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u "1 fWltfrfWil HWVj, Clly Hall am ''PfWl . , Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION MM I WEATHER Ilnln. Mat., H2j iln 27. ltd. Hum., 05 Per Cent. 'hw DHlly Hlxth Vror, furty-Kirai Your. y . MISD1T0RD, OJU'JCION, SATTJiJUY, l)I;rWwit30, J011." No. 241. 14 flltl"- ryi jtfl ffRfHS Ml OHKN AN!) E. MUNSEY INDICTED, ARRESTED CHARGE NAMED IS NOT KNOWN Clarence Darrow Will Defend llio Men Dclcctlvo Says Charon Was Con spiracy to Transport Dynamite Bo tween States. I.OH ANOKMW, Cut., Dec 30. Positive mtmirtluu Unit nliio pornoim had been Imllctml iy (ho federal lintiitl jury probing tho ullogod dyim ' inlli' roiiNplrnry wiih mado hero thine nfluriiiHiii hy tln'ltod States District Attorney A. I. McCorniiirk. Tint t'lutruo lit I'liiiunlrnrv In I rutin. ? (tort tlyumiilto between states In vlo- hit ton of tho federal statutes. Thorn nro four count In oiirli Indictment. Of tlm Indicted moil, throoOhif Tvliinuo, Anion JoliiiuiiHfii iii( J, y Kf AltutMoy nro iitulor urniNt. Otli (irn tiKHlimt wliom Indictments wore rottiriiMd, lint who tinvu not yet been arnwtwl, me: IC. A. Clancy, now In Han KriiiiclKCo; Pnvld Cnplnn, M. A. Schmidt mill iinothor innn whoao Iduntlty Iiiik not yrt beun dlRcloHmt. ' John J, mnl Jmnun I). MoNatnara, now In Skin Qutmtlu penitentiary for OynmnltliiK, nro also Indicted. CRACK TRAIN IS MIKK20 DEAD Great Northern's Coast Train "Ore Ijonlan" Goes Over 15-Foot Em bankment Fire Break's Out Corpses Cremated. The Holland-Medford's New Hotel, Which Will Open New Year's Day LOS ANOHLIJS, Cnl., Dee. no. Olnf Tvditmoo mill Anion JoIihiiiipoii of Smi Frtuieirfoo, two of CiiliforiiinV uumt proiniumit Inlmr lender, ami J. Ji. MiMnoy of Suit Lake Lily today worn taken iillo ciiHtotlv liv deputy United Static marshal following Iho return of indictments by (In1 grand jury which for wvektf Iiiim been Kift ItH; information ooiwoniingH llm mi IS of tho MeNniimnt. It h not known (l(ifJuitt)lvw!iullicr thwo won nni Included in the list of imlliilinonU relumed by tho probers, luit fnnn llio moment tlm grand jury Glnrtinl lo outer tho lrniloiI Slate district court room with United Slate Dwtru-t Altnrnov McCnrmmk nt their head, ench of the men under nrriMt were onrcfullv watched liv doptiUn. Then, nt n given mkiimI hv Spcoinl nnviirnniout Aont l.nwler, who remained lttiouod nt the en truiioo lo tiu court room, Tvoitntoe, Jnhinucu mid Miiiincv were nrrct cd. .Vo Stiitcmctit .Miitle. "Wo huve JtiMt been nrrtwted," Tviiituioo told tho iirodd ropreHonlu tivVs. "Indictments woro returned ngniuat iik hy the grand jury. I will liiulie no olher Htutiiiueiil. Our ciiho will ho Iriud in the courts, mid not in the newMpiipurN." Vollowinir life nrrewl of the trio of nulod fijjnn'M in Inlmr rrnihH, Deputy Mnrnlinl Sittle declured Hint no othr urriMtR would ho iiiudo in I.ok AiiKimw during the (lnyri)iMtrfct .Attorney Mn Coruiuch Mloutly refuwed lo stuto the nature of (he chnrjjn upon which the iiiuii were held In nimtody, hut Tvcil Iiioo'm Htiiteuieul Hint they hud heiiu indielod hy the itrmitl jury won gen. omll.v nnuoptoil nH n I'nct. To IC. J, IloiidrivkK, a local Inlmr liiliiler, Tveilinoe Htnlcd that they could Rceure their release on .t.'iOdl) oiiuh hall, mid IIundriekH in now HeftiiriiiK llio city in nn nlinpl to mine the nocimnnry aiuouutH. Clar- (iikio Darrow will defend tho num. HiiyH ICm CoiiNplrncy, 'Mnloohn McLaren of tho IIiiiiih ngenoy wn nwpoiiHihld for tho hIiiIo uiiiut that the Inhor lundei'H had heeu iiulieled on a joint .clunx-o of coiiHpir noy to IrmiNport dynamite between Htuiurt iu violation of the federal Hlllllllt'H, The arrest of the Inhor men eamo iir a thuiiderelup to local union men, Hptminl (loveruiuut Agent Lnwler haviiiK Kliited only lliiy morning thai no iiidi(iln)onln would he reltirued un 'til .luuimry 8. Thoso "in tho know," however, predigtod lliul Indiolnionls vould ho njtunfed, huliovinjr that tywlorH niiuoiiucoinont wan Kimplv a viiro to throw tlio men off their guard. HT. PAUti, Minn., Dee. .10. Twen piiMHeiiKei'H lire repotted killed In ii wreck of tho (Irent Northern' tirade couhI tmlii, the OreKonlnu, two mlloH emit of Hhnron, N. I)., to ilny. Four corpneH itlready hnvo hoen rooovoreil from tho wrecknKo. It Im reported hero thnt tho train went over n IC-foot cmutinkmont mid that the earn are ntlll huruliiir. with hod Ich of thoMO caufstit bcliiK roiuuuied. HlKht Injured pemoua hnvo huon riiHhcd to tho hoHpltulH. The wreck wax canned tiy u deniiiKumcnt of HchcdiileoM, duo to tho rnnnliiK of xpeelnl trains. Tho wrecked flyer left hero at 10:30 o'clock hint iilKht, At 2 o'clock thin afternoon the llxt of dead mid injured In tho wreck wim not obtnlunlilc, commmil cntlon linvlug licen Mevcrnd ttccnune of wire trouble. At tho Qreut Northorn office hero no detailed In formation of tho dlsniiter had been received, r'Toni tho tuenKor roporU In tho hands of tho railroad licadn, tho en tire train except tho endue nnd mail car plunKod over tho embankment. Then flro Mtnrtcd nnd within half nn hour four earn woro consumed. A courier brought relief from Hhnron mul tho Injured woro carried nwny In wlelKliB nnd attended-by phyiiicinni nnd niirxcit from Klndlny, u Btntlan near Sharon. Dr. llclmurm, tho only pliyolclan on tho train, thoiiKh hluiKolt nerloiiH ly Injured, khvo relief to tho mnlmcd liiiHHOUKOrH. AinoiiK tho dead are mild to be tho dlulni; cur conductor and a brukemnn. W m if '.&.. or Ai'JTTPBf...'... 1x-i lilt BIB PMIHniiiiH i hiyiW'i1 il I IP ' IH I 'Hi 'IW ' w Kff M' M3 'Tlfrr f i ,JfflP iTnrllPh-BBIj I &wArvUFmF?3&ii -J . trnryn I II ligliMBiilWW-iMr'SByv.- V MfcCt L.-'..?; :fc BHiH -. I 1.11 I I I III l.'i 'BBBBBBBBH1 '. ..BBMlI.iB'tjMfBlIP . ' t' rMnMKHti i 1ii , nit, , iff- wHH fttWh FIGHT FREOERIGKS OFF KEEPS PROMISE IllE Hl'iur IS FOR PEACE AT THAT Tl IN11AP0EIS PETER BUZOS MEOWED TO GO BY GOVERNOR Acting Upon Recommendation of Dis trict Attorney Mulkey, Deputy Prosecutor Rcames and Judrjc Cal kins, Sentence Is Commuted. HAS?SERVED 105 DAYS FOR ATTEMPTED BRIBERY BANQUETTQNICH T Thirty Policemen Will Be Present at Widely Heralded Peace Banquet President Taft Expected to "Talk Right Out In Meeting." , WITH CONFESSION Los Anoetcs District Attorney Will Probably Appear Before Federal Grand Jury Now Pr&jlng Dynamlt- - lnf) Cases at Indianapolis. - ' WATER SYSTEM AI BUTTE FALLS i Lino Will Run From Ginger Creek Into Town Carrying Splendid Sup ply of Pure Water for Little VII lago in tho Hills. Unite Full has plnuH made for the iiiHtallntiou of u Hplendid water syn tem. Civil Kuujncor L. W. Whiting of thiK city Iiiih been employed by the oflieers of that town for Home time in Hiirveying out u line from town to Ginger creek, from which it irt proposed to take the water. There in a Hplendid flow of water in tliiH orcek mid tho altitude at which the water for the town will bo lukoii out in Hufficicntly great to give n Hplendid pressure. It is estimated that for nil expenditure of $10,0110 m putting in' (ho Hyntom u supply of water cmv. he scoured which will ho ample for it town of DOOO population. MAN WANTED AT PORTLAND CAUGHT AT GRANTS PASS 250,000 On Strike, MANOIlKBtlOK, Knglnud, Dee. 30. Tho niunhor of strlltors In tho cot ton mills lioro lucroased today to ar.0,000, probably tho groatcst strike hi the hUtory of Kuropd, This com pi'lnou both upluuorH nnd woavors. The Htrlko promlues to bo n long mid Mt tor HtriiKKlo nKalust tho om ployinont of non-union labor. Oper atives f 'tho Cotton Spinners Fed oration wont on halt (Imu In tho Laiiwiuhli'o mills today, OUANTS PA83, Oro Dee. 30. U. O, Allison of Portland was nrrostod In n Pullman car borth 014 tho South ern Paelflo southbound Shasta lim ited train hero boforo daylight this morning by Chief of Pollco Mcl.nno on toloRi-anhto Instrucuous from Krnnlc If. Colllor, doputy district at- tornoy at Portland. Tho tolcgrnnt, did not glvo a reason why Allison wan wanted. The man stated to tho pollco chief, howovor, that ho sup posed tho ronson for bin nrrost was because of troublo ho had with his wife, Ho stated that ho turnod ovor to her a 10 aero ranch Jn Multnomah county, took what other valuables ho had and loft, Allison will bo tnkon baok to Portland, NKW YOKK. Dec. 30. That old Ilihoruiuuixm, "We'll have ponoo nv wo fight for it," woll dofJoribos the situation bntwcou tho widely heralded penco hampiet, which, with President Tn ft ns chief guest, will ho hold to night nt tho Waldorf Astoria, Following deuuueiatious of the bmupict by former President Itooso vclt, Andrew Carnegie niiilMnyor Oayiior," the war fcpirit is so rampant that precautions lo avoid n serious turn hnvo been tnkon nnd for tho first time in tho history of 11 formal feast here, 30 police will attend, pro pared to oust any guest refusing to accept his peace unndulloruted and exactly ns proscribed bv the commit teo 011 nrrangementH. Fifty other po. lieo hnvo been detailed to gnrd l'roh ident Taft. The president, usually pacific, is expected to talk "right out in meet in"' tonight, nnd to reply hotly to Colonel Jloosevelt's nllegntion that tho ponce trenties now before con gress, to applaud which tho banquet will bo held, were conceived in n "spirit of hypocrisy." Andrew Cnruegie, Henry Clows nnd Charles A. Towne nre also .scheduled to speak after Tuft's address. A special train from Whinglnn will bring numerous diplomnts to grace tho feast. It will arrive, nt 4 :30 p. 111. nnd start on tho return to the oiipitnl at midnight. Among those billed for passage on it nro tho Jap anese, Hiihsiau, Austrian, French, Turkish and Hnuilian mnhassadors and most of tho ministers represent ing foreign count rirs at Wnshim; sBBcaasssw a LOS AXOELKS, Cnl., Dec. 30. Carrying with him tho original con fession of Ortio K. MeMnnignl, in which the names of 20 labor iendoiv are said to he mentioned in connec tion with dynamite outrages, District Attorney John I). Fredericks, the only living lawyer to beat out Clarence Darrow iu a noted criminal case, joft today for Indianapolis to testify bo foro tho federal grand jury investi gating tho so-called national dyna miting conspiracy. Other than to ad mit that he is going east to confer with District Attorney ilillor, in charge of the eastern probe, Freder ieks refused to discuss the object of his visit. Another nunourccmont of iinjwr tanco today was .that of Special Agent Oscar Lawlor, 4o tho effect that 110 indictments would ho returned by tho local probors untL' January S. This statement was rcgardluss of the fact that tho United Statos district court and tho federal invostignto-t. convened, no se.won usually being held on Saturday. Despite Lawler's statement, it was considered probable by nttaohes of the federal building that iiulietuieuts would be returned today, Olnf A. Tvoitmoo and Anton Jo hanusen, San Francisco laboxleaders, nro ohafiiig under Lnwlor'a delay in culling them boforo tho grand jui-y. Although these men have been in I.os Angeles for nearly two weeks, sub ject to the grnud jur call, not once hnvo they been summoned before that body. Yet ncurlv ever attncho of Tvoitmoo's office from his right hnud iiiiui, uiimui, uowu 10 ms sienograpit EPS PROMISE MM TO WEST; IS BACK P SO Vllliam Mack, Convicted Murderer, Allowed to Go Home to Assist His Family, Returns to Salem, His WertfDorie and Promfses.Ful'flltof. " SALEM, Ore., Dee. 30. Fid filling his word of honor that he would return to prison to, complete his sentence of life imprisonment as soon as' he hnd pnid off the mortgage on tho homo of his fathor-iu-law in Spokane, which hnd boon mortgaged to rnise money for his defense, Wil linni Jrnck, convicted murderer, to day donned his prison garb nnd re sumed his duties in the penitentiary. Mack is undor life sentence lor the killing of jnios Carter, a bar tender at Grant Pass, Ore. Ho was convicted in January, 100D. In June, 1011, the governor heard thnt Mrs. Mack, her two children nnd her parents were pnicticallv des titute. Ho told Mnok ho could go freo lony enough to pav off tho mort gage and place tho family in easier circumstances. Mnok followed instructions nnd re turned to tho penitentiary unattend ed when his work was done. Ho Will Now Be Permitted to Return to His Family and Home In the State ef-Utah. , & TO BE OPEN FOR ' INSPECTION SOON Medford's Newest Hotel Will Wel come Visitors Monday and Guests Tue'sday Is Splendid Building and .Credit to MenEfeciin it -. before the inquisitors. "It would seem," said George Gun roy today, "that tho probers have Tvoitmoe's. office under lire." nshingtoii. er, Miss Kthol Murnhv, has testified' that day. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Doc. 30. District Attorney Fredericks of Los Angeles, who forced confessions from the MeXnmnra brothers, is ex pected horo Wednosda" noxt. Fred ericks will bring evidence for pre sentation to tho United States grand jury, which is iuvostignliuu tho al leged dynamite conspiracy. . The in vestigation will bo resumed horo 011 TO THE PUBLIC. Turk Cabinet Resigns. LONDON, Don. 30. Dispatches lo the Kxohnngo Telegraph from Cou- slnnlinoplo suy thnt tho Turkish cab inet luiu resigned. rlho Now Year's Mail Tribune will bo tho largest and finest edition wo hnvo ovor attempted to issue. It will contain more cuts than all previous spocial issues combined. It is far and away tho most costly edition oyer attempted in southern Orogon. Iho Now Year's number will contain an illustrated orchard section, devoted to horticultural interests of tho valloyj a Medl'ord section, devoted to tho growth and expansion of tho city, with panoramas and photos of- all now buildings and statis tics ot improvements; a Koguo river valley section, with panoramas oC the various cities and photos of their buildiners and doscriutions of rhoiv nvnm'naa Tlmvn will bo illustrated articles on tho now Prospect power plant, on tho convict camp, on Orator Lake highway, on vallov soil survoy and many other subjects. .v, vrrw. , iu vuiiu ui niu iut;uu nvur vjutoy, particularly iucuioru, lor lorous support. Now is tho.timo to show tho world our progress. All should gonorous cooperato in tho ondeavor. T 1 K l i s , AtEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. 5i x The Hollnud, Medford's newest ho tel, will be open for inspection on New Year's day and preparations have been made for a reception on thnt dny. The hotel will welcome guests on Tuesday. The Hotel Holland Is a splendid four-story building of Mission style, Throughout it has been fitted for tho purpose of making it home-liko, and Its builders have wrought well. Fifty-seven sleeping apartments .are elegantly furnished and, all being outside rooms with all imodern con veniences, they are certain to attract and hold trade. This hotel was erected by Porter J. Neff and J. A. Westerlund. both business men of the city. On entering the Holland one is Holland, 40 of thom are connected with baths. Tho floors are all of quarter-sawed oak, on which large rugs nro used instead of heavy car pets ordinarily found In hotels. In the bathrooms tho floors are of tllo, thus assuring perfect sauitary con ditions. On ontortlng tho Holland ono is struck with tho magnificent appoint ments ot tho lobby, rending and writ ling rooms. In tho lobby a high paneling Is surmounted by n broad tapestry, which lends" a delightful, cozy nppearanco to tho room. The floor is ot tile. An Indirect lighting system Is used. Tho reading and writing room Is ono of tho most handsome to bo found Iu any hotol la tho state, A hoavy beamed coiling with appropriate fin ishing sets off tho walnut furniture nnd fittings, tho wholo making a most harmonious scene, whoro not one discordant noto strlkos the. oyo. A huge fireplace promises heat 011 wlutory ovenlngs. Tho Gray lloom. Adjoining this room Is a "gray" room, to bo used as a ladles' parlor, A richness clings to the furnishings Qf tho room which makes It a most delightful picture. It Is n vory dainty room, Ideal for tho purpose It Is asked to sorvo. Plato mirrors nro placed In tho various oak doors. Tho ojovntor Is tho fastest In southern Oregon and will whisk guests to tho top floor In a twinkling. Tho building was designed by Ooorge Hutz, a prominent New Yorlc nrchltect. who, owing to falling health, loft Now York last spring. This Is tho first Important work ho has dono horo. Tho hotol has a barber shop and buffet in conjunction. The buffet Acting on the recommendation ot C. L. IlcnmrH, who acted n Deputy I'pWulhttj Attorney in the trial of titer stafe,v. Peter Bnzos for attempt ed bribery, and the recommendation of B. P. Mplkey, prosecuting' Altori ney, njnrf t&nt of Judge Frank M. Cnl kin.swho. presided nt the trial, Gov ernor West has commuted the sen tence of Pnter Buzo and remitted" nil tho itipairWtioris of the fino'im- iwsed tion him in the ewfit that the UcTeriilniH? Buzos should pay the costs of the trial yet rernaiuuig un paiit' Accordingly, this mornjng Iho friends of Buzos paid into the county treasury the costs of tho trin'I, and Buzos wn$ released from custody. Buzos was sentenced on Sentembor U.JOiO, to pay n fine of. $ 500 and ttio costs of the prosecution. In de fault of the, payment 6t the. fine ho was committed to the county jail' where, at .the rate of $2 a day," lip hart paid .$M.O of the fine by serving- 103 days, and the nction of the governor in remitting the fine cancels' the bal ance of the fine) namely $200. Buzoh wxtr ygiirUfTArW Attcmplin;ori&w:ta'& District1! Attornoy Mulkey. '" ' - At the trial of tho case Mr. Mulkey, tho district attorney, being a neces sary witness for the state, C. L. Heamcs was appointed to prosecute tho case on behalf of the state. Tn their recommendations to tho gov ernor for clemency it is shown to tha governor that tho defendant Buzos is a GreeJr who understood but little of the customs nnd laws and who reached Medford to find that his brother, George, had been indicted for the crime of raarder in the first degree mid that, takine everything into consideration nnd tho doubt ns to whether or not tho defendant, Peter Buzos, ever reallv intended the statement that he mado to the dis trict attorney through an interpreter to be nn actual offer of bribo money, it was urged beforo the governor that tho dofendiint, Peter Buzos, had been sufficiently punished nnd that he should now be permitted to leave tho state and return to his family homo in the stnto of Utah. ASK GOVERNOR FOR REQUISITION Constable Slnrjlcr Will Appear Before Governor West Today Seeking Nec essary Demand on California fer Mrs. Adams. While in Salem Saturday Constable, Slnglor will ask Govornor West to' sign requisition papora asking tho' govornor ot California to aurronder to Oregon officials the custody or Mrs. J. H. Adams, who Is held at Santa Rosa, Cal., charged with tho kidnaping of her daughter, Eulallo Hansen, from tho homo ot tho girl's father, Paul Hanson, In Medford a fow dnys ago. Upon securing tho necessary pa pors from the govornor of Oregoa Air, blnglor will go to Sacramento and ask Govornor Johnson of CalU fornla to approve of tho extraditien: when ho will go to Santa Roaa after both tho mothor and child and bring thorn to Medford, whoro tho imothe will havo to stand trial fo? Itldaap. Ing. ruary 1, undor tho dlrectlo ot Mr F, G. AndrowB, who has had oxteuslva oxporlonco along this lino. , No cxpenso haa boon spared Is th furnishing of tho hotol. Imported nfpfurna Viliv1iAn aka .,.t I-.m.n.u wMbuwu vtiuu tSUUBt rPUiUf whllo tha turnlturo Is all chosen with "u"" v'"" " u uiivuuu aw w yjuw iq nariuouy and comfort, A-4 " i -& ' 4 " m. , &fflr . 'I i "S f