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Medford Mail Tribune
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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
I'nlr tonight mill Thursday
.Mn. 7!l Mill, UK.
"nrly.lhlnl rmr,
IMIly KIkIiIIi Your.
IvfKDFOUD. OHIKION, WKDXKSDA V, ,I,WII 11, 1011.
NO. MO
FEDERAL ARMY TO CHECK TEXAS RANGER
!
V
REGIMENT SENT
TO HEAD OFF
War Department Sticnptttrns Amcrl
rnn Forces With Ninth ami Seven-
Irciilli Infantries Muvc Is Stir-
, -
ruiimlril hy Much Secrecy,
Frar Colquitt's Warlike Declarations
Will Result In Reprisals by Mexi
cans Move Merely a Safeguard.
WASHINGTON, Mil i rh 11. -Tin
war ili'iitlini'iil wus stii'iigthenlug
llii' Aiiiciicuu force of troops along
the Mi'Mi'iiit border today,
Tlu xovi'tilri-nlli infniilry wus or
ili'M'il in llml direction from I'urt
Mi'l'lii'i-Miii, (In., uilli two battalion
"f tin' Ninth, fimii Purl Thouia, Ky.,
ninl llii' lliiril liiilliilinii of tin Minic
iiiiiiik'iiI I rum I'm Rout, Ark.
Tlirir instructions were In join tin
lumps under (li'lliTlll Mliss' command
in Texas, Tin- inowiiieiit wus sur
tiiiiiiilcil liy tutii'li seercov. Tin' ml
Jitllilll gcllonilV office ilenieil, in
fuel, Unit llii' border force was being
strengthened, litll General Wood, eliiel
of Muff, confirmed it,
Patrol Entire Honler
I lie leiiiloroemonU will ciuilMo
(Jolieiiil llli-t In pullol the ellllre
Texas. .Mexican frontier, jni- -nt imk
Governor t'olipiill of Texas from
sending rangers intn Mexico, should
Iik attempt such n thing.
Officials responsible for I ho inmi
luont Miiil llin request fur more Pnlt
il SIuIoh troop In Texas I'liini' from
Representative darner of Unit state,
uliu represented llml Toxnns liviiijt
lien r Hie border were nfrniil Colquitt's
anti-Mexican iilleriiiieeB might pro
Mike rcprinl front noios Hie Km
(Iriinile.
Hi idea originally wit (o lmi tho
iiiimi now lielil in lln Texas oonoen
tnilinii eniiipH detailed for patiol
Inly. President Wilson rofotreil
Gainer's iciptost In Scerrtnry of Win
(liilli-oii, who took the mill let' ii
with Oetiornl Wood. It wns the gen
eral's nniiiinn (lint the troops at di
visional hciiitipiiirlors on the border
ought to iciiiuiu llieie, hut lie suggest
nl (he ilcliii'liment of legiiuonts from
iuleiior posts to put nil tin liver.
Cavalry Itcllctnl
This wus the plnn ileeiiletl on It
wits suid tin Ninth ninl Seventeenth
legiineulH proliillily would lie Million
nl li'iiipornrily lit Knglc Pass Mini
l.nieilo, iclleviug llie cavalry I'm
inme extended wink. It wiih iidinil
till llint still iniire regiments might
lie triiiisfcrioil to the honler. I'ioiii
the while house enine the ephumtioii,
however, Unit i should he understood
the liiowuiciit wni. inleiiileil to relieve
the Tcxans' iinielv ninl was not In
he interpreted iih n warlike nieiisnie.
STRIKERS' TENTS IN
COLORADO FIELDS
nrcxVICIl, Colo., Mar. 11. Kvory
Htrlklne eoal minor In Colorado will
ho ndvlHod to arm and protect him
Holf and hli homo against initio
KiiardH and tho stnto mllltla It tho
deportation of Htrlkom In tho Houtli
urn Colorado coal floldM In UKnlu at
toiuptud, accordliiK to tliu ducliirntlou
hero (IiIh afternoon of Kd Doylo, John
Mcl.onmin and John I.nwNon, local
orriclalH of tho United Ml!ioworl(orn
of America, Thlu throat followed
tho action df tho Htato mllltht yci.
lonliiy lu iImiiioIIhIiIiik nlno toutu In
tho I'orlHiii colony, near Trinidad, ami
onleiliiK tho utillioiH to loavo within
IK houiri.
Tho three iiiIiioih loiulora conferred
with (lovoiunr AiumoiiH horo thin af
ternoon and tho luttor told thoiii ho
Itavo no oritur to (IoiiioIIhIi tho tuntH
mid that ho would lnvimtlc,uUi tho
affair. Ho uald ho would prohlhlt
furtlinr doiorlnlliMia and doiiiolltlon
of tunU
TKXAS RANGERS
n
DESTROYS
E
DEFIES WILSON
TO STOP RAIDS
Colquitt Clinllruu.es "Any Authority
on Ear Hi. Washlnijton Incltiited," to
Prevent His Sending Texas naitcj
ers Into Mexico on Raids,
Senator Sheppard Assures Piesldent
That Colquitt Misrepresents Mex
ican Situation.
WASHINGTON. Mnri'li 11. lo -
ernor Colquitt of Texas having been
quoted as delving the fe.lernl guv-
eiimiiilt In pievelit him from send
ing runnels into Mexico to protect
Americans there or to avenge llu-iii
in cases where their rtsons or prop
erly haw suffered, it wiih under
stood here today that Picsldont Wil
ou was considering a I'nitcd States
patrol of the rntiie Texas-Mexican
honler, as itiurnt against any
inert act at llie governor's order.
Slieppard and Onriier of Texas
were understood to have told him
Te.xans generally would welcome
such a htrp.
Texntiit Welconie I'nlrol
Colnuilt was said to have an
nounced in a hpi-ceh hefore the
Texas Cattlu Itnnchct' ns-oointion
at Fort Wmtli that ho defied "nn
anlhnrity on i-arlli, Washinutoii in
eluded, to prevent tae from protect
ini; our citizens aloiiK tliu honler,"
Ho was iiotcd also as tleclariii(;:
"You can't cM'ct failed Stales sol
diers to cross the honler lor miir
derern mid llilcves oh, nol Hut the
Texas rangers 'm '1" '"
ciiutor Mieniiani assiireii llie
pieMileiil thai Colquitt misrepresents
Texas puhlii' opinion coneerniiij; the
MeMcau situation, and showed liiiu
a stack of telegrams rrom his con-
slitueiils coiiimeiiiliiiK tlu "watchful
waiting" policy.
No Mexican llclmto
I'ioiii Senators Shively of Indiana
and Lewis of Illinois the piesideut
icceivt'd (insurances ul"i that no
set ions Mexican debute, was likely in
the uiim'- house.
On tin; whole, jtidejue; fnnn con
sular it ports from honler points,
coiiililiniiH were Ihnucht to have im
proved. Secretary Hryan left on a
short lectin hi), Hip.
SPEER IMPEACHMENT
WASIIINOTON, March 1 1.-Tin-
Kiih-eommilteo of the house judiciary
committee was prcimriiiK its leporl
today on its iuvestlutlou of chillies
preferred aiiinst I'niled Stale
.Indue Kmnry Spoor of (Icornin.
Chairmau Wehh said the committee
had not yel decided whethor to roe
ouuuoud impeachment prncccdiui;s.
The report will not bo completed for
ten days.
I0TAL ECLIPSE OF
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1:41 10 9:12 O'CLOCK
WASHINGTON. Mured 11.
AstronouuiiK throughout
North und South America
and in west oi n Kuropo were
piopaiing; today for observa
tion of uu almost total eclipse
of thu moon duo (his evening. t
Thu moon will enter (ho
shadow ut 7:11 d-fi p. ui.,
Puclliu coast lime, reaoh thu
middle of (he eclipse ut
11:12 11-10, when niiie-leiiths
of Hh ilinmolor will liu oh
hi'iiioil, and emerge from tho
shadow ut 10 ; 1 1.
TEXAS GOV
NO
ARMY 0 DLERS
TO BE DEPORTED
Yolo County Officials A(jice to
Transport Men In Bunches of
Twenty to Fifty to Different Sec
tions Where Work May Be Had.
Hoho Officers Fhst Re'ject Offered
Terms and Then Reconsider Fur
ther Discussion of Details.
BAC'UA.MKNTO. Cnl., Mnr. II
Yolo co ii my aiitliorltluii am worklnK
tliU nrteriiiiou on u notation ot the
unemployed problem by iiiovIiik tlto
ioiiiiiii.iiiIi1 Idli, men off tli" West
Hnerniueato lompnay KrouinU In
fcmnlt uroiijis of 20 to '0. After do
llberntliiK over tint propoKltlou mmlc
to them hy Attorney A. W. Arnifleld
of Woodland, on liehnlf of the Yolo
count) nuthorltlcH, the lenders In the
cam ii land nhoiit decided to accept
tliu terms laid down to thetn earlier
la the day.
ho Yolu iifflreri are roIur nftor
the iiietloii from n dlfferuut ntiKl"
thnn the Sucniineiito nutlioritlei, who
(mod cliibn, kiiiii and flrelioae. Thex
nro try I iik to get the army dlilute-
Krnted without further conflict, nail
mmmii to he fairly nucceful In their '
dcatliiKH with tliu unemployed men.
lntenil of flyltiK around with an
air of mydery and avoiding ueiipiii
crmen, tru Yolo hoard of nupervUon,
nherlff, dlntrlrt attorney and othe-4
tiavo couiu nut In tho open with
their trniiMictloiu. They arc detor-
mined to handlo tho army without
forco, oven though It might rot thorn
a conildernhlo amount to hlp tho
men out of thin nertlon of tho stnto.
In getting tho army under move
incut, tho Yolo nuthorltloH will not
inaction a march of tho ontlro arm)
They aro willing to send tho men out
In muall proupH and glvo thorn a
day's ratloiiH In addition. Tho tem
porary leadorH of tho army nro fav
orably Imprcnned with thin offer, but
would llko to Rot further conco
bIoiih comeriilug tho iiumher of mon
Unit will bo trnimported and thi
town to which they will bo Rent.
Thu Yolo nuthorltloH wont In tho
camp Into this afternoon to further
iIIicush tho Hltuatlnu.
NKW YOllIx. Maivh 11. Woak
iicss in Americuu Siikui' maiked ear
ly trading in stocks today. On tho
first fow deals it dropped 'J. Oilier-wi-e
changes wore small and mied.
When professional pressure wns up
plied tho market showed iuereuod
rosistaneo on boi1 support for Su
j;nr. This Mock rallied 1, and Now
Haven nwo uhovo yostorday's close.
Hands woro eiisy.
Tho inurkot elo-ed lower.
RIO JANEIRO, III
A statu of slegu was proclaimed lu
understood that a strict censorship has
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Reports luivu been current for koiuo tlmu Unit a revolutionary movement
Poruuuibuco, CVtiru uud Para uuU (but flifhtlug wuu lu prourwu between local
WILLIAM C. ELLIS, FAINTING IN WITNESS CHAIR
BEFORE HE VMS CONVICTED OF MURDER OF HIS WIFE
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REBEL VICTORIES
AT
VKItA CIll'Z Mexico. Mar. 11
ftcr a dosperato eneoulitcr In tho
outskirts of Tnmplro, tho rehela woro
reported hero today to hnvo driven
tho fodoralH hnek Into the town.
Foreigner, It ui uald, wore propa.--Ing
to tnko refuge on board tho wnr
ships U tho hnpjr.
ClUHlUm'A CITY. Moxlco. Mnr.
1 1, Victory for tho rebels In a hnrd
fight with federal troops at l.omn,
southwest of Torreon, was claimed
today by Ceuoral Villa.
Sallying from Torreon, tho federals
attempted to rout a rebel force uu
lor (louornl Controrns, which wns
closing In on tho city, Villa said, but
woro themselves repulsed nftor n
'ii hours' battle lu which t hoy lost
300 and hnd -oo mptunsl.
8A1.KM, Mans.. Mar. 11. William
A, Dorr of Stockton, Cat., sentenced
to dlo hero during tho week begin
ning March '-'-' for tho murder ot his
undo, James Mnrh. told his spiritual
advisor, Itov, A. K. llarrlmnu today
that ho had abnudoned all hope of
tho stnto pardon hoard recommending
I commutation of his sentence,
STATE OF ICE
TAMPICO
N
LOMA
D
GENCRAf. VIEVOFKIOPc&NmKO
ltlo Janeiro, lluull, iceeiiily, according
bo en Imposed ou despatches from llnizll,
f. mlcil u the witi lis th.ur. Heforo
a irowdoil ootirt'oom, in wlueh there
wee iiuiiix wtll ilrov women, ho
showed ): of ncro.iurs. and
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iiiu.iuv mi lorwaru nil lie
eaiht b 'hose ixartst him.
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RAYMOND, Wash.. Mar. 11 Af
ter a conference lasting Into Into tho
night between W. T. Iloyce, repri
Keating tho department ot labor, J. G.
Ilrown, president of the timber-workers
union, K. E. Cnso and other mill
operators, tho strlko or shingle
weavers, which has been In force on
Wlllnna Harbor slnco February IS
was culled off today lOiul'' tho men
will return to work tomorrow,
Tho tonus of tho agreement aro
practically uu acceptance ot tho con
ditions promulgated by tho mill
owners lu tho ultimatum issued fol
lowing tho strike, tho substnuco of
whfrh Is that an open shop policy
will hereafter prevail, union men will
not he discriminated against, neither
will they bo permitted to agitato any
changes ot conditions but must pre
sent their demands directly to tho
operators, not as union men but as
umployes ot that particular mill, no
officers ot tho union will bo given
employment and tho striking em
ployes will bo taken back only as
'openings occur.
DUE TP REBELLION
to despatches from that city. It U
was lu oxUtonco In thu Btntcs of
force and thu uovcru incut uutUurl-
SHINGL
MILL
OWNERS
VICTORS
PROLONGED STRIK
RESOLUTIONS OF LODGE OF OWLS
APPRECIATION OF EASY VICTIM OF
O'GARA OFFERED CHECK ARTISTS
Mass Medina cf Orchcrdists in
Proress at Library Resolutions
of Appreciation of Services Ren
du cd hy Pathologist Introduced.
0. A. C. Professors Would Take
Charge of Valley and Co-operate
With County in Pathologist Work.
4
"There will bo no Immcil-
I.
i
late appointment of a nuccea-
nor to I'rof. O'Gara, a county
pathologist.'- stated County f
Judge Ton Vellc today. "Tho
county will get along without
one. for a time at lean. Tho
average orchardlst hat not
appreciated what the county
waa doing for him and the
county court U In no hurry to
act."
!
A inns, mcelinx'of the fruit grow
ers of .laek-on county is bein bold
at the Library building this after
noon to diseu-s the ruMgnntion of
Profcs-or I'. J. O'Onra n county
pathologist und the appointment of
ii siircitssor. The following r solu
tions will ho introduced by K. S. Pal
mer of Central Peint:
'Whereas, Jack-on county has for
the pat six years benefited by and
oiijovpj the services and friendship
of rrofe.or P. J. Ounra; nnd,
" ncreas, rrores.sor u uaru is
about to leave this community to
continuo bis work in another field,
'Resolved HirM, that we, the
fruit growers ami fanners of the
llogue River valley, are deeply ap
preciative of the high order of in
telligenee and tireless energy of the
service rendered by him, and of the
great benefits derived by us Here
from. "Second, that wo extend to him our
hearty good wishes for his continued
sttece.-s nnd prosperity lu his future
career.
"Third, that tlie-c resolutions In
spread upon tho minutes of this
meeting and an engrossed copy
thereot, certified by tho seeretnry,
bo presented to Professor O'Garn."
Clminumi Madden of tho t-poeinl
blight committee is in receipt of a
proposal by Messrs. Soudder nnd
Lewis of tho Oregon Agricultural
college at Corvallis, both of whom
nro in tho city, whereby the college
offers to eo-opornto with the county
in tho employment of a pathologist,
sharing in tho expense to the extent
of .f.'OOtl a year. This will be
brought before tho meeting.
VERGARA'S DEATH
DOE TO FEDERALS
T
WASIIINOTON, Mnreh 1L Tho
report rooeived from United State
Consul Gurrett, nt Xucvo Lnredo,
ooncorning the death of Clemento
Vorgnra, the Amotiean citizen who
wns enticed into Mexico and execut
ed by federuls, was forwnrded to
Churge iVAffniros 0'Sliaiighiiesy at
Mexico City for submi-sion to Pres
ident Hiiertn.
Garrett blamed tho federal com
mniider at Nuevo Lurcdu and named
tho federal soldiers he considered re
sponsible for the killing. Hlatoineuts
by oyo-witnesses of the tragedy wero
included.
There woro no further develop
ments today in the Ronton case.
At tho veipiest of Chairman Flood
of thu house foreien af fairs com.
fmittee, Congressman Aiuuy this af
ternoon temporarily abandoned his
plan for fulling up his resolution
asking tho president for information
concerning conditions iu Mexico am
details of any outrages pcipclrulcd
ou Aiueiicuiib Uivru,.
A E
REO
Organizer of Local Lodge in Jail and
Probability Is That He Is Fakir
Money Not Received by Parent
Lodge In Indiana.
J. K. Woods Under Arrest, Accused
, of Obtaining Money on False Pre
tenses and of Complicity.
Considerable doubt exists In tho
minds of a number of Medford Owl
today, whether they aro a duly
formed organization, 0r a lifeless fra
ternal body, following tho arront
last nlRht of J. K. Woods, organlzor.
upon complaint of "Slim" Adama
charged with passing checks without
funds In the bank. A telegram from
tho national hcadquartera of tho
Owls nt South nond. Intl., brought
the Information that tho $100 tor
the charter has not been received,
and tho authorities aro now trying
to discover whether Woods is a real
or psuedo organizer.
As far as tho potlco hare been able
to figure out Medford merchants and
citizens aro out $M0 by tho checks
Issued by Woods, and alleged to Lo
worthless. Woods Is hola ponding a
preliminary hearing, arrd an effort is
being made to seo It his folks,' who
are said to bo wealthy, will make
good this amount. One check wad
Issued In payment of the ront of the
lodge room, and "Slim" Adams. U. 8.
Radcllffe. E. Hart, tho U. S. Hotel
at Jacksonville, and others cashod
checks. Most of them wero lodgo
brothers.
Another ancle to the operations
of Woods was brought to light thU
morning when It was said by tho po
lice that Woods had Introduced two
mon to n. S. Hadcllffe. "Slim" Adams
Ilaukln Estes, as citizen of Eugene
with good backing and lodge broth
ers. They wero going to buy a bar
ber shop here, and In tno mnnuovers
managed to cash bad checks through
fraternal tics as follews: U. S.
Hadcllffe, $250; Ilrankln Estes, JtO.
and "Slim" Adams, $45, on Eugene
banks. Chief of I'ollco Hlttson says
he has a witness who will testify
Woods received $20 for his rolo In
these negotiations, Tho two men
wero miles away before tho forgery
was discovered, and warrants aro
out for their arrest.
Woods declares that ho Is Innocont
of any Intentions ot wrong. Ho will
be given a hearln-: when answers aro
received to telegrams sent out today.
WOMAN PLEADS
TO S
LOS ANOELES, Cnl., Mar. 11.
On the witness stand at tho prelimi
nary hearing of her husbalid charged
with tho murder of hor father, Wil
liam Jordan, Mrs, Thomas Redman
calmly announced today that she, nnd
not her husband, waa guilty ot tho
killing.
After Mrs. Redman's sensational
declaration, Pollco Jud?e Chalmers
dismissed tho case against Rodman
and tho woman stepped from tho
stand, tears streaming down her
cheeks.
Slio was mot by hor mother, who
screamod hysterically: "You lied!
You know you lied!"
Mrs. Rodman trlod to put h?r
arms about her mother, repenting
that alio had told tho truth, but the
older woman would not submit tu
hor embraces.
Jordan was shot and killed In tho
Redman home two weeks ago. lie
had quarreled with Redman over a
motorcycle. Following the shoot
ing Mrs. Redman told the police that
she bullevod her husband's life wan
lu danger, and that the handed htm
his revolver during thu quarrl. Te
duy slio said that she fired the liJ
shot herself, while MdlHg Wr Uky
with one hand, '
GUILTY TO MURDER
AVE HUSBAND