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207 Second Street m Medford Mail Tribune tf WEATHER Fair tonight mhI TieiT Max. M, Mhi. B7. SECOND EDITION 4N. I v v f Forty. tlilnl Ynnr. Dully KIhIiIIi Yr. - MEXICO CITY; IS Crisis Drllcvcd to Have Dccn Passed Situation Still Grave No Dem onstration Greets Arrival of Pres ident's Representative. MKXICO CITY, Au H. -John Llud, I'roxl lotit WiIhuii'm mimmiiiI representative, who united line Hai'iily last night, hold a Ioiir I'Oii forencti tenia y willi fhnrg d'Affaires O'KhniighneHsy of tint American em bassy. Lack of interest in Lintl's Coining (111(1 ri)IIH('(lll'llt flllMCUCO of dMurlmiico whs tliio largely to Ihn fuel Unit a great student dcinniiHtrn liiin in favor of liuerla was in progress when I.liul reached the clly. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 1. Wlillo Hit' Mexican silunlinn Htill is grave luilny both President Wilson nnil Heeielury Hrjnii heliuvo Unit the crisis has lircn pusscd. It in now fiooly riilinittcil thai Urn lifu of Jolm I.lml, tliu prenident'H envoy, wm in danger. Secretary llrynn Hut at hi desk until 1(1:10, refusing to lenvo until iffi'litl word cuine of LludV unfit arrival in Mexico City. Now that Mini In In tho United States embassy in Mexico City the danger of any nutrogo directed at him in helievod to have liecii greatly reduced. It in officially hinted (hut no farther steps will ho taken to carry nut the Wilson niluiinislmtion'H pence plans until I. hid completes his iuvcNligiitiuiiM. I In will make it plain that tint Culled States cannot roeng uiio lluerla oh president of Mexico in any circumstances, and will do all in hi poucr to inducu Aiucri cniiH to lenvo Mexico. It !h admitted licm that Ihn work of getting Americans in Muxiro started homo linn been unostenta tiously in progress for Home days. The greatest danger in tho situation now U that hiimo posltivo outrage on AuicricaiiH would forco stern measures hy Ihn administration. Ah n rcRidt of an investigation U wan ordered to make Chnrgu O'Shaughnessy at Mexico City rc jmrled today on Ihn nrrcst of a iiiimlier of American newspaper cor respondents tluire. Ho said Purse McFall, 0110 of those arrested, ha 1 heeu liberated, tin also Hind other Americana reported Imprisoned at Guadalupe, Colma and Oiiuyuius had heeu bet free. HEAT UK SHOWN OT llnnilllnn Lewis, aged III, wns so rjotwly injured nliout 7 ;KI , o'clock Saturday livening at thn Nntutnr iinu, when, after sliding down thn ehulo at 11 terrific; rain oT speed, he struck fneo ForcmoHt against a bnr ie floating lu tliu water. Young Lewis, who in nil excellent swimmer for bin ngc, eniuo down thu I'liulti standing on his hands and knees, and when ho reached thn rather level cud of thu incline sprung into tho air, hiirllinu' IiIh hody with Kieat force. njjninHt the Hharp cud of the iron. hound linrrcl, cnviiiu' In hiri niiHnl and frontal Iioiich und hicaKiutr IiIh jaw. Tho hoy cried onco for help and when t alien to the cold water nhowor ho talked freely of how he "could tounli Jho end of IiIh teeth with hlx oniu," hut if lie fel uny pain it could not ho deter liilued hy thn half doreu Hpcclutow who yero at the Nntiiloriuui ahout ilimlc. The lad dltplaycd the ureat- i'K uril aiul while willing to tall; of Iiih injuilurt ninile 110 Hlinw ot hniv ado, Dr. Unjlinr, who nllended tho hoy and had him placed in thn hoHpltal, Hiiid IoiIuy that tho lad wax doing very well, MOTOR YACHTS SWEPT OUT TO SEA BY STORM NKW YOIIIC, Autf. 11.-Two mo tor yacht, narryliiK twenty persniiH, Hwept out to eu in yoMlorduy'ri Hlnrm, were Mtlll uilieaid I mm to day, I.lferfuvcM ul llarncuiit City Heandied all tduht fur Ilia iuUkIh NO AW UNHARMED VVMMvUt - - GENERAL SHE BY SYNDICALISTS TIES UP ITALY Socialist Ornanlzatlon Precipitates General Walkout Strikers and Troops Clash Frequently-Mob Throws Stones and Slnas Songs. MILAN, Auk. 11. Proclamation of a Keaernl ntriko Ihrouuhont nl' It aly wax made hern today hy tho rtyudicnllrtt ami noeialiHt workiueuV orKaniratinn here. Htriken and troopn cIiihIiciI frc- ipiently throughout thn day, the inolm throulnu Htonea and pcrniHlini.' in KiiiKiiiK aunrcliiNl hoiiuh until urn pcnicd at the hnyonel point. ItOMK, Auk. 11. -All the troops in thu city am under arum, ready to reprehrt expected violence! ariHinu out of a u'ciierat Htrike, The ciuiHunl nnil the Vatican aro hoth under heavy (.iiard. FEDERAL JUDGE 8AN PHANCIHCO, Cal. Auk. 11. Tho onth of federal JnJgculilp wnn lulmlnlitercd hero toll to Maurlco T. UooIIub, ot HolllHter, Callfornln, appointed by I'roililent Wilson to ucced tho Into J ml no J. J, Do Hav en, tho ceremony tioliiK performed by UnllcJ tllatcH DUtrlct JuiIro Wllllnin C. Ynn I'lcot In thn dlitrlct court rhamhur. JiiiIko DoolInK did not "dremi up' for thn occnulon, hut nppenrod In tho Koft hlcnry ahlrt which haa dlntln Kiililied Id it npparol In private and of ficial life. Unlem JiiiIko Vnn Kleot roconnld em IiIh announced Intention, Dool I11K will prenldo over tho whlto iitavo trial of K. Drew Cnnilncttl n weok from tomorrow, nud Hint ot Attorney riiarle llnrrl of Bucrntucuto, In dicted for ntleinptod Hiibornntlon of perjury In connection with tho 1)Ikk" cairn now on trial. lu till event Judo DoollnR'n first cane would bo that of tho on of CommlsNlnuer (loueral ot Immigra tion A. Camluettl. with whom Uool Inic ban been clonely anaoclated lu democratic c:nipulKiin. DIAZ OFF 10 BOARD VESSEL BIlATTI.n, Wash., Auk. 11. Oon nral Follx Din and lilu hiiKo loft Seattle at U o'clock this inornlnK for Vancouver. 1), C, wlioro ho will hoard ship to Hall on Wednesday for Japan. YoRtordny Dlas received Bovoral UQwapaper men to whom ho ruvo un extremely ttmirdfd Intorvlow, IiIh only emphatic ntutoinentH rolutliiK to tho bounty of Seattlo'H houlovard uyatom, Ho declined to dUcimR thu mission of John I.lud to Muxlco and when war waa HUKKoatod an a posalblo out co mo of thu present altiintlou, ho re plied: "Wo abould not dlHcuna audi thlnna whon wo aro so slightly Informod aa to tho oxact condltlona," Dlae ex plalnud that lilu journey to Japan, "wai on u polite iiiIhhIoii, aliuply ro turuliiK a courtoHy extended to tho Mexican Kovornnont ut tho centonnry colehratlim thico yenra ago," DR. JOSLEN ESCAPES L KAN FHANCIKCO, Cal., Auk. 11. Tho cniie iiKaiiiHt Dr. Olio (!. .Joh len, 11 wealthy physician heie, ithuiKcd with 11 Htatutorv offeuwo acaluHl Kthel Wlllnnm, formerly of Health), wiih d Mm HHed today liv hu perior JiiiIko Law lor un n roHiilt of Ihn cniillnucd almence of thu com plalnliiK vltiiuMi4 finm thn hlale MIhh WilliiiuiH left California Nlmit e til'tcr Dr, JohIuii'h hociiiiiI trial NW hud jcMtilled In 11 dUuKruvmuiit. MEDFORD, WILSON THINKS AIR IS CLEARED BY UNO'S, VISIT Assurance Given by O'Shaufjhncssy That Lives of Americans In Mex ico Are Not In Danqer Huerla Assumes Conciliatory Attitude. MHXICO CITY, Auk. 11. Aaaur- unro wnn ititnu hero today b. NiiImoii 0'Hliuiirhuerny, chnrKo d'affnlroH of (lin tlnltvd Htnton vmlmmty, Unit tho Hvch of AinurlcanH In Mexico nro not In duiiKer. Ho doclaruil that no troii- tiln la aullelpntoil. WABIHNdTON. Auk. 11. I'roal dnut WIIhoii bullovca today that tho air haa cleared lu thu Mexican ultua tlon nud that Iluerta la more wIIIIiik to adopt a couclllatorynttltudo. Tho prcHldout today iinw thu ncwHpnpor men lu hla roKUlar Monday confer ence, and, while ho la not to bo quoted, there Ih llttlo doubt that hu liopnH for a penrctul outcoino ot tho Mexican ImbroKllo. TiirtlcN Aro I'nrlflc It la declared that John I.lud la not reipilrod to report directly to tho prnddunt, but that ho will work throiiKh ChnrKo d'uffalrca O'BhaiiKli nuity of tho United Btatc vmbaasy and will proceed In audi a manner aa to arouso no rcsonttneut. It la prob ably too much to oxpoct that Huurta will rellro limnodlately, but became ot tho Kovcrnmont'n financial cm ImrraMamcnta ho la expected to hna ten tho election of a atablo r.ovorn ment lu Mexico. If Huorta, how ovoV, nhould provo obdurnto, I.lnd pinna to discover dotinltely what forcca nro behind Carranra and will roport fully to tho administration on hla dlacoorio. Henator Bhvphard or Toxas lina told tho president that sixty por cent of tho Mexicans favor Cnrranxa's clnlina to tho prosldoncy. Tho presi dent thinks that would bo hard to provo, but It Is reported ho la 1m iiresned with thn claims of tho con stitutionalism faction to recognition of their belligerency, and In willing to bo shown that they nro as tuuch entltltd to recognition aa Huorta and his party. llnrmN With Wllllania Tho president does not ngreo with Benator Williams that an organized, financed movement oxlstu to forco Amorlcan Intervention. 'Cougrossmnn Kuhn'n suggestion that Uratll, Argontlna nud Cbllo bo Invited to net with tho United States lu Mexican Intervention to sccuro n fair oloctlon there has not been offi cially brought to tho president's at tention. Tlujro will bo nox effort uindo by tho administration to hurry hind's work. Meantlmo tho nruiy nud navy Is ready. TO VOTE ROAD BONDS I1KNI), Ore, Aug. ll.-Tho Crook County Good Honda association will present potttlosn to tho couiuy court nl Ita next reaalon. naklns for tho cullltic ot an election on a bmiu Issue of Sl'uO.ttO tor construcllon ot good rondu. '.be route decide J on Is from tho north linn ot tho county to tho south lino, counoctltiK tho towns of Mndraa, Motollus, Culver, Prlu'vlllo, lledmond, hatdtaw, lioul .tnd La Pine, u distance ot ubout 100 miles, Blnto Highway Commlsslonor II. L. Ilowlby wont ovor tho proposed routoa nnd assisted tho ussoclatlon offlcora lu choosing tho one decided on. Bontlmout is much In favor ot tho bond Irsiio and tho election Is expected to rarry by n majority. stock WriT NEW YOKK, Auk. 11. Tho Htoek market nhowed loHHim and K'I1H ahout evenly divided, lu tho early IradiuKi thoiiKh mont of the active Ihmiiun were under IiihI week'ri iJoh- Iiik fiuureri, Cautidlim 1'aiH'io was up 1, Southern Pacifin tltopped 1, and elHiHvhern tho inarkot wan ir regular. IIuiiiIh were hrcKiilar. Tho inuikvt vluued buoyuut, OltJWON, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1913. HHE REFUSES EVACUATION OF CAPTURED CITY Sultan of Turkey Flatly Rejects De mands of Powers to Surrender Adrlanople Serious Complications Indicated as Result. ro.N'RTANTINOPLK, Auk. 11. Flat rcfiiKiil to vnrntn Adrinnoplo wnH voiced today by Turkey in a courtcnim nolo handed to represen tative of tho powerH here. The Irl explained that the invniunn of the Midiu-nritxn rone was forced tn n rcHiill of IfulL'nrinn nlrociticH. LONDON, AnK.ll. PoRMihility of serious complications with Turkey is indicated today in dispatches from Constantinople, which say thnl the porte's niiHwer to tho demand of the powers that the Turks cvncuaN Adrinnoplo nud rcscct tho frontier dedicated by treaty has hcen issued nud Ih iiiohI cvntmc. No officinl statement of a program to force the retirement of the Turks has yet been rivcm here. f AWAITING ACTION ' COMMERCIAL CLUB An Important meeting will bo hold by tho Medford Commercial club nt X o'clock Tuesday jivenlng nt tho city hall to be followed by the monthly meeting of directors, when tho ques tion of tho election ot n secretary will como up, Tho following subjects aro await ing action by tho club: Itoiul bond campaign. Naming of delegates to Eureka good roads meeting. Kuntertnlnmeut of scientists vis iting Crater Lake. Entertainment of Secretary Frank lin K. Lnno during visit to Crater I.nko. V-.J- GRANEY REFEREE FOR RITCHIE FIGHT RAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aur. 11. Willio Ritchie will return from his liuutinR trip in thu Monterey hills Thursday, night nnd will leavo for tho north on Saturday to prepare for his September 1 fight in Van couver with Kreddio Welsh. Henry Mickey, tho Oakland featherweiKUt, and perhaps Vrankio Edwards will accompany tho champion. No hitch ill tho inn't tor of wcicht and referee is expected. Eddio Qrnney is satis factory to both men nnd ho un doubtedly will ho solceted to rof eree. Marry Foley, Ritchio'B trainer, who left for Vancouver today, re fused to commit liimsolf on the weight n,cst'0" declnrinR ho could tell better v?mit his demnnd will ho when ho Rets on thn Rround nnd Iiiih a chance of UinR Welsh up. MINOT, N. I)., Aug. 11. Follow. iiiL' tho arrest last uiclit of eighty persons at a street ineotinR hero of Industrial Workers of tho World, it was announced today that tho slain troops probably would ho culled out II' tli. ludiistiialists nttemnt to con tinue their nieetiiiRS. A thrcntcuinj; mob suiRi'd ubout tho jail all niubl, hut it dispersed iih tho inuriiiiitf ail vuueed. Several eltixens. Incensed over 1111 alleged Insult to tho American flJK, took part In thu trouble. Uiinhlo to control thn Holers, the pollen ilrst called uu the sheriff for aid, and then thu fir 'dqmilinrnt, IMPORTANWICS w.w T SOUTH DAKOTA IS I Iowa and Nebraska Deluged, But Kansas and Oklahoma Still Dry Fruit Crop Partially Saved Corn Crop to Be Only Half Normal. DES MOINES, In., Aiir. 11. Rainstorms which hcRnn Inst night were Renernl throughout Iowa todny, nearly three inches falling here. It is now believed thai; lb corn er in this stale will hu ahout 75 per cent of a normnl yield, possibly bet ter. The fruit crop nlso has been partially Hnved hy the downpour, nnd tho npple crop will be about 75 per cent of normal. Two nnd one-third inches of rnin fell nt Cedar Rnpids, one inch at lioono nnd two nnd one-qiinrtcr nt Mnrshalltown. OMAHA, Neb., Aiir. 11. Rains in the corn belt of Nebraska Saturday nnd early today Imvo insured n pood yield of Into corn, but tho enrly crop will be only about 40 jer cent .of normnl. Cool weather was Renernl throughout Nebraska today. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aiir. 11. High temperatures nnd drouth con ditions still prevailed today through out Kansas nnd Oklahoma, but re lief is promised soon. The situation is most serious and light showers have afforded little relief. The tem jHTature everywheie in Kansas to day exceeded 100 deRrces. MACON, Mo.. Aur. 11. Mis souri's com belt was visited by n two hours' rainstorm today, which served to revive the crop, nnd pas turage. STATE SUES FOB HYDE-BENSON ID SALEM, Or., Aup. 11. Suit to recover n total of 30,000 ncres of land fraudulently secured by the Hyde-Hcnson conspirators from tho stnto of OrCRon was instituted to dny by Attorney General Crawford iu Linn, Lane, Crook, Clackamas, Hood River nud Jackson counties. Hyde nnd Ilensoii secured the lands through dummy locators, and sec tions 10 nnd 30 of each town.sliip wero involved. Hyde's conviction was recentl' confirmed by tho supreme court nt Washington. Attorney General Crnford does not anticipate any troublo in proviiiR that tho lauds were illegally secured ns the court records show plainly that Hyde and llcnson deliberately set out to rob the stato of its hoIdinRS. daliasIan guilty killing mother-in-law DALLAS, Or., Aug. 11. Tho jury which heard the evidenco in tho trial of Louis Davis, clinrgod with kill iiiR his mother-in-lnw, Mrs. Stew art, nt Rallestou, Juno 29, today re turned ft sealed verdict of RUtlty of murder in tho second degree Ihe verdict wns found last Saturday night, but on account of Judge Holmes being nbsent from tho city it was scaled hud presented to tho court today. Davis will be sen fenced Thursdny. MILITIA NOW OUT OF CALUMET DISTRICT CALUMP.T, Mich., Aug. 11. Two hundred militiamen were sent heio nt the outset of tho copper wincm' strike, started for their homes to day. Officials hero are confident that tho hheriff and his 1000 depii tics will be able to maintain older. Picketing by btrlkers was reuuwul today, ON CROP SAVED BY Rl MO W M KINLEY GAVE 1LHALL HIS TITLE 'COLONEL' New Yorkers Subpoenaed to Appear Before Committee Mulhall Be fore House Probers Bartholdt Cables. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. At tho request of the National Association of .Manufacturers todny Senator Overman of North Carolina, investi gating President Wilson's "insidious lobby," todny subpoenaed three New lork men lo be exnrmncd in regard to the formation of the National Tariff Commission nsxocintion. Thin orRanizntion, Chief Counsel Emery of the N. A. M. has testified, was formed by New York manufactur ers n number of whom were mem bers of tho N. A. M. Martin Mulhnll of Baltimore, former chief lobbyist for the N. A. M., whoso examination before the senate committee wns recently com pleted, appeared today before tho lioitKo lobby committee, of which Representative Garrett is chairman. Mulhnll declared he Rot his title of "colonel" while nccompanyinR the Into President William McKinley on n campaign tour of Ohio in 1893. MvKinley, ho said, dubbed him "col onel." The house committea read into the record n letter from Representa tive Richard Dartholdt of Missouri, who is now in Germany, offering to nnswer nny questions propounded hv cnble. He declared ho could not return to tho United States nt once without endnngerine the health of Mrs. Bartholdt. In his letter Bar tholdt declared he never regarded Mulhall ns nnythinc but n messen ger boy fdr Emery and other offic ios of the N. A. M.. and that "his dignity would never permit him to disenss pendinp measures with Mul hnll." FIHSJNI CREEK In nn action brotiRht by Chnries Owens to set nsido nn election held in school districts 20 nnd 02, held on tho 10th of June, where tho ques tion to consolidate the districts and build a new and larger schoolhnoso was voted favorablo to consolidation on tho Rround that the election wns carried by an illegal majority in that five of those voting for tho consol idation wero not qualified voters, the defendant school board, by tho district attorney, filed nn answer to dny, denying nil tho allegations cf tho complaint nnd chnrging U10 sup porters of tho uegntivo sido of the question with having ntso voted il legal voters. Tho districts sought to bo consol idated have an assessed valuation of considerably over n million dollars, 85 per cent of which is owned by nonresidents. Those favoring con solidation urge that under tho law tho curriculum will bo extended to higher branches of education and thnt cnrrynll conveyances will he used in transporting tho puuih to nnd from school, iusuring n more convenient nnd more certain attend ance, nud that tho burden borno by tho resident taxpayers will bo rela tively smnll considering the hcnofiis. ALIEN LAND LAW WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. No of ficial notico wus taken hero today thnt tho Cahfornin nuti-uheu laud law became effective today. Tho fourth official note between tho United States and Japan is being prepared at tho Japanese embassy here today. No suit to deeluro the law uneoiihtitutioual is planned, so far as can ho learned. Appraiser for lay City WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. The nomination of Campbell Whitelmru to bo uHhistuut nppruUer of mer rlutndUu at Ban Frsnclico wmh kciiI lo Ihe vmalo tvduy, SCHOOL COURT NO. 121. od rains in EAST EP UP Heavy Shipments From Rogue River Valley in Prospect for Cominf Week-Picking On in All Orchards and First Cars Leavs for East. . Pcnr shipments are on in earnest this week nnd over 250 enrs of Bart letts will lenvo for enstern markots in tho next few days. Good prices in the cast nro assured, the follow ing quotations being received to te dny: St. Louis, $2.55; Cincinnati, $2.00; Chicago, $2.85; Philadelphia, $2.55; Detroit, $2.80; Boston, $2.50; Pittsburg, $2.75; New York, j$2.60. Medford Dartlett this season are the finest ever sent out of the val ley. Tho following is a summary of tho New York mnrket during the past week: Hnmmarjr of Market The trend of the deciduous fruit market nt the opening this week was downward quotations for all the lending varieties shading off some what under heavy supplies. Net charges, however, wero small and tho volumo of trading wan large. A marked shortage nt tho middle nnd tbo closo of tho week due to a, washout on the Southern Pacific railroad west of Chicago, sent prices of nil lines soaring, Bartlett pears leadinR the advance The demand 0 DARMS for desirable Bnrtletts for shipping purposes continues unusually strong, although they are beginning to dis play irregular quality and. condition, some being overripe and wa'sty and . others extra well colored. Good Bartlett Price Tho best Barlletfa sold up to $3.50 and the bulk of the good re ceipts nt about $3. Wasty and un desirable marks went as low as $1 per box. Tho supply of nearby pears is heavy and prices of fancy fruit steady. A feature of the market this week was tho appearance of tho first car of B. Hardy pears. Although the size and color left much to be de sired, prices ranged from $2.40 to $2.45 per box. Subsequently prices dropped lo $1.80 to $2.35. A few Souo do Congress pears brought $1.20 per halt box. Tho npple crop of 1913 will be much smnller than thnt of last year, according to countrywide reports collected nnd published today by some of tho trade papers. The com ing prices promise to be larger than those of last yoar when the v'-' ', throuchout tho country was abnorm ally heavy. WOMAN BETRAY LOGUE'S SLAYERS CHICAGO, Aug. 11. narold Schneider, an notor, and John Faith, a member of Chicago's underworld, wero formally charged here today with tho recent murder of Joseph Logue, n jeweler. Assistant State's Attorney Johnson sweated both men this morning and later asserted that while only ono man was involved in tho actual killing, both Schneidpr and Faith shared in the stoten jew els. Tho betrayal of Faith by May Mc Mulliu, his alleged paramour, caused tho arrests. Prosecutor Johnson declared the womun gave a detailed account of Faith's notions during tho week prior to the murder be cause ho refused to marry her after she had given birth to n child. The woman is held an the principal wit ness against tho men. HOUSE CURRENCY CAUCUS BEGINS ACTION WASHINGTON, An. It. tU houso duwioorstlo curresey Mttttf begun today. The program I tr tho adoption of the ahuw bill M -prowd by the nous xtwwltte M ktuklug and eurrwuf. Iww tt dsmwrsts hMVu rtHrnd tun MnmV ' vsMtleutf to Uk trt Ut tfc M 4. 1 fi ' Mi