Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Mat. (UI.S, Mln. ffll.n. Fair
Saturday. Heavy front.
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MEDFORD, OKIMON, FRIDAY, JMARDII 22, 1912.
No. 312.
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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).
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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,
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MA
FAMOUS