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MEDFORD, OUWIQN", Tlll'RSDAV, Al'CJTKTa, 1911.
No. 111.
GOOD ROADS
FOR JACKSON
SEEM CERTAIN
Leading Taxpayers of County Call
On County Court and Urgo That
Body to Call Special Election to
Authorize Indebtedness.
WILL ACT ON MATTEn
LATE THIS AFTERNOON
Little Doubt Out That Court Will
Call Election Many Spenk-
Are Heard.
If lliu nx)iritMMliin of a largo number
nf tln lending " payors of tho oiin
ly liiivi imy welr.ht with tho county
ton rt (hut body will thin afternoon
mil tt special rounly election for tin1
pnrpiiM) of authorising and Imlobti'd
mm on the part of tint county for tho
imrpoHH of wiiHtructltiK ,uo ,"',,l Hy""
Kim of highways In llm statu In thin
utility. A groat number of tax P'
r iliiHi'itiutitil upon thu court Wi'diu-s-iliiy
uftitrtiooii and liootil for bot
Ittr roiuln. Many addroiuM-H woro made
unit tint county court Muted tlmt they
woulil tunkn n ilitcliiloii III tint miiltttr
Thurmluy iiflurnnoii. It l believed
Hint .tho court will cnll micli nn "dec
tlon None of tho HpcoclicK inndo during
tint afternoon was nppluudml like tlict
nut ninilo by 0. C. llookiimu, of llm
pioneer banker of Jnrkunnvlllo who
Htutcil thnl If tho county should votu
to Umiio wnrrniitn for tho purpOHo of
hullilliiK honor rotulH thul ho would
tnhtt'-JlOti.'MiO'Of tho lnHunnt pnr.
Ho uracil tho court to cull nunh an
tlcctloii.
A largo nuuihur of uponkorit from
Mod ford uddromiod tho court, Auioiik
thowo wiih Dr. J. I Itodtly. J. I.. llam
montloy. John M. Hoot. I.. K. Wnko
iiiiiii mill John l. Olwoll.
On of tho prlnrlpul toplcB up for
dlHciiKHloti whm tho question whether
ImiiiiU or warrants Hhould ho Umiod.
HoiiiIh nro tho mom profomhht If n
wny ran ho found to Irnuie thorn.
()lhorNlnt warrants iniittt ho und,
TO BE PROBED?
Attorney General Wickcrsham Fin
ishes Investigation of National
City Company and It May Lead to
Connrnsslonal Inquiry.
WAHIIINUTON, I). C, Auk.
Whothor thu "bank truut" will ho tho
subject of government Investigation
will ho mado public Hhortly when At
tonioy (lonural Wlckoriihnui ntibmltH
IiIm roport on tho mutter to Secretary
of tho TroiiHiiry MuoVoagh. It In un
derstood thnl WIckorHham Iiiih con
cluded his Investigation and that tho
icporl la now In tho liaudu of his
itlonogrnphorH.
WlekoiHhniu'a Investigation wiih
mado In tho particular eimo of tho
National City Company, a corporation
recently formud by tho National City
llnnlc of Now York. Tho Nallonul
Company Ih wild to bo tho parallel or
other compnuloH In other cIIIch. It la
wild tho roport Ih unfavnrahlo to thu
trust compiuiloH, specifically stating
that dopoBltti or stockH and bonds
with thorn miiHt bo bouafldo,
HOUSE 10 PISS
OREGON
GIVEN
N ADD ON
I
CONGRESSMAN
PEACE PACTS
SID
M
Senate Adopts Without Rollcall
House Bill Flxlnii the Number of
Representatives In the Next Con
gress at 133 Burton Amendments
REAPPORTIONMENT LEFT
TO STATE LEGISLATURES
Candidates' for the House Can Be
Renominated in the Same Way
as Candidates for Governor.
WASHINGTON, 1). C, Auir. 3.
Willi the deinuoriilio hIoiiiii roller m
good HtiapUf llmro iH every o.Npeutu
lion today Unit the Iioiiku will puss
Hie Underwood ootlou sohi'diilo 10-
visiou hill liel'oro adjournment. It
imposes an average duty of 217 per
(unit ndyiilorom on ootlou munuluo
luroH, against npproNlnmtoly i8 pot"
ci'iil under tin present law.
WASHINGTON' I). ('., Auk. '
Tho senate today adopted without
rollcall tho house hill fixing thu
iitimhci' of roproHoiilnlivoN in Iho not
ongiesM at i:i;i.
Ah piiMhi'd the hill wiih changed in
twii particiilarH, hnlh of them amend
inriilH hy Senator Hiirtou, One pro
vides Unit niiididntus for the hoiihc
might ho nominated in tho sumo man
nur iik aiulidalort .for tho iovcrn
hliip. Tho oilier wiih tlmt rc-dih-Irictiut;
hIiiiII he dune liv Hlato leix-
latin Oh otccpl in tliono hIiiIoh wiiero
lint initiative uiiil rofcreudtim in in
force wlicre tlione Iiiwh iitlht ho in-voked,
T
VNG
ANKER
COMMITS SUICIDE
Former President of Pearl, III..
Bank, Charged With Embezzle
ment of $40,000, Kills Himself
With Penknife In Jail Cell.
HAN FHANOMCO, Cal Auk. 3.
Caroy A. Maiikor, former bank provi
dent of Pearl, III., who wuh churned
with omhozzlomout of $-10,000 and
who gave hlniKolf up hero IuhI week,
died today at tho KmorKoucy Houpt
lal iih a roHiill of mdf Inflicted stab
wo ii ml m In tho neck from a niHty pen
knife. Chief White Ih iiuxIouh to as
certain whether tho knife was pasH
od to tho baukor-prlHoner at tho stu
tlon. '
.Manker'H death Ih tho tragic, cli
max of a three yoara oviihIoii of jus
tice, llo fled from Pearl in Decem
ber, 1U0S, Immediately followhiK tho
oxpouo of IiIh $10,000 embezzlement.
TakliiK hlfl family of throe daughttirH
and one mm to IOiikIo, Nobranka, to
live with IiIh wife's mother, ho hur
ried to Canada, llo returned to this
country later and lust April came
woHt. llo worked aH carpenter,
draughtsman, waiter and dishwasher
under an assumed name. Whon Man
kor reached San Francisco ho wuh
pcuulloBH nnd 111. A hotel keeper
kiivo him food nnd endeavored to find
employment for him. KuIIIiik to se
cure work, Mauker decided that ho
could stand It no longer, wont to thu
police station and Hurreudored himself.
TWO
NATIONS
Treaties Between United States and
Great Britain and France Signed
In Presence of President and Cab
inetMost Sweeping Measure.
ALL DISPUTED QUESTIONS
SETTLED BY ARBITRATION
Signatory Powers Agree to Refer
Every Issue, Even Those Con
cerning National Honor.
WAHIINICITON. I). c. Auk. a.
In tho pioboiico of his cabinet mem
bers, who woro Invited specially for
tho occasion, President Tnft signed
tho most HwocpliiK arbitration meas
ures In tho history of tho country.
Secrotury of State Knox brought
the treaties to tho white house. Am
bassador James Ilryco carno from his
summer homo at Heal Harbor, Mo.,
to sign for Great llrltaln.
Grout surprise was expressed when
It wus discovered at tho last moment
that Kranco was not represented by
an officer of the diplomatic service.
At tho eleventh hour, howover, Vis
count Saint Phalle, vlco consul of
Franco nt New York, wuh designated
by tho French government to wlt
ueiH tho sinning In behalf of his
country, tho French chnrR 'daffnlres
being unable to reach Washington in
time.
Thu treaties signed today nro prac
tically Identical. They bind tho sig
natory powers to nrbltrato nil dls
ptileH unsettled by diplomatic ex
change, oven Including Questions of
national honor. They nru believed
forovor to have dono away with the
podslblllty of war between Great Bri
tain or Franco and tho United States.
Tho treaty between Great llrltaln
nnd tho United States wns signed at
3:H o'clock.
Secretnry Knox, for tho United
Statcu and Ambassador Dryco signed
tho Anglo-American treaty, while
President Tnft and Secretaries Nagcl
and "Wilson looked on. Knox then
signed n copy of tho French treaty
Identical with thnl which had been nl
ready signed In Paris,
WJlIl HERO TO BE GUEST JlT WHITE HOUSE.
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TMOTMSAnt
Adiiilml Count Ilelliarlilm Toko, hero of the lattle of tlie Sea of Jup
un, Mill ho nrvlvfd nnd oiitortalncd In Washington on August O hy rt'i
rieiiliillve! of the United Slates government. Ho will aUo Ik; a guest of
Clio rroMltlciit t tlie White Hoiiho.
ADMIRAL TOGO SENDS GREETINGS
BY WIRELESS 10 AMERICAN NATION
;
LAW SUITS BEGUN TO
Fl
I'OKTLANI), Or. Auk. 3. Fol
lowing tlie discovery tlmt liuntlreds
of mimes appearing on tlie rotVreu
iluin nelitiou uoaiust the Universitv
of Oregon npnropriulion wcr. forger-
ioK, civil proceedingri to have (lie pe
tition ilcclared invalid will he com
menced immediately by tlie university
hoard of regent'.
Federal Judge llenu, a member of
Iho board, said tlmt (lie suit prob
ably would ixt Hturted in thu name
of a Eugene, Or., tii.Npayer.
Several profossionnl petition eirou
lators nro under nrrest in connection
with tlie forgeries found in tlio documents.
CUM
CHURCH
PROPERTY
FOR H TO HOTEL MEDFORD
Tho Hau-Mohr Company closod n
deal today whereby thoy hocomo thn
owners of tho Christian church prop
erty, corner of WoBt Sixth and Ivy
HtreotH,
Tho prlco paid waB $1.1,000 and
tho property Iiiih a frontage- of 140
foot on Ivy Btreet and 100 foot on
Sixth street.
Tho Hau-Mohr Company Is tho
leasee of tho now Modford hotol nnd
tho recent purchiiHo inado by tho com
pany Is property joining tho hotol on
tho north.
Tho company will at onco com
mence tho construction of a building
wliloh will ho 100 foot (loop with a
frontage of GO foot on Ivy stroot.
TIiIh building will bo used for sam
ple i'ooiuh for commercial mon, Bleep
ing apart montu for tho hotol holp and
a gnrago. Tho garngo will ho used
for Htnbltng tho hotol bus and for tho
accommodatloiiH of guests of tho ho
tel only nnd In no sonso will It bo
n public garage. Tho sample rooms"
will bo finished In hard wood nnd in
ouch room thoro will ho electric lights
tolophouo and lavatory.
In all probability tho building will
bo two BtorlcB high. It la to bo com
pleted and ready for occupancy hy
8optombor 10th. Tho romnlndor of
tho quarter block of land which tho
purchase covorB, that part fronting on
Sixth Btroot, will bo covorod with a
business block, probably next season,
hut In tho anonntlmu tho church peo
ple will bo pormlttod to occupy It
with tholr church and will continue
to hold services thoro unltl a now
alto Ib Bolectod,
NEW YOKIC, Anp. 3. Admiral
Togo today sent a message to tli"
United Press from the steamer Lus
itania, which wnn, then off Nantueket.
evjire.-hing ttic RTatitude nnd pleas
ure his iwrtilioiilns tint gucpt of the
nation inspire!. -, Toco snid:
"I um looking- forward with tho
greatest, plcu.siirc.to my visit in your
great country. I wish to express ray
gratitude to President Tnft and hw
cabinet for theiiivitntion nnd to the
American people for the kind wel
come which I am assured they will
give. .My greatest wisn uas oeen io,
it-it the rutted Slates. J
"I am eotninc in the spirit of r.
student and an anxious inquirer to
sec your wonderful civilization and
learn something of your marvelous
progress in science, manufacture and
commerce. I nm going to leave ray
program entirely in the hands of the
American people, knowing thnt 1
shall he well looked after. I have
just experienced the time of my life
ut the coronation of King George
Everv hand wns extended in friend
ship to me. I nm looking forward
to an equnlly good time in America
and mv heart is filled with grntitude
and friendship."
NO PROGRESSIVE JRICH RECLUSE
MEASURES YET
Insurgents Hope to Pass Bills for
Direct Election of Senators and
for Publication of Campaign Ex
penses Before Session Ends.
WASUIKOTON',. D. C, Aug. 3.
With not u singlo measure hearing
tho "progressive" btnmp finally ap
proved us yet by congress at the
present session, lenders of tlmt fac
tion of tho rcpuhlieun party today
declared they had strong hopes of
getting somo of their measures made
law.
Tho hills for tho direct election ot
senators and for publicity of cam
paign expenses by congressional and
senatorial candidates, they believe
will he passed before, tho session
ends. Hutu measures nro today in
conference, nlo is tho huFulletto
wool bill.
The httiteluuul measure is cerium
of support when it comes before the
senate and the houso bill providing
for its re-submission to tho voters
probably will bo adopted.
The bill as passed provides for an
increnso in lopresontution us fol
lows: Alabama 1' California 3, Colorado
1, Florida 1, Georgia 1, Idaho 1, Illi
nois 'J, Louisiana 1, Massachusetts
J, Michigan 1, .Minnesota 1, Montana
1, New Jersey ', Now York 15, North
Dakota 1, Ohio 1, Oklahoma 3- Ore
gon 1, Pennsylvania lf Hhodo Isl
and 1, South Dakota 1, Washington
1, Utnh 1, West Virginia 1, Texas 2
Washington 'J.
In tho 21 other stales now admit
ted there is no chano in representa
tion. Tho hill providos for one rep
resentative ouch from Arizona and
An umendiucut by Hoot (republi
can, Now York) to retain Iho pres
ent membership in tho houso was de
feated, 23 to -17. An unieiidmunt hy
Groniia (republican, North Dakota)
to inuko it -105 was beaten, 22 to -17.
Tho two amemltueuta wore intended
DIES IN SECLUSION
Multi-millionaire's Purposeless Life
Ended Kept Standing Order for
18 Bottles of Ale and Three Quarts
of Whisky Had Negroes Sing.
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Aug. 3.
After four years spent as n recluse
in a sunny apartment in the Hotel
Van Nnys here, during which time
ho was clad nearly always in paja
mas, ''Major' William Arthur Phipps
uiulti-milliouaire, is dead. Tho end
followed an nttack of uraemia of 48
hours duration.
In four years residence in tho ho
tel Phipps loft his room hut twice.
Ho had oO faoo towels and 70 napkins
each day and had his bathtub filled
at least 20 times eery 24 hours.
Ho kept a standing order nt tho
hotel bar for IS bottles of ulo and
threo quarts of whisky. Onco each
month he had u quartet of negroes
come to his apartment and sing io
him. Ho employed two valots1 each
working a 10-hour shift: a negro
waiter, a butler and a maid each for
his wife and his mother-in-law who
lived in an adjoining apartment.
Phipps wns 5o years of age.
FRANCE SIGNS PEACE
TREATY WITH AMERICA
PAH IS, Aug. 3. Franco placod to
day her seal of approval on tho ar
bitration treaty with tho Unltod
States. Tho document was signed by
Minister resolves, United States Am
bassador Robert IJacon and M. Jur
Bornud, Fronch ambassador to tho
Unltod Statos, acting as wltnessos.
to reduce tho soulhorn domoorntic
representation which would bo in
creased by the ro-iipportioumeiit as
adopted,
Hi
AID GIRL WHO
I
S
SPOUSE
Moved by Plight of 19 Year Old Girl
Wife, Who Murdered Husband Af
ter Enduring Cruelty 15 Months,
Social Leaders Plan Assistance.
HAS NO REGRETS EXCEPT
FOR HER SOBBING MOTHER
Not Believed Any Jury Will Convict
and If It Does, Governor Will
Be Asked to Pardon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal Aug. 3.
Police Judgo Deasoy refused today to
fix ball In the case of Anna Langley
who shot and killed her husband,
James Langley yeiiterday afternoon.
although urged to do bo by Chief of
Police White, Police Commissioner
Joseph Sullivan and William McDon-old.
"I will not establish such a prece
dent," Judge Deaaey said. "I wish
first to receive tho verdict of the cor
oner's Jury. If you gentlemen can
rush that matter I will at once set
a low ball for the girl's release."
Moved by tho plight of 19 years
old Anna Langley, who today faces a
charge of murder hero after having
killed her husband when goaded to
desperation by fifteen months ot
abuse, clubwomen of tho city already
are planning to save her from the
punishment of the law.
Few of them believe any Jury will
convict the girl, but If a conviction Is
obtained, petitions for pardon wilt be
presented to Governor Johnson In the
confidence that mercy will be shown.
"I couldn't sleep last night," the
girl wife said plteously. "It wasn't
that I was afraid or had any regrets.
It wasn't that. I was thinking of
mother, though." Her clutch of her
sobbing mother's arm tightened. "And
It was a strango place to sleep, any
way. Tho matron was so kind to me.
Dut there were negro women, and
awful people from tho Barbary coast,
and talk such as I never heard. They
kept coming and going all night. It
was like some horrible procession. It
was no place to Bleep.
"No, I have no regrets at all. Thero
is nothing to regret. I had to. Now
I have mother again just as I had
whon I was a little girl before I mar
ried Jim and used to tell her everything."
"Thero is one thing about it that
comforts me," said tho girl. "Mother
Is going to get back her girl. I don't
know what they will do with mo. I
don't think I caro much. I couldn't
endure things as they were any long
er anyway. It doesn't seem to mo
that tho law would kill mo for shoot
ing him after what ho said. Ho
said that thing to me, aud said ho
was going to kill me. Then I shot
him. I bellovo they will let me go
homo to my mother and try to be
glu over."
In tho neighborhood of tho Gaf-
fney's homo, nothing Is heard but
pralso of Anna Langley nnd condom
nation for tho man who sought to
degrade her.
WILSON Ull!
WORK OF HIS
OWN CHEMIST
Secretary of Agriculture Fotight Wi
ley All Along tho Line and Uphold
Manufacturers of Bcnzoate of
Soda-Prcscrvcd Canned Goods.
USED DEPARTMENT FUNDS TO
PROTECT THOSE PROSECUTED
Referee Board Organized and Put
Into Action for the Very Purpose
of Aiding Preservative Users.
E
THREATENS BRITIAN
LONDON, Aug. 3. Tho prlco of
mont and provisions today roso sharp
ly as a, result of tho dockworkors'
strlko and a widespread famlno is
threatened.
Den Tlllot, loador of the strikers,
declared that tho International Trans-
port Workers' Federation Is ready to
Jolu tho strlko and tie up all shipping
between American and Kuropoan
ports.
Replying to criticism of tho strlko
becauso of tho food situation, Tlllot
said: "1 caro as llttlo about iho pub
He's food as tho public cares about
ours."
Edward Murphy Jr., Dead.
LONO BRANCH, N. J., Aug. 3.
Edward Murphy, jr., former New
York senator and a power in demo
oratio politics in that stale, died
hero today.
WASHINGTON, D. C.' Aug. 3.
How James Wilson, secretary of ag
riculture, fought the chief chemist
of his own department, Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley, and upheld the manufac
turers of. bcnzoate of soda-preserved
canned goods was revealed horo to
day before tho houso committco
which 13 investigating charges
against Wiley.
The disclosure came from Dr.
Rcmsen, chairman of the hoard which
pronounced beuzonte a safe preser
vative in the face of Dr. Wiley's in
sistence that it was injurious.
Iterasen testified thnt funds wcro
taken from the bureau of chemistry
appropriation to pay the expenses of
two members or his board who tes
tified in Indiana against tho state
in the prosecution hero of manu
facturers who used henzonte. Hem
sen said Secretary Wilson hnd au
thorized the testimony given in In
diana, saying that the accuracy of
members of tho board had been ques
tioned nnd it was their-duty, to du--. v-
fend tliemsolves. -"v- .,
Stenographic- notes of the heating
Wils&o'rfnve to the saccharine fikfltiti
facturers, introduced today, iiphgld
the charge made by ReportcrVJVillis
that Wilson had declared the ttem
sen board wns appointed solelyj for
their protection. The notes rend;
"I must sny frankly to you men
thnt the referee bonrd (the Rerase'rj
board) was organized and put inttf
action for the very purjwse of con
serving theinterests of manufacturers
so you would have u safe hearing."
In the revised copy of Wilson's
remark "sufo hearing" had been
changed to "sane hearing."
ir
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CI
k"H
SAM COEN TALKS
OF FORGED NAMES
Tells Judge Slater in Salem About
Operations With Referendum Pe
titionsMakes Complete Confes
sion Regarding Forging of Names.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 3. According
to Judgo W. T. Slater of this city,
Sam Cohen of Portland made a com
plete confession before him yester
day of frauds and forgerios in tho
University of Oregon referendum pe
tition. Cohen's confession brought
to light no features, further than
thoso which tho investigating com
mittee found, but in telling of tho af
fair, Cohen implicated men who nru
already in jail in Portland or under
nrrest, and ho gavo six other names
of men who woro connected with tho
Ellis petition frauds.
REACTIONARY TONE
IN STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, April 3. At tho
oponliiE today tho stock market do
volopod a reactionary tone. Thoro
wns o, sprinkling of gains In tho active
Issues but this was mora thun offset
by losses olsowhoro. NaBhvllIo, Cat-
tanooga and St. Louis lost 3 1-2;
Genoral Klectrlo 1 3-4 and Utah Cop
por 1 '1-1, Buying ordors In tho
Standard stocks finally checked tho
docltuo and recovery over yesterday's
final prices woro goneral.
Tho market closod firm,
Uonda woro steady.