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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
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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.
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HURLED
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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
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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
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r? rffis'.I .klnJ'Ml,'IJ!n i.rta.A ast 9t'VflKiKeBfilVw 'sHHIrj ruMsfimm'tn-r- iiHLvK 9VWH9 kri tajJldZrzf ti
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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.
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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
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EOINES
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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.
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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
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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.