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t t ! rfi" ' r . . ?0' Second street j ' Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fiilr tonight nml Tkwttlaf Mat. W Mln. 49. ' r -i Knrlyllilfil Trnr. Dully -Clulilli Ycnr. NM ENTALWOMEI SOCIETY 10 BLAME, DEFENSE PLEA LAWYER FLAYS Confessed M:t(tlnlcn's Unmercifully Scmirijcil Count Clucks Attempt tu Arouso Jury's Symjiatliy Spectators Nod Approval. Joy niilcs, Beach Resorts, Cafes Are Stcpplnii Stones In Marsha War rlnyton's Fall. SAN rUA.SVISCO, Oil., Auk. s!0. WiiIIIIIIi'n llllllllllMllitV til Wiillinll wn the Ntriktug fcntuin of th Digit liinl today during Hi" cloning limin nt' lli nrguini'iilH (u Ihe jury. Whnlocr tho puhlio initriiii ninv tin it h o the status nf Marsha Wiiriingti Iiii'f witness HKiiiiiMl Mimry I. Dlggs, ninny women who Intel lnwinl Ilin t'liiirl rniifnnniim of thiri Iwrnly.yenr-old Kirl'n ccca. imili'N niul shnuio (inikred ami hliriimci'il t lift r will gowned should riK iluriiiK tin) summing "I" hy tin dcfciic. They nodded nppmwil to Attor ney Robert T. Devlin's iiniieachiiieut of her teliinony niul his mocking iiiliiiinliiiiH iim to her character, cast ins: tlio stones of lifted brows niul widening smiles iini tli self. con fihi'il Magdalen. Ah fur as they were concerned, it was tliuniliH down fur Mnndin Wnrrlngtwi nml Loin Kurds. They writ with Iho man Diggs. Attorney Robert T. Dcxllii. on Iho other IiiuiiI, In summing "lt the de feline, nfler hlnilllv attacking the fortner reputations of the girls, krd the jury to lay the Illume for Duag' confessed immorality at ho. eielyV iloor. "Don't hhiine 1I1U individual for Hie sins of the uituij,' he arKiH'il. "JsiM'iely in o lilnine. Yoiiinj girls are allow cd to go iiueluuirnMieil' (hey are alloweil to think, to take autoniohile rides, lnlt hi'aeh re. sort. The rct wan iih a matter of iMiiirwe,'' Shnr inferences were inaile by Delln to "the itini lit little miiiil." A number of the women specta tor smiled iluriiiK the atloniov'H nt Inek upon tint girl, nodding up. proMil. "What motive eonhl Diggs hine hml in leaving the slntef" Devlin ileiiiaiiih'il. "All Ihe aels of humor alily alleged praelieally hml alremly Incu committed lie fore ho left the Mate. Ilo in lint helnir Iriotl for Unit. Hml ho Kone to Los Angeles there would have hern 110 case. "Do not make Mih. Diggs the wife of a mm let," wiih Devlin's plea. Then, for the first time, Mrs. Diggs' unguis!! broke out ami sho wept op enly fur a moment. Judge Van Fleet Iniinriliately fore, hlnlleil any such plea for s.vm palhy. "Thin ense," Hiiid Iim court, "must lie decided Irrespective of nuv appeal to Byiupathy." (Continued on i'iiko g) I BLAZE AI MntclioB In it Biilt bolng clonnod at tlio Piintntorliiiu l)yo Works plant t North Grupo atrootH, cuuboiI ft flro Wodnosdny morning, tlmt resulted In tho iloHtrtictlon of SOOo worth of clothoB.,Tho inutchoa woro Ignltod whon bolim run thrmiKli ft "tumblor" raiiHliig an cxploulon ot kiho1Iiio. Tim Interior ot tho UullilliiK won mittml, ami thu niachtnury, on which liiBiiriinco wna carrloil daningoil. No Inuiirauco wiib carrlod on tho clothus, but all uliilniB will bo paid, tho com puny nnnouncoH. Tho flro dopnrt niout oxtliiBUlshcd tho blivzo after ft aulck run, ill IN CASE; SEEKS MOTIVE MA I UE 900 DYE WORKS PLANT N BACK D GQS AT "SQUARE DEAL" Dliitjs Bitter Atjnlnst District Attor ney Expects Verdict of Guilty Lays Appearance In Court to "Shyster Politics." Complains He Is Not Guilty Under Will to Slave Law, and Bemoans, Too Late, Ruin of All Concerned. SAN I'UANCISCO, Cat., Auk- i!. - "I Ihink the whole thiiiK lm l"'i'" rotten ami iufamoiii," Thin wan the oprrtitiK nciilrncn of Maury 1. DIrkh here toilay in an exeliihive hlaleiiieiit to the .United l'rriH 011 the innrcM of lliu trial on chargi' of violation of thu .Maun white hIiinu net. "ShyHter pnlitlen," he eoiitiiiui'il, "Iimk entcreil into thin trial. I have not heen ien u Hipinre ileal. My wife, my child anil myself, n well oh the uirlrf involved, have had to suffer lieraiiHe hoiiic federal ofrie lain hnve heen lookiiiK for n soft place In li(;ht. "I moat eertainlv am not pnlty of whito nlavery. Tho Mann net hn not only riiinrd me nml my family, hut Ihi MiiH WarriiiKton nml Mih Nuni and their people. It ha wroiiKht n KWiil InjiiHtice. I have had no ehaneo for n fair trial. "I couldn't nay auyUiiiiK nhout the KlrK I did not eeii tell my atlor ney about nil Iho thiup that Imp. iieneil: lieeanse if a man dorK till he is a iIok. ami if ho dm'ftu't, he imiNt curtail bin defendo. "The whole IhiiiK is rotten. For mer District Attorney McNnb is n dirtv cad ami has made many mih Nlatemeuts about tho evidcueo he Kiithored. Dlw intiinaled Hint ho was pro pared for nml cxiwcted a. verdict of Kuilty. I AND PARIY OFF 10 CRAIER L Adolpli Mlllor, nwlntnnt scrrolnry nf tlio Interior, nml wife accompanied by County JiuIro F. I. Ton V0II0, Hiiperlutendont Steele, UeorKo rut man, and 11. J. llrovnrd loft thus mnrnlnu In two automobiles for u day's stay at Crater Lake. Tlio visit of tlio rnblnnt meiubor Is expected to aid materially In tho futuro develop ment of tlio Krout Hconlo spot. It U also oxpectod that tho claims ot Arant to tho park BUporlntondoiicy will bo effectively Bottled for all tlmo after tho vUlt. TuoHilay AsHlstant Secretary Mll lor wiih tho Knest ot tho Unlvoralty club nt nil Impromptu reception. Ho outlined tho administration policy towards national parkB, and Its tond ouey townrds uyfltoiuntlo dovolopiuout ot tho Hiuno. Upon arrival Tuosdny tho vlaltors worn Uiken through tho vnlloy and woro shown Hlllcrest orchard as tho Riiests ot It. II. Parsons, tho owner. Later at tho Country club Mrs. Lane nml Mr. nml Mrs. nml Mm, Mil ler woro KiioBta ot honor a dlnnor Klvon by Mr. and Mra. P. W. Hanilll. Tho BUORta luelmlod Mrs. F. II. Hop kins, who la n cousin ot Mrs. Lane, Mr. and Mra. Stownrt l'attorson, Mr. and Mrs. Corning Konloy, Mr. nml Mra. S. Vilas Uupkwlth, Leonard Car penter and A. S. V. Carpenter. Hoses to ho used in the hamiuol to Secretary of tho Interior Lane ut Klniiiulh Falls tomorrow night were hhippud Wednesday from Medford and Control Point. Soorolnry Lane will join Assistant Soorolnry Milloi nt Klamath Falls after his tour of oentrul Oregon. DESPOLER BAYWHNES N CBI MEMBER AE MEDFORD, JOHN W. DAVI8 NAMED FOR 80UCIT0R GENERAL John W. Dais, now roprcseiilntiw) in coiiKreis from West Virginia, Is to fill one of the immt iniortnnt poxitious in thu KinerniniMit ut Wl'ihhiliKloii. Ilo h to lio Holieilor Kencral of tho department of justice, n plaen which was occupied hy Mar shal ilullitt (ill President Taft ipiit office. Tint hoIieilor-Kcueral nppcnrs for the Koverntncnl before tlio suprcinu court of Iho United States, nml ho must therefore he n lawyer of Kreat ability and character. In that court ho meets Iho ablest lawyers of Ihe country as his adversaries. The salary is only $10,000 n yvnr, which is less than tho fees many lawyers will draw for single eiihcs in which llinv will apHnr against him. Mr. Davis is now nerving his sen nml term in tho housn of rcnrcHcu tntivcs. He will resign AiiKiist JO to take his new place. 10 FIX BLAME HKATTLB, Wash. Aug. SO.Whcn tho surviving officers nml members of tho crow of tho Stato ot Califor nia, wrecked In Qamblcr liny, Sun day, arrivo In Heattlo on tho stenmor Jefferson Into this nftornoon thoy will bo taken In chnrgo by United 8Utos mnrlno limpet-tore who will attempt to fix tlio responsibility for tho dis aster. Tho order for tho Investigation comes direct from Acting Secretary of Commerce Sweet, at Washington, who lias neat telegraphic Instructions to marine Inspectors lioro and at Juneau, tho bureau ot navigation and tho const ami geodetic survey, Tho men of tho Stato ot California wero questioned beforo leaving Ju neau and will bo further grilled hero. .1KFFKIISOX CITY, Mo.. Aug. J0. Willi Governor Major of Missouri leading, 1)00,000 men and thousands nf teams today nro shoveling and hauling dirt 011 Missouri highways, in acoord with tho governor's proo lanintion for two good ronds days. Thu entiro city lias suspended busi ness and is helping to improve tho stnto's highways. (lovcruorMnjor is running u steam roller in Calloway county. WORLD PEACE MEET BEGINS Al IHE HAGUE TUB IIAOUE,, Aug. 20. Moro than HUD delegates assembled in tho Iiiddcrxnll hero today for tho open ing of tho twentieth universal peaeo conference. Tho congress will eon tinuo soveral days and is held un dor tho patronage of Prince Henry of tho Netherlands. Two days of cbnunittoo meotiu-s will precede tho regular sessions. About fifty American delegates are present. Andrew Cnrnegio also is ospcotcd to attend tlio conference kv iWTi 9!Btof OR AL MARINE TRAGEDY OUKCiON, WKDNKBDAY, U President Receives 7000-Word Re ply to Special Envoy Llnd's Rep mentation Asks Time to Con slder Reconstruction Proposals. Foreign Committee of Senate Hold Conference Emoarrjo Arms to De Enforced. to on WASHINGTON. Aug. 'JO.-Hlroug indication (hut John Lhid, President Wilson's special cmiHiiry to Mex ico, will succeed on his mission of Kwe is seen hero today in tho re ceipt of n 7000-word installment of Provisional President Huerta's reply to Liml's representations. It will take all day to decipher tho dis patch, hut it is known that time is asked to consider President's Wil son's projiosnls. (Vrtniu government officials pro fess to believe that Hiiertn is mere ly sparring for time. He says he is greatly interested and is anxious far additional information. The word ing of tho reply is said to indicate that Hiiertn is seeking better tcims, hut at the same time is also kirp ing negotiations in progress until he decides whether to tcsign from the presidency. Owing to Huerta's latest commu nication, PreMilcnt Wilson arranged today n conference with Chairman Ha con of tho senate foreign rela tions committee. Under tho cir cumstances hn wishes to emphnsiro his decision that there will ho no removnl of the emhnrgo against tho khipiner.t of arms into Mexico. The president believes that this wocld inflame anti-Americanism there and might provoke tho adherents of Hii ertn to reprisals. So lour us Hiiertn continues to consider mediation and treats John Liml cordially tho ndminlstrntinn will afford tho Mexican dictator ev ery opportunity to join in a peace ful settlement. Huerta's latest note hns already been sufficiently trnmdntcd to make certain Hint it opens a door for further friendly negotiation. It recites tho federal military suc cesses and claims that conditions in Mexico today are mora peaceful thnn they have been since the original uuti-Dinz revolt. RALLY OPENS; WEST 10 TALK KUUKICA, Cat., Aug. 20. With Governor Johnson ot California open ing tho proceedings moro than 300 dolcgatca from tho three statoa ot tho Pacific const mot hero todiy at tho first bosbIoii ot tho "Threo States Good Honda" rally. Governor Lister ot Washlugtou who Is president ot tho convention, was introduced by Governor Johnson and the Washing ton orecutlvo received an ovation. Goornor West and othor mombors ot tho Oregon delegations woro ox poctcd to arrivo this afternoon. After Governor Johnson had fin Ishod a brlot speech, striking at tho outsot tho koyuoto ot enthusiasm which dominates tho convention and nunouuclng his stand for a groat highway connecting tho throo states, (lovornor Llstor assumod tho gavol. Ho addressed tho convention und. tho tltlo of "tho general necessity for good roads" and scorod heavily with his orgumont. A big mass meeting is plannod for tonight with Governor Johnson and Govornor Llstor as tho principal speakers. New York-St. Louis Ball Game At St. Louis (first gnino) It. II. E. Now York 14 2 MHtMMM St. Louis . 2 8 2 Hntlerios Caldwell and Sweonoy, Allison, nml Agnow. Umpires MeGroevy and Con nolly., ... . .. ... HUERTAS NO GIVES HOPES TO WILSONS PLAN EUREKA RAD AUGUST 20, 1913. A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE AND HIS PRETTY BRIDE CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA MAN ON THEIR ELOPEMENT C-"""""-""fWly 'XJmww ViWwKL '-H ''It ri- . ,4S' I ' y VZ A LfJtUt ymKMl The kind of energy and determina tion which made it iwsciblc for Will iam Wcightmau of Philadelphia, the "ipiinino king." nml head of the great drug and chemical hoiifo of Wcightmau & Powers, to' accumulate a fortune of .7.r,000,000, stood Wil liam WciKhtmnii HI in good stead HOLD DOZEN AS PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 20. As a result of tho dragnet thrown out by the polico department in an en deavor to enmesh tho highwaymen responsible for holding up tho Soo Spokano passenger train of the O. W. R. & K. last night, fifteen men wero nrrestcil today charged with vagrancy. None of thoso in custody have been accused of the holdup, and nil will probably be released as they do not fit tho descriptions of tho men wanted. The reward of S.'iOOO offered last night for tho nr resl of each of the bandits was re iluced to $1500 today. Doubt seemed to exist in the minds of some of the officers this afternoon whether four highwaymen participated in tho robbery, but tlio consensus of opinion was that four men were involved. MEDFORD COUPLE Vera Anderson, ago 22, and Miss Dorothy Dames, ago 17, were mar ried at Jacksonville Tucsdny nftor noon. Tho couplu went to tho coun ty scut, secured ti licen.se and n pas tor, were married and then informed their pnrents, who put their ap proval on tho step. Miss Muriel Duress nccompauicd tho. bride. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson will make their homo in Medford. E Tho rosldonco property on tho sightly location at 15 North Oakdale bolonglng to Mrs. Krosa J. Potter ot Roguo RIvor, waa purchased Tues duy by Mrs. S. J. Krdman, considera tion $3500. Mrs. Krdman took pos session at onco, and haa moved her household oftccts In from her rauch, and !b now locatod in bor now homo. Tho deal was mado through tho G. Alldor Realty Co. PHILADELPHIA TRIES T PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20. Thu Philadelphia county election commla- slouora today woro awnniped with tho first potltlona to havo cundldatos names printed on tho ballots for tho fall prlmarlos. All caudldatea not having tholr names preaonted to tho commtsslonors by this ovonlng will bo unoltglblo to ruu In tho primaries for tho Boveral county and city offices. SUSPECTS 0 TRAIN ROBBERY WEO'ATJACKSONVILLE PURCHASE- P'RICE when his heart became tangled wiih that of pretty Miss Mary Powers. The young mnn, who has n good many millions in hi own right, is the nephew of Mrs. Frederick Cort Inndt Ponfield, wife of the new am bassador to Austria, would have had a chance to shin in the beat Europ ean society. AOMA CIRCUS I DEATH PLUNGE TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 20. An tono Alphonso, an acrlallst with the Rlngllng rtrotbers' circus died In St. Joseph's Hospital hero early today ot Injuries received at last night's per formance when, ho fell from tho "big top" whllo preparing to do the dangerous "giant swing." Swlnslng high in tho air on a trapeze, Alphonso, billed aa "Tho Man Who Keeps You Guessing," waa holding tho breathless attontlon ot tho great throng that filled tho tent. Tlmo and again ho swung upward. Each tlmo spectators thought ho would complcto tho swing, only to eco him como downward again. On his lat swing upward ono of tho bars on tho trapczo wrenched loose. Realizing that ho was about to plungo downward, tho man screamed in terror. His feet slid from tho bar and ho hurtled outwnrd. Twlco ho turned complcto somcsaults beforo ho crashed In a helpless heap in tho sawdust ring. FORFEITED BY COURT DECREE PORTLAND, Oro., Aug. 20: Another forfeiture ot lands "Inno cently purchased," from tho Oregon and California railroad land grant was mado today with a decroo signed by Federal Judgo R. 8. Dean. Tho owner of tho land, amounting to 2000 acres in Jackson couuty, near Medford, is Dr. Edward Fowler ot Cleveland, Ohio, who may now buy tho lands back from tho government at $2,50 an acre. I T.OS ANGELES. On!.. Aug. 20. Throo damago suits woro tllod in the suporlor court horo today against George II. Rlxby, Long Beach mil lionaire by girl witnesses In tho so- called whlto slave cases, ponding horo. The plaintiffs aro Ireno Mario Rrown-Levy, complainant against Dlxby in a Juvonllo delinquency caBe; Cleo Holen Barker, a witness In tho same case, and Jcanotte Ellis. Thoy domand damages ot $50,000 each. Tho complaints in tho cases aro jvory brief, and charge Blxy with "ma liciously assaulting, wounmng, Bruis ing and committing crimes upon the persona ot tho plaintiffs within the last year." CROWD CHE MEDFORD LAND KO. 129 THAW TO FIGHT T Escaped Slayer to Remain In Prison Cell While Lawyers Outline Legal Action Mother's Wealth to Balk Canada's Deportation. New Hampshire Courts to Deal With Prisoner on Return to United States Brother-ln-Law to Rescue SHERBROOKE, Que., Aug. 20. Owing to tho decision of Canadian Immigration Commissioners Williams and Roynolds to deport Harry K. Thaw an soon as ho is released from Jail here, Thaw's lawyers prefer that ho shall remain temporarily in his cell and aro meantime preparing to sccuro an Injunction to prevent hi deportation. George Carnegie, Thaw's brother-in-law, is en routo hero from Now York with Mrs. Carnegto, and haa retained Charles G. White, K. C. an Immigration law expert, as chief counsel to fight tho decision to de port Thaw. Tho stayer of Stanford White said today that ho is most comfortable la his cell In tho prison hospital. He declared himself most cheerful and expressed tho conviction that he never will return to Mattcwan as ho can easily demonstrate that be In not and never was Insane. Ills lawyers visited Thaw at boob today to got his signature to an af fidavit in connection with the habeas corpus proceedings which, are to be brought. White, -his chlet counsel said afterward: "We should like a week to familiar ize ourselves with the eae t-w!R not complain oven it we have only, a day." Experts hero today say that the fight to deport Thaw or to gala his freedom will last for weeks and may bo a replica ot tho fight to get Green and Gaynor, tho Savannah, Ga., era bczzlors back Into American custody.' SHERBROOKE, Que., Aug. 20. Harry K. Thaw, slayor of Stanford Whlto, who was capturod at Coatl cooke aftor his escnpo from Matte wan asylum In New York state, will bo released today because his com mitment hero was Irregular. He will bo at onco ro-ar rested, however and surrendered to tho Immigration authorities. Then, unless he pro duces a ticket to Detroit which he claims to havo, ho will bo deported by tho samo routo over which he en tered Canada. That would take Thaw back Into Now Hampshire, not to New York, and the battle tor his extradition to Now York would still havo to bo fought, In tho Now Hamp shire courts. SHEKUHOOKE, Que., Aug. 20. Harry Iv. Thaw today won tho first )oint in tho fight hero to tnko him back to Mnttenwan asylum when, instead of being turned looso to bo deported to American soil by tho (Continued on Page 6.) POINTS WOE TO COLORADO WHEN SUGAR IS CUT AGAINSTRETON MAMAN DENVER, Colo., Aug. 20. Direc tor Charles Roettscher of tho Great Wtcstorn Sugar compuny is quoted in tho Denver Express today as say ing that Colorado beet augar grow ers will havo to stand at Jenat four sevenths of tho 35 por cent reduction in tho sugar duty if tho Wilson tariff bill passes. In part ho said: "Our company will closo eight of our nino Colorado plants, but we will , not disiunutlo them because foola ennnot stay in office forovcr, WheH the beet sugar fanners learn that thoy will have to stand their share of the tariff reductions and tho con sumer learns that ho will not get cheaper sugar, tho men who help to pass this bill will bo retired to, pri vate life nnd we shall be able to fee 011 with manufacturing." lj 1 1 l i V ,