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aJTiSuj "3V, Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'n I r tonight mill Hnturditjr Mnv. .'Hi Mln. Hit. 1 rlv fmirlli V ir Hulls' Ninth Uur MEDFORD. OltKUOX, JWIDAY, AVHlh 17, 19H. NO. 23 ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ASSASSINATE MAYOR MITCHELL OF NEW YORK 1 CITY ATTORNEY HII BY BULLET E Wcak-Mlntled Old Man Shouts nt Mllrhcl as Ho Is Lcavlna City Hall, Out Coipuratlnn Cuunsel Polk Is Wuunilnl In Chin. Assailant Glvrs Name of Davitl Salo-slirln-ls Evident Victim ol Hallu cinations Wrnk and Emaciated. NIV VOIIIC, April I". Mnor Jiilni I'urrii)' Mltnlinl of Now York narrowly intrapcd umtuMlnutluii lii'n I Ul nltorMoon nt tho tmiiU of Jtxitph Mulonrholn. n disappointed offlrc umlntr. Tin' bulbil Intended for tho iiiHor llrat struck (tin arm of II Diinnin. ptiMntrli), glanced up nnd entered tint rhln nt Corporation ('iiiiimul I'nitik I'olk. Tlio Injury wits not mirlon Tlio attempted assassination oc curred nt I SO o'rlork In City Hall miiutro. UiiuilritilH of Hronii wit iiomimI tlio iittiu'k. Tho nssnllant was arretted by Major Mltrhol him nulf nml rushed to tho rlty hall police mm Ion in t mayor's automobile. Tlio shot IntuitiM (or t tin head of tint city administration was fired liy nn otil limn, who nt firm refuted to Kho til nniiio lull Inter sapi It was Jimcpli-flnlosohelii. Ho roulil t;tvc no coherent mason (or tlio nttnck It it t Intimated It wan enitmd becniisa Iih objected to MIIcIioI'h trcntmcul of the uitcmployisl. City hull nuncio milil H.ilosehidti hasl cullml sotoral times to sco tlio itmyor but wit not admitted lxirniu" of his queer nrtloiiK. Tlio prisoner wilil ho vum filly yimrii of ngo. lie wns very shabbily drosscd nml wore ii rolliilolil rollnr. Sulownoln nlso mill lio was disappointed In not getting n rlty iippolutuiiiiit. NltW YOIMC, April 17. The ol.l IIMIII "III) ultclliplcd (O IIHSIISsilllttO Mu.vor Mitchel line lies ufteiuooii ttuvit the inline of David Saln-beiti. ,h the iiiitouioliile cnri vinn the mayor nml t'orporutiou Counsel l'olk upptonehcd, II. Diineiiii passed di icetly in final of the nniluul. The Imllei struck Duncan's mm, glnnocd up nml struck I'oII.h ehin. Tint shot wiiM lit i'il li the old iniiii iih Hie mayor was leaving the city hull. The hitlh't missed Mitehel, hul struck Corporation Counsel l'olk Milohel himself ciiughl hi iiHsnilnnt jumping finiu Hie iiiuehiue nml over nowciing the "Id iniiii hel'oie he could In e unotlier shot, The hulli't hliiirl; folk in ihe ehiu, sinking u hotii) mill pausing out, .Mllthcl Self-Possessed Mu.vor Mitehel tool; his nssuilnnl lo the I'ily hull police Htution. The old iiiiiii wiih lukeu into nil inner loom. I'olk was curried lo unothei' I'ooui nml his wound dressed. The crowd wiih excluded from llic Mil lion. An ouortnoiis croud wiiH in the elt.v hull squiiic nl lint lime. At firxt it wiih llimiulit the Imllei Imd siruek Milehel nml IiiiiiiIii'iIh of pci-on-. iiihIiimI to hU Hide, lie sccnicd enliu (Contlnncil nn l'ntto 3) T RISE AND FALL NI-JW YOHIC, April ".- 1'iiei'M went ruined nil uioiiml ill Ihe opeuiiiK nl' llie hloek nun lid lodny iih the ro hull ol' ui'livo lilildiiitr. The only iiu poilnnl hlucl, I'liiliiiu; lo khnw nn in lliul ijiiin win IteudiiiK. Ailuiueurt ol liom I In '1 poiuU vm'Io iiiuiln li.V ('mi mliiill I'ncilic, We.liiinlioii.c, Soiilli I'lii I'ueilie. t'lnll (')'l'. Aliii'lii'illl Tohiii'i'O nml (nil. I.iiIit tt in I' iipeiuox roiicculnilcd I hin- nl nil. on l.ilnyli Nnlli'v mul moil Jinil nil iilliii' ohiilit luirllu J,iliili iilhy iliojipid .' o I 'Jill iuiill.ll On ill tUiil lliul lllT m DA1AY0R MARKE PRICES SHOT AT BY FEEBLE AND W IssiHIHe' e John P. .Mitchell, Mn)or TEN CREMATED TENEMENT BLAZE NEW YORK CITY! Ni:V YOUK, Apnl 17. Ten per Hum, u their liven nml one wmiimi wiih no luiilly injiircil Hint nlie died in n few hour-, nml four other re- ceived poilil,v fntul liurtM in n fire which ilrwtniynl n Hixftory rouiuiu hoiiRit here enrly loilny. Of llic ileuil, hIx were burned he oml leeoKtiiliou. The other were: IMuunl Wiillnee, -111, nml hU wife; Mrn. Nellie Speneer. 'JS, nml Muriel DnviN, ncd I. The injured weie nulled to llui 1'olyeliuie hoxpilnl, where Ml, (leorytt l)i died ill the forenoon. The Iniildinic eoutniueil fully roiuuH, inoilly occupied hy llicnlncnl people nml clonk model". How the file Hlnrled wiih not known, A pu ilii; polieemuii hiiw ninokc coininj; from u hiiHciniiut window nml une (lie nluim. The f lumen npiciid so fiint (hut by the time the lircincn fir med they were heyoml eoutiol. There viik n fright t'ul pnuie nmonc llioe in the Iioiim', men xliikinj;, Hcruteliliii; nml Iciuin nt one nn olher'n liuir in Iho effort for fii.t ehntiee nt Ihe fire CMnpc, with which Ihe buildiii); wiih iuudeiuutely piovided. Tlino who perixhed were Implied in Iheir momx nml bullied or .ul'fo- euteil. The injured weiu bull in jumping'. KAY 10 CALL FOR SALKM, Ore., April 17. Sltito TroiiHttrar Kay Ik iirupnrliiK todny to Ihsuo n cull Motiduy (or nil outstnnd ItiK wurranta eiHloincd prior to Jan uary 1. 101 1. 'Phono warrants amount to nbout Hr.,000, ThU will leave $0.75,000 of warruutH ntlll outHtiuulliiK mid il raw Inn Interest nt tho rale of hU per rent, i rtrsr:-- SALUTE ENDS TAMPICO INCIDENT WASHINGTON', Apiil 17.- The Tmnpteo incident will bo disposed of us soon us I'tesidunt Hitcttu hits the Amciicnn tin;,' siilutcd, hut llic pos slliilily of Ironlile in Me.icn I'ily will not, it wus hciiiK icimiilicd, today lit udmliiiMiulioii circles licic. In fuel, tiiaiiy inclined lo lhinl Hint ptolinlilllly wiih it heller wonl lo use Hum posslliilily, The lioulilc wiih lofdicd for, nt Hit bile), when (li'iii'iul Villa ii'iii'licN Iho cupilnl. MiIiIiii.v men liftiiicd ln t thin wmihl liu done in tihoiit Ihh ucltN. If n nillWil l iiniillcndcil hy dnliuci' In fiiiclKU lit ' mul pioiiiily liny dr tin It'll (I would, hti iiiillnliitfi EAK-MINDEO OLD CRANK of 'renter New Vwk I, FLOOD'S SUSPICION WASIIINdTON'. April 17 -"While I have tin ufflrlnl ndvlrcn to utrennth en tny liellof." ald C'hnlriunn Plooil of tlio Iioiiho forelmi ntfnlra commit tco today, coniuiontlnK on tlio I'nltod I'renj' Mexico City despatch to tlio effert Hint President llucrta want hoitllltlpii between Mexico nml the United Htnten, "1 hno nimiH'ctcil (or noiuu tltuo that lluertn wantH wnr with thin country. Ho iuIkIH bo (ilannlnK to prevent tho unluto n! Tninplco niter our vemieU nrrlvo, nl tliouuli I have no Inlnrmntlon (rum Mexico or from tho WnidiliiKton ad lulnUtratlou to mnko mo bellvvo In plan hiicIi a course '' bUGENE GUN CLUB WINS STAIE PRIZE l'OUTLAXI). Or., April 17. Willi mi uverujje of U7.!l out of u possible I'J.'i, the Kuceiio Hun club team is the winner lodny of Ihe Mlwr trophy of the IttterMute (Inn club totirun- tiieut which closed Inst Sunday. Scores mudo by tho other tenuis were: Joseph, 117; (Irnnls Push, 1KU; Donald, ll.VJ; Sulem, Ul.'J; llcnd, 10ll.:i; Corvnllis, 10.VJ; Con don, 10.'. At lust Sunday's shoot (Irmits I'ass made the highest team score with a total of l'JI nut of n possible 1-.). Pioneer Saloonlst Dead IIAKKIf, Or., April 17. William Wnudersee, wealthy huloonmnn, in jured by nu nutomohile Wodnc-Mlny nij;lit, ix dcud todny. He wiih 57 years old, unmarried nml hud lived in linker thirty yer.rv Weather Forecast Oregon Fnir tonight mid Sntttr duy, e.Neept showers northwest por tion; warmer loiiinlil cast portion; soulli to westerly winds. With this in view, it was snid tho fleet now on its wuy lo Meicnii wa ters would not be withdrawn, but would leinniii conveniently off the const in reudiuesr, to deal with miy emergency. More limn this, Iho mi iiomiccmcnl was mudo Hint Hut hitltlo ships Ithodn Island, Viruiulu mid (Icoiuln, iiuw in Hie Ciiiulcslown navy. vui d, would sail shortly to join Iho tcs of Hio llccl, One Ihlnn was iiiiido clear hy tho iiiliniuUlialiou'H spokcsnli'ii - thoio mil ho tut fuilhor hosllnlioit or ur mtiiieut ell her Willi IVdcinU or it'll i'li any niIiiiiIikii which nilsi'-. will ho liniiilli'il iioiiiily, liiiuly mul If litrt'ikiiiy I'uuihl), HUtKA WAN WA WITH AMERICA 1 WAN AMERICAN WAR TO SAVE SELF Dictator Believes Attack 'jy Ameri cans Would Solidify Mexican Peo ple In Support of His Otherwise Doomed Government. Serious New Complications Arise in Connection With Tamplco Incident Due to Hucrta's Haggling. MUX ICO CITY, April 17 - Pre;, dent llucrta wants tlio United Stntm to tlrclaru war nttalnst Mexico. This was his object t.'iruiiKbout the negotiation)! concerning the Tamplco Incident. He tins been In nhuoit con stant conference with Ms cabinet mid with cotiKrcts. It beenmo known today that lie wishes wnr between tlio United States nml Mexico because he be lieves It would solidify the Mexican lcople In support of his otherwise doomed government. WASHINGTON, April 17 That kcrloiiH nnw complications had nrlsen In connection with the Tamplco lucl dent became evident this afternoon. They went due to President Httorta's hftKKlhig over the form of tne United States' iickuowledKumeut of the Mexi cans' salute to the American flag. Tho Stories Current Two stories wero enrrent. One wna that Huerta Insisted that tho American salute bo fired or at least that alternate shots be fired from tlio Mexican and American Ktins. Another was that ho demanded nlno that tho federal rommnnder nt Tamplco bo received with a marine Kiiard and the regular flourishes due to liU rank, on board tlio American warship designated to reply to his volute. It was stated that Secretary Ilryan had telegraphed to Charge d'Affalrcs O'Shnuithuessy Hint tho United States would Insist on tho firing of the sulute In conformity with strict naval custom, with the American acknowl edgement following after tho last Mexican gun had boon discharged. Still Hoik' for Penco Tho cabinet session tocjay was longer than usual, and while It was In progress, several messages wero received at the state department and rushed at 'once to llrjnn. Their con tents, howover, was not divulged. Presidential Prlvoto Secretary Tumulty said he could Issue no state ment further thnn to say that t administration bttll IioikhI tho salute would bo tired In tho form doniaudrt1 by tho United States. "Things nro encouraging." said Secretary of State Ilryan later, "but unfinished." A further exchnngo of dispatches between President Wilson and Huerta would bo necessary, before tho flag saluting ceremonies cau bo gone through with. At tho nnvy dopartmont It wns nld thu situation Btlll presented n difficult problem for tho United States government, but departmental officials did not think It likely war ships would bo used yet. Peace In Sight Uesldos tho cabinet meeting Sec rotary Ilryan bad n personal confor onco with President Wilson. Tho secretary had received from Moxlco City Charge d'Affalrcs O'Shitugh- uessy'a reply to tho stato depart moat's despatch yesterday accepting Huorln's proposition for uu exchnngo of suluates, and tho latest communl cation doomed to hnvo Injected somo now feiitmo Into tho situation. Presidential Private Secretary Tu multy was uuthority (ur tho state ment, howover, that this fcuturo wni not vllul. "Iluerln wants cerluln do (alls carried mil In connection with Iho salutes,' ho epluliiml, "mid Iho ndmlliUlritllou U coinlderlug whoth or In muko Iho ileKlri'd coiialoiu, Hvoiils are wiiiIUiik Ihuinsulws out hIiiwI)' hul siiioullily Tlioiu has been nu serious Illicit lo Inlerfeio with Ihu pUu fur disponing or llm Taniplio in tliloHl pcycvfully Mini hunyinbly," CONNECTICUT MURDERESS WHO IS GRANTED NEW TRIAL AFTER iiBv.nl ' I 9' Z. BsskCI'i9A ssiiK.' " il':l-".E V ojcmt to i-err . cciu pttu wAittfttt-o ,wna.v fvtw mcs ecjjiti j. wakeficld WFATHKItSKOIH), Coin.. Apnl 17. Mr. lks-ie Wakefield, convicted of the murder of her Imshnnd mul soiiltiici'd to death, was not notified until todnv of the action of the state supreme court lust night in grunt iiiK'her a new trial. "Thank Clod'" she sobbed. "I feel certain that the next trial will re-ult in ray acquittal." BULL MOOSER ; DESIRES BANDIT SALUTE WASHINGTON, April 17 "If we return the Me.icnn -nliilo," declared Congremnu .M unlock of Khiimis, the tirogros'ivi1 hou leader, "we might jut n well shoot off a few guns in memory of llohiti Hood, ,le?e Jarne-, Kaiitili or any other bandit." "I don't believe President Wilson and Secretary of Stale Ilryan had given the proposition careful thought when they said Ihey would be follow ing inteniutionnl unge if they re turned Hticrlu's salute," said Con-grex-mnu Cooper. '"International1 means between nation-. In this eae there is only one nation involved the United States." "The whole thing is simple enough," snid Congres-nmn Huiney. "In saluting the Mexican flag we would not bo recognizing llucrta. We would he recognizing only Hint there is a republic of eico. with a flag Hint las been used for-ninny years. We would moiety be suhiling Hint flag." Cranes Worry Farmers LA OIIANOK, Or., April 17. Sandhill crimes are becoming a pet to fanners of Grande ltoiule vnlle Although protected by Iho federal game laws, the bird-, nro devastating aero after acre of wheat fields in this valley. TOItHKON, Me.v., April 17. Seven hundred federals were dead at He,u avides station today mid tho po.-ttidu was in tho rebels' hands, but the main federal body hud escaped again. Iho tederal toree included the army divisious of the north, of Nazas and of the llio llravo, It numbered be tween (11)00 mid 7001) men, with eigh teen generals in command. Over taken by tho rebels nt the end of Iho pursuit which followed San l'odrq'a fall, tho federals made a klnud at llenuvides. There was a six hours' engagement Into Wednesday mid when darkness fell, though tho fciloruU mill held Iheir position, it was evidently only it question of ime whop Ihey must ho otloiminiiU'il tiulooM they ociipcil ur ui rendu) cd. Ai'oiudluu'.v lent tug H'lll) men In kl'l'll 11)1 II nllOW llf M'llllli'l', (ll'IICIlU Nt'hiuru, Iho iniiUiig h'doinl uflleor, siiiTi'Viltil ill viuvuiilliijt ihe tumi mill RAVES FEDERALS ESCAPEW THHEAVY LOSS iO'ShMHNESSY ' INSPIRATION FOR HUERTA'S REPLY WASHINGTON, I). C. April 17. It seems likely that Charge d'Affuires O'Shaughnes-y, the American diplo matic repre-entative in Mexico, will come in for some interrogation in connection with the settlement of the Tnmpieo incident. Senators ami members of the lower houo alike were n-Uing: "Did Iluerln propose an American response to hi- salute of the Stars nml Stripes or did 0'Shaughne-y Suggest it to him J" There wns no question that con siderable foreues exUted over Ibis arrangement. If the idea was Uu ertaV own, the indications seemed to be, however, that it would be accept ed" without much further argument. If, on the ' other hand, it w-a- O'Sliiiiighne .y's, the prospect was that he wns due for somo severe criticiMii. The nnvy regulations, it was point ed out, forbid u 'Salute of honor to any nation or to any official of any nation not fonunlly recognized by the government of the L'nited Stute-,." Snppoiters of the udininUtratiou said, however, that in aluliinr the Mexican colors in i espouse to the Mexican-' salute of the American flag, the United States will not be saluting Iluerln, but lite entire Mex ican people. The president and the eabmt di ctt-scd the Munition nt a meeting thi- forenoon. getting safely away under cover of darkness. The muueuver nmotinted, however, to the sacrifice of the 11)00 men left behind. Instead of surrendering, they put up a desperate light until seven-tenths of their number hud been killed. The other IIOO were lit erally overwhelmed hy force of num bers mid captured, nearly all of them wounded. AecordiiiL' to the prisoners. Gen eral Joaquin Muas and General Km ilio Cumpu were killed in Wedtios. day's fig hi. General Velasco, who wns previously wounded nt Gomez I'alucio, wns said to have sitffeied a probably iiioitul hurt at Menus ides. (Ii'iicial lliiliilgo wiih mIihI Ihningh mill mIiiiiiIi uu. hul wiu slill a bin In Mil lu liore, and (le'ieral AitfUiui'do wu hit in Iho log. (hnenil illii, fiiiiutu at Iho iiimu bi)i' t'nipi) uiih ivpoiloil in hot piiisuii of lie I'U'i'inu fvdenils, RECEIVING DEATH SENTENCE CALLS FLAG, RAG, GIRL TO SALUTE I pnnTr.vvn n Ani-n i? With mighty battleships plowing through foaming seas toward Tam plco and with Nelson O'Shaughnessy holding down tho lid In Mexico Cltf, Portland had a Mexican situation all Its own today. It was a replica In mlnlaturo of tho big Mexican situation and a su lute to tho flag was tho outstanding feature. A girl employed In tho National Laundry remarked to a girl opera tive that the Mexicans would bo tools to saluto a "rag" liko tho American flag-. Girls and women left mangle and Iron and tho Mexican sympathizer was given to understand thcro would bo war unless sho retracted her words and (saluted the flag. Sho re fused for a 1 1 mo and excitement ran high, but liko Mexico sho finally tem porized and tho aalutc was forthcom ing. WEST IN FIELD FOR TAXPAYERS SALEM. Oro., April 17. That ho will take personal charge of a cam paign for Initiating constitutional amendments and measures lntcndod to bring relief to tho taxpayers after the primary election May 15 was tho announcement of Qovomor West to day. These, measures will provldo for the abolishment or consolidation of various offices and boards and com missions which ho believes oro uso lots or extravagant under existing conditions. WIFE GUTS MATE'S THROAT BPOICANE. Wash,, April 17. AN (or slushing tho throat of her aged httsbuiid, suvorliiK his JUKuUr voJn, Mrs, Currlo Hhuppttrd Attempted ta tuko hor own llfo In a llku wkHNer In lliolr llltle huwu nt JlHIysrd, n Hpokttiio suburb, early t(t4f, Hkup panl died sliorlly utinrw, nflw lulllUK of his wife's m4. Mr, pmd prol'tly will Mv. Iim U iiiueli yountf iMh bur ImMmwhI, WOMEN mm.