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nretion HfiT.Wro' stfht 207 Second Slrcet Medford Mail Tribune i WEATHER I tn I n tonight nntl Thursday Max. 7JI; Mln. I() Pre. ,1B. SECOND EDITION Knrty.fmirlli Vinr. Dully Nlnlli Ymr MEDFOUD, OKNCiON, W HUNKS DAY, APKIh 13, f)M. NO. 21 - IY OR BLOODSHEOLTIMATUM SENT HUERTA BY WILSON AMPLE APOLOGY INTERVENTION IS I THREAT SENT TO Dictator Told Ho Must Not Only Apologize, But Dc Good In Future Long List of Offenses and Stud ied Insults to Americans. United States Warship Orderly Ar rested After Assistant Paymaster Is Ai rested and Released. WASHINGTON. April IS. lrrl- iluiit lluerta niiint mil oiil) npuloKlto for various past offenses liut ho tntml promise tu tin good In future, If Im U mil to Mirloun ooimeiiueiHoii which nmy iiii'itii armed Aiuerlcnu Interven tlon In Mexico. TliU, In effect, U what President Wilson told the members of tin) sen ate titul liotiau foreign committees to. ilii). Ho Insisted that tlio time for tem porising had passed. Iln rharnrtor Idol Hucrta's attitude ns n series of studied Insult toward Wo Pulled .State. American nnval officer nml ini'ii h been arrested nt Vera Crux nml nt Tninplro. Offlclnl despatches to Charit" d'Affnlren O'Hhuughiieis) have been hold up nml only delivered win-it O'HhaiiKliiics)' demanded them directly of lluerta. Sltiintlnii Siiniiiiiirliil It wnit learned fnim n high offlclnl source nt tlio situation n uboiit till! Tor some time lint Mmlro City ilu fncto government's attitude linn Indi cated Hint It considered mero npolo Kliii sufficient In cases where American rights or dignity with In volved Appltrrlllly liicro was III) thought of reparation for serious of felines ogalut Americans by Mexican vl II nml inllltnry officials. Immediately after the arrest ol Assistant Pn tiinitti;r Kopp ittul his until nt Hnmplro mi orderly from Ail inlriil Fletcher's flnKKlilp nt Vera Crux was sent ashore In full uniform for mall. With tlio offlrlnl mallsark across liU shoulder Im was arrested, locked MP nml not released until summary representations worn made to the authorities. Tlio Mexican federal officer who miiilo tlio nrrnst was punished only nominally. AiiiciIcmh Oiderly IMi KimI Out ' "It was most atgulf leant," hiiIiI Ad inlriil Fletcher In making hi report. "Hint mi American orderly was picked out." In President Wilson's opinion the moMt serious furl or nil was tlmt tliu officials of tlio telegraph offlro In Mexico City withhold offlrlnl ties, patchen to Charge d'Affalroi O'HhaiiKhnossy until they had been sent to tlio co n nor nml bin permission hint boon given for tholr delivery 0"8lmiiRlinossy only got ld to initrhcH, It was slated, when ho do- (Continued on pais I.) Pl)l'TI,ANI, Or., Apill in. Willi tint mlmlilcil olijccl of Imvliijj.lli" Oitroii Nutiouiil (liuiiil In iitinilion to lukii dm lii'lil on hlioil notice, the Hdii'inl Mm IT nl' Urn Oicf-en Nutiouiil (luiiril hold ii mcelinc in tliu ol'l'icn of Ailjulunt (IuihtiiI l-'inxor loiluv nml imimivoil the icccnllv ixsueil ki'Uui'iiI oiiIci'h calling for the icoiguniir.iition ol' the incilhiiil hlulT "f Hie Kiiartl. Thin iielluu wiih Inlvcii with lliu view of nulliiiL' the uiiiiid u n wur l'oot hi);, ii Hinutotiiui which it Ih hiiiil ciiine tliicct Ihuii Hie win' ilopMiliiiciu a liliuil lime nun, Tim ut'llt'l'iil hlulT hIhii deeiiled to hiihl the niiihl iiilillciv i'iicnniiiiiciil .liliie I J to 'J I, iIiiIch which hue ul icmh Ini'ii iiiiroM'il hy the uur do iiillineiil. REFORMHUERTA N GUARD PREPARING OR BAN WAR WARSHIPS OFF FOR TAMPICO TO F Profjrnm Includes First Concentration of Battlecraft at Tamplco, Then Its Occupation, Blockade of Both Coasts and Armed Intervention. Wilson and Bryan Still Hope to Avoid Intervention Huerta Held Respcnslhle for American Lives. HAMPTON IIOADS. Vu., April l.". --The lmtllchhii ArkiiiimiM, Nuw IIiiiiiiiIiiii', New .li'Mov nml Venmuit nml the Kimhiuit YorUown, Aihnirnl llmlitir cipimniiiiiliiij;, hiiiled I nun here for Tniiipico nt WliW . in. ! iluy. An curlier hlurt wim iircenlci ly ilchiy in coitliii). the New lliuiiflilrc. The fttitrtiuK ximil, it hiiiKle k"U fired on lionnl tlie fhiKMiip Arkiui- hiiH, mih uim'ii ut ir.:i(). An hour was eiiiiMime.l in mmicuMTin into line. Then the fleet Mourned hcuwiinl in the order uiten nlioe. Tint eh hoU were due lo tiuiLe oiioii m'h hy U p. m. nml to rench Tmiipieo Mini- iluy iiifiht or IiicmIuv. The Holiiwiire wiih ropniriiijr when the other hhipt Miilcd, hut it was er peeled it would join them later. The torpodiibout flotilla iiUo re mained hern awaiting onlem. l'iit;rnm of I'rtiretluro Army ami navy officer believed the program would include, firt, u coucciilratioii of winliip-i at Tain pico, then an occupation of Tampico ami ith ileKicmitiou nx u neutral roue, next n blockade o both Mom- can ciniU, ami finally, perhaps, iirmcd inlcrxculmu. It wan known, however, that Pre-i. dent WiUou ami Secrclary of Stale llryiui both hope to axo'id intcrvrii tioii. They no Imer hoped that the American colon, would he Milulcd voluntarily ut Tampico, but they were hopeful that after the Milute had been compelled, comlitiour. would im UO0. It wax l.hoiiuhl more than likely that the Tampion naval deuiomdru lion would emi-o anti-Aiuericau out breakK thiouuhout Mcmco, nml Charge de AffaircK O'Sluiiilmehhy. at the capital, icporled that he liad told lluerta he would he hod rc.-pon-hihle pernonully for Auieriean liveh. Army Offlcerw llellKbteil Scerclury llryan at lii. dchk with the most wot Hod man in iulminitni. tlou circlch. Nay officco, on Ihe other hand, were delighted. The or der for the Atlantic lloofn voyage to Tampico cauxht the navy wholly un expectedly, hut preparations wcie ncvei theloN completed in record time. It was not much expected, however, that the navy would m'c any leal ac tion. Army officers did nol try to hide their hope Hint intervention will fol low the Tampico doiunnxtrnlioii. It wan umleihtood Hint, hIiouIiI troop Im needed, Ihey will he traiixpoitcd, under command of (lenora) Wood atul (Icueral Harry, from (lalvchlon to em ('run. KEEPING TAX MONEY HAI.KM, Ore., April lR.llocnuso tlio county trensurerH aro not pnylui; over to tlio Htiilo tronHiiror tho first half of tlio Btuto tnxcH now due, tliu Htnto Ih Btlll pn)luK Mx per cent on 11,000,000 or outHtamlliiK warutn. Htato Troimurer Kny uld today Hint only ITiOO.OOO him boon paid lit, which Ih ii mnall pur tout of tlio amount duo. TRANSPORT HANCOCK SAILS FOR TAMPICO Ni;V OllliKAKK, l.a., April IV The !iuminit llaiicoek, with I'.VI minim' on lionnl, Milled imliiy for Tampion, , ORCEAPOLOGY PARTIES UNITE THREEWARSH1PS SILENCE GREEK VILLA VIUiUK IN nil SALARIES m m mil ohm nM uiroT nnAOT nnnnomnMTn mnAVO DftTTic I ncAM TCAOUCDQ IU hiu vviLoun unnnoi uuhoi urruoniuii iu AGAINSTKUERTA ORDERED SOUTH WILSON'SPOUCY Forclun Relation Committees Work In Harmony Willi Administration No Rose Water Demonstration, But Apolofjy or Bloodshed. Senator Lodije Urges That President Be Authorized to Use Force With Vtit Formal Declaration of War. WASHINGTON, April !.'.- Parly lines were not drnwu at tho confer ence between the piuxidctit and the foreign eomuiitteeuieu, and tliu ut- inoht harmony heeined to prevail. The conference over, t oii;roMU(Hi Mood, deiuociat and chairman of the limine committee, and ('mnjrenH uian Cooper, its ruukitu; rvpuhlicau member, left the white house to gether. The arrest at Tampico of AsNUtiint Paymaster f'opp ami the bluejackets from tho Dolphin, Hood naiil. was hiiuidv tho erewuiin: inci dent of a lolli; series of ItlMlltS to Americans on both the Mexican en?l and went coasts, and that the presi dent had told tho committeemen that the situation had become intolerable mid u sharp Icmhi was necessary. He added that be wanted ivorvthinu done with the consent ami approval of congress, 'and expected to consult the committeemen freely mitl- frc I'ltently. Prosldeul Suolnlueil "We nre now In Missc-ioii of nil the facts which led to this naval demonstration," said Chairman Shively of the house foreign H'ln tmiiH coimnitloo when he left tho con ference. "We nre satisfied that the president took Ihe only action pos sible. "Nothing has developed over night and there is real alarm fell. No at tempts have been made on the lives of Americans. "The president simply will insist on the salute of the American flag. If it is not fired voluntarily it will be fired under compulsion. "Olio thing is ceilnin every move will he made iu ueeord with an agree ment between the legislative branches of the government. He fore marines lire landed at Tampico or eNewhere congress will be specifically nuthor- feed. No Itoso Water Apology "It will ho demonstrated lo the woild that America can make its de maud effective In Mexico. "The president assured us that this would he no rose water demonstration that there would be an ample upol ogy forthcoming or bloodshed. ' "I would like to udd that there Is no occasion for the popular belief that some other power is involved. This belief seems to be due to the fuel Hint so many warships were or deicd to Tampico. The reason this was done was to make absolutely ceitalu that all tho force we could possibly need was where we needed it. Anil, incidentally, to make the demonstration as. impiesstvo ns pos sible." No Declaration Needed In the senate foreign relations committee this afternoon Scuntor l.odgo urged tlmt Ihe president be authorized lo use force airniust Mex ico without u foimal declaration of (Contlnuod on Page 6.) REACHES VERA CRUZ VHHA ('IIP. Mexico, April 15 -A regiment of federal troop arrived hero today from Mexico City to utroiiKtlien tho local gnrrbiou, Tho American Htumunlilp Ksporan xa, scheduled to null In u few houm, received order from the Wiuhlngtou war dopiirlmont to accept neither freight tiur puimouKor. It wan uu ilorklood It wiu wauled (u bring up p I us and men rout (Jiilvcvlnu, Pacific Squadron Sent to Mexican Waters Makes Possible Blockade of Entire Mexican Coast Line If Desirable.- Move Is Taken Merely to Be in Read iness Should Occasion Require Ac tionColliers Alfo Ordered South, WASHINGTON, April 1.. My r deriiiL' three vvarilnp from the Pa cific coast to Mexican waters IhU afternoon Secretary of Ihe Navy Daniels made possible a blockade of the entire Muxieaii coast line, should this be deemed desirable. Il uitx drilled lluit ailV dcflllltC idea of such .i blockade cxitid at the moment, and the explanation was i-ivi'ii tlmt tho move was takru merely with n view to being fully preimred. Daniels telegraphed to Admiral Howard, eemiuandiui: the Pacific fleet, to send tho transiMirt Buffalo and the cruiser Marlni'l to Mexican waters and the Clevelnnd to Jlarat- lau, wlrther tho Chat anoogn i to follow it shortly. The Pittsburg wa ordered from Pnoet sound to San Dici:o and the torpedo-bout flolillu, with the tender lri. nt San Prdrn' were ordered fn stand by awaiting any orders lo Mexican imrN which Howard mnv deem necessary. Tho colliers .Jupi ter and Saturn, both hmd-ng coal, would also leave sMn lor Mexican water., it vvns stated. OF FLEET'S SAILING 10 I WASHINGTON, April l.'i. The powers, Secielar.v of State Hr.uiu stated today, have been informed of the fleet's drfmrtmo fop Tampico and of America's present attitude. The seurctury denied that the dispatch to O'Shuugiiuossv which vvns withheld by the Mexican censor was the into which demnnded tho salute of the Auieriean flag, but admitted that it referred to the Tampico incident. "Why was it," llryan was asked, "after 0 p. tu. Friday had been set as the hour before which the salute must he fired, an extension was granted, despite tho fact that no messages had been sent from here to Mexico City concerning the mntterf " "It was because there had been an apology," replied tho secretary, "and lluerta had asked an extension of time to consider tho demand for n salute. Admiral Mayo granted that." GUILTY. FINED $500 SAN FItANClSCO, Cul., April IS. A ple of guilty on white slavery chnrgcH In connection with hla rela tions with Cionovlovo Hunan Harris wn entered horo toduy by J. Parker Whitney, millionaire boforo Unltod Stated Juilgo Maurlco Doollng. Ho was fined f&OOO. He paid .ho fine and wiih released. Mri). Hunau-Hunia was not h court, I'nltod States District Attor ney PrcMon said she was In Clilcugo. lleforo going Into court Whltuo) suld: "I decided to chango my plea to guilty In order to avoid tho dlsucrco able features of a long trial. Of con io, 1 looked for iinjultlul event ually, but It would bo only after n great ileal of trouble and uuitlneis, POWERS NOTIFIED BAN M Mondell of Wyoming in House Al leges Anxiety to Protect Oil Inter ests Cause of Sending Warships to Tampico. Wcrks In Senate Says It's a Pecul lar Brand of Patriotism That Is Aroused hy Insults to Sailors. WASIMNOTON. April 15. Oppo sition to tho administration's pro gram wm voiced In both house and senate today but the speeches were received In silence. Congressman Mondell of Wyoming charged In the house that the fleet was sont to Mexico becauso the ad ministration was a frald tho stand ard Oil and Cowdray syndicate oil tanks at Tampico would be dctroyeJ. To I'rotcct Oil Interest "All these ships." Jio sa:a. "are sailing for Tampico with hostllo In tent to lino up before two measly Mexican gunboats In order to enforce tho administration's personal preju dlco against Huerta." Tho congressman rofcrrcd sarcas tically to Secretary Bryan's peaco nollcv and denounced ttio sending of battleships to compel an apology for the Tampico Incident' "VhHer over looking "years of browbeating, In. suits, destruction of American pro perty and killing of American." "The sending of an American fleet to Mexico at this time." said Sena tor Works of California this after, noon, "discloses a peculiar phaso of human naturo and exhibits a singu lar brand of patriotism. Works Voices Protest "A hundred American cltlxens have been slaughtered there, their wives and daughters outraged and their property destroyed and tho government did not ralso a hand, nut becauso a fow of our bluojackcts who would havo been much bolter off on shipboard, wcro arrcstod In a city ongaged In civil strlfo nnd Huortn refuses to satuto our flag, wo are Kolng to war now or back down nnd uiako ourselves ridiculous. "Tho many American cltliens who lost their lives In Mexico were much cntltlod to tho protection ot our Hag ns wore theso sailors, who wore not uvea Injured, and the kill ing of thosoicltlzoiiR wau as much an Insult to our flag as tho trivial Inci dent which appears to' ba driving us Into war." AMERICAN FLEET N PRESENT CRISIS WASHINGTON, April 13. Tlmt Vera' Cnie might ho occupied as well a$ Tampico iu tlio event' of President Huortn refusing to salute tho Ameri can colors, even after a landing at the latter place, was iiilmUteil today iu administration eircle, . Th'p ,was teferred o, however, only lib u pos sibility. , , .-,,(, Tlio statu '.dejiiirtnijut mfivejl three messages, froih' Charge MlAT I'nire. 0'Sh.iughuer.Vs; iu hq course of tho day, but it wn tittcd.Hhit in none vvus there any intimation of Yielding on lluerta'a part to the de maud that he salute the Stats and Stripes, Tlio text of the dispatch was not made public, hut it was learned that they Mild, in effect thai llueitu in sisted hu had niuilo all amend for the Tampico affair Unit it was fair to exMet of lilmi that ho leftised lo assume lespoiisihillly tor a Miliar ilumte's acts ami Unit hu seemed to welcome rather than to dicad Ihe piesenl cilMii, HUERTAWELCOMES 10 DAYS BATTLE WITH FEDERALS San Pedro Victory Greatest Since the War Began Velasco and Other Generals Defeated Decisively, Leaving 3500 Killed or Wounded. Carranza Undisturbed by Tampico Situation Affair Solely Between United States and Huerta. CIIIIIt'AllL'A CITY, Mux., April 1.). Itoport that ncncr.il Villa's rebels hud won an overwhelming vic tory over the federals nt San Pedro were formnlly confirmed by General Carranza today. "You may say in regnrd to the San Pedro victory'," he told the cor respondents, "thut it was one of the ureatest for the eunse of the Mex ican icoplc since the revolutionary era began in 11)10. Most Complete Victory "It wns a complete victory. Gen eral Villa telegraphs mo that the remnant of tho federal nrmy with which he battled for ten days Is panie-strieken and fleeing, having left :.')00 killed, wounded and pris oner." Carrnuzn telegraphed to Villa, congratulating him warmly. The force overcome by the rebels included tho troops under Generals Velasco, De Moure ami Maas. At the time Vol.i-eo evacuated Torreon, De Monro nnd Mints were marching to his relief. Vclnsco did not wait for them, but met them n lie re treated, took over the command and gave freh hnttlo to General Villa. This time, the rebels nerted, Vc laseo's nrmy was shattered beyond hope of reorganization. The federals set fire to San Pedro before leav ing it. .Mexicans Unconcerned General Carranza did not diseu-s tho Tampico situation, hut said hu might issue n statement later, llo seemed not ut all disturbed by tho news tlmt the United States Atlantic fleet had been ordered to Mexican waters ami rebel officers said pri vnlely that they considered the Turn pico nffair one solely between the Washington government nml Presi dent Huerta. They didn't think the Mexican people were in the least concerned in it. Thin attitude was in marked con trast with that of 10TJ, when the rebel leaden, declared American in tervention would unite all Mexican factious iu resistance of a common enemy. NEW YORKERSISEEK SALI DEPOSIT LAKES SALBM, Orei, April 13. Gover nor West announced today that Jason C. Moore, trusteo for a number of Now York men, has offered tho stato $1,000,000 at thu rate of SCO.000 n year, for Abor.t and Summer lakes, which contain enormous Suit do pdslts. C. M. Sain and associates now havo a looso with tho stato cov ering theso lakes, but It Is said they havo beon unable to finance tho pro ject,. Tho stato land board will consider Moorea offer, APPLE BOX BILL TO BE RESURRECTED WASHINGTON, April 13. -Uarn-lug tlmt tho committee on coluugo. weights uuil measures hud tabled tho applobox bill, Iteprvseiitutlves I law ley nud lluker have soon ludlvlduul members of thu lommltteo who Imvu an reed lo Uko up tho bill aud re port It nut, TEN PER CENT All Employes' Wages Reduced Durlnq Coming Year by Board of Educa tionSaving of $450 a Month, or $4050 a Year Thereby Effected. Selection of Teachers for Coming Year Made Collins Re-elected Su perintendent. Reductions of 10 per cent in thu salary of every toucher in the Med ford public schools, nnd reaching even unto the janitors, vvns ordered hy the school hoard nt the regular meeting Tuesday evening. The cut will be effective nt the beginning of the next school year, nnd means .1-I.'U a month, or I0o0 n yeur less in sal aries. The economy effects every teacher from the superintendent to the primary grades. This Hliey nlso nffected the purchase of supplies for the year, the buying being deferred to a later date. The establishment of a junior high school, to embrace the seventh and eighth grndes, with n new course of studies nnd to be maintained iu' the AYashington ftchool, was left in tho hands of a committee composed of Superintendent of Schools U. S. Col lins, Principal Iiovvmnn, J. II. Coch ran nnd Mr. Ilnttie M. Gore of tho school board. This would increase the efficiency of tho schools nnd of fer new inducements to pupil from tho country. The selection of teachers for 1014 1.1 was made ns follews: V. S. Collins, C. H. llowmnn, P. II. Daily. A. J. Hanby, L. S. Heveridge, Mrs. I. W. Gnlligar, Mabel SIcars, Herlhu II. Welsh, Orn Cox, Ainhro siue Murphy, Marian I. White, Knte Stine, J. Jr. Gresslv, C. Harlow Pratt, Ituih Merrick, I.ucile Marshall, Eunice Munson, Florence Carpenter, Jennie M. Snedieor, C. W. Frost, Sara Van Meter, Mary K. Moore, Amy Harding, Kathryu Dunham, Kmily Devore, Anna Purueker, Myrtle L. Clnyville, Illaneho Neff Canode, Grace Pierce, Fannie Haskins, Mao K. Mor doff, Julia Fielder, Ruth Coryell, Elizabeth Ferguson, Viola Pheister, Mabel Myers, Carrie Jacks, Anna Jeffry, Maud 51. Philbrook, Josio Hiley, Oenevievo Wortmnu. Janitors Lewis Mischlcr, W. C. Wilson, George Hishoo. O. M. Wolga mott, W. II. Mullock. TO TAKE FIELD AT MOMENT'S NOTICE WASHINGTON, April lo. Secre tary of War Garrison wns authority for tho htutcmcut that tho troops were all ready tu take the field on a minute's notice. News that the federal gunboats Zaragoza aud Progress had left Tampico caused considerable com ment, biuco it was tho general opin ion that this would leave the town very easy to capture, nud many were heard wondering what Admiral Uud ger would do if he should ftriivo off the city and find the rebels iu con trol. INTERSTATE BRIDGE BOND ISSUE LEGAL OU'MPIA, Wash., April 13.t Tho stuto supreme court today held that tho 150,000 baud Issue by Clarke county for tho partial cost of lh In-ter-stutu brldgu over tho t'oluwhU river between Portland and Vh convor was legal and ordered dis missed thu suit ot H. M, KittuU Ut restrain the ubhc f tk torn. s READY