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"-( k a c tc 07 Sccui s!St l Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nlr tonight and tomorrow Max. IHj Mln. 2(1. forty. tlilrrt Tr, Dnlly ICIhIiIIi Yimr. MI5DFOIW. OftECION, MONDAY, DKORMBER 1, 3913 RpsnnK97ic'i. NO. 215 CONGRESS NV IN LONG SESSION TO RUSH THE CURRENCY BIEL TO FINAL PASSAGE TUG NEW JBRUCy. r THE MICHIGAN o THE VIRGiflTATHE LOUISIANA - THE. RHODE ISLAND """"1 --- ' fiftutlm m' i m i ' --,. -- ' M , , -s 0t3QlOJBBr MBj8jjgj MEXICAN TROUBLeI Hh iK-b " " k a v r livi i-k. ra a.m v ..iaiUTT:2s-r- :l&r POLICE ARMED ; THa AMBRIGW BArttESHlK Of F VERA CRfpgWg '4 I U DC H li 0 1 I IlnL - - g-.: JH AT NMNAPH R FXTRA .WNflN R ON M UK RA RHAn ASF I7H AYA FRFF nFMUffl RRA ITS NOWREGULAR F0R19T5BUDGET KENTUCKY CASE TOGOJOSPAIN ilFEMFEIT Most Important Lcylslnllvc Proijrnm In Years Interest Centers In Ap pearanco of Wilscn Tomorrow to Read His Annual Message. WASHINGTON, Dee 1 CmiKruim convened ut noon today for the regit lnr. or "Iuiik" svstloii. It faced tlio iiiont Important legislative program In )cr, Interest ci'iituroit In thu appearance tomorrow of President Wilson before n Joint session to road IiIh uiiiiuiiI message. Legally, thu event marked tlio ad vent of tlio "second" session of tlio. 03rd congress. Practically, tlio ex tra i.osslon liipttnl Into tlio regular mHloti. Final preparations for re ceiving. I'ri'Hlilunt Wilson tomorrow wero innito. It wiyt curtain tlio presi dent woulit deal principally with tlio necessity for regulation of nlant cor porations. .xilot Commit (cc Tottny practically tlio only business transacted by tlio suuuto ami hoimo iih to npiolnt commltU'ON to notify ouoli oilier uiul iinotlior to notify tlio prtHlili'iit Hint thu coiiKroHfl hail ro atiNutnliloil. Itcnl work will IickI'i Wuiliicsilny whon tlio mointo wilt tal.o up llio"llutcli-ll(itiliy" lull, llfforo thu Iioiibo mloH coiiunlttoo lii'iirliiKH will lioKiui of orKunltntlon of i upoclnl "woiuun HiiffrnRO com inltlDo." Tlio "nilniliiUtrnlluii" enr ronry bill will bo tnkon up by tlio mm ato Into thH wuok or oarly noxt. Tim tmnato will voto Dorombor hIx on tlio "llotcli-llotcliy" bill nml thon prob ably alto up tlio currency bill, l'ro HpcciH nro for piiHHnito of tlio curroiicy mi'iimiio within 00 or UU ilayu. Tlio Alaulinu rntlroad bill will como up noxt Moudny li) tlio uonato, butjirob ably will bo pitHfiud ovor to contluuo uiirroury iIIhcudbIou, Adjounimont of coiiKroHu Doc, 11), until January 5 for tlio holiday In phiuiuul, llcuvy Ntliciliilo I'ropoNoil KacliiK coiiKroHu tlila wlntor Ih nil uiitmually "buuvy" no!iodiilo. Twolvo roKUlnr nnd aovoral upoclal npproprlu tlou lilllu iiiuul bo pnsaud. Truat icKUlutloii and umoudmout of tlio Hhormaii liiw will bo tnkou up by tlio liouvo Judiciary coiiunlttoo. Movu intuit for coiiKroKHlonal IuvchIIkuIIoii of tlio copper Htrllio at Calumet, Midi,, and tlio Colorado coal utrlko wiih ronowod today, ItoporlH from tlio hoiiiKo mid liouao "lobby," luvoHtlcatliiK commlltcoH nro oxpoctcd noon. Uoforiu of tlio nu tlunal ImnkliiK luwH, iih an acljum;t to tho curreuoy bill, uluo e1 uidor wuy today, Departmental Estimates Sent to Con (jress Medford Given $24,000 on Postofflce Large amount for Or egon Rivers and Harbors. WAHIIINdTO.V, Dor. J. It win cohI iino billion, ouu hundred nml rilit million nml n- few odd Hkmih miilft of dollar to run (ho V. S. nnv crmiiciit umU'r llm democrutic econ omy roKiino in 11U5, uccordiutr to do imrliiH'iilnl untiumtcH Hiilmulti'd o coiiiohh today liy Secretary of tlio Treasury .McAiloo. Tlio pruuiiif kuifo wiih thoroughly npplied to tho figure with tho remilf that, thoupi tho uoNernuicnt liiixiucHK will ho much viihter in 1111.1, the cHtimntcx call for only uhoiit .l 1,0(10,000 uioio limn wiih uppropiiiitcd for 1IUI. Tho tnlul cfttimntcx, iiicliulinj; .f;itltl,ll.r:i,117 for tho postal .eriei (imyiihlo from postnl revenue) call for 4-1,108,(181,777.02, n niinst I,7l,:i0r,8tH.7: nppropriated for 11)1 1. IViihIohn Slimv Cut Wlioro in other ourx tho ppiision roll Iiiik urowu hv enormous leaps, lliix .Neiu'ri ehtimiilo callri for mora Hum .fl 1,(100,000 cut. Tho total cs liuialo U .fl (HI, 1 .".0,0110, us iiKiiiiiHt .flHO.IIOO.OOO for HIM. Tho ilepnrliiieut of labor, which Iiiih complained of tho pinch of pin- Preparations Made to Stop Violence by Bloodshed If Possible by New Mayor In .Effjift. to Crush Team sters' Strike fieup Complete. Forty-Fifth Decision Against Traffic Lines by Supreme Court, Which Upholds tho Right of States to Creato Railroad Commissions. (Continued on I'"Ko Plvo.) ENOT RAILROAD REBATE WASHINGTON', Doc. J.- (liniit inu of "lijjhtoraKO nllowaiiccs," do uoiiucod by inilrondH iih rchalcri, wax ileohirotl alid holo today ly tho lnitcd Slates Kiipremo court, which affirmed tlio United Slates commerce courl'ri dPoibiou, enjoining tho ordor of tho lutoiHtiilo coinmoroo continU bion oidoriiiK u ucbHatiou of tho practice. Tho decrco wiih considered a Vio lory for thu Arhucklo Siifrnr com puny in tho fio-cullcd Hiipir lighter ii(jo caho iiistilutoil hy tho Federal' Siikiii' ItofiuiiiK oompauy. Tho conn, however, rofiiKcil to dooido whether tho IIkIiIi'I'iiku ullownnccrt fell within tho provision of tho "commodities clause" of tho interstate commerce not, WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Kcu- tucky'ri ma.imum fieicht ralo law was nppnivcd, la effect, hero today hy tho United States supreme court iu n tet htiit lirouht by the I.ouiri villo d Nashville rnilmad. Tliju de cision ivnffirmed tho rislit of staten to create railroad commihHioiiH with tho jKiwor to fix intni-Mnto rates. While the hiiprcme court did not directly tleolnro tho inaximum freight law vanlid, it nffinncd the dcciidoti of tho ICcntueky court. Tho Kentucky rate ease was the luM of thu forty-fivo so-called "rail road rate cnhcn" betoro tho court, forty-four ol which wero decided liibt June !iKiiiint Iho rnilromls, beuiiiuinir with tlio famous Minnesota case. Itmtioo lluj-lics framed tho decisioim in tho former ciisen, which nroso from Miniii'Mitu, ArknusiiH, Missouri, Ore koii ami Wet Virginia. In all the rijilit of Rtao railway commissions to rcKiilato iiilra-state rates, althoufen they iiiuideulallv affected inerstate rates, until conurcHrf acted otherwise, was maintained by the court. Au thority of htalo railway conimis bions to rcKulnto their inlm-stato rates was sipiarely raised in tho Ken lucky case of today. The Kentucky federal courts upheld tho "state's right,1' dootriuo in tho trial holow. Tho statu railmad conuiiis.sion of Kentucky was created under tho 'MoChord" net, a state law passed in 1000, as drawn hy Interstate Coinnioroo CoiiuiiisMoner MoChord. It kiivo tho btato commission power to "fix reasonable rates and enforce rchlitution of ovorolinrKOft'' upon strictly iiitra-stnte I rut tie. Nicaraguan Government Withdraws Extradition Request, Satisfied If Former President Leaves Country Carried In Trunk to Escape. Indianapolis Veterinary Surgeon Held Up to Jury as a Monster of Im morality in Opening Statement In Trial for Murder of Dr. Knalie. & L WASHINGTON, Dee. 1. Slmul taneous with the onenini; at noon to day of tho regular bcsMou of con Kii'hS, the fotly-fifth uuuiial conven tion of tlio Amoricuu Woman Suff rage association hcpin with Or. Aii'vi Howard Shaw piof.i(IInj. Fully 1000 deloijalee, representln? every ututo iu the Union, weio present.. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. Through its leual reprcsenlatives here, the Nicaraguan Koverninent today with drew its reiitioot for the extrudition of ex-l'rcsident Jose Santos Zelnva. The Niearncuan lawyers told So licitor JospdIi W. Folk of the state department they would ho satisfied if tho United States deported the ex proMdent to his home in Harccloua, Spain. From tlio fact that the ex tradition application was withdrawn, it was surmised that miiuo such pmmiso was civcu. The application, as tiled, dm rued Zelaya with Murdering two Niearai; unns during his term of office. It was believed, however, that what he really was wanted for was the kill ing of two Americans, Grace and Cannon, executed In Nicaragua while ho was dictator of that country. The final guess today was that iue Nicnrnguaii goverumont suspected he was in New York, whore ho was ar rested, to cook up a plot for another descent on tho little republic and wanted either to get him into its own hands or scare him out of tho hem isphere. When ho hoard tho extradition wnrrant was out for him, Zelaya hnd himself carried into a friend's New York npartment in a trunk. The pol ico found and arrested him, how ever, held him for somo time, in a cell and then turned him over to the federal authorities, who locked him up in tho Tombs, whence he was subsequently released hy virtue of a habeas corpus proceeding. I'F :$2000 1 F0R1VI0LATI0NS WASHINGTON, Nov. 1,-Tho United States supreme court nffinn cd today tho ;'J000 fiuo imposed hy the federal court at Buffalo, N. "., upon tho Lackawanna railroad for violation of tho "commodities clause" of tho inteilato commerce net. The company admitted transporting hay to ho sold to its own initio Atahles at fioranton. hut challenged the validity of tho clause. SHKLBYVILLE, Ind., Dee. 1. Opening with n scathing denuncia tion of Dr. William II. Crnin, well-to-do head of an Indianapolis vet erinary college, as a monster of im morality, Attorney Euh Ininnn this afternoon demanded Craig's life, n? murderer of Dr. Helen Knnhe, tho hnndsomo young woman physician found dead in her apartments iu In dianaxdis, about a year ago, with her throat cut from car to ear. Tuman, a prominent Indiana crim inal lawyer engaged by IudinuapolK women's clubs, with several of which Dr. Knnhe was connected, to aid the prosecutor, iu tho Craig case, prom ised tin jury to prove Hint tho pris oner killed the woman during a (puir rel, which followed his announcement that ho did not menu to keep his pledge to marry her. That Craig has wronged many wo men under promise of matrimony, which ho subsequently repudiated, was Jumna's assertion. "Wo know of ono high school gi i among his victims," declared the at torney, who, when she asked him to take her as his wife, as ho had said he would, received tlio answer: 'I will pay in cash.' " The samo thing happened in the ense of another girl with whom no offered to compromise. This girl turned up mysteriously in Florida just heforo this trial opened. "Craig watched Dr. Knnhe when she was unawaro of it. Ho peered iu at her windows nightly. .Finally they quarrelled and he killed her." HUERTA EI1R ILL, OR ELSE VISITING Rumors Rife Regarding Dictator's. Condition and Wrreafets HH . Seen for Three Days BritfsH Ad mfra Visits Capital. Q NKW YQKK, Dec. 1. Tlio filing if tho government suit against tho American Can trust Saturday brougtit sharp losses to its stock when the market opened today, tho common dropping 1-4 nnd tho preferred tl-l. Fatly changes in prices, except i drop of 1 11-4 iu L. & N., weio nar row. Canadian l'acifio exceptional-ly- roso 1. ' Later Iho toiio improved, Now Hn n leading tho rise. Al noon the prominent share wmo oif again. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1. With Mnyor Shank deposed ns too friend ly to labor nnd in his place ns act ing imivor, Comptroller Wallace, pledged to uphold capital's catie, In diana)olis employers were prcpnred to dcnl sternly with the tenmstcr' strike, which began here today. Mounted policemen surrounded the wagons innnned hy strike-breakers, which began starling out from scores of business houses, nfter tho short ticup of teaming during the earlier hours of the forenoon. Crowds of strike sympathizers surged ahont the wagons, trying to persuade Iho driv en! to (piit, hut tho polico charged recklessly among them, hurling men, women ami children aside, knocking somo down and making many ar rests. Policemen on fool carried long night sticks with which thev battered every head in sight in their efforts to prevent street gathering. Special deputies swarmed every where and Acting Mnyor Wallace served warning mat Iik men were under orders to shoot to kill as soon as thev deemed the Use of firearm necessary to quell violence, Xoveitheless there were employers who showed signs of anxiety. In several iiislauces nonunion team sters were not allowed to unload coal at shops whore union men were em ployed, the owners fearing they would precipitate htrikes of their own forces. Thorn wero business men, too, who would uot allow their teams to be taken out, fearing violence. Tho Commercial Vehicle Protec tive association issued u Mutomont this nfteinoou declaring the strike unjustifiable ami arguing that the majority of teamsters in tho city wero nouunlonists. TRIAL OF KENTNER Tho circuit court will resume iis sessions Tuesday morning nfter Rio Thanksgiving recess. Thu ei(so of II. C. Kentuor, tho last on tho crim inal docket charged with tho em bezzlement of $.-)000- from tho II. C, Kcuttier company, with which hu was formerly connected, will bu called. Upon tho completion of this trial, tho civil docket will begin. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. It was reported In .Mexico City today that President Huorta was dead. It was also reported that ho had gono to Vera Cruz. It was stated officially that ho was III. Those who know him best wero sure he was atlll In tho capital, per fectly well, but too drunk to tran sact business or sco visitors. Mexico City newspapers onado tho most of tho fact that Admiral hu Christopher Craddock, British, was there. Craddock at Capitol , Craddock, howover, said ho camo to seo Kngllsh Minister Sir Lionel Carden, not Iluorta; did not know IC ho would seo tho lattor, and would only seo him unofficially If ho did. American C h a r g o d'Affalros O'Shaughnessy, at Mexico City, an nounced tho United Stnteshad under taken to protect Japanese residents there. Tho Mexican rebels coutlnuod to gain ground and tho Washington ad ministration thought Huerta's gov ernment would faco a crisis In lestt than a week. Mexican Foreign Minister Mo henu, returned from Vera Cruz to Mexico City without seeing John Llnd, who was not expected back from Tamplco until this afternoon. Halo iu Washington General Agullar, rebel leader In' tho Tuxpuu-Tamplco oil region, re newed his pledge to Admiral Fletcher to protect foreign lives and property. At Philadelphia tho battleship Mon tana, the torpedo boat Uoo and tho transport Hancock wore bolng pre pared to sail, presumably for Mexi can waters, and somo persons thought tno battleship Mississippi would go, too, William Bayard Halo, who cou forrod with (Soneral Carratua, got back to Washington, talked with Sec rotary Bryan und was expected to seo Prosldont WIlsou later. GOES TO VERA HZ NKW YOKIC, Dee. 1, The veil iug World published todtiy u Mexico City dispatch declaring thut Presi dent Huertn secretly loft thu Mexiwti cupital'for Voru Crux Sunday morn- iiitt traveling by thu' luter-OeeanUi railroad. I . n j. ' l i ' '' '