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WEATHER
CLEARINGS
Hank clearings todny wcro
$.'8,551.27
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FORTIETH YEAR.
."MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1911.
3STo. 270.
OCTOBER 1 1 13
FULL FLEDGED
LEGAL HOLIDAY
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Germany Alarmed Over
Emperor William's Health.
Radical Member Is Chosen Head
Of Interstate Commerce Board.
BLOCK TRAINS
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FLOODS
REBEL ATTACK
ON JUAREZ IS
BLOODY AFFAIR
IN CALIFORNIA
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Southern Pacific Has Operated No
Trains Out of Stockton via San
Francisco for Past 12 Hours
Western Pacific Suffers.
RIVER TWO FEET ABOVE
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS
Southern Pacific Bridges Damagcd
Communication With Sacra
men is Cut Off.
STOCKTON, Cnl., Fob. 2. Tlu
(Southern Purifies Company liu
operated no trains out of Stockto'i
via San Francisco for 12 hours. Tli.
.Western Pacific is tied up by wnsh
onls and probably -will bo unable to
operate trains for three days.
The Santa Fo has tlio only lino
which has not suffered from tho
floods sweeping the San Joaequn
Valley. Water in the San Joaoqui.
River is subsiding today and the fi
liation is beginning to clear up, al
though the lower island districts ncai
tbo junction of the Sacramento nut'
San Joacquin Rivers lmvo not yel
received their highest water. Yes tor
day the river at the Lathrop Bridge
rose to 21 feet, two feet above pre
ions records. Two breaks in tin
levee, one on district 37 and one oi
the Knsson plneo near Bantu, linvi
relieved the pressure and caused thr
river to fall. District 17, the large!
leclamation Ji Sun Jnaoquin County
comprising 10,000 acres, is"inundnt
oil.
The French Cninp section nnd (lit
Moss- tract. South West of Stockton
are flooded.
One of tho Southern Pacific stet1'
bridges between Lathrop and Trnov
is diimaged nnd the line between hen
and San Francisco is blocked. Be
tween Stockton and Lodi there is s'
washout on tho Southern Pacific
cutting off communication with Sac
ramento. The Central Californii
Traction Compnny has not "seen il
railh for three days on a mile stretch
Ninth of the Calaveras River am'
yet it is oporating trains. The thin'
rail system is out and n steam en
gine is being used to pull car
through the flooded district. Com
munication with Oakdale. Milton
Angel Cnmp and tho Mountain sec
tion will be cut off for some time
A number of bridges have been swop'
out.
DEATH RIDES
Over Two Hundred Deaths Reported
as Result of Storm Raging Alonu
"Coast of Spain Death List May
Increase.
. MADRID. Feb. 2. Two hundred
deaths woro reported today from u
btorm that rugoel along tho coast ol
Spain. When reports from outlying
towns now out off arc received it ir
expected that at least fifty more
will bo added to tbo doath list. There
wnc no abatement today in the .storm,
and shipping is nt a standstill. It i
feared thut a number of wrecks hue
occurred. Hundreds of craft have
sought refuge in haibor-.
DIED INI8ALEM; '
BURIED AT HOWIE
The funeral of Thom.i-. II. GiNon,
formerly a resident of Jacksonville,
who died Inst Tuosday in n hospital'
in Salem, took plnee in the Jackson
ville oowotery this afternoon.
Mr. Gilson is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. William Dennaff nnd
Mr. Chris. Ulrieh of JncUonvilU).
STORM
CLOUDS
BERLIN, Feb. 2. Tho entlro Gorman people are alarmed todny
over a report emanating from tho palnco that tho Kaiser Is seriously 111.
Three specialists woro summoned at a lato hour last nlpht. At tho pal
nco it Is claimed that Wilholm Is suffering only from u slight attack of
Indigestion. For some months, however, ho has not been well.
TO
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CONVENTION CITY
Commercial Club, Aided by Ed. War
ner, Has Already'1 Secured Oregon
.Merchants Association Convention
for Next Year After Others.
With n hall in the Nnloriuiu build
ing capablo of seating comfortably
2.")00 people and tho prospect of hav
ing one of the finest hotels in the
state before tho coming fall, Medfora
will noxt year endeavor to, become
a "convention city" and lias already
completed arrangements for tho hold
ing of tho convention of tho Oregon
Rotuil Merchants association conven
tion here next January.
As a. delegate from Medford to the
convention f the merchants loeonlly
held in Salem, Ed ward Warner, u
member of the fifm of Warren, Wort
man and Gore of this city, secured
tho choosing of this city for next
year with tho result that, some time
next January, Medford will enter
tain about .00 Oregon morehnnts and
their wives and families for a per
iod of three or four days.
At tho convention in Salem al
most 300 delegates were in atten
dance but it was prophisiod then that
by next year tbo membership of the
lssociation will have grown to about
oOO.
Tho Commorcial Club, through
Secretary Malboouf, is communicat
ing with a number of other associa
tions and has already succeeded in
placing the advantages of Medford
before them in such n way that sev
eral luivo promised to gio this city
serious consideration.
AIL WEIGHT CARRYING
RECORDS ARE BROKEN
PAF, France, Feb. 2. Aunt ion
weight carrying records for all
count rio wunt to siuaah today when
Aviator Lomartin, with ovwi pm
,e,iigers, in a four settled Bloriot
monoplane, flew over tha I'au ueio
drotne. The combined weight of lomartin
nnd his puseeogere wag 1.112 pound
this being by far the irreatost weight
ever eonvyd by n heavier than air
iiiuchiue.
MAKE
LECTRIC PLANT
FOR EAGLE POINT
Engineers Complete Surveys Pres
ent Plans Call for Completion of
Plant By Early Fall Much Work
Being Done in Little City.
That Haglo Tolnt will shortly have
an electric lighting plant of Its own,
with a power station located on tho
fnlls of tho Llttlo Butto crook, is now
belloved to ho nssured. Engineers In
tho employ of capitalists, who havo
long boon considering the project, re
cently completed surveys of tho pro
posed power slto, nnd it is reported
on good authority In Eagle Point that
work on a dam will shortly bo start
ed. Tho prosent plans call for a
completion of tho project by noxt fall.
A millibar of now work Is being
done In Kuglo Point, including tho
laying of a quantity of sldowalks and
a now building will shortly "bo orccted
for tho now Englo Point bank.
A measure requiring tho impound
ing of cattle will shortly bo put Into
offoct, and uftor tho date of Its pas
sago no stock will bo allowed to roam
outsldo of regular pastures.
CANT LIVE ON $1200;
TAKES FEDERAL CASH
P1IOFNIX, Ariz., Feb. 2. Finding
it difficult to support bis family oi
his salary of $1200 a your as a posl
offieo clerk, J. C. Hortitmun, chiti
dork of the money department in
tho Phoenix office, accommodated
himself to loans of government funds
aggregating $1IIX Ho was arrostcd
yofctorday by ostnl inspectors uftor
ho hud mado a confossion which fol
lowed tho repayment of nil the
"loans" With f unda ho obtained from
relatives. Horstman was released u.i
der $2500 bond.
KINGSTON. JAMAICA. "
WANTS CANAL FAIR
KINGSTON:, Fub. 2 The Jamaica
Chamber of Commerce is considering
a imipoHfll to recommend to tho gov
ernment the holding of u big exposi
tion hero in 1015, noinoidont with
tho formal oponing of tho Panama
canal. Tho chnmbor also, in a fow
days, will tako up tho subject of in
specting shipping facilities here and
in order to provide accommodations
for traffic passage through the
canal, tho leading merchants favor
the onnnt ruction of n large dock
and a shipping repair ship.
Long Lines of Riderless Horses With
Blood Stained Saddles Stampede
Into American Territory Pas
scngers Wero Marooned.
500 TROOPS ARE NOW
BUSY WITH DYNAMITE
Great Force of Rebels Engage In
Battle With Federal Troops
Trains Are 'Detained.
EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 2. Ameri
can Consul Edwards at Juarez this
uitoriioon ordered all Americans lo
leave tho city. Ho believes mines
have been planted under tho govern
ment buildings to blow up tho rebel
force if it attempts to snek tho
city. V
EL PASO, Texas, Fob. 2. A rebel
attack on Juarez, Mexico began to
day. 500 cavalry and infantry are
engaging tho attacking forco of tho
rebel under General Pascal Orzco,
whoso soldiers on tho advance be
tween Juarez and Sanuilayuca.
Evidences that tho first clash of
the forces was a blood one uro seen
today in tho long lines of riderless
horses with the blood stained sad
dies which uro stampeding across
tho border into American territory
Orczeo's forco reached Samnlyuo.i
yesterday on two commandeered
Mexican Central trains. Thoy de
tained (hero, retaining two engines
and enough cars to convey them to
ward Juarez.
(JiirfJeld lit Trout.
Passenger trains boaring 100
Americans, including Jnmcs 11, Gar
field, arrived at Juarez at midnight
and gave tho alarm after thoy hud
been marooned threo days in the
Moxicnn desert.
The Juarez military authorities
rushed 500 troops with dynamite to
destroy tho five milo bridge between
Juarez and Sumalayiica and succeed
ed in blowing it up just beforo the
arrival of Orzco's train with the
rebel forco aboard.
Orzco, seeing his advance discov
ered, then baudoncd tbo trains and
tbo rebels advanced on foot in a
crescent shaped formation.
Jlattlo Desperate.
Tho desperate nature of tho bat
tlo which has been in progress since
the forces clashed is indicated by
tho fact that of 114 Mexican infan
try men which left Juarez this morn
ing only 08 hud leturncd at 10 o'
clock. Four of tho contingent, badly
wounded, arrived on a handcar. Two
soldiers uro known to have been kill
ed by tho rebol forces, and it is said,
at this hour, it is unknown bow many
others have fallen.
Thoro is ovory evidenco of tho re
ports that tho returning soldiers that
tho rebels aro winning.
Juuroz, terror stricken at near ap
proach of real fighting, is under
martial law and (he stieet cars con
necting it with this city havo been
stopped.
Ultimatum Delivered.
It is reported that General Orozco
has delivered an ultimatum to Ameri
can Consul Edwards nt Juarez and
to Moxicnn Consul Lomcli hero, de
manding that Juniez bo surrendered
to prevent further bloodshed, Orozco
thicnfencd to attack tho city in ear
nest this afternoon unless his tortus
wore accepted.
At noon tho rebels were roportcd
to luuVi advanced to within four
milos of Juarez, whom they wore
preparing for a concorlod attack.
Doctors Push nnd Sinks of this
'city have loft hero under a Ked
Cio8 flag for the scone of the fight
ing with the design of giving medical
assistance to Oroszco's wounded. If
tho government permits, an emer
gency hospital will bo established
hero for the cure of the woundod on
both sides. Anticipating permission
from Washington, a Hod Cross forco
is already being orKtinizod and will
lonvo at once after pormiron is
gunrnutod for tho scono of battle.
No Change In Levy.
SACRAMENTO. Cab, Fob. 2. The
Panama International Exposition
stands as a b.ir to ovory attempted
nmondment of the state rovonue lawn,
ai cording to N uator Cilliill.
In Judson G. Clements the lntcratutu counnerco commission him elected
one of Its most riultcal members chairman, lie succeeds M. A. Knapp, now
presiding Justice of tho new court of commerce, but it is said President Tnft
was anxious for tho selection of Commissioner Kdgar 12. Clark of Iown, a
Itepubllean, The commission, however, followed its rulo of choosing tho rank
ing niembrr. This elevates another Democrat to a high olllco. Mr. Clements
was n strops; supporter of tho interstate board's flKht for Jurisdiction over tho
railroads Vne ten years ago. It Is said that nono of his written opinions hns
ever been overturnied by tho supreme court. Judpo Clqments served in tho
ConfcderaV nrmy and then In tho Georgia legislature and congress Hq yfatt
nuido an Daterstato coininW'sloncr la 1802 by President HiutJwolJA. He Is a
strong adTwnte of tho pjiyslcnl valuation ofa-nllrojuU.. tt ; r .'
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BURNED
eif WHOLESALE
Plague Victims Are Piled Up Like
Cordwood and Burned Pyre
Soaked in Kerosene Dead in Two
Hours.
PEKING, Feb. 2. Stacked up like
cordwood, tho bodies of plague vic
tims have been burned by tho hun
dreds at Harbin and other scourge
stricken cities todny. Bovurnl hun
dred coffins, containing tho doiul,
woro placed, cud up, frozen, uncof
fiued bodies piled on (op, und (he
torch applied by soldiers after the
pyre had been soaked in kerosono.
The burning took plnco two miloh
oulsido tho city. Tho wholesale
crcamation of bodies continued nlf
dny.
Dr. O. Itnham Ashland, of the
Church of England, mission, who,
with his wife, is ul llnrbin, tele
graphed today that "tho virulence ol
the diseaBo is simply incredible. Mei
aro walking about nnd donluriug
themselves in perfect health, when
suddeiilv thoy develop n temperature
us hiu.li us '10 degrees conligrate. In
two or three bourn they aro dead
"Tho fatalities in tho nalivo city
average 150 n day. Of these from '10
to 00 occur nt the isolation hospi-tnls-.
The remainder arc persons
picked up in the direct-, by tho sani
tary forci,"
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The counlv couit M'-tcrd.iv grunt
ed a ruqiu'ht of a number ol Gold
Hill citizens for a budge uciosb the
Hoguo llivor at lliut place Work
will probably bo started on the struc
ture noxt summor.
The bridge will oost npproiimalaty
$;l500 which will bo taken from the
road tax inonoy.
If you are sura that your store of
fers bettor values than any other In
vour lino, bo equally sura that it is
bettor advertised.
SPAN
CHOREA ARE
SOLD FOR F
00
Famine Stalks Through Chinese Pro
vincesTwo Hundred Thousand
Families Without Food Unburled
Dead Line Roadways.
NANKING, China, Feb. 2. De
claration that 2,500,000 peoplo are
affected by famine in Kiang Su und
Anliui provinces, and that children
uro being sold for food by furnishing
thousnnds uro nuido horo todny by
mibsiouurics who lutVo just arrived
from tho stricken region.
Tales of shocking conditions in
tho fnniiiio country uro told by the
missionaries, and many of tho de
tails are unprintable. Two hundred
thousand families, thoy say are
without food, sholtor or clothing,
and in tho rural districts tbo un
buried dead lino tho roadways, and
famine, fovor and loutlisomo disease
aro deoinmling tho gaunt und btarv
iug victims.
Tho i'nmino is duo to a flood of
the Kwai Hivcr, which destroyed .ill
tho crops in the icrioii.
ARRIVE IB
GUARD TIA JUANA
SAN' DII'XJO, Cnl., Feb. 2. Sovon
mounted rurales fioni Hnsenada ar
rived ut Tin Jiiuua today, ucrosb the
Mexican bonlor horo and f0 more
are expected tonight to aid tho citi
zen, in gunrding tho town from tit
tack by rebels.
Tho sovon Diuz soldiers reported
that their detachment hud scattered
alter leaving Kimonada in order to
make sura that Dosouuzo. Hiibniun
Giuidaloupo and other towns wore
snfo.
Lioutonant Governor Lnrroguo hns
ordered all Amorioans on tho Moxi
can side to removo guns and ammuni
tion across' tho border to provont
o'uure by tho rebels. Govornnr Colso
Vogw, of Lowor California has nrriv
od in Oundiiloupo with 00 soldiers
and will proceed either to Tin Juaiia
or Teeurto und Mexieuli,
Rockliff's Measure Abolishing Treat
ing in Saloons Killed by Senate
House Passes a Large Amount of
Bills During This Morning's
KELLAHER SLIPS ONE
OVER ON COLLEAGUES
Wordly War Is Expected This After
noon in Senate Will Try and
Have Protest Expunged.
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SAIiFM, Feb. 2. Tho twelfth o
October is now a full fledged legal
holiday in Oregon. Governor West
today signed tho bill which passed
both houses' without much opposi
tion. Fonts' bill to create a judgo for
the, juvenile court of Multnomah
County, and Rackliff's mcasuio nbo
lishing treating in snloons woro
killed in tho houso this morning.
Scnutors Abraham, Malarkoy,
Nottingham, Bowcrmun and Carson
woro inconscd this morning whon
thoy mudo tbo discovery that Kcllu
hor put ono over on them ljy hav
ing his famous protest mado a mat
tor of record. Tho five senators
wcro sovorely cnstignlcd by tho Mul
tnomah man, and an effort will bo
mado to havo tho entire protest ex
punged fro mtho scnato journal.
Powcrmnn nsked that tho question
bo mado a special order of business
for this afternoon's session, nnd it
lis expected thut a largo crowd will
bo on hnnd to scq tlio-firovvorks.
i Tho follp.vying bills pas-sod ills'
houso teday: II. B. 280, Jones, ro
poaling license fu)r salo of opium;
II. P. 228, Clemens, mnking it a crimo
for a non member lo wear a bado
of a fratornity; II. I). 95, Polorson,
rolnling to lovying of taxes for
schools; II. P. 75, Thompson, relat
ing to snlary of judgo of thirteenth
Judicinl District; II. B. 180, Cnrtor,
providing for tho eschewing of money
belonging to patients of Oregon In
sauo Anylum; II. P. 123, Miller, of
Columbia, providing for ndditionnl
costs in notions for wngos; II. P. 1-10,
Ilollis, to crcato a board of fish and
gumo commissioners.
FISH AND GAME
ACT IS PASSED
House Passes Measure Designed to
Place Fish and Game of Stato in
Hands of a Stato Board of Com
missioners. SALKM, Feb. 2. The house todny
passed tho following bill providing
for a board of fish and game com
mibsioners :
.For nu act to crcato a stato hoard
of fish and gumo commissioners; to
proscribe ami define their rights,
powers nnd duties; to provido for
their salaries and oxpenses; to pro
vido for tho bottor protection and
propagation of fitdi and gumo and
non-gauio birds in tho stato of Ore
gon, and to repeal all acts or parts
of nets in conflict with this act.
Ho it cuueted by tho people of tho
stuto of Oregen:
Po it onnutcd by tho Legislative
Assombly of the Stato of Oregen:
Section 1. Thoro shall bo and 13
horoby oroatcd a stato board of fiah
and gumo commissioners, which shall
coitsiht of five members, each of
whom shall bo a citizou and resident
of the ctato of Oregon; four of said
mombirs hall bo appointed by tho
govornnr (no moro than two of whom
shall be of tho sumo political party),
and the fifth shall bo tho president
of tho Orogon Agricultural College.
Tho term of offico of tho members
of said board shall ho four years, but
of thoso members of said board first
appointed ono shall bo appointed for
ono year, ono for two yonrs, ono for
throo yours, nnd ono for foilr yoars,
and each membor of said board shall
hold offico until bis successor shall
(Continual ou I'aga 0,),
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