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WEATHER
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Mln. 1.1 1 KaJnfall, .01.
SECOND
EDITION
MHDKOItl) OUKCJOX, HATTUIlAY, IWMUUtY 21, WM.
NO. 285
Fnrtytlilri1 rnr.
Daily KIkIiOi Yrr
WATCHFUL WAITING STILL WILSON POLICY
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PROTEST FROM
TEXAS PART OF
Offlclnl Anxiety Over Denton Inci
dent Manifested, Out No Change
In Policy Probable No Frejh Dc
innntls Made hy Cnulnnd.
Denton Tried hy Court Martial and
Sentenced 'to Death on Conviction
for Consplrlnn for Villa's Death.
WASIIINMTOS', IVI. -I- '"
ccnliucnt ill' officialdom's nnicl
iKnr lli llcnlon iiiiiili'ii( at Juarez
w hunllv ultcinplnl m( tin' state
depnttment today. IIiikIiiimI, how j
l'cr, it UHN lillllWII, llllil llllllll' I' j
new iliiiHHHilii, AinltHewidiir Kir Cci1
Ariliur Spring-Mice liming iiiirci'
.Secretary llrynti tlmt In' would mil
lull' llit llriilmi nmlli'r up with l.'Hi
don until lit' rccelu'd full detail or
the lriMimliiiii'ii or tin' F.ngl -h
IIMIl's dl'lltll. It Will plum tlmt then
miii the grnwwt danger of l;ughh
puhlio sentiment forcing the London
government to nk it chnniMi in thr
Clllted Stole' pliill' In till uclllc
fKttoiy In .Mexico, An njcuiiit llu,
it wn iiisUtod Imlli ul tin1 Mute do
imrlniKiil iiinl the xtiti office
tlmt Piowiiloiit WiUnn would rrmiiiu
UN strongly nppotcil ll M ever to in
terieiitloii. Moio .Men MUtlng
Tin' state ili'imtliiii'iil Iiinl received
no official infuiiim'ion of the di
appeal linen of luii llinro Englishmen,
Lawrence "Mil CurtN. Seirctiir.
llryiiu enjoined bIIuiico upon hi sub
ordinate. ll wk stated on official author
ilv, however, Hint llio mliuinitilriiliiiu
would iglioie. the HI I'aMi mcoling.
At tho Mule, iloiwrlmrat it was inti
iiuileil, indeed, iIimI i-(Jornnr
I'uriv of Now Mexico, tin' chief
speaker of I In' ocoailOII, win pin) ill
liolitiifi. Ilii In iidiuiltedl.v iinti-nd-ininistnilinii,
An American, ton-fluidnvo llmi"li.
iii'loiiHly n prisoner in .Inure.
idllUgl'd with being it p- had diS-
lllK'llll'll.
TrliMl liy font I Martial
The hope hllll liugcicd in Wash.
Imiton llmt (U'lii'inl Villi might linv
t'li'l mm Inl Hellion's ili'itlli fnlhi'ly to
ktiop oilier foreigner uvvny.
It was thought llkfly Lawrence.
Curtis mill Hunch liml hern trans
ferred I'mm Jiuircx lo I'liiliiinlitiu
City.
Cnilcd Sluice Consul Kdwiinls, ill
.luiiicr, rcMiitcil lluil ho Iiinl iuvcMi
intcil llciilouV ilciilh I'ullv mill found
lie win legally lni'il liv court mar
tiiil. Ho believed Villn won justified
in convening mid sentenced lo dcntli
mi conviction of coiispring for
Villa's .li'iitli.
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READ IN SENATE
WA8IIINUTON', Kob. at. "WII
llmn II, llontoii wik iiiurilorod llku n
iIok liy (Jonoral Villa," rciul Hciiutor
l-'H 1 1' of Now Mexico, In tho upnor
hiiinio huvo totlriy from a toloKrum l
luiil rocolvoil from Clinlriunii It, M.
Diulloy of tho lil 1'imo iiiiihs motliig
hold IiihI nlitht ii b u no(iiol to lion
Ioii'h iliiuth In Jiiiiioz,
"It id iilmoHt corluln Hint Villa did
It iiomoiiully," tho toli'Kram contln
nod. "Thoro Ih no ovldonco that
llontoii wim tho iiKKronBor. Kvory
t li I ii k iudlnitoH it wiih a culdhloodod
iniirdor.
"CiiHllllo In tho K'toHt "f our kov.
oriiiiioul, in hiifoty mid without pun
IhIiiiioiiI. Villa Ih IioiihIIiik of hln
crlino.
"iu thoro no iiioloclloii anywhoroT
' "101 I'nuii Ih rull of roliol oricorH.
Tlio ImihIiidhii uffiiliH of tho ni'iuy
nrc openly ilono hero.
tJ"'V(ur HiuuHiiitilH of frloiuU horo
want to lioao )our vulio hi tho huh
ato Iu hohiilf of tho Houlliuont llmt
Mvutclifiil wuIUiib' Id ii fnllnro."
POL A LA
PROTEST
WATCHFU
WAITING
NAME S1EVENS AS
PROBABLE HEAD OF
GREAT NORTHERN RY.
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I'OIITI.ANI. Or.. I'YIi. Ul.
I (', (liliumi, iirchiilcnl of
llio SMikiuic, I'orllmid k Sc
uttle rmlioml, mid doliu F.
SIcvciik. In iiiimik iiiiui'cr iiinl
iiiilroiul Imililcr, foiiucrly
IIICNilll'lll of till' 1111 line in
Oici'on, me tinoU'ti of todny
iih irol)iildo hiicccsforrt lo
Curl l(. (Irny, iik priidi'iit of
llic (Irctil Noitlicin' iiiihvny.
lluinoiH lo the efftet Unit
l'r.vi.lcnt (Iruv will Ictuc the
(Ircnt Northern in the very
Hour fiituio lo ciiil hit lot
with (he Si, l.oiiH & Sun
Prnni'iT" rmlroinl ns pri"i
dent lllive liei'ii lovivcil.
CENSURED BY JURY
Y
Condeinnntioii of tho ioer rom
inny for inuiiitiiiiiini; IiIkIi t"
hinii mid ti'li'pliiitin wires clone
ly Hipcndcd on the Mime pole,
mid for luck of leiikioii-liotiM)
of tho coroner's jury filed thi morn
of llio coroner' Jury I tied tltlr iiioni
iiiK'. lifter rnvVflffeflilnir" Hio miiihi
Icinlliii; up lo" llio denth of It. C.
Curry hy clyctrooulion in llio luilli
mom of Ida own homo ul ltuy (told
IiihI Sulmdiiy.
The erdlet in full in:
"Stale of Onon, county of Jack
hon, hh. :
"IniluiKitioii liikcn til Medford on
Hie 'Jlllli and 'JIM day of IMiriuirv.
Illl.'l, hefore A. 1 Kclloiyj, coroner
of Miid county, upon view of llic
hody of Kicluiiil C. Cuiry, (lieu nnd
there l.xiiiK dead, upon llic oalli of
wiv )ood mid lawful men of mi id
county, who, heini: dulv suinmoiied
mid sworn to imiuito into all (ho cir
ciiuinIiiiiccx iilleudun; the death of
the Mild Kicluiiil C. Cuny, mid hy
whom I he miiiio wiik produced, mid in
what iniinner mid when mid where
llio Hiiid llichard C. Currv fnnw lo
IiiK death, do my upon their oalh
nforcMiid, wo find decctiHcd was iikciI
:ill ycarH, n native of Tennessee, mid
cmiio to his death on tho lfith day of
IVIiruary, 11)11, at Hay Hold, in thi
county. We find iiccoidiui; to the
evidence rendered that tho deceased
Kicluiiil C. Curry, came to liin death
hy the piiHHiipt of n hii;li-votiii'o cur
rent Ihiondi hix hody. Tlio current
at tho limo of dealli wax much iu
excesrt of tho iioiiual. Ill) volts. We
also notice mid condemn iik tfiiMifo
the cNccshivo niiinher of wirei, con
ststluK of hinh tension, no tciihion
Iioiim' hcrvieo Huch mid tclepliono
wires chuoly HUHpeuded upon the
miiiio poles uo.t tho dwelling' where
tho accident occurred. Wo reconi-
mend that this ami biicIi siinilni' con
diliotiK wheiein cxistliiK" ho rectified.
"In witness whereof, iik well as
Hid said coroner as tho jurorn aforo
Miid, iih lo this iiKpiisitiou, net theii
hands and heals tho day and dati
hereof.
RAPP AROUSED
OF
CIIICAOO, Fob. 21. Thouiih WIN
limn Itaiip, Jr., would not iIIbouhh to
day yoHtonlay'H nmoniliuont to tho ill
vorco petition llieil imulimt him by
hln wlfo. Miiio. KrnoHtluo c)iumniin-
lloliih, In which ho wiih ucoiiboiI of
InlHcondut't wll'h Mr. K. H. Donuo
of Now York, poiHoiiH who him woll
mild that ho at hint ho had hoon
uroiiHod In a point whoro ho would
Huhl bnuk hard,
PIER
COMPANY
RR
INQUEST
BY DIVA'S CHARGES!
MISCONDUCT
4 LOSE LIVES
IN CALIFORNIA
FLOOD ITERS
Fifty Hcuses at Los Annelcs Washed
Away and Hundreds Forced to
Leave Homes Business Suspend
edMain Streets Under Water.
Teleqraplt and Telephone and Rail
road Service Completely Paralyzed
as Result of Three Days' Storm.
I.os ANOKl.r.s, Oil., IVh. 'Jl.
Oirryini; death and dentructiim iu it
wake, l.oi Aup'lcs and the four ad
joining owintio were Mill helplcM
this afternoon in the grip of tin
vott Meno to iit houtlieru Call
fornia in recent curn. Four per
Minx were kuowi to he dead, hut it
was hehcM'd the list would he in
c i cased when coiuiumiicatioii w.lh a
docu or inoro outlying diMricN is
restored.
I.OS ANflKI.CK, dr., 1-Vli. '21.
Four M'rsons were known to hae
met death today in llio Meno which
hus hecii raging iu Miinlium Califor
nia for the piiht forty-eight liuiin..
The dead:
K. W. llamliu, drowned at Santa
liarhara.
.1. C. Hnekttoll, drowned at Car
peiiliera. Alius draco Spnigue, drowned at
Victonillc.
Mcxienn nainnl (louxjileit- drowned
In Los Angeles.
Oilier rexirln of fntalities were
recciid lioic, hut up to 11 o'clock
had not (icon verified.
At lenht fifty homes along the
Arroyo Seco were washed awav 1
llio flood. Hundreds of h'Ioiik
were forced to !e;io their homes.
All the liridgos over the utronm ex
cept two huso hecn wiihhcd out.
F.M'ept for llic wirch., .os An
geles was cut off from all outside
communication lioth hv rail and wire.
Iluudreds of homes have hecu iihaii
doued within the citv.
llusinehh iu l.os Angeles through
out the day was at a standstill. M-iin
Mreet, Spiing street mid Hrondway,
the Ihrco principal husincss streets
of the city, wcic inuuilated and iin
piihsahlc. Scores of Iium-iucuU wore
flooded and the loss from this source
alouo will run into thousands.
Telegraph and railroad service
were completely paralysed as the re
sult of the three days of unprece
dented rainfall. The only means of
communication was hy tho Federal
Wireless company, and tho reports
of tho fatalities and heavy property
loss were flashed lo tho outside
world hv its instrument.
Strietcar service was at a stand
Mill. Tho slonn wrought havoo in
slv southern California counties. A
(criifio storm also prevailed al sea.
Tho (IrimU I'nua bnskot hall team
will pntm through tho city tonlRht nt
il: 15 o'eloclc on routo to AHhlnml In
a Bpeclnl train, whoro they will play
n game,
In tho foreground of this photo la federals. Villa la r,lvon credit for
Hoon Oonorul VUhi, tho . Mexican robql I holiiK aim or tho boldest Mexican
louder. Ho la at tho head of IiIh ' loadora In actual warfuro. Ho uon
troope, which look OJIuafu (rou) tho'erully eou luto actlou with lib uiqu.
WITH FIFTY MILLION IN SIGHT FOR EMPIRE STATE ROADS,
ERIE COUNTY OBJECT LESSON IS FOCUS FOR ENGINEERS
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BLUE SKY LAW
VIOLATIONS PROBED
BY GRAND JURY:
Investigation of alleged violations
of the blue sky law, the opcnition of
which has put thousands of dollars
of Jackson count v capital into min
ing laud and oil projects iu other
Mutes nnd nation, will he begun next
Tuesday when a new grnnd jury will
ho called. Witnesses who have
bought stock will ho eolled. Corpo
ration ConunisMoJior Halpli Watson
will aid in llio invoMiKation. One in
dictment has iilrcmlv been returned
by the grand jurv for blue sky law
violations-
A further probe into the innl'iciou"
attempts of digruntled contractors
iu bidding for tho Pacific highway
work will he in.ide. this lime affect
ing a contractor who is alleged to
have written nunnunous letler libel
ing tho state mid county officials.
Another matter coming hefore the
inquisitorial bodv will bo the case of
a Imig-stundiug feud over the own
ership of a road in the Applegute
country, which w said to hue reach
ed a dangerous point, with deadly
threats being hurled.
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GENERAL VILLA AND HIS TROOPS IN
:MARIE LLOYD TO
i WEDFAM0USJ0CKEY
AT PORTLAND TODAY.
I'OItTI.AND, Or., Feb. 'Jl.-Ilring.
iiiK io mi euu iih i-pimmib .....i --Tho .omersnulting of a pencil dur-
been of interest both in America and.. . ... - , i
England. Mario Lloyd, tho English 'K 'Kht ns storaneU caused
comedienne, and Hernard Dillon, her the death nt the city and county ho
manager, were married hero tlrs nf- ;!'' '"-To y l JT"
, n. ii!vi. ..n,w.,iiit.. Clark, a one-legged pencil lwddler.
i . : ...i. !... i....,j
Father Thompson, a Catholio priest,!
,rformed tho ceremony. HrilUh '
w,.l n.-lns Krskino nnd Vice-1
f..r.A l.xl... 11 Trn.it u'Arn nfncnnr
Mrs. Collins, traveling companion of!" fw of tho things found in
Miss Idoyd, was the muid of honor, Clark s stemacli:
nnd Joseph lliniis, a vaudeville uetor,
was best man.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
every ono kissed tho bride, who ni
pareutly was very happy. An elabo
rate wedding dinner was served at
the Portland hotel.
The wedding license was secured
hy Miss l.lovil. Tho nctress gnvo
her age as IU. Dillon's ago is rep
resented as 0.
Hritish Conul Douglas Krxkino of
Poitlaud accomnaiiied Miss I.lovd to
tho county clerk's office ad vouched
for the parties to tlio marriage con
tract. ACTION
n'i,ia u .inn ii o imiinw.il lo tm
training ho recolvod In tho many
yours ho was a Imndlt. Then ho had
to go wlU his luuu.
A glimpse of typical Erie county
highway and William C I'erklM
and George C ClehL
Permanence it to be the watchword
in spending a major part of the fifty
millions now avail. Lie for New York
state roads, owing to the success of
what is known as the Erie county
policy. Under Engineers George T.
Dlehl and William C. Tcrkins, Erlo
county xhich urround:. Ruffalo
spent a large pa.-t of previous ap
propriations upon a network of bric!
highways, leading every way front
the city, one of the finest of which
extends seventeen miles to Niagara
Falls. "Such a highway properly
built," says Perkins, "has practically
no expense for maintenance."
HARDWARE
P
: FOUND IN STOMACH
OF PENCIL PEDDLER
SAX FltANCISCO, Cat., Feb. 21.
An mitopsv per onued shortly before
" lr; .- MontKomcrj- Mow-
that Chirks .asides wero lined
One metal handled knife with u
large blade opened. Tho blade was
1 inches long.
A piece of metal 3 Vx inches long
nnd inch wide, with n sharp point
at each end.
A piece of wood wrapped with
rawhide, apparently a revolver
clenncr.
An uiishtirpeued lead pencil eight
inches long, with tho rubber and
metal parts intact.
A pieee of whipstoek seven inches
long.
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SAN FKANCISCO. Feb. 21. Hud
Andornon of Medford. who was
knocked out last night by lied Wat
son in tho fifth round of ii scheduled
twenty-round bout, announced his re
tirement from tho ring here this af
ternoon. Ho also admitted that ho
wiih on tho point of calling off the
Wntson inatcli several times and
would have done so hud ho not post
ed a forfeit.
J Anderson has not informed Dick
Douulil, his ir imager, of his intention
J to retire from tho ring. Tho pair
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I1IIYO gOIIU (IIUClClll ways UllL-1 l" l
uicht's hout,
, "Hud certainly ought to retire,"
was all Donald hud to say when in-
1 formed of Anderson's intentions,
I Donald iu ends to make his homt
o'ther iu San Francisco or Los An-
ule. Ho will rviuiiiii hero for two
,r threo weeks and, tlicn i iwy a hricf
viwi " ,lu"i u "" i '""
iucss at'fuirs.
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ANNOUNCES
N
RETIEMEN
$30,000 REWARD
OFFFRfO
TRAIN ROB
All pMtJMe IkaiM Escape tf Tw
Bandits W CtM-Hndy KNM
Three Pasuitfar m irtt IhrKi
ern Near IHIinitiam Cut tff.
Posses Scourinf Cwtrtry RaNrt4
Hants Up Purse fer Caftwe,
Dead or Alive.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 21. L. W.
Hill, president of the Great Northers
railway, U in Seattle today, and hia
first official act hero was to an
nounce n reward of $30,000 for the
apprehension, dead or alive, of the
bandits who killed three passengers
near Hellinghnnt Inst night on the
Seattle-Vancouver train.
Fifteen thousand dollars of the
amount "will bo paid for the arrest
and conviction of the bandit first
captured. The remnfnder of the re
ward is subject to conditions in a
circular issued by Hill announcing
the rewnrd.
Escape Cut Off
BELL1NGHAM, Waah., Feb. 21.
All possible means of escape of the
two bandita who last nifcht -held up
the Oreat Northern passenger train
nt Samish Station, south of this
city, uro bcinp guarded to a dozen
or more posses of armed men today,
mid it is the hope of the officers tlmt.
tho desperadoes wilt be caught be
fore night. The reward of 5000
apiece for the bandits, orfered by
the railroad, is influencing many
men to join in the manhunt.
Early this morning Dnvo and Moie
Henry, veteran hunters of Skagit
county, took their hounds to the
plneo where tho bandits left tho
train. The dogs took n trail at once,
trailing up over the hillside with the
strong-limbed hunters behind. An
other posso is scouring the moun
tain side from Hlanchnrd, and still
another posse left tho city nud is
searching tho woods in the vicinity
of Alger.
Out With Posse
Sheriff L. A. Thomas of Whatcom
county and Deputy Sheriff Steven
son of Skagit county nro both out
with posses. J."J. Davis of Seattle
and E. J. Keith of Everett, detec
tives for the Orent Northern, arrived
tills morning with n number of men
nud are now searching for the ban
dits. Tho combined forces niako-a
formidable array.
The railroad tracks for five mile
about tho Kceuo of the holdup is
guarded with men nrnled with riflefi.
Every bridgo nnd crossroad nnd rail
road station for tailed about are
closely guarded. It was expected
that tho bloodhounds from Munroo
would be ou the scene this morning,
but the men in charge failed lo con
nect with the train.
The bodies of R. L. Lee, Bremer
ton, and Thomas F. Wadsworth nnd
H. R. Adkison of Vancouver, B. C,
aro held in a local tuorgue, awaiting
word from relatives.
HAWAIIANS PLEASED
WITH PHOENIX ORCHARO
H. F. Lowls ot Honolulu, II. !
called at tho Commercial club room
boforo leaving Saturday, He la
president ot Laurel Hill orchard lo
cated near Phoenix. J. W. rti
local manager. His associate! la the
400 aero property are Judge Cleaa,
federal judge of the Hawalla Islaa,
also Wn. Henry High, aherlff. Taee
gentlemen will visit Rogue river V
ley this Bummer. v
Mr. Lewises highly pleaae with,
tho inanagemnt of this areeerty tM
Intends to Bpend a large anouat it
money Iu making It a first oaai
chard and stock propositi. Iff -j
has vow two hundred ea4 ae
on the ranch and there are l
la eowBMreUt fruH.