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MEdtord Mail Tribune mmmmmmwMu wmn i SECOND EDITION WEATHER l'rohnblo rnln. Max., I8 niln.( IOl$t rrl. humid., HO. S'- A I)MllyHIlli Yur Korly-I'lriil Yt.nr jMIflDFORD, OMOUOtf, 'JVLMUY, JAXrARV JG, 1912. No. 255. THIEF DROPS CHICKS WHEN RIFLE SPEAKS Charlus rinlihins, East Side Resi dent, Puts Several Shots Tlirmiiih Henhouse Roof, to tlic Great Sur prise of mi Unknown. THIEF, IN HUnnY, DOES not PICK UP SACK Four ol Choicest Birds Were Already Garnered When Shots Came. HAS NARROW ESCAPE "t raejhJyCTi y wvfflf?' jFwhLjKMtijPwFi. fFjf lift r xfivn'. m. l-w t77rrz? if A&- WEST'S PRISON POLICY LEADS IV CT B K !i nbiiiN itiiMuN or inn North (7Hrl niriwt, In ICiini Mi'dronl, lurticil hiii nltiltary Iimhh ot hfk llii tftl Itlghl Mini frcslml coiiMilt-mhlr .tUttiritt in (hat iifiKlilxirltutHl, hut Ills nun wiim jMKir, bomnvrr giiod Ih Intendon may hvr befii, and h faiM In gttit erippl Hi (liii'f, who iimmIm h hurrUnl .il minus tit bird. It wan nlwNl 10 oVI.wk that .Mr. INJ4jim Hnl m ilUUulmiHo in ln ihbkn boiwo and, miiicil nidi a rifltf, ha trtfpwli to imrriirnli lite mof of III chicken' lppiiiK itmil-im-iil with IiiiIIpIr fnun liU ntl.'tn 'JMi'litH(r. Nini of thwM, howover, fiHiltd bxlttitwit in Uip otitt oT I In iIUIuiImih'v in this (piicl tieijihbur UmmI, lint Hip mux litl fnun uiidrr, M it wiv. mmI hit only tin "high ljlfii ill IttM nllCMIIll to ri'MI'll tit furtlwinowt fur m4oI ftom that l. mlity in tlti Im! HUtf Jwhiik of . llwt. t After tint podir mU hart oltMtrd away nml tkn tik-tb of rFruwiiattijiiiymLf'MBuir.u" " yr.iiiw i""1 v 7 ,riffl?Jw, MR ItnlilihM ilbravartil lour of tin uhftkoMn willi their feet tlml nnl very eonwnimitly lowed hhmv in n uMiiiiy nrk where I lie Ihicr IimiI iliotifi tin-in before making hi hurried t'Xil. Ajar nuinlwr r complitliiU have ltoti ftkfcl with tlir iillt' lately re- irnriliiitf llii'ft of 1'hii'kiiii. A fiw inort i-.inpMl likt I hit nml Hid fM llrllili' will philililllv iih, AEROPUHEITO PATROL FORESTS Tests Will Be Made to Determine Usefulness of 'Phones In Detection. Fire In National Forests Aviator Gill to Soar. ',H& mm-m i .: t. . - -1 'V. .y ' " iJ?N. v &&SSX whiiiL' " w MIM YUAN KAI 01 HURLED IT. Man Who Made His Escape In 1909 Returns to Salem and Surrenders to Governor, and Will Serve Re mainder of His Sentence. SAYS "SQUARENESS" OF WEST IS SOLE REASON Fcarlnn That His Absence Mltjht In Some Way Injure Policy He Returned. Equitable Life AssuranccSociety Building in Flames 11 TW 0 j 35AREHUR T I. OS ANdl'.U'IS, Cut., .rim. 111. Kuriwl SuiHirviMir It. II. rluirttmi i piH)7ltn tnilny to innki mi ixtiiiHic liml'ol iioriiilHiiiii for loiUNt II re m trol. During tlui uyxt wixik Aviator II. W. (lill will Iii' tin iliriM'tion of Cliiiilton, imiiiiIiiuI it Muriivi of o.Hiii. nu'iilri in Ilia Sun (liiliiii'l niii0. SETTING ASIDE LAND" FOR EXPERIMENT STATION Fifteen of the Injured Arc Dylnu First One Hurled Failed to Explode and to This Fact Chinese Premier Owes His Life. IMCICINO. Jan. .M. Two niim uro (InuI, It ttrd ilyhiK nml SO otlir nro wrlniiily-iiiiril hr toilny tu thu rtMUll Of Ntl Mtt0llllt M(HII (ho Hfo of I'riunlir Yim Shi It I, 8y n !Timti throwliiK HWKiMin who wcapml ilurliiK the oxi'ltoiiuint. Although tliroo o( Hio liortH HttnrkiMt to thu proinlor'n iMrrlnnu wt killml. Yiinn Bhl Kid ri'iimlUfNl rlin miii! collortiMl tliroiiKli It nil, nml iirolNihly to lliln fuel ho IIHW III lf. Tim HMHrK on Hi' tiroiulor wiim imoiIh h Yimn wn Iwivln tho jml m'a (or h ilrtvo. Tho (Irul hotuh wiim ihrowu itlntrtly t tho tmt of tho prlnio mliilMtvr, hut It tullud to ox- pintle. ItoHllxliiK thu ilmiKor, Yuiin Shi Knl rrlnil, "Drlvo on," hut tho oiiIit wm hmilly Ktvtni Imloro tho mtoihI hoiuh ftll uiiiliir tho foot of tho linn, oxploilliiK with torrlflc foiro. Two Mohllom, who woro act inic iu (lit pioinlHr'a hotly Kiinrri, with limtmitly Klllml, tin; hurHtliii; frUKIIIl'lltH lufllclliiK ftttitl inJiuloM to a m-orn of po(litiluiiH, nml Iohh ho ilotm Injiny to Mmiros ot otliorti. HAI.HJM, Oro.. .Inn. ir, AfUr in Jo)lnie IiIk llhorty ovor bIiu-o 1009, j rrml ItUliiKor, hii imrtipoyl convict, of III h own volition roturuoil nml pre Hi'iitiMl hlnuolf to Covornor Went this Hf(ruoon, nml nftor a hrii-f tnlk wlMi tho K"voruor walked out to tho ututc prliion ami hcfjHii Morvliif; ojit tho ro iiiiilndcr of hlM Moutenri', which Ih Hotm'thliiK ovor n your. ItlHltiKor onoflpml while n member of tho urlck ynnl khiiu. Slnco then ho linn worked In IokkIiik nnd mil- roml C8UIIH1 ami followed other pur mi It. Tho roMHou nwilgued by him for returning wan that ho folt the Kovnrnor whh playlim ho "qunro" with the couvlctri that bin remaining nwny mlKht injurn bin policy, nml hrliiK down Injury on them. Ho de Hlrod, ho nalil. to show IiIh npprocln tlou of tho kooiI work tho jjovcrnor w.im doliiK for tho rouvlnn, nml ho did thlM afternoon by returning to tho Uio prlNou, when ho might have Bono on nnd iMiJoy.4,hfn llhorty for yenm to coino an'd majbo na long an bin llfo hhovild' liuL , l P1.B HJf.ng - u M fin ijjjr nTrTiMMi wte I r T SrTMVMl - "i - , '- Ut lAjKt mlt.l'wlT3K.ijJZ$K VlFJft-VMJ!tt-ZZlZZ&-'1UaBz JSfeSnaKJuW :. r? rffis'.I .klnJ'Ml,'IJ!n i.rta.A ast 9t'VflKiKeBfilVw 'sHHIrj ruMsfimm'tn-r- iiHLvK 9VWH9 kri tajJldZrzf ti yAW,Tji AWMJWtiifm'VKi'imL&i.mimfi , -cf.'' TZa-iSAOJFJ-'iJt gggtfe.3MH tt& aas zs&VMx-ium i . . v X5is:afA.'?ji CHILDREN ARE SOLD IN ORDER TO SECURE FOOD Starvlnrj Peasantry In Southeastern Russia Sell Children to Khlrgez Nomads in Order to Purchaso Food for Themselves. -I FEARFUL EPIDEMIC HAS BROKEN OUT IN SCHOOLS Hundreds Upon Hundreds of People Are Said to Have Starved to Death. CHARGED WITH STARVING A PATIENT TO DEATH Coiiuly ('niiiiniluiieiH (I, 1,. )a, in nml Juiiiuh Owens nml Surveyor Kll; Hwnl woro ut Tnloiil Tuoxiluv, inuk iiiK ii Hiirvoy of (lie kiouiuI wlueli tlie eoiinty will we iiHiile for lliu use of llio Htnto ii.p(iiliiienl Hliitinn. Tho laud Hiileeieil hy the nIiiIo lionnl ,U pail of tho imiinty'H trnot now iinoiI m u hospital for iinlij,r'iil rvHiiloiilM of llm oouiily. Tlioio nro from 18 to Vill ikhoh of llm trnet wliieli will ho iikoiI for Ilia experiment Ntiilion, nml it U o ilelermiiie llio o.Miet Imiiiiilnry liuoti tlml tho Hiirvoy !h lieiny iiiiule. SEVEN PERSONS FREEZE TO DEATH Five Memlicrs of One Family Found Dead In Southwestern Portion of Oklahoma Known as 'No Man's Laiid." POUT Oltt'HAUD, Wmh., Jan. lfl.1 Pllltrutwl U'tlll tinvltii- ulnrl'iiilNni death MIm Clnlro WIlllaniMon. Mm. I.lnda II. Ilazzurd, fastliiK nperlnllHt, In on trial liere today. MIhs Wllllam hoii wan n wealthy ICiiRllsh ttplnster who, with her nlstor Dorntlum, wan a patient nt tho llnzznrd Hanltnrlum at Oliillu, near Tacoinn, lnat uprltiR. It In nlleKod that ahft died an n result of tho fantlnt? luiposed upon her hy Dr. Unxznrd. Klve iri.ona were kll'.cd and S30 000 0"0 damnpo done in tho total destruction of tho Equitable Llfo Araiirnnro Soc lily's building, eovtrlnj; an entire block In tho lowor part of Now York City, Tho accompany ing photoKroph shovm tho fire nt lta heigh'. TIFT IS" II ACCORD .EVERYTHING IS IN :I0DEHS" THATCHER TO BE 8UR1EDT0M0RR0W m GCC'S EOINES BG OWNERSHIP PLAN) MERGHANTS'MEET President Said to Be Confident That Government Ownership of Certain Telegraph Lines Is Entirely Feas ibleSubject Discussed hy Cabinet. CONFESSED TO MURDER . OF HIS BROTHER MinnhBTOWN. N. V., .Tan. 111. Coiifuwiioii of tho niiii'ilor of liiH lirotluir Tlmnilori), iiueoriliii to llio pullon, wan made hero today hy Hu Knn Fiiiiiiiui, aniileil Inst weak iu I'limioeliim with iliu flmliiiK of ineiu ornli'il put'lH of IiIh lirolliur'H body in u ciiului' uar. Tim alleged eonfiWHion slalew that , the priHoiici' killed Theoiloro on No- vembi'i- 'J IohI, Hint lie cut Hie bmiy up tun d" luli'i' oud buiiied It. DAMIAKT, Tomih, .Ian. Hi. Hov- on peiHOMH nro known today to havo boon frozen (o death during tho ro- cout hlly.artl in tho oxtromo south- woHtoru iiortloii of Oklahouia, known iih No .Mau'ri Laud. On a farm near (liiynion flvo inomhoiH of ouo faml woro found doad. Ilonry KuIIb, n funner, wax frozen Htlff near Hooper, and u tramp wiih killed hy thu cold near Liberal, Kan. PARMALEE AND TURPIN QUIT WRIGHT CAMP The t'uneuil mtuccs of .Mr. Nettie Tliatollor of Wubpelon, N. 1).? wUV of ('. it. Tliutelier, who died yenler dnv on u Soullteru I'lioillo plienpir Irinn near Gold Hill, will bo held ut tlie 1'orl undertaking parlors, on llaitlett street, Vilmiiluy nftornoon nl 2 o'olook, Kov. W. P. Sliioktrt of lleiutiiih'. Mr. Tliutelier, who wan neeom- panyiinr liiei wife to l.os Anp'lox, is u mumlmr of (be .Minjimie order, and upon lourniiitf of bis misfortune tho member of tlml order in Medford iiumeilinloly wont to In'ni nml Imve since been extemliiiL' nil the heln nml Million poHniblo for matt to extend to brother man, and tlin local lodo of Minimis of Ibis oily will havovolmre of the funeral servieuH. Interment will bo made in Odd Fellows' ocine lery, 'Medforil, DeeeiiHed was 'J! years of iiko nnd leaves, besides u husband, three chil dren, llio oldest of which is but C years of aj;e. Jlussrs. L. J. .Mikhi'ho nml It. H. Ueeson of this oity uro uoquniutuncos ol both Air, nml Mrs. Tliatolier, bav iiiK known them in North Dnkolii. " - h.1.... Ii? ifiVJU'f v- I.OS ANHKIiKH, Cnl., Jan. 1(1. Aviators Phil O. Paipialoe ami Clif ford Turpiu lire free lunees loiliiy, They have severed their oouneotiou willi the Wright oanip, prohumubly ovor a division nKi'ooinnut L' Ihuii' prolmlilu wimiiiiKs, nml have deter mined to eaten tho Los Anglos meet without (be hnokiiie; of the Dayton brothers, Their present relations with tho Wrights will make it neces sary for "each uvialor to doposit a bond of WOOD for the return of bis machine ami unv n rnvaltv of .200 a 'dav for its use in lIu1 meet, Freight Famine at Vancouver. VANCOUV10U, II. C, Jan. 1C With not a hIiirIo frelRht train ur rlvod from tho oaat bIuco Krldny ow Ini; to buow alldos In tho mountains, Vancouver Ih throatonod with n freight famine. Wholosalo Krocora nnd hutehoiB nro tho worst BufforoiB. Trimhlo nt Spokane, SPOKANW, Waah., Jan. 10. Hen ry M. Trlhlo, coinmnudor In chlof of tho a. A. It., nrrlvod hero from So latia tlila mornlnB. Ho will ha tho Kiieat of tho local cnmpB today nml will loavo tonight for his homo nt rrliieeton, HI. WASIIINOTON. 1) flint President TaltJLi1 iilnmluti' neconl wtib lN-iniUVer. ftenernl Frank .llitebcook - plin ur Ktivorn ment owiierhip of ttilogrnph liuon was'ean:ed today iroiii an authnri tTttvo !Miireo hprc Tlio pnidont is "unulldeut t lint tlo pl.ui iTuuible nnd probably will ree iiiinumrsomo Mctioii on the matter b:ro big term ex pires. v , , It was nUo lc i 'd Umt- the plan of Hitchcock' Mnv-'was part of a plan to feel out tl' publju pijUe eon ecrnini; thu plun "hnUt. lignnnittiiif; l,reideut''Tnft. Ii aim jmblio np provostho sebeiiH. iho pVosident Avitl urgo notion, ns i ie prjqtjlms bean unde'r invuntigiunxi 0r u your or moro. The ouliiuet uiet wtjh I'rosidout Tnft today nml tin1 itilbltu owner ship plan wni un" qS"r ut jrent length. v - Altboutfbv po-tuiiwlur Ooneral Ililcbeook refill d lo, vlo diroetly ijuoted today, lie nutliori.ud tho Unit ed Press to make tin iMowtuK state ment: "(loveruiuont ewneibip of tele graph lines, opeiiltd in uoujiiuetiou with thu postal sirwoo, will eheapon both, nml nt tlie muuu time improve llio service, llilcliceuk is opposed lo government ownct-hip gf- tolephone systems buouiise d Iho loenl ebnrno ter of the service. llute,.ulso iiKninst ownoi-sbip of oprt- onihimnios, but favors the parcel-, pest, with indemui lieittiou to tho opiv-a UQinpanies for blSK 111' llllklllOi.1.. V Tho postmnMer uuuorul declared that the telegraph combination in other oountrie had proved success ful and lio was cialldeji tbnt postal und telojjrnpb statmas Sould bo oo.n biuod euonomicalh and efficiently. If your store is better now than it over was before. our ndvettising plioub be, too, Committees Complete Arrangements for Welcoming Delegates to Sixth Annual Retail Merchants' Conven tion. ON SE Everything ib iu readiness for, thu cutertHiuititr of Hie sixth annual con vention of the Oregon Itotnil -Merchants' association, which will gather iu this city tomorrow for two dnys' work. It is expected that 1C0 or 200 'delegatus will be iu attendance. Ovor 10 will attend from Portlund, leaving that city tonight in a special oar, and "will bo bended by John Malluy, presi dent of tho Portland Iletnil QrooutV asMieiatien. Committees of tlie loenl inorobaut' nsMiciittioii met Monday evouiug nnd completed Mtruugoments for tho con vention. A reception oonnnitteo will greet the deleguton ut Grants Pu Hud uccoiuiHiuyiug them to Medford. The convention will oloso Thursday evening with an elaborate bauiUet nt the Medtord hotel. Aulomobilu rides about the valley will bo u form uf en tertuimueut. The progrom for (bo convention will include nddicct on livo tnitle topic from pixiuinent monibors of the reluil trade from nil parts of the state. Tho program for Iho two days is as follews: Morning, 10 a. in. Convention .called to order by II. C. Oarnott, prov ident Medford Merchants' associa tion; invocation, Kov. W. F. Shiolds, Medford; address of welcome, iu bo half of oity of Medford, W. II. Cnnou, mayor of Medford; response, P. I). Gilbert, mayor Albany; nddrosA of woleome, in behalf of .Medford Com mercial club, W. M. Colvig, president ; response, J, L. Stockton, Salem; in troduction of State Prohidont N. A. Puifry; president's annual nddreas; secretary's nniiuul report; nppoint ineut. of conunittoes mi credentials, order of business, uuditing nnd reso lutions; lunch. Afternoon, l;.'lfl p. m. Report of oommitted on order of busiuoss; ro jiorts of local nssoointions; discus sion, "Uusincss Leaks I low to Stop B WASFILEDTDDAY Jackson County Must Walt Another Week Before Hearing Definitely From Salem Great Disappoint ment at the Delay. LONDON, Jan. 1C Starving peas antry in southeastern Russia, In tho government of Orenburg, on tho Ural river, nro selling their children to Khlrgez nomads In tho government of Saratov, according to a telegram frota a physician In Oronburg, which Is published here. Hundreds upon hun dreds of the people In tho vicinity are said to havo died from hungor. whilo fully 70 por rent of tho chil dren in some of tho villages havo been stricken with a fearful epidemic. According to tho telegram fallurp of crops and consequent prohibitive prices from owners of granaries woro responsible for a very grave condi tion untiltho appearance ot tho epi demic made matters even worac. There was nothing left to- tho poor peasants but tho ever-present oppor tunity of selling their children Into practical slaver. Conditions aro so bad In the fever stricken districts that tho sold children aro probably mowiorttmatoth'nthoBg-fWhcrt'rg left to fight plaguo and starvation with their parents. ' So far thero has been no relief from outsido sources but appeals are ' being made. Hospitals are over crowded with tho sick and there, aro not near enough physicians for those who can afford their Bcrvlccs. Un less something is done to check tho mysterious epldomfc thero is every reason to bollovo It w'U spread to a much wider zone. Although it was believed probable that the Supremo court would today hand down a decision In tho Jackson county road bond case, no such ac tion was ratten lu tho court and It will bo next Tuesday at loast before a decision Is rondorod. Tho schoduh)d mooting ot tho county court for tomorrow to fix the tax levy for 1912 will probably be delayed another week. During tho argument boforo the court the nttornoys requested an oar- SLOWLY GETTING JURYJMILBE Principal Obstacle Encountered Is In ability of Prospective Jurors to Accept Credibility of W. Cooper Morris as a Witness. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 16. Whon the trial of Loula J, Wlldo was re sumed today three Jurors, subject only to poromptory challenge, occu- ly decision owing to the season of pled the box. They nre: tho your, nnd it wob thought that a decision would, In consequence, bo handed down today. FILES HUGE SUIT FOR TWO DAYS IN JAIL (Coattnueu on X'aife 0.) SPOKANH, Wash., Jan. 10. The city of Spokuno was made tho de fendant lu a $10,000 dumngo suit to day for the dotontlon of 14-your-old Elizabeth Wobor, a slstor ot Miss Anna Webor, who wa murdorod on tho Htroots horo rocontly. Tho nu thorltlos detained Kllzaheth two daya without a warrant white Investigat ing tho baffling murder case. Tho complaint atnto that tho girl was subjoctod to sovoro questioning by officials nnd uulawfull detained. Whon tho girl was tnkon Into cus tody Decembor 2C, public sontlmont wns strongly ngalnst her detention nnd tho pollco woro sovorely criti cized for their action. D. A. Kalrclouph, saloonman; H. M. Culwell, a bill clerk, and J. H. McDonald, u carpenter. Tho principal obstaclo thus far en countered iu securing n Jury. U th" ndmlsslon of prospective Jurors of tholr Inability to accept tho crodlta hlllty of W. Coopor Morris should ho become a state wltnoss. J. IS TO BE DECORATED "Vaps" Given Six Months. VANCOUVER, n. a, Jan. 10. Six vagrants wore given six months with hard labor yostorday hy Magistrate South and about 20 others sentenced to from ono week to threo months "just aa a warning," said tho court. Values that aro uncommoalv of fered iu this, city's stores should tu uncommonly well advertised. PARIS, Jan. 10. In recognition of his gifts to tho Louvro, tbo Frouch Bovornmont, according to a Parisian nosv8pnpcr today, has decided to doc- orato J. Plorpont Morgan with tho commaudorshlp ot tho Legion ot Honor, Family Asphyxiated. YOUKTOWN, Snvlc., Jan. JO. -Mrs. Duiionn MeNiohol und licit six children, ranging from 5 to 15 yours of ago, were asphyxiated by oonl gas whilo usleop in their home near bore. The father, Duncan MoNiuhol, u merchant of Wadena, wns in Win nipeg nt tho tinio and is prostrated with griof. Neighbors wore tho flntt to rfmoovci' the tragedy.