
Tecarto to see If he can find them. Tho
boys aro about 20 years old.
Americans in Dlitreii.
DOUG IMS, Ariz., Mny 3. Penned up
In Muznthin with egress to tho sea cut
off by .Mexican gunboats und with reb
els occupying all the surrounding coun
try, more than 1000 Americans are In
dire distress today, acordlug to news
brought here by refugees from Quay
mas. Tho Amerlcnns, tho refugees say, want
an American warship to come and tako
them out of Moxlco but have no means
of sending word of their plight to
Washington. At last reports nono of
them had suffered seriously. All wlro
communication bus been cut off with
Muzutlau for days.
Try Student for Murder.
OI.ATHK. Knn., May 3. Tho trial of
Knrl Hlcket. a Kansas City, Mo., Di
vinity student, chnrgod with tho mur
der of Miss FrancoH rotors, also of Kan
sas City. In a hotel here, sevornl months
ago. commencod here today. Hlcket. it
Is alleged, brought tho girl hero nnd
bought tha poison which two days Inter
emisod her death. Threo of tho state's
most important witnesses cannot bo
found. TIiosm aro Mrs. Catherine Peters
tho girl's mother, and Mr. and Mrs. Ho
mor MnKlhnny. her uncle and aunt, with
whom she lived.
New Trial of Wlreleia Oaie.
NICW YOKK. May 3 A new trial of
Christopher Columbus Wilson, president
of the wireless company, and his six as
sociates who are charged with misuse of
the mulls, was ordered today by Judge
Martin. In the United States district
oourt. Prejudice on tho part of one
of the Jurors wns shown yesterday and
tho entire Jury wuh discharged thin
morning.
Appeato Havaua Cartnien,
HAVANA. Mnv H Tlin enrlmnn wlin
struck yestorday resumed work today
(ouowing mo trunsror or a poiico cap
tain who had boon nartlcularlv obuuo-
tloiittblo V tho drivers,
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