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3 "Tfnfj ;ff Ircly 5"? ? ' sc ml Gdef Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fnlr inn! Colder Mux. IOj Mlii. si.l. IN i r ), &. ' fofly.lhlrd Yr. JAPAN ON 0 LEAD ABA Admlrnl Vreclnml, Navy Jliio, Claims That Mikado's Strcnulh nt Sea Will Soon Surpass That of the United States. WAfllllNCTON, Jnn. SA. Unlois tint I'll I ted State ImlliU battleship nt a lively rate Jnpnn wilt kooii bo como tlio stronger poiver nt son. Itenr Admiral Vrcclnnd wns loportod In hnvo tolil Ilin house nnvnl enm inlllre today, nml mny Insist mi tli.. rrll of CallfornlaM nntl-nlleii Inmt law ti)' virtue of It superior strength, Thu ndmlrnl expressed himself ! Iilml closed doors, no record wnn inailo of wlmt hn snld nml thu com lulttecnicii afterward discussed It re luctantly, tint It wn known hn went deeply Into the Japanese wnrslup building program. Nnvy lKilf ArtUlty An n member of the naval strategy bonrd Vreclnml was railed on nnt nrnlly to glvo liln view, wild did nil n cllhinx to u story session of Hi" committee, during which Congrs. nun lluclinnaii nf IlllnoU, n 'Utile navy" ndvornte, Brow no nugry tlut ho lfl ttio room, lliichniinn mid Coiigrciiinii Hens try of Missouri flashed violently with Vreolnnd over the Nnvy League' i Activity In fomenting sentiment for moro fighting ships, oven charRlns thnt member of thu lengun woro In terested III corporation engnged In selling nnvnl atippllr to thu govern tncnt. Vreolnnd wa said tn have Insisted on tho necessity of four battleships t year Initrad of tho two proposed by Hecretnry DnnluU. MIkmlo Want Philippine Itvforrlng to Jnpnn, member of tho commlttoo asuorled thni tho Ml kndo wntil tho rhlllpplno Islnnd no nn oiitli't fdr hi surplus population; hnt thu United Rlnte rould not gel time to ge'iihlp to hold them In tin; event of unr; thnt Japan might even Ih able to boIio tho Hawaiian group before nn American fieri roul I rrnch there; f wnr should brenk out between tho two countries Japan' first net certainly would bo to strlko nt tho Philippine nml thnt thu Cnllforula nntPnllou land lnw nilKht survu n nn excuse. Tim ndmlrnl admitted thnt he dli not think tho Mikado's forrei rould rapture Alaska or the Panama rnunl nnd concluded thnt Jnpnn lind no ruKtilnr warship building program, hut constructed new vessels as far n ltd resources nnd credit permitted, MM END OF FIVE l.OS ANOKI.KS, Cul., Jim. J8. Cloudless xkioH niurkcil tmlny the nul of (lie five luyH htorm lluil Mwint Koutlicrn I'lillinriiiit. The k"v ernment wi'iilhnr liuienii preilieleil clear wenllier for nt lenht a week. A forly-inilo wind prevaileil tliniiiKlioul tlm nljlit hero, ilrtipplui In a fifli'fii iniln vrloeity nt iluylirenk. Low tern pernliireH ami Ki'iuirnl fnihl v pro ventfil; h.v llm wlmln. Thu fioiillniVil liulf of Die slule wiih rt'euporiitiiiK wlnwly I'nuu (lie ei'feels of thu Htorm, It will lit) iimiiy iliiyn, howover, huforo ioinml traiiHioi'ln tlou am) iioiiimmileiitiou fai'ililieri are restored. Wlro traffio wan ithiiiiu'iI to iiIniohI all iioIiiIh, lint a dor.on tOWIIH VVrO wlllHMlt Mill I'lMUIIIUIlll'll- llou, Knnlii I In i lm t'n reiiiiiliiml Ixolnleil. No traliiH 1 1 live euteieil or loll llimv hlni'o liint Frlilay. A ii'iil M'ntiou of Veil I ii in count v U nil oil' fruin llm world, Many iiiIIi'm of rnilioinl tiaekn urn iimlur waler or land hlldnH, ami hooivm of lallioail ami waKoii lnlilKfi are mil, ('ItriiH etpi'ilN auii'i'd Hint lillle ilnniauu wiih ilann Ihu orniitff '"id lemon iroiN, Other i'M'iim m'lii'nilly Wiiiti hi'iii'l'llcd hy ilia miiim, llmili IIioijkiuiiU of ni)i' of fanu JmihIm v'hi Jiiuiidiiled iiinl ilirlr i'ioiim iiiiii nl. TIim WMleiM i'v0lii')' wt'iv h , N NAVY CLOUDLESS SIS DA RAIN M ANARCHY REIGNS AT PRESIDENTFLEES Battleship South Carolina Steaming nt Full Speed Toward Port An Prince to Protect Foreign RcsN dents Endangered In Revolution. WASHINGTON, .Ian. 28.-Tho lillltlrlili .South Caiolllia mih htcillil iiiK at full npci'd today fioiu (Itinntii uiiino townrd I'otl mi I'liuee, Haiti, to lo'lp the eruiher Montana in pro trclinj; fiire'ijii rehnlenlK iiiilaiiKeiril hy (lm latent rrolut:on. Willi I'reniileut Orewto'K Midden roMKiiiilion iiiitl riiiht on Imaid the Oeiinaii ciuirr Viueta, it wiih uid I'linipli'te niinreliv iirevailed at the lliutii'ii eiipitnl. S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 tr miik Hind to liuM' lii'i'ii eoiitinuotm tliniiisliiMit llm iiikIiI. Amenenii IduejaeLetH from Ihe MonlHiiu were nn cnard oer the I 'tilled SImIi'h leKHtion, the ealilo htu lion nml the l'nnrli liotpitnl. The other litfiitioii ami (leimnii More in Ihe eitv were K'lanlrd liy detaeli iniiiH fnn the uielii 10NAL HEARING, SEATTLE POim.ANI), Or.. .Ian. i!H. Heere larv of Avrieulliire HouMou and See. relarv of the TrenMirv reAdoo, inetnlierx nf tin? federal reere hunk iiiXiini'Mti'in committee, nml partv ariived liere at 7 n'eloek thw morn MiK m a pnte ear owr the 0.W. II. N. from Denver and left for Seattle an hour and n half Inter, where tcKional linuk lienriiiKH will In held toniiiht nml tomorrow. HeHideN Serretnrieu llnuxtnii nnd MeAdoo, the mrtv I'liimlhted nf W. W. Callander, neerelarv to lloiihton; (I. K. fwikftoii, f-eretnry In MeAdoo; T. It. (Irnv. MrAdooV euiifitleiitiul elerk; Mi N'onw MeAdoo and Mi" Kllen Itoliinoii, a friend. Hv prenrriiMcinenl no eoinniitte frnm I'oitlnnd einmnoreinl lnnlir met the Iriiiu, nnd none nf the party left the ear. TESTI ;j .SAVANNAH, t'n. 2S StroiiR testimony uKnlma United Stnte JuiIro Kmory Hpecr of Mncon, rhnrKod with unltiR hl offlco unlaw, fully, wnH Riven hero thin iiftornoon heforo tho Iioiiho ltivetlKtlnK cum mltteo hy Attorney (loncrul Tlioma II. Keliler of (loorKlu. Kelder Muted positively thnt JuiIro Spoor hnd Umied onlers to rover up tho ninnnur In which Jurloi In hi court wero aoloctod. Ho do clnred thnt hi otiu cano n Jury h'l heeii Holectod hy a marshal Instead of holiiK tlrnwn from n box as re ipilred by law. Kelder nlso urcimoil JuiIko Speor of illrectlui: iiroBdciillona from tho boiirh nml of milking apeechoH diirliiR trial which worn Intended to prejudice Jur Ich. DEATH KNELL OF PKK.SC'OTT, Arx Jan. 28.8u perlor JuiIro Krauls Hinltlt aouudod tho deallt knoll of prUoflKhtliiK In ArUonu today wlion ho ruled thai, to conform with tho atato law, ull inulcho intiat bo held without iv ref eree or Hociiud. Hint no prlnclpul may recolvo uny sort of loiiiimorntlon or pi tin, and (hat no blow aufflclont to cuiimj a kuoclioiil or uny Injury may bo struck, Tho duclsliiii wa I'lvoii In a lc.it rusn In wlili It liuiiiiy Mulliowa mid Phil Kliluhl, who mot III a I'rcanul rliin, Juniiiiiy V, upiniured iu dufoud nut AIIIioubIi leclinlrutly utility Ihu flMhl'i vuru itdt'usoil fioiu cukli'il Atluf iuy llciiiil llt'oruv P I'ul Juiil mtf ii vd ihu iuu lor Ihu sluto, AH W N REG NK MEDFORD. 0 SI OM OF T Huerta Makes Ll(ht of Conspiracy, Out It Was Really Most Formld ahlc Hucrta's Elimination Now Desired hy All Interests. MKXU'O CITY, -Inn. 'JB. Preii,. dent Huerta ami Iiih fiiuuds tried to day In makn Iiht of the pint dixt'ov ered iiuiiiii! Ihe dirtnlor'.s life .Mmi. day nielli, hut everyone on the in hide of the nitiintioii here knew that renllv it wa4 very fonaidahle. Not only hud it K"iio o far that nil prepatatiniiK wore completed and Ihu lilou imuht liuve lioeu Htruek if the eoiiHpinitorH hml hceu n mere trifle more prompt, hut several ex tremely prominent men were involved in it. Some of tliciii, ton, had been known an lltierla supporter, no that the president linrdly knew today whom ho could tiul. Akiiiii, il wiih n hymnloin of the Km wiiii; diHHiitiNfnetioii with the pi'eKenl reyinie. 'I'mies are so had nml Huerta Iiiih levied hix finnnciiil exnctioiiH ho heuvilv thnt in husinoNK eirehsi liternllv hundrcdx of men of iinportunee lomr for tho dietntor'M elimimilinn, no mutter hy what nieaiiH. War .Minister Hlampiot iHnued a Htatemcut toduy denyiai; that any of tho arretted eouxpirntors had hefu executed. Kidcncia llcrnnudez and (luillior mo Mijiiro, former mrmlieru of eon- KrenH, were nrrchtcd today, charged with coiiiplieitv in tho plot. LEAH ALEXANDER SAN FitANCISrO. Cnl., Jan. '28. Minn .enli Alexander and her aired mother wept together todnv w As- kiHlnnt l'roHoentor Krvd u Horry neeiiHcil the uirl. in his encuim: ml- dn to the jury in Superior Judp' llunnort courtroom, of (lie premedi tated murder of J. 1. Van Haateii. Ilorrv miido nn dofoiiMi nf Van llnaleu for his relations with Mbs Alexander, hut ho contended thnt be online tho man hnd ilono wmni; was no e.veiiHe for tho woman who killed him. Attorney Tom O'Connor nsserted that ho will nrovo thu drl tried to kill hoiclf tho dav heforo tho trnc- edv because Vnn Hanlen had refused to see her and wns enuy when bho hhot him, from n dose of strychnine, lodmo and bromide. FEDERAL OWNERSHIP FOR RADIUM PLANT WASIUNOTON. Jan. 28. Gov ernment ownership of a radium e.x trnctiiiL' idunt will ho nroposed in a hill In hu inlroduced ill tho house of representatives lomorrow. Tho plan proposed hy tho house mines com mittee probably will eliminate tho proposal of Dr. Howard Kelly nf Haliimoro to ho a partner of tho Knvcrnmcut in extracting radium. Tho committeemen nniiouiiced that Secretary of thu Interior Lane's plan In withdraw radium lands mny ho modified ho as to pvo prospect ors a ft co rein under iv system hy which the uoverument will hnvo pref erential riKiit to purchase all ores extracted from such lauds, IS CAPTURED ON KANT.HYII.M', 0 Jan. 28.-A mini Kivltiir thu name of Harry Wur ncr wiih unci. I cd hero today on u ohiU'K' "f I'ohhiiiir Piillmiiii hci'lh oeeuph'il hy piimciiucn en a Haiti mine & Ohio train, lie wiih over- piHM'icd hy piiMonjp'r on llm Irani mid a iiiiinhiT of iiiiini in Hole luie found in hi iHii'kci Woim'i I hclicnil In Imtu had an uii'i'iu plUtf liu m'upt'd, N N WH A OUlSaOK. WKUXIfflDiW, COLONEL GORGAS NOMINATED FOR SURGEON IN CHIEF i " -SrtfaafMHaTaV -9-p. MHHMariTi'M " itn - SJV aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaB ' W JaaBBak Wt rV '' " SaJ!ter.3.jBBB JalBBBflBflBflBflBflBflBBBBBBBflBflBk V f' f -lilBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflKL s!!k '4''MPIaaaMaaaaaaaaaV'!aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa sZFl?A '-'rFBaaT taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal aaaaaaaaaaaTaaaaaaaaaa i-BaW""- PBiBaaaaaaaaaaa 4BjBBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflBflm aflP " President Wilson has uomimited (lorcas, chief Ihe I'annmn ea- in ..liu.r .il' llio Colonel William C. suiiitnry officer of mil. to he Minion army, and thus row ard has come to the man who did nn much as Colonel (loethals to make til ic canal juiKsilde. Without the work er Colonel uor- SED BY DENSE NKW YORK. Jan. 28. The heav ieht fojr in years mused two smaRh ups nml dire coufitsinn nn New York bay today. One accident wn4ithc nimmim; of tho I.neknwauiia ferrvlmut Scandi navian hy n car limit. N'ot intieh damiico was done, hut the Scandi uavinii'rt pnshencers wero thrown into n panic nnd the officers hnd hard work to ipuct them. I-ntor the municipal fern bantu Brooklyn nnd Manhattan era -lied and there were two moro panics though nobody wns hurt. Tho fog settled over the hay as thickly as a blanket hiht ninht, nnd sis trans-Atlniitie linors. together with eight Muullor craft, inwarrt hound, dropped anchor outside Sandy Hook rather than risk trying to dock under the eircumstancss. The hnze lifted somewhat ns todav advanced, and the vcs-el nosed their way in, though one of the smaller boats went ashore in doing it. Altogether, about 10,000 passen gera were delaved 111 landing. TO WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S- Ar riinRomontB woro completed today fo. a gathering of four hundred working women In 'Washington Monday to de mand of President Wilson a federal constitutional eqml rights amend. mont. Tho delegation Is to represent ovory lino of activity In which women aro ongagod and will march on tho white house carrying banners bearing quotatlonu from tho president's writings Interpreted as expressing hta belief in tho Justlco of woman suf frage MARRIED TEE OUT OAKLAND, Cul.. Jan, 2S. Jame 13. Duncan, an actor, was arrested hero today 011 charRca of bigamy. Ho admitted that after murryliiK Nelllo Josophluu nt Han Josu in 1U0U ho also married Hva Airgr, an octrots, horo January 17. HEAR ARGUMENTS UPON PROPOSED POSTAGE INCREASE WASHINGTON'. Jim. 'JH. Clinir liliill Moon of llm hoiifec piiklnfJU'ii house iwiuiiiiilli'i' iiiiiinuiiiTil Hint 011 rVhniiirv v llm ronnm! l en will hour iiigiiiiiiiitu J'or mnl mmiii mi DITum III vuiviul rlusa wluj(v lulu MANY SMASH-UPS CAU NW YORK JANIMKY 28, 14. u. ,1,'aH on tho canal iinfnnitiiry rnudi- ilioiiH would have killed their tlious- lands lone before the work had been I limlif.lil In ilu tink(lll klfilf. lt,t lif. used radical measures nnd now the enruil zone, though in the trop'c., jh one of tho heaithicKt ko'h on the Juee of the eartli. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-Kx- .Scmitor Shelby M. Culloin of llli now died shortly before 2 n'eloek this afternoon at his home in Wash ington. ..... .' .-. -yi Ciillom, who long repre-euled Illi nois in the upper 1ioiim of the na tional legislature, had been in 11 crit ical condition for some time from a general breakdown duo to old uge. His family were summoneil repeated ly tn his bed-iido, but ho showed urent vitality ami rallied again and again. Tho ex-senator was born nt Mon ticelln, Ky., November 22. 1820, but while lie was still 11 baby his parents removed to Tazewell county, IHinoN. Their son went to Springfield to study lnw, after completing his acad emic education at Roek River semi nary, Mount Morris, Illinois was ad mitted to the bar in 1655 and main tained a Springfield residence to tho time of his death. In 1855 ho mar ried Hannnh M. Fisher, who died In 18(11, nnd wns wedded again in 1803 to Julia Fisher. Funeral services will bo conducted at tho Cullom homo hero tomorrov, tho Hcv, K. S. Wood officiating. Tho body will be taken to Springfield for burial. IRREGULAR MOVEMENT NKW YORK, Jan. 2S. A narrow and irregular movement marked the opening of the stock market today. Tho widest movement was in Union Pacific, which declined 1. Small gains were registered by a few stocks hut a majority of the changes wero toward lower levels. Later Reading was pushed up ma terially and Tobacco sloeks nnd other investment shares made a good showing, hut tho general upturn was slow. At noon tho level was still slightly below yesterday's close. He fore tho close tho list hardened, Reading, by rising to 17lHa, acceler ated tho rally. Tobacco issues row from ;i to 1 points Jloudtf wero ir regular. The market closed steady. STRIKES TO BE PROBED WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Two separate house cniiiiuillecs wuio scheduled to leave next week In in vestigate Ihe klrikc in Ihu mining icgimi of Coloindo mid Xlehiumi. The Colorado probe will ho nondiii'l I'd hy it roiiiiinllrtt lieudtd hy Chair mull potior of Hi" hoii Millie I't'Ui millet ( onurokiiiiiu T)lor will iliuvt (hv imuHuulii'ji In MlvhiKU'i SENATOR U OM PASSES AWAY AFTER LINGERING LLNESS PRESIDENT FIRM IN OPPOSITION 10 POLITICAL BOSS I. Flat Denial of Reports That Wilson Would Support Thomas Tarjgart and Roger Sullivan In Their Cam paigns for the Senate Issued. WASHINGTON Jan. 28. Flat de nial of reporta that President Wilson would support the senatorial candi dacies In Illinois and Indiana of ThomaB Tagsart and Iloger S. Sulli van, political bosses In thoso states was voiced today at the wltlto nous. Tho report followed a conference at the executive mansion last night be tween the president, W. F. McCombs, chairman of tho democratic national committee and several administration oflfclals. "President Wilson la not taking part In local tights anywhere," de clared Private Secretary Tumulty. It was understood, however, that President Wilson later 'will tako a firm stand against Taggart's candi dacy. WOMAN EXPLAINS SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Jnn. 2S. Mrs. Mary Vaughn, on triul here on n ehurge of attempting to extort .500 from Judge It. M. Widuey of Los Angeles, took the stand in her own defense today. She flatly de nied that she ever offered to secure the dismissal of iv white slave eliargo ngaiiist Nidney's son. Robert. "I upproneheil Judi;e Widney in be half of Vivien Lyons," said Mrs. Vniiglm. "She claim.- that Widuev owed her ..U0. She told me Robert offered to have his father writo out n note lor SfiOUO .(inyablo to Mrs, Lyons. I niet young Widney in a hotel nml ho wrote out 11 note tot $5000. He then left to secure hi father's signature, as he said. 'Young Widney returned, present- ly with 11 folded note and asked me to put it in my purse immediately. I did so. When I got home I found that it was not the note I hnd seen young Widney write, but another, agreeing to pay me .foOO if I would secure the dismissal of the case against Arthur H. Widney, another son." AMERICANS DEFEAT OF NEW YOHK, Jan. 20. -Two moro victories by American fighter over Kngllsh glovomcn wero recorded to day, following contests hero last night botween Owen Moran and Young Suugruo and Sapper O'Neill and Johnny Dundee. O'Neill and Moran aro Englishmen. Moran quit at tho end of tho sev enth round to Young Suugruo ot Jer sey City. Moran declared ho had bcon fdhlod but his claim was not al lowed. Shugruo was giving Moran the trimming of his life, Dundee gave O'Neill a terrific body lacing. Dundee outclassed tho vis itor from tho start, but O'Neill was gamo. Dundee weighed 12S uud O'Neill 135. 1 BUILD STATE ROAD TO SALF.M, Or., Jan. 28. To furnish employment for a huge number of Pnrthiud'H unemployed, tho slate highway coiutnilon m today until orued Governor West and Ktalo llUjliwav I'ugiiiccr llovvlhy In ndver two for hid for building 11 mud from Migg to Wm.cn, a dnmieo of nine nnd mie-hulf mile. Term of Ihu eoiilinel will hind Ihu kiiuocftitfiil bidder to employ 11 ninny men a piomiblw nnd glut (hone imw out of work Ihi preference. Thv kliilu pluii to peiiil flO.WW of Hie ..U'O mad luiid on lliv pio juti, NO. 2(R u . White House Asserts Circumstantial Story of Assistance Sent Huerta hy Mikado Is Baseless and Foolish Great Powers Support Wilson. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Tho cir cumstantial story that Jnpnn is sondlng arms and ammunition tJ President Huerta was not only do nlcd today at tho white house but was referred to n "bagclcM and foolish. ' "It'11 an old story revamped," said Private Secretary Tumulty. "It'a as old as last summer, and If utterly foolish." So fur an Japan's nttlttulo toward Mexico Is concerned, It was added that tho Washington ndmlnlstratlou was not prepared to hold tho Toklo government responsible for tho no tions of the Mikado's oflfcora and sailors In Mexico City. It was not do. nfed, however, that Huerta might Kiako capital out ot their prcsento there. President Wilson, It was declared, is supported passively by every one ot tho world powers In his Mexican policy and ovcntually It was as serted that this surely will mean peaco. It was not stated when tho em bargo would be removed on tho shipment ot arms across the bordor from tho United States Into Mexico. Confidential roports received by President Wilson today showed tb&t tho rebels were In control of moro than half of tho republic. Ho wan convinced that tho elimination of President Huerta Is but a question ot weeks. It was known, howover. that Huerta recently -received a largo shipment of machine guns and rifles from Europe. .n SENDING OF AID mm TO MEXICO DENIED ADMITS PLANTING DYNAMHE BOMBS F B K HND NEW YORK, Jan. 28 Tho trial ot Angelo Sylvestro, charged with planting a bomb In a Houston street tenement houso, was resumed. hero today. Antonio Sedaltls, SylvestroV alleged accomplice, turned statoC ovldence. Ho corroborated much pi the testimony given yesterday by Al fred Lehman, who gavo details con cerning a desperate Ulack Hand gang operating In Now York and nearby t states. ,., Sedaltls testified that ho had par ticipated in 23 dyuaii.Ulnga. He de nied, howover, that any ot tho bombs planted by htm had caused death. Ilocco Pucciarello was another wit ness. Ho snld he usually acted us lookout for tho gang. Llcholo Eschllo and Louis Gold stein, nlleged gangsters, woro In dicted today on charges of murder ing a Chlnoso August 8. Tho arrest of eight additional juembors of tho alleged Dlack Hand gang was also ox-peeted. E CHICAGO, Jan. 28. Precautions to prevent further troublo from Chi cago's army of tho unemployed woro tnlcon hero toduy when extra pollco wero placed 011 duty In (ho vicinity ot tho Maxwell street atutlou. This action followed the receipt by Cap tain Thomas Htoroii of a letter thrvat oiling to blow up that pollen stutloa miles Ik alleged rioters, urreted lust night uud urruliiied today, wer rolcusud. Two boy ditllvured (hit letlor Cupula Kloreii, Twey said , mih guvu thorn u ill we for (Mr ImubUt, Thu letter warned nHurwi Gut hhWmmi Ihu six primmer wu rMi ky noon, Hie sIuIIoh wuM m dyKs unied, Am n) day mMuu liJtMU4 ,,.,. ,,,r..,. ,n nwrfw n 1 1 1 OT VVorhlliKliwir HL M V'M " PI f N f wJ9 "t aT"" W