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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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NIRDKOIth OKIOCJON, fLviTKDAY, .'lANTAItV 17, J01J.
ifnrtytlilnl Yritr.
Oally- KlMhth Yitur
NO. 255
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SAYS
COULDN'T QUIT
"President Wilson Is All nlhl, Out
Ha Doesn't Understand the Mexi
can Indian," Asserts Dictator to
O'Sliauijhnessy.
Hutrtn Complains Bitterly of Inef
ficiency and Disloyalty of Generals
Mercado. Sentenced to Dc Shot.
MF.Xlco CITY, .Inn. 17. I'm-. i
dent WiIhihi if nil rli'lil. Iml lie ilnci
ml; uiiili'Miuiil lln Mexican Indian ,
(luie'inl Vielorinnn llni'ilu t ill In
iMlin O'SlimiKliucHiiV n lint Aiium
tut iiiiirKu d'nffiiin mil in IIiutIii'i
itutnwlJillc nl (Iciirinl Jompiiu Miur.'
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"I 'Until iml iiuil if I winded (n
Willi! WOlllll llMplMMI If I K"t 'i!
Wullhl llH WOrHC lllHIl HVr."
Grill III Sii'MirtiT.
,m ho Mil iiluin in his onr. h i'ii i
illK 14 HlU'lller nr.it ftlntich Iml. lloimi'i
lln orcuMuii wni (In' militurv fnncr
nl uf uni' nf hi general, lltiorln '
pied O'JihiHigliiiwi.v nml beekuueil
Itint In mi! benldn liitu. lUsi'lmfi:?
wim willi MiMTtit ii ii milium of
troops iiiiim'Ik'iI in review,
Iliicrtn look oceuslnii li i'iiiiiiliiiu
hillnrly i'f Hi" incffiiticnov ml il"
)nynlly of muiio nf his generals, iiicu
lluniug UiMii'ml Meicndn in purli'ii
lur. Tln dielnlor wn nlmi itimtlnl
In IlilVi' Inlil O'ShmtghlU'ssV 1 1 til t III'
llHll llll iHlt vluitCcr III till' ilflllllH
nf PrnurUcu I. Mudero nml Vlor-
Priwillcill SllHM'7
(I'IiiiiikIiihi.V was miid In luivo
nuked llni-rln why ho iliil nul offer
miiuli proof In (lut world llin! In' w.i
nut rixiiiHililo fur Modern's ilea III.
Ilii'crln reloitcd llin! In IM nul linvty
In offer proof, as he was nut on
triiil.
General in Itn Shut
SkiiU'huk nf ilonlh lodnv was pass
nl mi General Moromlo, tlic federal
I'liiiiiiiiuuliT nt Ojinnii. who fled
iiitomi tin' American border. Mini
lor uf War Illumine! ordered Mor
imiiIu In ho shut. Tin nnliT rllilV'
tliut Merendn wiih n triiitur, whn, in -Mend
nf fighting for hi- cnuntrv. ac
cepted bribes f i out rich Mexican to
t'Ki'uil Ihrm to the liunliT.
ALEXANDER SHOT
TWICE AS
HE LAY ON BED
(WANTS PASS, Or., .Inn 17. -Willinin
Alexander, Ilio nhl miner
charged willi killing John Nniiiug
nnil fui (1m Mnsleisnn, wni Inkcn lo
llu morgue luilnv hy Sheriff llillv
Suit! It mill viewed the reiiinins of the
Iwn nti'ii. Ho with lueilurn inn suily
nl first, hut Inter lulil SlH'riff Smith
lluit lui hint no recollection of killing
Nulling nml hint no reason for com
mitting llin crime, hut admitted, tluil
he ni'Kht hn vo hhut KorlitiK ilutiuK
t tin Hi'iiinniiiKi', whli'lt. Im Miys, on
imiri'il wlu'ii N'etlini: nml .rnsliirsun
with Iryliij; to fnivi' whiHky down IiIh
thiuiit.
Noi'IIiik'h iviiiniim will hn Iniil nt
rest tomurrow iifli'iuuuu nt 15:110 .in
(ho Ornnitu Hill ci'iniili'iv lu'iv, nun
llionn of MiihU'i-mmi will hn hhippi'il
tu HiiKi'iu'.
(1KANTS PASS, Jim. 17. Tln
iiiqiifht uvi,'f tint ii'iiuiiiiH nf .luhn
Kuilim; nml Cuitirt MiiHtiThun, whii'li
rimiilti'il in u vmilii'l hohliuu' Willimu
Aluxmiili'i', Mm TH-yi'iU'-olil prnnpi'ii.
Inr. LMiillv nf thn iloiihlu milium, wan
hi'hl cully Thuihiliiy nt tlu OhIiuiii
I'lihin, with thn lullowini,' jury im
puni'liMl: Morry .Iniilnn (fmi'innn),
.1. 1. (Mmni'iiH, Kil TiolVllu'ii, It. (1.
Sowi'll, M. W. (Inli'rt mul A. I-. Mu
ruy. Tim rindliiKH ntnto Hint liolli
MiiHliTHun iiuil Nnrlhitf wi'iu kilU'd
hy liiillol wuiiiiiIm ul llin limiil nf Wil
limu Ah'MiniU'iV Ilio n'puil nl' 0. (
D'imiii, tint ihu'tur in utloiuluui'o,
hIiiiwIiik Iiuil MiikIi'I'kiiii wiih hllllt
unco IIiiuiikIi thn hi'iul, wliilo Nor
lint; horn two hullol woumlrt in Hio
IF WANTED TO
LING
(Contluuea on pugo z.)
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO
Pclll.ih Itriulliv. 1(1 W'lil nhl. uf
IViuIm Hun, N. ,l who in 1 1 nil' from
hr lium with V. ,M. l'olrf, 11
wenlthv I'hli'krii furiiKT, who in l'4
.M'ttrn nl" n'. Poxlcr wn iiinrrii'il.
Tilt' K'll klll'W 1!.
.ji.i.u
DESERTS LOVER
TO RETURN HOWIE
MUllll.i:. Alii, Jnn. 17 Dollnh
Urn illi'y, thti lxtmn yoar-olil clrl who
i'lopil with Joel M. PoHttT, million
nlru Nnw Jnnnty poultry mini, lufl
linrit tmtny with Iht fnthcr (or hur
hoiiii' In l'ltmtiurlon, N. J. Althour.h
riirly In tlu Wcitk, nhu hml ronlmcd
KM-ry I'ffurt to liiiluco hnr to rutiirii
liomo nml litilnti'il hIio would stick to
liitr (orty-)nnr-old n((lul(), n umrrlod
mint, uliii vnn iilmoMt n.ir.r lodtiy (or
tint railroad trip nml wn tilmont bit
ter In HpwikliiK of lotor.
I'ontor will remain In M oldie, lie
(art'ii not only "white alavo" chaw
In thn (ederal ruurlH, hut also a Her
Ioiih alligation mndo under the ntnto
law. MIkh llrndley Is out on ball ns
n matorlal wltuesn III hotb rourtn.
POLICIES FOR CITY
roinliiTii of llm newly cli'i'ti'il
I'oiiiieil nml ('oiinoihnmi (IporKO Por
ter, till Unit reuitiins of the old, will
ineel in Ilio office of Muvor Punliii
in the M. P. & II. litiihliiiK tliin u?ter
noon ut :i o'cloek mul outliuo nil
miuihlrntioii polieicH, let;iihilioii mul
ilUutiH committco uppoiutuu'titH. The
meeliiiK in the result of 11 cull issued
Wednesday hy the iniiynr. Tim key
nolo of tliu sOoMoii jiroiuises to ho
harmony.
The first regular incpliiu of the
new eouneil will ho next Tiiesiluy
uichl. Tim initial husiuesH of the
eouneil will Im to eiuh Miiiiu'i'OHSiiry
expouse mul oliiniuato thn deailwood
mi (ho city payroll, rouneilmmi
llnii'iiek Iiiih expiessetl himself iih ile
lenniiu'il to Heeuro iv full dny'ri work
from I'tii'lt mul every oily Piniloy.
Ordiiiniu'i'rt will bo fiaini'd following
Ilio MiKKoMions ufferi'd for helter
iiienl hy Professor Sowers of Ilio V.
of 0. inunieiial bureau.
Tho only inline inenliuneil lo dale
for piesident of the eouneil is Mr.
Kuioriek, tliero lieiiif: no opposition
In him for Ilio seeoiul IiIkIiohI honor
in tlio eity'rt pivornmont.
YORK AND COMPANY
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP
York & Company luivo iliiwiilvcil
partnership, W. T. York rotlrliiK
from Iho firm. Tho biiBlnoBU will bo
taken over nnil coiuluotoil by Miysrs.
Ciuupboll mul Nye In Iho prcsont of
(Ico, Mull Ti'lbuuo bulldliiij.
ELOPING
GIRL
ELOPED WIT" "or,ED MAN
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STORM USHERED
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TclnKrajih m-rvlco Ir ilcninr
'nllti'il, Hid Citltvil 1'rcnH wlrus
(mm tliu I'ant workltiK mit nn
hnnr todiiy. Thn Wwlcrii
t'nlun. I'untnl mil! Ioiik iIU
Iiiiicu phuiivfl nro also down.
With n (K mile an hour wind, nml
thn hnrnmetcr rncOrdliiK 2'.'-1 Inches
nu Inch below normal, n forecasted
Htorin period wnx ushered In oer the
ItoKiie river vnlley Friday nUht with
n IlKht rain, Tim barometer rendltu: Is
tho lowest ever reronled In I lie local
weather bureau, mul In nu ordinary
)ear tho forerunner of u storm uf
cousldembln liitunslty,
Tho rainfall for the alley In about
elKlit Inches shy, and tho major por
tion Is expected to bo mndo up dur
ing thn pritsttut Hell. Know full on
tho north slope of llnxy Ann, nml tho
nearby foothills nro covered with
tho bea v lent full this year. Ono of
thn flurcosl wind and snow storms In
years raxed near Mutton, Cat. Hot
mail Wendt. tho st.iRo driver between
Jacksonville nml that pl.ico Imd dif
ficulty In mnkliiR tho trip Friday
eveiiltiK with thn mall. A biiow storm
Is niKluK In tho Hlsklyous nml Cow
creek country.
Karly this mornlui; tho. wind
reached Its height, nml work up Mod
ford residents with rnltllriK windows.
Northbound S. 1. pnsHcnger train duo
nt S o'clock arrived nt noon, nml Iho
southbound morning train was nn
hour late. Trouble In 'tliu Slsklyous
delayed tho first, nml heavy rnlns In
Cow creek canyon tho lnttor.
IN ARMY SCANDAL
LONDON, Jnn. 17. How Street
pollen court wns crowded today by
fiiHliIounblt'H when It becamo known
Hint (ho civilians ou trial there with
nrmy officers charged with bribery
In connection with army canteen sup
plies wero omployes of Sir Thomas
Upton,
KlKhl military officers and as ninny
Chilians wero In tho defendants'
dock. They included John Cnus
flold, Kouonil iniiuaKor of Llptnn
limited, nml Archibald Mluto, 11 di
rector of LI)tou'8, and formorly head
of tho company's military supply de
partment. HOUSE 10 DECIDE
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WASHINGTON Jnn. 17. --Tito
housu rules committee expected to
day to docldo on Its course with reso
lutions for 11 federal liivostlKiitloti of
tho Calumet ntrlku, Kaiiy today in-
Mlciiltnus pointed lo n disposition lo
kill tho resolutions and to allow tho
soiiato to illsposo of tho question Instead,
LOWESTBAROMETER
CALLS MILITIA
TO RAISE SEIGE
RD
Desperate Farmer Refuses to Sur
render When Bi other Declines to
Care for Nine Children Barricaded
In House Flrlnn in Vicinity Heard
Starvation of Little Ones Expected
to Force an End lo Resistance
Donations Comlnq In.
KI'MMKHIJAU'. N. Y.. Jan. 17.
Important development! were prom
ieil in the sii'ae of the HcnriNli'V
hnine toilnv when the euriluii of ii'i
uly sheriffs surrouiiiliii the pluee
wns henvdy reiiifilrccd ami hi'Kiiii lo
elose in ou (he hnrriciuli'd house.
Probability of it rninpniiy of nn
tiomil iiurilstueu lieiiii; culled out tu
md 111 the hieso of tin- home nf Ho
ward lleurdsloy nroe today. The
desperate fnnner who shut f'oiiut.v
Punniiiister Pittiimn wished In dike
his nine children to the pourhuiise,
11 ml then barricaded himself in his
home, nil hut wore nut Sheriff An
derson nml the deputies who have
besieged his stronghold for four
dnjs.
CoM Cnufccs SuffrriiiK
It iiKain turned ery enld today,
mul snow was fnlliuir. Members of
Company K of iho Kiilioiiul (luitrd
live in Jmuestown, nnd they mny he
culled out to aid.
The only ehniieo of Heardsley sur
ri'iideriiiK win appareiilly swept
awny Inday when his brother sent
word from Titusville, Pu., that he
would not lake einri;e of the nine
children barricaded' 111 tho house.
Ileardslcy said he would (.Hvc himself
tip only 011 tins condition. Cut
Henrdsley, mintlirr brother livintr in
Jnmcxtowii, bus promised Shentf
Anderson (hut he will visit the he
sieved house siiuie lime today.
Firing was lieanl in the vicinity of
tho Heardsley cabin hist iiiejit, but
us 110 report was made tu Sheriff
Anderson, the shots are believed to
have eoino from hunters.
Condition Desperato
"I know HcnnMey'ri eondilion is
beeoinini; desperate," said Anderson
today, "and I urn not Keiiu: to rid
dle the house uith bullets to lake
him. In such event I would jimb
nbly find one ch Id or more dead
mul others nocdini; medical attention.
The cries of those bepne; for food
will certiiiulv soon force him to sur
render. I exiM'Cl Hie siece to enrt
within another twenty-four hours."
Letters have been coming in horo
addressed lo tlip sheriff, one from
Hoston contniniuir $10, another from
New York .$.". Hotb reipie.stcd that
tho money be tfed tor the succor of
tho children when the su'Ko is over.
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ORCHARD SOLD AI
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"" A ileal has been coiiRimi ""
"" mated through tho Ilennotr
"" Jnvestinent eoiminny where-
by A. A. Moody of Tnlent
"" bidU to l P. Sae;o of Suntn ""
CriiK, Cut., sixteen acres of
liind (pint of tho old Klwood "
"" tract) for .7."00. Pasadeun ""
" proiierly is involved in tho "
"" deal. Twelve ncres of tho
bind is planted in penr uud J
" applo trees from ono to six
years old.
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GUNBOAT SMITH WOULD
WED ORPHAN GIRL
CUICAC10, Jan. 17. Kdward
(annboat) Smith, tho heavyweight
piiKlllst and Miss Holon Komoly of
Now York woro refused a marriage
llconso horo todny becnuso tho girl Is
only 17 and tho wrltton consont of
parents or gunrdlnns wns not present
ed. Miss Homely Is nu orphan and
Smith said thoy would luivo a gunr
dlau nppolnted for her Immediately
so consuut could bo glvou.
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CJcneral Francisco Villa, after shoot
ing more than half the three hundred
prisoner ho took after tbc fall of
OJImiKa. eut troops, of which General
ltodrlgucz Is coinmiindlm; n dlvblou,
toward Torreon as the next step In bis
advance on Mexico City.
(Icnerrtl Snlwar ami Oroico, who
the federal ceiierals to leave the city. For a while It was feared that General
rebels, but later the reiort rnii circulated that tie tiird'rca-chn! tho Alncrlcon
mid wns ou liU way to th Tea nioiiutnlus.
YEARPROMISES
AMERICAN GIRL
ISLE OF SARDINIA
SASSAKI, Island of Sardinia, It
aly, Jan. 17. Clnimiui to linve evi
dence of murder, (ho police today
abandoned the suicide theory in the
death of Miss F.ileen Qillos, n youiiK
woman writer of Philadelphia, who
was found shot to death Into last
nic,ht in her cotitu'e here.
Miss Gilles was shot through Iho
riht breast near the heart. In Iter
hand was clutched several bank
notes.
The pnlieo nro senrehini: for h
youiiir Sardininn noblenmn who was
known to bo infatuated with Miss
Gilles, ami whose advances .she re
pulsed. The nobleman was iiiirsiug
from his home.
WEALTHY WOMAN
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 17.
Declining "if this plnco is fit for
human beings, I can slay," Mrs, (.'.
It. lloffinnn, wife of u wealthy re
tired miller of Kntergrbe, Kan.,
spent the night in jail following her
nrre.st with her hii.sbiind, three other
women nml two men, ut n meeting
held by women us a protest ngniust
polico regulations curiiiiig tho "right
of freo speech."
Mi's. Hoffman and several other
women nrriiuged tho meeting nfter
tho polico broke up nn I. W. W. gath
ering nnd arrested nearly 100 num.
Ponds of tho seven arrested 1m(
night totaled .-f.r00, but till rcmniucd
in juil. Thoy nro to bo arraigned to
day. Tho record of Gunboat Smith shows
ho has taken part In 28 battles dur
ing tho past two yours nnd has boon
defeated but nuco. Tho 0110 Gunboat
lost Is credited to Jim Stewart, but
no 0110 bcllovcs It.
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VANQUISHED OF THE BATTLE OF OJINAOA
. HW3 x
1 h; SVI.
(lenernl Villa said he would kill If h
ACTIVITY IN CITY HID COUNTRY
'COSTLY STRUCTURES
AS WELL AS FOR CITY'
Medford and the surrounding coun
try have brighter prospects for
buildinc activities (him bus been ap
parent for sevoml vonrs past. There
are n grout number of lnrgo farm
buildings coiitoniplutcd, or rather,
decided upon, and within a very few
weoks mui of them will be in course
of construction. This building ac
tivity docs not apply to any partic
ular locality, but Ihwre seems tin un
usiiiil improvement stir in nil parts
fof the vnlley. Mmiv of those prom
ised improvements for 1011 will be
of such costly nnd elaborate orchatd
mid farm homon that their construc
tion price will each exceed 10,000.
N'ot n few of the.-e high-class orch
ard homes have been built in tho
past enrs, hut the promise for 1011
far exceeds nnv two or three previ
ous years' work in Ibis line.
While tho conditions as above
klfiln.l i.ti'nit 111 111.. .Limit IlinrA
is also promise of no small amount
of building activit- 111 the city.
I'alni to i:ieet llulldliig
Iu all piobiibility the first building
project tu be put under way in the
city will bo (hut ulrendy decided up
on by C. W. Puhn. This new struc
ture will be put up ou the corner of
West Muin mid Xorlh Fir streets.
The ground, which is 50.l(l0 foci, is
now covered by l'rtimo buildings.
These will bo removed nnd in their
plnco will ho built u one-story struc
ture of steel with mnrblo facing.
There will bo two business fronts on
Main sheet, ono 011 tho corner mid
cither three or four fronting ou Fir
streets. Tho present lenniits expect
to ho returned for tho now building.
This new building is planned to
be Iho most unique, elaborate nml
beautiful in tho oily. Tho fronts
will ho of steel oveiluid with nimble,
uud every window will bo of heavy
French plate glass, The entire Hour
spueo will bo tiled. Tho cigar store
will be finished in oak nnd all iix-
tures will correspond. Tho liiuhcri
shop wall will lie luiwhcil in vitrolitc,
(CouttuuQd on pse a.)
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GENERAL TRINIDAD
RODRIGUEZ.
captured them, were nniOnt: the last of
Oroxco had fallen Into the haniNof tb
side, had eluded the America offleeri,
'FOUR BURNED
TO
IN BLAZE
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JIUOCKTO.V, Mass., Jan. 17.
Three men and ono womnn wero
burned to death nnd eight other per
sons, mostly women, were bhdjy in
jured in n fire which started 'early
today in a three-story brick apart
ment house nt the corner of Miuy and
Itoisitcr streets here.
All four of tho dead were found
011 the second floor, suffocated. So
severe was the firo tliut the firemen
and polico wero driven back every
time they made, nu effort to enter tho
building. Only 0110 succeeded iu
getting iu, Officer flroh, who res
cued a women who ho found uncon
scious on tho second floor.
The monetary loss is cstimntcd nt
nbotit i-SOOO.
, KEY WEST
NEW YOHK. Jan. 17. Tho M11I
lory Lino steamship Lampasas.
Tampa for New York, via Key West,
was aground for n few hours today
off Key West. Thu Mallory Lino
steamship San Jacinto hnpH!iicd to
bo nt Key West uud tho Lampaaus'
passengers wero trnns-fihlppcd to
her. When it wns discovered tliut
the Lampasas wns not damaged to
nny serious extent, slio war easily
refloated mid her passengers relum
ed to her. Tho Lampasas resumed
her southward journey.
FINANCIAL WOES AND REIEL
ATTACKS MENACE HUERTA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 With
financial troubles and aggressive reb
el armies 'to copo wjth, tho Huerta
government In Mexico is menaced by
a now danger, according to official
reports reaching WiubliiKton today
from Mexico city.
DEATH
PRTIN
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