II Medford Mail Tribune mm WEATHER llnln tonight ami FrMx Mn. Hi Mln.nl. I m SECOND EDITION 7i Wf: svtt V H J Forlr-tlilrrt rr. tlnlly IClKhth Yr WILSON DENIES STORY OF CLASH WITH JAPANESE President Says No Friction Caused Between United States and Japan its Result of Mexican Developments Mlkntlo Not Furnlshlno Arms. Executive Hopeful of Solution of California Land Trouble by New Trcaty-Huerta Without Money. WASHINGTON', .Imii. 20. Pub-li-liril slmics tlmt serious' friction llllll ItCt'll (iiiimM between the I'llltl'll Sillies Mlllt .lltpilll iih result of U" cent ili'vi'lopim-nts In Mexico wen i-hiiiiictcri'rd I hid nfteni i at "inini'liiitvoiiM nml unfountled" liy Plfttillfllt Wil II" told caller llml lln report Itiiit (he .Irfpunrw guwruiiii'iil i furnishing iirnw to Pri'sidl'lll Hill-rill lllnll WIIH llll' fnundid. II wiih iiilmlili'i, however, tlml .lnpamsi finns ns well iih cummer- I'llll llllUM'S lf ollllT IHltlOHS Wen- selling aims mill ummimilimi In Mexico, hut llu pntldent said Ihey hud tli right In tin ho iimliT inter iiitlintuil laws, nml oven If America wonted In object it would not lmv any legal rmltt to ! " IUtiiKn AttmliiMriUlon Td.i nrrhi.li'iil indicated to his rail IT llllll Iho publication llf HIH'll blur ies hampered nml embarrassed Iih iiilminiMnilloti. 11- plainly showed llint In wiih dl-iiti'ii-pil liy llti'lr pub lii'iiliiui. Tim prrSlil('Ht'ihiil such miirvir. (iKiitnlloiM might make it impossible fur lit iiiIii confer with Hie senntt foreign committee either ns fri'ipii'lit. y or frunklv in lti country's '' licmmiili'tl. lit snid tlmt when in' lulil tin newspaper ill hi-l Friday's Kiiiifcri-iu'o Unit no ensis faced America, unless the Mexican situu liuii could In considered a pcrpctnnl crisis, lie iiii'iint exactly Hint. Tin president also lolil lili visitors Hint no information lutil been with held frnin the newspapers. ll Hiiiil In llml iiii-I with lln senate foreign oniiimtltcc ill order to discus fully nml frankly everything of interest in tin nation's, foreign inliiy. J up Htory l)Uirovril Minister Clullirii, lln president said, hovcml nionlliH ngn invosllgiit' fil nml disproved it story Hint Jiipan IiihI transferred lo llueitn nil (In arms It IiihI used in the Itiifudun war. So far ns ihn entertainment of tho .Inpmic'M) officers nml sailors nt Mexico Citv wiih concerned, tin lircttitli'iit Haiti tlu'V witi' inlorliihii.il in (In hiiinii mmiiiiT iih Urititili nml ncriiiini nilmlriilK who luul Hlnppvil ut tlm I'lip'tlnl to iii.tyllu'ir ri".pi'ilH. The jiiviilMit Niiil hi kiuw imth in,' or ii report tlmt .lnpmi Inul lii'i1" uiu-olnllv iHiilfidl of AiihtIi'h'm ntli- tiulo lowunl Pruiiiilfiit HtiiTtn. IK IVlt him Hint flit niikuilo luul Ihtii nolifii'il in t'xni'llv (hi Hiinu iiuiiinr iih Ihn litmilri of otlmr itiitiiiiix. Cnlirornl HlliiBlloit So fnr iih Hit Ciillfornlii limit fit iiiition wiih conciTiii'tl, tho inHlilinl Hiiiil hi wiih Htlll hopot'nl of nmhiiii u Hiitlhfiiflor.v ht'tllcmcnl. It wns iimliirHtnoiI tlmt ho tpt'iMH .liipiin to Hiijju't'ht m'KoliutioitH for u now trfuty. Tho prowlilent tolil i'iiIUth tlml llu Jiipimt'hi ovirnimnt nnl i.tH llml It t'liiiiiot xpftt thin kov muiut'iit lo loll ('iilifoi-iiiu who mm mill who t'liiiiiot own its IiiihIh, Tim pi-iihltut iiIho ilot'htri'il tli.it I'oufiilontiiil mlvii'uH from Moxiiid hlnnvi'il t'tniiiliiHiviilv Hint. Iliiurtu hml Im'uii iimihlo to riiiito iimiiov oiitHiilu of Mn.xii'o City nml Hint hin fiitiit Hoiircii of iqtA'iiiiu Ih finiii 'fnrot'il InmiH nml (iim'h. ERUPT! NEAR BUENOS AYRES IHIKNOH AYIIKH, Jim, 81). Kol lowing .lliii osrllMIulu whlili rockoil Iho Inwu of Aloiuluiift yoslorilnyi Uio voli'Miiii AioinKlii fUty !l mill, slinwi'd.lHrM'Hsril mllvliy today lln fr m kwiww lisr fl IlllltilUiy lltU MllhlJUSNII I'Htlt was Mb! t'dnslJwsMn liummm was dow DHd M rw' s'rrHl QUAKE IU .- SEATTLE PLEADS Bankers Admit Seattle Does Little Business In Adjacent States Does Business With Middle West Cities. But Banks Deposit In New York. San Francisco the Second Choice Stress Laid on Alaska and Orient and Future Possibilities. HICATTI.i:. WmIi., Jan. 29. Wil liam (J. MrAiloo. utcrilnry of tin trcnury nml Dnvlil F. llouilon. ccro. try of UKrlculturt. unit nl o'clock thU .morning In lln foik-rnl bullitluK with n tlclvRatlon of Kcnlllo cltlxoiu. I n flu til n K tinntiirn nml profemiloiml nifii. nrniftl with ttMa of tvory iort to nIiow why Hcnttlo uhoultl linvo a ri'Klonnl roniTVii bank. M. P. Ilnrltiiit, roprciicntliiK th Hunttlo clfarltiK houo forcotl to atlmlt Ihnt Utlii matt tlhl lltllt iratlo with Itlaho, nml Oregon nmt practlcnU ! nomi with Montnnn. llacktu ImprfMCtl on tho commit' t'. howovor Hint tin iato banks hntl hlrcntly munlfeiitoil n wlHlngiicmi lo co-opttralo nml lo Join a mombora ut tho regional bank, nml that thoy woiihl tnnlly furnUh tho mom); ro tiilrtij lo iicctin tho regional bank. IJler n Vllin llovern'or I.Uter wan followcil by P. II. lltihrumt. an Aiaiki. pioneer, M. ItrtrkUN nml Kugcno T. Wilton, n Tacoma bnnkrr. Tho hearing will tin continue.! llili nfttirnoon ami tho commlttvo HI K'avo for I'ortlaml to- IllKht. Ohlof utrexa wan lahl by nil tho uponkcra In bohalf of Seattle' claim for n central regional bnnk, upon Iho eiiormoiiN bimlneM trnimacteil with AlnHkn nml tho Orient nml tho future ionnlbllltleii n they will bo tlovelopotl by tho oponlng of tin .'annum canal nml Iho bulltlliiK of Iho Alniknn rnll roatl. llncktm when qucitlonotl ns to hl uecoml choice, roplletl "Han Franclico woulil bo uecoml boat." Tho com mltteo iiueitlonett llacktia on tho reuerveit heltl by Sealllo banks In enitern bnnka nml tholr relnllou to tho bmilmma carried on by Seattlo nml tho cltlea In which those rcservoj wuro held. IloTvn In X'W York It tlovolopeil that Sentllo iloen n 'grwitor bmlnoM with Mlnnenpolli, St. Paul nml CIiIcbko. Ihnn with Now York, but that Iho latter clly hold lstv nor cent of Seattlo's reserve monoy. "Isn't that an Illogical condition? asked McAdoo. "How do you ac count for such an artificial situa tion?" ' llackus said It was that very thing that tho currency law would cor rect; that at present Now York offers bettor ndvnntngcs for Iho monoy. lloth McAtloo nml Houston ox plnlued Iho bill to show thut n branch bank would servo all practlcul pur poseH, no mntter whoro tho central bunk was located, "I don't ngreo with you," eald Hackun. "It has boon my experience Hint n brnuch tlocg not servo as well ns n pnrent bank." SHIPPING TRUST EXISTS WASIIINOTON, Jnn. 29. Tho fliutl report of tho suh-commlttoo of tho housu mnrlno committee follow ing IIh Ho-cnllod shipping trust In iiulry wiih secrutly Mtibmltted today to tho wholo commltleo, It hold thnt n Hhlnntnc trust exists In Atluntlo anl Houtli nmt Central American trndo through shipping pools. Tho report probably will bo siihmlttod to tho house next week. BILL TO RAISE Q0ETHALS' SALARY TO $15,000 A YEAR N'AHIIINOTON, Jim, 'JD.-A bill iiiiiWiik llio Milnrv of llu governor of lint I'liiiuiim ciiinil roiiu M 5,0011 nn hum II v v. Iillii Colonel (liiiiHiiiU U on Din jolt iuu lulriiilni'i'il In Hit liout Ihu (illciiioini by lliircMriiiNtitf llilllfii ut lllliii'ls, OltHivl (ImcHi FOR REGIONAL RESERVE BANK MEDFORD. YOUNG WOMAN TELLS TALE OF LI Leah Alexander Relates Story of Events Leadlnn Up to J. D. Van Baalen's Death at Her Hands Last October Marriage Promised. Came to San Francisco to Work as Milliner and Induced to Drop Vo cation and Travel With Solicitor. HAN rilANCIHCO, Cl.. Jan. 23. i.,.itli Aluxnndvr was groomed for tho ordeal alio was to undergo when sho stepped on the wltnes stand today to toll tho story of Iho events which led up to J. I. Van llnalen's death n her hands In his office In tho Chon Iclo building last October. "I nm 28 years of ago." alio said. I havo one brother and flvo sisters. 1 wns born In I'tnli, whore I was mar ried when 1 wos IK and dlvorcod n short tlmi! Inter. I enmo to I.os An Kcles with my sister In 1010. Thoro I learnod the trndo of hnlrdresslng nml jnllllnery. My mother and tho olbor mutubors of tho family soon followed me to I.os Angeles. "Three years ago I enmo to San Francisco with n letter to n milliner In one. of tho department stores. 1 bogan working there Immediately. I worked later at two other millinery places. Itccmtic Kngngwt "I first met Mr. Van Haalen Ir. tho park. "A wholo j ear went by beforo 1 raw him aKnln. or nearly n year. Thon I began to seo him oftoncr, 1 srew to lovo htm. Wo became en gaged to bo married. Ho told me ho hntl been married but was divorced nml that tho reason ho could not marry mo wns Hint his unhappy mar rlago had broken his old father's health and that he could not afford to risk his father's opposition nt thnt tlmo to another marrlago. "Ho gnvo mo an engagement ring. Yes, I wns a good gin thon and work ing nt my trnde." Went to New York "When did your relations with Von lloalcn ceaso to bo proper?" naked Attorney O'Connor. "In November," she answered h a whisper. Ho nskod mo to'glvo up my llttlo room and I did. Ho rented an apartment for us and I slopped working nt my trade I went to Now York with him In January, 1013. 1 went as Mrs. Joseph I). Van Haalen. Ho said ho could not marry ano at that tlmo but ho bought rno a wed ding ring. Ho said his old father and mother wero too 111 to bo o posed and that his futhcr was very rich." Miss Alexander was still on tho stand when court adjourned. Tho lettcra which Van Haalen wroto to her wero to bo introduced later. F PROBE OF STRIKE NEXT WEEK WASIIINOTON', Jnn. 20. Two committees from tho house of repre sentatives will leave Monthly for Michigan ami Colorado to prolio strikes in progress thoro. Tho in vestlgiitimis will start ns soon as Iho committeemen arrive. 11 was t'sti mntetl that Iho Cplormlu coal strike investigation will Inst between three ami four weeks ami that in the Michigan copper strike from four to fivo weeks. COLD WAVE HITS MIDDLE WEST fHICAUO, Jim. i!l. -Tim temper iititio was fulling hero today nt tin rnlo of fivo degrees liomly, At noon Ihu nii'ii'iiry was ut !I7 nbovo eio nml sllll liiinliling. OMAHA, Kcli.. Jim. '.'II. A colli wnvo fctrurk Kt'lunsliit Imliiy. In miiiiiu pnils of llu statu Mrii liniit'i it t in m wiih ii'imnli'il. Tim poor nml UNi'Mrlnyt'tl Uvd writi miffi'HiiK ' I ETRAYED ORKOON, TJIVUKDAV, JANUARY 20, 1014. MRS. 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Thuit romes t" IikIiI tliffi'r- T BUILT NEXT YEAR WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 Secre tnry of tho Navy Daniels today toll tho houso naval committee that President Wilson wants at least two battleships next ear. The Jnpanes! sltunllon, however, was not dis cussed. Secretary Daniels thought the gov ernment's naval policy should bo re moved from politics. He said Amor lea wus not participating In tho "mini rlvnlry" by foreign nations for naval superiority but ho urged n sufficient Incroaso In war vessels to nt leat maintain America's political rank ns a naval power. Secretary Daniels did not bcllovo tho powers would ngreo to a "naval holiday,'' but thought nn agreement for n limited building pro gram possible, SHOW AN ADVANCE NEW YOHK, Jan. 'JO. Conflicting prico movements marked tho open ing of tho stock market today. Steel nml Heatling weio lower, hut tho Ilarrimau shares mlvaueetl. Kollou ing tho tleelaralion of the first divi dend on tho common stock since 1001, Pressed Steel Car advanced 14. Utah Copper mlvanced 1 ami Canntlian Pacific 1U.. Later prieos took a definite trend downward. Steel broke below ll. Losses by most of tho active shares wero limited to fractious and bidding m of individ ual stocks mtvo Ihu list us a wholo an irregular appearance, Honils wero irregular. Tho market clo-i'il steady. MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES WAKIIINOTON, Jim. 20. A ilnu llu iimendmcui to tho Hiiruoll-Dill Ingham Immigration hill wns adopted IliU iil'tiirimnii hv Dm Imiiiu Immigra tion I'liinmlltfc. It ii'nlili') for tho ili'imtliilloii of any mil', aliens nr I'itln'iiN, inllig h llio limiiigiiitio1! of iicMoitN, militant Miffiiixcllr In clmli'il, li'iit'lilng lliv ttvftliiiilioii of 5 WILSON DESIRES BATTLESHIPS eneeH which, it it sitiil, mcmbcrH of their hcIh knew nil nbottt for more tlinu a year.. Should the ruse be tried in public however, they el dom tlo things like thnt in Newport, where the suit wns filed it will tlrnw lnr;;e audiences. Ooi'li't is the son of Omlen Goelel, who left him .:0,U00,000 in New York real estate. DETECTIVES TRY- i ! TO DISRUPT E T INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., Jan. 29. So iolent ami iwrsistcnt were disor ders at the United Mine-Workers' convention hero today Hint it was rumored private detectives luul se cured admission nmong tho delegates and wero trying to disrupt the orgnn- Uution. It was said thirty of them wore. present, that they were from a Pitts liurg agency and Hint they hnd or tiers to scire every opportunity to start n commotion. Whether tho rreports were true or not, it wns n fact that uproar wns continually breaking out ujon every iranginnble protest. Willi the roll-cnl! partly completed, indications wero thnt the proposition to iuorenso President White's salary woulil ho losl, but ns there wero a number of absentees nml consider able time was lost in verifying lists of deleuates entitled to vote, it seem ed unlikely that the decision would he announced before tomorrow. President Samuel Oompers of the American Kcderation of Labor nr- rived at noon. DY MACON, On., Jan. 20. Procedure in Iho court presided over by United Slntes Judge Kmery Speer of Geer gia, charged with using Jlis office unlawfully, was criticised by W. W. Osborm, u Savannah lawyer, in tes tifying here todnv before tho house investigating committee. "In my opinion." find Osborne, "Speer is corrupt judicially. Ho is extremely partial, too. Cases tried lairly m his court are exceptions." RAKER ALIEN BILL WASHINGTON, Jnn. 2. -At tho persoiml ii'ipiest of Hccrelury of Stall) Hrynii, llio lioipto immigration commllli'ii imnlil Imluy tU'clliu'il In Imlil bt'iirliiKx on I Iih linger ullcii bill, It miis ilfi'liiml tlmt Hryiiu uxkcil for llio MiMMiiiimi'iil In prevent ll mivwul uf ih dupuu with JH MN IN CONVEN POLICE WED ENFORCE LAWS TO THE LETTER State and Local Statutes Regarding Saloons, Gambling and Immorality Invoked Consolidation and Ellm (nation of Officers. Street Superintendent and City En fllneer Combined Water Superin tendent New Plumbing Inspector. . Preliminary steps townrd a reor ganization of the city ndministrntion were taken ut nn executive setslon of the city council Wednesday after noon. The offices of street comraU sioner and city engineer were con solidated, the duties of plumbinc in (tpeetor uddctl to those of tho wnter superintendent, and the electric in snector combined wiih building in- xpector. Ijibor will be paid by tl.e hour, instead of by the tiny, nmi bids nsked for street sweeping liy contract. Purchases of supplied must bo upon retptisition appnncd by the finance committee. The citv recorder and treasurer have been culled uon for sworn statements of city accounts up to Jnnunry 1, 10H, nml nrc expected to submit same nt the next council meeting. The chief or poMcc n been onlered to enforce city nml state laws to the letter regarding sa loons, jramblinK and immoral house-. Whether or not there will bo n clean sweep of officers, ns generally supHsed would be the chso ns the result or the election, hus not been decided upon, but it seems to be the intention to pi slow t first nml give incumbents n clinncc. The combina tions made above effect n saving only of two salaries, thnt of street Miiierintcmlcnt and plumbing inspec tor, making n snving of but $60 a month. The chief of the firo depart ment hns iieted ns building inspector. Of course,. innyor nml council's sal nries of $'223 are nlso snved. The city well nt the pump-house, the city's sole source of supply in ense of accident to the gravity sys tem, hns been pnrtinllv filled up by manure nntl street sweeping. Coun cilman Medynski has ordeied it flushed out und cleaned and City Kn gineer Arnspiger is drawing- plans for n deep trench across Uenr" creek, which will bo drained by tiling nntl filled with sand nnd gravel, and used ns n source of suoplv in ense of emergency. The cost of the im provements outlined is $1500, as nguinst ns mnny thousnnd for an other piHs line across Hear creek. M1TCHEL SURE OF SEW YORK, Jan. !9. Mayor Mltchel was still confident today that Colonol Gcorgo W. Goothals will bo Sow York's next pollco commissioner, despite reports that Goothals hal wired his accoptanco of tho govern ment's offer to mako him governor for the Panama canal zono. It was doclarod at Mltchel's office that tho accoptanco by Goothals of tho gover norship had nothing to do with tho pollco commlsslonor8hlp. Tho Sow York offer, It was ald. would bo ac cepted by Goothals Just as soon as cortotn conditions ho Imposed could bo complied with. TOMMY MURPHY TO APPEAR IN VAUDEVILLE SAS PHANCIBCO, Cal., Jan. 29. llarlom Tommy Murphy who is sched uled to meet Wllllo Illtchle, light weight chumplon of tho world, In a twonty round battle lmro oarly In April, expected to leave for Heattle luto today, whore ho will open a theatrical viiKugoinunt, Mrs, Mur phy ami their baby will accompany Tommy, Murphy Is Kurnt4 four weeks on (ho rosd. Thy khkuksmiuhI will lake lilw to all llio lirr (KM of Hut north wwt, iHcluttlug 'Stm, Hcstllo, I'orllsmL riksuw w4 IM luifbw, I NO. 200 RESCUE WOMAN FROM ICY WATERS OF BEAR CREEK Miss Annie O'Brien Discovered Struggling In Midstream and res cued by School Youth Htw Ike Came In Creek Is Mystery. Has Seen III Frem Nervm TrwW-t and Under Decttr's Cart Urft: Crowd on Iridie Cheers Reeevt. Miss Annlo O'Drlen, age 21 a stenographer, living with nor : cr at 517 South drape street was res cued from Hear creek this morning, by Harold Trowbridge, a high school boy. How or why she plunged Into ' the creek the young lady could not ex plain, physicians holding that she wns In a scml-sommanbullstlc, or sleep walking state, the Icy waters, how ever, rousing her lagging mental fac ulties. Miss O'llrlen was first discovered by pedestrians crossing the BeaV creek bridge, cllnglnr to a piling is the creek where her skirt had caugat. Tho alarm was given and B. O. TroW brldgo of the Medford Iron Works, through out a rope. Clinging to the piling with one hand, and the rope with the other, tho girl would let fee of neither. Then Harold leaped from the bank, waded to the piling, and pulled Miss O'Brien ashore, while the crowd cheered. Upon being rescued Miss O'Brlea was put In an automobile and maheft to her home. She declared that she did not realU,-hec'pesltIOR, cr have any knowledge of her actions until she found herself In tho creek, be numbed by tho cold water. The young lady has been suffering from nervous trouble for some time, and has been under the caro of a doc tor. Sho formerly worked as a stenographer for the forestry sorvlct. holding tho position for a week, when sickness compelled her retire ment. A large crowd gathorcd on tho bridgo to seo tho sight, many com ments being made on tho backward ness of citizens to jump Into tho creek to effect a rescue. Fears arc expressed that pneu monia may set In from tho chill caused by tho ten minute: stand ih tho cold water. ' AT KLAMATH FALLS, Jnn. 20. Thrco out of five of tho prizes award ed by Field und Stream, n sporting publication, for tho biggest rainbow trout caught during tho season of 1013 wero won with fish enught in Klamath waters. Announcement tu this effect hns just been made. The first prize went to u Montana angler, the second, third, fourth nnd fifth coming to Oregon. The Oregon win ners were: Second prize, Mutide II. "ceil, 13 pounds; caught in Willtumson river, Klamath hike, Or. Third prize, II. W. Peterson, 12 pounds, r ounces; caught in 1'elic.nti bey, Klamath lake, Oregon. Fourth prize, C. E. arahnm, 12 pounds 5 ounces; caught iu Khunah river, Oregon. Fifth prize, IL W. Poole, 12 pounds length 30 inches, girth lCj inches; caught iu Upier Klamath lake, Oregon. flatirITbIms course in college 8BATTLE, Wash., Jan. 28,TM use of flat-Irons and brooms will a taught tho women of the home MOM inks department or the UnlvtrtHy M Washington. l'refwtwr yJrty Osborne today aniwvKM!. the mhv feuture. The studs! will vU knowMsu til Ike jkf U uf mMitest. wiih a t4udy,f Uh Iwwirki hM. HN4 VtttWW lesHitW A siMr W llghfljix MMU In ."h.Ini wttk s h,MU m 4lw Witt mM k i