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MEDFOKI), OKimON, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1011.
No. 91.
GRAY PROMISES TO COMPLETE HILL LINE
JEWELRY BURGLAR CAUGHT WITH HIS STOLEN BOOTY
RAILROAD !0
CONNCWH
OREGON TRUNK
111(1 HERE
10 CONSTRUC
President of Pacific & Eastern States
That Construction Has Been De
layed Owlnu to Condition of East
ern Money Market.
NO VALUE TO OWNERS WITH
OUT EASTERN CONNECTION
Too Late In Season to Flirc Upon
Extensions For This Year hut
Road Will Be Constructed.
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PLAY HOUSE
President of Northwest Theatrical
Association to Confer With Busi
ness Men and Citizens Regarding
Erection of Sultahlo Theatre.
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President Gray Says:
Tlml tlm Pacific & Eastern
railroad will In' completed
over llii' ('iiHiuiihw I" n emi
iieetion with tlm Oregon
Trunk. fTT
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That III" iiinJitJiM f Hi"
money market jilmu! has been
responsible fur cheeking thu
work thin year.
Tlmt it in unlikely that any
work will In1 done on tin1 road
thin summer, iih it in too Into
to start tint work this xuummi.
WANTS LOCAL SUPPORT
BEFORE MAKING DECISION
Declares Medford Is Good Show
Town and Deserving of Adc-
(jualo Facilities for Patrons.
Tlmt ho has great expecta
tions of tlm Rogunllivcr val
ley of which Im has heard so
mih'li since he Iuih oomo to Or
egon ami before.
Tlmt Im hart cmuc to learn
firHl IiiiiiiI not only fuel con
(mini; the Pneitio & East
em hut of the entire valley,
its pwiuiees ami eharaeterin
tic ami that he will welcome
all information jegarding the
city of Medford anil the
Rogue River valley.
Tlmt the Pacific &, Kantem rail
road will lie extended to eoiiueet with
the Oregon Trunk on the eastern fill"
of the Cuheatle mountains ami tint
tlm work Iuih lieen only temporal ily
ilelayed owing to the eomlitiou if
tlm money market this year is tlm
substance of a statement iniiile uy
Carl R. (Iray, president of the Hill
liiieH in Oregon, who arriveil in .Med
ford Friday morning to inspect the
Pacific- fc Eastern lailroail, of which
Im is the henil, nnil to learn lir-t
hum of tlm eit.V of .Mfilfonl ami the
Rogue River valley.
President dray was emphatie iu
)iin statement that tlm l'aeifio &
Knsloru would he couslriiclod over
the Cascades slutlng that tlm road
Jiidimrit on imcn 2.)
For the purpoxi) of meeting local
business men ami confer with them
iu regard to the erection of a then
tru iu thiH city, Calvin Jleilig ami
Hruco Clendeniiig, who in associated
with him, arrived iu the city Friday.
Thi) two men will remain hen! two
day nnil iu that time will determine
definitely on the. erection of it thea
tre. If they are assured of the
proper support they will start con
xl ruction "work at once mid have
tlm theatre ready as soon aH ixissi-
hie.
"We mo here," Hinted Mr. Jleilig,
"to talk the matter of lliu erection
of n theatre, ovor with local people
who wo desire to have associated wim
us In tlio undertaking. Wo will dur
ing iho next two duys thoroughly
investigate, the local situation in ret
gurd to the erection of n nmdern
playhouse. Wo want to build a the
atre hut we wihh find to know that
the people of Medford are, wtih us.
Mr. Clendeniiig, who is associated
with me, had never hecii hero mid
he wished to look oer the field he
fore we decided definitely on plan.
"We will .reach u decision in the
nintlur heforo we leave. Saturday
evening and will anuouncn whether
wo are to huild u theatre or not. Med
fold needs a show house and wc
know of no helter show town of it
hia) on tlm const. Hut w wish to
feel that wo have llio people with iih
heforo we make u decision."
SPOKANE IN PERFECT
SHAPE BEFORE WRECK
Pacific Steamship Company's Ves
sel Santa Rosa Aground Off Point
Arguello, Otio of the Most Danger
ous Spots On the Pacific Coast.
WIRELESS APPEALS FOR
ASSISANCE ARE RECEIVED
Steamer Curacoa of Same Line Goes
to Assistance of Distressed Ves
i scl Heavy Fog the Cause.
LOS ANdtiLKS, Cnl., July 7.
Tluit thu steamer Santii Kosu's posi
tiou on the nicks off Point Arguello
is far more dmi;erouK than officials
of tho I'ncifio StcauiHhip company
navo yci luimiticd ih hiiowii y die
fact that Ih wireless operator con
tinues to send out nppealu for as
sistance. Kvery five mintucs the
irnvorumcnt wireless station at Suif
catches tho calls from the distressed
vessel.
Tho Santa Nona went ashore at '!
o'clock, when Ilia tidu wns at its
lowest. A concerted effort will he
Hindu to free the, vessel at '2 o'clock-
this afternoon.
Indictments 'Found Against Big Trust Officials
MILLIONAIRES W'
ARE INDICTED Akf iKSBl
Men High Up In the World of Finance
Called to Account by Federal
Grand Jury as Result of Steel
Trust Investigation.
SKATTLK, Wash., July 7.- Offi
cers of (Im wrecked steamship Spok
ane yesterday iiflernoon testified hu
foro United States Stcmuhoat In
speetors Whitney mid Turner that
tlm equipment of tho ship was in per
fect shape. They until that thoy had
personally assisted passengers into
the hunts ami (hat tho hoats were
promptly lowered. The hearinp; wns
continued today.
Tho steamer Queen, operated here
tofore on (ho Scuttlo-Sau lVauciseo
rim will replace (ho Spokauo on (ho
Alaska cruise, heinuinc; July IU.
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TOUR AFTER TRIAL
NBW YORK, July 7. Expecting
ucipiittal of tho char'o of attempt
ing lo miinloi' Millionaire W. K. I).
Stokes, for which (hoy arc on trial
here, Lillian Oraliam and Klhol Con
rad today are laying pluiiH for u
vaudevillo unpigemeut (hat 'will
"knook 'cm off their soutn." After
hearing Slokos' tesliumiiy tellhiK
how tlm (wo u'ii'Ih hud 1'oiikIiI with
and wounded him iu their ilat
when Im called to j;et Homo letters
ho hud written ruturued.
Slnkes siild tho Graham iii hud
remained on his farm near LuKiiiKt'"!
after he first mot her for two or
throo cloys. '
"Did you ever have improper ro
latloiiH with Lillian'" AKoruoy
Mooro asked.
I did not," said Slokos.
Questioned about a niyslorioiiR
coiiuless, he ohiliuod had come mirods
tho ocean In warn him (hat Lillian
was a hlaukmailer, Slokes reiloralod
the slory.
With volipineul nesluros and at (ho
lop of his voice, Stokes denied that
ho had over siiuested marriago to
Lillian Graham, lie said ho know
Miss Graham and her sister, Mrs,
Siuujolon, as thoy had lived at his
hotel, Ho declared ho mwo tho Gra
ham Rill money Himply heeniiHO limy
woro good friends.
"Previous to my pivine; hor the
ensh, Miss Conrad told mo sho was
tho tiuuKhtar of n Russian nohlonmn
wlio was killed in Hluofields, Nioa
ruKiiu, after nmassinp; a forluno. Sho
said hor mother had later married
a mini who rohhed and dosorled her,
and that hor mother then went to
live with hor son in Mobile. Tlmt was
(ho lusl I henrd from her until she
lolojihoiu'd ntu lo cjoino lo her I'llld"
LOS ANGKLKS, Cnl., July 7.
With 200 passengers on board the
steamer Simla Rosa of tho Pacific
Steamship company's lino is on tho
rocks two miles north of Point Ar-
Ruollo, ono of tho most dangerous
spotH on tho Pacific const,
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rainy ngnmmi, Hie passengers
nrtt all snfe and tho vessel shows no
signs of leakage.
Realizing tho perilous of tho Simla
Rosa, local officials stated that the
steamer Curacoa of tho Rtunc line left
Snn Pedro to go to tho assistance
of tho vessel and its passengers. It
was said thai they would ho trans
ferred to tho Curacoa and brought to
Los Angeles. Tho Snntn Rosa, ne
conling lo inoagro details, received
here, wont out of her course dur
jn tho dense foj; of the early morn
ing hours and went on tho rocks
shortly before dawn. Officers of the
vessel awakened Iho passengers and
notitied them of ho accident.
The Santa Rosa loft San Francisco
yeslorduy mid was duo at San Pe
dro nt noon today.
NKW VOIIK, July 6. VlRorous de
feiiHo Is being planned for tho men
high tin In tho world of finance have
been Indicted by the federal grand
Jury which hasMyiorr Scaring evidence
In Now York' aK&nitf otilclala of the
United States Steel Corporation, tho
Winb Trust, IU subsidiaries and many
Independent steel companies. Among
tho most prominently mentioned In
tho Indictment are Frank J. Goutd
and Herbert L. Sattorlee, bon-tn-law
of J. IMcrpont Morgan and who Is
president of tho Hablrshaw Wire
Company, of Yonkers. N. Y.
Charles K. IlrooKer, vtco president
of thu Ansonin Hrass and Copper
Company nnil a member of tho re
publican national commltteo from
Connecticut, and Ferdinand N. Itoob
Ilng, of John A. Uoebllng Sons com
pany, are nlbo named.
SWELTERING HEAT CONTINUES IN
- EAST AND DEATH LIST GROWS
BROTHER
CARLES
SAN DIKGO, Cnl., July 7.-The
Santa Rosa has been making regu
lar triw to thw port sinco tho earlv
80's. Uuilt iu 1881 at Chester, Pa!,
sho is one of tho oldest stenmors on
tho const. Her length is a20.f foot;
beam, -10.0 ; depth, 20.3; gross ton
nage 2110; net tonnage, 1135, and
horsepower 2000.
LIGHT FLUCTUATIONS
IN STOCK MARKET
NKW YOUK. July 7 Today's
stock market opened with slight
changes. Tho list was lrrogular with
a downward tondoncy. Reading,
Union Pacific, Missouri Paclflo, Amer
ican SmoltonB and Bovoral othor Ib-
sues lost fractions. Later tho market
Improved slightly. Fluctuations In tho
roprcaontattvo stocks woro unimpor
tant, but Bomo of tho luactlvo spec
ialties moved wldoly,
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BETWEEN
CHICAGO, III., July 7. The cool
ing breezes following yesterday's rain
faded away this morning and at noon
tho humidity had reached SO per
cent. Tho city was again sweltering
and numerous deaths were reported.
Eight died during tho morning and
tho coroner estimates that 225 per
sons bo far have succumbed.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 7.
Fifteen deaths from heat had occur
red at noon. Tho total during the hot
wavo Is ninety-one.
BALTIMORE. Md July 7.
Eleven heath deaths had occurred at
noon today. Tho total so far here
since July 1 Is 36.
BOSTON', Mass., July 7.
sons died hero today as a
tho heat.
-Ten per
result of
NEW YORK, July 7. Ten addi
tional heat deaths were reported up
to 1 o'clock.
NIGHT POLICE
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BURGLAR
WITH JEWELRY
Tom Howard Arrested Charged With
Robbing Reddy's Store Says His
Pal Took Bulk of Jewelry and
Started for Portland.
IS BOUND OVER TO
AWAIT GRAND JURY
Reddy Gets Back Over $100 Worth of
Jewelry Suspects Allowed to
Go After Examination.
BOSTON,, Mass., July 7. Six per-
Isons succumbed to heat here today.
All of them woro found dead In their
beds.
ATW00D AND HAMILTON
IN AIRSHIP IN SEA
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,
July 7. Shortly aftor start
ing thoir Washington flight
Ihiu afternoon Avintorn At
wood and Hamilton narrowly
esoapod drowning whon their
hipluuo fell into tho .ocean.
Holh wero rescued.
WASHINGTON', U. C, July 7.
Tlmt Charles P. Taft, brother of the
president, was the means whereby
tho Morgan-Uuggeuheim interests in
duced President Tuft to grant them
tho Conl roller buy lands which givo
tho combine a stranglo hold on tho
rich Alaskan coal fields, is tho gist
of a story circulating in official cir
cles hero today.
Tho story resulted from an inquiry
by Miss M. P. Abbolt, who assorted
that Richard Ryan, representing tho
(iuggciiheuus, obtained tho rights oi
way whereby the only outlet for tho
Alaskan coal field was controlled.
She nssoited that ho had found tho
postsuript of a letter from Ryan to
Richard A. Rallinger, then secretary
of tho interior, winch under dato of
July 13, 11)00, said:
"J)ear Dick: 1 wont to seo tho
president tho other day about this
Controller bay affair. Tho president
asked whom I represented, and I
told him, according to our agreement,
that 1 represented mynolf. That did
not seem to satisfy him, so I sent
.for Charley Taft and asked him to
tell his brother, whom I really rep
resented. Then tho president made
no I'm thor objection to my claim.
(Signed) "DICK.''
DARROW SAYS
IT'S CONSPIRACY
Attorney for Alleged Dynamiters
Accuses District Attorney of Los
Angeles of Swearing Falsely When
Making Affidavit of Guilt.
OPIUM IS DISCOVERED
BURIED UNDER COAL
SAN PRANCISCO, Cnl., July 7.
Buried uudor 500 tons of coal in ono
of tho bunkers of tho steamer Si
beria, .f'J.lOO woilh of opium was
discovered today by customs inspoo
tors. Tho Siboria, belonging to tho
Paeifio Mail company, nrrivod hero
yesterday from oriental points,
LOS ANGELES. Cnl., July 7.
"District Attorney John D. Fredericks
know that ho was swearing falsely
when ho uuulo tho affidavit that John
J, McNnmara was, a fugltlvo from jus
tice" This wns tho oponlng statement of
Attornoy Glarenco Harrow, when,
shortly heforo noon, for tho first
ttmo, ho argued boforo Superior
Judge AVnltor Bordwoll In connoctlon
with tho McNnmnrn case. Turning
until he faced tho district attornoy,
Dnrrow pointed his finger at Freder
icks and shouted:
"You know and Uotectlvo William
J. Burns knows that tho wholo mat
tor of extradition was arraugod long
boforo tho hands of tho law woro
ovon laid upon J. J. McNnmnrn.
"You know, I know uud William
J. Burns knows that your Illegal con
spiracy to kidnap John J. MoNamara
from his Indianapolis homo and rush
him Into California without ovon a
chance to dofond hlmsolf was ono of
tho most dastardly crimes In tho his
tory of tho couutry."
WHAPPY'S WIFE
EXAMINED TODAY
Brother-in-law of Convicted Ex
Chlef and Other Relatives Sum
moned Before Grand Jury Wife's
Appearance Causes Sensation.
BUFFALO, N. Y. National Detno
oratio Chairman Norman K. Mack iu
his National Monthly presents tho
olnima of Governor Judson Harmon
of Ohio for tho demoorntio presiden
tial nomination in 1012,
SEATTLE, Wash., July 7. E. B.
Benn. termor mayor of Aberdeen and
brothrr-ln-law of C. W. Wapponstoln,
tho convicted cx-chtof of police, was
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One of the two men who robbed
Martin J. Neddy's jewelry store was
arrested by Officer Cincadc at tho
Bungalow boarding house at 10
o'clock last night. Over $100 worth
of jewelry was recovered. Tho man
gave tho name of Tom Howard and
was today bound over to await ex
amination by the grand jury. How
ard states that his pal left for Port
land with the bulk of tho loot.
In making an attempt to dispose
of a portion o tho jewelry Howard
tipped his hand. Ed Caldwell, a fel
low boarder at the boarding house,
saw a portion of tho jewelry and re
ported it to tho officer who made
the arrest. Howard waived exami
nation this morning and refused to
tell of his part in tho robbery- At
tho city jail, however, to Constablo
Singler and Chief of Police Hitson
ho stated that his partner had left
for Portland with tho bulk of tho
loot. Howard had hidden a portion
of tho jewelry in tho woodpllo back
of the Chinese restaurant on South
Front mid had tho rest with him at
the boarding house. He made no ex
planation as to where ho got it or
why ho was offering it for sale
cheap.
In tho loot recovered wero 19
bracelets, a, half dozen lodge em
blems and several watch fobs. This
represents about ono-third of tho
total amount stolen.
Tho two men who wero arrested
Thursday afternoon at Gold Ray af
ter they had sold four pieces of
jewelry at Central Point wero al
lowed to go this morning aftor thoy
had been examined in this city. They
told a straight story throughout.
They picked tho jewelry up along tho
track near tho Crater Lako junction
and told tho man to whom thoy sold
tho jewelry tho circumstances of
their finding it. It is not bolieved
that they had anything to do with
thetheft as thoy wero able to show
that thoy had worked ut several
places along tho coast and boro
good reputations. Both had worked
locally and nro tailors.
It is helioved that tho pal of How
ard jumped a train and attempted
to mako his way north but was put
(Continued on Para (.) '
ESCRIBES
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IT FEELS TO BE
PURIFIED BY THE ABSOLUTE LIFE
CHICAGO, HI., July 7. Denying
that sho had ovor soon any oxposuro
of their persons by tho "absoluta llfo"
disciples of Evolyn Arthur Seo at tho
meotlngs of tho cult, Mrs. Luclllo
Bridges, mother of tho girl whoso de
linquency tho "rovcalor" Is nllogod
to have caused, testlflod today In
Seo's dofouso.
Mrs. Bridges said sho first felt "ab
solute llfo" coming ovor hor In Do
combor, 1905.
"I had boon studying," sho said,
"but had not been Imbued with tho
spirit. Suddenly tho thrill camo and
then joy, rollof and happlnoss. I folt
ns though I was walking abovo tho
earth, wnndorlng among tho clouds.
It was absoluta llfo. It mndo mo
happy, purified mo and I havo since
been a bettor woman,"
Spoaklug of tho effect of tho Sco
teachings on her daughter Mlldrod,
Mrs. Bridges said: '
"Mildred's beauty had spoiled hor.
Sho was headstrong, atubborn aud
wilful. Sho was dlfforont when Im
bued with absoluto llfo, and became
obedient, docllo and Bweot."
Mrs. Bridges, asked tho difference
botweon mothorhood In ordinary and
that In "absolute llfo," said:
"Tho mothor lu absoluto llfo has a
truo Insight Into hor own conscious
ness and would not think of bearing
a child until sho had boon purified."
Sho dotlnod absoluto llfo ns "tho
elimination of bad things and living
as God would." Sho said sho had not
lived In Seo's "Junior commouwealth"
bocauso "thoro was too much perver
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