... t Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Kn I r (oniulit nntl Tuesday V'pli (o oust wind. Forlr-tblM Tr, llnilyIIIltlitll Yr, MEDFORD, OHKCiON, MONDAY, MAHflf 0, 1011. NO. 298 NINETEEN LIVES LOST IN ST. LOUIS BLAZE V . FI FOLLOWS EXPLOSION IN CLUB BUILDING Missouri Athletic Club, Finest to St. Lctils, Destroyed Nineteen Miss It i (f nml Supposed Dead Seven Oodles Recovered. Flames' Spread Willi Frightful Rap Itllly Twenty Men Slide Down Flopc Fkiiii Twisted Bed Clothing. ST. MUMS, Mil, March P. All doubt lliit tin- Mi-xiitiri Athletic: 'tul Mil' Iii'kiiii with mi i'.iliiiiiii was re lumed this tif lot immih when firemen lol ( !ln llnnttucii's bunk. Chief llfltlcv ill' tin File Pretention hit ii'iiii, nttrihtilcd it lit it gas tt'ti I; in t In i'1'lliir. hi snout way tln itsenp iiiir jf riii'iilly win Ignited. Tin' llHIlk'a Vllllll More Sllfo. Portions llf tilt MlllI'llllK Willis (if I III' I'lllll ImitiliiiK IVII Huh iiftcrimou nml ninny riitiiii'ii IimiI narrow rsrapes. Tin' iIiiukit interfered with lint search of tint ruins for bodies. ST. I.nriK, Mnri'li . Nineteen nrn lit'lit'M'tl In In the iitimlitT nf tlflllllrt ill lilt' Missouri Atllll'til' I'lllll rito lit'ii'. Si'wn corpse liiiMt lii'cii li't'tiviirt'il. For nil others tin dub tiflicliiU liml nccnifiitril. Those t till IIMMillg W'l" Hinllgllt In have T ialii'il. Nearly nil lint victim weio H'mmIohIm III' Sl LlMIW, Tint fire begun with mi x ttiiM shortly after midnight. The flame npii'iiil with frightful "t'fil, tilekl cutting off tint fourth street fin (! HI. Opernlor's HcroUm Hut for tin heroism f N. Rowo. tin' telephon npoiulnr, ii iiimi, (hi' number of l.illcil probably would Iiiim' run lulu three figures, it in ili'i'il, it vmim ut fit-! ri'Mirti'il to IlllMt itlllll'. RnWO stuck III lli pott, mousing tin' occupants of loom, iiulli Id wire fullril. In Hut uiciiiilimn lint guest- nf the dull wi'H' crowding In lint windows, seeking melius of osenpe. From one window mi tint font Hi floor lwonl IIU'll slid lIllMII II IOHt (if twllci luil clothing to tint Miof nf mi adjoining building. At 3 n. in. Ill" building's cusl wnll eolhipsctl upon tin' linuk nil the ground Hour, burying tint vaults. Hunk officials said tlicy eonliiineil $1,3111,1111 in enirenoy nml $27,101 111 Ml('l'il'. I 'I if Hpicnil Itiipldly With Hut Willi's full, Hut fin npiriiil In mi iiil.joiniii liiiihlliiK (' 1'iipicil liy tint St. Louis Si'cil cuiii puny, which in Hiill ImiiiiIm),' fii'icc ly ut K it. in. Thlity nor..lcH wcic ut llml hour lihiyiiiK on tint lire, hut tint chili liuililinn'rf hiiiiIIi wnll wiih inoiucutur ily c.icctcil to full. Tim chili wns umou lint iiiohI fiihliioniihlo In llut city, Tint luiilil- iiiK it iipidl wiiM ut Fniirlh nml WuhhiiiKluu hlrci'lH. On tint niiiiul iluiir wim llui Hoiituii'ii'ri IiiiiiI;, which iiIhii wiih ilcHlroycil. Kuily reports of lliu long nf lifo wcro ri'iitly ex iijjkciuIciI, Tint iiiIhsIii'' cIiiIiiucii witrn: (Continual) on pax 3.) INVASION OF HO DENIED BY TEXANS Al'STIN, Tex., Mutch P.-Caplniu Siiiulcrri of Hut troop of Texas KiuiKiii'ri who received the body of Clcincnto Vcrnnra when it wits hioiiKhl to lliu hoiilcr Sutiiiilay nielli leh'phuiied to (lovcinoi' t'olipiitl to day thill the cuipsn wiih Itiiiicd over In him h.v Mexicun federals, Ncilhor he nor his itieii crossed Hie border, ho Hiihl, hut Hio federals notified him I hey would surrender I he lindy to him if lie would k" to n point iiiposito lliu Imvii of IIIiImIko. Il went, iiii.I I lie fcdcrulx lii'jil ihcir promise, lie hiiIiI lui did nut know their mimes, ('ohiiilt ri'pui led lii'coidiiiejy o I'U'Mdvut Wil.Ull, JAMES J. HILL LEAVING WHITE asssssssssssssakWjissW. fca LssssssssssssssssssssssssBLssssB Jiiiium .1, Hill, who (mill the Hrcnt wnlkcil nut In Ins Imtcy. Mr. Hill Northern ruilroiul nml iimv coiitroN ilncx tint m-i for the photoKriiphcrx liutlt it mill the Northern Pnrific, niul thev have fnntiil it ilifllcult In with hcvcrul other lino, wiih ii rrcent , uvl miy ipctttrcM nf liitn, hut thi viHllor to tho white Immihc In Inlk over tinu' lliry foiiinl him in front of the ruilroiul inntlerH with I'rcHiilciit Wit-, While HoiiNe crottiuU on l'ctiul.v Mill, He hpeut Home little there nml Miniii nreiiue. rr- . FIDDLED YEAR AS WASHINGTON. Miirrli U. "For n year pa! we linxi' Inhlhil while M-A-icn hurnetl," Senator Full of New Mexico tohl the upper house toilay. "We huwt M'fti AtueriemiH oiilinnt'il unit tiiunlercil mul ItumliedH of mil -lioiiN ilolluiV wnith of property tie htroyed. Wo Inmt ilcchucil th.it no (ovcriiiuciil existed in Me.ieo. "We owe a duly t Spain, whoe citizen have liectt itiunlcreil uml driven like (Ioki from a conuliy where they hud a perfect light to lie. Wo owe n duty to Ktijjliiiul, to fler ninny ami to France, whon citir.itu (le lie nil Villa linn openly threatened In deal with iih ho dealt with the Spunit.li." ' I'u If coucliiilfil with a xIioiik de mand foe iulcrvctiliuii. REBEL ATTACK MF.XICO (MTV. Miiich II. The rebels nltneked Tnrtcim lodny, in (online I" ufficiul dispatchcrt receiv ed at the war Ministry here. Two thousand t-nliliurs wcro hint from hero by Hpeclal train to htivnglhoii Hut K'irrisoii. News wiih received llml rebels hud dvniiitillcd a pasM-uner train ttear llortios, MlliiiK' a doen prominent persons. The htirvivinj; jns,iii?,M fled. Tho federals have eeeuted Salva dor Cortes, the Mexleau unci, with four other rebel lenders, in Vueatau. VKItA CHl'Z, Muieb D.-Thal nit other rebel nttitok on Tnnipieo was imiuluent wiih indicated today by wireless dispatches received by Ad miral Fletcher here. Tint federals had lieatcii them off, however. It was stated, when they iixMiultcd Alia mini, n Hiihuib, The icbels have cap tured riilcuutepeo, in this stud'. FOOTPAD ROBS AUTHORESS GERTRUDE ATHERTON CIIKWdO, Mulch II. It was learned that Hntitrdav niubl a fnul- pud nibbed Mrs, fletliudu Alheitun, llui novelist, df her haudhiiKi mhi tiiinliiK nioiiny mid vitbiabln liitikels, hpruliiiiiK lii'f wiit im bv Jellied It uwuy, MEXICO BURNED ASSERTS SENATOR ON TORREON BEGUN HOUSE AFTER VISITING WILSON POLICE AIDED BY FIRE HOSE ROOT ARMY OF HOBOES SACI'AMF.NTO, Cat., March l. Without the aid of state troops, the iimI niitliuritii'i of Sacramento, some 'lllll htronjr, drove the two "antiies of tho ituemployed" off tho sand lot near Hie Southern Pacific depot here today ami down nlonj; tho witter front to tho M street bridge, then nernsH (lie river into Yoto county. With the leaders in jail, the police and sheriff's forces drove nut the Kcllcy army, but after a short delay Hie men flocked hack into tho sand lot, Icnrintr hoards off Hie fenco and othorwiMt breaking in to join Hie Thome men, who sat siputtted on the ground, ilefyin tho authorities. A fire ho-,0 was run fiom the nil tomobilo fire eitgiiio and a full pics Mire of water turned on. Three hun dred police attacked the "army." Disotder reigned iih Hio officers teigiicil ntt the men. They climbed a fenco on Second street, throwing bticks nml clubs through a street car which was pushing, only to lui herded to Hio water front and across tho M street hiidge. Without further dis order they went into Yolo county, shouting oures at the citixetiH and police of Sacramento. Charlos Kelly, William Thome and "I'nughiioek" Teosilnlo were early this mnruiih; placed under arrest on vagrniioy charges. FRANCI SAN FUANCISCO, Cnl Mar. 9. WnrtiltiK to Sacrntuuiito nutliorltlud ami officials ot trnti8iortatton com linnlcd not to boiuI tlto unemployed army hack to Hun Frnttcltico was U- uuoil hero today by Mayor Holpli. "Tho law," ho mild, "iirovldoa a Hovoro lioanlty for Hiobo who un loail ludlgouts ami putipora on any community. If Sncrutuoiito authorl Ucb iirnuigo with tho trutmnortntlou officials to nonil tlto army back huro It would ha uothliiK oro or losu limit a coiiHi!riuy, "Tho unity loft hero of Its own ac cord, uml If It Ih votit bticlc pronocii Hon of (bono rvioinilblo cortululy will follow, "I hnvo iiotflcd Kucrumoiito tut thorlllcs to lhl offect over tlto Iuiik iIIhIuiuo toleplione. I don't bullovu I liny will ditto to Demi tho unity bucU." RAID TEXAS RANGERS ACROSS BORDER Governor Colquitt States That Party of Americans Crossed Line and Seized Body of American Execut ed by Federals. Administration to Hold Parties Re sponsible for Unauthorized Invas ion of Mexican Territory. Al'STIN, Tex., March !). (lover nor Colitiitt denied miuicI todii.i Hint Texas Itatigcrs invaded Mexico to get the body of ('Icmeiilo Vergnra the Amcricnii recently executed b .feilernl troop-, near Nttevo l.uri'dn, Friends nf Vergaru, he Mtid, Hindi the trip across the border, dent t erred iw body, brought it hack with tlicui mid turned it over to tho mi tborities. Captain Sanders of the Hunger. advises mo that neither bo nor lit men entered Mexico at all," -aid Col- iptitt. "He was informed that Ver gam's boil1' would be delivered nl the border at .'IsHO Sunday morning. So ho went to the appointed place and found it. Who brought it acro-s the liver be does not Laow. llela tives of Vergnra fully identified the corpe." The incident was regnrded here n plnetug the Mextrnti olvtciuls at Nil evo Laredo in an awkwnid jHisitinn, iiiasmtich an they had asserted Ver gnra was alive with the rebels. To mix Held lte-vonsllilo WASHINGTON, March P. The Texas authorities mn-t assiim ere- spoiihihility for Saturday uightV in vasion of Mexican territory by Hit' party which brought buck the body of Clemento Vergnra, Hio American recently executed by federals near Nttevo Laredo. Unless Governor Cobtiitt ninkof. an immediate and satisfactory re port, President WiNon will call for one by (olograph. Tho president made these two things plain to white hotis'o callers today. He made it clear, too, that he would not consider tho raid's ob ject ho would take into account only tho fact that it was nn unau thorized invasion of .Mexican terri tory. Await Investigation If tho invasion was by Texas Kaugors, it was exnhtitipd, it might bo necessary for the government of ficially to (Umivow their act and to rebuke those who peiinitted it. Tho pivhiileut did tint intend to act hastily, however. Ho indicated that a full investigation was being made, mid until it was finished neither bo nor Secretary of State Hryan would hnvo anything further to say on tho subject. Tho executive did. however, deny vigorously that the Washington ad ministration had advaneo knowledge that a raid was intended, mid be also discredited reports that Tinted States Consul Garret, at Nttevo La redo, was cognizant of it until it was over. The administration, snid tho pros ident, has ntado every effott to pre vent united Americans from cross inu tho border into Mexico. It was true, ho explained, that tho Vergnra (Continued on pace .) FEDERAL PLUMS BY W1ASI11NGTON, March . Tho following lumiiuntioiis were sent to tho senate teday: (leorgo Day, to bo postmaster at Wulla W'mIIii, Wash. Frank Langloy, to bo rcgislcr of lliu laud officii at Coottr d'Aleite, Idaho. Frank McCall of Saudpolul, to bo rceelvor of publio inuiioyH at Comtr d'Aleite, Idaho. Jacob Mayer, lo bo receiver ol uubllu wonvyn ut lluvre, Jiout, SHOW GIRL AND INDIAN CHIEF GET MARRIAGE LICENSE i& ill tV 33Blkk "'"''I UBBBJIBBiBlnBVBIBBBBBBlBBBBBBB Ik y it IH nan. & Jir '"i i'Tj,'fw r XBt X -1 iffte; ! fel w m V: Capanlicau, who says be is chief or the Apnuoanos tnlie of Indians in Chilli, is going to wed M-s Cecil Hurton. a show girl. They went to I the marriage license bureau in tho New York city hall the otho rduy and pit n license. Of conr.p a very lnrgo crowd watched them, ntuf folwirfirnV it seemed that ninny police tirght have to be called to clear tlto way for them. TO BE DEPORTED E LONDON, March I). As n sequel to n sutfnigvtto cicmnoMnitiou in Trafalgar square uttoudinj; Mis Sylvia PankbnrstV rearrest under the "cat and mouse" net, (here seemed today a strong probability that Mi-. Zelie Kinon-oii of JneWson, Mich., who had been prominent for some time in Uritisli suffnigetto oir vies, would bo deported as an undo Mralile alien. It was admitted that the home office was ennsidering the step. Mis Paukhurt had arrived in the sipmro to address a sitffnigelte gathering, but was pounced upon by Hio police ami bustled away toward llolloway jail before tho women fair ly ivalized sho was there. She was reimnrisoiied inider a suspended sentence for militant activity. As. goon as (hey understood what bad happened (bo suffragettes surg ed down Whitehall toward the gov ernment buildings, and when a line of police barred their way ninny of tho women attacked them with olttlts. In dispersing them the police ntado ten arrests, including Miss F.merson. --f - MASS MEETING OF FRUITGROWERS CALLED FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY t--- A mass meeting of the fruit growers of Jackson county will he held Wednesday, March 11, at I2;:i0 p. m., in tlto publio library to discuss tho nuttier of tlto office of county pathologist and to take such action, if any, in regardi thereto as they may decree" wise. This matter is vitally impor tant ami every fruit grower am) olhem iittcrcMi'd in (ho subject are cartuMly re ipti'stcd to attend this meet ing. llliKlHT COMMITTKK. V, II. Matldeii, chairman. K. W, Caillon, secii'lary. -f 4 f 4-4-4-f 4-4- . AMERICAN GIRL FROM NGLAND Mts Hurton says she met the chief , Winnipeg a year ago and fell in , . , . . j, . . . w land, but site hat. been in New York for some time. The chief, who is 3." years of nge, looks much like any Knierican Indian and dresses nnd net- like one. Hut since Indians of any kind are t-elrfom Men in New York he has created much interest. VAN DYKE'S SON SUCCEEDS FATHER AS The eoimty court M"ondny ap pointed F.verett Van Dyke, son of tho Into Stun Van Dyke, road super visor for the Phoenix district, to fill tho unexpired term of his vvnthcr, hoe chief nsMstaut ho has been. Attorney Gus Newbury requested the court to issue a statement ex onerating Clyde ltnrnum from ehnrges of dislionostv as a fruit in spector, which the court agreed to, although stating that tho charges of iuMihouIiuntiou were sustained. Viewer.-, were appointed for the proposed change- lit the Pacific high way through tho Hillings' property nl Ashland, preparatory (o instituting condemnation proceedings. Mr, Mill ings is tho only property owner ulomr the highway route who ha.s re fused to give right of way. An order was nindo directing; the sheriff lo turn over to tho county delinquent (ax certificates for prop erty on which taxes have been de linquent since 1P07. The property will be sold to collect the taxes. PHILADKLPHIA. March 0. Af ter four days' starvation, intense eold mid semi-suffocation in a Hai ti more & Ohio refrigerator ear, Jo seph ComUkey, 18, seemed in a fair wuy to recover nt tho Philadelphia hospital, Comiskey loft his homo at Rich mond, Vu., following u quarrel with his parents, and crawled into what ho supposed was an ordinary box car in the train yards to sleep. When ho invoke tho car was on its way to Philadelphia. Ho was unconscious when (bo ear was unsealed. Matty of (he forot fires attributed ti railtomls nro caused nut by sparks Ci inn locomotives, but by cigar ami cigarette butts thrown AD BO from kiuoklii); cur window, M DEPOSTS 7 PAST QUARTER Steady Gain in Rescurces Indicates Business Revival Under Way Each Statement Since Last July Better Than One Preceding. Total Deposits of Four Medford Banks Nearly Three Millions-All in Prosperous Condition. Reports of Ibe four banks of Bed ford for Hie first three months of 1014 show tin increase of slightly over 17 per cent in deposits over the last 3013 quarter, a livelier lotto to southern Oregon financial conditions nnd n tendency of depositors lo Iimii and withdraw cash held inactive for the Inst nine months. The total deposits of the four banks for the quarter ending De cember 31 were $2,-lDM 14.77, nnd the ouarter endinir March 4 showed $2,820,910.80, nn increase of $32(1, 473.00. The increase individually in tho local banks is ns follews: Fnnnerr.' & Fruitgrowers' bunk DeM)-.its December 31, .f 170,0 17.78; Mnrcb 4, $200,801.0!). Medford National Deposits De cember 31, $782,00 .14; March 4, $860,287.42. Jackson County I)eoita Decem ber 31, $049,800.20; March -f. $771), 708.07. First National Deposits December 31, $8S2,2SS.0.-i; March 4, $0.-)(),- 00S.78. AH show materia! gains, nuguring prosperous conditions nnd u steady business revival. This report shows a still higher gain over the October report, and compared with the July rewrt shows the upward tendency of the times since the low-water mark in Rogue River valley conditions. All of tho bank officials express n hopeful and optimistic view of the coming year. LOSE APPEAL TO IE COURT WASHINGTON, Mar. 9. Tho con. vlctlou In Indianapolis courts o( about 20 union men, churned with unlawfully transporting dynamite, wag aflfrmod today by tho United States supremo court. Tlto supremo court's decision incana that Frank M. Hyan, presi dent ot tho International Associa tion of ltrldgo and Structural Iron workers, and 23 other union men. convicted at Indianapolis, must servo out their sentences. Tho court re fused to review tho conviction, and its denial of a rovlow oxhuuntod tho defaudanl's last resource. UNDER ARREST ON DOUGLAS. Ariz., Mar. 9, Gover nor Joso Maytorona and State Treas urer Hundall, of tho Mexican staio, of Sonora, aro under arrest today at HermoRlllo, tho capital, charged, with ombozzlemont. Their arrwtt was tho climax at the dUsentlou .that has existed unions tho constitutional ist leaders In Sonora for mo) hi. According to despatches from Her moslllo, General Obregon, eonstltti tloitulUt mllltla loaders of Honor, who cuised the arrwU, declared (ti moil kystomatlcally lo&tsit the r4I treasury, kuuIIhk $180,088 Ih iwlt installments to banks at Xw ArUona. N m IRN WORKERS SUPRi SON A OFFICIALS GRAFTING CHARGES " cP . I