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SW3S, Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair tonight niul TiieMlay I'robnhly Unlit fifnt. I i rortytlitrrt tir. t)lly ICIkIiIIi Yr M13DF0KD. OHISCJON, MONDAY, MAWIf 23, I9M. NO. 1. WHOLESALE RESIGNATION OF Ail OFFICERS ORDERED TO ULSTER HALTS HOME RULE DILL ADMIRATION PUTS BLAME ON ARMY LEADER Asquith's Explanation In Nnltiro of n Backdown and Sir Arthur Paget Oclnn Mnile Scapegoat Officers Hasten to Reclaim Commissions. OSHAUGHNESSY MAY QUIT JOB ADMITS WILSON Opinion Widespread That the As qullli Cabinet's Fall Is Near Mil Mary Force Necdrd In Ulster. LONDON. Mur 2.1 Ily shlfllii.i llm hlntiio (or lit noomlugly warlike nlllluilit In t'lutur from It ow.i shoulders uiiiii thoirn of Kir Arthur I'ngct, British mllltiiry roiiiiniiudcr In Ireland, llm London govoriihiunt succeeded today In chocking, lompoi urlly nt lunst, the wholcsnlo resigns- tlmi o( nnii' officers which tho homo ruin It tint luti precipitated. Paget, It wait uxplnliied, uiunnt null, hut lio had misunderstood It Im order. Thu government hail llioiiKht to Im mini, Hint thu troops mlitht I"' needed to aht thu civil authorities In keeping oritur hut It had not or contemplated n military orruiujtlo.i of Ulster Kir Arthur Paget scorned to Imvo had thu contrary Impression, ntul In his talks with tho officer im ilur him, had given them a tvrong Im pression of Hid duty thuy might ho required In perform. Tim inotoiuenl of troops la Ire Imiil, until Premier AniiiiIHi himself, wan with ii xlow to piotcctlliK KoV eminent arms ami ammunition iiulhliiK more. In Nil tu re of llurkiloiMi Thoro was it widespread belief Hint Ih ceo explanations wero lu Hid tinluro of a backdown, ami thnl Gen ernl Paget was being liiiulo tho gov ernment's senpognnt, Tho oiimorw tUiw oven professed to li;no tloc.i moulnry evidence Hint ho wiih nrtlng only under explicit order from tin wnr office. Nevertheless thu resignation ceased niul mini) offlri'm who liml alrcad) surrendered their roiuiiils rlous nrcopted thorn back attain ami resumed tht'lr duties. Cabinet's I'm 1 1 Ncur It illil not appear likely, however. Hint thu lull woiillt lust loiiK- Thu moment mi nttompt w iwiilo to putdi dm homo rulu hill again I loomed certain Hint ('tutor would rim, niul how tho nov eminent coul.1 avoid resorting to mllllnry foico In Mich u cam- nobody roulil kivo. On tho othur hand. trouble with tho' Irish win bullet ml Inotitnblo unless tho homo into bill wiih pushed with nil speed The opinion wiih wldispioiid Hint thu Amiulth dililnd h full wiih uonr If Mexican Chnrjjc d'AI (aires .Leaves It Will De Dccatisc o( III Health No Friction With Administration Llnd-Rojas Conference Failure. No Disposition to Postpone Trust Legislation Canal Tolls Fiht Is Merely Squabble With Democrats. WASHINGTON', March ..!.-I'm--Iiloiit WiIhoii practically admitted to newspaper ciiircmuiluiiU here (mint tlmt Clinie d'AMainx O'.Shaiighu ey nt Mexico City limy resign. Hr mlilrit, liowiir, t lut t if liu iliil so it would ho solely on ni'i'ount of oor Ill'Ultll. Tlio president ehnmelcricd ns ub hiihI published reports tluil O'Sliiiugh ititty wiih digruntlod lii'i'iiuiii of tin U'lmiiiUlrntiou'H Mexican nttitmlo. O'SliuiixlinoKhy linn handled in try trlii MitiMition with on illt to linn Hilf niul to tho I'liiled fituU'M, Miid tlio inideiit, I'roNiilcut WiUou nlwi iidmilleil Hint tlio l.lml-llojiis eonfereneo liml nut prodimed miy pmiI iliui for u mi lulion of tlio Muxiouu hituutioii. Tlio iraiili'iit nUo told oiiIIitk Hint (lion im no ilihponitiuu on the pnit of tin' mlmiuiHtriiliuii to pt lom mvlion on (runt louihlalion un til tllO Ill'Xt kCHnioll of I'OllfrcxH. lie nid lio Imped nil ohhciilial trust moiiHiiroH would liu t'limileil liy Jum nl llm luli'Mt. Tho prosdilont Mild (lie lolls fi:lit wiih iiothiui moro t hit it u Mpinhlilo within tin deinoonilio party mid that ho wiih rouftili'iit tin) luillho would pa thu roHoluliuit for tlio nionl of tho rxrniption olnifo thin wook. Ho denied that ho hud fuoied u rulo hunt mr tlio iMnto mul ileolaied ho ilnl imt lii'lieM' HimI tho xporiiil in loioi'n wiro nliifiiniL' wiih oilhor side. EDITOR OF THE FIGARO KILLED BT WIFE OF FRENCH MINISTER. tPRQTECTION FOR LE FIGARO Uni ri ctu-cl, bllmt Mr (4ui-tl. Ut it rift it twl. it pu d'M. niwiniiiirniiro!n'.T.ii;iii"jnrigi San 'ds U Chtmbrr. II I U:nui de ortra (omli m(me.ct pour It e Mru 'dpui lumlire tiu Uotu lu tcca lout l raronUrt, Nout n'avont ptt It ntlve in ram iniisntuont n ini'rrogtujiret II" PEN I VISITS que inon, e ll tR o re I mil iiii. WITH CK BY 3u m t. 'enl nrav.'i re fuiiPtii; ombinU tKllfprt!vu guni do 10 RECOVERY WAKIIINCTON, Mnr. 23. Hnrrj DnvU, uliiii )cnm old, wiih tirouithl hero ny im motner Inet wook fro.n Kowlckloy, I'ii. Tho lad was uf furliiK from honrt d Inon no. Mm. DntU tried nlnloy fur hor unit to nee I'roilili'iic WIIhoii jhiI ! then wrotu Mrn, Wlliou, explaining Hint If Hurry could ecu thu proHldout ' It inlKht hulp him lu IiIh flKht for' life. I'ronldent WIIhoii liornnio In tcroHtod lu thu rmiu mid thu hoy wm hrotiKht to tho wfiltu houno lu an ' ainhnlnuco. When Im left thu whl'.c houno Harry carried a bouquet ol flower, given him hy Mr. Wllnoii, after ho hud Kratltled hlx nmhltloti to tihaku IiiiuIh with tho proildcnt. 4 . n.TH n m F ' I ' toU. brt nl li mthieu. It me ttu t plteier $.i nt.iCMUi) ta-Mt-ApVtMnMM$Mlp4 do t rtprit UnU. let dej ' rw thet MtUtrt 4 Ar puoikjuft oo i .osen- nnemao recoootiv ,irr tl.Aitc I J, ii a convu e .M.irtlh Urrtil el IWPU eun a triMii oromi t tnll en (o de Mir rtdietle. on rllk r.eiegt ae m i- txUt do ' mire,-4 y aeeet. jfj "ihfifc W-m . TP'.a.'VV VVBl. 'i,Wv vlItr rB imm V : u . fBl W W VU' iim.. m . iitit IIBl JiHr . II .ULBJHH aiKr, ' Vvl r iivB. ' - " rVVABK MR JOSEPH CAILUAUX MR..QA5TON CALMETTE ALU 1 NM V Prisoners Mutiny at Favoritism Shown Assassin of Editor She Is Denied No Luxury Possess Infor mation Dangerous to Officials. Mysterious "Monsieur X" Involved in Case Supposed to Be Henri Rc chettc, Financier of Frauds. MRS VIVIAN LYONS TAKES POISON WITH CONGRESSMEN BITTER ASSAULT UPON PREIDEN T T BEALL IN BAD OVER MACHINERY DORR TO DIE IN ELECTRIC R SOLO TILLAMOOK PROBABLY TONIGHT HOHTO.N, Mar I'M Itllnm A Dour, or KtooKtou, fill , convicted oi' luurdorliiK IiIh rolallvo, tloorKo K MnrHh, u rich retired Hinip manufac turer of l.ynu, nwuko lu tho ChurloH town Htnto prlKiiu todny, It wiih ho IIdvoiI, from It lu hint nluht'u uloop on oat Hi. Uuilor Hid law ho mny hu olortro ciilod miy ulKltt thin week, hut .t wiih tho Kotioral IiupithhIou that he would dlo Hliortly nftor uildulKltt to uhtht. TIioiikIi HlUthtly norvotiH, ho wiih hrnrliiK up well, mid uhhutoiI thu in Ihciii nltoudiiutH mid IiIh c(tiymiin, tho Itov. A lluriiiuan, that ho would fnio tho oml niuriiKouiiHly. Dorr n Hald to Imvo klllod MnrHli that a $100.01)0 fund of which tho latlur wiih Ii'iimIoii for MIhh Orplm Miirnli of Hliicktou, Dorr'n iiuut. iiiIkIk piihh nt unco to tlio mint mid oviiiiliially lo hlniHolf. Thu ('uniiillmi fniuMlry iibHooluliun, wlileh icooiillv mcl in Ollul.ii, Iiiih xclecleil llnlllnx, N, N-, I'm' iU lioxl linilillll llli'i'lii( ihii'). TII.I.AMOOK, t)ro , .Mar. 2.1. .Suit wiu Hied today li thu Whitney iiuii puny, tho llnmimiuil l.umhor tout pnuy, ami thu Wllnon Ither Tiiuhoi company, throo of tho lnrKont tax pnyoiH lu HiU county, to enjoin thu pnyniout of wnrrnutn IhhuoiI to pio for riind inachlitury ami oiiilpmuut purchnncil hy tho county court. Ilea' Co , tho Hood Itonil Maohlntir) cominuy, tho llownrd Cooper com pmi) mul tho I'ort Dodge Ciilvotl company aio made dofonilnnU. Tin latlur threo compauloH are aald to in Htihtddlnry to lloall . Co. Thu com pliilutH lu each enno aro Himllnr, In many ciihok no rocoriU of eon tiaclH for mntorlalH can hu found MomhorH of thu county court hnv ailuiltlod to toproHontatlvuH of Hu tlmhormou Hint thu county clerk fiv iiuoutly did not know of their pur cluifOH until IiimiIcoh worn preacnlvil to him for Kooda Hhlpped. Often, It Ih until, prlccn woro paid far In o.xocchh of tlio market price i niateilalH purchiibod. Carlnad IoIh o culwirtR, It Ih fcald, were purchase I ItllOllt dlMCOIIUt. Ono ciibu filed today Involves u raHtlm; for a rock cniHlior, This win purchnsoil from Hoall Co. at 1 1 3i coutH n pound. It Is vnld Hint the eaulliiK can ho duplicated locally nt Iohh than 50 per cent of that price Culvert wiih purchiibod Hoceiuhor L'2 al u price lu oxi'ohh of that paid on November it for the hiiiiio Kiadr of material. TIioho mo hul a few exni'.ipleH of what tins hceii done. NKW YOltIC, Mar. 23 No. Haven mlwinred 1 U at tho opculut; of the Htork tuarkut todny ns it re sult of J lio dlHsolutlon agreement, hut quickly lout most of lis rise Canadian Pacific mid t'nlon Pacific each lost I, hut nn a whole tho tone was strong, and must of tho lendcs Tore fractionally. I.oIiIkIi moted up a fractions, hut soon dropped n point below Katurdny'8 clone. Can nn.l Heading wero henty. TradliiK enmo almost to a standstill around noon, with prices nt about last week's clou IIoiiiIh wero Irregulnr. The market cloned active. WAKIIINCTON', Mar. 23 An at tntk on I'reslduot .WiUon was made In tho house today hy Heprcsculatlvos Humphrey of Washington und .Maun of Illinois. "Tho prosldeut is laboring under the ImproHSlou that ho In dealing with n lot of schoolboys," said Hum phrey. "It Ih getting so Hint It is Impossible to do anything hero ex cept under Instructions from the other end of the atomic." Representative Maun charged that the president had rhokcu n certain congressman to fUht for n fifteen hour limit on the Panama tolls re peal dohalu. llnth Humphrey and .Maun donlod thc wero attempting a filibuster. Koprcsoutntltc Shirley, thu presi dent's reported emissary lu the house denied kuowlci.e of tho president ordering a Hue limit oil the debate. lleall Co. Ih tho firm Hint nl tempted In libel .lodge Ton Velio Thuy are lu bad lu Klamiilh county lllsn, LIGHT RECEIPTS IN LIVE STOCK MARKET I'OltTUANI), .Mnr, 23. -llecelpts for tho week hno been; Cattle, ll.M; caltes, 3S; hogs, 339(1; sheen. 7C2U. ItccolpU of cattlu have been light (his week and Improved demand set the prices on nu upward trend. Hulk steer prices 2a cunts stronger, $7.75 to $S.ni. I'liucy cows brought $t.75 to $7.00 nud other butcher classes sold firm. Hog receipts also light, with good outlet. Kxtremo top $8 S.'i, ruling firm tho entire week poiiod. 1 INNOCENCE OF CRIME XKW YORK, Mnivh '-M. Another Mtilcmonl nM'iling their iuuoceuoo of the inurilor of (Imnhlcr I Ionium Rosenthal wiu iKsiicd from llm death liuu-o nl ShiK Siiiir f i om the four men convicted of the crime und who will lio in the electric cliulr honii. The letter wits wtitlcu y "l.ett.v l.oule" l(ii-.ciiliiiig liml signed hy Hie other tluce. it tend in pull: "The iccoiiIh of hu 1 1 i til Hint we all mwiio thai wo had seen lluriy Ynllou, Mhiilgo' Webber mul u hlniiiKot' shoot Kohcntliuli Hull t the (IoiI'm llillh. So help me (toil, we four molt who will die in Siuu Sinn it to innocent. ' ENGAGED COUPLf killed By trolley!::: SUICIDAL INTENT CIIKAfiO, .March "J.!. .Mt. Viv ifii Lyon, (i Denver divorcee, wlio piiiied eou-idernlile iiotorie.y when she shot mul nearly killed Hubert J. Widcney, a former vtenlthy I.o Au Si'lcs runl otnte dealer, in a Smi Friuii'i'.eo lintel lut jenr. wns he licted to he ilyiii here today from poioii swnllowcil with i-uieidal in tent. She wns found uncgnsciou-, in the flniml I'ncific hotel ye-tenlnv. .ufferiin; from nn opiate, hut so far the police have been unable to Jeiirn any of the cireum-tnnccs eonceruinj; the affair. Widiiey arrived from Kansas City this afternoon mid xv;ih expected to shed some light on tlio affair. As soon its he arrived Wiilnoy went to see Mrs. Lyons nt St. Luke's luispi lul und then telephoned that he would reporl lo police lionihiuurters immciliiitulv. The niliee went into the Grand I'alaee hotel ycstenlny when they re ceived n call that n wouinn wns dyinp there. They found Mrs. Lyoiw lying uncoiiseioiis on the floor, a half- emptied bottle of poison ly her side. She liml registered nt the hotel on March 11 with u mini who said he was "K. J. Wulnoy of Seattle." Ari'oiitiiiK to the hotel elerk, W:d- iiev lelt the hotel .Sunday. Hefore Iciitinif, however, ho paid the worn- oom rent for; another ilay. I'AIUS. March 'S.I. Hecntnc of the favoritism shown to Mine. licnri etle Cailluu.T, who killed Hditor (Snt ton t'uliiicttu of the Kgaro as it cli max, to a series of attacks the latter had been making- on her I..ibnnd, Finance Mim-ter Cnillaux, it wan re ported hen; that 800 prisoners in St. I.aznre jail hail mutinied. Tiie prison officials would not discuss the reort. There was no ipiestinn that Mme. Cnillaux was being treated with n rouMilurntinu strongly suggesting tlmt she or her husband enulitiucs to wield enormous power. Shs has a special sui:c in the prison, is denied no luxury, has her meals Ii rough t in from one of the best restaurants in Paris, receives visitors wlnu she pleases mul treats the jnil attend nuts rather as servants than ns her custodians. The go no nil impression is that the two Caillauxs pos?cs information which men in his iiosition in l'uris cannot nfford to have made pubic, ami that they will do all in their power Id protect the ox-finance min ister's wife from punishment for killing fulmettc. Today's investigation bore out more Mroti"ly than ever the theorv that somewhere hack of the Caillaux Calmette nffair there figured the same mysterious individual who np poured dimly in the background of the Slo'nheil case. Veiled references hate been mnde to him in the testi mony ns ".Monsieur X," hut his act ual name has not been mentioned a common enough thing in French le gal proceedings. SAM HILL PLANS GREAT BATTLE CAPTURE TORREONRAGNG Villa in Command of Rebel Bands Which Arc Closinrj In Upon Strat egic City, Attacking Surrounding Suburbs. Ten Thousand Men Among Assail ants All Roads Guarded to Pre vent Escape of Garrison. F0RDIVERTING1915 I'OUTI.AND lu-. Mar. 23 -An Investigation U i ik mado todny t' establish rospoiiMMllty for the kill ing of Mrs. .lesslc Kills and (loo. I, Mitchell, hur finnee. who were run down by an electric train near Krrol on tho Kstnrnd.t lino of tho Portland Hallway, Light and I'ower company. According to p.iSMugors on the train, Mitchell wns tr.ving to extricate Mrs. Kills' foot from between two tics, whom It had caught, whou Hio cars tioro Down upon thorn, liotli wero killed almost Instantly. When Mrs. KUts saw the train ap proaching she fainted lu Mitchell's arms and ho w.u supporting her nud working dospoiatolt to release her as It struck. LONE BANDIT ROBS LEACH CROSS MATCHED TO FIGHT FRED WELCH LOS ANUKLKS, Ca ., Mar 23 -Leach Ctoss of .Now York and Frod ille Welsh will go 20 loiiuds at Vor lion ou Apiil 2s at night, according to nrraiiKouiouis completed toda t) l'romotor Tom McCaroy. All plans for thu match, except thu weight, worn niailo by telegraph Welsh, however, staled that Cross could uiinio his own weight, so that no disagreement Is oxpeitod ou Hint score. Ctoss will nrilvo hero oaiiy lu April to prepare for llm match, ALTOONA, l'a.. March '2:1. Driv ing up to tho I'nion National Hank in u taxicah shortly after the hank opened tor business today, u lone lmuilit with drawn revolver ordered l'a.xing' Toller llurke to .surrender the cash in his cure, .ami to "he damned oiiiek tibout it." Ilttrkeit to- fused nud iludgcd iiiuler the coun ter. t'ushior Kupeit and an assistant escaped hy a rear door and the ban dit grabbed 1000 nud lied. At tho door he met William llluekburu, u depositor, and shot him in the leg. MILITIA BOARD .TRAIN: J TOURIST TRAFFIC LEItDO, Mexico, Mar. 23. The big battle, of Torrcon was on today. Itcforu closing In on Torrcon Itself, it nas necessary to tr.ko its suburbs This the rebels wero doing no raplJ ly as possible. At midnight the combined armies of Generals L'rbana, Hernandez anil Rodriguez, G000 men strong, at tacked Lcrdo under General Villa's personal direction. Lcrdo Is six miles from the center of tho Torrcon. Into It a heavy artillery Hro was di rected. General Angeles, Carranza's nilnlstqr of war, commanded tho guns. Simultaneously with the attack on Lerdo, tho combined forces of Gen erals Ortega, Garcia and Pcroyru. numbering 4000 men under Ortega's command, opened on tho suburb of Gomez I'alaclo, four miles outsida Torreon. Iloth .A.vsmlts In Progress Both assaults wero In progress tod&y. TUey wero extraordinarily fierce and loises wero heavy. From General Denavldes cam? tho report that ho had occupied thj towns of Zaragoza and Matamoran Sunday. Matamoras Is a town a short distance, outside of Torreon and not tho jdaco of the samo name opposite Brownsville, Texas, In th-j state of Tamaulpals. General Contrcras' brlgado was be lieved to hnvo attacked South Tor rcon last night, though no report had-been received from him. General Xatera and tho Arietta brothers were co-operating with Con treres from tho-southwest. Villa In Command Ulverlej, nine miles outsldo Tor reon was occupied by General Or tega's men Sunday. It was from HI Vcrjel that Ortega pushed on under cover of darkness to Gomez palaclo. General Villa was keeping tho closest watch on all roads leading out of Torrcon to prevent its defeudora from escaping, as ho believed thev would try to do when realized tin Inevitability of defeat. .. WALSKXIUTUl, t'l., March a.1. Militimneu hoarded n timu here emly luilny nud m rested ".Mother" Joints, the famous woman strike leiuler, us she wns fulfilling her promise to to turn to Triiiiilml iu ilef.iiuce of (leu erul Chiiso mul (loveiuor Amnions, Slio loft Deliver uu it miiluight train. The militiamen look her to hu coun ty jail, where she is held iu com- municmlo. No rhuiuo hits been lodged iiKiiiu.t her iih yd. As the Willamette v.tltev eouutie have refused eo-tipemtioii witl son countx in building the highway, mid Hood Itivcr litt s retused eo-operution with Mullnoiuali, Co lumbia mid Clatsop in const ructing tho Columbia highway, Sam Hill, father of the good roads movement in the northwest, has f'gured out n plan fur uuitiut; thu two road build ing sections mid leaving tho unprn sressive counties without the tourist t ra f fie. "My plan is this," said Mr. Hill. When the llllo tourists come to Jackson county over the Pacific highway, send them to Outer hike, thence through Central Oregon, over good uiiturnl roads to Iliirs. wheie the state is now building u fine grade. rrom Ihggs I have agreed to operate u fiee ferry to Mnr.xhtll, aoross the Columbia. Here there is u fine scenic highway to Stevenson, lte- twecu Stevenson, on the Washington side, und Cascade Locks, on the Ore gou side, Amos Benson has agreed to build and operate another five ferry, which will laud the tourists ou to the Columbia highway. Thus the tour ists will see the most scenic parts of Oregon und be ou good roads all tin time." Mr. Hill is highly enlliiiscd over the road activity in uiu'ksou county, visiting the scene of operations nu the Coulinl Point mad with High way Kngineer llowlhy Monday, ami speuking ou load hciiutify'ui: In the ladles of the (licalcr Medfonl club Monday alleniooii, at Ahhiin Mon day ovciiinjf. RIOTER KILLED IN ATTACK UPON STRIKE BREAKER BUFFALO. N Y. Mar. 23--Oau man was killed and many wero hurt In a fight near Lancaster betweun guards on a train which was carrying strikebreakers to tho Lancaster plant of thu Gould Coupler company and u crowd of strike sympathizers. Tlio strikebreakers woro recruited hero and thu train ou which thuy wero being taken to thu coupler works was Hearing tho company'.! yard whon It was stopped by a pllu of ties on tho track, lloforo they could ho removed n throng of suveral kin dred had gathered. After a fow mo ments hooting many In the crowd be gan throwing stones and a uuuibor of men opened fire on the cars with pistols, the strikebreakers crouch lug ou thu floors to escape being lilt Guards ou tho train answered thu crowd's firo with a series of volleys, an.: for 30 minutes tho battlu raged. Finally HsnUlnus Hkonolskl, a boy of seventeen, was killed nud when they saw him fall tho rioters broke uu J fled, takliiK thulr wounded with thorn, At leust suveii wero known to hard been shot,