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207 second stmt r , I Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Unlit tonight nhil Hominy Mnv. tUU Mlu. !!( Pro. .lit. rortytlilri1 Ywf. Dnllv ICIkIiIIi Vr MKUFOIW. OHISaON, MONDAY, DKOIOAIBKIfc 1., 1913. NO. 227 SIMICISIS WHOSE REQUEST FOR SPECIIl MESSAGE MS DENIED Iff HlESIUENT WILSON. VILLA EXECUTES UE Hfc-V- US TERRANZAS A SOT RUMOR Millionaire's Son Held for Ransom Reported Hanijcd Villa's Law lessness Makes Situation Grave Carranza Hastens to Intervene. Villa Said to Have Seized Five Mil lions of Foreigners' Property, But Authentic News Missing. WASHINGTON, Dc.'. 15. (Ion. oral Villa's behavior Hits Hoirying t lie nilmlnlslrnlioii today, An uueonfiuued riirl was even current Mint lit) had hanged I. Ills TorrnzuH, tlm Mexican mtlliiMiiiirH fon, liii'iiiixn tin wm no) ransomed piumptly I'limili, If Hit' stories lnlil by refugees fnuii Chihuahua City uri- true, it was admitted tlto situation is serious. Tlumo stories tl'n I not take llu form of official complaints, lint itHHiim lug llii'iii lo Iio substantially nrrn rule, no nUiuipt was tniiilit to ron il i . il . il ! t coin nut i no i mm inn rciiei minor n atliludo threatens troultlit for the I'nitcil Slates in solving the .Mexican problem. 1'itplcitsnnt Humors Sicrelnrv of Stale llrvan loir graphed o American Consul LHcIioi at Chihuahua City for a report, lint did nut May what irly In- lunl re eeived. Ax itnilt'iHiiitt a repot t n any that wan current was to the of frit that Villa had refused to let l.oleher telegraph a olilur rvMirl to the stale department. Tint hanging of Torrmni, should it prove; really to have happened, would nlho he likely to mean grave eoiniiealioiiH, Ah a Mexican sub jrel, the United Stales would not uriliiiiirily hnvo had nn thing to sn concerning the Chihuahua tnngnnlo's fn to. Imt the fact thai he nan taken from the 1 trit IhIi consulate put a dif fureiit face on the mutter. The reb el were said In lime gone mi far iin to threaten Consul Marry Seohel thai (lies' would break in the consul ate iloor utile he surrendered the refugee. Accounts of Villa' soiruro of stores, factories innl slock of goods, Home of them belonging to foreigners, lo tint value of $5,000,. lllll); that he had threatened to ex pel (leiman Consul Knock for pin toMing against (lie exaction of (rili nle from the kniser's subjects, and finally that ho uelually had expelled tlni Spanlhh losidents were Anther sources of anxiety. t.J'V ... ' fir-Li F . II ,..! .1.11- -. ,! -.,...- . - . ... I .,i 1 ." ';? .-Tl f'4 YLW XJl TS ' w tm mam " -wrS-- y&m 'XJMU OI-THC SUFFRAGISTS WHO APHL flIED TO PILSIUIINT WllrTN vrutuchncx. a scxvrrz pxnro I'renlileiit V Cuacrent to Xlltillllt lo llettiilex till. Mr illlrtitliill. lie Cine tin a llonm- HnffrnL'e Com IIixhi dot lined to cniut the reipirnt of one liuiiilriil women KiiffraKliiU who called on him at tliv while lliiine. tlut lie utxv Itielr cause lu a message to Conjress. Tlicy want I lie Hla (en n eonntlliilliiual iiiiieinliiieiit infrnuchlrliiK women. WIImui totil the women Mint lie rcmlil not uo the power of the nilmlnlstrallon to brlns alout the orz.mluitlnn of :i cht;iI coinmltteo In the IIoimo to lake up the suffmRO in it nieiiNure of limit', however. Iiy unjIuK Hint nlremly n iiieiiilRT of tlie Iiouto ltulcs Cominlttec'hail asUotl liliu for hU personal opinion as to the advisability of establishes mlllee and lie tml repllitl Hint lie thoiithl It n proper thine to do. OF TO mm M MN Sterling Mining Company Secures in junction Against Owner of Med ford Trolley and Sons, Alleging Company Double-Crossed. Agreement Violated and Property Permitted to Go to Sheriff's Sale and Bid In Water Rights Seized. REBELS WTHDRAW S20.000.000 LOAN F 1 T1PIC0 FROM ENGLISH BANK SUFFERING HEAVILY (Continued on pugo 3.) HITCHCOCK READ OUT OF PARTYIF0R ACTS ON CURRENCY WAKIIIKUTOX, Dee. K. -Senator Owen Iih afteiiioon piaelleally read 801111(01' Hitchcock' out of lliu ileum emtio pnily, lly his altemplH In uller the iidmiu ihliiillun'ri curieucy hill lliteheoek lias not oiideurcd hinihclf lately to hio domiiomtio fellow HcuatoiM. Con. hcipienlly, when llilchcvck, roxonliiiK coilnhi iiltackH iniiilii on him m the Hcuatu flour, uHkeil today to liue them ciinijid iVom thn rocord, Owen w'uh icaily for him. Ililehcock'H uotioiiK, ho Mild, hud not shown inrty loyalty ami ho plainly invllcd thn Nohraskan lo leave I hit democrat in party. The icf (ireiiccH llilehcnok had ohjoeled to, however, worn unaiiimnuHly o,rluu,' oil. Kciwilor LowIh, demoemlio whip, predlelPd it voto on tho curreuoy hill Iiy Thursday. lly a voto of -10 to .'15 tho hoiiuIo defeated thn lint of Senator Hitch iifk'rt niueiidmunlH lo the ourronoy hill. The iimcudiumit was iulemleil In fix the uuuihor of itkIoiiiiI hanks for roHorvfl at iour and to reipiiro tho Bitlo of tho iohoivo ImnkK1 stool; 1'irnt to thn piihlio. Senator I'oin dwlor voted wijh tho demovratb. VKIt, CIM'Z, Dec. r Though lint reheU had withilrawn from TnmpieoV iinmedinlo xieiuily, ne conlini; lo wirelrs mohHiiKOn from Ailmirnl Hotelier, il wii helieved 11 resumption of their nttnek wiim only a ipichtinit of art much time us would he needed for them to roMipply llienibolves with ammuiiitioii and hriin: np more artillery from Vio toriu. Hefore Koine, Fletcher Hinted, the reheln cut the city's water sunnlv. They also look with them nil the4. ocomotieK from the rnilroml sta tion, which they helil Inr "otue time, fiiriiiihiiii; Ihem with ineatw for K really facilitating the trausporla lion of mililiiry supplies to the front. No definite now had lieon rcoeiv rd as to the uuuihor of killed in the iiKulIu),', which appeals to hac eon tinned up until 'late Salunlay alter 110011, Imt it was holicvctl tho fatal ities were numerous. The nheU in parlieulur, not haviin; the aihanlaye of fighting hehiuil viilreuchiueulN us the federals iliil, were said to luue suffered heuvily. One messnKo did mention the fed erals us haxint; moio than '.'Oil wounded, ami it was said American medical officers had koiio ashoro to aid in cariii) for them. Kdwuid l'inley, said to ho an Aiuericnn, wiih spoken of as linviui; heen slifjlitly wnuuilod, hut il win. understood no other t'oioiKiior was hurt. CLAIMED BY A 10 AS WASHINGTON', Dec. 15. -Tho noiuninllon of .lohn V. 1'ieslon of Ukinli, Cal., to succoed .lohn L. .Me Nuh as United States district attor ney for tho northern California dis trict was sent to thu aeuato (oduy hy l'resident Wilson. NORTH BANK HEAD PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 15. In a iiiossiiko rvuulvcd todnv, J. H. Ytiunj,', piesideut of tho Spokuue, l'oitlnnd e: Seattlo railroad, uonfinnod rcnorls to thu effect that ho had resinned to take t't'lVot January 1, MCXICO CITV, Dec K. - 'Wo aro nhlo to state thin mornliiK that Kiir IImIi lintikern hnvo onlued 120,000,000 to tho Mexican Rovornmont," an nouuevd tho newspaper HI lmparclnl today. IlellovliiK It Implro.l by rreslilent Jliiertu. forelmiers did not arropt (his utatotiient Implicitly, how oxer. Hearing that most of tho robots H (iiinymaH had koiio south Into Slnnton, Oenoral OJeda, conuunndliit; tho fed erals at duiiymas, sailed out with 1000 men to learn It It woro true. Ho found It was not, for ho met n hot re sistance urn! fell back Into tho city. Though tho war offlco denied them, most people believed tho re ports that tho robots hnd captured SallniiH Victoria, In Xuovn Peon slate, killing Colonel Arlsto, tho fed eral commander, lu tho flight. Louis llalrd. KiikIUIi, a mining en Klneer, was a prisoner lu bandits' hands today In tho statu of Jalisco. 1'nloKH thirty thousand pesos woro scut to ransom htm. it was said ho would bo shot. $300,000 BLAZE ARMY AND NAVY REVENGES ARREST SOCIETY ASKED TO M PANKHURST "S JOB CIIICAflO, Dec. 15. Mi-S Chnl etta Hull, aged ID, employed as u stenographer hy Swift & Co., Hoik ed today, despite tho fact thai her uncle, Joseph Snyder of Califoinin, who died recently, had Hilled her $500,000, provided sho mnnicd with in n year for love. ''I hnvo never experienced true love," said -Miss Hull, "and 1 shall nuver innrry unless I do. There is no prospect of mv nciiuirinj (hat $500,000 very soon.'' POSTCARDIRECEIVED NKV YOIUC, Dee. IB.- A postcard hIkiioiI "Jcsslo." bollpved to hnpo been sont by Mlsa JobbIo McCnnn, tho iuIsbIiib iliiuithtor of William McCann, a wealthy wholesalo Krocor, was ro colvod at tho McCann homo hero to day, fl read; "Dear Mothor; I will bo home Thursday uftoruoon, Del not worry " Miss McCnuu, u promtnout social workor, dlsnppearod Drroinlior C, Hor pnrouts bollovo sho Is IioIiik do tallied Bomuwhoro against hor wjll. I.OXDO.V, IHc 15. Militant suf fruKettes started a fire at IJcon- port today which did 1300,000 dam age. Tho conflagration entirely do slroeiI thu Kox-Klllott company's lunilior nrd and sovernl nearby build ings. I'or a tlmo It threatened .o spread to still other structures, and soldiers from tho Deronport bar racks nut! sailors from tho warships In tho harbor were called to the fire men's aid. Tho Incendiaries left a placard posted hear tho scona of tho flro, Inscribed "Hovengo for Mrs. Pankhurit." Miss Syhla Pankhurst, Jio, llko her mother, hns been serving a jail sontenco for Inciting a riot, was re leased this afternoon at the point of death from a hunger, thrst and sleep strlko. Uesldcs refusing to cat, or drink, she walked constantly about her cell lo keep herself from sleeping. Whon given her liberty under tho "cat and inouso" act, she was at tho point of collapse from exhaustion, Suffragotto leaders, roferrlug to Mrs. PauUhurst, who Is still lu pri son, ulso refusing to eat or drink, sent tho following telegram to King Keorge: "In your majesty's iinmo a noble woman Is being done to death. We call upon jour majesty to stop this crlmo before It Is too late " EXPLAIN ITS SATIR E TIIK DAL1.KS, Or.. Dee. 15. Search wus continued hero today for C. A. Uudell, who disappeared after a win rant had heen issued for his arreat ulmi-KinK' him with ombexzle nieut of funds lrom the Moo.so lodge, of which ho was treasurer. It Avas rumored hero that Hudel! hnd boon soon in .Medford, A message received hv Mrs. K'idell that her husband hud met with foul play wus believed tit he a fake. T E SALT I.AICK CITY, Utah, Doc. 15. That attempts hnvo boon niado to poison ltalph l.opez, Mexican mur derer, besieged lu tho Utnh-Apox mliio near Illugham by a posso num beilng moro than two hundred men, was ronortud hero today, WASHIXOTO.V, Dec. 13. In com pliance with a request from President Wilson, Secretary of War Garrison and Secretary of the Navy Daniels today asked explanations from Quar termaster General Alcshlro and Hear Admiral Howard to satirical refer ences to tho administration's Philip pine policy at Thursday's annual ban quet of tho Order of tho Caribou, an army and navy society, at which Alc shlro and Howard were the senior of ficers present. Objection was raised, among other things, to ono of the songs "Damn, Damn, Damn tho Insurrectos." Of fense was also given by the exhibition of threo big models of battleships Inbolled tho "Fellowship." "Friend ship," and "Piffle." A moving pic ture showing a threo year pursuit of a Filipino rebel colonel who was fin nlly captured, only to bo mado gov ernor of n province also was criti cised. It was mado plain by tho president, through Garrison and Daniels, that while outsiders may satlrlzo tho ad ministration as they please, those in Its sorvlco, llko army and navy offi cers, should retrain from ridiculing its policies, een though they don't support them, "Wo shall endeavor to learn whether tho facts warrant u court martini and a reprimand," said Sec retary Garrlsou. Tho president this afternoon with drew from membership In tho Cari bou society, with which ho has had an honorary connection. RETELL STORY OF GIRL'S MURDER BY T HM D N CO XKW YOKK, Dec. 15 Details of the murder of Anna Auniuller, as told 1 by Hans Schmidt, tho unfrockod priest, on the day of his arrest, wcro recounted from tho witness stand this afternoon by Police Inspector Faurot. tho detective who ran the confessed slayer to earth. A crowded courtroom, composed mostly of women, listened breathlessly. Faurot denied that Schmidt was subjected to tho "third degree," add ing: "Wo took Schmidt to tho flat where hoa had killed Miss Auniuller and dis membered her body. Ho described to us In an even voice Just how ho crept Into tho girl's room whllo she slept. He snld he carried a butcher knife and a saw. "Schmidt's frame shook with sobs as ho told how ho cut up Miss Au muller's throat, and then carried tho corpse to tho bathroom. "I severed tho head first,' Schmidt, told us. 'and thou I dismembered tho body. It was gruesome and it required exact ly three days for mo to dispose of tho remains, bit b bit " LOWER COAL RATES ST. I.OIMS, Dec. 15. Tho fight of tho llusluess Men's I.eaguo again it tho Italtlmoro and Ohio, tho Chicago, Hurliugtou and Qulncj, thu Mlssouti Pacific, tho Hock Island, nml nearly a scoro ot other roads, on tho quostlou of coal rates to St. Louis was ro sumod hero today at tho fodor.tl building boforo Interstate. Commorco Commissioner James 11. Harlan. Tho whole fight centers around a 20 cent arbitrary toll rate on all coal cross lug tho railroad bridges Into St, Louis from Knst St, Louis. It Is possible that tho commissioner may also fur ther consider tho request of tho Xorth Springfield mines for n fifteeu cent cut under "Kgypt" based on tho nl logod class rotation of tho railroads nnd tho Southern Illinois coal companies. ARREST OF GOOLEY SAX FHAXCISCO. Cal.. Dec. 15. Aaron It. Cooley, aged 17, bald to bo a brewer of Portland, Oregon, wus arrested hero today at tho Instanco ot Stephen Doyle, a special representa tive of Governor West, of Oregon. Dojlo Intimated that tho arrest was In connection with n crime com mitted fourteen years ago, but re futed to go Into details. Ho said any Information concerning tho case must come from Governor Wciit. Cooloy also refused to talk. I TO SELL JOE T fMWlVN'ATI. O.. lie... If!. Thn directors of tho Cincinnati National League Huschnll club this atternoou disapproved of (ho sale of Joo Tin ker, deposed umuuucr of lite club, to tho Urooklyn Nationals. This whs behoved to mean that Tinker will ho reinstated us umiiuyw of the Hods. Urooklyn ol'feicd the Cincinnati club $25,000 for Tinker's release. Allcxu'K coiispirucy to defruud, nml charging Swnecr S. ilullis and his sont, O. C. Ilullis nnd It. S. L'-il-Iip, with attempting to secure hy a judgment of $1000, ownership of tho Sterling mine, valued At $l0u,000, famous as the largest placer in tho world, together with water righta in volved, hy double-crossing them up on an agreement, tho Sterling Min ing company through its attorney.;, A. K. Ilonmcx and Durham & Ilich nrd, secured Monday from Judo Calkins n .temporary injunction re straining the Itullis' from further ac tivities in connection therewith. Loaned Company 910,000 It is alleged in the complaint that Spencer S. Btillix, who is the owner of the Medford trolley franchise, be came possessed of n large amount of tho capital stock of the Sterling Mining company ns collateral secur ity for lonns mnde fy him to T. If. Harnsdnll. That Hio company w.ts in financial cmbarrns-inent in No vember, 1912, owing the Nunnn-Tay-Ior company $810.45, tho Jackson County bank $'2,500. nnd Y. II. Allen $1400, nnd that it was necessary to do certain work iioii tho property to protect it nnd maintain its water rights, nnd that Mr. Itullis proposed to loan tho company $10,000, to be secured by mortgage, the money to be used liquidating tho indebtedness. The remainder of the $10,000 was m bo RM'iit repairing ditches nnd in vestigating tho property, nnd if such investigation proved tho property n valuable mine, Mr. Hullis would fu' nish the additional money necessary to put it into operation. The pros jmimiI was accepted, the loan author ized and the mortgage executed. Tho complaint says that intciftl of complying with tho agreement, M. Hullis allowed tho mine to bo sold hy the sheriff to snti.sfy tho Niinun Taylor judgment, and through It. S. Hullis, bought the property nnd now claims ownership upon sheriffs deed. Allege Doublc-Crost In part the complaint reads; "That Foon after being placed in the jwssession of the property of thu plaintiff, the defendant, Spencer ij, Hullis, discovered that plaintiffs propei ty vviio very rich in gold and of great value, mid conceived .uml en tertained a desire to bo possessed of and acquire title to the same, and, actuated by greed, envy and cupid ity and with a desire to acquire nnd appropriate to himself tho plaintiffs property, tho defendant, Sponeer S. Hullis1, and his two sons, the defend ants, J. G. Hullis and It. S. Hullis, conspired, confederated and agreed together, each with tho other, to en ter uhhi( and did cuter upon, n plan, scheme and system of actions for the purpose nml with tho intent ot defrauding ami dispossessing tho plnintiff of said properly nnd ac quiring the Riimo to their own ns (Continued on pace 2.) 30-DAY REPRIEVE FOR HENRY SPENCER CHICAGO, Dec. 15. A roprlovo ot thirty days from Decombor 10, was granted today to Henry Sponeer, sentenced to die for tho murdor ot -Mrs, Mildred Alllson-Hexroat, a Chi cago teaching of dancing, by Governor Duuno to allow Spenser's attorney tlmo to appeal to tho( suprouie court. Attorney Zemun said he expected to proVo Sponeer was Inssno at the time ho murdered Mrs, Hexroat. lie uNa charged (hat the 'pcllce "railroaded' his cllout. Tt