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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER'
Ilnln tonight unit Monday
Max. (i:i( .Mlti. mit ro. .in.
' "urn
Korly-llilnl Yuar.
Dully KlKhth Yir
EM AT
TAMPICO TOLD
TO LEAVE CITY
Fighting Sllll Continues, Gunboat
Bravo Slielllnn Rebels Refugees
Parked on Gunboats, and Battle
ships Forclgnrrs Arc Safe.
Rebels Trying to Repair Railroad
and Bringing In More Artillery
Trainload of Troops Arrives.
VKItA VWV'A, Dee. 1:1. The Turn
pli'ii situation wiih worse (tulny.
Fighting was not eninplclrly hih-pi-mlcd.
I conliniicd In llin lutr
Inn' vicinity mill tin f'ili'rnl giinhout
llriiM xviih ullll slifdling the rebel.
Ailmiriil Fletcher nidi-rctl nil
Anii'rii'iiiiM from Hi" city. Fhn bun
ill i'il refugee who were packed liku
H4i i liiii'H mi board I In giiuhnut
1it'tlinc unit tint itiiInit Tacniim
were Iniimferrcil In lonmler quarter
mi tlm linlllohip Virginia, Rhode
Ulmid iiihI Nmv Jersey outiilc tin1
liiiilinr.
Tin Mcninsliip Meno ('untie wn
iihi'Ii'i tomorrow to tnko off nil
thiiMt who A In leave Tninpieo'
vicinity.
Foreigner were safe, Fletcher mi
nouiiccil liv ulri'li', but Ik' I'niilil nut
iiimwcr Npecilienlly cntici-ining imli
VilllllllH.
Inn rebel wore Irjing ! repair
(In rnilrnml, o bring imir artillery
from Vii'lnrin iih mi offm-l ngninl
llii Ilritvn' fin
Strenuous of fm In were holm; mudc
to reinforce the federal garrison. A
tniinlmiil nf tump nrriwil Imlny
fimn Mexico (i(y mnl negotiation
were opened Willi tlm Mexican Smi
gallon iiniiiiiiiiy In transport Hunt In
Tninpieo.
Il wu iiiiilcrntonil, Inn, tluil tln
frilnrnl gunboat Zarngorn luul been
ordered In Tiixpmi In liikn General
Minis mnl hi f.n en frimi tlifrc In
the M't'iit) of llm battle.
TEXAS APPEALS
E
fl.M.VI'.STON', 'IVv., iw. 1:1.
With thoiiKmnlH hiiffciiMi; mnl linn
iIiimIk ni'liiiillv nt tlm point of ilciitli
from Nlnrvnlion mnl i)Mistiri', rcliof
wnrki-rrt in lln Tc.xiis iliilni'ln iwopl
by lln reennt flnoilrt loilnv sent pn
nppi'iil In Wnwliinton for nlil finm
llm fi-iliMiil Kovcriinmiil.
IJnttiNH Hoinutlilin; Ik lom upcrilily,
pi'i-Hoim who hiivu liccn llirouli :ho
Hlrii'krn Ht'i'lloim Niiltl, tho ili'nlh roll
"will hn iippnlliiiK. rmnllii'H for hi'oics
of iiiIIch nlmii; tlm llrnxos valley lost
iiliinltilfly ovoryllilnj lint llm ciolboH
in whiuh Ihuy isunpiil. Kvcn llioxc
who own fnniiH will Imvo to ln n..
hlstcil until Ihuy can iiu'am p't on
llii-Ir feci. Tlm cxlcnl nf llm ilinns
lur wn hiicIi Unit Infill charity wiik
huainpi'il.
diuixiicnh wiih bun prcmiiii to-
ilny. 'Jhcro woro iiiniiy ciihch of
Miutllpox mul typhoid. Vi(,'oroiiK no
tion will Im ncncHNiiry, II wiik Hiiiil, to
pruvuiit wiih'Hprcml cpuInniicH.
FINE PROSPECTS FOR
BANNER WHEAT CROP
I'OUTI.ANl), Ore, Doc. 13. Tho
piuiiilHo for tho 1011 crop of whiter
wheat In Oregon, Idaho nml W'aah
limtou Ih hy oiUIh tho hunt In hlatury,
niTorilliiK to Uytumi II, Cohuu, com
murclal filltor of tlm Journal today,
Not only Iiiih thoru huou a vory huavy
Inonmmi In tho ucrciiKo miwu to
Kialii hut tlm yluhl pur aero proinlHon
at thla tlino In hoyunil all provloua
ynnrH,
Coluni CBtluiatoH that tho yield will
ho ll,01 (1,000 IiuhIiuIh for tho tluoj
utatou, comiiurod with 5:1,857,000
hiiHlmla prudiicud on hint yoar'u win
ter acroutso.
AM
asi an
R FLOOD N
IBATTLE ORDER
F R I) M
AIM
PROVES CANARD
British Minister In Mexico Denies
Recclvlnu Mcssago Stntlrifj That
Fletcher Had Ordered Combatants
to Fl(jht Fake by Enemies.
Purveyors of False News Worked So
Skillfully That Story Was Sent Otu
In Good Faith.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. in. Hlr
l.loin-l Canton, llrlllNh minister In
Mia I co City, todny gave tlm follow
I UK cxcliulvu lulorvluw to tlm Unltul
Prims:
"Tlm story that I received from
Ailmlrnl Hlr Christopher Crnditock.
llritish nu ul coiiiiiiniulcr In Mexican
wiitiirn, 11 wlri'lmK uickmiku saying Ail
mlrnl Fletcher liml stopped tlm fight
ing nt Tamplco lunt night Ik abso
lutely fuUo.
"I rcrchod no such mrsingo,
"Tlm story Ik nntriiu In uvury par
ticular." Prom n scml-nftlclnl source. It wits
lenruml Hint tlm mury referred to by
Hlr I.Iiiih'I Him Inspired mnl dissemi
nated by InlcrcBtii Inlmlrnl to l'rinl
ilf nt WIIhoii.
It wit to tlio (iffcrt t tint I'lctchor
liml (irihirnl lioth fodcrnln mid roucl
to cfimo flrliiK. tliri'OtcnliiK to ojion
on tlmni with tlm Kiinlioat Wtu-ol-Iiik'm
IiIk It ii iih If tlioy illnotiuyod,
Tlm purveyor of thin fnlno nnwi
worki'il ho Mkllfully Hint tlmy ilrcolvi'l
tlm Kirrrnpoinli'iitH hero iih well as
tin' jmlillr nml tlm Htory wn itciit on'
In i;oinl faith nml whlnly rlrciilutud.
Anmrlrmm In thu capital uiru
much cxi'lldl hy It nml oiiIilrnhlu
liltti'rncnM was rxpronHcil conccriiliiK
tlm fiilni'liood'M iiutlmrH.
UN JEER
OF
niifAno, i ),.,.. 1:1. iiciu,.ini..
mcnl nf Mm, Kiln llac Vninii; as
Hiipcrinlcnilcut nf ChifiiKo'H public
hi'IiooIh wiih ilciuniulcil of Mayor
Harrison today in rcHolutloiiH adopt
ed nt a meeting of 7001) club women
in tho Auditorium,
KoilnwiiiK her reitihlalemenl, il was
further ilemnnileil Hint (loveruor
Uiiiiun call a hpecial session of I he
lc;!lntiiru to iiuiko uicialiers of the
Mflinnl board elective, nfficialK in
Hleml nf nppniiilccri of the niayor, in.
nt present.
lnno Aililaias mul oilier opcnktUK
ileiiiiuiccil Mm. Yoiuk'h enforced rj
lireincnt us tlm work of "litllc poli
lieimiM." .Severnl men who tried to defond
llm Hchool hoard wcro jeeivd down.
"If women," paid U. K. IlumhurK,
hlnrtinn to mnko a npeeeli, "were ed
ilfiileil cnouh to rh to the pnUn- -"
That wiih iih far nR lie not before
ho wiih booed from llm Auditorium.
CONWAY AND RICHET
GUILTY, SAYS JURY
rOHTLANI), Oro., Doc. 13. A
verdict of guilty wan returned today
by a Jury In tho fodornl court hero In
tho case of J. T. Conway mul Frank
Iilchot, Konoial innnnKor and presi
dent, ronpectlvoly, of tho Oregon in
land Duvolopoment eompnny, on
elianum of havlnj; nilaiiHud tho United
Htates iiiiiIIh In tho exploitation of
laudu In Uuutrnl and Kautcru Oro
koii. Thoy woro convicted on all
flvo counlB In tho Indictment, which
wiih returned lu March, lOlli, A roc
ommondatloii or lunloncy wna mado
to Jud;o Dean but no reason for thla
wiih Klven.
JiiiIko llean allowod tho convicted
men thirty .ilaya hi which to fllo an
uppllcutlon for a new trial,
Tho trial lautod threo woeka and
over 100 wltueaaea woro examined,
Dl
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OF
$4000 ON ESPEE
NKW flltl.KANS, l.n., Dec. l;t.
llailroad and express delcciei mnl
city and coiinly milhnrilies joined
today in (he hunt for the lone bandit
who pit into the expre.- ear on the
Southern Pacific' Sun-et limited
lait niht nt the suburb of Marahnu,
fnlally wounded Well Fnrj;o Men
Henucr .lames Arnold mid dropped
off with money pucl&Rtw c-timiitcil
lo contain $1000.
Olfieialt; generally were of the
opinion that tho outlaw was hidinir
here and the city was Itelnc raiiMick
ed for him. A Reed description wns
lnckiiiR, however.
Tlm success nf a number of train
mbherioa in various purls of the
fount ry recently hits disturbed rail
road offieliiln Rrenllx and it wns ex
pected a blj: row-ant would bo of
fered for a rapture;
It xviih learned that them was a
$100,000 rash Rliipmeut on un earlier
train, and express company officials
thought it was this that the bandit
sought.
L
OF MURDERING ACKER
SAN KHANC1CSO, t'ul., Dee. 13.
Arthur It. Coulson, a poultry
dealor hero, recently convicted of the
murder of (looi-go lxovnek mid Will
iam Acker, xvus sentenced In lire im
prisoument in Smi Quentiu prison
here today by Superior .IiuIro D;inue.
Tho court rallied a hlay of execu
tion for twenty days to ponuit Coul
son to spend Christmas and New
War's with his two sous, Golden,
aged 10, mid Karl, 7.
IDENT
VISIT TO GULFPORT
WASHINGTON, Duo. 13. If con
Kroaa piiHaea tho currency bill and
adjourns for tho holidays, President
Wilson, It wna announced this after
noon, probably will ko south to
(lulfport, MIbh., xvliuro ho may play
Knit and Indulge lu other outdoor
exorcises,
mm ua
M1SDFOKD. OHIWON, SATntDAV, DKCKM HttR VI, 3013.
PITY THE POOR MAIL CARRIER DICING THE MERRY CHRISTMAS SEASON
VSimh.r ..a V E:ja y.M i5sJ772
LOPEZ m ALIVE
THREATENS DEATH
TO
SALT I.AKK CITY, Itah, Doc.
Shift Dons Sam Idiccrs of
13.
the
I'tali-Apex mine, near lliughiim, told
Sheiiff Smith todny that he saw and
talked with Kalph Lopez Thurxduv
mid Friday and had mi appointment
tn see him aain xiiac time today.
Tho Mexican murderer realized.
Holers said, that he would never
eoino out of the mine alive, but he
meant In die fiuhliii);. During the
piwse.s' hunts for him in tho work
iuK, Lopez bud ireipient cluinees,
(ho shift boss ipioted him ax sayiuR,
to wipe nut xvhole iarties nt a time,
hut he did not care to kill utile- it
became necessary.
Ho made exceptions, however, of
Julio Correlln 'and Michael Stefano.
former friemN, whom he bluiued for
lending the officers to his hiding
place. Thee, Rogers said, Lopez
was anxious to mid to hi present
list of six xioliins before ho himself
died.
FEDERAL GENERALS
KACILK PASS, Tex., Dee. III.
Tho capture by General Telle, Mex
ican federal, nf Gomez Palacio, Lenin
and Torreon was reported here to
day in messages from Teller, himself
to local federation sympathizers.
Torreon was taken, Tellez said, af
ter eight desperate assaults. Ho
gavo tho number of rebels killed as
100, hut did not mention his own
losses.
2800 OUT OF 3000
AT
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. HI.
Agent Densmoio of tho federal labor
department telegraphed to Washing
ton today that liSOll of (ho 11000
tenmslers who struck here recently
had either gone hack to work or
agreed lo do so. Their employers
made uuion ugrcuuicutts with them.
PURSUERS
PARLIAMENT TALKS
WITH
ANA
LONDON, Dee. 1.). DUpatche
telling nf a conference at Ilennosillo,
Mex., between Major Martin Archer
Slice, a eonserx-alixo member of the
HritiMi hnuso of ropro-entulivos, and
General Carrnnza, Mexican rebel
leaner, caused considerable gossip
both in political and business cir
cles hero todny.
Convinced that the Iliierla regime
was doomed xvn some llritish inter
est opening negotiations with the
lender of (ho ono expected Ii succeed
il f Wns (he question politicians and
financiers asked ono another. If
any one could answer tho question,
he preferred not lo do so. It was at
least certain that tho major did not
represent the llritish government
even unofficially, since, xvith a lib
eral administration, u liberal emis
sary assuredly would have been
chosen.
Tho major's own version, ns given
in cabled accounts of (he conference,
wns that the Mexican situation wns
likely enough to como np in parlia
ment, and he thought it best to in-
fonn himself concerning it.
E
NKW YORK, Dee. HI. Strength in
stocks which havo been conspicuous
ly xvenk recently marked the opening
of the stock market today. A lively
demand for New Haven caused that
stock to rise to 07. Peunsylvaniii,
Jsow lork Central and Reading also
mado good gains. American Tele
phono dropped a point to a new low
price at llfi.
Lnter individual instances of short
selling mid liquidation upset the
market again and prices generally
went below Yosterdnyls bottom fig
ures. Pennsylvania ami Now York
Central made new low records and
New Haven dropped to within Y$ of
its lowest level.
Hands were steady.
Tho market closed firm.
Tho biennial convention of tho Or
der of Railroad Station Agents la to
bo hold lu Uostou next February.
BRYAN DEMANDS IINITIATIVE BILL
PROTECTION FOR TOCUTPAYROLL
SPANSHSUBJECT
Wires Carranza on Request of Span
ish Minister Against Outrages at
Chihuahua City by Rebels Against
Subjects of Alfonso.
Notwithstanding Protests of Admiral
Fletcher, Prisoners of War Hanged
hy Both Sides at Tamplco.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, Not
wltliBtnmllng protests by Admiral
1-lctchcr, both federals and rebels
alike hanged their prisoners of war
In sight of the town and the ships
off shore at Tamplco, states messages
received from tho admiral today.
Fletcher's protents and the threat
ening nttitudo General Villa has as
sumed toward Spaniards In Chihua
hua City mado tho Mexican situation
serious.
Spain Fill Protest
The Spanish ambassador here fllel
a formal demand for protection of
King Alfonso's subjects. Just what
was said In tho ensuing communica
tion sent by tho state department to
Generals-Carranza and Villa, Secre
tary Ilryan did not tell, but It wan
known that It wns peremptory, em
phatic and mado It clear to both the
rebel leaders that tho Washington
numimsiration win hold them per
sonally responsible for all foreigners'
safety throughout the torrltory hold
by their forces.
Tho fear was plainly expressed
that tho murder of any Spanish resi
dents of Chihuahua City would com
pel American Intervention la Mexico.
WRECK TRAIN TO
CLKVKLANI), Ohio, Dec 13. An
attempt to kill President Andrew
Smith of tho New York railroad In
a train was what detectives today
termed tho ditching of tho Lake
Shoro's Kngland express uear Wlck
llffo last midnight.
Though tho suapected plot failed
so far as Smith was concerned, hU
prlvato car nt tho train's rear not
oven leaving tho rails, four mail
cars, a combination coach and throo
Pullmans jumping tho track and only
steel construction saved tho passen
gers, while tho locomotlvo rolled com
pletely over, killing tho fireman and
seriously Injuring tho engineer.
Smith rushed from his car and saw
four men running from tho sceno.
"Are you all lu tho ditch?" ono of
tho men asked Smith.
FRANCE VOTES THANKS
FOR LOST MASTERPIECE
PARIS, Dee. 13. -Tho recovery of
(ho "Mona Lisa" was Iho chief topio
of discussion lit today's eabinot
meeting. Government business, was
forgotten xvhilo tho ministers con
gratulated themselves ami tho coun
try on its good fortune. Tho event
ovidently was regarded as possess
ing an importance hard for an Anglo
Saxon to imagine.
Tho minister of public, instruction
thon scut tho nation's thanks to
Rome and ait official of arts will go
to Rome to reeoivo tho painting.
T
'S BILL
WASHINGON, Doc. 13. Hearings
boforo tho honso merchant marine
committee on Sonator I.nFollotto'a
seamou'a labor bill began today. Tho
mensuro la opposed by ocean nnd lako
shipping Interests.
KILL PRESIDENT OF
EN
LIN
N. 220
OF CITY FILED
Measure Restores Charter to Orig
inal Form, Taking Off Salaries of
Mayor and Ccuncilmcn, Who Arc
Expected to Serve Gratia.
Will Be Submitted to People for .Vote
at January Election Saves $2700
a Year to Taxpayers.
Tho Initiative petition for tho
amendment of section IS of tho city
charter, taking tho salary off mayor
nnd councllmen, and restoring tho
charter to Its original form, under
which neither mayor nor council
were paid for services, was film! Jth
the city recorder Friday by Horace
Nicholson and Fred Mears. It con
tained 341 signatures, over tho 15
per cent required under tho law.
Tho petition will be submitted to
the peoplo at tho January election
to bo acted upon, and Is pretty cer
tain to carry by a largo majority, ns
it will gavo tho taxpayers $2700 a
year In expenses.
Not until threo years ago did tho
mayor and council recclvo a salary.
Then on account of tho vast nmoant
of public work In progress, tho sal
ary was voted. As thero Is Ilttlo pub
lic work now, tho originators of tho
petition, hold thero Is no necessity
for salaries. Neither Grants Pass
nor Ashland pay such salaries.
The amendment reads as follews:
The people of tho city of Medford
do ordain, that section 18 of tho char
ter of tho city .ot Medford, Oregon,
be, and tho same hereby Is, amended
ro as to read as follews:
Section 18. Neither tho niayor,
nor any councilman of tho city of
Medford, Oregon, nor tho president
of tho council, shall rocelvo any sal
ary or compensation for any service
performed by them, or any of thorn,
nor shall such mayor, councilman, or
president of tho council, bo a party
to, or Interested directly or indirectly
in any contract to which said city is
a party, or in which it haB an interest.
or over which It has supervision or
routrol.
If any such mayor, councilman or
president ot tho council, shall draw
any salary or recolvo nny componsa
Hon for his services as such, or bo di
rectly or ludirectly interested in, or
n party to, any such contract, thoy
Bhnll bo guilty of malfeasance In of
fice and shall forfeit such office.
Provided, that when tho mayor of
any councilman is required to per
form special or extraordinary serv
tces, uot strictly within his duties,
as such officer, ho shall bo reim
bursed for auy money actually ex
pended by him in such service, tho
claim therefor to bo audited and
passed upon as other claims against
said city.
IS
E
PORTLAND, Or., Dee. IH Se
verely censuring tho xvifo and nssert-
ing that sho had cunningly devised to
deprive him of his property, Circuit
Court Jutlgo Henry McGinn today
granted a deerco of riivoroo to Dr.
Henry Waldo' Coo from Viola M.
Coe. Coo is ono of tho most prom
inent members of tho progrcso
party in tho northwest, and Mrs, Coo,
is equally prominent In club and suf
frngist circles.
Judge McGinn decreed that tho
family homo in Portland, valued at
nearly $100,000, is held only in trut-t
hy Mrs. Coe, instead or being her in
dividual property, as claimed.
Other property righta were also
settled.
WOLGAST NEAR-RANCH
S0LD T0 ARNETT
IJarkdull and Miles Friday sold to
M. V. Ilamott of Los Angeles fpr
$18,000 tho F, L, Heath ranch near
Kaglo Point once sold to Ad Wolgast
for 117,000. tho ox-llghtwolght kins
ronlgglng on tho deal. Harnett took
pousosslou at once.
DOCTOR
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