Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 17, 1913, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSrcon Street 'lr ' tt Vrj7 Second SPul Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Ititln tonight, nml Thursday Ma, it's Mln. HO. Pro. .(Ml. SECOND EDITION MMIlKOItl). OkKOOX, WHUNKSDAV, DKf'KMHKK 17, liJI.'t. , NO. 229 Purlylliln1 Yunr Dnllv Klitlilli Yr ZAPA1A PLANS 10 SEIZE REINS BF THE FIRST FLIGHT III TIE NOTICE 26Y TIMM Mm THE TENTH HSARl B AN OF GOVERNMENT When Federal and Rchcl Forces Arc Exhausted, Otillaw to Allnck Cap italAlliance Reported Concluded Oelwccn Hurt ta ami Japanese. Financial Situation Desperate Bin. Bank on Verne of Failure anil Bankruptcy Threatens. MUX ICO CITY, Due. 17.- When Mullen's federal and rebel forces hnio fiiiiKhl until one shin is beaten Hint the utliur, 'tliotiKli victorious, in xbntmtoil. (leiicrul '.iipntn Intends to ki'1n the M'Iiih of cuvt'dimmit. iipulUlu .Wur City At pri'miiu It wuit lonniHil on gtitnl mithorlt). t'HHi 'itpntUins, inn i'U iiiiiiimhI ut Mllpu Attn, Hi miles from tliu itiptlal, prepared to limit fnrrnii Tii Into Out city when lrhhliit liner In falls, III I'll they nppcnr to con nliliT (irtulu to happen Noon (iKiinrul itHiln li quartered nt tlu rortlrlo Dliix riiiicli. lour mlltw be liluit IiIk troop. IVititinl efofrts to illtdodxu tlio Xiiimln force lint fulled (bus fnl, nlllmiir.li tillwr report nolwltlmttiuil Iiik. a t thajr Iirmi liml no serious, 'initio with tlin federals Inside tlii cupllnl district. I'erelKii Minister .Mnlimin cinplmt Icnlly denied today reports Hint Mx I mi nml Japan liml concluded a trout) of ttltliiiico. "I m wiy concerning till such sliitoHioiiU." Im mild. "Unit llm itri HtiMilutol) nut run- No surh trinity kxInU nml uon Is coiitoiu pltilwl." I'liinmiul' I'uiilr l .Vt'itr Tint llliiinrlul hIuiiiIIoii mim dos ltirnt,n today One hi1 luiuk unit kit lil to ho on tlm varmi of fnllum nml If It khh down, It wim predicted tlmri' would b n iwrlvct epidemic of Iiiikk liankrtipteloa. DoapllH I'orolKU Minister Mo limm'i denial, n I lunrt lata officer, was iimitiiil this afternoon iik an horllim tlint n Meklrii-JHninciM til llnui'H liml I'iioii roiinml. mnl Hint MlnUlnr De I .a llarru. Mexico's rep nwiiiitatlvo at Pnrls, ai mi IiIk way to Toklo to completo tlm details. Tim hiinin offlror said ti'ii inndet'i cannon wro on tln'lr way to Mc li'ii lit) Iroiu .lapan. anil that lliinrl.i liml Hlri'ail rerehod from thero IMUino rifles nml I. nun, ono rotni'lH of aniuiiinltloii. REBEL OUTRAGES ;i BY WASHINGTON, Dim-. 17 Flitted Slutc Consul Letcher reported 1'ioin Chihuahua Cilv today, dcn.wng Fl Ii'iimi i epulis of icbel outrages against Americans since Cliiliuntiiia City wan cnptuicd. I In denied men Hint they liml behaved ilihi-onrlt'- oily. In litis uVi'i'i'i! iiiinoniii'iui; I'lnirisi'ii lion of tlm Ti'irnHH nml Croi'l cs IiiIim, (li'iinral Villa kiivi' iik kiiih1x for hl IH-Ilon tlit "witlilioliliiiK ol luxes mnl ' oin'oiii'iiKcniDiit of tin1 lii'iii'luuy of Mum tit nml Oioi'o" liv tlm liit'ii whoMi proprity lu wiik M'i.illf,'. Coiu'miiini; tlm htorii'H of liU hViiliiicnt of I'lMclniinirt, Villa I'liarir i'il Hint tlio Spaiiiniilrt wmn ai'livo imillhiniH of Mui'ila nml that If lie fouml cM'i'ptlnnM iiiuoiii; llin-n of wIiomi piopmly ho was liil.iui; ih hi'ssion hn would iluly it'iuiliui'M' tliriu for thoir loMht'H, Iti'poilH we it' Htill inii'i't'iil of n ipiniTuI lii'twi'i'ii (It'iimnl Ciiiian.n nml (li'iii'ial Villa. GETS SAILOn MEDAL FOR SAVING SOLDIER WASHINGTON', Hoi'. 17. A h'iN vor nii'iliil wiih pi hm' u I i'i I tnilav to .Inlin Von Duliii of Ihu Moniiior (lou irnl iMoDowcill hv Si'i'inlaiv f tho TidiHiii'v Ali'Ailoo, Von Duliii Mtvi'il n holilii'r lYum iIi'evmiiiiu: iu Kail J'Tttliulbt'o buy Bi'iilvjiibor ID luat. 1 AMERICANS DENIED CONSUL nirwvtriicr vrrnr.j ia j''ao! I. ill. t.VIU IU II V. i-mjnit r M r iirM ltirTvMr -V t'"' .', f ' " " "" - WASMINdTON', !).. 17. A tin tHtivi' IIKHM'llll'tlt WM n'HI'lll'il till- nftcrnooii for h otn in the nmwil' , on tho i-urri'iiev liill ilutinK tin li'Ki-! lalivi- iIhv of I'riiUy. Tin woithl innmi n fiiml rollimll Siilunliiv ninif. HilrfnuinK tninorniw, Mpi'rlii will ln lhnilml to rift'ii iiiiuutoM iwii'li. r'nity-iiiii' to lliirly-f t i-ii. tint xiu- Hto toilnv ili'fi'ntnl I ho Milrh k mni'inliHi'iit to tho ourrciii'V lull, li which ili'iM.iU woiilil limi' ln'n giiHrrinl(NNl-lHlttHfp-wiil mh l j natHMiiil lmiikN, uintor tha roxcrMM S'iiMur Kent ili'Mil"il xninlv for m ti'ii-iniiiulc limit mi ihh'i'Iik nml foi iitmnitnAiio I'oiiM'iit to fi vim: I'Hiluv poitii'lv no tin' ilny for Ihu vote. TIioiiiii1i r out of work in In itinmi hIoiu', Im mui,t,i1, n rrHlt nf tin liaiik' ivfiinl to Imii iiioiii'V lor wrolU to i'iiilUrl until nir ri'u uHi'rrtniiilir Mri Nottlrd. Smi ntr Itmlonx nrtf-lhnm mirniii'V ipii'tioii In wnimlv iIiMii'Uiii'i'il. llurloii ivplii'il, ilffMiiK tlio ili'iao- itiiN to -lioiv Hint hi Uilioii liml! ti'M'iili'il no ilcfcrli iu tin' iMiriiMirx lull. S'unlor Hn-tou nlo opMinl timiiniiiou. i iiM'iil. DAYLIGHT HOLD-UP SAN ritANCIrtCO. On I . Dee 17. - ' CoiiiIiik iih a cllmnv to mi nlnriutiiK nerlw of liolil-upH. hIih:kIiii!h. liurKlar lurt mnl other trlineii of vlnlonce, 1 1 1 IioIiIiiohh of tlio roliliery Into ) enter ilny of the llahneiiimiii pluiriiuicy In hroml ilnyllttht mill the henrt of the crowded MhoppliiK dlutrlct, hroiiKlit hitler eoliiineut on the police niliiilii iHtratlou hy loiliiy'it uioriiliiK newt puperti here. In thu case of the Hahnemann holil-up. tho robber ateppeil Into thu pharmacy Just after J p. in. forcml a clurk at Uui point of a pistol to liauil over tho hihIi reBlHter'H con teiitH ami at lolled out. The amount taken wiih not laro hut tho fact that thu robbery occurred nt mieh mi hour ami Iu Sutter Mtreet between llrant aveuuu ami Stockton Htteet, with holiday bhoppora fairly HwannliiR tihiiut it Hindu tlm crime, a hiiiimi tloual one. Carl 1'oterH, Janitor of nit npnrt meiit bullilliiK. wim arrested mid tdontlfled by tho clerk iih tlio rob her, but HtronuoHly denied bU Kiillt ami promlHtid an allhl. EI0 IIIVKUSIDU, Cnl., Doc. 17. A heavy vote wiih belnu ctiHt today Iu UImiihIiIo county on propoHod bond Ibhiiu of fl.iyr.,000 for Kod romlB. Ah thu icHiilt or n Ioiib caiupulKit, pro puiiuntH of tho Uuo predicted nil uiiuy victory. CURRENCY BILL TO ( : iifr . . 11 fc IllJlhl: Ml til "" y euiUAvuituN - j -a SATIIRnAY NFXT XX :- ' ....... Ainw r.lmnin M.ncin. at tin-TV Trcvir won. ' GIANT OIL TANKS E IS' OAKLAND. C.il.. lVr. 17,- With KMtiit oil (Milk hiirthnie thruli tlif airrfolloiHnir n urim of teirifio o.. ploKloim at tlm plant of thu I'Hi'iflo Slate oil ieflirii lu'i toily, tliiilvothrett woibuen nnrmwlv e-1 enpi it with their Jive in n tire tlmt , ileftnoeil .'II.OUII worth of pnrw erty. The firo ttteil whii m heavy tnniotiile trtiek erHH.'ied into mi oil lank nml chut u i-park into the oil.' The tlainet enet IiikIi iu Hie air ami pieuil from tank to liuik. A lll.tlllll'itiiltoii tank of ermle oil hlew up with mi eplnion that ulint tereil the witnlnw of li(Mft'i for hlookx nroitml nml Hlmok the grimml liku a treuihlor. 'I'he fleeiui: workinen were kuoeheil lint on their tinekf, mime of them htiiiiueil liv the hhoek, nml were lriSKiil to Mifety hy their eonipnuioiiri. Tank utter tunk blew up, feme of them lifted elenr of their foundations mid Inn led IiikIi in the mr within Mliht of the crowd nullified ut it safe ili-tume to wnt' It the sHVtueitl.ir hlii7e. BY SIXTH ROUND OAKLAND, Cnl., Dec 17. That Owen Moilin, the Hnlcji lihlweicii., has none back ut least fill per cent was the iinaniuious opinion toilnv ol lijlit funs who miw his effoiti heve hihl iiiuht iiKiiiiiht doe A.evcdo of Sacramento iu a scheduled ten-round bout. Referee dim Griffin disiiunlified .Mormi iu the i.th loiind mid award- ed tho eouteht to Axevcdo nfter he hud deliberately butted the Snera nieiitun for the heeoud time nfter lie ink' wuriii'il. The speed Hint ehuiiii'terized Mor- mi's effort in his two contests in San Francisco with Abe Altell was lucking, mid his youthful opponent beat him ut every nmjle of the iruine. The opinion wns gcuci'iil that Morau preferred to lose on u foul ruther iliuii be knocked out. Anevedo took iv lead in the first round mid luaiiituiiioil it until the end. The Kiiglishinaii used rough luetics M'vernl times and was round ly hooted. WHITE SOX AND GIANTS PLAY IN PHILIPPINES MANILA, Dee. 17. With General J. l'Yunkliii Hell pitching the first .. .. ii ti.i i . r i . t 1...1 HUH, I lie l liieugo one no. ueieaieii the New Vmk Giants here today by ii Rcoie ol 2 to 1 befoie 7000 specta tors, including Governor General Harrison mid the incmlmr 'if his tti i'l'. fcjeott twirled for Cliivntto. XPLODE AND BURN 250.000 - i f!AnJIKi CIOST AESXaJlwUK Wi re wmw bbothew ttt iJI-v w uuu cyw. STRIKERS AID IN ! OF NKWCASTI.H. Colo. Dec 17. Tho number of boJIwi rccovcroil from thu Itocky I'uol comixiny's iilcau mine, near here, had reached thirty today. Savon were mill entombed ami certainly dead. Tho victims were of mi tinusHcl claim for minor. Nearly all wore AuiorlemiH, mid ievor.nl waro mom bern of iiltn prominent mnl woll-to-da famlltuH. Tho explosion wh of coal iluat. IU violence wns terrific nml of thoue deep In the mine none escaped. The five who got out nllvo were near tho u r face. Tho bodleii of the dead were frightfully mniiglml. Some woro de caidtated. others bad nrms or logs blown off and nil were burned be ond recognition, Tboto at work In tho mine nt tho time of tho explonlon were non iiiilouIiitH who took the places re cently of union utrlkers. Despite thin fact, the union men volunteered to n man for rescue work Immed iately nfter tlio explosion. Front the I'ulted Mlnoworkers' heudiiinrt ers $:i00 was telegraphed to nld thu victims families. 2800 FRUIT TREES - REFUSES TO CLEAN UP PORTLAND, Or., Dee. 17. Hecnuso ho failed to comply with the state law requiring n vearly spining of fruit trees, '2800 (ices on Herman Jlclger's ranch near Port land weie chopped down to day on orders issued by Stnte Fruit Inspector J. K. Stunsherry. Klevcu men sent hy Stnnsbcrry did the chop ping. A lien will he placed upon the ground to pay for chopping. 4- PENNSYLVANIA DROPS GAMES WITH CORNELL PMILAnKLlMlIA, Dee. 17-That Pennsylvania's football team will discontinue its niinuul game next year with Cornell was a repoil wide ly circulated here today. It was ru-1 niored also that Miehigim wmcrMiv ,s seek,..-; a Thanlogiung day game, with Pcinisylvuiiiu iiibleuU, RESCUE IRK NON-UNION MINERS tsOE2i cr Tents' itr njcnx COUNCILMENIVOTE TO REJECT PETI STOPPING SALARIES With Huerta like dlnregard for and defiance of the will of petition ing tnxpayerH the city council Tues day nlKhl postponed the Initiative i petition cutting off tatarlis from Councllmen nnd the mayor, nnd with lout n protesting vote, hid bohlml a ! technicality to thwnrt threatened economy in city dusiikms. council nun Millar nlone mid he was willing to waive Hiibtorfuge with the poople nt the polls, hut votod with his col leagued. Joy. apiiroachlng religious hysteria moved mayor and council af ter the vote protecting the salary grab. The law allows 30 days bofore the recorder Is vomiiolod to art although tho council can place the amendment iipon the ballot If It desires. City Attorney McCalie stated stated that the council would utilize every one of thu days allowed In the hope to defeat the petition and save their salaries. If tho council were not re sorting to Mexican congress tactics, It would not take a "city working" day to determine the validity of the signatures, nnd five minutes to put the salary Issue on tho city election ballots. City Attorney McCnbo discovered the "salary saving" loophole, nnd announced It when Councilman Sum mervllle moved the petitions be laid over for consideration after their reading. Thero wns llttlo parley over grapslng It, and citizens present gasped nt tho assumption of cznr powers. The council nnd mayor were never moro joyous. A meeting hns been called for next Tuesday night, when the controversy of the city with tho Oregon-California Power company will bo put on the ballots uu Issue the council Is highly Interested In. A body of taxpayers will call on tho council nnd demand that the salary question an Issue that concerns tho in be put on the ticket, nlso. WEST BLAMES LEWIS FOR IRRIGATION DELAYS SALKM, Oro., Dee. 17 Declar ing that the Irrigation project trou bles In this state nro duo to poor ad vice given tho dosort laud board by State Knulnecr I.owis and a gonoral 'lack of ability on his part, Governor West todoy outlined a plan for bringing about stnto and fcdoral co operation In completing tho North Caunl unit of tho Central Oregon Ir rigation compauy'a project In Crook county. The govornor branded tho state ment made hy Stato lCugincor i.owis yesterday tlmt tho entire matter should bo put up to tho federal gov ! eminent for completion as moro uso 'less redtnpo and poor ndvlro. Tho governor's plan Is ono of edu cation us tho proposition of stato and federal co-oporatlon will bo submitted Msimv. p IN aeatctst: smrscr clocm. ICOUNCIL PLANS TO FROM THE POLLS Intimidation of voters by enforc ing section .V of the city charter is the lutost threat of the city council. The charter provision rends nH fol fel fol eows: "No iierson shall be entitled to vote at any municipal election of the city who is not n nualified voter of Ifie stnte of Oregon, who has not been a re-ident of the eitv of Med ford for three month-, mid for twen ty das in the ward next preet'dint the date of said election, or who -ball have neglected to pay nnv fine imposed upon him by any court of the city, or who hns neglected to pay any poll, rotul or city tax or ness meiit, hiwfully imynblc bv him dur- iiiir the year prior to the date of said election." This provision is clearly void, be cause unconstitutional, u violation of the state constitution. How it got into the charter is n mystery. No attempt has ever been made to en force it, nor can nuv attempt be le gully made for its enforcement, for numerous supreme court decisions. like that rendered iimu the registra tion law recently, have decided that restrictions npou the constitutional privilege of the voter are illegal. T DELAYS IRRIGATION SALEM, Or., Dec. 17 Nothing slntids in the way of immediate com mencement of work on the West Uinutillu irrigation project except lis surnnco that the decree in the suit over laud titles in the federal eoun will bo signed, was tho statement contained in n telegram received to day by Governor West from Secre tary, of the Interior Lane. Governor West took up the matter of immediately beginning work on the project directly with Lane by telegraph ns means of providing work for about 200 unemployed men iu the stato. L AT TAf ICO AGAIN WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Ad miral Fletcher repotted from Tmu- pieo by wholes tlmt conditions thero nro almost normal ngain. .Most ol tho refugees bud returned to the city, the fitenmship Morro Cnstlo having sailed last night with only eight on board. Pour thousand rebels, tho admirul stated, wero encamped eighteen inilos northwest of Tumpico. The United States nrmy transport Sunnier re-, mained nt the pint us a refuge for foieigiici'n in the oU'iit of fresh fight I ink'. DELINQUENTS MA S II National Committee at Last Rccorj nlzes Popular Rule in Primary States Reappointment Plans Arc Approved 2024 Delegates. Borah and Hadley Mentioned as Can didate Unless Roosevelt Returns to Fold Special Rule (or California. WASHINGTON, Doc. 17. Presi dential timber for the national elec tion In 1U10 wns ono of tho sub jects under dlncusslon nt today's meeting of the republican national committee. Senator Iiorah of Idaho, Senator Cummins of Iowa and former Governor Hadley of Missouri wero among hoso prominently mentioned In this connection. Many of the com mitteemen believed, however, that there was an outside chance for an nmalagamtlon of tho progressive and republican parties and In that event It was believed certain that Colonel Thcodoro Uoosevcll would head tho party ticket. HcnpiMitiionmeiit Plait A rc-apportlonment plan was sub mitted by a special commlttco at to day's meeting subject to ratification. It provides for four delegates nt largo from each state. For each congressional district In which tho republican vote cast In 198 was not more than forty per cent of tho totnl district vote, ono delcgato; over for ty per cent, but not moro than sixty per cent, two delegates; over sixty per cent, threo delegates. Tho sub commlttco was unanimous In endorsing Its reapportionment plan. Under tho present system, 2024 delegates sit In the conven tions. The thlrty-flvo per cent reduction plan would reduce tho Florida, Illi nois and North Carolina delegations by two each; Kentucky, New Jorsoy and Oklahoma would lose ono each. New York and Tonncsseo would loso four each; Alabama and Georgia six each; Texas fourteen, Louisiana seven. South Carolina seven, Vir ginia five aud Mississippi eight. ItecoKiilA" Primaries Tho committee held that tho fixing of an extra delcgato prlvllcgo on a forty per cent total would reduce tho delegation from northern states too much. It also recommended tho rat ification of tho reapportionment plan by a majority Instead of two-third of the republican states. Thu committee proposed that tho rules bo Incorporated in tho call for tho 191Q convention with the provi sion that delegates must bo elected in primaries iu stntes having primary laws. In order to meet tha situation existing in California, n special rule provides that all, or any part of tha delegates, may be chosen "at large." Tho rules make tho states' rights theory pre-eminent and practically nullifies the national committee's authority to supervise the choice ot delegates In primary states. I WASHINGTON, Dec. 17,-Strong probability of u bill soon to be in troduced iu the senate by Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, proWd ing for government ownership of telephone systems, becoming tin ad ministration measure was seen hero today in political circles. Postal officials wero scrutinising tho bill closely today, Lewis in tended introducing his bill this week, but Postmaster General Hurleson asked that bo postpone action until the imsloffice department could in vestigate its provisions. Neither Low is nor Chairman Moon of tho housu committee on poslof liees would discuss thu mutter today. Tho bill provides for tho government to, absorb nil telephone systems by January 1, lOlfi, by condemnation proceedings. Thu measure does not refer to telegraph lines. BILL TO CONDEMN ALL PHONE SYSTEMS FOR GOVERNMEN ig&j