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SECTION TWO You Get Better Choice and Avoid the Rush if You do YourXmas Buying Now Medford Mail Tribune Circulation; MAIL TRIBUNE'S CIRCULA- H TION YESTERDAY WAS 2975 FJFTTI YEAR. RIVER BREAKS BOUNDS 3000 REBELLION IS f MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1910, No. 218.. ARE HOflflELES S Thousands of Cattle Drown in Wa ters Which Cover Ground to a Deptli of Ten Feet in France, in Vicinity of Nantes. AIENOiREBELS II MM NT con: j OM DIVATTE. Frnnee, Deo. 3. Three thousand farms were inundated by the waters of the river Loire, in the vicinity of Nantes, today by the bienking of a levee above the city. The inhabitant of the flooded dis trict barely escaped with their lives, abandoning their homes ,md live slot I; Thousands of head of cattle were drowned in the waters, wii'.uh oi-v- ered the ground to a depth of iroin si. to ten feet. Flood conditions in ninny parts of Franco are serious and nppcnls loj (lie authorities for aid are bciu made. Conference Between Diaz and Rev olutionists PlannedPeace Com mittee Will Be Comprised of Gov ernors of Various States. SERIOUS RIOTS FOLLOWPIAGUE Anti-Dynastic Rebels Responsible for Recent Outbreak Against For eimicrs at Shanghai, Say Late Re ports. VICTORIA;- I.. C, Dee. . Anti- dyniiKtio rebels are reripojjsjjbjjiljjji. mi; ret'i'iu ouinrcuK against jorcigu eih in Kwnng Tuiiir, while the seri ous liotn at Khnngliui followed an epidemic of (he bubonic plague, ac cording to dispatcher received her todav from' China. Though sitpie church property was destroyed at Saiichang nnd at I.ein Chow, when the natives rebelled in Kwnng Tung, no foreigners were Killed. The unlives from 1 lunar aided in the incipient revolt, which was inially suppressed by 80(10 troops. The riots in Shanghai were caused bv stories that the ilumlth officials took the plague-stricken natives ti Iio'jmIiiIn for the. purposo of secur ing their hearts and oyos for foreign EL PASO, Tex., Doe. .'I. Amnesty for nil revolutionists, including Francisco JIudero, and n new elec tion with free suffrage guaranteed, were thu terms laid down by the .Mexican revolutionary leaders as the price of their surrender and the call ing off of tho iMexiean rebellion at the peace conference held todnv nl San Isjdro. nil... -m....! iiiu iut-xicau government was inn- resented by Judge Jose Gandhrn, Lio Clardenas, Amader Gonzales and Jose Gonzales. Ciiptuiti llerrera, rebel .chieftain in chaige of the revolutionary move ment around San Jsidrp, presented the demands of his followers. MEXICO CITY, Dee. a.Prepnni tions for n conference between the government and representatives ..f the insurrectionists began today with tho authoritative announcement thai tile Diaz officials would treat with tho revolutionists. A peace committee. comiirisin- llir governors of the several states in the Mexican republic, will bo solooln.1 1i is reported that Hosendo Pimwln leader of the government party; De motrio Sodi, Dometrio do hi Garza and Guillernio do Liindu Vescandoi will be tho delegates for the govern ment. '"Jlnfnol Martiuex, a supporter ol iiiiJ!ri!l Riyss,. petitioned .the. nnW neiit today to cxTend ofenienoy to tin insiirrectos who siiiicikIi.i- h i i,... lioed (he Muderoistns nre favorablt to the peace proposals and will with hold active operations pending thr overtures. Special Edition, January 1 , 1910 npUE MAI I. TRIBUNE has already undertaken its customary vear-end duty ... !lll(1 1S. ,110.w at W0l'k compiling its New Year's, edition, winch' gives promise this year ot being greater and more complete than ever before. The theme is one of epoch-making possibilities and inspiration. The flower ing ol the Pacil w coast iuto maturity is as yet the most colossal chapter in the his tory of the world s most colossal nation. Compared with that, as the sun at noon to the evening star, will be the flowering into maturitv of Southern Oregon, when its speeding destiny shall have been fulfilled. Volume and variety of resources, a monopoly of civilization's most enioved product, resources unrealized as yet are pledges to that prophecv. ' ' With precision never approached, with completeness never approximated in Southern Oregon .journalism the Mail Tribune will, in that edition, record the " HuiuoyiMuuiii, aim rue oecKoiimg destiny ot tins favored spot. Ten thousand copies will comprise the issue. It will tell the coldest facts re garding this section. Take it let it circulate to the four quarters of the country. Lot it reach more homes, more capital, more people-than anv previous issue of any Southern Oregon newspaper. Among the subjects treated will be the superior inducements offered tho home-seeker by Oregon, by the Rogue River Valley, bv Medford. Kach will be the subject oi a special article. Classified, they are: OREGON, BECAUSE Of finer climate. Of sparser population. Ot greater agricultural resources. ' Of greater horticultural resources. Ol greater timber resources. Of greater mining resources. Ol greater variety of undeveloped re- Of -greater water power resources, sources. THE ROGUE RTVER VALLEY, BEQAUSE- Of most profitable alfalfa farms. Of finer climate. Of greatest planted area of orchards. Of character of population Of greatest producing placer gold mines. Of greatest horticultural resources. Ol greatest copper mines. Of greatest limber resources. . ' ui g rearer water power than .Niagara Of undeveloped quartz mines. lia'ls - Of greatest coal mines. THE CITY OF MEDFORD, BECAUSE ROOSEVELT ELIMINATED MARSHALL Is No Lonncr Serious Factor In Na tional Politics, Says Hoosicr Ex ecutiveRecalls Statement Made Two Years Ago Regarding Colonel CONDUCTORS DEMAND GREAT WAGEBEASE Of most progressive citizenshin. Of fine school system. Of water system. Of business openings. Of superior facilities and attractions. ' Of metropolitan eharaclcrifcliicK. Of paved streets. Of sewer system. Of branch railroads. Of superior location. medicine. These fantastic tale- wore generally credited among the ignorant coolies and as a result a number of physicians wore assaulted. HOPE TO END STRIKE CHICAGO CHICAGO, III., Dec. X A settle ment of the garment workers' strike which has been in progro.ss for ncni Iv a mouth, was promisod today by a civic committee headed by Mimii Ilusso. The committee nnnnuuceii that tentative lotms had boon agreed tilM.n and that final action would bo had as soon ns the tonus wore sub nulled to n roforondum vote of Iho strikers. Tho committoe will not di vulge iho terms of the agreement un til after the volo has been taken, it was aniioiiuoed. Uiler Mayor Ilusso Miid: "We liuvo agreed upon a plan whereby we liopo to mid the strike IIuH, Sehaffnor & MnrxJmvo made a definite proposition which will be submitted to the strikers." Tho committeemen estimated that 1(1,1)110 gaimetit workers are still out. WASHINGTON, 1). C, Dee. :t.-A recent visit of Gustiv.. ri,i.-,. brother of tho Mexican revnlulinnur.v loader, Francisco Mndero. m-nllo'. today in an intimation by an official oi tiio state department that Fran cisco Mndero would not be given a haven in the United Stale in th svent that hi.-, personally condiicle.' revolution against tho Diaz govern nont is unsuccessful. Madero prije lieallv stands charged with violatioi of the neutrality laws of the Uniic.l Stalos. because he left Ibis oountrv to lead a revolution against a gov eminent with which the UnifoV States was at peace. .Manor) must win or he successfu enough to utt least forco Diaz l .rant him amnesty, otherwise, if hi ii'siirieetion fails, death and the con tiscalinn ot his property will bo ln portion. f ORMOSANS FALL BEFOREJAP GUNS Troops Continue Work of Annihilat ing Natives in Formosa Villages Occunletl by Tribesmen Have Been Destroyetl. ' HYOE ATTORNEYS SAY COURT ERREO Appeal to Supreme Court Is Taken 255 Exceptions Tawen Charj3 That Indictment Was Faulty in First Place. TAFI INVITES MR. CUMMINS The store thirl pays n lot of mone for space in which to say Romothiuf to you must boliee that what it says s important to von. JOHNSON IS TO VICTORIA, H. C, Dec. II. The work of auuihiliitiug native Formos- ails in (ho Sini:J.ii district by Jap anese (rooi)s continues, uoeordini? to advices iust roooived from (lie Oii. cut. , The Forinosuns refused to snrrmi- der to the Jupnnoso force and as a result extreme measures against I lie poorly armed natives are being taken. According to last advices roooived, the villages occupied bv three tribes 'lave been dcstiovcd by gun fire and i largo number of natives slain. MINORITY MEMBERS PROMOTE BOXING Sffrackling Is Best. PROVIDKNCK. It. I., Doc. 3. Willium K. Spniekling, jvhoee hril liant playing ul quailor for Drown uuivetviiv during tin miimii won for him luiuniiuou e(otinti ns next . car's captain of the Drown tonin. i ivmcoded todnv to lie one of the bust player in the diffitmlt ixisition ever turned iiui by an easlern uiiiveiitv. SprMikling ban ben qiiArtorbfiPk on the arsilv Imiii -iu.-o hU fnwh uiun year, and bU trtml ierd i a UiHiier of tt.in.lfr to nil rritiis. It w.i- s i a ill i.(i:i tliHt bis -clfciioi. b Waller t'.iniii l'ir skipper ul I In Ail America lean i- ert..u Pugilist Says He Does Not Believe That Boxinn Is Against the Law If It Is Carried Out on a Clean Basis. CIIICAC10. III.. Doe. :i. Jack Johhion shortly will bocomo a iu-i- niQlor .of "real. Simon-puro" boxins contofcls. imloss idaus which the dusky cluuiipioii now ik foKteriug g awry. Johiuon has the objoct of re viving the boxiiig'giunp in OhicHgo ni henrt and it is bin sell who to form u bona fide boxiug and tvrevtling clul with a nominal uuunhendiip and ! give coiitaste at Khich members onl will be admit tod. "I don't believe the law, in again! "it'll' a scheme. " said Jolnuinii in. li. 'A't any rate. 1 am soinr to trv it out. I want the ple of Chi--go to be able to see a real fight at a tuir pricp. and I llimk tbut be tore ?.iiii JIt. hoMng game on .. . I.,n b.i j- wilj bo re-ctubli'hed here ' ARE FRAMING REPORT WASHINGTON, I). C, Dec. :i. The minority members of (ho Dallin-ger-I'inohot congressional investi gating eommitteo met in conference today. It was learned that thu mi nority repoit is practically complete Tlione attending the meeting today were Senators I'ayntor and Fiutcluu and Ilopresontalivo Madison. Itou rosentative Orahuiu has not yot nr rived in Washington, JKFFKKSON CITV. Mn., Dee. Ji, Dased on a claim that tljo couit had erred '2'n times, an appeal to the supreme court was taken today by attorneys for Dr. U. fin ike Hyde, conviotod of the murder of Millionaire Thomas Swopo at ICan siih City. Dr. Hyde's counsel declared, first. Hint the indictment against (he nliv- siciau wus illegal; that the evidence was insufficient; that incompetent testimony was admitted: that com petent testimony was barred: that the court failed to instruct the jur ors on nil the law in iho ease and that prejudice wus shown throughout the trial. Tho aiuiollanf also took exception to the noth.'i of tho conn in revoking Dr. Hydes bail while the trial was in iirogrexs. Tho appeal probahlv will be heard in January, at which time it vvn--et to come up. Move Is Said to Indicate That Pres ident Would Conciliate lite Pro gressives Cummins Is Leader In Senate. LOS ANGELES NOW HAS UNDISPUTED HARBOIt WASHINGTON, I). C, Deo. !!. President 'ftift has invited Sonatoi A. 1). I'limmiiiK of Iowa to tlm wl.li,. Iinujto (o ut tend an executive soswiou icgurdiug tiio auutial message to congress. The invitation is believed by politioiuus bore to indicate Unit Tall intends to conciliate Iho pro- grossing. Cummins is reminded n leader of the insuigont i. the son- uto. Ho bitterly attacked ln rail road regulation bill at the last so sion. This moasiirowas olio of the hills which Tuft was vorv doulmn of having adoptod in the foun in which it was sent to eongrosh. It has been a year since Cummiio has visited the president RACE SUICIDE HINTED AT IN CALIFORNIA NKW YORK. Deo. 3. "Tim m. cent election eliminated Theodorq Koosovelt as a soiioim factor in mi. tionnl ixdities," said Ooveruor 'Ihos. It. Marshall of Indiana loilnv. Tim Hoosicr executive is hero to attend tho annual dinner of the Indiana so ciety tonight. ''Two years ngo eastern nowspa por,s denounced! mo becauso I said Koosovolt p.ut Tafl in the presiden tial chair, hoping he would make u poor executive and thus propuro the way for Iho colonel's return ! il.,. presidency," Marshall continued. "When I said then that Koosovelt would return from Africa nml start (i lug hurra i I was ..ill,.,l t,,....i. four western polilieiaii. Well, Roose velt did it. I tbliili it wus a mighty lucky thing that Iho elect ion went against him. Had the republicans been successful (ho second chaptei f the Roosevelt program would nave been attempted." Tho governor limdnMv ini.i-.t Mint ho was governor of Indinnn. mid mn a caiKii.ialo for the deumoratii presidential iioiniuatiou in 1UV2. "There aro a lot of favorite sous ueing gtoonied lor the ihesideutial nice," ho said. "Whenever a man is 'elected governor of bis stalo imme diately he becomes presidential tim ber to a few of his friends. The.v are wise who do not take the effort t their friends toosoriously, Fm n.VHolf, I mil eovili-nur uf 1,1.1! and iiothmg else. J out goiu o stav mi Id.. !..!. .....:i i. W -.. ....- ,.,.i iiiiui m.v lorni isrhver am not seek anything else. 1 am' not . candidate for anything. "The denioeratlo mitulilnni;,,! ... Pirn ii 1h ought to reiuonibor that ii 1IM2 the uomiuoo must have thu sup port of the united party. All fac tions must luumoiiizo and we bin' 'letter begin immediately tho vveldiiie oliey," Marshall said Ilium u-nu ,i..i.i but that John "W. ICorn would In Jlecled to suctued IlovoridL'n in llu senate. Confer With Rcproscnlatives of Roads 55,000 Employes Are'Rep rcsented Engineers 'How Taking' Referendum on Striko Question. CHICAGO, III., Doc. II Demand ing a wage increase that will amount to $.1,000,000 annually, representa tives of ri),()00 conductors and 'trainmen on 01 railroads west of Chicago conferred today wilh repre sentatives of tho general mauiigorn of the roads. Tho iinironso demand ed averages 15 por. cent. It is ex pected thai the negotiations will 'con tinue 'r fiovcrul weeks. These negotiations, form part of tiio general movement of the em. ployon of western rnilronds for un increase in pay. Tho engineers of tho Hiuno lines presented thoir elainiH to the gonornl mnnagers in M'ny anil their demands were denied. ' Since then the engineers liav'o boon taking ii referendum on the question of a striko to enforce their demand. It is believed the result of tho balloting will bo nnnounoed in this oily De cember 1). KILLING EROSTS FLORIOKROJES Mercury Drops to Zero In Augusta and Mobile Orango Crope Salt! 'to Have Suffered Heavily Negro Is Frozen to Death. Pioneer Loses Trousers. SANTA ANA. fnl., Doe. .'I, A. I. Whit Inker, who posNOHhcd u desire to be un Imperial county pioneer, bar ibandonod his pionooiing mipira tious until ho can bocomo tlm io- o.or of uuothcr pair of Irounor. Willi his family, Whittukor - loiinioyinjf ttiwnrd Jmpeiinl in in ip-to-datn prnirio hchoonor. Whil limping in Kantitigo canyon hist night another rover purjoiuud hb irotisers. in a pookol d' which re posed $70, tho entire cash baluueo ol tlm, family. Sympathetic runehora providul U'hillaker with moie troiisei-H and Iho police promised to scinch lur iln man who took the money. ATLANTA, (la., Dec. .. Killing frosts as far south as tlm Fl,-;,i peninsula woro reported today, The riorum orange etoji 13 believed lu have suffered severely, although growers kept smudge i'iroa burning in their groves throughout the night. Juoksonvillo, Mobile and Augusta report the most dumn''hu? i'msiu r yours. The moroury dropped to zero i ivnguein. wjiero Kandy Stovvnrt, mi agu.l negro, was frozen to death. Not to "know" when buying is lit tle bolter Hum not to euro. F.ithur failing in a housewife grows, sooner r Inter, into finiiuoinl "Iroiib'lo" in the homo. "A Pot of Message." WASHINGTON. D. f.. Doc. 3. -Referring to Provident Tuft's forth coming mesiiugo to rnugrOMS, AoJst- 011 1 heeretary f State A. A. Aileo said to Secretary f State Knox to day, when Knox was summoned fmni dinner with Adae to go to tho white iiouso ami help revise the mowiag: "Mr. Sol-rotary, iitatead of me Ketling a niMa f pottage, it look likt you wore aoing to got n ixit of mewage." It was asserted that if Secretary Philander 0. Knox, had had timn. Adee would have, waived Ida mo- f iMiUaite ijuyliovv rinbt in the neck. If voit had never been iu-ide anv -tori- ill tin. f,t n Hnulil lie aid. i'i decide wli.-r.- ( ; , i,..,,,i,g (fie -iire ado m llu- p.iptr SACRAMDNTO, c Dtc. .1. -That the San Pedro huibor case. which involve the title of the Wil mington water-front, now held ut most exclusively bv the Southern Pacific, will end favorably for the state and give Lo Angeles an un disputed haibor, is the belief of At torney General Webb, who filed his biennial leiuirt with the governor to day, lie mmi deaU with the Vullujo wntor-front case, wherein aiiuilar uits Hie poiidiiig. The criminal apiwi) work of the office of the attomeygeiienil Iiiim been increased until it is nlmot dou bled on account of the now pioced ure. In two year there have been 200 criminal cattee. of which 1J7 have been decided for the ncu lion and 31 for the dofoudant. The repot U of dUtriot wlloiiKiy bow that of .l.VS. felony en the liruseeutor gamed convictioii in 3'J0Q, leuvnig onlv (20 fur (lie de fendant- When a houneviife Uovntntm an ad reading bargain hunter it is iv-Mlrokt-f "good lorlime" fur her Inn-limul CHiiflt to a -iiIi-IhhIimI ,mi-.i' n hi SACRAMENTO, Cu.. Doe. X The school coiuus gain lias not kepi pace with the reumrkahlu glow lb m the iHipulutijuii of California, ac cording to the figures oompilud bv Statistician Wood of thu public in struelloii office today. While the population of the state is 2,JI77,fi-l. 11 gain of 802,1011, ,,r ,d,out 00 wi cent, over tun yean ago, the school ceiutue ot Hie elate uicreUHud onl.v 00.H0B, iiihtend of 210,001, which liould huve been tho nioiioitlon l'.,i ehiblren 'between .'1 and 17 years. All eiiililron un jncroasoil iiij(! 1.17,730 PROVIDING FOR E FRANK GOTCH WILL TRY AND 'COME BACK' MOR DEATHS "vim i nun n joajw. 11 nder 17 yoaii ahouid have liif,:i;jj inl0Hil of (iul Football Conference Held In Clii cano by Representatives of the "Old Elnlil" Schedules anil Rules Preparrjl. Say Moore Was Unbalanced. VJNCKNNKS, I,,.!., Dec. Il.-The defeiue in Iho trial of Munlu Moore, charged with having iiiurdered Ii. C. GibMiii, capitalist, bu(iiiu of joal oiu.v over Gibkoit'e alleged atlaiiUoiu to Mra. Moore, attempted to ahuw today that Moore's mind wan 1n1l.ni. need when lie nhot Gibwm. Thr -e probably will to tlte jury I ueailav. A non-ieailci's dollar i-.yfieniK.iii. V a 'ill cent dollar in U IniMi... U"C-llllH'M. CHICAGO, 11J Deo. 11,-RepteiHMi. tativea of the "1 Kluhl" met here unlay to arruuije tww eonforence football rule and thu bchudulo foi next year. Prineiiml hitercat in tlm ooufor. eiiee waa centered on the attitude ol the eoufeieueo toward the Univiiiiv f MiHiiMAifi aud the I'liivervity ot .Mlehigaii A movement vwi tailed li compel Minmotu In si-M-r udit wa with Michigan. J reply t.. Ihifc. ifpreiMHilativee uf the I'uiver ilv of Miiinewita declHied their team bail 11. mucb riuht !. inn..! Main. .in .,, M llU., J,,,., , .. . ( nflll-V v IH'MIIOLDT, Doc. 3. Frank Oolch is about to join tho "coiae bilck" club. nootii-dW l.. m.......i ... liU frion.la. Should the ln German viii in hie ineelo wllb fam ,u.k ,, b place here lie will eten im.. Ho. hiviiu to oum again vvumtlo wilh Geiime Haokoui.imiilt, Hui "Rus- mn Hon." Gulch, whijo piescning the fiction J'f letirement. .r..ti,.Hly adiniU that ho would like auuther wrestling inatch before retiring for good. Ho ladievoH 1,U( .Muiuonm, jjle Tu.-k, lias ibe -Iiim of all th U'reetlore here, ""d ii the Turk tdioiihl defeat Hwek-'uM-hmidt, j iH holioved Gulch would Ill'Hltlllc to gnipij with til.) AfiiBanl. num. If the R(siMn Lion" Bbould Mill, it IM tlUMUfllt cellllill Itinl (..ll. wulil aitempl to pin Jlaoken chiitidt's sltuuldere to iho mat. Cyclone Thompson Goes Some. llll I II Ml SYDNKY. N. S. W., Deo. It.-fy-clono Johnny Thomiuuvu. w-iui.i.... coiiaiderably over the Habiwoitrbt limit, won hie eeeoud bnlfla I.. A... alralia today whan he doelaivoly do feated llugbie Molfotgnn of Afu biMiruo in llu. fifth ,0lIII(j ol- wMl was scheduled as a SO-ruiuiil battle inoinp.oii had bia man an fn...iini. Iv oiiK-iusd fro, die art th.it viehngnn 4 seconds threw .. I......I into th.. ring in tho middle of the nun roiuiil to save their , fr,, riirihcr punishment. The n.... r...,.i. at enl.-hweii.hu j,, ,0 nrilI1Il ,., ItjiHlu-utii-r'a Day bolure n erowd of l-I.UUU. A A j" lift H '1 m