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ADVISING JUDGE
Verdict Rendered In Less Than an
Hour Justice Hcmlrlck Has Power
of Reversal and Will Render Final
Decision on Friday May Free
Thaw or Recommit Him to Asylum.
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NEW YOMC, .July II. Hurry K.
Thuw, (ho sin .vor of Stanford White,
wis declared anno bv a .jury in the
supremo court after about one hour's
deliberation, lit .'1.M0 p. in. today.
Justice Ilondrick reserved decision
as to tlio disposition of Tlmw.
Tho court's decision in tlic matter,
Justice Uendrick snid, would bo itn
lioiuifcd noxt Friday .at 10:110 a. in.
Tlio oaso went to tbo jury -til 'J coll
p. in. after a biief charge by the
court.
Justice llendrick's chaise to the
jiiry lasted hardly more than ten
minutes, lie reviewed briefly tiie
lognl uspcols of the cane and told the
jurors that they wore to consider
all the ovidonoo. They were not to
concern themselves, tlio court uhurgod
with any previous net 8 of Thaw a
such.
"The question to be determined,"
Justice lleiidri'-k said, "is whether
'J'bnw in sane now."
Tliu jiiHticc did not intiiiiale wheth-
or he would be guided wholly by tho
verdict in determining ThawV inun
tal condition. Tho jury is acting in
a capacity purely advisory to the
court. .luntice Ilondrick can reverse
their crdicl hhould he deem it con
trary to evidence
Written Verdict (31 en
Tho jury handed in a writtuji ver
dict. The olork rcouiviu,gjt, told the
i'orenmn IMtat' tlio (ptosTloii "lor tlio
jury to tleuidu, wn whether Thaw
was 88U0, and naked if they had
reached a decision. Tho foreman
snid they had.
"In your decision that Thuw i
stint' 7" the clerk naked.
"Yes," the foreman replied.
Tltaw smiled broadly. Ills mother
Bitting n Tew foot away sootuod iiiucJi
ugitntud. John It. Staiiehfield, ciiief
of Thaw counsel, wn on In foot
almost immediately with n motion
tliat the court declare vacant the
commitment issued by Justice Howl
ing under which Thaw was sent to
Muttcuwiiu iih.vIuiii.
Thaw la Sheriff's Custody
Theru weie otlicr thing to be con
fddorod, Jin.ticc lleudriek said, in ud
ditiun to declaring; vacant tiio coin,
iiiittmcut. Toiunrrow, thu justice
naiil, ho would consider any motions
that Titan's counsel miiht seo fit to
iiihKc. In the meantime Thaw wax to
be rctuiiipd in the custody of the
sheriff. The jury roMohod n verdict
in 18 minute after it retired. The
deoifciou probubly unda a fight of
more than iiini years by Thuw to ob
tain bin liborty. V5th tho exception
of the liiue spent by Tlmw out of tho
fltato after hi ueoM from .Mutton
wan, Augtiat 17, 1U11I, until hie ro
tiini,'riiav Una been in custody,
ovof sinoo tho night of Juno 23, IHOII,
when ho idiot and killed Stanford
White.
APPEALSFOR HELP
I
ST. JiiSKPU. Mo.. J"K II. -Aii
pptil for help Iih been imt mil
from Itosendale, Mo., h illaj;e oJ
several hundred iuhubituuU, 2." wUe
nortk of here, A sudden rie of four
feat JH the river today put tbt en
tire lovt under water and it m r
ported Ut a further rwe we ruaHr
ing M a result of heavy rains above
thai today.
fhr fWd situation at Cumins,
M".j win ic ii i .1- jir.iii i ling the
town from the Tarkio nter biuke
)trriay, furring the inhabitants to
aek high pJ.iir. wan more scrion
toda. 'lli ! k-. one mill- l"ii" lm
len wjI'Iuiil' a-v. The tfn i
cut wit ti.'ii ri, ru.nl i iiiiiiuciiii a
tMJl U1 1 M ' -iM'l.ll III. I 1,1't . l''ll
bigtiland and tbv Tarkio nn.
m
SANE
DECLARES
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FIGH
ITALIANS TAKE
Tl MILES OF
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Trenches in Carnlc Alps Captured
Germans Capture French Positions
in Forest of Aruminc But French
Report Advance Definitely Stopped
Silence Alontj Eastern Front.
LONDON, July II. A Geneva,
Switzerland dipalch staloh that the
Italians have captured two uiilcK of
Austrian trenehe- in the Curnie Alpi,
aeeordiiiff to a de.iiatch received to
day by the Tribune from Villnch, an
Austrian town on the rivecDrnve, f'J
miles noit Invent of Laibach.
The Alpine troops, thoho advice
say, dm'i'd their artillery to the
heights near lloskofel, which is sit
anted at an altitude of 0(100 feut.
The Italians also are said to have
captured two impoilaiil poiuU aotilli
of (Joiiziu.
(ieniiaiis ."MiiKe ialn
Tho German official statement an
nounces that German forces yester
day captured Kroueh portions in
the forest of tho Arj;oniic for a widtli
of three kiloiuet'res (1.8 miles) and
for a depth of one kilometre and
that thoy also stormed hill number
28. The Germans claim they made
l?.r)81 prioonors, look two fields can
non and rendered ciht cannon use
less. The Krciich report says in the Ar
puine Genann atlitcks which were
concentrated in thu region included
between Muriotheroo and the I'Jio
vauchco heifthts were dofinifely
slopped. In the region to the north
of Arras, north of the bateau Do
Carloul ijud at. tho 'Labyrinth' there
ooourred during the night treuuh-to-trench
combats with hand grenades.
Arras and SoicKiiiH woro bombarded
by shells of largo calibre. In the
region of the Soiuiao at rYUo and nj
Kay (west of Perrono) as well as in
the Chnmpngiie distiict near Perthes,
miuo battles oceurred.
Sllcnco on nnl l'ltint
Almost complete hIoiico veils the
xituulioii in the eastern war theater.
Petrograd reports no eugntremeiitH in
southern Poland or eastern Galieia
and both Vienna nud Merlin declar.e
conditions in this territory un
changed. German engineers are strengthen
ing the defenses of Constantinople
on u huge hoiiIu, nceordiug to advices
through Mytilouo leceivcd in Lon
don, Four hundred and fifty thousand
square miles or German colonial pos
sesions have been occupied by the
entente nllips during the war. 'rlii
official estimate was announced to
day, by A. Houar Law, tho Hritixli
sueielary for the eoloni'os.
Sing l-'oily-one Vcs.sels
Figures given in Ilerlin state that
during tlio month of Juno 'JO Hritish,
thruo French, one Belgian and nine
Itustiiuu merchantmen welo sunk by
(ionium biihuiHriiio. The total los
of the entente allies by suliiiiarinei,
ineludiii'r fishing sliHimers, which
mostly were armed patrol boats, ng
grepited llI.'i.OOO tout.
Muny reports from Halkua
source revive tint ruiaoro that Tur
kuv u weary of war and an.iou for
a fcepnrnto peace.
Though none of ropoits find pom
finnntiou, soma Mcetions of tho Hrit
ish rOfi profciik to believe that they
are not improbable, in that Turkey is
beginning to feel tho pinch of itiiimu
iiition -hurts gc in the Dardanelles by
irtiu: of Itumania's refuxal to allow
munitions to croi-ri her borders.
PRICES FOR COAL
LONDON. July 1L The toxt of
the prlee of eoal limitations bill,
wkteh wai laeuetl today aiioolflec that
eoal may not ho sold at tko pit mouth
at a price exceeding four ihlllliigrf
a ton mere than the price at which
the aane kind of ooal wan sold dur
ln the twelve moatbi oitdlRK June
SO. 1IU.
The inaaure aa intradueed In the.
boiie of i-ontuioua yeiterday bt Wal
irr IluncliiihR. the preaidont of the
'ourd of iradp Violators of the act
ure Jlat'l4 to . fini- not exceeding
MEDFOllD.
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.N'cslill, nnd ItiiHsoll Tbaw, whom ICvolyu says Is Harry Thaw's mui?
In (bo ipicstlou iiuirk is Kvclyu Xcslilt Tlmwj IhiIow ar Hairy Ken
Hvcljn .Nosblt says, Is Harry's son.
21,000 GARMENT 'CHINA LEIS BARS
WORKERSONSTRIKE : DOWN FOR OPIUM
IN NEW YORK ClIYi LABELED MEDICI
NKW YOIGC. July II -Tlio rank
of tlu strlhliig pant makers woro In-1
uroateii loony uy ji.ouu wurHura,
ninklng tho total number out on
Htrlko aiiproxlmatoly 21.000. Of
those woli wont out today, ftvo thou
sand wore knoo punt maker ttnd C,
000 woro voat'mnkora.
Tho majror'u r.ounell of ooneillntlon
met today to iIIicum the situation and
avert, If pogtilblo,a strike of 50.000
women gurniont workora. Tlie woni
on are acting Independently of the
men, although tho demands are sub
stantially tfit) aaiuo for aanltnry
uhoim and restoration of the old wane
Bcalo, slilch, It la claliuod, has been
roducod.
In adilltloiilondors, in tho unions
of othor male Karmout worker wore
propared, thoy laid, to oall out at
nroxlmutely 70,000 more men riiould
such a Btop be deemed neeenHury,
OF
IKJSTON, Julv ll.-An aftrinMn
iwper himiouucp the roeetpi of an
auonyraoiw ewuiiMutioH ia winch
tko writer describing himatdf as a
German spy, tatr that two houdf
bae bean piaaMt in the stte Iioum
and aaokkar la the custoni toaer and
that Ibaae will ba exploded, :alnut
Priday." AW tue governor :.'' (
Lilted, according to th uifHi;' b !i
crudely lettered aitn a lend pen '
il. I
Ii wns turiiiil nirr to the i"lia
hIki reeeiitU I'Viiiiiuii .1 -uiul.ir
till lit lllfUIII-l tl i ll-t., I I-. Ullli
UlU llltCJTIillillnJ Wliiltli' ii.C l,'.
was a crank or 4 practical joker.
0R1W0N", "WEDNESDAY,
THA W QUESTION NO W
WASHINGTON. Julv 11. A ...,
promise in the Chun opposition to
tlio opium traffic urnlcr which (it)OO
chests of opium, tin ltat atock now
in Hong. K'oug a ml ShiitiK-Ilai, may
be imported into the provinces of
Kiang Su, Kwanlug and KiaiuT Si,
"as luedicimJs ben ring spuuial lalils,"
ia told in unofficial udvluos reaohiiig
the state department by mail today.
The (1000 ohot- may hu iinixuled,
on iwyiuent if royalty of tweiity
inilliun to the Chint-rc govanneut tor
Ilia Whole fpiuntity in Hm of'per
uiittinK foreign inn. hauls to iniMrl
into China l'J.Olio cliisN of opium thi
year aud five thoa-aud oil oats next
year, as prouded by tlut Drili.b
treaty.
This arraiigcuicnt is undflrUud by
oificiuU here to be probably lite re
sult of uu iiinli i -t uuling with the
Hriti-h uatboiilu -.
TO LYNCH EHAHK:5.000 CHILDREN AT
ATLANTA. Ga . July 1 1. Heport,.
that a mob would attempt to take
Lao at. Frank, serving a life saute 11 re
for Mary Phagaa's mnrdjir, from tlw
sute prison farm at at UlatlHorille and
lynch him, he not bttgn eon firmed
tiv gevalopments. Thraa aowpanles
of state mllhU a ere held in readi
ness at Macon throuaheut the night
to proceed 10 Mil.edgevHU to protei t
Frank. If ne,--aitlut today ern
i-rinitti it 1" ''Mil to thlr lioim
tiiftci.i1 ii' Uu -'ale farm n.ion
it iiom Mi - " ibat the uplik;
qntat prfvaiif 1 last nlfkt,
JULY J I, 1915
lie do lo or for bis ulfo, Mvclyn
(bill Thaw anil- Ituvscll Thaw, who,
SHR1NERS SELECT
IMPERIAL COUNCIL
UK TTLK, Wn . July 1 1 Tho liu
perlal Council of the Alyatle .Hhrlno
met today In secret sosxlon to cousld
er reports of committees i(nd routine
uialtar of Interest only to inombcra
of tho order.
The rouuctl established templos In
four new oltlee, Houston nnd Fort
Worth, Texas, Springfield, Ills., and
KnoxvlUe, Tenu. DlMponsatlona woro
aruntod bat year for Fort Worth's
Moslah lemplo, and for Spriugflold'a
Ansar temple. Houston's Arabia
temple and Knoxvllle's Oerbola come
Into ojtlsttnee without tho uminl year
delay. Buffalo leema to havo no
strong opposition for tho 1010 moot
lug.
The visiting bands spont tho morn
Ing In giving street contorts nnd vlult
lng various teuipio liondquartent. At
noon two luncheons woro glvon by
Nile temple, Seattle, ono being by
mo mbors of the Imperial officers nnd
the other by patrols and dlreotora of
liauds.
QUIGLEY FUNERAL
riiM'vr.o. .luiv u rive thous
and childreii luaiched slowly under
the dripping trees of North Stato
street todu eseorting the body of
AKhnlsliop James lMwaril Qulgloy
liuiu lh an h-eini'0ial reeldejiue to
the ('ilhi'disl ot I In- Holy Name.
Hiniiiri.N it sduiH wore Uiriiod
a) 1 1. 11 tin- raiiitdral to make
. 1 oni (,! i ijiiMiin, utioac wolfara
, H..M ii,. 1 tii. 1 1 11 t t . 1-1 of tlio latQ
irnurrnmaai lira,
BUFFALO
0 NX
3000 K LLED N
4 DAYS BATTLE
AT MEXICO CITY
Early Engagements Were Minor
Fights Actual Figlillnn Began
July -8 Artillery Used Following
DaysEvacuation of City Took
Plnco on July 10.
WASHINGTON, July 1 1. Tlio
first nnrrntlvo account of tho enpturo
of Mexico City was rocolvcd hero to
day by General Carmnxa's aRoncy
from Vera Cruz. It utates that tho
early engagements In which It wan
roportod that Carranzn troops woro
defeated, woro minor flghta during
which Gonornl Gonznloz was distrib
uting hla army for tho final effort.
"Tho actual fighting began Thurs
day morning, July S, at Tapaxpan,
and mill lthe flnloh tho constitution
allHt forccB gained consistently nnd
uninterruptedly," anyfl tho report.
Thoflghtlng of July 8 did not end tin-
til tho enemy woro bohlnd tholr on
trenchmonts at tho grand canal and
at Corro Gordo. Thoro was a hoavy
artillery bombarilment of Corro Gor
do all day, but nono ot tho Bholla
reached tho city propor, owing to tho
dlstanco.
Hlory of Imttto
"At four o'clock on tho morning
of July 9, fighting wna renewed with
heavy artillery flro which nhortly
Hllonced tho enemy artillery. Imme
diately tho Zapata guns ceased firing
an Infantry charge wnti executed and
after n sovoro fight tho entrench-
menU at tho Zapatistas woro carried
and tho constitutionalist uoldlora
Hiunshed tholr way Into Villa Do
Guadalupo.
A-strong forcoon tho enst sldo ot
tho city assaulted and carried I'lnon
hill and contlnuod tho ndvanco until
tho outlying houses ot tho city propor
woro reached,
"On tho morning of July 10 It wns
found that tho enemy had ovneuatcd.
During Saturday night n utrong force
of rntiHtltutlonallstu was detached to
pursuo tho rotrontlng Znpatlstas who
woro overtaken nt Tlalpam nnd de
feated. In tho four days' fighting
tho enemy's losses woro 3000 killed
nnd many more wounded nnd iuIsh
Iii.." Obregoit Isobilcd
Another column at 'Villa forces
meanwhile, according to udvlrcs to
his agents hero, Is continuing tho
campaign toward Mexico city. Aftor
tho cantu.ro of Quorotaro yestorday, it
la claimed, thoy completely lsolatod
Obrogon from his busa ot supplies.
A statomont issued by tho Villa
agency on authority from General
Villa wIsIioh to emphatically deny tho
report that ho Ih to relinquish his po
sition its coiumandor In chief in favor
of Gonoral Joso Isabel Roblcs, or
that thoro ls any movement nfoot
among his gonorals aiming at such
action. '
NKW YOHK, duly 1 1. Orville
Wright, iiinontr those sugsostud to
Secretary DanioU ua poiwlblo mem
burH of tho proposed civilian advl
ory board of inveiitow and touhuimil
oxjKirts, wna quotod todny uh baying
that ho would except membership
In thu board of invited. Ho said he
bad not us jet roueived aueh an 111-
ilatiou. I havo had talks with
ThoimiH A. Kdiaou uud with aimv
and navy officers who realize the
necessity of preparing an ndoipiute
air us well us son flout," bald Mr.
Wright, "Army nud navy officer"
ugroo that wo should havo from a
thousand to 1300 nuroplauen for im
mediate duty.
"Thu board undoubtedly will b a
good thiuff if the mftmbsr wttt atu'k
to its adtiaory function nnd nut try
to overstep it. The work of the pro
posed board should bo ooiifined to
auggpstiuua."
lfitdsun iraxkiu who-v iinme mUo
was suggested to Mr. Daniel, haul lie
Would be gin 1 1 to serve on the new
hoard- "H t might v K'd idea,"
8ald Mr. Maxim. " am sure it will
m A xroat beneut to the uavcnii
U)WJL"
ILLE
WRIGHT
FOR NAVAL BOARD
NO. 97
OFFER TO SELL
T
PLANT TO CITY
California-Oregon Power Company
Offers to Sell City Li:-! it Distribut
ing System and Wholesale Power
to It Price to Be Fixed By State
Railroad Commission or Citv.
If tho city of Medford wants to
enter tho elcclriti light and power bus
iness, tho Ciiliforniu-OreHon Power
company Htauds ready to hell their
present comploto distributing nyhtenl
nnd. wholesale tho city tlio power
which tho city can. retail at a profit,
tho price for tho (ultno to bo fixed
by tho nlnto railroad commission or
by arbitration, n tho city mny elect.
Tho following offer wn tnndo to
tho city Wednesday by tho power
cempany:
Medford, Ore, July M, 101(5.
To thu Hon. Mayor and Common
Council,
City of Medford,
Medford, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
There uppcniM to bo some uncer
tainly an to whothor our company
would bo willing to well it distrib
uting linns with tho city of Medford,
to tlio city, and furniuli clectrcity nt
a wholesale ralo, mi that if desired,
tho municipality could; own nnd oper
ate itrt own electric ucrvtcu. I nut au
thorised by our Hoard of Piroclow
to advise:
That iniiHinucli its tldire Rooms to
bo 11 growing Kiuiliiiicnl for the own
ing and operating of. municipal dis
tributing H.vsleois by, tho 'cities' them
ficlveH Californiiv-Orcgon Power
company huh dooiijied that it is per
fecly willing to null its distributing
lincH within tiny of tho munioipaltcs
to the city itsolf, nud supply such
inunioipality witlt electric current nt
wholesale rules.
You ato IhomVoro ndvised, that if
il is the desire t tho people of Med
ford to oponwtu their own munici
pal distributing system, our company
stands teady to sell and retire from
tho rotnil buninoss within thu limits
of vour city.
Wo nro wiling to allow tho price
of such distributing Bystein to be
fixed by tho railroad commission of
tho fitnte, of Oregon, or by utbitra
tion. CAM KOHNlA-OIIKdON POWKIt
COMPANY.
, ly. 'ALHX J. HOSHOHOUOH,
Rei'rctnry.
ELKS PARADE
AT LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGKLUS. July IL Thous
iinds of mombers of the llonovolont
I'rotcctlvo Order of Klks In white uni
forms pkillclpntod tqday in the mid
summer allegorical and floral par
ades, floats representing ovory city
In tho couury took part.
A fouturo wus tho division In which
Richmond, Va., light Infantry blues,
marched In their uniforms reminis
cent of tho soldiers of tho Mexican
wars. Tho blues constitute tho escort
nt Govornor Stuart of Virginia, who
witnessed U10 parudo with Govornor
Spry of Utah.
Govornor Mi nrrlved this inorti
lng with two hutidred Salt Lake City
high hchobl cmb'ts, who also march
ed in tho pageant with tnembori of
the Salt Lake tnbornaclo choir.
IN WHEAT PRICE
rilU'AUO. Julv II. -WJicut mado
a wild advance 111 price today, jump,
ing up '' ccnU a bushel in some
eafeos, h compared with lust night,
Jtiat beforo the cbwo thu July op
tion sold ii8 high as $1.10 against
$l.llHa at joetorday's finish.
The upward ruh of values was
largely tho rosult of now reKirts of
blak rust iufeiition in th'clik'? pni
dudng etutos of the spring, oroji belt
and booHttBf tif tilgus olliborul buy-
Jug for rhirope.
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