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THE WEATHER,
Tonight and Thursday
Cloudy, wnrmcr. Tuesday
High, 62; low, 34; range 57.
Rain.
MBDFOBD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1909.
No. 224.
t'UUUTii YlfiAlt.
AP 18 TAKE
AT
In Vigorous Language, Sec
retary of Troaaury in An
nual Roport Discussos Re
cently Exposed Frauds.
MUST TAKE CUSTOMS
OUT OF POLITICS
Says Frauds Show "Long
Continuing System of Cor
ruption Almost General."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. In vig-
orouB language, Franklin MncVcagh,
secretary of the- treasury, discusses
in hlt annual report sent to congreSH
today the recently exposed frauds
of the sugar trust and other cus
toms hotiHo scandals.
Speaking of the "ulnrming" reve
lations of tho conditions of the.ciiH
tomH sorviro in Now York, ho sayc
that tho frauds of the American Su
gar Refining company hhowed 'u
long-continuing system of corrup
tion." While thoy were perhaps the
most iinportnnt instances they wore
"symptoms of a diseased condition,
not universal by any means, hut al
most general." Enough facts havi:
been bronchi to light, ho declares, to
afford a bnsis for rchabilintiou and
numerous prosecutions have boon
mado and projected.
Influence of Politics.
As for tho causes of tho domoral
iratlon, tho secretary regards as
most deleterious "the influence of
local politics and politicians," which
"has promoted that laxity arid law
tone which prepare and furnish an
inviting soil for dishonesty and
fraud.
"Unless tho customs service can be
released from tho payment of politi
cal debts and exactions," ho contin
ues, "and from meeting tho supposed
exigencies of mliticnl orgnnir.ntionn,
(Continued on Page 2.)
CHARGED WITH MALICIOUS
MISCHIEF; IS ARRESTED
Arthur Harris was arrested Tues
day night by Policeman Murdock on
a 'charge of malicious mischief in
cutting tho canvas on a night lunch
stand at the corner of Kir nnd Main
stroots. Harris pload not guilty to
tho chargo and tho trial of the case
will take place this afternoon. When
first arrested ro denied tho charge
in tolo. but afterward admitted that
ho had thrust his baud through n
slit in the canvas mado by somoono
else.
John Hughes plead guilty to being
intoxicated and contributed $5.00 to
ward tlju keeping up of tho city.
TWO MILES WATER
MIS 11 MONTH
Great Pronrcss Mado as Shown hy
Report of City Engineer
; to Council.
Over two miles of wator mains
woro lald.ln ho city of Medford dur
ing tho Month of Novombor, nccoru
lug to thof.KOPPrt of City Engineer
' Pouter, fll'ort with tho council on Tues
day evening. -In nil 12.871 foot of
mains woro put In.
Clrados for 4140 foot of eowor
mains woro established and 3703 foot
of grail on for comont sldowalhs laid
out. Much othor Worlc waB dono,
Including tho construction of GOO foot
TRUST
of storm eowor.
N CAM Al
GN INAUGURATED
BY COUNCIL I
BETTER LITE
Committoo Instructed to Investigate Cost of Installing
and Maintaining Arc Ligh ts Passage of 12 Ordinances
Assessing Cost of "Water and Sower Mains Are Crite
rion of Vast Strides Made in Civic Improvement.
Tho next move ii tho campaign for
municipal improvement in Medford
wil Ibo to mako a belter lighted city.
Tho mayor and council took tho first
move in this direction Tuesday even
ing when a committee was iiopintcd
to investigate as to tch cost of in
stalling and maintaining more lights
in tho city and as soon as this com
mittee reports stops will bo taken to
place more and better street ligts
on different intersections. For somo
timo residents in outlying districts
have been petitioning for lights and
the council Is now undertaking th.
matter in earnest. Tho light and
water conunitteo will handle the inves
tigation with instructions to mako an
early report.
That the city is taking groat
strides in tho matter of municipal im
provements was shown by tho piu-.
age of twelve ordinances assesmg
tho cost of water mains and suweis
in the city. The ordinances pabsvd
were as follows: No. 2Qq, laturnl
sewer on Pino and Maple streets; No.
2CQ, water main on Dakota avenue;
VINCENT & BAKER
ASK FOR RELEASE
FROM MY BOND
Contractors Also Ask for
Payment for Work Already
Completed Council Makes
Now Proposition.
A special meeting of tho city coun
cil was hold Wednosday for tho pur
poo of conferring with Vincent &
linker on tho matter of oxtondlng tho
tlmo for tho completion of tholr con
tract for building a plpollno and dis
tributing system for tho city.
Vincent & Hakor asked that tno
city release them from tho socurlty
bond which they nro at prcsont carry-
Ini; t a. heavy oxnenao and :i:copt a
personal bond, and at tho Bamo tlmo
cxtond tho tlmo limit of tho contract.
Owinir to tho legal complications
arising from tho litigation hotwoon
M. P. Hanloy r.ad tho city, tlio con
'nictors havo found it Imposalblo to
complete tho contract In tho tlmo
Hpeclfled, and as they will bo noiu
up for suvoral months In tho worlc,
thoy ashed a concession from tho
council In tho matter of tho bond,
which concession would bo a nmtorlal
snvlnir to them. Thoy also nskod for
an advnnco payment on tho work com-
plotod. .
Tho council discussed thp mattor
In Informal session and nrguod on a
counter proposition, which will bo
submitted to Vlncont & Uakor this
afternoon. Tho council ngreos to thq,
trnnsror of tho bond,- with good so
curlty, and will tendor tho cotrnc
tors f 1,000 In water bomlH at par
with ucmiod lutorost li Hon of tho
cash paymont nslced for by thorn.
FALLS IN SHALLOW
POOL AN DIS DROWNED
NEVADA CITY, Cab, Hoe.
Lying in n gutter, tho bond partially
submerged by wator, iiooumulutiug
from tho rocont rains, tho body of
flcorgo Tallou, a busmosB man 01
IhiR city, wns found oarly today. It
h Kimnosoil that ho loll on tno Slip
sidewalk, fit l iking his bond and
wiih drowned in tho slmlow flow of
water in tho ditch.
WHS CITY
D STREETS
No. 270, water main on Twelfth
street; No. 271, water main on Elev
enth from Oiikdnlc; No. 272, watir
main on Mistletoe; No. 273, water
main on Newtown from Eleventh and
Twelfth; No. 271, sower on New
town; No. 275, sower along Twelfth;
No. 271, water main on Cottage; No.
277, Bcwcr on Olson between Fourth
and Second; No. 278, sown on Sec
ond from Holly to west boundary ot
city;; No. 270, sower in Itoss Crjrt;
No. 280, water main on Knight street.
James Campbell was voted $15,000
of city improvement bonds, his bid
being par and accurcd interest. City
improvement bonds still continue to
be in demand.
The monthly bills wero audited and
the recorder ordered to draw war
rants for tho same, the nggregato be
ing about $10,000. Tho water main
and improvement fund drew down
(5,790.41, and tho gravity water
fujid, $3,252.10.
A building permit was granted H.
W. Gray for the construction of n
RntitMMl an re 1.)
REGIMENT IN
EIERGE BATTLE
BEFOItf SULTAN
Sultan Reviewing Troops
When Two Rival Regiments
Start Pitched Battle
Many Are Killed.
PARIS, Dec. 8. Scores of Mo
roccan soldiers woro killod early to
day during a military roviow by the
sultan, according to a dispatch re
ceived from Fez.
Two regiments recruited from war
ring tribes, tho message stated, suv
agoly attacked ono another directly
in front of tho sultan's roviowing
stand. Religious fanaticism is re
ported to havo caused tiie fight.
F0RBESWLJLUR0BABLY
NOT COACH EUGENE 1910
EUGENE, Or., Doc. 8. Coach
ltobort W. Forbos, tho groat Yalo
ond, has practically decided that
business interests calling him away
from Eugene, will prevent his coach
ing tho Oregon football squad in
1010.
Hoioloforo Forbos has been inter
ested in the timbor business near
hero and coaching did nut cut nil anv
groat saorifico of blsinoss, IIo will
probably bo located out of tho state
lioroaftor and gavo that as his roa
son for declining to sign a contract
with the athlctio council for noxt
seasoii.
MISS CASE OF PORTLAND
TO WED BUSINESS MAN
SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 8. It wns
oficially luiuouncotl horo today that
Miss Mary Adolo Cnso, tho young
contralto stupor will wed Willnrd Mot
cnlC Ileum, n nephew of Yiotor II.
Motcnlf, formerly soorotnry of the
navy.
This statement which comes di
rect from Miss Cnso'a mother nnd
which has boon vorifiod bv tho young
jlndy, dlsposos of tho rumor that sho
is engaged to Linus hprooklos, Jr.
llonm is iv prominent businoss man
of this city.
STRIKE SOON
30 MORE
Little Probability of Switch
men's Strike Spreading to
East Other Trainmen, to
Demand a Raise.
HAWLEY LEAVES TO
INTERVIEW GOMPERS
Strike Leaders Declare No
Effort Will Be Made to En
list Aid of Federation.
NEW YORK. Dec. B. Fifth Vice
President Murdock of the Railway
Trainmen's union declared, today that
there Ib little probability of the strike
that paralyzed freight movements 1b
the northwest xtnding u tb Atlan
tic seaboard. . (
He stated, however, hat tho mem
bers of his organization, and the con
ductors and other employes bri 80
eastern railroads on January 3 would"
demand an Increase of) wages and a
concession regarding the number of
working hours. This demand wilt bo
mado by tho men as employes of tho
Individual roads, and not as the mem
bers of an organization
Confer With Gompcrs.
. MINNEAPOLIS. Mln, Dec. 8 -
president Hawley of the Switchmen's
Union of North America will go to
Cincinnati tonight, where, he will meet
Samuel O. Gompors, president of the
American Federation ot Labor, In that
city, presumably to discuss the
switchmen's strike that has resulted
In tho demoralization ot freight trans
portation throughout tho northwest
Strlko leaders hero declare that no
effort will be made to enlist active
support from tho American Federa
tion. They stated their confidence o
winning their fight against tho rail
roads without tho aid ot sympathetic
strikes on tho part of tho other labor
organizations. It Is believed, how
ever, that Hawley will endeavor to
secure from Gompers some statoment
that will strengthen ibo position ot
tho strikers.
EUGENE BOILER EXPLODES
FIREMAN IS COOKED
SANTA FE, .V. M., Doc. 8. Fire
man H. H. Klncald Is in a local hospi
tal frightfully scalded as a result of
on explosion of n boiler of a Denver
& Rio Grnndo locomotive last night.
The englno was standing In tho yards
and Klncald was alono in tho cab
when tho boiler burst. The man was
literally cooked before ho was res
cued. Tho englno was blown to
pieces.
SMITH IS MAYOR
OF GRRNTS PASS
Elected Over H, D. Norton Mayor
Promises Paving and Other
Municipal Improvements.
GRANTS PASS, Dee. S,. Dr. ,7. C.
Smith was elocted mayor of Grants
Pass at tho recent election, dofonting
II, D. Norton. Tho four councihnon
elooted to succeed tho retirinp; mem
bers woro: Leo Cnlvort, John Sauor,
WiUinm Huppms nnd Jim Tuffs. Dr.
Smith served ono term as mayor of
this city two yonrs npo. II. D. Nor
ton is state sonntor from Josophino
county. Smith promisos paving and
many othor city improvements, nnd
it was only after n most bitter cam
paign that ho was elooted.
C. B. Watson of Ashland is a vis
itor in Medford today.
ELAYA ORDERS DEATH
OF GEN
HIS
News of Yesterday's Battle
Following Up Advantage and Pursue Zelaya's Dis
rupted Army Fierce Fighting Continues on Outskir
ts of City of Rama.
MEXICO OTY, Mex., Dc 8.-.vn
unconfirmed dispatch from Managua
Nicaragua, says that General Vasquez
was tried by court martial on orders
ot Zelcya and condemned to death!
because ho was defeated by the in
surgents In yesterday's battle near
Rama.
The news ot Vasqucz' defeat, the
dispatch states, resulted In a demon
stration agalnBt Zelaya.
Battle Confirmed
NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec 8. -Dispatches
from Corlnto confirm .yester
day's report of a decisive insurgent
Victory pver Zelaya's troops under
General Vasquez near Rama. The la-
sd r isen Is, today's messages' state, are
ptlsiilng to their utmost the advan
tage and fierce fighting- la progress
ing on tho outskirts of Rama.
Between 200 and 300 men fell la
'yesterdays engagement. I Vaaquez
forces suffered an overwhelming per
centage of casualties and many of
war. A detachment of bin .command,.1
STARTS TO WALK
GRANTS PASS TO
CINCINNATI
Aged Woman Would Rejoin
Sister in East Walks as,
Far as G-lendale When Au
thorities Stop Her.
ROSEBURG. Or., Dec. 8. -After
travollng afoot for threo days from
Grants Pass to Glendalo. Mrs. Helen
Slater, an aged woman from Troy,
N. Y was brought to Roseburg today
from that city. Sho Is penniless and
was taken charge of by the county
until her sister in Cincinnati can bo
heard from.
Mrs. Slater Journeyed from Troy
to ban t rancisco, wuero sno wub uia-
appointed, her sister having moved to
Cincinnati. With what m ney sho J
had left, coupled with earnings she(
mado whllo In San Francisco, sho
started for that city. When sho got
to Grants Pass her money gavo out
and she resorted to tho last rccourso
of traveling nroot. Alter waiKing ror
threo days sho reached Glonuaio, at
which placo tho authorities intervon-
ed, refusing to allow her to travel
In that fashion. County Judgo Wan -
acott will caro for until her slstor can
bo heard from.
G. W. Sornnson and C. A. MoKor-
nin of Grants Pnss weer in Medford
on business Wednesday.
COOK'S DATA REACHES
SHORES OF DENMARK
COPENHAGEN. Dec. 8 Tho
With observations of Dr. Frederick
A. Cook reached here tednv oi. board
I'm Rlnniiiiiv T'nitoil Stntes liXlrnori. -
innrv .. f tnutioup wevo taken U ml c
sure that the lornr-heralded dntn wero
delivered safe to tho university nu-
thorities.
As soon as tho United States was
tied un nt her nier an iron box con-
tnining Dr. Cook's roport and dutn
in which his original entries mndo was
broucht ashore. The box wns closely.
followed bv Waltor Lonsdalo, Dr.ivolop ns a result. The doad man
Cook's secretary, who hnd stood
guard ovor its contents since thoy
loft tho hnmls ot tno oxpioror.
ERAL WHO LED
ARMY TO DEFEAT
Is Confirmed Insurgents
cut off by the rebels, fled Into the
Interior, closely pressed by the in
surgents. It Is believed that tho reb
els are contemplating moving upon
Managua upon tho conclusion of the
Rama campaign.
Tho situation at Greytown Is re
ported to bo little changed today.
General Cbameorro's blockade of
tho Zelayans is generally effective,
and the rebel leader Is reported to be
In command of th situation.
Cardaaa la Flld.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Dec. 8. Dr.
Cardenas, the former president of
Nicaragua, whoso administration was
overthrown by Zelaya In 1893, has
taken the field against the dictator,
and Is beading an expedition from
Costa Rica Into Nicaragua accarding
to advices received by Estrada sym
pathizers In this city today.
Cardenas mobilized more than 400
aaon, all ot which are well armed and
equipped. It is expected that he will
pick up racaraguan exiles and others
. (Centlnuxl on pag 6.)
COLD WAVE IN
T
MORE SEVERE
Local Dealers Begin to Find
It Impossible to Supply-
Fuel in
States.
Middle Western
KANSAS CIAY, Mo., Dec. 8. This
( portion of the southwest experienced
still colder weather today. Much dfs-
comfort is being experienced in those
citios and town in Oklahoma, Kansas
and westorn Missouri that depend on
natural gas for heating purposes, be
causo 0f tho extremely low pressure
in tho pipo lines. Coal dealers are
finding it impossible to fill orders
promptly.
Twelve BeloW Zero.
NORFOLK, Neb., Dec. 8. North-
crn Nebraska and western South Da-
kota nnd northern Wyoming report
tho coldost woathor of the winter. The
temperature hero dropped to 12 ho
aw zoro. At Dendwood, S. D., it
wns 17 below and at Lander, Wyom
ing, 20 below.
! Four Below In Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb., Dee. 8. The cold
wave has lost nono of its vigor. Tho
( temperature hero wns four degrees
below zoro at 7 o'clock this morn
ing.
I
I MARION, Ohio, Doc. 8. Huvxe;
Thursh wns found frozen to death in
a hut nonr horo. ne leaves a wife
and fivo children.
T0NG WAR CLAIMS
STILL ANOTHER LIFE
' "
OAKLAND, Cnl Dec. S. While it
is belioved by tho polico who nro to
day investigating tho death of Wong
! Sin, tho Cluneso lottery ngent who
, was muivlorod last night, that tho
shooting was tho result of jealousy
on tho part of somo other Chinese,
thoy nro wntolnng tor somo new an
glo of tho Tong war which may de
is a mpmbor of tho Snoy On Tong.
Ho was visiting nt Third and Wash-
mgioii sirois wuon no wns suoi.
MIDDLE
WES
LUBTONAME
MEN TO TAKE
District Supervisor Hen
dricks Offers Commercial
Club Opportunity to Name
Enumerators in the City.
MEANS THAT CENSUS
WILL BE COMPLETE
Steps Will Be Taken to In
sure Proper Censu No
One Will Be Overlooked.
R. J. Hendricks, district supervisor
of the census, after meting represen
tative citizens of Medford in confer
ence, has requested the Medford Com
mercial Club to name four enumer
ators to atke teh census in Medford.
The matter will come up at the next
regular session of the club.
Mr. Hendricks states that it is his
wish to cause each city in his. district
to feel that they were fairly treated
in the matter of the enumeration of
its residents and with that end in
view he offered the club tho right to
name four men to do the counting,
The city has until April 15 to com
plete the count. A campaign will be
started by the club to guard the over
looking of any resident in order that
the best possible showing can. be
made.
FORMER BANK PRESIDENT
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD
MINERAL POINT, Wis., Dec. 8.
Calvert Spsnsley, former president
of the First Nntionnl Bank of Miner
al Point, was arrested today and
tnken to Madison where he will be
arraigned on the chargo of complic
ity in wrecking the institution.
NURSERYMEN WATCHING
CLOSELY FOR DISEASES
Nurserymen are beginning to res
pect tho Inspectiou law as adminis
tered by southern Oregon officials,
and' as' a consequence local growers
can be assured ot good trees so long
as tho rigid inspection now In voguo
Is kept np. Out ot two carloads ag
gregating over 100,000 trees, sold
hero by L. E. Hoover, tho Inspectors
found but 1000 which were defec
tive. Somo of these wero because
they wero diseased, but for tho rea
son that ho wished to ma'ko his de
liveries ontlroly satisfactory. This j Is
less than two-thirds of ono percent
of tho total.
G. F. Tupren was at Jacksonville
Wednesday on legal business.
MAIL TRIBUNE BOYS
TO USE WHISTLES
Hereafter You Will Be Warned by
Shrill Whistle That Your Pa
per Has Arrived.
Tho carriers of tho aMil Tribune
have nil been provided with whistle
and lioroaftor whon tho pnpor arrives
subscribers will bo warded by a
shrill blast. This will sorvo in not
ifying subscribers during ruiuiny
weathor that tho paper has nrived and
if boded will provent tho papers be
ing sonkod with tho rain. Tho boys
havo been instructed to placo tho pa
per on tho vorandas and any devi
ation should bo reported to this of
fice. Hereafter tho papor will bo coleqt
od for at tho placo of delivory, thus
eliminating much ipconvenioncp both
to tho circulation manager and tho
subscribers.
CENSUS