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i ?n7 Second RLSoely jCC0'" Srcfif K Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER ltnln tonight anil Wcdnes tiny, Max, -Id; -llti. m. SECOND EDITION iM MI3DFOHD. OHEOON, TlTJWI)AY, MWUUAUY 10, 10M. NO. 275 roriy.tMnl rr rnllv KlKlilh Yr l . i i i s, k 1 V K MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK AND DOMINION IF CANADA ARE JARRED BY AN N FATALITY ALL NEW YORK PANIC SI KEN 1 Damauc Slight In Metropolis, Out Buffalo Dailly Shaken Selsmo fjrnphs Out of Whack Clocks Are Stopped Along Railroads. At Syracuse and Other Cities, Office Dtilldlmis Are Shaken and Hun dreds Fire Into Streets In Panic. NEW YORK, Fob. 10. -Oim jst miii met death tmliiy in mi caith. quake which rooked hnlf of Miiumh i'IiiixiiUn, nil of Now Vnrk mid (lint section of Canada lying along tin St. Lawrence rixcr from Toronto In Moot real. Tim heaviest shocks were in ilm southern counties of Ncxv York. Tin' mm fntnhly occurred in Ming liniiiluii, N. Y., where Rueeo Axes, a liilinrrr, wns killed while working mi n building excavation. Tito tro iiuir caused a landslide nml Axes WHS crilttlll'll In death. 1'nllii r Tomilnf of Georgetown uuixorsity, m'lir Wiif.l.ington, said hi M-Uiuocrapli recorded two npparit' nml distinct shocks. The firnt, In said, stnitod nl 11!! nml lasted un til 11:17, nml tlir second began ut ") riM o'clock nml continued to 1 .Il.'i NEW YORK, Kid. in. Central, Krlli nnilKulrni Now York wa rooked ly mi earthquake this morn ing'. Wlillo Ilm damage was slight, il was of sufficient Hinority to stop clocks nml put several seismograph out of commission. The ritxllimiililor was felt nt Iliif fiilo nlioul ' 1 :.'in o'clock. Houses xvcro rooked nml men, women Mid children, panic stricken, run nut into Ilm Iri'i-t". flnlv one shook was fiilt in Huffnlo, lint il xx looked the M'iNiuoKiiiiili ut CminNtiH collide. ItuportH lo tin' mmii ofrii'i' here of Ilm New York Central stated urn Miration slopped nil station dorks along itrt lino from Little Full lo this oily. So serious damage, now ox or, was reported. At Svriteuso office building xvoro shaken mill IiuiuIii'iIh of porsoiiH fled lo Ilm streets in n panic Tim tem blor wiih of brief ilurntion, how ever, nml no damage wiih caused. Tim seismograph nt Hronklyn col lege wiih mil oul of commission nml ii uumlier of ilnxvnlown buihlingH in Itrooklvn were roekeil. No other damage wiih reported. IIINOIIAMTON, X. Y., Fob. 10. Roooo Axes;. '.VI yours of ago, u hi borer, wiih killed hy mi earthquake wliieh rooked lliimlinniton linn uttcr- iiooii. lie wiih crushed lo dentil when Ilm tremor canned u IhimIkIuIo in mi excavation for u new building. ANN' ARHOR, Mieh., Feb. 10, An enilhiiuiiko whieh started lit li!:3l o'eloek wiih reKiHtered by Ilm l-'niviirHilv of Jlichiu'iiu'rt Heinmo Kniph thin nfternoon. Tim ui'itnuo ;rupliHlinweil llmMJiu renter of tlm (Continued on nana a.) 10 10 RAN FIIANOI6CO, Cnl., Feb. 10. Muury I. DIkbh nml Walter flilll pin, eliuwd Hh niUtrciithijj Ida l'enirinui wcro warned luilny lluil niileHH they eouhl rIvo hail In Urn meantime ihey would b tniiwforrcd Into in the. allernoou from tlm city ptiHon lo Urn county jH. Di(H, who, uvor hinen hiH nriebt, Iiiih ileehired he. expected to ho ImIN ed out "Home Hum thin uiternoon," piofeHHed to expect the hiiiuo Ihing today. MuihIiiiII Wondworth, one. of tlm priHonnrrt InwyoiTi, who it n IdH opinion Hint the. .20,000 liomlf m' cHHiiry for both iucii'h icIciiho would Im nriauKed "within a low days, hut jirobubly tiot lOilUy." HUH A HEDGED AROUND WITH BAYONET WALL Fearful of Frevh Plots, Dictator Sur rounds Himself With Troops Mlilnlylit Cahlnet Meetlno Called Rebel Auents Active Within City. Assassins Sent After Felix Diaz Embassy Gets Photooraphs of Land Plats Owned hy Carden. MF.XIOO CITY, Feb. 10. Fearful of freli plottui); n;miiHt him, 1'rehi dent lluertu wnn couiplrlely bedded iiround by hnyonetH today. Two lliotinilil HtddiiTH Htirroilllded bin rciiilfiicf, tlm national pahice and the nrweiml. They were picked men, devoted lo the dielntnr and to bin caiiiie. Hiierta wax aid lo be lirve they would die to a mini fiht iii) for him. All tlm private bonne in tbe vicin ity of Ilm prcHidnit'H homo bad been eleared of their occupant and M'ii tries were on cuard oxer them. On their roofn machino kuiih were mounted. No one wiih allow rd in the neighborhood except on bifincfu. Tlm niemiletit unexpeetedlv called a cabinet ineetiuj,' ut midnight anil rrmalueil In conhiillalion with IiIh iiiiiiiHierK until iluyliKht. They xvould not miv what the diHuusiioii eon- ccnied. Itebel Aitontk OrKanUo Officials admitted that tlmv knew rebel iiKentH were hi Ilm city, on;nn UiUK biiuilH amoiii; 'He police, urn clerks, tlm mechanics nml ex en i.ftiiiif ti .irL'im. WfMil.ttl. I'll!! U'flU 111 .l.fi'.t ili'iniit), ..'. .. ...... -- casionally urrested, hut with a large clement of tlm population in sym pathy with them ami tlm police help niK I hem nliiiost openly, il xviih dif ficult to put a stop to their uctiv ilicx. lluertu, it xvoh known, considered himself in constant danger of attack. lie released from prison today nml exiled In Kuiopo (ieueral ltudolfo Kc.xch, compellini; him to leave his wife ami four children behind ns IiohIiikch iiKaiiiHt possible plotting an bin part abroad. At tlm American einbnsHy il had been heard unofficially that two men had Rone to Vera Cm, to iiHsnHsinate Felix Diaz, but na Diaz xviih in Hn vanu at latest iiccoiintH, this report xviih not regarded very Hcriously. Canton nil i:ploller The cmbuHHy, it wai learned, pos hcssch a photograph of government maps showing the Mexican laud huhliiigH of Sir Lionel Cnrden, Hrit ish miiiihter here, im n member of the company in whieli he, Lord Cow. ilmv nml i'1'rlnin rlcb MexicaiiK arc intercHled. Tlm company used the miii lo oxnlolt ilH rcaltx. Sir Lionel in Hinted to leave for Loudon, February 15, mid nt tlm cm hiiHsy it wan not believed ho xvould reditu, despite HtiitemenlH to tlm ef fect Ibat tlm foieiLMi ol'fiuo xvas not recalling him. This being the case, it xvas Hiiid the. laud incident xvould ho considered closed. Tlm entire foreign colony has con sidered Sir Lionel and Admiral Sir ChriHtopher Craddoek, tho Hritish naval commander in Mexican wnt era, ardent HuertistiiH and both wore said to have Bcir.od every opportun ity to impede, American efforts in Mexico. NKlFSiN URIIINOTON, Feb. 10. The nameH of fourteen Americans recov ered thus fur from Ilm ruins of the Cumbvc, Mux., tunnel wore received by telegrnph at tlm Htato departmout today us follows s M. J. Clilmnrlin, Nunmrd Sehofield, John Webster, K. J. jroCutchoon, J. I, MoiWh, Lee Williams, II. V. Murtovifl, TIioiiiiih Kelly, A. HurgeHs and Mrs. Cnrrujh and her four children. Tlm bodloH of thtitv MexlcmiH hud iilso been l'uuud. ' A 10 BE ACCUSED m BANK N All Officers of Defunct Memphis Dank to Be Prosecuted Editor Drothcr of Guilty President Recon ciled and Offers Private Fortune. Believed Speculation Official Will Appear Before Grand Jury This Afternoon and Be Indicted. MF.Ml'IIIS, Term., Feb. 10. After an oMtrniigcincnt of 3 earn, during which they did not ex en speak to one another when they met, Presi dent C. Hunter Itaine of the defunct Mercantile bank, mid bin brother Oil berl, owner of tho New Heimitnr, were reconciled lotluy. Tlm editor was out of town when his brother xvas arroMod, but as soon ah Im returned lm called on him at the jail, shook bauds xvith him mid pledged him all tlm iiKsihtanco he could gixe. It xvas rcorted he exen offered lo nell his entire property lo help tlm imprisoned banker meet his defalcation. Accountants said today Ihey be licxed Ilm hitter's shortage would reach $l,r00,0()0. Prosecutor F.tes of Shelby county xvas prepnring today to accuse Cash ier Claude Anderson of accepting do. ponits when he kuexv the Mercantile bank whh Insolvent. lisle bun reevtxed score oC ru quests for loo prosecution ot all the bank officials and directors. At first Im refused, but later decided to bring criminal proceedings against Anderson. Ilaiim xvas c.pcetcd to appear be fore tlm grand jury Into this after noon. It xvas believed he would re lont his confession and be indicted immediately. He occupies n fine room in tho county jail and plays solitaire constantly. An audit of the hank's books xvas being pushed ns rapidly as ossiblo, and it xvas thought it might ho com pleted tonight. It xvas understood the bank xvould pay iihout .10 cents 011 tho dollar. Speculators xverc offering deposit, ors 'Jfi per cent for their claims. PULLMAN COMPANY SUES CALIFORNIA FOR TAX MONEY RAN FHANCISCO. Cul.. Feb. 10. Tho Pullman company today sued Stale Treasurer Huberts for tho dif ference between $8U,l! IH.tlll nud GOVERNOR AND JUDGE SPURN MONEY FOR JUDGE J. C. PMTf UAltl). Governor Craig of Notth Caroliim and United States Judge J. C. Prltclmrd, ns trustees for tho fitalo university, havo no Use for tho money of John D. Roukefeller, and they have spurned mi offer of $50, 000 from Ilm llockei'eller Foundation for tho Young Men's Christian asso ciation of tho institution. Tho governor und jttdjjo took this II llkkkkkK 'KtkkkkkV I It .aA tfP .kkkkkkkkW kkkkkkK iv skkkW W jf r kkkkkkkkkkka ikkkkkkkkHkV .kkakkkkkkkkkkkkkkHi kkkkkkkkkkkkkkakkkkkl kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkHI lUMUll SUED XkkkkkkkEkkrVcWh.'kkkkkr mI ifKl'r ikkkkkkkkkkl VrkkkkkkkErlkkHi w Mfk r utttttSKStr kkkkkB x 3 -3 yilkkkkkkkkkkkkV r " - n Ten $5,000 tmtM tui.U',1 latojlie safe lu Ibc Slierlff off lie iiiiMiltieil tbi xvrlukle out of tbe forelieml of Octavlo Gultile, xvi-nlttiy Druilllan, living In New Vurk, Ttio Li ucd for JW.000 for nltegeil brcncli of iroinlic by MUs Monica T. Itorden, bUo of Manhnttan. Tliero hnd been twenty-four busy hour for Mr. Gulule, but tbe cloud elenred o much a ttic order for tbe money flnnbeU off tbe .South American cable tlint lie emphatically declared that Mli Ilonlen' action Is tbe leait of M trouble. GOOD ROADS BILL PA55E0 Blf JOSE ffjjj, WASHINGTON Feb 10 Ily a vote of St: to 32 the houno pasted the Hlmckleford Reed roads bill It authorizes tho secretary of ngric'tl. luro to spend $25,000,000 annually In maintaining rural post roads. Tho ap propriation Is'tn be distributed anion,; states according to tho ratio of popu lation and road mileage to that of tho entire country. Tho senato has not yet considered tho bill. $1005.11. It paid tho larger bum in taxes under protect, declaring it xvas over-assessed on its 101'.! corporate inoomo in California. A similar suit for $1011, decided against tho com pany by Judge Stm levant, is pend ing. ROCEFELLER NORTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY GOVERNOR CRAIG. action nt a meeting "f the trustees nt Raleigh. Thoy said tho university wiih a stnto institution and should not seek aid outside the state, It was urged hy sonio trustees that other institutions wcro getting Rock efeller foundation money, and that tho university here had been prom ised $50,000 if Ilm tilumut raised IfJo.OOQ. 25.000.000 II GIRL IS SHED FM JUL It SS1JE3 i E CALLED IN SPUE OF ! PROTEST OF UNION. HANCOCK. Mich , Feb. 10. The congressional Investigation ot tho Michigan copper strlko xvas resumed today with William Itickard, presi dent or tho Calumet local ot tho Western Federation of Miners, on tho stand. Ho went Into detail concern, lap xvages and working conditions. "The strlko was called." said Hick ard. against tho acxico ot local offi cials of tho federation. No power on earth could havo prevented tho men from quitting work. A referendum vote showed tho men overwhelmingly favored a strlko. "The real complaint was that new persons coming Into the inannKomcat of the mines demanded bigger pro. fits. They ordered trammers wlio had been loading sixteen cars ot rock and pushing them up along drifts dally, to load twenty cars or bo docked at the end of tho week." Illcknrd sworo letters sent before, tlm strlko xvas called were Ignorad by tho officials of the various compa nies. Tho witness was Questioned at length by Representative Casey re garding tho companies' system' of conducting stores, "Tho miners purchased goods from tho stores." Bald Itickard, "nud tho amounts of their purchases wore do ducted from their xvages at tho end of tho month. Tho prices at tho company stores xvoro doublo thoso charged by morchants elsoxvhero but miners who bought from outsiders xvero discharged. It xvould bo hard, hoxvovor, to provo this assertion, as tho xvorkors aro Invariably given sonio other oxcuso xvhon thoy aro lot out. nut tho fact remains that thoso who persist lit trading else xvhero don't lust vory long." FRISCO APPEALS TO1 STAY DISSOLUTION WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Headed by Robert Noxvtou Lynch of tho San Francisco chamber of conimorco, a group of Los Angeles and San Fran cisco business men today appealed to Attorney General MoReyuolds to delav indefinitely tho proposed suit divorcing tho Central Paeifio from Ilm Southern Pacific. MoReyuolds intimated that lm had made up his mind thut tho uuit would ho pushed. CALUMET STR1K Miss MONICA T. BORDEM vralTf r3'0 OF MILITIA EXPOSED BY WITNESSES DENVER. Colo.. Feb. 10. Sensn- tional testimony xxis offered by Sam Valentt, n Sicilian strikebreaker, at today's se.-ion .of the congressional probe into tho Colorado emu strike. He sxvorq that Pittsburg labor agent employed him at $8 daily. I ''I xvas taken to tho Delagun mine in southern Colorado. After xvorkiug ;i fcxv days, 1 demanded the promised .money, hut I never got it. Then 1 xx'as ordered lo resume xvork nt greatly reduced vnges. 1 "A fcxv days Inter" I snxv nn Ital inn strikebreaker shot and killed in tho Dclngim mine. Four militiamen carried the body out and I never saw it afterward. 1 told nn Italian judge at Delagun about tho soldiers killing tho mini, but he told me to go buck lo xvork, as 15,000 soldiers xverc watching me." i Vnleuti also declared that he xvit- ,nessed a Sunday riot in 'which cav- 'alrynien rode down xomen marchers. "I saw soldiers repeatedly strike xvomen on the legs," Ko said, "and I heard General Chase Cell tho troops to go ahead mid kill both xvomen' and ' men. "I saw soldiers rido at xvomen and stick them xvith bayonets," added Vnleuti. "I saw three or four get stuck nml heard them crv out in pain. One woman xvas stuck in tho leg and tho thrust gave her 11 hnd wound." Asked if lm xvas sure it xvas Gen eral Chaso who gave the order to "kill the xvomen," Valentt nuswered: "Suro, I am. There he sits now," pointing at Chase, who occupied a seat in the courtroom. F WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. With tho arrival hero today of C. E, Wilis- lor of Medford. president of tho Or egon State Horticultural association, n campaign for 11 standard apple box xvas inaugurated hero A stand ard barrel bus already been provid ed hy congress and noxv 11 standard box, to bo known as the nortnwesi orn special box, is proposed. Whis ler came hero at the request, of Con gressuiuu llnxvley. BARBARITIES EARTHQUAKE ANGRY JAPANESE E Lawmakers Chased From Buildings by Irate Mob, After Whltewashlrif Government When a Vote of Cen sure Is Asked Over Scandal. Anti-Government Display Unprece dented and Heralds Revolution Caused by High Taxation. TOKIO, Feb. 10. Pursued by tn Infuriated mob, Japan's lawmakers wero chased poll tr.ell from parlia ment houso today and driren into biding after whitewashing tho gov ernment when an attempt was mada to censure it for tho grafting It was accused ot having permitted to go on for a long tlmq past In tho navy. Tho announcement having beon made that the anti-administration party would move a resolution of lock of confidence in the government, a crowd ot fifty thousand gathered In Mlblya Park to demand tbe meas ure's adoption. Fiery speeches were being made and tho assemblage al ready was worked up to a high pitch ot excitement when news arrived that the resolution had beon defeated, 205 to 164. Hush on Parliament Instantly tbe rush on parliament houso began. A strong force tot police was on duty but tbe throng was so great that the cordon jwas -be. Ing quickly thrust aside or trampled Underfoot when troops reached the scone. Massed around tho building with fixed bayonets, tho soldiers suc ceeded In stopping tho crowd's chargo and the legislative halls wero not actually invaded. The member of parliament had taken tho alarm and, hastily adjourning, iwero smuggled out, each under a heavy guard. Sentries wcro posted over the homes ot thoso living in Tqklo. Many took rofugo with friends, that It might not bo too easy for the crowd to find them. Others left tor tho country. Fierce Iliotlng la Progress . In the menntimo florco rioting waa In progress. Tho elaborate polico precautions taken saved public build ings but streetcars wore stoned n many parts ot tho city and a deter mined effort xvas mado by a throng of several thousand to sack the of fices of a pro-govemmont nowspaper. Hero tho polico drew their swords and repulsed repeated charges, wounding a number. Tho attempt on tho newspaper of fices was finally abandoned but nt 10 p. in. tho mob still rilled tho streets and further trouble seomel likely. Great anxiety was felt In govern ment circles. Under the surface 11 strong radical sentiment has beon simmering in Japan tor some time and many saw In today's demonstra tion a gonulnely revolutionary out break. fContlnuea on pane S.I X-RAY EXAMINATION OF HOME, Feb, 10. A consultation of physicians here today decided to mako an X-ray examination ot Presi dent Charles A, Comlskoy of the Chi cago Whito Sox, who wua stricken seriously 111 yesterday whllo travel ing by rail from Naples to Rome with mombor of tho Chicago and New York baseball teams. Comlskey had been fcoljng slightly indisposed in Naples but little was thought ot it until tbe train had passod Casorta, when he became worse so rapidly that Dr. John V. Jones, American consul general at Genoa, a passenger was called on. Ho diagnosed tho caso as indigestion wtth symptoms of heart trouble. At Rome Professor Glusseppe Has tianolll xvas summoned, Iletwen thorn the X-ray1 examination wag agreed on. MAK ATTAGK N PARLIAMENT &tl ill .'A