Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 29, 1914, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text, Ofnqon Hitttwhnt Isilate 207 Sctonrf Street tit t Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nlr tmilglif. and Thursday Fruit, .May. AH; Mln. OH, Kitrt yriiu l)i Vciir Itiilly - Nliilli Yinr MEDFOKD. OKI-WON", WKDXKSDAV, AIMML 29, 1M NO. :w THIRTY-DAYS' ARMSTICE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND MEXICAN FORCES A. B. C. MEDIATORS ASK NO RECALL FOR GLOOMY VIEWS TROOPSORSHIPS IFOR PEACE HELD COUNTENANCED BY DIPLOMATS Propositi Includes Not Only Hticrta's Forces, Out Those ol Rebels, Who Are Planiiliin Extensive Operations nt Saltlllo Mediators Refuse to Deny or Affirm Armistice. WAHHIKOTO.V, April 2I. Nil nu- tiinllrnifil report tliU nfleriinon hail II Hint Hi"' ilniilh American media torn liotwoon Hut Pnlted Htntos nmt Mexico had niked tiolli nlde to ro linlii fniiii further mllllnry or ntinl imiYomoiiU iiiiiillni: liirllnir effort to ronton pcuio Minister Hunter of Chile, linen IIiiihm) (iuirrnliiK tl"' ropoii, would inlllii'i roiillrm nor deny ll. 'I lil l Hit) ArinMlio Aiiibiismdnr l. (Ininn of llrnfll called nt tho stnlo department nml Jiiimlcd to tfoeretury Mr) an what In Midi was u dciipnlch from Hut Urn xlllnii locution In Mexico City, lie Mould not toy. however, whnt It lontnluod. It o understood I lint tho meilln- tom prnoi-d to Include not only tint Fulled Htntos, nmt tho lluertn gov ernment In llm nrnilsllr, Imt nlno tlm rebels. It vnm nlo reported Hint tin)' siiRReMod Hint It continue or SO dnts. Tho white homo did not comment on tin- proposition. Unofficially It wns Hnld Hint the iidmlnUtrullon, nl nny rnln. would not withdraw nny of n forces already on Moxlcnn noil or rcrnll nny of lln warship from Moxlriui .-xtorw. Itt'lM'U Finn Altai k Tho chief obMuclo In th way of the plnn, however, was thought In In tu Inrtiulon of Iho rebel, who won snld to In, idnnnlnK operations on ii largo kcnlo nl .Snltlllo iui.1 prob nlily would not wnut to ddny Ilium. It wns learned today Hint whim lliiortn severed dlplomnllr relation with tho United State ho nuked Japan to hnvo lln nmbnssndor nnd ioiikuU represent Mexican Interest In llilit country, bin tho Toklo gov ernment di'i'lliu'd, whereupon Hie dli'inior Induced Hpnln to act. 10 STOP TIPPING UPON PULLMANS SAN FRANCISCO, ChI., Apnl 1M. - Scathing criticism of tho Pullmuii Piilnco Car iMHiiiiin'h mclhoil of do. ing huiucss wns voiced heio today in ii icjiorl issued by Hi" Hint" 'nil i o, ul foinmiHiion. Among other things, lln icpoit do chiles lb" company fniecs iU em ployes to depend on the charity of the hoveling publie for n li iiij; wngo, nnd also oiiloicd il to eoliei'l Hie iiIiiim'H of Hi" tip system within thiily ilayH. Pullman ul'lirinU iiNn wiie erilieiMi'd for lexliliiiK "nil I'JT.rid wiik nu iideipiiile wne for a hleepin ear poller. "II eeilulnly Ih ii eoinnienlaiy mi inoileru IhihIiiiwh method that a eompany iih lieli mid powerful as the Pullman company hIioiiIiI hloop to llpi ilM'fputnhlo piaelie" lo whleh It iCfi'ilV' K,,.Vrt Hie lepoil. IN PEARRING CASE SAN KUANCISCO, (nl., Apiil '-Ml. Tim lilal iih Im'kmii lieie loilny of Maury I. I1km, loiuicr hlule iiichl leel, eliillHi'il with n hliilulory of feiik" nitnliMl .MiwH Ida IVanliitf. A Mime of mi nl. ''' tiwn im in I'oiiil, and Hielr exiiiiiliialiuii i'ihinihii. id I he iiilne iiioiiiiiix nciiiii When .linlu" ('iihnniwH ailj miiiii'iI i'oiiil nl liuuii luiir Jill on ),ild lu'i'li kttoin In, CALIFORNIA Mexican Situation Apparently Re solves Itself Into Diplomatic Puz zle Mediators Exchange Long Messaues With Hurrta, Who Wants to Name Half Court Arbitration, WAHHINdTOV. April L'9 - Thn Mexican uliunllnu iippaietiHy hud reunited llxi'lf loiln) into a illpln. mnlle ptunlo. Aniliiiiinilor la Cnmn nml Mlu iler Tnou nml Minuet of lliaxll. ArK'-iitlna nml Chllo rrnpertlvel) wen In nlmoitt rotiHtnnt rnnferenc" nt Hie Arr.etitlno leKnttoa. They mi milled prlvnlely thut their tank wan uenrl) nu Impomillili) one, but they declnred ueurtlieloiii that thoy had hope of iiccompllililnK It. .Mf.MiKcs l.'ti ImiiKcl llelweeii tho trio of imullntorR nml Pri'dliletit llllerln Iiiiik UleioniKeH wcr.j exchaiiKeil by tebtrnph. Kpnulib Am huitiindor Itlnuo, nctltic for Hiiertn, hnd freiiieut lutorlown with iV'cre inry of Hutu llrnn. ConreruliiK ac tual ib'volnpmcuu tho lutereitcd pnr- tlen were deiiely ulleiit, declaring Hint premature publicity might de feat all Hirlr plntm, ProNldenl Wllnon nnd Rocrolnrlon llryan nml DunleU of thn Htnto nmt uay ilrpnrtmeiilu were nt leniit out wardly oplliuUtlc. Hecretnrlef Oar rlnon ami l.nun of the war nnd In terior ditpnrtmenU nml I'oMiuniitor (lenernl llurlepoii did not try to hldo their peMlmlmii. It wiu uudcmlood they believed that, Whllo peaco neRi). Hutlnmi nre In proRreis, lluertn Is delm: IiIk utmost to ronnolldatu tho MirlollH .Mexlcnn fnctlnnn. (ilixiiiiy VletN Held llrntlllnu Ambniniailor Do Onuu wan nnld to lake nu ctloomy a low nu ttnrrlnon, Unne or MurloMin, but he did not Kho It out for publica tion, and umiuoMlnnnhly wnii doltiR bin bout, with liU colletiRUPH, In tint lntoronth of pence. It hnd lenkvd out that iluortn w.iiiln an International court of ar bitration with hnlf Itw inomliom of IiIn own iielectlnn. I'rculdent Wll mod, nccordliiK to nil acro,unti, would not (omdiler mich n proposition, nlncn It would amount virtually to rccoRnliliiK tho dlctntor. The medlatorn were Rcttlnc tho vlew'H of both iiIiIch nnd Intended, when thin work wan fiulnhcd, to map nut a compromise proRrnm. Villa nnd ("rtritmn At tho roUHtltutlonallnt Junta hero It wan IrmlMcil thnt (leiieralrt rnrrnn la ami Villa wero on Hie hctit terniK but Kowrunieiit offlclnlu doubted It. Thoy wero convinced Hint Vllln wim Irreconclllably nt enmity with lluertn but Cnrrnnrn wnti belloved to faor n coiubluntlon with the dictator. It wiih oen reported that tho two worn In communication. MeuunReH from Onlveston re ported Roxernment offlclulK there Hwnniped by the number of conntnnt ly nrrlvliiK refiiReea on their hniuU from Mexico. Mom liiBpoetnrH wero niHhcd to tho TenH port nml Secrelnry of the Treasury McAiloo nppealed for u S I oo.OOO approprlntlon for the health liuieau'B unn In meetliiK tho Mltuatlon. Thlri followed tho dis covery of cwtfn of jollow fovor, (Continued on paga 1.) TO HIim.lN, Am it 'Jt. The "A l C" ineilliiliirs lielween tlio I'lilled Slalei, nml Mo.xien weio repoiled hem llii nfleimmii In liue iinKciI III" power lo lino their inlliienee with Pieidilenl WIUou o eliminate hi leipilivuienl llmt "lliieit.i iiiiinI io," I'liuii ItiH tie iniiinU on Mexien, ll WIIK Nllill til" IIII'llllllHM llllllllllt- nl lluil ll Hi'llleiiii'ill .wtb linpoNNlhle if Iho Wiili union iiiliiiiiiixliiillnii in Hslcil mi llil point ASKS POWERS MEDIATORS IftfllffflllFF nu run. noTnun DI LArLUOIUIlO COAL MINE Fire Stirts In Wrecked Tunnels, Cut tliil) Off Last Hope of Rescue Work Hundred Widows and Three Hundred Orphans Left Alone In World 180 Graves Dun In Hills. CC'I.I.'H. V. Vu , April 20 - I"lri Nlurteil tli Ih nflornoon In the New Kit or ('olllnrloH rompnii)'ii No. . mine, wrockod by an oxplmiliin ) ester day, emlliiK tb" Iiih'. nope of rexcuo work. OfHcInU HiIh afternoon fixed 180 an the number of moil Killed In ? torduy'K exploilou In mlueM No. C nnd 6. In tho former, the nlJ, 172 perbihed, In the latter elr.lit. UMl Widow h. JtlHI Orpliatii One bumlreit widow nml 300 or phaun Rnlhered In tho local I'olUli church for memorial Rorvlretf, thoiiRh tho bodleN of the let I urn of tho ills trlct had nut jet beu recovered On n bllliilile near thu mine ISO Kraen were beliiR iIiir, Chokeii entrnnce. fire nnd Ra filled tunnel, mailo It tmpossllilo for rciciiem to Ret into tho workliiR but ManaRer II, C. lift) lend of the company nnd Chief Karl Henry of tho Btnte mine Imipectlon ronico nRreed there wan nnthlnt; to brlnK out but rorpseii. Mniij' KilKhtfiilly lliirneil Mliio No. G, thoiiRh dnnRerouf, wnN not iui bnd n No. Ti. Of the CO men who eocnped from It nllvo many wero fruitfully burned nml It wan thoiiRht omo of them would not recoter. Prom this mine 12 corpse hnd been recovered. Three of those known to have been nt work In 'i were unaccounted for nnd ll was be llcted they wero surely dead. Widows nnd orphnns mirroumled Iho mouths of the shnftH, rrjlnc hys terically nml boRRliiK that an at tempt bo mmlo at rehcuo. BE SENT 10 FilEM NKW 01U.P.ANS, I.a April 'J0. nrincini: a cn.lier me-suRe from for mer Ameriean Coniwl I.eis.hinnu nt I'rontera, Affx., to Secretary of State llrjnu, tin t.teninor l.iim:itone nr rived here todnv from Mexieo. I.eitli- mini, iiceordini; to Captaiii .lame J. .laekhon, is hi Id hv Momoiih niithon lies and iwked tliat-u unship he s-ont to 1'ionlei'ii nt ouee. Tliiite-n Aiienenn lefuuoes unived on Hie I.niiiKstone. They nllejjcil lint I Ihiileen Amrieiius were eouliued in rronleni riimiteoni. FAKES A CAPTURE OALVKSTON, Tex., April 'JO. A copy wiik received here I inlay of P.I liiipureiul of Mexico City, dc-etibiiif; llnv enpluio of Kl Piimi, Ton., laid Tlini-Mlay by a eomhiued federal and rebel force under Generals Velaseo and Villa. II wiih lidded that the Mexican eomimiuileis compelled the Amerieuiirt to cede them the miuIIiciii half of the city. JOIN THE SQUADRON VHHA Clll'Z, April 20 -Pour do Htrnyont Joluud Iho fleet In tho coiirito of tho forenoon, an did thu transport Moio Ciistlo, with nine hundred mom nun lues, Thorn was no IiiiiiIIiik how over. Mexicans worn permitted on Iho slrtiolN lust hIkIiI nml Iheio wero no dUtin buncos Poiiilllloiis vein iiriiIii iipinoiiililiiH Iho iioiimil .So mlill lluuul ruf uncus urovd toilay, TO MED I T HBK FlN MAV OltlC, Apr.l 2n meetit A"tor wn iilmoht fo.ptitilx recov ered todnv from h riifiit ene illncsi. lodav nnd it vu iiunouuerd that he would wed Mi- Helen Huntington tomorrow n nr'giunlly ehedllled. VILLA'JO GET A5 SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. April J'L "The da PrCMiKnt I Inert a lu n Moleut death the Madero family will pay Cienenil Villa $"."),tl00 in pild," wai the staleineiit here today of a prominent San Antonio biMne. man who i- in u poMtion to know what he is talking alut, hut who would not permit his name to be iiM'd. "Thih na M'em a trlln: talo ment," he eontinued, "but I know it is true. 1 don't av that Villa has agreed to kill Ilueila. That's not the bargain. Simplx. on the day Unci la is killed illn will et the money. "Moreover, Villa practically has u hostage oiini Itaoiil Madero is in his eamp. It is certain that this promihe was innde to inin mid that lie will insist on having it kept. "Possibly llucila might settle his difference,, with the other ichel chief tains, but lie cau'i with Villa." Weferring to the killing of the Pug lislumni, William Heiitou, the same niilhoiily -mil : "llenloii got exactly what was coming lo him. 1 kuow Villa well, lie's a pretty decent soil in a .Mexican way." BALFOUR CALLS INAL LONDON, prll 20. Hy referr ing to First Lord of tho Admiralty Winston Churchill as a ' despUed a Kent of the government" nml "mean criminal" Aithur Halfour, formor Tory lender In tho houso created a f ti id io today aiming tho Inwmakeru Ho wan speaking on a motlo'i mudo by Austen C'-hutuburlnlii, another prominent Tory to censure tho firm lout for adopting naval tueiisurcH to roeico Ulster III case It rosWiH homo i it lo In Ireland, Liberal momberi) limped lo their feet nt hi words, waved papers, Jeered, honied, protested uud demnnded u rot ruction. Halfour, however, persisted in con lining his iiiguiiient. Churchill tiled In plitmto Iho mill liiimeiiilerii lust ulglil by siniKeslliig a coiiiproinlMi nu u foderul s)lem for Iho onllio IlillUh oinplio. It wus iiiidei'slnoil Iho lublnet hud upprowid (hv iiivtlvsllon, MISS HUNTINGTON JSSSSSSSSHSK -?? 0mmmmm ssbssi m ssnsi""",""" $75,000 REWARD MONEY WINSTON CHURCHILL MEN CRIM FOUR N EARLY MORN NG LAN Three Burned to Death and Fourth Missing Bodies Recovered, But Remains Charred So That Identifi cation Imposxlble Blaze Starts in Basement Loss $15,000. POIITLANI), Or.. April JU. Three mill burned to death ami a fourth is missing in n I iic thnt doMroyyd a block of fnnue buildings nt Hast Ninth mid Wiisli.ugtoii trtots early to Jay. The dend are believed to be Joe O'Neil, a laborer; Alee Slewnit, n laborer, nml Dirk Hall, n cook; John Ai.dcrsou, n gardener, is missing. Itemalli Itotolrrcil Three hodiis wero recovered this1 morning, but the remains wero f-c char rid nnd dNIigureil that identifi cntion wo-, iuiHishibe. The men who lost thoir lives resid ed on the second floor of n fnimi tenement nt J87:. Knst Wushingion street. W. Davidson, who also had rooms on this floor, is the only one known to have escaped with his. life. Tin lower floor was occupied by Joe MoKntry, n horre trailer, who -ueeeeilt'd in getting into the street with his bedding. The fire vas one ot the hottest and '-wiliest that Portland has ever had. Vnrioiis rea-ons ure given ns its. eniise. but nil lliut- definitely known is that it started In the rear of the linsement nt the house niim- beied 183 Kast Washington street, Uis llstlmnteil 8l,"S,lHM) The loss is estimated nt 15,000. About twenty-five persons lived in the dostroved buildings, nnd there were a number of narrow escapes. The huiliPngs destroyed included it hardware wnrclioue owned by J. J. Ixadderly nnd three adjoining frnme tenement structures. The buildings formed a veritable trap, built on piles over a pilch. An under-drniight carried the flames rapidly. The whole place vva si mas of nshes in ten minutes. BULL MOVEMENT NKW YORK. April 29. After opening strong on better advices from Mexico, tho stock market turned easier as tho day ndnnced and closed with u distinctly weak undertone. No big gains wero mmlo in tho early trading, nnd soon it became evident that tho bull movement had over reached Itself. Mexican I'etroloum continued Its ndvnnro, gaining two points beforo noon. Changes else where wero confined to fractious. Ilnnds were steady. Mexican government twos rose 2 V and tho fives l. Tho market closod weak. BAERS FUNERAL PHILADELPHIA, Apill 2sV-Tto funeral ot George F, Daer, president of tho Philadelphia nml Heading railroad wns bold today from his homo hero. Scores of financiers, business and professional men at tended tho Kor vices, Railroad em ployes nrted us pallbearers. NOT UNDER LAW RAI.CM. Ore., April 20 Persons woiklng under coiitruet wro not sub ject to iho provisions of thu Indus trial wolfuru commission net, accord, luu to a ruling today by Attorney (leiierul Ci aw ford Crawford held thut (hero was a distinction between it fOHlidtlor uud UU 0llliO)U, MOO N NG UN E Upton Sinclair and Four Women Ar rested for Parading With Badges cf Mourning for Colorado Strikers in Front of Oil King's Office More Mourners Join Procession. NKW YOKK, April .'". Upton Sinclair nnd four women today es tablished a "mourning" picket line before the Standard Oil ofllecM here a- a protest o the refivsal of John t). Woekefollor, Jr., to nrbitrnte ntrike d'fforotiees in the Colorado eonl fiebl. All four were immediately ar rested. Sinelnir npenred in front of the Standard Oil building nt It) o'clock. He wore a small piece of crepe about h's ann. Mrs. ,.o Seilher maii, wearing u black dres, arrived next. She carried a white flag, bor dered with black and five black strijM's. In (he center was a big red heart. Mr-. Soilhcrmaii tried to see Rockefeller, but failed. Jo'neil l,jr Suffragettes Later Miss Kli.abotli Freeman nnd Miss Doiua Leituer, Knglish Miffrng ettes, nnd Mrs. Remington Charter joined Sinclair. The sidewalks in front of the building were packed with people. None of the five re sisted arrest. They wero charged with having 'rendered the sidewalks in front of No. 'J(! Hrouilwtiv iitipas sable." "From 2fi Hroadway," w,id Sin elnir. "orders to erush the unions in Colorado have gone out. Mourning badges worn for the dead could not be better displayed than in front of the oft icen, who gnve orders that the men in the mine should not be vennitted to organize." At noon ii relief picket line reach ed the Standard Oil building and re sumed picketing. The line included Mrs. Sinelnir, who wns nttired in n white suit with a band of ereoe on the left nnnj Mrs. J.ucy Huftuker and three men. New Pickets Arriving The noliee were keeping the &ide vviilks clear, but the new pickets con tinued to pace up and down the street. Rockefeller's secretary, C. C. ILiight, said that Rockefeller knew nothing of the demonstration. In the Tombs police court Sinclair denounced Rockefeller. "This i9 the first time that a pro test in the matter of human rights, has been taken directly to hendiiuar- lore, lie aui. "LMinlly home em ploye i singled out and mmlo the scapegoat." George Sterling, the California poet, eeorted Mrs. Sinclair nlong the picket hue. The picketers tramped eadily hack and forth from Heaver street to No. 4.2 Hroadway. Sinclair's Defense 'We created no disturbance," Sin clair told the police. "This invisible ov eminent should bo punished before we are. 'iho Standard Oil uud its allies constitute an invisible govern ment. (Continued on page two ) OLAF TVEITMOE CHICAGO, April 'JO. The 1'iiited Stute.s circuit eouit of appeals here grunted this afternoon a lehearing in tho eases of Olaf A. Tveitmoe of Sun Francisco, Richard Houlihan uud William Herahaidt, tlnco of tho union men convicted at Indianapolis of eouspiraev to liaiisiiort ilviiamite. on their application for u l el rial which the couit had ginulcd them in it recent ruling, Tho government objected to the i'oiiil granting a new' trial and us u resiill of (mini ', iliM'Uou the com I will icheiir I heir 'tppcul application May I. Applied! mil for a M'licutiiig in (lie i'iim's of William Hliupe, IVIi-r KhiIiIi uud (Ivoiyo Amleison wn iIcmU'iI, PIKES OFFIC wwmm mm slan TDANA E AT COAL MINE Strikebreakers Reported Worsted Arrival of Federal Troops Ends Disorders-Strikers Willing te Give Up Arms to Uncle Sam Mutiny Among State Militia. TRINIDAD, Colo., April 20. Thnt seven strikebreakers nnd mine gunrds nnd three strikers were slain in nrm ed clashes at Forbes today wns re ported in u-lviees received here thin afternoon. If reports fmm WiNen bnrg that eight strikebreakers wero slain there nre true, it means that eighteen iiersons met (tenth in tho fighting in tin: Hoiithern Colorado coal fields since morning. Persons stationed on n hillside nbove Forbes asserted that Iho bod ies of three strikers could be plainly seen, ami that they fell while nttnek ing the strikebreaker. The strikers were .said to hnvo cap tured Forbes enmp, burned the tipple nnd other buildings. Then they abandoned iho camp. The mine guards nnd strikebreakers fled. The strikers xvere said to have al lowed Snjterintendent George C. Al berts nnd his wife and baby to leave before attacking the enmp. I'niou officials here declared they had received no reports of alleged fatalities, but said they had heard that several Greeks were wounded in today's fighting. Federal Troop Arrive Two troops of the twelfth United States cavalry reached Canon City nt noon nnd immediately detrained. Thev will occupy the mines in Fre mont county this afternoon, relieving the state militia now on duty. Tho regulars we.o not mounted and will serve ns inf intry. Reports of n mutinous feeling nmong the militiamen were revived today. It was said that numerous militia officers had resigned their commissions because Governor Am nions had nsked for tho regulars, thereby branding the state National Guard ns incompetent. Scattered shooting about the Wal Renbunj hills wns reported at noon, but details were lacking. Te1eplioiiiu; to one of the union leaders here, n. Wnlscnburg striker snid: Iteady to Surrender "As soon ns tho regular soldiers arrive we ure willing to surrender our anus and ammunition. We will die, however, before we turn them over to mine guards nml state militiamen." Union leaders denied today that the fatalities were heavy as u lesult of yesterday's fighting, So far ns was known, only one striker was killed, beside two miners slain bv militiamen on tho streets of Walsenburg yester day. The striker was Henry Floyd, who left the MoXally eamp for Wat senburg on n motorewle with a girl pu the tear seat. A machine gnu from the Wulseu mine scut out sev eral volleys and Floyd was killed In stantly. Tho gill wns not hurt. britishIleeT IN BANGOR BAY IIHLPAST, April 20. Klovon Bri tish warships dropped anchor today In Duugor Hay, nt tho entrance to Reliant Lough. No explanation of their presence was forthcoming from London but It wus tho general belief that the gov eminent pluniied a landing of mar lues In tho event of trouble over Jrlk homo rule, First Urd of (ho Admiralty WIh ston Churchill mlmltM (hut b baa, such !ep In wind nt the tlwt ot (be lust rrlsUj, whH h found thn urmy officers touM H4 U d hh44 DROPS ANCHOR