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?rtntm M.f . . ?t)7 " atrSt ul hit' Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDIT J ON WEATHER Itnlti tonight or Saturday .Mat. nU .Mill, ttlt. Fnrty.lhlrcl Yunr. Unity - CImIiIIi Vsur MKOFOIU). OltJWON, KIM DA V, DKfMCMIHOR 12, 1913. NO. 225 REBEL SHELLS lira SMASHING CITY Frilrrals Hold Town, Despite Three Rays Dntllo Non-Combatant Population Flees Rebels Capture Railroad Embankment. Rlylit Dccomcs Artillery Duet Be tween Warships stmt Rebel Guns News From Front Meaner. MCXICO CITV, Dee. 12. Rebel hliull ui'io raliilm; upon Tmnplco luilii). It was learned from a telegram wlili It nuuhuw punned lint censor. from hill it mile outside tho city tin' nliit artillerymen had koI (Iiii i-xnit ruiiKo inn) illil frightful uxecu Hon. .Mini)' pcrnuim liml been killed. lliilldliiK vteru tumbling. I'rnrlltnlly tin) entire iiiiii-rotnlmt-nut population liml fled In turrur. follow Inc. tint MrHKiinrs, s lio huil gone curlier, to tint water front. Tim rebels were understood fin nil) to Imvo raptured tint railroad niilinnkiiiniit Into tlm rlty, to hnvn iihiiiiiIihI Imttorlo In tint suburb nml to In pourliiK n iniirituroiiH artillery fire milling tlm fcdernU. Tim latter, however. cro miIiI In bo puttltiK up ii surprising resistance. (.'iiiiIhuUm In A rt Ion Opening with It big gnus, tlm Mexican federal gunboat llrnvo Joined toilny In tho fight with thn rebels nt Tnmplco, neenrdlug to n uii'DHnKo received from Admiral KltitilnT toilny. IliirliiK YVedniHUlny's mill Thun- Iii)'h flKhtlfiK tlm two federal Rim honlM In iimplrn hnrhor wont uunliln to aid In the town's dcfoino because tlm HtriiKKllHK forcon position wore such tlmt tin-)' rouM not llro on tho ndi. dn without sweeping tlm town Itself. Then wan nn airtight censorship on telegraphic communication bo ' tvwen tint t'iipltol nml Vera Crux, which Hindu accurate Information Im possible to got. l.uiii tho cinban mIim, lnKiitlou nml consulates wore without muni. Tlm liiipri'Mlon wiih. however, Hint tho ri'hU nt Tnmplro wore not sue cowling woll In llmlr (IkIU today with tho f'dirnlH nn yesterday. It wns Mated that all forolKiiors nt umptrn spent InHt nlr.lit mi hhlpM In tlm liar hiir. N'J.-.ll.ooil llniiMiui .Uel At tlm demand of .Spanish Minis tor CnllKtiu, War Minister llliinijuut toilny ordered tho federal com mander nt Torri'on, recently recap tured from tho rebels, to send troop to protect 100 Spanish refugees on their way overland from Chihuahua to Torrt'on, ('nllgnn mild tho party hud women nml children with thorn; tlmt n body of (lui)cral Vllln'n inon wore pursuing mul ho fmirod tho fugitives would bu overtaken nml massacred. Tor I.uIh Torrnznu, Junior, tho Mexican tiillllonulro'H don, captured lit Chlhuiihuit City, tho rebels asked flifio.OOO raiiHom. HOUR IN JAIL HAN FKANflfirO, Cnl., l)fi. IS. -Ouo hour imiuiMiiiincut in lliu city jnil wiih tho Hcnlenco impoHed heio toilny by l'olieo .luilno Rullivnii upon 1'lnlil ineinlieiM of tlm crow of the llritish lininp Hleniner Itonnlin, who veeently worn put off tho vosmil ul HiIh poll, eliium'il willi niullny. Tho men mo nil llritish hiiIiJccIk nml wihIumI to rot urn hfuni'. They eoiilil not ho iti'pui Icil tiulenH eon vleleil or'HOiuo ol'feiiMt, ho limy eleet eil to plead guilty '" viiKinney, nml (lio muliiiK chillies were tlroppetl. Al noon lliey' were lurnoil over to Im mi(i'uiou rommiwsiouor TIioiuiih Cniul'iinl nml will lio lelurneil In Kii(;liinil. AI.SKA, Or., Dee. I 'J.- "1 cun't Imvo privileges oilier K'''rt luive, ho pioil-hyt'," wan I ho lneHHiino wrilltm lo Iter puivuU by Mnrvt'l dowry, uj,"'tl ITi, wlm ilieil loiltiv us Hie lenult of riiiuMutf enilmlie ueiil. Tin )iil wiih despondent beeaiine lior i'ulher luul ro)imveil her for vulkinj; witli u boy beliuoluuite, R SHIP MATING frTrt frtrti bW A TfT" ' UUUUnOOHL C- UJLL LE " SCHMIDT'S ACTS .Him r- PROVE INSANITY VlBMfcXrC Physician Consulted by Miss Aumul Icr Before Her Death Asserted That Priest Was Wholly Crazy and She Feared Him. Despite Dlsuustlnu Testimony, Wom en Greedily Devour It Schmidt Kept Death Certificate on Desk. NKW VOIUC, Dec. 12, TeHlmony HO lIlHKUHtllli: tlllll llttll Of It W'UK prlutiihlo wn devoured Krecdlly to day by n rrowtlrd courtroom In whlrh w onion wont porhnpit In the mnjorlty, nt tho trial hero of Mann Hclnnldt, for tlm inurilor of IiIm hw cut heart, Anna Aiiinuller. Dr. Arnold l.co, wIioho Rtory, ro IntltiK mnlnly to Hclnnldt' mental rondltlou, wnn the Inniit MhockliiK of tlm m'fttdnn, recited Hint tho prlionor broiiKht Mlx Aiiinuller to him for medical ntteutlnnco no mo tlmu before (ho iiiunler nml tolil how, hvIzIiik mi opportunity when Hchmldt wan not llntt'iiliiK, tlm Klrl nnlil to htm: "rather Hrhmldl In wholly crnzy. I nm afraid of him. I think ho will harm mo." Tlilukn Hiliinldt Craiy Later, jtut before tho murder. Dr. l.eo mild Hchmldt called on hltn to have it cut flnKcr drcKncd. lio wnn pale nml looked worried, tho doctor irnlil, , On lnlt ho paid to Schmldt'it room, Im coiitlnued, ho noticed that tho latter luul blank death certifi cate on bin denk. Ho told the Jury that ho rounlderi'd tlm ox-prltM ec centric nml Irmtlounl. Onco when ho wnn lnltliiK blm, ho nnld, Schmidt nelied n zither nnd began mIiikIiik wildly. Tho hulk of tho dny'n teHtlmony re Inted to mi Incurable tllMeniio from which U wiih fald Schmidt wim anf ferliiK. At tho afternoon Reunion limpcc tor l'uurot of tho pollen department described how ho trnceil Schmlili to bin flat, whero hIkiik that n munlcr had beou committed wore Htlll plain ly llble. SIoi4 Self !)("! met Ion VIkIHiik Schmidt nt tlm rector) whero ho lived, 1'aurot xnld ho tolA tho youu man who ho wnn, mid then, art ho nnw him tremble and clnnp bin liauilH uervotinly, drew from hl pocket Anun Aumullur'H pbotOKraph. held It up mid nuked twice: "Did you kill horT" Finally Schmidt seld: "Yes; 1 lovod licr." With tlm words ho Htnrtcd for tho bathroom, nml Fnurot wna sure Im would Imvo killed hlmnelf had not tho Innpector stopped him and tnkon away a razor ho had. WASH l KOTOS', Dec. 12.--A movement by rcpublicniiH lo bar, un der an umeiiilmeut to the immigration luwH, militant Biifl'ni(;etkn, iiuurch ist mul olhern convicted of or be lievliif in Iho iloxlriu'lion of property nml hiiIioIuko (o rilit polilienl wix)iiJh, tlcvclopeil toilny in n niceliiiK of tho Iioiiho imminnition committee. Heprortonlulives Moore of l'dinsyl- viinia anil Ourtlner of MiiHsaeliuseltK favored the plan. Itcpresoulutivo Mnuuhim of Minucsotii ileuouuccil tho propoHiil us "an iniouitous Hi'lieino to prevent America from continuing iih ii lefiiKu for liberly loving people," WASHINGTON WANTS WASHINflTON, Dee. 12.-A bill proviiliui,' a tlrydook 3000 foci lout; for l'ujjet Soiiiiit ut a t'ont of .;i,000, 000 wiih introiluceil toilny in the sen ate by .Suuulor .loucri of WuHhiuKlou. ItcproHciitulivo Uumphrey of WuHhiuKtou iulroiluecil u mmilur nii'iisiiro in the house, RANK SUFFRAGETTES WITH ANARCHISTS "y.W ""V.X. MAP ..i.O r- IlUtk iih'ii controlled liy iiCJlu tliuinllntii. Wlilto area ftsli'rnl tcr rllory. Klinilcl nrcit, parlljr con frollisl by coiislltutloiifillstH. Id"'!' J .C'li JB' 10 EOR SIX MONTHS WASHISOTON', Dec 12. That Colonel (Ivorce W. OoelhnlH wunlh to run tin I'miiiuiii ennui for tin firxt xix luoullm of iti. oHimtioit nml ulo would liko lo be the hem! of tin rone's permanent pivcrnmeut wui learned today from n reliable source here. Under tho AdaiiKon law, there in' no limit to the positions which tbe governor of the r.mie may cicate. I I'nliticiuiiM believe that if (olonel, (loctlials is appoinlcil, n iniuimiim ofi pitnitioiw will be created, If a prae- tieal Hililieiuu is named as oeruor, it was believed hero that tbe hxiiU h.vnlem would reijrn. Colonel (IocIIiiiIm filed today his views reardini: a permaiieul roue government with Secretary of War (larrihon, ami the latter will ilNciif (Joetlials reeoiniiicndatioiw soon with President Wilson. It was also reported that Colincl OooIIiiiIh may go to Alaska. Con gress expects to aulhorie the con nt ruction (hero of a gov eminent -owned railroad, ami administration officials believe Ooclbals is the ideal man to superintend the work. NKW YOHK, Dee. 12. IMitor Mux KuHtmnu ami Cartoonist Arthur Young of the Riitiricnl weekly, The Masses, were arraigned today before Judge Swaiiu on a criminal libel charge, wiih the Associated Press as complainant. Last July Tho Masses published a cartoon captioned ''Poisoned at tho Source," in which Iho Associated Press was portrayed as pouring what was labelled "poison of lies, ' "suppressed facts" and "hatred of labor organizations," into a reservoir marked "tho news." Kastmnn nnd Young entered pleas of not guilty and wero vcleubcd on bail of $1000 each, T PORTSMOUTH, N. II., Dec. 12. -Frederick lleiehardt, aged 22, of San Francisco, n discharged naval pris oner, today shot at Major (leorgo Thorpe, commnuilaut of the naval prison here, us ho drovo across Mar ket square in his automobile. Tho bullet penolraled tho car door, but Major Thorpe escaped injury. Iteich ardt was arrested. Ho said ho hud buen laying for the major for suv- urul days, OEMS WANTS MANAGE CANAL SHOWING TfcHHIIUrlY IN MtXIUU o i uraiiiju jiviia ...WHiHHEWflHK VU "tiaK if CAM PC CMC VL ?t M Imh lim r t J j VOIE Tl WASHINGTON', Dec 12. A crisis in the eiirrcncy fight m the senate was e.M'eed today with n nte on the Hitchcock amendment to the ml miuMnilion bill. , The nmendiiKMit 3ll- for four ri. gionnl reserve hanks mid for sale of their stock by public subscription. Unamended, tho ndniinitnitiun meas ure provides for from eight to twelve regional banks controlled bv mem ber banks and for side of stock to the public only in ease Hie regional banks nro not financially strong cnoip'h to meet requirements after the member banks have dune their stock buying. It was hoped to get a ballot mi the amendment by tonight or tomorrow. The regional proposition was tho main point in dispute. Tlmt be disposed of, it was believed the rest of the hill would pass without dis cussion after u few roll calls. Answering Senator Hitchcock's denunciation of the caucus handling of the currency bill, Senator New lands declared on tho floor today Hint it is only through parly caucuses that campaign pledges can be made good. LEAKY VALVE CAUSE OF CKNTHAI.1A, Wash., Dee. 12. Duo to a leaky valve, the engine drawing Great Xortehrn passenger train No. 45."), ran away here early today while the crew was lunching in tho depot, and wns entering Che halis yards, five miles nway, before a baggageman discovering that the engineer nnd fiiemnn were not aboard, went forward over the len der and applied the emergency brakes. The train ran slowly and no dnuinge wns done. E OF WASHINGTON, Dee. 12. The sonata passed a bill today, already approved by the house, providing for appointment of the murine corps coiumundant for n four-yenv term instead of for life, as nt present. MORE RIFLES SEIZED BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES HKLFAST, Ireland, Dec. 12. Un tier the order prohibiting further im porlutious of arms into Ireland, lest they figure in the threatened home rule fight, the authorities hero today seized 200 rifles, just in on a Ger man boat, , CRISIS REACHED N CURRENCY FIGHT MORROW MUW HELD UY UUN3IIIU I IUNAl.lt 1 5 f r t5 1 X I "I L E NKW YOHK', Dec. 12. -A bomb delivered to the O. K. Hottliug com pany here exploded in the firm's of fice today nnd instantly killed Miss Ida AniHowitz, aged 20 years, a stenographer. The girl's face wa blown in and her body badly man gled. Just where the bomb came from was not kuowu, hut picsumubly it wns delivcrell by mi express com pany. Thomas McCahc was standing near Miss Anusowitz when the bomb exploded. His left car was nearly severed. Thomas It van, u stable man, sustained cuts about the face. Kvery window in the office was shat tered mul the furniture wrecked. MeCabe thought nn expressman delivered the package, but could not remember whether the man wore a uniform. On one corner of the package was written, "23 State street, Xcw York." SLUMP AT BOSTON HOSTON, Mass., Dec. 12. New I'nglund securities continued to slump today in the stock market here. Hostonvnud Maine dropped nearly 7 jwints, opening at 42 and selling down to 35V, a new low ree oid. New 1 raven dropped 24, touch ing CO. Fitchburg lost 7 points, dropping to 08. SCOUR SANTA CRUZ HILLS FOR MURDERER SANTA CItUZ, Cal Dee. 12. Santa Cruz county wns being combed today for James Denton of San Francisco, who last night shot and killed Lot Morell at Houlder Creek, near here. Denton used a shotgun, tearing off the right side of Mor rell's head. FOR NEXT PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Andrew Carnegie, in town today, gave out an inlerviow booming F.lihu Root for tho next republican presidential nomina tion. He called also at the executive offices and said he intended to see Secretary of Stato Uryan for u talk on universal pcuue, k.,'VoKAr; x ;-y- BIB EXPLODES KILLING WHO RECEIVED PACKAG wmmmmmmwmimim''mmmm MEXICO AO IT 13 TO-DAY TRIPLE TRAGEDY PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 12. As tho rciull of what la believed to have been a double murder and suicide, the bodies of Mrs. Mary lllrnle, her niece, Miss Agnes Ravlncau of Van couver, It. C, and Mrs. Dtrnlo's son, f Frank Simmons, were found In the homo of Richard Ulrnlo, a lumber mill employe this afternoon. All I three had been shot to death. The shooting is believed to have been done by Simmons, who after killing tho two women, turned the revolver on himself. Tho trlplo tragedy was discovered by tho twelve year old daughter of the family who came homo from school and was uaablo to got into the house. Opening a bedroom win dow, sho crawled directly over tho body of Simmons. The mother's body was found lying in a pantry off the kitchen, while tho body of Miss Ravlneau was In a bcdioom. A 3S caliber revolver with three discharged chambers was found on tho bed. Tho position of tho bodies Indi cated that Simmons shot Mrs. Dlrnle, then the nleco, Miss Ravlneau as sho attempted to leave the kitchen, and then going Into tho bedroom killed himself. Doth women had been shot In the breast. No cause for tho tragedy has been learned by tho po lice. T DISABLED AT SEA WASHINGTON, Dee. 12.- The battleship Vermont was crawling to ward Hampton Roads this afternoon under convoy of the battleship Del aware, with her starboard uiaiushaft broken nnd several of her compart ments Hooded. Tho Vermont was en route to Hampton Roads from the Mediterranean cruise when the acci dent occurred early yesterday morn ing. At 8 o'clock lust night the dis abled warship wus 1200 miles from Hampton Roads and 000 miles from Dermudn, L E IN HANDS OF JURY PORTLAND, Or,, Dec. 12. Clos ing arguments were being heard in tho federal court this afternoon in tho trial of J. T. Couwav and Frank Richer, officers of the Oregon In land Development company, charged with misuse of the mails in connec tion with the sale of Oregon lauds. It wns believed the case, which hns been on trial for three weoks, would be in tho hands of the jury before night. PORTLAND OM CHILD DISCOVERS RECALL PETITION FORCOUNCILMEN LARGELY SIGNED Object Is Complete New Deal in City Affairs, So That Council Will Be Unhampered by Affiliations of the Present Administration. Many Signatures Also on Initiative Bill Amendinrj City Charter to Take Off Salaries from City Officials. The initiative petition amending the charter of the city of Mfdford so as to lake the salaries off mayor find councilmcii and restore the chnr tcr to its original form, first step in the campaign of municipal economy planned bv husincsi men, is being Inrgely signed wherever presented. Few hnvo refused signatures, indi cating the move n popular one. Tlm petition will be presented the city re corder in the next dav or two nnd will he acted upon at the next coun cil meeting nnd submitted to the peo ple nt the January election. Recall petitions are in circulation in tbe throe wards for the holdover councilmcn, Porter in the first ward, Miller in the third and Stewart in tho second. Over 200 signatures have been secured for tho recnll in the second ward, nnd nearly as many in the third, while the petition in tho first as lieing largely siinied, Jdc spito influence brought to bear unon the circulators, who allege that the administration is working hnrd against the petitions nnd iwddling promise of jobs nnd stories of re cnll failuro without foundation in fact. Tin idea of the recnll, as explained bv ono of those pushing it, is lo en able the election of a complete new council, not affiliate! in nny wny with the present council, which can put into effect a program of economy un hampered by acts of the previous ad ministration. There is no recnll petition tint for Mayor Piirdin, as has been roorted, ns the law requires that an officer must hold offico for six months he fore the recall ean be invoked. HENEY CANDIDATE $ 5 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 12 Francis J. Heney. Issued a statomont hero today, declaring his Intention of seoklng cither tho progressiva nomination for govornor or that for tho United States senato to succeed Senator George W. Perkins. It all depends the statement said, upon tho position taken by Governor Johnson. it the governor docldes to be it candidate for re-election Honoy will fight for tho progressive nomination to succeed Perkins. If Johnson fin ally decides to make the senatorial race, Ileney will withdraw and mako a fight for tho progressive guberna torial nomination. TO HELP. GOOD ROADS PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 12. Tho American good roads congress ap pealed today to President Wilson to appoint n commission to consider u federal appropriation for tho im provement of stato highways. Reso lutions urging such action were unanimously adopted, us well us n recommendation favoring the amal gamation t all organizations Reek ing better roads. If tho amalgama tiou plan is carried out tiie Ameri can Automobile association, tho Au tomobile Club of America, tho Amer ican Highway association, tho United States Highway association and thu American Rondhuilders' association will mergo and hold a single conven tion, Efforts are being mado to organize tho school tcachors of liostpn into a unlou. FO TWO OFFICES 1 m J I I M J '9 r,