ail Tribune 1 WWW WWWWWI WWWM HlsWI WPWlgl tf EDFOR SECOND EDITION WEATHER lmfcftfr afmiter, CwilcY. b v t ' I r' n"i Vir filAIl :C0L0REDTR00PS! AfrnmnBitill Kill 1 1 U . U. t Ltunnnnv . ,,UUI llLLW,,,u flu ULilaf Irill I i After prolonged Cabinet Meeting Fi nn! Communication Will Go For ward as Planned Evidence Shows Not Only Sussex but Other Ships Dostroycd in Violation of German Promises Evidence of Good Faith to Be Demanded No Time Limit. WASHINGTON. April 1 (.-After n ptolontvd cabinet meeting today it win announced that a communication l Germany would go forward an planned, prb(Jy within the next forty-eight hour. If n said the case wns complete with I he affidavits which arrived today on tlu' steamer St. Paul. Tht' idnii to present the American enso come with life accumulation of i' idence tlml not thi1 Sussex alone lint other ships n k well have been de stroyed iik iilntiii of Germany's promises ti thi Tiiiti'd Slates re mained nucha lived. With thoelntemcnt of fuels will ho n demand of evidence of Germany's good faith to make itood Iter assur ances. Nothing in the lint Kit of time limit would hi1 attached, it was iiii ilentood. Mnki Final Dcuuiud The president mid the cnliirift me understood to hiivo agreed thiit the. presentation of the fnnte shall be iu' coiiipoiiied hy n definite mid filial de niiuid fur evidence of Germany good luilli find idwcrvntion of Iter guaran tees, but tftbi44.v ill 1ms accom panied hy no time limit which prop el ly oould be described us an ulti matum. , Tho cabinet diseued the subma rine ami Mexican questions in great detail. It wiim Hiiid no action would be taken toduv on the submarine picstioii, but it was indicated' the i mill word of the American govern ment wight g forward to Herliu to morrow. ('hMiWI CMIIfcttU'lN I'llllllclltS laicling official confirmation of report of the fight at Tamil, chief consideration wu given to Germany uiid it wiih understood that tho nd ministration would center attention hi thi issue, nlthoiigh General Cur innxuV suggestion thuf American troops he withdrawn will not bo slighted. Cabinet member, were uniiMiallv reiieent. but :ippuiciiil vvcie satis i led with tin- iiicciiii'iit (cached n in the i mir-c i In- inn-lied toward (i rmaia . CARRANZA VISITS CITY OF MEXICO WITH HIS STAFF MLXlCO CITY. April II.- Ocimm.iI Cnrransn, who arrived "U the out--kirt of Meieo t'ity yeterda, en ti'ietl the city shortly after S o'clock t li ti morning, accompanied bv a tew imoilerw of hi tuff. lli entry wit 1 1 ii be raided and withouf ostentation. Kn of the inhobitanlb except thoe who reeognised hint a he ited throUBh tiie utreeU kuew he bad r riv'ed. Triumphal arebet. were built montlu nj; ahii the laeo de Iu Hefornm, Avcnula Jiiarci and Atenida Frau-cc-cu de Madero, and frenting: the railway tatun, palaces and ChapuU it pic iark, in exjiectation u , great i l.liration when the firat chief iuIiuhI ilic mctriptli. General fur iiiiia did not pa" under one of the .in-lie. lie went to a pmute houe ami after rutnir and changing hw iittiic prK wihd to the uutioiMH pal arc Other prominent figure m (he (i..Ii(Tm.u enjered i iiietl( a did (B.OJimi .0 m$; Oil). Ipnixter A.'uiliir. ami uor -uiui. uuiiitcr uf I lie inlt ri.ir, took up iti.irtct iu pn- .i. .. - i , i ii M en t 1 1 RUNNING FIGHT Attempt Made to Ambush Tenth Cav alry Fails Bandits Pursued Up Steep Mountainside Near Annas Calicntes, Thounh Outnumbering Americans Three to One Flee. l'KltSlllN'n'S CO.M.MAN'I) AT KltONT. April 7. bv conrier to Co. Itunlmi. N. SI., April M. About thir ty men of the Tenth cavnlry, colored, who were in the flaht with Villlelaii April 1 nt Akuar t'nlienteH. rrivtd heie today for rent and rr-outfittirfn. The men wete iire they had killed more than the thsv? dead eoveted in the official re)ort. Tbiee time lit VilliaUK, Hiimheiinjr about 1")0, at tempted to ninhiih the nilxniiee ffiiard of the Teuth. 'Ilie Slpxicnn fonaht with eonxideiiihle military ulintejry. Xol more than three troH of lh Tenth MtrticiNited iu the fight, which IiimIciI an hoitr ami a half. Shut at I''iiiiii Amlmsli The Tenth was ridinar for Guerrero when they nppronched the town of Ajrunn Calient e. One of their iruules warned them that n eoiuddcrnhle hodv of mounted troops munt have pan-ed aloiijt the road ahead of them. The honte' tracks were utill frenh. The tuhniice (riinrd of (he Tenth went for ward eautioiisly iik they approached the town, which wu hidden behind n hill. Xeniinjr the top of thix iim-, tho advance wax, williont wnrninic, Kiilijecttsl to volley fire, potninir fim ullnneouslv from both eideM of th road. The Villbla t.)ioothi(r at them wore lKhiud bill on either wde. Troop ICfff the Teulh wan Hrmnthl u' at a trot while I1 troop went around to flunk the YitliMus and dri them out. Troop II k hurried forward Am Troop K rounded the hill nt n Kill lop it came within a minute' ride of the Villitan on that fide. Some of the en vali vmen got mo clone that they wed their pitoU. A Yillinta wiim killed in thi part of (be Mkirni ihing bv a pistol -hot at about fifty ,ard. The moment that H troop np (teared the YilliliiM rode for the nide of a mountain overlooking the town. Itau A way t'p .Moiinlaiii "It wiim the MteeRMt inountaiiiMidc we have Men iiiivImhIv climb," aid one ot the rctuiiiinu men today, "and they knew the trails while we did not, but we went up niter them. We went up on ourorMOM until thev made a aland from behind roek. The bullets were whittling all around u, but thev never hit one of us. They bad a ma chine gun in action, too. We could hear iU pop-pop.pop, hut we could not see it. We dismounted and re iurned the tire. Then thev ran faither up the mountain with um after them, until they made another stand. We oH'iied lire on them again, but thev would not stand. At last they got a hi the steep trail which they knew , while we climbed rocks and l.illin I lie trunk- and fell behind Tin dnl not ti to ti"ht a'iiiu." L Kl. PASO, Texan. April 1 1 The clash between the people of Pairal and the American trooui who fil tered the town has had an unfortu nate political effect on northern Mex ico but the trial seenu to have pars ed, aceordlug to a utatement today ly Qeneral Gabriel Uavlra, command ant at Juarei. Ueneral Qavira Mid: "My troops have the situation un der control as far south as Madera and I know there have been no man ifestations against the American In in- territory nor have I heard of any farther trouble at other places. "The presenec of American troops Mexico is cause of uiOuslul on the part of the de facto governntfnt as the Parral incident shows. If the Americans were withdrawn, our government would then Hive its en tin attention to eronomli iroll( me Willi ioimIUioii- I.i Hi it I iu iMU ft, X i i ' i i .i on PASSE PARRA MKDFOUD IN THE SPRING A YOUNG E IN PLANS MAO TO E LEDGE MINE At u joint meet in- nt the il coun cil, Sledford Commercial club rail road committee and I're-nlcnt S. S. liullirt of the Southern Oregon Trac tion eompiinx, Thur-ilnv exeuing the teututhe contract hdweeu the city and the traction company was radi cally altered in accordance with the iewa of the council and a new con tract wax ordered drawn along lines MiiggeMied anil approved by all par lies to be presented at the next joint meeting .Monday evening. This agree ment, if Miitiefuctory, wilt 1m acted upon bv the council Tuesday exening. The new agreement provides that the traction companv deed its equity in the Medfonl -Jackson railroad, from a point ten feet within the city limits to the present terminal above Jacksonville, and provides for the construction of twenty miles of rail road, or as much further us the i(M).(MMi bond iue will build, toward the IMue I.edge mine, to he owucd,hy the city, the traction company agree ing to build from thence to the miiic The city's railroad is to be leased to the traction companv for operation, iu itayment of which the tract von com pany pays tho hoiul'intercst on the city bond issue and further agrees to iturchuse the same from the city within five yeurs. The former proposal made bv the tiaeimn company provided for the deeding of the entire traction .tt-m ami the const ruction of ten miles of railroad. Under the new contract, nil of the city bond proceeds will be ex jsnded on a railroad owned by the city. The enM of the railroad is esti mated at about l"i.lMMI a mile, and a rtMsble ra i trotyl i guaranteed, with ixtt -pound ruil- and reasonable a mile "as jriMnl a railroad," -lutes Mr. iliilli. "n, Jim IMI hiiill, stoi ked for $to,oon a mile .in, l.omlid or an other fto noil ,i mile " SENATE VOTES FOR NfTRATE POWER PLANT A-IIIMiHV Apiil 1 I t li.uii I ,i t i ,t ,i l'"H rnim ni livdro eleeiru'i pl.mt toiioilini mil te- iiii tin man-i i'ueture ot war iiuuiil i. .i. - anil teiti- i luer won their liht iu the scu'ije to- duv by inserting mi amendment pro-1 ( .-iiii; an tiiiiiii it ion ji! 1 "i.llMO,. ' immi . i il, ,i 1 1 i ,i i i i J' BLU OlfKUOY KlilMU. WWII, II, UMii. MAN'S FANCY LIGHTLY TURNS 10 THOUGHTS OF LOVE 2Sr' a- "Mrrri-' iHUGE Y IN Philip I.armon. ueneral manager of Ufcbjr, Mc.Vell and Idbby, the largest cannery operators In the world, and Mr. Marrow, auiierlntendenl of their eannery plants in California, will ar rive in Medford .Monday to establish a large pear eannery at Medforti for the coming season, provided suffi cient tonnage can lie contracted for at the rate, of $30 a ton, run of orch ard, f. o. b. plant. This good news was brought to Medford Friday by County Commis sioner Frank it. Madden on his tu tor n from Seattle where he interest ed 1.1 My, Mi-Nell and I.lbby. This year the concern creeled a cherry cannery at The Dalles. They own in California pine apple, asparagus, peach and pear canneries and In Alaska salmon canneries. "A pear cannen in Medfordwlll stapleiae the fruit Industry and elim inate the gamble " sas Mr. Madden, "and place it upon a commercial base, with a market at our doors for all of our fruit and at fU.it prices. ' "Thirty dollars a ton, la the lug boxes. Is better than a dollar a box! net to the grower and saves the ex pense of packlnx. shipping, and re frigerating for an uncertain market It places fruit Kiowlng uton a bui iions basin. In aidlnion, It means a large paroll foi il valle) " A1ER PR P F Rl GROWERS ONLY 3 MORE DAYS Only thicr nunc l;t.- iii wiiiili to iiiii r fur the priiiiHrifx. ItotfiMtratiuucloHcH Aitril IH. If u don't rt'jfiHti-r yun cuiiMot vuto. 'I'hc fullowinj; nw the rojf iMtrara fur the vttriotw Medford prt'eiucU: FJrcti.n Precinct. Vedford Northeast .- North Medloid sledford N'oith Kiverside Northwest Sledford. West Mediord Medford Ninth Main Medford North Ctiifral Medford Koutli Central Medford boiith Muiu o nUdfonj NewUiWrt ftlcrirani I'm'.. A (1 lUninil, P.nir.ctl I. to., Mmu and Firsts. Koiilhe-d Mt-Hnril C. B Vnl.nt.f,. B.'.i V. Twelfth street Medford l b.l flltt , a 'V. C. HitinlfT), Cliikdale Grocery F.a-t Mi .Id i 'I V. Ii I nftW, for.nt'w t . (i... i . F..i-t Main -.. Hi,. I M I.. I I J It I t, fott, I I 1 1 I ' ' iph oM'h e M. r.l i I. .1 1 IX I U.H t f 0 I' . ,,.iolli.e " - ' ! ir ejffiaeteneiernij 4a i - L LOLL IN' VERDUN .BATTLE I.ONIMIN. April II. -French posi tion near J I all .Hit iu the Verdun sec tor weM ot the Meiise were subjected to violent homhiirdiuctit lal night. Kut of the river there is reciu descencc of ae(iil mi the purl of the (lennans, although no heavy na tions ate recorded in the French com munication. A small attack on French Hsi(ioits south of Itoiinmont is Maid by the French wnr office to hnvo been repulsed. The Turkish war olfice report m the defeat of three Itussinu cavalry regi men Is hy u mixed force of 1'erainna uud Turks in Persian Armenia. An official reoit from Uoidou says the Miitish have defeated tho, Turks in Slesojxitainia and have driven them bad. from one and min im If to three miles. An official statement from the Germnn admiralty n that in Slnreh eighty trading vessels af hostile na tion were suuk b (lennan subiiic rincs or mines. WAKIIINGTOX. April II. Ilepm sent alive lie I. em on- of Texas, whose resulutiou to warn Americans off bel ligerent ships raised one of the live best rows of the pic-cnt congress, In troduced todav a resolution declar ing that "the American militnrv force- uiu-t not tor any reaon be withdrawn from Mexico until Fran i i-eo iila has heeu killed, captuml or fun i d into cile " Y 1 Uegistrar, Address, . V. G. Rncdicor. Medloid Hook Store K. G. Kiiedieor, Medfoid Hook Ktore F. G. KntHhcor, Medford Hook Ktore -W, II. I.vdiard, Jackson Street Ktore Helen X. Yockcv, Mail Tribune Helen N. Yockcv. Mail Tribune II. Ii. Hull. Medford rmu. & Ildw. Co. I., ft. Caiiuisin, Costal Telegraph office lta (i.irnelt, (hi rnettv-(orev lldw. Co. i. L. F.iiiig. iiwiui;' Gun Ktore FEW KILLED IN PAUL FIGHI L No Further Fighting Since Wednes day Evening Reported No Change in Mexican Situation and No Or ders to Withdraw Troops Given Meager Details Concerning Fight. TOKKKOX. Mexico, April U. -Ad-vieee received here say that Ihe America u force engaged in tho Parral fight w'UMimdor the omintul of Ma jor TatniMiiM and that at least ottu Atuorieati wan killed mill soveral Slex- leans wounded. The death list of Mexican is not known. The trou hlo is reported to hnvo been nuieklv qiudled. WARlllNGTON'. April M.-Ameri-enn Consul IM wards at HI Paso wired today that his reports itidiunted there had been no further figiiliug with the American troops since the affray at Parral Weilnewlay night. "A few people" were reported killed on both sides. When Secretary Itnker left cnbinet meeting ho said there can "absolutely uo change iu Mexican situutinn,'' and (tint status of the American troop the was the (he was tbe antno. No ('limine Iu Plans Secretary linker said today there lmil linen no chnngo as ye I in Goiiernl PiitiNtnu'rt orders, lint declined to discuss ipiesliniiM of ndiey raised hy the Cnrrnuxa mile. Tho border com ninnder's hands were antirelv frcu, ho stud, to make any necessary tlispiMii tiou of the M0.000 men of lib com mand. The disimtcb of Immis to -Irengtlicn the suiHirtirtg lilies or the shifting of binlnr foneea toiphices hes adapted lo eveiilualities ate mat ters which Geiieial I'un-toii himself is the only judge, iu tbe war depait uieiit's view. An official version of the Pnrrol incident is n wailed nuxiounly. Since General Cnrrunia in trnuniitting a rejiort of what hapciied shaprlv criticixed the American commander, ofhcials here feel thut it is neces snry lo have Ihe American offieers' own reMrt before any conclusion can be reached. v ItllllMies of PlgllllllK Consul Ilwards said Americans reaching HI Paso from the interior of Mexico brought varied rumors of the fighting at Parral, but no confirma tion of the reimrt that 1.10 Slexicmns were killed. All bis information was that the Americans retired from Par ral Wednesday and there was no news of full her activities. Arrival in tbe suburbs of Mexico City last night of General Ciirrnnan with his retinue wae ieHiited bv So cial Agent Hodgers, who said it was Indie veil that Carraimi planned to re muin there during the negotiations for withdrawal of (be 1'nitcd Stales and be in close touch with Genetal Obregon and other cabinet memliei-. Stale department official- do not believe Carrunaa daus to make M -ico Cily H-rmii neatly hi. eii.itul li ve t. SOUTHERNiPACIFIC BAN KUANl'IHCO, V.rll II - Klec trlfication of the Huulliern Pacific lines over tho Bisk l on mountains Iu northern California and Oregon and through the Sierra Nevada mountains la California and Nevada Is being considered by Southern Pacific offi cials, it developed today. Two sur veys for tbe purpose have already been made, the last one having been laid before the executive officials but recently, A. II. Hancock, chief elec trical engineer of the company testi fied today before tbe state railroad commission and lu both cases the projects have been declared feasible. Negotiations had already been en tered Into by the Southern Pacific with the California-Oregon Power company for electrical power, Mr. Uabeock said. The cost would aggre gate millions. Hancock wu called to Ihe witness stand In a controversy liefore the lomiiils-ioii er HkIiIh to provide ml ill-i i Unite el.illiial .jiower lit 1 I I'm! . . iliilli t , NO PLAN TO ELECTRIFY Mm. Hi; Mill. lit. NO. 20 iSUPPLY TRAIN ATTAGKED BV VILUSTA BAND Forty Mounted Men Driven Off After Brief Fight No American Casual ties, One Bandit Slain in Rush Against Rear Truck of Pershing's Supply Train. OKNKHAL PKItSIIINO'S CAMP AT FRONT. April IX, via noroplano to Chihuahua, April IU, via Kl Pnso .lunation, April 1 1. bout! forty mounted men, bollov3Vtji)9.J.vinis tns of Gonurnl Tartnajfamntand. attacked lust nh?ht rinvauioinobllo supply train and were driven off nf ter a short iIkIU. Thoro vvoro no Aniorloau easunltles. Ono Vllllnta was killed. General Persuing moved his eomp yosterday south, iionetratlng far Into Villa territory where ho found nu morotiM ooiiHtltutlonallst dotnohmentH under Onnnnil Onrxa who gave nil tho Americans a friendly grootlng and co-ooratlon. Aoroplnnoe, which were first to reneh this now front yesterday all had romarknble ndvon turea but all came through safely. Periling With Train (lonoral Porahlng trn voted horo In an nutomohllo train of supply trucks, which mndn n record breaking trip. Tho fight, which occurred about 0 o'clock Inst night wns sovoral nil lea in tho roar of tho niitomoblloH carry ing Ronornl Pershing niul his or cort. It laslod nhotit twenty mlu tttos. Whan tho bandits, who tried to enpturo ono truck, enmo up, the Aiuerlraim poured In flvo "volleys vvbluh otMled tho flKht complntoly. There warn two nttnoks, tho first n slight one and dlrontml nKnlmtt n for ward truck. Tho last vvns a rush Against the rear IrneM-darlnR' flitch bullets flew against the automobiles and poured through the brush. The bandits seemed to think tho cutting off of the roar truck would he easy because somo of them got within a few feet of it before tho Americans, who were withholding their fire, rut looao. Mullet 'lliiiuigli Hat The American soldiers thought thoy hlt some of the bandits. Harry Oosnear, of the automobile truck train, a resident of Philadel phia, got a bullet through his hut. At the constitutionalist ramp with in a few miles of the scone of tho fight, It was reported that three ban dits ware killed the first part of tho week. Meut. A. It. Christie of tho aero smumiI commanded the mon lu tbe fight. Captain T. V. Ootid, ot tho aero suuad, who was in command of the trucks In front, formed his men to attack the bandits, but the tight whs over too quickly for his men to get Into aetlon. The first oar at tacked carried the personal effects and food for General Pershing and his staff TA1 I.(iIK). itl II -Defeat of the Turkish fours lu Mesopotamia by the iiritisb wan reported officially. I u au euguaenient on the Tigris the Turks were driven baek from one and one half to three miles. The text or the statement nays: "Ueneral Lake reports that on the afternoon of April II our torses on, the right (south) bank of the Ti gris forced back the enemy's ad- . vanced lines over a distant varying from eu and one half to three miles. "To do this they had to crow u belt surrounded by deep eats extend ing from the Tigris to the L'mw-Ul. Urshm marsh. "On the left hank water front tho marshes has been driven by a north west gale into sow of tho enentyV trenches at Sannay Yat. Tho enemy was heavllv punished as he took ref. uge from the flood In tho now posi tion." PAI,MA 1K MAJORCA, Ualearls Islands, via Paris. April IS The liar celona packet Jaime II arrived hero today with the crew of the riuirU steamer Vega from Oulii.i it.-U re cent!) saved 1 !ti na!iengre of thi Si.uuUh steamer Principe do Asturlni, which s.mk off Santos March 5 with, the loss of a large number of pan KeiiKiii and crew, K DEFEATED MESOPO A