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- 'WV l . M "mtvipM ws,n Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itrtlii tonight mm! Thur!ay Max. no; Mln, II; Pre, .Ofl. MEDFORD, OUl'XIOX, AVKDNUSDA Yt MAUCir l, 10M. NO. 294 rortfllilrd Tr, Dully KIrIiIIi Yr. JAPS ARREST BRITISHER FOR NAVY SCANDAL M;inacr of Reuters Accused of Sell Inn liifoniinllon Rcunrillnji Graft ers to Principals Wlffi Snltl to Have Attempted Suicide. Censorship Prevented Semilog News of Affair by Cable Documents Al iened to Have Drotiuht $125,000. LONDON', Muri'li I. News llinl iiii l!iiglilimitii, Andrew I'ooley, rolir- lllg lltM'lll III .llipilll for ltolllcls' Tel cgruiu company, (he Itnlinh news ngency, IiihI been arrested in Tokio 111 connection with the .liipiinone llltvy grafl scandal, and lliut iih h result nt' the iilfnir liU wire, iiIno Knglish, bad attempted suicide, repotted bere by iniiil 1 1 id ii y. Tliiil tin' ceiioiship bud pievcnlcd tbe sending of mi neeoiiiit or tbe III eiilent by cable wax nerepted ur a foregone cnnelin.inii. I'.ven the ui' eiiitiit which did teueli l.iiinbtn was eiil('lltlv mil entrusted to the .Inp nniwe iiiiiiU, inasmuch ii( although duted Ttikiu, the letter bote it .Sluing lint postmark, indictiling Unit it was smuggled nut of Jnpaii by private messenger and inailed front China. Soltl (IntfletV Proof Tliu charge ngainst I'ooley was t Iiii t in mpiiik way documents impli cating high navy officials bad fallen into III band", nnd tbat Instead of making tbein public or notifying (be pioper niithnrillcH, lie sold llir-m to the offender for VJiO.OOO yen, the eipiivatenl of .rj.",00(l lu American money. Tbe nlle&vd trnnnelloit leaked out and wits Die subject of bitter contro versy in parliament, though (IiIh part of tbe debate Man omitted from till uccouiils of the legislative proceed ings relative to u uiiy scandal. I'ooloy's arrest followed tbe nielli of .In i m ii ry HO. While be uiim in lehlguya piisnit tbe poliee visited hi lnniie in Tokio and raiinekcil it fnim ton to bottom. Whether or not they made any luipnitaut disclosures wax not know it, Wife Atlempleil Kulrldo Tbe dav after his nirosl .Mrs. I'oo ley was allowed to see tier hjiabiiud at tbe prison in tbe prcsVnee of nttcnil auls, Following the interview she te tinned hmne, shot her pel tertier uiul llii'ii uccouiits differ either filed two bullet into bur hienst or tried to kill herself with a razor. All sur geons agreed sho would recover, Ihotigh, according to Nome, hint wan xeiiouidy wounded, ami to other only slightly injured. I'ooley wits still a piiMUier when the letter icecivcd hero was dis putebed. The wilier epieved the stiong opinion that I lie lliiglishuiuu war. in lioeeut of the offense dunged against him. His belief wits thai of iicials, endangered bv the riift in vestigation, wero trying, by making him a scupcout, to diveit attention from themselves. WASHINGTON, Mar. 4. Tim nomluntloii of Wllllnm I'IiIIIIph ot lluhlou to hu third tiHHlHtnnL Kerro tary nf utnto wiih mint In tho ttumilo tinliiy. IMillllpH forinorly wiih prl vnto Meeretury to .louili II, Cliontu, of Now York. HILL NOT PERMANENT PRESIDENT ST. I'Al'L, Minn., March I. That Louis V. Hill docs not intend to re main iei'iiiuiieiitly us ptcsldciil of the (Ircnt Koithcrii railroad was reported here, today on what seouied to be good authoiily. He took the post intend ing to hold it, it wits Hiild, only until a suitable man could ho found to ie lievu hlni. Tim story gave fresh tisii to rumors thai Cuil II. Gray's letirement from the presidency wiih duo to pressure I mm lint Hill iuleiesls, If (Iray had retired, as he said he did, simply be cause be had found u hi nailer field In the cast, good judges of tho situa tion rcmiiikcd that it wiih unlikely llinl hu would Iiiiwi dune so so sud denly us to iicccssilulo a stop gap ap pointment nf u wiim'Hsor to htm. VIRGINIA DARKY PRINCESS WILL HELP CONVERT THE ZULUS TsM -J :W 1'iiueei.H Miiiliknue Qiiaudiynue (Vie, who mm .1 til i it .Smith, n li.tle Virginia dnrky, define die went to Hampton institute, in K'diiK with hei Zulu lni-hiiinl, Mm of u Zulu kiiiK, to eoiiert the Afiienii nerneH to Clirt ttaiiit). They married four iiioiiiIih iio, and I .MKXIl 0 CITY, Mareb I. I'd lovvinu' the roeeipt of threat Ihnt be would be ittMUhhitiated ntid the Am el if nil etiibiikny dvimuiiled, I'liiled SlateH Chure d'Affairi'n O'.Shniifjb nenhV wiih under it Mroinf bodyguard of .Mexican Mildier today and tbe number of scnliie-i ubottt bit offieial britibptntteil Juul been ttuadriipled.. Of the Ihreatenitii; litters whleb O'.Shaimhiiertkv ban reeeived there lire nbiiiit twenty. They purpotted in emtio irom i urranitiiiin ami ue uouueed the ehnrye d'nlTiiiieM for hi" ien.oual fritndxbip for I'reMiletit Huerln, who, it wiih repotted, war. the individual who iiiMtfi! on the body guard, coiiMilfiuhly nuatiiht O'Sliiiiiulineo k vv Ulie. Al Hnetta's older the iv ediltirn of the newhpaper HI Mouiteur were locked up jt the futlnwH nf San limit ih; I'Iiiii, cbarKcd with dixcm iiiatiut; fale iicwh tcmliui; lo inflame .M'exicnn HKIUII--I the lulled SIiiIcn. Their newi.paper vvnt Mipprexxed. I OF linrilKKTMl, Minn., Mareb !.- ArrniiKcincnU were completed today at the Mayo linn.' aiiitiiiium here for nit immediate, operation upon Charles V. l'nst, lite llntllo Creek uiilliouitiie, who i heim; tu-lii'd ciinI on a hpeciitl Iraiit flout California. I he train will bo met here by mi ambiilaueo and tbe patient, who t hiiffctiiiK from itipenilieitix, ruhed four block to tliu operntiu room tit the main wiu of tliu hospital. An aiiaeNlhetie will he admiuinteied on the way lo the hanitaiiuiu. l'b)ie iaiH on I he special train will have the patient ill condition for the mi- ucdhetic when tliu train arrives FrU day. Moreover. Ihe Western Maryland railroad could not ul'ford him a linger field than did tho (Ircnt Not thorn, tin. less, perhaps, ho meant that his hands would bo fteer to run Ihe Wes- torn Miiryland us be saw fit than was tho ease with tho (heat Northern. Tho general opinion wits that the slump in the (I rent Northern's cant ing since (Irny bad beeonio president in JtH'J bad caused dissatisfaction on tho Hills' part and that really tho reason for tho change. Orny definitely announced May that ho would leave for tho Atlantic const March JO to take up his new work mid it wits stated lit (Ileal Northern lieadquarlerH bent that on the same ditto Louis Hill, back fi out Califoiiita, would bo ut the desk of tho picsldcnt of tho bystein, BOY GUARD FUR 0 SHAUGHNESSY ON ACCOUNT HREA1S next week Cele and Ii:n bride wi Hiil for Durban, on the enxt eoitht of Aftien, ami Ibeiiee overbiiul to the Zulu M'tUemeiit, where they plan to build a M'hnol, where (Vie. will teaeb tin men bow lo read and write and make wiikoiin and build lmitM'M, and IiiIiii wilt iiixtrtiet the women in hoiHfkeepui art. SILENCE POLICY OF NOUALKS, Solium, Mareb J. - Tbat (letieral Carraum will be Mlcnt m the llcitton casu until he receiver. tho report of n couiinibcion he bus M'lit to Jinirex to make an iuviti (iitimi wiih generally believed here today. Tho ciiiiuuinbidn wan Cipcct cil to nrrho todny in Kl Pno. H eotn.ii.tH of Dr. Miguel 'Silvn, Jtatnott FratiHtro, Curraura'H chief lejjnl nd- viner, and former (Inventor Miguel l.nrn of the Mute of Hidalgo. MembcrH of the Citrrnuzn, cabinet iusihled today that W"imhington has made no represeittalioiiH to their chief rcganling the llenton case. Spe iiii Agent fleorgc. Carothers of the statu department, who conferred here yoitoiday with bint, confinned this, adding tbat his minion had uotbing to do with llenton. Carnturn received no callers dur ing the morning. It wiih hinted that he would consult with certain mem bers of his cabinet at noon, hut tbat the conference concerned merely his plans for his departuru for Chi huahua. The. Carriiuza pally was expected to leave for Nttco late today. If tho start is made, Carraum probably will be at Agtm I'rietn, opposite Douglas, tomorrow. No date has been set for the start to Chihuahua. UNCLE SAM NOI TO BLAME FOR E WASHINGTON, 1). C, M.irch . Through Ambassador Willard ut Ma drid, Secretary of Slate Hryan ex plained to tliu Spanish government to day that James 1). l'hclati of San l'Yaucisco is only it private citUclr, that bis views are in no way offieial aud consequently that Spain must bear Americans, us a people, no ill will, oven though I'liebiu did say it was it decadent nation, with but a short life to live. I'lielan was tpiotcd to this effect in a recent speech in Sun Francisco. Tlio Spanish govcriiutout heard of it and began an imniediato investiga tion. Who wits I'helan.T it inquired of Ambassador Willnrd; why did be say what bo did? When was ho in Spain and in what capacity? Was lie mi offieial 1 Did his opinions reflect those of tho United States? With every assuraneo of its dis tingiitshed consideration, Secretary Hryan begged tho Spanish govern ment to believe that tho iidmiuistra lion does not consider Spain decad ent mid wishes it lung life and n happy otic. MNZ BENTON CRISIS PHELANS BABBL RALPH FARISS TRAIN BANDIT TOHfpAY Boy Murderer of Railroad Man to Pay Penalty for Crime Governor Johnson Refuses Clemency In Spite of Appeal for Mercy by Widow. Executive Says He Has No Right to Set Aside Laws of State Much Sympathy for Criminal. SACKAMHNTO, ( al., Miuth . Italpb I'ar'ss, hoy bitmlit and mur derer, will probably be hanged in San (jiientiii prison Friday for the mur der of Traveling I'usstmger Agent Horacu K. Montague of the Sou bcin Pacific railroad. Governor Johnson mh toda.v : "Tho telegram of Mrs. Montague will no! in any way affect my deter iiiimilioii of the Fariss case. In cases of this solt I bnve only one province--to determine whc.her liny facts exist which would warrant me in extending executive elettiency. "I have no right arbitrarily lo et aside the statutes of the state. My ftworu duty is to uphold the law. "It would be much more appropri ate, for those opposed to capital pun ishment to go to the court and de maud of the judges that they refuse to ii)iMf sentences of death than for them to demand that 1. without rea son, set aside tho verdict of a jury mid the solemn judgment of a court." LOS ANOKLKS, Cal., March I. Mrs. Kdna Gcrsou Montague admit ted today that she lias joined tbe tH'titiimers who are srekitti: to stive from the. gallows Hidph Furisy tUo youthful Sotithent Pacific baiidtt who shot and killed her husband, Horace K. Montague, traveling pas senger agent for the railroad com pany, and left her two babies father less, Fariss killed Montague on a train which he held up near Kl Monte three months ago, and wits sentenced to death. "I have no wish for.ievengc." said Mrs. Montague, "and my hiistmnd cannot br brought back if they take this boy's life. I have telegraphed Governor Johnson asking bint not to kill Fariss, and I shall pray that be will be influenced b inv wish." Mrs. Montague's telegram lo the governor, in part, follews: "As tbe widow of Horace K. Mon tague, who was killed by Hulpli Far iss, I beg of you leniency. I believe in tho law of love, and that Jcsits was right when he said, 'Forgive them that persecute you and despite fully use on. I deprecuto tbe Mosaic law. In the name of my two little daughters mid myself and my dearly beloved hit-hniid, and in the iiamo of btimauitv and God, I beg of you leniency for Italpb Fariss." PAHIS. Mnr. i - The French c nto todny Bhelved tlio S500.000 ap propriation niitliorUct! by tho cham ber of deputies for a government ex hibit at tho rniiHiiia Pacific exposi tion. This action was taken on nl verno representations by tho Cham tier of Commerce of Limoges. THREE MEXICAN FEDERAL GENE From left to right : Generals Cast to ami Mcifitdo ami Col. Hernando.. Among tho hundreds of Mc.icnit refugees held in tho corral at Foil llliss by American troops aro llitce federal coiuumndcrs who escaped !v TBsf J wSm GUY BATES POST MAKES OMAR vwlirHPHA :liimiiiV Litcrnry circles m New York have become grenlly tnlerestid in Guy Hates I'otV remarkable presentation of Omar Khayyam. While he lin made the old, I'ersinu soiucthitig like every one exiccled be would, he has brought out a new clement. He nc- centuatcs Omnr KhnvyumV charity Hut this conception does not prevent its the ke.vuote of his chnntcter. I him from bong the hero in the benti "I think of Omar as it philosopher jtiful love play which IlicJiurd Walton nnd a scientist, a man with twentieth Tally hits written." COOK WAN 50.000 DAMAGES FOR STAGE LIBEL CHICAGO, March 4. -That Dr. Frederick A. Cook really proioex lo attempt to ptovc, in connection with Ihe ifoO.OHO libel suit ho bns begun ngitiiist Cohan & Harris, that he reached the summit of Mount Me Kinley nnd got to the north pole, was stated today by bis legal ndviscrs here. In fact, it wits added, it wis ns much for the sake of ait official in vestigation of his claims ns becntise he considered ho had been libeled that ho began proceedings'. In tho play, "Seven Keys to Hald Pate," on nt Cohan's Grand Opera house, Cyril Scott, represented as climbing n mottntniti, says: "After climbing this mountain I can readily believe all that Jack Loudon over wroto and nil that Dr. Cook lied about it." GERMAN CARDINAL DEAD FROM MENINGITIS 1IK15L1N. March 4.- -Cnrdmnl Geo. Konn, aged "fi years, died today of siiiual ineiiiiiiiitis at Troppau, Sil esia. He was tho highest dignitary of the Uomun Catholic church in Ger many. RALS HELD BY U. S. TROOPS from Ojinnga when General Villa overwhelmed that last iior.beru stronghold of tho lliierla forces. Tlie.v hurried across Ibu ltn Grande with bundled of other .Mexicans and wero taken In cbaigo by American voldlera, KHAYYAM LOVER OF MANKIND centttry id .t i I ttig in the eleventh century," Mud Mr. IM, "but ho np iteals to mo mof-t because he, like Abon Hen Adbvm, loved bis fellow men. He had a great, big human heart Unit enabled bint to look over the narrow prejudices of race nnd creed to be n 'lover tit the big sense, PLEW EXECUTED F HAItTFOUD. Conn., Mar. i. Mrs. Ilesslo Wakefield, awaiting the state supremo courts action on her appeal from the death tentenco pronounced agatntit her for her huiband's mur der, was almost proitratcd today la Iter cell at Wetltersfleld penitentiary, following the night ot horror she passed but one hundred feet fum tho scaffold on which her affinity and accomplice, James W. Plow was hanged at two minutes past mid night. During the early hours ot tho night Mrs. Wakefield gobbed convul sively hut toward morning bIio foil Into a troubled sleep. Sho had been anxious to rco Plow before ho died but their joint request for an In torvlow was refused by tho prison authorities. Plow went to his death composed ly. "I hopo sho gets u now trial," wero his last words. FAMILY LIVED UPON RAW SPUDS FIVE DAYS CHICAGO. .March l. After sub sisling on raw potatoes for two days Frank Sossler, hi wife nnd their ii-year-old son were being cared for hero today by charitable organiz ation. The family wns found suffer ing ft om hunger and exposure yes terday in tho burn of a commission merchant. Sesxlor had been out of work for several months. The family will bo cared for until employment can bo found for the husband. I'OHTLAXn, Or., March l.-Thos. II. Sheridan, foimcr president of tho First Nntional bank of l!oeburg, Or., gave himself up to United States .Marshal John Moutag today nfter it consultation with his attorney, for mer Seutttor C. Fulton. Sheridan is chnrged in n federal indictment under eight counts with having ab stracted lands from it national bank. Although List riot Attorney Itcuuie says tho alleged defalcations actually I cached $(.',(ll)(), the indictments cover only .?18,020. All, it is dung ed, wore perpetrated between .Ma.v H mid .May It), 101 1, lit June the ImsiiH'ioi of tliu bank wits nbsoibcd by lite lhmglas Niiliouul Hank of Itomlmrg, but a triixleo was appoint 11 0 MS WAKEFELO G BANKER DEFIANCE OF INTERVENTION By Constitutionalist Leader Declares In vaslon Would Provoke War Which Would Deepen Hatred Toward America by All Latin Republics. Says Benton Affair Is England's Trouble, Not Uncle Sam's Killing Due to Attack Upon Villa. NEW YORK, Mar. 4. Out and out dcflanco of tntcrrcntlon In Mexico was breathed In an Interview cred ited to General Carranza, under a Nogales date, published In tho Now York World today. "I can say positively," tho gen eral was quoted as saying, "that In tervention will not accomplish what America thinks but will provoke r war which besides Its own conse quences, would deopen tho profound hatred between the countries and b twecn the United States and the whole of Latin America a hatred which would endanger America's political future. Would Do HU Duty "What would I do If Intervention should come? I would do my duty. I cannot discuss the subject furthor. I don't believe Intervention Is prob able, however, because the reasons for such a step are contrary lo America's Interests. "I don't believe America will In tervene on account ot tbe Uealon case. In any event It is not Amer ica's business to Intervene becaujo llenton was a British subject, not an American. I will accept representa tions only from the British govern ment so far as Benton Is concerned. "England now hits n accredited representative with tho Huerta gov ernment. Ho accepted Mucrta'a In vitations, takes his hat off to him and shakes hands with him. llenton the Assailant "Benton's killing was duo to n malicious attack on General Villa by Inn enemy of tho revolution and Eng land, the world's bully found herself In tho position ot bolng unable to, deal with us unless she humiliated herself by sending a representative to tho constitutionalists. "So she attempted to use America as a cat's. paw. The moro shame to America that sho allowed herself to Join these Infamous powers. "It Is truo that Villa, nt my ordor, recalled his invitation for an exami nation of Benton's body nnd with drew tho permission ho had given. He did this becuuso I Informed It'tn he must not treat with any nation concerning International affairs. "Villa and I aro in perfect accord. Ho obeys my orders without ques tion." GARDEN DISAPPROVES OF INTERVENTION IDEA NEW YORK, Mar. 4. "Interven tion in Mexico wouhi bo a most ser ious move," suld Sir Llonol Cardon, British minister to tho Mexican capi tal, beforo sailing for home today ou tho llnor Olympic. "It would mean tho loss of thousands ot lives. I hope It will provo unnecessary." IS ed to liquidate tho affairs of tho First National. Sheridan gnvu bond of .fGOUO, which wns furnished by Frank Waito of Sutlterlin, Or., nnd Fred II. Kribs, a prominent lumberman of Portland. After arraignment Sheridan wns given u days in which to prvparu his plea, Sheridan was indicted b' n htulo grand jury ut Koscbitrg some weeks ugo on chnige of forgery and ob taining money under false releiihesf but these charges have been held in abeyance pending tho federal inquiry. Sheriilaii is said to have been heavily interested in outside opera tions and to have (diluliifd Iks money by means of memnruHdum checks, , CARRANZA ARRESTED W 1 A