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PXQE FOUR MEDFORD MATH TRIBUNE, afTCDFOBD, OREGON, TUESDAY, .TUNE 27, 1910 v- fo tW. fc &r ' , M 1 i. Si r I1EDF0RD MAIL TRIBUNB AN mni5PHNni5NT NEWflPAT'RR. rUULTHllUI) UVKIIY AKTBHNOON KXCBPT HUNOAY I1Y THIS &IKDFOHD 1'IUNTINO CO. Office Mull Tribune DiiHtllng, 2C27-29 North Fir street, teluplieno 76. The Democratic Times, the Medforri Mull, The Mwlfonl Tribune, The Soutli ern Oregonlan, Tho Ashland Tribune. aROnaB"lUTNAM, Editor. nunscjiirriori batssi 8n year, by man ... J 5.00 ne month, by mall .60 I'er month. 1hIvtiI by currier In MedfyrU. I'hoonlx, Jacksonville nml Central Point ...... .60 Saturday only, bv inHll. cr ynAr.... 2 o Wcckly,pryeftr... .... 1.60 i Official Pnr of tho City of MotlforiL gfflalal rapr of .Inaknoii County. Hnlered as seeonil-clhMfl mattar Rt Msdord, Oregon, under Ui not of AInruh 8, 1873. CARRANZA PROVOKING A WAR Sworn Clroulntlon for 191S 2C6. Pull leaded wire Associated Press dispatches. ! EM-TEES INTERVENTION IX AMERICA (A nolo from Mr. Cnrrnnzn to Mr. iWllson of tho do facto government f "(jluuditiK U, S. A.") For tliroo years tho tlo fnrto govern ment of Moxlco has viewed with gruvo concern tho courso of evonts In tho United Htntos and with pntlonco Iiiih ondoavorod to use Hn mornl form in bettering conditions within tlio bor tiers of our neighbors ou tho north. Condition" nt hint hnvo become Intol erable. At least 5,000,000 i;lrla In tlio U. H. chow gum nnd tho govern ment, nftor ropeated warnings Iiiih fnllod to jiut a stop to thin outrage. In tho United Htntos ninvln comodlaiiH n ro paid from $50,000 u yoar tip whllo tcnohorn in tho schools havo a luird tlinti to pay tho rent. Such n condi tion of Injustlco imiat not bo allowod to contlntio nnd tho Moxlcan govorn mont Ih propnrod to omit no word or aat tlint will bring to tho United Htnton n full realization of UiIh gront wrong. (Wo could contlntio thin for 10,000 words, hut why ro furthor?) Why Khvp nt Iliiii7 Lata inoro folks would nttond tho movies hut for tho fnct It Ih bodtlmo baforo thoy comnionuo. l'oti UIiIko CArk.) Port. Nlro of Him iUxtrtnced ohmiffeur wIhIiwi po JtlBii; does own repairing; Kood reeenea. Address llox T-S7, News. yetrolt (M1e.li.) Newt. Health Nolo After making three attempts to QBiuwIt sulolde Osonr I extou. 70R Ed gar av., waa given h hearing lo tMt his wnltj" In the ally court room bo fore Judgo llHnnli, Monday aftor iuvbh. Mattnou (III.) CommorolMl Xtnr. I I fl'hlo it (fotnpllmout to tlio Widow? ikmit Croat) wan ohIIIhk nt Oik wlHftw PKlmani 8undy. w think AHt&' liwrt U luval, ir bl root do iuiwi alwjut. trlnn (Vh.) Vldnttc AltMiut 'I'riiMt incut ax CimmI atru, Wtllimit CHiupliMii cHllttil on Mra. 0. W. Itoloux Wediundy. Mr DaloHC l till In vary pour health HI (X. Y.) Journal. AREUICNT issue of the New York Times contains an article on tlie Alexican situation by Senor Joaquin V. aI. Beltran, for twenty years a member of the Mexican senate, in which he declares that Caminza irt'rleliberately provoking a war with the United States with the expecta tion of solidifying all M.exicans in his support and then making peace. lie says: 'With tho 8tubbornnof)3 tlint tins characterized him for the lnt two yoara, Carranxa Ir preparltiK with Ills right hand nil his resources for wnr with tho United State), and, with Ills loft hnnd, andoavorlnK to provoko that war, but to provoke It In such mnnnor that ho can poraunde his countrymen the United States Is ut fault. Thorohy, the aired first chief hopci to units Mexico under his standard, and uuvIiik united It, make peace with tho United States which ho knows prefers poace to wnr and then find himself In command of a solidified nation. Some such idea animated Villa and inspired him to make his raid at Columbus, figuring that he would thereby become a national hero among his ignorant countryman, who would rally to his standard because of his warfare against the hated gringo. Jiut Villa underestimated the intelligence of his countrymen, and it is possible that Car ransHi may also be mistaken in his estimates. The view given above seems a reasonable one in view of developments, but it must be remembered that it is the view of one of the expatriated followei-s of Diaz and 1 I......J.. .11. i ii . jjueria, aim nence aiso colored to suit Ins views. Senor Beltran points out that the invasion of Mexico will be far more difficult than in the war against Santa Ana some sixty years ago. Some (50,000 veterans of Mex ican civil wars under General Obregon, a military genius, are in northern Mexico, among them '115,000 well equipped cavalry. General Trevino commands in the interiei: with nn (rm ,..,.11 , i i m. .-, ,.., iw" lu'irnuHBimni iruojiM, wttji coiisiucraiHo artillery. Towns have been well fortified. On the gulf coast fort resses at Santa Cim and Santiago have been rebuilt. Tn the south !)(),()00 men are scattered in frarrisons under Arm. oral Gonzales, with Iii,(XJ() troons at the canitnl. All told, there are some 200,000 seasoned, experienced troops to hurl against the Americans. Machine guns are plentiful and it is no child's game the American forces must play in Mexico. THE ASHLAND RECALL 23,000 MILITIA LEAVE EAST I ODAY l r " Minim " " ' '' ' ' "'rCTW IFOR MEXICAN LINE "THE GIRL OF N. Y. U." WILL MARRY MAN WHO DEDICATED SONG i NEW YORK, June 27 Nearly 23,- 000 National Guard troops from twelvo states in the department of tho cast nro under orders to start today for tho Mexican border, or are nlready on tho way. Two Massachu setts roRlnients nnd two batteries of field artillery from New Jersey start ed Inst nlKht. Indications are that about 20,000 troops from Now York, Pennsylvania, Kow Jersey, Connecti cut, Massachusetts and Vermont will get away bofor0 tonight. In addition, troops from Maine, Now Hampshire, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia and Florida, totalling about 15, 000 men had received orders from Major Gen eral Leonard Wood to leavo today for tho border. It wna not known nt headquarters of tho dopartment here whether or not tho in on actually could bo entrained before night. Six thousand National Guard troops of New York nro ready to leavo as noon as transportation is provided. All nro ordered to Hrownsvlllo, Tex. Connecticut had her 1500 troops ready to start at au early hour nnd Vermont wob ready with 1200 men. INow Jersey had ono Infantry regi ment ready to start nnd expected to send other units later. Tho Massa chusetts and Now Jersey troops nro bound for EI Paso. Tho Vermont Guardsmen nro ordered to Eaglo Paso, Texas, thoso of Connecticut to Nogalcs, Ariz. "SV '' t " Mi.ss KcklinnU of New York, known iih "The Girl of X. Y. I'.," since n soiif; of (lint nnine wns dedienlcd t her, !m to inurrj, neconliiiK to nn nouneement, Griffith Donner, wlio wrote the sons? while n henior nt New York university. Bonner is the son of the lute Robert Monitor, million aire. Mls Kckhnrdt was Rrmlunted from .Mnplehurst Aeailemv Sneietl Heart in 1DM, nml is jiroininent in Nl-xv York Miriety. EW RE BLOW TO COAST OBBERS FAVOR NTERIOR nplIK effort to recall Bert It. Greer as Ashland springs luiumihfiiuiuT nas laneti ny a majority of about 59 voles in 1255 cast not because Air. Greer, 'like Caesar's wife, was above suspicion, but because of antipathy to the recall as a method of rebuke. Ashland did not low. Clvm more, but loved the recall less. It Mr. Greer has been guilty of half the things charged against him he should be criminally prosecuted. But be cause the recall furnishes a weapon for attacking bv slan der and inuendo without proof of accusations, it is repuls ive, as it is unfair. Mr. Greer deserves credit for awakening Ashland to the value of its mineral waters and beautiful park as a community asset. That he has not accomplished the result AUTOMOBILES NEEDED ON ALFALFA TOUR The alfaUa grotter nt Jnrkaon county aud othara lntaraatad in the boat dovolopmnnt of tho alfalfa Indus try In ttala taction art urged to Uh nrwwut at tha Camuiarciul flub In MedfttrtJ at 3 p. ui. Wadnwiday aftar HOflii, Juhh tsth. Ilrlng Hittamobllaa pratwrod to traiiaport friauda to tha varitH dattMHtatratloHa that will 1m viaiturt In dlffarant aaetlona of tha Kvmo vary bauaflclal and lutoratt lUK raaiiltn bava bean obtalnatl by thttsu uxttarimouta, and groweru who wort tiuahla to vlalt thtaia plots at the previous dainonatraUou should mak a special effort to do mi at thin Unto. You will be aurprliad tn noht the re mit of IhU aYitarluautal work that will prova to ba of great valua to thin oounty. CI.AUUU C. CATK. KNIGTHS OF PYTHIAS HOLD SOCIAL SESSION Utat night tha local K. of P. Itwlga tUltartalued thwlr ineuibera lu a pleas ant way with try llttla pr'ioua ado nbQUt It. Thay had gat bur ad lu a (joQdly number at th lodge room to niutt lultiatlou oeraintiulaa by a naw tMm which put oh tka ork vary erelltHll and after lodge cloaad thoy Wttfe agreaahly surprlsaU and highly fliilaruiucd by a atranger, Prof. Colo with a aplendid line of roadlnjJHj Jlla work as very entr talnlng "'id Ht th- Ioh all -re In vited into tlio l."iiint rouui where rofrjjsbuiouta wcra ki-red. Hougiii wiuioui scandal is unfortunate, but the peoplo of Ashland have only themselves to blame, for thev approved by decisive vote the letting of contracts without competi tive bids and silenced critics bv miblic disnimrnvnl SUBMARINES SINK T STEAMERS MARSEILLES, Juno 27. Tho French steamer Kouriiol nnd tho Eng lish steamer Cardiff havo been sunk by a submnrlno in tho Mediterranean. Tho French steamer Villa do Madrid with 12 pasHongers on board, was pursued and cannonaded by a sub marine but escaped. It was perhaps noetic justice that Mr. MrimrRlimiifi h compelled to take a dose of his own medicine, for as an unfair defamer and slanderer of public officials he has few equals. At the time the recall petition was filed he was busily engaged in attacking by abuse and inuendo the good name and fair fame of the county court, without the shadow of the suspicious circumstances against their in tegrity that attached to his own conduct of affairs. K'ecall ehictioiw create factional discord and leave run ning sores in communities that prevent the harmouv nec essary for progress. They are expensive, in more than a financial sense, and accomnlish nothing nuni'iil !,,.,,, ,cn doomed to failure when based upon personal animosity selfish greed, gumshoe politics and pettv spite. SHACKLETON FAILS !EMli?FMiF Tho I'ournol was a veasel of 247 tons built lu Glasgow lu 1880. There ara two llritish stontuers named tho Cardiff, ono of 2808 toim nnd tho other a trawler. Tho larger boat has boon ongaged lu the trans-Atlantic trade and was last reported ou her wny to Sydney, l 11. The Assassination of the Progressive Party, Age 4 ! ---)-)---------' -i IItn-N'rt Quick Tell How Iji I'ollotlo i'mllclcd Hack lu IIMO that If Konsovolt Ititlcil tho Party Ho Would Stuvly Itulii It. DY HEItliEUT QIJICIC It was In May, 1910, that Uob La Folletto astonished a group of us at his Wisconsin homo by saying tho re turn of Itoosovclt from Africa would bo a great peril to the Insurgent movement, that tho best thing for It would bo for Roosevelt openly to op- to a fight ngninst Tnft's rouomlnu tlon. He sent word that a man should be put tip against him In the convention. He asserted that La Fol letto was that man. He began sponk Ing well of La Follett's work in Wis consin. Ho would not promise to got out in tho open for La Follotto; but ho did promise to assume what may SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 27 Re vision of westbound freight rates, ordered today by tho Intor-stnto com merce commission will strlko n se rlouB commercial blow to Paclflo coast points, railroad officials and representatives of Jobblnj? housos anld. Tho Pacific coast points nf foctcd advorsuly are the ports of San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Oakland, San Pedro, and San Diego which, In a decision n year ao by tho commission, were ncconled lower rates than Intermediate points he causo of tho Panama canal wntor competition. At that tlmo tho con uiIsbIou ruled that tho rntes to Inter mediate points should comprise tho rato to tho above nnmod terminal points, plus 7." per cent of tho back haul rates, an arrangement which nt the same time gave the railroads a chanco to compete with wntor car rlerH botweon onstoru ports and tho Pacific and nlso made termlnnl point Jobbers distributors for a largo terri tory inland. Railroad officials said Interior points as far Inland an Snlt Lake City, Utah, would now iHsutito distributive control of their con tiguous torrltory. Tho order of tho commission, it was said, appllos only to commodity freight rntou ns distinguished from ulnss rates. It rosulted from a com plaint of tho Inland cltloa of Spokane, Wash,, mid Rono, Nov., that tho slides lu the Panama canal and wnr conditions, had virtually eliminated water competition to Pacific coast ports from the eastern seaboard. 10 T pono It, that if RooBovelt associated ue called n position of "benevolont HOUSE STANDS PAT F m TO RESCUE MAR00NE0 ON ICE MEXICAN ARM Y CUTIS OFF FOOD ia'.miuv juiiii ;. -Lieutenant SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Juno 27 niiHcnt-iiuu iiwm ueeii unuDie to reseue ti... n,h. .... ... .i . .i "w omnnrgo on exportation of sun. tha men. numbering 2 i and eomprU- ' ' imiv imu ainxico, irom tho united Htatea, already has afroctod tho Mo, lean army, according to news hero. It became known today that tho rattbun that tho Mnxloau forue re cently loft Nuovo Laredo was bocauso they ware unable to obtain forage for tholr hurtsea from thla side of the bonier. iThe sltttntiou oppoalto Naeo, Arli., where 1500 MVlcnn trooiw ar being Ituld on ttnlns, aroused wldeepread speculation here. General Funston haa announcatl that American otfi oara ware sure they had fathomed the dealgu of thoae Mexican troop movement and nluforfementa were aent to tha Awerlwn rureoa at Nneu and eHtreuehuteuu have been thrown lng the iiihIii body of hla Autarvtlc epelltlon, wlm wen, left on Ele phant laland. This Information waa received lu a dispatch from Skarkul ton at Port Htanley, Falkland Islauda. The explorer has evidently re turnml on the Nteamor whteh had been plaeed at hla dlspoaal by the Uruguajan go eminent fur the pur poau of effecting the reacue of hla meu. According to his dispatch, the lee condltioua had ao lucreaaetl in severity that he nan unable to get uearar than 30 tullea of the laland. He thiuka that there la at II I hope for the meu however, aa there la au ekoelleut cuanr that the) will be able to hurvlve on short ratio it a aup WASHINGTON, June 27 Tho hotiso today by n vote, of 114 to A, disagreed to tho senate amendment to tho Hay militia drafting resolu tton dominating a million dollar re lief appropriation for dependent families of enlisted guardsmen In tho fodernl military service. A confer- euso on tho resolution waa asked. Couforoea were appointed ut onro by both houses.. The houxo naval cominltteo favorably reported the Padgett naval militia federalization bill, providing for retainer pay in times of peace aud authorising the president to draft the militiaman Into the federal korriue as volunteers in time of emergency. plemented b pcuKuin until auother , P r- Th" U" pUl " ,hM rem ue part), prouded with an lee breakfi-. iuii iuh throiiKli to them t WASWIMilON, June .T. fereuee rxrt on the mrul eietlit or laud lie uk bid w.i utloptid li lb,. Inm-e ImI.i l Ii. (l 'I'lii. U'lmrt uow wuil uituu in tin' -WKile. fact, however, that the MeMcaw troop w ere uot allow ed to leave the rare on which they were loaded la taken by some officer here lo indicate a pos sible movement against aoiue other portion of the weat Mexican bonier. Tbi, armored motor truck reeeutly Miaued to tha troops at Fort Sam Houston has proed lu effloieucy. Wheu tiled out late yesterday, it ao- A etui- oouutod for one milk wagon, te au tomobile uud one oow Why Smoke nit Ctxars When La Uoudaa are only l?c CLOUDBURST HITS EAST SIDE TOWN PENDLETON, Ore., Juno 27 A cloudburst ktruck the town of Hollt, near here .Monday. Sidewalks were carried away, aud basoineuta flooded. Tho railroad tracks were reported un der water. Proporty damage waa heavy. There was no Joss or life. It waa reported tonight that a cloud hurst hud occurred at lllack Horse, four mllod east of Heppner. At Hep pnor rain and hall fell In great quan tities. Tha storm yesterday afternoon took ou tho nature of a cloudburst In tho eastern ond of Umatilla county, but nu reports of heavy damage have eotne front that section. It waa reported that a very heavy storm hit Jack Canyon estenlay. ORDER DIG GUNS TO BORDER ZONE VORT SILL. Okla , June 27 Four batteries of tho Fifth Field artllloxy itatloned here were ordered tonight o entrain immediately for the border, two batteries to go to Ilrownavtlle. and two to El Paso. It was expected they would leave early tomorrow. These batteries were tha 1). D uud E. They are equlppoU with 4.T Inch bowlUera, whlah throw a sixty pound projectile ,ioo yards, and 4.7 inch rifles. lu addttigu batteries K aud I) have bowitiers capable of throw lug a 1J0 pound projectile ti.Ouy yards. himxolt with it cither openly or covertly ho would rule It or ruin It and that If he rules It he would surely ruin It. I suspect tlint not two pcrsoiiB thoro belloved In what La' Follotto said. Tho question now lu: Wins La Follotto a prophet In May, 1910? Roosevelt returned June IS, 1910. He rofusod to Identify himself with the progressive republican movement. Ho doclarod that In his Judgment Taft could not be beaten and it would be folly to try It. Roosevelt himself was for Taft. He controlled absolutely tho republican statu convention of 1910 at Saratoga, and had adopted n platform lauding Taft and the Taft administration to tho skies, nnd nomlnatod Stlmsou for govornor. Tho colonel nnd tho colonel's nom inee were llckod limp In Now York In that election. It marked the low 'est docllnatlon of tho colonel's star since ho had been In public life. After that election the word bo Ran coming to the big Insurgents by tho political grapevine telegraph linos that Roosevelt wns getting more and moro Insurgent In his views, and was beginning to have hla doubts about Taft. At that tlmo Dolllvor, Ilrlstow. La Folletto, Hourne, Poindoxtor, Pin chot, Grouna, Hubbard, Cummins tho groat Insurgent group for mouths had Tuft's hide nailed to the Insurgent back fence, and Insurgen cy wns swooping tho country like wlldflro. Kvory Intelligent observer west of tho meridian of Indianapolis knew it and tho colonel knew It. Hence those messages. In the spring or 1911 he found out moro about tt. Ho took a swing around tho clrclo on a speech-tank- lug tour, and lie found out two things. ' Tho first was that his New York dofont had uot robbed him of his great hold on tho people of the coun ceun try: tho second wns that Insurgency was rampant, , So ho wont back home and sent word to tho Insurgent group In Wash ington that he had changed his mind about Taft 'a strength, and that he thought tho Insurgents ought to nom inate, a candidate against him. Prior to this time, he had believed that Taft could not b beaten which was correct, as it turned out and that with Taft renominated, tha thing to do was to have him beaten at tha polls. iHe did not say that Tad's defeat at tho polls, with no fight made whloh would bring any other republi can into prominence against him In ivlS, would have left the was greas ed for the lauuehlug of the colonel's boom as the savior at the a. o p in 19 It. Possibly the colouel ma havo thought of that, however Just posslbb Now, however, he berime tatorable neutrality." In other words, Rosovelt did all he could to boom tho Insurgent fight against Taft's renomlnatlon. He sent word to La Folleito that La Follotto could run nnd .bo defoated without bolng Injured. To his friends hu said that for him to run and loso would "spoil his placo lu history." I wonder n little whether his placo In history has not now been spoiled quite as thoroughly. Rut I seo 1 can't finish this story today. Per mit mo to resume tomorrow. SACRAMENTO, Cnllfw. Juno 27.- Govornor Illrnui W. Johnson, one of tlio loaders of the progressive party, today announced tlint ho will support Chnrlos E. Hughes, republican, for tho presidency of tho Unltod Statos, "because," he said, "I bellovo his record warrants It." PEACE CONFERE AMY E. EL P 0 HI. PASO, Tex., Juno 27. Dr. I)a vid Starr .lurtlau. who in here as a member of the AiHerienu Peace soci ety, waul he had reeetved a number of threNleiniiK letter from interven tiouUtM, hut, despite threiitx, he add ed, tho peaee conference will go on. Two more members, Frank I'. Walsh and Moilewto Itollun, are ex pected to arrive here late toda.v. Dr. .Ionian o.reael the belief that W. J. Ilryan would not lie anient,' their uuinber. "We're not Hrniut the principle of intervention if intervention u ueeet. aury in the name of humnnitv," Dr. Jordii htated, "hut we do object to a soliliors' niw lieinif made nu exotixe for it. It miU uw in n trivial light. We ought to intervene on broader grounds than men rewmge." Nothing has liemi heard in Juarez of Dr. Atl, who U expected to .join the delegnte. Mexican oft'iewl are tnk- iiitf n keen interc-J in the iH-ace nil-. sion. SEE MUNITIONS FILLED PHILADELPHIA, June 27 - A rnsH Order for 20,000,000 rmimU it pmnll nrmd ammunition win bem rdlcd at ono of the government nr. eennls here today. The cartridge .. uf i ouMgued lo the government arwi'tial at Sun Antonio, Tex. It will require two weeks lo complete the order Men are working day and nnrht -hift-. WHAT A IVOjCAN OF OUR NATIVE STATE SAYS, Tortland, Oregon. "For a lont; tlmo i uavo been so ncrvoua I could nlmost ccrcnin at tunes, nml hnvo had spells that I could not get nround. My back pained eo nt night 1 could not sleep doctors did tuo no pood. A lady lu uenrhart rec ommended Doctor Pierce's Fnvnrltn Prescription to mo eo I thought I would give it a trial. I linve now used four bottles and mu still using It. It has dono me much good." Mus. D. Siiokmikkk, 30 N. 10th St. Tlio nso of Dr. Pierce's Fnvorito Proscription mokes women happy by making them healthy. There aiu no moro crying spell. "Fnvorito Tre crij)tion" cures Influminntlon nnd fcmnle weakness. It makes weak women strong, sick women well. Like an open liook, our faces tell the tnle of lionlth or disease.. Hollow cheoks and sunken eyes, list low etons, sleepless nights, tell of wasting de bilitating disease some place in thu body. It may be ono placo or another, the cause is genurally trace able to a common Bourco. Get the " Prescription " to-day either In liquid or tablet form, if you want to better your physical ooudiUon fepoedily. Dr. Pieroe's Pellets rogulato stom ach, liver and bowels. Quetttons of Sex t Ara fully and prowrly answered lu Thu People's Com mini Sene Medial Adviser. All tho know-ledge a young woman, wife or daugher should havo Is coutalned in this big Home Doctor Rook of lOUtj l-aces with engravings and color plutes, and bound In cloth. Ry mall, prepuld on nveplt of 3 dlinee. Address OW Main Street, Huffaln, N Y. 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