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&.dfiA ( 207 Second Slrrof cr "V, V frs Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair (milKlit mid Tuesday- Max. H Mill. 27. l' foflyitlilnl rir Dully-Kltililti Yi MTSDJTOItD. OKKOON, MONDAY, VMIiIlTAltV 2, 191 NO. 2(58 ' tf . WILSON TURNS DOWN LADY SUFFRAGISTS A PARTYPLATF M NOT INCLINATION T Four Hunilrnl Worklnn Women Stcrtn White House ami Force Ex ecutive's Hnii'J He Declines to Go on nccoiri as to Movement. Rose Wlnslow, Speaker for Suffran Itls, Impresses President hy Her Earnestness. WASHINGTON. Fob. :. Presi dent Wttttui wn onllod upon totln) doflnlttdr to i!uilnr liU position In icnrU It woman MMffrnRo. Ho did no I lit bnml n fori ml by n 1'l Kntlou of MHffrnKuttiw, four hundred strong who wnutml to know jtint whwro ho stood on th suffrage Utlcs- tlmi. nml thoy found out. A Itwder of llio domorrntlc par D." the irldut told tliu delegation. "I rniiwit ndtorato liny legislation which U nt npprorod li' tlio diiino crntlr mittonal romtHlttuo." Tho Mmn bgiid nml Implornd luit ttiH urosldMitt. although deeply touched y Iholr plons, stuck to his position. Ilri'iiluii I'lrtiin-qun The reception or tho miffrnglsts unit tJlurHiHi. Tim women had timrehod to tho whlto housn In n liod, whoro n ronitnlttco of twniity flto, himdoil by Mr. Olouduvcr Ittait. prosldont of tlio MnisacUu tt Tradeswomen's t.onguo, onturrd tho oxuite office. Tlny were uirdlnlly received by tlio president. Six of tln dologntlon inndo speeches, "I need not loll )ou," tlio presi dent mild, "how h dclcgntlnn of working womun nppcal to mo. Your imrn out npponl Imvu totichu.l ii deeply. "Thorn l mtictt 1 would liko to n Inn n I hnto explained to other iIoIi'HMIoiik of ttoiuon. I ruunot spoiiK, ns tho lender of my pnrty, on nuy IcxUlalltiu until my purl) Itself tnkos n position on Hint loglslntlDii. The nntlonnl doiiinrrnllc contention nt lliiltlinoro took n position on nntlonnl question. Tlio ntifrngo question mii nut ninotiK Km plAuk. As Uh rnn dldnto tlio voter approved tlio par t)'H position In electing mo. I foe! Iiound to fulfill nil pnrty promises, All 1 run nay to )ou In Hint jour rop rtintntloiiH Imvu profoundly liu pr'WHi mo ." "Cuiiiilng" for Vote "lint," Mm. Hums luturruptud. when I nnw )oti nt Honglrt ." "Kxriieii mo. plono," hroko In llu president, "hut nt Seagirt thoro woro mnny thing I dlscunaid hut I Hindu no pnsltlvo Mtntciiuiut. I went no further tliiiu I Imvo gouo todny." "You iiiiut rumumlior," Hiild Mrs. Kvium, "Hint whoti I mtw you nt Son ulrl you wnro kiiiiiiIiir for voton ," "I Iiok your pardon, Mm. Kviiiih, ' (Continuoit on pko s.) AMERICANS HEL0 FOR MURDER OF MERCHANT IN ITALY IIOMi:, I'Vli. 2.--Kiuly iirmlKif infill of l,oiiKl'inltl W'oH'l' nml wil'o of Siinlii Komi, Cul,, cliui'KOil with tlio iiiui'ilcr of Moiilx SIkiiI, n wonllhv ini'iclmiit of l.tiipnlt,', wim iroiiilseil hy I In Itoino polled todny, SIkhI. il wiih Miiil, was in Tut nit toil with Mi'x. Wolff, who !h younj, nnd prolty, Sinl mot iloit tli during mi itiiloino lillu Hilo with tlio W'ol I' IV. Ho (hop. lied iloiul iih lio uliKlili'd from tlio our nl tho Violoiiii hotel horo. Ao curilhip; to tho W'olfl'H, ho wim Mtot J'roni oiilfido tho muohhie. Tlio polico Hcont IIiIh tlei'lnnitloii, iiHNorliiiK (hut tho hmlv of tho our wim oiitiivlv i'Iom'iI at tho timo nud ik without oithoi' a holo or a Kornloh, A icivnK'Ki' Hint liinl Iiokii I'ii'iul u'nu i'.....,.i ,. u.... i i vnim imi iisti tJiui nt niw iittit Tho pullmi iiIIcko thnt Wolff h n noloiioiia inteniatioiiul tliioi". RULESPRESIDEN L CALLED TO MEET Cnirnnza Issues Picclamntlon Call- Ir.U His Leaders to Gather at Cap ital February 10 Torrton Ap proached by 15,000 Relicts. Revolutionary Plot Leader Permitted to Escape Punishment British Minister Off for London. MKNICO CITY, Poll. 2 -Thiit (toncrnl Cnrrnutn IrkuoiI n procinum tlon Jnnnnry ID rnllltii; n rohol cnhl nut nicellm: In Moxlro City for tlio natno dntn In IVbrunry bocnnio known horo todny, Thoro wn vory Indlrntlon Hint ho wn ilncoro, too, for 10,000 roboU woro roportod todny nppronchlnu Tor. roon, nud If thoy enpturvd It, It ' hbIiI thoy plnniu'd nu luiinrdlnto nt tnck on 'ntnix, tho Innl strotiKhold bolwcon Torroon nnd Mexico City. I'MHihlont Huortn wait nld to bo III todny, nud roportM woro curroni thnt ho m bronkliiR down under Hit; mulct lo of hit poaltlou. ThroiiKh Amorlcnn Chnrco d'Af fnlren ()'HhnuKliniiiy' Intlimnco jot'ipli Aiuonn, nrruied londor of tlio rocoiitly dlncovorod plot nKolnit IliiorlnV life nnd I'cdro Del Vlllnr, until to linui been nnothor of tho coin uplratorx, woro rvlomtod from prUon yovlordny on Iholr proiulia to lenva tho country. Kir hlouol Cnrdcn, UrltUh nmbno indor horo, linn Keno to Loudon In rof ponmi to n forolgu offlro urnmonn. It wmi uudorntond, howovor, thnt ho bnd not boon rocnlled, but will re turn to III poHl horn. O'.ShnUKhuon)' told llucrtn nud other Moxknn londom uuofflclnltv Hint nrrnURontoutH hnd boon mndo to Klvo thoin tlio protection of tho Pnllod KtntoK otnbnMy If tho rebclt, olthvr roimtltutlnnnlUtn or Zapntln Inn, thntild Inko tlm cnpltnl. It wim undorRtood Hint President W 1 1 no n wns dotorinlned tho next head of tho Moxlrnn Koxorntuout ithnlt not nltnln bin poRltlon by MIIInK bin pro decoimor. PLAN AEROPLANE RACE AROUND THE WORLD SAN FRANCISCO. Col.. Feb. '2. llundroilrt of cubleurmiis mid lelo KrmiiK uxkiiii; for udditioiiul infonim tion ooiiooruiiit; tho aoniplmio raoo around tho world lo ho hturteil from lliu Pmiuiiiu Paoifio exposition grounds hero in Mnv, 11115, were re ceived hy tho exposition mmiiiKcr-. Tho ipiotiort iinlienti'd worldwido in terext in tho uffair. Wriiitf from Now Yoilc todny, Cuptaiu Thomus lluldwiii, tho firnt out rant, auiiouiioed his iiitcutioii of purtieipatiui; in tho rnoe. "You may ooiiKhler this my appli cation to tako pint in tho e.rcut eon- loM," ho wired. "It meaiiH flyiiiK 'JH.dllO iiiiIoh, hut 1 know it can ho done. I hhall uso a luaehino capable of cnrryiui: two or thrco peiMiim and a incchauio. In order to mako tho trin in tho Hchedulod ninety day?, it will only ho noeesMirv to fly five houi-ri a ilav. This will not ho on i'ohnUo, EXONERAIE SPEER OF WASHINGTON, Fob. 2. Tho biiIi commlttoo of tho hoiuo judiciary coniinltteo ruturnuit today from 8 vmiuuh, whoro It luvcatlh'atoil chnrK'ii of misconduct nKnliiBt Podornl JiuIko lOmory Spoor ot UenrKlu. It wuh nuthorltntlVQly utatcd that tho com mlttco would oxiiiiorato Spoor of tlu chnr - KO of msIuk dniKB. but thnt It Prtiliubly will not report to tho com mlttoo. CABINET M 10 Ashland's New I Mm. '&& i ' ' H . JF (P5i- .jz m9z W; - . '' .ifi' ill' JKHI I PBv .J R ... - ill1 fill : i ,!','? IM 1 1 iH m . Vl . . l 4 nnroinniT iiii onu s. nikinn i nrni niro ran r w ln ra ,v.&aw wv y m r r . m I IILUIULMI MIUUUI1 I vr.VmUt - MULLL ULULIMLU rnmnnnrnTninTinii . 4K3 M nmmninnninn LniiiuvuLviuiriiMM &mTmmfr nnnunvvn uvu u I H Wl lilt 1 III llllllillllll I i WV" J' VWjfl II MIIIIIM.l.lMllllM.lllll I nlUllU IlLUI IIIU I lUll TJfhmAJ 1 jKfl nil lUnilUriUUIItJI III U' VL ?smw II fT II ii linn a Tinn . && ;Br''w TAfiT nrrrnnnimn III Innfl illl II 1 A IIIIKI o7r.'kr t Wv lill'l III 1 1 lll'lll Hill ur wnbKA un smmW uo .rt tnoDUKh WASIIINdTON. Feb, 2 1'riMdcnt Wilton buliexott "itihtfil iiiimiLTa-, Hon" oinjlit to ho forliiddcu. Tiiat wiih tin far an ho was ready to p today in diNOUMsini; the prohlem. Tho proMdent told callers that ho had not considered the litcrnoy test in pfiidint: immiKration lcplntion, and would fonn no opinion on th matter until ho had had un oppor tunity to coiixult with party lender in eoni;reh. The while hoiiho wnw dcliiKed.with calico, who brought pe MlloiH oppomin; the tcrd. Tho prcsi dent Iiiik decided, lioweer, to tnke no Htmtd until ho has fully iuvesti Kiilcil every iihano tt tho pndilem. PrcHtdciit WiUon udmitlcd today t lut t ho wart MiroriArd at tho appar ent lack of public interest in tho anti-trust hcnritu;. He thought it indicated that Iiiimihvs is Mitisfiol with tho trust pro-am ho outlined in Iih recent nddres to concrcH. Tho president scouted siij:i;cslioiifl that tho count ry's Icadini; liusiucss men were nfrmd to como to Wash. IiikIoii to testify bccauMi they wtmld bo charucd with lotih.xinc. Tho president nlso let it ho knoun that tho I'niled Slates is ucKotiat iiiK with cloven nations intcrcsctd in Scerctnry Hrvan's arbitration pro posal. 1 tot li tho president mid Hryan hoped treaties will result from these negotiations. WESTS ULTIMATUM SENT COPPERFIELD KALK.M, Or., Fob. 2. Oovornor West lias today announced that tho Coppcrticld saloonkeepers, may have their stocks of liptor seized by Colonel II. 1C. Lnwson when tho town wiih put under murtial law and since stored in tlio railroad company's wnrehouso nt linker, it they lake Ihem by Saturday, but us Coppcrficld is still under murtial law tho liipiors cannot bo returned there. Tho Kovoruor has also served no tico on Jfuyor Stewart and tho coun-j oilmen of Coppcrficld .that if thoy did not tender their rosijnntious by Sat urday I ho attorney general xvouhl proceed with tho suit to liavi tho town's dun tor dissolved. Nerjlljjenco Charne After Wreck WASIIINdTON, Feb. 2. That charges of negligence will bo filed with tho eommerco departmout against Captain Horry of tho Mer chants' and Miners' liner Nantucket, which untuned and sank tho Old Do minion liner Monroe, with a loss of nearly fifty lives, was stated hy Soojotury ItciU'ivlil, $30,000 Armory Dedicated by Governor mi mynmt 3k. ia '''J WASHINGTON, Feb. I. Henry isr' " M. PJndcll of Peoria, IlllnoU, today 0nrnkinn'-llrOT- tlcctlned nieSt. I'dcrreorsaljaasa- 'UUTLIlllUfl ff f . J Jonhli. There has boon much con- Mi lllfllTrn 111 lit aomettmc ago a letter to mm wai I III III iU IT l III W maae puunc purporung 10 navo ocen ULUIUnlLU IlLTl written by Senator J. Hamilton Lewis ASHLAND ARMORY Ashland i celilinitiuu this after noon and eveuiiii: tho dedication of ils new $30,000 armory, with Gover nor Oswald West and wife tho Kuosts of honor. Jackson county nnd Ashland city officials mid prominent ritizviis from nil iwirts of the county will p.irtinipnto in tlio exercises. Of ficers of Meilford's military ooatiiij; cut will also attend in drc.s uui forms, (iotcnior West and Air-. West passed throimli Medford this morniup;. Ashland business hou-os will bo closed from 2 to 4 o'clock. A largo delegation from, this city i u, attcudmico. Tho principal event this afternoon is tho reception to tho chief o.xciui- uvo anil i no liiiiieniiirv oiriie The O. A. U. and W. It.'c. organi.(i-, lions will tako pait in the ooremony. A hanipiet will lie served in tin ar mory by tho Indus of tho relief eorp. In tho ociiinir ball will bo hold in tho uiinorv, Oovornor and .Mrs. Wivst headunr tho gr.ind march. Tho artillery baud nil! funiUli the miisio for tho occasion, and ad dresses mndo hy prominent citizens. I'ho Ashlmid iniliitiv company has been busy for a week decorating their new uiiaitcts. llio military dfgnitario. will he in full dress. Tho foeiiil life of tlio alley will bo rep resented at the urand ball this eve ning. QP 0 TRIAL BEGINS DF.NVF.U, Colo., Feb. 2. The trial of John Kay Dow, charged with ob taining money under false pro Icnccs, opened hero today, Stella Atkinson mid Frank Hriinnor swoio that Dow represented himself as Ad olphus Huseli, tho third, nud ,;ot $150 each from them. How said ho never piwtl as Adol pints Ittibch, hut that ho had often given tho nitnio of Charles Maiiou Huseh. If Dow is acquitted horo ho will he sent to San Francisco lo btaud trial on similar charges. IMPOSTORS WASHINGTON, Feb. I. Henry M. PJndcll of Peoria, IlllnoU, today tlccllned the St. I'etcrreors.aljaasa donlilp. There has been much con troversy over his apiiolutment Sometime ago a letter to him wn made public purporting to liavo been written by Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of IlllnolR, offering him tho post '."without work," on condition that i ho resign nt tho end of the year. i Lewis repudiated the letter, Intimat ing thnt it was written by a dis missed secretary. Later tho point was raited that Plndoll might be uuacccpUblo to the Czar because, as was Incorrectly stated, ho was a Jev.. All these matters wore settled and ho was fin ally confirmed by the senate In his letter to tho president. Plndell said tho squabbling had so cmbnrrasod him, howovcr, that ho doubted If he would bo nblo to servo efficiently. Tho exccutlvo accepted his deci sion In a letter complimenting him highly. It n as understood that It was In tended to give tho Pcorlan an im portant diplomatic post clsewhoro, and that Charles H. Crane, tho Chi cngo multl-mlllloualre, was scheduled for tlu' st I'etowburs embassy. NKW YOItK, Fob. 2. Uock Island shares declined sharply at tho opening of tho stock mnrkot today, tho common dropping two and tho proforrod 2j points. Tho general list trended downward, nbottt a point being clipped from American T. and T., Wcstlnghouso, Westorn Unlou. Union Pacific and Heading, Later on, Hock Island broko btlll further tho preferred increasing Its loss to i and tho common to 3 Hi. Tho lciulors pulled up from tho lowest level, but American T. and T, was still weak, losing 2Vt In all. Uy noon most of the lending Issues woro up to or slightly abovo Saturday's close, Ponds woro Irregular. The market closed weak. Atlantic Steerage Rates Cut KBW YORK, Feb. 2. Tho llam- liurg-Anieiieau today cut traus-At- lautio steerage rates to $2o, marking tho hci.'iuuiug of nu ocean passenger rate war, it was believed. Weather Forecast Oiegon Fair tonight nnd Tues day; colder tonight, uovtli and east J portions; wiuds mostly northerly. , ITFPAPY TFQT MM AN TO Other Business Sidetracked Durina Consideration of Durnett-Dllllnq-ham Bill California Threatens fo Inject Yellow Peril In Measure. Secretary Wilson Sends White Slave Amendments, Excluding Procurers and Immoral Women. WASHINGTON. Fib. 2. Other bifincss was sidetracked in tho hoie louay iiurii'g rousiucrntion oi the Hurnctt -Dillingham initiiisra ion hill. Representative Iturtictt nrrdictcd thnt the bill would pass, with the literacy test included, by n 2 to I tote. I aiilornin representatives ngtiin tltrcatiiied to inject tho "yellow peril" into today's debnte. It was e.cctcd that Representatives Haves and Currey would submit nmciiii tnents excluding Asiatic laborer-.. Recommciida'ions making the bill more drastic in rcirnrd to white slav ers were hent to the house by Secre tary of Labor Wi!oii. He prooscd the exclusion of procurers nnd im moral women. Secretary Wilson said ho vnJ not op"ocd to tho literacy test. He urged the '.'xclu-ioti of skill ed as well as unskilled contract la borers nud requested that the labor department bo authorized to dtort person who have committed crimes involtiug mural turpitude, even if not contictt'd. Ho also iitkfd-ivertnUion fo exclude nil n'liciis commiitin; crimes here. Immigration lant year, Wilson said, had increased the imputation of tht country 1,107,000, against 010,7-12 the previous year. AKED DISBELIEVES SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Feb. 2. "I believe that Joseph was the father of Jesii-," said the Rev. Chas. F. Aked hero today, in response to a rcqueM for some amplification of the viowi, o.xpresod in his sermon ve tcrdny on the questioning of Christ's "luinioulou-. birth." "I do not be lieve in the immaculate conception," ho added, definitely. Concerning his statement that Malhew contradicted liiin-elf, he pointed to .tho new testament version of tho Gospel iieeording to MJittlww ns sa.xing that tho Savior wits of "miraculous birth," and to mi older manuscript, authenticated as tlio work of the same upostle, in which referoiioo is made to "Joseph, the father of Jesus." "So 1 Imvo sufficient nuthority for my statements," said Dr. Aken. "1 have the authority of tho new Con gregational eiced, ns adopted last October, but oven if 1 had no author ity, 1 hope 1 should have tho courage to Miy- what I believe." NEW TRIAL REFUSED T POHTLAND, Oro, Fob. 2. United States District Judgo Dean today refused to grant a now trial to Frank Hlchet, nnd J. Conway, con victed in December of misusing tho malls In the exploitation of moun tainous lands ot Eastern and Coutrnl Oregou. On motion or United States Dis trict Attomoy Hoames, Judgo Uea.i said ho would sonteuco Conway nud Hlchot next Monday, SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS WITHOUT DECIDING CASES . WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 Tho Unit ed Stales supremo court adjournal this nftornoon until February 21, without deciding any pending im portant cases. LAN A INQUIRY CAUSE M ON RAG 0 111 V Congress to Fix Responsibility for Loss of Fifty Lives Charge Hiqli Speed In Heavv For Divers Are Searching Hulk of Sunken Lint1. Philadelphia Shipping. Board to Probe and Make Recommendations Safety at Sea Aim. NOKFOLK. Va., Fob. 2. Federal Inquiry will begin hero tomorrow In'o responsibility for tho colllsslon latt "week between the steamers Monroe and Nantucket off tho Maryland-Dctuwarc-Vlrglnla coast last wocic, in which tho former vessel sank with a toss of nearly fifty lives. The cap tain of each vessel accuses tho other of running at a dangerous speed. Divers were sent today by tho wrecking company to search tho shattered hulk ot tho Monroe. Fit teen feet of the mast of tho sunken vessel shows abovo water. Inspector Tnplcy of Norfolk was Instructed to prefer tho accusations. It was understood Kerry would ho charged with running his vessel at too high a speed, considering tho fog. and possibly with falling to ninlntala a sufficiently vigilant lookout. The Philadelphia board of Inspec tors will conduct the investigation, though neither vessel sailed from that port. Supervising Inspector Uhler and Commissioner of Navigation Cham ialn wero appointed & special com mittee to conduct a separato Inquiry with a view to sugcstlng actloa, either by tho commerce departmoa' or by congress, to prevent such dis asters In future. REVOLT FORCES E LISBON; PLAN OUTBREAK LONDON, Feb. 2. -That tho Por tuguese royalists were attempting a revolution at Lisbon tonight was re ported in dispatches received hero from Madrid. It was said tlio re publican .-nrii-on had mutinied mid was parading tho streets, shouting, "long live the king!" It was doubted hero If llio revolu tion would succeed. Tho royulists hate made repeated attempts since Manuel was dethroned and itivariu'ily failed iguoininottsly. Recently tho rciniblican govern, mciit confiscated tho estates of a number of royalist exiles, mid it was thought likely thoy wero driven des perate. Tito republican guard, a body of military police and n sur vival of tho old regime, has been vcrv unpopular under tho republic ami naturally was discontented. E, DEVOTES LIFE TO SISTER'S CARE LOS ANCKLKS, Cal., Fob, 2. That Miss Ntuiotto Warren, herself mentally unstnblo, had dovoted hr ltfo to caring for iter sister, Mis Mary Warren, who was InBuno, w;u tho declaration today ot George, Waldboglo of Long Iloach, a family frloud. Wnldboglo's statement wa mado before Judgo Hewitt, who com mitted Miss Nanette to a private asylum, Miss Warren was taken Into cus tody several days ago after she had attempted to starve horsolt beside the body of Miss Mary, who bad bHU dond thrco weeks, la a fashlanablo apartment hotiso hero. Tho woman's body will be sent to her former lio&i at Toledo, Ohio, AD ' ,