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I MM I'd1 miii1Aimi 'K ati rmrmiTvrtn hi tnivMrvn r niMiVinw ci7"vrf a ir rT. - i.jiij ah i-Jiyi.' yyivi I I VI JJ uix Jl I'j I. I1 V 1 H 7, v 1 1 I JW , uUIMjZlx, J-i;jvJ.i'1tJ lllj y J iJ, J MU.V. rs r MINERS RALLY 10 KANSAS CITY WAR ON SLAVERS AFTER 3 YEARS AI0 OF WOMEN GOES ASHORE Nmiracf 'I. STARTS REGAINS HID i. 1 V TT sOl .Foltuvvlnil President's Mossn(jo Chi-1 Man Injured In San Francisco Fire Western Federation Will Take Steps enrjo Authorities Tako Up "White Slave" Traffic In Enrnest. CIIICAUO, Dou. ll. Chicago to day, look up actively tho war against tho "While slave traffic" mentioned by President Tn ft li his iiiiniiiil mos rtiigo to eongroMS mill ox)OHud yoHtor day tn tho rojvort of thu iiniiilKnitlon fommlsslon. Tim police today raided 11 flut In tho south sido in tho red light dis trict in liopa of finding Margaret lluight, a nlxtoon-ycur-oll girl, who disappeared Doeombor 1, tind who is believed to hnvo boon kidnnppod by thu hIiivii traders. Tho dew wiih received in n tlo grnphio message from un unknown source. Whi'n tho place wiih raided Just Remembers Who He Was and Is. to Defend Miss Gurley In Spokane, Washington, Case. CIIICAUO, Doc. II. A hnnoy 81'OKANK, Wash,. Dcci 11. Tho moon dodlnypl throe years anil n half WolHorn Federation of Minors today by tho shock of tho Han Francisco notified counsel of tho Industrial cnrthijunko and tiro was resumed Workers horo that thoir organization horo todny, whim William H. Meyors told tho remarkable utory of how ho lout IiIm Iduntlty during tho earth- ipinko and how It wan Midduitly ro- will Htand behind tho defense of Eliz iibuth Gurloy Flynn convicted Thtirs day of conspiracy in connection with tho Spokuno free Hpcoch movement stored recently by twolng a man and with its own personal funds will Kround to duuth nndor a train at , carry hor case to tho highest trihun Tatna, In. ' in tho land, if necessary. MeytTH, who wnn formorly a gen-j For the purnpso of assisting tho oral contractor horo. wan married In girl in her fight for an appeal $f00 April. I0OO, and two dnyM after bin w'ns received by her counsel today marriage ceremony wan performed , from local No. 1 of the minora' union ho went to Han Francisco to do somo'of Hutto, Montana, work. Ilu worked all night and was MiHM Klynn is, much encouraged still at work wbon tho quako enmo. toilay by the words of food cheer Steamer With 385 Passenyers Ashore In tho Columbia River No Lives Are Reported Lost. Eugene McNeil, 22 years old, u bar ber. was arrested. It is reported i RoinotblnK Htriick him on tho hend.'onlninod in messages which she ro- that ho was seen recently in comimny Meyers mild that bo Jiullovod ho waa'eived from all over the country, with the girl, sandbagged and robbed wbon ho' "I m certnin thnt I'll ultimately No trnei' of the girl was found. nwoke. He was In a hospital and be acquitted," sho said this oftcr- McNcil was token to headipiarters whrro be is biting subjei'ted to the "third decree." AMERICAN STEAMER IS ASHORE IN THE STRAITS SEATTLE, Dec. 11. -The Htemer, Krna. of the Jensen and Ostiindor lino from Scut I In to Mexican and Central American sirts, is boliovod to be ashore on thu straits. Tho Colonel Drake, a Standard Oil steam- tr, rrKirted ny wireless lo ftoatiio could not remombor bis Identity.' noon. MevitrH' brldo bvenmo convinced " J that h wan killed In tho quako or(KERMIT OUTDOES THE COL. lout his life In the flro, and for moro in uucoi run uunuu than thro years alio has mourned i him as dond. . NAIHOIU. British East Africa, '11. Colonel Roosevelt hos been out- ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPORT h"" ? H, K.crmit; , nncc unT ccccpt ctcci , Tno colonel nrnved today without EPFCT STEEL'a bongo-nnd learned that Kermit bad ' L'ittilfl flirnn uftiKiiinonti f ilij twit- NEW YORK. Dec. 11-Th. ro-; tho io has been seek- I'OHTIjAND, Ore, Dec. 11. Word reached horo this afternoon that the Kansas City, Captain Kidston, wont aground in tho Columbia river last night near Ilenrjo'" lar. According to rorortH received hero tho steamer, which waB on her way to San Fran cisco with 385 paHengcrH struck hard and fast about COO feet toward tho Oregon shore. All attempts to get her off by her own stenm proved un availing and word wan sent to the local offices of the stenmship com pany to send tugs to her assistance. Thrco vessels wore dispntched this; afternoon to assist in relieving the stoamcr. Holiday Offerings Mas Shopping Made Easy JACKSONVILLE AND VICINITY. srt published today in the commod- jnK f()r porno t;rao ptlg ities claiiHo of tho Heybuni law by' Colonel Koosorclt is in splendid this morning that she passed a big! tho attorney general did not hnvo it 1 health. Hu will spend sovcrnl days hteiuiiHiiin untune otr Nip mini en material cITect on market options, the Hritih nlde at II a. in. iTIm lint wns gouonily finn with the The Erna left Victoria outbound ' exceptional activity in Utah copper, tit (I o'clock last nil-lit. She is not J which it is thought will bo greatly fitted with wireless. ! benefitted should tho Boston con- -- -' 1 " 1 .solidatcd bo acquired. The bank HORRIBLE CILD MURDER ! statvmcnls ihsucd uftcr the dose iti- UNEARTHED IN DETROIT dicnted a modernnto iucruasc in the i surplus reserve, was favorably re- DETIIOIT, Mich., Deo. .1 1. The imrdc.d in view of the largo loss in here. As soon ns his nrrivnl be- enmo known bo wns flooded with in vitations to dinners, to mnko ad dresses and all sorts to entertainments. QUEEN LIL ARRIVE TO PRESS HER CLAIM discoverv of tho body of Ilolnn , cash. There was a report that l'n IJy.'Avii. a fil'teen-year-old girl, under ion Pacific would bo placed on a 12 n truck in the wards of the Whitman per cent basis, bcinning January CartiiKc company today, revealed u,.l. crime that has aroused thu citir.ens ... .... . to it IukIi pitch of oxcileonint in that ; lev. A. A. Holmes of Horning, Cnl..' lire of certain lands in Hawaii when mrt of the city. Thu little n'n had will hold services at the Ilnptist 1 the inlands were made a part of this bleu Hti.inuled to death and horribly church. Suudav iuonnni and oxoninir. , 'nrmmint. .'u e1n''v iilitiHed. RAN Ol'HANCISCO. Dee. 11. Former Queen l.iliiiokal.nu of Ha waii, is in this city today en route to Washington where she will pro' her claim n'iiust the United States government. As n result of the eeiz- All are cordiallv imitcd to attend. st0 000 Mrs. E. J. Roberta is mnking nn extended visit with her daughtor, Mrs. E. E. Gall of Uig Sticky. Miss Ilnzel RayphoIU spent Wed nesday night with friends in Jacksonville. Thomas Panky and one of his men went to Modford Wednesday nnd brought out a load of frnit trees which he will heel in at present and later set out on Dr. Clancy's much. A son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Abbot of tho Abbott hotel is sick with scarlet fovcr, but has it in light form. Mrs. Mary Ford died very sud denly at tho home of her sister, Mrs. Arnold, Wednesday. Deccnjied had not been in very good health for sometimo but was around at her work ns usual until Wednesday morning, when she felt unablo to rise nnd expired before medical aid could be called. Interment will be made in the Jacksonville cemetery nt 11 a. m. Friday. She leaves a hus band nnd sister, besides many friends to mourn her demice. Nicholas Mitchell hns sold his ranch near Jacksonville tn some Medfnrd parties, but will not give loseion until March. Miss Olefin of Central Point is staying with her sister, Mrs. II. T. Pi- :-v. We have on display the largest line of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Holiday House Slippers ever shown in Med f ord. We extend Holiday Shoppers an invitation to inspect our line. Medford Shoe Parlors "We Rest Tired Feet, East Main Street . ; Medford, Oregon ASHLAND CLUB IN GIRLS COMMITTED SESSION: TO AID SOCIETY HEAL TH HINTS Fitly 600 Residents of That City En Joy Themselves at Rousing Meeting Friday Night. ASHLAND, Or., Dec. 11. Tho Ashland Commorclal club bold a rous. lug "booster" meetliiK In tho Ash laud Mineral Springs compauy'a now natatorluin Inst nlsht. Mmlc by tho Ashlnnd band, an nddrcsH by Pres ident C. 11. Watson, n recitation and a mock "kicker's" stunt by Messrs. Itocho, Monro and Hutlor contribut ed tho bielf formal program. Tho evening wns iipont In BottliiK acquainted with one another and In watching tho roller skatoril In tho big pavilion nnd tho swImniorH In tho pools. An .exhibition of export dlv liiK and' Hwlmnilng by Professor Ovcrdorf was an Interesting featuro of tho entertainment. Fully 000 men and women onjoyed tho rnthor unlqiio proeeedliiKH, and by their prosunco lout oncou'rnKoniont to tho officers of tho club, who nro dotormlued to lucreuso tho prosont membership of 310 to 400 by Janu ary 1. Younrjsters Not Properly Cared for Aro Turned Over to State Institution. Deputy Shei Iff Thornton of Ash land was la Jacksonville Friday, hav ing In charpio two young girls, aged IS and 14, respectively. Tho girls had boon living with their uncle, J. W. II. Morris, at Anhland, and a com plaint was mndu that thoy woro not bolng properly cared for. Tho glrla aro orphans and tholr undo Is not nblo to look after them properly, so thoy went committed to the chargo of tho Iloyu' and Ulrlu' Aid society. SPOKANE, Wash., Deo. 11. When the Cunningham coal inquiry, which will pobably conclude its iu vestigution in Spokane Monday, ro siu'iiis its rearing in Minneapolis af ter tho holidays, tho government will try to find out who is hacking 11. Y. 'Wiiudiell who purchased many coal claims. Wiuchell and his associates who hold at lonst six claims, will bo called to tho witness stand tho same us other outr.vinou. From Minnoupolis tho inquiry will bo tnkon to Now York City. , Tho govonimont today drew from T. CiiHhiug Mooro of Walla Wnllii, n uophow of former flovoruor Miles O. Mooro, nn admission of knowledge thnt Claronco Ouniiinnhuni wns to ro coivo ono-oightli interest in each claim for his sorvicos in locating i-'-oporlv. Monro declared that ho thought this was u l'uir commission nt (ho time:, hut stated that ho later learue'd (hut Cuuiiinudiani wns being rcoinp'nsntod on u salary basis, NO TRACE YET OF MEN WHO KIDNAPPED GIRL I.OUISYIIjLE, Ky., Doc. 11. Though little Alma Kolluoi' disap peared Wednesday tho police have secured no truce of thu kidnappers who stolo tho child while she wiih on hor way to church. A detail of thirty oficors has been engaged in searohiu - tho coun try sido for aradiufl of twonty miles around the city. Every nook whom shu might be secreted hns been in vestigated. Five thousand circulars offering a reward for news of tho child hnvo been sent broadcast over the country. WILL OPEN PORT ARTHUR TO FOREIGN COMMERCE TOKIO, Deo. 11. Thu Jupnnoso foreign department today admitted that n decision has been reached to open Port Arthur lo foreign trade, placing it upon tho sumo footing as tho port of Dany. This stop was tnkon, it wns oxplainod, us n noeos sury procoduro in tho fitrthoranoo of tho Japanese colonization policy for Munoluiriu. Dalny was mndo a fro port nt tho timo of tho Husso.Jnpanoso war and following this movo in tho direction of commercial frodom, its importanco grew by leaps and bounds, Aro you awaro that every other form of artificial Illumination, ex cepting electric light, cats up the ox ygen In tho nlr, and robs yours lungs and your fnmlly's lungs of tho most essential and Ufo-glvlng ele ments of which tho nlr wo breathe Is composed? Did you over think of that? A gas flame, or an oil lamp flame, burning In your homo Is consuming as imirli oxygen as four adult iter-sous. Ti'nt means that If tboro aro six peoplo In your pnrlor In tho evening, and threo burners (gas or oil) nro alight, tho result on tho air In that room Is tho snmo ns If thoro woro olghUvu peoplo then. Evor go out In tho evening to a card party, or sumo similar affair, mid stay for several hours In a room In which twonty or thirty peoplo woro congregated and thnt room light ed with gna or oil? Homombor what n long, relishing draught of puro night nlr your poor lungs bronthod In when you loft that houso? Itemoihbor what a relief It wns? A gas or oil flnmo cannot bum for a mlnuto In nlr from which oxy gen been extracted. An electric light (nirns In n vacuum unclosed In nn ntr tight glass bulb. Catch tho point? Now when you Install olectrlc light In your homo you nro Juat chas ing so much unsnnltarliioss out of your homo. Is olectrlc light more expensive when you consider this? Would you not consider buying, nt howovor cheap a prlco, u ploco of furniture, or drnpory, which was uu dor suspicion that It harbored disease germs? Do you consider thoro la nny econ omy In buying nnd nalii; e.uy form of light (no milt tor 'how cheaply It may bo bought I that vitiates tho At mosphere and tends towards slck noss or discomfort? Truly, thoro Is none. Anothor point: Electric light Is eminently safer than any ot'ier kind of light. No matches aro required. And matches cause uoro fires .than nuythl ig else la the wide world. Is electric Ugh moro oxpcnslvo than gas or oil lamps wbe.i you consid er this? Onco more: Gas nud oil nro both explosives a little neglect a llttlo absent-mindedness a trifling net of thoughtless ness and you and your family are In Immluont dt.ngor of tragi?, suddon death. Is electric lighting more expensive Hum gns or oil lamps when you think It over? Ilesldes It there woron't theso roal and t.evioudous nraumonts In favor of electric light In tho home what light Is there that compnres with it In Quality for n moment? Think of Its brilliancy. Its stead iness, Its convenience Its nbsqluto perfection of Quality. No flickering uncortalntlos. No shadows on the book or papers. No chairs to climb on to light It. No matches to strike to light It. No nerve-lrrltntlug roar. No fuso or soot to blackon colling or'curtnlna. No stale, unpleasant odor, No conl oil can lu tho kitchen. No lamp chtmnoys to clean. No lamps to fill. No wicks to trim. ' No broken down niantols to rufflo your tompor. And wo could go on for a long tlmo yet. But, wo'll lonvo It to your own sense to complete tho list, and seo tho point. Wo know It won't tako long. DO YOU WANT To find Help, To find Work To Buy a Business To auction your goods Regardless of the char acter of help, work, business or goods you have? If so, see the Southern Oregon Employment Bureau E. F. A. BITTNER, Prop. Room 208 Taylor-Phipps Building ADVERTISED LETTERS. HARRY THAW AGAIN WANTS TO LEAVE MATTEWEAN NYACK, N. Y., Doo. ll.-Attor-noy Ilorsoiabit toilay applied to Judgo Tompkins for nu ordoe to hnvo Harry K. Thaw transfere.l lo Homo asylum other than nMttoweau whoro ho is no wconfiued. In hi spotition, Ilorsoiabit ullego.s that tho ordor of Justico Miles re committing Thnw and nlowin; him certain privileges, hns boon vi'.outed. LIFE TERMER ENDS ALL BY TAKING HIS LIFE COM'MIirS, Ohio, Deo. 11. Jno. W. Roam, a negro nttorney of Lima, Ohio, wliow ns serving a life sen tence for tho murder of Mrs. Maud Dilz, while, committed suieido by hanging in his cell in tho nonitontinry horo enrly today. N. h. Nnrregan of Sams Ynlloy wns in oMdford Saturday on businoss. Tho fololwing lottors romnin un called for nt tho postitffico nt Med ford, Oregon, Wednosduy, I ecembor Mb. WW- Andorson, Jhon; Amtngo, Geo.; Rnrfiold, Mrs. Ruth; Rishop, A. II.; Brown,' William J.; Dixon, Joseph; Dodge, Laura; Dustin, L. B.; Fergu sou, Cuns. A.; Filods, W. F.; Howard, Mrs. Ella; Huff, A. S.; Jackson, W. M.; Johnson, J.; Larson, N. P.; Marsh, Mrs. Nolia; Millar, Androw; Murnhv. D. P.: Mulligan. Mrs. Mario; Mushoff, Oswald; O'Brion, Mrs. II. J.; Mary Francis M.; Packard, Wm ; Powhson, Martha J.; Rittor, Fred; Rhoton, Wm. II.; Rohortson. Mrs. S. L.; Smith, Mrs. Ada; Smith, U. K.; Smith, John W.; Wnkemun, L. P.; Wall, E.; Whitman, Roger; Wisonor, P.; Winn, J. D, Partios calling for tho nbovo lottors will plnso sny "ndvortisol.'' A chargo -i! i ...ill l. UL uuu uuiib mil uu ituiiiu iiiuu uvit- ery. T0NG WAR CLAIMS STILL ANOTHER VICTIM IN OAKLAND OAKLAND, Cnl., Dec. 11. Yco On, a member of tho Yeo family, wns shot at an early Jiour today by nn unknown assassin. Tho murdor was committed in a lodging house at Fifth and Harrison stroots. Tho attention of tho offi cers was attracted by tho shots and thoy rushed to tho scene to find tho victim writhing on tho floor. He J was hurried to tho hospital whoro ho died u short timo later. An in- I vestigation disclosed four bullelH in tho murdorod man's body. A Boarch of tho premises failed to roveal his ussailunt, who is, how ovor, thought to hnvo been n mombor 'of tho On Yiok Tong. This is tho oighth victim of tha Tong war thnt hns been in progress. for tho last month, Tho On Tucks, ,havo lost two and thoir rivnlft, tho Yoos hnvo six deaths to avenge. Four 10-acro trncts of first-class fruit land, well located, uncleared; $75.00 por aoro, ono-third cash; easy tonus. P. O. box 544. 231 DARK STREETS ARE INVARIABLY EMPTY And as sitch they become a gloomy but powerful expression of tho public spirit of that city which drones along by day and pulls Itself into holes-ln-tho-wnlls by night. HANG OUT AN 12LECTIUO SIGN and let a llttlo sunshlno In. Thesd things call pooplo out, and provo rapid stimulants to solid, In dustrial growth and Increasing trade, KLKCrWO ADVERTISING MARKS TUB OITV 1 tOfl 1)12 RIVER ELECTRIC CO.