W Second Sfrat
Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
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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.
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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
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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,
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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,
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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,
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