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207 Second street Medford Mail Tribune SECOND ED1TJON WEATHER I'h I r tonight mid Sunday .Mnv. (II!; Mln. ill; Hum. 7ii. l"or I y.foiirtlt Yrnr, Dully -Nlulli Vmr MEDFORD. OltrcOOtf, NATlT,iMA V, AIMML 23, 10M. NO. HO ,t- FOUR AMERICANS KILLED IN MEXICO CITY y HUERTA AS Only Early Advent of United Stales Troops and Dictator's Overthrow Can Save Marooned Americans, Say Members of O'Sliauijhnessy's Party on Arrival at Vera Cruz. (II) Willliim (I. Shepherd.) ((.rilitnl, Wll, by llio I'lllti'il I'llMX AfKOI'itltlOtl,) VIIItA CIH7.f April U.'i. 1 1 cry in terior rilv lit fodrrnlly-eoutiolhil Mexico wline there urn AllKTICIIIIH was InililliiK llii'iii Imliiy ux hostage. Kxoopt Chuigo d'Affairc 0'Hhnughiicbi.y, oxcix member of the diplomatic party which iiriixnl hole I'itt night from tho i'iiiitn prixntely cxpn-cil the opinion t tut t onlx the cillx advent of Ciiitcil Slulcx Irnopx rml President llucitu'x oxcitluow cum uixc the iiiiiroiini'il Americans, Al uriiil.v ex cry town from Vera ('ill i. to Mexif n CitV there n lr A turn imii prisoner. 1 learned this on nccling O'Sluiugliiii'bHX ninl Iiin part) four mile out from Vera Crur, where tin- refuger-x went transferred from tin- hpoi'lul train. Tilp n Dramatic One rroiii nidi t to ftnixli tho trip wax n dramatic one. O'ShaiighucsNy, hix wife, tlii'ir son, tln mcmhcrx of the iin1uiy Muff ninl CoiihiiI (lencrnl Slutnkliu left tin fiipllul nt midnight Thursday. At lluit time (lino wax ii moli in front of Ihe embassy. lloforn their tlruiluro lltirrlit oout V.00 soldier to the embassy to scire '11') riflox mnl two iimrliiiiii puns m Iitrli Ii ii tl been Mnrod there for llit American colonist' use in the ox cut of mi uprising ngiiinl limn. 0'Shiiiighnoiy ndxi"ed I ho xoluutccr pinnls oxer tliu eniliav to surren der tin xxenpnnx without roxiHtmii'o. At tin1 iiiilroml Million llio mem hcix of llio illnlnmutic pnrtx wore be sieged bx Aiupiiciiiix pleading- foi permission to accompany litem to tho count. Colonel Kmnoii ('nioiiii, in comnimiil of llio pnrtx'x Mexican mil ilnry escnit, refused nil these pica Taken Off Train II) Troop On llio until Aniei loans crowded tlio Million nt Oririihu, Cordova mnl Inlupii, plciuliiik' to llO tllkcil on lllllllll the Irniu. O'Shnuuhuii-.) wux help Icki. These M landed Auiciicuiix IiihI hci'ii taken fioin ttniiin hoinnl fiom tlio on pi I ii I to Win Ciur. At Cnnlnwi mi Aniciionn wearing llio HrilUh coloix in his buttonhole bunded a mile to olio of tlin em ployes ut tlio consulate gencial sit). mi;: "llllsxer, Hi foul, Whilconili mnl n good ninny oilier Aiuciicnnx mo ho. w; new in Jim ncic. mev ui'ic taken from their Irniu mnl hehl iih hiistnci'K in oiiho the AinerieiuiM ill Inek the town, Tliov wnut to Know if .Mill oun'l help them," llofwiecV I'lenN Npurueil At Tojoiiti M'vcinl other AmeriemiH who lift al lii'on luken J'hmii u lofilco I mill which left Mexico t'ily TIiiu-h iluy moinin liCKKeil pileoiiNly o he liiken with the iliplonintie putty. They sniil Home of their own pmty weiti Hcnt all tlio way hacL to the capital, When O'SliniiitliiieHHjiV Irniu pnlleil out fiom Mexico Citv, llneila ihhiieil mi onler prnhihlliiii; miv moie Amor- (Contluuod on I'iiko i) (I, II, Tinner, a (lol.l Hill eonfee tinner, wax honiul over to tlio kiiiiuI jury in Jiinliee Tii.nIhi'h couit toilny on a chiiiKe "'I' nlloiiipliiiK to commit u htnlnloiy ciiiiin mi Auhiey llilll, a I l-.M'iir-iihl lil lOhlilln at (lulil Hill, Acciinliiif to tlm Hliile'rt teHlimnny, Tinner, who Ik neiiily (10 .xeaii of no, imiihi lliilecenl piupniiU to the plOKI'l'llllif. JilHlioe T.ilui' liehl the ileleiuliiiil In Hie Kiiiinl Jill) mnl Hxeil IiIh hail ut IVV0, AMERICANS WA HOSTAGES OLD HILL MAN HhLUIUIiKANUJURYCARRAf FOREIGNERS IN MEXICO CITY All Nationalities Concentrate In Sin gle Zone for Self-Protection Is News Brouijht by Refugees to Vera Crui Forclyn Colony Armed Reluu of Terror In Capital. TitA VM"A, Apt II ::, All neroiliinn nmoiiill friiin tlm linttlixtlilp MlnHlmlppI In the liurtxir liuro thU utter noon. After KcttliiK tliu pit rllliui ninl ilofmmcM of tliu .Moilrnii fixternl iroopn, com mniuletl liy (leaerul Maim tliu inliilor rvturiiiMl to tliu .Mint Imlppl. WASIIINdTO.V, Apnl .':.. That foieiKiierH of all iiatlonalitii'H In Mexico ( 'it won1 oiiiii'cnt rated in u niiiKle nme to make a comhhu'il ic xUtancc if attaekeil hv the MexicaiiN wan llio iicwn hroii)jht to Vein t'ritr by arming icfiip'OH, aeeonlinK to a tlixpntoli the Ktate ilcpartmcnt rereiv oil tilth afternoon from Consul Can aila. Canaila'tf iih,mi;o wax couftixiiiK in xoiiie respect. It iliil not explniii how more rcfiiKeex renelioil Ihe coast, hut it was thought miifiIiIo they wcte not Americans ami therefore no oh jeulioii wax rnisitl to their departure from llio capital. It was not hx eifically Mated, cither, that tliu Americans had joined oilier nation alitios to make a joint dol'iit-o, lint it wax taken for Kmuteil hero, that liix wiih the case, CoilfllillllK Itopuilx Catinda's wTfinu war-, loo, that the foiei;u colouixlx were united, which parried state department oflicmW, iiiasimieh aw thev lunl it on the IiikIi eit aiithoritv that 1'io-n'eiil llucita had tlepricil the AmericiiiiH of their weapons. Still, it wait thought pox mhlo they hail heeu supplied atresh from Mime of the oilier emhasles. These 'coiiDictx and coulrnilictiou weie not coiihiilcied siirpriinjr, how eer, in wow of Ihe tact that tele- uiaplno commiiiiication with llio Mex ican capital wax cut off and (hat Ihe iicwh of all soils wax mixed with moiu or Ics iiimor or miiiiiim'. Ilelun of Teiror All accounts iiKieed that scxeial Americaux were icmoxed from Chaivo il'Affimcx D'SluinuhneshxV tram ax it wai Jeaxiii Mexico City, ami Hint Ihe town is in the k 1 ,)l a xeiilnhle ioIlmi ot tciror. MiKiunj;lon x htatue llieie, il Uh stated, wax dialed UiioiikIi the cil.x alter it bad been knocked ft out iln peilestal mnl draped IIiioiikIi Ihe hlreelx, follnweil by a houtuifft jeer imr moli. The i inlets also eiiteied I'oiloiV hotel, uheio Ameiieaux eonioalo, Miiitshiu the windows, iuxnltiu the KiicMx mid tliieatoniiij,' all suits of xiolenee. Scxeial other Itotelh wcie iiixmlvil in the Mima xwiy. The Ameiicau club wiudowx wcie biokeii ami the club itself was sacked. Sex eral Ameiicau stolen aNo wcie looted, Hiihlnohs SiisHudeil , I'laelioally all luisiuexx was mis peuiled anil liotoux IIiioiiks tilled the sticetx al latest aecoiintx. While it wax said llio foteiyneth wein in a Kiiod position to defend them-chex,, they weio ko heavily otituumheieil that it wax doubted it' (hey could slniul a ptoloiiKcd setii'-. of itishox. IZA MADItll), Aptll in Tlm Mmlrl.l 'I'i'omh iiMMiicbitlou lecelxed today tlio folloxvliiK iiuiHuiiKti from (leiiornl Chi ruiixu, hvud of tho Mexican roliel urni)'! "I initont iiuut onerKelli'iill) iiKitlintt tho IiiviinIiiii of tho Amerl riiliM. Mexlimm will initio mid (Iwht Ihn liiwnlern with their hut hreiitb Hmenleeii lliiiiuuiid nntlilniil llp.ill luidn will to uiivrnlo with un," INN mw ofFicEns n commind vessels , j0 z,k?,&z ' VlJSt ADK1RA1 fLlTCHER .. x 'Cri jz2i yi ki-Z .xvy On the left N Heir .Xiliiilml I'lclibrr, cointuanilvr of tliu Pacific flcvt, Alio In r iintontiil'iiK Hie Atnrrlnn tinxnl force at Tntiipko TORNADO WIPES OUT THREE VILLAGES IN KAN'KAKi:i:, III., Apiil 'J.". Three xillnj-CH were nir. id by a tornado in Katikakoo and Inxpioix eoniities today. .Mix. Ilorlon-e Collins wax killed, u man fatally injur il mnl hiiiidieilx of litoxloek killed. I)i tails xxere unaxail (i tile ax the tornado cuii-ed an interruption of nil who com iiiiiuieatioii. The il.imae to fa nit piop eriy in the ilixtnel xtiuok by the toinado was estimated at 11111,000. FROM 1 TO 1 5 YEARS LI (WANTS PASS, Apul M. Will iam Alexander, the aped iiopectoi conxictcd of iimiislauphter for kill in); John Xoiliii, wu- seiiteiiced bx I111I0.0 Calkins In an iiideteiiuiiiale sentence of fiom otto to tilteeu xeais in Ihe slate penitentiary. When tho old man xvax brought into court be wax askisl if be hail an.x tiling to hay, but deoliuod to make a state incut, and icceixed the houtenco with sloioMii. Dial (Cal Allen ami Mix. rauuie Smilb eiiteied ploith of guilty to adultery. Mih, Smith attempted to justify her oonisc in a slatoincnt to the coin t, sii.xin' that tieatiucut ae coideil by her husband hutl been largely iivponsihle. Mi. Smith was pixen mi iudeleimiuato sontoneo of from six mouths to two ,eais in tho slate penitcuti.iiy, hut iaroled on condition that site letuiu to her par ents' home in Chicnxn, conduct her self piopcrly in the future and lixe a pioper life; oIIioiuim, to he Itioulit b'aek to seixo out tho judgment of llio couit, Allen was seuteuced to fiom six mouth to two ,oai.- in the peuiteutiiiry, mnl hecuuxo of a tie pendent wilo aud little babe, tho juilo also paiolcd him, tho tonus ho- lUK tluit he shall pioxule tor lis fam ily, lemaiii in the state of Oieou mnl icpoil to tho distnct altotnox once a week, pay the eostx of the actum and lixe the life of a laxv-abidin fit iron, Ho wax placed under u bond of .K0l, to ho foifcited ailing with his liheilx if be luoakx the tonus of his pinole. Ho wax uixeu nliiolx days lu wliich to iiiim the money to pax tho cosU of Ihe piosecutioii ol the use nuninsl hluiself end Mix, Smilb. JiuIko Calkiux kiiiiI that ho hosltalcil In pniolo Allen, ami mil v coiihiiIoiciI il hi'cuile of llio wile mnl babx tle ii'liileu iiion him, ALEXANDER GIVEN " OKI LING NORLING ah w T v . xY ryy S'rrm., "VA M(M?MyM lKI& ". vk i -iriL . . tv ":HMrr s-p,t' a " , trz BY LATINIREPUBLICS BUT OFFER REFUSED J WASIIINCJJI'ON'. April -!.". A comprihoM-ixc ofler of mediation to -ellle the Mexi can trouble WM- made today by the pixcruiiiciitM of Argen tine, llrar.il and Chile. Tho otfer xxnx tuirtixely lejeetnl. President UtNtui tlechireil thai America had had her honor mid dinilx oitlraed at the hands of lluerta, ami could eonidcr nellunj: lo than n complete and po-ilixe apology, and, in effect, the elimination of lluerta ami xv bat be rcprocnK FREAK VARIATIONS OF TEMPERATURE E Tomperutuien running from 27 to 22 tlirotiKh tho fruit dUtrlcts early tlilx morning, euiiEod more or less orchard hentiiiK, thoiiKh It wnn not Kouernl. Some Inoxplnlmiblo xnrlti tloim In reported tompornturos iiutkoa xery apptiroitt tho necessity of n rare ful tomiH'ratitro attrxey of tho valley. TltU U Corecnstor Drnko'd eaniett rcromiuoiulntlou. For Instance, last ulKht Suncrent, cant of Talent, ro ported I'D nuit hail to flro. xxhtlo Moll) wood, 200 foot lower, did not Ko lioloxx III ami did not hiuiiIko, Kloro had 2S and two points on Hear creek reported 27. Hallow ay, Klatn ath, Hear Creek, Potter & Could, Auorcromhlc, Hold ltimce, D.igKett, Hall. Phlppn mul 401 all final for about an hour just bororo Biturlao. Many other orchnnU UBiially con blitorcd In critical locations, did not find flrltiK itocosaury. Korecastor Dmko urKCs tho lot- portauco ot linvltiK n coiuldoiablo number ot accurato bclf-rocorilliiK mtulmum tberiuomctorv scattered oxer tho orchard district, that n yn tomatlo gchemo of rocorda may bo cundiicteil, Tlio Interest from out of town points In tlio Commercial club'a trl- county btinipiet next Tuesday oxon Iiik, ha liecomo no keen that tho ttUKKotitlon tins already boon soul to our lot al club that this affair uliould bo followed b) another to bo hold nt Crater I.tiKu iIuiIiik tho Hummor. Tho Importance of tho "touiUt crop" ban uoxor been apiiroclated by Southern OieiiOii, but It It botfliiuliiK to net) tlio lluht. A reiilUatlou ot their natural a me I x lu thut lino hui mailo rloutb urn Callfiirnla. I'mftitftor VIiiIiik. ono of tho inont ehiipiont Ntieuknr In Hotilheru Olo tion, xx III bo Anliluiiit'x leprenouiiitivo uu tliu buinjiict prog rum, HEATING jb mexicah iiteis SORE TO FOLLOW RlJxR. ADH1KAL "WA.VO ami on ttic rtctit In Hear Admiral itajo T WASIIIXOTO.V, April .. (Iiixeniutent troop-, will not bo sent into the Colorado otriko tlitriot. Thoro i no proco iltiit, Kiiid pivorumont offio iaU, to warrant Mich action. It was hImi said tlttlt th( Nirike bad niiid no federal tpie-lion-. These conclusions xxero leached at the cabinet lucet nijr today. A! T WASIIIN(;T0.V, April 23. Tho arrest of eexeral Americans In Mcx lio City prior to Chargo d'Affnlre O'.SItaiiKhncss) 'a departuro from there wag reported by Consul Canada at vera Cruz to Seciotary ot State Uran. J. Starr Hunt, his family and tox oral others were takcu from tho train before tt started, It w.xs stated. At l.axlllu, lu tho captltal's outskirts, llurton Wilson was arrested uUo. Members ot tho O'Sliuughnossy part) told Canada that a perfect reign of terror prexalled In Mexico City. They confirmed a report that tho htatuo of George Waashlugton there was razed and left lying at tho feet of nu Imngo of Dentto Juarez. SPEND $20,000 IN 1'Iuin aie now lieiu drawn under tho MipctxiMou of Conlnictor Al It, (laiiet-ou for tho cnulructiou of ranch home,-, in tho x alley that upgic Kate L0,000 (luiiu tho summer. (loitrgo A. M'aitield, who owns u laio imicli near Tiail, will build a bungalow, inodern in exory 'respect, thcicnii, thut will cost in tho noiyh- boibood of 4linU0 uiid will ho one of the tuie.-t Iioiuoa in soul horn Ore gou. l'liin-. aie also beiiiK' drawn for a ranch homo for W. M. Campbell on bin propeily near Tuleul, tluit will cost .fSllllO. Tho tinikhiuc touches luixu been put on tho now homo of l W. Watson near llio Count i.v club, and llio fam ily will nunc in the liit of (In week. It wax cicolcd nl a col of 1101111 niiil in coinplcle urni model u In cxci) intjieil, AMERW MEX N A UNDER AR 'VVAR DEEMED EINAL OUTRAGE News of Murders Unconfirmed Car ranza Wires to Spanish Newspaper Statlntj All Mexicans Will Unite to Resist Invasion Amtrlcan Quar ters Invaded by Drunken Mexicans WASHINGTON", April Americans were reported 23. Four killed In Mexico City today. This news xvn unconfirmed. It appeared In Kl Ulctamon, a Vera Cruz newtpapcr. If true. It w.ia deemed certain It meant an Immed iate movement against tho Mexican capital. The situation there was terrifying at best. At Mexico City and at many towns between thcru and Vera Cruz Amer icans wcro held as hostages at Presi dent Iluerta's order. A number had been locked up. Secretary of State llryan admitted he had rceclvcd a telegram from Con sul Canada at Vera Cruz saying 15 Americans and an Kngllshmau had been arrested at the capital and that "they may be execute.!." Clmoi Itelgnx nt Capital Kxcept that chaos reigned, nobody knew definitely what a happening lu Mexico City thlajaftcrnoon. Tho telegraph wTrcs were work able but President lluerta controlled them aud would permit no news to bo sent out. Tho latest information was obtained from refugees who left tho city Thursday night. At that time drink maddened mobs rioted In the streets, shouting for the American residents' blood. Nor was there any escape for tho Americans. After tho dnparturo of Chargo d'Af falrea O'Shaughncssy, Consul General Shanklln and their parties, lluerta would permit no ono to leax-e. Tho rest, numbering about $00, ho held as hostages. Many had been thrown In prison. Some wero in danger ot execution. Sonto wcro said to haxc been torn to pieces by mobs. This howexer was not confirmed. Cut Off From World At tho capital the foreigners worn said to haxc Joined forces to put up an armed resistance if attacked. Tho Americans had been deprived of their weapons b tho dictator but it xxas hoped other foreigners had provided them with more. AH this was more or less report and speculation, for I'cklu was not ntoro effectually cut off from com munication from the world nt the time of tho lloxer uprising than was Mexico City today. President Wilson and Sccreiary o, State llryan wero hopeful the situa tion would proxe not Qutto so bad as It teemed. Hryau ex en said lie thought lluerta would protect the foreigners' llxes. Few other porsons xxero so optimistic. If It could be axolded, tho admin istration did not wish to push Its campaign boyoud Vera Cruz ror tho present. If definite uous nrrlxod that a massacre was lu progress lu Mexico City, however, it was agreed that an expedition would Itaxo to bo suit against it without even waiting for General Fiiuston anil his troops to arrlxo from Galxeton, PREDICTS FINE PRICES FOR FRUIT IS FALL Otto Kupp of the fiim of Duncan Campbell xV Co. of Sun KianciM-o, who xx as a heavy eah purchaser ot Iloguo Itixer flint under tho firm inline of Xoitheiu Apple Co., last car, is xt-itinj,' Medfonl and pioph cmcx cipiully pood prices for fruit this full. Ho states that heaxy nuns proxoutcil tho apples of Watsoiixillo ami other M'clinus lioui pnlcnlziut;, mul that only a smalt xlchl will ic Milt, llio drop liciu;,' xeiy heuxy. Tlio prune mnl ebony mop uie bulb (initial I'ailuics, (ho (Jeoiulu ami Texas poach ciiijm hum buffered e iced) Iioiii tmt ami tho outlook, en peclnlly for pciii. is excellent. Mnc Haikilull U local iieiil, VILLA DESIRES BLOCKADE ALL Personal Wish Is That Americans Continue Present Policy Regards United States as Great Friend of Mexican People Administration to Announce Definite Policy Tonight. JCAKKZ. April 23. General Fran els Villa next In command to General Carranza of tho constitutionalist forces this afternoon sent tho fot lowing messago to tho American peo ple through tho United Press: "My personal wish Is that Amorlci will continue to blockade Vera Cruz a ad all other lluerta ports. If America docs this we nro sure to haxc the constitutionalist army in Mexico City soon and I solemnly promise America that I will see to It that drunken lluerta offers a full and satisfactory apology for vnrlous insults to tho great Mend ot tho masses of the Mexican people tho United States." WASHINGTON, April 23 Tho Mexican situation was giving offi cialdom here no rest totiay. Members of both tho acnato and house wcro Importuning tho admin istration to announce a definite pol icy. President Wilson and his ad x Iters havo a plan, It was stated but they would not make It public. A state will bo Issued tonight. HcIk-Ix ltcncxv .-Ittack It was also said tho president ha 1 suggested to Villa that thcro-was n longer any reason w by tlio rotmls be fore Tamplco should delay further In pushing towards tho capital. News that the rebels had renewed their attack on Tamplco w'os consld, cred confirmation of the rcport. Tlio theory was that as soon as Tam plco fell Into their hands and It was predicted this would bo very shortly they would march on Mexico City. It was a fact that Secretaries llryan ot tho stato and Daniels of tho navy departments havo issued several statements lately speaking well ot General Villa and Insisting that there was no chanco he would Join Presi dent lluerta. 1 tunic ami File Clinfet It seemed to observers ot the sit uation that n studied effort was bolm; made to couxliico the rebels that tliu United States has no Important de signs lu Mexico. Noxcrttielcfa there were reports that the rebel rnnk and file wcro chafing and thut many of Villa's best men at Torrcoti had abandoned tho rebel causo and were on their way to Join the federals. General Zapata, the southern rebel leader, was biiUI already to huvu cast In his with lluerta. In tho meantime. It was pointed out that Instead ot declaring xvar. which would furnish tho American forces with the necessary oxcuso for pushing Into tho Interior, the dicta tor xx as Issuing proclamations, and rallying tho Mexicans about him NKW YOHK, April 20. Under tho luflueiue ot cables reporting a steady Loudon market for American blocks prices on the local exchange rallied from recent heaviness at today's opening. Now Haven and Canadian Pacific, both undor pressuro for sev eral da) s, rose two points each, The advance was not unstained, howexer, unit tho whole list moved off, many Issues striking bottom prices for the downward movement. Tho market closed steadier. I.OXDOX, April '-'..A City dispatch today to the Mexico London Dally Ti'li'Krapli said: "1'rct.hlcnt IJucilii Ix -lrvulutiiK leportx that Mexican feilorulx hnx cnptuicd huxerul Texiix cilicx, In cIihIiuu llnmiikxille, ninl Unit Otmeral Villa ha Joined (Iciierul Vclascn, t wna mIo Mind Hint uu army of M,WW men uu iniirohiiitf lovxuril h,e AiwrJ cull bonier." BA PORTS