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KOUUTJ1 YEAR.'
MARINES HELD
BLUEflELDSNO QUI
ATTACK BV NStI
ZEIffl : TBI
Hundreds of Womon and
Children Rushod Aboard of
Amorican Battleships for
t
Protection From Invadors.
ZELAYA TELLS MEN
TO SACK THE TOWN
Undo Sam Ready to Land
Troops and Put End to His
Lawloss Caroor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. The
Unto department Iuih taken extra
onllnnry action in co-operation with
the navy department to head off any
lioNMthlllt)' of '.oluyn occpylng llltic
floldn. Immediately on hnrlng of
Zolayn' effort to flank Kttraila'K
fo recti at llama the nnvy department
ordered the innrlneti held In readl
newi to land nt Uluofloldii and at Co
rlnto. Seven hundred men will cross the
InthtmiH tonight from Colon nnd go
on hoard the cruiser lluffalo. If nny
overt net Ih tnlten on the part of Zo
layn themi men will bo lunded nt Co
rlnto nnd proceed nt once to Mann
Klin. Holnforcotnontfl will follow.
The milner Don Moines nnd other
nnvy vshoIh will land men If tho
Hltuntlon detnniHU,
AttnekN llluefielilN.
NHW OULHANS, Ln., Uec 11.
.elaya'H army, numbering -1000 men,
has nttneked IlluofloIdH.
Iltntdreda of women nnd children,
Including ninny Americans, lmvo
licon rushed nhoard tho American bat
tlcHlilpn In' the hnrhor for protec
tion. ItunncrH from tho Interior brought
tho flrnt newH of tho Zolayan army's
ndvnnco upon tho threatened city.
I'M radii Outwitted.
Kxtrnda, according to th0 reports,
wiih completely outwitted by the un
expected move of tho .olaynns nnd
It will bo Hovornl hours boforo rein
forcomonts can bo riiHhed to tho rtM
lief of IlluefleldH.
(lenornl VasquoiV negotiations
with tho revolutlontntH near Itnmn,
In which he Intlmnted ho might mir
ronder If ho woro given generous
tormfl, Ih now believed to hnvo boon a
pnrt of tho strategy the dictator plan
ned. .Situation Helpless.
Honor AUhIiiiI, Halaya'n conuulnr
roprbBoittntlv0 boro, In reported to
hnvo Informed IiIh chlof of tho help
loss Hltuntlon of thu defondora of
llluofloldH which resulted from nn
error In the Hhlpmout of n consign
niont of llonilngtnn cartridges with
MaiiHor rifles, This fatal mlstnko
Iti hollovod to hnvo canned J,olnyit'n
dwolermluntlou to Hwltch tho center
of oporutloiiR from Hnmn to Illuo
floIdH. Zohiyn'a troopR nro said to
lr piiinod and ongor for tho oncouti
tQi". Knelt man, according to tho ro
port, wnn pnld yostorday and glvon
(xtrn rntlona.
Can Sack tho (5l(y.
Tho troopa nro promised tho privi
lege of, pillaging tho city should It
full, It Ih Raid.
Thirty heavy field kuiir, drnggod
from tho vicinity of Ramn, can bo
trnlnod upon tho town nlnioRt Imme
diately. Tho defending forco Is small, nnd
unlcHH mnrlncH nro lnndod from tho
Amorican Hhlpa In tho hnrhor, KHtra
dn sympathizers doom It cortnln tlint
IlluofleldH will ho In tho hnndfl of tho
dlctntor within a fow houra nftor
tho nctunl fighting boglna,
(Continued on pako 8.)
Attornoy Gonoral Wickor
, sham Flays Corporation in
' Annual Report Will Con
, tinuo Prosecution to End.
I NO EFFORT SPARED
TO RECOVER MONEY
"Evidence Has Disclosed a
Network of Corruption,"
States Attornoy General.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. With
reference to the iwgar trunt canes At
torney General Wlckorshnm In his
nnuunl report nays:
"The evidence ling disclosed a net
work of corruption not confined to
tho Amerlcnn Sugar Heflnlng cojn
pnny, extending over n period o
yearn, affecting both Importora and
offlcors of the govornmcnt. It la na
yet premature to atnte the exnet ex
tent of the conspiracy or tho amount
of tho revonues of which tho gov
eminent hnH been defrauded.
Statute Mny Interfere.
"While It la feared that tho atat
tito of llmltntlona mny hnve run In
fnvor of tho innlofnctora, who nro
reapomdhlo for these frnudR, yet no
effort will b,. pared to ascertain tho
preclao nmouiit of which tho govern
ment hna been dvfrnuded, to rocovor
nil moneys due nnd to piinlHh nil
those who mny bo found to hnvo par
tlclpnted In any respect to tho frnuda,
whether na officers or agents of tho
Importers, or na officials of tho gov
ernment, I nrncHtly requeat a spo
rial upproprlntlon of S0, 000 to on
nhlo thlB work to be effectively proso
cutcd."
Interatnto Commerce.
With reference to tho Interatnto
commerco law, tho nttomoy gonernl
said tliat furthor Intorprctntlons will
ho naked nnd Riiggested tho proba
ble necoBfllly of amendments, Ho
Raid that tho recent decision of tho
United States supremo court In ref
erence to tho "commodities clnuao"
did not noccaanrlly aottlo Itn appli
cation with refcrenco to "cnaoa whoro
the commodlttca transported nro own
ed by tho carrier corporation nt tho
time of transportation, nnd oHpcclnlly
whoro tho carrier shall havo trans
ferred nil of Hh Interest In Riich com
mndltlea to a corporation formod for
tho cxproHHed purposo of ovndlng tho
prohibition of tho commodlttca clnuao
nnd nil, or substantially nil of tho
fitock which la owned by tho car-
rlor," He then nddod:
VrgeN legislation,
"Thon0 questions will ho proaontod
for determlnntlnn In the courts. If
tho prohibition of tho Htntuto can bo
successfully ovndod by tho almplo do
vlco of trnitflfer of ownorRhlp of tho
property to a corporation nil of whoso
Htock Rlinll bo owned or controlod by
the carrier, congress should amond
tho Rtntuto or olao rop'onl It."
AVIckoraham recommendod tho on
actment of a general Immunity law
ns follows:
Immunity Law.
"For tho purpose of mooting tho
conditions which nrlso In the ondenv
or to procuro tcHtlmony for tho gov
ornmont, a gonoral Immunity statute
Hhould ho enncted. Tho nnmo rcn
roiih that called for tho ounctmont of
tho epoclnl Immunity statutes nR to
piocecdlngs undor tho Intorstnto com
merco laws npp.ly with equal fortfo to
criminal proRooutlons gonornlly,
Henry Kiddle of Conlrnl Point
spont Saturday in this city on busi-
II0HS,
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 32, 1909.
IN
THIRTEEN
10 ACRES SOLD
ON EAST SIDE
FOR $23,000
Ton ncres'of tho I. J. Phlpps tract
lying south of Main street, eaHt of
tho Dear creek bridge, has been sold
to John Hrown nnd associates for
3,000.
This tract faces on Washington
Rtreot nt the foot of which n bridge
ncroas near crook Is contemplated,
and will bo ono of tho best tracts of
laud close in whon tho now bridge
Is completed.
It Is Intended to cut this tract Into
city lots nnd place the Bamo on tho
markot.
Ciiuimliigs lluys.
Frod M, Oummliigs for tho com
pany which jecontly took over tho
KIbIi Lnko Ditch company, has jmr-
ohnsod i largo trnct of dosort land
from W. II. Goro Tho considera
tion wns $71,000. Tho coinpnny will
phico tho lnnd undor wntor, cut It
Into small tracts nnd sell,
Joe llagau Place Sold.
J. O. Ucckwith of Now York hns
purchased of K, KnudRen th0 .Too Hn
gnn placo near Central Point, paying
28,000. Tho tract conslnts of 70
acres, !15 acros of which Is ln fruit.
Mr. KnudRon purchnood tho , placo a
year ago for $17,000. J. D. Olwoll
hnndlod the snlo. '
N A DUEL BOLIVIAN
SENATOR KILLS ANOTHER
hX PAZ, Uoliviu, Dee. 11. Senator
Fornnndoz Molitin wns shot dond to-
lav in n duel with Senator Adolfo
Trlgo Aolin.
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MORE DAYS
ELEVEN DAYS
LEET IN WHICH
BUY PRESENTS!
Tho date: December 24.
Tlint menus there nrc only clven
mora days in which to do nil of vonr
delayed shopping. ihyos iu jredford. Grants Pass and
The Mail Tribune today presents j As,nmi stfttos (hnt the pcifit. &
to i s . readers a complete nulex to fi , d entlsfnctor ar-
what Jledlord can lurnish in the wnv , .,, 4, o..i.n.. n:r
n, , ., , rnngenients with tho Southern Paeil-
of Christmas presents, and they nro,. . nlinnf , :,.,
ii limt Sit fnt Im-sv !
After the purehnses nro done,
comes the work of doinp up tho pack
ages. That's fun if you havo tho
time mid the Christmas spirit. Its
work if yon nrc crowded, and wor
ried, nnd hurried, and feai- tho things
you are going to send will not get in
. .1 Ml ii n
to the mini and the express on tuno.
Tho ovorerowdmgof the mails and
oxuress nrou.ul Chnstmns some-
thing to make tho Jdnd-henrted ;
It innkes the greatest, glnddost hoi
iduy of tho year the hardest for tho
men who serve the public by deliv
ering mail and express? For them t
moans sixteen or eighteen hours n
dny for'n week. It moans that delay
ed packages well-nigh flood thp of
fice on ChrMninR dnv. There is no
rest on this day for tho mail man!
nil) UAiltT;n in,. ii, ii jn UIMIIUUUV
his "busy dny." '
At tho Postofflcc.
Tho postoffico department has is-.joint ngoney'nt Medford., thoroforo
sued from hondqunrtors in Wishing-wo surrondorod tho options wo hnd
ton un urgent request to patrons of .scoured on n portion of tho property
tho nostofico to nmil their Christmas needed.
grotings nnd jinekages n week or teni "As it is impossible to enlist enpi
dnys ahoad and nmrk them. "Not to ', tal on n ten yenr frniiehiso, n special
(Continued on pac .) election will ho hold this week to
EADINESS TO
AND THEN
RAILROADS ARE
! 10 ESTABLISH
JOINT AGENCY
John R. Allen, president of tho
Pnoifio & Eastern railroad nnd nppli
cant for intorurhnn eloctric lino frnn-
'agency at tho Medford depot with
tho Ilnrrimnn linos. This obviates
tho necessity of acquiring n right-of-wny
and tho effort to seeuro ono
here hns therefore been abandoned.
Mr. Allen vigorously denies the ru
mor that tho Pacific ci Eastern seeks
H"1 nil1 iiiiii' mivna f
r.,p1 n,w1 nunmn.
t rf ,t ns fo,s ftl,sure(1 nml iiu.
, SnW Allpn.
1 Tho pnoifi0 & En8torn hns no in-
proposed trolley lino, nnd could not
iuso them if it would. The terms of
the franchise expressly forbid the u-o
of the tracks for steam roads and all
talk about electizing the Pncifie &
Eastern for the sake of securing nn
entrance into Medford is rank non
sonso. "The Pncifio & Eoslorn has made
satisfactory nrrnngements with tho
Southern Pncifio for tho uso of thoir
tracks nnd tho establishment of n
NEW STATE IS
SLO&AN OF
Jackson County Press Asso
ciation Unanimously En
dorses Movement to Create
State of Siskiyou.
TO CALL CONVENTION
IN NEAR FUTURE
Committees Appointed to
Bring Movement to Success
ful Culmination.
The Jackson County Press associa
tion at a meeting Friday night unan
imously ondorsed the movement to
create the new state of Siskiyou, com
prised of northern California and
southern Oregon, and appointed com
mittees to co-operate with the press
and people of tho section Involved
nnd call a convention of representa
tive citizens at Shasta Springs, Yreka
or somo other California point in the
near futuno to formulate plans and
putllnc a course of action to bring
the raovenwnt to a successful cul
mination. Common cause will be
mado with tho promoters of the new
states of Lincoln and South Cali
fornia, and an offensivo and defen
sivo nlllanco formed.
"Tho secession sentiment is strong
both In northern California and
southern Oregon," said Fred D. Wag'
ncr, publisher of tho Ashland Tidings,
who Is taking an actlvo interest ln
th0 movement. "In Ashland and
Jackson county it Is nearly unanl
nious. Tho studied neglect of the
region effected by those In control
of both states, the continued taxation
without representation, and our In
fibility to secure redress, have com
bined to create a bitter feeling
against both Oregon and California. '
"Tho county press plans to holp
orgnnlzo a formidable secession move
ment in both states," stated Presi
dent S. A. Pattlson, publisher of the
Central Point Hrald. "It Is intend
ed to securo a monster meoting of
prominent citizens from all points
of southern Oregou nnd northern Cal
ifornia, to formulate plans for an
nggrosslvo campaign. Wo will co-
oporato with the proposed new state
of Lincoln, which will comprise the
Idaho panhandle eastern "Washing
ton nnd eastorn Oregon, nnd tho pro
posed now state of South California,
and by uniting our forces, hop0 to
accomplish our purposes. Only by
creating a nw stato can this region
secure tho recognition It Is entitled
to."
BET $1000 TO TEN CENTS
AND WON HIS BET
LOS AXfiELKS, Dee. 1 l. P. II.
Grnco is head ten cents today as tho
result of tho re-election of Mayor
Aloxandor December 7. Had Smith,
tho Hopuhlican nominee won, he
would havo been out .$1000. Tho day
lefore election Grace and J. D. Van
l.oeunn, n wholesaler, got into nil
.argument ovor the chnnces of the
various candidates. Graco wns so
suro that Aloxandor would bo sue-
ossful that ho laid n hot of .fl 0,000
o $1 on his choice. Van I.oonaii did
somo rapid figuring, thou bot ton
conts,
uthorizo tho council to crnnt ft
!oncor ono. and upon tho result of this
election deponds tho construction of
tho trolloy lino. If tho peoplo of
Medford want nn iiitornrhnn elootrio
lino, thoy can havo one, fpr I stand
ondy to construo.t it."
No. 227.
LAND
WILL
HO INTO
Announces That He Will Be
Candidate for Council in
Third "Ward to Succeed
Himself No Opponent.
HAS LABORED WELL
IN CITY'S SERVICE
Changes Proposed in Treas
urer's Office by Having Of
ficial Denote Entire Time.
W. W. Eifert, president of the
council, member from the third wnrd
late last evening consented to enter
the race during the coming election
ns a candidate to succeed himself.
For sometime Mr. Eifort has btjou
undecided as to his course nnd only
after his many friends had brought
their influence to bear did he con
sent. In all probability Mr. Eifert will
not havo an opponent for he bus
served his ward nnd tho city well
ns councilman and his candidacy
6eems to bo generally approved. Ho
hns done much good work for the
city during his incumbency.
i Image IroK!ciI.
It is proposed to change matters in
regnrd to the treasurer's office by
arranging to have that official give
all of his time to city afnfirs. In
that event his salary will bo around
$125 a month, which is puid out at
present in order to get the work
done.
Many frienrs of Lee Jacobs, pres
ent treasurer, are nedeavoring to
have him take tho office under tho
new plan but so far he has not mnde
n decision. Mr. Jacobs is recognized
us n capable man and ono who un
derstands tho duties of such an of
office. Strong pressjiro is being
brought to bear on him to mako the
race.
TOU VELLE'S FAME
SPREADS ORE COUNTRY
Col. F. L. Tou Velio's fame is still
spreading according to reports com
ing in in regard to his famous ,nlfa-
borry. Tho La Cross, Wis., Chron
icle says:
"It is said taht a rancher living
near Medford, Oregon, hns produced
a deep-rooted vino which benrs three
crops of strawborries each yenr. It
is claimed that tho result has been
obtainod by grafting alfalfa roots
to tho roots of tho strawberry vine.
Iho vino and tho lCMilt obtained is
ono of tho most poculiar gardening
stunts ever hoard of.
CHICAGO SUBWAY DEFAULTS
IN ITS BOND INTEREST
CHICAGO, Ills., Doc. 11. Judge
ICohlsaat in tho federal court this
ovoniug nppointod Edwin A. Potter,
David If. Forgan nnd Charles G.
Dawes receivers of tho Chicago sub
way. That corporation today do
faulted inteeist on $17,000,000 of
bonds.
Tho receivership is a friendly ono
and wns takon nt tho instance of J.
Ogdon Armour, who returned from
Now York this morning af tor n con
ference with tho Ilnrrimnn interests
in tho properly, which rofuocd to nd
vnneo thoir shuro of tho $750,000 in
terest duo.
Ilesidos tho bonds tho subway
company has $11,500,000 of floating
debt and $15,000,000 of stook out-
standing. Tho stock onco sold ns
high ns 80. It will now havo to bo
scaled nml nssosi,ed if tho rcorgnni
zation plans go through.
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