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MEDFORD, OltlOaON, THURSDAY, .JULY 20, 3011.
No. 102.
FOREST FIRES
FILL VALLEY
WITH
SIX
E
Four Hundred Acres of Timber Near
Brown's Cabin Burns Over hut
Loss Is Small Two Other Fires
In Tlmt Section.
BEAVER CREEK FIRES
NOW UNDER CONTROL
Camplnu Season Open and Is Said to
Be Responsible for New
Blazes.
Six fureM fii'-n within tint national
fort-Hl til pant rw dnyrt luivn burned
over hcmtiiI hundred acres of tttiiln'r,
Init have done little damage owing In
the fuel Hint they Marled for the
ninul purl in Mior limber mid were
checked trtr limy '""I covered
iniii'li Itinitory. Of tin- wx firerf, one
in entirely nut, four lire under tn
Irol miii oiiu will be controlled bcfnrn
nightfull.
Tim grcatent uri'ii covered by itny
of n fircn wiim uiik nt Hrown'rt
cabin ubovu I'roHpcet. Thin onn
uttirlt'd in lodge jki pint' iiiui xwept
omt -100 acre before Hunger Went
controlled it.
Two of tin nix fircn weru in lb
Applegnte dintriet mi Heaver nreek.
Tbene two fire up rend rapidly by
ltangcr Whitney with tint belp of it
large crow of men, controlled llitin.
I .it h t night Whitney let one half of hi
ervw go.
Three of the fires were near lron-
n'et. Of themt Hunger VM hit put
one entirely out, Iiiih one under eon-
.trol,-"(iinlWilrcontml the third today.
Nothing hnH been heard from the
fire on Kite ttreck nnd it i believed
that it in under control uh iio en 1 1
for help hurt been received.
Tlie Hinoke from thcM firen and
other biuret in Jnxephine county
hae filled the valley with hinoke. It
in not an Inid, however, an hint year.
HEINZE MAY
BID
RG
CANNERY HERE
Afjent Looks Over Valley In Com
pany of Professor O'Gara Is Es
pecially Interested In the Growing
of Tomatoes Is Well Pleased.
NO DISEASE HERE TO
THREATEN DISASTER
May Establish Experimental Station
to Determine Varieties to
Be Grown.
GOTHAM MARKET
UNSETTLED EARLY
NKW YOIIK, July 20,Thu atook
market wan uiiHcttlcd enrly, mont of
tint active lituca opening below ye;
tnrilny'H level. Thu heuvloHt lowies
worn lu thu local traction atuckii.
Klmiwhuni tho Indent ileellno wax In
Canadian Pacific, which dropped I
1-4, Loudon prlren for Aumrliann
iiIho were unsettled heforo tho open
ing here After Homn hesitation thu
IIhI gradually Htrenglhcnod and at
noon inoHt of tho nctlvu HtnrlCH wore
hIIkIiU)' aliovo ycHturday'u cIohu. Can
adian Pacific and lutorlioroiigli Met
ropolitan, however, reinalued heavy.
The innrktit cIohhI heavy.
HoiiiIh weru nteady.
'T.7 Varieties Heltir.i the Pickle
KIiik. mny chnoe thu Iloguu Itlver
Valley an thu ttllii of ono of IiIh larg
Nt cniiucrlcK. lie Iiiih J nut had an
intent lu thu valley looking over the
field ami the uncut In mild to have
been greatly plenum! with tho rcHiilt
of IiIh InventlKatluu. Ho Hpeut the
Kreater portion of IiIh time, while
here, with Prof. P. J. O'Cnro, who
Kave hi in much Information regard
tiiK the groulng df (omatocH, pen,
lieiuiH, ciK.MiinlierH, hurrlrii and thu
like lu thin valley.
If Mr. Ileltuo Mhould decide to
purchaMo a largo tract In thu valley
for thu purpoHu of growing t own
tomntocM and other Kardeu truck hu
will cHtabllnh an experimental farm
and develop plant to the highest de
gree of perfection,
Mr. HcIiixu'k agent wan especially
Interented In the growing of tomatoes
Por canning purponcH thu tomato
must be large and of an Intcuuu red
throughout uh Undo 8am no longer
tie mi Its coloring. Tomatoes with few
noedH are aluo lu deiuand. Thetu can
ho grown very nucccMfully here.
In the eniiterii ntatoa whore Mr.
Ilelnxn Iiiih his largo canneries, to
matoen have been xttbject to a num
ber of dcnciiHCH which aru not found
lu thht valley, due to local climatic
conditions. Tho prevalence of tho
"tomnto wilt" Is what led Mr. Helnxu
to neck a new location.
If Mr. Ilcliuu should build lu this
valley It wilt mean the erection of a
large canning factory which assures
a payroll and a ready market for
garden truck.
Senator's Nephew Dies.
OXNAIil), Cut., Julv 20. Clirl.
linn flcrberdlui, nephew of former
United KtntcH Senator TIioiuuh K.
Hard, died today at Venliirn of
lockjaw. A nmnll hlifltcr appeared on
(Icibonliiitf'H foot Sunday and (etniiiiH
developed tho iioxt day.
EUGENE JEWELRY STORE
ENTERED AND ROBBED
I.UOKNI3, Ore., July 20. -llobbera
entered II. I). Siuart'u Jewelry store
last night and stolo jewelry valued
at about SHOO, Thu articles taken
Included seventy-eight rings, eight
watches and a quantity of smaller ar
ticles, Kutrnnce to tho store was af
fected by way of tho skylight, tho
robbera letthiK themselves down a
rope.
Denies Robbing Hotel.
SAN FKANOIBCO, Cal., July 20.
Denial of thu charge of having
held up and robbed thu clerk of thu
Carlson Hotel was niadu today by
Itoss P, Odoll, said to bo tho nou of a
weallhy Hxkauu real estato and
mining operator, who was arrested
last night and arraigned In police
court today.
PARSONS
OF
CUIUS TO BE
TRUST; NOT
CREATOR
U
NKW YOUIC, July 20 That Honry
O, Havoiiioyer, tho Into sugar king,
was not tho orgunlzor of thu sugar
trust but that It emanated from Ills
own brain wait thu testimony today
before, tho Hardwtck houao sugar In
vestigating commlttoo lioro by John
13. Parsons, a Wall Stroot uttornoy,
Parsoni maintained that tho pub
lic Idea that Havomoyor wan rospon
ulblo for tho trust was orronuous,
"I orgunliod tho sugar combina
tion," ho said, "and 1 am proud or It,
I worked on tl'o problem for sovon
yoaiHv Tho fact that tho sugar trado
who most domoi'alUud was brought
to my attention by flovolopmonta lu
Washington, After I had worked out
a plan to combliio tho warring ele
ments I brought Henry Havomoyor
and his brother Theodore Into thu
schumo and wo put It through."
Parsons Is under indictment In con
nection with tho gobbling of tho
Pennsylvania Sugar RoflnliiR Com
pany by tho trust. Ho said thut In
tho old days uvory director and offi
cial of the trust wanted tho publlo to
regard him iib tho real brains of thu
organization, adding: "Hut when wo
bogan to bo criticised for our busluoss
methods, every slnglo one of them
ran to cover,"
ALDRIGH SAYS
HIRES' STORY
S FALSEHOOD
Flatly Denies That He Ever Declared
Thot Lorlmcr Was Administra
tion's Choice for United States
Senator From Illinois.
SAID HE AND TAFT ONLY
WANTED A REPUBLICAN
Former Boss of the Upper House
Tells of Conversations
With Hlnes.
WASHINGTON, I). C, July 20.
Hat denial of the story of Kdward
HincH to the extent of declaring he
had ever authorised the Chicago lum
berman to sny that William Lorimer
was tho administration's choice for
United StateH senator from Illinois
was made today by former Senator
Kelson W. Aldrieb of Rhode Island
before (lie Ijriiner senate investigat
ing committee.
'Inking tho stand before thu senate
inquisitors, the fanner king of the
upper house declared that hu and
President Tnft were only interested
in the Illinois seuatorsbip to thu ex
tent of wishing to see a republican
elected. lie denied that be personal
ly had ever uxpressed any preference
for Lorimer.
Tells of Conservation.
Aldrich declared that ho could not
recall on whonu initiative his conver
sations with HincH weru brought
about. Hu added:
"Our first conversation was in
April, 1U0U. Hines then said tint
in, bin judgment Hopkins could not
bo re-lcetcd. I said the president
desired the republican senator from
Illinois; that bo was friendly to Hop
kins bccaiihe the lutter bad received
tho largest vote in the primnry, but
that hu would take no part in the
contest. Wo did not discuss the tar
iff." Attorney .Marble then asked Aid
rich: "Did you tell I lines that sev
eral tariff schedules were endan
gered and that it wan most iiiijxirtnnt
that u a republican vote be furnished
fnnu Illinois.
lloutell Agreeable.
"I did .not. In a second conversa
tion Hiiics told me an effort would
be made to unite on Houtell and want
ed to know what the president
thought of Houtell. In our next con-
(Continued on Pnce (.)
TRAIN ROBBED
IIMTHBHI
Bandits Flee In a Racing Automobile
Sheriff Hot On Trail-All Ave
nues of F.srape Are Believed
Closed Enoiiieer Shot.
HUFFALO, N. 1)., July 20. Flee
ing in a racing automobile to tho
southwest, three masked bauditH who
held up tho North Coast Limited
No. 2, of tiio Northern I'nutfio at
Towor City, uro boing trailed toduy
by u big posso and sheriffs for 100
miles nrouud nro speeding to cut off
all avenues of escape
A Daylight Hobbery.
Tho robbery, which yielded n largo
amount of booty from the, Pullm.ui
pasHongera of tho train, oeeurred at
10 o'clock thin morning. When tho
train noarcd Tower City, tho rob
bers, who had boarded tho train at
some curlier stopping place, got into
nation. One of thorn, pistol in hand,
climbed across thu tender and or
dorud Engineer Sam Olson to stop.
Olson rofusod, whereupon tho bandit
fired Boveral times, two of tho bul
lots hitting Olson but not inflicting
fatal wounds.
Meantime tho other bandits woro
rifling thu slocpors and searching
ovory passenger at pistol point. Tlioy
first weut through tho day ooaohoa
shoaling recklessly nnd lined nil tho
occupants up in one end of tho ear,
(Continued on Page t.)
J
OHNSON
TO
F
PURS
E
IS $1
r
nnn nnn
JUUiUUU
'5
Reported That Champion Is Planning
to Lay Down te Wells In Order to
Let Englishman Have Title Jack
Is Disgusted With Americans.
STADIUM WILL SEAT
OVER 200,000 PEOPLE
Published Contract Gives Johnson
$30,000 and Wells $10,000
Said te le a Blind.
LONDON, July 20. That Jack
JohiiHon, heavyweight champion of
tho world, Is planning to "lay down"
in his coming match In England with
Bombardier Wells and permit the
Englishman to win the heavyweight
title Is openly charged hero today In
sporting circles.
It Is only declared that tho prelim
inary negotiations for the match are
suspicious, and that Johnson, soro on
American sports and realizing that
ho Is getting older, wants to clean up
big money in one lump Is willing to
drop tho tltlo to "get the dough."
Piirso of n Million.
That Johnson, If he does lay down,
will get a big cut of 11,000.000 for
doing so, Is generally reported. The
promoters of tho fight except to hold
It In tho Stadium, whero fully 200,
000 persons could tee tho fray. This,
at au avurago of ono pound a head,
would result In gathering In $1,000,
000 nnd the clean-up an tho side, If
tho reported deal Is consummated,
would bo enormous.
A. big syndicate? ot which, James
White of Manchester Is tho alleged
head. Is to null off tho battle. Tho
Idontlty ot tho members ot tho syn
dlcato Is carefully guarded, but it
Is authoritatively learned that its
real backers are Terah Ilooley, tho
famous promoter who Is now In bank
ruptcy and II. Uottomley, editor of
John Hull's Weekly, which Is also Jn
financial distress as tho reBult ot
liberal verdict agalttBt him for Il
legal promotions which aggregate
$475,000. Doth tho promoters, It Ib
Bald, hopo to recoup their fortunes
through the Johnson-Wells match.
Johnson Hates America.
It Ib alleged they havo offered
Johnson not only tho entire purse to
"lay down,' but also a largo per
centage of the moving pictures, the
(Continued on Pago .)
mm'm
ALONG BOUHDRV
No One Permitted to Cross Interna
tional Line Into Douglas as Result
of Mutiny of Madero Insurrectos
Against Being Disarmed.
AQUA PltlKTA, Mexico, July 20.
Martini inw was enforced hero to
day. No one was ponnitted to cross
tho international lino into Douglus,
Ariis. Thu order wna a result of mu
tiny of Madero iusurrectors against
beinc disannud. Bloodshed was
threatened when tho soldiers refused
to surrender their arms to Lieutenant
Colonel Hafaol lleinoro. tho officer
detailed to superintend their dis
charge, llomero was taken prisoner
by tho mutineers but was released ut
ter ii promiso to moroaso their pay.
CHISH0LM CONVICTED
OF KILLING POWELL
SANTA ItOSA, Cal., July 20.
Convicted of huwiig killed John D.
Powoll in n tent war Fort Koss, Dr.
C. L. Chisholm today paces n coll in
tho local jail horo awaiting sentence
by Judgo Seawoll. Tho jury rocom
uionded lifo Imprisonment.
Mystery still surrounds tho idouti
ay of tho murdored man. Chisholm
doolnred on tho stand Hint Powell was
an, assumed naino nnd that tho
dead munVright immo was John Wil-sou,
RECEIVER
LEWIS' FAKES
S APPOINTED
Court Declares That If Small Per
cent of Allegations Are True, Wo
man League Organizer Is One uf
the Most Gigantic Frauds.
SOUTH SEA BUBBLE
BEATEN TO A FRAZZLE
Indictment Contains Twelve Counts
Charges Lewis With Obtain
ing Millions Fraudulently.
ST. LOUIS Mo., July 20. United
States Judge Dyer today appointed
the St. LouIa Union Trust Company
general receiver for all the E. a.
Lewis corporations here. Walter
Cole, refereo In bankruptcy, waa ap
pointed master to take an accounting
of all tho Lewis enterprises, chief of
which Is the Lewis Publishing Com
pany. Judgo Smith McPherson also sat
In Lewis' caso. He and Judgo Dyer.
In making the order, declared:
"If this bill recites the truth, or a
small per cent of tho truth, then we
havo here ono ot the most gigantic
frauds perpetrated In many a day.
If the recitals of tho bill are to be
believed, and they are as yet uncon
trovcrted, tho South Sea Bubble, of
which Irving beautifully wroto has
been well nigh equalled. If not eclip
sed by tho Bchemes of the defendant
during the last decade. If the story
told of his activities Is worth cred
ence, the Panama Stock and Bond
scandal In France, 15 years ago hnB
been equalled If not surpassed."
The Indictment against Lewis con
tains twelve counts. It charges that
ho, by Issuing long tlmo debenture
paper, tried to recover securities of
his different companies, most ot It
duo soon, to tho amount of moro than
$7,000,000. It Is also charged that
ho obtained several million dollars
by fraudulent uso of the malls.
Lewis' enterprises centered In Uni
versity City, a suburb of St. Louis.
Thoro ho published the "Woman's
Magazlno and the Woman's National
Daily, and It Is charged that the sale
of their securities and of UenB on the
University City land and buildings
were tho means ho adopted to de
fraud the public out ot hugo sums.
Lowls denies any criminality In his
transactions and declares Ida down
fall due to malicious persecution by
thu United States postal authorities.
LINCOLH-TAFT
LEAGUEAI WORK
Thousands of Political Circulars Sent
Out From Salem to Help Carry
State for Taft Hal Patton Leads
the Hosts for "Greatest President."
SALEM, Oro., July 20. Thous
ands ot political circulars nro bolng
sent out by tho Ltncolu-Tatt republi
can league of Oregon today for tho
complete organization of tho republi
can party In this state to ro-nomlnato
Taft and Bpread tho doctrine ot pro
tection and reciprocity nlong tho Hues
advocated by tho administration.
.State Senator Patton, .member of
tho statu executlvo committee, saya
tho efforts "to organize tho party on
progressive lines and to uphold tho
laws onacted by tho people," aro
mooting with cordial responso.
"Thoro Is no reason," says Pat
ton, "why Oregon should not bo saf
ely for tho return of tho greatest
president tho country over had."
SACRAMENTO WILL
ABOLISH ITS MAYOR
SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 20.
According to the tentative, plans of
tho board of 15 freeholders who nro
framing u commission fonn of char
ier to bo voted on this fall, Saoramou
to will bo n mayorless city, ils gov
ernmental functions boing entrusted
to five commissioners vested with tho
sumo power,
IMPROVEMENT
IN COAL WITH
El
V
LOPMENT
Prof. J. S. Dilker of Geological Sur
vey Finds Quality of Coal Mined
Near Medford Improves as Coal
Vein Is Sunk Upon.
ROGUE RIVER COAL FIELDS
HUNDRED MILES IN LENGTH
Coal Is Lignite With Chances of Be
coming Semi-Bituminous In Char
acter With Development Work.
"Coal in the Medford coal field
improves in quality with the amount
of work done, the further tho tunnels
run into the hill, the better tlie grade
of coal and the cleaner it is from
interlacing veins of shale and clny."
states Prof. J. S. DihVr, chief geol
ogist of the United States geological
survey, who spent Wednesday in
specting local, coal mines, particu
larly the Cascade, where a force of
meB are now engaged in development
work. lie was very favorably im
pressed with the showing mode,
though non-committal on account of
his official position.
"The Medford coal is n lignite
though the vein may develops into a
semi-bituminous coal, as in the Coos
Bay region. The Medford coal is
similar to the latter. The amount of
coal available, or the extent of the
deposit, can only be determined by
development work. The tunnel nt the
Cascade is in quite a ways and
shows no obstruction in the coal
bed," said Prof. Diller. "The coal
resembles that at the Sunnyside."
"Coal occurs at many localities,''
he continued, "in the Rogue Rivjr
vnlley. A long nnrrow coal belt
tsretehes to the south and southeast,
east of Medford nnd Ashland and
continuing from Evans creek
through the Siskiyou mountains to
Ager, Cal., a total of nearly 100
miles in length.
"Prospects have been opened at
six localities between Evans creek
nnd Ashland, a distance of 40 miles.
The evidence does not indicate the
continuity of 4ho same coal beds
throughout that distance, but rather
the development of small beds n few
miles in extent, parallel to the old
(Continued on sure X)
BROWN TAIL MOTH
FOUND NEAR SEATTLE
TACOMA. Wash., July 20. Tho
brown tall moth, a tree pest for
whoso destruction the government Is
spending annually $300,000, has
been discovered In tho Rainier Val
ley, near Seattle. P. A. Huntley,
statu commissioner of horticulture,
was notified and today laid out a
campaign to fight tho pest. Quaran
tine of tho infected district embrac
ing nu area of twenty acres was or
dered. A crew of men, under tho
leadership of an Inspector, will be
gin today to destroy all tho vegeta
tion within tho Infected circle.
Look nt tho ads for tho chance to
buy tho property you need at a
"right price."
L
IIS STRANG
CRUSHED N AN
AUTO WRECK
Man Who Set New World's Record
for Fifty Miles on Motor Speed
way Is Killed While Riding With a
Party of Friends.
WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST
RACING DRIVERS IN COUNTRY
Held Many Records Was In Em
ploy of Case People and Was
Killed In Their Car.
BLUB RIVERS, Wla., July 20.
Louis Strang, dare-devil automobllo
racer, was Instantly killed horo this V
afternoon when the car In which ho . Pi
was riding carrying tho technical J"
committee of tho annual enduranco
tour of tho Wisconsin Automobllo As
sociation careened and crashed over
an embankment.
Strang was driving tho car at a
lively clip. Tho accident occurred
when ho endeavored to avoid an ap
proaching wagon. ,
Strang was driving a Caso car when
the accident happened. Ho was regu
larly employed by the Caso people,
representing them fn a number ot
races recently. For tho few months
previous to his becoming a driver for
them ho had been driving indepen
dently, and before that had been
driving for tho Bulck people.
Strang was ono of tho oldest driv
ers of racing cars In America aud
held a number ot records.
Strang, on August 20, 1909, set tho
world's record for CO' "miles" on a
track. Tho halt century was covered
at the Indianapolis motor speedway
In 46:04 3-5.
In the car wjth Strang at tho tlmo
ot tho accident wero thrco passeng
ers, ono ot whom was Joo Jaeggors
berger, also a driver for tho J. H.
Case Company ot Racino. Wis. Les
ter Clark ot Richland Center was
(Continued on Pago Two.)
CLUE AS YET TO
GIRLS WHEREABOUTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 20.
Puzzled by their failure to find Mary
Oertrudo Ilg, a pretty 23-year-old
girl, who vanished from her home
here Monday evening, police, Pink
ertons nnd the girl's family today
are running down every possible clow
to the strangest disnppoaranco mys
tery San Francisco has had in years.
From Sun Jose today came a story
which caused the family to immedi
ately dispatch dctcativos to that
town. II. T. Anderson of San Jose
doclnred positively ho saw tho miss
ing girl pass his rcsideucu Into yes
terday in company with n young man.
This information was tho second al
leged direct clew to Miss Ihs where
abouts sinco sho disappeared. It
was alleged sho was seen in Fruit
vnlo yesterday.
R. II. Gripp, tho girl's fiance, and
he relatives so far havo scouted thu
polico theory of an elopement, nnd
fenr sho has met wtih somo darker
fate.
HOUSE OF LORDS HASTEN DOOM
BY AMENDING COMMONS VETO BILL
LONDON, July 20. Tho house of
lords this ovening passed the bill tak
ing from that body tho veto power
on financial legislation but amended
so that it is almost certain to bo ro
ieotod by tho commons whon it ro-
convenes on Monday.
It is bohovod tho houso of com
mons will send tho bill buck to tho
lords next Thursday with tho demand
that tho uppor house's amendments
bo romoved. This will preoipitnlo
the crisis which has been gathering
for many months nnd either lords or
commons must buck down.
It is declared unofficially today
that it was oxaotly this contingency
which Premior Asquith bus been pro
paring for, and that if tho lords do
not nt onco nccedo to a peremptory
demand by tho government to pass tho
commons' bill without amendment
King George will bo asked to muko
good his promiso to the premier and
flood tho horcditory houso with more
than 300 now peers.
Should tho king nt tho last mo
ment refuse to comply with Asquith'H
wishes, it is ndmitted that thq grav
est situation will result in England
sinco tho days of Olivor Cromwell,