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iffZS u 'k Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fnlr tonight anl Halm-day Max. 70j Ml". -(.1. I rorlr-tlilnl tnr. Dtlly KIhIiIm Ytr. MEDFORD, OMiflON, FRIDAY, MAHf'ir V., 1911. NO. 302 NICHOLS ROBBED OF $1900 IN GOLD PIECES DM NHS ROBBED OF COIN PAD 0 E Proprietor of Depot Grocery Cashes Check (or Merchandise, Takes Gold Home and Awakes to Find Himself Robbed uf Nearly $2600. Thief Had No Trouble to Locate the Money and Took Time to Change Coin From One Sack to Another. Siil M. NirlioN, foniier propiictor of it giocerv H,"t'' " North Front Mr.et, cnhcd ii cheek for tMMIMIfi nl tin .Int'UoMii Cniiily lunik ThurM day nlternoiui, gicii l I'lrli'li mid llyim in iii.viii'iit fr U Mock nnd fixture. Tl iitin niununt wiih in FJ0 k.iIiI (iIhmhi nml filled tin" rK Intioii .fUiHIO uion.'v Imj,'. Ho took ll imii'.v home, 13(1 North Front Htcitt, nml pul il in it bureau drawer in a timiii iiiljolnlni; where lie ntcpt. Thin morning nboiit I o'clock, NIi'IioIn Niiyw, In' heard it noito. Hi' leaped from bed, rimlii'il to the bu i rim nml Iiih motif v wiim gone. Tim only i'Iiii'm were ii luilf-oM'iinl f runt lour mill tlii' nniitv money imek on tin- floor. Tlii'ic iin tin reported jfiiol in tin moot nrlf .xin mnl iioMiTioim rubbery in the liiMorv of .tnck-oii I'onniy. mul worthy of the ininiln of n I'inUrlnii or n Hum. n Oim (o Hiih-i NielmU, luilf-diecd, riilivl up town mnl notif inl Sergeant I 'nl Mego mnl Night Officer Crawford. A M'urrli of Hit' city wo made for mih- pii'ioiiH 'lnmu'lirKt lint no one wiin out lint ill- milkman. Not n m'im litniii'i' of n clue of iinv Mri'iiglh I'onlit Im foiiiul. All (tint known it tliiil tin lliii'f went niicrtiuglv to tin' hiding plni'). without ili-lutliiiiK iinyllniiK i'l"". mnl locntcd the mom" lit unco. Iitiii'ccdcil IcIMIIch to lllkl It out of tin Hiii'k mill dcpuilcd for piiitH unknown. The thief is ti'Kiirili'il liy tin1 police iih briiijr ii inaMcr nt liU liiiiinchN mul well iii'iiininti'il with tin' habit ol Nii'liol nml tho fuit (lint Im drew tin inono from tin1 liiink, A stiik ingly pi-i'dlNr eiii'iiinnlniioo in the fiict Hint llin lohher took tlii' pniiiK to 1'inply tlio gold ruins into u ling of his own, something of u jolt for n iiiiiii engaged in ii diingoroiiH orim innl opt'rntion, nml discorded tho or igiiiul oiii, which win foiiml on the iloor. Nineteen Inimlii'il dollar in jf'JII piece jcpicM'iitrt I'lHixiuVriilili' weight mill hulk, not to nieiili'mi tlio jiimjuu: Jiiiivilublo with tlio trimMcr. ,- , Didn't Wuul llrufe llolli llni polii'it nml Hht'iiff'H office nm winking on the ciim, Mcnr. NU'IioIh, Itymi nml Uliieh iniikine; n 1 1 1 1 1 i ii'il trip lo Inrkhiinvilln thW iiioinini; in I'liniu'i'tion with the rut. l.nlor Slirill'f Sinulcr ciimn tu MciN i mil to invtiiit('. Winn Vnwtor of llm Jm'knoii Conuty limilc riinhi'il tlio rln'ok for NIi'IioIh, mnl iiNkt'il him nt tlio linn if In1 iliil not wnnt n ill nt't, which wiih jiiht ns kooiI mnl a hiift'Knnnl iiKiiiiiHt whut liiipponcil, hut Hid offer wix (ll'l'lllll'll, Tlio nulliiititit's who nro workiiiK wilh Nichohi i'XM'cl to huvo iinpur tmit ftii'tK culh'i'ti'il this nftoinooii, uhioh will h'ml to I lio idciititv of tlio thii'f. T HniJSAND GIRLS IN SEIGEL STORE HIKE 1HEF ARRESTED ON Ml wm VKNIPK, Cnl., .Miiioli IH. Wultor lli'iiiiiliiKO, wuuti'il ut KliiKHtiiff, Aiii., to iuihuit to ii cIiiiik" f Iioiho Hloiiliui;, uiih niichli'il toilny on tlio I'ui'ifio oi'ciin. Dopnty Sheriff Kwit..v "'' An ilooun foiiml llriiuihiKO Hiiiinlciiuu iiliuiK llio hoiinl wnllc. Ilo floil, mnl when llm oIiiino hrciiiiio hot ho hl.ip I it lulu llio Mill' mnl hnitli'il for llm upon ht'ii. Tlio iil'lii'iuH nvi'ihmik'il him nl tlio lui'iilii'i' lino mnl lifter n lilt of font hiihmmiiin wink IiiiiiihIiI him ihIioio. Jlniiiiliijtu ilnih'il I In1 1'liiniio. LOSE THEIR ALL Near Riot Occurs When Sales Girls Realize That Not Only Jobs, But Savings Gone as Well Many on Verue of Hysteria. Women Terror-stricken by Prospect of Want Fees Paid Weekly Into Beneficiary Fund Also Lost. Ni:V YOIIIC, Mnr. 1.1. A near Viol occurred lirro toilny In th BoIroI ik'liartiut'tit nlort' In Hth ntrrt't when tlio rnilfit KlrU lout llirlr J"tm iwul rrnllroil Hint not only tliflr Joint toil thi'lr umliic ilrpoiilti'il In (tin dufuno HIi'Ki'l tinnk tin well mito koiio. "U'l' wreck the utorit," cried one 'Klrl, nml otliern joined her with ttio Intention of puttliiK llio threat Into execution. Cooler dentin, howiivor, t'c run ml ed the itlrla to nbandon the Idea. Thu troulilti follnwcil tlio no lienranco of M.ra. I. MMtmon, nil omio)i. who had Juit returned from Kuropt! nud learned for tlio first tlmo of tlio linnk'n failure. "I've been rohlied." alio tald. "All the money I hud In tlio world, $2300. tin been atoleu." More than n thoiunnd omployc will lono tliclr places tomorrow by tlm cIohIuk uf tlio more. Terror itrleken by tlio proipect of want, the tale KlrU worked today on thu torKO of liyiterlM. Mnny of thc;n llvu In acniitlly furnlalied rooini and will faro actual want whon tlio atorc Im doted tomorrow. It wan believed Hint fcea paid bv oiiiilo)e weekly for eara Into n beneficiary fund nltn urn tout. Il trlct Attorney Whitman la probing chnrueit Hint mnuoy paid Into a sick fund wan nlito JiiKRled by atoro official. RUMORS OF DEATH OF IDLERS FALSE SACKAMIINTO, Muich 1.1. Hum urs of tleiiths lebiiltiiiK from routing tlio uiit'iiiployetl "nrmy" lu.t Montliiy hnvo hecii iiivchtinnteil 1y District Attorney Wiieliorxl mnl Sheriff Ahem, mul cnllcil fnNe. Dr. D. II. Itt'iiihiiiil, chief of ho pitul htuff, Miid toilny Hint out of ciht men fioiu the nnny brunch! to llio luwptlnl, most of them were hiiN ferine; from luuiKcr, nml only one wiih in u Ht'rioiis foiiilitioii, he liuv inir fiillen into a pot of lioiliii; wuter yenteriltiy. I.iiiulivt MuclliferH toltl tlio offic ers ho wiih kicked in tho htomiu'h by policemen. o wiih foiiml to he mif furitiK fiom n nipturo of ninny youni' iliirntioii. Ilurolil Thompson npplinl to Hie boHpilul, Miyiiii" lie wiih blindly; A. .1. Copnl, iiiemher of the tinny, is ho iiiK ttenteil for tl.ontoryj Oeorge Vol nun reporteil thut Ii!h rihx were hroken, hut the examination by Dr. Ilernhuril proved him hoiiiuI, FREMONT DAM NEAR SEATTLE GOES OUT BICATTU'J, Mr. ia. Tho Tro moot iliim between l.nko Union and tho l.nko Wiishlnttton canul wont out nt 12; 30 o'clock this nftornoon mul nt ono o'clock this nftornoon threatoiiH to flood a luro part of tlio low IuiuIh nloni; tho cnunl right f way botwoen Kromnnt mid Dullard. Tlio city'a now concoroto brldKo over tho cuiinl nt Kromoiit Ih Ii) iluu Kor of IiuIiik undurmliiod. HOTEL TALLAC AT LAKC TAHOE BURNS; LOSS $50,000 TIIITKHI'J, Cnl., Muii'li 1, Tlio Hotel Tiillnc, ut Luke Taboc, built by "Ltieky" iliihlwlu mnl invucil hy tlm lluhUlii enlulc, binned eiuly !, ilny Mill) :0,l0U uK, JRITISH AMBASSADOR ASKS AID FDR CQUNTRYrViAN, VICTIM OF GEN. VILLA. ii SIRBl '"tit - ' iz-TFi'iii'H mKW aaraaKn i, jt l CJr P , 3IBauSNB. 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I Hnyiii.ui. ii r.uteh owner, of lliitiii.iliii.i. lino liud 111 prrk-rly eon fNwtUil by Villi, nud the IlrltUli Am litUM.idur ilokeil Hut (lit) 8tilte iH'p.irt iiieut ue ll uoihI offKc lo oblnlu pro us lion rurjilui. 'the niinptiiliit ltl be precuteil tu the iiiiHllliHlinialht .nut hoi II leu In C'til liiulnn 'I'lii'ie Ih i IlrltUli coiimiI.u hk ut In Unit liy and the American I'lMixiil will dimply lend liU voice In Mip twrt of the ii'pri'onl.ilUiim of Hie Ilrlt Mi 'ie I'oikiiI Mr Suyiiiiiu hii.h tbal ie le.irs u leipiCHt ptiilei'llitii for hU rierl lii.n-ilf In view of Hi.- murder if I lie lat ItrllMi Hitlijivt ulm up- ilicil 11 : , fdlltial purpose. L.1l,...,.n. TV. .r.'Ni-. Uium t.nrpjl ?VMMANDC' IN CHlEf AT TOHIitCM NOlO tftNlSAU OCAtittAH2A .H.& OWAU5 OttUCU. CQRQNOR BEGINS HOLOCAUS ER I 23 INQUEST VICTIMS 8T. LOUIS, Mnr. 1.1. With 22 corpaoH recovered from tlio ruins of tho burned MUi-ourl Athletic club bulldliiK nud olKht moro still burled In tho dobrls County Coronor lnd born thin nftornoon began an Inquest. Paul KloerU, clerk In n storo nenr tho club house, wns tho first witness. Ilia story was n tiomowhnt queer ono. "I wns Jiibt lenvlni? tho storo when tlio flro wns tlUcovored,'' ho snlil, "ns 1 dtoppod from tho door tlireo mon und tlireo girls loft tho club bulldliiK and croHsed tho street tnlklne ex citedly. "Then I heard ono of tlio Klrls ploadliiK with hor escort to ro-ontor tho club Iioubo. 'Pleuso j?o back,' slio said. 'Do mo a favor, Qo buck. We. must i;o bnck.' "So one of tho men roturnoil to tlio ontruueo, stappud und looked In, but noiio of llio party ro-ontorod. I thoiiRht tho Klrls meant thut ono rt their purty had been loft In tlio bulldliiK, I dont' know why thoy wanted tlio men to return." AT VKIIA CUV., Muii-li 13. Coiilin ueil I'iKhlhiK wiih icpoili'd tmluy he twi'fit Tiiiiiplciid fi'ilernl oilpokU mul llio lebeU hefuru Hint city, ll wiim kiihl (lull llio Tniiiplcn luiNpltiiU nviy lull ut oiuitlotl BANDITS SHOOT EXPECT EMBARGO ENGINEER; POSSE ON ARMS TO BE CAPTURES THREE AGAIN ESTABLISHED l'KOItlA, 111.. Mitnrli 13. Kiijsiii cor Aitliur FiKlier wns llot mid kill ed by Me.iemi hiuulit curly today nt .Munliiis near here, when ho re fused to oiurv them throuch the town on n CliieiiKo & Xoithwc-tern frt'ilit truiu. Tlio .Me.icans hud been neeused of nierelinndihe tholt nud fenred unet ut Mtuilius if the train stopped there. Members of the train orew tele phoned details of the killing to Princeton, nud possi eneoiiutered tho bandits nenr Sheffield. Two of tho Mexicans were wounded, one luobublv fntullv. Thu third luiudil wns captured after u liund-lo-linnd encounter, llloodhoiiuds nro trailing tho fourth. Ono of tho wouiulod Mexicans died this nftornoon and tho fourth was captured six miles from Manila. Ilo surrendered when his ummuultlon ttnvo out. MKXICO CITV, Mnr. 13. Thnt a I note was expected from Secrotury of I State lirynn tomorrow, nuudunclns I tho restoration of tho embargo against tho transfer of nrniB across tho border from tho United States Into Mexico wns stated nt tho for eign office. United States Chargo jd'Affalres O'ShaiiKhnessy would not discuss tho statement. REAL SHAMROCKS SENT TO PRESIDENT WABIIINOTON, Mur. 13. I'rosl- dniit VYIIsuii rccohed today a box of real shamrocks from John Itoilmoud, tho J 1 11) Nationalist leader Joseph I1 Tumulty, tho president's prlvatu secretary wilt dUlrlhutu thorn pit ill "atrlck' Puy, MKXICO CITY, Mar. 13 Presi dent lluerta was drafting soldiers wholesale today. His method was Informal. Ills press gangs 'simply seized whoever thoy saw In tho streets men of wealth and In fluouco of courso, excepted and turned them over to tho drill ser geants. . Nolther ago nor youh was spared. Provided ho was strong enough to lug a rtflo no boy was too young and no man too old to bo safe, It a press gang cornered him, N'lno hundred convicts from tho local prisons were among tho con scripts. Among them woro many desperato, criminals, lluerta bus been much worried lately by tho Zapatistas' activities In thu vicinity of Cnoriiavaca. All tho mat Uo can spare from tho local gar rison huvo boon sent northward, It was, therefore, to raUo u force (o deal with tho Cuernnvaca robots that ho Is now pushing conscription so energetically. Jtoports wtr cur' rent of brisk fighting ubout Torreon but mailing duHnltu wus ksowu. JAPANS MOV E FRIENDLY ONE TO AID AMERICA Mikado Moving Subjects From Chi huahua to Calexico to Avoid Mak ing United States Trouble Few Vengeance of Villa. No Confirmation of Reported State ment of Re-establishing Embargo on Transfer of Arms Into Mexico. WASHINGTON', Mar. 13. Japan Is moving It's subjects from Chihua hua City and Juarez to Calexico, not to make trouble for tho United States, but to prevent it. This was made plain hero today by government of ficials who had boon definitely In formed of Japanese Ambassador Chlmlas' reason for requesting per mission to send tho party through tlio United States. Japan having recognized Prest dent Huerta and being on friendly terms with him, Generals Carranza and Villa are hostile to tho Japanef, It was explained. This being the case, Ambassador Chlnda was afraid Villa or somo of his fiery subordi nates might kill one of them, com pelling the Toklo government to de termine Immediate reparation and embarrassing both apan and thj United States. Nothing was said to confirm tho reported statement that Secretary t State Hryan had sent a note regard Ing establishing the embargo on the transfer of. arms from the United States Into Mexico. At tho Mexican embassy, It was said, however, that Ilojas had "the best authority" for expecting tho note. TWENTY-THREE VICTIMS ST. LOUIS, March 13. The body of Allen Dow wits identified nt nooii ninon tho victim of the Missouri Athletio club fire. A firo extin guisher wns grouped in bis charred right hand. Three moro corpses were taken this forenoon from the Mixsouri Ath letio club ruins. This brought the number up to twenty-three. Frag ments of other bodies were found, but they were so badly burned it could not bo told how many they represented. ministIFS deeender oe duels MERLIN, Mar. 13. Strong de feuso of duelling among officers of tho Gorman army was voiced hero today by Lleuteuant Gouorat Erich Von Falkenhayn, minister of war. discussing criticisms of the duel at Metz a few weeks ago when Lieut. Haage was killed. "Duelling Is necessary for mili tary casto," said tho minister. "My efforts to diminish duelling In the army aro directed, not against tho duel but toward tho restriction of tho number of cases In which an on counter is necessary. MISS WILSON TO WED SECRETARY M'ADOO WASHINGTON, Mur. 13. Offi cial uunouueomant of tho ougugoment of Miss Eleanor Wilson, tho presi dent's daughter to Secretary of tho Treasury Wm, a, McAdoo, was ex pected today within 48 hours, Thu announcement was expected for somo tlmo but unofficial publls ity already given tho engagement hastened. Hocrolary McAdoo at tended u cubluul ineotng today but avoided reporters and Miss Wilson mulvtid uo callers. PAGE VICTIM 0 F CONDENSATION MING NEWS Ambassador to Enfland State That His Speech Was Entirely Different From That Reported by the News papers in America. Said United States Wauld OfcJMt tt or Prohibit Acquisition of More Territory by Europe. LONDON, Mar. 13. "I am a vic tim of condensation," said U. S. Am bassador Walter IL Page, replying to a request hero today for hts views concerning tho commotion his Wednesday night's speech stirred ap In Washington. "My remarks as quoted In Ameri ca." he added, "mean something en tirely different from what they mean taken In connection with the context of. my nautical speech. This will ! evident to everybody when the full speech which I am malllny, Is re ceived In Washington. "I had distinctly said the United States would object to or prohibit the acquisition or moro territory U the new worli by any European power, before I added "so you see that, the United States would prefer that bo European should gain more territory In .the new world." "In referring to the Panama canal, I said England would derive Wore profit than any other country b cause the bulk of the world's ship ping Is English." Page had received Secretary Bryan's request for a copy of the entire speech, and was preparing It, with an explanation. WASHINGTON, Mar. 13. As ad visers of tho chief executive ad mitted It looked as If the ambassador had "talked too much." giving Hk administration's enemies a chance to crlticlzo It. The president and the cabinet members discussed tho matter at their meeting this forenoon and tho upshot was that Secretary Dryan an nounced that he had cabled to Page to mall him a copy of his speech, which ha would turn over to tho senate, in conformity with the re quest contained In Senator Cham berlain's resolution. By the tlmo It arrived, however, It was admitted tho Incident would have lost It acutcness. OE TRAP NET FISrHNG WASHINGTON, March 13. An addition to ratifying the fpOierit; treaty betweeu Canada and the Uuit vd States, by which prohibition of trap net fishing would he annulled until the joint fisheries commissions cnu probe deeper into the problem, was favorably considered by tho house foreign nffoira committee to day. Chairman Flood wan expected to attempt (o brnitf up the bill for reaffirmation by tho house. Tho meuBiire already has passed the sen ate. REVAL HOVERING NEAR DEATH'S CHICAGO, March 13. Louis Re- vol, who told thu police ho shot him self, but whoso wife said he,ij shot accidentally while they Wyre fttruifgliiiK for poitseiwion of u pistol after she had accused him of pyiK attention to other women, was in ii critical condition today. Kin wmhwI wuii considered fatal at first, but la ter there seemed it iwnwlbUlty Im would u'cover, u UU wife wax churKt'd only with una wit with i4Nt to LIU mid tot bar Iltwrly MtMwr m .VMH) bond, Nhuia Met u 4k, Ww iiver, kite will be nmrmUtl mmI m UU4 (tl MIUHMr, ... 'i