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't e-ffcy j SUBSCRIBERS rullliiif to tmpor will lmv on (1llvrrt by plaining- of flo by a it, in, MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE ''m"m ri WEATHER Futr Mv, 00, .Vln. 01, Mvnn .10, Itnr. iiD.80. Dully Hlxtli Vwir. "irly-Klrnl Vnir afttDFOUl), QIUCOON, FJtllMV, jrNJg 30, 3011. No. 8G. FOUR KILLED SCOR E Pumplnii Station at Buffalo Col lapses Cniislno Fatalities Amonu Machinists Installlnn New Plant Burled Under Tuns of Brick. PROPERTY LOSS ESTIMATED AT A MILLION DOLLARS Walls, Three Hundred Feet Long, as Well as Roof Collapses Scow Turns Turtle. HUITAI.O. N, Y Juno UO.-Four persons wore killed, nine hid missing mihI 'JO injured, several fn tally, tn dny when t ho pumping station at tho loot of Poller iiwiiuii collapsed. Tin accident occurred shmtly alter 0 o'clock. Ambulances liiivn lii'i'ii riiNlinl from all pari of the city. Tim linuncinl loss is more tliiui I, (1(10,01111. Tin? victims of lite accident wrie iiiiteldniNlH who weio installing mv machinery. Tliey were liuried under hundred Mil' (huh of liriek. The dead were in a pit .1 Ofcot.belof I he floor. ii win imi nours iieinrc (liey are re eovered, Tim wall, IKK) feet long, an well 114 th roof, collapsed. Fire, men urn seeking the bodies. Tweii-tv-five men, hoverely hurt, have been taken to the hospitals. Shortly after tlni aeeident at the pumping station a scow belonging lo the. Empire Engineering company which wan hi tlui harbor below the water work pumping station, luni'd turile. Six men aro missing and it is helieved they were drowned. TOENO. DEADLOCK IN BUILDING STRIKE VANCOUVKt. 1. ('.. June :i(). To end the deadlock m dm building trades caused by the strike at pre, cut prevailing will lie the mission men selected by thciiidcpcmlcut con tractors of (lie city who held a mas. meeting in the clly hall Inst nielli, ahout lift contractor and sub-con tractors attending. fhiri eotamitteu will attempt o eonler with hoth the sinker and ihti .Muster lliiitderH' iisocintioii, the greatest optimism prevailing at Iho meeting that Ui t Itirt way the dispud would he brought to 'an end. A meeting with the strikers will take place, today. RAILROADS MUST PRINT LIST OF FREE RIDERS SA.N' FltANCINCO, Oil., dune IIO. Tomorrow Jhe railroads of tin's slain must publish a lint of all per sons rceehlng free or reduced rates 011 transportation, This mwIciii is inaugurated so as to live within a law paHsed by the last stain legis-lalure. Volleys of hhnts went heard in Cow creek canyon this morning bj passengers of the southbound Houll era Pneifio train which arrived hen this forenoon from Portland. In llin canyon are three, imisscs trailing the lainilils which held up the Oregon Express Wednesday night and robbed the. registered mail. A tho country is rough and the. only menus of communication is by cour- cr it has not hecu ascertained whether n fight between the fugitives and a oosso occurred. The btoodhouudH, that lost the robbers' trail, at Cow creek siding last night, were started ul Olendale today in an effort to find the. trail of the desperadoes in this vicinity. It is believed by ninny that they boarded a freight at the siding and rode as far as (lleudale, to throw the hounds off tlu trail. The bloodhounds were worked 011 both sides of the. tiaeks but were un able to find any scent. The large reward, which is offered by the iiivemmeat and Southern Pn eifio is having aiicffeot in ntigtucut ing tho number ofinen in the posses, Many experienced woodsmen and mountaineers have, joined in tho chase and practically alt of Josephine, Douglas, Jackson and Coos counties aro iMilieed by them. With the failure of the dogs to find the trail, the authorities frankly admit that (hey aro without clews and aro trusting to luck to run irtoross evidence that might lead to the ultimate capture of the bandits. HARVARD WINS FOUR OARED YALE FRESHMEN ARE VICTORS CRIMSON WINS BIG EVENT Yearly Contests Rowed Iji Rough Water With a Choppy Sea Crimson ! Fours Easily Forge to Front and After FJrst Mile, Never Afterwards Headed, Winning by Four Lengths Over Rivals Before Tremendous Crowds Amid the Cheers of Thousands. POSSES FIND I Harvard and Yale Crews In Practice j t NIIMSSNG NO TRACE OF ll- )y--mm-- -"aaad HURT TRAIN ROBBERS iyhtmM.SmMm iiii'BHyBWll J j 'ft p ,,' ,.- --g Blood Hounds Lose Trail at Cow Hiimiii n T ';gIIBfcKlTT' 7Wi' ' 4i '''" zmt) I wqn 1 -j 1 hk y .v-TviiMr2HHrv""BB ". 7 ilbjik' . "muk zi Creek Siding and Aro Started This lii iS5pBfeKBBWlB:?'tiLJ- if' ' " IJHj1 Morning at Glendale In Effort to WXWf'SSSflKBS ' tL h$f3 "v Relocate Trail. ' B?.5Si2SjSSajJ V J PASSENGERS HEAR VOLLEY KS3SBSUSSISg!&SJlKMtKM ' shots in canyon HHliMMISHMR2KHHromviipppppppppPH 1 Three Posses Trailing Bandits-Only g'cWWri mJm&'jsxttaiSmeMamMll j Means of Communication Is by - 7 - - Courier and Returns Slow. Ill IHT 0111010 iiMtttfTCT is r v t a , . --" r- " 'PfM WDE CRACKS WNHk j0 . .- .MtL -.it-M HpafllltftHT "vy 4tl"'''XfcTnCJfa iBn m&vto4&tobBBUimr'PiU3KEnMm In A iWlwW'1' ' 1 1 imi 1 1 ' I iJ'yHMM 1 jJBhs&wt&SteZssaA Freshmen Eights Rowed Nose and N ose for First Mile, but Sons of EH Forged Gradually Ahead Crossing Line Two Lengths ,. ... to the Good Big Event of College Year. AMERICA TO AID CHINA IN PREVENTING FLOODS 1 K it? . r m ft i u r . U BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF WASHINGTON CANAL r' WASIIINdTOK, I). C, .luiie 110. Secretary of War Slinison directs tho release of the uppropiiatiou foi (ho eoustruiitioii of the canal be tween Liikn Washington and I'uget Sound. Tho engineering deparlmeiil was ordered lo begin ul once, WASHINGTON. June :i(. -Through tho American Red floss, tho Imited Slates is preparing to enable China to proven! a roourreneo of Hoods in the II kni river valley, which wero re sponsible for Hie terrihlo famine of last winter, in which hundreds of thousands of soplo died of starva tion and disease. For this purpose, the Hod Cross has offered lo he Chinese govern ment tho Herviees sof an engineer who will draw up plans for building canals and dikes which shall pre vent further inundations. This of fer has been accepted with Uianks by China. New Legation Secretary. WAHIIINOTON, 1). C, Juno 30. President Taft Iiiih nominated Hugh H. S. (llliHon or California secretary or tho Gillian legation, ami Norval ItlcliardHoii of MIsHlsnlpnl, now at Co penhagen, Denmark, to bo nerond sec retaries of legntloiiH. BROKE GIRL'S NECK BY JERK OF ROPE u , OHOVIIiliK, Cal., Juno 30. -Through uurouiliuoss on the purl of both of the proHoontiou and defense tho preliminary hearing of ohurgos agaiurtl Mrs, lOmtim ltumbiill and hnr brotlier, Areliio Jdiwis, for thoullogod killing of tho woman's stepdaughter .III year old l.lolon Uumbnll, horo whs today postponed mid proluibly will ho liidd July 10. After a Hovero Hwouting of bnth prisoners tio iuipreHhinu in growing iioro today Hint Mrs, Huinliall broke tho girl'H neck vith 11 jerk of tiio rope with which slio had tetliorud the oliild to 0 val'ter in the super heated aliio of (heir homo, For two hours the woman Was questioned and when taken buuk to hor cell oomplotu yc(dlapsed. This was tho first sign of emotion slio liuu dinplnyud b'ineo Miss Harriet Plautr., 11 nurse who wits called in, found Iho dead body of little Helen ltumbiill. l.uwis, tho brother of Mrs. Hum bull, wliou sweated is said to have told u straightforward story and it is intimated by tho stale's attorneys, seriously incriminated his sinter. Hoth aro kept in separate eel Is ud are al lowed to bold no ootiimiiuioation with calm olhor. Feojidg horo is' high and ti (inrofnl guard is being kept over hoth prisoners, AltornoyH for Mrs, ltumbiill and I.owls wiirllow no ouo to hoo tl)eiu. Tho lawyers plan to dofond tho wo mi'ii with the oouloution that her piinislummt of Iho girl, aovor iih it was, was no moro than tho child do sorved, and (but hor death was duo entirely to misadventure, An officii luvoKtlKntloii of the con dition of tho AiIIcIiib block at tho cor ner of Main and Contrnl avenue will prntmhly follow In n fow days owing to n growing demand that tho build ing ho gono ovor by a competent In spector and a report ruiulo an to Its ttnfoty. From all appearances the building seems to bo on tho verge of n collunno ami should thin occur It will probably mean a loss of life. Sev eral cracks In tho front of tho build ing appear to bo widening Hlowly, as If tho building la Routings. It mny bo that tho city council will coudomn ttio'biilltKn, should nn InvcHtlgntlrin nhow It to bo ns dnngormiH ns It np pears from tho street. The building In owned by Dr. II. F. Adklnn and leased by William Ulrlch, who la mak ing tho repairs. Tho building was erected In 18S8. A bulging wnll on tho Central nvunuo sldo forced an Investigation a fow years ago, but at that time It was de cided that tho wall had been built out of pltnub, Now that n poron of this wall tins been torn away to mako way for a modern front, tho building seeuiR to bo nagging, Threo great cracks havo opened In trio front of tho bulldliiK and business men who havo been closely watching tho structure tho last fow days dc cloro that tho cracks aro widening dally. Tho (wo Iron supporta reront- ly placed near tho corner nppcar to bo out of plumb. Should tho building collapse It would bo certain to result In a loss of life unless tho accident camo at night when tho street und offices aro de serted. Tho Kocoutl floor In filled with offlccH, all of them being occu pied. Tho building standing, us It does, 011 ouo of tho most Important corners In tho husluess section, would bo Hiiro to catch pasHorHhy tu falling. With this In mind, btiHtness men havo been agltatng that tho building ,bo Investigated by tho city authorities and It found to bo us unsafo as It np lears, condemned and torn down. PLANS FOfTrEORGANIZATION OF ATLANTIC SQUADRON FbASIf Harvard win by twenty lengths. EVERY PORT IS ' NOW TIED-UP Shipping Fedcra tic V Lays Up Half Its Tonnage Chinese Sailors to Bo Used Rioting at Hull White Star Discharges All Union Men. f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f- - f SENATE TO PROBE STEPHENSON'S ELECTION enmi4n " WASHINGTON. I). C, Juno '10. A cony of the rcsolu tiou passed by the Wifrcon jjia legislature asking that the United State probe the election of Scnntor Isaac Stephenson was re ceived today by Vice Presi dent Sherman. It w believed the request will be granted. WASHINGTON, Juno UO. IMiiiih for the reorganization of (he Fifth division or scout cruiser division of the Atlantic battleship fleet havo beep announced ul tho navy depart ment, Tho Montnitn, recently returned from, u winter at (liiuutuiiamn with tho 'murines, will go into resorvo July 1, and bo overhauled at tho Portsmouth, N. IT., navy yard. Tho Salem and Chester will join tho Fifth division on that date. Tho Tennesseo will also go into resorvo for (ho sum mer overhauling. Whon (ho Tennessee and Montana return to tho division next full, the Washington and tho North Carolina will go into resorvo for repairs. Tho lliriningliain is now being ovorhuuled at Boston, mid upon completion of this work, tho Snleni or tho Chester will go into dry dook, Homo prosperity doponda upon homo Industry, and stato-wldo pros perity will bo groator If factorlosJ nolllug "Mmlo In Oregon" goods aro patronUod b ythe; local morolinnts, LONDON. June ;i(). Determined to fight to tho last ditch again&l the seamen's unions and the demands of j their striking sailors the Shipping Federation today decided to lay up half their total tonnage and to ap portfou the men still loyal to them to tho other half. In answer the strik ers ordered that every Hrt bo tied up at all costs and unles Premier Asipiith's pence plans avail, the struggle ahout all Englih ports is expected to grow moro acute hourly. There bus been almost continuous rioting ut Hull along tho docks todav. Scores of iwrsons havo been injured in tjio lighting and tho police ate worn out by incessant trouble call. Tho business of the iart is paralyzed. Tho While Star lino at Liverpool announced today the discharge of all its employes excepting its officers and engineers ami that hereafter it will employ only non-union men. All shipping except that of the trnns Atlantic lines is paralyzed, the docks aro lini'djwitli rotting foodstuffs. WASHINGTON', 1). C, Juno :10. Naval officers will bo selected for compulsory retirement under the per sonnel law by the elimination board of rear admirals which convened horo today. The hoard consists of Hoar Admirals ltiebard Wninrigbt president; S. P. Coinloy, 0. l. llar- - - BROKEN GLASS CAUSES MURDER Portland Bartender Arrested for Kill ing Man In Quarrel Over Broken Beer Glass Which Victim Had Ac cidcntally Broken. , NEW LONDON, Conn.. Juno 30. From the' very Instant that tho start er's pistol cracked and tho shells ct tho crimson and bluo flashed over tho lino to tho yells of tho straining thou sands, It was seen that tho chances for Ell were but slight. Only a fow times had the oars of tho rival crows hit the water when Harvard began to forge ahead. From tho beginning of tho raco tho crimson led. John Harvard's husky sons put their backs into It and, row ing with perfect hythmo and power at the mile post the Cambridge men were four and a half lengths ahead and going grandly, whtlo Ell had lost strokti and was splashing badly. A remarkable feature of tho race, one never seen before, was the flight over the heads of tho straining ath letes of a ship of the air. Sweeping freely over the crews, Aviator Atwood sped down the course above them and the novel contrast distracted atten tion even from the oarsmen and drew hearty cheers from the crowd on tho yachts along the course, and those who stretched their necks on tho banks to see the struggle between tho crimson andjlue. At the two .miles Yalo had appar ently lost its last hope: Floundor- Ing badly and with Its crew evident ly hard pressed, tho blue boat strug-, gled along gamely, but full six lengths . In the lead Harvard swept over tho I water, the oars of her crew rising DENVER, Col.. June 30. Despite ,and fang rcgularly and ,n perfect SECOND TRIAL FOR HENWQOD Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder for Killing George Cope land Must Now Face Second Trial for Murder of Balloonist Von Phul. his conviction here of second degree murder for killing Georgo Copeland. of Victor, Col., during an attack he made on Aeronaut Von Puhl, Frank H. Henwood will be tried on July 5 for the murder of tho balloonist. This plan of the prosecution will bo opposed by Attorney Bottom, for Henwood, on the ground that his cli ent cannot bo twice placed in Jeop ardy for the samo act. Von Puhl and Copeland having beeu killed nt the samo time. Tho court yesterday, nfter Hen wood had been found guilty, sus pended sentenco for ten days to per mit tho defenso to fllo a motion, for a new trial. Henwood declared today, If acquit ted, ho intends to devote his life to working for Copeland's widow. unison. PORTLAND, Or., Juno 30. With a bloody shirt, a revolver with threo shells In it discharged, and tho word of half a dozen witnesses who say they saw him draw a revolver, Rob ert Harris, a bartendor, today is charged with having murdered Hugh on..iii.-... .... Y f i r x- i...i.r. '"""" ' ' ' " """"H HKHL1N. Juno 30. Tho capture man. In tho "Dowdrop Inn" saloon. lof Bcr,Jlf c.on-ulereil almost impreg Tho men quarreled over n beer nnldo from n military standpoint, is BERLIN TO BE CAPTURED IN ARMY MANEUVERS glass which Scullion accidentally broke. Scullion died almost Instantly. Scullion was a membor of tho Kan sas City lodge of tho Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. It Is reported her. II. T. Ilownrd ami S. II. Onter- hn8 sIsU'r ml roUw residing bans. there. UNEARTH I PLOT Ti DESTROY GUNBOAT SAN niEOO. Cal., alleged plot to destroy Juno 30. An tho United States army tug, Lieutenant Harris, 0110 of tho finest tugs In, tho service. was discovered this morning when 12 packages of dynnmlto wero found In tho hold of tho vessol. No clues havo beeu found that would Indtcata who Is responsible for tho attempt to destroy tho vessel. Two companies of const artillery woro carried from Sun .Diego to Fort Rosecrans on board tho Lieutenant Harris this morning, and It Is bo- Uoved the Intention of tho dynamltors wns to destroy tue vossol whllo too mllttln was on board. Tho men woro going to tho annual encampment. Tho Lloiiteunnt Harris piles bo- tween Sap Diego and Fort Rosecrnns, carrying a crow of six men. Sho Is an oil burner, but uses coal In tho don key boiler. Whllo tho firoman, Mac White, was taking coal on board this morning he noticed 12 peculiar pack ages. They wero wrapped In cloth and tied at both ends. A fow of thoiu wero oxnmlned by Captain J. V. Green and Chief Engineer Albert Tur ner of tho tug and tho rest wero kopt for further examination at Fort Hoso crans. At tho preliminary examina tion, tho nature of tho oxploslvo could bo determined. A very small amount of it, placed at a consldorablo dls tauco from the" rest, rosponded to .a match, Tho officers say that tho largo quantity of tho oxploslvo, sub jected to tho Intenso heat o( tho fire box, would Imvo wrecked tho tug. threatened at the bauds of D0.000 picked soldiers. The capture, if it occurs, will tako place in July during tho imperial maneuvers, to which tho Prineo of Wales has been invited. Defending the city will bo a corps of guards, the flower of tho Prus sian nnuy, supported by n picked cavalry division, and practically an other army corps of reservists of the guards. Tho theoretical fighting will lake place among the beautiful lake.-;, liills and forests of Nooklenluirg. CANADA SEEKS RENEWAL OF JAPANESE EXCLUSION OTTAWA, Out., Juno 30. Tho do minion government, It Is understood, has sout Dr. 11. M. Duhamol of Mon treal on a mission to Japan for tho purpose of negotiating If possible a renewal of tho Lomloux agreement restricting Japanese emigration to Canada to a maximum of 400 poisons yearly. Tho agreomont will oxplro In Jan uary next. It was negotiated by Hon. Rudolpho Lomloux, postmaster gon- oral, who visited Toklo in November, 1907, shortly nftor sorloim riots in Vancouver had resulted In serious dnmngo to property, NEW LONDON, Conn., June 30. To tho cheers of thousands who wore the crimson of Harvard or tho bluo of Yolo, the two rival univer sities broke even hero this morning in the first two events of their annual races. Ynle captured the first con test, tho freshman race, by two lengths, after a game struggle with Harvard's "rookies," over tho two mile course, but in tho four-oared raco It was all Harvard, tho crimson crew forging to the front at the first mllo and thoreafter giving tho Bull dog's men their backwater until they crossed tho line, rowing easily, and four lengths thead. Time Harvard, 1 3 : 3 7 V6 : Yalo, 13:52. Tho freshman eights rowed noso and noso for the first mile, both crews putting all they know Into tho strug gle. Finally, Inch by Inch, Yalo forg ed ahead, crossing tho lino two lengths to tho good. Tlmo Yale, ll:I3; Harvard, 11:59 Vi. Water Is Choppy. Both races wero rowed hi choppy, difficult water, tho freshmen, tho first event of tho dny, having been postponed until nearly noon owing to tho condition of tho course This ufteraoon tho big rowing event of tho yenr, tho battlo between the Harvard and Yalo 'varsity olghts, will bo rowed. " Otroclal statistics of both tho big crows follow: ':;i tfl ! i! Harvard 'Varsity Eight. Pos. Namo. Ago. Hgt. Wgt. Bow 0. H. Halch..2l 5-11 174 J O. F. Stnitton.21 6-0 10 8 3 P. Metcalf.,.2l 0-1 174 1 A. M. (3oodalo.2l ll-O'j 175 5 L, Wlth'ton Jr.21 6- ' 180 (5 A. Strong. ...21 0-2 181 7 R. W. Cutler.21 0-2 183 Strk O. T. Nowton.,21 5-11 181 Yalo 'Varsity Eight. ' Bow E. P. Frost..22 5-10 100 2 J. W. FIoldB..2i 6-1 1 109 3 J. W. Scully., 21 G- 174 I R. S. Tuckor..20 0-1 109 5 R. Romovn...,21 0-2 173 f. J. H. Phllbrln.20 5-11 175 7- D. Vnnb'com.,29 0-2 170 j Strk A. A. Low, Jr..21 5-10 158 Cox J. A. Copp..,21 5-10 170 V;-Vl.Ti, V