6 THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED.FORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER in, 1909. MEXICO TURNS DOWN ZELAYA X IVt A. S 1900 "raw l 'ENRIQUE C&EEL POFIRIO DIAZ PRESIDENT DIAZ AND HIS AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. Senor Creel, former Mexican ambassador to the Unltd Stats, who is In Washing ton on a mission connected with the settlement of the Xlcaragunn diffi culty, today denied the report that Mexico Intends to support the Zelaya sympathizers In the selection of a now president for Nicaragua. Creel was much Incensed by tho rumor that the Diaz administration will Insist on the choice of n man favorablo to Zelaya. Tho American marines nt the Nlca- I llanc0 nnd It was statd thlr offlcors will sit back nnd wait for affairs to atljust themselves. Secretary Knox Intimated that ho will take no further steps In Nicaragua until peaco Is de clared unless the Amerlcnu Intorests ragua ports today relaxed their vlg- arc again thratened. Ml CONFESSES YOUNG GIRLS IKE -JORDAN ASKED L BRUTA MURDER Shoots Woman and Then Hacks Off Her Head Children Give Alarm Man is Unbalanced. CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., Dec. IS. It is asserted by the police today that John Johnson, woodsman known as "Crazy Joe," confessed to having murdered Mrs. Peter Shirley at Hannibal on Wednesday. Johnson was suspected of the crime and was arrested and accused yesterday by Sheriff Winter. Tho crimo was a brutal one, the woman being shot through the head in the presence of her two little chil dren. l5! When her three older children re turned from school later they found the door of the cabin fastened. They went around to th window on the side and saw the body of their mother lying on tie floor, her head severed completely from tho body. Shrieking with terror, they ran to Hannibal, a distance of two miles, and gave the alarm. Accompanld ty a posse of citizens, t" children returned to the Shirley Lout?. The d"ir was broken down The bedy of f-s murdered woman lay In tho middle ot the floor, while her 9-months-old babe lay at th feet of its 3-year-old sister, who crouched In n dark corner, Tho child, when questioned regard ing tho murder, said that a man came Into tho cabin and attempted to "treat mama mean," and that when sho tried to drive him away ho shot her, then hacked her head off. Sheriff Winter got a fairly good description from the child witness and later arrested Johnson in his cabin six miles away. In his confession, it is said, John ton denied making an assault, but pavo no motive for the crime. LIGHT AND BEAUTY Light and beauty give zest to life. Light Is beauty-!f It's Eleotrlc Light. Good Illumination adds Joy to everysoclalfunotlon. The dance, the dinner, the card party, all are more enjoy able when proper Illum ination Is used. Perfect llght-Eleotrlc Light lends Itself to any desired effect. Send for our representative and let him provo It. Rogue River Electric Co. Ashland Man in Trouble as Result of Alleged Assault on Two Young Girls. J. W. B. Morris of Ashland is in dicted by the grand jury for an as sault alleged to have been committed upon his granddaughter, Gussie Duf- fied, during the month of November. Gussie Duffield and her sister Ger tie, 14 and 12 years of age respect ively. had been under the care of Morris, their grandfather. At about tho time the assault was alleged to have been committed the girls com plained to some of the neighbors in Ashland concerning the treatment they were accorded by Morris. The matter was taken up in the county court and the girls weer sent to the Boys and Girls Aid Society. Subse quently the charge was brought against Morris and he was araigncd Friday morning. Ilnving no attorney (he court appointed Wm. M. Colvig to defend him, nnd he was given un til Saturday to plead. FOR EXPLANATION Women Catch Up Standard's Pres ident for Recent Speech on Woman Suffrage. SEATTLE FINDS LARGE ' UNDERGROUND COLONY SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 17. That a Japanese urderwcrld, similar to that that made San Frnncisco's Chi na town fnrmous before the fire of April 18, 1900, hns been operating for some time in this city, wns the discovery made by the present grand jury called by the superior court to look into charges of municipal cor ruption made recently. Tho jury invaded the underground world today, traveled into basements nnd opened heavily bnrred doors, went through passageways as dark and tortuous ns those found in San Francisco nnd found every evidence of tho widespread beneath-the-sur face gumbling that has long been suspected existed in this city. Entrance wns usually gained through the imposing shop of a sup posedly respectable Japanese. From the back of tho store a long flight of steps led to a room whero tho prospective player was hcrutinized by u guard stationed on tho other side of tho barred door. Another inspeo tion of tho man Inter nnd then the visitor was conducted in dnrkucris through n passngewny, up n winding fight of stairs, and finally to the gaining tables, in n way that took him uguin beneath the surface. Indications are that the short courses for farmers and teachors which will commence nt tho Oregon Agricultural College January 4 wijl bo very well attended. For That Dull Feeling After Eating. I havo used Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for some time and can testify that they have done me moro good than any tabletis I havo eyer usod. My trouble was a heavy dull feeling after eating. David Freeman, Kempt, Nova Scotia. Those tablets strengthen the stomach and improve tho digestion. They also reg ulate the liver aid bowels. They are far superior to pills, but cost no more. Get a free sample at Leon B. HnskW Pharmacy and see what a OAKLAND, Cal., Dec 18. David Starr Jordan, president ot Stnntord university, will bo called upon to ex plain the Intent ot his speech regard ing woman's suffrage at tho recent Inauguration ot the new president of Mills colleg in this city. In order to provo to tho members ot the Oakland Equal Suffrage league that his state ments, believed at that time to havo been distinctly favorablo to tho suf frage cause, wore not two-edged. In his spoecn Dr. Jordan said: "I bollore in equal sutfrago for men and women, as a means of edu cation, and I am suro tho day ot equal suffrage will bo nearer when womon mako plain the use they would mako of their votes. If they will vote as men do for their pnrty ticket or for tho men who will divide tho most with them or their associates, there Is no object in adding to the over-loaded ballot. At yesterday's meeting of tho But fragetto league Mrs. Alma Kower, one of Its leaders, declared tho Stanford president's speech a reflection upon tho Intelligence of woman, and a thrust at tli0 causo which he Is said to have espoused. Tho matter was referred to tho cor responding secretary of tho loaguo, who was Instructed to write to Dr. Jordan and request that ho explain i th0 statements they believed to bo, sopen to a misconstruction. Mean-1 whllo tho discussion over the actual Intent of tho educator's declaartlons Is waxing warm. t i : PERHAPS AT NO OTHER SEASON OF THE YEAR IS THE VALUE OF THIS GREAT, GOOD CLOTHES STORE MORE UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED THAT DURING THAT DE LIGHTFULLY EXCITING PERIOD JUST PRECEDING THE ADVENT OF CHRISTMAS, WHEN THOUSANDS OF PERSONS ARE SEARCHING FOR GIFTS THROUGH WHICH ONE'S SENTIMENTS MAY BE EXPRESSED IN A PRACTICAL AND SENSIBLE i,..NNER. 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