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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Fair tonight ntul Tuesday
Ma. Oflj Mln. Ul.
Kriyllilrl vir.
Dully -iCiKhlli Yr,
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WILSON READS
MESSAGE UPON
MEXICOTUESDAY
Joint Session Tumorrow to Hear
President Uiou Huerln's Muddle
Unless UnfurscGit Devclojmiciits
Occur Before Then.
United Slates Will Send No Reply to
Hurrla, Who Must Take Initiative
II Negotiations Arc Resumed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. W. I'n-Hi-
dent WoimIihiv Wilson in n--I
here Imlnv Hint ho w""''1 r,',n' '',
imwiiKf n lln' Mexican Munition
before it joint hcmIoii of congress
III I o'clock loilHIIIIIW llflerilooll, mi
ll'HM llllfolCM-ell developments ill
Mexico pi evented. A sudden change.
In Hie stand iiwiiiiihI Iiv Provisional
I'l.i.lcnt lliieiln Ih tlm mily thing
Hint will delay dcllvciy or tlm -
wigc. .
Ah outlined Iiv I'r.-ni.I.Mtt Wilw.u.
the pilimtioii in Mo.xien tuitiiv standi
ns follow n:
The president's MOll-word tncs-
muo id uomplcled.
Till- president llHH inked the Hl'll-
at,, ami Iioiiko foreign committee (o
roiitVr with him lonlulit r.-Kitrtlinj;
(lie incftHiigo.
I'orcluu Premium
Tliitaiumiigi Iiii'IiiiIi'h tin' media
lion iro,MiHiil ntul its rejection ly
Provl-ionul President llin'ilii.
Fnieign niilioiiM the president
due not know wliirli tiro bringing
iiiHMirn to bear on Huei'u in behalf
ut tin American proposition.
No ultimatum hac ln or will
In cent lo llncrtit.
John l.iiul, tlm Kovcrninent's spo
riitl emissary lo Mexien will remain
in Mexico until the Inst hope of sue.
eess Ih past.
The United States will not send
rcplv to llui'rtn'x note, inasmuch ns
Iiih rejection in deemed ih fmiil. If
there nrt iiegotintiuiiH, Hucrtu must
I ii 1,0 tlm initiative,
.Mlnmiingcuictit I'rwO
Tin- president Mated thai llncrta's
iiioxsiigi1 wits politely expressed ami
calculated to MrciiKlhcu America's
friendship for Mexico, hut the ml
ministration thinks Mexico's affuirH
n i c being mismanaged.
ll has not Itcrti decided whether
the iiioxiiutf will contain new recom
mendations or a change in Klicy.
Thin topic will ho discussed at to
night's conference.
F,
WASHINGTON, Aiir. W.-Spcah-ink'
heftire thu Iioiiko hern tinlny,
Itepicdeiitntlvo Kintlcl or Colormlo
tleolnrcil that if mi invcrttiuatiou of
the nffaiirt of (ho I'nioii 1'acirio i
contiiiueil that it couhl ho proved
that the (HhnoIuIIoii of tint Southern
l'lieifio-Union l'licifio incrner wiih
I'atcc noil uiMiiipuliitcil hy a money
rinif. tin flatly chained Hull the dis.
Holuliou hearliiK wiim in piivuto in
htriet violation of (ho prcxidcnt'ri
onleiH iiml that tint r.ttornoy n
cral had dlHouxm'd Iho niatler with
IikIi-o l.ovell of the Union 1'acirio
in St. Tiinh
JEALOUS OF WIFE
HUSBAND KILLS SELF
AlircitllKKN, WnHh., Auk. 2C -Said
lo Imyo houu Jo.iIoiib of tho nt
titiitloiiK puhl hy othor inon to Mm.
HiihIo l'oinliorton, IiIh flnntirco, Krn
iiflt Korwnrd, u .mlllhiiiul, toiliiy uliot
hluiHoir in thu touiilo mill died In
Hlmitly In tho womuu'H proHimeo at
her homo at Mocllpu, u bench rcort
forty mllca from horo.
l-'orwrd Ih Bald to hnVo thront
ouod to hill tho woiiimi hut clnuiKcd
IiIh mind nt tho last inouioiit mid
lilllud hlnuolt Inatoad,
Mm. I'omhorton, who formerly
lived In OroKon, camo to Moullpa
envorol nuontha iiko with her two
children.
ASSERTS
RAILROAD
DISSOLUTION
ARCE
FATHER OF MEDFORD TELLS HOW TO REMOVE
.t, JACKSON COUNTY'S CHINESE WALL
.1. H.
SHALL
IBERNATE
Hy J, 3. Howard
About IS to thn first fccltloiiuuiti
In Uri'Kou was umdo In tho Wllluui
clto valley. Tho early M'Ulera of
tlmt day croniilUK from cntit of tho
MIkhIiojIpjiI river, enmo by ox tenuis
to Oregon Territory. Ttiuro wan
llttlo Known of tho country went of
the Canradu mountaliiri until Califor
nia wan ticipilrod hy thu United
StiileH, In IS III A. 1). al tho clovo of
tho Mexican war. Shortly after
which Kohl wiw dldcovcrcd In Cali
fornia and noon nftor that puck
trnlnn mndo n trail from tho Wllluui
utto valley notith through thu Uuip
Him mid lto5iio rlvor valley to 'tho
gold niluoM In California. In tho fall
of lSfil Cold wari dUcovored on thu
preiteiit tdto of Jncknonlllo mid by
tho fall of lSD'J Home S00 uiluurB worn
Hcattorcd through Southuru Oregon.
In tho mean tlmo Jciibo Applegatu
and othurtf had cut out n road through
to Yoncallu valley nnd thuro on to
tho Wlllamottu valley, bo by 1S53
mippltca of flour mid bacon wero
brought In by team from tho north,
l-'rom Ihli tlmo on all thu vnllles be
tween tho CiMcado mid Coast range
of mouutaluH began to uettlu up rap
Idly and by tho latter part of tho fir
Hen lien llolllday had put hlx fitngo
1 1 no In operation holwoon San l'nm
cUco mid Portland. It wnH a stroll
hour routo croHnhut four rangea of
mnuiilaliia between I'ortlanU nnd thu
California lino. '
Kaily Jtond lliilldlnK
In I SOL' tho flrtt Htepn wuro takon
to hulld n railroad oor tho routo mid
It wiih not until -"J yearn nfterwurd
that It reached Medford mid Ashland
mid not until two jenra later wan tho
wholo road completed to San l-'ran-cIhco,
Tho dlBtauco In n straight lluo
from I'orttand to tho California lluo
Ih '.! 10 mllcB, tho dlHtnuro by railroad
Is atili nilli'H, 121) miles lining con
Biimcd In (AorcuinltiK tho Kradea over
tho four mountain range traverned.
At thlH tlmo mid for nmny year
(Continued from page I)
PICE OF WEID
OF
HUCIIAURST, Houmuula, Am:. 2C.
Announcement was nuulo huro to
day that tho poworu havo ngreed to
iiniiko tho l'rlnco of Wled, nophow
of tho Queen of Itoummihv, tho ruler
of Albania,
Tho now rulor Ih 41 yours old, n
l'rotoatuut, mid thu hiiHbaud ot.J'rln
cotB liulluo ot Wurtoinburb'.
JACKSON
COUNTY
H
MAKE
GOD
KIN
ALBANIA
M"KDirOItri.
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Hounnl
MULHALL LETIERS
10 HURT WILSON
WASHINGTON, Aiir. 2T. THli
fjlni; before the hoiiBO "inwidioiiH
lohhy" iimhcrx hero today, Martin
MiiIIiiiII of Baltimore, former nolf
hlileil lohhyi-tt for the Niitioual As
Hoeiation of Maonfai'turcrH, declar
ed that tho editor of Heamt'rt Mac
rir.iiio refused to buy hin letterri on
the aetivitieM or ohhviti on the
ground that thu publication of the
eorrenixmdenco would fuvor the can
didacy of Wooilrow Wilson for pres
ident. T
F
VISIT TO INDIANA
CHICAGO, Aid,'. M. LooRitiR the
piotutu of health mid more tanned
than ever, Colonel Theodoru Kooso
velt arrived hero today from his wes
tern trip. A traveling xiIckiuiiii wan
tho first to lecOKiiixu tho fonuer
provident.
"IH, there. Teddy!" ho veiled.
Colonel Koosovelt waved his Horn
hrero ul tho mail mid then hounded
from thu train into tho urnm of
friends.
"Hack to civilization nt last," he
Raid, ''hut this mi ft whirl may not
look like it. I hpeut n most inter
estiiifj vacation."
Colonel lloosovelt hc;ed inter
viewers lo not ask him to discuss
Hut Mexican situation or niiv other
heavy iiedious. To chnnuo tho sub
ject, the colonel continued to talk of
his vacation.
"Tho Hopi Indians," ho said, "aro
Iho most interesting people 1 over
saw. Tho wonderful opportunity to
study this peoplo will soon he jms,
lis they aro heconiiiiR extinct."
NEW YORK LIFE AGENT
DIES TRAVELING ON TRAIN
l'OKTUNI), Oro Autf 23. J. 0.
MVDoiik'iiI, fi7 years old, l'ortlnuil
ni;enl of tho New York l.ifo litsur
aueo company, died in liuffaln, N.1
Y today while en roulo to New York
City, necording; to a nicssuijo receiv
ed hy lelatives. llo was on a busi
ness trip. j
ON WATER WAGON FOR V
YEAR TO ESCAPE JAIL
PORTLAND, Ore., Aiijj. 125. To
avoid u jail sentence, J), K. Kllis, -12
years old, today signed mi npreo
nient heforo Municipal Judge. Stev
enson that ho would olitn; to tho
"wilier Wilson" for oito year, no mat
(or how puiiloua tho passage.
HEARST
REFUSED
BACK
ROM
OklWON, MONDAY, AU(JLTBT 20, V.m.
CEMENT PLAN
DEPEND
ON
BOND
FIFCTON
"Opportunity to Sell Larqe Quanti
ties of Cement Inducement for Us
to Rush Construction of $450,000
Plant at Gold Hill' Says Burch.
No Need for .Haste Until Output
Contracted, Hence Failure of the
Road Bonds Means Delay.
"It is important to the peopje of
.lackfou county that thu lioud 'issue
curricH, so that imiiicdiate coiiMtrtie
tion will lii'uin on the Hcncr-I'ort-hind
(Vment ciimpnuy's plant nt
(lotd Hill." Hinted President J. C.
Jtureh of the citipany Monday. "Tlm
opiHirttiuity to ttell a large amount
of ec;nent to Im used next yenr will
ho a cdliidcrable iiidiicctniit for us
to rush tho plant at this titno to
supply this order. Tho county
court has proposed to contract for
1(10,00(1 barrels of enneut for like on
the paved road, with the under
stmidiuir that the utate highway
mmmiHMou will take that tforlion of
tho cement not needed hy Jackson
county. This contract will insure
immediate, erection of tho pi nut mid
enable, the delivery of cement next
i.niijj."
Tho Heaver Portland Cement Co.
is capitalized nt $(100,000 mid suf
ficient slock linn been subscribed to
pay for construction of the plant.
The lime deposit has been purchased,
a' side truck built mid borings under
way for location of thn plant. The
contract Ihih been let to the Icigh
Hunt Kngineerini' Co. for a $4T0,000
plant with ci.'irriiy-oLlOUO. hur
rels a day. Put ns President Hurch
says, unless a market for tho prod
uct is in sight there is no need to
coustriipl the plant until there is.
The plant mentis n permanent pny
roll for a large force of men.
TOT
mCHMONl), Yii., Am;. 2.'.. John
Aniihtroug Cluiloner, ' author of
"Who's looney Nowt" mid who es
caped from n New York asylum to
Virginia, where ho lives ns suuu to
day, issued to tho United Press it
statement on Hnrry Thaw's case.
"Thaw is sane," said Cluiloner.
"Ho will ho freed if ho follows my
advice. Ho was insauo when he
shot White. 1 do not know Thaw. I
never wrolo him. I never invited him
to visit me. Thnt is n canard. And
I never udvi-ed him to come to Vir
ginia. "1 don't sympathize with tho idle
rich," Cluiloner continued. "Put I
am moro interested in purifying the
Augean stables of thu lunacy law
thnn in anything except my salva
tion. "Thaw should havo had n tug
meet him on tho Connecticut const
to take him to Pennsylvania, where
he could havo tho first trial he has
had.
"When I escaped from Plooming
dalo I set n standard for jail deliv
ery of alleged lunatics.
"My hook, 'Four Years Hehind tho
Pars,' has been so long heforo tho
puhlio thai there is no rea
son for Thaw and his lawyers be
ing iguornut. 1 hope Thaw will hu
liberated."
FOREST FIRE RAGES
RKND, Ore., Aug. 25. Tho Des
chutes forest servico has had u
force of men out today fighting firo
at Pine mountain, southeast of here,
and near llnchclorthuttc. southwest
of Pend. At Pine mountain thirty-
seven fires wero started by an ni
ceiidinry. Firo guards extinguished
all of these except four heforo thoy
had gained any headway. Tho ex
tent of tho- damacro done lias not
boon nRcqrtnined, as reports of
those wlu havo been m thu woods
havo not yet como in,'
HAONER
V
DIE
HAW
TAMMANY BOSS, CHARLES F.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE
sayTuncleIawT ed5S"
aiding trusts to convict murphy
EVADE THE LAW
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.'..-Sp"ik-ing
on tho floor of the senate here
today, Senntor Pristow discussed
tho Kenyoti amendment providing
for the free listing of tnist produc
tions. '
"Tho courts," snid Senator Pris
tow, "no' HooneriTcc,lnro Ifib toliaeco
and oil trimls and the, Union and
Southern Pacific railroads combina
tions in restraint of trade thai; the
department of justice seems to be
come active in finding a way to
get nroimd thu legal dissolutions."
"I still have faith," hroku in Sen
ator Cummins, "that thu law ulti
mately will ho enforced for public
benefit." y
"Put the dissolutions," answered
Senator Pristow, "havo been mere
paper dissolutions and tho detmrt
ment of justice has connived in tho
evasions of the law's purpose."
Senator J. Hani Lewis of Illinois
challenged tho evasion accusation,
though admitting tho Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific dissolution
wns.a force. Ho declared President
Wilson and Attorney General Me
Reynolds hnd approved tho only plan
of settlement possible under thu cir
cumstAuces. Senator Pristow then
modified his charge of connivance,
hut insisted (hat tho dissolution hnd
accomplished nothing.
AS GUINEA PIGS
DEULIN, Aug. 25. That women
ot tho uuderworhl In Kraukfort havo
boon aclzod and forcibly used as "ox
purlmental gulnoa pigs" lu tho city
hospital for treatment with Prof.
Khrllch's '8alvnran," that fifteen
deaths have occurred and a number
ot womon havo boon ana do blind or
lamed as a result ot tho troatmont,
aro some ot tho charges mado by Horr
WbBaman, editor of a local papor.
As a result ot an open lcttor writ
ton by Wnssuian to Prof. Khrllch
asking whether ho had knowlodgo ot
thcHo facts and approved ot human
bolngs being treated with this rouio
dy agaltiBt tholr will, tho prosecut
ing attorney brought action against
Wnssiunn for llbol, This action has
now been withdrawn which is takon
as- ludlcatlon that thoro Is. somo
ground for tho charges.
PAGE RENTS MANSION
ON GR0SVEN0R SQUARE
LONDON, Aug. 2.V Anihassador
Page of tho United States has rent
ed No. tl Grosvenor stpiuro, tho lo
cation hciinr ono of tho most, fiihli
iouuhlo in London. His neighbors
aro tho Duko of Manchester and
Portland, Lords Ilavershuui nnd
Farquuhar, . Karl Fitzwillimu nnd
Lady Yineeut.
WIN
MURPHY, WHO CAUSED
TO IMPEACH GOVERNOR SUL2ER
CONSPIRACY
ALBANY. lV. Y Aug. 25. Cer
tain Indictment ot alleged henchmen
of Charles K. Murphy, Tammany Hall
chieftain for bribery and coercion In
connection with tho Impeachment
proceedings agajnut Governor Wil
liam Sulzer of Now York Is predicted
this afternoon In a statement attri
buted io Jamar.CarrloD,.ono ot Sut-
zcr's closest friends, but belloved to
havo been written by Sulzer or one
of his attorneys. It said:
.'Tho wholo truth of tho loathsome
criminal conspiracy to destroy Gov
ernor Sulzer Is rapidly In tho way ot
being told. Tho grand, Jury will get
most of tho tacts within a week.
"Governor Sulzer will offer to go
before tho grand jury. District At
torney Whitman ot Now York City is
familiar with tho facts in tho case.
It has been demonstrated to him
that Murphy used tho following
agencies to stop tho machlnory ot
Justlca which Sulzer had started
against stato plundercrs:
"Stato Senator Frawley, who will
bo indicted before tho end ot tho
week.
"Assemblyman Levy, who also
probably will bo, indicted.
"Tho chargo that Governor Sulzor
abandoned a woman In Philadelphia
was Inspired to bring breach ot
promise suits and for tho purposo ot
blackoutng tho governor's reputa
tion." Tho statoment also named others
ot less importance who also would
bo Indicted.
IN PORTLAND'S LIMITS
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 2.". An
ordinance prohibiting tho establish
ing of sanitariums nnd hospitals for
contagious diseases within tho city
limits is being drafted today by City
Attorney Larooho at the request of
Will II. Daly, commissioner of pub
lio utilities. Tho onliuuuoo also
gives a timo limit for tho removal
from tho city of all hospitals now
handling contagious diseases. Sov
oral hospitals will bo affected if tho
ordinance passes.
IAL
NBW YOP.K, Aug. 2.-. Despite
thu fact that trading was not heavy,
material gains wero rnudo hy tho
leading issues at tho opening of tho
stock market today. On tho first
transactions, St. Paul advanced
1 1-4, Lehigh Valley n full point,
Ponding It-t mid Steel f-8.
Great Northern Oro lost n point
and New Ilavou dropped to 07 1-4.
Ponds wore steady.
NO. 133
. -.i
STATE AID
PAP HIGHWAY
Ji
Messrs. Kay and Olcott Promise
That State Hirjhway Board Will
Go on Record at Its Next Meeting
Regarding Co-operation.
State to Pay All Engineering Ex
pense and $240,009 WHI Be Avail
able Next Year in Road Fund.
Tho nfalo highwny Commission
will nt it next meeting officially go
on record promising finhncinl cor
operation by the stale of Oregon in
the construction of tho proposed
Jackson counly highway, provided
the bond issue entries. All engin
eering cxHnses will bo defrayed by
tho state, and a large portion of tho
.f2.-0,000 of state funds avallablo
next yenr will bo expended in Jack
son county. Such was tho promiso
made by Slate Trcnsurer T. H. Kny
and Secretary of Stato Pen W. Ol
cott, while in Medford Sunday on
their way to Salem from eastern
Oregon. In substance they Haid:
"Innsmuch as the highway is to
be built under tho direction of "he
state highway engineer, and nn tho
hoard is desirous of encouraging
highway construction, those counties
Hint nre tho first to build highways
will be tho first helped by the bonrd.
As Jackson county lends the atato,
the bonrd will do all in its power
to nssist Jackson county."
With Messrs. Olcott nnd Kay wns
Assistant Secrctnry of Stato W.
Van Winkle. The party were en
thusiastic over Crater 'ir.fce, which
thv visite,1nn their way to-Medford.
The party left Portland early
last week witli Engineer Lewis and
the party of Franklin K. Lane, sec
retary of the interior. Governor
Wst, State Enzineor Lewis. Stato
Treasurer Kay, State Secretary Ol
cott and Assistant Secretary Van
Winkle, comprise tho desert land
bonrd of Oregon nnd it was their in
tention to visit tho castorn and cen
tral Oregon projects. Put Gover
nor West was compelled to ro to
Colorado Snrincs fo attend tho
racetintr of coventors of tho states
thero and the party wan split up.
OF
SAN FP.ANCISCO, Cal Aug. 25.
Mrs. C. D. Lore, of San Francisco,
accused ot trying to lntluenco W. S.
Ullss, a juror in the Dlggs trial was
dlsroissod today by Judgo Van Fleet,
who held that she had not intundod
to try to Influence Uliss.
Taking tho stand in her own bo
hair, Mrs. Lane tostltled that sho had
been a life-long frlond ot both Juror
Ullss and Mrs. Anthony CamlnottI,
mother of F. Draw CamlnottI. Sho
declared that after mentioning tho
caso to Ullss sho apologized but stated
that what she said was so unimport
ant that it did not aoeru to mako any
Impression on Ullss.
Special Prosecutor Sullivan
brought out admission from Mrs.
Lane that sho had montloned tho
uamo ot Ullss to Mrs. CamlnottI.
"Mrs. CamlnottI, howovor," added
Mrs. Lane, "did not ask mo to boo
Mr. Ullss and It sho had I would havo
told hor that, it would do no good be
cause Mr. Ullss Is a man ot lutogrity,"
IN THAW CASE
SIIEICPROOKR, Que., Aug. 25.
Humors of bribery and attempted
bribery wero freely circulated hero
today, mid us often denied. It was
declared thnt mouoy had been offer
ed to both American and Canadian
officials to favor Harry K, Thaw. It
was assorted that u member o the
Thaw party intimated that $50,000
was available if u method was found
to get Thaw into Virginiu. An in
vestigation in to follow.
OR
KONOUfflY
ACQUIT
WOMAN
INFLUENCING
JUROR
BRIBERY
CHARGES
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