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NO. n2
fiirly-fiiiitlli Yrnr.
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MEDFORD, OH UCJON, TrKSDAY, AIMflh 28, 1011
EXPLOSION ENTOMBS
260 COAL MINERS
CHEERS GREET
HEAD OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET WHO
IS COMMANDING VESSELS AT MEXICO
BAnifS RAGE
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"Premature Publicity Mluht Spoil
Plans," Say Peacemakers Dryan
Says Skies Arc Clearing Both
Sides Accept Mediation Offer
Stroiifl Man In Mexico Looked For.
WASHINGTON, Am it 2H. "We
fit it imly sn.v tin outlook in Impel ill;
pi (iiiiitnio publicity milil spoil cv
cavilling," wiim tho extent of the In
t'litiiiiitiiin it wnx possible to get frm
lint "A II "' mrdlittnrs between tin
Fulled Sillies mill .Mexico today.
"The ky seem tn lie clearing,"
Miiil Seeieturv of Stnto lliynn, 'ami
in tin meantime wo ii if getting "'"i"
people to safely."
ThU much was knownmediation
liiul been accepted Iiy liolli the Wash
imjtoti mill Mexico i'lt.v government
mid tin iiicdlntnr wcio awaiting
pioptwuN. When tlio piopositU have
been submitted there will begin tin
work of icceiielllui: them. It wiim
admitted that this proluililv will In'
a Hum tliau dilfiotilt iiitdortnkiiitf.
Hunting' SIioiik Man
IT .Mexico ran develop a strung
mini, however, it wan tin general
opinion that snuicllniig fan Ik nc
iMiaiplixlii'il. It wax agreed on all
IihiiiU that neither lliierln, Cnrriiiirii
nor Villa will in, -iiHM it would hi
Impossible for all factions of .Mexi
can to agree on anv oin of llicui.
Tin iiicdinliir. therefore, with Jnnk
lm nir tin lesser fiielinnnl chief
lain, Imping to fiinl inic likely t
answer tlit-lr put poses.
It wax Icittitcil on high government
iiutlioiily that tin ailiaiaihtratioii ha
tin disposition n drive a hanl bargain
hut it wo said tin president would
iiixinl upon . two things Hurra's
riliolniilloii ami guarantee of the ie-o-tnhllshmrut
of constitutional gov
ernment iu Mexico,
Iluiiln Inil In (Jet Out
Tin' mcdinlnis were of tin opinion
thai lltteilu n'alii'M his position is
impossible ami will In glnd of a
chance to get ant of it wild muho
imiiHini' of diguitv ami, it nn lis
sinned, with Ills pockets wvll lini'il
with money. Should hi' leftist', how
ever, it wax tin' general heller that
lid' heller class of MexieiniH would
force him out.
Il wax Mild tin' Washington admin
int nit Jott prohnhly would not press
ilemamlf for indemnity for tin death
of the hlitcjnekrls and minutes who
fell at Vera Crnr.
In any eenl, it was mi id scvrinl
days wen expected In elnpo hefori'
then) wntild he definite developments,
ami in tin mcnuliitic war preparations
w 01 c going fnrw aid as briskly aw i'r.
Srcielury Garrison was engage I in
completing the plan to use the Mute
militia 11s a legtihir 11 tiny adjunct.
Tn Imvc the ptngrnm fttll.v fnrmiilaled
was deemed desirable, even though
the stale troops should not lie culled
into the liehl.
Rebels Cause Anxiety
The ailminUI ration wan deeply enn
eeiiied over tin lelit'lh' attitude. If
a bleak should oceur between (leu
ends Cat rana ami Villa, it was
thought exlieiaely likely Hie fniuter
and his followers would 14" entirely
over In lltterta, wliieh might he ex
pected tn tniike the dictntor more
stubborn in his negotiations with lite
United Stales, Necieliiry llrjnii wits
thoroughly I'oiixini'i'il Hint Villa's sup
poil wiih tn la tclied on, hut ha was
not ho certain that Ilia iihel general
could I'tniluil his uien.
(Contluuoil 011 Patio C)
HALF FARE FOR
I'OHTI.ANI), Oro., April 28.
ItoftiKooH from Mexico will ho curried
for half faro hy tho HloanturH Collin,
Multnomah, Willamette, KUiniitli,
Ymnimltit, Han Itnuion ami Northland,
opitratliiK north from Hun l)hK, no
rordliiK tn n if'i' lodti) tolimrailnd
to Hiiircliuy of Hlalo Mi) tin hy Friink
nullum, I'm (laud uncut rm the ludu
iniliilnul NtiiauiMhli line".
Kerii'laiy llDi'ii ii'l'M'1'! lliunkliiK
II11II11111 unit Ml ni lint lliut hit hud ulviin
lopli'M of H111 ini'HkaKo to Hut wur and
IIMV) lloplllllllOllll
lli:clvl.i;V, V. Va,( Apnl
'JH. Two hiimlii'd and sixty
itiiueiH wen eiitomheil hy an
explosion tills afti'taimn
which wieikcd the t-lintls of
Hie New Itlxi'r Cullii'iii'N com
puny at IVeles, near hen'.
Thi' explosion occurred at
l::ill o'clock. I'd i' followed.
I'lTTSISt'lMI, I'ii., April
'JH. -The htireau of iiiiueH
this afternoon partially con
tinued the news of tin I'ceh'S
disaster. It wiim Miiil Hie litl
1 en 11 officiuls at l-'aliinotit,
V. Va., has asked lor a M'
cue ear and crew and an up
paienlly correct report later
CHtiiaaleil tint deatl at '.Ml.
The mine is owned hy the
(liif();'iill'''ii.
MEXICAN EDITOR
WILL NOT RESIGN
VI.IIA Cllt ., .Mexico, April 2S
"lltterta will ni'Wr retKn, reRnrd
tc of tho I'lilli'd HtnteH tlironta,"
rntlil tlio cilltnr of Kl Iinpaclalo of
.rcxlro City toilny.
The eilltor nrrlxml hero thl nttor
noon In hlti upvr' Inturusl. Ho In
tcrxli'wi'il llitcrtn Hiindity nlKlit. lie
imiteil tint dictntor n snylriK: "If
)ou mil thl wnr. wnlt until the
Ainorlrniu Invmlo tho interior, a
cvriittinlty thry in int."
(ieneml Vt'ltucn until thn eilltor,
hml readied tho rnpltnl. Ho declitrril
Ito wim only tientcu at Tort eon be
cAimi' It lit ainmnnltlnn wiu nxhamttcil.
Ccnerul Mnns toilny was retront
Iiir tnwnril tho capital, ilettro)lnK tho
rullronil an ho wont. Ho prnmUeil
to r'leno tho 85 prlMiaorB. inoitly
Amcrlcaim, hold nt ConUivu.
WASIIINdTON'. April 2S. -Tho
llrailllnu mlnUtor at Mexico City
not If led Kecrotnry Hryau toilny that
not n ilimlo Ainerlciin hint hcen kIiiIii
there, nono wa omlnnRorotl, anl
only oao arrested In tho Initt Ihrco
ilnii. Ho nluo Haiti only mm Atnerl
ran nrrcHt Imd occurred at Akuhs
Cullenten, and Hint that wiih uuilvr
Judicial proioodliiKH and had no con
iii'ctlou with an outbronk.
"I hno full aHiiurnuci'H," added tho
milliliter, "that nil forolKiieru will ho
allowed to leao tho capital w heaver
tltoy pleano."
OF
T
WASHINGTON', Apiil '-'S.-AN
though tltoy have all expressed them
Helves hopefully, It was learned this
afternoon that one of the three me
diators of Hut Amerieau-.Mexicaii
dispute ii'kiihI a tiettleiuent us
hopeless. It could not ho ascoi talli
ed, however, which one of tho ounyn
it with wlm took the pesHlmistio xiuw.
REBEL LOSS AI
A
MHOWNHVlVM.i:. Toxti, April 28
dun era I (louxiilim, tho robol Keiierul
In rluurxo of .Miniloie). mm iUilod
hy arrlvulK hero lodu um pIiicIuk Hi"
rnhul loim at Hut Iuwii'n iuiiIiiiii at
I IK) killed uml 200 wounded mid u
fkllmiitlnu Hie fedeiuU' total lumiul
Hen lit 100.
PUIS
E A
AMERICANS
SLAIN
CAPITAL
Mexican Crowd Joins With Ameri
cans In Welcoming Troops as They
Land From Transport Fleet
"Sniping" Ceases as Arms Are
Sutrendtred Refugees Exchanged
VCItA CUV'., Mexico, April 28
(It'iicral I'iiiimIoh'b trnnxiiortH i ntnrvd
tlio Inner harbor hern loduy. The
Amerlrniin on uliorn nnttirallv
ehccrly them. What wim more uIk
alt leant wan Hint of it crowd of about
I0UU McxIcuiih also cheered cnthtm
Inntlcally. Ah tlio ulilpn ciitereil, an
neropluiio ttuccnded from tho Mlimls
wlppl'it deck ami circled tho harbor
Innldo tho Inner harbor the Irani
ports dropiied nnelior and Adntlrali
lladKcr and Plvtclter and Untiernl
'I'litiKtoii held a confereuco. It wah
understood only part of the troop
would be landed at ft rut,
.Mnns at Holedntl
Aviator llcllliiKer iiiudo on nxcont
ihirliiK the nlKht to locate Grnnral
Mam' forces and reported about 1000
of them eail of Bolednd. On the
KtrcUKth of thin news the Americana
oittpoiU were wero rtdnforced,
thotiRli It wan Htlll thoUKht unlikely
an attack would be made under the
wry tniiriloii of the blK kuiii on the
fleet In the harbor.
Mexican citizen of Vera Crtu had
lurrciidored 1200 flroarniH up to to
day and 133,000 rounds of ammuni
tion. "HulpliiK" 1 1 1 (1 renicd and excel
lent order prevailed,
Tho Mexican appeared deeply lui
prewiod )oMerday afternoon by the
reremonlcii which attended the holit
litK of the Mar and MrlpcR over Ad
miral I'letcher'i Hlioro hndiiuartcri.
KxrlianKltiR HofuKM'
A tralnlond of Mexican rcfuRoc
loft today for Tejarla, whera It will
meet a tralnlond of Americans from
Mexico City. Thero tho nationali
ties will be exchanged, tho Mexicans
roIiib on to tho capital nnd tho
Americans flnUhliiK their trip to
Vera Crux. Tho Mexlcnn party
niiiubored about 300.
Tho city was o peaceful that Ad
miral Fletcher rescinded his order
fnrblddlni; Mexicans from appcarinc
on tho streets at night.
llrltlsli Docks Selieil
President Morcom of tho llrltlsli
owned railroad terminal company
hero, complained to Admiral Crad
dock, KiiRland's naval commander In
Mexican waters, that last night Ad
miral Fletcher hoUod tho company's
piers, yards and buildings dcsplto tho
fact that tho Union Jack was float
ing over them.
Investigation proved that Fletcher
considered control or tho property
necensary to a resumption of busi
ness activity nnd would have rented
It If tho management had not Insisted
on an exhorbltant price. Finally tho
admiral tool; possoislon under mar
tial law.
Craddock merely advised Morcom
to communicate with tho London
foreign office. It was said that ho
did so and was answered that Fletch
er acted within his rights.
findsIoFaIr
SKATTM:, Wash., April 2S. A
story of mother lovo was revealed
when Mrs. Mel high Tilfer met her
ltl year old son In tho superior court
hero yesterday afternoon after n
search of so veil yours, which took her
to Kngland, Canuct uml various paits
or the United States.
8ho wept when tho boy told her
ho had no desire to llvo with her nnd
refused to leave Seattle and his high
school work to go back to Chicago
with her.
The woman told a pitiful story of
privation and her attempts to find
tho boy.
niCK CANNON TO EDIT
SAN JOSE TIMES
I'OIITI.ANI), Or., Apill 'JH.-W. .
t 'Million, for eight euiH itily edilnr
n' ii local paper, U en mule Induy
In Han .li""'i I'dI-i lii'ic Ik "ill '""
Mime llie imuiMMfmrnl of (he Times,
SEVEN YEARS
HUNT
Hit rwnlUK pnlilii'iilloti.
JinArt ADKIItAL
MAYO REPLIES 10
WASHINdTO.V, Apnl JS. !u an
swer to I'oiiiiilaiuts hv relnee, that
Ailmirnl Mayo did tint exert lnmell
as lie should to protect Americans at
Tatnpieo, the navy department i.ucd
an explanation tliU nltertioon tn the
effect that the adimntl ttm- nssiireil
nn food authority that the landing
of murines would be likely to preeip
italr rather than to prevent trnuhle.
Amerieaiis on shore, it was stated,
thrm-elxes n-ked that the ships he
temporarily witlnliiiwn and Admiiul
Itadper acceilid tn their n'itiet. The
captain of the llrilish eruier off the
port, however, offered to take off all
Americans who wihnl to leave, .mil
Mnyo cmisiiloicil this the bet way
of eonservin Amuriean intere-ts.
"The result," it wits added, in the
department'- explanation, "justified
the net ion t.iken "
nnxvr.u. (.'to., Apwi js. (inv-
ernnr Amnions today i-sticd a eall
for militarv vnlunleer.
He ilcelared mitrtiiil law in Moul
der enmity and ouleieil 1(10 troop
there from Ciinvon City. The mlilier
left on a spceml train at 0 o'clock
this moriiin,'.
The pixeinor had lion id that
Sheriff Ilu-tcr .mil a po e of depu
ties and mine gun tils weie eorueied
in the lleela mine uml in danger of
extermination
I
Tho recent!) Issued booklets of
Jackson county, picturing with cut
and pen, the resources of tills sec
tion, already are being sent to tho
east hy the Southern Pacific rail
road an tho following letter testified.
Mr. It. O. Snider,
11. F. 1). No. I, Now Carlisle. O.
Dear Sir:
In compliance with our request
of April -0th, am pleased to advise
ou that under separate cover, v
are sending you one of tho Jackson
county booklets, which Is just off
tho press. Wo aro also sending )ou
somo other literature on Oregon
which we think will prove of Inteiest.
Yours truly,
(Signed) JOHN M. SCOTT.
SUFFRAGETTES BURN HOTEL,
ENTAILING $150,000 LOSS
FKM.NTOWN', Huglainl, Apnl '-'K.
.Militant siilfiiigellc ently loditv
liiiriii'd the Hnlli Imlel heiu will)
i)ifi(l,llllll ns. Il un iinoi'i'iipied at
I lie I line.
AMPiuU
l;ki i iun
CUAULES J. BADOER.
MEXICAN CRISIS
WASHINGTON. April 2S. The
Mexican situation seeiurd to he
eleaiin todty.
No definite prOfre-s had heen
made with enee plan-. On the other
hand, war preparation- went forward
nniuterrupleiily. Yet there was n
change in the atmniphere.
It wits known definitely that the
Washington ntlmiui-tnitinu had de
cided war would he uiiwptilnr and
ntonnt to do everv tiling po-sihlc to
nvonl it. President Iluertit was be
lieved tn he grnliliiii;; eayerlv at the
eliauee tu o.xtrieate himself from a
ilo-portito situation Vi.x the compara
tively dignified meniiB of neeepliug
mediation.
His formal neeeplanee was handed
tn Seerelnry of State Hryan in the
eoiir-e of the forenoon by the Spnn-
i-h nmhnssfldor in Washington. The
Wil-oii admini-tnitiou hml already
neeepted.
Arventiim. Ilrnzil and ChileV iliplo
malie representative-' mediators held
theui-elvos in readine-s to receive
propo-als from Ale.xien City and
Wn-hington. As soon as they receiv
ed them, tltev s.ttd, they would pet
iinmedinlelv down In the husiuos.i of
effect uik u sellleincnt.
L
IN PORTLAND FIRE
PORTLAND. Ore, April 28.
Stunned b a fall, blinded by smoke,
confused nnd dazed w Ith fright, pret
ty l.eono Preultt, a flfty-ycar-old
shop-girl emplo.ved Iu a local ten cent
store, was suffocated in a flro that
gutted her mother's rooming house
at 235 Twolfth street early today.
Others In the house, Including tho
girl's mother nnd younger brother,
reached tho btreot In safety but llttlo
l.eono wns not able to pet-out of her
rqom In the second r.ory. Dense
smoko and -flames cut oft tho nar
row woodon stairway from rescuers
and tho firemen reached her too Into,
Folded In a blanket sho was found
huddled on tho floor between hor
bed and tho wall of Hie room. Tho
body wns so hot that flremon wore
unable to touch It. Her fuco and
hands wore horribly burned whllo n
bruise on her head, leads to tho be
lief that sho struck tho wall In the
dark and was stunned so as to bo till
able to find tho door of her chambor.
TWELVE YEARS FOR
12
SA.V FRANCISCO, Cttl . April 28.
William Mel'ulglit, a former con
vict was sentenced to 12 yeurs' Itn
prUoumeiit In Sun qiiciitlu peniten
tiary h) Judge Cuhuulss hero todsy
fni holding up and rohblutt A. V
IhiiMildi'K of fit on Feliiusty .
SLIMY
mmm
SUFFOCATED
Militiamen In Clashes With Strikers
at Several Points Seven Guards
Repcrtcd Killed at McNally Mine
and 200 Militiamen Sweeping Strik
ers With Terrific Fire From Guns.
TRINIDAD, Colo.. April 28.--Armed
clashes between militiamen
and mine guards with striking coal
miners were reported from a half
dozen or more towns In Colorado to
day Seven mine guards were reported
killed In a battle late yesterday at
the McNally mine, near Walscnburg,
and today two hundred militiamen
wore sweeping strikers with a terrific
fire from machine guns. A number
of persons were reported dead, In
eluding three mine guards and five
strikers, In today's fighting, but con
firmation was Impossible.
People Terror-Stricken
T M, Hudson, clerk of the dls
trlrt court at Walsenburg, telephoned
that a miner was shot down today at
the railroad station by militiamen.
Ho said tho shooting was uncalled
for and that tho people of tho town
were terror-stricken.
A battlo which started last night
at tho Hccla mlno near Louisville,
was still In progress today but as all
telephone and tclcgrspn wires have
been cut It was Impossible to get de
tails. It was known, however, that
two hundred strikers had attacked
a stockade and that It was being de
fended by Sheriff Duster and a score
of mine guards. Reports obtained
from an Inter-urban car conductor
said tho streets of Louisville and
Hccla Heights were being swept by a
heavy fire. Tho conductor ordered
all his passengers to llo flat on the
floor as tho car passed through
I.oulsvlllo.
Flglitlnc at Mine
Fighting also was in progress at
tho Vulcan mlno at LaFayette and
the Marshal and Gosham mines.
These places wero being guarded by
Haldwln-Felts detectives under Wal
ter Uclk. It was said that ho -had
eight machine guns stationed at var
ious camps.
Greek strikers at San Rafael were
said to be preparing to go to Walsen
burg and participate In the fighting.
Reports regarding tho troublo at
Walsenburg differ. Strikers say tho
batllo was precipitated when McNally
nilno guards fired on an automobllo
containing four strlkors. Union
leaders also denied tnat tho miners
had fired any buildings, explaining
that an explosion of oil started a tiro
which destroyed several framo
houses. Operators assert, however,
that tho strikers first dynamited and
then fired tho bulldlngc.
DHNVKIJ, Colo., April 'JS. Seven
hundred deputies wete sworn in tit
llouliler this nf lei noon and stinted
for '.ouifville to relieve Sheriff Mu
ter nnd County Attorney Martin, ie
ported imprUonctl by striking nutters
iu the lleelu stockade. Thete wa- nn
uueoufiriued rumor tlntt Muster was
wounded.
llnldwin detective.- arie-ted Secre
tary William Hieket of the State
Federation of Labor ami I're-ideut
John Carter of the .Murxluill .Miners'
local in the ottlskiil.- of Denver on
their way with nn automobile load nf
ammunition, it was charged, for the
northern Colorado strikers.
AVIATOR FALLS 10
DEATHTATfLONG BEACH
I.O.Vtl lll-'ACII. Cal. April 38 -Charles
C Ro) stone, avlutor, fllua
from l.os Angeles to Han Diego, full
at DomlUKiies this moriiliiK, a ills
tun in of bOO feet. Ho wns picked
up iiiiioiikcloiu ami died Just as lie
wus lukun lilt (J tho suulUrlum Nt
I.IIIIK IK'Ulll,
00
DEPUTIES
COLORADO
SHERIFF
Six Troops of United States Army
Ordered From Fort Russell, Chey
enne, Into Colorado Mine District to
Restore Order Both Miners and
Owners Told to Disarm.
WASHINGTON, April '28.- Follow
ing n prolonged conference with Sec
retary of War Garrison, President
Wilson this nftcmoon ordered hIx
troops of United Stntes cavalry from
Fort Ilus-cll, Cheyenne, into the Col
orado coal mine strike zone to re
store order.
. At the same time that the troops
arrived a proclamation, which lins al
ready been telegraphed to Colorado,
will ho published, calling upon nit dis
turbers to lay down their arms and
go home.
It will be, iu effect, n rending of
the riot net hy the federal govern
ment nnd the cavalry will be sent to
enforce it.
"'resident' Message
Private Secretary Tumulty nn
iinnuced in the rcsidcnt' behalf that
United States .soldiers were not or
dered to Colorado until both Colorado
senators, the state entire congres
sional delegation and both mine-own-cr
and strikers had asked it.
The chief executive's telegram to
Governor Amnions was ns follews:
"In response to your telegram de
scribing the situation of domestic
violence in your state, which yon in
form me hns passed bevond the ubil
ity of the state to control, and con
veying your request to me to dispatch
federal (roops, pursuant to section -l,
article I, in the constitution of the
United States, I bee leave to ndvise
you that -out ion 4 of the constitution
provides that the United States shall
protect such states, on application of
the legislature, or of tho executive
when tho legislature cunuot bo con
vened, npninst domestic violence, nnd
is put iu effect hy certain statutes.
Insurgents to Ditpcrs
''These statutes make it lawful for
the pre-ident to use the land uml
naval forces as he deems necessary,
ami provide that whenever, in his
judgment, it becomes necessary so to
ue these force, he shall by procla
mation, command the insurgents to
disperse and retire eaccfully to their
respective abodes within reasonable
time.
"'Upon (he information before me,
inv judgment is Unit it is neces-nry
for me to ue the militury forces for
the purpo-es defined by law, and I
shall forthwith i tie the proclamation
provided for by the statutes and pur
suant thereof I shall order tho troop-,
when they reach the scene of the di
tiirbnnce-', to cau-c all those who
have heeti indulging in domestic vio
lence, or who threaten to do so, or
who-e acts nro likely to give rise to
disorder, to disperse and retire ponce
ably to their re-peetive abodes if they
have not already done so within the
time limited by my proclamation.
Out of Controversy
''I shall not, hy use of the troops
or hy any attempt to exercise juris
diction, inject the power of the fed
eral government into the coutioversy
(Continued on Page Four)
E
LAW IS UPHELD
SAI.I'M, Are., April 28, For tho
second tlmo, tho supremo court, In
an opinion written by Chlot Justlci
Mcllrldo, today upheld tho consti
tutionality of tho minimum wago
law, which was attacked In n suit
brought In Portland by Hliulra Simp
son, an employe In tho paper box
factory of F. C. Htottlor, who brought
tho first suit tu test tho law's eon
stltutlotiullty.
Chler Justice Mcllrldo pointed out
that the minimum wujo law dot
not In uuywuy conflict with any of
tho provisions of thu fourteenth
amendment tu Hit) constitution of
thu United Hiutes, which provide
lliut "no slutu shall nmke or enact
0iiy law which skull ttbrldxn tit
privilege or iHimiiultftM of tltlMJ
nf (he UiilM Htslvs."
MINIMUM
WAG