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ffsr city Va SUBSCRIBERS j'niiiuir to st vpr wiu iiv una illWrrt by vhonliur of- J floe by 0 p, m, Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Shower Mnx. 70.B Mln. 47.5 j rel. humid, 08 pr ct. Dally HUth Yi'iir. l-'oitV-KUM Your. FOURTEEN PAGES MEDlfOItD, OUJOION, BATlKIMY, SKPTKMI3I3U 0, 3911. TWO SECTIONS. No. 14G. ASTOR FINALLY WEDS HIS SCHOOL GIRL BEATTIE CLAIMS PREJUDICE CONVICTED HIM OF MURDER II GOVERNS! BACKS ROAD Jury Finds Guilty jtflFP OM Labor Leader Dcclnres In Case of Railroad Strike Unions Would Bo Proceeded Against (or Violation of Sherman Anti-Trust Law. SUPPORTS MCARTHY FOR RE-ELECTION IN 'FRISCO Says Mayor Is Opposed by Combina tion of Bin Business Interests. tr HAS FRANCISCO, Hit. 0.- That littlitn'tl tlio (Inl rediiml ol the llurrl iiiuii Illicit tti recognise their shop men's federation Mtuutln tho power of tlio United Htiitcrt gowrniuuiil In tho startling iitiiteiuout of .Samuel Gum per, prctildnut o( tlio American Fed eration of Iabor. "I Iiiiw un n supprcititud telegram to n Wall street mini." until aoinporit lit u big limits meeting hero, "whli'lt slated tlmt tlu United States govern ment linil assured Manager Krtill itrlmltt of tlio llarrlninu linen that In imMIhi evont of 11 utrlltu tho uttlontt woo) J " Hw proceeded Ralnt timlor tho Sher man nntl-trmt law tin a comhlniitlon In leitralnt of trode.'' Tho ntnloincnt caused nciiisntloii. I In vlim' donlth resounding blows horo In tho Interest of P. II. McCar thy, tho Inhor nmyor, who la fight ing for re-elect Inn against nn alleged roiiililnntlon of "big utislnesH" Inter , ontii, President Compers left today for I.oh Angeles with tho avowed In tention of Ktipporllng .lob llnrrlmiin, Hoi'lnlUt, for mayor of that city. ' ' "' II llll ylV 'f i'r f&Jttt -gMmwU f BniHnjViHrHHfekll SLAYER INDIFFERENT FATHER IS ILL Slay of Execution Granted Beattlo by Judge Until November 24 In Order to Allow Attorneys to Take an Appeal. FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPT. SIGSBEE'S CABIN AS IT LOOKS TO-MY Henry Cloy lleuttle. GLOOM FILLS LOMAX HEART Reduction In Passenger Rates Or dered by Interstate Commerce Com mission Threatens Loss In Reve nues to AJI Lines. -' READY TO STRIKE ON III CENTRAL Instructions Sent Out to Towns Along Lino Where Shops Are Located Practically All Preparations for Strike Completed. i . M JA i h r u h &4 t: CHICAGO, Ropt. 9. (Jront activity , wiih niuiilfeflled ul tho liendiinurtorn of tho llllnoln Con tin I Hhopineu'H fed iinitloii lioro today. IiiHtrucllomi woro unlit out to tnwim nloiiK tho lino whoro tho Hhopii tiro located and prac tically all propurntloiiR for a Hlrllto hnvo Ihioii coiiiplutod, AinoiiK tho polntH to which ordei'H worn mmt woro Now OrUmnri, Jack Honvlllo, Padncah, VIcknliurK. Cairo, Mattoon, Contralla, 111., Macomb and Waterloo, lu. Tho comploto contonts of tlio or doiH have not boon dlvnlKOd, lint It Ih known that roproHontntlvea of tho In ternational untoiiH hnvo orddrod local nnloim to moot tomorrow to dlriciiHH tho Ktiilto ultnutlon, Hhopinon lmro doolaro that tho railroad Iiiih oiiKiiKod Kiint'dH to do pollco ditty and It lu Htir iiiIhoiI that thin Information In alno convoyed In tho liiHtructlona aont out. Troops to Kill Rats. LKAVNN WORTH- Kiiiih., Hcpt. I) SAN PIIANCI8CO, Sejt. 9.l)e clnrliiK that tho rnllroaoti Rronnd down between two muHturs tho In tomtnto commlNHlon and tho otnto railroad coiiuhIhuIoiih will iinffor n Iohh of .13 1-n per cent reduction In pnmtciiKcr rat on throtiKhont tho conn try If tho proponed Intoratato accep tance of local ratea becomes effective, IC. 1.. Ixunux, traffic pnHaongor agent of the WcHtern Pacific, who hns. re turned from tho ronferonco of rail- road chlefH In Clilcnno, todny was fill ed with Kloom, Tho conferunco In Chicago was for tho pnrpoKO of reaching Homo ngreo mem among tho roailH tlioniHolvoa re garding conrortod action ngalnst tho proponed reduction. Louinx declared that an agreement Ih nlmoHt hopeless, but that Uio rnllrondB, If compollcd to miffer tho revenue los.i, would bo un able to tualo n Hluglo mllo of exten Hlpn for yeara to come, "Tho rallroada will find It dimply InipoHHllilo," l.oinax Raid, "to attract a Kluglo dollar of capital for future Improvement!)." CONVICTEO MAN IS AS DEBONAIR AS EVER Declares He Has Not Lost Hope Says Blnford Story Con victed Him. RAPID PROGRESS ON PANAMA CANAL WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 0. Government report a rocolvcd horo to day hIiow tho Panama canal, complet ed to lla full width and about half its total depth at. tho Atlantic entrance From deep water to tho old French canal, ludlHtauco of flvo and ono-half in lion, the entrance hint boon widened to tho required K00 foot and doopoued to SI foot. Tlio final depth will bo -11 foot. Tho width or 00 and dopth of 41 foot will bo extended to tho HntH, 1,1K, lltllo ...ul nil of u.Ml ltnn loekH, a dl8t.nco,f aoven .nlloH " I rill. . I I .i t iiil.li li illl I..- II ii fl Fitiii bold, nro ovon'uiiuinu' tlio Korl Leuv- euworlb bnrraokH mid tlio Iroopot-K torfuy nro Herioimly eoiiHidoiiiig (lie formation of it rat hunting brigade to rid tlio fili.eo of rodents. After dogrf niul iiuIh wero ordoicd off (lie nmervution following u oiiho of ulli'Kod rnbioH the ralH Hteadily in oroiiHiid and now hIiioo Iiogn wl.ieli nto IiuiiiIi'i'iIh of them oael. tiny Imvo boon linn'mlied iiIho, tlio HoltlleiH np pi.rontly mi.Ht bo tl.ulr own rut hunt- OfB., The mlulinum width will bo 300 foot In tho Culebra cut, but tho uueablo width of tho lockH will not exceed qi!0 foot. Noted St, Louis Political Boss III. ST. LOUIS, Mo Sept. 0. Tho lnt rltoH of tho Citthollo church woro to day ndmlulfltored to Colonel Kdward Hutlor, ouco domncratlu Iiohh lu this eTty, ivIioho rolgn wiih ondod by on bIiuikIiIh from Joseph W. Folk, tlio then circuit nttoruoy, CIIE8TKUF1KLD COUIITHOU8E. Vu Sept. a. Sentenced to dlo for. tho murder of bin young wife, Honry Clay Pontile, Jr., calmly and Indif ferently nnt In his cell horo today, while his aged father lay at their homo In a Rtntc of collapse. After sentencing Ilenttla to death, Judge Watson granted a May of exe cution until November 24 to allow tho prisoner time to file an appeal. No one doubts that tho appeal will bo denied and that Hnattle'u llason with Iloulah Illnford will lead him to tho electric chair. Heattlo'8 first request this morning wns for tho newspapers. "I would like to sea what they said of my convic tion," ho snld. If tho sontenco disturbed his sleep Inst night, Pontile showed no trace of It today. lie was as debonair as over and seemed to worry as liltlo over the outcomo of tho en so as did anyono concerned. Still Hopeful. Declaring he was convicted without regard to tho testimony, llonttlo sold today: "I havo not lost hope. If tho jury had brought In a verdict solely on tho ovldenco relating to my wlfo's murder I would undoubtedly havo been acqulttod. Tho Jury wob Impress ed' with tho story of my relations with Hculah Illnford and convlctod mo solely on that point, nccanso I admitted tho rotations they found mo guilty without regard to tho testi mony relating to tho murder." llonttlo was permitted to remain in tho county jail at Chesterfield for at Jeast another day, although rumors of a posslblo attempt at suicide resulted In a double guard being placed around tho njll with n Hpeclnl sentinel at tho door of tho prlsonor's coll. Within tho next tiny or two, howovor, tho young man will bo taken to Richmond and placed In a coll along murdoror's row lu the penitentiary. iiiiiHW 'K.7? mmmTUJkjttMMMMWMMMMKMMMMMMMMMUMMM! MMMMMMMwKMMW WWBIIIIIHr"'V4'r'"4HiIIIIIHWsillllllllllll BImu-'MR-r, Amt 9& AS HV9sillH '" mbuI1 IaMiXliiiiiiiHuHiiiiHIiiliHIspKuHfliiiiiiHRv i1;, iiA , tmm ': - W-! HMHHiWBaBHBaBMBHBM I i M.iil II I 1 This (ihotograph shows the nppOarnnce of Captain Slgsbee's cabin on the old battleship Jlnlno, which Is now being raised from the mud in Havana harbor. Many personal effects belonging to the late commander of tho lll-fntod ship wero recovered from this room. mmm is WUU1BL Alleged Dynamiter Issues Statement Thanking Sympathizers for Con tributions to Defense FundWill Settle Abduction Question. SEATTLE JUDGE UPHOLDS EIGHT-HOUR DAY LAW SEATTLE, Wash., Spot. 9. Stat ing that courts should nover dcclnro acts of tho legislature unconstitu tional unless It Is clearly so, Judgo John V. Main UiIb morning uphold tho eight-hour law for womon In Its entirety. "Constitutional questions of law Hhould bo approached with grout cau tion," ho declared, "and laws should bo declared unconstitutional only when clearly bo. Tho loglslaturo Is n co-ordlnato branch of tho govorn mont with tho courts, and tho courts are not lawmaking bodies. If tho subject 1b a propor nuo for legisla tion, tho courts hnvo no right to limit or control legislative discretion. Neither should this law bo hold un constitutional bocauso of economic reasons. Constitutional questions are not tluiB to bo dotormtnod." Had Ears Trimmed Llko Whlto Man's RENO, Nov., Sept. 1). "Squnw no marry mo with squnrq ear. Yon trim 'cm up liko wliito man's enrn; then got nmrrietl," Biiitl Johnny Joyce n full blood Shoshone Indian buck. Dr. Ghurloa Moosor, city phyBioian, riivo him u fnnoy out nutl tho Indian liupiirtuil today rojoioing, LOS ANGELKS, Cnl., Sept. 8. From his cell in the county pail today John J. McXmuarn, accused of mur der in connection with the deKruc tton of tho Los Angeles Times build injj, through the United Press ex pros.sed his appreciation of tho ef forts being put forth by the toilers of the loud in mi effort to raise funds to finance his defense. "1 wihh to tnko thia opportunity to thank my co-workers and friends throughout tho country for tho sne- rnfices ami teh efforts put forth in raising tlio necessary funds for the defuse of tho unjust nutl untrue charges that have been lodged against me. "That part of the funds intended for u full mid final prosecution of tho persons responsible for our de portation to California meets with my hearty approval." THREE YEARS IN PEN FOR OHIO LEGISLATOR COLUMI1US, O., Sopt, 9. -Convicted of complicity In legislative bribery, Kodnoy Dleglo, sorgoant at arms of tho Ohio stato senato, was today sen tenced to threo years In tho penlten- Itaryby Judgo Klnkead. On request of counsol for tlmo to fllo application for a' now trial a stay was granted until Soptoniber IS. 3 GA1JY , FOWLER'S AIRSHIP BADLY PAGED Start Across Continent Postponed by Accident to Aeroplane in Preparing It for Shipment Will Repair Bi plane on Railroad Car. SAN FUANCISCO, Sept. 9. Dam ago sustained by Robert F. Fowler's aeroplane while it was being prepared for shipment to Los Angeles makes It Impossible for him to start on his cross-continent flight on schedulo time. Fowler declares that tho machine was pretty badly damaged. Ho said ho oxpected to hear from C. Fred Grundy, his manager, who Is in tho south, definitely regarding tho flight from Los .Angeles. "I would rather havo started from here, but the local peoplo dod not offer us much encouragement," said Fowler. "Wo havo a good guarantee In the south. Of courso, a prize of $50,000 has been offered, but that Is merely In caso tho flight should bo successful. Wo want somo guaran tee against loss In case of failure." Grundy wired Fowler last night to place mnchinlclans aboard tho car in which tho brokon blplano la shipped with directions to them to do as much as possible en route to L03 Augoles. EXPLOITATION OE ALASKA PAST Secretary Fisher Says Hands of Clock Do Not Turn Backward Cal Will Be Either Leased or Oper ated by Government. OBJECTION OF NATION FAILS AS A BARRIER Ceremony Is Performed by Joseph M. Lambert' Pastor of the Eldweed Congregations! Church of Provi denceBride's Parents Present. WEDDING IS QUIET 0N; ONLY CLOSE FRIENDS ATTEND Party Rushed on Board Yacht Im mediately After Where Wedding Breakfast Is Served. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 9 ''The day for private exploitation and own ership of vast resources of Alaska are gono tho hands of the clock do not turn backward." That was the keynote of the speech mode by W. L. Fisher, secretary of tho interior, just before he left for NEWPORT, R. I., Sept. 5. Colonol John Jacob Astor and Mlsa Madelino Force today overcame tho objections of a nation and wero married by a minister who was known an tho "elopers' friend." The wedding waa simple and was attended by only a few close friends "and relatives. That Colonel Astor had other ob stacles than securing a minister to perform the ceremony waa aeon whoa ho went to get his marriage license. Two weeks ago ho applied for the license, but It was held up until the authorities could find formal proof of Astor'o divorce. Tho ceremony was performed at Beechwood, the Astor rlila, by Ret. Joseph M. Lambert, pastor of tho Ell wood Congregational church, Provi dence. The bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Force, her Blstor. Kather- Ine, Dr. Rufus Darrax, Vincent Astor, tho colonel's son, and Rev Joseph Cooper of Newport wero tho only witnesses. The Astor yacht, Norma, arrived here at 6 o'clock this morning, but not until after 9 o'clock did tho party leave for the shore. Thoy went a couplo of miles out to sea to evade the reporters. Tho women of tho par ty, who were helvly relied to escapo the east last nltrht nttnr nn-artv fj,r weeks of looking Into the coal land 'L Kf: problem In the north PORTLAND, Or., Sopt. 9 Moved, ho says, by a guilty conscience, For rest Snilthsou, world's' champion hur dler has written to Secrotary James Sullivan of tho A. A. U., Now York- city, declaring that Dan Kelly's 100 yard nmatour record of 0 3-4 sc-couda wns fraudulent. Smlthsou says that ho was told n weok boforo tho Spokano meet of Juno 33, 190C, by Jack King of Port land that the record was to bo flxod at 9 3-B, and advlsod "him to go win it. King horo today said that "Dad" Trlno, nn old Corvnllls coach, and Ed Murphy, tlio woll known Stnuford athloto, hold letters that ho said will prove tho truth of tho allegations. Smlthson says ton wntohes caught Kolly's tlmo at 10 1-5 and 10 2-B, PRICE OF SUGAR STILL MWING I T Trust Marks Quotations Up a Full Point Now $6.50 Per 100 lbs. Arbuckles Advanco Is Even More Drastic Short Crop Reason. NEW YORK, Sojt. 9. With anoth er extraordinary advance In tho prlco of refined sugar announced horo to day both by tho sugar trust and tho Arbuckles, wholesalo dealers aro an ticipating still further Increases with in tho next fow days. Tho trusts' advanco was a cloan polut, bringing tho today's quotation pp to lii.GO per 100 pounds. Arbuck lo's advanco was ovon nioro drastic, tholr prlco jumping 25 points to a straight $7 per hundred. Retailers ora preparing to mako a uniform quotation of 8 conts a pound noxt weok. No reasons otlior than tho reports of a short crop of raw material lmvo boon auiiouncotL At a dlnnor of tho Seattle Com mercial club ho stated most emphati cally that ho will urge President Taft to bring about the opening up of Alaska to development, but the secre tary adroitly avoided tho expression of his own opinions as to the merits of the oCntroller Bay controversy. "I will say this, however," ho said, "oCntroller Bny was a great disap pointment to me, and whllo thoro mny bo vast quantities of coal suitable for commorclal use, I believe that tho quality and quantity of Behring coal has been grossly exaggerated. "Privato ownership of tho coal lands is out of tho question, Whethor tho coal lands bo leased by tho gov ernment or whethor the government work tho coal lands under direct fed eral management Is tho only question to bo determined." ON LAST UP WALKING AROUND THE WORLD VANCOUVER, B. C, Sept. 9. Ste von Stan of Los Angeles Is in Van couver today on his last lap of a walk ing trip around tho world, without tho uso or a passport and without begging. Ho has beon successful so far In tho "latter part of his plan, but had to uso a passport In Russia. Ho oxpocts to bo back horn In n fow days, leaving hero on tho schoonor Bollo of Scotland for San Francisco, thenco walking to Los Angole3. AVIATION MAIL SERVICE INAUGURATED IN ENGLAND LONDON, Sopt. 9. By carrying a small sack of mail from tho Hudson aviation field to Windsor palace and delivering It to King Georgo, Avia tor C. II, Gfeswoll today formally In augurated England's new aoroplano postal sorvlco. Following Greswell's doparturo, four othor aviators ascended, each carrying on his machine 100,000 pieces of mall matter, ried to Beechwood In automobiles. Unshed Off to Launch. Darrax was asked who was 111 In tho party. He replied that ho could toll nothing except tho fact that as sure as ho stood where he was Col onel Astor and Miss Force would mar ry before 10 o'clock. "If Colonel Astor wants mo, It 13 nobody's business," said Darrax. "I'm hero because I'm here" Immediately after tho wedding cor omony tho party niBhed in automo biles with express train spetd to tho wharf, whore launches took them to the waiting yacht for tho wedding breakfast GABY DESLYS LEAVES TO PLAY IN GOTHAM CHERBOURG, Franco, Sept. 9. . With 50 trunks, containing 80 gowns, 50 hats, 48 cloaks and a wholo host of other femlulno fripperies, Gaby DesLys, a llason with whom cost King Manuel of Portugal his crown, sailed from horo today for New York on tho liner LaLorralno. A dotecttvo accompanied tho ac tress, whoso job It is to guard tho jewels Manuel gavo her. At tho pier Gaby said she expected to find tho stolen "Mona Lisa" In New York. Sho gave no details and It is tho genoral belief that her statement was givon out as her idea of a press agont stunt. W0LGAST TRAINING FOR BATTLE WITH McFARLAND MILWAUKE7, Wis., Sopt, 9. Ad Wolgast continued his training today for his ten-round battlo with Pack McFarland, now less than ft weok off. Yostorday was spent In resting, pok ing for pictures and sipping crorae do monthes. This morning a five mllo run ononed his nrottram for the J day.