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ii mini ni w nil" 907 SOfltJ StfHt iljlti, !,,( t urwfmf tefrr Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Hhowcm tonight THrmlrr Fair. Miu. .70. Mln. .Irt. wl ,t i 'i Km-ly-lliM Ywir. Dolly r.lnhlli Yrnr. SCORES PEN FROM HEAT IN EASTERN CITIES Holiest Day nf the Year Tlicrmomo tcr nalslnn at Rate of one Drnrcc an Hour In Chlcau.0 Thirty-five Doail In Windy City Alone. Death Lilt In Middle West Nrars One Hundred Mark Little Hcpe for Relief Held out. CIIMUdO, .limn HO. With the Iheriiiomi'lcr lining thin iilteiiinon at the mil' nf nun degree hnuily, Chicit go U Kuellcrliig in Hid holtcM iluy of tin kchmiii. At iiihiii lliii mercury tinichiil Oil drgiciu, iiml tint weather buri'iiii pri'dlcled that it would puss lint tun inaik before II o'clock. Thirty-five death from (tin heal, mil runnling it Henri' of drowning, lumt been ri'Mirlii within twenty four bourn. The wrnlhcr fnrccuMor predict relief before tomorrow. Till' stifling lll'llt Wllil'll lllllt en- rlon'd (lin middle went for several day, dealing ili'iitli iiml prostration tn Mrnri'M of humans, oiuilitiucil mi iilmtril tnilay. l.lltle Iihhi for relief in lu'lil out liy the wrnlhcr forccus- tlTH. Thf death lint in tin miililln went, directly due o the bent, Mninl (inlay u 80. I'if'j-Hcveu penman hnvn Hiirouiuhfil in Din cnitgcntfd dnttriet' here nml twenty-three other who Iiml hoiiuIiI relief in bench resort from lin- torriillty. drowning. Tltrtw iloatlm occurred in Milwati kec ycKterdoy, I ho tutnl niiiiilii'r of deaths fnuii the lirat there now slnnd lug nt 1'J. Mont Hutu KID.OOO per Hum xpi-nl Kiuiilay in lliu parks nml nt Ilia beaches. PITTSIIIIIM, Prt., Juno :il).-Kight pcrxoiiH fivn Infants nml tlirro ndiilU -Iiiivp Hiieciimlicd In llio bent Intro within tin' last twenty. four hour. Ko relief from Hit' terrific lorrlilily irt In xiulit. ST. PAl'L, Minn.. June 30.- Tin lirat wave wan broken lir Imlnv ly muling lirri'iriti. Tlu backbone of lint Iml xpi'll in North nml Smith Dakoln ami Wenteru Mliiursotii uIm wnH broken liy (.bowers. F E I I.OS ANdKLKS, Cut., Juno M. -Churli'ri II. Kri'iiiilirai'li of Simla llar Imm, plcmli'il Kiiilty Hi'ih aftornoon to offfiiiiK n 10(H) hriho to Uuiti'ii Stali'H Hrnalor John 1). WmkH of California. Unitud Slates JiuIko Oliu Witlllmrn Honteni'cil Kiuiiiilirnoh to two inoulliH in jail iiml $-',n f',u'' "I iliilu'l know it wan whihr," Htnh'il Kntauliuu'li on tlio Htaiiil. "I wunli'il tho pohilion of poHlmiiHtcr ami know Unit Senator Works was h lawyer ami tliouj:lit liu wiih entitled to n fun if 1 could homiro Iiih aid. There fore. 1 wmto him, iiHkiiiK him to do Hlrny tlm letter heemiHU it minht j;et Imiil; to Simla Uarliara and tho hoys would t;uy me." A nuniher of Simla Haihnra offi iiialu ami IniidncHii iiieu iiecoinpimieil Mreaiihraeli nml tontified as to lilrf provloim Hood iiliarnolor. When tho UKi'd defendant fiui Hliud his )ilca, Judj;o Wolllioru fiald: "This i indeed n sad eaBC. How ever, I Ituvo tio nltoriintivo olhor Hum In paHH arutpneo upon you. It h tho judgment nf IIiIh court that yon in.v n fine of $2.0 and orvo four months in the Simla, Iliulmrii county jail." Mrs. Krunnbrach, wlfo of tho piiHouor, Horeamed nml fell in a faint, Slio wan curried from tho courtroom uiieoiiRciouH. JiuIko Well Imi'ii was no affected Hint ho reduced Urn Hentonoo two months. Tho fino Hlnmlrt, The mnxiinuiu pennlty for I lie (iliniw 1h ten yenrH imprisonment mid a fino of JflOOO. AGED MAN ID FOROFFERINGBRIB 0 SENATOR WORKS OW CURRENCY BILL PREVENTS Fl Representatlvo Dowldc of Ohio Ex plains Workluiis of New Measure Federal Reserve Banks Empow ered to Relieve Striuiiency. Forced to Act ly Federal Board Upon Application Business Men, not Bankers, Control. WAHIIINdTON, Jiiim 30.- It" ri'ncntMlte Htniili')' llowlilu, nt Ohio, toility wroto tint follow Iiik "prlmiir)' Iimmi of piiuIch nml how tint WIIhiiii (linen eurreney hill proptmeH to ir vent tliiim: tlly .Mtiiiili')' J llowlile, repreiieiit ntlvn from Ohio.) A pniilc In ulinply a Kliortm'.ii of money nt lint (iit-tory. nml It oner nli'H pri'i'lntly like n iiliiirtiiKii of enm at it mine. You run do nothliiK h'lt ilUclinrRo your IiiiiiiIh nml nit ilown nml think -nml net ready ami nlt for tlm receiver to take rhurr.n when tint Imnk Ki'ts remly to miiku tl.o last iUe.'it. Iliiiik ItrfiiMi Iiiiii A iHinlc may prevent ou KettliiK inoney- even money ou Imvi) nrlii ally iliionlteil In tho liiiuk ho that )oii may tie utterly rulueil. You mty to )euri'lt: "My kooiIii are In ilemnml every wliere; tlm men who own mo nr nootl. I Imvi) their noten. Tint rommiinlty known Hint I am all rlKht. Why then run'l I Ret mono)'"' "You ko over to the Imnk nml auk for a lonn. Tlm hanker toll you "that tariff dill l cniulmc troulile," nr "(lint New York turn been Uk'H culiiK on uh-nml ho on. In n wny that Imnk Im up nKnlimt It. New York Iiiih Kolteii control. TJint tinnk hni kooiI rommereliil pa per, tint It can ilo nolhhit; with II. If It roulil Ret money for that paper temporarily nil woulil tie well, hut It can't. I'Yitcrnl llffterten llnlillluil ItlKht hero In where the new cur rency bill rumen lu. It prov bleu for the i'Mlalillliment of "feilural re nurvo" linukM In Hid liUKor rltlon. Tliemi bitukii have power to Ihhuo SfiOO.onn.noo In eurreney to tho needy Imukn. Tho banker o have Jimt npoken of ran take IiIh rotumer clnl paper to tho federal re.iervo liunkH ami i;et nctual money for It. Hut )ou nro hh)Iiik: "HuppiiMt that remtrvn hank refunex to net? Hut the yiuunl act. The bill provide Hint local renerve bnnkH nlmll bn controlled by a fedoral board nt WmililuKlon. Your banker mny up pent directly to thU board, and, what li mure, the !ont rciiervo bank will have three director who rcprciiciit tho commercial, itKrleulturnl and In dimtrlal IntercMtM of tho tllHtrlct. Theim men mutt not bu batikum JiihI bunluoHH men." - IN SAN DIEGO JAIL HAN DIIUJO, Cal Juno .10. IlramllUK tho no-called vlnllantH i.h "nkunlH" and "lawbreakem" nml uh HttrtliiK that they had committed crlmo from Hlmplo itHHault to wilful murder, Hurry M, McKee and K. 1 1. Kirk, KochtllHt attorueyH, ndilresiiod it crowd of Kovoral liumlred perbomt from tho HtepH of tho county Jail hero today jimt before cntcrliiK tho prlfion to Hervo torma for conspiracy to vlolato tho local btruot HpeitkliiK ordlmtuco. Kirk wilt aorvo x montliB and McKee throo. Kaclt must 'pay it fluo of ?G0Q, HEAT MURDERS FIVE IN OLD MICHIGAN DKTIIOIT, Mich., Juuo 510. Kvo duatliH ftom heat nml three, otliora from drowning huvo occurred in MiehiKim williiu tho pimt Iwouty-foui' hniirh, Tlm hot npell 1h e.vpeoled to ho broken tonight by tliiimlmtonu6. T PANICS MHDITOttD, SCENE ON BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG, TAKEN FROM LITTLE OVER Z m J'Jt ' . Pr .Mnt I TlioiiiJind i of old Mililicrri of both lliey arrive for their reunion lictwec battle ra-Mil il Hut the fiftieth anniv OF WASHINdTOK, Juno 30. -PreM-dent WiNon was plened today over tlm latest development! over the "in hidiotiH lobby" iiiventintluii. He (old the iiewflpiipcrmrn at today's confer ence that the lobby in out of husincx.i no fnr an national legislation in con cerned. The president iiiMintx that it Iiiih censed to emharawi the adininis tration. nnd that, when llio present invcMiptlinu ciiiId, lohliuc ns n profession will ho extinct. Ho re fused to iliscusri details but indicated he intended ho impiiry slmuld bn eotnplelc. The president believes that tho I'hiirccii nRitinst JiuIko Hubert S. Lovett nml other, that attempts had been made to hold up Wnll Street in terest, nnd oilier rhnrj;cir ought to bo probed to tlm bottom. He admits the lobby probe ban benefited the tar. iff bill, Allying tbero is no longer tho slightest apprehension regarding tho I'nderwooil bill nnd that it tvill pas in even more drastic form thnn was originally planned. Ho civen credit le, the lobby probo for Ibis charge in sentiment. U. S. OFFER ClinilAMH, Wnali., Juno 30. Formal rejection of tlm governmont'H offer to tho Cowllts Indian to allot, them laud lu tho Qululault country In on Ita way to Washington today, following a council held hero ycatur day lu which the tribe decided that to iuIiirIu once, more with their for mer enemies, the Qulnlaulta, would moan constant blckerlg and posallilo disaster. A counter propoHltlon U mado to Hid Interior department, which U that each adult CowllU Indian shall receive $5,000 caBh uh his aharo, and each minor $-,500. Tho money duo Irresponsible!) would bo paid out dur ing it period of ton yeara, or cntrum ed to it Kunrdtan who would attend to bucIi expoiiKua as tho education and maintenance of the. chlldroit would entail. TRADING LIGHT ON NBW VOKK, Juno 30. Tending wiih light nnd stoekH moved uncor tninly in lliu early session. Cnundintt Paoifio dropped it point, nnd most of tho notivo BhitrcH woro lower, Union l'acifio being down 3-1. Traders held off for definito howb from St. I'ntil regarding the, exact torma of tho Ilarrimitu dissolution plan. Ilondrt were irregular. The innrkot closed heavy, LOBBYISTS FORCED OUT B A WILSON OIHMION, fONIMY, ,JtTN10 ,'U), V.m. WHEAT FIELD, 'WHERE 8EC0ND DAY'S BATTLE FIERCELY RAGED u JSP m$ WTFKrTxi t..litiisj Maif t ": tV.i Aa'V misxmm r lliLl MftWmlj mm if,,,' - ridiH in the ('ml war wi'l k over the crmiml dimwit in this picture when u July 1 nml 1. In the wheat field liown in thin picture the hcrond dny'j er arv wil hrn o 'her the men who fought (iuinst each other thut ilny. REDIT E E WASHINGTON, June 30 Scarc ity of largo manses of credit, rather thnn "dearth of cold, hard, cash," Is tho cause of tho recent tiillura cf large bond Issuos, says Iteprescntu tlvo Uukeley. of yilo, a vctornn member of tho homo l)ankliii;"ct)iii- mltteo. CommontltiK for the United l'reis upon the testimony of J. 1. Morgan Hint tho call of money exceeds tho supply, Uukeley took Issue with tho financier. "Too much capital Is now tied up In fixed Investments," lie said. "Klxod capital Is worso thnn capital lu an unproductive field. Kixed In vestment Issues lately huvo not beta absorbed and large Issues of bonds nro In tho hands of underwriters, who have been tillable to pr.ss thorn along. This condition obtains In Ku ril po hIso. probably oven In greater force than hero. "It Is due. I believe, csieclnlly In lluropo, to tho fact that great masses of capital were spent lu tho llnlkan war an utterly unproductive field. It took years to overcome similar stringency following tho pouring of money Into tho Ilusso-Japaueso war. "Tho present condition nppears to mo to be a lack of large mass credit, rather than a scarcity of cash. Tho actual circulation of currency In this country has decreased very lit tle, fluctuating from time to time." SOUTHERN PACIFIC B.80. ST. PAl'L, Minn., Junu 30.Uenr ing tho endorsement of President Wil son nml Attorney General Mcltey nobis, tho Southern Pacific-Union I'neifio merger dissolution plan was presented to the United States dis trict court hero today. It provider fir tho snle of $38,000,000 of South ern, Pacific stock to tlio Pennsyl vuiiiti railroad nml tlio ncccptnuco by tho Union Pacific of $12,000,000 of Ilultimoro nnd Ohio railroad stock in return, AMERICA'S REPLY TO I WASHINGTON, Juuo 30. Tho American reply to Japan's latest nolo regarding California') nuti-nlicu Inml law is completed today and will bo forwiuded to Tokio within a few days. Government officials flatly decline lo intimate what tho answer contains. BLAM D 1 N IN DEARTH STOCK ROUND TOP nfi j ' mi i'tl - 7itrr f . a. tOMtL i iMI ARTICLES SIGNED JOLY 4 FIGHT I.OS ANGKLKS, Cab. Juuo 30. Hunt artielcs of ai;reciiieut '.ire to be -igned today for the I.ench Cross Dml Anderson twenty round go, Kchcdiilcd for July 4. An argument is expected over the rides to govern the contest, tho rest- of the business being merely perfunctory. Hoth Cross nnd Anderson put in a hard day's training yesterday under a burning sun. At Anderson' Ven ice enmp Hud went over his spnrrins partners thoroughly, mauling them around without mercy. Tho Medford boy is fchowing more cleverness nnd giving more attention to tlio finer points of boxing than ever before. Critics sny thut he is a greatly un proved fighter since his lust nppcar mice here, nml that his condition could not bo better. "I feel sure of myself for tho twenty-round route," said Cros today af ter his workout. "The climnto hnfan't hurt mo nml I am ready fur n real fight." I DOl'GLAS, Ariz., Juno 30. Guny mas fallen, uecordiug to tho consti tutionalist junta here. "Kverything is in our bunds," was tho cryptic message received from Guyitms by way of Hermosillo. No confirmation of tlio report has been received. Fi KILLED AT GOAYMAS DOUGLAS. Arin.. Juno 30. Fears that Didier Masson, tlio French avia tor and soldier of fortuuo lias been killed or seriously injured, nro en tertained hero today in tho rebel camp at Qunymas, Mexico. Under firo wlnlo making a notour over tho oitv. Mnssou's aeroplane was seen to lurch nnd descend rapidly within tho federal lines. Nothing has been beard from him emco. Firo from tho federal garrison ceased suddonly nbout midnight. Fenriuc mines, tho rebels mado no advance, however. Part of tho fed eral earrison already has embarked on the wnrship and a transport in the harbor. It is thought probable that tho fedorals, realizing thut hope of liohlimr tho oily was gone, huvo mined tlio streets surrounding tlio ar senal and are prepared to quietly re treat on the approach ot tho rebel, filing tho mines ns thoy B EO BUD-CROSS UAYMAS N BY REVOLUTIONISTS F 0 AGENT T T Representative of National Associa tion of Manufacturers Gives Names of Legislators Subservient and Those Punished for Opposition. Special Session of Insidious Lobby Investigators Called to Probe State ments Made by Mulhall. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Juno 30.- Former Congressman .James Watson admitted hero today that tho Nation al Manufacturers' ristoclUlon paid him for working lu behalf of a tar iff commission 'luring tho special session of congress In J909. Ho de nied, however, that the association had contributed to his gubernatorial campaign. WASHINGTON, Juno 30. An ex ecutive bcislon of tho committee In vestigating President Wilson's "In sidious lobby" charge to consider A lurid story of alleged lobbying told by Martin M. Mulhall, ot Baltimore was called here today by Chairman Overman. It Is alleged that Mulhall for many years was tho active "field agenj" and lobbyist of tho National Association of Manufacturers and In an article published In New York nnd Chicago newspapers, under 'htf sworn signature, Mulhall gives tho names ot congressmen whqm bo al leges were "subservient or who wcro punished for their opposition to legislation favored by the assocl ntlon. ( ...-- Mullmll Subpociincil Mulhall has been subpoenaed to appear beforo tho committee July J It was announced today that further ubKenas will bo Issued later, In cluding ono for John Klrby, presi dent of tho National Manufacturers' association. "We will sift this whole affair to tho bottom," said Senator Overman today, " and call cveryono named by Mulhall. I do not want to ex press nn opinion concerning tho truth ot Mulhall's story, but it Is to circumstantial In detail that It must bo threshed out minutely. Tho com mltteco does not proposo to leave In tho dark any detail ot tho Inter esting narrative.'' fiomiH'rs Confirmation Senator Overman expects to rc celvo all tha documents which Mul hall alleges ho has In his possession to support his charges. Partial confirmation of Mulhall' chargo of an attempt to approach Samuel tiompers was given this at' tornoon at the headquarters ot tho American Federation of Labor hero Attention was called to a meeting cf tho federation at Norfolk, Yn In (Continued on page 3.) OF MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Juno 30. That sores of Minuoapolis men and women nro blitves to heroin was tho startling fact brought to tho at tention of city officials today, when the parents of David Vinll, asked to have him committed to tho sUtu farm for inebriates. For two years the youth 1ms been a slave to heroin. lie has wnstcd away until lie is little moro (haii it skeleton. Physicians sny n heroin fiend seldom lives long er than five years. It was revealed by tho fiends that they had formed n club of twenty, each being bound by oath to fur nish "snow" to tlio others wbonevcr ho hnd liny money. Mora than a dozen "nov clubs" nro known to bo in opornlion in Minneapolis. Many of tho members nro high school stu dents nnd members of good families. While heroin is similar to mor phine, it is milder in its effects. About twice ns much "snow" is re quired to give tho sumo result ns n dose of morphine A peculiar fea ture of the drug is that its victim irtwnys craves society nnd seldom is iilouo when lie goes on n debauch, I RUSTS H HEROiN CLAIM Of NO. 85. EY ISC Department of Agriculture Completes Soil Descriptive Map of Valley Finds Forty-two Kinds of Soil Opportunities Neglected. u Grain Growers Exhausting Soil With out Effort at Remedying What Soils Are Suited for Crops. ,j The department of agriculture has just Ins ued tho report on the soil sfirvcy of tho Medford area, Oregon, made by tho bureau of soils, Tho territory surveyed covers G4 squaro miles and lies In tho central and west-central parts ot Jackson coun ty. The area consists ot two parts, tho larger one embracing the lontc and generally narrow- lowland belt locally known as tho Rogue river valley, and tho lesser part Includes a portion of tho Apploguto valley ly ing south and west of tho mala part of tho area. Tho cllmato of tho area Is describ ed as moderate. Tho summer days are warm but seldom hot and tho summer nights aro always cool and comfortable. Tho winter tempera tures are not severe, tho lowest rec ord In the valley being about 3 de grees below zero and tho average minimum temperature during tho winter months Is about 31 degrees above. Tho moan winter precipita tion Is 8.3, spring 5.1, summer 2.3, and faI 4.6, and the annualmean la 20.2 Inches. Kofi Map In Colon The report Is aeeompaated by a soli map In colon showing1' tho loca tion and extent ot tho different type of soil found during the .sur vey, ns well as tho locations of churches, school houses, roads au streams in tho area, nnd la Illustrat ed by photographic scenes showing typical types of agriculture In tho area. "That a thorough orcnurattan nf tho soil Is a necessary factor In tho production of any crop seems gener ally to bo too well known to call for comment," says tha report, "but tho fact romalns that a largo proportion of tho rarnionj In this section entire ly overlook this pbaso of tho Ques tion. It has been demonstrated re peatedly that continued shallow and Inefficient plowing and cultivation Invariably results In docoreased yields, and that within certain lim its deeper plowing nnd thorough cul tivation will result In nt loast maintaining tho nverago yiold. It not actually Increasing It. KxliauMtlng Soils "The continuous cropping of tho (Continued on Page () SPIN IN AUTO PROVES FATAL TO SNOHOMISH, Wash., Juno 30. Of seven men who woro taking it "spin around tho blook," two uro (lend nnd three herioindy hurt todtty following tho wrecking of their automobile shortly bofoie 1 o'clock Sunday morning, when it was hit by n switch engino in the railroad yards here. The dead : . ' Ken Henning, 3."!, shtnglo weaver. Pert Carson Wells, 20, logger. Tho injured tiros Bort Michaels, Frank Morgan nnd Frank Hlncs. Tlio mitomobilo wna owned and driven by Michaels, n suloonkeepor, who invited the others to tuko u rido shortly nfter tho closing hour. On nrriving nt tho Northern Pncifiu crossing thoy found that the street was closed on the cast side of tho truck nnd, MioluiolH was turning on the right of way, there being flvp tracks nt this point, when the engine bucked down upou them. The auto mobile was carried fifty feet,Uei( ning was cut in two and Well crushed under the machine, SURV K 0 AREA MrMD MERRY-MAKERS M n -. H i I. n (