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MEDFORD, OREGON", V HUNKS DAY, MAY 20, 19M.
NO. 51
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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
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(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.
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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"
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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-
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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
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