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TT Vl 'V J Medford Mail Tribune SRCONT) ER I 'r "1 rrltryA Fair Saturday; pooler. Mar. I ()'', Mln. rf.5, Hoi. Hum. (IH B I II 1 II f I AJ WE TH Forty-fifth Ycnr. Pnlly Tenth Year. PUB! DIAZ LONG DICTATOR OF MEXICO DEAD Once Perpetual President of South ern Republic Dies Abroad, an Exile From Native Land Born In 1830, Fniiylit French Under Maximilian and Threw Off Forcifln Yoke. PARIS, .lulv '.-flenernl Porfirio Pinz, former president of Mexico, died at 7 o'clock this morning. flenernl Diaz had been in fniling lionllh aflor reaching F.urnpo in 1011, nfter Iiis rosignnlinn from tin presi dency ii Mexico, following the .suc cessful Mudero revolution. Lust full In- was ill nt Hiarritz, France, but was loportrd to havo recovered, lie hud cnnsislontly declined to comment on tiro passing phnsos of tlio Mexican situation. flenernl Ilia.' wifo, Senora Cnrmen Romero Rubio Din, anil tlioir son, Porfirio, ,Ir., ami the hitter's , wifo wore at (ho IicmIhiiIo wlion the end CHIIIO. Of Indian lllooil. General Diaz nan horn in 1H:III. Hi" family wore ul" old Spanish stock with an infusion of Indian blood. Lett fatherless nt tin1 ago of II, III) was ed iM'iiti'il at tin1 expense of the bishop of On.xnen with tlio intention of be coming a jtriet, hat he ovculunlly turned to law, ami then at tin1 out -break of tlio war with tlio United SIiiIim turned to a military career, lie served throughout that struggle in a militia company which he helped to organize, ami after peaco was de clared ho ninth) a special study of military science. Dinx ami one other were tlio only two in the country who dared openly opposo the continuation of Santa AiikV dictatorship. His execution was ordered, hat he ecnped and joined llerrera!s rovolt. Mo speedily iiiade a reputation as a soldier, and n-. a brigadier general he wiih the chief (horn in the side of thu Flench force, when, taking advantage of the civil war in the 1'nited Stales, the, attempted lo place Archduke Maxi milian of Atixlria on the throne f a .Mexican empire. ('apt ins .Mexico Oily Dinx hurrnssod tlio cnuniv enn slnnlly ami in .lane, 1SI17, captured Mexico City with hi forces. On the le-eslublishtuent of the repuhlic he wis unsuccessful as a camlidato for president, lint in IS"" he was elected to fill the unexpired term of the fugi tive president, l.erdo. His last ami eighth iilccliun was in duly, HMO. To Diaz wan given credit for the advance of Mexico, although the au tocratic methods he employed were widely criticised. lie was forced to lice Mexico hv the succe-s of the Mudcio revolution in 1011 and since then ha- rcidi d abroad. WASHINGTON', .liils a. No in tentional violation ot neutrality was involved in the advertisement of a ('lev eland, ()., machine company re lating to the mauulacture of poison ous shells, the department of com merce, announced today. Its inosti gatioti showed that the coiuwny in iuotioii does not manufacture ex-jtlo-ives of any kind, but moroly maki'H machines enmlile of umu in the production of shelU and ammunition. The dcpartiacnt holds that the con J'usiDii was 'the result of unfortunate avoiding ol the adveitisiug. I.ITTLK HOCIC, Ark , July 2 There are now It 'J ranee of pelegra on ile r obfrervMtlon in ArkannaH, ac cording to Dr. W. C. Harrison, state belth officer, who, with Dr. Joenh Coldberger. of to V, S. fuoll lioaltk ervie, who hu tkH ehar of tx to n bcr outbriiiui havo Wettn re )Mtrted. Dr. Oarrtoon Mtevw that not undor ofcvaorvaUon la r utote distriela will 0mM mm of BRIDGE WEBBER SI ft RRITISH WIK GERMAN INVADERS RFRMANS WK 10 HAVE EXONERATED J ZTn IN SOUTHERN DISTRICTS GrSwiv BECKER FROM CRIES rAllVlbllMdIU QF RUSSIAN POLAND; WML" VIM UK! 4. ; lIIUK Ul utn UVliv ItUuulnnu NKW YORK, July 2. "Ilrld- glo" Webber, one of the three self-confessed accomplices In the plot which k'ONulted In tlio kill- lag of Herman Rosenthal, the Kiimbler, linn sold, according to an attorney, Hint Charles lleek- er "bail absolutely nothing to do -with the murder." A statement to tills effect was made lodnv by II T. Marshall, an ntloraey 3 .;....;..;. OF 1 K. PASO, Texas, July 2. I'ubll- cation of tho renoest for thu oxtra.ll- . ,,,.,, ,, lion of fienernl Vlctorlnno Iluertn. ; made upon Hovomor Korguson of Toxas, by Fidel Avlla, governor of Chihuahua, through appointment by (lenernl Vllln, caused widespread dis cussion In Mexican circles hero today. , American federal and state officials were silent on tho subject ami Gen eral Iluertn had nothing to say. It was understood tho Chihuahua I SEEK EXTRADITION GENERAL HUERTA authorities based thelnr request on a bark six miles away. Tho rrew of the execution of Abraham Gonzalez, j nine of the schooner was landed at a former governor of Chlbunhun, I Queenstown. innlntalng that Iluertn was rcspoiiBl-l The Caucasian was a tank steamer bio for ordering the execution. (of IfiiiCO tons gross. On her last Friends of Iluertn maintained HiIh eastern voyage across tho Atlantic ease was not annlagous to previous she loft Port Arthur May 12 and New Incidents In which tho treaty rights port News, May 20 for Dartmouth. have been exercised, arguing Hint government In Chihuahua is de facto and has not been given recognition. 46,000 VOLUNTEERS LONDON', .lulv J. Introducing the munition lull in the house ot lords today, Lonl Curon announced that tho liist week of the campaign made to speed up the manufacture ot arias and munitions icsiiltcd in lb" enrollment of Ili.OOO volunteer inan ition workers. ' lie was confident, Lord f'urzon added, "that before (ho end of the veal the advantages in both men nnd material would be decisively on the -nlc ot (heat Itritain and her allien" E TOE WASHINGTON, July '. A gold vase standing more tliiiu two feet high, the gift of King norgc to tho nchUmcu of Anieiiea, wn icceived at the British emhussy here today from London and forvvnrdod to the Pamuna-Paeifie exposition, where it i to bo one nf the prises in tho aquatic eontets. It i innerihed: "Presonted bv King (icorgc V. Pnnamn-Pacific International Impo sition Regatta, 101 V R MUNITIONS Whoopee! The Fishin' Season Is 5 l EVT s?v'H V -'v. kVxBHJUBTJflKrvlaW'Hr usv-rk 52 - . 5fS aa k r:Ts;?jm Wim i , , . uzj. m r u wi mr.y , . ,j?w&n rd i r OM L- JJ MW&t . .. . mZLtlZxS ' i-5 . KrrJ a i l i svzgW LftFK? A" ? , t&&h Kl ra XJ (W i 5- P &. mfXa TH47 rrn , '.XsP WAV XLxn . . M I9H.r ir V 2 Mmmmy JkiVJ ."IX T V H NV-v,,, -- UJ MT3DF0RD. ! llKltLlN. July 2 Tho Ocr- ! Submarines Sink Three Steamers and Two Sailinq Vessels No Ac count of Lives Lost Some of Ves sels Larrjc Sized Undersea War fare Prosecuted Upon Larqe Scale. ' LONDON. July 2. ITve more llrlt I Isb vcshoIr, tbreo ol" them Htenmera of I considerable size, have fallen vletlniH ' to (lei'man submarine warfare. Kvl- j deuces of the prosecution of thin war jfaio on a largo ncnle have recently come to baud with frequency. Ac i counts of lives lost in the attacks by .the undersea boats, however, have been lacking In most instance, thu. ease ot ine Armenian, now wiueiy under discussion, being a conspicuous exception with the stories of her offl- icers ami crow indicating that tlio cas- ualtles among thorn were Inflicted while the steamer vvns In flight after having been signalled to halt. 'l'l"v,, SHimiM. Two llni-kN Three llrltlsb Hteamers, the IiikIo- oopt tJin l,tt(cnHnn ,, t0 We))niry W(,r toreioeil nnd sunk. Tho cre.ws 0f the Inglomoor and tho Caucasian wore landed nt Kaliuouth. Tho crew of the Welbury Is safe. The Hrltlsb schooner I. C. Tower, which left Parrsboro, N. S., Juno 1, for Newport, Knglantl, was sunk off l'astnet today by a Herman subma rine. The undersea boat then sank She wiih .1;r feot long,' 111 feet beam, and 2S reel deep. She wns built nt Sunderland In IR!9 and vvns owned by the Petroleum Steamship com pany of London. Steamers History The limlemoor, according lo tho latest maritime records, left Hah- lablanea, Argentina, March .11, bound for Naples. She was of.-l.iril gross tons nnd wns built nt Illyth In 1912. Sbo was 3 list foot long, Til feet benni mid 27 feot deep. Sbo wns owned by W. Ilunclinnn & Co., of Loudon. The steamer Welbury left Kings ton, Jamaica, May 22, by way of Matanzns, Cuba, Juno 8, for a port In the Hnlted Kingdom. Tho Welbury was of 11591 toim gross nnd was built at West Hartlepool In 1907. She was 110 feet long, 18 feet beam and (Continued on pugo tbreo) E CIIICAflO, July '2. Forty-three ol Chicago's lare,ct lumber nrds and sixty-live brickiiiakiug plants were closed today, throwing several thou sand men out of employment. The establihiuoiitH will not make deliveries of any building materials until the stnke,.of 10,0(111 carpenters is settled. The eleventh hour deci ion of the allied buildinw construc tion ami material interests to con tinue manufacturing operations, hut not selling, plnood a more optimistic n-po t on the lockout Hgnint the enr pcntci's and other striking building trades workmen. sv' H u, 1 sl" . illr war I .. lTt.-"ii Aay-' -. 1 Vim Viri I 1 rs V JtrA Vsff 0RTCC10N", FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915 llK'tUN. July 2 Tho Oer- man forces have reached tho Russian positions at Krasnik, in the southern district of Russian f Poland, according to the official statement Issued today by tho I Herman army headquarters. Tho ? t- statement also says that the j t- Itusslan forces In tho refilon of 1 Zamosz hae been driven back. ! ::- THAW SAW THINGS AFTER THE CRIME; ... ...,. ,,.,,, i, MAN Oil I,. Inly 'J. Justice lien - hih-k nun mi; jHiy in- ihiii.v i. .i-:..i i n... i it i.- I haw's sauily trial hud heaid ino-t of the state's docuuieutarv evideuci when couit reconvened toduy. Coun sel for the slnte brought their wit nesses in the expectation of calling the first of them this ufteruoon. Po licemen who arrested Thaw iuinicdi alely after he shot Stanford While were ninong those wailing to testify. After the introduction of fuilher doeunientnry evidence the slnle cull ed oh its lir-4 witness James M. Har retl, a policemun assigned to the ten derloin police station on the night Hurry I'huw wns taken there after the killing of Stanford While. He gave testimony intended by the stale to prove that Thaw, while in his cell, was under a delusion that he heard the voices of little girls screaming. ''Thnw iiHkeil me I wo or three times" sniil tho wilness; " 'Where nre those little girls scrcnimugl' I told him there were no little girK Some women had been nrrested nnd one was shoaling nnd carrying on. I told him they were women, and he wiid, 'Oh, no, Ihev aren't; thevYo little gills. I hear llicia screaming.' He asked me who was beating and ahuiug Ihem." ON STATE AFFAIRS CORNISH, N. II., July 2 -President Wilson spont most of this fore noon In his study at Ilarlakomlea Iioiiho, working on state dopnrtment uuttterfl and other official business sent hero from Wnthington. Tho president read carefully re ports from tho stato department on tho Armenian Incident, studied com niunlcatlonH concerning Mexico, nnd examined a report from Secretary Lansing on data laid boforo tho stato department by a committee of Im porters protesting against nlleged llrltlsb Interference with trndo ho tween tho United Slntos and other neutral countries. This Information will bo considered carefully in tho preparation of tho final draft of tho nolo to bo sent to Great Hrltnln. Later President Wilson and Dr. Cary T. Grayson braved a light ruin ami walked through tho woods sur rounding tho president's summer es tate. It was statod today tho presi dent expect to remain bore another week uiiIohh proving buBluoas should Intervono. i i r-cji. Here POLICEMAN SAYS WILSON WORKS ;Swcei!nfl Advance of Teutonic Force Continues, Thouyh Russians In flict Tremendous Losses French Repulse Effort to Break Lines Italius Crreplno Into Austria. LONDON', July 2. -An official statement given out by the Hritish ovcimuent thU evening uuiiouuces the eaptuio of i cilain DciicIicn m (he Dardanelles operations which com plcte the capture of thai part of the Turkish line gained hy the Flench on Jane 'Jl. - LONDON, July -,.-The nennniis hnuuncrinjr away at the French in the Argoune legion in the an- !... iii ii..i. in uii-iiuiiip; liiiuiiKii anil I reaching Verdun. Thu latest French islaleinent shows a fuither nttempt to 1 ...u..... ..i. ,i..i... ........i,- 'llll.-.t.lt ll.tl.il ..I I.e.... I !.... . I..... ....I. .....1 i . . . .. .. ,-..,.,,,.. Kix'Mkii inni'iM iilltM tin iwuicii tue ircncii ussert were 10- puUcd. Ill the Mulish capital it is believed that the Teutonic allies desire first a decisive victory over tho Russians, culminating in (he capture of War saw before sending troops from the oust front to the west. In the east the Austro-Oermnns continue their sweeping ndvnnees. No Halt in Pursuit III thu lighting in the oust theie is no indication even in the Russian nf liciul statement (hat there is any hull in the sweep of the Teutonic urniies northward ami eastward from Lcin-berg- r'uithcr south, however, the troops of the (Iruiid Duke Nicholas liuve made what appears like a deter mined stand nloiiv the lino of the (Inilu Lipa river. Aitslro-dcruuiii accounts tell of vicloiies even in that Hector of tho curving eastern front, but tho Hun. sinus deny (he icvorwoM there were serious, declining desperalo attacks were repulsed with xreat hmsos to (he Teiilonie forces. To Abandon (allchi (Icmiun observer believe (lie Rum sinus are preparing lo abandon (lal icia, ami nltribiite the desperate lighting north of llallcx to a desire to give lime for the preparation of Mrong defensive positions hevoml Ihc border. Repoits jroni neutral sources decline that tho Russians (Continued on page tbreo) OF WASHINGTON', July 2 Repre sentation concerning tho mlniRo of the American Hug by Hiitlub merch antmen will be Included In tho gen eral note which tho United State la tend noon to send to Great Hrltuln, covering restraint of American oom- merco In connection with the no-oullod blockade. Secretary Lntulug d Inclosed today that the Investigation being conduct ed hy tho U. S. govorument into oavos of alleged mlsiiio of tho American flug to deceive Gorman submarine cominandors, bud not been complotod, but Hint ovldonco In apociflc uuhoh ,-robably would bo called separately to the attention ot Great Hrltnln, while the general subject would bo Included In tho new note. PROTEST MIS D L GOVERNOR OF TEXAS GIVE HUERTA TO VILLA FORCES AUSTIN, Texas, July 2. The governor's offlco declined Ay, give out any statoment this nf- 4 ternoon In rogard to tho possl- hie extradition of Vlctorlano Iluertn to Mexico. The governor has tho matter under consider- ntlon. 4- SAYS ECCLES TRIED TO HAVE LI OnDF.N, rtah, July '-. (leorge F. Clibbs, secretory lo the presidency of Hie Moiiuou church since I HUH, on the witness slum! toduy in tlio legal bat tie over the millions of the lute David F.celes, tinselled Hint in the spring of 1)1110 Kecles admitted to him that Mrs, Margaret (Icildes was his plin.it wife nnd that he was the father of her sou, Albert, now claiming heirship to lh vast estales. Mr. Hibbs said KccIoh informed him Mrs. (leddc had been tried in u bishop's court at Plain City and was about to be excommunicated for not divulging the name of tho child's fill her. P.cclcs, according to (Hubs, wanted (libbs to intercede wiih the president of the church to set tisido the order of oxcninuiiiiiioution. ' .Mr. F.cclos, a (he (libbs interview, according lo (he witness, said Mar garet (leddes vvns u good, pure girl. "She helougM to me," (lilibs quoted F.cclos as buying. "I am tho father of her child and I am going to care for her. I waul lo know if you can do anything to release her from her awkward position. I should likn to have word sen! lo Hishop Hramwell to leave Hie girl alone ami regard her as oilier plural wives nre regarded." "I told Mr. Fccles," .Mr. Oibbs tort I i lied, "Hint I could do nothing for him, iih President Snow was very firm in Hie enforcement nf the rule thai there should he no plural inur uages iclcbr itcd.'' CIIICAflO, .July 2- The rel'iMiI of Hie Pullman company lo accept a huge order for railroad cars for Hie Russian government was explained to day by a high official of the Pullman company, according to thu Daily Nowh. Tho Russian agent who approached the Pullman company wanted CiO.OIH) cars, woilh about .'rt.OOII.OOU. The Pullman company rejected tho offer for two reasons, namely, (hat pay was to ho in Russian notes uml -Ill.tXIII of tho ears were to he built at a plant which Hie Pullman company wiih ask ed lo install in Russia. President RiiuiielU of the Pullman company de manded (ash, as he said wua demand ed of all customers, nnd declined to build a plant in Russia. The Rus sian agent whs without discretion in the mutter. He had his instructions, could not change tlicm, uml the deal tell throuub. IVTWIOS Wlft ftvWM CtUAUJ, I'D Bfc in " " JUHOttS VVITM0OT A MATOv! at?"iv V IH EOROVb- ,)l -- PLURAL W :AIZ0 LLM REFUSES RUSSIAN ORDER ttvr .iT naVa9 yl"l NO. 88 L IB BE SHIPPED 1MML2MJM United States Will Not Hermit hor nier Dictator to Enter Mexico From This Country May With draw Cliaru.cs and Surrender Hu rrta to Governor of Chihuahua. WASHINGTON', July 2. -flenernl Viclonano Hueiin, formerly dictator end piesidenl of Mexico. whno defi ance of President Wilson led to the seizure of Vera Cruz by American murines uml bluejacket, will not be permitted to enter Mexico from the Tinted Slntes at a time when lu preence would he n fuilher niennee to the plans of this government lo restore peace, if Hie federal govern ment can prevent it. Determination to keep Iluertn from crossing the southern border of the I'nilcd States and Hum complicating tho present Mexican situation with a new revolution, renehed the point to duy where four different ways of do turning the former Mexican chieftain were under consideration hy various departments of the United Stales government. May (live II Iih Up Secretary Lansing in referring to the receipt of a formal request for the extradition of Iluertn from the military authorities of (he state of Chihuahua, intimated (bat the federal government could, if it chose, with draw its present oliiirgon of violating Americuu neutrality lawv ami sur render Iluertn to tho Villa comman der nt Junrez. Secretary Wilson of Hie depart ment nf labor has under considera tion a )i1au for deporting Iluertn to Spain, under (ho immigration laws covering llio reliirp, of undesirable aliens. flenernl Punstou has orders lb use the military forces ill his disposal to prevent Iluertn from crossing the line while at liberty on bail. Pear .lumping Itonil The department of justice is galli ering evidence for (ho pronoeution of llueita under federal statute. Un til Hie hearing mi July 1'-', flenernl 1 1 licit a will he kept from re-entering Mexico by the joint efforts of agents of the department of justice and the troops of the American bonier pa trol. Fearing that Huorlit might for feit his bond of $1.1,001) and cross at some secluded point on the .Mexican border, officials luivo ordered that u strict watch be kepi. Under the siime treaty, if Hie fed eral government did not press its charge against Iluertn for violation of neutrality statutes, Hueiin would he rearrested and held for forty days pending the urrivul of evidence. Pree edculs itablished by the depailmei.t of justice do not provide for ball in such cases. .Tlio general expression wus obtained ill high official quar ters Unit this course was likely lo be follow' 1 ami that if the dun-go made by 11 Villa authnritic-1 were not sustained, the department of labor would deport bini I" Spain. WALTER JOHNSON HASTENS HOME TO SEE FinST BORN WASHINGTON, .lulv 2. Walter Johnson, premier pitcher of the Americuu Ruselmll league, hurried home from New Vork lodav to see a baby born last night. Mrs. Johnson is u du lighter of Congressman K, V.. Roberts of Nevada. By Satterfield oH.TnuMDe! WHAT Tt-OWtR.I& ALWAVb TOUNt DtTWEtH A PB-vTlYj WOMAfti HOSfc AHD TWO fcT OUT RtiTAORAHli OiWAl t b Kit HUERTA ELY LtHH? tfumJ&- LW' jsatf OT Tit X .VJfK If bbS II Ml'llfW V 'Wj " j jj sji i WyrA i-,Tr -y - the diwu WaowH Ul estet. rTCBil J fSM''M ZZ iirlS k IW " ""r;