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fe. v$'z:r Medford Mail Tribune i SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair nw cotder-Mmf. -tn; Mln. iVJ; Pro. .01. k V rurty-tlilril rear. lUlly KIkMIi Yr HUERTA SCOFFS AT PROTECTION BY UNCLE SAM O'Shnufjhnessy's Offer of United States Embassy ns Refuije Declar ed Unnecessary by Dictator, Who Asset Is Army Is Only Refuge. Vlullnnt Protection of Foreltjners Ordered In Capital Rebel Attacks Prove Only Skirmishes. MCXICO CITV, Feb. C President lltiertn ncorfotl today at too Idea of Inking return nt tho United HUtj iintmy In llm event ut hli capital's capture by the rebel. "Tho Idea U ridiculous," ho said, answering n United Press representa tive's lti(iilry concerning hU nttltuilo the. offer that Chargo d'Affalres O'tfliniighiieMy mmln In him rnt well ns lo other high nflclnl of bin rov eminent. "Protection for me or for my offi cial U iiunocoMtuy." ho continued, "Tho refuge for Mexico mid for nil Itn offlcInU niul cltloini In my nrmy which Is nearer victory lodny t linn ever. Tho world will noon see n ntt mllllnry movatititnt In thin country ending in n termination of tint relink Hon mid n stamping out of tho rolmlM." Ilii(rln gave order to tho official throughout tho country lodny lo bo especially vigilant to protect foreign lite nud property. MKXICO CITY, IM. .'.. "Prcsi ili'iit llucrtu knows (lint certain American lui-din'SH concerns what ii full trust arc helping tho rl 'Ih uith niiiij! niitl money," ihl For eign .Minister ,Molieim in nil inter view hero toilnj1, "niul thi' raising of the nnns embargo gives those twits a still better opportunity to render niil. President Wilxon it fighting the lriil nt home, but hv lifting the embargo In' has plued iiilo their ItmuU." Aside from Molienn, Mcmcwih seemed (niliiv to luiw forgotten, ir their interest concerning tint fighting nt Tnrri'on and Tumpii'ii, nil iibout President Wilson's order niiHiuir tho embargo, llwii in government tir clcs it was uilinitli'il Hint consider llllll' IllltlctV Hits IVIt CHIlCCrill'lg Tumpiro. Allium Surrenders According to Inti'-t reports, tin' tnMi of Altlmn, IwcImi mili'M north of tho beleaguered I'iiy, hull Mirreu ili'rnl without resistance. Less un easiness was manifested for Torre- on, where it wns Miiil tho garrison was stronger mill probably would hi nbln lo hold out against thi' rebels, Despite thn furl tluil there were not nimiv indications of mi inerciued uiiti-AiiHirii'iiu sentiment, lltirrtn, who seemed o Inko a pride in prov ing Unit ho can keen onlei' in tin' t'upitnl, wns overlooking no tr lions. He luiil tho strrcts hcimlv patrolled by ruvulry niul krpt his of I'ii'i'iH on lliu lookout to nip any Hh oiilci' in lhi hud. Tho only Mirioui t lit cut wiih from thn HtiulcnK who iliil pluii mi iinti-Aiiii'iiciin demo Htrntioii, lliiiTtu forbndi) it piotunl' ly, niul It vnn mil hclicvi'il tho hlu iIciiIh would ilnro to ilihobi'y him. I'ViiN CuTChMtiiili'ntM Xot only to tho I'lilled Slnton, but lo nil tho world powcrn, tho diiMntor Iuih M'lit mi offor to tVi'd, I'lotlm unit (Continued on pk S.) ISSiNG GIRL CHICAGO, Kelt, fi. MIhb Kloronco Law lor, a Hlxtcon-yoiir-ohl r.lrl, who dhiiippnnrod from her Now York homo wan locntod huro today at tho Chicago Y, r. C, A. Alio was not told flmt rolutlvoH woro on routo licro for bor, autborltloH of tho Y. W, O. A. fear liiK ulio would run away again. Mini I.nwlor waH found horo Tuob day ovonliiK at I.u Sullo ntatlon. Rho niipuaiod to bo loHt ami consented to o to tbu Y. V, O. A. whilo omploy iiuuit waH lining tioimht for hur, "I iiinrralli)d with my parents," hIio mild. "And dotormlnud to run awoy, Tho roport that I wob Involved In any lovu uffulr In not (rue," RADIUM AS E LIFE OF $100,000 Worth of Radium Twice Burled In Representative Brem ner's Cancer In His Shoulder, But He Wfis Too Far Gone. Bremner Cheerful Until the End Glad to Offer Himself to Science for Experimental Purposes. IIAIri.UOHK, Md.. Ktb. f. -Con-j;rrHimiiii Hubert (1, Hrcmner of Sow Jemey, who hud ln'i-n riHirivintc tint radium treatment for emicrr, died hero ut 10ui:i ii. in. todny. Hremuvr dinplnyi'd reuiurknblc ititlity until yehterdnv, when it bcciinie eidint lluit the rml wiim iienr. When In entered Hie hoMiitiil hero Hid run- urcHMiinu wiim told (but IiIn cum' w.in bopeli'Nii, but bit IllHlhteil upon lielll treated, mid 100.0U0 worth of rml- linn wax lined in bin trciitment. rhyhiriaim went nntoiiihhed by llremiier'ri xitnlilv. Oulv hirt oiitim- inin, they miiil, kept linn ulivu recent ly. Itnilium worth iu(i,uuu win. twlen buried in the cancer in lil hhoulder, but Ilr. Kelly of JoIiiih Ilopkiui lioxpital Miid In won too fur uoiii) to cure. After hi treatment Marled, llrciif lu'r ihNiii'd the follow in" htiitemeut thriMiu'h it friend: "Kiuliimi in it wonderful tiling. If experimentini; on mo Iuih added uuy new fneth to hcieuee mv life lias not been nt yuiu, but Iiiik Iic1hI our race "My lifo it not worth itne-tentU the effort that Iiiim been made to hums it. The itichtiou U not whether I will recover, but whether I am K'dug to lie lip tu Hut ideaU (irdlnu pimelv. Soinii ilnv Mi'ieiieo in l'iiiiil to con ipu'r cancer, and I think I had rather be iiinoui Hioko who were in the TiKbt than ouu wlio plueiilly icapi tint benefit." T REPEAL OF FREE TOLLS 10 AMERICAN VESSELS VA8IIINnTON Feb. f.. 1'renldent Wilson ninilo It clear today that bo favors tho repeal by congress of tho re- cently onacted legislation ox- nmptliiR American fililpa from f raiiama eannl tolls. Ho told cnllcra that ho ould cnileav- -t or to sucuro congressional ac- Hon lo HiIh effect during tho present se.Hslou, Tho presldont also let It bo known that bo HtandM back at ) Secretary of the Navy Daulebi In IiIh recommendation for two battleships thin yoar. Ho unld such mattcra always wero dlspoHod to follow tho roc omnioudntloiu of tho boads of dopartiui'iitH. tHH HHff H t BY lir.HKF.IiMY, Cnl., Feb. hV-Tho ITnlviThity ttf Ciilifoiniu College, of' AKi'icultuio todny acnt out ciioiilurh iiiinoiiiH'iiiK tbo eoliiblihliinenl of n Kcrieri of corieMpondcnco courties in furiniuj. Thiily-two couim'h weii listed and it was Mild others would bo lidded iih tho need for tliem be ciimo iippnrenl. Knelt eourhii ilciilt with homo hpeciul type of favminr, hiutli iih dairyiiif,', nlfulfu ciiltuvo or lien kcepini,', tho instruction beiiiff ndapled to Culil'orniu'rt ehpeeial iicoiIn, No uluifKo will bo mado for It. WAHHINOTON, Feb. fi.1-nrttuU "ntlon by Chile, in the l'uuunm Pa cific u)ionltion wiih puuttlunlly us hiiieil today when llie Htnto depart ment huro wiih udviHi'd Hint a bill iippropriatinK .'K.'OO.OOO for Hint pui' poHo had been panned by both houses of lliu Clilk'tin uoiifrctfi, AV CONGRESSMAN MEDFORD. SECOND NEMESIS. Scventeen-Ycar-Old Ida Prarrlng Relates Shame of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day With Archi tect Convicted of White Slavery. Judge Refuses to Reduce $10,000 Ball and Says Testimony Makes Him Feel Like Increasing Figure. HAS FHANCIKCO, Cat., Feb. fl. .Maury I. DiugH, eharired with u stal' iitury offeiiAu iiKiiinst Ida lVnrrint:, 17 earn of uuc, liHteiied in JuiIko CrUl'ti court today while tho fjirl told her story from tho witness stand. On the New Yenr' eve it round which her story centered, she said, she wrnl from her home to tint apart ment of her friend, Mist Lillian fjul- livau, ihi nctrcHH, with Clilligail. There they found DigKH, a Minn ltauseh ami others, and the part started out to have a Reed time. They visited the Mamlcriii cafe, Hie Oys ter Ionf and other places, had ft Reed many drinks mid walked about until about 1 n. in., New leurs diiv. when shi! found herself nlone with Diggs ami (lilllgaii. Taken lo Hotel They wero in front of the Holland hotel. She felt badly, she said, so (lillitrnu took her inside mid intro diiced her to thn clerk, she nsierted, as his wife. Then 1 litre came In and they bad another drink. "Then I said 1 was jjeini: home,' said the prl, "and they took me to tho elevator. That is alt I remcin her until it wns day." - Dice, sho declared, attacked her twieu New Ycnr's-day in (JilllRanV presence. Later "Spot" came in, she said, with Oilligaii and was left ulouc with her. Ho tried to cnrcRs her, she testified, mid hlinjtmck him across mo lure. merUMiu sum, was wiien he dragged her out of bed and struck her the blow which stunned her. When she regained conscious ness, she said lie told her. "1 kiicns that will hold you for a while." Later, she related, "Spot" took her back to Miss Sullivan's apartments. On seeinc her, Miss Sullivan ex claimed: ".My 0il! Where have you beenf" Wggs PIU (o Get 1U11 OiggH stared straight into the girl's face as she testified and seem ed merely interested. Durinir her story the other witnesses in the ensr, ineliidini; her father mid mother, were excluded from the courtroom. Dijrgtt Jiecii'.ed likely to be disap pointed in his hope that his bail would bo reduced after the prosecu tion bnd finished its case, the jmlpo remarking us ho adjourned couit Hint so fur us the testimony to date was concerned be fell liko inei;easing rather than i educing tbo figure. HERE NEXT THURSDAY That tho railroads aro slncorolv attempting to mako tho Oregon far mer moro prosporoiiu Is shown by tbo Southern Pacific, company and Port land, Kugona & Kastern company co operating bo extensively with Oregon Agricultural College In running t. special domoimtratlon train over their ontlro Oregon systems. Tho trip begins at ludopeuilmico Fob, 2, nud concluded Fob. 1 1 at Albany. In tho moantlmo every lmportmit stop between Portland mid Ashland will havn boon visited and tho farmors ut thoho flections given opportunity to examine tho car loads of llvo stock and machinery carried. It Is a practical method of bring ing Hie study courso of tho CorvollJs farmer's school right up to tho barn door of tbo man who Is unablo to mako tbo trip to Corvallls. Thn train wilt bo hero Thursday, February 12, from 10:35 a. m. to 12, 30 p. m.. and two lectures will bo given by tho experts employed by tha state. Admission to the exhibits and lorturcB Is absolutely froo. The train consist of uovon card, Two curs aro used as barns for the cnttlo and bogs, two for exhibition pui'poaos, two for Iodines, and ono for bousing (bo model dairy, ACCUSES DIGGS IN COURT ROOM OKISCION, TllTWKDAY, DAUOIITKIl OF LATH " -MAVOlt, WHO WED AT SIXTEEN M fc ' ill Bllllllllllllllll'k ' BBBBBlllllllllllllllllllB BBBBBBBBBHBHHHIHBllllHf IHW ".jlBB'BP'BlllllWlliB ! I mfflwA. . -.'IBM .. ai i yHplH$ MKjUO MS WlPH ' Ml .Mm nun Jayuur, slxtivn J ear-old i. New York, wns umrrli-d recently lu Kaywaht Inbuin a 'ale stndei.t, seven vanl l.haiu. prcnldeiit of the .Marietta SIX ELK 10 IVTPROVE I'OHTLAXI), t)r, Feb. V Presi dent J. I). Furrell, on his return to dny from New York, niniouneed that tho Union Pacific .stemV director ate had authorircd an appropriation of between $.ri.500.ll00 and .fti.OOO, 000 to be spent m luipioxcmeiit and extension of the O. W. H. & K. linen in Oregon mid Washington. This menus, Furrell said, Hint the Olyinpiu extension will be built, the Spokane termual project pushed mid the Vale extrusion into central Ore gon will be continued beyond Hiver side. About one hundred mile of new rails are to be laid, mostly between-Huntington mid Portland, mid largo hums spent in revision of the main line", together with construc tion of industrial tracks and gciierul depot mid terminal miiroeiiiimt-. Fnr.rell said the budget of pin- .ieeted work, almost nil of which met with indorsement l the road, did not contemplate any new linen for which the utistom is to imike special reiiU itioii us the project develop. Mcltor times are everywhere evi dent, Mr. Furrell declared, indicated in no email iuciimiic h" the grunting of tho conipmi's icintet for fiuuls which was more than . 1,01)11,000 in excess' of the budget icnt in hist year. NEW YOHK, Feb 5. Tho stock market was extremely (pilot at tho oponlUK today. Tho less active stocks registered tbo only changos ot Importance. Colorado Fuel ad- vimcod IVt and Studebaker Hi. After tho enrly period ot hesita tion prlrea roso. Frosh offerings Inter, however, put tho list below the opening figures. Soino ot tho spe cialties continued to rise, Wool worth gaining 3. Hands wero steady. Tho market closeii quiet. H0LLISTER SEEKING TO SUCCEED HAWLEY 1'OHTLANl), Or., Feb. .1. Freder- iok Hollister of North Hend, lawyer and banker, has announced Ids euu- didauy for the demoerntio nomination to vongres from the first district. EXTEND UN ON PACIFIC L NES l?muUAUY 5, 1014. NKW YOUIC M ISMfM ibiugluei ot I lie iitu .M.i ... i,.i,ii,i. Trinity Cbuab. Muivli.ttJau. to tt.tlpn years tier neulor. niul sim ut lt.no "' uuil Columbus Itallnud. EXPOSES PLOT OF 1 WALL STREET TO STEAL ALASKA WASHINGTON. Feb. fl. Rcathiujj deiumeiation of the (iiiggcnhcims of Colorado and J. Pionont Morgan was oiced by Representatives nor land of .Missouri during tho debate on Hie Alaska railroad bill in the house today. "The story running through tho conns' sober records," he said, "in cluded everythinc from the corrup tion ami bribery of judges to the wanton attack hv an armed bnud of nsMsjo,, upon workmen engaged in rival enterprises. It U a drama of greed nud of earnnge unnarullelcd since the days of Warren Hastings. "The sconce were enacted not only upon the snow-clad plains of the Arctic circle, but also in the banks of Wall street nud the counting hoise of London. This high-liauded and lawless attempt to grub the re source of Alaska caused the looking up of that great territory by "execu tive enactment." Holland said Hie situation today presented tho nlteriuitive of return ing the terntor to nil Alaskan syn dicate or of giving America the ben efit of is nut mill resources bj buildi-i;; the proposed railroad." TO SLUG STRIKERS 1XIUANAPOUS, luil., Feb. fl. Sworn testimony Hint be hud been employed by Hie Terre Huute, Knst ern fc Tiidiniurpoli Tractioii com pany o'do 'sui'lr'woik, was offered licie todny before the btute publio sen ice commission by Dnid It. (Hat) Maslorson, eonvieted of slug ging in connection with lllo lreent stieetear strike here. Mitsterson ns serled that ho had robbed, slugged and eonituitted perjury nud forgery in order lo injure tbo strikers' cuiiio. Mnstoison it, a leader of strike breakers nud is not "Hat" Masterson of New York, the sporting writer mid former United States marshal. SAN D1K0.O, Cnl Feb. 5. It wns reunited here this afternoon Hint Mu- jeiitluu, the big pott on tho west coast of Mexico, hud been eantured'by the immrroutos. m E UN HEADED OFF BY I Agreement Reached Whereby No Anti-Japanese Legislation Will Be Presented Congress at Meeting of Secretary State and Committee. Action Now on Raker Bill Would Imperil Negotiations fcr New Treaty With Japan. NEW YOHK, Feb. fl. An agree ment by which no nnti-Jnpancsc leg islation will be presented in the liotfC of representatives for the proetit wan reached nt a meeting between Seuretary of State Hryun mid the members of the house immigration committee. The conference was a secret affair, but it nan known that ilrynn siiokc for mi hour, urg'ng the committee to preent all Asiatic ex elusion ngitntioii during the present session of emigres. It wns also known Hint Urynn told the committeemen that any action now on the linker exclusion bill would imK-ril negotiations now in progress for a new treaty with Ja pan. He flatly stated, it was "c ported, that au amicable agreement with Japan was certain unless con gress persisted in exhibiting nnti Japanese sentiment. Hryun nNo declared that most of the anti-Japanese clamor wns con fined to California mid other west crn stntes, and asserted that coasr newspapers were largely responsible' for the "yellow jMnl biignboo." Rcd rcsctitativcs Hakcr and Hayes, both' California tw, were the only commit teemen, it was said, whom Bryan had trouble in coiiviiiciiil' (hat the tires cut was nit inopportune time to agi tate iinti-Jupniiese legislation. The committee adjourned to meet ugmn next Thursday. It was expected Hryan would again appear before it at that time. IDT GUILTY OF FIRST NEW YOItK. Feb. 3 Tho Jury In tho case of Hans Schmidt, accused of murdering Anna Aumullcr, returned n verdict this afternoon ot fjrst dc grco murder. NEW YOItK, Feb. 5. The Jury in the second trial of Hans Schmidt, con fessed murderer ot Anna Aumullor, retired at 12:30 o'clock this aftc. noon, The first trial resulted In a disagreement. Attorneys for both sides declared tbo court's charge was tine ot tho fairest ever dollvorod In Now York and expected a verdict would bo returned within a tow hours. REFUSE THEIR STOCKS HAKKH. Or., Feb. fl. Toney War nor and II. Stewmt pf Copperfield luivo refused to tuke their saloon fixtures mid liipior stock from the local uVpot, although given orders by tlugovornor to do o. The stocks wore confiscated nt Copporfiold luit month during the gqvornor's clean up crusade, and huu been stored horo ever sinoo. Tho saloonmcu suy they yill leuvo it, and following ap peal to tho Mtprenio court of tho ruling in tho injunction suit against tho governor, expect to bring eiil suit for damages. GRANDMA HARE CELEBRATES HER I03D BIRTHDAY ASTOHIA, Or., Feb. fl. Mrs. Frances F. Hare, known to evorvouo in Astoria as "Grandma Hare." is celebrating her lOIld birthday today. ciie is in good health and continues to get uiiuh enjoyment o of ito, BRYANORA N 1 DEGREE MURDER NO. 271 ASHLAND FEEDS 1146 HESS L Shelter and Food Found Cheaper to Entertain Unemployed Travelers and Hobccs Than to Police City to Puvent Depredations. One Meal a Day, Breakfast, Furn ished on Condition No Begging Be Resorted to and Men Leave Town. The city police department ftd 1110 unemployed at Hie Foiiilh street fire station from December IT to February 1. An exact account of the cost was kent for the month of Janunry, which shows Cflfl uieir feu nt n co?t of $18.'2fj, about 3 cents per meal. The cost of the 480 fed be- tween December VJ nmt jnuu.irv i wns practically the name, tho'rgh the cxponxe account was not kept so carefully as during the month of Jnti unrj'i is it was to meet the critirr-ni aroused that the police wished to get the figures exactly. The $18.'20 Jnu i.ary expense included the boaru at the restaurant for three men who were nrretcd under suspicion of breaking into a sealed car between Grants I'ns and Ashland, and who v.cre later discharged. Deducting tho restaurant meals of theso ihrce, the remaining Gtjl cost tbo city .lfl.fl0. These figures do not menu!" Mimer's nrmy. which did not wish to rcmnin over in Ashland under tlic conditions governing tho polu-ij de partment's policy and moved on sontlt within a few hours.' Itcttult of Expcrlencc- Chicf of PoliccT K, C. P.orter. was asked to make n statement' concern ing the iwlicy of the city in this re soeet mid said: "The city's policy in this matter was not discovered by any studies in sociology, but was arrivcii at by observation and c.eneiice. In the full the i.'cneral disposition of the police was to get the unemployed out of town ns speedily ns jKixsiuie. With n reasonable number of trans ients this may have been possible. but the local situation by reason of. being a railroad division landed too many men and most of them arrived ilurincr the night. It was simply im possible, without tho employment of a very large crew of extra police, to cope with the Mtuation of such u hordo of hungry mon. Even though such a policy was decided upon niul carried out, it would have become tiresome, ns a policeman will .lot wenrv of boundiiiir hungry men after they hne been employed at it for a period, even (hough quite a few citizens declare they would liko tho job. Most I'ractlcaJ Way Fof obuotis reasons a hungry man will find something to eat and some place to sleep, whether the po lieo department ndopU one policy or another, or no polio ut all, Tho most economical unit practical method was aimed at and it was sonu iseovered that shelter and food was the magnet that would draw tho up- mployed mid hold them without any rouble. The system was explained to tbo men that they wero not to run around town looking for work or iisking for food, for the reason that there was no extra work nt tn'rs timo of the year, and that (hu peo ple who would need (hem wete al most invariably citizens of small means, and Hint it would bo an im- (Contluued. on page 2.) SELLING PLANS TO RETIRE LOAN SHARKS POHTLA.N'P. Oro., Feb. 5. Or ganized for tho purposo ot putting "loan sharks" out of business, Jhn Remedial Loan association will open a loan office next Monday, according to Don Soiling, Its president. LoanJ will bo made on 120,000 working capital at a rate ot two per cqnt a month, and Soiling estimates that t will be possible with the capital paid in to break even on expense until tho working capital Is Increased first to 125,000 and as soon as possible, to 130,000. A number ot prominent citizens aro Interested with Selling n (ho venture. u NTSAMEA Qa