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jmveibuj Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS Honk clearings today were: $118,7 HU:i. .WEATHER Clear Muv. iH, Mln. 20.5, Menu 518, Picclp. .0.1. 'orty-FIrst Year pallv- Sixth Year MJfiDtfOKD, ORWUOX, TIirUSDAY. APRIL 111, 1011. No. 19. ST KING IS MAL6DEUF AS SECRETARY OF 1 3,000 TROOPS SEN! TO CHECK MIDDLE W UDGE-POT : z : Transferring Passengers From Prinzess Irene , (FT-1 ': :"" njjv?r TYTraifi I i s ,- ,- 4? n i v , ; ." -k ISBV 1EATH RfDES TRO W WIN P Y ESI 1 N f ?? . 4 vcnly-fivc Arc Dead, 114 Injure and a Score of Towns Wrecked i;y Tornado Property Damage WW Amount to a Half Million. d' SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE INJURED IN THE CRASH Although Killing Temperature Comes Orchards Arc Not Harmed as Sci entific Fighting of Frost Proves a Great Success. HEAVY FROST IS THE PREDICTION FOR TONIGHT ! Town, Containing Sixty Build ings, is Wiped From the Face of the Earth. KANSAS (MTV, Jlo., April 13. -'cnty-live dead, Jll injured u.itl mage id' more than half a million jars 1m computed today ns thu toll a tornado which last night wiecked 1 Kansas;, Missouri and Oklahoma IV18- Following are (ho more .serious ens iles in some of the larger towns 'iistnled: )klahuinii Itig Heart, three dead, injured; Cliecotah, two dead; I'kor, four dead; Notuwka, tlnve ired. Causas Hiawatha, thiee dead; .vreiice, three dead, one injured; nville, one dead; Powhuttan, two .d, one injured; Whiting, one dead, injured. ilihsouri .Toplin, one dead, four Tied; Webh City, four injuied. lie town of Whiting, Kan., was nb .itely destroyed, 0 buildings bc- leveled to the earth and pruoti- y cvury one of their inhahilants red. Sirs. David Stone, the wito li Whiting fanner who was killed, carried half a mile by the Icr wind. anil every bono in Jnr body ken. tt Kskridge 'JO school children 'e injured when a school house was lolished. Passengers on u Santa train which was stalled near I'Nk- ie, witnessed (he destruction. Orchards of the Rogue Escape Owing to Vigilcnce of Weather Man and Growers. -f - -f -f -f -f -f HEAVY FROST TONIGHT. Professor P. J. O'Garu pre dlctH a heavy frost tonight, with a much longer period than that which obtained last night. Friday will bo clear and warmer. - rasssw" : . -'!tw'i- -..- t 9m&m JS'rKw ' ss . . flJ(y v. "FtAi a r " . , W&l I P3l " i (Oljjjo. " "v v '" T i Iw'cra? ir f Wmid. f" -'. " 'Mil jff (g33f JS !VMiHHrSMk JTWy. .;w. V -VHL'KI igi ---rJSSfes, . W. wm!MlJKH' M . "l215S iV9vi?9 4!Mi,'xRBa ht rtna EiSSSa wMSSSBSm ''-Vjffe53 fmwM vm&BSSMKmMSBtKHKSm ' i "3 i l4PRiiiil iHHl - PII&tS fe ' 5' T ?38 inHlnr ' V R!alv'8 ' 'I 'CV.OWD ON SPrOR.t AATCl-tlNS TRANSFER OF RASSIjNXJCR "&i VJ' . r Tenders His Resignation to oBard of Directors Owing to New Position Offered Him in Portland With Large Corporation. l SAYS MEDFORD WILL ALWAYS BEGEM OF OREGON TO HIM Important Meeting of Club is Held Indorse Parking of Southern Pacific Right of Way. Slfi IIKAIvT, Okhi.. April 111. ee of the dead in ycsteida.'s tado wereidenlilicd today. They OIIX KKItXS. !l?l.'ll II A imvi 111.1' I l.l.Mtlit'll I 'i ILL! AM IIAIU.OW. ie tornado was accompanied by hiinr rain and swept evcrythin;; s oath. Houses were blown from IrfouudatioiiR and the occupants filed through the air. The town dcmolishcd and telegraphic com icalion cut off. lJi Heart has ojialatiou of HID. I'SKOOKK, Okhi., April 1.'!. Ja- pcivoiiK Mrioiily injured wen yji i i .'in i iij; uk cars early. yUtailroiuI of am i mm niu licait ti I iiImi ii The .Midland V-il- .fTii.mlij fnnirl rikiil' i"""" " ."... cadjv in-tead of oiylit as other re- ioi'Ih.ikI, and more than 100 in hired it Hip Heart. Mnnv of tiio injur-d, it is heluved, will die. t . . 0MA1I. Xel... April i:l. iiHlof Snell ami Ocniitii, Neb. tcdlli inrn.idne-, Ijisi nis;ht. Table d. mi. lye v.ii d'ie but O'JIO t.'t.llltU - The were Coll- tbcie 1 HI'S FAMILY rFLEE 10 FRANCE irted That President Himself Is lxious to Go, hut That He Fears I ipturc by the Madcristos Before Can Reach tha Coast. Orchard men thimiKhniit tho valley aio today rciilculsainK tao met in their smudKiim pots preparatory to another battle with tho frost king, who was entirely routed last night, despite his attempt to kill this year's fruit crop. SinwlgiiiK In the various orchards saved tho trees from dam ago, but tonight it is predicted that the heaviest frost' of the present cold snap will occur. Professor P. .1. O'Gara stated today that no damage has been done, as tho orohardists havo smudged gener ally. He warned them to bo careful of tonight, howovor. A clouded sky kept tho tempera ture last night about :il-F until morn ing, when tho sky cleared. Then Professor O'tlaia sent tho orchard ists at it. Twonty-soven was regis tered in tho Snowy llutte, Hear Creek, Uurrell and Goro orchards, but the fruit trees were never exposed below five degrees above this, owing to tho smudge. Abholutcly no damage wiih done. The organization Is coinpleto and (hoi-el h nothing to fear if no ehanccH aio taken. Proteshor O'Gara has been on continuous duty for T2 hours Snake Miter d'l-eat Lois. l'l'MiMAX, Wash., April 13. - I,o variously estimated today at I nun $.')(J(),(I0(I to .hlllM)0(l was sustained by fruitjrrou-ors in the Snake rtwr district on account of heavy frosts which practically killed the entire crop. The buds on the peach, apri cot and cherry trees were destroyed. Plums and prune nrchaids may yied half a crop unless another tieee oc curs tonight. The cold was so intense at W'a vvawai and Pcnuwawai, on tho Snake river, last nij;h( that the ground fro.e to u depth of tin eo inches From Clarkston to h'iparia, a distance -if 70 miles, the fruit orop was practi cally wiped out. It is not believed that tho apple in the uplands weiu injuied much as they had not ad vanced far enough. In Pullman llu morning tt was lb degrees below freczini,'. Killhigliinlio Frosts. MOISI-:, Idaho, April Kl.Killing irost last night heavily damaged the peach and apricot orchards of south ern Idaho, according to reports ie- uved iu'i'o today. Apple, pear and prune blossiiiiiB we ro not far enough advanced to sutler much inpirv. l'm-zing temperature is predicted Jor tonight. Damage in Lane County. nUGKNR, Or., April 1 1 S damage war, done to fruit in lame and Mtu-ion counties lat night, but no xcrious losses were mstained. The de- STATE WAITS 1 DR. HYDE CAS No Action Will be Taken Until After Mrs. Swopc js .Heard From She Is in California for the Benefit of Her Health. KANSAS CITY, .Mo., . pill U. Until Mrs. Logan O. gwci, uioihcr in-law of Dr. H. ( Uyda, Is rt-ard from tho state will take its' aition toward a new trial of Hyda for the murder of Colonel Tlioinim Swopo, according to nttacho- of (lie dKirlct attorneyh' office today. .Mrs. Swopo is now in California for her health on tho advlco of phy sicians. She Is accompanied y hot two daughters. Friends of .Mis. Swopo declare that she may be unable to attend the new trial, as tho strain of the first tiial in addition to worry i aimed by her ehlrangeniciit fnun 1 1 r daughter. Mrs. Hvdo lirought on a condition bordering on nn-voii prostiatlon. CUPID WINS O'ER POLITICAL MAR Engagement of Miss Constance Day to Everett Tawncy Is Announced Fathcr-in-Laws-to-Be Have Bern Bitter Political Enemies for Years. INVESTIGATION OF LORIMER ELECTION IS Edward Tildcn, President of National Packing Company, Who is Said to Have Collected "Slush Fund," ii Called. NPIUNfiFIKU), III., April Kl.ln vestigui'ion into iillegdd corrupli in in t lit election ol William Loiuuer lu tho Pnited Stales spiihIo wits re sumed hero today by a state senate committee. Ono of the first witnesses scheduled for eiiiiiinalion bv Hie committee was Kdwnid Tiblen, presi dent of the N'atioiial I'lii-kinu' com pany, wliois alleged o h.ivc mded ai the collection of a fHOIUimi "slub liind" v.lin-li w.i, disiiibiitcd anioim ENSQN VERY ILL IN SOUTH Dr. Lcc Stcincr Speeding to Rcdlands to Attend Secretary Benson, Who Is Seriously III Condition Stead ily Growing Worse. KALH.M, Or., April HI.-- Dr. Lee Stuiner, siiperiiilendent of the Oregon slate insane asylum, is en route to Kcdlaiifls, Cal., today. He left hur riedly following a report from Ked lands that Secretary of Slate Hen- son of Oregon, formerly governor, is serioiislv ill at Jfedlaiids. A irding to reports hero Itenson suffered a severe allack of I he grip and bis condition has sicatlily grown worse, lie is -pending the winter in ' iililoima in an cflorl to recover his Im .iih. WIDOW F ORGIVES Y ORCHARD ST. PA PL, Minn . Apiil I.". An nouncement of tho I'liBBgeinent of .Miss Constance Hay to Uvoretl Taw ney today created a furoro In pollll cal as wol an social clrcleu, for tha fatliorn of both, former Coiigreiw .iainoB Tawiiey and Frank Hay, lead ing iMInnenota democrat, hav for yours been bitter political enemUw. Young Tawncy la oiuidoved at tho ciiHtoms seivlte Mis D.iv i a gtad- natc of thi" I'nlvihi'v "I Minn 'ota I' : ! l '. Ill ( l.llCIICC luti 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 - -woin that .1 bv Kdwaid 1 1 in.'-. Iitiiibcriiiiin, for u con asked Hint's who the go to, i tines, I'uiik i I I. Hi ol tin IN . Ill 4 III' ft I 111 I s I-iiiiK, ., 1 1 . 1 1 c -1 . i ' wllcll upplu.ii u millionaiic tribiiliou, he money was t wo 10, saii: Another wilnc-s to la1 CMimincd to day or at a later sKion of the com inittt'B i-, former ITnitcd Stales Sen ator Albert J. Hopkins. Ho is ex jeted to reveal luor,t of (he "inner politic-" ol Illinois Jur llic last de cade. I'iiiiihi Ki pie-enlative Mu'-- d l.nwrence al-o have i! to tell what tin V i d I."l inn i In ibei v flrs. Stctineulirrii Calls on Murderer and Says That She Has Forgiven Him Orchard Displays Little Feel ing Over Avowal. I'.OISK, Ida., April HI. Forgive-nc-s for Harry Orchurd, tliu i'auiotm dyiiaiiiiter who coufesNed to having killed former (loveriior Frak Slcu ueiibeig with a bomb and who later accused Mo.vcr, Pelliboue and lla.v wood, officials of the Western Feder ation of Minet's, of instigating the '.'ft, Wan been -ub ki iiw o! ' BW YOKIv, April 13.- A dWMlb JVora C'rua to the Sun My that acti received from Pari slate I several members of Preiiide.it t, family are on board the Meani- fruits Jl-pagae, bound for France. The this w SHIS 2000 KILLED IN BATTLE CITY OF MEXICO MAY SUTTON IS NOT TOE tcuipuraturo went tm low as S-ees- SAN DIHOO, Cal.. Apiil 1 : Ir. i Damage at l.a f!roiiR my ,, VValKluil( wno hlw ,,ec.tt rto. LA OKANHK, Or., April' l.k- Very!jIIS ,niIouary work In Mexico and J slight damage was caued to (liu ' who baa Jufct returned to hU home! . fruits in thu section bv the front hre, aaya that flute the Mexican rv- .U:, .....!. 'Cl. .1. .... I. .,.1. u-ur ... .i ox.n . pagne, bounu tor trance, ine ' --v. u i'ii ............ "-oiuuoh oenan more man n" , ten ulso bay that Diaz himelt uuugurcu. tmx liwn nuieii in iiauien near iiou to go to Pan, but that' PRICE OF RAISIN'S RAISED ' -'" " m1 fll leMt 15 ar capture by the MaderoMs. BY HEAVY FROSTS real engagement) have been fought orth's Resignation Accepted. FHKSN'O. Cl, Apnl n.- nUn,nnr the capital and that new or ton SIIIXGTON, I). I'., April 13 grower today leuml that the heavy oauiea nan imjto viriuinr .u,..ru ilant Tuft uAiunii.il imliiv lh fmut tit Uul nWii hun ilamaifid vine until SOW. 1 "si ml it lu Kd Tildcn."1 ,'r'"", l'"" "l ',lhl ',t,',,, extended bv lite widow ot Ins victim. .Mrs. Ktcuiicnhcrg it was Icaim-d hero today, recently went to I be Ida ho penitentiary, where. Orchard is confined, and uskud to scu her hits liuad'a (.layer. ".Mr. Ore.hu ril," said she, when tho dyiiaiiiiter was brought from him cell, "I have niiidetliis journey to tell you i bat Hod has- told me to lorgivo you. I have forgiven ,ou for thu great wrong you did nic, but I oouhl not have perfect peace until I told you with inv own lips." Orchard displayed littlu fueling over the avowal. h f ttt-ft t April l'J, 11)11. Win. M. Colvig, Tho llouora blo President, and Hoard of Directors, Tho Medford Commercial Club, flentlenien: It is with deep regret that I tender herewith my resignation as secretary of this club, to dike of feet with thu close, of thu current month J am loth to sever the pleas ant associations with its offi cers and members, who havo so uniformly treated mu with thu utmost consideration and kindnubs during my terms of office. Business conditions, which I ennnot afford to ig nore, justify this action on my part, having received a very flattering offer to become of ficially connected with a largo and growing corporation at Portland, and with which my field of duties uvtund unlimit ed opportunities for advance ment into greater and broader circles. To yourself, personally, and Iho many friends I havo found in iMedford, I nssuro you of my sinceio gratitude for the splendid support I have been given in Iho carrying on of my work. I havo given my best el foils in the interests of jMcdford and the Jtugno river valley, and hope that in your e.ves and those of the commu nity, they havo not been in vuiu. ily leaving iMcdfoid will not in any way alter my opin ion of its splendid position and its brilliant prospects, nor my unstinted admiration for the unselfish spirits who are lcspousiblo for its com mercial supremacy and na tional icptilatiou for all that progress and unswerving pur pose mean. The Rogue liver alley will always be Oiegon's gem to nic, uud Medford will bu all that is hoped for il to day, bemuse communities like this cannot be otherwise uheio Iho foundation is built upon natural resources of unlimited volume. Wespcct fully yours, CHAULF.K A. MAUIOKI'F. -t- t- f f f t f r f , f -f 4- V f f 4- 4 4 4 f -f 4 4 4 Arc Ordered to Shoot Anyone Caught Setting Fire to Wineries or Looting Many More Troops Will Be Sent If They Are Needed. 2,000,000 GALLONS OF CHAMPAGNE ARE SPILLED Pillaging of Villages in the Depart ment of Marnc Is Continued hy Winegrowers. PARIS, April 13. Willi the com ing of dawn thu burning of wineries and thu pillaging of villages in tho department of Alnruu by winegrowers, who are enraged a( thu notion of tho senate on (ho champagne labeling question, was renewed. At Ventolin the growers havo bar ricaded the town against troops and Iho wineries are being sacked and burned. Two thousand growers uro reported inarching against Kheims. All wires running out of the city have been cut and it is impossiblo to learn tho exact situation thure. In an effort to cheek tho work of tho vandals (ho government has rushed 1 11,000 troops to Kpernay and neighboring towns. The villagers arc meeting thu charges of cavalry and infantry with dynamito bombs and bottles of rare vintages. Troops have been ordered (o shoot any ono caught sotting firo to tho winuries or looting, tl wit- an nounced today (hat (ho government would soiid 50,000 troops to im'l tl disorder if' necessary. Conservalivo estimates toe nlaced tho amount of chaiti igno emptied into Iho streets at Kp Deinnry, jMuriotnl, Dizu and Vi at 2,000,000. V, ' i1 CONDITIONS ,11 ALAMO BETTER Rebel Force There is Said to Be Small George Moshy, Son of Fa mous General, is Second in Com mand Under Bcrthold. I.OS A N'ti I 1 1.. Pal . In spite of all tin- n-poii-trury, Aluy Nwtoii will Apnl P) - to the coii- K OAKLAND, fal.. April J3. Wll li.un Kcilb, the (anions landscape ur i . -1 . did thu morning at hi home in Hcrkelcv. Keith was 72 yeara of f -ft -f lt t Secretary f'barloB A. Mnlbneuf of tbo Medford Poiiiinerilal club tender ed bla roHlgnatlon to tbo board of di rectors of the club this iuoiiiIuk. Kit ing roauoiiH an stated above. No ac tion luiH been takon as yot reganlliiK n euccoBHor. Medford Commercial club went on nicord Wiiilnoaday evening iih en-doi-aliiK tbo ImiiKMllato iiarklug and lieautirieatlon of tlio Soutliorn Pa clfle right of way through the city. The civic Improvement committee wan liialructed to take tho mutter up with tho railroad and city countll and re port at tbo next meeting of tho club .Meeting u Itusy One. Tho meeting wan a buay one from tart to fin I ah. Appropriation of fiiutla for tho coming loagou'i pub licity campaign mid appointment of varum atandlug couiinltteea wore the principal featurea dlapoaed of. The alteiidniiLo w-aa not au large hi the Importance of theae subjects warrant- not IO (o lorn mill had suffered from Beialiea Knirlnud tins jem to defend hor (ilia for aeveral years. Keith had been! .,,,, , ,, , i iit'Biilflii. v. Hit IK iiiiiuo a ai.iiitiik to the toiiiii.-. cliaiiipionsl.ip. lu notable figure in the art world for1 lation of Immigration t'onimi r Hart H. North of San Frn Ae'uitf t'oiniui-ioiier Stewart ti , ii . h niri 1. 1 ili. nl'i i vuw h. ll.A fl.tn nf lho.ifcAnd r.f Uf. WatklnM tOlfl BUOUl IB M- dollars. It will ba fapiibl to de-'"B situation In au addrM to ine 1,-mimr tbe exact lo until tomur-' Men's club of the Pirat Congregatlon- . N i .il i linn li Kveu the eoionation and the rumor morethnn 2" veins. He wns horn that King George intends to donate in Aberdeenshire, Kcotlund, in 188;t'J, a Hpwial cup icinfM her not. 'mid received his art education in Mu- "( really have no nettled plans nioh in tho noted porlntit lulioola yet," Jklis Button said today, ''but there, t'oiuiug to New York in IBM, I uin not going to Kngland this veur. h followed the profession of angrav I iniiv sfj fn-i. though, if I can get ing for tunc vtais. Keith cauie to ,i i i : i 1 1 i ii i i . i i'i mi i i ii, i i'i. i appeal for tho people to stand by tho club, which, through the energetic and loyal citizens, had dona sn much for Medford during the past flvo years. Beginning with the plouoor days, when Medford did not ronliau Its Hplendld oppQrtunitles, up to tho v('intimicl on Cairo C ) SAN DIF.OO, Cal., April Id. -Pas-beiigcrs ariiviug today from Kiiscnndii on the steamer Sun Diugo say that conditions at Alamo aie prohtibli not serious as has been feared. A num ber of Ainoricaiis, including women and ohildicu, are believed to bu m thu town, which was captured by Mci oan rebels under (lonoral Herlhold :i few days ago. Thu passongeis d claro that Tinted States Consul Sehituiticker has done his best to help Americans in Lower California. Word also ciiiiio on the steamer that tho rebels op Tuesday captured the stage and m horses going between Fnsc.t ada and San Oucntiu. They also look the mal and Wells-Fargo e-pie-- piuk.igis, value not reported. TEOOY RESORTS TO THE "UGLIER fli SHORTER" NHW VOUIC. April 13. "Tho slioitei and iikIIci " has again boon utileaHhed hy Colonel Hoosovelt. Ite plyiiig to a charge lu Colllor's Woek ly that ho traded his support to Coll ator Smoot for .Mormon votes, tho colonel said: "I don't know who wroto that, but whoever did know well that ho was I) lug. It is not merely an outrageous lie, but ono so Infamous, so absolute ly without foundation that It is ut terly Impossible that those making tho ehargo could he Ignorant that they wero lying." WASHINGTON", I). C, April 13. -Preoident Tuft eut to thu somite to day the uomiiiutiomi of Truiiinu 0. Daniols to ho rugilrar of the land of fice at Suit Frunuiseo and of John Deans to be recoivor of public mon ies at S.in Fianeisco, ---a:, 1