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I .-t'ft'HWtiWwwmwuiUMii ilii I'M I'HWUwftirtHMhdrtfiiyDwiwiwiitditoini .' j umiMu WU 20 Srcontl Slrwt J 'I G Medford Mail Tribune l:k SECOND EDITION f Tfl WEATHER J'alr Mar. W Mih, IW,- fortyfiMirth Yr. MflDFORD, OH MOON, FIMIUY", MARCFf 12, 1915 NO. fl02 i ZAPATA TROOPS KILL AMERICAN IN MEXICO CITY John D. McMnnus, Prominent Ameri can, Shot p.t Ills Home American Flan Floatlnn Over House at Time anil Doors Scaled by Brazilian Consul Kllllnii Said to De Revenue WASHINGTON, Mnrrli 12. John II. MoMmum, a pronilnunt American In Muxlro Oil)', 01 Initially from C'lil cukii, wan rtliol nml lillli'il In IiIn homo jeMenlny by upnlit troopers an they iwi'ii occupying Mio Mi'xlcnu rnpllnl nfter (In' eviicuittlon of Onimrnl Oliro koii nml tlin Ciirrniin forcoN, orrinliil illNpnli'liOH loilny from Hi" llrnrllliiu mlnUter In Mmlcn City sny tlm Aniorlrnn ling wim flouting over .McMmiiin' linust nml Hint IiIh doors liml been sealed b) tlm llnulllnn ion- Hill. Cilinc Ono of lloieiigi Tlm llrnilllun minister's dispute In tliimliiil Hull tln killing may liuvo Im'I'H win of revenge for It wits elitirKod Hint when Hm Znpnlu tnom leruntly occupied tlio niiltnl, Mc MiiniiH liml killed three of tholr mini. Iiit. Tim fnrt Hint tlio Aniorlrnn fine liml been IiiiInIoiI ovur tlm Iioumo nml Hie doom hhd been scaled liy thu con. Mil of n nmilrnl power wns tnken by officials hero to lnillcnti either Hint .MeMnnun foil lin wns In dniiRer or Hint nil foreigners worn fonrful of their unfitly with tho entry of tlm 'iipntlMa troops nml tool; stops for protection. Tho Killing of tho Amor Iran U described In tho official ills pntrhoH u hnvliiK wtisi'tl tlm excite mriit In Hm foiolgn colony. To I'iiiiHi .MiiiiIom'im Tlm llrnxlllnn mlnUter reported. Hint General Knlnxnr, the Znpntn com mnndcr, liml promised to find tho guilty tronporM nml jtii tilwti Hmm. It iiIho wns reported to Hut slnto tic purtiucnt Hint nftitr Gonornl Obror.on loft Mvxlm City Htero wits iionm loot ing In V'dpolln, ii suburb, bill Ihnl thoro wm no Koneinl looting or ills orilor. After n conference between I'rosl (lout Wilson nml the oublnot, n for- nml ibininml wiir Kent to Gonornl Hitl nxnr. Insisting Hint the ZupntlsliiH guilty of tlm iniiriler of Mo.Mnnus he punished nml Ihnl adequate ropiirn Hon bo iiimlo to tho fmnlly of thu vie lint. The ilmimiiil wiih IrniiMuiltod in n Inlrgmtii ill liy Secretary llryim Io "Hm llmxilinii mini-tor in .Mexico City. The Mnlo ilopiiitniont iippmvcd (lie Infniuuil notion of tlio IliimUnii inin Ulor in nuking for punishment oT llm riiinra nml IiihIiiioIoiI him In in-ist Ihnl it bo iinnied into effect. VlllnS 1'oittw An h Iiik IHkIi official iliil iml export llio affair would tlovelnp luiihiT eoinpli enlions'nf mi iiitormitiouul ehnrnctor. Tlmy woio inoliiioil In view tlio killing of iiiio Aiiit'iiomi in what iullit luivo liooii n poivoiuil oouliovtiivv in wliioli molixoh of rev oii(40 wore invohoil, ilitl not iioroti&iu'ily inomi tluit nil Aiuoii eiuiH or ollior foifiunoiH woulil In ononilly omlnnxoioil. (lonoinl Yilln'rt po--l non lost .Mexico Cilv wlioii tlio .n put n troops ontoroil voalonlnv, iioooriliiiu' to nlnlo lU'pnit- iiii'iil ntlviooH, wiis Tuliti about fifty milcH noitli, ono iIm.v'k inurcli. II in liulinvoil lioio, ultlmiiuli no utUpos liuvo Iioen roceivctl to Hint offect, Ihnl Villu fofoi'H ni-o iiniviiiK in tlio onp itul. Tlm nnt ilispnteli from tlio lliuxil inn miniver iimlur Into of I p. lit. yoKtonlny, sniil tlm Znpuln tioops en iorril in a liody ut 0 u. in. in porfoot onler nml wcro roocivoil with ciitluiH iiiHin liy Hm population of nil oliihhort. (Continued on puita t.) E PARIS, March PJ. Tlm official Ktntomoiil ihsiu'd (Iiik afternoon by tho Proiioh war ilojiaitment Kays: "In lloltjiiiin'two divisimiH of tho HoIkIiiii army iidvniioi'il hotween dOO and f(IO ineloiH, notulily in tho ll motion of tSchonihakko, to llm soiilli ciinI of Niouport, On tho remainder of llm fiont nolhiiiK litis taken plaoo to mill to yeloiilay' official t-talo-uiuut." . GREAT BATTLE IN LONDON, 'Shi roll V2. -A onii-o. ficliil .lntoiui'nt from IHroftriitl io porlH a new iikim'Iih'iiI of tlio (lormiiu forooH in I'oluml. KoIIouhik the lienxy I'oiiooulmlioii of (loiimiii tioopH for tlm ioiumvoiI ntlnok- on Pi7itMi)i.x ni'iir tlio PnirtKiuii lionlor, roluroroouiontH huro homi IhoiikIiI up in tlm I'ilioiit tivor ickIoii, noullnvoM of I'oluml. IVIiiibiiiiI, howevor, io. poll Hint these loiufofooiiu'iilH are intcmloil moioly to holil the present poiilioiiH tutlior t linn institute an. otlior ntompl to break lhroii:li tlio lliiHNiuii lino lotviml the Polish on pi Inl. ('oiioeiiiiuij' the ron I Imttlo which I'l'lrocnnl "y i" now in pioiomh in uortlieiii I'oluml, few ili'laiU hnvo boon leocivcil. Tho llu-.-iaii Htuto iiiciiI iiiciilii'iiM a liotrihiMiluionl of Os Noxtct. by neiiiiiiu uvinlort.. but i- filcul iim to tho oouro of the main i'iiKi'K'iiiinl. The HiilNIi atlitok in Iti'liiuu lm liioiiulit on two xitioroim oountor movement"! by tlio (loiiiuui4, but it i muiiI in l.omlon that crouml has hccii hold. In ClinuipuKiic further proroM for the Kioiioh i oluiiui'il, ulthoiiuli Hid (loimaii war offioo nmioitnood tu days ii(!o that lhi buttle hud heoti ooaolmlod. CIIICAdO. March 12 Pocullnr rlrctiniHtnticeii nlteinllnn tlm ilonth of rhrlxtlnn !'. llnxniejor. a italemunn from Portland, Ore., unit ntioL to denth on n train entering Chicago yehterday, raiifoil tho Inquent to bo cotillnuod to March 20, From tho toHtlmnuy of Hm train crow It wns cxtnhllfthcil Hint no ono had heard the shot which ended Himnycr' life; that, hlx watch clinln wmt dnnR IhiK am), the rliiK uilinitiiK from bin wntch. ilaxm)or'8 nophow Icittlflod Hint IiIh uncle wiih In tho hnhlt of cnrryliiK lurno iuiiouuih of money, llioucli only it few dollar woro found In IiIh clothliiK. Two of tho train crow told tho coroner Hint they found tho body on the ronr roach platform mi tho train entered Chicago nml Hint they had believed tho innn had died of heart iIIhciino. They mild llnxmyor had ap peared o ho In cooil Hplrlttt HiioiikIi out Hm Journey. FIVE MILLIONS 10 Ni:V YOltK, Mnrch 12. I'renl dout I'lorro S. Du I'ont of tho I. V. On Pont do Moil in Powder compnny Ihih announced Hint Hiifflclont orders hnvo been received from tho belli Koront powcra to wnrraiit tho coni pnuy In ninklni; InrKo oxtoiiBlona to Ita plants. "Our oxpondlttiron In contructlon tuny reach a tntnl of 15,000,000 or lnoro," ho unld. "Thla U nn oxtrn ordinary umoiint to npply townrd tlio innnufnrturo of mllltnry powduio," Mr. Du Tout nnld that land linn boon piirchiiMod already on tlm .Tallies river In Virginia for n now factory for tlm iniiutifnctiiro of dynamite nml Kim powder, PRESIDENT PLANS 10 END COAL E WARlIINdTON, Mnrch 12, Proat dont Wilson tool; n hiiiul In tlm cunt em Ohio conl HtrlUo when ho con Htiltoil with Socrotury Wilson of tho labor doiinrtniont nml ropresontntlvoa of tho conl operators ahout uiothoiU rcnchliiK u iiotdomout, Kociotary Wilson has nlrondy mnilo XrultlcHs uffortH to hrliiK tho oporntorn mid tho minors toimthor, As u vomilt of (odny'a conforonco, tho president Is oxpoctod to wrllo lot tors to lenilora of tho two Bldoa buk KostlnK Hint tho (llfforoiiccti ho m-bltiatod. NOW AIN NORTHERN POLAND RUSSIANS BEGIN SHELLING PORTS ON BOSPHORUS Active Co-operation With Allied Fleet Fire of British Warships Well Directed, Out at Times Ineffica cious Turks Accurate in Marks manship Not Much Damaijc Done. LONDON, Mini-It 11. It is learned Hiiouch diplnimttio Miurccs in Lon don that the ltmhiau lllaok sea fleet is expected to Mail a boiiiliarilmont of the llfMplioru poils today in ac tive co-operation with the allied fleet whirl) is nttcuiptiu to foree its wi Io Coii-tautiimplo through the Dar daiielloN from tlm kouth. CONSTANTINOI'Li:. .Mnieh 8, un ItcHiiii Mil i eh 1 1. nml i,i London, Muieli I'J, l'J:lll p. m. The fire l lliiti-li tvnivtiipx on 'I'lirkifih poilionx in the Dardanelles huw been well di- reeted on I lie whole, but at iitncH in- offionoioni. The Turku, on their xidc, IniMXhliown n I'uir debtee f neeiiriiev in their iiiiirlixiiiniifliii) ami have eoin polled Mrilinh vools to exercise creat caution in upproueliiiii; their liiittoiio-i. Waixlilp I'lro Scittloiod A correspondent of the An-neinled I're-'s wiliicM'd the boiuhnrdiuont of March .r diioclcd npiiiiixl llio posi tioim at Kilid Hahr, on the European xiilo of tho strait". He eoiild see the fire of cither side nml note how nil the hholrt fell. Tlm moN counted woro Mrili!i hhiw of Aciiinciiitinn type, The fiiinc tnrtril nt 1 1 :"0 a, in. and lasted until I :2."i p. in., when I lu llritih withdrew. Their firo had been rather ccallorcd. Sotno of it wiik diiecti'd nKiiinst Da rd anus nml other poinlM on tho Kuropomi iilo of the Mroitrt nml tho material daiungc iuflioled wa only hlight. A) Kilid Hahr tlio HiitUli fire wn wolljdirceted on the whole, hut it wuh not very effective. Of ahout th'tily heavy sholli. ton fell olo.o to tlio Turkinli halterioo, Mhile tho nther nintitly foil shot t. Munv of them "triiok nt the water's cdno. Vo..cl I'orcctl to Iteti-cnt A certain Mritih voshoI whirlt vch- tured within ninno of the Kilid llnhr huttoiics wuh Niibjeclod to well .mined. firo from them. Sho retreated hast ily. The vicinity of purtieulnr hn(- teric wan then avoided tlm rosl of tho day. In tho afternoon two Ilrit. ih vc.-oU oanio within iiiiiro of - hidden TurkiMi hnttcrv and had nar row ocoapes from the .liore firo, l)ur iiif; all the afternoon tho IlritUh vok ivl inside the htrnits woro obliged to maneuver actively Iiooiuim nt soon as any one of them Mopped it invnrinhly drew n fairly noeurntc Turkish firo. H wns oxidonl that tho llritih woro Pxori'5-.HiK tho cronloit caution. At ahout n qunitor before 4 in tho afternoon Boveral Iiydro-noroplanoR of tho ullies appeared ami inado n rooonnaifaiioo. To the ohxorvors it wns apparent Hint they dropped houilis on u village on tho Huropoan hidelof tho straits. Tho nirships io tired when filed upon. WASm.NOTOX, March 12. Secro- tnry McAdoo was operated on for ap pendicitis today nt a hospital hero. Tho physicians Issued a bulletin say ing tho oporntlon had been auccoss fill In ovory wny nml Hint tholr pn tlent wns In n very fnvornhlo condi tion. Mra. McAdoo, President '"WIN son's yoiuiKOst datiRhtcr, nccompanlcd hor huabaml to tho hospital and waited In tho nuto room until operation wns over. tho OLD KING COLE OE E N'HW YORK, March 13. Tlm dcnHi of William 'WnHlilnKton Colo, old tlino clroiiH man, In this city on WednoHdny nlBht, beenmo known to day. Mr, Colo wuh In Ills rtlth yenr. AW V. Colo's olrciiH wns nlmorbod by tho Ihu'iiuiii & Dalley oruunl.ti- Hon, i OIL KING'S WIFE DEAD Wstompj&KBFaLtim DIES AT HER HOME ni:v .lolui D. oVloek VOIMC. March Koekofcller died 12. at -Mr-. 10:20 this forenoon ut (he Itorkc- feller country homo at I'oeantico llillx, jut out side of Tiiirytown, where hio hits been ill for some time. While Mr. Itockt fotler hu been an invalid lor many iikuiIIi-, it is under IimmI Unit her ilcalh eamo unexpect edly, llor hiislinmL John I), lloeko feller, and her i-nu woro nt Oniioud, l-'la., and woro ndvi-eil today Hint Mix. Uoekofellor'had taken n ciitieal turn for tho wor.-e. Mr. llockofcller and his son imnicdiatclv cupHKod a speeiul train wlimh left Jnckonville onily today, it jvns learned, mid ! duo hero some iiuio tomorrow. Mr.. I'nnnnloo I'rcnlioo, Mrs. Koekcfol lei's dniujhtor, vtis the only relative pro-enl when shojlied. Jim. Kookofollor'ri si-dor, Jliss Lucy SHliiiiin, nlso was with her when she died. Ncivk of the death n'Oolied'onplo'vosTf llio llockoft'irf? oslato at Tarrytown after it had been announced in this eity. Jtrs. Kooko feller liml apparently boon roeovcritis; i-ccontly from her indi-positinn mid ono duy this week hud been curried to her conservatory to see tho flow ers. Sho appealed to ho bettor and in good spirits ,osloiduy. BY BELLIGERENTS ON POLISH FRONTS PKTnoaiUn. Mnrch 12. Horn hardiiieutR of tho forts nt Ossowotz by (oriunna without, however, causing dniuaKO anil otlior operations by ntr craft attached to both nrinles aro re counted In a semi-official communi cation Inst nlRht. Tho statement says: "Tho wenther for tho Inst few days has been excellent for aeroplane rcconnnlsanres on tho eastern fronts. Ilnth Bldoa liavo been nctlvo In thla respect and also havo used dirigibles. Tho enemy's aviators dropped 20 bombs on Ossowetis without damago to these fortifications. "On tho rrKht bank or Hies Vistula wo captured an ncrophino. On tho 1'lllca our aviators attacked and de feated a Oormnn neroplnno. At cer tain points tlio enemy dropped in condlary bombs without causing dam- ago. "Our aeroplanes did excellent work In correcting artillery firo and tho onomy's aviators woro similarly serviceable, for tholr artillery suc ceeded In firing projectiles of all sorts on our positions, including shells containing poisonous gases and sholls so old thoy failed to explode" OF 111 STEAMSHIPS AMSTRRDAM, March 12, via Lon don, 1:52 p. in, Tho Mlttnc Zel- tung of llorlln has publlHlied a list of merchantmen said to liavo boon destroyed by tho Gorninn navy stneo tho beKlnnluK of tho war. According to It Qorman vossola hnvo suuk.lll utonmora with n total tounago of 4 00,000 j four nuxlllury cruisers with n total tonnnKQ of ,12,500; ono snit- llliv V.,Qil.,1 mil, Drlirm,M l.vl., ...Ima ,..n .v.".., ....v oviiuuiivi, UlblH HUU uiivvrviB uiiu uuu vtuuji liauaiiuri. I ROCKEFELLER A Ami A P RD IT TO TRY THAW Private Ventjeaance Declared Re sponsible for Expenditure of Thou sands Upon Thousands in Persecu tion of Thaw Special Attorney General Spends Five Years on Case XKW YOIMC, Jin ivh PJ. In his losing millions to the jury sitting in the ease of Harry Kendall Thnw and four co-do readmits on dint for con spiracy, John II. Ktnnehfield, Thaw's counsel, urged the jurv today to de termine whether they believed Thaw haw recovered his .nnity, mid if they did, to say so in their verdict, Mr. Stanehfiehl sketched tho rase of (In defense am laid particular einphit'-is o the claim (hut Thaw planned his mn esenpe from the stale hospitnl for the committal of the inxmic nt Mat I on won becaiie ho believed Hint he was sane, nml Hint to icniuin in the ho-pilal would entisc him to oc his mind. Persecution of Thaw Jlr. Siinchfield ns-ailcd Franklin Kennedy, special deputy attorney general in ehargo of the prosecution, charging tliat hi sole oeeiipution for live years hud been the cn-o of Thaw, lie centinued: "aoiiu private veagance is respon sible for the slnto of New S'ork spending thousands upon tlmusnnds of ihdlars. prohahly .f."0,000, Io trv Thaw upon n puny little elinrgc like this. l am somewnat ot n cross. exam iner nmr would give any thing to crosi,.cjinijiino Jlr. Kcnuedy." - "I'll go on the s'land," said Jlr, Kennedy. "ii you ever do and I get nt you. you will remember w hut hnpicii-," re plied Jlr. .Stnnchfield. Closing Argument The defence closed its ease nfter Thnw huil nnswered n few tpiestions of minor importance on cross-examination. The prosecution wns o sum up litis afternoon. The case, it wns snid, would go to the jury Immediately nf ter .Justice Pngp presiding, hud deliv ered his chnige. Attorneys for both sides mi hi they expected a quick ver dict. AUTHOR IN JAIL J. C. Deverenux. held In tho coun ty Jail under nn indotermlnnto sent onco of from two to 20 years for forsery, was taken to the stato pri son at Sulom Thursday, Dovoreaux pIiico his Incarceration has sold mag azine articles to Munsoy's, tlio Re view of Rovlows, and the Literary Di gest, and during his prison term ex pects to bo ablo to contlnuo his liter ary work. Most of tho articles ho has sold have first passed through tho hands of Circuit Judge F. M. Calkins for criticism. Practically all of his tlmo In jail Is spent writ ing, n typowrltor being ono ot his luxuries. Dovoreaux Is a young man, and bo- foro ho lauded In tho county Jail en gaged In varied pursuits. Friends will ask tho prison authorities to givo htm a chanco ',o follow his lRor nry bent during his prison term. The sentenced man Is also a poet. RURAL PUPILS DEFEAT THOSE IN JACKSON TOWNS SALKM, Or., Jlarch 12. Tho coun try children of Jackson county woro mora nceuruto and solved more prob lems than tho children of Hm towns of Hint county, according to a report made on a toft in arithmetic by Coun ly School Superintendent Wolla to Stale Superintendent of Public In Miuctioii Churchill. Ho fiuvs that he prepared lest problems for each of tho grades from the fourth to tho eighth grades inclusive, Tho city children, mivo in tho fourth and fifth grades, woro more rapid in thoir work, ho said, but tho country chil- tlrou, with tho exception of thu eighth grade, solved moro problems, nml 1000 0 MS AP FORGER BECOMES I their work was movo ucuurate. IM'IMS SLAIN EN HR KILLING ROBBERS I)KK Kit, Mnrrli li . I). Wood. ii Don, or real estate denier mid n broiher-iii-law of John II. JlcJIanus, received n incssnge from tho stnlo de partment at Washiiigtou today in forming him of tho killing of Jfc Jfuriiis in Mexico City. The stale de partment telegram included a mes. sngcfroni Jlrs. Jfejraniis, dated yes terday, and transmitted by (he Hra zilian minis(er. It eaid: "Jolitinie killed this morning. At tack on house. Rest nl! well. Were not there ut time. "HUTU." Wood wiib financial ngent for the Ilrymtt, Jlcllheiiuy & Co., n' firm which manages n largo group of mines in the tlunnnjiinta district. He has been in business in Mexico City iibout twenly-five yenrs and wns n lender in the affairs of the Amerienu colony. A recent loiter Io Wood from Jfrn, McMniiuH said: "The raids aro o frequent that wre cannot leave the children nt our ranch. I hno been uneasy ahout John, for ho shot tuo Mexicins tint long ago and there is n hunch nfter him. The .Mexicans wen members of a big gang of robbers who were hero to loot the place. I think some of the nccnmmoddtin; friends of these two slain robbers are waiting to Ktiek a ktiifo into John." Jlrs, JIcMiiiuw wn Jliss Ruth Wood of Denver. Sho married JIc Jlunus twenty-five vears ago. Wood said his brother-in-law had lieen n resident of Jfexico City since shortly nfter his marriage nml Hint he was the father of four children. Ileforo he went to Jfexico ho wai widely known among Denver mining men, he said. "He owned a lnrgt dairy and other large property inter ests in j7exlco City. Not long ago thore wns a raid on his dniry mid Hie .Mexicans stole several of his eows. IW shot two of the Jfc.ioaus in the raid, and when they eamo nijaiu ves- leiday they came for the purpose of killing htm, in my opinion." RYAN REFUSES TO WASHINGTON, Jfureh 12. Allen Ryan of New York, n stock broker and son of Thomas F. Ryun, refused to answer questions todav before the senate ship lobby inquiry committee. llio committee gnvo him until Tues day to consult counsel mid threaten ed to turn over his ense to tho Unit ed States ntorney, Jlr. Ryan was asked on what business ho had como to Washington five or six times sineo December 1. "With, whnf branch of government wns the business that called you here?" asked Chairman Walsh. Ryan declined to answer. Ho snid, however, Hint his visits had nothing to do with tho ship purchase bill. TO FREE PRIESTS LOS ANGELES, Jinrch 12. Two tliousnml Mexicans stormed tho na tional palneo nt Jfexico City yester day iu an effort to release 230 Cath olio priests imprisoned there, accord ing to ndviees received hero today. A riot followed. Gustavo, ehiof of polico of tho capital, wns stabbed, two Mexican assassins who attacked him were killed and n largo number of persons injured. NEW YORK, March 12. The Southern Railway company directors today decided to suspend tho divi dend on tho proferrod Btock, ordinar ily payable In April. In Octobor last tho directors declared a dividend at tho rate ot four por cont, payablo In flvo year scrip, Immediately after tho announcomont of suspension ot tho dividend stock bioke from CO to '15U, Its minimum Is 43, FRUIT SHIPPERS UNITE TO SOLVE SALE PROBLEM Northwestern Fruit Districts Get To gether to Arrange Common Selling Plan F. 0. B. System Recwn mentlcd Ship No Fruit Unless SsM Minimum Upon Consigned Fruits. BRATTLE, Wash., March 12. Th Northwest Fruit Shippers' Council'! committee on organization and mom bershlp. submitted Its report today. Following aro the principal fea tures: Co-opcrntlon with tUo growers' council, representing 2000lfrult growers of tho north wVst. - Membership to consist of those handling northwestern deciduous fruits to the extent of HO cars or more and who agree to nbldo by rule and regulations of the council. Dues to b 1100 per year for each momber, tho remaining exponso to bo assessed on tonnage basis. Expense estimated at $10,000 per year. Hoard of Control Administration effected through a board of control of H members and a governing board of seren elected from tho board of control. There will bo a president, two vice-presidents, secretary and treasurer. Only tho latter two may not be members of the board of control. Tho president must be from the gov erning board. - The object of the organization Is to form Information" and traffic bur eaus, study market conditions and ex tend distribution. Everything tend ing toward restraint ot trade will be avoided. Favor 1. O. It. System The commltte to devise ways and means recommended encouraging the method of selling for cash or on firm orders, generally known as tho F. O. U. system; discouraging shipping un sold cars, known as thes tramp car evil, seoklng tho necessary co-operation ot growers In this reform; avoid ing consigning 'fruit with no mini mum prlco attached; providing ways nnd means ot disciplining unfair buyers who practlco unjustifiable re jection ot shipments ordered, giving specious excuses when their real mo tves Is to escape losses on a falling market; throwing maximum protec tion around buyers who practice the square deal. Tomuigo 1(1,000 Carload i Tho tonnage controlled by ship pers In attondanco totals 10,000 car loads. All but n few ot tho nmallor cash buyers and representatives of eastern dealers signed the member ship roll. As a result ot caucasca tho follow ing will bo elected members of tho governing board and the board of contrel: O. M. McKce and II. M. Gilbert, for tho Ynklina district. Conrad Ross and G. W. Coburn for Wcnntcheo valley. W. F. Gwln. gcnoral managor of the Northwestern Fruit Exchange, Seattle. II. F. Davidson of Hood River, president of the North Pacific Fruit Distributors, Spokane. Eight other members ot tho board ot control are to bo choson, ono by tho shippers of each of tho follow ing districts: Hood River, Rogue Rtvcr, Westorn Oregon, Walla Walla, Southern Idaho, Montana; Spokane and Lowlston Clarkston. These eight will select the sovon'h momber of tho governing board. I SITUATION SERIOUS fi WASHINGTON, March 12 Dr, V, . G. Rouck of (ho bureau of animal hut bandry will bo sent to Kansas to take ehargo ot Hie situation that lias d-" velopod there as the result of fot and mouth disease. This announce ment was made today by Secretary Houston of the department -''f agri culture, It followed PredldentWU son's receipt of n telegram from Oov cmor Capper of KanHaB saying ' tb spread ot foot and mouth, 4imn' "threatens to wlp out the UmtMk Industry In Kansas," Secretary Houston wit), ha paw mo cause for alarm In tip situation. il 4 H 1