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WEATHER
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FULL DETAILS
Account of Court Martial and Exe
cution Received and Belnu Trans
lated Army Surocoh to Examine
' Corpse When Widow Views It.
Forclun Relations Committee Con
siders Situation President Asked
About Protection (or Americans.
N'AKIIlNdTOS', IVIi. 2a. A l"
tuilnl iiecoiint of William II. Kenton'
court mill lint nml execution nt Jim
re, was roecUed nt the nttitu tlcjutrt
mi'tit this iiftcriiiiiui. It was in
.SpiuiiNli nml it tmnxlutloii was pro
grossing in rapidly ns pimnihlo. lu
Minroo wns not stilted, imr wh i
nniiiiuiK'i'il whether, when Imiwliitrd,
it would In) publlnhcil.
Secretory of Klnto Kryuii nn
iiiiuiiccd offininllv Hint mi iirmv sur
geon will examine Konlon's corpse
when, in ueooid w'lh Clviirrnl Villa's
pomiistlou, tlio wltlmv U allowed to
hop it. Viilu agreed to this oxiimui
ntiou by n properly iici'mliled rep
nwentntlvc of Hip t'nlttd SlntfH got
eminent. It una believed tin cxiim
iimtiini wmilil flnw wlietlier !! !
wni killed out of luiiiil liv Villn or
executed hj it firlwr HlllllllJ.
American Clllen Killed
Ilrynn hud tint iibnnOonod li i rf
fort to hnvo. tlu Imilv ri'tnrnr.l (
tin fulled Stnt" i though tin1 Hugh-h
CiUrrilliicnt signified tl would li"
satisfied with mi nnny HurnftuiV
VCrdil'l.
Offirinl ciiiifTiuiitinu mum rncoixrd
ii f riitnurH thnt t'lemento Yiigiirrr,
ifrntli iirnr.-NnevMrlo. Karllcr
reports hml it thnt Vngnrcr. wns
killed liy fi'iliTii?, tint the Intrr vor
Mon wiih that lio was executed li.v
tin1 rebel.
It Mil. Mllll ho WUS liiri'il into hi
executioners' hand on tln promise
of iiiilfiiinity for horses hi' hint lot.
Seoiolury Ilrynn was closeted for
Mitun tiini toilnv with thi members
of th sounto foreign relations com
mittee. "I detailed Hid facts ioii
cornine; tho situation in Mexico," hi'
hiiiil whrii ho emerged from tint com
mittri' room, "mid tolil what tho
gn eminent In iloiii" in onunoetion
with tho Hciituii ennc."
ll(iuo Heck Information
ItrprrNi'iitntlvn Aincv of IVnnsyl
Miniit mtroiluri'il toiliw in tho house
n resolution linking, tho president if
not ineomputlblo with the publio ni
toioM, to inform tho lawmakers what
slops huvo been taken to protect tho
lives of Amorioiin nnd other foreign
icsidonts in Mexico, nml to giw lo
tnils of iiny outrages which hnvo oo
CIIIICll.
Tho rt'piilillcniiH plun to ilfiioiiiicn
tho iiiliniiilhlrntioii'M MoNicnn policx
tomorrow ulicii llio Iioiiho tliHonmoH
tho uimy iippropimtion hill,
TO PROTECT WATER
CIIIASS VAI.LKV, Cnl., Feb. 2S.
(Inn fii;htiii(; between 1'iirnu'i'H nml
miuoirt on Slutu creek, thU county,
nml employcrt of tho KnccImoi' iiiiiiinj;
Wutor ooinpniiy wan thieuteiieil
toiluy, Tho coinpnnv chilim tho crock
wnlcr, onloreil oory olio to cenno
iiNiu l nml iloMioycil the iniKulion
illli'hcrt tuppluur It. Tho fuimeiri nml
iiiiiiciH icpuliotl tho ilitchcH nml woio
f.'uniiliii' them liulu- with hhot(,MiiiH,
lltil'ri nml plhlolH.
ILL WITH PNEUMONIA
LONDON', l-'fli. 'J.r). MimuKor Cnl
ImIiiiii of CIiIciiro iiiiiiuiiiu'i'il nt tho
luiiehuoii IIiIk itl'loiuoou thnt Mini
iiKr McOruw of tliu Now York
(liimU wiih Hoiiouxly ill nml uniihlo
to Iciivo IiIh room. Mcdrnw, ho Hiiiil,
wiih Hlrliilicn with n llirciitiiiicil ut-
tnck of pnciiiiHiiiiii, riluiilly licfoto
BENTON CASE IN
BRYAN'S HANDS
IIUUII,
PRESIDENT HUERTA AT A
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Dcmilto liln trlnln nml tho tllffl-
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Hiiortn of .Mexico linn tlmo for iincliil
nffnlm. In fnrt ho U ciijeylm: him
olf to tho limit i:ry ovciiIiik I'f
In onturtntnoil or ontcrtnltiii In tho
ilny lluortst in n uioro Koiioral or
colonn1 In thu Mi'xlcnti nrmy ho ilii!
not nnorlntii wit It tliu boat xoclotv
In tho rapltnl. Ili'lni: imrt or wliotu
Indian, tho puro-blooilcl tipnnlunU
hml no imo for him Tlioy rntlio"
lookml down on him nml hi fanill)
Hut nIiicii liln rlao to power ho linn
provoil hlmmtlf thu Rtroni:cl man In
Minli'o, nml now thorn) who ncorncil
htm nru p,lml onourli to do him
honor
MEXICAN POLICY
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WARIMNUTOX, Kub. 25 In tli
hni.io todny I'unRrcumnan Alncy wu
ovoro In hit criticisms of tho Maxl
ran kltiinllen:
. "Cou.tlilonsiuMuIcu-JjM itccoiuo
lutolornlilo," ha mild "nml tho Amorl
enn pooplo nro utiwIllliiK to hnvo
thorn rontlnuo. Tho pcaco. itccitrlty
nml koiiiI will of thin country with
othor rouutrlon In ondnnporod. Pres
ident WIIboh'ii policy In not IcndliiK
iin toward penro, but IrrculBtlhly
lownrd wnr.
"Tho lime Iihn como to Intervono
or to ndopi noiiio policy of dotorml.
nnllon which will cniuo thcuo Inlol
crahlo conitltloiu to comic "
WEST STARTS FOR
INGT
BAI.IJM, Ore , I'ob 25 (Sovornor
Wcht Ih prepnrlm: to Mart tiaturdn)
for WimhliiBtou, I). ('., to ea npornto
with thn Oropon doIcBiitlon In con
Kron for tho ndJutmont of Mnto
Innil inntlvni. Mijny worn ettlod by
MU Torn Itobbi tho isovornor'H hoc
rotniy, whon who In VnnhluKton nl
fall, hut tho oxocutlvn U pnrtlcularly
concornuil with tho bill now pcudluK
In tho houm) nuthorUliiK tho c
cIiuiiro of n Holld ploca of laud In tho
Hnntlnm Nntlonul fori'Bt for school
Nrnttcrod landM. Another ipiciitlou
In tho rollnqulHhmonl of laud In tho
Cooh liny wtiKon roml laud prnnt.
VASIIIN(n't)NT, Vi-li. U.V Tlmt
tho I'uili'il Slnli'i Hiipremo court hml
drawn the Ico.h of tho puro fooil
nml iIiiikx net by recent tleoiMons
wiih tho declaration heio today of
Dr. llarvoy W. Wiloj, fonuer chief
cheniM In llio ilepnitmeiit of iijrl
cult ui o. DiiM'Uhhiuu tho couit'rt inl
iuj; in the blenched flour enso yen
tonlay that adulteiation mu-l ho
liuiiiii'ul In health to como within tho
piohihitiou of llio liiw, Dr. WU'y
Miiil:
''To peiiuit Urn uniesliii'leil mlili
lion of poisons In foods unlem Mich
can ho proved Hiieo.fionlly injurioiiH,
is to pnralyxo that hedion of tho not
rclntliiK to hauuful mlullciatiouH.
Tho itouit iiIhii ilonlt u body blow to
tho ilriu,' hcetion of tho law when it
uuuouuccil, in tho Jiin'ii enncer
ciiho, thut tliu ohiiiM) foibtddini,' falhC
ami iiilHli'iiilinu' Htatcmcuts upplied
only to Iho cou-.titucnls of tho uieili
clues uml not to their tlnij? inoper
tU'rf. "Acooitlliis lo tho coml'tf lulobt
LEADING
WAR
SAYS CONGRESSMAN
COURT EMASCULATES FOOD LAW
MliWFOKD
DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION
E BY
OAKIANi', l.il., IVIi. 2"i An nl
tcrcitiou "vir miiiuliii'i' lintiin furn-
hhi-il u iii m of humor m the
Drown luiinlcr cnxe cont nucil 'odny
i fore SuiM-noil JiiiIrc OjziU'ii. There
iik n xliurp iliputu iih to whether
the hnum in nucstioii, which the mur
.Itrcil limn hml bonuht on credit nml
noIiI to buy lliitwr, could b intro
diiccil to the jury. Juil' Ogilm hcbl
Hint Ihn lnililM cOtlld L'O ill. (U'SIUIC
ABUS
DROWN
DROVE
WIFE CRAZY
ALLEGES
DEFENSE
tho fnqt thut ltl"y.'r,04l'l,i,0"i',oullUo4y,,.
Illllll iiiiiru. .1 ijn-.il iui.-(i' ..
line of ilcfcnip wnn iiuliciitcil in
iicMinnH t' jurori nftor JiiiIro Or
leu hml tliitu let down tho bnr.
Mr. A,melin Drown, the nccuncil
womun, nut immimihlc iik n ntnluo
throughout tho inoniinp. her fnee
cupM) rin her hlnck kIovciI hnndh,
not chinciu nt tlio' jury, ii)iiK no
nttention even to tlio fourteen women
in court, who hitt beyond tho rail.
They claim they nro Kirlliood friends
of Mm. Drown nml hnvo como from
Sun rruncifco nml other liny pointi.
MS FORCE
PRICES DOWN SOME
Ni:V YOHK, IVb. 'J'). (Icncrnlly
lower price-, umrkcil cnih truilin;,' in
tock1 todny. .Mcxicmi Petroleum
nml M. K. & T. ench hM 1. An of
fort wns mnilo to influence tho mar
ket by uncovering weak hpotH
IhroiiKh Hpcculativo colliiix-;. l'rofes.
xioual trailers coufiucil their attack
piincipally to tho southwchtoru rail
roml hlinroh. Later wcaknchN in this
(roup hprciul In tho nenernl market.
M. I. - T. common dropped !.. mid
the picfcrreil 3.
HoiiiIm were caov.
Tho mmket clo-cil htciuly.
. t.r1 v.l I l.
ruliiit,', u iiiiiii may ailil Iraees of ac
himie, hlryehnino ami other ilniRs to
food with impunity. Tho fault, tie
I'oiiliiie; lo tho court's decision, con
hists in thu phriiNOt ''Which inny
nrnvo luumfui to'lieallli;' ,Tluv jwo
plo hhoibl ilomauil thut (lourcus im
ibcdliltcly cllmiuulo- Hint jilinmc." ,
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OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
VUA REFUSES
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Mexican Leader Will Allow Widow to
View Remains, But Will Relntcr at
Once Secomt Demand Made by
Bryan Policy Htoflw Upon Result
Ugly Rumors Current Bauch. Be
lieved Slain Texans Likely to
Recover Benten's Body Forcibly.
WA8HINOTON, Kcb 25 Stronj?
protauro on (leneral Villa to ur
render William II. Denton' body
wb brought today by he Waihlng
ton administration. It wan hollared
i'reldcnt Wlhion'H policy toward tho
,Mexlc.u robclfi hinged on the roiult.
Tho ultutitlon unuctlonably was
nioBt norlous. England was In
coined hy Villa's refunnl to hand
out Ilonton'n corpao to tho widow.
Secretary of Klnto Ilrynn plainly won
Kfefttly worrlod, though hn snld
nothlnK. Ilo loft the prciildont'i
army and navy recoptlon at 12 last
nlKht and wont to the state depart
ment, whoro ho spent most of tho
rest of thn night.
Ilrynn IUtm-w Demand
He raro'ull' ro'read llio report hy
United State Consul Letcher, at
Chihuahua City, saylug that Villa
would allow Mrs. Denton to soo her
husband's body but would Immed
iately re-Inter It. Then bo tent froth
Instructions to 1otchcL In which It
was understood he ronteJ In strong
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terms ins aemana on vina to sur
render tho body at once.
Tho local Mexican rebel Junta was
also warned that the sdrulntstrhtlon
Intends fully in Investigate the Uen-l
tea case, wuelbor Villa likes It or
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. V&lv rumors were current. Tho
statu 'department wns nearly con
vinced that Oustav llauch, tho German-American
aceiued hy Villa of
being a federal spr. and Lawrence,
tho Englishman who went from HI
Paso to Juarez to look for Kenton,
had been executed Not a clow
could bo found to iho whereabouts
of olther.
Tcxaiii Mar Invade
Army officers on tho board re
ported an inu-nsc antl-Mexlcan feol
Ing. Unless Villa surrondora Hen
ton's body, (ho ad they were
afraid his friends wt'uld cross tho
border end attempt to recover It
forcibly. They woro threatening to
do so openly.
A report was current bore that tho
war department had ordered tho
commanders of tho four United
States border caalry posts to bp
ready to take the field on short
notice.
llryan would not give out n state
ment except to that tho Mexican
genoral's first reply to tho demand
for tho surrender of llenton's body
wns a refusal even to let anyone aeo
It, hut that when American Consul
Lotchor told htm ho considered this
unfrlnedly, Villa consented to let the
widow vlow tho corpse In tho pres
ence of American representatives.
Tho secretary did not aay how ho
replied to this proposition but it
waa understood ho reiterated his de
mand for tho body's delivery. It
was Intimated, howovor, that It bo
porslsled In his rofuwU tho govern
ment might send an army surgeon
to examine tho corpse
CONVICT STABS MATE
EMADE
SALKM, Or., IVb. t5. Tluunas
Clark, a convict nt tho Mnto penitciv
tiury hero, toilnv stubbed Herman
Hoyuolds, a follow-prlMiuor, iimuk a
kilifo ho hml made himself. Tho men
woro lioiin? led from their cells to
clobe cimfincment in tho prison yard
and llnrns ntndo llio ntlnck ns uioy
left tho corridor. Itcyuolds wns se
verely out ubout tho head mid hand.
FRANK 60TCH FATHER
0FY0UN6 WRESTLER
UUMIiOLDT, In.. Feb. 23.-MW,
Frank (lotoh. wifo of tho heavy
weight ohuiupion wrealler of the
world 4'iivo birth lo a son hero to
Uoy.
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MISS ZELIE EMEHSON.
Threats to deport from England MIm Zcllc Emerson, the American "fight
ing suffragette," who has had her skull Injured nnd her arm twlalrd by Urltlnh
police nnd has had periodical sentences to Jail, brought tier to the American
Embawjr to nppcal for protection to the United States government. Miss Emer
son spent more than an hour with officials of the Embassy and was In blsb
spirits when she left.
They barcn't deported an American cltlicn for nearly a hundred years,"
sbe said, "and If 1 am to be the tint one- It will only be after a flsbL"
THREE MILITANTS"
GET PRISON TERMS!
LONDON. Fob. 23. Throo suffra
gettes and thrco mnscullno sympa
thizers with their cause, wont went
to Jail here today, following their
sppcaranco In Dow street pollco
court.
Lauranre Housman, tbo author and
artist; Henry Novlnson, wnr corres
pondent, II. U. Harbcn, Mrs. D. A.
Thomas, wifo of a mlllolnalro coal
mtno owner, and Miss K, Halg would
hnvo been released had they given
each a 125 bond to keep tho pcaco for
six months, but for refusing will have
to 6pend tho tlmo In prison instead.
They woro accused of obstructing tho
police during a street domonstratloa
last night against Premier Astjutth's
refusal to sco n sufragetto delega
tion. Mss Phyllis llrndy was glvon
eighteen months In prison nt bard
labor on bolus found guilty of firing
tho residence of tho widow of Field
Marshal Sir George White.
REBEL ATTACK UPON
MEXICO CITY. Fob. 25 That n
rebel attack on Mnuitlan had beguu
wus. learned horo this uttoruoon.
President Huortn was conuorlng the
nows strictly, so that no dejulls woro
obtainable.
IT PAYS TO
WITH SYMPATHIZERS
Medford Mail Tribune:
Giiiitlonien J ran a 2o-cont want ad in tho Mail
Tribune, issue of Friday, lebruary 20, offering
Duroo swino brooding stock for sale. As a result, I
hnvo today, Monday, February 211, niado cash sales
of over $200 worth of stock and have inquiries and
prospects of sales of nearly $100 worth more.
I wish to tluuik you for developing and maintain
ing so offeetive an advertising medium.
Yours trulv,
AVELHOKN BEESON.
Tnlont. Fob. 28. .
JISKS FOR
FEARS DEPORTATION
1M0YER BRUTALLY
MINE ORGANIZER
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HANCOCK, Mich., Feb. 20. Hm
tnl lisie nt the hands of tliu mem
bers of the Citizens' Alliunce, 'thorn
ho held reKuisible for tho deporta
tion of himself, and President Moycr
of the WeMorn Federation of JDncri.
from tho copper country boveral
weeks npo, wns charged today by
Chnrli'i. Tanner, n federation organ
izer, before the congrohionnl inves
tigators of tho Michigan mine btrikc.
FirM, Tanner said, Sheriff Cruz
of Houghton county mid a commit
tee of citizeiw culled lit hw own mid
MoycrV room in tho Scott hotel to
demmul a public statement from
Moycr urging tho lelatives of vic
tims of the Calumet Christmiib evo
firo innio to accept relief donations.
Moor, Hie witness testified, re
fused. Three minutes later, ho continued,
a crowd of members of tho Citizen'
Alliunce niched in. Ho stiid they
bent Moycr nearly double and one
iiiiiii pounded him on tho head with
n lcvolvcr until it went off ami the
bullet struck tho federation lender
in tho back.
"Then," said Tiinner, "llio men who
were holding ne accused mo of filing
tho shot."
.s tboy woro dragged toward tho
rndroad station Inter, according to
tho witness' account, tholr arms woro
kicked, struck ami threatened.
Tho minors expected to finish tholr
testimony today.
ADVERTISE
Jh REA
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DECLARES
NO. 288
DLWCD OTATCC
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STILL AT LARGE
New Ycrk Police Captain Names One
of Witnesses Against Him as the
Slayer of Rosenthal Was Drunk
on Night of Crime.
Refers to Death Hcuse as an Infern
Believed Impossible te Cenvkt
Becker in New Trial.
NEW YOKK, Feb. W. Strong be
lief thnt former Police Lieutenant
Charles F. Ikckcr, yesterday granted
n retrial on charges of murdering
Qnmblcr Herman Koscnthnl, would he
freed nt the second trinl, prevailed
here today. Defense attorneys were
confident thnt the notion of the cir.
cuit court of nppeuls in criticising
Justice John "A. Goff, who presided
at the first triul, nnd of its attack
on the udmixxibilitv of the evidence
offered by Sam Schepps, indicated
certain succchh for Keeker.
Keeker probably will be returned
to the Tombs here from the death
house nt Sing Sing tomorrow. If lie
is acquitted, he intends lo Heck rein
statement to the police force nnd ue
for bnck salary.
An interview granted by Keeker lo
n representative of tho New York
World wus published here today. In
it Keeker declared he believed tho
slayer of Koscnthnl to be still at
large and named one of the "wit
ni-sbcs who testified nt his first trial
as the actual murderer. '
"I have not the proof now." said
Keeker, "but I believe this man is the
slayer. According to his own testi
mony he was drunk on the night of
Hio murder, jyid did not, -remember ,
what happened, T-
"I feel horry for those boys in the
death house, for I do not Iirlievt
they had anything to do with the
nctunl killing of Rosenthal."
Keeker referred to 'the death houso
as an inferno, ndilifig:
''Imagine yourself sitting in n clulir
facing another holding n cocked pis
tol at your bend. That's tho wax.- I
felt despite the fact that deep down
in niv soul I knew thnt right would
prevail."
CARRANZA HELPLESS
TO ENFORCE ORDERS
nOUGLAS, Ariz.. Fob. 25.
Members of tho constitutionalist
Junta at Agua Prteta, Mexico, across
the border from here, asserted to
day that General Carranza cannot
undertake to compel General Villa
to surrender tho body of William If.
Kenton, an English subject ho exe
cuted last week. Carranza, thoy
said, la without means to enforce,
any orders he might Issuo to con
stitutionalist field commanders.
American army officers hero woro
awaiting despatches today regarding
the whereabouts of General Carran
za. it Is known that he lias de
parted from Hermoslllo for the bor
der, but before leaving there n
told newspaper correspondents that
bo probably would make soveral
stops eu route. Ho waa expected Jo
arrive at Nogalos, however, bofore
night.
American Consul Slmplcb Is at
Nogalos today, supposedly waltlns
by Secrotary Bryan to request Car
ranza to Interact himself In tho ro
covcro) of Uontou's xbody.
REFORM SCHOOL
BETTER THAN HOME
SALEM, Oro., Fob. 23. Footsore
and mud-spattered from tholr long
walk from Dallas, Ernest and Rlett
ard Mlnty surprised Superintendent
Will Halo of the state training aehoel
for boys, today by appearing at Ot
institution and asking for admission.
Ernest had boon sent to tho school a
oar and a half ago, but was parolad.
Fooling ho liked tho school hotter
than homo, bo ktarted baok, taking
his brother with him. Tho mtpt
Intendent has notified the by'
parents,
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