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FOURTH YEAR.
MJCDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 3909.
No. 230.
VALLEY TROLLY LINE IS NOW ASSURED
Tribune
I J
REPORTS SAY
BATTLE IS
RAGING
Now Guns Arrivo for Uso of
Revolutionists Marines
Landing From Battloships
0
Zolaya Said to Havo Ac
cumulated Ovor $G,000,000.
NKW V K. Pee in.l'iicon
finned ndvlcus from oloti Indicate
that lln luriK nxpectud battle between
the insurgents and the 'olaynn troops
In the vlrllty of Rama In Inking plnco
today. Tho rovolutliitilMtH nro report
ml to hnvo taken tho Initiative for tho
firm tlmo In a week nnd to hnvo pre
cipitated tho oiiKnuenionl.
New Gun Arrivo.
Tour mnchltio guns nnd a thousand
now rifles, with n million round of
cartridges, which arrived yostordny,
wir conveyed to Kslrndn's bend
quartcrs before dnyllKht today under
n gtinrd of several companion of Gen
oral Chnmorro's dlvliilon. Chnmor
ro'H main hody Ih boln rushed to tho
urcno of tho reported fighting, nnd
wns expected to nrrlvo thcro cnrly
this afternoon,
A rumor to tho effect that an nt
tompt wan made to nssnsslnnto Z
layn In hbi pnlnco shortly after mid
night In current today. It wnH report
ed that Zolaya nnd Mndrlz arc virtual
prisoner In tho presldontlnl resl-dotice.
Murine Art Iinded.
PANAMA, Deo. lfi. Fragments of
wireless messnges picked up hy tho
locnl Htntlon Indicate that tnnrlncH
from tho United Stolen wnrshtps olth
er hnvo boon landed or will land today
nt Corlnto. Advorso wenther condl
tlnna provonted tho full text of tho
mosflnKos from being learned. An
other rumor Indicated thnt Mnnngun
Htlll Ih In tho hnndrt of n moh nnd
thnt tho people nro clntnorlng for the
overthrow of Zolnya.
HANNA SAYS
FAULT
I'LL RIDE," SAYS MEDFORD,
"ME TOO," CHIRPS THE PASS,
"BUT NOT MUH,"ADDS ASHLAND
MEDFORD WITS
TROLLEY BADLY
Circuit Judgo in Decision in
Case of Hanloy vs. City
Says Law Under Which
Judgo Coke Actod Is Un- By Overwhelming Vote Vot
constitutional. ors Toll Council to Give a
Franchise for 50 Years.
In deciding nxnlimt tho city In tho
caw of .M. l Iliinley vs. thy city of
Medford JudKo K. Ilnnnn dovotod Hy nn overwhelming vote of over
most of his tlmo to n consideration of 5 to . Oioc,ornto of Medfnrd
the now stnto law under which Gov- ,p , ... .
I'l mil lil'llliiil uiuuiuu wwu,,(j vimu w 1 . , ...
Medford to try tho enso of tho city 1,10 c,,y c,,n"or Kving mo couneii
nualtiBt Hnnley In which llnnley wan powor to grant n franchise for o per-
awarded $600 dninnKeB. Judg0 llun-liod of CO years. Tho buil diner of a
nn held that the1 law was unconstltu- trolley lino in tho city and valley is
uonai, innsmucn nH mo cxecutivo ue- uownssurod
pnrtment Interfered with tho Judl- Tho voto was a light one, only -172
clary. Tho cns0 will now ko to tho votes being cast, 305 of which wore
supremo court. enst for and 77 nirninst the amend
City Attorney Noff la olroady at mcnt. If a full vote had been polled
work on tho record In tho caso and it is doutful if tho minority voto
expects to ko to tho Bupromo court would havo been any creator. Most
GRANTS PASS IS ASHLAND OBJECTS
HIGHLY ELATED 50-YEAR CLAUSE
1B1
Stand Taken by Council Is Council Declines to Take Ac
Pleasing to People Pleas-' tion in Regard to Applica-
jArbuckle Brothers Pay Vol
untarily Into United States
Treasury $185,759 Due
From Sugar Frauds May
Prosecute in Spite of This.
ed With Medford News.
tion for Franchise There.
GRANTS PASS, Dec. 13. (Spe- ASHLAND, Or., Dec. 13. (Spe
cial) Tho citizens of this city arc cial) The city council last night re
very much pleased with the action fused to take definite action on tho
taken Monday evening by the city petition of John R. Allen for a 50
council in granting to John R. Allen yenr street railway franchise,
a franchise, in this nit v. F.vnrvnnn The Allen proposition was dis
cerns to be certain that within a cssed in open meeting The obpec-
... , . , tionnblo features of tho franchise
yenr cars will bo in operation and rcn,iestcd appeared to be the 50-
that tho rond will aid greatly tho year clause and the nbsence of any
upbuildng of this section. provision whereby in later years the
Tho pews from Medford that tho city might derive some revenue on n.
citizens there had overwhelmingly per centnge basis. The lack of any
voted in favor of n trolley franchise provision that would preclude a mer
its rapidly as pooslblo. If tho su- of thoso opposed voted, a irreat num- for n period of 50 years waB joy- cer with present transportation fa
promo court holds with Hnnnn, Judco bor of those in favor didn't, belioving sl' received in Grnnts Pns. The cilities, was pointed out ns a serious
Coko of tho Second Judicial district thnt tho amendment was suro of car-1 "lding of the road now Feems ns- defect. It was finally decided to
o noko surod anil tlmt the mUercnt sections hold tho m
will ho out of n Job, for tho net which rying, nnd it did, although tho noiso
created his dlnlrlct Is tho ono undor mndo by tho opposition caused the
question.
Zoluyn QiiIIn?
WASHINGTON, Dec. If.. Dr. Cnl
der, n consulnr agent of tho United
8tates lu MnnoKun, today cabled that
Zejayu has published a Htntemont
promising to resign In favor of Scnor
Mndrlz, who Is reported to bo with
hlni In tho palnco nt Mnnngun. Tho
dlspntch nlso slatted thnt Madrlz ap
parontly would not bo a choice popu
lar to tho people and Xolaya'n fill
fllment of hln promlno probnbly
would do llttlo to smooth ovor tho
present dlfflcultjo.1.
I.nst nlRht Cnldor stntod, lnrgo
crowds surrounded tho American le
gation. Hundreds pnrnded tho streets
ehoorliiK for Ustrndn nnd tho United
StnteH.
Xelayji Wonllliy.
It Ih Intimated hero thnt Zelnyn's
proinlHod wlthdrnwnl In fnvor of Mnd
rlz wns not likely to bn rocelved with
fnvor by tho United States govern
ment. No stntomont concerning tho
proposition wns given out from tho
Htato dopnrtmont.
Olspntchos todny stnto thht Zelnyn
ImH nccumulntod moro than $0,000,
000 In profltB from properties lu Nlc
nrngun ho Is nllogod to havo held
IllOKally. Sovontoon trndo monopo
Hch on NIcnrncua'B Pacific const nro
credited to hlni ns woll as vlrtunl
control of tho flolda of mnnufneturo
nnd oxplolntntlon of natural resources.
1010 PUBLICITY FUND IN
EUGENE REACHES $13,000
KUGRNR, Or., Deo. 15. Thoro re
inninfl nonrly fflOOO in Eugono'H 1010
publicity fund. It will bo nppliod to
tho 1010 fund, which hns ronchod tho
sum of $13,000. Tho onrd of gover
nors hns not yet soolotod n successor
to John IT. Ilnrtog, tho ptiblioity mnn
ngor who rooontly resigned.
F THEY'LL BE
THEY CAN COME IN
progressive element to get out and
do some strenuous work in the afternoon.
Tho vote in tho different
was as follows:
First ward yes 131: no 17
Second ward yes 131: no 31
Third wnrd yes 130; no 20
hold tho matter in abeyance until
oi the Koguc river- valley will be moro information from cities in
brought closer together, nnd thnt it which interurbnn lines are now op
will rebound greatly to the develop- erating could be obtained. Within
mcnt of tho vnlley. n week or two. it is nrobnble thnt n
wards' Tm'R franchise is proving one of counter-proposition will bo submit-
ino omst popular ever granted m tins ted to the petitioner, but is quite ev-
city.
Chairman of Hoiiso Committer)
Territories States That New
States May Bo Created.
on
BURNED AT 107, MUST
UNDERGO SKIN GRAFTING
Total Yes 395 No 77
Tho nroirressivo business men of BROOKLYN, N. Y Dec. 15. So
tho city woro all lined up for tho old that doubtless ho had forgotten
proposition, ns the result showed. i t lio lesson learned n century ago
"It isn't good business poliev logout tho dnnger of fire. Snmucl
plnco a big responsibility upon n sot , Epstein, who is 107, wn painfully
of omployes such ns tho council is, burned while nt work in his bnrber
nf Mm iinii1niiii.l )... !,. slinn nt Iflnn PnrVr Plneii. Tenderlv
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Chnlr-U.nniU fi(, llmf ln., , ,nnsnt his "l.nbv' dnnelitor. with whom ho
mnn llnmllton of tho house commit- , OU8inoss w,ch innv como , KS lives scolded him for being so enre
teo on territories snld today thnt yiocumcerngrowH said one. :less. Sho is Mrs. Sudio Silverstoin.
Arlronn and Now Mexico will bo (ci.tmud o,rpgM nnd sho is 03.
ident that the present council hns no
intention at granting what, to them,
appears to bo a one-sided franchise
at least for so long n period of
time.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Arnckle
Brothers, the biggest competition of
tho American Sugar Refining Com
pany, today paid into the U. S. treas
ury $185,759 in back duties following
the disclosures of irregularities in the
weighing of sugar cargoes on the
docks. Tho settleemnt wns made
voluntarily.
United States Attorney Simpson
said this afternoon that the settle
ment does not affect the protection
of any individual shown to have been
responsible for the commission of
tho frauds.
Stinson would, not say whether any
ono connected with the Arbueklo con
cern would be indicted. He declined
to -discuss -tboqnestion of whether
prosecution of tho sugar trnst would
bo broadened so as to include com
pctitors of the trust.
BOLD BANDIT
WORKS IN
FRISCO
Man Who Laughs at Police
Again Robs Store in Bold
Manner Evidently Noth
ing Can End His Career
Rob3 and Kills.
granted nepnrnto stntohood nt. this
session of congross If thoy do not
Insist on Including lu their govern
ing laws tho fontures thnt President
Tnft hns found objoctlonnblo In Okla
homa's constitution. Chnlr mnn llnm
llton stntod it ns his belief thnt tho
chief executive would withhold li Its
approval utherwlse.
"Tho pcoplo of Ashlnnd will hnvo
to do without nn electric rond or get
someone else to build it, if any
chnnges nro mndo in the franchise I
asked for." stated John R. Allen to
dny, when shown tho above dispatch
from Ashlnnd. "I nsked for what I
considered a fair franchise nnd I
will not bother with the mntter fur-
" (Continued on "pace 8.1
JOHN D. PLANS TO
START DRUG STORES
Report i Out That Oil King Would
Have Chain of Stores
Established.
U. S. S. YORKTOWN AND EMBARKING OF MARINES:
MAP SHOWING SEAT OF WAR IN NICARAGUA.
TO EXTERMINATE THE
MOSQUITO IN CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO, Cnl., Deo. 15.
A campaign for tho oxtorminntion of
onisquitoos in tlo grent inland valleys
of nClifoiiiin is cing planned by tho
stnto board of health.
SUIT IS UNDER WAY
Suit Broiiflht for $20,000 by John
Harrlnjiton vs. W. E. Phlpps,
al, on Trial at Jacksonville
Tho fnmoiiB suit for dnmngos In nn
amount of $20,000 brought by John
Harrington against W. H, Phlpps,
Mrs. Snydor and County Judgo J. It.
Noll was cnllod In tho circuit court
today, with Judgo J. W. Hamilton of
Itosoburg presiding,
Owing to tho fact thnt h know
tho pnrtles In tho suit so well, Judgo
Ilnnnn cnllod in Judgo Hamilton to
hoar tho enso,
A, C. Randall of Tnlont oxpoots to
lonvo soon for Minnonpolia to spend
mo jtommys.
fusssssssss-w iimsjszmMM i
1 1 ' 'nv 11. " '.w-'i oV-'l i... 1 I 1 1 ' '-l
f. ."Cfv -N I ' C A . B--.-A G SU A ) :'.v.
I,,1 111 ' I ' m ,i
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 Far
ther away tban over from any cluo.
tho police force of this city today i3
almost desperate in Its luttlo with
the slngfe-banded bandit-murderer,
who has baffled every effort at cap
ture and laughd snoerlngly in the
face of the officers since December
4. Lrfst night ho committed another
robbery, probably the boldest of his
record.
While two detectives were march
ing up and down in front of the Glea-
son-Courneen drug store, twice rob
bed by tho bandit, the outlaw enter
ed the Charlotte candy store, Just two
doors away, hied up the place and
escaped. Following Is record up to
date:
His Record.
December 4, 9 o'clock, enters the
Oleason-Courneen drug store at 12S2
Market street, holds up B. H. Olea
son, robs him of $50 and escapes.
December 4, 10:30 o'clock, at
tempts to ho)d up David B. Green In
his drug store at Franklin and Turk
streets, but is frightened away by the
screams of -t-reens wife, takes to
flight, firing on0 shot as ho runs up
tho street.
December 4, 1:08 p. m. dashes into
Burns' Hamma baths on Eddy street
and kills W. Schneider, night mana
ger without attempting to rob him.
December 4, 10 p. m fleeing from
the Ecen0 of tho Schneider killing,
encountering W. L. Hawkins, a pri
vate detecttvo, at Ellis and Van Ness,
grapples with him, is disarmed by
Hawkins, but escapes from captor,
disappearing in tho vicinity of Willow
V,.awII MANAGUA
CUICAGO, Ills., Dec. 15. Thnt
John D. Rockefeller contemplates es
tabhshing n chain of drug stores avenuo and Van Ness,
t.u...1 i it i . .1
lurviiKUOUt IUO Country, IS tUO SUO- Itohs T)rr tnr
.1.... .... I
oimiuu ui u rumor current in wnoio- December 12, 8:10 p. m., enters
saio circles her today. Many of the niAnson-rniimPon dmc sinrn tini,i
by-products in oil prepnnrtions are nn Dr. Henrv N'olnnd and robs him
utilized in tho drag trade, nnd tho Lf $200. pursued by oyo witnesses
Oininiliru mngnntO IS said to hnvo n fthn hntitun unit Pnllrnmnn nnvlnM.
jpnuis oy menns or wmeli ho hopes runs down Market to City Hall ave
io mnKo it n proiitanie ousiness. mio. thence to tho vicinity of Grove
Agents believed to bo representinir nnd Vnn Knsa. whr h iHnnnnnnrB
nocKeieuer nave been investigating December 14, 8 p. m., enters tho
conditions 111 mnny middlO West CltlOS nhnrlntt pnn.1v Bfnr nf 12SR Mnr.
.1 1 , .... A ..I " ----
mm iinvu oeeu neronnnmr lor tne
vv xvavwva w v4 w w w tun UIVII
son drug store draws revolver and
attempts to hold up Mrs. Irene Flor-
ls, but takos to flight boforo getting
any money.
Sends Letters.
The bnndlt hns sent a number of
lettrs and pastol cards to th police,.
I taunting them. Ho has telephoned '
to Dr. Glea8on and written to him.
Following Is n sample of the letter
purporting to have been cent by tho
outlaw:
'I seo In tho papers that Dr. Gloa-
son invites mi to rnm. linrlr Tlmm.
. T I I r-t . . i n it , u
, icicptiuiio rut in upcrauon ana man da yoventng. I politely must decline
Is Taken From TralnWnntPil n,s kllul Invitation, but I'll drop In,
I in nn infornml wnv. finfnrn Inni. nnH-
I ' "V I ......
I ....
oiciiiiuij. uiko u irom mo, vu maKO a monnoy
out of that Irish brag-mouth. By
tho way, tho Frisco poolers aro a sor-
Chiof Shearor arrested u unsscu- r' ,ot- A ntt, Kreaao paint bafflgs
,gor on n south bound freight train them completely.
this morning upon orers bv telephone "A rovolr. Tho Bandit."
from tho city marshal of Gold Hill. Tho letters and cards aro written-
This follow was accused of steal- m variously disguised hands and the
me n yellow slicker at Gold Hill, and Pllc "re at a loss to know whorher
lmd the cont with hint when arrested. thy rea' com0 from tho bnndlt or
Ho prnetioally admitted his guilt to som Practical Jokers.
tho chiof, by remarking that "I guess
thoy want mo ou account of this
coat."
IIo carried a grip in which woro a
numbor of articles of littlo value,
nmong them a lottor nddresed to
purchnso of retail stores. While it is
difficult to mnko cortain that they
wero in tho oil king's employ, the m-1
mor that ho is planning nn immenso
drug merger has spread rapidly.
shearIIbsIian
WANTED GOLD HILL
CITIZENS DEMANDS CHIEF'S
RESIGNATION IN SALEM
SALEM, Deo. 15. Tho resignation-
of Chiof of Police W. D. Gibson of
iWiithur Davis, an da contract to this city is nskod by tho law onforco-
work on a railroad nt Calgarn, Ca., ment league in ft petition prosonted to.
bonring tho signnturo of Abo Smith. ' tho city council