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Un'f".f!fofot-j-Library Medford Mail Tribune FORECAST 1AIU TOJi.VV AND TOMOItltOW WEATHER Maximum Yesterday HI; Minimum Today ."it. Forty-tilxth Tear nnllv Klwrntli Y"ar. MEDFORD 01?K0N, JW1DAY, JUNK 23, 101(5 XO. 80 V FEAR BOYD'S FORCEWIP GUTIN FIGHT Whether Cavalry Company Was Able tv to Fight Was Throunh Ring of Mexican Troops Surrounding Them Is Still Unknown by Pershing Final Outcome of Battle a. Mystery Stragglers' Stories State Attack Was Entirely Unprovoked and Was Made Through Treachery. SAN ANTON" 10, Tex., Juno 23. Whether the Utile force of the 10th United Stales cavalry under Captain Chtirle T. Iloyd fought their wny out successfully throunh thn rliux of Mexican troop which had almost Hiir rounded them tit Carrlsnl Hi III wan unknown nt General Kuimton'a head quarter today. No uewi from (lore rnl Pershing hn hi'Pii received tdnee lust iiIkIiI'm report littxed on the xtor lo of straggler fioin C'urrliul. Fear that the casualties Htiffored by Captain lloyd's command had been very heavy, woro oxprossod by army officers horo. It was pointed out that if 12 mou had boon killed us reported throunh Mexican sources, it would mean that from 35 to 10 had boon wounded, according to tlio usual pi portlon. 1'hoso. with the number reported to have boan capturod, would account for priietleully one troop, or SO pej runt of the command, ludeod, from the reports avallublo no far, It la by no means certain that Captain Iloyd' command waa not practically wiped out. May llavtuSuiiendoHil. Combining various stories, army men believe that Captain Iloyd, after lie dismounted and deployed hla men, bad been forced v to fall back to es eape the cross-fire of thn Mexican, who virtually bad aiirrouuded him under cover of a parley. It la be lieved that those captured may have been cut off from the main body from an overwhelming force and forced to aurroudor. The fact that the men detailed to bold the horioa reached General I'or sliing's column also la believed to ac count In a measure for the heavy cusualllo. The command waa with out wagon or other meana of trans portlim the wounded men and the loaa of the horses may have been a serious factor in delaying a retreat. Captain lloyd's prevloua record I one thing which haa Influenced arm nton to place eonfldonce in the re liort of the stragglers to far ai It re late to the opening of the ungago mont. He la regarded a one of the mom efficient and careful officer ol thn army and a stickler for ohevlng orders to the letter. Attack t'tipmvnkeil. According to the atary told General derailing by ttragglera, the attack wa entirely unprovoked and waa mode after the Mexican force had partly lurrounded the American under cover of a parlay between General Co mot and CapUla Iloyd. It waa not until after the Mexican had opened fire with a machine gun that Captain Hovd dismounted hi com mand and returned the flro. (Continued on page six) YALE OARSMEN NEW LONDON. Conn , June U ' Harvard unheritv oaismeu opened their fiftieth regatta with Yale here tbia forenoon b wliinlug lotb minor race in a decisive faabion. The Criniaott first ear ere defeated the Kli freshmen in Ua-mile contest by about three-quarter of a length with a fast spurt in the last half mile, hile the iend 'varslt) crew set the pare for the, full two miles and oa by less than a length. The of Jalal tints of the sights bo the fmlt raau rare wars': Harvard. 10.3 .1-5; Yale 10-31 In the junior lontest Harvard' of ti.UI time Wiit l .'' nj Vale le .: HARVARD DEFEATS JAPS DENY ARMS SENT to no Japanese Minister of W?r Declares No Shlpmert of Munitions From Japan to America Entire Output of Government Factories Taken by Entente Allies Private Supply Is Taken hy China Japan Hopes for Preservation of Peace In Both AmftClnric TOKIO, Jnimn, Juno 23. "Of course, any claim that the Jnpanoto government will assist Moxlcana with munition nml arm la out of the question and absurd, unld Union lahl, foreign minister, to a correspondent of tlio Associated Proas, who asked him today for hi views on I lie Mexi can situation. The Interview waa nought on ac count of the declaration attributed to the Mexican that aaauranco hod liooii received from Japan that muni tion and other nssUtnnco would be given .Mexico, in tlio event of war with the I'nltod Statea. Allies TiiKe All Made. "A for private Jnpunoae com panion soiling arm to Moxlcaua," the foreign minister continued, "I con aldur It Improbable. Ah you know, all available rlfloa anil ruiir are bo liig furnished to Japan' allle to assist In bringing the Kuropoan war to a successful isue. And, 1 fancy though I do not know, that muni tion not available, for our nllloa, may havo 'found their way to China dur ing the revolutionary trouble. "Let m say this with all the emphasl and earneatuesa at my command," said the minister swing tint around in hi chair, "the Japan ese nation sincerely hopos that armed conflict botwoen the United States and Mexico may be averted. Jaixtu's Interest In America, North, Central and South, being essentially pacific and commercial, In event of the be ginning of disturbance thn market would feel It keenly In Japan. Till 1 especially truo at a moment when the whule ICuropcau trade I virtually closed to Japan and the Chlueso mar ket I seriously upset." Ilcpi-oxentntlvo I'nkiioMU. iltaron Ishll declared he hail never heard of Itamon Iturbe, a tepiese il lative of General Currants, who was reported several weeks ago to be on his way to Japan on a secret mission. Japan's Interest in Mexico, he said, was In charge of Seorotary Ohta, formely attached to the Japanese em bassy at Washington. He said he had received no advices from Secre tary Ohta In regard to the situation. Colonel Manuel Itomero, recently ap pointed minister to Japan by General ("arranaa. has reached this country, but has not had an audience with the emperor. M. C. Telles, the Mexican charge, in an Interview asserted emphatically that the Mexican government had ordered no munitions or arms In Japan and that no negotiations for such supplies were under way. The last Mexican transaction In Japan, he continued, was between General lluerta and the Mitsui com pany In li'i;! Story Is Groundless. In regard to General Iturbe, Senor (Continued on pago three) LIMA. Peru. Jam- J ; A Iiu note from the Mexican unin-i i t Ionian nffuirs, setting forth tin- opinion of the Mexican government that war with the Fulled State u iiu-titnble, oil account of tlu tlltthisl- employed by the American government. wo re ceived ut the foreign oft ice tod.iv. The note poiuted out that all the re public, of (eutral and fcouth Aoicr irii would be affected Itv a confliet. The Peruvian .ovcriuiii'lit returned a i.iii'IiiIIn Worded rcl, coin bed in lrn'iill l-1 in - ,iihI it- in., lin ll'JH l. J. Ml .11 i 'Uh L1 Ill.Hliltlllil il WAR PROBABLE ASSERTS MEXBO P TELLS STORY OF BATTLE Narrative Is Based Upon Personal Questioning of Men Engaged At tack Unprovoked, But No Estimate of Casualties on Either Side No Definite Conclusion as to Blame Gomez Asked for Conference With Boyd and While Talk Was Going on, Mexicans Surrounded Troops. WAKIIIXfiTON", June 2.'. Seei-p-tnrv linker mnile nulilic totlny n if port from flenernl Perilling or tlie fight nt ("nrriiuil, Iimc(1 on perioiml iUctioning of men front IliT two I roup of the Tenth euvnliy enaageil in the confliet. It indicated that the iiltnek iion the American wiis nii nrovoked, lull gave no eliiimle of Ihe eiiHiiHltiea on either aide. dcnot-iil PeroliiiiK Imd uol liml an opportunity to confer with tiny oi'li- eer of tlie two companies nml Seeie tnry linker uil that a definite con cliiHion ns to where the hlnine rcted could tint he formed. The report, which vn taken lo tlie white !ioiie earlier in the ilnv anil afterwnnl laid before the enbiuct, (old Mili-tHiitiallv the Mime sor earrieil in border pre diNpatchc-. luat night. It xaiil Ihe .Mexican tioop opencd fiii willi a machine gun after a twenty-minute conference between flenernl Iloyd of Troop (!, tenth en a I ry, couimHiiding the dctacliment. and Clemiwl domes, tlwCnrjiuiMji eoinffrtftMler 1 rVrrixiil. PeiblimS Kepoit. Secretary ItakcrV -liileineiit fol lows : "The wnr licpnrtment has received from General Fiiti-don the following traiiMiiitted from Ooneinl Itr-iiiiiK: " 'I'eraoimllv iUetioiiiig troopers with refeience to the Aliiimuiln f fulr. Two trootK, tenth cavalry, lbydV (mop (', and More,V K, join ed on tile night or the 'Jlltli. Ojo Santo Doiiiiugo, ma relied to within one mile of t'aiTi.al on the "JUI. Cap tain itoyd in command, arming (here at 7 :.10 a. m. Iloyd went in a .Mexi can guide to nk M'nuiion to ihmm through the town. Mexican guide re turned wllli refiiul fi-om General Go niex. Then Gomes eut out note by ut dcily anying dial Iloyd might imihh through the town, provided he Mop p4'il for conference. Iloyd Slli'Miiiudeil. " 'Then General Gome, hiiitwelf ea me out and dieued the situation fifteen or twenty ininulei with Iloyd. Meantime,, .Mciean troon moviiiB out from the low u begun -unrounding Ko.mI' column. Gomes retired, and when he renehed the right of bin trooiix .Mexican troop-, begun firine mncliitie giiuw. Itoyd then dismount ed to fight on foot.' ''General Pershing alo reMrla that he has sent out cavalry to sup. port and Iii-iii- buck two troops in ipic-tion." TOM SHARKEY FAILS, SAN FRANCISCO, June 81 -Tom Sharkey, former heavyweight prize fighter, filed a petition In bankrupts In the United States district court to ils), giving his liabilities as 2,0oo and his assets as 20 50. He owe $2.'.2,000 to Henry Stern of New York under the terms of an unfilled lease. Sharkey Is at present manager of a loral saloon. , T TO JAMIICiT.V J'Hie ' ! Older.. H'XHillllllg; sew I'u! initio. nl- to dis regard the loii mill -liort haul clause of the railroad ratilau which tor bid higher rates for intermediate limn to tfriiiin.il tollit-, Weie i-Mied b tlie uittr-t.ili I'lUiiineire .lurm --mil I. id it I M I . ,i- Wlo'ii V. .1 I II I I"! Hi Il I f. COMMANDING AMERICAN FORCES 1NMEXIGD jf1p?MM& yi,Jss tp!WRL it fl GEM. PERSHING ItrlK, ('en. PcisIiIiik Is here Minvui at woilc at Ills lm-c In wlieix lie Is In couiuianil of the only troos. now ladou the Imiiiulai REVINO BLAMES AMERICAN TROOPS OR SEEKING WAR Cllllll'AIII'A CITY Mexico. Juno 23. Criticism of American military men, who ho wild have caused all the trouble between .Mexico and the Unit ed States, was made by fleneral Jncluto Trevlno, military commander for tlio northeast, in an Interview with the Associated Press today. rienoral Trevlno said that Oeueral Hugh Scott was evidently wrong when ho told the Mexican conferees nt the meeting lu Kl Paso that the American military men, luaat of all factors In the United States, wished to fight ngulnst Mexico. "Tlio Amorleaii military ha ills obeyed tlio orders of Its own chiefs, has never respected the feelings or the property of Mexican cttliens and has contemptuously lanored the dis positions of thn Mexican govern ment," declared the general. "I do not want war," added Oene ral Trevlno, "and I am doing my ut most to control the situation, but If war Is forced on the Mexican nation by the Americans, I am both ready and willing to do my duty, like every other faithful son. to uphold the honor and dignity of im couutry." Officers arriving here today with the body of (lonerul Felix domes, who was killed lu the Currlsal engage ment said that the American lead ers evidently had lntructed their men to concentrate their fire on the general who, on account of bis great bulk, wa an ean taraet. They aald (Jciierul domes wax Hie firm Mexican to full, wilh tlirr, UilleU In hi (bent. I E I ItOMK. Jane '.; 1 be w.ir office loda Urn lied the following atuteinent on military operation "In the Arsa valle, we occupied new positions b)ond Koinlnl, east of the Maxxana neak and on the l.ora spur, west of Monte i'asuldo. "Hides, ammunition and bomb were captured from the enemy. ' Along the Poslna-Astlco front there has been artillery activity on both sides. ."Attacks hy enemy detachments In the regions of Oataglla and Monte Spin were tepulsed. ' On the Aslago pistesu wa main talned our ureasuto asjbinst the eneni's positions. "In the Cainlu reioji and on th Isoiuo, the artillti u ( i t a en iiciUllv tit I it dim lin t i, i .-r Hut IL S REPOR P SSONFRON Mitvlco y Hues. AM AMP ABANDONED BY GAl.YrlSTOX, Tev . June L'l. All the ml camps in Ihe Tuxpiini region lime been aliundoucd, aei-ordiiig to refugee's who urriwil here on hoard the llritish tank steamer Sun Iti cnnlo. Them were thirty of Ihe rof iigeeH, nil Americans suve one, who is ICuglish. They were warned by the American consular agent nt Tnpam aonie time ago to leave tlio country. Tbcv re plied that they did not want to leave and were (hen practically ordered by the agent to leave Mexico. The Ciu'mnsn commander of Tux iaia a few iIh.vs ago issued a state ment to the effect that n stale of war virtually existed ln'tweeu Mexico and ihe I'liitil Stales, though ndiiiillini.' thai no declniiitioii of wnr had been made. A reMtrl current al TuxMm, ihe refugees said, wus that military au thorities Imd ileelnied they would kill every American they could find if an American win ship were sent to Tux pain. Another lepoit was that every American ivinaiiiiiiu; in Mexico after July 1 would be killed. There were nineteen Auieiicaiis lei I in Tiixpam. riKATTI.K, June 23. Prosecuting Attorney I.uiulln has lustruotad Coun ty Auditor 1'lielps to limit liquor per mlts to not more thsu 20s gallons of alcohol, 101 gallons of whiskey and 02 gallons of any other liquid for each drug store during six months. The four largest prescrip tion druggists of Seattle agreed that Hie amount fixed was sufficient for any legitimate purpose. Three of i hem xulil beer had no proper place in a di uti Htore. T NORT BLOCKED BY SLIOE KKATTI.K. Wash., Jane ;.'.. The Ureal Northern main line between Sc uttle and Kverett h still closed by reason of the cuviug ol a bin If onto I bo truck two miles north of Wicb uiond Iteach elerday. A large force of men is shoveling uwa the earth ami the truck will be oH-iicd tomor row iiiuminc. In the ineiiulimc the ..llieiii I'.niln ii.ii k lietuicii Sc lib I I KMi i In in vif' i .1 b lie .i I I ih ii, AMER CANS ALLL MILITIA LB BE SENT TO BORDER Secretary Baker Issues Orders to All Army Departmental Commanders to Send to Mexican Border All Militia Available Immediately Upon Their Mobilization In the Various States Fiinslon to Indicate Point to Which Troops Will Be Moved No Explanation Offered forChaii(Q WASHINGTON", .June 2:i.-Secre tan Maker today issued order to nil nnny dppnrtmentiil coiiunniiilem to -cud to the Mcxicun herder all mil itia nvnihihle immediately upon their organisation, without waiting for completion of the mohilianlioii of the separate at a tea. The cniiiiunuilcra were reipioatcit to notify General Pension when each legimeiit, tump, battery or other unit ceiuplcles muster. General Kuiiston will indicate whore he wishes the force sent In eueh instance, and Ihe ileparluinutnl eoiuuinuiler, without further instructions from Washing ton, will arrange transportation anil send tlicui forward. The niinounccinent of the new or ders wa made officially after lo dav's cabinet meeting, but it was un derstood that they actually hud heeu issued before Ihe cabiiiot convened. No explanation was offered for tin change of the migtiml plan. The niiuiunl order to the giianlsnieii were for their mobilisation in slate concen tration camps to await further or der. The entile operation will lie carried out between General hnston and the departmental commander. The war ileMirtinent 'will know of what i proceeilitiir only a a matter of in formation in reMiits submitted after the fact by Ihe departmental com manders. The object nimejl at i to eliminate all unnecessary delay and led tiiM in gelling the '.iinril-iiieii to the Ironl. SA( KAMIINTO. (al. June '.'.'I. Cnlifomm lrHip. will be rushed U the Mexican bonier as fust 114 tliej are peady, aceordiug to telegrams re eeived at hcadipiartcrs in the capital today. Captuin II. A. Mauigau, insptsdo! instructor of infantry, representing the I nited Stales nnny, aud on p eial deluil with the guard from the regufur, today received a telegran from ihe adjutant general of the I'uiled States army, Washington, or. deiiug htin lo muster into the service every tueticul unit. This means nil the California t mop must go to tha border iinmedi atel.v. The iu-truclioiis to Captain Hani gnu aie imt to wmt ecu for field tran-portatioii . thai held tiiiupurta- iHtll Will be till lil-heil .it the bolder. JAP MUNITIONS TOKIO, June :' : The Mitsui company informed a lepresentatlve of the Associated Press toda that It recently received- inquiries from the Mexican government as to wheth er it could supply ammunition and arms. The com pan) replied that It was physically impossible as it had mora orders than it could fill for the allies of Japan. The Mitsui, Takada and Okura, three large companies exporting arms, formed a joint muultlon cor poiatlon before the war to purchase iiuiiutioin from tlie Government ar-".r-ii.il whui, is the only esttihlUh lnUd of tin Kind til Ji'j.uii. RUSH CALIFORN TROOPS TO BORDER MEXHO SEEKS CONGRESS DECLARES EMERGENCY President Authorized to Draft Into Federal Service National Guards men Wlllliifi to Take the Oath Un ilcr New Army Law Emcrrjency for Draft Declared to Exist Now Does Not Contemplate a State of 'War-iCrlllcIsm hy Mann, Who Holds. War Already'ExIsts,, a ' 1 i, c WASHINGTON', June 2.1.-In nit nineiidiiipnt to the Hay resolution nu- tliurlr.lng (he president to dmft into tlio federal service hnmodinicly' nil nntioiinj snjjinlmncii willing lo tnkn the oath, the lioiiso-toilay iiiianinioiig- ly ileclaieil that nn Piiioixenuy now exist cd, iu'ceaitiiliiiR a cull on alnte troejv. Not u Stato of War. Questioned by Itcpiilillenii Lender .Mann and other, Mr. liny told the house that the resolution did not contemplate a Mnto of wnr, but Hint the mere fuel of the introdiietloii of the resolution luuulcd to him by the wnr department "shows that in the opinion of the executive the cmtjfK cney doe exist and Hint tii resolu tion is ahsolulely necessary to meet I lie emergency." I'unniinoiis consent for consilient tion of the resolution wns given unit general debute began under mi ngrce jMsiit for n lwn-hotirIimIU, llcpieseutntive Maun tilltilc u speech declaring Hint n stnio of! wnr with .Mexico already ojclaicd lo nil intent aud purpose and o.vprosaine; the opinion that the regular troop were not carrying out luo purpose for which they were sent into .Msvxico. lie aid, however, that he did not wo how they could be withdrawn under Ihe present situation, and if they were to sluy Ihe military strength oC the country necessarily must be lu creascd. Representative Duller of I'oiiiij. vnnia, Republican, nrged that fi proHMlent hould adviso congress of hi reasoHs for determining that mi eiiU'igeney existed. A ixi Dcclnrliitr War, "I think we are ileoUnng wnr here," declared ItenreMOMinlivq Mad den of Illinois. Mr. I lav leplied that thn iHTCsidont would be requested to oohic berpio i-ongress if u declaraUoN was ileeiu ed necesnry. "This resolution docs not eoiitein plnle a declnrnlion of war or a tlau lurntioii that n stute of wnr extals," he added. Thi Huy amemlmeui, under whfcli congress declare tha eiueraency now exist, was adopteit unawiiHniUy. An amemliuent by Represenltiliro CliiojKTfield of HliiKHH, provMfiuf that wheu the national guaiiUiusn un dichiirged nfler the emergeney ecose. thev shall resume their fot. nml national guanl orfHiiinitiuii tain, wa iiilnptcd witJiouL objec tion. One agreed ujhih Iij; Kmirwentn live Mann and lla- provhlud flint the national guard should srvo for the Mnod ol the emergency, "not exceeding llii.e ciu," uiilesi. ononer dlscbaigcd. BILL ToTeNSION SOLDIERS FAMILIES WAMIISUTUN, June. 'Jl. A bill to uppiopriate .fj,ti.')0,(jl)0 lo provido a ill for deHudeiits of federal volun teers and eullsted men of til notional guard mustered into the military ser vice of the United State was iiitro duced totlay b Scimtor Ue of Maryland and icieiie.l to the com mittee Oil H-H-IOl- The iiii-a-iui' would direct the ee relary ot the interior, cu-oieinlinj With tin . oiiiiiiiioiici nt )M'll-ion, (u make mv into the . hihIiiioii tt' pcrsous dejHindeut upou guariUmeit, or upon volunteer, if they should btf culled lor war, ami pay such depend ent, m.t to exceed $.10 a mouth, ess cent in extraordinary ouacs, .. , "fl x-ia