- T'tR-f "'-' - wft " mrm-m w . V " 40m9 r " ri Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Fair. Heavy front tonight. Ma., l.1 MIh., rto. SECOND EDITION f-uMjr.sronrt Tsr, )!lr Hxvotilh Yr, MEDFORD, OKEQON, FRIDAY, N AltTU 14, 191.'. NO. 303. ig 9 Vff t v .' CYCLONE AND BLIZZARD CAUSE DEATH EAST. SOUTH AND CtNIKAL Wto'l MIDDLE WEST BY WORST Terrific Blizzard and Zero Weather TlirouQliout the Country Heavy Snows Tie Up Railroad Traffic East of the Rocky Mountains. Tales of Calamity Pour In From All Sections Tornadoes, Cyclones and Torrential Rains In South. CHICAGO, Murch 1 1. Willi Icr rifle blizzards mill zero leuiM)rnliirc In tint ninth mill cyclones anil torren tlnl uiiiiN in (lie south, tho whole mid Ho wiwt today lt in the crip of tin wtiit olonii nf the winter. In nil iIlrti'tlniiH from Chicago wire me ilnmi or yw'iMni: "' badly Hint inly tho bnrotit bulletins nro being lorciicd of llui duinMntlnn wrought. From Neliriiskn hnvo come report of two fninl lulu wreck on the I'liimi PnuiAc nillrofiit; Montana nnd Wyo ming nr wept ttv a howling blizzard mnl nil tin' count rv along tin north crn bottler in suffering from the (Irrnt Lukes In Ilia Itncktri.. CoiiiIIIIiiiin III South. Ill tln hotilli tin1 rnuditioiiH except for tin' cold, nro n lml. Meager re wiit of n cyclone in Columbus, floor glit, iudicntc tlmt pcrhnpu n wont uf live have been lout in n cyclone nnil n toncntlnl rnlnMnnn there, while At Imitn nnil other i.coHotm of Georgia n ic e-pt'ded to mill n dozen to tho Hit of lltlllll. In Chicago otrri'l t'lir and clevnlcd trulfitt in greatly hampered by the btorin, nnil tho jHiorcr sections of the t'lly lhi' buffering in intense. Litter nilviecs received from Wyn mini; Male (lint the. Momi thero is tin worht in yenr. In addition to the wrecks nt ("iuhiI nnil lii-nnnlon, Nch., Union 1'nullio train No. 7 in xtnlli'il nt Kinilinll, .NVIi., mul No. 17 Im Htorin IioiiikI ut IiiI)ji'm)Ii. ComlitioiiH on tho rnlliiiiitln nro finirfiil mnl ull truflli' onul of Chcy oniic h nt n MnmUtill, uhilc lnbunn tint ttnnlilc to not through thu htunn to iihftat tho hIiiIIimI trniiiN. rontom In Dm Motor. DKKVKR, Colo.. Mnreli M. With n oIlMiiilo wlml ltlowinir. " hturnnl ih p'lit'rnl in nortliom Coloimlo, NVhrnn kn mnl tho Diikotiis toilny. Wirow n 10 oriil'il. At noon tho Morm Hrrint'il to center ill Urn Moim-H, town, wlu'io cyolonlo conditions proxniled. It ix hnoiviii( In noilhvni Iown nnd lhi tuinMrnturo In tlroidiiK owty whiTii throlihont tho mlddlo wmt. (Continued jm J'nge Kisht.) END LABORS AFTER OI.YMlMA, WuhIi.. Mnreli H. Tho 13th loKlftlutiiro ended Its hc hIiiii dnrliiK tho wt'u hourH of HiIh inornliiK iiiiHHud In addition to u iniiiia or local IPKltdntlon nltio Iniiiortunt inoaHiireH, IncliidiiiRi Mlnlmnni wiiK" Inw for women. Mnther'H ponnlou net. I,OKHod off land hill. Law aholltihliiK liaimlni?. C'oiiKrOHHlonal iQ.nppurtlonnioiU act. Ited llKht Injunction net. Konudntlon for a ulnto hlutiwny plan. Initiative, roferondnin nnd recall I a iv (i to mako tho ronstitntlnnnl nmondmcntH on theno points offuc tlvo. lniiortniit bllla which wuro lilorkeil Inelndoi I'roHlilontlnl primary, nnn-partlRnn oleetlon, direct election of neuatorfl, Initiation of ctintttltutlnnul nmonil inentH, veenll or JnilBim, Btatowldo pi'ohlUlllon, aiill-trcatlnis law, STORM OF YEAR WASHINGTON SOLONS STORMY SESSION TWO WRECKS 65 LOSE LIFE 'UNSCRAMBLING jALLIES DEMAND BANKERS PROVE DUE TO STORM BY CYCLONE IN P-Wm I N IS UPSET $300,000,000 EMBEZZLERS OF IN NEBRASKA SUNNY SOUTH WfJi BY CALIFORNIA PRICE OF PEACE LARGE AMOUNT Four Killed and Elulit Injured at Cozad and Four Others Expected to Die at Herndon From Rear-End Collisions Durviifj Terrific Blizzard. Bllndino' Snow Storm Prevents Engl neers From Seeing Signal Lights and Trains Telescope Each Other. OMAHA. .NVIi. March I I I'ont portions wuro killed nnd rlnlit In Jured whim Union i'uelfle pa-neuKer train No. 2 pltuiRi'd Into tho renr of train No. 4 nt Comd. Nub., nt mid nlr.ht diirlm; tlm wont bllitard ot tho winter. A ulerpvr anil one ilay much ero ilerotlen. Itmcurri are en roiitu to tho nrnn of tho wreck, but fow ilxtnltk ot which have hevn received un wlrrn nro crippled by the ntonn. Tho wrecked train crashed Into tho rear of n Pullman ear. partlall loleimplnR tint latter. Thu train men narrow ly prevented the wreck from burnlm;. Tlime killed were crushed to death In their berth. NewH of four other probabti dnattiH In a wreck with the billiard u Its en n no at rived hern today from Iteration, Neu. Them n t'nlon l'a clflo freleht trains piled up In a rear end collision, and tho engineer, brnkcinnu and two stockmen are mlimlnK, and are believed to be dead. Aiir.uftt Meyers nnd Mm. AiiRiut Meyers, of Ioiir llearh, Ciil., wuro niuoui those killed In the wreck. Threo of tho Injured nro expected to die. Htnto Itallroad CommUsInn era Howell nnd Clarke left Lincoln nt noon for tho nceno to luvuatlKato tho cause of tho wreck. It la reported hero that it bllndlnc suow storm prevented the engineer ot tho wrecked train from neelnn thi 1 1; n u I lli;hta of an automutlc bliwk sli'.nal In tlmu to alow tip. NOGALES AFTER BLOODY BATTLE NOUAI.KH. Arlr. March 14. No galea, Honoru, la In tho linnda of tho atatu rebelu today after ono ot tho bloodiest ntiRai;eiuitntH In tho hlHtorr of Arizona border warfare. II la estimated that 100 nro dead mid 200 wounded ns thu reuult of two uttneka bv tho rebela upon llwi (iidernl pont, which fell nt auudowu, tho Mexican roKUlara ciosnIiik Into American territory nnd aurreiiderluR their anna to American army offi ce r. After n first attack that contin ued throughout tho inornlni;, during which 17 federals woro killed and a tlmun wounded, tho robola censed firing about noon, Desultory firing marked tho afternoon prior to n nocoiuI Eonoral attack nt about B o'clock. It was during thin ex change that caHiialtltiH woro licuvlebt on both sldea. Tho climax of tho batllo came whon Allen A. Umfleot, a prlvato of troop O, Fifth United States Cavalry, who was on border patrol duty, waa ahot through tho face, by a federal bullet, l.luutounnt Tnlt, command ing tho Americans, Immediately do Hpatrlmrl a mossngo to Colonol Kos torlltsky, commanding tho main body ot foderals, which aald: "You hnvo bhot ono of my men. Coimo firing nt onco or I shall bo nftor you." Firing from tho federal barricade ceitKod nlmoHt nt onco, tho Mexican "coimo firing" buglo call having been Hounded from tho Amorlcun Hldo of I tin liorder. During this lull, tho dofondors mnrchod nerofls th Unn and lulu down their wins, REBELS CAPTURE Meaner Reports Received of Devas- ynHKvS nanroao commission miuses tation Assert Property Loss May LREhJH Sanction for Unmerglng ot Harrl- Reach Ten Million Dollars-Some BflH man L,MS as Proposed by WIcker' Reports Death List at Hl sham Up to Court. Columbia, Georgia, Among Stricken Cities Several Blocks Destroyed and Many Persons Killed. XEW OHI.KAN'S, La., .March 1 1.- At leant O.'i perxonH were killed in the torundo ihieh awept several diMlricU of the south today, nccordini; lo uica ger rcMrt received here Ihin after noon. Wires nrc down lo moM Kints nnd it ii lirlieveil this list will be in erenned when conumiiiicntiou Im re htored. One report ctimnted the proper!) dumnpe nt $10,000,000; other report ny thla (iRiire i exeeisive, nnd thnt the om will not exceed :i.000.000. At it late hour thin afternoon com miinientiou with n score of kiiuiII Iowiih wn interrupted, Wild report of from 100 lo IM) dend were received from several (ourcm, hut lhcc were not generally credited. DctniN of the atonn nru not rxpected for evernl dnya. rOMWHirs, fln.. March liSJey cral pcmoiiH nn reKirted to have been killed in n eyclono here today which denlroyrd several city block. Mnny persons were injured. A ter rific, rnin ntonn followed tho cyclone. The llneine hotel here, nt which thu St. Iouix National I.caiue baseball team i stopping, wns ilnmnp,ed. The building wna rocked until thu ceilings fell nnd windows ernshed in. Sev ern! of tho hall players were struck by plastering hut all escaped serious injury. ATLANTA, (la., March 14. Mo.t of tho territory in Georgia affected by todny'N slonn is isolated. Meager details received hero reort five per sons lulsainir from pointn near this city, mid these nru believed to bo dead. MYSTERY TURTLE NKV YORK. March 14. Somo ot thu mystery woven about Dr. Fred erick Frans Frlvdtuann'a ttiberculo tilt, culturo was removed hero tpduy by tho sclontiHt'H brother. Dr. A. C. II, Frledmanii, of Colorado Springs, "Tho basis uf tho cure," suld Ur Frledmann, "Is it aortim secured from a turtle having tuberculosis. In Its original form It Is vlruleul and a toxic. My brother, after many ex periments, discovered how to romovo Its vlrtiloucy. Ho Injects tho orig inal culturo Into a healthy turtle, thereafter transferring It from tup tlo to turtlo until a nonvlruIcnt bacilli Is obtained." Tho exact number ot transfers necessary beforo tho bacilli roachoa tho desired Htnto Is a secret. Dr. Frledmann explained tho method to Dr. Noblo, a physician ot Seattle, Wash. Ho sttUr tho doso given Is less than ono cuntlgram, thu bacilli multlpl)tng rapld.V In tho systom. THE NOW PRESIDENT DELIVERING HIS INAUGURAL SPEECH. .MMsMMHHtSMKim " i. ... i i i i -..,,-,,. I, i i.. i T , ----- r. President "Woixlrow Wilson Is Washluutoii, , 4f' i .. lsMP!T-fc ..rJ.S& ... .. . . . iHHBi mum ,., ,:. .,, o . icw sczrcjcc eva3Eis. JIim rtpplletttlnr of the cene ml nni iirly Utv fur il'it Iiim1 hy I'mldeut Mltuil (.oiii"r, Ii.ii tiri-u sun wntttsl ml I iik Hie prtm mi Inn ror tl.ll. ntl'ii .f h -cati'iueiit 1y the S'ec r; of lle l&rrlur fully ileflnlag he " 'pi of llieiw nhlch will b rf foctlt, fur all r.iM nf prlmmers. ztcsrgrzssG- TRAIN IS BLOWN OFF TRESTLE INTO NASHVILI.K. Tonn.. March 14 -A Nashville. Chattanooga & St- Iouls Hallway passenger train Is believed to have been lost on tho Durk IHvcr branchjjelow Lcxlnttom Tcnn. Hall road orrklnri' hef'vtnri afternoon fel sum tho train was blown front tho track by a cyclone and swept Into tho Middle Tennessee river. All communication with the dis trict Is Hivored and the fato ot the patnengcrs Is not known. Tho com pany Is besieged with Inquiries from auxlous relatives of the patsngers on tho lost train. Latest reorts received hero place tho number of dead In this stato at 10, with five others probably fatal ly Injured In tho storm. Tho dejiot nt Pleasant Grove, Tenn.. was splintered by tho tor nado, but six passengers, who wer waiting Insld wero uninjured. L MILWAUKKK, Mnreli II. After Mrs. Clurkson was nrestcd she denied thnt Klie ever was in want or that she had written n letter of woo to burglar t un. "I wo n fool to elopo with Conn," she said. "I realized mv mixtako in n few du.vN. 1 hud trouble with my Inn-bund five years b'efore 1 left lilni. He refused to take me bnek or ullow me to see the children. "I met my husband while I was in Ofu'itgu with Conn Insl ChrittmuK. nnd nt thnt time he threatened to shoot us both. When I left Conu I went to Omnliit nnd sought work ns a stenoRrnpher. 1 could i.ot find em ployment po 1 returned to Chicago. I.nter I enme here. "Tho report that I .shared Conn's $100,000 loot is not true. I wint to return homo nnd sturt iiuow. If my husband will take mo buck every thiuj will be differcnl." No Hpccifio clinrgo'liurt been lodged ngninst Mrs. ClnrksJon. , She is mere ly hemp; held upon request of tho Son Francisco nuthorities. pictured In the ubove photograph while , . , . . i 9Wtf -rnx TENNESSEE RVER Not Necessary for Central Pacific to Be Sold or Leased to Union Pacific Makes for Discrimination. HAN FHANCISCO, Cub. March 14. Flat opposition to the new "un scrambling" plan for tho Harrlman merger was announced today here by the California State Itallroad Com mission unless tho plan presented b) the Southern Pacific and Union Pa cific officials. Is so modified that all railroads will bo allowed equal traf fic and trackage privileges with the roads concerned In tho merger. This decision was reached after considering Western Pacific opposi tion to tho plans of Judge Itobert S. Lorett and wus announced from the offices of tho commission here this afternoon. The derision puts the. whole mat ter tip to the United States Clrcnlt court In St. I,ouM. which has thu dissolution plan under consideration, and when that court finally presents Its plan under an order, then the commission -will - tako rurthe,r. jtetlda. Tho decision says that tho com. mission does not believe It Is neces sary for the Central Pacific to be sold or leased to the t'nlon Pacific to carry out the plan, but that thj commission has no Jurisdiction over tho sale. Tho commission stands on Its view that If any traffic agreement Is made between tho Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific giving tho Utter rights over the Denlcla cutoff. It will be necessary to give the same rlchts to any other road. MURDER OF WIFE SAX FRANCISCO, Cnl., March II. Despite the fact that she exoner ated him in nn ante-mortem state ment, On plain Fred Mathienon of Hoss, Cnl., is charged here today with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Gcrtrudo Mnthieson. Mrs. Mathieson, before her death in a hospital here, declared her wound was caused by the acci dental dUuhurge of a pistol which her husband was clcuninp, Kvidenoo was brought before tho coroner's jury however, to show that Mathieson npiK-aied to bo intoxicated when tho shooting occurred, and thnt the couple, had- qunnvled frequently. HEARST PAPER SUES FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL CHICAGO, March U. Kollowtnp his charge in nn editorial in tho Manufacturerr News that tho Hcurst twiners are backinz tho white slnvo probe here for tho purposo of forcinj; tuoro advertising, two vurrnnts tor criminal libel wero sworn out here to day ngninst John Glenn, publisher of the News. Andrew Lawrence, publisher of the Hearst pitpors, secured the wumutts. delivering his Inaugural speech at j . - -" IMSMS . Balkan States Insist That Turks Sur render Adrianople, Scutari and Cede Aegean Isles Besides Paying Immense War Indemnity to Aliles. Servians Reported to Have Massa cred Albanians Bulgars Repulsed in Attack Upon Adianople. SOFIA, March 14. Formal reply to the powers' offer to mediatu In the I)alkanTurkUh war was made by the allies here today. The Balkan states Insist thrt tho Turks surren der Adrianople and Scutari, cede the Aegean Islands and pay a war In demnity of 1300.000.000. Tho at. lies agree to assume a portion ot the public debt of Turkey, assessed against that nnrtlon of the Ottoman territory which Is demanded by the Balkan states. BKItLIN, March 14. The slaugh. ter of 300 Albanians, Inhabitants of Llllum. In Turkish Korsora. without a trial by Servian officials. Is re ported in dispatches received today from Constantinople. Other dispatch.- from the Otto man capital declared that Huig-rlans had again attempted to overwhelm the Turkish -fortress at -Adrianople. but were repulsed with heavy losses. KILL! WOMAN SALEM. Ore.. Murch 1-1. George nnd Charles Humphreys, adjudged guilty by the lower court for IJentou county and by the supreme court of Oregon of the murder of Mrs. Elitn Griffith, will expiate their crime by kangin;. The death sentence will not be commuted. Governor West made this announcement today after a con ference with Rev. G. Lee of tho Epis copal church, one of those who has petitioned the governor to save the lives of tho condctnucU men. Governor West hus, however, grunted n reprieve of ouq day out of respect to rites of tho Kpiscopul church in observing Good Friday, nnd the men will die on Saturday, Murch 'J'J, instead of Friduy, March '21. The Humphrey come of nn Episcopal family. Ilev. Lee hits administered to them sinco they have been in prison and will attend them on the gallows. Ha has asked the governor to grant the short reprieve as a consideration of the family and of his own feelings as n clergyman in tho Episcopal church. VARIANT WASHINGTON, March 14. Tnk inp; diametrically different views in regurd to Democratic economy, Con gressman Fitzgerald, chairman of tho nppropriations committee, nnd former Congressman Cannon commented to tiny on tho report that tho last con gress provided for appropriations to inlliiur ?1,008,047,000 in both the vo toed nnd unvetood hills. FiUgernld praised lloutbon econ omy; Cannon denounced tho Demo crats l'r ''ill-considered extntvn. giince." Fitzgerald urged the nppoint meut of n budget committee to huvo charge of nppropriations; Cannon called the budget scheme inipruoticu ble, nnd ttdvised n resumption of tho "czar system" in the house, by which the spenker appoints nil committees, HUMNIYS BOYS MOT HANG R Trusted Employes of San Francisco Bank Short in Accounts Assistant Cashier Shy Over $109,000 Money Spent in Speculation. Chief Clerk of Trust Department of ..Another Bank Makes Away With $14,000 In High Livinrj. SAN FltANCISCO, Cnl., March 14. Charged with bcin over $100,000 short in his accounts ns assistant cashier of the Crocker National banL here, Charles F. Baker, one of the most trusted employes of the Inslitu-' lion, n sclf-mnde man nnd n pillar of an Oakland church, is reported iK-ar death today nt his handsome homo In Piedmont. Whether prosecution wilt be started rests with the stirety'com I winy according to Vice President J. J. Fagon of the bank, who stated thut the bank was fully covered by insur ance. At I.eat 9I0O.000 Shy. Fngatt said thnt the exact nmotiut of the nlleged embezzlement hud not yet been ascertained, but that the bank officials only worry over the situation, is that. a. trusted aul much loved man had misappropriated funds entrusted to him. , . , , That Ditker speculated !n slocks and had been carrying ou his use'of the bank funds for n long time is the opinion of officers of the bank. Per sonally he was a man of simple tastes and his family did not liye ex travagantly, it is said. Second Banker Goes Wrong. Charged with the specific embez zlement of the bank's funds, Rupert T. Hooper, head of the trust depart ment of the Mercantile National bank here, is being sought by tho polico to day. According to John D. McKce, vice president and cashier of the bank, Hooper's actual defalcations exceed $14,000 Hooper, who maintained n ftishioit nblo establishment here, has n wifu and six children. He has been with the bank eight years. . Officials of tho batik would not discuss the means by which Hooper is alleged to have mulcted thu insti tution. SONORA PLANS SECEOE FROM DOUGLAS, Ari., March 14. Fol lowing up thoir enpturo of Negates, tho rebels today launched n campaign against General Ojedn, federal com mit ml cr, who evacuated Agmi Proctii Wednesday with 430 troops to murch to the relief of Nogles. Colonel Cales, with 400 rebel iufuutry, nnd Colonel Urncnmontc, with X10 cavulry nnd infantry, started wostwiml fruiu Agttn Priottt shortly beforo noon tu dtty on Ojcdu'ti trail. Ojcdo is believed to huvo joined forces with tho weak federal garrison ut Nnco, twonty-fivo miles wost ot Agim Prieu, on tho Arizona border. If this is true, thu fin a I stand of thu federnls in Northern Souorn probubly will bo mndo nt Nnco tomorrow. General Obregon, who occupied N gnles Into yesterday, prolmbly will soud a strong detachment to reinforce Guiles nnd Ilracnmonle before Nuco, which is the only post in the northern zone of Souorn still held by the fed eruls. Report were current today that u declaration of independence' .of Sou orn from Mexico will bo prom'wlgHtt'il following the almost Inevitable cap ture of Nnco. OLD MEXICO I . f