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"Win HhtwiuJ fetfe Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair tonight ami Friday.' Max. 47 .MIh. SWj Pro. .0. dirt y.infiimt Ynr. Dully HfiVdiitli Vfur. MEDFORD, ORKCJON, THURSDAY, PI3IJRUARY 27, 1013 NO. 290. B r OREGON SOLONS HUERTA FORCE ADJOURN UNTIL IS ANNIHILATED NEXT TUESDAY BY MADERISTS Consideration of Vetoes liy West the Only Measures Dnulit Whelhtr nc(iilreil Members Will Return When Only Salary Grabs Effected HALHM, Or.. Fob. 27. Tim Ore gnu legislature iiiljounied it l mi early hour this morning lo convene again next Tiicmtuy morning itl 10 o'clock. It In lioItml Hint ul that lime no otlwr business will cotno up for roimlderallnn excepting .mean' ures vi'toi'il by Governor Wct. Ah iiiimt of Hi run vetoes will tin on sal ary grabs, rousldernhlo doubt In ' preyed a in n m: (hi member of Ho rn tin i; tlm forty members necessary lo hnvt n quorum In liolli hotiMsi, Tim con uly attorney Mil wit mnoiidod again ntnl paused hy both liiiiiMCK lout nlnlit ns urn th ii superior court hill. The hill place Hip salary of tlm county attorney for Jurknon otinly at 15100 n year. Tho supo rlur court hill create Jji1iIiip roiiniv n nepnralo dlntrlct, leaving Jnrkion county uUu n district nmt nrui'ldc 1 1000 n yeayr salary for Hoi eleven new judge created. A hill pawed In thn dosing hour which place money received from nuto lli-eme la the county trca- in leu for roul work In thn vnrloun fountl.'n In whloh the llcetuc arc (Willi. Tho compromlso Itoguo river flili hill passed (he sennto hy SC to 3 a ml tho homo SC to 10. It gtie ClrnnU Pais n OO.ilny (billing eaon from J fine rtn'AtiRittt t, nml shorten the mumou .'.0 dn)i at tho mouth of the i Ivor. llcninc made a gnlUnt fight ARnlunt tho menmiro. hut, deserted l) hi delegation, had little chance of Mil COS. A flunl effort In the senate to pain one of the Thompson nanii land hill of 191 1 ih'MIoii over tlm eto failed after n warm dehate E i.os ak(ii:i.ks, ri ivi. ur. - I'dllioiiR of (he testimony Rien hv Mrn, Knli v Danow lit her hutdmiur tlnfVnHe rrlnllni: lo mt titlejici! Htitte incut hy .lolm It. Ilairiitulim Hint he "knew nolhluK nRiiint Unriow" were ntrirkrn from Hip i omnia hv JiuIkc t'onlov when the Diitovv liinl win re Niiini'd lodny. Uiirmw Ihen uniler Kopers' ouoh Honiiii; total Hint ho merely happened hv when ho mol IVntikllit mill Do leelixe llrowno on Iho Nlroel thn tiny I'Viinklin witu nrronteil for tin l.oek wood nffnir. lie wiin on liiw wnv I" the HooinliHt oiunpniKii hriuhiuiirlerii ho Hiiiil, cinphiinirini,' liwlimnny jiwm hv provhnm ilcfoiiMn wiliie-ieH. "Did .loh Hnrriiiuin n'ioiir nt vour nrfioe Hint mnniliiK nml civo you nisli for htiheiyT" Wnjon Hinliloiily nnleil. Darrow foldod hit nitiiN nml binilcil; "I Jo did pot. No money of niiv hinil. eithli, mild, Imuk nntPH or nnytliiit." ARIZONA SEEKS TO IIANNEX SENORA STATE 1'IIOr.NlX, Art., I-Vli. 27- A mem. orinl lo t'onurcrts nilvoontiin,' jho on noMilioi) of tho dtutcH of Bmiorii nml Lottof Cn lift) mill is peniliuK hol'oro Iho Ati.oiuv Honuto today. H wim in iroiluceil hy fionntor Worsloy of Tiki hoii. AcorilliiK to tiunffioliil onnvitH, Iho Hounlors nrn tihoul ovonly tliviilotl mt Iho Ihhiio, POLICE MATRON TAKES DRUNK TO DURANCE VILE RAIiir, Oro., l'Vli. 27. Wliwi n iliunkoit mnn liircht'il nRiiiiiHl Polioo Arnlron tiyui'li lioro today nml throw her in Hio Kiitlor, Pho promptly col hii'cil him nml liimlcd liim in (ho oily jail, Ho fur iih known (hi Ih Iho i'ii'Ht niroHt of ii man, lniulo hy n woinnn officor, in (ho sluto, DARROW DENES BRIBERY CHARG flevolt Aualnst Dictator Grows Hour ly All Northern Mexico in Arms i Sonom Declares War Upon Usurper Battle Imminent i:i. I'AKO. Tetn. Teh. 27. Com plete annihilation of the lluertn gur rlson nt Cniiclin, Chlhiinhun, yeiitcr- iluy hy AJuderlstn purtUniiN In re porteil In dlnpatchc recelveil here (oilny. Cvcry man of thn 20 Ifiierta soldier wiin kllli'il, The MmterlHtii troop tmlny hold prattlcally the entire country along the Hue of the .Mexican ralliouil from Chihuahua to Torrcon ntnl hundred of recrutlit tiro tlally Joining the leile MhiKo announced purine la to avenge the tlc.u Ii of rraurUco I Mmlerli Prominent among thn Mn dcrUU lender In I'nnclm Vllln, the evlniriillt, Mho hai been n refugee here for week hut hint now returned to the field. He Is practically In command of the MndcrlMas along thu Mexican Central. Fighting In General. Fighting wn reMirleil grncrnl to day In thn Mexican Mate of Konora, Coahulla mid Moreltw. New nlno reached here today of tho re Ik na tion of (lovemor Maytorena of Bo ttom. I In Ih said to have crosned to thn American tilde. Maytorena wm elied with panic when thn Souorn legislature, declared war on thn lluer tn government. Thn .Mnderlstu force In Konorn aru ntlll without a Cetiernl leader. WAaillNtlTON, I'eh. 27. Secre tary of War RttuiMtt today ordered a detarhment of American troop to I'riKle 1'ana, Texan, hrcatmn of a threatened hnttlo nt I'ledrni-N'leRrn, Mexico, hetweett troop loyal lo Pre. Ident lluerla and reheU, atipposcdly thoxe under Oetiarnl Carranxn, tieneriil UIIsn Informed tho war department that n battle I I mm I nent. Morn than 5,000 rchiRCc, hit dliipatchc unlit, have cromied the hunter to etcapn thu claxh. Houorit In Itemlt. DOt'HI.AH, Arlx, Teh. 27. De clared hy tho rebel Junta hero to mark tho 1oi;IiiiiIiik of tho threat ened rebellion In northern Ronorn iiRnluiit tho lluerla government, n InrRo portion of tho volunteer force of tho A Rim Prletn uorrlfon have de nerted today, while thn entire r.nrrl- nou ha declared tiBnlntit tho provl nlonal prcRldcut. Thn deHertttiK vlnttnteor from ARiia Prletn nro reported to havo fled Into thn hill nfter oxclmnRliiK futlln shot with loynl purtiertt. Tho revolt nt I'ronlern wan nccomplllied without tho flrliiK nt , Bhot, tho townspeople) Jolnlnc tho noldlcr In rnlHltiK thn tlni; of tho revolution above tho hnrrark. HoIioIh hnvo burned four hrldcea on the Nnroxarl railroad within thn hint 24 hoiira. nccordltiK to tele ttrnphlc reports to that town. Tho wires woro cut mooii nfter thono ines miKe wero received, ItccriiltN Total UltX). AccordltiK to tho DoiiKlna Junta, tho rebel already havo recruited 5,200 mon, many of theiio already tieltiK In enmp. Tho report Riven out lioro divide thorn n follows! Under Junn (lnbrnl nt MnRdnlena, 2B0; Colonol Obroenn, nt Qunymns, 800; Colonol Ulvolra, nenr Hormo- slllo. 1200: CommlKiirrlo OrtU, nt Colotiln Morelo. 200. Whuthor thpso men actually nro recruited, or roproHont tho expectod ntronKth of tho robolH, Is problem atical, E LANDS AT WELLINGTON WKUilNClTON, Feb. 27. Lady Ssoll, wiiiow of Captain Wohetl l Soott, tho Hritish explorer who lost liirt lifo on tho ro I u in trip from tho South Polo, arrived lioro lodny from Kan Finuoisi'o on tho stonmor Aor nnui. Sim was mot at tho pier by her brother, l.ieutonant Druoo nnd Com- innudor F.vans of tho Terra Nova. J.ndv Scott controlled herself. Rlio siiiil sho hud lonrned of her husband's dentil hy wireless wlitlu ahonnl tho oruni;i, POLICE PREVENT AUDIENCE FROM ATTACKING MRS. PANKHURST Q MS 11 Mrs. I.inmeiine I'liiikliurM. the ilytinmile explosion uhirli wrrekeil lh niilliorilliw for heini; nfrniil lo Inkc ileelnrvil Hint, nhoit of Ijikinc humtiii once for nil the iKililienl xlnliK of the mincer strike while nwattiiiL' tnul. l'AWIS, IVh. 27 Wild nml drama tic fcccnos wcro oimclnl in tho A iiiieij court here today when eighteen of tho rnniioled llonnot automobile hnnditH wore Riven nil npixirlttnity to hpcak. "1 am innocent," screamed Dion- (Inline, ouo of the four men condemn ed to the guillotine. "I nwenr to Ood Hint I tell tlio truth." Hnnk Mcsticnger Oahy Kwore that nieudniino wiim the mail who bhot him throtiRh tho cheot. "Oahy lied on the hland," ileelnrcd Callimin. himself Kenteiieed to die. "Dicinloiine U innocent. Ho was not pn-spiit nt tho flahy hold-up. I shot (Inhy. U wns (Inrnier who wn with me nml not Dieudouno." When tho Imndiln were returned to their eolln a movement to hnvo Dieu ilonuo pnrdonoi wns Klurted, l'.d uonnl Carony, ono of Hie prisoners, swnlloued evaniilo of polnsiimn d ur ine thn nielli. Ho wax found dend in his cell early today. Dieudouno, Cnllcmin, Mondiienr nnd Sottilv wero condemned to tho Kuillotino nnd I'aronv nnd Jledse were senlencoil lo life imprisonmoul. Wodrifiuer, Miles. Ieleeh nml Scmoofs nnd Slino. Maitre Jean wero freed on pleas of e.xtenuatine oiroutn HtnmvH. Tho reinnindor of the twenty-ouo bandits wore senlcneeil Id irom ono to ten yeuis iinpnsoiiinciil with Iho nlleumlivo of from one ti ten yoiirs exile. SPECIAL INFLUENCES NHW YORK, Fob. 27. Various stockB responded stronely to special Influences In tho stock exchange lioro todny. HenditiK sold n point nbovo yeBterdny'a closo nnd Union Pncttlo milled briskly. Weakness In Cunn dlnn Pnclflo nnd tho local Rna stocks took tho odft-o oft tho billing and tho list became n.ttlot. Trading In Can shnres was unusu ally nctlvo, both common and pre ferred iIhIiik 2 1-2 points. Tho mar ket closed BtroiiR. Hands woro stendy. T HHt H FISHERMEN TO MEET AT LIBRARY TONIGHT An important mooting of tho Woimio Hlver Visit Proteo tivo association is to ho held tills ovonlng tit tho Cnrnegio library nt 7:no. Every mom bor is urged to nttend, W. F. ISAACS, President. f -r -f f f-r -r -f -r. Kt. it y " "" IKl I liT1 WmMMmfH ill . I .,. oib. GUILLOTINE FOR NOTORIOUS BAND OF AUTO BANDITS lllliiii,JlU ULm. 'HM' I M'l'i i J& THE SUSPECT. militant Hitrfniuelle, who hn ili-elnreil liome of Dnxiil I.list-Clt?nrK Chnncellor of the Kxeheijucr, twitted Ih" tnhnutitu of her nHxtnnplion of n'hionihility ly henditiK bcr to jail. She life, the milltiint uffntj;ell lntcmleil to do oierylliiii i-issible to soltle women of Hint rountn. Hrr arrest followed, and she hun declared a IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE IS SENTENCE OF JOHN ST. CLAIR: RKDD1NO. Cut., Feb. 27.-I.ife imprisonment was the hcntence inv jwhed here loilaifiipoif JohTr'KtV Clair, conxieted of killing James Sniler nt 1nn, Cnl., Deofmber 4. when lie "Mint up" that town. Kt. Clair nlho confoel to fifteen robberies, mostly of pout offices in Oregon nml I'ulifornia. St. Clnir wnR arrested at Kosebttrg nfter somo very clever work on tho part of postal inspectors, who got on his (rail when he went through south ern Oregon robbing post offices. Ho broke into Iho loonl office, one nt Talent, ono nt Woodville, and others. Ho was nrrvsh'd nt Ifoscburg by Inspector Morse to whom hfr con fessed Hint he was wanted at Ked ding for murder. FAILED TO ELECT SPKIXOFIKLD. 111., Feb. 27. Taking ndvnutnge of tho absence of n number of republican members of tho legishtturo who left to catch trains at tho close of a joint ballot this afternoon, tho democrats took n second ballot and tried to foreu thu election of 2 United States senators by n majority of a iptormu. The republicans frustrated tho plnn hy refraining Iho plan by leaving the hall so that no quorum remained. Then Sonker McKinley, nfter stormy arguments, auuouuoed that no quo rum wns present mid that no eleo tion wns made. Despite McKlnley'8 rulltiB tho dem ocrats nro preparing to tnko to nVsh. Ington their claim thnt J. Ham Lewis wns elected this afternoon on tho second ballot, nlthough thcro wero only 72 votes polled. Ono hundred and two constitute n quorum. ILLINOIS SENATOR Traded Fish Bill for Armory SALEM, Ore., Fob. 27. At midnight last night I lost my forty-five days fight on tho Rogno River fish bill, tho othor members trading it for the armory. Oarkin refused to como inside tho bar and vote, until I had (ho sargeant at arms bring him inside tho bar and eompol him to vote; then ho voted against us. "Westerhmd voted with mo, but all his influeneo was used against mo for which action I called him a treach erous traitor on tho floor of tho houso. Tho bill as amended and passod takes thirty days off lower Roguo viver at tho begiuning of tho season, twenty days at tho end of tho soason and gives Grants Pass irom Juno .1st to August 1st. I voted against tho bill and worked hard against it, but under tho circum stances I could not win, (Signed) Clarence L. Roamos, J2"l!tlZL' from punch. Hint mip wh rrsiionKilile for the CAVALRY SENT TO GUARD BORDER AT EAGLE PASS WASHINGTON'. Feb. 27. With .strict onlers to preyent xiojations of lha neutrality nws bvrextenn rebels nnd federals, a troop of United States cavalry today was sent to Eagle Pass, Texas, from San Antonio ncconling to ndxices received here today, from Oener.il Hliss nt Sau Antonio. He aNo reported the nrri vvnl there of Rudolph nml Gabriel Mndero, brothers of the late presi dent, Francisco I. Mndero. General Bliss nlso reported the Kciittro by Govcnjr Carrnnra of Conhuiln of the customs house, the post office nnd tho government buildings in the northern part of Conhuiln. Ho is snid to haTo opened them Jn bis own nnme. Earlier in the dav it was reported thai Cnrran zn. had expressed willingness to re- vogniio General Huertn's government, but Inter dispatches indicate tho un reliability of the minor. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 PreM dent Tatt has signed tho Indian vet ernn bill, Increasing SS pensions to S20. Most of the beneficiaries llvo In Oregon nnd Washington nnd all served before the Civil war. Senator Chamberlain has long been working for tho Increase and Senator Poln- dexter was largely Instrumental In getting tho bill through. KILLED WIFE BECAUSE SHE WANTED A KISS TRENTON, X. J., Feb. 27. Con fession Hint ho murdered his 10 year old wife, Mrs. Lesgo Vergo, because sjio pestered him for a kiss, is mndo hero by John Vergo. REIGN OF IT BY FAIR SEX IN BRITAIN TO END Vandalism by Militant Suffragettes Will No Longer Be Tolerated and No Leniency Shown In Punishment for Crimes Hunqer Fasts Started i.OKIK)N Feb. 27. Uy promising to he ns "uood ns any militant uf- frnRPttP can be," nnd to not appear in public ami to refrain from ppecch making, Mm, Kmrnilino Pnnkhurst, Indo's lendine "votes for womon" rntnader, wn released from nil tliis nftornoou endine Iit trial on ihnrRes of instigating the dynamit-ing- ii f Iho country home of Lloyd OeorRC. She funtislteil J'i.OOO bail. The (lfifinnt fnml manifested yes terday by Mrs. l'.inkhunt wns en tirely absent today. She wns ns meek as tbe incokoHt httident nt n Quaker Hohool nnd glndlv took advantage of the opportunity to venre freedom by promiiinc to Lehave." Mrs. Pnnk hurst yesterdny scorned liberty undrtr the Mime terms. LONDON, Feb. 27. Taking the stand thnt vandalism by militant suf fragettes will no longer be tolerated nnd that hereafter sex will be dis reganled when dealing with women offenders, the magistrate in the Richmond police court today bound Joyce Locke, a suffragette leader, over for trial in Old Baily ou a charge of firing the pavilion res taurant' in the famous Kevr, botanical gardens. Miss Locke demanded ad journment of the preliminary hearing on the ground that she wns too weak from forcible feeding by prison at tendant to stand trinl but the motion was over-ruled. Hunger su Illnss. . .... Miss Lillian Lenton, a co-defendant with Miss Joyce, failed to ap pear nt today's hearing. It was ex plained that Home Secretary McKen nn hnd onlercd her release from Hol loway prison on her own recogniz ance because of ill health following a hunger strike the two women in niigurntcd in jail. A bench warrant was issued for Miss Lenton. Public opinion is now with London officials in their efforts to end the depredations of tho votes for women crusaders. A reversion of feeling against the suffragettes is in evi denee everywhere. Mrs. Drummond, one of the most militant of Loudon suffragettes, last night was forced to ask for police protection when an unfnendly crowd broke into her meet ing nt Wbrthington, tore up "votes for women" bnnners and hooted stif frngettes off tho Mngo. Jlrs. l'ankliurst Won't Kut. Mrs. Kmmeltno PanLhurst, who wns bound over for trial yesterday for instigating the dynamiting of tho country homo of Lloyd-George has started a hunger strike nt her plnce of confinement. Sho has openly as serted her intention of gaining sym pathy hy appearing for trial wan and emaciated from lack of food, believ ing the authorities will not prosecute when sho nppcnrs in court. SENATE ATTACKS EOF WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. In n re port presented to tho senate today uy uio scnato interstate commerce committee, the supremo court's so- called modification of tbe Sherman anti-trust law to Invoko the "rule of reason" on restarlnts of trade, Is attacked In vigorous terms. The committee also advocated tho strengthening of the Sherman law by supplemental nnd far-reaching legis lation to define exactly what com binations are lawful, so that both the business Interests and tho courts will havo n standard on which to pro ceed. The committee also pointed out what It characterizes as dangers of "uncontrolled and ungulded judicial discretion" and makes emphatic de mands to tho Sherman law to remove from the courts tho power to detor- mlno what aro "roasonablo" re straints of trado. REASON FINANCIAL ILLS DUE TO CLUMSY BANK SYSTEM Morgan and Company Flt Statement Criticises Money Trust Probe Utermeyer and Brandies Grilled Filibuster in Senate WASHINGTON, Feb, 27. In de fense of Its methods In handling money, Morban and company of New York filed n statement with the money trust Investigating committee headed hy Congressman Pujo hero today. The statement declared In part: "A largo part of tho committee's tlmo Is being consumed in an en deavor to plcco out a certain theory regarding tnonoy and credit which It Is ImpoMlblo to demonstrate. We suggest that such Ills as exist In the . country's financial affairs are tbe outcome of a clumsy, worn out bank ing system. The defenso statement of the Mor gan concern declare that all the figures presented to 'the committee are Incomplete and misleading. It declares that numerous bank mcrg- ers arc due to business necessity and these are far fewer than tho mergers In England or on the continent. The staement declares general and not special legislation Is tbe remedy needed. Untcrmejfcr Grilled. Itepresentatlve Martin of South Dakota, speaking before the house today, criticised the selection of Samuel Untermcyer as counsel for the Tujo committee. Representative Durke of Pennsylvania attacked the committee's pursuit of- William Rockefeller. , Representative Moore of Pennsyl- vanla declared: " "All the democratic laTestlgHtlons. " have been 'bunk,' pure and simple. The shoe trust affair failed miser ably. The attorney in charge of that case Is now prominently mentioned for the democratic cabinet. Ills. narno is opposed In New England be cause (t is charged ho took money from both sides." Moore explained that Louis Rran- dels is the attorney referred to. Flllrmster In Senate, " Only 10 sleepy eyed senators were on thn job when the senate met at 10 a. m. today after yersterday'a turbulent session. The senate ad journed after passing the publlo buildings mill at 3:50 o'clock this morning. A filibuster delayed business dur ing tbe consideration of the bill and a vote on tho measure was not taken until after S o'clock. Oregon and California flguro prominently In the appropriations. Portland nlone gets $1,000,000 for a new postoffice while tho California appropriations aggregate J1.2CO.000. SENATE INSISTS 2 WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Confi dent prediction that tho scnato would not ncccpt the naval appropriation bill, amended last night by the houso to provide for only one battleship, and would bend it bnok with the pro- , vision for two battleships inserted, was voiced hero today by advocates of a big navy. The bill, as amended by tho house, carries appropriations approximating $138,000,000 nnd authorizes tho construction of one battleship, six torpedo bont destroy ers and four submarines. Ah reported by the house naval committee, tho measure carried ap propriations aggregating $1-10,000,000 nnd provided for two battleships, n. transport nnd n supply ship. N 1' CAIRO, Egyypt, Feb. 27. While no fears (or his life are entertained, tho doctors atteudlng J. Plerpont Mongan here today are alarmed at tho appearance of new symptom la his Illness. Morgan's cheeks are hollow and be Is becoming emaciated. WARSHIPS 5" . 1 I