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Oreqon Historical Mott WW Hall i Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER. Fair nml cooler. Mn. 7 Mln. 15, riirly-m'niiiiil Venn Dully HitvtMilli Viir ESON SANE STATEAL1ENISTS AND MUSI DIE Preacher Who Murdered Sweetheart Prouuiiiiccd to Dc in His Rlfitit Mind by SpecialistsGovernor Foss Refuses to Interfere. Mother of Dead Avis Lluuell Dcnoiin cc.s Unfrocked Pastor and Prays for His Death In Electric Chair. HUSTON', Muy 1 1.-Rev. C. V. T. llli'licMiin, player of Am Linui'll, in'. iied al tin1 Chnilcstown slate prison tnuii his cell in tln I'ily prison til !l o'clock tin alli'moon, ncfiimpiiiiicd Ii V Slieiiff Ouiiin. Ilo wns taken iin lui'diultdy In tin iti'itlli cell to tviiiiiin until tin ilnv !' hi I'li'i'trniMiliiui, Till1 llllllltll'll HI hi III' Ulllkl'll up till' Mi-p ii' tlin piixou, leaning "" tin iiiiiim iif Sheriff Qulnii ami Warden Mi il)jOH. 110NTON, .May M.- Tim Rev. C. V. T, Rlohion, niii'ii pastor of n fush founhlo church in Cambridge, mint din fur the iiitinli'r of his nineteen year ulil ilirti'imli'il sweetheart, Avi l.iutii'll, whom In' killed with cyanide poinou. All lmpi fur tin' unfrocked minis ter virtually wax abandoned today, when tin last two of tin corps of oeli'brulcd iilii'iiintH who have been xiuiiiuiug into Richcson's mental condition ri'puili'il to fhivcrnor l-'ug-i'in N. Kims, nml it became known Hint only oui' of the entire uuiulii'r of MH'iiilihtM Ijinl i'xpri'HHc,l nuy iloulit Hint Hid -pastor wan "iici'iiiiiiliilili'" fur his crime. Is Pronounced Kane. (luvi'inur l-nu iiuiiouiu'imI tndiieet- 'lv,'ilniiiiiilfHil both uf ilui Iwo finiil icports of llio iiIIciiUIh declared strongly Hint tlm condemned until was insane, lu wiiulil not interfere with the I'M.Tillinil. Willi tlui fant that the iweoutive I'liUUi'il wilt tint Interfere almost u i'rtuintitv llio hist Impi' of saving llii'liimoii from Hit' I'li'rtrii' I'liair van Ulied. Ilciiiniiuril liy .Mother. MVANNIS. Mumh., May 1 I. "Let 'Kichotfou iwi'iipt' electrocution mil tlm wot hi would Hot seem right. I luivi' prayed, nml I know thai I am right wlu'ii I wiy that Itii'hi'Niin should pay tin' pi'iially." With those, words Mrs. I.iuut'll, mother of Avis I.iuut'll, t It iiiui'li'i'ii your ulil girl, who was poisoned l-v Rev. ('. V, T. Kli'lii'hou, in her home I hi re IiihI fall, tliilav ili'iinuui'i'il the unfrocked pastor. Th Rev, K. A. Itoyl, piihlur of tin lTlivi1l'Mll chllll'll, O.Npit'UhCll himself ax i'iiIIewh: "itii'hnnou Is ti t'olil-hluoili'il, dclib crate munlorcr. Ho pursued to Iter iliiuiil'nll mill then to lur grave. Ilo iliil all ennl-hcnileillv, deliberately nml uniu'ly." $15,000 IS PI 15 H, W, Htono or Albuquerque, N. M Iihh purchuuod 15 ncroB of bear ing orchard about two miles north of Control Point from John Hlsty, pny lui; $15,000, or $1000 an aero. Tho purrhuHo Ih mild to ho a xpluuilld ouo. Mr. Hlono had purohiiHod pro vIoiiHly In llio vulloy, thlH tract ho Iiik hlH Hucond lnvoHtinout. Ilo In woll pluaiiod with tho valley uml has meal conflilunco In tho fiituro of tho fruit IniliiHtry horo, DIRECT STEAMERS FROM NEW YOnKTO FRISCO NKW YOKK, May II. For tho purpoM) of lnuiulnininu a ilirocl hoi vico hotwocu Now York ami Sail 1'Yimoini'n liy way of tho I'nuanin ennui, mi Aniorionn hloiiuihhip ooiu pnny Iiiik lii'iiu (uiiorpiirnti'il todny in IhoHtuto of Doluwuro. It in known iin tho Aiuoi'loim TfituHporlntlon com pany nml oxpoots to liavo throo Am erican hIoiuuhIiIiih Windy foe Horvi"o liy Bcptcuihor of this year. sit:; iff BEARNG Hi LAN M IS Laud Owncrshli Blamed as Cause of Most of Ills In America Haywood Promises to Support Parly Ma dero is Denounced as Liar. Commission Form of Government Ap proved liy National Convention of Socialists at Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, lint.. Mnv 1. Ili'iiiiimciut: ami uwnci-liip in lit" I'uiti'il Sluti'M with the ili'cluralioii that "InuilluiiliKin, i'i'lip"iiif: even th" iufmiiiuiH liinli iiiclliml-, i Hie iwijimc of idukI uf the Irunlile in Aiueriea." TIiiiiiiiim lliekey, ileli''iilcil liy Ihun liunal MU'iijbhl ciiiniiiitli'i' u iuveili Kiile the single lax ipiOHlimi, nHirleil to the nulioiial coiivculiou here Imlay. Iliekoy, in his report, ilixcnHhiui; the ine tux Ki'hi'iuo in iletiiil. I'ullnwern o( William I). liny wood promised today to mipporl the party heartily, deipito the fact that they IomI in their ntteiupt In control the euu vent ion commit Iocs. .Miiilcru In Denounced. Francisco Do Lain In nddrcsMtin Hie MieialihtN coiiveiitiuii here today hitleily ik'uouiiccil l'rcHident Fruu oihco I, Mndero of .Mexico. De hum eaiiio to the United States in mi ef fort to prevent this Kovernineiit from inlerferini; in Mcxieo'H affairs, lie naiil in part : "Mndero hays he is for the people, lie if a liar, lie uml hi family aie nmoiiu' the liiKent laudlordH hi Mex ico ami he Iiiin hot rayed the Mexi cans." "The HUKKChtinn that American lives and property (hero are ciiiIiiiik ercd is u lie uml part of a propagan da to have America intervene." The resolution presented by Wil liam I). I lay wood cudorniii the Cop ciihuxcu International convention and ileehiriiii; for a world-wide strike to prevent war was ruled out of order. IIiiywiMiil then denounced tho charge-, preferred a(;iiiiisl him by socialists ! I)enver uml llrulp'iiort, Conn. ICiuloixi ('umuilsNiou I'orm. The coimuittce appointed to iuvcMi t'lite the eominisHiiin form of ovcni uient upprovcil the dominant priuei ples of such Kiivcrmueut hut ohjected tu Home ijf the inuovutious introduced in several municipalities where tho commission form of uovermueiit if in force. 8 MINNUAl'OI.ia, Minn., May A Itecoiuineudlug tho establishment of now ISplricopal residents at I, oh Au golcs, Cat., and several other cities Ih tho United States and abroad, tho establishment of six additional bish oprics and tho retirement of Hlshops Warren and Mooro, tho committee on eplsenpapy of tho quadrennial gen eral conference of tho Methodist Kplsropal church reported to tho coiu forouuo horo today. Tho recommendation for six now bishoprics means that thoro will bo eight now hlshopB, Tho two bishop ries of Now York and St. LoiiIh aro ot present vacant on account of deaths. SAN FRANCISCO, Cab, May II, With tho ONCoptlon or President C. 0. Mooro and n few or tho directors who today rorusod to iIIhoiibb Clov ernor Johnson's public statotnont that tho l'auanm Puolflo exposition paid inooo for tho prlvato car which car ried Secretary of State P. C. Knox ovor tho grontor part or his wostom Itinerary, tho' exposition offlolulH frnnkly admitted that such an nllow- nnco wub iniido from tho fair funds. N OUNCED A FAIR PAID 0 EOR KNOX' CAR MEDFORD, LOST CAPTAINS WIN A VICTORY FROM FEDERALS Rebel Generals Who Disapiicared in Sunday's Conflict Capture Mapimi noutlitfi 1500 Troops, Occupy City and Entrench in Stratenlc Position. Elyhty-one Itistirrcolos Killed In Bat tle Near Mexico City Won by Fed eral Army. MKXK'O fily, May 1 I. Federal troops near heie todny icioited th.it they had routed J.dlltl Zapalisl h iieur ll'iiiiniiixilillmiii. I'ility one rchi'ls urc repurlcd nliiin in tho fihl. i Kl, PASO, Ti-Mi-J. .Mnv 1 l.-Oen-erals I'ampa mid Arxueniedu, the rebel generals who were reported missiiiK nfter the bi' buttle on the desert near rouejos on Sunday, and whom it wns feared had been slain or captured were located today at Mapimi, with 'J, ODD men. Sunday the two uenerals separated from OroxeoV force, and realizing the iuiimssiliility of rejoining the rev olutionary euinuiander-iii-chief, they marched against Mapimi. Their troops eiif;aied l,."i()(l federals, nuit iuu them after a battle which lusted four hours. They now occupy Mnpimi ami nr entrenched there. Colonel Cacsnr Cannles teleyrnpii cd Colonel Castiinlu I lei rem .it .Inu re, today that the rebels too!; Mepimi Sunday, capturing Itaoul Midoro, brother of President Fruui-is o 1. Mndero. PLAN STAMPEDE TO 1IUUI.INOTON, Iowa, May 14. Pinna to "Htampedo" tho stnto demo cratic, convention which meets bore tomorrow for V. J. Hryan, woro coniiluted hero today by tho llryan letiKiio of Iowa. Secretary II. Quo says Hint it wilt bo luiiOHlbIo for Covernor Wllonn or Speaker Clnrk to Heuuro tho stnto delegation, vlaltnliiR tlireo-fourtliH of the dulcKUtcti to tho atato convention favor IJrynti. AdhorentH of Clark and Wilson, however, are iKiiorlni tho llryan movement. EVELYN THAW IS PITTSHUltO, ln., May Id Neigh bors of Mr. and Mix. Charles Uol man, step-purenlH of Mrs. Kvelyn Nesbitt Thnw, declared Hint Kvelyn and her alleged two year old son, "Anthony" huve been nl the llolmnn homo in Hrookliue, n subuib of Pitts burg, for n week. Detective Roger CV.Murn of Pitts burg", who assisted Thnw in his nt temnts to secure bis release from the Mnttuwenii Insane Hospital whero he wild ciimmitted rulliiuiiiiv Inu ulmiiiimv of Stanford White still denies Thaw's pafornity of tho child and declared today thut the reports of its being seen in tho neighborhood were untrue. Tho governor ohnrgod that tho ex position was being used ns a political imu'hlno In bohulf or Prcsldout Tuft's candidacy. Sovoral ot tho directors could soo no reason for withholding this In formation from tho puhllo and de clared that tho expenditure of fi000 to charter a prlvato car for tho cub loot otricor uecurod advert Isomont ror tho 10 in fair which could not linvo boon Hocurod In any other way tor n much greater outlay, OWMON, TUESDAY, MAY I JUDGE AGAINST WHOM SERIOUS CHARGES ARE MADE. r 5 liV LBHTjuuai Wjubkki.1 i &Fj?vL aiJi?fy'iy"r-J?fei2$ u AW.MDW.L;. -.. p P&XZJ WA.HIIIXRIv, ") II. Itccess Hie cliarKW iipidiM Jiide Arrhlmlil befon Iin bonne coumilllec. NOT THI MUCH K. W. Hazloton. city phunbliiR lu- siicctor, himn't ' a j very high regard for the nliUIty .oAtbe ladles of the Greater Medfonlrajib as sanitary ln spectors. lii-taSxuH.VnwlliiK. to wager that In sevrral Instances they don't know whut they arc talking about, or rather, to bo correct, wrote about. At n meeting of the city council Monday afternoon he took occasion to pick several flaws In their report on sanitary conditions in the city of Medford and offered to wager real money that ho could prove thorn wrong. "I have not gone very far Into the matter," stated ilarelton, "but I have already found a number of places thoy say aro not connected with sowers which arc connected. I Intend going Into tho matter fully." llazelton also called the attention of tho council to tho fact that they wero violating their, own ordinance by not providing toilets In the new public market building. Tho council decided, however, to let this matter go, as next door on city property the city already has two to. ids which they decided will ho ample for the needs of those attending the public market. EMMA GOLDMAN OFF I.OS ANHI.i:s, Cal.. May 14. Unnna Goldman, anarchist lecturer, loft hero today for San Ulego, where, sho Intimated, she will throw herself Into tho fight being waged thoro by tho Industrial Workers or tho World ror "free speech." Accompuuled by hoi manager, Hen Roltman, MUs (lOldman was es corted to her train by about fiO ot hor Los Angeles followers. Sho re fused to state whether sho would tnko an actiyo part In tho San Diego campaign, but declared that sho is determined to be on tho ground, to "render any possible aid." PASSES AWAY IN TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 14. Urlgudlor Gonorul Joseph Duncan, commanding tho Department of Texas, died horo today ot heart failure- itrtor an Illness of several days, General Duncan participated In tho Indian campaigns and In tho war with tho Spaniards, serving In Cuba and In tho Philippines, Ilo was brovoted on throo occasions tor gal-luntry, wmum OF LADIES WORK GENERAL JOSEPH DUNCAN 11, 1912. wns taken totmy in tlii Impilry into of the commerce court roniltirlcd ' ! CRATER LUKE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE BY The Crnter Lake season will open this year sometime in June nearly a month earlier than hint year owin tu tho difference in the amount of Lsiiow falliou in the inoiuiinlnn. La.-t year it was w middle ot July before the emnps were opened for aecom- modution of tourists but this reason it is confidently expected, if the pres ent weather continues, that the firt automobile to the rim will make the trip Mime lime in the enrly part of June. By July the sen-on should be open in full blast. l'ronj all reports this sensou will be n record breaker as the lake is far better known tbun ever before. Over 100 ears will make the trip from Portland to Crater Luke by way of Medford accordine to an automobile denier who was recently in the city innkinjr inquiries regarding the trip. The roiuk will be in better condi tion this year tbun lust owing to the foot that heavy teaming over the Prospect road has ceased and that honor men huve done considerable work on the road. HARMON IS CHOICE OF BIG BUSINESS STATES NE8RASKAN LINCOLN, Neb., May M - f,i re gard to his eontrover.-y vith Gover nor Judson Harmon of Ohio, William J. llrynn today gave tho following .statement to the United Press: "Ilarniou does not deny that he is the choice of 'big business.' He Is not candid in discussing the initiative uml referendum, lie repudiated the pledges of two pint form when he advised the Ohio routitutKMinl con vention ngainst tho initiative mid ct erenduin. "Obtaining office unibr false pre tences is m reprehensible ns obtain ii g money under false piotcuces," WASHINGTON, May 14. Aiming to curb the issuance of injunctions in strikes, the unti-injunctiou bill of Congressman Henry D. Clayton of Alabamn, ehuinnnn of tho house ju diciary committee, was tho sltbjoct of a three hours debute in the house today, thut body having mot curly for the express purpose of oonsidoruig tho ineiisure, Tho Clayton bill proscribes rules and regulations to curb the issuance by federal judges of injunelious, especially in the case of strikes or MIDDLE 111 A 1 IN N CONGRESS UGHT VOTE IS BEING POLLED IN CALIFORNIA Peace and Fine Weather Reported From All Over the State Women Not Takinq Keen Interest in Prim aryMake Effort for Roosevelt Last Minute Predicticns Claim Vic lory for Every Candidate Alt t Cairyinn State by Mig Majorities. KAN FRANCISCO, Mny 1-1. ItmN ling for tliu Miceesi uf their sevrr.il caiiihibites for the presidency "lhcr ent.H of President Tuft, Culom-1 Roosi'velt find Renulor L. Fol'ette, among the republicans nml Clark m. Wilson umont; the immoeriit today ure voting all over California in one of the qnieli'st tdcclinnw the .slate mis ever seen. Pence and tine weather nre "iirted from all over the state, not ft single disturbance of note having oicurrcd. up to this afternoon. Voting every where is nbont normal. It is U.iU'd that women nre not taking anything like the interest in the presidential primary which it was predicted they would uhow. Kvcrv effort was made today to bring out the Roosevelt strength in San Francisco but the Tuft forces apVarently were not working as hard. m Follctte'.s adherents, apparently, .spent little money, mid as little was disbursed by the Clark and Wilson democrats. Last minute predictions toila. were as usual. Taft and Roosevelt tunn- ugers declared that their principals would easily curry the. Mate, oud La Follette headquarters1 declared the 'Wihconsinite - senator would poll a heavy vote. Wilson adherents did little predicting but the Clark lorters were vociferous and Userted thut the Missonriuu would carry every county in the state. L1VKRPOOL, May 14. J. Bruce Ismay, managing director ot tho White Star Line, owners of the lost Titanic, Is making plans today to start an endowment fund ror nil the men disabled in the Titanic dlsastor and the widows of those who went down with the liner. Ismay will start the fund, it Is said, with a con tribution ot $100,000. L CONTI OF DIRECT .ELECTION WASHINGTON, May 14. By a vote or 237 to 3 the house this after noon concurred .In tho Bristow amendment, thus setting at rest all difference as to federal control of the direct election ot sonators. Tho res olution now goes to the president tor his slguuturo and will becomo law when it is ratified by the legislatures ot two thirds ot tho states. Senator Bristow ot Kansas an nounced today that ho was confident that enough states would adopt tho amendment to inako it effective by 1914. Ten states alroady have como out in fuvor or direct elections. boycotts. In a general way it pro hibits injunctions in labor disputes unless irreparable and immediate damago to property is probable, and bars injunctions which are issued without notice in advance Tho Ml1 also provides for security for costs and damages in cuses whero injunc tions are issued, Congressmen Mann, Cannon, Dal zoll, Nnrris ipuLLunioot attacked tho "gag" rulo under which the bill was considered. Chairman Henry, of the rules committee defended the measure. 100.000 No. 45. "WHITE SLAVE" Laura White Who Declares She Was Held in Slavery by Chinese Tells of Stahbinn, Affray Sunday Morn inn. Is Confined in County Jail Pendinrj Full Investigation of the Affair by Authorities. When Wo Leo appeared nn tho streets at mi enrly hour Sunday mor ning nml nppealed. to the police, to as sist liim in finding tho doctor ho turned the searchlight of investiga tion upon what promises to be the most sordid den of iniquity which has ever flourished in "outbern Ore gon ami began the unearthing rf crimes which in number rivnl tho-e of the Chinatown of San Francisco. Wholesale violation of the law is shown, if the stories bo true, in which white slavery', gambling, stnbbing af frays, and nttempted murders figure. The extent of the crimes will probab ly never be known but nlrendy enough has come to light to lead the author ities to probe tho matter to the great est depths possible. In the county jail todny there is a white woman who fur two months has been nt the mercy of the local Chinese colony, a slave to opium, and whnt . worse, to n Chinaman, who is said to have purchased her in San Francisco for the purpose of living off her earnings here. She declares that the fight Sunday morning in which Wo, iLeo wns htubbedwaa the result of n fight over a division of her illicit This woman is known ns Lnurn White. Since she was 15 years old, according to the story she told the authorities, she has been a slnve to opium and bus had a. Chineso master. Two months ngo she wns sold for $200 by n Chinaman who posed ns her husband in San Francisco to Jim Ling who brought her to Ashland nml Medford. She hu been rooming nt the Royal lodging house for somo weeks. According to her story she saw Jim Ling plunge bis knife into "Wo Lee's breast. She declares thut the stab bing affray followed n quarrel over her, Ling believing that she wns tell ing Wo Lee of his plans to rob him, while in reality she was only begging for opium. Ling declared that ho would kill both of them, she says, whereupon she made her escape af ter seeing Ling plunge a knife into Wo Lee's breast. Tho robbery then followed, she .says, if it really oc curred. No truce of the $800 was found. Ling was arrested Monday evening but has so far refused to muke uny statement. Wo Loo remains silent. District Attorney Mulkey is keeping them separated ponding a full investi gation of tho nffair. SATURDAY, MAY25. TO Saturdny, May 23, will bo a gala day in the city of Medford if the plans of various organizations for tho day do not miscarry. It will murk tho official openimr of tho new publio market and in keeping with this tho merchants of the city will offer nn otbov Dollar Bargain day similar to tho ouo which was such n great suc cess a few months ago. Visitors from all parts of the county will bo wel comed, the band will play, and thcro will bo things doing generally. Tho city council decided Monday on Saturday, May 25, as tho official day for the opening "of. the nmrkot. On that day for tho first tiino in the history of uny southern Oregon town produce will bo sold direct by pro ducer to consumer. The- building would have been ready for nn earlier dute but the council postponed be oponing in order tjint th$ intirclmntH might have lime to prppar? fjyi bar gain day us they plunud wim Hum KO. . . i THROWS LIGHT ON "ROBBERY" MAI OPENING OF PUB MH o