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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
ltnln; My. IH, MJn. .IT,
JUL limn, (il,
Mrcwortn. owK(iONT, Monday, dkchmmok 20, iokj.
NO. 238
207 Hl'lr .
CARVED
FROM BACK OF
President Moytr o( Western Federa
tion ol Miners Operated Upon Af
trr Lead Is Located by X-Ray
Paralysis May Result.
Movlnn Picture Film of Funeral of
Panic Victims Stolen From Pho
looraphcrs Inquiry Demanded.
CHICAHO, Dee. iiii. I'M'xnliiil
CllllllfM II. MlVHT Of tint Wfnlfltl
I'edernlion (if Miners win npoiiitod
on loduv nl St. I.iiKo'n hospital heio.
A lllllll'i Will ll'IIHlVl'll flOIII llll'
lllllholos ut tli' I''" ""I" of his back.
Dr. Willimii Mitnlt f Hi" hospital
liiul iri'linilv Inenlid Iho It'iiili'ii
dug with X-ray. Tlin operation
was pronounced n Nueoons.
"Tli" patient is weak," bulletined
llll' nUlgenilH lifter il wii owr, "lull
wc think In' will come out nil iinht."
Tin' doctor gave il ii" hi opinion
Unit Moir wii mil of dmiyiT of
ilrntli from hl wound, lint said lie
thought inrlinl paralysis might re
mill. Tin' puliont ini'il n coiuforl
uliln night ntiil war In n ehrciful
friinii' of niiml loilnv, declaring ho
would n'liiru lo ('iiliiini't n soon
In' onuhl travel.
Tin' Chicago Fi deration of Labor
adopted roMiliitiriiiH nf it meeting
li'tilny demanding u federal iuvcMi
gulinu of tin' Miohigun itt iko nliun
linn. Tlii'v weie forwarded lo Pres
ident WlUnn ami I lit? members of
emigre.
Tin' li'ilcrnlliMi received word lo
ilnv foiu.,Uiliiivriatl,'i-i''' ii -jili'liiin
film t-litiwmi; Smulnv'- fu
iikiiiI IIhmi) of victim of 1)11' tiri-t-iiiiin
ovo imnln In which M'vi'iilv-liM'
lit I'M WITH IllHl, WII4 stolen flftri'll
minutes nflir III" photographer
placed II In their rooinn. Tho strik
or liiul pliinnril lo exhibit tin' pic
ture throughout tin' coiintrt.
A mosHiigo from Hi" Rapid-, Mich
ipmlcd (Intcrnor Wondhiidge- Ferris
II K HlltlUg Hill! till "loll' I'Olllll tllhl'
Duo of il own lulior trouble-, mul
llnil federal interference twis un
iii'i'i'HNiiry. HnWOtcr, .lollll Dennett, MKi'llt of
lln federal Inlior department, culled
on tin' envernnr, conferred with hint
mul then left for Calumet.
Tho governor Nttlil In should not
personally Invcntigulc '' Motor in
cident. ANOERSOrTBETTER
THAN AT UST FIGHT
LOS ANOF.LF.S. Doi'. UO.-Thnt
Hinl Anderson Ih fiflv pit cent bet
Iit loilny thnn upon tliu oeeuniou of
hi first disastrous meeting wilh
Leach Cross Ih the verdict of tin
funs who saw tho Medford battler gi
IIiioukIi hix Snuilny trniniut; hltiut.
nt Vitiioh,
AlllllTriOlI Iiiik ilovt'lopoil inorr
KpiM'il hini'n liU IiihI nppi'iunnri' liri'
nml NPcntrt hh rii(,'Ki'il tn ht'forc hix
nppi'iiilii'iliH opi'i'dtion. In Npilo ot
Ihu mlmllleil fact Hint his work umi.
itiiIIv in h tinfinUlii'il iih cvit, ninny
fiiim hi'linvo ho will lower tho (tosh
1'olors when Iho moil ini'ul lu-ro on
Now Yciir'H tiny.
Thoro Iihh hcoii prnolioiillv mo hot
ttntr on tho nintoh, Anilornon lioinir n
Hlinht fnvoriln, hnl ovon money nt
linn limo hiifl boon proilioloil.
APPLE PRICES AT
'El
Tim North went Fruit r'xe1iimi;e. 10
jioit today fthnwH tho follow inj: fruit
piiee.s hi tho viihI;
I'liiladelphlaIlooit Uiver Spilzon
lnirK'S, ear, $1.8(1 to $1,110; another
ear, humid, $l,'lfi $1,05,
lhrnton -Car Wi'iiulelieo Wiuosnps,
fancy mid extra, $1,(10 In $1.7n.
SI. Louis --Car W'ennloheo Jona
thuiiH, if'J.05. '
Detroit- Cur Ynkiiiin Spitxctt
hurj,'H, oxtru funoy, .Vi.liri lo $2.15.
Now Voil; Car WtiHliiiiyilon up
pleH, iiiixcd varieties, Hold $l.:il to
$1,(1."),
snOKE
NQUEST LEAVES
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Reports That Member of Citizens'
Alliance Shouted Fire Not Borne
Out at Coroner's Inquest Panic
Organ Before Cry of Fire.
Girl Fainted and Cell for Water Evi
dently Caused Misunderstanding;
and Rush.
I'Ai.r.Mirr, mmi.. iw. a.
Wo
rm fnlm
porU lluil a mini woiuini; n
nils' Allimioi' liiitton i;tio it
fiio iihirm, ii'Hiiltini,' in Hie pnnii
which rout Hcvcnty-liM' liCH nt n
('lirixliiuu omi I'olohriitiou liv Hie
fniniliiM of htrikinc ooppor iniiicri
lioio, wito not homo out liv tcnti
inoiiv nl the inoiic'ht whioli Coriincr
Williiiiii IVher lioKiui toihiy.
There r.ocmoi noiiio.iIimiIiI, imloril,
if it wiih not tho pnnii' whioli i'iiiihoiI
tho ery of liio, inllior Hum Iho fry
of fiio whioli htiirlod tho inline.
I'mil Kpohnr, 11 hov of 10, wiih ore
of Iho firnl witncnort. Ho wntcheil
tho ninli, he Niiiil, from Iho lop of
tho Mnirttiiv. l' honril niiiiiiiiiin
nonr tint door Miniit "Tiro!" hut
I'oulil not Kro who it wim.
Mj. Annie Clence mill nine otho
eri who liiul hrcu ipiotod n oiiyine
Unit tho uliirin wum oivon hv innu
wen line; mi Alliance hiitle, refiifcil
lo Hwonr ( it on iho wituoits stinnl.
A hoy of 1.1 toHlifioil Unit Iho erv
of 'Tiro" wiih not rniootl until af
ter tho panic Iiokiiii. A irl I'aiiiteil,
ho naii), unit it fall for water fol
lowed. Sooni poinoii1 i;ijioil to
itot il. r.viileii'lv miniinilorxlmiilhip
Iho eonililotioli, ho HioIIkIiI. hoini'Olie
In Iho hall sliotilfil "firo." A j,'0ii
oral rii-h for Iho omIh oiisiioiI.
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PRODUCED BY SISTER
ItO.Mi:. Dee. L'tl.- Tho lalo Car
ilinal Knmpnllii'rt H'mlor, HiirmirHH
Carolina HauipolhflVzanua, Inially
produced iho dead prolato'H will in
oourl today. How il win found wn
not made public, luahilitv to find
it Honuor omitioil hoiiietliiiu; of a
hoiirtalion. It wiih said, however,
Ihero wiih no doulit of the iloeii
mpiiI'm Koiiiiiiieui'fsrt. It was drawn
in 188D.
The propel iy wnn left to the Imr
olios and another brother, hut tho
hitler has since died.
SHOT WIFE WITH
"DEVIL IN HER EYES"
IMNC'INNATI. O., Dec. S9. Hub
ert Mnronoy, iiKed 2(1, nu nitor, to
day hIioI mul killed hbt wife and lilt
iluiiKlitor KrnucoH iih they nlopt In the
Motel Walton hero, llo wna ar
rostoil. "I killed my wlfo liernno hio bad
tluS devil In bur eyoH," Mnronoy tuld
tho police. "Tho liuhy would buvo
(ho ilovll In her oyoH had hIiu lived,
no 1 killed her, too."
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NKW YOHK, Doc. 2 J) .-A cheap
trunk ilmnpoil from a cart on l'ltt
utroot hero early today ah found to
contain tho body of n man who lind
lieon HtrauKlod. His liaudts and foot
woro tightly bound,
l.utor Iho body wan Identified aa
that of a laborer iinmod Druekmau.
Two Minn who unloaded tho trunk
from tho cart dlHiippourod.
WASHINGTON, Dee. UtK-Offio-lit
Ih of tho hlale, war and nnvv do
))iirlinouts scoffed toftay nt the Mox
ioan war ministry's ohirre;o that reb
els in northern Mexico were usine;
United Stales mumuiiitioii,
A
AN
STILLA MYSTERY
Picking Scene, Hollywood Orchard One of Many Similar Scenes New Year's Issue
,&MiiMi'm& ffi Mm J - war
Tl ' &'i&rl&&fctFrtKZr2'l Trfi BfiS' 4 jBfc
Tho follow, n i the jieJd for the llillxwr nl on n' m(: o it fii M .slurtcd to y!ed:
1(1117 1 Iom, l ,ii ,. 1 !MIH IS ,a'f l.o.xos ('iiirm', 'I'l ha I ( boxes 1om
HKI'J "idO half h"r- Meno, 1 I'l whole doxc-H Iloe. liiil half boxes Comtec. hS full Ijoxe- 1 ntmre. ' '
Itlll) 111) half boxen Coiuioo, 17 rull lioxei I'iii''' -l U')" ba..xo.s Ito-o, 118 fidl lipvyw. "v:. .2aG"lSiil7, (I7- SVwtnj v, r
lllll- ltl8:i lmlen Comioe, '.Mil full C.imioo, i:l: halves Hum., t: 11 full Hoe. " "' " "-. '" " -,f"
1IIIL1-Ill.Vi IibUoh I'omlro, I
IPi;i-2J."il halve Ioo. S'lS
Th'o no of (he bearing oreba
N'cwlinviw ut fl.TI, Spitxoubiir
There nro 17.VJ Comioe troiw,
One hundred and forly-oiejil
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1'ASS CHHISTIAN, Minn., Dee.
!!l. Dr. Cary (lraytou forhado
I'rebident Wilson to nltend to any
oorrnhpoudoneo today. Ho itmixleit
that the prenident would bo iuterfer
iiiK with his reeoxery to ntliinpt to
answer nil tho, letters on hand here,
mul they were forwarded to Wiihh
incton for his Hoorelarv, JimopH P.
Tiimully, to miHwer.
Presitlent Wilson's deniro for pri
viu'V has been iijuored by Iho resi
dent hero, mul huIosk eonditions iin
provo the president and his family
intend to npend tho remainder of h'
vaontion either in Texas or Florida.
Kvery luorniu'c tho State Afjrioul-
turnl oollego mails tho prenident
three dozen renh eys, mid tho par
cel post biinns him Iurj;e ipiautitius
of Knrden Iruek.
Despito wutersoaked links, Presi
dent Wilson went lo Iho pilf links
and npent the mornim; there playing
pilf. Later he look a toujj nutouio
bilo ride.
IN. CIA REVOLT
HONO KONO, Dee. 'JO. -Army
lnutineeiH in southwestern. Yunnn
were reported today to hnvo deolnr
ed tho province independent in ox
President Sun Yut Sen's name.
Tho outbreak was said to have hud
occurred ut l.il'lu, whore the officers
who resisted tho mutineers, a profes
sor in u local Chinese college, and
several of his Mudcuts were said to
have been Killed.
Tho authorities were understood
to ho inuKing desperule efforts to
crush Iho revolt, which il wus rceo
nlxed might canily spread speedily,
in view of tho people's discontent
wilh President Yuan Shi K'ai's rule,
through till of southern Cli nu.
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WILSON
0 ANSWER LETTERS
ACCOUNTOFHEALTH
CH full Comieo, 072 liiilvt. Hom-, 7fe.' full Hum-, 12tl Sp'tz. US.") XowIowih.
full Ifo-o, KTi ImUiw C.iiniee. 10(5 1 full Comioe. !i7 Sni'r. lOlit! Kewtnwiw.
rd m now i'miii 8 In 11 eni. I lm o received relunw Ihix year from e'omiee f2.21 jor box, Hxo .?1.S1.
nt $.'S. All !'. o. b. Midforn. llioiih the pools nre not rtiweil.
,'KIO Hum trei., 8.M Kewiown and Ml ! Spitzenhun; trees in iho orchard.
llo-o pear tree- yielded th er 1 IS
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SCHMIDT'S FATE
OF
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NKW YOHK', Dee. SO.-Shortly
before fl o'clock this evening Judge
Foster adjourned his court until I
H.'IIO tonight. This means that the
jury's verdict in the Duns Schmidt
murder cane will nut be icceived un
til that hour in (he event of nu
agreement.
When court adjourned the jur,
was said to ho divided, eight for
Schmidt's coiuuiilmeul to Matteawau
iusnno nsjhun mul four for gin
of first degree murder. The ease
wont to the jury shortly before '2
o'clock this afternoon.
Iho jury inimedialcly went out
to lunch, the court ordering a recess
until '2t't o'clock. It was expected
that tho deliberations of tho jury
would ho brief.
Judge Foster' charge dealt solely
with the law lclatiug to homicide
mul iiisauit.. h said if tho jury
decided Hint Schmidt is insane lie
must go to .Mattcawaii asylum if
coimolcd of fimt degree murder ho
must die in the electric chair.
NKW YORK, Dec. 29. lions
Schmidt, Anna Aumuller's slayer, col-;
lapsed In his cell before, court con
vened today. His condition, pltublo
when the trial opened, has grown
worse with tho strain. Ills nerves
boomed completely shattered.
Ills lawyer, Attorney Olcott, mado
bin closing nutfrcHH when the session
opened, It consisted principally lu
Iho reading of extracts from the tes
timony of ulleulMs, who declared the
prisoner Insane, Olcott Insisted thnt
tho defense bad shown clearly that
Schmidt was wholly Irresponsible.
Tho court gavo each side nu hour and
stood tho Instructions would bo brlof.
A verdict was oxpectod tonight.
Jim Jeffries, former heavy wolght
champion, Is making preparations for
u world tour.
HANDS
SINCE
WO 0 CLOCK
0 boxes of tenm.
1
ILLE
ORO VILLI-:. Cal., Dee. 29. A
gang of cracksmen who had tunneled
under the vaults from tho basement
of an adjoining building today robbed
the Firm National bank ot Orovllle
of 13,700 In silver.
The robbery was not discovered un
til tho bank opened for business ami
tho yeggmen escaped without leaving
n clue.
Several attempts lo blow the Man
ganese safe with nltro-gylcerlno
failed. In this safe was moro than
$'.'0,000 In gold. Deputy sheriffs
aro combing tho country for tho rob
bers, but up to a lato hour this after
noon no trace ot them had been
found.
Cashier Glides, ho discovered tho
robbery, immediately notified tho au
thorities. Kntrauco as gained by
tunneling from tho cellar of an un-
occupied building next door to the
bank. Hums detectives were detailed
by tho California Hankers' Associa
tion In an attempt to run down tho
thieves.
T NO: 7113
WALLA WALLA, WuM.. Dec. 'JO.
Dr. Linn Hurficld llmsxard, the
fasting specialist, became convict
No. 71L"1 at !l o'clock this afternoon
mid was assigned to piarcrs in the
woiuuu's building. Her commitment
papers arrived about U o'clock and
she was advised by telephone. She
immediately went to the penitentiary
in n tnxicah mid surrendered to
Warden Drumm.
Sho had been hero since Saturday
morning waiting to begin her sen
tence of from seven (o twenty yearn
for umnhlmightur,
KIN
BANK
THROUGH
TUNNEL
tZuJ-G &&e
NORDICA
ABA
STRANDED SHIP OFF
SOUTH SEA ISLAND
niHSIlAXE, Australia, Dec. 20.
If the weather remains calm, the
Dutch steamship Tusmnn. on the
rocks in Hrumble hny, flulf of Fa
pun, with several prominent Amcri
on.is among its passengers, will be
re-floatid safely, according to wire
less messaged today, received at
Thursday island from the vessel, it
self, relayed by cable to Cooktown
and telegraphed from Cooktown
here.
It was admitted that the ship's
situation was such that n storm
probably would mean disaster. The
Tasmnn's fato was considered to de
pend largely upon the Sliced with
which relief reaches it. IIolp was
on the way, but it eou.M not be learn
ed hero how near it was to the
stranded craft.
The Americans known to he on
hoard, members of tho Panama Pa
cific exposition committee to Aus
tralia, woro Commissioner flenernl
Alva Adams, ex-governor of Colo
rado, and wife; Major Sydney A.
Olommi, eUief. of Hip .exposition's
militury affairs, and wife; Chief
Thomas F. Stallsinith, of the expo
sition's agricultural department, and
wife, and Journnlist Commissioner
O'Neill Sevier of New Yoik.
Other passengers wero Madame
Lillian Nordica, Iho songstress, and
Madame Caresi, her harpist.
Tho Tasmau wiih hound from Syd
ney to Hatnvia, Java.
MONOPLANES AND HANGARS
DESTROYED IN BLAZE
NKW YORK', Dec. 'JO.- Six hang
ars burned today nt Iho Hempstod,
L. L, aviation grouiu's. Two mono
planes which could not bo rescued in
time were consumed with them. Sev
eral aia!ors wero slightly burned
in paving their properly. The loss
was $2:1,(100. The fire's cause was
unknown,
I
FIXES TAX LEW
State and County Estimates Unchal
lenged and Are Adopted by Court
No Road Levy Made, But the
Amount Included In General Levy.
Under Plan Adopted, Ashland Will
Pay Alonrj With Balance of the
County State Tax Over 4 M'lls.
The county court .Monday Kxel
Iho slate mid county levy for the
filming year r.t h mills. Although
Mi. estimates hud been printed in
detail ns rerpiircd by lnwf no on was
on hand to protest nnd tho levy was
made in accordance wilh prcmilinnry
estimates.
On account of the supreme court
decision in the Ashlnnd road tax
ease, whereby the oitv of Ashland
wn exempted from the road lery
paid by the rest of the county, no
rond levy woh made, but tho road
expenditures included in the general
levy, this proceeding being author
ized by n recent decision of the su
preme court in the I.ane county case.
Had the road levy been made, it
would hnvo exempted Ashlnnd from
even paying interest on rond bonds.
Instcnd tho court will make on or
der segregating the amount to be
used for rond purposes, about three
mills. t
The stnte levy is over four mills,
the county nhoiilhe sniue as a year
ago. Tho- )crwlir'luWirt
$."70,000.
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$
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TINKER AND BROWN
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. ','So far as I
am concerned, I would let both Joe
Tinker and Mordecai Hruwti go to
the outlnws. They have seen their
best days."
This was the statement today of
Ran Johnson, president of tho Amer
ican league, commenting on the re
port that Tinker and Drown had
jumped to the Federal league.
"The matter, of course," Johnson
added, "is a National lcoguo affair,
but I think their contracts with the
National clubs nro fitroug enough to
hold them if the case is carried into
court."
President Oiluiore of the Federal
league left today for New York. It
was reported, and generally believed
here, that tho object of his isit U
to establish an outlaw club there.
Neither Tinker nor Hrowp would
say what he intended doing.
KANSAS CITYli
1
TO BUILD NEW BRIDGE
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 20. Tho
bridge-building fjnu of Waddt-ll &
Harrington of Kunsas City, Mo., was
chosen by the interstate bridge com
mission today to plan and superviso
the construction of the Pacific high
way bridge across the Columbia
river between Porllnnd nnd Vancou
ver at a cost of approximately $1,
fi00,000. The company will bo com
pensated on the basis of 5 per cent
of (ho money expended.
:T
NKW YORK, Dec 20. Kx-Comp-Iroller
flrout of New' York was in
dicted toduy charged with perjury.
As president of the Union .Hank of
Hrooklyu, tho indictment suid, he.
mudo a false report of Ihu institu
tion's resources to the bank super
intendent. Cashier J. P. Ashley wan
indicted with 1dm.
COUNTY COII
FIFTEEN MILLS
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