Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Clear nni) cold; Max., 2Hj Mlu., i!.-, ltd. Hum., Hi!. Daily -Hixlh Wiir. f"rlyl lint Vniir. MKDJTORD. OUKC.OiV, WKDNKKDAV, JANUARY '.), J.)12. No. 2U. t LA FOLLETTE TO BACKED BY I. ROOSEVELT Gllsoii Gat finer In Dispatch to Clcvc laml Press Says Llttlo Giant mid Teddy Arc Worklnii In Harmony to Control Republican Convention. ROOSEVCLT-LA FOLLETTE COMBINATION IS STRONG Formal Announcement Is to Be Ex- prctcil. Says Gardner, That Tail Has Withdrawn. CLEVELAND, Ohio, .Inn. n. In ti 'mliinKtHi ilimTi'li in tlit Cli'V". IahiI I'rixiM. Gilon (Itiriliifi- nny to dy: . itMttlii Ih Folli'llo tinil Thoo ikiio ltoiio.tJi itrw working in har mony to OOllllld till' Mo.xt twpillllil'llll HH&himI eonvfntlmi. lIMwrnm tlmui f Iiv Iimvp nmuMli Mtnrt'flvfn In wrilw lh pint form ttml nniiio llu I'MiidM!. Snintor Im Kollottit in and wilt rtmmln the himIuIhIc. Romi- H'n HfHittl llltN llVIUI Hlinoiltll'Cll (l of I I'M lo IIHfll repetition. RlMIIHt- voll fnYMfx m Kiilli'lli! mill is mil llilHMtrlf H fDMllillnlH. I til I III llt'l'Iilll'H lii xlimliiftlr liiiiHHlf lit it tmlitiral I'hi1 lor. "Tho only Hnnnii. wiliiin l(ooo veil In im climinitleil now lire the nlMHilNit ri'iicliitiiMricn, who tire still I'limjinu ,iutiniHtitv in Tuft' for tune. The ltoomivrlt-I.it Pollotle iHHnlimntion l rtniit to .wtp the iMHtnlH. All iitnrl (lint Hniiutor lt I'SlJtille in ohI of tin rums nni oir iilltiil from t fit Wlillo House. IMoniln of Ttifl, ronliJiif Uml .n Fnlhttto'n 1'HiuliiIncv H'tliridiiminutl liuckliuf i mikI Kooxfti'll himself tin Mivtrfiil Hiairo iii llu' background, Iihi powerful to In withstood. , "'Hm only h'clipin'iit t tint now up pour logical in n I'm uml hiiiioiiiicc iiwnl faun llu- Willie lloiici Uml I'rtmiilsnl Tttft Iihm decided not to malm iIih fight for ro-cleclinu." Wllllll HoilM) 1'lUll'll. WASHINGTON. I), f'., Jmi. a. Tim Wlilto limine toditv is in.VNiorioiiN mill iiiHHinllv piuxlcd over the pn litli'itl Mitiiniion wliirli revolves about it ivporl Uml Roosevelt' silence ui dii'Mto (lint n iM waiting to sec it tlio iiiilur iluiiiiiiiil im strong imuiiikIi In warrant hi acceptance of n cull to lint proMidculinl iioiiiination. Friend of Proiiiloiil Taft deny Hint ho will withdraw fiotn tin race ami uncle him u waving Mint IiIh col or an nailed lo the mnt ami Uml nothing hut ,iulh ran proven! hi-, loiuniuing in tliu i-onlcM. I.a l'olli'lto NllckN. rillCAOO, ,lau. .-Kiiporls that Siiimtiir Itoliort I. u Kollntlo wouhl ro lin- from llm piOtfiilontinl nicn wiut) taut al rout huru tmliv in an ofllcial (tliilmniint from Walter lloiiHi'r, llm Wmoiiiiiiiii inim'j iiiiin...... r. i .. - ; " fcv., iiuiii i,m l-olli-iio luuiilipmrtoiH. IKmisiu tiaiil: "()iici for all J winli to nit nt rM vmwn-H Hint I, a Kollotlti will with ilraw or li'u fiiomln will witlulraw his iiiiinn iiK a I'limliilalo for tlio prosi ltMioy. Tin) cainpaitfii will conliiuic tmlil llio khvoI fnllrt in tliu tiiiiivuiittnii ttii(ilni'iiif who in h ri'pnlilii'au nom iiico for iriihiil(int. Tlu'iv nwil ho mi Hpt'oiihilinii imliili'i'il in roKAnliiiL' Huh l!ht." TAFI RECEIVES HOOK PROTEST WASIUNC.TON'. -ran. II. - 1'roHi.lonl Tafl today look formal I'liKiiizancu nl tho proltihtH auaiiihl tlm appoinluuMit il' iliiHlioo William Hook of k'annnn lo ho aHNociato ,juntii!i of tho Uiiiltnl KlaliiH Huprmno fourt. Tim prosidonl (told Noimtnr ('iirtln of Kiiiihiih, IIooIv'h HpoiiKor, that ho !h now oon nidorinir tho iiiimo of JiiHtiuu Swaynuo of llio Hiipronin oourt of Now Jorsoy for tliu vaoanoy. IIU Hlalomonl in In lain to iudhmto llio pniMidoiit jnlinintliii,' mt u, hud (U'citltnl on Hook, hut was forood to vocoiiMdor in viow of tho faot thai tho proKi'OMshcw hud planned lo hroak all Hi-nalo prooodi'iih and hold up tho mnniiuilluii. WHO IS YOUR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE? Mni'lc (M'ohb hctwct'ii nuiiiboi' and nanic of candidal. Jfcpii hliran. .1 ( ) William Howard Taft. li ( ) I.oIktI aI. I .a Kollijiti'. !l ) Theodore Hoo.sevult. J)enioera(. -1 ( ) Woodrow WiLsoii. H ( ) .IikIkom llarinon. , U ( ... .) Champ Clark. 7 C ) William .J. Hryan. Cut out and mail to Mail Tribune. STEAMER LINES OWNED BT UNCLE Senator Drlstow of Kansas Intro duces Bill Provldlna for Govern ment Ownership of n Fleet of 15 Vessels for Panama Canal Trade. WASHINGTON'. I). ('., Jmii. 3. -(lotoriiiat'iil owiiornhin of Mlonuixhip lino iliiiK tip and down holh llu I'aoilli' and Athtnlfi' coin-to of tin' United Sinted. t'tiitrnl anil South Ainerii'ii ami through llio Panama niiul if i'oiittuiiilatid in u hill iutio tiiitt'tl liv .Senator Ilriolow of Kan MIM. It in propoxeil that ir vithi'ls ho lirovided. If lliev t'linuot tie liuilt or lioiiKht in the I'mleil Slalen at a cunt mil I'xeiiedini' 120 per cent jfrttittfr I tin ti that of other ei.tiutiioM (ho liill aiitliiirlitiyi the ceeri'lary of war to Iniv lliein atiroad. Hoiialor Mii.-low helinven (lie rail rortiU ooatrol every hliiphuitdiut; plant in itho I'nilcd Slnles ami he thinks tho hi. onuiiot ho hnii;ht in lliin country at a roarintiahlo flcure. Tho hill pro.idoi that tho I'atmma Kailrond oompanv operalo tho uliip-, or that they ho IhiikciI to a private oouiiwuv which in not owned and con trolled liv any rnilroad xtookholdoiw. Tho senator oxpoits tho plan 10 practically ntoro the xuprotnac of tho American iiicrchnnt murine. EDISOJTPICKS YEARSBIGEVENTS Inventor Declares That Newspapers and Monarchies Are Arch Enemies Nothlnn Can Happen to This Republic Now. N'l.W YORK', Jan. , Tho won Ureal cut woild aohiuvoinuutx of 11)11, aooordinu' to TIiouuih A. KdUon, were: Hihoovory hy Klirlitih of halvaian an llio c 1 1 to of u Hpeiiillo iul'colioiis lliHOIlHO, Altompt to t'Ntahlish a Chiuoso ro puhlio. Uao.pooted rapidity of tho oon Htruotion of the I'annma cnnnl. Ini)royoiiuntri in aerial navigation. Important diHoovorio in Hiirjjioul Iccluiiipio at tlio Rockefeller inntiluto. Final proof tit" tho oflloicnoy of ty phoid vatittination. Al tho head of tho list KiUhou lnoos tho dim'ovory of Halvanotn. ThU, ho doolarod, was n spooillu for a dis ciiho with wliiuli iiiuo-toatliH of Im munity in unknowingly alfliotod. C'oiumoutiiif' upon improvt'iuentH hi Kenorn! 1'MIhuii romurkod on what ho tormt'il u dooided upward trend in uow8pupoi huildinu and tho effect of prolillti dislrihution of imwHpnporh anions tho pooplo. "Nowwpaporri and inouarohios uro arch onoinii'H," tliu inventor doolarod. "Watoh u dinuorpail orowd in train or forrv dovour tholr tivojiiiii uowk. 'fhat'ri tho answer. Nothing will o happou to this ropuhlio of ourn iik IniiK iih tliiH in tho oiiHo," Painful Accident. Mrfl. C. A. l'itu'oe, inothor of R. A. Pioroo of tho Walnut Lawn Orohards, near Woodvillo, rooontly hndjlio niis fortuuo to fall while ullomptiiiK' to ronoli Home artiolo from tho Lrrouml and in falling broke llio houo of hr riKlit lower liuih near (ho hip. Mrx, I'ioroo tut h attained tho line old auo of 71 year mid for a Unto hopes of Si PROPOSED M TO HAVE FROM THE INSIDE John Ycon, Owner of Building in Which Clark's Office Is Located, States That "Burolary" Story Is a Fake. 1'ORTI.AN'U, Onu Jan. Il.-Thnt tho "hiirxlHiV who entered the office of A. K. ClArk, (.poeiul prosooator in the ihku of Hunker Louis Wildu of Sun Diego, ehari'itil with eiiihcrzlo iWut of .fUO.OOll I'iiikIh of tho defunct OroKon Saviiip and Trust hank, op erated from within Clark's of lice was tliu Mtartliui; Matcmtuit today of 'John Venn, owuor of tho luiildiut; in which Chirk' office jh located. Yeott nail! eterytliiut: indicated (hat Miineoiie worked from iiihide Clark'." office and thun hunt the door and IrmiMim fitslouintM to muku it appear that tlio rolihorn furccll oil trance into the office. Attorney for tho aeou-ed hanker today folt ciicourai-cil by tho evidence ami will iiho it to offset I ho hurslar.v xlory ttiltt liv Dintriet Attornev Cam oron, who hiivn ho nu-peoU two men oouneelfil with the ilvfeii-o. ATTACK ON BOB WAS ILL-TIMED ii ii mi.- i Governor Osborne's Speech Has Had After EffectCrowd Which Gath ered to Hear La Follettc Anpy at Attack Made in His Absence. 0AN'I) RAPIDS. Mich.. Jan. 3. Loaviiii; hero todav for Kalninnr.oo, Senator Robert M. La Kolletto beenn tho last day of hw Michigan tour. Tonif'lit ho will ftponk in Chioauo. All throughout Michigan today thoro is boated comment on tho at taok on La Folio t to delivered yostor- day at LaiiRiin: hy Qovernor Osborn. l.a Follello's friends iusiht that the vitriolio nuttiro of the attaok and the fact that it as delivered in bis en forced ahs.01100 will help the Wiscou sin aspirant to tho prenidoucy. They acouso Osborn of deliberately steal inir La Follotto's crowd when it was loarned ho oould not appear. Tho stnadpat fact ion regard tho Osborn speeches as a trap deliberately hud hy tho progressives in tho hopo of arousing sympathy for their eandi date, who was thus attacked when bo bad not, apparently, tho opportunity to defend himself. pubiicWeti Recommending that tho city utilize its own properly on South Riverside as tho situ for a public market, tho committee of tho city council, con sisting of Canon, Watt, Miller and Kmeriok, uppniuted to consider plans for a public market, filed its first re port with tho council last evening. It was adopted. Tho oonunitteo has not yet drawn an ordinance providing for u public nmrkot, being still engaged in col lecting data. her recovery were not entertained. Her wonderful constitution mid will power asserted itself, however, and slio is now resting comfortably and bur early recovery is o.peutod, (i BUS SI WORKED sCITY FINANCES SHOWN TQ BE IN GOOD SHAPE Annual Report of Mayor Canon Is Filed With City Council and Points Out the Excellent Standing of Mu nicipal Finances Tax Levy Low. ONLY 5-MILL TAX IS NECESSARY FOR EXPENSES Additional Tax Is for Other Purposes Recommends Addition to City Hall. Showiiif the excellent condition i.f tho muiiicipal finance-, and making moral recommuiidntioiiH, the aiiuiinl rcNirl of Mayor W. II. Canon was filed wilb the city council at the lirrt regular session of that body in JDl'J, which was held TtifHlrtv evening. The re'xirt reviews the present financial stuiuliiiLr of Ihc uit m general. It follow in full: "To tho City Council of the City of .Medford. "Gentlemen: I m triad to report that the city of Modfonl is in excel lent financial condition. F.ory obli gation of tho city during the past year has been promptly met. There is suf ficient money in all of the funds of the city to meet the nrohable e.xnundi- tures until the ta.xe. for the yeur 1011! arc payable. In wew of the fact that the levy for the year 11)11 was exceptionally low, being only 8 milK. this result is most gratifying, and 1 believo will convince the tax payers of the oily that their public affairs liave buenfcotioinieally ad ministered. "It is only fair to call attention to the fact that while the tax levy for 11)11 was S mills only (J mills of this amount wits available for cur rent operating e.xM)iises. One mill of the S mills was levied for the pur Mise of constructing the now bridge across Rear creek. The money has been retained ia tho treasury. An- other mill has been levied for the en suing year for the same purOfC, and when it has been collected in there will be a fund substantially sufficient to erect the new bridge across the creel; at Jaeksoa street, and the bur don will not Imve been felt by the taxpayers of the city. Another mill of the 8 mills letied last year was for the purKse of tinying for the sanitary sewer which was laid before the present "administration took of fice, the payment for which no pro vision bad been made. The monevs collected from this mill of taxation was paid on account of this sewer. The moneys voted by the people at tho special election last March for tho pnrixiso of taking up the wooden wator pipe on Ka-t Main street and replncing it with iron piw and for paying tlio cost ot necessary storm sewers have been expended in accord anco with the prowMous of the char ter amendment, execntinir that nor- tion of the money xvbioh was to be used for improvements in the lire de partment. $000 KMnt for lTro Hose. "This latter iortion of the money voted is still in the hands of the city treasurer, excepting nliout $i)Ol), which has been expended for fire hose. A now, modern automobile fire truck has been ordered by tho city and tho same is expected within u few weeks. There are ample funds in the bunds of the city treasurer to pay for this autoiuobilo truck, to gether with all the ueoessary equip, mont in cash upon its arrival, and thoro will bo left in the fund a sub stantial amount. "For the ensuing year thoro has been levied n tax- of f)U. milU li must bo borno in mind, however, that 1 null ot this amount has been levied for a, bridge fund to pay tho cost of tho now' bridge across Hear oreok. Another mill of this nmouut has been levied for the nurnosu of conmlntiin payment of trunk suwers heretofore coustruoteil. l)no-lialt' null was lev ied for the nurnoso of ostnhlisliim a sinking fund lookiuc to tlio pay ment of the city's bonded indebted ness. l? 12,01)0 for Seiul-A.Hiual Interest "Furthermore, the city must ad vance dnriiiL' tho oominu venr nlinnt $1'J,000 on account of tho semi-an nual Interest tailing duo on tho im provement bonds issued by tho city for paving, sowers and water mains during the current venr. "ljus advancement is mndo neees. (Continued on laga t.j WANTED NEW YEAR'S EDITIONS. Although The .Mail Tribune printed twiee as many of its New Year's issue as the advanee demand indi cated would be necessary, tho entire edition was sold out within 24 hours of publication. As requests for it are still being received, The Mail Tribune will )uy 6 cents per copy for all unsoiled, complete copies brought to the office this week. iMEDFOKD .MAIL TItlUUXK. OBSTINACY OP lin BUTTLE Bad Faith on Part of Premier Is Charged by Wu Tina Fang, Who Demands That He Come' to Shann lial for Conference. SHANGHAI, Jan. 3. Renewal of the war in China is preetaged here to day by the refusal of Wn Ting Fang, minister of foreign affairs in tho new republican party, to negotiate further with Yuan Shi Knt unless the latter comas to Shanghai. Dr. Wu charges Yuan Shi Kai with bad faith in makintr no attempt lo coin pi)- with the peace plans of the revolutionists which were partially agreed to by Tan Shao Yi. the pre mier's representative in the peace conference , which have been held al most constantly sinue the declaration of tho armistice. It is believed that Yuan Shi Kai. backed up by the empress dowagerV and the Mnncbii princes' private for tunes, bus concluded that there is no fture for hint in the republican ranks. and that a fight to the fini.-h will soon begin anew. MAY INDICT OTHER LEADERS Sensational Developments Are Ex pected in Dynamite Probe Now Under Way at Los Angeles, Cali fornia. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Jan. 3.- Tbat the nresent federal trrnnd iurv which has been investigating tho dy namite cases will conclude tho probo for tho' government and may take sensational notion within the next two days, possibly in tho 8hapo of more true bills ncninst labor lenders on tlio Pacific coast, was tho state. mont made today by an offluinl high in the councils of tho UiiiUmI States authorities. It was already positively stated that tho members of tho Jav Fox colony, near Tacomn, -will not bo summoned to Los Angeles. Their testimony, which was rumored to bo of much importance, will not bo needed by the investigators. It has been tho gon eral impression hero that the grand jury would not bo finished until these witnesses were summoned. PARIS MAY STAGE CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT VANCOUVER, H. C, Jan. 3. A special oablo from Sydney to tho; United Proses says that Hugh Mcin tosh, the Australian tight promoter, has received u tempting offer to stage tho heavyweight championship tight lxcd for Sydney in Paris, with tho result that Johnson and MoVey will battlo for world honors thoro on Juno 'JO. More Troops Desert. PEKIN. Jan. 3. Almost simul taneously with the action of tlio Lang Chow imperial troops, who mutinied yestorday, n division ttf 4000 Mnnehu soldiors ut the treatv uort of Chin Wang Tao on the Gulf of Lto Tang have deserted tho coiporor a anus. 01 MY CONGRESS IY BE IN SESSION UNTIL LUTE IN SUMMER Tariff Will Probably Be the First Big Measure on the House Calendar Revision of Steel and Iron Sched ules Are Soon to Come Up. WASHINGTON. I). C, Jan. 3. Thnt congress will probably be in ses sion when the presidential enmpaign begins, after the conventions, was the prediction of the leaders of both parties here today when the national legislature resumed its sessions after the holiday recess. Congressman 3Ianu of Illinois said: "From the way it looks now we will be rambling along here at least until October, probably until November' and, possibly, right into the next session, which is due in December." "We have mnnv thinirs to do." '..uiil Oscar Underwood ot Alabama, the democratic house leader, "and we are going to stay here until they arc done. It will be a long siege." Leaders in the senate exneet ad journment of congress before sum mer. The tariff will be ttrobablv the fiixt big measure on the house calondnr. Tho ways and menus committee is preparing today to report a bill for the revision of the iron and steel schedules next week. NEW YEAR EDITION Within Twenty Hours After New Year Edition of Mail Tribune Made Its Appearance the Supply Was Exhausted. So heavy was the demand for the Now Year edition of The Mnil Trili- une, that within 20 hours after it had made its apponranoo tho supply was exhausted, and this in spite of the fact that several thousand extra copies woro published. Tho paper is baviuir a world wide circulation, as local pooplo are dis patching it to all sections of the globe. T OF COUNTY DIES Owon Iveogau, who for over SO years has been a resident of tho Rogivo River valley, died in Jnokson villo, Tuesday. January 2, 1912. Deceased was a native of Massa chusetts and was aged 81 years, 0 months and 12 days. Ho had been a bailiff in tho Jackson county court house- for 23 years. Ho leaves lo mourn his demiso a wife, Mrs. Mary Keegan, a son, Charles Koegan, and three .daughters, Mrs. L. H. Thoinp son, Mrs. J, T. Dugan and Mrs. G. 11. Woodson. Mr. ICeegnn was i vetoran of tho civil war and a member of tho G, A. R. Tho funeral cortego will leave the Into rosidenoo Thursday at 9:30 a, in. Funoral sorvioos will bo hold at tho Catholic- church nt 10, Father O'Farroll officiating. Intermont will bo mndo in tho Jacksonville ceme tery. Not many pooplo will ren? unad vertised furnished rooms in this city this week. GREAT DEMAND 60,000 GIRLS ON STRIKE IN NEWYORKSBON With 25,000 Out and 10,000 More to Go Today, It Is Expected That Fully 60,000 Workers Will Be Out hy Tomorrow In New York. LAUNDRIES SAID TO BE NOTHING BUT "HELL SHOPS'' Six Hundred Steam and 15,000 Hand Laundries Are Affected Con ditions Arc Bad. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. With 25,000 laundry workers on strike and an other 10,000 to go out tonight New York today is facing tho most sorious laundry famine in its history, Hy tomorrow it i expected that 00,000 workers will be on strike, necessitating the closing down or 000 steam and 15,000 hand laundries la New York alone. William Armour, who is conducting the strike, claims that it will involve Jersey City, Newark and other Jer sey towns to w'hich it was hoped ttio metropolitan laundry might be sent. Although the strike is yet only in its incipiency, all householders have already been notified that ciuiek work is impossible. It is believed that this condition will persist and a general shutdown will be enacted. Strike breakers cannot well replace thu strikers because the claims against laundries for toni linen and that bunied by inexperienced workers would result in such great financial lass as' to'tniike (he employment of "green" hands impracticable. "If Upton Sinclair had worked in New York laundries he would bavo written a book and onlled it "The Holl,' " said Margaret Hinchay, for 20 years prominent utnong the laun dry workers of New York, today. Shaking for her fellows Miss Iliuchny said tho working conditions xvero wretched, the rooms filthy and unsanitary and the hours 12 hours n day wits only u half hour for lunch and no pay for overtime. The super heated rooms, she said, wero filled with particles of lint, and tubercu losis is common among the workers. Tho women's dressing rooms, she de clared, were open and exposed to tho view of tho men employed and in many places men and women wore forced to dros in the same room. Miss Hinohay declared that the nvernge wage of ?4 to $5 a week was fo.cing hundreds of girls into immor ality, the more so, sho insisted, as dockiag was general whenever im hour or a day was lost. "If a girl is injured by tho ma chinos," Miss llinclmv continued, "lm seldom gets damagos, although sometimes the laundrios do pay her hospital oxpoiis-oo. I have heard vilo mouthod superintendents mirso tho girls like slaves. Child labor laws are consistently violated and girls by tho huudred who uro only 13 or 14 years of ago work constantly. "Wo demand that our hours bo re duced to 10 a day; wo demand that tho mangles nnd other cruel machin ery bo properly safo guarded; we de maud that our wages be increased frdlS to 20 per cent and, above all, wo demand that children bo kept out of tho 'Hell shops." GENERAL REYES IS SAID TO BE DYING MEXICO CITY, Jan. 3. Dcspito denials of President Mndoro and his cnbiuot that General lieruardo Roves. tho capitulated rebel lendor, is dying in bis cell, other officials of tho gov ernment admit that tho aged noldior is sick. They say, however, that ha is in no danger of donth. FOWLER ABANDONS SEA-TO-SEA FLIGHT NEW ORLEANS, Ln., Jn. 3.- Aviator Robert O. Fowler's trans continental flight is abandoned today and ho wilj spend ids timo junking ex hibition flights along tho const, ac cording to Ins manager