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V i. Sec("d S(r"f9f "77 Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nlr tonight nml Htunlijr May. it(l; .Mitt. iti Pro. .06. I'nrty-fcuiHIi Vriir Pnlly Ninth V.nr MHDFOllf). ORIWONV. FRIDAY, AIMMI; 21, 101 1. NO. 2.0 'f- ITERS AMU U.S. CONSULATE AT MEXICO CITY Elht Hundred Americans Still In Cnnil.il at Mercy o( Dictator, Who Is Encotiraulnu Attacks by Rioters a ml Forlililtllnu Police Protection American Qunrtrr Alinniloncil. My William (I Hhephorri (CopjrJulH.1.1 Km by ttiu Unite.; Pro) VIDIt. CIIU'., Motro. April 21 -1-SI 4 ti C hundred American wore mill In .Mo tiro 1 1 1 - today at lln more) or tlin irlrtntnr, (ii'iicrul lliicrtu. Aull-Aiuorltnu ilnmoiiHtnitloti were golnc on I'outliiiinlly. lllliid with minor, lliierln In ntnitUiMl tint pollen nml milillum mil to niiilit iln iiiolu which rlotod In (rout of tlio American club, turn thr it ml of nrniH tnini tho iloor of the t'lillml Htiili'N eonniiliilo nml Moiii'il ami limiillncl Amur lean u do woto lirnto enough lo appear In tli hi I fill. Tim American chili hn been uhninloiioil. Aftitr IIm iihitiiilniiuicnl It iin hinted. Tlio American lintel In dctcrtcri Alltl-AinctliMii Itlnla Charge d'Affalrcs O'HIiniiKliucM) nnuounriid ho ni going to Vera Cnu lint really It wim liU Intention to go Kccrolly to Mnntunllln, on tho wet coiut. Hlnru Tiiemliiy, when Vera Cm iu taken, Ainerlcmi In tlio rnplttt Imtn carried their live In their humid. An iiiuii worked tlroloimly n,t tlio emliiiMy, propnrlug rifle nml inn rhino gun, tlio bravo women of Iho American colony cncoiirnKed them coiulnntly. No onu aliovttil n lgn of fenr. Mr. ('Htiniiitliniiiy ivn III from inrvoiiimNN lint lio norvod ten nt ttm cinliniuy to tlio Hum nml women who went preparing to defend luotunolvn imMiml tin' opittiMl nttnek of tlio In fnrlutcil Mottrnmi Mot of tlio limn hIih wits prostrate on n rourh tint she hIiowcc! tlio ulitKmt bravery In tlio on coiiMKoiiiont nIio gate to hor husband nml tint other. ll'Cllll'lll t'HIO ClHlll'll I arrived In Vern Cruz with ISO imm, women nml children from tlio American, (tcrmnii nml KiikIUIi coin nit tt In Mexico City, Another trnln wng ilno to lento tlio capital lit T thin morning. Thono remaining Ihrio urn depend rut on Sir Lionel Carrion, tho llrltUlt mliilMor. now under order transfer rim; him to lllo ilo Janeiro. Ilo Ih doing everything poKdlhlo to protect Americans nml hlii plan whoa our pnrty left was to ilUtrllinto thorn mining tlio vnrlnim iMiihiiHhlcn. Wednesday evening tlio hu Ameri can who arrived loilny loft Moxlro t'lt on s lint ronlly was tin. Ilrlllsh refugee train. Tho men, women ami children left behind worn then hiding In their homo, trimtliiK ( I'anU'ii lo protect them. Tui'Hilny nlKlil every mnn In tlo Ainerlniii colony, InclniltiiK tin; eor renpomlenlH, wont to the omniim.) nml prepaiod 27.'. rlfh'M and two nui ihlno koiih- TIh'nu wt'ro brought rroin Ihii biiMinent, tented nml found road) for iiho. Illleita ItelallaleN Kvory Interview Chawi d'AffalreH t)'HhaiiKhmi5Hy had with llnorta In eroiiHed tlio dlrtator' blind nK0. Wlion I hint aw O'ShaiiKhni'hay ho wiih nnnpealtahly worried. Tho IiihI ropoit wo had hoforo (Contluuon on pagn 3.) TE IN ERUPTION TODAY IIO.MI', Auil V!l. - Mount VohiivIiik nml Mount Kliiu linral into klmulliiiH'ouri mi- f llvily toiliiy. Ilolli won' him- f Liniliy vlolenl lii'iuliliiiK" unit 4 f bcyiui ii)iiiiiiK out limi 'llii'ii' win no liiuui'iliiito ilnn- KIT. STREET SCENES IN CITY hB'tBHDmHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHBVhhK'! 'a ' Bk&wHMhIHf-iJS VraPwifl p3inNTWP-VmMinBiHa h( 1-inHBHBMHHBBl MAN IHII M M N kMIMmi : . . M CONSIDERED BY UNITED STATES Secretary Bryan Pronounces Report of Fcrclrjn Offers Without Foun dationVilla's Friendly Declara tion Pleases Washington More Troops on Border Wanted. WASlllNdTOV. April 1M. For t'icu mediation between tho Unitiil St ii ( ami Mexico will not ho con Hiileicil Tor n moment. Thin wm mmte elenr bote lliix af ternoon liy Secretory of flnto llrynn. lie cliHrnt'terietl hi "alio liilolv without foumlation" l.omlou linMtrhe UihI Sir Arllmr Cecil SpriiiK Hice, tbe Hrilib iimluicwnlor nl WuxliiiiKloii, iilreiul.N IimiI ta I ted iut;oliiitioim I own nl niciIiHlion. Itrxiin milil it would bo iiupoiililc to luivo hii.v power net km imullutor nml lioulitcil tluit they would oen tcmlcr fiiomlly officeii lieenmc Amciien doivi not ieciixiiim lliicitu, never Inn. nml mn or will." I In mi iilxo i-hiiI Hint no icply limi Net lieon neot to (it'iiernl t'ntroiuii. the Meticon oom.iill"iiwllt oliijl Iiiiii, but iiihuiltcit Hint inipoiliint Klcii. to 1 1 1 1 r-i eml were liciiiK toKcu. llrynn mbleil Mini be wa- much plcm-eil with the interview uioii out in Iiiiiicx lnloctcidu,v b. Orueriil Villu. lie Miiil it wiix encniirHiiiiiK cMilencc uf tlic ultitmlo of ooii-litu-tioimlihl leiuleix. Si'cietnry of the Nitty IhinieU iilxo etpickkcd pleiiino oM'l' (Iciicnil Villn'o ilccbiifitiou. "I biitc nlwnyx felt Hint Hie eon tiluliiiuiilil were nniuiutcil liy Ibc Minio . tit it that nun Led tlic follow' inn of Hie late I'rcMtlint .Minleio," Miiil Daniels. "They mo icmiUciI to nccuie n eouhtituliniial Kotcrumcul. Despite llicir o.co.oh nml mintiikcx, moit of tliciii me patriiilic. Ami tlic American people iiiiihI t..Miipatliic willt tiny mnn KlrulinK '"" a voice in the Kovemmcul of his coiiutiy," Tim wnr ilcpiulmeiit won ilelneil toilnv with ileiijiimls for m ore tioopi on tin biinlcr. Wf MONITOR CHEYENNE AT HAN' DIIHIO. C'al . April 21 Tho monitor ('ho)cuue. whlcli Hailed from thl port lal nlKht for Kiihcnada, capital of Lower California, had not arrived thoro at s o'clock thl moiu ItiK. accordliiK to tho Kovoniiiumt vvlielu Million at Point l.oma. Hlic milled upon rocolvliiK word that autl Amorlcaii ilol hud broken out "llnvo taken refiiKo In coiimiliito, Hit nut Ion critical: pica mi keiid vviir lilp at onto," wiih the word loin Ki'iiplicil by Untied Hliito Coiiul Cluiidn (iii)iint TelcKiaph wre4 were tut In tho iilulit OF MEXICO, WHERE RIOTERS ARE ATTACKING AMERICANS SEEK PROTECTION FOREIGN EMBASSIES iBrf'-l 'III tllK.' I - "IF.TIV 111 I B rT BiiMi 111 r iTITT TrTtlMM BATTLING WITH Two Conflicts In Progress Between Coal Miners and State Troops Strikers In Possession of Machine Guns and High Power Rifles Lock Officials in Mines. TltlNIDAI). Colo., tinmen nml utrlkoni arc encaged n fierce bntllo todny n few tnlUs nbovo A Rill la r, 15 in 1 1 oh Hotith of Wnl nborK, nreordlnK .o iiiMaKi'i re reived hero HiIh afternoon. No de tail -wore Klton. It wan bclloted hero that tho trlkor were cuj;nKtiii; the troop from Denver. The boillen of m children, two hoiucit nml n utrlker, vlctlnu of tho 1. willow battle, were hurled todny. Itattllm; .Vejvr Koiiho DKNVKIt, Colo.. April 2t. A re port reached (loveruor ..nimon' of. fire hero nt noon today that 500 mi litiamen, comiunmlcd by Adjutant Conoriil John Chave, were Imttllni: with armed Htrlker at Itoime, two mile form Moukoii, Colo., a hlntlon on tho Colorado ami Southern rail road. Simultaneously with the IIIiiko moxftiiKv camo milther from l.udlow' which unlit heavy firing could ho heard from that town. The vtrlker. ucrordliiK to report here, uiilonded a numlxir of marhlno kuiih nt ltoiibu hint iiIkIiI. (icncral IhtHo'ri troop detrained at Moiihon at T o'clock thl mornliiK r.nctnrtcd to march overland. It wa prcbiimed they met the ttrlker about an hour later, Tho Denver TypOBrnphlcnl Colon ItiKt nlKht adopted n rcHolutlon kIv Iuk tho Htrlker SiiOO with which to buy arm mid ammunition. Sclo Two Trains l.atcHt report ut tho state Iioiiko were that utrlker hail Hclzcd two paaetiKer train at Uuiiker Hill, a fltation on tho Colorado and South em mllroad. Confirmation wna tin nvallablu. A Colorado and Southern dispatch er reported henvliiK thnt (Seneral Clinso had Bent u HtroiiK dotachmeiit of Holdler toward Kmplro to roscuo i W. Slide and 2 strikebreaker and Kiiard Imprisoned In tho Kmplro mine. The mlno mouth was re ported ealed and trlkor Biir rounded tho pit to prevent tho es cape, of tho Imprisoned mon. HUERTA RESIGNS TO Ultimo, Tot., April 'J I. That Ifiit i Mil llucila Iiiih icNi)tncil in fa vor of Foreign Miuislcr Itojas unit will lake pei-Minal coinumml of the urniv wan ncilcil toiliiv bv DUliiol JihIko (tontiilcn nl Ncnvii l.uicilo. Ilo mid he lunl icccivcd the nevvh in n Iclijjiniu l'l'um Mi'tim ( ! AMEDSTIERS :j3MMMLi: 'M iImebW iBBVHmiBBHIBBllff r J .1 mml MmmMssma. T i J I BBBBKir-iYUfil M 'a rBBBBk1 irfS?-awj Ttr1 J I J y " J3BM"BPBBBBBBJBKBBy-IKwV,lBBBW f Lm ry-jr1' L t"ri!(h-'P,!BiPPPBm,tfciBBBBBWi f" -wtir-r- i m iTir iiiiTPf77- - - -- B3BBBT ncSIDENCES IN MEXICO crrv NEAI - iwTEy THE UNITBO 5TATHS EMBASSY WHERE WB AMQUJCAN5 A2R CONCGNTQATED FOR OEPeNCFf , f April si. mi-1 ma tmntiiariiT or Hirnrnnn nnrmrn tiio nirniniim .nlAKAN NMhN I If- K TAr . UV flMI-H ANN i mm 1P41 Bill II 111 III iimi i' mmt iiia I 1 1 I I fl I 111 I 111 Ifll 111 CONSULATES 10 "5L"HJ S TMHD IN STREET U.S. OHD TODAY WASHINGTON, April Jl.-Aban-ibnimcut of all I'nitcil States con-ul-uten in Mexico wa onlcrcil tliix ni't crnoon liy the late ilcparlmeiit. Thii wiio in aiblition to tbe clos ing of tlic Mcmco Citv cmlmy. In Mexico City, Itni7.it wiik in clinrxe of Americnn intcrct-. KUewbere llie.v will he luriieil over to French eon Mils except in a few places where France i nutcpte-enteil, nml at Vera Crux nml Aeapulco. At tbee bitter places I tnir.it will net. Kuliiiiil nil del look to hie to American affair at Froiitera, l.a 1'cr., Ktc-ennila ami .Nfiiiiiiuillo. Their eonulales lioiiiR closcil, Secretary llrynn authorized tho con suls to leave Miwico with their Miff whenever their judgment dictated. It was .aid sevcial would remain. THREE QUAKES E SACHAMFNTO, (il pnl 'Jl Tlireo iliftiiict caitlupiuke shocks were felt in Saeiniucuto in rapid succession, caily today, J lie first slmko eceuniny: at I'JtJiri n. in., fol lowed in rapid order liy two mote shocks, The oscillntioiin in all tlnce shakes were fioiu southeast to noithwcnt. The shocks couuuriiccd nt ti point near (Winch, Nov., nml continued to lloikeloy. Tlio dis tiiibanees were distinctly lelt in Sac ramento. Many ta'll buildiiiK rock ed considerably, (lucsis ut inaiiy uptown hotels rushed to the sheets in their night clothing. Lodging houses woo emptied of their guests in rapid in dec Stockton nUo icccivcd u shaking up, lint no ihiiungo was done. The shocks wete so severe nl I'oitola that tlio people of Hie town thought I wo Western 1'ncifio trains pussiiig through llie town hud collided. .Miir.Vhville, (liovilln ami t'hien nil icpoilc)! tcvcic nun l,i", but no dam SHAK CALFORNA iijiiiiuv liiij ininu. PORTLAND. Oro.. April 21. Medford, Klamnth Fall. Pendleton, and linker nro each oxpected to organlio onvnlry troop for tho rcKl- mom behiK gotten together by I.lcutounnt Ilcnnesi-ey, U. S. A., on order of Governor West, and of which the chief oxccutlvo has announced his dctermtnntlon to becomu a ! member. Medford may pos- ! slbly fiirnlh two or tnoro troops. I.loiiteumit Uennos- be) auuoiincod todny that only fonrle riders aro wanted. TO SEND FLEET TO ItKltMN, April 21 -Wild roports that Japan lutoudeil to tako nilvau tago of tho Mexican situation and send a formldnblo fleot to California were widely circulated hero today. Theso reports, together with ad verse mvice of tho cuncttlon of Kmperor Francis Joseph, caused n serious panic on tho llourse. Cana dian Pacific dripped five points, and South American shipping stocks foil off a much as 11 points. It was also reported that President Wilson planned to rccull Ambassa dor Uorard to act In an advisory ca pacity liwiuio of hi know lodge of tho Mexican ropubllca. Uernrd sutd ho know nothing of any sum pluu. LOS AN(li:i.i:S. Cut., April 21 Tho First lliittiillou of tho Sovonth Iteglmnnt. National (liuinl, which loft I .oh Augele last evening, was duo to arrive nt Catoxlco early today ThroiiKhout their inurch from the ar mory to (ho railway ntntlou, iiioro than u mile, the police allied tho ml-j llllti to force their way Hirdimh rovviU of vhoutliiK (Ihk wHtlnt; ilt - cii TED JAPAN CALIFORNIA OF MEXICO CITY LONDON, April -J J. Two Amori cans wore stabbed in the streets of Mexico Citv todiiv, the American flnj; wa- t rumpled on ami conditions here wore extremely critical there to day, nccordins to a nuwpaer li-s-pateh received hero today. "The British," the ili-piiteh said, "bate eouipouinlcHl n strong guard aroiiinl their lopition and foreigners are eou rotating there. ''All foreigners are tvunrin Drit Mi tings in their huttouhoo. "Uueitn has iMied n proolamation culling nil fuctioiirv to tho colors and granting; amnesty for united resist ance ngatiist America. The priH-lamatioii was received with the -rcatct enthusiasm." FIVE MEXICANS KILLED AT LAREDO UKFDO. April -M.-Five Mexican-, were killed m tho Nuevcdo La redo skiruii'-h. Onlv (he Ameiieau soldiers' sharp fire Mivcd the international railroad bridge from being humeri, niiri it was liero that tbe fatalities occurred. Immediately after Hie light three truiuloads of federal troops left tor tho southward, presumably in re sponse to Hie orders for the con cent ration of tho northern forces at Saltillo. There vvoro no disouluis in Laredo. Tho town i gimrded by American regulars hcsirio u oompanv of rung el's. MEXICAN FEDERAL Ultl'.DO. Tit., April 21. The MexicHli fi'deisl guii'in'ii ut Nilovo Laredo, ocru tho Itio (I Hindu from hcic, el the town on Die lorint, then c(iiiiiii - d it nml utn uteri from Iho Aim i mi hrriir NUEVO LAREDO GENERAL MAAS PLANS ASSAULT ON VERA CRUZ Kuerta Officer In Command When City Was Seized Threatens Attack Upon "Capturers Americans Aro Warned to Spend Night on Beard Ships in Harbors. (My Kcriinrri Hacker., VKRA CItl'Z, .Mcx., April 21. General Mann vvnn thrcntcning to ut- tack Vera Crur. today. Mnn was in military commitml here when the American forces laml- J oil. Ilo unit hi family left at onco by rnil and hi men followed him .if ter Inst Tuesday's short Fight. Caiii(Hil l."( Miles Inland Fifteen miles inland they cnniiiv'il and Mnas resumed command. Sin "o th.'n he has been roinformed nml I'm oa v it vvns learned lie was nt Solceliil vtitb an nnny of about 1S0O men. It was expected the aeroplane broiiabl on the battleship Mississippi wotilri be usori to secure information con cerning his operation-i. Major Mut ter and Cnptnin Rush, who are in di rect charge of the military forces here, were taking all needed precau tions to give the Mexicans u wnnn reception if they attempt to recap ture the city. Admiral Fletcher nNo advised Americans hero lo leave tho hotels nml spend their nights on honrri ships in the harbor. He offered no explanation, but the general belief was that he expected another battle. Ortler a Surprise His suggestion came, too, us n sur prise, the hotels nml onfe having been thronged last night, the street ears running as uunl and women nml children venturing out again. A resumption of the city's norma! lifo was just what the American nuthori tie.s wanted, and all felt sure Ad miral Fletcher would not have taken n step calculateri to prevent it if lie hud not bad urgent reasons. The American officers have com mandeered nil nntomobiles in tlio city to move Iho marines about. Surgeons on the hospital ship Sol ace sairi they thought none of Iho wounded would riie, nnri thnt only three of them were seriously hurt. Tho rienri have been embalmed and will he sent north shortly. DOUULAS. Ariz., April 2 I. Pro American sentiment was evident to day among tho Mexican constitutiona lists at Agua Prlota, opposlto Doug las. It Is not believed hero that tho constitutionalist will join ltuurta against tho United States, despite Currnnzn's recent declaration. "Tho abomlulablo crime which tho traitor and assassin, lluorta, hug Just committed against tho Mexican na tion In deliberately provoking for eign Invasion cannot bo given a nanio from the pages of civilized history," rends tho reply of tho constitutiona list General Obrcgou to tho appeal of tho HuortUta commandor, Telloz, at Guaymas. to Join against tho com mon foe ARMYiSTAFF PLANS TO ELIMINATE REBELS " WASHINGTON, April 21. "Whether (he rebels in north ern Mexico i cumin neutral or not makes very little differ ence," said it member of thu general sliiff todny, "Five minutes after wnr ctit- lit." Ivvccii tho United Slulcn a ml Mexico l hey will bo iioiienti lie. Wo can cut off tblr food supply nml starve llum Into subjection without HriHtf n .'nil' t t t MHHHHHM MEXICANS