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"aW ha Medtord Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Orciwlonul rimwtm, Mitt., 00 rain., M pra-lf,, .eft KortiMffionil Tr. lMll)r--ltavrilli Vrf. GRECIAN KING ASSASSINATED AT SALONIKA Unconllrmril Report Asserts Thnt Klnrj Georp Was Murdered Was Hrntl of n Division of Greek Army Queen 0 1 (in In Field With Him. News of Death Readies Paris, Berlin Rome and Other Capitals Out Con firmation Is Lacklnn. LONDON', March 18. An imcon fiimoit repot t wiim circulated hero ludny In llm effect I hut Ilia king of (Ireoon wiih nwMMliinled nl Hn huilkit. King George won nuaaiuiilcil tit Salonika, whole In wn nt tint head f n division of tln Greek nrmy, no j'oidlug o news ngeney dispatches. Now of his (li-atli touched Pnrin, llerllo, I(iitiii mn other oiipiluls lm iillniioounly, Imt riiflriniitliiii still i lucking. King George lunl been nl Salonika Ninon December when Hip illy SMrrwinleird to ln llnlkuu fore en. (Jneon Olgn hail been in tlii firld much of the liiin vrilh Mug Ocurge. WASHINGTON, Mnrch 18. IV to n lull" hour till afternoon the Greek lexnluui had received no notification nl' i!i. iimhii1 iiHhiiHxiiiaiiiiii nt Sa lonika of King George f Greece. J WASHINGTON. Mnrch IS.-"Of-flelnl clemency" In exported lo bo ex tended to Mnjor Sylvester, Wantilng. ton's chief of police, following rnnrr.es brought by tlm United Htntes Miiinlo thnt ln not only foiled lo provenl, Imt In homo eimon oiirour iiiti'il ilui rlolnmrrlni; llm suffrage isirmlu hero Mnrnh X "Tint soimto H IviHtttir probe rom nilMtit," iniiklnllug nf Senators Pom iTi'iin. JomiH mill Dillingham, U buny Imliiy mixing tin Sylvester white wash, tinil will spread It on Itiroimh n report exonerating tint major, In tlm near fut tiro. It Ih Htntml that tlm rhlnf nrgu mi'tit In H hosier's fnvor wiih tluil llin I mil cm should tiiivo remained nt homo on the day In question. I55E E CLISVChANM). Ohio, Mnrrli 18.--niMinlHaod front hln officii for "Krons luiiuornllty. conduct untiocomliiK an offlror nml conduct mihHorHlvo to i;ood order In tlm pollen ilnpnrl incut," 1'rodurlck Kohlor, CIuvoIiuiiI'k faiimiiH '(lolilon ntl chlof of pollco," antiouncod today that ho would not ifppont from tho service commlnhlon'j iIocIkIoii. "I cun tnkn my moillclno wltliout 'Bfuiiwltlnu,' ' Bnld Koliler todny. "I Hhnll niako no nttompt to Hot back Into tlm Horvlco." Tho chnrKon UKnliml Kohlor wont inndn by. Mayor lliiknr nud nllcKod vIhIh of Kohlor -to tlm lioiim of Mrn. Hchonror lu tlm ubKouco of Imr Iium bund, Mayor Ilnkor today loaimd u iitiitc luntit prnlnliiR Kohlor'H punt work tin a pollcoiimn. STALLS MANY TRAINS N0IIF0r,l. Neli., Mnmli IH. Ab n iohiiII of llio worst lilixxiirtl oxpiir ioiiooil in Ihirt vinliilty in twonty yearn ninny liuiiiH urn Hliilloil in thin vicin ity. No truiiiH linvn inovoil w08t of Vnlouliuo, Noli,, on (ho llluok llilla nnilo in i'lvo duyu. WHTEWASH OA SYLVESTER NEBRASKA WILSON FAVORS BUDGET SYSTEM TO RUN NATION Letter Made Public Endorslnn Plan First Sugucstcd by Bourne Office Seekers Fill Cabinet Members With Woe-Get No Time for Work. Plans to Get Relief From "Pests" Discussed at Cabinet Meetlnu Concerted Wail from Secretaries. WASHINGTON, Mnrch 18 Thnt tint budget liliui of milking npproprln. tlntm for running Unrlu Bain's affairs will hn mtnpti'il hy tlm Wilson iuIiiiIii Intrntlon Ih Indicated (oiluy In a let- lor given out for publication nl tint While House. It wan written Jnti miry 20 Inst hy Picnldcnt WIIhoii lo Senator llonjamlu Tlllmnn of Kouth Cniollun. Tlm letter nald: "I linvn always limUtnl on tlm ub nolulo iieoemtlty of n carefully con sidered nml it wisely planned InulKot. Olio of tlio oliJorU I liavn most In iiilml when I get lo Wimhlnr.ton will lin ronforonro with loKlilntlvn col lenRiim I horn with a vlow of brim: Jin; Home limlRot nynlom Into oi In trant, From c-nrly inoriiliu; until lain In tlm itViiiiltiK pornlcloim offlce-Kockrm tonn toy iloor." Till ronrortoil wall urono from iiiciiiIhth of I'ronlilrut Wllmurit offl rial cnliltirt nt tlm mooting toduy ami plan to Rot rollof from tlm "poMn" worn tlliniK.vil. Horrolnry MrAiloo mtmltlMl Hint mot of IiIh tlnio no far hml boon poiit In'.irliiK rwiuoNtM for Jolm ' ThU ttiltiK I RotihiK on my uorvon," llo until. ' I woulit llkit lo do n Ill tin Murk iiirt In u whllo. Imt tlm Job Imuli'm won't lot mo." 1'rrMitiml WlUnn In ilntormluril t. appoint applicant to only Mich Jolm now nH Im miiNt Tlm ronult will lm thnt whon riinnroim convoiioN, If tho Inwmnkorii iIUoiio of Urn admlnln Irnllou'n proKrnm, Hint Hm prot-lilout Mill Im uIiIk to tin biiKlnohH with tlm luilhlitiiitl momborit. FRANCE PLEASED BY PAULS. Murch 18.-Iligl.ly favor- nolo M'utinicutH nnt being pulilinlieil heio over-lint selection of William F. .MoCouuibi, etimnnigu mnnngor for President Wilson, iih iiinliussatlor to Frnnce. Tlm Midi declnres tiuluyj "I'liiiico In In bo eoiiRrhtiiluted. Merouilitt liolougH Jo tlm rnco con laming Wood row Wilson mid William ImnoM, He Ih n man of vtoudcrous activity. Vn tiro huppy Hint he has rocnnsiilered hi decision regarding llm I'll r is oiubiirtsy. In him America will be ably represenleil." T T AID 1 WASHINGTON, .Mnrch IS.-Senu-tor Tillmun of South Carolina wns practically iiudorxed hv Ftvslilenl WilNon for chairman of tho sonato uppropiiutioim commiltoe, but thu doumeriilio caucim over-rode tlm prohiilenl'H piefoionee, it wn leanicd Intro totlay, Tillnmn'rt cnuou Hpoech on iat unlay in puhlinhi'il today or u filuto doitument, Tlm speech wiih ii hitler denuncin Hon' of Senator Martin of Virginia, whom Hut ugcil South Curolinti hoiiii lor enlleil n "doublo itronser." POPE PIUS PLANS UNIVERSAL JUBILEE HOAJIO, Mnrch IS, IMnnn for n uulvurtml Jublloo from March 30 to Doconibor 8 nro miido by Pono Plna In rnmmomorntlnn nt tho rollgloiiB toleration odlct of tho Rmpoior Con HtuuHno tu tho fourth contury. MEDFORD, BRYAN AS 0 AD N ELECTION NW SENATOR Illinois Legislature Still Deadlocked J. Ham Lewis Falls Off In Votes Progressive Element Favors Lewis and Boercliesteln, Bryan Gets Enthusiastic Welcome Speaks as an Individual Not as a Government Official. Sl'IIIN'OFIKItf). III., March 18. Tho htnlo IcjiUlaluro In still ilcuillock oil today in in cffortM to naino two L'lilti'd SlntcH KonnlorH, one fur tin lout; nud llm oilier for llio hliort term. Tlm foa tu to of loilnj'fi Idillotiui; wnH tho falliuK off in llio oIoh for J. Ilumillon f.ewii. Ho ncoivrd but eighty-five ioIpn, nitin xoloi nailer Hie toliil rereivrd in llm bit ballot, A uunibor of driimerntM who hml jirc lotihly NiipMirtcil Iwm ili'scrted him today. The iroiCMtivo oloiiieul in willing lo elect howls, n Chicago ullnnii'V nud a furuicr oimnrohMimu from Wukhiimtiiu. for tho Ioiil- term, if Mocrclictitciu, n irogresiive is elected for the Mmrt term. Pnj;ri'fslv lfndern eoufern-il with Jieotetury of Stnte llrynu nml Gover nor Diiutm hero toiluv nml it wait re ported that ii trade bet u ceil the leg islative faction wnn disoiiSHod nt the meeting. Secretary llrynn wnii Riven an en- tbtifclnntlo welcoum when Im ud drened a joint Reunion of tlm Icftlx latum nt noon. Tlm Nebninkan In pIhIoiI Hint hit npoktt ui an luillvldinil and not nit n KuvomtnruL official, cnipbukliliu; tbu fart Hint Im wan not upenkliiK for I'renldout Vllnon. Then llrjnn advlned the leKlxIntorn to ntand by party pledgon In tlm election of two United Htnten nonntorn. Ho a I no pralned Clovernor Dunno'n ndmlnln (ration, declaring Hint Mimctltucs he hml never hoied to seo tlm dny of triumph for proRrennlvit prlnclplcx NEW LOW MARKS Ni:V YOHK, Mnrch 18 Now Ha ven and Goodrich touched new low f I Huron In tho ntock market today. Wool worth lout two point and pe troleum one. Weaknonn In noino of tho imcclnltlcH stiffened tho Stand nrdn. Dlnrrlmliintlnn ngaluat thorn In lonna caused further liquidation of Ipduntrlaln. Tho strength of tho prominent M imes wlthntood bear activity In tho main. Tho market cloied dull, llondn woro Irregular. T COWBOY TO MEET GUNBOAT SMITH SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., March 18. If Promoter Jim Coffroth'a plana muterlalUo, Jean Wllturd, tho Riant cowtioy, nml uunooal binltli. con queror of nombardlcr Wolls, will moot In n 30-round content hero In May, tho winner to meet Luther Mc Carty on tho Fourth of July. Wltlnrd him wlrod Coffroth nsklng him to match hlpi with tho Gunner, nml tiniest! Jim llilekloy. Smith's imuuiKcr, rofunes to forgot Wlllnrd's treatmont of him and Smith, tho match will bo made. FRENCH ROUTE BAND OF WARLIKE TRIBESMEN HAH AT, Morocco, Murch IS. Al though It Buffered a loss of 14, u Fronch detachment routed n bund of wurllko tribesmen in tlm Quodtom region recently. Tho uatlvo loss Is not known. HURRICANE RAGES OFF COAST OF GERMANY ITAMnUltn, Oernmny, March 38. Ciiufllng1 twelve or morn deaths nml tho destruutiou of oighty fsiunll bouts, u southwesterly liuirienuo rngeil off hero onrly toduy, OKICCION, 'JTHHDAV, MARCH 18, 191.',. PRESIDENT WILSON'S FIRST OFFICIAL RECEPTION. ', JWIILL 111 II III ' ILJ iiPikikB 'K !iHHKIiBkJB' J9P ia-. r-vVSiiiiE!8fliifS9Hnl ' -tLH h n 1 v-fflBLtLH4HHLLBfLBLLH LLw -1 9k" (?UkimViLLWKnLLHiLl 'aLvHBMkw 'inMBiHi' SLLHI iHHLH ifiSiiiiiiHSiiH " 'iiiiiiiVQiiiiHliiiiiiiiEilBiiiiiiiifl MiikiLLiLwiviLLLALLLLLtiLLLLLLLLLl k . VEt BIHIIIIh LFiLvHfLLLiLiLlLLLLLLLLLLLLLi w9BtKSBBJMi..SWKnK?nSBBmHKBKi NAVY OfTICEltS I very enr nt I attcr time It han been cuntomary for the Vice President, the t'uliliii't memlvr add the varloun men of prominence nt the capital lo call nt the Ubile IIuush ntid uiy their recixvl to the l'rcildfiit. In tho above phiiliigrapb nru pictured limy unicorn While Huunc. ING GAME BY REFORM LAWS! SACItAMi:NTO, Ral . March JR. Apparently the fight fnnn of Cali fornia need not entertain aerlour fenrn that the gnmo will bo killed by two bllln now b.Toro thu senate. Chairman Nelson of the public mornln coinnilttoo of the asAomhly, nml llnhnott, another prominent member of tho aaum body, refured proffern to Intmiluce tho nntl-flght bill Intrr submitted by Drown of San Mnteo. Cnnopa of San TraiicUco and other members of tho committee nr.t also 'openly opposed to the nbollnh- in out of arena flghtn, and predictions went freely made about Hie rapltol today that the Droun mennure would find almost no supiort when It coinoa up for hearing tomorrow afternoon. Senator Drown hint Introduced n bill In tho uppiT house permitting four-round boxing mutchen, which In less drastic than tho assembly bill. A hearing on tho former will bo held before tho sennto committee next Monday. Tho police commission of tho San Francisco board of supervisors In an open letter to Assemblyman Oanopa declared that they 'believe the sport In now conducted In n mnnner'whlch In neither Inimical to good morals aor degrading In any respect " TO LONDON, Mnrch IS. "You nro a hopeless failure, sir," shouted Har old Smith, unionist, to Home Secre tary Ktuina In tho houso of commons oa tho climax of ono of the most scathing denunciations over board In tho chamber, which wna caused by tho government's alleged laxity in dealing with tho suffragettes. Smltti declared that tho "passlva submission of tho authorities to hun ger strikes nml subtorfuges had brought ridicule on tho law," "Tho country," ho added, "fnces mob rule. Kmorgency monsurea are needed. Tho homo secretory bud re duced tho ndmlnlstintlon of the law to bo a fnrco." SPANISH MINISTER GETS CROSS OF ISABELLA MAOUin, March 18 In recogni tion nt bis bilnglng about closer re lations between Spain nud tho United Stales, King Alfonso bus today con ferred tho cross of Isabella tho Cath olic, upon Juan nian Y flayangos, Spanish minister nt Washington. The honor Is ono much Bought for diplomats, by BX UNTOUCHED yiSITINQ MR. WILSON. mating tbeir nrni official run at ui , 'REBELS WHO FACE DEFEAT NACO, Arir., MnnlulS-Fortlin second timo within n week General Ojeda mid his little Imml of federals nre facing dit ruction today. Klung by their ignomininun tlcfc.it of Saturday, Colonel Kilns Cntlei unit Frefoot Pedro Hraenmonle nro gath ering their scattered forceti south of Agna Priefn, nml befoYe tomorrow will move ngniu toward Nneo. From Nognlen, on Hie enst, two dc Inelimenls nro coming (o the support of Cnlle nml Hrnenmonle. One of Iho-e, comprising GOO of tho Ohregon command, which ruptured Nognles, are proceeding by rail along thu bor der nml 100 Yitipii Indians recruited from Hie trihctnoii who have not been impressed for federal service, nro timing tiieir march to nrnvc near the probable battlefield Himtil tnuooiisly with the other rebel troops. It is rumored here that the Ynquis of the federal gnrnon will desert to the rebel rank and jofn Ibo atlnekinjj force. ,A MKXICO CITY, March 18. Die regarding all precedents, Provisional President Iluertix paid a visit to Henry Lino Wilson, Aiuoriciin am bassador to Mexico, to discuss stand ing disputes between tho Untied States ami Mexico, lluertn's n'ction is causing considerable comment heio today, ns it is declared this is the firt time n Mexican vuler has called upon tho representative of a foreign power, lluertn was accompanied, by Min ister of Foreign Affairs Franelseo d do hi Harm. KILLED MOTHER-IN-LAW FOR BEING DISTURBED SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March IS. That It was necessary to got rid of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Josephlno Plazos, hecnuso sho was a disturber In tho household, was tho dotense offered by Manuel Lopcx, a cement worker, lu his trial for tho woman's murder horo today. Following thu killing Lopos Is al leged to havo. attacked utd painfully Injured Ida wlfo. Ho escaped! but wus captured In.lU'dwood City near hero. SURROUND old FEDERALS HUERTA PAY WILSON VIST TAKE PHYSICAL OF ALL RAILROADS Interstate Commerce CommlssJafl Starts Work on Proposal of Great Magnitude Amply Empowered to Enforce the Law Says Clark. Carriers Entitled to a Fair Return on Value of Property and Value Must First Be Ascertained. VASHINOTON, Mnrrh 18. That the inlnrstnte commerce enmmlsblon in well able to enforce llio law de manding Hie obtaining nf the physical valuation of ihc properly of common carrier was the statement here todny of Chairman Clark of tho commN sion. "The work is one of grent magni tude," Clnrk snid, "but the commis sion is not Htnggered or dated by tho, duties placed iijhmi it. It will neces sarily take some lime to secure tho deirrd values." Clnrk snid Hint the valuation work would comprehend the securing of re- linble, authentic and exhaustive in formation whereupon to bane a de termination of the original cost and productive value of these proerties which exist under public franchises and perform public functions." He declares thnt no one knows the value of a single carrier, ndijing: "The courts have held Hint carriers arc entitled to a fnir return on the value nf their propria. It is mani festly (air thai the, return,i(Hu4jer-; mluublo until such value Is known." DON'T MARRY TITLES SAYS EGYPTIAN PRINCESS NEW YORK, March 18. With all her Ideals of married life shattered because- of alleged cruel treatment on tho part of her husband. Princess Ibraham Hassan, tho California girl who married a cousin of tho khedlve of Kgyypt, In hero today from Dre men. "Don't," Is the only word nho has to say to American girls who would marry titles of any kind. Tlm princess was formerly Miss Olga Humphrey, a San Francisco actress. Sho claims her noble hus band knocked her down In a Pnrln cafo and disappeared, and sho never saw him again. IN CITY OF ANGELS I.OS ANQKLKS, Mnrch 18. On account of Hud Anderson having n prospective return match in Los An geles with K. 0. llrown, tho "Prido of Medford" decided today not to return to the southern Oregon metro polis nud will rest up a week before starting- the training grind for his second scrap with llrown. The bout will probably tnke place April 12. MOB ATTACKS NEGRO DEAF AND DUMB HOME waWMHBmB KNOXV1LLE, Tenn., March 18. Slaying Russell Mann, a negro youth, aud beating Superintendent Matthew R. Mann, his mother and two negro attendants, a mob attacked the negro department of the Tennessee home for the deaf and dumb hero today. No reason Is given for tho us&cult. CONDUCTOR IN CABOOSE KILLED BY YOUTH'S BULLET BELLEVILLE. III., March IS. Shot by Theodora Adams, 13, and lUrrott Collins, 16, who tired through his cabooso as It rolled by, C. S. noswoll, conductor of a freight train on tho Southern railroad, Is dead hero today. Thu boys are under arrest. AOUA PRIETA, Sonora, Mnrch 18. Ono hundred rebels under Cnptnin Felix Cortes left Agun Prieta by rail today lo rolnforco tho rebel gnrrison VALUATON ANDERSON ' nt Cuuipus Hunsnpus. NO. 306. JACKSON MAY Provisions of Road Bondln Ac! Which Becomes a Law In June Ways Provided for County Court to Call Special Bend Election. Reads (s Be Constructed Must Be Set Forth In Election CaH Saftfwrtfs Provided Court HeM RespMSJWe. Jackson county will probably ho the first county to take advantage nf tho bonding net and inaugurate n system of jMrmancnt highways. Ao Hon cannot he taken til June G wlu the new law goes into effect, hut details nre leim discussed with a view to familiarizing- the peoplo with the new law nml its requirements. Under the county bonding act sev eral ways arc provided for calling- n Stecial road bond election. One fnnrth of the voters may petition the court which must thereupon call the s-pecinl election; or one-twentieth of the voters enn petition the county court for nn election, which petition LEAD COUNTIES IN ROAD IRK Is not mandatory upon the court, and may or way not be acted npon; or the county conrt may submit Hie bonding- proposition nt its own behest at any general election. The Dondlnfc Art. The bonding net reads -in part nsj follows in its essentials: . Section 1. Honda rahy be fesuetl by any county in this state for the rmr pase of rawing money to be nicd'for tbo construction and maintenance of Permanent roads win tlwUeomity. an sr hereinafter prbvideil. "" x See. 2. "Whenever n number of tho registered voters of the county equal to one-fourth of the fpreatest number of votes cast in that county at the next preceding general election for any jtcrson for judge of the su premo court, not exceeding-, however, five thousand registered voters, shall petition the county court as herein after provided asking- that a special election shall bo called for the pur pose of submitting lo tho voters of (hut county thu question nf issuing bonds for the purpose mentioned its section one (1) of this act, such county court shall call such special election and submit such question to the legal voters of such county as hereinafter provided. Specify Amount. Sec. 3. The petition mentioned jn section '2 of this act shall set out nml specify the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, the length of time they shall rim, nnd the maximum rato of interest they shall bear. Each peti tioner must sign his own name to tho petition, the precinct in which he re sides, nnd his post office address, must bo noted opposite his nam? The (tetition shall bo in substance tho following ferm: To the Honorable County Court of Ceunty: We, the undersigned voters, re spectfully petition that you call a special election for tho purpose of submitting to the voters of this coun ty the question of issuing bonds, to provide for the construction of per manent roads in this county, to the nniount of dollars ($. ...), to (Continued oa paga 2.) I. W. W. TAILORS AT SEATTLE ON STRIKE SEATTLE, Wash,, March 18. Acting on nn appeal mada by tho I. W. W, tailors for support In car rying on their strike against ths manufacturers of tho city, the Journ eyman tailors' union, local 71, this morning placed In the hands of tho I, W. W. resolutions offering their moral support In the strike, but re fusing financially to support them. This Is ono of n very few cases In which any member of the An'erlcaa Federation of Labor has ihowu sym pathy with the I, W. W. Usually tbo syndicalistic beliefs of the Work ers nro bitterly fought by organised labor, Tho action, however, doea not affect any organization Axeept tho tailors themselves. ."