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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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that seems like a "prospect" aBd
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