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.. t v Jj ., Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fnlr tonight nnit Tuesday JMnt, 71 1 Mln, :il. Forty ililnt Yr. tillv -KIhIiIIi Yrr NTBDFOftf). OltKOON, MONDAY, 00T0JJI3K 27, 1013. NO. 187 V v t fit N OFF CENT "JAIL IS HELL," SAID JULIAN HAWTHORNE ON RELEASE VOTES TO ELECT CAST IN MEXICO Hucrtn Will Hulil Over ns Dictator Coniircssnicn Will Declare Them stives Elected Practically Only litter ta Partisans Went to Polls. In Many Places Polls Not Even Open Election Perfectly Quiet Trou ble Predicted Over Conscripts. MUX 100 (MTV, Oct. 27. Tim nine tlmi jimlnntiiy reimlled Juki iim ovory nun hail expected, It wnn clear today (lint nut enough witt were rimt to elect n president. Tim iiiiiKrociiliiiiiil candidate who received iiiitjorltli'ii will gel toKulliur II wnn expected ninl declare them who elected -Hucrtn npprovrxlng. ItlllTllI til Itl'llllllll Tlmn tliiiy will (I or I ii ro (lint tlio presidential, ns dlMttiguliihml from I Iih conKreMluunl election was Itivullil mill Hk Huerta to remain nl tlm Impd of tlio KoviiriitiKMit until another clec I Ion cull tin hold. Tlil v do when ciiir lliKirta wants one. Thuru urn ntiout .1.000. 000 voters In Miulco. iiml tlm ronntlttitlon re quire one-third of them to cnM their Imllots to uinkit n nlltl election. Nothing like thin ntiiiiliiir voted ym tmilny. In Hint part of tlm north where tlm robot were In control tho IhiIIh were not even opened, tlio rebel loaders ni)lu,. It wnulil tin ridiculous to tuko mrl In such nu election. I'lilN Not lltril ()M'uri Nowhere In tlio country, o fnr nu con hi ho lnarticd, were tho poll open In nil prcclnrtH, except In Hid federal dUlrlrls, nml everywhere Hint there win tutliijc tho number of ballot ennt was very imnll, Tho federal troops throughout tho repuhllc ulthor votuil for lliicrtn, tin ilur their officer' order, or tho offi cer ennt their ballot for them with out Inking (ho trouhlu to open tlio pollx. The Imllot wns not secret, no that It wo poailblo for thono In nuthorlty to know- how nil tho elector voted. There can ho no iiiiMtlon that lliieiln recchod uioro vol en thntt nuy other candidate, hut this was not ac (epteil heru as meaning Hint nuythliiK like it majority of tlio ijiiullfluil vol em f.ivored hltn. Lender of tho Diaz nml (Inmhon part Ion nuked their follow urn not to vote nml very few of them did. Kits Hon Perfectly Quiet In Mexico City, nml no fnr a ty reporlH yet received Indicate, tho elec tion wan perfectly uulot. There seemed to ho un attempt to liitlmldatu or oven to luftiieuro votem except Jn the iinny, where tho officers, to nil InteutH mid jmrpoHOH, emit tho linl totM fnr Hit) rank and flto. Many person woro predicting todny Hint trouhlo will rcMilt from dicta tor's ih.'creo IncreiiNliiK tho nrmy from 80,000 to 150,000 mini. Con Kcrlptloti prohnhly will ho neccHiuiry to lirliiK Hie force up to tho littler liituro nml tho country is bitterly op poxetl to It. Tho congress which Ihiortii recently dissolved hail lim ited him to 80,000 moti, Definite Information wax received thiil iih Intu nn yesterday the federals went Ht 111 holding Monterey, which the reholH professed to hnvo cap lured. Ilouvy fighting was still In progress thuro at taut iiccoiiiiIh, From Cullacun, cnjiltiil of tho state of Klnuloii, cumo iiuwh that tho foil ernlH lnul uhniidoued tho twnn. They Ht 111 hold (lunymus nml Muzntliiii, howovor, Mr If)'' Pit '- l y iffy , ' IfS. DIAZ TEMPTS FATEBYSTAYING IN VERA CRUZ Wires Resignation to Huerta as Brig adier In Mexican Army, But Even This Will Not Save Him Likely to Bo Courtmartlalcd and Shot. MEXICAN CRISIS UNCHANGED C N AC BY E & W- ,-r &2! 1 N--i-a Mexican Officials Convinced That John Llnd Aided Diaz In Escaping From Residence of Brothcr-ln-Law Iiilimi Hawthorne, koii of the fa- upuiH nullior, nml liiuiHi'lf nu nutlior f nole, liai junt Iicimi freed from Ihe feilornl jiriMUi ut Allanln, (In., to which ho wiih hcnt lor fruiiiluteut iinc of the luiiilx in promut iiij? n minium Hcheine. "Jiul in lull," paid he when lie Mcpirtl off a (rain in New York. CHARRED WRECK. OF VOLTURNO SUNK GA LING N FOR COAL STRIKERS ItlNMiMD, Colo., Oct. 27. flhorlff (IrlHhum, with iiluoty depiitlca and two KattlliiKH, mounted on nrmorod cum, Htnrtod todny for I.udlow, whoro iirmod Htrlko BymimthUora woro kcoplng tlio inliio Kunnla from tho town. HeuiliiK tho train comluff, strlko nyiupathUorH from ton (out colonlou, 1 1 nod tho track, ii mllu uway on ulthor ulilo, nml opouod flro, I'lvn or hIx hundrod shots woro oxcliniiKod hut iiouo wuu lilt. Tho rmiKO wuu too mnnt. Tho (loputkm, howovor, vojiuvpoil to Tiinldiid. BY IHE CHARLOIS SOITIIAMI'TON, Kngliuiri, Oct. 157. Tlio hlnkini; of llio liner Vol ttinui'rt ehurri'il hulk Oelolier 17 wnn nnuotiuccil hy wirelexn todny from Ilia HleaiiiHliip Cliiirlolrt ui it juuhciI tlm Llznnl, liomewnrit Iminul. The ilerelict wiih hiKliteil from the (Mmrloin tmihtlicml on Hint date, the captain htnlcd, nml u lioutV crew wnn Hont on lionnl. The firo was out ami the hnilics of those who perished in it were wlill l.vinj; on deck unit In the fiirceiiKtle and engine room. The vchhcI'h interior wnn entirely luirncd nut. Tho officer in commnntl of the IioiiI'h erew opened tho sea eoekn nml thohe on hoaril the Clinrlois kiiw Ihe chip Hiitk In'iicntli the waven. VKHA Cltt'Z, Mux., Oct. 27. FricmlH of (Icneral I'elix Dinr. were Hiiyiiitf plainly toduy that tliey think he tempting Providence hy remain iiik in .Mexico, when lluerla would mueli prefer him lenvo Hie count ry, it wiih iifcri'eil, hut if ho cannot drive him into exile ho wiiiiIh him at the capital, where he can watch him nml liae him entirely within liirt power. I liar, however, wiih utill Hpcndiuc part of ItU timo at Ihe German hotel nml part at tho United htatcH con Htilate. Din. Miit Aiixuer When, after urging linn to neecpt I'rehident Jincrla'H invitation to go to Mexico City nml meeting with n flat refusal, Colonel Vidnurar.ngn left on his upcciul train for the cap ital ,vc8rnlay, ho Kniil emphatically that Din muht atiHwcr for his defi ance. It wiih doiilitcd heru if the remguntiou iih ii hrigadicr general in tho MJuxicau army, which he tele- graphed to tint war department Inst night, would xuvc him. It wuh tuir iniHcd hero (lint ho would he Hum inoned before Ocnernl Hlnnquct for n reprimand, nud rcfiihing to go, tluit he would bo arrested nud court-martialed. Though they hove both denied it, Mexican officinls hero nre convinced Hint John Liud nud United State CoiihuI Canada hcliicd Din, to es cape Inst week from tlio rcHidcnco of I hi hrothcr-in-Iiiw, T.cnndro Alcolcn, In tho coiiRulntc, nud cnticised them Hovcrcly for ,thcir nllcged interfer ence. Alcolcn himself wns under nr rest today. Small Vote Out Two thoimnnd votwi were cnl in tlio Mnto of Vera Crux yeslordny, of which 3C00 woro for Huerlu and 300 for Diaz, with tho rest Hcnttering. DispntchcR from Moxico City sny tlicro wcro tnnny precincts thero in which not n voto wns cast, innny moro in which thoro were hut two or three, and Hint thero woro nono in which moro than about a fifteenth of tho clectoruto voted. ELEVEN VICTIMS Dictator Will Declare Members of Congress Duly Elected, and With Congress to Back His Acts, Posi tion Will Be More Secure. MRS. EMMELINE PANKHURST, MILITANT LEADER, WAS HAPPY ON HER RELEASE FRO M DETENTION AT ELLIS ISLAND Administration Will Not Recognize Huerta Under Any Conditions Nor Mexican Congress. RUSH 1 A 10 COAL FIELDS I)I:NVI:U, Colo., Oct. 27. Clover nor AmmoiiH had complolud prupnrn HoiiH today to rutdi mllltln Into tho strike bound coal fleldn In Suuthoru Colorado. Ho wiih holding up orders for tho departure of tho troops, how ovor, in tho hope, ho said of speedily terminating tho strlko by nu ngroc jnont hctwoen minors nud operators. "In tho inonntlmo," ho said, "I hnvo boon assured from both sldoa Hint ovory otfort will bo inndo to pre vent further outbreaks ponding a settlement." Tho oxocutlvo'H activity was tho result of a, 12-hour'a bnttlo In Dor wind Canyon, at Hastings and in tho vicinity of tho Colorado southern sta tion in which Bovornl men nro re ported ltlllod. As has boon tho caso In all tho clashes thus fnr, tho minors accused tho guards of boglnulng hostilities nml tho guards nssortod that tho minors woro tho first to open flro. Tho guards had tho worst of tho engagement. Roosevelt Leaves Capital SAO PAULO, Unull, Out. 127. Colonel lloosovolt nud party arrived hero today hy train from Dio Jan eiro, wiih wnrmly received und Bpent tlio day Hoeing tho city's sights. Ho wus 55 toduy, MILWAUKEE FIE MIIAVACKKK, Oct. 27. Thiil Inst night's fire will claim cloven victims wiih tho belief expressed nt tho Km ergeucy hospital nt noon today. lie hides tho soveu firemon killed out right, it wan tmid Lieutenant Charles Newton and l-'ircmcn C. llonnessy, George Heiscr tunl August Paget were dying. A dozen men nro missing nnd twenty were injured today ih a re sult of tho firo which raged through out tho night in tho Goodycnr Ituh her compuuy'ri local cstubli&hment, in tho heart of tho business district, nnd adjoining buildings. Tho dead wore: MARRIED EATON TO SAVE HIS LIFE PLYMOUTH, Mass., O9I. 27. Mrs, Jounlo May Katou, on trial horo for tho murder of nor husband, Admiral Joseph a. Katou, resumod tho stand in her own dofouso whon court oponod todny. Sho woo calm nnd colloctod throughout hor tostlmony nud nnsworod all questions without hes itation. Mrs. Katou testified that sho know tho admiral's Income would bo stopped nt his death, and declared sho married him to sava his life, knowing ho wub drinking himself to death u Washington, WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. The election did not cu'ingc things much in Mexico, no far as ndiniuistrntiou officials here could see today. It wiih plain Hint not enough voIcm wcro cnsi 10 mcjri wtmiuuiioiml re quirement. CiiiriC(Ucutly no presi dential candidate could he conxidcrcd victorious. That meant thnt (icneral llucrtn would remain in office until lie called nnothcr election, which might not be for ycnni. It wiih just what wni expected. Klectlon Imnlltl McHsngcH from Mexico City nidt however, that Ihe dictator would de clare tho members of congress duly elected. Thin will be irrcgulnr, since tho election in 11 it hnvo been invalid as to congressmen, if it wiih invalid iih to president. Nevertheless, it is what Hucrtn in tends to do. With n congreiH under his control to regularize hi nets, his position will be more tecure. Tho election was orfcclly quiet. It was nlso 11 farce. No voting wax done in tho districts under rebel con trol. The rebel lenders said it would be ridiculous. In ninny plnccH tin? nnny officcm voted for the soldiers without troubling to open the polln. Tho voto was very light everywhere. To ltcfmo Itecognltlon It was clearly understood that the Washington administration would not recognize Huerta, despite the election, nor tho Mexican congress if it is irregularly constituted. Tho ad ministration's policy was said to be fully mapped out, but it will not be lunde public until President Wilson in Mobil 0 today gives tho word. Wilson mndo n strong i-pcecli in Mobile, saying tho United Stutc-i seeks no moro territory nud thnt other nations, too, must keep hands off in tho western hemisphere. Tlio diplomatic corns in Mexico City was understood to bo planning n meeting this week to demand American intervention in Mexico. If such a demnud is made, it was be lieved here, that President Wilson will acquiesce. Fighting at Monterey Fighting was still in progress at Monterey. Tho Gcnnnn cruiser Nuernbern wan ordered from Yokohama to Ma zatlnu. Franco asked tho United Slates to send n warship to Lowor California to prelect French interests. Tho Mexican federal forces evacu ated Culincnu, capital of Siunlon. A resident of Seattle, formerly in a foreign government's diplomatic sorvico in Mexico, gavo out a re markable interview, Biiying tho fight ing in Moxico is really between tho English Itothschilds nud tho Stand ard Oil interests, with tho Mexicans ns pawns. AbBBBBBBBBBBIBBBBBBV l BHBfll&BBBHriHp IjbIbHbIbIP tJMymw S AM A SEEK NO MO UN A E SW ON President Declares Nation's Policy Not Another Foot by Conquest and Mo Other Nation Permitted to Gain Territory In This Hemisphere. Completion of Panama Canal Means Emancipation of Latln-Amcrlcan States With America's Aid. Mrs. Paukhumt has grown heavier in tho i"nco since she wnn Inst in the United Stutes. And despite her huuger strikes, her face looks fuller and stronger. i DROWN TO BE CHARGED W SMALL GAINS IN STOCK M I MURDER TODAY OAKLAND Cal., Oct. 27. Mrs. nilzabelh Amelia Drown, who on Friday morning killed her husband Archer C. Drown, son of tho late Judgo Albert X. Drown, as ho lay asleep in their palatial home hero, will bo formally charged with murder this afternoon, according to the po lice Tho coroner's inquest over the body of Drown will bo held tonight nt 7:30 o'clock. Tho funeral will be held tomorrow in San Francisco. Llfo at tho city Jail Is being mado pleasant for Ms. Drown. Sho has been given bedding and other fur nishings from her own home, and has her meals served by a caterer. Relatives of tho murdered man havo taken chargo of tho defense tholr theory being that Mrs. Drown was lnsano nt tho timo sho shot her husband and left his body in his bed for 12 hours before sho Informed his brother in San Francisco of tho crime. FORTIFICATIONS PANAMA ANA AT L PROVE WORTHLESS A FT ERMI NES TO CONVICT BEILIS WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. That n secret trot last fH proved tho forti ficntions about tlio Panama canal were worthless was learned hero' to day, following nn announcement thnt tin Atlantic fleet would assemble off Panama iti February for n scries of tunucuvers to put the fortifications to another test. Many changes have been made since the test last full and many government officials, including President Wilson, contemplate at tending tho maneuvers. It was admitted today that tho en tire fortifications of tho cunnl and locks wcro reconstructed after the maneuvers last fall off Gunntanumo Even the mortars guarding Christo- bcl, tho Atlantic approach to tho canal, were thrown five miles further outside tho brenkwnter. Tho tests last fall, it was admit ted today, showed that an enemv could draw n perfect map of tho locks nnd fortifications from fire control towers oven at night. It nlso was proved that an approaching enemy could havo destroyed the canal with ease. NEW YOIMC, Oct. 27. Extromo dullness mnrked tho opening of tho stock market today. No big changes were noted. New Haven dropped fi-8, and after an opening dcolino Steel advanced 1. Hnrrimnn's, lloud in? and Amalgamated mndo small gains. Near noon Uook Islnnd roso 2 for tho preferred nnd tho collat eral bonds gained 2. Ponds wcro firm. Tho market closed steady, PAT0 AGREES TO ACCEPT SPANISH PREMIERSHIP MADRID. Oct. 27. Ex-President Dnto of tho chambor of doputies no tified King Alfonso todny of his willingness to accept tho Spanish preiniorsliin. ' K1EFF, Russia, I Oct. 27.- Tho prosecution having rested its enso against Mendel Pcilis, the Jew nu cuscd of a "ritual murder," there was tho keenest curiosity today ns to what tho defense's first move would be. It was hard to predict what would bo donu here, however. Tho local authorities were understood to havo favored dropping tho case some timo ngo, but it wns rcnortcd the St. Pe tersburg government, which wns d termincd to secure a conviction, would not consent to this, and some persons wno Know Jiussln, even thought it likely that a verdict of guilty will yoc bo returned. Tho Russian nowspnpors of courso hnvo not ptihlislud tho details of tho trial in any such form ns they hnvo appeared in tho foreign press. Suv- eral which undertook to oriticiso the prosecution were promptly sup pressed. BOY STEALS VIOLIN 1 VALUED AT $5000 OAKLAND, Cal., Out. 27. A. F. Frankonstoin, composer of "I Lovo You, California," reported to tho po- lico todaj' that when ho stepped into tho Hotel Oakland Inst night a boll boy took his luggngo, including n ifoOOO Amuli violin, 500 years old, hud that ho has not seen tho boy or violin since, M L El MAN IDS M DUK E GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 27. Despite tho opposition of tho pros nectivo bridegroom's family, all pre cautions lnul been comnlcted todny for tho civil marriage of tho Duke of Croy to Mjss Nuney LoNliniuiin, daughter of John G. A. Leislnnuun, former United Stutis ambassador to Germany. The duko and tho LeUhmnnus were guests at thu Hotel National here. They refused to uuiko publiu the pin co where the civil ceremony will bo held and announced Hint no one but tho closest friends would bo per mitted to attend it. Hoth precautions were taken Ieat tho duko's relatives attempt at tho Inst moment to veto ho wedding. To tho religious coremony, which will bo held tomorrow, many guests hnvo been invited, inasmuch ns tho couplo having been civilly united it will bo too Into for anyono to inter poso a valid objection. REBELS RESUME ATTACK ON MONTEREY, MEXICO MOIIILK, Ala., Oct. 27. Flat declaration that the United States never would sook another foot of (ccrltory In conquest was voiced to dny by President WooJrow Wilson. In opening tho Southern Commercial Congress here. "And tho United States," ho con tinued, "must sec to it that no other nation gains any territory on this hemisphere." Proildent Wilson hailed tho com pletion of tho Panama canal as "tho emancipation of tho Latin-American states from foreign control." Governor O'Neal Introduced tho presldont after predicting that tho completion of tho Panama canal would cnablo the south to wrest ship ping supremacy from tho cast. KmaiicJiMto Latin America "Wo ought to bo first in assisting la tho emancipation of tho Latin- American states," said President w"ll son. "They havo been driven to bard bargains, but hereafter wo will draw them closer on terms of, friend ship and equality, for that Is the only posslblo bond between us. Wo stand for tho highest Ideals, consti tutional liberties and freedom for all. "I want to say hero that America does not seek another foot of terri tory in conquest, and wo must see to It that no other nation docs on this hemisphere. Tho United States will carry out that program. Tho Ameri can spirit must bo the guardianship of true constitutional Uborty. Speaks Eiteinjonuieou.iIjr 'Dcsplto tho things wo are trying to correct, this century has brought us a long way up tho hill toward light and Justice." President Wilson spoko extempor aneously, and his remarks were en thusiastically received. After recit ing from Panama canal statistics, ho added: "I am reciting theso things because I havo Just learned thorn myself." Tho president was warmly wel comed upon his arrival hero. Even a drizzling rain failed to abato tho enthusiasm of tho crowds. Thous ands of persons from all parts of tho stato packed tho streets and school children wore massed along tho route from tho railroad station to tho flat Ho houso, where tho presldont stopped. Aftor a brief rest at tho hotel, President Wilson boarded tho rovo nuo cutter Winona for a trip about Mobile Hay. Later ho wont to tho Lyric Thcator. where, tho Commorclal Congress was In session, leaving later iu tho day for Washington. SAYS R N PLANT OF MURPHY NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-"I s-o by tho papers that Allan A. Ryan snyd I am u linr," ex-Govornor William Sulier said hero today. "Students of pet affairs will wondor whether Ryan was n 'pliinl of Murphy's . whether Murphy used him to 'got something on mu' so Hint ho could control mo after I becanio governor. "I am douo with tho Rynim and tho Murphys. 'Thoy thought thoy would 'uso' mo, and found thoy wcro mistaken." District Attorney Charles K. Whit man announced toduy that if John llonnessy mado further charges of graft against Timuimnyilcs ho would ask him to repeat his charges to the grand jury. HennesHy was Sulzor's special graft investigutor. In speeches in connection with tho pending city and stnto oxeoutiya campaign he litis mado wholesale I LAREDO, 'fox., Oct. 27. Rein- forced, tho rebels today resumed thoir attack on Montorey, Mux., ac cording to dispatches received hero I charges of corruption ngninst Tain by rebel leaders. many officials. . ,- . - iV fc-. .... fn -"( ittto&Yfiatiffs&tKtm&sw w wwwwirHn if Wie ivstemiitrt