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Mi Medtord Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnln tonight nml Tomorrow Mat. IRj Mill. aj Vto. .18. MKDFORP. OIUSaON", TUESDAY, DKOKMBRU HO, 1M. KO. 239 IS A FEATURE OF THE NEW YEAR'S ISSUE SUPPLANTS MILITIA ON THE SIS UPON VERDICT ATTACK SCHMIDT JURY CANNOT AGREE COURT REVOKES TRAIN BANDIT'S DEATH PENALTY GOVERNOR SENDS MISS UBS TO CLOSE SALOONS OJINAGA FORCES Dnltlu Haylnii on Three Sides of City mid Garrison Apparently Hemmed In by Troops Led hy General Ortega. i:l pa no, Ti-v., iw. no. (Ji'iH-nii IIiikIi Neoll, commanding tho Iiillco Slulca troops ut I'utt lliN, lodnv ic I'Hril following incntuign from l'ieidlo, 'I'ov, : "An cngugcuieul !t Mill progic- illK "II Illicit sidi'M of Ojilingll. (li'll- i'IiiIn Itoiliigucr, aiul .SiIuihIIiiii Cnr immi miiis I'd dining tln nljjil. It ii not kclicxcd IImi iiiiiIii limly ut (li'iimil OiIokiih' nliftl nrniy Iiiin come up yet. Tint Ojinngn garrison llppi'llf lll'llll in," Tim ichel nllnok on Ojlimgn lie Kim curly IttHl evening. There liml li't'O ptcliiuiuurv skirmishes nil dux Tlli ollpH nf lllll loMll'n ill'fi lllli'l - foiiuht ludiffeienlly. .Mniiy of (In ni deerlcil, iriNiiiiK lo tlio American Kiiln of the border. lvnitl Slab cavalry under .Mitpir MiicNum Ii iiiiiii'il nil rln ciocJ lint Imrili r nml Mi'iil Hum iiilu 1'ri'niiliii in pus. (llll'l-X, I lux ill); denn-d llii fcttrinuudiui; I'oinilt.v. Iciivintr iihiiiv iliuiil on llii fn'lil, tin' tcheU, led liv (IcihthI Or- letfO, Nltl'lllpted In klllllll (III) Ojin- ntrii defense iilmiil 7 . in. Tlio lot n im HlruMRly cnticurked nml (key were beaten Imck again niul again, ImiI continued reluming to the at luck unlil nflcr II) p. in., when, ix IihikIimI, thov iirnxi'd Ikclr effort for (ho night nml slept on the hold. Dining Hid iiitfht they mm rciufnrc-i-il nml nt ilnxliiiht fishting whs re- miiih'iI more fiercely limn ever. Il wiii hckoxed kero Hint Hie 0in. ago guriisou niuiiln'1-i'.l iilmiit IllOn men. Pliklng Hrcni) In Itcrimril Orchard Itcplvlng lo jour letter or December C, beg lo mi that my rnmii coiihIhIh of fnrl)-four in r. thlrty-iuvoii of which In planted to fruit. twiilvo acres li:io Jtmt in Into bearing this onr nml twenly-flvu acre between tlm )oung trees, whli Ii xxns tim-il to futtcn dovitiiI IiciiiI or niiKH. tiuh rnm.li linn jmlil 21 ir runt thin yiiir, nml only ouo-iiiiir Ut of It III Ileal I II K Di'tuiiilior 8, It) 1.1. Cav cvvA Foreman Reports that Certain Jurors Are Obstinate and Refuse to Change OpinionsDeadlock- Pro nounced Hopeless. Ni:V YORK, I (.!. .'10. N'n nunc. Judge Gavin Sets Aside Sentence Passed on Ralph Farlss Woman In Case Found, Pleads Ignorance of Robber's Habits. 1.08 ANOni.KH, CM., Uec, 30, rnciil Imil keen rcnelmd when rourt ,ul'" lariM, tno Southern Pacific train nuriiilt and murderer, SEGE L COMPANY FORCED 10 CLOSE E Ml ON BYC0INSTR1NGENCY SHACKLETON PLANS SEEK SOUTH POLE m mm E NKW YORK, Dec 30 Ail in I nil I'i'iiry hi'iird with iiimh interiMt tu diiy Hint Kir Knunt Hliackli-ton plniiiicd unothur dimh for I tin South I'oli'. Ill IiIh cniiUimplntoil trli com pli'tt'ly ncronn tlm Aulnrrtlc plntrmi llm ndmlrul mild ho thoiiKht Hlmclilo ton lind cory t'luuiru of MtirceHU. Ho n'Kii'llqil, liowiiwr, Hint uu Anuirl run Ii ii il not tried It nlrendy, niniiirk Iiik Hint It Mould liu n "w-nlk'iner" for men experienced In North l'ulnr IrnvelliiK. "1 lmvo tirKud sueh nu cixpedltlon for jeiim," 1m roiitlnued. "Tlm HooHtivelt, tlio erenteMt IrehiK dil nflont, could lmvo heiui put Into com iiiIkmIou nl iiinnll oxicmm, Tlio en Hi n roHt of tlio iiuderlnkliiK, Indited, ni'i'd not lunu oxceeded 1 1 00,000. Hut wo couldn't uiIho thu money. "1'xplorntlon of tho country nhoui thu Weddull Ken would hu cerlnln to reMiilt In nuimrldililo nml iiurhupH vitlunlilo dlncovorleH. In fnet, lhe"o In u pouallilllty Hint they mlcht 'jo positively Btnilllm;." Tho u dm I in I way doubtful, how oxer, of HliucUlutoira plan to carry uledttert drUou hy ueroiliuio proml lorn, and n clipped wIiik aeroplane for travelling over tho Ice. "Ho will Hiiccoed lit hid venture," hu xald, "It ho profltu hy tlm lemion taiiKht hy tho nttaluiiieut of tho North l'olo nml hy Amudiiou'ti nt lalnmeut or tho South l'olo. That leKBon In that tlm only xatlHfaelory jiower for polar (ravel lu thu iIok." 1IHSTO.V, ltfe. .10. Tin. Smeel ,o. imrlmeiit Un went into the IiiiikU of reeriverw Imlnv n, n nmult of niimiiiy proeriuuiKH lliMltutcl in Hie 1'iiili-il SlnleM niiirl Iuti'. John Shepaiil, Jr., nml Willtxitu .Mnihle of New Yoik were iiumeil im lereUen. The SieKel eoinpany firms nil went into the IihiiiIm of the nceier, ami luelmlnl thu follewing: .SunpMin Crnwfonl utore of lloolon, etipitul ieil nt if 1,000,1111(1 j Henry Sieeel & I'o., merehnnU; (lie .MeteliuiiU' Kx. piei.fi eompuiiy, niul Henry Sieel & Co., Iinukerc. The Sii'Kel Hlnivi eoinpany wan ineorpornled in Delaware in HUM nml enpilnlireil at SJ.OOO.OOO. The eoinpany did a prow hiiMiiexri of flO.000,000 uimunlly. Atlnriic.vH Rohe nml Punkiii, rrti- rc-enliiiK llie Siinp-nn-Ciuw fnr.l I'o., tliix nflernoon inditod the following Mntetueiit : "The nppoiiiluuiut of reeeiver with eolitented to ufler exery effort had keen mode lo continue liiiMiie-rf. The eoiieeru Iuik keen aeeiihtomeil In a law line of kaukine eredit, wliieli lias keen eiirtuiled dining tin1 past year. "The .Mer.-M. SieRi'l nml Voe have eoutnkiileil their euliie (wr fciuinl foituii(s an well iih nil their euei-Kv towmd Mixing tlm situuhoii, nml will continue to devote tkeir en eitfie in eouueelioii with the eotu pnnj'rt eiTililorM lownnl n tpeedx reorcauiialiou ami reumplioii of kiminehH. 'Tlio Sieel & Cooper eoinpany of Cliienp) is not iiixolxed in Ike re eeixen.lup. IN kunlmM4 U mo( profitukle nml has keen m for a mm i REGION TENSER THAN E CAI.CMKT, Mich., Dee. 30. -Tho Htrlko Hltuntlou lit tlio copper conn. try had not Improved today. If nny- thliiK, It tenner. ItlotliiR wan fenred. I lore nml nt lied Jnckct hov. ernl hundred armed members of tho Citizen's Alllnuro xxnro patrolllnn tho Htreetd forbidding atrlkera from cou KrcRatlnK. The HoiiKhtuu county apeclal Krnud Jury reconvened todny nt Hancock. JuiIko Hilton, tho mlncrH' lawjer. rnld ho would havo wHiicuhcs to aw car thnt a rnonibor of tho alliens' AN llnnro cava the faleo nlnrm of flru which rautod tho tragedy. Ha added thnt ho xvnn prepared to prove AN llnnco members wcro tho one who naiaultcd Moycr. ConKresittnnn MarDonald wns per sonally InvcstlKatlnR tho situation. "It aeoniB to me," ho said, today, "thnt tho bIkIU or tho enmhed bod. les ut thu children who perished In tho Chrlntmas 1-vo panic sould have ntnrtlcd mnyono to sober thotiRht, ahould lmvo overshadowed pnrtUnu hltterness nnd hatred. Hut thnt has not been tho result." has n chanro for life. After licnrlnK arguments, Super ior Court Judge Uavin Craig re voked todny his order sending I arlss to the gallows. Ho refused, however, to permit the murderer to retract his plea of guilty. Kvldonco then was Introduced by tho defense, purporting to provo that tho killing of Traveling Passenger Agent Montage, for "which Farias was sentenced to hang, was second uegrco murucr. J no uefenso ar gued that Karlss Is weak-minded nnl that he was Irresponsible. After today's hearing the proceed- Ill the event of n mUhtrinl it wnl'nw ln tno ca w,n R ovcr Ul,tl1 exMiled tkal Ike .litfiet nttomex f rlUay ,0 PcrmH l,,c latc tncs- would rihk.tlie iiiiiiointmeul of Inn. tlgato ths claim uey eommihHioii with n view to opened (odny ky Ike jury wkiek heard tlio ciimo of IIiiiih .Schmidt, Anna Auiiitiller'x nlner. The jury sent out word last niglit tknt it eould not reach a verdict, hut itihteail of ordering a iliminiil. tlio JuiIkc direeteil Hint it lie locked up oxer ni(,dd. When I lie jurors ap peared for kreakfiiMt today nt n res Inuranl near the eriininal courts they were plainly in nu ill humor, the de linlc uinoiit; tkem kaxing apparently keen nu acrimonious one. It was announced, too, tknt Juror W.Miian xviih ill, tkougli wkether or not his cu-c was xerioiis wn not! known. bsssBfS. ifKr pV" Br mk &. W ' ..JJsssskV " " SBBBBBBBBBtk BSSSSBWI. ,. I-;, '-?k West Not Going to Use Mllltla, and Says His- Secretary Is Able to Cope With Situation in Rough Mlnlnjj.Town of Coppcrfield. .Schmidt's commitment (o Miittcnxvuii. "I don't feel free to a into de tniU," Knid Ihc foreman, "hut certain ineinherH of the jury formed opinions tpiiekly nnd lpivo refued to eknngc tkem." "If tlio jury kelieves Sckmidt eould not comprehend tlm law," re plied tlio judge, "it hliould declare him insane nml return a verdict of ncipiittal." I.OS ANGKI.KS, Cal., Dec. 30 Judge Cavln Craig today set aside tho death sentence ho passed Satur day upon Itapl Farlss, the I'A Monte bandit. .Miss Fern Ilolilm Socretnrj- to fJovernor Wct WOMAN CONFESSES WRITING LEHERS TO FEDERAL LEAGUE ROBS OLD TEAMS number of jciir.' ACTIVE STOCKS SHOW WAVERING PRICES E DE LUXE AI STRIKE IS ENDED I'lllLADHMMIiA, Dec, 30. Tho minima t workeiH1 Htrlko horo ended this nfternnnu, It had been lu pro tiroim for six moutliH, Tho balloting allowed Hint C 17 HtillteiH favored retuinliig to work and G10 opponod. Only about one third pf Uio ptrkgru voted. NIJW YORK, Dee. 30. -Tho only rhniiKeu or Impoilancu In prices when Iho btecl: market opened today wero advances of Hi lu Canadian I'aclflu and :t',4 In Tomih. I.'nrly trading do- xeloped sllglit fluetuatloiiH among the nctlxo Htoeka with a mnorlty of Hllgllt loHSCH. Later blocks advanced generally, although speculation for tho rise was not aggressive, Tho advance todnv was led by stocks which wero foro- inust lu ycHtordny's decline, particu larly Heading nnd Canadian Pacific. Tho nppoliitmout or rocolvorH or tho Klogel stores corporation gavo tho iiunrkot a sethnck for a tlmo but tho iocoshIoii was slight. CUICAHO, Dec. .10. Cliieago will have u xw untiling hole de luxe in op erntiou when the mercury kegius its firt elimk next summer. The bench eonunihhion of the city council todny ugiYCil upon plans for u bathing keaeh to cost fCIO.OOO wilk a front age of 7,'lrt feel and built alone tho north shore, nlrendy popular xvitk bathers. I'Iiiiik for roust ruction of tke new keaeh were made after tho coimuis bion iiitci! Allnntin City, nml sev eral oilier euslerii suniiuer resoits, Tlm miiiii kulli liouse will be of kriek, slone and concrete. There will hu a .pavilion, u kroad proineunde, u kin dergarten for tlio youitghterrf nml u nuisery wkeio niotherrf inuy leave Ikeir kakies while Ihey toiup in tho lake. TRUST PROMOTERS CHICAGO, Dec ;0. The Chicago Federal league eluk today continued its plans to make u stiff fight for n share of Chicago',, baseball patron age. Three former associates of Joe Tinker on the Chicago National league team, it xvas reported here, will be seen with tke outlaw eluk xxlien tke 101 1 season open. I tot li Tinker, who is to manage the Chicago ehib, and Murdeeat Ilroxvu, who will net in the same capacity for the St. Louis Federals, admit trd todny that they had signed their eontrnets. Tinker Is lo receive n salary of $111,000 xcnrly. I'residenl Yeeglmm of tke Chicago eluk declared today that each of (lux Federal lengiue eluks must have fixe major league players on fs roster next senson or lorleit f'J.'i.OOO each eluk posted ut a recent meeting of the directors. Kaeli eluk nlo hnd ngreed, Ycegkiunn said, to spend $10,000 for player. LOS ANOKI.KS, Cal., Dee. 30. IDla Statlcr. 18, to get money for whom llnlph Farias declared ho held up a train and willed a man, wn slo cated today, Sho Is tho wife or Itoy Statlcr, a San Pedro butcher and met Farlss at a dance. "I didn't know Italph was a ban dit, of course," sho said. "My mar- ( rled llfo was unhappy, and I went out a great deal to forget It. "IttxTis on ono of theso trips that I met Halph at a danco hall. Wo fell In love with each other and ha per suaded mo that It would bo better to quit living with a man I didn't love. Tho day after tho Kl Monte hold-up he persuaded my mother and mo to go to San Francisco with him. Wo planned that wo would bo mar ried thero after I got my divorce. "I didn't know that wo were traveling on stolen money when wo went away. Wo took an apartment at tho Arthur, on Post street, in San Francisco. It was then that wo had a little rtoublo over another woman, called Louise. Sho seemed to liavc great power ovcr Italph, and camo to our npartment nnd stayed hours at a tlmo. Sho was always getting money from him. Sho got most of tho money ho had. N CHARACTER OAKLAND, Cnl., Dee. 30. .Mrs. Minnie L. Ciiristmuu, who confessed to sending defamatory letters nml postcards intended to involve the character of Mrs. Arthur P. Holland, n prominent socjety woman, uill be turned over to the insanity commis sion. Tlu's; js. the opinion of "Chief of Police Petersen, who itntcd todn" that the woman undoubtedly is unbalanced. Obsessed xvitk a stroug miurn for xvritins letters of a defamatory nnd generally obscene nature in order to create trouble between Mrs. Holland nnd her husband, and laboring un der the unfounded hallucination thnt the innocent victim of her vindict iveness wns trying to win her hus band from her, Mr-. Christmas, wife of a runnier plumber, for fixe yeura ceaselessly endeavored to ruin the good mime of Mr. Holland, accord ing to ker oxvn eoufessiou last night to the jioliee. SALKM. Or., Dec. 30. Governor West isn't gomK to send the militia to Coppcrfield to close uu the sn- loons nnd see thnt the Inxvs nro en forced, hut instead will nend Miss Fern Hoblw, his private secretary. Miss Hobbs, young, slight nnd cn pnkle, returned n skort time ngo from nn importnnt mission to "ush ingtou, where her nbility in handling stale mutters pending in congress nnd before various governmental de partments attracted a great deal of attention. Tho governor declared today she wns nkle to cope with tho situation in Coppcrfield, although tlio eilirens hnve declared thnt their lives nnd proiicrty nre in dnn-'or tkrough the alleged lawlessness of the liouor clement. ' Miss Hobbs will proknkly leave tomorrow. "If the sheriff nnd district attor ney of linker county cannot eloso the Coppcrfield saloons, I guess. I will hnve to send JCs Hobbs," said the governor. Miss Hobbs will go xviih carte blanche instructions to close the sa loons nnd obtuin the resignations of saloonkeepers who nre officials in the little mining (oxvn. COLOR NO BAR IN SCHOOLSAYSCOURT HOUSE LEVY LEGAL T AT SAVED IN SOUTH SEAS SARAH BERNHARDT AGAIN SEEKS LEGION OF HONOR PAULS, Dee. .'10. Snrnli Hern liurdt'H uumii, it became known to day, is again on tho list of nomina tions of persons lo iceeivo Iho cross of Iho legion of honor January I, Sio has been kept from receiving the cross for years through tho opposi tion of (ho order'u grand ohunoellor. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. William Mojer, former vice-president of Iho Lu Hallo National Haul; of Chicago, nnd former vice-president of the Na tional Shoe & Leather bank of New York, xvas arrested heru this iiftor- nooii following his indictment in Kansas City on a eliargo ot conspir acy to defraud. Ho gave bond, It xviih alleged in iho indictment that Moyor promoted tho Ameilcau Union Trust oompnnv of Kunsus City as a million dollar proposition when its actual capital was only n fuxv thousand dollius, SAN FKANCJSCO. Cal., Dee. 30. - According to a eaklegrani received here todny ky the marine department of tho chamber of commerce, eight seamen of the American bchooner Kl Dorado, who had keen marooned on Duster island, in the South Pacific ocean, since last June, nro safe aboard tho llritish steamship Knight of thu Gaiter and nro duo in Sydney on January 3. The survivor's of the wrecked isehooner huilcd the llritish vessel us it hove in sight nnd wero taken aboard. Tho eight bcnuicu sailed on tho Kl Dorndo from Astoria, Or., nkout a year ngo. Tho vessel foundered nl sea, 1000 miles from Kasler island, and tho seamon, nfter eleven days of exposure and suffering from lack of food and water, readied the vtostor- ly uninhabited side of thu Island in open boats. Finally one of tho men reached tho native settlement on tho island and tho natives carried the seamen to their villages lu ox carts. Llllle Devereaux Blake Dead KNGLKWOOD, N. J., Dee. 30. Mrs. Lillian Devereaux lllako, suf fragette and authoress, died today at Dr. A. L. Neldon's sanitarium hero, uged 70. .... Mi..MiiiAi, tree. ;io. -Tho .ar rival recently of Yang Teheng, the firt special envoy for foreign af fairs, is evidence of tho desire of tho republican government at Fckin to increase its representation in this foreign controlled Chinese city, in tho very center of the China coast. I'ntil Ynug'h nrrivnl the agent of tke Chinese government hero lm been culled commissioner of trade nnd foreign affairs, with rather doubtful power, other than udxUovv nnd conciliatory, when it camo to negotiations with the foreign consuls general. T E SALKM. Or.. Dee. 30. The su preme court today sustained the cir cuit court of Klamath count', and in an opinion today held that eouutv officer had full authority to levy a special tax to build a courthouse. The decision was in, a mandamus suit brought ky M. M. Obeuehain, who sought to prevent tho levy. Other opinions rendered were: Thomas Curtis Hills vs. II. M. Shaw, appellant, appealed from Jo sephine county; action against Mir geon for alleged malpractice; re manded. S. H. Griffiths . Klamath Water Users' association, appellant, ap pealed from Klamath county; suit to restrain collections of ceitain us sessnients against plaintiffs kind, affirmed SALKM. Or., Dee. 30. School districts of this stntq have no legal authority to provide separate schools for white nnd colored children, but must admit in tho same schools all children of school ago residing in the district, regnrdless of color or race, uceordin to an opinion handed down today hy the supreme court in pro ceeding! for mandamus brought hy William Cruwford to comoct the di rectors of school district No. 7, Klamath county, to admit his two hnlfbreed Indian children to tho schools. The decision reverses the circuit court of Klamath county. Crawford nnd his wife are half blood Indinns nnd havo five chil dren, two of whom attended school txvo yenrs prior to September, 1012, when they were excluded. ILLINOIS POLICE CHIEF EXTEND SPAN OF LIFE INSURANCE FIRMS PLAN ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 30. Strong probability of a strike or nil to's grapliors omployod by tho St. Louis and San Francisco railroad was soon horo today following a conference this morning betweou tho receivers p( tho railroad and tho telegraphers' grlovauco committee Tho oiipctlns adjourned abruptly nt noon without any ngroomont huvlng been roacuod. Tho conroroos were silent, indicating that an lmmedlato settlement was not o$pocted. ' v" SPntNOFlKLU. MaBS., Dec. 30. A "llfo extension Institution" was or ganized hero today with a vloxv to increasing the spun ot hunun the for commercial and philanthropic re sons. K, K, IllttenhoiiBo of tho Kqult ablo Insurance company was chosen president. Dr. Eugene Fist, medical director, and Colonel tiorgaa, 'who had looked aftor tho health or tint Panama canal zona's residents, con sultant on sanitation. Kx-Prcbldout Taft was named chairman ot the board or directors, which includes iFr'ank Vnnderllp. CLINTON, Illinois. Dec. 30. Kdltor Carl Pterson ot tho Strike Uullotln shot ex-PolIco Chief Mussor here today. Musser cannot live. Ho and Pleraou had quarreled ovcr references to the cx-chlct ln tho Uullotln. They grappled and Pier son drew a pistol. Two men seize! firm but he shook thorn oft and shot Musscr thrice. Then ho walked away, paused, returned and fired tho pis tol's remaining three bullets Into tho prostrate man's body. ,. Tho Uullotln has been persistent in Its attacks on tho Illinois Central railroad and its non-union omploycu slnco a strlko began on tho road two years ago, Plerson xvas looked up. It was said ho would plead suit defense. F BRITAIN ON CANAL "WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Pub llsbed reports that Great Urltalu had protestod against the fortlcatlon of tho Panama canal woro denlod this afternoon by Assistant Secretary ol Stato Iooro. ' "Kngland has auade absolutely lib protest or suggestion of a protest against tho canal's fortification," bo' aald. ' v -v j i M. ?f 'T?iyVM''"ir " '"fr1 vmmmiH'' ;'