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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1911)
if -- ft- .! jir,, 4tf ilWiMi'fHJ wfWI ciw HN ' ' SUBSCRIBERS rniiinjr to g tmvt wtu tiv oii d)lvtra by vuouln of. Hot ty U d, n. MEDFORD Dttlly HUtli Ynur, Knrty.Klrnt Ynr. MAIL TRIBUNE WEATHER Fair Mnv. 08; Mln. 4 ltd. Hum. at. i -.HI J'lJ.JL'J.'JI.-i.U.'.J ll.-U..' UJ.J ! jp'.jxj.h- .ui-Lu.m.g MEDFORD, OREOON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 3911. -IJt-J-i ,,,,! I. ,f I UJJJLa.LI UXiXM-.-JJII 1,1 j , JULW No. 1G4. ITALY FORMALLY DECLARES WAR 50,000 MEN WILL BE OUT ON STRIKE BY MONDAY NOON GREAT STRIKE ON HARRMAH LINES CERTAIN Fcnrcil that Strlko Will Spread to Every Road In Middle West and the West Brotherhoods are Sold to be Standing In. VOTE ON GO00 The Parting of the Ways-Which Shall It Be? PREDICT THAT ROADS WILL SOON BE PARALYZED Shopmen In San Francisco, Lso An titles and Portland Await Or ders to Strike. CHICAGO, Ilk, Sept. 20. Proil drill J. V. Klinu of ilm International union of liliKik.iinlllis, nffiaiiilly an- uouueed loiluv thai a strike of hlinp iitfii would be called on all of tint llurriinan liiu-rt tomorrow morning. CIUCA(H), IIU.. Sept. 20. Union "hhU'iii federation'' official ncini officlally announced litro today that 'Jfi.OOO llarriinan lino employes will go on Htriko tomorrow at 10 o'clock and that 10,000 Milium Central "hVMtnn federationM'' will strike on Monday at 10 a. m. Tlmy predict that 12,000 unorgan ised employe will uit lit the firt call and that fit),000 men will bo out by noon Monday. It Ih feared thai the Htriko will quickly npread to every road in the middle went and ihn west, and it in reported that (he lirfltherhoodH hae secretly conferred at Cleveland and have notified the federation that they would refuHn to handlo car previously handled by htrikchrcakcrs. Such notion would involve every American railroad. To rnrnl)xo 8)triu. The "system fedcrutiuninlH" nic juhitaul and predict that within n week the llarriuinii syHtcin will be paralyzed. J. V. Kline, president of the blnckmuithrt union, announced today that ho had from every inter national president except O'Connell of the iulerutitioual union of mnehiii inln, pormisHiiiii to call tho Htrike to morrow. t President O'Connell in willing that employcH of the llarriinaii lines shall go out tomorrow, hut wants the. II liuoiH Central Htrike delayed until Monday. ROADS BONDS ' AM TOMORROW -"--3-te i Predictions Made that Bond Issue Will Carry by Safe Majorlty-Ev-erythinq is In Readiness tor Taking Poll. POLLING PLACES IN THIS CITY ARE FIXED In Medford and Ashland, Newcomers Must Swear in Votes .Before Election Board. Aawalt Word lo Htrike. SAN 1'IIANCIHpO, Cut., Sept. 20. While every iuai of the 800 shop employcH of the Southern Pacific in San Francisco and Oakland remained thlH morning and may continue go lu: about their annul tank tomor row, they are awaiting hourly for the woid to Btrike. It may ooino at any time. The concensus of opinion in that the call will bo issued tomorrow. "I havo received word from Sec retary dnhn Scott at San Luis Ohlnpi to he ready to go out," said Prchi dent K, L. ttt'Kiilu of the System Fed eralion Shop KmplnyoH of the Ilurrl mau liui,'H,. "Our men aro not going to lay down their tools ulitll the genera officers in the cast ntlvlsa it, but jvyhen tho call comes every man will walk out. We are prepared to enfoico our demand for recogni tion of the fodoratlnii by the biggosl stoppage pf work in railway Hhops thai t)iin conlluent ever flaw. "It in not Himply tho skilled trades that will Htrike. The helpera and la- liorern aro organized and affiliated with uh, and their lot has been cant with UK." Nxpcet Order Today. LOS AN0KLK8, fnl., fiept. 21).-Twculy-l'ivc hundred Loh AubcIos Hhopmon of tho llaniman Hystem to day are patiently awaiting ordora from Chictmo lo walk out. AlthoiiRh work Ih in proRreBH today with ua mil quiet, It wiih announced that when tho order arrlvoH tho mon will walk out to a man. "Wo oxpoot tho fltriko orilor liyto , (OoaUifilolt .oil Pago TwoT) Tomorrow the volew of JiicLaoii county will oice their approval or diMiipproval of the proRHod Ikhu aiice of bondH in an amount of $1, fiOO.OOO, for the purpoHO of building a modern HyHtem of hijjhwayH In Jacknon county. Today, on the very eve of election, tho advocates of tho bond inituu are cxprcHHiui; greater confidence in regard to the patoiatjc of the bondx than at any time dur ing the campaign. With the goHpel of good londi Hpread far and m;nr throughout the confiucH of tho coun ty, and with the jtcoplo educated in regard to the matter to u grcnt lo rhih, it, freely, uredletvd.Uial the IiouiIm will carry. Much of the opo Hitiou ban died uwny an diniiny men who at first npproved the intnic have Kwting about and arc now boosting for tho cniiHc. Wlio Can Voce. Kvcry American citizen who has been in tho Htato of Oregon nix montliH mill 110 dayK in Jackson county, can voto whether ho ban reg istered in tho Htato or not. If ho Iiiih not registered for an election herctofoie, and now resides in Med ford or Atjhlaud, he can appear bo foie the election board and havo bis vote Hworu in. Six freeholders muat sign his declaration. If lie lives outside of Medford nnd Ashland ho can appear before n no tary or ii justice of tho pcaco and swear his vote in, tho ijtato law pro viding that in cities of 5000 popula tion or more a man must appear bo fore tho election board to swear in his vote, nnd not before a notary or justice of the peace. Tlio rolling l'lnrcN. Tho lulling places throughout the country precincts aro generally in Heboid houses. In Medford they aro as follows: Southeast Medford 832 Edit Main street. Northeast Medford Hnmphreya, corner Fast Main and flenesee Sts. Central Medford City Hall. Northwest Medford Smith's Hall, (Irapn SI, Southwest Medford Hotel Moore, sample roOniH, FARRELL HEAD OREGON LINES Selected as President of the Oregon, Washington Railroad & Navigation Company O'Brien Vice President Farrel Started as Laborer. CLOSE ON TRAIL OF FLEEING DOCTOR HKDDINO, Cal., Sept. 20. I). J. Grant Lyman, the Los Angeles pro moter charged with misusing be mails, who escaped from a hospital ii Oakland, is fleeing northward through tho timbered mountain wilds near hero today closely followed by officers in automobiles nnd on ljorsc bnok, Ho is accompanied by his con federate, Thoruet, and is thought to bo making for tho Canadian frontier, or tho coast. It is hoped that )io will bo inter cepted by northern California offi cers, Tho fact that Lyman is using crutches is expectod to facilitato his capture. Homo prosperity dopcrids upon homo lndnutry, and ututo-wldo pros perity ylll bo grontor It factories soiling "Mndo in Oregon" goods aro imt'ouizod b ytho local morchnnts. PORTLAND, Ore., ScpL 20. Fol lowing advices from New York that J. I). Farrell, now vice president in charge of tho Puget Sound exten sion of tho Harrimnu system bud been selected as president of tho Or egon, Washington Railroad and Nav igation company, It In predjeted. jiere today that n number of changes in the local system will bo made soon. Portland will bo Farrell's hoado.uar- ters. It is understood that J. P. O'Brien, at present in cbiirgo of the Hnrrimnn lines in Oregon, will bo made vice president and general manager, with full power over maintenance and op eration. R. I). Miller probably will be traffic director. They both will report direct to Farrell instead of to the New York and Chicngo offices. Railroad, officials Kay that tho Harrimiiu directors havo recognized tho growing imjKirtnnce of tho north west nnd that tho present prnctico of conferring with eastern officials before improvements nro mndo nnd in matters of policy, will bo done away with. This, it is pointed out, will mnke for tho decided advnntogo of Ore gon, Washington and Idaho nnd gen eral improvements of tho road, and greater developments of-tho country is expected ns n result. Farrell, who will havo general ehargo of nil departments of the road, began railroading ns n track laborer in the soveutics. SEE THAT EVERYBODY VOTES. The fate of the good roads bond issue depnds upon every advocate of the measure casting his vote tomor row. Not only cast your own vote but see that your neigh bor oasts his; ' ' If you arc;an employer give your men time to vote and sec that they get to the polls. Every man who is a citizen and who has been in the state six months, in the county 30 days is entitled to vote. In cities of over 5000 the law provides that votes may be sworn in before the election board. In other places a notary or a justice of the peace can swear in a voter. So round up every good roads vote possible. You vote, and then make it your business to have your friends vote. The future welfare of Jackson county demands it. RDM WILL PA CtPT. HA1NS Governor Dlx Says Army Officer Will Be Freed Owing to Presentation of New Evidence to Him Shot Wm. Annis. MRS. SUYDAM IS TO MARRY NOBLE NEW YORK', Scot. 20. Thai Mrs. Virginia Suydam intends to mnrrv Frederick 'Noble, tho youthful plum ber with whom she recently eloped, as hood ns tho divorco which hor huhlmnd has been granted from Iior bocomos opernlivo, and that sho may possibly accept a contract to enter vnudovillo are tho statements ro- oejvod hero today from Mrs. Suydnm herself, ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 20. Pre Mentation to him of evideuce not pro duced nt the trial of Coptnin Peter C. Hnins for shooting to death Wil liam E. Anni8.Mn. Hnins' alleged affinity, nt Haysidc, L. I., in 1909, today led Governor Dix to announce tha,t ho would immediately pardon tho army officer. Elovon members of tho jury which convicted Hnins of murder peti tioned the governor to extend clem ency to tho blnyor. 14 MINERS BURIED 170 FEET DEEP FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20. Working in lfi minuto shifts, more than 100 men today nro attempting to rescue 14 miner entombed nt the bottom of n 170 foot shaft of the Shakespeare placer gold mine on Dome crook', when tho sides of the shaft caved in. Tho rescuers are attempting to reach tho prisoners through nn old shaft which connects with tho one that caved. 4 MM WILL BE PRESIDENT Election Will ba Held Sunday Every Indication Points Toward Naming of Madero Gomez Pre diets Own Defeat. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 29. The cominc national election next Sunday to select n president of Mexico, all indications today point townrd the election of Frnncis I. Madero, the erstwhile revolutionist and leader of the great upheaval in Mexico which resulted m the resignation of Presi dent Diaz nnd his voluntary exile to n foreign land. Owini; to the fact that General Bernardo Royes has praotioally sur rendered nnd gono to Cuba, and that Vasquez Gomez, tho other candidate, predicts his own defeat, Madero is very confident of success. TAKES HER 14TH LAWFUL HUSBAND PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 29. Wooed and won by thirteen hrnves, Nellio Lane, m good looking Silotz squaw, is now tho brido o Moses, her fourteenth, whp has been mur ried four times himself. Tho woman made, this admission cheerfully be foro tho grand jury whon sho ap peared ns a witness m nn investiga tion into tho snlo of liquor on the Siletz reservation. M There Will Be a Good Roads Mass Meeting on the Hotel Nash Corner This Evening at 7:30 EVERY BODY COME EQUITABLE RATE LEAGUE FORMED Medford's Dclegaiton to Salem Meet ing of Shippers Returns With Word of Successful Launching of New Organization. The People's Equitable Rate League of Oregon was organized at Salem Thursday to begin a ntate wide campaign for the establishment of equituble freight rates and the abo- loitm of the present system of pre erenial rates whereby discrimina tion is made in favor of Portland and ITALY UNOS ROOFS AND TAKE TRIPOLI Fear that Turks Will Declare a Tc had, er Holy War, Which W1H Mean Massacre ef Tfiwsamls.tf Christians.' MAY INVOLVE ALL ' EUROPE IN HOSTILITIES News Matter From Rame Is Cen suredTurks' Navy Weak ut Army Strtfif. " Turkey's Navy Five old battleships, one first "" class cruiser, two second class cruisers, two third class cruia- era, two gunboat3, four torpedo " boat destroyers, eight torpedo boats and 30.000 men. Italy's Navy Seven modern battleships, six 'f older battleships, eight Armored , cruisers, fourteen first class cruisers, thirteen gunboats, thir teen tnrnedn final deftirovmra. w - - w m against all other points in the staU.l lSa torpedo fboat, six, suba- , P. A. ifnrmon, president of the Ba-T -f rines and 29.941 men."J,-' ' "".!' ker Commercial club, was elected president; C. Walthers, president of the Dalles Commercial club, vice! president; E. A. Welch of Medford. secretary-treasurer. M. 0. Bunm. president of the Salem board oi trnde, and II. C. Qarnett, president of the Medford Traffic bureau, werr elected directors to serve with the other officers. The following cities are represent ed : Baker City, LnGrande, n Hood River, The Dalles, Salem, Portland Albany and Medford. A constitution and by-laws were adopted which clothes the directors with full powei to formulate a program. Tho members of the state railroat commission appeared before the di-j rectors and were informed of the purposes of tho organization. They were requested to rectify existing rate conditions within short period If the commission refuses to act, the league will prepare and circulate &n initiative bill for submission to die people ct tho next gcnornl election, providing nu equitable system of rates. The directors will at once endeav or to enlist the support and mem bership of every commercial and traffic organization in the state as well ns work open the preparation of the initiative bill. It is planned to cronto n strong, permanent organiza tion, which will look after the com mercial interests of tho small cities of Oregon, nnd take nn active part in all rate matters. A full discussion of the purposes and nuns of tho association was participated in by all membors and addresses mndo setting forth the rate situation and its remedy by rate' experts McCuno nnd Cousins, who havo charge of tho cases now pond ing, brought by Medford, Baker, Sa lom and The Dalles, Commissioner Aitkinson of hto state milrond commission, intimated very strongly that the case pending be fore it for n yenr now, brought by Medford, would bo decided adverse ly unless tho interstate commission in the meantime, rendered a decision favorublo to Medford in tho cases pendihcr before it, which would alter the existing conditions. Messrs. Garnett, Welch and Put nam, who represented Medford nt tho league, returned homo Fridny. WHITE BLUFFS, Wn., Sept, 29.-- Clnd only in their night clothes, iMss Helen Parson of Cheney, and iMss Shotwoll of Ellensburg, two school teaohers rccontly arrived, headed a volunteer firo fighting brigade that managed to savo tho Hewlett steam nwnull from destruction by firo lust night. ROME, Sept. 29. War between Italy and Turkey for the possession of Tripoli was formally declared today. The call to arms camo immediately after Turkey's reply to the Italian ultimatum had been presented to the Italian government by the Turkish ambassador. In less than an hour after Turkey's refusal to allow the Italian occupation of Tripoli had been finally made known the Turkish ambassador nt Rome was handed his passports, the Italian ambassador at Constantinople hud left his post and roders wore being flashed by wire loss to Admiral Aubry, in command of the Italian expeditionary force be fore Tripolo to nt once land and oo cupy tho disputed territory. Within a few minutes of tho dis patch of tho landing orders Admiral Aubrv acted. From tho sides of the ten Italian battleships before the African city, boatloads of tho force of 30,000 soldiers under Admiral Au bry's command lent for shore. No sooner was tho landing begun than a portion of tho floet steamed to the east and west to put into ef fective forco orders to at ouco blockT ado the whole coasts of Tripoli and Albania, with tho design of prevent ing tho descent of any filibustering expedition against tho Italian coast. Far to tho east in tho Mediterrean another forco of Italian warships which loft Spezzia with sealed orders is belioved to bo preparing for n blockade and a possiblo bombardment of tho Turkish towns in Asia Minor. Just what the dispositions of tho Italian government will bo aro hard to nscertnin, ns all nows matter bo. ing sent out from Romo is closely censored, much of what ia known hero cannot bo told. No information has yet been re ceived ns to what course Turkey will take in tho confliot. Tho grayest fears aro eutcrtninod that Italy's ac tion in forcing tho issuo will result ill, the declaration of a Jehad or Holy (Continued on Page Two) - i VJ T 1 J ! k MttAtfM 1MMH 'i mtm i MMMtl mmmmmm