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Newspaper Page TextSTEDFORD' MATS TRIBUNE, MEEFORP. ORflflQy. FRIDAY; mRFTT "8, 1012. ptob four " ' .. -1 1 - I Medford Mail Tribune AN INDKPKNDRNT NBWBPAVKIl . I'UIIMSIIKD HVKHV AFTKltNOON KXCKPT BUNDAV. IJV TIIH MHOFOKO rUlNTINO CO. Tho Democratic Tlmon, Tim Medford Hull. Tho Mcdfonl Tribune. Tho South trn Orcgonlnn, Tlio Ashland Trlbuno. Offleo Mall Trlbunft HiillJInR, 2G-57-S9 iinin North Fir Home 75. utreot; phone. 3021; 012011013 PUTNAM, IMttor and Mnnnecr Ejll Kntnrod nn aecond-clnsn matter at Mrdford, OrcRon, under Ins act or Hatch 8. 1879. Officio) Paper of tho City of Medford. Official Pnpnr of Jackson County. SUBSCRIPTION HATE. One ycnr. by mall 5,S2 Ono month, by mall .............. .60 Per month, delivered by carrier in Medford. Jacksonville and Cen tral Point ;' Rnttirday only, by mall, per year.. J.00 Wcekly per year 1.6 SWOBK OIBOUXiATIOir. Dally averaun for elpven month! end- ins iNOvemuer ju, iii, 27SI. mu I,d Wire UnlUa Tttta BlipatchM. Tho Mall Trlbuno la on aale at the Ferry News Stand. San Franclnco. Portland Hotel Now Stand. Portland, nowman Kown Co., Portland. Ore. W. O. Whitney, Seattle Wtih. the fastest- 1910 8S40; MESrORS, OREQOH. Motronolln of Southern Oregon and Nortliorn California, anu Browlnc city In Oregon. Ponulatlon U. fc census estimated. 191110.000. Five hundred thousand dollar Gravity Water System completed. clvlnc neJ supply pure mountain water, and 17.3 miles of streets paved. Postofflc receipts for year ending November 30. 1911, show increase of 19 Peann"r fruit city In Orecon Rogue Itlver SplUenborc apples won sweep stakes prlto and title of Apple Xlnsr of the World" at the National Apple Show. Spokane. 1909, and a car of Ncwtowns won Tlrst Xrlse In 1910 at Canadian International Apple Bhow, Vancouver, B. C. Plret Prise In 1911 at Spokane National Apple Show won by carload of Newtowns. P.OKUO River poara broucht highest prices In all markets of tho world dur ing the past sir years. Write Commercial Club. Incloslnn 6. centa for postage for the f mest commu nlty pamphlet ever published. " i TELEGRAPH TABLOIDS HAMILTON, Bermuda. Lieuten nnl General Sir Frederick Kitchener, governor uencrnl of Ilennhdn and n brother of Lord Kitchener, died here today. NEW YORK The directors oUie Denver nnd Hio Grande railroad' adopted the report of-n specialrcom mittee authorizing the issue of $25, 000,000 in seven per cent adjustment bonds. Ten millions of this is to be used in double tracking: the road be tween Denver and Salt Lake. TOIvIO That the Japanese gov ernment is prepared to invade China nt nny time it may be deemed neces sary was indicated here today in the .scnato by Baron Uchida, the foreign minister. BREWSTER, N. Y. Angered be cause Iiis wages had been reduced George Mead, caretaker on the coun try estate of the Rev. Frank Hat field, murderously assaulted the min ister's two daughturs, Ruby, aged 18 and Amy 20, and then committed sui cide by exploding a. stick of dynamite in a bam. VANCOUVER, I J. C Two men were killed nnd a rescue party of fivo are missing following an explos ion in No. 1 mine of the Diamond Vnlo Colliory company nt Merritt, D. C; in the Nicola Valley. HOOD RIVER, Ore With ono eye lost and his face badly burned, the result of nil explosion of chemical compound ho made, Charles Senniok K'li, 14, inventor, condoled himself with the remark, "I know it will work anyway" SAN DIEGO, Cal. J. G- Dalydiwi, suspected burglar, confessed when tho police soized n rohRry in his suit case as plunder. Tho beads were given him by h'i6 mother when he whs a child. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. "It's true this is a naughty town," said T. P. Lander, a Chicago businessman. He Ptnrtcd out to do the "const" but was robbed of all ho had before lm got tht're. "Now tho expedition's off," ho said LOS ANGELES, Cal ''Who might you bet" sternly questioned Police man Roy, as ho lifted n white squirm ing" objoot from u deop mud puddle in Doyle Heights. Johnny Oner, nownio, aged (, had gone swimming. helped him dro Tho cop NO SILLY SENTIMENTALITY HERE. AVK davs ago Www woiv fivo nuui limited totrothor at Chicago. Yhat an exhilarating sight it must havo Ikhii fivo bloody throats and five broken nooks and how pleased the Portland Orogonian and other advocates of tho bloody noose must have been at this erowning triumph of just ice and civilization! Last Saturday in Delaware there was another cheerful sight, also a tiiiUiuph for the principals so loudly cham pioned by thtKOregonian and Governor West's opponents a truly nmnly:sighir. best described in (he press dispatch follewing: "Washington, Del.. "March 2. A man was tied to a crossed post in the jail yard hero this afternoon. His foot wore fastened together with leg irons. His hands were manacled to the arms of the cross with glistming stool chains. "From the waist up ho was naked, although a biting wind swept across tho enclosure from the north west, carrying a bite that compelled spectators to turn up the collars of their overcoats and settle their chins farther and farther down into the comfortable garments. "Across the yard walked Warden Crawford carrying a stick sharpened like a police riot club. From the end dangled nine leather thongs. As ho approached, the faee of the victim became a ghastly white, lie seemed about to beg for mercy, but ho remained mute. "Taking a position beside the pinioned individual the muscular 'officer of the law' raised his arm. There was a pause. Then the thongs descended. "As they fell across the shrinking flesh of the con demned man, tho heavy-set warden drew the weapon toward him, and the leather thongs curled like living snakes. Again and again the warden's hand rose and fell. Slowly and methodically he counted 'one,' 'two 'three,' and so on. At 13, great red welts showed on every inch of the naked back. "Then the warden changed to the opposite side of his bound victim. Again the instrument of torture Was raised and again it fell. Squirm as he might, there was no es cape for the sufferer, and the pitiless torture continued. "For a time the man retained his composure. Put no human being could stand tho torture, and soon the groat team were pouring down his cheeks. He did not beg for mercy. He knew that was useless. His moans were piti ful, and the great teai-s of agony told more than anything else of his suffering. "Finally Crawford reached the '40' and dropped his hand. Two stalwart jail officials stepped forward. The manacles were quickly unlocked, a woolen shirt was dragged brutally over Wright's head and he was led back "to his cell. Before he had entered the door of the prison the shirt was stained with blood. "The man was Richard Wright. The law of Delaware had declared him an habitual criminal, and he was sen tenced to 14 years in the prison, and to receive 70 lashes ori his harc'liacfc. This is the heaviest flogging sentence imposed in Delaware in many years, and it was admitted by the doctors that he could not stand to receive all of the punishment at once, so a week will be allowed to elapse, and then he will be given the remaining 30 lashes on a skin that will hardly have healed after today's ter rible punishment. "Before Wright was punished four other convicts were whipped. None received to exceed 20 lashes." Here we have none of that mawkish sentimentality, that mistaken kindness that treats prisoners as human beings, that sill)' faith in less fortunate and fallen broth el's that has induced Oregon's young governor to open the felon's cell to opportunity and that has been so roundly berated by the Oregonian and other stern advocates of a sterner law. And yet some of us are thankful that we do not live in civilized, long settled Delaware, and feel grateful for the cruder and ruder civilization that has produced the Ore gon system and seated a practical humanitarian in a seat mighty enough to enable him to lend a helping hand to the hopeless,, despite stupid, stumbling opposition. Why does the Oregonian not advocate the Delaware Jaw for Oregon a law, as Ingersoll said, ''Dug up from a grave in which it has slept for a hundred years, with its thin lips drawn over its long teeth. What rejoicing there must have been in heaven when the)' heard Delaware was on their side!" NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY. PEARY BELIEVES SCOTT DISCOVERER OF SOUTH POLE y ! i.n WASHINGTON, 1). L, March 8. Robert 1?. Poary when shown United Press dispatches today indicating that Captain Scott had roached tho south pole, said he would not bo sur prised to learn that the British ex plorer had triumphed. "Confirmation of tho report that Scott reached tho South Pole is not unlikely," said tho North Pole di&cov orer. Scott bus boon a pioneer in Antarctic exploration, and I know that ho Htartcd on bis dmh under most favorable condition. H will won bo heard definitely if ho ban.' succeeded." THE Salem Capital Journal is very much excited over Roosevelt. It endeavors to make out that the world is a vast conspiracy against the rough rider. It is learned from its columns that the conspiracy extends to and per meates Jackson county all of which would be interest ing if true. One must go away from home to hear the news. It is interesting to learn that we still have political bosses in Jackson county, but we are not told who or what they boss. Reference is probably made to the gentleman from Oklahoma, at Ashland,, who is trying to force Judge Dunn upon the county by means of a "funny" paper. Although here onlv a lew months, he evidentlv seeks to bo political dictator and so, perhaps, he is meant. The Salem paper remarks follew: "The democratic bosses and the republican bosses in Jackson county have no use for Roosevelt. "The county clerk of that county refused to post the petitions, and was a week afterwards hauled up for with holding public fees. "One business man at Central Point wrote to this office for blank petitions, and in two hours had them all filled. "Practically every business man in Central Point signed the petitions, and especially all the business men. "Jackson county is where Dr. Keene lives, who, as state central committeeman, brought the suit to set aside the presidential primary. , "All Roosevelt sentiment has heen systematically sup pressed at Portland, where the capitalistically controlled press is against him, republican, democratic. "What -would he the expression of public sentiment in Oregon if the press would give it a chance to become known i "It should he understood that those same newspapers control the news and information that is sent out from Oregon. "Are tho same kind of methods employed all, over the Tinted States to suppress tho real sentiment of .the people? "Why do the grafting elements of both political par ties fight the very idea of such a man as Roosevelt be coming president I " "Is it instinctive, and is it the natural shrinking and timiditv of those who in the name. of republicanism ami democracy exploit and plunder the people' "But the people will havo a chance to vote for Roose velt in Oregon, as his nanlo will go on the ballot, unless defeated by sonic tochnicalitv." A Nationwide Famine Collection (From the Continent.) On Sunday, March 10. chinches of all denominations throimhout the Untied States will lie asked to take special collections for famine relief In China. The central committee which has Its hcadiiaartcrs In the offices of the Laymen's .Missionary movement at 1 Madison avenue, Now York. Is sending out an appeal to all pastors whose addresses are obtain able from denominational year books requesting that this cause shall bo presented to their people on tho date named and strong representations made of the Immune and Christian duty of furnishing succor to II, 000. 000 people of Central China whose food supplies are virtually exhausted and among whom deaths by starva tion are already beginning to occur. All advices from China uccontunte the Impression of n calamity more dire than has ever been suffered before In a nation all too sadly accustomed to experiences of thtit sort. Not less than $1,000,000 Ik urgently needed for food purchases and relief work at once, and It la believed to bo by no means Impossible that the gifts of the united churches on the 10th of .March will aggregate that sum. Tho famine relief committee at Shanghai has determined Hint all money expendedfor relief of famine sufferers shall be paid nut as work wages. The work to lie done under -jt. . the auspices of the committee will alt lie In the way of dike building in tho flood regions, aiming to prevent fu ture overflows. It Is the plan of the committee to offer the workers a lit tle less than the wage scale thai Is "tistoinary In central C'lilim. This policy Is dictated not only by a de sire to economise, but also by I he belief that this Is the only way to confine the benefits of the famine fund to men actually In need. If the average wages were offered, there would he danger of immigration from outside districts Into the famine ter ritory. The Chinese are contributing ver liberally, especially In South Chlu.i. which is at the present time fnlrl prosperous. The provisional govern uient at Nanking Is undoubted!) short of funds, but is expected uccr thelesH to make a generous appro priation. Where dike building pro tects the fields of wealthy lauded proprietors, It Is believed that a large part of the cost can ho taxed on them by the Intervention of local civil au thorities, if they do not contribute It voluntarily. At the very best the sums which America must send to meet tho dire plight of China will have to be enormous; but money will certainly be given the more cheer fully If Americans understand how much China Is doing for China and how carefully the funds contributed are being spent. - O'Gara Writes Home Paper Concerning the Oregon Plan Tho Cedar County News of Hart-, ington, Nebraska, contains the fol lowing letter from P. J. O'Gara of ! .Medford on West's prison policy, which has attracted much comment In eastern nnd middle westorn states. Medford, Ore. February 17. lur.'.i Editor Cedar County News: For ' some time I have been wanting to compliment you on your editorial dis cussing tho prison policy of Governor West of Oregon. Ilelng personally acquainted with our highly esteemed governor, your editorial wns all the more pleasing to me. I am glad to say that I am proud of being a citizen of a stnto whose governor Is big en ough nnd strong enough to Initiate policies that aro truly humanitarian, and who cares not for the hnrplug criticism of the stand-pat politician. Governor West has done something new In tho way of prison roform. lie has talked with men who have been so unfortunate as to break tho state's i laws, rather than to discuss thorn with tho warden nnd guards, who, after all, rarely have a human Inter-j est In tho men glvon to their care Governor West gets the prisoner's' point of view and gives hi in a chance to make good. lie believes that, just , because a man has broken a law, that Is no reason why ho should not ' bo glvon a chance. Governor West Is ' Intensely human and ho tins the full ' confidence of the men serving time. Tho honor Ktem has been cs' tabllshed, and the "snuaro deal" Is at I tho bottom of tho wholo movement I In Oils county (Jackson) a number' of Govornor West's, honor men are, working on our public highways. If you wero to visit tho camp whoroj theso men are at work, you would not know that tboy aro prisoners. Thoy aro not garliqd In stripes, neith er Is an armed xuajd, to bo seen any where, Thoy are, at liberty to do what they will so Jong as thoy per form their tasks. Tho governor visits thorn from tluio to time, Hits with them at their dining tabln and treats them as men, Tho plan which tho governor Is following Is working out successfully, and ho bus no rea son for making uny cliango in IiIh policy. Not long ago ono of tho honor men needed como dental work done and came down to Medford from the cam), and lemalncd u week with out anyono to guard lilui. Ah soon as tho dentist completed his work, tho man returned to tho camp. Many Instances of where tho men have boon permitted to go without guard may bo glvon, but the above will Biifflco. Governor West dogs not bollovo in capital ptinlHhmoiit.'nor does any oth or man, The fact that a man, has taken a life docs npt mean thut some hired butcher should tuko tho life of the murderer. The horrible scene enacted In the Cook county (Illinois) Jail the other day Is enough to make one's blood run cold. It wns a scene quite as revolting, and undoubted)) more deliberate In nil Its gruesome details than the crime for which men paid the death penalty. What the country needs Is moro men like Gov ernor West, men who will defy tradi tion and Institute modern, humani tarian methods In dealing with the unfortunate human beings who have fallen by the way. Tho prison, like the church. Is for sinners, so u to wn npply at least some of the nietTi ods or the latter In dealing with the prisoner. Sincerely yours, V. J. O'Gnrn. Krnusc, No Hold Out. SAN ANTONIO, Texas. March S Pitcher Krause, win, It was feared, might be a hold-out, reached th- camp of the Philadelphia Athletics hero today. I WHERE TO GO TONIGHT r., r- W 1 jTTL 1 THEATRE Ahvnyn In the Lead, 1(100 I'eet of I'lllll 1000 Kutlro Chango of Piogram Today .Ml M.Kit Ai .MASO.V Giving a travesty on "II Trovn toro" you'll laugh, Hhoiy, holler nnd scream when you see thin. "A IMUNCIWS OK TIIK 1111X4", Thrilling Spanish-California story "TIIH .JKWiaS" Powerful NdlBon drama' "TIIK lilTTM'l STOWAWAY" Depicting the struggle and vicis situdes of Dot, tho little Power slrl. "WIIKItll TIIK MONKY W'K.NT" Vltagraph Laugh-Producor M, KATIIKIt, the Singer WOOMVOIITHH, tie MpseluiiH Admission 10V Matlnoea f)ally. FIRE FIRE THE GREAT CHICAGO STOCK YARDS FIRE In a Film nt tho Ugo Thoutor, Thursday, Friday and Saturday ROMEO AND JULIET At Ugo Thursday, Friday and Saturday ISIS THEATR 20c - ADMISSION - 20c VAl'DHVILLK AND MOTION IMCTl'KKN THE MUSICAL IRVINGS Scenic Musical and Hiiitfiiitf Act. 1 "LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT" Drama 2-'THE O'NEILL" An Historical Irish Production made in Ireland 3 "A MODERN ANANIAS" A Dandy Comedy The Journoy of tho Western Governors to tho Eaat Special Matinoo Saturday and Sunday, 2 P. M. Evening Performance, 7:00 MEDFORD OPERA HOUSE Saturday, March 9th Joe Weber Presents Geo. V. Hobart's English Voroion of tho Groatost Musical Show of tho Soason ALMA A Now Era in the Annals of Musical Comody WHERE All Last Season at Wobor'o Thoatro, Now York DO YOU By Paul Harve. Music by Jean Briquet LIVE Clins. A. Murray Nauuotto Flack Aubrey Yatofl and a (Ileal Cast BONO HITS "Alma," "Olrlles," "Never More," "lino lloo.lloo," "Child hood Days," "Moo- glo Hon, I'll" Land of llcmutlful Dreams," "Hall Home," "Klsfl Mo My l.ovo," "I.ovo Mo," VAC, PRICES $1.50, $1,- 50c Seats on sale at Haskins Young & Hall Taxi Co. TOrillNtt 'AltH AND. 'ittXIOAIIS lteiiNoiiiililii ItnO'H In CHy or Country Plienes: Pnclflo 4 tOO; Home 10(1 Service all day, all nlKht. HtantlH Moiirord and Nsh Jlotols, Absolutely no credit without first making urraiigomentH with man- Valley Second Hand Store Buys nnd Sells Sccond-Haml Goods, Copper, Rubber, Brass, Etc. M. J. PUCKER, Prop. 15 North Fir Home Iini Doll B07U ai?or. COURT HALL .Manner Clark & Wright LAWYERS WASHINGTON, I), O. Publlo Land Muttoru; Fliml I'rpof. Dosort linndtf, Co n tenia mid Mining Cuhoii, ' Bcrln, Aosoclato Work for Attorneys ".., A V A V