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'- ,1 Medford Mail TribunIi Wff7 SECOND EDITION "WEATHER Itnlu tonight nml Humlny .Mux. r.Oj lln. ill. roiiythlnl Tnnr, Oaily ICIuhUi Year MEDFORD. OREGON, KA'ITRDAY, DEPEMDER 27, WV.I NO. 2:17 MOYER SHOT, WOUNDED, BRUISED AND DEPORTED FROM CALUMET BY ALLIANCE STRIKE LEADER CHASED OUT BY ALLIANCE MOB President of Miners' Federation At tacked In His Room, Shot Once In tho Back and Frightfully Beaten and Put Aboard Train. Gunmen Escort Deported Leader Out of Copper District Action Pre cipitates Crisis In Strike CIIIOAOO, Duo. 27. -l)r C 1) Milton mnilo nu nlurmliiK rojuirt thin afternoon conrurnluc, tho condition of I'rrnldctit Clinrli'N II. .Mayor of tliu W-ntern ruiliirnlluii of Miner. Hit inniln n rnjild examination of the woilinl In the Inlior Icailer'a bnrk, without lorntliiK tlm bullet. Then Iik ordered the patient to Hi, I.uko'u hunpltitl fur mi x-ray examination. "It In barely poimlblo." ho nn uotiurod, "thnl tho (mil ntruik n ltal i-pot ami may prnvo fatal. CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Pieideiil Charles II, Miner of the Wolorn Federation of Miners whs on his win hero from llii' Michigan i-up-M-r conn liv today, liU body it mum of bruises, hi sculp lorn liv ii liulk'l nml it shot wound in In buck depot iil fiiim tho milling region, In until. iu Jmulcr of llio Muku. which luix Iiitii on (luro for mouth. Willi Miner was Orgunircr Tan hit of the federation, a California!!, im limlly lirultti-d us Iiif. chief, It i it tiuwoundcd liy bullet. '.ttiMkcil by .Moh Mo.M'r miiil tlm attack on himself mill Turner ncuuued in lliflr room in the Scott Imli'l id Hancock, Midi., lie charged that nlioiit I "ill null were concerned in it. After thov luul boon frightfully kicked nml licatctl. lie as mm ted, Momroim shot linn in tin hack, lie fninli'il nml wan nnroti scions when hhlipcil out of the cop er district. Hi) said (wo "gUUinoil" accompanied lliciu iih fur an Cliun niug to sec that they did mil linn back. Hoih Miner nml Tiiuner Miiil their assailants went iiu'inlierN of tlm fill rem.' Alliance. This Imilv coiimsIs of copper country business men who handed Ibgothor, iieeoiiliui' to llieir stuloincnl, to keep older in Hie dis- diet dining tho strike. The striker Inn i' nssertod nil along, Iiouewr, (lint the alliance was bitterly hostile to tho minors, and tlm miners, in turn, went hitter against the alliance. Attorney lleails Gunmen Asked concerning tlm iittuel; in. him nml his expulsion, Mover con lilllleil: "Orgunii'cr Tuiuier nml 1 were in our room in tho Scott hotel at Han cock. "Sheriff Ciu.o enllfil. Ilo do unimleil that wo ueeept for the fed eration tlm fiimlri the Citi.eiw' Alii (Contlnuort on pmk 2.) COS ANGELES YfUTrT HELD FOR MURDER I .OS ANOKI.IW. Cnl., Hoc. 27. I.uuIh llumly ID yearn of iiko, wub hold wlthuut hull todny to bo triad for tho nuirilur of Ilurulil Zluaelm, 15 yiinrn of iiko, a druBKlMt'rt ilullvory boy. llumly, tho )ol len Hity, confosBod Hint ho klllod tho hoy to kuI ?20 with which to buy u ChrlHtmiiB prehont for a llttlo girl of Vutituru. Ilo luiod IiIh victim by nioniiH of u telephone niuHHUKii to a duHoitud Btroot nml bent him to dunth "with u pick humllo nml n rock. llumly wiin tho Btnr athloto of tho Ocoliloutnl CoIIoko proiutrntory boIiooI, IIIh buuobull work luul boon watchod by HcoutB for tho 1'nclflu Const kOlltfUU, i LUIS TERRAZAS, EX-GOVERNOR AND TV0 DAUGHTER If tlm order of (lemr. I I'iiniiioJ Villn, coiiHtiiniioiialiht eomiiieror il'' Cliihuiihim nml c bandit, is uiado Koil, l.tujLl'urriMiitf,. the ucirtjuuu iu northern .Mexico, will he ntrippril of nil hU posMCKnioiiH within hi, inl ine country. i. . - r CALUMET SHERIFF J r.M.I'MBT, Mieh., Dee. 7. Slienff t'iiiM of lloimlilon eoiiutv ixMieil ii pofitne denial lodav Hint lriiilent Moyer of tlm Vstern l'cderation of Miner wiik UhMittlleil, hhol nml expelled from tho copper country. Tho whole of fair, he tl elnreil, wiih u "frume-up" to emu Miiipulhy. Ho luul invct.lii,'atcd carefully, he mtid, and luul failed to Nuhhliinliiito the mine leadciV htorv. Mo(nr'i4 iiccoiinl, however) wi- Kcuenilly helievetl heie. Tlie ilepur tulmu, ( wiih Miiil tit union head ipiarlern, was planned two weeks iiko, ami it was nxseilcd that two prmiourt nttcinptrt had been mane nml failed. Tho fii'ht of the fuuerulH of the Chrihtiniirt ovo Irnu'eily'K ietiniH wns DENIES IE STORY OF ASSAUL held lodav, Mis. Mary IVIeii. (II, ami three muik of Philip lli'iUiiuii,lllPU llflCC RAMAPlT n KiiniiKli miner, hein hu.ie.l at 1111111 IIULO UMIllfUL lellow iliiekel. Hevcnly-ono olher fuuerulH were M't for tomorrow. Fio thmiMiml iiiiueiH will inareh iu llio proeeshioiih ami HcniccH will he lield i-iiuullane. oiinly ut Calmnet, l.uuriiuu, Vidu iuu ami Iteil daekel. SWAMPED BY TIDE NKWI'OHT, Or., Dee. 'J7. A leu fool tide, driven by a hi rone houtli wohI wind, played havoo on (lie wa terfront hero today. Several doekn woro Hubinui(;ed and a goodly por tion of the nouth jettv tramwny went out, iih did hoiiio of tho hido walk on tlm buy beach. The hay !h filled will! drift. Tides as hili i tho ouo todny are iiiiumiuI here. Tho KUHoliun scliooner Patsy, nil her tliau lido tliu Him in nutxido, came into tlm haihof and ducked hiifelv hefoio tho lido H'livhcd i la'ipld. OF CHIHUAHUA, S, WHO FLED FROM THE STATE tiiTB"P'JtBTBTBV '; ' uBBkk For inniiy jeurn, for (ouerntion., TerniniH fiiuulv Iiiik heen tliv Ii'jiilin one in tho Mule of Clnliiiii him. Tlic.il' wealth can only he Utiiseod; II httA Inch VTitiiiiiileil a-. IliKli iih v.'iO,0UH,(ll)(l. To the ex-bail-ilit thin pri wun one too ;reiit to jtivc up. GENERAL ATTACK Kl. PASO, Toxnii, Dec. 27. In an tlclpntlon of n declnho bnttlo wth tho foiloruls nl Tgrreon, Mexico, it w.ih reported huro todny Concral Villa, tho rebel lender, had aband oned hla proponed trip to OJInnga, whore ho Intended to conduct tho ex pected cluith with tho federal gnrrl- nun which fled from Chlhuliun City about two weokH nco, nml Instead probably would ro to Koo, uenr Tor rcon, to prepitro for n jjcucrul nt tnck on tho Kovernmont troops. Nt'Kotlatlonfi weru ojioncil In Kl I'uho todny botwoou I.uIb Terrazaa, ouo of tho rli'hcHt men lp Mexico, nml rcprcHontatlvcrt of General Villa look Iiik to tho rolonso of TerrnzitB' boh, who lins been held by tho robcU for n rniiBom of IS0Q.000. LOS ES l.OS ANOKl.KS, Cal., Doc. 27.--Although I lie hilic-t tides of tlm year swept llio heaehea near l.os Au Kclort today, aheeueo of wind or jjround swell prevented a repetition of llio heavy daiunne (humM by Iiitii pens yo-(erday. lli;h tido was past?, ed Mil'cly at H:'J(I a, in. At Venii'o, whoro yeslerday's duin aj;o nifKivKiited .f 1.10,000, hundreds of pi'ivoiw wntehed tlm waves that woro dashing fifty feet over tho re muiniue; portions of tlm bulkheads. Soverul Iioiimw were moved from tho pallt of tho tides by donkey engines. Santa Monica and Oeeau Park woro reported mi IV, although waves were dai-hiiii; over tho Nat (loodwin pier at Ocean Park. Tho Standard Oil oompuny'f $400,000 pier at Kl Sejjuiulo was io ported ltiihafo and no ouo was per mit led on tho structure Many sup porting piles were torn out during tho uiyht, V A PLANNING UPON FEDERAL AN MUST HANG FOR KILLING MM John Bostlck, the El Monte Bandit, Sentenced to Be Executed After Pleading Guilty to Murder of Pas senger Agent Montague. Weeps When Sentence Is Passed Real Name is Ralph Farls Speedy Justice Fellows Arrest. 1.08 ANUICI.K8, Cal., Dec. 27. j llnudlt "John Hontlck" confonsod to i Sheriff Hatnnifl late today that ho U Itnlph Knrls of Uskcmfivld, Cal. i 'Hobtit'k" hroku ilowit uipl toln llnuuni'l lii h rent name when .-huwn a telegram from llakcrtlicld whieli. Mini that IiIh mother had fainted' when she hixw hU pioture in u nru-, pnK-r iimler tho caption, "The Kit Mouto llamlit." "v, I'm Kalph Kiin.," the hoy hobbeil, eliinjin to the officer. "You know all about nw now, but, oh, (loil! I wi-li I iniht have yone through to the end without my mother learning thi..'' 1.08 ANOKl.KS, Cal.. Dec. 27. John liosllck, "the HI Monto bandit." pleaded guilty In tho superior court today to tha murder of Travcllnx V. .-...... t l..K L- l.....n I iilnriiHVl hil iif.ui.t r. .iiuiiu. and wnt n-ntcnced to bo hanRed. I Ilo will bo takou to Ban Quoutln prnltcutlnry within ten da. Tho death penalty, according to tho cn tencu paiscd by JudKo (Invln W CrulK. mint bo Inflicted within ninety dayx. HoRtlck wan arralKnrd beforo Jus-i tlco Youns. hold to tho superior court, nnd broiiKbt to trial and sen tenced to deuth within fifteen intu it t oh. Von nt Seiitoiiro AVhen tliu scntcuco had fallen from J JiuIko CrnlR's lips, DoMlck bowed bis bead and wept silently. Ilo did not utter a sound, and he shook his head when tho court ntked If bo wished to speak, Tho crlmo for which Ilohtlck, who Is but twenty-two jears of nee, must liniiR, wns comtuttted on the nlKht of i December 1. Ho boarded tho Southern Pacific's Sunset Express nt Pomona, bold up tho pnsbenKers oJ tho rear Pullman nml shot nnd killed Montnguc, who he thouKht was nbout to resist. J Uostlck left tho trnln nt El Monto. J walked several miles to Oneontn j Pork, nnd boarded an electric enr for l.os AiiKoles. Tho following day no wont to San Francisco, whero ho hud been IIvIhk with a youni; woman (Continued on paco 2.) SOUL WIDOW SEEKS SECLI MONTK'Kl.I.O, N. Y., Dee. !!". Doeliniug iiuiuerous theatrieal of fern, one of them of .fiOO n week from n New York innunjjer, Miss Adolaido Ilrauee, ''soul widow" of MVlvin Couch, nniionneed todny that hho would retire to secluion, hut refused to divulgo tho pluoo. of hot rolirciuent. She Miid she expected to leave tliis afternoon. Miss llranee's strange relation ship to Couch was revealed through tho hitter's death last week, when a secret apartment Jmek or' Couch's offices was discovered. Although sho had occupied this room, which was completely furnished, for about fifteen years, no one in tho town ever suspeoled her presence until last week, when Couch, a former as sociate of Juilgo Alton II. Pinker, died suddenly in his office. Mrs. Couch fainted whou informed ol her doud luuutiutJV double life. . JSION We Guarantee That tlif 11)11 New Year issue of the Mcdfonl Mail Tribune will be the finest issue of a newspaper ever printed in southern Oregon. It will surpass all previous efforts both iu illustrations and material. The year has been a prosperous one for the grower. Photographs of orchard and farm are accompanied by the yields and returns to the produc ers, with signatures attached. The Pacific highway, (Jold Hill cement plant and other developments of the year arc given in detail iu the profusely pictured story of tho year. The 10M New Year's issue, 10,000 strong, has the punch, will deliver tho goods, and deserves the hearty support of the community. Jt will be tho best advertisement of the valley ever put forth not excepting the Medford pamphlet. The object of its issuance is to help put the Rogue River valley on the map for the world's fair tourist of 1015 but while the paper is willing to await future development of the valley for its profit, it should not be penal ized by being made to bear the entire cost of the enterprise. "We ask the hearty co-operation of the community and the 1D14 Xew Year issue will be worthy of it. This co-operation has been refused by some of those most vitally interested the railroads, for instance, thereby empha sizing the fact that Medford s growth is dependent entirely upon Medford's efforts and this is a Medford enterprise. Kvery merchant, manufacturer and artisan should have at least his card in the 19M New Year's number, not only to co-operate in its issue, but to help convince the world of the enterprise of Medford's citizens. To this end, we ask co-operation. . MEDFORD MALL TRIBUNE. Jiy G. Putnam. PRESIDENT VAIL OF AMERICA N TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY GIVES UP WESTERN UNION LBbbW. k-M .MbbIHbSVSSbbbH President Vail of tho American Telephone & Telegraph compun. and Attorney General MoHoymdds are chiefly responsible for the agreement by whieli tho .telephone company will i;ivc up its stock iu the Western Union Telegraph company, winch it IDI 10 NKW YOlHv, Dee. 27.-It was ex peeled today that tho case of Hans Schmidt, on trial for killing Anna Auinuller, would reach the jury Mon day. No session of court was held today, but tho testimony was all iu. I was understood trmt tho argu ment would bo brjef and that the judge's charge would amount to lit tle more than an explanation that the verdict should depend entirely on the question of the prisoner's sanity. Smallest Midget Dead LONDON, Dec. 2". John William White, confectioner, 2."i inches lull, said to bo tho world's smallest adult man, is dead at Smith l'.iul to day, aged 03. .w.. M . controlled. Itather Hum stand a suit under the Sherman law, which would likely have been brought liv tho attorney general, -Mr. Vail has consented to sell the stock of ilic telegraph couipuin. held by the tele phone company. E WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-"Cou-ditions .it Calumet have come to such an outrageous pass that a fed eral investigation bbould certainly bo made at once,'1 said Senator James Martino hero today, com menting on tliu reported wounding and deportation of President Mayor and Organizer Tanner of the Miners' Federation from tho strike district of Michigan. ''Cnfortunnlely wo have been so busy with euncuey legislation that we limit not had a chance to discuss tho Michigan strike. Our hands' uri now tied until the middle of January, "I dismissed the matter with Sen ator Kuril before tliu holiday iccess and ho agreed Unit something should bo douc." . . 1 PRESIDENT DELAYS Tl PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss., Dec. 2". President Wilson hn not taken up the matter of selections for tho federal reserve board, though ho ex pects to do so .onn. It wni under stood he would not consider geo graphical locations in making tho application. The president received a long- let ter from Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo expressing surprise, among other things, nt tho rush of banks for membership in the reserve insti tutions under the new law. As organizing committccuinu for the new system, it wns stated that Secretaries McAdoo and Houston of tho treasury and agricultural de partments would visit several impor tant cilie during February to in cstignte their various cluinis for regional banks. Those on the secre taries,' itinerary were New York, Doston. Chicago, Cincinnati. Cleve land. St. Louis, Denver, San Fran cisco, T.os Angeles, Scuttle, Port laud, Houston, Atlanta and New Or leans. The commandant of a Confederate soldiers' home, twenty miles from Pus-, Christian, invited tho president last night to visit the home. Tho veterans, he said, were dying nt. the rate of about one weekly, few of them bad over seen a president and all would like to see President Wil son. It wns understood tlto chief executive probably would' accept tho imitation. WIPES OUT FAMILY GLKNDALE, U ?., Dee. 27. quadruple tragedy, iu whieli an en tiro family was wiped out, is re vealed hero todav when neighbors found the corpses of Henry Knell, 118 years of age; his wifo and their two children, Henry, aged 12, ami Tian, a baby of 22 months, Tho police believe Unit Knoll first shot his wife, then locked tho two chil dren in u room and after turning ou the gus shot himself. All four were dead when neighbors broke into (he house u-..-ei .. APPON HKfflt RESERVE BOARD M -, H i i 14 r-N ,A- .K 1 "lU'.l II It U.MlUIU.U.UUUlll(iM)vUiirll' WliKfllv4M..H!J 1 J1..IV41J.J.I1I.II- ..W 'UHll.;