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' ipfWMf'W" "'T'W "T 'f m , if A Merry Christmas to You THE WEATHER Cloudy tonight mid tomorrow. NEW YEARS. ED IT ltd. o Tho Mail Tribunal! 3wHe n special edition oil Ncw'Yeiftr'rf lny ix Bttmtrirfry tf tliq rowttir' and development of tile Kogue River vnlloy mid Medford dur ing 1910. Get your orders hi rHJ Medford Mail Tribune The Mesiaire of tha Flags. "Wlilto Katr wcathor. Uliif Itnln or snow, AVIilto una blue Local showcra Itluck trlnnsulur Abovu white, warmer; bolow white, colder. Wlilto with black ccntcr--Cold. F1FJ.TL YEAR. IEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1,910. NO. 235 ' MEN STILL TALK COOK WILL ..; -w-WVUr-IK Mti-yK!r-it7 " f'JT 'JKTKTW' "'r'm-1' FRESNO AND AD HER M IS RANGER $90,080,000 W.W w i. FKESNO, Cal., Dee. 23. -Eighty, five members of the Industrial Workers of the World locked in the county jnil bero on charges of vag rnncv or for having violated the unti-strcct spenkhig ordinances wcic placed on n diet of bread and water today. The chance of fare followed n demonstration in the jail Inst night wheh the workers cursed nnd abused Sheriff Chittenden and the other of - fleers. The jnil is located in the residence district nnd the officers Were forced to close the windows to prevent the vile language of the pris oners being heard in nearby homes. For half nn hour (ho outbreak continued. The prisoners, elinjrinjr to the bars of tho jail cells like mon keys, nnd defying the gunrds who sought to cyiiet them, curbed and abusod the sheriff, npplving the most foul Iiipgungo ininginable to them. The demonstration followed whnl the Industrial Workers nllegcd was the sheriff's abuse of a drunkon prisoner who had to be subdued af ter fighting with tho guards who took him to his cell. The sheriff's threat to turn the fire hose on (hem nnd flood the cellrooni finally iiietcd tho prisoners; IJeporls (hnt u wholesulc jnil de livery has been planned have reach ed (he sheriff and armed guards have been plnocd around tho jail. Last night's demonstration has aroused the rerfonlmont of the resi dents of Fresno nnd it is feared that tho Industrialists may be nlthcked. The jilil is so crowded that the officers do not know what to do with the prisoners. A slockndo may be built outside Iho citv limits to nc coinmodnto prisoners if oilier arrests are made. STATE TAX IS LESS THAN 2 MILLS i SALEM, Or6.i Dec. g'J.-p-AlthoiIgh It probably' vVlll bo tho 'first of Iho coming year hoforo tho final state tax levy is initio up, it is safo to stato . . tho lovy will out exceed two mills and mal ho a shndo under that amount. Basing this on nn estimated valua tion of $830,000,000, the two-mill tax will rnlso $1,000,000 for stato pur poses. This la a decrease 1n tho stnto lovy from last year ot two-tenths of a mill, hut will Increnso tho amount of tnxes by nearly $132,000. Stato Tax Com missioner Gnllowny says, tho odd years havo been productlco of a great er amount from taxation than tho even years, according to tho icports of the stato board of equalisation. Th lovy ot two mills for 1911 will GIVES BOND NOITO SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 23. Whon Miss Margarot Perkins went to woork as telophono operator in a local ho tel today tho managomont required her to glvo a bond not to marry within six months. This instrument, duly signed and sealed, holds Miss Perkins bondsmen liable to tho ex tent of JiiOO In tho ovont sho becomes a bi hk on or hoforo Juno 23, 1911. CHICAGO, 111., Doc. 23.-At Oj o'clock Jo bodies had been taken from the ruins of the Nelson Morr.s Parking compnny plants. The wnre house and the tallow house aro still Ipiriting, but it is now believed tjint with n rlwnjro in the wind there h little duugor of the fire spreading ot other Darts of tho yards. A rollcall of the entire ilre de partment probably will bo taken home time during the day. At Jirt it planned to call the roll this morning, but Acting Mnrhlml Zeleri-hlich de .i.ln.l il. .1 i)fii'liliiiv uii. flu, tirt duty, and the men aro all on duty. I TWENTY FIVE FROM CHICAGO, III., Dec. 23. CommIs.- proposition nnd a now conference Is sloner ot Labor Charles II. Nolll, to- under way to prevent h strlko of tho day presented tho representatives of engineers on Gl western rntlronds. the Brltherhood of Locomotive En- When questioned concerning tho glneers with a supplementary pace now offer, Grand Chief Engineer War glneers with a supplementary peacojren S. Stono snldi PADLOCK PASSED SPAIN MADUID, Dec. 23. Despite Curl ist nnd clerical attempts to impede the passage of the measure, the cortcs today passed the famous "padlock bill," virtually providing for tho separation of church and state in Spnin, nnd restricting the estab lishment of religious orders. Premier Canalejas did not notify the opposition that tho bill would be considered, but quietly directed the anti-clericals and members of the government pnrty to be in their scats. When enough members were on hand the ' measure whs presented nml passed. Perfectly nwnro that the passage of the bill will cause tho church to appeal to the pcoplo to overthrow the government, the premier, has an nounced that ho will proceed with further nnti-clerical legislation. Friends of the premier declare that politics ns well as liuninuitnrian in terests demand this notion. MRS. NELLIE WILKENSON CROSSES LAST DIVIDE Mrs. Nellie Wilkcnson. who is well known in this city, passed nway in Portland on Monday. Sljo wns in terred nt. Honuinm besido n sister, who died nbout a year ago. Mrs. Wilkcnson was the wife of W. O. Wilkonson of this citv. be Jess than for any years, of tho past , Jess than for any' years (jf tho pasJ vo years, save -In 1U0K, whon itJwns flvo years, save -In 1U0K, whon itJwns a trifle less than two mills, nnd there Is a possibility that It will go oven lower for 1011 than for 1908. TURKEY'S GIVEN BYJPDEM WASHINGTON, I). C, Dec. 2.1. Knch married employe of the while house received u turkey today ns n gift from President Tuft. Single men were not included in the list given by the president to his commis sary clerk. One hundred nnd two fowls wore distributcl. WED FOR 6 MTHS Tho sureties nro prominent business men. Tho reason for this unucunl re quirement by, tho hotol managomont Is that a half dozen tolophono opera tors havo married within as many months, tho last two being Miss Flor ence Joyce, who recently married a rancher, and Miss Ollvo Bourne, who has gone to Rocklnnd, Mich., to Join her intended husband. BODIES ARE RECOVERED ROINS OF THE Flags on the public schools ,iud other public buildings nro at half mast today out of rosjoot to tho dead firemen. A dozen movuinouts to ruUo funds for the widows and orphans of tho firuiuun nre under way. Chief Fire Murahal James Hornu. bend of the Chicago fire dopnitinout, killod yestordny in tho fulling walls of the beef warehouse of Nelson Morris & Co.'. plant, will be buried bv thr city ith mililifrv bmiDiv Though the tunc of the luncr.il has lit! Yt't UpOU Hi' 111! ,111'Cli, rill Ita.c hern partialis computed nnd the HEN YEAR OLD GIRL ATTACKED BY THUG LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 22. Bruised nnd suffering from tho beat ing sho received when sho was at tacked in tho yard of her homo by an unidentified man, Rosa Arnold, 1G years old, daughter of A. S. Pepper, Is under the caro of n doctor today. TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 23. Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson today Issued a statcucnt charging James Smith, Jr., with bnd faith to the dom ocartlc party In becoming a candi date for election to tho United States ELKS RAISE The local lodge of Elks raised $230 at their Christmns meeting last eve ning, which will be devoted to bring' iug Christmns cheer to many u pool nml needy family in, the city. While it is a well-known 'fact that there are few really needy families in Medford, the few thill do exist will be remembered' by tho FJks, ns it wns for this purpose that the bene fit meeting wns held. All persons knowing of needy fam ilies to whom the generosity oU ilu Elks would bo ncceptahlo nro re quested to leave the mimes and ad dresses of such with liny of tho fol lowing committco before tonight. Tho committee is composed of the follewing: W. W. Kifert, exulted rulor; J. It. Wright nnd W. K. Quisonberry at the Medford Hardware company; Mar tin J. Itcddy, Jesse 1 touch, A. C Burgess at Louvre cafo; T. K. Dan iels nnd John J. Wilkinson at (he Medford National bank. DISEASED FRUITS TO BE PLACED UNDER A BAN WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Tho placing of a ban ojj Importations of citrus fruits, potntoes, frujt shrubs, etc., through legislation Imposing re strictions on such articles, will bo re ported to tho houso by tho conunlt ieo on ngrlculturo, soon after, the holiday recess, according to present plans. Tho committco has already authorized a favorable report on the pending bill for that purpose. Tho Idea Is to safeguard tho country against tho extension of tho ravages of little brown moths and tho Egypt Ian mots, which so'fnr aro understood to be cqnflned to parts of Now Eng land. CHICAGO FIRE dead chief will bo gieu tho hoiioi usually paid to the fallen lenders ot annios. Tho city will make a dem onstration in his honor, uud tho First regiment, Illinois National guard, the nraek regiment j in tho city, will net as special escort when tho body is oarriiid through tho at roots to it burial place. The city will, also take a hand in the funerals of tho other firc-fight-pi-h who were killed whon their chief wns crushed under the falling mn- iMjnrv. Two hundred dollars, to de tru u cxpeiWK of burial, amII be .'iii'ii to the ffiiniU of r.u h of llu' dead firemen. WILSON 250 CHARITY TALK SOON NEWNYORK, Dec. 23. Dr. Coolc woh arrived Inst night from Eu ropo declined to bo pco'i nt tho homo of his borthor, William Cook whoro ho will spond tho holidays. Over tho telephone Dr. Cook unld that ho would glvo out a long statement Monday. "I expect to remain under tho American flag," said tho explorer. "I am not going to lecUiro but In tend devoting myself to scientific matters that havo engrossod my at tention for 20 years. I will nlso convlnco tho American pcoplo that I really bollovo that I did rench tho north polo." sonnto against James Martin, tho choice ot tho party at t)io primary election. Bcfcro election, It is said Smith assured Wilson his health would not permit him to accept tho senntorship, but that after election ho told Wilson that ho wanted tho BUBONIC PLAGUE HONG KONG, Doc. 23. Un checked by modern methods of san itation or medical 'skill, tho bubonic plnguo Is raging In Mongolia nnd scores nro dying dach day, nccord- InprTor'ndVlcos'Vrcnchlng hern teday: Corpses frequently aid found where tho ubmnds havo campodi according to tho dispatches. In Manchuria tho plnguo situation is reported to bo gravo. Tho Gorman consul hiiB demanded, thnt radical measures bo taken .to end tho epi demic. Ho doclarcs that unless the authorities act on his demand that tho Gorman' government will Inter fere. From tho latter part of October to December 1G, CIS Chinese wore Btrlckon by tho plague, 27 Russians within tho precincts' of tho onstorn railroad, practically all of thorn died. GETS $5000 FOR HIS WIFE SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 2 -Alexander L. Sherman, nil attomoy of Kansas City, has been awarded a judgment of ?fi0,600, damages against J. C. Sllvorslone of fnttIo, whom ho pucd for tho allonatlou of tho nffoctloiiB of his wlfo SUver etono Ik mnnnger of two Seattlo drug ectnbllshnionts. He foimorly lived in Kansas City. Some time ago Sherman secured a vordlct Of $50,000 against Sllvor stouol u the Missouri courts. Tho al legation wns mado that Silvorstono had drawn Mrs. Sherman's affections away In January, 1907. P8 CHANCE TO GET, RID OF THAT CAT, SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 23. Al bert J, Randall, a rancher In Okano gan county, Washington, who recent ly placed nn ordor for 1000 cats with S. S. Gilbert of Sharon, Pa., Is re ceiving his mall ln barrels nt Con couully thoso dayH. Tho writers, who roprcsont practically ovory stnto and province In America, say thoy will supply all tho cats needed If Itaudall will pay tho oxpross and cartage charges. Haiidull has taken up the work on behalf of orohardfHts and farmers in north central Wash ington, who hellevo they can rid tho county of gophers and other ground posts by turning the cats loose on the land. Ho will vndt various districts In Pennsjlvanla early In 1911, mak ing hradfjuartrjB at Kliaron whence a consignment of 7000 felines will start arrow th continent In Apul CHARGES 1 KILLING OS SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 23. In response to a letter asking him for tho namo of a "truo western forest ranger," such as sho had real about In magazine stories, Stato Forester Ilomnns lui3 found a soul-mato foor Uoulnli Hamilton, stenographor cm ployed by a clay product company at room GS, No. 2G Court street, AVIATOR ELIES OVER DOVKK, Kngland, Dec. 22.- A flight across tho English channel m an aeroplane was mnde today by Co oilGrnoc, u Wright aviator. F office. Wilson says that tholESiio Is mado plain that If Smith Is sent to tho sonnto tho Oeroocrntlc party In tho stato again will bo dollvored Into tho Very Influences from which It has struggled to fico Itsolf. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Hoc. 23. A rigid investigation into Oiu reports that tho Ericdlunder Lcnthur com pany lire, which cost the lives of 2t .firemen mid police early yesterday, isi being niallo today by tho city authorities.- The testimony of wniolf men who escaped from ho building, it is predicted, v hIjiw, that firo was seen siinultuneously nt differont points, and hence wns ul! iucuiidiur, origin. BANK TELLER TAKES ?0J)IIIJ TACOMA, Wnsh., Doc 2 '.Joseph F. Kiihrmnn, paying toiler of tho Na tional Bank of Commerce of Tncoma, wns arrested today by United States deputy Marshal Davison, Tho war rant charged him with defalcation of J20.000 of tho bank's funds, Presi dent Chester Thorno' admitted, how ovor, that the total amount of tho al leged embezzlement woould reach ?7.r),000. Fiihrpian, who Is 35 years of age, had been connected with tho bank for the past ten years and had worked up from tho position of "runnor" to that of paying toller. Ills salary ro contly had been $1800 a year. "I fool sorry for Kuhrmun," snld President Thorno today. "Wo hail trusted him and hnd brought him along in the bank becauso of his abil ity. Ho simply lost his head. I feel no onlmoulty toward him,' specially because of his widowed mother, Tho bank, so far as the public Is con cerned, will absolutely feel no HI ef fects. tr ileh 'vr- Without precedent U the t lirisiinas biininesR in tho local pnstotfiro this year. All previous records havo been wrecked by (lie oimlauglit of tho Christmas shoppor this vour. Tho indications now are that tho total re ceipt for December Huh yonr will bo over $3000. Last yonr in Docoinbor tho receipt totaled .f 2-1 00. All records for a day's stamp hiiIoh were aninshod .Monday, whon $27(1 was taken in for stamps alone. This highest prcxioiiH record ever made wi one car ago, when it readied $1K Not nloim was tbr re mil broken, but it hum shallcied b uu increase- ot 01 pei cent, BAD AITH LOOKING TOR A FIRE BUG V0LUMEOFBUSINESSATLOCALPOST0FFICE UNPRECEDENTED IN M DMS HlbW Brooklyn, N. Y. Tho luckl ranger Is Joq Montzer of Orovlllo, Cal., whom sho says Is tho man sho has boon looking for, Tho forester did not fancy thcidoa of making his office a matrimonial bureau, bo ho turned her plcturo and letter over to a local nownpapor, which brought hor tsoVorr.1 hundred proposals. wo H DEATH PENALTY SALEM, Oro., Doc. 23. "It does not nppoar that thclncrenslng number of executions in this stnto has opor atod as a deterrent of tho crlmo of homicide," says Superintendent C. W. James of tho Oregon stnto ponltou- tlnry In his annual report to tho gov ernor, "nnd ns a rcsnlt of my Investi gation, observation and oxporionco during tho past seven or eight years, I nm fully convlncod thnt capital pun ishment should bo abolished. Llfo Imprisonment," continues Mr. James In his report, "with restricted powers of pardon, would prove equally, It not more offcctlvo In protecting so ciety ngainst thoso who commit the crlmo for which capital punishment Is tho penalty and would not only bo nioro In accord with tho spirit ot our constitution but moro In harmony with tho progressive spirit and ad vanced conditions of tho proaent'eon- tury, , A Eighteen Hangings In Seven Ycnr'si "Slnco tho ndoptlon of tho law in 1903 roqulrlng all oxocutlons to tako placo nt tho ponltontlary 1C men have boon oxocutod horo nnd throo othors havo boon hanged In various counties of tho stato, making In all 18 cases of capital punishment In tho stato within tho last hovoii and one-half ?1 3 WKST UNION, Ohio, Dec. 23. Two hundred nnd seventy-two Indict ments woro returned today by tho ground Jury In connection with tho Adnm's county alleged oloctlon frauds, bringing tho total number of truo bills returned in tho case pp to C31. Ono hundred ot thoso Indictments contained counts against votors. Tho remainder charged hoodllng and af foctciK thoso who would bo benefited by the nlloged fraudulent ballots. Judge Blair, who ban boon promi nent In tholnvostlgntlon, nsscrtcd thnt 1G00 Adams county cltlzons would ycaM?, ithbrontestSnujfcjbat f cutou inc'anyj'siniiinr dPPSioH' in huh 631 INDICTED; 1 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE LEGION INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 23 The democratic woods aro full of presidential timber, nooording to Champ Clark of. Missouri, who stop ped here on his way home to spend the holidays long enough to talk of possibilities. Governor John V. Shnl'rolh of Colorado, Govornor Klcct Kugi'iie N. Foss of Wuhnnrhus- ' Asisunl Postmaster Woodford ontunulcs the number of incoming packages at 2.',000. This figure is not given thoughtlessly, ns can ho scon by n visit to Iho poptofficoe. Packages aio heaped in ovory cou cuivablu coruor. Additional sorting luhlrs have bjifl provided and olevjon ooopla nro bugy all day long sorting. It will bo evoniU.dnys hoforo the packages can he dirftrlbtited, so if vour gift by mail i do!n.od don't worry. The registered mail is very heavy. Dip tvaiii tlu morning brought 1)0 I'cgistcivil inickiiges. Fvoin train brings over 100 gilts. Truly, the , XMAC N WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 23. -Tt was cstimnlod today by Victor Olmstend, chief of the bureau of statistics, that tho Christmns "giv ing germ" cost tho American people $00,000,000 this year. Not moro tlmn hnlf tho pcoplo nro giving pres ents costing money, ( according to Olmstend. Of tho remaining 4(5, 000,000, u few nro opposed to Christ mns giving uud u vast numbor do not givo becnuso thoy hnvo no money. Of tho givers, several million wiil bo ohildron whoso expenditures range from 10 cents to $1. Ohuslpnd cal oulntcd thnt the child's average ChriKtmns expenditures will .bo 50 cents. Tho grcntest givers nro clerks, whoso expenditures uverago between .f3 and $,". i WILL BAG A DUCK ': FROM HIS AEROPLANE LOS ANGELKS, Cay., Dec. 2'' I filbert Latham announced today that before night he will ba.g a duck fiom his sent in his Antoinette mo noplane. Luthnm started for the Dominguez uvintion field shortly be fore noon to tuuo up his machine for his novel hunt. Armed with a shotgun, tho French avintor planned to fly to the pre serves of tliq 13olsa-Chico gun club near Long Bench. T.WO UNDER ARREST" FOR DYNAMITING TIKES - jt';i ' ! OAKLAND. Cal.. Dee, 3 -A HoW1 and entirely tinoxpoctcd auglo of tho Times dynamiting October 1 was do 'voloped today whon it beoumo' known that two men are under arrest in tho Oakland jail in connootion with the Los Angeled explosion. Tho men aio Jield iiicoiuiuiiuicado uid GitptahiM iDeftM'liveKJdl'clemqn who 'ciuiHcdJ ,fiietr Jnrrcsft will i"ot. discuss fcthSi? e JlibtJI Ul ftl'll w v f bo disfranchised hoforo tho prosecu tions had boon complotod. THREE NEGROES BORN TO DEATH NKW OHLKANS, Ln., Dec. 23. In n fire that caused $200,000 damage in Ihironiio strcot business district and heavily damnged tho now SIm berl theater, three negroes were fa tally burned todny. ettH, Governor-elect John A. Dix of New York, Governor-eleot Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, Governor Thoinns II. Marshall of Indiana, for mer Governor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri ; Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio and Alayor William J. Guv nor of New York nro tho men from whom, according to Clark, tho dem ocrats may select tho next presjdeu tiul nominee. cnl oftico is becoming ft great olouv-iiig-houso for yiiuta Clans. Mnlil Olinnnl fnr Plilitlnn "II ' CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 'jn.r-Presl-deiil llnrrv P. Judson of Chicago ELECTION DS unhersity, nnnouucod this afternoon , that al least $1..')00,000 of the $10, 000,000 gift of John D. Hookefeller made yosterdny o tho univorsity was to bo used in the construction of u ? no wchapel. Tu a letter to Pxos'plent Judson, dated December 13, ltocko feller stipulated tbuit the emuiixlctr of the gilt shall bo invested in laud and buildings and thnt tho endow mint fhull not bo used 1'ov current expenses, . Vl J . " e i3