-sB-israsstf- City H r 3 a VS&jajr'''' -' .1 SUBSCRIBERS ruiiiuir to pap wru bar dm (ttllTtrA fcy photiltf of flo by o p, in. Medford Mail Tribune ' WEATHER Fnl Max. IWj lie), Humid. Ity 20 per cent Mln. 09. Dnlly Hlxlli Ytmr. Porty.Klrat Ywir TWELVE PAGES MEDFORD, OilEdON, 8ATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1911. No. m. GRAND-STAND COLLAPSES INJURING 300 GREAT RAH STRIKE MENACES ENTIRE COUNTRY W PANIC AT AUTO RACE WHEN SPECTATORS ARE INJURED CROWD HAH OS E AftS Four Seriously Hurt and Three Hun tired Mora or Less Bruised When Six Sections of Grandstand Fall at Eliiliv Illinois. ARE ARRESTED Charged With Conspiracy to Ob struct the Ends of Justice, Men Who Led Recall Movement Must Face Trial at Seattle. EI.UIN, III., Auk. 20. Al Iho firm car In tho untlniiul trophy raco huhIi- ! punt tho JiuIkiV stand on tin- flrat I up I (i it a a ItniK auction of tho weal rii vml of a ttttiorary grandstand rnllapricd, babying 600 prona In tin dubrli. Three hundred wore Injured. Instantly thorn was n wild panic uihI thutiimmU of Npcctntor from oth or portion of (hi) HtnuiU rutthi'd on tho truck In tho path of tho npcedltiK nutiMiioblli'K. Holdlcrs with bnyomtta and dnpu- t'H with I'lulm ijulckly drovtt tho crowd hack, thoiiKh hundrcda of thorn wtr In danger, un tho cars diuhud through tholr rnnkn until Starter Wagner flagged them unci called off thu raco. .More than 300 persona were cilt, hrulsod and crushed and four worn aorloualy Injured when tho ntnud went down. Two women, whoio losa wir broken, may dlo. Tho other In jured went ulilo to return to tholr liotus noun nftur thoy had received (Inlaid.,,.,. , ,. Jdl an nix lection of tho grand stand, which wah about 15 foot In height, settling 2000 persona, crash ed to the ground, (Irani, driving bin "Alcb, appeared over Iho rlau. The second and third enra followed Im mediately nfturward. Thouiuindii of yHik'luiorn had Invaded tho race coiirmj, but the MpeedliiK earn, duall ing' wildly throiiKh tho crowd, mlrnc- ' iiloiiMly mlHMod thorn. Flagged by Htartor WnKner. tho cam cuiiio to a ntop within a few moment, but whllo tho ambulancca were Htlll on tho coumo loading up tho Injured, n now. Htart wna made. (Irani was tho flrnt away on tho aec oud mart and covered tho firm lap nt the rate of CS miles an hour. At tho boKtiiutiiK of tho itocond lap, Mulford, driving a l.oxtor, led. Whllo tho rcacuora wero Htlll n. work tho cam lluod up for rcaump tlou of tho race, and a few iiiluuteu later resumed tho raco. SEATTLE, WomIi,, Aug. 20. ChiirKliiK "conspiracy to obBtrnct the endH of JiiHllce," warrants wuro Issued IIiIh afternoon agatnal nine of tho leudern In the movement to Impeach and remove Federal Judge C. II. Han. ford. WarrantH aro being -erved on for mer Mayor Paw-celt of Tacoma, l.oroy Handera, Attorney Perry, II. II. Can field, Councilman Krlckson. Hugo Kolley, I'aul Mohr, Will Atklna nnci Thoman It. Horner. The warranla were laaued by Unit ed Htatoa CominlaBloner W. I). Tot ten and were nworu to by DUtrlct Attorney Todd. Tho chargo apeclf Icnlly that tho defendants "unlawful ly and feloniously eonaplrcd to ob atruct tho administration of Juatlco In the United States court of tho dis trict of western Waahlngton," The ball waa fixed at 50Q0. At klna waa tho flrat man arrested. Hugo Kelloy aubinltted hlmaolf to arrcil without ball. BEATTIE MAY NOT TESTIFY His Attorney Declares His Testimony Is Needed Accused Man Says Not, and There the Matter Stands -Mosely Put On Stand. AROUND WORLD : III FORTY DAYS a. i m. i ! French Journalist Gets to Paris With Seven Minutes to Spare of Sched uled Time Halts Time of Plilneas Fomi. PARIS, Auk. Bll. With loss (linn Hoveu iiiinuteH of scheduled -10 days lo spare Audio ilagcrschmidt, n Paris iiewHiiiici' ropoitor, today arrived hero at Iho fluiHli line of his tour of tho, wo i Id. ., Jagorsohmidt did tho globo-oiro-ling trip in Iohh tluiii half tho time taken hy Jules Verne's ehuraeter 1'jiiiiuiiH Fogg wlioflo font u few your ago was ileomud impoHHihlo of at tainment. IUh exact time was III) du.VH It) hours ami -17 seconds, The Kobo trotter landed from tho Lliior Olympic nt 11:10 o'clock lust iii(;il nl Cliurhniii'Kt jumpeil into it '00 lioiHepower nutomoliilo nml mo tored lioie, nrrlviiiK Imvely in time. fiif,'orHohmidt Htarted on Ii!h trip from J'ariH July 17 nt 1:18 p. in. r-j Pcllaurn Claims 33. AUSTIN, Tox Auk. 2(1. Twonty lliroo pofHonS diud of pelliiKrn in Tex iih IiihI niontli, an inarouKU of hovoii over tho provioiiH inontli, luierditiK to 1'ikiu'oh nmdo iniblio today liy tho hIiiIo Iioiii'iI of iiealtli, Twenty-two i'oiniilori died from tltu dleutio, 6000 PROTEST HAN FORD'S RULING Crowd Hang Federal Judge In Effigy Demand His Impeachment of Congress for Decisions In Favor of Trolley. CHB8TKUFIKM) COURTHOUSE, Vo Aug. 2C. Whother Henry Clay Ueattlo, Jr., will take the ntand In hla own dofenao on tho charge of hav ing murdered hla wife la a question which today waa atlll ilndecidod. At- tornoy Smith declared hla testimony la needed. Ilenttlo declarea It la not, nnd there tho matter atandn. Neither nppeara Inclined to yield. E. II. Moioley waa tho first wt nesa today. Ho teatlflod that ho had panned an autamobllo on tho .Midlo thian plko tho night of tho murder, which ho believed to havo been Heat-, tlo'a. He said tho driver apparently was biuy fixing up tho motor, but declined hla proffered aid. W. H. Sydnor corroborated Moso ly'a tcatlmony, adding that a woman who occupied tho front 'seat of tho d I sab fed machine woro a tan coat. Mr. Uoattltt'a coat was of that color. Sydnor gavo tho tlmo of pasting the car aa about 11:45 o'clock, which la within a fow minutes of tho tlmo Ueattlo declarea hla wlfo waa killed. Roland A. l.ail tors' testimony waa along almllar lines. Mrs. Dlnford, Uoutqh's mothor. was then catted, but beforo examining her, Proaocutor Wondcnburg asked the Jury to Inspect Reattlo'a Automobile. MARQUIS SEEKS JOB. J . p " ' "LawlW IHgM aBBBBBaiiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaTBBBBBBl -laiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBE SallBB Hal BOY CONFESSES MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRV. SKATTLK, Wuah., Auk. 20. Over (1000 pcoplo attended tho meetiiiK of Itiiinier valley mid Scattlo eiti.oiiH in proteHt UKainst JiuIko ilaiifonl'd iigunetion iiKiuiiHt them and resold tioiiK demaudiiiK his removal wore passed. A dummy wiih Htruuc; up from i telegraph xlo on u down town Htreot nornor and later a crowd out it down and draped it around tho main HtrootH. No more emplmtio nnd radical meetiitt; of oitixeiiH ImH over .been held in Seattle and no federal juilo Iiiih over been Hiilijeeted to ho great meiiHuro of ooiiHiiro than whb lliui- ford at tho mooting lutU niKht. IIuu dredH Kigned a petition demundioK that eoiiKresK impoaeh tlio jndgo mid thouHiiud people voted on resolutioiiH repeating Una demand. Tho Htato supremo court has af finned tho judgment of tho aupcrior court that puHbcugcrH on this lino aro entitled to truuHler to city oars upon payment of u fivo cent fare. Tho railroad has appealed to tho United Stilton Htiprenui court nnd in tho meantime tho railroad has refused to uOeedo to tho state supreme court's order. STOCKS WEAKENED BY STRIKE RUMORS NEW YOKIC, Aug. t!fl. AVoaknwH olmruotomcd tho opening of tjio stoolc market today, Canadian Pa uifio dropiiing 2 points, nud tho Hurrimans, Bon and Amoriuau Smelt ing 1, Many large fractional dot oliiies woro rooordod elsowhoro. Tho weakness wiih aoeontuntcd as tho session progressed, Tho threatened imr trade conditions gonorally. Ry iug factor, reinforced by disappointi railroad strike was tlio.ovorshadow 11 o'olouk Unitod StatoH Stool nud Union Paoifio hud rogaiuod much of their decline hut elsowhoro (ho list Bugged. T)o .market closed stead'. Jioiuls woro firm, Ml, ,fc.' WARM SPRING RESERVE FOR ARMY MANEUVERS PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 20. After investigating a number of tracts in Oregon and Washington, Brigadier Geuoral Minis, in command of the Department of the Columbia has se lected on tho Warm Spriugs Indian reservation in Oregou for permanent army maneuver grounds, it was1 learned today. Mans has advised tho war do- partment of his selection nud has recommended that tho land ho set aside for military purposes. This This probably will ho done soon, as tho reservation will ho opened for settlement in the near future. ENGLISH HRHS WANTS A JOB AT ME WORK NEW YORlv, Aug. 20. "British u obleman, bona fide murquis, wants position at anything. Best refer ences. Title hunting heiresses save your stamps. J "Address Marquis of Queenhbor ry New York." This ad might filly express the sit uation of the famous father of the f'Kht-.gnme'tf heir,' wlm is here from old England, much disgruntled with that storied laud. "Candidly," he snid, "the titled gentleman business in England if. about played out. If I ean find r. good opening I will stay in America, abjure my title and become n citi zen. I am sick of being called yur ludahip,' nnd nil that bally sort of thing when it mciuia nothing. Any- way tho house of lords is pretty nearly done far." TRIPLE MURDER William Lee Admits Killing Father, Mother and Little Brother and Then Setting Fire to the House to Destroy Evidence. CRISIS COMES P MONDAY EVANSVILLB, Ind., Aug. 26. William Leo became hopelessly en tangled today in bis statements to the police concerning tho death of hla father, mother and little brother and tho subsequent burning of the house Vlth their bodies, aad then confessed that he murdered thorn. Tho confession is said to have been made by Lee following a day of soli tary confinement, when Sheriff Scales and Prosecutor Davis went to the young man's cell. Ieo was transferred today from the Jail at Hoonevllle the scene of the trlplo tragedy to tho county Jail here. -Jle appears nervous and wor ried, aa though be bad much totell. Dr. C. P. Roblason, who made an examination of the bodies, denied Lee'a story that hla father killed the other members of the family, because Indications show that the elder Lee was evidently the first slain. Opium Ring Found. VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 2G. One of the biggest opium rings which included, it U reported, custom offi cers of the United States and Can ada will be broken up following the apprehension of two of the principals nnd the seizure of 36 suit cases filled with opium. Kruttschnitt Will Confer With Calvin Sunday and Be Prepared ta Give Final Answer to Employes Day Following Strike Vote Carries. ALL BIG LIS ARE INVOLVED MERRICK SELLS E TO KING HON! Miser Starves to Death. NEW YOIUC, Aug. 26. Dr. Charles F Moyora lived In poverty and died of lack of propor food, yot his rela tives In Now England ataud today to Inherit SG00.000. Attorneys placo tho aged physi cian's holding which Include 20 piece of realty In New York, at tho .halt million mark. Ho lived lu a tiny room, doing his own cooking and re fusing nsslutnnco from friondt). George King Buys Splendid Resi dence on East Side Merrick Plans Erectjon of New Home on Adjoin ing Lot. P. E. Merrick has sold his homo on East Main street to George King, tho reported consideration being .ftlflOO.. Mr. Merrick will move into a small house adjoining until ho can erect a now homo which will adjoin tho ono ho has just disposed of. Mr. King acquires n .splendid res idence, which wus erected by Mr. Merrick only two years ago. It is a handsome structure and modern in every detail. Tho new homo to bo built by Mr. Merrick will cost in the neighborhood of $5000. ELEVEN PERISH IN WRECK OF ALICE SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26. E. E. Calvin, general manager of the Pa cific system of the Southern Pacific, will meet Kruttschnitt at Sparks, Nev., tomorrow In order to give him oil possible data as to the ability of the lines on this coast to stand a strike. With these facts at hand, it Is anticipated that Kruttschnitt -will meet tho presidents of tho various craft unions with a refusal to deal with the federation unless an Iron clad agreement Is made continuing all present conditions, hours and wages, for at least another year. This will be a hard blow to the craft union presidents, but probably will be ac ceptable to the men directly involved. who want first of all to establish direct dealings between their federa tion and the companies. What was the result ot the strike vote taken by the men In San Fran' clsco last night the officers of the federation refused to divulge. Presi dent Reguln met the local advisorr board, representing the machinists. boiIermakersh1ackamltha, tlnsmltba, car repairers and pjpemen, and can vassed the situation. The shop employes assert that spies for the company have- canvassed the shops and have found more than 90 per cent of the men In the federation ready to strike. Financiers Prepare te Break Usr New System Federation at the Start Show Down With Unions tt Bt Forced at Once. LAUNCH BIGGEST KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 26. Eleven persons perished as a result of the wreck of the steamer Alice, which left here a week ngo bound for Bluefields, Nicaragua, according to reports received today. Tho ves sel was wrecked in the middle of the night by striking Viva Neuva Reef ff Nicaragua. Officials f tho Union Fruit com pany are reported to bo among tho passengers, who took to open boats. All but ono lifeboat reached the shore, and in this ono survivors say that 11 lives wero lost. Fire Rages. ALBANY- Or., Aug. 20. Tho for est firo on Seven Mile mountain is re ported to day to be spreading rapid' ly into the green timber and iudica' tions nro that it may prove ono of tiie largest firo of tho season before it is controlled. A large, force of firefighters nro battling with the con flagrations, which owing to its posi tion has made tho road to Upper Soda almost impassable. Cantaloiipfes Yield $540 an Acre tt4-tff-f-f'f-ff-f-f-ft-f-f-------f-f-f'f---f-f-f-f-f"f-f'f-f-- f f Tho possibilities of tho wealth producing soil of tho Hoguo Illvor valloy havo onco again been dem onstrated, this timo bT tho growing of cantaloupe. ' From uiuo acres of melons Brominer brother' who own HI nores of land, on the edge of, tho dcsort,'n part of it being Bear oreok bottom soil, will take and sell enough cantaloupes to offset tho original sum thoy paid for tho place or $5000. Brommor brothers camo tit tho Hogue Hiver valley three years ago from Chicago. Securing n thtot of land north of this city thoy set to work touuakc money. Not wanting to wait until an or chard hud been developed thoy began an investigation vegnrding garden truck nnd decided upon ean loupes and hubbard squash. Last year tho yield and returns wero astounding but this year nu off season as cold wenthor hung on until very late thoy aro really beginning to show what tho soil will do. Brommor brothors nro taking 30 Ocrutes of cantaloupes off each noro planted. Tho prices for tuoRo oratos ranged from $1 to $2.75, an avoruge of $1.87, which means u return of $5-10 an aoro. This" return represents tho price- of tho place. j - In addition to tho returns from cantaloupes Brommor brothers, are making a financial suooess out of tho raising of squash and at tho end of tho! season wil havo' soluci astounding figures in connection with these. ' '$. f i . - l l H -Him-ffi H ,-f -r ff OF DREADNAUGHTS Greatest Warship in the World is Floated for Argentine Republic- Christened the Rivadaria-Large Crowd Sees Launching. BOSTON, Mnss., Aug. 20. Tho biggest battleship now building or under design for any of the world's navies was launched today at the Foro Iliver Ship Building Yards at Quinoy. Tho monster dreaduuught, which eclipses the crack warships of England, Germany and the United States, was christened tho Hivadana and flios the flag of tho Argentine republic. Her sister vessel, the Mo reno, is building at Camden, N. J.. and will follow tho Rivndavia into tho water in a short time. Possos&ion of these two might) engines of destruction will take tho Argentino navy out of tho comic opera class and make the South American republic a power to be reckoned with on tho seas. The tonnage of tho twin dread naughts will bo 27500. Each will be 583 feet in length, 08 feet in breadth, with a normal draught of 27 feet; 0 inches. Tho armament of tho vessels will consist of twelvo 12-inch 50-cnlibre gnus, mounted in six turrets and so arranged 'that all 12 can be fired as ono broadside on either of tho ship. In ndditiou to this a main battery of big guns tho ships will carry 12 0-inch 50 calibre guns, and 12 4-inch 50 calibre guns. Wife Roasted Him. LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Aug. 20. "It is too bud yon did not break your damned neok instead of your leg," This was tho consolation Elmer F Shookloy tqld Judge Conloy he got from his wife Mary, when ho tolo phoned her ho had fallen down an elevator bhaft nud brokon his leg, NEW YORK, Aug. 26. Preparing for a general atrlko of railroad shop men, Involving not only the Harrlman lines, but practically every big sys tem In the west, officials of the roads maintaining headquarters in New York city are reported today to be formulating plans to absolutely crnan tho "system federation" before It la extended to tho operating forces. Arrangements have been comnlct- ed with mployment agencies to hold themselves In readiness to furnish strikebreakers at once oa receipt of telegraphic orders. It Is renorted that: the strikebreakers used In breaking me receni oouermakers' strike oa the Xew York Central have beea recJv- Ing rgnlar par since the New York Central dismissed them aad are be ing held held for emergeacy dutyis the west. ' Financiers la control of .the great system are reported to have ordered the leaders of tbefedersUoa dfeeaarg ed during the geaeral laylag off pro cess. The Harrlman lines are said to havo been qulotly repairing their roll ing stock for months nast and are now In position to operate their for three months, 'It accessary, without belOK forced to denfnd nn thnlp ahntui Chairman Lovett Is In constant touch with General Manager Kruttschnitt and is receiving hourly Information regarding tho situation. That a showdown wJth the unions will be forced Immediately regard less of any conferences is considered In Wall street as a certainty. It la bolleved here that the labor situation and plans for coping with the general strike were presented to J. Pierpont Morgan when he returned from Eu rope and received his sanction. Mor gan at that time said: "The-railroads today are not making money enough for tho stockholders and certainly cannot afford! more money for the men." CHINESE TED IS CONFISCATED Federal Authorities Seize Cargo Be cause of Artificial Coloring Matter May Bar Entire Crop From Amer ica's Shores. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26. Tea prices In tho wholesalo market took a Jump today when It became known that tho federal authorities bad con demned 60.000 pounds of tea from China because It contained artificial coloring, it Is admitted at tho cus tom house that probably the greator part of China's 30,000,000 pounds of tea In this yoar's crop will bo refused admlttanco to tho Unitod States. Tho rejection ot tho 60.000-nound shlpmont was mado by the govern ment toa export, Corfnollus Hoohoy. after a careful chemical analysis by federal oxports. Japan has boon withholding tea shipments awaiting the government announcomont on the Chinese product which Importers say will make the country's 45,000,000 pounds bring tho NIpponeso growers whatever Price thoy demand. Look for tho "help wanted" ad that seems like a "prospect" aBd answer it promptly, ' .u M 9 ! ', A - M4 W',4.1I A 'y t .-. -W4J LkaWBwa4.Maiai J n. Mil a -M vJ- 'fe :