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Mhtorto! H Medford Mail Tribune SUBSCRIBERS VMIInir (o Kt ppr vrlU tir on daltvartd liy phoning of flr liy 0 v. Hi. WEATHER Clmir mill warmer, Slut, -10, Mlu. JIUj JUL Hum. 711. Dully HUlli Yrnr. Ktirty Klrnl Yrnr, TWO SECTIONS. MlflDJORD, ORKaON", HAM'L'ltDAY, NOVIOAIIJIOIfi 1J, 1911. TWELVE PAGES No. 201. 50,000 CHINESE ARE BUTCHERED CITY OF NANKING RESEMBLES HUGE SLAUGHTER HOUSE; NONE, BABES WOMEN OR MEN.SPARED Butchery Said to Do tho Most Atrocious In tho History of the World for Mildreds of Years PastStreets Filled With Slain Manchus Arc Purstiinii People Out of the City and Are Literally Clioiiliij Them to Bits Shops and Stores Ara Burned or Destroyed. CHINESE WOMEN JOIN REBEL RANKS TO SEEK REVENGE FOR SLAIN INFANTS Murder and Rapine Rage In Vcrltahlc Carnlvaal of Goro Americans Flee and So Far No Reports of tho Massacre of Foreigners Are Re ceived Murdoc k Is on the Job. SHANGHAI, Nov. I l.-.MiinHiicro of (Milium liy MhiicIhim at Nanking cnnthiii'i! today and 1 rnpor Jal IhIh urn even ptiisiilug the people mil of tliu clt nml chopping them to pieces. L'Mtlmnti'K plant tint number of dciul at r.0.000. Death inn) dying (HI (iin vtrinitK, nutters nro running with blood mnl thu city Ik like a iiiomitor Miuixlilor Iioiiho. .Manchu soldiers tiro butchering infants, rlillilrou, women mnl initios without dlncrlmlnallon. Ilcndlefw torsos of bullion Utter tliu HtuielH ami tliu bodies of tliu ail u II h nro frightfully mutilated, Shops and stores am either burned to th ground or completely wrookud. Evory CIiIiiomu homo In a burning funeral pyru, Butchory Moat Atrocious in World's History. Tim luilrliury is tliu most atrocious In tho world's history for hundreds of yours pant. All road lending to tho city liavo boon wrecked mnl tliu path of tliu thoinmutls who nought flight from tho city lit marked liy carnage. Tliu butchery make tliu atrocities of tliu lloxur uprising fadu Into liiHlgulfl. caiire. Ami It Ih lint halt over. Tho rebel nro propnrlm; tonlblu rutallatlou. Onro they tako tliu city tin bulcher'M sword will be In tliu victims. Nuvsk of the minuuicro Is causing thoiin:tinls to join tliu rebels Womon Aro Booking Rovongo for Babios' Deaths. ,. Report hnui It that oven CIiIiicho women aro anion if tliu rnvolu tlonnry troops near Nanking. Tlioy llio Klniightur of tlielr babes ami reporlH from tho rt'Iiol camp uy arniR aro luting Uniied to tlintu. They ore maddened liy participation ami suffering In tlm moHt awful oxporliinio of, modern times. Tliu ruliulH liavu lieim receiving roportH of tho butchery and com mnmlliu: officers aro ileelaied to be facing revolt unless they load an Immediate attack against the Imperialists. Tho officers have been awaiting more strategic opportunity, but It In liuprolialilo that they will bo nolo to hold thoiirmy In check. Manchu Incondiarios aro Bohoadod. WAHIIINtiTON. 0. t'., Nov. II.- Admiral Miirdouk, In oliarso of tho Amerlonn fleet In Chtiiono watern, chIiIuh tho navy ilupartmuut today that the Manrluni attumptml to Het fire to tho foreign Hottlumuut at Koo (Jhow mmr where u duHporato conflict Ih ratlin;. KoIIowIiik tho nttompt tliu rebel leadem at the hiHtlKatlon ef forulKiioru uel.ed ami bohoadod a liirco band of tho Manchu luromllarleH. Admiral M unlock declared that ho believed ho had onotiRlt ulilpn for tliu present, hut Indicated that events In tho future inlKht roqulro a largo lelnforrement to Kimrantoo tho unfety of AniurlcaiiH lit tho battlu region, Slaughter by Manchus Is Terrific. righting, Admiral Murilock'H cahl wi)H, wiim reminied today at Nan king In which the nlaiiKhlur of tho Chinese by tho MiiiicIiiih has boon torrtflc. Practically all Ainerlcaim have left tho city and no far nn la known none liavo yet fallen vlctlmu to tho carnival of iiutrdor and raplno which In raKlK thoro. Admiral Murdock hii'h further that ho ban sent tho gunboat El Catio to Hankow, WILL REMOVE Physicians to Allow Sculptor to Re turn to His Home Near Studio Doubtful Whether Ho Can Ever Work at His Art Atjaln. HAN KHANCISfJO, Cab, Nov. 11. "A K'iml lilt or Arthur I'lilnunrH brain In deHtioyiid ami tlio wound In hbi head an n romilt of tbo opera tion Ih Htlll (lliichai'KliiK. 'I'hla Ih not vory oncouraKliiK, but tho Hculptor foolB Ihnt ho will ho ablo to continue li Ih Htudlo work and wo nro miliiK to allow hlui to leave tbo boHpltal very HOOII." Thin wiih tbo official Htiilomont nimlo by Dr. I'. K. mown today of tho proBont condition of Arthur lMitnum, tbo California Hculptor, who undurwont tw'o onoratlonn at tho St. l'Viuiula boHpltal horo for brain tioublot Ouo Hldo of IiIh body Ih coinplutoly jiaralyyod, but ho IiihMb upon holiiK ponnlttod to Join IiIh llt tlo family In a nowly routod flat nour IiIh Htudlo, ami phyalclaiiH think It lmnnlHHublo, Ho will prolmbly ho roniovoil next PUTNAM SOON '5 Chlpemi bund, ami Mnuchiis will be are unit! to liavo vowud vengeance for PLAGUE WILL GREET RULERS Nearly 5000 People Perish Near Bom bay Alone In Week GG67 Dio of Dlscaso Within Seven Days Peo ple Paulc-Strlckcn.. LONDON, Nov. II. Kvporlu from Humility today toll of u terrible plngiio mill conditions which will grout King Ooorgo ami Quoun Mary when Iboy nnivo in India for tlio dm bar, Tlio latest weekly report allows that 0,007 died of tlio plnuiio through out India, ami that '1,700 of these perished in llio noigliliorliuud of lkniilmy aloiio, nODCII'3 CITY, Kan., Nov. 11. Kdwartl Nooly of Hutchinson was convention for congrcB to succood tho Into Congressman MiuUhou In tho Hovonth dltitrlct. week. A wheel ahulr nttoudiiiit ami nurso will, howovor, bo In conatant attoudiiiiro, Dr. Drown la poaalmls tie coiicoruluK Arthur Putnain'o ehiuu'Cn of over working at hl nrt YQUNG OFFICERS OF CHINA'S ARMY WHOSE EFFORTS IN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR EMPIRE &m BONO SUIT TO BE I0IDH NEXT Attorneys Will Appear Before Judge Calkins In Chambers at Ashland Answer Completed and Filed by Attorney Rcames. Willi the niiHwor (o tliu complaint Hied in tliu uirutiil oottrl (lie ntir iio.vh in tho Knit brought by Mil M. AudrewK nnuiiiHt tbo eouuty to ro htrain tho comity from iHiiin ijl. .10(1,000 roml IiiiihIh us voted at u ic cent county election will appear be foro Circuit Judo F. M. Calkin, in clinmhorH at Ashlami next Monday ami nrpic tlio anno. JUngo Calk:rn will at once tako llio matter umiei eeiihiilerutinti ami will ns hoon iih po hiblo ronder n ilceihion in tlio uaso. RecnnllfhH of Judge CnlkiiiK do I'iKion tlio t'lihu will bo nppenlcd to tl't hiipromo court for n final ilceisimi If tlio hwtini; of tlio bonds 11 found to bo lefjal by tho Hiipromo (on t tho matter of building gml romls in Ore on without tho pimsngo of addilinn ul legislation will liavo boon koimmI Tho onliro htalo is cloholy wut"li'.i: llio iirogiCfM of tlio ciiso. offjo mom Reception in India Will Bo Ouo of Unprecedented Pomp and Mannl flcancc Will Be Their First Visit to Vast Possession. LONDON, Nov. 11. KIiir GoorKO and Quoon Alary and tholr oacort loft Portsmouth at 11:30 o'clock today on their way to India to attend thu coronation durbar. It will bo tholr first vllt to India and tho festivities which will coutlnuo from tbo tlmo or. tholr arrival until tboy loavo for homo In January will bo of mnjro cudontcd pomp and inagultlconce. WILL EXHUME BODY OF JOHN M ClilCAOO, 111., Nov. 11. Tho po lioo liavo dooidod to oxuino llio ro limins of John MoDonuld, tlio fiiht liusband of Mrs. John Quinn, who is held hero today under suspicion of slaying tluoo husbands us n result of tbo testimony at tho huntest over Quinn, who was found deud at bis honid on tho outskirts of Chioago on tlio night of Novombor 2. If tlio be liefs of tho polioo provo tvuo, Mrs. Quiun's oaso will ulmost rival that of Mrs. Louis Yermilya, tho alleged wholosulo poisonor who is hold hero John MoDonuld died nt Jnokbon. Midi., on Sontonibor 211, lflOt. LONDON, Nov. 11, When tbo Mnurotnula loft Liverpool for Now York Rtdhiml Crokor was rtbrntrd, fayffitr? ---. ARGUED ON RULERS voutrc; cunjA orricxEs cr the. 2my T EARLY MOANING OLE III CITTf Fire Chief Amann at a Loss as to Identity of Person Who Started Fire at KIs Residence Early This Morning. An unknown "flro-biiK" attempted at an early hour Siitiirdny morning to destroy tho homo of Fire Chief Atuanii In thin city. Aa It was tho contents of tho house wcro destroyed and tho liotiKO badly damaged. Tho flro occurred about 3 o'clock this morning am! beforo tho flamca could bc.exjlnguliih&'th.fy wholo rear part of tho houso was ucarly con sumed ami coiiHldcrablo damago was done to tbo main part of tho dwell ing. Tho flro company rosponded to tho call ami, although It was a long run they made It In remarkably bhort tlmo. Tho fire wok discovered by Chief A ma nn, who was awakenod by tbo crackling noise from tho burning wnlls, and nt onco set to work with a garden how to put out tho blaze while Mrs. Atanun turnod In tho flro alarm. A charred block of wood, satur ated with coal oil, was found on tbo back porch lying against tho houso wall vory close to whoro tbo flro started, hence ono does not need to draw very largely upon tholr Imagi nation to presume, boyoml reason ablo doubt, that tho flro was Incen diary. Asldo from the dninago done to tho building from flro ami water nearly all the contents wcro ruined by water. Tbo loss Is estimated to bo vory closo to $2000, with nn in Hiirnnco of S1300 on tho houso and 2T0 on contents. A flro alarm was turned in early Friday evening from 720 Wotoh Btrcut. This is a now bungalow owned and occupied by Mrs. IUppy and firo had caught in tho flooring which extended undoriicnth tho base of tho cement firoplnco, Tho flro boys responded quickly, but experienced somo difficulty in gutting nt tl.o firo, which to reach necessitated tho tearing up of floor ing In n nearby closot. But very llttlo damago was done OWES HIS LIFE TO FLIP OF A SAN FKANCISCO, Cnl., Nov. 11. Hiehnnl Hughes n chauffeur em ployed hy a mining pioturo concern, ownes his life today to mere eluineo. Wullneo Foster, former California University athlete, now superintend ent of tho San Itafncl plant of tlio San Francisco Gas and Elootrio.oom pany, tossed a penny to deolde whether ho would tako n little fre quented road or llio main highway to Snn lcnfticl. Ho took tho small roml, cutting nertihs a nuiih nt tho head of Corteniiidorn Cieek. At a bend in tlio road ho hoard Hughes crying faintly from henoath nn overturned automobile which had nlrendy held him for more Hum an hour in the mud of tho rising; creek, GOVERNOR 15 TO VISIT HIS HONOR T Advises Local Commercial Committee That He Is Endeavoring to Ar range His Affairs to Be Here in Near Future. "Westvlllo" Is to be visited In tho near future, possibly nt tho begin ning of next week, by tho man who made Its plnco upon the map of Jackson county possible". Governor West today advised mombers of the local commercial club committee that ho was ondeavoring to so adjust his affairs that ho will bo able lo-visit Honor Camp No. 1 soon and see what kind of work his honor men arc do ing. Tho honor mon aro looking for ward with consldorablo Interest to tlio first visit from tho governor. Thoy nro all anxious to discover what ho thinks of tho work tboy are doing and If ho Is satisfied with his policy. Tho men approclato what he is doing for thorn in tho way of ox tending n helping hand and will doubtlosa volco that appreciation when ho viblts thorn ucxt week. ALL NORTH AFRICA MAY MIX III FIGHT Holy War May Spread Over Vast Territory Fellow Mohammcndaans Are Urged to Join In War of Ex termination. TRIPOLI, Nov. 11. Reports horo today from adjacent states say that a Jehad, or holy war, Is Imminent throughout nil North Africa ns tbo result of tho Itallan-Turko-Arab but tles here. Advices hnvo rcachod Genornl Canova, tho Italian com maudcr, that Arab delegations nro in Tunis inviting tholr follow Moham modans thero to cross tho Tripoli frontier and Join lu a war of exter mination. M E OVER TILL MONDAY I.OS ANGKLKR, Nov. 11.- Be cause of eiil business growing out of litigation beforo him Judge llordwell was uualilo to piosido at tho MoNu mara murder trial today and tho eao wont over until .Monday by consent of counsel for both sides, PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 11. Tho coldest weathor for this tlmo of tho oar In tbo history of tbo United States weathor bureau was felt today iu wostorn Ynsblngtoii und Orogon. NANKING, Nov. 11. Revolution ists liavo Biifforod another dofoat out sldo Nanking and tholr posttlon Just outside tho city hns boon ousted, MEN ID WEB m . OFninRnS.. IS LOSTTO VIEW Wife Alleges That He Was Spirited Away by Detectives in the Employ of William J. Burns Wife Paid $15 a Veek. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 11. Mybtery today suroiinds tbo disnp penrnncc of Frank Eekboff, a boy hood companion of James II. mid John J. MoNamnrn, the alleged .Los Angeles Tinjes dynamiters, who has been muring for some time past, ami whom his wife alleges wnsspiritctl awn j by detectives in the employ A William J. Burns, head of Hie Na tional Detcictive Agoiicq. Eekhoff is a core-maker, aged 24 years. The mystery was furthor compli cated today when the wife received a secinl delivery lottcr from hor hus band dated from Pittsburg, Pa. Ys terday Mrs. Eekhoff, accompanied by her husband's mother, sought Chief of Police Jackson for information re garding tbo missing man, and wore told Hint he was on route to Los An geles. The olico say that Bums dotoctive took Eeklloff nwny and Mrs. Eek hoff says that nn nrrangomont hns been made whereby she is to nnppoar at police liendqunrters weekly while her husbunud is away and receive $15 ench weok. It is reiwrtcd that instead of going to California with Kekhoff, the de tectives nro working near Cincinnati, in hopo of uncovering nitro-glycor- ine. It is reported that they found a can of tho explosivo nt Benver, Pa., n few days ago. STRIKE MAYGOME ON ROCK ISLAND Unionists Arc Very Reticent Regard ing the Action to Be Taken Em ployes Rejected the New Scale Of fered by the Road. CHICAGO, Ills., Nov. 11 Probnil ities of a strike on tlio Kock Island railroad nro boing dismissed as u re sult of u mooting of the o.xcoutivo commitces of five crafts employed on tho railroad hero today whioh lent credence to tho roports of coming trouble which have been prevalent for somo time past. Tlio unionists aro vory reticent re garding tho notion to bo taken, but it is luaiued that through n referen dum tho employos rejected tho now scnlo offered by tho road and voted to striko unless the scale is inoreased. It is voported that tho unions have practically dooidod to call u striko tomorrow. NEW YORIC, Nov. 11. Pollco woro compollod to oroct banicadoa of carts across somo of tho principal streets horo to protect strikebreak ers from attack by mobs of striking city garbage ,nion today. ;jni 00000 FRIEND CARLISLE IS S O'ER HARVARD Princeton Defeats Datmouth Yake Demonstrates Her Superiority Over. Drown From Start to Finish, Winning 15 to 0. CARLISLE IB; HARVARD 15; PRINCETON 3; DARTMOUTH 0 Princeton Defeats Dartmouth rty Freaky Drop Kick After a Hard Fought Game. CAMBRIDGE, .Mass., Nov. 11. In a ganie 1 which goat kicking fea tured, almost alHof tbo points bolus mado-on'lclcks from tbo field, Car lisle uutbootcd tho Harvard cloven and won by a closo margin, 18 to 1C. In tho'flrst quarter Carlisle kicked two placement goals and Harvard one. In tho second period Hnrvnrd Isjpred a touphijown and kicked tho goal. Scere: Harvard 0, Carlislo C. Tborpo of Carlislo scored a touch down, and kicked his goal. A mo ment later tho Indians drop-kicked nuotber goal and tho quarter ended: Carlisle 15, Harvard 9. k Carlislo drop-kicked another goal, making their final. .score 18 '"points. Harvard scored another touchdown and kicked goal. - Princeton Wins. PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 11. By a freaky drop-kick unheard of beforo In football history, Princoton today defeated Dnrtmoiith. After n nip mid tuck gamo In which both elevens fought to tho verge of exhaustion yitbout boing ablo to scoro. DoWitt,) tho star bootor of tho Tlgors, niado a desperato attempt to win, which succeeded through no niorlt of his own. With only a few sccondo to piny, DeWitt drop-kicked for tho goal. Tho kick was a failure and tho hearts of the Tiger rooters sank ns tbo ball bounced clumsily along tho ground. Whou directly under tho goal poata tho oval took a uuddou high bound and soared gracefully ovor tho cross bnr, winning the gamo by a 3 to 0 score. Yale Wins From Brown. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Njv..ll. From tho blust of tho whistlo which sent gridlrou gladiators togothor hero this afternoon, Yalo demonstra ted hor superiority ovor tho Browu team In partial retribution of tho 21 to 0 victory of Brown last year. First Mood was drawn by tho souw of Ell wtien Howo mado a splondld kick from tho 45 ynrd lino for throo points. Tho next kick-off was fol lowed by a soriea of oggrcsslva rushes by tho Yalo backs, terminat ing in hurling Camp ucross tho en emy's goal for a touchdown. ' An oasy goal followed. In tho second porlod Yalo socurod tho ball within 13 yarda of Brown'u goal nftor somo brilliant playing und Howo easily kicked another fiold goal. Tho half ended: Yalo 12, Brown 0. In tho third porlod tbo victorious Yalo team rushed tho ball to llrown'a two yard lino. Yalo lost tho ball on downs. Spruckllng failed to klclc out of danger, Yalo taking tlio ball on tho 35 yard lino. Yao kicked a placoment goal. Score: Yalo 15, Brown 0. Browu showed to bottor advuntugu during tho romaindor of play and hold tho Ell players at ovens. SEATTLE, Wn. The firt tyuil-voroiu-y of tho enfranchisement of women in tho state of Wuslilugtor. will bo observed tonight with a bnn qupt for women nt tho commercial oluh. Women from tho other four onfrmiohiKcil Mutes will nttcilil .ih dolomites, 1 ,' u