Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1912)
& o City Hall ,J&S2tM Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'n I r (onlKlit Mini TliHrjulRjr. .MaV. 82, .Mill. 15. Korly-Hi'Ciinil Yi'iir Unity Hi'Vixilli Yi'iir THREAT YIELDS COUNTY MONEY ON BALANCES County Treasurer Croncmlllcr Turns Over Interest Received Durlnu Past Few Months on County FiiipIs Placeil In Banks Is Thrcatcncil. No Money Ever Received Previously hy CountyTwo Percent on Dally Balances Now Forthcoming Threatened just before 1 1 1 iiiiniii-y election hy n tux payer, .Iuiiich Crone miller, weniug hi third tciiu iih Ireu unicr til' .lueksou county, paid into llit- I'limitv funds dm huim of .fJ!HI.H:i in Mnich iiimI I'J.III) in April, iih in li'iiil mi I'liiiiily fund ili'Hitilfil in viirinim hunk in the county which inn paying - ''t' ''' intercut on laity biiliiueo. Mr. Croneinillor n miii l llint this enters nil nt' the in ti'ii'Mt paid in tin il ' balances in him. 'I'Iik .fyilll.h'l in the munuiit nt interc! nrtMiiiiiitnliiii; niuec "four nr live llltlltlllN IIKIl" wllllll "till" iHlllljS IIHIllc Hit' pinpimiliuil." Whether Criiiicinillor thought he wih entitled in tlic intcicht or nut is mil known iih he declines In discus the inittlcr, lint it iH Known Hint i taxpayer learned tlmt hiicIi interest wu being pniil liy tin' bunks mill that In called upon Croiictuiller mill dc iniinilcil llint ii he, pmil over in the county. Following t lit k dcnnind the monthly repot In of Cioneniillcr show tluil ln hit pniil into tint county f.'I'Jtt. Ill us interest. Ctoiicinillcr wiih nsl.etl Tiii'siIiiv if lhcc um showed nil of the inlcrcHt mii pniil him liy tin bunks, lie de clared it wan. "Where Is llio Interest paid in Juii mirv. In December, in November mill other mouths hack J" lui wiih asked. "Tho sums cnVcr nil interest puiil me liv bunks for ijnily balances," t'e declined. "Till' piiipoHitinn wns only iiinde mi' four or five months nun." Cioneniillcr wiih very reticent in rcgiml In lint mutter lint admitted Hint nt first In liml nut turned the iiunii'V ocr to the comity. Tun per emit Interest on ilnily bal ance would nnionnl to eoiisidcruhle during n year. While the law pre scribes that whenever the gcncril 1'nnil numiinls to more tlinn .flfiOO llint n cull shnll he iiiiiiIk I'm the re demption of nutsliiudiug comity war nulls the IrciiHiirer nlwn.vs hits on hand through tin summer n Inrgc ntnonnt of inonuy fur the second pay ment of stale taxes which is made in N'ovmaher. Thin your IhiH ninonntH to i.VJ,(i(llt, will uol, linwivr, I'liriy (his entire ninoutit until .N'oveinlicr Iml )irohahly half of it, depending on i;et lini; the other halt' in the lull when Hie m'coiiiI half of county taxes arc paid. 1 Sit t thirt iiu'iiiih carryini; n hal niii'o of .f'-'ri.OOO for xix innntlm wliii'ii nl Iwo percent would pay the county .f'J.'iO in intcrct-t. T AIONTKHKV, Cnl., May 8. (,m pnny C, I'Jth infantry U. S. A., con. HiHlinj,' of hixly.fi vo cnliHlcil incn un der lionlcnnnt Smith, left hero today liy Hpccinl train for Tin Jnnnn, where il Iiiih hi'cn ordered liy the war tic parlmcnt. The order wan Himilnr In thai which mini company (I to Ynmn last week. Company 0 will into the field prepared for any omerKcnoy mid with full fighting equipment. II is riinioreil (hut other troops of tho 'JIhI infnnlry will lenvo this nf. lernoon for other pninlH on (he Mc icaii horilcr. TWO THOUSAND CHARGED BY POLICE, STRIKE RIOT POTTHVIWiH, Vii., May 8. Threo men nnil ono woman wore Hlini today In i riot ut tho Pine Hill colliery when iitalo pollco cIuu'kihI L'OOO men unit woiiion who hail Kuthorod to op. pom) the ropulrliiK of milieu by lion union worldifH, A Kenornl flnht on inioil, tho police finally flrlni; Into the crowd, wliluli dlniiorsod nftor four hail been wounded. INFANIRt N MM BORDER I FASTS FOnTY DAYS. H' Q IJ 'i?7jlX' JhbbbbbI '" LIMDA MAZZARD. FASTING CURIST ENDS 40 DAYS T BHATTI.K. WimSi . May S Dr. l.luiln llui field I Iaz7.a nl. the ritHtlUK hiccnllHt who In under penitentiary Kcnli'iii'it for the luiiUHhiiiuliter of a piitlent. .MIhn Clair" Wlllliimxoii, who, aeeonllni; to Urn proMccnllon, wiih Htnrviul to death, coucltiileit a nclf tiuporieit fiiHt of I T ilnyH hero today. Dr. Ilnzxard iimlerloolc the fanl to refute the expert opinion of tint med leal men who tentlfled iiKaltint her ut the trial that tho limit of human endurance without food wiim 1 1 ituyn. The fiiHt wiih hroken with a (aide Mpooiiful of rice, a teaxpoouful of olive oil ami nix haven of head let tuce. She welched 1 12 poiimtn I.'. ilayH iiko 'today hIio tipped the M'alett at 10 pouiiilH. TEDDY CONFIDENT OF WINNING AWAY FROM TAFT OYBTKK MAY, N Y , May S. KollowliiK a ronferenco hero today with hlri campalKn inanaKer. Beuntor Dixon or Montana and National Com iiiltteeiiian Ward of New York, Colo nel Tlieodoro Koonevelt declared that ho wiih confident of Hweeplui; Ohio, the homo Htuto of I'reHldeut Tuft. 'Ilii' former profddent nl80 nil nounccd that he was o)iohciI to tho HUKi?eHtlou that wherever there were contcstK the national eommltteo Hliould neat hoth hMch, kIvIiik a half vote to each delegate and let tho national convention decide the con toritn. Colonel HooHcvelt Is confident that he will receive a majority when the convention niectH In Chicane. BATTLE FOR MINT WASHINGTON, May S-Oivcu ad ditional time to prepare for the fray liv the action of the house in piifMtif; over the item providing for the nliol isliuient of the San Fraucihco mini, CniiKicHhincu Kuowlniul, llnyiw and ICiihu today me linintr up their forces mid are ready for u i'ini-h fight whei, the mutter comes up ngaiu, prolialily loiiiorrow. Other prolileuiH to he consiilcrcd when the mint neclion of the hill is taken up will he the propositions to abolish the commerce court mid the huremi of inauufnetures uud the pro posed plan lo relire noveriunent em ployes when they reach the age of (15 years. PAT SCOTT WINS BOUT FROM EDDIE MARINO TAC'OMA, Wii., May 8. In six rounds hefore the Tneoinu Athletic dull, I'al Scott led all the way and outpointed I'Mdie Marino at every turn. He landed straight lefts mid right crosses to the jaw mid upper cuts apparently at will hut did not seem to have the sleep producing punch, doe Honds, the coming heavyweight disposed if Paul Sehrcek in four rounds, sending him to the mat twice in tho fourth, the second time' o hard thai Sclireok'n seconds threw up tho sponge. r WITHOU OHIO MRDFORD, THE SHOT Aliened Attempt to Assassinate Police men Ends In Woundlnu, and Killing of Man Aliened to Have Been an Assailant. Police Aided hy Citizens Star! Round Un of I. W. W. and Their Sympa thizers. KAN DIIXIO, Cnl., May 8 -doe Mikuliihh, a Bohemian, is dying today in a hospital here today; two police men nrc seriously wounded; more than :i() nlli'gfil I. NVrt or sym pathisers are lieinc held ut the police station mid the entire city is uroiiscd us the result of u shooting affray hut night, which the police allege was an unsuccessful nt tempt to iissnssinale Policemen Stevens and llcddon. For some time the police have been watchiui: it certain house, declaring that the I, V. 7 who have liecn eonilucliiiu n "free sH'ceh" light heio were milking it their heailituarters. Stevens and llcddon were on duty there last iiitrht. Thev sav thev were suddenly attacked in the dark hy an unknown man. who fired on them with a revolver. Stevens fell with a wound in his unii, hut returned the fire, llcddon, it is said, ru-hed ut the man who was firing ami was struck on the head with an axe. A riot call was sent in mid police, militia, sailors and citizens responded. Mikolash was found nearby, fatal ly wounded, llcddon declares Micko lash is the inaii who struck him wit'i the axe. Five men, said to he I. V. W.'s. were found in the garret of thti house uud taken into custody. The isilice, niiled hy citizens, start ed today rounding up all I. W.'s and thnHc whom they declare sympa thise with them. Among the prison era is A. J. Van Hiliher, secretary of the Cooks' mid WniteiV Tnion. All will he taken out of town, the isilice di'clnrc. 5 O'CLOCK START TO MBE TEDDY Pi:H!lU:S, Ohio. May S. Pros! dent Tuft started tilt; speechmnkltig early today, addressing u crowd of tr.OU ut llaiavla nt G n. :u. Cotitln ued denunclntlon of Colonel Iloose velt featured tho president's re mnrkK, reference heliii; made to the former prcBldont In every ono of tho Ifi npccchca he delivered during tho day. Although President Tuft remained at u dinner given In his honor in Cincinnati hint nlht until midnight, ho wiih up ut ti o'clock this morning making preparations for n Htroniious day. lie was greeted hy lurgo crowds at Snrdlnii and Mount Ornh. The president ato IiIh hreakfiiBt hotween Hpecches. E ON STOCK MARKET N'KW YORK. May 8. The heavy tone of the opening stock market to day suggested further selling. St. Paul mid Canadian Pacific were off u point with the loss iu Union Pacific uud American Smelting nearly us great. United States Steel, Heading, the Coppers and practically all other leaders 'were heavy. Later tho market assumed an unsettled tone uud trad ing was dull. Tho market closed steady, nml light. Honds were sternly, STITT WILSON NOT AFTER PRESIDENTIAL HONORS JlKKKKliKY, Cnl., May 8.On tho eve of his departure to attend tho Indianapolis socialist national con vention, Mayor J. Stilt Wilson an nounced today that ho will not ac cept the presidential nomination, but that ho will ho a candidate for con gress from the Sixth California dis trict, now represented hy Joseph It. Knowliiud, u u'Bulttr republicun. 1. 1 W. RIOT AT SAN DIEGO OKI - WON, W15DXKSOAY, WORST OVER IN SUBMERGED RIVER SECTIONS Twenty Thousand Rescued Atony Mississippi New Breaks of Levees Report Twelve Netjroes Drown Off Raft Daman $50,000,000. Southern Pacific Claim Reports of Damaije Greatly Over-exaggerated Inland Towns Become Islands. NKW OIM.KANS. Li., Mnv 8. With yu.000 iMirsoil already rescued from the iuiiiidatcii dU'ricIs "iirour aging r'Mirls were received here to day from the localities hclicvid to he in danger from the flood-. It i- claimed that the worst is now over. Twelve negroes perished today when it raft enwir.cdiil Point Coupee Two whites were drowned on another skiff vihicli overturned. Two hundred person were repott ed niurooncil near 0ehuisf,m today. One mini swam five miles to c: md to them. Another Ih'viv llrcaks. The levee nt the junction of the Mississippi and Old river-, five iu'.!e below Tornis, broke today, making n crevns-e 100 feet wide. I.cttswnrlh, .n., is ituM'nled t.dav, beiut: almost directly in Hi" path of a rapid rush of water (muring through a gup in the levee. Tlw residentj lime fled to the upper stories of tin- oadd ings. The towns of Mariiisnun and Oro-s-settc, both built on high ground, tire islands. Thai the fhsids injlie Missi-ippi vtilley have e.uiswtKS'J.uOO.UOii toss ttlrcady, mid iTroliaowlSl cuus SKI,. 000.0110 more, is tho estimate an nouueed by the goveiiiinent flood ex perts. The dnmni."-!o ccttnu a!o e stu(c'idous, sny the experts. Congress already litis appropriated $'Vr)0,00() for reiief, mid probably will nml it neci'H-ary to add .2,0IW. (100 more to this fund. 117,00(1 TIikM Itcfugccs. IIATON KOrOK, m.. May S. -Captain Logan today estimated that the government i- aiding Jir.JJOO flood refugees in the flooded section.! south of the Arkansas river as far ti lts mouth mid from tlicie doen the Mississippi to the (Julf ol Mexico. John M. Scott, goncrtil ptiiueer agent of the Southern Pacific vros as follows from San Frtutciscn. J" al lowing from our New Orleans repre sentative from inquiries referring to press reperts: "It seems on Mi-Mssippi high water ituatioll Now Orleans eientlv cm... gerntcd. There is no Aouhle what ever at New Orleans, mid not the slightest anticipation of ny trouble. All trains into and out of New Or leans both east and west ban!; I'mes are oiu'riitiuc same us usnal. N'wr.ut break in levee is one hundred miles above New Orleans, will hny0 no ef fect on New Orleans situation, Hivcr is subsiding and should, be norul in next few dnys." TAFT TO SPEND 1 WINCHESTKIt, Ohio, May S. Announcement that President Tnft would spend tho Inst soveu days be fore tho Ohio primaries nro hold in Ohio, his homo state, was mado from tho president's train horo today. Tho president plans to return to Ohio from Washington next Sunday. INSANE DOCK MAN KILLS HIS SUPERIOR SKATTLK, May 8. Chnrles Dil tou, 510, ttssistunt dock miihter nt the government navy yard at Bremerton, was instantly killed, and George Tra hey, the dock master, wounded by John Haley, 45, who has boon de clared by physicians to ho insane. Haley had the delusion that Trahny mid Ditton consnired to nrevent the government paying hinui large sum of money. Ho had been in the employ ment of the government for twonty yours. Huley was captured, after the Bhyotinf, MAY 8, 1912. AM B ASM 1)0 J I lilt rei'J JAMES rjgcv'. Tiff w WW Ik -if JT . . rJu. eg ulf mere y mimu It is gcnenilly Im'IIcc(I tlmt Ambassador Hryre miij be recalled iih (he result or the publication of President Tuft's letters to Colonel Itoose. clt, In willed tlic president discusscit reciprocity with Canada ami de clared flint under the prnposeil agreement the United States would get lililt'll the lictter of it. S IN TEXAS AS DOES DALLAS. Texas. May 8 Practi cally complete return- from the state primary give Woodrow Wilsoji 1117 sia'tV "delegate ngainst-1'24 for Mur iiinn mid 41 for Clark. Tlii- as-urfs Wilson the forty Texas delegates in the national convention. Colonel Koo-evelt will mc 80 dele gates to the state republican conven tion. Tu ft ' total will be 31). I)e-pite these figures the Tuft jieople stdl claim victory for the president, but t it appears likely that Hoo-ovelt will get a solid delegation from Texas. DALLAS FOR MEET LOS ANGKLKS, May S. Dallas, Texas, was chosen today for tho 1JU.1 meeting of the imperial council of the Shriners. The council will hold its formal meetings May 11 and 12. Tho week beginnim; Muv 11 will ho given over to the usual Shriucr con vention festivities. Krnest A. Cults of Savannah, On., was elected imperial outer guard of the order, the only elective office till ed hv the present session of the coun cil. Cutis received 301 votes in n total of -KU1, on the fir-t ballot. His election was then made unanimous. His nearest opponent was James Me Candless of Honolulu who received 'H votes. T Mrs. Fort Huhhnrd died at her home, 410 South Kiverside avenue this inorninir of heart disease. Tho funeral will probably be held nc.t Fri day. Mrs. Hubbard was about U() years of ago uud was i native daughter of Jackson county. Her maiden mmifl was Tresa MoKeo. Nineteen yenw ago she manied Fort Hubbard, She leaves besides her husband, throe children, two boys and a girl, the youngest being 7 years of age. BRITISH STEAMER IND0RE STRANDED OFF FLORIDA WASHINGTON', May S.-Wirele-s messages received horo today stnto that the Hritish steamor ltulore of Liverpool is stranded on French Heef, Florida straits. The rovunuu eutteri. Yauuioraw and Forward two rushing to hor assistance, The Indoro is a ship of 4774 tons. ROOSEV T WIN W00DR0W WILSON SUDDENLY MA) Ii I: It hr.U.U J-L ' DKTCE NEW YOltK. May 8. J-xtnes J. IIUI today confirmed a report re ceived here reienfty that Loufs "lllll. his son. Trill Tctlro .from the presi dency1 of the Great Northern rail road in favor of C. Ft. Gray. J. J. Hill refused to discuss a report that he will resign the chairmanship of the Great Northern hoard of direc tors in favor of his son. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., May S. Declaring that the "Methodist Epis copal church recognizes that it Is Us plain duty to prosecute missionary enterprises In Greek and Roman Catholic countries with increasing zeal," the delegates to tho quadren nial general conference of that or ganization today unanimously adopt ed a resolution declaring that Ro manism deprives tho people of tho bible, perverts many fundamental doctrines of Christianity and fosters superstitions which alienate tho thinking classes and Impose heavy burdens upon the poor. The resolution cencludes: "Resolved, that It Is our duty to oppose tho machinations of Roman Ism and to counteract Its nttompts to gain ever Increasing control of our public schools and to uso public funds for sectarian schools." TO ATTACK 0R0ZC0 EL PASO. Texas, May S.llealiz ing that General I'ascual Orozoo's re pudiation of his claims to tho provis ional presidency of .Mexico will place him in u serious predicament uulcst Orozeo relents, Kmilio Vusipies: Go mez sent cmuiissurios today to tho rebel commander in chief today iu an effort to adjust their differences. Un less Orozco recognizes his claims Gomez will bo in disfavor -with the rebels on the Mexican side of tho bor der uud wil bo liable to arrest on the American sidu on chnges of vio lating the neutrality laws. ITALIANS CAPTURE GOVERNOR OF RHODES KOMK, May 8. Official notifica tiou that Italian troops have captured the Turkish governor of Ithodes, his two secretaries mid four Turkish of ficers, was received today ut the war office hero, HB tfc torn mB 3BmWd CARL GRAY WILL SUCCEED HILL ON GREAT NORTHERN METHODISTS RILL ROMAN CATHOLICS No. 40. STEEL TRUST ORDERED ALL Official of Subsidiary Concern As serts That He Destroyed All Evi dence Sought Upon Instructions From Higher Officials. President of Wire Company Attempt ed to Interfere With Testimony in Grand Jury Room. NEW YOKK, May 8,-IIow offi cials of the steel trust, facing gov ernment prosecution us monopoly in restraint of trade, calmly ordered their subordinates to burn all evi dence of law breaking the instant tho federal suit was filed was detailed here today before Referee Henry T. Brown by Hurrv Whitney, nn official of the Worcester. Mass., plnnt of the American Steel nml Wire compnny, n subsidiary of the steel trust. Subpoenaed by former Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickinson, who with Henry Colton is representing the gov ernment in the prosecution, Whitney declared he had destroyed evidence by direct order of Frank Bnackcs, presi dent of the American Stpel and Wire company. He received Bnucke's or der immediately after the filing of tho government's suit to dissolve the trust. Gathered All Papers. Whitney declared he had, by Bnacke's order, gathered, papers con taininc; nil evidence against the steel and wire company which were in the office of George Crngiu, its assistant sules manager, shipped them to the Worcester plnnt, persqnnlly took them to the boiler room and directed the firemen there to burn them. Whitney sprung nnother sensation when he followed up his testimony about the buniin of evidence by .i flat statement that President Banckes of the American Steel and Wire com pany had attempted to interfere with his testimony beforo the grand jury which voted the indictment ngainst the steel tmst. Prefacing this, Whitney recited the operations of the wire pool under the direction of Supervisor Jackson. He asserted that Jackson Used prices and arranged what companies partic ipating i tithe pool should bid for contracts. In Grand Jury Jtoom. Referring to his testimony beforo the grand jury, Whitney said that while he was iu tho grand jury ante room, George Cragiu, assistant sales manager of the wire trust told him President Buaekes wanted to see him in tho hull. Whitney went. He swore; "Buuekes told mo 'I sup pose you remember your instructions regnrding those papers V "1 told him I remembered distinctly he told me to see they were burned, lie said: 'I never told you any such thing.' 1 insisted, and hu then told me, if I could, iu my testimony, to avoid refcrencu to the destruction of the Diipei-s, and that ho would like it. I told him I would have to tell the truth and he walked away, saying 'Tell them anything yon please' " Boiling's most sevoro cross exam ination failed to shako Whitney' story in the slightest degree. BATiiTii EAGLE PASS, Texas, May 8. Fighting hotween rebels and fedorals Is In progress at Cuatro Clonegas ami Torreon today. Tho hattlo at Cuutro Cionogus has boon In progress since last nlcht. when 1500 fedorals under Brigadier General 'Irucy An bort nttnclccd tho main force of tho robols there. Ilollablo unofficial Information says that tho federals two boltig pushod back with houvy looses along the railroad toward Montclova, Re port from government sources, on tho other hand, say that the rebol are retreating aud that the federal expoct to take Cuatro Clens& U'r afternoon. Nothing Is known In regard to !M result of the battle tit Tofrwu, BOOKS BURNED ABOUT TEN
