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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
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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.
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'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
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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