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7 Setond Street " MEDTORD Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Haiti tonight unit Twey Mn. t.lt lln. mt Pre. .91. Mail ' l v y ,S riirljrlhlr1 Tmr. I'lllf.-Klxlill" Ymr 1 . .. i . 'i. . $466,040 CASK NOW ON HAND FOR ROADBONDS Jiiilno Ton Vrllo Gets Money From Snlo of Hluliway Securities Bal ance to Do Paid liy April Money Will Do Deposited Locally. Rock'Crushliifi Plant ft Gold Ray Dclns Work on Rock (or Central Point Road Pavement. I .ill km received Tuesday from County Judge. P. I. Ton Velio slate Unit . KHl.OIU.in road bond money was deposited last week In llm Con tinental Niitlniiiil bank of Chicago to lln credit of Jack-ton county, mid tin- balance of tlio $500,(100 i!l In! paid 11 k hooii ns tho county has ro il ii'il $:t J.000 hi wnrrantH, prole nlily liy April t. A noun an JikIk' Tou Wile returns the latter part of tin' week, tlio money will l ilWtnb Html iih tl'iofitH muting Jackson I'oiintv liNiil.ii, on the understanding llnit thoy I'o-opi'rnti' ill placing conn ty win rants ut pur. Operation of tin rook -crushing pluiit nt Gold liny liy the I'oiinty be pun Momliiy crushing rock fi.r the granitoid surface of tho C'cntrnl Point roml. Concrcto iuixcih nnil other inncliitn'ry in being assembled nnil It is expected tlmt nuntlicr week will sec actual paing In progress. Stnto Highway i'.iiginccr llowlhy, who !h lierc to attend tit" Krnml jury prolic, stales Unit satisfactory prog rci In being made oxecpt in scour ing the right of way this side of Axliliuitl. Tim city council of Ali 1 it 11 tl ngrcell to condemn the right of wny through the llilliuus funu, hut hno now refuted to prncreil. Thin will force the county to lirinjr eon ileiuliiitlon proceedings or change the route, .1. W. Sweeney, the contrnclor on the Siskiyou section, state thnt hi first enfup In well uuiler wa nnil he hope to lni in shape to put 011 men in iiliuut 11 week. The first ciimp I nt Sliuemnn. lie will Inter put in one ut Siskiyou iiml also one ueiir Coles or Colodlo, where the heavy roekwork is on the other Mile of the divide REJECTEDluifOR ilDE 10 JILTED HIM HAS FIIANCISm, Pah, Fell. 'J I. - Andrew Iteppcr, a laen saleninnn, toilay shot mill almo-t iiistimllv kill 11I Mr. Dorothy .lohiihon of Taconia, WiihIi., a Initio of a week, hern with her husband on u hiine.Miinou trip, Then llcppcr firetl u hullet into his own jieail, hut physicians nay he pioliahly will recover. Pepper regained consciousness shortly nftcr reaching the Central l!inorgeney hospltul, nnil iiiailt! the following slutomcut to DoteotUo Do lun; "I hail heon going with Mrs. John son for a miinber of yearn, anil she iiiiitlu mu holiovo Hint wo worn to lie initrrieil, right up to tlio IiihI mo ment. Then hIio married thin other fellow. , "I ennio to Snn Frnnoisoo from Tacoma ho I ooulil forgot thu whole affair. Then thoy had to .conic down hero on their hnueyiuooii, Kv crywheni I went I Boomed to moot tlieiu, mid this hlmply drove mo in Hiino, "I dltl no! lillend to rIiooI her. 1 moiely wanted to kill myHclf. I told hoc when 1 called at the hotel (hat I intended to do away with mytiolf. Kim smiled. . "'All- light, Pop,' hIio said, 'go ahead mid kill yourself.' That lin gered mo, anil bofoio 1 realized what I had done I hud idiot her, "I bought the, revolver from n Market Htreel pawnshop and intend ed In kill myMolf In liur prest'iico." Tlio hhot which Peiper fired into his own head merely Tinctured (ho skull, indicting n wouiiil from which niiigvuin uuld ho will u'covcr, KLLS YOUNG NEW YORK POLICE CAPTAIN GRANTED NEW TRIAL See GRANTED COAL COMPANIES'- A NEW TRIAL BUT ALWAYS ELECT GUNMEN HANG TRINIDAD OFFICIALS AI.IIANV, N. V., Fb. 2 4. Former I'ollco l.leutennnt 4 f Clmrle Hocker of Now York 4 City, under ncntonco of ttoatli 4 4 In Sins HIih: prison fur tlio 4 4 iiiurilvr of llnjmnn Itoitou- 4 4 thai, wan grunted u now trial '4 4 today. 4 4 Tho rc-trlnl wntt Rranted 4 4 Hocker by llm circuit court 4 4 of nppcnlii. HU of liu mem- 4 4 lierH otetl In fnvor of IiIm up- 4 4 plication for n new trlnl. Jim- 4 4 tlco Werner oppoiod tlio np- 4 4 pllentlon. ' 4 Tlio court'n opinion was 4 4 written by Jimtlco lllicok 4 4 nml tho lower court'H dcrlnlou 4 4 wan ri!i!mctl mi n result of 4 4 errom by Jimtlco fluff, who 4 4 protlik'd ni lleckor'n trial. 4 4 Four KUtinicii under font- 4 4 cncti of dentil for tho nrtunl 4 4 kllllui: of Itonenthnl woro do- 4 4 n I oil now trlnlH. 4 4 It wan allcKed at llockorn 4 4 trial that the riiiiiuou killed 4 4 Horouthnl al llockor'n luntl- 4 4 ftatlon. 4 Tho court it tlorldlon mean 4 4 Hint tho four Kunniflii will bo 4 4 electrocuted and alto lucitua 4 4 that tho w,ny l open m;nln 4 4 for tho rcKiimptlou of tho 4 4 warfaro butwvou tlio police. 4 4 and cmimou mid namblerM, 4 4 44444444444444 OHIO EXCISE IAX SUPREME COURT WABI11NOTO.V, Fob. 1M. Tho mi p id mo court today vnlltlntod tho Ohio oxcIbo tmc law, ono of tho most dnmtlo In tho country. It provldos a four per cont tax on tho prosit In-trn-Btato. earnlUKii of railroads mid proWdeH Hpoclul tnxoa for otbor cor porntlona doing. IiubIiiohs thoro. That tho tax wub illacrlmlnntory by provldliiK dlfforont rntoB on dlfror out claaKOH of corporations wna do clnrod h)' tho railroads. Thoy nlbo Imsortod thu 4 per cont lovy on groHH Intra-Btato oarnhiK was confisca tory. Tho fodornt .district court of Ohio hold tho law to bo coustltlunal, but ftrauttid nu Injunction aKalust ltn oporatloii poiidliiK tho final iloclslon today of tho aupromo court, Tho yacht tax ciiho wiih docldod In favor of trio government today when thu Hiipromo court uphold thu action of etiHtouiH officials In iiiihosnIiik Hllff cuRtouiH diilloM, iindor thu old tariff law, uuuliist plcnuuro yachts owned by tlvo niHIIuiiulrcs. LAW VALIDATED BY medfoki1) THINIDAl), Colo., Kelt. SI. "In twenty-two yoarn' ejcriunco in Trinidad I lmw ohsorved that tho coal eompanioH lmo nlwnyx cleetetl to officii the men thoy wnntcd," W. A. Clnrner, a witncmi before tho cou KrcKxional uiulipilorH of tho Colo rado coal ntrikc, Mtittctl from tho wit ness fdiiiul today. (lanier'rt tcHtuiinny precipitated n conlroony. Attorney Horrinpton, repreentiu; tho iiiincowiiorH, nccuf.ed Attorney (ti(nn, tho iiiincra' law yer, who hail been examining the witnohx, of playing politicH. t'oKti- ,pau roHcuted thin and Ilorringtou fin ally apologized. Tho committee went into executive reunion, however, ami then announc ed that it wni concerned with fed eral ipiCfttiotiH nml could not outer into state or county mntters. Co-iit-Kan protested, hut had to yield. LAW HELD LEGAL SAN' FHA.VCISCO, Cal., Feb. HK -Tlio United State circuit court of appeals today uphold tho act of March 4. 1D07, prohibiting tho railroads from kccplnc tholr omplo)rs on duty inoro th ii u HI bourn. Tho decision was handed down In tlio cbhq of 1M wartl MurKoss, who went tp work on a (Ircnt Northom train at C o'clock In tho mornlnc aa a flrotunn and re mained on duty until 10 o'clock thnt ulKht, when tho train was Bliio t racked, Humes then continuing on duty ns a watchman. Tho I'nltod States district court found tho railroad Kiillty of vlolat I n IT the nhteon hour law and fined It SI 00. t- iSi In spllo of (ho oppression to which tho Mexican nulhnritici luivo subjected them for years, thu Yiupils are today mi iiuconiuercd tribe. Their com ago Is minuting nnd their fighting ability great, though (hey nro generally handicapped by the luck of modern urum. In tho mountain of noillnu'bU'iii Mexico their kM of fljjlitlug bus bovti wry effovtive, f , oiwaoy, tukkday, ikhruary 2-1, 3914. MANN LAW NOT TROLLEY LINES Supreme Court Holds That Journey Upon Inlcrurban Electric Line fcr Immoral Purposes Is Not Mann Law Violation. Many Other Decisions Rendered Fleur Millers Win Victory and Can Bleach Fleur by Alsop Process. WASHINGTON', ri, 21. While rcnffirmiuK thu validity of the Mann white hlnse act, the federal Kuprcmc court indiciilttl today u preference for n narrower construction than it hitherto Inn been given. Tho ciiho involved wiih nn appeal by thu prosecution from the dinnim Hit! of indictments- against ChnrlcK and Catherine WiWon churine; them with hnviiiK violated the law by trnuortinK two women from Mil waukee. Win., to Kvnnnton, HI., nu interurbnii electric car. It wiik its Kvrtrd that the joufnrr was taken for immoral purpose. Tho Wiltfotut contended that, in any event, the trip wan not inter Htnte, the electric lines not beinj; un der the iuterntuto commerce comtniH sion'K juriMlielion. The indictmentH nceonliiif;Iy were diKmisKt'd and the supreme court up held the diMiiifhnl. Millers Vktcrious Western flour iiiillerH aUo won a ictory in the Huprerac' court today, the court holding thai the blenchiuc of flour by the ANop proeesi is not adulteration and is riot prohibited by the pure food law." f , -The decision wns 'ijn connection with a suit npiintt the I.eiiupton DII & Klevntor company of ICnnsas City. In 1010 the flour was siued by tho government. A jury in the Missouri federal district court, upon strict in struction from the trial jude, held that thu hlenchine; caused adultera tion and rendered a verdict in favor of the Rovcrnment's confiscation. Mine Safety Law Valid The supreme court of the United States todny declared valid tho Pennsylvania "mme safety'' law, which requires coal companies to leave pillars of coal to prevent cavo ins in mines. The decision was handed down in the test case brought by the Plymouth Coal company npainsr Stnto Mine Inspector "David Davis. RESTRICTED SPECULATION I NEW YORK. Feb 24. The stock market opened today with most of the active issues n shndo lower. Light and narrow tradlni; marked tho day's movement. General Motors and Central Leath er lost ono each. Itock Island pre ferred and common, by dropping STi and 5M, respectliely, reached now low records, Honda wero Irregular. Tho markbt closed dull. OPERATVEUPON YAQUIS PREPARING FOR UPRISING IN THE SOUTHWEST ; fcfcite - ': ! v, , M smmMm .TKuren -. " $ jL-tim MRS. MINNIE E. BOND, Mrs. Iiontl has nt least gntucd more notoriety through her suit nRiiinst the blind senator from Oklahoma . I .. , . than any other woman recently in tho public eye. The cn-e is illus - trative of the extreme caution which E PORTLAND. On. Feb. 24. Ac confine; to (he Portland Juunial, mere nro pooti prospeoit lor n inm ine iu wheat mid Hour supplies nt Pacific northwest points durinf.' tho remainder of tho season, notwith standing the record crop pro'iMi last vear. " Tho report shows that Ids than 1,000,000 hiibhcls of wheat nro nt present nvailablu in Oregon, Idaho and WashinRton farmers' hand which can be shipped to the coast cities. Millers' stocks of whpat and flour nro both small. With California ery anxious to secure wheat and the siirplipj there disappearing, the outlook for whent and flour supplies along the coast is not good. The Orient is likewise looking to this section for supplier. GREAT SUFFERING BY COLD IN EAST NKW YOIIK, Feb. U Great Buf fering prevailed among tho poor to day from tho cold. It was ten de grees abovo zero but tho raw wind cut llko a whip. Charitable organ izations had more than thoy could da caring for tho destitute. The muni cipal lodging boosts were Janilned.- Up'Stato It was colder. From Oodgevlllo a record of 42 below zero was reported. Pittsburg wa still digging Itself out of tho suowbanks. Tempera tures throughout Pennsylvania ,wero from ono to flvo below. Trains jwera generally lato. PROSPECTS FOR WHEAT FAM N NORTHWEST ITIE WHO SUED SENATOR GORE publ c men miint exercise. Mrs. Hond claimed that while sho was urBinc; "or "M"'"""! tilncss ror n Koem lUIVHl tllllKllllllllllll 1M tttli UUIU m laekw, ,,'. The senator's reply was jiat the whole affair was a conspir- acy. DEEP SNOWDRIFTS E SPItlNOFIKLD, 111., Feb. 24. Its rotary wiow tdows bucking their way tdrough mountainous drifts, the main lino of the Alton railroad was kept open today, but off that line not n wheel was turning. Not only were trains neither arriving nor leaving except by thnt route, but n dozen of them were stalled in Springfield's vicinity, unable even to complete runs on which they had stared. The blizzard was sweeping to the south eastward, but railroad men said it would be days before traffic was moving normally again. niNOHAMTON. N". Y., Feb. 24. Centra! New York was shivering to dny iu the colde.t weather of the winter. The mercury here dropped to 21 degrees below zero. West On eonta reported 26 degrees below and Hartwich 112 below. TEMPERATURES RISING IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS ST. I.Ol'IS, Mo., Feb. 21. The temperature was ri-ing hero today. Al lover tho state, however, and in Kansas as well, trams wero lato nnd wire service was interrupted. Kail- road, telegraph and telephone offic ials said it would be several days before their systems would bo run ning satisfactorily. CI.HVF.LAND, O., Feb. 21. Al though clear today, it was intensely cold throughout Ohio. In some plnccs the thermometer was as low as 10 below zero. Hailroad traffic was still crippled from yesterday's blizzard. BLOCKAD IS ILL! CENTRAL NO. 40 WOP POWERS U MARINES 10 MEXICO CITY Every Great Nation Except United States Has Troops Either at Cap ital or on the Way Feared That American Would Cause Dkerder. President Determined to Keep Soft Pedal on Mexican SltuatfM Sen ators Threaten Airing In Senate. WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. " The stnte department this nf- "" tcmnoti formally demanded " of General Villa the surrcn- der of William II. Hcnton's body. " The demnnd was preceded " "" by n several hours' confer- ence between Secretary of Stutc Hryon nnd Knglish Am- "" " bassador Sir Cecil Spring- "" Itice. Tho latter saitl tho " Hritish government requested " the United Stntcs' co-opern- "" linn Itl ritftni'anVi. Ilia flyman " as n means of determining "" whether tho Englishman was "" " or was not executed by n fir- "" ing squad. t.4.4.4.4. 4. 4 . 4 WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. EVery world power cccpt tho United State will soon hare marines and blue Jackets guarding Its Interests tn Mexico City. England and Germany already have legation guards. Franca and Japan have advAed tb WMhtoffton administration that they have de cided to send guards to their legi tlons. Other powers were expected today to act similarly, but there will not bo a landing' of Americans unlets there should bo such actual violence as to mako It necessary. Admiral Fletcher, In charge of the United States fleet at Vera Crur, Is under stood to have sent word that, In an emergency, ho can get marines to tho capital In 24 hours. Would Cause Disorder With tho feeling so Intenso as at present, It was fearer here that the presenco of armed Americans In Mex ico City, Instead or tending to keep tho peace, might prcclpltato disorder. President Wilson remained deter mined today to ke.op tho soft pedal on tho Mexican situation. Fall and (Continued oa page 1.1 1 LIONEL CARDEN 10 MEXICO CITY MEXICO CITY. Feb. 24. Sir Ltonol Cardon, British dlnlomatlo representative here, paid a formal laroweit visit to tho foreign ministry today, preparatory to salllnc from Vera Cruz Thursday. It was the general opinion that Mexico City had seen the last of him, at least In his diplomatic ca pacity, for, although It was an nounced he was not being recalled but was simply making a trip home for a conference with Foreign Minis ter Sir Edward Grey, his policy has been antl-Aiuorlcan to a point where It was believed the British govern ment was becoming embarrassed. Sir Lionel will stop In the United States on his way to London and It was understood he would meet President Wilson, A decreo Issued here today plan an export tax ot three pesos per 330 pouuds 011 unhueked and 3H peseo per 220 pouuds on cleaned coffee. Collodion will being February 25 and will bring money Into President 'liuerta's war chest. It was also learned oa goed au thority that Seaer Mohtae, the w minister of fomtato, er prosseWe, has evolved a plan for HStleaatWas; Mexico's oil lands and thai Mwrto proposes to lem It threuik tea s' res in April, It alo was mainly to raise wy, PAYSFAREWELLVISIT '4 i.-