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MJSPFOKD, OIUfflON.WEDXKSDAY.JI'LYIT, 1912.
NO. 90.
tiO ACRES TO
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T. W. 0s0(iil Files on Water and
Reservoir Sites Near Green Sirliij
Mountain on Behalf of New Irri
gation Company.
Has Project Fully
Will Start Work
Want Water.
Financed and
Soon if People
I'lnim for nil iriigiitlon hyMchi In
plncn the southern fllil of tint Vtllli'.V
fiom Ahliliiinl to Talent iiiidur water
lllll becll I'Olliplell'il by t llllllllliT of
ruplliilUiK who mi) represented loc
nlly by T. W. Osgood of this city.
Filings have lui'ii iiiihIi' on enough
uiilcr in the (licin Spring .Moiiiitiiiu
district to inbuilt .4011(1 acres. Or
ejinialion of tin eompihiy will foi
low noon mill (lOiiHtriuitlon work on
llin system wll probably start this
lull.
Two largo reservoirs iim to lie
roiiHtnii'ti'il, Mr. Osgood having HIimI
on Hid Kites. My Hut construction
of tun Hfi-foot ilntiiK enough water
run lot stored to thoroughly irrigate
tin' district.
Ah theie ih Hniuclhiiig like four
limes n n much Inuil to be irrigated
lliini possible with Iim niiioiint of
water available tin! I'liinpiiny wilt
divide the section between Ashland
ninl Talent into four districts mill
will furnish water to the districts
fiixt signifying their tlcsim for wit
ler. "We have the projeel finnneeil in
it entiiety" states Mr. Osgood, "ninl
Mill proerfil with tlm piTiiiniii'iit iir
frmiizntion of the eoinpany nt oitee.
Filings have already heen made on
the water ninl sites for the reservoir.
If the peopi in that section desire
wii I it iim they have Mated to me, we
will have the system well ninler wav
in 1111.1.
OLYMPIC ATHLETES
SAIL FOR AMERICA
STOCKHOLM, July 17.- Leaving
lieliliiit many of tin victorious Ameri
can athletes, tlio Steamer r'lnliiud,
which curried the (fit) members of ttiu
A mm lean Olympic team from New
York to tho'xeenit of (lielr triumph
over Hie athletes of the worlil,
nallnil 'from hero toilay.
A largo iiiiinbiir of t ho Americans
ilei'lileil to Hpond n few weeks on the
continent, while. otliurH Intouil to
participate In varloim European ath
letic eventH scheduled for Hhi near
future,
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In reply to u teleKiam concernliiK
the Crater I.uko highway upproprla
tlou, Heuator Chamhurlalu Iiiih wilt
ten iih followH under date of July 1 1:
"Your lelenram wan duly received,
ninl 1 have wired you thin mornlm; In
niiHwer thereto iih followm
f 'Hundry Civil Ulll will ho roported
to Henato with h nnd rod thouuand
Crater Lake. Will do my bent to
Heciire pauiinfU) III Hotmto and Houhd,'
"The amount limorted In the 1)111
by the fionnto Commlttoo la In ac
corilauoo with tlio roport ot the Army
KiiKlnoeiH, and I think wo can ho
cure Kh piiHHitKn In tho Sonato when
the bill comcH up. TIiIh upproprln
Hon failed of paHHUKO In the Houhd,
but when thn hill xoea Into confer
ence wo will do tlio liOHt wo can to
iicmiro tho rotontlon of HiIh Item,
"From proHout nppoarancoH It will
be nemo time yot hofoio CoiiKroau ad
JourtiH, Yours yory slncoroly,
"HHO. W. OHAMniMtLAIN."
A wireless station Is helm; built at
Loudon whlolt, Ih expected to provide
direct communication with New York,
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10 ELECT TAFT
Postmaster General Hitchcock Tells
of Cnniialii Expenditures In 1908
Six Hundred Thousand Dollars
Distributed to States.
Heaviest Contributors Were Charles
Taft, Nelson Cromwell, Lars An
derson and Andrew Carnegie,
WASHINGTON, .Inly 17. -Post
Muster General Prank II, Hitchcock,
ctialrmiiii of the republican national
committee III IDOK, (Htlfletl today Im
fore a Hciintti Investigating committee
that ll.iir.fi.ono wax contributed to
President Taft'H campaign. Six htiu
ilieil thousand dollars of HiIh total.
he unlit, wait distributed to the Mate
anil the rent wax used natlmially.
The lurgoiit roiitrlhutorH, Hitchcock
Mlilil, were:
Charles I'. Taft, r.0,000: Wllllan
Nelson Cromwell, t'.Ti.GOO; I.nm An
derson. ILTi.OOO; Auilrew Carnegie.
120.000, ami William .Smith Coch
ran, $ in, 000.
llltohock delivered to the commit
tee reconln showing what money hail
been received anil how It was illntrl
hated. He mild General Diipout of
Delaware wished to coiitrlliute I'JO,
000 but It watt declined. No corpora
tliuiH coiitrllmteil.
KTOOK'HOI.M. July 17. -With
seventeen iiatiiin1 iepretentiil, the
Olyuiple rowing eninpelitieuM bepiu
leilav over the mile and a ipmrler
eoiirxe uhieh runs through the heart
of the city.
Tim iiatimiK represeuteiliu the
eihts were Caiuiila, Australia,
rVnuee, Italy nml N'orway, with one
boat each, and (lennuny, (Ireat Hri
tain, llunpiry and Swcilen each with
two boal. In the four onreil races
the mime nations are entered with
the addition of Itclenini, liohemia,
rnilaml nml Ilollaud.
The I'liiteil States has hut one en
try in the rowing competition'- -in
the siiiKle sculls competition, nml he
will have to nice against a field of
till competttors, representing most of
the nations entered.
The ehalleiiKe cup for the eights,
which is not it cup, hut n statuette
of Pallas Athene, presented 1
Ciiiut IVlWnu.v, is held by the
Leiunler eup of HiikIiiuiI, whieh won
it ut the lust names, am) whieh i
aain coiiipi'tiuK-
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S1JATTLK, Wash., July 17.- With
the evidence of Attorneys Peterson
and Whltlock, both of whom testified
that they bad seen Hanford Intoxi
cated, tho congressional commlttoo, It
Is believed, has definitely closed tho
taking of testimony on tho charge ot
drunkenness against the Judge.
Thus far n total of ono hundrod
and twelve wUhobhos have been board
relative to Hanford'B alleged drunk
enness, Ot theao fully half have
been Hauford's friends nnd club
members who hnvo doclurod they
never saw Hanford drunk. On tho
other hand, tho wltnousca Including
norsons In YiirloiiH statlonH of life
hnvo testified olthor poaltlvoly that
thoy saw him drunk or that thoy
hollovod from IiIh actloiiH Hint lio
waa under tho Influonco ot liquor.
Tho strougost Individual witness
ngnlnst Hanford was porhnpB, Via
tor CarlHon, a pnlntor, who Bvoro
that Hanford wan drunk on t Btreot
car ono night In tho spring of 1900,
that ho acted Indecently and .tho
conductor bad to put him oft tho
cnr.
McLaunhlln Wins nt Golf
DUNVIOH, Colo., July 17. In tho
first round of play In tho Wostern
Oolf tournament hero today Mc
Laughlin of Donvor defeated Treat
of Boattle, 3 up and - to play.
OLYMPIC
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JAMOUfl COMPOflEIl CLOVES.
demon Mnacxmi
A nciimitlnii hurt liei'ii canii-d In
Itouiu over ihu news of Hie elopement
o; l'letto .Mil wii kuI, the ftiiuoiH Italian
ciiniMiHer. ullh a churn girl with
wham he leiime Jufatuiitcri In .oii
iloii. fpim hearing of the elopement
Ihu eompDHer'M wife overlook tin
couple ami there was a violent scone,
Mine .WaM-acul wounding her IiiiMiiiihI
MUhliy I no cfupcitt tlum Uitl t
I'urU.
KILLING HIMSELF
NHW YORK, July 17. District
Attorney Whitman wuh notified to
day of the prenence at tho inorRiio in
lloboken, N. J., of a body answering
In very particular the dc8crlptlon of
Nathan Hwarx, tno boy, who. his
father declares, confessed to the
murder of i:t-year-old Julia Con
nors. Tlio body was found In tlio Hud
son Hlver. I'ven the clothing was
Identical with that which tho boy
wore when last neon. District At
torney Whitman ordered ono of tho
members of IiIh staff to net Swart'
father and have him Identify the
body.
NEW YOHIC, July 17. Nathan
Swnrz whose father admitted yester
day that ihu boy had confessed to
the brutal murder of llttlo Julia Con
nors, was formally Indicted by the
Krand Jury today nnd a warrant Is
sued for bis arrest.
The theory of tho Swarz family
that the youiiK man had committed
suicide In pursuance of advice by his
father, Is ridiculed and a country
wide search for htm lias begun.
T
REM OFFICE;
CONSTANINOPLK, July 17.
Following the desertion ot hundreds
of officers and soldiers of tho Turk
ish army to the rebel sldo nnd with
their country on tho tbreshhold of
what Is believed to bo a general re
volt, tho Turkish cabinet resigned to
day, Just a week after tho resignation
of Minister of War Mahmotfd Szefka
I'nshn.
Humors tiro spreading that there
Is n well defined movoment among
army officers nnd members of tho
Liberal party to doposo Sultan Mnti
med Rochard Khan and place Prince
MoJId Kffondl, boh ot ex-Sultan Mou-
rad, on tho throne.
Tho disaffection of tho troops ts
especially strong among theso who
aro fighting tho rebel Albanians, to
whoso ranks there ts a steady flow
of desertions.
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CHICAGO, July 17.--lloenuso ho
is iv socialist and worked actively ns
such in tho lust campaign, tho An
cient Order of Ilibeniinns today re
jeetod tho eredentinls of Krlwunl
Morton, u Wilmington, Del., delegate
to ltn convention here.
. Tho convention also proposos to
eonsldor ohnrges ugninst President
Ifenly of the Hibernians in Delaware,
nnd it is declared that if llouly is
found to ho nn uotivo socialist ho will
ho asked to resign from tho order,
BOY FOLLOWED
FATHER'S MICE
TURKSH
IN
V LI 1 NEAR
HANFORD'S ACI
CAUSED LOSSES
FOR CREDITORS
Receiver Vho Held Elf.lit Jobs Under
Hartford's Appointment Admits
That Judge's Rejection of $65,000
Offer Defrauded Creditors.
Action hy Credit Men Aijainst Han
fcrd Blocked licst It Interfere
With Actions Pending.
SKATTI.K. July 17. -That .for...
0110 wiim offeieil to Receiver Hut
eliffe Hnxler for tile Mock of the
bankrupt McCarthy )rv (looils com
pany, but that Jiult.'!' I In it ford turn
ed tho offer down nml that Mihc
iiienlly, after llanfonl'-i receiver.
Ha.xler. bin! run the liiiine- for a
year the ereditor. ini bnrely ten
eentx on the dollar, was the aibms
ion made bv Maxter mi the uitne
tlillil before the einieh-ioliiil com
iniltce todav.
The bankrupt Moek hail been in
xentoncil ut .OO.oflO and the ircilit
or were eaer to have the .(l.",0()')
lV-r accepted. This would have
iveu them about ceuty cents m;
the dollar.
Hn.xtcr said he operiited the More
at u dead loss excepting during th;
moiitliK ot November ami December.
Baxter also mlmittul that he hud
held eijjlit reeeiven-hip-, instead of
heveii ns he prcviou-lv stated.
Haxler's' testimony was not finish
ed this forenoon,, but he was ex
cused because the Voiamittec wanted
to examine VI. O. Anderson, prei
dent of the Mereuiuits ami Credit
Men's association. 1
Congrcf.,miui yiCjO' from the
bench churned that n rr. Gold-miith
had blocked u mctitine; of the credit
men alter they had npHiiiited a com
mittee to formulate their complaint
apiitist Hanfonl reKiirdinj,' his ae
tions in receivership innttors.
WASHINGTON, July 17.
Wrought up by reports that Patrick
Dunne, an American citizen, Is iu
Jail somewhere in Mexico under sen
tence of death, members of congress
today discussed among theniselvevs
tho advisability of formally de
manding, under throat of decisive
action, a stronger guarantee for tho
safety of American citizens In Mexi
co.
Tho fact that nn exhauBtlvo Inves
tigation has failed to reveal tho
whereabouts of Diinno, has given rise
to uneasiness as to tho safety ot
other Americans and a belief that
United States cHIzoub In certain
parts of Mexico are becoming more
and more Insecure.
Duuuo's family havo appealed di
rectly to tho United States govern
ment and Inquiries to tho Mexican
government have not been nuswored.
Tho state department and tho depart
in out of Justlco nt Washington nro
planning n detormtnod nttltmlo In
tho matter, It is said,
TELL WORKS 10 RESIGN
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LOS ANGKLKS, July 17- Incens
ed by n statement issued in Wash
ington by Senator John D. Works,
unfavorable to n third party, more
than two score I.os Angeles "pro
gressive republicans" signed n tele
gram whieh was dispatched, to the
senator today, lulmiui his imme
dinto resignation if ho "feels out of
harmony with tho progressive senti
ment of California."
Aiiinni; the signers of the message
nro Meyer Lissifor, republican na
tional committeeman for California;
Lieutenant Governor A. J, Wallace,
State Senator "Loo C. Gates; Kdwiu
T. Karl, Mrs. Kloreneo Collins Por
ter, delegate to the republican con
vention nt Chicago, uiul others who
were prominent iu urging Works for
tho sountorship,
AMI N SAFETY
WI
CONGRESS
SAYS SHE WAS JILTED.
SUES A HOTEL MA,
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f. MISS RUTH L.TRUFAtJT
Asicrllug thai she almuiloncil n
prnmlsliiK career as nn nctreH4 nml on
oiwrn sltiKer when she nccoptcd Uic
itteutlmis of Henry G. William. 1-it
tmrly proprietor of the York Hotel.
Mis Itutti It. Trufant. now n tr.ic.'iei
of music, sued Mr. U'lllliinn la ide
8uireme Court 1n New York for te) .
fluiu;jj;es fur ulleccU breach of pij;nic
BILL CREATING
OF
WASHINGTON', July 17. The
bill fathered by Con;;rc-.smnii Wil
liam Sulzer of Now York, which pro
vide for the creation of a new de
partment of labor ,was unanimously
passed by the house today, Sulzer
beinj; trh'cn n jiieat ovation on com
pletion of the vote.
The measure creates the poMtion
of .secretary of labor, who shall be
a member of the cabinet. Samuel
Gompers nnd other lnbor leaders
fought hard for the bill. It provide
for the transfer of the bnreuti of
labor to the new executive depart
ment nnd authorizes sweeping dis
cretion to the secretary of labor to
offer federal intervention in labor
di-putes.
CARMI THOMPSON OF OHIO
NOW TAFT'S SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, July 17. Cnnni
Thompxon of Ohio begun his duties
todav n secretary to President Tuft
in the White Hou-e, although the
.senate has not yet confirmed his
appointment. He i the fourth sec
retary the president has had.
WILSON TO FLEE
TO SECLUDED
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TO ESCAPE Cli
SKAGIUT, N. J.. July 17. That
ho will probably bo forced to aband
on bis homo hero temporarily and
seek a secluded 'spot In which ho will
have n chance to finish speech and
letter accepting tho democratic presi
dential nomination waa declared to
day by Governor WooUrow Wilson,
who Is engaged hero In repeated con
ferences with tho various leaders or
democracy.
Tomorrow tho nominee will confer
with William McCombs, tho nawly
elected chairman of tho democratic
national commltto, after n treasurer
and vice cbalrmau ot that commit
tee will bo announced. It la expect
ed that William McAdoo probably
will bo vlco chairman nnd Henry
Mergenthal of Now York treasurer.
Vice Presidential nomlneo Thomas
Marshall will not como to SoaGlrt
on Saturday ns planned, but Instead
Governor Wilson will recolvo all tho
doinocruts in tho house ot represen
tatives, who will como from Wash
ington. FELL THREE STORIES TO
DEATH FROM WINDOW
SKATTLE, July 17. Miss Hazel
Shipley, '21, fell from a third floor
window of tho Hotel Holmont early
this morning and was killed. A pil
low was found on the window seat,
and it is believed that the girl laid
down by the low window to sleep, on
account of the boat, and that she
fell out while sleeping.
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District Attorney of New York
Charges Police Department of
Connection With Gambler's Death
Waldo Exhonerates Force.
Half a Dozen Policemen Nearby
When Gann. Shot Down Rosenthal
and No Interference Attempted.
NEW YOItK, July 17. Charged
with having knowledge of tho miir
ilr of Herman Koxenthal tho garn
blr. who was killed here In front of
the Metropole Hotel and whose death
has opened the biggest gambling
scandal In years, Louis Webber was
arraigned In police court today.
Webber was remanded for a further
heailng.
Tho police (declare that last Sun
dny Webber told other persons that
"Rosenthal Is talking too much. If
he keeps on someone will get him."
Webber was given the third de
( greo today, and It Is reported that he
revealed certain details of tho plot
which culminated In the shooting
Mlown of Rosenthal In the heart of
the new tenderloin.
Wuliln Disputes Charges
Police Commissioner Rhinelander
Waldo today wrote to District Attor
ney Whitman a letter disputing the
chargi-s that the police system of
New York Is responsible for the mur
der of Rosenthal. The letter said
In part:
"An immediate Investigation Is
necessary In order that the reputa
tions of 10,000 policemen who are
honestly doing their duty should not
be besmirched by Individuals who
may be rascals.
"Less than ISO men aie connected.
with the enforcing of tho gambling
laws. leaving 10,000 who are free
from suspicion. It Is unfortunate
that the desire for publicity should
lead anyone unjustly to attack this
body tn general on account of
wrong doing of a few."
the
Admits Guilt ,of Few
The letter ridiculed some of
charges against tho police but
the
did
not deny that some of the members
of tho police department might by
guilty.
A new featuro of tho Rosenthal
murder was developed today when a
mysterious woman, dressed In green,
Informed District Attorney Whitman
that she had seen a touring car simi
lar to that used by tho slayers of
Rosenthal standing In front ot the
homo of Police Lieutenant Becker
from G o'clock until 9 o'clock on the
night Rosenthal was slain. Tho
woman then went to the coroner's
offico where she Identified tho car as
tho ono sho had seen standing in
front of liecker's home.
Starts Pollco Fucd
The Rosenthal murder has started
a hot fued between tho pollco and
District Attorney Whitman. Tho
pollco deny Whitman's charges that
tho murder was a result ot tho pres
ent pollco system. Whitman Bald
thero wore five policemen 300 feet
from the spot whero the shooting oc
curred, two within 100 foot and ono
within 50 feet, yet five men shot
down Rosenthal, entered an auto
(Continued on Page 4)
FOR BOLL MOOSE
.WASHINGTON, July 17. That
Horbert Knox Smith, commissioner
of corporations in tho department of
commorco and labor, whoso resigna
tion was announced yesterday, had
n break with President Taft In re
gard to tho prosecution of tho har
vester trust which caused him to re
linquish his post, was reported hero
today.
Smith will quit his office tomor
row, and It Is said will probably at
onco begin active participation In the
campaign ot Colonol Itoosovolt and
his now third party, Smith already
has announced his alloglanco to tho
now progressive party.
Presldont Taft today nominated
Luther Couaut, Junior, of New York,
to succeed Smith as commissioner of
corporations. Couaut was Smith's
deputy In tho bureau.
Tho presldont also nominated
Sherman Allen ot Vermont to bo as
sistant secretary ot tho troasury.
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STANDARD OIL
Indian Reflnlno. Company of Califor
nia Controlled by the Rothschilds
Purchase Site for a DIstrlDutlrig
House Near Crater Lake Junction.
Will
Erect Permanent Tanks
and
at
Buildings Soon Like Plants
Eugene and Salem.
Invasion of Oregon by tho Stand
ard Oil's great competitor, tho Indian
Refining Co. of California, con
trolled by Rothchllds and handling
tho oil products of Rorneo. Samma
tlsh and other foreign oil fields was
announced today by tho purchase ot
a site near the Crater Lake Junction
for a distributing plant at Medford
and the letting of contraats for the
erection of tanks. Similar plants
will be erected at Eugene and Salem.
Tho company will fully equip Its
local distribution plant "with every
facility for the handling of oils and
lubricants. Permanent tanks and
buildings are to bo erected on tho
newly acquired site.
The company has steadily been In
creasing its distributing stations on'
tho Pacific coast, fist entering the
larger cities. With these stations
established they are turning their
attention to the smaller cities.
The Indian Refining company '
manufacture many lubricants, the
best known of which Is "Havollne',
for automobiles.
DISSOLOIN TALK
NEW YORK. July 17. Today's
opening stock market developed a
downward trend and thero was a
heavy undertone. United States
Steel, Reading, Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific and Amalgamated
Copper made fractional declines.
Business slackened after the open
ing and there wero few Important
advances. The London market fol
lowed tho American market with a
heavy toite. Harrimans and steel
made their greatest losses abroad,
losing nearly a point, Fear la evi
dently felt over the report of the
Stanley congressional committee
which, It Is belloved, will recom
mend tho dissolution of the steel cor
poration. Tho market closed steady. ""
Bonds were firm.
RICHMOND, Vn.. July 17. De
claring that ho will wago a public
campaign It thoy turn him down,
John Armstrong Chalonor today cary
rled hts fight for possession of his
$1,500,000 estate Into tho House of
Representatives. Documents con
taining more than 250 pages woro
today detailing Chaloner's caso and
found on each Representative's desk
pleading for Justice.
Chalonor doclaros that bo was more
persecuted than Droyfus, and bad had
nothing but misery for (Ifteon years.
Ho charges that he was placed In an
Insano asylum through tho false
swearing ot his brothers and other
relatives.
Chalonor, whoso original name was
Chanlor, is a member ot a wealthy
New York family related to the As-
tors. On application of his brothers
and sisters ho was declared Insane
and fled from Now York state, to
which he has never beon allowed to
roturn. Tho mon whom ho accuses
of swearing falsely aro his brothers,"
ex-Lloutonunt Governor Lewis S,
Chanler nnd Wlnthrop Astor Chant
lor, and his cousin, Arthur AsAtor
Caroy, all of New York.
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