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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1913)
"t ' At y& : i' r r'Vsrfttfxrf'fmTiKmxtnittxwmTirv iil I' M .,. -ip It "(("'f In-.'" w. 207 Second si, 7! ,4mfMni rnpyg ft(i'P (B), , "" cet r Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Ilnln tonight mid tomorrow Max. IHj .Mln, !t;t Pre. .00. Furty-llilril Ymir, ' Dnlly-Klwlilli Yrnr MRDFOUD. OWIWOX- 'ITHKIIAV, DKCKMWW 2:5, 1?)KJ. NO. 2IM HOW SOME OF AMERICA'S "MUSTACHELESS" STATESMEN WOULD LOOK IF THEY LIVED IN GERMANY, WHERE THE KAISER HAS PUT THE BAN ON THE HAIRLESS UPPER UP t" DEM HUE A H CURRENCY BILL ' IS NOW A LAW Senate Adopts Joint Conference Dill hy Vote of 43 to 35 Drlstow At tacks Mcnsuro as Favorable to Dl(j Banking Interests. Democrats Later to Adopt Separate Dill Providing Guaranty of Dank Deposits. WASHINGTON, Doc 'JIl. Picni dent Wifoiu idjfiicd Ihc ourn v Mil Hi (1 iiVlm-k nhiirp. IIk prepared a menu. minium outlining jii"t ! t In CXpCI'll'll till' lllll fl IICCOlnplMl. WASHINGTON, IW. Kl.-llyn villi' of i:i In .'!." ilio MUinto iIiin ill' Ji-rMiiim adopted the joint confer i'Mi'k ouricnev Mil. Senator Mrmtow nf Kiiiimi hitter ly attacked tin' ciincney hill on llir ItiHir til' tint upper IniiiNi' iuhI nlo otilnld Senator Owen, it author lie hmkHi'iI llli measure oiltliliril ill' llmt tlm Mr linking lnterets mi Int. "Smmlor Owen," unid HHlnw, "n n utookholdcr til It SI. l.'UliH bank, voted in favor of Itit own intonU." Ilcnoimrcil hy ltrllow lriow almt denounced lliii pro vision itii'lniliiiir tin1 nocninrv of tig rioultuio on llu orgHiilraliou com mittee, declining lli- It it il iiiiiiIi' it "a purely polifioal committee, com- piMl'll Of III)' political officer of till' WiUou lulitiiui-lrHtion. Tlif senate ini'l nl 10 o'clock Ihi niorniitg With Hoi iiiidtimlmiiling that cotiftidpralioii of (ho conferee' ie pott would start immediately. Thin will allow Ilio vn i Ion member t debate initll 2:30 o'clock, a mailer of four ami a half hour. Ilnforo llu' final vole wa taken In Ilio limine, Representative (llu-. chairman of tin' lniue banking ami niritiii'V I'ouiiuitti't', inliiiinli'il llntt tln ili'inorriilH Inter uoiihl introduce n H'pnralK hill to provide for guar anty of hank iIi'ihiuHn. Illllll Honors ItlTI'oN Tim lioimo illil not inert tut I it Into loilay nail only u lininlfn! of mem hers were present. It inerelv marked time, awaiting aelion liv tho senate mi ihn I'lirreui'v hill. After the annonneemeiil of laol night' oe, u joint resolution pro posed hy Majority Louder Ciuler wood (hat llu1 limine recess upon ad jonrnineiit loday until January I'J, WIIH lldopll'll. The engrossed hill was expected to leaeh the white house not later than I o'clock. Democratic leaders plan ned to make the signing of I lie mens. Mie a eeictuniious affair mid scores of Ilio hill'it Kupporloi in ranged t" witness the nffalr. Nl'loOII OppooCN lllll Seiinlor Nelson nlso hilleily op posed the hill, He wiim one of (lie minority member composing the joint committee from the limine and M'linle thai considered the hill in conference. Nelson claiuieil that the iniuoiity members had heeu haried ft inn Urn Impoilniit coufereiiciM, (Coiitluiiert On puKa 3.) NINETEEN PERISH IN BH GUIANA EIRE OCOItOKTOWX, HiUIhIi niitmm, Doc. L'.'l. - lloalilea nliuitoon known to linvn perlnlieil In a blK flro III the liiiHlncHH nectlon hero ycHtorilay, It wiih fearoil loilay that uioro vletliuH worn liuilcil lu tho riilnii. Mora than 100, too, wore Injured, miuo of whom wui'u oxpecteil to ilio. It was oHtlumtoil tho loRfl would ho nearly SI, 000,000. OAKLAND AGENT OF SANTA FE ROAD DEAD OAKLAND, fill., D''. '-':. After n lengthy lllntwM, .1. .1. Warner, din tricl I'rciKhl mid piipSonnor iiKent of the Simla I'V lailioud, ii dead here today, ajjed fill yearn, He had heeu in the employ of the company for thirty yirnia. llu in Mivwvod hy widow. i. J$ffiB$ZK flBte. W" ?"'?i Ar Kf!-1 .M k 1 kik.B wHKt -wBKKm'T EmHi W'. .' M iKIHHV l! sl UKjuSH pp AKJSit. jmlBfr .'MBA .kXSr jl O C MC KfG.VNOLD5 Ar nil .. it i (.i ru in v, inoii.tni.il! 'iil I K . i ji i 'lli. ii ii I .l.i.i . ,ii rlt.v.M E REGULATION VIRTUAL TAKING OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. SAN l'AN( (SCO, (Nil. Dee. 'J.. --I'roKitleiil r.'hleinnii of (lie Mate rnilroHil co'mmioion today icxieweil aw follow : Tim xlnle nupmnic courtV tuliiiK Saliirdny, iiumilliut; Iho couiinii fiion'rt fiudinun in the cnxa of (lie Pacific Telephone & 'l'chraili coin Mii U follewn: "l-'ivp jin!i'-. iifioc (but the coin iniiixlnii'ii onler aui'Miuleil lo n 'Ink in jr of property,' wild hh no compete nation n directly awnrded, the or der lioulil he anuullrd, ".liiHtiepn HcHnhnw. LortKan and Mithiu held that llm coniiniion had heeu ivcu the jmwer of eminent do main ; that Ihc pioviion of the putt lie ulihticH act under which the coin iniMiuii acted, provided for compeii xntiou anil arc coiiNlituliotinl, and that Ihc only cnor nmdc hy Ihc coin miMiioii wan the failuro to award compeniuitiou for the original 'Ink iac' of (he propcily of Ihc Pacific Telephone iS Tclexrnph company. ''The coinmikoioii had not hitherto claimed the owcr of eiuideul do main. "Jimliccrt SIiwh nud Shaw, while coiicurriui; in the itwull. IuhI that tho foctioii of Die act under which tlui roiiimi"ion proceeded io)aed the federal coimlitution in failiut; to nroiiK I r eompen-ation for 4tak ingV SALl'.M, Or., Dec. 'J.T Tellinc lu wife that he had forcwaiuid her that he was Koiu to commit hiiicitlu and thai he wan not fooling nhout Ilio mutter, .1. 1!. Dranuou, a preacher in W'oodhurn, wan found dead early thin moiiiing within a few hlockn of hin home, luuiKiu from Ilia cud of a piece of lulling wire which he hud firnt wrapped aioutid his iicclc and then tied to a limit of a I rec, NEW FEDERAL SYSTEM PORTLAND, Or., Dee. ffil.-Tlio first Oregon liuauclal institution to avail itneif. of the opportunity, the Northwestern National hunk, today telciaphod Hid noerolary of the troamiry, applying for mcinhcrohlp In tho new I'cdetal hanking nynteiu, created hy tho currency hill. DOCKWEILLEM NAMED AS INDIAN COMMISSIONER WASHINGTON, Dec. 'JIl. The uoniinutiou of Mndorc Dockwcillor of Lok AiiKtdcH lu lio a niemhor of the hoard of Indian coinminKioucrn was hiuiI to IJio nenato licforo iln adjournment jhU iil'tcruooii. 1 W fci WILSON .- hly hi ! y m mr .ii rr t' Uiu rr lm ' '" " '"" " " " ' " ' ! M'l'l'1 " " ' I " Vi t uiu in iiiiii itn n r ) ii.i ii ii i. -! im -i . how k n.r im .iijmi ;i u mnm inrri wonm iook u uioy nioti in lUTiuau uua JPREDICT COAL BE THROWN OUT SAN lllANi ISt'O. (al Doc. J:i. Prediction that the coiiopiracy charge nuniimt the eit-lit offieiHln of Ihc We I em Fuel company would he lauulicil out of enure when (he do fciihe phowed iln hainl whm Miieed hero today hy Attorney Stanley .Moore, rcprouontiiiK the indiclcil men when the cuo was rcKiiuieil heforc Hailed Static .ludu'c DikiIiuk. Mooic'm prutielioii came iluiinu' a lilt with Theodore lloclm, the rov criimcnl'n npecial piioecutor. IFe doclared that the dofon would how that the actual auiouuln involved in the allowed frniitl were hi miiiiII a perccntano of the coinpanv'n total IrniiHaclioun a lo make tho eon . pi racy charge liiliculoim. Moore mid Itoche claoheil after Special Trctmury AhoiiI Tulwcll had liflified that the weight of iuiorlcd coal on which dutien were paid a oraccd ahout 8 per cent lens than the invoice wci);htn on the vcwln where Ilio sliorlnuni occuired. Moore as H'rled that the cmornmciit nlltod ciisIoiiih fraud of -il 1,000 for a per ioil caveriiij; twelve years and that tho company during that time had paid Iho government - 1,000,000 in duties. "The govciiunenl'n ciipO Is so weak and nhnuril," paid Moore, "llmt I wish to go on record with the pre diction that it will never reach the jury. It will ho laughed out of court." YOUNG ASTOR CUTS TPRICKOF IAS TREE l'OPOIIKKKI'SIi:. N. Y,, Doc. 23 Vincent Astor, ono of tho world's rlclicsl young men. bought n Chrlst iima trco today. Mlsa Uuutliii;ton, IiIh flnnceo, an with him when ho inailo tlio purrlinso. Tor tho treo ho selectml tho dealer askud 75c. As tor c'ounultcd ,VUs Uiintlugtou. Fifty centH, hIio Kftld, nn enough. Thoroat tho dealer reduced tho troo's prtco ouu-thlrd. SEEKING THUG WHO BEAT GOVERNMENT NURSERYMAN KF.DLANDS, Cuh, Dec. 23. Pospon nro BCiirchiug tho governnicut nurnory in Santa Ann canyon, near here, today for two thugs who heat Fred Lathhaw, mi assistant horlicul tuiinl, and htolo tho nursery's pro visions. With a fractured skull and other injuiies, Lnttdinw dragged himself thrco miles to Soven Oaks, whoro ho wan given fitvt aid heforc being hrought to a .hospital here. Doctors said he will roooer. STEAMER SHIPS WATER CROSSING COLUMBIA BAR ASTORIA, Or., Dee. Un.While crossing Iho Columbia River bur to day tho steamer Denver shipped a largo quantity of water in the heavy noun, Several planks on dock were torn up, hut little other damago was done. Ko ouo wus injured, CONSPRACY CASE iMMMMHMMlte WILLIAM G MC AfXDO csiriwnl i) hij provnl t Ilio In rcailiiR ii ii iriiirr in i iij tin' " r i ! up miw li iiiii iu TOMORROW LAST ; DAY TO REGISTER FOR CITY ELECTION f t'n to a: 30 thlH nftcrnoon 1 1 ST. oterj, evenly divided ir batwutm men ami women liml ( rcgUtrod for tte city oloc- tlon January 13th. with liull- rntloita Hint tho total would roach tho 1S00 murk by tho time tlio hook were closed IoiiIkIu. It I expected clone to 2000 will rfglHtur for tho election. W'odmtfciluy Ik Jho lost day. Tho'lfllilirwilf bo open from 1 to 7 p. in. All arc urged to regtatur this af- tornoou or tomorrow. TO TRY TYPHOID CASEG CKNTItALIA, Wash., Doc. 23. Prank Lots, the editor of Vador, Wash., who recentl) clalmud to havo discovered a blood cure for all dis eases und who asserts ho can euro ty phoid fever In two hours, was Riven another setback bore today. He had made arrangements with City Health Officer Kulskern by which bo was to have been given an opportunity to test bU cure on one of tho typhoid patients lu tho armory. Dr. 11. C. Ostroiu, physician of tho National (iuard, refused I.ou admission to the armory. It wits believed today that the epidemic of uphold fever has been controlled. Tho miuibor of cases reported are dally growing less. Two hundred and seventy persons have been taken 111 with tho dlsoaso since tho epidemic started. BOY OF THIRTEEN SHOT BY HUNTING COMPANION LOS ANOFLF.S, Cnl., Doc. 23. Willie Monroe, LI, accidentally shot and killed Charles lugrnhum, 12, while tho hoys wcio hunting near hero today. XOTICi: TO Statistics of yield for tho orchards, furms mid gardens of tho Roguo river valley for tho mil New Year's edition of tho Mall Trlbuuo must ho In the office In tho next few days as tho orchard section goes to press thlss weok. Co-operation of growers Is earn estly requested. Tho mil New Year's edition will bo tho best Illustrated news paper over published lu Oregon outside of Portland. It Is replete with page Invents and illustrations depleting tho growth and de velopment of tho entire vnlloy. Taoro will bo a Pacific Highway section with Illustration show ing tho breaking ground ceremonies and nrtlclos by Suniuel lllll, (Jovornor West, .1. S. Howard, II. L. llowiby and Frank A. Klttiidgo. Kvery ono In .Medford should bond copies of Iho Issue away to ad vertlsu tho valley. Prlco C cents per copy. Cut out and mall or bring to offlce: Medford Mall Tiibuno, , Medford, Oregon. Reserve mo .-:.coplos of cents per copy. Address j-4 JOSEMUS OANlGLy fimbbn ntimns his offl cm of clean shaving IHHUPI tin uiu IIIJL'I1 M I J IV nuiii'ii ,ju n .. i ,... .. xoiiunu) luv lUljer wbUC;. ' DEATH REVEALS DOUBLE LIFE OF MONT1CKL.LO, X. Y , Dec. 23. "A woman give; gives alwajg and nacrlflces all when she loves. And am only a woman." This was Mlsu Adelaide 11 ranee's answer today to a story of Illicit love, self-denial, romance and tragedy. Tho story developed with tho sudden 1 1 death yesterday of Melvln Couch, former business associate of Judge Alton It. Parker, In his law offices here. Tho presence of Miss Ilrancc In a ! secret suite of housekeeping rooms 'back of Couch's office was found as f Mrs. Couch sat talking with tho coro ner and sheriff of Montlcello. Tho widow fainted when Miss Uranco tearfully admitted that sho had oc cupied the suite for more than fifteen years. Couch's funeral was held this at- crnoon. It was private, me uov. a. WniiBh, a Presbyterian minister, of ficiating. Mrs. Couch and her pret ty duughtcr, aged twenty-two years, were on tho verge of nervous pros tration. Miss Uranco broke down com pletely when tho sheriff refused to permit her to attend tho funeral. Sho Is a pretty woman, with slightly gray hair, n youthful face and a musical voice. Sho told tho sheriff sho was a student at tho Oswego nor mal school when her health failed. Then, she said, sho started selling magazines, and met Couch when she was twenty-thrco years of age. Prance Is now thirty-nine. Miss . ELLA Y CHICAGO, Dee. 23. -Mrs. l'.lla i.'i - . ... i. 1...1 i .......;., I lilg IUU11K 11119 JV-Vl-Vli:U PllllV4.ll- toudeut of the (. liu'ngo public schools after a stormy scsion of the board this afternoon. Thhteou of tho ballots cast wore for Mrs. Young; seven were blank. 'f OltCHAUDISTS. tho 1911 Now Year's edition at C PARK PARTNER WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAK 'A prupcr mail need a proper i--. - -trffl .M ry j- -. ; 5' ?trFVsnrt: ;EIGHT HOUR LAW j "DEMORALIZES ALL STATE INSTITUTIONS RALKM, Or., Dec. 21. Sweeping In its scope, the supreme court today handed down nn opinion holding Hint the eight-hour law pan-cd by th-J ;n itiativo ami ic-eitactod by the in-t Irgiplnlurc, npplio- to all state em ployes. The effect of thin interpre tation of the law will place nil the Istnte lnMitutlMm on mi jjiunt-linnr baew, the employe being' limited t iglit-lm forty-eight hours i week. S!nl, ficinls declare tins will entire n de ficiency in the maintenance upon. printiou of every institution. Tho opinion was handed down in n habeas corpus proceeding brought brought by the supcrit.tcndciit of the state hospital for the in.-ane, wiio was arreted on complaint of State Labor CommUfionor Hoff for work ing nu cmplojo more than right hour a dtty, so s to tet the law. Not only will it reiuiro thousands of dollars more funds to maintain tlio institution, but Stnto Treasurer Kay snid ho believes it will bo im possible for Ihc state to run Iho in stitutions in compliance with the law. Tho institutions rim seven days ft weok and Kay points out even if tho emIoycs are put on eight hour shifts six days a week, some other arrangement will have to bo mndo to meet the exigency of tho seventh day. Y LINGERS AT FRISCO FRLSNO, Cal.. Pec. 23. Now ISO strong, tho 'army of tho unem ptood" seemed Inclined today to lin ger In Frosno, on Its march to the southward, until after Christmas. Some of the eitlens, who bud ex pected their visitors to make only a twenty-four hours stay, objected, but tho general attitude was ono of sym pathy with tho marchers. Tho walk from Stockton was u severe, ouo, somo of tho mon were 111 ami all wero com pletely exhausted. "General" A. L. Hall, tho army's leader, maintained excellent disci pline and there wero no disorders. Camp was pitched lu an abandoned brickyard lu the outskirts of town. Tho county furnished food for tho marchers ami citizens contributed shoes and clothing generously. INDIANAPOLIS, Iud.. Doc. 23. Uovoruor Ralston toduy mado a Christmas present of a pardon to Mrs. Hollo ShonkonberKer, for fifteen years nn Inmuto of tho women's pri son hero, followiug her conviction on a churgo of poisoning her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Shonkonborgor was a civil war nurse. Sho began her prison term Christmas F.vo, 1S98 ami will be freed Christmas tivo, 1013. WIT SELLPRE SDENCY Scheme Alleged to Have Been Hatch ed Whereby Dictator Will Sell In terest In Railroad, Resign and Per mit Interests to Name Successor. Battleships Arrive at Santa Cruz and Report Conditions Quiet at Tam plco Banks Still Closed. MKXICO CITY. Dec. 23. That IlrltUh Interests havo hatched a schomo by which General Hucrta will step out and seat a Mexican provision al president of their own cholco wus widely rumored here today. As tho Initial move, It Is said, Hucrta will surrender bis Interest In tbo Pearson railway system for twelve million pesos. The Hrltons It Is expected will then scloct a pro visional president and ask tho other nations to uphold him until tho noxt regular election. Hucrta gave a reception to tho di plomatic corps In honor of his Saint's day, from which, however, American Chargo do'Atfalres O'Shaughncssy was absent. VERA CIIUZ. Dec. 23. Tho United States battleships Kansas and Connecticut arrived of Vera Cruxto day and dropped anchor Just-outside, tho harbor. The ships passed. Tm- pIco on their voyage southward and reported nil quiet there. The local branch of tho Hank of London anil j iijilrovnmalndil closei! today, MKXICO CITY, Dec. 23. Chang ing his mind when the reecptiou given hy President Hucrta in cole brntion of his patron Miint's anni versary, wns nearly over, American Chargo d'Affnires O'Shnughnesfty .turned up nt tho last moment mid stayed until the party hroko up. lluertu. who likes 0'Shnughncsy, was delighted. ''You're ji good fel low," ho exclaimed, and chatted with the American at some length. Tlio crowd outside the Kilnco was not so cordial. It cheered Sir Lio nel ('anion, tlio British minister, and tho visiting Japanese diplomats, but remained silent when O'Shnughnessy entered. LIFE, SHE TAKES Hi IN DEATH DKNYFR, Colo., Dec. 23. Two corpses, n man's with n bullet hole in tlio loft temple; a womnn's with a similar wound in the right, wero found in n room in the Rialto hotel bore this afternoon. fc In tlio womnn's hand n revolver was clutched. On n tablo beside tho dead couple- lay this nete: "If I couldn't hnvo him in life, I will in dentil. They did no good in keeping us apart. I have no friends or relatives." On tho iloor wns another noje. 'This girl," it rend,' "was going jo mnrrv Frank Gregory Christmas day. Miss' Lulu Edler." Tho police believed the woman killed tho man and committed sui cide. Tho man wiih identified as Gregory. Tho woman, tho polieo said, had been married bofore. They found postcards in the room addressed vto ".Mrs. Lulu Tackett, Sheridan, Or." Mis. Pearl Schwab, Gregory's sis tor, who lives hero, said this after noon that she had been planning to -0 to California soon. Saturday night Gregory came lioum mid wihl ho wns going with her. Asked why ho roplicd; "I want to gel nwny from Lulu. She insists that I marry her, but I can't do it. I don't think she's tlui kind of gitl for a wife or tho kind of. a girl for you and tnojhor.jlo know or receive. H"lio threatens lo kill mo if T don't mnrry her, ho I'm going jiwav." N MAN ft "rf.