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MEDFORD, ORKCION, AVIODNIDSDAV, AUGUST 23, 3911.
No. 131.
MEN
LAID-OFF BY
ESPEE LINES
Retrenching. Orders Sent Out Cover
Entire Coast Division San Fran
cisco and Sacramento Hardest Hit
of Cities.
OFFICE FORCE REDUCED
FROM 10 TO 12 PER CENT
Rosenbaum States That Order Does
Not Effect Medford Where Busi
ness Continues Excellent.
HAN FRANCISCO, Cnl.. Auk. iiJ
About fiJIOO piMKoiiM are affeelud
today by tha Hutitliorn Pnclfiu'M or
der of retrenchment In California,
It Ih estimated that 'J 01)0 are being
liii.l off iii tho ioinily of Han Fran
oim'o; t'JOO ut Sacramento' and llif
balance at KintM all along tho line.
Office dlcrltH iim well iih tdiopiucti
arc feeling tht reduction, whirji of
Heialn May in dun to lauk of hinduem.
r (. Athcrn, head of tint dejmrl
iiH'iit of economics of tliu Southern
I'uciflu company, mid today that hy
tonight ahnut WlU of the IIIUO office
employe hum will have heen laid off
in lino with the general order io re
duce exponnew. All over the Pacific
flt Im!)ii tho office force will bo re
duced from 10 to 12 er cent.
Alhearii declared that whop em
ployee hero will not be laid off, but
the name percentage will bo unveil by
the dcercaxc in hours already in ef
fect. No trains are to be dixturhrd
nri-'lnr-nw'-lw-kurjwn Wt IliB DretieilT
tiuie, mid there will be no reduction,
nayM Athearn, in employment of
traijiincii and Nwiteluaen along the
lillt'M.
Athenru protests igonuinly thnt
the reduction haH nothing to do ttli
threatened Inbor trouble.
bXPb'KTS WILL DECIDE
I3ET ON MINT. JULEPS
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Jambs ((HLLLLLHI
HHBKv
il"m
PETITION
FOR
MPEACKMENT
OF
HANFORD
POHTLANl), Or., Aus:. 'J.'l.-Onlv
a few of the 7f0 Hhopmeii employed
by the llarriman lines here will be
laid off, according to company of
ficials today. Tho company proba
bly will lay off men, but to keep
from throwing more out of employ
ment, will reduce, working hours for
all. ,
It wan officially Mated that ulnok
InminrHH Ih reHjtonsiblo for the reduc
tion of hop employes.
ftp.T
That there In n real art In mixing
a mint julep which would caum n
Kentucky colonel to smack IiIh 1 1 pit
In uiultHpiited. Allmrt Hinnll, n florlxt
of New York uml Washington, Insists
that the Julei which ho prepares Is
far nuperlor to anything which IiIh
friend. 8. II. Jouett, can mnko of
tho until e Ingredients.
To Nettle the controvert Mr. Small
and Mr. Jewett have Hagorcd $1000.
The maker of tho Julep which In pro
nounced to ho tho ucaroHt to tho gen
uine urtlclo Ih to ho awarded tho
i ii rue of 12000.
TelegrauiK have been sent to Col
onel Henry Wattemou, editor of the
LouUvlllo Courier-Journal; Olllo
Jnnieii. ropicscutntlvo In conceits
from Kentucky, and Dr. Harvoy V.
Wiley chlof, of tho bureau of chom
I try, department of agriculture, urg
ing them to act n exports to deter
mine tho morits of tho mint Julep
and to award tho 12000 purse.
When tho dlsputo between tho two
eastern gentlemen In nettled tho
(r)oHiin of Jotin-llflll McKay of this
city plan to nrrangn another match,
and will back tho local man to win.
People of Rainier Valley Near Seat
tie Seek Removal of Federal Judqe
Who Has Always Proved a Finn
Friend of tho Interests.
IGNORE INJUNCTION TO PAY
TROLLEY DOUBLE FARE
Interurban Secures Order From Court
but People Refuse to Pay
Attention to It.
REDDY NAMED
A VICE-PRESIDENT
Local Man Is Put On Board of Pa
cific Highway Association Which
Is to Build Road From Canada to
Mexico.
A. S. ItoHoiibauur general manager
of llarriman I in oh in Medford, states
that no reduction Ih contemplated in
the local force iih buHinenH in Med
ford ban not fallen off any and the
present force luiri to hustle to han
dle it.
OAKLAND, Cnl., Aug. 23. Oen
eral denial wiim made today by Oak
laud offielalH of the Southern I'a
eifio company (hut ordont hnvo been
ordered for a Hweoping reduction iii
the I'oroi'H of all departments.
It Jh freely admitted that reduc
tions are contemplated1 but tho eauo
for the reduction Ih given as slack
biiHincflH following the heavy Hum
mer 1 raffle.
In the local simps fiOO men are af
fected by tho order redlining the
working tinio from six Io five days a
week and from nine to eight hours.
ARTHUR JONES IS
LEADER OF MOOSE
DKTKOIT, Mliih., Aug. 2II. Aitlinr
Jones of Indianapolis was today
elected supremo diotator of (he
Loyal Ordor of Moose, at their na
tional convention here. Walter Doiu
of San I'Vaiuilsco was choson mi
proina prolate.
New Blue Book Costs Nothing.
SALHM, Or., Aug. 2.1.- With Boorcs
of applieatious being received dally
for eopicH of tho new Oregon Hluo
book, nearly half of Ilia applicants
appear to bo laboring under tho im
pression that (hero is u charge at
tached to those books. They are pub
lished for gratuitous distribution and
will ho forwarded on an application
to tho Hoorottiry of statu without cost
to tho applicant,
Dr. J. K. Iteddy of thin city has
beep appointed a vico-prosldent of tho
Pnrtila Highway atixoclutlon. which la
planning tho coimtnictlon of a trunk
lino highway from Vancouver, II. C,
to Tla Jtiana, Mexico, and which will
Piibu through Medford. Dr. Iteddy Is
oxpectod to look utter tho nffalrn of
tho uHHorlatlou In JucltHon county,
flrxt In establishing tho routo'nnd
later In urging local officials to keop
up cotmtructloii,
Tho I'acirio highway Is now admira
bly marked through tho ntnto of
Washington from tho Columbia rlvor
to tho International boundary on the
north Tho province or Drlttah Co
lumbia ban extended tho Pacific high
way xlgiiH to Vancouver and Ih now
engaged In extending them to Hazel-
ton nml ultimately thoy will guide tho
travelorto AlaHka. Tho llrltlsh gov
eminent linn officially recognized tho
project and authorized tho director
of public works to place tho bIkub and
center Improvements on that high
way, l'ropnratlons aro now bolng
mndo to huvo tho routo marked ncroRB
tho Htato of California by local au
thorities and state bodies,
Within tho next wook n crow will
loavo tho Oregon nhoro of tho Co
lumbtii rlvor at tho Vancouvor, WobIi.,
forry and proceed to placo I'nulflo
highway signs south to tho Califor
nia state lino, It Ih believed that the
placing of those olgim will arouno
local prldo In Itself and lead tho
county nuthorltloH to tako stops to
keop their section of tho highway In
splendid shape.
HBATTI.B, Wah.. Aug. 23. A
movement wax Blurted today by tho
people of Italnler Valley, near thin
city, to Impeach Federal Judge C. H.
Huuford and remove him from tho
bench.
Tho action Ih bolng taken becauno
of his Htuud In tho fight between tho
pcoplo uml tho Heat tie, Kenton and
Southern Interurban railway rtem.
Judge Hanford homed a temporary In
junction Monday retraining tho city
and people from Intorforlng with the
company In Its attempt to collect a
double faro and from asking for
trnnnfer, Tho people- Ik no rod this
ycHterday and In a contest with tho
company' conductors stopped tho
whole nystom from running, because
of their Inslstcnco for a slnglo Instead
of double faro, and transfer from one
lino to another.
Ilnnford Kujolnn IVoplo.
Yesterday afternoon tho Ronton
lino asked for and got another order
from Hanford commanding tho Ron-
Jon, system to. Issue recolpU for-tho
oxtra faro and also to Inane transfers.
on tho receipt of three cents above
the flvo-cent faro.
Tho stato supremo court ordered
tho Issuance of theso transfers. Pond
ing on appeal to tho United States
court, tho Ronton lino has bcou re
fusing to glvo transfers. Today tho
passengers again refused to recognize
the court orders. Tho cars carried
most of them In and out of tho city
froe. tho company not resisting, as it
did yostorday.
Potltlons aro being circulated ask
ing President Tnft to romovo Judge
Hanford and aro bolng largely sign
ed. City Arrest Conductor.
Whon passengers refused to pay
tho second faro and refused to pay
whatovor whon transfers woro refus
od them, tho cntlro lino was tied up
for mor than flvo hours. Tho climax
was reached whon Mayor Dllllng ap
peared on tho scono and ordorcd tho
arrest of motormen onfl conductors,
as wo! I nH tho superintendent of tho
company, for blocking traffic.
HEADS OF NEW YORK "POULTRY TRUST" ARE JAILED FOR CONSPIRACY
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SENATE DID
NOT CONFIRM
I- SOIOMOH FRANKEU.
2-CHAPtLEST. HAWK
3-JAMES N. NORHIS
4-CHARLES R. JEWELL
5-ytU.IAMW. SMfTH
SAliHJeLVERNER
I
CHARLES WERNER
CHARLES WESTBRBeftS
MDQkm OTTO i BOSALSKY
9- CHARLC5 "ntfOCHtR
IO-CLENOH WSHOP
II. A.G.OWYER
f2. IRVING V. DWYER
IS-WILUAM H.NORRH '
Three inonths in the penitentiary and n fine of .?.",00 was the sentence imposed by Judge Rosalsky in tho
oonrt of general xcskIoiis, in New York, on each of the 13 commission uerehnnts. known as the bends of the
"Poultry Trust," mid who were found guilty of conspiracy in endeavoring to restrain trade in tho ponltry
IniKincHH. In sentencing the men Judge Itosulsky declared that they ii ad been found guilty of a mean and
despicable crime, and that to let Ibem off with a fine alone would nt be justice.
This is the first conviction in New York under the Btntute providing punishment for conspiracy in re
straint of trade, and the first time in the history of the country that a member of a trust has been sent to
jail.
IMW GUESTS
EVELYN'S SUI1
Effsrt rMrlfttlateve Lunacy Com
mission Appointed to Administer
Business Affairs to Be Vigorously
Fought.
HERRING
AMONG
LEADS
EAGLES
VANCOUVER, II. O. ProfoHsor
Suhurmau of Cornell university Is In
wrong In Winnipeg. It Ih against tho
rulOH to talk politics at Canndlan
club luncheons, but ho mado a strong
plea for reciprocity, thou ho sat back
and waited for results, Kvory pupor
In "Winnipeg took him to task, do-
elarlug ho had used a mm-polltlcal
organization to npread a political
propaiputdu,
MAN'S ROOM ENTERED:
CLOTHES ARE STOLEN
UurglarH entered tho room of W,
J. Andrews ut tho Pnlaco hotel Tues
day night and, breaking opeu a suit
case owned by Mr. Audrows, anode
away with a pair of shoos and a pair
of trousers. Tho trousors woro ro
covered Intor, but tho shoes so far
hnvo not boon located. This Ih ono of
a number of potty thofts comiulttod
recontly. It Ih boltovcd by tho police
that tho potty thievery 1b tho work of
ouo gang.
PROGRESSIVES BOOST
WILSON TOR PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 23.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma hero to
day denied n roport that tho now as
sociation of progrcBaivo democrats
had boon formed with tho idea of
boosting Yoodrow Wilson for tho
presidential nomination. Owen denied
thnt ho had roooivod any favors from
Governor .Wilson. ' i ;m.
At tho mooting of tho "progress
ives" today Senator Owon presided.
Many letters woro reoeivod from
other loaders approving tho proposed
organization, Tho meeting adopted u
gononU declaration of principles.
w.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Aug. 23. Har
ry K. Thaw, now confined In tho Now
York stato Insane. asylum at Matte
wan for tho killing of Stanford White,
Intends fighting vigorously tho at
tompt of his wlfo, livelyn Ncsbltt
Thaw, to have a lunacy commission
administer his business affairs.
This was Indicated hero today when
former Governor Stono appeared In
tho common plena court beforo Judge
Davis and denied tho right of the
Pennsylvania courts to interforo.
Stono, in his petition to tho court,
daclared that Thaw had entirely re
covered and was now snno, but donlod
that ho whs attempting to renew tho
fight to freo his cliont from Matte-
wan.
Evolyn Thaw, In her potitlon to
hnvo a lunacy commission tako charge
alleged that her husband's Income Is
$G0,000 a year, but that tho entire
amount wub being paid to creditors,
leaving bur without support.
Caucus at Grand Aerie Shews Indiana
Man Favorite for Next President
Cleveland Leads as Choice for Next
Aerie.
NEPHEW WALTER
IS
SUSPENDED
President Graham Indefinitely Sus
pends Walter McCrcdle for As
saulting and Cursing Umpire Hil
debrand Last Sunday Morning.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23. Pres
ident Graham of tho Paclflo Coast
league today Indotlnltoly suspended
Manager Walter McCrodlo of tho
Portland toain for assaulting and
ourBlng Umplro Hlldobraud In Sun
day morning's gamo at Portlaud.
llildobrand's written roport of tho
trouble was received this morning. In
It ho stated that after calling out
Harry for dollboiatoly running out of
lino and intorforlng with tho catcher's
throw, ho wont to tho official scoror
and explained his doclslon.
Whllo ho was talking to tho scoror
McCrodlo ran up to him, called him
vilo numes and shoved and hauled
him about.
No montlou Is mado in tho roport
of Judge W. W. McCrccllo, tho Port
laud manager's unolo, who also Ih
Bald to huvo uttackod Hlldobraud.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cab, Aug. 23.
While tho delegates were in session
today nt-the Grand Aerie of tho Fra
ternal Order of Eagles, the women
visitors participated in what is
known as "shopping day" by inspect
ing the business places of San
Francisco as the guests of local wo
men. Reports of committees and nomi
nation of officers and selection of the
place of next meeting were tho princi
pal matters in program for tho sec
ond secret session.
The fight for president still wages
with Frank E. Iloring of South Bend
Ind., and J. J. Cusack of San Fran
cisco tho only open candidates.
Tho lutest caucus favored Ilering.
Frederick J. Lynch of New Wo-.t-
mmster, Cnnnda, is out today for
grand conductor. lie 1ms the back
ing of tho Canadian and northwest
ern aeries.
Cleveland still leads ns the choice
for the next grand nerio session.
SURE SHOAF
IS
MURDERED
Friends of Socialist Writer Whs
Played Detective at Los Angeles
Convinced That He Was Made
Away With.
LESLIE SCOn
Nominations Made for Oregon Of
fices by President Taft Net Acted
Upon Before Adjournment Klam
ath Postoffice Included.
BOURNE AND CHAMBERLAIN
TO PREVENT CONFIRMATION
Newly Chesen Marshall Files Hit
Bond and Takes Office in the
Meanwhile.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 23.
Among the nominations made by,
President Taft which failed of confir
mation by the senate beforo adjourn
jnent were tho following:
Leslie M. Scott of Portland, Or.,
to be United States marshal of Ore
gon. Charles Johnson, to bo merchandise
appraiser of Portland district.
Clyde Brandenburg, to bo postmas
ter at Klamath Falls.
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
PARADE AT ROCHESTER
ROCHESTER, N. Y Aug. 23.
Twenty thousand grizzled civil war
veterans marched in rovlow hero to
day boforo President Taft, Governor
Dlx and Major Goneral Frodorlck D.
Grant, son of tho famous wurrior un
der whoso leadership so many of
thorn had fought. ,
President Taft will address tho old
Eoldlers at their camptiro tonight, In
connection with tho G, A. R. oucamp
mont tonight. Ho will loavo lator for
his summer homo at Hoverly, Mass.,
for a throo wookB rest.
STILL HIGHER PRICES
FOR HOPS IS PREDICTED
SALEM, Or., Aug. 23. With the
European crop u failuro and reports
from Now York stating that tho piok
will not run 200Q Oregon crop own
ers aro expected uuother riso in an
already high priood markot.
Picking in Now York is under way
already in an effort to savo tho crop
which is poor,
.LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23. That
George Shoaf, the socialist writer who
disappeared mysteriously on the night
of August 13, Is dead having been
mado away with by someone who
knew bis business well and carefully
covered up all evidence that might
lead to the detection of tho perpe
trators of the crime, Is tho opinion
of Shoaf's friends and private detec
tives. Every clue to the theory that ho
had disappeared of his own accord
has been run down.
A paethetic telegram from the
mother of Shoaf was received by
Shoaf's friends here. It reads:
"What are you socialists doing to
find G. F. Shoaf, my son. Oh, it you
only knew tho anxiety of a mother's
heart you would leave nothing un
done you would search everywhere,
oven at tho bottom of tho ocean. An
swer In haste. Mrs. C. B, Shoaf."
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 23. Act
ing on the advice of Attornoy General
Wickersham, Leslie M. Scott, nomin
ated as United States marshal for
Oregon, stated today that he will file
his bond of 130,000 this afternooa
and take the oath of office. Elmer
Colwell will mmediately rotlre from
tho position.
Scott will hold the office as a re
cess appoints l o! President Taft be
cause the senate tailed to confirm the
nomination before. adJoHraswat.
"Ishall qualify and take the of
flee," said Scott "and I do not la.
tend to worry about the future."
It Is generality believed that Scott's
nomination will be opposed by both,
enator Bourne and Senator Chamber
lain. Scott's name was suggested by
Representatives Hawloy and Laf ferty.
FAMOUS
PAINTING
AT LOUVRE STOLEN
Leonardo De Vinci's Masterpiece
"Mona Lisa," Taken From Gallery
Steamers Leaving Country
Watched Frame Found.
PARIS, Aug. 23. Tho search for
Leonardo Vinci's famous painting,
"Mona Lisa,' which was stolon from
tho Louvro yostorday, oxtonded today
over tho entlro republic of Franco.
Steamers leaving tho country aro be-
rag watched and ovory suspicious vo
hlclo Is hold up by the police for fear
that tho art treaauro will bo smuggled
out of Franco.
Tho Louvro was again closed to
day and a now search ordered, direc
tions being given to cover every nook
and corner of tho groat art gallery.
Scores of detectives aro working on
tho case.
Tho finding of tho largo framo and
glass on a back stairway gives riso to
tho bollof that tho plcturo was unoak-
ed out of tho building.
Look for tho ad that culls for you
among tho help wanted ads.
MRS. HARRIMAN GIVES
550.000 TO HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Cab, Aug. 23.
Dr. F. K. Ainsworth manager of
the Southern Pacific hospital here
today has a check for $50,000 from
Mrs. E. II. Harriman with which to
establish a memorial to her late bus
band. The money will be used to create
a department of bacteriological and
pathological research. An expert
from the Rookefeller institute in New
York will be secured for tho now de
partment of bacteriological and path
ological research. An expert .from
the Rockefeller institute in New York
will be secured for tho mw department.
TRADING VERY DOLL
IN STOCK MARKET
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. There
wore few and unimportant changes at
tho opening of the stock market.
Canadian Pacifio gained V, but
most of tho other adtiva issues, in
cluding Reading, United States Steel,
Atchison & Lehigh valley, were frac
tionally lower. Trading was ex
tremely dull. Tho general list made
further declines which were followed
by a rally. Again the market sag
ged and fell below yesterday's clos
ing level. At noon Union Pacific,
United States Steel, Reading Ss
Atchison wero a point under yester
duy und Southorn Paoifio dropped
l3i to tho lowest price of tie year.
From this level there was a slight
rocovery. Jrl
Tho market closed dull. j
Bonds wero easy.- ' '
VANCOUVER, B. O. Staggering
In to ono his friends, In the Domin
ion TniBt building, A. L. Belyea, one
of tho most prominent lawyers of
British Columbia and a king's gouh
boI, asked him to get a doctor. By
tho time tho friend returned, the at
tornoy was dead. Hemorrhages o&ug.
ed tho sudden end,
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