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THE WEATHER Possible showers. The Mens? of tho TUff. White Fair weather. Mue Haln or snow. White anil blue Local showera Hlnck trlanguler Above white, wnrmer; below white, colder. White with black center Cold A New England Thanksgiving Wasn't it? But They are 23 Years Apart Medford Mail Tribune ,i:!l: Circulation MAIL TRIBUNE'S CIRCULA TION YESTERDAY WAS 3050 FIFTH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1910. No. .211. TELEPHONES SUFFER IN V SI Over Half the Telephones In City Put Out of Commission by Snowfall Men Rushed to City From Eugene Roscuurn and Other Places for Repair Work. OH GOMPERS MA N A HELM Ovor ono-hnlf of the telephones of the Pacific States Telephone com pnny were put out of order in thir dly TliurHilny l).v the snow storm which pruvnilcd during the ly. Men have been rushed to this csity from Eugene nod Roseburg by- tho com pany to repair the damage. The interutbun linos suffered par ticularly. Communication oil nenrlv every funnels' Hue was interrupted. In the city many lines are down, and, according to Manager Newton of tho local offiee, it will bo two or three days beforo rfcrvico is again intact. Snow is one of the worst enemies of the telephone lineman. It collects on the. wires until its great weight simps the spans, nud then it is a case for the repair man. OOTHANKFM L THANKSGIVING Police Court Did Considerable Wor.K, Tills Morning in Dlsposiny of Thanksgiving Jags Beggar Tackled Night Cop Is Run In. The sQyVi'istH-e ktV"'l-' t0 ward tlji'cijoi( jn Judge (MionVt court Friday morning, and with the exception of three prisoners who were palpably vagrants, tho.se who had celebrated Thanksgiving not wisely, but too well, were released with an admonition and a nominal fine. John Heduumd, big and burly, was accused of begging, and had made tho mi.-dnko' of begging from the night policeman, "l'vo inoneyof m' own," he deelared. "Fifteen cent was your uush capital when arrest ed," was tho tuibwor from the offi cer when 'questioned by tho judge "1 will fiim you 20 or the same unlabel' oU days in jail if you are founds in this oily alter tho expira tion orsJninny minutes a.-, you have cents." was his sentence. Joint Miller, who spotted u full beard and early hair, was acmiscd of selling fiilai rings, made by him selC lint1 lie' didn't have the material on him when tirrotod. Ho was started out of town two minutes af ter Redmond. Frank Johnson, who wore .six vests when arrentud ami claimed to bo n working man, was given six hours to got to work or got out. The judge was doubtful about his beinu a worker until Frank called his at tention to tho overalls ho was wear ing, then ho gave out tho order about going to work. Frod Hurst and August Figioio mixed it -on.Hront street Thursday afternoon, Keithor had anything itKftiiitt the other. It was just n disc of, too much joyfulne-s ami the (nlus tinptld toward the side of the notMinud. Thomas Moiuignu aecumulatod n beautiful jag Tuink.giving day and u'h tMkcn in ohnro. apparent! hslplfs.. He' revived, and although he wouldn't weigh more than 1 15, made three 200puiid iHilieemou s miho before they landed him. After a few stem admonitions from Jiulgu Ciuioh he was allowed to go, as ho liHd m jolt walling for him. UmH Van Horn wm accused of (tarrying a eoBroaled woaimn, to-wit, hii Ixer-Johnwon revolver, wbleh lit claimed lu had purchased from an other fellow a few hour before, and wji imi hi way home with it. He WHS fined S Willi ' H lllHIICtl to onm th fin- Frank Steenou. duin drunk, who allowed In K ' K'od behavior. Socialists Will Not Seriously Oppose Re-Election of Gompers as Feder ation President Boycott Rights of Local Unions Countermanded by Executive Council. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 25. It wns Intlmnted today that tho socialist ele ment In tho American Federation of Labor will not seriously oppose tho re-elcctton of President Samuel Gom pers tomorrow. It Is likely, however, that Max Hayes will voto "no," there by preventing Compere re-election unanimously. Tho sociallcta are concentrating their opposition on Wlllian number, candidate- for vlcc-prcnldont. Tho convention will close tomor row night, and tho delegates probably will concludo their labors without endorsing cither San Francisco or New Orleans as the place for the Panama-Pacific exposition In 1915. The oxeci'tlvo council of tho Amer ican Federation of Labor today coun termanded tho rights cf local unions and tho labor councils of cities to declaro boycotts, thereby ending an attempt of the newspaper solicitors' union of San Francisco to boycott the Sau Francisco Call. Tho executive council ordered that tho locals first must obtain permission of tho fed eration executive council. Dologato Andrew J. Gallagher of San Francisco defendod tho solicitors and Intimated that Prcsldont Gom pers of the fodoratlon and Prcsldont Lypc'li of. tbo : International' Typo graphical union played Into tho bands of the publishers. The solicitors union of San Fran cisco, newly organized and small In nuirbers, started tho boycott when thp San Frnncleco dally paper rofusod to. treat with !U Tho labor council 5f Sau Frandsco backed 'ip tho solic itors. Fo.ir big International or ganizations that had contracts with the Call woro Involved to an extent 'tat Jeopardized their interests. The representatives of tiieso unions foucht tho proposition of al'owlng a 3lngIo union to declare a boycott, and won out. "WORKING UNDER DIFFICULTIES The Mail Tribune has moved into its new quarters on Fir street, near Sixth, but is nsryct operating under difficulties. The whole of Thanksgiving' day was devoted to the removal of the plant and but little heed was given to putting it in order. Hence a chaotic condition existed this morning and this issue was gotten out .iindor extreme difficulty "Within a day or two the plant will begin to assume a semblance of order, and then it is, hoped that the days of abbreviated editions and late delivery will be a thing of the past. The Mail Tribune will have the finest home of any paper in the state outside of Portland, and the Mail Tribune will endeavor to live up to its home by greatly im proving its daily issues. PARDONS GIVEN THE MUTINEERS OF RIO JANEIRO COOK ATTEMPTS HISJM LIFE After -Endeavoring to Effect Recon ciliation With His Wife, Frank Williams Takes Shot at His Heart. But Misses Vital Spot. Frank Williams, a cook at tho Mis sion grill, Is sore, but ropentant to day, after recovering from a spell of temporary Insanity, and Is glad that tho bullet bo discharged at his heart lust night missed tbo vital spot. Williams had been estranged from his wlfo for several months nnd, ac cording to his story, attempted a reconciliation with hor last evening. Ho mot hor In front of hor boarding place at 230 South Control avenue and attompted to talk to her. The woman became frightened and ran Into tho house, and Williams was re fused admittance. In a few minutes the watchers from the inside saw the flash of a gun and Williams pitch for ward on hla face. Ho was carried Into the house and Dr. B. II. Sooley was summonod. Wil liams' aim had boon bad, as tho shot had boon plaeod too high and result ed morelr in a flesh wound. SUFFRAGETTES GIVEN TERMS IN LONDON JAILS Go to Prison Joyfully Women Said to Be Providinn Themselves With Firearms for Future Clashes With Officials. LONDON, Nov. 25. Fifteen suf fragettes arrested last night for nt taeking government offices in Whitehall were each sentenced to two months in jail today. One wo man was sentenced to a month's im pprisonment and five others were fined 10 pounds each. Tho women went to prison joyfully. Reliable women in the confidence of suffragette leaders state that many of the more insistent of the sisterhood are providing themselves with firenrms for future liso in their campaign against tho authorities. Many porsono believe that the tirenrms stories arc exaggerations, but ,otiers who have seen tho wo men resort to htoiie-tlirowiug, stab bing with hatpins pud srjpirtiug, vii. Vnij, hold that the women wtoipd not hesitate to uso ijjnvdor and lead to batik up their arguments. Uc-n't ask your friends to find a rootilor want advertise. WARNING TO MS Keep Away From Butte Falls or the Calabooc Will Get You Law and Order Lcanuc Is the Latest Organization. Woo to tho miscreant who in tho futuro invades tho piocincts of the municipality of llutto Falls and con ducts himself in a manner contrary to the peace, welfare and dignity of the Kople thereof. If ho doe, theie will koiiii be a brand-new calaboose awaiting him. The citizens of the little city of Ihe forest have organized a law and order league and have set about creeling a suitable city "jug." One enterprising mill-owner donated tho lumber and a hardware merchant the imiN. And tiici the league member turned in and erected it. So, if iniKchiof bent, keep away from Butte Falls. BERING VALLEY FLOODS SWEEP MANYTO DEATH Disaster Followed Escape of Vast Voumc of Water From Glacial Lake in Mountains Great Damage Was Done Tlwre Last Year. CORDOVA. Alaska, Nov. 25. That many miners and settlers living in remote sections of tho lleriug River valley perished in tho floods yesterday is known today. Houses liavo been swept away and all traces of their late occupants gone. Tho disaster followed tho cscaye of a vast volume of water from a glacial lako in (he lleriug moun tains. Great icebergs towering n hun(lrcd feet high enmo crashing down the oer slopes nnd were dumped into the Heriiii; river. The river has risen more than ten feet and the danger is iiiei easing today. This is the second peculiar glacial flow in tins- part of Alaskak in tho lusl two years. "' , Great damage was done two yean ngo, whpn.,(in i internal flow broke in tho Copper River valley, sweeping away sovornl miles of newly laid railroad "track of tho Copper River Mining company. !!39 FROM TIMBER SALES Oregon Fares Well This Year at the Hands of Uncle Sam Southern Oregon Gets Larfle Portion of This Amount. CRIPPEN SPEAKS FROM HIS 'GRAVE Tia Juana Excited. SAN MK(IO. Cl.. Nov. 25.-Ru-mor that Rimrdo Magon, the Mo ieau oxilo, wh going to invade Liiwor Cnlifnrnit, Kot about in the little vil lage of Tia Juana .across the line in Mexico today, and alarmed the IMMiple thore. Tin result was that more than $10,000 was brought u IimioI liHiik-. bv tumuli- Mexican. Ktra tfuardH hnc been placed mi dulN below the hue LONDON, Nov. 25. Dr. II. II. Crippon fpoke from the grave today to deny tho reimrl that he had eon feod the murder of his wife, Hollo Khuore Crippon. Lloyd's News prints a letter pitriMjiting to have beau written by Crippon almost hi the slmdow of the callow, to Mi Lcjiuvc, in which (ho doomed man "I hare boa wrongly uouvietod. I am the victim of a terrible judicial error." Lloyd's New assort that tho let ter wim ttivoji Hut publication by Mini. LvrtwH. The I'lazu Cafo. the place to eat. rommerelal lunch 11 n. in to 2 p. m Homo made b for alo. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. For the fiscal year ended Juno U0 last, the United States department of agri culture announce., tho 25 per cenl oof national forest revenue which will go to the states for road and school purposes amounted to $501), 11M.8L This was .i((7,l!)2.0:i more than last year, or nn ineieaso of a little ovor 15 per cent. Tho pay ments are an offset to the lort of income from taxable property biis tained through withdrawal of the forofet land from entry under the publio bind laws. Oregon's share of this sum i jHI0,(Rir.87, n large portion of which goo to tho counties in the ('later national 1'oiont in Southern Oregon Notowoithy is the especially hoiuv increase in Oregon, which is nearlv 51) per ceut. The increaes arc the result of increased nativity in na tional forest timber salon in tin- state, and are an earnest oi.wuai will happen as the timber supply which the government is caring for conies into full demand. Since the out of timber will alwayt, be limited to what the foieU will keep on crowing, tho income to 11(0 wtato will be puiiuKiiciit, not t monitory, as would Iihvc been the ch:;o if luiftv and impiovideiil exploitation bad been permitted. INFANT SON OF MR. AtfB MRS. DIXON PASSES AWAY Chamber of Deputies Meet and Grant Amnesty to Sailors Who Had Ship's Guns Trained on Capitol Thrco Ships Scicd. .jjjt'.-l. 1110 JANEIRO, Nov. 25. Under assurances that they were not to be minished as mutineers, the sailors on board tho four Brazilian warships in .Rio Janeiro harbor surrendered today to the government, authori ties and tho guns which for four days had been trained on Rio Janeiro wore returned to their positions. Tho surrender of tho men follow ed a visit of a government rppreson 'tativo to the different vessels, who, under cover of ti flag of fnice, ad vised tho sailors of the amnesty grunted by the oluujiber of deputies and tho senate. Tho amnesty was granted nl an nvli'iwirililinrv uaumiiiII. Dlll'intr the session the guns of the belligerent, biUtleshipu' wore trained oh tbo gov ernment buildings.' The vessels seized by Uio mutin eers were tho battleships Minns Goraes, San Paulo, tho protected cruisers Deodora and the scout cruicr Ilaliia. PEOPLE ANXIOUS FOR NEW BRIDGE Residents East of Bear Creek Near Phoenix Dread Faclnn Winter Without Completion of New Brldflc at That Point. People living in Iho vicinity of Phoenix are very anxious to see tin new county bridge aoross Pear creek near that place completed be foio high wut or comes. Kspooinlb anxious are those who losido in Fern vullov. across the crook. In order to reach Medford when tho creek is high they aie forced to drive miles around to the bridge in this oitv. Woik is being rushed on the bridge. The residents of tlutt section lire also agitating Die establishment ol a rural route on Iho east side ol Hear creek when Ihe new bridge i completed. ANOTHER BALL PLAYER IS KILLED IN GAME WINSTKD, Conn., Nov. 25. A fractal ud skull received during the Thnnksginug football game between the Tiernoy cadets and the Gilbert Preparatory feohool, resulted today in the death of Harry Lee, 17, a member of the cadet team. Luu did not regain oouwulotisiioss after heioje struck. His death makes the 21th reuniting from football this yonr. Countess Tolstoi III. TAIN I MEXICO IS n N HOLIDAY IS A DAYOE S Excitement Everywhere In Mexico Is Dccreaslnn Trains Running Aqaln on Schedule But Few Am ericans Are Leavinn Country Capitol is Calm. EL PASO, Tex., Nov, 1G, A can vass of tho Mexican situation today practically removes all doubt that tho revolution against President Diaz, led by Francesco Mjidoro, defeated candidate for tho presidency of t)io Mtoxlcnn republic, la ovor. Moxlcnn officials declarot that the .reason Mndoro lost was becauso he could not prevent looting of prop erty of foreign residents, thus nllen atlng tho sympathies of many pow erful AmorlcaiiB In Mexico. Railroad officials today donlod that any bridges had boon burned or dam aged, It dovolopod that tho socond American shot at I'nrrnl Is an ngotit of tho International correspondonco school named Story. Ho was struck In tho stomach by n stray bullet and Is not expected to llvo. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov, 2G. -United States Consul Edwards a Juarez, Mox., (olographod tho state department today that all was qulqt In his Bectlon and that appnroatly tho oxcltomont everywhere In Mexico was decreasing. Edwards said that trains in northern Chihuahua woro running on schedule time and that fow Americans were leaving the coun try! .Acpardlnc toiConsul Edwards, 'the! reports of fighting at Torroon, Oooiez Palaclo, Parral, Durango and .acateaiH were exaggerated and con-. dltlmiB In those towns had almost bcrotuo normal, ' A dispatch wis received from Am bassndor Wilson at Mexico City ad vising that tho Mexican capital waH calm. ' CAIiniSO SPRINGS, Tex., Nov. 2G. A report Is rlfo horo today that a hand of Moxlcnn revolutionists, es corting Francesco Mndoro, who la wounded, had crossed tho bordor 30 miles from horo, Into Toxna, leaving tholr wounded leador at a ranch on tho American side. MeBsongors nro now hnstonliig to Eaglo Pass to summon medical as ilstance, according to tho report. PENNSYLVANIANS The inn ii v friend of Mr. and Mrs Voluev Dixon wete shocked to hear of the deuth of their infant sou, Volnev Wait Dixou, aged 1 year and lift (lave. Funeral .orvleoi were held Finds v morning at the residence, Rev. W. V. Shields officiating. i) .1 J Itocmer of Grunt Pntw Hpeut tf ThuakHcivliig uioriiliir. In Medford TTLA. Russia. Nov. 2A. Tlint iho Countoes Tolstoi, overwrought by tho I runic circiiiiulaiices preceding the death of Tier Inmband, Count Leo Tolstoi, had I alien ill with a fever was stated in a monge Hint reach ed here todav. The countess is at Ihe Tidnlni home at Yasuava Poli-nua. MEET TOMORROW Splendid Prouram Has Been Arrang ed for Annual Mcetinn Basket Dinner Will Follow Gathering In Church. W For First Time in Twenty-three Years Medford and Rogue River Valley Experience Fall of Snow on ThankkspMng Day Came as a Surprise. ' i Yostorday for1 the first time In ?$3 years saow' fell In tho Rogue 'lrer Willoy on Thanksgiving day. It came unexpectedly nnd fell steadily' nearly tho entire tiny. Four Inches was re corded by tho local, observer. A cloar Thanksgiving day was, not expected by local people, Inasmuch ns tho rnln fell steadily all day Wed nesday. Tho downpour had not ceas ed whon bcdtlmo came. In the morn ing enmo t.o surprise. Two Inches ot whiteness covered tho city while a dark.dull gray was ovorhend. All day tho flurries continued unabated. Thanksgiving festivities were not Interfered with, however. Medford onjoyed her turkey nil tho more for tho unusual weather which prevail ed. The streets were for the most part deserted until evening, when a great ploastlro seek Fug crowd came down town to attend the perferm- anco of ''Mary Jane's' Pa" 'by, Wax Flgmnn, packing the opera "house to tho doors. , , 'The football enthusiasts ales we're "soro on"' the, weather. Incite a( snow tlurrloe, however, a J cob courso of fans saw Aniland defeat ed by a scoro of 12 to G In the best gatno of tho season. r . ., AJl-ot.th'd cnuMnfa' 'KoldliU serv ices had .largo congregations. Mod ford hrttf much to bo thankful for and duly expressed It. ' ICE GOLD BATHS FOR BALL TEAMS Twas a Flooded and Slushy Field on Which Medford and Ashland Struggled for Supremacy Thurs day Medford Wins 12 to 5. A splendid program has been ar ranged for the annual mooting of Na tive Poiiiuiylvanlniis tomorrow at tho Presbyterian church. A largo num ber of now members will probably bo taken In. Tho society will moot at tho church at 11 o'clock and after a program there will partake of a basket lunch. Tho program follows: "Pioneering In Pennsylvania," W. F. ShloldH. "Pennsylvania Hospitality," J. E. Watt. "Holiday Observance In Pennsyl vania," Dr. W. W. Wlok. "A Farmer's Life In Pennsylvania," W. H. Watt. Solo by Mrs. W. W. Wick. "I'leketfs Charge at aottysburg," Miss Lotta Luke. "Auld Lang Uyno." Eacji one )s uxpeotod to have somo reminiscence to relate of Pennsylva nia life. Husbands and wives of natlvo Poanwylvanlas arn honorary members of this sooloty. Tho host homo for you In this city Is going to bo found and rented soon by an ad-answerer. Aro you tin ad answerer? On a field flooded, not with or dinary rain water, but with Ico water, mndo from tho mojtlng snow of tho night and morning beforo, Ashland and Medford struggled yostorday for tho victory which would mako ono or the other the football champions of southern Oregon, Medford won, In splto of having a lighter team than their opponents and that they wero unable to use their fast ends and bucks as thoy would have been able to do on a dryer field. It was n homoly looking set of gladiators that trotted off the field when tlmo was called In the final quarter, and thoy were glad the game was ovor. "Nearly an hour's constant plunge Into an Ico bath Is no fun," said ono of the boys, "and work hard as I could It was almost Impossible to keep warm. We won, though, and that helps some." Ashlund was heavier In tho lino, and from tho condition of tho field should have mado a bettor showing. Under tho old rules thoy probably would have, but Modford'a lighter team outplayed thorn. In tho first two onartors Medford made Its scoro of ten, two touch downs. In tho third Ashland camo through with a touchdown, making the score 10 to d. A safety for Modford In tho fourth mado the llnul score V-' to f In Med ford's favor. Ashland Modford Wright RE . . . .". Uovertdgo Reedor IJT Wilcox Carpenter RO. . . , Wlthlngton and Merrick Klum C ForVea Sanders , LG ,..,,. . Wallace' Edmonds 1T Chlldera Phillips LE WhUo and Alexander Wheeler Q Rader E. Ashcraft IilL-Scrogglas (Op) P. Ashcraft FP Ware Anderson Rll RosweU 'rt r IB : 4 "6,ffi t . ; Al t in i"M