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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Mat. (UI.S, Mln. ffll.n. Fair Saturday. Heavy front. K Dully- Hlith Ynr. rnrly-Klrrtl Vnr MEDFORD, OKIMON, FRIDAY, JMARDII 22, 1912. No. 312. 4 JW,? jytt f i rw V BILL ULR1CH THROWS HIS HAT IN IS Status That Ho Will Do n Candidate (or Commissioner on the Imlcncn dnit Ticket Darkilull Files (or Lclslatiirc. McCown Out (or Surveyor's Job Walter Dudley Is Sii(rsted (or Assessor's Office. DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS IN POLITICAL CIRCLES Mill til it'll stale Hint lie Mill inn for rouitiU"ioner '" lllO illlll'IM'tlllt'llt ticket. .1. n. Huikdull filed Indny 4 for tiirNtitHtiw on tin 4 dcmnciHtio ticket. 4 .Mulotdm .Mel'own minnim- 4 4 i'Oh In I'Hiuliiliiov for county 4 4 Mirvuynr. 4 4 .1. Waller Dudley i kiiic 4 ycslHil nn a ciindidulc for n- 4 llorifMMIir OH H lopuhlicuu 4 4 ticket, lit' im mil yd defin- 4 4 ilely decided whether ho will 4 4 run or mil. 4 4 Kiniueit llewmii file iu ii- 4 4 publican candidate for ulifi"- 4 4 iff. oiMitiiK AutctiHt I). Sing- ' 4 ler. 4 Dull id Attorney .Mulkey 4 4 ulill decline to Ive a dcliiiile 4 4 answer when Mki'il iih to lnt 4 4 I'liinliiliii'V. 4 4-f .IfiH'lJIrfoh, IiillfpuHilniil candidate for ooiiinuMionor. Tl.nt' the vitiy Intent .Inuk'o' o iintv political dope. "I IV thin way," ny Mill, "county warrant should tie worth 100 cent nn tin dollar, lihici mo niul they'll ho Hint way. I'm honest. I'm pro groMMvc. I'm m Mt'ilfoiil mini. TIip people whiiI n (imn' ilt'iil. I'll kin it to Vm. Think I'll fill for commis sioner on tin) independent ticket. County huini on u huaiueMt basis in jay platform. Pvi got the money lo make a hot ouuipnigu. My hat i in tin' ling." My filing n tin independent Mill will not iict'il putilmiiM. To date tin1 only member of hi pnity- -the independent- to register is (ieorgo Put nam. ' I. R. Markilull toilay stinted an .to live ciniipaiKii to scenic the deiunern tic nomitiation for the legislutun . Mr. HarkiliillV fricmlH arc rallying to i!k snppoit rapiilly ami he will nut Ko a lrong hiil for the office. Jess Knyail of Trail ha not as yet definitely nuunnnccil hi camhilac.. The count v sun odor's office is proving inoii' alluring than usual. To ilnlo (hi en havo fileil, Incumbent (Irieyoz, K. I. Cowgill anil Malcolm McCown, the latter boiiy? the latest to (i'l busy. The fiii'iiiU or.). Walter Dmlley of thin city are urging liim to enter the race against V, T. (Irieve for the iiipuhlicau iiomiiiatiou for eouutV as. MiHuor, Mr. Dmlley has not yet an nounccil his camliilacy. lie is well known ami is eutiiely cnpahle, snv his friends. Kimunlt Mcenou of Talent Iiiih file for sheriff on the republican ticket, lie will oppiiHo August ). Singlor. District Alloruey Mulkey still do i'lini'4 to hIiiIo whether he will ho n camliilale for icclccliou or not. WQLGAST MATCH WITH RIVERS IS GALLED OFF LOrvANClKLttS, March 22.-Tom .lonoh, inanajjar for Ail WoIkhM, i a I'liiirloi' inciuhcr of Tom McCareyV "in hail" chili today, ami thn proposed Woltfasl-Uivui'H mutch for Vernon July -I ih off, Kolhuviiic; (ho receipt of a lclee;rnm from Joiioh dealurinw that "The whole WoIkohI fainily in IiiiikIiIuk nl .Your IiIk joke," tlit iiIU'koiI joke heiiif,' Mc Carc,;V olfor of $111,50(1 for Wolgast to meal Itlvi'i'N, Mctuev kumv wium under the collar and wired .Joiioh hi tdruiKlit i'nnu Ihu blimildcr leinib. MUTT AND JEFF ' ' RUNNING FOR OFFICE , t . i iti:v,iti Whli li Is Moll'.' Which Is .IcriV Anil 1 1 V 'Mils Kiciii lonli'M 1'Iih.ch .Maidi III si, .Mall join hucshis. lo (he .Mutt I'lllior, Mall Tilliinie. Nmiies will Iw Mithhclil upon iripicht. Tim follnwIiiK kuiimiii wito ro ecivcil ami duly rccenlcil: Mutt IMlior. I ilou'i know which Im (ho lilKltcr in it 1 1 . you or AiikiinI iih, hut licrc'H my p,um: .Mult Ih .IiiiIk' K"lly ninl .Icff In Mulkey. They not only look th pint . Iiul act ll. Ht'llKCMIIICIt. M eil fo nl. March 21. Mutt Kdltor' Mutt Ih JiuIkc Dunn licfore the election ami Jeff Ih JiuIkc Dunn nftvr the election. The picture IHuHlrnto the licfoic ami after ef fectrt of tin illrert prliniiry. CONSTANT UKADISIt. . MiMtford. March 'J I. Mutt Kdltor. Mutt Ih Jchh Huyart ami Jeff Ih Mime. Unrldlull. They at hiking for Rulnui. TIiIh l w" upir out tluil iftjIltinallrtiiH firi'upernu'oiiH. X. Y. .. Medioril, March Tl. Mutt IMItnr: Mult represeatH the Mle of .lttitKc Dunn to Auhliuiil ami J.itr bin hIzo to Medford. It all ! pemlH upon thn point of view. KinirmiAxm-:. Mi'ilfonl. March 32. Matt lCtllter: Mutt and Jeff are tho inuckrakliiK twlnn and nawly horn hoiweH C.rccr of thn AmIiUuiiI TIiIIiikm and I.ampman of the Gold lllll Xewn. Mutt mnkort Jeff do all tlm dlity work, thy,!) takes the prof. itw. JOHN SMITH. I'hoenlN. March 21. Mutt Ih Theodore. Itoomivolt, Jeff U l.a Kollettc. riimitiiK for nomina tion for pioMldenry. Kl) HOOT. Medford. Miuch 21. KAISER WILHELM OFF TO MEET FRANZ JOSF.F MKUI.IN. March 'J'j.-Kmperor William, accompanied hy Prince Anc iihI Wilhehu and Princess Victoria, htuitiid toumht for Vieuu.i for a frhort isit to Kiuperor Fnuu .lose)' of AnMrin Ih i.Ky. Prom Viunnu the Kuif.er will .o to V 'nice, wlmie he will Ikj the Km'"' f K'"' Victor I'Munanuci, later koiiik to Corfu lot a vncati')ii. CKNTHAUA, 'n. "Kvcryhody lolcrf a Kim in Virginia and I uaiu't quit the hahit," pleaded Mlaiiin Pics iiill. The jmle tilled him $'2). - (?) ' ir- Oiwitticy. ALLEN CLAN READY TO SURRENDER Bandits Who Shot Down Jtitlun and Jury Send Word Will Givo Up if Promised Trial Outside Car roll County Will Plead Gull ty to Second Do yreo Murder. ItOAXOKl-:, Vii., March 22. That tho Alloa clan of banditti stand ready to Htirrondor tho moment they ru colvo iiHHiirnnco that they will not bo tried In Carroll county was tho word brought hero today hy a courier who claims to have been sent hero by Sid ney Allen, tho bandit chieftain. Tho outlaws, accordluK to tho mesBonKor, nro firmly entrenched In their moun tain Htronuhold and can resist any attempt to dtulodco thorn, bat. they are tired of tho cIiiiho and nro will lug to accept "any sort of a reason able compromise." One of tho stlpulationn the bandltH ninko la that they bo allowed to plead BRYAN FAVORS EITHLR CLARK OR W. WILSON Neliraskan Refuses to Express a Choice Between the Two But Will Support Either One l( Nominated Will Vote Only (or a Pronrcsslvc. !( Nebraska Instructs for Harmon, Will Resign as Delcyatc But Will (jo as Intlivitltial to Fight Him. LINCOLN. Ni-li., Maich 'J'J.-William .1. Mryan's poxiliou on Ihe iireni doncy was made plain lodav when the N'chnifcka liitiiniiu ilecliiivd tlint he will lend his suppoil to cither Speaker Clink or (lovcruor Wondmw WiUoii. MryuuV nlatiiicnt followed Senator IlitchcockV dcclaralion for (loM'inor Harmon. Mryan miid: "An hclwccii (lovcrnor Wilnon and Speaker Clink I do not cure lo ex press a piefcience. I fnwir cither iiKiiitiHt any rcaclioimry and will h ptciihcd to assist in the nomination of cither, lieiiiK governed hy the con MMitiiiu nt Mallimoie or instructions Kiveii in the Nchraska prinniry. "If the ilcmocracv of Nchraska is instructed to wile for lliirmou I will refuse to serve as a delegate (if elected-, hut will m to Maltimore as an individual and do what I can (o secure the nomination of a progres sive democrat. "Later I will disco the influence hack of (ioM'ruor Harmon's citiuli dae iu Ni-hra-l.a." GERMAN NAVY 10 BE ENLARGED IIHUI.IN, March 22 Millions of dulliirK, to bo expended In the en largement of tho (icrniiin army and navy, are piovldod In a bill submit ted to the government council today hy Chancellor von Hethmaan lloll wcr. f tho bill Ih approved Germany will hpeud $8:1.000,000 durliiK tho next thiee jonrH In lucrcaHins; tho army by 2'J.OOO men and will also Hpcnd $3 1, 000. 000 on the navy. In ad dition tq the appropriation, amouut Iiik to mllllouH, arranged for In a prevloiiH naval program. Chancellor von llethmnim I loll wok's announcemont was regarded as Ooriuany'rt reply to the recent bpeoch hy Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of tho Mrltlsh admiralty. McNAB FEDERAL ATTORNEY FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON, March 'J2. Pres ident Tuft today uomiiiafed John L. McNah of .Mendocino county to he I'liited States district attorney for the northern district of California to succeed Robert T. Devlin. New Mexican Deadlock SANTA VK, N. M March 22. -On the third joint ballot for United States senators hero today, tho legis lative deadlock was .still unbroken. guilty to second degree murder and bo sentenced for that offense. If this can bo arranged, tho courier says, tho outlaws will come directly to Roan oke and surrender. Otherwise) thoy will fight to tho last ditch. Word to this offect was sont to Oovornor Mann today but that offi cial has given no Intimation as to whether ho will treat with tho ban dltH. Sldnu Kdwards, nophow of Sldnoy Allen, was captured without a strug gle, lie Is Buffering from burned foot sustained when ho stepped Into u pot containing hot cornmush iu a moun tain moonshine still, nwr nuiiiror AREMURDERED IN TONG WAR! Ten Societies In Feud Which Extends ' All Over the Coast Two Deaths at San Francisco, One Each at . Sacramento, Ant.'och and Oakland. Stealing of Slave Girl Said to Be Cause Police Place Gun Men in Chinatown Precautions Taken. SAN KilAXCIHCO Cnl., Marrb 22. KIvij Chinese are dead today as the result of a now ton war. which broke out MliniillniK-oimiy taut night In San l-'raiirUen, OnklMiid and Sac ramento. 'Ilie rcHiiniptlnii of hostilities In volved an additional nmnber of tong and now leu mcIoiik are engaged iu the fight. The flrat outbreak oc curred here when two Americanized Chinese colored the store of the Tom Lung company and Ml the principal owner. Tom Lung. Ilng oa the floor rlddh-d with bullets. Death was In slautaucous. Ilotli aSMllautH escaped. Two houm later Vee Chow Wo was found dead iu his renin Four Inr lots had been so nt Into his body. His assassin left his revohor behind. Third In Sacramento. The third killing occurred in Sac ramento, when Wong Hong was shot Hlx times In the head and body by I leo Sarin He lived but a few min utes, lice Sam was arrested. A few hours Inter a fourth long man was slain nt Antloch. The fifth murder gf tho night oc curred In OaklanjljKc-iuU'fwQ'ii'nn, a Chinese Free Mnffou, was shot by four tongmen. Three of the men es caped, hut the fourth, who gave the uame of I.ee Shung, was arrested. wll Chinese tongmen In the state, excepting the On Ylck and the Suey Ding tongs, are engaged In the state wide warfare Aroused over the violation of the peace pact ontoiod Into several weeks ago by the warring tongs. Chief of Police White today is seriously con sidering distributing gunmen In Chinatown to end the disorders. Slae Girl Stolen. The prosent outbreak Is due to a feud between the illng Kong tong and tho (loin horn I.ee Sor tong because of the theft of Shle May, a slave girl, taken by the Ding Kongs iu payment of a gambling debt. The Sor tong captured the girl as she was about to sail for China oa the steamer Man churia, and turned her over to MUs Donaldson Cameron of the Chinese Presbyterian mUblon. The Blng Kongs then attempted to regain pos session of Shle May by swearing to a warrant charging robbery. The case is to come up this afternoon and n posse of policemen has been de tailed to guard the girl when she ap peals In police court. Ilie Ding Kongs. realizing thoy had been outwitted by tho Com horn hoc Sor mon, sent word to their mem bers In Oakland ami Sacramento to resume hostilities, and tho murder of the five Chinamen followed. STOCK MARKET VERY BULLISH NNW YOHK, March 22. Moro than a score of leading Issues rose from one to three points iu tho stock murkot today, Metal shares wore tho feature of trading, which was brond, with a decidedly IiuIIIbIi tendoucy. In tho first hour Amalgamated Copper jumped a full point and American Smoltlng 1 Y . I'nlted States Steel was an oxcoptlon with a slight do cllno. Hnllroad stocks wero com paratively quiet, except for tho coal ers, which wore stronger bocnuso of tho moro hopeful labor outlook. Ho fore noon Copper, Smoltlng and Na tional head scored a now high rec ord for tho movement. When tho buying orders wero oxhaustod deal ings fell off considerably, and tho markot seemed congested. Ontario & Wostorn rose I and Union Pacific touchod 170 -7i. Tho market closed strong Honda wero stead-. , MERICAN GIRL IN BRITISH JAIL AS PENANCE FOR " lyji ')) I. 'Mi ) -"'.yjJM.'y . 'i" ', .' i Hiss Alice. Morgan Wright. Ome the (wet laureate of her i litis. ii;itiMcd nltli altnuM etcrv class society of Importance niul a general f.u -irl e .uimug ilit sit-N or Smith College, la Massachusetts. Alice Moigau Wright, of I he i l.is if sU. U now a prUoncr In a Loudon jail, scrubbing Hours and m?Ih bag as penance for her tiffr:i"e beliefs. RSQUITH REJECTS ENDMENTS TO DAILY ICE BILL .LONDON, .Murch 22. Ueclaring that the amendment offered by the labor part to the minimum hill, fix inir the minimum daily wage for adults and minor- in the coal miue-, would "establish u dangerous prece dent, followed by a demand from oth er trades for Minilnr action," Prem ier A-ipiith today explained in the hou-e of commons why lie felt forced to reject the uiuenduient. It is generally believed that the dN-tro.-s following the strike and the de pletion of supplies uud funds obtain ed through strike benefits will force both sides to accept the hill. If the miners lefuse to do o, Premier As iUith will neeept the offer of ( the mine operators to resume working the mines if guaranteed protection fiom the go eminent for their non union employes. OBJECT TO HflRG'S TO POKThAND, Ore.. March 22. .Many Hoosovolt supporters In Ore gon today are opposed to the coming hero of Ormsby Mcllarg to further Roosevelt's campaign iu this stato,, and a number of them nro protesting against his participation iu the cam paign. Thoy claim that Mcllarg does not belong In the Roosevelt camp and cannot aid Roosevelt's cause here. CHINK SUFFRAGETTES SMASH WINDOWS Quarters of National Assembly Attacked by Enraged Women Who Break All Windows In the Bull dinrj and Route States men From Their Quarters. NANKING, March 22. CIihiomj suffragette today attacked the hcd qunitors of the national assembly here, routed the stntoBiuen and broke nil the windows in the building, The women were incensed because resolu tions granting them the franchise right had nlo placed eertnin restric tions upon their right to vote. Tho nttaek of tho women was un expected. They crowded into the cor ridors of tho national assembly build ing past tlte doorkeepers and de nounced the resolutions as discrim inating ngninst the majority of the Chinese women bocnuso nn educa tional test was proMded. HER SUFFRAGE BELIEFS I LIS E I All doubt that the circulating of ' imtltlnnf tn r ItiA mir tr an nt linttnrr ivtkuii3 v ittv. iiii'vau & iiuiiiio Westvllle Honor Camp No. 1 aban doned and the honor men taken back to Salem was undertaken as a polit ical move was removed today, when It became known that Gus Newbury. George W. Dunn's right hand man and chief lieutenant In Medford. fathered the movement and prepared the petitions which are now In circu lation. Tho men who are circulating the ! petitions have failed to meet with the success they expected, as It Is diffi cult to show that the honor men are not doing the work far more cheaply than It could be done otherwise. WAGE INCEASE AVERTS STRIKE AT FALL RIVER FALL RIVER, Mass., March '22. -Hy posting notices in mills employing 'Jil.OOO textile workers that an in crease of ten per cent in wages will be given all employes returning to work on Monday noxt, the cotton niauufneturer.s nssoeiatiin today averted a general Mrike. The opera tives had previously refused nit in crease of five per cent. LKWISTON. Idaho A huge con gar with two broken legs traveled down out of the mountains nnd went to a farm house for aid. When the farmers wife saw what was at the door she fainted. Pulling- hair nnd scratching vio iouslythoy nttaeked the assembly men iu what was prnotieally a freo fight. Then they hurled chairs through the windows, destroyed u great mass of official papers and marched out of the building demand ing their rights, In the streets tho suffragettes were attacked by the police and a hot fight ensued in which after sovernl police hnd been roughly handled, several of the wom en k iu hers wete arrested. It is believed that tho unlooked for outbreak of the women was inspired hy sovernl American and Kuropean suffragettes. 1 NN LETENN FATHER 0 MB E LEDGE IS TRANSFERRED TO Compania Metalurgica Mexlcana Now Controls Property Holding Company is Dominated hy Mr. Towne To Develop Mine. Several Large Transfers Recorded Last Week at Yreka Power Com pany to Issue Bonds. Robert S. Towne, owner of tho nine hedge mine, has transferred tho property to his mining company, tho Compania Metalwiglca Mexlcana. Tho transfer has Just been recorded at Yreka, Cat. The consideration a given at $10. It is believed that this is a prelim inary step toward the active opera tion of the property. Mr. Towne re cently secured his patents to the mine. Tho past week has been a very busy one In the recorder's offico at Yreka, transfers amounting to moro than J20.000.000 being recorded. The Siskiyou Electric Power com pany, which owns the Klamath Falls and Ashland power and light fran chise, has been transferred to tho California Oregon Power company, which owns the local power plants and franchises. The consideration In this deal was placed at $10. Donds in an amount or 510,000,000 were la sued and recorded by tho California Oregon Power company. The California Northeastern rail road from Weed to Klamath Falls has been transferred to tho jjjytfhcrn Pacific. Tho consideration Is given at 15,750,000. I Timber land comprising SO00 acres of sugar pine has been sold to a Wis consin firm for $400,000 or $50 an ! acre, I FINAL EFFORTS TO AVERT STRIKE ChKVEhAND. Ohio, March 22. Final efforts to effect a reconcilia tion between miners and owners, and avert the possibility of a strike of more than 350,000 bituminous coal minors are being made hero today by a subcommittee composed of eight miners and eight mine operators. The proceedings of the commltteo aro being conducted with the strictest se crecy. "We expect the subcommittee to reach some agreement," said Chair man Kohlsen, who Is the owner of several mines In Indiana. "No sten ographers aro prosent, as tho men will talk more frocly without them, I think that by Saturday tho subcom mittee will be ablo to report Its con clusions to tho conference." PRETTIEST GIRL E PlTTSDURG, Pa., March 22. From obscurity to famo In ono day Is tho oxporlonco of Virginia Leo, tho 20-year-old stenographer of this city, declarod by Andrew Cameglo to bo tho prettiest girl In tho world, who Is being besieged with ofrors from wife seekers, theatrical managers and artists today. Slnco the halrd of Sklbo passed Judgment upon her Miss Leo has been Bwnmpod with proposals from wealthy men, and ono Now York ar tist offered her $5000 to pone for him. She wns obliged to run tho gauntlet of n big crowd gathered about tho Ollvor building, whero she Is omployod, In going to her work today. Miss heo Iiub rejected all offers. SAN I1RRNARDINO, Cal.Thln city Is shirtless because a goukluft vat In n laundry burst and ncoron of shirts escaped Into a sower. The sower Is clogged nnd tho health au thorities threuten action, 1 MA FAMOUS