Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 19, 1914, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text. vwqh . Ornqon Hr.farfaaf Mtv 207 Sfcond SIrcqt 7.40 Medford Mail Tribune Ml WEATHER Fair tonight nml WcrinecHfoy Mux. NO; Mill. III. SECOND EDITION 'I . f liirty-fmirlh Year, Dully Nlnlli Y-nr W HAVEN'S $1 1.000,000 PAID CHIEFS FOR REASONS UNKNOWN TO DIRECTORS OF NEW HAVEN Mellrn Rciumes Remarkable Story Unfoldlnn Financial Operations of Wor gan and Rockefelkr In Wrecking Railroad Twenty-six Miles ol Road Cost $35,000,000 Details o! Acquisition of Westchester Purchase Made on Morgan's Order and Explanation Refused Directors Even In Ignorance, But Program Swallowed All Afraid of Morgan. WASHINGTON, Mil)' 10. CMimtIom H, Molten resumed today (hn remark able tlur) ho In unfolding before the Ininr-HtiUo I'oniitinrcn Commission runreruliig the vast ami tompllcnlm financial oMratlonH of tho Now Haven railroad and lt tarlotis iiubsldlarlc Chlnf Counsel Folk, for llio tout inllon, dovelupod (hn ilouilnnnt port taken In tlm transaction by promt unlit figure on the board of tllroc tor of tho Now Haven mail and morn tiarllcularlr tho Into . Plorpout Mor can mul William llockofnltor. Mr. Melon told In tlotall of hit ro tation ami hi differences with Mr. Morgan Ho also wont fully Into tho Mriilllloii of tho Now York, West Chewier Mint lloston roait hy lh Now llatcn. ThU brought out further roforenro to the part taken by tho lato Pollro Inspector Thomas I. Ilyrno of Now York, who Mellon to tilled, operated "through tho people on Fourteenth street, whore you know, Tammany Hall la located." Admit Fear ..f Morgan Mr. Mellon when questioned about difference with Mr. Morgan regard ing tho West Chester deal, whoroby Itt.OOO.OOO-wM paid for an un known purpose, detailed a m voca tion with tho lato flnanctor which hn mtht had greatly "humiliated." - WVni oit nfrald of Mr. Morgan?" Mr. I'olk Mkcd. "You might rail It cowardice" Mr. Mullen answered. "I hold Mr. Mor gait In moro ao than any other man I oor know " Mr. Mellon answered the rapid flro of question with readiness and (.coming rompoiuro and frequently uwtked laughter by iomo willy. "A preildoiit of tho Now Haven what were your relations wl'.li Mr. Morgan?" 'I hao boon railed hi offlro boy In tho press," Mr. Mollon laughingly replied. Wo roRarded MorRan a mnit of ublllty. oM'orlonco and ru pnrliy. I rernll no caso In which ho did not hao hi way." "How nmny director shaped the roiid'a financial pollcyT" "There waa u rontuillloo of throo or four, Morgan, Horkefcller, Hrnok .. ..,i i iiiink nt one time l-odyard. Morgan and llorkofellor wero tho only ones who ronialnoil on tno com inltteo nil tho llmo I was president NEWHAVEN CASE WASHINGTON, Mv H.Wlillo (lie Mellen liunrliiir wiih In lroRriH I'losi.lout WIlMUt mill tlm eiibliiet were in eon Terence l H' regular semi. weekly m-kh1oii. It wiih nioil eil I'ioiii Heveinl Hoiiicert tlmt Allor-iie,l-(li'iierul MoHoynoItU liuil lrmlil iii liet'oie llio eitlilliet lliu hiilijeet ol' the New I In vim liumlry nml l do. eixiim ol' llio InlerMluto eiuninereo eommihhioii to pioeeert, ilehpite lii leller In the eoiuuilHHlon KluliiiK' Mint IcMjiiioiiy lukeii now iiiIrIiI j;rnnt im iiiuiilly In nuy fiiltiro notion by tlm ll HI IIIIU'lll. PANHANDLE FLOODS DELAY ALL TRAFFIC MAI.HAIIT, Tex., May l. -HijIN mml imlll.. liillioTi'xn I'hiiIiihm le, HHillioiuloni J'liliinnlo mul -iiihli'lii Ni'w MiiiIiiii. m" ','l1,,l;.,"'" .In.i.l.llll InililV. due III HlllllU Mllll ill, HlH IlK-l IWM W'l'l l'll IIH'ltl'" i1 mill llUM I'lillt'M In lll ''"I ","M' Himii lun liul... luil lilvlil illi'K I" lloniln ulii'ilil) 'l!lli'l I') irlH CW CONSIDERS MILLIONS TO TAMMANY "Feeler canto to mo nt varlom time to nrrortnlii If I would bo In- lereited In ncilllrlii;. the Wcat dies tor." Mr Mellen laid the proportion bo fore the board Hint Mr, MorRan moved that n i-otumlttco look Into tho matter Mr. Mellon unliird Me, MorRuu, Itorkefeller and Miller n the rnmnilt lee. Ho himself was a iiioiubrr ox- officio. Mr. Mellon aald that when tho committee reported a yer.r later that tl.o nu m of lll.Ui5.000 had been expended, he found fault with tho report, na not being luffl-lcntly In detail. "I aw Mr. MorRan," ho nld, "and told him nil detntlH of the matter ahould ha been net down, and tho report ahould hnve told how each nopnrato sum waa spent. Mr. MorRan wbh very abrupt lu hit aniwor to mo. I In waa dhttiirbed nt tho time, m It wna diirlnR tho panic nttd I left ItU offlro feclliiR much numillated," "Do 1011 think you know moro about how It ourIiI to bo drawn than I do?" Mr. Morgan aald, "I allowed I didn't and dropped It. Never Knew Ileal MolUo "I tliotiRht." continued' Mr. Mot ion, "that I waa entitled to know moro nbout the transaction thnit I did know. I thouRht I wai entitled to know why wo wero paying 111.- 000.000 for a Rreat blR bnakolful of stuff that wo did not kuow tho vnluo or. "I neor did know whnt tho real uiotlvo for the deat waa. I tried to find out and failed. I do not mean to romey tho Idea that nnybody Rot away with money ho was not en titled to." "Wero you afraid of Mr. Morgan?" mkod Mr. I'olk. Terhnp thoro wm aoinn meaitiro of rownrdlro nbout my fcelliiR. You can put It that way. I tood In Rrent n wo of Mr. MorRan, grcator than of any other man I over met." Mr. Mellon explained that nftor (Contlnutd on p SAM PARKS HORSES BY VKItA CIll'Z. May W.-Two horaea beloiiRliiK to I.lentennnt Colonel Klinoro V. TaRRnrt, which wore taken Into tho Moxlcan IIiioh by 1'rlvnto Bnmuol Tarki when tho soldier, who was said to bo demented, iilmiiinenrod. woro roturnod today to tho Amorlcnn military niithorltlea by order of tho Moxlcan rommnnilor. WASHINGTON, May 10.- While. I'rohidonl Wilson and lio eabinel liV day nio disuthniut; mediation unit i online ileelopuieiits in (ho Mexican crisis, ami American mminiUsioiiors to tint Canadian peace conference were en route lo their destination, Hit) senate for tlm first llmo in many ilayn of ciihn, wns enlivened unci- a phase of llio situation. Kuiinlur John Blinrp Williams aroiiHcil hM eollciiKiies when ho lead a leller 1idiii "a KmUm"" In llio UHVei iiiucnl senile at Vein Ciux," whoso sIkiiiiIiu'c ho lor enway 1'imn llio coiiiiniiiiicalloii. The writ it tie I'lureil "Ihe noUiest lliliitf In Mexico U I lie Auicilciiii ilolliii'," nml iiedlcl oil Unit II would cut 1110,000 llw. mul live lillliuii iIoIIiin lo "luku Mck ten ami liolil Ihe Mimlcaim In suh- Jl'I'lllHI." "II u until m u m"I 'I'1") l'lli'ii" H'lMl liiliilHfr pull ur Him lHrli "H Ihe I wiled HlHli'n M'i Im mr lh Ion vt lti mUv limy mtut 4 AMERICAN $ NOISIEST IN MEXICO MEDFORD. AD OUT ON MELLEN ADMITS FEARED TO QUESHON OR DISPUfE MORGAN If. ji(r' . "b'MK' A KHHHMv i&i isa aaaaaH'T r KKtgt few C. H. Mellen Who Waa Made the "Oo ( of ihe .ev Hnrm by 'Mtiittan aaI Itockefcllrr EVANS WINNER E SANDWIt'H, KiiRluiid. Muy lit. lu the nliiv for the Hriti-.li Kf. t)ioin)i1ouiiliii toilny the iet,ory f. Hnrulil Weber ruvo the l nited bliite lx jiliiyers in the ceeonil round ol' the tournament, jik ToIIems: FnuieiH Ouiniet, MiiKKnelinvetU; Krederiek llerrolioff, New York; Clinrlcn . I'.vnns Jr., Cliicnpi; Fnim-r Hnle, C'liienco; Harold Wilier, Toledo; A. (. Loekwood, Helmotit SpriiiK'h, .Miin CluirleH W. Kvnns, Jr., won by twe up mid 011O to play in lux match ii the heeonil round iiRiiiiihl fail Hreth erlon of UniiiUwoitli. Thi. nmteli uttmeleil a ;reiU erowd of ipeeln torn. There heemeil to be no mora popular Rolfer on the eouie than the hinilin' t.'hleaRO plnycr. Tlio puttiiif,' of both was indifferent. At the eleventh halo Kxaim was put off hi Riiiiie by a hpeelator walking across llio rtocii. Ho got into u bunker ami llrelherlon won the hole. Tho Iweirih and thirleentU lade wero halved. Tho I'oiiilrcnlli hole wenl to llio American and thu net was liiihed. At the bijtccntli hole Kvaiih ro ipiiii'd two pulls amf Hie liolo wai hnhed. Tlie reMitt at llio Keven teeulh hole was the, same,' and Ihe American look llio match-by two up ami olio to play. SEAT ON STOCK EXCHANGE. SELLS FOR $45,000 MWBHBMl IMP XKW YOltlC. May 11). A Kent on thu slock exchange miIiI yesterday for if l.'i.OOO, n deoreiihU of $."il)l)0 from tho last previous miIo and $10, 000 iimlei' tho liilut piico of the year. imo". jil t J:iiiiihlpS;clauovanil oBlfluiilUejiilithoni caul of jlui eoui(- irvlhuit to l) ovar Villi Mcmco for purposes of compici,t." Keualor Horah ia-iilnl that Keua tor Williams reveal the muiio of llio uovci'iimont offieial who wrote tho leller. The Mihsihsippiau refu,ed lo invoke it, however, but hinted lie hud "eullro I'oiifiilvuce In tho wiitev'jJ jmlKiueiit." heiiulor tulliue,cr deelaied ho hud letters which ho would tut in the lecoiii shiiwiii an opponitu condition lu Mexico. Itohort J. Iveir, who wm, cltil ru. eiiior u Vera ('run for a Inlef per hul, iiimln ii wild cll'uil In oee I'lesi dent WHtioii lotliiy. He let! Wash' (union In mi a 1 1 my iminil, miiupiiiii liiK llnil lie lunl been hIscii iiii uppiir. Innlly In e Hie pulilenl whnt ho Lliown iilimii (lie Moli'iiii klluiillofi Hin ihhhIIiik Hint he vtmiM lmn iiuMi')) u mtikti uhen In it'UiM Mi Um N Vr'l'fl OVER BRETHERTON ON BRITISH COURS OKIWON, TUESDAY, MAY in, 11)14, MORGAN'S PERSONAL ORDER ROOSEVELT'S SHIP HIGHLY DECORATED E NKW YOHK. May ill. The s.eam hip Aiduii, Ui-corateitfroui (eui. to i-tern, and brinj: u .ThriMluro Koo-e-velt from llrtiril, rraehed itiaraatine late litis afternoon. The colonel boarded lite tug on which members of his family awaited, iiuasited. He looked a bit pinched ami lean, but said he was nearly well. Thin morning he said ho hud a slight recurrence of miliaria. The eolon.l said he. had lost fifty five iMiiiuds, but had gained consid erable on the (rip up. His coin pa it- loiis, Cherry and Miller, said there was no doubt nbout the colonel huv ing discovered a new rhor. "I have been misipioted concerning tho political situation," said Mr. Itoosovelt. ''As a matter of faet, I have said i.otlting about tho 1010 campaign." When asked if he would run for governor of New York, Ihe colonel said he had not been asked. "Wotil.J you if asked?" someone ipieried, 'No," mul Ihe colonel. About tho time the vessel reached Sandy Hook a bout laft the cilv, carrying Mrs. ltoo-exelt and other uieiiibor.i of the family to meet the cooncl nt ipiarautine. Ho has beeu away from homo moro thnn tevrn mouths-, lteeatise of Mr. lloosevclt's illness, rcMilling front tho privations ho un derwent in the llnmliaii wilds, there, was no ceremony at his homecoming. Tho Aidau i cached Sandy Hook shortly after 'J o'clock and look on a pilot. Only one mesMigo wa re ceived from the Aidan liy- wireless to dav. This said (hat Mr. Iloosovelt's health was greatly improved and that ho hoped to address tho National Ge ographical society in Washington next week. This would seem to in dicate (hat lie had almost completely reeoyored. 'Wifnlin went down the bay to nicer jhV colonel wero Mrs. Koo.-e-v'elt, it iv and .Mrs. Theodore Itoose veil, Jr., )v. and Mrs. ltiehard Der by, his sou-iii-law and daughter, and Kmlcit Itobseu'lt, a cousin. If the colonel feds well enough (hero will ho,!! family dinner at Saamoie Hill litis .evening. WOUNDED iK DUEL llt'DA I'KKT, May l(, Count Stephen TImcii, t In lliiiignilau pie niler, mill hlcphiiu KnUvnky, a niiui her uf Dm low cr lioiio, fought u duel wild uipicr hoc tin ani'iiimui. The tuni'i!!!!' fnuiihl iIh hunt ami bulb, Hvt MuiiNm'fr Thu iluel uifu (Hit pf MH )ilfM'llull 1(1 p I'WWWllll'f mm Ml Ihe IIhwi1hh piWhwshI wi PW Hi WELCOMED Ml ' 9 mm ' ' 1 1 . i. . . i. PEACE EFFORTS CenfMent of Ultimate Success of Prtfram, A-i-C Diplomats Start Efforts Tomorrow Sllllman Falls to Arrive and Nethini Heard From Mexican Bovernment. NIAdAHA FALLS, Oat.. .May 10. Confident of the ultimulc success of their pent f program, the .South American mediators are wuiting for tho formal inauguration here tomor row of Iheir proceedings. Tho big eonfereiicn room with its two aitle-rooms in tho hotel here overlooking the Niagara Falls, is all ready for llio work to begin. A large Mpuul of American, Canadian mid foreign ncwspawr correspondents ar rive here today. The most iinjxirtant incident on to day's program was the arrival of the personal representatives of the Duki of Conuaught, governor general ol Canada, (o welcome the members of the conference to Canadian soil. Hllllnun Not I leant Fnnii WASHINGTON', May 19. Ucnorta from Mexico City today that a lotig dclnycd train from San Lull Potoil had arrived there without American Coniul John II. Sllllman, concerning whose tufety the Huerta Kovcrnutent baa given repeated, assurances, ro arouted concern anions itatc depart inenlo((lelala. Bccrctarj- Hryan declared that re peated nienageH have come from tho Huerta foreign office that Sllllman, who had been held at Saltlllo by the federals, hnd been relcnscd and that he was en route to Mexico City un der guard, but that nothing cfflclal had been learned i-r several days. Inrks Also .lUsxlng Information from (ho Huerta gov ernment regarding tho American pri vate Samuel Parks, which wai de manded, also U awaited. Though unofficially satisfied that Parka was executed outside Vera Crux, by Mex ican federals, Uuerta's government bns failed thus far to communlcato details of this tragedy. No request had been forwarded to tho etato department up to noon today for tho detention of Dr. Uurru tla, former minister of tho Interior In Uuerta's cabinet, who Is a refu gee at Vera Crux. It -had been re ported from Vera Crux that Mexi cans had appealed to constitutionalist (Contlnutd on pa 1,) BUSINESS PtSSIMISM DEPRESSES MARKET NKW YOltK, May 10. Tito stock market closed strong today. Initial firmness of the market was partly offset later hy various unfavorable influences, including oor weather reports, pessimism in high business circles and stiffening of money ra(e. Chesapeake & Ohio recovered all ils loss nttd prices in the main showed fractional changes. MEDIATORS 0 N WORK ON TOLLS REPEAL INCENTIVE TO JAPAN WASHINGTON, Muy 10. Predict, in.- Hint l he .lav would come when the deinocralio party would abandon ils opposition lo ship stiiisi.iy juh us it had changed its attitude on slav ery, (he civil war, tho gold standard and free trade, Senator Gallluger of New llaiiiphlro (oday defended toll exemption for American coai(w.e vcoU paliig through (ho I'limtmii Clllllll. Ho mild that (ho 44.1,01)0,000 woilli of ihiiicli properly lu Washington ev. I'lnpli'd I'ioiii luxation whs us imicli ii nbldy a Iho loll cxfiuplloii, To Int ciininlcnt, Im iiild, Ihe iIi'IiiocihU khoulil i'ic a Inllfe-Hlo at Cape lleniy mid off Humly llixtk. 'Ami I wlhl ak( nhul yhwii h hiiUidy Ut h hmvhI Mjtiriilwti Wil, kWk uri U- jjuikMiji U) W. ON QUESTIONABLE DEALS T. A. EDISON'S DAUGHTER TO MARRY IN JUNE fTTWT Y- "JV4 '" ''i1 "V M MH : JBAfflHLiHBBlflasE & 1 flBTrpppppppBRFvT VLvpMpflpH rf '&' w . Wrv!&Hr ' JtKWWrj'ttiLVsw i i i .. kISS XASELXIXX Miss Madeleine Edison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tkoau A. M1m, WIN be married on June 17 to Mr. John Eyre Sloane, la her praite' keaM, G!m moot. Llewellyn Tark, West Oruft, N. 3. NO SOLUTION Of COLORADO STRIKE WASHINGTON, May 10. No im mediate solution of thu strike situa tion in Colorado is in sight and mem bers of the Colorado congressional delegation reiterated today the hone thnt President Wilson would allow the federal troops to Muv there for the time being. The president reassured them that lie hns no intention of tak ing away the troops at present, but was insistent that immediate steps be taken for .settling the strike, ltepresentative Taylor called on tho president todny .'.ml Senator Thomas saw Secretary Garrison on the sume subject. OF LS ANGELES, Cal., May 19. Ten charges of rebating wero filed today against tho Southern Pacific 'railroad In an indictment returned by tho federal grand Jury. The In dictment was tho result of Investiga tion by the Intor-stttto commerce com mission which found, according to tho allegations of the Indictment that tho company leased n citrus fruit packing house at Uedlnnds for U0 and then sub-let it to tho ltedlands Golden Orange Association at u rato of IS1.33 per month. scls thi-otigh the l'aiiaina canal en vottlu to or (iiuiiug- fiom (ho I'acifie inlernnliuipil exposiliont" said the bouulor. Senator Galliuget' iusU.ed that u Weak retreat, titicli as proposed fiimi the nation's itttitudo on tolls, would simply he an iucuutho to Japan to renew with fresh lgor lis; elainiii in California Hid lo other nations lo iCBiurcct old grli'taiicex. Ho uld Iho tolls iptcnliou wii not Hlhilrahlu lieciui.e of thu interest of Ihlnl pwillis. Koiiuliii' Mill Ion of Ohli) ili'i'latiil line iliploimiliti policy uf the Uillv'l hlulci, In jricni linn's in futnr il iinillly fr mII nulioim poiH tor Mi Ihw 4)inriwiNuliort In vr t NW PROM NO. 00 XDiaOV. MMMMPMBMl DAYLIGHT ROBBERY OF SPANGLE BMNU, NETS $4000 CASH Sl'OKANK, Wash., May 10. Three men entered Iho State Hank of Spangle, when Cushier O. W. Ncwlon wns alone, locked him in tho hank vault, took nbout $4000, went out the hank door, rented an automobile and escaped undetected at noon today. Later n M)sSe wns formed and the robbers were surrounded in the woods near Wnverly, Witsh. Spanglo U twenty miles south of here. Tho lobbery is said to hnve been otto of the most daring in the hintory of eastern Washington. As soon iu the robbery was discov ered a posse of men and boys iu uiuo automobiles started on the road after tho robbers. At VJSIO o'clock tho robbers were forced to quit their au tomobile and they took to tho timber near tho farm of Arthur Goff. Telephone enlls wero sent all of the surrounding towns for help. I), A. Smith, tho telephone operator at Wuverl, reported that an effort would bo made to ):upturc the utep immediately. Newton was able, after hlight do lay, to open the vault door front the inside nud gave the alarm just as the robherr. iu tho automobile of J. K. llattghan, who was hired to drive the men to Spokane, was driving through the main street. lluughaii was hailed and asked to stop. The robbers suspecting that tho robbers iiad been discovered be gan shooting at the oitixens ami one of them held a pistol at tho head of Uatighau ami ordered him to speed uwaw SOCIETY LEADER "' ROLLS THREE MILES HAIiTIMOIIr:, Ml May 1U.-0, Howell I'arr, a social leader In Hal liinore, who slurled u( 7'A't o'clock last evening to roll from thu Hlk Ithlgu Kennel club to University 1'tiikwiiy, u iIIkIuhw of about (hit mile, completed h (ask today ( 1 1 i'.'O u Ho H'i!'iiiHicd the hul oh h WHysr uinl fiuUheil In iph1 vuhAIUuhi For mora (ban fiflw hmi'i, wWt fitfijiu-nt jnlrrvaJ ft rl; flt, ifrrt ilMwkcil Im m fm4U until iwi4 vw m rWf lu M llmd itf Hi m$i' . 4 v. r f ; I'l iluHln,