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' ., G Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fnlr ml cooler ftaturrirty Mnx. Htf Mln. IJH. FnrlyMliInt Year. Hull KIkMIi Vnnr. MEDFORD, OmWON, SATURDAY, AUfJURT 23, 1913. NO. 132 ssa- - . i YOUNG KILLED BY BLOW GIVEN IN PIE RING Rllllit Uiiprrcut on Chin Struck by Jess Wlllartl In Eleventh Round Etuis Piinlllstlc Career of White Hope John (Cull) Younif. ND SUM NG T AN WTH RA Wlllnril, McCnrcy, Flfiht Promoters nml Principals Under Arrest at Los Anodes for Manslaii)liter. i .oh anoi:i.i:h, cni aiik. 2a.- After lingering nil nlKhl, following mi uiornll(iu iii'Ci'HHllntnil ti' tl'W from Hin gloved fit, of Jinn Wlllnril, In (tin Vernon arena lat night, Jolm (Hull) Viiiiiik, llm Wyoming honvy w eight illiul In (tin Clnra llarton lion tilinl hero nt it. 30 this morning. Tho blow wns n lorlfflc right upper cut In (tin eleventh roiiiul. Wlllnril, Itof erco Kyton, l'roiiiiiiir MrCarey, MiiiiHKum Harry Cllmoro, Jr., nml Tom Jones of tho two fighters nml tho HiTdinlrt of liolh men tii nr rented, charged with muiulnimhler. Heputli from tho Hluirlff'M offlot notified Karl linger, attorney for tln (IkIiI club, to gather tho prlnrl inl In lil offlcn to miiIiiiiU to arrest. A (tor Roger had rounded up hln party, ho led a minimi prorilon to llio eourlhoiiio, where Sheriff 1 1 tim innl waited In hln office to muku the formal arrest. Wlllnril llmkciiitp Walking with linger In llio vnn pihiuohcd IiIk J" Hi Wlllnnl, lilrt eye hlooiUhot from n vlcoplci night nml liU gaunt cluMikri grimy nmt ttMr stained, lllu groat frumo nagged with dejection, nmt tin kept n clone trip on ItoK nrm nx ho wnlhod. Cloio behind rnmn Tom Jones nml llnrry (llliuuro, Jr., tho rival inniin corn, walking nrm In nrm. A riiibII nrmy of nocond. towel swinger nml en nip handler followed. Ah tho procoiwlon moved up Ilrond wny It wn Joined by Promoter Mc Carey nml (Iroenwrtld. Ilofore. It hnd traversed litilf n block tiumt rdn of iMirloiiN citizen nml street urrhln liml swung In behind, nml Roger qulrkcnud hln pnro to end tho Jour Hey n Hooti nH pouilhln. McCnrey wa In n highly norvou dltito, nml ho couMnutly referred to tho fact Hint this U tho firm nerlotu nrrldoiil hni occurred In hi nronn In tho twelve )onr ho hu boon Monti- fled with tho fight itaniu In l.on An- gole. Vniing In Pine Condition Ah tho pnrty entered tho court hnuiio, Dr. Bcrngg. tho club pliynl clnn, npponrcd In tho lobby. Ho a. sorted that ho liml examined You in; carefully hoforo tho fli;bt nml Hint tho big rnurhor wn In perfect phy sical Hhnpo. Ho vouturoil th'o opin ion thnt Young's Injurlc woro re ceived whoa hU head Htruck tho floor of tho nrcim, nml were not duo to Wlllnrd'H blow. Wlllnril tloclnrod ropcntodly thnt tho blow Hint fcllod Yoiidk wiih much HkIiIit limn many ho dollvvrud cnrl Iit In tho content. M hnd hit Hull murh hnnlor ninny tlint'H, nml ho didn't vnom to fcul tho liluWH," Wlllnril fluid. "lllu fnco wan mnrlit'd nml cut cattily nml bIiowihI ovon HkIU blown, hut I could toll thnt ho wiiHn't hurt. "Tho IhhI jiuiich wnn n rlj;ht uppor (Couttuuad on I'ltr.o 4) Mexican President Adopts Milder At titude Channo Attrihutcd to Sen ate's Support of Administration Report of Assassination Denied. Wilson Continues Writfnu His Mcs sap to Congress, Glvlttfi Facts of Situation to the Country CANADA PUTS IT OP TO THAW AS TO FUTURE Prisoner Told He Must Decide for Himself Whether to Stay in Can ada or Be Deported to Vermont Bluntly Told He Is Unwelcome. ACCUSED. AS MEXICAN LOBBYISTS AT CAPITAL New York Authorities Will Be Un able to Arrest Fugitive While In Canada, But Wanted In Vermont. WAHIIINHTON, Amt. 23. Cnblfd roporU thntjio m ceutliiiilni: hln no- KotlutloiiH with I'rovlHlounl 1'ri'HldiMit Huortii of Mexico woro rccolvod horo today from John 1,1ml, I'ri'Hldunl Wll hoii'h iipvclnl iivoy lo tho Houlhurii republic Hiiortn'rt mlldur nttttudo In nttrlbiiti'd lo tho K'iinral mipporl tho t'ulti'd HtnlcH H"iMto U KlvliiK I'pHlilniit WIIhou'h plnmi In Mexico nml nlMo to Huertn'tt lucrvanltiK fl iinurlnl dirrlciiltleH. rorelKiinri coutrollliiK tho Aculltn milieu protonteil to Amorlriui Conmil llloolter nt I'ludud Dint iiK'-ilimt (leu- ernl Cnrrnnxn'n demnml for fSO.OOO under threat of dcntroylui; tho plnut. WAHIIINOTON, Auk. 23. Cabled denial of nporlH Hint John Mud, Preiildeiil Wllnon' HpecKil cuilminry to Mexico, hnd been nininimlnnteil In Mexico City wuro received nt tho Htnto department today from Notion O'rih.-uiKhiirNiiy, American Clinrno d'AffnlreM nt tho Mexican cnpllnl. Hhorlly beforo O'HIiannbiiciniy'i cnble Kraui arrived, Hecrelnry of Htnto llryiin r.nve out tho following Htnto tiiout: "I recelvod nbiolutvly no report or Intlmntlon that harm ban coim to Mud. 1 hnvo no rennon to bellovo tho report nro true." WAHHINOTON, AUK. 23. DoHplto rcuRHtirluK ini'nKen rcculved from John 1,1ml, I'rcNldcnt WIIhou'h npeclnl cnilnHnry to Mexico, thu preHtdent to day continued prepnrliiK hi meminno to roUKrem. Ho Ih detormliied to Klvo llio country tho fnctH In tho alt nation, ri'Karllonn of tiny overturen I'rovlHlounl I'reHldent lluorta may make. It was lenrued today Hint lluertn now I trylni; to borrow Home money throiiKh Paris bnnkom. $25,000 FOR BEST IN AY WORLD AK LONDON'S CASTLE BURNED SANTA ItOSA, Hni., Aui;. !l. Firii curly today ilcHtroyoil nil llio )crinliMlilo iiiiilri of tlio iiiiiKtiificeiit now hIoiiii oiihIIo lioiiu; oreelcil by Jiiolc l.nmlon, tlm author, on IiIh riiucli near (lieu Kllcu, Komonu (loiiuly, Tim now iniiiiHioii in hIIii nted but a nlinrt iliHliuico fioui llio old fiirmlioiiHo Loudon (U'cupieH. Itnth tho author nml Ids wife were at tho old'placn when the firo kIiiiI oil. They had prepared to tuovo in n few diiyH, Kveryllilmr liut tlio walln of llio cnHtlo wiih dOHlroycd, nml tlio prop erty iliuiiiisrn will bo liunvy. Tlio firo Kpread lo llio wooded cunyoii In llio rear of Londou'a homo and iu Htill BAN KHANCI8CO, Cnl AUK. 2.1. "Twonty-flvo tlioiiHnnd for tho bout baby In tho world," Thla Ih tho nllurliiK title of n con tent to bo hold by tho Pnnnmn l'n ulflc oxpoHltlou In Han KrnnclBco in 10 in, tircordliiK to nnnouacemontB by tho exposition mnnnKoment today. In nil, $100,000 Ih to bo divided nuioiii; n number of tho "bestost bahlert" In Undo Ham land, Tho fair mnniiRemont now tins for ty nKouU tukliiK a child comma from KniiHiiR City cnHtwnrd nd noon will Htnrt n cnmpalKU from KniiHnH City went. In nil Btaten It Ih planned to hold ntnto conlostR for Iraby perfec tion. TIiobo will ho by photoKrnphH. Moro tlinn 250,000 chlldron nro ex ported to enter tho rnco, nml whon tho fair opoiui nil their portrnltn will bo UBcd to lino tho wiiIIh of tlio Tom plo of Childhood nt llio fair, mnkliiK tho KrirateBt baby uhow tho world him noon. HIIKItimOOKIC, Quo., AtlR. 23. Informed that ho In nu iimlutlrnblo cllUell but Hint Camtdn doe not want to Hiirrender him without protection. Hurry IC. 'I'll aw today wiih told by tlio Cnuudlnu nuthorltlcH that hu tuiut do cldo for hliUHulf whothur to stay In Cniindn or bo deported to Vermont. Ih t'mwlroilifl flue I Denplto IiIh appeal to tho I!rltlnh hciih.i of fair piny, tho fucltlvo wnn bluntly told Hint bo I an nnwulcomo Kiient and Hint If ho wanted to v,o to Vermont tho (Vtundlnn nuthorltlcH would belt) him k1 there. Thin meniiH that the New York nuthnrltlcH will not bo able to arrest Thaw wbllo In Cniindn. Thaw Ih nt addH with III Canadian ntloruo'H, who think It bent Hint he flKht tho Now York authorities In Vermont. Thaw ia)H ho wantH to tny In t'nnnda, but ltlit nttorneyH hnvo told him ho would bo unfer In Vermont. I'Avlnit It tit Tlmw Tliaw u Uo wan tnjil thnt If bo ln hInI on NtnyliiK here nml fliUitlnt; de portation ho will be Hurrenderrd to the New York authorities If ho Iorch. Tho fiiKltlvcH attorneys nny that bo cannot bo extradited from Vermont. Tho prisoner snyn this Is not true thnt ho can bo extradited. Ilo flatly rufusei to kIvo tho nourco of this In formation, nnd tho lawyers, bollovluj; Hint Thaw tins tho rli;ht to decide IiIh own case, nro uIIowIiik blm to mnko IiIh own decision. Ilo says bo will let them know bis cbolco Monday. Thnw'H nttornoya say that if llnrry ntnys In Canndn, they may keep bis cane, on nppenlH, In Canadian courts for five years, but refuso responsibil ity for tho final outcome. Cnn Axk Jury Trial If Tlmw forces n iriul in Cniindn ho cnn demand trial by jury. In the event Hint he in beaten ho U en titled to appeal IiIh case. If acquit ted, tho iniuiiration official would be powcrlcrfx to net ii) hi cane, but Tlinw'n lawyer are afraid of con viction, Kncmics of Thaw lliis afternoon nsker Sheriff ('ouuer of Ducliem eouiily to offer immunity lo Thump Hon in exchniiKO for n confeHsion eoncernini; TIiuw'h escape. If Thompson will nny thnt Thaw bribed officials at Mnttcnwnn to aid iu his esenpo Thaw will bo Hiilijcct to cxtru-dilion. siWUPjTnsiiBsim SS I , " 'CiliiiiiiS :$mm I' 4sM 4; yWlsH 111' m$ Mm jt-" BREWERS PAID M'DERMOTTSSOO FOR LOBBYING Illinois' Connressman Accused by Mullmll and Charges Confirmed hy Officials of Washinqton Retail LI quor Dealers' Association. WILSON TO CALL HOERTA'S BLUFF STATES MILLER Subpoenas Issued for Saloon Keep ers Who Admit Uslnrj Money to Defeat District of Columbia Law. m 'feis MANl'KI, l'Klli:. ItOMKItO HIICUIIUKNK (I. HOPK1N8 Henator Smith of Michigan mado tho open cbnrKt! In Jho sennto that there Is n paid .Mexican lobby nt tho capital. Ha haIJ that hberburno O. lioiiklns, a lawyer of Washington, lone known In connection with af fairs of tho I-n4jin-Amorlcan repub lics, bad beou paid J50.000 by the Mexicans as their representative. Ho wns supposed to act for tho constltu- HounllsU, or that faction of Mexico led by Cn rransn, tho ablest nml strongest opponent of President Huer- ta. Mr. HopkliiH denied tho chnrKcs and answered In regard to ono that ho had been very friendly with tho stnto department, but that ho bad seen no ono thoro this year. Homcro, It wna raid, had not even tnlked with n member of congress. That ho was on tho ground as tho representative of Cnrrnnza wns not denied. WASHINOTOK, Aiir. 2.1. Testi fying before the home "iiiHidiou lobby'' probers today, .Martin M. .Miilhall of Baltimore, fonner nelf- Ktyled lobbyiht for Hie Xatioiinl js foeintion of MnnufncturerH, declared (hat HepreHcntativo MoDcnnott of Illinois told him thnt be (Mol)er molt) cot $2000 from brewery inler csts for working for I hem here. Mul lmll said McDenuotl eomplaincd thnt lie iiuirlil to have received $.'i00O. Tlie witiies Haiti his conversation with McDermott occurred during the 11)12 campaipi. Fonner Secretary Hujjli Ilnrvcy of the Washington Kelail Denlern' asso ciation told the house lobby probers that the organization had loaned Mc Dennott $.100 when the' excise wns lctiiliiiir- JfcUcnnott, he said, never repaid the loan. Subpoenas for pnloonkecpcrs ad mitting they hnd used money in the hope of defeating the District of Co lumbia excise law were issued here today by the house lobby probers Former Chief I'nge McMiehncls of tlm houFC wns too ill today to appear before the probers. Assistant Secretary Asserts That Ad ministration Will Refuse to Recog nize Mexican Executive and His Rerjime Will Thereupon Collapse. Subtle and Powerful Influences Are Working in Behalf of Huerta, But Nothing Can Change President. CALKINS DECIDES MILLAR CASE DEFENDANTS FAVOR I RING TRAGEDY TO DRIVE FIGHT Ii GAME BANKERS FA VARIOUS CHANGES CURRENCY BILL FROM CALIFORNIA burning. I'AHIS, Aug. 23. Wireless tenia from nu aeroplane were continued to day by tho military commission bonded hy (Icncral Doluvuo, between lino and Willacoublay aerodromes, Airmen over Orleans, 100 hliomolors away, woro easily communicated with, whilo another airman, over ltlois, l!ll) fiilomoturs from Hue, re ceived and uoknowledgcd instructions by wireless. This, howuvor, does not represent tho limit of oomuuini- . cation, tho Kcuornl doolured. LOS ANCHLKS, Cnl., Aug. 23. "Hull" You iik 'a death horo today from Injuries recelvod during u box lin; match with Jess Wlllard may drlvo tho flKht ruuo from California. Promises of action by opponents of tho sport flow thick and fast this af ternoon and, nccordlnt' to Htnto Sen ator W. II. llrown, tho uinttof sure ly will go beforo tho people ns au Ini tiative law. llrown Ih the moat rabid foo ot "tho iT.uuo in Calirurula, it was no who Introduced n drastic antl-flght bill be foro tho last legislature, ami his meauuro fulled of pannage by a scant martin. Ilo declared this tifteruoon that plans to laltatlvo n proulbtlvo law already nro under way, and pro dieted utter rout ot tho pro-tight forces, Wlllard, tho 'promoters nnd othora connected with tho uffalr that re sulted lu Young's death nro freo on ball bonds signed by James J. Jef fries, John Hrluk. and Frank Ab butt. Drink and Abbott uro fans, CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Desplto tho violent speeches voiced hero yester day by representatives of tlio Ameri can Hanklug association against tho Owen-dlnss currency bill, today's spoecbes were of n conciliatory touo and Indicated that tho conservative element Is iu control ot tho gathering. John Forgan tried to pcrsundo tho dclogutos to adopt n resolution mom ornllzlng congress to not net ponding tho drafting of a now bill by tho as sociation's currency, committee, but Hla plan was rejected by tho commit too on resolutions. Tho outcome probably will bo rccommondatlons that tho bill bo modified ns follews: First, Hint a different method of selecting u reserve board bo Adopted; tho creating of a contrnl bank In stead of tho regional plan and tho lim ning or tlio powers of tho reservo board by giving nu advisory council of bunkers veto powor. SAVED POMONA CROP POMONA, Cnl., Aug. 23. Through systematic orclmrd'lieatlug last win tor, Pomona saved forty-flvo por cont ot thu orange crop, according to re ports made public today. Tho San Antonio Fruit Kxchaugo announces Its net receipts for tho your as $1, 015,000. Tho rocolpts ot tlio Cnll- flgut fornta Fruit Growers Kxchaugo nro uunouucod as 114,000,000. Judgo Calkins on Friday decided the cao of Gcorgo II. Millar vs tho city of Medford In favor ot Millar and net aside and annulled the Judgment ot Mayor Elfort wherein ho found tho defendant Millar guilty ot violat ing n city ordlnanco in tho city ot Medford. Tho caso will bo remembered ns ono awakening much ndverso discus sion at tho time ot tho trial in tho locnl city court nnd tho manner in which It was conducted against the dofendant and tho frequent tilts be tween tho mayor as Judgo ot tho city court and tho defendant's attorney, Gus Nowbury. After tho defondant Millar was fouud guilty by tho mayor and son tencod to pay .the maximum fino ot fifty dollars or languish in the city Jail for 22 days, u writ ot review from tho circuit court was prosecutod by tho defendant's attorney Newbury and tho matter brought on for con sideration beforo Judgo Calkins bo mo time siuco after tua caso was presented judgo Calkins bad an nounced from tho bench his decision In favor of Millar but boforo tho Judgment entry was mado on the Journal of the court Attorney Hoggs (who was not at that tlmo city nttor ney) appeared boforo Judgo Calkins lu opon court nnd requested tho privilege ot ro-argulng the caso to the court uml tho request was granted but tho court, after hearing Attor- uoy Hoggs, failed to find any cause far receding from his original deci sion and finally decided tho caso In favor of Mlllnr. OAKLAND, Cnl., Aug. 23. "Pres ident Wilson will not yiellljlfo Hu ertn's demands for recognition in Mexico, despite the fact that e.crlniu Hwerfiil influences are working to bring nbont that recognition. When this fact is driven home, Iluertn's regime will collapso like a house of cards." This statement on the ndminislrn tion's policy in Mexico wns uttered here lodny by Assistant Secretary of the Interior A. C. Miller, who ar rived at Oakland with Mrs. Fmnklin K. Lane, wife of the secretary of the interior, ami W. A. Itvnn, n spe cial agent nnd investigator of the department of the interior nt Wash ington. "John Lind is the finest type of man thnt could linve been found in Washington to carry out the presi dent's wishes iu Mexico' added Mil ler. "The ndminibtrntlon is perfectly awnre that subtle and ixnverful in fluences nre working for lluertn, but nothing can change the president's mind. "Huerta will not Inst long, for just ns soon ns these intluences , rchlizo thnt his government will not grant him recognition Ihey will drsetfhWr nnd be will fall." f-' NO WONDER WIFE SEEKS SEPARATION MINXKAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 23. Mrs. George Ilrcn todny filed suit for divorce hero against her hus band, bnsing her application, in part, on the following greunds: "Once my husband put dynamite iu my cook stove. "Then he tried to mnko me drink carbolic ncid "A week later he took n shot nt me with a revolver. "Then he choked mo until I thought my oyes would pop from my head. "Two days later he set tho house on fire while I slent. "Last night he pounded my bond with n club nml tried to cut my throat." BELL ASSERTS ESE MACHINE AD JOHNSON Defeated Candidate for Governor of California Tells Senate Committee That Railroad Backed Hiram In His Campaign. Fox Confirmation as Postmaster of Sacramento Blocked hy La Fol lette Spreckels Calls Bell Crook. TRAIN ROBBERS' VICTIM WASHLVOTON', Aup. 23. "Tho week before tho election of 1010 discovered thnt the .Southern Pacific railroad wns using its whole nolitical power to elect my opponent, Hiram W. Johnson, governor of California." This declaration was gravely mado today to the sonnto sub-committee which is hearing evidence ns to w bother Tom Fox of Sncrnmcntn should be confirmed ns postmaster of thnt city, by Theodore Hell, John son's defeated democratic opKnent. Hell's declaration came after n. clnsh with Rudolph Spreckels, who on Wednesday told the committee of Hell's political affiliations. Hell and Spreckels met today in tho Shore ham hotel, where Spreckels is stay ing here whilo aiding iu the fight against Fox. whoso pretensions Hell is supixirting. When they met Hell demanded n retraction of tho term "crook," which. hnd been applied to him by Sprockets. In explanation, Spreckels said ha meant thnt Hell's associations nnd affiliations since 1000 proved that he wns insincere in attacking senntors who were domin ated by the Southern Pacific. Fearing that a jiersonal . batjla, would result he'twccrfilloTwo Cali forninns. friends intervened nnd ns- sured Hell thnt they understood that only n political tinge attached to Sprocket's statement that Hell wns "n crook." Tho blocking of Fox's confirmation is today declared to be directly due to (he intervention of Scnntor La Follctte. It is now most iudefinato when nny final notion on Fax's caso will be taken. WILLING 10 DIE 10 SAVE GIRL DENT THANKED BY THE HAGUE THE IIAGUB, Aug, 23. Dolegatos to tho penco congress horo lutond soiling Prcsldont Wilson a tologram ot thanks for bis efforts Iu bolialf ot pcaco lu Mexico, Tho president also will bo nsked to not fortify tho Panama canal, PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23. Tlio ninu giving his name as Joe llnrron, who died iu a hospital here after be ing shot by one of the robbers hold ing up the O. W. 11. & N. passenger train hero Tuesday night, was iden tified today by Detective Tom Cole man as J. H. Allison, known ns "Yel low Hill," released from the Walla Walla penitentiary August 12, after serving fifteen years for n murder committed in Seattle. Chief of Po lice Clark today stated that he bo lioves Harrou was one of tho rob bers shot by mistake. SACKAMRNTO, Cnl., Aug. 23. "I would be willing to sign un agree ment riuht now with the authorities to mount tho gallows, if tho law de manded, provided Drumgole be sent along nnd Cleo Sterling left out of it. If this wero done, I would not fight the en.o further. Leaning against tho bars of his cell in tho county jail today, Sam Reber, charged jointly with Jack Drumgole and Cleo Sterling with the murdor of Cherry Do St. Muurice, a report keeper, mnda this stntomont. "I nm willing to tnko whatever is coming to mo if they will leave tho girl out of it.'' "Dope did i," ho said. "If I had left coeaino alone I would never have lauded here. It made- mu crazy. I wns full of thu stuff tho night wo strangled her." - i TACOMA VISITED BY NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Tlio stan dard stocks wero generally higher nt the opening of tho stock market to day, with the exception of Atchison and Lehigh Valley, which receded half. Canadian Pacific, rose two points and Denver & Rio Grande gained 2 3-8. Trading was heaviest in Reading and Steel. Honda wore steady. Thu market closed dull. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 23. City light department employes und tele phono linemen nro today repairing brokon wires nnd other dnmngo caus ed by tho worst electrical storm ever experienced here. Tho dislurbnnoo occurred Into yoslorday mid Instod two hours, during which streetcar trnffio was crippled, trnnsfonnorrt were burned out, telephone Borvico demoralized nnd two fires caused by lightning bolts. Reports from nil sections of tho city nnd surrounding country today confirm stories of heavy damage by tho unusual and spectacular pranks of tho electric, fluid, which was lie compnnied by almost corilinnoutt crashes of thunder nnd a drenching rain, I J