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W Second Sfrat Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnln tonight nn.l flundny Mit. (Ml; .Mln. 20. ftrlytfilri1 Yr, Dully--ICImIiIIi Yr MKDKOKD. OUI'XION, SATlMtDAV, Dl'X'EMBKU 0, lOW NO. 220 ILLS LEVY COIRS MILLS LEVY FOR STATE County Court Sets, Monday, December 29, as Date of Public Hearing to Discuss Estimate of Amount to lie Raised (or Ensuing Year. $103,000 In Levy (or Redemption o( Warrants and $25,000 (or Interest on Road Bonds. Tim iMiimly mint Knlunluy set .M In v. December -I', ttH tli date iif t It public hearing for the discussion til' tin- estimated tiiiioiiut of iikimcv re iiilivil for county expenditure the coming M'nr, anil estimnlod the amount it Icil fur both Hindi ami i'iiiiiiIy til IfifiH.UII, of which l.Y'.,(!t)tl in for till' Stllto tllX, lilt' highest ever km'un. A ley f approximately ten iuiIIm t'tir tin ftniiitv iiml fnc mills fur lln Mate will ho needed in 11110 dim ll'tKIIIH. Tim estimate U segregated as fol lows. General contingent nml incidental expense, including i'iiiiiiIy buildings mul institutions, IMLMU'J. ('until v office mul officers, $70, l!P Courts, $1030. School, high m'IiiioI nml library funds, .7:.7.'i0. ItuaiU, highway ami bridges ami Interest mi road bonds, II 'J, ll I". Slntc tax. l.'.". 1)110. Total, .1(lH.lll. Tlu prilialili receipt from source other llimi direct taxation is $0,001). leaving iin the iiimniiit to lie raised ff.MUUl. , AiUeiliiug. 1,000; relief of de ffi'tivox, .IIO(lT wild miiinal bounties $1100; bos' mul girls' aid society, t'JO; lax collection, $'1,000, court home, .r'.'.KOO; jail, .yj.'lOO; ns.fsors' office, $U),7.iO; elerkV ol'ficr, $tl,J (; coroner' office, $.VJ0; fruit inspect nm, ll!.()00; health office, .flOO. pathologi!, $.1,01101 plivsieiiin, ilXJ, recorder's ofllrit, $:i,tlil0; xchool mi )itriuli'mli'iit ami department of edit ration, $7,100; scale of weight ami meaure, Sl.tl.'O; sheriff office, jf'i.lIIIOj hloi'k iimpeetor, $'1011; survey oiV office, .i'-VitlO; treasurer's office, $n,0."i0; circuit court, $(I,,ViO; I'ounly court, $'.',000; juvenile, court ami w ill ov' pensions, $7,000; justice court, $1,800; election ami registrations, $11,000; fruit protection, $!i00; expert ing liookn, $,"i00; indigent soldiers, $L,,:i.10; poor $l'l,fifi0; road homl in terest, i'jri.flOO; road expenses, $87, .'117; school funds, $7.'l,7.'0; tax re final, '$.'1,001); warrant redemption, $io:i,:ik'j. A deluded list of the estimate will tie published Monday. 10 LOCATE MURDERER IN MINE TUNNEL HALT l.AKi: CITY, Utah, Doc. 0. ' I. I'd by Hlivrlft Hmltli, a atroiiK. heavily annuel ixissu rusumud today Hid Hcarrh of tho Utali-Apox in I no muir llliiKhaiu for ltnlpli I.opoz, Mexican murdaror, tmlluvod to hnvo lu'cii UHpliyxlntott Honmwlioro In tho workliiKH by tho poIhoiioub kooh with which hlii boHloKurn huvo boon fllllni; It for uovoral dnyH. Hinlth bolldvoil tho oiiIIiiw'h corpso wiih In tho I'urmill Tuniiol, hohlud u ciivo-lii which tho Bhorirf (IioiikIiI tho man hluiHiilf had cauuud by a ilyna iiiilto oxplohlon In tho hopu of Htoppluji tho diitraiira to lm tunnel and pro vi'iitluK tho utitrnuco of tho turn, Do reluctantly admitted tho pos Hlhlllty, howovor, that I.opoz had es caped, K no, ho huIiI, IiIh ilupullou' cuniluHBiiCHH wiih icBpouulblu for lt In tho juirt of tho mine already ex plored one humtradoutiium wuro ul lowod to roHinuo work, Clydo Steamer Run Ashore WAV YOIIIC, Dee. (I.-Word wart .received hero today that, lifter Hprin iiiK a leak off Pneilo 1'lala, Sim l)o itiiiiKo, tlm Clyde lino NleamHhip Semi nole, wiih run iihIioiu or It would have tniuk. POSSE UNABLE CARDINAL GIDDONS OLDEST OF PRELATES riH' w J. K - "5f V .7T:,Vf llfnuan it- N CjrJuij Qilionj, OREGLIAS DEATH LEAVES GIBBONS DEAN OF COLLEGE ItOMK, Dec. II. r'anhial Or-li.i, dean of the Sacred rollcjji', died here today of pncmiioiilii, IliM death left Ciirilinnl (lihhouK of Maltimore the oldext liiti inemher of tlm Sa'crell collide,' iIioIikIi Cardinal Kelo, hi junior in ap by nix !, wiih two yearn liirt senior art a xu-nVrr or the purple. Cardinal Nolo, too, ill ami ht dent h wiin iiioiiieutarilv e.xH'eteil to day. If ho die (lihlioim will rank ewry other caidmal both in ioiut of ao ami number of yean in the Sacred college, T LONDON'. Dec. (J. -Mr. Kmmcline I'ankliurHt, who collapsed in Kxeter jail yesterday followiiu; a thirty-hour hunger ami thirxl strike, wax weaker today. .Much alarm wiih felt concern' inn Iht. Her hpocdy release fnun priKon wuh expected. Militant Miffra'ttcH today uot fire In the Kceiiiu railway on tlm l.jvonmol exhibition urouudrt nml burned Hiih holmc exhibition hall at ManchcMcr, the latter with $00,000 tms. A woman left a letter at Premier Asipiitb'ri house home time laM niulit notifying liinf that fire wiih the Mif friiKetles' aiihwer to Mrs. I'nnkliurhtV arrcht. FRESH STORM IN L RAIiKM, Ore., Dee. . A frenh Htoriu broke nlalo oflieialH today when Statu Treasurer Kay, iiotinj; on tho advice of Attorney (leneral Craw ford, aiiiiouueed that lie would not pay warrants for tho salary of Stiuo Senator Claude .McColloch, employed jointly by Corporation Coiiuninrtioner Walboii and tho imlutdriul aceideiit couiuiirtsion oh U'kiiI adviser. Wal.son hI tiled ho would lirimr ninii damiirt proeeodiiiKrt UKaiiiKt the Hlnle treasurer to compel him to pay the claim. MeCollooh m to receive $rJ5 a mniith from each department, The attorney ueuernl Imldn Hint mi ller the provisionM of a law piihM'd in 180r be kIiiiII bo tho lentil adviser for all nlate officials, boards or comtnis sioiiH. DEPUTY UNABLE TO FORM CABINET, RESIGNS PARIS. 1)m. (l.-Upahle to form if imliiuu'l, M, Dupiiy loday fonpally de clined the premiership of France, President Poiueare then named (Iiih ton Duuniuoruuu for tho olTiuo, . i Wmmtm Wmmm M ALARM OVER MS PANKHURS EN CAPITO 5 OWN N N ibATH L TEXAS FLOODS Motorlioats Searchlnu In Tree Tops for Rc(Uces More Than 150 Half Frcczlnu and Nearly Starved Suf ferers so Rescued. Provisions and Clothing Shipped In Wherever Possible Fresh Reports Increase List of Dead. Mil VAN', Tcxiih, Dec. (). .Si-veiily-five drowuiuuH in the Tcxiih floods wcni nceounteil for denuitely today. Kvery fri'hli report rccclveil iuereaseil I the death roll. Tlm latest fatalities inclmln! ten xii'tims at Ilearue, six at llii;libauk ami cijjht here. Of the dead half or more were negroes. la this vicinity several motorboiitR were searchinir in the tree tops for refugees. More than Ifill linlf-fn-er.- Inif mid nearly starved sufferers were saved thus. Farmers in many Instances sent their families to places of safety hut preferred to remain on their premises themselves in tho hope of saviai; some of their property. Tho Hrazos river was ten miles wide today for a distance of 100 miles ami was sweeping toward tlm calf with irrcMnluhle force. The water was ! iniiiiiu to recede but it was still eigh teen feet deep in tlm business districts of sexeral towns. Wherever it was possible to resume railroad traflio provision and cloth ing were heini; shipped in to the Mif fere is. .Many people lont cvcrythiui! they owned ami It will be pome time before they will lie self-supporting nnrjn. Wires were prostrated tlinniu'liout tlm rutin) flooded ditricl. (Iravo fears wero expnsed of an epidemic as a result of the destruc tion of sanitary improvements in the stricken towns. UNION "OF PARTIES ) Vm SAN' FltANCISCO, Cil Dec. C AinnlKamntlon o( tho progressive and rcpubllcnn parties U a thing that can nover bo, nccordliiR to Governor 1 1 Irani W, Johnson, who spoke hero this afternoon at tho formal organi zation or tho progressive party In California. "Tho Slron four of amalgamation and reorganization and consolidation ot tho two parties," said Governor Johnson, "has been sung all over tho nation. It has naturally attracted the timid and tho shrinking and tho suit seeking. "Wo aro to rc-organlzo, consoli date or amalgantato for what? Tho answer la 'to win and wo would rather go down tn defeat with pro gressiva principles than win without them. With theso principles wo can not afford nationally to submit to tho leadership ot .Mr. llurnes of Now York or Mr. Ponroso of Pennsylvania. Wo of tho progressive party cannot afford to submit to tho leadership of those who do actually lead tho repub lican party." MARCHJO COAST SAN HHUNAUniN'0, Cal Dec. C. Weary of waiting for adJiiBtmoot of their difficulties with their em ployers, throe hundred striking min ers from the Southeastern Colorado coal fields are pushing afoot toward I.oh Angeles, according to tho ad vanco guard of n hobo army that reached San Ilornurdlno lato today. Nearly ouo hundred tramps, under Hiirvelllanco of armed doputtos to prevent marauding, are closing to San lleruardluo, Waiting for thorn huro are a dozen Industrial Workers of tho World, who came 'Trout Los Angoloa to wolcoiMBthuni IMPOSSIBLE STATES I E OF ALL PARTIES Bryan Presides Over Gathering At tended by Democrats, Bull Moose and Republicans Squelches Suf franlst Who Interrupts. Demand Amendment Making it Easier to Amend Federal Constitution- Jokers Destroying Popular Ideas. WASHINGTON, Dec. 0 Progrcs sive members of all parlies mot here today to oruanize n national popular (oveniment Impm. ' Secretary of Slate Ilrynn presided over the unlherinj.'. He declared the conference stood firmly for an amendment tnnktnjr It easier to amend the fcdcrnl constitution. Jokers, Mr. Hryan declnred, were emasculating popular ifovcnunent reform. The initial ive, rcfenduin, recall and school civic centers also were uis- cussed. Ino of rOpRon HHnk Other speaker were Senators Owens of Oklahoma, Clapp of Min nesota, Poindexter of Wali;ni!tnn and Lane of Orecon nml Frank Walsh of Kansas City and Herbert Quick. Former Governor Folk of Missouri, now connected with the stale depart ment, was scheduled to speak nt to night's session. In the course of his address Ilrynn declared for a more flexible constitu tional amendment system and for hu man justice. Once Miss Helen Todd of San Fran cisco, lender of the suffrage clement, interrupted the speaker. - "How nhout justice for wnmenT" she demnnded. "You have talked jus tice but you have made no mention of xvomen nt nil." Secretary Hrynn, unabashed, ad vanced until he faced Miss Todd. Hrynn Quiets Suffragist "Madam," he answered, "in nil you have done I have no doupt that you hnve followed your own judunuent and conscience, ns I have done myself." Miss Todd sat iiuitily thereafter but oilier suffrauits renewed the ipiestioninc, until Senator Owen fin ally called another speaker. In his address Secretary Hrvnn de clared for an "ideally perfect" plan of nmcndiui: the constitution, lie de clared coucrvittism hut admitted it was necessary as a check on ultra radicalism. Senntor Owen attacked the senate's dilatory methods, sayinc tho delay in tho passnee of currency legislation was a partial cxomple of the need of a more popular government. IN PARCEL POST WASHINGTON, Doc. 0. The in terstnto commerce commission today approved decreases in parcel post rales in tlm third, fourth, fiftli and sixth zones and an increase in the maximum weight limit to fifty pounds in tho first and second, and to twenty pounds in the remnininir zones. Tho commission also approved the placing- of books and oilier printed mntter in tho fourth, or parcel post class, at parcel post rates nliovo eight ounces and with parcel post weight limits. Postmaster General Ilurleson's pro posal to change tho regulations gov erning shipments hv parcel post of gold dust and bullion from Alaska was approved also. IN BLIGHT CAMPAIGN Tho special committee on blight appointed by the mass moetlng re cently hold tn Medford, mot Satut ilay with tho Inspectors and ropoct that satisfactory progress Is being made In tho clean-up ot orchards and that orchardlst'a aro overywhoro lond- Ing their co-operation. Prospects aro that blight will ho almost eradi cated by sprint,'. OR IS UN TE N LEAGUE GOVERNOR TENER TO BECOME THE Ifct'jaiy.-, .- . PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE sii i. Governor Jihit K. Tcncr of Penn- sylvuifia has virtually announced thnt ho will accept election to the presidency of the National Lea mi e of liascball clubs nt the annual TO SAVE COMRADE KL CKNTUO. Ca!., nec. C VI. was to blamo for the shooting of tho cashier; Paul didn't have a thing to do with It." Tom Green, confessed bank rob ber, mndo this declaration to Sheriff Wilson of Illversldo county today Just as ho stepped aboard a Southern Pacific train hero to be taken to Itlvorsldo, where ho and his com panion In tho robbery of tho Verde Valley Dank at Mytho will be Jailed. Green and Case robbed tho Illytho Institution ot SS000 Tuesday. They wore captured at Kt Contra early yes terday after a thrilling race across tho desert with four determined posses at their heels. To Wilson and Sheriff Meadows of Imperial county they confessed tho robbery. Green then nccopted re sponsibility for the shooting ot Cash ier A. W. Dowlcs, who courageously tried to savo tho bank's money by leaping on Case's back as the pair flod from tho bank. Tho men wero actors with tho "101" ranch motion picture concern at Los Angeles boforo going to Ulytho to rob tho bank. They had frequently participated In robbery scenes for tho picture camera. MAKE SMALL GAINS XKW YORK, Dee. C The stool; market opened irregular today. Har-rimnns-wero slightly higher while tho metail stocks were easy. Canadian Pacifiu Rained a poin;. Union Bag & Paper preferred ro.e 'J :i-8, making a gain of more than nine, points in three day.s. Ixttr Union Pacifio and Virginia-Carolina Chemical rose one. New Haven was weak, dropping to u point below last night's close. The short session closed timet. Hands wero steady. CINCINNATI PIPE 3 CINCINNATI, Ohio, Doc O.-Dy tho bursting of a (10-inch water moo in a 'i.Woot trench here today throo workmen wero drowned and half of tho city's wntor supply was out off. Fifteen men wero working in the trench when tho pipe opened nml the water spurted upward with tho force of. a goyser. Twelve of them scram bled, to stit'ety by wimw margius. IMPERIAL BANK ROBBER CONFESSES mcetinir this December. He will rc- mnin pnernor of Pennsylvania till his term expires in Jnnuury, 1915, nml Secretary' Hcydler will net for him in matters of dctuil for a year. OF AT AT INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Dec. C Their employers having signed a t union agreement, ono-thlrd of the 3000 striking teamsters here resumed work today. As a body, however, tho nicmbois of the employers' association stood firm against the strikers. They wero said to be much Incensed against those who weakened but nono could bo found to discuss the matter. In ternational Tresldent Toln ot ths teamsters' union said he expected a long struggle. Tho situation was still tense. Tho strikers, encouraged by tho victory 1000 of their number had won, wero In a determined mood. Tho em ployers maintained their elaborate police precautions and threatened to demand the calling out of the mili tia If rioting did not cease. It was believed, however, that the teamsters' partial success had at least temporarily averted the danger of a general strike. Agent Densmore ot tho federal labor department continued his con ciliation efforts. DUEL WITH MARSHAL SALEM, Ore., Dec. C Itay Mc Caroll, arrested here, when he ap plied to tho sheriff's offlco to have two bullet wounds In his shoulder treated, has confessed today that he was one of tho two men who fought a duol with Marshal toller at Gcr vals early yesterday In which Zollor was shot and perhaps fatally wounded. McCaroll, however, de clares that his companion, whom ho kuow as "Frank" did tho shooting. McCaroll declares that a dog which accompaulod tho marshal on hU rounds attnekod his companion whllo thoy wero seeking a place to sleop. Ills companion, he says, fired first at tho dog and thou at the marshal, who was approaching, Klvo shots woro oxchangod, ono striking the marshal! in tho nock, and two pene trating McCarol's shoulder. John Hobblns, aged 40, a well known resident ot Medford for tho last three years dtod at his home on Hiverslde avonuo following a two wcok's Illness with typhoid. He leaves a wife and family. Funor.il nrraugomonts will be announced later. WASHINGTON, Dee. 0. President Wilson was sufficiently reeovored to day from his attack of la grippe to spend thirty minutes this afternoon at his. dctk in tho executive offices. THRO STRIKERS NDANAPOLS BACK WORK DENVER SNOW BANKS BECOME OCEAN OF SLUSH Weather Grows Warm and Floods Probable Over Five Feet of Snow Falls Since MondayDrifts Ten and Fifteen Feet Deep In Streets. Trains Stalled by Snow Drifts Over Rocky Mountain Region Suffering Intense in Mining Region. DBN'VKR, Colo., Dec. 0. Tho weather grew warmer ns the after noon progressed here today and the snow begun to thaw rapidly. Pros jMji'ts were for n veritnblo ocean of slush within n few hours. The only place in the mountain section still re porting severe weather was Choy enne, where there wns n high cold wind. The storm had censed but the eiiy was still nearly paralyzed from Its effects. Dating from last Monday morning when 5.2 inches of snow had fallen on tho level and nearly seven Inches which fell between Thursday and today, establishing a new local bureau record. The bureau did not take the drifts into account. They wero ten and in some places fifteen feet deep. Busi ness is suspended. No Known FftUlltlcs Twenty passenger trains and many freights were stalled in Denver's vi cinity. In Denver ilsclf there wero no known fatalities. Fourteen person wero unaccounted for hut it was be lieved, finding iljmpossible Jo reach their homes, tbey had found shelter' elsewhere nml would be heard front Inter. Hospitals were making frenzied np- peals for coal and provisions.' Th ambulances were unable to move tiiu sick. ' Throughout Colorado, except on tho west slope, conditions were ns bad nit at Denver or worse. Trains Stick in Drifts Trains wero stuck in tho drifts all over the stale. Colorado Springs, Pu eblo, Trinidad, Cripule Creek and Vic tor were buried. In the strike stricken mining dis trict, whero strikers and militiamen are living n tents, ho suffemg was intense. In various places in the state twenty-four men were known to bo missing nnd it wns feared they were frozen to death. Three stage coaches also were unaccounted for. In tho cnttlo country thousands of head of stock wero believed to have perished. VILLA' DELAYS REBEL OCCUPATION CHIAHUAHUA CITY WASHINGTON, Doc. 6. aeneral Villa delayed a rebol occupation ot Chlchuahua City, while ho urgod pursuit ot Its fleeing garrison for the sako of tho fugitives' arms and money. A few ot tho fugitives reached tho American border but tho majority woro still In the desert, suf fering frightfully. Though publication ot them waa suppressed, many rumors wero cur rent in Mexico City ot rebol successes. Robols wero reported on tho point ot attacking Monterey and Salttllo. Americans lu Mexico City were as tonlshod at a report that a follow American was about to run counter to his own government's policy by supporting Presldont Iluerta finan cially. Colonel Gage, a British diplomatic attache at Washington, 1'utt .Vera Cruz for Moxico City on a mysterious mission. Tho Banco N'aclonalo, a Madero In stitution at Montoroy, suspended. ; Nuovo Laredo Moxtcans were tier ing to Laredo, Texas, fearing a rebl attack, j It was denied In Washington Jfajt foreign governments were growing anxious to know when peace would bo restored In Mexico, -A y' Wj 'l y 'At