Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 24, 1914, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textr rn M!i1("l I""' ' ' Saw "Is,, ' s 'hit Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER l'nc licit tonight m'I Wcdiicsilny, orolmble mill. i PnrijMtilril tr. Dnlly KlKlitli Vfr MISDKOftD. Oin-XlOX, Tl'KSDAV, MAIK'H 21, H)ll. NO. 2 REBELS VICTORS IN BATTLE AT TORREON to? 9 VILLA'S REBELS JUSTICE MUST WAIT ON DEATH ROUT ENEMY AT I PALACO Frdrrals Driven Within Last Defenses of Torrron Aflrr Fljlilliij Desper ately for Huurs Main Hotly Re Ireat Behind Fnrlificatlons. Attack on Torreon Ocgun at Once; Cm Jy Estimates of Federal Losses 1500, Rrlirls' Not Given. OO.Mi:. I'AI.ACIO. Mexico, Mar X I. tirUoii within tint Hut deft-linen of Torreon llm fiHMrnln were making thulr Ut stand nitnlimt lionor.il Vllln'i robots loilny. The flicht fur Home I'nlnrlo rng"l for hour with furious enrneiiliHtM mi. I ended hi tho federals' rout They fnughl tlieortttoly Inn tlitt Im peluoiulty n( tlin ri'l'i'U' HMniilt w.t finally l)oiitii their power to with- KtAtlll. 'I'Iiii robot follow ml linnl on their hinds in tlnr rnn for Tornon. (lo.i- U Ml Vlllll lllll 111 Utlllllll to gilt be tween tliHin mill Dim clly' defense Inn till wit inn much for hlin to accomplish. Many wore cut off and killed or taken primmer hut tlm liinlu body not nafvly behind the for tltlcntlnn. tnkliiR with ttit'tii, It wm believed, nil tliHr artillery except n few iiimtl mountain gun abandoned on Hut rdupo of t'orro del Pilar. Attitrk mi Tut icon Itrguii Villa )imi iinllliur liU own iium nor the cnoitiy limn for nn Instant' ropom. iiiui tint nttncK on Torreon iMtiiiin nil toon n hi uimi, t tho iloiililn quirk, yot within range of It itnfimxitii. Tint general himself win In llm umlilhi nil nlKlit tivcopt during brief Interval when ho visited Iter- mljlllo to order fresh supplies mid kiiiiiI imwHianiw to IIih roar. Ho wa riiiilnutl ordering up fronh sun pile ntnl troop to prevent the xllKlilckt lull. In th lighting durl'ig which the fodornli. might rot. I 11m early cttlmato of tlin federals' loMtim wn 1300 In killed, wounded nml captured. 111m own lio illil not ntnlo. Itciuivlilc Vlclonuis (laucral ItcnavldoK reported to him that Im had driven hack every fed oral outpost at Kant Torreon nml rnn trnllml nil tho rnllronil lino ruiinliu In III lit direction. With hln compli ments to (lont-rnl Villa, ho expressed lint hopo that Im might meet tho lat ter at luncheon In tint Cnfo do Gam hrliniH In Torreon. tp to 'J o'clock nothing had heen heard from (Icnomlu Saturn mnl Con UtirnH. Tho forro of Oouornbi I'rhlnn nml Trinidad KodrlKUVz, who, after rap turliiK l.cnln, niHiiultcil Torreon from tho went, Joined (lelieral Vllla'n moll In tlin attack on (Joiner. I'nlnrlo nml today worn tnklni; part In tho utorm Iiik of Torreon. Villa cHtnhllHlii'il liuniliiuarliTH nt fiomei'. 1'nlnclo iih noon iih ho hud taken It, nrrntiKuil for more rcKiilnr teleitraplilo communication to tho northward nml tmld ho would hnro trnlnn runnliiK )' tonight, K' . IEwmI H If uUtt M BUk ii ii Mr-. I'. T. Amlerxim, I.o- Angi'li'i iriliiilinii niliccr, wiit hciiI In Chi lli Ho ui Ii it iiiiiiilion I'rom the (iiv ernor of (iiliroriiin for MiM llelcne Vouiir, wiinlcil in Ihe eoant eily fur forKcr.v. She found llm jouiik wo mini at Ihe Iieilidi of her d.viut; i ter, Mr. I.nura Hull, nt IKKI Indinuu nxciiui'. Mr. Hull wiii nffllclcil with win- eer, nml it wiin only n uiattcr of lav -, tlin pliynieinu t-uiil, hcl'ore .he would die. The hiter wux the only one left In utir her. (If eourM', Mty. Hall did not want the Miter to leave her, nor did llelcnt want In go. She pd ii law er In appeal to the coin 1 1 for a writ of hnlieus corpus nml three judpiw deeided thai the voiiuk woiiiaii eoulil stay Willi her tlyiiie, hin ler In tile itld. KOETTERS ON TR A P MURDER 1HU.SIIOIIO, Or., Mutch a I.--Tho cilo;m pf IlilUhoro wcro In it Nlulo of intourto o.M'Kcinenl an a rorttill of nu uhniiiiII on .MisH (lladys IIciiko,v, l(.,venr-ohl iIiiiikIiIoi' of City Slreol Coniiuixhiouei' John lleiihley, IiinI nielli, ilin iiiK' which nIih was neized liy un uiiiilciililicil mini, thrown into ii'litiKW '""I ilflvoii hoverul IiIooIeh Iio- l'oro hhu Hiu ciled in freeing Iioi'noII' nml lonpoil I'rom llm vehicle. Mho wan found iincniiMiou In Iho nticcl hy a milliliter of cilizcnn who wero iiiouxcd hy hoi' hci'itnniM while tho wild ilile u.u ill plonieH. MUm llen-le.v n nmililn In kIvo ii ili'Nciiplion of her iiuiluiil, OM'iil thai ho hiuio wild II foieiuu licocul. ,lln IIi'ihIcv tux ipiilo hinlly liiiiDt'il 111 lh" lull rioiii Iho hnyi,'). L OF EMMA KRAFT ClllC.UiO, March 21. "A cold- liloodcd inurderer," wi the wny "HnmUoino .Inek" Kocller, on lrinl heie for Ihe murder of Mr. Hinmii Knifl, wiu loferrod imlnv hy .il nut Slut?' Allornoy Mnlnlo. The piiiMiiirr at la hind hi thrre fciJcri nml wlulo-huircd ihihiiN nml miiilcil derlHivcly a Mahilu dcinniiilcd hi dculh. In lux oieniui; Millennia! Mnlnlo churned that Mrs. Kraft wax iuful uuli'd Willi Koettors; thai he lured her lo the Sainloua hotel, ieuinered under an a"uuicd name ami then eriihheil the womuu'ri head with u hammer. "Then," ndded Mnlnlo, "Koetlor rohhed Mrx. ICrnft of $111(11) nml Hod lo Iho Pacific roil!. When he wnn eapluicil in Man I'raneiM'o ho wa tryiiiK liix wiles on another woman. Ilor t i IV iiiiilouhlcdly wits kiivoiI l hix nnohl. "The clerk nl Iho hotel nml it hell- hoy will oMtivcly iileulify Kootloi iim Iho mini who lettered nt Iho SnrntoKu hotel with Mr. Krnft." Dr. .loKcph lthiko, house ih'rielnu nt Iho Hnrnlopi hotel, wiih Iho fitt witnesirt toilny. Ho teiilficd to find ing Mih. Krnfi'H hotly, CALIFORNIA 1IOKTON', Miirs., .Mnreh 2-1. Wil- liam A. Dorr, inunlerei' of (leorgo 10. Maili, wan electrocuted m tho Mate nriHoii nt riiiitlchlowu this morninj,'. Ho wuK calm lo Iho Inst, Dorr blent until un hour heforo hi execution. As ho wiih hI rapped into tho cloclrio rliuir ho waved fnrowcll to tho Itov. Hurriiuiiu, Attornoy Har ney ami (lenernl Hiidcs, wmilen of Iho peuilentinry. After Dorr's hotly hud lioon oro uiuleil Iho iinIich will ho (alien to Mtoektou hy his inothor, TWO WOMEN SEEKING DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION MALUM, Or., Mnreh !!l. Two wo moil who iihpiro lo IckMiiIivo Iioiioih filed ilcoluiuilioiiH of candidacy to ilny. They urn t'oriv f. Tiilhul of I'oillanil, hcckiiiK Iho iloiiiocinlli' lioiuiiialiuii, nml Mm lit I-. T. Ilithlcii ol' I'oiIImiuI, nccIJiih: tho piourcHivo nomiiiiiliuii for icpicHciiliilivo in Iho oililitu'iilh ilulili'l. TO VOTE UPON TWO PROHIBITION LAWS SAN FKAXt 1SCO, (nl., Mnreh '.'. Oppotitton of Anti-Saloon lonstio leadcr to tho dnihtiu fonttirrH of the statewide prohihiliou eainpainn today had rtsulted in it eompiomie pro criuu heluiHMi the anti-saloon offic ial. nml rcpificntiitives of the Cnli fornin Dry fedenitiou. Under the now program there will liu two initi ative measures deuliiiK with prohihi tion on tho hullot next Kovciuhor. The tirM proliihits the Kale, manii- fuoliiro nml transportation of iutox ieutiu liipiorn in Ctilifoiuiu. II hpocifioH no dnto for tho enforce ment of ilH provisions and would, no eonlimj to tho couslitulion, heeomo effeelivo five tlnys nftor its ndoption nt tho polls, Anti-Knlooii loii;tto of ficials considered this measure ton drastic mid for weeks have willed n ..Iioiil; eampaiu in favor of cstuh- lisliinir n loiisonnhlo period of cruor in which tho liquor interests could close up their husincss, should thoy ho voted out of industrial existence. Tho compromise monsiiro, which is designed to ho mi mnriidiueut to its predecessor, fixes Iho effective dnto for tho suspension of tho snlo of In toxiennlson Fehrunry 15, Ul.ri. ALBERT ABRAHAMS FILES D0UGLAS REPRESENTATIVE SAI.F.M, Or., March 'Jl. Alhort Ahinhnnis of Koschursr, ivpuhlionii, filed for representative in tho fourth district toilny. AM LAN WOULD REPEAL MME. CAILLAUX, WHO KILLED EDITOR OF FIGARO, AND HER HUSBAND, FRENCH MINISTER OF FINANCE ARM LAW Oregon Senator Introduces Resolu tion for Elimination of Section of Rivers and Harbors Act of 1684 on Account Effort to Repeal Toll. Democrats Demand Sidetracking of Waterway Improvements Until Canal Measure Is Disposed of. WASHINGTON', March 21. Im pnlirnl bccmisc the riven, mid liar hop hill was dolnyiog action on Pres ident Wilson's rcipn-t for ri'iwnl of American eoustwi-e shipping's ex emption from Panama canal tolls, several dmincritlic congressmen were Ihreatcniag toilny to demand that the rivers nml linriior measure he side tracked in the rcjwnl hill's nvur. Otherwise it was admitted that prospects wero remote on the repeal proposition before Monday or Tues day. Chairman Spnrkmmi of the" rivers mid harbors hill d'siKiscil ofl hy tonight, but not tnnny lawuinkers m the I nitcd States of Mine, 1BIMW. Wi jW BHBy& vHHBHaBaBaAaflB:';' Fil TafafafafafafA-YifaiBfafafafar iPifm VaHBVaVaVaVaWaBVaVaVanBVH m. VaVaVaVaVaVaVaVaVaVaVaVaB JvLbYbYB H 'VH i i.'rHHrHGF 1 ' ' ' I.. This is believed lie could accompli-li it be fore Thursdiiy.i Senntor Cliiimbeilain of Oregon introduced today a losnlnt on in tended to pave'u way to the repeal; of n section of the rivers ami har bors net of July . 188-1, providing that no tolls or 0eruting charges be made on nny veels "through nny ciiniil or other work for the improve- jmeut of nnvigntnu belonging to the i oiieii .mint--. The resolution set forth in detail nil purposes that the government sought in the net of 18S4 mid called upon the secretary of war for in formation relating to the mainten ance of rivers mid eannls. A sec tion of ChitHiberlaiti's resolution rends; "If Ihe free tolls cluue of the Panama canal net is to bo repealed ami tolls nre to be levied on the ves sels engaged in the coastwise trade of the L'nited Stntes, the olicy of the government is to be completely reversed mnl the net of duly .", 18SI, ought to bo repealed mid tolls, churged on all the improved water wnys nml eanals of tho country, so that there might bo n uniform system for the use of these utilities. the first piiturc nibl,lud who knU-d Oa ton ( a'metle, the edi tor of hg.in. It was taken in 11)11 n n group with hir husband, who is In ii x, wife of the minister of finance, shown sitting nt her left. (u I- COLQUITT AGAIN WORRES WILSON BY REWARD OFFER PEN S PON DELINQUENT TAXES ARE ED INVALID CABINET WINS; B OVER IN HOMERULEFIGHT Government and Ireland Appear Vie torious After a Life and Death iat tle All Misunderstandings Swept Away Bill to Be Passed. Army Officers Go Back to Pasta Unionists Claim Government's Hand Forced. ROOSEVELT ALL RIGHT WIS PARA CONSUL NBW YOltK, Mar, 21 "House Volt In all rlKht," wild it cable re ceived hero today from United State Consul rickercll at l'arn, Urazll. "Arriving Mnnaos by way Tapnglo river1' Tho message, get at rest all worry growing out of nn earlier men sage from Anthony 1'iala a member of tho ltoosevelt party, stating thci they had "lost everything In the rapltU." WASHINGTON'. Mnreh 21. Gov ernor Colquitt of Taxsts was worry ing the Washington administration iignin todny by his qnti-.Mcxic.nn ac tivities. ''General Ilutehini, adjutant gen eral of the Texas militia,"' tolegrnph- ed General Miss of the fedoml bor der patrol, from Kngle 1'ass to Sec retory of War Garrison, "states the governor has offered n reward of $200 ench for the delivery to the au thorities of the five men charged by the newspaiier.s with complicity in the killing of C'lemente Vergnni." Vergnra's suspected slayers being Mexicans nml now presumably in Mexico, Colquitt's offer was inter preted here us somewhat in the tut tu to of instigating nil attempt to bring them bnek by force, as likely to result in such an nttempt nml as containing considerable possibilities of future eoinplieutioiis. ii i i i ii WASHINOTON, Mar. 24. I'ro posed cancellation of through and joint rates on green fruit from polir.s on tho Oregon Short Line to desti nations cast of tho Missouri river was declared unjustified by tho lu- ter-state commerce commission The commission ordered tho old rnt;js maintained. MAIN STREET OF TORREON, NEW SEAT OF MEXICAN WAR 111 V3Mru .WWtf'Sj- i ks B .1-' .. i m mm. - mi vB tmm n --ML J111 Mm- Wmmm . IIENiUS mmmmmmmmmmymVBImfBWflKrmJ, mmmr it1 jiB.inu"nw bk r&. .!- i V 1 vt h , v,h. -a ?.X.. .JWJi - A ..w;; f ' iJCi'. ! - H - f- 'It V" l N C7 c . yn vtKi ? KB Hf w -y rOHTLANI), Or., Mnreh 'J4. Cir cult Judge Cleeton todny held that the penalties of 1 per cent n month imposed by the 10111 legislature on taxes not paid before April 1 nre invalid nml granted the restraining order prayed for by Itoger It. Sin- nott against Tax Collector Lewis en joining the latter trom collecting the penalties. Judge Cleeton held that taxes do not become delinquent un der tho law until September I and that penalties can be collected only on delinquent taxes. Tax Collector Lewis said nfter the decision that ho deemed the only possible mode of procedure would bo to take mi appeal mid on request irom linn tue county commissioner appointed Friday nfterr.oou nt '2 o'clock for n meeting nt which future action will be determined. To this meeting all elective, offic ers win ne uiviteii, also uovernor West mnl the members of the state tax commission. The state officers nre included because the decision is exacted to throw the entire state in a turmoil regarding whnt method to pursue ns to tax collections. Under the terms of the injunction penalties can be collected on no taxes whether the fist half before ,pril 1 or not. Siunot nsked only that penalties on deferred half pay- incuts be stopped, but Judge Cleeton went further and declared invalid tho entire provision as to penalties on taxes unpaid prior to April 1. SALKM, Ore., Mar. 21. AdvlsoJ that Judgo Cleeton has granted an In junction restraining tho comity offi cials of Multnomah county from Im posing a peii'ilty'on taxes not paid by April 1 In the suit brought by II. 11. Slnnott. Chairman Charles V. Gul- loway of tho statu tax commission said ho would endeavor to get meeting of the tax commission this afternoon or tomorrow to decide what action should bo taken regard ing tho collection of taxes In other counties or whether the commission shall take somo action to tiavo tho case In Multnomah comity currlod to tho supremo court. LONDON, March 24. John Red mond stated here tonight that Ihe nationalist party will insist on the passage of the Ireland home rule bill. His announcement forecasts further disturbances In Ulster and bitter par hamentnry fights. Redmond's statement followed re ports that Premier Asquith might dissolve parliament even before tho measure could be passed. LONDON, March 24. The crisis in the home rule for Ireland fight was over today. As mutters stood, the government nml Ireland appeared victorious af ter a life mid death battle between three parties the king, the cabinet ami tho opposition. The exact part King George played in tbo momen tous affair was not discovered, but it was generally believde that bo forced the cabinet to placate recal citrant army officers. Official statements issued today declared that all misunderstanding hnd been swept away. The home rale bill, it was said, will be put in force just as Premier Asquith and the cabinet intended it should. Army Officers itettirn Following it conference in London with government officials, General Gough, Colonel MeKwan and Colonel Parker returned to their regiment today with the assurance, it was gen erally understood, that they would not be compelled to fight against the Ulstenneii. Mnny considered this n distinct surrender by the government and Ulstermor. were jubilant. The Unionists todny flatly charged the government with making n senpe goat of the commanding general, Sir Arthur Paget, for their "own eolos- sal blunder." Prior to their depnr- turo for Ireland, Gough, MeKwan and Parker said nil misunderstanding had been cleared away nnd that they were entirely sntisfied with the re sult of their visit. Premier Asquith also expressed satisfuctioii over tho outcome mid he also declared that the defection of tho army officers who refused to servo in Ulster was due to a misunderstanding and that "it was a closed incident now." Unionists Triumphant Unionists insisted that tho nnny has checkmated the government nml that the covenanters of Ulster havo won their fight. To tho outsider it appeared as if the future of the homo rule bill was still wrapped i;i dark clouds, but government officials in sisted tho bill would bo bent through ns the cabinet wished. Cnustio comment over tho entire affair was voice dcditorinlly today by Loudon uewspapors. FINDS ANIIDOTE FOR BICHLORIDE POISON I'OHTLANI), Oro Mar. 21. Tho contract for tho construction of thi Kimt Hltlo public dock nt u cost of 1200,117 was awarded by tho publh dock commission toduy to Guthrie, McDougall and compuny Tho doc.lt Is to bo built between Kust Washing ton nnd Ouk streets, unit work U ox peeled to bviiln about April 10, SAN FRANCISCO, Col., March 24. Dr. V. C. Thomas announced today that ho hud discovered iodide of potassium and albumen will save the lives of persons who have swallowed bichloride of mercury, if administer ed without too much delay. The antidote, he said, changes the mer cury bichloride into Iodide of mer cury, only one-eighth un potent. He ndded iho remedy had one cure to its creditthat of Mrs, Flomiee M, F.llintt of Stockton, who HCIdwit ally look novcn half kihIim wieroHry bichloride three weU tigo hh4 U how nearly well. " ..!