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MEDFORD, QKBCJOtf, TUHSIM Y, SEPTKMBJDR 5, 19J1.
No. 142.
SI 500 BRIBE
IS OFFERED
DISTRICTATT'Y
Mulkoy Arranges "Plant" anil Traps
Men Who Would Hnve Him
"Throw" Case Against Bozus for
a Money Consideration.
DOZUS' BROTHER WOULD
BUY MURDERER'S FREEDOM
Mike Spntios, Son of Murdered Man
Was to Receive $500 for Agree-
Inn to Bribery of Officer.
Tim nnwly runvonuil Kmml Jury
thU afternoon roluruml nil Indictment
tiKutimt I'otor Huxiih charged with at
Imnpllng to brlbu District Attorney
Mulkoy In oritur that tint caso ngulust
hla brother might b "thrown." Tim
rami will ho hot for trial In Urn tmnr
future.
Tim dm I matter called to tho lit
tuntlou of tho uuwly chosen grand
Jury whon It convened Tuuiulny morn
ing wan tho charge, mnilo hy Ulntrlct
Atlornvy Mulkoy thnt I'otor Itoxtin. n
brother of the Greek who murdered
Christ Hpnnn In thin city two week
ago, hint uttiiiiiittl to brlbo him to
"throw" tho rno unci ullow Uozua
to ko free. Mulkoy chnrgva thnt Do
cut offered him IIGOO. Mlko Spano
n won of thu murdered man, was to
recelvo 1500 to agree to tho purchiiHo
of tho district attorney, Mr. Mulkoy
rlnlma that ho linn u clear caao annhut
tho Greek, na ho fixed n "plant,"
when tho mnnwy wna offured hint mul
Mm. NcltoB and J. V. 'Wilson will
appear nn wltueaaca, they bolng In
lilillnK at tho time, and hearliiK tho
entire trniianctlon.
Heveral ilnya ago I'otor Iloxua ar
rived to tnku up tho hultlo for his
brother' fo. Ho cntuu woll Blip
piled with fund nnd after holdliiK
nuveral conferences In tho city with
the authorities and othera ho evident
ly enmu to tho cuuclualuu that tho
only way to anvo hla hrothor'a neck
wna to hrlbo tho prosecuting officer.
Ho 1h antd to have kouo to tho son of
Iho .murdered man aud pained from
him n roniont thnt an attempt bo
made to froo tho ncciuod man. An
Interpreter nnd John Domls, another
Greek, accompanied Uozua on tho trip
to aoo tho dlatrlct attorney, na did
young Hpnnoa, tlm latter, It la anld,
unwIllliiKly. Thoy mot Mulkoy nt hla
homo, but na ho wna npprUod or what
wan coming, ho had tho opportunity
to accrotu Mra. Nelson nnd Mr. Wll
aon In tho room.
When thoy nrrlvod at tho liouaq
Mulkoy received thorn nnd ho wna
offered tho IIG00 to "throw" tho
rune. Apparently ho ngroed to do
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SLIGHT SHOW
OF NEW BRIDGE
Renovation of Present Structure to
Be Begun at Once New Timbers
and FloorSupports to Be Tightened.
As thoro la llttlo hopo for tho con
Htructlou of a now brldgo ovor Hear
crook In this city tlilu mil, County
Hond Engineer Unrmon will Htnrt
ThurHdny on ft ronovntlon of tho pros
out brldgo, putting It In nu good
aliapo an poBHlblo for tho winter. Mr.
Harmon will order now tlinborn ror
tho dock tomorrow and will Htnrt
work tho following day,
Tho brldgo inipportH will nil ho
tightened, which will do away to a
grout dogroo with tho proaont Hwny
Iiik or tho brldgo, Now plunking will
ho put lu aud tlila will ninko It far
eaalor to croaa tho structure. At
proHont It la worso thnn any corduroy
road to bo found in tho outlying coun
try districts,
Tho city council will .moot with tho
county court Thuradiiy to coma to
iiomu understanding In regard to tho
iitructiii'o, It la not bollovcd that It
will bo posulblo for tho brldgo to bo
built this fall.
MANY ATTEND
OPENING NEW
COURT TERM
Grand Jury Speedily Chosen and
Work Starts Three Cases to Be
Considered by Grand Jurors Be
fore They Arc Allowed to Go.
MUCH WORK AHEAD OF
THE COURT THIS TERM
Corridors of Court House Filled With
Veniremen and Attorneys In
Attendance.
Tho opening of tho September term
or court railed a large number or
nttoruoya from nil jmrta or tho dla
trlct to JackHonvlllo Tuesday morn
ing, tho corrldora or tho courlhouau
being filled with u largo throng. Tho
docket Ih on ummunlly long ono and
much work la abend or tho court.
Tho firm hiiHlueaa to como boforo
tho court wna tho chooalug of a grand
Jury. That body wna chomm na fol
low: W. A. Cook, It. II. Ilmdahaw,
P. M. Amy, J. II. Hnlr, T. W. Comb,
George K. Fox nnd F. O. McWIIIIams,
who wna npolntod foromnn.
Tho flrat caao to bo called to tho
attention or tho grand Jury wna' tho
attempted bribery or Dlatrlct Attor
ney Mulkoy by Peter Iloxua, a brother
ol tho Greek murderer, recently In
dicted for killing Christ Spnnoa lu
thla city. It la expected thnt na aoou
na the grand Jury dlapoaea of thla
nffnlr thnt they will take up tho caac
aKaluit M. K. Horn, nn nllogod minis
ter, who la charged with contribut
ing to tho delinquency of a minor m
Aahlnnd. Tho Juror will then turn
their nttenllpn to tho chargo Against
J. A. Mcintosh, of thla city, who la
Bald to hnve failed to provldo for tho
support or hla wife.
Aa tho grand Jury "chonen nt tho
March term hna Juat adjourned, It la
believed that following tho consider
ation of those threo cases tho grand
Jury chosen today will bo dlamlaacd
until Into In Noembor, Juat previous
to tho opening of tho Dccombor term
of court.
GOTCH CHALLENGED
BY RUSSIAN LION
CHICAGO, Sept. r. Stung with
tho defeat nt tho hnnda or tho chnm-
plon, George HnckonBchmldt today
Issued another challenge to Frank
Gotch. Ho proponed thnt tho bout bo
In prlvnto with only aportlng odltora
lor nn audience, nnd that 85000 bo
put up by each man for n aldo hot.
Ho demanded that tho match bo hold
after ho goca to England to let hla
knee.
Ootch anld ho wna willing nnd hla
manager, Kmll Klnnk, pulling $5000
from u aatchol, offered to put It up.
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Prosecutor Says Right Men Arrested
When McNamara Brothers Were
Placed in Jail for Dynamite Outrage.
ST. I.OUI8, Mo Sept. 5. "Detec
tive Hums lauded tho right men whon
ho arrested John J. and - Junius U.
McNamara for tho dynamiting of the
Ub Angeles Tlmea."
In tho nbovo words, Frnncla J. Ho
ney, who leaped Into prominence by
hla vlgoroua prosecution of Abo Kuef
In connection with tho San Francisco
grnrt cnaea, cxre80d todny hla ho
ller In tho guilt or tho men, to whoso
defetiBO tho labor unions or tho on
tlro country have milled.
"Two months before tho arrests
wero mndo," Honey anld, "Uurns told
mo hla llfo waa In dally dnngor and
gave mo tho name or tho men ho had
tracked down so thnt thoy might bo
prosecuted ir ho woro killed."
JOE RIVERS DEFEATED
BY JOHNNY KILBANE
LOS ANOELKS, Cul Sept. 5.
ltecmisa ho wns ho elated over tie
fentiiiK Joo Rivers' that ho could not
sleep, Johnny Kilbnne of Cleveland,
was up at -1 o'clock this morning. An
hour Inter, with his wifo on his arm
mul wheeling their little hnby, tho
IvilbnncH wero jmrmling tho bench
wnlk at Venice, discussing future
plans.
Aside from nnuouncing that ho hud
Higuod up to meet FranUio Con ley, .it
tho Vernon arena September 'JO
Johnnie refused to talk fight.
"I did all my fighting in tho ring
yesterday," ho said. "I am out with
my family for a good timo today and
I don't want to ho holhomh
WEST COMMUTES WEBB SENTENCE
Governor at Last Minute Saves Murderer From Swlnglna Into Eternity
Life Imprisonment Supplants Hanging Killed Ranchman and
Stuffed Body Into Trunk, Eloping With Dead Man's Wife.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 5. Tho plea of
17-yonr-old Julia Wobb, coupled with
two iioonis, ono ontltlod "Tho Trage
dy," thoo thor "Thoy Hnngod 1)111
Jonea," today anved Jeaao P. Wobb,
tho Portland trunk murdoror, from
tho gallowH.
Ho wnH undor Bontonco to hnng at
12:30 thla nltornoon nnd roprlovod by
tho governor nn hour boforo tho tlmo
act for hla execution, bolus commut
ed to llfo Imprlaonmont.
Wobb, who hml coolly propnrod fov
death, almost collapaod whon told
that ho wna not to dlo. Ho fell to
tho floor of tho death chamber and
cried like, n child, "I was not nfrntd
to dlo," ho nobbed, "My doopoat ro
grot waa tho dlsgraco auoh a death
would plauo upon my wlfo aud daughter."
"I commuted Webb's Bontonco for
threo big rcnBons and aovoral amallor
ones," Btihl Qovomor West.
"Flrat nnd foromoat s'aB tho npponl
mndo to mo by Wobb'a dnughtor.
When I anw tho child pitifully plead
ing for hla llfo, I got to thinking of
what my own dnughtor would think
of mo ir I allowed tho law to choko
nnothor fnthor to doath to satisfy n
row blood-hungry persons. Tho Idea
was too repulalvo. Thou I happened
to rond two llttlo poems, Ono of them
wns ontltlod 'Thoy Hanged Mil-Jones"
nnd tho othor 'ThTo Trngody.'
"I always linvo oppoaod capital
punishment, and thoao things com
bined convlncod mo that Wobb'a
death would satisfy tho Inw, porhapa,
but would do no furthor good If tho
atrangulntlou of a man over did do
good." .
jurors in the Uenttie trial inspecting
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the nutomobile in which, it is alleged
BEATTIE ll
TO GO TO JURY
NEXT SATURDAY
Prosecution and Defense Each Rush
inn Case Rebuttal Witnesses im
peach Prisoner Whose Testimony Is
Unshaken on Cross Examination.
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CI1KSTI3UFIBLD .COURTHOUSE,
Va., BepL 5. DecJlmi'on tho chargo
that Honry Clay' Beattle, Jr., mur
dered Ills wllo aa the result of a desire
to reaumo his llnaon with 17-year-old
Iloiilah 111 n ford will lio with n
Jury horo olther Friday or Saturday.
This prediction was mndo hero to
day by Prosecutor Wendenbcrg. Ho
said:
"I expect to close the prosecution's
evidence In rebuttal this nltcrnoon
nnd tho derensa probably will Ilnlah
Its rebuttal tomorrow.
"I will not call lleulnh Dlnford un
less I rind thnt tho caso or tho prose
cution la In desperato straits. I know
that lleulnh and Dcattlo communicat
ed whllo both wore In Jail at Rich
mond, aud I am convinced that If alio
wero to testify alio would do her best
to snyo him. The dcrenso can call her
If they llko, but I do not think she
will take tho stand."
ALL NEGOTIATIONS
WITH SHOP MEN
ARE BROKEN OFF
Illinois Central Refuses Further Con
ference With System Federation-
No Scheme of Arbitration in Sight
Modified, DemandsForthcoming.
HIGH
SCHOOL
AS
MBLYNOW
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OVER FLOWING
Twenty or Thirty Students Are Given
Place In Extra Room All of the
Schools in the City Have Full
Quota of Students.
EVERYTHING AUGURS WELL
FOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR
New School Hcuses Greatly Relieve
Conjested Condition of
Last Year.
CHICAGO, Sept. &. Officials of
tho Illinois Central railroad today
broke ott negotiations with -the. sys
tem federation of shop employes.
They officially notified all unions to
this effect.
Leaders of tho unions later went
into conference to decide what action
will be taken.
After the union conference it was
intimated that overtures will be made
for further negotiations with the rail
road. It is believed that tho demands
of tho men will bo modified and pre
sented again under a new form.
CHESTERFIELD COURTHOUSE,
Vn Sept. G. When tho court con
vened this morning Judge Watson cut
short Ileuttlo's examination, Baying:
"Tho main lines of tho caso are
fully doveloped, and tho court believes
It unnecessary to niako the prison
er's examination n test of endurance
Tho tlmo hna arrived whon tho court
fools justified In placing limitations
on counsel. Two hours and a half
for direct nnd (hrro and a hnlf hours
for cross-examination should allow
tho roll development or testimony,
thou tho court will allow an our
moro lor ro-cross-oxamlnatlon and
half an hour more for ro-dlrect cxam-
Inntlon."
Prosecutor WondonburK on croas-
oxnmlnatlou endeavored vainly to so-
curo from Dcattlo an admission of
his own roport of tho gun.
Only soven minutes nftor ho con
cluded tho dofonso wnlyod tho prtvi
logo of ro-dlrect examination, nnd
tho prisoner wns oxcusod. Ills at-
(Continued from Pago Six.)
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COMMERCIAL CLUB
FALL MEETING
First regular fall meeting ""
"" of tho Medford Comuioroinl ""
Club, hold at tho club meeting ""
" rooms in tho Mail Tribune
building on Wednesday, Sep-
lembor Gth.
Matters of groat import- "
" nuco will eotno boforo tho ""
" meeting. Every member is re-
quested to bo prosont. ""
Pumpornikcl and ohoeso. ""
Wntormolon.
Urommor's cantaloupes.
Cigars.
Now will you como? ""
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5. No
scheme of arbitration of the present
labor difficulties on tho Hnrrlman
lines has been suggested by tho gen
eral officers of the craft unions, ac
cording to statements by labor offi
cials hero.
"Wo havo not called ror arbitra
tion, nor do wo favor arbitration it
this matter," said President J. W.
Kllno of tho blacksmiths' internation
al union aud chairman of the con
ference. "This Is not a question
which can bo arbitrated, because it is
a question of whether or not tho men
havo a right to organize as thoy seo
fit. The company has not shown an
Inclination to nrbltrato, either."
LONDON, Sept. 5. Physicians in
attendance on James It. Kceno the
New York financier and turfman, who
is ill here, issued today n statement
that his condition is satisfactory.
The Medford schools opened for
tho coming term Tuesday morning
with a much larger enrollment than
was expected by tho school authori
ties. Just what the increase over last
year la la as yet not mown, as it takes
some time to complete the roll. How
crer, In the high school the number
of students has Increased to an ex
tent where the general assembly room
will not seata all of the pupils, some
20 or 30 being seated In an extra
room. This never before obtained in
tho hlghschool slnco tho present
structure was erected.
All of tho other schools seem to
have a full quota of students with
tho possible exception of the Roose
velt school on the East Side. Here
there does not seem to be the numbr
of little ones expected.
The opening of the two new school
buildings greatly relieved tho conges
tion which prevailed last term iu the
Washington and North schools. A
largo number of the children attend
ing these schools have been drawn
to the new buildings, which makes it
better for tho children and teachers.
Enrollment In the various schools
proceeded without a hitch this morn
ing and after assignment to classes
had been mado the children were in
structed as to books needed and the
like and then allowed to go .home
with the instructions to show up to
morrow ready for work. Within a
day or two everything will be under
way and a splendid school year Is
predicted.
TES2S
THREE ENTER
THEIR PLEA OE
NOT GUILTY
While Friends of Aged' Victim of
Murderous Thugs Raise Money for
HlS''Relief,,Young Man Charferf
With Crime, Pleads Not Guilty.
GEORGE BOZUS ARRAIGNED;
IS SOON TO IE TRIED
Ruchlas, Who Shut Fellow Lata
hi Railroad Cams, Is Third ta
Enter Plea ef Nat Guilty.
CITY COUNCIL TO PASS
MANY NEW ORDINANCES
The city council will meet this eve
ning for tho dispatch of much city
business, which will include the pus
sago of many ordinances declaring
the cost of assessment for service
mains nnd for paving. Tho city dnds
will also consider the passage of an
ordinanco providing for n safe nnd
sano Fourth of July iu this city hereafter.
This being the first regular meet
ing iu tho month, tho regular routine
business, such as tho payment of
bills and passage of warrants, will
be considered.
FRENCH FLEET IS READY FOR WAR
Full Coaled and Provisioned Ninety-Eight Warships Are Massed Off Tou
lon Ready for Any Emergency Berlin Government Expected to
Issue Reassuring Statement Tonight Upon Situation.
TOULON, Franco, Sept. G. Fully
coalod and provisioned, tho entire
homo fleet of Franco, 98 warships lu
all, today was massed off Toulon
ready for any omorgoncy. Passing In
rovlow boforo Presldout Fallloros and
tho French cabinet, tho floot, which
Included eight battleships and nlno
armored cruisers, groatly exceeded In
gross tonnage tho Gorman homo fleet
which recently was reviewed by Kal
sr Wilholm,
BERLIN, Sopt. C Owing to !&
creasing commercial nervousness nnd
wild war rumors as tho result of tho
Moroccan negotiations, tho sovorn
ment tonight Is expected to lasuo a
roassurlng statement.
It Is roportod that there is foverlsb
anxiety In nil tho Gorman provlncos,
Stottlu reports that largo sums havo
been withdrawn from tho savings
banks, tho peoplo generally fearing
that war Is soon to come.
Thoro is a wil drunior on tho Al
satian frontier today that Horr von
Schoen, tho German ambassador to
Franco, has boon murdored and that
Germany would Immediately declare
war. An unexpected snovomeut of
troops Into upper Alsace Boomed to
confirm tho rumors,
Efforts nro bolng mado today to
qulot tho provinces. Tho government
is Issuing unofficial statoments de
claring that tho war rumors nro with
out foundation.
CHICAGO, Ills., Sopt. 5. Tho fun
oral of Malaohi Hogan' tho well
known roforeo and sporting writer,
will be held hero tomorrow. Hognn's
body will arrivo iu Chicago tonight.
Whllo the friends of A. D. Kibby,
the aged knlfo grinder who waa mur
derously assaulted some ten days ago,
and robbed of all of hla savings,
which he Intended to use for hla sup
port when he had grown too old to
continue working, were circulating a
subscription to help him out of hla
present financial difficulties, Ralph,
Grignon, who is said to bo one of his
assailants, was arraigned In tho cir
cuit court, wbero bo entered a plea
of not guilty. He is to bo tried in a
few days.
The condition of t nonaged man is
pitiful In the extreme. The Injuries
Inflicted at tho time of the robbery,
together with tho loss of his monejra
have seriously threatened , his reason.
He seems to be no jonger capable of
helping himself or continuing bb
work. Local people who have had
the caso called to their attention tali
morning took steps to relieve his dis
tress and circulated a aubscriptloa
list- It is planned to rainsa eaoagk
money to provide for iho man aatll
he is again able to caro for himself.
Grignon waa arrested following aa
Identification by A. L. Duffy, who
aweara that ho saw the young maa
running away from the scene of the
crime following Kibby's cries for as
sistance. Grignon"was recently In
dicted for assault; acd 'robfiery and
this morning pleafe'jTnbt "guilty to
the charge In the circuit court.
George Bozus, witoslOt nd fa
tally wounded Chrlsrcjpanos Ailn a
poolroom oa Fir street Recently, was
also arraigned in the Vgrcult court
this morning. Through his attor
ney, E. E. Kelly, Bozus enured a
plea of not guilty. A third prisoner,
Ruchias, a Greek, who ahot a fellow
laborer at Butte Falls recently, was
also arraigned and entered a plea of
not guilty. The case will soon bo
heard.
COMPTROLLER CALLS FOR
FOR BANK STATEMENT
WASHINGTON, 9ept. 5. The
comptroller of the currency today is
sued a cull for tho condition of na
tional banks nt tho close of busmoss
Sept. 1st.
SIX LOSE LIVES
III JUNEAU FIRE
Five Others Missing and Fourteen in
Hospital as Result of Blaze That
Destroys Juneau Hotel and Mc
Grath Building No Insurance.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 15. With
six bodies already recovered, the
ruins of tho Juneau hotel, and the
McGrath building, which were de
stroyed by fire wero soarched today
Jfor reliccs of five persons who ia
is believed perished also. Fourteou
porsons are iu tho local hospital
suffering from injuries nnd burns,
ind two of them, William Southwiok
pf Michigan and Boyd Miles of Mon
tana, probably will die.
Tho known doad nre :
Walter Davenport, of Tacoma, a
painter.
Will Morrison, formerly of Port
land Ore., hotel day dork.
Selina Downing, a hnlf brcod na
tive girl, who wns known as the
most beautiful woman in Alaska.
Ono unidentified woman and two
men,
Tho loss is osliamted at approxl-
.mutely $50,000 with no iBsurasce.
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