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2 wii rt"'Vr.i '"i .v( ?; vj Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nlr tonight, prtihnMe frnf. Hominy fair, easterly wIhiIm, I Fnrty.tlilnl Tr, Dully CIkMIi Vr. MEDFORD. OKIMIOX, RATI M( DAY, MAHCU 21, .1914. NO. 309 HUERTA PROP OS DICTATOR WILL TAKE FIELD TO Pinpoint Transmitted liy Llml to Bryan May Result In Understand- hill Drtwrrn Washington Admlnls tiatlun and Hucrta Government. Asks Withdrawal ol Ohjrctions lu future Candidacy State Depart ment Cnmlders Proposal. WAMIINWON, Mimli '21 That l'li-iilciit lliieiln Iiiim niudo a pro pnlll which may olxo till Mi Ml III problem wit admitted nl t lit' vtit l niilmilil today. This proposal wim tin mibjei t of .Mexican I'ortriKii MinioliT Itoju-.' ronxciiutlioii with John l.iiul al 'ia I 'lilt. Th riMlfi'li'llt'i' IllMed thru hour hihI Si'tTi'tmy I try an has i' ctMwil n lull rrHirl of it. lie did not make t Ii ri'tnnt public, howoxrr. Hi XMi iMinftiih'nnK it, it wim Muled. Il was hiduncil here llml lliicrlu irrt iuI to turn tin' pioMiloncv oxer to Kujim, himself taking tlii' tnld Hi pl'tSOII llHilNt til IVlll'l", if tin Washington mhniniMrntion would K'l'OffllilK llojM Mini rnl Ho ohjrc lion to himself (Hucrttt) il a riimli lull' nt tlit in t irriili'iiltiil cli'i'tiiiii MKXICO CITY, Match 21. An itMt1iitlin)iiiir between tlni I luil In gmoiuiHOflt UHil Hi WaMifugton ml luiuUlmHoii whn rumored hero ludux In li xnry ni'itr. ApHiuntly tin' to iorlH were Imxi'il on Piiroimi Mln'Mor INij' iait Willi .lolui Uml, rcpro willing President WiUoii, nl Vera I 'mix. Whiil wh thu untitle of their I'oiiwfoit mi could not Ih learned, hut it wu tin' impels r lliHory Hint ItllJIls alllltllttll'll n Mew proposition I loin l'lfiii-iil lliierla to l.iml. Il wii beliex nl, too, tlnil I'nilnl Slate CliHiHti d'AITnm. O'SIuiukIi iipwiy wiint in Wra Cm in iimnce lion ui'h lli.' iiitnoii'il new proposals, though h' -mil ho look Hi'1 Inn for Itrlciltloll. BATTLE AT TORREON RAGING WITH REBELS IT OF T MKXICO CITV. Muri'h 'Jl. 4 - Heavy fighting nt Tun eon wiih ii'poi liil in u telegram loeoixcd nt thi' wur office thin nlli'inoon. Thi' message was It nni (lenornl ltcfugio Vi'l- i'n, Ihu federal I'onuimii- dcr, who said I Ih big engage- ini'iil was on with thu enemy hi night of tho town. TENER IN CLASH .11 I BMV .WITH CLUB OWNERS N'CW YqilK, Mnr. ai.-A cIiihIi liclUi'fii (lovornor J it ti ii K. 'IV nor ol IViih)IuiiIii, iiiimlilunt of tlin .NiUloiinl I.i'iU'.iio. uml tlin ('lull owiii'ih wnu ru liiiiUiil t in in I (it'll t toiliiy. Tunur, Ii mih hiiIiI, rnfniioil Id ratify tlio iii- llllllllllllillt lit CIllll'll'H TIlUIIIIIM llJ lU'i'Hliltiut or tlin ClilniKo Culm, .'i wiih inioiliiil Hint 'I'diu'I- Iiiih uutliloi! ClmrlcH I1. Tuft Unit TlinmiiH Irt mi iliwlrnlilo mill In inninly a Clmrli'H W Muipliy flKiiKilimiil. Tim old i'liiirBn. tolcwl I))' Kimili Cliniicu. Hint Muiiliy unviir ilhl own inui'li Murk In lint ("ii lH, uiim ro Ivfil limn liulii), Tim fiiriiHir Culi loiuliti Iiiih fiuiiiuilly nHHtiilml Hint Alurpti "nuni'il low) 1 twin UO pur ii'iil of tin iIiiIi'h Hlorlt uml ri'ri'hi'il n fiihuy o fliJ.UUO iiiiiiimll)'." SIH COWAHD CARSON, LEADER OF ULSTERITES IAWS0N WANTED IN PROBE AGAINST BIER OFFICIALS KAI.CM. On- . Mar :! Colonol II. K l.uwmm, Mini oxi'i uli'tl tlu o I'rnor'M onlor in putilnK Copiorflo I niiiUr umrtlnl law. vnlil today lis Mtutlil ho itlnd to iiy lilii own ox M'iiint to llnki'r In onlor to ti(U lo'lurij Ibo lukvr nuul Jury In nv wii Ivhii nurtimoii llml ho win. not wnu I cil In llnkor for tin iurioio of allow Ins illl iiitI' to lio nuiil.j iipon him In llm iwrmmal iliuiumn unit broHglil liy Urn CoHrflotil wiloon Kimiiii. llo mi lit lie illil not raio to flKlit tlm unit In linker i-ounly. Coiiirnor Wont riTuhi'il anntli.'t ti'li'Krain toilny from fllrd Sinuililliii.' foroinmi of Hid Kraml jnr, unylmt tliat Hid Krmnl Jury woiilil IUIimi to frank KnoilKriiHM or nnyoiio iOdh ko'U ly tlin mni'riior, lint an nowHpapor rnpiirlH hiiIiI that l.awmin took tin olmciiiio pk-tiiri'ii from thu Copporflt'l.l iialooiiH Hio Kiaml Jury wanlx him too Tlio iiitwmifid naltl aUo that tlin Jim wanlinl Law nun to tillfy iiKalim HUlrli'l Attorney Hoilwin anil Sho" Iff Itanil. MAJOR BENJAMIN M. KOEHLER Tlio ui)ntvi-y of the trial of Major IIiiiiJiiiiiIii M. Koohlor at Port Tuny nu Plum Inland, lu I.oiik IhIiuiiI Hniinil, Iiiih not yet heen milxoil. Thu eourt-iimilliil Iiiih heen i'IohihI to iiowMpapi'iiiiuu anil (ho pulillo. ili'Hpllo tho Hlaloiiinut of Heciiilary of W.u llariltuin that Im hnlluvoil It hIiiiiiI'I ho opiiii. (Inn day, In iiuililiiK a ('oiiriiHliin to I ho Hcrinlai) nf will', Cnlniiel (li. iulili'ill of Ihu lUiiil-limiHul, put1' 5 JBTf !bTfw BJMur9i "r fJBHr BJFVIIMBjTfll AL 10 RETIRE IN FAVOR OF R0JA8 MAY SOLVE T Senator Asset Is Studied Attempt Be Inn Made in Press to Represent Wilson as Task Master, While Re verse Is True. Jones Would Like to Be Personally Assured That There Is Any Good Reason for Repeal of Tells Clause. IIINnoN. .Miiich 'Jl. Dim. oi i tn Iciiilrin lii'lii'Viil at noon to i!,i lluil tlicri' wiih ii liari' rliMiu'C of In n -ululion piouilirij; for thu ro- pi.it of tin1 i M'liiplion I'laii-i' in tin Pan, nun canal tolU lull I'luiun up for ioi nli-nitio.'i in tin' hoiiM' Hi.h aft- i riiinii. Conhiilnration of tlio riviT .nni li.nliors hill wiih licinpf niihi'il in mi tf"it to ri'iii'h Ihu i'hiiiiI innlliT. Tin' initial filit on tin.- cmial hill wan iM'iti'il to rriitvr In tho ili tn.iniU for inori' lnni' for ilchatv. A 'pi'nal mli', iiiiiKt which tlio rowoln lion will ca tho riicht or way, pro x nil's only fifti'un hoiirh for itchnti'. Many nit that thu tiniu he in iToatnil. Sharp Prlhili' SlurN A Kharp ilihatc in whii'h Fpnntoi Ioi o, N'owlanils ami Pomrri'iif fit: it ml was partii'ipatcil wlii'ii .Ioiioh read n ucwxpapiM nrt'rlc in whiuli it was htati'il that Prwiilent Wilwon wantiil thi' di'hati' on tho Panama anal tolU liuiiti'il. It oaiiio xvlion mlimiiixtnitioii haulers iittiiupUil to iili'Ioli .IniiM. "I Ih'Iii'w," Miiil S'i'iintor Now limiU, "that thoro in a Minimi at tempt on tho pait of the pro to rep ii'MUit ProHili'iit WiImoii as a lack mailer. .Moot of Hie newpapei. teem to he trxini; to eonxinoo the piihlie llmt tho proMiilent ii. trying In mill ml ooniciew. He eoitmnlv has not Hiown any Hiieh iloxire in his pnh. lie iittcmnov ninl there law heen nothing In UU prlxnto eonversations iiiteiiileil In ereato xneh nu iinpro.. niou." SkaU'iiK on Thin ho S'onnlor .Ioiiim ileiiii'il I lie president hinl lohl him that ho was 'Vkaliu on thin iee" when lie inlimati'il that tho proMilent's repeal mhlre-i8 followed a eonteieiuio with i:nj;liliiiicii. "Hill," Hiiiil Senator .1oiip-, ''I would like inihly well to Im assured hy the prexiilent that there is any Kooil li'iison why ho wants (he lulls e.M'mption clause repealed. (Continued on I'uko Pour.) ON TRIAL AT FORT TERRY mlttoil iiiiWHiapur pliotoBraphora to x-lHlt tlio Inland. Thoy romulued out sldo thu con it room, how over, ami had to nniiiBlii)t thu characteiB who f Ik ii id lu thu niHu. On tho left In thin plioloKniph In Major Kouhler, holilliiK IiIh hiind to hU faro to kuu'i Ilia ilioliinraphor from khIIIiik a vluw of Ii I in. On Ihu rlitht nro hit military and I'HII law ) urn, Colonol uny .1. aw thorny mid Hiiiniiul II lliiilyun, INN AN CZAR AYNEWLAND REBELS READY FOR flTTAulllI TORREON PRFPARINR FDR MJO5000LPO I IEi.PO PAItIS, :-ar ti.- For writing a letter to Mine. Honrlelto Cnlllaux coiiKrntnlattiiK her on havlnR l.lllol IMItor Caaton Calmtto of the Kl Karo," a complaint was preferred In tho police today asalnnt Depuf Tlialamns of tho French parllamoii' Il wan charged that tho letter amounted to Itmtlgatlnc murder . Kx-I'lnnnce JllnliVr Joneph Ca.t laux xinlted IiIh wife -In prlnou till nflenioon. Ho loked worn ami broken. With four pollro inapoctora Runrd ttiR her, Mine. Cnlllaux was taken thin afternoon to the palace of Jus tlco for her flmt examination. She wa hoth rheered and hliuud as her autoinohllo pawed throiiRh th? atreeta. Tho prlwinor xxoro black and Hhowed no vlgn of emotion. M, l.altorl. thu fammiH attorney who will defend Mine. Cnlllaux, was prcKcnt nt the hearlnK. Tho defendant wept when Mho re pented tho story of her Ufo and re ferred to her two children. "I married M. Calllaux In 1011," alio said. "It wan a loxo match. Our fortunes xvero oiiual, hoth of us ho lug Independent " OF SAN FRANCISCO, Cul March 'M. Inability to uicnMiro his opponent uml put oxer the crusher when he had his man all hut out xvns responsible for It ed Watson's failure to have n knockout to his credit over Oil flat hint of ltostou todax'. As it turned out, flalhint'rf ureater r.perienco eu iihled him to htall through the to maimlei' of the round and his xvork in the enrlier sessions justified Ref eree. Irwin's decision of a drnxv. Watson's Iuk chaiieo eamo in tho fourteenth round of his txventy-iouud hout hero lust niht with Gallant. He ciiiiKht tho youni; Hostouiau flush on llio jaw with u terrific right, tlal laul turned completely urouud mid diopped to the mat. 1 lu was up at tlin count of m, hut so groggy ho could hardly Maud, lie clinched, nud ulthoiigh WiiImiii tdiook him off time mid again, ho wus uiiuhlo to put over tho idoep-prodiioer. E nitOWNSVII.I.i:, 'IVx., .Mmcli 21. That nint'lcen oll'ieeis weio leeenl- ly executed nt President lliieilii'h or der in Suulingo Tlutoloh'o prison xvns Muled III u illMwitch ivecivcd to day. It was said thu only iciihou wiih that lliu'ilu doiihled tlii'lr loy- ally hmiumi they weio pnpiU of (leu vrut Fclljio Anuvli' - ' v '"' m REAL WAR IN tffc -:m. NORTH IRELAND 'JT lB&Wi B xmi'&KWm'wnwmKttvZjFk .jBzfrtiijxc ' mwmxmMP'rwngmjamnf .xm- m j, r- Xii . - bh mm -wmmrm ,i t t jm. -a m i jt' k j jv '. IMywlljglgy rijg i ftttfMjffii ' eoitor'sIayeF ilHyiiiyaJ WEEPS IN TELLING KKlill HER STORY TO JURY WKmmm OeNBRAU VILLA I !' rT,i -Mr -.. . .m. VL-.';V nill gg-!LJ ..I. .. .JiMfMpJ.-SaJhJ-JfflaeJfc-jJ ttCTS OF lV DRAFTED CV HUEKIT LONDON. .Mar. 21. Premier Ao i)iilth was reported breaking down to day under the strain of tho Irish homo rule fight. His friends wen fearful of a complete nervous breai: down. Tho government xvas going ener getically ahead, however, with Its preparations for handling thu situa tion lu North Ireland when tho home rule bill pauses. At thu saiuo time It was doing everything It could to prevent having to use the forces it Is concentrating, ' Orders were sent to Sir Arthur II. P. Paget to pursue, a conciliatory course, to avoid provoking tho Orangemon and to bear In mind that it Is not the suppression of dtsordov that tho government xvauts but tliuh prevention. At tho war office it xvas denied that advices had been received telling of wholesale resignations ot army of. fleers In Ireland. War Minister Seeloy conferred with King George for an hour . this forenoon concerning conditions In Plster, STATE GOOD ROADS DAY IS PLANNED POUTl.ANl), Mar. Sl.Au nil Oregon good roads day with 100,000 Oregon men wielding picks and shovols. thu women preparing caui'i dlnnors for xvorkors, cquitetlng In tho xvork dono for prlTo banners, Is tho plan being furthered today by the executive board ot the Portland Ad club. H. K. Hewitt, chairman ot thu club's special committee, communicate. I with Governor West who guvo his en tire approval and suggested that u day In thu lutter part of April will bo bi'bl. The plun wiu first broached hy the Ad club )nlerdiiy and hint rorolvu'l uiithiisluNtlu endowment nu ut tides, iPREMIER ASQUITH 'SANTA FE SECURES i BREAKING DOWN ! SACRAMENTO GATE UNDER IRISH FIGHT! OVER ANTIOCH LINE IN HX& AI2MV DEPENDING SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Mutch 21. A tniffio agreement whereby the Atchison, Topekn & Santii Fe niil xvay system will he enabled to run its ears over the Oakland, Antioch & Kastern railroad into Snermnento ninl other Snerauieiito valby town.-, xva announced here today. The announcement is an important one to shippers, as it means that freight can be tent from eastern sources dire-t to Saeniniento and to such points ns Cliieo, Oroville, Wood land und scores of smaller points, without reohippincr or switching. A Santa Fe ear stalling' from Chicago, under thu terms of tho noxv agree ment, nmy now be attached to an Oakland, Antioch & P.nsteru locomo tive mid pulled straight into Wood laud, because the Oakland, Antioch fc Kastern company has a traffic agreement with the Northern Klee trio company, whereby they use each other's trucks. A flat toll for such services, it xvas said, will be paid by the Santa Fe. The nexv agreement ulso brings tho Santa Fe into direct competition in the Northern Kloctric territory with tho Western Pacific- and tho South ern Pacific companies. The Santa he is noxv expected to make n strong bid for fruit shipping mid will erect it big icing plant at Sacramento, CAUGHT IN AUTOS POMONA, Cal., jrar. 21. After a wild automobile ride covering more than 25 miles, through orchards plowed fields ami dusty as well nt paved roads, chief of Police Tracy and Constable Blanker cuptured throe men mid two hlghpowered uu tomoblles loaded with chickens it hu curly hour toduy mid are believed 1 0 have broken up an organlud gunst of rlilckuu thieves that lias been cleaning out thu roups lu the Pouij. nu valley for some weeks, resulting lu lussvs of hundreds of dollars. PROBLEM Troops Ordered to Strategic Local Points-Constables Previfol With Carbines Preparations for Sharp Work at First Sign of Rebellion. Irish Militia Ordered In Readiness- Hundred Officers of Fourth Hus sars Resign Rather Than Serve. - MDDETISFIELD, Knp. " Innd, March 21. "Liberalism " xx ill not flinch an inch," de- clarcd Chnncellor of tho Kx- " rhenuor David Moyd-Oeorgc, iltUfHiahtn' iftn Thi'uIi Iwtttt iilu -. M.' '(4 - flt IIUI1IV IUIU situation during n speech here todny, "before Torryism'.s in- " solcnt attitude. "The country confronts the " gravest issue in its history " since the Stuarts. Represen- "" tativo government is nt stake. I an here on the govern- " tncnt'.s behalf to say we mean " to confront thin defiance of popufar liberty with resolute " and unwavering detennina- " tion, whatever the hazard. "We are not fishtltic over Ulster or home rule; we nre " fighting for all that is essen- tial to the clx-il liberty of this land." " fir tlELFAST, Ireland, Mitrch 21. What looked like preparations for real xvnr on a large fecale were in progress here todny. Troops xx ere passing1 and repassing through the streets on their xvay to strategic local points or to other Ulster toxvns. Military messengers xvero clattering about. Constables were being provided with carbines. Special magistrates were being sxvorn in by the score for service through out the county. Similar scenes xx-ero being enacted at all other Ulster towns. The au thorities wero cafcful to nvoid any act likely to give the anti-home rul ers unnecessary offense, but they plainly were making ready for shnrp xx-ork nt tho firt overt move among them. Dissension Among Troops They were having serious trouble with the troops. Reports were cur rent that a battalion of Dorsetshires positively mutinied in barracks hero when told thev wero about to be transferred to another stution, throwing doxvn their nrms nnd do clnriug they would not fight for homo rule. This report xxns perhaps ex aggerated, but it was certain tho men xvns discontented and unruly. The officers xvero even more so. Just how many had resigned could not be learned, but tho number was sufficiently serious to cripple tho government in its military disposi tions. The trnusfer of cavalry from Currngh camp to Ulster had to bo cancelled tempornrly, indeed, for lack of officers to command it. Irish Troojw Ordered Out DUBLIN', March 21, All troops in southern Ireland wero ordered to i ho Orango counties today. Leaves of absence xvero cancelled nnd ab sentees xvcre recalled. The Southern Irish militiii, which wilt ho overjoyed to fight tho Ulbtcrmtn on tho home rule issue, xvero instructed to bo ready to join the colors oil short no tice. Nor xvcre imval preparations over looked. The fleet in Hantry Hay was already steaming for llelfust, The tra uing ships Gibraltar and Royal Arthur were on their way to the sumo port from Kingston. Field Marshal French, who urrived today, was directing preparation, lie also did some investigating Into (he report that in any army officers hi Ireland had resigned ruthwr than fight fur homo rule, mid learned that nhuiit Ml oil lew of Ihe Fourth Hussars, stationed at C'urrHKW, rim liy hud kuru'iidviml (heir wowwlnslims.