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No. 230.
RAY POWER PROPERTIES
If IN Mill HIBS CZ
uftut mil Finis mm
TO SISKIYOU
View of Power Plant at Gold Ray
HILL DEVELOPE
OVER 80,000 H.P.
Lorifjcst Hluli Tension Transmission
Lino In the World Controls
Northern California nntl Southern
i
Orciioti Field.
I
ATWOQD HELD
BACK BY WIND
Aviation Unable to Continue His
Cross Country Flight Owlnu to
Slronn Wind Expected to Reach
Alhany This Evening
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SPECIAL mM OF UDNGRESS
Tim Siskiyou Elect rio Power mid
liiultt company linn puiehnM'd tho
light iiml power plants of Iho Koguo
Ithor I'.liMilrln company mul of the
I'limped CoiiHlruoliou company, in
cluding the power plants iiml Gobi
Kny mul Piottpools mill He.unal hun
dred inilcrt of limit ti'indiiii wire. The
total miiiiiint involved irt :i,:il() OHO'
tln Prospect plmit being vnliiml ul
.r'-V()(M)U() mul tlio Koguo Kiver
Kleetrie company at .H,00,(IOO. Tho
deal gives the Siskiyou company in
iilmoliito monopoly of the water pow
er toHoureos of northern California
anil southern Oregon, with tlm long-
eat IriitiNiniHHion line in the would.
iii. . .... i ... .i i
ni'ii ruiininieiioii worn l prri
lit underway in completed, n to
tal of 80,00(1 horsepower at low
water, will bo developed with KOO
mile of high lonnion wire, .0O mlh'i
of which linn a voltage exceeding
20,0(111, extending from flrnnlM Pa
to Klti tun tit Falls mul south to
Redding,
Colonel Frank II. Kay of Nsw
York city with wkoni in itHHoriiitoill
hilwin I law Icy, aUo of Now York,
woni tlm principal owners of the
Koguo river propertied.
In the Siskiyou Kleetrie Power A;
Light eimpany are Jesse W. Chin h
ill president, ami .1. P. Churchill iee
president, holli officials of the SU
kivon comity hank at Violtn, Ale J
I'lHlmmiigli mul P. tie Trirtla.i of
Pn ri representing a wealthy French
syndicate.
The Siskiyou Electric Power ,v
Light eoiiipaiiy owiih tho Ahluud
Kleetrie Power fi Light coiiipany
ami the Klamath Power company.
Anions cilioK it now has franchises
in are (lrimlH Pass, Mcdford, Ash
lanil, Klmiialh I'iiIIh, Ilornhrook.
Yreka. Montague. Its power linen
extend from the (Ircenhaek mine to
Cimlilln. Fall ('tcek to Klamath
Fnlln, to HI nit' Pioxpcot to Meilfonl,
Klamntli Fulls to Honmmi. Khun
nlh Falls to .Merrill, Klamath Kails
to .McDowell. A main lino runs from
the Klamath river plant to I loin
brook, ilown to McConnl'll liar, an
other main extends to Hig Springs,
another to Shobu mine, A main line
rmiH from tho Shasta river plant to
Yrekn, another main to Montague
and lo Mllln ShiiHla.
Owning power plants and controll
ing tho power of the Koguo liver, of
the Khunitth river, of iLlllo Simula
and oilier rlvcrri, the comhination !h
the incut gigantic yet made in this
regain.
President Clinrehill and party ro
Iniined from ProHpect Monday with
Colonel Kay. Discussing the pur
chase, he said:
"Tlm Sisipyoii Electric Power &
MkIiI company will ptihh all con
Hlruution now under way hy hoih
compauicH In complutition. The
Koriio river valley lines will ho con
neoled with tho Klamath linen nl
once. Tlm Pronpeet plant will he
completed aiMiordiiiR to Iho original
plan, with u capacity of !3fi,0l)0
horHcpowci- whiuh will givo iih 80,
0110 hoiHcpowor lo Roll at low water.
Wo will carry out u comprehensive
scheme of development and Hla.id
ready to assist the eslahlishnicnt oi
new industries liy furnishing free
power for (ho first year, as offered
liy Iho ltojiin Kiver Klcelrio com
pany. Wo hopo to uiako Roulhern
OreKou mid northern California the
best lighted and host powered sen
lion of tho oonnlry, Further than
generalities wo arc not prepared as
yet o mil line details,''
Colonel Frank II. Kay, who is vioo
president of (he American Tohacco
company, mul also of tlm Wualorn
Power company, slates Hint ho still
retains his extensive inlet'chta in tho
Kojjiio Kivor valley, where (m owns
UKU.K IHU:. N. Y Auk. 22 -Owing
to oxreptloiutlly Hlroag wIihIh,
Aviator Harry Alwootl tliln mortiltiK
wiih unnlilu lo rnntlnuu IiIh croitH
country flight toward Allmny.
The Hclieilulo Inhl out hy Atwood
coutemptnteil his reaching Alhnny to
night. Liming hi way after loavlng
Lyonif, however, tho aviator today
found hluiHulf flvo in I Ion went of By
riiciiix. Iiutead of at Utlcn, tlnj 08
mtle lap from l.yonn. Dnlayoil by In
ability to get an early iitart, Atwood
wan further from his nchcdulo than
ovor.
Atwood wan twlro lost. Tho flmt
time, noon after leaving Lynnn, ho
decldcil to leave tho courno over the
New Vork Central railroad tracks
nml rut arm country to Auburn. Ho
Iiml hli boarlngH and wandered about
until certain, finally reaching Auburn
25 mllcH from I.yoim, mi hour after
bin Htart. Again tmrcudlng. hn wan
lost for the necoud tlmo, finally wind
lug uii here, only 40 miles from the
otlglnal titarltng point.
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VSPlr!91111111illlllllllllllllllllll 4 t A &AuBk
im i HT ENO; SBLONS OFF FOR HOME
COKE RECALL HAS
BEEN ABANDONED
Lack of Funds Said to Be Reason
for Apathy Friends of Judge Say
That Recall Did Not 4 Probe
Popular.
RAILROAD
MN
PRAISES
ROGU
E
MESSAGE FROM TAET
WASHINGTON. U. C, Aug. 22.
Congrexa Is counldcrlng today a men-
Huge from I'nmlilunt Taft urging fur
ther appropriations to complete tho
work of raining tho wreck of tho bot-
tlenlilp Maine. Tho pretddent In a
necoud inennngn ankod congrona to do-
tormlno whether tho wrookn of tho
Spanlnh warnhlpH mink by tho Amer
ican navy shall bo given away.
MAN WHO ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE PASSES AWAY
Frank Fiioh, who boiuo tlmo ago
attempted to commit sulcldo by cut
ting bin throat with a nuor on North
Ittvernldo' and was lator committed
to tho state anylum for tho Insane at
Salem, died recently nt that liiHtl
tutlou. not from tho uftccts of Ida
Htilcldal attempt, however. Mr. Knos
wan 12 years of ago. His nged fatli-
r, who was hero with him at tho
tlmo ho attempted to end his life, la
how living with other bona at Santa
Crnr, Cal.
several thousand aorcs of laud.
"I shall dovolo my energies to tho
development of mining," said Col
onel Kay. "1 think this is 0110 of
tho greatest mining districts in tho
world and will do my share to,
wards opening it np. 1 am still
greatly interested in Medford and its
l'uluro as well as tho valloy and
shall work, as in tho past, for its
upbuilding." '
Dr. C. It. Kay, president of tho
Koguo Kiver Kleetrio company and
umungor of tho Kay interests hero,
had no stalemcullo uiako at u the
present time, mid it is not known
whether h change in management
will follow.
. A peculiar ineiduut resulting from
tho merger, is that ono branch of
tlm corporation is suing tho other
over tho Ashland franchise.
Holli piulicH dony that Iho nmrgor
is part of Iho program of Iho power
IriiHt, known iib tho Western Power
company which has gobbled up all
the power plants of California, to
repeat the performance horo.
"The Kognc Kiver valley is one of
the most beautiful spots I have over
soon," btatcd Third Vice President
Tatnall of tho Pcnn-.ylvnnla rail
road, who spent Monday afternoon
touring tho valley accompanied by
Superintended Fields, Supcrititcinf
cnl Younger and Assistant Supir
intfliidcnl Wester of tliu .Southern
Pacific. Mr. Tatnall was delighted
with the local orchard district and
regretted that he had only u few
more bourn to remain in tliu val
ley. Ik'fnro leaving Mr. ThIh.UI w.
prcsciilcd tih a few boxes of fancy
Koguo Kiver I tin licit pears and with
a few trout taken from Koguo river
NO CLUE IS FOUND AS
YET OF MISSING WRITER
LOS AN'CISLl'S, Aug. 22. Falling
after a ten dayn' search to find any
cluo to his whereabouts, the police
today have about given up hopo of
locating (Joorgo F. Shunt, writer for
tho Appeal to Itoasou, a Kansas pub
lication, who has been mysteriously
mlnslng nlnco August 13.
Heforo his disappearance Shoaf
confided to Alexander Irvlno, a Now
York socialist, that ho had found evl-
denco that would froo tho McNamaras
of tho dynamiting charge Local so
cialists and labor union men aro
working on llio-4hoory that persons
Interested In tho prosecution of John
J. and Jnmes It. McNamnra know
something of tho writer's whoro-abouts.
Ooorgo C, Shoaf, father of tho
newspaper man, has left San Antonio,
Tex., for 108 Angelos to assist la tho
search for his son, and should arrive
horo tomorrow.
ARBITRATING
6REAI STRIKE
InriTii nnrmn
ucHin oritur,.)
JAIL BREAK
LONDON", Aug. 22. Sir David
Harrcll, former under secretary for
Ireland, was named today as chiilc-J
man of tho coiiiinisbion which is in
vestigating tho strike claims. The
unions will name two members and
the tailroads an eijual number.
Work will begin immediately on
the mUotistinciit of the differences
between tho employers and their
workers.
KwjHnding to interrogations from
tho hou.su of commons regarding the
status of tho strike in Liverpool,
Homo Secretary Churchill said today
that Mime men had returned to work
but the general situation is un
changed. Troops aro still on duly.
stockIlIpTbut
speedily recovers
HOT FIGHT PROMISED
AT EAGLE'S GUARD AERIE
NEW YOItlC, Aug. 22. At tho
opening of today's stock market prices
took a Bharp break. Union Pacific
lout xd-2 and Southern Pacific. Head
ing, Amalgamated Copper, Lehigh
Valley, Canadian Pacific and Atchi
son declined a point or moro with
general weakness In other Issues. The
market made substantial recovery,
1 but not before a number of stocks
had declined to bolow yesterday's
low figure These included Union Pa
cific, Southern Pacific, Canadian Pa
cific, Northern Pacific, Great North
ern preferred, Atchison, Lohlgh Val
ley, St. Paul, Consolidated Gas aad
International Harvester. A major
ity of tho losses wero fully recovered
by noon, buttho undortono continued
heavy.
Tho market closed steady.
Honda wero bteady.
ROSKIJUItG. Or., Aug. 22.---Tio
attempt to recall ClTtilt Judge Coko
of Marshfleld, Or., has been practi
cally abandoned.
Today a few petitions are being cir
culated and only a small number of
signatures aro being secured.' Thoso
back of tho recall declare that lack
of funds Is the reason why a number
or petition circulators iiavo with
drawn. Friends of Judge Coko, how
ever, assert that tho recall In his
caso has not proved popular.
Tho recallers charged that Judgo
Coke gavo biased Instructions in the
McCIallan murder trial which so fa
vored tho defendant that tho jury
freed him.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 22.
Votohii: the cotton bill, n message
was sent to congress by. President
inlt this afternoon just before the
eloSo of the session. In his mess
age the president scored tho meth
ods by which both houses adopted
the measure and asserted that the
bill should be passed without proper
consideration of the facts.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22. That
tho 1,1th annual grand aorlo of tho
Fraternal Order of Magics will bo tho
sceuo of ono of tho hottest tights for
prcsldont In tho history of tho or
ganization was ovldont today when
tho first business session oponod.
Whllo tho oleetlou question wnti
not sprung on tho floor of tho con
vention, it was discussed among tho
delegates with expressed opinions
from adhoronts of Frank R, liming
on ono sldo and J, J. Cusaclc on tho
other. GiiBack'a followors n8 woll ns
thoso of his opponont doolaro that
nolthor will rotlro In placo of a com
promlso candidate
Thomas F. Groovy wns today so
looted floor loador to attack Horlng,
A rosolutlon was ptoparod this morn,
lug, hut was not prosoutod, In which
tho present administration Is criti
cised for allogod oxtravngauco with
tho grand aorlo funds.
CITY COUNCIL WILL
T
Tho city council will meet this ovo
nlng for tho purpose of recolvlng bids
for tho sale of $50,000 worth of Im
provement bonds. Sovoral other
mutters of a routlno nature aro to
ho cousldorod by tho city fathers.
TWENTY NEW POSTAL
SAVINGS DEPOSITIONS
WASHINGTON- IV C., Aug. 31.
Postinaster General Hitchcock today
designated 20 additional first class
savings depositaries, bringing tho to
tal in this class (0 1)8. Among tho
banks named, which will open for
business September ,15, is Los An-gelcs.
CHOOSING JURY
TO TRY BEATTIE
RICHMOND, Vn., Aug. 22.
Attorneys for tho defense today are
scrutinizing the records of tho tales
men on the venire frdm which n jury
is sought to try Henry Clay Bcattie.
jr.' for the murder of his young
wife.
Ilciihih Rinford, "the woman in
tho ens.e," pleaded in vain today for
an nutomobilo ride. Slio is exceed
ingly disappionted becnuso sho was
not nllowed to attend court nt the
opening of tho trial.
Tho defence today received an
anonymous letter from a man do
olaring that ho had killed Mrs. Beat
tie. Tho killing wns explained in do
tail by tho writor.
SAYS WIEE DRANK TOO
TAFT SCORES
SOLON'S METHODS
SAN RAFAEL, Cal Aug. 22.
Electrocuted by a heavily charged
wire just as he was about to attain
success, James B. Clifton, serving
a Hfo scntenco at San Qtieutin for
the attempted murder of Captain of
Detectives St. Clair Hodges in Oak
land in 1009, early today was only
provented from escape by sudden
denth.
The prisoner was sliding down the
wire leading from tho prison sa.sh
and door factory to n polo outsido
the prison walls, by means of a
sling arrangement formed by a
broom hnndlo and two ropes, when
it is supposed ho lost his balance
and inadvertently ernsped the wire.
A charge of 4000 volts caused in
stantaneous death and tho body
swung in tho air until the cunrds.
discovering tho escape turned off
the power. Then the body fell out
side tho prison walls.
CONFERING REGARDING
VARIED VIEWS
OF WORK DONE
I I ! I
Democrats Pleased With Result Be
lieving That They Have Greatly
Aided Their Chances for Success
In 1912.
RENO, Nov., Aug. 22. Declaring
Hint his wifo consumed eight high
balls nt each meal in addition to a
quart bottle of whisky daily, L. Dnl
rymplo Peruival, president of tho
Amalgamated Point company of
Now York, today is seeking a di
vorce from Ethel Percivnl.
Pcrcival also alleges that his wife,
who is a muscular woman, boat him
and with one blow of her fist broko
his nose.
TO INVESTIGATE PANIC,
CAUSES AND EFFECTS
WASHINGTON, IX C, Aug. 21
Senator Owen of Oklahoma offored
n resolution today providing for mi
investigation into tho onuso of tho
financial panic of 1007 and to ascer
tain if any persons or corporations
'benefited ly it. Tho resolution nnmed
a oommitteo consisting of Korn of
Tndimm, Works of California, Reed
of Missouri, Pago of Vormont and
Clark of Wyoming.
PARIS, Aug. 22. Hoping to ar
range 11 definite policy in connection
with the Gerainu-Moroccnn negotia
tions, Premeir Cnillaux, Jules Cnm
bon, ambassador to Germany; Paul
Cambon' nmbassador to England;
Camillo Rarrere, ambassador to It
aly; Foreign Minister Deselves, and
tho ministers of war. iustico and
marine today held a hurried confer
ence, speeding to Iho conference
room in high powered motor oars in
ordor to out distance reportors and
provont tho newspapers from ob
taining information.
While no denial is made in offi
cial circles that the situation is de
cidedly clouded, hopo of an ultimate
settlement on nil points is by no
means cortaiu.
NO HOPE FOR SAFETY
OF 50 ABOARD SHIP
NEW YORK. Aug, 22. No hopo
is held hero today for tho safety of
50 persons who woro aboard the
schooner Rover whioh 13 ft total
wreck uenr Barbndoes, Tho steam
ship Copponnma roports passing tho
deserted wreck sovoral days ago, in
such a position ns to eauso boliof
Unit all on board must huvo per
ished, Tho Rover was bound from
Georgetown, British Guiana, o Barbndoes,"
WASHINGTON, D. C Aug. 22. ,
With hardly a corporal's guard loft
to witness its actual adjournment
hero this afternoon, tho special ses
sion of congress convened by Presi
dent Taft to force action on his Can
adian reciprocity agreement ended
today. During Its progress tho houso
met 87 days and was In actual session
425 hours and two minutes; tho sen
ate met 85 days and spent 353 hours
and 31 minutes in deliberating.
Jubilation reigned In tho houso
when tho closing hour camo. Its dem
ocratic majority pluming themselves
that they bad shown such a front as
would greatly aid their candldato for
tho presidency in 1912. In tho re
publican scnato tho closing scenes
wero more quiet, but tho democrats
and progressives there, wero not slow
in expressing their satisfaction at the
showing mado.
All Hasten ITomc.
AH outgoing trains today carried
legislators hastening homeward, each
and every ono glad, to bo done with
tho long grind. President Taft and
every member of his cabinet except
Secretary of tho Treasury MacVcagh
will leavo this evening. MacVcagh
will remain to "sit on tho lid."
President Taft will go first to
Rochester, whero tomorrow ho will
address tho G. A. R. convention In
session there. From Rochester ho
will go to Boverly, whoro ho will
remain with his family threo weeks
before starting on his trip to tho
Pacific coast to turn tho first sod for
tho Panama Pacific exposition in San
Francisco.
Views of Members.
Dcforo leaving for their homes tho
leaders of tho various political fac
tions in tho houso and scnato ox-
pressed their views on tho results ot
tho session in copyrighted statements
for tho United Pres3. Republicans
and democrats, standpatters andn
progressives varied In their views,
some of which follow:
(Dy Champ Clark, democrat, Mis
souri, speaker of tho houso):
Wo have anado a record which has
surprised our friends and dumfound
ed our enomlcs.
Tho session of congress was extra
ordinary In tho amount and quality
of tho work done. It was predicted
freely, vociferously, enthusiastically
and confidentially by tho st&ndpat
press and orators that wo democrats
would go to pieces. But wo havo dis
appointed their expectations.
AVcro Sneered at.
Sneered at for years ns tho party
ot rnero negation, utterly lacking In
tho ability for constructive states
manship, wo passed through tho
houso moro and bottor constructlvo
legislation than has boon pnssod by
any "houso" in 20 years. Wo havo
redeemed ovory promlso made In tho
campaign ot 1910. It is a record wo
may woll bo proud ot and "on which
wo will sweep tho country In 1913.
As showing how completely tho
Btnndpatters aro demoralized It Is
only necessary to quoto nowapapor
statomonts ot tho great rojolclng nt
tho Whlto Houso bocauso wo failod
by 11 scratch to ovorrldo tho presi
dent's voto, although wo havo only a
majority of 03.
Small favors havo boon thnnkfnlly
recolvod by tho administration. Twenty-two
of tho ropubllcnn progrcsslvoa
hud tho courage and ananhood to voto .
to ovorrldo tho votoos.
"Warren's View.
(By Francis H. "Warron.)
Tho most notoworthy rosult of tho
spcclnl session has been tho strength
ening ot Prosldont Tnft's Influence as
a safo and sano loader.
Events transpiring slnco tho Can
adian reciprocity agroomont wbh dis
posed rof, cspoclully during tho clos-
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