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FIFTH YEAR. .
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THROWING
OF ACID
Strikers Grow Desperate in Chicago
Garment Workers' War Strike
breakers Are to Be Victims
"Throw It Into Their Eyes" Is. the
Order Sent Out.
CHICAGO. Dec. IM.Tlmt leaders
of tlu striking garment workers have
distributed aid inning the striker-,
with" instructions to throw it into t lie
faces of the strikebreakers is- the
confession which police allege Thoo
philo Julilcinude to them. Julik, the
police say, admitted lie threw acid "a.
the face of Qas Olson yesterday. The
i'ior.v liquid nte its wfly through 01
scn's eyeballs and left him sightless
and suffering.
The attack was a part of u care-
fully planned crusade, the police as
sert. Every precaution is being tak
en to protect both the strikebreakers
and the officers patrolling the fac
tory district from attacks of the acid
slingcrs.
Jitlik says that the whole affair
had been carefully planned and that
the acid ho threw was part of a lot
distributed among the strikers at a
recent meeting,
"Throw the acid straight into their
eyes," the lenders are reported by
Julik to have instructed the' men to
whom' it -was. handed. "It will do the
business." Julik wns not certain, the
police say, whether any acid had
been .given to the woman strikers.
NUMBER 168?
Twenty-nine Per Cent Increase Over
Ono Year A.qo Is Sho.wn Two New
Schools Aro to Be Erected jn the
.Immediate Future.
Tlio total number of gcIiooI chil
dren in the Medford school district
is 1CS2 according to Enumerator
Ileasolman, who hhs jimt completed
his count. This is S2 moro than ho
estimated In recent figures given out
for publication before the complete
count had boon made. Thoiivcreaso
since ono year ago is 38C, thcrp being
12D2 in tho district at that time. The
Increa80 during tho past year has
been 29 nor cent.
Tho Medford schools have been
crowded this year as novcr boforo.
Tho school board lias cnlled for bids
for ftho erection of two hdditlonals
in tho city, ono on West Jackson and
the other in Queen Anno, so that the
Increased number of school children
may bo taken care of.
SIX PERSONS
DIE: GRS ROUTE
Six Gather for Pre-Christmas Cele
bration and Are Found Uncon
sciousAll Efforts to Save Are
Futile. . ,
KENTON, O., Dec. 21. Six. per
sons woro killed by illumrnatlng gas
la an apartment in the LIntz hotel
hero today. The dead:
' CHARLES LATHAM AND MRS.
LATHAM".
WILLIAM KENNEDY.
PEARL KENNEDY, boii of Wil
liam, aged 24.
HARRY NEWCOMB, 23.
MISS BAILEY, 21.
Tho six persons had gathered for a
pre-Chrlstmas reovl in a room of tho
hotel. Tho management of tho hotel
did not know of tho gathering until it
was reportod tht thero was an odor
of gas cumins from tho room. A bell
boy was sent to investigate. He re
ported that the door was locked, but
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CARDINAL GIBBONS
WRITES ON CHRISTMAS
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BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 24.
Cardinal Gibbons prepared
for thq United Pres3 tho fol
lowing sentiment for Yule-tide-:
"Christmas Is a day of
gladness for all men. Not
only do the more comfortablo
share gifts wtih tho poorer,
asking pravora In roturn, but
each and al, rich, poor, young
and old, n,&In aro aiado rich
and youthful In the hopes and
promises of tho new .born
Savior and. all men seem to
feel what all tho nnglco Bang
at Bethlehem, "Glory to God
In tho UlgheBtt- Poaco on
Earth;; Good Will Toward
Men."
TO QUELL THEM
External Application of Water
Through a Three-inch Hose Re
stores Discipline in Fresno Jail
Promise to Be Good.
FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 24. External
application of water through a three
Inch hose to the bodies of several
score of Industrial Workers of tho
World resulted today In the restonv
f ion of discipline at tho city prison.
After half a week of noise and dls
order tho cells woro quiet this morn
ing, the drenched inmates seeking
high porches to get clear of tho four
feet of water on the floor.
FIro hoso and a fire engine woro
called" Into play by the sheriff last
night as a last resort. A hand hose
wns used at first, but ho men in the
cells successfully protected them
selves by piling their bedding behind
tho front bars. Tho Nro hoso swdpt
away all these obstructions, but tho
straw from tho mattresses closed tho
Jail sewer and tho waer was slow In
draining off. The shorlff addressed
tho prisoners this morning, saying
lip did not wish to treat them differ
ently from tho othor prisoners, but
thnt the prison rules must bo obey
ed. Tho mon replied that they would
be good, and as nn earnest of. their
Indention not to risk another shower
bath, tnoy accepted brcalnast this
horning, the first food thoy hnvo ct
en since entering tho Jail Thursday
evening.
BURY CHICAGO'S
DEAD HEROES
Great Crowds Follow Fire Boys as
They Are Driven to Cemetery
Chief Will Bo Burled on Monday
CHICAGO, Dec. 24. Assistant Fire
Marshal Burroughs and Captfln Pat
rick Collins, who lost their lives in
the firo thnt destroyeyd the beef
warehouse of Nelson Morris & Co.
nt tho Union stockyards, woro burled
today.
Great crowds followed tho bodies
as they woro borne to tho cemotery.
Tho funeral of Chlof Flro Marshal
James Jlornn, killed In tho samo dis
aster, will bo held Monday.
Firomen aro still digging in tho
ruins searching for bodies. Tho ,11st
of dofd todny numbers 21. Twenty
ono of these aro firemen, threo nro
laborers employed by tho packing
firm. It Is bollovcd that others may
have been caught undor tho falling
walls nnd tho search of tho rulnHis
being conducted with tho greatest ex
pedition possible
that ho believed that lie saw bodies
as ho looked over tho transom. En
trance was forced Into tho room anil
ho bodies removed.
Efforts to rosuscltato thorn proved
fruitless.
Want -advertise for n new clerk or
office-worker and your business
routine will scurcoly be interrupted
liv tiie twit of tho other ono.
HOSE TURNED
ON PRISONERS
MEDFORD,
MAXIM GUN
TO CHECK
STRIKE
Railroad Men in Winnipeg Prepare to
Defend Themselves Properly
Strikers and Strikebreakers in a
Great Battle Trained Strikebreak
ers Armed and on Guard.
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WINNIPEG, Dec. 24. Following
a revolver fight between strikebreak
ers and tho 'striking car men of the
Winnipeg street railway laBt night,
tho railway management had a Max
im rapid flro gun ordered from Hall
fax nnd nro preparing to defend hom
solves properlyr
Thirty cars, carrying armed strike
breakers were nttneked last night.
After ninny shots had been exchang
ed, tho non-union crows fled and tho
strikers or their sympathizers took
possession of tho cars ami ran them
off tho track. Before tho polldo could
Interfere ono car had been upso nnd
burned.
Indications nil go to show that
only tho strictest measures will con
trol the present situation. All the
unlono seem to hnvo within their
membership many In sympathy with
the strikers. The cars woro all with
drawn at 8 o'clock light night, as
thoy were not safe from tho brick
nnd stono throwers. The compnny so
far has had 50 cf-rs wrecked or par
tially so slnco the strike opened, and
It Is feared that ono of their threo
large terminal barns will bo burned.
Armed guards patrol outside these'
big buildings all night, whllo inside
therd Is a-sufficient number of train
ed Btrlkobrenkors on the alert to sally
forth In enso an nssaulj; Is mado on
tho compnny.
Tho military has not yot been call
ed, but aro in readiness to net if re
quired. IAS SERVICES
ATTHECHURCHES
Appropriate and Elaborato Christ
mas Services Will Be Held in Each
and. Every Church in the City of
Medford.
The Medford churches will nil
properly observe Christmas this
year. For tho most purl appropriate
song services hnvo been arranged and
the services throughout will be in ac
cord with tho spirit of tho day.
Special services will bo held at the
Presbyterian church Christmas
mornpig. "Festival March" (Iteid);
organ voluntary, "Hail, Emmanuel"
(Hevily); chorus, "Christ Is Horn in
Hethiohem" (Iliihn), Miss Phoebe
irnnso; "Hail, Glorious Day" (Heir
ly); solo, Norman .Merrill, with cho
rus, "The Awakening" (Knglciiinn) ;
offertory, "Postludo" (Goulmuntj,
recessional. There will bo a general
service in the evening.
Christmas services will be held nt
tho Baptist church Sunday morning,
when speciul Christmas music, will be
giyen by the choir. "0, Holy Night"
(Adams) will bo sung by Mr. Whct
sel; "In a Mangor Lowly" (Spirritt)
by Miss llrnndley. An aiithein, "Un
fold, Ye Portals" (Gounod) will be
rendered by tho choir. Morning
sormon., 11 o'clock; subject, "Tho In
carnation and Ilirth of Christ"; eve
ning service 7:110, subject, "Proof
.Man I Ins mi Immortal Soul." Spe
cial music nt both sorvieca. All are
invited,.
Cliiistinn Soiouco services Sunday
at 11 n. in., subject of leasoii-scnnnn.
"Christum Science." Sunday school
at 10; testimonial meetings Wednes
day nt 7:30. All are welcome. 128
North Grape stroot, north of Sher-
mnn-i my musio House.
The .services on Christmas dny nt
tiie Catholio church will bo as fol fel fol
eows: At midnight mass will bo cele
brated in St. oscph's church at Jack Jack
eonville: firt muss in Medford ai
7:'I0 a. in.; second ma in Medford
nt 8 o'clock n. m.; third mass, which
will be n Mileiim bieh m.i--. wjith u
(Coutlnucd on I 'a to A ;
OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1910.
ENGINEERS
AND ROADS
N0WA6REE
Commissioner Neill Announces That
His Efforts to Prevent Strike
Were Successful Railroads Agree
to an Advance of Ten Per Cent in
Wanes of the Men.
CHICAGO, Deed 24. A settlement
between tho engineers or tho 01
western railroads, and tho compnny
officials has been reached nnd tho
threatened stilko has boon averted.
Tho fact of a" settlement was an
nounced by Commissioner of Labor
Charles P, Nolll, who has been nctlng
as mediator.
Tho sottlomonjt of tho ntrlko camo
today after a number of conferences
between Nolll and the railroad otf
cials and engineers. It was an
nounco'd yesterday that settlement or
final break would bo apt to como to
day. Tho engineers for tho past fow
days have said that they woro tired
of delay and that thoy would take
definite action unless tho rnilroads
mado concessions which thoy could
reasonably consider.
tl was known this morning thnt
tho railroads had agreed to conces
sions that thoy had declined to mako
boforo, and It la bollevod that on their
part tho engineers finally agreed to
mako a number of concessions In the
Interest of pence.
Tho Bottfemont todny brings to nn
end tho possibility of a strike of tho
onglnoors on practically .ill lines west
of tho Mississippi river. Tho thrcat
encd'ntrllco Iii'volvetl ar(500 mon. The
strlko vote wns taken by locnlS on all
tho lines and the voto as tabulated
In Chicago showed that moro than 05
per cent of tho men had voted to
ctrlko unless wngo increases wero
'jjlvou by tho roads.
Tho jiogotlatlons in Chicngo hnvo
ben under way slnco December 12.
tl is said that formal agreements
would not be idgncd until this ovem
Ing. Ho said that tho terms substan
tially wcor that tho railroads had
agreed to ndvances ovoraElng 10 1-J1
per cont with various differentials
for special sorvlcos and tho adjust
ment of working conditions hitherto
unsatisfactory to thconlnccrs,
Ho said that the differentials
ngrccd to vcre:
rony por coin uicrouHu uHiimun
gor and subur' nn service, on pushorB
and holponi on mixed traliiB, wreck
trans and enowplowsr tho samo for
helpers on thiough freight excopt
that thoy shall rccolvo G5, conts wlien
tho engineers" dlfforontlnl shall bo
75 conts lo $1. On way nnd local
freights tho pay Is to bo 25 conts for
switch engines. A dlfforontlnl of 50
cents on motor cars wns agreed upon.
IIMIWN LAW
CLEARS MAN
J. Howard Green, Who Shot Profes
sor Who Had Asked His Wife to
Elope, Is Free Man Jury Was Out
Only Ten Minutes.
LOS ANGKMW, Deg. 24. J.
Howard Green in i i'reo man today,
luiviiiLT been oleand of n charge of
murdering I'rol't-sor ThouiiiH B.
Bkidmore. According to an ante
mortem statement by Kkidmore, antl
admitted an cidcin'o'ul CJreon'H trial,
Skidnioro declined that Green had
nhol him, but that lie "duborved to
be Hhr." ;
The jury deliberated but ten miii
utoa mid returned u vurdiot of not
guilty. " '
Following tho reading of the verd
ict, Green wns embraced by hi two
daughter uud hn wife, who wan in
nocent of tiie tnigedy. According to
Mrs. Guioii'b tc-tiiiipny, bho nnd
Skidure had been friondH before
her innniuge to Clreou, Iluecully
Hkiduiore, who wn n profoHMir in u
Texan college, chim to a Augelei-,
he lestitied, nnd aked her to elope
vwlli bun It v.ih ul (it 1 1 i i - that (be
1 "hooting occurred.
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JAIL
One Year Ear.h Is Meted Out to Men
Followinn Their Conviction for
Contempt of Court Jtitlrjc Says
That Somebody Must Certainly
Have Lied.
DKNVKK, Colo., Dee. 21. Sixleon
striking niineworkers of Lufuyette,
Colo., began todny serving sentences
of one year each in the county jail
following conviction for contempt of
court in violnting n temporary in
junction to restrain strikers from in
turfcring with the operation of the
Northern Coal & Coke company's
mines nt Lafayette, or from threat
ening nonunion umployes of the com
pany. , ,
Judge Grecly Whitford, in pro
iTouncing sontenco on tlio men yester
day, denied it motion. for u stay of
execution, but grunted nttornoys for
tho defense !J() days in which to pre
pare exceptions.
Tho men are members of tho Unit
ed, iWinoworkers of America, and thnt
organisation and tlio Colorado Fed
eration of Labor both are preparing
to tnko the case to the higher courts.
Judge Whitford, in passing sen
tence, said that tho testimony was
conflicting nnd that it was ovidcut
that somebody had lied, lie said the
defendant had defied the court's in
junction and openly ussnulted non
union minors in the streets of Lafay
ette. IS
City Officials Reply to Statements
Made by W. J. Driimlilll Answer
Is Prepared by Mayor and Street
Committee.
To tho Editer:
If tho city officials took tlio time
to answer every falsehood and mitX;
representation that is uttered or pub
lished against them they would have
no time left to attend to tho city's
work.
Bui the complaint of one V. J.
Druniliill has been so often repeated
that further uilenco would doubtluM
he construed by many as nn admis
sion of tho truth of the charges.
The facts are these: Mr. Druniliill
hn never petitioned tho council lot
a water main oil Hamilton ' street
since the present admiuistriition
enmo into office. Mr. Druniliill bus
never petitioned the council ut nil I'm
u water inuiu since the chariot
amendment allowing" property to be
uws ed for the cost of water inniiih
was adopted by the tteoplo.
The council has miide it u rule u.il
to force iibsesuments against prop
erly where tlio owners did not want
it, except in exceptional canes whore
it was nocessiirv to make the system
circulating.
It seems that on June .'), 1008, long
before wo assumed office uud long
before the charter amendment auth
orizing' ussussiuonts for water main'
was- passed, Mr. Druniliill and sev
eral others did petition for a two
inch water main on Hamilton stroot,
to be laid at the expense of the city
Tho oitv not thou having the money
to grunt the petition, it was evidently
pigeonholed.
If Mr. Druiillilll bus prosoulcd to
us the usual petition asking for i
water main and thut (lie cost be us-Hc-ssod,
ns was done by tlio other
who at tend to their own buHiueks in
stead of trying to abuse city official
for tho way thoy iittond to theirs, lie
could hnvo hud (his winter inuin long
ago, for (he oily council has nlwiiy
tried, to civo tiie preference in order
ing in mains to tho strecti where
thero woro tho most pooplo who would
use water.
Mr. Druiuhill's communication
contain another false statement or
iiiHJniiulini). No member of tho cuv
council ha cicr at any time had
f riu the citv's pipe lino or water
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STORES WILL ALL BE
CLOSED ON MONDAY
Monday will bo generally ob
served in Medford ns a holi
day. Tho merchants of thu
city and the banks "will keep
hteir establishments closed for
the most part and the few that
do open will remnin open only
until 10 o'cloe in tlio morn
ing. r. Thero will be po courts open
on Monday, ns tho statu law
provides that if a holiday
falls on Sunday tho day fol
lowing shall bo observed as u
holiday. This loads the banks
to remain closed.
So cat all you want of Hint
Christians dinner, for on
Monday you will have time to
gel over it.
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TO THE AID OF
Over $7,000,000 Distributed Among
Employes of Industrial Corpora
tions in Pittsburg Great Amount
of Business in Gotham.
PITTSBURG, Doc. 21. Paymas
ters of the Industrial corporations In
this city distributed $7,000,000
among tho steel workers In this city.
TIiIh 1b tho largest distribution of
money for this, purpose over distrib
uted In tho state.
Ono corporation in this city paid
7000 men on Friday so that its mon
might bavo cash for the holidays.
Tho men expressed groat satisfaction
at tho action of tho corporation, as
It allowed them to do tbolr Christmas
shopping on time.
NKW YORK, Dec. 2 1. Forty mil
lion pieces of mail Is tho record for
tho Now York poatofflco during tho
holiday season, with an nverago of
$300,000 n day poHtofflco rocolpjB.
This breaks all records for any city
In tho United Stntes, possibly tho
world.
HAVE SORROWFUL
CHRISTMAS EVE
Great Funeral Service Is Held Over
Charred Remains of 186 Miners
Taken From Deatli-Dcallnjj Enrj
llsh Mine.
MANCHKSTKU, Hng., Dec, 21.
Christmas ovo In the village of Pro
torlu, In the vicinity of tho Little
llultou mine, where 28!) minors lost
(liulr lives In an explosion, was mado
the occasion of. n great f uncial service
over tho bodies of 180 recovorcd
dead. The charred and mangled rel
ics will be consigned to a single grnvo
nenr the initio. A' pitiable feature of
the funeral Is the factt bat only CO
bodies have been Identified.
Scores of widows and orphans will
gather bosldo tho treuclt-llko grave,
uncertain whether tho bodies of their
loved oncsllo within l or under tons
of rock and earth In tho demolished
mine.
supply u single gallon of water opt
side the city or in. any othor muuiior
or at any different price tliiin every
man in thu city who uus city wa
ter. The Ktalcuiunt has been ropuatcdlv
made that a member of the. council
was' taking water from the city's pipe
lino during tlio pail, summer lor ir
rigating his laud outside of thu oily
and that this was ono oiuifeo of tlio
shortage of water. Onup uud for
all, thiri statement is an absolute and
uiuiualified falsehood. As statud
above, no member of thu city council
ver received one gallon of wutjr
ffrom the city except for use in his
iKiiifco or on nut luwii, tlio sumo us
every one elso in tlio city bus ro
(luivod water, and at thu same price.
W. II.' CA'NDN, Mayor,
V. J. KMEUU'K. (Minimum.
J. L. Deminor,
Street Committee
Datid December 2'.l, 1010,
CORPORA
WORKING MEN
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Best Business Medford Has Elver
Seen, According to Local Merch
antsBuyers Seemed to Have
Plenty of Money With Which to
Buy.
Tho greatest Christmas buying
business Medford hns ever scon enmo
to n closo Inst evening In a blnzo of
glorjv Until Into In tho evening tho
stores In tho city waited on late com
ers who Jammed tho aisles and allies
trying to purchase that fa'lft thoy had
forgotten or still undecided ns to tho
naturo of tho girt to bo given. Tho
rush last cvonlng wns tho greatest
ovor scon In this city. Modford'a
Christmas stockings today contain
gifts worth more than half a million
dollars.
Tho local merchants nro unani
mous In the fltntomoat that thoy on
Joyed tho best Christmas business In
the history of the city, The various
big Btores down 'town roport nn ad
vance of approximately -10 por cent
over the Christmas, busliuees of last
year. Nearly till of thorn aro cleaned
up on Christmas goods,
Morchants generally declaro that
tho buyors had plenty of money to
spend nnd bought moro and bottor
Rifts than ovor before. Of courso tlio
toy department and countors whore
gamos for children nro offored nro
always populai Just boforo Christmas
but tho best indication of bow tho
pcoplo fool Is fpund in somcfo;,
oiuor (iopar:mcnts, nnd judging rrpin
tho Jnunonco sales of solid1 silver,
fancy glassware and cliina, and cloth
ing, the storo managers doclnro that
Medford pcoplo feol qspcclally com
fortablo this year.
In gonoral tho trond of tho trndo
was toward usoful articles of a good
grado. Trinkets nnd' ornainonts
found a roady sale but tho grout In
crease over last year was found In
those clnsscs of goods that coino Into
ubo every day.
Medford had a great Christmas
trnillug ora for tho jmBt threo weeks
and today thoro Is Joy throughout tho
city. It Is Indeed a Joyous Christ
mas morn.
TRAIN WRECK
DEALS DEATH
Two Passcnrjers and Four Trainmen
Killed Accident Occurs in Heavy
Snow Storm Express Hits Stand
lii( Train.
HUCYKUS. O., Dec. 21. Two pns
seugers uud four trainmen were Kill
od In tho wreck of two fnst Pennsyl
vania railroad passenger trains at
Navada, O., today. 'rW'Jcnd:
WILLIAM, Fowler, passongor, Chi
cago. F1U0D STKIN, passenger, Chicago.
CHOUGH MOItTOX, lijggngenmn.
CASS I). HI3J3UH, baggageman.
C. C. GHAIO, engineer.
C. C. MILLKIt, otiglueer.
Tho trains, running togothor on
tho sumo track on account of a
freight wreck, camp togothor nt tor
rifle speod. Ouo train was mado up
entirely of Pullman sleepers. Tho
othor train was a fast oxpress. The
ftrnliiH had been ordered to stop nt
Nevada, Tho Pullman train sjoppod,
hut tho express oltbor misunderstood
tho orders or failed to see tho signals,
and rushed full speed, striking tho
othor train bead-on.
Tho standing ougtno was derailed
and tho express crashed Into tho bag
gago car, demolishing it nnd piling
the Pullmans together along the tildo
J of the track. Tho cctdent qcqurred
in a iiquvy Biiowsiorm aim juo psprcBs
ongliuvir was unoblo to Boo'tho!,tand
Ing train.
Every mlvortisomcnt of a store
givos to somebody porhnpto i2r
people tlioir first imnresstojwSB
thnt store. And first imprwaiw
nbide, with slruii); porsnUoueo.
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