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,1 y( rpa "!3trZtH cet 1 Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Cloudy tonight niul Tueilny .Mux. OH .Mln. in. ln trace. Tortyllilrrt Yimr fnl)y r.lwtnti Vnr MttDFOUI). OIilMON, MONDAY, NOVKMBI3U 10, 1913. NO. 1D8 BLIZZARD RAGES THROUGHOUT THE EAST b 'I. A NEW VIEW OF PHESI DENT HUEnTA OF MEXICO SPANISH QUEEN AND HER ENWEST BABY I BVf7 :. -. MIST IKS SNOW VERS IN B IS sjmrrw, & . i m IT AST OF MISS PI Snuw Dlankcts Ton Statns nnil Mer cury Urops to Mld-wlntrr Level Mlilillo West Burled Under Sleet anil Snow Wires Proslratcd and Trains Arc niorked Terrific Gales and Moun tainous Seas on Atlantic WASHINGTON'. Nov. 10. Prnc tlcnlly dm entire c-omitry cast of thu ,MImIhiiI rlviir (rum Florida- lo Mnlny wus storm-bound today. High IiiiIh nrcnmpnulcd t' ilrhlug haw. worn Hinnrnl. Thu wnnlhor bureau wn nimble irniiilo litiimvllMto relief, itMi'rtliiK I hut tint storm probably would puss uti( to mwi, via Nuw Hnglnnd, within if, hour. Tho ltlKhmt wind (travailed nt Iltif flo. whurn It rwirhml n velocity of lis nillM mi hour. Tin) woiithor bur unit Mill the Nmv Knglnud stairs might iuct iHpmlly high winds to night. Illimii Off llrliluo The liimvloKt miow fiilU In West Virginia, Houtliwiwteru Pennsylvania iiml Western Mur Innd. Frosts with ioirtii rut fur nutitli iik Florida, with killing froata In Georgia niul Konth Ciuollnn. During tho height of ttm blizzard nl Chicago Aiilunn oiimti) was blown (mm IIih Wt Silnd street bridge nml an unidentified mnn from the Fuller street bridge, Into tint Chicago rlvur. Moth worn drowned. CHICAGO. Nov. 10.- Though It Iiml not eHllraly MilmliliHl, tln storm which tHil Ikioii swooping thn cost mill middle utwl fur thu irMimliK 30 hours wm lii'Uliiiiluu to iitinlo In iloliiuro loilii)'. TliiiHiKhwiit tn slalM tho wind mniHl, Mnuw full and tho inm-cury ilnippml mi If It Iiml been nild-wln-tur. In Chicago ll wan ostlmntitd that r.i)ii,(i(i0 damage wax iloiui. mostly aloiix tho lake front. Cliiwriniul, Akron, Canton anil other Ohio cities woro nearly rut off from commuul cation with tho outside world. Penn sylvania tia burled under sleet nml snow. Tho wlml wns IiIkIi unit thn it I r nlpplUK throiiKhout Now York luillnuu ami Michigan woro swept by llin llUiirt). .Maryland, WoM Vlr gliiuln, Tcuuowico ami Kentucky aUj woro within tho Htorm holt. In many places eight Inches of snow foil; In sumo tun and at ICtklnu. W. Vo IB. Win's Am L'rliilcil Telegraphic communication was rrlpplud throughout tho entire storm HWiint, region. From Now York westward It waH practically pros trntml, what llttlo business It wua pnsslhlo to get throiiKh bolug circuit oiiHly routed far to tho southward. TraliiH woro all lato. Connections woro missed. Truvulors woro loft far from tholr lutonilixl iloHtlnutloim. ColiimlniH, Ohio, hail a convvntlnn of tho National Antl-Hiiloon I.onKno ami n minor Imniilmll IcnKUo'u muctliiK. 'I'ho tloliKntoH woro many hotira late. Tramt-Atlnntlo lluorn nrrlvliiK nt Now York anil llobton roportotl a torrlfic t;alu ami niouutnltioiiH fconH. I.uko HhlppliiK ran for tho nenrnai portH, It wiih foaroil llano numt hnvo (Oontlniind fin phko 2.) HOURS OF SERVICE IS WAHIIINCITON. Nov. 10. Ily do clarliiK viillil tho fodoral "lionrii of mirvlco law," which piohlhltH rail roudri from worklui; tralumou inoro than 1(1 rouflccuttvo Iiouih, tho United Klntcu tniprouiu court eon firmed today tliu eouvlctloim of tho MlhHourl, Kihibiih and '1'exun rallrond for alleuo vIiiIuIIuiih of tlio net at Bhermnu, Texan, LAW II Thl In a nt'W liiv of lrclilnnt Huerrn dl-tnor of Mexico, whoeo rov orntnout In rcarhlnx a rrlili. Tho ilotcrmliuttlon ami atrciiRth of chnr nctor which linn rnrrlcil tho mnn from n Ktibortllnnto placo In tho army to tho illctntnrahlp of thn lountry 1 rIionh In his Iron Jnw. Ho far ho has ihown mnrh tho luuiin iiualltlcH which mnilu I'orflrlo Dint tho dictator for moro thnn n quarter of a century. STORM BREAKS E V.ASIIINOTON, Nov. 10.- A Morm hroko In tin' minnto thin nftornoon ovor tho (HiiM-Owon currency hill. It Htartn whon Senator llltolicock o.' Nobrmikn urltlcliod I'tMldont Wll hiiii'h nlloBil offorU to furcu n fav ornhlo mport hy thu ronnto currency commltti'o on tho hill ami whun Koun tor Ittm of MlMourl rououncod ln mirHonry. Illtchroik IttilittHl Hint tho cur- runry commlttoo would limn ropnrtoil tho numturo Tunmluy hut for "out nidi) Infliiouci)" which manlfwtod It Miilf Wtiluiilny nml nmtld oory thltii; tho coinmlttco hnd nrcoin plldhcd. Kountor Kuril of Imllaun donlud thoro hnd hcon any luturforouco from tho whlto houm. 1'rm.lilcnt Wllmui wiih convinced to dny that a cirrrnucy hilt ouihodltiK nil tho oum-nilnl fenturos of tho (lliUH-OvM'ti nicHHiiid will piiNH tho hotinto nH n rttiult of tho cIiiiiiko In front of Kunntorit llcod of .MUisourl and O'ttormnu of New York, muni hura of thu Huuato flnanro committee. REVOLT AGAINST SOUTHERN CHINA 8HAN01IAJ, Nov. 10.--That a wldoHprond revolt iiKnluHt I'reHldcut Yuan Hhl Kill Is holm; orKiiulzml Jn Hoiithorn China Heomod practlrnlly certain today tin tho Btroimlh of in formation from Influential Chlneso hero. Authorltlea nt thn ShniiKhnl In ternntlounl m'ttlomont woro doing tholr utiuoBt to prevent tho settle ment, wheru tho conspirators can work froo from dniiKor of nrrest hy tho Chinese Kovornmout, lielni; mndo headquarters for tho plotters. Tho Chlneso nro no llttlo understood even hy forolKnerH HvIiir liore, how ovor, that It was thought likely their plniiH woro lieiiu; matured under tho very eyea of tho offlelala. Itovolutlonary iiKontH woro said to ho busy throiiKhout the southorn piovlneoH, roportlns to leaders of tho movement hero nnd NankliiR, Han kow uml Ciuiton, nnd n roprcBautn tlvo ot tho conspirators wnti umler stood to bo on hlx wny to Japan to consult with Dr, Hun Ynt Sen, lender of tho liiHt revolution and opponent of President Yuan, Many bolluved Sun would return to direct tho pi'ou ent iiuoveuioiit, SENAT OR WLSON'S BOSSISM PRESIDENT N NO DEFIANCE BY HUERTA NOR OPEN D00RT0 CARRANZA WASHINOTON, Nov. 10 PreM dnht llucrtn of .Me.xko has not de Mod tho WnihliiKton administration. Tho Washington administration has not cloned tho door finally on the Huorta Koverument. Nor hna ll thrown the door open to General Car rnnxn, the rebel leader. TIimo thliiRH were mndo plain nt tho executive offices todny. So far as tho United Statos Is eon cernml, no new Mexican policy linn hHu ndnptod, It was stated. Thu Krnvlty of tho situation was tccok iiIiihI, It miis ml iled, bin President Wilson was said still to hnrbor a fnlut hopo that diplomatic pressure will brlnt; tho Mexican dictator to terms, Tho newspaper correspondents to whom tho president gavo their weekly reception today learned do finitely from him that ho Is not pre paring n mossaKo to cultures recom mendliic that the, rebels' bcllRercncy bo recoi;nled, Neither has Kmlssary John l.lnd mndo IiIh final report. Tho president It was nnuounced docs not Intend to submit tho Mexi can matter to congress for nl least n week. In tho menutlmo it was ndded ho will continue to hopo events will so shape themselves that It will bo unnecessary for him to do so at nil, NO INCOME TAX WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. ltccolv ers of bankrupt corporations nro exemnt from paying ouo per cent on their income from this sourco under tho nuw corporation tux law, accord ing to a decision rondorod todny by tho United States supremo court. Tho ruling was on nu appeal by thu government in tho cases ot tho re ceivers of tho Third Avonuo Klo vatod and tho Metropolitan Street ltallwny companies or Now York, nnd ntfects, tho tilmlulstratlon of tho now Income tax law, which supercedes tho corporation tax statute. Tho Now York federal courts held against tho government. GERMANIA CLUB DANCE AT NATAT0R1UM HALL 'I'ho second Qeiiunuln club dniree will hovhelil nt tho Nulutorium hull Monday livening, November 10, nt 8:11(1 p. in., iuhteml nl' St. Murk's hull, iih formerly, uilvorlihoil. Tho large iuoicubo in meniucr&hip necessitated u larger mm, Rl BANKRUPTS O'GARATO INSTRUG I Mexican News Consists in Contradic tions of False Reports Adminis tration Still Marks Time, Hoping For Something Better President Still Has a Faint Hope That Diplomatic Pressure Will Force Huerla lo Retire WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. Today;! Moxlcnu news at Wellington con sisted largely of denials. It was of ficially denied that President llucrtn of Mexico had defied tho United States. That tho administration had said Its last word to Iluerta. That tho ndmlnlftrntlon had decided to let tho Mrxlran rebels Ngln Importing nrmi from tho United States. That Kmlwiiry l.lnd hnd insdo Ills final report nnd recommended tho strong measures without further delay. That President Wilson will "put" Mcxtctin question "up" to congress at Any rate, Inside of a week. Still Ili))K for Pence A rumor wns current that Charge d'Aff aires O'Shaughncssy ot the American ombnssy In Mexico City was about to closo tho embassy, turn Its business orcr to somo other di plomat and leave tho country, ter minating even a smnblanco of diplo matic IntorcourwT" between Washing ton and Mexico City. This rumor was discredited by tho denials mentioned and by a state ment front President Wilson that he still had n fnlnt hopo that diplomatic pressure would forco Huorta into re tiring. Mombors of tho sennto foreign re lations committee said n majority of their number favored letting tho Mexican robots hnvo arms, believing that with them General Cnrranza could oust Huertn In .10 dnys. Older New Mlectlim Charge d'Affalre Algarn of tho Mexican embassy In Washington Bald tho Mexican congress would meet November 20, invalidate tho Inst election nnd call n new ono nnd pacify the country. Kind was known to have made "definite representations" to Huertn, but what they woro was kept secret. Tho state department received a copy of Huortn's note to tho diplo matic corps In Mexico City saying ho could not retire until another elec tion could be held. Thoro wero several movomenxs ot United States troops but It was stated that they had nothing to do with tho Mexican situation. Popular feeling wbb crystallizing In Kugland ngnlnst Foreign Secretary Sir Kdwnrd Grey for embarrassing America's Mexican policy by uphold ing n selfish llrltlsh financial Inter est in Mexico. T LCHIL E Professor O'anra, tho coun- ty pathologist, who is an au- thorlty on tho planting nnd caro of rosos, will visit onch school building in Medford tomorrow and Instruct thu chlldron In tho preparation of tho soil tho proper dopth ot planting nnd all othor points necessary In producing 4 tho most perfect blossoms. Mrs. Kdgnr S. Hafor will accompany lVofessor O'Gara to tho schools. Tho bundles of cuttings will bo dollvorod to each teacher who will ills- 4 tribute them to her classes. HE DENHLS Al ON 00 EN NOS PLANTING :Sfev HIM mm ISMS mfJ - : : " v r V . . - J i ' f BJj&ryl urn "- .. vn. . 4HH Cftyt 'S.- This Is ono of tho few photographs born Inst June. Ho is Prlnco Juan. OF FLYING PESTS "Dee" Stephenson, rejoicing over hir. return to the Itogue River valley, givcf n viviil recital of his life near Cnrl.stodt, Alberta, Cnmulii, where ho went with his wife, Arthur Rose anil , wife uml II. II. Frozen nml wife six mouths nso. All Iinvc returned or' nre on the way, except Fnuce, who ' working in n hanlwuru store nt Cnlgnry, being formerlv employed in the First National bunk of this city. According io "Dee," the principal purMiiU of Alberln nre fightine- iu seots. "s-hootiiiL' ern)-" ntul waiting for time to fly po ftnnl jiroof win lie made on homesteads, the same sold, mnl ii flight made to u liubituble land. A Mnnll proportion of tho wheat planted ever mature, hy reason of rnvnges of nnimnN, in-wis nml the elements. AmeriotuiR (tlio Medford itcs being ouo of mmiy parties) in vade Hint country with rosy dreams, nnd hnvo them lilnsted. Much of the population is Seautlinuviiiii, nml even thnt hnnly rneo is losing heart nnd giving King George his laud back. Wlml Pcrpetunl Tho iluv the Medfonl jieople land o din Cnrlfttiult the wind wns blowim; nml tho day they went nwny it was still on the job. The first nttnek wns by the ftprini; crop of fleas. In July clouds of mos quitoes invaded, nnd ilto 1100 souls in tlio villnge went to sutitligging. 'riio mosquitoes, Iloo describes ns possessed with the size of n horse fly nml iho disposition of n coyote. One bito brines n series of skin erup tions, nnd it is impossible to keep from being billeii. They nre thicker thnn flies in Medford, mnl never sleep. Pests In Scries In August the flying nuts come. Tho flying nut, "Dee" says, is the lowest form of an American nut out fitted with wings, and nil tho indus trionsness of their kind. Unlike tiio mosquito, smoko does not affect him, so there is nothing to do but wait nml wnteh for n ehnneu to swat him. Tho fleas, mosquitoes nnd fly ing nuts come in clouds of billions. . Typhoid Fears After respite enmo from n sum mer's wiirfnre against insects, ty phoid fever broke out nnd 70 died in six weeks. In 40 miles there me only two wells. A test of the ono nt Cnrlstedt showed 180,000,000 genus to iho pint. "Tho typhoid fever opiilemio in erensed, nnd they told mo tho worst of tho insects enmo after tho first blizzard, so wo packed up niul re turned to 'God's country,' " mys Dee. "I wouldn't give my vole in Medford for Cunadii from Medicine lint to tho North Pole." m: v-s& m. 14li?M ", lZ?T A AND AY STEPHENSON f""iSIBk 4 js'V'SB'I W iff i tii'' Y i . i Vwtf& Amm K r rtJ? &--, 4f MSEIkiw .f1 jm '!;,. taken of the now royal baby of Spain Z Automobile accidents of the lust "week hereabouts netted one denth nnd n sorioiiM niury, both caused liv faulty or cnrelr-s light precautions. August Ltiwrentz, n?ed 00, who wns struck by nn nuto driven by W. II. Gore on the Jacksonville road Thursday night, died this inoniimr nt 5 o'clock. The dead man absolved nil others of blame. He wns run ning without miy lights. The funeral services will be held Wednesday. I.awrenlz wns n juror tit the present term of court. Sunday night nbout ll o'clock "Hlnndy" Sayles and Dan Jordun.em plnved nt the electric power house ut Axhlnnd. were riding their motor cycles toward this city on the A-h-luml rond with no lights. Near Frederick station they nt iempted to pass tho nuto driven by ti Mr. Allison of Ashland. Sayles in making the turn swerved in ns Alli son swerved out, nnd a collision fol lowed. Sayles landed ngnuM the radiator mid wind shield with great force nml wns rendered unconscious. His left knee wns injured o seriously It is fenrcd u permanent injury will re sult. His face is n mass of cuts. After the accident Charles Youtnr, who wns returning from AMtlnnd with his wife nnd sister-iii-lnw. picked up the injured man nml rushed him to tho hospital, ulo towing in tho Allison mnehiue, which wns put out of commixMon, RIOTING IN SIEI HAVANA, Nov. 10. -Following General Feliz lVuiz' indictment on mi neeiisntion of "discharging firo nrms in ii public place," Cuban police of ficinls said todny that thoy did not think mi attempt was mudo to assas sinate tho Mexican ex-president's nephew. Their opinion wns thnt he wns engaged in an ordinary street fight. Diaz denied firing ti piMob Tho police snid he did nnd then bund ed tho wenpou to one of his friends. Ho wns ut libeity under $00 bail. Tho ChrUtinn church Sunday school increased lis utteiulnneo 8'J Sunday, having n total uttcmlmice ot .li.T. It hns set tho number ut fiOO for next Sunday nnd wants you to bo ono of that number. Hoth of tho eliureh survices wero Jhugoly attended nnd tho sermons and musio wero highly enjoyed by nil. Theie were tlireo additions Sun day, 1U to dute. IN FROM AUTO SMASH ANOTHER LL SION NOT W 0 M MURDER Russia Scared hy Weak Case and Foreign Interest From Ordering Conviction Crowd Roars Disap proval and Riotiny Is Feared Beills Bursts with Tears of Thanks giving, Then Collapses In His Lawyers' Arms KIEFF, Hnssin, Jfi.v. H Tjio .Mendel Ilcilis jury returned n verdict tonight acquitting him of the murder of lL'-yenr-old Ahdrei Muschinsky, said by the prosecution to have been u victim of a Jewish religious cere monial calling for n human snerifiec. Thnt IJcilis was innocent no intel ligent poion who lind followed tho trial doubted. Thnt lio would bo lie cpiiltnl, however, was by no menus considered certain, even by his" own lawyers. Tronipeil-up Coso It wns plain from the first thnt the prosecution wanted to make out such n ease ns would arouse the en tire Christian population of the coun try against tho Jews. Instructions were snid to have been received from men high in authority nt St. Peters burg that n verdict of guilty posi tively must bo returned. Several of thu jurors woro believed io have made un their minds in ml vnneo to convict Reilis. Most of them, too, were ignorant men, who, it wns clear, understood little of the testimony on either side. Probably the verdict would hnvo been guilty ns had been planned, but for tho widespread interest which the en-e aroused abroad. Hinting Is I-VurctI The verdict wns received with a roar of disapproval from tho crowd outside the eoiirlhoiise. . Probably there would hue been n rush lo get nt lluilis but for the troops, who. with fixed bayonets, held buck tho throng. Heilis burst into tenrs of thanks giving when tho 'veiMict wus nn uounced, ami then collapsed in his; lawyers arms. Tho latter supported him, mid under n strong guard of soldiers took him home, witir a. howling mob ut his heels. ' CWneks with drawn sabres pa trolled the streets tonight in rendiness to act nt the firdt sign of in uuti Jewish outbreak. AT SPEEDY HANGING WHEATON. III., Nov. 10. Curs ing at tho top of hla volco and shout SPENCER CO ASKING ing that ho "wantod to bo strung up before night," Honry Sponcor wont to trial hero today for the alleged murdor p( Mrs. Mildred Alllaon-Hex-roat, a Chicago tango toacher. Spon cor'a defonso will bo based on Insan ity. When States' Attorney Hadlegr quostloned prospective Jurors ro- t gardlng tholr views of a dofonsQ based on Insanity, Spoucor uroso from his chair. "Cut out this damned foolish ness," ho screamed. "I don't want tho Jurors to think I am bughouse. I'm no dizzier lu tho upper story than you nro. "Just toll the jurors that I want to bo hanged, I think it would bo glorious way to croak. "Now put out this bughouse stuff.j I could get a jury, together In five minutes. Lot's build a gallows out-,, sldo the jail and invite everybody to u hanging party,' , .. Tho court's gavol was powerlm to atop tho prisoner's outbreaks, and, h Interrupted tho proceeding continually. n