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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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