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nrntfon Hfsfr'lrnf Society "rc Sonnnil Street Medford Mail Tribune Ml SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnln tonight and Thursday Mat. IjO Mln. SS. fiftythlnt rr. Hutty -Kliililtl Yr mepfoiu) cmmaoN, Wednesday, kkbiutaiiy -i, iom. NO. 70 REBELS ATTACK TAMPICO AND TORREON HUERTA FLEES TO GHAPULTAPEG CASTLE MA . FIERCE BATTLES NOW N AT Tl CITIES Stror.it Forces of Rebels Slmultane ously Open Fire Upon Federal Stronuholtls If Torrcort Falls, Advance Toward Capital Cleared. Dictator Remains Calm Foreluners Flcclnii City Comments on Re muvnl of Emuarjjo Favorable. MKXICO CITV, Pob, 4. -Ilubols thin afternoon simultaneously at. tucked Tnuiitro mill Torreon, When tlm news nut received I'rcnl dent llimrtn mid liU (niully pntpnrmi to inovii nt iinrv Into Chnimltupc Castle. Cadets from llio tutlon. mlHtnr) academy wero ordered to thu rrmtlo to net im guards (or (ho dlctn tor, his wf niul their children. Tito nltnrk an Tamplco wan In strong form nnd at Intent nccontitii i iti'Miirntn linttlo uii raging. At Torreon It wns inlii tho struggle wiiii ctpmlly firci, with thu rcbo's already In thu town's outskirts Should It (nil, thn rebels' mat mom would ho upon Zutecntn niul If tint too falls, ihrro will ho no further on ntnr!u In llio way of their ndvuticu on Did capital. MUX I CO CITV, IVh. I. I'n-M dent HiUTtu remained cool today in thi fiii'i of tin' crisis which con fronted linn iih it Ti.ult of tho lift ing of thu embargo oil munitions by tho WiiHhlngtoii iiiluiitilHt ration and thu eoiinliity Unit tint rebels would upccdlly ho provldrd with niuplo nniiM niul nmmuiillioii to fight him to thu dentil. IIi riTiMird American r'ltn ruo d'Af fairo O'SliHimlinnimv after President Wilson's order hail heen announced iiml treiilid him with ln usual show of good fellow Nhin, which, in O'SIiiiiikIiiu'iwj'h cute, it Iiiih been gonornllv hellevi'd here was not as sumed. Today lie was secluded at hit own reiilenee, wheie it wits tin domtood ho wiih ptcpurtug n stuto liuiiit. l-'onigiicrii Leaving Miiiiv foro'guers wrro lenving on every train for Vern Cru, and those who remained had liecn warned to ho readv for summons hy the dofens nrgiinitition formi'il hinee the 1 1 tt -ei tu togiuio begun. Tho rendezvous tecentlv chosen weto being tro i ioni'd, iiintH weie being overhauled mnl every possible preparation w.ih made for u desperate resistnnco in the event of nit unit-foreign outbreak in tho eiiiinl, Jesus I'loreM Mugxm, Unci lu's pcrsonnl friend nnd representative during tho recent ncgotiutinus with President Wilson's emissury, John l.iml, nt Vera Ciur, declared the Washington udmluistrutinu luid made n "Hcmondoys error." Aiill-Alitcrlcnii Feeling "It has iilreinl.v onused nnti-Anier-iean feellinr," ho mild, "mnl made (Contlnilod on nno X.) ; -rr-,-m..li..'t r1 r -Trr-gj. POUR MEET OEATH MINNESOTA BLAZE KKI.I.IIIKIt, Minn., Koli. I. -Four lierHona woru known to havo ntol iloutli ami two otliorH woro idIhhIiik ,-vk tho ri'Htilt of a flro which doatroyod tho Kolllhur otol horn curly toiluy, Hovim iiuruotiH, limlly hnrnod, worn taken to tho hospital In lloiuhljl, It wiih hullovod nil novon will illu. Tho hotel clerk niul tho hurtumlor hud not boon lomtml up to noon, mid U wnu feurod both worn cromatod, Tho flro Htm tod In tho fiiriuuo room tit luldnlKht, Tho liotol, it thrco story stnirturo, wiih In ruliiH within an hour. Mtldrod Ahrnhum Hiiatnlnod a broken buck when oho leaped from an upper win dow, llor condition Ih critical, llur loy OundoiHon, iikoiI 10, iiIho loapud from thu third floor mid was badly injuiud, YOUNG BLACKKHAMDERS MAKE CONFFESSION l t. H s k ---t I VV . ' J hit Allllioiiy SeilnllN .N'ltu'teeii'Yctir'Old Dytuitnltcr Itorro I'nrrlnrt'tlo Twenty-one-Year-Old Dynnmltor They helontred to n very well or ea n i red umn; of Itnltmm mnl Jewn, who made it n hiiiiie.-.K to write threatening letters to ltiilian buni ni'KH men. When they did not k'I the money they demanded, nor mi miHwer, they xet of n Miiull liotuli iih n wiirnnik'. I inter, if the viettm full ei to heed the wnmuu;, the pliice would he blown tip. --? LOS ANGELES IN FAVOR OF FRISCO'S L 1.08 ANOIXKH, Cnl., Fob. 4 .Southern Citllfornln united with tho Han rrnuclfico buy rcKlon today to ao euro tor Hun Frnnolnco ono of the eluht reitlounl bunkH nuthorled under tho Owon-CllasH currency law. A brief moruliiK hourliiK buforo Secre taries MeAdun mid lloimton wuk nlvo.i over to mi elaboration of Hnu l'ran cIhco'h clalniH by Log AiiKelen luuiU erH. TIiIh nfturnoou tho hiiiiio mun nrKued for the eHtiibllHlimuut hero o a brancli of tho Kan FrnnclHco bank President Htoddnrd Jen. of tho I.o AukoIch clearing hou.o, O. M, 111 llott, .loKepli Hartorl mid John l'er rln, baukern, e.jdaliied why Southern California Ih willing that tho l'uclflc eoiiHt bunk Hhould bo located nt 8un FrnnclHco. They pointed out that Hun FrnnclHco U KeoKrniihlcnlly fav ored nbovo uuy other city to bo n din trlbutlm; point for nil nnd ndmlttud that that city Ih tho bnukliiK capital mid financial center of tho 1'nclNc coast. T 1WNMA, Fob. t -Tho Keundorcnn rebels uro prupurlUK to proclaim n uuvv Kovurnmeut, uccordluK to mnl! udvlcoH rucolvod today from (lunyiv Hull. It wiu huIiI their canipalKU liuil miulo ImmoiiHo piohicbh nnd that tboy wuro dommultuir tho ruulKimtlon uf rreuldont Iioouldus IMn.n, whom they bluuio for tho lynching of PreaUUmt L3loy Alfuro ut Quito tu lUl'J, REGONA BANK F.X. MATTHEU MAN WHO SAVED OREGON, IS DEAD Pioneer Wliote Vote at Historic Champoen Convention In I83 Pre served to United States the Orcaon Country, Dead, Aycd 06. Convention Decided Territory Should Bo Under American Rule When Matthlcu Broke Deadlock. At'KOHA, Or., !Vh. !.- IViincii Xnvter rattliicii. the man uIiohc vote nt thu hihlorii) convention nt ('ham pui'ir, Or., Mny II, 18 CI, unveil to Hi" I tilted .Stiiten the territory then Know ti iih the Oregon eoitutry, ili-d on hii fnnti iienr hero nt the nee of 00. The convention nt C'hnmpor woh enlled to deeide whether the Oreeon terntory, wlueli included nil of whul Ih now Oregon, WiiNhiiiL'ton, Idaho mid part of Wyoiiiini;, t-honld he un der Ilritili or Ameiiemi rule. One hundred mid two M'ttlcrn attended. The ipiestlou wiih dUetix-cd mid n vote enlled for. Immediately two linen formed, one for the Itritish mid one for the I'nittd State, nnd vvh'n the eouut wn ninde there were fifty I one on each hide. For mmiv minutn tlie two lines of hteni-fneeil men ulured nl oiieh other mid there wim not n word hpoken. Suddenly, to the Minirio of nil, Mntlheiii, n French mini, horn nnd raised under the lirit a la nn.'i -wtepprd out of the Irntii line nnd walked vlowly to tho Aiueri enn line, nnd Orcyou wns ttweA to thu I'liilecl Stntei. li 'RE in i ti I WASHINGTON', Feb. A. Tho lioitHo this afternoon paused the llur- uett-l)illiui;hnm immiKrntinp. hill by u vote of 'Jll to J'Jtl. IIH chief fe.i tureu uro ii litemey test nnd proviH ioiiH barrini: militnnt suffrncettos mnl nnarchihts. No furllirr nltempl wns mnde to day to include Asiatic, exclusion provisions In tho measuru. WASHINGTON, Fob. i, Tho short nnd tiKly word was passed today dur ing tho debate on tho llurnett-UII-lliiKliam lmmlGrntlou bill In tho house. Itcpresentntlvo Hurnott, ono of tho uuthors of tho bill, wiih characterized by lleprrsentatlvo Mauahan of Minn esota as n coward for hurrying tho debate on the measure. Durnctt ro Hpouded by donnuuelut; Munnhan as "n liar." Tho uouso wns In n.turmoll for a few minutes but finally both members apologized, and tho debate was resumed. Tho bill orlKliinlly provided that mllltauts mid anarchists were sub ject to importation If It was shown within thrco years nftor laudtni; that they bad taught or practiced tho un lawful destruction of property. Tho boiiHo thlH afternoon amended thu bill ho iih to tuako deportation pos sible within a porlod of five years. Hurnott praised American women, "bocnuso they did not recolvo Mrs. Kmmellno l'nnkluirst with open arms," during her recent visit horo. An nmondment nlso was udoptod mnkliiK It possible to admit rotuRoos driven from other couutrlos ns a re sult ojt poUlcal persecution. MOVING PICTURE FILMS BARRED FROM MAILS PORTLAND, Or., Feb. I.--Moving pictuic filuiH, because of their in fluminubilily, uro burred from Hh'.i ment by pnreel jiost, neeordiinr to an order received toduv h" PoHtmuMcr Frank S. Myers, from Second A bUtiuit l'obimiisler ytewml, you A COWARD ND YOU'RE ALIA s u STATESMEN LEADERS OF SUFFRAGISTS WHO C8ksS 4 rftfa "t.t'i"A ;B jffiy" "P ' iy Tv. FAR AS DEMOCRATIC j -X : WASHINGTON, Feb. J. Aiinouneement that the nuf f rne;e eouxtitutlotitil niueuil incut jh duiiit. tto far iih ilic demoerntie jiarty in eoneern cd, wns made here toduy by Iteprvsentntivc O-enr t'nder wood of iAMiisiann. h-nder of the liotiH- innjority. He de clared the lifititu jud'einrv eommittee with Miuiowered to report out n Miffraue amend ment, hut that he refused to lend bin iufliieueu toward n favorable report. "I do not fnvvV" tho mnenil ment," Haiti L'nderwood. ".My jmrty xtnnds for local self Kovenimeut, mid wo believe that the rilit of htiffrucu hhould he j;nverned by statu nnd not the national govern ment." IMI SALE OE PUBLIC NKW YOUIC. Feb. I. Convicted of eeuspirint: to el u iiominution for justice of the state supreme eouit, Joseph Cnsidy, former demoerntie "boss'' of Queens county, wns sen tenced toduv to serve fifteen month-, in thu penitcntinrv mid to pay .-? 1000 fine. Former ronresnmn Willelt, Jr., convicted of Iiiimii the uomiuutiou, received n similar sentence. Lewis Walter, Cnssidy's nssoeiute, wns sen tenced to three months' imprison ment mnl fined 1000. ILANT CIlICAOb. Feb. I. Local suffrage, leadors wero delimited today at tho strong showini; mado by women voters tu tho registration places yes torday. Thu total number to place their names on thu rools 153, St) 7 was twlco what was expected, they de clared. Aa iiKalust this G'.'S,507 men registered, making a total of G7C, 404 registrations, the largest of any city In tho United States. SOFT PEOALS ASIATIC EXCLUSION WASHINGTON, Feb. . A direct appeal not to eonsldor any Asiatic ex clusion bills until negotiations now in progress with Japan are completed will bo voiced before thu house Im migration committee tomorrow by Socrotary of Statu llrynn, It was said Hryan would go Into details ani explain fully the tonus of tho latest treaty proposals, SOUGHT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT MEET WITH DEFEAT A WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-A hitter nttaek on tho New York stock ex chance was voiced before thu fiennto bunkiui; committee today by Samuel l ntennyer, the New York attorney nnd counsel for the houe committee which recently investigated the so enlled money trust. He encouraged compulsory incorporation of nil ex cIiiiukvs under povcinuiciitnl super vision. Untermycr rend copiou-.lv from tho testimony taken during the money trust hearings. lie declared financial interests employed press agents to cidor the news nnd to prepare attrac tive hut mislendint; information. "The publii! is witnessing: with nmiixement just now," I'ntennyer suid, "tho spectacle of n silent met ropolituti presH, with u few honor able exceptions, over the exposure of the mismuuiiRcmcnt which ruined one of the izrcutcr milrond systems of the country mid which is one of the highest of the financial scandals of the age. Are the judumenti of tho-" controlling the orumis of public onin iott overnwed by these powerful men I" JAILED IN AMERICA SAN Dl F.GO, Cnl., Fib. 1. -W'cnk-cueil he hunger nnd exposure nnd footsore fioni u niiiety-inilo innivli across Mexicnu deficit, mid inouu tnin trnils, Hubert V. llnrwood, an Oakhuiil newspaper mini; Moit-mer Miller, Jnmcs Steele nnd D. W. Snti doyul, nil Amerieun, uriived in Sun Diego today on the Mexican ntcnitpr Victoria from Ktisenndn. Hnrwooil nnd Miller, of a party of ten men who wero euutured bv Mex ican troops just below tho border more than n week a;o, are. the only members of tho party that returned. Steels nnd Suudovul were nvrostod before tho others nnd were sent with tho two under j;uurd from Tin Jutinu to Kuseundu, Following u secret hearing before customs officials, wurrnnts chtuglii'A eouHpirney to smuggle opium into this country weio sworn to uuuitist llarvvood, Aiiiier mm ntceie. nautio-; ul is held fijr itivestJKiitiou. ,. JJ-4 $ffip , Jill & J) W ULR.CK1LD -r J rpJ lSgf mm OVER REBELS PROMPF r NEWHAVENSCANDALl TOTAKEADVANTAGE ! S1ATESUNIERIER OF WILSON'S ORDER . WASHINGTON. Feb. J. Willi the removal hv President Wilson of the embargo which has hitherto pre vented the Mexican rebels from get ting anus mid ammunition ncross the border from the United States, it was recognised here today that there hns developed u situation bristling with dangerous ossibilities. The rebels were 'prompt to tnko mlvnutnge of the president's order It wns admitted ut their junta hero thnt rush orders wore being given for nil kinds of munitions held up thus fur on the Amarieuti side of the frontier. Torreon's full wns expected nl most iniuicdiutely. Thnt this would he followed ut once bv an udvnnee on the capital was considered a foregone conclusion. T NKW YORK, Feb. . Only n few important price changes occurred in early stock market deuliugs today. The tone wns easy after it few min utes' brisk trndingnt the start. Heel: Island, St. Paul mid Western Maty- la ml dropped I each. General .Motor fell 4. A moderate rebound came when the various specialties moved up, General Motor gaining more than nil of its earlier loss. New Haven sagged l'j. IlouiN were firm. The market closed steady. HEAVY SHIPMENT OF RIFLES TO MEXICANS NKW OHLF.AXS, La., Feb. L Thirtceu thousand nine hundred rifles nnd l.'),:il8,000 rounds of am munition were being tiaeked here to day for the Mexieal rebels. Tho shipment was held up here several mouths ago nnd has heen held in htorugo ever since. President Wil son's order raising the emburgo on iiriitb for Mexico releitsed it nnd it will movu tomorrow mi IN INTEREST OE E Secretary Wilson Recommends "Req ulatlr.g Contests Between Labor and Capital for Peace and Order" and Probe of Strike Methods. Use of Firearms With Fatal Effect In Connection With Labor Strikes Quoted as Need of Interference. WASHINGTON, Feb. . A deep nnd widespread investigation into the methods used both by employers and employes in luhor wtruggleH throughout the country wiih predicted toduv hy national lawmakers here ns a result of Secretary of Labor Wil soii'h recommendation in his first an nual rcMirt, just filed, of legislation "to regulate this business in the in terest of public jHiaee nnd order." Const-rational I'mbo A congrcssionnl inquiry would be n necessary preliminary to legisla tion of this sort, it was said, and this was whnt it was predicted would be the next step. Various govern ment departments have vnst masses of statistics concerning the relations between capital and labor, hut de tailed information concerning their methods of currying on nctunl phys ical campaigns is not so readily available. It was generullv agreed, however, that Secretary Wilson hud mnde out a strong case. "The use of firearms in a .peelct of private wnrfnre in connection with labor strikes calls for serious consideration," said his report. "Groups cf men on both sides, with out military or police authority, have useM firearms with fatal effect." Kspecial reference was mado to thu Colorado and Michigan mine strikes. Department us Mediator It was suggested that congress more clearly define the labor depart ment's functions ns a mediator in labor disputes and supply it with money for the work. Attention wns called to the fact that the immigration bureau is s. swamped with work us to render ef fective supervision of nrrivnls im possible to thu fact that, despite tho cxis-.iug ugrccment with Japan, out of tiS.VJ Japanese who applied for admission last vear only 88 were excluded, and to thu constant smug gling of contraband Chinese ncross both thu northern mid southern bor ders. DISSOLUTION OF SALEM, Oro., Fob. 4. Following n couforonco today between Governor Weht, Chairman Frank Miller and T. K. Campbell of the railroad commis sion, and J. 11. Latbrop, representing the transportation committee of tho Portland Chamber of Commerce tho governor annouucod that ho would ask I'rcsldont Wilsou to delay any ac tion contemplated by tho government for tho dlsolutlon of the Southern l'uclflc and Central Pacific railroad lntorests until an Investigation li mauo and tho shippers and others in terested havo an opportunity to pro sont their sldo of tho ease. Govornor West statod that no could seo no good that would result from the divorcing of the lines of tit two companies, whllo ho could seo whoro probably tho development of tho stato would bo retarded and In ttry would result to tho shipping in terests of tho state, Chulrmaii Miller of the railroad commission expressed u similar opln. Ion. Ho said the dissolution would work a hardship on Oregon and thnt the Central I'uclflo wwsld pnut to the control of the Union i'nolfle. in OREGON OPPOSES HARRIMAN LINE M