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9"7 srf 3rii M,nfr f vh .- !. Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER llnln tonight mid Hn(iir,:cy Mat. tii; .MIn. ji;. rortyttlilrrt Tcnr. Itnlly i;Ulith Ymr MHOFOiU), OIIKCIOX, NATl'KDAY. nWKMWM 20, I0K5. NO. 2.12 CURRENCY BILL SENT CONFEREES HOUSE EATS ACCEPTANCE OF BILL AT ONCE Tlircc Conferees lo Settle Differences With Nine From Senate Expected Mensurc He In Hands of President (or Sliinturn by Monday Evening Rrdlscoimtlnii of Six Months' Paper and Five-Year Farm Loans to Stand In 0111, Decides House. I'amhmI 1i) notiulo I nut iiIkIiI. .'. I lo .1 1 4- OliJiHllnli rnlimil In lioilito of iiirfMti(ntni Hit morning In iuikiiiiIihi'HIk mailo (illicit tjiMKtiK' III lower rhiwilinr. Million to mi i opt lilll Itoriily iliiipllo objections toted down, it I In i'.i Kiinl lii conference with I it Mrufilon lo conforttuM to ac cept i tnlu miiiiitd niiu'tul- riKitltM. while Hni'klllK ellllllllll- lion or alteration of other. HnllHto In inoiintllim limlllK niljoiiriiml. )iom hf Id I I'd rati llratloii It) both hoiicn today I'llilml. Democratic ItmilorH confl ilmil of iiiImk invnuiim In I'nmlilniit WIIdou'm IiiiihU for nlgnlUK 'hy Miimln)- ulKlit. ' i W.$IIINtJTO.V, !)'. 20 Tlio currency hill mum hack to tho lioiiiit toilny. Ah pnMitil hy thu somtto last iivkiiIiik It win mothliiK hut the mi inn hill Hint tin Iioiikw unit to tho upper rliiinihiir tiomo tlinn ago. Tint inmate hint iiinoiiilml It eiimilitorably. fnm ioiigrfini'ii wore In for of incept In It bodily hut nut a ma jority. Home, oven of thine who I Ik nl It In llin tiinln, I bought n few iilti'iutluiiH onuht to lin inak'u In It. Srlll to Coiifi'ii'liro ('oiiuniliinTilly It win gunt to run-fi-ri'iitn. In tint uii'iintliiiu tlio mu iilf Inn) iiiljiiuriii'it, iri'cliiillui; mil flciiiloii of tlio iiiiMimirc, no nuittiM' liow rniilly tlio ronfiri'OM iiiIkIiI work, hi'foro Momlny. It wan lioiinl, hownvitr, to hnvo It In lliu prcnl ili'iit'H IiiiiiiIh for nl kiwi turn hy .Mon day iiIkIiI. In turiiliiK tlio hill o(ir lo tlio cuti fi'rvt'H, tlio Iioiiho ItiHtriU'ti'il Hh rop- ri'di'iitntlviiH to arcuiit tlio mmnto pro- VltilllllK lollltlllK to tho rO-ltlHCOIIIItlllK of nl inoiitliH papor ami to flvo yiiirH farm luniiK hy national ImnkH. A mot Ion hy C'oiiKrvHHinan .Mann, ropiihllcaii floor Icmlnr, to accept tlm Hitchcock liuitoail nf tlio Owuit hill, wan voloil down 21 1 to 51. Tlio hoiiHii naiiu'it only throo con fniicH CoiiKromituoii (IIiihh, Korhly aiiil HayoH. Tlio Hcnnto clioso nlno Kciuttorn Owen, Itcod, O'Coriuim. I'ouuiroiio, Hhafrotli, HoIIIh, NoUoii, HiIhIow ami Crawford, roiiKioKuniiiu Murray of Oklalimua moved tlmt tlm mmato hill ho con Hldcioil on t tin floor of tlio Iioiihii and tlio Nomito aiiiomliuoiitH agreed to. Tlio houtui accoptod tlio flint part of (Coullmiod mi l'nRo I'lvo.) E OF S WASIIINiTIW, Dee. y,- Sccie liuy nf (ho Navy Dauiclrt minouiieeil today (lull Hie 1'oiees of miiiiiihih in llnwiiii, tlm I'liilippineH iiml at (Iuiiii tmiiiuio ami Pmimiui would scon lie out until only fiimih were led in f,uniil llio propt'ily umloi' navy ile imilinont eoiiliol. Tlio i'imil ilnluilH, ho Haul, would lie; lVuil llitilioc, llnwiiii, Itl'i. I'uiiiiuui, 105. (IiiiiiiIiiiimiio, 0."l, Tho I'hilippiut'd, J01), REDUC FORCES MARINES F FOREIGN NEW YEAR'S ISSUE iT ADVERTISEMENT ROGUE RIVER VALLEY Tin- 1H I ,w Vent's nil- limi uf tin' .Mail Tubulin will hi' I I'm ill lint crow III ami rievolopinoiit of Hid lloguo Hivi'f alley during llio punt year. It Will llll till' IlI'M illuMlltl- nl New Year's iNiio in Ore Cuii, n-pli'lii wild now illul ra tion mill oii'lmril HlutittioH, It will In lint bct ihIm'i liHi'ini'iit or .Mi'ilfuiil innl tlit KogllO ItUlT Mllll'V Cter SCIll out. Semi nipli't to your fiiriuN mill li't lln'iii know wluil Miiilliriii Ori'K"ii in lining mill him In offer lllit hntllOHCcJicr. Price .i cents per copy UHHM4MM I NltW VOItK. Doc 20.- Tin- aiiroe. itit'iit for dlolulloii of the nicrKer of the W'ontHrii Union ami tlio American Tidoihoiio ami Telegraph oompniilcH raimiHl a rlno In hold Uhuoh at thu opoiiliiK of the Mock limrliet today. Do tlio flrnt few haloN tlm latter Mock lo IXtVt, a lino of 7 polutM. Won oru I'nloti aUo imiulfiwtod MrotiKtli. rUlim a full point. The entire IUt wan ilroiiK, Rains of from I to 3 poluii holme roKllorod It) a lurje nuiiilier of leprenontalhe Imiimi. After a hrlof period of healtntlnii. pilceH nuichml hlKlier IovoIh than lietore, except American Telephone, which dropped 8. .Mnckny proforrod roe .1 and American tiiiKnr -I. Towniil tlm end a mIuiiiji of fi jtoluti In Wenteru 1'ulon mid n xethack In tlio tolojiliotio tiharori checked tin upward liiovemeut hut tliere wiim llttiit Hiiiipnthotlc recennlou ami tlio done wait near the top. Itoiiiln wore MroiiK The market closed utroiiK. STAIE 10 ASSIST IN OI.Y.MIMA, Whh., I).'i. 'JO. Hy iiiKiiiiein .-f ."i ( ) , 1 M H t ut oueo and an other oiiiul ninounl williiu u i-hoi t lime, (he xtulo of Viisliuij;tou will utxUt tlio city of Seattle mul Kiui; comity in eaiint; for iln iiuciuploycil. Tliirt wiih ilceiilcd when u ilclenaliou Hint included two Seattle couneilincn appciucit liel'ore (loveinor l.ihlcr, Stale TieuMiior Mentli mul Slate Auditor Clausen, who coiihtiluto the Aliito finance lioiinl, nskiiitr for as. hiMuneo in canyin' on thu proiocil mail work to i;ivo employment to idle men in Scuttle. It is poiutcil out that Hie state i-. merely takiii up earlier tho ilcsii. milcd amount of Kiiif counly lioiult. nliemly contracleil for by tho fiminco llOIII'll, WORKS SEEKS REPEAL HETCH HETCHY BILL WASIIIN(ITONT, Dee. 20.-A hill lo repeal llio lleteh llclehy law was introduced in tho hciiiiIo toduy hy Senator John 1), Yorkn of California. Ho cliaraelevized tho bill us "the inohl iiihidioiiH bit of lei;islulion over I'micled uml declared its (iusmiko wiih duo lo "(ho most powerful lobby that ever iippcarcil in Washington," Works Haiti it wiih untrue that San I'Vanciseo hud no oilier water avail able, Ho also crilioir.cil tlio tiolivithw of a Sun l'raueihco ncwhpnper, ilo eliiriiiK that a Hpcniul edition of Hint paper published hero wiih filled with iiiisslatcuieulH intended lo deceive tho lawimikuid, NEW SENDS STOCKS HE ON BY VOTE 54-34 ! OKI ally Modified on Final Pass- aije, But Receives Solid Party Vote and That of Five Republican Meas ures. La Folleltc Introduces Two Amend ments, One Passes, One Is Rejected and Votes Against Bill. WAHIIINOTO.V, IH'C. 20. Con Kri'imunn Ulami told tlm hoimo today that the. coufercH on thu currency hill, paimc-d In tlio Hcnatu taut night hy a vote of fit to .11, could not punalhly iiKrco hofure .Momlny. Thin ullmlnntcd thu Innl ohancu or KutlliiK tho hill, with Km Donate aimindiiioiiti, HirotiKli thu botisu to day It wiim mill thought, hnwuvor, ! II WIIH HUH I In Hint It could lu ll j lmu It In tlio pr pniised In time t" iroHlduiit'a hnmU for dIkiiIuk hy .Momlny iiIkIu. Klffereiuifi Adjiisliil Koii before tho hlll'ii piihnnge In thu Bennte thu democratic Icadum had ndjuttcd eomu of thu differences between the two houcn uml today thu conference committee, work was hclng nulled UK rapidly a could ho inan iiKed. In tho hoimo, n k kooii nn thu hlil Ih lepoilcd hy tho roufcroa, It' wrui mild a majority of tho senate amend uientB prohahty would bu passed without rollrallu. I'reuldcnt WlUon was expected to mIku thu hill 3h It reiichen him. lie wuh known to ho dcllhteil with tlio uennto draft and It wn nald to ho likely that, 111 slKlilllK It, he would Ikhiio a stateinent polntlni; out lt HtrniiK polntH. KM'lteiiH'iit at I'msniko Though In detail tho hill, an a tdiKhtly technical iiieuMirc, perhaju him not been very fully uuilerxtood, It h Importaiico Max thoroiiKhly ap preclated and tho seiiatu Kallorles woro packed when tho final vote wns reached Inn nklit. Thero wiih an air of toimo expect ancy when thu vole wan begun; ouo of bouudlcHH relief when It wns con cluded. Then tho galleries broke Into unchecked npplaune. The ballot was nttendod hy somo Hurprlfcs, Kenntor Hitchcock, demo crat, who led n bard fight to have tho hll radically amended, and was practically road out of tho party bv Senator Owen for doing so, returned to blrt own party ranks at the end and gnvo tho measure his vote. Democrat for MoaMiro Democratic Hcnalora who voted for thu bill: AsburBt, Ilncon, Hnnkboad, Ilrynn, Chnniborlnln, Chilton, Clnrko, Flot clier, tioro, Hitchcock. Hollls, Hughes JniueH. Jobiiso'u, Kuril, I.nue, I-ca, howls, Martin, Martlno, Myers, Now Inml, O'tiorman, Overman, Owen, l'lttman, l'oiuerone, Itandell, Heed, Hohlnson, Baulshury, Shafrotb, Shep purd. Khlolds, Sblvoly, Slmiuons. Sltlvoly, Simmons, Smith (Arlio nn), Smith (Ooorgla), Smith (Mary land), Smith (South Carolina), Swan sou, Thomas, Thompson, Tillman, Vardnmnn, Walsh and Williams. (Continued on I'mjo Flvo.) WAPPENSTEIN LEAVES PRISON EREE MAN WAI.l-A WALLA, Wash., Dee. 20. After heinu; known iih eonviel No. tl.VUt for iiinelc.en inoiitliH in tho prison, ninny eolls of which were fill ed through his el'forlH an a peace officer, Charles ". Wnppcnslein, for mer chief of police, of Seattle, left tho statu penitentiary thin moruiui;, a frco iiiiui. Twenty iiiiuules later ho boariled a train for Norlh Yakiiuu, where ho will doiifer with friends, ami from (hero will pi to 1,ako Samuuiuish, near Seattle, to join Ii'.h wife ami family. "Pf IsL . Ill -fl VrfAr) d tv VmSfk. " ill ' 7 j) t'flf -JBiHHHW Wwr HOW E REVIVES BUSINESS i Ni:W YOIIK, Dec 20. Iminedlato restoration of confidence In big busi ness circles as a result of tlio gov ernment's agreement with the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph com pany was predicted hero today by Thcodoro Vail, president of the cor poration, In an interview with tho United Tress. "It gives assurance." said Vail, "that legitimate business desires ami means to end under ground rumors t business depression and possible panic, "I hnvo no Idea yet of bow our company will dlsposo of Its $30,000, 000 worth of. Western Union stock. Tito details are yet to bo arranged. It wo bad nny plan at this time for Its disposal It would practically amount to a confession that wo had 'framed tip' something on tho gov ernment. "Tho mutter of making contracts with 20,000 Independent companies for tlio uao of our Inter-stato and long distance Hues will entail a gi gantic amount of work. I fully realize, that many complaints arc bound to follow and will bo filed with tho attorney gonoral, charging us with giving tho preference to our own subscribers In making long dis tance connections. Wo will meet this by Instructing our own em ployes to glvo tho proforenco to In dependent subscribers whenever tho iiuostlou arises." OMP USE WITH HON COMPANY Cut This Out nnd Mail or Bring to Office: !M od ford Mail Trihune: Ploaso rosorvo mo Copies of the 10M Now Year odition of tho Mail Tribune at f eontg per copy, for which 1 will call. Name. Address . DID THAT EVER GET BY E TO RENEW BATTLEl MCXICO CITV, l)e. 20. Tho rebels were advancing on Tamplco again today. Somo reports sal.l fighting bad begun but the war office hero bad not beard of It. Indications wcro that tho impend ing battle would bo fiercer than tho last one, however. Tho rebels had boon strongly reinforced. They had added to their supply of rifles nnd were bringing up eight more cannon from Victoria. They had also two carloads of powder and two of dy namite. Tho railroad had boon re paired -from Victoria to tho vicinity of Tamplco ami eight locomotives wero being used to haul munitions to tho frout. It was said that tho only thing which prevented President Huerta from confiscating all tho property of his opponents wns n dltferenco of opinion between himself nnd Minister Ciorozluta. Hetweeu tho Mndcro estate nnd tho properties of tho members of congress arrested by tho dictator somo tlnio ago thoro Is loot that would run well Into tho millions, nnd It Is thought Huerta would Itko to confiscate theso properties. ASKS $60,000 IN AID OF ALASKA NAVIGATION WASHINGTON', Dee. '20 Senator Jones introduced a bill in the somite to appropriate 9(10,000 iu aid of Alaska uaxipitiou. E ADVANC TAMPICO AN .(. X. Ucril. US? BY PROSECUTOR I.OS AXUKU-'.S, Cal.. Dee. J1Q. An indictment of n year's standing against Clarence S. Darrow, Chiciiiro labor attorney, chargim; him with having bribed Hubert Haiti, a pros pective juror in the McXnmnra trial, was dropped todav at the instance of Di-triet Attorney Fredericks. Fredericks appeared before Super ior Judge Jaekon ami stated that, inasmuch ns Darrow had been tried twieo on bribery ehnrwes, the state was willing that the indictment bo di-misseil. Darrow wns tried ami noiuitteil on a charge of bribing or attempting to bribe George I.ookwood, it MoNam nra juror. Later he wns tried on thu Ham charge, hut the jui dis agreed. Doth indictments n"ttint Darrow grew out of Harrow's connection with Iho trial of the MoNamara brothers, dynamiters of the I.os AngeNe Times building. Darrow was their chief counsel. AMUCK lAT SEATTLE SKATTLE. Wash.. Dee. 20. - Run n'mg amuck in tho Grand Pacific ho tel hero after midnight last night, H. N. derides, a wealthy farmer of Davenport, In., shot mul mortally wouuriori Joseph Hlinn, a sailor, and shot J. H. Kriekson, who was enler tainiuir lllimi in his loom, through the kneo when ho discharged a revolver at random through a glas door. ltliun died at 7:110 o'clock this morn ing in llio city hospital, derides, in a room adjoining Kriokson's, marie no resistance when arrcsteri. Ho will bo charged with murrior. "fliev have been bothering mo for twenty years," ho said when arrest ori, "ami I decided I'd finish them." Tlio nolico believe ho is iusatiu. derides bad bank books iu his pos session (.hawing balances of nearly $.000. He said he was on bis vuiv to Australia from Portland. DARROW HARE DEED Oil EO BIG BUSINESS FOLLOWS TERMS SHAN LAW Steel Trust Likely to Follow Example of Telephone Combine Arjreertrent Provides for Prompt Sale of Wes tern Union Telegraph Lines. President Pleased With Compromise Euslness Desirous of Conforming to the Law. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Interest wns niill keen hero today iu the de tails of the agreement between tho government nnd the American Tele phone & Telegraph company, which will prevent litigation to dissolve thu corporation under the Sherman nnti truot Inwv Much i!ieiisiou prevnileil as to whether the compromise prece dent would bo extruded to the steel trust. Democrats nnri republicans wcro unable to agree nn to the wS.-rimn of tho compromise. It was character ized by the democrats as the most striking indication offered in a de cade that "big busino-s" has reached the conclusion that it is better to fol low tho terms of tho Sherman law than fight it. ItepiiMIcans Object Kepulilioan congrcsMiiuu flatly dis approved of the compromise. They declared (he statement of former Attorney General Wickonrimm to tio interstate commerco commission lal January showed law violations, rii- criuiiualinns and destruction of com petition nn tho part Of the "phoun tru-t." They iiImi iu-isleri that its. officials should be puui.-licri. Briefly, the agreement provide that the corporation shall disnoe promptly of its holriiues in the Wes tern I'uioit Telegraph company m that each concern shall be entirely iuilepcurient. The company agrees to not hereafter ncmiire control of other telephone companies, ami where con trol of telephone companies 1ms been aciiiircd, but no actual physical union effected, to submit ty the inter stato commerco commission nnd tho department of justice the courso it is to pursue. 1'Iciiscn the President Official' of the department of jus tice declared today that the plan gavo tho government more than it could have hoped to obtain iu court. President Wilson was greatly pleas ed witli the compromisu and ho wrotn Attorney General Melleynolris lo this effect. One paragraph iu tho presi dent's letter read: "I gain the impression morn ami more from week to week that tho business men of tho country tiro sin cerely desirous of conforming with the law, nnri it is very .gratifying in deed to have occasion, as in this in stance, to deal witii them in complete frankness nnri to bo nhle to show them that nil wo ricire is an oppor tunity to co-operate with them. So long as we nro riealt with in this spirit wo can help to builri up tlio business of flic country upon sound nnri permanent linos." It was announced bv officinls of (Continued ou Page Flvo.) E T E POHTLAND, Or, Doc. 20. H was persistently rumored hero torinv that Clarence It. Keumes, Uuitod Stntca riistrict attorney for Oregon, is o bo appointed an assistant to Attqrnuv doiioral MeKoynolds, relieving 0. J. Kuachel, for years in charge of laud litigation for the department of, jus tice. Ileames was in Chicago toria" en routo Ut Washington, wheyo it Ih sairi ho will confer with Attorue" General McltcynoUU next week. A NC REAMS MAY BE ASSISTAN ATTORNEY NERAL 1 r f