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FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1909.
No. 234.
IN LONDON
FIRE
Twonty-Two Known to Bo
Dead and Noarly 100 Oth
ore Missing-Groat Dopart-
jmont Storo Burns Panic
Follows First Alarm.
W. J. OALHOUN, CHICAGO LAWYER,
NEW UNITED STATES EVOY TO CHINA
I.OHN'DOK, Dec. 20. Twonty-two
pontons nro known to bo ilond, BO nre
In hospitals suffering from Injuria,
nn! nearly 100 nllior nro minding
nn tho result of a flr0 Hint destroyed
tho Ortrnt Anllng nnd Hobbs storo
In Clnphnui suburbs nt noon todny
Tliroo hundred persons woro In tlio
storo when tlio flro started, A Bccnn
of confusion bordering upon n imnlc
onnucd when tho icoron of shoppers
nnd clrlctt rushed for tho llftH nnd
ittnlrn.
Roverni clerks nnd patrons, lenpod
. from third nnd fourth ntorr windows
to tho pavement. Otliorn Jumped
from nn Interior hnlcony to tho ninln
floor, which nlrondy wns burning
florcoly.
Within nn hour after tho flr0 wnn
discovered tho great domo collnpned,
covering adjoining Rtorea with n main
of burning dohrln. Tho cntlro block
In which tho storo was locntod noon
,was a mass of uncontrolled tlnmea.
It In fenrnd thnt many of thoso who
leaped from tho balcony Into tho
burning cloud lo'st tholr Urn. When
tho domo collapsed this section of
(ho storo wnn burned In th0 blnztnff
ruins. Tho flromon bolloTO that many
of tho missing llo bonoath thin dobrt.
Tho flro In said to hare started
from a defcctlro oloctrlc light wlro.
Tho extent of tho damago has not
yet been ostlmntod.
DETECTIVE HITS MAN
ON HEAD; IS NEARLY DEAD
SEATTLE, Wn., Deo. 20. Michenl
Koolilor, n loggor, employed in Jo
seph McCnrthy'H enmp, is in tho re
ceiving ward hospital todny with n
fractured aknll, nnd Buffering from
concussion of thu lirain in tho opin
ion of tho attending phynioinitR, mny
prove filial nn n result of a blow ov
er tho liend fro tun revolver wioldod
by Delectivo William Patorson. Tho
latter Iiiih been suspended ponding nn
investigation into thu nssnult on
Kovhlor, which necording to eye
witnesses wiih unprovoked. Koolilor
wiih being ejected from a snlonn nnd
resisted when I'otorHon who wnH
passing wiih culled by tho bartender
to assist him. Potorson palled to n
crowd of spectators to stop tho fu
gitive nnd tliey did ho nnd in tho tus
ulu thnt ensued Koolilor wns thrown
to Iho ground. He wiih hold thoro un
til (ho arrival of Peterson, who drow
his revolver, and with nil oath, dealt
Koolilor tlio blow which cnusod a
fructiiro of tho bUii)I nnd concussion
of Iho brain,
William J. Calhoun, who was Induced after much persuasion on the part
of President Tnft to accept the pott of wrralstcr to China, U ono of tho most
prominent lawyers In te middle west. Us rived for many years In Dannllo,
IIU tho noma of Speaker Cannon, but his horat is now In Chicago. Wbon Mr.
Calhoun announced that ho would accept the mission that Charles R. Crane
was so unsuccessful with tho presidrat ed him to start for tho orJest.at
once. Mr. Calhoun baa on two occatros performed excellent' diplomatic
serrlo for the ffOTerciracnt. IIo was a schoolmate of William XlcKinley, and
when the latter wanted a reliable nuns to lrnrestlgito the Ruis affair J art
befont th Spanish war ho placed thp tasV In Calhoun's bands. Later Mr.
Itoosorelt sent him to Yenwmela to aetttk tho asphalt controversy. In each
Instance he acquitted himself with credit The accompanying Photograph was
taken sine hi appointment
TRANSFERS LAND
10 PALMER ESTATE
Honoro Palmor Turns Prop
erty on Rogue River Over
to His Uncle as Trustee.
K. H. Cunningham of Nownll, In.,
n moiiibor of tho Iown stnto legisla
ture , in fipouding a fow days looking
over Mud ford nnd vicinity.
COMMUTATION RATE
Many Rosltlonts Who Own Orchards
Alonn Southern Pacific Uso
Now Tickets.
Tlio Southorn Pacific compnny has
grnnied a qomimmtion rnto to thoso
Medford residents wlio hnvo oroh
anls down tho lino which it is noo
osHnry for thom to visit froquontly.
Tlio 8:04 train enrrios quito a
crowd of thoso pooplo ovory morn
ing nnd tlio numbor is constantly
growing. Tho importnntco of tho
trnffico ifl shown, in thu granting of
tho commtitfttion rato. .
Honoro Palmer bns trnnaferrod tho
property o hold In bin nnmo on Itoguo
Hlver to Adrlnn C. Honoro, trustoo
of tho Potior Palmer estate The
consideration Fa glvon tn $10,-110.
Al Androws of Sunttlo hna purchns-
cd 31 ncros of J. W. Stcvenn at Phoo
n Ix ncrosH from tho place ot aoorgo
Ilovur, nnd 20 ncres udjolnlng bu
longing to Mrs. Palmer, tho consldora
tlon being G37C.
Mr. Androws will Improve tho prop
orty by planting out nn orchard ot
apples nnd pears.
It. W. Northrup repoitB tho fol
lowing sales mndo hist Took:
To Qoorgo V. Cnrr of Chicago, ton
ncro tract ot Inml Consideration,
$2000. '
To O. W. Allium of Hvnnston, III.,
tnn-ncro tract ot Inml. Consideration,
$1000,
PHYSICIANS TO
MEET TUESDAY
Will Discuss Many Matters
of Interest to Profession
Birth Law to Be Discussed.
ATTACK ON BALLEN6ER
Doclnro Speech of Hitchcock Was
Simply Democratic Campaign
Material.
A mooting of tho physicians ot
Medford will b0 hold Tuesday eve
ning for tho purposo of discussing
mnttors portnlntng to tho profession
Pnpors will bo road by prominent
pliyslclntiB.
Tho Inw providing for tho regis
tration of births has not boon ns closo
ly followed ns It should bo by olthor
tho physicians or tho lnlty, nnd thus
tho object ot tho lnw, tho compiling
of vital statistics, has boon so far
defeated.
Thoro Is a penalty provided for tho
nuon-ol)8orvnne0 of tho statute but
tho matter ot securing ovldonco upon
which to convict Is a difficult ono.
Howovor, tho physicians, nt least,
should glvo nil asslstanco possible In
this respect.
This will bo ono of tho mnttors
for discussion nt tho mooting.
READY FOR PLANTING
This Year's Planting Will Exceed
That of Any Previous Year
Ground Being Prepared.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Doo. 20.
It ib holicvod horo today that tho
Republican a in oongrosa will ignoro
tho attack against Soorotary of In
terior Dallingor by Roprosontntivo
Hitchcock of Nobrnskn Into last wook
in a spooch on tho floor, Tho Ho-
publicans) doolaro tho spoooh moroly
was Doinooratio enmnpigu materia!
and thoy wil not givo tho Domocrata
toll satisfaction of a congressional ,
investigation of his accusation. i
Tho orchnrdnion nro about as busy
aa thoy can bo at prosont getting
ready for tho big spring planting,
which will oxcocd' by all odds any
previous year in tho history of tho
county.
Ground is boing proparod for tho
rocoption of tho trcos nnd tho first
of tho year tho work will bo in full
Bwing.
LOOKS LIKE
FAKER
EXAMINING
MEDFORD
MILK
Savans of Danish University
Are Said to Be Deeply Em
barressed by Their Former
Championship of Dr. Cook
Trying to Back Down.
COPENHAGEN', Dec 20. That
tho commlttco Investlgotlng tho polar
data of Dr. Frederick A. Cook will
send In a report nolther favorable
nor ndverso to the claims of tho ox
ploror was the prediction today or
a member of th0 faculty of tho Unl
vorslty of Copenhagen, who Is cognl
znnt of the deliberations of tho com
mittee.
Tho savants of tho Danish univer
sity who nro serving on tho commlt
teo nro said to b0 deeply embarrassed
by their former championship of Dr.
Cook, coupled with their Inability to
find anything approaching accepta
bio proof In his reports, and aro cast
Ing nhout for a way to retire grace
fully from tho controversy. Rumors
hnvo leaked from tho commlttco room
that tho data submitted by tho
nrooklyn explorer Is. bo Incomplete
that Cook's presenco boforo tho com
mittee would not aid its work, but
ho will not b0 asked to appar.
"Fked" tho Wetare.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec 20. That
Predorlck A. Cook. tliorBrooklya po
lar explorer, "faked" his plcturo of
tho flag ho claimed to have planted
at tho north polo was tho chargo
rnado today by Dr. John A. Drashcd,
an astronomer connected, wnn mo
Unlvorslty of Pittsburg.
Had tho flag been planted at tho
pole, Brasher declared, It would have
cast a long shadow, as tb0 sun at that
jtlmo was at an elevation ot 8 de
grees. Cook s picture, as no charged,
showed no shadow. The explorer ex
plained this by stating that tho pic
turo taken was a small ono and that
many details had been lost when 11
was enlarged for uso on a plcturo
slldo.
Speaking of tho claims of tho
Brooklyn explorer, Dr. Brnshor said:
"When Cook lectured In this city
Stato Dairy and Food In
spector Looking in Local
Milk Question Council
May Pass Ordinance Aid
ing in the "Work.
W. E. Cottcrlln, Inspector for the
stato dairy and food commission, Is
In Medford examining Med ford's milk
supply. Mr. Cotterlln states that
whllo most of tho dairies aro com
plying with the law, a few violations
aro evident and that ho' will under
take to straighten out the matter.
Monday Mr. Cottcrlln called up
Mayor Canon and discussed the mat
ter. As a result of their conference
tho city officials will probably re
quest tho state commissioner to placo
Medford In tho same class as cities
of over 10,000 population, whlcn can
1)0 dono when the city makes th0 re
quest, after which the state can cn
forco tho laws as regard dairies.
"I find that most ot your dairy
men," said Mr. Cotterlln, "aro obey
ing tho law. But ther0 aro a few
who need to bo Informed as to the
law, and it this has no effect. steps
should bo taken to enforce it."
SALT LAKE GET
FIGHT : GRAM
Says Tex Rlckard Declared Tlia
Mormon Metropolis is Place
Where Battle Will Take
Place.
A BAD EXAMPLE
But the citizen who takes no In
terest In his home town sets a
worse example.
Perhaps If ho read this
newspaper regularly he
would see what an Inter
esting town this Is.
RJght now would be a food time
for him to subscribe.
MV
EAST SIDE
Board Takes Steps to Buy
Site for Schoolhouse on the
East Side of City Queen;
Anne Addition Is Chosen,
by the Board. ,
URGING SHORTER
ROUTE TO
ER
CRAT
Residents of Butte Palls in
Th0 school board tody took tho
first step toward the erection ot a
schoolhouse for the east sido of tho
city by purchasing a fi.te In tho Queen
Anne addition. For some tltno the
board has been figuring on a si to In
that section of the city and has now
secured one.
The East Sido hns long needed' a
school building, especially for tho
first six grades, as the small children
have a long way to go to attend eith
er tho West or North schools at pres
ent and during tho winter this Is
most Inconvenient.
Some weeks ago tbe board endcav
ored to secure a site on that side,
but failed.
It will probably b0 some months
before tho board is in a position to
Line for Construction 'of a J6 cotrucUon of th nw
New Road, to Shorten Dis-i
tance to Crater Lake.
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. Ex
pressing the belief that the Jerries
Johnson fight will be held in Salt
Lako City, Promoter Eddie Cranoy
arrived hero toray from New York.
"I didn't get what I went after,"
snld tlin "linnrst lilnoL-emWh " lint
he was asked what sextant ho used ,mvo no CQmi Jt t
In h i n 1." t M ( lila nliQArvnlnnD list rrv ! .
In making his observations. Ho re-
pllod: "I cannot remember." This
was a peculiar form of forgctfulness."
Dr. Brasher does not bollero that
olthor Cook or Peary will bo able to
provo that ho reached tho pole.
BLACKLISTED MAN
AGAINJETS DRUNK
Policeman Murtlock Uses His Firsts
In Making Prisoner
Behave.
W. G. Cannon was nrrestod Satur
day night by Pollcomnn Murdock on
chargo ot bolng drunk.
When Murdock first nrro3tcd him
Cannon roslsted and struck tho of
ficer, whoroupon tho pollcoman pro
ceeded to administer a sovoro drubbing.
Cannon was lodged In Jail and
Sunday morning wns turned looso on
his own recognlznne0 to appear Mon
day morning.
Murdock was called boforo tho
grand Jury on nnothor enso Monday
morning and did not f llo a complaint,
In fnct, leaving word with Recorder
Tolfor to lot tho mnn go when ho
npponrod. The question arises whoth
or a Jollcomnn is Justified In beating
up an incnpably Intoxicated man with
his fists, when tho lnttor'n condition
is such that ho Is, partially at least,
IrrcsponBlblo for his nets.
Auothor matter ontors into this
caso, and that is that Cannon Is and
has boon for somo timo on tho black
list, and all snloonkoopors hnvo boon
notlftod to retuso him drink,
I considered a good bid for tho big
light, but tho other fellows thought
differently nud that's all there is to
it.
"It is my honest belief that Jeff
ries nnd Johnson will fight in Snlt
Lako City. Tex Riokard declared to
mo with all positiveness tho dny bo
foro I started west that tho Mormon
metropolis will get tho fight.
"Salt Lake, ho points out, is only
from Denver, two days from Chi
cago, 17 hours from Butte, 24 hours
from tho big Nevada cities and about
30 hours from. San Francisco, Port
land, Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane.
IIo is not soro at San Frnncisco, ns
somo of tho itnerviows coming from
the east hnvo made him say ho was.
Its simply a matter of business with
him, as ho beliovos the finlit will draw
omro money in Salt Lako than it
would hero.
"I saw both Joffrios and Johnson
shortly boforo I started for homo nnd
both woro looking well. Johnson is
hnving a good time in n mild way but
ho is not misbehaving,
"As for my being tlio third man in
tho ring, whon the, big follows fight,
that is n matter that I am not con
sidering nt nil. I nni not a candidate
for tho job, ns my old intorests nro
sufficient to kocp mo pretty busy.
"Tho pcoplo bno kin Now York
gavo mo tho timo of my lifo and I will
novor forget them. Thoy showed mo
ovory possible attention, simply over
whelming mo with kindnesses."
ONG WILL SOUND
AT 8 O'CLOCK MOD
Clever Boxing Match Arranged for
Opera House This
Evening.
. Residents ot Butte Talis held a
mass meeting recently at which time
it was decided to urgo. the construc
tion of a roaS from tho Gppert' place
to Prospect, a dlstanco of flro miles,
which will open a direct Medford
Butto Falls-Prospect-Crater Lako
road. This routo will cut seven miles
oft pf tho road to Crater Lako as fol
lowed at present.
Tne uutto Fans resioento will send tho timQ the soundg for
a ueiesauon soon 10 wan on xno tho fl preliminary tonight until the
county court and urge the building, timo is callcd in tho last A of thn
Of thO road. nnnninnl l.nnf nr. tlio r,1 U,
will find something doing every min
ute. Tho show is intended to bo tho op
ening wedge for the organization of
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Dec. 20. an athlectio club, under tho auspices
Messages received today indicato of which tournaments may bo hold
that tho party of American explorers fro mtime to tune, and whon tho
reported to have been devoured by I youth of tho city can have an op-
cannibals on the island of Tiburon in portunity of learning the art of tak-
thn OulP rtf flnlifftmln. bnvn rotnrnpil inc enrn of Hinmsflvia ?n omorrrnnnw
in safety to a small town in tho Mcx- j and nt tho same timo got training
ican gulf coast. Tho party had been thnt will tend to their good physically
PARTY THOUGHT LOST
HAS BEEN LOCATED
missing for weeks and was giveu up
for lost. Tho messago which was
sent yesterday did not account for
their long nbsence.
..) n :.,
uuu uiuuinuvi
Both Ralston and Donn, tho prin
cipals, who will go 15. rounds aro in
tiptop condition and crady to put
up a rattling fight.
Tho organ presontod to Father Van Young Corbett and Young Jeffries
Clarenbeck, mentioned iu the Mail ( tho midgots, will make a showing that
Tribune was tho porsonnl gift of, will surprio you, and will at tho
Manager Campbell, not of tho Shcr-:samo timo-illustrate why tho young-
man-Clny Co. Tho Mail Tribune was store should bo taught to box. Both
misinformed on tho subject and this, kids nro clovor for their ago and
is to corroct tho error. know how to protect thomselves.
WASHINGTON, D. C Dec. 20.
This sonnto today confirmed tho ap
pointment of IToraco Lurton of Teu
sosseo as nssooiato justice of tho su
premo court of tho United Statos.
Lurton wns rocommonded by Presi
dent Tnft to succeed tho Into Justico
Pcokhnm.
GIFT - BUYERS
SHOULD BE INTERESTED
AND ALERT
AD-WATCHERS
THE gift-quest is less full of heart
aches if you have planned your
purchases, and are watching the ads.
to find the best opportunities to buy.
3-or tho ad-watchors find tho bar
gains tho chances to got things at "a
little less." Thoy make their gift-mon-oy
"go further' 5 make it servo more
pcoplo, thus reducing thq number of
thoso who may feel "overlooked."
In ovory ad. today there's good news
even some excitement for ovoryono
who "has somo buying to do."
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