jrennn HUturinl MMed
r.nv Hall .vttsninim
City Hall
Vi.'
-s, il
W
V
I" ' FIRST I
SECTION 1
Medford Mail Tribune
WEATHER
Fair nntl Cooler Mux MM,
Mln (10.5, Afcnn j.
Pally- HUth Yi'iir
I'jitv.-l'lriit V'itr
TWELVE PAGES
MEDFORD, OMMONNTNIMY, JULY 10, 1911.
TWO SECTIONS.
No. 98.
NEW COMPANY TAKES HOTEL MEDFORD
GREEK MEETS GREEK; ONE SHOT, OTHER A FUGITIVE
QUARREL
ENDS
IN FIGHT; ONE
CANNOT LIVE
Assailant Flees Without Waiting to
Get His Hat Deputy Sheriff Gets
on Man's Trail Not Possible (or
Him to Escape.
STOh'tiJS' JlXUlilt d HOUSED H'll ICY I'OLVTKl) QUESTIOXS
auk .is km jit niMt, or auu.s he accuses
ROLM'.rr M . MOORE , MAGISTRATE rBaOU . WI . M.K.OWTOTT.
c
FEW PARTICULARS COULD
OE LEARNED OF TRAGEDY
Med ford Police Notified to De on
Lookaut for Man Greeks Thrown
Into Wild Excitement.
A Greek laborer employed on the
Pacific & Eastern win fiitnlly shot
liint m filing ,y n fellow Inborcr
known us "Pclo" nl tint railroail
enmp nlioiil a null) anil ii luill' this
side of Unite Falls. Three bullets
lodged in tin1 man's body iiial there
i no hope for hin recovery. 1 1 ir
assailant fled to lu hills mnl is now
a fugitive, from justice.
Hut very few particulars could he
teamed regarding the trouble Inst
ii i K t t an (lit) telephone line to Unite
Falls closed about the than tint trng
hI.v was reported o thc K)lito in
h oily. Deputy Sheriff Clo vengor
t Unite Falls notified the local n
litf lint Im know lint little, of tin)
. shooting. He left immediately to get
on the trail of tho fugitive.
It is reported Hint tin two men af
ter finishing their supper pit inli
n violent quarrel. Later before tin1
bystander cnild interfere '"Pete"
'hud drawn u mm ami shut lib com
panion. Hit then turned and flt'd
without even waiting to get Ins hat.
It in thought that lu in coming in
Ilia direction of Mi'dford.
"I'l'lofift Ik Hiiid to lat ulintit five
feel lull, jh 'J." yearn old alul welkin
aliout i:i,rt pounds. He bus red lunr.
(treut excitement prevailed In the
eauip following the shooting. The
foreuiau of the camp was ko excited
when lie telephoned the deputy slier
iff that he eouhl give no eohereut
aeoount of the Irngcdv. He staled
Hint, it would ho impossible for tho
man to live an the three bullets
lodged in IiIh hody.
TRIPLEALLIANCE
IS PREDICTED
Great Britain, United States and Ja
pan May Become Components of
New Alliance, Accordion, to Pa
pers of Nippon All Favorable.
TOKIO, July IB. "A now triple
ulllunco, with Great Hrltnln, tho
United BtutCH ami Jiiau iih Its com
tiounntH," Ih I Im glut of many pub
HhIioiI opIuloiiH hero today with re
ference to tho rovlsod AiiKlo-Jnimnotio
treaty, tho provlHloiiH of which havo
Jiiat boon publlHliiul hero.
Th ii ro are other opinions of tho
compact, but nit agree that tho modi
ricatloiiH woro umtvoldublu and moHt
of tho editorial comment on tho
change Ih favorable. It Ih gonorully
bolelaved that tho niircomont absol
utely provontH war with tho United
BlntoH.
I ! ! I I -
New Hi'iMations follow in clone succession at the trial of Ethel Conrad and Lillian Grnhnm, in New York,
charged with having shot V. K. I). S token, n millionaire hotel proprietor. The ea.su is being tried before Mag
istrate Freschi, nud the Mate is being represented by Assistant District Attorney Sullivnii. Mr. Stokes told of
his meeting with Ethel Conrad, who wan Midi a shy bashful young girl 'he could not look hint in the eye when
asking for $-0(1 for .M'wh (Iralntm mid a Kinition for herxulf. He told how AlihH Conrad sofa" Miss Ornhmn
had alteiaplcd Miielde, wan repoutaiit and wanted to go away to hide her acid scarred fnec.
Mr StokvH deuitfl ever forcing Mifrt (Irahuui to ign a phr exonerating him while hbe wn.s spending
a night at bin farm, lie failed to lentil's' that he gave the $200 for 13 letter of bt.s in im-.-thion of Misn
(Iraham and wan made uncomfortable by the questioning of Hobert .Moore, of counsel for the chorus girls.
Questioned by counsel for Miss (Iraham whether he had written u certain letter, Mr. Stokes' countenance
flushed and with anger in his tone declared: "1 never wrote any-such letter in my life." William I. Olcott
Ih Mr. Stokes' perMimil counsel at tho trial.
MERCURY GOES
CRAZYWIDHEAT'
Prances Around Over the Hundred
Mark Reaching. 106 Hottest Day
In Many Years Visits the Rogue
River Valley.
0RCHARDISTS ALONE WEAR
SMILES; IT HELPS THE FRUIT
Coats 'Are Discarded and Mankind
Spends Its Time In Seeking Spots
Large Crowd In Park.
W1CKERSHAM MAY
BE IMPEACHED
Charged With Having Connived at
Escape of Men Who Defrauded the
Government Out of $50,000 In
Alaska.
BANK DIRECTORS
MUST MEET MONTHLY
WASHINGTON, I). (, July Ifi.
Moro stringonl Miiporvislou of na
tional hnukfl Ih deemed nouoHsavy
and orders wore isnucd to all bank
uxamiuuirt today dirooling them to
hTipiIro at loaHl monthly juootingH
of hunk dirootoi'H and thn adoption
of u pormaueat Hyslom of approving
bank luuiitJ uiul (IIhcoiiuIh,
WASHINGTON. 1). C, July 1.1.
Impeachment of Attorney (leueral
Wickcrsham on charges of having de
liberately connived at the cscaiH of
men who defrauded tho government
out of $r(),0(lll in Alaska was pre
dicted hero today when tho demo
crats generally took up charges
against tho attorney general which
were preferred by Delegate James
Wiclicrsham of Alaska.
With three house committees al
ready probing tho conduct of tho
department of justice, the new
charges filed with tho judiciary com
mit Ice are tho center of interest.
That committee today decided to re
port favorably a resolution demand
ing tho decoments in the case of
Captain I). II. Jarvis, at one time
agent of the (luggcnhcims in Alaska,
failure o prosecute whom limy cost
tho attorney general his official
head,
In his expose of tho enso Delegate
Wickorshain assorted that more than
A year ago ho furnished to tho at
torney general information warrant
ing tho immediate, indictment of Jar
vis and declined that tho attorney
general had deliberately allowed tho
statute of limitations to run against
tho offense. Jarvis committed sui
cide in Seattle June '2, tho day after
the resolution demanding tho papers
in his case was introduced in con
gress. In explanation of his accusations
against tho attorney general, Dele
gate WiokorHhnm produced an nffi
davit showing that through tho con
nivance of Jurvis, ,lohu II. Hullook
of I ho ScHuor Coal company of Nanio
had defrauded thu government nut of
$.ri0,00() through coal contracts. He
charged that thu two men, Jarvis and
Hullock, had formed an agreement
between competing coal companies,
increased tho price of coal ami by
eliminating competition had hold up
tho government for tho Jiigh price.
Thou ho deolarcd tho two companies
dividod tho profits of tho steal.
Delegate Wickorshain aRsorlod that
on May 2-1, 11)10, ho Hont to the at
torney general tho ovidonco in tha
case against Jarvis and Hullook. On
May ill, 1010, ho roeolvcd u lottov
BEAUX WROTE
TORRIDJ.ETTERS
Half a Score of Rich New Yorkers
Wrote Many Warm Love Letters
to Lillian Graham and Ethel Con
rad, Assert Lawyers.
NEW YOKK, Julv If.. Charges
that a commission of city and pri
vate detectives who were jiaid by
rich Now Yorkers, "double crossed''
their clients were made openly here
today by lawyers for Lillian Urnliam
and Ethel Conrad, tho two girls held
for tho alleged attempted murder of
Millionaire W. K. I). Stokes, their
aged admirer.
Half it score of rich New Yorg
ers, tho attorneys said, had been
involved with the girls, jiml whim
Stokes was shot in their apartments,
both girls had bundles of torrid let
ters from them, as well as a bundle
from Stokes. All of those loiters
were stolen from tho Graham girl's
trunk. The thief, they say, was paid
by a combination of the girls' admir
ers who feared an explosion would
ensua Jiecauso of tho publicity of
their Attempt on Stokes.
FINGER POINTS
10 FASTEN CRIME
Peterson, Missing Section Hand,
Wanted by Police for Coble Mur
der, Is Captured Think He Also
Murdered Hill Family at Portland.
f-f f f f
GATES VERY LOW.
PARIS, July If). Although
John W. Gates, who is ill here,
passed an extremely bad
Might, there was little appar
ent change today in his con
dition. Mrs. Gates and his
Hon Charles G. Gates aro in
constant attendance and havo
become almost exhausted
from thu long vigil.
- - 4
acknowledging its rcceiot. Further
correspondence resulted, but, ho nays,
tho attorney general allowed the
ease to drag along until Juno 1H,
11)11, when a letter was received
from that official stating that ac
tion would bo impossible, as tho stat
ute of limitations had intervened,
Tho liouso committees on expen
ditures in tho departments of agri
culture and of .I'usticu aro also prob
ing Attorney Geuoral Wiokorshmr.'a
administration and today it is de
clared thoro is little doubt that an
attempt to havo him dismissed from
tho government will bo made in the
house,
TACOMA, Wash., July l.r.
Swan Peterson, missing section man.
wonted to explain his disappearance
following the murder of Archie and
Nottio Coble at Rainier last Monday
night, in the county jail here today
denied any knowledge of the crime.
Nowspajier descriptions of Peter
son made his capture easy. Two
men in Puynllup yesterday recog
nized him and at night Marshal
Meade of Puyullup and Constable
Harry of Meeker's Junction, arrest
ed him at Meeker nnd held him for.
Sheriff Longmire.
Peterson ndmitted his identity and
iniide no resistance.
Doctors J. C. and R. C. Cat hey of
Portland who have been working on
the case decjarc that in connection
with the murder of tho Hill family n
month nt Portland declare that a
study of the finger prints show that
tho same man committed the crimes
Peterson occupied u room at the'
Waddell hotel at Rnmer.
Tho don tors sny that tho man who
eonmuttcd -the two almost parallel
crimes was left handed. Peterson
is left handed.
Tho man who is 00 and looks 45,
speaks fair English, strenuously de
nies the killing.
"I loft suddenly becauso I wasn't
getting enough uionay," ho said. "I
quit without getting my pay be
causo I figured my hoard bill had
taken about all I made. I don't
know anything about any blood
stains in the room nt tho Waddell
hotel. I didn't see any."
The mercury went crnzy wid de
heat Saturday, prancing around
above the hundred mark like a two
year old. And before it got
through with its high fluttin' no
tions it scored 100 the hottest day
in many yeurs experienced by the
residents of the Rogue River valley.
The weather man says it will be cool
er today but then the weather man
said Friday that it would be cooler
Saturday, and it wasn't. Not by a
degree nnd a half, and Friday was
some warm.
All Medford sweltered yesterday
as Medford was never known to
swelter before. Street thermometer
showed surprisingly high marks and
some of them broke The day was
quiet Jor all 'weropntting in their
tune m tryinp to find some method
of cheating the weather of its due.
A scarcity of humidity saved the
day umi no prostrations were re-jwrted.
All of the men in town shed their
coats regardless of dignity. It was
too hot to stand on coreniony. The
city city purk was well filled all
dn ynnd was about the coolest place
in town. The park rules were waived
and the lawns were Tilled.
Tho present hot wave has contin
ued for three days and it is believed
that cooler weather will follow short
ly. Friday the thermometer reached
104J,4 nnd this record was expected
to stand but Saturday Old Sol came
bnck and rang the bell nt 100.
Tho orchnrdists , were the only
men smiling and enjoying it all. The
hot spell is splendid for tho pears
and apples and thoy realized this.
It means more color and flavor.
Works for Peace
III t 1?f m &Kk
PUEBLA, Mexico, July 1.",.
Francisco I. Madero is doing his ut
most to harmonize the warring fac
tious of Diazites and Maderistns
who have been conducting n guerilla
warfare here for days. Revised fig
ures of Wednesday's fighting shows
that 57 Maderists and 17 federals
were killed in an engagement which
amounted to a pitched battle.
MASS MEETING
MONDAY
NIGH
T
Plans Will Be Completed for District
Fair and Pear Show to Be Held
This Fall Large Attendance De
sired.
CHINESE CHAUFFEUR HITS
POLE WITH MACHINE
SAN 1)1 GOO" Cnl., July 15. Tho
first and perhaps tho last Chinese
chauffeur in southern California is
battered and grieving today as tho
result of a disaster wtih which ho
met when ho ran n -fiuo now nm
chiuo belonging to Mrs. Lyman J.
Gage, wife of the formor secretary
of tho United States treasury, into
a olustor light polo noar thu city
plaza. Tho light globes woro shat
tered into bits and tho machine onmo
out of tho encounter badly disfig-uvod.
TWO NEW FIRES
AREJPORTED
Rangers Keeping Close Watch On
National Forest and Reach Flames
In Time to Keep Them From Doing
Much Damage.
Two now fires wero reportcd"Sat
urdny to tho local forest headquar
ters, ono on Elk creek and tho other
on Beaver creek. In both oases tho
rangers woro nblo to reach them
quickly and get them under control.
It is not believed that much damage
was done in etihor case. Tho rangers
aro keeping a close watch on the
forest nt tho present time as tho fire
season has opoued in earnest and
mnny campers aro in tho hills.
JAPAN MAY ASK FOR
ARBITRATION TREATY
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 15.
It is predicted horo today that Ja
pan will soon negotiato with the
United States for nu nrbitratiou
treaty similar to that botweou Ja
pan and England. Tho prodiotion
is based on Japan's agreement with
Uront Britain that sho will not do-
mand England's aid in case of a war
botweou tho United States and Jiipnn.
M
A big meeting is looked lor on
Monday night at the Emporium, where
.arrangements are to be cotaleted for
the district fair and pear show. The
fruitgrowers and stock men are tak
ing a deep interest in the event, and
n big tournament is expected. We
learn that there are many excellent
attractions from California that will
be glad to stop here on their way
north.
A Conro Fiero, in speaking of the
fair said: "It would seem to me
that there is no locality in Oregon
that could furnish a greater variety
of exhibits, and splendid specimens,
too, than the Rogue River vulloy. By
aH means let us have the best district
fair in the state."
J. C. Brown says: "Inasmuch as
we are known almost entirely by our
our fruit, why not photograph the
fine exhibits of com, vegetables and
stock, and mnko it up into a little
pamphlet and send it east and show
tho people there what we have in the
way of other products than fruit"
W. T. York said: "We should have
a rousing fair, and make it known
to prospective visitors from the
east, who could manage to be here
at that time and see in a day what
it would take them weeks to learn
at any other time."
A. S. Rosenbaum said in speaking
of the fair, "Wo had a great Fourth
of July celebration. Everyone who
camo to Medford at that time seemed
to bo thoroughly pleased. The fair
to bo a real success must far ex
ceed our efforts at entertumment on
any previous occasion. Farmers nnd
business men should null toirether
and mnko this tho best district fair
in Oregon."
it. C. Garnet t says: "By all
means have tho fair. Medford is al
ways on tho map. If wo set out to
giye the best district fair in tho state
we'll do it."
John G. Root expressed himself as
follows; "Counties in Minnesota
and Iowa with not ono quarter the re
sources thnt Juokson county has havo
succeeded in establishing annual
fairs that aro looked forward to as
great events. They havo douo moro
toward tho development of fino stook
than nny other ono thing. Fnrmors
do not enro for tho value of tho
prize A blue ribbon means every
thing to a farmor, and is an incen
tive thnt spurs him onn to his best
efforts from year to year."
A. K. Ware said: "Wo havo n
cliinnto particularly adapted to tho
breeding of fino horses. Just
enough whiter to dovelop bono and
nervo energy, and as to tho rainy
season, it is just right for growing
a porfeot hoof. Horses bred in tho
dryer climtao o fsouthorn California
nro often defootivo in this point; and
you know tho old saying, no foot, no
horse' Yes, tho Roguo Rivor vnl
loy can brood horses oquul to tho fa-
BUILDING
TO
BE COMPLETED
BY AUGUST 1 5
Original Company Forced ta Sell
Owing . to, Financial Embarrass
mentNew Company Premises
Speedy ;timpteti&n and Ojtenlng.
RAU-M0HR COMPANY WILL
LEASE AND Of ERATE IT
Completion and Operation of Hotel
Means Much fe This City
Stockholders la AwniLtl
'"8
, US'
A proposition submitted by
West Medford Hotel company, a
new syndicate headed by W. I. Vaw
ter, was last evening accepted by tho
Medford Hotel company whereby tho
holdings of the old company aro
taken over by the new. This assures
the early completion nnd opening of
the Hotel Medford on West Mnin
street.
The Medford Hotel company some
time ago got into financial diddi
culties which for a time threatened
the completion of the structure. It
seemed certain that a receiver would
be asked but the formation of the
.new syndicate and thu offer submit
ted by them offered a chance to es
cape tying up the completion of tho
hotel definitely. Tho matter was
discussed at several meetings nnd
was finally determined last evening
when tho stockholders of the origi
nal company voted to nccept tho
proposition. The purchasing com
pany gives an option to tho old com
pany to buy back tho property a.t ti
certain figure any time within tho
next two years.
. The hotel when completed will bo
leased and operated by tho Ruu
Mohr Hotel company. It will be mod
em in every respect and a great
credit to the city. It is expected
that the building will be completed
und ready for occupancy by August
15. When finished it will bo second
to none in tho state outside of Portland.
BECOMES MORE GRAVE
LONDON, July 15. Tho British-Franco-Gerumu
Moroccan crisis
became moro grave than over today
whou dispatches from Gibraltar con
firmed reports that a German force
had been lauded at Capo Juby, Mo
rocco, from tho Gorman cruiser,
Panther, which is at Agndir in defi
ance of French and British protests.
It is belioved tho landing of tho
Gorman troops will at onco bo mado
tho bnsts of no wand moro positive
demands by Brituin nnd Franco that
Germany immediately caso its activ
ities in Morocco.
mous bluo grass region of Kentucky."
John D. Olwell oxpressed himself
highly in fnvor iof tho pear show.
Said ho: "Wo raise tho best pears
in tho world and so fur thoro hus
beep no exhibit nnywhero in tho
Unite dStates of ono of the greatest
of fruit products. Let us offor a
liberal rowurd for nnyono to como
in nnd oomepeto with us."
Kerby S. Miller snid: "Tho
pear show by nil moans. Hang up
a liberal prize, nnd if Cniliforniu or
nny othor part of tho Pacific coast
feels thnt it can carry off tho uro-
nnum wo will givo them a chance
If competitors don't wish to trv
for first honors wo will nt least havo
issued tho challenge nud enn clnim
tho championship. And if thov do
enter, wo will not worry ubout ro
sults." ' .
Look among tho olnsslfied nds for
tho address of your next 'bdardiug
place I
M
i'l
J
V
i
i-yK'