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v -il 'dioo Mslo'lnnl fleejsiy .. VH CKonrifl Qlriutt " Medford Mail Tribune K SECOND EDITION ' r WEATHER Fair tonight nmt Tkarwla Max. H6t Mln. !. t I'nrly-fniirlli Tmr. Dully- Ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON", V HUNKS DAY, MAY 20, 19M. NO. 51 I, 1 J !-- i'.m.. VILLA VICTORIOUS IN ANOTHER BATTLE rn- RFRFISWINNERS S DECISIVE SALTILLOBATTLE Villa Leading 4000 Constitutional ists Defeats 4500 Federals, Cap tures WO Prisoners, Many Arms and Much AwwrnwHien and Five Troop Trains Carryhii Soldiers. m , IJHTACIOS AMAtldOH, Mex., May llV(l I'.t Paso, Tax., May 'JO.) OcrWnl I'tnnccsco Villa, leading lllill) i-iiiixlllntlniialUt (mop, won tlm llttpiiiiioitiiht engagement of tint Sitlllllii campaign .May IT, when ho dcfcntcd l.'iiio fcdrrnlt retreating from Mnuclnwi at Pniednn. Not iinlydld General Villa admin (hit a d(Teut, lint In- presented tin arrUal at Snltillii of tint Monelovn federal garriVoii whlrh would hum added iniitennlly lu Hit' defeushn force, of llm object We point of tin campaign, lie also cnpluied sup plicH which would have been nf value Id llm garrison of Knllillo, nitil which hum added a lieinendnusly increased strength to I ho power of Villa' at tack. Miurr IMHI Prisoner The ctitihtltiiliniialUtM lost sixteen killed iiml twenty. nine wounded. Tim federal rainullit'M were twenty-nine killed nml mure lliaii eighty wnuudrd. Tln iMiiiHilliiliniiiiliKln ruptured 110(1 prisoners', nii)o piece of nrtillery, more limn olio million nmuilH of small arms ammunition, a large iiianltty of nrtillrry aniiaiinltton ami a largo supply of prmisinun, in nd- dlllon trt'ffCc (roups' triiltiw which carried llio lliir-rln soldier. The federal garrison of Mniicluvn, numbering 1.100, lind evacuated Dial town May M in f'ue lioop traiim on I In approaeli of (lenetal I'rnncisen Mnryiit, eoiill(ulioiiulis( eomuiiunler nl Picdras Negriix, who was milium iug from the south (o attack. Warn ed I iv Miirgtilii and liy In xiotitf tliat tlm federal under General ('Initio Allure, Gimrdiola and .Mitno, weie attempting to rnusnlidntc Ihelr force with tlm Snllillo garrison, (ieneral Villa prepaied to receive, lliem at I'aredmi. Villa divided liU force into three column, Hie center mm of which lio led In penon, lil I'lirrr In Person , Ah llm llrsl tun (mop trains steamed into tin' trap ptepared for litem May 17, Villa swung forward hi three cidiinni siiiiiilluuenusly. Tiie eiintitiiliomiliK ultaek wus bril liantly executed. In forty minute llm federal not dead, wounded or prisoner wete scattered in High), lea vine llielr iiiiumuiitiou and provis Ion lieldud llirm. Tlm constitutionalist cavalry dU numiited and acting ns iiifnulry fairly swept tlm federal line hack with the rapidity of llmir recent fire, A the fedeiul swarmed out of their ear and look up position in open order along tlm railroad track they weie met by a willirrini? alley. For a lime FIRST OF PEACE MEET IS TALK FEST Gathering ot Mediators at Niagara Purely Informal Time Devoted to Getting Acquainted Welcomed by Delegation "of Canadians Appdnted by Governor General. NIAGARA FAI.I.K, Onl., .May '-'0. Tlm iiicdlnlor mid llm tepreeuta live of the United State and tlm llucrln (.MiM-i union t lonn at il o'clock the litvl formal conference looking to a elllemeul of the .Mexican proli loin, Itiilcx of pnieediire and prelim inary orpniilzaliou of the mediation proceeding elti dicilel. After an nddrrtK of welcome liy AiiiIiiiimi dor Da (lama and Miilaltle rrtpoiike liy icpreneulalieH of llm .Mexican and American delccntcw tlm firt e- loil of llm mi'diulioii conference rt eiHrd until tnuihl. NIAOAItA l.M, Onl., May 20. I'rellinlaary lu (ho first olon of (ho mediation coaforencii let for till nflernoon nl a o'clock, two of tho thrrn Kouth Aiuerlcnn niciIUtorii, Am. titiMkilor Da (Jama nail MlnUtur Jnon, llio Ainerlrnn rcireiitatle, Ijitnnr anil I.hinnnn. nnd tho Mexican rep reiatatlveH, mot Informally nnd re mained loRotlicr for nearly an hour. Olio of tho American dclcKatm af ter tho conference explained that In their mccllnR with tho mediator and the Moxlrani, tho lubJccU (O be taken up at tlm mediation conforcuro wcro tnni- tVin nntirnnrhA.I "-.. -..v;.. .. . ,, "il wat jimi a puroty mrorrnal ton- vernation," ho (aid, "of n concealal naturo." Tlm .Mexican Jiearo coinmlinloucri arrived hero early totfay from New York, whlln tho American delegates renchml hero uliortly heforo mldulRht. To welcomo (ho vliltoru to Cana dian territory, tho Duko of Con iibiikIiI, Kovernor Konerot of, Canada deleKatod Martin lltirreit, mlnUtcr of aKrlrulltiro nnd Honcjor LuurIiociI, Coniervntlvo lender, nil to conic hero from Ottawa. This tho M'ouiid lime llm Ameri can, tlm Mexicuu and the mediat or have mr in a mioial way, mtu'i! to liriiic all parlie to tlm iu'Kitia tiiniH into more intimate contact. While there ha liceu no definite de cision yet a to how much of lite lie (,'oliatiniw shall ho conducted with all parlie present and Imw much in separate consnltatioiis, the way was oMucd for a general conference If il should Im deemed advisable. Ivllmlnntioii ofJIueria The (piel!ou of (lit elimination of llucrln wax hclicvcd to he paramount in (he mind of tho mediator. It was realized Ihu final nidation of tho MELLEN TELLS MUlPl BY NEW HAVEN lillard Made Profit of $2,700,000 From Stockholders on Deal Or dered by Morgan Purchase of Nashua Road Cost Three Millions MVgan Alone Responsible. SWEDISH ATTEND CROWN PRINCE, WHO MAY PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on pax 3.) FRANKSTESTIMONY BARR D FROM JURY E IN BECKER TRIAL XKW YOIIIC, Miiy ao.- Tho con fcsion that "Dajfo Frank" Clrol'iei nuiilo an hour Imloie ho went (o Ihu clceliio chair at King Kinj,' will not help Cluiile I locker hi hi fiuhl In pioya hi iuiiocuncit of (Im murder of 1 1 ci nut it Itosoiillinl, lor which (;iro lid nnd hi Hii't'ii coiuiunioii already have paid llio penally., Tlm supreme com I, Iml'oiu which llcckor i mi dial for llm sucond (line, itifued lo day In iidaill Hie toliiuoiiy dealing w iih llm coiilVkHlau, "Iiiki IVank" hi'l'nic Im iliuil HWiiiit Im liuil never licanl llm iiamii of lleckt'l liii'lilloili'il iinlil Itoiciilhal had been killed, Tlm nomt bold eUdciicn iiilii)iilliK lu Mil i'oiiIVhIiiii wiim not lllllllklbll lll'I'IIIIMI II tVMM in liioliloiil jliui Willi l'J Mflfi' I hi1 liiiiidfi-, STOCK LIST INCLINES TO HrGHER PRICES NKW YOIIK, May 20.-Tho Mock inurkut cIohoiI IreRtilar today, lix copt for Incronaod wcakucds lu cer tain mock, duo to moru or lets spe cific retinoid, tho llm tnclluod to re covery. UuslncHu conitnuod in vory 1 1 M tit volunio, howovor, nnd loft no doubt of It professional character. WAKIIINliTOK, May 'JO. Detail conceiniiij; (he relation of llm New- York, New Haven & Hartford rail road ami. tlm Milliard compjiny, through which the littler, or .John I.. Ililtnrtl. made a profit of $-.'f70,000, were iwu today In the inlcrbta'e cnnuiR-rcc eiiiiiiiiissinn by t'hhile S. Mellon, former proddrut of tlm New Maxell, Toward the close of the moniiin,' uriKiiou the purchase of Ihe Worces ter, Nashua & Hoeliester railway by the lloslon & Maine wa discussed. It deVcUiM-d tbnt It win broii;bt about by the Into J. I'mriioiit Mor van, Mr. .Melleu testifying that Mr. Moruiin hnudlrd llie detail of that purchase. The road cost llm Boston & Miiinu iieaily Jf.'i.OOO.tlOII. .Mr. Mel leu, while ho considered the properly vulualde, frankly said he had not ap pro cd of the purchase of tlm prop erty. "Wlirn w.t n loan of :ttKI,0Otl made to Haskell of the Itostou Her ald!" ueim .Mr. Folk. Motion llrraltl let ''Two year or morv before note of Haskell wore sold to .Mr. Millard," Mr. 5rellen replied. "I bad known Mr. Haskell some .warn and laid the cnfl before the finance committee, mid tlioy agreed to Ibe loan." "Did you lae anylhinc to do with tho renn;aniration of tho Mostou Herald T"aned Mr. Folk. "I attended a meeting ut which the reorptnlzntion or lltu llcralil wan eoiisidqrvd. 1 waK Ibero merely as mi olnSorver." Mr, Folk turned to the Moston railroad holding company bill which (lovcriior Draper advocated. Mr. .Mellon testified copies of the bill had been heat him by "Mr. Cboatu or Mr. Hymen." "Tlinl Ik Timothy K. H.xme, xieo p resident of tlm New Haven, and publicity maiiT" nked Mr. Folk. "No man can bo in tho railroad business novadayn and not not pub licity. iSiuneliiiicrf Im cts too much.' Cboate lcKlslatlvc Aiteiit "Did you rutaiu Mr. Choalu to draft the. bill!" "Mr. (,'hoalo was our rejjislered IckUIiHIvo nijciit. Tho main trouble over llm railiond xituatioii in New KiiKlnld wnsf tlm Irolley ipiestion. Kverjbody seemed opposed to tint railroad ownership of trolley. 1 felt an eulliiliteucd public opinion would favor railroad ownership of Irol ley." t "Did yon hpend $400,000 in en lightening puhlio sentiment V "I know imtliink' of that kind." Mr. Mellen said Hint Im knew lit tle of the detail, of tho work of Vieo t'rchidejit llyine. , "Did Im hpend money to influence leirislnljonf" asked Mr. Folk. "I aip biil'u not," said the witness. ''Woro a largo iiumbur of uowspa-iei-H enrrieti on tlm payroll of tho Jfvw Hitven!" iisked Mr. Folk. 1 , HHHHHHHlKjiKrc S.bhHHM IVillilllllllllllllllllllH Brf u"" j -"zrsrfCi . PRINCC CU3TAVU5 ,XDOUPHUS or SVCOCM . i" Word comet from Stockholm, Sweden, that Crown Prince Guttava Adolphuii may attend the I'anaiiii-I'aciflc Kxposltlon at San Franclca II ty Tery dealroui otTbltlne the United Statea and will do so unless tsc healtfc of bis father or tie political situation abould prevent. NO WORD H MISSING CONSU L FROM MEXICO Altbewffe Huerta Officials Reported SfhSman Released From Saltilki a Week Age, Whereabouts Still Un known Iryan' Wires for Informa tion WW Send Messenger. BENSON PS TOLL EXEMPTION OVER M MY IN ECONOMIC JUDICIAL COUNT! DECLARES KENYON ERR s I'OHTIiAND, Or., Max JO. - The count of the ballots todav cast ill last FridayK elections still left un decided the contest between Charle L. McNary and Henry I.. Meiison for the republican nomination for su preme court justice.. With this one exception all contexts Iiml been de cided. Complete inofficial returns from all but six counties mid scattered re turns from these latter nv Meason a lead of fifty. The vote was: Men- sou 31,038, McNary 3:,l88. coxeyIoSTon WHITE HOUSE STEPS "(Jen- WASIIINOTOX, Mnv 'JO. eral" Co.ey of Massilou, O., who! marched into Washington yesterday with a small croup of stragglers, constituting tbo so-called army of tho iiiicmplo.xed, wan today granted permission to speak from the steps of the capital nt noun tomorrow. JUNIOR ROCKEFELLER RETURNS'FROM HIDING NKW YOIIK, May 'JO.-John I). Moekefeller, Jr., has returned to work after twenty days at Ihe county e. tato of hi-i father ut I'ocautico IliiN. Sineo Muy I, when be went into v tiremeut, most of his tormentors, un der tlm leadership of Upton Sinclair, huso been silenced, several by being bent to jail. WASHINGTON, Ma L'O. Declar ing the exemption of American coast wise ships from loll was an ceo noiaie mistake ami . "prml privi lege," Senator Keiiyou iiittjic senate today announced he would' vote for the rccul bill. The question of the right of the United Slates lo exempt coastwise hhiw, the senator said, was mm which should be submitted to arbitration. Senator Hollis said good faith nnd llio honor of a great nation require that the tolls exemption plunk of the Maltimore platform be disregarded. He said tho country would not ask performance of (ho pledge in (he plank if il was violalixc of treaty ob ligations, Junior llolliR protested ugaiiist referring the tpiestiou to tho courts. WASHINGTON, .May 'JO.-Anxiety nmong officials here over the inabil ity to get definite word from Ameri can Vicr Consul John It. Sillimnn, whovna rcjxirtcd released from prison nt Sattillo, more than a week ago, aroused the state department to renewed uctivity today. (Evidencing bis own npprcheniou, Secretary of Slute Mrynn tele graphed to American Consul Hnnnn at Monterey, asking if it would be feasible to send a moscnger to Sal- tillo to determine if Sillimnn ever had been released. Silence la I'crsUteat Sccretar1 Hryun'rf directions to Consul Haiiiia made it plain he wit to use hi discretion in prosecuting his inquiries. So persistent has been the silence for Hie Inst few davs of the Mexican foreign office with regard to the American requests for nctual infor mation regarding Sillimnn tbiU nuxi cty in many hind ha? turntd to' ap prtheiuiou .that, Siltimun rony again hnvc been held in custody. Some of ficial fear he may have been killed. It I more than n week since (he Mex ican foreign office and the Rntzilinn minister in Mexico City declared Sil limnn nnd been released. Samuel Tori Shot Captain Percy WilIU of Hie coatt nrtillery ut Key West notified Sec retary of Wit Garrison today he hnd, obtained an affidavit from A. W. Mland, lately arrived from Vera Crur, declaring Samuel Park, tho American soldier who wandered from tho American lines at Vera Crtu, bad been executed. According to Cuptnin Willis, Mland tnlked with an acquaintance in Vera Cruz who saw the body of Parks und who declared Hie young American or derly was shot by Mexican soldiers und that his body later was destroyed. MVLT TO DEVOTE MO CAMP1NIN6 Colonel in Thick ef PoWlcs Wan Trip Tbroufhout Country, ImM fof Coast larrtof Trip to Sfta, Will Sand Entire Time In Effort to Revive luH Meose. CARTOON CAUSE OF LONDON, May JO. A specifio de uial of Ihu repeated assertion that Great Mritain's attitude in regard to the Panama Pacific exposition at ICoitlnuad on pact I.) Railroad Rehearing Denied WASHINGTON, May JO. -The in terstate commerce commission today denied a petition for a rehearing of the Industrial railway cases reeentlv I passed on by the commission. San Francisco was duo to an agree ment between her and Gennauy, was ghcu today in the house of commons by Francis D,Ko Acland, parliamen tarian under wrolarv for foreign 1 uffaiis. lu veply to a question on tlm I subject, he said: i "There has heeu no understanding and no obligations, moral or other- i wise, existing between Germany and Great Miitaiu in regard to tlm Pau mini Pacific exjioMHou. GENERAL FUNSTON'S REGULARS IN CAMP AT VERA CRUZ "OUTPOST. T" ,, -i"-nrr mrir ir " inMiMf iTiMMMlMMrf' '-lwBrfiiitilim lif if ?-'l ' HHBHHBHBkfllkiiiBav IkaaTA .WBiM AaMkmd kW leV A- iV mFmKMi9NB& M iitytiiiii imm, ini',nHH Mi? tiy utu'vuin. PORTLAND, Ore, .May 20. No ar rests had been mado early today of the seven prominent business men who wore indicted by the Multnomah county grand Jury ycatorduy for al leged libel against Gcorgo K. Ileus ner, n Portland railroad man and capitalist. It was understood that no warrants for their arrests would bo Issued ami that the district attorney would merely summon tho men to appear before rlm and arrange n time for their preliminary hearing. Tho indicted men aro J. C. Deck, T. Scott llrooko. T. A. Llnthlcum, E. Henry Wemme, K. T. Ames, H. W. Plerlug aud J. A. Johnson. Mr. Wemme Is lit In Southern California, Tho tudlctmonts aro tho outgrowth ot tho defeat at a municipal election a year ago of Mr, llousnor's appli cation for a street railway franchise, tho speciflu offense being tho publl cation of acartoon opposing tho franchise. OY8TKR DAY, N. Y May 20. TwoIyo hours aftor Theodoro Roose velt returned from South America he was back today in the thick of poli tics. Ho was up early and after breakfast, ho was hord at work, pick ing up the threads where ho dropped them seven months ago. Colonel Roosevelt, it was learned today, looks forward to one ot the hardest Kltlcal campaigns of his career. Kxcept for the lime occu pied by his trip to Spain for tho wed ding, of his son. Kerm:t, he expects to devote to politics most of bis time until November. Already a tentatlre plan of action has been mapped out. Colonel Roosevelt has m mind oho ot the longest campaign trips he ever has made, taking him from the Atlan tic to the Pacific, ane several shorter trips In nearby states. Cosfmste Hh Leaders For the ten days be rare he sails for Kurope, Colonel ttoeserett baa mapped out a program which will keep hlra busy. Is p reseat desire Is to get back la touch as sees as pos sible with the affairs ot the Machin ery for the comlaa; campaign. Betere bo left South American he ptaanwl his work, 'arranging- by cable formr ferences with leaders or the progres sive party. The first of these' 'was set for today. George YT. Ferklns'oC New York, chairman of the national executive committee, ana O. K, Davis of Washington, secretary of the com mlttce. were expected at Saga wore Hill to give Colonel Roosevelt a re port on tbo situation. Colonel Roosevelt will rq to his edltorlalofflco in New York tomorrow and will spend most or trio day In meeting political associates. At WajihiBKtoit Tuesday The address which Colonel Roose velt is to mako before tho National Geographic society In Washington has beon set for Tuesday evening. It is in this address that Colonel Roose velt wilt mako tho first formal an nouncement ot his dlscovory ot a river lu Urazll. The Wilson ndmlnlstrairau'i atti tude In tho controversy with Colom bia over the Panama canal was criti cised by Colonel Roosevelt. Ho ob jected strongly to tho payment of what ho termed "blackmail" to Co lombia. "In submitting." ho said. "It Is Just as though so mo future administration should apoluglzo to tho successor of Huerta for the seizure of Vera Crux. As for the payment ot 135,000,000 to Colombia," here the colonel , throw up his hands "well, that is unthinkable" 0x)so Canal Tolls Ttepeal Colonol Roosovelt expressed him- (Continued on Page Four) WOMAN DENIES HUERTA AUTHORIZES RESIGHATWN OFFER MKXM'O (MTV, Muy 'JO, Piovw ioiiul President lluerlH today guiu out ii statement ju which Im. said lie laid iiuthniircd tlio Mexicuu peace clt'guti1 hi Hit MutfHU Will modi- fcl!. glliui conference- lu offer bU t)p nalinillf Hint wnit MiTtfiMi;y o brlwj abitut N mlullni! of ike Mi'sIvmh it hfau ymmiHf m Ur hHihW, M PAYING $100 FOR HUSBAND'S DEATH SKATTLK, Wash., May '20. Mix. Mugdalenu Werner, on trial foe the murder of her husband, a furumr liv ing near lssiiipiah, went on wltHinc stand today and repudiated her ul leged confession, which whs- offr4 by the proneoiitioii yesterday, Tka coufessioii written and siunwl, saM Hint Mrn. Werner eutployed Kruuk Picon! (o kill ker liulmiid, prt44h' in pay lt ii 100 for tbu work, Mr. Werner dimJwl multlM U ciinfeliiii hhi nald tkul at (k Us she Im Hllaueil to have muib it 4m whm ju h (Ihk hi iifmummMt) 1'iinilllioH, Ml., UVrwr U i mr tmt,m km Im4 HrH issMpWi A4l i 41