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flltv Ha Medford Mail Tribune nmm , SECOND EDITION WEATHER Cloudy, cold. Mnv, .$, mln, no, rcl Iiiiiii. 1)5 per coat. Dully Hindi Vciir. I'orty-rimt Ywir, MEDFORD, OUMON, MONDAY, DKCW.MMM 18, 1911. No. 231. TIRED OF LIFE, GIRL DRINKS LAUDANUM M'MANIGAL WILL IMPLICATE SEVERAL LABOR LEADERS it - r 'V f ' ft- v . ,. u 4f 1 V. i n ' ,i ,. 4. V t? IS TO TELL ALL TO JURY. HE SAYS 3 Dictates an Exclusive Statement (or the United Press In Which Ho De clares That Other "Higher Ups" Will Dc Orounht to Justice. DITTER TOWARD DARROW FOR TROUBLE WITH WIFE Havliin Oucc Started on Career Lead ers Would Not Let Him Quit tlio Work. I.OS ANOKU'H, Cul., Dor. 18. While wi'IIiik up hi few IicIoiii;Iiii:h In IiIh cll In Him county Jail today, proiKimlory (o 'IiIh iliimrtnru tonlclit for liidlnimpolltf, Ortlo McMuiilgal, wlici ImH iftnffHwil to exploding dyn amite Ht tli Llewellyn Iron Works on which cl..'.rte ho IntH never boon nrrtiUiicd. I'lelntod tut (xcIiinIvu iitatuiiiHiit for the If nltcd I'rcim, Mr .MniilKiit fool bitterly toward Clar ence Harrow, whom lie IioIiIh directly rrxpoiiNlhlo for t)i(- ontratiKcmcut now nxlidlng between lilmnolf nml Mm. MoMiiiiIkhI. Inrliliuitiilly ho awiorted that Mm. McMiiiiIkiiI know of IiIh vnrloun dyunmltliiK Joint ami Hint ho tjiriii'd mpituyjt ho rerolvcd for them over to Uri 111 ntntimmnt follew: (HV OltTIH U. M'MANMIAL.) Thoy are keIiii: to take mo to In illaunpolln IoiiIkIiI to tontlfy before Hit) Krmid Jury liivcHtlgntliiK tlio dyn ninlto coiiHtrncy. V11 I am goln to toll nil I know about It anil Hint Ik mora tlmn tiny one nine Iciiowh, bo. nldtw John .1. McNninnra nud several other "lilKlior-tim" In union circles who nro now aujoylng temporary freedom. 1 am roIiik to loll tlio In dliiunpollH Jury things that 1 linvo vn withhold from William J. Hunm mid wliun tlio probe U emlod, If Jim tiro Is done, u ncoro of mon who worn roHpoimlulo for my roiitoniptthlu deeds will find ' lodgment behind prlNon bat k. I'iidci'N Only, Crooked. Now that tlio McNumarnH have ronfowiod, I wondur If tho rank and fllo of union labor at III foola bitterly toward mo. I woudor If I could walk nlono uumoloMod along tlio HtroolH of I.or AiiKOlori. I bellevo that I could, for Of) por cent of tlio iimmhurH of organized labor tiro hard working, broad minded and (lad fearing innn. It Ih tho crookcdnoHH of their loaders that linn biought about nil HiIh trouble. Moiit of tho union mon, I believe, will thank mo for what I havo done, for It U go ing, to moan tho cleaning out of tlio corrupt hlgher-upa In labor unions. I have done all that I could for the caiiHo or JtiHtlco and I now fool Hint I havo In n ineaHure atoned for my deudfl. I urn glad Hint I took tho Htnud' I did from tho first nud atnek to It rounrdloBs tif- nil tho throats Hint wuro iniulo to win mo ovor. Trouble With Wife. Tlio only thliiK tlint worries mo now In tho estrangement between mo mid my wlfo. With Clnronco Harrow rests tho roHpoiiHlhlllly for thin, Ho rilled my wire with n lot of foolish Htuff and nmdu promlHOH to her Hint ho never Inteiidod to keep, I had much rathor ho In my own bIiooh than IiIh. My wlfo know nbout ovory dynamiting Job I tlltl. Sho know whoro I wiih, exactly what I -wiih doliuj titiil liow much I got for tho different JoIih. Wlion I ciuno liiu'lc homo I turned tho monoy ovor to lior, Bho know Jninoa McNiunorn iih "J. 11. llrlco" nud hh "Krnnk Sul livan" mid ulm know htm well. Korced to Keoi ut H, I never wanted to get Into tho ilynamltliiK IiuhIiiohu anyway nud wiih Induced to do tho work agaliiflt my will. lAftor I hud Htnrtcd I wn forcod to koep at It by Inlior offlr oIuIh lilgh up In tho organization un der throat of my llfo. Thoy told mo to do It nml thront ouod that If I didn't thoy would fix mo. I did tholr dirty work and now nm BiifforliiB for It nu I bono thoy MING THE HELEN TAFT ROSE. M tBJ MissKrtfMiArr AlJPPOV UAMIDAntKnCR Cvtii4intfvnMif-i" That ileleelnblo roue called tlio Helen Tuft, iiTter the clnuj;liter of tli lirehMont of tlio United Sluton, Iiih made iU npienrnuee in many florintn' mIioph tliniiiKhoiit tlio eountry. The rone Ik of u dollento pink In tlm center, wliicli unidually in eliniiK ed Into hIiII lighter nhaileH until tlio outermost petiiln nro iiIiuohI while. Fast Silk Train Crashes Into Rear of CbluuiliJah ifTwItcd Thlrn?n Dead. Many Injured Cause of Wreck Shrouded In Mystery. ODK8SA. .Minn.. Dec. 18. Tliir- toon pcriioiiK were killed nud u Hcore injured hero nt ft" o'clock this morning when a fnnt milk train on the Chi cnno, Milwaukee &St. Paul railroad eriiHhed into the roar of tho Colum bian limited. Woven corpses hnvn nlrondy been removed from tho debris, nud it is believed Hint othcrx nro still in the wreckage. Tim dining enr conductor in among tho killed. The rear sleepers of the Columbian train wero telescoped. Only four euro were left on tho trnok. " The passengers, engineer and trnin men in tho forward part of tho train escaped with bruises. I '"ire broke out in tho overturned ears and tho flames woro subdued by tlio towupcoplo. Tho corpse. were brought to this city, ami laid out in rows, Several woman pnsscngers were nmoiig tho number. It is not known why tlio Columbinii limited trnin stopped shortly after pushing; the station here. It was be ing hneked down when tho milk train crahhed into.it. Occupants of the two rear l'ullmnns worp cnught in their horlhs nud Hovornl wero killed instantly. Others died while being rushed to assistance -within tho town Several of the injured may die. Attacks Girl's Character. RAN FRANCISCO, Cul., Dee. 18.--Attempting to havo Kthel Williams, tho pretty 17-ycnr-old shopgirl, blacken her own charnotor by admit ting Hint sho knew Dr. Otto C, Jos Ion, whom sho charges with betraying her, was married, Attorney Samuel Shorlridgo today resumed his oross oxainiuution. The girl, however, de nied nil queries that might have in jured hor ense. will bo ntndo to suffor nftor tho Krnnd Jury InvoHtlKiitlon la ondod. Thon they doublo-croaaed mo. I did not Hot 11000 coming to mo for Jobs I did. Then whoa Harrow camo ouv hero ho sont word to nla through my wlfo that I would bo paid this If l would go oyer to Uio othor nldo. That In tho sort of a man ho Is. I do. not know what la la storo for mo, Thoro havo boon no promises rnndo to ,nio and I do not know whether I nta to go to Jnll or sot my froodom. I don't expect to get out without any punishment though, because I fool that thoro la roiuq thlnt" coming to mo, TRAINS CRASH, v DEATH IS DEALT 13 PASSEiEiiS 40:000 IS TO BECQSTOFNEW IS IK PARK Major Morrow's Report Will Be Sub mitted to Conuress In Hear Future Gives Details of Work In the Cra- tcr Lake National Park. STEEL LECTURES BEFORE AMERICAN CIVIC ASS'N Systematic Campalrjn for Appropria tion to Improve Park Is Un dertaken by State. WAKIIINOTON, D. C. Doc. 18.- Tho rcsirt of Major Morrow, U. H. A., on the development of the Crater Luke national park, which will be sub milled to congress in the nenr future, estimates tho cost of tho proposed highways in the park nt IMO,000, and recommends an expenditure of $20, 000 a year for maintenance. Olhcr details of the roixirl will not bo given out until congress is in possession of tlm report. Will fl. Stool has undertaken n sys tematic campaign to secure nu nupro- tiriulibn for thu construction of the ., ,fc- -'M.ww ".,.'. Tr proposed roads," iiot only within the park, but also within tho nation.U forest. Mr. Steel recently delivered n stercopticon lecture beforo tho Amer ican Civic association on Crntcr Lake, and several memlM'rs of tho depart ment who hnve to do with tho mailer of an appropriation were among- his hearers. Ho nlso included sover.il iews of "Wcstville," n enmp of con victs, nt work on tho rond, under Governor West's "honor h.vsjcm." The lecture ntirnctcd much attention. Mr. Steel in his nddross cnlled nt teuaion to the fact that for four yenrs the people of Jackson county mid its metropolis, Medford, hnve been work ing for a scenic highway up the Iloguo river to tho lake, which with tho surrounding mountains, forms a national park. Disappointed in their offorts, n slate appropriations having been held unconstitutional, they raised $'2.',000 and improved tho road so that several thousand autos visited it Inst Miinmor. Clovernnicnt engineers havo just finished n $10,000 survey for a scenic drive around the lake, with four main highways connecting it with the neighboring country. Tho Medford Commercial club recently druftod resolutions commending tho people of their city nud of tho county, ns well as Oovemor West ami others, for their efforts in improving tho road and urging tho congressional delega tion, the secretary of tho interior and tho forestry service to secure nu ap propriation for tho Crntcr Lnko Na tional park nt this session of con gress. MMPMrw MADERO ASKS DIAZ TO RETURN iMI President of Mexico Said to Havo Lonn Been Impressed by Pathetic Flouro Which Diaz Has Made in Exile. CITY OF MEXICO. Dee. IS, For mor Proalilont Porforlo Dlnz, who ts wintering In Spain, la today consid ering a formal Invitation from Ills old foo, President Francisco Madoro, to return to Mexico. It Is said that Madoro haa long boon tmpressod by tho pathoHo figure which Dlnz Una boon cutting In his aolf-onforcod oxllo, nud Una sent tho Invitation for tho votornn stntesmnn to roturn through former Provisional Presi dent Do La llnrrn. 0A FAMOUS LUNA PARK, .. 'j M..ilMWWMCsnB3moBBMiMcjjMMMaianirCT iiiiiimh ' " i 'i ft Viimiwim i i nwii i mi i 'imnr -n US353JWIN& Of ALHAMSRA RMAUflJbUjaNP OTHER C0NCE55I0N5JNLUUA PARK" Lutm park, in the hrnrt of ("one park is one of the iiot pi turexque s amusement park. TAFT NOTIFIES RUSSIA TREATY WILL B'E KILLED President Takes Matter Out of the -lu'tnis dTtfoirrjress and Forestalls Any Action by Senate on Resolu tion of Sulzcr. WASHINGTON, I). C, Dec. 18.-U is officially announced hero that President Taft 1ms notified Huesia that the treaty of 1832 will bo abro gated December 31, 1012. Dy bis action in notifying the crar of Iluesin of this intention, the presi dent took tho matter out of the hands of congress and forestalled any pos sible action by the sennte on the reso lution of Congressman Sulzer of New York, against which Russia protested. It had been said that President Taft would hnve vetoed tho resolution had it been forced through the senate to day. Tho president's action was an nounced following a conference with Senators Ifnynor, Hurton nud Mc Cumber, member, of tho senate for eign relations committee. It is said that tho president is undocidod whothcr to send to the sonata a note to bo rend in open session or a con fidential communication explaining his action. To Build Roads, County Seeks Aid of 50 Prisoners Actlnfl Governor 01 cott Will Not Act on Request, Lcavlnji It for West. SALEM, Or., l)oe. 18. IMnnniiiR lo inuugurnto nu entirely now system of road construction by doing away with tlio plan of road district taxation in voguo throughout the state and build ing roads through county funds en tirely, County Judge- William S. Wor den and CdniniK-ionors C. O. McniM nud S. T. Summers, Klamath county, waited on Acting Governor Olcott nud asked for an assignment of f0 convicts for next year to Klnmath county. Tho plans of the county court there contemplate construction of a net work and spidorweb of roads wjiieh will includo an extension of every thoroughfare, Avith macadam ronds out of Klamath Fid's in every direc tion, including tho extension oT tho Crater Lne, llonnnzn, Merrill, Ash land nud Kouo roads, Construction will bo at an expenso of over $100, 000 on mount an ronds, 1 s FOR HONOR MEN CONEY ISLAND, PARTLY v ihlnnd, was partially destroyed by how places on the island and several PURCHASERS OF LAND FROM ESPEE MAI GET PATENTS Bill to Be Introduced Into Congress Permitting Timbermen to Pay"$258 an Acre and Secure Title 990,000 Acres of Land Is Involved. With the aim of clearing the title to 390,000 acres of timber land ;n Oregon which tho United States has brought suit to have forfeited, a bill will bo introduced into congross this wcok, with tho approval of the entire Oregon delegation, allowing the pur chasers of tho lands from the South ern Pacific land grant to secure pat ent to them upon payment of $2.50 an acre to the United States. These lands compriso tho millions of dollars worth of timber in the Willamette, Rogno and Umpqua val leys tfnd in western 'Oregon, pur chased by largo lumber companies from tho Southern Pncifio nud for merly n pnrt of the Oregon & Cali fornia congressional grant. Tho cor porations, ench of which, hns been made a defendant in suits fov the for foituro of tho lands brought by the United States subsequent to tho suit against tho Oregon & California rail road itself. While the attitudo of the depart ment of justice to tho proposed plan whereby the lumbormen would bo nl lowed to repurchnso tho lands from tho government lias not been made public, it is understood tbnt Attorney General Wiekershnm and H. D. Town send, special assistant to tho attor ney general, who has personal charge of tho government's enscs against tho railroad and tho lumbermen, do not oppose tho introduction of tho hill into congress. Whatever recom mendations (hoy mnko nftor tho bill has been Tcforred to tho department of justtfo for approval, will bo on the legnlity of the proposed act and upon its prohnblo effect upon tho main suit against tho Oregon & California railroad for tho forfeiture of 2,300, 000 acres that tho railroad still re tains froth tho original tract. Tho department will probably not express itself regarding tho policy of tho net. which it regards as a matter for con gress to dotermino. Tlio effect of tho bill, if it bocomes a law, is dependent upon tho outcome of tho trial of tho suits against the 17 purchasers of railroad lands in quantities greater than 1000 acres in the Vuitcd States circuit court. Thoso suits were filed January 21, 10Q9, nud charged that the Oregon & California railroad had violated its ngroomont with tho United States in soiling por tions of its grant for moro than $2.50 nn ncro and in quantities grentor thnn 100 acres to ench purohnsor. It was alleged in tho suits that tho railroad having violated tho tonus of the grant tho lands wero forfeited to the government. DESTROYED BY FIRE fire, with a loss of .JoO.OOO. Luna million dollars arc invested in this I IN ETO EARLYjEADLOGIi Chances for Complete Cessation of Hostilities-Are Far Frem Bright cuels Are Active In Outfitting Their Army. SHANGHAI, Dec. 18. Represent atives of tho imperialists and the rebels met nt 10 o'clock today to dis cuss peace terms. Considerable fric tion has already developed, and- the chances for a complete cessation of hostilities aro far from bright. Prospects for amicable adjustment of conditions in China became less favorable when n suggestion that the imperialists relinquish the provinces of Shan Si and An Ilui was prac tically rejected. What is virtually a dendlock at the very outset of negotiations hns oc curred,, although tho discussion con tinues in othor directins. Tang Shao Yi immediately sent the projiosal of the rebels to Premier Yuan Shai Kni and his answer is anxiouslv awaited It is not expected that tho premier will concede the two provinces to tho rebels. While tho envoys are trying or pretending to bo trying to effect a peace compact here, the rebels are active near Nanking. Mobilization of troops thero in preparation for n march on Pokin is being hurried. Tho minute word reaches Nanking that peace negotiations have fallen through a vast army, freshly equipped and encouraged by its success at Nanking, will march on the capital of the emuire, and what probably will bo tho last great battle of tho revolu tion will begin. FAILS TO OPEN President of the Institution Declares That Depositors Will Be Paid Dol lar for Dollar Deposits Total $100,000. PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 18. Tlio American bank, with deposits aggre gating S100.000, fnllcd to opon Its doors today. President Sam ConnoII Bald tlio depositors would bo paid dollar for dollar. You rond tho wnut nds to find out nbout something beenusjo you hnvo n quost on hnnd nud not out of raero curiosity, NEGOTIATIONS CHA COM PORTLAND DANK LEAVING NOTE AND WILL FOR 'DAD' SHE DIE! Harriet Forbes, Recently Employed in Local Restaurant, Attends Dance, Returns to Her Room and Drinks Laudanum. GROANS ARE HEARD; AND AID GIVEN, BUT TOfJ LATE Has Child at Twin Falls, IdWrote Will at Kansas City Bought . , Poison at Bisbee. The police (his afternoon recoived word from the father of Harriet Forbes. His name is J. J. Richmond and bo resides nt Twin Falls, Id. Ho ordered the body shipped to that city. After writing a note in which she expressed herself as "disgusted and tired of life" and begging her "daddy" not to blame "Tom" for her death, Ilnrriet Forbes, aged 21, who has been in Medford nbout four weeks, em ployed a portion of that tirao at tho Manhattan cafe, drained a vial . laudanum early Sunday morning and died later at tho Sacred Heart hos pital, where slio-waa.rnslic.d.forUreat-ment after her condition hW,"j"ocir'"1 discovered. Tho police today nro en deavoring to locate her parents, but so far have failed. Tho young woman evidently had planned, the suicide somo weeks ago. She left a will nsido from tho note which was dated "Kansas City, Octo ber 5," and she had evidently pur chased tho laudanum at n Bisbee, Ariz., drug store, as the small bot tle contained that address on tho label, although tho namo of tho drug store had been carefully removed. Tho will provides for tho disposition of her child, aged 4, who is now beliovcd to bo at Twin Falls, Idaho, evidence to this effect being unearthed in her letters. On Saturday evening Mrs. Forbes attended the dance nt the Nntntorium and was evidently in her usual men tal condition. Sho returned to her room at the Emerick. Somo tirao be tween tho bour of her return and daylight she drank the laudanum. Heard Groans. Grover Coram, tho proprietor of tho rooming houc, while calling sev eral lodgen, in tho morning, heard groans issuing from hor rom. Ho immediately cnlled tho polico, who broko into the room and found the girl dying. Dr. Stenrns was called, but ho was not nblo to ovorcomo the efeots of tho drug, tho girl dying shortly nftor sho reached tho hos pital. A noto was found by tho jwlico which tho girl bad nddresscd to "Dear Daddy." No other address was found and tho polico today aro endeavoring to got some trnoo of tho girl's par ents, ner mother is dead, as sho wills tho child to her father and step mother, and begs them to soo that tho courts nro not allowed to give tho child to her husband, Forbes, who hnd evidently doserted hor. In the noto tho woman begged hor father not to blnmo "Tom," who is believed to ha Tom Hnglor, n line man formerly employed by tho Pa cific States Telephone- company in this citj, who left recently for Sncrn monto. Hnglor had been soon often with tho girl in this city and wn evidently known to hor parents. Tho note clears him of having anything to do with hor death, but tho polico nro endeavoring to locnto him, ns ho is supposed to know whoro hor pnrentH nro. Among hor effects was found n photograph takon of Hnglor and hor solf. Tho woman had also gono un der tho nnmo n Hnglor, being known by that nnmo nt hor plnco of employ-' meat. Nothing, however, has boon unearthed reflecting on hor chnrnotor, nsido from this, ns sho hnd always boon of a retiring disposition, Coronor Kellogg will hold an in quest Tuesday morning, as lie was unable to bo in tutu city today. ''!' I. "V I