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MI3DIT0RD. OIIEOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, Mil.
No. 181.
GOVERNOR OUTLINES HIS OFFER ELEVEN MEN
ARE PASSED
BY OEEENSE
JZ? j& J&
Will be Submitted to County Court at once
OR J. F. REODY WILL
BE NAMED BY WEST
TO CAREFORTHEMEN
County Must Furnish Convicts With
Board anil Lodging nnil Pay Them
Twcnty-llvc Cents a Day for Their
Work on the Road.
GOVERNOR ASKS THAT
ACTION BE TAKEN SOON
As Terms of the Men Expire Their
Places Will Oo Filled hy Others
From the Pcnltentlray.
Oswald Wont, governor of Ore
gnu, has Hihmittcd (he terms ami
oniiillliiiiiM of his offer of twrnty-fivt'
eouviel io ho employed on the ('ru
ler .nko highway to tin; .Medfoul
inunuiereinl tduh which recently np
pointed a iiommitteu to net between
Urn governor and 1 li eonnty court in
regard to llm mailer. This commit
tee, which coiimUIm jj Dr. J. F. Ifed
dy, William (lorig and 0. I'utuaui
will meet with I lie county court at
ouch nuil Miliiuit formally to thai
Imdy Iho offer of tho governor. It
in helievcd that hy November I tweu-ty-fivo
convicts will he at work on
tlit highway, which in the cMimnliou
of thn governor in a stato project.
According to the term" of the of
fcr fodiinitted hy (ho governor Dr. J.
r. Iti'tlily or this city will ho iinmed
its the prison roprcscutntivit am) wil(
exercise (he name control over the
men that would ho exercised hy the
superintendent were they within the
coufiucM of the primm. The gover
nor will Hcud twenty-five convicts io
woik on the louilx, necouipaiiied hy
two cook and a hlnckiiiilh,
Tlio county must fiiruioh the men
with hoard and lodging and Mich ad
ditional hhooN and clothing an they
iiiiiv need from time to time. The
eouiilv miiihI iiIhii pay the men iwen-ty-fivo
cciiIh a day for their own
purpose, which thoy use for tho pur
irhuso of tobacco and clothing.
No gourds are needed. Only one
man will ho employed hy I he county,
lie will camp with the men and di
rect their work.
The completii detail of the gov
ernor's offer, us outlined in a letter
to the commercial cluh follows:
"Finding it impossible to come to
Medford at this time to tuko up Hie
matter with you in person, I widi
to iuIvIho you thai wo au prepared to
turn over to the committee named by
the Medford commercial cluh, for the
iihii of Jiuiksnn county, twenty-five
uhlc-hndicd oonviols, nuitahlo for
road work and in addition 0110 or two
cooks and u blacksmith. This crew
wtiioh will he iv good one, can bo
turned over to you at any time-the
sooner tho hotter- and under the fol
lowing conditions:
"Dr. J. l Roddy of your oomiuil
teo will ho niuned ns the prison rep
rosonlullvo and will oxereiso llm
Hituui control over the men that would
ho exorcised hy tho superintendent
were thoy within tho confines of tho
prison.
"Tho men will ho fitted out each
with a couplo of pairs of blankets
anil will he equipped with good shoeH
and clothing.
"Tho prison warden will deliver tho
men to D'. Keildy at Mod ford and
will ho pleased to luiompany them
to Iho camp on Iho Crater Lake roud
for tho purpose of assisting in goting
them located. Tho railroad faro and
expenses of Hi men en route to ho
hy Jackson county. Wo think it pos
sible to secure reduced ralos for Ihem
and will endeavor Io so arango it.
"Tho county will ho expected to
provide their food and such addition
al shoos and clothing as they may
need from tlino to time.
"Tho molt to ho allowed twenty
fivo incuts n duy hy the county court
to ho used hy llieui for any legitimnlo
purpose Wo find that such money
is usunlly lined for tohacco and
clothing.
"Tho scnlenccH of tho men acnt
you will expire at different limes
mid ii I'iihI ns they arc released otli
or uhlo-hodled nion will ho neiit to
PERTINENT POINTS OF
GOVERNOR'S OFFER
He will send Iwonly-Hvo
convicts to work on Crater
I ,a l,c niad, acompauii'd hy two
cooks and u hhicksmith.
,
Dr. J. I-'. ItYddy will net as
priMiu rcpresciilalivo and ox
cidxe full control over 'tho
men,
Jackson cnuuiy will pay tho
men 'J,"i cents a day and fur
nish them with hoard and
lodging. Thn county will ulso
pay Iho men's railroad fn it?.
As the sentences of tho men
expire they will In replaced hy
others, If plan works county
ciiii have the uieu indefinitely.
Only one rutin need he em
ployed hy Iho couutv, who will
camp with the men and direct
their work.
Work should start at once
to get material on the ground
to provide ipiarlcrs for them.
Tho earlier the men arrivo
the hetler.
Both Sides in McNamarn Case Anx
iously Awaltliin Bordwcll's Decis
ion ns to Man's Belief in Dynamite
or Gas Theory.
MPERIAL FORCES SAID TO HAVE SUFFERED CRUSHING DEFEAT
jZ?
All Communication with Hankow Suddenly Ceases; Troops said to have Deserted
REBELS FORCED TO
II
E
ATTACKING
NW
REPORT THAT SCHMIDT IS
FOUND IS REVIEWED
Heney Figures in Trial Today
Court Will Jnvite Argument Soon
oh Mooted Point.
COMICE SELL AT
$3.24 HALF 80X
Carload of Rogue River Pears DIs
posed of at London for Fancy
Prices for the Different Varieties
of the Fruit.
A carload of Koguo Ulvor valley
pears sold In London yentorday at
prices ory satisfactory to tho pro
dui'orH, D'AiiJoiih, In half I10XC8, brought
12.10 per hox; romlco, In half boxes,
S3.2I; cornice, uccoiuIh, In full boxes
htought 11.32; DoAujouH, seconds,
$1.32: Hose, seconds, $3.39. This
carload wn Hhlptied from Medford on
September IK, and whh sold In Lon
don JiiHt ono month later.
Tho fruit wns from thn orchards
of Charles Darhy, I). It. Hill, I- II.
lloikltm and Dr. lllmoll, and wnu
handled throiiKh tho Producers'
Fruit comnnny.
DEATH RIDES ON
CREST OF WAVE
!" ' m
Towns of San Bias and Sihutancjo In
State of Tcplc, Mexico, Said to
Havo Been Destroyed hy Great
Tidal Wave.
MKXICO my, Oot. ID. Anoth
er tidal wnvo is reported today to
havo destroyed tho towns of Sou
Ulas mid Hihimtuuojo, in tho stato of
Tejiie, having a population of 1!000
ami 0000 respoolivoly.
Conuuuuicatiou witli Topio has
heen sovored. Mauy jiersons aro ro
porled dead in tho two towns.
take their place. If tho plans works
out satisfactorily and tho county
sires to keep them nion indefinite
ly I can seo no reason why it should
nut havo them.
"If tho oouuty wishes those nion I
would ho pleased to havo your corn
mil leo advise uto at an early date, I
would ask also that steps ho taken
a ouco to got material ou tho ground
for Iho purpose of providing quar
ters for them.
"Our oxporienco is that good treat
ment of these men is a good invest
ment,. Give them plenty of good
plain food to eat nnd a good jdaco
io sleep and you will got lots of w,ork
out of them. You will, need no,
guards, Nor will.you ueod to employ
any men, except tho ono ninii, who
will eiunp witli them and direct (heir
work." i
1.08 ANOHl.KH, C;il Oct. in.
John W. ItohortH, dealer In Mexican
IiiuiIh.
Itoliert, Haiti, carpenter.
II. T. QunckonbuHh, retired enr
pcutcr nnd r.cnernl laborer,
A. It, Mcintosh, retired bnkcr nnd
restaurant proprietor.
T. W. Adman, pioneer real estate
man, retired.
OorKu W. McICeo, retired builder.
Otto A. JuHcn, farmer.
C. II. Munnlnt.', rancher.
Krnest K. Docker, Inndscapo gnr
dener. K. C. Hohluiion, carpenter and ce
ment worker.
V, I). Green, oratiRo grower.
Thene cloven men hnd been Inter
rogated hy tho defoniio when court
oponeil In tho McNamarn trlalt odny
and havo all been passed for can.-.
lloth side are anxiously awaiting
Judge nordwi'll's decision whother a
man who believed dynamite caused
thu exploxlon that preceded tho de
struction of tho TlmcB Is ellRlblo. If
lie holds that such a Juror, If ho is
willing to any that his opinion In no
way touches tho guilt or Innocence
tho defeiiMo will rccelvu a vital blow.
Tho court Is expected to Invite argu
of MeNnmara, Is competent to servo
merit on this point after tho ilefcuso
has finally examined twelve mon.
Heney FlgiitVA.
Injection of tho personality oi
Francis J. Ilonoy Into tho examina
tion of talesmen has complicated tho
situation. Attornoy Davis demanded
whether ItnbliiHon approved of Ho
ney's statement that "uocauso ho
know Hums" tho McN'amarna must
necesHarlly provo to bo guilty ns
'barged. - Tho stnto founht to keep
this lliestlou out but failed. Robin
son, howover, hnd not read Honoy'a
speech. Tho decision of tho court,
howover, opened up a wldo field for
tho Interrogation of coming tales
men. Tho report that tho Btnto has at
Inst unearthed David Kaplan and M.
A. Schmidt, nlleKcd to havo been con
rorned In tho original purchase of
tho dynamtto used to destroy tho
Times, was rovlved today. It has
appeared In ono form or another ovor
lnco tho trial opened. Today It re
sulted from tho Issuanco of n sub
poena for Milton A. Schmidt, but
neither tho prosecution nor tho minis
men handling tho case would say who
this particular Schmidt Is, or whoro
he Is. Inasmuch as thero la a mur
der Indictment hanging ovor
Schmidt's head, It was hard to under.
stand why ho should bo Bubjoonacd
1'iid not arrested, and Iho prosecutor
refused to explain.
LI SIT SOON
Attorney General Crawford Will
Leave for Washington Next Week
io Defend Initiative and Referen
dum Before U. S. Supreme Court.
STRIKERS TO ASK
TO
GOVERNORS
ENFORCE
W
8AMJM. Ore., Oct. lS.Accordlng
to telegrams received hero today from
attorneys nt Washington engaged by
tho Oregon state Krongo to nsslst tho
state's officials In defending an at
tack on the Initiative and referendum
law by tho Pacific StateB Telegraph
and Telephono company, hearlnKa be
fore tho United State supremo court
will commenco Ocober 30.
Attorney General Crawford will
leave for Washington next week to
defend tho populaV measure.
Should the corporation bo upheld
In Its contention that the Oregon law
Is unconstitutional It would virtually
mean tho death of tho Initiative and
referendum In every stato that has
adopted It. !
FROST FOR TAFT;
CHEERS FOR BOB
Progressives and Standpatters of
Tacoma Are Comparing Signifi
canccof Reception Given Taft and
One Given Mention of LaFollcttc.
General Secretary Scott of Shop
men's Federation Declares Law Is
Being Violated and Declares Gov
ernors Will Be Asked to Enforce It
SAX FHANCISCO. Cal., Oct. 19.
Governors of tho 1-1 states directly
affected by the sfrlkc of tho Federa
tion of employes on the Harrlman
lines will bo asked to take a. hand In
the attempt to compel adequate In
spectlon of cars nnd locomotives un
der tho Interstate commerce laws, ac
cording to General Secretary Scott oi
tho shopmen's federation. In a state
ment IbBtied to the men here today
Scott asked the strikers every
where to report specific Instances or
violation of the Inspection laws to
the secretary of the Interstate com
mercc commission at Washington,
and violations of the laws governing
safety appliances on trains to II. W,
Belknap, chief Inspector, at Wash
ington.
NEW VARIETY OF
APPLES FOUND
Bears Ripe Fruit From May Until
November, Having Blossoms Green
and Ripe Fruit on Its Branches
at tho Samo Time.
ATillANY, Ore, Oct. 111. lloliov-
iug tulit auow variety of applo tree
lias heen discovered a. looal nursery
company has just purchased nu.
"ovor-hciiring'' trou from David
lcnkins, paying if(KU).
For several years tho trco litis
hnruo ripo fruit from May until No
vciuhor of each year, having blos
soms, green and ripo lruit ou Its
hrnuohcH at tho samo timo.
Tho company will attempt to prop
ajjulo thu "overhearing" troc,
TACOMA, Vn., Oct. 10. Progres
sive and standpatters are both com
paring today the significance in the
reception given last night to Gifford
l'iuehot and Senator Miles 1'ondex
ter nt n meeting called at n few
hours notice, to the rather chilly
greeting which met President Taft,
whoso visit had been exploited for
weeks.
When Pinchot referred to that
"Fearless and conscientious num.
who fights nuil loses and keeps on
fighting -Kohorl M. LaFollette,"
tho cheering laMeu for several min
utes. BIG SrJPLANT
TO BEJRECTED
Northern California Power Company
Plans to Construct $4,000,000
Power Plant on the Slopes of
Mount Shasta.
TEDDY TO STAY
OUT OF CAMPAIGN
Will Observe Silence During the
Coming National Campaign Will
Rrefrain From Giving Utterance
to Any Opinions.
IlICIIMOND, Va., Oct. 10. Thnt
former President Ilooscvolt will ol
servo silence during the coming na
tional campaign is indicated today
in n letter which he wrote to Con
gressman J. Hampton Moore.
"From now on," tho letter read,
"I wish to avoid any speeches. I
cannot do anything further of thnt
sort now."
Tho portions of tho letters were in
terpreted to mean thnt olonel Roe
velt wished to refrain from giving
utterance to nny opinions which
Lmight lie construed in connection
with tho presidential campaign.
1 MAY BE JUSTICE. I
4 f-
GEORjGE. W. W1CKE&3K&M
WICKERSHAM MAY
BE TAFT'S CHOICE
Attorney General Looms Up on Po
litical Horizon as Most Likely Can
didate for Vacancy on Supreme
Court Bench.
Hl'TTE, Mont., Oct. 19. Attor-
tney Ucnernl Ueorge 1cker5hnm
looms up on the political horizon 'o-
day as the most likely candidate for
ten vacancy on- the-snprcmewct)nrt
bench to succeed the Into Justice
Harlan.
Out of a Ions list of eh'giblcs
which President Taft began ordering
for the appointment today Wicker
sham secerned to be the favorite. Tho
president declined to discuss tho ap
pointment for publication but it was
learned hero that there is only a re
mote possibility of a progressive re
ceiving tho place. In tho list the
only name which could bo considecd
progressive is that of Walter L.
Fisher, secretary of tho jinterior,
whoso chances ao very poor.
While President Taft oalizes that
the appointment of Wiekershara
might possibly provoke crticism be
cause of his former Wallstreet con
nection, he believes that tho attor
ney general's recent fine record ns a
prosecutor and dissolver of trusts
will ovehnlanco this ctieism.
RETIRE WEDNESDAY
BY LACK OE POWDER
With Arrival of More Ammunition
They Expect to Be in Control of
Hankow Within 24 Hours Attack
Is Momentarily Expected.
OVER 300 PERISHED
IN FIRST DAY'S FIGHT
Imperial Forces Show Unexpected
Weakness In Battle One Ger
man Struck by Bullet.
PEKING. Oct. 19. All communi
cation with Hankow was suddenly
broken off today, nnd it is rumored
hero that tho imperial forces have
suffered a crushing' defeat. Scriom
disaffection in the array is believed
to have culminated in a largo body
of the troops going ovci to tho rebels.
Itelel Attack Expected.
IIANKOW, Oct. 19. Desultory
firing continues between the roynl
ists and rebels near Wu Chaiicr. Au
atttack from the rebels is momentar
ily expected. The revolutionists did
1 -not-auf fer tHB-voverwhi'lamisr- defeat
yesterday as fho imperiilist'.i repre
sented, and had theic ammunition
held out tho victory wutld bavo un
doubtedly gone to the 'rebel color,?,
nnder which the best fighting was
done. Three hundred fell in yetor
fordays's battle, both sides suffer
ing about equally.
With tho arrival of espjeted am
munition the rebels will mnko another
attempt to regain tho vantage won,
only to bo lost to them again on thu
north hank of the Han nvur yester
day. The rebels aro fighting hard
for permanent possession of the
Hankow railway station hut tho lack
ofammunition has hindered them from
holding any taken position in tho
vicinity.
Take Hankow Soon.
Rebel leaders say they will have
Hnnkow within twonty-four Hours
liKDDlXa, Cal.. Oct. 19. What is
said to ho tho gt en test electrical un
dertaking in California was begun
todny when the final move was com
pleting for beginning a $-1,000,(1000
power plant that will soon bo devel
oping 120,000 horespowor from tho
molting snows of Mount Shasta.
K. V. 11. Johnson, manager of tho
company, estimates thnt tho machin
ery, diversion dam, tunnels and pow-
erhonso will cost $3,000,000 and thnt
tho "tower lino" for transmitting the
power will cost anothor million.
Tho eompnny is known ns tho
Northern nlifornia Power company.
ROMK. Troops will ho sent to
Sicily today by tho Italian govern
ment to search for ho dead as a re
sult of tho carlluiuako and to euro
for the injured and suffering surviv
ors. Communication with Sicily is
uncertain, hut it is understood that
tho loss of life 'hero was heavy,
When survivors fled from flinrro
Sunday night fifty hodics wore ro
covered from tho wrookngo. 1
RAIN COMES TO
AID OF GIANTS
Another Day's Rest Given Teams
Philly Fans Say This Materially
AidsNcw York by Giving Maty and
Marquard a Chance.
The n"d feel thnt yesterday's eiiKnement
president hns a very high opinion of sows tho weakness of tho imperial
Wickersham's legal abilities and trcps-
Tho only known foreigner injured
was a German sailor, who wns struck
many of his ndvisors strongly favor
gin ting tho present attorney general
out of the cabinet
OPEN WAR NOW;
FOLK AND CLARK
Leading MIssourlans Are Fighting
for Presidential Nomination From
Their State Folk Openly Defies
Clark to Test His Strength.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 19.
On account of rain all last night,
which left tho diamond at Shlbo
park in a muddy condition, thero
will bo no gnmo between tho Athlet
ics nnd Giants today.
Ilasebnll oxports, Irrespective "of
partisanship, gonornlly concedo thnt
tho Giants aro now fightlne with
thoir backs to tho wall in tho world's
sorlos. If tho Athlotlcs win tho next
gnmo, tt Is predicted, tho sorlos Is
ns good as sottled. A victory for
Now York moans a rovlvnl of Giant
hopes.
How They Hit.
Tho Giants aro hlttlnR tho ball at
.145. while tho Athlotlcs load at .200.
Nolther club is hitting up to form.
Tho Giants havo shown themselves
weak in batting, Holding and baso
runnlng and with tho oxcoptlon of
linker and Collins tho Athlotlcs havo
boon woiik In batting also. Tho
Mnokmon hnvo plnyod bottor ball
than tho Giants, to dnto,
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 10. With
openly expressed defienco of Speak
er Clark's political strength through
out the stato, by former Governor
Joseph W. Folk, war was today de
clared between tho Clark nnd Folk
fnetions of tho Missouri democrats,
striving for stnto endorsement ot
their respcilvo leaders as candidates
for presidential nomination.
Folk openly defied Clark to test
his strength nt tho stato primaries,
baoking up dis dcolnrntion of war
with tho following statement issued
today from Folk and followers:
"Tho democrats of Missouri hnvo
endorsed Folk for tho domoorntio
presidential nomination. This en.
dorsemout wns a part of tho Inst
domoorntio platform nnd was ac
cepted in good faith by a largo part
of tho democrats of tiio stnto. Wo
can buck that endorsement with 80
per cent of tho pooplo of the state,"
by a stray bullet.
HAS SECRETARY
WILSON QUIT?
Report Out That Secretary of Agri
culture Has Submitted His Reslg
ation to Take Effect on Novem
ber 15.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 19. A
roport thnt. Secretary "Wilson has sub
mitted his resignation t& take effect
November 15, to President Tnft, l
widely clrculatod hero today.
TAFT JURAPS FROM SUN
TO FROST-LADEN AIR
Look for tho ad thnt offers it to
you, second-hand, at a real bargain'
BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 10. Snow
clad hills and a frost-laden atmos
phere today welcomed President Taft
fro mtho suny ornugo groves of Cali
fornia, where ho spent tho past five
days.
Thero was a foot of snow on Iho
streets of Uutto when the president
ial train pulled in here, and tho tern
pornturo was down below freezing.
Only tho day hoforo yesterday tho
prosidont sweltered in a tompornturo
of 0,1 to OS in Los Angeles and Fnw-dona,
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