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MKDJrORD, 0KM10X, MONDAY, ! V (J, V.)V2.
No. 38.
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Heavy Rains In Louisiana and Mis
sissippi Lcrul Additional Onn(cr to
Scores of Cities Threatened Willi
Iriiindallon From Swollen River.
New Gaps In Levees Imperil Lives uf
Ten Thousand Now Clliilnj to
Tron Tops and Rafts.
.N'KW UKI.KANS, I.H.. Mi.v II.
Ilfty pomoin. wcto ilinwneil ul INiii
mh I'ltfiali j'oily ImTiiy when ii flood
ul' water from ii break in the Icvec
iImIikiI Mitililitnlv into tin' ditticl.
Siirrlvoiii riwitid iliat 12 hodicM Innl
Ih'hh rei'iiveicd.
Tlic kimhm'hI flood ullimliwi in tin
thivntcucil tliftlrii'U h inii'liiiiiuitil, In
KH- OiIchiih then wm n nHghl full
ill llllt liVHf MtU(l', dill' tl Illl'Ilk in
till IllVlttsj lit ptlillU llllllVl' IllTI'.
Iliiny Itnlii Falling.
llimvy niiiiM in Louisiana mid Mis
iippi today li'itt addilioiiiil danger
to iiflroi o' cities which have lici'ii
Ihnwtiiufil with iiiiiiiilutiou liy tin'
flood witters uf tin" Mississippi iiir.
Willi tlin wilt r topping tlio lev en at
ItHtnn Rouge, MorgiiUKcit, .M i 1 i 1 1
Hh.Voii Do (Unci, La., the situation
wilt miii-Ii dm to i'iiiikc liovcrnor KiiihI
n to iuiiiiwM into mm ice a large
miiiilii'i of ni'grne, (orcing tin in to
work on the lovcc.
a .l'lt XliMtl MtiuUiuii ut Point Coupee
in dueponitc. MotorhnntM linvi' been
MMIt to tliu aei'iiu to take off tin? re-
fUpl'OM.
10,000 .io Miirooni-il.
Survivor, nscil tliat whole f n tu
ition woie vvcpt to tlii'ir deaths I'd i m
liuimoloiHt when ln levees broke to
itny. (loYiMiimi'iit officer ha vi' been
notified that at least lUJKIII persons
an impctillfd by being innionni'il in
live oM, liouiii'ti nail rat In.
I'iimhi'iikim-m on a I nun which passed
HiioiikIi .lorgnuou (oilav slated that
people Mood at tlio depot in water
wait deep, tdgualliiiK for I lie train to
take them aboard. Tlio fiiinri'f anil
I'omliiotoi would not btnp tin' tram
bcenuno of tlio rapid rise of water.
Tin' next train wliii-h passed was de
railiiil ami its passengers tlunvwi into
tlm flooil,
.MF.LVILLF,, l.a., MnvH-The levee
iiIiom here broke, ul noon, a, fifty fool
yap spreading 'I'1' Wiitrr m all iliiei
lions. Tlio fount rv in flooded for
miles m every direction.
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DEFEAT AT SINALOA
TTSCON, Aw., May (I.- Morn tluiii
inm Ininilii'il rebels vvoio Killed, wiiii'h
wnro wotimli'il ami tlio entire icbel
ootitinand in (Yntinl Siunloa muted in
a dospiirnto battle uenrMorocito, Kin
aloa, lain Sunday, ncconliiiK to dis'
pali'lniH itMicliliiK lii'iii today.
Tim ivniniiiitH of tlio rolicl army am
reported lo ho I'looin to tlio mouii
taiiirt with tlio IViIim-iiIh in piirsuil.
Tim fi'dcrul fori'o at iloro f'ity
imiiilioivil Ilfill wliilo tlio icIh'Ih inidnd
ml ITiOO woll arinod and diillod vol
oraiiH of tlm Cliiliiiulina ciunpaigii,
Tlio I'oiloralrt, liowovor, had an ailvan
Jiiki'ihih piisition. II wiih in attcinpl
iiif,' lo 1'iiplino tliin strati'Kio point
I Iml hcoivh of itIiuIk mnt di'atli.
Moio than 100 10I10I prisonoiH woro
lakon in addition to fifty ImrsnH and
a iiiaulity of KtiiiK and aiiiinnuilioii,
Sovoral iiiiiidiinii uiiiik worn nluuidun
cil to tlm IVdoraln in tlm flilit.
FREIGHT HANDLERS OF
CHICAGO pUT ON STRIKE
CIIK'ACIO, May ll.-h.ur linndri'd
and fifty ox Ira poliooiuon ato nuard
iiiK tlu frciulit Iioiihoh nud railroad
yard- lioro today ih ii romilt of tlio
blrilm of tlio 1'rt'iulil Imndloi'H, Sixty
l'm linndri'd uu'ii iu'o out.
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SIATE CAPITOL
Governor of Orcnnn Takes Bit .In
Teeth, Discharges Superintendent
James of State Penitentiary anil
Will Put It on Business Basis.
Says State Is Burdened Willi Usclrss
Commissions and Waste of Money
to Petty Politicians.
SAI.KM, On-., May 'J.- (Invi-rnm-Wi'nI
(mlay look lint lot- in lii Icrtli
and is diiinu a innratlioii. Il xtaili'il
tliin inornint; v ln-n SiipeifnliTiimif
Ihiiii'h of tin stale pi'iiitunlimy ihih-
I up to tin Kovi'timr a pniH.i!loii to
uoik for imtliiiii; iim Hiipi'riiili'iiili'iit,
provided llie other I'liiployni wouln do
tlm Hiuiie. The mernnr's answer wim
to leinove .lames nlisnlulely, appoint
iiiK priHi'iit W'nnleii Curti", iih ni'tnij:
Miperiiiteiident nml ilirortnie, .Ininon to
turn over tlm institution to him at
niiee. He ileclateM that under the law
llie institution need nut have it super
iatendeat, and he will appoint none.
He iiilciidrt to pat tlm institution on it
htiniiiesx Inihis and will way who in to
Htuy or ku-
Tlm governor in hot, and teuip'.'ra
lure Kumu tip all I he time. Ilo mi-?j
lie will prepare a list of all state
iiistitntioiiH, sliewiut: their appiopila
tli'iis, Ihil niiiiihei' oT ol'lleials, depil
tioH, iih1sIiuiIm nml hanuers-ou. Ilo
nsricrlH the state in hunlened with
iisttlfH eoininissioiiH, siiieeuro o It iocs,
elerku mid plaeemen, all mirKin at
the pnhlm tout and an UHeless an re
pahlieau voters in Texas, lie will
ivi' the hiilaries, hIiow that hosses aro
employed to Iiosk other ho.-sos; (he
hiiiiis vvoti' than wated, i'l milking
phiee for Hiiiall polilieiaiis, (lieu he
will as; ihe newspapers to investiati
and verify his shovvint; and let the
people know "why aes. are hiyh lie
can't he headed ami there ix to he a
state-wide Iniiise-eloaiHii;.
AGIST JUDGE
WASHINGTON, May C. Tito
rilKht to ICurope of u vvltneKH In tlm
allnKi'il Hcanilal which Ih tlireutenliu;
llm liupeitchinoiit of JiiiIko Arclibalil
of tlio coinineice court wan utoppott
today liy tlm houtm Juillclary com
mittee, tint noiio of Ita memhera
would ilUcloso tlio Identity of tlio
man. II Ih uiulonttuoil tliat tltlH vvlt
iichh imrlli'lpateil lit an oIIokoiI pur
tluiKO of S:i0,000 worth of maturlalH
anil their Halo to tho Krlo road for
):iri,00(), lii connection with which
deal Ai chimin Ih acctiKed. TIiIh vvlt
iii'rb Iiiih liceit nerved with a mih
poiiiia ami will appear lieforo tho
jrdlolary coniiiillteo tontorrovv.
II wiih hollovetl horo thin aftor
noon Thai tlm Judiciary committee,
nmlied tltroiiKh tho roHolutlon an
thorlxliiK ho InvoHtlKUtlnii of JiuIro
ArchlntlirH aliened ncKOtlatloiiH of
rofiiHo coal propnrtleH of tho Krlo
road In emlor to Hecnto tlio ItrntU
nmiiy of tlilx wltnoHH.
Tho papers, Htitimlttoil to tho roni
ntlttoo liy PrcHlilent Taft will ho
optiaoil toniorrow hut tholr coatontB
will not ho piihllHhoil.
HILLMAN FAVORED AT
FEDERAL PENITENTIARY
TACO.MA, Wm.i .May O.f. 1). Hill
man tlmv sav "novor hmt a Hitlo," and
mado millioiiH in real ostato only lo
laud in IVduriu prinon on MnNcil a
Ihlaiul for fraudulout uso of tho mniln.
lint hlri nalivo HhrowdnosH wont
with him and ho has won ovory nt
taeho nml instead of uoiutr into tho
elay with a pick ho has hoon nllowed
to liuiltl londrt and do lamlheapo work.
Ilo is workintr to Kot Into tho htrnw
horry patch and officials hay lio will
do It mid prohnhly ho itf trusty hc
oiiUHti of fiootl liulmxior in it low
weeks,
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ALSO IN RING
COLL'M IK'S, Ohio, May C 1'ro
pared for an earnest campaign lit
advocacy of Woodrow Wilson's can
didacy for tho doiuocrntlc nomina
tion for president, William J. llryan
Ih In Ohio today.
I'reslilont Tatt Ik also In hla homo
Htato, and Governor .luilson Harmon,
Woodrow WIIhoii and Colonel Hooao
velt will tour Ohio hoforo tho presi
dential primaries u .May 21 In tho
IntorestH of their icHpoctlvo cnitdl
daclcti, llryan's cainpali;n will hei;ln to
nlKht, under tho direction of Gov
ernor WIlHon's Htipportors, and will
end Thursday. Meunwhllo Governor
Harmon will ho actlvo and expects
to rfftict. tho effect of tho Hryan tour.
l'renldont Taft delivered eovorai
addroHHefl today from tho rear plut
foim of IiIh train eu routo to Cin
cinnati. IN STOCK MARKET
N1CW YOUK, May 7.--Todny,a
oponliiK Block innrUet showed de
cided wenknesH and Iobsch of a point
or uioro wore mado by Union l'a
cine. Canadian l'aclflo, IteadliiK and
I.oIiIkIi Valley. Other leaders mado
rMghtly losH Iobhoh. With tho excep
tion of Krlo tho general tendency
woh downward. United Statet Stool
ww under heavy hoIHiik pressiuo and
roKlBterod a loa of .'I f-S.
Tho mnrkot oIohoiI ateady.
Honda wero eaay.
BRYAN
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One Side and Taft Upon the Other-
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WHO WINS?
CHAMP CLARK IN
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Al'STIN', Texas, May 0. Woodrnw
Wilson of New Jersey overwhelmingly
defeated Thump Clark and .lud-oii
Harmon in Jsaturiliiy's. preeiuct con
ventions, practically complete leturm
front which today showed that the
Now Jersey governor received threi
times as many votes as Clark and
llnriuon eomhiucil. The vote is a re
pudiation of Senator Joseph W. Ihii
loy, who stumped the state for Gov
ernor Harmon, hciii e.spcciully hi' or
in his denunciation of Wilson.
Colonel Hooseu'lt is leading l'rosl.
dent Taft in the voting, hut tho Taft
pcoplo are propariii', to hcnd contesi
inir delcKiitioiis from the vuriou
ooimtics to the stnlo convention, and
it is expected that tho fight will hi
earned to the floor of ihe national
convention in ('Iiichko.
ICE CREAM PUS
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1IANTOU1), (ML May G. Pois
oned by eating Ice cream at a picnic
SO members of the Mutltodlst church
hole are Blowing recovering today.
Sovouty-fivo were terribly stricken
and Home tlioiiKlit hopolcHsly so. All
physicians from Hanford and Le
nioinoro were summoned and worked
oyer tho patients nil night long.
Tho cream was mado by ono of
tho parishioners, and after standing
ovor night In the freezer was frozen
tho next morn lap. Tho picnickers
then procoeded to tho banks of
KIuks rlvor, itcttr Hardwlck, whero
they wero atiicken.
WILSON
DEFEAT
JNE STAB SIATE
HIRTY
PICKS
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THREE ASHLAND
Percy Hale, Frank Casey nml
George Hreuuiin of Ashland were ar
rested at the Royal lodging house
Sunday evening for gambling. The
arrests were made by Policemen
llellaus and Crawford after they had
watched the game. The men were
well supplied with whiskey and wero
rather noisy. The officers found
i?il.l."i mi the table when the men wcte
picked up.
Hale is tho ll)-year-old boy oi
Ashland who lecently came to Bed
ford with the Ashland chief of police
and bought whiskey in three saloons,
causing the indictments of three bar
tenders, IALIST
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SPWNGFIKLn, 111., May (!. A
boom has been stavted here for tho
nomination of Duncan McDonald,
seerelary treasurer of tho Illinois
rutted Mine Workers of America for
president of Ihe L'nitcd States on the
Socialist ticket. Illinois delegates
will work for him at the national con
vention in Indianapolis May 12.
As this state has the largest social
ist vote of tiny in tho union with the
exception of Pennsylvania, it is be
lieved McDonald will have a good
chance.
Job llarrimau of Los Angeles nud
Charles Kdwnrd Mussel, the magazine
writer, are said to bo the other two
candidates most likely to get the nomination,
BOYS ARRESTED
FOR GAMBLING
CALL MEETING
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All Members of Commercial Club In
terested in Good Roads Asked to
Meet Wednesday Night .to Discuss
Matter.
Committee is to Be Appointed to
Draft Bill Which Will Give Erch
County its Own Say Aboat Roads.
Heemw the good roacU bills pro
posed at Portland not give !ie
several counties of the state power to
govern the amount they .shall bond for
the purpose of huihlin g.od roads
lite Medford Commercial nlulf will
meet on Wednesday night tc appoint
committees to draft bills gtvimr ej.eh
county its own sny as to the amount
of bonds to be voted. These bi'is
will he circulated tinder the Initiative
and placed tixn the ballot in Novem
ber. AH irood roads , advocates an?
urged to attend the meetintr.
As was pointed out in mi opinion
prepared by A. K. Itenme-. published
in these columns Saturday the lIN
beiut; circulated in Portland limit
emit county to 2 per cent of its lumd
ed indebtedness. This will leave
Jackson county less than a half u.i'
lion for good roads. The bills to be
drafted bv the Medford Cummeroinl
chili will remove. thi liuut allowing
cadi county to speeiiy ins nmouti.
it wishes to bond for.
LEA A
FREEING CHINA
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. May C
A physical aud mental wreck broken
by the Orient. General Homer Lea,
the California military genius, au
thor, confidant of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
and adviser of the little group of
Cltineso revolutionary leaders, ar
rived on the liner Chi Yo Maru this
morning to regain his health at his
homo In Los Angeles. He was ac
companied by Mrs. Lea.
Although he took little part In the
actual field campaigns of tho revolu
tionary army, General Lea devoted
himself so assiduously to tho prob
lems of releasing tho Chinese from
the dominanco of the Mauchus to
which ho has virtually devoted his
wholo life, that his constitution was
undermined and he suffered a severe
stroke of paralysis. Ho was con
fined to his rstuterootu during tho
entire voyage from Shanghai aud
had to bo carried from the Chi Yo In
an Invalid chair. He was In no con
dition to discuss tho situation and
will be hurried to Los Angeles.
IS HELD TODAY
TACOMA. Wn.. Mav 0. Whether
tho stato of Washington will send a
delegation to the lepubliean national
convention nt Chicago instructed for
President Taft or for Theodore Roos
evelt is said largely to depend upon
the result of the republican primary
election being held in Pierce county
today. All counties in tho stnto have
selected delegates to tho stato con
vention with tho exception of Skagit,
with It) and Piorco county with 01.
Hoosuvelt now has 233 delegates,
Taft 174, with 173 votes coittostcd.
These contested votes iueludo 121
from Ktiitr county, where tho republi
can primaries wero repudiated by the
Taft organization, winch m turn nam
ed delegates to contest tho seats of
those elected at tho priniarios. Theo
votes will practically decide which
faction of tho party will control the
statu convention ut Aberdeen,
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SKAGIT
I'RIMARY
115,000,000 IS
LOSS BY FROST
Professor P. J. O'Gara Back From
Pomona, Cal., Where He Addressed
1000 Orange Growers on Preven
tion of Injury by Frost to Fruit.
Growers Know Very Little of Frost
Prevention Work, Askinq Questions
Which Are Considered Silly Here.
That n loss of $12,000,000 to $!.".
000,000 this year has forced the cit
rus fruit growers of southern Califor
nia to turn their attention seriously,
for the first time to frost prevention
work, and that the growers nt present
know nothitii; nt nil of the ntothoifs
followed in this work, is the word
brought from southern California by
Prof. P. J. O'Gnru who has just re
turned from Poinonn, Cnl., where he
addressed u gathering of 1000 fruit
growers, members of tho Citrus Pro
tective league. Professor O'Oara had
not intended to attend the convention
but send a paper to be rend before
the meeting. However he was induced
at San Francisco to twike the trip to
Pomonn.
"I was reliably informed," states
Prof. O'Oara," that this year the
orange growers of southern Califor
nia have lost from .1(12,000,000 (o
$15,000,000 by frost. Hence they
uru at last taking up the matter of
scientific frost fighting in earnest.
"rt is remarkable how very little
they know of frost prevention. In
fact, during an open discussion after
my remarks the most sensible ques
tion asked was too silly to be answer
ed in the Iiogue river valley. I told
them so, too.
"I devoted n great portion of my
remarks to the Kogue River valley.
They had an impression that we only
had about ."it) 00 neres of fruit here.
When I showed stereopticon views of
orchards in bearing after tho frost
season had passed they could hardly
understand it. Many of them after
tlte meeting asked mo many questions
regarding the land m tins locality, n
number stnting frankly that thoy in
tend to quit the orange business and
turn their attention to pears."
Prof. O'Oara purchased consider
able equipment in San Francisco for
the Iabratory he is fitting up here.
VICTORY AT POLLS
BALTIMORE, Mil., May 0. With
ideal weather conditions prevailing,
Maryland today is holding its fiifct
presidential primary eleotiun. F.arly
voting was heavy.
Tho Roosevelt people issued n
statement in which thoy claimed vic
tory for tlm former president. Tho
Taft following is reticent, hut tho
president is tho favorite in yvhtit little
beeting has beon done.
It is not believed the result of tlio
election will bo definitely known until
tomorrow.
TO HEAR LA FOLLETTE
HANFORD, Cal., May 0. -Jltptl-ness
was practically suspended and
school children given a day off hero
today to listen to an address by
Senator Robert M. La Follette, pro
gressive republican candidate for tha
presidential nomination. Tho speak
er was Introduced by Mayor Coe and
was enthusiastically received. Sen
ator La Follotte's speech- wan prae-.
tlcally a repetition of that d9llm4
ut Stockton gturdly.
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