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Medford Mail Tribune
WEATHER
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Ktirty-Klrnt Vnitr,
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MJdDjrOJtl), OKKfJON, WEDXlfflDAY, .1 UN F3 7, 1911.
No. GG.
EARTHQUAKE ROCKS MEXICO CITY
ASPHALT MACADAM ROAD CONTRACT LET
.WIS DOWN;
FEAR GREAT
CLARK
NRY
10
ID
ROAD
CENTRAL PON
I
Will Bo of Asphalt Mncndnm Four
Inches Thick Material Will Do
Laid Hot Will Do Dcst County
Road In the State.
Is a Heretic
COUNTY COURT TAKES
STAND FOR PROGRESS
Construction Company Will Start
Work Within 20 Days To
Cost $12,000 a Mile.
, Tin' ( ln t U A. Ilonerv 'ont ruction
company ywim awarded 11 contract In
ImiiIiI nn aphult iiitii'iiiliiiii kiikI be
tween t Iiim ) t y aiij ('(itil nil Point tin
morning hy lln count v rout I The
Kind will ho-l0 feel wide, (lit asphalt
macadam four iiiehew in thickness
itud Inid li'il. Tho I'linlnit'l pneu is
$ 111,0(10 a mile. Work will start with
. in lliii next "JO days anil will lie
nislicd In completion.
Already tlic company Iuih wliod M
t .' iiimIii oftieo ill Nicniuicnln liir km-
jfwSCV r liUoilnlMliiiiiN,iiiMtiriiil..nMtl equip-
incut willi which to tinimtruet llic
highway. The company ifffininlH
stnlo Hint they will not in any way
hamper tholr wtirk in thi city when
tlicv have several mile of paving
to do.
Tim county court linn taken a finn
Ntaiul in the matlcr of road IntihliiiK
iml Hlnlc taut it' tltJN road i a sue
. it will lid the firnt of several
xiuiilur roads to lie eoiisliiicted in Hie
county, giving it tin fluent system
of highways in (In slate. The road
from lid' to Ccul nil Point will lie
the fiixt of its kind to lie iiouslrueloil
in the Mute
It is pointed out that a road no con
st uinlcd will remain in good ooiuli
lion for yearn ami with very little on
peiiMi far upkeep. Thus in the long
iiiii it will ho far cheaper Hutu a dirt
load on which largo sums of money
must ho expended annually in oidnr
to make lliciii passible.
The cuulract calU for Hit run
Mtiuclion of u load HI feet wide from
the outskirts of the Medfoid vuid
tlisliit'l -which tennlnuleH at the P.
& I!, crossing on Hu Ccul nil I'oiut
load to the eilv limits of Central
Point. From the ciuImiI' the paving
mi UivcrHido avenue to Iho crossing
the eilv will in nil prohahilily com
ptete Hut kiiiiI a h il in only a Maul
dmlnnco.
The ninil will ho brought to guide
Hiroiighiiut it itl the iiiml when com
pletctl will loseinble a pnvcil nIiccI
with the exception Hint it will he
without ciiilm eriihhed rock foiuiiug
the embankment on each side. The
asphalt macadam will In applied hot
anil will ho propeily lolled to place.
The coiiulv cuuit is being goneritl
lv commoiidcii today for granting the
coul racl as it is believed that such
u road is fur cheaper to the county
in the lone run t linn tin old.
MONEY TRUST
NOW IS PLAN
Austro-Hungary Is Building a Great Navy
T?j2v: wu,ijym x. okakij
Tin Itev William Orniit of North
liuilicrlniiil. Pit , was convicted of the
charge of lien y l tho I'lCHhyterlitii
gem-nil iiwmbly, a crtllit thai sur
prlnetl iiiaiiy, iim ho hntl been acquitted
hy IiIh own presbytery, ami a remiuro
rather than tin penalty of HiiHpeanlon
fmpoHeit on lit tit wait anticipate!!,
TEAMSTER FALlF
BENEATH WHEELS
William L. Howard Receives Injuries
Which Result In His Death Load
of Lumber Slips and Younrj Man
Loses Balance:
Would Control Every American In
dustrySuch an Indication Devel
ops In Cross-examination of E. H.
Gary by Investigating. Committee.
TELLS OF MORGAN'S "
POWER IN FINANCE
Witness States He Believes Sherman
Law Is Inadequate to Carry
Out Its Purpose.
WAFPENSTEIN MAY
TAKE STAND HIMSELF
HKATTM'J, WiimIi., June 7,
Chntlcs WappotiHlein, on trial or no
eopling a 11)0(1 hriho, for permitting
iliKtiidorly hoiiHcs to run iuiuioIohIoiI,
inuv lake lliu hIiiuiI hiniHtilf today to
eoriohoralo tho testimony of Kd
Huiiii, fonnor uin.vor "f Aberdeen,
Wind i., bin hiolhor-iu-law, ltonn Ioh.
til'iod yoHtoitluy Hint nhoiit tho hiiiuo
duloH in 11)10 when ho U nlh'jjod to
lin( rcctiivcd hrlhoH, ho paid Wup
poiiNloiu mi old debt of .f;"il)lll) in kiiius
helwoen $100 ami $1000. This 1h In
tended lo explain tho ov-ohiol'H heavy
hank dopoHlt,
White rlttliiK on a lontl of lumber
on I'ronl Htreet, oppoHlto tin Nnwh
hotel, Wlllliun I.. Howard wuh thrown
iiuilcr Hit wIiooIk of the wnKoa ntioiit
7:30 o'clock TuoHilny ovoiiIiik ami
HiiMtulucil liiJurli'H remiltluK In IiIh
iltmlh at tho Kontlicrii OreKon Hon
pllnl nl I'i-.'M) hint night.
Howard had JiihI loaded IiIh within
with liiiuher from a car HtitmlliiK
near tho Southern raclflc freight
hoiiHo ami watt driving iii Kront Htreet
when a frelKht train thiiudnred aloni;
tin trackH a Hhort dlHtnuro invay. It
Ih HioiiKht Hint (IiIh freb;btcnod tho
team which plunged Htiddenly ahead.
An iiuiiHiiitlly heavy load of I unit) or
wuh on tho wiikoii ami oh tho tiorneri
plunged It hecamn oveibiilitnco and
begun to Hlldo to tho right. Howard
iMidoawircil in keep IiIh cipilllbrlutn
tint could not ami wiih thrown for
ward ami Hldowayn, ntrlklng fall
leiiglb on tho imvomout directly In
front of tho rlRht fort wheel. Startled
hy tho criiHh tho horKCH plunged for
ward again ami both Hit frnao ami
I car whcelii of Iho heavily loaded
wagon pawed over him. Tho linen
woio Jerked from IiIh hunilu ami tho
(cam (IiihIiciI wildly down Front
Hi rent, leaping burrlorti at Sixth and
KHth HlrootH ami hlnuglict) through
Hit Hoggy conorulo pavoiuent tiotwoen
them (wo Hticctu. They coutluuoil to
.IiicUhoii nil eel and then turned wchI
ami ran until (hoy cranlicd Into a
pOHt,
AiialHtauco wuh tendered tho Injur
ed man alimmt Immodlatoly, a phy
hIcIiiii wiih railed nml Howard wns
lifted Into an automobile ami tnon
to tlm Houtliom Oregon HoHpIti
whoro every offoit wiih inatlo to re
lluvo li I in of over InerciiHlng pain.
Au oMimliiatlou Hlinwed that tho
whoelH had piiHHed tllrertly over tho
young maiiH client, criiHblng tho rlhn
ami IneaHt bom, fraoturliiK tho collar
bono ami romiltlng In iierbMui Inter
mil lujurleri.
Ilo Hiiffoieil luleiiBo pain ami fro
iiieut roiuorrluigoH of tin luugH and
although everything poHlblo to aid
Mini wan ilium tho pbyHlrlan at no
Ltlim. hold out hopon for bla recov
ery.
vTlu young iiiuiih paronta, Mr. nud
Mi'H. W, T. Howard iohIiIo on a ranch
about, two mltcH out on tho .laokmm
vlllo road ami tbono with IiIh brother,
Hoy and Hlntor, Kthol, won uotlflod
of tho accident ami at ouro burrlod
to IiIh IioiIhIiIo whoro thoy romuliioil
until tho end.
llowaid wuh IihiiIIiik liunbor for
tho Tiall hnnibor Comptvny, UHlng hla
own team for that nurpoHO. Tho
(ClllltlllllOll oa duuo 2.)
WAHIIINOTO.V, I). C, Jtimi 7. -
liidlcntloiiH that a "imimiy trtiHl"
Hcoklni; to control ovory American In
diiHlry, ronfrontit tho nation, were de
veloped Kulny during tho croHH ex
ninliiatlon of 12. II. Cnry, chalrinun
of tho board of directors of the
I'nlted Stated Hleel Corporation at
tho Iioiino commlttco'H Investigation
of the Ntecl truitt. Heprcgontatlvc
Littleton Hharply inlcrrogatcd Gary
regarding tho power ami methods of
J. Plcrpout .Morgan during tho per
iod when tho Hteel I runt nliRorbed the
ToauoHiieo Coal nml Iron Company.
"I )(( n't Morgan control most of
tho bankH In Now York?" naked Lit
tleton. "I do not bolluvo that la true hut
ho owim uuvoral ' bankn," replied
(Jnry.
Could l'm Sale.
Cnry ndmllted that Morgan could
have forced the male of tho TonnoHseo
Coal nml Iron Company at any tlmo
during IiIh control of tho bankH which
held tho Htock nn collateral.
"Anyone of Morgan's courage,
wealth, strength ami chnrnctcr," add
ed (Jnry, "can do much harm as well
iih good In bunking circles. Hut I
bellovo that with power and privilege
thorn nlwnyH Ih Involved certain re
8ponHlbllty nml obligation. That Is
out reason why I say that thin coun
try tuiiHt riiiun to tho point whoro
there Ih ro-oporntlou between tho gov
ernment nml tho Individual, must ox
orclHO Htrlcl control."
"Morgnn'H chief strength lies In, IiIh
wllllngncHH to rink his own fortune,"
continued Oury. "I bollovo Hint tho
Sliorninn law Ih liiadequato to carry
out Hit purpoKo of Its enactment."
fi'ary Interniptetl.
Unhurt C. Hall, a IMttsburg Block
brokor, Interrupted Onry's testimony
hy charging that tho stool corpora
tion was iH'go.tlatlng what wns vir
tually a monopoly of tho coal In tho
Pittsburg field, and quoted Senator
Oliver of 1'eniiHylvanla iih authority
for tho statement.
(Jury admitted that tho stool cor
poration practically had completed a
tleal for thti purchuho of 17,000 acrcH
of coal laud In tho PlttHburR district,
Jrom tho Pittsburg Coal Company
and tho Consolidated Coal nml Cnko
Compnny, but added that thoro wna
much coal outside of tho trust'H
boldlngH.
Tho stool director Haiti Hint tho
United StatoH Steel Corporation owns
150,000 acroH of coal lands In tho Pen
uoIIhvIIIo fields, leaving only 3S.000
Heron owned lndeiondontly. It also
Ioiihoh, ho said, r.0,000 acres la tho
PocahontaH floltls.
(Jury denied that tho Pittsburg
and Monongahola Company directors
are preparing to enter tho trust.
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m HAVALHAKBOR AT POLA. ,j5f-i MW1llt tPtTi0ttXf THT1
Vi I
USEES
DIG DON
E
Terrified Populace Rushes Into the
Streets Decorations In Honor of
4
Madero's Coming Are Torn Into
Shreds by Shock Streets Torn Up.
DEATH LIST IN OUTSIDE
TERRITORY THOUGHT GREAT
Water Mains Are Broken Hotels
Crowded With Visitors Scenes
of Wild Excitement.
VISITORS TO BE
SHOWN CITY
Golden Gate Excursionists Will Ar
Rive at 3:15 P. M. and Be Driven
About City and Valley-Will Be
. - rman
.; Givtn- LHfratwfei
irfaH4..
TEDDY IS NOT YET
PLEDGED TO TAET
NKW HAVKN, Conn., Juno 7.
Thoodoto UooHovolt sot ut rest all
rumors that ho had pledged bis sup
port to President Taftfor tho lnttor'B
ro-noinlnatlon noxt your, when ho
tlonlod hoio this aftornoon that ho
was tho Hourco of tho Htory that Tuft
could rely upon IiIh support. Ho de
clared that tho promluo of his per
sonal support must coino from him
self, lidding, "I have mndo none."
The Golden Statu oxeurhiun yarty
oouiM)Hed of repre-entuthe Inline1
men from various California eitie.H
will bo entertained this aftornoon hy
tho tncinbei-H of the Commercial oluh
and tho bushier men of Medford.
Alto u I HO automobile will ho u.-ed to
tako tho visitors about the city that
they may Ret a eomprcheiiMvc view
of tho activity goinj; on at preent.
Doeriptivc literature will bo j;ivcii
tho visitors and each nutomobile will
contain ouo of the local Ijiimiicm men
who will deal out all available information.
TO BREAK WILL
Files Suit Against Safe. Deposit Com
pany for Refusing to Allow Her Ac
cess to Johnson's Safe Deposit
Box.
JOHNSON
S WIDOW
VJtBJDMIRAL VOH KIPPER.
POLA, Juno 7. Here at Pola the
Temple of Augustus nnd the great
ampithentre of the Antoiucs look
down uKn the birthplace of the new
navy of Austro-Huncarv. The Ro
man war port of Pietus Julia is tho
freenc of its phenomeunl activity.
Vice Admiral JUpjierx commnndec in
chief at Pola, an officer of 50 year.'
service is in eommnnd.
Pola is the headquarters of the
Austro-llungnrian navy, nnd though
no .ship is now being- constructed, a
vast berth to be equipped with over
heat! cranes, is being; constructed in
much dreadnoughts can he built.
CLUB TO MEET
THIS EVENING
Much Important Business is to Be
Considered at Tonight's Meeting of
Commercial Club President's Res
ignation' to Be Talked'Over-
CLKVHLAND. Ohio, .lum 7 It
wiih announced today by friends of
thp family Hint Mrs. Tom .lohiibou,
widow of tho former mnyor of Cleve
land will nttompt to break tho will
by which ho left all his property In
trust for his grandchildren, Margaret
Marlaul and l.eftlu Ulchnrd Joluibou.
Tho flrHt htop wuh taken today whon
tho widow filed suit against tho Mer
cantile Safo Deposit of Now York for
SaCO.000 damages for the company's
refusnl to allow her nccess to a safe
deposit box owned by Johnson and
which Ih roporlod to contain 1190,000
In money and senuitloa, Tho valuo
of Jobnsoii'a estate la estimated nt
saoo.ooo. v
SPANISH GALLEON IS
FOUND IN PANAMA
COLON, June 7. A Spanish gal
leon, more than 100 feet in length,
lies partly exposed today in the Pan
ama ennal oM'nvatiou near Noiubre
d'los. A similar vessel wus nn
eaUlied about a veiir ao near the
Hiimo place. The fiist discovery was
in n very poor state of preservation,
but tho ouo just diisj up is au almost
perfect specimen ot tho boats used by
iho "CoiKiulhtniloii's.
Two old cannon, a figurohond made
of brass and some pewter utensils,
woro (ukou from tha,ship.
STEEL TRUST IS
LAW-BREAKER
So Declares Chairman of Investigat
ing Committee Says Other Laws
Than Sherman Act Were Violated
by Trust.
WASHINGTON'. I). C, June 7.
Tbo house committee invcstiutinj:
tho United Stated Steel corporation
resinned its sessions today. Repre
sentative A. O. Stanley of Kentucky,
chairman, in calling the committee to
order, said: "I am confident that the
'department of justice .will discover
that the steel trust has violated othei
laws as well as the Sherman law. I
invito the departments attention to
the frciuht charges on lines con
trolled bv Hie steel trust in tho Su
perior ore ranges."
lie matlo a statement reviewing
''the numerous efforts of tho com
mittee to secure tho information
about the steel trust now in the hands
of tho department of justice and the
bureau of coiporntioiis," concludim;
4,I am delighted to know that what
ever "state reasons' ma huvo exist
ed that prevented the puldieation of
this information, m louder ovist and
that tju depnrlmont of jiistieo mid
the bureau of corporations, which
have Kiithoicd this information for
tho last four or five years, are nt
last reath to take us into their confi
dence nml that the courts of justice
will at last deal with tho steel cor
poration as with smaller concerns,"
Congressman Littleton logiui an
exhaustive cross. examination of yu 11.
flary, chairman of tho hoard of dire
tors of tho United States Steel cor
poration. Heat Wave Broken.
CHICAGO, III.. June 7. Tho heat
wavo which has held tho middle west
in its grip for the past few days has
been broken. Today's temperature
was eotnfortnbly cool. Similar coip
ditions nro .reported throuKhoiiut tho
middle west,
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the Commercial club of the Com
mercial club will be held this evening
in the rooms of the Bedford Realty
association and business of unusual
importance will be taken up.
The resignation of President Colvig
who desires to step down from the
chair, will bo acted upon and efforts
will yi made to have him reconsider
his decision. A iarge attendance is
desired.
MEXICO CITY, June 7. Twolvo
bodies have so far been recovered
from the ruins. Many persons nro
missing. It Is believed that tho death
list will eventually reach 100. Near
ly every public building In tho city
was damaged nnd some of them wero
demolished. In the poorer section
of the city the ancient dwellings
crumbled and fell in, and linn a tea
being buried. Hundreds wero Injur
ed In this way. In many cases tho
front walls fell outward into tho
Btreets leaving tho remainder of tho
building standing, adding Jothejle-,
solnto appearance of tbo wrecked
city.
The Mexican Central Railway
round house, tho city barracks and
tho city prison wero destroyed. Tho
walls of tho national palaco wero op
ened by great cracks. In tho business
section the damage was heavy. Tho
plate glass windows of tho principal
shops were shattered nnd the cracked
and twisted pavements wero strewn
with glass. The lighting plant was
put out of commission.
FOUR TRAINS
IN BIG WRECK
Five Are Killed, Seven Injured Two
Trains Plunge Into Wreckage of
the First Two Two More May
Die.
KAIRKIKLD, Conn., June 7.- Five
men weie killed anil seven injured
two probably fatally in a crash of
four freight trains on the New York,
New Haven nnd Unit ford railroad to
day. An eastbouud freight jumped
tho track and crashed into n west
bound passing on the other track.
Two other following trains collided
with the wreckage.
MARRIAGES STILL
WORRYING GOODWIN
LOS ANC.KLKS, Cal., Juno 7.
Declining Hint there are irregularities
in tlieiiistriiment, Nat Goodwin, four
times married and three times' di
vorced, has filed suit to rescind the
marriage contract which was ontored
into beforo lie became the husband
of Edna Goodrich. Goodwin seeks
to break tho agreement whereby lie
transform! to tho uetres propeity
valued at $:00,0()0.
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JIM FLYNN TRAINING
FOR GO WITH MORRIS
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 7.
With Dick Givnns of Philadelphia as
sparring partner, Jim Flyuu, tho fiie
iiiiin, who is matched to fight Carl
.Morris, tho Oklahoma hope, July A,
began training hero today. It has not
yet been decided whether the boat will
bo stuged in Supulpn, or Tulsa, Oklu.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Juno 7.
Thousands of persons who had
flocked here to participate in tho
monster demonstration of welcome to
Francisco I. Mndero, jr., revolution
ary lender, aro thrown into a panic
this morning when u severe enrth
tpiako rocked tho city. Ten soldiers
aro reported to have been crushed to
death in the city barracks, nml al
most every prisoner in Holem jail
was injured.
So far as is now known, thero
were no casualties in tho city proper,
but the earthquake mndo necessary
a change in plans for tho triumphal
entry of Mndero.
1'Var I). tmage Heavy.
It is feared today damagu in the
city, however, luin been heavy, and
that great loss of life occurred in tho
districts just boutli unit west of tho
capital.
Wires south ami west out of Mex
ico City are down, and no details have
yet been received.
Tho heaviest shock occunetl just
before daylight. Wires wero pros
trated, and tho city lighting plant
put out of commission.
In the confusion of tho darkness of
the early morning hours tho terrified
populace- men, women nml children
rushed frantically into tho stieets.
Hotels Crowded,
Every hotel and lodging; house in
tho city had been crowded with
guests wailing today's celebration.
In these places confusion reigned.
Guosts scantily attired rushed to tho
streets, fearing tho collapso of tho
buildings in which they hod slept.
Shortly after the first and most
severe shock, u rumor that insiirrec
tos, displeased with Mndoro's, leader
ship and plotting against him, had at
tacked the city nnd blown up tha
powder magazine at tho barracks,
was wildly circulated.
Tho continuation of the shookn
which lasted for several minutes,
soon put nn end to the story.
Tio gnrrison at the barracks, wns
caught under a, collapsing roof. At
tho Holem prison, ouo of tho honvy
walls fell inward, crashing into tha
jury room and tho main corridor of
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