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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.
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ANNNAN
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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TAFT BATTLES
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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,"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, ,
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