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V lltltoitn ui. totSuEZ," Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnln Mat, 10) Mill, Hi!. rorty-tlilrcl Ttr. Dllr K.IkIiUi Yfr t ;. i- .. i . MEDFORD. OlttiOON, TUI5HDAV, iMAltf'll 'J, MM t. NO. 203 BRITAIN PLEDGES STRONG SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT WILSON'S POLICY IN MEXICO A, NO INTENTION INTERVENTION DECLARES GRAY Forclfin Minister In Sneech In Parlia ment Outlines British Policy Benton Case Not to Be Dropped, But Reparation to Bo Demanded. England to Lcitvc Matter With Washlnuton, But Latter Not Held Responsible for Outcome. LONDON', Mnrch :i. I'ughiiul Iiiih iik notion of Intenculug foreihl) in Mexico. Nccrihi'lc, It doc not intend l let tin lleiitwi cnin drop. If ilm Wiihiuglnu inliiiinitralion IllliMigutiM I lie illi'lili'llt to lllo hot tout Kuglnml will ho glad to leave it to the Wufthmgtou nilinlnilrntiou to ito. Olhcrwixo tint Ilntixli goicru nirnl will lUelf exurt reputation ti miuii ii it run. Tliit-t concerned In tlu Hcnlnu n f fiifr nhmv im-ry Indication of n iln hire to liiilf tlii I rut li. l.'rH)' Aiiuoiiiirt'iiicut Tin1 nhmn was tlm gist of a Mate incut by I'nrelgii Sci'rclnry Sir IM ward (tray in tin' limine thin nltcr noon, Ilo xoki in icply lo lulrrio nation liy a iiU'inhcr cimccniiug lht Miitus of tint I ten I on ono. "Thus far lh 1'nilcd HtiitH gov eminent hit 4 liiiwu us iniirli intercut III tilt' lll'lltll Otj lijtilill Mlhjei't IIH it doe in tin' dentil of'ltn own oili ni," Sir Kilwnnl mid. "It Iiiih in ilii'iilcil everv desire to hcciiio pro tection for KiikIUIiuicii in Mcvicuu Icnilorv under lliu couxtilutinunl iftn' control. "Il effort haw ax cl failed to ohlaiii all iuw'iligutiuu of thu llculoii I'lmo ami thn peridxtcnl illflieullies iutcrpoM'il by lh eontllutinuulits ii) I In' way of Midi nn invoMigulion errata the ireninilion of a desire ami an intention to conceal the linlh. Atocilrit .Vol lleNiiiNltiln "t'oiiiinnnlealioiiH with thn I'uiteil Slate m ornincnt am Mill proceed ing, lint I repeat what I miltl laxt week that thexa ciminuiiilciitloiis ilo not imply that (lie I'liiled SIiiIck gn eminent hat any responsibility lor what him taken ptaee. ''I wonhl Mini np tho hitnation liy snxhig that, if the I'liiteil Stalen thinks it proper lo take further steps in hehalf of tin own citizens ami of this llrilUh hiihject, we will gladly nwai Ilm rehiilt. lint if, for iU own icasous, the I'liiteil Kind's duos not (Continued on pe S.) EOF E IN WHEAT PITS ' WASHINGTON, Mar. 3. Charg lug Hint Hpoculuturn jugk'lo prices ami that ulointors "doctor" low grade wheat ho as to mnku It pasa for IiIkIi grade, Htiprcsontutlvo Mannhan of .Minnesota toilay urged tho Iioiiho ruli'ri rommlttco to InvcHtlgatlgatu tho ullogod control of whoiit prions hy tho Chleugo, .MIniiuaiolU unit l)u luth vrnla pltH. "Men a ro tonitoil to ruin, fniut IIchiiio wrecked anil would-bo spocu latorH not Into Jail for uinhuzxluuumt bocauso ot tho grulu uxchiingo'H luro," said tho congressman, "Wlunt pilces nio not logulutud hy thn law or Hiipply ami demand hut hy trad era' futures," Ilo Introduced figures to show (hut prices went up with Increased sup pllim ami iliielarml that Ilm market oionitorn wmituil mi luvektlKutlou ami laiumllul legislation iwrtipl In Chicago, AK B GRAIN BROK RE BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS AMERICAN POLICY ELLIS BLACKENS E T CIIICAdO, March :i. William Cheney Kill, formerly a wealthy iarnct monufaittlirfr of (.'jucinunti. wiih fitiickcu uflh un epitcptii) ill heie today while li'Htii'iii in hit own ilrfi'iiM' nl lii" trial for wife munler. The wilucM ilroppeil uui'oneiouN fiom the hliiinl when an attorney in troiliieeil a copy of u telegram the munlerril woman is nllcircil to have hint to I'reil Caiihlwell at llrautfoiil, Out. It nkctl t aiihlwell to meet her in Chicago. Kllis cnufcHM'il to the police that he iiiurilereil hin wife here after wit uenhiu a performance of "DiiiiuiK'eil Oooils" at a local theater. He a!o ailmitleil on the wilue-x Htaml tlutt he wart iueiirahly ilixeiiM'il when he marrinl. I'lIU wiin reiiil, hut luokc. ilowu arter leailui); the Ifhnim oer apiin. 'l knew it was true," he moaueil. "Ilow'eouhl thev ilo it 1 I am fihl Iiik now for my hahiex, o they will not he fatheiliwrt ax well an mother- IcNrt." Tlie itcfciihC ivk lei after uitioilue UK the Caulilwell teli')ram. Itoheit llortca, the np'il father of the iniir ileieil woman, unit Mrs. Iloseu weie axloiimUit hv the content of the mfMHiiKU ami left the couttioum in teairt, .lul hefore rcHtliitf their case, tie feiin uttorueyrt chaiKeil that wealthy Ciuciiumtiaiw hail coiiNpireil to Iiiiii' Klllrt in onler to cae hht wife'i name. MRS. FRENCH GRANTED DIVORCE FROM RICH BANKER NKWI'OKT, W. I., .March SI. Su perlor .IiiiIko llarrowH toilay Kiontnl Mirt, I'auhue l.eioy French u ilivoiee from Amos Tuck Flench, tho New York hanker. Mi. French iillt'itt'tl nejjlect to proViilu ami no tl'efeiixo was offercil hv Ilm haukur. Tim cou ple have five children. I.OS ANdKLKS, Cal., Mar. 3 Thirty year In Han Quoutlu poalton llnry, That ui tho tieutonro iiroaouiicod toilay ujiou Clmrk'H II. Clu ton, who held up Ming DulHy HtiiKwall, IS, rohhod hor or a dime, utolo a 1Uh ami returned to her tho coin, ro uiarkliiK that tho Mini wna worth thu prli'i). (liOlon'nadveutiiro with MU BIiik wmII occiirrod at pecumliiir, and ho wiih urruMoil ami cIiuikucI with IiIkIi wuy rolihery. Ilo way round BUllty hy a Jury, and Inouuht huforo Hu erlnr .IiiiIku WIIIIm for unntcnre (lu)ton iniidu a leiirful plea Iu hv DEAD W NAM 0 SAVE HIS NECK 30YEARSPRIS0NF0RST BRYAN PLEASED BY ATTITUDE OF GREAT BRITAIN State Department Officials Satisfied hy Statement of Gray Carranza's Attitude Regarded as Crux of Sit uation Support of Great Nations. Carden and Sprlng-Rlce In Confer ence With Bryan and Shlvely Anxiety 0ver Fate of Bauch. WASHINGTON, March II. Slate department officialx cxpreHeil Mit irtfiii'litni hy the statement hy HriW Mi Foreimi Miultter Sir Kdward (Irey concerning the Mexican situa lion. Secretary Hryaii rt'ceivfd a copy of it from I'uiU'il Stall's Am hashndor I'aK'e in London ami rend it to thn eahiiiet. Hv pivu out no Intcniew coneerniin; it, hut it wiih t'MiUut that it plcithfil him. Other oflieialrt of his deiiarlmcut haiil it auiounteil to a pledge of even htronff. er htipport of tho ndmiuiMrntion'rt policy than hail hoen expected. No rcplv had heeu roceiu'd from the heeond eomumuication M'Ut to (leiieral Carranxa, iirtkhiK him to modify hit refusal to treat A'itli the. I'lnted States vum-cruinc the llentou cahe. Aiulely Orrr llautli Ansiely conerrniu the fate of tho (lenaau-Americaii, Climtnvo Hniieh, wan al-o lucrenrtitiK. Oeaeral Villa'rt remaik that the man prohahly had heen "killed hy liirt euemiert," wan coiiHidercd nmiunus and the opinion wan freely t'xpreed that the eane would develop into another Kenton incident. (leneral Carraiia's altitude wiih rccoKuifd here toilay art tho crux of tho Mexican Hituatiou. If the WiiNhluton ailmiuixtrntiou can jret pledKi'rt of Hiipport from the world'rt jiowcm in its uVuling! with the rehel leader hefoie the latter it aide to execute Mich a coup art will foreo hirt reeof-nitiou, it was n'reed tlial thn outlook would ho consider ahly clarified. To Imvn outrtiderK enter into uepdinliou with him, on the other hand, it wax admitted, might mean complication. (Contlnuoa ou puga 3.) BY I'OHTIiANI), Or., Mm eh :. In a mixup iu l'oitlaud haihor this aft ernoon the eruUer Hoiton was htruek hy the ftoiulit and imitrtfiijjvr liner Yucatan of tho North l'ncifiu team hhip't'ompauy. Tho Yueatan, heariiiR down on the warship, Miwohed in' one of Ilm hix-hii'h Kiuih, torn the Hteam launch fiom tho duviU and did other damage. Tho Yucntan had hoen taklnj; carpi for Sail I'edro and Captain Pniilrtcu rttarted to xhift to another dock. The vi'-ool failed to answer her helm promptly. E court for leniency. Ilo has a wlfo and baby and a lltllo homo at (lion dalo, JiiiIko WIIIIm listened dlnnui utonatoly when ho nebbed: "J mine, I sweur to God I didn't do thly. I'm Innocent." Tho court thou mild thu words that will Heart (Iu) ton to prison for all tho iohI of hi no UBoful yeum. Ho U Jiut 10 now, (luytou iHilliiiminl and wait carried moiinlnu from tho courtroom, In pnmilnK noulunco JiiiIko Willi lemarked that tho prlHouor wami't fit to ho at lure, Ho had bcon ac ciiHcrt bufore or trjhiK to kl other womvu, AUNG K SS SOCIKTY AND STAGE QUICKLY ADOPT UUROPIHAN FASHION OF COLOR IJD WIGS . MlSIi WNtty MWetiftJFP AND MI&&-UUUETTC UIPPE WtAHIMO COLORED SooiTtder the new of Kit niKanincc In I'.irl and London linit been riaotieo by cable under tiie mm, the roloml wis wan accepted hy New York Jlen and women of Hoclety nnd the ntuco li.iio taken advantage of the blrine oppor Utilities which It orfern. mid wlc mnkers mnl ileiilRiierM of ct.rfure are lm.i prepnrliiR to meet the deninud for lirllllnut heml eovermes u til. li proinle to If n frnturu of eutertnlutaents during the remnlader of I lie mm son The nbove pln tORniph nlnnr.1 MIm 1'nnny Mnrluoff and .Miss Juliette I.lpc, of .New' York wearing colored wlpt while out .shupplng. LUIS ILL NEW PRESIDENT OF GREAT NORTHERN ST. PAl'l.. Minn., March It. I.mii W. Hill was tlecled pie-ident today of thu (treat Northern, nieeeediii); Carl dray, resifjiied to heiomo preMilent of tho Western Marland railroad. Hill's election had heen eeheduled in advance and the tonnal hallot oe eupied hut a few iuiniite. It with the main hiiKinev, how cut. tif the re: ulnr weekly meeliur of the (Ireat Xortheru'i. honid ot direetorc Hill was at Del Monte, Cal., hut was e.x iKjfled hack i-hortl. lhidos imiiu. in tho itiPMtlfiifx, he will retain the chninniuishi of the hoard of direct ors. The rumors, nlmo-t always current when nu impoilnut (treat Northern official letire-,, that (tiny hud rt'Mjjn e'l his pont hecau-e of friction with tho Hills, were in circulation this time. Oray Iiuum-H" however, reiter nted his pievioiin t-lntement that the relations between hmiM'lf and the Hills weie, both per-onally nnd from n business standpoint, of tho heft. He had accepted In- new position, ho explained, Milel heeiuiM) ho thought it afforded him u hroader field, hut ho did not conceal that ho felt somo ri'Kict at leuying liis old one. (Ira.v will lako un his duties as prcMiient ami ehaiimun of tho hoaul of diieetoih of the We.-tein Mainland hitwcen Maich 10 and March lo. Hit IS ENDORSED WA8IUNUTO.V, Mar. 3. ProsL dent Wilson today endorsed tho Hmlth Irrigation hill, which would give lirlKatoiu ou yovcrnnieul pro Jcrtit 30 cars lo pay fur Iholr water rights, NO VIOLATION OF 8-HOUR AW NSANE ASYLUM .S.l.l-:.r, Or., March . Without par.-iiif; ou the iiuetiou of law in volved, the Miprcme court here toduy ruled that eniiloyes of tho ho-pitul lor the itixaue and penitentiary are not working more than eight hoiu per day and m theie i no violation of the eight-hour law. The opinion, handed down hy Juotice -Moore, cover- the cum' brought by Labor Com-mi-oioner Hoff agaiu-t tho governor, M'eretary of tato and xtato treas urer, eoiiKtituting the hoard of con trol. Thoi.e oflieiaU, theoretically iu j.il ami seeking rvleuxo on tin bean corpus were ordered releusal from eu-itody. FEDERAL WARNING 3ENI OLD LEAGUERS CHICAGO, March II. James A. Oihnoiv, piv!.ident of tho Federal league, scut this afternoon tho fol lowing telegram to John IC. Tenor, president of the 'uthuinl league, and Han It. JoIiiim)!!, jirildeut of tho Anurieanjk'agiui: . ,,..., WAS1UNCITON, Mar. 3. Promt limit woman suffragists from thu t'ougrenH Union tlueatouod dlro things before tho house Judiciary committee today. Defeat for Presi dent Wilson and democratic federal officeholders generally the next tlmo their candidacies wero before tho people was declared certain iiulesi tho women got what they wanted. At thin point (hoy broke Into n dlnpiile among thomselvcK to what the)' did want, They ijuurrollod SUFFRAGETTES QUARREL IN HOUSE GOTHAM SLOWLY RECOVERS FROM I Death List From Blizzard Exceeds 25 Meagre Reports on Account of Prostrated Wires 14,000 Men Shoveiinrj Snow. Railroads Still Badly Hampered Underground Construction Pro tects United Press Wires. XBW YOKK. Mar. S. Greater Now York was ilotrly recovering to day from tho moxt destructive storm since the blizzard or 1SSS. Meager reports filtering in over disrupted telegraph and telephone wires indi cated that at least Zj persons met death. Twelve deaths wero causoJ In and around New York City alone. The city was stilt buried today un der IS Inches of snow. Fourteen thousand men were put to work by Street Cleaning Commissioner Feath urstone. but ho admitted It probably Would require at least ten days to clear away the snow. JlallroaiM ItcMiinlng Operations Railroads resumed a' semblance ot normal conditions today hut they were still badly hampered. Only a. few telegraph wires were working out of Now York aud up state points wero still Isolated. One of tho big telegraph companies estimated its loss at $200,000 for New York and adjacent territory. lUllroad service between New York and Philadelphia was resumed this morning after 25 hours or inter rupted service. Tho Now York Cen tral and other linos with terminals hero also reported improved condi tions. The Job of clearing the snow from' tho street here was a stupendous un dertaking. Drifts around flro plugs were bolnp cleared away first. Then tho snow about tlrehouses was shov eled away. Business firms owning nutomohllo trucks aided tho' street cleaning department by tendering these vehicle for uso In romovln,; the snow. Wires Storm Proof Although tho commercial wires on tho Atlantic seaboard wero pros trated by tho storm of Sunday night nnd Monday, tho United Press report was not delayed. ASKED CONGRESSMEN WASHINGTON, Mar. 3. Admit ting that he tried to get $100, fruru each senator and representative for general campaign purposes, Chair man Doromus or tho democratic con gressional campaign commltteo nev ertheless denlod today before tho house elections commltteo that ho was subject to criminal prosecution for his activities. Tho corrupt prac tices act, he argued, does not prohibit such contributions. Tho charge that lie had violated tho penal codo wna mado by Congressman Mann, repub lican Door leader. openly in tho commltco's presonco Tho only contingent which seemed united was the ouo opposing tho Iran. chlso ror women. Mrs. Medlll McCormlck said wom en wanted a statu referendum. Mrs. Mary Heard declared they wanted a constitutional amendment. A third faction demanded a national refer endum. "The fart Is that they da not want tho vote," said Mrs. Arthur Podge, "nutl nuffrnKctte.'' WO STORM PRESIDENT TAFT'S BROTHER, SAVED NATIONAL LEAGUE wrrm Charles V. Tnft, brother of for mer I'reMileut Tnft, has unveil the National league in it:, most danger ous eri-iis in many yciirs hy purchas ing tho interest of Chnrles W. Mur phy in the Cubs of Chicago. Mur phy him?el ha Mthl his own sharo was 53 per cent and that Mr. Tuft paid him on n bRsi-jf n valmr' of more than $1,000,000 fo?''air the stock. E FAKE PLANT TO SKATTI.i:, Wu-li., March 3. -Investigations of comity officers into the tlixeovery of n dynamite cache ut llll SturgU Way brought out tho emphatic declaration today that thu icuxo is n rank faku and that tho twelve .tiek if high-grade explos ives and n bomb were ''planted" with the intention of discrediting striking teamsters mnl causing tho nrret-t of two innocent men. Two union tcntnstcr are known to hae lived at 111!) Sturgis Wuy. Of ficers now declare that the men who planted the ciideuco had planned to expose the deal aud work up n plaus ible ease against lliu two men. They mi-ed tho house, hiding tho dynamite iu a barret and htiryiii" the bomb in the rear of Jill .Stprgls Way. After the cache wits "tipped off" lo county officers, Churlo-. Kilmuti, n strikebreaker, was' introduced u tue man with iif-itle knowledge of tho job. His extreme nsMiruuce in un covering the cliche caused his nrrcft hy Deputy Sheriff John HoherU and J. .1. Sullivan, iho nro handling tho county probe. Kilinun claimed he was ft deteetivo working on the ciwo for Seattle l'iriiio, hut officers declare ho i a notorious (.trikebreaker aiul rough They ehurge that ho offered to "turn tho trick" ugiiiiist union men if ho wero paid .f 11)0 for tho job. Ilo is toduy locked u in the county jail. Another urivnl is expected to follow. TO TO WASHINGTON, Mar. 3,CSoveru. meat exports and utockmon today urged the house lands committee to opun tho public domain to stocK rulsors as a panacea for the high soot of living. This, 11 was predicted, would cheapou the cot of meat. "Tho number or food uulwaU In the west," said ltprlatlv Knt of California, will, kt iicrUl U imhlli lands were itHtfwi and t UuHIHRsHisB JsjpiB i SL. "IBEa il jliv 'v jflHLsH SaisisisisV Ti'lIBKsisHt BBf 'aSisis "A ;H? 'Am BBm &&9mmm AIM DYNAMIT OC PI TSTRIKERS