Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 31, 1913, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'07 SmmiI Street el i.S Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnln Mit II; .'Mlii. 12 Itnlnfrtll .III. MEDFORD. OHKaON, AVEDNMBDA Y, T)E('13MKR !, 1910. NO. 2-10 FLOOD FOLK TERRIFIC STORM IN CALIFORNIA Furious Wind and Rain Causes Heavy Damage Rivers Out of Banks Napa Floowd Shasta Line Tied Up by Landslides. SAN FltANCISCO, Cnl., Dec. .'II. A terrific Hloim picvulled today nlntiir thn California coast, tuiil (lie interior ulso was lushed liv a furious wind niul riihiHliirin. Heavy damage leMillcd Imlli on land niul sea. , A rapid rlso in tho tributaries of I lie Sacramento river caiiped Unit stream In swell rapidly, niul at noon it wax (.till rising twelve inches mi liour. I'nless Hid rain ceases, Sao raiiii'iilo ami oilier towns tilling (In river hunks will fiioe n serious flood situation lieforo tomorrow night. Town of .iia rioo(l'l Till! entire eastern section of the ton II of Napa was flooded liy a Htnl den iie in tho Napa river. Scores of families In tho lowliug district arc iiiarooiieil. .luines Clark', n tiuckmnii, wns drowned while at tempting to rescue women and dill ill en in tilt' flooded Section. Tho ohlest inliahitnnU of Marin county hay tho Meno w the ino-l violent over exM'iictired there. The lower section of San Unfile! In un der water. Larkspur, Kentfield ami Itos aro isolated, tho water in this section being over the railroad traek. TniiiiK on tlm Northwestern I'ii. cillo were several hours late nil day. Itcports from Wedding told of a liirrifio storm there lat night, which continued today. Five inches of lain, it in d tela red, fell in tho twenty four hour rnding nt ."i o'clock this morning, ami thu downpour enutiii- lied. Slmln Itoulo Miotic) Tho Shnsla roulo of tho Soiilliern l'ueifie wan hlocked hv landslides. Aliout 1 110(1 feet or traek between Copley ami Central Sour was Imiied, the slido slipping direelly aero tho traek". Al Cantarn, seven miles nortli of Diinniuuir, I ho hitunlion is worse. Aliout 'J00II feet of traek is reported buried Micro. F.vcry avail utile mail has been rn-hrd north to elear tlm lint'. It will require nt leant twenty-four hours to eouiileto tin) job. Tho iiorlh-liouiid Simula limited U held at Itcddiug. Thn liver at Ited 1 tlit FT reached u twentj-four foot .iigo tit noon anil won rising rap idly, Tho town eau only sluml a luge of lweiily-sl feel, niul llio residents ma picpniing for u tlooil, Ntomi riii)N llnvoc The storm plu.vod havoc vvilli the Noilheru California 1'ower com pany's pin ul, niul Iff tiding, Andcr Miu, Chiiio mid Hod llluff will he dark tonight, SeorcH of bridges over vniiuu sti cuius in Shiislu coiinlv luivo lieen washed out, niul tlm inniielnry loss will run into (ho thousands. (Contlnuod on l'no Tour.) OF GERMANY SLATED TO BE RETIRED llUHMN, Dec. at.-I'olltlrnl bob nli wnv HtroiiKflr than over today to tho of feet that Imperial Chancellor Von Ilottiniuuu-llollwcK will rotlro In thu very near futuro. All nortn o( llluirul fartloiiH Iinvo liven uultliiK nKuliibt hint uliico lila reue.ttnnury Hpourli In tho HulcliBtiiK nt tho llnio of tho Zuborn troubloa, mid u point ban boon roucboit vvhoro It ucoiiih ilnubtrul If oven blu frloiula can Htmul by blm inurli longer. Tlm KnUor. who Ih keunly roiim tlvo of public opinion, and Ih until to fear that his own proutlKo may Htiffor, la roportod to hnvo boon much provokod by what ho conuldorod hU roproHonlntlvo's tai'tlo8diions. Tho gouornl toitor of opinion wuh that tho chancellor, though 11 woll inqonlng inun, Is bopolcBBly out ot touch with tho tlnica and that tho very aufoty ot tho Rovornuumt do lumidH hH rvtlrouiont, CHANCELLOR NEW YEAR'S EDITION CONSISTS OF 38 PAGES READY4P.M.THURSDAY IfMMHHHIHM 4- 4 The I II I.I New Year's elf f lion of tho .Mall Trihuun will eoiiHixl of tliiily-fJKlil pngis and is hv far tlm largest, iiionI elahoralo ami rosily is- miu ever printed III Miiithem Oiegou, It is ri'pleio with new il- " ItiNtratioiiH mid data depict- lug the icsouiccs mul devel- opmcuts of (ho Itngiie Hiviir valley during Hid ,vear of " HIIII, jtn hopert mid pniwelH for tlm futiiic. " Tlm IiihI Hoction will to prcuM at I o'clock New 4 " YearV day ami copicn can then he obtained for ft renin " each. l'ntacc coth .'I cent. Wrapped and mailed to any addict. In tlm Cnitcil Slaten hv the olfico for 1(1 cciiIm. 4 " Ten (hoiiHiud coplcM aro printed. fff4 f4 44 FEAR VIOLENCE M INQUEST iti:i) jacki:t, Mich., ikc ai Coroner William I'Ulier win no much nfrnltl of violence today nt thn III ipieMt on tho evctit)flvo victim of tho CbrUtmim i:vo flro panic In Calumet thai ho transferred thu)icar Iiik to bin own nlflro ntul unld In would admit no onu but wltuciaci, Jiirom and law) era. ThoiiHniida had prcvloimly tried to forte their way Into tho hall whero proceedliiKB havo been held hereto fore. Tho nxrltcmcut wax duo to tho promisn mado by JuiIko Hilton, tho inluera' Inwyor, to produce wltneiote poult hely lileatlfyltiK tho man hn eiiarRcd with kIvIiik tbo falio flro alarm. If the evidence vvaa produced ho K'vo It aa hi opinion that troublo almoiit certainly would eimue, Hilton was not ready with his wit nccM when tho hearlai: wan opened, today, how over, and at hU roipieat proceedlUKa vvero delayed. Cp to noon no further testimony had been taken. At Hancock, tho crand Jury which wuh expected to InvcMlKato tho clr- CIIIIIMUIKcii niieilUlllK llin i'Xmiibiimi hi I'renldcnl .Mo) or ot tho Weatern IVderatlon of Minora from tho Cop per country, reauined IU work. Clli:STi:ilTt)'N'. .Mil., Dee. l. Willi four eompauieH of tho Fifth Maivlnnd Ki;iiiieiil irritating tho res identrt or Kent counly, tiouhlo wai eNpected when ho trial of two lie orticK for tho iniinler of James T. Coleman he;nii hero today. (lovcinor (loldhorouKh, at the te (pivot of tlm juiIkcs and State' At tornev Vickeiri, hihl nielli called the four compuuicH from tlie hull ofthe crank Maryland lefjiinent. Juilu'o Conslalile, ohiof of tho elieuil, e.x plnined that tiouhlo was expecled at llio dial. The ncei-ocrf. aeeorililur to general hut eiroueous loport, can not ho IiiuikciI, because thoy are un der '21 ycairt of iifio and have eon feHhcd. ' Thin idea is no widespread that it wan feared another attempt to lynch them would ho niiule. BURGLARS ROB SICK HAN OF VALUABLES SANT FRANCISCO, Cal., Dee. 31. IturifliU'H robbed Chailen Simons, a holdier, of 4180 mul two diamond riiiKrt worth .WOO in u downtown ho tel heio early today. Simons wm too ill to resist, Two armed men fired on Frank Sunlueoio, foiomaii for tho l'aciflo Oiih & Kleohio company, as ho Klarled tod woik horo today, One of tho hullels look effect in Sun- l..tw.liv. 1.klil ni'iii fVvt jlifcinlmi'inwl 0 PANIC VICTIM workmen mo suupoctcd, , . IN LINO OFF SEE WILSON AT PASS CHRISTIAN Personal Representative of Presi dent In Mexico Sails to Confer Over Situation Rumored That He Brings Proposals From Hucrta. VIJIIA Clti;,, Dec. .'II. John l.iml, Crchident WiIhoii'i peroonal rcpicMcntutivc, today was hpeedia aboard the M-out cruiser ChcM"er, to ward I'iihh Chrit-liiiii, .Ml)-,, wlivre he expects to confer with llio presi dent tomorrow. I.ind left here at 7 o'clock hibt nielli, in rehponn- to in hlructioiiH f lorn the Mule depnitmcnt. PASS CIIHISTIAN. Mi.. Dee. 'II. That Special Kuvoy .lohu l.iml, now .teamiui; nortliVMird on the hcoiiI cruicer Chexter, brines with him at IciiHt a tentative proposal from Prehidenl Hucrta was consid ered certain in the liyht of develop. meiitK at the "winter cnniliil" today. (t wax uuderclooil that in the last six hours tlm piovUiounl piexideut had renewed his offer to retire, with only a few of the Mi-iiiys placed on the original offer withdrawn. I'rrMileiit Kpliynx-llUc All information rccnrdiui: the l.iml vlnit was refused at the prcidentV rnltiiL'c toilay. The president him self was sphyux-lil.e. t was the be lief here that the president doubts Huerlu's good faith in the late! pro. posal ami wauls I.iud's neroual views on the matter. Hut it in Known that the 1iom of lluerta's el miiiatiou us a result of thee de velopments is only n faint hope. The exact hour for hind's cxjiecled airival is unknown. If present ulau aro adhered h. he will ho taken from tho Chester at some point on the coast one rumor today said prob ably St. Louis hy tho revenue cut ter Wiunnu mul hrnuejit to Oulfimrt, where rooms have been reserved for him nt the (heat Southern bold. President I'iuIMuHkiJ The president did not clear the new developments in tho Mexican sit uation sufticieiit to dihtuib his us ual loutine today, lie started im mediately east on tlm thirteen-inilo rido to the uolf links mid covered tho nine-hole course twice. POLICE SEARCHING FOR m SAN FKANCISCO, Cal., Dee. .11. The olico continued today their built in the Mi-xion dihtiict for the mysterious "hou'iM'," meiitioued by Mis. Hoy Statler ns her rival for the affections of Italnh A. lariss, tin train handit. They eared less for tho L'irl tluin for the trunk she wns aid to have, reported to contain much of Funss' loot, lhey adtnit ted, however, that they had found no trace of either. They vvero convinced of the truth of KliVnlielli Myociun's slntcment that she met FurisS only n few times, went out with him to n the ater but once, and had only u casual acipiaintauee witlt him. She had been spoken of as one of the women tho bandit knew. BLOWN UP AT SEA TAMI'ICO, Me., Dee. 31. A re poit wns current hoio today that tho Norwegian steamship Atlantis had been blown u at sou. With fomtcen passengers, tho Atlantis, loft hero yesterday for flalveston. DYNAMITED BY REBELS VF.ItA CKUZ, Dee. 31. News wus received hero today of tho dynamiting- by rebels ot u federal troop train 170 miles southeast of Mexico City. It was buid uiiuiy lucn wcio killed. SWEETHEART MNF EIGHT LOSE LIFE IN NEW YORK TENEMENT FIRE Five-Story Structure In Heart of Densely Ponulated Section Goes Up In Flame, While Shrieking Oc cupants Are Rescued. NKW YOIIIC, Dee. HI. Kihl kt sous periched early Joduy in u fire which swept a 'five-'-lory brick ten- eineut on .Monroe street, one of the most thickly populated sections of the Kust Side. Three others were seriously burned nnrt removed to the (louverueur hospital. Tho lives of a score other tenant were in danger as Jhe blaze had jjijined such head way that stairwa), wero burned away and fire escapes blocked he fore firemen reached the scene. Only heroic work mi thn part of the lire fighters saved their lives. Itnnrliif; Mums of I'luium When fi i tinea reached the scene lhey found the tent ment u roaring iniihK of flames. The stairwnvs had been burned uwuv mul it was im possible for them to enter the build iiitf. The wildest panic followed. Terror-stricken men mid women choked the windows and fire escapes. The flames licked up the bundles ot clot him; and rocs piled tn on the pint forms nt each floor, mid hut for the heroic work of tlte firemen many tenants would have lost their lives. Ladders were hastily put in idaee ami the firemen pased men. women and children down from floor to floor, until they wcic safe on the sheet. Policeman Murray was tbo first to see tho file. When he entered the building the first stairway was al ready n mass of flame. N'o one in Hie buildiut; knew of the fire until Murray shouted tho alarm. lumped In Xlslil Clothes Within n short time women mid children were shriekiiur for aid from a doreu windows. Scrambling out oil the fire c-capes were men and women in scant iiiuht nttire. suffer ing intensely from the cold. As tho flames leaped through the windows their pirmenU wero set ubhue. l'motienllv every family in the tenement lost cvcrvthiinr they pe: sessed in tho fire. Few had time to collect any clothing. TO PLANNEOBYOim l'OHThAN'D, Or., Dee. 31. Strengtheninc of the mil lines it al ready operates and making- but ono provision for new construction woik featured tho lllll budget of tho O.- It. & X. company, forwarded to Chairman I.ovett of tho Union ra cifie system today by 1'icsident J. I). Fum-ll. About .:,."itiO,000 i asked for from tho directors. Tim new Hue to be built is a connection hot ween the l'oi Hand-Seattle line to Olympia, where tenninul grounds have already been neipiired. This line may ho constructed tho coming year. Thu cost of the Olympia lino will he somewhere near $300,000. Surveys for tho proposed branch lino from Condon to l-Wil and from Pilot Rock to I'kiah, in eastern Ore poii, are not yet completed, and no appropriation to provide for con struction is asked for in this hud get, l'motienllv all of tho money usked for will ho exponded for rock ballasting tho system, revision of the lines between llltilock wml Wallula, new passing 1 racks, new station buildings, enlargements of terminals and new locomotive, freight und passenger cars. DEFIANCE TO DEFEND AMERICAN YACHT CUP NKW YORK, Dee. 31. Tho Clark l'iuchton syndicate announced today tho selection of tho name Defiance for tko American yacht cup defen der tiow building 0 MIA ONLYCONSTRUCTION U AN N EN ON ASSERTS RUMOR Cabinet Medina. Today at Which It Is Reported Several Resignations, Including Dictator's, Will Be Forthcoming. MKXICO CITY, Dec. 31. Aa (Jen cral lluerta's cabinet prepared to meet lato today lor the oar's last VBKlon, there were pcralstcnt rumors that several mlnUtern In Important portfolio havo tendered their reilg- nutlon. There were also street re ports that llucrtn Intends to resign early In tho new ear and that toda' ronton was called to consider his retirement. Official comment oa these minors was unobtainable. Zujmtlstns' Surround City Sixty XaputlBtas wero killed yester day afternoon by federals In battle at Mallnalco, only thirty miles from Mexico City, but tho fighting caused no excitement here. KIrIiI censor ship kept tho news from the people for hours. Zapatistas now practically sur round the tapltal. They bavo ar rived from time to time In small Lands, catnplitK on ranches within a few miles of tho city. On the ground that every unpaid Mexican workltiRmau means ono moro robe), Hucrta has ordered all banks to cash all etnplo)cs checks. Hucrta Is reported to havo ob tained funds from the local offlco ot tho Cowdrny Oil company to meet hi military payroll. The soldiers vvero paid in full without delay. lie Ijinm ItoJsot Money Flnanco Minister do la Lama, re cently sent abroad In an effort to nil Be loans for tho Hucrta govern ment, cabled today from Paris that ho had obtained 110. 000. DUO from French financiers. Murclal and Joso Ksporanza, brothers, nrrcsted last night charged with complicity In a plot to assassi nate President Hucrta at tho New Years reception ho will give, woro re lented today. TO L I.OS ANGKI.F.S. Cnl.. Dee. .11. rrcsiding .ludgo McCormick of the superior couit hero issued un order here today permitting Sherifl limn mel of l.os Angeles county to bring to l.os Angeles llurr Harris, con victed iiuiiderer, that he may shoV the officers where he claims ho bur ied jewels stolen from C. K. l'eudell, n money lender, who w.is murdered here several mouths ago. Harris, n negro, is said to have confessed to tho killing of l'eudell. lie already is under sentenco of death for the murder here of Mr. Rebecca I', (lay, a Christian Science practitioner, who was. .beaten to death in her office. T IS EXTREMELY LOT NHW" YORK, Dee. 31. ICarly trading In stocks today was light, ex copt for soma largo transactions' In Stcot and' Reading. Tbo UnUortono, however, was firm, Norfolk and West ern und Heading rose ono, and Novv Unveil ?. Othor active Isauos, ex cept tho llnrrlmans, mado slight gains. Trndcrs vvero not lucltncd to tako on heavy deals on tho ovo ct tho holiday, nud business was small. Ilomls wero steady. Tho market closed firm. SPOKANE TO HAVE NO CELEBRATION NEXT YEAR Sl'OK'ANK, Wash., Dee. 01. The pow-wovv uonnnitteo of the chamber of commeicc has today voted to rec ommend tho suspension of tho 1014 pow-wovv, Spokane's annual celebia tiou, nud spend tho money sending committees to fuirs and oilier events in surrounding towns to piomoto i'riemlliuossj. , . E POISONING BY WASHING VEINS TO E f " IMIII.ADKM'IIIA, Dec ,11. - Bichloride of mercury poi- " "oning nnd diabetes can be " cleared from the blood, nc- " cording to u statcmont of " Dr. .1. J. Abel, .IoIiiih Hop. kins university, by the wash ing of blood nnd veins to re move impurities. Such wns the nuiioiiucetnciit of med ical science for the cloc of 1013 today. The discovery was cxpluiiud nt yesterday's session of the Federation of Medical Societies, experimen tal clinic, where plivsieiuns drained the blood from n live dog, cleaned the veins nnd blood nnd pumped the red fluid back. 10 CLOSE NEW YEAR'S DAY SALKM. Oro, Ilea 31. Despite the belief In some quarters that tho trip might be fraught with danger. Governor West today continued firm In his determination to send his pri vate secretary. Miss Fcrno Hobbs, to Coppcrflcld to closo up the taloonn and secure the, resignation of saloon keeper officials of the town. The district attorney aud sheriff of Daker county, In which Coppcrflelil Is lo cated, reported to the governor they had no authority to close the sa loons. Miss Hobbs did not leave for Cop pcrfleld today, but will go tomorrw, as there arc only three trains a week running on tho branch lino down the Snake river to the mining camp. Coppcrflcld Is a remnant of tho wild west. It Is a typical frontier town. It sprang Into being when gold was found ttr tho hills nearby nud continued to exist when largo crews of men were employed on tho groat Oxbow power project. It con sists of n score or moro ot frame buildings on a rocky hillside. FEDERAL LEAGUE GETS ' CHICAGO BALL PARK CHICAGO. Dec. 31. With the ar rival of M. K. Cautillou, president of the Minneapolis American nocia tion, hero today, tho deal by which the I'liieago Federal league team gains. po"e.-Mon of-n nortli side park site was to bo closed. Cautillou ne ipiired the property a few years ago when the American ns-soeiation plan ned to invade Chicago. Tho declaration hv 1'ioMdeat ll.lll JohiiMiu of the American league that tho advent of the redeml lengue was a "ood thiinr for bnchall. Mir- pn-cd funs today. Johnson said lie expected nmunute-, to Miftor heavv finnncial loe in 1U1-I if the Fed erals put up u stiff fight, but that tho warfoto would eliminate u num ber of "umleMrables" fiom organ ised baseball, He left it to the -port world to figuie out what he meant. OF LAHKDO, Tex., Doc. 31 - Cleneiul (iouzulcs, t'onnuanding 1U00 icbeln, today demanded tho surrender of Nuovo Laiedo by daylight tomoriow, It was believed the federal garrison would iet, since it was leported that Ocneral Guiukan, with l'-'OO federal t loops, was on his way fiom Lampabiis to reinforce lliein. James Bryce, Viscount LONDON, Dec. Ill.Among otiier New VearV titles conferred today by King Geoige, a ieount went to Jupies Ilryce, e.-nmbussador to Wushuiytou. MISS HQBBS G 11 MIMA'S FAIE STILL IN DOUBT FALL EXPECTED Rebels Gradually Forclna Federals Back Desperate Resistance Is Weakening Casualties Reported Very Heavy Injured Neglected. V.U PASO, Tex., Dec. III. Al though the fate of Ojiunga wns still in doubt today, dispatches from there indicated that thu town was expected to fall into rebel hands be fore nightfnll. Their ammunition ruiiniti'' low, the federal gnrrison wns till offering desperate reistnncn ngaiust overwhelming odds, hut that reitnnec was weakening. All hd vices show the casualties have been very heavy, esiweinlly on the federal Mile. The defenders, realizing that to be captured would mean execu tion, have fought fiercely. All day esterdny nud last night, however, the rebel roree, numbering oOOO men under nenernls Ortega, Ilodri'.'uez nnd Sebastian Cnrrnni, ndvnneed steadily from the direction of Lnmulii nnd Muluto, gradually capturing nil the outworks erected , by the federals nnd at dark they had , drawn n cordon tightly around thrcu fides of the town. ' Federal deserters who croscd tlm Kio Grande from Ojiunsa during tho uiht said the dead and wounded lay nbout tho little town, many wounded having lain without medical atten tion for thirty-six hours. ) It is be-, lieved many. who mialit hnvo other wise been aved have, succumbed tot B exposure because the hospital' facili ties were inadequate. .,- ...-- As the federals retreuled during ,. the night they, took up positions; in t, the little buildings of the town nnd fired nt the enemy through the win dows, retreating only when each building became untenable. The fcU , erals have no artillery liiit n Ui rup:d-firo guns. The rebels hnvo ten machine guns nnd five or six cannon. Y FROM ALL PARIS EOR MONA LISA I'AUIS, Dec. 31. "U (Sl.icouda." or tho "Mona Lisa,-' ns It Is also called, arrived hero from Home till J afternoon. Tho famous patutltig, stolen from the Louvro two ears nRO, was re ceived with a demonstration which Parisians could hardly havo oiitdouu If It had been the hollost of relics. Director I.a I'rleur, of tho Louvro, and a detnehmeut of gendarmes hail traveled with It from Modaue, on tho Franco-Italian frontier. At tho station hero a sroro of silk-hatted government officials, fifty pollcomou aud nn enormous crowd awaited. It. j From tho train It was carrod tond- crly to an nutnmobllo and trundled ceremoniously to tho government bu reau of flno arts through encoring -- throngs. On tho automobllu scat, beside tho chauffeur, sat a pollconinu. Insldo wero M. La I'rleur, Chief (( " Detectives I'ujnlot aud two momburs ot tho cabinet. WELCOME Kl, I'ASO, Tex.. Dcc.'lil. Albeito Teriiuas, son of I.uii Teirazas, Mex ican iiiiilti-inilliouuirc, bus been mur dered by Sulurar's troops ut Ojin ngn, nceording to advices lecened , heio todai by his father. Terruzas' cminiii, Alexuiplcr Cuilty, iiloo wn icpoited killed,' , The message to the. oldsr, Tcirmsus . uiil that Iu son and nephovv vvcio slain when lhey protected tiguiiit the proponed execution of Generals o 4 Mureado and Castro, deposed hi'''. 2 cral couiinanders ut Qjinuga. Mercudo nud Custro we'io tlifn shot, thu dispatch su'ul. j 4 t -a' -rl 1 I II , .. . .1 . - " VH JiWii.jja