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207 Second Street Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Cloudy, probably rnln Mat. r.H; Mlu. Wl, rirl)'fuiirlli Vi-iir I i.i lie Nlnlli V.nr L I M"RI)KOKI). OUMCIOX, AIOXDAY, MAUf'II HO, 11)11. NO. 7 ASQUITH SUCCEEDS SEELY AS WAR WHEN LATTER RESIGNS hg KJ- PREMIERS COUP OUTWITS TORIES SMS WET John Seelv fusions War Portfolio on Account of Army Muddle AsqulHt Takes Office, Rcsluning Sent In Parliament to Stand for Re-election Viscount Mcrley Expected to nesljjn Cabinet Post of Lord President of Council Election In East Fife. LONDON, Muroh JO. John Seelx resigned Imliiv Hritih war sroro lury iiml Premier llmhcit II. Asipnth took uir his Mirlfnllu, Asipiilll hilUHolf UllllOlllieod what Iiml been done. Tim premier limy hutil iiiiv portfolio ho please or even morn limn one. 'I'll i Aquith will ilo. Ho uiih nlniiilv first lord of the treasury ami mil continue us such. Sccly wiii, of innrr, foioed fttnii office hv tin iHiiilnvi,iy arising from hi surrender lo tin army load ers, who insisted that ho pnnnl-n not to iixi! troops to force home rule on UMrr. It (1H expected seotlllt Motley would iiIno Iiiiv lo iolgn the cabinet pot of Iniil president of tin 1'inMii'il since n miw thi memnruu iluni Sccly gave lo llrigadicr Oenrrul (lough making I In rriiiiri'il promise. Morloy l.lkily lo Resign Morloy ndptifoiAin Iho houo of buds this afternoon (lint hi' saw the paragraph hti!iMiiirntl.v repudiated iiy I'ri'inii'r Asittllh iiml raised no nb Jri'liuii lo thi'in Im'i'iiiim' he supposed the other cabinet number Iiml ap proved them. I.nnl Ciir.oii thereupon asked 1 1 1 tit why hi, like Sooly, iliil nut reditu, anil Morlov ri'pliril he wotihl make n stutoinint toiuotruw. Tin general impression wit tluit (Iiih statement would lake Iho form of announce ment of hit retirement. Afli'r explaining in the hntio of commons tho now cabinet uirnitgc mint ho Iiml made, Asiptith said ho would ii'mkii dissent in pailmmeiit us East I'ifoV representative ami go Im. foro tho people at a hy-elcction for return to office an head of tho war office. The East Fife eleeUon wilt will he issued lomoiiow mill probably will fix the election for April IX Colonel A-piot was the conservative ohoscu to oppose the piemier at the polls. Ah ho lit practically rerialn of vic tory In l.'iiHt rife, ho will by thin meniiH regularise IHk position nn holder of the war portfolio and at the name time linvo Herurod whnt the LlliernU will consider nn electoral en dorsomciit of his policy without n illnrioliitlon of, parliament nud n gen eral eloetlon, which tho Conservatives illicit rurry. An Adroit Maneuver Tho niunouvor was evorywhero re garded an one of the most adroit la Iho hlMtory of Itrlt IhIi pnlltlrs. Tho uiioxportednuHs with which It wan an noiinceil completely illMirgitulzod the oppoMlte and threw tho Liberal-Labor-Irish coalition mnmlierH of parliament Into a frenzy of oiilhtm liiHin, DeHplto War MlulHter Heely'H ro tlrument, Kluld Mumhal Blr John I'renrh and Adjutant (Uniorul Blr John Kwurt rofnuud In wlthdruw (Continued on pmi a.) E NKW YOIIK, Mureh :ill, A koihI uudeiloue marked the opeuiiiK of the stock market today, with prices hold ing close lo IiinI week's close. Change were confined lo a slight I'liielion, ox. eepl for it few Hpeciallies, which were weak, Ameilcuu Tobacco diopplug 'J and Aiuciicaii Car 'J. American Cnr and Kliiihhakei', on Hie oilier hand, ino iihoul a point. llonds weie easy. The imiikel closed klemly, FEDERALS STILL HOLD ON AGAINST VILLA Velasco's Force Reduced to 3000 Battle In Streets Ratjlntj, Tliotitjli Rebels Reported as Still Galnlnu Ground. Rebel Dead Estimated at 1500 Villa Reported Wounded and Taken From the Field. LI. I'ASO, Tex., Ma i eh .'10. With h i for if nhlc-hoilicd men reduc ed, the lehelH helieM'd. to not morel .1 .....,. ,1 ..! t-.. t...i I1 lllllll .ieu, uciirnu viiivii, iruriiii eouiiiiander at Torreon, wan hlill re hltiHK I ' " today, according to n diNpateh filed ut that hour from the nplilinu' front. Tlie battle in TorieonV xlreelh wiik tat ill mtriiii; when the iiieHii(;e wax Kent, and although it wid, hinted that the rebels weie hlowly unniint; ground they udmitteil the MrucKlc the fed itiiIn were Kirinj; the mriiiliiTH hiiiic thinjj they had never dreannd of. It wat estimated that fully 'J.VHI fed era Is had heeu killed and u mnii.x wounded. The rebel nn wiin alxo ery heaxy, hut no figure were Kiveii. I .".(Ml Itelielh Stnlu ArtivaU here from Chihuiihiiu ( it said they believed at leiiht l.'idO eon stilntioiinlitU hud iH't'ii killed. Of their wounded, they nxcrl-d tiat 1100 had alreadv reached I'hihiiahua Citv nud that the lioxpitalx at I'arral, Jiiniiier. and Santa olia were filled. One wounded rebel soldier at Chi huahua City win ipioled ux mi Hi): that (leiieral Villa win. hit by a bul let and that he saw the icbcl leader earned from the field. Constitution nlist offieiaU ut Chihuahua City de nied thi storv, howexer, mid it was not jjeiierally lieliexed here. Aecnrdiui; to other wounded men who took part in the earlier filitiiiK in the eiiriroim of Torreon, (leneral ViIIii'h force very narrowly escaped annihilation at (Ionic; ('niacin. The federals pretended to letreat from the town, the rebels pushed in aftei them mid immediately several mines exploded In tho streets', creatine drcuilliil havoc, while at Hie same lime a terrific machine gun and title fire wax opened by fedeial soldiers hidden behind the parapets which surround the mofrt of most of the ndobo houses, (leneral HciniviiW brigade wiis similarly entrapped ut .Sacramento and lost twenty-five per eent of its men, though it did succeed in eup lurinn the town, and with it control of the railioad eastward from Tor reon. Ileuavidex wiik reported as wounded, hut Huh was unconfirmed, The rebels' were Miiiit to have exe cuted many of the federal officers they have captured mid to have given their choice between execution and joining the rebels' to the rank and file, nearly all of whom accepted the hitler alternative. ORDER SEIGEL STORES NI'AV YOlUx', March :). I'lilted Sillies Judge Hough thin afternoon ordered the disposal of the assets of the Siegel Stoics corporation to the creditors' orgniimitinu. This means the reopening of tho corporation's two big Moron here. Ily compromising the claims of the depositors in the Niegcl hank against tho Siiupsoii-Cruvvford company mid the Fourteenth street stoic, .fJ.'i.OOtl will he paid within a week to Henry Melville, the hunk'n receiver, 35,000 COAL MINERS IN YORKSHIRE ON STRIKE LONDON'. Mm Hi HO. Thulyfive Ihoiisiuid Yorkshire eoal miners struck today and as many mine me to go out Thursday. They demand blither pa), SCENES Ai PRINCIPALS IN IRISH Cr '(j j&jT"3 --. ir. -.f t-l. ffN llUCIt Ul IUL IIJUUl ""I" HE unnrr ptclur thowt Sir I Edward Canon Iniprctlnc Ida Uliter Volunteer!, an army which Mr. John E. Redmond iari 1 "never had the tlighleit Intention I of flihtlnr." The lower pteluro t li ol Mr. Ketlmond aklng -perch at Tlpperary. --- TO 1NSECURINGHARB0R AT CRESCENT CITY Jonathan Hourue, Jr., who was ie ipiesled by the county couit to lep resent Jackson county lit the Cres cent City h.uhor hearimr, has wired as follows; "Washington, ). C, March 2S. "lion. l- L. Ton Velle, county judge, Medford, Or. ''It is alwajH a pleasure lo serve in any way in my power Oregon, and particularly Jackson and Josephine counties. Please immediately mail me detailed statement, giving pres ent commerce of Crescent City, and also available commerce, specifying nature, probable annual amount and vnlue, provided government improves Crescent City huibor. "JONATHAN llOl'l.'Ni:, Jit." imwistIaffic predicted by scoii "Indications point to a very hcavv woihl's fair truffle in HM.'i," stales John M, Scott, geueial passenger agent of the Southern Pacific rail road, who spent Monday in Medford. "Kasleiu rnilinao repioncntnlivo re poil widespread interest throughout the continent. "The Crali'i Lake exclusion rates will he well adveilised by the railroad company and should lesull in In creased truffle this summer. Condi tions me hrighl for an extensive lour IM Ihiffie." r (HBMj BBBBBBBBBBVMWBsIB9HHBWABVBBtBBBBK bBHbW bBh Br--BvHHHVBHH(HiH7BTBVSVBBBV bBbwAbxUBHI -') ABBBBV'BBBTKTBMTBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBn'VV!' VbVSB 'HP.AVbVbVbVbI bVJbBbBbMbIbH bBMBb MXmMz s?mvmfh Km -wl .BfeBfeBfeCMllHmH.9 -K.-'-7WWi imm BmBVarnVv HbW ?Bml"BmmmVVBl0.BmW lS 1BBKRWBL bKTbKTbKTbKTbXbbVbKVbBbI fBKTLBBKTBB'MTrMBKTBT kilBVm'M BbaKkAmBwwW' ' Sill -KmmmmBa.ml'lBrl! M.V ' . immmmBBS.Bml 4mHV iv lmiaw ''- 9fcK9afeH bKXbkTbKwaHhTbWL: fIHIh Ir" L-MwBtyU-VVWr. 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Finley, illustiatnig every feature of the fish mid game preservation work in this stale. Those films are tho most complete in use, covering this particular Held. They were shown at Portland recent ly and made a hit. The stale oftice has been boiuhaided with reigests for tho films, and our Coiuiucrcial club considers itself toitiinato in getting them so proiuptlv tho result of our having u representative at the Port- laud gathering. The moving pictures uiake a most eiitertaiiiiiig nud iuatruotive show. They illustrate the whole range of fish and game iirpugulinir, the gath ering of fish egg at tho rucks, their fciliiixation mul hutching, the distri bution of the "liugeilliigb" mid miiiic line viinvtt of fihuig for minion in lhe Willamette wuh iod mid lme, mid Ily fishing for the sieoJhcml in Itogucj river by local spoil-men. (Continued on iku 3,) nnnirn LB ubtMtd HOME HUEE EIGHT .x WOUNDED TORREON ATTACK Jl'AUKZ, Mow, March :10. No news had been received from Ucncrul Villa today later than 1 a. in. .ltehel offiuinU owned they were noxious. , They were hopeful the constitutional. i-ts were still gaining ground at Tor reon and yet they were fearful Villa might have fallen into a trap. Keports that Villa had been wound, ed, though unconfirmed, worried them, lleiiernl 'elueo, the federal commaudor, had shown resource and strategic ability mid his troops a fighting spirit, it wns admitted, which had astonished everyone. Tluit they fi1l1.1 fititl illicit!! XI ll.ill tllili llililt'il tllllllll V IIOIV4 11 ll II 1 IIVl IIVIIIll something detinite and up-to-date the constitutionalist mithnritiu frankly admitted, SHE CHOSEN FOR POKTLAND, Or., March M. With but one dissenting vote, the in terstate bridge commission (hit, after noon chose I'liion avenue in Port land mid Washington stieel in Van couver its lhe site for the approaches of th hridiitf to he built over the Co lumbia river connecting Oregon and Waaluugloii. (loveiuor West wn- mil present in person, hut lulegiaphed nkihg thin hi vole he leeoided With the majority nu the subject. W 1 NS AS INSULT TALK President Styles Knowlands' Charge as Crownimj Insult of a Number of Insults Injected Into Tolls Debate No Agreement With England. Regrets Debate Has Degenerated Into an Organized Attempt to Discredit Administration. WASHINGTON, Mnn-h :iO.-I'rcs-ident Wilson todav resented as "the rrown i:g insult" Hepresentutive Know land's charge on the floor of the 'house that he entered into a haruaiti with England whereby the exemption clause of the Panama canal tolls act would he cHm'nntcd in return for England's snpimtt of America's Mex ican Mliey. Replying to n specific question ns to whether he had en tercd into any deal with Sir William Tyrol, President Wil-on said: "Of rour-e that answers itself. It is just the orownii insult of ii num ber of insults that have been injected into the tolls debate. WlUon Tell Story "The whole thing reminds ntc of the story of a vcrv effective -debater who sent a challenge into a county very hostile (o Imii for n debate. The co- pie down there did not like the job very welt, hut they nut up the mail they liked be-t. a big, htiskv fellow named Tout. The challenger was riv en the first hour of a two hours' de- hate and had not .-(token more than thirty minutes when it was evident that he had convinced the audience that he wit- on the right side. One of Tom's partian- from the rear of the hall, however, ro-e to his feet and sheuted: 'Tom, call him a liar mid make him fight.' That is the rtugc this debate has reached." The president was especially in censed at Know land V allegations. He said ho regretted that the debate had degenerated into mi organized at tempt to discredit his administration, but he insisted that the repeal reso lution was certain of passage. Parly Not Disrupted President Wilson said that not nil of those opting him were partici pating in the "campaign of misrepre sentation." lie ttl-o declared he did not expect the party to he disrupted on account of the toll tli-pute. lie .-aid the question xvas merely a capi tal surgical operation and pointed to two planks in the democratic plat form declaring against Mtbsidie-, cither direct or indirect. The president added that if the in ternational situation had not de manded it, he would not have advo cated the repeal, although he believed free tolls to bo nothing more nor less than a subsidy. lie said he believed that as congress, over which he had no jurisdiction, passed the law, it would have rtniuined unchallenged by the uihnitiistratioii if the iuteruatioiial situation had not been a factor in the ease. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., March 30. Though Nicholas Laiulo pleaded guilty before United States Judge Pooling today to violating tho Maim white slave law, tho court retimed to sentence him until Invcjtlgntlou con vinced him that Laiulo was a real "white sluvor." I. undo admitted that ho and MWs Hurrla came hero together from Pro vidence, 11. I, MUs Hurrla, ho said, Induced him to uiuko tho trip and paid tho furos. I.uter she appeured ngiilnst him before the fuderul gruttd Jury. Judge Pooling Intimated thut tvIiIIo ho was opponud to uuy let-up In white sluvo pronccutluiu, ho did not think tho law should ho invoked In ritac whuro vice wu not co miner-rlnlUcd. ABOUT BARGAIN PEACE OR WAR WITHIN PARTY OP TO SPEAKER Belief Growing Chirk Will Net At tack Wilson When He Closes De bate Upon Canal Tolls Resolution Trouhlc If He Wants It. Tedious Debate Progresses In Con gressMichigan Republican De fends President. WASHINGTON, .March 30. Tho belief was growing this afternoon that Speaker Clark will not attack President Wilson when ho sneaki aicalnst the canal tolls repeat resolu tion. Hither Representative Adam son or Representative. Covington will reply to Clark, and they Inti mated this afternoon that It dependol entirely upon the speaker's addroits Whether there would ho peace or'war. Only nine of tho 20 hours allotted for debate on the Sims resolution had been spent when tho house met at noon today. Tho session will end at 7 o'clock this evening, leaving four hours of debate for tomorrow. Then will como trc voto on tho reso lution Itself. Republican Defend Representative Hamilton ot Mich igan, a republican, defended Presi dent Wilson's stand on the tolls question. " - - " . ' " Seated In an Invalid's chair In front of Speaker Clark's desk, Representa tive L'Knglo, a sufferer from rheu matism, denounced tho Sims resolu tion and also Knglaud's attitude on the tolls question. Representative Knowland ot Cal ifornia again reiterated this aftot' noon tho charge that Sherley Ilenu had reported in London that Presi dent Wilson had agreed to tho tolbi repeal and also that the peace con tcnary appropriation would he voted upon to the satisfaction ot England. Their Master'H Voice Representative Bell also spoko against tho repeal. "Tho democrats are listening to their master's volco and aro brush ing over treaty provisions with a fow graceful sentences and nt tho samo time giving out veiled forebodings," Dell said. "It wo believed all they tell us wo might expect to hear mo mentarily of tho Japaneso bombard ing California and other nations blowing up Now York and othor sea bord cities. The people resent thoso frantic appeals to break down tho party's platform." SCHIFF DENIES REPORT OF BANK'S POSITION WASHINGTON. March tlO. -Jacob II. Sehiff denied hero this afternoon if report from New York that he had been oft'ered and hud accepted Iho governorship of the federal regional reserve bank board. NEW YOKlx", March ail. The Dow Jones ticker service adit out today the following bulletin: "It is reported on high authority that President Wil-on lias offered the position of governor of tho fed eral regional hank reserve hoard to Jacob 11. Sehiff, and that Sehiff uc copied it." II EOR TOTERS OF GUNS NEW YOIIK', Mm eh 00, Fifty, five gunmen and one "gun girl" were sentenced Ibid afternoon in general sessions court here. Nearly nil th men were given towns in King Siiv, Elmirii mid on Illaekwcll's Island. Kitriih Lippmaii, hu gnu Inter, wifs It'tveii n term In Iho lUdl'otd reformatory.