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V Di S$ K SECOND EDITION Forty ikm'oihI YVnr l)nllv Hi'Vi'iiili Yi'iir. All Communication With Stricken City Severed Fresh Break Forty Miles Downstrcnm Flooillun New Area Rainfall Raises, niver. Thousands of Persons Hltclillccl Along Levees Awaltlnu '06:01630,000 Homclrss Belnjj Fed. NEW Oil LEA N, l.n May 7. Willi riiliifiill hrlngluA tli't MIhhIhhIppI waters again to n threatening nlng" llioitsuniU a i i working tin the threat ened livees today. 'I'ho iIIIicm me mill In urn mi dunir. Iluiulrit'lti of boys tin filling HandbiigH, which tint Hii'ii an It it it 1 1 11 ft In Hi" Ii'Vcoh mid putting In place. Practically nil mil communication wltti Now Orli'iuiH Is ncvcred today. Tim Kiilnt Hophlii levee, 4 0 miles below Now Orleans, broke nt iiimhi. With ii 200 fool gap In Out lovce, n section which wan hitherto ronnltl tiiiI wife In being flooded. Thousands of permnm tint huddled together along the levee In various pin tH of Louisiana loilny, waiting to In' rent-lied. Relief Ik being hurried to tlio threatened sections, tivury it vii I In lit craft having been phired In rcitlhlllou. Refugee arc making hcuduuiirtorfl In Union lloiif.it and Natchez, where tlny havu IxH'ii housed In schools anil churches. Food Iiiih been ilittrlltttil to no. mm Hiiffi'rom In Louisiana alone. NHW YORK, Mny 7 "Well, Mary lit ml wont right," stud Tlu'oilori' Roncvcl with n lironil grin today as lio Mil ill his office at tin- Outlook, lie will remain lime for seven days attending to his duties us associate editor of the Outlook. HALTIMORK, .Mil., Mny 7. Pnu lienlly iMMiiph'tti returns from yen tcrihiy's primary loilny show tli.it Theodore Roosevelt will control tin slate convention ThurMlny, May II, I Iiiih ensuring to him u solid dclcgu liou of 1(1 from Maryland in the Chi cago convention. Roosevelt cleeled (1(1 delegates to Tart's (ill. Roosevelt',, ioiiilar majority will reach MOO. On tlie democratic side Champ Chirk'ri followers elected 80 delegates to the sluto democratic- eoiiveiition, while Wooilrow YJsou got -Ifi ami Itidsnn Harmon two. A peculiar feature of tlio republl can contest wiik that while one dis trict was favorable to Hoosovelt .in tlio presidential preference vote, Taft, in tlio Name district, elected four dele gates to the Htutc convention. Under the law, these delegates are compelled to support Roosevelt. Colonel NooBovcIt carried every district in Unltiinore. Taft carried Hie dishiclH oit (ho eastern idiom ami in South Maryland. ALL PEACEFUL ALONG 8AN PltANOIHCO, Cnl., Mny 7. lteH)iln that American cltlzoim on (lie vtHt count or Mexico are In Bravo iliiuijiir tltrntiKli revolution wore Klvon tlio lie today on tlio arrival of tlio Hteainor l'oru In Sua KranclHOo from tho BOitlh. liiHteiul of tho mob or rronzloil rcl'iiKciiH, tho l'oru Hhoulil have cur rleil, liiul tho lucomllnry roportH boon Iriio, hIio hail Junt two lmiiHotuioi'H iilioiinl from tlio weHt coaBt. 'IMtn OiiiMl'n rtfflftail'u uuitif nulinpit MU Wl II tl 'IMVVU 11 u lib iidiiwiu at Kulliiii Oruz, Aoulpo and Ban Dliiu, but found till poacoful thoro. NEW ORLEANS CTT OFF FROM OUTSIDEWORLD MM T WINS MAUD M mm MEXICO'S mm Medford ANNNAN N AHA CK N ON Mexican Rebels Under Orozco Sur round City Into Which 8,000 Fed eral Troops Have Retreated Com pletely Surrounded Must Fight. Reported Victory of Federalists turns Out to Oc Oloody Defeat at Mon clava. F..WILF. PASS. Texas. May 7. Heavy cannonading today opened the siege ill' Torreou by icbel troops on tier the direct co'miiiiiuil of General I'lisciuil Oro.en, according to dis patches ieci:ii'd here from the he lenpicicd eitv. (leiiernl lluerla' H.0IIII federals have tvilhilrawn into the eitv, and llie rebeln, to an eipml inimlior, aie hiirroumlini; it and male itiu' attacks at half a dozen points. The rebel headipiarters lust uiht Ntrelelied in a line 18 miles from east to west, hut this inoniiiiu'. hemmed it on three hides, lluertii must eitliei liejil or surrender. His retreat south ward is iiiiMissihle as the National railway from Torreou to Mexico City is- prticticnlly out of commission ami the whole iiitcrvcuiui; country xwunn with rebels. The reported eiiKiiKeiiient of 1,81)0 federals and 'J.IIIIO rebels at Mouehiva which Mexico City dcspatchi'M de clared wiih a federal victory, in real ity was a crushing defeat for the MudeiisliiH. It was the bloodiest bat tle of the revolution. The rebeli ad mit IS00 lo.s and it is reported that the federal hisses were still renter. Tim Imttle was fought in a nariow mis elf;ht mileti from ('uatro'Cienit .'um, the federalH firin'i: from the mountainsides. The- rebels finally routed the federals, who retreated on Mouehiva. HACKAMUNTO, Cnl.. Mny 7. Hu ilolph ami Claim A. Sprocketx and tltelr HlBler, ICmtiiii C. Ferris, nro confirmed In their liiherltanco of $5,000,000 left to thorn hy tho will of their father, tho Into Claim Sprock ets, by tho rofunul of tho Htnto bii premo court HttthiK hero to set anlilo Its previous iIccIhIoii UiIio1(IIur tho will. CoiuiHcl for John I), and Adolph It, Spreekels, the older brothers, argued that slnro tlio .vounger brothers hud first tried to secure legnl snnctloa of tlio will and when defeated In tlio Httperlor court. mid pending decision of their appeal to tho nupromo court, bad begun nn entirely now action, Ignoring tho will and iiHklng that tho property bo divided, tlio Inst notion hud annulled tho first, llouro, thoy argued, tho decision of tho supremo court upon tlio first action should bo Hot nHlde. STERE0TYPERS REFUSE TO OBEY UNION'S ORDERS nilCAflO, May 7. -Sledotypors who are ou strike here in aid of tho striking web pressmen, today ignored tho orders of their international offi cers to resume work immediately, Their representatives told Interna tional President Freel Hint they would but (hoy did not fulfill Ids orders. WALLA WALLA, Wn., May 7. Litllo was dona usidu from the seltl hiirol' tho contests in Adams and King counties in tlio deniooratiu state con vention hero today. , Tlio out iro forenoon was spent in quibbling and fighting over the seat ing of tlio Adams and King county delegations. At noon the Ritisvillo or first elected delegation of tho Adams county coiitestanis, had been seated hy tho convention, and tho King coun ty people bad ono hour to debute the mutter. Has Ml ONES! HIED WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS QUIBBLE MEDFORD, BOURNE GRILLS PRESIDENT FOR APPOINTMENTS Orcjjon Senator Asserts That Taft Violated Constitution and Evadrfd Law by Recess Appointments of Rejected Officials for Oregon Ports Appointments Made hy Consent of Members of National Committee and State Political Machines. PORTLAND, Mny 7. Denouncing him for his "cwision mill violation of the plain intent of the constitution," and for pursuing such luetics as tend to injure the public service, t.'uiled Slates Senator .louiithau Itotirnc, of Oregon, in a letter made public here today, bitterly attacks l'r-ideat' Taft for the action be took in the upMiiulmciit of a United States mar shal tor Oregon and a collector of customs for Portland. In Bourne's letter which is dated May 'J and is addressed to Preside it Taft, the senator says that when the term of C. J, Heed, as L'nited State marshal for Oregon expired Jnuiiary HI, 11)10, be lecommeudcd Hon. J. Prank Siuuot as Weed's successor. Senator Bourne hays that President Taft, disregarding the senator's rec oinuiendatioiis nail without making any objections to Hiuuot's (nullifica tions, delayed the iipsiiutiueut till December 7, 11)10, when be appointed ('. (I. Col well to the position. Colw ell distasteful. "Colwell was ilUln.Mefol to both Senator Chamberlain and my.-rlf," sa.Vh Bourne, "because he was one of tbut crowd of unscrupulous oliti eians who urged nieiiibers of the leg islature to violate their written pledget, to the people of tho state that they would support for United States senator that candidate who re ceived the largest number of the peo ple's votes at the proceeding general election." Senator Bourne and Senator Cliam berlaiii protcMcd and tile nomination of Colwell was not confirmed. Presi- Ident Taft, then, according to the let ter reiptested to be permitted to with draw tho nomination of Colwell. Senators Bourne and Chamberlain consented, Bourne "assuming you would not take advantage of the courtesy." Reappointed In It cress. Taft, says Bourne, reappointed Colwell in tho recess of congress. Later the letter says, after Bonnie and Chamberlain again protested and the president, Bourne charges, saw there was no chance of nominating Colwell, he withdrew the nomination, lie later presented the nomination of Leslie M. Scott, whose appointment is pending. , "This man Colwell," says Senator Bourne, "who had tried to overthrow tlio will of the people of Oregon and destroy our system of popular gov ernmental law, was thus kept in of fice eight months by your evasion of tlio plain intent of tlio constitution." "Pursuing tho snmo policy of evas ion and usurpation," continues the letter, "you sent to tho senate, Jan uary l!l, .1011, the appointment of Phillip S. Malcolm as collector of customs for Portland." Altered Constitution. "B.V your course," Bourne charges, "you read into tho constitution some thing not placed there by its authors." Tlio letter further says, "In Oregon and in many other states you have iniido appointments by and with tho consent of members of tho national (Coutlnuod on Page Two.) Tlio report of tlio credentials com mitteo accepted all (ho credentials without ipiestion, save those of Ad ams and King counties, and except as to these ensos, it was adopted, Tho unit, rido was recognized, no proxies being- allowed savo as the counties themselves decided, and several min or points wero acted upon, Mayor George J Cotlorill of Seat tle today is conceded the credit for the victory of the King county prim ary delegates over tlio "huud-piokod" delegates before tho credentials committee, Mail Tribune ORIWON, TM&SIMY, MAY Dead Hand Dictates Her Future yBhtilBiHHH'nA tJillllllllllllllllllllllH I ?fj 'VjlvTJ 7 L imi'iii HR5 JOHN NKW YORK, May 7.--Mr. Made line Force A 'lor, giri-nldow of Col onel .loliu .lai.'oh Asfo-tilio went twn with the liner TilaiJUK donmol to life-long widowhooif if the wi-be-. to retain her portion of her husband's J?7"i,O(J0,0O0 csliite. according to the terms of Colonel A.-lor'. will, on tile here today. The will lene .?o,t)(IO, 000 in trust for the 1!) year old wide v which will o to Vincent Ator if -lie ever remarries, or in the event of her death. The residue of the e.-tate. .fftn.OOO, 000, is left to Vincent Ator. th col unci's son. Kive million is left to the daughter, Muriel, and JH.OOO.flOO in trnt for Mr. .Madeline .War's unborn child. To friend-, relative-, servant!, and charity .?2.700.000. Mrs. Ava Willing Ator, Colonel A tor's divorced wife sets nothing. The tenns of the will nullify the chances of Mrs. Madeline Force Ator to be one of the leaders of society a mistre.ss of Beachwood, the magnifi cent Astor home, in Newport. Thi honor will go to Vincent Astor'- wile, whoever he inav he BEGIN TRIAL TO E! WASHINGTON, May 7. With bnrred doors and even the committee clerk excluded the house judiciary committee today begun tho investiga tion of the impeachment charges against Judge Robert Archbald of tho commerce court, A decision is expected in ten days when it is pre dicted impeachment will bo recom mended. "This proceeding resembles that of a grand jury," said one member of the conunitttee today. "It would be improper to call a- a witness the per son against whom the investigation is ninied." A dozen witnesses will be examined, At tlio opening of their session tlc committee examined the documents tho ease submitted by President Taft. ALL AMERICANS SAFE IN MAZATLAN SAYS BUF0RD WASHINGTON, .May 7 All Amcis ioaus arc safe on tlio west coast of Mexico ant nil is ipiicjl in Mazatlau, in spite of tho alarming reports to tlio contrary, according to advices received here today from tlio army transport Bttford, recently sent from San Francisco to "roseno" tho Amor icans. The Bul'ordV despatches state positively thai Hie Americans have- suffered no 'hardships nnd nro in no danger. . x ASTOR DOOi GIRL WIDOW TO REMAIN UNWED mm 7. 1012. JACOB ASim E SAN FRANCISCO, Mny 7. With exclusive right- for the United States Alaska, Cuba. Panama. Porto Rice, unit 4lHl!iiaiiiimi",iimi - Philippine Islands the l'oiil-cn Wirele-s com pany, (hrou-li it.- operating agent, tho Federal Telegraph company, has en tered today the field of eommerei.il wirele-s telegraphy. The perfection of the sy.-tem realizes the hope of a day and night erviee over land. While the average pompany -end 30 or -mi worn- in a minute, uie rouisen v-teni, it is claimed, can handle from :iU() to -tOO words. The company now has 1 .stations on the Pacific const. It intends fir-t to establish U.s svstem west of the Mi-sis.-ippi river and over the Pacific ocean to the Philippines before tapping the eastern United States. A number of San Francisco capitalists are heavily interested : the enterprise. At present the company is prepared to send day and night messages be tween tho following point-.: Seattle, Portland, Roche Harbor, Medford, Saornmento, Stockton, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sun Diego, Phoenix and El Pas,,, Night service to Chicago will be given through Fort Worth, Dallas and Kansas. City. TURNS GUN ON SELF I PHOENIX, Ariz.. May 7. While the stnto legislating was In session here today F. Cotfman, 27 years of nge, entered tho offlco of the state surveyor general In tho cnpltol and shot nnd Instantly killed Chief Clerk Malcolm Ollletto of tho surveyor's office. He then shot himself through tho heart. Coffmnu fell dead beside tho body of his victim. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 7. Delegates to tho qundronnlal gonoral conference of tho Mothodlst Episco pal church continued their nttneks on tho Catholics nt today's session, Dr, Edwin Locko of Topokn, Knn., presented a resolution condemning tho wearing of distinctive religious Kurb In tho Indian schools of the United States govornmont. Judgo ThomtiH Anderson of tho District of Columbia supremo court nddrossed tho dolegntes In a discus sion of tho establishment of a church court of final appeal, In tho course MEDFORD BRANCH WIRELESS HOB COMMERCIAL EIELD mam m tirflffon Historical City flail TAFT BATTLES TO THE F WITH TEDDY Undaunted hy Reverses, President 1 Plans to Wage War Against Rival Upon Stump Throucjhout Remain der of Campaign in Ohln. Ohio the Bloody Battle Ground of Campaign and Result Will Settle Success or Failure for Executive. CINCINNATI. Ohio. Mny 7. A .it Tenuous speaking campaign which will last until tho republican national convention meets In Chicago In Juno w:js announced here by President Taft. The results of the primary elf-ctloni In Maryland, .Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have ranged the president to Inane u declaration of war to,the last day of the nominating cumpalgn. Ohio Is designated by the president as the "bloody battle ground" for the decisive fight of this campaign, and he will spend the next few days raking over the record of Theodoro Roosevelt for points which he may make the targets for attacks In the speeches In this state. Colonel Koosevelt will be In Ohio next week, simultaneously with President Taft and the trails of tho opposing candidates may cross. Bit ter recriminations are expected. President Taft will make 14 speeches In Ohio tomorrow, the first being at Batavia. WT REIHHI CINCINNATI. Ohio, May 7. With general depression prevailing among the members of his party over the result of yesterday's primary elec tion in Maryland, President Taft was reticent today on the subject of the Roosevelt victory In that state. The president chatted with a num ber of boyhood chums today and ar ranged to attend the baseball game this afternoon between the Philadel phia and Cincinnati National league teams. Tonight he will be the guest of honor at a May day festival. Secretary Hllles announced that the president will end his visit to Ohio nt Columbus tomorrow night. On the following Wednesday he will return for a four dnys campaign in an effort to capture the state pri mary May 21. ITALIANS REPULSED BY TURKS OFF TRIPOLI TUNIS, Tripoli, .May 7. Turks and Arabs repulsed 1,000 Italians near Bon Keiuesch, on the Tripolitan coast near the Tunisian frontier, according to advices received here today. The Tripolitan losses were 'J.'i dead and 4."i wounded. The Italians retreated with five dead. CONTESTING DELEGATIONS SENT FROM ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 7. Ar kansas will send contesting delega tions to the Chicago convention. The state republican convention, which is being held today, undoubtedly will result in a split, both tho Roosevelt and Taft forces naming instructed delegates at large. of his remarks. Judgo Anderson de nounced tho recall of tho Judiciary and of Judicial decisions. Ho said: "It Is proposed that tho peoplo, In tholr aggregate capacity, shall bo given not only tho right to mako tho laws, but to determlno tholr meaning. Thus, at ono blow, thoy would strlko down two co-ordliiiUe brauches of tho government tlio legislative and tho judicial. "This theory Is so repugnant to tlio ideas of ordorly government that It will murk tho beginning of nation al decay and universal anarchy," INISH m ffflffl A ABUSED SoofiW .1 7r.V WEATHER Fair nnil wanner. Mat, 7, Mlii. !17. ITo. 39. E Benton Bowers and S. A. Carleton of Ashland Visit Medford and Talk of Enjoining County Court From Pro ceeding With Bear Creek Bridge. Say That County Should Not Do Anything This Year In Way of Im provement. That n number of Ashland citizens are seriously considering enjoining; tho county court from proceeding with tho construction of a new brldgo over Bear creek Is shown by tho no tion of Benton Bowers and S. A. Car leton of Ashland who wero in this city Monday dlscilsslng the matter. The two men expressed tho opinion that the county should be so enjoined and endeavored to enlist aid of ono or two .Medford men in the matter. Whether they will bring tho suit or not remains to be seen. Information from Ashland today la to tho effect that tho matter of en Joining the county court Is being generally discussed there, a number openly advocating tho step- The ar gument advanced Is to the effect that tho county In its present financial state should not undertake any work whatever this year. It was reported today that Will lam Ulrlch was planning to enjoin the court from building tho brldgo, but Mr. Ulrlch emphatically denies this, stating that ho has no such In tention whatever and will not aid, financially or In any other way, such a movement. He admits being ap proached by Ashland men but states that betumphatlcatly. declined to-mv anything to do with such a step. t NOT DROWNING. KILLED HALIFAX, N. S., May 7. Expos ure and not drowning was responsible for the death of most of tho victims of the Titanic disaster, according to a statement made here today by tho physician of the cable ship Minia. Of 17 bodies recovered by the Minia, 1(J died of exposure, hours after tho Titanic sank. Water was found in the lungs of but one corpse. The Minia reported that tho bodies were found miles npnrt nnd their re covery was possible only through ex pert navigation, combined with good luck. IS AT THE GOLDEN GATE SAN FRANCISCO. Cnl., May 7. Returning from a mission of gopd will In South and Central America In bohult of President Taft, Secretary of Stute P. C. Knox was today tho recipient of tho same good will ho has been dispensing from tho peoplo of San Francisco. Upon his arrival hero ho was groetod nnd wolcomeel by Mayor James Holph, Jr., Presi dent C. C. Moore of tho 1916 exposi tion compuny, and members of tho fair dlrectorato, and was conducted to tho St. Francis hotel by a military escort nnd a platoon of police. 1 VISITS DEATH CELL BOSTON, May 7.;MisB L, V. Riehosnn today visited Jior brother, Rev. C. V, T. Richesou, condemned to dio for the confessed murder of bis 11) year old sweetheart Av! LiniU'll. Tho guard about the fallen pastor lis been doubled. Iticliesoii will bo transferred ) to tho htnto prison, whew hia xwi4 tiou has been fixed for May 19, , A LAN MN MA ENJOIN NEW B mm TTANC IMS Q 4 r - 1 mm