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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
I'nlr tonight and Tuesday
.Mat. ?N; Mln. -II.
rurty-fmirili Year.
Dully Nliilli Voir
MRDFOTin. OIMWON, MONDAY, MAY 18, mil.
NO. I9
HUERTA AUTHORIZES HIS RESIGNATION
PRESENTED TO THE MEDIATION BOARD
1
J
DICTATOR WILL
RESIGN OFFICE
IF NECESSARYi
Mrxlrnn President Authorizes Media
tion Oclqintn o Sulimlt Rcjlijiia.
lion, II Such Causo Will Aid Srt-
tlrnu'iil. Foiin ol Provoslonnl Gov
rtnmrut a PiijIc to Diplomats.
WAHIIIVOTON, May JR. General
lltmritt Iim nuthnrlzed the Mexican
mediation lilJtlHKl'l" HIllllIlK III"
rttlKh(illin. In care such u course U
fiiiiinl ni'i'mnmry In n settlement In
penro iicRnlliittoiia. Till wiih stilted
Htlllly in despatches! today froiii n
llioioMftlil eiliupululil diplomatic
amino In .Moilru Cil). lo inn of the
hiti'lKii rinftitnilv'H hero, nml con
flints hit limit Iiiiin given li frlonda of
(In- delegate Imrt timtcrdny.
Ilcltl!) It! IJtllt Offlio
According lo tlilit Information
(rum Moxko I'll), General Huerlu nt
first nuthurlicd Hut dtdegntea lo ilU
eusa only Dm question of Hut Tnin
plot conflict, lending to ttio American
orruputlou o( Vrn Cruz. I. tiler the
Mexican illrtulor, It In explained,
riiino to rcrogulKi Din necessity or n
brooder settlement nml thru rout eyed
to Din delegate UMUrnucc Hint ho
woa tiri')firinj to. tuiL. down shujiW,
till touran bcTfound nccsttry l
them
Tint piobloui causing chief ronrcrn
to diplomats In Mexico City now In
t lint or tin' (ortn of ndmlnlstrntlon to
tin established during tho luteregnum
)iifori n rumitltulloiinlly elected prca.
Idimt could nasunm office. No Inti
mations concerning the tinmo of n
possible sun-uasur to lluorlit were
contained In Hin despatch, this sub
jnl being oiui In which It would bo
nowtnry to consult tlio opinion of
'coiiaiitulloiiallsta nml other lenders
In Mexico.
Delegates Meet Tomorrow
Supremo Court Juatlco l.niunr nml
Frederick W. I.ehmnun, who will rep
resent tint Pulled Htnton nt tlio jicncn
conference nt Nlnicnrn Fnlls, Ontnrlo,
toiln) arranged to lento Washington
tomorrow innrntiiR. Thin nrrnnge
incut will put tlio American delegates
nt tlio scone of tlio conference about
the llnio tho Mcxlcnn iIoIpk.Uh nr
rlvo Hicro from Now York.
Tlio Information of lluertn' atti
tude agrees with tlio tlow obtained
by Hiimn of tho close friends of tho
Mexicans (luring their stop here. Ac
cording to thin vlow tho dnlegntos
icnllred tho present administration
lit Mexico City wait' fnut going to
pleioa, nml It was Inuvlliililo Hint
llueilii nlv plnco to nmo nthor nu
Hiorlty. It did not, liowovor, dls
dine Hint lliinrttv hnil nulhorlzed hln
icHlKiiiitlou. If they cnimlderod that
conrce necuHBiiry, nml thin inoro dofl
tillo pluiKo w mndo known In tho
(lUpiitch HiroiiKli dlploiniitlc cliiut
ih'Ih. Who will romn nftor lluertii,
whether mi Imllvldunl or n piovlnlon
ul (ouuuliHlon mill U nu open uueii
tloii, hut It Ih Hiithcicd tho huccch
mIoii will nit ho UKoly to full on nilll
tm IcmleiH who hnvo come to proinl
ueiue ' liy hlmry fprco,"
RAILROADS LOSE
era MAIL PAY
WAHIIINUTON. Mny I8.TI10
court or cIiiIiiin toilny, In a Ic.M ciuo
ilecUlon, hliikliMl tho liopoH of mull
mi r Inn ihIIioiuIh for Iho colloutlnu
of Iiii'ko miiiuh, baaeil oil Iho cluliu
(hut llui ituwjriiiniiut'a mull weltih
Jiik ayhluin umiilU In umli'r pu)'uinnl
to tlm iimil. Tim I'iniil. In 1111 iipln
lull i- Cliluf JuMlui Cuiiipht'll, ilU
jillatcil Hin iiuHllnii of tlm ClilniKii 11ml
Alton inllimiil, for Na.il 'I'lw
nilliiiuil ioiileinli.il Hull Hin uvuiuk"
wni'lil) welBlilllH 'f liHiivteil
Hiiiipi'iiNUlli'ii fur only iilmul nU
lieli'lilha ul lliu n a 1 1 1')' It'Ull) iHHlD)
) lliu Mllina4-
sceies 111 n ran
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CROWDS AT THI! IVTTKV
WATCHING 7HC4MOMTANA
The buttlo iblp Moutnua U tuxvT
nbotu nu alu citturcd thu lludtuu Itlrvr
rrv.t U-nrlntf Hie Utile of ITMrifiT-
lieu iinirliica nml tilucJacLct who wcro
nln lit u the (K'ciimllon of Vera I'ntx.
'i'hu trltmti' of hlliiire nml tho honed
head win uM ty Sew ik city on the
iH'cali)ii of Hie unit linliii-vuli.ltijC
f 00 LITTLE GOD
The'
STATES MARSHALL
WABIIINC.TON, Mn IS Vice
I'rrxldcut MnriOiiill'a declnrntlou thnl
ono of America' Ilia today "la that
(hern a too much aclonco In tho ao
called cdticntlomil ayatum nml too
llltlo (lod AlmlKhty," occanlono.l com
incut In WnnhliiRtou today.
"There la HiIh HiIuk wroiiR In many
of tho churchoH," anld the vice proal
dent, "that hecauvo church mid ntnte
nro aepnrato mid tho alato mnkca tho
achuola, tho church hna fell Itaelf
nhxolvcd from any duty In tho direc
tion of education of youth.
"Hut wow tho church la uwnkonlui;
to tho fact that children should ho
reared In tho way of Chrlatlan faith
from tho uuraory upward. I bo
llovo there la In thlu country today a
xreat aptrltuul awakening, mid tho
church la beginning to reo It hna
turned ovor ontlmly too many of V
fuui'tloiia to tho Htate."
Tho vlco prealdent nlao lot It ho
known that aonio dny ho would for
got nil of tho other political purlieu
and Join tho KoclnlUt.
"Hut," ho added, "I hIiuII novor do
UiIh until It becomoa it friend of tho
rhuich: novor whllo It flnunta on tho
atieeta a red biiunor In tho face of
faith In (lod nml tho marriage aervlco,
Tho Koclnllam In wIik-Ii 1 holfuvo, nml
to which I hop" Home day to adhere,
la not that which comerim Itself with
conalderntlou of power and piopoity,
hut thai of spirit "
POSED AS
. .-TO
NKW VOIIIC, May IN I'ualug n
ildlcithca four mull gullied ciiliaiirit
In it llrnmU'uy ,iuuliiii phi urn Dm
ler iMiily tmluy, iiiudn llu uulcliliiuii
M pllaOIM'IK, llHIHllllfflul (llll'll work
men Mini wiii in iho Hmuinr llicu
blow open Dim wife lu Him Imi' offliv
iblHliilujf IJPyP.
N PUBLIC SCHOOLS
is tie unit ship
lli iViiiiiiiiHiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiVriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
w uMiHlHHiiBHiHIH
REPORTED ATTACK
UPON VERA CRUZ
A FALSE ALARM
VKKA CUV'., Mexico. Mav 18.
A rumored concentration of Mexi
can fetlernl troop before the Ameri
can liner-, in the vicinity of Vcrgnrn
xtuliou, two miles out 011 the Inter'
oeeeunio railroad, failed to materil
ire iulo tin rally lnoruiiij; attncl;
which had been predicted by nntite.
who entered Vera Cm uv.lotdn,v.
The night iiuxxcd witliont any inci
dent nt the Ameiican oulpott and
110 iudieulioii wiih gltcn thai (leiierul
.riiyiirrelo or (Icneinl I'eua con
templated tiny violation of lliu nrmi
lice. I'ioiii hcvcnil (piniter", tuinoi-s were
pieM-tently clrculaleil ,velerday con
cciiiiiif,' Mexican Hoop motcmcuts in
the vicinity ol the Auiciiean onlpin.1-.
Tlm Ameiican army licadounrtew
jxtatf vwih (liiiicliiicil to take tlioKe
ruuioix perioutl.v, hnt precaution!,
wcro taken lo gunid against nny pos.
hildo Mtrpririi1.
Under lint general precnutioiiniy
plafis ilinuii up by Iho licadiuarteii
htntr, tlm initiincH ami lilucjnckcU 011
ImiuiiI Iho Ameiicnu Heel ine held in
rcadmcM to come uhore at uu
Imui'V uolice in case the giiiriMiii
liould be alluekcd.
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RESERVE BANK OE
MiW YOIIK, .May IH. tcu(u
liilitua nf lite luinU iii'inldedliei(i
ludiiy u lulu fit I'm nml uctiou
iiccovaiiiy In mil lulu briii nig. Hi"
Icili'iiil loei'io Imiiku ul HiIn dif-liml-
lli nil ul I be Utile Icm'IWi dU
ll li'U 111' ill"' tIMIIllM, 'M'Cl Nun
I'liilui-i'ii, imcliiitfa nil' lidUK lii'l'l
l(ltlll), III I'kMUlP l'lllllftlll. lu
H111 1'hUi'i'xj Hi'- mlimi yill Im
iuLt'll PM UvdliVilu,
in unii hie
THr iunuavl ami o
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PAIIKDON, Mexico, May 18TThe
flrat ungnKement In forco of ' tho
rebel cnmpnlgn ngalnat Baltlllo can
not he long delated, Tho rebel troopa
rapidly nro Inking up tho poaltlona
assigned them in (lonernl Ytlla'a
plan of battle and nro cloning In on
tile town In auch a way tho rebel
leudera believe will cJieck any at
tempt of tho federal garrison to eta
cuato mid retreat to tho aouth, eteti
ahould tho aohllera of Iluertn con
template auch a move.
Spread which to cast and weal of
tho railroad lino from l'nredou to
Hnltlllo, tho constitutionalists troopa
nro combing tho country throughly
nml sweeping tho federal out posts
mid scouting imtrlea lteforo thorn.
Thcro haa been some aktriutahlug ro
poited, hut It haa not bcou of nidi a
charanter to develop tho poaltlona of
tho fed era la or tho plan of attack of
tho coiibtltutlonalUta.
REBELS RAISING
WASHINGTON, May IS Thnf
Genera Caballoro, couatltutlouullst
cominamler nt Tamplco, hnd ro
iiueatijd through tho chamber of coin,
murco there all himlueaa firms, Mexi
can uud SpauUli, to aubacrlho to a
voluntary fund fur the constitutional
Ma, wuh roported to tho navy de
partment todii) by Admiral Muyo.
Clrmimsiuurca of the KKpicat for
voluutury routribulloim ttero tie
acilhcil lu a ttutumciit fnnii tlm
navy ilcpmt incut
"II ttua luudo clear ' aald Iho stale
nioiil, "lliul Ibis fund wua not lu bo
lu lliu form uf 11 icgulur wur liu
III renpiinsii lu llilat lciUel Admit ut
M iiyit lepoila Hnil roiislilt'iuhlii auiua
Imvu been iiiiiiiIhiIui by Mi'ilmu
Hint ripuulmiU in Tumpliu, but Hint
an fiir 1111 demand Imi Ni'ii iiimln tin
idlicr rwWKU iiJini's Hiw Id mii.i
!! )( lb ivMvl
R S
ABOU
SALTILLO
FUNDS AIIAMPICU
bobs hi tike no
TELLEZ OFFERS
CAPITULATION OF
MAZATLAN CITY
I.OS ANCIKI.KS, Cal., May 18.
General Tellex, federal commander
nt Mazatlau, haa offered to surren
der, tho remnant of hla troops, pro
tided ho la accorded tho honors of
war by General Obregon. according
to advices received today by Adolfo
Cnrlllo, constitutionalist representa
tive hero. Tho telegram also ln
formed Cartllo that a rebel neroplano
wrecked La l'edra fort at Mazatlau
today, killing SO nion and putting
all of tho artillery thero out of com
mission. Kurlher advices stated that Car
ranzn was on hla xvny back to Tor
reon nd that General lluolna. xvho
captured tho city of Topic, was on his
way to nttack Guadalajara with 15,-
000 men. lloforo starting for Tor
reou, Cnrraiun went to the stnto of
acatecaa to confer witlt Gonornl
N'ntora regarding plana for tho march
on Mexico City, which. It wua stated,
would bo atartod as soon aa tho con
stltutloniillfits hato entered S.tltlllo.
TDI
s
WASIIINCJTON, May 18. Itepro-t-cntntite
Keating of t'olorndo, con
fencd with I'lVKidenl WiImiu today
conceiuiug couditiom, in the btnke
dixtilct of his Hlule. Allboiigli tlio
ireidi'iil had tidtixed Clot ei nor
Amnion Hint federut troop, would
mil In allowed to icpmiu lmletuulid
in tlio li ike cotioitf, Mr. Ieat,lng
kind Hie piokidcut wih mil dipiifcd
lo tvilluliiiw llio giititrniiicnt foi't'cx
iiiniitilliilcly, uud la willing Hi do
cteryihliig ttilliln llio iciiKtm fur (lio
iii-i!miliiii uf pence in Mm cnnl
ri'ghui.
it. Kciillnk ctiiiwid tli'iilit us 111
ilits nlillily uf tlm .l n 1 1' iiilliiiu In
uiiiliiltiln ol del In III" nU dUlllfl
uflci' Dm MiihiliiiHiil ul lidi'iiil
1 1 imi ! ji 11 lc ilium iiwiii tmilil(l'nulmi I wnnl, iiiuIit w lw iw
j, ,(lu ,e,,m,0 f dmitd tjma
lnm,
fell it u tun;
a
"
usual tootlns and screeching of Ut kar
bor and river craft were- quletefi and
flax everywhere In the harbor flapped
til half mast when the Montana, tacort
ed by the Wyoming and the Mayflower,
steamed up the bay. The other ploturx
shows the crowd alonj tho llattcry
there, who nwnlted the arrlral nf tho
funeral ihlu. ,
SPECTAGULAR FIRE
Kay Toft's barn, on Klvcraldo ave
nue, between 11th and 12th street
burned down Sunday night, entail
ing a loss of (5000, catered by $3000
Insurance. Within this barn were
stored tho accumulation of many
years of business wreckage, house
hold goods, harness, wagons, farm
Implements, odds and ends of neces
sities, hay, and n recently installed
creamery.
When the fire that tcapod high Into
tho ak , and mndo bright as day, ter
ritory within six blocks of tho burn
ing structure, was at Its height, a
klmoua parndo took placo, tho like
of which for variety and number haa
never been witnessed In Southern
Oregon before.
Scores of women
and girls, appeared thus attired,
with their hair braided down their
backs.
Tho origin of tho tiro Is attributed
to two sources, careless tramps and
revenge. Toft supports tho tramp
thoory. Tho revenge supposition Is
strengthened by the fact that those
who reached tho fire first noted that
tho four corner of tho barn was
ablaze aa If a flrobug had dono his
work well. Tho firo alarm was
turned In at 12:30. and 1000 peo
plo gathered to seo tho blaze.
Scores of sparrows and pigeons
died In the flames, -fho bird wero
nwakoncd from their night slumbers
by tho bright hltuo, and flew Into tho
vacuum caused by tho brat to ho de
stroyed In tho flames. Clouds of
moths and Insects were deitroyod In
tho same manner,
Tho flro was moro spectacular than
the Day Planing mill bluzv. lust Mon
day, uud was aliortur. A half hour
after lis sturt It wua finished, Tlm
flro dupurHnuiit strung 1100 feet uf
Iuism In ifucli iho flro,
VAHllNlYjnS Muy IH. Auwih
cull 1 lixi'im mil) uiu In Im ruli'd o
mint tmt-l iiukkiuu: Ihiouyi lb
jlniij 1M11 i ( ilmicl Owlt
jijtiw 1" ViMlmH rt
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SOUTH
RIVER
BECKER'S PRESS
AGENT EXPOSES
MASTER S GU LT
Charles i. Plitt, Fwmw Atfvk f
Accused p)ice Offfctrf, lrtryw
FcriMr EmpUyer TeiJi tf Eitab
lishtng AHM aN Pka tw
in Case ef Execution.
XKW Kt)UK, May IS.ClmrJfH H.
Plilt, one lime pre-!1 ngent Hnd nd
ti.sor for CharlcM Ilecker, on trial for
the murder of the gambler, Herman
ItoHrnlltal, took the wilneHx ttand
for lite xtnle today, nnd rorroiornt
fil in many ilctaiN the h lories of
Jack unit Kote mid others Hint Keek
er was the, instigator of the murder
plot.
After itiwcnthal had been murder
ed, the witness swore, lie met Keek
er, who was indignant nt Hie tray
Hie killing had been accomplished-
Vhut ix Hie matter with Jack ,
Rose and the Imuclif" Plilt tumtrd
Keeker an having said. ''To wll the
htunl Hie way they did xrmt very
bad. .You would HiipjMtse it was Iw
inji done for- the moving; imMHrd."
IrovhK aai ANN
Jply 15, Hie. dny.lieroreUhe murder,
J'ljtf wild he fJiiViKcekir nt, iwlie
lieudipiarlfrx. "lckeVXtHjL"
Maid tliu witness, "Hint lie nnd 1 had
to have 1111 nlibi for Hint night.
"Keep ntvny front Times f?ipiare fo
niglit," he told me.
I'litt Mtid lie tww Kei'kec, many
times in the Tombs. He visited him
every dny for three week after Ills
arrest, until Keeker went lo tho
deathotisc nt Situ Ring. Once he
told Keeker, ho said, that n friend
o the gunman had told him to tell
Keeker the gunmen wanted ff00 nnd
Hint if they did not get it quick,
there'd lie trouble.
I'litt iuiid lie wrote Keeker almost
constantly after his conviction and
that Keeker wrote him from the
dcnthhotisc. After Keeker's convic
tion nnd sentencing lie nnid he jour
neyed with the party up to the pris
on. llocker Asked Fuvor
"I gave Keeker it drink on the train,
paid the witness, "nnd said it would
probably be the last for aomo time."
Keeker put his anus u round me and
started to cry.
"Old pal, he snid, 'if I do go off
in the chair, I want you to do me one
favor. Kilt that squealing Jack-
Rose.' "
MM ACCUSED OE
SETTING OPT ARES
Simon McKee, an aged pioneer min
ing prospector of the SUkiyou Mouu
tninc, well known in Jacksonville, was
arrested Thursday at Portland '''
Deputy Mnrxhal Fuller 011 ehurgo
of starting fires in the National forest
and lodged in the county jail iu Port
land. It is expected Hint relative
will furnish bond for him in a few
days, District Attorney Iteniuert
and the forest service officials be
lieve that McKee in largely reapoiiHl
Ide for forest fires that occnted in
Southern Oregon last Kiuutuer uud
full.
The arrest was made on tlio testi
mony to the Federal griiud jury Ikjx
week uf three prospectors that they
had scon McKee going through Ike
foicsl with a torch made uf fern
hutting flri'i n lie weiil.
MEDFORD I0Y HURT IN
RUNAWAY WEAR ASHLAJM
Sunday, wuvcrul Medford boys witt
to Axliliind to visit tlio IhtlbMHH Ibttk.
On the way lioine, Frw4wrn (krftv
ami una llirnwn fn mu Uiy, Mtmt
Him mik Inking fHitbt ul m pMu
ing bicycles, ihii away, IbFjwy Muf
in ilm tfi'iuiutj nml t-uHnUm Mfvf b.
Ill HUN 4tlil'd Ul HHfMwiM fH
biiiub lmm Ut H uMh miW
tUtUH4 rtllKM-W, lb.V Ut
wb Ut U JW Ut bJ fr i
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