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207 Second Sired n V Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Shower tonight, HnturtUy Knlrj Mux. 07 .Mln. ti'i. . y lnily fnnrlli Ymr liitllv Nitiih ir HOSPTAL RAID BARES LIST OF L Many Mystery Thoiiijht to Have Been SoUnl by Arrest of Physicians ol Brllmio Maternity Hospital at Philadelphia Corpses Cremated. Dorothy Arnold's Disappearance Is Thouijht to Have Been Solved II Irual Operations Performed. PITTHIIl'IMI, IM, April I" Morn n lift in wore In primped today m h hiiI to IiihI night's pollro mill n( it mnturull) hospital In Urn suburb of llellomo. where Illegal oporiilloiii, rirHirtliiK to dotortlveit. worn Mr finiiiiMl in u regular hunlm. , Dr. C. C Meredith, the limtllu tltm'M head; llr II It I .tit x. hi lit. Ulaiit ami Nurmin l.nry Orr nml Miir) K 1 1 1 1 i r Muni sweiiled at police lii'niiiiHil'r. until l.uU, tin pollen KUltl. Illllkf (IllMII llllll Ulinll) It tlllfoH- nloii w IiIiIi ll was hollo oil would In volve In tho eao several Pittsburg phyalrlnn who mtod it roHtlMm"' fur lht hospital. riiii'i Altwt) CmmimIoiI Thorn worn naturally, n good man) enmw. I. ill was until lo linvn lolil hi" ipioMinuors, whtiro pnllunts sue rMiutiod lo tint unlawful rwprnttons performed on I limn, nml their corpse woro Invariably OMinntlod In thu fur iiar In lint basement. Tho polite hotlt'vod there woro 20 or moru boil lm disposed of In this way. Tlnit Dorothy Arnoht, ttio Ioiik missing Now VorK heiress, for whom her family tiiimd Iho entire roiin try In vnliu wm nmoiiR these victim Iho dotorllvc wim Investigated tho tnso. wtlil Ihoy worn reasonably cer tiiln. Against Meredith tho serlflc charge wn that o( performing an llleg.il opiiratlnii on Myrtle Allison of Wll- hlnsbtirK it your ago. l.uU ald h Mot this ohso for tho hospital, nml. imiIIcIhk olio ilny Hint she hail tlU appeared, asked Meredith wluit hit hocoiuo of htr, to which Mrcdl(h re plied iho wim dead. Ihiiothy Arnolil Crcliinlcd llo mi hi. ho asked, loo, what Ijo I'liiiio of Dorothy Arnolil, whereupon Meredith mmlo a inollon with his haiiilit toward tho shy, ImllratliiK Hint ulin hail boon croiimlod. When ho pressed for pnrtlt'iilitrit, concerning tho disposition of Ml hh Alllnon' hotly, ho assorted tho ilortor inwlu a slm. lar gesture l.utt declared Hint Meredith scorned to revel In oilier' palu. At tho tlmu ho tool; Miss Alllnon lo tho hospital for tixnmplo ho unlit tliu ilotv tor llltiiall) throw her Into tho nm hnlnnro, addressing lior h Iho vilest mtmi'M, anil when alio monnuil ami asked for her mother, tolling her; "You'll moo otir mother boon iiiiour.h." Meredith wn hold on 1 1 2,000 hall. DUtrli't Attornoy II, II, Jiickmin ami C'hli'f of Diti('tlvfH i:, l. Clurk hail 1'lmrno of tho cano. .Many MjHlcrlcn Sohisl Jarl.Hon witH cHiM'clnlly nrnflilvnt that ho ami Clark hail nohoil tho inMtry of Dorothy Arnoltra (llap ponranro. "Wo hao triiruil hor rlKht up In tho ttoor of MunMllth'a downtown officii In tho HvhiiiltU hiilhlliiK," ho nalil, "hut It la ton (Continued on pimo 3.) FOR OFFICES FILE WITH SECRETARY HAI.IJM, Orn., April 10. A totnl of I'll ll t'ltmllilatoH for Htato ami il lu ll If t orfln'H f Hull ili't'laralloiiH ami at noon lotlny all hut foity hail filed iiiiiiplotiiil iioiuluatliiK putltluiiH, whlt'li iihhiiii'h I hnlr uaninH koIiik mi Iho piliiiury oliicllou Imllolu. Of Iho ili'cluinllou fllfil 00 aro h) rupuhliraiiH, ITi hy iIuiiiociuIh ami lb hy piimromiUi'ri. Tlui llimi fur flllmt pnlllloiiH rloHi'ii lit U oVliit'h Hi't-roliiri of Hliitn Olcoit In work (UK t'hlia (lit) nuil'iilHlii foi ii' rluirli liiK Hut pnlllloiin. iiinii) of wliltli air found o to n I n I ii crrun. CRIMES 60 CANDDATES HOEDS RESERVE E Federal Jtitluc Sessions In Suit Filed hy Fcdtrals to Prevent Kllllfer From Playlnii Willi Philadelphia, Declares Contracts Worthless. Outlaws Loso KIIIIKr, Whose Meth ods of Dolnn Business Are Cen sured hy Court. (IHA.S'll IIAI'IHS, Mnli., Apul I". Ciili-linr William KillifVr In tin1 piitieilv of Iho National l.t'iipir I'luli, lull llio ii'Ki'no oIiiiim' in or LMiiilml liiitiliiill I'onlriiiU in not woilh tin1 piipi'r upon ithu'li it it w i it tin. TIiin wiin llio opinion liiiiitleil ilouu lift t loilny hv I'nilitl State .Imlf Sonniona ill till Hllit llllll ll till1 IVil- einl Ii'iikiio to prevent Idllifer from plniiiK with I'hilaili'lplilii. Tln I'Vtl rul Ifiivuo loxt Hie i'Iiho Ih'ciiiiku .IiiiIko Sim.ioiih lielil 1 1 in t "it funic iiitu coin t with uui'li'itu liiintN," llljlllll llllll Itl'ftlMll "Tlit'tfriiri'," llie fourl rulil, ".von arc not t'lilillvil to mi injunction." Tlu fourt In-Ill, Iiowvut, Unit tin1 roHtrt' t'lniiHt' t'onlil not Ih ciifort'rtl. Thin ini'iuiH that tho plaviTK of hotli iiiajor It'iiKtiii will In' fri'i In ficn wljITI'MT Illf.V plt'llhll llfltT lillK M'ltr'n I'ontrai'tH tpin'. IViliTlli Irncilt' offll'iali illhitfil Mint tlii'v hail won n tfrrnt Mt'torj, lii'xpilo tin' ruliiiK' thnt KillifiT lln piopotly of I'liiliult'lpliin. Ivilliffr juuipi'il lo tho Chit'iiKo 1'eilernlH during tin; winter, nml tio eonliiiL' to Jiimi'rt A. (lilmorc, prei- lt'iil of tho IVilcriil li'itKUi', nilictl n lliri't'-M'iir foiilrni't. I .it I or, it win itlh'p'il, Iho I'liiliiililplii.i oliili ofi'ereil Killifer inure money than Iiin l-'eileral t'liiitniol i'nilitl for, noil ho jumped liaiL to tirxitniri'il luioclmll. Ilolli (laliiiiil Kllllfer Potto ml Ioiikiio offioialH olaiuioi lliut Killifer wiim tlioir )noperl, in iiimueli iim ho wim uol umlcr ooutraot with I'liihitlolphia when ho mhuci! willi ChioiiKo nml nooepleil iiihauoe inoiioy, l'roxiilont Hal,er of llio Phil- uilelphia National oluh ooutemleil that liin oluh wan pioleetoil hy Iho rohoixo eluiiHo in last joiii'h oouliaet willi Killifer. .JiiiIko SoHhimm in his ileoision ite uiiuuooil Killifet'tt method of tloinc IlllsillOhti. 'Tim eiiloni'o hhows," hiiiil tho eonrt, "lliat Killifer U u player of oxeeptiouul nml oxtriionliuary fkill. Milt, uufoi Innately, iho reoonl iiIm kIiowh that ho is n porxou who, for perxoual i;alu, will tliHicpml his pledged wind, lie lias iohtled on KUemeutH tiud UKieemeuls. Viowetl from iho standpoint of ouuiuion lion exty and inloniity, Killifei's position in this lili)alioii is tiu tiling I'11' '"' viahlo." Imlo Sehhoim' doeision uulomat icnlly decides iiKiiiuxt tho lVderal leiiKUt) in llio oanos of Pitohors Ulan diiiK and Kahler of Plovelaud and HauniKat tliier and Williams of St. Louis. "Thuro aro two polntu at Usuo, ' (Continued on page 2.) GIRL SCARES THIEF BY GETTING "DROP" HAN PUANCISCO, Cal., April 10. Thliteen year old VlriUnhi Young lovtilud her fathor'a plutol. "Drop that Hittchel," uho ordurod, "or I'll shoot." Tho liurKh'r dropped thu witchul and fled, It happonod last ulKht. VlrKlnta'H father had received word that Mm. Yoiiiir'h brother wim vory III In a down town hotel, Thuy hurt led to him, lenvliiK VlrKlula iilomi In tho hoiiHo, Hlio wont to bed, l.ator uho htiuid Noiuo out) inovliiK down Hlalm, (IrahhliiK her fallier'n plu tol, hIio dcuconded. A hurttlar wan what hIiu found. Ho wax MonliiK Mllvorwato In a vnlUo. ' I didn't huwi t lino In bo urn red uho Mild lodayt "Oh, tn, If no limln'l illoppod thu inlrliel I'd huui nhtil CLAUSE LEAGU CON A ID MBDKORD. iTI-SFFfiGISIS OF ikkkkkkkkflkkBt PT i. kkkkkkkkkvvIlJLkMi. '-HIV In tnrloun imrta of thu United Staten nml Canada nuti-uffrasUts arc preparing for their bh; annu.il rally whh h till year will utirpuKii nny other. It will bo hrlil on April 13 at the Illltmoro Hotel, .New WU, uuilvr the nuHpkex of the Sew ork Stale Aitiochitlou Oiiiiouil to .Woman Suffrace. More lh.ui one thoiikninl iiiouiIkTii nro expected to bo lit the luncheon, which will Ik? followed hy nijilre"e by lonilltii; xyinp.itlilrern with tho oiiiltlon to voltu for women. Auionjf the j)eul;er will be Mm. Pniiu-U S. itanss and .Mm, K 11 l..iptMiii. HI LOUDERBACKiDIED CIIICACO, April 10, An atitopjy hnWiiK rtnenled polnon today In tho xtomnch of Dolnncoy luiderbncl;, n mlllolnnlro and mivorlnto of tho Into CharloH T, Verken, who died Htiildon l nt IiIh homo hero hut ulKht, Coro ner llotfninn nutomuhlled to tho I.ondorlinch roldenro untr took per Donnl rharKo of a sonrchltiK Imeatl pntlon. An Inqurit wan demanded by I)r Paul Kully, who wn tumninncd wliun I.ouderhach wan taken III. Tho coro ner nmlgtied n phytlclnn to trio enfo and acted an mioii iib ho recohed tho Intler'n report Dr Kelly would not make public his reanou for tmkliiK tho Inijuett. T TO OF i WASHINGTON, April 0. Tho house foreign nffnlrtt (ommltton decided to tecum- mend today allowances to am-4- baskadork for rout. A favor- aide report waa made also on a proposition for the purc-ioho 4 of resident-en ftir tho Ainorl- ran dlploiuntlo ropresenta- lives at Mexico City, Toklo and llorito. An appropriation of Jr.0.000 for an lutoruatlou- '4- at conference against ntcotiol- Ism was llkowlso favornbly recoiumemled. OKANOflAN, Wiihh., Apiil 10. Siihpeoletl of hoinjj euipltiyotl us or olinrd hands, two rhiiuso vvoto kid uapetl from tho 700-noro orehnrd of the llostoii-()kuiio;iiu eoiupnny, near .Malotl, tiikeu to town in uutomohiles nml warned to leave this nionilutf. At II o'eltiek, however, the ChineM) vvoto tesoued hv the Mipetiiiteudeut of llie oiehatti, who explained to the enriiKi'd oitions Hint Iho Chineso woio only omplo.vod us euoKs, MRS, CLARK OF GLENDALE, GOVERNOR'S AUNT, DEAD C1I.KNIIAI.K. Or., Apiil lO.-Mrs, ('. I'liul., iiiiiiI of (hivoiimr West, is ileml hein lodav I loin cniicer. Mix, Clink was a pioiieii ami coiiilueU'd Iho hotel lute lor imiuv eai- Hlio (tin well known nml nun h helmtd IliloiHihuut koulliviil Uiemiu, FROM POISONING OHRCJOX, FWIDAV, AI'KIL 10, UUi. TWO COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR BIG RALLY. FEOERAL LEAGUE TIMS FIGHT FIGHT TO KEEP PLAYER' CIIICACO, April lr- Jamc A. Clltuore prcxldent of tho Federal Iagtio, wn not In hU offlco hern when Judge Silons' declnlon nt (Srnnd Itnpld today wns received. Secrctnry Htckard, however, an nounrfd Hint tho PcuraU would not iirronder I'lnyrnt HlnndlnK. Kahlor, Wllllniim nnd UnuuiRarcnor to or-' (tanlietl hnseball. "The hoderal LcaRiio wilt proteod with Injunction suits against thot four players named," llicsarri said "Wo regard tho decision. In tho main, an n victory for tho Federals. Wc alwnvtt contended that the reserve clause would not stand. "Today's ruling puts tho quietus on talk by Charles Kbbetts of Brook lyn and other magnates who said thoy would enjoin Joo Tinker, Tom Kenton, Ad llrennnn and other stars who caino over to us and who were not under contract " LEASE OF THE HEILIG POKThANP. t)r, April 10. Tliroush tin ugieemeut loaohed today, the Sulliviiii & Con-idine eompau.v will ioIiiituili the inno-xonr len-o on Iho Oiplieum theater nt lltoadwav nnd Tn.vlor slreet, on July 11. The Orpheuui, formeily known as the lleilie;, will ieuuio its old name and will lioiiM) loituuato ultiuftiou lnoulit to Potllaud by Calvin Ilei li'. Ileilie; limit the theater. Next September tho Oiplieum kIiovvs will oeenpy tho theater liein built by the Hhulgett company nt Hroadwny and Stark xtreet nt u eo-l of $200,000, n tou-jenr lease having been t-oourod by the Sullivan & Con hitltito Hyndieale. From tho time llio present theater is vaentotl and tho new one oeou pied, Iho Orpheum rdiows will bo di eonliuucd. HIGGINS PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDERING WIFE a.l,F.SM'HU, HI., April 10. Huh ot t lliggins who murdered his wife hist fall that ho mij,'hl ooutiuuo il licit i elation with his stepdaughter, Julia Fluke, was arraigned lo1a n tho t'irouit eourt at Aledo, .Meteor county, llo pleaded guilty. After tho plea wits enteied tho eoiiit asked for all the evidence in tho ease mi Unit ho might 110(011111110 punishment. .Mis Fluke was not piescnl, hut kho will have a sepaialo lieai inj,' laler. Tho luiulVssions of lliggins ami tho glil worn read to the coin I, unit utiiiio oilier evidence lu ll oilliet'il. It was belle tnl lllggins w ho tfunU-iicctl lu life luipilsuiniinit, N VELASCO FACES ANOTHER BATTLE i KL PASO. Tcxa. April 10. Itumora that General Velasco who fled from Torrcon with wha: was left of tho federal Karrloon after the re cent fight with Coneral Vtlla'a rebels, had reached Saltlllo tvero current hero today. Federal sympatblters said that If this proved true tho rebels had another hard flpht ahead of them, since Velnsco's force, to- pother with tho Snltlllo garrison, would mnko au army of 10,000 or 12,000 men. Thnt tho rebels had been badly beaten In their fight with the federals nt Snn Pedro Colonlas wag also re ported, though without confirmation. 9 EWES HAVE.28 LAMBS; 121 EWES 225 LAMBS, Welborn Ilceson of Talent says that sheep raising In Jackson county pays Because local sheep aro tho most pro lific In tho country and gives tho following cxperlonco to prove It. Ills flock of 127 ewes gave birth lo 22& lambs this spring. Nine uvves had 1'S lambs, eight having threo each and 0110 four lambs. Tho ewes vvero Hnmboullet and tho bucks Shrapshlre. BY T In the henting of charges preferred agaiiiHt Clyde Haruum, the county eouit has found ns follews: "This matter onmo on for hearing at the appointed time, District Com mUxiouor A. II. Carson appearing in person nml conducting an investiga tion for and on behalf of himself, ami Hie said Clyde Itanium appearing in pcrMiu nnd by his attorney, (lu Newbury, nnd his vvitue.-ses; ami the eourt having sat ami heard the tes timony Mihmittcd nml being at litis time advised in tho matter, finds thnt tho charges of dishoucxty against said Clyde Haruum woio not stislain oil ami finds fiom the testimony that tho said ( l.vde Haruum performed the services for which ho filed claim willi this eouit. "P. I.. TOP VIH.I.I:, County Judge, '. ('. LHHVP.II, Ctuiulv Conuniliiner. 'J. ('. SMITH, ( iniuty ( ouiuniuiier. "iliireh U, 1U1I." NEAR SALTILLO H TAKEN SA CONSU L'S REPORT PRESENT SESaON Canada Wires That Seaport and Oil Center Has "Apparently Fallen" and Is In Possession of Mexican Constitutionalists. Admiral Mayo Reported to Have Landed American Marines Sixty American Women on Warships. VKKA CljrZ, Mi-x., April 10.- Tiimpieo was believid hero today to be in the rebel' I111111N. This belief was liii-cd oil a di-pateh lo I'oited Stales Con-til (ieorpe Cnnadn from the eniiMil at Tiixpan, saying the o'ty had "apparently fallen." Knrlier reporN were to the effeol that the rcbtds were olo-ing in 011 the federal yarn-on. It vvn- report ed, thotiyli without connnuation, that Ailmirnl Mayo hail lauded American marine-. Sixty American women had been taken oil board the war-hip-. Jl'AIlK., April 10. Setting nl rort (he reports lliat the rebels hail been rcpuNcd in battle with General Vela-co's federals at San C'olonias, n iiiekiiKta was received from General Villa saying that the rebels there had been reinforced nnd that fighting wan in prjgres in tho Mrccts. NOGA1.ES, Sonora, April 10. Two Mexicans paid today tho penal ty of their loyalty to President Huerta when they were executed by a firing so.uad here at daybreak. The men wcro Francisco Flmbres and Joso Ganofca', mefnbcrs of llie Huerta Junta at Nogalcs, Arizona. They were captured on the Sonora side of the International boundary. Six riflemen at 20 paces responded to tho firing order when Flmbres was stood, blindfolded at the edgo ot tho grave that had been dug for him. Ganoba was led to bis trench after his comrade's body had crumpled Into Its grave. FAREWELL ADVICE E SAN QUENTIN. Cal., April 10. Jerry Allen, aged 40 years, was hanged In tho stato prison hero to. day for wife murder. llo killed Mrs. Allen when slio refusoc to leave a house of prostitution at Williams. Tho trap was sprung at 10: OS, and the body was cut down nine min utes later. Allen's neck was broken by tho fall. The murderer slept soundly last night but aroso early and ato a hearty breakfast. Ho walked with hoad erect and firm step to tho death room, and ascended tho scaffold without assistance. Just beforo tho blackcap was adjusted Allen mado tho following statement: "I murdered my wife and I am ready to pay tho penalty. Had she left that housa when I nsrcea nor to go, this thing novor would have hap pened. Hut, of course, It's too late now to think about such things. 1 hopo my death will bo a lesson to otl'ors. Temper Is a thing that men must learn to control." LDUIS HILL INSPECTS ASTORIA WATER FRONT ASTORIA, Or., April 10. -Presi-dent I.ouis Hill of the (heat North orn railroad, Piesident Oilman of thu North Dank line and fifteen other officials arrived hero hy special train today nml inspected the -I0IHI feet of water frontage owned hy the Hill 111 teio.t at Tniikoy Point, President Hill announced that thu yaids and docks of Iho Hill system will he built at Tauso Point, on account of thu ipilek diialei llial run lm given hull) liainx nml ntciimhlH. Tho putty ivturiicil to Portland ihU afternoon. CONTROL M W MURDERER NO. 17 APPLE BOX BILL IS TABLED FOR Congressman Raker Writes That Committee Has Tabled Measure Regulating Size of Apple Box and Spcedv Action Is Needed. Revival of Bill Urged and Everyone Interested Requested to Write and Wire Congressmen at Once. That the apple box hill, if not ileml. bns been whetted for the unw ell t session of congrosi is indicated by n letter received from Congress man J. P.. linker liv ( K. Wliisler. who, ns president of the Oregon Hor- tieulturnl society, had the lull in chariM'. The letter follewa: ".My Dear .Mr. Wliisler: "After receiving your letter, tho ono from Dr. Cook, nlso letters from practically all the parties who np enreil before the committee, from the east, n to their approval of hill II. If. 11178 with tho two amend ments ugrccil upon by conference in California, nml the-e letters, with the exception of the last ono receiv ed linvin' been submitted to the com mittee. I intended to tro before the committee after hnving secured nil of thu date, nnd I was surprised nnd stunned to receive in inv mnil Inst night from the chairman of the com mittee n letter of date April 3 n follows : "'I regret to inform you that to day the committee on coinage, weights and measures decided to ta ble the npple box bill for the prcft eTiT jiCs-sion of congress.'"" "I am coins to bee each individual member of tUU committee and nlso have Mr. Hnwley do the same, anil see if we will be able to i-et emlmdi of these to have u meeting called and take the bill from the table and net upon it at this session. "After nil our labor nml the unani mous agreement of all narties. it seems too bad thnt wo hnve been given this blow without the slightest warning. I cannot underatnud it, but will leave notliimr undone to ob tain favorable action. I wish vou would write n cood, strong letter to Chairman Ilardwiek and urire Iho-e interested and your friends to do tho smme. 'llus would hnve great weight. In fnc n letter to each member of tho committee should ho written. Am ineloMii!,' you list of the member. See page 0 of the inclosed tinmnh- let. Yours mot trulv. "JOHN E. RAKER." Mr. Wliisler snvs: "We are mnkiii" 11 stroii;; effort to have the bill taken trom the table nnd renorted out hv tho committee nt the nresent session and would urge every ono interested to write or tolegrnnh to Congressman Hnwlov or to Comrressmnn Thomns W. Ilardwiek, ehainunn committee 011 coinage, weights and measures, or to both, nnd to anv others, insisting 1 - ''r that this bo done. Public sentiment is a great factor in getting results, nnd let it be expressed now." TO REBUILD WELLESLEY PORTLAND, Or., April 10. A movement, expected to become nation wide, was inaugurated hero today by Mrs. Vincent W. Cook to secure $2, 000,000 by subscriptions of from $5 to lyfiOO eaeh from grudunlcij to re build Wellesley college, recently de stroyed by fire. The Rockefeller foundation fund pevernl days ngo offered to contrib ute $7.r0,000 for this purpose, contin gent upon .$2,000,001) being secured ftoiu oilier sources hy January 1, 11)15. I.OS ANOELKS. "If you wanted a boy to raise why didn't you adopt him (instead of marrying hmT" la iiulrud Judge Wood or Mrs, William Mann, -10, who asked u divorce from her !il year old husband. Hhtt got It 011 cruelty grounds. MAN'AOH, Ilruxll. Members (if tho Iloosevelt party arrivwt with thu hums Hint thu hiid and tUit wt of Id fowpsnloHg trlwbjy wmU rtmili Man son I hi h4 nl ik NmUs.