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MEDFORD. OMWON, WHJIflfKKIMY, OOTOBtiU .18, 191.1.
No. 180.
ill'- i.J
HUNDREDS SLAIN' IN CHINESE BATTLE
REBELS MEET
FIRST DEFEAT
Alter Several Hours of Saiiiilnary
Fl!itlii flcht'ls Aro Dlslodjjcd liy
linprrlal Troops Trn In Loads ol
Wounded Arrive nt Hnnkow.
WEDS R. R. PRESIDENT'S SON.
HANKOW, China, Oct. IK. After
it denpeiiilo buttle in which hundred
Wl'llt Mlllill, 1101 til III' lllM'O linluy, till1
Chinese rebels sustained (heir find
HiiriniiK ilt'lVut. The impel iM troops
kIiii v.eru landed from Hid fled it it -tier
Admiral Kali Chen Ping nllnckcd
Ihu icliol ciilicnchmciils mill inflict
I'll llO0UH hliWtf mi llm lldlll't'CIlt
ill' tin proclaimed ivpiililii',
After scvuinl hours of siiiighiunr.v
fighting llic rebel were dUludgcd
from llielr breuitl works ami reheat
ed toward lliuir fortress nt Wn
I hiring lliu engagement llm inoul
desperate valor wiih exhibited by
both h'mU'h. Tin rebels xevenil liini'x
deserted llutir Itii'iiNlwuiliH mill swept
a en i wn llm nM'ii niMiiitry to tlio liin'N
which tin) federals held. Katli thie
they were I'l'ptilix'il nt lull point of
tlu bayonet.
Ti'iiIiiIoiuIh of tin wounded from
lliu fluid of battle nru arriving here.
ILiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiW jWfe frMwAi LiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiB
i i
" A l
J. -LW. kJ
SIX MEN ARE
PASSEDJFOR CAUSE
Defense Intends to Demolish II Pos
sible the Prosecution's Theory
That the Times Was Destroyed hy
Dynamite Say It Was Gas.
PKKIN, )(. 18.- Report from
tin interior toiluv slate llnit thou
sands mo nlitrvint: iimt talit uiili-Hh
niil in ii'iiilnntil totoii tlmt lliu ili'itth
lil will MirpiiMx tlmt of iiuy fiiiiiini'
of IIIOlllTII ttllll'H.
N'd rrporln luivo licu ii'i-i'ivi'il of
till Mlimtiiillllril'H hi tin Wliutiu Clin
pioiiicn mill it i imw lii'liuwil Hint
lliuv luivo licvn liillnl.
FOWLER MEETS
WITH ACCIDEKT
I.OS ANdKI.KS. Cnl., Oil. IS.
Aviator Itolitirt (I. I'luvlcr, uliiln ki'v
in up liin miifliiiii nt 1 1 :'iH a. in. to
ilny liroliu olio of lliu nprililn, nn
lliu riu'lit i'tn mill lirold oim of llic
hkliU of IiIh mtroplaiu,) ili'layiiif,' liir
iMiiiht to i-oiihI flight. ) liopits to
K't Iiim mni'liiiii yailv to iiinko n
fn'xli html nl :i::i0 oVlooy thin nftur-noon.
AVIATOR
RGDGERS
REACHES DALLAS
UAMiAH. Ti'.xns, Oct. IH. Avln
lor (VI1. Hotlp'iH nrrivoil Iumk from
l,4oil Worth, Ti'MiH, Huh nftoinooii,
nllj;litiiiK ill tin I'll If kioiiiiiIn.
SAYS WILDE NOT
WANT TO FACE TRIAL
PlUITIiAN'l), On-., OH. IH. Tlmt
I.oiiIk .1. Wlhh'i tlio Sun l)U'j,'o hunk
it, ui'iiiiKi'il iC hnviiiK iuiliit't'il V.
Conpur .MoitIm, ninlilor of llm iltil'um'l
Oitkoii TiiIhI niul KavJiiKrt n"li If
commit u fololiy l.V HpUUInjj u coin
uiihHinu of 4ll,(ll0 n-cuivnl for ilu
tuilu of u hlool; of Idlcphoim htouk to
thu lunik, h niilf iih uiuIimih to iiomo
to liiul iih Wlhln itMii'li'fli wiih iuli
iimli'il loilay hy of fJiiliilb of Ihu iI'ih
trli'l iitloiiiuy'rt n f lino.
MCfi AUUIHAI t M.M.-un fk.
art '"V retHi, , utrHtw. .!.,
Mr. Anhiluihl MoiitKoiucry .Mo-
Cn'ii, huh of Mr. .hinirx ,Mi('ri'ii,
pn'-uh'iil of thu IViiiis)ImiiiIii rail
roml, niul Mm, lmnl Duiilop willow
of Davnl Dtiiitop, a imli'il horsi'inuit,
with iiiiirnnl in N't'iv York.
TRAINMEN MAY
GO OUT SOON
nill'AdO. Ills.. Oct. J8. KnKi
iu'itm mul fitt'iiii'ii of Ihu lliirrimmi
lit'M may mmmi niiku in nyinpnl!iy
uilh Ihf xliiipuiuu, itut'tinliiiK lo ji ro
pott iMiririit in Inlmr I'irclcH Iiitu tlii
aftiTiit'ou. At Ihf hi'iiihpiftrtfrrt of
tin imii'ij mul at Ihu railroail offi
t't't no information wiih nviiilnlilc.
COURl NUT
A LOVE MART
N'KW VOIMv .Oil. 18. Cliihinir In
t'lito without fiilhnjr llflen Wooilruff
Smith, the Slnmforil, Conn., hfirosH,
to tin mIihhI, in Kiih-icll (iiihwoIilV
$."11,0(10 hrfitfh of promise Miit
iijMinM Iut, Atloruuy .Moonuy, for
thu tlffciiHu (oilny jilifieil IiIh no
tion Ity tlffluiiii:
'Tlio J'ourl room ih mil n lovu
mart. Thu ipifhtimis urn whet her
tint woman promihfil In ninny (hi
iniiii, mul whether hlio hiiiko that
pruiuUo nothiim mnru."
I.OS ANOHI.KS. Oft. 18 John W.
Knliorlh, ilitnliT in Mexicuu IiiikIh;
Itohfit Haiti, fiirpfiitur; II. Y.
(juufkfiihio'h, no htiHincuH; A. It.
Mi'lutnrih, linker mul ruxtmiraul
krcpiT; T. W. AtlaiiiH, retired; Oeo.
W. MfK'tf, huihkT.
Thu uhovu nix ineii Inul heen
"piiM'! f'r I'HiiHc" hy the tlcfense
when thu Mt'N'mnura murder trial
wiih rt'Hiuiifil loilay. They hail yet,
to run the cmiutlet of thu prosecu
tion. 'J'hf ileffiihu intendrt In ilemolish,
if poxhihle, thu proHft'iilioii'H theory
that dynamite, wrecked the TimeH. 'n
mhlilioii (o u mimhur of thu greatest
experts on thu explosive powcrx of
piH, i ha iiIko retained a iiumher of
noted e.xpeits on liih cxjiIomvch.
Hut fh Heinle in piiii to fiuht thin
attempt to Ihu hist. It 1ms under
Hiilnry n eore of men who have
dealt in hifji explosive, all their
li en. M'lietu men will nueur thai
dyimiuili) wan lined. "
AFTER PACIFIC
COAST HANDICAP
Medford Gun Club Will Dc Reorgan
ized This Evenlnu and Plans Form
ed to Secure Great Pacific Shoot
for Next Ytar.
MAY EXHIBIT
AT APPLE SHOW
AmihKuiiioiitN are. iindor way to
have mi twhihit from the l(oj;uo liver
wiley displaced ul thu Oregon Appl ,
Show lo he held under Ihu auspice
of the Oregon Statu llorlieultural
Society in uuuiieulion with itn 'Jlltli
annual uieetiiiK tu hu held hi thn Yean
IniildiiiK nt l'orllmitl Kovemher 1.1
IH. l'reiiiiiiui lists huvu heeu receiv
ed and ennsiderahlu interest is he-in-;
displayed in them.
TAFT EXTENDS
HIS JOURNEY
ON IIUAIll) IMtKSIDKN'T TAPr'S
THAIN. KN HOUTti, Oct. 38. -President
Tuft today decided to ex
tend his "seeing Iho county" tour
ahont cilileon days more.
Tin new program will carry the
prcMilciil through thu Houlh-iuiddlu-wt'nt
and miiiIIi. The proident will
rcaoh Wiifhiiixloii ahuut November
18.
President Tuft and the entire party
am still disciisMu their narrow es
cape from u M'lious wreck twenty
iniltw west of Kelso, Nevada, last
nipit. Accident wan averted when
Hit' engineer discovered that a wheel
of the cnejuo Imd slipHd a tire. Thn
train would have heeu ditched iu an
other mile.
KiifiitfWKfri h7 th" shout which
was he most rtucecssful in South
crn Oregon, thu Medford (Jim Club
will hold a meeting for thu election
of officer and entire re-organ! zil
lion nt Jliuiiphrcy'M gnu- htore at 8
o'clock this, evening.
An entile new cou-(i(iilioii mid by
laws will hu adoptt'd and plans
formed to Hccuru the Pacific const
handicap next summer
The Pacific coast handicap is the
great classic in this particular sort
iu the west mid to secure the shoot
Medford will have lo compete with
the largest cities on the Pacific
coast. Tlio meeting would bring at
leaxt l.'iO shooters to Medford mid
tJio cxM'iidituru Sn the lour days
thuy would be here would amount ap
proximately to .flfi.1100. The meet
inu this evening will he open to all
persons intetesled iu xhooting.
HINES
AT
CHARGES
WILSON
BRAVES
EURYjF LORD
Despite Natlon-Wide Ministerial Pro
test Secretary of Agriculture Pre
sides at Brcwrs' Congress Says
He Believes In Prayer. '
CHICAflO, III., Oct. 18. Despite
nation-wide ministerial protests, Sec
retary of Agriculture WIIhoii presided
today at thu brewers' congress.
Sneaking of tlio prayers of numer
ous 'congregations throughout the
laud soul Heavenward becauso of
his dealings with tho brewers, ho
said hero touay:
"I believe In tlio efficacy of prayer,
but nl tho same time I do not believe
that I am In any Imminent danger
of being stricken down by tho Lord
becausn of being hero."
Iu his address to tho brewers today
Secretary Wilson discussed tho Amer
ican pure food law and tho gain that
American agricultural products arc
inaklnK over those of other nations.
T
thomson to resign as
c:ty engineer soon
KKATThB, Wn., Out. I8.-K0I-loviiug
lit Hiippolnliiioiil iih engineer
of thu Port of Scuttle, It. H. Thoin
biin will resign iih eily uiigluetul No
vember .1, His nuecessor hurt not
been decided on.
Train Wr'cckotl; Ono Doatl.
IIKAUMONT, Miss., Out. IK. Ono
is ilend and twenty-seven aro injured
today iih u result of tho wreck of u
passenger train on thu Nuw Oreliuw
Moilh) mid, Ohiuugo railroad, when
ho I rnhi left I lie viiIIm mid lnnicd
over.
KI-JA'm'liK, Wn., Ofl 18. Uhiiik
coiintfrfeil pay checks of the Ore-g'on-Wusliiiigton
Knilroiid & Nnvi
gnlioii ronipuYiy, u gang of forgefs
operating hero has elentied'up thou-
sands of dolhiis. M'ho forged cheeks
hnve been eiisheil hy Seattlu and
J'oillunil lueruhaulK mul more uru ex
pected to turn up ul Spokuuo mid
Taeouiu,
Walls Fall; Two Dead.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Out. 18.
Two purhOiiH were killed and twelvo
injured here today wlion u portion
of the walls of Iho Fowler paokiug
plant recently liunied, eidlupsed. The
file hud weakened Iho walla of thu
building.
Homo prosperity dopondH upon
homo Industry, mpl Htato-whlo pros
purity will ho greater If fnotorlos
nnawor It promptly.
PINCHOT GIVEN
' GREAT OVATION
SKATTI.K, Wn..Oet. 18. When
Clifford Pinehot, just returned fmui
Alaska, was introduced hy President
Maxwell ul thu Seattlu couimerciul
club rooms lust night, ho wns given
mi ovation never equalled before In
the club's history.
When Pinehot commended tho ac
tion of the Chicago convention i.f
progressives m indorsing Senator
Lur'ullctto for prcMtluiit, tho audi
eneo cheered wildly.
STRIKE EEAOERS.
ARE JUBILANT
f.OS ANflKl.KS, Cul., Out. 18.-.
The striking shopmen of thu Sifiilli
en i Pacific will gather this afternoon
iu a big luhor muss meeting mid lis
ten to reports from other poiui
where tho striko is in progress. Thu
striko loaders are jubilant over tho
way tho men uru "stnudiug put" and
feeel that tlio striku is as good an
won,
RAN AWAY WITH GIRL;
MUST GO TO JAIL
TACOMA, Wn., Oct. 18. It. S.
Tnulheu who slipped away to Seattle
with iri-yeav-old Frances Arnold
when they were refused a hmrriugo
license, must servo from one to ten
years in the penituuliury for abduc
tion, ltnth hu and the girl uru still
willing lo marry, hut her family oh-,
jeet,
NKW YOltlC, Oct. IS.Deuial of tho
charges made by 'Lieutenant Gover
nor Morris of. Wisconsin before tho
tcuntorial coinhi?Alc idvcsligatiug
the alleged illegal election of United
Slutcs Senator Isaac Stephenson iu
Milwaukee that Kdward Iiiucs, the
lumber magnate, formed a jackpot
to elect Stephenson was made by
1 lines here today.
TODAY'S BALL
GAME PUT OFF
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18. -The
national conmiKMoii lothry postponed
lodny'K ball game between Philadel
phia mid New York owing to a heavy
rain last night.
100 TURKS ARE
KILLED, MAYBE
LONDON, Oct. IS. Ouo hundred
Italians were killed by Turks outside
Tripoli when a reconnolterlnK party
advanced too far from their base, ac
cording to dispatches from Coustau
tluoplo received hero today.
232 DIED IN
MEXICAN STORM
NOG ALBS. Art., Oct. 18. Two
hundred and thirty-two persons lost
their lives In th terrific storm and
tidal wave that swept tho west coast
of Mexico on October 4 last, accord
ing to an eye witness, who arrived
hero today from Giiaymas, Mexico,
It was estimated today that It will
requlro at least six weoks to restoro
rail communication. Tbo loss Is
placed at 120.000.
WILL MELLEN RESIGN7
. i i
CHARLES S. MELLEII.
ner.rr ftwarn j v
Much mystery has been caused by
nu official minouunccmcnt nt the
offices of tho New York, New Haven
and Hartford Knilroad nt New Hav
en that Jfr. Charles S. 3Iel!en is to
retire from the prcidcnccy of that
road. The rcjwrt was followed by
n piompt denial of that statement
by Mr. Mullen, who is in Portland,
Me., on a tour of inspection.
WILL ASK GOVERNOR
WEST FOR CLEMENCY
SALKM, Ore., Oct. 18. Attorneys
for J. W. UiiKMiur, a carpenter, who
shot mid killed hw "wife in Portland
Hud then attempted suicide, today
prepared to ask exeoutivo elcmenoy
of Ihu governor, following tho decis
ion of the supremo court which de
cided udverMtlY to his -appeal. Ho
is under sentence to hung.
MfSSINLV HDTFL MAN
OF PORTLAND WRITES
EDISON TO GET
NOBEL PRIZE
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 18.--It
is rcKiried hero today that Thom
as A. Edison will bo awarded the
Nobel prize this year for his dis
tinguished achievements in physics.
The prir.e consists of one-fifth of the
annual interest from n .f'J.000,000
fund left in 1800 by Alfred B. Nobel
for rewarding tho services to tho
world pf those who make tho most
distinguished advances in iho five
branches of physics chemistry,
medicine, literature and peace.
SLAYS WIFE AND
KILLS HIMSELF
CANADA GAINS
IN POPULATION
OTTAWA, Oat.. Oct. 18.- Census
figures just announced show that
Canada has gained a population ef
1,7HV54 since 1U01 with Montreal
the leadintr city, increased 198,4(57
in population. The total population
of the dominion i given as 7,081,88'J.
CLUSTER EIGHTS
irrwo weeks
Rapid progress is being mnde with
the work of installing tho cluster
lights on Main street, the posts be
ini: nearly nil set on the west side.
The contractors bcliuvo that thev
will he ready to have tho lights turn
ed on in two weeks if rain does not
hold up iho work.
CALIFORNIA SAID
TO FAVOR WILSON
STRIKERS SAY
THEY WILL WIN
Leaders in San Francisco Declare
That Railroad Has Been Forced to
Abandon Large Part of Its Frclfht
Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Oct. 18.
Local lenders of the shopmen's striko
on tho Southern Pacific declare
themselves pleased with present pros
pects iu n striko bulletin today and
assert Hint present signs point to
their winning their demands. They
allege that tho railroad lias been
forced to abandon n large part of it.?
freight service and that mnny pas
senger trnins nre running from four
to six hours Intc.
Striko pickets dcclnro that but
three of the original enrmen-aro left
in the local shops together with hut
six imported men. Thoy say nearly
500 cars are unrepaired in the yards
mid nllegc that an average of but
five cars aro being repaired daily
ngainst a previous average of from
forty to fifty.
u
ROADS EMPLOY
GUN FIGHTERS
FRESNO, Cal., Oct. 18. That the
Southern Pacific company has col
lected a force of 200 mea here, halt
the number gun fighters, and Is
making preparations to receive mora
is tho statement made today by Hen
ry Johnson, a deserting strikebreaker.
Ho said that more bunkhouscs are
bejng orccted in tbo stockade where
tho 200 men aro housed In propara
lon for additions to tho force.
PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. IS. Lying
In positions which Indicated that ho
had shot and killed his wlfo whllo
Hho sat nt a piano In their npnrt
ments nt tho Stanley hnuso and had
then blown out his own brains, tho
bodies of Irving A. Mllllchaut, 29,
city salesman for tho Standard Oil
company, and his wlfo woro found
today. It Is believed tho murder and
aulcldo occurred Monday night.
WESTERLUND HAS A
VERY STRONG STOMACH
PORTLAND, Oie.t Out. 18. Theo-
.doru Kriisu, u wealthy hotul mail, jvho
cUidduuly dropped li'tlm sight here iu
August is ut the homo of his parents
at Hrcinurhuveu, Germany, according
to a letter reeeiwd by u frieiul hero is investigating tho charges that Lor-
TACOMA, Wn., Out. 18. Carl
Westerlund is alive today and well
and thu doctors are complimenting
hi moil thu strength of his stomach.
Carl took to catsup niul vinegar
when the saloons closed two nights
ago nud for u while tho doctors
thought he would surely dio,
CHICAGO, Ills. Tho dying re
quest of Sheriff Thomas. Bnrrott of
Cook county, Ills., was tho reason
for tho support extended William
Lorimer, tho Chicago boss, by Ropro
hentative Wilson of tho Illinois legis
lature. So Wilson testified today be
foro the sonntorinl committee which
tunny. Kruse staled
grel his dopiului'c,
he did not re- liner's election to Iho United Stntes
pollute wns illegaL
LO SANGKLKS. Cal., Oct. 18.-
That Governor Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey will receive tho solid vote
of tho ulifornia delegation for the
presidential nomination nt tho demo
cratic convention next year is the
belief of some of the leading demo
crats of Los Angeles.
STOCK MANIPULATION
CHARGES STARTLE
BOX CAR GOT THE
BEST OF DISPUTE
William C. Whitson, who resides on
West Second street, hud an argu
ment with it box ear over tho right of
way just south of Mum street Tues
day evening. Tho box car got tho
best of the argument and Whitson
got n black eye. The man faited to
notice the cur and humped into it.
CHINAMAN GETS
E DAMAGES
SBATTLK, Wash., Oct. IS. Mak
ing sensational charges of stock
manipulation against directors and
officers of tho Continental Llfo In
surance company, Everett E. Smith
of Seattle representing policy hold
ers of tho company, has filed suit
ngainst prominent Salt Luko City
men. among them Thomas R. Cutler,
brother of Governor Cutler of Utah;
William S. McCornlck, banker, and
V, J. Hngcnbnrtb, mlnliiK brokor. tl
Is claimed tho trustees made n profit
whllo tho company lost f 105,000.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Oct. 18,
Goorgo .Lambert, third steward of
thu barkcutlno MucKawoll, thu only
witness to tho alleged murder of r
Japanese cabin boy for which
Charles T. Smith, tho mato, was put
on trial In tho United Stntca circuit
court hero today, has disappeared.
Lambert Is suppnsod to have re-
shipped on tho Makawoll without
heeding (ho subpoena Judgo Van
Kleot, who Is trying tho caso, has
instructed tho doputy marshal to
find Lnmbort nnd hrlnff htm back. A
jury Is bolng solocted.
Look at tho ads for the ehnnco ta
buy tho property you need at a
"rijjht price."
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 18.
Chin Quong, , Chinese labor con
tractor, today wns given n verdict
for $120,11)0 by u jury in tho federal
circuit court against tho Aluskii
Fishermen's Packing company of
Astoria.
Quong secured labor for tho de
fendants, representing it as skilled.
Tho company claimed it was not
skilled labor nud ik-educted 'J0,ll)0
iu paying thu bill.
WROTE LETTER TO JUDGE
ARE GUILTY OF CONTEMPT
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18. For
writing letters to Judges Morrow"
Gilbert, Wolvortou mid Ross of thu
United States circuit court of up
peals asking leniency for Clnrpnco
Haytoii Ilillmnn, a Seattle real es
tate operator, whoso appeal from thn
conviction nnd judgment in SontHo
In 1010 of two nnd a half years nt
.McNeil's Island and a fino of $5200
on nn indictment charging tho uso of
tho mail to promito fraudulent land
Kohomes is pending, Ililhnan, E. F.
Bnteman nnd 1). II. Cook wero ad
judged guilty oC contempt today by
tho court. t .
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 18. Thu
bodies of Mr. and Mrs. N, F, Duncan
woro round In tholr room on Twenty!
fourth avenue ut noon today, Thoy
had beon oatlm? crabs and It is
thought thoy woro poisoned,
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