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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Ii I r lonlulii; Tlnirwlnjr shower Mux, fill; Mln. !W, ! I urly fourth War Idtllv Ninth Y r VERA PANORAMIC MAD MfQ I AMIlPn AHAAIP PfTANTI-AMERICAN :CONGRESSGTWMlRWf IFIFTV SLAIN IN InVllLU LniiULU ni inim uu dimc DrtnDTcn SQUADRON SHELLS VERA CRUZ AND BLUEJACKETS TAKE CM; Combined Fleet Bcmbards Seaport, Knorklnn From House Tops Mexi can Sharpshooters-Only Unlit G uns Used-Marines Forco Their Way Tlirouiiti City to Find Mrxlcan Officials Have Fled, Leaving 150 Dead and Wotiiuled Cliasc Over House Tops Follows Refugees From Mexlrn Cily Arrive Olhrrs Hot Heard From Troops at Tamplco. Ity Horuurd Ituckor . VKItA CUV'A. Mexico, April 2J AilinlriiU llmlRor and Hotelier' com bined limit IihIIwI Vera Crux half nil hour today, Knocking down tlio Iionihm from which Mexican MlinrptiootorH wero picking off United StotoH marine. Only tlm lighter gun woro used, a (nil bombardment being un iiocimnry. Tlw nIiIiw opened flro nt S . in. after Ailmlrnl Hotelier had K!iil uu iilllinntiim to tit" inioiir ami other officials who remained In tlm city. itiiiiMiiitliic n umirttiiti'o Hint tlm shooting of murium hIioiiIi! cense nml hualim bi rmminml In llm ill). While i reply M belli awaited tlm marines merely held n vminll soc (Inn about Hid custom homm nml consulate, loturnliiK tli tiro from tlm mot nml tn'lx. Mnt'lilno Hium woiu uroil nml mixornl jtilolm liullilliiKa wiiro iloinolliliuil. At lnt tlm Hi'ol oiiiiiiinl on tlio town wlmn Hi nttni'k on tlio thro forct-s Ki'iinitMl lll.ol to iMintlnim liulorinllel). 'I'lin t'lnmtor nml tin I'nilrlo'H (txo Inch mum ilhl tlm work. Tim niiviil nciiili'iny nml tlm iiiihuiiiI worn ilomollHliml with rollil hot. A nlmck oc kiimIikI In inoimy rliniiKoni mih nruvlmil nml liurimil. .Miniy Hinnllur linllil- A n m worn immtlmil Into IiIIm or lmill iliitiuiKcil. Uiultir coxir of thin liomlmrilnitiiit IIUOO imirlncH woro forclnt; tholr way thrmiKli tlm town, KrohiK up u coiiNlnnt rlflo ami mimhlno khm (Iro. ItuHlHtamo wiu otfumil mainly by an iiiiorKiilil rnbblo of poonn. TlicVo ran tuiior-Htrlcknn Imdirn tlm Anmrlrnmi. I'ow MuxIcuiih of tlu Imttor cIikh woro mit'ti. Tlm) hail cither find or taint cloudy liultlo tholr llOIIHCH, WIkiii tlm city hall win ilzoil It hccauio cvlilcut that mottt of tlio mnnlclial offlnlaht liml (Iml. loo, not ovim Itmvlni? oiioiikIi to keep nnlor, which wan imrhnpH roHioiiHlhlo for tlm ImlUciiMit atliiclt on the blue Jackets nml mnrlncH. Mcxluin OKiilak OfM'it I'ouc! ami l'lo Tlm AnmrlraiiH mmml In pcrfcit onlor until onlcrod to liionlt Into HiliiailH and noaich tlm Iioiihch for "nnlpur." A chani over tlm lmiiHotoi followml. I'ow of tlm MuxIciuib lopicil to hIiow flKht. Tlmy Bluiply throw ilnwti thulr wcnpoiiH ami inn iih fiiHt, a tlu'V coiilil. At tlm im.il acailuiuy, aftorwanl wicckml by tlm boinlinnlnionl, fonm ichUIiiuco wiih offorcd, howovor, a ollcy flioil from tlm kiicoml stor) wlmlowB, woitmlluK two marlucH, Will In Hm flKhtliiK wiih In proKmfH tlm mayor xlaltoil CoiihuI Canada iimlur a fhiK of truco. NuIIiIiik whb nccompllhcd, howoxor, by IiIh parlo) with tlm Ammlciiii uipiniiiitatlvo. Tlm Amoi Iruiitt wont on with their work Nou-couihatant foiolmmtH had n nafo placo in tlm inllroad Mtntlou ihroiiKhout ilio flKhtliiK. I'ow Bhowml alarm and mini) bIiuhkIciI for fiu oiablo plaioB to him) tlm biittlo In piomcmi oiiUliln. Aini'i Itin Tioop, Klop I'ol.SlioiitliiK "Wo don't want to hurt pomcahlo iIiIiouh," Maid Captain KiihIi whllo Ilio hunt for "tnlii'r" wiih In pioKrcHH. "Hut wo am luiiniil to Btop tlio liol-HlmolliiK of our umii. Wo piopoim to minniiiul tlm clt) no that the HOflich limy ho thoioiiHh ami owionuo foiiml with III oar ma In hlx poi hummIoii will ho aiioBlnil." Mimic Itobiiito Din, rouiplalimd Unit II would ho Impomilbhi to run tlm clly uovuiiiiiitiiil with .Moxluaii iifflnlcalu iimlor tlm diiiulmitlou ol Auimli'iiu niiiilm, but ualuiall) hU iiiHinimntM wmo nmmillluK, I'nlii-d MlulKN CiiiihiiI t'aiiinlii t'Mlimilt'il Unit timlurdio'H MuxUnn iiimiiil Urn wen- fioiii Kill In I ii Ml wit" intiUf or tlm lower nmlu K wiih liurimd ili'tiiuiih ld Hi" I in mini .Mmm Urn inilllur) kov tiimi liml IK I wiih III fumii) CRUZ VIEW Of THE STURDY" FIGHTERS" OF" TIE ATLANTIC FLEET MWI)K01iI). TAKEN AFTER BOMBARDMENT MEXICAN CRISIS TODAY The i (solution iimreini: l'ritdilent WiIbihi' .Mcxicnn coiiio wan mlopti'il li Imtli Imufcs ami Mtynril li the preoiilcnt. After n liouilmidiiii'iil liy Hie fleet nml it hliott flKht lictweeii lite murine nml the HiiulHee the I'mteil Stnte. force- neeiitttt control of Veni Cm. Amen.'nii mniiuen ImihIciI n Tumpieo. Ailminil Hmljicr'N miumlrou wan oil Vern t'rur. Two tiainluaiU of refn jjeen from .Mexico City reach ed Veni Ciur, Inn then' were fears for ecial other train InaiN on the road, eouceruiu which there was no new. I'nscrifii'il icpoiU of mas kiicio of AtueiicaiiH in Mex ico weie em lent, including the iia'iniilinu of Chaise d'Affaites 0'Slmii:lmetiy. AT CAI.n.NICO, Cal., April 22 Mex Iran regular at Mexlcall, opposlto Caluxlco, worked feverishly through out tlm iiIkIu (blowing up earth workn within a few feet of tlm Inter national border. It Ih uMlnmted that tlmro nro throo hundred well armed troop In tlio .Mexican narrlaon. Tin eo hundied clllsona of Cnloxlco offered their senlieH today to tlio connnandor of Troop 1), l"irt Cava I ry, which arrived hero yclerdny, AMERICAN ADMIRALS IN COMMAND FLEET IN MEXICAN WATER kf.A APMIKAL C. .), COMMAHBlMMH'CiiaF OFTHt OIMWON, WKDNKSDAV, CITY OF MEXICO Assassination of Charge d'Affaires O'Sliaurjhncssy Rumored, But Un confirmedNot Heard From Since Monday Pi operly Said to Be De stroyed Arms Seized. (5AI.Vi:ST()N', Tev., April 'J.-A radio umiKC from Dr. (leorve Tu- lior, American pnlilio licnltli officer at t'ucito, Me., today r-aid auti Amerieuu imti. lime hroken nut there with lcl ruction of Ameiicau ami lit it ir-1i property. Tnhor was on Imatd the Mcnm-lnp Dnkolau. WASIIINOTOX. April .. Seeie tary of State llrvau adiuitted tin iifteruoon that he had iccchcd no word from Ameiicau Charge d'Af fninv O'SlimiRlinc-v nt Mexico Citj since Momla.x. It had hecn -Inii'il iiciiu-l Unit 0'Sluni;liim had reported ,eter tiny. A-keit llntlx what (VSIuuif:lincsv had reported, llrwm admitted that the lat word wa a Mipplcincnt to a inc-Mio lhat (leucial lluertu had hiokcu off uci:oliiiliou. UAl.VITOX. Tev., April '2'2M tempU licie today liy eommeicial Imu-cs to centum rumor- that Ameiicau I'Iiuvki' d'.lfanc O'Sliaiiclin0r-.v had hecn assn-.:nat- ed in Mexico Cilv were futile. Amouj; oilier iiucoufiiincd tumor was one that Consul Cleocin! Shaukliu had been shot, VKItA CRl'X. Aiuil 'J2. Anu'iiean iCoatTiuicci on t'at;o ii) UMDIItW. rtMOKKUCC ftAPUCR. , ,, AJLANTIC fUHT AIMMI, 22, 1011. STEAMING OUT OF. ;IFULL APPROVAL - TO WAR MOVE ' Bloodshed Still Senile's Debate Over Trifles House Adopts Resolution as Amended Without Debate Mann Frotests in Partisan Spirit and Vainly Objects. WASIIINOTOX, April 22. Speak or Clark at 12:30 o'clock today, dpuod tho resolution npproiug I'rotddont WlUan' course In Mexico, l'roHldeiit Pro Tern of tho Senate Clark slmied It at 12.30. It was Kent at once to tlm whito IiIiibo, The houo adopted tlm reiolutlon by a lva voce vote. No rollcall was akod. Thero were n lew feoblo "noen"' but n roar o( "ayes" drowned them out. There was practically no debate. It would bo rhlldl'h, Con gros'iunn Flood, chairman of the forolKu affairs committee, said to quibble over the measure's wording. "In tho bitterness of debate," ho added, "tho president ha been a talled and his motives Impugned, but when tho air clear these crltlcUim will be recalled only to tho detriment of lhoio who uttered thorn." ltesponslblllty (or bloodshed, dared Congressman Maun, tho publican minority leader, rested the democrat. It wa a war, de-re-on al read) Marled, ho afsertedl which could bring "neither honor nor glory to tho country or tho (lag." Ho ob jected also, though vainly, to tho Immediate signing of the resolution by the speaker. Tho hoii'e took a recess until noon. ii I. 1'otts of Talent Is a visitor In i tho city this morning. S AT SANTA CRUZ AND TAMPIC0 RCAP APMIIiAL f. C t UKTCHBR. COMMANDINO WAK3HIP3 ' MMlCAH WATCK9 HAMPTON ROADS FOR MEXICAN ITERS OF VERA CRUZ None of Larger Guns Used Sharp shooters Dislodged and Forced to Retreat Mexican Officers Flee Four Americans Killed, 150 Mexi cans Dead City in Control. (Iy W. J. Iimont) VUUA CltL'Z, April 22. Today's bombardment of Vera Cruz was a heavy one for a time, though nano o( tho biggest guns were used. Many house were wrecked. While It was In pi;ro3 tlm American were advancing briskly through tho streets, clearing tho way boforo them with their machine guns and a niart rifle fire. Tho hurp shootors and peons wtio wero ro- slxtlug them wore dUlodgcd rapidly and beat a hasty retreat. Half Hour Struggle Tho city hall was caput rod In ohort order ami guards woro fctu Honed In tho federal barrack and the principal parks. Tho city was complotoly In tho Americans' baud at S:30. The bombardment began at S. Dawn broko with the American In control of the waterfront and all tho treet8 In the consulate's vicin ity. Captain Hush and Lieutenant Colonel Novlllo, who woro In com mand, did not think It wle to ad vance farther Into tno c:ty last night. Thoy could haxo takon tho clt) hall and tho main plaza but sov eral hundred American women and children wero in tho Hotel DUenclas, which trgnts on tho plaza, and It was feared tho Mexicans might raid tho hotel and set It on tire. To Selo Ciistnuio House Tho main purpobo of xesierday landing was to gain control of tho cutom house and wharves but It was (Continued on rags G) 10 WASIIINOTOX. Apul --. In iieeial iucuge to 1-nugic I In n ft -MIIIIMlll lllllilil WiIkoii asked for Mil iiiiinpiiiiimu of VIIMhHI " IniiiK AinuiieHii from Mexico. The nejiiile uiljouiiieil u n uk lu me MKe vwi" luilwil, It' nieuiliel lliluu 1 1 i out a- i -nil - l l' llllll II llllk MOSTEFFECTtVE NO. 27 LOW BATTLE m STRIKERS "Slaughter of Innocents" is Designa tion of Colorado Mine Guard and Strikers' Fight Bulk of Slain Are Women and Children Five More Guards Killed This Morning. DKXVKII, Colo., April '22, It wns announced nt the governor' here nt noon today that striking1 coal miners hud killed five mine giitud nt the plant or the Victor Amerieuu Fuel eoinpnuy at Delagua, Colo., early thw moniin;,'. TIMXIDAI), Colo., April 2J. Tlm dead in the Ludlow district today ns n result of Monday's clash between trikin; coal miners and militiamen twin believed to Total fifty. A thor ough investigation of tho situation wiis in progro-s this nfleiuoou. Slaughter of luiKxeuts Tibor leader hero nlrcndy have luimcd the affair "tlm slaughter of tho innocents." Tho miner charge that tho militiamen deliberately fired the tented colony at l.udlow, but Ibis was emphatically denied by the inili tnry uullioritie. "We do not know bow tho firo started," said .Major Uamroek. .Mil itiamen ehnrgo that the striker fired the tirst shot, but thU uUo is denied by labor leaders, John .Mel.euuan, district president (Continued on Page G) THIRD REGIMENT E S.l,i:.M. Or., April 22. -"Tho Iblnl lC(,uncut I icudy for service." This incsnge wnn wiled by Oliver imr West lo the seerctarv (if war to day. Tho gov in nor U ox-jicetiiu? or dfi befniu niubt calling out Urn mil inn. Alter sii'iiillug m 0" l of Ilio day coiifeiiing Willi Adjutant Oi'tierul I'iiiKcr, Colonel ('. H, .Mini In of Urn lliinl rrgmient nml l.iciilciiiiHl ,11cm imy, Urn u'uubir in my olficwr - tfiied to llic Orc((oii Aurb'uHiirul cil lege, imlc . Onvvlii'ir VWnl 4wIihI Hi .t i in- mililiit nf Hum (nle w Ut ixc IU ii itliniH fur iwwcAJmI msU, READY FOR S RVICE ASSERTS GOVERNOR