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MEDFORD, WEDNESDAY, FKJMIMKY 12, 1013.
NO. 277.
EM CANNONADING DEMOLISHES SKYSCRAPERS AI MEXICAN CAPITAL
f
FOREIGN E
THAT
NEGOTIATIONS
FIG NG
din Dullillniis Smashed by Raking F Ires Streets Choked Willi Dead and
Dylnu Thousands of Forcluners Thrtatenrd With Death Government
Troops Assault Cltldal hy Various Approaches Out Are Unahle to Dls
lodne Diaz Who Uses Heavy Cannon Upon Assailants Mutual Life
Diilldlnn Set Allre Two Amfrlcan Women Are Killed About 40O0
Mm Engaged Upon Earli Side British Lrgntton Under Fire.
Wttii heavy ninnon demolishing tho great building In Mexico City. Its
streets choked with dead mil illiig and thoiiMiudH of lorflRiiiMN threatened
Hllh dimth li) Hiking flren from both the Miiilero and Dint torres, 11 crisis
ttn liiiluy In tin Mexican republic.
Hpurred tu Hrllon ly tint danger I" which Ihcy roiiiitrvmcn were ex
IkmimI, Pulled Mitten Ambassador II. I.. WIImiii ami the (iermnti iinihasiiailiir
went to the imtlonul uilc' till afternoon mul flatly demanded Hint the
IIkIiIIhr cease nt niiio. Tliln appeal im't with mi almost Immediate tiwiniiM.
Firing on (nit It hides suddenly censed (or it it hour to tillow Hie listdcrs of
Imlli fart Minn In confer over peace term.
That iHtmit devcliipinciilH In .Mt'ilto'N newest rebellion nri':
I'rtHtlilnut Tall wml lilt cabinet tiri anxious nut tti put mi American
soldier Into .Moxlro, hut may be forced tu mud troop nciosri the line
ItHmlliiK shnlM inciiarcil the HrltUli legation In .Mexico City. This
may lend to Hiiiilaiul calling n hull
lltilwccu three thousand mid (Un thousand ifKirnln prlsoni-nt were
liberated f tutu llclcm Jnlt. thus adding to the dniiKcr of foreign residents.
l)nKilrh of (our ilreudiinught of the Pulled rltales nnvy at lop speed
to Voni Cruz mul Tiimplro nml two others rushing from the Pacific cont to
.M fj mii portM to provide refuge to Anient nun ami other foreigner.
Order hy tint war deimrtnicnt to tin provisional hrlundc of tho P. K.
army. numbering Sfleo men, to huh! Itself In rendlneHH for Instant service.
.Mexican slluiitliin ri'Kunh'il mi alarming Hint Hcerelnry of War Htliiuon,
who Intended to ucfoiiiiwtuy Pieldcnt Tnft nml the cabinet to Philadelphia
I lilt nllnriiotiu, decided lo riMiniln In Washington.
Probability of Piosldeiit Tqft ninsiillliiu with Prctldcul-Klcrt Woodrow
WIImmi before taking ilrimlU' action
HholU tpnrltiK through the Iron Hhultera of tho cable office. In Mexico
City, fnlllnit Inside (lu hulhlliiK. Jvoptirdlnslng tho lives of American nml
other forolKiiom.
After n rMillo of n little more thnn nn hour, flc.lillim wim reunited
I In- nfti rnooii lictwi'oii the Hint nml Mnilero forcen.
No nn iiriiln cutltniite of the limn of life In tmlny'H hnltlo In yet ohtntnnhlc.
CITY WRECKED
BY SHELLS FROM
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MKXICO CITY, IVIi. !'..- Ilui-tini:
lniiiiiel from the eiiiinon mul inn
elilno kiiiw of llio oiminK Mmlero
nml Dm, form llirenten lo wreek llif
linaineNX ilUlrlel of Moxieo, one nf
the woildV iiiont iitoilein cIIich.
Since l'rilili'iil .Mmleio hiixo the
miler hi 7 n. in. tixlnv for the ntlneL
on (liMiernl I'ellv D'nu' noeiiiil sluing
liulil, n nninlier of the city' nk'rni
ef" hnve lmiii hit by e.xploiliiiK iliel
mul liiullv ilitmiiKril, hIhth lorn up
mul liumtteiU ol' ioimhis l.lllcil.
The ePiiter of the eily i hIiiiKIi
willi Hie tour of I'liiinon mul min'liiiio
IliiiiM, and (lie foreiKii teniileiiU me
in it iiiiiiie, Kxperl Ktiimorx who liuve
.piiunl the Din, revolt ore hlit'llin tlie
eily'i. Itii;li IniililiiiRH, where niiiiiy of
(lie Miulitm cutis lire inoitnleil.
A nIiuII Mltiiek the wnl of the enlilr
offiee, where llio t'nileil Prem oor
i('t.ioiiilcii( wiih u-rillui; ill"iiiteliiw,
Avri'i'Miit; mi iiiljniuuiK' liuiliiiii, mui
teiiiini; n hole in the htriielnre, Willi'
liulleU iiii NpiiltcriiiK OKiiii'rtt wiills
Hint Iioiimi IIiiuikiiiiiIm of Aiiicrirmw
iim well iim Hid I'outili'.Miieii of the
i'iiiiiIimIihiIh.
It In I it 1 1 1 o s h i 1 1 1 o mitliriitii'iill.v lo
eMliiiuito (ho ni.hfK in liitlnv'rt fililiut;
hut iit o modii il wiim lielievetl the
ciiHiuillii's iweri'd llinKti In .venlerilnyV
eijlil hour cIiihIi, Toilny'H liullle is
uiiiloiilitttlly the liliiotlioHt hince the
lehel wnrfiirn wnn Hliuteil iiuiiiu (he
Minium iiiliiilulHtrntloii.
Ailillerv plnyeil tlio chief part In
yi'MeTilny'H hut tie, mul lhl wih eon
tiiiui'il tmlnv, nloiit; willi n nuikiuK
rifle lirt1, An mitomnliile riilo ulou
the Rlreclri thin uuirniiiK liefoto the
eonflii'l wiirt I'lHiiineil iiiilieuleil the
IVilenil liiHMi'rt yesteitlny were renter
llinii IIioho HiiHlnincil liv the iiIiih.
(li'iiernl Din. iihsoiIi'iI Hint only tweu
Iv of hiH uitMi wore killed, hut it in
linliovcil Hint 100 in ui'iirer the eorrool
limine.
I'riwiilt'iil Mmlero ilceliiriul tntlny
Hint he Iimh 10,0011 troopn at liin com
iiimiil while Din, him only 1501), Tho
U'hel I'oniiniiiiili'i', liowover, iH IipIIcvpiI
to linvi) ii foroi! of mil lens thnn -1,0(10
men.
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ARMIES
MBASSADORS DEMAND
E; PEACE
NOW UNDER WAY
LONDON, IVIi. 13 Purmal plntiH
to tho European powerrt to Intorveuo
to htop (hi) llulknn wiirvwtiro pro
mint pit hero thlx iifternoon hy Tv
flk Pattliu. the TurklHli niuhaknuilor,
to Hlr IMwnrtl (Jrey.
The HrltUh forelKit office til onco
rniiiiuiiulriiteil tho leniu'Ht to the
Amorlrnii unih.iHH.'iilorH who trntin
uilttt'il II to their KoveriinientH. At
a ineetliii; of the nmhnMiuultirfl on
I'rliliiy a reply to Turkey will he
foriuulnteil.
PA1UH. Poh. 13. PoIIowIiir Hill
Kiirlu'H eillrt t lint no forelgnem hu
ullowoil to lenvo Ailrluiioplo, the
Riiverument linn ilemmuleil today Hint
I'remh reHhlentH of Hint city ho mi
thorlxcil lo nook wifely eUewhere ut
onro. A itIkIh In fenreil.
IIDLCUADD, Peh. 12 Tho Hill-Rnrlun-llouuiunhiu
hoiimliiry illnpule
ImH heen Holtliul hy it coinpronilRO
mitlHfnctory In both purlieu, It In an
nntinceil hero toilny,
1 1 0,000 ACE OF
A
TURKS REQUEST
POWERS TO STOP
BALKAN WAR
Llinii in Luke county affected hy
vetoed bills:
Locality. Acreage. Value
Wiirner Lakes.,. fiO.OOD $1100,(100
(loose Lnke(()r.) JW.OOO 825,000
Silver Luke.,. . 2.',000 oTiO.OOO
Total 1 10,000 .f 2,07.1,000
(Special cnrcKjiondcnco.)
LAKHVIKW, Ore, Feb. 0. Hy
overriding Governor West's veto of
the Thompson bills, il Ik estimated
Unit litiid in Lake county valued at
$2,075,000 over and above cost of re
claiming was given nvvay by tho leg
islature. These figures do not include any
othur lakes, such ns Sunnier, or
Aluul, which uro mluonilizud, nor Dog
UNITED STATES
PREPARED 0
mmn
Orders Given to 6,000 Troops to Be
Held In Readiness to Leave for
Mexico Taft's Word to Cross the
Border Alone Is Lacking.
Thirty Thousand Troops Can Be
Mobilized In a Week Alonp. Border
and March to Capital.
WASIIINnTOK. IVh. IS. The
t'liiltil Stnlift luis tiuiile every prrji
nntlinn to ititrtviiie In Muxleo. I'rrhi
dent TnftV wont o cros the border
itlouo In liick!iif.
TIiIh iiiliiiiNsion was iiimle in tlm
piti-niim-nl offieex lit-1 lotlay. The
trniiHHirlH luiwi hern prepared nt Cltit
imIoii lo take troops to Vera Cm
anil other points in cttKleni Mexico,
mul should the word ho rIvoh 11,(10(1
men will he riudiril immediately to
Nlratccjo Miints to seir railroads nml
Hitpplies.
Tu Month to Capital
It in cMimiitnl il would take two
month for thie troops to renrh
texieo City mul uiPauwliile IrontH
from the Texas frontier would alto
mnrch on the capital.
The American plans for inlrnrn
lion are for lite northern nnnv to en
ter Mexico City wliilo the castfm
nnnv i to prevent filllitmteriut; on
the eastern const.
.Should intervention become a fact,
it is cxpcrlrd that tlm .Mexicans
forget their inleronl war and would
Immediately cene fiRhlini,'.
ao.OOO Koltllrrs Itemly
The Aturricnii inlencnlioii plans
contemplate tnobilmntf the niain
Americnti annv at VA I'aso, Texas.
KiirIc Pass, Texas, Komiles, Arir.,
The Presitlio of San Francisco, Fort
D. A. Itussrll, Yyomiii;, Fort Inven
worth, KmiKits, mid Pott Snin lloits
ton, Texas. The troops at the Inttet
mst prohnldv will be tho first to
move when the order rotniw.
It is estimated bv tho wur depart
incut that :iO,0(10 turn can be inobili.-
oil within a week. Of these 10,000
would proceed south oxer the Mex
ican International railroad from
KiirIo Pass, mt .qunl numlier would
leave P.l Pao, ami about ri.OOO would
leave N'okhIcs for Sonorii.
BULL MOOSERS UPON
NEXT OREGON BALLOT
Not only wllli
SAl.KM, Pelt, 1
tho proKU'HKlve jurty Ret a iwnltlon
on tho ballot In tho next primary
election, hut tho bill Riving It ft place
on tho oflclnl ballot will carry un
emergency clntiHu to per;nlt the now
party to uomlnnto a cnndltlato for
tun) or at the city primaries In Port
land next May,
TIiIh Is tho plnn, at least, to which
tlm Judiciary committee of tho sen
ate Ik today pIcitRcd. Tho hill wan
Introduced by request of tho proRres
Hive party committee nml was itceen
Nltatotl by tho failure of the hull
mooHora to poll "U por cent of tho
vote of tho ututo for conRresii.
LAND VALUED AT $2,075,000 LOST TO STATE By SWAMP LAND BILL
Lake, which is nnolher .small body of
water west of Lttkeviow, nor do they
include Harney and Malheur lakes in
irniney county, that uro strongly
alkaline, nml likely to bn seized by tho
borax trust, by the simple process of
diverting for irrigation purposes tho
streams that feed the lakes, thus re
claiming the land for mi expenditure
of a tithe of its value.
Undor the provisions of the hill,
iiiudo a law over the governor's veto,
the ucnuisition of large tracts by
companies is permitted, and the
tracts may bo withheld from settle
uieiil for speculation. There is no
provision for their snlo in small tracts
to actual settlers ns under the Carey
not. Tho lands will bo at the mercy
of groat corporations nnd tho entire
IFOR -,rf-
-f MV u,m .-rtfSi
F" AN EXHIBITION OP NEHVE.
nis to go nn TOWNS
A! tin Hffll nukih itn
WASIIIXOTON'. Feb. Pi lly npeo
ial direction of President Tafl, all
tmops stationed within the depart
nicntnl limits of the Vit.t Tnoticnl
Division, which lias lieadiiinitei at
Governors Island, Now York, oonsti
tulini: the first brigade of from U.'iOO
to TiOOO men were ordered sjecificnll,v
toiiay to be hold in readiness to em
bark on two traiiMKirls fro" Newport
News imiiiedmtelj on receipt of or
ders. The Fourth brigade of -the Second
division, with Itrailrtuartfrx in Chi-
unKo; the Fifth hn'sado at Omaha
aml a brigade nt Fori D. A. Hussell,
Vyo were also ordered to he in
rcndincsH to move. Their destination
was not sueeified. .
The troops which will move first,
should the president decide on Inter
vention in Mexico, will be tho First
Infantry, stationed at Fort Ontario,
X. Y.: tho Fifth Infantry, nt Platts
burjjh. X. Y., nml the L'Oth Infantry,
nt Forts Jay nml Porter, at XiiiKitra,
X. Y.
Oixlers to hold themselves in spec
ial readiness were also issued to the
'JUnl Infantry at Fort Unirison, tho
Utlth Infantry at Fort Wayne, llrndy,
Miehijjan, and the 27th Infantry nt
Fort Sheridan, 111.
country is familiar with tho opera
tions of Ijtke county laud corpora
tions. There is the Oregon Valley
Land comunny of Kansas, which pull
ed off the notorious land lottery; the
Warner Valley Land Livestock com
pany, which lias fought the settlers
for twenty odd years mid numerous
other laud hogs.
Lands Productive
The assertion that lauds along the
shores of these lakes would not sup
port people if taken in -10, 80, 100 oi
oven 1120 aero tracts n homesteads,
is disproved by a visit to the lands in
question. Many of (he lauds have
been so taken, or have been held up
(is homesteads under, tho Carey not
project known ns the Warner Valley
CUiFAJir
EnBT-' U-& f
Kfi PASO, Texas, Fib. 12. Devas.
tatim; and hiirninj towns nml tie-
strojitij; the property of both Mex
icans and American, the rebel Gen
eral Snlnznr today moved hi forces
out of Casus fi ramies.
Salarar left in ritlus Colonia Din,
an American town of a nornml popu
lation of 700 iorsnns.. Only ono
house vvns standing p-Ijon Ills nnny
had passed. Coloula Dtiblau, another
American town, is reorteil to hnvo
been fired, mid other American col
onies are in danger.
Hebel agvitts here assert that pri
vate advices received by them state
that Madero was defeated in yester
day's fightintr in Mexico City, and
that General Diaz, has been proclaim
ed provisionnl president. This Is un
confirmed. All the federnl troops at Citulad,
Chihunhun, :i,000 men, today declared
for Diaz.
Buubllnn Fountains for Trains
SAI.KM, Feb. 12. The state roil
way commission todnv ordered bub
bling drinking fountains on all pas
senger trains in tho state after tho
expiration of sixty days.
Land and Irrigation company. These
settlers are profitably retaining smnll
holdings nnd give the lie to speeches
made in the legislature. It is for such
land Hint the settlors have made their
20 year fight ngaiust tho Wnrnor
Valley Land and Cattle company.
The Wnmor Valley Land nnd Irri
gation company, ono of the benefic
iaries of thts special legislation, has
a segregation of something over 100,
000 acres approved by tho Desert
Land Hoard under the terms of the
Carey act. This company can utilize
by storage dams, tho waters of
Ifoney and Snyder creeks for irriga
tion and power.
Hy the power, water from Flag
staff lake would ho pumped to sup
plement the flow from Honey creek to
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INT PUN
TO BE ERECTED
J
Fletcher Linn Here From Portland
Making Final Arrangements Over
Half Million Dollars to Be Invested
In Erection of Manufacturing Plant
Satisfactory Bates Granted by Rail
roadBonus of $50,000 Asked
No Promotion Stock to Be Issued.
A cement plant to cont $000,000
Is to bo constructed In the valley In
th near future If tho plans of J. A.
Jlurch, Fletcher Linn, A. D. Nichol
son and other capltnlltU and big ce
ment manufacturer do not miscarry.
Already $f,50,000 of this amount has
been subscribed. .Mr. I. Inn Is now In
Mcdford making nrrangements to se
cure the other t.'O.OOO and start the
work.
The plan to build a huge coment
manufacturing plant bas been dis
cussed for some time. Hlnco Its In
(Ceptlon $300,000 has been raised In
the east for tho purpose and $300,'
000 In Portland. In addition to this
$50,000 additional has been sub
scribed and nov $50,000 is asked of
renldenta of the city and valley.
The plan does not Include any pro
motion stock or "expense money," the
proposition being strictly a legitimate
one. Stock subscriptions amounting
.t-$&Utoa,ro asked of local people
"Tho proposition of Messrs. Iiurch.
Linn and Nicholson Is a good one."
states W. I. Vowter, who Is Interested
In tho matter, "and should be given
serious throught by the resident of
the valley. With $550,000 outside
capital available the additional $50.
000 should be easily secured. There
Is no question as to the standing of
the men back of tho proposition."
It la understood that tho railroad
has granted satisfactory rates making
It possible to ship cement over this
section. The plant Is to bo erected
near Cold Hill.
Mr. 1.1 nn Is a native of Jackson
county and still has large property
Interests here. He Is well known
throughout the state and has been
making his home at Portland, where
ho organized a large furnlturo fac
tory.
L LIFE
FIRED BY SHELLS
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12-The Mut
ual life Insurance company building
is a, four btory concrete structure.
It wns damaged and then set on fire
hy an exploding shell.
General Diaz is using heavier can
non than he brought into action yes
terday ami directing this fire against
the national palace hud tho tall
buildings where Miulero's gunners
have planted their machine guns.
United Stales Consul General
Shauklin and his staff, who escaped
from tho consulnto yesterday, were
forced to butter down (wo doors, in
an adjoining building to reach an un-
evosedstreet
segregnted nrcas. Flagstaff, nnd
Warner lakes aie practically on tho
same level and n dyke at tho ''Stone
Rridge" would drain one lake into
the other. Tho total cost of dyko and
pumping plant would be ;?."0,000, nnd
the urea drained by dyke mul pump in
Flagstaff and Anderson Inkes would
bo from 50,000 to "5,000 acres. As
18,000 acres of the "J.l" and ''7T"
ranches nearby were under option last
summer for $18 an nere, a fair idea
of land values is seemed.
Profit In Two Ways
Tho irrigation promoters would
thus profit in two ways ut no nddi
tional cost sell the water to settlers
under the Carey net, anil by draining
(Coutluued on page a,)
CK
$600,000
MUTUA
IT DIED IN ACTION
UPON RECORDS
9 DEAD EXPLORER
Highest Badge of Honor for Captain
Scott and Companions Gigantic
Memorial Service Planned for Fri
daySubscriptions Are Liberal.
Scott, Wilson and Bowers Perished
Together Oates' Body Not Found,
But Cairn Erected.
LONDON, Feb. 12.-Officin! nn
nouncement was made hero today by
the admiralty that its highest badge
of honor "Died In Action" would
be attached in iln record lo tho
names of Cnptain Scott, explorer,
and those who died with him on his
fatal trip to the south pole.
It nUo was announced thai nn ex
pedition to recover the lmdies of the
dead heroes will be prepared in the
near future. It positively will bo pri
vately financed, but it is more prob
able that nn admiralty vessel will ho
utilized to bring back tho corpses
with honor.
With King George, Queen Mary,
the entire cabinet and thousands of
tho nobility of ISritnin in attendance,
a gignntle memorial Kcrvire will ha
held on Friday in St. Pnul's cathe
dral here. Throughout all the nrillsh
empire flags will be nt half mast and
no effort will bo spared lo do honor
to the gallant etplnVeiu.whrra.Mtr-liIs. "
men, "went to his God like'u soldier,''
A grent response has nlreitly Vobio
to Scott's last request that his loved
ones and the loved one of those who
died with him lie provided fori Tho
lord mayor of London has tnkert
charge of n miblio subscription for
the families of the victims, two nevviv
papers nlso having opened lis nniY
thousands of pounds are pouring in.
Decides this the ndmirnlty wilk un
doubtedly pension the widows nml
orphans of Scott mid hi companions.
Additional details of the fate of tho
Scott prty were received hero today
from elltngtnn, N. Z.. to which iiort
they were sent by wireless from Com-
mnnder E. II. C. R. Evntm of tho
Term Xovn. These dispatches mnko
it certain that Seolt, Wilson and
Ilovvors perished together after Evans
had been buried. The three bodies
were found close together in Scott's
tent nnd were buried under hugo
cninies by the party which discovered
them. Oates' body was not found hut
n enim was erected lo his memory
beside those under which lie the bod
ies of his fellow victims.
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PRODUCES LULL
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12. Formal
demnud upon President Mndero that
fighting in Mexico City ceao at once
was made this afternoon by United
States Ambassador Wilson and the
German ambassador. Itebels mid
federals are conferring over the de
mand, but it is not expected that
Diaz mid Madero will agreo to fight
out their differences elsewhere.
For two hours today tho Hritish
legation wns under fire. Tho federal
battery stationed near tho building
drew fire from Diaz' mnchino guns
and tho embassy was hit by shells
several times.
Two American women, reported us
a Airs. Holmes and Mrs. Griffith,
wero killed here this afternoon when a
bursting shell struck the house where
they were sheltered. 'J'he house was
demolished catching the women un
awares. Food In tho city already Is at a.
premium ami the residents are con
fronted with a fnuiiue. Wires to
Vera Crua wore restored today litit
the authorities refuse to allow these
.for commercial message, and thorp
i is no tuner posstme way 10 artier
' food supplies.
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