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ATTEMPT TO
KIDNAP THAW
ON WRIT FAILS
On Application of Chief of Police,
Writ Issued Rcqtilrlnu. Production
of Thaw on Tuesday Jcromo Ex
prctrtl Itnmeillalo Action,
HiicmiuooKii, quo. auk. no.
On application of Chief of Police
John lloiidrcnu of Hhorbronko. Jndgo
llulrliliiitoii today Issued n writ rn-
ipilrlug tliu production or Hurry K.
Thaw In roiirt Tuesday to uliow .why
hi) should not lio released. Thin lt
lay gives TIihw'i tittorno) u chanco
to riKlit tint writ.
Tint ImlM'nn corpus nillcntlon was
iiiikIo out In regular form ntul tint
rourt liiul no option lint to luauo tho
writ, uThu delay until Tiiomlny w
tlio only consideration ho lind tlio
power to nhow.
Tlinw' attorneys say lliiy lind fore
seen thlii development nud linvn n
lilnu ready to rlirrkmuto tlio writ
when tint hearing opens.
Thaw's attorneys hlt"rly rrltlclun
Chief of I'ollro lloudruati for apply
ing for it writ. TlMy Kny ho aided
the Now York attorneys because ot it
promise or ii tr.OO rowan! If Thaw Is
returned to Matteawan,
Tint Now YuuK attorneys wore
grcully illnnpoplntod hy tliu delay
Tlmy had poctnd tlio prisoner's Im
mediate release. Joromo lind n fnt
nutnmohllit In readiness to rush Tlinw
to Contlrooko, wlitro n summnry lm
nilKrntlou court lind been prepared to
hoar tlio rami nud deport tlio fugitive
to Norton-Mill, Vermont, before lit
lnw)or had oven n rlianco to appeal.
NEW YOUK, Auk. 30 Another
deadlock In tho Mexican Kltuntloii de
veloped horn today owing to uiiitunl
Jocko) lug. Tlm pivotal point lit ro
KiirdhiK tho iiiii'Mlon or who nlmll
Inltlnto n romtinptloii or noKotlntlonii.
I'rimldoiit WIIhoii hnliitt koiio to Cor
nUli, N. II , flocri'lnry of Htnta llrynn
niui Jimuph Tiiniiilty, uprrotary to tlio
pri'JIili'iit, uro IkumIiik tho Kltuntloii.
Tiiniiilty U'ftVCH Hi In nftcriioon for hln
Hiiiniuor homo nt Avon, N. J. llrynn
IrnvoH nluiiiltuiifoiinly to tveturo on
tho rhniitnuitin circuit In uoarhy
.Mnrylntid rlttoB.
l'ri'Hldiml Wllion, It In undorxtnod
la In ri'iidluiiini to riiturn to tho rnpltnl
tho liutuul devolopinontu ri'qnlro hi
jiroin'iico,
FOUR YEARS OF THEFT
RAN' rUAKOIHCO, Cnl., Auk. .10.
.lolin Turner, former hookkcopor
ror tlm Htninlnrd Hox compnny, wnB
Hontpurod today to mirvo four yuan
at Kan Qiii'iilln, hy Huporlor JiiiIko
Diinno. by whom ho wna ndJudKOil
ttullty or omhozxlouiimt. DurliiK tho
hU yonrH of hi omployiiont with tho
box loiupimy Tiirnnr, It wna nllcKod,
omhuzxlod about f 1500.
F
HA'ltATOnA, N. Y., AiiR. 30,
Hairy I'nyno Whltnoy'u l'oiinnnt won
tlm culobratod futurity ruco, rovlvod
boro today. I'onuant was u heavy
fnVorlto In tho bottlutf.
NW
DEADLOCK
MEXICAN
PRBLEM
$4500 FROM EMPLOYERS
NO PROTESTS AGAINST
REMOVING COLUMBUS SHIP
CIIIOAflO, Auk. . J. I'1' 1',rt,l,,'
Ifciiornl HiipurliitoniU'iit of I ho South
1'ink lion nl, today doohm'd h" 'oii
Hldorud it unllkiily tlmt any auttion
would ho tnkon on tlm Huvural inn
lHtn aKuInwt tho romoval of tho oar
nvuU of ColuinbuH for louiporary ox
hihitioii at tho Ban I-VuhoIhco x-
JlObitloil.
HARRY THAW'S SISTER REACHES CANADA TO HELP
HER BROTHER FREE HIMSELF FROM AUTHORITIES
W jf II P k VBl ifctiTl Tk K
Sliorlly nflir Hurry l. Tlinw, tin
rfM'iiH'il Miitli'iiuiin liiuntic, huh
I'liuulit iii'iir Slicrlirookc, Ciiiuiihi, Iiih
ulster, MrM. (Ii'orco I,. Cnriii'if, iiml
Iht IiiirIiiiiiiI look u I ruin for tin
mci'ih. It wiih litl'mit'il Unit tlu'.v
ttcnt to inko inoni'v ami iiutko nr
rnnnfiiiriit for tho ciiiplovuicnt of
HE INTENDS 10 PAY
WARIIINOTOX, Auk. HO. Sew
rniMH'i'xaiuiilntlou todav fnilnl to
ftlinKt' ilnilnU by Rpprisriilntho Jfo
DtTiuntt of llliimiH, brforo tho lioiirfo
"iiihldlouH loliby" itrohrrtf, of chnrK'n
bv Martin M. Miillmll of Hnllitnoro
that McDrrmott nrcivi'd nionov from
''IiIk biiHiuoxH'' to work for legislation
UKniitHt orKiiuiroit labor. Ho told tho
i'omniittro men that Im borrowed
monev beemiMo ho wiih ''broke." llm
borrowing", ho Raid, were not infill
eneed liv poliliiM and ho uiMslcil ho
woubl repay every penny ho owed.
Itepreseutativo Stafford expreHfed
HiiriiriHo Hint Metleruiott allowed
himself to loso tto iiiueh moiiry in
I lie aeniplano roiupauy MeDonuott
told of venlerdav.
"ThatV iiolhiiiK," anid JfoDonnolt.
"A eouplo of yearrt ago a eouplo of
(oiiKroHsiiiPn whoho names you are
all familiar with toiiehod mo for
f 1.1(10 in u Jjolil uiiiio deal."
Y
niNDClKPOItT, Conn., Aiiff. 30.
Auiioiineement that headipiarlerri hero
of tlm (Iraud Army of tlm Hepublio
would bn moved to Clmtlanoopi,
Teuii., on September Kl waa madn to
day by ('oinmaiider-in-t'liief Alfred
Heera. Tlm cIiiiiiku will ho tempo
rary and effeelivo only during tlm
nullonal eiieampmeut of vetermm
them. Tlm encampment parade will
lake place ut 10 oVloek, Septem
ber 17.
F
L CALL TO
IMPEACH SULZER
ALBANY, N. V Auir. 30. A for.
mat call for tlm state legislature to
nHHcmhlu hero at noon, September 18,
for tho impeachment proceedings
ugaiiiHt Governor William SuUer,
charged with malfeasance in office,
wiih iamtod today. ,
Lord Stratlicona In New York
NKW YOHIC, Aug. '.'lo. Lord
Stratlicona, Canadian high couunia
utiniee in 1!iiirlaiul. is in Now York to-
day with Lady Stralhcona. Ho la en
route to Montreal, where ho will at
tend 11m annual mcetiuir and buumiet
MDERMOn
AY
MONEY
BORROWED
QUARTERS
of tho Aumiii'iui Bar association.
MEDFORD,
tlio mot unportniil Inwycrfl in tlio
Dominion In filit Ins phhc TIioho
fiiimliiir with tlio way in which Thaw
iiml Iiih rrlntiw linvn sni-nt inonev
lo k'I him out of tlio iiKyluin lii'lii'M-
thill ho will not iinu Ii'hk tlinii $.10,
110(1 in hix fiKht in tliu Cnuiiiliiin
ooiirtH.
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IAKE REFERENDUM
SAN' KltAKPISCO, Cul., Aug. 30.
A nntiounl refereuduui vote of nil
the brnuchcri of tho Nntiounl Asso
ciation of Lcltcr-l'arrierH will be
called hy tho cnuwutiou which open
ed its nineteenth niiuual scisiou here
today, if the lecomiuendatioii of
President William K. ICelley is
adopted. In Ida annual report Pres
ident Kelly udvocatvd tlm netting
apart of u session to, discuss tlm
proM)sed affiliation of tlm associa
tion with tlm American IVderntloii
of Labor and tho calling of a refer
cinliim. Mile. His suggestion of tlm
referendum met with a atonu of ap
plause from tho 800 delegates as
sembled. That Kelly himself is opposed to
any such affiliation was evident from
Ida report. Ho referred to tlm "idle
nud irrespoiiHihlo vaporing" of men
who acelj lo have, tlm lettor-carriera
combine with outside organizations,
and Hind their "nefarioua work waa
carried on without the slightest pang
of conscience."
''Tho lelter-earriera enjoy (ho con
fideueo of the public and can look
to that public for any redress for
wrongs," 1m anid. ''Huh question
should lm considered from tho stand
point of public service. The lelter
enrriora must remember, too, that
they cannot sell their aervices or ex
perience lo anyone but tho United
Stnlea government."
Kelly also reviewed tho legislation
passed by eongresa in llm interest of
the letter-carnera.
SENATE CAUCUS TO
ACT ON INCOME TAX
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. Bona-
tor 1 M. Stannous of North Carolina,
cbnlrmaii or tho senate finance com
mittee, announced today that sonuto
domocratu would caucus Monday on
the Income tax provision In the Un
derwood tariff bill. Tho commlttuo
Is revising tho tax on largo Incomes,
It Is reported that a rato ot olgUt per
cent will be fixed on Incomes exceed
ing S'-T.O.OOO.
0HI0.T0WB0AT BLOWWS UP;
KILLS EIGHT, INJURES SIX
lMTTSItUlia. I'a., Aug. 30. Kight
persons met instant death and six
others were injured, aovoral probab
ly fatally, by an explosion on u tow
boat on tho Ohio river, off Qlcu
field,' near here, today, Details uro
lu'ukiui;,
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AFFILIATION
OltMClON, SATURDAY,
MUG NGK
AMONG OFHCULS
E
Nine Employes Arrested at San
Francisco for Biggest Opium
Smuggling Scandal Ever Brought
fo Light on Pacific Coast.
SAN KltANCIRCO. Cab, Aug. 30.
War fan In for tho nrrett or nlno
on or the cloven customs guards
who wnro today sunpoded from tho
Mirvlce, Is tho first step of what prom
ises to dovolop the bluest smuKKlluK
scandal over brought to light on tho
Pacific coast.
TIioho against whom warrants for
arrest wern sworn out today wore
Customs Guards Manuel Joseph, C. G.
Kcny, Walter II. llrcnnnn, John Mc
Oough, Peter W. Cralglo, James J.
Hrolan, J. Ii. Ilalk, H. K. Vargas, El
inor J. Gallagher.
Conviction AMurcd
Details or tho operation or tho
opium smuggling ring which Is al
leged to have gone on for years along
tho Pacific coast with the connivance
of theso customs guards today Is In
tho hands or Collector or tho Port J.
O, Duvls. Tbeso con tensions are ror
tho time being withheld from public
ity but are declared by Davis to bo
nmplo for tho conviction of all thoso
accused. Collector Davis declares
that tho opium ring, thoroughly or
ganlted, with representatives In
China, and Pacific coast ports, had
engaged In Illicit operations from
which tho profits amounted to hun
dreds of thousands ot dollars.
It was the practice, asserts Davts,
ror tho men upon whom tho govern
ment relied to guard against tho
opium trntflc to carry thu contraband
drug ashoro and deliver It to the
agents of tlio smuggling ring.
Two Inupcctom Haspenilcd
Warrants wero not Issued ror tho
arrest or Inspector K. II. Moiitelt and
Guard Halllday, but they were sus
pended. It Is bolleved that these
two revealed tho most damaging evi
dence ngalnst tho other government
employes.
Surveyor J. S. Wardell and Special
Agent Tidwell and his assistants havo
been working on tho caso ror several
days nnd It Is now completo for pro
secution.
Other persons outside tho servlco
also are Involved, It Is declared, and
warrants for their arrest have boon
Issued.
Surveyor Wardell secured tho first
confessions from tho customs guards
and members ot tho opium ring and
laid tho foundation for securing tho
testimony upon which the govern
ment expects conviction.
ConiJeto Case Made
"Wo nave brokon tho opium ring
wldo opon," said Davis today. "This
Is a perfect caso. Wo havo complete
confessions from tho men who uavo
carried on systematic smuggling. It
is a highly orgnnlxed ring and Its
operations wero systomatUed to a
fine point. We will securo convic
tions In every coso. Wo aro going to
cleauso tho government servlco ot
crooks. Thoro Is no ono to defend In
this campaign and we havo ouly the
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FRITZI SCHEFF FILES
BANKRUPTCY PETITION
!
NKW YORK, Auk. 30. Fritrf
Seheff, the actress, today .filed u jw
tition in bankrnploy here. Sho plac
ed her assets at $7-1,02:1 nnd her lia
bilitiea at $110,850. '4'ho actress nl
legca that blm lost hor money by
bucking tho Seheff Opera company.
generaSIaz
LONDON, Aug. 80, General
Felix Dinr, nephew of Porfirio Dinr,
niiuuuuoed heiu today that ho now
ia mi open candidate for tho presi
dency of Mexico. He would not ad
mit thnt his decision was duo to the
recent messngo on the Mexican sit
uation rend to congreag by President
Wilson,
CUSTOM
0
AUGUST 80, 1J)1.'.
GOVS. MAJOR OF MISSOURI AND HODGES OF KANSAS
AT WORK "PULLING MISSOURI OUT OF THE MUD"
Thia ia tho wny Oovcrnora Major
of Missouri nud I lodges of Kansas
helped townrd "Pulling Missouri nut
of the mud." When Governor Mnjor
decided to cnll on the citizens of his
state to do two diijs' work on the
Kor ronda it did not take Governor
IIodge, Ida neighbor, long to learn
thnt thia wna popular. He hastened
to Jefferaon City nnd with the gov
LINE BONDS TAKEN
RAPIDLY BY PUBLIC
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Aug. 30.
Trailing heavy, soiled canvas
aai'V, a heedy-lookine; individual
whose name ia withheld, sauntered
into County Treasurer MeDougnld's
office today nnd asked if the bonds
recently voted lo extend San Fruti-
cisco'a municipal railway had been
placed on sale. A youthful clerk
waited on the stranger.
"Yep," buid tho clerk, siring up his
questioner. "How much do you
wnntt About 35 cents' worth f"
The man slammed his sack down
on tho table. Then lie began stack
ing up $20 gold pieces.
"I reckon, young fuller," he said,
"thnt I wnnt about $2.1,000 worth,
but I won't do business with you."
Treasurer MeDougnld closed the
deal within fifteen minutes.
"Now, if you will turn over to me
about $1,000,000 worth more, I will
take them. I have application on
file now for thnt nmount."
"All right," said McDougnld, "call
nrouml Tuesday nnd get them."
Up to dato moro than $101,000
worth of the bonds have been sold
over Treasurer McDougald'a coun
ter.
HOLLAND TO EXHIBIT
AT
SAN FltANCISCO, Cab, Aug. 30.
Declaration that tho Queen ot the
Netherlands Is taking a personal In
terest in tho Panama Pacific exposi
tion and that as a result Holland will
havo a representation that will attract
world-wide attention, was made bore
today by H. A. Von Soonon-Torchlana,
commissioner ot Tho (Netherlands to
tho exposition, who has just returned
from Holland. Ho declared tho
mother country and Its colonies al
ready havo approprlntod $300,000
for exposition purposes and that plans
for an official building havo been
drawn by Architect Kromhout at
Hottordam.
EVELYN'S SON
TO BE ILL
NEW YORK, Aug. 30. Mrs.
Evelyn Ncsblt Thaw, wlfo or Harry
K. Thaw, slayer of Stanrord Whlto,
said today sho did not bollove re
ports from England that hor son, Rus
sell, was 111 thoro. Sho said sho
would have recolvod dlroct word tram
tho boy's nurse It tho reports wore
truo.
C TY OWNED TROLLEY
ernor of Missouri donned overnlla
for the actual work on the rond N'ow
ho fa going to hnve n good ronda dny
of his own in Kansas.
Uoth governors hnVe nnnounccd
Hint they enjoyed their work great
ly, lint both ndmit that their hands
were so bndly blistered thnt they
were not nble to ni-e shovels very
long.
GOATS ROLL SIONES
10 BREAK FENCE
Jim Kershaw, the nnpora goat king
... . . .
of the Antelope, says if -some uttcn
LUon i not paid to fixing up their
rond there is going to be fifty-six
votes against the bond issue nt Cli
mux. But if their repeated requests
for a little aid to get over the sticky
are heeded, Climnx will probably feel
like practicing reciprocity.
Goats in the Antelope havo devel
oped n great deal of intelligence, ac
cording to Mr. Kershaw, more than
some teoplc. IIo says that ho has
nn nlfulfu iiold on creek bottom with
a goat-proof fence nt the base of the
hill, cutting off tho goat pasture.
Unable to break through tho fence or
to chew nn entrance through, the
goats now climb upon the hill above
nnd roll rocks and boulders down,
smashing the fence nud securing the
desired entrance, lie has watched
them nt work nnd seen them pry up
boulders nlmost ns largo ns them
selves, stand and wntch them crash
down the hill and smash tho fence,
then make n bco line for tho hole
thereby made and bo innocently
munching alfalfa before the could
reneli the freeno.
RECALL DECISION
BY
SALEM, Oro., Aug. 30. That n
recall provision in a city charter will
not prevent uniienehmeut proceedings
being brought against a city officer,
unless the city charter provides ex
pressly that tho recall method ulono
shall be exercised in removing offi
cers, ia thu substance of an opinion
today rendered by First Assistant
Attorney General Crawford. Ho also
holds that u city charier providing
for tho impeachment of city offieora
will not har recall proccedines, un
less it is expressly so provided.
DE PALMA FAVORITE
I
ELGIN. 111., Aug. 30. Ralph Do
Palma, driving a Mercor car, aud Joe
Dawson, wero tho favorites In tho COO
mllo International sweepstakes which
started at 11 o'clock today over tho
Elgin track for tho covotod Elgin na
tional trophy. Doth said tho rough
ness ot tho course made speeding a
torture, nud tho additional cuts and
ruts in tho track caused by yestor-
day's raco nindo It much worse today.
Accldeuts aro feared,
INTOALFALFAFIELD
no. iaa
00 PEARS PAY?
BEAT U A BOX
Entire Output of Snowy Butje Hock
Sold at Good Figure Average
Yield Exceeds 7000 Boxes, Aver
age Price Over $2.
Do penrs pny?
Ask Fred Hopkins of tho Snowy
Butte orchard nt Central Point.
Mr. Hopkins has sixteen acres of
twenty-three year ofd penrs, four
teen of which nro Winter Nells, tho
balance Bnrtlottd nnd Cornice. Hn
baa just sold to tho Producer' Fruit
compnny tho ontiro crop of Wilder
Nclia, 7600 boxes, at a price he ad
mits, better than $2 a box, net f. i.
b. orchard. The Produccra have al
ready resold the crop in Europe.
The nverage crop of this block of
Winter Nelis penrs for the past eight
years, with the exception of one
year, before orchnnl heating was
practiced, has exceeded 7000 boxes.
The average pric 1ms been $2 n box
f. o. b. orcharu.
In 1012 the crop nmountcd to
7003 boxes nnd wns nurchnaed hy
Kac & Hatfield of New York nt
$1.87' f. o. b. orchard. Tho high
est pnee received for the entire crop
was $2JiQ a box f. o. b. orchard.
The Snowy Butto ream aro among
the most famous Winter Nelis on the
market. Their size and rustic color
make them remarkable Only one
block ot Nelia in the west compares
with them, the A. Bloch orchard in
the Santa Clara valley, whose entire
crop was sold early in the season
thia year for $1.75 f. o. b. orchard.
Last week Mr. Hopkins refused
$1.75 a box offered by G. B. Dennis
& Sons of London.
ELGIN TROPHY
ELOIN, 111., Aug. 30. Taking the
lead in tho fourth lap and holding
this position until the finish, Ander
son, driving a Stutz car, today won
the Elgin national trophy automo
bile race here. Mulford in a Peu
geot car, was second. -
Anderson drove tho distance in
four hours, thirteen minutes and
thirty-eight seconds, maintaining an
nverage speed of 71 miles an hour.
Mulfoj-d's tiiuo was 4:20:31. He av
eraged C0.7 miles hourlv.
TANGO BROOCH LATEST
Fl
CHICAGO, Aug. 30. There may
he nothing new under the sun, but
there nro things being worn under
tho new slit skirt that Solomon never
dreamed of. The greatest of these,
nccordinir to retail jewelers here for
their national convention, ure the
sautoir and tho tango brooch.
Tho sautoir, worn for tho benefit
of tho jewelers by pretty Vivian
Smelzer today, rcscmblea a lavulliere
with diamonds set in platinum. It
is suspended by a blank rib band,
worn around tho thigh, and awiuga
on thia ribbnud-)endulum, so that it
was just visible nt tho top of the slit
us Mis Smelter walked. Now the'
jewelers saw it nnd now they didn't.
Tlm tango brooch for conserva
tives, who would shy at anything so
daring as tho kueelet, circles the leg
just above tho ankle.
GOLD IS FOUND ON
Ml TABOR, PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 30TA
miniature gold rush mny)resujt here
following tho discovery of the yellow
metal ou Mount Tabor, a hall within
the city limits of Portland on the
east side of tlio river. Tho find wna
made by Foreman T. W. Trunna of
thi park bureau, who, after patiniifff
out a quantity of sand, fotjnd' dis
tinct tracings of gold. "
WNM
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