Orcnon Historical Socle
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Medford Mail Tribune
SfcCOND
EDITION
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NO. 91.
COURT BLOCKS NEW BEAR CREEK BRIDGE
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Ashland Jiiiliio Upholds Suit Brotijjht
by Ashland Attorney on Behalf of
Ashland Parties Aualnst Construe
Hon of Medford Bridge.
Case Will Oe Heard Wednesday In
Order Decree May Be Obtained
From Which to Appeal.
Judge l'rank M. Cnlliius of tin fir-
(It'll Cillllt'llUK disallowed till' Illl'tilUI
offered ly attorneys for I In- count
ninl contractor to diwmiNH the tcui
Hiriity iiijiiiii'tiuii Ixmk'iI testrniiiiiig
tlic eoiiMruction uf u new lrilK vr
Hear creek in this city. Tin ciikc Inn
In-ill M't or trial In (ln trriui coin I
lor Wednesday, .Inly Ml. At thi Mmc
tin' niHtt will In1 gone into thnioughlv
ninl it decree obtained in order llnil
mi ii)al may he taken to the mi
)iii'iii 1'iiiirt, for litlt tin- tefumil to
allow it motion to ltMitiiiH I lie lein
pantry injiiiielion in not limit it is be
licved linn it show that tile decree
will he against lint eonnty anil le
hi rain the enmity from erecting the
bridge.
In disallowing the motion Judg'i
Calkins hii.VM;
In the Circuit Court of the stale
of Oregon in ami for Jaelomii County.
Meutou Hotter, et al., plaint if I'm, .
.1. It. Neil et ill., defendants.
This mailer wan Miliimltml for do-
lonuiuiition, upon defendant's motion
.VAPli-tirr-rf.lnirn1nj' order hero
lofnnt in it ile; plaintiff appearing h.v
K. U. Hrlggs, IiU ii Homey, defendant
Prrliuin appearing by 1'. J. Neff, IiU
attorney, ami the other defendants
appealing liy V. I). I-Vutnii, their lit
toniey.
I'artN Admitted
The fuels admitted scent to he as
follows; That tin eoiiutv levied a I
mill tax for road purposes, under
section (KI'JO U. 0. I.. This levy
should pnidueo appro.imately $ lf-,-IMIll,
of which one half iniiHt he up.
portioned to the several rami districts
and the other half, $7(1,000, is to he
expended under the diieetioti of the
enmity rout t for road pin poses; and
it appears f i out the eettifieato of the
eonnty treasurer, that he has ex
pended in redeeming road warrants,
during 111 'J, I.VJo.HO, or $11,
r:t().)r exclusive of .laiiuary and
February, and that the clerk has is.
sued, as shown by the clctk's certiti
eate, $:U),tll 1.112 warrants for mud
purposes up ti tlitH tinie, or 4 1 -Ud.'J.'l,
exclusive of January, whi.di
it is contended were for December
hills.
Then vc have, $7(1,000 as the total
assets for mad purposes for 101'J,
(assuming that all of the lax is paid)
mid total oxpi'iidlture for that year,
excluding (he warrants issued for
.lanuary, and thu disbursements for
tedeinptioii of warrants, for .Iaiuary
and February, of the sum of :K7,
(llll.L'H, leaving1 a balance unexpended
of Ilia $7(1,000 available of $18,:i.ri:i,
not Inking into eoiisideratiou the
$rj,l!f):i.'0 redeemed by the sheriff of
road warrants. It also appears by
thu certificate of tlio treasurer that
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LIMITED IS
WRECKED NEAR
ROGUE RIVER
Three Cars Lcavo Track and All
Traffic Is Delayed From 10 to 20
Hours Mall Clerks Have Narrow
Escape From Death.
Track Soft and Heavy Travel Forces
It Down Slow Orders Alone
Saved Loss of Life.
The Shasta limited, south hound,
i mis w reeked at an eatlv hour lod.iV
near Hoguc Itiver nlumi eight miles
Miulh of (liautH Pass. Thiee curs,
the baggage, mail ami one cep'.r
h'ft the track. No one was iiijund.
Tin' wreck was due to a salt piece
of Itiickngc. Ovmmu to mi many spe
eial Elk train timcliug north the
track Iiiih sunk and slow nnlcrs li.nl
been put out.
The Shasta limited was the last
train over, heeding the slow signals,
The train which went into the ditch
was tunning about l.'i miles an hour
whan it left the track.
The mail ear turned over on its
side, bruising the three clerks on
board. The sleeper Temaiiied up
right. Passengers wore awakened by the
jolting but were uninjured.
The track will not be cleared until
midnight, AH I rains will he delated
from HI to 'JO hoars.
All of the north and south bound
locals wcri annulled todnv .
The Pullmans were hauled hack to
(limit Pass, where the passengers
spent the dav. Numbers 111 ami 1,"
ate also at (iraiits Pass.
I ROCKEFELLER 73 YEARS OLD
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MR JOHN D ROCKtFeLIXR
OIL R IN
BEnER HEALTH
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FOR IPAIGN
TAFT'S BEHALF
National Committee and President
Wrestle With Appointment of Man
aper Five AdUsory Managers Se
lected for Various Parts of Nation.
Barnes to Manage the East, Kcalinrj
the Middle West, Perkins of Ta
coma the Pacific Coast States.
THAN
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Cl.rcVKI.ANI), O , July 8 John I
Itockfcllcr Ih "'A years old today. IIIh
health lit better tlnili for curs past,
and Iid Is richer II" ronu at 720
I o'clock nml after adJuHtliig his wig,
took a sipilut at IiIiiihcU In the mir
ror.
"Not t,o had for three score and thlr
teoa," lie Hiilliiiled, ami he then went
down to breukfast and ate a heaping
dish of Htrawljerrles and creitiu,
drank a largo glass of milk and
inuurlied several pieces of buttered
toast.
AMERICANS
WIN
MA N RECORDS
STATE MEDICOS
WILL MEET HERE
R
OLYMPIC
GAMES
)R NEXT SESSION
Dr. K. U. IMckel has returned from
attending the Northwest Medical as
sociation mooting at Portland with
wont that the statu medlral ngHOcla
tlou will moot In thla city next June.
At that time SftO physicians will bo
In tho city.
Tho Northwest Medical nnsoclntlon
only uicetB onco In three, yoarB. Tho
state association however meets each
year and next yenr It will convene,
here.
To Dr. I'lckul's single-handed ef
forts Is the credit duo for bringing
tho doctors to Medford.
JENNIE CROCKER'S WEDDING
TO COST JUST $55,900
SAN MATKO. ful., duly 8. -All
records for costly weddings will be
broken by deunio Crocker, Califor
nia's richest heiress. When Miss
Jennie Crocker koos to the altar with
Malcolm Waltham the ceremony will
jut cost $r5,000.
STOCKHOLM, July X. The won
derful prowess of the visiting athletes
from the United States was demon
strated so conclusively this afternoon
In tho finish of the S00 meter run
that It Is now accepted Hint the Yan
kees will retain most of the Olympic
records when thu games finally come
to an end. Americans finished one,
two, three In the 800 meter event and
these men finished In less than the
world's time.
The race was won by James E.
Merodlth of Mercersburg Academy.
Time 1 minute fit U-10 seconds.
Tho Greek won over tho two
Amerlcntis by n very narrow margin,
I'latt Adams Jumping 3 meters and
30 centimeters and Henjntnln V.
Adams 3 meters and SS centimeters.
Tho first heat of the 10,000 moter
walk resulted:
Geo. Gouldlng, Ontario, Canada,
won; E. J. Webb, England, 2nd; A.
HasmtiHscn, enmark, third; E. AMI-
uinuiil, Italy, fourth and V. J. rai
nier, England, fifth. Time -17 min
titCH 14 5-10 seconds.
In the 400 motor rolny roco, tho
contest was between the American
and Urltlsh teams and tlio Hrltlshers
won after the Americans had been
disqualified by the Judges for foul.
Iiik. Tho Americans who lost
through disqualification wero Ira
Courtney of Seattle A. C, V. V. He
loto of Chicago, Clement P. Wilson
of Coo Collego and Carl C. CooUo of
Cleveland A. C.
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" WASHINGTON. .Jtile 8. N.imii
of u manager for the iiretdilciitV He-
j )iililiciin enmpntun Has a job wre-tb.l
heir today. The irecnee of a doen
national leaderHitii the lohhv trom tlk
J New Willard Imttt Kuo the atf.iti
l campaign appearance. I'le-cnt were
I'Tncle" Joe Cannon, Secietarv Win
I llaywooil, e.x-Hennior llcniiniiiguii
ami Jos. H. Kealiiig of liuliuua. The
nine members of the Mib-eoinunttei
S. A. Perkins,, Waxliinatoii; I'owell
Clnxtoii, Arknnsnh; If. t). Wel, Illi
nois; J. .). Adams. Iowa; C. 1$. War
reii, Michigan; T. K. Niedriuubaiif,
Mifeuri: V. W. Kstabtook. New
llniupxliiie; Newell Sunders, Tennes
see, and A Ivali II. Mai tin, Virginia
met behind closed ilnors at 10 o'clock.
The sub-committee got in toucii
willi President Taft mrtly after
noun and uiljoiiriii'd to the White
HoiiNe, where luuclieou was crcd.
Throughout the day the executive of
fices wero thronged with politician-.
Hnrucs bustled to the White House
immediately after the sub-committee's
meeting unr wii ushered info
the library by a back door, where he
helil a conference with 1'rcsldeut
Taft. What was most discussed was
the personnel of an advisory com
mittee of I he members, who will co
operate with the national committee
in cnmliictiui: the campaign. Repre
sentatives will be chosen from New
York, New England, the .Middle West.
Chicago and either Washington or
Atlanta. In etfect, these five mem
bers will be siib-inajors of the cam
paign charged with putting the ticket
They will he more or less inde
pendent of the campaign manager.
Although no decision will be made as
to these Mili-majors until the whole
matter has been threshed out with
President Taft, the likely candidates
are Barnes of New York. Kealing of
Indiana for the Middle West, S. A.
Perkins of Washington to handle tin
far West, and Senator Sanders of
Tennessee to take care of the South
JUDGE AGAINST WHOM SERIOUS CHARGES ARE MADE.
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CHILD BRUTALLY iFLAMES DESTROY
TORTURED, SLAIN
IMPEAGHMEN
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BEFORE HOUS
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AFTER OUTRAGE
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NOPAH
NEVADA
NEW YOKK. July 11.-Although , TOXOPAII. Xev.. July S.-Wltl, the
ISmsv Jiuvc two men under .'fernwt ,i WfiU!rR1!"' tojwn,In ashes- -S.tntep .district. qoitr(. besoujshfand
MtMrnmln, the Hri&io'lny Unit ted i To'a,, t0J raccsf loSsfofm" obtained credit, and in other .t
tbev wpi eompletelv Imfffi'il in their tn,m ''0.0 from fire which early .tanees S0UK,,t to obtftin cn(lit from
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GHEENWICH. Conn.. July S.
lllchard Harding Davis, author and
war correspondent, whoso wife re
cently divorced him In Chicago on
tho ground of desertion, was mar
ried this afternoon by Justlco of the
Peaoo William Crungo hero to Ellza
both Genevieve McCoy, better known
as Uessle McCoy, tho dancer.
Ethol Ilarrymoro Colt was matron
of honor, while Davis was attended
by his friends, Goitvornour Morris.
efforts to solve the brutal slaving of
l'J-year-old Julia Owners, as-aultcil
and slnin after beinp horribly tor
tured while held prisoner in an un
occupied flat at JKHi.S Thiid n unite-.
The child was found, denuded of
clothing, and lying in a vacant lot
yesterday. She was able to tell noth
ing reiirtliiig the identity of her as
sailant. Julia Counor. who was unusually
pretty and large for her years, dis
appeared late Saturday night. Her
frantic parents searched the neigh
borhood for her and appealed to the
police but no trace of the child vn
found until yesterday when her body,
slashed with knife wounds and
bruised with blows from a heavy fist,
was found, covered with a piece of
stained oil cloth mid stuffed into a
box lying in the vaeuiit lot.
The child died in the hospital nn
hour Inter. The police, after vainly
trying to trace her movements, ar
rested Giovanni Oerassi, i4, n coal
and tee dealer, and Jefferson Kelly
on suspicion.
SAN TKANCISCO, July S. Fifty
wealthy men, members of a cock
fighting club were surrounded by po
lice hero today while watching their
birds do battle. Thev gave fictitious
names and forfeited $2" bail each.
PORTLAND, Ore.. July S. After
fasting 17 days J. J. Downey rushed
into a dairy luneh and ate three cus
tard pie. Shortly afterwards be
became irrational nml was ronunod
to the insane ward at tho county hospital.
today swept the business section.
Many of the best buildings In the
camp were destroyed, among them
the stock exchange. Nearly all
wires lntolhe city were put out o,f
conimlssfoit, only that from the de
pot being now in working order.
No lives, so far as known, were lost
In the blaze.
The fire started in the Knights of
Pythias Hall and spreading fast con
sumed the Honanza Newspaper plant,
two two-story business houses an a
number of dwellings. No miulng pro
perty suffered and stock market
operations will be unaffected des
plto the destruction of the structure
In which tho exchange did business.
"Hifih Crimes and Misdemeanors"
Cited by Judiciary Committee
Showing Jurist Utterly Unfit for
Position, Which He Used to Graft.
Sense of Moral Resposlblllty Dead
enedCommercialized Potentiality
as Judge.
WASHINGTON, July 8-Formul
demand that Judge W. Arehbnld of
the United States Commerce court bo
impeached for "miMbohnviotifl and
high crimes and misdemeanors" was
mnde to the house of representatives
todny by the judicinry committee.
The committee declared Archbnld's
sene of moral resposibility has be
come dendeded and that he "ban
prostituted bis high office for per
sonal profit."
Thirteen articles of impeachment
were presented in the resolution.
The judicinry committee's report on
the investigation of the commerco
"ourt judge filed supplementary to
these fonnnl demands bristled with
denunciation of Arehbnld.
ArchlmlU Denounced '
"The testimony In the whole case,"
the report says, "tends to support
the general specification of general
misbehaviour." The testimony shows
that at different tunes, while Jurig.i
Arehbnld was a judge of tho United
CAii FUi
LIY AS CHARGED
HOME, July S. A telephone mes
sage received at the Sala Stumpa this
nfternoon from Vlterbo says tho Jury
In the Camorra trial has returned a
vordlct of guilty against all of the ac
cused. Eight ot the men on trial wero
convicted of participated In a murder,
and the ethers were found guilty of
being accomplices nml ot having par
ticipated in the numerous crimes,
ovldence ot which was presented dur
ing the long drawn out trial.
The prisoners will recolvo prison
sentences, as there Is no death pen
alty In Italy.
persons who had litigation pending in
ns court.
"The testimony shows that after
Judge Arehbnld had been promoted
to the position of United States cir
cuit judge nnd had been designated
as one of the judges of the coin
meree court, ho with different per
sons sought to and did obtain options
on culm dumps and other coal prop
erties from officers nnd agents of
coal companies which were owned
and controlled by railroad companies.
Secured Options by Influence
"Such options, eontrncts nnd
agreements were sought and obtained
by Judge Arehbnld to such an extent
that tiie exposure of the judge's sev
eral transactions through the press
gave rise to a public scandal.
'The testimony fails to disclose
hny ease in which Judge Arehbnld
invested nny actual money of Id
own in nny of the$,e several deals,
but shows that be used his personal
influence in consideration of which
he 'was to receivo his shure of the
property or profit in the deal."
The committee summod up the no
tion of such n course ns "having
grossly abused the proprieties of his
position ns a judge."
"The conduct of this judgo," tho
report states in conclusion, 'is ex
ceedingly reprehensible nnd in
marked contrast with tlio high senso
of judicial ethics nnd probity, that
genernlly characterizes the federal
judioiary.
Moral ltcsponslhlllty Dead
"Your commttleo is of tho opinion
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Scene in Drawing Room on the Medford Elks1 Excursion Train on the Way to Portland Convention
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