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Oregon Historical 3se!itp City Hull 3 Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Wiowfri-Max. 1M Mta. 31 Precipitation ,61. ';! "urtr-nnfoiirt Tnr. Pally- Mnvrnlh Yrar OCCUPATION OF 110 SOON BY UNCLE SAM State Department Admits That Ef forli for Friendly Adjustment of Outrnucs In Mexico Have Failed Time for Action at Hand. Mrttlero's Answer to Taft's Demand for Redress Angered Taft Who Penned Curt Note in Reply. WAHIIINOIUK, Dec. 20. No nl lliiiHtuni linn yet been presented to l'rldeut Madnro of Mexico but n nolo curl nuil ovro nml domaiiuiiiK greater iiroti'ctlou of American llfo nml property U being prepared here thin afternoon, 'I'll Id admission was made hern to itny by tkcnlury of iitato Philander ('. Knox. lo woulil not Mate, how oyer, tivtticr the note would conr.ll tuto an nclunl ultimatum but It In believed horn that It will. OonKromiincu hero jispcct thi' now thnl Preidilcnt Tall ha "served mi ultimatum" on Madnro, outlining v lint would happen l( American worn not given greater protection, wni purposely permitted to link no Ma dero would (alto tho hint and act OiTiiMtlon Near WAHIIINOTON. Dee. 30 -Occii-tuition of n portion of Mexico by United Htnti'N troop within u month utile I'riHililuiil Mndcro nl ouro ac cede Im u now tiltlmatuiu sent by President Tail, la ailmlttmt today to Im more thuu a po-lhlllly by slate department official. Tho dopartmtinl admits thai r forta to reach a friendly ndjtistmcul ofHthii outrages aitaluat American rltliiiita anil American-owned pro perly In Mexico liatn failed, ond both President Tatt ami Secretary Knox renounce thn tlmo for action haa coiuo. MadnrnV reply to President Tuft 'a demand for rdre, received Inn December II. angered thu president nml bo (or 0 leaving taut ulgtil for I'.itiiniiii ho iM'iiiH'tl n curt ileniaud on MndiMo, In which evero thtcata weio iiniilo. Snk 1'iile Va Jul lu hla anawcr lo I'rcnldunt Tafl'a former ileiimnd, Maduro lutlinated that tho Aiuorlcaiia alnlu In Mexico deserved (heir fttti'i that Americana would not bo Indeiunllled for proper ty ilenlro)ed there, ami thai tho Moxlcan Hoverniuent tiractlcally la umiblu to keep order lu the country. Tho crlnl with Mexico follovsa a Ioiik aorlca of dlplomntlc oxchaiiKoa nml tho lutcHt tiltlmiitiiui makes It plain that WoahliiRtou no loncer In IuiiiIh to tomporUo with tho hltuii lion. Uriluta 1'renldeut Mailnro haa rUoii h autl'faclory nmpouao by tho limn I'renldent Taft rnturua from (Continued on I'uro Five.) LONDON, Dee. 'JO. Hitler wnr fore oh wiin ever licunl in lli Iioiims of eoinmoiiH ouHveiicil llio Nektons of lluil body today wlieu Ailuiirnl Imiil Cluiili'H lleieHt'onl, who la ii mi'inhui tho ili-Ht lord of tho nilmirnlly, Winn ton Cliuii'lilll, oliihlicil over tlio io tirciucnl of Vii'o Ailuiirnl .Sir Fniucln Ilridni'iiiiiu fioui llio poriittuu of Hrt ben loiil of llio lulmirnlly. ()lIOKiu III!) IlllllVIIH'lll of Hl'illKO mini, Lonl lluifhforil bitterly do iioiiiutiI Chuivlillli nocuhiiiK lilui of init'HiihiK ii iolloy of lnibcH mul llirculrt. IlmcHfoiil cliurKoil '"linek hlniirf iiihIIuiiIh" uiul upplieil "rtkulk iuu" nml ollior ciillnln of llio ho it to (.'liiirolilll. Ilerehford ilooliireil Unit if tlio hen IoiiIh tin red lo differ from Cliuroliill limy miio iliriinihscil from offiuu "in ii mimt iiiHoloui iniiiinor." t'linii'liill'H reply wiih winded with tlio billeiimt invective. Ho urged the mllrcmciil of llriiluumn limmusu of ilUlieiillli mid (lecliircil liu hud du muiided thu rotliomunl for that rcu bou nlmiv. CHURCHLL AND BEES D MX OVER BRIDGEMAN MH. I-ALMI-K FIGURES IN INVhSTIGATION kWtt&h lltpie-eniHiUc A. Mitchell Palmer. Deiuoi rutli' N.HIoimI I'oiiinilllcutmtii 7)1110 IVniixylinnbi, N one of (In- irlo Ipal chiiimier In the prcont lutcslU snil'Hi nl Washington, where ho has been charged by hi republican ml Niigue from IVninylniiilrt, Itfprcsciiln llteJnlni II. I'nrr, wiih forcing the fin plo)r uf lb- Delaware. Lsckuwaoiiii 4inl Western Ititlliiinl to toll' for tilin it tlio hint ritlou, Mr. I'nliucr i the forriiunt WIIon mail In Peniinrltaulii in the pre-conven-ll'ili fight laM Mirllie lie N nnltl lu iumo iiopliittlnui to U'J Into Mr, WlUuu'i t ublncl. AT LAST SERVICES TO WHITELAW ROD LONDON, Dec. 20 I'rlnco Arthur of ConnuiiKbt. reproiicutluK KIiik (leorRn uiul Queen Mary; many other notubtra and 3000 Amnrlcan. at noon today, attended the mem orlal rrvlcca to tho late Wbltolaw Held, American ambanndor to Ureal llrllnlii, In Wenlmlnlftor Abtcy here. Tlif KatbvrlnK Included all tho mem bera of (ho llrltlih rablnot tho arch billion of Canterbury, thu blahop of liudon, tho lird Ma)or, and diplo matic corpa, A choral nrnboatra rendered the llcethoven, Chopin ami I'urcolt fun er.il marchcN. A kuii carrluRc boro the caakct to Wratmliuter .bbe' from Dorchrnter lloimo. On top of tho caakel lay a wreath aoni by tho tiliiK mid ijuccn. After tho memorial aervlcea tho body waa taken to Portamouth under tho encort of thn OoliUtreain Ouarda nml a miard of honor from Victoria atatlou. Tho body will bo taken aboard tho llrltlih cmUer Natnl HiIh evculiiK. And tho warahlp will aall for New York on .Saturday, Tho widow of tho lute diplomat, nml Or doii Held, hla Mill, will null for America tfaturduy on tho liner Cam palmi. Tl CALLED TO TESTIFY WASIIINOTON, Dee. 'JO.- Tho Iiiimiii'm imrluci-H of .1. I1. Moivuu, tho New York hunker, will he culled lioforo tho Iioiim) money trust in etii;uliu' eouimittco uliou Hint hod. roMiinert iti probo hero .lunuury tl. They wilt he luikeil to explain, it in Kiiiil toiluy, the ili'tniln of xuHoiih Moi-Kiin deiils, ineliuliue; Hie loniui tlou of tho United Slulcu Slvel oor porutiou. Members nf the emiiiiiUten liime lo cud the hcnritiK us curly us possible, ho lulls intended to remedy aliened ubiihCH may be mohciitcil to thit kcs hioil Of COIIKIVhS. HAS PASSED AWAY OMAHA, Nuh., Dee. 20. Tliuiunt. llrciiumi, Irish patriot, who boasted that ho had seen tho interior of every prison in Ireland as a political pris oner, yet had never been tried, is doad ul his homo hero today. llrcniiuu wus hcurelury of tho Irish Laud leiiKUo lit tho time, of the Phoenix I'urk tragedy in Dublin when Lord Ouveiidihh wiih ussubsiniited, llo lias iniulo his home horo since his uhiiupo from Iruluml nuurly thirty youru n'o, ROYALTY PRESENT MORGAN'S PAR ER MEDFORD, AUSTRIANS ARE STILL MAKING Continued Preparations Are Made for War With Servla Steamers Are Converted Into Transports and Many Troops Arrive Dally. Extensive Fortifications Are Under Way Servla Is In No Condition to Make War on Austria. CKTTIN.IK, Monlenero, Dec. 'JO. That AiiHtriu Mill expect wnr to folluw It JIpulu with Kcniu over the nnniMiuceil intention of the Hulk mi atutea to iieipiire mi Albanian port in tho ltd! lie Ken i indicated by itH continiifd irepiiriitiou for lioatilitleM. NunierouH nteiiim hlpn art) Ileitis eon vei1c into trimhiHirtH, lurve numbers of troop nre arriving daily In Dal itinliii mid cxtcmUn fortifientions are under eouie nf ennui ruction. Aeeordiiii to AuHtrinii papers it is evident that thn people as n whole nm npitokfil tn ulliiuiiip; a xmiill na tion like Henia dictate at to what lirtN on the llnllie Sen ahe shall be allowed lo occupy mid it ceuis cer tain that A u-t rin will bark up her dietutcN with force of onus. One paHr hits openly liiulcd that KiiNhla is not to be feared as the Austrian I roup can j(rikc so rapidly Hint they will have occupied all Mm tepc Miints before the northern na tion can p't into action. Sen la, it Is believed, will not bo able to put up n determined opposi tlou owing to Hie fact Hint famine it at her doors nl prccnt following (Im part layril by the little nation in the ItnlUan wnr. All of her miiih liave I MTU called into battle uud nlnndy she is hrnvy Indrii' with her dead and wouiiiIhI. It Is slated that these two xitun lions have influenced Austria not lo recede from her iMiMtinn, taken when Son in first announced her intention of Kccuriui a seaHirt on the Baltic. crazedIyIef WOULD END LIFE SKATTLK. Dee. 'JO. - Cnire.l bv Brief over tho death of his wife, who was killed by u (treat Northern en Jin o wlAlo she wan 'llsliiii!? on n troatlo here, Hurry Kofjcrs this mor tiiiiKt nftcr twice nttemitiui; to ooni nut Miicide was arrested mid locked in the eitv mil. ltoirers tned to drown his sorrow in diiuk yealpnluy, wiih arrested last niKht mid released early this moniing. Ho iinme-lintcly went to tho trestle where his wife wiih killed, and was l-cttini readv lu jump off into Hie bay when a pedes trian cnus'iit linn, luey stmKlcd, mul Kogern then nttcuiited to throw himself in the path of mi engine. MATLOCK LEAVES TO KUOKNK, Ore., Pec. U0. Unwlll tut; to belluvo that tho lmndt killed recently at Hanta Ana nftcr attacking n 1 l-ycar-old girl wub Joo Matlock, former mayor J, I), Matlock of this city, futher of Joo Matloulc nccom panted by his other tou, Kd Mattock, Is today en route' to California to vlow tho remains ONE TO FIVE YEARS IS GIVEN DR. START POHTLAND, Dee. 'JO. Dr. J lurry Stall, thu first ouo to bo convicted us u result of ehui'Kert Rixiwin out of tlio current vho hcandal is today senteueed to n term of from ouo to ttvo years in tlio pviiHcntiury. Tlio wife of thu convicted man wiih iuvk. out whoit sentence was imposed mul wiih visibly atleutud. Tho trial of E. E. Wudemover. nn. ... . ., ... ...- , , ,... other uioinber of tho vieo rlmr hero. is boing couvliuU'd today, READY FOR WAR EW REMAINS OKI3GON, FRIDAY, DKCUMBHU 20, 11)12. SC f,I THE L-s 'lBaH lflS?mHH WSiSUSm BkiBH i3B naSKm a 'TrrVttafl f il93IHA0MllunrMIH BIBhMiM?IBfllHKBCMH RBBBkBBKBBBBHiBBB'BBhBBBBBBBB1BBhBH tsWBBBBlHBViiwflBBlBBr'BBKBBBBBBBBBE ' 1 tie nlfilp 'if lncr.1 ill nhiiw ih pnHrhin rarrilrg Hie ltl. of Joaiblio Jll palrlareh of the Greek Ctiorcb, from the ritir iII'ik 1 1 -r I'ti.i r where tlir reeU I'atri.u Ii letlrril n hen irlpii Ii lluli.-iiniecd lli Comiucror from Hi Seph a I V f r uer i-is in Ii lie w eon) n i mm; i'li'i' l.n.! T i k nt.il PihI u PontltnfM bU bedr -iiirl ami a m p. (! oai fie w,..'of( n ui i.ie ile t t j ii. h j (try oi M Driiieirlus. wbert bt wa burled, ll tS.t -iji'd a n.o-l . riv-ur rte TOF IS AfTACKED BY CHICAGO, Uc. 20. With bun dreda of clobwow'u back of thn nioventoul a "enjf ! HtIiir ram Iialfjn waa opened here today with (en carloads of etfK I'd up aold di rect to consumers from atatlona In all parts of the city. Home of (bo moat prominent wo men lu Chicago offered their cr vlcea an "aatcawomon" to Mr. John C. Hluy, president ot tho Clean Food club, which la inuunslnR tho talo. It la planned to aell tho eKK at ZK ccuts a doten, which,, accord I iik to market flRiirea, la '.'0 cents below tho prices asked by grocer. Chemical teRta of the egc aold will bo inado to provo their Reed quality. JURY WILL GET CASE IT HITFALO, N Y., Dee. 'JO. Tho fain of ). Fnink Mickey, self-con fescd murdeitir of senn-. ear-old Joseph II. Josephs, will bo in the hniuls of the jury before tonight. Alienist, elmivc tho lliekey knew what ho was (leins: when ho stranu led tho Josephs boy, two others innintniuiiiK the inability of tho mur derer to dialiu'uich between li'lit and roii. Tho ntlorneys nriied the enso this moriiiii)- and tlio court will de liver ils chiirxe to tho jury tins utt emoon. ADOLFO DIAZ IS NEW WASUINRTON, Doc. SO.- Adolfo Diaz nud Kordlimno Solotrnno aro elected president uud vIco-prcBldcnt reopectlvoly of Nicaragua by tho ua tlonal asbomtily, their tonus to begin January 1 next, according to formal announcement lu tho hands or tho Statu dupartmont today, Fl TO T MIDDL13TON, N. Y Dee. 20. California lawyers toduy wired Charles Urnko, an Inmato ot tho county poor house horo, that his brother, who died rccoutly, hud left hi in vn estate, vahtga n '500,ooq. LUNG CHICAGO WOMEN BUfllJlL OF CHEEK PATRIARCH, JOAGHIM III. 4 LeVVirvltf THCL UIXTI.C. CATHtDflAt- H. HALL IS BY WA.SUINOTON, Dec :0 John II. Hall, formerly dUtrlcl attorney ot OrcRon waa sentenced In 1690' to serve a tentence of sixty daya In tho county Jail and tojiay a tlnoof f 1000 an a rcault of Francis J. Ifcnoy'a charge against him In connection with fencing government landa was pardoned today by Preitdcnt Taft. Walt's cao la now beforu the United States .supremo court. POKTLAND, Dee. 'JO. Cliunaug that Francis J, Ileuey secured indict ments ngiiiust the lute Hcnntor John II. Mitchell without evidence suffic ient to convict, John II. Hall, former I'nited Stntes district nttomey for Oiviron. who was nardoiicd bv Hie liresitlcnt tmluv after Lclntr convicted n. n result of idiarges iinplicutug liitu in vuncd laud fniuds, bitterly denouneed Henry. "After mittim? S. A. D. Poter through tho third decree," Hull de clared, "Heney walked into uiy office with the statement: 4 have tho done on Hiuger Hcrmnuu. 1 can smirch old man Mitchell, but I hue nut cu ougli evidence to convict him.' I told him niv office could not be used to 'sinieir tho chiiructer of any man. lie later wired Ituosovelt asking that I bo reiuovcd. Ileuey wus appointed in my plnco, mid then begun trying to prove iniilfoasunce nguiitst inc. My enso has never yet been tried." It wus alleged that Filter mid Her mann, tho men referred to, were ngenth of Mitchell, et nl. III nhady luiid transactions. STOCKS AT NEW YORK NHYV YOIUC. Dee. -20. llrlslj u Inands for stocks at tho opctilifg "of tho market hero today resulted in fractional gains among tho stoudurd Issues. Union Paclflo proved, oxcop tlonally strong, recording a gain ot I CS points. Largo advances woro likewise scored by many ot tho loss prominent Issues. American Tobac co rote three points, Mexican Totrol cum 'li and Canadian Tactile 1H. Dillon Pacific boared to 1C0 5-8 af ter n scramblo for tho stock and a responso followed all along tho lino. Oulns ot between 1 aud '1 points woro mado by lloadtug, Steel and tho coppor Issues. Speculatlvo confldouco Hhowod ev ery ovldenco of Improvomont during tho morning scsslou uud wus attri buted to tho optimistic condition ot genoral business. Tho market closed firm, Honda were firm, JOHN PARDONED PRES DENT TAFT Cf THC PHAUVK. MAD KINO 0110 TO BE DETHRONED IN NEAR FUTURE MUNICH, IJavarla, Dec. 20. De thronement of Mad King Otto aad the installment of' I'rlnco Ludwb. the prince regent ot Hivarta, Is tho plan ot tho Uararlan premier who Imparted this Information today to thu Speaker of tho navarlan diet Otto haa ncter known that bo bi royal personage and hla dethrone ment Is planned for early In. 1913. Au'amcudmcnt to tbo constitu tion, to be submitted at a special tea alon of tbo diet in January, by which tho regency would be oblotshed and Ludwlg would rccelvo tho title of king Is the way Otto's dethronement Is to bo accomplished. GRIP OF BLIZZARD FAIlllO, N. L)., Dee. 'JO.-Ouo of tlio most terrific fclonus in the his tory of the titiiti has North Dakota in its rip today. Drifts from fifty to sixty fed aro reported, Ilailronds in nil sections of the state nro ham pered by tlio heavy Miowfnll, which at present show-; no Mgu of abating. TRIG 10 SETTLE EAT DOTH LAS. Aru.. Dec. 'JO. Per souul representatives of (lovcrnor Mnyotrenii of Sonoru niv hurrying to Cnnaueu toduy try to effect u hettlc mcnl of a strike of l'JOO Mexican lu- bo v iv in tho Green Canaiieu mines. o disorders nt (no nune were re ported toduy. Moro than 1000 Mex ican troops nro on guard, nud Hie mining community is pruuticnlly un der martini law. BASKET BALL HURTS ITHACA, N. Y., Dec. 20. Young women students at Cornell will not bo allowed to play basket bull with other colleges In future berauso ot tlio high norvous tendencies result ing. Tho athlotlu council took this step upon tho recommendation ot Ur. Kbthur Parker, who told the council that liitor-colloglato games were Injurious, NORTH DAKOTA NO. 232. ASQUITH SEES BALKAN PEACE Turkey, However, Intends ts Insist That the Greeks Cease Fifhtlng au.1 UJJ9d S3V oqt m p Re-Victualling of Constantinople. Austrian-Servian Dispute Is SahJ t Be Near End, a Compromise Hav Irtf Been Effected. LONDON, Dec. 20. Flat predic tions that the conferences now in sefvsion here would agree on (enna which would settle tho Balkan war wft mode hero today by Pemicr Amiith in niveaking at n lord mayor'a luncheon (riven by that dignitary to tho pence envoys before tuey were presented to Kinc; Georji 'T nm an optimist," bald Asquith. MI believe that the negotiations now in progress here between the Balkan combatants will be successful and that the outcome will warrant poster ity in regarding the peace- treaty of Iondon as one of tho city's proudest uud mst valuable laurels." .Soldiers of Fortune Killed Keports that the Gnribaldian Le gion lost nil its officers and had 400 men killed and wounded in the light ing ncur Janina have been con firmed. The legion waa composed of 12,000 soldiers of fortune, commanded by General Hicciotti Garibaldi, son of the Italian iiatriot. , Dispatches from Constantinople today indicate that Turkey intend to insist tlitit the Greeks ceaso fight iiifT and that the allies qball permit tho re-victualling of Constantinople. As tv result of this iiiforninjtion, nud despite (ho jirrdfctiewH of Premier Asquith, many observers believe the resumption of war in the Balkan will occur within u week. Thbj view of tho future is given strength by ilisjwlchcs received today from So fia which positively declare that tho I'ulguriun parliament will sanction no peace agreement under which Bul gurin fails to get Adriunoplo as one of tho sK)ils of war, Servian ustrtan Dispute It was authoritatively stated hero today that the Servian-Austrian dis pute wus practically settled nt tbo lost "conversation" of tho ambassa dors of tho powers here. Scrviu, it is said, Is to get San Giovanni di Medua or soma port near it, on tho Dalmntinu coast. It is reported that Austria will agree to this, and that bervm will thereupon abandon its cluim to hold Durazzo. Fl CHICAGO, Dec. 30. J, V. Lofjuo. a diamond morchaut was found today In bis offlco in tho McClckers Thea ter building in the heart ot tho loop" district today. His heau was crushed, his hands were tlod be hind him and a gag was In bis mouth. Tbero was no ovldenco of a struKgto. When a boy found tho corpso an empty cartridge lay besldo It, while In tho sumo room was Loguo's uato with tho door locked. How long the diamond dealer bad been deud and whether bo was shot boforo a blud geon crushed his skull will be deter mined at an autopsy. It la Impossi ble to toll whether anything was stolen until experts open tho lockod sufo. HAVE LOST LIS CONQUERING AIR LONDON, Dec. 20. Aviation sta tisticians figured today that 238 men and woinou havo lost their lives since men began to fly, including tho deaths of Aviator Kearny and bis passenger, Chester Lawrence, sear Los Angeles. N NEAR FUTURE MLER OND BOUND GAGED AND MURDERED VI WVlMi'':plliU''''-- "fr'lfr