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o H' 207Z "'"" 4:07 Second Str 01 IS... Street h MEDFORD Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnln tonight urnl Hmntity . Mat. no; Mln. 41; Pre. .61. J-1 r?.' MAIL I- u Forty-third rwtr lullr Klulilli Your. . . 1 1 " OFFERS TO PAY WIDOW 10 END Cniratun Wllllun to Indemnify Fam ily of SMn Britisher, Dut Proposal Not Considered Until Inquiry Re vrnls Method of Death. Examination to De Secret Uncle Sam Demands Punishment of Per sens Responsible for Execution. WAHIIINOTON, rili 2S Anxious to t of llin llonlou Incident nt Junri'jt. II unit unlit horn today tlmt (Juiicnit imtua wns wIIIIiik to In .dninnlfy t lin whlow If tint Windilng ton mlmlnUtrntloii would drop tint matter. A iiiiiii of better (duration ntiil wider tixiutrli'iirii tlinn Vllln, tint su premo relitd chieftain was understood to appreciate mom fully American niul KiikIUIi fooling lonrornlng the nffnlr. to roallm t tint thero was Jiij licit In llin Washington ntlniliilntr.i tlnti'ii demand niul to regret heart II)' wlmt hU lloulnnmit hnil ilonti No Millie) 'iiiI(1itm1 I'roin HrllUh sources, It was slutod Hint unit Vllln could irovo liM tnry of Hut lleiiton court mnrtlnl, showing Hint tint rami wan not ouu of plain iiiuriler, no money proposl tlon coulil lie cotiililereil, Tlio Kng lltli government ucrordlng to tlio miiio authority, however, would nt tiioto further In tint nintler, until Hid Aumrlcau liitcitlKiitlnu lind been completed. Secretary of Statu Hrnn was in niiiiiiiuulcnlloti with Consuls III wnrdii, lit Juarei niul Letcher, at Chi Illinium City. arranging for n special t mln to tnlo Hid llniiton linrstlRnt InK committed to tlio latter (mint. Ho nlmi deiumidnd Hint Villa ut In writing III pledge Hint mi nxamlnn tlou of Denton's corpso would do per inltteil. stating nUo lion complete It might lii. together with n formal a, suruuro of safety for tho Investiga tors. An soon um tliomi delnllii lind liern completed, It was raid tlin roinmls nlon'n personnel, would bo nn liouuci'd. i:iiiiiliiiitloii Tihnto Tim nxnmlnntlon of thn corpse, It wn understood, would tm private. Word wnn received fioin Unlto.1 Htnteii Cluiruo d'Affnlro O'Bhaugh mmny, In Moxlco City, Hint ho lind dommided of thn Iliiertn government thn punlithment of tlio person re sponnlhln for C'leiuenlon Vorgar.i's execution near Nuevo l.arodo mill It was Hiild a clnlm would ho fllod later for financial liidomulty. Consul (hirrotl nent from Nttovo Urciln n ih'iilnl of tho Mexlcnn rlalui tlmt Vorgnra was n Mexlcnn mid not mi American citizen. KLUG ARRESTED FOR F I'OIITI.AN'I), Ore, Fob. 28. floorgo IMwnrd Kluc. attorney who wiih n cnndldnto for niunlclpnl Judge, wiih released on SSROO hull from tho county Jnll early today. Ho wuh tirrimtud Into last night mi n churgo of forging tlio niuuiiH of Cir cuit JiiiIko Cluoton mid County (Murk Cofroy to u worthloHH inoitKaKo on which ho borrowed IOOO. Tho al luKod frnlidulouco of tho trauHitcHon wiih dliicovurod juBtoiday whoii John Dudok took tho docuiuunt to tho court hoiiuo for Invostlyatlon. Tho auoitKiiKo was Hlmiod hy tho "ostnto of Cliarlon lfurnimi llorold hy Iluldii Hoi old, udmliilHtratiix," No such outatp oxlHtii In Multnomah county, according ( roconlu, BATTLE WIH BANDITS Ii:ivlKt I'eli. 'JH. -Tlio jsovcinini'iil nuuouiii'cil IIm Iiooim IiiiiI IicuIcii tlio While Wolf liniiiliU ill it I'Klil in Aiiliuei ii(iini'o wild limncii nl' -11)110 on both Mile, Ihu oiiiiiuiciil foicn nnhiK iieiojilitliu m-iiiiU ill tlio ciitfHKii went. BENTON A E BY SUN SPOTS 1ST Every Shnkc for Months Past Pre dicted In Advance by Dr. Albert Porta, Associate of Father Rlcarel nt Santa Clara College. Revolvlnn Sun Drlii(js Spot Within a Certain Distance, Maklnu Danger Zone Four Storms fcr March. HANTA (M.AItA. Cal , 1'ijti. 2K That every earthiiinkn for montlm linnt Iihh heeii prodlcted for week or iiKintlm In adtmii-it hy Dr. Allien I'ortn, I'ntlii'r Itlrnrd'i nimoclntu rt Hnntn Clnru I'nUeriilty, wmt tlio iiewn which leaked out from tho iiulvomlty olmervntory today, AinoiiK thmo which thn doctor foretold, It wnn Mated, wuro Hid hnkc In Koiilhcrn Jnpau, In Now York, nt Iteiio, In Cnnadn and thoto recorded nt Ht. UuntlUH College, Clnvelmid, mid In St. I.ouls moro ro cetttly. rorpnutii wero now being mnde, It wnn lenrued, n far nbend n next December, hut for omo reason which w-.M not explained, It wot unld they would not ho given out for tho prcitent. Iletween earbqunkc nnd mm upon, It I tho Hnntn (Mnrn olmrvrr' opin ion, n direct connection oxlsln. Ac cordliiK to their theory, when tho rexohliiK auii lirlnc n iippl within i Miindrllntornl novrnty degree iqtinnt on the nlilo of the nun facing tho earth, them U n dnnger period which liirrctutiH ai tho upot near tho tolnr iixIm nod when It croeii tho nxl thero Invariably In nn earthqnako. Tins qimko'ii location. If Ir Por'i In rorn'cl, ilopomla on tho npot'n po union on tho mm. In bin weather foreenstn for March. It wan learned that Pother lllcnrd neon only four utorm dnten March 1 mid 2, 7, 10 and It and IT. Tho detailed report I to bo publlnhcd to morrow. ELLIS THREATENED BY VICTIM'S FATHER CIIIC'AUO, Koh. :S William HI Hi, on trial hero for wlfo inurdor, took tho ntand In bin own dofonso to day. Ho admitted Hint ho wnn Incur nbly dliii-aiuM but nald n physician who examined him hoforo his mar rlngo thought thoro would bo no clan gor no far as IiIh wlfo wan concerned. Kill' ndmlnahm Infuriated Hubert llascn, tho slain woman's fnthor. "Damn blm,' bo hbouted, "I'll kill him." Tho ngod man ndvnncod on IMIIh but wnn routrnlnotl by court balllffH. KIIIm killed bis wlfo In n Chicago hotel after wltneiiKlug tho piny. "Dnmngod Ooods." Ho Is a wealthy hnrncHH mnnufneturor of Cincinnati. ;t WASIIISnTON, 1VI. 'J8. Itepro Hcutnllvo Atlmurton, chnirmun of tho Iioiiko inloiHluto couimoti'o comiuiH nioii, unnonni'cil toiluy tlmt his coin mil Ico woubl liold no further henr iiiKS on tho udmiuistrutinn'ri trust inouHiiri'rt. Mo ulno wuiil ho exuctcd tho Covington Kub-i'onunittoo to ro port noon on tlio redrafted trndo I'ommiHrtion bill. ' FIRST GUN GIRL ARRESTED IN GOTHAM NKW YOIHC, l'ob. 28. Kdnn Kroiiud, tho first "gun girl" to bo nr rostoil In Now York, was convlctod of carrying cnucoiilud weapons, In JitdKo (llhh1 court today. Hlio will bo mmteiiced Tiiosduy, Hlio wiih or lentod nt n gnugilors' ilnnro whoii u rovohur droppod (rum her slocking AK CAUSED A IENT MEDFORD. CALL NAVY BILL CRIMINAL WASTE PUBLIC FUNDS Appropriation Dill Denounced by Mi nority of Committee Carries $129,064,333 fcr Two Battleships, Six Destroyers and Submarines. Two New Dreadnauyhts to Cost Fif teen Millions Each Lamest Sum Ever Spent In One Year hy Nation. WASHINGTON, K.b. 28.-Denounced by n minority of the com miltiii a n "inexeumibly extriivngiitit" urnl "n criminal wnMc of publio I'uiidH," the iinvy niiproirintiou hill wiih reporteil to tin. htiiirio today. It curried it proUniou of $V2Q, l(ll,:i:i:t for two hnttleibipi, nix dt ntrocrH, one henKoiiitf torpedo mib iniirine, three eonut defense Hiibrnn rineH mid four mnull torpedo bonlh The imvy deiiitrtment'H cHtimntix were reduced by . 1,5(1(1.00(1. Nnvv IrierumeH were mithorized which will cost ultimntely 113.338, 000, for which initial appropriation" of fl",.r00,000 wero innde. Tho two new drcudumightK will ciiHt 1.1,0(1(1,000 each mid will he built in private ynrdx. The count de feline hubmnrines will be built on the Pacific count. Tho email toqwdo hoatH wilt be ntatioticd nlong the (pilf coast. Smaller npiropriatioiiH included nn increase in the number of iinvy chaplain fnun twenty-four to fifty two mid mi increase in tho nllownnce Nir Pearl Harbor drydoek from $3,--180,000 to 1,11(18,0011. Authority wuh giwu to thn secre tary of tho navy to rnHirt next yenr ooncerii!ng the denirahility of eon htnicliiiK n federal nrmor plate jilant with an annual capacity of 10,000 to 20,000 tonrt. Those who higncd the nnvy com mittee'H minority rcMrt wero Con presHineii Wilherspoon, Hcnsley, Hu cliuuan mid (liny. The proposed ap propriation, they declnred, exceeded tho Inrgrit amount ever hpent in one venr by nny nation on earth. The additional huttlcidiips, it was (insert ed, wero wholly unnecessary. E REGISTERED IN EAST WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. An rarthqunko Blurting nt 12:11 n. in. today and cnutiiiuiii(- until 12:12 wnn regiHtercd by tho OcorKctown univer Hity'n M'iMiiogrnph. It wiik estimat ed tlmt tlio vibrations occurred about 2700 milcn from Wnhinnton. CI.KVKI.ANI), O., Feb. 28.St. Igimtius collego heisuiogrnph record ed n nericrt of sovero enrlhqunko hhocks between 11:10 nnd 11:20 last night. Pat her Odenhnch thought they occurred on this continent, pos mhly in Alaska. ROYAL FLUSH CAUSE OF SPEEDY DEATH NBW OULHANS, U., Fob. 2S. Sentod at a tablo clutohlng a royal flush In hla hand, tho body of Captain William Collier, with tho bond and chest filled with buckshot, was found In his hermit's lodgo horo today. On tho tablo opposlto was a "full house" It was bollovod Collier had bcou play ing poker and was killed by tho losor. A sugnr planter Is suspected hy tho police BOY DEAD FROM OF BI'OKAKK, WiihIi., Feb. 28. Miko TcHtn, 10, Ik dead today of lockjaw, icHiilling lroin iiijuricri tnllieled by two dig4 two weeks' ugo, Tlio boy wiih utlaeked and mitnglcd, tlio mil- iiiiiIh leaiiiit; tho flenh fiom liU riglil leif. Alnpiitiitioii nbovu tlio Unco fulled to iuyo hiuj. OREGON, BATIMtDAY, THE THE FIVE STUDENTS PLUNGE IN AUTO T BERKKLEY, Cnl., Feb. 28. Plunpinj; in n bij; touring car over the twenty-foot embankment in front of the residence of President Hen jnmin Ide Wheeler of the University cf California, five university stu dents wero injured today, threo of them fccriously. Tho victims were: M. E. Peler, Sipmii Alpha Epsiloa fraternity, hkull mid left leg frac tured. J. P. Hotchkiss, Sij;mo Alpha Ep silon fraternity nnd Skull nnd Keys Honor society, bend pihed nnd in ternal injuries. Hoy Turner, Rigmn Alplm Epsiloa frnteniity, Skull and Keys Honor so ciety nnd manager of the Cllce club, head nnd body cut nnd bruised. I.co Arrell, Phi flammn Delhi fra ternity, buck injured. Fred Schroder, Sigma Alplm Ep tdlon fraternity, head and body cut and bruised. Turner, to whoso enr the accident occurred, was nt tlio wheel, but wanted to mnko a minor adjustment nnd left one of his companions to hleer momentarily whilo ho did m. Tho wreck resulted. JURY UNABLE TO AGREE E rOKTLANU, Ore, Feb. 2S. Ills trlct Attorney Evans bad not deter mined today whotbor or not to bo gin at onco tho second trial of Coun ty Superintendent A, P. Armstrong, a Jury last night having disagreed on his guilt of .misconduct while ho was a mombor of tho civil sorvlco com mission, Armstrong was chargod with having furulshod advanro lUts of questions to candidates for pro-t motion In tho pollco department.' Itobort Armstrong, brother of the superintendent, throuch whom tho negotiations woro alleged to hnvo taken place, was ulso r defendunt. Tbg Jury wu out 3 bourn. OVER EIANKMEN KBHULTAIIY 28, 3914. , FTIENT HAS RECOVERED. 25j4il J-nT""r lwi( DISAPPOINTED PALLBEARERS. ADMIRAL DEWEY T HEKLIN, Feb. 2S. That Admiral Dewey seriously talked war with flennmiy at Manila in 1S08 wns as sorted today by Admiral von DiecVr iebs, the German naval eomwnnde., who quarreled with him there, in v article in tho official Mnrine Ilvnc'. The statement, which is an ampli fication of Yon Diederichs' enrlier oiihwer nt linden Unden to Dewev's version of the Mnniln Day happen ings, in his book, relates that Dewey frndunlly talked himself into n rage in insisting that tho Germans permit his officers to mnko the necessary investigations to establish tho identi ties ofneutr.il wuinhips at tho block aded port. "He said," recounts Von Dieder ichs, "'I shall stop every vessel, whatever may be her colors, and if she does not stop 1 shall firo nt her, and that menus wur, do you know sir "When tlio phrase, 'If Germany wants war,' was used again 1 took my leave. 1 was under tho impres sion tlmt this incident, in itself triv ial, put a match to a mass of ex plosives which had lomr been accu mulating in Admiral Dowe,'s mind from suspicion, rumor and newspa per reports." SMALLlis"MADE IN STOCK MARKET NEW YOltK, Feb. 28. Heaviness of Hook Island featured tho stock maiket at tho openiii" today. Spe cialties showed strength. Ueuoial Motors advanced 2 mid Guggenheim oxplorntiou 1. Tho prices of Iho leaders, however, remained practi cally unchanged. Later Iho leading stocks moved tip but tho I'Ihcs wero routined to frac tious. Numerous specialties, how over, rose from 1 to A points. Unmix wero steady, Tlio market olofcfd Uudy, HREATENED WAR ASSERTS HAN -rnou Ttic x. i. ucvuia TEXAS GOVERNOR T WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Fodornl administration officials admitted that tho attitude assumed by Gover nor Volnult of Texas menaced the situation and that the activity of tho Texas rangers might preclpltato a crisis. There were fears also of a clash between tho rangers ana United States army patrols. Tho administration was beginning to credit reports that Carranza has no Influence over Villa. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan woro In closo touch, discuss 'ing tho situation. Counsellor John Dassett Mooro of tho state department was drafting nn answer to tho last tolegrsm re ceived from Colquitt, It was under stood ho was notifying tho Texas exe cutive that tho federal government Is doing everything posslblo to protect Americans gcnorally and Texans tn particular warning blm that any un toward act by tho Texas authorities would bo most regrettable and let ting blm know that his policy was seriously embarrassing tho national administration. Details bad boon recolved of tho recent mutiny on board the Mexlcaa fodoral gunboat Tamplco. Tho cap- I tain and chief onglnoer. It was stated, did not join tho subordlunto officers and crow In desortlng to tho rebels I but wero arrested by their own men nnd Bout on board a merchant steam ship at Topolabampo. PACKF.Y M'FARLAND TO GO TO AUSTRALIA MHAVArKEE, Wis., Feb. 28. All hopo of fight promoters bringing 'Packey Molnrluud unit -miko uio- 'hons together vanished today wheu lit was announced that "Snowy" lla- kor, tho Australian fight promoter, had signed up MoFnrland for two jfightH In Australia. MoFarliind will leave for SvdllCV III Jllllo Ullil IUI- iiounccd hU intention of "taking thins uy until mlllng lime." SOURCE OF WRY ADM NAN NO. 291 PtlLlEN LEADS E AT 35IH LAP Marquis in Sunbeam Seriously Hurt in Flrit Accident Overturns at Death Curve Cooper and Tetztoff Eliminated Early in Game. Oldfield Running Second ami son Third-Four Other Cars StiM Going Race 1$ Elottty Laos. MD At End ef 35th Lai Kddic Pullcn (Mercer), first; time. 3:42:18. Harney Oldfield (Mcrctr), second; time, 3:48 :.". Gil Anderson (Stutz), third; time, 3:48:58. At this time the cars remaining in the race, in addition to the first four were: Taylor (Alco), De Palma (Merce des), Uall (Mormon) and Richcu bncher (Mason). SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 28. Pounding through lap after lap at a speed bc'ter than eighty-three miles nn hour, Spencer Wibhnrt, driving a Mercer car, led the grand prix con testants here today nt the end of twenty of the forty-eight laps of the automobile classic. Ills car wan ruuning smoothly and seemed to be in excellent condition. Half a lap behind Wishart raced his team-mate, Eddie Pullcn, whose Mercer had averaged an even eighty three miles nn hour. Anderson, in a Stutz, Oldfield (Mercer), Da Palma, (Mercedes,) nniLJIarquis. (Sunbeam) ij itniuni-u in urucr. Two Are KUmluUed Two of the moat dangerous con testants Cooper and Tctzlnff, had been eliminated. Cooper "uit early in the race, but Tctzlaff, after show ing tho craziest speed of the nice that far, lasted until the beginning of iho eighteenth round. Police officials estimated nt noon that tho attendance was 200,000. Wishart in the twenty-third Up lo-t the lend ho had maintained siuce the third lap. lie was compelled to change tires, nnd Pulleu, Anderson, Oldfield, Da Palma and Marquis shot by him in order. Ralph Do Palma, winner of Thurs day's Vuuderbilt cup race, pushed his Mercedes into tho lend in the twenty, hixth lap. Oldfield completed Ibis circuit in second place, with Marquis third. Dc Palma held his lead throughout the twenty-seventh lap, but Oldfield wan forced to give way to Marquis and Anderson and was fighting dog gedly to prevent Pulleu from drop ping him into tho fifth toitIou. Wishart was uuablo to complete his tweiity-se'vcnth lap. I3umed-out bearings rendered him helpless, nnd he wns declared officially out of tho race. ,u Verbeek, who had replaced Lewis, drove half a lap and quit. De Palma's timo for twenty-five laps was 2:38:37. Marquis' was 2:39:08; Anderson's was 2:30:27. Marquis Is Injured Marquis took tho lend in tho thir tieth lap, when Do Palma made his first stop to take on gas, oil and wa ter. At tho end of tho thirty-two laps Marquis had increased his lead bv iv considerable margin. The first serious accident of the race occurred in tho thirty-third lap, whon Marquis, whose Suubeani was lending tho field by n comfortable (Continued as Page Five.) SETTLERS' THE IS EXTENDED TO JUNE 1 PORTLAND, Or,, Feb. 28. Su tlers on reclamation projects wk have payment coming due Uarwi -l, April 1 or May 1 will be llow4 til June 1 to make thw, mworiHtif to announcement fntuy of K. J. Umh eon, supervising- eflgbiwr t Hm reclamation servlee. HopoH rMMVM advice that tke propt t lijc ndjuhtiiiunt of rata of tmyftwi ky eiuigrw 1 tk BWWMiliiitiMt U'tWa step. All proJMfM & tiuUtt Sunny sW. WW., wn Mmmii i