city to
TIIK WKATIIKK.
I'llltCll IVtM ANM0)'0II,
I'm 1 1 l-MHcd 'iti Itopnrt
Tim only paper In tho
world imiIiIImIiiiiI III a city tlm
hIzu of Medford ImvlriK a
ll'UMIll H'llO.
FOURTH YEAR.
ZELAYA FIRES UPON AMERICAN FORCES
B LUEFIELDS
SCENE OE
FIGHT
Boliovod That Zolava Has
Captured Bluofiolds De-
" tails of tho Battlo Aro Very
Moagor.
RAYNER SCORES
ZELAYA IN SPEECH
Addrossos Sonato in Support
of His Resolution Authoriz
ing Taft to Declare War.
NBW Oltl.HANH. m I).'C. 13 a
wlrokwH uiuiiitnKc from Colon thin af
ternoon MtntcM Hint American murlnoH
tried to bind at Uluoflcld today, tttit
wore fired ution. It Is believed tlint
Zelayn linn en p to rod niucfloldn.
Tho city heretofore" ban boon hold
by tho Kstrnrin force, frlondly to
Ainorlcn.
Tho InHt doflnlto reports from that
region Indlcntcd thnt tho Zolnynn
nrmy wn nonr Hluofloldn with or
ders to rnpturo nnd itack tho town.
Tho nowii during Sunday showed
that EBtrndB wan using every montm
to Intercept such a movement, H
wan reported that tho Zolnynn forces
nrentlv outnumbered tho Estrada
men In that vicinity bh the result
of a mIMnko mado by which Hemln
ton cartridge wero.sont thoro with
Manner rifles for tho revolutionists.
Itiiyner Scoria Zelnyn.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. Sonntor
Ilnvner of Maryland todny mado n
notablo Hpcoch In Riipport of IiIh re
olutlon nnthorlKlni? ProHldent Taft
"to tnko tho neceflnary ntopH" to np
nrohend ProBldont Zelayn of Nlcarn'
gua nnd hrlnK him to Justice for tho
murder" of Cannon nnd Groco, tho
Americana executed nt hln ordor.
"A prent crlmo Iibh been, commit
led agnlnnt tho rights of Amor.lcan
cltlionBhlp," declared tho Henntor. "It
cannot bo allowed to slumber.
"Tho Riillt doeH not rest upon the
Nlcaraguan people, nnd thoroforo to
punUh them would not RubBorvo tho
pnrpoxo of my roHolutlon,
"Tho roHolutlon In directed nt tho
dlctntor of Nlcaragtia Indlvldunlly,
nnd I want It ontlrely Hopnrntod from
nny HtepB wo mny tnko In reefrenco
to NlgnrnKun."
Ho declnred thnt Cannon nnd Groco
woro moroly prlflonom of war. llo
said. that b hnd wntched tho Nlcnr
nKiinn ultuntlon for yearn nnd wan
familiar with tho "ImpoHtoiB, tiBtirp
era nnd motley lendera" thnt Rprung
from tho olfnotlo optlltlonn. Ho ndd
od: "Zoluyn Ih probably tho moat pes
plcablo figure Hint ban ovor nrlflen In
their midst. In tho Hchool of corrup
tion, (llHlirincflty, perfidy nnd crime,
Zolnya HlnndH without a peer. I
hnvo been Informed reliably thnt tho
vlcea of bin prlvntn llfo nro moro In
famous In their IndoRorlhnblo dotallH
than tlio InlqulttoR of bin public en
roer." TWO LARGE FREIGHTERS
ASHORE IN
LAKE
DHTliOlT, Midi., Dee. 1.1.-Two
large freighters nro aground in Lake
SI. Clair off flrofwo Poinl Light.
Tliolr iiniiiea nro not known
, Tmniodialelv upon Hie receipt of
news of their predicament, n tug
WW (linpnlelied to move Ihe vesseN
from llinir poiilnuR poHitloiiB. Tlio
tug is reported tolmvo gono nground
nt tho same point.
Medford
LEADERS IN
HERBERT ASQUITH, PREMIER,
Sy
PIONS FOR AND AUAIWST Bttillan iiuuui.
That England fa ecu n great political crisis lu the war tho house of lords
lino made upon tho budget and tbo llucmlUtle provUloiiH It contains U admit
ted by the moat anient foes of tho tax tnenHiire which tho Koveriimciit and
the hoiiKo of cnmmomi framed for the consideration of the iecn. Grave
warning were uttered by I.ord Honebcry, I.ofd I.oreburn, the Enrl of Crewe
and many other prominent memlKTM of tho upper branch of (iiirllamout lu ad
vocating thu ndoptlou of tho bill. Lord Itosebery viewed the Mtuntlon with
Hueh isrnvlty that liu told IiIh colleague In nil eloquent addrenH that Great
U-4...I.. ....! ..... AAKr.MHl.ul .! U
SPLENDID PRICE
E APPLES
Tronson & Guthrio Receive
$2.75 f. o. b. Eagle Point for
Car of Spitzenbergs.
TroiiHon & Guthrie, the "quality
apple kliiKH of America," v:ioo car
of Hpltzeuberga recently took first
prize nt tho Spoknnu national apple
hIiow, hnv0 Just recolved word of tho
Halo of a car of applet) at aplemlld
prices through Crutchflold & Wool
folk of New York.
SpltzouhcruH, about half nnd half,
flmtH and BecondB, averaged 2.75
Uelawnro IUhIh, 1.70 firsts, $1.50
hocoiuIh; Jonathans, Hon Da
vIh, SI. CO, nil prices being f, o, b
ICaglo Point.
CARPENTER TO BE JUDGE
OF CHICAGO FEDERAL COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C, Deo. 13.
President Tnft toduy lorwnrded to
tho Beimto for eonfirnmtiou tho uoiu-
nation of Oeorgo A. Cnrpontor of
Chicago to ho tho judge of tho fed
eral court at Chiengo. Carpenter
now ocoupios one of tho muuiuipul
court benches in Chicago.
LABOR COMMISSIONER
MEETS WITH TELEGRAPHERS
CHICAGO, Ills., Doo. 13. Charles
Noill, commissioner of labor, ur-
riwd horo today and wont into con-
ferouco wtih tho uommiltcos ropre
souting tho Ordor of Hnilway Telo-
grnpherti and tho Illinois Central
railroad. Ho is autiug as mediator.
Tho railroad has agreed to improve
working conditions hut hus rol'iiM'd
a doiumid for a ten per cent incroiiKo
in wages. t
At tho same time, the switchmen's
union hegnu negotiations with the
general manngor's committee of the
rnilronda ontering Chicago. It is rfa
portod that tho swilehinon of those
ronds will strike unless their do
ntnnds aro grantod quickly,
K N. Clark and family njul Mrs.
I. 13. JolniRon of Seattle- aro guests
nt tho Moore,
DIMillll lliiw liui .a uiii , viii l. .illil nt ...wi. II 1.11 t.ii iiuii oiiivv .1 iivii
the houxe of Ionia took a menu after n three daya' debate on the budget R.OuO
people mood outside the parliament houno Hinging nTmng entitled "(iod Gavo
the I-mid to tho People" to tho tune of "Marching Through Georgia." The
episode Ih said to Imvo hnd n marked effect uuoii even so nrouounced a lend
of the opposition mi Lord l.nntutowuo.
ROGU
MEDFORD,
GREAT FIGHT
AND LORD LANSDOWNE, CHAM
M..f.k..M Mlll....l..r. lllllAA 101 111.....
IS
GIVEN RAILROADS
. ,, A
UnleS3 Strikers Are Taken
'irf'iiitiB
Q' ' !-M
ULTIMATUM
r Ani Ail c.r.4-nv.Mn attitude is regarded as significant.
On Again, All Switchmen ( Doctor3 Thier nnd Ston nro 5n
Will GO Out January 1. . constant attendance at the royal bed-
side. I hey unnounco tomorrow-, it
, tho king lives until then ,thoy will
,.,.,,,,,,. ,,, opornto for strangulated hernia. The
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Dec. 18;ncut(J rocurrcccbof tho luonnrch.s
Provident Hawley of tho Switchmen's chronic trouble fololwed by tho par
Union of NorUi America, delivered . nlytio stroko that compelled him to
an ultimatum to tho railroads today,
In th0 Bnpo ' Pb"c announce-,
mcnt that unloss tho strlklnc
bora of his organization wcro back
at work before Christmas under con
ditions satisfactory to thorn, overy
switchman west of Duggnlo would
strike- beforo January 1
Hawley refused to mnko public
what passed between him nnd Pros-'
Idont Samuel Gompers of tho Amer-'1"
lean Federation of l.nbor at their
recent conference. Tho results of
thotr deliberations, ho said, will bo
given out within three dnys. Beforo
tho propor tlnio nrrIvo3, ho declured,
ho would not discuss tie matter.
llUTTB, Mont., Dec. 13. Tho sit
uation resulting from tho stiiko of
tho switchmen on nil ronds ponotrnt
Ing tho Pacific northwest Is llttlo
changed today. ,
At a meeting last night tho strik
ers failed to ngroo upon f. tontntlvo
proposition advanced thnt provldod
for tholr roturn to their positions un
til an amlcnblo settlement of tho dlf-
foroncos with tholr employers could
bo ronchod. Tho nttltudo of other
bodies of organized lnbor hero It was
stated, has exerted a dlssntlsfylng
Influence, nnd hnd much to do with
tliolr failure to amnio to tho wishes
of tholr inombors for advocating a
temporary roturn to work.
SPOIvANH, Wash., Dec. m. Tho
Northorn. Pacific rnllrond rnpldly la
filling Its ynrds with non-union mon
to tnko tho plncos of tho striking
Rwltohnien, Tho officials bollovo that
thoy will bo In a position to run all .
trains by tho last of this weok wlth-j
out Ineouvonlor.co, oven If a sottlo-
mont of tho strlko Is not offootod. !
Tho officials declare that tho strlk-
ora novor will bo glvon back tholr old
positions.
Mail Tribune
OREGON, MONJUY, DECEMBER 13, 1909.
,KI LEO OE
i BELGIUM
DYING
Aged Monarch's Death Is
Matter of but Pew Hours
King Realizes That the
End Is Near.
ALBERT READY TO
ASCEND THRONE
Belgian Cabinet in Constant
Session King Drops His
Cynicism.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 13.
King Leopold is dying) according to
an announcement by one of his phy-
sicinns, early today. It was stuted
j thnt the end is approaching rapidly,
land that tho aged moareh's death is
ibut a nnitter of n fcinJiours.
f -.
Cardinal fiercer thortly before
noon administered extreme unction
to tho dying king. According to tho
news coming from the palace, tho
king realizes that tho cud is near.
Princo Albert of Flanders, heir-ap
' parent, is nt the palace and bus pre
pared to assume immediately tho du
tics of administration thnt will fall to
' him should his royal uncle die.
I According to Prince Albert, as tho
finibh approaches, the king's usual
cynicism has disappeared completely.
His entire thought seems to be cen-
tered upon tho future welfare of his
' country. This change in his mental
J tnko to his bed, has weakened his
coudl l.on o that the resul of the
mom-;w'",",,u" 13 ll'""-u luo Vu'
siciajis.
Tlio only npprent interest shown
by tho public in tho king's condition
'lies in tho fear its effect will have
I on tho market. There is no porsonnl
'"a
Tho, .eniK'n cah.xnct , !! Potieally
co,ltuis session todny. ,
BIG IRRIGATION SCHEME
FOR WILLAMETTE VALLEY
SPOKANE, Wnsh., Dee. 13. Mar.
ion Irrigation company, capital $'J30,
000, and Tuulutiii irrigation company,
capitalized for $."0,000, hnvo boon
organized in Spokano to develop 40,
000 neres of land nlong tho Willn
! motto valley in western Oregon. Tho
! projectors nro John A. Finch, Chnrlos
Mussoy, Cyrus Happy nnd Ilnrl J.
Cook of Spokane, nnd W. L. Denhnin
of Seattle, formerly of Spokano, who
began tho development of tho Spo
kano valley yen i s ngo. Doth com
panies will hnvo tho sumo officers,
which nro to be eleted early in April.
TORPEDO BOATS MAKE
RECOR DRUN UP COAST
I SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Dec. 13.
Nino torpedo boats of the United
1 States navy nrrived nt tlio Mnro Is
I laud navy yard early todny, after
I a record run up the coast from Mnit-
, dnlonn Day wlioro annual
ipraetieo wns hold.
target
I Tho flotilla comprised tho Whip-
' nln. TTllll. Pl'nbl.V T,nu'i'rtnnrt Pnvir
rMei,,.,!. Pni .t,. ,,,.,,!.,'
v..Miin'if,(( tt III UVIIVCf A 4 UAUMI
and Hopkins, in addition to tlio col
lier Iris.
Mrs M, K, Middlebusher of Trail
,.. ? i(v Sn(,,inW. c...
Christmas shopping,
GUARDIAN
NAMED EO
Outcome of Sensational Suit
Is Appointment of Guard
ian for James Helms Was
Bitterly Fought.
DECEMBER TERM
OF COURT CONVENES
Grand Jury Drawn and
Charged J. W. Lawton of
Medford Is Foreman.
Hon. H. K. Hanna, judge of tho
circuit court, Monday morning grant
ed tho petition of Mrs. Dora Helms,
who asked that a guardian bo ap
pointed for her husband, James
Holms. This Is W outcome of a
bitterly waged legal battle covering
the past thrco months.
In her complaint Mrs. Helms al
leged that Dr. Georgo Helms, a son,
held undue Influence over bis father
and was fraudulently acquiring much
of the estate The potitlon for a
guardian when first presented to the
county court was denied ami was
carried by Mrs. Holms to the higher
court.
Tho December term of court got
under way Monday morning. Tho
grand Jury was drawn as follows: J.
W. Lawton, foreman; L. D. Brown,
W. S. Stnncllff, John Barnoburg, S. K.
Adams, L. F. Lozlor, II. A. Hawkins.
Tho jury was charged and Imme
diately began considering various
matters brought beforo them by tho
district attorney.
SPOKANE MERCHANT
TAKES HIS LIFE
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 13.
Charles W. Pain, n wenlthy hard-
waro morchant of this city commit
ted suicide by shooting himself bribe
ndbomen. Beforo committing tho
deed ho wrote n noto saying his wife
was his murdor of hor inconstancy.
Mrs. Pain was dressing this morn
ing when she heard a shot. Rushing
into her husband's room slio found
him dying with blood gushing from a
wound in his head. His hnnd still
tightly clasped tho smoking rovolver.
Tho woman wns tnken to tho po
lico station in a hystorical condition,
tho polico fearing that sho would
take hor lifo, if released.
ATTORNEY PLEASED WITH
PROGRESS OF CASE
SPOKANE, Wash., Doo. 13. To-
nay s session win prouauiy eioso tlio I
1 1 Ml 11 . I
Spokuuo homing in tho Ciinninghnm
coai minis case.
nuo Aiioruoy .mines Mioruiun ot
Denver, chief counsel for tho govern-
uioiit. and W. 11. Ptigh of Wishing-
ton, his assistant, will mnko no
statement as to- tho status of tho
ease, it is generally understood that
thoy are pleased with tho progress
mado in Spokano.
Disinterested spectators credit
Sheridan witli having mado diligont!
ellorts to got at tho facts in tho
enso.
Chnrlos R, Piorco, tho attorney
H MS
representing tho forostry department, 'of bnttory, Mrs. Lillian IToopor, who
hns boon hard nt work siuco ovidonco held her baby son's hand against a
was introduced touding to show that red hot store to punish him for a
valuable timber lands had beon ap- childish dinobodionco, was sentenced
proprintod by tlio Ciinnigliam ontry- todny to epond 30 dnys in tho coun
10"' t ,ty jail. Tho child wns brought into
Tho sittings in Minneapolis nnd court this morning and tho soared
;sow ork nitor thrco dnys will
eludo tho hearings,
CHILDREN'S NAMES
WANTED, EACH GOOD
FOR SEVEN DOLLARS
The school board 13 taking
the census of school children
for Medford and wants at
once tho names of every one
between tho ago of four years
and twenty.
As tho apportionment of
school money is based upon
the number of children, and
as each name is worth abont
$7 to tho district, it is import
ant that every named be turn
ed in.
Namos should be turned in
to Orris Crawford, crelk of
tho school board, First Na
tional Bank.
Matter of Amending Charter
in Regard to.. Granting of-
Franchises Will Be Consid
ered Tomorrow.
TO VOTE CHANGE
IN CHARTER
TUESDAY
Tho special election called for thoj;s tho head has beJn 8ysitematicall '
lrposo of roUng on a charter amend, nrocnMt;, ihir hn.v,nL MW atJL
CV7 7 T T
ment to tho charter of tho city
Medford, amending subsection 42 of
section 25 and section 100 of said
charter, fixing the time for which
contracts may be entered Into and
franchises bo granted by said city,
and extending the time for which
street railway franchises may bo
granted by said city, will bo held to -
morrow. From all Indications the
matter will easily bo carried.
John R. Allen, who was recently
granted a franchise for a trolley line
In tho city for a period of ten years,
has shown that It is impossible to en
list capital In a project which only
runs for ten years. In regard to tho
matter, Mr. Allen states:
"Upon tho result of this election
depends tho construction of tho trol
ley lino. It tho peoplo of Medford
want an lntorurbnn electric line, they
can havo one, for I stand ready to
construct it. It Is Impossible to en
list capital In a road with only a ten-
year franchise.
No opposition has developed and
mo nmenumont win unanimously do
nJnnlA.1
adopted.
HUGE HAUL OF DIAMONS
MADE IN NE WYORK
NEW YORK, Dee. 13. Although
n largo detail of detectives has la
bored on tho caso without rest for
moro than 21 hours, no clew has been
found thnt may load to tho recovory
of diamonds valued at $300,000 sto
lon from tho npartments of Mrs.
John W. Jenkins, in tho Lorraine Do-
tol Saturday.
Among tho missing jewels wns a
nooklnco of oightcon porfoctlv mntch-
oil and flnwliss diamonds. This
nceklnco was tho pndo or .Mrs. Jen-
kins' collection.
Tho robbery was committed Sntur-
day nftornoon, while Mrs. Jenkins i
wns absent from her npartments.
Sho rocently arrived hero from Chi-
cngo.
UNNATURAL MOTHER HOLDS
CHILD'S HAND ON STOVE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11.
Found euiltv on a technical charuo
cou-.littlo baud exhibited ns ovidenoo
, against tho unnatural mother.
Tonight nnd Tuesday
Clondy, warmer? Simdny
High, CO; low, -18; rnngo GL
No. 228.
Government Engineer Has
Been Examining the Sever
al Claims Owned by the
Mining Company.
MEANS THAT MINES
WILL BE DEVELOPED
Property Consists of Proba
bly the Finest Body of
Copper in the West.
To tho tangible assets of south-irn
Oregon there will be added within tho
next year the vast productive powers
of the Blue Ledge copper district.
These properties have been one o
tho big dominant resources of tho
stato of Siskiyou, and have been rec
ognized as ono of the great copper
deposits of tho world.
Tho Bluo Ledge Mining company.
of which W. P. Towne of New York,
;i,,rosectinK their holdings over sinqo
of tho nroncrtv TCna ,., ,1 K ,i
'tw, a u;0 ::,
Towno and his associates, five years
ago.
The company has not made nny
flourish of trumpets but have been
working nil tho time.
Now thero is a stir under the
surfaco which indicates big things
'in tho future,
Orders have been received, wired
in fact, from the central offices to
rush tho matter of securing patents
to tho holdings of the company.
This means but ono thing; That
the development has shown such n
body of oro that the owners feel jus
tified in making the expenditure
necessary to secure n full titlo to tho
property covered by tho twenty-nine
clnimes owned by them. It indicates
that in the Blue Ledge district there
is a coppor mine which will soon
commence producing its thousands of
tons of copper and will bo one of
tho biggest copper camps in tho
world.
It emnns moro. A rnilmml fmm
Hertford to tho niino nnd perhaps be
.....
yond, tho making of this citv tho out
fitting nnd trading point for this big
camp, and tho adding of another
jewel to tho crown which Medford
wears as tho queen of n region moro
prolific in varied resources than
nny othor in tho world.
TO FIGHT WHITE SLAVE
TRAFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO
BERKELEY, Cnl., Dee. 13. Tho
oxecutivo committoo of the California
Suffrngetto Society todny instituted
n enmpnign ngninst tho evils of tho
"Whito Slnvo Traffic," which thev
uolievo is renchmg unprecodonted
proportions in San Francisco.
At n mooting of tho conunitteo last
ovening tho veil wns discussed nnd
resolutions condemning tho condi
tion of nffnirs in San Francisco
woro passed, A sub. committee was
appointed to investigate further tho
conditions in San Francisco and
othor Cnlifornia cities and mnko n
report upon which tho sooiqty will
baso its furthor notion.
BANKS WILL CLOSE
WEDNESDAY, 2 P. M.
On Wednesday evening tho Jaok
soiicoimty cloaring hotiso assooiatlon
will moot in Ashland for their rogn
lar mooting. In order thnt tho olork
mny got nwny on tho nftornoon train
tho banks will oloso Wednesday nt
2 o'clock.
BLUE LEDGE
ASKS FOR
PATENT
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