rr CUV Nnll """-" " -T jrt-.' -fy;' i' ""' - i,ab vw , --iiiaiwrw MMmtwamur' Medford Mail Tribune MB SECOND EDITION WEATHER .Shower tonight mill tumor row. Mnv. (Ifl.fl, .Mln, in, I'lirly-w'i'oiMl Vntr Dally Hi'vinlli Vi-ur MEDFORD, 0KW10N, VKIVKKI)AV, APRIL ?), 1012, No. 10. MISSISSIPPI 50 MILES! WIDE AT CAIRO 4 (ji LEVEES HOLD SAVING CIO FROM F All Nluht anil Day Labor Tells River Not Exported to Exceed 54 Feet Hclht Loss Accruing to Farmers Is Sta(i(jcrlit(. Mllltla Gunrils Flooded Portion From Vandals Houses Swept Down Downstream Memphis In Danger. CAIRO, III., April :i. Willi Hit' otenl of tlm llddil water not oxpeulod in exceed M loot III" situation Iidiv I hi iifleriiiinii In iiion favorable ami it iw now believed tin- iilv will In wived frnm a tliMiil iliimtT. Tin1 water in llu .liiippi here Imlitv lonehml tin) ITikIi water mink of Til i'lli'l llllll O01l-llllllN illcllC iiml tin oeew uliuw no sign l gMng iiwiiv. Tin till night wiirl; of tin- citions in Mieiigthoniug llu dykon is now li'lliiitf mitl ii in predicted the levees will Ic iilili- in withstand tin 51. font sImko, wllll'll lll WOlllllor blU'CUIt say Mtro 1(1 (MIIUO. I,m In StngKcrlng. Tim lo uooiuing to farmers in thi del net mill in llii Reel Font Lake tliHlni'l in Tonno"0o i tii;uti- lug. Until ilihtrii'tn tin under several foot of water ami nil hct'tl iiorn hit been washed nun, v. MillinuuinM mid laborer a in wmk big plili' bytddo bore Inihty strength ening tin1 dyko in mi iri'ori to pro nt tln nitv from being flooded by tin1 nixing Mitii ot' llio Mississippi rivor which threaten to burst the It'Vi'tM. llotli above ami below Cairo I ho rivor at Huvonil poinls is .10 mile wide, completely wunipiiig tho low land. Fanners declare (hat it will ioiiiim jour for tho IioMoiiImihIk to dry out Miiffloioiilly ho tillable. A oonipaiiy of militia from Springfield is Kitnttlinyr the flood triekcn oil, upon impicst of eiliyen to tho gover nor. All night lout; oilixoiih of all sta tions in lift; worked at tho joh of fill ing bags with riiuul ami carrying thoin to lint loviio walls. Women insisted tho mon h.y packing hioml ami ooffoo to tho all night toiler. Houses Swept Down Slroain. Knrly loilay several hotituw wore suopl paut ('aim, hni it is lioliovoil llm otKitipantri escaped. Tho seepage has lot mtiitfitlorahlo water into tho it v hut so far a Hood Iiiih hoon avert I'll.' .More than 1200 womoit ami ohihlrou worn hout from tho oitv last night on n upeoial train hut (ho majority of tho woiiioii infused to go, preferring to romain hohiml ami help thoir hus bands save tho oily fioiu ihroalouoil destruction. Tho slimmer Throo Slate relumed horo loilay with $10,000 woilh of livestock piokeil up in tho rivor. Tho Iiwh of wheal ami othor ki'ihiik will run into tho inillioiiH, while all h'imI :oru h lost. Tho iioiulition of llioltiiiau- Ky., in o.rilioal, tho town hohiK flooded with ton fool of walor. Moro than 2,000 poixuirt arc IkmiioIohh thoro. Momplils Tliroaleucd. MKMI'IIIH, Tonn., April Ih-Tlio flood sit nation hoio this aftoiiioou hooanio noiito whon llm ovorflow wil low of tho MiHHiKrtipni put (ho k.ik plant out of lommihsimi, It U now i'ourod Hint llm wilier pumping ntn lioii will ho lloodod mid a now men ni'o ariso hy tha olly'n walor nupply hohiK oouliimiiiuloil hy Iho polluted walors from tho MiHsitiHippi. Iltutilreils of pofhOHH liviu in iho law lyiiifj (liMtrlcl at'o hoinelcsH nml it ih a common hilil io hoo Iiouhoh ami hariiH hoiii wmhIkmI down iho rivor. DE LA DARRA RETURNS TO DETRACTED MEXICO AIKXICO CITY, April il.-ltofusiiu,' iih yot to Htato whothor ho is in Hym pulhy with Iho ioIioIh or iho iphohl orri of tho roglnio of l'roHidont Ma doro, forinor I'rovifiional J'roHtdotil Do La liuu'it in on Ids way to Moxloo todav nftor an oxli'iidod Hojoiirn in Kiiropo, Ilo Ih duo to iinivo In Voni t'rtia tomorrow, RAILROAD TO BLUE LEDGE PROFII PAVER Amount ot Tonnage Ottered hy Minn Would Justify Railroad in Opinion of Engineer Called in hy Committee Named hy Mass Meeting. Excursion to Ditto Ledge District is Planned for Near Future to Allow Citizens to Inspect Mine. 'Hint tin amount of toniiriKO of fered liy Itolxnt H. Townc would Jim tlfy litillilliiK a railroad to tho itlint I.oiIki inliio and return a kooiI profit upon (In luvoHtuieiit Ih tho opinion or Win. (Jorltf. ehlof etiKlnoor of tlm I'aelflc & ICntitern. who w.ih called Into eoiiMiiltallon Wediieioliiy hy tho eltUoim' comuilttoo mimed ai tho miiHH meetliiK .Monday iiIkIiI. Tho roiamltteo In witUfled upon thin point. Auothor point upon which tho com mlttoo Hi'i'1,8 liiforiiiatlou Ih tho avail able oro al tho in I no, and Home well known iiiIiiIiik onKluoor will iirohuhly ho tielected to uiuko a report upon thlH feature. An nutoiuohllo oxi-andon of rltlxoiiH to tho mliio Ih ouo or tho move con templated hy tho I'ommltteo for tho near future, prolmhly next weuk. Hill few .Mint ford eltUuliH have Been tho dlntrlot. and iih ninny havo exprettM-d tho doMlro. tho coiiimlltco will nrrunue the oxourHlon. Work wan renamed Wodnogdny nf ternoou In tho formulntlon of n pro portion to Mr. To wne and tho citizens of .Medford, TWO PRISON SENTENCES UNDER TWO NAMES SKATTI.i:, April U. J. K. llar oourl in under xontonce today of from ton to fit toon years ami O. It. Mly doiio is iiuilor Kontonee of fifteen to twenty your in Iho penitentiary for fnrjtury. Illyhlouo mid llaroonrl nro tho mimes used hy tho hiiiiio individ ual. Ho worked umlor at least a (lo.en aliasiw, it is lioliovod, and ! ouo of the elevorosi criminals on tho count. h lias nerved hoforo ill both Wnlln Wnlln nml Oropin peiiitoutiar ion. His roooiil 'oiiiolions horo fol lowed his nrrest in San FruuoiM,o. His seheuie was Io live in fasliiouiihle hotels ami cash lug cheukd with prominent merohauts. fisherWstoprobe WASINOTON. I). C, April . Thai Secrolury of tho Interior Walter Ii. Kishor will leavo horo within tho uo.Nt fow days for tho I'ncifio ooawt en rouio to Honolulu to investigate tho charges recently preferred nttnuirit Waller Kroar, ovonior of Hawaii, hy Delegate ICalanlnuaolc, is minoimceil horo today. Tho charges woro filed in Docem her, 11)11, when Kahimiiautiolo ul IcgoK that (lovoruor Froar was not in touch with tho people of Hawaii and Unit w sympathies woro with tho rtiimir (rust ami other special iutor EVERY BODY'S DOIN' IT! Doing what? Registering so as io vote at tho primaries April 19. Any juatico of tho peaeo, any notary public or any deputy county dork can rogistor you. You can rogistor in Hertford at. Postal Tolograph ol'fioo, or at Mail Tribunes office. Do It at Onco It's Important. JAP COLONY fill! MX NY Rl President Madero Emphatically De nies That Any"irranoemcnts Have Been Made for Securing Coaling Station at Magdalcna Bay. Coast Congressmen Indignant Over Alleged Plot to Secure Military Base Attempt is Unjustifiable. NKW YORK, April :i.-lu a tele gram to the United I'rens lod.iy Pre sident Francisco I. Madero of Mex ico emphatically donioK that .Inp.'ii has made any arraiiger.ieiitH with hf count rv wherehy n .In pa nose colony is to ho formed in Iho ioinitv o' Magilaleim Hay. The telegram ws- "Tlic report is eompletyly ineorrect. Mv govcriiiaenl has made no Mich ar rangement with Japan." WASIIINTITON, April l.-Cou-grc-nian Siilzcr, chainann of the committee on foreign affairs -aid of the Magdalcna Hay u-ports- ''I have hoard that tho Japanese are seekini: a naval Iiiiko in Mexico ami n Uo tho story that thoy aio inaHHiiiir veterans in Hawaii. I "an slato that such rcMirls are ali-olutoly Iniseli'ss. Mexico and AineriiM could ami would prevent such a forrian in vaston.1 ti WASHINflTOK. D. C, April f.. -Discussing Iho resolution of Scnnto Lodge which asks President Taft to at onco make public details of an al leged plat by Japan to scour a mili tary base at Mngdnleun Hay, Con gressman N'eedham of California to day said in an interview with the United Press: ''There is absolutely no .justifica tion for an attempt by Japan to get a ceal'iin: station in North America. If Japan trios to get a foothold here in time of peace, the United Stales should investigate. In the even of ultimate American intervention in Mexico, possibly Japan might join endeavoring to got in Magdalcna Hay and seeking a clash with the United Stales wo would find a big job on our hands if we attempted to straigh ten nut the international affairs of Mexico." ARMY TENTS RUSHED TO DELUGED TOWN WASHINGTON', D. C, April 3. President Taft today ordered 300 army tentH rushed to Now Madrid, Mo., tho town which was submerged yeiiterdny In tho Mississippi rivor floods which still continue to threat en that section, Tho Hod Cross so ciety will probably forward money for tho aid of tho suffering fiom their headquarters hero. FOURTEEN POUNDS LOST IN FIRST WEEKS FAST SKATTLK, April a. Dr. Linda Hurfiold Hiizzard, ilust 'exactly 34 pounds in the first week of her fast, Her weight was tnkon officially hy Thomas Q. MiioPonuld, physical dir ector of tho Seattle Athletio club. She looks thin ami pale, but feels exceptionally well mid cheerful. SUICIDE ADDS TRAGIC Str.s My3, a c30ffiaxsou)luu Society lu Walilnton wa.i shocked when PhUlp S. Hlchbora killed him-M-f at the home of M sUter, Mrs. Martha Illcbborn PearsalL It added a inivle clmiitvr to the caudal which startled Washington last year, when Mrs. iti.lilM.ru e!oped with Horace Wylle. chlrf loimtructor IMne United States navy. Mrs. Ulchborn la now abroad. ilillFlsia Tfjfjjb" CONliE STRIKE. , 12,864 PLURftLITY ,5 LON'OOK April 3 Hy a majority of :i2,r10, members of tho Miners' federation have voted to continue the strike in the HrltUh oonl collieries which already lias resulted in untold suffering to tmndreus of thousands of persons as well as crippling othor im portant Industrie. Tho counting of the referendum vote as to whether tho men should accept the minimum wage bill otided at C p. m. today. Tho vote stood- Against resuming work, 1S9. 623; for resuming work, 157,107. Despite the outcome of tho ballot ing, officials of tho federation ure seriously considering ordoriug the men to return to tho mines. FIFTY AMERICANS jWASII.NMC.TON' n. C, April 3. Congressman John J. Ksch ot Wis consin Is today urttiiiR tho state de partment to Investigate, tho reported eapturo and detention of Harry Con Ulin and 50 other Americans at the liluvla Do Oro inlno near Cholax, Chihuahua. Ambassador Wilson has been ordered to proho tho nlloKed ar rests, It Is reported that Conklln and his. companions aro being hold as host okos against posslbln Intervention in tho present Moxlnm situation on the part of tho United States government. A. soareh for the alleged prisoners la to bo started todm. A1NDS0K ARRIVES AT SIDNEY, AUSTRALIA SYDNEY, N. S. V April a. Pap tujn Honhl Amundsen, tho NorwcRinn sen oaptain and disoovoror of the South I'olo nrriu'd hc.ro today on rouio after neeompUshiiijr his mihsion in tho nut-Arotie xeus, llo was ivpu a groat ovatioii here. i n MEXICANS HOLD CHAPTER TO FCANDAL. M - I Mr. UJchborn was a son of the late , MILWAl'KEK, Wi., Annl 3.- Complete and corrected returns from Tiio-day'-. municipal election .-lioweil today that Dr. G. A. lbtdin.a:, non partisan candidate for mayor, Iia- defeated Kmil Soidel, the socialist in cumbent, by a plurality of 12,SGt and a majority over all of 11,80'J. The election Mvept the oeinliMs from control of the city government, 26 non-piirtisim aldennen being: elected, while only 11 socialist aldermen won out. The non-partisan candidates for treasurer and comptroller nUo were elected. The socialist forces nio undaunted by the defeat, and are predicting vic tory at tho next eleotiou. In discuss ing the results today. Congressman Victor Merger, the only member of the socialist party ever elected to congress suid: "This temporary reverse will serve to spur the socialists on io greater exertions. Henceforth our campaign will be one of education, bringing tho working class to the realization that socialism is the only wav out of a downtrodden condition." COASfTlcOAST AVIATOR IS KILLED? LONG HMAl'U, Cal., April It. flalbraith 1 Rodger, tho first avi ator to fly from tho Atlantic to the l'acitic, fell 100 feet from an aero piano into tho ocean horo late today. Ho is said to have been fatally in jured, His unconscious body wa rescued by a row boat which put otf from a l'iuo iivenuo pier. TACOMA, Wit., April .'1. With less than 1(1,000 votes cast out of a regis tration of over 22,000, the figures In yesterday's election show ono social ist, A. li. Harth and nil tho present commissioners nominated. Tho final election will he held April 1(1. For long term commissioners tho unofficial count stands: Comrnis sionor I'ettit G.U07; A. V, .Mills, 7,05!); Commissioner Woods 7,740; A. H. ItartH 4,41li. For short term commissiener: Commissioner Qronen 5,(140; Nicho las Lawsuit .rocalled ono year ago) 0,004, u M WH MXC EEM LIKELY American is Arrested and Hustled Away Consul Intercedes But Without Result State Department Takes Hand Execution Feared. Fighting Between Rebel and Federal Forces for Possession of Parr.il Continues. KI. PASO, Texas, Apr'l 3. Com plications with Mexico aro threat ened today hy the arrest in Juarez three days ago of Powell Roberts, an EI Paso citizen and former policeman. Roberts Is held Incommunicado, The charges against Roberts were preferred hy Jenarlo Ccnlceros, sec retary to Colonel Ponce, Jefe d'nrmas of Juarez, who alleges that Roberts stole J.'iOO while searching his home for arms. After being held for two das, Roberts managed to smuggle out a note. When this note reached KI Paso. Mayor Kelly, Chief or Po lice Davis and Sheriff 'Edwards for n ally demanded that Roberts he re leased. Colonel Ponco refused. United States Consul Edwards in terceded for tho prisoner, but his ef forts were unavailing. Edwards to- '.uy telegraphed the facts in the case to the state dgparimcntJLiY.asbtlS:J ton and to Governor Colquitt of Texas, asking for immediate action A report from Juarez today said that rebel troops carried Roberts to Ciudad Chihuahua last night. Friends of the prisoner here fear that ho may be executed, and at their request Mayor Kelly and other prominent residents of El Paso today tele graphed to General Orozco. comman der in chief of the rebel forces, de manding that Roberts be released. Fighting between tho rebel and federal forces for possession of Par tial continues today. Reinforcements wero sent from Juarez today to assist General Campa, who is attempting to drive General Francisco Villa and his fedorals from the city. JJ. AT SAX DIEGO, Cal., April 3. There are a number of soro heads in San Diego todny as the result of n fierce clash between the police, citizens nml L W. W.'s, on a prominent street last night. According to the authorities, the trouble was started by tho 1. W. W who saw Policeman l.angford pass ing in citizen's clothes. Thoy nro alleged to have attacked Lang ford, who backed up against a wall and do- feuded himself with his fists, having no club, Kour murines from tho crui ser Maryland camo to his reseuo and were fighting sido by sido witli the policeman when tho police reserves arrived. Jumping into the mobs, thev used clubs right and left, driving the big crowd for a block. Chief Wilson declared today that his men had been too lenient with the I. W. W.'s. "If thev are looking for trouble they will get it," WiNou declared. WINTER TO WINTER IS SLOGAN FOR EAIR SAN FRANCISCO, April a "Win- tor to winter" will ho tho slogan of tho Pnnama Pacific exposition, no- cording to announcement mndo today by (ho fair directors, that tho exposi tion will open baturday, February 'JO, 1015, and close Saturday, December 4, 11115. rl.l. ,..o...,o .. f .11 ...,..! v Xltin lllvtMIC. , 4 WU Ul 'U HVVftn ... tho 1015 show a record for world's fairs Us far as timo is concerned. CLUBBING SAN 0 LA FOllEITE LEADS I TO 1 IN WISCONSIN Little Bob Eeasily Defeats Taft and Secures Entire Delegation From Badgr States Woodrow Wilson 22 Delegates to Clark's 4 Delegates Favorite Son is Second in Race Now and Leaves to Conduct Campaign in Pacific Coast States. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April ?. With Senator Robert M. Ln FolWto lending President Taft by two voles to one in nil Wisconsin republican presidential primaries, nad in soma districts four to one, and with Gov ernor Woodrow Wilson of New Jer sey having won 22 out of 20 of the delegates over his democratic oppon ent, Speaker Champ Clark, udvocale of the "people's power" movcmfliit here todny see' nothing bur success abend for the progressives ill t'ie coming campaign. Incomplete returns at noon today indicated that Senator La, Fnlietto would have n solid delegation from the stnte, while Woodrow Wilson wilt have 22 of the 20 delegates from Wisconsin, nnd Cbnmp Clark two "eaTm 'froirilhe scemfinind ninth dis tricts. The counting of the ballots for tie presidential delegates is delayed bv the socialist tickets in many of lt.o important counties of tho state. Second in the Itnce. "This makes me second in the race," is what Lu Follette is quoted ns saying in n message from Wash ington when the result of the election became known there. "I have receiv ed n message from my law partner saying that I carried the stnto bv about four votes to one, nnd that n 'centain candidate' was not in lh5 race at all. Tho vote did not sur prise me, but the ratio did. The vic tory is all tho more gratifying be cause I have not made a speech in Wisconsin for four years. "The Wisconsin delegation will bring mv totnl up to 30. Wittch things from now on." Senator La Follctto will leavo Washington for the west this nftcr noon. He is due in Chicago tomor row and will go from thoro to Ne braska for a five day's tour of thar state. Returns from iho rurnl districts aro coming slowly, and it is doubtful if the entire vote will bo counted be fore tomorrow. lUgger Plurality Than Kver. State Senator Blaine, leader of tho La Follette forces horo said teday: "Reports from every district indi cate that Senator Lu Follette has carried tho state by a larger plurality than ever before. Some of tho dis tricts voted four to one in his favor. Consideriuir the fact that thoro was no aolivo speaking in Wisconsin in his behalf, and that tho entire cam paign cost was about $1,00 the re sults are significant." I OF GAHDiDATES WASHINGTON, April 3. Stuto- meuts yesterday from the political huronii of President Taft declare that tho president has 274 delegates pledged for tho national repuhlionji convention in Chicago against 30 for Koosovolt and ten lor Ln toilette. With the delegates from Wisconsin pledged to Lu Follette as a result of the primaries yesterday, tho Wiscoit sm honutor thus passes Roosovclt and jumps into second place in thy race. Tho Roosevelt bureau is claiming 02 delegates for tho colonel to dst", and states that ho will control W-l other delegates already ckotf. VA MS