SECOND
EDITION
Kortjr.roonl Tinr.
iilr-
.Hnviintli Yr.
OF
Illinois to Appeal lo Wilson (or Na
tional Minimum Wapo Law to Com
pel Employers to Pay Llvlitfl Wanes
to Girls ami Women
Department Store Managers Say Law
Should le National and Will Alii
. In Passing Such a Law
CIIICACIO. March 10. Hllrrrd In
notion by shocking hlorioH told li
women u (lie state hiiiiili' "Mnnr.
tlnii wagon" probers, Lieutenant Gov
ernor llnrrctt O'llnrn Induy i-U'I
President Wilson lo iiirt t with th'
IIIIiihU ItiVKnliunlorH the Inllor putl
of (lilt week. Ilo Intrude In Inv la1
fnii) tin president eldoliei slmwliu
how girls mid women Inno been 1 i I -hi
Ik white ttlttxi' revolts liv the tttt -Hikslillll
of living mi l n week.
Tin' lli'iili'iiiint governor IntmiU 1 1
urgo llio iiiHNiiKd of it frili'i nl Inw
fixing ii tniiiiiiiiiiii wage for woirei
mill llii' big Chicago merchant have
iiiilimitril lo him Unit they will nut
oimihi Mich legislation.
O'llnrn was inUicil toilnv tint
Ohio, Indlmiit, Michigan, will intl
lulu ii pnilii' similar to ttuil run
ilurlril liir'.
tlcftlM o Trll People.
Tin investigators tmlny recalled
Jitinc Simpson, intiimgcr of tint In
department store of Marshall FHd
mill iMiniiiinv lo lln stand, I If iiruiii
refused to toll of the yearly profi'
of his concern mid the committee will
decide Inter whether to punish him
for contempt, Whni ukril for ah
opinion ooiircniiiig 11 iiilniininn wage
In iv. HlmpMin Mild:
"I think tliu minimum wugn on
vhlelt n woniun nut live In between
$8 mill f0 n week, hut if n nilnliinim
imi; Inw It riinelrd it will Inerriuc
tim I'Oht of living, mill this increase
m ill Inn i to hr bnnio liv llm pnlilii'."
Simpvui iiinlntiiini'il tlntt if n In v
providing 11 $PJ weekly wugo fc
passed in IllinoK it would drive
tnnnv concern out of 1usIiph.
rntorn rlcrnl Ijuv.
"It illicit not hrt Iniiinfnl lo busi
ness if n federal law to tlntt effect
were iiiluplril," ho lidded. "I wind 1
like to nsk thn eninmitlec 11 iiucstion.
If ui' puy the girl in our rinploy n
iniiiiinnm wugc of fJ n ilny. whni
shall un puy 11 until with n family"
SIiiivh(ui luvllrd the probeis t
ioit tin) store nnil mirrcsI improv.'
tui'iiln. George Lxttoii, iru president of
(ho llnh Department store wns iho
iu't wiliicis. Ilo tesliliod thai his
rnmpniiy makes- prosonU lo its cm
plo.uis. Thn plan was voliintiiry, h
Miid, on thn purl of thn I'oinpiiny.
ninl umi ho lenuhiuled at will. The
lowest wugc pniil women liv hiii I'lim
puny, Lytinn said, wiih $(l.r0 11 nrok,
hut n (,-irl iPi'i'ii Iiik Unit mnoinit
wotilil ri'i'olvo n jiithoiiI. uiulor Hi"
llft plmi, nmniinlinu' t" nhinit two
per font of her weekly Milury.
l.tlon reftihCil lo iIIsimink llio prolil"
of li'm eoiu'oru. lie thought 11 (,'irl
I'otilil lio on .tU n week.
Who l'ii)N llio lllffcrenn'?
'Vniir inlmminm whko l 0."'.
jon MiyT" Hiihl Kenntor Juul. "Who
ilo yon llilnk imyM thn Klrln the ifl.i0
ilit'fereiiful"
(Contlouta on ptgo 3,)
MURDERS WIFE
KIIATTI.K, WiihIi., Mm h 10. -
(loiiiff htulili'itly lnnnnu TltnmiiH Want.
11 inncliiiht llniiK' nt 5tll Hunter
nM'iino, hi'iit ills wlfo'H huiliiH on'
villi a oliiw hnmnu'i' nnd'Uion Itiul
to kill liinmolf with thn hinni' woupon.
Mrs. Wind iH dyiiiR in tlio oily
hoHpltul. Wnnl, Hinionsly Injineto
is iilriu in the, hospital. Waul, who
wiih l'ii'Ht to nrieii this inmnin.;,
htm led to hnild a I'iio in llm kitehon
hIovo. Without wimilntr li droppud
tlio paper and kiudliiii; wood with
which he wiih about o start the fiu
ninl takinj; up a ehov lianunor frau
lured liis wife's hkiill in heyornl
pliicoH, Then Im lit'iui to heat hiiu
belt' oyer the hmui,
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ATTORNEY GENERALJ POSTMASTERSHIPS. PATIENTUREATED PROTECT MARCHERS1 INCLUUMBER
WASHINGTON. .Miin-li 10.- I.illlv
t'limiRA in llm iM'ioiiiii'l 111 thn ile
purtmrut of jusliee h contnnphiti'd
at nlmu to Attorney (lonernl .Me
IloMiohU. The ulloruo.v k"'"i1 "
KwnmiM'il todiiv with whni he enllyil
"ntpulnr" applieant for join..
I'lilitifiiiiiH I mm all ur the eotin
trv were lietei;uiir linn in eioii mid
by letter in fnwir of eiiiuliilnte for
the I'n u 1 1 it'll jtiiticimhipx wliiili miiht
bo flllnl.
The jtiilsenhiw now MteHiit to
whom iipHintrit uuit be iimuiil are:
nmuif Judo of I'l'iuiUiiuin lo
Mieeeoi! .Indue Arehbohl, iteentl.v
hiipeiu'heil; (he tli"trii'l iiitltscfhitw of
N'orthem ('alifornia ; ehief juslieo of
the eourl of I'lniun.; eiri'iiil jn1jt' "I"
llio heenlh circuit of llluiow to ue
t't'Pil .linlk'i' (Iro-ieiip who rvMiK'i;
circuit JiiiIko of llio nrt circuit
court of MiihiicIiucU lo hiiceeeil
Juilao Coll. eleelod to the senate, mid
diitnct jiiiIkos for I'orto lti, Arb
zoiui, Southi'iu Hoiiilu. Woktern
Wiihluuuton and Conneetieul, ai.d
three (ernlounl ciicuit jiuIkoh hi
I Inw mi.
NKW YOUIC, Murrlt 10 Iinpll
entliiK mnwy clvilluu lilr.lmr.uim" not
before moutloneil In tlio police Kraft
prosecution iuoie In protons hero,
ltoMii llorlx, 11 "ri'norl" woman, ruvo
lehtlntony today. 8I10 dccloiod tlntt
hIiu ninl tier litihbniul bail for years
paid tribute. Her eonfeHon follow
ed a conviction In tlio court of Ron
oral Hoabbiim. Blie nituied many per
HoiiH wbo Rot lior money, Including
liotb pollcu and cIvIIIiiuh.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
IS
SACltAMl'.STO, fal., MiiicIi 10. -Prepared
to tnke up more tliixu
ilflUO billH mid Heyornl pioposed con
htilulioual mucudmeiitd the slat
IcRiHlatuiu ro-convenod ut noon to
day for llio second half of the hi
fuicaleil session of llio fortieth as
sembly. The. first matter lo Im
taken up in llio assembly wiih re
orRnuUutlnn, the officers liuvin?
been iliHchui'RCd duiiiiR the interim
o biwo tlfg per diem ojieuso,
MEDFORD,
1
WASHINGTON". March lO.-Kauev
coiiRri'Mtineu filled the wnilun; room
outfide of PostiuiiNter UuiicHon'H
office, with Miioko mid chalter, lu
dny. tiHti'iihibly to "pay their r.
.m'cIk," but each carin Hi In
pocket a litllu list of candnlatcH for
Hiixtinni.teihipi. Alicndy the imp
iilnr iniin in the WiNon cnlnncl,
lliirlo-011, in feeliui: heauly the bur
diui of lieiUR the "official hifter" of
caudidale. Within the next few
uioutliK ho miint delenniiii) oil caudi
iliitos to fill .'l.'i.OUO of moro pn-t-mntcihips
Iur, little and medium
hizutl.
The viNitiiiR coiiRrciinoii, Militie.tl
powers mid men from bank homo
who littered the wmtiiiR mom today
mid chmiled democrulio pnenns of
liiumph wciv all of the true faith.
In the hundred or moro who patted
their card to the weary hi'crelai.v
within two hours, not one but aowel
himself as nil "orittinnl Wilson man."
The new imslmnster Rvnoral has
1I0110 little since taking office, except
attend cabinet iiicilmK and Rrcel
MsitiiiR demoeralK.
Duo of the hie problems will lie
placiiiR tlio pitrcel sist on a firm
liiisiK. It is till in an cxporunentul
stllRO.
TEXTER WINS CONTEST
The hoiiH'slend contest IiioiirIiI bv
Uncle Sam asainst Clinton Texler,
which wns heard a few weeks 11140
before CommisMonor Canon, bus
been decided in Mr, Tcxter's faor
by the html office al HosehurR. It
probably will not ho uppcalcd.
Tito contest was institulcd by llio
ro eminent, which eharRed Unit Tes
ter had not pioperly improved d
eullivalcd llio place.
EMALAN CITY
DESTROYED BY QUAKE
WASHINGTON', Maich 10-Cniw-Kreut
loss of life and piopoity, an
earthquake destroyed thu town of
Ouajiinnuilpa, Oualcuiala, Salurdny,
iicconliiiR lo advices roeeiu'd lieio
today from the United States min
ister to Unit country.
The shuke covered a radius of
fifteen miles, Hclief expeditious have
hecu sent to thu stricken town,
Mail Tribune
OHECION, MONDAY, AIAItTH 10, HH3.
NKW YOKK. March 10 Ilo,v
wa held throiiRhout (lie world li
thousands of tubcrcii1oU suffcrcis
today that the consumptive patient'
treated at the People's hot-pital here
by Dr. Fricdmanii, the di-coenr of
an alli'Rcd cure, are doiiiR splo'tdidlv.
Dcelanition to this effect was Hindi'
today by Dr. hiitidoMnau. head of the
institution, who i loud in his prmsa
of the Krii'ilmniui culture.
"All pains in llio chest and uiuht
sweats," Dr. LnndoMunn told Dr.
Krii'diuann, "already hne disit -peared.
mid the patients .-how mark
ed iiuprotcmeut."
The three patients mentioned wors
the first to bo subjected to tieutmeni
in tlio I'liited Static by Dr. Kned
inmm. At ltn time Dr. Kricdmann
wax extremely tienous, mid the milli
ner in winch ho injected the tuber,
eulosirt serum was the subject it'
much adverse comment by New Yoik
pliNMoinns.
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
IN DR. JOSLEN CASE
SAN I'HANCISCO, Cnl., Match 10
Ilci'iiuso the jury could not decide
upon the moral hiatus of Kthcl Wil
liams, n nrollv Sealtlo eaudv ales-
Rirl, it lias ill-agreed here today 111
tlio ease of Dr. Otto l .lo-lcn, ac
cused of the "irl's betrayal. , The
jury was out f8 hour.
Accordion to Voreinan Spearman,
nil nt' lli.. i iii-or- wore w-illim; to vote
Joslen Riulty but were conxinced also
(lull llio uiils iiioraN were not till
they should be. and that she .should
not ro unpimi-iicd.
It was Joslen's second trial. Pto
minent elitbwoiueu declined today
they will force another trial of the
ease.
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SAIL ON SAME SHIP
AI.KXANDIMA, Ksypt, rimli 10.
J. l'ieipout MorRitu, the Ameiiemi
hanker, mid l'orlirio Diaz, foimor
president of Mexico were fellow pu
seiiRors on Iho liner Atlantic which
left here today for Now Ymk via
Naples, Diaa will ro to I'lanoo,
whore ho will meet Iho ofticor sent
from MeMi'o City lo escoit him hack
to his native land.
WASHINGTON. Mnioh 10.A1-ini.s-ion
that u". iolicenu'U trore lui
ublc In .niaintain order on l'ctinuvl
ynnin ntentic here March 'I, the duv
of the suffragette aride, iiltliouuti
HOT patroluien kept that IIioivurIi
fare clear on March I. wns made
here today by Major Itiehurd Sy-
ester, bead of the metropolitan
police department, when he ro.-iiiuoil !
the stand before (be Jones sciiuto
hiib-coimuilti'e iiiM'-tiRiithn; the fail
ure of (lie Klice to protect (be
women marchers.
Miss ,1 u net Hiehaids cao damac
intr U'stiinony iiRniu-t the polieo. She
swore that at 0110 ihiiuI of the pnrai'o
n serRncut and eeutceu palnilinrn
abaudoued their work, making no ef
fort to protect the women marcher..
Mis Hichards furnished the numbois
of the tiolieenton whom she nlU'Rxd
were derelict 111 their dutx'.
PLAN TO REPEAL
WASHINGTON, .March 10. lle
H?al of the Canadian reciprocity
treaty, extinction of which has been
bitterly oppoe.ed by the ilemociiitii, is
bchedtilcd, in the next coiiKroxs-.
"I propose to renew efforts to re
peal the treaty us soon as it can bo
brought befoio coiiRie ," Kepro.-en-tntivo
Webb of North California
stated today. "It should ho taker,
off tho statute books both as a nut;
ler of mistaken jKiliey mid nl-o for
our national solf-rospeo.t. It lui
been flatly and linally lejceted by
Canada."
Majority Leader Underwood of the
house, who lias opposed repeal of the
pact, is expected lo dtop his un-tiiRtuii-m,
lie t'11 voted the treaty,
principally becau-o it wns n small
concession (owaid downwind u
vision of tho tin ill.
OF
ilCT
SALKM, Ore., March 10. K. K.
Wllfeon of Corvullls was today ap
pointed prosecuting attorney for the
fourth district by Governor West, In
placo of K. II. Hryson of 13ugono, who
resigned recently. Hryson resigned
to enter prlvato practice,
attiofl HUtfrfMl !(
r.ily Mstl
s T tr B aLm A MK
WASHINGTON. March 10. Frco
lumber, free mi gar, und free farm ma
chinery ore certain to bo the fruits of
thu Democratic regime, according to
reports here totluy before the house
way's and moans committee resumed
secret deliberations on the tariff. It
U said to bo still an open question
whether or not raw wool will bo on
the free list but It has been defin
itely learned that the free list vetoed
by President Taft will be changed.
The southern protection Democrats
ure opposing free lumber and Con
gressman llroussard of Louisiana is
flghtluR free suRar. lie Is asking
tlio support of the western Democrats
In reeking to protect tlio beet sugar
Interests.
The Democrats plan to fill tho new
free list bill with articles of farm
use. with tho Idea of Riving tho far
mer tho chief benefit of tho bill and
thus obtaining aRrlcultural support.
TO
BECOME A MOTHER
NKW YOIMC. March 10-Morc
than olio bundled xoiiiir vvoiikv
teneliers, most of them brides of a
few luonlh-, tiro directly interested
in the ArIiI in the city board of edu
cation over whether Mrs. Katherini.
Campbell Kduell, director of the
Krasmus Hall high school in Hrook
lyn, i-. to have n xearV leave of ab
sence. Mr-. Kduell, who i- the wife of u
fellow teaelter, frankly says that she
vvuuts the year off so that she can
become a mother. She declares th.U
other teachers have received lengthy
fin loughs for the same puiiio.se, but
none have had the bravery to tell
Iho real reason.
ROOSEVELT SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, March lO.-Geu-eral
Robert Oliver, ussistuut secre
tary of war, under Piosidont Roose
velt, is Riven tho uuie position under
tho piesout mlmiiiistrtltiou, neemdin,;
to aniiounceiiieiit by Secretary Gai
lisou today. Tho. cntiro personnel
of tho dopni Intent's minor employ(a
will ho letuined indefinitely,
WEATHER
I'nlr tunlKlit nm Tn4nf
Mnt, 7J1 Mln. aa.
NO. 299.
T
Federals Defeated In Several Battles
Mining Center Capitulates Reb
els Greatly Outnumbered Oppo
nentsHeavy losses on Both Sjiks
Several Hundred Rebels Encamped
Near Nogalcs, Which Is Deserted
by Populace
DOUGLAS,. Art., March 10.
Following n twelve hour, battle in
which many nro reported to havo
been killed mid wounded, tho Nacion
nlist rebelH occupy the border,'pjl
of Nneorri today. ,
The federal gnrrNon cvneualed
the town late la-t night uudor n fln
of truce, mid 121 of its original 171
members marched, weary and be
draggled, into A git a Prietu, opposite
Douglas, today. How ntnny of tho
fifty misunig are dead or wounded t-s
not known.
Mining Crater Fulls.
Tho federal garrison at Kl Tlgre,
an Important mining center, alio fell
before the Nationalists late yesterday.
Tho government commander surren
dered without firing a shot and
marched out of the town. Armed
townspeople harried the federals In
their retreat southward, killing four
and wounding 11, according to re
ports recelred at Agua Prleta today.
General OJeda, In command of tbo
federals at Agua Prleta, withheld all
possible Information of the defeat of
the government forces at Nacoxarl.
Various accounts of the battle, how
ever, were furnished by stragglers
from tha tprn who followed tfce.fed
erals In their flight " -
Itcbels In Majority.
According to these stories the reb
els greatly outnumbered the federals,
who offered a desperate resistance.
Many rebels wcro killed in addltlou
to tho heavy federal losses which
seem certain.
NOGALKS. Arls.. March 10. No
gales. Sonora, was thrown Into h
panic of fear today, when a report
was circulated that several hundred
rebels, encamped 15 miles south of
tho town, wore marching toward thu
border. Scores of refugees, carrying
their valuables, fled to tho American
side of tho International line.
WHITE HOUSE DINNERS
TO BE DRY SAYS WILSON
PORTLAND, Ore., March 10.
Hard on tho heels of Washington
dispatches to the effect that the
White Uoiue dinners will bo "dry"
hereafter comes the Information that
tho sal nm day banquet. March U. ut
tho Commercial club will a "dry" af
fair also.
"If President Wilson Intends to
have nothing stronger than water, at
tho salmon day banquet, March II, at
water Is good enough for us In Port
laud," said one of the promoters of
tho dinner.
Seattle and Portland salmon enthu
siasts aro cooperating In au endeavor
to huvo salmon day observed nation
ality. BURGLARS KILLED IN
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
TACOMA. Wash., March 10, Tho
bodies of two burglars killed In au
attempt to rob & rosldenco In Huston,
aro rcstlug at tho locul morgue today
awuttlng Identification. The men
were shot to death by members of u
sheriff's posso early this morning us
the mon woro attempting to rob P,
Popoltch of his weekly payroll, which
he could not bank Saturday night or
Sunday. Tho officers were concealed
In tho parlor of Popovlch's home,
Sheriff JumloHon having obtained In
formation that tho robbery would be
attempted.
Nothing wns found on the person
of either of tho dead men that would
reveal his Identity." Doth wero poorly
dressed.
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