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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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.nnp of Ot rfjoii nml Hitchcock of
Nebraska Vole Willi Republicans
Aualnst ExcmptlniJ Central Reserve
float it Employes Fioni Civil Service
Crawforjl ami Cummins Amendments
llejrclcil Chanucs Placate Most
of the Members.
WArtlllN'tlTON, l)tr. IP.--Hoiinlu
lender wore hopeful at noon lottity
ttuit it fliinl on would tin reached on
I tie eiirtnury hill this iiftcriHHili.
Umllrnl cliiuiKtm, I liny polliti-il out,
lintn placated tntiAt of the oiiiolii'iitii
of I lio iiieiituiro, nnpeclnlly I hit changes
permitting re-dlscount of nix inniilhi
lariiiiirn' paper ami Ihn liicrnnno of
lh oxtd rwtir to forty per rnt
Alter Ihn hill pnmie hotll bonnes
ronnroM will iiiljiiuni to cither J mi
nnr IX or miliary ll. KoimtorK
Ijiiiii of Uncoil nml Hitchcock of
NVbiMkH. IhiUi democrats, supported
tlm nMitilrwii In their flKlit iiKnlmt
lh auifiiilmi'iit exempting employes
ot the rimtriil return hoard fiom
hll Hi'iMco examinations ami per
uillllUK tlm hoard to fix tlintii.
Hoiiatur Crawford's amendment to
Imwi tliH hill lordhld lulcrtockliiK
illrwtorntm nml proposing that no
director should ho n director In
mr thnn one member-bank win de
feMtod. An nmendmcut offered hy
Muulor Cummins to protect burrow
ol ho might he blacklisted h)' mom
hirhlllll. ll'-u WBH rejected
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CITIES OF COAST
HAN FRNl'IHCO. I Hi' I "J HoV
oral Pacific coast tit Ion took stops to
In) to meet IIih umiiiiplojuiiiut nil'
iintloii.
Tim KoviimnrN of tlm three coiut
states worn considering dm problem.
In Han PmurUrn It was oHtlmnlcd
Hint SD.noi) worn workloHS. Tlmlr
niiiiilnir was Increasing. A mum
montlng wns scheduled fur Sunday to
consider relief measures.
Tim I. oh Angeles lutluintn of mi"
employed mum 30,000, Incliidlni;
1 0, (Mill women. Tim Associated
('hnrltlos, penniless, appealed for
(iindii, Tim city appropriated $1500
monthly for threo inontliM for relluf
A mooting was Hot for tonlKhl to
discuss furthur inenHiircH,
Portland, with 0000 to 7000 iinetu.
ployed, had begun oxtuiislvn repair.
on Km water system and was plan
ning Mtiuut repairs to kIvo at least
pnrt-thnu worlc at $3 dally to tlm
Idle.
Rcnllzlng that tlm comparatively
few "mooehors" and "yeggs" among
work-sookora bring thorn all Into dis
favor, members of Seattle's rolony
of workloss Itinerant tollers railed n
meetliiK orgiiulzo a police force
and perhapii an entire municipal gov
ernment of their own to Keep (ho tin
desirable eloniont In order. Tlm
He attle park hoard wiih planning o
Klvo work to au many an poHslblo.
SEAMEN'S BILL VOTED
WASHINGTON, Dee. ll).Tho
Iioiihii murine eouiiiiitleo engaged in
considering io hu Follotto soiuneu's
hill ngieod tontulivoly loilny In
modify the iiiciihui'd to the extent of
permit tin; ship owners who operate
only on rivers, buys nml sounds to
employ eiowri fniuitiur only with
Kimli navigation nml not necessarily
experienced in ocean Hulling,
I'attiel; Fljiin of Sun Francisco,
addressing the committee, ileelureil
il impossible for kIowiiiiIh nml 1'iro
men to el drill onou;h to enahla
them to hnuilln IH'i'IioiiIh relinhly, on
iiccount ol! thu iiiuubiit'o ol' their own
work.
NOT
HAN
TENSOFTHOUSANDS
UNEMP
YED
CIKI. WHO WAS MAYOK ,
ui u'iy i uk em: oay
-
MISS BE!SSItl MAV
TOWN5E.MD
rttoro Pf HAnt-r.K. stum
Atlniilh' City. N .1 . hud n Mtinrra.
Kho wiih MIm tile May TowiiHeiiil,
the City Controller. Tin? Mnor, to
gether with the (.MnniUl'ncri, went to
Phlliutclptilfi In the hum nine to take up
the iiieKtiii of a new terminal the
hetidt of the IVniu.vhdlila Itallrofld -
III her ofll l.il iMuii It) of Centre let
Mlw 'inii-iid. whti ii iwieut) weii
y.t i'il .it.il .i lilimd, h tin- ne.vl
i i'i. -t -':i uit ifiir the CoiiiiiiIoIoii
ci M I iin'M Mit ;piiiri..il tniin the
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IN PITCHED BATTLE
SEATTLE STREETS
SKATThK, Wii-Ii.. Dee 1!.
Shil.intr eiiuiteiH elimlieil Willi non
union driver of the Seattle DruyuKi'
e; Stonitfe company hero thin nioin
inj in tho wiirelmuxii neeliou of the
city nml in u pili'hcil Imttlu in which
u fusillade of hIioIh were fired ami
tho air filled with flying Inieks nml
roekn, one ulriker wiih Hlmt Ihroueli
tlm lc, uimther niaed on the neck
hy it flyiK hullel mnl it third hind
through the sleeve of low emit.
Tho xttiko hituulion, which xtarled
four mouths uo when teatnters de
tnamlcil reeoKiiitiou from team own
ers ami IriiiiHfpnnen, wan intetihifieil
tmlay wlicn men fiom the Aycrs
TrmiHlVr eoinpany joined the idle
croup on the htreels, Slornuo men
decline that fifteen strikers htopped
Hen Anj-lo, truck timer for the Sc
uttle SloraKo eoinpany, and assault
cd him with n volley of rockw. II
wan anosteil as respoiihililo for the
revolver volley which injured two
men and narrowly missed the third.
(row im of uxeilcd men were kepi
tnexini: hy patrol of police. Tho
Mtunliou is Hcrinus, mid IraiwlViiiii'ii
declare they will Maud for no fur
(her alniRe.
Chief of Tolice llanuiek has order
cd u careful iunWl of the strike (lis
triet and every palrohnau Koini out
on the moruiui' t-hift wiih itistrueled
to hrint,' in men front Imth sides
wherever trouhlo htnttcd,
E
FENCE ALONG BORDER
WASIIINflTO.V, Dee. 10.To pro
tect hit) cDUHtltuuiitH from tho on
croachiuent of Mexican rohola and
fodoralrt allko, Senator Aahurut of
ArUoiut Introduced it hill In tho uou-
ato today providing for tho conutruc
Hon of a hitrhod who foaoo on tho
Mexican frontier, extoudliit; from
tho Pacific Ocean to tho Hlo (Iran do.
Au appropriation or ?ari0,000 wan
nuked, Tho hill provldea that tlm
feiii'o iniiHt ho liullt ot five Btrandu
of lti-(iiiiii;o who, and inuut ttut cobt
moro Hum S1G0 pur mllo,
STRIKERS
RAILROADS SHOW
10PERCENTGAIN
PAST YEAR
Gross and Net Earnlnijs ncporlcd by
Interstate Commerce Commission
as Increased SubstantiallyRail
roads Blamed (or Death Harvest.
If Same Attention to Detail Was
Shown In Operation as In Checking
Pennies, Fewer Accidents.
VASIIIN(1T(IN, Dee. HI.- Hail
roads pay too much iiltetiiion to the
i-it-li ici-ter and too little In huinuti
Hiifety. This wax the eoncliciou
ilinwii (oiliiy hv the iiiierstaln coin
merce coiiiiiii-hion in its iinuuiil re
port to I'ontirefis,
The annual htntcinento of all mil
wiivm linvini; revenues in exec of
1111,(100,(11111 for tin year Midini: Juno
.'1(1, 11)111, fhow a khIii of in tier cent
In piohs mnl net iueoiiie, an iiicnviKC
In operatini; iueonie from V-M'-l,-:i80.7IH
in 11)11! to i'l!Bl,lll.!M;i in
11IKI, ami mi increace in net opcrat
iuc rcM'iiucM of from .i-7."i0.8(ir.0 17 in
HH'J to .fi'J.S,:iHn.'JI7 in lOIZI. The
inercat-e In unallcr roads is at the
Hiiinc ratio. The Rain has not heen
made at the expense of repairs mid
equipment.
Itnllronilt lllnmeil
I.nyini; upon Imuiau fallihilitv and
ncclif-cnce the hlaine fur much of
tho railroads' death harxoM, the I.
('. ('., noverlhelenn, took severclv to
tank railroad manager-', and under
lines charged with train operation.
Nearly 71 tier cent of the total
Wrecks investigated hy the enmtuiH
kIoii were cliarcd diiectlv to em
ployes' mistaken.
The auditinir and elicckitn- system
used for ilelccliut; the dishmiestv of
employe are innrvcls of inuenuilv
and careful attention to de'ail. hut
means of dctcruiiuiiiir whether trains
are operated in accordance with re
ipiirciuenls of safety and in conform
ity with the rules nre almost entirely
lacking.
The repot I jnMtitc.1 out that mil
roads seek to ccoimmir.o hv careful
iii-peel ion, on oil, fuel, supplies mid
niihrakes for economy, hut uei;lcet
other 'oinidinilioim which would
actually result in tircaler savings not
oulv in finances, hut in human life.
The eouimissiouers recommended
staudardi.ation of operatini; rules hv
federal legislation (o hring ahotit
safer rnilmadini.
Ciuio of Disasters
riapcint hy inexperienced
disohcdicneo of signals and
men,
over-
spcediut; were urued as other main
causes of necidents. Tho eonmiis
tonmlie train control systems, when
sion reported in favor of use of mi
loumtio train control syslcini, when
found pet feet, and for wider use of
si col cars, found in the past year to
ho ureal cnfci'iMriW ni;ninst a heavy
loss of life.
Vigorous enforcement of llio Klk
ins and Hcphurn acts has led to a
decided deiirensp in violations, the
report continued, although much
evasion hy shippers was noled nloni;
with failuro of- railroads to collect
proper demtirrngo charges in order
to got around these laws.
In commenting on its fourth sec
tion cases, tho commission held that
(Continued on pass 3.)
IE MADE HIS LIFE '
CONTINUAL LOOP-IE-DEE
hOS ANCJKI.KS, Cnl Hoc. 10.
hlfo was Just ouu continual whoop-to-doo
to (loot'Ko C. l'coklmm, n wealthy
real catnto dealer, nccordlui' to tho
complaint In his suit for divorce
which la on trial hero today. Mr 8.
l'oolthnin ho chnrgos
Drank a ipiart ot whlakoy In ono
day.
'dot tho coolc drunk.
Had a liquor hill tvvlco aa hlg aa
hor Ki'cory hill.
Welcomed him with a loft to tho
iioso whon ho roturuod trout tr long
eastern trip.
Attached his hank account.
Drovo his clloutH out ot his office.
Called him u dirty don and thrcat
ouoil to kill him,
DENVER SUFFERS
SECOND BUZZARD
E
Mantle of Deep Snow Envelopes City
Streets Dccome Nearly Impass
able and Tics Up Traction Lines
Poor Suffer Intensely.
Storm General Tlircurjhout Rocky
Mountain States Thousands of
Head of Cattle Dying.
DI'NVI'lt, Colo., Dec, 19 - Den
ver' second lmavy know storm Inside
of a tortulitlil hoKiin nt I a. in. today
At noon hotwuen threo and four
Inches had fallen. "Weather KorefH
tor llrnmluiiliurK pn'illcted that tho
storm would eontluuo all of today
and tonlKht. Me. did not hullcvo It
would ho us Buvero, however, ns the
last one.
This did not mean that tho situa
tion would ho less serious than be
fore. It threatened, hi fact, to be
worse Tho frcsljly fallen snow,
banked on wlint was left from tho
previous storm, soon made many
streets nearly Impassable. Though
tho street car eoinpany had twenty
stiowplows nt work, fully half Its )".
lorn was tied up nttioon and It was
expected that by night not a wheel
would ho turning.
Tho sidewalks wcro hopeless.
Pedestrians took tho middle of tho
streets, following tho cartracks
wherever they could.
Among tho poor there was Intonso
suffering. Delivery of coal has hcon
crippled since tho last btorin, and to
day's full Increased thu difficulties.
A serious fuel fnmlno threatened.
Uy midday two-thlrJ of the grade
schools and ono high kchool had been
forced to close. There was no coal to
heat them.
Tho storm was genernl throughout
Colorado, Kastern Wyoming, North
ern Now .Mexico and extended as far
east as Iowa anil Missouri. Tho
temperature alio dropped sharply.
Tho recent blhtard covered tho
Colorado cattle, feeding grounds and
It was feared the present cold would
kill thousands of houd of poorly
nourished cattle.
Though the railroads wore still up.
proxlmatlng their regular schedule,
dispatches reported conditions grow
ing worse hotily.
S.O.S. CALLS FOR
VKHA CUl'Z. Dec ID. Admiral
Fletcher and Crnddock, American
mid Knglish imuil commanders nt
Tumpieo, sent "hurrv-up calls" today
for tho United States mid Hritish
cruisers Chester and Suffolk to leave
hero for Tnmpico.
Tho summonses wore interpreted
ns meniiiii) that tho rebels wetc
again active in tho vicinity.
Uneiisiuess concerning tho safety
of foreigners nt the port was believed
to account for the mlmtraU' anxiety
,for speed.
10 SECURE DIVORCE
CUICAOO, Dec. 11). Mine. Kincs
tino Schuiuaun-lleiuk, the operatio
singer, would neither confirm nor
deny horo today a icport that sho in
tended seeking a divorce fiom her
husband, Villium Hnpp, Jr.
"I nm going downtown this after
noon to seo somo friends," slio said,
"and haven't time now to talk about
anything. However, 1 may have
something to say tonight."
Hnpp could not ho located.
BINNARD APPOINTED TO
MONTANA LAND OFFICE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. - Joseph
llinnnrd'Was nppointed today regis
tor of tho laud office ill Helena,
Mont.
NA
ORTNGHT
WARSHIPS
FROM
TAW1P1C0
AGAIN
IIEBEIj COMMANDER WHO NOW, --
CONTROLS NORTHERN MEXICO.
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Jt - asssssssLm ' I
Omar shihs
'.XJt'i t.' M 23f "UT'' W -v
f kijr' MM is m- mw y-'te
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G enteral Franc jsco Villa
WiLSONJEKING BOURNE OPPOSES
MEMBERS FEDERAL ' PUBLIC TELEPHONES
BANKING BOARD
WASHINGTON, Dec 10. "Want
ed A few of the hiiiKC-.t buine-s
men in tho country for umu-Mzed
jobs. Politics imiiinlcrinl. Address
Woodrow Wilson, white hm;e."
Figuratively, Iho iiresidcnt hung
out this sign this iiioriiinir. The jli-
to ho filled are the ones on the fed
eral bind; board, to be created hy the
currency bill. Koalmng that the
board will dominnte the country's
currency system and that its person
nel will be of tho moot vitul iuisir
tnnce, the cabinet members discused
t at their meeting today.
It was decided that the president
would do well to take most, nt any
rate, of the sdxty days the law will
allow him to make his selections.
OF RELItF COMMITTEE
DHNVKIt, Colo., Dec. 19 Mayor
Perkins this afternoon appointed
John llrlsheu Walker chairman of a
giant commltteo of &C00, citizens
delegated to rollovo tho distress of
families hero which find themselves
without fuel and In many cases al
most without food, as n result of
ftio storm raging in Deliver. Tho
city was divided Into 100 sections. In
each ot which a substitute commltteo
was to do work.
Conditions wero worso this after
noon on tho western tlopo ot the
Itocktea. Tho wind was rising and
tho suow beginning to drift. It was
growing colder.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. A bill
providing Imprisonment ot ten years
nt hard labor and n flno of S5000
for iitiyono circulating fnlso state
ments elthor verbal or written, re
garding tho financial condition, of
business Interest, was Introduced 1 1
tho houso today by Congressman
Church ot California.
WILDER QUITS POST
AS SHANGHAI CONSUL
SAN FRANCISCO, Cul., Dee. 10.
Confirmation of reports that Unit
ed States Consul Amos 1'. Wilder wn-.
only awaiting his sueci'fsoi'b nrriwil
at Shanghai to givo up his post and
return home, was received hoto today
in tho form of a cable from Wilder
himself to his wife in Herkeley. Tho
coiiMil'ti health has broken under tho
Chinese ulitunto.
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SAYS ITS ALL ROT
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 IJIttor
criticism for government ownership
of telegraph and telephono lines was
.voiced horo today by former United
States Senator Jonathan Iloiirne.
Junior, of Oregon.
' This talk of government owner
ship," Bald Uourne, "la all rot. It
would result In boaiircaucratlc pa
ternalism and governmental dissolu
tion within a century. Under tha
proposed plan the government would
employ more than 3.000,000 persons
a sufficient number to control tho
govornment under present political
machinery.
E TO BE
ON VISIT TO GROOM
SAN FltANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 19.
II. A. GIngher, au elevator construc
tor was hold by tho police hero to
day, pending a report from tho city
chemist on a post mortem examina
tion of tho contents ot tho stomach ot
Miss, llattlo Katz 21 years ot ago,
who died suddenly In Glngher's
apartments yesterday. Dr. Stafford
stated this afternoon that no evldeuco
ot poison had been found so far, but
ho would not say that tho young
woman died from natural causes.
Glauber asserted that tho. young
woman ho whom ho was to bo mar
ried on Christmas Day, was taken
suddenly III with cramps whllo In
his room and died within a tow hours.
TO
, FAST IIAMI'TON. h. I., Dee. Id.
-With its crew of eight men Inched
in tho rigging mnl in momentary dun
gor of death, tho schooner John
Woley wns breaking up this nfter
noon on tho rocks off Gardner's Inl
and, ut thu entrunco to hong ItJnnd
sound. The rcvenuo cutter Ilaca
was hurrying to tho rescue.
T
TO
STllASSlU'Ita. Doc. 10- Llouten
nut Huron vou Korstnor of tho garri
son at Xabcrn, whoso Insulting re
marks concerning cltUeus ot Alsace,
started a series of riots, was sen
t eneeil today to forty-three days Im
prisonment for sabering a lamo shoo
maker durlau 0110 ot tho disturbances.
VILLA STARTS
REBEL ADVANCE
ON MEXICO CITY
; Run in Progress on Bank of London
and Mexico, Largest Financial In
stitution In Capital Money Con
ditior.s 'Worse Than at Any Time.
Zapata and Men Camped In Suburbs
Huerta Expected to Be Finhtlhrj
for Life Soon.
MEXICO CITY, Dee. IP. A de
termined run wn in progress, today
on the Ilnnk of Loudon nnd Mexico,
the liirget local financial inititutioti.
Money conditions wero worse thnn
nt any time in Mexico's recent his
tory. -
Tho biggest banks' official report
on file vtiih the' government, show
holding 10 to ll per cent lower ttn,n
the legal requirements. '
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. That
General Villa hnd started the rebel
ndvnnce on Mexico City was stated
in dispatches received hero today
from Chihuahua City. It wns said
he intended to abandon neither Chi
huahua City nor Juarez, but wilt
have sufficient gnrrion to protect
both places.
Oonernl Znpatn nml his men wcro
encamped in the capital's suburb'-!
President Huertn wns expected tu
be fighting for his life soon.
Anticipating such n development,
tho Washington administration wis
very uneasy concerning foreigners
safely in nnd nerir Mexico City.
With n run in progress on the Ilmifc
of linden nml Mexicli! .financial con
ditions wero dcsiwrnle. '
Tho money depression wns costing
Iluertn tho secession of valuable sup
porter?. Even the army's loynltv'lo
him wns doubted.
The American nml nrili-di cruisers
Chester nnd Suffolk were summoned
in haste to leave Vera Cruz for tnm
pico, where it was believed the reb
els wero ngnin active.
Though a Mexienn federal soldier
was killed by American regulars 011
1'iiiled Stales voil near Ojiimga oyi
terday, it wn-. not believed eonipliea
Itoiw would result.
The American ship Solace wns or
dered front Brooklyn to Vera Cruz.
TO
INSTEAD OF STEEL
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 19. Tho
West Coast Lumber Manufacturers'
association tudti) adopted a resolution
urging tho Union Pacific railway
company to ro-constdor Its action In
advertising for bids for tho construc
tion ot $5000 steel freight cars b
cause ot the belief that It will provo
a serious blow to tho lumbor Indus
try, especially Bhould cars ot steel
construction be universally adopted.
Whllo tho resolution does not di
rectly say so, tho Intimation is np
parent that It tho Union Pacific in
sists on substituting stool for wood
tu tho manufacture of freight caru
tho lumber manufacturers will re
taliate by shipping ovor competing
lluos Into Unloit Pacific torrltory.
PORTLAND, Oro., Dee. 19. Ono
thousand men, not othorwlso pro
vlded with yulotlde cheer, will bo
tho guosts of tho O, W. R. & Js com
pany to a dinner to bo served 011 Jbo
btoainor assulo hero Christmas. Day.
Invitations to tho dluuer.woro Issued
today through tho 'Portland Com
mons, tho Salvation Army nnd other
charitable organizations, Tho best
cooks hi tho railroad company'' wr
vlco will prepare tho viands," 'ml
mule will bo provided to whet thu
appetites ot tho tsuests.
ASK
RAILROAD
USE
WODEN
GARS
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