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Dully Hlxtli Vcnr
Korly-I'lrwl Ynnr
REBELS INSIST
Threats of Assassination Against
Pirmlrr Yuan Slit Knl Aro Hnard
Half Million PcojiIij Aro Rrporlril
Slarvliin.
TINNED GOODS ONLY
FOOD FOR FOREIGNERS
Daniier of Allack How at Hankow liy
Half Famished Natives
Rebels May Split.
HANKOW. Hit. 12.
mi iliiilUl1eil . il ti
Hlllllittf ulllllt of II
Rebel lirn
prop, uIm !'
i' public mill
tluut ol' HKmiiiH'.!im nirttiiiHi Pre
mini' Vhiiii Shi Khi niv Iikiiik iiiihIi
today Iiv lltw ri'vnliiliiuii-lt. Mm
IIIHlH (tr llinCltllll'Ilt ItKIUII"! (IlllCtlll
l.i. tli'i tube louder, who in nut rim
ttiiliwt'il H lilir (timimli iiihii t ,"ii'
duct iinxotiiilions avtiiiiMt I'iciiii'i
Viihii ,im nlmi lu'iinl. (Icneriil I.i i
nwpwlcil n ii mihlicr, Iml not n- n
(Mililiciil louder.
It' (Irncnil l.i nri'cciln to Premier
Yiihii'm icqiieat that I In' rebel l
down (heir iiiiiim hii iliuMM-pt a con
stitutional itioimri'liv there i a io
sibility of a plit in tin1 rebel rank"
mill I'oiitlniii'il Inmtilitio Iiv Hint lac
tion which (Ii'iiihuiU a republic.
Kullv 61)0,000 pot-wins in Hankow
mnl vicinity arc dewtllnle, with tlm
I'itv Iniil in ruin hy fin', mnl facing
Htaivatioii. Foreigner in I ho con-
cessions nn hung on lliitii'il looii anil
there in danger of nn attack hy tin'
half fmiu-hcil natives.
STARVE : TO DEATH
Appalling Details of Great Famine
Become Known Government Pre
vents Operation of Relief Socie
ties. HT. PKTKIlHIItUM. Doc 12. A-
palllug details of tho printout famine
In KiihhIii aro gradually becoming
known, diwplto efforts of I ho guv
iiriiimint to Hiipprnmi tho facts. At
i "inly II In predicted that utilcim
mloquiitn relief moiiHuroH aro under
taken conditions will ho wurmi than
In tho groat famine of 18!) I, whoa
tho uiituhur of ihrntliH In tho Euro
pean provinces of HuhhIii reached
.SIM), 1)00 In uxi'ohh of tho normal,
I'loin tho government of Ufa
rmuim tho Information that tho chil
dren havo for hovoiiiI months pnst
liceu subsisting on ariiniH, and that
tho Hiipply of Uioho Ih alniOHt ox
luniHtcd. In tho Hniunra i;nvorn
incut tho pnoplo aro oatlnt dodj;H
and tho hark of trccH. In all, n
Hcnro of tiovoruiiuint adinlnlatratloim
aro affected hy tho uroji falluro,
MdiiiiIIiiio tho Kveniineut Ih pur-
miliiK tho moHl aHtonlhliliiK roui'HU,
liavlnt; ahHoliitoly prohlhltod tho or
Kaiilxatlnn and operation of prlvato
rollof HOdotloH for fonr of political
propaganda, In huiiio dltdrlctH tho
chlofH of polh'o havo prohlhltod tho
local prcHii from iiiIhIhk fiiiidH for
tho Hiiffuroi'H, heflldoH forhhldliiK all
nnoiitlon of tho faiiilno In tho uowh
L'OllllllllH,
ON SULZER BILL
WASIIINOTON, I). ('., Dee. VJ.
Tim hmiHo comiuilloo on foreign nf-l'aii-H
loday uiiauiiilmiHly iireetl to n
favorahlo report on a resolution hv
('niiKroKHiiinn Sulzor of Now York
iceoiunmndiiiL' the nhiOKiiliou of tho
li'iily of 18!I'J with HuhhIii, owIiik to
tho rol'iiHiil of (hat country to rvmiK
nizc piiHHportH proHciitoil by Aiuorl
t'lili down,
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Medford
BRIDE BY PROXY.
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POPPAS
amd wire.
,TI'I lIUIll 1 III- Will', III wllOIII
Ii.- was in. tin il hv prow while lie wn
in Washington ami ho in t'ota Itirn.
last September, ami later hv a cm.
iiinlicc m thi .ounliv, Mi. ltclitino
i'atioi, until recently tlm I'iiiihiiih
lliinmlcr to till' milted "Into, left
SV York for hi nntivi' land a few
day hhi. There i a possibility that
In will hotline h xtiotig picsidcnlial
ciimlidittc nlii'ii hi niriM's in 1'iiint
ma. COMMITTEE
HITS PRIMARY
WASHINdTON'. 1). ('., I)IV. J a.
Hv mi ovorulitilminu' vote tho nation
a rcpuhlieau commit tot' defeated the
resolution favoriui; the preHideutinl
primiiry, only neven iiiviiitii'n nip
IMirtnit; Suinttor llorali, who forced
the iWHue.
Tho voto Hlooil 7 n.vc.1, (u dl nno-..
Tho I'ouimittno on call of tho con
vention did not intuition presidential
primarieM in it roimit. Senator
llorali prcHeutud the minority repoit
previdini: for a primary, nnil argued
hi favor of hie point.
"This in a livint: Uhiio," Horah hum"
"It cannot ho unwise to leave the
matter to the stovorHl Mnto coiiunit
ti'co. It will romilt in vnntlv hetter
I'cclintr in the rank and illo of the
parly."
John Hlodk'oll of Michigan, Clnv
ton of ArkniiHiiH ami I, von of Toii
oppoMed the Hellenic. Horah replied
to (heir ohjeetioiiM and then ThnrM'ii
of Smith Dakota seconded Horah'
motion to adopt hi icport. The vote
uiik then taken.
ONLY 88 SIGN
ROLL OF VOTERS
Rerjlstratlon at City Hall Is Pro
(jrcsslnn Slowly Only Elfjlit Days
After This In Which to Rcrjlstcr
for City Election.
Only ciiglily-vij-lil vo'ors irRistoi
nt the oily hall yoHtorday, not near
ly tho number expected on tho firM
day of rom'slraliou. This HCcniinjr
lack of iulorosl is luulmibtedlv not a
luck of iiiturc.il at till but may bo at
tributed to tho fact that it ia a now
procedure In tho city and not fully
understood nor cxtuiiHtvoly advurtiH
od. Hocordor Tel for in linviui; lamo pla-
cardH miido trlliui; of tho reejstrnlive
rcfiuireineuta mid will havo them post
oil in various parts of tho city.
'I ho registration board will moot
in tho council chamber of tho city
It nil every iifloriioon except Sunday,
and will lio in session from one until
Hoveu o'clook, The registration
bonks will bo clased on thu evoniui;
of Docenibor 21,
Arizona Golnn Democratic.
IMIOIONIX, Ariz., Doc. IS. Tro
mondoiiH Interest la being taken by
tho votorH of Arizona, which Htato Ih
olcctlni? Hh own Bvcrnor today nud
nequlrliiK for tho fliHt tlmo two
United States HOiiatoi'B and ono con
KiOHHiunn, Mentor reports recolved
horo up to noon Indleato tlmt 00 por
coat of tho roRlHtored voto will bo
east, tho Invest In tho hlHtory ot
Arizona, That tho election Is r.o
Inu henvlly democrntlo is Indicated.
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Vassalanc to Great Britain Is Once
Atjaln Formally Proclaimed to the
World Amid Scttlnns of Gllttcrlnn.
Oriental Splcndcr.
GEORGE FIRST ENGLISH
MONARCH TO VISIT LAND
Over 300,000,000 Subjects Arc Rep
resented at Formal Coronation
of Gcoriic as Emperor.
DCI.III. India. I,.-.. . ,,,'.
viihmiiImkc to (Ireat Hritaiu a utrnn
foniuillv piiieliinni'd to tln world to
dnv Hheii, in (he prcMcacH of lOll.Ollc
pcrtuoiM, reprcMi'iilini- .,une 100.0(1(1.
(10(1 nubjeeU, I ."ill iuilie ruler- knell
in hmiiNuo to the hend of the aim
limine of l!..oi-r nod Sxc-( ohtir-
Ainiil mc u of ,i- oiic ixiiiip am
imiKiiii(iei'iM", iiii,iiii.'u, in the hii
tor of India, in the K"'iit iircna
where (iiei-n Victoiia uiih proclaimed
cmprertM by Viceroy Lord I.ttou in
1.S77, nud where Kin ICdwaid was
proclaimed by Viceroy Lord Curon
in HIO.'I, Kini: (leorjjc the Fifth the
firi-t riUKiiiiiK I'hiiiliwh sovereign to
viwit the Knr Bust- -announced his
own succession to the imperial
limine.
The fact that every week more than
000(1 nntivoH are dyinir from plague
that hundreds nf thoiiMiuds arc on
the erKe of starvation, and Hint tin
spirit of ficdition abroad in the hind
impressed only bj' Kinrland's stronir
dinplay of force, was appaieutly for
KOtU'ii ftjr the moment.
flrvnt Hplcmlor.
The Orientnl settinu". the Rlitter of
the royal crowni, the t-ornpous ndiei
and jewels of the Indian princes, the
thousands of brilliantly uniformed
and superbly disciplined troop-;, and
the varicliid host of people of hun
dreds of races and eronds, combined
to make it series of tableaux of sur
passing k pernio r.
The Duibar arena, situated about
three miles from the royal camp, con
sists of two soini-ciicular amphithe
atres, nn inner one, scntiui; about f,
000, reserved for the kintr and the
native princes and Hritisb officials,
and the outer one built on the liigli
ground between tho fort (the former
Mofrul stronghold) and the ridue,
xeeno of the despernte fiuhtintr which
Iinallv assured the Hritisb conquest
of India, in 1857. x
lvlnj: Arrlvcc.
Shortly before noon the bnomins
of cannon announced the departure
of the kimr and queen from their
oninp, and when thov nrrlved at the
arcun the one vacant space in tho
color scheme was filled. Six horses
weighted down by irold-spanirled har
ness, drew the royal carriage, and
their majesties were escorted by a
body of princes, heirs to some of the
proudest thrones in India, nnd sqund-
rons ol cavalry, Hnlish nud native.
Queen Mary wore the same crown
flint did duty in Westminister nbbev
last June. Hlar.iuu' iu the center of it
was the famous Koh-i-noor diamond
which one uraced the I'eneoek throne
of Shnb.Tonan last of the "irrent
Moguls." Kinjr floorno's was not the
imperial crown, hut a new one espe
cially mndo for the occasion. The
utmost secrecy had been maintained
over the details of its eonstruetion,
nud it was publicly shown todnv for
the first tune. As hnd been nntici
putcd, it proved to bo n nutirnlfleput
ereation, for iu their efforts to de
sign soniethintr to impress the native
rulers the royal jewelers had utilfcctl
nenrlv overy pein of value possessed
by tho Hritish royal family.
, l'rlnecs lllse.
The nssemhlv of pi luces rose to
their feet as the kiinr and queen took
tlioir seals on the thrones, nnd Vico
rov Lord lfimlinjiP, Tndian Seeretnvy
Lord Crowe, the Duke of Teck and
the host of Hritish noblemen and
court officials ,all in statu robes and
tho peers wenriiij; their coronets,
grouped theinselvos round tho steps
of the dins. Holiind nnd on either
hide of tho thrones the kill's body
guard of blue-coated punncTS of the
Royal Murine Artillery, stood stiffly
at ntteutiou, while- the Soaforth Iliirh
lunilers, in scarlet tunics nud kilts,
and ureon coated Rifles, formed a
irunrd nf honor round tho flni?atnff
(Continued on pane JTT
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Mail Tribune
CMMON, 'ITKSIMV, UWIOMBHR 12, 1911.
KING AND DUEEN OP ENGLAND RECEIVED WITH
Lord an, tauy HAKD"LrrdB.
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BOILDINC "PfWIUON WHERE. KJNCS
The aboxc plirt-,r.:p'i . Low t
which took place Wx... AK pn e
as hot and hostess to their .Map-tie
1912 TAX LEVY IN
CITY iS FIXED BY
ill -IT I JQ
This Rate Will Raise $61,750 for City
Purposes Is Slightly Higher Than
Last Year Due to Workinrj of Ban
croft Act.
Fund
General
Interest
Street' .
Sewor .
I'nrk ..
Lovy
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1.0
Sum
S18J0O
131,000
9,750
li.oOO
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1.300
Library fi Jl.'ioO
Hridj,'o 1.0 (i,f00
Sinking fi IVXO
TotuI 0.,"i .$(U,7J0
The city council met Monday aft
ernoon and tixed thu city tax levy
for 101U ut !.." mills, which will ro-
alire $lll,7")0 for city purposes dur
ing the conunir year.
The increase iu tho Jovy over that
of last j ear is mndo iwcefcMiry to
meet the first si niouths' intcn'ct on
the imiirovument hmids issued. The
Haucroft bond net requires that iu-semi-annually,
whilo the propeity
owner ai;aiiHt whoso property the
bond is issued is only required to pay
his nsscsMuenl and interest itnuuullv,
thus tho net does not make provision
for the payment of the first six
inoiitsh interest hen it becomes due
mid payable. However, this iuereiwe
in the levy will onl bo necessary to
uieot tho first si niouths' interest on
the bonds ns issued, the property
owners annual interest inootint; the
requirements alter ono nnnnal inter
est amount has In eu paid.
ATTEND CONVENTION
County .Tudfjo ,T, IL Neil, County
Commissioner Juntos Owens nnd
County KiiKinocr Hert Harmon left
last uiuht for Portland to bo in at
tendance ut convention of tho county
judges and commissioners of tho stnte
which is in session there, bcKiuuiiu;
todny nud closing Thursduy.
JuiIko Neil is scheduled for tin mi
dress WeduosduY morniin; on "I'ro
bnto Law and l'roceduro." There is
proliahlv no tanothor county jud?e iu
OreRon who has hnd n knitter exper
ience iu this work than has Judye
Noil and nouo better qualified intel
ligently to address an assembly upon
the subject assigned him,
Thursday will he uivc-n up to n dis
ouBblon of priiutiunl road building,
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AND CUJEEN WU4. HOLD RECEPT1C3N
lie prcp.ir.if ui s nvde .it Di'lti, li dm
i t(d htrciMt are the l.itct portrait"
s iltiri'i' t1,'1 Durbar coroi.ation festi
E
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Tappings Convey News That All of
the Entombed Miners In Tennes
see Death Hole Are Not Dead-
Frantic Efforts tc Save.
I1RICEVILLE, Tonn., Dec. 12.
With probably from 125 to 150 of
tho 200-odd miners antombod horo
mill alive, offorts for tholr rosouo to
day are being pushed with ovory re
source at tho command of tho gov
ernment life savors and tho uiino of
ficials.
linnotui? was glvon to tho toll of
tho rescuors when tappings wore
hoard just beyond that portion ot tho
gallorlos alrondy searched. Every
man who con swing a pick Is being
put to work to defeat doath and save
tho llvos of tho Imprisoned men,
Sovon more bodies wore fouud this
morning under a cave-In, in ono, of
the deopor gallorlos ot tho mlno.
This brought tho total number of
bodies recovorod to 30. Thero 13
now bullovod to bo little doubt that
far back In the mine most of thoso
caught by tho explosion havo ior
ishod, although tho oroctlon ot brat
tices may havo shut out tho noxious
K.isos sufficiently to cut down the
dentil list to smaller proportions than
It was ftmrod it would roach.
Thoso of tho miners so far brought
up allvo havo beou ontombed more
than GO hours. Tlioy had practically
no food with thorn and woro com
pelled to drink the putrid water
which soaped through tho mlno
sonms and lay In ovll smolllug pools
on the floors of tho worklugs whoro
they waltod In darkness for tho death
that seemed sure to come.
.Wound tho mouth of tho pit tho
excitement today was intense when
It was lenrnod that now liopo had
como of saving many of tho en
tomhod men. Womon and children,
thu fnmlllos of those still unaccount
ed for, wept with Joy and only with
the greatest difficulty woro tho ongor
crowds of minors hold back from de
scending into tho shaft until tholr
turns at shift arrlvod.
Evory man who can bo employed
in tho limited spaco in tho mlno Is
being worked. Ono hour shifts aro
being used and as fast as tho res
cuers tiro of working nt high pros
suro they aro brought to tho surface
and new gangs take up tho battlo
for life without nu iusntant's delay.
Tho two ways of finding work
want advertising and answering want
nds giyo you n doublo-bnrroleil
chance of winning the kind of n job
you want.
RUSHING
WORK TO
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Oregon HisiimcaJ buoiui
City Hnll ..mwM
ACCLAIM BY SUBJECTS OF
"PWEFAR.ING. THE. DU52SACR. TJOUO Gt&OUND IN PEUil
for the reception ot Ktv (J. yjf ,,i d Queen Mr .it the Great Durbar,
of Lord and L.id H.irdiiij;i, the tc-ero ami Vict mat of India, who net
vities.
NEW YEAR'S ISSUE.
The only publication setting
forth iu detail the growth and
progress of the Kqsuo river
valley during the year 1Q11
will be the New Year's isue
of'&iM4l' TibbHP --IUilfe4&i
lie lll mill- nnniirliintlr rf ""
telling the nation what splend
id progress we have made nnd
what opportunities we offer
the homes0oker.
The New Year's issue, will
not bo confined to Medford.
it will include nil tho towns
of the valley, because the in
torosts of one is he interest of
all.
The publishers will do their
shnrc. Co-operate with them
nnd help them to make this
issue the biggest nnd best ever
put out in southern Oregou.
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MOTHER TO LIVE
Mrs. McNamara Plans to Remove to
California In Order to Be Near
Where Her Sons Are Confined
Is Heartbroken.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Doc. 12. Mrs.
Mary J. MoNnumru today plans to
lonvo Cincinnati in about two week
to take up her rosidonua nenr San
Quoutin, Cul., whoro she will bo able
to visit her sons, J. 1). and J. J. Mo
Natuara, tho confosscd dynamiters.
When questioned rogurding n viiit
sho received from II. S. lloekiit of
Indianripolis, noting socrctary-treub-nrof
of tho International Association
of Bridge and Structural Ironwor
ers, Mr. McNamnru would not de
ny that ho called for tho purpose of
paying her monoy for a trip to San
Francisco.
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x iium) not neurit n wont irom mv
li,.o oi... :i ix
& '? . ?. ?. "l .,0!,ly t0. !V ,1U.fc-
tion, "and hnvo no statement to make
at this time."
IS TO
TAKE CHASE'S PLACE
NEW YORK, Hoc 12. Harry
Wolvorton is announood today as
manager of tho Now York American
League bascbnll to succeed Hal
Chase. Provident K. N. Walter of
the Oakland Const League club has
releasod Wolvorton, who was under
contract to manage the Oakland oluli
for 1012, and will announce Wolvcr
ton'a successor tonight.
NEAR
SAN
QUENTiN
WEATHER
rtnlii. Mav. ltd, Mhi. nil;
ltd. Hum. 01 1 iri', truce.
Ni. 220.
THEIR EASTERN EMPIRE
Til
National Committee Chooses Chicago
as Convention City and Names
June 18 as the Date on Which It
Will Meet.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12.
It whs learned kcre todny flint tho
republican national oxeutivo tioat
iiiitteu nauied Harry S. New of Indi
ana, the administration oKndidntc, ns
chairman of tho siibstituteo commit
tee which will havo charge of tho
arrangements for tho national con
vention in 1012. Tho porsouncl of
the committee is ns follews:
Harry S. New, Indiana, ohnirnmn;
Mnlvnne, Kansas; Murphy, Now' Jer
sey; Duncan, North Carolinn, Wil
liams, Oregon; Kowwator, Nebraska,
and Vorys, Ohio.
Of these, Mulvniic, Murphy, Wil
liams nud Vorys nro known to bo
strong upporter of the Tuft admin
istration. WASHINGTON, I). C.. Doc 12.
The National Uepubllonn convontiQr
will be hld at Chicago on Juno IS,
1912. Harry New or Indlanupolls is
almost cortaln to be choon chairman
of the poworful commlUo on nr
rnugetneuti. which namea tho tempo
rary officers of th oonvontlon. Tho
national ropubllcan commltteo Is In
iweslon hre today.
Now's selvetlon, It It is made, will
be due -to tu offorts of President
laft and his secretary, Ohnrloa D.
Utile. New was opposed by Secre
tary Krauk II. Hltohooolc, socrotary
of tho committee, and it Is said by
ta Itoogevelt wing of tho rqpubllcnu
party.
Tho moat serious stir in tho early
stayes of the committee mooting wan
cauiod by the Ohio delegation insist-
'" '"al l"v uoiusaiwj nc largo io mo
ol convention bo selected.
through a prosldont proforonco pri
mary Instead of by tho stnto con
vention. They deolaro that uuIcsb
their demand Is granted thoy ".'III
soleot nn antl-Taft delegation at
large.
Ohio alrondy has a law providing
for tho soloctlon of 12 congressional
district delogntos nt a ropuhllc&n
primary. Severnl Ohioana doolaro
that rrosldent Taft cannot got a
dolegnte north of Columbus In such
primaries.
Colonol John Hannan, Senator I..i
Folletto'3 Boorotnry, said of tho re
publican outleok:
"La Follotto did not oxped to
mako a showing hoforo tho national
committee, which Is pnrt of tho old
iCuntiuuoil on Ige .)
REPUBLGAN
GGilM
JUNE1B