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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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MEDFORD. OltlfflON, Tt'KNDAV, MAY 20, I9M.
NO. 50
HAN DELEGATES TO MEDIATION CONGRESS AT NIAGARA REFUSE TO SIGN AGREEMENT
W
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SUDDEN HITCH
IN PEACE PLANS
ON LAND ISSUE
Si.itriiirnl Dlitntcl nml About to tic
Sliic! Wl:cn Mcxlcnn Representa
tlvrs Cliiiinjo Thrlr Minds Debate
Upon Siili(c( Kept Secret Visit
Toionlo Tomoriow.
NIAOAIIA FALLS, Out.. Mm- '.Ml.
'I'll wlllll lilt Slllllll'lllv VCI'ICll lllll'C
unite. Wh u nil M'i'iiii'il going utl
mill every iMin wn optimistic nml tin
,Mi'Ii)iii ilili'(tl, ImliKxIiit: the.v
llHll H'MI'IimI till UCflllll Willi III)'
iniii1iNH. were iitmiit lo iuo ii
I'ntinHl rlll'l'llll lit I'M'laiialotV I
tlicir mmIimi ihi the ImiiiI ipii'tinii
mill rt uniting llinl it wh ctciirlv
iuiHM.nililr for llii'iti (n j(ie giiiirnu
- ll'WI Hw tMe-HntillV-llfa 1CW mill
wiiuMi'ljin nml rfcofjincd Kovcriiliiciil,
then cntm a Midden halt.
Tlic Mcikan di'liwitle had llnir
tcnn(trplile wink fiundn-il, tlifir
lui'liurHili ii'iiiI.n in print the ilnru
inimt, hihI then thi'v Mopped. Thev
hiilil llu'v hit il concluded to iuc mi'
priiiiiiiii'imiitHint. ii woiiki in- unlit
I' 1 10 1, III!') Nllill.
Tltcii, when .ir inn', miiiiiil ul
this hinlilcii step, wus speculating mi
llir, rmiKiiii lor it anil llu tin- wiih
Hlli'il with rumors, probable mill nli
surdlv imiirolmhle, tin' Aiucticmi del
cgulc dashed up in tin'lr mitimioliili'M.
There wiih a huriii'tl mounting tln
Hnlii'itM In tin1 room of tin' medial
w, tlw ilmir of llii niytli' chuinbcr
wiih slummed mut n prolonged nml
cainuM "cnnsorvntlnn" wm entered
mi.
"It was obvious Unit tlirrc iiiut
lio niii iiimv definite iimiiiiiicc re
specting tin' In tnl iptcstion In nii'i'l
llii dpclaml purpo-o of I'li'-iilcnt
W'll'on. I'icclscly Imw' Il was to In1
winked nut iii Imw it roiilil lio work
'I nut Mil lint nlloycthcr I'li'iir, lint
lltlli' ilmilil wm fi'll liv those par
ticipating t If. t it would In' worked mil.
After the riMlfclcilcc hclwccu tin'
mediators ii,i 1 the Aiiunii'iiii ilelc
pill's .Iii-IIihj l.nmnr dictated I lio
following hIiiIi'iiiciiI :
"We 1 1 MM' begun til llini'1144 till)
ti'iiii mnt details nf u pliiu of paci
tlnnllnii tin ii ijiiiuher of thi'iii mi
find tnircls in Hiili-tmitinl ngieo
mi nl. Oilier mi' Hill iimli'i' ili-cim-cioii.
unit ii" In llirm there liti liri'ii
tin ilingicc'iiiiit, Wi' have mi np
I'uitiluu'iit In ( In Tiiiniilii lomor.
IOW."
JAP WARSHIP
nnnMnrUii i in
II
ON ItOAltD I'. 8. S. CAI.II'OU
NIAi Mn '-'" (MH win-leu In Sun
Dii'Un, .Mny 'J(I). The .lupmiexe
iiliiUet' lillliuo, which Inw lu'eu lit
mieliur In .Miiyiitlun liinhnr iliuiiiK
tint .nilllleie itiicl lietween llin two
Mn.iciiii in mien, itcpiuli'il tmluy for
Miiii.niiillo. liei'iitiMt nf the evpeeleil
in 1 1 nl nf u Jiipnni'Hi' ini'ieliiiiitiiiiiii
lit llin Nuiilhein unit Mny -!.
1Olll hllH lllliM'il I'miil Tl'pil' tlllll
'riienilnre .Iniit'K. un Aiiit'iicim, who
luiil lu'eu held In piimui Iheie hv th)
iVileiuU nn the pcifiineloiy ehuiKO
nf minder, Iiiih liecn teleiiHeil hj ol
der nf (leiiei'iil lliieluii,
r.videuen nf hlroii" eniistiliiliuiinl
ihl H.viiiuilliy niiiuiiK the eitixeiiN nf
.Miixittlmi U w hIiuwii, OffieeiK
nf Ihu Aiiieiienii fleet, while indium
tuilu., weie Hluppeit in the Htreet hy
lexieiuiH, who heeil Unit the Aiiier
ienn lintiielieri lie nlluweil tu Ininspoil
them tu the euiisllliiliuiinlirtt lines.
They heeiued iliniippuinleit when It
wmh exphiilieil tu Iheiu Hint the IiiIcm
nl Htiiel neiitinlilv which tu o w,
likened piovi'iiteil Huh net.
M. A. WiiUli, who wiih Injiiretl Hut
tinlny iiviuiIiik In n ciilimme on the
rluntliern 1'iiclfla In riipltlly lertner-
lllK. WuUll WIIN IIITUIIIlllll)lllK two
iiiih of Iiokh to I'lirtliiiul. Iiiiuleil by
(Iny Connor, Mini hint Jiml nuleieil
llin I'liliuuiic. when tint eliKlne
itnipled on Tim Jur tlimw thu tele
pliuiui iHPillit'l llin iiiniilh nml lh di'M(
mjiilimt liii UiCMiti
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IVIMI1Z.MI1ILLU
WIDOW OF FORMER
SUE POSED FOR
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Mr. Thomaii I'rcjton, Jr, fonm-rly Mm. firmer (.'lowlnml, recently made
n flltii; trip from Kujcltiml to nllcmJ to not n I'UxIneiii nffnlrn on tier estate at
I'rlnreton, N J. Her liusKiinl, I'rofewor I'restnn, of l'rliierton, t eiiKnj;cil to
urctiiroloplcil ami rrfearrli vork lu Knclaiul, Tliu abora (iliotoRrapti wj
tuken upon arrlrlnc tn America,
BARTON
RANTED
A NEW TRIAL BY
HAI.K.M. Ore, Ma 2(1. lUcnimu
(lie iroeeutor coimiieiiteil upm uvl
ilenro which t lio court hint ordered
excluded, unit lieeiumo the court ro
fiincd lo kIu' limtriitlouii nuliod for
by Ihu defoniie, (he OroKmi mipremo
roiirl todny. reversed thu elrrult
eniirt nf Coon euiiiity tu t lio (imo of
JetiKo H, ll.irlou, eniixirted of mi im
Hiuilt upon MIhs Mmliu' Yokiini.
llnrtau reprenented C'ooh county in
thu hoiuo of ropreuutiitlveri Itiiit Icr
litlntlvo nennlon. Mlm Yokiiin at tlio
time thu nlloKed offeiue whs com
milled, wiu oiupIoeil ns n clerk hy
mi nliHtritrt cuiupniiy of I'ouulllo,
OreKou, with wlik-h llurtou wan con
nected,
Prior to thu Indictment of llnrton,
n petition hIkiuhI hy 170 cltlxctiti of
C'uitittlo, ituplorliiK nuiral conditions
In Unit town mid ciiIIIiik ntteiitlou to
Iltirtoii'rt (line, wiu uddroHsed to thu
pruKeeutor nml the Krmiil Jury. Thu
supiojitu court huld that Hits tihowed
HtruiiK renttiueiit eNlnted iiKitliitft llnr
ton, mid tliat tlio court Hhuiilil have
Khon liiBtrnctloiiB to tlio jury ml
IiioiiIhIiIiik It that It luiiMt nut bo
Kulded b Heiittuicni tu arriving nt a
verdict.
SUPREME
ZAPATA AGENT VISITS WASHINGTON
WAHIUNtlTON', May 20. An
iiKont of Ceiieinl Kiiilllmio Zapata
nml the Juiitn In clinrKO of thu Znpntii
inoNoinont lu Contra! mid Soutliorn
Mexico Ib hero mid nt thu miKuestloii
of Secrulnry llryiiu Iiiih Inld boforo
President WIIhoii mid the titiito do
piirtmeiit Information Intended tu
controvert Mtatemeatu Hint .npntn U
merely n biiudlt mid that IiIh follow
or uru R hordo of freo-buotorti.
Tlio nKont Hiibinlttml tu Mr. Itrjan
a Mntemeiit of thu Ideals, prncrnm
nml iiIiiii of eiiimuilKii of upntn mi t
hlri follnweiH, thu HlieiiKth of lilt
forced mid tlio extent of territory
ncr which ho rliilmi control mid
anUed that In any nutllemcnt of thu
Mvxlcmi probluin (till coniiorii9ii
PRESIDENT AS
THE CAMERA MAN
L SILLI
AT VERA CRUZ
TO MAKE REPORT
i:UA fl.'lZ, .Mhv -Ml. John IJ.
.Sillinitin, Aiueriemi iee. consul lit
Sullillo, mrivcit here tmluy from
Me.ieo City, lie ileelineit tu dUetix.
hid experieneei ilurinjr liw imprison
nielli nntl utter he hint uiiiile his of
ficial report to Wuxhiimtnu.
.Mi. .Sillimnti intimated that the
tnlcN of facing a firing .ipiiiil and of
other indinnilies he wits reported to
luive Mitfereit were much nicntriiwii,
lie xiiiil lie fell it was hi- ttutv to
repoit fully at Wiichiuutoii before
iiiukin piddle u detailed account of
his orient mid his release through the
aelisily of the MiitiMi iee-eonsul at
Saltillo.
The tlip lo Mexico City fiom Sul
lillo was inteirunteil nexeial times liv
wUtrutii-hort between miiiiII iletaehiiieuts
of eoiiHtituliouiilisth mut fedural pir
lisous ut poiiitn nloiiK the route. The
train on which the umiMil traveled
wiih pre ceded hy a troop train which
was fired on lepeateilly, ami which
was delayed Ir, toin-lip hcctiens of
the truck.
Mrs, Sillimau is still in Saltillo mi
ller the, imitcctioii of the lliifwh
euuKiilale. Ihr huOiauil appaiently
leeK no an.ie leciititiin: tier Mifely
bo Klvun tu the Zapatistas nn a lend
Int; element In tlio Mexican revolu
tion. '
Thu Zapatistas hnsn tholr preten
sions on mi amertlon that they repre
sent tho revolutionary movement In
tlio most thickly nettled portion of
Mexico, coutnluliiK 7f pur rent of nil
tho population. Zapata, tho ncout
Informed Secretary llrynn, has on
army of about 21,000, Tlio emissary
assured Mr. llrnu that npntn nntl
Ills follow em would observe all the
rules of eh lilted warfare,
DIscuikluK the relatione of Xnpatn
to C'urrmii, tho uncut, In tho tiiuiuo
I audit pi evented, said that tlio two
eleiuviilH, while not united, havo tho
miiiio end mul purpose nml were
unrlilnp III CUIU'ert.
CONSU
MAN
PICTUREDUTTING
in
JGET6 MONTHS
Militants Wu3 3lar'ied Masterpieces
Sent to Triseii for Six Months
Juiy Herrs Harangue by Indignant
ii t
Woman King Gccrcc Taroet for
' '
Ora.ors Bombs Found.
LONDON. May :r, StiffruRettc
who vlashcil pictures In tho National
Onllcry mid Itoynl , Academy with
revernl window mnailiers, were con
victed nml rciitcnrcd todny Six
month Imprisonment wn orlcrcd
for cnili of tho picture dentnocrs
while tho window nmnnliura In nl,
cases were condemned to terms of
four inon t lis.
Several women refurcd to rIvo
their nniitr and were Identified by
numbers. One frail girl collaprcd In
court an thu result of a hunger strlko
nml It wim necesiir) lo Rive her a ro
storntlve She was carried Into
court by women wardens,
l'rotc.t KIiik'h Action
I'rcda firnham,' n suffrnRcttc who
slashed several valunblo paintings In
tho Natlonni Cnllcry May 22, haran
gued tho Jury declared slio hnd at
tacked thu plcturci "m a rotcst
against KliiK (icorgo's lllcRal nnd un
constitutional action In refusing to
rccelvo n legal deputation of women."
She added: "What aro flvo pic
tures compared with 80,000 pictures
by tho grentcst artist of all, which
are bolng shamefully defaced, dam
aged and degrndedsby men each
night."
Mary Spencer, who damaged a pic
ture nt the Itoynl Academy on Mny
22, told thu Judgo tho only way left
for women to express their vlov was
to damage property, as they respected
human life too much to destroy It.
llyiiHiulle Kclzcil
Kxtrnordlunry precautions have
been taken nt tho Kpwin rare course
to prevent nny repetition of Inst
year's trngle Interference with the
running of tho Derby, when Emily
Wilding Davison met her death by
Jumping on tho course. A force of
20p0 police will be on duty during
tho raco meeting. Arrangements to
prevent King (loorgo and Queen
Mnry being subjected to nnnoynnco
by suffragettes hnvo been tnado ns
perfect ns possible.
Five stiff rngettes arrested lu n raid
on n West End flat Mny 31, wcro
brought boforo a mnRlstrato todny.
After seolng the exhibits, ho took
such a serious view of tho enso thnt
ho refused nil offers of ball,
Tho exhibits seized In the tint In
cluded n now slirnpncl grenade of
Ingenious manufacture, colls of fuso
nml plans of houses.
Menioraniln weie found in the flat
rciiiiriliiiR ptivmeiits to militant suf
fragettes and al-o concerning travel
injr expenses, tiicluiliuj; the journey
from I'aris to lliilmitl of Mice Clui
tobal I'nnkliuixt.
Removed From Court
Two of tho pri-oner became mi
itiirouiiotw it the iirihuueih' inclns
ure iluriii" the hcnriii; thnt thev liml
to ho removed. Ouu of llietu, M!m
i:niineliuo Hull, leitteil: "I have
been forcibly fed twieo daily and am
nemly ileml n " result."
She seemed liulf demented as she
stuiKgled with the police. Her hat
vviiK torn off, tier clothes disiu ranged
unit her hair dishevelled. You dev
iln! You heasts!" shu sluieked, lis
sho was carried out of the coiut.
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WASHINGTON, Mny 20. A tea
tutlvo understanding has been
reached among house loaders to add
to section seven of tlio anti-trust
bill which declares nothing lu It shall
bo construed to forbid tho organlta.
Hon of labor and agricultural organi
sations, thu so-called labor union ox
omptlon provision and nn additional
provision that such organUatloiis nml
tho members thereof, In themselves,
shall not bo construed to bo In re
straint uf trade, or In qoiispliacy In
violation of tlw niitl-tnut Inw,
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MELLEN'S STORY
OF
WASHINGTON, May 26. Further
testimony before tho Inter-Stata Com
merce Commission on financial af
fairs of thu New Haven railroad was
postponed today until Wodnosdny,
Juno 3, to permit special examiner:
to Inspect tho books of J. I'. Mor
gan and company nnd personal papers
of tho Into J. IMcrpont Morgan.
Four Important witnesses whoso
testimony Is desired still aro too
sick to nppcar. Samuel C. Moro
house, George MncCtilloch Miller,
Dover Wnrner nnd Morton F. 1'lnnt
todny sent physicians' certificates to
tho commission, to show they wore
too III to bo examined on tho witness
stand.
Lewis Cnss I.edyar.: inndo a state
ment saying ho wanted to deny much
of tho testimony or Mr. Mellon mid
protesting against tho hearing being
closed without his testimony, He
rend n letter of Mny 23 to Commis
sioner McChord, In which ho snld.
"Tho testimony of Mr, Mclcn Is nl
variance with my recollection in n
number of particulars, and I think
a very partial and Innccurato lmpres
blon of tlio nffalrs of tho coii'pnny
would bo given, unless other wit
nesses, having knowlodgo of tho mat
ters under Inquiry, aro afforded n
opportunity to testify."
Mr. l.cdynrd announced lio would
accept tho suggestion Hint ha bo n
voluntary witness. Ho asked that ho
bo notified when ho could testify.
llepoits made at the meeting of
the state pr.nuro showed that in mnnv
pints of the state yoiin women were
throw 11 out of employment hy the op
oration of (ho minimum vviiro unit
eight 'hour law.
DYAD
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NW
HAVEN
SLAYER OF SWEETHEART SLAYS SELF
LISLE, III., May 'Jll. Hej;iuiild A.
llnrr, lenviti behind liiiu n note do
elniin that his sluxinj; of his hweet
hunt, Floicnco lleutley, at Downer's
Ciiove, three miles ftom hole, last
Sutuiday night, was accidental,
jumped beneath a moving nun heie
eaily today mul vvns killed.
It' vviin his I'omtli attempt at sui
cide. In u note lie said he took 11
ill UK twice in nn effoit tu die, heide
the body of his swcetlienit, hut liutli
limes failed.
lio next jumped into 11 ipinrry pit,
hut he lit in the MiiKiimil vvaler.
"1 couldn't sink," said thu note.
The clothing on his body was wet
v lieu tuken uu the truck.
The note hiilil Mix Hcnlley whs
killed when lie It toil lo Ms hvr Bhc
REBEL EORCES PHOTOGRAPHED AT TORREON S
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TOLLS REPEAL IS i
OPPOSED BY JONES:
WASHINGTON, May 2C Pannma
canal tolls exemption repeal was de
bated again today In tho senate. Sen
ator Jones, republican of Washing
ton, led of with nn nttack on tho
bill.
Tho American peoplo will not
havo their rights foreclosed In this
wny. "Tnc-y nproved this legisla
tion," snld he. "Kcpeal this law now
and tho peoplo will re-wrlto It and In
sist on It."
Senator Jones snld tho tlmo to ar
bitrate tho dispute with England was
before tho repeal nnd not afterward
Advocates of repeal, ho said, had
exercised "Huertlan Ingenuity seek
ing out reasons.
Senator Sutherland of Utah In
troduced a resolution culling on tho
president to submit to Great Drl
tain a proposal for tho creation of n
special, Impartial tribunal for arbi
tration. BILL HANLEY OFFERS
E
Win. A Hnnley of Hums, progres
sive nomlneo for United State sen
ator, has sent the Medford Iloso so
ciety a $90 cup to bo offered nt the
Medford lloso Show Juno 5 nnd 0,
for tho best bnsket of 24 roses ex
hibited. Other cups nro offered by
tho Medford Pharmacy, Martin J.
Heddy, tho Commerclnl club nnd the
Colony dub.
M'leninctl ami ho placeA his hand on
tier mouth and tluoiit. "She became
ipiiet nil uf 11 sudden," said the note.
In remorse and four he sat beside
her for some time, seekiui' to find it
spnik of life u'liiiiiiiiiiK i" lr. Fin
ally lie cave up hope, mul jumped
into the (pinny pit. When this at
tempt to die tailed, ho went to Aur
ora, where hi purchased an uiiaes
thetic. He letiiined mid, ptostnitiuj;
himself beside thu gill's body, hwal
lowed it.
After a white he woke up. Again
lie made the (uu to Aurora, says the
note, ami ucniii relumed with poison
to die hesiile the girl lie hud slain.
This attempi nlu wits a failuie.
Then lie wandered for hours thrpuuh
the wood he fine jiiiiiilnj,' in flout of
Ihu tialu.
PANAMA
ANA
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FEDERAL TROOPS
WUPGfAT
COLORADO MINES
TRINIDAD, Colo., May 2(1. Kor
llic fir-t time since they assumed
control in the strike districts of the
Colorado coal fields it was learned
today United State-) troops were fired
iiHin last night. Tho shooting o
currcil nt a miner's camp at Srgundo,
near Trinidad, where twenty shots
v ere fired at the federal troops.
The shuts were fired ut n patrol
from it hilNide overlookiii; the camp
niter a trooper, who had dodged a
missile thrown at him through a win
dow', answered 11 shut fired at him
from tho darkness. (
The patrol, starting to search for
the person firing the shot, vvns siir-
lised by a fusillade of shots coming
fiom tlio direction of the hills. Cnp
tniu Ciishinan reported that one 1111111
uiw seen lo run from concealment in
11 ditch.
Colonel Loekelt, eoiiiiiiiiuding tho
fcdetal troops, would mako 110 eoui
r. ent relative to tho shooting.
E
CIIICAOO, May 20. "Then; is
hope for auvhody who can smile, and
thu negro lias never forgotten how to
smile," wiiil the Kev. John M". Gaston
of Philadelphia today beforu tho gen
eral assembly of the l'rcsbv terimi
church in tho I'nited States in sun
porting the repoit or the standing
committee on Freeduitn.
The iciHirt itself, nresented hy the
chairman of thu eoiiimitteo on
l-'ieedmen, th Kev, 11. V. McI.cHnnd
of Claikshurg, W. Yn., told of tlio
advance in the work nuiung the n
gioes of the south.
In addition to lintening to tho
Ki eedmen'a lepoit, the assembly in
dorsed the wink of the Anti-Saloon
league, the National Temperance
I'nioii and thu Women's Chriotiipi
Teinperaueo Union. Specific iu
doisemeiit of thu Autl-Salooii lenguo
was asked of the assembly in mi
oveiture, hut the purtiuulur leipiest
was oidere-1 tiled mid the hlunkit
indorsement uf the societies named
together with all similar agencies,
was suhstituleil for it.
President Sproiilo nf th HonUwrn
I'licllie eoiitpany sahl hH t4 Im
a ehmige in public tUimM bslW
iiillroml couilrut'lltsi wilt UJh, Mist
the fMotniUt mimI wills mm fk(l
ami WtpJii)' UiWr, " (
HOP
NEGRO
SAY PRESBYTERIANS
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