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PAfl-TC STX lrEDFOT?D MATH TRTBTJNE. MTttVFORD. ORTCCIOX. TTTTTCRDAY. VVmr VRY ?2. 1012. .t M i :i i. ASQU1TH TRIES 10 AVERT STRIKE Over 600,000 Mine Workers Arc Plnnntiif to Go Out and Already Coal Famine is Felt Throughout the United States. LONDON, Fob. 28. Promler As qulth mot the con I operators nml rep roRcntntlvofl or tho miliars here lodav In an effort to avert a threatened ' Htrlko of (500,000 mine workers throughout two United Kingdom, Th men want tho minimum wage plan of payment and while the owners .u willing to grunt this scnlo In ab normal places, they havo flatlj re fused to consider tho minimum wa,i scalo n general thing. If tho scalo Is carried Into effect nt loaBt ,200,000 peoplo besides min ors will bo thrown out of emploj mont Hlg Iron works, believing that tho strike la siiro to come. alread liavo served notice on their employes that their sorvlcos will not bo needed after Fobruary 29. when tho coal miners aro 'scheduled to quit work. In all big trade centers tho price of coal Is nonrlng and Is already be yond tho reach of tho poorer class. Mutt and Jeff at the Medford Tonight BLUE LEDGE SHELTER RUMOR GAINS CREDENCE Tho rnmor to the effect that the Dluo Iedgo mine was to erect a smelter, probably In or near Med ford, and that they aro to build a steam road for the transportation of their oros, which was current In this city January 23, when It was learned thnt the company had rocelvod a pat ent to twenty-four claims, has boon confirmed to a degree by news dls patchos from Washington. In tho course of tho article Hon. W. C. Hawloy states that ho has been given to understand that tho above- mentioned action will be carried out In the near future and that the mine will employ about 1500 men regu larly. This statement from "Washington comes In a way of a confirmation of tho opinion of tho mining men and others of this city who have been in terested in the matter. Howevor, as yet thoro has boon no definite state ment from Kobort S. Townc of "New- York City, owner of tho property and this is being considered in con nection with tho report. Somo of thoso who know condi tions best nre of tho opinion that the statement, while not coming dlrootly from Towuo, is given with his knowl edge, and therefore authentic. BELIEVES THAT WOMAN VAS SHOT BY ACCIDENT BEST TREES IN WORLD GROW IN THE WEST SAX FKANVlsro, Feb. 22. a thorough investigation the police here an satisfied Unlay that Mr. F.lise Hhoe. seMer-m-law of Adorably -mnn Xntluut Coghlan, who was fatal ly shot in the attorney's room, met her death through accident. A second march of the apartment AtivTi Throughout the FneihV -Ion and Koekv mountain region- grow the largest and imn-t valuable eoniferous tree specie of the world, the pine. the spruce, the Douglas fir. the bal sam ftr. the hemloeka, the cedars and the Sequoias (redwoods). Kach 'WILL REBUILD ! BURNED AREA ' Houston Loss Is Placed nt $6,000,000 While tho Insurance Will Not Ex ceed AQ Per Cent of tho Whole Structures Will Be Much Better. HOrSTON, Texas. Fob. 22. Al though tho ruins or Houston's moat devastating fire hu still hoi, tho work of clearing away the debet started in earnest today for the pur pose of rebuilding the binned urea at once The cotton plants diwtro.vod also will bo rebuilt, the contractu In xoventl Instances alreudv tuning been let I A roiiKorvnttvo estimate today place the losses at $t,lHiO,000. while the InsuiaiH'o'. will not exceed 10 per cent. KAll.UOAII II. MIC TAI11.K Southern 1'mlrio NOKT1I HOUNH No. One. 20 Portland passenger.. . S:0l a. in. 24 Valley motor car. ... 10:21 a. in. 32 Valley motor car.... 1:4s p.m. 10 Or-gon Kvprom fi.'J I p. in. 1 1 Portland express .... R: 19 p. in. SOUTH HOUND 2:5 Valley motor car.... S:irn. in. 10 California Kpres. . . 10::U. a. m. :tl Valloy motor car.... 2:2 1p.m. K! San Francisco Kxpross 3:32 p. m. It Ashland Local 11 :22 p in. BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE MEET The Uapllst Young People's I ulon met In the social hall of tho Hnpllst church Wednesday evening and a de lightful time vim enjoyed by the 1'0-odd nutniher In attemlanco. A burloHinio college moot was put on In wliluh tho college loprosonlod wero "PunUIn Centor," "Puuluird" and "Spugetto." All of How par took In an International track meet. Puukla center coming out first.. 11. DcAriuoud wan awarded first prlie for being the smartest mnn on earth and (leo. Hawkins for being the dullest. The. coininlttee In eharge wero the Misses Nellie forum, I'm lie .loliiiHoiili I'loicueo lliwelrlgg. Harriott CnnUlIll Olive Johnson. Mabel Kvoilinrdt, and V K .Muedenhall, Muhhih. Chiiilem Ibuner. Karl KImim". II. II Conwoll. The evening was delightfully cloned with a light lum-heoti. BUCKET SHOP MEN GIVE UP WITH ADVERSE RULING NNW YOHIC. Feb Hit -Having fail ed to have tho nntl-hitcket shop law In tho District of Columbia declared uut'oustltutloiial. I.ouIh and Angolo Colin of Ht. Louts and Hnmiiol Adler of Now York, Indicted In IIMO on n chat go of coiiHiilracy for oieiatlng bueket shops III Washington, today siiriendorsd to I'nlled States Marshal llonkol mid wero admitted to ball by United States Commissioner Shields. They probably will n onloiod to Washington for trial. iiSIOVELL CASE GOES lleil Stoel, aricHtiMl Wednesday charged with an iihniiiiU by Mih. Kffln Jones, was leli'Mhc'il on his own iettg nlxnino Woduomlny evening by Jim tiro Taylor, to appear for lilnl tit (1 o'clock Hot ill (In y inoiuliig. Mis. Joiios, tlio complaining WlU liens. Is Hiild to luive doi'iiiiiied. MILWAIMCK1C. Fob. 22. UltiUHll fled approval was given President Tuffs administration by a largo rop lorfoiitntlnn of his follower finm t pints of Wisconsin at a bauiiiet iuro tonight, Progressive Aggressive in which the tragedy ooeurred showed I w of these has at least one insect GIRL CLAIMS SHE IS DAUGHTER OF MILLIONAIRE DENVER. Col., Feb. 22. That her real name i1 Heine Axelhoimer and that she is tlio daughter of a million aire living in Roeliestcr. N. V., is tire claim made heio today by Mi Kwie May Fooler. Miss Foster sa' .-he will he aided by Iter lather to obtain the $100,000 estate of tho late Mr. Ilanniih Foster, with whom the girl lived nearly all lior life, and whom bhe tliotight until rceeutly wa& hor real mother. Mihs Fobtur say.s she was kidnap ped when only a fow months old and taken from her faihur's home in Ho-cliesler. Rebels Defeated EAfiLE PASS, Texas, Feb. 22. Reports received here today are that the fcdcraU, oomniamled by Kmilio Madero, hrntlier to l'reideut Fran-fii-eo ! Madcro, dufented the rebeife nt Kan l'edro. near Torrcon. TELLS HOW SHUSTER v, LEFT TEHERAN being held at the arlatlon field, that the bullet which eau-el Mrs. Kluve death pa.el Jtheongh her 'knit and lodged in the eeiliug in direct line with a wnall dent made in the brickwork aboat the firepiaee where the revolver fell a the womau picked it up to cxainiue it. Thi ac counts for the nlteienee of powder mark, which at firt led the jMdiee ' believe flint Mr, ifhoe met death m other than aceidenlal ma'iuer. SHOOTING AFFAIR LEADS TO RECONCILIATION SEATTLE, Feb. 22. Ffeeom-ilia-tion with his wife, from whom hu ha been divorced, wax the rexult of n shooting affair yetenlay. in wlti h Levi T. Iaoe, a contractor, wax wounded by John Perorieh. a laborer. When Mrs. Lane heard of the shoot ing ahe rothed to the hospital and K staying by the bedside of her former husband. It stated today that the couple have forgotten their enue of hI mi ration and he deJ.U-d to re marry ax Boon a Iane recovers. To Transfer Wireless Force. VALLBJO. Cal., Feb. 22. Word was received that tho Mare Uland wireless force will be transferred to Alaska May 1. It will practically rebuild several northern plants anil daylight service between San Fran cisco and Alaska will be established. Lieutenant II. K. Dodd will be in command of the party, which will be absent about four months. enemy which ha killed tree in the paat and if actually doing ?o today. In a paper recently prepared and read by a government expert on for est tree inseets and dis-eaxe. it wa-. found that in a national forest where there was no evidence of destructive Ores for the lat 20 years the stand ing and fallen dead yellow pine thnt had died within that ieriod and which had heretofore been coino'dared a a natural and inevitable forelt condi tion, represented in board feet near'y half a? much timber as w lheu liv in?. The sugar Hiie and Douglas 11 r repreftented one-fourth as much dead a was then living. Every dead tree examined in Ibis estimate showed evi dence that it had been killed by in sect. An irreparable Ion wo caused from an aesthetic point of view in 1904 and 1905 by the death, througl'i the attack of the mountain pine beetle, of the three giant sugar nin- on the trail from Wuwoua to Glaeur Point and the Yosemile nllev. T'ic veteran sugar pine known a "I'nele Tom," along the mad entering the park, was also killed by this beetle. The fact that it is plainly shown that this waste of natural resource can be prevented must intere-t not only the officials of our national mid ktute parks nod forests but eveiy owner of timber large and small. Pacific and l&isU'ni LKAVK No. 2 Pamougar I l'atcioiiK.or A It 111 VK 1 Paseungor Hue. 8:1 I a. in. 3:15 (. m. 10:20 a. in. llogue ltlver Valley It. It. LKAVK No. Medford. 1 Motor S:0fia. m. 3 Train It : 00 a. in. 7 Train 0:00 p. m. 9 Motor S-30p. in. 5 Train .1 00 p in. All Trains Stopped SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Fob. 22. All schedules wero abandoned on tho railroads onturln; Springfield and tho railroad serrlco Is almost nt a standstill as a result of the blizzard. I 9 -3 X v. V. Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life This refers to hieiithlug -particularly children- nothing else; Tnlk all you want to TALK AllOHT 1H but broatbo through our homo. Chlldrou vvllh AI)I:N0I1)K bocouio mouth brmitliers. Any llilcrfeieucu with nasal bronthlug RKTARDH developniont both PHYSICAL and MKNTAL A Iniiluuss tlmt doe not advcillno has ADKNUIDH poor iloveloiununt. WK IIAVR NO AWSNOIDJ4 AND WIC WANT YOUR WORK W'u offer the iiwt of ability and tnUnlug at a modorato foo Mild UNTIL .MA ROM ITU A DISCOUNT OF xf. PUR CJKNT 1'OR Tfllg ADD. O H CONSlti.TATlON ALWAYS FRKK Clsik E. SHiiuders, M. I). It. Iv Oiueti, M. I). Drs. Saunders & Green Practice limited 'to EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT. GARXETT-COREY RLDO. MEDI'ORl), OKKOO.V T, V. 5 I 5 in v, X 7 J I Reliabl Ethical Obsorve Washington's Birthday OAKLAND. Cal.. Feb. 22. Wash ington's birthday was fittingly ob served here today, a regatta on Lake Merrltt, the third day's program of tho international aviation meet now a baud concert at Lakeside park by Paul Stelndorffs band and athlotlo contests of various kinds In the play grounds of the city. Jealous, Kills Rival NANAIMO, D. C, Feb. 22.- Crazed by spurned affections, a. Jap anese named lilkidah fired four shots at his rival and wounded pretty 17-year-old Klko Mowelda In the lioad. Later he returned to the scene of tho crime and was arrested. It is likely both victims will die. Casper Drops From Sight. OAKLAND. Cal.. Feb. 22. That Sir Harry Woatwood Cooper, ' known hero as "Dr. Abraham," whs rcrsla Is described as one of thd1" Montreal with bis bride, Miss Ahum Mllbiath, last Monday, February IV, Is tho Information that comes to the local rtuthorltieg through a telegram koitt from Gary, lud., by Hen Mil brath to tho Mllbiath home In this city. Since Monday no further trace of him has beou leceivod. most delightful places of resldonco In Uio world by Mr, IMward licit, First Secretary of tho American Legation at 'J'eberau. Ho loft that city January 11 In company with Mr. Morgan ShUElcr and liua Just returned to this country, Ho will return to Teheran In a month. jlo Ml" uo W11S onx,ous to correct a report that Mr. Sinister loft Teheran under escort of n troop of cavalry, whoso captain was ordered to seo him across tho Pcrfilaii frontier. Mr Sinister and 1 left tho citv .m. lemlcd lu uu automobile," J TORONTO, Out., Fell. 22. -The worst snow storm of tho year i rug ing today ull over Ontario Tram nro four to ten hum-. Kite and ,ill sticci cur trutlic here is tied up. Bribery Cases Stir Senate. WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. Tho Irlmer and Stephenson cases occu pied the entire lime of the senate today. Senator Ileyburn, who wrote a majority of tho oplulon exonerating Stopbeuson, drew a hot reply from Senator Hiislow when he announced his Intention to press the Stephen son case for continuous considera tion until disposed or. Drlstow de clared If Heyburn thought he could drive the matter along he would find he was mistaken. "There may be some reasona why hs does not want the details of this case exposed, but they will bo pre sented, " Lorimer's caso came up during tho discussion and Senator Crawford wanted to know when tho senate might expect a roport. Chair man Dillingham of tho Investigating committee was unable to glvo any satisfaction. Postal Clerks to Meet TACOMA, Wn., Feb. 2'J. Fully 1'jO mail officials, postal clcrU mid let tor camels left today ior FAerett to attend the uunual convention (, (ho Washington Letter Carriers' iisko eiatinu. (icuige Sweeney will lie bucked by the Tncomu dulegate Joi prusulunl of (lie organiatiou. St. Louis in Crime Throes. ,ST, LOUIS,- Mo., Fob. 22. Ht. Louis today was In tho throoa of a lawbreaklng carnival. Tho police igomod tumble to lepress a wavo of during crimes which swept tho city. Ono of the startling outiagos was tho blowing of n theutro uafo after two employes had been bound to watu where they could wadli the hafe c rat king. f r t t T T f f r T T r t t ;. X I ! I I t T T T t T T r T ? T T T T T T T f T T t 1 27th Friday and Saturday We have selected Four Big Specials for this sale. They are the best ever offered. You cannot afford to miss any of the BIG FOUR Regular $1.50 a yard 50-inch, all-wool Serge, in Navy, Red Leather, Brown, and Tan, sponged and shrunk At the extra special price of, yard A full-sized Bed Spread, a big bargain at $1.50 For the two days only, each 27 inch silk Foulards, and fancy cotton and silk mixtures Values from 58c to $1.00 per yard V 19-inch Wear well silk, regular 58 cents a yard, all colors, For the two days, per yard $1.29 98c 38c 38c Hutchison & Lumsden f T T f T t T t f ? ? T T f ? T f f T T T f f f 4. J J