If - n-
WKATIIHItl'nlr tonight.
Th Meisagt of tho Flag,
while Knlr weather.
Dlur Italn or snow,
white tiiul dIuc Local showers
Illnck Irluneular Above white,
warmer; below white, colder.
White with black center CoM
MEDFORD MAIL
A RIBUNE
FhII Leased Wire Report.
Tho only paper la Use irorli
published In a city Ike fn ef
Medford having a leaned wire.
FIFTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, QRlUaON, 'JLTISSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1910.
No. 203.
TEXAS RANGERS
MEXICANS
ED IN
A
REPEL MEXICAN INVADERS
GHMG
OMM
tumor
Governor of Texas Informs Wash
ington 500 Mexicans Gather on
Border Ready to Invade United
States Territory Citizens in State
of Terror Great Excitement
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. US Governor
Campbell ordered Sun Antonio troops
today to nihil with nil luistc to Ed
win ds county, wlioio rangers, rnneli
iiilmi and a party of 300 armed Mex
icans, who Inivu crossed the holder
.and nro mniching toward Hock
Sptings, arc nionientarily expected
to clash.
Tim troops' will he sent with all
haste by railway to Hruckotville,
ahoiit llfty miles south of Hock
Springs'. H i considered onlv a
chance that they will he able to pre
vent the unpenning Snttie, us tne
oppitMMifr furci'b ale expected to meet
momentarily,
Cowboys Are Out
HQCK SPHINGS. Tex., Nov. lo.
Highly ranchnion and cowboys left
licie early today and are riding hard
toward Jho border lo. intercept. !IU()
Mexicans nmrchiiig from litis Veens,
.Mexico", with the avowed intention
or avenging the recent lynching .ol
a Mexican at Hock Springs.
Scores of other cowboys uiui
ranchers, with gri mdeterinination
to protect their homes at all bastards
are joining the "Hying sfpiudron"
along the route. A battle in immi
nent, and Texas rangeis under or
ders from Governor t'aiaphcll are
rushing to intercept the hostile
forces and pi event a clash.
The situation along the Mexican
bonier, particiilarl.v in Kilward
iiinl. is ctitical. A clash means ,i
DEPOSITS IS
AMAZING
Taft's Visit to Panama to Result "
In Rushing Work on Canal.
Twenty-Two Per Cent Gain Made in
Past Ten Months Total Deposits
In City Now $2,376,582 Banks all
Show Splendid Growth Comp
troller Calls for Statements
v-t-
BANK DEPOSITS
" January, J 110." 4 (I01MSI8
Jannary, 11)0(1 7Jl.i)71
Jitniiary, 11)07 1,08-MM
""January, 1008 I, MM, AM
Jannary, 11)01) 1,21,4:U
January, 11)10 l,8lkVi(8
November, 11)10 .. J,:7(i,58-J
"" Increase in 10 months, .fll'l-
0L4. Per cent iuctouso 12'J.
(Contlnui'il on race S.)
f-f-f-f -f -f -f
Hank deposits in the four Med-
fold hanks in the past ten months
of 11) 10 have increased .'22 per cent
according to the bank statements
just issued, in accord with a call
from the comptroller of Ihu currency,
The gain made since Jannary, 11) 1 D,
vyas. !jvl'l,0H, or 22 per ccjjU
' ' All of the banks of the city" have
issued splendid statements, which
show all of them to be in a most
healthy condition, and these in In in
reflect the prosperity jf the city and
country.
The tleM)sils have made a consid
erable gain since September 1, when
ii... i... i . 1..1.........1 ii. i i'...
IIIU Ills, IMmi'lllCOin L'lU M 'Illll'll Mil.
At that time aggregate deposits vveicj
2,1:17,187. Thus the gain in two
and a halt" mouths has been Will),!)!),').
The hanks' slatemeiits show the
following (h'liosils:
First National .i8."i(5,(ll)l
Jackson County (i!)2,'U7
Medford National .. . . ." 111,08.")
Farmers anil Fruitgrowers 278,l.i7
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". 1jzZaI-1..-- , Jl.:... T v - $" &vmmm!..m
r-asar
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"BATTLESHIP NOWHC?fcOLnM
CHECK
R
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V.
l'AXAMA. Xov. I", I'resid.., t Taft inspected the flat.ui dam and the Oatun lock-, lovvtir.l
cud ol the I'ttnama canal, this .tJleiiioon.
The pre stdent tonight will altcd and m-ep.!. ... l,v Colonel io,lhalN ehlct engineer of the
M. (. . A. unci Hed ( ross workers in the canal zone.
the west
citnal, to
FOOD PRICES RECLINE THROUGHOUT EAST
HERE ARRESTED
01 Wfll ICU mm
IN PORTLAND
i
AND MIDDLE WEST; MAY R
William Miilhu, who had bisn
nioio or less prominent as a 'Vpend
er" in Medfoid for several wcel.
was arrest cd at Portland Monday
on (instructions from t his a,lnktou
county authorities, on a charge of
having issued chucks against a hank
where he had no account.
Miilliu, when he arrived hunt, rup
ittseutcd himself as the sou of a
i ich Moulaihi stockman, who was
seeking it milder climate and a le.
sIiciiuoiis existence. He was n good
iellou ami popular. Some J'c
weeks ago ho met one I). K. Pr.ither.
who reprcsentetl himself as tigent for
the Northwest School Furniture coin
pan v. Sunday morning Pralher was
ready to gtt out of town, but didn't
have the .fill! duo the Hotel Moore
and Miilliu obligingly wrote a check
for llu amount, and another of -f-O
lo enable his friend to reach pott
laud. Monday the check were ititurnod
uiaikeil "no funds" ami tho author
ities got busy, with the result that
Miilliu has hccii apprehended and the
police are on track of J 're I her.
Deputy Shenlf Dow leaves thin
evening for Portland to bring Miil
liu hack.
IT TOLSTOI
NEARING DEATH
Dnuijlitcr Alexandra Alone Is at
Bedside of Ajjctl Writer It is Re
ported He Was on His Way lo
American When Taken III
H
T ON GOMPERS EXPECTED
Greatest Scrap in History of American Federation of Labor Is Looked
For When Name of Samuel Gompers Comes Before It for Re-election
as President Socialists Are Lined Up Aaalnst Him.
ST. IJIMS. Nov. 1.').- The biggest
Unlit ia the history of the Amoncnn
Ftttloratioii of Labor in expected
when the name of Sautuol dumpers
cuNHh before tho convention, now in
session here, for le-oleetiott.
Gnniws lta trivnuonU.v fought
the plans of soaiulislia inctiibors of
the feiiurMtlou for A tlectn ration bv
lite orgftui?MU"n f.t sot n. sin .nut'
it i known thai bi socialist ..f s'
out of a total of .'iflb ill the coiivei.-l
I ion will b eitsi solidlv nauist the I
llllli CI". il iiiultci !
While fldmitting that the soeiitlUt
faction in the federation is strontriir
than ever bufure, GoinKrs declare
that he is not worrying ovr Hit
dual outcome.
In addition to the M)trialite, who
claim they have notluag agaiut
Gompers pornoiMtMy. there i h fai
tinii that feain that ik, ouv sltould
livw a li f - job" a piesiileut of tiie
IVdcratmii
Max H.ivc- ..r (l.-i.i.i .1 Jh ud
nig the sicinlit deleicates in tl
t.n-k on I lit- prffcident of I he toh-ra
tin, i
ST. POTHH.SItCHG, Nov. 13.
Couut Leo Tolatoi uevor will leave
ltiisian soil. lli physli'ian, Dr.
.Makovtilskv, who constantly iitteu-l
cd the iigeil writer, uiiuouiieod today
that the condition of bin distin
guished patient is most critical.
With Tolstoi in the small, pooily
ventilated room in which lie lies,
near death, at the railway station at
Astnpovn, is his diuijthter Alexandra.
The Countess ToUtoi has not joined
her husband, but has urgently asked
permission to tlo so.
The count, it if bwlievetl, was eu
route to Swedwi, where he expected
to embark for Amorioii, when ho
wa fet'riukou with fever and exhaus
tion, lie left the convent where he
had taken refug after leaving home
bust night, and went to KoyeUt, an
nouncing that he was on liitf way to
Moscow. At that tiuuj he was at
tired in asiui'a otMtume and board
ad a ioiilliboiind train going IowkwI
Um t'sueitsus. He rodi m a third
oliitto ooiopartiHnt nud Imd only $17
aiitlftio paMmrw.
Hy the time the train refhd A
taH)va, lh eount hwtunt m ill thai
henviis forced to lenvu the train. It
is bolitneil that hi iiriud h Iteeowf !
uuhnlmiced.
If you never "lone any time" nx
cent that spent In frultUMly Anr.wer
Inu want . Cn, y .it'll set nlonK'
3
Cut in Prices Indicated Tliroiitjhuut
East and Middle West 3-Ccnt
'Drop in Pork and Beef Renlstered
in Kansas City
NF.W YOHK. Mov. Li. Decline
on food priecn an' indicated thhniuh
tint the east hikI middle .west totla.V.
In Kansas nt.v the xtueial decernuse
is I'loin live to, llllfcii per cent, dropH
of I luce cents a pound i Usuk and
beef beiiift reisicrcd.
At Spriifb'ld, lll., pork products
i!oclino(l ten pet emit,
At Denver lite w'lltJjjjjMulu ptice of
meat is IT) mt cenl lower, but Hie
decline has not u-l (jf fee ted the re
titil priceit.
Pittsburtf priii h(ive not fulle.i,
hut there is i adieu fton that the
murkel will weaken niuli.
Ii'etnilers lien- dechiro Unit the de
cline in the pi we uf food irodiut
Iihh not yet rt'iichei Iheii' uHiuei.,
but that it uiitv be expwted soon.
lYico iwv i'i"rt'd tutuliliiiKetl in
Dertoit. Tiicte liavo boon no reduc
tions in Peuasvluuiifit whtre pricos,
if iiuytJiinu, uic liilll', JndlniiBo
lis wholesttlf pi ices Iihvu decroflwHi
hut dealers tlo not yol know wliethor
retail price sill dtp nceordiuty
or not.
EH COAST
GREAT FLOOD
t
Ml
8
Blj Corn Crop
niiCAno. Nov. J.V- I'rovWon
huss in Oiiiii totkcy tlncUred
thet I be tUclim in'foud prbx win
due to the biru,'t ooni orop in the
bistort 'of the iiHtUtji, coiipted with
leek of feur of dverwt UKiUtioii,
aspired bv the lestih of the tfetft.t
coiiirrcsxiniial -li -t ioiut,
I'.uk'l- I aV ihill In. ire et-
lli ..ml in.).- I '. bi't'ii -IiiumI itltii
I lie urn I I I 1 Ii - cur llian nci' lit"
fjl. tl' ! . ..LI flips In, lie I l
ilck. fltiv -mv. ami fat ewllle and
III.. . . kl lnU ll ICt-
i in, I 1 i
Seine Reaches 20-Footi Statjc, nml
Reports From Head Sources of
River State That Great Volume ol
Water Is nusliltifi Tovard Paris
I'AI.'IS, Nov. I.'i. Thu Seine to
day reachtd the 20-ftHil Mtagu and
rnj ants from llio head somegs of the
rivers suite I hit! h jfrtutt volume of
wulcr is liciiiling toward Paiis.
The hydrometiie ofllce tl nltor
noou iirHilieled a further risu of
four feet ufid four inches here b.v
Salurduy This would nil the river
fur uliove the iiorintil level and eou
Mideriible mIhiiii is cxpiOKNCtl ovei
the threateuetl Hood condition.
Billy Clifford Tonight
"The Girl, the Man ami the Game"
io the fetching title of the new inosi
tol farce, which Hilly (Kingle) Clif
fnril will offer m.1 the Medford the
ater tonight. The piece in dueeribud
us u iiitisicii Untnsv in two parU. It
id ii ferce, in other wordi, with
utusic, and it ia one of the spriglit
iewt ami bet ontertuiniawnt of the
kintl offered this settsou.
f
ANNUAL MEETING
OF CLUB TONIGHT
f The auuuul ineetmr of the Z
Commercial Club wilt l held
tuuiMtJt at the club HMitna for f
election of utHvr for the om
DEFENSE 111
RAILROAD IS
SHATTERED
Southern Pacific Officials Admit It
Costs No Moro to Haul From Med
ford Than It Docs From Portland
Rates in Oregon Nearly Double.
Thoso in California,
S
AGOUIHED
E 1
In tho Meilfonl rate Hiilt conrlud
ed ycHtcrdny tho complainant rested
Ita ease at tho noon iocokh and tho
dofenso conimoncotl subnilttlnK Its
ca8o at tho nftornoon session, whloli
contlnuctl until C o'clock.
Thu uofmiHo yvvoro na vvltucssoa L.
It, l'lolds, RuporlutuntlQnt; M, Ji
Ituckloy, tialjl.nnt cenoral mnnagor
and gonoral Httporlntontlont; O. C,
Ulnotl, nHRlutnnt supbrlntondont and
division onglneor; K. C. Morrison, di
vision traffic mnnngor, and Mr. llnth
nway, chief clork of tho accounting
department.
Tito defendant Hot out In Its reply
to thu complaint "that tho Kratlen
mot with by defendant Southern I'at
elflo comjmny nnd rnilronds In hnn
tiling southbound trains from Bald
city of Modford nro oxqood'ngly
heavy, unci that by thin oxcooiUngbj
heavy srado or haul tho distribution
d jnorchnmlUo and other articled
Hotitli hound from tho snld city of Med
ford Is not ,under ndvnntnRUoiiH clr
cuniHlniicuH, but under clrciiinntances
exceedingly difficult as to railroad
operation and tho oxpouso of dtHlrlb
utlng inercbundlso and other artl
tleH.,, Tho wlioio trend of tho testimony
of the defense wiih upon tho roHt of
maintenance of this piece of track
iik compared with tho rout of main
tenance of track In lovol sections or
upon moderate grades.
The opinion of thu various oiikIii
com upon the point of cost of main
tonuiico of track and tight of way
and trestles wiih three times moro
expensive on grades of the per cent
Charned With Murder of Former
United States Senator Cnrmack,
Robin Cooper b Freed py Jury
Father Was Convicted, but Was
Pardoned by Governor Patterson
NASHVILLE, Tciiil., Nov. Ifi.
Rubin Cooper, charged, wiih the mur
der of former United Stales Senator
K. V. Cnrnmck, was aerpiittetl by n
jury today, Soon after tho case
opened today (he court instructed
he jury for netptitul, following At
torney Gonornl Aiulersoiirf reeoni
inondatioiiH. Anderson said ho be
lieved Hobin Coopor wai innocent
and could not conscientiously pros
ecute tho ciibo .
Colonel Duncan Cooper, father of
Hobin, wus convicted of hiiviiu?
killed r.('iirnmek, but was pardoned'
by Governor Patterson.
nf tho Siskiyou us on lovof track and
that the coat of moving trains wait
about tho samo proportion aa shown
fqr maintenance.
Under croHa-examoiatlou theao wlt-
nefises admitted there wore pjocoa of
track on tho southern Pacltlc raU"
road "'hero tho cost of maintenance
was tjireo tlmcH groator than on theso
.Mountain grndoH,
It was brought nut by complainant
that 73 per cent of tho truffle mov
ing over tho Siskiyou grade was
through traffic, moving between 1'orU
laud and Snn Francisco and that tho
other 25 was local traffic moving
from various points. It was shown
by defendant that thp present ton
nngo from Medford to points In Cal
ifornia was not largo, which proved
that tho cost of maintenance upon
which they depended for dofenso was
properly chargeable against thu
through trnfflc, iih well as tho local,
"(I'oritlniicit on Pago 8.)
V
ERNOR BENSON AGAIN IS
AT HELM OF SHIP OF STATE
SALI'IM. Nov. I.'i. At noon today
F. W. Hciimui, governor and suoje
lury of atato, also seorelary of state
elect of Oregon, again assumed thu
reins of government alter being com
pelled to lay them aside bueauo of
ill health since July 1.
Acting Governor Jay Itoweiinan of
Condon retired ut thu wuue muiaenl
and again became simply president
of thu state senate by viltuti of
which office he became acting gov
u in or in (lie uluence or ilUabilil of
the governor,
The first olfleial act of Govcriiot'
lleiison toiluv was the issuance of an
annual Thanksgivyuig piocltiuiatioii.
Gov ei nor Heiisou will also, as set
rotary of htuto, oiiiiviihji tho oHIIlci.'l
returns of the reeent oleelion which
will bring in aa governor on tho see
mid Monday in Jannary, Oswald
Wind, miliuad tiouniHSHlouer, siic
eessful diiinourtilioa enndidute in the
oleelion last week.
lleiison bus iiuirovud greatly in
liealhl since his lotiiiu to Oregon
from San Francisco in the latter pin'
of September. He went to Cnhfoi
1 ma to he operated upon for luinpii-.,
a malignant growth ros-eitibliug cau
! cer in some respects.
FLAW IN BUCKLE COST A LIFE
Found That Snap Breakinn as Fire Team Rounded Corner Was Res
ponsible for Accident to Chemical Wagon Which Resulted In Death
&f Warren Bodue Fire Boys Aro Not Blamed In Any Way.
v.
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i a T year.
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4-
ItiffHt 4 f fifH
It has developed that tho early re
port regarding the aceiduivl of Sat
in day evening when thu cliemicul
wagon collided with a telephone pole
at the oorner of Main nnd Front
atreola, reuniting in tho death of
Warien luij,e, were incorrect inas
much as it wita stated that the bridle
snap wa faatenad to the hullur ring
uud uot to the Int. 'Hie anitp was
properly Iiookeil o tin- bit, nut n ton
taintal a llavv vvlntli taiisi-d il to
break. The fire buy have the
luirUc nod the flaw in it is verv
- i A
i
All iiifluio lids neeii uikch irt'aj intjf -
inuialiers of the tiro tlepurluient igr
the aucideut.
The the hall today ia draped in
crepe and will remain so until after
the burial of Mr. Bodge. The fun
eral is to be hold. Wednesduy after
noon at II o'elnek Thu (Ire depart
ment will attend in a body.
The entire city wan shocked lo
learn of .Mr. Dutlgo'a death, fur he
WHa hlnhly ohleuiued by nil 'who know
him. Ho wiih a member of thu IL
P O. F.IU and tho funeral will bo
held under their auspices,