mwmmimr
OMirtfl HIiTTh
City Hall TS
Medford Mail Tribune
WiliWIMI'N g
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Unlit, Mat., U; Mill.. !7
ltd. Hum., Off IVr Out,
nU
IJMly Hlxtli Vi-nr.
Korly.rirnl Your,
MICDFORD, OIMCION, THTRKDAY, DKCMWIBIfllt 28, 1911.
No. 239.
il
MANCHU PRINCES ASSENT TO REPUBLIC
s
NIG
REAT CHANGE
National Convention Shall Decide,
Says Edict, Between the Monarchy
anil a Republic Cabinet to Decide
at Onco on New Election Laws.
FINAL SUSPENSION OF
HOSTILITIES TO COME SOON
Manchii Princes Evidently Flml That
Further Resistance Is
Hopeless.
. BIlANrilfAl, l" 28. -In mi li
Hril i'ilii'1 iituird toilny tint Miuiiiliu
priimott pmetlonlly iimikiiI In I la- !
ilhmtinu or (lit) tmmrir and Hid ".
tHblUhiiii'tit of n Cliiiiene republic.
limned after it pintriicltiil mi't-tiiig
of lite prltieo, in which t lit) ficrceM
rticrliniiiittiuiiH v'ro indulged, tin
ttllll't llMM'tlt lit (III) pHlptHllll Hint II
IIHIIiMIhI tlilMM)tiO slltlll tlei'illll III''
twntui (lit inoiinreliy ami a lepuhlie,
Hint tinier Itiu enbiiiet to decide nt
omit' on cleetlnn lawn by whioh tlio
ilnlexnttM to tint emneiition shall be
I'lltlUltlt.
Tin I'tlicl specifically NtnliM lliul
Twig Sluto Vi, (In Maiu-htt rcpie
utMlio hern, shall t'oiiNitlt with Wii
Tin I'ii u u' regHrdiug Urn film! hii
pmiMioii of Inutilities, mill says it
liopmt I liy ileoiuiiin of tlio CTonveiition
tmtvFflnnllvl"bt,whntcvnr In for the
gMn of Hip country.
Tlio publication of tlio edict is tnk
on Intro to int'iui that, fiinlinir further
nwiwtitiicc liopoli'MM, I lie Mm lU'lut
princes have f tint It v iloleniiint'd to
yinlil, and have adopted this im'tliml
of ho lining in an i'f fort to save at
ltmt a lilht' of their power ami pox
(KwaionM, a well h to tlolny a long
tin ixHtaililit tlio ilav of icckoiiiiiK.
The action of tlio Mani'lin chief
rtMtiltHi! front it final untieo front
Yiihii Shi ICiti tlint ho liiul dune all
iMtHtfllilit tn HMve tlni menurnhv: llutt
a national ciinviuilinn wan llmir only
fuilvutiiui, iiiul that if hi expedient
Well) IcfllNCll lilt WOlllll CCIIHO front
tin v further efforts to Hli'in tlio lido
of rebellion.
TIlU Clliet, II H SOIII1 Its isHIICll. WIIK
foruaiiloil limit by telegraph float
l'i'kin, ami liotli Tang Shan ami Dr.
Wn wore apprised of i(s contents nt
tuiuo. No Ntnti'inont linn yet been
given ant liy tiithor tlio Muiiclui reprc
tnmtalivo or tlio fonnor Clilnoit mm-
SHtl'l' to llllt Ulliloil SllltllH as to wlinl
anlion will tin taken, lint Dr. Wu at
oiioo wont into conference with tlio
otlior rebel' chiefs in an of fort to pre
pare an answer to tlio ptopoHnl.
Whilo ho woiilil make no itofinito
Hliilctiiunt, Wn Tim: Kung in tunler
Hlooil not o ho oiitliiiHiaHlio ovor tlio
tioiiMintion Helicmo oittlinoil in tlio mi
pnrinl edict. Vn foil in that tlio up
pat out surrender is merely an oxpcdi
(nit to gain delay, (o pormit tlio conn
try lo drift into nunrchv, anil thus lo
ciuiHii foicigu intorvontion.
WANT ELK FOR
CRATER PARK
Dinner Hermann Requests Wyonilnu
Congressional Delcoatlon for Two
Carloads of Elk to Bo Liberated In
Crater Lake National Park.
f t !4UH
COLD WAVE SWEEPS
OVER MIDDLE WEST
('IIU'A(H), III., Dpi-. 28.--Willi
tlio iiififtiry nt fi almvo
roro, tlio folilt'Mt tvnvi) of tlio
winter Htrnolc Chionuo anil I lie
lulco ri'Kion (oiliiv. Two ileutlin
nil end v linw ri'Mlilteil mnl
IIiiiiihiiikIm of etxoiH nto nuf
rerlni,'. At Miiliti'iiHiliH 11 n H
lii'low roio, mnl at I.ii('iiphi',
Win,, 7 lielow.
HH IHMMH
WDULDST1I
SERV
E
REW YEAR'S? THEM
LAY U STOCK
Vou Must Do New Year's Shopplnu
Early This Year, for on Sunday
the Lid Will Be Clamped on Tlylit,
This Not Bcinn an Open Face Town.
WASHINGTON, Doc 18. A re
qitorit litis boon roooivod front Hiiit;or
lUiniiunn by inonihorn of tbu Wyuin
Ini: ooiigieHriloiinl ilolegntioii for two
(iiirloailH of WyomiiiK 'IK' 1'wn t'10
JiMiksou'n llolo region, for plaoinc in
Oiato l.ulcu park, llo Iiiih boon nil
vlnod o iniiko foimal iiiiplii'iitinii to
tint tjoorotarv of iimiuultiiro uiul tlio
Kovurnor of Wyoming,
Not ninny rooiI HtonograpborH, rooiI
nlurkH or otbor offioiont bolporB will
ho foinul in HiIh Uy thin woel: ax
ci'it tltrouali wunt mlvurlMiiK.
Ilniitlioappcil by tlio fiilumbir ubit'b
HitH Hint tlio tibl joar of lilll iiintt
niako itn t'xit at iniiliiinlit next Hun
tiny, tlinnc wlui lutvo boon wont to
bbl tbu tlopartinc 1- innntliH kooiIIim
in coiiipuiiy with tint cap that fltt'or
ami iiinkcM 'ma oliinb the wbat-not,
will either bid obi boary 1011 farewell
a day before it tnkew ilH one wn
ticket ami bikoH for tlio bonoc or
will tlo their Now Your') hbeppinj:
oarly, for no liquor may bo mIi1 aflor
inidiiht on Salnnbty, Medford lint
beini: t'lmtifd with tlio open faco
Iowiik,
.So tlni "jionntl if revelry by nljlit
will Itn litmril on Satnrtbiy, Dccctabor
DO. at all the crill nnil fitfet.
This year of 101 1 Iiiih boon n pros
pt'roim olio for tlio biiteher ami tlio
bnkor, to Hay nnlbinc of (lie oantllo
itiok inakor, ami il is protlioJotl tint
a L'eiierul uooil time will bo tipped
over on Saturday nij;ltt, Doooaibor 110.
A Kiuioral iood tinio at thw hojisoii of
(ho year means (ho MiillntK f or
footly ionl fluid known bv (Itn Na
tions titlos of "joy water," "tickle
jttioo," "joy riders' delight," "a luitj:
otto" and some other 8000 unities that
have not yet been ehunifiud.
All of wbielt mutters not. Custom
has decreed (hat folk must eolehrntc
when the old year lenxes and tlio new
ono enters. Whether it is as a wel
come for the baby year or a fond
farewell for the need 12 months,
probably tlio eelebrators tliPinsolvo
tin not knowor care. It doesn't
make any difference, anyway.
EDICT ISSUED
Si
One of the Features of the New Year's Edition
CROWDS IN STORM
HEAR LA fflLLETTE
Declares That Propcssive Movement
Is Simply an Effort to Restore the
Government to the People Direct
Primaries Necessary.
TMk cut, rihowlnt; (ho now homn of tlio Tlrst Xutloiml Kmk of MoilfortI, Is but ono of (ho ninny striking
foiittiro whloli will npiKNir in tlio Now YonrV tHiUion of The Mall Tribune, to Ih issued ne3Ioiiilayt mid
whlcli will Hrtruy In i htrlkhiK iimuuor not only the development of Medford and tlio Itogue ltlver valley
durliiK the iuist )eur, hut also the manifold iVhOitivoN of this section. This edition will be (ho most complete
out attempted in the auuaN of southern Oregon Joutnallsun Ordor jour extrti copies now and do jour
sdiatv In attracting eastern friends to .Mod ford and the Houo Ither alley.
LILLIAN RUSSELL IS
TO WED NEXT MAY
CLKVKLANl), Ohio, Ooc. 28.
Leaving behind him nieuiotios of an
I'ulhusiustu) day, Senator Hobeit M.
La Folletto left hero today for his
second day's invasion of Ohio cities
in hit) fight (o cnturo tbu state dele
pillion front Prehident Tuft.
Five thousand people braved a bliss
yard heio last tiiht to hear Lit Fol
letto talk in Amy's armory. His ad
die.sH was principally an uttitclc on
(ho trusts, Ho. innilo no direct men
tion of l'tcsidont Tuft or of his own
candidacy for the presidency, but do
voted his time in lui'fjo part to a do
nunoiatiou of the. Tuft and Gary
plans for a federal license, of incor
porations, oh a trust controlling de
vice. Ho also bitterly denounced the
Aldrieh-Payno tariff law as "the
most outiaKt'oiiK assault of private
interests on tlio peoplo contained in
tariff history."
La Folletto, who is making his cn
tiro tour on regular trains and oloo
ti'io iutontthnu railroads anil attend
ing himself to his baggage, opoko nt
noon today to railway employes and
residents of a rural cnnunuuily near
Norwallc, Ho will niako an address in
Toledo touik'ht.
.. -1
N13W YORK, Dec. 2S. Lillian
HusKull la to j ii nip Into the N'at Good
win chins In tlio umtrlmonlnl raro,
when alto la, for tlio fourth tlmo, lod
to tlio nltnr In May. Alex P. Mooro,
oilltor nnd imblfHlier of tlio Pitts
burgh Lender, Is to ho tlio groom.
CUTS RED TAPE THAT
MEN MAY WORK
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dee. 28. I)e
elatitig that the problem of the un
employed did not pormit of red tape,
Mayor Rushlight said today that the
city would put n many men to woik
on (ho Mount Tabor road as ho pos
sibly could tomottow. The mayor ii
einpoweted to expend $10,000 in pto
vidiug labor for men with families
RUSSIA TAKES STERN
STEPS IN PERSIA
ST. PETERSBURG, Dee. 2S.
With orders to bang all Persians who
pattioipa(o in attacks on the ezav's
citizens, troops were today started
for Persia to wage what looks Hko
n war of extermination. Tito war
office here is greatly (muted and it
is believed preparations aro being
made for an extended campaign
- TO THE PUBLIC.
TL'ho New Year's Mail Tribune will be the largest and finest edition wo havo
over Attempted to issue. K will contain more cuts than all previous special issues
c'ombined. J t is far and away tlio most costly edition ever attompted in southern
IIII1IMIMI
The New Year's numbor will con! ain an illustratod orchard section, devoted to
s horticultural interests of tho valley; a Medford section, devoted to the growth and
-..1lr.:n,. i . :i. :ti. , t i.-i. n -n v it . i
i j
uAjjiiiiBiini uj iitu uu,y, wiui panoramas anu pnoios ol jui now nuiiuuigs aiui sraus
tics of improvements; a ftoguo rivor valley section, with panoramas of tho various
cities and photos of their buildinirs and descriptions of their Droirress. Thoro will
bo illustrated articles on tho new Prospect power plant, on tho convict camp, on
uraier Ijiiko nignway, on valloy soil survey and many
otlior subiocts.
AVo appeal to tho pooplo of tlio "Rogue river valloy, particularly Medford, for
gonerous support. Now is tho tnno to show tho world our progress. All should
cooporato m tlio endeavor.
M
ILEDTTORD irATJi TRIBUNE.
3 W
ff -f -f -f --'-
f
TAFT TO TRAIL IN
WAKE OF LA F0LLETTE
WASHINGTON, I). C, Dec.
28. I'rmiflrni Tft intemU
following Scnnlor La Kollclto ""
on his (hrce dnys' wprwhmnk-
ing (rips through Ohio. This
(innouiifcment wan rnnde nt
(he While House (odny. It
wns htatt'il that the president ""
" expects to penk in rievelnml
"" Janunry 20; at CotnmbiiH
.Tnnunrv 30, nnd nt Akron
" Janunry 31.
f -f
TWER'S BOOKS IN
10iONE-lF
S 0UTBUTS1B
TERR
Splendid Record Is Made by Robert
W. Telfer As City Recorder Ex
perts Complete Their Work Today
at City Hall.
While their report has not ns yet
been made public, it is reported that
the findings of (be experts who are
just completing (heir examination of
the city's books for the period of
Robert W. Telfers incumbency as
city recorder have found a shortage
of approximately $1G. This in a pe
riod of two and one-half years, dur
ing which time Mr. Telfer has hnn
dled, in round numbers, $70,000 in
actual cash and over $1,000,000 in
bond Nmic and accounts. That bis
books should show but $10 shortage
is remarkable, as JIr. Telfer in tak
ing cash bus never dealt in pennies.
For instance, nn account of $1.30 has
always been ncrepted and credited
when paid ns $1.35. To this is due
the shortage.
It is further reported that the re
port of the experts, which will soon
be submitted to (he finance commit
tee of. the city council, will compli
ment Mr. Telfer very highly in re
gard to the manner in which ho hnd
kept the books.
$584,829 IN
PAST YEAR FOR
PUBLIC WORK
City Engineer Arnsplgcr Completes
His Annual Statement ShewlftH
Vast Strides Made by Medford In
Past Year in Improvements.
MORE PAVING THIS
YEAR THAN TOTAL BEFORE
Twelve Miles of Service Mains Are
Laid Four Miles of Ce
ment Walks.
Stock Changes Slight.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. At tho
opening of today's stock market
changes were very slight and stocks
made little headway. Later thoro
was a resumption of yesterday's late
selling, but the declines were small.
When Lehigh Valley gained a point
the balance of tho list recovered
fully. Tho market closed firm.
Bonds were steady.
$3,000,000 GASN
N OREGON BANKS
Total Deposits Now $121,982,533
While One Year Ago They Were
But $119,194,851 Actual Gain In
Year Is $2,776,681.
live hundred, eighty-four thou
sand, eight hundred nnd twenty-nino
dollars and thirty-seven cents was
expended by the city of Medford in
1911 for public improvements', ac
cording to the niiiiual report of
Olen Arnspiger, city engineer, tho nd
vnnco sheets of which have just been
completed. This money was apent as
follows :
Pavement, 0.17 miles, $434,530.23;
sewers, 5.84 miles, $52,000.17; storm
sowers, 0.44 miles, $2717.75; water
mains, 7.34 miles, $77,300.80; con
crete walks, 4.38 miles, $10,187.15;
miscellaneous. $1328.21.
This gives the city of Medford on
nnuary 1, 1912, n general summary
of improvements ns follews: Pave
ments, 10.77 miles, $824,307.20; sow
ers, 24.95 miles, $103,704.01; storm
sewers, 1.50 miles, l.OOO.OG.water
ranins, 27.4 miles, fi2l4,T58.oT;rcon
crete walks, 24.08 miles, $91,214.53;
miscellaneous, $1328.21; gravity wa
ter system, 23 miles, $275,000. Total,
$1,C51 ,203.02.
Paving.
Medford today has $824,307.20
worth of pavement laid, 330,277.80
square yards, or 10.77 miles. Dur
ing 1911 179,233 Bqnnro yards of
this amount was laid, or more than in
all previous years together. January
1, 1911, found 157,024 square yards
laid. Tho total amount of paving in
tho city nt present is classed as fol fel fol
eows: Bitulithic, 52,475 square yards
asphalt, 279,907; brickolithic, 3831
square yards.
Water Mains.
During 1911, 7.34 miles of now
water maiu3 were laid in tho city,
inning a grand total of 27.4 miles,
constructed at n cost of $244,558.90.
Sewers.
During 1911, 5.84 miles of sanitary
sewers were laid, making a total of
24.93 miles of mains laid at a total
cost of $1113,704.01.
Sidewalks.
During 1911, 4.38 miles of concreto
walks were constructed in tho qity,
making a total of 24.08 miles, laid at
n cost of $91,211.50.
SALKM, Ore., Dee. 28. Almost
$3,000,000 gain in the bank deposits
of Oregon during tho year is shown
by a slatement just complete dby
Superintendent Banks Wiight. At
tho close of business December 5,
1011, the total deposits in tho banks
of tho stato amounted to $121,982,
533, whilo the deposits for tho last
repoit ia 1910 were $110,194,831, n
gain of $2,770,081.
Snow Covers Ground.
Medford peoplo nwukouert this
morning to sco a whito mantle of
snow on (ho wound fully an inch
deep. This, howovor, did not remain
on tho ground and by 10 o'clock
Medford's holiday snow storm was
but n memory. Yesterday snow fell
nearly nil day in Ashlnnd nnd this
morning there was u depth of sovoral
inches on tho ground. At Hutto Falls
and Prospect tho snow was 14 iuohos
deep this morning. Tito mountains
on all sitles of Medfonl aro a mantlo
of whito, and tho placer miuers aro
elated ovor tho prospocts for a good
bouson's work in their miuos.
NEW DISEASE
STARTLES BERLIN
Wtiat Was First Thought to Be
Ptomaine Poisoning Now Thought
to Be Some Unknown Plagas
Deaths Are On the Increase. -
I1EULIN, Dec. 28. With 50 indi
gent ulready in tho Berlin municipal
night shelter and other asylums uiul
100 other cases reported, tho wholo
city is terrified lest it has been
stricken with somo unknown plnguo.
Tho deaths woro at first attributed
to vtomaiiiQ poisoning, caused by
eating tainted herring, which tho in
mates of tho asylums had brought in
from tho stxeets. Physicians today,
howovor, confess that they nro un
able to diagnoso tho disease, and thu
greatest couscrnation exists in goy
orment circles lest (ho epidemic shall
spread.
The victims, die quietly. They nro
seized with spasms of severo vomiting
and within a few hours oxpiro.
IIIIIIIIMHv I l
Not many good jobs will ho fonwl
in this city (his week except through
want advertising-.
itl