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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