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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
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MWlT)ltl. OltEflON, TUKKDAV, OfTOBKK 28, 1913.
NO. 188
AMERICAN INTERVENTION IN MEXICO
REGARDED BY POWERS AS INEVITABLE
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TO DEFER ACT ON
MM CRISIS
Drynn Announces That Germany,
France ami England Act In Accord
Willi Administration Dlnz Flees
Ahonnl American Warship.
Hurrta Says It Will Take Month to
Decide Result of Election Blan
quct and Gnmhoa Favored.
WAHIIINUTON, Oct. 2H Hecre
tnry of tftnto llrynn till afternoon
ufflclnlly nuuuuuced I tint (Scrmnuy,
I-'miii-m nud England hint agreed to
defer nrllon In Mia Ico, pending tlm
iiffltitil ntiiiouiirnmnnt (if America's
policy, The American goiernmont,
llrynn ntixi announced, requested tlm
powers to defer iiny coiitemplnted
notion until Hint limit nml they
nitrecd to no do.
WASHINGTON, Ort. 2S -Amnrl-rnn
Intorvimtlon In Meilco seemed
nearly Inevitable toilny. Govern
liiriil officials In tint cluseal (ourli
with tlm nilmlnlntrntlnn admitted nil
much openly. I,y ,,,',lr' Hjipiiot, self-con fetiiod murderer of MrH, Mildred AIIIhoii Rcxroat
General Felix Dlnx' nipenl for ninl others, In tlm liopo (lint lio would do ulitu to rob her of her 1100,000
American protection ronld not lio dl. 'I'amond uocklnco, nccordlng to n further confession mndo public by the.
rewarded It wns inld. Iln owned-to nutliorltleii. Hpeurer said Hint tlui S 100 000 prlro ha sought would prob
I'nlted HtnteM Consul Cnundn, nt "''ly hnvo '"'"" "U, but tnnt TH- ''n' mor would hnvo met the fato of hi
Writ Cm, that hU life wni In dun- other victims, nearly all of whom ho snys ho killed after robbing, but ho
ger nnd It would hnvo been Inhuman co"''' not ""'' n rarnblo opportunity to nttempt to, seize tho necklace
to hnvo refuted htm iidmlmlon to " rar ' ' s - - . -
the consulate. Kluco liu did not con
sider himself info oven tin-re, mid It
nn felt ho prohnbly hnd Kood
KroiiinlN for feiirlm; Hint hi mine
tunry would not be reipecled, thero
wmi nothing to do but to put htm on
lionnl ono of the American flfthtlnt;
VCHHI't.
C'otiipllrnlc Slliiutlou
Yet tli nt the Incident linn urnvuly
rompllcated tlio nltuntlon wnn not
dented. Ireildetit lluertn wns fully
eperted to demand tho fugitive.'.!
nurreuder lo him. Iln will not bo
nurrendernd, however, It wnn defi
nitely ntnted. .Secretary of Ktnto
I try mi todny ItiHtrucled Admlrnl
I'lclclitT, commiimlliiK the Amerlrnn
hnvnl forro nt Vern Crux, to lenm
where lio wliiheit to K( nml ndvlim the
Hiiiio dopnrtmont. It wnn tlinunlil
llltely lio would ho Inkeii to ii uetitrnl
port whero ho would bu uumoleiled.
On bonrd tho Kunbnnt WljrelliiK.
with DIik, wore two of liU followern,
Cecellln Oron nud Jomi Huudovul.
They, too, will lie protected.
To ii(!(;rnvn(o tho Hltuntlon tho
Vera Cm police arrested nn Ameri
can, I.. Ilium, who wnn ono of Dlnx'
companion! when lio Inuded hero
from Hnvnnn. lio wan ncctmod of
political nffemofl,
Other Men lcp
Aloxniulor WHHanm, nine nn Amerl
rnn, cnrrcpondent for tho New York
Herald, wan nought by tho pnllro, but
eluded thorn, boiikIU reftiKo In tho
roiiHiilnto, nud, llko Dlnx, Ocon nud
Haiulovnl, wnn wont on bonrd (ho
WlieelliiK.
Dlnx' cHcapo from tho (lermnn
liolel, whero ho had been ntnylntr,
(Coiitluiiod on I'mto 0)
PLYMOUTH, Mubm., Oct. 28.
CroHH'Oxumluntlou today by tho pro
Hccutor of Mm, Jeuula May Katon, on
trial for tho munlor of lior luulmnd,
Itnar Admiral Job, Olios Katon,
failed to nhnko tho main polnta of
her teHtlmony. Tlio wIIhobb wiib on
tlruly uolf-poilsoBsud throuRh hor ex
amination and It wiib bellovod, mndo
u Kood ImpruHslon with tho jury.
ThroiiKlioiit tliu mornlim, tho pio
Hociitlou croBB-oxnmluod Mrs, Kutnu
reenrdliiK tlio ovoiitn Hurroumllnjj tha
ailmlral'H death and alio wont throimlr
tho onleal without eoiitrndlutuu hul
illiocl teatmouy,
MRS EATON STICKS
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Tor several dnys Mm. I'attor I'nlmur, Ihu well known Chlcngo society
matron, nml owner of orchard In tlm
LIKELY 10 RESULT
WAHIIINdTON', Oct. 'JS. It wh
mlmitleil liy Htnle ilepiirtiuent offi
einlrt tlmt 1'rnncn'n reipieHt for tl'
nrotection of Freneli rcxMlenta ofi
Siiulii I(,'nueio, state of Sinalon, may
involvo rmlinrriisHmcut, hineo Sunlit
Ikuiu'Io in forty mile inland nml
there Herum mi way of complying
with the Freneli requeHt except l,v
lumliui; muriiieM. Tliiw iniKlit pre
eipitnto emnplientionn. N'evcrllu'
letot, it wnn nrri'il tlmt the request
wiih n perfectly proper ono nml enn
not ho iliHrej;iirileil. AtlemptH we.'e
lieln uiiidn to loam tlio exact Hilun
tion nt Santa Ipmcio.
Tlio ptory that n Jnpijneso offer
of 110,000 men, arum nml nummnition
nud financial mippor.t hnd been nuido
from Jnpniicso sources to Oenernl
Cnrrnnrn, the Aloxicnn rebel lender,
In return for colonization privilege ,
wiih not seriously considered.
JfcFSiiKOB from Ilermosillo quoted
Cnrrnnrn himself ns denying that
such terms hnd been offered, nml,
though ho wiib Paid to have admit
ted that ho hnd received n Jnpiinoso
offer of aid, tho dfspntelics filnted
tlmt ho declined oven thi.
If nn offer netunlly wiib made, it
wns not helioved hero that it came
from nny respoiiRililo soureo or wits
of much Iniportnneo. Thero has
been no indiention that Japan or nny
InrRo Jnpnneso iulcront lias con
cerned Itnclf in tho Mexican hituu
tion. PAPERS FOR THAW
CONCOM), N. II., Oct. 28. -A
now sot of extradition papers by
which Now York nuthorities hops to
Bcuuro tho return to Mnttonwnu iihy
luni of Harry K. Tlmw, Kluyer of
Stanford White, woro filed with tho
Keoretnry of stnto Iiqio today, Tliey
nro based on tlio fiction of n New
Yoik firaud jury which indicted Tnuw
nn u chnrjjo of ooiiBpirucy.
FRENCH
REQUEST
INTERVENTION
Nit, WHO WAS
11Y $100,000 NECKLACE.
Roguo river valley, wns followed
MKXICO CITY, Oct. 2S. Thnt
Foreign MlnUter Moliona Is prcpnr
Iiik nuother nolo to WntihliiKtou aik
Iiik thnt lluertn bo rccoRnlxod, wns
ndmltted hero this nftomoon. llav
ItiK held an election, im ho promlBcd,
It wnn unld tho provUlonnl president,
thinks hlmsolf entitled to it. If
granted ho believed ho can secure n
big foreign loan.
WASIIINOTON, Ost. 2S. Tho fol
lowing wlrolcBS mesngo from Admlrnl
Fletcher, In command of tho Ameri
can naval forco nt Vorn Cruz, wns ro
celvod tedny:
"At 7 Inst night tho American con
sul reported thnt Dlnz and two of his
friends woro nt tlio consulnto, whoro
they hnd been given an asylum. At
1 this morning Dlnz, his two friend
and Aloxniulor 'Williams, nn Ameri
can correspondent for tho Now York
Herald, bonrded tho Wheeling nud
nuked protection.
"I am holding them nwnlting or
ders from Washington."
I
WASIIINOTON, Oct. 2S. A rumor
that tho gunboat Wheeling hnd boon
fired on nt Vorn Cruz wnB, officially
denied by Assistant Secrotnry ot tho
Navy Itoosovolt this afternoon, lie
said tho mwy dopnrtmont was In con
stant wlrolosB communication with
tho battleship Louisiana and thnt no
alarming roports had been recolvod.
To Secure Pension Woman Is Killed
l'OHTIiANI), Oct. 27. On hor way
to mall a letter to Germany to obtain
proof ot hor husband's death so that
sho could secure a widow's pouston,
Mrs. Minna Kontnor, 78, was struck
by n Btroot car today and instantly
lUllod, Accordlm; to neighbors slio
wiib destitute.
ETA
AGAIN
PREPARES TO
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RECOGNITION
BATTLE MG
W H H
IN COAL FIELDS
Machine Guns Spurt Lead in Blind
ing Snow Storm as Mine Guards
Stand Off Miners and Sympathiz
ers Militia en Way to Scene.
Both srdes Well Armed and Supplied
With Ammunition Most Firing Is
Done at Long Range.
IiKNVKK, 0t. 28. With Iheir
machine guns ttpurtinp; lend an fust
at the operators could work thf
ineehnniHin, 200 In 300 mine pinnN
were slnudin; off three or four times
their own number of Ktrikcrs and
Mriko nyinpntliir.,rs in Ihe Miiilhern
Colorado coal fields near Ludlow to
il a v.
The battle rnged In the midst of
n blinding snowctonn. News of it
renched hero over n pintle telephone
wire from Ludlow. All oilier wirei
und been cut. flic light covered n
wide range of territory nml wns nc
tunlly progressing ; Denver's in
formant in Ludlow talked.
Dctiilln of light Meager
Details consequently were mengre.
The miners, however, were well arm
ed with rifles nud evidently hnd
plenty of ntututiuitlon. Tlio mine
cunrds hnd rifles, 'loo, ns wall n
their machine gons. In some places J
tho firing wns nt such long range
that it wns doubted if much execu
tion wns being done. There were
other plnces, however, where the
rombntnnts hnd npproaebed cloc to
ono another and in these cncs it
seemed impossible to believe Ihnt
there were not many bullets which
found their innrlw.
From the best information ob
tainable the fight wns fiercest nt
Herwind rnmp. whence it wns snid
the guards, unnhlo to hold Iheir own.
hnd retreated to Arroyo, returning
the fire of the hundreds of riflemen
senttered nbout the hilUides on
cither side of them.
Mllltln on the W'ny
Under orders from Governor Am
nions, who hnd nlrendy proelnimed
martial Inw, ten eompnnies of militia,
including envnlrv and artillery, were
on their wnv lo tho scene, wnen
Ludlow wns heard from, however, the
soldiers hnd no nrrived.
Seeing how badly their pinrds
wero outnumbered mid nppnlled by
tho resolution of Ihe men, tho mine
operators enrly in tho day appealed
to Sheriff Gribham nt Trinidnd for
moro deputies. Tho sheriff replied,
hoowver, Hint he hnd no mow mid
thnt only troops could restoro order.
Mnny of tho miners nre Greeks
who snw service in tho linlknn war
and arc trained fighting men.
DIAZ STILL HELD
VERA CRUZ, Oct. 28. General
Felix Dims was still on bonrd the
United Stntes gunboat Wheeling in
Vera Cruz harbor today. His appeal
to Consul Canada Inst night for pro
trotion followed tho nrrest of L.
Ilium, nn American, who accompan
ied him hero from Havana. Canada
was investigating Blum's enso to
day. Tho ground of his nrrest was
not epcoificnlly stntod, but it was
understood tho polico suspoqted him
of activity in Diaz's behalf? and in
opposition to l'residont lluertn.
With Diaz, thero nlso applied to
Canada for protection Ceceilia Ocon
and Joso Sandoval, two of his sup
porters, and Alcxandor Williams, n
nowspnper man, who was also un
derstood to bo numbered among the
Diazitos. They, too, woro sent on
board tho Whcoling.
John Lind, President Wilson's em
issary, wns investigating tho clou
tiou today.
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WARSHIP
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George Fred Wlllluu-a. of Huston,
Wilson for Minister to C recce.
HUNDRED KILLED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. A tele
gram received at tho stnto depart
ment from tho American consul at
Saltillo, Mex., this afternoon snid
that a-pilot train, preceding a south
bound passenger, eighty miles from
there, was dynamited Sunday and
100 were killed.
Secretary Uryan fini,i nn American
cruiser would sail tonight from Ma
r.ntlnn to tho port nearest to Snntn
Ignneio,' forty miles inland, to pro
tect French residents there. He did
not sny whether or not mnrines
would bo landed.
Mexican government accounts of
tho election nt Puebln, Snn Luis Po
tosi, and elsewhere, indicnto a "land
blide for Huertn and Dinnquct."
0. A. C. TEAM
EUGENE, Ore, Oct. 2 S. Follow
ing a long-continued discussion bo
twoon hlmsolf and Dr. E. J. Stowart,
athletic director and coach ot tho
team, Captain Shaw ot tho Oregon
Agricultural Collogo football team to
day turned In his suit and quit tho
squad.
Although tho disagreement Is said
to hnvo been n personal matter, It
was understood thnt tho ovorwholin
Ing dofent ot tho Aggies by tho Uni
versity of Washington last Saturday
brought matters to a focus,
Witl tho Oregon University gamo
but a couple of weeks off, Shaw's re
signation leaves tho team in a bad
ly crippled condition.
OREGON WINS PRIZE
PORTLAND, Oro., Oct. 2S. A
telegram was rocolvod horo today an
nouncing thnt Oregon's exhibit at tbo
International Dry Funning Congress
at Tulsa, Okla., had wou tho grand
International swoopstakos trophy
cup, which wbb botug competed for
by many othor states aud foreign
countries,
Tillman Routor of Madras, Oro.,
Is In charge ot Oregon's exhibit.
WHEN
MEXICANS
DYNAMITE
TRAIN
MINISTER TO GREECE
Mass.,
has been selected by President
OF ALL COUNTRIES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S. That
President Wilson and Secretary
Krynn plan a "unity of interests"
of all nations in tho western hemis
phere wns the interpretation placed
hero today on the president's utter
ances Snturday at Swarlhmore col
lege, Philadelphia, and yesterday in
Mobile.
Politicians nud diplomats here
were convinced that in those two
speeches the notional executive was
outlining tho policy ho mid the pre
mier of his cabinet hnd decided on.
Ily means of their plan, it wns
snid, they believe they can put a stop
to tho frequent uprisings and revo
lutions which hnvo disturbed Cen
tral and South America in the past.
1: wns understood thnt they intend
to eliminate every suggc-dion of
"dollar diplomacy" from their pro
gram mid to maiutniu tho Monroe
doctrine in its most literal senso.
Tho president, it wns said, on ex
cellent authority, is determined to
avoid intervention in Mexico if pos
sible, but if ho must intervene, to
withdraw as soon as order has been
restored.
L PROHIBITI
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. -Congressman
Richmond Pearson llobson
of Alabama today suggested in the
house tho following added article to
tho federal constitutien:
"Tho sale, nmnufaeturo.for sale,
importation and exportation for snlu
ot all bevornges or foods containing
alcohol is forever prohibited in tho
United Slates and in all countries
under their jurisdiction."
FIRST REAL BLIZZARD
KANSAS CITY, .Mo., Oct. 28.
Roports rocolvod horo this afternoon
say thnt Northern Kansas Is suffer
ing from tho first real blizzard ot
tho winter. Snow started falling hero
ut noon.
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PLANS
UNITY OF INTERESTS
LAND GRANT TO
AID CAOSE OF
GOOD BAYS
Governor West Prepares Bill for In
troduction In Senate for Recovery
of Coos Bay Grant Lands by State
Through Failure of Agreements.
Would Apply Proceeds From Sale to
Construction of Two Highways
From Railroad to the Coast.
Permanent highways In Southern
Oregon, ono ot thom from tho rail
road In Douglas county to tidewater
In Coos county and tho other from
somo railroad point In Jackson coun
ty to tide water In Curry county, will
result if tho offort of Governor West
to recover for tho state, tho lands of
tho Southern Oregon land grant, so
that they may bo sold and tha pro
ceeds turned over to tho stato high
way commission, and thus fulfill tbo
objects ot tbo original grant.
Governor West has sent Senator
Chamberlain a bill to be Introduced
In tho senato waiving nil right, title
and claim ot tho United States In and
to certain lands granted to the state
of Oregon by an act of congress' ap
proved March 3, 1869, to aid In the
construction of a wagon road from
Roieburg to Coos Day, Oregon, and
confirming said grant to tbo said
state. ,
Violated Agreements
Tho bill will enable tho stato toh
bring action against those who ac
quired tbo land fraudulently and re
cover possession. In part tho bill
rends:
Whereas, it appears.
That tbo stato and not tho govern
ment Is tho proper party to bring
suit to recover theso lands.
That tho provision ot tho said act
ot congress that tho lands should not
bo sold In quantities to exceed 160
acres to any one person and tor a
prlco not exceeding S2.G0 per aero,
wero self-executing limitations upon
the power of the stato ot Oregon to
alienate tho lands embraced within
tho grant;
That tho state Is entitled to ro
sumo tho administration ot tho said
grant, and to proceed with tho en
actment ot lar;s necessary for the dis
position ot tho lands and tho con
struction ot wagon roads In .accord
ance with the provisions ot tho said
act of congress of March 3, 1869:. h
Ua It Enacted by' tho senato nud
bouso ot crropsentntives .of the
United States of American In con
gress assembled, .
Text of Measure
That all right, tltlo and claim ot
tho United States in and to certain
lands grautod to tho stato of Oregon
by an net ot congress, approved
March 3, 18(19. be, and Is horoby,
waived and relinquished In favor ot
tho snid state ot Oregon, and in or
der thnt tho said stato of Oregon
may tnko such stopa as aro necessary
to resumo tho administration of tho
snid grant, provided, howovcr, that
tho said lauds shall bo sold by tho
said stnto, through Its stato land
board, to tho highest bidder und in
such quantities as tha said board
may deem advisablo; tho procoods
of such salo to bo paid luto the high
way fund of tho snid stato and ex-
(Continued on l'ugo 6)
SOW. TAKES BLAME
E
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. All blame,
for tho counterfeiting alleged to huve
boon dono by Dr. Ernest Muret was
assumod hero today by Hans Schmidt,
confessed murderer ot Ann Aumul
lor, Testifying at Murot's trial.
Schmidt said bo suggested the coun
terfeiting schonie, obtained all the
plates and othor materials and dd
most of tho work.
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