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? l'W Htw. W Sficofl,, ,fj M Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER 1'n I r olnlght anil Tuesday. Max. W, mln. Dg M Forly-llilru Yonr. l)nlly.-l;iMlilli YiAr. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 39.13. NO. 115. 1 RESIGNATION AMBON WILSON FILED Frlcml o( Hucrtn Retires an Account of Dls.ijirccmcnt With Administra tion's Pulley In Mexico Rcslnna tlon Accepted. WASHINGTON, Auk. 4. Hern iary of Main llryiin minoiincod Hits if titration Unit Iik IiiiiI net opted tho roslguutloii or Henry Lnuo Wllmn, United Hlnttm nmhnsiuiilor to Mux leu. Nu ntiitumuiit was Issued mi to tho iitnct fiiuiHi of Aiulmnnuilnr WIImmi's prat-tlral dliimlnnul, Imt thero la no iloulit It wun ilini to liln iiltuoiit open nntlpitthy to thu government's ion mo In Mexico, to his closo rela tion with lliiurin mill to thu hittiil hn h believed to hnvo pin) ml during tint iln)K whim thu force of Hunrtn mill Dliu imntisiilnnted President Mn ilnro. Later Ambassador Wilson unlit: "I Imvn no litforinntloti regarding the president's proponed plan for tho solution of tint troubles In .Mexico, Imt I nm suro that ho nnd Hcrrrtitry llrynn uro net tinted tty tho bent nml moHt pntrlotlo motives nml Imvn In lnw only whnt they deem best tor hoih countries." Tint niiilmnjiilor Insisted Hint lit rociimmtindutlons represent tho view of US per rent o( Aiiiiirlnin ami for Hkii iMipuhttlon of Mexico nml tho entire, diplomatic rnrpn tlmr. Ilu km lil tin hoped tho president's plnn , would ho Micri-xnftil In solving tho problem. ni:v oulhanh, La., Auk. 4 -Flat chnrKoH that Henry l.uuo Wll von, Aiuorlcnit niuluunndiir to Moxlco City. In hnek of tho onlor Untied by Attorney (Jouornl Mcltoynotd for his arrest, worn voiced hero today hy General Kmniitiol Ilrlto, former Mex ican mho! lender, ami former govor- nor of tho statu of Oniiipcchu, Mex ico, "Wilson," mild General Ilrlto," Is tho right-hand limn of I'rovUlonnl President lluerlu of Moxlco, nml ho In reaponnlblo for my trouble, llo engineered my urre.it on mi absurd cliurKu of murder, something lluortn was uunhlo to iireompllsh when I wus on llrltlsh noil, "I admit klllliiK Captullt llonllln, nit 1 noted In my official cupnclty mi n ruhul lender, llonlllii'u sword wiih drawn to nttack mo. Il wiih war not unit dor. I felt Hafu In America, hut I did not count on Ambassador WIIhou'h activities." WEST DENOUNCES COOS BAY HERS SALHM, Oro., Auk. -I. In n stutti intuit Otivornor Wont denounces tho conduct of tlioHo connected with tho I, W, V. notation at Maruhflulil, tloiiouncos tho deportation of Dr. Loach from IlHtulon, tho molt rulo ami tho Inactivity or tho Hhorlft nml other official, uml Htatoa ho will di rect tho attorney gonornl to present tho oiillro matter to to court uo tho law violators wluithor thoy uro I. W. W.'h or Dr. Lenoh, or thoso In tho nioli, or tho officials who fulled to suppress tho mob, may ho pttnlahod. Ji E CHICAGO, Aug. 4. Tho contlu timl drouth In tho mlddlu wont today caimed additional advancoH In tho prlco of corn. Tho Hoptombcr op tion puHsod 70 eontH una Docoinbor touched 0VA Speculators ostlmnto that tho corn crop lias boon damaged 200,000,000 bushols, poi'hapii more BRITO BLAMES WILSON FOR ARREST NERVNON F BY PRESIDENT President to Issue Statement Endlnu Irresponsible Stories of Armed In terference Mediation to Prohahly Be Offered Public to Know All. WASHINGTON, Auk. -I.-To end irresponsible xlornm that armed in lerxi'iilioit in Mexico impends, I'reni ileiit WiIhoii U itepiircil Imliiy to I a lie I lit) imlillii 'into IiIh coiinilniice. Aflur Hit) prehlilfiit ronferretl with Kei'ii'liiry llrynn luilay it wiih made kiiouii in iiilmiiiiHtrnliou olrt'lvx Hint (lit) rlili'l' t'xi'cutivo t'ltiihltlerH inter M'lilioii in Mexii'o not only iiiohI im probable hut an hcarcely even retuotc ly Hmihlc. AciMiriltiiK' l' rvory ni'coiiiit reaeli iiiK tlie wliitu lioiiHn tlio .Mexican hit- nation Ik elearinc. uml the pri'Mileut lliiiikM llio time Iiiik iirriuil uhen Im ran toll Home or liM pluux to rcMort' peace. Ilirt entire plan Iiiih ooiiMiil I'ti'tl uml proiiIiil for it eoinprelieii xive HiiKwtiuu of mciiiation, further fit h! -IiuiiiI !nventle,nlinii im to llio eaiitet heliiml the rt'Milulioim in .Mexico, uml, MiM.ilily an it fiuul rc iort, icmiiMil of llio prohibition nj.'nliit MupplliiK with urnm tho Con htitutiiualiHtH of tho mirth. .Mediation PniUildo Mow far (lit prt'Hiilent Im prepared to k aloiiu iltirt lino nwim not indicated becaiiie bctueeu now ami llio Ihhiiiiih'i) of hU titiittiiiiuit Kumt'lliiuK mij;!il urine to eniiKo its imulificutioii. It uiim iiiude plain when tho prenldeul talked to tho iicwKpapcr fitrrcf nnul cutrt tliin moriiiiiK t lux t he ex pec In the co-operation of both (hi) Iioiisu ami tho senato foreign eoiumlltveii. lloth I'liuiriuau Ilaeon of (ho hcuiiIo com inllteo uml Flood of the houtfo com mittee hnvo been In clone touch with thu prcniilcnl. Tho plan to hear tho Countitu tionalihth' hide of llio Mexican trou ble, especially a prefixed audieuco for Colonel I'tlurado Hay head of (ho nbel junta, watt decided umiu only after Senator Macon had nnkci tho protuilciit'M niKice. I'ciirti l'lnii Approxetl l'ri'niilcul WiUon nml Heerelury llrynn ut thia imiruiiiK'H conforeneo fonnally approved tho preiidential Mexican peace plan, which pmhahly will ho outlined xiimetimo this after noon. Thoy ulxo ilihcnshcd Hie ntatm of AmhaxKailor Henry I.ane Wilnon, who wailed In thu outer office. Uo did not hcc tho prcxldciit hut li.ul nu appointment with Sceretury llrynn, tendered liix lehiiiation, which waa neeeptetl. CATCH 183.779 POUNDS E (1IIANTS PASH, Oro., Auk. ,!. Tho MitiiMon for commercial flitlitni; In lliq upper Itouu rlvur cloned tit mlilulKhl Thursday uml will remain cloned till Juno 7, 10U, only two montlia holtiK allowed in tho (Iruntts l'aHH illutrlct. During tho season Jiut cloBcd n total of 18U,78U pouuiln of chluook Biilmon waa cntiKht nml uhtpped throiiKh thu Houuo lllvor Kluhor iiiou'b union, nu hli;h n -fi houtu bo Iiik operated by union flahurmon ilur liiK thu iKirlotl, Tho avcraKo prlco received for tho catch was 8 centx, tho roturiiB fur tho two moiitliu helug fir.,000. Only firtoen mllea of tho upper ItoKUo was opuu to commercial fluh IiiKi thu opuu wntor eommuncluK a mllo below tho stool bridge In (IrautK 1'ana nml contlnulUK tp tho mouth of .lump-Orf-Joo creek, Drift neta of SVii-lnch moBh only wuro allowed. AnafnTaSr OMAHA POLICE CHIEF OMAHA, Ncli. Aug. 4. Two bul 1u(h were l'iiod today by im unknown ponton ut Chief of Detectives Stccu Malonoy us ho aat at work In his of fice hero, llnth fdiotfl niisHod their murk. Tho Bhnolinc enmn from ho hind u box cur. Tho would-bo nssusvl NO VO WATSON GRILLS SENATORS FOR LOBBY PROBE Indlanlan Refuses to Apptar Before Coinmlllcc Which He Silnulnrjly Condemns and Drands Mulhall as Perjurer Makes no Defense. WAHIIINOTON, Aiir. . Htlni; I iik condemnation or tho nenato lobby luvuHtlKittliiK coinmttteu waa voiced hero totlny by former Con KrcHHiuan Jmncn WntHou of Intllnun, In a letter wlthdruuliiK bin re(uent to appear befuro tho probom. "I hnvo decided to tnku my r.iio to another tribunal, where tho law will ho Impartially welched," wrote WlltKOII. WatRUii did not appear at toilay'H hcarlnc. but In bin letter bitterly denounced Mntomcntn ituinniliiK up tho lobby totlmony which appeared In a Now Vork nownpupor Hnttirdny hIkuciI hy SenatorH Overman, Iteetl uml Wnlih. ClaliiM 1'rejiidlro "Themi Btntomeutii plainly vliow," wroto W'utnon, "that ii majority of the committee, without waltltiR to formally report, voluntarily rimh Into print ami render u derision nml pronouncn JtulKiiiont before a hIukIo tleftuiio wltncnH ban been hoard or a nyllablo of tcstltiuouy In rebuttal offoretl. "I mibmlt that you hnvo prejudic ed my evidence. You hnvo panned on Km character ami nufflrleucy without hnvliiR heard It, for while )ou tin not Mpeclflcnlly mention n name, yet )ou hnvo prlvntoly determined nml publicly announced that Mulhnll hnn nintlo out bin enno. Appenrnuro n I'nrca '! hnvo no connections with tho National Association of Manufactur ers, hut theno HlnteiuentB make It clear that even If I prove Mulhnll n perjurer tho enso will not bo heljMnl. Therefore, senators, In my JihIk- meat, Il would bo merely u furco for mo to nppenr before tho committee, for nu matter wtint cvldenco Is Klvon, you hnvo so ntrongly foro nhntlowetl your report nml bo uner- rlunly forecnstetl your decision that I-could not hope to chniiKo either or iiiako any Impression whatever on your minds." Benntor Towuseuil of Mlchlcan appeared before tho conunlttco today ut his own retiuent nml brnndod .Mulhall aa n "liar and corruption- 1st." OIGGS PLANS TO DEFENO SELF BY L SAN FRAKC1RCO, Cnl Aug. . According to tho predietiuua of tho attorneys nu both ttiilcs, polities wilt piny little purl, n fur uh tho jury u concerned, in tho trial of tho Diggs Caininctti white slave cases, tho first of which, (hut HKiiiiLst Mnury I. Digga charged with violation of tho Maun not in taking Marnlia Warrington, 20, from Sacramento to Iteuo, will begin before United Stales Judgo Vim Flout hero tomorrow. Tho DiggK case is to be tried first boonuHo It in declared by Spcouil Pro. M'cutors Mutt I. Sullivan and Thou dtiro Kuoho to bo thu stronger, Diggs being alleged In hayo financed tho elopement of Mian Warrington nud himself, Drew Cnmiuotli and Loin Norris to n bungalow nenr Heno; whero they wnro nrrested. Digg will ho defended by Attor ueyH Itohert T. Devlin nud Murslmll II. Woodworth, bntli fonnor United Htnteu district nttornoys; Nnto Cogh lun uml S. Luke How. Ilueho wiib in eonferouco today with Miss Wurrington nud Miss Nor ris, both of whom woro by him do- elnred to ho willing witnesses ngninst tho tWo mou, Diggs nud Cumlncttt uro also in Sim Franuiseo, but. re main in close seclusion. Tho defense, it is believed, will rest largely mi nu nttauk upon tho char acter of tho two gills, although under tlm Mnnn not sueh testimony would bo absolutely imtnutoriul, BAKE! AMBASSADOR WILSON OUSTED FOR COURSE PURSUED IN MEXICO J& SENAIE 10 HEAR . REBELS' SIDE OF P WASHINGTON', Aug. !. The rebel niilc of the disturbance in Mexico nml nu niihwer to Ambassador Wilhon'tf pleii for Amerleui) recognition of the adininihlriilioii of Provisional Presi dent lliiertu will be jiivcn before thu MMiiili" foreigii rtlatioiH committee hero next WeilncMlny liy Colonel lluardo Hay. chief of staff of the coustitiitlumillbt tiuta- here. Colonel Hay wit ure the Uniteil States, promixiii); if this is dour that the rebel army will deHise lluertn nml restore order in Mexico within nix weeks. Muuy of llio committeemen nro known to look with favor on this plan, hut it U doubtful if tho administration will permit Mich action. I TO REQUEST HELP GALUMirr, Mich., Aug. 4. A cull for nu Immediate conforeneo of tho heads of all unions nfflllnted with tho American Federation or Labor with tho vlow of rctiuestlni; moral nud financial support for tho coppor strikers was Issued today by offlc InU hero of tho Western Federation of Miners. This Indicates that tho strike Is to bo a long-drawn-out af fair and Hint tho miners nro prepar ing for it finish fight. It was comparatively qulot throughout last night nud today. Guarda nt tho lied Jncket mlno fired nt three foreigners who refused to novo on when ordered, one of tho foreigners being slightly wounded. SHOCK VILLAGE CUNTUAlilA, Wash., Aug. 4. Two violent deaths, otto nn acciden tal shooting, tho other a sulcldu and tho discovery ot a second autelde, trniibformcd thu Snbbath quiet ot Lincoln creek, a vlllugo olght mllea west ot this city, Into u day ot ox cltonioiit. Al Kmipp, ngotl 18, wits shut mid Instantly killed whllo playng with Joseph Mnlucrlch, Tho boys woro on n hunting trip and It Is said bo gnn shooting toward each other to boo how fnr away olthor could got nud still hoar tho sound ot tho shot A bullet struck tho Knnpp boy lu tho nock mid killed him. Adolph Mnuormmiu, n plonoor of Lincoln creok, ended hls llfo by shooting himself nml thou" leaping Into tho rlvor. Ho hud hocomo de spondent over financial uffulrs, John Suiter, nged 00, despondent aftor being nrrestotl for Intoxication, leaped from tho ChohulU rlvor bridge and' drowned. ' -2t .sssssHPSA Jl ssssssssssssssssssssssHsssi isssssssssssssssssssssl 'ssH ssssssssssssssssW'iissssi SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSW'' fSSSSB ssssssssssBslL tB S MEXICAN MIXU ALUM TRKERS E re ORDERED CUT Inter-State Commerce Commission Orders Swccplnn. Reductions In Prevailing Rates New Rates Cheaper Than Parcel Post. WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. Follow ing tho lead of llio statu railroad commission of California In the Wells I'nrgo express company decis ion, tho Interstate commerce com mission ordered today sweeping re ductions In exproHS rates for parcels nil over tho country. Tho cut ,w rniiRo from 10 to 00 per cent and will become etfectlvo October IP. In a stntcment the commission de clared that for two years thu rates will bo "experimental," when, unless th" companies lose too much, they will become permanent. When a proposal was first made to redtico express rates all tho com panics vigorously opposed It, and In June, 1912, tho proposed rates were suspended, pending an Investigation Today they were ordered Into effect, following admissions by tho compan ies Hint tho cut, which they origin ally claimed would reduco their rev enues thirty per cent, really would cut them only 15 per cent. I'nrrel 1'ont Competitor Today's order will rnrccloso com petition between tho express com panies and tho parcel post. In many Instances tho new express rates will bo lower than tho postal rates. Prac tically nil rates on parcels undor fifty pounds In weight nro radically lowered. On small packages carried moro than 200 anil less than 3000 miles tho rates will bo nearly atl lowor than tho parcel post rates. For distances over 8000" miles tho express and parcol post rates will bs about equal Tho ordor reduces tho rates on all nrtlclcs of food and drink to 75 per cent of first-class rates. It says In part: VIOLATIONS BY SALOONS SALKM, Ore, Aug. 4. Attorney I'. It. Hlngo. special prosecutor ap pointed by Governor West, an nounced today that there Is to bo uo leniency shown saloonkeepers here after convicted of violating tho laws. "Hereafter, when a saloonkeeper Is convicted wo Intend to follow It up by bringing suits to hnvo his li cense, forfeited and to collect on his $1000 bond," said Attornoy lttngo. "Wo hnvo not dono this In tho past, but future offenders may tuko warn ing." This wcok Hlngo socurcd tho con viction ot two druggists in Sllvortou for bootleggiug, and threo saloon mon lu Mount Angel pleaded guilty to selling liquor to minora aud, each paid $100 fine DIAZ GIVES SLIP TO FRISCO REPORTERS SAN FItANCISCO, Cal Aug. 4. Nowspapor mou woro given tho slip hero today by Geuoral Follx Diaz, who loft his hotel at an early hour this morning on nn nutomobllo trip. Ho loft no word nt tho hotel regard ing his destination or when ho would return. It Is bellovcd ho Is making n tour ot tho bay cities. Dlus ar rived horo Sunday morning from Los Augoles, en routo for Vancouver, B. C, whenco ho will sail for Japan. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 4. Tho iniinugcmcut of tho Chautauqua eirouit was notified that Secretary of Stnto lU-yan will as unable to keep nu engagement to deliver a lecture here tomorrow evening beeuuse of pressing official business in Washing ton, Other eugiigementa m Kansas ulbo have becu cancelled, 10-60PERCENT FOUR KILLED IN HOP FIELD RIOT AT WHEATLAND Attempt to Aresst Strike Hop-pickers Leaders Ends In Free for All Flflht District Attorney of Yuba Among Slain Militia In Control. ' WHKATLAND, Cnl., Aug. !. Four men, including District Attor ney .11. T. Miinwcll of Yuba county, nrc dead here today; four moro are seriously injured; scores nrc nurs ing broken heads; '.'000 hop pfekers, sullen uml idle, have left their work, uml six companies of tho California militia nrc patrolling the streets of Wheatland as the result of a pitched battle between ten officers and two hundred and fifty workers, on the jjrent Durst rancli here Into yesterday uftcrnoou. Militia In Control Hack nud forth between the squalid tents of the workers the uniformed soldiers are murciiin, while county of ficers nrc trying to place responsi bility for the death of two public of ficers mid two hoppickers who fell, riddled by bullets, on a rude dance plntfonn in the midst of hoppickers' en in p. mat more wcro not killed or wounded is considered miraculous. Firing wns general and bullets flew everywhere. Scores wero injured in n rush to lenvo the place nud bends were buttered oil all sides. Protest Meeting Called A protest meeting wns called Sun day liy tho hoppickers employed on the Durst brothers' much. Tho meeting wns caled by a committe composed of representatives of seven races' employed in the hop fields. Ar ticles of agreement, containing seven grievances, were drawn up and pre sented to It. II. Durst. Epitomized, thoy follow; A price of $1.25 per hundred pounds for picking hops instead of tho ninety cent rale, better sanitary conditions, drinking water in the fields, fresh twice daily, moro toilet room with separate lavatories for women nud other minor improvements for the welfare of the workers. Itlot Follows Arret The trouble wns precipitated by nn attempt to arrest somo of tho strik ers. Guns, knives and clubs were used promiscuously. One of the first shots fired struck District Attorney Mauwell and ho fell, mortally wound ed. A mad stnmpedo followed, and after somo semblance of order bad been restored it wns found that Rcnr don, Voss Hrudshnw mid Anderson wero lying on tho cround. Telephone messnges wcro at onco sent to SBirysville, near tho scene of tho riot, and tho coroner hurried to Wheatland with additional deputies. Tho dead mid injured woro removed to Mnrysville, nud Superior Judge MeDaniels appealed to Governor Johnson for troops. PEACE IN SIGHT UUCIIAKEST. Aiur. !. Penco in tho llnlknns is believed to bo in sight toiluv us a result of representatives hero of llulgnrin, Greece, Sorvia and Montenegro signing an agreement to extend the present nrmistico throe days. It is expected the representa tives will I'greo on terms of peace within this time. OF NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Dullness ehurnuterized tho opening of tho stock" market today, most of tho active lead- era showing anything but a tondenoy to rise. 11. & O., Erie, Reading nnd Norfolk nnd Western wero firm. Steel, Amnlgnmuted uiul Copper eased off. Virginia, Curolina Chemical rose and cotton oil 1. Ponds woro stendy. Tho market closed strong. I AMONG BALKAN OA BON 0 MATURE IN FIVE YEAR PERIODS Petition tn Circulation Calls for $500, 000 Five Per Cent Bonds to Ma ture Every Five Years After First Ten Years. Petitions having the npprovni of the) county court, calling for n rond bond election nro now in cirnulntion. They cnll for tho Issuance of $500,000 bonds hearing interest at five per cent, and wcro drawn to meet objec tions of tho court to the former peti tion, which asked for .$700,000 thirty year bonds, nnd provides for tho re tirement of $"100,000 in ten years and n similar amount every five years thereafter. "This retirement provision will en able the county to find a ready pur chaser for the bonds," stnto Judge Ton Vcllc, "as this is tho class of bond sought by insurance companies. If tho bonds carry, it will mean tho expenditure of $300,000 of new money nmong our own peoplo nnd give Jnck son county tho first paved highwny in Oregon, materially convcnicncinc; nnd benefitting tho cntiro county, and plnce it in the lend of highway con struction in the northwest, as well as make it the mccca of all auto tour ists on tho coast." The petition reads ns follews: ,"Wo tho undersigned registered vot ers of Jackson -county, Oregon, ro spectfullly petition, Tlmt you call a special election for purposo of submitting to tho voters of Jackson county, Oregon, tho ques tion of issuing bonds to rovido for the construction of permanent Toads in said county, the amount of nai, bonds to be tho, sum of o00;'0end tho time for which they are (o run to bo respectively as follews: $100,000 to mature ten years from the date thereof. $100,000 to maturo 15 years from tho date thereof. $100,000 to mature 20 years from the date thereof. $10p,000 to rnuluro 25 years from the dale thereof. $100,000 to maturo 30 years frore the date thereof. "The bonds aforesaid to bear in terest nt the rato of fivo per cent per annum. BRITISH NAVAL TO EXCITE WILSON WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. There Is no oxcltemeut evident in administra tion circles hero today over Great Drltala'a reported lntontloa to Im prove Its naval baso at Bermuda. la talking to newspuper correspondents tbo president Indicated ho did not bollovo there Is any chance ot con necting tbo Improvomoa's with any vlolatlou of the Monroe doctrine or that It would In any way affect the Panama canal. At tho executive offices tho report that tho president has closed tho doors of tho whlto houso to thoso uomocrats who oppose tbo currency bill was declared baseless, us Is also a report that tho president will tako tho stump for that tnoasuro. Ho ex pects quick action ot bath tho tariff and tho currency bills In both houses of congress. Tho Whlto Houso also accepts tha explanation that Groat Ilrltaln and Germany will not participate In the San Frauclsco exposition from mot ives ot economy, Tho administra tion, however, will urgo reconsider ation upon both countrlos. FEDERAL PROBE OF CALUMET STRKE WASHINGTON, Aug. 4,-Sw.ret tury of Labor Wilson today detaiM Walter Palmer, of the, titireau &t labor statistics to go to MiehigHH Hd assist in settling the coper wlif strike in that state. "' IMPROVEMENTSFAIL - ,t ' ',y i--' V v v, "! - i -JL tS.Ste j'M-aiv, .t .