Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 30, 1913, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textr, . ,t.,... ,'.. .,,. .-r,rt.jvTi r r,.,f'Ofrri tr77iT77j-it7i7'r.'f &rrrv$jurJjy'jCi V '. 207 Second street , 7 Medford Mail Tribune V ' SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair tonight and Thurd7. Max, HI, ntln. n:t. P(rtythlri1 Yrnr. Dally KImIiIIi Yimr. M13DFORD, OWXJON, WKDNKSDAY, JULY 30, JAM. NO. 111. EIGHTEEN DIE. SCORES CROPS BLASTED IN DOT WAVE THROUGH THE EAST 4.- t: ii PROSTRATED, T Tenement Dwellers Perish In Torrlil WaitsIowa Crops Suffer Phil adelphia Death List Grows Hu midity at Hlnh Point. Indianapolis Man Kills Self to Ease Sufferlnu Early Mornlnu Sun Wilts-Relief Prospects Slim. Chicago, .inly :. - i:;Kiiiiin death mill more, limn mm litindrei' piontriilinus fnuii bent arc ri'Nirlin hero today fnmi imiIiiIh between tint Atlnntm unit Hid ItiM'kli'H, whidi whole region i a hreetcles, sir.Iiug furnace. In tin' district iiiiniiilialfly wil inn) south of Chicago Ihe suffer iii) of tln people Id greatest; irn nr. being burned up ami limnlrriU of cattle nml other licslock art' perish- in. In Chicago lln hmt is not so great, IiiiI with tli" thermometer standing at Hit ii noon nml tliu lininiilitv high, suffering in iatcnmi enough ! make I ho people ilri'iul (lie MiHNiliility of till greater inlHi'ry, with tint prob- titili' rise in liniHriilnri' before night. NF.W YOHK, July 30. KrorrH of prostiuthum nml incut v iIiwiIIih ln cnuic of tin' Irrrifii' lira! wave which Ih sitxllug all ni nl of tlic Kockles nro tcporlcil tliimmliuut tlin rnxt toilay. At niioii Ilium liml been fire fatal! Ii'i'm In Philadelphia atul other deaths nli' hourly reported from many of the smaller cities. In New York tlio Hiiffrritiir mining tin congested population of tin) unfit Idd uiih Intense, nml In every lumpU llil of tlili rlty uttuclios ami physic ian were Almost HvaniM'il Inking rare of llio victim of tlu huh. Nulrldo lii:liik 1 1 isi 1 INDIANAPOLIS, Iml.. July 30. Tin' highest olfii'ial IciiipeinturcM hi tin' history of the ritv with recorded, an well aft till' greatest hiiliilility. One mini winl Iiihiiiii', one attempted sui cide nml two arc prostrated mul in a serious condition. 1 Omaha Kwcltcr OMAHA, Neb., .lulv :in,-Oinalm MfVrcd toilnv from lln sixth Iml ilnv I ii nut-nil. It V predicted that tint temperature will exceed 1(10 before c cniug. cli:vi:Uxd, omo, .inly an. - Ohio In suffering toilay In the hntte-t weather of tlio Hiiiiiiiu'r, all iinlie'n tillllH pointing ' tlio SCIISI1HH high mark of III) on .Inly !l being exceeded toilay. Tlircn llo In Philadelphia PIIILADKLPIHA, July HO. Tin i'ii deaths from the heat occurred In IIiIh city toilny Imforo 10 o'clock No icliof Ih in sight, nml llm hospi- tain prepared for it busy day. Iown Crop HnffiT DHS MOINF.R, In., July 30. Town Ih sweltering In ono of I ho hottest days of tlio summer. The lns by tlio withering of crops rmm Into thntis- (Contlmied on pngo 2.) DIAZ WILL NOT BE IDATE RAN DIKOO, Cnl., July 30.T-aen-iuiil .Felix Din, ol! Mexieo loft tlio Aincriimn-Huwaliim lino freighter ViiKiiiin horo tmlny nftor IioIiik do tuiueil on honrd nil ulKht through hi iunlillity to lmiil heforo being exam ined by Immigration offieeiH. Tlio Virginia arrived IiihI night nftor tlio iimuiKi'atloii offico viih eloHeil. Diiir. wnn eiitertuiuod hero toilny nml wan Boheiluled to leave for Lor AiikcIch by train thl nfternooii, The nephew of tlio former diotntnr nf I ho Houthorn republiu euiplmtiually declared ho would ho n pumliduto for tlio preHldenuy in tlio eleotiuu of Qu- toboria. ..'... hJ.l,aUf ea RECORDS SMASHED FOUR IRIVFN ME PRES1DENTIALCAND STRIKERS RUSH W TH SOLDIERS PEACE LOOMS Reports of Battle Not Confirmed Rumor Miners Wounded In Pow der House Attack Is Not Known to Do True. Conference at Lanslnn of Operators and Miners Proposed to Atljtist Trouhle. (!AI.UMi:r, Mleli., July no.-Nil-iiifioiiM rMtrt oil cIuhIh-h In Dm cop pir mlnliiK illhlrlrU roulil not lo roiiflriiK'il linrn loilii), I.i'iiiIitk of tlm NtrlkiTN nml mllltluiiK'ii lioth !- iiIim! the report. .Mllltlnnii'ii Nnlil they unw prowl urn iilmiit tlin IhIh Itoynln powder lioimo ami 1 1 red lulu tlio nlr! They ili'iilcil that uu)oint wim woumlcil, Offlrcr of llm ("nliiitmt & lli-rln MlnliiK rniiipiiny wro iimlcclili'il hern toilay wlmlhor to neei'tit (!ov urnor IVrrln' iiropOHlllou reKiinlliiK a iiu'i'IIiik with rcprcuciilallviiii of tin Htrlkom nt IiIh nfflnt In IiiihIiik. Tint tilnrkfnultli nhop at tint iiiIiii'N wcrn rcopi'iicil toilay. CAl.tlMICT, Mich., July no, The first open rlath between copper Mrlkcm nml tnllltlniiien rvmii) thU iiiornlm; at IhIh Itoyuto, when the noldlcru Jlreil fifty ihotH at miner who wcrn nttnrklni: n powder hotiiie. It li ri'imrleil'tlint-two jnlnorn'werw woiiuileil, Thi' Kolillcr ruenpuil In jury. (I.UnpT, Mich., July, no A ronferelirii III I.eiuhIiik of Mvn repn KPillnllviJK enrll of tint' coimt mini' oMriilotii Kmnl their n'frlkliiK em p)o)cn Hun proponed In tnlcKrauiH rceeltcil hero lotUy from (Jovernor l-Vrrln. Tim operators expect to ro- ply heforo iiIkIH nml representative of the Htrlkem fnvor llm proportion. Ktreet flKlilH lietwceu htrlkern ami uoii-uulou iiilnerM wero utimeroiiri hint iiIkIK. NIiio men were Injured, two iterlniinly, anil nit wore nrrcMcil. Two inllltlainen went locked tip to day for ritfnMti): to do their duty ir.nlnnt HtrlkerM, SEEK RESPITE SAl.U.Nf, Ore., July :itl. ThomuK S. Hurley of Tiicoimi, representing n number of Htoekholderri of the Alme da CoiiHoliilateil Mines company liv ing in Wnhhiiigtou, is hero toilay conferring with Corporation Com mlHHioner WatHoii mid Attorney (leu era! Crawford in regard to n plan to nave the company from tlio hand of n receiver. Commihsioner Wnl Hon biHt Satiirilay requested tlio at torney general to ask for a reoeivor for the company on tlio grounds that its financial condition was in very bud shape. Hurley mild ho and the stockholders bo represented had faith in the uiino tlio company is operating neiir flrnnln I'ass and ho asked for linen months in which to put tlio con cern on u sound basis, CAPTURE GOVERNOR HOnOTA, Columbia, July 30. Partisans of Cipriauo Castro havn ruptured Corn, in tho Htato of Kiu con, Venezuela, and taken General Leon Jurndo, governor of Falcon, n prisoner, according to reports re ceived hero today. Castro is reported to havo landed In VcnoKiinln yesterday and scores of Important personages nro said to have beou imprisoned, ALMEDA MNES FROM RECEIVER THE CONTINUATION OF THE ni The perpetuntion of the power of the initht imwcrful royal fmnily o.i the fit co of Hie earth, the lliiir.miofff rulers of Itiiftmn, is dependent on the life of tint little cr'Hciltch, itirn I very nickly. All the vihf-r clti'ilren MEXICAN POLICY ' AT STANDSTILL; WASHINGTON, July HO. Official aihices regarding the progress of the ITuitcd Slates' peace movement in Mexico were lacking today. Secre tary of State Hryan expressed hopt of ultimate success for the plan, but the iiilmiuistratiou does not consider the situation acute. 1'ntil the Mexican people them selves make an attempt to restore peace the ndiniuNtrution .will merely mark time. Henry l.nno Wilson, American ambassador to Mexico, was scheduled to appear before tlio sen ate foreign relations committee this afternoon. WASHINGTON, Julv no. The conimiiinler of the United SIiUor gnu boat Wheeling, whiuh is now nt l'ron- tera, Mex., reported toilay that stitr ies of distm bed conditions There had been erently exaggerated, nml that no Americans were in danger. lie wir ed tlio state department that rebels had looted two plantations near Frontera, but Hint their attacks had been repulsed by tho federals. IS CALLED OFF AKLANI), Cab, July HO. The scheduled ten round bout between Red Wulson ami Frnnkio Hums, which wiih to havo been singed by tho Oakland Wheelmen's club hero August Kl, is off. Hunts injured his baud ami back while boxing with Otto Herg and probably will bo con fined to his bed for n fovv days. Tho club may bo nhlo to put on tho bout lute next month. i $420,000 La Grande Fire, LA aifANHK, Ore., July 110. Tto. vised estimates today place tho dam ago done by tho firo which Rovornl days ago destroyed tho yards of the fleorgo Palmer Lumbar compnny, nt $120,000. Twenty-fivo million feet of lumber valued nt .$375,000 was burned nml tho yard, track and car loss will nmouut to $15,000. No trace Iiiih been found of tho men al leged to liuvo started tho lire. BRYAN WAITS POWER OF THE ROMANOFF DYNASTY DEPENDENT ON THE LIFE OF THE SICKLY CZAREVITCH of the czar arc cirls mul are by law Imrreil from the throne. TJnn is the firt jihotogrnph of the IttivHiuu royal fmnily taken in sev eral Venn,- nml il one of the few permitted Of the little czarevitch. A' year mro he met with n inwtcrio'.ih SENATE TOLD OF fl WASHINGTON. July 30. A Ktrong plea for recognition liy Amer ica of tho Huerta government In Mexico was voiced this afternoon heforo the senate foreign relations lommltteo liy Henry I.nno Wllwin, American nmhassador to Mexico. Wilson was closeted with tho com- mltteo for four hours. Tho amltasiiailor presented a long statement on political, financial and military conditions In Mexico, upon which his argumont was based. SAN DIKGO, Cat., July 30. Threo Mexicans, who woro hollovcd to have designs on tho life of Gen eral Felix Dlnz, woro ejected from tho Santa Fo wharf early today by armed guards employed to protect tho general and tho membora of hU party who arrived on tho freight Htenmer Virginia lust evening and spent tho night nbourd ship. An attempt was mado to search tho men for arms, lint they Bcurrled away In tho dnrkuens. All during toilay threats against Dlnz were heard la tho Mexican ipiarter from those who had loved I'resldeut Ma doro, and all through tho night sul len looking countrymen of General Dlnz woro gathered In little groups in tno foot of Market street. GATES' $900 TIP OPSETS WAITER MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 30. A negro waiter in a hotel cafo hero is confined (o his bed today, weak from joy over tho generosity or Cluules O, flutes, son of the Into John W. dates. flutes' dinner cheek amounted to $100. Ho paid il from a $1000 bill, mul slipping $!00 into tho negro'.? palm, said: "IToro, boy, tnko this stuff: you onn get more pleasure out of it Hian I can." The negro collapsed but 'kept n fiuu olutuh on tho bills. rlERTA' R M MM Ml DO accident, nml sinco then it Ii.-h hcen neeenMiry most or t,ie time lor nn ntteuilant to carry him nhout. N'ethinj: ling hcen done to sntiify the public us to the character of Ilia ne, eiilent. The royal family has been very secretive about it. FANATIC SCARES: TRIES TO VIEW RAN FRANCISCO, Cnl.. July 30. -His mind deranged by wnr scares, a shabbily drexscd fanatic, giing the name of Frank Huffington stirred up the guests in the lobby of the St. Frnncis Hotel here today when he insisted 11(1011 paying a visit to Sec retary of War Lindley M. Garrison, who is here with Major General Leonard Wood on n lour of inspec tion of western army jwsts. He was placed under arrest before he could reach the cabinet officer. Huffington entered tho hotel lob by smoking n short black clay pipe. He demanded to see tho socrotnry of wnr. The hotel clerk invited him to bo seated and sent for tho police. When n detective nrrived he naked Huffington his business. "L wish to see tho secretary wnr," the visitor replied. of HETCH-HETCHY BILL WASHINGTON July 30. Tho hoiiso lands committee began today final conslJeratton of tho Hetchy llotchy water bill, Introduced by ltcpresoutatlvo Hakor of California. An nmondment proposed by Rep resentative Underwood, under which tho city of San Francisco shall pay tho federal government $15,000 a year for tho first ton years, 120,000 a year for tho next ten yoara and 30,000 a yeir thoreaftor for right of way In tho Yosomlto national park was presented to tho commit too. Stanford Graduate Drowned. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cnl., July 30. Lloyd Nowlnnd, who grad uated in 1008 from tho pro-legal de partment of Stanford University, is believed to hnvo met death in n small boat which sailed from Mindanao Island nhout fiOO miles south of Ma nila, according to n cablegram ro ceived horo today by Ids niothor, Mrs. Mary Nowlnnd. Shortly nftor tho boat sailed n storm onmo up nml nothing moro was heard from New laud or hU party, WR SECRETARY MULHALL FREES BEFORE QUERIES OE OED BOSS N. A. M. Begins Cross Examination of Lobbyist Senate Approves 232 Questions A. F. of L. Next en the List. Reported Grand Jury Will Investi gate Watson's of Indiana Charges of Perjury by Star Witness. WASHINGTON, Jnly 30. It xn reported here this afternoon that the grand jury is investigating Mnl hall's confession in connection with the perjury charges made by former Congressman James Watson of In dinnn. It is nli-o reported Ibut the jury has examined Watson. With n list of 232 printed ques tions, approved by the sennto lobby committee, counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers today started their cross examination of Mnrtin M. Mulhnll of Baltimore. Tho witness apjtenrcil nervous and irri table. It is believed the cross examina tion will last the remainder of the week. After the N. A. M. nttornoys have finished with Mulhnll be will be. examined by Attorneys representing the American Federation of Labor. SWEPT; THREE PEOPLE KILLED WASHINGTON, July 30. Three persons arc believed to havo met death and several nro known to be seriously Injured as n result of one of the worst electrical, wind and hail storms over experienced in Wash ington. Tno storm broko at 3 o'clock this afternoon and attained such vio lence that tho senato was forced to tnko a recess, tho nolso of tho tem pest preventing tho dobato from be ing heard . ' ; A building at ' Soventh and L. 8treots collapsed, burying fifteen persons In tho debris. Tho police fear that nt loast thrco lives wer lost. WASHINGTON, July 30. A vio- lent storm nnd delugo o'f rnin, nc eompanied by hailstones ns largo as walnuts, struck Washington nt 3 o'clock this nfternooii. Tho storm foreed a recess in the senate, it bo- ing impossible to hear tho debate. Painters were working on the doino of tho capitol building, swing ing on slings, when the storm broke. It camo up very suddonly, nnd four of tho workmen, unable to reach tho Interior of the dome, remained out sido during tho tempest. Trees ovorywhero woro uprooted. A dozen trees on tho Whlto House grounds wor blown down, one fall ing Just lu front of a taxlcab hour- lug Iteprosentatlvo Flood, It is reported that flftoen are trapped In tho debris of n house which collapsed nt Soventh and L, streets. The storm lasted forty min utes. Cellars nlong Pennsylvania nvo uue, tho city's principal thoroughfare were flooded. Throughout the storm President Wilson sat in his private office con ferring with Congressman Korbly nt Indiana regarding tno currency bill. Tho tempornturo dropped from 100 to 70 during tho blow. . Tho police say that possibly three persons were killed in tho collapsed building. Several persons suffering from serious injuries nlrendy havo been removed from tho debris. l'nrt of tho roof of tho pension of fico wns blown off nnd pnpors nnd documents scattered nhout, causing u puuiu among tho employes. CPITOL STORM CAMINETTI AND DIGGS FILE PLEA OF NOT GUILTY I I I w Effort to Quash Indictments and Se cure Change of Venue Denied by Court Hearing te Take Four Days of Week. Dings Trial Will lefin Traday, Au fjust 5 Perjury Cemffraey Cm te Fellsw White Slave Trial. SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., July 30. Pleas of not guilty on the charge of violating tho Mann white slavery ant were entered today by Mnury Digg nnd F. Drew Cnminetti before Unit ed Stutes Judge Vnn Fleet here. Tho trinl of Digg?, who will be the first to nnswer to the indictment, will begin next Tuesday morning. Cnminetti's trinl will follow immedi ately afterwards, Attorney Theo dore Roche, for tho government, stat ed that it was expected three or four days would be required to try each case. Marshall Woordworth, represent ing Diggs and Cnminetti, moved first to quash the indictments, nnd witch this wns overruled, presented several demurrers, all of which were dcnie.l by Judge Van Fleet. An effort was made by Attorney Woodworth to have the trial trans ferred to Sacramento, but Judge Van Fleet declared that thls-a's "pretty late in the day to make such or sug gestion." The tlefenso Attorneys', however, reserved tho right to makb a showing to the court ns to why the enses should be transferred. l Digg and his former attorney, Charles B. Harris, who were indicted on a charge of conspiracy to suborn to perjury", nlso pleaded not guilty to this indictment, after their counsel hnd been overruled on n motion to quash nnd a demurrer. An effort wns mado to hnvo Diggs and ITarrM tried separately, but tho court ruleil against them. Tho trial on this charge will follow immediately after tho completion o.t the cases against Diggs nnd Cainin ctti on the white slavery indictments. STEEL LIVELY ON STOCK EXCHANGE NEW YOIUC, July 30. Tho font uro of the stock market In the early trading today was tho activity ot steel, which roso a point on sales ot 4000 shares. Dothlohom Stool roso IH nnd there were less sharp gains In Reading, Lehigh and Amal gamated. Utter the market bocamo heavy. Illinois Central droppod Bevon points to tho lowest price In fourteen years. Steel soon lost most of Its rise. Ilofore tho close Illinois Central fell threo points moro and Amorlcan Express 2. The market closed strong; , NOTED EDUCATOR NOT TO LEAVE POST CHICAGO, July 30. Mrs. Elln FloRK Young, Chicago's famous sup erintendent of schools, today with drew her resignation, recently filed nfter the board of oduontioii, by a voto of fourteen to 0110 refused to accept it. Trustco Harding, who cast tho ono voto against Mrs. Young, wns ono of the men she charged hnd boen ntempting to in terfero with iher ndministrntion o! tho publio schools. Mexico Releases Yankee Pair, WASHINGTON, July 30. The stnto department confirmed this af ternoon tho rclcnso of Charles Dis pell and Bernnrd McDonald, Ameri cans, who wero imprispned in Chihua hua, Mexico nud for whoso freedoat a demand wns made by Secretary Bryan upon General Huerta, thir Moxiouu dictator. 11 -1 11 vl 3 fV: I 1 t ,'"f I A , d?iU ' "i- T, - ., -