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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
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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
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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
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