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SECOND
EDITION
Korly.m'ciiinl Y'iir,
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FOUR KILLED, FOUR
EXPLOSION AT
ME
IS
AS CAUSE OF BLOW-UP
iBY OTHER WOMEN
Mm Lltcially Blown to Pieces and Hurled Hundreds ul
. . . Fret In Air, Limbs Belnu Scattered Broadcast Powder j
Charyt: Was Beliio, Placed In a Cliff Above Where Crev.
of Men Were Haulluu Rock.
Powdcruien In Hahlt of Smuklnu While Placlntj Powder
Charges Some Survivors Contend That Powder Was
Tamped With Sun-Heated Iron.
Three ini'ii witro literally Mown to
IiIitiih, another fatally Injured, ilylni;
t tln Kiirrul Heart Hospital In
(IiIh city, mill four badly hurt
by n premature- explosion In the
quarry above Jnekunuvlllo at 11:10
o'clock (IiIh morning.
Tlin explosion U believed .by men
working In (tin iiiurry to have been
I'liiiKi'd by a curolcindy dropped cigar
ette on powder healed by being ex
pound to tliu nun, although ll ipay
liavu ln'iiii raimcd by the powder man
'it bo wnn .ulicliiK u'fliargo vboforu
cooling Tim bold In which ha wait
tniupliiK the powder.
Thu dead:
IOIIN SIMMONS, ni;"d about 45, a
iKMldniil of Jacksonville.
LOUIS LAZOVIt'll, Greek employ
t'd n water boy.
LOUIS HOODON, (irc.tk. thi pow
der man.
.IA.MKB RYAN, ngud about 1!C, r.nl
iliuit of Jacksonville.
Tim lujiirml:
i:. VInIiio, severe ctilri, log broken,
possible- Internal liiJurluH, Resident
of Jacksonville.
.lohii Button, log mill nnu broken.
Severely Injured otherwise Resident
of Jucksouvlllo for a number of
yearn.
Curl Burn, gash In hem) and other
bruises. IteHldiiut of Applegate.
John Xiiucllo, arm broken, llailly
bruised, (Ircek laborer.
Three Killed Outright
The three men who were killed
outright were horribly mangled. The
body of young Laxovlch, waler boy,
who wiih standing above the place
the exploMlon occurred, prosontod tbw
inoHt horrlhlo appearance. He wan
hurled nearly 200 feet. An arm wiih
picked up In otto place, a let; In an
other. Ills body struck a chapnrrol
IiiihIi and wiih torn to bltH. Thu pow
Jer man, Hogdon, was liurled clon.
of the huge pit of the quarry, land
ing li H loiiKO lf0 feet from the
place tlio explosion occurred. Ho wiih
horribly mangled. John Rlmiiiniin
wiih hurled directly Into the air and
waw Instantly killed. JaiuoH Ryan,
though fatally Injured did not huc
cumh until be had reached the Sacred
Heart hospital,
Tlio powder olmrgo wnH IhiIiir pine
i'd In u cliff about ar. feet directly
above where u crow of men were
hauling roclt. Tim explosion hurled
rock down upon them and this nc
coiintH for tho lirokou logH and nriiiH.
Olio man camo through tho Hhowor of.
i ucl unhurt.
Ah llogdon wan killed outright the
manner In which tho uxpIohIoii oc
curred will-hover bo known, A largo
uiimher of tho laborers nay that lie
wiih In the hnblt of smoking while
placing powder ohurgoH ami Hint they
hellevo that this fired tho cbarj;o. On
the othor hand hoiuo of the men claim
that the heat of tho nun boating
down on tho cliff whoro ho wiih work
ing inado tho tanking f powder a
very diuiKorouH niuttor. Hluolc pow
dor mid dynamite, Is bulni; used for
blaming. ,
Wild i:iilonieiit Follows
Iininodhitely following tho explos
ion the wildest uxoltumunt provullod
at tho quarry. Klnally one of the
(Contttiuua on I'ago (,)
Medford
BLAMED
M
WARSHIPS START WOI AT KtFRIMIOR
SENT KEY WEST
WASHINGTON, June 0 The navy
department U preimrlm; today to
Bend the hnttlcithlpH Florida. Utah,
Delaware mid thu North Dakota now
nt AtiuiipollH, to Key Went on Satur
day next. The fourth dlvlnlon of tho
Atlantic fleet, reiiHlHtlnt: of tho four
battlenblirt which left Key Went yes
terday, arrived at (liiaiitanaino at
noon today, accordliiK to deRpatchen
received here. Tho warHhlpa landed
1,100 niarlnes nt (liiantniiaino this
aferuoou.
Tho plan of tho ndinlnltttratlon hero
In to await tho effect of thu presence
of tho United Htateu ImttlcHhlps On
tht Cuban revolutionists.
I'rlted HtatcH Mlulntur Ileaupre of
Havana wired the Htato department
today that I'roHldent (loinez Ih re-
eruUlut; 10,000 volunteora, and ban
united the United Stated government
to furnlMb r.,000 more Krai; rlflcH
mid 1,000,000 more roundn of am
munition.
SAN DIEGO'S JAIL
SAN MKCIO, Cal., Juno C Two
niHCH of Hinnllpox In thu county Jail
remitted today In tho city health
ituthorltlcH iiHHiimliiK custody of 17
men who were hold In tho jail on
chaw of vagrancy In connection
with the recent I. W. W. dlHturbancea.
On motion by District Attorney Ut
ley, (leorKO W. PutorbiuiKh, police
JiiiIko, ordered tho release of tho 17
prhhmcrn on their own recognizance,
Dr. KrmiclH Mead, city health officer
announced to tlio court that tho re
leased prlsouerH would bo removed to
tentH at Rorronto, where they would
bo cared for by tho city for at least
fourteen days, tho time that must
elapse for disease to develop If It has
been contracted.
COBALT, CANADA, IS
DESTROYED BY FI
COHAIP, Out., Juno tl. Most of
the business section of this town was
'destroyed by flro oarly today. Tho
flro Btartod from tho uxploslon of nn
ollhtovo In tho Lyric thentor, Tho
uudioiico loft ho building (utotly and
no nnu was Injured.
Tho flro riiBoil for Hovoral hours
nul was not gotten under control un
til outiy today. Loss $D0,000,
OR
CUBAN
UE
MX N
MEDFORD,
Scene of Today's Fatal Explosion
SHSSisSflfttfjiKPRg ) u!jflHjiiLHHHHHjBjBjBHHH
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ONCE SECURING ; SERVICE FOR EGGS
NAMES FOR BILL
The matter of riiitfiui; the ncecxnry
.?7ft) for the cciiriti of 12,0011 names
(u iiiMia .the appearance of Mcilfonl'!
Home liule n:ul hill on the ballot in
November, the Medford Ommcrcitit
club diseiiKoeil (ho mutter at some
length ut i reuliir meting held Weil
iihilay eveniiii: nt the City Hall and
ileeiilecl to call upon the proKrehMves
of tliiH city mill enmity to contribute
to u fund for this pun him1. Ak there
reimiiiiH hut four weeks in which to
M'curo the necessary Mxiuitiirus, the
mutter Ih urgent.
The Home Kule bill as outlined by
the Medford Coiiiineieinl olub vill
give iiliMilute county eontrol of the
amounts of money, location of roads
and Mipcrvisiuu of the same to the.
respective counties of the state. Willi
thu amendment enacted each county
will Imvu absolute control over the
matters of htiihliui; iicrmmient muds.
Thu plan outlined by President Colvig
is to uct the number of signatures,
about J'J.OIIO from the respective
couiinereiiil clubs, rane;cs and by dir
ect canvas of the larger cities through
the aid of bureaus that secure sig
natures. These iinnies must be .se
cured, if ut all, before July 0, or
Jackson county's fight for permanent
roads will have become a dead issue,
That this work may bo carried on
with rapidity a sum of money will bo
ncucssiiry for the securing of tho
names and every public spirited man
in Jackson county is to bo asked to
contribute.
BRYAN'S NAME
DULUTII, Minn., Juno 0 Montlon
of tho name of William J. Hrynn halt
of business for several minutes whlla
tho delegates cheered tho Nobraskan
at tho democratic &tuto convention
hero today. It was reported that tlio
Clark supporters aro prepared to
stampedo to Dryau If it becomes ovl
dent that Champ Clark cannot cap
ture tho statu convention, Tho Wilson
men aro apparently In control,
Iowa Elks in Session,
LWVKNPOKT, III., Juno 0. Dav
onport extended a cordial nrotlng to
tho hundrods of visitors who gathorud
horo today for tho sixth annual con
vention of tho Iowa Htato association
of lOlltu. Thu meeting will last until
Friday. lu mldltlou to tho usual
business sessions thoro will bo u
street parade, bund contest and nu
niorous features of outortulumont,
AROUSES
mm
Mail Tribune
OKISOON", TJITUSIMV, JUNE fi, 19J2.
aw mm
Owinj; to the rcctnt increase in cj
iiiul berry sbipmculs from the Houe
Hiver Valley to PorUyid nno Seattle,
me .-souiuern jmciiic win in tlio luture
opcrule n refrigerator car on Satur
tlnys through the valley, picking up
till local sliipiuent.s of es, butter,
and other perishable products. The
ear will be carried on the local freiejit
between Ashland ami Grants Pass
where it will be attached to a fast
through freight ami given u 'J4 hour
service to Portland.
This service will also take eare oi
small fruit shipments and bo of
material help to the growers inasmuch
as the freight charge is considerably
lower (bun express charges. Being
loaded in a refrigerator ear. frait
should stand up well in the freight
service as the time in transit is short.
There is no doubt that this will
prove of considerable value to the
valley and will be welcomed by the
fanners and small fniit growers.
Last Saturday 2000 pounds of but
ter wns shipped to Portland from this
city and from III) to -10 cases of eggs
are going torward diulv.
litis iced car will taho eare of all
manner of berries which will soon be
shipped out of the valley and should
prove of much benefit. Hv putting
" ""' ' !'' grower gets the .same
iHivauiage wm n -mull shipment bo
would receive with an entire carload.
F
OF
LOS ANOULIJS, Juno C That
Hort II. Krauklla conforrod with tho
strike committee of tho Merchants
and Manufacturers association with
regard to his plea of Kulltyk and that
they promised him immunity If ho
would so plead was wlmt Attorney
Hurl Rogers for tho dofoiiBO attempt
ed to bring out when tho state's Btar
witness was recalled to tho stand for
further cross examination In tho mor
ning session of tho Darrow brlbory
trial today,
Franklin admitted going to tho of
fice of tho M, and M. nnd meotlng
tho members of the strike committee
thoro, but could not rontomber any
of tho conversation, according to his
testimony. Ho admitted tho mombors
woro all his friends,
nHJLLINClHAM, Wn Juno C
How Owon of this phico, ouo of a
party making thu descent of Mouut
Hakor yostorday, slid 200 foot down
nn Joy slope A crovaBso yawned at
his foot. A companion, Richard
llesso, In tho lead, ernbbod htm as
ho coasted past and stopped htm at
tho Instant when his foot woro pro
truding ovor tho void.
MN
FIND
MERCHANTS
INJURED IN
JACKSONVILLE
TWO COVENTIONS
BRYAN'S PROPHECY
Tl
BY
Three Times Presidential Candidate1
Sizes Up Republican Contest Be
tween President and Former Presi
dent and Predicts a Bolt Probable.
uepenus upon nerve oi candidate s
.. . i
supporters und Whether Taft Dare
Use Party Machine for Himself.
(By Williams Jennings Bryni..)
Copyright, J!U2, by the SYwspupei
Enterprise Association
CHICAGO, June 0. The fhicago
convention promises to be the most
exciting ever held in the history of
the country, provided, of course,
there ih no surrender before the bat
tle. Never before have we had a
president, fighting for a second term,
pitted against an ex-president, fight
ing for a third term. This alone
would make it a battle of giantfi, but
an inexhaustible quantity of red fire
is supplied for tho celebration by the
met tout the contestants, once bosom
friends, are bitter enemies. What
ever may be the cause of the feud,
there is no doubt that a feu J exists
and no feud among mountaineers has
ever been more deadly in its effect
on participants and innocent by
standers. In a street duel a stray bullet
sometimes strikes a passerby, but in
this case, several hundred thousand
officeholders not to speak of nn
army of aspirants have had their
hopes riddled and their bread and
butter filled with fragments of ex
ploded shells.
Two Conventions Predicted
In speculating as to the outcome of
the convention one must have con
siderable latitude. At tho present it
looks like two conventions, if Mr.
Tuft's supporters have the courage
to do nil that is in their power.
Tho refusal of the committee to
honor Hoosovelt's request for 250
tickets indicates they have tho ani
mus to fight, but have they the cour
ai'e to carry tho fight to the last
ditch f
-Mr. Taft has control of the na
tional committee. The committeo
can sent enough of the Taft delegatos
to give- him n majority of tho con
vention and thoro will bo as much
to be said in favor of Taft delegates
from tho South as can bo said for
Mr. Hoosevelt's delegates from that
section, for Republican delegations
from tho South, whether thoy support
Taft or Koosevelt, represents, as a
rule, only what patronage and cor
ruption or money can buy.
There aro two questions to be an
swered. Whoever can answer them
correctly can foretell tli result in
Chicage:
Two Questions Only
First Will President Taft daro to
use tho machinery which he controls?
If ho does and tho mitehino doesn't
brenk down ho can tako his South
ern delegations, and with a minority
of the delegates from tho north, nom
inate himself, Does ho want that
kind of a nomination, and will ho
risk what Mr. Roosovolt may then
dof (If the ex-president would an
nounce in advance that ho would
abido by tho decision of tho conven
tion ho would not havo much chunoo
to secure a nomination. Ho might ,ns
well go to Africn.) ,
Tho second question is, what will
Mr, Roosovolt, if his contesting dolo
gates aro denied seats, do? Will be
tako a minority of tho delegates
from tho north, repair to another
bnll, scat his contesting delegates
from tho south and then proceed to
nominate himself?
Holt Seems Likely
That would soeirjt o bo bis ptir-
( Continued "on Page cTJ
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NEBRASKAN
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TAFTSSTFJI ROLLER BEGINS TO WORK
REPUBLICAN
ROOSEVELT CONTESTANTS TO BE OUSTED
CHICAGO, June C With both
Roosevelt and Taft leaders claiming a
maturity of delegates, while both
sides privately admit that the result
will he very close, the Republican na
tional committee met here this after
noon to consider a temporary roll call
of the delegates to the national con
vention. Victor Rosewater of, Nebraska,
was elected 'chairman and tho rules
governing the Taft-Roosevelt delegate
contests were adopted. These largely
duplicated tho old rules.
Tho first debato came up over the
question as to whether press associa
tions only should be admitted to the
contes hearings, ort as to whether tho
hearings should bo open to all ac
credited newspaper reporters.
Today's session was devoted mostly
to organization and rules of contest.
Tho Taft delegates control the ront
mitteee and a large number of dele
gates in favor of Taft will be seated.
Tho first contests are Arkansas and
Alabama and will probably not be
settled before Saturday. President
Taft is expected to win practically all
these contests.
Ruling Kavois Taft
Tho Roosevelt leaders aro urging
seats in tho convention, each dele
gate, contested, to be allowed half a
vote. Tho Taft men decline to con
sider such a proposition. Tho na
tional committeo miido it plain at its
first session that whore a contesting
delegation seriously assails tho legal-
Square-Faced Bulldog Roosevelt Anthem
CHICAGO, June 0. The Roosovelt
campaign song lias made its appear
ance. It is a parody of the famous
war chant of tho Chump Clark boost
ers, "You Gotta Quit Kickin' My Oawg
Around." It is sung to the tune of
"Casoy Jones."
Hero it is:
TKDDY'S BULLDOG.
Teddy's gotta dawg, but be ain't no
hound;
Hu's a square-jawed bull and his face
is round,
His legs is short and he's eloso to tho
ground,
And you bet thoy ain't kickin1 Teddy'ri
dawg around.
CHORUS.
Square-jawed bull, and his fnco Ih
round;
Squnre-juwed bull, ami ho ain't no
WEATHER
Fair and Wiirnt- Max. 7j
Mln. r.l; Itch Hum. IB. -
NO. G5.
EsryasT
itv of the election of regular delegate
niey win nave a cimuee but that in
cases where fraud, intimidation or
juggling of roll calls is claimed, tho
committeo will take tho stand that it
is without authority to review tho acts
of any convention. Such n ruling
strongly favors President Taft nnd
means the ousting of nearly all tho
Roosevelt contestants from the South.
Hold Ilalanco of Power
President Taft is boing kept in im
mediate touch with all developments
by means of a private telephone lino
extending from the office of Clmrlea
1). llilles, secretary to the president,
at the Blackstouu hotel here, to the
White House.
Irrespective of whnt tho national
committee may do with tho contests
here, tho uuiustriicted delegates really
hold the balance of power. Both sides
claim them, but whoro thoy really
stand will not bo determined until tlii
first roll call is taken in. the national
convention on the make-up of the
temporary organization,
If the national committeo pushes
through the Taft program, it is gen
erally oxpected that Roosevelt, will
come here in nersou noxt week. If he
does the colonel will hold a proxy
and will sit in tho sessions of the na
tional committee.
Root to lie Chairman
Senator Elibu Root of Now York
undoubtedly will bo elected tempo
rary chairmnn of tho national con-
(Contluuod on Page 8.)
hound;
Short-legged bull, eloso to tho ground,
And you bet thoy n'm't kinkin' Teddy'rf
bull around.
Tlio Domourntio dawg, Uio unlucky
hound
That tho boys hnvo all been kickin'
around,
Is tho same old dawg that's boon
stiokiu' 'roun,
Sinco old Abu Lincoln camo to Wash
ington town, , '
Chorus.
And now ho oome back, the moasly
ho.in',
With his fnco and his tail still hangm'
down;
Tho hungry, sly, old, lob-wrd hpuild, t .
No woudor the boys have beefi kwkfo
hint around.
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