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t v V'H4 Ortt - "Z'Jim.MAi.lUr . .ti "W-SWWC,,,,...,, n 1 1 M 207 Srcontl Slreot ' v Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itiiln tonight nnd Summy Max. :i Mln. ;jfl Pre. ,1B. PorlylMril Teiir. ttailv ICImIiIIi Tour MlODirOltD. OKIWON, 'iTKKDAY, MK'KMIiKtt 10, 11)13. NO. 228 1. LAY PUNS TO RE-UNITE A RECALL TEDDY national Republican Corumlllce Dis cusses Plans to Ural Drrach With Pi o(rrsslvc& by Maklnu Roosevelt Lrnilrr Special Convention. WASHINGTON, Dec. H! - II)' n ui of nr to 1 1, Hid national riiimtiii run rommlttco rejected this afternoon u proponed plan to liolil n mioclnl ro publican convention taut sprlm;. li.ili'Knlt'ii from nidliiiiu, Kiiusim, l.ntiUlitiut, .MiimiacliilnultH, MIcIiIkiui, Mlmmiirl, Now .Mexico, Now York, North Dakota. Oklahoma, lYiiimyl vtiiilu. Kouth Dakota, WimliltiKlou nml Wont Vlrs'lnln uior tcl tliu ronvcti linn resolution. Tho committee also decided to rluitiKo tliu bnU n( ropn'MMitntloti la iintlonnl conventions subject Mi rati fication, by n referendum vote, In htnto conventions or by prlmnrlus. Tim resolution ulna declared lluit (h. toinmlttco In empowered nml should reduce ilm representation of southern Mntiw III iintlonnl conventions. WAHIIINUTON, Hit IC Houtii oritur irnnni ut tin dinner given tho republican iintlonnl committeemen liml night liy Chalrmnn ChnrlrN 1). lllltt'N claimed toiln)' to hnvo won n victory In tint propoanl to rodtico th delegatus from southern stnto to tiullonnl eouwmtluiiH. Their claims was based on n propoitftl tlml tliu lominlttHo arrange for voter to rati fy whatever nrtlon In this connection iiiu) bo tnkrn lit n proposed oxtrnor (Unary convention of republican. Arllon on tliu propnn.il to cnll n't oitriidnrdiuury cniixcnlluu of ropub lleniiK will bo taken, It wns expected. n( today's formnl meeting. Ttld's 1'rli'inU Arllvo Friends of Colonol Theodore Itoosovolt wore most nrtlvn lit Inut nlKtil'H dinner nml laid plans In tended to recall hlin to the leadership of lioth (ho republican nml progros "fUn iar(lMi. The mnvoiutuit was led liy former (Inventor llndloy of Miss ouri. Xonatiirs Cummins nml llornli nml OrniHliy Mollitrg Ttiuy oxpcctul much support. CliHlrmnii lllllo appointed IhU imirnliiK n special rommltti'o to con Mdlnr n special convention to change tln representation nt iintlonnl con ntoiiH without rntlflrntlon. Sena lor llornli illil not believe this would lilt llOHC. "I ilo not uxpi'Cl tint rommlttou lll cnll n Mloclnl ronvontlon," lio mhIiI. "lint think It Mill rluuiKo tho rirciintntlon Itiiulf, Hiilijoct to tho rntlflrntlon ly utiitti convtintlonH. Wnrn'it WnntH Hiirinoiiy 'I'lio report of tho lnv rommlttoo whh prodcnlcil to thn iintlonnl ronitnlB hloii liy Chnlrmnn I'linrlrH Wnrnin. it ili'iiloit tho roinniltti'o'H rlKht to I'hiiiiKo tho IhihIh of rtipri'Hontntlo.i, lint Miintnlml Itn nuthorlty to mil n Mporlnl convention. "Tho pi-ohlom," mi hi Wiirren, "U to prevent tho contlntiuil iIIvIhIoii of tho inemhorri of our party. Lot tu iiilmliitHlor our own corrortlvo nml not penult thn ilumnrriillo party to nun tho poaltton It Knlliud Holely hy n iIIvInIoii In our mulm to doatroy thn Itooil our party hns dono In tho na tion. " Wnrron fnvorod n convention "to iloclaro ItH convictions, entnlillMli u now IiiihIh for repreBentatlon nml pro pnro to rcHtoro n ropuhllcnn coiiRroHH to n country nlrondy unlounly nwnlt Iiik It." Wnrron opened tho fllit hy moving that n npuclal convention ho cnllod. .Senalor ('nininliiM nml HoproKentntlvj WoodH and Ci unit on nlno umlorHed tho convonilon plnn. They thoiiKht tho pnrty'n InloroKtH could ho Hervod ,'u th In way, SUFFRAGETTES START L LIVKHPOOli, Dee. 1(1. Suffrm: ('Hex early today hroko tliiouuli u ningniricmit Htuiued ulass window in tho hislorio SI, Anne's church hero nml si nil oil a fire inside. The flames worn o.liiiKuislmil hofnrn Ihu church wus destroyed, hut eoitsideruhlo dutii hko xv us done, uHpcciully to Ihu line organ, VILLA SUBJECT ULTMH m N NZ Drynii Sends Constitutionalist LcatiT Demand That Forelmicrs Be Pre tcctcd or American Support. Will Do Withdrawn When Huerta Ousted WAHHINOTON. Itee. IC Hi-ori-tnry of Hliilo llrnn today put It up dofltiltoly to (U'lmral Carranm to pro tect forelKiiern mid forelKii property In rehel territory In Mexico, ' Of conrno It wait to rondltlomt In Cliihiiiilimi City Hint cippclnl refer euro wnii inailo. Cnrrnutn wnn nlveii plainly to timlcmtnm! Hint thn Wimh liiKton mlnilulRtrntlon look- to him to keep (lenernl Vllln In order. If Vllln cannot ho tiiiidn to ohey, It wn Mnld f.'nrrntixn prohnhly will lone all rhnnro of Aniurlrnu mipport when I'renldent Huertn In driven out of office. Admliilittrntlon clrcleit plainly were worried. Ho wmt (ho Mexican rehel Junta hero. It ineinhem neuinod to nmllio more fully tlmn Villa tho nlun of American frlemUhlp. 'In the hope of inhkliii: hi in undemtnml thU they Kent him n telegram direct, wnrnlni; him Hint hl treatment of forelKiieii wiu hurtliiK the retiel cnimo. A report from American ('omul I, etcher at Chihuahua City wan enKor ly awaited. Tho hope itll lingered Hint tho nturlcn told hy many of the Chlhunhoa City refiiKe were exn KorntloiiH. ComllHomi nt Tnmplco wore tin dimmed, OF ATTEMPT 10 SAN FHANCISVO, ( ih, Dec If.. A itrnml jury prohe of an nllcKcd at tempt In iltMcredit Special Treasnrv A ;en I David (1. Power, the t;o em inent' slur in the Western Knei caoes, was ordeteil this afternoon hy Special (lovernment l'roeeulor The odote Itoclto. The order followed Ijie ismutnee of u wnrrnut for I'owors arrest upon the sworn complaint of .Miss Lena Cniliiff, who nUcp-d Pow ers nconmplifJicd her seduetmn under promise of marriage. "This eharuo is tut onlrnci)," snid lloehe this afternoon. ''This elinrite UKiiiuxi Powers has heeit iiui'M'd nloiiK for five or six months now and is pressed nt this time when it would do the inot hnnn. Wo will sift this charge to Ihe liotlom.' The session of the urnnd lurv will meet loniuht nml examine eertuin witiicsM'rt ulreaily stihpoeuncd h Itoehe. These include .MUs I'nduff her father, Power nml Attorneys llolilzcr mid Wallace. Koehe nllened Wullaee ami llnlitrer iit'ronimnicd Miss Oadurf o Jmlu'o Crisl's office, where the warrant for Powers' urrcst wits issued. DAVIS PLEADS GUILTY TO E INDIANAPOLIS, 1ml., Dee. 1(1. fleor;o Davis, a former union iron worker, plcuded miilty in Ihu United States district court hero today to a. elm 10 of conspiring to illcKitlly transport dynamite. Harry Jones, hcerVlnry-lreiisuror of tho luteruuliouiil Associutiou of Uridine, ami Slruelural Ironworkers, iiidielei on n siinllar eharne, pleaded not guilty. No trial ditto was sot. SEEK ACCOMPLICE OF PICTURE THEFT 1'AltIS, Dee. HI, Pollno Prefect I reunion today was seeking it pos sihlo accomplico of the Ilalian, Peru Kin, in Ilm thofl f tho Mona Lisa, stolen flout tho l.ouv ro two years tifo, mid jiibl u'uovurcd in Floionce, GRAND JURY PROBE JAIL WIS SCHMIDT DENIES IINSANITY PLEA BY ATTORNEY Murderer Believes He Is Son of John the Baptist and Believes Saint In fltKiiccs Him Guilty of Slraiijc Inversion of Facts. NI'AV VOIMv, Dee. 111.--The Mute reHted ilH eiiKit nt noon today npiin-.! Ilium Scliinlilt, on trial liern for the murder of .fixN Anna Atimuller. The last witncMK iulroilueeil by H"' pniMeentioii wiim Mrn. Amy WilliauiH, the iim ueeiipiiiit ill the Hat where .Mi Aiiinnller met ilealh, liel'oro it wan lenteil ly Si'liinhll. Kite teti I icil to meetiiiL' Anna there, explain intr that the littler K"ve the name of Mr. John Selnniilt. Scliiiiiilt nut with liowcil liriid an Attorney Oleott Mnrtcd outlinlnc hix ilefeiiNe cum'. "I will show," lie lircmi, "llml Selnniilt is incntallv milinlaiicei! nml Iimh lieen lenllv iiwuip for yearfi." Hearing thi", Selnniilt leaped to hin feel. "Itn not true," lie shouted. "I pro tct. In the inline of (lod I protest." Court atlnehei, foreeil the defend nut into a chair, ami nltlwiiiyli he x-r sisled in niuuililint,' incoherently, 01 cott centinurd: "Sehmiilt helievcK he i a son of Joint the Kaptist, ami nlt-o liclieveH that liit nilmision to the prieKthood wiih due directly to St. Kli.ahoth. Mix mind N in it conMnnt turmoil. It tt marked hy xieiousnesH and erlmcH nlnioxiou-. to moral laws. lie i entity of acts showing a stronger inxersion of facts than xvns over ! vtlopcd in lite Jekyll-ll.de stories.' OF I SAN KltANCISCO, Cal., Dee. 111. I Itiuli Dunn pin, it civil engineer, was the firt xxiluess culled today when the trial of ei'ht officials of the Western l-'uel company, chnivcd with couspiraey to defraud the tov ermitcut, wits retimed licfoio I'uitcd Stales Jml(;o Doolinjr. DuuiiiKan tchtificd eoneeniini; the eorreolness of n tliiiRrnin of coal hunkers he had drawn ami which will ho used during the trial. During Dnnnik"mrri cro. examination tho defense introduced almo.st n score of photographs taken of the company's Folsont street hunkers. Iloclio tried to e.s'dite Iho exam inalion hy udmiHiu the photoi'rnnh weru correct, hut dipite his effttrt practically the entire morning wan occupied in Dnunitjan's crosn-cxiiin-iuation and re-direct examination. Assistant United Stntes District At torney Selvapi was tlie next witness, lie was culled to identify certain pv ernmeut photographs. U was he liovoil David C. Noreross, seorelnry of Iho Western Fuel company, would ho called during tho afternoon ses hiou, 10,000 UNEMPLOYED TO L SAN FHANCISCO, Cal., Dee. 111. PlaiiK to tako 10,000 unemployed men to Saerameitto within two weeks to petition Governor Johnson to call a special session of tho legislature to provide menus of employment for jobless men wero niinoiiuced hero to day hy K. Teesdule, known throuuh out California as "Roughneck" Tees dale. The slogan of the men, Tees dale said, will ho; "Wo will no longer starve in n land of plenty." Teesdnlo plans to speak nt n street meeting hero tonight, , when ho will call for volunleorrf. Ilo says hu is willing to buy trunsportnliou in eut tlo cars from the railroads to Saera nuinlo for Iho army of unemployed, out hain ti huh eouiii not lio ur rauged trains will he commandeered for tho proposed trip, PROBING CHARGES CONSPIRACY COAL R CASE WILLIAM A. PRENDERGAST, LEADING WAY FOR TEDDY? mm V WJIJBt tEJJJJJJbMm165" William A. PrcnderfM&l, ncwlj elected controller of New York Citv. prominent cnmliilnte htl xenr for the proressixe nomination for pnv emor, ami one of Ihe three or four hij; Hull Moixc Icnilers in New York slate, hns rejoined the republican party. Immediately came the suites, tiou that lie had merely pointed the way that Colonel ltoo-evelt would soon take. FED SUPERINTENDENT OF COAST 4- -f OitKOON ( ITV, Dec. Ifi. Henry O'Malley is nt receipt today of notice of his ap pointment n field superinten dent of the United States bu reau of fixheries. He xvill have cliarcc of all fi-h cul tural work on the Pacific const, emhraoini; Oreoii. Witshiiicton, CHlifoni'it nml Alaska. Mr. O'Mnlley hits heun sit perititeudent of the liureuti of J"ilierieK for Oregon and !nil charge of hatchery work on Hit Itogiio ner. MORE RIGOROUS RULES SALKM, Or., Dec. 1(1. More ric orous rules for ndiuUMnn to ihe state har were adopted today hy tin supremo court, chief among them being mi educational test hy which no applicant is eligible for ad'niion tmlt'Ks he he iv crailimto of some col lego or high .school, or can pass nit cMimiiiutiou cowling an academic and literary training oiptal in scope to tho requirements of n four years' couro in mi approved high school. This rule nNo reiptires three year' study of law, iuMeud of two, as here tofore. Under the new rules, (he exam inations will be uivcit hy u hoard of examiners coinporil of five members of the Oregon Har nssoeintioii whoso appointment by (ho president of the associutiou must bo con finned bv the supremo court. STATE WIDE STRIKE DKKVKII, Colo., Dee. 1(1. Whether or not to call it strike of nil uuionir.ed industries' throughout Col orado xvns. iiinong tho nuestions scheduled for settlement nt it meet ing of repreM'iitutivos front between 'JoO mid ilOO locals begun hero today. Tho strike, if called, will ho in support of tho miners in the south ern Colorado coal fields, all of whom hnvo lit'oii out for many weeks mid a pint of whom quit work months ugo. EXPLOSION KILLS FORTY-TWO IN COLORADO MINE Believed That All Employed In Vul can Coal Mine at Newcastle Perish Is Second Explosion in Same Property Rescue Impossible. c;u:nwood hpkino.s. coio., Dec IC. -At IMS o'clock HiIh afternoon fifteen bodleft hod heen rccovorcd from tho Vulcan tnlflo, of tho Hocky Mountain Fuel company nt Newcastle, near here, wheru nn explosion oc curred nt noon. It was definitely known that forty three men were In tho mine when tho explosion occurred. Kite cl eaned alive. Th other thirty-eight undoubtedly wero killed. It was expected that all corjues will have been recovered by C o'clock this evening. Tho explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas. Men from the South Canon and Sunlight mines nearby assisted rescuers In tho search for the victims. GI.BNWOOD SI'IUNGS. Colo., Dec. IC. An oxploslon In which heavy loss of life Is feared occurred about noon today In tho Vulcan mlno of tho Hocky Mountain Fuel company at Nowcastlo, ten miles from here. The mlno ordinarily employs about forty men but reports received hero said forty-two men wero nt work when tho explosion occurred. Per sons standing on the surface, near the entrance, were knocked down by the forco of the explosion. Mlno Superintendent Charles Ncer dlnk left the mine but a niomunt be fore tho explosion. He Immediately organized a helmet crew and entered the workings. Tho rescuers remained' below but thirty minutes. Reports received hero said sev eral bodies had already been found but that no attempt was rnado to move them. It was believed hero that all In tho mine were klllcd In stantly. Minors from nearby properties rushed to the scono and doctors am? mines were hurried from hero to Newcastle on a special train. Fifty-four men were killed In tho same mlno by an explosion In 1S9C. HELLER ADMITS T SATI WASHINGTON. Dee. 1(1. Dr. Jo-f-epli Heller of the army medical corp, now retired, the Caribou soci- I't.xV secretary. em Secretary Gar rison word that he nsMimcd all re sponsibility for giving out to the iiewspiiper advance mutter concern ing the banquet program. His admission brought Dr. Heller into very unpleasant prominence in conneolton with tho inquiry, for ev erything else might have been over looked, it was said, in administration circles, if it hud not been for it state meat in tho ndvmico matter to tho effect that features would be shown indicating tho Caribou s lack of sym pathy with tho government's Philip pine policy. Dr. Heller insisted, however, that lie overlooked this miuouuccmeut. "Wo hnvo been singing these Mime songs for ten years," ho argued, "nml nobody over considered them objee tionnblo before. Wo thought we were taken no mora than fiiii-makiug lib erties with members of tho cabinet in connection with current events. We meant no tiff rout to nnyone." T I'OUTLAND, Oro., Dee. IC Cuba rot Blngors and performers nro pro hibited from dancing and Blnglng around tables on tho main floors of cafes by nn order Ibsuod this morn ing by Mayor Albee. RESPONSIBILITY FOR BANQUE E i SENATE REJECTS HITCH PLAN CURRENCY Amendment Maklnu Terms of Mem bers of Proposed Reserve Board Eight Years at Annual Salary of $10,000 Each Rejected, 35 to 32. WASHINGTON, Dsc 1(J. Itv n vote of :." to ,TJ the sonnte rejected this afternoon the Hitchcook amend ment to the currency hill, miikim the terms of the members of the pni pocd reserve hoard e'jrht years nt mi minimi salary or ipJ.OOO ench, in stead of six year- tonus nt salaries of irHMMO nimitnlly. Senator Mristow defended n pro vi-ion for federal guarantee of hank deposits, wnen tue ueunie on the cur rency hill was resumed in the senate today. It was exacted the hill would pass the senate lnte this week. Senator Lnue of Oregon, who did not join the democratic caucus on the currency bill, announced his intention of stipportins; the Hitchcock amend ment providing for the government control of the regional hank scheme. Lane nrgued that the proxsed hnnks were to he public utility institutions nml should be under government mnnngement. E; NEAiUNG CAPITAL 1IKXICO CITY, Dee. 10. Presi dent Huerta was governing today again without n congress, the mem bers having adjourned today iint'l April 2'J, intend of April 1, its tisttnl. A report having been current that Huerta Itnd thanked American Charge d'Aff aires O'Shaugltnessy for niil. Admiral Fletcher xvns said to hnvo given the federals at Tampico, O'Shaugltnessy denied jwisitively that Huerta had thanked him for nnv thing, officially, unofficially or oth erwise. Foreign Minister Mohcna joined in this denial, adding that Fletcher had no right to advise the federals any way. Fierce fighting between Huerta's troops and npatistas was rciwrted today inside the federal district, and hut a few miles from the capital. The citizens are in mortal terror of the savage Zapatista ami the govern ment hns done its best to suppress tho news lest it start n panic. T CANOIOATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY WASHINGTON, Doc. 10. -No presidential cnndidiiey for hiui.'Seu ator PJihu Hoot announced today on the floor of the national upper house. Ho cottldit t and wouldn't accept it, he said emphatically. Hoforo tho next presidential iimug tiratioit day, Ihe senator added, if alive, he will be 72 years of age. and while ho appreciated his frieuuV good opinion of him, his publio ser vices xtero nearly ended, nnv future work suggested for him could be bet ter dono by younger men. A Hoot presidential boom, started by Andrew Curnegie n short time ago, aroused considerable enthusi usiu in tho ranks of conservative re publicans. SEEKING TRACE OF POSTAL ROBBERIES "WALLACE, Idaho, Dec. IC That Post Office Inspector lllddlford and assistants who itro Investigating thn robbery of tho Wallace post offlco Saturday night, nro now searching for u second man tit tho case, dex'iloped this uftornoou. HUERTA GOVERNS ALN ZAPATISTAS NK H ASSESSMENT WILL?! VOID Phlpps Wins Case Against City, Which Is Enfofned From Levying Lien en Sewer District Property to Pay for Trunk Sewer. Circuit Judge Calkins, in n decis ion rendered Tuesday in Ihu enso of W. K. Phipps vs. the City of Med ford, declared null nml void tho or dinance 711 assessing tho trunk sewer in district No. 13 of Med ford ngitiust the properly directly bene fited by the sewer, nml that the prop erty of the plaintiff is not encum bered by tho purported lien attempted to be created hy the onlinnnce. The city h enjoined fnrni collecting any money nssessed by the onlinnnce or from nsserting any lien npiinst it. The decision is of unusual interest, ns tho cno is n long fought one, in volving tho right of tho city to make a district frewer ascssment for n. trunk sewer beneficial to the entiro community. In the findings of fact, Juilgo Calkins says: Finding of Fact "That said sewer had alicndy been constructed ami installed nnd xvnH in actual mo and operation for a. period of about eighteen months before said onlinnnce wns passed or adopted for said pretended m-sessment, nnd that tho cost nnd tin) whole hereof hnil nlrcady nnd theretofore been paid hy the defendant city; that nt no time prior to the construction of. snid sewer nor to the ndnption of snid onlinnnce, nor at mty time since, or over nt all, did the defendant city, or tho rccprder thereof, or any erson or authority whatsoever, ever post, publish or in nny other manner givo any notice to this plaintiff or to nny other of the owners of the property assessed or pretended to be assessed by .said ordinance, tlmt snid defend ant projwscd to mnko said or nny as sessment, nnd that in consequence thereof the plaintiff nnd all other owners of property so nssessed wero precluded from entering any objec tion or protest to the iissessincnt of tho projierty so nssessed hy said or dinance ns aforesaid. I'niiH'rty Not IScncfltcri "That tho pntK?rty of tho plaintiff horeinhefore described was nnd is not adjacent to nor in nny mminer benefitted by said Central nvenuo sewer; that the samo could not ho drained hy or connected with said sewer for the reason that the topog raphy of said real estate prevented, and nlwnys will prevent, the drainngo of said described property or nny thereof by the snid sewer; that tho larger portion of snid described prop erty had nlrcady am! theretofore been connected with and attached to the snid Hiversido sewer mid the re mainder thereof must, when the samo is iinpmvcd, necessarily ho attached to and connected with the snid Hiver- , side sewer in order that the same mav I be drained. "That notwithstanding tlmt tho snid sewer xvns not nnd never could be of any benefit to snid described (Continued on Pagolj) SIX LOSE LIFE CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 10. In a firo which destroyed n. Salvation Army shelter hero early today, ut lenbt six persons porihed; nnd it witH feared moro'viutiniH'xVero hurled in tho ruins. A dozen iujiired wero in local hospitals. t ' ' At least 1118 persons xvoro asleep in iho shelter. Besides tho known dead, ninny others were unaccounted for. V " ' Salvation Army nlficiuls said n mint who asked accommodation at tho sheltor recently and for Home jen sou met witlt a refusal, threatened to "gel even." ,, , On tho Mrcngth of this ptutenumt, Fffid royors, a mnti of. forty, w1 iu-oted. Ho wiw ordered from Hid I shelter twico lust night. WEN SALVATION BARRACK N 4, I