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s
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight ami Friday.
Th Mesiage of th TUffs.
White Kulr weather.
Hlue Rain or snow.
White and blue Koc.il phowers
Black trlaneulur -'Above white,
warmcri below while. chh-i
White with black center-Cold.
With Mercury at Zero in the Middle West Are You Not Glad You're Here
MEDFORD MAIL"TiSS
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Circulation
MAIL TRIBUNE'S CIRCULA
TION YESTERDAY WAS
2975
FIFTH YEAR.
ftEEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 35, 1910.
NO. 228
E ETON
PACIFIC 8 EASTERN WILL
B PLEDGED
MUCH AID
Representative-Elect Returns From
Portland Much Encouraged liy the
Support Promised Him in His
Candidacy for Speaker of the Next
House Attends Road Convention.
Captain M. F. F-ggleston, representative-elect,
lias returned from
Portland, where ho attended the
(loot! Konds coiiventinn and started
liis campaign for speakership of the
next legislature.
"I am very much encouraged over
Hie prospects," Paid Captain Efrglc
ston. "If the representatives of
Sstiiitliurii Oregon stand hack of me
unitedly, as 1 have every reason to
helicvo they will, with Iho strength I
will develop elsewhere, I stand excel
lent prospects of being elected
speaker.
"At present the situation is all in
the air. No, candidate has sufficient
strength pledged to give him a lead
BE EXTENDED IN SPRING
. SAYS EMPIRE BUILDER
ERM
EN
PAY FINES
T0
E
James J. Hill Tells of His Plans for Northwest Says It Is Certain That
They Will Extend Lines in Oregon Hope to Build Beyond Bend in a
Short Time Reiterates Statements Made Recently by John F. Stev
ens, His Rlght-Hand Man in Oregon.
(Continued on pnso 3.)
RAILROADS ASK
GOVERNMENT TO
SETTLE STRIKE
Managers Wiro Chairman Knap,)
and Labor Commissioner to Come
to Chicago and Arbitrate Diffi
culty With Engineers.
CHICAGO, Dec, 1C Tho'Cl west
ern rallroatlfl treating with the en
gineers who threaten n strike unless
wngo Increases are granted, today ap
pealed to Washington for arbitration
under the provisions of the Krdman
act.
Tho railroad managors wired Chair
man Knnpp of tho lntorstnto com
merce commission and Commissioner
of Labor Charles P. Nelll to come to
Chicago at onto. Tho telegram said
tho engineers had refused tho rail
roads' offer of a 9 per cent wago in
crease. Tho onclneora mado demands on
tho various roads for an Increase of
from 13 to 17 per cent. Tho rail
roads, nfter a conference- with tho
representatives of tho engineers, de
cided to offer a 9 por cent ndvanco.
This was rejected, Tho railroad offl-'
rials Informed tho men that they!
would ask mediation. It is oxpected
Knupp and Nelll will reply favorably,
Tho controversy Involves tho en
gineers on practically every road that
reaches west of tho Mississippi river.
Over 9Ti por cent of tho engineers
have voted to strike if the increases
they demand ar not granted.
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 1G. Work
on tho Pacific &.Eastom will bo, re
sumed In tho spring and rushed oast
ward from Butte Falls to a connec
tion with tho Oregon Trunk line, ac
cording to statements mado by James
J. Hill, the railroad builder, who Is
In -Portland today on a tour of in
spection. Accompanied.!) George D. Harris,
chairman of tho board of directors of
tho Hurllngton system; W. B. Dean,
director of the Great Northern; his
son-in-law and soveral capitalists, the
voteran railroad man arrived here last
night In his private car direct from
St. Paul.
"Tho connecting of tho Uoguo Riv
er valley wlthho east Is ono of tho
Important factors In our plans." stat
ed Mr. Hill, "nnd tho road will bo
oxtended as early as possible"
Mr. Hill's statements In regard to
the Pacific & Eastern are in accord
with those'expVessed a short tlmo ago
by John F. Stevens.
According to 111)1 today, tho Ore
gon Trunk lino will eventually bo ex
tended townrd California from the
present proposed terminus at Bend;
the United Electric Railways will bo
extonded to Tillamook harbor and
thore Is a big possibility that an in
dependent depot will bo erected in
Portland. Hill stated also that all
tho railroads radiating out of Port
land probably will bo concentrated
Into ono largo corporation similar to
the ono recently formed by tho Itar
rjmnn system when tho North Coast,
tho Oregon Railroad & Navigation
and ten subsidiary companies- wero
merged into tho Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation company.
Speaking of tho Hill lines now
building into central Oregon, Hill
said:
"It is cortaln that we will extend
our lines In Oregon. Whether wo
will build directly south or whether
wo will strike out In another direc
tion dopends largely upon tho futuro
dovolopmont of that portion of Ore
gon. Wo will, without doubt, extend
Our lines beyond Bend nnd wo hope
to do tills in a very short tlmo."
Sam Sandry nnd Jack Aiken Catch
Men Who Violate Law on Rogue
River Laid in Wait Until Men
Appeared $62.50 Is Collected by
Justice Wcrtz.
8 MILLS;
PACIFIC COAST DEFENSELESS
SAYS SECRETARY OF WAR
TTO
N POR
CONORS
S
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 15.
Tho United States is not prepared for
war, and tho Pacific coast Is practi
cally defenseless. Thls, It Is learned
today, was tho substance of tho re
port sent to congress yesterday by
Secretary of War Dickinson, In re
sponse to n resolution by Represen
tative McLachlnn of California, and
which was not received because the
document was marked confidential.
Tho roport. It Is expected, will bo
presented to congress again today
with tho word "confidential" remov
ed, nnd will then be given to tho pub
lic. That It shows amalnnnlng stato of
linpreparcdness, especially on tho Pa
cific, Is admitted. Tho roport, It Is
said, declares that tho country Is
wholly unprepared Tor war; that
there Is a lack of the proper kind of
men in the army; that there Is a
grcnt need for guns, ammunition nnd
Increase mobile force and Improve
ment and extension of fortifications
for coast defonso.
(Continued on page 3.)
HOBO SPECIAL
WAS LATE TRAIN
Officer Cingcald Is on Hand, How
ever, to See That the Sixteen Un
desirables Kept on Their Way
Two Beat It on Foot.
TWENTY THOUSAND TROOPS ARE
RUSHED TO QUELL REVOLUTION
JERUSALEM, Dec. ly. Twenty
thousand Turkish troops wero order
ed rushed to Adana, Syria, today,
where a rovolt of Bedouins Is report
ed In progress. Eight Ainorlcan citi
zens have been hold up and robbed
by tho rovels, ndvlcos from tho af
fected zone say, and tho situation Is
regarded as-critical. ,
Tho romalndor of tho Turkish gar
rison at Kornk Is ruportod barricaded
In tho garrison building awaiting re
lief. Reinforcements from Damascus
aro en route. Dispatches from Kerak
say that the Bedouin vlstory there
Friday was a sweoplng ono, and that
only those of the garrison who barri
caded themselves escaped being massacred.
Buys Theater Site.
8KATTLK, Wash., Doe. IS. -Alexander
I'uutageri, the ihuiilrieul mali
nger and owner of u long siting l
vaudeville houses, today announced
that he has purchased the ,,i v o
tho Plymouth Congregational church,
a very desirable corner in tiie heart
of the business district, Tho price
paid was 4-.JJ."i,0U0.
Tho 11:20 train Wednesday night
was a real "houo special." Thore
Here ten on top and six sticking on
In othor pluces. When tho train
Stopped they began to unload, but
Officer Clngcnde. who was on the
wntoh yolled "nil aboard" to the tour
ists and all got aboard, but two were
put off at the yuid limits and the
officer mado them "beat it" on foot
The petty burglaries and attempted
holdups have b'eoomo too numerous
of Into and the officers havo decided
not to receive any moro cargqos of
the uudeslrablo citizens. i
Medford Mail Tribune Want Ails
bring results.
IfflN
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FORNNS
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In Maiden Speech, Lafayette Young of Iowa Opposes Plan of Cummins
for Revision of the Tariff Schedule by Schedule Says He
Is Concerned About Business More Than Tariff.
WASHINGTON. I). C, Doc. 15.
In his maiden spoeoh In tho senate
today, Lafayette Young of Iowa op
posed the plan of his colleague, Son-
ator Cummins, for a revision of tho
tariff schedulo by schedule .Senator
Young, who was appointed by Gov
ernor Carroll to fill tho unexpired
term made vacant by tho death of
Senator Dolllvor. defondad the Payne
Aldrlch tariff lew, saying ho was not
"so much concerned about Inequali
ties as about business."
lllcsal fishing for snltnon in a
fishwny five miles above Woodvillo
on Kvnns creek at ID o'clock Sunday
night cost Clove Nenthiuner, 0. C.
Oden and Hud Odcu ifG'i.GO before
Justice of the Fence Wert, at Wood
villo, who heard tho cuso. Deputy
Fish Ynrden Sam Sundry, assisted
by Jack Aiken, made the arrest.
Warden Sundry, being uwnro that
(lie law was being violated nt the
fishwny, ley in waiting for tho of
fenders, who arrived with a spear
and flashlight, dammed un the fish
wny and endeavored for two boms
or more to spear salmon, however,
without success. As the. men left the
fishwny Snndry and Aiken stepped
(Continued on I'aga 4.
300 KILLED IN
AN ENGAGEMENT
IN MEXICO
Federal Troops March on Revolu
tionists and Put Them to Flltjlit,
Following Fierce Engagement-
Battle Will Probably Be Renewed
CITY TAX LEVY
SCHOOL LEVI IS 7 MILLS;
STATEPR0BABLY5T0TAL20
Reduction From Last Year Is 12 l-l 0 Mills, But Assessed Valuation Has
Been Increased on Medford Property City to Raise $50,400 for City
Expenses for Coming Year State Levy Will Probably Bo Reduced
From Eight to Five Mills, Owing to Increase in Valuation.
WRECKER
OE HOME
MURDERED
With Hie school tax seven nulls,
the oily eight and tho prospects of
tho county being reduced from tho
eight of last year to live mills, the
lotal levy on Mcdford property dur
ing the coining year will be 20 mills,
whereas limt year it was 112 2-10.
The reduction of 10 mills is due
principally to an increase in assess
ed valuation of city property.
The city council met in adjourned
session Wednesday afternoon nt 2:110
and after n careful deliberation and
thorough study of tho ciinplicaled
affairs confronting the administra
tion relative to the many improve-
incuts in progress, the council made
the following levy for the ensuing
year:
General fund, 2 fi-10 mills .. $15,700
Street and road fund, 2 mills 12,000
Interest fund, 1 mill (I,:i00
General sower fund, 1 mill. .. fl,!!00
Park fund, 11-10 mills 1,800
Library fund, 2-10 mills.,.. 1,2(10
Rridgo fund, 1 mill 0.5100
Tolal, 8 mills $r0,400 '
Tho nhovo levy was mado on a
valuation of .f(!,:t00,000 and maku a
total of 8 mills, Us against an as
sessed valuation of !f2,-i07,'.l!M, in
11)00, when tho lo(nl in mills levied
was 17 1-10.
'The bridgo fund levy, that of 1
mill, is not for nny nnd nil bridges,
but for the special purpose of con
structing n bridge ncross Hear creek
to 1io known as tho nokson si rod
bridge, which connects Fast and
West Medford with Jackson boule
vnrd, which runs through Queen
Anno hill.
The assessment this yenr, boing
made on the enormous amount of
$0,1100,000, makes p decided cut ii
the number of nulls assessed, ns
compared with 1000, but it will in
nowise lower taxation, and if liny
thing, will bo n sbnde higher than
were tho taxes of 1001, when tltc
levy was made on u valuation of
$2,-ll)7,!ll). This condition was
brought about by Ihu ecpinlizntioii
hoard, which elevated Iho valuation
(Continued on pago 3.)
Portland Man Hides. Under Porch
and When Rival Comes Slays Him
Clear Case of Unwritten Law
Woman Admits That She Led Her
"Friends" On.
"A FOOL THERE WAS AND HE
POftTLANI), Or., .Dec. 1. "I am
responsible, I led my husband on.
flo killed MnsBln In my room at our
homo. 1 saw my husband, stab him
and I feel that I aiii responsible" said
Mrs. Mary Chnmborlnin, wlfo ot
Cleorgo Chamberlain, tho proprietor
of a moving picture theater, who late
ItiBt night stabbed Andrew Massln, a
shingle worker, to woath, and thon
surrendered himself to the police
Mrs. Chamberlain was arrested early
today and told hor side of tho story
to tho police this foronoon,.,
Accqrdlng to Chamberlain, ho hnd
suspected1 that his wjfe Bid Mnssln (
wero unduly lntljnato. Last night ho '
snw the couple talking In the theater
(Continued on 1'nge 4.)
GALVESTON, Tex., Dec. IB. -Threo
hundred soldiers, mindly reb
els, were either killed or wounded in
a buttle today between the federal
troops nnd the insiirreotos near
Guerrero.
Reports of the bailie were received
today at tho cable station here. The
i'cileral troops under General Na
varro innrched against tho rebels
shortly after dayligljl, and after
sharp fighting the rebels were forced
back. This is the second victory for
the government troops near Guerrero.
The fir-t battle occurred .hut
night. The federal cavalry attacked
tho entrenchments of the rebels, cap
turing u number of prisoners and
(aking u largo ipuintity of their
arms nnd supplies, Horsemen pur
sued the rebels, but were finally com
pelled to halt because of darkne-
Tlio attack was resumed at duv
brcak. During the night the rebc
hud concentrated and formed
short distance from their first posi
tion. They were formed to fight
outside tlieir breastworks and the
federal soldiers drove them back
The federal troops arc now reported
to be forming to press, tho attack.
The insurgent havo retreated to a
new position, where it is reported
heavy roiiiforceinoiil8 have joined
them. It is expected that the battle
will be renewed before night.
VILLAGES ARE
INUNDATED
M D N S PRAYER"
N
IT NEARLY COST HIM $5000
WASHINGTON, I). ('., Dec. !").
Hound nnd gagged in a room of the
fashionable Cairo apartment house
while a beautiful woman and hor
husband showed compromising pho
tographs of himself and demanded
$51)00, is tho experience Henry Ro
senthal, ti wealthy Washington soui-1
ety man, minted to the police today.
As a result. Mrs. .lames Knott, her
husband, .lames Knott, and Alton
Armstrong, were arrested, charged
with attempting to work u "budger"
game on Rosenthal,
Rosenthal met nnd became infat
uated with Mrs. Knott, according to
Iho story ho told the police, lie call
ed on her in hor apartments in the
Cairo. On (he last of these visits her
husband suddenly appeared in the
room, helped bind and gag him and
then leveled a revolver at him while
Mrs, Knott showed him a number of
photographs of himself, taken in
compromising positions with her in
the very room in which ho was held.
Rosenthal was (old that unless lie
(Continued on pago 3.)
NO
1
utrtHii
P
WATER BONDS BY 1 82 VOTES
Lower Provinces In Spain Suffer
From Floods Crops Washed
Away and People Are In Danger of
Starvation. '
(Continued on pajju 3 )
I1ARCKI.ONA, SMiiii, Do IS. -Suveml
villa in the Iqwur prov
ince of Siwhi are under water lo-
day hi the ruJt of flood thut ate
threaifiing in All suolions of tint
country Crop have hoou wiulttd
nwKv ud theie b xruvu danger of
famine, according to dispatch iroui
HiidajoH, Xuui.uini, Cummin and
iitlier lower pri.m.n -t. liiulgf h.itp
been upt uu.iv in il iihk-Ii daii.r-"
done to inland supmig.
Ashland citizens on Wednesday
defeated the inoiioHition of installing
a new and iip-lu-dnte wnlcr system
by u rote of :i!2 to 210, the majority
aguinst lining 182,
The (piuMthin of mining tho salar
ies of the mayor ami ooiiuell wuu
also defeated, nnd tho ciimnios uf
Mover Snell held a miuoiiB fur th.'
purpose of choosing u mini to dufvnt
the mayor of progrons.
Thuiu were two men with uinvor-
alt v bees buzzing in their bonnet -Ira
Hli'iinlv, the harness man, nnd K
I'. Ned Mr. Shoudv was induced t.
withdraw and b'lt Mr. N'il in the
field. Neil has pledged himself, it i
understood, to maintain u "dry Ash
land" and to do nwuv with too much
progress in light, water and street
improvements. Mr. Neil is bitterly
opposed by the fim ward, wh'udj i'
the railroad ward, but has some
rttruuglh in Ihu uptown winds, while
Mayor Buull has, aineo his firt
election, boon u power in the city,
liiiwt year u recall urged against
him failed, owing to Idn puigrotwlve
record, by h vole of (wo lo one, ami
his nppuiijlion thin year, having been
somewhat strengthened, has chosen
R. I. Ned as the nmu to detent him
COMPANY WILL
BUILD HOWES
ON EASY TERMS
- .
New Concern Enters Local Business
Field and Will Develop Residence
Tracts liy Erectinn. Homes on Easy
Terms for Buyers.
Por tho ptirpoBO of building houses
In Medford on onsyerniB, in order
that tho salaried may ho able to se
cure a place of his own, tho Medford
iteiilty & Jmprnveinont company Iiiih
been Incorporated. Tho officers aro:
)r, J. K. Ueddy, president; W. P. Tur
ner, vlco-presldcnl, and Charles 3,
l.obo, secretary and gouoral manager,
Tho company plans to build any
kind ot n house desired. They wIlL
accept a small payment down ami
tnko thu remainder at so much u
month.
Mr, l.obo Is n young business man
of Spokane who has had exporlonco
along this lino. He wilt bring an
experienced iow hero to construct
tho homes.
Tho company will offur lots lit
Qiioeu Anno, but are prepared to
build In any seatlnti of the city.
CATHOLIC FAIR
T
GREA
SUCCESS
Bazaar Will Come to an End This
Evcninu In Blaze of Glory Bar
liains to Bo Lejjlon Many Chances
Offered on HInli-Graife Articles.
COLORADO MINE DEALS DEATH
Mine Horrors Comlnn Thick and Fast Rescuers Worklnu Frantically to
Reach Entombed Men Bodies of Imprisoned Men in West
Vlrfllnla Not Yet Reached No Hope Survivors.
Duvr, Colo., Hue. IS. Plghtiujr
denpornloly against flaiiioc, niuuM
and dmidlv gases, lescuor lire try
ing to reach it dozen miners cnluinli
cd in the lnwi-r ii'M'l nt tin- I.i- ilt u
i ".il iiiflH- ,tl l.i 'ti I,, t ud, i
I til' in'.. II... i In i it. Hi.' lie mil
since yoinrdny, whan an o.xploilun
occurred in thu mine. Fir followed
the explosion. The mine is the prop
el tv ot Hie )iuier Tramway com
i.in. l.fdi ii is 12 miles from tln-
iii v
(('iiitiutu'l on pag.0 3 )"
Probably no more olnhornto church
; fair, nor one which had proved A
greater iiuancml sucuom, lias ever
been comluottid in Mudford than the
duo now in program on Front btreot,
between Knveuth unit Sisth streets,
under Iho auspice of the Catholic
ladies, for thu bonafit of the Cath
olic church. Thu fulr will como to
mi end tonight with a great raffle
if all good on hand and bargains
will be legion.
A plendid mugUutl progrupi wider
(lie direction of Charles HaKolrigg is
putnucd fur tonight. Last evening
Mm. Krnuwo had charge of the nui-
jo mid roiidurod a number of selec
tions in her charming nnd customary
iiuiimor. ' (
MtwdaiHOH Neddy nnd l'litton aro
tho advisory oomuuliee. lesdames
Garrett, Kehlitte, l)lblv liuvo eliurgo
if the refroshmeiiis, while Mesilniuctf
Do l(li., iiM(iii and WenlK irjs pi
i barge oil tho huoths,
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