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City Hill s Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER i ( I Dully Hi mil Vriir. Fori) -KlMl Yimr, IS o PAY GREATER PARI OF TAXES Only a Small Percentage Is Paynhlo In County Warrants, Accordion, to Li'diil Opinion hy Attorney A. E. Realties, SHERIFF JONES WILL BE GOVERNED OY OPINION Sheriff and His Deputies Now Await Your Cash for Taxes. Tuxw wit' ilno unit mynlili today mill what i iiinro, payable in otih thai l, only wiiimII porwutiiKo I wyabl h iMiiiiily wnimnt. accord i In h IokmI nM)ii(n hmuK'H'iI liy A. I'h ItoHWH. Mlliutiiiy fur lh oountj, mill Sheriff Jimim will bo uiivcnu-il hy thin opinion. Tlio ulnto mid enmi ly levy in II mill. 01' thin hut 1.81) mill en ii Iik (mill In warrants. .Sheriff tliWVH ItHM lilted iiii h lx cnlloclinu office In (lie rouil nioiH, weoiid flour of the omul Ihiuno, mid fcith deputies a nil yuiir t'Mnh. 'I'll 11 AIMIHIIlt lf IMMW (llIC i HM I'ol lllWH! Sutw, eoiMily mhi! ollior lux Wl'JJrtl.i:! SpwUl whmil tax in3.Wf.MM HoiiiI tlUirioi m, 7n,o:7.:ii pcdnt city lux I7'I.:IIU.'J1 TuUl 7iUMI0,J.JMt MfidfordV lolnl tux i UH.r. milli or wliio i mi nmi county nt 1 1 minis I'ilv U.ft, ki'IhhiIh 8 mill, lloruoi' Kimim' oiHiiimi h'hhuI- HipPitnjijlT5jrtliy;iilili''tii wtir rarti w nt rmwwsr Mwlfi.id, Ore., Feb. in, HU'l W. A. .Ions. Sheriff, .lMcl.Hlit, OregOII. Dcnr Sir: Th iit ion Miihmittod i wlmt iinMrliuii of any taxpayer' lux for lliu your 111 1 1 in ihi.vhIiIii in iMiiiiily warrant i 'lint eml t Icvim aro for thiNm puiMn.e to. wit: 1. Aitnory, experiment xlalinn mid con nlv fttir. 2. Stall. Ihv. !l. County IumIi hi'IhhiI (x, ft. County mad ami bridge. (t. For Hit other niipoiot. .Suction :tll7'J provide in Miilmtmiiw that nil to en levied hy Mute mithor ily, or Hy u itiniiiiipal corporation, nr payable in yold mid allvnr t'oiii. Section H077 provide tlmt im lux collector kIiiiII receive n I inner Hinouiit in county order from any purunn for luxe tlitm the mtionnt of hiioIi pormui' county tux for tin yi'iii', or ytmr for which piiyinont t made. (County tax in melt iu i iniiilo for lli'uunil ooiiiily puipoHc). In othei word, out of which nny county wnr- i'miiI could ho piiid. In other word, miuli im in rnibi'il for geuernl gn -ornincntiil purponiM of tin county. No. 1. Armory, experiment fln llon iiinl county fair levy in provided for hy Hpuohil Inw, partly hy I ho law of 11)11, oruatiiiK u fund for the par ticular purpose, hill, of course, no part of thiu money could he lined for ucucrnl comity pmpoHon, hh it U a special levy for lliiw pinpoho. No. 'J. The itale tax would all Imvo to ho pnhl la ciihli under acction :ui7. No, II, Counly hiyli hcIiooI tnv levied under Ncclion IIKlt of the codu wliioli icipilroH it to he huown iih count v hili Hchool fund, and which irovidou tlmt it mIiiiII he miido hy a spcuinl tux lovy; hi'nce tliin is a spe iiinl aHseuMmeiit and the fund would not he applicable In the comity pur potiiM ncnerully, and the found could not he oroalcd or preserved unler". tlio lax hIiiiiiM ho payable in cash, No. !, County mihool fund is pro vided for hy KdctloiiH dOI'J uud 11)11 nud Jtlll lawn 'Th .Section -10 Ii! pro viilou for (hi) mviitiiiK of u county Hchool fund by a lax lovy for that liurpoHO. TIiIh Ih (ho Miction amend ed in U)ll at piie I'j:,, and this iinieuiliiienl providoni for tho creation of tho county uchool fund in thai inniiner. .Section 10-l-t provhlim un der wlial cirunniKlancoH certain por lioiiH of thin fitiul miiy ho IrmiHlorrod to upeciul county tax fund for u par ticular ilintrltil. NcceHHiirily, thin l u Hpceial fund out of which Kouoral coiuily epeuBCrt could not ho paid, mid the fund can only ha prcHurvoil or created hy a payment in cash. No. ft, Count v roadrt and hridKOH, ThU ia u '1-inill tux, levied under an- BLOW UP BRIDGE; 3? IN ARE DEAD Troop Train Crashes Throii(h Drldnc Destroyed hy Mexican Revolution ists Second Brldiji! Also Is Dyna mited. OVER 400 AMERICANS BELIEVED IN DANGER Fifty-seven Arc Killed in Battle Be tween Federals and Revolutionists. MKXICO CITY. IVb. 1.,. -Thirty oeveii IVdeml oldier met death to ilnv when a (roup I rain cniKlcd iIiiohkIi ii hridxe over the Ainai-u-a rtver, iicnr (lueimo, that hud hecn d.Minmiled hy icvolulioiiii. A mcc oiul hiiiliic wh til-o de I roved hy (he rt'brtlw. Tint tmin went throiiKh I.xtht bridne, in the nlle of (Inerieto, nhoiily Hflcr the s incline had heen dyiiHiiiitcd. 'fhe Xnnuijo briiluc u hImi dyiiiunilcd. DiopHtchoft received here today in dieiitc that 'iiH(uiliiH hnc Hiiiroiind ed Torrcoii. .Moie than f(IO Amen I'HIM lelt tlieie in n hiecinl tniin ln-t nilit ami no iicwh has heen received from the t niiu oince it Marted. Tor rcoii i believed to he doomed iiiiIchh (Icneml Truxiuo, coiiiinamliuir l.'illll iVderal troopH, a r rivet, there hooii. I'iKhliiiK hum rcKiimcd today at Santa Maria, wliero fedenil troop ince early yitlurday have heen try in; to diilodc a force of jipnti-tnw enlreiielied there. vl'lfty-fovtm foldieriH met dealh al Chain Curium in a hattlu between government troops mid revolutionihls in wbieli the latter were victorious. The H'liels then looted and hurneil the town, liilliuc ninny resident. I'mieho Villa ,a uotorioim liandit and a I'oiuier xuppotter of President Mailero, in hmdiuic the revolt in Par rat. lit has a force of f0() men. Ilnttlo In Si reel n. NtHlAI.KS. Arir... Feb. If.. Kour federal niuirdincn were killed uud a eoic of peionh wore injured in an uprUini: nniiihl the fedenil mid civic authoiitioft hy Va?(uiiliif), ueconliuj; to iicwn reaeliintr N'oales today. Aft er a pitched battle of an hour in the sticets, the hiMirreolos woro dis ported mid Mcveral prihoners taken. Minor diHlurhauces are reported at llcimohillo mid (liuiyuuiK, whero tho eitirenrv threatens revolt ajjainut Vice (inwinor (layoa, whom thev claim forced himself into office after uppiircnll heiii); defeated at the olee- Iioiik follow inn the NiicccMtiful rcvolu lion iiKniuxr the Diax ovcrnnienl. FOUR WILL DIE FRIDAY FOR MURDER SIIMN(1FIK1.I), 111. Feb. IB. Cominutiitloa of tho death Boutoiico today denied them, four men mtiut dlo tomorrow for tho murder of Fred MuoUow, Jr., killed at OhlcnKO Intit October, Tlio prlbonorH aro 10. Witld, Frank ShlhliiHkl, 1'litllp Soinorlliu; and TbonuiH ffchultx. STOCKTON, Cnl. J. W. Williams, wanted In Portland, Oro for buiKlar IseliiK a poatorflco January 22 last, wan arrcHtod hero today by llenuty United Hint oh MaiHhal Klornun. thority of suction (lil'JO. This provides lor tlio creation of a general road fund and tho section expressly pro vidos, "Said taxes shall ho paid in money." No. II. For all other purposes, comes under hootion '1077, providing that tho collector shall not recoivo a larger amount iu county orders from any peiMiu than tho amount of that person's county tax. Uonco this tux may all ho paid iu county warrants, uud it is tho only portion of tho tux lovy which, in my opinion, could hu paid in that tuanuer. This is not u maltor over which tho county court, or any county of llcial, has control. It is governed by the legislative nets ahovo referred to, Younj very truly, A, 13. UKAMK8. MI3DJT0RD, EVIDENCES OF CALE WEATHERED BY TORPEDO BOAT TERRY. j. C.rKti-iatx. Tlmt tiie torja'do tont Tcrrjr wns nl tin mercy of Uio wure In the roceut Kcrere K'llo off the Carolina In shown lir pliotocrnplii of the only lifeboat that wa not waalird overboard and of the Mniichloiii bout hy tho force of tbe Kreiil irtluuie of water. The 'ferry In bclns reflttcil at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Meiitunant Com inn mler John C. Fremont U rofue Id IiN tiruUe of bl uieii'H work during the ktorm. ifiW WILL "" BEAWITIIESS Former Boss of San Francisco Will Appear Fickcrt Says There Will Be No More Bickering Over the Matter. HAN FUANCISCO. Cnl.. Fob. 15. In the trial of formor Mayor Kiikoiio K. Schmltz on a charKc of bribery In connection with the K'n rate cuw. Abo ltuef will bo cnllud to tho Htaud DlKlrlet Attorney Flvkort nunouurod today that ho had dochlod to call ltuef without further dickering with the former Iiohh roKiirilluK thu ills minimi of ludlctiueiitH on the reaorvo calendar. ltuef Iiiih not kIvou tho illstrlct at torney any Indication an to what ho will do when ho takes tho xtnud. For Home tactical reason, which bo wIhIich to keep neoret for tho present, Flckort IntoudH to Buinmon ltuef, al though eatlroly In tho dark on tho probable coumo tho ox-boss will tako when placed on tho stand. "Ho may cIiiuiko hlH mind whon that llino comes," ald Flckort mys torloiiHly. A mild 8innatlon waa npruUK In tho Sehmltz rao when drawing of a Jury wnH roHiimed today, Counue: for tho defoitDO had boon Informed that Herman Nathan, ono or tho Jur ors pormanuntly In tho box, had ro tnurked prior to IioIuk soluctod as n Juror, that ho bellovod Sohmltz to bo an guilty an Abo Uuof, and would! llko to i;ot on tho Jury to "aoad him aurosn." Nathan would not deny tho nllofia tlon, and a eballongo for causo was allowed by Judt;o I.nwlor, leavlnR throo aeats In tlio box to bo filled. A now vonlro of 25 has boon Bunuuonod. 4 KILLED: 25 HORTJfHURECK Eastbotintl Train on Pennsylvania Is Derailed Ten Cars Go Into Ditch Many Persons Have Narrow Escapes. CI.KVKLANI), 0 Feb. 1. Four poisons aro reported dead and about 'Jfi others injured in a wreck nt War rior Hidgo Pa., at noon today, when mi oiiHlhouud limited train on the Pennsylvania road was derailed. Ton cars, according to reports, wont into tho dltth. Warrior itidgo is DO miles oast of Alloonu, OHIMON, TJiTHKIMY, W rrm tiiE uii. ivwx.?' .. JMSL A 0D y aKzZr$mJMf& j ki r jrmsp u,T..iaroua AJfO UEVTEKMCJr c.c.AiarTotr Hovrmd irAcinou IS. GARDNER I Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Fiom Clrxtitt boftt Husband Was Injured in Wreck on Pacific & Eastern. The supremo court has dismissed tho appeal In the en so of Myrtle Gardner, respondent, nguinst the Pacific & Kattera Itallroad coinimuy. TIiIh wrh a case iu which thu lower court rondered a reward of $7500 dauiHKe for the plaintiff. The odn lon dUmlaxliiK the enso was given b .liiHtlce Mcllrlde. tho reason being that tho brief In tho suit was not filed within the stipulated time by the defendant company. Tho case wax an appeal from Jackson county. Mm. Gardner sued for $7500 dam- agon for tho dentil of her husband, who was Injured In a wrock near Kaglo Point, dying lator. Ho was an engineer iu tlio employ of the company yuanIFkai headsjrepublic National Chinese Assembly Names Late Premier as Ruler Provi sional President Resigns His Of fice. NANKING, Fob. 15 Tho National Ghlnouo Assembly oloctod today Yuan Shi Kal, emperor of tho Chl noso republic. This action followed tho resigna tion lato yestorday of Dr. Sun Yat Son s provisional president. Dr. Sun advised his ndlioronts to rally to tho support of Yuan Shi Kal. Despite coutrury toports, It Is believed that Tang Shao Yl, who acted aa Yuan's representative at tlio Shanghai peace conference, will be tnndo prhno min ister. Tang Shao Yl It Is aald do cllned tho preferred premiership, but It Is believed Yuan will bo able to obtain his acceptanco. Dr. Sun Yat Sea will retain tho presidency until Yuun Shi Kal Is Inaugurated and his cabinet named. Tho selection of tho ministers Iu scheduled for tonight, in hla letter to tho national assembly Dr. Sun says: "Yuan Shi Kal la n iv.an of constructive ability and ono upon whom a united nation looks hopeful ly. Tho happiness of tho country do points upon your choice. Farowoll." Yuan Shi Kill's falluro to conio to Nanking has enused many persons to oppose him, fearing ho plans a mill" tnry dictatorship, -TZiZm:mmmmmmMs w zr v-f . KZfc. -v I I T' . I zWHk' W S SI VVMMUAHY 15, 1912. bUit E.Y GIAJTT WAvr., WOMEN WRECK MEAT MARKET Enraged Because Dealers Raised Price of Kosher " Meatr"JivVlsh Women Take Summary Action Against Offender. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 15. En ragod because Jewish meat dealers had raised tho price of Kosher meat and then attempted to preveut the operation of n cooperative meat mar ket tlioy had startod as a means of relief, 25 Jowish women In South Portland today wrecked the Kosher meat market of H. D. Knudelman, knocked down Knudelman and Rab bi G. Ilalporn, who slaughters for him, and poured salt and kerosene over the meats. A riot call was turned in and a score of pollcemon wero eent to the scone. Tho disturbance was over, however, by the tlmo tho bluecoats arrived and Knudelman contented hlmsolf by swearing out warrants against seven of the women who par ticipated In tho affray. Recently a Gentile moat firm start ed iu tho district and undersold the Kosher mnrkct, until recently the Jews banded together and bought their rival out. Tlioy then promptly raised the prico of meats 4 cents a im u ml to mako up their losses and tho Jowish women opened a co operative moat store. Tho womon alleged Knudelman thou porsuadod the Union Meat com pany not to sell to the cooperntlvo store and when no meat wns deliv ered today the women organized and descended on Knudolmati. Ho was badly battered. Mil SLOWLY BURNS TO DEATH Is Chloroformed by a Country Doc-j tor Three Die When Freight Trains Meet In Hcail-on Colli sion. POHThANl), Me., Feb. !. Pinned beneath tho wreckage of Grand Trunk train, ono of his arms slowly cooking, Harry Corliss, n trainman, was today chloroformed by a coun try doctor at Yarmouth. Fifteen min lit os later his body was a charred muss. Two oilier trainmen wero mo killed in tho wreck, which was caused hy u head-on collision of freight trains. INTERSTATE RATES TO THIS CITY LOWERED Commission Grants Southern Pacific Permission to Charge Less for Freight Haul, Frisco to Portland Than Frisco to Medford. EXCESSIVE RATES ARE TO BE REDUCED Decision Is Rendered in Case Filed Against Espee by Medford Traffic Bureau. WASHINGTON, Feb. i.',. The in terMntc commerce conuuiiori today granted the Southern Pacific rnilroad permission to continue to charge less for the freight haul between San Frnncinco and Portland than to in tennedinte points. It further pro vided that the rates to intermediate points which now are excessive shall he reduced. This new ruling by the interstate commerce commission tomes as the direct result of n fight made hy the Medford traffic bureau to have freight rates lowered between San Francisco and Medford. According to the men who have directed the ef forts to have the.e rates lowered to an equitable basis the foregoing dis patch from Washington menus that the contentions of the bureau have heen .sustained in n great degree nud that Medford will enjoy lower rates from San Francisco. Until the en tire deci.xion and order Is received, however, the amount of the reduction is unknown. The decision today covers n case affecting the long and short haul clause The Medford traffic bureau case against certain excessive rates will probably be decided late today or tomorrow. This will point out the exnet redifptions to be made. The two cases were very closely nsp ciatcd. AMMONIA PIPE BLOWS UP; ONE IS DEAD CHICAGO, Feb. 1.'). Instant denth to one person and probably fatal in jury to four others was caused at tho plant of the Armour refrigerator company here today hy tho explosion of nit nmmonia pipe. MESSENGERS ARE R0B8EK0.000 First Big Robbery in Years In New York's Financial District Is Re- 0 ported The Robbers Make Their Get Away. NEW YORK, Feb. lo. Two hank messengers employed by tho Kast River National hank wero held tip to day, beaten and robbed of .f'20,000. Tho thugs escaped. Tlio mossengers woro en route to tho hank when tlioy wero assaulted mid robbed. It is believed the rob bery was tho work of mi organized band of crooks who had laid their plans beforehand. This is tho first big robbery report ed iu years below theo "dead lino" established hy tho police in the tliiau cial district. SOUTHERN OREGON GOLD ORE IS BEST SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 15. Willi more than 200 repre sentatives of (lie mining in dustry .of .tlio .northwestern states attending, tho North western Mining congress opened today. Oregon is rep resented hy 30 delegates. Southern Oregon's exhibit of fiOOO pounds of oru was unan imously declared tho best ex hibit of gold ever displayed in tho northwest. HHHH H I Itnln, Max., It; nilii., s't Relative humidity, 71 Pet. mm No. 281. 41 ALLEGED ARE ARRESTED Unions Believe That at Least. 50 Out of the 54 Men Inttlctetf Are Inns cent and Will Work for Their Ac quittal. DEFENSE FUND OF r ' v ,.$35,000 NOW AVAILABLE Vl . Each of the Men Indicted Is Accused jn,32 Cenntrof Con spiracy. INDIANAPOLIS, iiid., Feb. 15. United in the beliof tlmt nKJeAfit 50 of the, 5 1 mo'mbers'pfUie Irot'i Work ers' unionVfndicted here for alleged dynamite conspir(jcv.ne, iJnoccnt, a number fftrmj'nV with hendd.u'urtcrs here nre planning to; sacuretfor tho accused men free and impartial trinls. Particularly among thoso moving to tho defense of Lhg ft,cc,ilHed labor leaders is James Lynch, president of the International Typographical union.;) Lynch i.s arranging n conference of all unions whoso headquarters are located here to discuss the raising of. a defense fund and, probably, to have some other than United States Judge Anderson try the eases when thoy come up March 12. Frank M. Ryan, president of tho iron workers, who heads tho list of men accused of complicity in the Mc Numnru dynamitings, is arranging for a meeting of the union's executive honrd, which must net before its de fense fund of iOOO now on hand is nvailable for the use of the indicted men. Of the 54 men indicted by tho fed eral grand jury for alleged complicity in the dynamiting plot, 41 have bcon arrested, six nre nlready in the cus tody of the United States authorities and the remaining seven probably will be arrested today. These are: M. J. Young, Boston, member of the execu tive board of the Iron Workers' union; William K. Benson, president of the Detroit Federation of Laber: John McCray of Wheeling, W. V., for mer member of tlio Iron Workers executive hoard; Milton Davis of Philadelphia, M. J. Irwin of Peorin, III., Frank Pninter of Omnlm and Patrick Iiyan of Chicago. Of the labor lenders nlready ar rested, Ernest Bnsoy and Edward Chirk of Cincinnati nnd Hiram Kline of Muncie, Ind., organizer of tho In ternational Ikotfierhood of Carpen ters and Joiners, are still iu jail here, having been unable to furnish ih bonds of .foOOO each demanded hy the state. Each of tho labor men indicted is uecu-ed in 112 counts of conspiracy and of illegal transportation of dyna mite. All were arrested on the ono indictment charging conspiracy, but all aro also named in the other in dictments charging the illegal trans portation of tho explosives alleged to have been used by union wreckers from stato to state. DENVER, Colo., Fob. lC.Indig nant dcnicl of intimations by Detec tive W. J. Hums that ho and E. A. Clancy of San Francisco had "squealed" on the indicted iron work ers was made hero by II. W. Legloit ner, a formor membor of tho execu tive board of the International As sociation of Bridge nnd Structural Iron Workors. Clancy h tx first vice president of tlio organization. Both were indicted in connection with tho alleged dynamite conspiracies, war rant having boon served hero yester day on Lcigleituor. "I would not know Burns," said Legleitncr hero today, "if I mot Jiim on tho street. I uovor saw him nud I don't euro to see. him. I know nothing against tlio officials of the organiza tion that would incriminate. Tlioy all are honorable men, "I do not beliovo that John J. Mo- Nnmnrn's confession is truo in ity en tirety. He probably told it to mtvo his life. If MoNwiinrii nnd Ortio Me Mnnignl got .$1000 a mouth 'for or ganization' I never know of it. Thin ohargo scarcely hcouih worthy of con sideration, us John MeNadinru ac counted for overv penny that he spent, and it was all expended hi a, legitimate manner," MR