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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.