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wmmmmmmmmmmmm M i MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SECOND EDITION WEATHER lUIn And warmer -Ma, 48 Mln. 82. Korly.tlilnt Trnr Unlit' nitdilh Vmr MttDFOItD. OltlWON, TIIIIUKDAV, DKf'KMHKIt 11, If)l.L NO. 223 TAMPICO DOOMED; BATTLE NOW RAGING DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS OF REPUBLICAN STATES SHE (S;TU? MTED STATES INCOME TAX IS HOHfllBLY UNFJim MTUl DIPCC REBELS 11 U A IN FUR OUS F GH T TT, RnUle Waned Ovrr Rnllroml Em hankmcnt, Which Is Only Entrance (u City Shnrpsliootcrs Pick Off Gunners on Federal Gunboats. Ferritin Warships Off Shore Ready to Land Marines If Necessary Aliuiil 700 Foreigners at Consulate MI.XICO CITY, Dec. II - Thai Tampion wan doomed uu lln- It nor ol' private hiImi'om received lure this llflt'lJHMlll. ( WliN lXMl'tl'l lit full iril ilit it'lii'U' IiiiihIn lnlri' un-lit Tlio it'lii'U luttl ciifilnri'.l tin- i .mi vvnv. which i tin' "tily luonn l' en toting tin1 oilv from ill" IiiikI lili' it uiim Milled, mill were ulrt'iuly lu llll IMllcliill". Tin- fcilcnil, outnumbered three !' 1, were mi'il in lint pln.n fur n lal Maud. I'iiivIumitm Slid Snfi l'iiriiinin wore rcixii ted safe. It was Niiiil ninny of iIiihio wlirt luiil not iilrrmly taken refuge on the harbor hipping were ImtHi'il liv tin1 (Iciiiijiii consul thin iifti-rniMitj mi hoard the (loriunu fnii-t-r llienion mid tin1 Hcmuhip Kron 1'iliizoxt.iu Ceoilie. Tin' big ommIu of forclgncra no currcd nt noun n'i rebel shells lt iuidiheil Miirnl liiiililinuK surround , in ii' jfiii,A.UiE JUiri:rr'lv? ".,y. where lint iiuriuf(il4 r sllnrtioil, Tin federal dofrutc twis rripnlcil been line I tit viiiiIkiiiIk could nut fire limnntr till1 irln'U without ulniiitinc iiiln lln1 tnttii. VI.UA CIM'Z. IW. if. K 1itiiiK wiw fuituut. i( Tuinpico Itiilnv. win1 lttt.4 ini-wigo fntni Admiral Fletcher mild. The rebel were ri'iMtrli'il gain iiiir iinniMil. Their hrp-lioolcr-were pIckiiiK off lln' gunner nn lln federal kiiiiImihIw ill Mm livcr'n inniilli. Aiueiieuu, Kugllsh, Fionoh mill IW tniiti wurhip Inv five tullo off shore, rt'inly In laud iiiiniiii nr In take foreigner tut hoard if iicco Mirv. , Yestenlav's flelitiiiir. tin wireless snid, was ph iiiln tun separate at tack, lln- firwl nt II u. in. unit tin' hCCnllll nt II p. III., Imilmrkiuciit AllarUctl Fronting nn one side nn lln- luir lmr mill on lln nllii'r Ihieo liv al most linlli.iiiili'MH swamps, lln' town run lie entered nnly liv tin1 railroad einhnnkiiieiil mill it was Ibis which lint rebels tried In take. Tln tVl rrnN won' wittvnchi'il nlmtit tin mil rnnl' Hint inn nml lien I off Imlli iih- MHlllri. Yhlnliiy, iih Iniluv, tlio Minn"'' wan n' thiv lilniiilii'hl, mnl it wns ho lii'vi'il llic niinihcr of .killcil hiiihI Iiuvc hiTii vi'iy lnrKiv DiukiH'sH nlnno forccil n hill in tlln Imtlli', hut nt 'i ii, in, tnilnv tlio lillcK iikiiIii Imthii loiinick mnl tint rohi'l (Continued on i'niso 3) '" '!' J Ml 15 i .1, . t WASIIINflTOK, !). II. Win- K FOREJGNERSUNHURf IN TAMPinn RATTI F i . i . j loss int'HHiiKi's rofiiivi'il litilAy from Admiral l'l0lnlilr, oil Tiiiuimn, told of tint rlyht'in pmKi'itriri IIuto Itotwi'i'ii li-xifiiil 'fiMi'i'itU mnl j-tiholrf. Siiinii'fjti'i'lxiii'rH, hit kiiIiI,' liml Ink on lol'iiK'n nn hliiitf in tliuluu'luir mnl nllii'iK 'in lint iioiilnil itmm in I ho nity, Inil iiiniOi ho Klnloil, IiiuI Iiooii iiijuroil, nor wiih mi" I'nroin prop urly iIohIi'k.voiI. Tlio KiiKlinh, wlni tliniuh it hoM In Inko In tlio luiihnr Hliippiu, wuit nooniniuinliiloil nn tlio llillihh hIoiiiii Hhip l.nlolnii, (li'iiiuinx on (ho kIoiiiii Hhip (Voiliu ami Ainoriomm mi tlio wii'rili!w Chostiir nuil Tiicniuii. It wiik iinilorMlnnil Hint Ahuiinl I'li'lolinr would Imnl iinirinoH ii' llio hnliln Hliil'loil in Ihn (lii'tioliou nl' tho JIlillMh (dj OIIUOOhhiullH. Ollly pill't III' hltf IIU'hHIIJj'OU WIIH Uiudo juibllu, -mm 1 iJr V wwf m Jik W A Uffl M (iOV ni:ii:it or .vuw ji:hki:y HI.KCT II Will J WAI.SH OV Mss(iitai;rr:j POLICE SHAKE-UP I rOKTI-ANI), IW. II. As n ro. Nidi nf lln- n ill iniinioipiil civil Nonioo involii;iiliiin into ohnruoi I lint tin iiutiiilioii of tho notice do- iiinltnt'iit woro ininililitn; for Iiil-Ii hIiiKch nml Unit ccitiiin liili tolioc ntlioiulrt liml pmtootcil miilorwoilil ohiiincloix, .Miiyor Allnv todny dis inihricd two miptninw, thrco horKonnts mid hovoii pnlrnhiit'ii for "oondiiol iiidifoniniiiK mi offioor mid for tlio jjomt of tho hortioo." Tho ooninimnlini; officer ilium!, cd wcro Cniitniii K. A. Slnvrr. for- nior chief of police; ('nplmu Hurry Wiley, Sork'onuts T. .1, Cn-oy, A. f. Piossoy noil P. J. Knpcrl. The ehni(,'H ii;iiiiix Shiver, Kiiid .rnvnr Alhee. nro hnsed on lesti- iiioiiy Kivon at the public licnrinH nf uio civil Hervico eniiiinlhxion, in which lie wir aeeiiHod liv a Mihordin ale nf Krmitlutr iiiimitidtv from nr rent to a woman well Known in nn dciwoilil circles. LITTLE BABYiCAUSE OF I NAN rKAWlNCO. Cat., llco. 11. Allciulniilrt at 1 1 in Hi'itish consulate hero wore paekinj; 700,000 words of inauusenpt today lor shipment lo Iho liiith court of (dianceiv .in Lon don. Jt consisted of depositions taken hy Vico-Consul 1 lunulas Yniiiiu in eonneotlnn tvitli tint attempt by sons of tho )uu Rov. Charles Kliiipdiy of Ynrknhii'n to prove tliut Iho Ihreo-yonr-olil child said bv their brother, Lieutenant C. II. It. Slinusbv, mnl his wilo, to bo their own child, really wiih adopted by Mrs. Slinpdiv, and thai Iho $.1,0011,(10(1 cstuto now held by Lieutenant SliiiKhy ounhl to pt to 'them when tint lioulenant dies, rallier than to Hut baby, Tho taking of depositioiiH was fin ished yesterday with Lieutenant KlhiKsby still convinooil (lint tho child was his own nml his wife's, nml his opponents cipmlly positive thai it was a "cIiiiiikcIiiik'' loistcd on liliu hy Jlid. Blinjjhby, FOLLOWS INQUIR GAMBLING CASES A K 1 l IN CON FlSCal ION O'Shautjhnessy and Spanish Minister Squelch Threat of Dictator to Con flscate Property of Foreigners at Mazatlan for Nonpayment Taxes. Confess to Promptly Reinvest Hu erta With Full Executive Powers Approve Series of Loans Proposed. MKXK'O CITY. Pee. 11. ViK..r- nusly Nipiclrlit'il hy Ainerleati Cliuro d'AffiiirfH O'Shniiijhiii'Mty and Span irli Minister Calinii, PreHi'dent llu erta today imipinlifiedly withdrnw his Hi rent to conllNeate the nroiKtrtv of foreigners at .Miitntlnn for nnn- payment of a live per cent tax arlii Intrilv imposed on them h" the iniv enior of Kinaloa stule. The government, moreover, reduced Ihn tax hy half, and it was nnt cer tain Hint it unitld ct Unit. (.'omuimiicntiniirt relative to tho controversy were conducted between hem mid Mnzntlan hy menus of the pivrrnment's wirelivs tntion here nml the wireless on tint American warships at tint west coast city. CoiiKress was expected to pnss promptly the hill pnsxed yesterday reinvesting .llnerla with full execu tive powers in matters of finance, war anil the interior that is, offic ially confirming htin in his iliolnlor inl authority. Tho lawmakers show cd a few (lashes of independence early in the session, lint more re cently Iho iirolilcnt apiK'ared to have hroajjlit Ilium fully under his control. Tim deputies' approval yelerdny if the firxt of a proposed series of per cent interior loans, of 1011,000 is'sos eneh was considered of less importance, since it was Mroncl doubted if lluerta could sipiee.e the money out. The report continued to circulate that lluerta had sent Ins family nwny from Hie capital for safety, Hint its members were on their way to Mauzauilln and that tho United Stales intended to let them lake ref lice on tin American vessel if their lives should bit threatened. FLOODS CAUSE IIOl'STON', Tex., Dee. It. Dam npt hy tho now subsidtUK floods in tho llrazns, Trinity mid Colorado river valleys was estimated today at $7,000,000. Losses woro much tlio heaviest in tho Ilriuos valley. At ltoscbiirg went J 000 refugees, shel torless, without food and still unre lioved, nwiii to tho railrom) lioup inciileutal to the flood. .Missir.i; in dividuals and families continued to hn heard from, but so many remain ed unaccounted for that L-uessos as lo tho number of dead varied nil the way liom 'J.r)0 to 1000. ltodies re covered numbered .100. KINNEY ASK BOARD FOR ABSENCE LEAVE I'OUTI.AN'I), Ore, Doc. 11 M. I. Klnuoy, of Portland, tho nlloKo-l ciiU8o of tho roMlguntlon of throe mombora of tho utato fish mid kiiiuo eonimluBlon and who refused to ro- slmi undor firo, today uBkod tho ro orKimlzod body for n two months' lenvn of alwonco, which was grantod. Klnuoy explained that ho eontoin platoH a trip to California. Floyd llllyou of Portland was oloctod chairman or tho ro-arkanlzod board, and II, H. Clifford was oloctod Bourotary at a niootliiB hold horo todny behind closed door). Hoth llllyoil nnd Clifford nro iiowly uppulutod mombors of tho board, $7,000,000 LOSS F Mil '" '-'-T.'"J X,, ...... j"PPr N liiaintl ELS,& - I Hi jl d i m m W'lm) iafcX fc""" HOME. AT P p' X J A ELSIE DE WOLFE LOSES SUlt FILED E TAX (lIHWfin. nee. M-- l,n!...l tiiniN -J Judge I .mid is this Axiflernonu sus- Inlne'd the; demurrer im-d hy tho foil tiueiital nud C-ommereial bank ni;niiist nn attempt by Klsie Do Wolfe I.. nlt..,.i zrr.n ..II , i i :..... I ,,, i:,n,-i-i .,,iif iiiii-;i u hiii- tin inil'I- est on bonds issued apiinst (he in stitution and threw th( mat nut of court. Tho court did not rule di rectly on the con-tiliitunmlitv of the income lax law ns advanced by At torney Hourke Cockran. hut held that tho nmouut involved was too miihII for Iho court lo take oo;ninneo of. The constitutionality of tlio in come tax law was attacked by Cock ran while nrpiinjr the demurrer. Miss Do Wolf is suinir for .7."0 in terest on bonds issued bv the bank. but it refused pnymont until she pre sented n certificate of ownership, us required hy the institution ''Taxation without 'reiiresenlalion" is the text of MUs Klslo do Wolfe's views on the income tax. Miss do Wolfo made the fir-t local move against the validity of tlio income tax law. Sho is described as a "cit izen of Xew York and a resident of Versailles, France." Miss do Wolfo has loin; been n prominent figure in Xew York soci ety. For many years she was on the stage mid achieved the distinction of "stardom Her success there did not satisfy her, however, fo she took up "liouso decoration" ns n profos. sion. She had shown artislio abilitv all her life and while on the stare designed her own dresses. NEW ZEALAND BUTTER AS PORTLAND, Or., Dee. 11. -J. D. Mieklo, state dairy and food com missioner, todny commenced a war against the creameries that sell, un der tho Oregon state brand, butter imported from Xew Zealand and the east, Mieklo claims lo Imvo evidence (hat thousands of pounds of New Zealand butter bus been sold hero under the state brand as made in Oregon. Tlio grand jury is expected to begin investigating MiekoPs alle gations tomorrow. DRUMGOOLE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT RAORAMF.NTO. CnL Dee. 11.- Juok Drumgoole, prizefighter, on (rial hero for tho murder of Cherry do St. Maurice, nueen of tho tenderloin hero, withdrew his plea of not irulllv OREGON nud immediately pleaded guilty, and ut was sentenced to life imprison MEZMM f BiK LYMAN CONVICTED , BH1 i OF USING MAILS iBBH!1 TODEFRAUDPEOPLE 'nmiTinn rnnnrn ilJIII 1 1 II "V LI IIJI'I V rum ho runuco ELLA FLAGG YOUNG ! i OF -. i,w. .rvv. ... .lt,;U lllll- rlBon In partlcuar nud Chicago's city Rovurnment lu general weru de ntic nr tin n ,... n.i nounced In unmeasured terms today nt n meeting of tho ChlcnKO Vom- ens' club, called to protest ngulnrU conditions which compelled the re signation yesterday of Mrs, Ella Flagg Young as superintendent of the city's public schools. "Mrs. Young Is ono of America's leading educators," said Jauo Ad dams, "and yet sho was sacrificed, evidently to satisfy a cllquo of pot ty politicians. It Is too early to discuss tho possibility that sho will bo tho women's candidate for maor at tho next city election but thcro Is no tolling what may develop from this situation." Mrs. louug, tho first woman to become school superintendent In a city of Chicago's Importance, was generally consldored to have per formed hor duties with nn efficiency never known In a local school super intendent. She was so hampered In hor poli cies, however, by mombors of tho board of education, all of whom aro chosen by tho ninyor, that she of fered hor resignation a fow months ago, There was such an outcry against Its acceptance that Mayor Harrison prevailed on hor' to with draw It, promising hor a freo hand lu future. Last evening, when tho board took up tho matter of hor ro-electlon for another toviu, tho voto was n tlo. Sayliig .ho could not pormlt hor name to ho voted ngala unless as sured of unanimous support, Mrs. Young Immediately resigned. WASHINGTON, Dee. 11. Tho ourronoy question was a topio of discussion in tint senate this after noon. Senator liuitou was one of those who took part in the debute. Tho regional plan, Senator llorah asserted, would gradually work into a central bank. OUI SCHOOLS CURRENCY QUESTION DEBATED SENATE LOS ANOKLES, Cal., Dec 11. Dr. John Grant Lyman of Pasadena was found guilty today of using tho malls to defraud, by a Jury in tho federal district court here. Tho chargo cov ered the first count In a federal In dictment, lie was found not guilty on five other charges contained In tho same bill. The Jury considered tho evidence twenty-four hours before it arrived at n verdict. Lyman, under tho convic tion, may bo fined $1000 and bo sen fenced to five years Imprlsonmont. Federal Judgo Wellborn set Decem ber 29 to pronounce tho penalty. Each count In tho Indictment cov ered ono letter alleged to have beon written by Lyman misrepresenting the possibilities of profit In the Panama company. On tho count of which he was found guilty, tho de fendant will ask a new trial. Lyman's career here was spectacu lar. While he did not appear In tho directorate of tho company ho pro moted, It was uudorstood that he was tho prime mover of tho organi zation. Tho government asserted that he told prospective Investors that ho owned valuable Panama lanus, ana basked In the light of warm Panamanian government ap proval. Hundreds of persons an swered circulars sent out by tho concern. SOCIALIST TEACHER CLATSKANIE, Ore., Dec. 11. Pointing to tho destruction of win dows and othor proporty about tho Mathodlst chapel at Qulucy, near hero, as but tho natural sequence of tho socialist beliefs of Mrs. Flora roromau, teacher of tho Qulncy school, women of tho church today launched a new demand for tho dls missal or tho school teacher whose political faith has caused a commo tion thoro nnd In Clatskanle. Tho chapol Is Just across tho fence from tho little school house where Mrs. Foreman toaches. Kecently whon pluced on trial as a socialist by tho school hoard, Mrs. Fororaan tormod hor trial a religious persecu tion. Her critics aro nutck to see In tho smashing of tho chapol windows what they term "the Inevitable result of that kind of teaching to school children." Tho real nnmo of Emmy Dostlnn. tho singer, U Emlllo Klttol. BLAMED DISORDER UIANCE U Barricaded In Federation Hall, Calif met Strikers Resist Attempt to Ar rest Them-Raln of Bullets Km Attackers Off Citizens A4smWe. Wholesale Arrests Threatened as Re sult of Injunction Granted Strik ers Preventing Interference. - CALUMET. Mich.. Dec. 11. The defender of the Minors' Federation hall at South Itango surrendered ' to the Citizens' Alliance today after a ten hours' resistance. The minora were all arrested and thirty rifles and a quantity of ammunition foiinu In the hall was thrown into Portage, lako. Deputy Drlacoll was the only participant In the battle, who was fatally hurt. CALUMET. Mich.. Dec. 11. Bar ricaded In their federation hall at South Itange, a strong party of striking miners was resisting an at tempt today by a small army.'pf de puties and member of the" Cltlxeaa Alliance to break In and arrest them.' The battlo began at 2 a. m. an'l was still raging at noon. The minors believed to number about forty, aa,l heavily armed, were making so'et fectlvo a defenso that the attacking party had to calFtdr rltorttMiMta and at 5 a. m. a special YraTnToido'r members of the Clttzona AUtance left Houghton for the scene of the engagement, followed by another tralnload at 9. Hall In Ifenelged The federation hall was surrounded but the rain of bullets from within kept tho besiegers at a distance. Deputy Tom DrlscoII of Houghton was fatally shot In an. attempt at rush and It was reported here that others were wounded. At noon a hurry call was received, for still more reinforcements anrt a third special tralnload of members of the Citizens' Alllanco was des patched In hot haste. The flrebolls wero rung here and at Houghton, summoning all mem bers of tho alllanco together, and tv oral thousand wero held In readlnew to respond to the next call. Fifty Strikers Arrested Arrests were being made at South Range while tho battle raged, and by non fifty srikors bad been locked up, Including Victor Valtmakkl. an organizer for tho miners' federation. Members of tho Citizens' AlllancO'de clared he had confessed to Bhootlng DrlscoII. An outbreak also occurred at Qutncy during tho forenoon, In, whleli three deputies wero shot, two oC them fatally. Members of tho minors' federation declared they would causo wholesale arrests of members of tho Citizens', Alllanco on a chargo of violating au. Injunction granted by Judgo O'Brien yesterday restraining them from In torferrlng with tho foderatlonlsts. , FEDERALS LIKELY 10 EL PASO, Toxas, Doc. 11. That Geuoral Mercado and his federal force at OJInaga must either fight or surronder within the next few. days seemed certain today, Already at the border, they cap gff no farther and on Its way to cap'ture or exterminate them a, rebel force- 9! about their own strongth-'-approxl-matoly 4000 men Is marching across tho desert frbm .Chihuahua City. The belief horo was thai MereM)) would have hard work to make bis troops fight. Thoy have been le unpaid and aro halt starved, rag' and hopoless. If most of thew should go over to the rebels la a body 110 ono here would be surprised. WHEN fl mm impk JOIN US n y t