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"Y'Wttdg $" nitv " Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER 1 1'n I r. flight front. MV. .15, Mlu. la. wr. SECOND EDITION Pnrty.m'noiid Yciir Dully Hi-vinlli Vciir MEDFORD, OltKCION, .KM DAY, APRIL 2(1, 1912. No. 30. E L TV0 WAIFS OF THE SEA BEING CARED FOR mms. KILLS MOTHER TO GIVE UP TRIP (trflflftfl HtttwfW I 4 N N TRANSPORT SENT REFUSED IW: iUTARY RITES GRANT'S BURIAL R Y - . ' t M IAN M AN OS r A Engineer Alumni t'lillfoiiiliin Tell of Seeing ItnrkclM Fioni Wrecked Ve-eml Milr ,uy Willi li Were I'nlil No Attention to. Hi'IiiIIn Concerning )MitNir Hi-ought Oui by OucM lotting Member of Flint Night Heating In Progrrte.. WASHINGTON, Apt II 20. Sworn tOHlliunuy going far to show thai not a simile llfo need havo been lout vvIiimi tlm Titanic went down hud not a pawning llimr Ignored the dhireHH tdguulH and rocketM of t (in dying liner, wuh given today bofoio the United Htntim Hi'inito Investigating coitiiiillleo which In pinhlug Ihu grunt ia honor. Tn m'iiiiion, ono from t ho Titanic mid one fiotn the Loyhuul liner C'ull fornlaii, told tlm Hlory. They it greet' nhnoliitly that u gicitt tdilp punned tlm crippled Titanic at a Hum when moumutH mount llten and that thi i tickets went up hy tlm grout lili wont nbolutoly unheeded thoiii;h tint othnr vt'HMi'l wan a ncanl ikoiu of mllim away or lens, Enmnl (Mil. a doiikoyuinn aboard tint Cullfoiiiluu, mwoiu thai from ItH dock ho plainly huw tho Tilnnli' loekeln and declared thai tho wholo how commented on tho fuel tlm l tlm California ii 'm wIioIonh operator wuh allowed to Hlcep when ll wiih plain n tunnel wiih In dlittrcH wik near. Ttwllitioiiy Co rro bo ruled. GUI' leMlinony wuh gltou strength hy ovliloiiru given bofoio Hcnntor Flettimr hy John Holey, v woimioii nutvltur of lint Titanic Utiley tie clnrod: ' "A hIiIi wan neiir when tlm Titanic Mruek and punned hy iih. Wo thought ll wiih coming to tin. If It hnd done ho wo idiould all havo been saved Tint owud. whlrh wiih onl at out tlir.tn iiiIIuh iittuv, hnd a I hur lightM burning. It rotilinT linv.t helped HO'inw vtir roekotn. In fa t, tlm hhip wim rlonit enough to nee tlm lltitnle hi'iMdf. I tmw httr from tint Tltnnlc'H di'i'k. Wo told tlm piiHxi'UKnrH lhiroH a Htranirr coiiiIiik to our an Hlntanrn.' I think that'n whnt kopl tlmin iul't. Hunt It Wit Itonl. "Tlm vuitHitl ennm how, thtMi Htoit prd and rciuulni'tl utatlonary for threw IfifiirH offTTilr port ldn. Whim no Kil In thu huittH wo ittartod for Imr, hut film went hy iih. Puxltlvuly ll wiih a hont. It intiMt hnvo hoon. It wuh too low for n Htar. Wo thotiKhl ll UIIH (.'OlllllIK to K't IIH." iiuli'V h Htury wiih partially cor- rohoratiil hy OeoiK" llowo, (niartiT maHtr of thu Titanic, and Frank Unman, a m'timon, who toHtlflod he- (Continued on Vmgt 1 lMe 1b opens T i.ort A-N(ii:i.ica. cai . April a - (Jreeteil hy Hcnieti of rrlcudn and Hup portuiH, Collator Itohorl M l.a I'ul lotto arrhed horu today to hoKln a four iIiih' cainpalKii of miulhoru Call, forutii. Mo will foruuilly open tlm I, on AiiKoh'H latupalKii lonklit, wlmn lie aildroHHi'H a uiuhh nioetlnt; al Tein ilo niidltorluiu. Thai Im ImllnvoH that tin haliuii'o of power which hit hopen to control will hwIiik thu convention of repuh llciiiiH u( Chicago and IiiIiik him tlm pioHldentlal nomination wuh Inill catitd hy I .a Kollette upon IiIh arrival here. Ilu ileclated thai If he enrrlcn California ho will no Into tlm con vention wllh more than 100 iletcKiiteit and will ho ahlo to prevent the nninl. nation or either Tuft or ItooHovolt. l.a Kolletto Ih iiccompanled hy Mm, l.a I'olletto and Walter Hoiihot, Ii la natloiial cainpalKii inauiiKer. uses SIeTencil TO COMMIT SUICIDE OAKLAND. Cal., April 2(1. Driv ing an Indelllhlo pencil completely Into IiIh nhilomeii In an attempt ut iiiilcldo, Ulilcli CIiihk', under arreHl on a liurKlary ehaiT.u. wan found to day wrlthliiK on the floor of IiIh cell In Dm Oakland Jail. CIiikk had patiently hored away with tho Hhurp point of tho pencil until ho hud mudu an IiicIhIoii In IiIh iitoiui".)li mid then had fallen to tho floor upon the pencil, driving It In, I lo endured ho pain nil night hut IiIh mdf control i;avo way today and IiIh KioaiiH nttractud hhi Jailor, lie prohuhly will die. IS SUNK BY TURKS CONHTANTINOIM.U, April 215. A wreck winthod UHhoro at tho ou trauco to the DarduuelloH Iiiih catiuud tlm belief ho re that tho Italian unit hoi VuroHo wuh ho badly dnnuiKod that It hiuiIc followlim tho rocent hoinbiinlnioitt of Turkltsh forty ly tho Itulluu fleut, :;niiiHERN TALI Fulled HliiU'H Ami)' Tiimhmiii . foul Otdcted to Relief of Allied i huh I 'ill Off From ('(HiitiitiiilriitliMi With OuiMde World. CinlM'r .Mai) laud ami Torpedo limit Ih'Mrojcr A No 1 1 ended for Went Mrxluiii Coast. WAHIIINd'IO.V, April 2(5. Tlm Culled Htiiloit army .traiiHport lluford wan ordered today to leave Han Kra'n cIhco Holiday for tlm wenl coiihI of Mexico to tali" alumni AmerlcatiH re polled to lie cut off from commuulcn (Ion with the oulidde world and who ant Kiild to he at thu mercy of Mexi can rehiilit, SAN I'KDItO, Ciil., April 2il. The ciulMcr Maryland and tho torpedo hunt dcMrojer Whipple cleared Hnu Pedro nliortly hefor noon and head ed for Hun l)l;o. The Maryland Ih known to he heavily provlilonud and coaled, ll wuh rumored hero that her offlrern expected orderH to pro ceed to the wont Mexican count. HAN MIANCIHCO, Oil., April 2fi. - I'reparltiK for her trip down the went (oiihI of Mexico, tlm army traiiH port lluford Ih InkluK on roal here today from lmrr.cH In mld-Htreiim, The con 1 1 iik will continue tonight with douhle crewH and tomorrow after Mm KoeB on tho drydock. II Ih expected nlie will come out of the drydock Hut urday nlKht and have the compiihueH adjiiHted prevloiiH to Milling. The lluford Iiiih heeu out of coiiimlKnlon Hluce hIio returned from China a Jear aKo after nervliiK uh a lied Croon nhlp there. Tiii:oi)oiti: itoos:vi:ir IIKCOMICS A Mdll.MO.V I'AHADI'.NA. Cal , April 2t! - Theodore ItooNOvelt, a prlre ostrich at the CuwhIom larni. near here, Ih the only lilgumlHt of IiIh race over known. Ilu hud a perfectly Kood wife hut when the miitlui; time arrived thl cur Hhowod nmoroiiH hIkiih nud wuh allowed to K" luto thu mutliiK pen and mtlcct another. The mate of many yonro accepted thu rival wlih oui jirotctt. aviatok axi woman .IV ACItOSS CMANNKIi DOVKIt, KiikIiiiiiI, April 'JO.-Aviator llammel with MIhh DuvIch iih a ptiHHCUKcr, iiHcended from llardelot, I'rance, today, rroHxed tho KiikIIhIi Channel and continued toward Lon don. ILL TERMINAL Medfoid Ih again mi tho lllll routo iih teriuluul of the proponed Oregon Trunk exteiiHlou to connect with tho Pacific &. KiiHterii, uccordliiK to iiiuph mid data prcnciitod In an elaborately iiiiiHiraieii pampnmi on uregon ami WaHlilugtoii JiiHt iHHiied hy tho lllll H.VHtou, l-'or Home moutliH mupK Ih- uiuil IiiiVA iilillff.til tin. tirmwmefl entt. itectlon from llend to llutte Falla, In- (iicnung me noaiiiioumeui oi me project, and ItH reliiHtatoinent aiigura Intention of npeedy coiihtructlon. Tho booklet Ih one or tho bent iiIccch of Immigration llteraturo yet mi Ill tuli til mill euleliluteil til iln Ilu ivni'l; effertlvek" In ultliii-lliiL' liiiinn. M'ekerH, There are 50 pukoh, all til Iniingly llliiHtrated with weatern hccuch, and an up-to-date map or OroL'on ami WaHhluutoii. On page ill Ih a compreheiiHlvo do Hcrlptlou of the llogue river valley and ItH produetlvcucHH, llliiHtrated with a view or a young pear orchard. TITANIC VICTIMS SEEN N1!W YOHK, April 2t5, -orricora of tho liner Pi'Iuhchs I roue roportod hero today that while, ruturnlug from ICuropo their wlrelesn operator caught it inoHHngo from an iiiikuown nhlp Htatlug that a dozen hodlea had heuu tdghted huddled together on tho buna of uu Iceberg. Thin IndlcutoH that miino or tho Tltanle'H vlctlma crawled on an Iceberg where they frozo to death. TEDDY AND TAFT EMI HT, I.OUIH, Mo., April ISO. At tho UooHuvelt-coiil rolled Htuto republi can convention hero today 1 1 dele gated were liiHtructod roe Colonel UoohovoU, 8 ror Proalilont Tuft. Ten dolegatuH will ho contorted utul four woro uneliDKon, MEDFORD Al .NilH. .Maigileilte llehtlie, Pi opilelren or ! Hlmp, Itlddled With llulletN llecatiMt Hhe Itefnneil .ogger Pit. iiiIsmIoii lo Weil llaiigliler. Woman Hluppisl Niiitor nud Hcuieil lltitcliet- Knife, Anm'Mh Mini Who .oiiiliiltled the Crime. PORTLAND, Or,, April 20. Mnt. marguerite llolalre, projirletrcHH of u deliiK and cleaning cHtiihllHhinuut here, wuh hIioI and blatantly killed In hur nliop today hy lou Whltloik, a logger. Tlm Mhootlng followed a ijuarrcl reiiultlng from Mrn. Ikiltalre' refiiKiil to allow Whltlock to marry hur rirteen-year-old daughter, Whltlock rired five hIioIh at licl lalre, rhldllng her body, lie wuh ar reHted nliortly after thu killing In tho Htreet nearby. Taken to the police Ktutlou Whlt lock admitted tho hhootlng. The po lice nay ho told them he arrived In Portland today rroiu n logging camp In Washington, where ho had heeu working ror hoiiio time. He bought a revolver nud went to Mr Mel lalre'n cHtuhllHlimeut. After talking wiih tho woman a few inliiuteH re garding bin wliih to marry her daugh ter, he Hiiyn they ijuarreled and nhe Hlapped him. Whltlock iiHaerlK after whipping him Hhe ran to a rear room, obtained a butcher knife and went toward him. Ilu xuh ho then began firing. WANTKI) gCAUTKIt MILLION . HUT .M'ltV ;.VK HIM 1,750 HAN KItANCIBCO. Cal.. April 20. HiiIiik for $245,750, the InrgcHt attorney'H reo ever asked In u Cali fornia court. A. A. Von llovenberg Ih today obliged to content himself with $4,750. Tho reo wuh for legnl HervlroH rendered Mrn. Mario L. Cone In connection with her famoiiK $1, 000, 0UO ranch In Oleen county. Tho Jury decided that Von Hovenberg'a KervlccK hud been amply rewnrduct In the $1,750 which Mm. Couo had already paid him. TAIT TO HKTUIt.V TO IIAV STATIC MONDAV lHlOCKTON. Miibh., April 20. Chairman Kolth or the city repuhlK can committee, announced this after noon that ho had arranged ror Presi dent Tatt to return here Monday nignt ror the final Hjieech of IiIh Mas HitchuHctttt campaign. HAN DlKtlO, Cal.. April 20.- That iiitoncullou In Mexico by the I'nlted Ktntert Ih expected In a nhort time to day Ih the unanimous opinion of tho officers and men of tho Fifth nnd Klghth companion, count nrt.llory corpH, following ordcrn from Adju tant (lonorii! K. A. Fotben, C. N o., lo recruit all cnmpuulcH having Icsh than Hovouty men to that .strength. The orderH from Siicrameuto Indl cato that Horvlco nlon;( tho border or acrosH the line Ih ovpected nt any moment. Kvory lmio"'"i'- detail wiih coveied In the onhMh Mounted ofricoiH wero limtructed to git op tloiiB on uiouutH, an well aa on pack aulmalu and wiioiih. 1-veiv member lu ordered to puck his ileld uniform In mothballs and to ha'o theno stored In packing Iioxch. No married mei are to ho recruited, OLCOTT APPRECIATES KALUM. April 25, 10 12. To tho Kdller: Tlm primary election In a thing or tho past, and I wIhIi to thank you ror tho able UHHltUaneo you gave mo In lauding tho nomination, ami to exprosH through your columns my appreciation of tho support glvun me hy Jackson county. It wu a hard fight, and oucccsa would hardly havo been possible without tho npleudhl support given mo In all partB or tho state by loyal friends whoso confidence mid ostcom 1 hone to continue to merit and on- Joy. Jackson county was rortnlnly there with tho goods and 1 tako off my hat to you all. Assuring you of my oaruost appre ciation and with kind regards and boHt wishes, l lonialn very sincerely yours, HUN W. OLCOTT, Hecrotary ot Stao, TUCSON, ArU April 20. Mexi can federal troopH have scored u de cisive vletory over tho rohol forc.ua at Topic, accoidlng to dispatches ro colvod hero today, Many rohola nro roported to havo boon killed nud tho list of wounded Includes tho rebel tfonornlB Monties mui Ouonoro, IEHI0N IN MEXICO SOON I rt VH.KH.cnvH. vAtrs or the WalfK of tho ca- too joung to tell their namea and with even their nntli utility unknown lo Mic- geueroiiK friends they Imvo found in n new world two i hubby fai .d rurly haired hnn rt-mupil from the Titanic are now being cared ror In . w York. The little KHows were picked up In ono of thu llfehoutH by h" Curpathla. HILLMAN'S WE 'STEAMER M IDENTIFIES Him US i DOCK; SINKS SIP FORMER CONVICT SEAnLE HARBOR TACOMA, Wn., April JO -The. elimination of tho mustiulie or C. I) . ' llillmau caused him to be Identified at McNeil's iHlnnd as nn ox-convict, IiIh picture appearing In tho rofjuo'j gallery of San FranclM-o n No. 11.- Ho wuh nriehtuffnftro In Ifftfj; rorl' defraud lug Oregon fannerH. He or dered great o.uantltIes of produce and t tailed to pay ror it when nn attor ney went to Hillman's place he found crepe on tho front door, hut In the rear lllllman was selling produce .U cut rates iih fast as nossihlo. The riro destro.vcd tho rerords. all but the pictures llillmau made no denial or his identity, it is sold TOP LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 20 -Tho cruiser Mao land nnd the de al royer Whipple. I.Iiik nt San Pedro, will clear tonight hir Sun Diego un der sealed orders Tho Impression prevails hero that tho warship's tiip Is In connection ulth tho threatened difficulties along the Mexican border. Damage to the .Marylnnd'H hull b a diimm torpedo fired hy the sub marine Grampus wan repaired last night and the ship made ready for sea. The submarines Grampus and Plko, comeyod hy tho tender For tune, left for San Diego at midnight. TO SEATTLE, Wn, April 20. - As u hibt attempt to block tho preferential primary election In King count to morrow, tho Tatt and Harmon clubs, It Is rumored, will Book uu Injunc tion in too superior court tomorrow morning; to prevent County Auditor Cuso from loaning tho election offi cials the tiso or tho county ballot boxes. Somo or the Glark democrats nro also favoring this move. The Hoosevolt, La Folletto, nud Wilson forcos, however, say that tho are prepared for this emergency. H HHIT PKOCLAM.VHO.V. Saturday, May 11, 1012, is 4 f hereby designated oh cleaning f - up day In tho city of Medford. 4 All good ellireiiH nro hereby -f 4- requested and urged to bet 4 4 asldo this day to tho -work of -f 4- cleaning up their premises f f and tho allos adjacent there- -f f to so us to render tho siuno -f f- not only sanitary but Hlghtly. Tho city of MetUord will fur- 4 f ulsli the means of carrying 4 4 away all rubbish utul garbngo 4 4 which may bo lort nt tlm 4 4 street curb. 4 4 Done ut Medford this 20th 4 4 day of April, 113. W, 11. CANON, 4 4 Mayor. 4 X t t 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 f sea ncscuEornoM THfi SEATTLE, Wn.. April 20. Cole man dock, the largest in Seattle, Is today practically cut in two and lit tered with a masH of wreckage as the result of the Pacific Coast Steamship company's, steel steamer Alameda cms"nliiK Into it at" full spod-latoUast night. Only good fortune averted serious loss of life, according to some of the persons who wero on the dock nt the time. The steamboat Telegraph, which lay in the north slip of tho pier, sank within fifteen minutes after tho Ala meda tore a terrific hole In her wood eu hull. Tho engineer. It appears, misun derstood the slgual to "slow speed astern" for "full sped ahead." About 20 passengers waiting n the dock scurried to safety, while others leaped Into tho hay. The Tel egraph was valued at $00,000 and tho damage to dock nud Alameda at SSO.OOO. HUMPHREY TRIAL COUVALL1S, Or. April --Rap id headway was made today In the trial of George and Charles Hum phrey, brothers, churgod with the murder last Juno of Mrs. Eliza Grir- f it li ut her home none Philomath. Six wltnushos ror the htuto wore on the stand during tho forenoon. Ono of these, Mrs. Nancy Franklin, testified that Mrs. Griffith feared George Humphrey might do her harm. Several other witnesses, neighbors of the murdered woman, told of the missing of tho deceased nnd tho aroused neighborhood. It was testified that the Humphreys, although near neighbors ot Mrs Griffith, professed ignoranco of her disappearance and this aroused com ment. J. L. Heukle, a neighbor, testified regarding tho search for tho body and how ho found It In 11 mlllpond n third of a nillo from Mrs. Griffith's home, where it is alleged tho Hum phrojs dropped It utter brutally at tacking tho woman and killing hor, Tho two dofeudauta today main tained their attitude or stolid Indif ference, FEATURE OP MARKET NEW YOUK, April 20. Today'd opening stock markot had tho an thracite coal stocks us tho feature of tlm early trading. Lehigh Valley gained i point and Heading was up fi-S. Missouri Pacific, Canadian Pa cific, Utah Copper and American Can wero strong and thoro wore fow fruc tlonal declines. Later Heading ex tended its guln to moro than two points. United States Stool and Amalgamated Copper woro In de mand at hlghor prices utid Amoiiean Sugar and Anieiican Locomotive woro up from a point to two points. Tho market closed strong. ANTHRACITE 'Jo Firing of Kolemn Salute Km-o)!-el hy T'oop nii.I (Iniml Army Vet eruti, Itody or I-r tr Coiiiiii.imler of Army Ijild to ilest at We -it Point. Service Attvniled hy Prfxhlpiit Tuft, Vice Prcildenl Hheriunii and High Officer of (lie Army ami Navy. NEW YOIIK, April 20. To tho firing of solemn HiilutoH, escorted hy troops of the united .States itrrny and veterans of tho Grand Army of tho Republic, with whom IiIh father fought, the body of General Fred erick Dent Grant, late commander of the eastcru division of tho army and non of the Into President Ulysses 8. Grunt, with full military rlten, was hurled todnr In the cchieterv nn tho I west Point military reservation. Services were held in the chapel of St. Cornelius Centurion, on Cover nor'H Is'and, with Chaplain Edmund Smith In charge, assisted hy Bishop Fallows. President Taft, Vice Presi dent Sherman, Major General Leon ard Wood, Chief of Staff U. S. A and other high officers of tho army attended the services. From S o'clock until the body was placed aboard a steamer en route to West Point, the buttery at Fort Jay fired a salute or guns. Uehind the caisson marched a trooper lending General Grant's horse, fully equipped, with the gen e nil's hoots and spurs, reversed In tho stirrups. (.'HACK LINKK VALE COLLIDES WITH SCOW SAN FItANCISCO. Cal.. April 20. -The crack liner Yalo collided with a drifting scow schooner on the bay today as she was entering port on her regular run from Los Angeles. No damage was done but the Jolt was sufficient to cause a stir among the passengers. ItELEASE ON HAIL IS DENIED CAPTAIN CONHOV SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 26, Superior Judge Sargent denied to day the motion for the admission to ball of former Police Captain Michael J. Conboy, sentenced to three years in San Quentln for tho murder ot Bernard Lagan, pending the outcome of nn appeal taken from tho Jury's verdict. TAFT RESTING NEW YORK. April 20. President Tuft arrived hero today for a brie? respite from political campaigning aftcsr his Massachusetts tour. Ho had a quiet breakfast at tho home of bis brother, Henry W. Taft. The president attended the funeral today of Geueral Frederick Grant, lato commander ot the eastern divis ion of tho United States army, on Governor's Island, and delivered tho principal eulogy. Tonight tho president will address a rally at Newark, N. J., whero ho probably will attack Colonel Roose velt again. Ho will spend the night In Nownrk. Tomorrow President Taft will speud a good portion ot tho day on 'tho links of tho Nowurk Country club, after which ho will speak at Trenton nt 4 o'clbck. Tho president wilt speak In Phila delphia Saturday evening. VENICE, Cal., April 20. To Miss Margaret Thompson's aquatic, and pugilistic ability, A. J, Fuuvero, son of a millionaire mining man of Phoenix, Ariz., toduy owes his llfo. Miss Thompson wus tho only per son within haling distance whou Fuu- voro, ttvorpowurod by strong tldo, cried for help. Sho swnm to his aid and whou ho uttomptod to soizo hor about tho neck, delivered a stiff right to his head that mado him tractable. Tho girl kopt Fauvoro aflout until tho uroguards arrived. ADRIFT IN OCEAN TORONTO. Out.. April 20. W'lro less reports received nt tho Sable Island station today stato that tho Canadian cable ship Mlnla, sont to tho aid of tho "coffin" ship Muvkay Uouuett, which Is scouring the sea for tho remains of tho victims of tho Titanic disaster, has recovorod tho body of Ghurles M. I lays, presldont of tho Grand Trunk railroad, m MAN Tvro Day of Troublo Following 1) nmiid of Stoker for Mom Lifeboat Protection Emit lit Abandonment, of Voyage. I'irty Deck Hnudi Hcfmc to Werl: With Non-Union Men nud Are .ll retlc,il for Mutiny. PORTSMOUTH, Englnnd, April 20. Two days of troublo, following the demands of stokers on bonrd tho White Star liner Olympic for moro lifeboat protection resulted today In abandonment of tho big liner's trip across tho Atlantic ror Now York after fifty deck hands had Joined the walkout, refusing to work with non union stokers. The ill-fated Titanlc's slater ship finally succeeded today In filling her hold with non-union stokers and pre pared to start. Sha steamed as far as tho Isle ot Wight, where, off Hyde, tho fifty deck hands struck, declaring they would not work with the non-union men In the hold. Tho strikers boarded a tug nnd left tho ship. 1 Tho White Star officials nppcalcd to the Portsmouth police, who arrest ed tho strikers on a chnrgo of mutiny. Tho Olympic was then orderod back to Southampton to discharge her pas sengers, abandoning tho trip. Tho passengers wero transferred to other vessels. Tho Olympic will bo held indefinitely until a crew Is se cured. ATAXIC IXOUHIY TO ItE FINISHED IN AVEEIv WASHINGTON, April 20. Under tho new plan of apportioning the wit nesses among tho several senators comprising tho sub-commltteo which is Investigating tho Titanic disaster, it was announced today that tho in quiry probably will bo concluded next week. DAREDEVIL HUSH LOSES HIS LIFE FOR CHILDREN ' NEW YORK, April 20. "Dare devil" Rush, chief of tho flro depart ment' and famous for years as Chtef Crokcr's reckless driver. Is dead here today as a result of a fractured Bkull. Ho gave his life to savo those of a group of school children who got in bis path when his horses ran away. DOSTON. April 26. Declaring that Rev. C. T. V. Richcson, pastor, until tho tlmo ot his disgrace, of a fashionable Cambridge church, wa iusano when ho kilted his 19-year-old sweetheart, Avis Llnncll, by cyanide poisoning last fall, Attorneys Lee, Morso and Dunbar toduy appealed to Governor Foss for clemoncy In tho minister's behalf. They urge that punishment bo commuted to llfo Im prisonment. Meanwhile Richcson cowers In his coll a physical and nervous wreck, awaiting his fate. Ho Is under sen tence to dlo during tho week begin ning May li). 26,570 WOMEN TO VOTE IN BAY CITY SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. Tho total number of women registered In Sun Francisco Is 20,570, according to tho registrar's report on filo today hoforo tho election commission, Tho rgport shows that tho women woro backward at first, only 3 11 register ing during tho last two months of 1011, following tho enactment of tho California Equal Suffrage law, EBY LONDON, April 20. A now bchemo to boost tho woman suffrage movemout Is being planned here to day hy Mrs. Cecil Cbupniau, presi dent of tho Now Constitutional Soci ety for Woman Suffrage. Circulars uro being spread broadcast through out tho country Inviting women to sign tho following pledge; "Feeling that wo aro culled iipan to intiko somo sacrifice n tho chush of womon's enfranchisement, L th uudorslgued, undertake henceforth to spend tho least possible amount In clothing nud personal expenmw of ovory sort, and to uw all I wva1by this means to promote tha suffruKM movement until the prtdlmliinry vol hs ben grunted to wmh,m CLAIM PASTOR RICHESON INSANE SUFFRAGETTES ECONOMY