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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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AIICDKOftD, OKWJON, SATTRDAV, MAY 4, 1012.
No. 37.
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$85,000,000
THOUSANDS SUFFERING FROM
LACK OF
MS
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Millionaire, Laborer, Convict anil Nc(jro, Foruettliifi Social Barriers, Lab
or Side by Side In Gnmo Flbl to Save Baton Rotine Doubtful If
Lovrc Will Hold Until Nlfiht Several Towns Are SulimPriicil Thoiis
ands Arc Momrless.
Many Rescued in Boats Couriers Ride Tliroiifihout the Country Spread
lull the Alarm All Wire Communication Is Practically Parallzed
Panic Follows Breaklnn of Lovce.
JCI5W OltLP.AN'5, Mity I. HoporN reaching hern today Iroiii vniiout
Kuollon mIimu' llml in nil fi,0IH mpmro mile of territory In Loiiiaiunn urn
under waler. It U itimulud Hint lliii Um Iium nlrondv rendied $(10,000.
111)0 imil tlmt lli.i Intent hronk will ciiuko i Ihm til' .jr,IHI(l.l)0O nunc.
Tim om lo rice giimer in $J,llt)il,(IUO; In wheal (Ion iiml other crop
.-7.(lOII,OOII.
Union Kougc, l.oiiihjuiiu' iniilil,
In uinMuir n kuiiih tight today lo wive
llwlf rnuii iloalruolion liy lilt' f1iiiil
witter of the Miwdimippi river. Mil
lionuiic, Inbnior, convict anil negro,
forgetful ot nil himinl harrier, hic
wmkiiiK ilosporKtoly Hide liv nidi' III it
united effort lo ini'voiit tln Imi'f
siiriouuding llm city from breaking
llWIty. llcwpilll hemic offnitN, t'Hjmrl.
(oiluv mi v til' euoimnim piosiue of
(lif rloml water Iium left Hit' lew
wobbly mill mihiiII i'i'ii.i.im nil' ii'-
MII It'll ill M'M'lttt pllll'ltx, ll iM lIlMlllt-
t'ul if llif lovoit ill liulil until night.
Hiivoii Surou, U0 unit" uoitli of
New Oilcan, in pinetionllv destroyed
toilny. Tin) town i under live lt nt
witter, Iho lon'f ut' tin HimmI having
iuvrpt tiimiqc of hllildhigs' from ilwlr
I'olllllllllToilS'.
A imiiii) followed the breaking of J
(III' IOVC" yifllUIIIIIV. VV Oint'll NHI7ll
tlii'ir I'lnlilri'ti, miiliihnmloiiiiiu every
thing co, fled lo tin' lull". Today
tlioiiMimU nrc iiflcring from link
if food, 'llmittf who ii'iiminril in tlii'ir
home nu licinic iT-iMicil in bout
Tin wnlur nt I lit you Snron i n tool
nliovi nil piovioiiA record nml tin1
cm'mI of tliu tlooil in vt't to coinc.
t'uMt ioix Itolitv nro tiding through
till' t'ollllll'V iliNtlictx, uploading till'
nlnrin. All win' t'oimininii'iitioii in t lit
flood dialrirt in virtunllv paralyzed.
Five hundred itudcuttof tlio l.oii-i-inim
Mate uiiivtrily me helping in
Union Wnugo in efforts to wivo tin'
ll'VCC.
Pordoeho nml Kiivt'iiuooil, two
proapcioun Kiwiih of this vicinity me
submerged toilny with giont property
hots. Inil no fatalities. All the in-
Iinliiliinlh
of water.
were iicued from llif nili
T
SPENT OVER $9000
SALKM, Dr., Miiy I. Cmnpni ;n
n.pi!iiHcn stnltnni'iitrt which todnv
Iiiimi hi'iiii filml with tin' Hi'nrt'tury f
Htntt' Imrn kIiiiw Hint Moil .Sclliii); c
pi'iiih'il in bin t'lintpniKn I'm' tin' ii'
pi'ililii'iin muniiuition for llm I'uiti'il
Slnli'H HtMiutt' .TH I.KI. On ht'linlf .il
Soiling Afnv Mit'lii'l oxpi'iiilt'd pl),
1)11.70 MRS. FRANK FRAZIER
FREE; TO WED
SANTA HAItlUUA, Mnv . Mr.
Kmdii'l IVnlioily Frnzici', diuiKliU'i' "I"
l- I' l't'iihody, linen iiiiuuifiu'lui't'i' nf
Nt'v Ytirlf, wiih uivon n finnl tlt'ort'ti of
dlvnniA ycslunlav I'foni Kniiilc Dliff
I'Vnzior, sun of Kinulc S. I'Vimer, mil
liiinnirn ln'oknr of CliltuiKo.
Dt'horliou wiik nliai'cil liy Mm.
I'ni.iur ami llm iiotion wiih mil i-on-
tl'Hlt'il,
Tim Fnizioi'H Hptml mn.il of llmir
inni'i'ii'tl lift) in Santa Itiuliani, whom
tntirythiii did not run Hiuoolhly nml
hiidii nftur ho loft for Oitkod lo tako
up nimdilntft MiK, Fraior filed her
Btiil, H h lepniied hero thai Mrn.
Frn.ler kuoii will he niiu'iieil at the
homo of her parents in Albany, N. Y.
$784
SQUARE
WA
tf
CANNOM GIVES HIS
VIEWS ON OUTLOOK
WASHINGTON'. Alnv I.
",Mnl)i' tin' W'liilf lloimt' nil
Mm rh will he oi't'iiiiii'd li
t'ithei' it republican, di'imxttit
or n wliiil-not," nid fnt mil
Spenker Joneph (J. Citmion to
ilny, in diiirttiiiitf tin hill I"
million tlio NAlnry of tm kim
rulnry to the piiHjilonl fnmi
rTfiOII to IILttli). Then "I'uolt
Joe" tniiku into' it dry siin.
Soihi' of tin' ilctniM'iiil"
"I'lllkulll Oil." IIMlHllllV. Illlll
'vtdl," riwpomTfil nuiiHiii.
"I mh( ecrliihily dhl not in-
tciul
tut itii-
t
enll llrynn liy Unit
4f---f4--f -f
OF
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John (iiii-w hn- tt'iuK'ifd hU lT',
nnlion as Ion man ol the honor camp
to the county eoiiti. While it Iiiih no'
yet been neeepleil, it in probable that
it will he in the roorKiiuintiou of the
t'liuip planned.
There nre hut 1." honnr men nt the
camp ut the premiat time, and as the
Koveruor tatoH thai I here ii a -Inn t
ae in honor nieii, no moil eaa be had
for the present. It in tin comity
eoaitV intention to try mil this ne.ia
bt'P of ineii in (iood wenther wllii a
mow to uxceitaiuint; the oiitcouie, hud
weather nml uufavmab'e eomlithiiK
luiMiii; greatly liMiupeied the woil;
ami inncuM'tl the coh,
With the hinaller niunber of men,
il will he practical to niovo them lo
MirioiiK pails of llm county nml use
them for lepair wotk as well as new
constriiction.
Muny of those who signed the peti
tion did so under a uiisundcrMiindiu;;,
the eohl of the caiup having been icp
leieuleil to (hem as much greator
than than it teallv i".
M'edfmd being an automobile city
of lirsl rank took gieal interest in
the great auto race ut Santa .Monica
today. A large crowd gathered b"
foro a bulletin board displayed by
llm Pacific Molar Supply company
ami read I ho bulletins as they ap
peared throughoul the day, supplied
by the Mail Tribune, In addition lo
this scores called the oflieo lo ask
for jelurus.
TIlihAMOOlC, Or,, Mnv I Kffmls
this afternoon lo float tlio stranded
steamer (leorgo It, Vinhurg failed,
haunches are standing bv her and
furlhei' uUoinplH at her release will
be nuido at high lido.
ENDERS RESIGNATION
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BULLETINS
LOSS
MAY SUCCEED GEN. GRANT.
MAJ.GLM WiLUAiLU CAWTiiR
(iii'rnl l"ri'ilirlok Ucnt Grant's
ilcntli Miciiti'i iln.' post willed, next to
tlmt of Chief of Slnir. U rpcartU-tl an the
iuiNt lniirlnnl In the nrmy. It In prob
ublf llml mmiii tiftt'r tlio fiinuml It will
In iii'H-wnry to ilfin't nil olllcrr of IiIkIi
nink for tin' poHlilun, prolwbly .Mujor
Ct'iiiTiil WllUniu II. Curler, now u-l-iiini
eh), f of hiiiff.
GREAT INTEREST IS
El
SACHAMI.NTO, ml, M.,y .
With llif prldeiitiiil prefeiemo pii-
uuirv election pit ten thus off, un-
pri'i't'deiileil inteie-tt is being taken
throughout California in thtf three
cornered Unlit of the reptihlionu enn
didatiw for tbt! pnwiiluutinl nouiioa
t ion, necorilimr to reports rtvueivvtl nt
the oltlt'L' )f h'eci clary of State .Jor
dan today. Swikiir for Colonel
ltiinccll. Prudent Tall nml Seiia
(or La Collet lc nml for Chuiup Clark
ami Woodmw WiImui are in the muKt
of Klieniioum "-peaking campaign
tbroiighoiit the htalc, lining up the
million bnllols which nun he cnt
May 1 1.
Applieittimim for biogrnphical
-kftcho ot lepuldieuii ami ilemocia
tie camliilatos which nre publihhcd
li the stntc show that the people in
the rural sections nrc -bowing a
keener iutcrcM than llio-e in the cit-it'-.
There arc in California about
1,2(10.000 chin-us ipialilic.l to vote.
Of those tilioat 1,1)0.01)0 arc qualified
to otc nt (he piminrie-.
L
EA
WAGE BY INITIATIVE
PORTLAND, Mnv I. Oregon lab
or men todav are working hard in
fuitheraiicc of a plan to pic-cut bv
means of the iiutiatie before the
people of the stntc ut the net gener
al election iict Novemher, a- mini
mum wage .scale law. liy the teinis
of the proposed law, it will be pro
vided that no man more than '20 years
of age shall be pcrniittL'd to work for
less than ir'J.fiO a day and no woman
more than 'JO .cars old shall he per
mitted to work for leb than 'fl.tio a
day.
It will also bo provided in Iho new
law llml no person shall work for hire
for nmro than ten hours a day or
more than six dnjs in any ono tveek
eseepl in emergencies in which cases
thev xhall he paid double for extra
time.
10 FAIL 400
FEET FROM PLANE
IMllliAHKUMIIA, Pa., May !.
Careening al a dangerous angle -100
feet downward through tlio air crash
ing through Iwo fences ami finally
lauding in a creek bottom beneath
their overturned biplane, Marshal
Kail Field, tin amateur aviator, and
his instructor, O, Y. lleatty, escaped
with minor injuries while on a flight
from New York lo Philadelphia, Tlio
miHliap occurred near Kluubutli, N, J.
- i ii H i ii
TAKEN IN
. NN
CALIFORNIA
MAY 14
CAUSED
TAFTKIGKST. R'S
'I Tremble for f lie Country Were
Roosevelt lo .Die, Vitlt So Much
Dcpendinn on His Life," Sarcasti
cally Remarks the President.
"I Don't Want to Fight" He Declares,
"But When I Do Fhjht I Hit
Hard."
I1AYVIKW, .Mil., M I. "I am a.
peaceful mail and I ibm'l want to '
tight, hut when I do fight 1 hit Intnl." :
wiiil President Ttift in hi spyoi.fi ut ,
l(ntlsillc toilny. Then 'ie ImiMfln'il j
into u bitter di'lliuiniiitioii of Col. .net J
KOOM-M'll. ' !
"The innovator ii-biind," contiii
iicd the presldtait, "ami I must fight.
The cause I represent hcing iuiiced
bv iiiisrcprcsfuttbns ol me am! iry
.'idioiiiistnttioii liy Olonel HiMiscvolt.
lie is sptemliug the isipres iimi that
if you nominate biifl he will i.l.olisb
Iiomi's, oo-evclt ums )roiileiit for
secn vi'ar- ami 1 wnnid like nitfonc
to tell me how ninny ho-M- he abo!
ishc.l." Hefcrring to Charles J. lionaparl.
attonun general timlor the loo-eelt
iiiluiinist ration. PicsjJen Tttt slid:
"Mv friend 11iihii if 1 nun
call him tlmt Mtyri I fliu a suh-titutt ,
prosideiit. 1 cannot--"i)l l that.
Such up iiUiU'L is Ijjj'edtitrip'lyf: " io"
'ptir.oifal'i!ppmtriti?h,t "- imittcr of
taste iiidv."
At Laurel, President 'r,.ft Jign'u r
fcrtctl to HooM'M'lt Ii, a .-nica-tii
maimer. suing- "I trctuhlc for the
country were lt..iseolt to die, with
so much icH'inlny on In- lilc."
HALTIMOKK Md., Muy 4.- Four
candidate- for the prc.-idential utun
iiiation, Colonel 'flieodorc Itoo-evclt,
President Taft, JiuNon Harmon, gov
ernor of Ohio, and Speaker Champ
Clark, me todav busily engaged in
telling the Maryland voters ju-t why
tho stnte's delegates should be in
structed to support their candidacy.
The most intctcst, however, centeis in
the fight being waged between Colonel
Koo-evelt and Pre-ulcnt Taft.
Pie.-ident Tatt left Ynshinglon t.t
8:110 o'clock and -tinted to woo the
voters, right alter bieakfast, speaking
fiir.t l Uyatt-illo. At the sapie time
Colonel oo-evelt was addressing an
enthusiastic irowd al Westminster.
Htith Koo-eelt and Tuft claim ic
tory, but politician- hero believe the
contest for Mar kind's delegate- will
be close.
Tn addition lo speaking at West
minster, Colonel Kooijevelt addressed
big crowds at 1 lev mar, Frederick and
llagorstown. lie will wind up his
campaign tonight at Cumberland in
Dm heart of the eottl mining legion.
Tim foiiucr president will start for
0,slor Hav iuuiiedintely after ho fin
ishes his addie-s, and will arrivt.
homo Sunday.
President Taft'.s Itinerary included
Laurel, Aberdeen, l'lkton, Helair and
ITavro tic flraee.
floveruor Woodiew Wilson of New
Jersey will make his appeal to Iho
voters, next Monthly.
War May End Soon
KL PASO, Texas Muy . Peace
negotiations to end tho revolutionary
war in Mexico imiv bo opened here
soon, according to Kmilio Vnstpioz
fioiuox, who urmed in F.l Pastt today
from San Antonio.
(loiuez, who is loader of the Ys
quistus said that he is bote to confer
with a delegation of rehe,U, uppointetl
by General Oroco, to arrange toriaf
of peace, lie declared ho was not now
allied with "v iiu'tioii opposing tho
eoustitulioual government of Mexico.
00G ALL AROUN' '
IN MARYLAND!
FOR
CANDIDATES
AE
BY
SEEKING
MARYLAND
V E
Drivers in Great Auto Races
X rdKU3&Sk'iil& ly Nv x
w m k w
toUFX:s:
150,01)0 PEOPLE
SE DEPALMA WIN
SANTA MONICA. Cal., Max I.
Kalph I)c Pahna ud George .Joer
inann carried away the honors in the
light ami medium weight car events
respectively in the annual Santa Mon
ica motor meet here today before
LoO.OOO .spectators.
I)e Pahna 'piloted n Morcor ear,
which he sent over the l.l..i0li mile
course in - hours, 10 luinutus ami
Kl.'J.) seconds, maintaining an aver
age speed of U0..'j4 miles per hour.
Joennaim, who drove a Maxwell
car, negotiated 101.00 1 miles in I
hour. J17 minute- and ."7.U0 -ecouds,
his average being lil.SG miles per
hour.
Neither time was considered ph"
noineiiul under the perfect track and
weather conditions.
No accident marred either nice.
The annual Santa Monica road race
of 1100 miles, the feature event of the
day, was scheduled to start at 1 :30
o'clock.
.Medium Weight Knee.
Kalph De Paluin, driving a Mercer
nr, won the event of medium weight
cars. Hi- time for the lol.uOli miles
was 'J:10:i;t.'J."), an average of (iD.ol
miles mi hour.
Ca-o car, Joe Nikront, driver, sec
ond. Time '' :M S1S.08.
The remaining six em's were flag
ged off the coarse, there being but
two prizes offered.
Light Car Kaec.
The Maxwell car, driven by Geo.
Joeraiann won the light car race on
the Santa Monica course- today. Tin
time vyus 1 hour, !I7 minutes and A7
07-100 second, an averago of (51.8
mile- per hour for tho 101 mile
course.
The other ears finished u.- follews:
Flanders, driven by Kvaas, second,
time I : II) ::IS CO-1 00. Average .VJ. J 0'J
miles per hour.
Plunders, driven by 'Tower, third.
Tiinol:ll!:00.
Regal, driven by Kostjoe, fourth.
Time 1 : 1 1 :.": UO-100.
Keo, Ixion-e driving, fifth. Time
l:.-)l:.:i.
lluiek. L. Nikront, sixt. Time 2:00
0S.G0
Weather Perfect.
Clear skies and perfect atmosphere
conditions provitled ideal auspices for
the motor classic of tho west.
Santa Monica and neighboring
beach cities wore crowded to the
cmhs throughout tho night with spec
tators intent upon securing points of
vantage from which lo view the
speeding cars. Thousands camped on
tho beach under police guard, and bv
8 o'clock todav thousands of aatnino-
(Continued From Pwtso Two.)
GREAT
AUTO
RA
BY FLOOD
,!
I II 4i' w 'iffiL'V 1 II I
r I U -nw" : V3 ah y - m II I
u & -mamtm
i
JiK'rimiiin
)c Pal inn
MEXICANS WILL
TO PREVENT
.S.
WASHINGTON, May 4. "If the
United States attempts to intervene
in Mexico, every Moxiean, bo ho rebel
or federal, will forget all internal tlif
ference-, unite in a mighty nrmy mid
fight to the last ditch."
This wn- tho warning note- sounded
hero today by L. Guitterez Do Lara,
tho Mexican socialist, who truyellcil
Mexico with John Kenneth Turner,
pointing out atrocities which led Tur
ner to writo his famed "Haibarous
Mexico." Do Lara's activities ling
ered Former President Diaz to such
an extent that ho caused De Lara's
arrest in Los Angeles on trumpM up
charges, and the latter lay in jail for
months before his lolease was ord
ered by tho department of eoiunierto
and labor at Washington.
ALLEN, OUTLAW, uTon"
VERGE OF COLLAPSE
WYTHKVILLE, Va., May 4.Tho
stato'a ovldonco against Floyd Allon,
momhor of tho Allen clan of outlaws
on trial hero for tho pnrt ho played
in tho shooting beo ennctod In tho
HlUavlllo courtroom, was practically
finished today, Allen, dazed at tho
strength of the munlor caso tho stato
has presented against him, Is on tho
vergo of collapso.
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J HOME RULE
: GOOD ROADS
BILL NEEDED
Attorney A. E. Rearnes Asserts That
Proposed Initiation Road Bills Only
Complicate, Situation and Prevent
Prorjram of Hiflhway Construction.
Validity of Measures Attacked and
County Home Rule Bill Advocated
as Necessary to Defeat Measures.
r
Declnring that the proposed good
roads initiation hills will inl.v further
complicate the present road muddle
and if enacted, block highway con
struction in Jackson county, and that
tho only salvation for this section is
the initiation of u home rule bill Hint
will enable counties, to vote bonds
for permanent highways as contem
plated in the recent coiistttfitioiial
amendment. A. E. Henmes, attorney
for Jackson county in the roatj bond
case has outlined the situation for
-Mail Tribune rentiers in the following
opinion. ,
Complying with your request for a
statement as to pending reading mea
sures, and action to bo taken. I sub
mit tho follewing:
Of tho measures prepared to bo
submitted to the people In November,
the first Is one for the Ibjuio of stato
' bonds In amounts not to exceed ono
million dollars annually. As the
1 constitution now stands, this act
I would be unconstitutional. Ther at
tempt to make it constitutional by
submlttitng at the same time a. pro
posed amendment to section 7, ar
ticle 11 of the constitution, raising
the limit of stato Indebtedness for
permanent roads to 2 per cent of tho
assessed valuation; but this consti
tutional amendment will not be op
erative untitl tho polls close on elec
tion day. Therefore it would seem
to me that the first bill for' stato
bonds would be unconstitutional ut
the time when the petitions are cir
culated, and even while tho votes are
being cast, up to tho very time that
the polls close.
I am frank to say that I have not
looked into this question, but off
hand it would seem that an act now
unconstitutional could not bo passed
simultaneously with the constitu
tional amendment which is needed to
make such an act constitutional.
Otherwise the bill for stato roads and
highway commission seems to bo
carefully drawn.
The next measure to be submitted
to the people at that time is ono for
the Issue of county bonds. This is
very well drawn, but It Is subject ta
two objectiens:
Section 13 ot tho act provides that
the funds from the salo of bonds
shall go into the general road fund
provided by section 0320 of tho code.
This section provides that such a
road fund shall bo used for tho re
,palr and construction of roada and
bridges. However, tho constitution
al amendment which Justifies tho act
provides thut tho county can only is
sue bomlB fpr permanent roads.
(Continued on Page 4)
IS
TIEN TO PRISON
''" ' !
SEATTLK, May 4. -Charles W,
Wappensteiii, chief of police in Seat
tle for fivo terms, is today in tho cus
tody of penitentiary officials. HiH
vigorous fight to the last for a stay
in his sentence of three to ten years,
for bribe-taking, failed. Ho Jeft for
Walla Walla at 7:110 last night in the
custody of Deputy Sheriff Liner, and
was received there this morning.
There was no oiiu at tho depot to
bid him good-bye. The man who oii
year ago, was the storm center oS
Seattle's politics, passed practically
unnoticed. Wappeusteiu was neatly
dressed, bought his own tiM K
Walbi Walla with a berth renervMlhiM,
and smiled o (ho uuwpapn' mw ft
ho boarded tho train.
"Politic tlPt me," M fMid.
WAPPENSIEH