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"sjrr-Wtnv flJfW''' wmmmmmmmawMMivWNMmmmmfflatft'm You Will be Boosting Well When You Mail a Friend a New Year Edition Medford Mail Tribune THE WEATHER Cloudy (ouig.'it nml tomotrovv. NEW YEAR'S EDITION. Tho Mail Tribune will issue q special edition on New Year's day n Hiunnlnry of the growth nml development of the Itogiio Itivcr .vnlloy nml Mcdford dttr-u ing 1010. Get your orders in The McsKago of tho Tlagu. 'VYlilQt Pair weather, rtluo -Halo or snow. V hlle anil blue Local showers Itliick trlaiiKUlnr Abovo whlto, warmer; bolow white, colder. White with black center ColJ. .KlJiTLL YlflAR. MIDDFORD, OHKOON, AVEDNHSDAY, DKCMMBJSR 21, 1910. NO. 233 vrf EXPLOSION DEALS DEATH TO 289 MEN li i ' ENGLISH MINE IS FURNACE Only Eleven Men Out of Three Hut. ilrctl at Work Escape Explosion Jams Canes and Demolishes Venti lators Only One Chantfe for Any of Men to Have Escrjcd Alive. MANCHKSTHW, lliiglund, Dec. '-'1 Two huudied and eiglitv-nine out of 'Kill winking men in the Little Hut ton entup.iiiv's 1'ieloriu inini'. nt'.u Leigh, iiii believed to Ii:i heci' Killed in ;ui explosion and Hie thai. has tin lied tht winkings- into a ci' itiihh1 blast fuir.ucc. Twculv boihc have been icscued and 11 men lime been icseued alive. The oploi' was loiiilie and it is believed tli.i iln I'oice and the liic which hnr-l out almost -Jiumcdintclv nftorwaid liu demolished (lie iuleiior winkings. The onlv men who escaped wen leaving the iniiu' just as tla aceiden' oeeui led. Ilcnitieinling scone am being ea acted about the pit mouth. Onh with (lie gienlest ditfieullv can tin iclativc. and ftiends of the il im be le-tiaiued fioin hulling them solve, into the binning shaft. The explosion jainmed the cnge and inteifeied with the ventilnting apparatus. thus- tendering res-cue wink almost out of tho question. The enuso of the disiistci has no' been dcliMmifflhi. Mine official hope that ome of the men mav Iiiim escaped lo a gallon which is no' burning and walled themselves in This, it is believed, is the onlv chnnci tlial an one in the nunc ha- escape1 death. I P. NEIL Mrs. Francis Bullcr Is Elected Mem ber of Park Commission Joseph G. Hurt Is Elected to Fill Captain Ejinlcston's Place. ASHLAND, Or., Due. ai. Tin. cily election jesloniuy loMilted it (he election of It. 1'. Neil for inn.oi liavinir no opposition. The town vot ed drv. Tho only fight of the day was loi city locoider, loeph CI. Hurt vvin uintf with a niajoiity of SI) oor V 11. (iillis and C. 1). Schell, his two op ponente. t (lunitto 0. Kw bunks was lo-eloclul citv Hoiistnor over II. I' l'ohlnnd b.v UIW vole. Mr. I'Vauces Duller wnx elected t liiember of (be paik commisMion. I'or the citv council the iollowiu,. wcic chosen : l'iit wind, (ieoio Irwin. Sicond waul, (r. II. I'.illin-s Thud waid V ('. I'andcison. TORTURED MAN FOUND BURNED AND FROZEN N'llW VOHK, Dec. 21. Willi hi hoilv from ankles to neck a mas ol bin n- and his tueo and feet fio-t-billfii, KdMiud Dillieher ol Scrnntoi.. I'ii , is Ivini; in the hohpital at Xoiih (udoii, X. J., today in a cnou i tnililion. Uillihor. nliMihiteh htrin l .fd of elothiutr. run into the liMnooin . i it miiuII hotel in Gianion, X. ,1. !.lnt uiirht wid fell iineoiihrioiik to th loor. When hu rovrved luoineutHnly lie was onlv able to tell hi name und murmur weakly: "Humed in fire hv men." DUhher then rolnitaed into uneou Hoiuiit"s and later becuuie dehri ous. He will probably die. Dillieher wn nble to av that h. Jived al 1 H.iirison street in Soiaa -I ton. , NEW N M - - 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 f f f f f f NEW WORLD'S RECORD FOR AEROPLANE FLIGHT CHALONS, France, Dee. 21. A new woild's leeord lfor a non-stop pussenger carrviug aeroplane High! was made here today when Lieu tenant Camiueimnn of the Kiench iitiny aviution ooips, accompanied liv Cupluiu llu goni, Hew 1-1." miles without alighting. The fliaht was made at the order of the mini-dor of war ami is mi official iceoid The slait was made from Chal ons iind the aviators flew to Moutignv Stir-Aube, 72'1 miles nwnv, the tin niutr point, roiintiiiir deviations from the eouie. the neioplane leally coveted nioie than 1 1.") miles, although that is the iceoid with which it will be credited. 4 f f f 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 444444444444444444 12.000.000 FIRE Fire Breaks Out in Factory Fallinn Wall Kills Boy and Firemen Buildiniis Destroyed Stand Near County Jail. CINCINNATI. O.. Dee. 21. A fiieinan and a spectator weie killed md ten iueuicu scveiclv hint in a lire ('"lav that did W.OOO.OOO dam ie. The killed and injitied weie aiiulit under the tailing walls of the KYippcndoif-O'Neill Shoe coinpauv' tactoiv. Two engine companies veic buried under tons ol debits. The lire bloke out eatlv todav i'i the Kiippendorf factoi.v. The Ibnncs siucad rapidlv. The Knppen lor building and the tactoiv ot the Tn or-l'oole Leather coinpaiiN wcm oinpletclv ilcstioM'il anil eight ot1,i lactones hcavilv damaged. Dig ciowds galheied to watch th" oiillagratioii. Tbev weie lepeatcd- ' diiven back by the pilice :"n! ained of the ilauger of fulhi'L walls. Tlueiis.iiics weie t landing' at .i comer near the Kiippeudoil tactoiv file tiicmeit weie eaiiviug a hose past the building when the walls -waxed and clashed outwaid. The -pcclatois wIki siiw the lirst sign l 'he collapse shouted to the tiieiuen mil eudcnvoicd to ciowd back out o! the wuv. One ho, however, was stiuck bv the tailing mass ot hiick ?ud lumber and eiiishcd to death. The debt is lell siiuiiiuly upon the fiieuieii, who could not leap out ol danger. The other companies nich ed to the aid ot their comrade! and removed them fioin the wieckage One man was dead and ill ice otheii weic evelolv injuicd. I Tho buildings that binned weie in the neighboihooil of the county jail. When the Krippeudorl building col lapsed the cin-lt stalled a panic in the cellhoiy-c and tho piisoucru weie leinoved to the couithoiibe, vvhete i hey weie held under gnnul. MAN SAVED FROM GALLOWS BY PRESIDENT WAMHNdTON'. I) C, Doc 21. Aiisw ciing a inotherV phu, I'lcsulent Tail todav commuted to lite impris onment the death sentence impocl upon John Wynne, who wa. to have been hanged for the minder of A I' McK'ninoii. shipmate on th I'm red Stale ttniiHH'i't Kosccniiis. Wjnne had developed a dislike tor Melviu non und in November, 1U0S, at Ho nolulu, while intoxicated, he aw McKiiiiiou asleep and enihed in hi enemy' heiut with u hammer. The commutation, in the prei duittV hand willing, statt': "Where the iHirMJe w kill wa formed in a drunken brain, the in loiicutwl eoiiditioii rebut the infer ence of the premeditation ueceurv ior minder in the Hint degree." W.i Inlp' l-llllc I in i when vim I Ii'iiii.iii i.. IN CINCINNATI; TWO ARE KILLED I OF SHE MOST RE Supervision Architect in Washinflton Says That Delay Is Due tl Larqc Number of Sites to Be Chosen in Various Parts of the Country Will Be Some Time to Wait Yet. Aeeoiding to a dispatch teeeived by the JIail Tiibuuo from its Wash ington conespondeiit, il will jet b some tune befoie the identity of the site selected for the new local fed eral building will be made know a The oil ice of th" supeivising aicln tecl has given out this infonnation in legarii to tne inn tier miti snvs that on ueeouul of the huge number of other sites in difleient pints ol the count! v the mutter will be de lajed ior some time, this oily having to await its t it i ii. Fuither infoinintion fiom tlic of fice of the supei vising aichitect is to the effect that theie aie some 272 similar inatteis to be taken up be foie the local decision is to bo leaen ed. The government at piescnt has iniiiiv federal buildings, impiovo inents and plans uuder consideration, for all of which appiopiiations have been made. These include not onij postoffice sites and posfoffiee build ings, but other fedeial inatteis, snob as hinbor and liver iinpiovements of u ceitain elas-s-, custom houses, etc. The interest in legaid to the fed- uil building is intense among local business men. Countless times haw they been led to believe the matter settled bv stieet lepoits which have so far piovcd jiioundles-s'. GEORGE, REX, MAY CREATE PEERS Situation In Enpland Grows More Acute Secret Conference Is Held Between Kiiin and Premier on the Veto Question. LONDON. Dec. 21. A secict joi, feionee today between King (leorgv' and i'lemicr Aiuilh gave iie to the belief that the king has decided t; cicate a sufficient number of lib eral peeis to outvote the coiisei valivc on legislation to dcpihc tho hoii-o of lot dis of it power of veto. Theie wiim no concealment of the fact that tho coiiteieucu wa iimoii the veto pietiou, hut no other !u foiniatiou wa given out. It is piob nble that theie will be no delinito an nouncement of the kiug'h plans until his miietv addieseo pailiauient when it convenes, PLAYS IN LOS ANGELES ARE TO BE CENSURED .LOS ANGKLi:.S, Cnl., Dee. 21. Kvciv plav staged in a Lo Augele Iheater must be subcctcd to the crit icihia of a boaid ot iniiuii ipnl ecu soi, aceoiduig to plans being con ideicd todav by I'loseeiiting Attor ney (liiy Kildie. I'liblio doinand that a plnj at a local hoiito this week b'J piissed upon by the guaidians of the iiitv'. moiaU was roontod by the iiih lingers of the pliiyhouse. Kddie paitially pacified tliem by announc ing thut in all piobabilitv even the moMt inodeMt pluv, includiiiK tlioe drnpod in tho lonicet skirtti, will he trimmed hy the criticM for tho ben efit of the eity's juiith. COMMERCIA LCLUB MEETS TONIGHT I'verv member of the Commercial club is iitgi'd ti, he pi I-, nt tmnglif Mllslln-. I, llllH,l l.llli I lll'l-l )l 1 1 .in -.ii ii d SELECTION M I 4 44444444444444444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SEVERE SNOW STORM SWEEPS MIDDLE WEST DKNVHK, Colo, Dee. 21. A severe biiovv stonn, ex tending from Nnillicrn Ne binska to Southern ICansus and from the middle of Kan sab to the continental divide, is raging today Telephone nnd telegraph companies ie poi.l consideiable wire trou ble 'and trains aie delajed. The storm, the first of (he winter Benson, is moving eas( waid. The storm follows mo Aveather wliieh ha, pi ev ailed for the past week. Much sutferiug is lcpotted fioin limit V of the cities. A lingo number of the pooler classes in Chicago lemaitied in bed nil duj in order to keep waiin. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4444444444 44444444 ARK PHYRIflAI !1UI1 I II IUIUHL OF Report of Interstate Commerce Com mission Submitted to Conness Report Says Firjht Against Dis crimination Is hy No Means Won WASIIINCITONVIJ. C, Dec. 21.--I'he physical valuation ot inilioaiN is demanded in the lepoit of the iu teistute coininereo eonunission sub mitted today to cougicss. The lepoit leleis to "the well know u fact that no com I, commis sion, accountant or financial vvitlii would for a moment consider tin. I the present balance sheet m tin statement pin potting, to give "cost of piopcity" suggests oven lcuiotciv or in a reliable nieasuie either the money invested or the piescnt value of the railioads. The lepoit asseits that the moil niipoitaiit fcatuie of the new lini load legulatioii law is the piovisioi, authorizing the iuteistule coiumei(e eonunission to suspend ptoposcd m ci eases in lutes pending investiga tion'. "The fight against diseiimiuiitiou, continues the lepoit, "is hy no menus won. Theie uic piactiee le uiiiiniiig which aie more iiisuhoiih und nioie ditticulf of cMiipnlion than open lebatiug, because the hid den cniiliucluuiil aiiaiiguuients ui enliioly legal except lor the el fed pioduced." Aceoiduig to the tepoit, the onei nting leveuuc ot the nnlioaiU foi .July, August and September wore "p7l.",KH,2U I. nn ineieuso of .-?I2,-(111(1,(10(1 over the levenuub for the coiiespoiidnig ipuuter in lUofi. '. peiise' for the same period wen .T-IH!l,(ii)!),:t7K, an iuciouhu of about .'iO.(IOO,tl(IO. The number of pniBfeongers killed dining the vear cudiuir Juno MO, 11)10 wus l.'ill, injuicd, 1 .",5 1 1 ', einplovc killed, KIIH; emploe injuicd, (i.S, 02.'. Mail Box Fire. LOS ANGKLIls. Cnl., Dee. 21. -The Postal auilniiities heie aie in eigating the mvtuiiniiM firing of a mail box m one of the lesulciic section of the citv. They believe the blae was stinted by rfoiuo peisou de wiling to destroy a lot tor known to be in the box. The tiro wa diov eied by a postman, who believe it was started bv dropping a liyhtotl match through (he letter nl"l. Norn of ithe conteJt of the bo is believ ed to have been dlroyed, WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 81 Tho Hulllnuer-plnchoL cfliigieaaioiinl Inventing lion iom the couulry oxuetly $13, 1 1, nuordluir to a toport filed by the genetarv of ttio souate today. The xihuims tot Hteuographertf wh $701 The coitlicKt wIIiiom waa lien r K I mm', vim i unie fiom I'alr liaiikK Aluwka llin fee ' jnlbiKe -I llll l Olll hi i ' " OA AS 1250 DAILY SUPS SOLD ' Great Christmas Rush Is On Over $2000 Is Dispatched in Money Or ders Each Day Express Office is Busy All Stores Report Great Ruush by Shoppers. Stamp sales uveiagiug .f'JoO a duj1, the issuing of over .."iOO vvoilh ol inonoy oideis a daj' and tho jm.v iiieul of oideis amounting to nioie t lut it 1000 ii daj', indicates the vol ume of Cinistinns business which is being tiansaeted in. ledfoid at the local postofliee. However, with the ueaier uppioiich of Clnistmas the dispatching of gifts is falling oil'. The woik fioin now until Siindaj will be eluellv distiihutioii of heavy iniiil. Not ulone in tho postoffice is the Xiiius business heavy. In every stoie in the city the Clnistniur, nish is 10 poited henvier tliuii. ever befoie in the hislmy of the eitj'. The epicss of I ice has been doing ii iceoid business for the past week and bus been busy sending o.vpiess monev oideis over the Cuited States which will bring good cheer ou Cinistinns day to many. Grand Jury Adjourns. (LOS ANGKLKS.al., Dee. 21. The special grand jury" investigating the Times dviininiting ease will not meet again until .Innuniy ft. At the conclusion of its session lust evening the pirv was informed that it would not be called together again until that date. The appioaeh of the holidays i .'iv en as the leason for the leeess. COUNCIL MEETS Routine Business Transacted Lasl Evcniii" Other Matters Will Be Disposed of at Daylight Session to Be Held Today. The cilv council met in icgulii' session Tiiesduy night and trausact ed only i online business. The bill again! the city weie paid and the 121,0110 impiovemeut eoutiaet with l he Claik-IIenery company wa signed. 'I'he council adjourned until 1 o'clock Thiirsduy uttoinooii, al which tune tho election call and llm charter amendments will bu hiouuht up and disposed of. Theie wns but little business tiansucled, (he sontjioil being a tdioit one. An oidiiiance for water iiiaiua on Klin and West .Main diecU wa passed. The bill of the Clark-IIoiiory eoni pauy for $21,000 for .Medfoid atieel imvuig bond was accepted and the council adjourned to meet al 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, tit which time ehailer amendments will ho taken up und submitted to the gen eial city election HUGO KELLY TO CLAIM MIDDLEWEIGHT HONORS HOSTOV, Mas,, Dec. 21. Hugo Ixellv will claim IIim title ol middle weight chitmpinii ol the woild. He bases In chum not so nun h on Stan ley IxotchePs statement shottly be lore his death, that he intended i reliie in favor of Kelly, am on hat showing nganixl Kiuuk K'lauw in then bout heie last night. Kelly said to dav thut he will tight anybody thut can make the middleweight limit. Hoston funs ngu'c thut Kelly Iih improved wonderfully. Thoae wh) au the fight lust night May thut Kellv was all over hi opjtouciit and buil Ii t in all the vviin The lijit wa Milid tin lasie-l M mum. - ,ien le ii i J' n iin AFTERNOON 4444444444 444 44444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 $250,000 WORTH OF XMAS PRESENTS BURN CHICAGO, III., Dec. 21. Cinistinns gills valued at $200,000 weie desttoyed to day in a wieek on the l'eiin sjlvnuiii mill oad, when a passenger train mid a west bound freight collided in the ynnls on the west side heie. When the train met the boiler of the passenger engine ex ploded, setting lire to a ear After the file hud been ex tinguished a police giiutd was thrown about the debris-, while laborers shovelled the ashes of the car into cans. System atic sitting of the ashes be gan and diamonds and jew elry weie lecoveied. Tho engineer of the pas senger locomolive was ptob nbly fatally scalded. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44444 44 4 44 44444444 TO TELL WORLD E Every Envelope Now Leaving Com mercial Club Has Stamped Upon It Nature of Weather Statistics Show Climate Is Great Asset. Manager Mnlboouf of the IvIcdfonT Coiunieicial club is plaiiuiiig to con centrate his publicity effoits for the next few months' upon clinuitie con ditions as they pievail in the Kogiu River valley. He has compiled stn tisties for several joins, which show i leininkable state of elimatio con ditions. For instance, tho avejage minimum and maximum tcmpciuttncs lor the diffoient mouths, based oi the past ten yea is' repoils shew: Min. lauiiary Ill) Fcbiuiiry !J2 Minch HI Apiil 117 Mny AW .liino .8 Inly m August nn Septeniber '17 October -11 November JKI December Ill OE MATCHLESS R 0 01 T Mux. Av'ge ir :i7.; fitl -1 1 no ir (i i fio.; 70 fi(Ii 77 (12.0 80 (i8.r 87 70 78 fi2.f) (1(1 fill..'), n.'l .1 1. A dri :i8 ibout lhcc The lcminkahlc fact about Hguies is the steady increase fioin .In it (tit t v to .Inly und then the de cicnso until .liiiiuary. The aveiage laiufall is 28.08 mi lies, distiibuled us follows iluoiigli the year: .laiiuury, -1.8 1 inches; l-'ebruary, 'I.II2; Match, 2.77; Apiil, 1.21); May, 1.7-1; June. 1.02; July, ,11); August, .11; Septem ber, .()(!; October, 1.77; Novoinbei, 1.01); December, 4.08. ' In discussing the mailer, Mr. .Mai lmen I says: "I do not think that even our own people, or al leant many of them, leally appieeialo the supeib (piah ties ot our climate, or what it acta ally menus in adveitisiug value lo .Medfoid and the whole of Jackson county. Compare conditions us thev ale todav in Mcdlon!, in what can b piopeily loganled iih nud-neasoii. with (he fro.eii and hlljuaul-ivvopt eastern states, and it will bo oaailv uudeistood why the Comiueiclal club is getting scouts of iiiiiuiie uveiv week ii)ou that point alone. "I also feci we have been a little backwiud ui making a special!) ol our oliniato iim one of the paramount Icatuies ot our great lesoureea, No one in Medfoid, merchant or individ ual, should ever misa tho oppoi lim it v of placing tin, climatic figuie befoie his friends or business con nections throughout the United States. Thin i to be the regular policy of the Coiainerciul club in fa lute, and the statistic will be lepro duced ii wa our letlerheuds, as well as in till of our literature, and in ad dition to thin we will atuuip upon every envelope Ieuviug our hands, beginning toiuouow, the tempciuluit' aiul i.lliet clim.iiti Millions ol thejto eveiy acre in Jackson couiltv, and previous dav. ul. succeeding generations will con- "Ibilliii nl llu iiiloiiualioii I ii m this." RAILROAD SHE MAY COME SOON Grand Chief Ennjnccr Says Matter Will Bo Settled Within the Next 24 Hours Railroad Men Say There Is No Hope of Arbitration Now, as Neither Side Will Give In. CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 21. Whether the yr,fiU0 engineers employed on tho (il western railioads, now conforiinpj with Hie general managers hero, shall striko will bo decided within tho next 21 hours, necording to Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brother hood of Locomotivo Engineers. "Wo will not striko before night," Saoue said todaj', "but wo will not toleiato fuither delay. There must ho short, sharp, decisive- action." Chiules 1'. Ncill, commissioner of Inbor, who is now Iioro endeavoring to ntbitralo the questions at issue, held a long conference with tho gen eral nuinngcrs of the lines iiffcetod this morning. During tho afternoon ho was scheduled to confer with Grand Chief Stone. It is on tho re sult of this conference that tho en gineers' action is expected to bo based. The conference' began horo Decem ber 12. Since then the icptcsciita tives of the engineers nnd the general malingers have been negotiating, and aeeoiding to tho railroad men today they are no nearer a settlement than I hey vvoio when it was fitst nnnounc d Hint more than Do per cent of tho engineers had voted to striko unless an increase of 17 per cent in wages was granted. "Unless Commissioner Ncill is nblo to tcpott something definite to mo thi safleinoon," continued Stone, "wo ate going to act. Tito delay in MitoleiaUe. Tho best tho railroads have offeied us so far is an udvaneo of O'g per cent. This, of course, u'us tefiised. Al lljio other offers tho toads have inudo in tegard to tho questions nt issuo also have boon te jecited." The advisory hoatd of the Dtoth C'thooil of rhigiuccrs has been hastily summoned to Chicago, and following tho declaration of Stono tliat"deeis ivo action" is to ho taken, i,t is be lieved that the engineers are plaii uiiig to take a linn stand, "I am doing what I can to pi event tho trouble," said Commissioner Ncill befoiu his confoieiiee with the malingers today. "I cannot at llm lime di'UK the passage of the ne gotiations." Some of the members of tho ad visory boaid ariived today and the leiuamder, it is said, will ho here nt time tor a night session. The rail load tcpreseiitiitives aio not wor ried uppuicutiv by this move. "Stone is pist hint ting," said ono of the tailtoad officials. "Ho does not intend to older any stiike." CAVE-IN ON SALT LAKE ROADS KILL SAN HNHNAUDIN'O, Cab, Ouo man U dead ami five uro Buffering from Injuries locolvod lu a cavo-ln on a branch of tho Salt Lake road at Alunihiw valley. G, McCarthy was killed Instantly. Tho injured are: It. U. Smalloy, K. J. Wilson, II. Camiilioll and J. Guatus. Adequate ndvei libitum frank iu foiining, fact ful, fieipieut -being a part of a storo's borvieo to you, it follows that a good store is neces sarily n woll advortiaod storo. um)ii the minds of thu outturn ieonlo U haul to conceive. Looking ut tho situation fiom Mio standpoint of commercial valiia alone, I. regind the climato as worth not less than 100(1 & i t