Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1914)
M J 1 1 W L 6 5i Lt1 f K ft 1 KTOB POUH MEDFORB MXIT3 TRTBUm MEDFORD, ORTCCIO "FRIDAY.. M"AY 9 '10 Uv MEDFORD MAIL tridune AN INnRl'KNDKNT NlSWSI'Al'Kn I'UHUKIIUI) KVKKT AITi:ilNOON I2XCKIT SUNDAY J.1Y TUB Micnronu 1'iUNTiNa co. Tho Democratic Times, Thn Mod ford' Mall, Tho MraroM Trioune. Trie tsouia rn Oregonlsn, Trto Ashland Trlbuno. Offlen Mnll Tribune Hullillnc. 26-1711 North l"lr street: telephone 74. Official Pspcr of the City of MsiIforO. Official Paper or Jnckson County. fintered s second-clsss matter t Medford. Oregon, under the set of Huron I. 187t. UBSORITTXOIt AT El Ons year, by mail 5 $0 One month, by mall .. -. .. .50 Tr month, delivered by carrier In Medford, Jacksonville and Cen trsl Point . .60 (Uturday only, by mall, per vesr. SCO Weekly, per year.. - .. . 1.60 mil ieaitrt Wire United Fnti Dispatches r-rr,K", Willi Medford Stop-Over 1 KING HEIRS E DODGE TAXES UPON ;i VA 1ERITAN E PERNICIOUS POLITICAL ACTIVITY .ST. PAPL, .Mum., May 8. A-M-tinl Attorney (lenenil William Stev enson, who has charge of (ho folloi tion of MinnoMtln'-, uilit'iitnnoe (axes. Mns planning today n thorough invc tignlion of tlio value of tho estate hit hy tho Into Frederick W. Wejcr hat'iiM'r, tlio timber kinj. A rt'iMirtod to the itnte million tic, tho o-tato represented only .87.'510ll0. StovciiHin believe, in common with most other ell-M.tcd men, Hint Wcverlineuscr 3 fortune rivaled that of John I). Kockefeller, totalling somewhere between .'flllO,- 000,000 iiml .100,000,000. Kither, sniil Stccn.on, the Into timber miipinte made as( gilt-, be fore his death or the bulk of his holdings were outside of .Minnesota, lie did not think gift made Under Mich circum-tnnees would btnnd, ami while he ngreed that this Weier hneuser proortis doubtless were widely scattered, ho doubted if u paltry ?87.'i,000 was nil the dead iiiulti-inillionniro owned in his homo btnto. Tho executors will be allowed three months to list the projM.Tties. After that Steenson will take a hand. BLACK MASK MAN TRAMPS BEFORE HOMES OF JOHN D. NEW YOKK, May S. A hooded, black shrouded figure among picket ith beforo tho homes or John D. Kockefeller and John D. Rockefeller. Jr , in West Fifth street, was arrested last night. Persona making a demon stration agalnit tho alleged policy of tho younger Kockefeller toward tho Colorado mlno war, were allowed to pass back and forth until a man drap ed in black appeared. Then tho de tectives interfered and the plckcters left after the man's arrest. Tho prisoner said he was Albert Turner, giving his address as tho headquarters of tho l'reo Sllencs league, and arraigned In night court, charged with masquerading In tho stroot, Upton Sinclair, tbo organizer of the l'reo Silence protest said to night bo would Hart for Colorado to morrow to Investigate tho labor trou bles thero. WOODMEN ELECTION GOES TO REGULARS HOCK ISl.A.ND, ill., May 8. Head officers of tho Modern Woodmen of America said today returns from jes terday'u election hao assured the regular control of tho comlni; bead tump by a oto of 220 to CG dele Kates Tills computation did not In iludo 150 delegates from Illinois, louu, Nibiuska uud Minnesota whero tho bolting delegations are named. Insurgents conceded Wisconsin Vtah, Mtssoiir.1, and Kansas The total number of delegates in tho beud camp is 43C. Tho insurgents count ing the bolting states with them and having a fow direct returns, insist thoy will hao 2-15 delegates, a ma jority of 27 in tho head camp. Tho) predicted further returns will streng then their position. T OSTMASTEK F. S. MYFKS oC Portland admits in JL the Portland Oregonian and Portland Telegram tho truth of pernicious political activity niado against him by the .Mail Tribune. Mr. .Myers atlnuts: 1. That he persuaded 11. M. Fsterly of Portland tt become a candidate for democratic national committeeman from Oiegon in an effort to defeat Mr. Canon. 2. That ho wrote numerous persons, including federal officials, newly appointed postmasters and applicants for post masterships, requesting their support for lCsterly. !l That he forwarded to postmasters petitions for the nomination of Fsterlv, requesting them to circulate the same and return to him for filintr with the secretary of state. In brief. Mr. Myers admits using his position as post master of the largest postoffiee in Oregon to influence other postmasters and secure their assistance in tho nom ination of a national eonunttioenian whom he .selected, lie pleads guilty to the charge of political activity, but claims that the law does not apply to him and that an exception is made in his case. Section 162 of the federal code reads as follews: Ol fleers and emploes not to' use position for political purposes. No person In the executive civil service shall use his official tuitliorlt) or In fluence for the purpose of Interfering with an election or affecting the re sults theivof. Persons who by the provisions of theu rule are In the competltUe classified service while retaining the right to vote as the please nnd to express privately their opinion on nil political subjects shall take no active part In political management or political campaign. Section 2. Officers hnd emplojes of postoffiee department nnd postal service are not precluded from exercising their political privileges, but shall not use their official position to control election or political move ments. At the secretary of state's office in Salem Ksjorly petitions arc on file, circulated (at Myers' request) hy the lollewim: i tost masters: Victor P. Moses. Corvallis; H. K. Ilagennan, Milwau kie; Herman Wise, Asteria: August IluckcHteiu, Salem; Lewis Ulrich, Jacksonville; V. A. Alder, Stayton; John Lark in, Nowherg. In addition. Esterly petitions, a n on file, circulated (at Myers' request) hy the following applicants for postmas torships: John 0. Foster, Haker; R A. Mills, Oregon City, and E. K. Phhms, Ashland, tumorous other persons cir culated Esterly petitions at Myers' request. These circu lators did not know Ksterlv, had no interest in him, but followed instructions from My el's. Tho postmaster at Portland has made use of the fed- I il I ! oral patronage to name uie national committeeman in an endeavor to create a federal political machine to control Oregon democracv, and make himself partv boss. Postmaster Myers has not stopped his political activity here, but, as an excuse for his misuse of office, publishes a malicious falsehood attacking the political regularity of Judge Canon, accusing him of voting against Bryan in 189G and of being a reactionary statements to support which Mr. Myers' has introduced no ovidenctutud to vjiieh Judge Canon has given tho" lie diretjt. ' '- ' It is amusing to hear talk 'ff party regularity front-the postmaster of Portland, who as late as 1912 registered as an independent, until Dr. Lane became a candidate, when he changed his registration to democratic, lis shown by the Multnomah county records. It is more of a joke to have these efforts to protect the regularity of the party made in behalf of Mr. Esterly, who will not today agree to support the democratic nominee for governor, unless his personal choice is named. While it is a matter of record that Judge Canoii, then United States marshal for Wisconsin, supported Bryan in 1896, but if he had not it would be no justification for the attack upon Canon made bv this self-constituted defender of progressive principles. Woodrow Wilson did not sup port .Bryan m 2890, and it was a matter of common talk that Dr. llarrv Lane bolted tho ticket. Mr. Myers stands convicted by his own confession, of flagrant prostitution of otfice for pernicious political pui poses it violation of the spirit and letter of the law. WORTHY OF REELECTION An Ashland View of Canon's Candidacy (son euuntv had auhstrlhed more funds of than nits countx sae mil) Miiltno U'rom tho Ashland Itoenid) In riinxliliM-Ini' llu I'iUnllilni'v JiulRo Canon of Medfoul for national inah The campaign In Jackson committeeman on the democratic ticket It might bo borne tn mind that tho United States senators nro resi dents of Portland mut uml four of tin candidates for nomination for Portland and the fifth Is located at Tlio DalleM, a small clti it little east of the metropolis ud Southern Oregon Is on tho ticket with nothing but a candidate for national commit teeman of the democratic mrl for Oregon. One faction after another, In Portland nnd other northern points, asked Major Canon to be come a candidate t the Infct min ute Portland pat tits Rot a gentleman of that city to file for that plno also Portland Is Just broad enough 'o tako that otfice toomen though many protest that it is resting tho limit too far, Southern Oregon will cant Its vote for Judge Canon very l.vrguli Mr Canon has been ilnsoly con nected with the democratic organUa. tlon for thirty years, botn In Wiscon sin and Oregon not merel) as n vot er of that ticket hut as uu actlvo nnd live part of tho orgauttatlon. Dur ing that Period he either held the po sition of chairman of tho demecratic: committee or. member of-tho stato central committee, For tho past six jears ho has been I.... ,..!.. ...... .. ..Hl....l u. ul.. till. li till.' imiiuj iin iiutnvii pjruMitiuiinn." and thoroughly and met no fall- downs. This Is mentioned (or tho reiisou that It Is too coniiutm for poo- the democratic pie to allow theiuelos to ho elected tud tin water falling on a i . .. . ... ... . . gonornor aro from, to inese part positions ami tnuii saou 1110 WOIK IIM dmk's back Mr, Canon Ukot that kind flt wolt, and a look at his campslgu subscilp- Don sheet shows tedious and tliolnis work getting small amounts froii) iiutnv-cltUitiiH, such as was necessary In the Wilson campaign, for the reason thnt snccl.it m l lieges worn cut out In order that the democratic parti might get Into power uutrani; moled. The assuming uf man debt? left Mr, Canon to pay the balance of the campaign from his private funds, another liuldeut that -goci with the honor when held hi a conscientious worker the Jackson t-uunty uiwMiernt Jh.i taleCeiitrul eommltti e, Wsojnjt'iubor uf the ovecuthe'iommltlee of tho htble i, tint ml cotitmltdo. .'lie attends iovijry meeting1 of the pjtte commit, tee. In tho Into campaign for the elec tion of Woodrow Wilson tho state committee assessed the several coun ties for a fund to rarr Oregon fin tho democratic candidate Mr. Canon personally solicited the fund of J300 assessed to Jackson count) and ad vanced the mono) himself. It was made a feature of Jackson lounti's Interest in the WiMon campaign nnd was advertised to the credit of the democrats of Jackton county In or der to rally tho Wilson campaign throughout the counties When the ufato was carried for Wilson and Harry I.ano for t'nltq-1, LACK OF FRESH AIR CaUM't Itmidowii Coiiillliun, How to Keep Slicing Statistics ptio that the death tale Is vty much greater In the winter mouths than In summer, and that the lack uf fresh air Is largely re sponsible Tor this comllthiu If the hj at win become rundown, blood thin and nuten, ilreutatlon pour, no appetite, don't dose with drugs, hut take our delicious cod liv er mid Iron Ionic Vluol. not a pnto'it medicine, as ever) thing In it Is named on every package mid If It does not glvd ou a hearty appetite, enrich the blood nnd create strength, we will return lour mouei, that shows our faith In Vluol A case has Just come to our at tention from Knoxvlllh, 'Vitn. Miss Carrie King sals- "For three jears t was all run-down, weak, had lio appetite and after all that lime I am glad to sa Vlnol lias brought hark! my health and strength." Tri a bottle of Vitioi, on our guar antee, Medford Pharmacy, .Mcdford, Ore PS- Tor Kcxeiua of Scalp try our States senator It was found that Jack-1 Saxe Suho, Wo KUafJiiten It FREDERICK HOLLISTER From Coos Bay to Congress MR. DIGGS LIBERATED FROM NEW CHARGES SAN l'ltANCISCO, May 7 Tho trlul of Muury Dlgg charged with nssuult ou Miss Ida May Pearring ended voktordui wheti tho Miporlor court Jur) u'ter .ui boiir' delibera tion returned a verdict of not guilty The case iigulnst Waller dHHgon. oharuwl, by Mm Peurrlug with Paul Hfwtf, florin I'lu'hur uud Dliitci n prtlli'U in tho itttutk upon hor January ) "' "' dnipiedn cording (0 tUkw of Hie dlMllit utlotiieyn UW, AMONG the candidates for the supreme bench arc two of the present justices who have earned re-election. Tlicy arc Chief Justice Thomas A. McBridc and .Justice Charles L. McNary, the oldest and the youngest members, respectively, of the court. Judge McBridc ranks very high in the legal fraternity, and his constructions of the statutes tire regarded as mas terpieces by members of the bar. For many years he has honored the bench. He is a lovable character, as well as an able jurist, find should receive the unanimous vote of Ins party at the primaries. iiiuige Aio.ary is a justice 01 uitiereut type. A young man, his viewpoint is often diametrically opposed to that of his associates. Jfe strives to brush aside the verbiage of technicalities, to make a court of law also a court of jus tice. His ideas are embodied in a recent dissenting opin ion he filed in the case of state vs. Start, as follews: Tho value of law Is its proximity to reason, Its certainty and univer sality The two latter elements are the support of the rule known us stare decisis to abide by decided cases. Tho abuses in the administration of law is to udnere blindly to a rule that savors of Iniquity Blmply because, it is a Judicial decision. The first duty of a court Is to decide the law cor recti) so far as it lies within the human mind. Tho next duty Is to smite that rule of human action which Is found to bo unjust, however well It may bo buttrcBct by precedent, fireat leluctance to overthrow an established doctrlno would naturally proceed from an established rule wlieie property rights or Individual liberty were at stake; but, where neither one nor the other of these long-respected rights have been Intrenched by reason of Judldal utterance, no hesitation should deter ouo from uprooting that rule which he believes to be subverslio of common Justice. Judge McNary here sets forth the view of the averaut layman and it is of great importance that a justice holding the views of the "court of last resort," the people, bo kept upon the bench he honors. As, in addition, he is familiar with the needs ol southern Oregon, ho should receive the solid republican vole Over In the' Coos nay countri tnotportpnlty to receive official advance cverhodycalji Jtlnj Fred his for-, ment in his home, count) or stale mal title Is Frederick nud ope and In Coos count) he bears the reputa all' agree. that llMllster I t"li happy , tlon of having been prominent)) succession to ll.wloy as congress-) identified with nnd for every pro man from tho first illsrVict. Also, gresslvo movement transpiring dur splnfoctlotts Is th homn sentluivnt l"V his residence there. Through of those who have. ,l)non him best, out the stato he Is widely known as tho samo feeling Is common In tho an exceptionally talented attorney corner councils of state democrat-) So much for llolllster at home. Politics aside, the nomination of Krd llolllster by the party at tho primary would effectually serve tho state by presenting a candidate upon whoso election falr-mtyidcd and progressive men everywhcrucould unite. While Uollliter is of tho coast country, his democracy Is broad enough to dwarf tho Io.t.t selfishness of many who have aforctlmd sought tho halls of congress to further pet locality measures. A trained bust-' nesB man and attorney, with faith In his state and energy to further Its advancement, he possonsss tho nh-i Ity to transform his Ideals Into con-' rrnln nnri lionnflntat rilflllltil Alit would be dlsilnetlv i Wressman """ f "I'lTOVal and M -..-- ------ ,.u,, ui,..l..l...m- Nomination of tlio Coos count) man by the state democracy at the primaries would almost Infallibly predict tho defeat of I law ley, who seeks the republican renomlnatlon and election, and whoso record con. tains little to recommend him to tho elcctqrnto of Oregon. llolllster has been hailed by a certain coast paper as the "man to bent Haw ley." In tho clear light of a growing state wide sentiment this scorns to bo as politically probable as It ma) wull bo surely It Is devoutly to ho wished. Jactaon county demncrnls are talking llolllster with every expres- will uphold J " . I mui, u....l.. ,...... tl,.. ,.nlu from all Oregon & ,,""". """""" - Fred llomn-r'H honS Is nt .Vtfrtli t'''by serving tho dl.trl., the slate, . .... """ l"" imiiiiiii. i rum i ooh Jin to Congress" Is written In the political Head, so named from the conforma tion of Coos Hay at ttiat point At the present time he Is serving nrt a member of the routc!I--;ttJ which ho was elected by tho blghe'st majority of any membir now In office He bus been u dweller and a done In tho city with the curvntunid name fur 11 years, and the homo folks want him to keep on residing which Is, In It self, no slight tributo to popularity. Ho Is a bank din ctor and bank pres ident in two financial Institutions. Heretofore he has declindd nil op- horoKopu of llolllster uud' tho fall of the lalltlial home of llawley Is already attested by tho rapid mid alarming decay of the present ton gressmau's prestige at homo mid else whnro. It Is kismet the unalter able and unavoidable, Oregon will again signify that party politics have ceased to charm when tliu way to our benefit Is plain, From the (iohl Hill News, April IK, ID1I. (Pnld Adv) mm 5S??!i25 ICE ROSE COMMITTEE '""" u a o'doik to make further MEETS THIS AFTERNOON pluns Tho. meet lug Is tailed by Mrs The oxidillve rommlttou of tho J. V Keddy. The show will u held Medford Meno show to bo held Hie, In o Holland hotel, (ho use of th lust of this month holds u meet building being lontilbiiled by Mr I lutf In lliu Public Library Ihli aflvr Molir. BUY PURE ICE WKINirARD'S Distilled Water Ice is Absolutely Sanitary ENDORSED BY ALL PHYSICIANS .For Quick Deliveries, Phono fit IlHSmI IclTDepirt John A. Perl UNDERTAKER I.ady Assistant 8H S. llAHTI.KTT Phones M. -I" n tT-ia Ainbiilsiuo Service lleiuily Ooroiine TT Theatre .Mutual Movies Onlly t haiige, Matinee mid livening writ'ii tip sai.um tut iti:i,i,i: or VOItK'ltlWN Two Keel Domino In Which the llrl- tlsh of Coiuvvallls Surrender to WnshlUKtou Mi'TUAi. wi:i:ki,v News Till! TM.K OP A TIPKCIt Tho J'l) lug A miB, H. L. LlJAOH I Export Ooraetlero !)2(l North Partlclt. Phono ra M. ISIS THEATRE Pholopla)s I'rhlii) and Satuidsy .V OlTlt'iat AMI A tlUNTI.n.MAN Two Heel Vllngtnph Feature tin: HPi:i:nwAV op ihkpaiii Drama tWTIIiailtAti AND l.KANINH TOW j:ii tiP PIS.1 Travel iir.it iwi.MiN iintti (.'omedy i.otiuiNo w A reuii'Ni: Comedy llertv Sundajr tiii: IIOI'lll.i: SHADOW Two Iteels 5 Days and Nights 5 Carnival and Street Fair MEDFORD MAY 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 MAY All Attractions Furnished by the POLLOW AMUSEMENT COMPANY Ten Big .Shows. Four Killing Devices. Free Acts. Ferris Wheel. Merry-(lo-Koiiud. Joy Wheel. Something Doing Fery Minute. CONFF'ITI IU'ITIiK Come and Knjoy Yourselves With Fs. P A QR THEATRE All Week. WESTERN AMUSEMENT COMPANY FRIDAY NI OUT'S BILL EAST LYNNE A Well Known Four-Ad Drama One hundred free seats each night, with merchants' ticket. First come, first served. Twenty-five cents ami merchants' ticket get a reserved seat, HO cents without. Doora Opon 7:30, Curtnin 8:30 STAR THEATRE TODAY .- i . " CYRIL SCOTT In nu rMravaganzn of Metropolitan Adventure, "The Day of Days" One of the best of the "Famous IMayer" Productions k' DeFAY & MOORE Novelly Musical Acl ADMISSION IOOI0NT8 Mnl luce lit 15 I0vonnig7iir r v. iji,jf't&'' f.w mfM