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r-i- ur&gon Hlitwlsw um City HlH i& mm a Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Cloudy. coNI. Mnv. .f, mill, HO, ret limit, ."J ivr cent. Dallyfllxtli Ymir. ForlyKlmt Vmr. MiODifditD, ouhoon, HAiritiMY, WKc;i3MJ3KB io, arm. No. 280. CHRISTMAS IS NEAR AND RUSH S UNDER WAY Volume of Christmas Business In tlio City Is Vrry Large ami Merchants Aro We'll Satisfied With Busi ness. FULLY HALF MILLION FOR PRESENTS HERE Lnruo Stocks Are Here to Choose From-Ncxt Week Will Do n Busy One. Hunyl llimyl HimyT MiihIi Ik llin refrain dinned into the car of yo scribe, who endeavored In glean from tin1 merchant or tlio city Home idea of (ho innc,uitudt (if Iho Christmas baidncss being trammeled this your in tlio nity of Medford. Them was small satisfaction to bo gained from viwitlng tliu stores, ns tlio Christmas tush h now fairly opening itml oven forcing inunngorH to nut iih iderks. From dawn till dewy ovo tlio work in steady and thorn will liu no relief for u week indeed, tlio worst in yol to oomo, The rnhli started a week ago Tor tlio CliriritmaH shopping Ih early in Med ford hut it wiih iiniMisnililo to do it all in a day r a week. Next week will In; the hit; days iih tlio Christmas holiday rato on tlio railroads will ho in effect. Tlio ChriHtnuiH stocking in Medford 1 this year will ho well filled. Fully n TprT w , af CliriSllllllH llllHIIICHH III tlllK oily. The poHtoffleo h busy, for linn dredrt of packages nro going out ,o chidden friends in far nwny (dace. Flio volume of ChristuiitH business ii surprising thin year and merchants aro well pleased, Tradesmen, state thatheincxpoetatioiiN have heen ex ceeded. Tlmro in littlo dotilit hut thai next week's hiihimwH will ho tlie greatest in a nix-day period over witnessed in tlio city. Thin business in (setting in with a tido and a rush that seems in. credible to him who Iiiih had neon bion to stroll through the vast reaches of (ho business Immim'k of Mod ford at the present time. Tlio iiierchautH have excellent stocks on hand thin year and (lm ('hrislinns shopper Iiiih a splendid us- Hortmt'iit to ehooHo from, SSIA MAY BE "INSULTED Resolution Introduced hy Sulzcr If Enacted Into Law Will Bo De clared an "Insult," Says Russian Ambassador. WASHINGTON, I). (., Dee. 10--That tlio resolution introduced by CoiigrcHHinan Sulstir of Now York to ahrogato (ho troaly of VM'2 between tho United .Stales uipl Russia, will ho considered iih an "insult to Russia," . If enacted into law, is thu mihstuuco of a mossiigo convoyed to President 'J alt by hoorotiiry of Ktiitn Knox to day, following a oonforenco hutwoon Knox unit Ambassador Ilakluuoteff of Russia, SCH1TZ TRIAL 5 SAN FKAtfCISCO, Don. 1(1. Tho trial of former Mayor Ktigonu K. Helmut-, for bribery in commotion with tho trolley oiikoh will begin Jan-. miry 5, having boon sot for that dato today by Judgo Luwler at tho dis trio! iittoruoy'H rofituiHt. Thu dul'o of thu gua otiaos will bo sut nt that timo, imm OWNERS OF NEW YORK FIRE TRAP WHO ARE NOW ON TRIAL i FOR MANSLAUGHTER IN FIRST DEGREE. i mwwTmBmamKmamMm wimmmmmmmfSMm,. MAX E1ANCK.N MA Isaac HnrrU mid Mnx Illtinek, proprlotorM or tlio Trlanglo Waist rompniiy, Now York City, who nro charged with iiiaiiHlauRhtor In tho first and nocond dfKroo nn n'toniiuth of tho flro In tho cotnpnuy'H factory Mnrcli sr, vrlit'ii HO lives wero IomI, inostl)' kItIh aro now placed on trial. The dvfenilnnta aro IiuIiir rcprenentcd hy Mux Hteuur. M PORTLAND WOMAN OTTEMPS TO SILL HERSELF "I Did It for Love of, Him," She Murmurs Before Lapslnn Into Un consciousnessFriend Refuses to Make a Statement. CHICAGO, . HI,. ItoqJO.ela. phonliV to Frank l. Coekrel from her nioiu n hotel, Mr. Kdnn ltoii-l itiKon, ri'iMirled to ho a wealthy di vorcee, mid slHler of Mm. J. C. Clark of Portland, Or., iiHked him to listen, ami (hen shut huoelf. "I did it for lovo of him," hIio naid heforo lapiint; into uucoiiHciouKiics. Mrn. Itohiiixon h in a critical condi tion and mav die. Tho liullet entered the left nido -of her hody hotweun the heart and the shoulder. Frank Coitkroll, known nimplv n "a friend of Mrs. Itohiuson," dined with her hiHt iukIiI. Ho reftiHcd to make any Hlatuiuont save to iufonn the police (hat ho camo from Jorsev villo, III. HOW A PUBLIC Illinois Town Lowers. Hijli Cost of Livlnn hy Brlnulnji Producer ami Consumer Torjcther. (Hy F. M. CIiiihu in tlio I'miriu Farmer.) Tho ipiestion of finding a market for farm produce no longer troubles the farmer of Will county, Illinois. Tlio "high cost' of living" has de parted from tho city of Joliol. The Juliet municipal market h dividing profits between tho producer and tho consumer. Uriel ly the plan is this: The city provides a place for the market. Faruiura bring to tips placi) whatever produce they huvo to sell, paying u small sum for the right to sell on the market, wliiuli is collected only to defray tho necessary ex pense of equipping and maintaining a Market plnue. Iluyers eomo to trade ns to any store, and thoy bar gain direot with tho producers. F.uoh seller Hots his own price, wliiuli ia ordinarly Boiuoyvhnt hhovo that ob tained by selling in hulk lots to tlio retailor. Thus tho producer makes nnd the consumer saves. Tho muuioipal markol has been in operation since September 110. On that, date Ufi farmers nnd gnrdouorn with wagons backed to tho sidewalk on tho oily hall lot began to sell their produce. Tuesday, Thursday and Suturday of each week wore doig niiled as nmrkot days, business com nioiiug in the morning tin hooii jis huyors appeared and continuing un til noon, Ton oontH per wagon was charged each day for tho right to sen. ftioro purchasers camo each day and in two. weeks, tho numhors of wiikoiw liad tripled, IaiRor miles .stem.-?. liVC HU371S., ST IS IS Czar's Attempt to Oust Shustcr Leads to Serious Consequences Persia and Turkey May Turn on Russia Priests Preach Holy War. TKIIKILVKh. 1'ur.dn, Dec. -10. Puraiu and Turkey tigaiitht ItiinKia; IhIiiiii auainst Christendom, ia a men aco which fncott the world through tho latest turn in tho ltiibHo-Persian imhrolio, nriKinj; out of tho czar's nttompt to o.xpcl V. Morpan Slnifitor, 1'cri.in'K American treasurer general, and Knih tho Khali'rt domain Persia today is actively seeking Turkey's aid, and Persian and Turk inh offieialn aro in conference here. It ia reported that tho mdtan Iiiih promised Persia '100,000 troops to assist in resist ini; the HiiKsian ad vntivc. To add to the danger of tho situa tion, the priests aro pronchiiu; a holy war against Russia, SLAM AGAIN C TENDOM T MENACE MARKET IS BRING! CITY AND characterir.ed every market diiy nnd the siteccMi of the now plan was as sured. With the approach of cold weather mom comfortubfo ipiartors wer found in tho Riley building. Popular demand hecamu ho strong that the Market is now open daily until noon and until 10 o'clock Saturday nights. The rental of .f 100 per mouth is paid hy the city, which reimburses itself from the fees collected from the farmers. About one-half of the space in the new location is set aside for tho const ruction of booths, which sellers pay for at the rnto of $10 per mouth. Adjoining this is a largo space where the fanner may drive in and sell from his wagon. Hero the charge is only 10 cents per day. This spiled is arranged for tho uo ooininodnljon of fanners wl'io cannot visit tho market every day. Another portion of (ho puhlio market is fitted with stalls, where for 2." cents tho farmer may stable his team for the day, Realizing tlio inconvenience caused iy bringing small amounts of vegetables to market each day, tho niaiingumeiit rents nut spaco in tho basement, where tlio farmer's entire crop mnv be sold out in small lots during the winter. For the conveni-1 once of city people n-hoy operutos n delivery wagon, charging 10 cents for each delivery. The official oponlng in tho now fiuartnrs was mado Saturday morn ing, Novembor 18, by Chief II. G. Sehuosslor of the Joliet health com mission, thereby adding tho stamp of approval of the health department. All produco offered for salo is in spected daily hy Assistant Honlth Commissioner William J. McCarthy, During tho morning of tho opening day tho space about tho booths was crowded with jwrcluiBPrn and fiu-mova MAN FALLS INTO ROCK ORUSUER ; NEARLY KILLED Only Presence al Mind on Part of Fellow Werknwn Prevents Man Being Ground to a Pulp in Ma chine. FOUR RIBS IROKEH; HOLE TORN IN SIDE Campanlen Throws Belt' Off, Stop pftifi ftentMan aple. Only tho prcHchco of mlnil of a feflow workmnn saved tho llfo of nn Auetrlim Inhprcr nt tho Orlfflu crook rock cf'ushor this morning when tho latter fell Into tho largo hoppor and tho machine had started to literally crush hi in to death. As It Ih tho man may dlo, havlnff suf fered from broken rlbs, and having a hole torn In his, side exposing his Iuiir. He Is belug treated In this city. Tho man was engaged In feeding rock Into a largo rock crusher when his foot slipped and ho fell across tho hopper nndbotwecn the jaws of tho heavy Iron crusher. A fellow workman saw him fall and Iramo dlntoly threw off the belt which pro pelled tho crusher and tho machinery wbr soon stopped, but not until four of tho Austrian's ribs on tho left sldo wero broken and a hole was torn In his sldo, under the arm, so deep that his loft lung was exposed. Tho Injured anan was brought to Medford In an gtitomobllo and taken to Dr. Shearer's office, xvhoro the t wounds wero frUand'' ho-Vaa then taken to tlio-Sacred Heart hos pital. Had. tho man's plight not been discovered his wholo hody would havo been ground to a plup by tho slow movement of tho hugo crusher Jaws. 595 Registered. To dato 51)4 oters-hnvc reistored in tho city for tho coming elect ion. Thursday, Dcccnbcr '21, tho books will close. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. Frederick Glahe, credited villi beinc tlfo orig inator of tho "free lunch" is dead at his homo here, (llnho is said to have left an estate valued nt $200,000. Practical Plan Adopted Whereby Farmers Aro Encouraged to Bring Produce to City ami Sell It. did n largo business. To cclcbrato tho first day a band was secured for tho evening and until 10 o'clock the market was packed to the limit. Every farmer was sold out before closing time, and the cdimntcd sales for the day were between .fOOOO und .flO.OOO. That Joliet merchants felt what is happeninc to their business was clearly evident, for during the afternoon several of thorn marked down their prices in an endeavor lo compote with the municipal mnret. Popular opinion suvs that this will avail them little, for consumers cnu purchase more s-atisfaotory goods from tho fanners. Sovoral attempt-' hnvo been mnde to hinder the operation of tho mar ket, hut they have proved only amus ing. Greek peddlers first tried to buy tho entire loads of produco us tho farmers nrrived with it, thus try ing to inonopolir.0 tho trado. A word from Markotiuastor Henry Kane, whoso, kindly method of managing tho market has added greatly to its success, showed the i'nnnors what would happen if thoy sold to peddlers and tho plot was foilod. As this is a puhlio market it was hnnl to discrim inate as to whom should bo granted spaco in tho market, but in evory in stance peddlers hnvo been kept out und room mado for fanners. Attired in a whijo oilcloth apron and standing in his improvised booth, a jjight farm wagon, Farmer Charlos Miller out up and sold four hogs in one and onHinlf liotivs, JTo did pot DEMAND EXPULSION OF wi fMm THuHIlIsIsk HBskt jHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIh pzggrirfJ-s: jzirrarcFc - - w r These are indeed strenuous days for' Representative Martin W. Lit tleton, of New York. Following tho charge against him In connection with tho United States Steel corporation, a demand has been made for his Impcnchmcnt and expulsion from the house. The petition asking for Mr. Littleton's removal was offered by Henry D. Martin, of the Anti-Trust league. TARIFF BATTLE IS PREDiCTED FUR NEXT WEEK Reported Tjat Tariff Board's Re port Shows That Protective Prln cipieon Woi Must Be Maintained on Specific Basis. WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 16. With free -trndo eliminated as an Is sue and a protcctlvo matched against tho theory of tariff for revenuo only. a new tariff battle will bo precipi tated In congress between tho re publican's and tho democrats, when President Tnft's message on tho Issuo goes to congress next week. It is said that tho tariff board's report shows 'that whllo substantial reductions may bo niado In tho wool tariff, tho avcrago reduction cannot (Continued on Page Thrco) COUNTRY TOGETHER AT .JOLIET mako ns much gusto about tho op erations as the city butcher thought necessary, but he kept his assistant busy making change. Judging from the mimbor of chick ens sold on the first dny in tho now quarters, chicken dinners must be popular in Joliet. It is snfe to say at least that they are more populur since tho puhlio market opened. On ii busy market day tho Juliet citizen walking homo wtih a rooster under his una is a common sight. Tho stranger arriving in town needs no directions to find tho public market; simply determine which way tho most captive chickens hail from and uso a littlo of Sambo's iuhorent skill in finding the feathery tribe. When William Moore, who lives six miles west of Loekport, went to Joliot to do his Saturday trading, ho rounded up two coops of plump Plymouth oeks and took thorn with him. Ho had just (i in his coops and their average weight was about five pounds. Tho heaviest ones ho sold for Gf cuuls, tho nvorago for the wholo lot being fo cents. Mr. Moore arrived at tho market at l):'J0, nnd a few minutes after noon only throe chickens remained unsold. A bar gain hunter approached tho coops and asked tho price. "Fifty cents apiece," replied Mr. .Moore. "111 give you $1.30 for tho three." "I'll tako 'em homo nnd cat 'cm .first," Mr. Monro retorted. "The last threo aro worth as much to tuo as any others." Hut ho didn't hnvo to tao them homo, for n few minutes later willing buyers took tho remain ing lions. At this rato Mr. Moore's .chickens potted him over $!M, If ho had shippod this poultry to Chicngo and sold at tho prevailing price, ho would CONGRESSMAN LITTLETON y ETHEL COiAO TO SUE MILLIONAIRE DAMAGE .Malicious Prosecution and False Ar rest Will be Grounds Upon Which Younp; Woman Hopes hr Secure Verdict for $50,000. NEW YORK, Doc. 10. Suit for $30,000 ndnmnges on tho ground of malicious prosecution and false ar rost is to ho brought ngainsl W. K. 1). StokoK, tho millionaire hotel owner and soriiuj; man, by Miss Ethel Con rad, who, with Lillian Graham, was acquitted of a charge of assault with intent to kill Stokos by a jury hore yesterday. Robert Moore, nttorney for Miss Copnid, nunouueed that the papers fyr the suit have already been prepared. City Is Reimbursed by a Small Pay ment for the Privilege of Selling on Market. have netted after paying express charges about $9. Ho was, therefore, $9 ahead by selling nt tho market, had his money in his pocket when ho went homo, had incurred no risk nnd commission fees did not worry him. Whilo this nmrkot owes its ooneop- tion to Mayor K. M. Allon, Mr. Jeso Brookwny has boon tho moving spirit in bringing nbout this laudable rela tionship between the uouuti ytind city people In tho oyos of Joliot resi dents who were formerly accustomed to paying 120 to 25 conts per pound for cold slorago ohickons, where now llio.y mny obtain n whole lion for SO cents, Mr. Ikockway's market comes noaror to solving tho high cot of Jiving than President Tnft's trust busting campaign. Whoro pork'fcold for 15 cents per pound it now soils for 10 on tho puhlio market. Furthermore, both producer nnd consumer aro bettor satisfied. While to do away with all middlemen would result in commoroial distross, there is no room for unscrupulous ones, and from suoh only will como tho uu fuvornble opinions of tho puhlio mar ket. Tho formation of n municipal nmrkot suoh ns tho ono desoribed ro quives somo man of largo enough onlibor to recognize tho rights of both rural and urbnn pooplo. Whilo tho Joliet puhlio mnrkot was insti tuted by tho city tliuro is no roasoii why ono cannot ho started ill otlmr towns by fnrmorw ns well ns by oity folk. Thoro ought to bo suoh a mar ket in every town, HUGE se vy MAY CEASE IN NEXT FEW DAYS Peace Conference Between Manchtis and Rebels Will Be Held at Shann hai Next Week, Which May End Revolution. TARTARS MAY BE MERGED WITH CHINESE Emperor May Be Left on the Throne As a Chinaman With Constitu tional Government. SHANGHAI, Dec. lfl. Fully he- lieving that the ohotnl point of tlio . Chinese rebellion will bo ronohed dur ing the pence pnnferonea between tho Mnuchti representatives nnd the rebels next week tho peoplo of Shanghai arc keyed up to n high ton- fion today awaiting tho arrival of. Tang Shao Yi, tho 'imperial plenipo tentiary appointed by Premier Yuan Shi Kni, who will bo hero with his party tomorrow from Ilnnkow. On his arrival hero Shao Yi will hnvo completed a fiOOnile cmiso along the Ynng Tsc rivor, which is patrollc'd by the rebel fleet. He will not havo seen the yellow flag of tho Manchu dynasty since leaving Han kow. On tho boat with him will bo n number of other leading Mnneliu offieinls. as well ns 22 representa tives of different provinces of China,' who have been appointed by Yuan Shi Kui. Four representatives of Gen eral Li Yuen Ileng, revolutionary commnnder in chief, nro traveling on tho same bont with their Mnnchu op pojjentfj. . wkrlJ(t.. The municipality of Shanghai, lias offered the town Jinll for tho con ference, nnd hero it is oxpented that n compromise will ho effected. Tho revolutionists demand that tho Mnn- ohu dynnsty bo brought to n close nn dthe Mnnchu.s ns a cjnss bo merg ed with the Chinese. The Mnnchus probably will sook to grant this with tho provision that tho omporor bo left oh the throne an a CJiinamaii witji n conxtitulinnul monarchy ait tho form of government. FIGHTING STARTS AGAIN IN CHINA In Order to Keep His Men Quiet Rebel Commander Breaks Armistice and Sets Them to Fighting1 0ncq More. t PEKING, Dec. 1(5. Firghting is in progro in thu vioinity of Slits Chai Kwnng today as n result of ti ruse of tho imporialiit's commander to provont his troops from mutiny, Tho commander recently asked tho govommont for $300,000 (Mexican) with which to pay his soldiors and was promised .$10,000, which, how ever, was not forthcoming. In order to keep the men quiet until liio fuiid arrive, tho commander broke tho armistice and set hem to fighting. I OLD MEXiGO Fifteen Persons Are Reported Dead ' at Cuernavaca, Seven nt Guaymns. and Thirteen at Jalapa Much Ex citement Prevails,' MKXrCO CITY, Doc. KWDis patohos from Colium this nftg,rn,oou sluto that an earthquake lifting thrco minutes and causing coitjmo--ablo diirnngo Qyqurrod in tho province at 1210 p. tn. Fiftoan Dorsons nro roportud doad at Ctmrnavncn, sown at Uiinymns and 13 at Jnlnpn. Several suppoudly extinnt vol. oaiiood aro reported to Ijo in eruption, 1 QUAKE ROCKS I