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Today and Tsusdny, rnln,
warmer. Sunday, cloudy.
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MKDFOKD, OUWiOX, TTKSDA V. DKCICMBJCR 7, 1909.
No. 22&
TAFT TELLS
OF VAN
NATION'S
NEEDS
Prosidont's First Annual
Moisago Hoard by Con-)
gross--Much Legislation Is
Rocommondod,
URGES ACTION AS '
TO LAW'S DELAY '
Says Nicaragua Situation
May Call for Harsh Meas
ures Expenditures Cut.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 7.--Presiilent
Taft'u firnt regular annual meaMigo
to eoiigrosH wns sent to that body to
day. It consists of about 'J0,000
words iiiiiI tluit litnvcri for subsequent
(liHCIIHMIIII ill Hpocilll moHllgeH t)lO I III -
portunt aubjoots of anti-trust nnd iu-tcr-Htatu
commerce legislation iih well
ii8 legislation for further laws to pro
mote tlio conservation of thu natural
resources. TIicho qucHtiotiH arc moat
ly referred to incidental)' in thu prea
cut message.
With regard to Nicaragua, Presi
dent Tuft refers to tho "nnd talo of
the iinepouknblo barbarities nnd op
prcHHlon alleged to have been commit
ted liy tho Zelaya government," and
to the fact that two Americans wore
roccntly put to dentil by ordera of
Zelayaliiinnelf and HityH thin gov
oniincnt is proceeding "with deliberate
cireiiuiKtiectiou" to dutenninc tho ex
act truth and tho con run to bo pur
Hucd "moot consistent with its dlg
uity, its duty to Amorican interests
and its iKoral obligations to Contral
America,"
JnAii Exonerated.
Tho moBsngo oxonorntcs Japan:
from tho clinrgo of acokmg a monop
oly in Manchuria and anya that our
relations with that country continue
cordial an usual. It pointH out the
Hiiccexsful efforts that have been
(Continuod on Pago 2.)
PROPL'RT MULES IN
THE BUSINESS WORLD
NBW YORK, Dec. 7. That Indus-
trlnl prosporlty rulos throughout tho
United States and that business men'
of the country o'xpoct It to contlnuof
Ir hIiowh In roporta from 3000 repre
sentative firms, compiled by tho Na
tional Association of Manufacturers.
John Klrby, Jr., president of tho as
aoclatlon, summing up tho rowult of
tho report) received, anya:
"It la qulto within tho boundfl of
conHorvatlHin to nay that today prac
tlcally two yeara after our so-called
pnnlc tho country hna reached n con
dition of normal prosporlty. Ily nor
mal proHjiorlty la mount to b oundor
itood a satisfactory ntnto of manu
facturing, soiling and cnllcctloiiH.
"This statement la not based upon
an unsupported optimism, but upon
Much unfailing tradu lmromotors as
tho agricultural output, banlc clear
ings, mnnufntturlng, moving of
freight and other well known Indica
tion!!." A majority of manufacturers, In
limiting suggestions iib to tho boat
moans to maintain n condition of nor-
mal prosperity throiiKbout tho conn-!
try, nrgo tuat it is nocoflsnry 10 -hoop
down tho prlccn of rnw mntorlals,"
and avoid further tariff limitation for
tho prosont. It Is furthor necessary,
they assort, that all Intoronta In tho
gonornl wolfaro of tho country
"preach conr.orvntlsm and f lht wild
Hpcculatlon In real catato and enter
prises In gonornl, aa woll nB In Wall
Htreot."
BLACKSMITHS GO OUT
IN DOILERSHOPS
HOIIKNAOTADY, N. Y Deo. 7
Six hundred blnoksmlths nnd boilor
mnkovB of tho local branoh of tho
morican I.ocomotlvo company, wont
out on n Btriko today for higlior
GETS
AIN: HILLS
Cold Spoil in Mountains Still
Prevails, Although Valley
Tomporaturo Is Steadily
Rising.
RAIN OR SNOW IS
TONIGHT'S FORECAST
No Floods Caused Owing to
Fast That Cold Snap Pre
vonts Snow Molting.
4- Tho weather man says It
will rain or anow tonight and
Wednesday. Tho tomporaturo -f
will rlo. On Mondiiy night
.90 of nn Inch of ruin foil.
With a Btcndy downpour bf rain
fall In tho valley, causing tho anow
to melt rapidly, n flood In local
utreunm.was expected, but reports
from tho mountains show that tho
cold wav'o thero ban not broken a. J
wiow lu stilt falling ntcadlly. This
account!) for tho lack of rlso In tho
Htreams of tho valley.
Tho Roriio at noon Tuesday waa at
tho same level It has hold for tho past
thrco days.
Train Bervlco has not aa yot boon
Bcrloualy Interfered with, but tracks
uro slow and arc ROttlnc soft. Tho
season of tho year when slides pro
vail la at hand, but so far nothing of
a serious nnturo has occurred.
Twolvo InchcB of snow foil at tho
government flab hatchery nt tho
mouth of Elk crook 8cturday night
and Sunday morning, as moaaurcd by
II. L. Kolly, Jr.
Mr. Kelly, who la In Modford to
day, aya that snow foil on him part
of tho v;ay down from tho hatchory
Monday, and "bo bollovos that eovoral
Indies more havo fallen by this tlmo,
Tho present storm 1b piling up hhow
In tho mountnlna, and tho streams
uro not rlelni; nearly co rapidly nor
so high ns they did during tho No
vombor storm, which was a warm
rain nnd extended ns n rain ovon up
to tho upper alopca of Mt. McLaugh
lin. During tho Novomber storm tho
surveyor's camp of tho Pacific &
Kaatern at Willow t'rnlrlo abovo tho
head of Dig Hutto waa flooded out;
by tho water which camo down from
Mt. McLaughlin, duetto tho molting
of tho anow on tho aladea of tho
mountain by tho rain.
A heavy snowfall In tho high places
moans an nlmndanco of inolnturo for
theonsulng season, nnd aa tho prosont
storm la snow on the mountains nnd
rain In tho valleys, tho prospects nro
good for bumper crops lu all linos for
tho next season.
TESTS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
AGAINST MOVING TROLLEY
NEW OHIdiANS, Doe. 7. --Tlio
mofit eheorful patient in tho hospital
is .1. 0. Wilson, who doelares that his
faith in Christian Seienco hud been
slreiiL'lliened by n tost lie made in
stepping in front of fWispeodint,' trol
ley car nt Washington and Dupro
streets.
Surgeons nt tho Charity hospital,
w.horo tlio man was taken, say ho has
concussion of tho brain, gashes nnd
cuts about tlio head nnd face, aud
that tho left li may havo to bo nin
putnlcd. Wilson affirms 'that ho does not
feel any pain.
"I left my lodgings this morning
with tho linos of truo thought run
niiiK through my brain," ho said. "I
saw tlio oar oominp; nnd instantly re
solved to put my boliof to a tost. As
it drow within n fow foot of mo T
slopped onto tlio trnoks. ,1 hoard
tho clanging of gongs, tho shouts of
tho motormnn and tho Roronming of
woniep, Then I woko up hero."
HURRICANE
sSlillHil
It la reported that Mr. And Mm. John Jacob Astor have aCclicI up their difficulties following the recent
scare over the continued dUappOfcrancj of Colonel Autor aiid Ids private yacht, believed to bare been lost In a
liurricanp which nwept tho Cajrlbbea'i sea. When found to. be safe, Mrs. Astor Is said to hare owed to settle
her cllfficultiea wltli tlio colonel for tho unite of their eon, Vincent; Tho above picture-shows' Colonel Astern
young Vincent and tho yacht, which, by tho way, is said to be the finest in the world.
HENEY BRINGS
$250,000 SUIT
CHARGING LIBEL
Sues William H. Crocker for Even Arizona Is Experienc
Article Published in the( ing a Snowstorm Denver
New York Evening Post Is Also in the Grip of a
Regarding His Methods. I
SAT FHANCISCO, Cab, Dec. 7.
Francis J. Honey announced todny
that he had brought suit in Now York
today for $250,000 damages, alleged
libel nnd defamation ol character,
against William IT. Crocker, vico
prosidont of tho Crocker National
Bank of San Francisco.
Tho suit is tho result of n letter
signed by Crocker, printed in tho
New York Evening Post of Decem
ber H, nllcging that Honey employed
criminal mothods in conducting his
graft prosecutions.
HIGHER ROAD TAX IS
, NEEDED IN COUNTY
(Frui Grower.)
The.ro will bo 1,000,000 fruit treos
and grape viui!s planted in Jackson
county tlis winter. Tho largo ucro
ago now planted ami the immense
number of trees cortuin to bo planted
within tlio next ton years makes tho
transportation problem u most im
portant mattor to tho fruit growers.
Allowing for.un average yield it is n
conservative estimate that tho crop
for 1010 will amount to S00 oars and
tho crop for lOl.'i to 0,000 ears and
that of 1H120 to 'JO.000 cars. To
haul this fruit from the orchard to
tho railroad would make S000 wagon
loads for 1010, for lOl.'i (10,000 loads
and for 1020 200,000 loads. On n
dirt road during tho dry season tho
avorago wagon lond is sixty boxes.
On a macadamized road tho avorago
farm learn can haul 100 boxes and as
easily in December ns in Septombor.
This is n foroiblo argument that Jack
son county should rush tho good road
work. Tho county should havo n
lovy of not los than throo mills for
next year nnd havo a fund largo
.onough to do Homo permanent road
work.
Henry Savngo of Trail was in
Modford tho first of tho wook.
CAUSE OF RECONCILIATION
SEVERE COLD
WAVE SWEEPS
TOWARD WEST
Severe Storm.
DENVER, Col., Dec. 7. A record-
, breaking cold wave Is sweeping tho
west and south today. Six inches of
snow already has fallen In St. Louis
nnd It Is still 6novlng.
Chicago Is In the grip of the worst
snowstorm of tho winter and all streot
car traffic Is at a standstill. All lake
navigation has been suspended and
train service throughout tho west is
completely demoralized.
Tho weather has been exceptionally
cold throughout Colorado for throo
days and during this time tho mor
cury twice has boon 12 degrees bolow
zero.
Snow Is reported In southern Ariz
ona, an unusual occurrence.
A blizzard of unusual severity Is
raging lu Montana, aud all traffic Is
at a standstill.
In Wyoming train servlco U Inter
rupted nnd all trnlns on' tho Texas &
Panhandle nro. snowbound.
A henvy snow Is also falling In
Kansas nnd Oklnbomn.
CHICAGO ANNUAL ORGY
DENOUNCED BY CITIZENS
! CHICAGO, ILLS.. Dee. 7. Reso
lutions condemning tho ''First Ward
Pall," nn mutual orgy conducted by
'Alderman 'iuukey Dink" MoKonnn
jand "Path-House John" Coughliu, is
I being circulated todny. McKennn
Und Coughliu were grilled last night
'by fellow nembers of tho bonrd of
aldermen,
I It was stated todny that tho oppo
sition to tho annual ball will likely
provo moro effective than ever bo
foro. ! Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles S. Mooro of
iKInmnth Falls, nftor n stay of a day
visiting friends in Medford, loft Tues
day morning for Portlnnd whoro thoy
will remain during tho winter.
FUEL FAMINE
1ST
THE
NORTHWEST
Out of 96 Non-Union Men
Starting KWork Only 14
Continue Many Accidents
Said to Have Occurred.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 7. At
strikers' headquarters today it was
announced that out of 96 non-union
men working in the Mldwty yards at
midnight but 14 reported for duty.
They declare that many accidents
havo occurred, but they aro bolng
kept quiet by company officials. It
Is roported that, a fuel famlno Is
threatening tho northwest as a result
of tho strike.
E. F. A. llittncr of Denver, Colo.,
has opened an employment bureau
aud business chance offico in room
5 of tho Taylor & Phipps block.
VERNON VAWTER MAKING
GOOD AS AN ACTOR
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EU
GENE, Dec. 7. Last Friday ovcu
ing tho students and' friends of the
university at Eugene witnessed the
first glee club concert of tin year.
Despite the fact that eleven of tlio
boys were appearing in their liist
concert, tho nudience was woll pleas
ed with tho performance. Tin songs
wore catchy and full of life.
Porltaps tho most popular o't 'n
tho program was tho "Wauled," an
accompanist stunt in which Vernon
Vawtor of Medford took n promiuei.t
rolo. Ynwter's work showed n ta'
ont in tho drnamtio art, although bis
pnrt was not ono which al'owcd
much freedom. Mr. Yuwter also t ck
ono of tho throo prominent patts in
tho main skit of tho evening, entitled
"A Firo in a Frnt." As a janitor of
tho establishment, in full costume
with tho usual broom nnd bucket
pnrpohualia, ho mndo a decided 1 it.
Prof. Glou, tho director, is hnpoful
of n socond scmster of tho Arthur
Vnnduson and Dob Rountrie tvpo out
of him.'
HREATENING
S
IZelaya Forces Defeated in a
i Bloody Engagement by the
j Revolutionists Under Pro
! visional President.'
1200 KILLED; FIGHT
I LASTED SIX HOURS
Revolutionists Capture Can
non and Much Ammunition
Estrada Holds Rama.
NEW OULEANS, La., Dec. 7. The
forces of President Zelaya under Gen
eral Vasquex were defeated in a
bloody engagement today by revolu
tionary forces of Provisional Presi
dent Estrada, who are encamped In
the vlclnlnty of Rama.
According to a wireless dispatch
from Managua vio Port Limon, 200
were killed In tho battle, which raged
for six hours.
Tho revolutionists captured several
cannon and a large quantity of am
munition. Many of the government
troops wero captured and taken to
Rama as pftseaera of war.
Tho revolutionary forces under
General Metuty are In undisputed pos
session of Rama and tho contiguous
territory. Today's battle is supposed
to have followed an attempt on the
part of the Zelayans to get outside
the rebel lines preparatory to the
general attack on Metuty's position,
which it is thought they are contem
plating. WENT OUT ON PULLMAN
CAME BACK ON FREIGHT
Recently three of Grants Pass'
prominent young men, E. S. Van
dyke, a lawyer; Rev. F. P. Bartlett,
a preacher, and Ralph Wooney, nn
accountant, were not satisfied with
the food handed out to them nt their
respective bonrding houses, nnd so
when tho Portland-San Francisco
.express was held up in that city
last weok by reason of the washouts,
decided to try a Pullman dinner.
Thoy climbed aboard, and by tho
timo thoy had got their napkins out
nnd were proceeding to enjoy them
selves, tho train got orders to pro
ceed. They did not realize their predica
ment until tho train was going by
the Ament dnm, nnd nt Gold Hilf
they wero ejected by tho conductor,
no local passongers being allowed on
that train. They then tried to board
a freight that camo along; they paci
fied tho "brnkio" by digging up 50
cents n piece, and ho put them in a
car with somo hoboes.
When they got home their be-t
friends could hardb' recognize them
for tho grimo nnd dust, nnd they
havo kot busy trying to suppress the
incident.
TROUBLE IN SCHOOLS
NEARLY BROKE UP TERM
DAYTON, Wash., Dec. 7. Spec
tacular events of tho Inst week horo,
due to tho suspension of two high
school students for bad deportment
followed by tho resignation of Sup
erintendent L. V. Peaulueu aud cul
miunting in tho resignation of the
entire high school faculty and their
subsoquent re-employment hnvo not
"broken up" Dayton's public schools,
although for a time it was feared
closing of tho public schools was in
ovitnblo. In chnrgo of Superintendent Alfred
I.ivongood who was elected Satur
day to succood Mr. Peaulueu, all
schools oponed again todny.
It is thought by tho bQard of di
reotors that tho spirit of antagon
ism which has boon awakened among
tho high school students will rapidly
givo plaoo to harmony. Certain of
Ponluou's rulos of discipline incited
rosentmont and bittor feeling hns ex
isted for soino timo.
ESTRADA I
VICTOR IN
BATTLE
i
i
l
VALLEY PAID
TRIBUTE BY
WILSON
Secretary of Agriculture
Mentions Support Given by
Rogue River Valley in His
Annual Report.
ONLY FRUIT SECTION
TO RECEIVE MENTION
Medford Now Has Only Bu
reau of Plant Industry Out
side of Washington.
r -
On the Pacific coast the im
portant work on the eradica
tion of pear blight has been
continued with encouraging
results, special attention be
ing given to this disease in
portions of Oregon, where the
department received tho very
hearty co-operation of the
fruit growers, especially those
of the Rogue River Talley.
Extract from 1909 report of
Jamea Wilson, secretary of
agriculture.
The secretary of agriculture has
distinguished the Rogue River valley
by making a special mention of this
section In his annual report, tho only
mention of the kind made In that re
port, and that in connection with such
a vital problem to the fruit Industry
as the eradication of the pear blight.
Another distinguishing feature Is
tho fact that a flag, of the regulation 1
size, which Is used to distinguish all
government buildings or. the presenco
of government offices, has been sent
to Professor O'Gara to bo displayed
in front of his offices, as showing
that there Is located a government
bureau. This office Is tho only gov
ernment station of the bureau of
planting of the department of agri
culture in the west, in fact the only
ono In tho United States outside of
tho city of Washington. Professor
O'Gara Is the only government path
ologist in chargo of an independent
station. There is one government
pathologist in California, but ho Is
subordinate to Professor O'Gara.
"When I camo hero two years ago,"
said Professor O'Gara, "I was called
In Just tho proper time, and tho fruit
growers had awakened In Just tho
right tlmo also. The pear blight waa
getting a hold in tho Roguo River val
loy which, It allowed to continue,
would havo resulted In untold loss.
As It was, wo havo been enabled to
check It In tho bud, you might say,
and now wo have It completely under
control. Somo opposition wns met
with at first, but that has all been
eliminated now, and tho fruit men
of tho valley nro enthusiastic In their
co-oporntlon."
THREE TIMES A GROOM
THOUGH ONLY YOUNG MAN
Herbert E. Tood, aged 32, and
Mary E. Scott, aged 29, wero granted
u license to nmry by County Clerk
Colomtm this morning. Mr. Tod is
ono of tho foremen oo tho paving
work, and this i his third venturo
on the moro or less troubled matri
monial sens, whilo his bride starts on
her second voyage.
DAYTON VOTES DRY AND
IS MOST PROSPEROUS
DAYTON, Wash., Dec. 7. For tho
first timo in tho history of Dayton,
ovory business block on Main stroet,
which moans tho business section, is
occupied and buildings nro in de
mand. This condition is duo, ac
cording to lending business men nnd
city offioinls, to tho fact that Day
ton is now a "dry town," A restau
rant is forced out of business bo
cnuso ho cnunot rent anotlior building.