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University News OHum te Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS BANK CriEAEINQ3 $51,518.01. WEATHER Showers. Bar., a 9.70 1 Max.. 61 j Mln., 44; Moan., 53. FORTY-FIRST YEAE. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY-, 3SLA.Y 2, 1911. No. 35. T IS Riot Which Cost a Million Dollars The New and the Old in Skirts MS GA PLAN NfflN fcSS1 IT FOR PEACE ARE AGAIN DEUYED Peace Envoy of President Diaz Has Been Delayed in Ariving in ElPaso Due to Insurgent Activity Near Laredo Madcro Not Uneasy. DIAZ MAY SOON RETIRE; SEES WRITING ON WALL Spiritualism May Figuro in Peace Negotiations as Both Madcro and Barra Are Believers. KL. PASO, Tuxiia, May 2. Judge Francisco Carbajal, tho peace envoy of President Diaz litis been delayed In ar riving hero because of Insurgent activity mur Ijuiedo and Gomez puhiclo. IJe may not reach 131 Paso for suveral days. Despite this delay In opening the cptfco negotiations, Mudcro seems to lmvo no uneasiness, and, though rebel activity Is Increasing dally In Sonorn, Coahllta and Chihuahua states, tho reb el chief apparently believes he ca,i con" ttol tho bands of lnsurreo.os In can) lie desires to stop their raids. Many ov.'.t rs here, however, fear that If a Dlas-Mn-dero aKreeinent Is not soon reached tint situation will bo beyond tho grasp of the. provisional president and that Interven tion will bo the final result of the re bellion. Diaz May Retlro. Abram Gonzales, tho provisional gov crnor of Chihuahua, says thelnsurgcnts, us a preliminary to peace will Insist --upon an agreement for tho partition ot tho largo estates of tho countni, espe cially Uki estate of Governor Terrazas In Chlhuuhua, complete autonomy for jill tho States, a fair election and rep rcscntution In congress. -,'f It Is .bolioved Jhero tlia,t . ProsU. uiaz iiuu seen flic handwriting on tho wall and that he. will soon rattru from office. This jnny possibly commence May D, theannlvorsury of tho battlo of Fueabln, of which ho was tho hero. Dluz makes a pilgrimage to Puobla an nually, and It Is believed that this year lie may solze the opportunity to retlru us u national figuro. There Is great Interest hero and In Juarez today In the appearance In Ma doro'H camp of Ignacio Fumandez, a high officer of tho second congress of spir itualists. Iioth Madero and Minister Del I.a Barro uro strong spiritualists, and it Is iutto possible that tho belief in occult phenomena and the persistence of thelntclllgcnccs of tho dead may play a prominent part In tho peace negotia tions. IS STAND PATTER PHINCETON, N. J., May 2. Follow Ing a denunciation of the Initiative and referendum and ridicule of tho progres ulvti inovoment at tho Dally Prlneeto nlan banquet lioio, Attorney Gcucinl Wlekorshnm today Is placed flatly among the standpat clement by his audltdrs, of whom Governor Woodrow "Wilson was one. "Wo nro a lnw-rlddon pcoplo." said Wickorsham, "and this tendency Is stim ulated by those seeking public favor through the pointing out of easy roiuo tiles for oIaIous evils. Tho Idea that a busy, prosperous, commercial people can inako and administer laws bettor than their chosen representatlcs has been proven a fallacy " ARE SENT EAST l.OS ANGKL.ES, May 2, James II. Mc Namnrn's alleged finger prints, taken os tensibly for tho purpose of connecting him with tho party who loadod dynamite on board tho launch Pastime, disguised as the "Peerless," at Giant. Cal.. shortly before tho I.os Angeles Times oxpolslon. are to be sent east. They are to be ustwl in an effort to connect him with a crime near Chicago, according to District Attorney Fredericks, but what that crime whs Froderloks will not say. According to Frelerlck8, the prints never were Intended to be used In con nection with the "Peerltw." Fredericks mid that the prosecution was satisfied all along that the man known as Caplan left the marks found on the "Peerless." and that It would be useless to even tonipare McNamaras with them. Esparition Complete. GLASGOW. Mar 2 The Scotch na tloital exposition Is practically complete ami ready for enormous crowds whleh are expected to flouk to see It from now until October, A big feature will be u naval pageant on the Hlyde. in whleh all nurts of craft, from the galleys of the undent Vikings to modern hattleeuips and ocean liners will take Mil, WOKERSHAM ' I .1., ,. .....J.JfcH. . ! I ' aroirEs ejovwfrr srxzyxj-czitiSii coi-i-rwht hm m j The recent riots In tho champagne district of Trance which at times have reached the extent of a civil war neighborhood of 31,000,000. Thousands of destroyed by tho rioters. ENGLISH TROOPS LAND IN CHINA IIONGKONOr' Mnv 2. Hftlsh bluc- JaokejSi and marines with "rapid, flro guns Utu1edloTlay In Canton from fdur war ships to quell tho Chlneso rioters there. If any attempts uro made against for eign residents or property. The guns nro posted along tho canal Iwink, which bounds tho foreign conces sion, ready to opon flro at tho first sign of trouble, nesldcs tho four nrltish warships, two American, four Ilritlsh and ono German gunboat and two French warships nro roady to open on tho Chi nese rebels In case of need. No foreigners havo yet suffered through tho rovolt, so far as Is known, though tho gravest fears nro felt for o safety of tho missionaries and trod- ors scattorod through tho Interior. Tho Church Missionary socloty, tho Mission ary alliance, tho Wesleynn Missionary society nnd tho American Southern Bap tist mission havo about 2G representa tives In tho disturbed nrea anil no hews has yet como ns to whether any of them have fallen victims to tho nntl-forelgn frenzy of tho Chinese. SAYS DETECTIVE COM'M Ill'S, Ohio, May 2 "The legis lators Involved III our Investigation hero uro the biggest and boldest grafters I ever encountered. Wo have tho men ab solutely clnuhod." This was the expression hero today of Detective William J. Human when lie urrlved in the city to tnko personal charge of the probu Into alleged crook edness In the stale legislature "This present legislature," Hums con tinued, "Is one of the most corrupt I over Investigated. Corruption In both houses Is widespread. Hut there Is no doubt thut he have the grafters hard and fast." REFORM BILL COIA'Mni'S, O.. May 2. The state senate by a vote of 18 to IS today passed the Wyman bill for the direct olectinn of United Stntes senators. As the bill already has passed the houso. It only nwnlts the signature of Governor Har mon. It Is the bribery scandal whleh ' frlghtenM the senators Into passing the measure. I SCHOONER TURNS TURTLE; 5 LOST MIMVAl-KKK. Wis. May 2 A two masted schooner, twite ved to be a trad er, lias capsized off Whlteflah boy. half a mile out In I-ak Michigan, and It lu feared her crew of at least five men have perished- Ufe-huvers have been trying to reach the wreak, but a heavy sea Is running and tha rftsetie.ni Uavft not yet mieoooded. S CINCHED 10 FAVORS have cost the wine growers in the gallons of tho bubbling bevorago were PAVING FIRM IS Thoro nro several local parties who would bo clad to know tho prchont whereabouts of C. It. lllso nnd Chnrles A. Foss, recently doing a paving busi ness In Medford undncr tho namo of lllso && Foss. It Is rumored that they havo departed, not to return, and sever al local pcoplo nro looking for them. Tllso nnd Foss started operations In Medford snmo montiis ago and secured sovornl minor paving contracts, laying what they named a brlekollthlc pavement On April 27 tho firm dissolved, Mr. Foss rotlrlng from tho firm, Slnco then nei ther of tho men enn bo located. It Is reported that tho firm owes In tho neighborhood of $2000 to local peo ple for supplies, such as hardware, eo ment and grnvel. NO TIME IS LOST IN SENDING MEN TO JAIL LOS ANGKLKS, May 2. James 11 wards, who pleaded guilty last Friday to an attack upon Miss Julia Kocblg when she discovered him in tho act of robbing her homo In tho Westmoreland Park district, wits sentenced to llfo Im prisonment nt Han Qtientln by Judge MeCormluk today. Ddwurds I evolved tho sentenco stoically. Tho oaso established a record for speed In the 1-OH Angeles courts. Tho assault wns committed last Tuesday. Edwards was arrested Wednesday night, hold to answer Thursday and pleaded guilty Fri day. IIo will louvo tonight to begin his sontancc. Mr. McManlffal Collapooi. CHICAGO, May 2. Mis. Oitlo Mr.Mnn Igal, wife of one of the alleged dynamit ers held in T.os Augelos for tho destruc tion of the Times building, Is today in a stato of nervous collapse nt hor home hero tluuugh worry over hor husband's arrest. N G New Governor of Canada and TUB DUK& OP CONNArjGHTTO iSUCfm J F AW, uh?t Y.AS CANADA'S GOVERNOR GENERAL , 1-HS DAlXjHTUE. AWb SOM. I KlNCr '& r-Ai I IC IA AND PfUNCE .AKrniUR-AMD Ml 0 MM S Mail Tribune is Forced to Issue Un der Difficulties Owing to Fact That No Gas is Furnished for Heating of Linotype Machines. COLD BREAKFASTS WERE ENJOYED BY MANY Pump In Bear Creek Sucks Grass Which Puts Plant Out of Service for Hours. Owing to the, fact tlint tho plant of the Hague Itlver Valley Gas foiupiit went out of commission nt an earl hour this morning tho Mall Tribune was Issued under difficulties today, ns there was no gas furnished with which 'u heat tho linotypes, thereby preventing the setting of any great amount of type Over four hours' time was lost In tin composing room nnd tho only thlriK which allowed tho pnper to come out ni all, wns tho fact that after patlonco was exhausted, the old gasoline burners wero dragged forth from the store room nnd Installed. Tho . machines UirnM over for tho first time at noun, foui and ti half of six valuable hours helrg lost. Not alono was tho Mnll Trlbuno dis commoded but u largo number of people who havo Installed gas range In their homes wero forced to partnko of a cold breakfast and lunch. Hcntouronts down town were also greatly Inconvonlen 'ml Tho troublo ut tho gas plant originat ed when the pump which supplies v. liter from Hear creek pumped up a large amount of grass which choked the plant, No sooner was this troublo reme died than other things went wrong. Tho gns was again turned on shortly after noon. JOHN DfETZ IS PUT ON TRIAL IIAVWAHD, Wis, May 2. Tho trial of John Dletz, defender of Cameron Dam, for tho killing of Deputy Shorlff Oscar Harp during a raid on tho Dlotz cabin lust October, began hero this afternoon beforo Judgo A. II. Hold of Wnusaw. When tho caso was called tho Illi nois Surety company, which had re-ln-sured a $40,000 bond on which Dletz was rolensed, surrendered tho bond nnd Dlotz was taken Into custody by Sheriff Clnrk. "JACK MOSBY" KILLED IN FIGHT 8AN DIKGO, Cal.. May 2. Hostilities have broken out nfrcsh nlong tho bonier lino botweon tho rebels and Mexican fed erals, lu which threo federals wero killed and their commandor was shot three times, and probably fatally wounded. Tho commander has collod himself Jack i..osby and tins declared tmit he was the son of General Mnsby, tho famous lighter of civil war times. Tho rebels wore coming toward tlm border from tho south when they uuiiio upon Lieutenant Nunez and six federal soldlors ut CurHso, a stage station 21 miles Hontlieaut of Tla Juiinu, and not far from Hecate. The Moxlenn federals weio eating anil iinpreupred for light. Nunoza and threo of his men managed to oscapo on tholr horses, but tho other three weio killed. They nro believed to ho George and Concession Mason and a man named Matta. s "SPCCU AGAIN OPENED fTlio 1911 circus season opened today In Medford with the urrlval of tho Al G. Dames three-ring annual show, nnd Medford's streets, desplto lowering clouds nnd threatening weather, wero filled with a happy throng of circus going folk, who spent tlui early hours of tho day shopping nnd a 1'ttle beforo f rd'CTtfClTTiKo'lf to wond thnlr.wny ncrp"i tho bridge to tho Pacific V Eastern grounds, whore tho huge tents of tho show wero pitched. All of tho neigh boring towns poured u good crowd Into this city nnd tho small boy ami his dad too, mnunched peanuts nnd cracked their heels on tho high tiers cf Hints. Differing in many respeota from any .tented attraction that has exhibited pre viously In Medford. tho Al l, Harnt.i hi,; tjiree-ring wild nnmiil clieun pleas ed n fiilr audience who came expecting to witness tho usunl routine of circus acts. Instead of which n program last ing for two hours prcsentod In two rings and n mnsstva steel arena, was prosont od, with wild boasts performing fonts of eriucstrlanshlp, elephants acting as clown, benrs, leopards and pumas as equilibrists nnd acrobats. Captain Htonownll and tho sea lions ciiinu lu for a henrty round of applause. Dnlnty Mile. Fioienco and the Perslnn lenpannl presented a series of tablolx vlvante. llcrr Hoth nnd tho royal Hon gal tigers gnvo a most thrilling exhibi tion of nnlinal subjugation, Mile. Harmies Hiding Tom, an African Hon, snblo XiH r. chimpanzee and a dog mounted on Ara bian stnlllons, was a novel feature. Taken all In nil, tho Harnos show Is well worth visiting. Chlldron rccolvo a most Instinctive lesson lu natural his tory, ami the elders an Illustration of what kindness and pntleueo can accom plish with tho most savogo and blood thirsty beasts. Thoro will bo a night performance al 8, the management claiming tholr tent to bo nhsoliitoly water proof. Jacob X'arlcoa Uurlcd. Tho funeral of Jacob Parked, tho Ap plegato pioneer, who dim! Saturday, was hold In the Hterllng cemetery. Hov. Johnson hail clioigu of tho ceremonies. A largo number of his former fi lends wero present. J. II. Clark, t C. Porcl val, Kd Haltmarsh, Fred H. Hclmhiisky. Itnhort Jennings and Fred Klelnhnmmor acted as pallbearer ami John Perl of Medford conducted the funeral. His Family 0 SN - V POUO row THE MERM.D) 10,000 MEN ARE OUT ON STRIKE PITTSRl'llG. Pa., May 2. With from seven to ten thousand of Its most skilled workmen nlrcady out and additional walkouts expected from tlmo to time, the Pennsylvania railroad today faces a bit tor strugglo. Kvor slnco Februnry, H was lcarnod today, OrgaiiUurs Flynn and Jrelond of tho American Federation of I.nbpr linvo been ergnnlzlnf: shopmen. Union offi ciate nllogo that the Pennsylvania -company bognn a systematic fight on organ ized labor months ago by dropping union men from Its payroll. LOCAL MERCHANTS ARE VICTIMIZED lloss Morris, for somo tlmo employed us superintendent of Gonornl Hooy Smith's ranch near Medford, cashed checks amounting to about $2,50 Satur day, which are now regarded as rank forgeries. A nuinhor of checks ranging fioni lir to fCO wero tenderod various n.orchunts and being signed by Mrs. Hooy Omit It wero readily accepted, The tlmo hoiioied method purchasing goods and offering n check was resorlod to nad with Iho purchuso ami (ho change In his possession Morris Walked out anil was seou no more. Monday morning n number of the chocks yero taken to tho Jackson coun ty bank where the signature was found to be entliely different from that of Mrs. Hooy Hmlth, who was notified ovor tho phone that numerous checks signed by her wero being presented. Monday afternoon Mrs Hooy Hmlth oaino to Med ford and refused to honor tho cIicckh, thus verifying tho belief thut n clever forgory had been committed. ' Morris' mother ami sister, as woll as a llttlu brother were also employed on tho ranch hut left for Arizona Friday, supposedly on account of tho little boy's health. Morris wiih lo slay until Hat unlay and thn follow them. It was naturally supposed thut ho was closing up his biMiuess affairs hero nnd ns he had alwajii born a good reputation the ohecks M'i'o accepted as genuine espe dully its the slgimttiro was lu tho dell- cutu handwriting of a woman, Morris is supposed to have loft Satur day evening for some California point probably Han Francisco, ami a wariaut has been Issued for his arrest by Glenn O. Taylor, Justice of tho pouco. Thoso known to havo been Involved in tho uffulr and tho nmoutn of tho chocks nro us follews: Daniels Clothes Shop, in; Kldd Hhoo Shop, 23; W. F. Isaacs. 45; Hotel Nash, flS; Koutiier's $50 ..Icholsnn Hardware company, 'iTi; Akerns ft Henton, $25; Sllngor & Down ing saloon, $1S. There uro thought to be scvcrul other checks which havo tint been presented at tho banks up to tho present tlmo. The Farmers' & Fruit drowns' bank and tho Medford National bank nisu received somo of the chir en wl tcl' wi re presented by somo of the firms Involved, nnd considerable tlmo was lost In finding out If tho signature was genuine. 600 PAINTERS AGAIN AT WORK PollTIiAND. Or. May 2 Six hundred union alnt'rs who yesteidtty declined to ;sorK. as a protest against tho action of employing imuiiuto iu nntuitiMi6 u u ditlonal painters In tho east, returned to work today Tho unionists assert that there are more members of the craft In Portland than John for them, F SAY BOTH SIDES Attorney Fredericks Claims That Case is Not a Labor Case Nor a Times Case but a Great Criminal Trial Fairness to Be Used. BOTH SIDES ARE ANXIOUS v TO AVOID PUBLIC COMMENT Fredericks Rcaltees That He Has the Fight of His Life on Hand Of Means Much-PoIitically ' ' nrv " '1 I..OS ANGRI.13S, May 2. Neither pros ecution nor defenso In tho trial of tho McNnmara brothers for tho atleged dy namiting of thol-,08 Ahgoles Tlmei) will claim that tho gcnornl sentiment in Los Angeles Is not favorablo for a fair trial of tho accused. Hoth aides practically conccdo that tho public hero Is with holding Judgment nnd visiting labor lenders expressed surprise that thoro was not much comment on tho caso heard on tho streets. Thoy said this condition foreshadowed tho probability that tho dofonso would not ask for a ohango of vonuo. Not labor or Times Case. District Attorney John D. Fredericks declared today that this was "not a la bor case, not a Times case, but n great crlmlnnl trial in which tho prosecution will Book to show tho guilt or tnnoconco of tho accused men." Ho said ho would try tho caso solely on tho evidence, but that any venireman's expression of op position to labor or to Gonoral Otis, would bo used as a basis by tho prosecu tion for a challenge. At tho onmo tlmo Fredericks snld tho prosecution wol not bring In thelssuo of capital and la bor and expressed himself most em phatically that he would have no diffi culty In scouring a fair Jury. Doth Anxious. Hoth side- appear vory iinxlnua to pro vent publio comment, fearing to bring up oxtraneotiH tiuostlons that might Influ ence tho Jury material. Fredericks said ho would proceed slowly In tho preliminary steps of tho enso. Tho district nttornoy realizes that ho has tho biggest fight of his llfo on hand nnd that ho must politically stand or fall by Its outcomo, It Is a safo pre diction that tho preliminary hearing of tho accused tnoti will not bo hold for somo llttlo time, probably not boforo tho mlddlo of next week. SIX LEGGED SHEEP IS SHOWN IN CITY A natural furiosity In theform of a six-legged Bheep was exhibited Monday by J. I. Campbell, who works on a ranch near Centrnl Point, nt tho tying yard on South Hlvorsldo nvenuo. Hesldes tho four perfect legs two othor front legs wero attached to tho lotf sldo of the sheop. one projecting forward from tho shoulder and the other growing Irom a rib and oxtondlug botweon tho front legs. The legs wore poorly devel oped and deformed Tho shtop Is about to eurs of ego and Is lu nerfect phys lo'tl condition being ublo to run about with but Ivlttlo inconvenience. GUNBOAT GETS ' TASTE OF WAR MRXICO CITV, May 2. To tho Mexi can gunboat lampleo lias fallen tho hon or of participating In tho II rat real fight ing ootwoon land and sea forcos slnco tho dlsputo between President Dins' sub jects began. AdvlccH received by tho war bureau today wero that Colonel Joso Ileltran, assisted by tho Tamptco's guns, repelled nit attack of rebels on Mnzatlan. Tho guns from tho warship wero trained on the ndvanolng rebels fornioro than half nn hour nnd aro bollovod to lmvo Infllotod heavy loss. FOX.XOB TAKE A HAND IN I.ADOK TKOTJB&Ett CIiKVBI.AND. Mny 2. Tho pollco took a hand In the trouble between non union workers employed on, a bridge on the outskirts of tho city nnd union men and their sympathizers which resulted yesterday In tho shooting of onq man and tho Injuring of several. Tho authorities were unable lo learn who flied tho shots beyond tho fact that moBt of them eamo from a shanty near whero the non-unionists had tholr head quarters. Several persona wero struck by bricks, but only one man by a bullet, although, several woro fired. I ook nt the classified ads If you have lost something and IC the finder has't advprtlsod, You Advertise. 1 ''' la