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3?fir S2 Medford Mail Tribune .fei : SECOND EDITION WEATHER llnln, Ma., ill! Mill,, 27; Itol. iriiin., 0 I'm. f.W, Dully- Hlxtli ur. Korty-I lrt Yi-nr MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 3911. No. 240 . OR. SUN WT SEN IS CHOSEN US PRESIDENT OF NEW CHINESE REPUBLIC BY CONVENTION SAYS HIS SOLE AIM PEACE FUR CHINA Hliilit Thousand Troops Arc DIs patchrtl to Nnnkliin to Protect tlio ncpuhllc-lo-Rc Marks End of Dy nasty nulliifi China for Years. SHANGHAI, Duo. 2l.K!'ollon in niul noeopluucii if" tlic proHldeury i,f Hit' now republic of China liy Dr. Sun Vnl Hon today marked what i Indict ed In ho tlii final collapse of thw MniM'hn dynasty which has ruled China I'nr ooiiturios. Pollnwing uiiniiiuioiiw choic of S 11 Vnt Sun liy n toit tuition nt Nanking, lite now president wnn notified hen tttilnv ami tit unco telegraphed hi IllWptltUOO of tilt' luMior. "I roiwidor it inv duly lo accept tin- proideney." ho wired. "My pol ii'V will Iih t4i obtain ponro niul it hlnlili- nmonituont liv tlio promptd nii'thud pi.dhlo. Mv nolo uiiii li ill tut to iniirit lltt pence mnl content iMcitt of mv million of countrymen. ' Innucillntclv ou receipt of the news Hint Sun Yut Son Intel boon elected, Willi) troop were dinpnlehod liy the rebel lender to Nnnkiutr to protect tlm officials of lliu republic-lo-ho. Il Im not i)t decided when I lie now pios iiti'lit will proneed (o Nanking to lake up lht work of forming hi goom incut. roiilmtil diliim I'lriwil. PORTLAND, Ore., Doa, ). Con vTutii'il tluit lint Mmihu ilvnnnty will Ni'iin lir Tilfltnry niul Unit China will he a new republic, Chinatown hero to In v lilitxcd out with revolutionary flitK4 mid hnmiers in honor of the oxpcclcd I) Will. In stuffy little stores jabbering Co lotinU crowded around interpreter who liihniiouly (.polled out from American iitmpiiporw the story of the MkiicIiii surrender. In u number of shops brilliant pouter hearing pictures of Wnsliing tou, Lincoln, Wu Ting Fattif mid Dr. Sun Yut Sun wore linn in I ho win down. The pohtorw bore the words, "Groat liberators," in hold l'hlnoo t'hiiniotorw. I'iIm-o CIiIiiomi) Oli'limto, SAX PRANOISCO, Citl., Dee. 21).--Snii Krmioihoo'H Chiiiutown in joy liiuil today mnl 10,01)11 tpictioltwH Mon golians nro otnoiing upon the n ront on t Orioutnl fctu over known in the ITnitud Slates. The Mniiohu tlirono Iiiih fallun Mid now Cliiua is a fact. Republican flags float ovorywhoio In tho ipmvlor mid lanterns nro ohm torod think mnid hminors mid ribbons on every (piniut little halconv. llont ititr lotu-toutH o-oelio through the narrow streets mid iiioonno in ho thiol; in tho M)hh houses that tho nil' in in toxicating. Today in Hid beginning. Tho und will not come until Now Yoar'n nfjlit. And Sttnda ytho tovol will roach its height. Hnnquots, processions, queer re ligious ooremonfos and Chinese tho ntiicals arc included in tho program. ItiiHinoxH I10118O8 nro olimini; down, ilancinj,' uirln art) uottinu out thoir moHt piiKOoiirt cosiinoH, Ioiih of idioJ Himy mnl Pi) Youui Dan nro lioini jtropaicd in tho iktoheiiH mnl CIiIiioho nowshoys nro yolling thoir oNtntK of repulilican Httcoctm throughout tho tliroiiKi'd Htrcutri. T rOHTLAND, Ore, Dpo. 20. - M")' vh Oohlhoif,', wuittPd.iu Ran PrauoiH tni for Hut omhozzloiuont of 1000 i'roin Jlax Morris, n jou'tilor, wuh ar riihltul horo today und 1h hold pi'iullnt; adviooH from Sun Prauoirtoo, floldliorj,' walUod Into tho polloo Htalioii mid nakod for tho iutohI of u woman whom ho Hitid had Htolou jowolry from him. "I'm wiho to you," Haiti Dotootivo loo Day. "Yon nro tho man wanted in Situ I'YiuivIhoo for onihor.v.lini; from Mux MoitIh," floldhorif adniittod IiIh iilenlily, hut hiiIiI ho lunl not om-bozj'-k'il 1110 tlitnj, ill BETO SECURE Ir. Htm Vol RATE ON LEMONS IS New Order Is Handed Down liy tho Interstate Commerce Commission Is Identical With One Recently En joined hy Commcrco Court. WASHINGTON, I). C, Dee. 20. Tho iutorHtnto iiiuitiifin-f. t'oinuiiiwinn todity limidfd down a now order in tin Icimtn mini) of California. It afjain piOHoriho 11 rato of $1 per hun dred wnit-ht for lonion xliipiod from nouthorn CalifoiniH to point oimt of tho ItovkiuM and ordoc the railway, to oono (ihurKhiK thoir rato of $l.l.t for two yoai" fronrPohrunry next. Tho coiiimlftHloii'H order in iiloutiiMl with that which it was tutjoiiiod from onforciuK hy tho uomuioroo ouiirt in Ootohor. Tho intoiittato oomniortio coiuuii--hion also granted the MUithoiu Cali fornia lomon (jroworH ropanition for freight olutrj'OK paid in oxopmi of $1 per hundred weight, the a.xaot itmoiiutH to bo determined later. The order Vf tho eomtnlKwiun Ik ll(o heKiuiiin 4if a new attnolc on the (Miniuierco court, which hold that the coinmiKhion wiib oxceediiu: it author ity in reducinc rattw. Tho eoiinniHsion's tieeniul order i expected to put tho ipiestion of the railroad rate's reaKonalilontws Hipinroly up to tho court of eommeroo, wliieli feature wuk not eoiihidored in tho oouit's first docihiou. The now older is hitMd on the fuel Hint tho railroads heretofore iao 00 oaHiouallv maintained lower rates 011 lomoiis than on oranOf,; that the average haul of lemons Is HOI) nillos less than that of oranges mid that moid oraiiKOH than lemons move un der iefrieiatiou. JAPAN WILL NOT BLOCK REBELS Noto Is Sent to Wu Tlnn Faun Stat ion. That Jnpanoso Will Not Uso Their Influence to Balk Plans of rtovolutlonlsts. TOKJO, Doc. 20. Iteplyin,, to a domund liy Wu Tine; Punt- that Jitp auoKO suppoit !o withdrawn from tho Mnuohu tlyniiHty tho Jupaneso fov oifjn miiilHtor today issuud a slato mont (U'dlurtui that ilapan's jiolloy of noninlorforoiico in tho dolihoratious ri'Ravtlliiw; tho form of tho Chinqso Kovoruiuont was novor iutonded to ex tend lo coercion In favor of n nion-iiiohy, $1 per in SAYSCOMMIS IN Hon. LA FOLLETTE IS EXIENDEB HEARTY OVATIONSIN OHIO His Proarcss Across tlie State Is Continual Ovation Thousands Hear Him Explain Why He Is a Candidate for President. NOHTH HAiHMOIM-:. Ohio, Dec. 20. With every shop mid store in the town uloMcd to honr him jspcnk, Sen ator Robert M. Ln Pollotte of Wis (longin was u'lvon a niol enthusiastio welcome, here today mid 2o00 porsoiis heartily cheered him as ho explained why he was a candidate for the pres idential nomination. hit Polletto'rt tour of the Rtato hits taken tho nature of a continual ova tion. ThotiMiuds turn out to K-'ot him. All the wnv to this city from To ledo, La Pollotte jjot a warm welcome aluii the lino of the iutenirbmi elec tric road, by which ho traveled. At Bowline (heeu n t-reat crowd blocked the prosis of the ear on which ha Pollettu rode mid, on their demand, tho Wisconsin senator stood in the door of the lindane car and spoke for two minutes to the throng. At 12 ri0 today tlu I.n Polletto party loft hero for Lima, where they oiiukIiI a train for Dayton, where, tho progressive loader speaks, tonight. La Polletto's pnrty is liwiirlv BTowinj and it has beoomo neeessar" for them to have a special oar. Most of thoso lutcotnputiyiiii him aro representa tives of nowspa)ers who aro joining tho tour at every stop. LINCOLN, Nob., Dec. 20. A peti tion is liciiitr circulated today to place tho name of William J. Bryan 011 tho presidential primary ballot, thus duplicating tho muddled republican situation which has been tho result of John Ynysor's putting Koosovelt's name oil tho ballot. It is not believed that Hryau will iiermit tho uso of his name. v "' TO THE PUBLIC. t. Tho Now Year's Mail Tribune will bo tho largest and finest edition ayo havo ovor attempted to issuo. Jt will contain more cuts than all provious special issues combined. It is far and away tho most costly edition ovor attempted in southern .Orogon. Tho Now Year's number will contain an illustrated orchard section, devoted to horticultural intorests of tho valloy; a Medford section, dovotcd to tho growth and oxpansion of tho city, with panoramas and photos of all now buildings and statis tics of improvements; a Roguo river valloy section, with panoramas of tho various .cities and photos of thoir buildings and descriptions of thoir progress. Thoro will bo illustrated articlos on tho now Prospect power plant, on the convict camp, on Crater Lake highway, on valloy soil survoy and many other subjects. wo appeat 10 nio poopio or. tlio Koguo river valloy, onerous support. Now is tho timo to show tho world" generous cooperate in tho ondoavor. T.-" U BIG EXCURSION LEAVES TODAY John M. Scott Present to See That Evcrythlna Goes 'Off Wcll-153 Tickets Were Sold' at Noon Today for the South. MANY BUY TICKETS TO GO' DOWN LATER Scott Says Next Summer Excursions From California Will Be Run North and Will Stop Here. With John M. Scott, genernl pas senger agent of tho Southern Pacific present, accompanied by District Su perintendent Clmmberlin of tho Pull man company, to see tlmt everything goes off nicely, MedfordV speciul ex cursion train to Log Angeles will leave at 3:H0 o'clock da afternoon. With this excursion Medford has the distinction of being the only city of its size in tho United States to pull off such mi event. Local people have been fumixhed a speciid tram con sisting of it baggage car, diner, four Pullmans and 1111 observation car. With 1511 tickets to Los Angeles sold at 110011, prospects are that at lenst 200 local people will take ad vantage of tho special excursion rate of $:i5 to Los Angeles mid return. While most of tho uarlies buying their tickets today will leave nt 3 JO ). in. on the .sjiecinl train provided for this city, a number will go to Ash- laud where they will validate their tickets, making them good for the next 00 days, going $, California inter. "We will run excursions from southern California to Oregon nntl northern isjints next summer," stated John 3L Scott, geernl passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, who spent the day in Medford. "There will bo n Willamette valley excursion to California in tho near future and several from northern cities, but none is in prospect from Portland. "Wo will even up the score by bringing Cahforuiniis to Oregon dur ing tho summer months," he con tinued, "nud arrangements are al ready under way for several excur sions and we will try mid have them stop nt the cities along tho line." Among those who will make up the crowd are Messrs. Withrow, Taylor, Utley, Gravatt, Smith, Nye, Ashworth, Itehkoff, Wagner, Colvig, Morrison, Duulup, Phipps, Morris, Glusgow, Wheeler, MeClcndon, Nitcheu, Amy Gregory, Chessmore, Parker, Welch, Soliss, Gates, Quauyaw, Eiumcrson, Mason, Jerry, llathoway, Kiusaw, Leonard, MeCredie, Hawaii, Pelton, Knysor, Pierce, Thompson, Urowuhill, Jameson, Ends, Dierdorff, Savage, Snow, Brown, Cottrell, Laue, Har grave, Pry, Gabriel, llartzell, Kent,' Piero, Kceue. Heavy Undertone Stocks. NEW YOltK, Dec. 29. Today's slock market opened with ti heavy undertone and pressure against Unit ed States Steel and other speculative favorites. Prices wero irregular. After a slight rally bear operators undermined tho market again mid sold St. Paul and Lehigh Valley lib erally. Other dssue-s howovor, did not recede and tho market again moved upward. Now York Central was up u point and Missouri Pacific 1 1-1. r V '1 l FOR CALIFORNIA MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. One of the Features of the New Till cut fcliouliig tlio new Sacred cost of SMO.OOO Ih one of tlio nixui extra, copies now RANCHERS GETTINCTOGETHER Committee of Willow Springs District Ranchers Spend Long Hours With Officials of Canal Company In Ef fort td Work Matter Out. r i ' In tinier to "get together" aou" Urns? secure water for their holdings in the Willow Springs district, near Central Point, n committee of ranchers were closeted with officials of the Rogue River Valley Canal company several hours Thursday and other meetings have been arranged in order that the matter might be successfully thrashed out. Mnnngor Cumniings stated today that he believed it possible to come to nu understanding with the com mittee fsoon. PUBUMARKET ONJIVERSIDE Committee Will Probably Decide to Locate Public Market on Property Owned by City at East End of Eighth Street. While not making a definite an nouncement of their decision it is re ported that the public market com mit too of the city cotinoil yill locate the market on the property owned by tho city ou Riverside at tho cast end of Eighth street. This lot is 300 by 200 in size. Russians Occupy Tabriz. ST. PBTKHSBima. Doc. 29. Husslan troops have- formally occu pied Tabriz, Poraln, after bombnrd Jug tho official heudquartors thoro for two days, and the town is again reported quiet. particularly MQULoru, lor our progress. All should '& 1TE COMPANY N Heart hojHnl on Vob Hill which la now ncitrln completion nt n feuturvef of the Xciv Vcar'fi cdUion of Tfio htit Tribune. Order your RELAY STATION OF PHONE COMPANY Preparations Now Under Way to Move Trouble Finders and'Toll Re lay Station From Grants Pass to This Ciby at First of Year. - 1. Arrangements have Fiien made by the Pacific States Telephone com pany to move thoir "trouble finders" mid relay toll station from Grants Pass to Medford. This move U to be made in the very near future. Tho equipment to be moved to Med ford is bulky and will take some time. Six employes, four of them gp erators, will also be transferred from Grants Pas to this city. Somo timo ago it was announced that the telephone company intended to concentrate a number of thoir dis trict offices in Medford, as this city is geographically situated so as to make it idonl for a central office. While tho company has not con firmed the report, for somo time a persistent report lias been circulating that tho company would erect a build ing of its own next season. B0SINEN FOR OREGON CITY Hereafter a Business Manager Will Be Employed to See That the City Gets a Dollar's Worth for Every - One Expended for Improvements. OKKGON CITY, Ore., Dec. 21). Orogon City i to havo a business manager, according to Mayor Dimick today. lie said mi ordinanco would soon bo introduced in tho council profil ing for tho appointment of a capable man to attend to the city's business, affairs. "I think it is a stcu in tho right direction," said Dimick. "A city should havo its affairs handled with tho same curofttl attention to detail as any private business. "A business manager would un doubtedly savo tho community money. Ills business would bo to sco that for every dollar tho city would ro oeivo tho vnluo of 100 cents in re turn." MEN LINE UP TO GET JOBS IN PORTLAND PORTLAND, Oro., Dee. 29. Sov- oral hundred men without employ ment and with families ,to support lined up tit tho city hall today, each hoping that ho would bo 0110 of tho 25 who would bo chosen to go to work on tho Mount Tubor roud by tho au thorities, Tho city has appropriated $10,000 to oxpond in witgoa for tho purpose of aiding tho enforced idle. TD BE MOWED ER Year s Edition HAGUE TRIBUNAL SHOULD NAVE HAD I GHANGEATTREATY So Says Theodore Roosevelt In Dis cussing Recent Abrogation of Rus sian Treaty Says Congress' Was Right, However, in Acting. ., NEW yORIv. Doc. 2a.piscuuis.-. in the Outlovk, out trtdaythenbro, gntiott of the Russian treaty of 1832, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt approves the action of congress, but decWctf 1 that he believes so serious a matter should have been submitted to The Hague that a decision on tho inlet -pretution of the existing treaty might have been rendered, lie says: t "I cordially approve tho action by congress in abrogating the Russian treaty. Men must voto and act on situations actually confronting them, ' and in the actual event tho congress- -men had only two alternatives. They had to either abrogate tho treaty or. allow our government to submit to n construction which would eventually become intolerable to our national rc bpocLmid represent continuing wrong, " especially to American citizens of the Jewish faith. "Hut I still believe that in so se rious 11 matter it would havo been well to have first endeavored to so-, ouro a decision by The Hnguo courty' on the interpretation, of tho existiiig, troaty. I am confident that gucjTju.1 (k'cifiou would have boon in ourVfhs or. And if so it would have enabled! Russia to ictiro from hoY untenable5 position vjitlt good grace, and with.? lo&s to her self reonaut-xniuob? that should always be holdJU when dealing with n forcjignii' While, if the- deeisioji nj M? terpretntion ohiuso in miejili boon advorso to u, w9pf' havo abrogated the treaty!! would have been clearly ly iu so doing." 35,612 PROF SALEM" W. nnortioninniil' nt from tho natoifnl ooipts is $3f,qjMi, tho statu QhpgTfun. hUlltu 9ti nnr niif nt lit from tho liatfonu! 'foroa for lull. Tho sums 10. tho foroi.tj in this stuto h oral government during tho); cnl year wore Caseades,)$l Orator, $5803.07, Desohutr 205.27; Fremont, $3712.45; : $3380.03; Oregon, $3807.00 you, $201.74; Siuslaw, $27.? tilhl. iSirjSR.n.t? Wnllnmn. 5 Wonnha, $1403.28; WhiimI BM.bO. The sonrcoa of iricp tbo nntiannl fnroafa nvn otiln ber, foes for grazing incp loaso of power plauts, cto. , -ifc, Nof many houses wlllha' tliia city this veok ox:ooju WUiit advorlliiiiK, 3 1 "t 'M? m