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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
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WEATHER
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MEDFORD. OKKCJOtf, TIIL'RNDAV, A Pit I L 2, 19M.
NO. 10
200 FROM STEAM SEALER NEW FOUNDIA! LOST IN ICE OFF CAPE RACE
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SEAL
OFTWO
HUNTERS
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LOST N STORM
$1 .000,000 LOSS
ncil Cross Ship Florlzcl With Fifty
Corpses Alionnl Sends News hy
Wireless 170 o Crew ot Whaler
Soulhnn Cross Reported Dead.
Confusion In Mess.ifles Renders De
tnlls Ha;y Worst Disaster In the
Histtry of Whaling.
MONTRIIAL. Quo, April 2. IM
est Mlruh'DH iliopntchcs ludlratcil to
tiny n itcnlhroll f at leant 200 enl
hunters of Mm fleet rniiKlit In the
lc, off Cnpit llnrit In tint bllnaiit
whlrh has been raging (or tho Inat
I run (lu)'n.
Tim Now Foiiudliind, nil reports
agreed I ml conn down with must of
It crew of If'U niul It n roimlil-nrt-d
ttliiioitt rurtnln Unit tint Mouth
itii CriHui wits lout with 170 more.
Probably there were, Mill more
ilniHiiliiRii, (or llii'ti! were 30 ships In
tlm (lix't niul It wn cnniditi'rcd un
likely that ninny roulil ham escaped
without toning mim In such a storm
Tlm hlttturd was raging today nnd
wlrtilomi reports worn exceedingly
meaner mnl conflicting.
Tint New Foiiudlmnl nml tho
Huulhcni Cron wen commanded re
spectively by Captain Wesley Kiinli
nml John Clnrk.
ST. AUGUSTINE.
FLORIDA. BLAZE
Coui (house and Dozen Hotels Among
Destioyed Building Flames Start
In Kitchen of Hotel Florida at Day
break and Spreid Rapidly.
Quests Escape, Scantily Attired
Confusion and Excitement Fright
fulOldest Structure Destroyed,
LEADERS AND SCENE IN ENGLAND'S HOME RULE FIGHT.
(Tltl.lNM, N. F Aitril U. Mom
Hum 'Jllll nii'ii rrom tlm steam whaler
New rniinillniiil wore rltltcr dead to
ilny or lost on the ice floe off Cape
Race u n result f III" Idiximrd
which swept the eout Tuonluy anil
Wednesday.
Tin' iii'ivi reached hcie ly wirelesn
fioni tin' td'il Ci"-i ship rioilrrl,
passing tin SliuiU of lli'lln Il
willi fifty of llii' corpses on board.
The message diil not say ili'finiti'ly
whether or no lint .Vow Fomiillniiil
was Mink. Inil tin iuipicssiiiii was
gntheied bete Hint tin' nii'ii were on
lint in' seal limiting, tlmt tin' storm
rmni' upon tlirm suddenly mnl tlmt
llii'y wcio iiniilili' to regain tlm ship.
I'tviin for Southern IVim
An i-iiiliiT account from SI. Johns
wiim intcrpictcd to llm effect tlmt
llin New Foundlmid liiul ri'iii'lii'il that
poii with n report of Hit' loss of
iinuU l"( of tlm crew of tin.' slcani
(Continued on page 3.)
CURTIS
ORDERED
ACQUITTED AFIER
WEST TESTIFIES
PORTLAND, Or., Apiil i.-Cir-cult
'Judge Meflinn totlay took tlm
prosecution of Fruiik II. On tin on
n ehurgo of utti'inpti'il e.xlnition from
llm jury nml ordered llit'in to lelurn
n verdict of ni'iiillliil. A few inin
nles latt'i' Curtis liiul rt'Miini'il his
plui'o iih chief ('11111111111 deputy for
Sheriff Wind, wlili'li ho resigned
wlii'ii linlii'ti'd on tlm ultcinpled c.x
lortion cliurgo mid u fhnro of mi
ccpting n bribe, Tlm latter clmryi'
w'iih ilisiniHHuil liy Judge Mcdlnii,
Tlm iliri'i'lcd vordii't followed ten.
tlinony hy (lovornor YVost, I'olonel H.
K. I.nwHtiu, Miperintemlunl of the
peillt'eiilinry, nml Klierlff Wind,
(lovurnor West textifled tlmt Cur.
Il4 wiih uppoiiiled Huperiiileiiileut of
tliu ieuileuliuiy ul'ler Kitpeiinjemleiit
InnieH liiul lieen let out lieentisu of
llm prihou fiiimieeH had lieeomn di"
fieleiit fl 1,(11)11 .lining' tlio elnveu
iuoiiIIih of Jiiiiiom otfien linlilliifr. lie
Mild that Cm Iih had taken llm plaee
ut u Hillary of 1111)11 u year, whleh
Iin had lieeu drawing iin wanleii mnl
had liiini'd the extra 1011 a year In
whleh ho wiih entitled over to the
Male, to help make up llm deficiency.
Iin wild Cm Iih liml ib'ver eulleelei
Mm money due hint under Dial ur
JllllJJCIIIfill,
ST. Aldl'STINK, Kin.. April 'J.
Pile did at leiiHt 1,00(1,000 .!iiiime
toilav here. At noon it wiih believed
the fhiiueH wen under eonlrol. KeU
entl troops were held in barracks
ready to net if lnnliiiK' hliould hepu.
The bullied area at that time cov
cr'd everylhiin: between Churlotte,
TreiiHiiry, llupolitu and St. (Iruryf
HtreelK.
Tlm buildiiiK dent roved ilieluded
the coiirtliouxe nml the f'larrinoiit,
Vedder, Mnnniiliii, .Miiiinoii mid Flor
ida hotel. The city linlitliik plant
wiih nUo put out of coiuuiiHiou,
I'lilileiilirinl Woman llurtiril
So far iih known, the only chhii
nlly cum' was that of an unidentified
woman who jumH'd from it third
itory wimlnw in the Florida hotel,
bloke her hack niul at lat aecoiinU
from the lio.-pitiil, iiij dxinv
It wiih' hltlm Florida'n kilehcti
that tint fire htnrted jitit after dav
lilit today. Ah it npread the (,'Ht'i't
from the other hoteln poured into
the nlreelH, inaiiv of I hem M'uutily
attired. Many had snatched up
money ami jewelry which they car
ried in their ImiiiN, As many of
them iih Mmihte were cared for at
the I'ouce de Leon nml the other
Imp' IioIcIh, nil of which, it wiih be
lieved, would he mi veil.
Tin coiifiiMou nml excitement,
however, were frightful mid it was
in the fear attemplH at n wholesale
robbery of the jefup'cs under cover
of tlm commotion that stciu were
taken to secure military aid prompt'
ly in case it hliould be needed,
llliitorlfiil Ijinilamrk DeMroyr!
Of the huildiiiKH destroyed, aside
from their cash value, Heveral were
of historical interest. Tim Hotel
Vedder was one of tlm oldest in
America. Anion;; the destroyed
huildiiiKH weie the Tent nil and At
Inutii' hotels, Iiynu hiiildiiiK, Oeiieva
theater nml Joseph upailmeiilN. The
.MiiKiinliu house, another well-known
hotel, wiih on fire several limes, hut
was liuully saved. Through the
boathoii"!' keeper'n presence of iiiiml
scores of valuable racing boats,
which the keeper cut hnwe from
their docks nml turned udiift, also
were unveil.
HeadipiaiierH for the fire refu
gees' relief fund wiih opened at the
Old Slave market,
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TOHN STILL
DEFYING VILLA
SAY FEDERALS
Reinforcements Enter City awl
Nothing More Feared Frwn Reb
els, Declare Mexican Officials
Rebels Tell Different Tale.
Camtrua Converses With Villa, Wtu
Reports Only Two Federal leAes
Still Resisting.
WASHIXOTO.V, April 2. That
federal reinforcements had entered
Torreon wan awiertetl in a telegram
received today by Mexican Chargo
d'Affalrra Algara from tho Mexican
consulate at El Paso. Tho garrison,
said tho message, was still holding
out. whllo from Villa. Ills force
pemleU and exhausted by his efforts,
nothing more was to bo feared.
GEI
JiH
AKTHK'rWJt
RAILROADS FLYING
S. 0. S. SIGNAL FOR
INCREASED RATES
WASHINGTON, Aiiril 'J. Samuel
Ilea, president of tlm I'onnviiwuiin,
notified the uiemben of the niter-
state commerce commission at to
day's hearing of tho triplication by
eastern rnilroailH for a 5 pen cent in
crease in rates, tlmt unless the gup
between tho icceipts and cxpemli-
tares wh lessened tho IV'niiHylvaiiiu
would have to begin to retieueli.
"I would not create the iinpres
hion," said Ken, "that n 5 iwr cent
increase is necessary 'to the main
tenance of the lViins.vlxnniuV divi
dends, but any general idea that the
IVuusylvuuia is s"o stioiig that it
does not need additional levOuue is
incorrect. If the railroads nr eiip
pled there is swept aw ay" much of
the economic foundation for national
prngreos." '.
President A. II. Smith liMhc New
York (Viitral said declining' CJlruings
were impairing the credit of rail
roads nml nsxcrlcd that after inly
ing dividends no surplus was left.
JNTEEItS DiUUINQ AT NEWTOWN STEVWACT RTS1DENCE Of THE DUKE CfABERCOWl
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FIRM
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MESS BOY ADMITS $30,000 THEFT
SAN FHANCISCO, Cal., Apiil -.--David
Williams, nged '-'I, an Kughsli
Hiiilnr from Sydney, confossed today
to (he theft of cheeks and money or
ders representing about $:iO,000 from
tlm legistered mail pouch mi hoard
tlm steamship Vent urn three days
before llm vessel nriived in San
Francisco from Australia,
Williams shipped ut Sydney as
fireinen'H messlioy. His duties look
him all over the ship, so it wiih an
easy mutter for him to get into llu
mail room, lie chose 'J in the morn
ing and tlm icgistercd mail punch
from Tiitulla, 1'ago I'ago. for 'he
theft. Ho found no coin, he mid,
lint a largo mini hi money orders ,nid
iiaymaslers' checks I com llm nitvol
station ul Tiituilu, Koine of llm pa
pvis which Im thought lie would have
difficulty in negotiating, m (l.rev
nvelhiiaiil. liiKellier wllh the rifldl
mall mirlt. Thru he menked hack to
hl buiiL.
On his nrrival in San Francisco'
tlm robberv wan still undiscovered
ami Williams io ashore safely. One
of tlm first persons he met was uu
old ucquninlnucc, Joseph Horn, a
17-year-old actor. He told Horn of
his haul and they arranged to co-op-crulc
in realizing on tlm plunder,
Wednesday night Horn walked into
ii Market street shoe store, seleeted
a pair of shoe ami offered $100 in
payment. II chanced tlmt the store
had recently lost .05 through ensil
ing such an older, ami the result was
that Horn was ipielioueil elu-ely.
lie quickly became confused iiud
llm police wern summoned. I loin
would not tell much, however, so to
duy he wiih leleased with a deieelive
trailing him, liu went ducclly In
Williams' loom, where the pair wiih
ariodcd, and turned over to the fed
end iiiilhniillcH,
Williams confessed o 'unTficc
Inspector ()'( oiincll, doing hu liel
lo ulilelil II Jill,
PAY CREDITORS IN
FDLL OF ACCOUNT
NKW YORK, April U -After a
confereuro hero today with Attorneys
reprexentlng lleury SJcgul and Fran):
Vogel, tho largest stockholders in tho
defunct Slegel Stores corporation.
District Attorney Whitman gave out
tho following Htntement:
"If these two men pay their credi
tor In full ami plead guilty to one of
tho Indictments charging violation
of bunking laws, 1 will tirgo court
clemency,"
Slegel's attorneys indicated that
relatives would pay creditors In full,
assorting 11,000.000 would ho raised
If necessary.
ND
FORCED BY . OF WORK
poor:health to
HIGHWAY
F
SAIL
F
HM
El ALL WHO COME
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WASHINGTON. April 2. ProsL
dent Wilson announced today that
John 1.1 nd Is about to return to tho
United States. Ho will' sail for Gal
veston tomorrow on tho hospital
ship Solace. Tho president Insisted
his emissary was not recalled but was
returning merely to recover his
health, which has become impaired
by his stay In Vera Cruz. Tho exe
cutive added that Llnd would go back
to Mexico If necciary ns soon as he
Is physically able. From Galveston
he will go to French Lick Springs
for nn Indefinite stay.
WILSON DOES NOT EXPECT
FILIBUSTERING IN SENATE
SAN FKANl'ISrO, Cnl.. April '.'.
.Workigen engaged in repairing a Fil
iliore street building, occupied lust
NoH'inber by the San FiuucNeo'
polyclinic, wire horrified today, on
accidentally upsetting n pickle vat,
to see four human headn nml a
child's body mil out. Thinking they
had found the victims of it ipiadruple
murder, the workmen hurriedly noli
I it'll the coroner's office. All inves
tigator sent from there lo the poly
clinic's new location was told the
vat containing the heads mid body in
preserving Hind, had been lett be
hind by mistake.
WASHINGTON, Auril 'J. -Presi
dent Wilson told white huue callers
this afternoon tlmt he did not ex
pect any filibuteriug during the de
bate on the canal tolls bill.
Contractor J. W. Sweeney, who is
constructing tho Pacafle highway
grado over tho Siskiyou mountains
appeared before tho county court
Thursday and stated that ho wanted
men to work on tho highway.
"I want men willing to work, good
workers, and .will give all who como
a trial," said Mr. Sweeney. "I pay a
minimum ot 25 ceuU an hour, and if
a man proves that ho Is worth more,
ho will get It."
Train 13 on tho Southern Pacific
will hcroAftcr stop at Stclnman, so
that anyone that wants work can eas
ily reach tho camp.
Work has been delayed by recent
storms. Tho teams aro Idlo on nc
count of being utiablo to work In the
wet sticky. As soon as weather
conditions Improve, It la expected
havo 300 men at work. A tecond
camp has been established at Uarron
and work. Is being pushed from both
ends of tho road.
HANMN
TAT
JUAREZ, Mexico, April 2. Fol
lowing a two hours' telegraphic con
versation between General Carranta
and Villa, rebel officers hero today
declared that to all Intents and pur
poses Torreoo has been In Villa's
hands slnco last Tuesday afternoon.
Only two remnants or the federal gar
rison were still holding out, they
said, and It was momentarily ex
pected ho would capture these.
Carranu and Villa had their talk
last night. The forrner, with (he
members of his cabinet, -took com
plete poBSt-asIon of the mala tele
graph offlco here, excluded everyone,
operators- Included, with the excep
tion of their own privato telegrapher,
and went thoroughly into the situa
tion. Later Carranza's chief of staff
outlined tho conversation.
, Of tho two federal bodies which
were still resisting the' rebels at Tor
reon. It was statod that one occu
pied a fortified adobo structure lo
tho southwest part of town, where, s
Villa expressed It, tt 'as "offering
an unexpected defense."
The rest ot tho garrison, according
to tho rebel general's account had
succeeded In getting outside the
town Itself and In reaching a strong
ly fortified position a few mlls
southward, where It was fighting
stubbornly.
It was explained that Villa had
been as far as possible suppressing
tho news of his successes because he
did not want to frighten off any fed
eral reinforcements who might bo on
their way to Torreon.
LONDON, April '.'.-(leueral Sir
Charles Douglas was appointed chief
of llm imperial general staff and til's)
military member of the army coun
cil today iih successor to Field .Mar
shal Kir John French, who lesigiied
iih a result of llm coulroeisy over
lii-.li Imam rule. It was understood
King (lenrgi) piobahly would distills
several attaches of Ids com! iih ii
mink of Ins iliilciiinc at hating
ills imi in v drumd Into Hie iitfuir.
On account of the arbitrary re-fit-til
of he city electrical inspector
to permit an exhibition of moving
pictures in tho Medford hotel dining
room, because tho provisions requir
ed for moving picture theaters could
not be complied with for uu hour's
exhibition, it has been decided to
postpone tho Commercial elub bnn
iiiiat feature scheduled for Friday
night until later in the month, ami
instead give the moving picture show
ami local vaudeville performance on
Friday eveuiuu; at the Page theater,
.Manager (Ionian having donated the
use of the theater. There will ho no
admission charge and the general
public is invited to attend, especially
Indies.
The baii(Uit will he held later !n
tlm mouth hi connection with, the
"Natural Attractions Development"
meeting being arranged hy the, club
for Jackson, Josephine ami Klamath
COIIIllil'H.
Fiidiiy iilitht ul the Page Ihealer
(lame Wilden Fililev Mill show Hie
statu kuiiiu communion' m'clleiil
seties of motion pictures of fUli nnd
game life, with the first films ever
taken of ,fihing scenes on Itogue
river, tdiouing local nimlers landing
stcclhcnd trout. Tlicsu films nro tho
beat ever and made u great hit ut
the Portland meeting.
Members of tho Revelers' elub
have arranged u rattling vaudeville
show, the six acts of which will he
interspersed through the progrnm.
Two of tho performer havo had
years of professional experience,
Ouo of tho movies shows Judge
Kelly swimming the Itogue witli his
rod in his teeth. Others show fish
cnucii wading up to their necks in
the swift water nml hookjng the big
ones, Tho fish and game propaga
tion work is shown in minute detail.
The life of the salmon is shown from
the eyed egg unlit spawning. The
collection mid distribution of game
birds fornix an interesting feature,
J he performance, will -begin at h
o'clock shaip. AiraiigeiiieiiU arc
living made In show Hie iilctincs In
public hcIiooI chiMieu riiday (liter
liuoil,
DENY INJUNCTION
AGAINST CUM
U. PACIFIC MELON
NKW YORK, April 2. Juslieo
Greenbaum of tho state supreme
court denied today tlm Kquitable
l.ifo Assurance society's application
for an injunction restraining the Un
ion Pacific railioad from cutting its
$80,000,000 melon for tho benefit of
common Htockliolders. The preferr
ed stockholder nro entitled, accord
ing to the decision, to 4 per cent nnd
nothing else, except in cases where
a company's affair are being wound
up. The Kquitable will appeal.
TIN
MARKET UAiN
NKW VOIHC, April a, The prle
movement at the market's upettitig
today wiih uncertain. FluelimtleHH
were about evenly divided between
small galas am low.es, ultkouitk
most of tlm speculative lemWs www
flighlly lower,
Ktiidcbder lout a full s4n. jty,
I.oiiIk ii Hun KruHfiVu prfwii4
gained '.'. Ilmd wrre Hltmdy,
Tl. murM mImuh) fttrmtt;.