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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
1'nlr (oiilnlit nnil Tlnirn1njr
shower Mnv. .10 Min, SIN.
,fW.fourth Ymr
jj !- Ninth Vr
'"WILSON SENDS
v ULTIMATUIV1 TO
V , SPEED SENATE
hIMIIM II
MEDFORD. OH KCJON, WUDNKKDAY, APRIL 1, 1011.
NO. 0
MILEAGE GRAFT ITATOOED BANDIT
CONGRESSMEN
President Atfcs Seriate Committee to
Promptly Report Upfi Repeal of
Canal Toll Exemption Measure ly
House Aivl.
Administration Figures i Sixteen
Majority AmemlnwiHi U Be Of
fered by N orris and Polnrfextcr.
TO BE COT OFF
Appropriations Committee Vote to
Abolish Perquisites and Substitute
Actual Travcllnii Expenses Instead
of Twenty Cents Per Mile.
Abolition of Mints and Assay Offices
at Boise, Helena, Carson City and
Salt Lake Favored.
KEEPS QOIE
TRIPLE MURDER
Cool and Defiant, Charles Hopkins,
Suspected of Klllinu Three Men,
Refuses to Answer Lcadlnnj Ques
tionsPromises Straiiiht Story.
WAHIIINOTOK, April J An tdtl
innliiiii wits conveyed frnm llm white
hiHin Id he inriiilM-nifOr llm HiMintc
utiinl- miniiiittee lodnj to thn effect
tllitl Unless till' PuilllUIII ennui ,, tull
iii'iil iiii'iiNiin in n-nitli'.l promptly
the iidiiiiiiilinliiii' supporter will
siuniuiiiily fi ft I lie eoiiunillec'i
IiiiiiiI.
In tlit iiieiiiilimo llii' decks Hi'ic
being itemed fur It i(llt expect I'd In
iilii-i tin' "Me in lln uir house.
It w.u nihiiitlcd nt tin' white Iiuiihi'
Mint tin' udininisirnlion's entire for-
,i Hilr limit." ill tin balance.
ItclltCltsI 1 1)' (111 I'll
I'lin drliwrv of tin' while linn!'
kuntuni wiin preceded liy ll roll
iicc between President Wilr.uu nnil
ir Owen nf Oklahoma, the chief
itt'V -pnkcMiuin mi tin Hour of
per liniiicli of congress, nnil il
trough OiM'ii Unit tin' iidinliiiH.
IH IllCSsaiJC WHS COtllCXCII in
milt O'tliumuu til' the senate
is commtlicf.
committee would In' gien n
In iMHiHhlcr thi' Suns resolution,
niiiiI. At Hit' expiration of that
If no irpmt was forthcoming,
"rClllllor WllllllI IIIOM1 t lilt I till' Colli
niillli'KI"' instructed In present tin'
meusuif to I III1 MClllllO,
I'ntor Prompt At lion
"I lime u Unlit," Mini Owen pliiin
Iv In O'Oomian, "to iimiic lliat tin1
ri'iolntion will lit' reported in a ten
Miimlilu I line."
Tlit' xi'iiatorN generally uiitii'tioii
alit favori'il prompt action. All tin -dentnod
llio situation fully, am! it
seemed to ho agreed that nothing
rotiM In' gained h ilt'lny. Sonic of
llii' uiliniuiktrnlionV friends lme, in
deed, SUggl'tled II ptislptilienil'llt llf
tin' mii a' i' miIo until lifter the No
venibcr elections on the ironml that
the rotiulry would thus he rimlilril In
i'pri'HK it h views on Ilia eaual lolls
preposition, I lie president, however,
U'loeil Hum plan. II wns said he ex
pressed the opinion that if llm Until
eon wan lo lie crossed it would he ah
Mild to Mop in midstream, mi object
of ullnck finni liolh shores.
Administration' .Majority
The iidiiiiiilrilruliini'ri uiiileisluiul
lug wns that it hud .1(1 o (10 sure sup
porter in the M'linli' iiml not nuue
than 3(1 went defiuilely opposed to it
ii'a I.
i ne presnlcnl, It wax Nam, wan
huiH'ful Unit Ihe lawmakers would
agree the question ut issue wns so
simple uml elear thui I hey would
deem extended debute unuecessnry.
WASHINGTON, April I -In rn
porting to Hie hmiMi thn legislature,
.lUcetitUo nml Jmllrlal appropriation
bill. itKKrvKiitltiK t36.n00.tMl0, the
appropriations roniliilltcti voleil to
il n)' nmmiK other tliliiRt, nliolltlon o'
ruiiRP'Mlninil "nillenKii urnfl."
A n Niilmtltuli', n plan wax pro
poneit wltiTi'liy ni'iintum, repreiieufi
tlex nml llielr fninlllen would tie al
lowed nittinl traveling expeiiKeii to
the rapltnl nt the Iu'kIuiiIuk of enili
uenilou or roiicrmn alii tmrk to their
home at IIm eitit. Thn lawiunkem
nr now ntlowett - renin per utile-
The bill profiled for nlKilUhltii;
the uiliitM nml aumiy otMren nt lloliie,
llulenn, Cnrnon City nml Hnlt l.nke
City, nml reioutiuemlcil n reduction
In thn numbo of employe In t
Senttle nmuiy office.
V3r.0i)O nnniinl trnolliiR allow.
nure wnn mudl'to the ireiliteut; tl
000,000 wun proxlded for rollcctliiK
Ihe luroiun lax and the commerce de
partment wnn k ran till $75,000 ti
develop forelKU trade, $100,000
lnetlKHto Kenernl tradu condltliin
ir.0,000 to Imiulre Into production
rout nml $SO,000 to (iroinoto South
nml Ceulrnt AiiierKan commerce.
Fears Lynclilnij by Crowd Asks for
an Even Break Is 25 Years Old
and From Clilcntjo.
WTHERSPOON
SUCCEED
I
10
AS
F OF SIAFF
MOUNT Vi:itNO.V. WuhIi.. April 1
Cool nml defiant, Cluirle lloplilim,
NUHpi'cteil of three murderx. Iny on
hU eot in the Hkn:lt roiinty Jail thin
nuiruliiK and nklllfully Ktiurded him
itelf acuhut lendltiK ipientlons i
tiewnpuper men. lie suld ho iilflpl
Veil Invt nlKhl and etiJo)e, tbo Jail
rooking. He admitted thut IiIh untile
In ChnrleH Uupklmi nml nald he would
not dntiy nor affirm thn chnrKo o
murder Indited acnlnnt.
"I Kiiem IfH murder they hao mi
rlinrxed wJth." ho xnld, "nlthnuitli I
fdon't exactly know. No, 1 won't a
'Hint I did or that 1 didn't do the
"klltttiK- I don't enre to illaciiHit thin
tliliiK until nfter 1 have had n re
'llmlnnry henrltiK. After Hint I'll tell
you the trnli;ht of It.
"I wan nil In when they got inc.
that'll nil there nn to It."
HopkliiM mid hu wnK IT. )ear ofd
tim, flint lila parent live In ChlcnRo
When '(In curltUii alien orowded
Into the courtroom nml corridor fur
a Rllmpto of the. ftiRltlvo. Hopkins.
Vho wn heliiK stripped by doputlen,
Vioved uneailly nml pnied terror
fjilrlrken nt the crowdi in tho itrceif
holow,
'No chnnco of n lynching in
rthero" hu nokod. "All I wnnt U nil
even break," lib concluded.
WOOD
WA8IIIX(1T0.V, April 1 -rMnJiK-Heiiernl
Wllllniu Wlthumpoon will
Hitcreed Major (leuorat Leonard
Wood im chief of utaff or the United
8taten nrmy April S2, Secretary of
War Harrliion announced today,
Wltherpoon Ih now Wood's n
Intant. Ill turn, llrlgadier (.enernl
II. I.. Scolt wilt beromo Wither
hpooii'h tmiiliitniit. Wltheriipoou will
nerve un chief of staff until Novom-
fher, when ho will retire.
Wood will tnko command of the
department of thn emit with head
quartern at Oovernor'M Inland, N. Y
KXCilJSII AH.MV IIHAI) WHO JIKSIOXKD.
ws.
Field Marthal Sir John Frcneh.
11. '! M.ip.'nl l- .Mm Trench, chief of the Imperial General Stnff ol
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THREE AVIATORS
JEF DEATH IN
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itsidered Iud reL'u I'l.'ti an m reult of I're
- . in i-k k1'i t" the .irm uffuers that
, . il l t ij. i,. a. .itf In tr
GOVERNORRES
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MGHTS
TO
MID-AIR ACCIO
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(Continued on pg j.)
MISSING
CHILD
KILLED 8Y HORSE
BURIED
F ARM
lMIIMimi'lHA, April I.-Tlit'
nolleo weni witlliim today lo hear fur
ther fioiu tho unonynioiis letter vrilr
who informed them Tuesday of the
dentil of 7-venr.nld Witrten' McOur
lick, ininhiii),' Miiee Mureh I-. from n
hoine'rt kli'k on the heiul.
The lei lei's author sniil he wiih a
funtier uenr town; thui the child nut
muter his hotseV feel nfter his hoop
nml wiih inslnully hiched to dentil.
1'Ynrliitf he mlnlit hn hlmni'd, the
writer stilled, m huiinl llm body on
his I'm in, hut pioiuiNi'd lo reveal the
nio if assured he would not he piui-
ihlll'll.
Deleellve Ciipluhi ('iitumon initde
llm iieei'itsiuy pi'iiinisii lliioiih llio
HiiHsiiipi'iH, iiiivideil Hie letter will
ii's slur) tH line, nml Ihe mini wiih
iiinnii'iiluiily i'XU'('lin u iiiieni' nl
jiollco ht'inhjiimlt'iK,
E
i.os ANni:i.i:s. cm., April i.
In u formal notice on fllo today
United Slates Circuit JuiIko Krsklno
r.M, Hohh ilecllneH n beiiueHt of ns.400
tdinrea of stock In ArUonn koIiI mines
iiiudo to him in tho will of his Into
wife, Ida Hancock lions.
In decllnliiK tho stock Judge, lions
siild ho had un Intention of contest
Iiik his wife's will, undor which her
sons, (lallnu Hancock, Ih mado tho
rluclpnl heir.
The. stock, which at tho tlmo the
bequest wiih mndo, kuvu promlso of
ureal vitltio, is said now to bo
worth about $15,000.
INFLUENCING DECISIONS SUFFRAGETTES OPPOSE
I
WASHINGTON', Apiil l.-Krim
lor I .a I'olletlti introdiieed In Ihe up
per house a hill !uimsiiiir fJOOO fine,
it leiin in priHoii. or hotli, upon per
sons who try to intliieiien Ihe iiiler
hlnlu I'oiniiieieo i'oiniiilision in its ile.
iiliuiiH. He Inliiniileil Hint nlleinplH
of Hits l.liiil were iiiinle In eoiilieeliuii
Willi (he t'lislein inlliuiiiU' ii'iiu'l
fur JIUIIUlksiuil 10 llK'I'CIIKt) MlU'K.
I'OIITI.AN'1), Or., April l.-lnsur
iniee polieics are not to he construed
to the letter, neeonlinj' to u decision
rendered lodav hy Circuit Juile
flcclon, n'i'ij; jtidpiiiMit for .fllOO
to George I'. Moore nj;ainsl the Aetna
Life liisurnuce eouipany for tho losn
of nil of his left hand, except the
thumb, hy u shotgun accident. The
company denied tho right of the
plaintiff to $1000 insurance for the
hand on tho ground that tho policy
tnitdo. uecessnry Iho amputation of
the hnud at or above the wrist."
I'livsieians teslified that the thumb
might us well he removed ns fur ns
its utility was couceriii'd.
SEEKING TO LOCATE
POISONS USED IN TEA
NKW IIAVK.V, Conn., April 1.
Tho police were trying today to learn
where llm cyanide of potassium wits
obtained which was found yesterday
afternoon in ten served nt the home
ot .Mix. John .1. llognu, totinerly eon
neeled with Iho Yule psychologicul
laboratory, to herself and .Mrs. .Mar
gin el Williams, who lives with her.
llognu, who was said to have ipmr
reled with the two women, was ar
rested on suspicion of having at
tempted the poisoning. It was admit
ted, however, there was not iniieh evi
dence ugniiiit him. If they can find
whence the eyanido emtio, the police
said, 1 1 1 tiy probably will bo able to
dioovcr who got it.
KIIKIMS, Fruriv. Aprl 1. Thrc
n inters were killed here ihIh hi
two separate accident. The were:
Kinilo Vcdriuus, brother of Jule
Vedriues, the fnntori flying inmi.
I'ierre Tcilurlrt, u well-known
member of tbr French Aero club.
Clcmeni Aigny. w.itist'r iu
Te-tueletV mnehine.
Vedriues met den h while trying to
loop Ihe loop with a monoplane. He
fell 1 110 fret mid wx killeil instmitly.
Later in the dn the aeroplane in
which Te-luelet mid Avigny were
fixing plunged toward the eaith fiom
u height of .'Ulfl feet nnd struck a py
lon, whereupon the petrol tank ex
ploded uml machine ami aviators
ernshed to the ground, naming. It
wits believed b"th men were killed by
the collision witi Ihe pylon.
FOREIGNERS SAFE
NEWSPAPER
MAN
HALTIMOUK. Md.. April 1.
IllKhts of citizenship were restored
today by Governor Goldnuorongh to
Harry S. Haward, who put In seven
ears ns a huniorfstnnd ctlltorlnl
w-rltor on the Dally News, of Cumber
land. .Md.
Ha) ward disappeared from Cum
berland Just after receiving an nnon
mous letter In 'which tho writer
threatened to make known thcafl
mat no nan lorvea seven yean in
the penitentiary. Hayward left thu
following nolo to the editor of the
News:
"I got on n tear for somctlmo af
ter my homo Ufa wns broken up and
lauded In tho Maryland ponltentlary
for the crime. I wns as guilty n
Holt but it was nil a spell of years
of foollabnct. as It Is really not a
part of my nature to bo a criminal.
The law hns nothing whatever on m
I paid ami vindicated myself with
nearly seven years of straight work,
as )ou know."
A concerted effort wag being mndo
today to find Hayward and lndtt:o
j hi in to return to Cutuberlnud.
TORRE I J N STILL
N K N
DA
AM
y
Confllctlnn Reports From Front,
Rebels Claim Victory, While Fed
erals Claim Serious Defeat for the
Rebel Forces.
Strenuous Efforts to Relieve Be
sieged City Underway, State DIs
patches Received at Juarez.
rilllirAIII'A CITV. Mex., April 1
Torreon was tint yet completely
occupied by the rebel today, nccord
ii g lo latest news from the front. It
was slated that the federals were
still furlilii'd in certain section of
the city and thut street fighting con
tiniuil.
WASHINGTON, April 1. "The
rcbcW hne been scrioti-lv defeated
nt Torreon,'' wns ns-erted in n slutc
inctit given out from the .Mexican
consiilnte general here today. "Gen
eral l)e .Moure, niili .1000 freh fed-
erul soldiurx, from Saltillo, is near
Torreon, nt the rebels' rear.
"In several engagement' nt Mon
clovn Ihe rebel suffered 1000 ensu
nllies, besides 100 nt .Sierra Denr-
"" ,. ir
"The rebel mlvnnee gwi'cj in the
state of TainuulIMs hns been annihilated'.."
EL PASO, Tex., Anril 1. Strenu
ous efforts to relieve Torreon were
being mado today by the Mexican
federals.
Yesterday's announcement, receiv
ed at Juarez, of the city's. capture by
the rebeN proved erroneous. How it
came lo be sent, Oenernl Cnrmnzn,
who made it public, does not know,
llii theory wi that Genera! Villa
thought he had overcome the lust
,vstige of resistance nnd then found
he wns'tnistukcti.,
Not. only were Ihe fedi-nds still
holding out, but confirmation wns re
ceived of earlier remrts that federal
reinforcements were iipproaehing Ihe
city by forced iiiiirchc. from the
east. How many men there were or
who commiiuded them was not knot jn.
Villa, however, detached two bri
gades to meet nnd attempt to stop
tho coining enemy.
WASHINT.TO.W April 1. Word
that all foreigners In tho Mexican
district of Torreon were snfo was
received hero today from Oeorgo C
C'arothers, special representative of
tbo state department. This In
eluded II. K. Cuuaid Cummins, their
consul nt Clonic I'aiaeio, who car
ried from Ceneral Villi, to (lenernt
Velasco, federal commander of Tor
reon, n rouuest for tho latter' fii
render, and wns erroneously reporled
to hnvo been executed by Velasco.
JAPANESE WAR TALK
TRYING TO AVERT
LINE
LONDON, Apiil 1. Tho Host Fife
election, hy which Premier Asutiith
will seeli i tl in it In piuliiiiuent us call-
Inet hi'iid mid iiiinUler nf war, was
set Imlny for Apiil l'i. Mililiint siif
fmgelU'n weiu iiiuniiuilig In opiHin'l
him,
lMIILADHMMlIA, April 1. Hep
resentntives of the owners of Cen
I tat Pennsylvania bituminous coal
mines and of their employes were
trying today to agree on n wuge
scnlo superseding the one which ex
pires April II. Should they fnil, "",
000 iiiiueis. will walk out on thut
date.
COAL MINERS 10
AT
XI.W YOUIC. April 1. Comment
ing here today on Ihe speech deliv
ered in the senate Monthly hy Sena
tor Lewis of Illinois on Iho free cu
ual tolls proposition, Dr. Hhoshuk
sitto, dean of the college of agricul
ture iu Tubulin imperial Japanese
universiiy, bitid:
"War between the Tniled Slnte
nml Japan is out of the question.
I.veii it it did come, Japan would not
seixo the Philippines. We don't want
them.
"Japan feels friendly toward
America nnd it is simply" nliMtrd for
anyone to suppose, tnat .la pan is
lending money to Mexico."
ML'H
TRADE ALAN
AG U A
L
PRGDUCTHEAVY
Balance of Exports 965 Cars as
Against Balance of Imports of 431
Cars Three Years Ago Shipments
to Date Show Healthy Increase.
589 Cars of Apples and 434 Cars of
Pears, Not to Mention Less Than
Carload and Express Shipments.
The balance nf I rude in llogue
Ilivcr vnlley's favor is grenler than
total-, recently published hv the Mail
Tribune, liites J. IL Mulehny, dis
trict freight ngent of the Southern
Pacific. From July J, 1013, lo Feb
ruary US, 101 1, there were 120(1 enrrt
of produce shipped out nnd 331 cars
shipied in, leaving n balance of ex
IMirls of !)IJ." enrs, ih contrasted with
it balance of imports totaling -431 fur
year ending June 30, 1011. The bal
ance was. really renter, beenuse Ibis
does not include less than curled
nnd express ihipments. Mr. Mulchny
gives the following totals to ditto
from nil valley points from July 1 to
date:
Shipments from Kogue River vnl
ley, July, 1013, to Mnrch, 1014:
i Medford Apples, 359; peurx, 373;
peaches, I; fruit, 10; potatoes, lY?
total, 702.
Central Point Applet, 70; penrs,
33; potatoes, 2; total, IU.
Grants Pas. Apptes, 37; jwars, 10
peaches, ; fruit, 1; total, 54.
Ashland Apples, 40; penrs, 1;
peaches 10; fruit, 19; vegetables, 1;
total, 71.
Phoenix Apples, 21; penrs, 17;
potatoes 1; total, 30.
Talent Apples, 31; potatoes, 3;
total, 37.
Gold Hill Apples, 17.
Itogue Jciver Apples, 2; vege
tables, 1; total, 3.
Merlin Peaches, 3.
Grand totnls Apples f80; penrs,
431; peaches, 20; fruit, 30; vege
tables 2; potatoes, 23. Total cars,
1100.
This does not include liny, grain,
livestock nml other produce shipped,
or lens than carload shipments.
Carload Shipments of agricultural
products :
Re- For-
Commodity ceived. warded.
Apples
Penrs .
Peaches
CHICAGO. April 1 Itopresonta
tlves of Illinois, Indiana and town
coal miners wit Id today tho men In
tbeso Hi run ytnttiH would continue at
work under tho expired iiKreuuiont
of I It 12 pendliiK tin iilleinpt by their
lUtrlt't oHU'luU to'iniibu HHiecmuiiu
ltd tho owner.
I"
TO
SAl.KM, Or., April 1.- -Congress it
In he usked to innku un appropria
tion lo enable the naval militii. of the
country to participate in the cere
monies attending the opening of the
Pumim ciiniil nml exposition in Sua
Frnncisco next cnr. Secielury of
Iho Navy Daniels tuhitcd governor
Went in letters iccclved liidny that it
is understood unofficially Hint Ihe
Nil Mil Miluiu association of the
1 tilled Mutes Is pteputliig In tnl.e
Iho iiintlei' up with euii;'ii'n ut the
proper limt',
CHICAGO, April 1. A mob of
ntoro than ."00 uuemiiloyed men con
gregated today iu u cold rain ir
front of the Soo Lino freight term
inal us a re tilt of n first of April
joke perpetrated by un unknown
person. Before the small nrmy
could he iiifoiutcd thut they were vic
tims of u hoax mid that the report
that the ruiltoud wanted hundreds of
workers were tint rue, the mob surged
against the sleel gates, breaking ih.
locks and poured into the yards.
"We want work," they shouted.
The police reserves were called out
and it reiptired nearly an hour to
ileal' the streets in the vicinity ol
tho yards.
The men stalled for tho vnrds
wh'Jit someone gnve out n tip at em
ployment offices nlong West Madi
son street that tho railroad company
needed hundreds of men for road
biulJjug work.
Green fruits, mixed.. .
Vegetables 3
Onions
Potntoca 2
Grain 23
Hny
Flour, feed . I., 27(1
Cattle uml livcAonk.
Hogs .j-
Sheep
.. - 23
Horses
Ileum .
I
580
131
0
43
3
3
23
11
ill
48
211
12
4
Total j
Carload; out over
331.
120(1
shipments In,
w
'S
FATE WITH JURY
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 1.
Tho case ugaliut Paul Spott, au Oak
land plumber chnrgod with ut
tacking Miss Ida I'enrrlug hero last
'Sow Year's Day, was given to i
Jury this afternoon. Ml Penrrlus
was tho first witness today mid ro
pented tho story she told at Spott'
preliminary hearing.
.Maury 1. DIkkh. who, with Walter
(IIIIIkiiii, will go to trial May 80 or
n limllur cburKo, wan nu lutoruntei
upcttulor Hu kept hi oes rivulet
uu MUD Pcurrluts duilu her luvll
tuoiiy,
I THE FLY
IS
CAMPAIGN
THROUGHOUT TATE
PORTLAND, Or., April 1. Thou
sands of citizens, men, women and
children, started out today on u ten
daya campaign to rid the state of
flies. Not only will the pestiferous
insects bo swatted vigorously, but
their breeding places destroyed.
Commercial clubs nnd other civic
bodies, nlong with the school chil
dren, nru eo. operating in Iho cam
paign. In Porlluud u particularly thor
ough plan of extermination Is in op
eration, Tho school child thut
crushes out tho lives of the greatest
number nf Hies will he plveu it cash
prixo of jjCVi, A second nnd third
pride of 15 mid 10 respcclividy Ima
uNo been offered. Ten ik'iihhiiU will
hu given, nun nn ei'li day, o hs
school which hi mux in tho huM fmn
I for llmt duy.