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THE WlJATliER
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1910.
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REBELS WIN
FIRST BATTLE
REVOLUTION
Government Forces in Honduras Fall
Back in Disorder Rebels Start on
March to Capital City Fully 3000
in Rebel Ranks.
Plans for Campaign Have ,Been
Carefully' Mapped Out Estrada
of Nicaragua Will Remain Strictly
Neutral in the Affair.
PUERTO CORTEZ, Dec. 20.
Tlii! first skirinhdi between the rovo
lutiniiury forces under former Pres
ident Honilln mid the federal troops
vn.s fought here today near Cape
Oraciasadios,
Tho revolutionists were victorious,
the government forces falling hack
in disorder and the rebels, headed o
Honilln, and the American adven
turer, Leo Christmas, started oi,
their march aeioss country against
Tegucigalpa, tho capital.
Manilla and Christmas arrived to
day on the gunboat. Hornet. Tlieii
arrival was the signal for the leai
beginning of hostilities that have
been carefully planned for weeks.
The men who had been gathered and
drilled in Nicaragua, just across the
border from Honduras, at once
crossed tho Segovia river and pro
pared for the advance on the fed
eral capital. With Christinas and
Honilln a number of recruits arrived
and tho force that linally fell in foi
the long march numbered about 3000
men.
.lust across tho river a small force
of federalists was gathered. . TJicv
endeavored to stop the inarch, hut
after a short skirmish in which u
number of the federal soldiers are
reported to have been wounded, tin
federals fell back and the advance
of the rebels began.
Christmas and llonilhv have
planned n campaign of attack on
Tegucigalpa. They will march au
straight across from the Atlantic I
the capital as they can. Plans foi
furnishing their soldiers with stoic
have been made and the who'.e cam
paign has been carefully mapped
out. If it can bo avoided, no battle
will bo fought until Tegucigalpa is
reached. Then the revolutionists
expect to storm the city.
It is predicted hero that little real
resistance will he met by the revo
lutionists and in this section of the
country there is strong rcvoliitionuiy
sympathy. This, it is believed, i
largely due to the success of tin
Nicnrngunn rovolutiou, headed l
Estrada. Estrada and Honilht' art
friendly, although it is undorstoot'
that Eslrndn will observj' strict neu
trality. It Is boliovod here (hat sympathies
of the 1'nitetl States government are
really with Honilln, as President Da
villa, the present executive, is bo
liovod lo bo n close friend of Zolnya.
tho deposed president of Nicaragua.
HEAVV QUAKE
Province of Ells, Greece, Visited by
Tircmblor Troops Rushed in to
Preserve Order Hundreds of
Homes Are Wrecked.
ATHENS, Grooco, Dec. 29. A
lionvy earthquake, causing Immense
damago' mid probably a niimbor of
fatalities, Is reported In tho province
of Ells. Hundreds of buildings have
boon wrecked and gonoral havoc
wrought, nceordlng to maagro tele
graphic advices.
Troops hnvo been ordorod to tho
provlnco to maintain ordor. Tho In
habitants of the province aro said to
bo In a state of terror.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dee; 29. Floid
or .Tones, formorly of tho White Sox,
whoso namo has boon mentioned per
sliitantly In connection with the fu
tnro manasorthlp of tho St. Louis
Drowns today denied tlmt ho will talso
control of the torn as roportod.
WRECKS
HI
NEW BUILDING
EORUNiONMEAT
COMPANY HERE
Will Erect New Building Soon in
Order to Keep Pace Witli Increas
ed Business Four New Cold Stor
a.qc Rooms to Be Built.
Local Branch of Company Distrib
utes to All of Southern Oregon
Two Locations Arc in Sight for
Larnc New Building.
Heeuuso Its business has more than
doubled within tho past year the
Union Meat company has decided
upon the erection pf extonslvo addi
tions to their plant here In tho near
future.
Manager C. .1. Eastman of tho lo
cal branch o tho concern recently
submitted detailed reports to tho of
fices of tho .company In Portland on
two deslrablo locations hero where
permanent quarters hoflttlnj the lo
cal business might bo erected.
Whllo no word has been received
from Portland yet regarding tho ac
ceptance of any now location, the
recent reports that tho Southern Pa
cific company voro conomplatlng tho
removal of all tho warehouses front
ing their right of way on tho west
side in ordor to follow out their pol
icy' of parking gives credence to tho
belief that the Union Meat company,
as well as other present holders of
leases on property there, will have
to move.
According to officers of tho Union
"oncern thoy aro more than pleased
with tho recults thoy havo achieved
dnco locating hero. Tho local office
has boon informed that before next
summer four cold storao l coins, with
a. capacity of ono car each, Mill bo
erected besides tliclnstallation of
other Improvements that vill facili
tate the bandlinc; of tho greatly In
creased voh'ine of business handled
hero slnco tho erection of tho pres
ent temporary quarters.
The plant bore, which Is tho hcad
yuartors for this torrltory and also
supplies Klamath Falls, now has a
payroll and local expense account of
approximately $1200 per month. All
tho smoked and cured moats sold by
the concern In the local market aro
prepared hero In oMdford, only tho
raw materials being Imported from
tho outside.
PETITION BOOKS
CEOSE SATURDAY
City Recorder Tclfer Changes Date
From Monday, January 2, as It
Will Be a Legal Holiday and Can
not Be Utilized for Business.
Owing to tho fact that next Mon
day will bo a legal holiday, City Ro
corder R. V. Tclfer announced today
that candidates for office in llio
coming city election must file their
petitions not biter than o o'clock
next Saturday afternoon.
In answer to numerous telephone
inquiries during tho past weok, clerks
in the recorder's office have given
out the dato for tho dosing of the
files as .lanuaiy 2, an impression
Recorder Tolfcr now wants correct
ed. Only four potitions had been filed
up to noon today. They were tho.,o
of E. F. A. Hittnor, candidate for
mayor; John Deinmer, councilman
for the Third ward anil candidate
for re-election to tho samo office;
R. P. Little, candidate for council
man for the First ward; and 0. .11.
Millar, socialist candidate for coun
cilman from the Third ward.
Frisco Will Have World's Fair.
WASHINGTON', 1). C. Dec. 20,
Whothor or not congress sanctions
Snn Francisco us tho exposition city
in 10J.', a world's fair, oquwl or
greator than any other Paunma ox
po.itjon. will b hold there, accord
ing to Sonator Flint, who i pond
iuic hi holiday hero working iu con-
juHi'lon with the Snn lM-ancuav
ciiiiiinittoo.
Order Copies Of the New Year's Edition Now
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MASONS VOW NOT
III SWEAR AGAIN
Three Hundred Members of the Or
der Now Become Expert Counters
Came at Suggestion of Grand
Master of Iowa Jurisdiction.
CEDAR RAPIDS, In., Dec. 20.
Three hundred Musoiis are rapidly
becoming expert counters ns tho ro-
stilt of u vow taken by the Cedar
Rapids lodge never again to uso pro
fanity. The vow was taken at the
banquet table in the new consistory
temple here at midnight at tlio sug
gestion of Grand Muster Frederick
K.. Crane of Des Moines, who was
the guest of honor and principal
speaker at tho dinner. An appar
ently rational man, shaking his fist
at some cause of provocation and
counting rapidly, "one, two, three "
is said to be a common spectacle to
day. INVITE WEBSTER
TO SPEAK HERE
Commercial Club Requests President
of State Good Roads Commission
to Attend tlally Here Shortly
Andrews Writes for Date.
Acting for tho Medford Commer
cial club, Ed Andrews yesterday for
warded Presldont Webster of tho
stnto gqod roads commission nn In
vitation to deliver nn address In tho
Interest of tho movement hero nt a
rally to bo held within tho near fu
ture. No dato has as yct.beon set for tho
affair, It having been decided to as
certain first what tlmo would bo
most convenient for Mr. Wobstor to
como to this city.
Every effort Is bolng mado by tho
Commercial club to give Impetus to
tho good roads movement la this vi
cinity, and it Is hoped by that body
that tho coming year will seo rapid
strides mado In road Improvements
nnd construction In Jackson county.
E MEAT CO.
TO COME HERE
National Packing Company Recog
nizes in Medford Metropolis of
Southern Orcqon Dissatisfied
With Present Location In Ashland.
That tho National Packing com
pany, whoso headquarters for South
ern Oregon is now located at Ash
land, is dissatisfied with that city
as a distributing point and is con
templating the removal of its branch
warehouse to .Medford is the report
received in this city Thursday.
Unlike tho Union Meat company,
who do all their curing and smoking
for the local market at their plant
bore, tho report states that the Na
tional concern is only looking for a
site upon which to erect a ware
house, but whatever the kind of
building that will bo erected here it
will bo made tho jobbing headquar
ters for that concern for Southern
Orogon and tho contiguous Califor
nia territory.
Several local silos hnvc boon sub
mitted to the National concern and a
reproeontativo of the company is o.v
pocttfd to arrive bore to look over
the ground shortly,
Wnnt-HdverliNe the vacated room
and there will be a new tenant in
n few duy. i
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SI 4,000 PAID
FOR -SO ACRES
Ashland Citizen Buys Land Near
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Phoenix Tract Has Ten Acres of
Alfalfa Land Upon It Remainder
Is Wooded.
O. C. Cnly of Ashland hns purch
ased fit) acres near Phoenix. The
tract consists' of ten acres in alfalfa
on Hear creek bottom laud, the bal
ance is woodland extending one
half milo along the main county road
and adjoining the townsito of Phoe
nix on tho north.
Owing to the class of trees on the
place and its easy access jo Med
ford, this tract is ono of tho few of
its kind in the valley that can be
used for park purposes or developed
for subdivision in acre tracts for su-
burban homes with plenty of shade,
Thoeonsidoration was .$14,000. It
was owned by Mrs. Sarah Fell of
Sutli Dakota.
14 ARE KIEEED
BY EXPLOSION
Ice Plant Sceno'of Disaster Twenty
Are Injured None Escape Injury
Plant Almost Completely De
stroyedCause Not Given.
PITTSFIELD, Mass., Dec. 20.
Fourtceii men aro reported to have
been killed and 20 others injured in
an explosion at the' Morewood Lake
ice plant today. Ambulances and
physicians were sent from PiltsfieM.
More than 110 men aro known to
havo been in (bo plant at the lime of
tho explosion. It is believed that
none escaped injury. The plant was
almost completely destroyed.
Most of tho dead aro unidentified
Poles, Swedes and Italians.
Engineer William Dunn was hurled
200 feet. Martin Smith was thrown
mqre than 100 feci, bis legs broken
and his bend crushed. Paits of lb"
boiler were blown to tho tops ol
trees 150 feet away.
VANDAL AT WORK
AT FATHER VAN'S
Breaks Glass Front in Door A
Week Ago St. Mary's Academy
Suffered Reasons for Vandalism
Unknown to tho Father.
Somo unknown vandal last night
broke tho plate glass panel of the
front door of Rev.' Francis. Van
Clurcnboek's residence on South
Oukdulo avenue, next the Catholic
church. Father Van bad retired for
tho night and uns asleep when he
was awakened by tho crash.
A week ago, about the samo hour,
10 o'clock, ono ol tho upper window
in St. Mary's academy was similuriy
broken, evidently by a missile from
a sliug-shot.
No reason is known for the com
mission of thcho acts of vandalism,
but thoy are evidently tho work of
some ignorant person' cnlerlniiiing
violent religious prejudices.
Town's Founder Dead.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dee. 20. Wil
liam Hremcr, founder of (ho town of
Hremortou, whole the Paget Sound
navy-yard is now located, is dead at
his .home in this city after a pro
tracted illness. Hremcr was (0
Yours old and had Inetl m thin vicin
ity for 2'J j cars.
SEEEIN6 TO WIN
SIRUUUEi
Well-Known Politician From Port
land Says It Is Selling for Presi
dent of the Senate Bowcrman
Meets Great Opposition.
( Thai Hciv Soiling of Multnomah
will bo tho president of tho senate
during (he next session of the state
legislature is the belief of Dan .1.
Malarkey, tho well-known Portland
attorney and politician, who spout
Wednesday in Medford. day How
erman, who has entered the race for
the office, cannot win, owing to the
great opposition being offered. Mr.
Miilarkoy declined to discuss his own
chances.
"I havo not paid much attention
to tho fight for tho speakership."
stated Mr. Mnlurkoy, "as I havo
nothing to do with iho house IIow-
ever, "Captain Egglestou seems to bo
'developing much strength."
TRAINMEN WIEE
GET AN INCREASE
thought That Railroads- Will Settle
Dispute by Granting Increase of
I0J4 Per Cent Secrecy Sur
rounds Conferences.
CHICAGO, HI.. Dec. 20. Although
much caro is being exercised In
guarding commimicatioiiH between
tho union trainmen and the' managers
of the (11 western railroads, it is
rumored hero Hint tho trainmen's de
mand tor l.'j per cent increase will be
settled with HMi per cent.
Rapid progress Inward a final
settlement is being nuidc. It is suit!
that the innungers have already of
fered an increase of something over
8 per cent.
Tho secrecy which foul arcs llio
proceedings was brought about hv
a desire by the ninnngors and train
men to prevent strike talk such ns
marked (ho negotiations with the cu-
gincors last week.
TO START WORK ON
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Sisters State That as Soon as They
Receive Deed to Site That Work
Will Bq Undertaken Plan to Have
Building Ready by Fajl.
Word Iiiih been received by H.e
hospital committee of the Mfdfnid
Commercial club (hat as soon as the
deed (o the site tendered- the Sisters
of Providence by tho citizens ol
Medford is received that they will i.t
once (Jniiiiioiice tho erection of the
buildi'ig. The deed is now in escrow
anil will ho tendered heforo March
I, when work will probably shirt.
The Sister plan to ercot the most
complete institution of its kind lo
be found iu tho state outside of Port
land, They agreed to expend $1)0,
000 if Medford would expend .f 10,
000 for a site.
Falls to Fly Across Sea.
LONDON, Dec. 20.Fiiilurp again
marked the attempt today to flv
across the English channel by Rob
ert Lorraine, aclor and aviator. Lor
raine took tlj air in a trial flight
before venturing out over tho sea.
lie found that Ins aeroplane was not
in a III condition to make the hax-
Inrdous 1 light and descended.
PT
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POISON ALSO
USED BY BURKE
A
WITNESS
San Francisco Chemist's Testimony
In Famous Dynamiting Case Falls
Like Bombshell According to
Witness Tried Poison as Well.
Says Powders Applied to Woman's
Arm After Explosion Contained
Enough Arsenic to Kill a Dozen
Human Beings.
SANTA ROSA, Dec. 29. Powdors
opplled by Dr. Wlllnrd P. llurko to
tho Injured arm of Luetta Smith r-
tor tho explosion In Miss Smith's tent
contained enough arsonlo to kill n
dozen hnmnn bolngs, was tho etart
llng testimony given by Thomas
Prlco, a San Francisco checlst, at tho
llurko trial hero today.
Prlco said that tho samplo ho ex
amined contained enough nrsonous
acid to mako It 7 por cent arsonlc,
This, ho said, amounted to 24 94
grains to tho ouueo.
Prlco's testimony foil llko a bomb
sholl In tho court room, although
Its import wni exploited by District
Attornoy oLa In his opening iituto
mont. It was Introduced aftor n
sharp fight between the stato's at
torneys and counsel for tho dofensc.
Tho dofens plndd that th alleged sec
ond crlmo did not provo anything
connected with tho oftonso charged
against tho agod defendant, but
Judge Soawoll ruled otherwise nnd
allowed Prlco to testify.
District Attornoy oLa precoded
Prlco on tho stand to Identify tho
powdor Prlco examined aH that vhich
"MIsTT ShnthfseTrnTftjrTrnii''wTTcr
was tho only other wltnocs to testi
fy during tho morning session.
Consul Attacked.
WASHINGTON, 1). C, Dec. 20.
That the attack of Darchi by Japan
cso and Chinoso on Consul William
son of Hip United States foreshad
ows trouble is tho belief in official
circles hero today. The Japanese
government bus been asked for an
explanation and severe punishment
for the offenders will bo demanded.
Reports at the stale department in
dieu,(o that Williamson barely escap
ed with his life.
14 MILL TAX IS
LEVIED ASHLAND
City Council Fixes 1 1 Mills for Gen
eral Purposes, 1 for Park and
IVa for Public Library Need
$29,593.50.
Tho Ashland city council has fix
ed the annual tax levy at M mills
for all purposes, divided as follows;
Twelve mills for general and street
purposes and mills for park pur
noses ami l'i mills for library pur
poses. Newly nlected members of the
council wore present to take part in
tho discussion as (o (ho amounts lo
be levied,
Tho leu! ami personal property of
the district is assessed at .f2,7IO,l!lS
The railroad and other corporation
taxes have not yet been given out by
the stalo board.
A budget of estimated oxponnw,
compiled by City Ro'cordor Eggles
tou .shows that $20,rIK).fj() is needed.
Iu addition to this, tho Ashland park
commission makes mi estimate of
funds required by the park coimnis
ion for the year 1011 amounting to
f70(.05.
Quakes Are Felt.
VASHON, Wash., Dee. 23. Poo-plo-
living in nil the small enmmuni
tis on Vushon Island todny report
cd that three distinct unvthquuko
sbouks were foil hero yosturdav af
(ernoqii about f:20 o'clock. Crooh
ory was rattled in Bevornl homos,
but no damage resulted from the
temblors. The shocks were record
ed by tho seismograph at (ho state
umu'iMlv iu Seallle.
JAP IS FOUND
WITH WIRELESS
IN PHILIPPINES
Though Officials Arc Still Silent
About Discoveries Made During
Recent Raids in Manila, Activity
Indicates Startling Conditions.
Japanese Found Operating" Secret
Wireless Modern Instruments in
Use Arrest in Connection Willi
Explosives Is Made
MANILA, Doc. 29. Although tho
officials aro still silent about discov
eries whoa raids on tho Japanese
quartor In search of hlddon explosives
wore ordered, nclHy ngrtlnst ' tho
Japaneso In Manila indicates that
startling conditions were unearthed.
Ono Jnpaneso, roportod to havo boon
tho oporntor of a mystery wireless
outfit, has been doportod, and an
other, said to havo boon found by of
ficers during tholr raid, Is to bo tried
for tho alleged storing of explosives.
That a plan, presumably to placo
mines In Manila harbor, was discov
ered is Btill rumored horo and tho
movomonts of tho civil nnd military
authorities today nro boliovod to bo
proof of this fact.
Tho Japaneso who waH reported
and whoso namo has boon withhold,
was, accordlnc to woll defined reports,
found oporntlng a secret wireless sta
tion near Olongnpo naval station.
Tho wlrolocs station, It is nlloged,
was discovered when a passing ves
sel picked up a ciphor message sent
from Mils .station. An investigation
followed. '
Tho station, It lo roportod, was
'equipped With tho most 1ip-t6-rtKto In
struments. Heavy bnttorlou woro In
stalled, Indicating that tho station
was used to transmit long dlstnnco
me&sagos, Tho staUoa wae carofully
concealed but it was so located that
It looked down over tho unvl base.
It was at Olongapo that tho dry
dock Dewey sank mysteriously.
Whothor thoro is any connection bc
twoon tho actlvIUcs that resulted In
tho establishment of a wlrolosa outfit
ovoMooklng tho stntloiv and tho slnk
lu; of the dry dock Ib a question thnt
tho authorities horo aro evidently
tryftig to solvo.
Nothing ban boon clven out re
garding tho arrest, of tho Japaneso
charged with having Illegally stored
explosives. It Is boliovod, howovor,
that his arrest was tho result of tjio
raid mado by tho civil authorities at
tho alleged request of tho military,
to seize oxploslvos, which It was said
tho Japaneso had, and which, ac
cording to rumor, woro to bo used to
load mines nt tho naval anchorage.
That oxploslvos woro found, tle
nplto tho doutul of tho military au
thorities, Is tho general Impression
hero, and this Is Btrengthotied by tho
fact that an arrest In connection with
the explosives has boon made.
MASONS TO START
May Let Contract for Excavating
Before End of January Commit
tee Meets Next Week to Take Ac
tlon Plans Under Way.
In all probability work on tho Ma
sonic tomplo'wlll bo started next
month when It is planned to lot tho
contract for tho excavating qf tho
basement. This will bo d no In or
dor that work on tho erection of tho
building may "start early In tho
spring.
Tho directors of tho Masonic build
ing association will moot noxt
Wudnosduy evening nt which tlmo tho.
lirchltects aro now at vork on tho
plans. Thoy yl'l soon bo complotod.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dee. 29. Hun
dreds of Seattle voters nro signing;
tho petition being circulated by Mrs.
Kathorino O, Stirlnit turning; ta'tho
passage of a law abolishing mipl.il
puuishmout in this state. Tnraknulli
Das, a Hindu student jn Jhe' stalo
university, Is circulating tlio peH
lioiis among Iho students.
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