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OreBonHWori Society City HaH Watch for the Homeseekers' Edition ot the MecMord Mail Tribune to be published Sunday, January 2 United PH'm AMtoctntloii. Kill I JUwH'tf Wlm Iteport Thu only paper In tho world published In ii city tho Ir.o of Mod ford linvlnR a leased wire. ' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE T1IK WCATHBH. Tonight nnd Thursday Fair. Tudsdny high, C I J. low, 40; range, 48. .FOURTH YEAR. MEDFOJtl), OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1009. No. 242. DIAZ DELAYS MEETING ZELAYA Boliovocl That Deposed Pres ident of Nicaragua Will Re main Virtual Prisoner in Moxico War May Be Con tinued in Nicaragua. MUX I CO CITY, Doc. 29. "I mil Htlll ir'Hldont of Nicaragua. I turned my K"vcruinont over to Mudrlz n tho cotiNtltutlon provides thnt I may do, nnil Mndrlz linn tnkon offlco only an mi Interim official. Thin Htntotnont wn in a do hero to day by Jouo Snntos Zolnya, who ar rived hero from Snllna Crux onrly to dny, Zolnyn will not bo hold nn a pris ons or under nurvolllnnco whllo ho lno horo, hut will i;o and cotuo uh ho plcasou. Ho declared that tho United States has repeatedly violated tho Washlng ton treaty and Instigated a Contrnl American rvollitlou hy furnishing nriiiM nml mouoy to aid tho cauuo of the Insurgents. .ln-a iintd thnt ho had foroseon thin aliened of fort to adopt tho "big ntlck" policy In Contrnl Amorlcn. aud had ondenvorod to proparo for It. Zolnyn In Clly of Mexico. MHXICO CITV, Doo. 20. Former Proaldent Koluyn of Nicaragua arriv ed hero today and wan -rocolvod un officially by representatives of tho government. Scores of Central Amor Iouhh eboorod wildly as tho former president' private car, attached to a regular train, waa pullod Into tho local Ntntlon. Y.tAttyn, slnca his arrival, hna not couforrod with l'rwldout Diaz. It In anld, howovur, thnt thoy will mt liofor Friday, wlwn AmlianMidor Do l.a Itarra starts for Washington boar In ae spoelal dnta pertaining to tho NIc nraftiiftu altuntlou. It In ndinlttod openly hero that tho iuIhhIoii to the United Stntt of formwr Ambassador Uroel w8 a falluro. It Im believed that .olaya, during liU Hlny In Mullen, will b virtually a prisoner, ami upon IiIh departure will bo watched to prevent hln return to N Ion mis tin. Ho In being guarded carefully by membora of his party, following tho circulation of rumors thnt a plot to nssnsHlnntu him had been revealed. Local wits aro declaring today thnt y.ulaya ban coino to Mexico to offer tho Nlmirngunn preuldoncy to Dr. Mo rnud, who Iuih been montloued hero nn a Candida to for tho presidency of Mexico to Hiutced Dhu, MANAGUA, Doo. 29. Otnornl Kh trada'H evident lntontlon to Insist upon penco torinu that President Mad rid will be unnhlo to accopt will re- unit disastrously to tho pence con ference In which tho loaders of tho two faclloiiH will meet next Sunday, according to popular belief expressed hero today. ARTIST DAVENPORT ILL INSAN DIEGO Suffers Nervous Break Donwn Is Stnyliin With Doctor In Tlicon Ist Camp. SAtf niNOO, Cal Doo. 20. It wna roportod at tho homo ot A. O. Spald ing this morning thnt tho condition of H'omor Dnvonport, who la vlaltlnj; tlioro, wna unchnnRod. SpnldliiK announced hint night that tho artist Hufferid a norvoun hronk down soon after hla arrival lioro laat woolc from Now York. Ho la under tho euro of Dr. Lorln of tho Wood Point I.onm iromoatcnd, tho hcad nuartora of tho thoaophlcnl aocloty hondod hy Mrs. TliiKloy. Tho Spald Iiik homo la ltrtho homoBtond. LATEST PHOTO Ob1 AND THE BABY f ,k Hero In the latest photograph of Queen YVIIhelmlim and the baby princess Jullimn, arfeetlouately called "the hope of Holland" Tins picture was taken when the little princes wan nix months old She In tin exceedingly robunt child and linn never known what It In to be ill. Her royal mother iiIko la In good hen I Hi, being much tlenhlur than she wan a few yearn au, The little' princess' flrnt naiiip, Jullnnn, wan given to tier In memory of Countess .ttiltnnn of Nnnnau, wife of Prince Frederick Henry and mother of the two brunches of the house of OnitiKe-NnKsnu, Her name IjuIko reenlln limine do Collguy, wife of tVIIIInm the Silent. The minion Cmmn, Marie and Wllhelmlna urn those of her Krnndiuother and her pint her. SWITCHMEN 10 V GO BACK TO WORK 11UTTH, Mont., Dec 29. Tho ntrlkliiK switchmen formerly employ ed by tho Northern Pnollfc railroad notified tho road'u offlclnln today thnt thoy will roturn to work tomor row roKitrdlnsK of tho outcome of tho St. Paul conference Thin action la tnkon horo to inenn that tho Htrllte In thla aootlou In brok en abKolutfly. All Groat Northern Hwltchmon who Joined the strlkora have reaumod work, and freight traf fic la fast remimliiK normal oondl tlonn. ('(iiiiiiiNslon Culled In, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Doc. 29. Tho ntrlko altuntlon In Mlunonotn la at a Htaiidntlll todny awaiting tho out come of II. 11. l'erhnm'a mlanlnn to Washington. Porhnm, who la an of ficial of ono of tho tralnmen'a or KnuUatloiiH, la anld to have koiio to tho capital to lay certain of tho strik ers' demands before member of tho Interutato commerce coiuiuUhIou. RAZOR WEILDER IS SENT TD COUNTY JAIL Peter Knrasch, Who Cut Chns. Stone Severely Monday Evening Must Answer in Circuit Court. Owintr to tho absence of Jnstieo Canon from the eitv .Tnosrinv. (ho hcurinp; of Peter Karutjch lor nIiimIi- iii uiiuh. btono with n razor, was postponed until this morniue;. When KnruBch was nrraiKiiod nnd hound over without hail to niinnnr linfnrn tho grniul jury at tho noxt torm of uirouit 1 1. I. 11 ...hi eouri- on a cuurgo oi usauuu wuu u (liinKerotis wonpou. Hesitlo (lie cashes on Stone's fueo. liia coat was alnslicd tlirough boncntli the loft nrm, ami leliro was a out m his vost in front. Knrnsoli was taken to TnokRonvillo nnil turned over to Sheriff 3ouos. IIRLMNA, iAront., Doo. 20. Tito deadlook exintiiiK iu (lie Booial nes oiou of tho IcKisInturo over tho ques tion of substituting Montana stone for tho olionor Bedford, Iiriiuun, pro duct in tho construction of tho pro posed wiiiRS for tho slnto liouso con- tinuotl today with lit t lo hopo for a hronk, QUEEN WIU1ELMINA PRINCESS, JULIANA. 150 DEAD RESULT GHRISTIIflASSTORM IlOSTON, Mass,, Dec. 29. Several vessels founderod nnd botween 40 and CO inon woro drowned during tho Ktiloa that awopt tho Now England and northern Atlantic conat during Chrlatmns wook, according to advices from Now Foundlnnd nnd Novn Sco tia today. Tho storms, which culminated In a gale of almost hurrlcano proportions on Christmas night, woro general along tho coast. Moro than a dozen vossols still nro mlsulng, and hnvo not boon heard from slnco tho taorm. Tho fear thnt mnny of them nro lost Is growing. NELSON-WOLGAST GO Nelson Will Receive $12,000 for His Appearance Soon Starts for Frisco to Begin Tralninrj. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dec. 29. Battling Nolson todny nnnounced thnt ho hna accepted an offor from Sid Hestor of tho Mission club ot Snn Francisco to moot Ad Wolgnst In that city noxt Fobrunry for tlo llght- wolglit championship of tho world. Nolson doclnred that unless Wol gnst consented to tho tortus Hostor would offor him, tho Mllwnukoean's opportunity to contest for tho tltlo would bo closed. According to tho offor mndo by tho San Francisco pro moter, Nolson would receive ft 2,000 Xor his npponranco. Ho statod today that ho will box In exhibitions at Sagtnnw, Mich., on January 3 nnd nt Madison, Wis., on January S, nftor which ho will go Immediately to San Francisco to condition hlmsolf for tho bnttlo. Ho closes his theatrical ongagcmont8 noxt Saturday, SHOOTS WOMAN AND KILLS SELF IN HOTEL PEKU, Intl., Dee. 'JO. A man reg istered pa "lu h. Lenhurt of CliioaRo," hut who earned letters addressed to Hoy MoKinnoy of Indiuniwiolis, killod Miss Dora Chappollo, thirty yenrs of iiro nnd oomtnittod suioldo in tho din inp: room of tho lfonr's Hotel nt noon iodny. COMMITTEE LOCATES LIGHTS Steps Taken to Make Better Lighted City Still a Num ber of Lights to Be Locat edWill Have Them In stalled in Near Future. Tho light commlttco of tho city council havo located 21 now nrc Wights In tho city and ten 32 candle power lights, nnd nro taking steps to 1mnko Mcdford a better lighted city. While all of tho lights to be placed havo not as yot been located, tho com mittee, consisting of Mayor Canon nnd Councilmon Elfert and. Welsh, hnvo decided upon tho following: Arc light on nlley nortl' of 203 32 cnndlo power cornor Washington Goncsco street; 32 candjo power on corner of Cinosco nnu jwnaningion; 32 candlo nowor cornor- Washington aud Howard; nrc on crjrner Howard nnd Bennett nvonue; 32 candle pow er on cornor Dennett avenue and IlooHovclt avenue; arc on north lino. of George Mndloy's. Roosevelt nvc- nuo; arc In front of George Llndley placo on East Seventh; 32 candlo power at Cottage, south from Sev enth street; 32 cnndlo power corner Almond streot; arc light In contor of bright; other lights removed; 32 can dlo power cornor Bennett and Sixth strnots; arc on cornnr Fifth and Illv- eraldo; nrc in from of 421 North Riv erside; 32 canrflo power corner Ma plo nnd Riverside; '32 candle powor North Pine In front ot grocory; 32 west side North sclioolhouso; arc corner Alice, and Beatty streets; arc cornor Court nnd Contrnl nvonue; nrc cornor Central nvonue and Eighth streot; 32 cnndlo powor cornor D and Jackson; arc cornor Jackson nnd Grnpo; nrc cornor Jackson nnd Taft; arc cornor Taft nnd Second; arc on cornor Fourth nnd Olsoon; nrc con tor North Ornngo street; arc Wost Main, cor Wolvorton subdivision; nrc corner Tonth nnd PoncU; nrc corner Tenth nnd Hamilton; nrc corner Or ango and Eleventh; nrc corner New town nnd Twelfth; 32 candlo power nt Eleventh and Laurel; arc corner Ivy and Fifth. MOTHER CHARGES THAT DAUGHTER WAS POISONED LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29. In iu cordnneo with tho reuuost of frs. .tennio Priest, tho mothor of Miss Hessio May Priost, nn lS-year-old girl, who died vcocntly nt Glondalo, nftor a mysterious illness extending over throo weeks, tho nuthontics to day hegnu an investigation to nseor tnin if tho mothor's chnrj;o thnt n .lonlous rival poisoned tho younc; wo man is truo. According to Mrs. Priost hor daughtor was engaged until her dpnth to Harry Sayro of Nownrlc, N. J., who it is snid is tho son of n millionaire manufacturer. It is re ported that she gavo tho shoriff nud tho district attorney tho nnino of tho woman whom sho suspects nnd a search is being mndo to find tho sus pected woman. f -t- -r -f -H- EVERYONE SHOULD SEND OUT COPY OF SPECIAL EDITION Tho forthcoming homoseok- ors' edition of tho Modford Mnll Tribune will bo tho most oompleto edition of its kind over issued in soutliorn Oro- gon. It will donl with tho vnried resources of tho Roguo rivor vnlloy truly nn im- monso sujoot. Evory lino of oudoavor will ho fully exploit- ed. Comploto dutiv will ho given on ovory subject of in torost. T'will do much to- wnrd nltrnoting settlors. Or- j dor oxlra copies onrly for mailing to your onslorn friunds. Thoy pnpor will ho out Sunday Jnnuarv 2. ' WORK SOON ON NEW BLOCK Building Committee of Epis copal Church Meets and Orders Brick for tho New Block to Be Erected on West Seventh Street. Tho building committee of tho Episcopal church met this morning and decided to start the work Imme diately on tho new brick block to cover tho corner from which tbo fVame church building was recently moved. Tho block will bo of New berg brick and will cost $15,000. An 'order was made for n part of the material. The money has been secured and no delay Is expected. Work on tho now stone church, which Is to cost $12,000, Is soon to start. Tho designs aro elaborate. Tho building committee is compos ed of Messrs. Lucas, Kentner, Wake man, Butt, Strang and Hopkins. SHORT STORY WRITER SENT UP FOR 60 DAYS SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. Mrs. Ellinbeth Murray Newman, known to tho literary world as Elizabeth Mur ray, a niomber of some of tho most exclusive clubsof .this, city, was to dny flnod $6 nridSjrdered to serve CO days In tho county Jail by Police Judg0 Wellor, who heard tho enso. against Mrs. Nowman In which sho was charged with dofraudlng a chauf four ot a $500 nutomobilo bill. Change of Officials. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. Al though not officially nnnounced it Is hoiioved here in rnilrond oirolos that Jamos T. Wich, n division engineer of the Western Pnoific railroad will succeed Virgil Boguo ns chief engi neer of tho rond on January 1, when rumor schedules Bogue to resign from his resent office. PLAN LOS ANGELES PORTLAND AIR TOUR Ambitious Aviator of Portland Says He Can Fly to Los Angeles In 14 Hours. PORTLAND. Or., Doc. 2D. "If tho Los Angeles pooplo seo tit to back their request with sufflclont money to warrant the bulldors put ting doublo shifts to work ou my ma chine, I will lenvo Portlnnd on Janu nry 7 In my airship and 14 hours Inter will alight in Los Angeles." This was tho statomont niudo by , P. Problo. who has just returned from San Francisco, whor0 ho has moon to secure onglnes needed In the construction of his machlno. "I hnvo rttten to Dick Ferris," ho said, "who la in chnrgo at Los Angeles, announc ing my willingness to mako tho trip without a stop providing ho will uunranteo mo $15,000 to rush my trnft to completion. I can bo ready (to Btart from Portland on tho morn ing ot Jnnunry 7 providing tho weath er Is favorable. Forrls should havo recolved my loiter on Tuosdny and am expecting a mossago from him pny mlnuto. 1 am not trylug to hold tho Los Angelos pooplo up, but tho monoy Is needed to put extra moa work In order to comploto tho mnchlao. I hnvo already spont $75, 000 on my airship nnd will complete myself, but If Ferris wiru'.s me to mako tho trip within tho ton dnys, lot him como across with tho monoy nocossnry to complete my mnchlno and I will guarnntoo to do tho rest. "I am poslttvo that my mnchlno Is a croat linurovomont on thnt of Count tfoppolln'u nnd no doubt but I enn pinko tho trip lu 14 hours." Something In the Wind Now, why not blow your self off to an annual sub scription to this paper? MQRETROUBLE EXPECTED IN TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 29. That only the speed In establishment of a new Turkish ministry can pre vent a break In tho ranks of tho 'Young Turjcs" diplomats Is the opln-liui-those conversant with tbe "pres ent sltustlou In Turkey. The Turkish cabinet resigned late yosterday following tho withdrawal jmlnlatry and his later resignation. TTilml Pnnhn'n withdrawal comes close on recent attempts In the cham ber of deputies to overturn the mm- Istry, due, It Is cald, to tho deslro of a majority committee of union and progress to reconsider the accusa tions against former Grand Vlzlor Kiamlll Pasha, which they regarded as unjust. A division arnoug tho liberals may glvo tho reactionaries an opportunity to rogaln tho power they lost when tho Young Turks succeeded In getting control and overthrowing tho sultan, Abdul Hamld. BIG PROFIT FROM SMALL START Mitchell & Boeck Make Their Money Back More Than Ten Times in Seven Years. Tho deal was closed today where by Mrs. Joy of Colorado Springs', Col., becomes tho ownor of thirty two ncres of land, sot to fruit from ono to seven years old. Tho price paid was $17,000, and tho land is a bargain at tho piice. Tho 'and in ("lebtion is pa t of ihc holdings of Mitchell & Ilouek, ad joining tho J. Stillmnn Vilas placo, northeast of this city. Seven years ago Mitchell & Boeck purchased sev-onty-nino acres of land from I. L. Hamilton and C. W. Palm nnd start ed nn orchard. They paid $1C00 for tho tmet, thou raw land. Two yours ago thoy sold twenty noros of this unimprovod lnnd to J. Stillmnn Vilas for $2,000. Tho val nation had inorensod from $20 to $100 per ncro in five yonrs without anything being dono to it. Now thoy havo sold thirty-two ncres planted to trees, some of whiuli are in bearing, for $17,00 or over $530 por acre. An moronso m vnluo of from $20 to $500 in soven years! Can you bont it? After realizing $10,000 from nn in- vostmont of $1000 thoy havo still left twonty-sovon noros of orchard, which is not for snlo nt nny prico whntovor. AID ASKED IN SPOKANE FIGHT San Francisco Placarded With Appeals to Working Men to Aid in Spokane Free Speech Fight Con spiracy Is Charged. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. This city was placarded today with hills bearing tho title in big letters, "Tho Shame of Spokane," issued by tho Industrial Workers of tho World and bearing tho name of Vincent St. Jobu as secretary. At the top of the bills appears a cartoon showing tho Liberty Bell marked "Spirit of 1776," beside it is a policeman's helmet nnd club bearing tho lsgend: "Spirit of 1000." The bills quoto the first amendment to the federal constitution regarding free speech. They say in part: Constitution Set Aside. "At tho present timo in tho city of Spokane, Wash., tho citizens alliance, chamber of commerce, employment agents, murderous polico force, dep uties, Pinkertons, polieo and superior court judges and other paid sluggers havo entered into a conspiracy to set aside tho constitution of (he stato of Washington and tho United States. "In pursuance of such conspiracy, tho above named officials havo im prisoned oyer 300 working rojn,.aid women on n trumped up clinrge ot disorderly conduct. The only crimo that these workiugman nnd women havo been guilty of is the orimo of attempting to exert the right of freo speech granted to them by the con stitution of tho stato of Washington, and tho United States. Prisoners Tortured. "Not content with arresting tho workers for attempting to oxerciso their coustitutiounl rights, those of ficial outlaws havo subjected their prisoners to all tho tortures that their ingenuity can devise. "Tho methods of tho Russian gov ernment are in n fair way to bo sur passed. Men havo been beaten cnnsnlAss nnd women out raced bv brutes iu polico uniform. Superior court judges obligated to uphold tho constitution of tho stato of Washing ton havo brazenly denied writes of habeas corpus upon tiro grounds that thoy wero applied for only "To mako trouble." Prisoners havo beqn denied tho right to seo counsel. "If possible send volunteers to further test tho right of freo spooch and peacoablo assemblage." COST OF WATER MAINS Many Property Owners Call at City Hall Asking of Different Rates . on Different Streets.. Considerable complaint is being made to tho city recorder by proper ty owners rognrding tho rate charged for wator mains on difforent streets of tho city. On ono street a rata of 70 cents a front foot is charged whilo on nnothor 50 conts is charged, for tho snmo size pipo. Proporty ownora want to know tho whoreforo of it. Tho difforenoo lies in tho fact that Rome mains nro put in whore no. teds, orossos or wator plugs aro used which decreases tho cost. Othor mains demand a number of those which mako the difference in oost. All' who. hnvo called hnvo been satisfied. No Frisco Aviation Meet. SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 20. An nouncement was made today by tho Paoifio Aoro Club of this city that tho aviation meet proposod for San Francisco immediately nftor tho Lob Angeles moot noxt month had boon postponed indefinitely, PERPLEXING RESIDENTS