rvT A'2?-'r, S5 i Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER l-'nlr (unlKtil, Itnlti Friday Mn. ilt!j .Mill. 117. MEDFORD. OUlSdON, 'JWKSIMV, DKCVMWAl 4. Ifll.'i Forty.tlilrrt That. NO. 218 DullyKlxlilh Yr. "T ' "' 18,000 HOMELESS, FLOODED TEXAS DISTRICT 30 LOSE LIFE, Ocorcs Missing and Thousands Arc Stranded In Tree Tops, Islands and Isolated Districts Thrco Val leys Submerged. Much Suffcrlno. In Flooded Area Waco Under Ten Feet of Water Rain Continues. DALLAS, Texas, Dec. I. Flood conditions were growing worse in rcntrnl Texas thin nfteruonti. News was meager owing t tin' prostration if the telegraph in the In undated section, lint tin water wn , Mill rising "nil ecrv tninmt urmigui fresh reports of the destruction of properly mill of suffering among tin rrftin''' Several village were KiiiiHo have been practically winl mil, tin' l"l death mil, it wits bclievrd, wmilil reach twenty-five or fiflv, iml nf livMtni'k enormous numbers with drowned. IIchouc work wns progressing with inni'li ilifni'iillv dii uecoiint ill tli force n' tin- nirrriit mnl tin' vast ex lent of liirritnrv to bo covered. Al'STIN, Texas, Doc. I. The flniiil situation in central Texas grew woic toiiiiy. Tlllll t Weill It 111 llCCII druWIltd was tlu I ip I infiiriiiiitinii iililninnlilp here mnl tliU did tmt include mmiv iiiIm itig or tuko into account n score of hiiinll town with which cnminunicu-l timi was tutnllv it off, ' Tim Ilrnrns river was rive miles wide. HchIiIc it tin" Trinilv iiml tin' Colorado, nil their mull tributaries were nut nf their banks. Tin1 Leon river, normally n I 1 1 1 stream, was it mil' wide. It wns estimnlcd thul in the three big valley 18,000 coplo were home less iiml tliivnleneil hv starvation. Fiftv were Miiil In he in tree tops he. tween the towns nf llillhnri iiml Ma lone. A largo part nf Wtien wan miller ten feel of water. The railroads in the flooded dis Iriet were nearly paralyzed. The proiertv loss was Mliiimli'il al $(!, 0110,000. DALLAS, Texas, Dee. I. Ten thmiMiinl residents of the flooded HraoK, rnlonido mid Trinity river valleys were homeless tmlny, llain continued In full in torrents mid the ht renins were Htill rising. The nuinher poNilirrlv known to have heen drowned wan ihieed today at fourteen, hut many more, were missing and believed to have per ished. The flooded section iueliided an area nf ahiiut one lutudreil hv (wn hundred miles, practically all of which, except for occasional Jtiglt spots, wiih under water. The. rail' minis traversing it were iihuost coin pletely tied up and in several phiee IraiiiK were uiaromu'd nil hii;li K muni with water nil ahniil theiu. Wneo wiih nt Ihe eenter of Ihe Kliiken dinlriel. lis Hiihuilm were under wnler and iimuediale iniineiiKo property daiiiane hint lirun dimp. The militia wiih lieadnuarleiv Ihero were iloiiiu (ivervlhim; posNihle to help Ihe vintinm hut the inundated region was ho dxIvuhIvo and Ihe difficulty of Hi'tljliK ahiiut it ho Kreat that icrtcuo woik wiih reliirded. Oilier (ovviik repnrliiiir a Rcrions Hituatiun wore Klmirii, Teniplo ami Waxahaehio. Fl J. 0. llohison huu opelieil an UKcnuy for the Appernnn autos in Medford and can be. found tenipn viirily at tlui KiikIi lmlel. Ilo him a 10M car htira mnl while tho umimiy Ih now hero tho car in nut u HtrmiKcr, (hero huiiir Hiivornl iu nno in Medfoid mid the. vnlhiy. U; ltobiiiHou will lmvo ii bfuro room Inter. P TWENTYMLLON JAMES WHITC0MR nil EY IN gTfg' W. .JV "HK w If efjWtr v i ?' P . vPit(W& A or ' JaniOi Wliiliuii Iimn, Ho mm ..iilnnii!; the winlrr. The poet Iiiih heen whose health I ItoKiii, Iwii huu taken to Horid.i, wluie it H hehewd Ihe uiitd (lunate w II proloi t; hn lite,the cold of the north. ' POLICE OUTWIT E I'l.V.MOl'TH, Km,'-, Dec. I. Mr. Kimueliuii I'aukhui-Ht, hack from her leelurini: tour in Amerioa, was ar rcsti'd loday on the leniithip Ma jeslio off Dcumpml. A hiu bndyKiiiird of militant Mif friiKetlejj was waitlnir for her here, prepared to icxirtt Ihe urret, hut the police outwitted ho women mid heir leader wiih on her way to London in the authoriHc' custody before her follow ern knew hc had heOu iiinde n prihoner. It had been the ImmU'iihi'iIV plan to ineel tlui .Miijcslin an it entered Plymouth harbor and a In pvan in readineHH In lake the party n hoard. AloiiKhlde it lav a police tin with a fnreo of coiiNlahles IiiiiiikIiik coii spicuounly on deck. The luoinent the Majelie wn-' sighted tho two (us htnrted to nice nun another in itn direcliun. In tho meantiuio, however, anoher tu'l htartim; liefore the inilitautH ar rived In I'l.Miioulh, had been lyinj; off Devouport with a delectivo on hoard mid when the Hleamship pushed miiiic tiino heforo it could he seen from Plymouth, he climbed tho bidder ami Hindu tho nrroHt. BABY IN DISPUTE 8AN IMIANCISCO, nOl., Dee. I.- llrltlHh Vlco CoiibuI DoiiKlaa YouiiK today comparod photoKiapha ot I.toutoiiniit Uliarloti SlliiKaliy. Into ot tho llrltUh navy, with tlmao of tho ualiy hoy Bllugtiby and IiIh wlfo any la their own but who, ncconlliiK to rola tlvoa who will got hla oatnto whon BllugHby dlea U tho baby provoa a "chniiKolliiKi" wiia Biibatltutod by Mih, SlliigHliy for u real hoii who diod, It was a fart that Sllugaby'a foa turea ami the buby'a woro much allto. SUFFRAGETTES 51 LEADER FLORIDA IN SEARCH OF HEALTH. lit poor health for miiiiu yeam, mid latclv he hnn renched a condition where he found il imposHihlu to taud OF PEACE IN COAL FIELDS, COLORADO I)i:NVKU, Colo., Doc. t. Federal Secretary of Labor WIIboii, who has been trying hero for sovorat days to arrange n Kottloiuvtit between tho Southern Colorado coal ml no owners ami tholr atrlklng otnplnyea, gave it up toilny na a bad job. All negotiations woro called off. "I'vo had my final interview with roiroBintatlve ot both owners and miners," said WIIboii, "and no basis for au agreement could bo found. I ahall make no aniioiiucoiiient con cerning future steps until I have cou milted the president. 1 expect to leao for Washington tonight." L Sheriff (liiiino ot Hoseburg was In tho city this week, and returned with W. Armttago, who Is alleged to have nw I lulled Southern Oregon farmers through subscriptions for a poultry Journal, Tho Douglas .county au thorities hollovo ho has a long rec ord, and to have used several ullages In hlu operations. Ilo lived at Y. M. C. A.'a when possible. A grand Jury Is Investigating, FUNERAL SERVICES OF MRS. HARRY L. YOUNG The funeral services of Mrs. Kdnn May Young, wife of Hurry L. Young, were held Ibis morning at tho Presby lerian church, Ihe How W. R Shields officiating. Tho Mail Tribune sus pended for an hour to allow Mr. Young's associates in the iiioehaiiieal department to attend. Arthur Powell snug a solo and read a poem. The floral tributes woro many. Many ex pressions of sympathy were received from tho friendH oC Mrs. Young throughout tho valley. Interment was iu I." (), 0. V, cemetery, Mrs. Young was beloved by her family and a wido circle of ucijutiintunot'a. ABANDON HOPE CENSURE VOTE FROMREfCHSTAG FOR&HANCELLOR U German Parliament Expresses Disap proval of Administration by a Vote cf 293 to 54 on Account of Hand- Una of Riots in Alsaac. Haughty and Intolerant Acts of Mill' tary Defended by Von Bethmann Hallweg and Confidence Lacking. HKHMK, Dec. A.tty n vole of 20U lo 51 tho, rcici.stnc, or Ucnnuii parliament, cxprcwcd today its "lark of confidence'' In Chancellor Von Hethiiinnn-llollweg of the Oennnn empire. The vole of "lack of confidence" or "censure" was tho result of recent disorders in Alsace, where the larj:e French population, goaded to desper ation, an the Kovrnment's critics de clared, by the military's overhearing conduct, hroko into a series of riots which it was not certain nre over ecvn yet. Many sincere friends of the im perial government were much niiRered by ft military jsdicy thev believed had undone the result of years of effort to reconcile tho jiroincc to the kaiser's rule, j The mutter cjuning up iu the reieh stag, however, Chancellor Von Ik'th-innnn-llollwei; nnd War Minister Fiilkenhnycn inndolfmiulity kjwcpIjch. declaring that " the' military would continue to he the supreme authority in Germany.' A few boiir' debate ensued, nt the end of which the adiainistration's jmliey was overwhelmingly con demned. The rensuro ofDHlnnnim-lIellweg mid his cabinet does not mean, ns it would iu Kiiulnml or France, Hint there will he a change in iidminisl ra tion, but it will make the chancellor's position difficult and mniiv believed would end iu his rcMguiitinu. CITY OF MAZATLAN . MEXICO CITY, Dec. t. That tho rebola had begun bombarding Marat Ian was reported hero this attornoon. It was said thero had been a number killed In tho streets. Communication with Saltlllo was cut today and It was bollovcd tho rebels, wcro closing In on tho town, which Is tho key to Montorey. Zapatistas captured Coxcatlan, I'uobla state, today and It was bo llovcd they massacred twenty-flvo or thirty. HEAVY FOG STOPS I OF SACHAMKNTO, Cul., Doc. 1. Heavy fogs which prevented his pas songer from seeing tho power lino stopped the flight of Aviator Hob Fowler, who loft Sacramento for Oakland early today on his firs: regular patrol trip for n local power company. Fowler landed without in jury near Courtland and will pro ceed to Oakland as soon ns the fog lifts. AI HKRL1N, Dee. !. Two hundred and fifty members of tho reiehstag today bigned n petition urging the German government to nppropriuto 500,000 for an exhibit tit the Pun-amii-Piicifiu exposition in Sail Fran cisco in 10 Hi. It was hollered hero that u bill to this effect soon would bo pubsed, , , REBELS BOMBARD CARRANZA'S TROOPS ;t CEASE 'ERE WEST A BOARD SALKM, Ore., Dec. 4. Governor West today erilerated his declaration that n new state came mid fish com mission will not he npiwiinteil until he wrangling over mntters reMtfiig to the commission has ceased. This tuny not he for several weeks. In the meantime no fish and uame de partments o.xNt iu the Mate. The governor held n length conier cnee with former State Game Warden Finley nnd former Master FMi War den Clnutou Inst night with regard to tho payroll and claims for the last month. It was agreed that ns thev were approved before the four com-ini-sioncrs resigned, they should he allowed. The governor also explained in de tail his idea of having the new com mission,' when it is appointed, estab lish its offices in Salem and mniutnjY n paid secretary. This plan would subordinate tho two wardens to the commission, which would act through its secretary. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. I. Heliev inir that the difficulties which beset the status of tho state game and fUli commission at he present ime will be adjured, both Game Warden Finley nnd Master Fish Warden Clnntou and their subordinates will remain nt work. Knoli expressed the belief that the men employed iu the departments will remain at work pending a set tlement of tho trouble. I Tho circuit court continued today Its adding up of tho accounts of H. C. Koutuor on trial on n charge ot embezzlement, that has been In pro gress for two days, and expects to finish this part ot tho work today. The tlRiires show tho oxponsos of tho Kcntner household wero heavy. Ar gument of technical points Occupied much ot th (Into. Tho caso will go to tho Jury Saturday at tho present rate of progress, IOWA COURT SAYS OSKALOOSA, Iowa, Dec. 4. Judgment against eighty-six saloons issued because the petition of con sent by tho liquor dealers was faulty was btayed today by tho order of Stato Supremo Court Justice Pres ton, This means that Des Moines snloons closed ten days ngo may re open, Tho dry element was oxpeeted to start mandamus proceedings to recloso the auloons. WRANGLING m NAM SHOOTING A FEDERAL OFFICER IN i-iisfrk-fum- iFtVS0 r t S?2 ' " r- ju '''TXZaH1 half of ORDERED TO WORK UNDEI INDIANAPOLIS, INI). Dec. !.-- ) One-half of the striking teamster- here were ordertd by their leader this afternoon to go hack to work.. Organizer Fnrrvll of the teamsters , said that 1,500 men's employers had signed union agreements. Itcprccut- atives of tho employers' association said thev had not, that the strike was broken, that was all. INDIANAPOLIS, Iml., Dec. 4. A strike involving every union worker in Iudinnnolis seemed imminent to day. Not enough employers to furnish places for hnlf of the 3,000 striking teamsters had signed union agree ments last night, bo the strike con tinued today. Tho proposed geueral walkout iu sympathy with the teamsters which was scheduled for discussion by the local central labor body at n meet ing this evening. Labor leaders pre dicted that it would ho decided on. Urge Concessions A citizens' committee was working hard to prevent it, however. Roth sides were urged to make conces sions. Tho clergymen who, at a union meeting yesterday, asked for a statement from each side for pub lication that the public might be in formed concerning tho situation, argued strongly in favor of their plan. With tho real merits of the fight known to everyone, they said, they believed public opinion would speedily forcn n compromise or sur render by whichever side was wrong. J. II. Denmore of tho federal la bor department also arrived in the city nnd joined in the effort to bring employers nnd striking emploso to gether. The employers kept n few wngons moving and thero was a garbage col lection in tho business section, though not in the residence quurtor, but the tieup was otherwise very ef fective. Commerce Stagnation Freight houses wero all jammed with incoming goods which it was impossible to deliver. Comparatively little was being received for shipment elsewhere. Holiday shopping had fallen to less tlui nhtilf its normal volume. Acting Mayor Wallace issued n proclamation urging a resumption of business nnd promising protection in making dolivories, but it had little effect. Tim strikers were in nu angry mood ns a result of the use of fire arms hv strikebreakers. Tho familioa of many of them were nlso beginning do suffer. Charitable citizens started a movement for their relief. J. 11. Mason, ono of tho teamsters shot by ii strikebreaker Tuesday, died yesterday, making tho second fatal ity biueo the strike begun, I AGREEMENTS THE BACK AT JAUREZ. 700 DELEGATES " AT DEVELOPMENT MEET, ROSEBURG KOSKHUHG. Ore., Dee. I. Moro than 700 delegates were in attend ance here this afternoon when.thu Western Oregon Development meet ing began its sessions in the Antlers theater. Among tho most important sub jects discussed wero the udyisibilify of maintaining a state-wide exhibit at Ashland during the Panama Pacific exposition, and methods of influenc ing all visitors to tho exposition to purchase tickets either coming or go ing via Portland, with stopovers nt various points within tho state so that its resources may be inspected with the hocs of attracting settlers. A uniform nnd stnte-wiilo system of advertising is nlso under consid eration. Au effort will nlso be nindo to in duce tho Southern Pacific company to reduce its differential during tho exposition. A specinl trnjn benring 110 delo gatcs from Ashland, Medford, Jack sonville, Grants Pass nnd other southern Oregon towns and another with 100 delegates from Kugene led by the Radiators in uniform and tho State university baud, arrived during the morning. A delegation of eighteon Medford ites left this morning at (i o'clock to attend the Development League incit ing nt Hoseburg today. Among thoe leaving were: J. A. Wcsterlund, K. K. Oman, Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Kent, C. M. Kidd. Kd Warner, Fort Ilub bnrd, IC. I. Gaiidec, W. Miles, II. A. Adams, F. S. Johnson, II. A. Lntta, P. J. Neff, Judgo Colvig and Score tray Streets of tho Commercial club. The Central Point band led the Cen tral Point delegation. PRENDERGASfOUT OFJEMOOSE NEW YOUK, Dec. I. Ills with drawal from tho progressive party was anuouucod horo this attornoon by William Prondorgast. recently olected V-omptrollor ot New York City. "I have no patlenco with tho vln dlctlvenoss which unquestionably Is animating many of tho progressiva policies," ho oxplulnod. Prendergast declared ho had been out ot sympathy with tho party' courso sluco tho Chicago mooting, adding: "The presidential election made It ovldent that the Idea of a third party Is not acceptable to tho American peoplo, Tho time has come when there should bo less talk of Armaged don and more thought for the future ot our own Unltod States. "It now looks to me as If the time had como for an amalaKamtloii of tho republican progressive luteresta," ''31 m i ,2 V r