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$500 ForfeitThe Tribune Guarantees Twice the Paid Circulation in City or Country of the Morning Mail UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES Br fat the largest and bi st news report if any paper In Southern Oregon. OlltedMI The Weather Jvai u;dWur ix promised fur tonight aA tuMr4ii ; northerly, winds. THIRD YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON', FRIDAY, OCTOBER J), 1908. No. 174. Daily WAR BREAKS OUT m EUROPE TURKISH ON NEW BATTLE ROYAL First Game of Series for World's Championship to be Played Saturday DETROIT, Mich., Oct. !. An army of carpenters wont to work today in Bennett park, erecting addit ionnl seats to accommodate the great crowds ex pected tomorrow to witness the tirst game of the world's clmin)ionsliip se ries between the Detroit Timers imd the Chicago Cubs. Tho bleachers will have doubled in size when the gates it re thrown open to tho public. An additional press box is being btiitt to accommodate Ion newspaper correspondents. Hughey Jennings lias announced that ho will line Killian in the opening, re serving Donovan for the Sunday con test nt Chicago. O'Lenry, who has been on I of t In game, will resume his place at short. His thumb is still bandaged but O'Lenry says it does not hurt him and he prom ises to play as well as ever. CHlCAriO, Oct. !. Several train loads of fans will journey to 1 tvtroit tomorrow lo witness the opening game of the championship series. Hundreds of telegrams hnve been received by the local management from all parts of the country requesting seat reservations. The seat sale for the Chicago games be gun today at Spalding "s. When the doors opened at ! o'clock this morning the line was two blocks long waiting. AVIATOR HAD NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH PJTTSHUIUL Pa., Oct. S. Hoy Kun btmshuc, the aeronaut, was busy today repairing the slight damage sustained by his airship when r. cylinder broke during his flight yesterday. The in vent or will continue his flights, lie owes his life to his mechanic, (ieorge Duesslcr, who crawled along the frame work of the dirigible craft as it was about to plunge to earth and grasped a wire that righted the balloon. Dues sler clung to the cable until Knuben ti hue successfully landed the airship threo miles from the place where tho uccident occurred. 4 m YU , mm MR. BRYAN AS A WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGNER. In lauo .Mr. Hryan liroke nil Oo uim dn.v In New York tnti he iiimlr fm-iy nli i.rts frimi tin- n-af nd of bin cf.r. nud for wi-crnl nin'i inl- il .v- h iii.mIi' tiiirly Ihi- bit aad Utti. He ban a I h rcoin.!l-li.'.l tin- n-n;..i k.lil.- r-at c,f makiiif twatjr lmcha In twtnty dlfferfDt viihlu 4.-ii!y lioiiri FORTS OPEN FIRE FLAG OF BULGARIA WAR BETWEEN SERVIA AND AUSTRIA LOOKED FOR AT ANY TIME Russia's Fleet in Black Sea Mobilizing British Ships Ordered to Scene of Activity Stock Market Suffers in Consequence of War Talk. V1KNNA, Oct. 0 The Turkish forts al Constantinople have fired on a veauel on the straits of the Hosphurus, which was flying the new liulgariau flag of independence. The general situation is far more sc rioi's than ever before. Declaration of war between Austria and Serviu is ox peeted iit any moment., Russia 'a fleet in the Black sea is mobilizing. British ships have been ordered to stenm im mediately to I animus, a Turkish de pendency. A general breaking away of the Turk ish empire is immin 'llt and the cninpli rat ions con fronted by the powers be come inure tangled every hour. England Abandons Hope. LONDON, Oct. !. Knglnnd today abandoi.i-d hope . .r.oidiug war in the HalkaNs ami it h-viiih certain that hoa : ilities will break out immediately be ween Servia and Austria. Thi' llrilish press today openly hints that the breaking up of the present la ig anient in I he Italhnus will be the cue for Kngland to annex Fgypt. This daring suggestion hi'.s caused wide com ment and, I hough it is impossible to induce anyone at the foreign office to discuss, there is a general belief that iti s among the possibilities of the si t -m:i t inn. Today's liquidation in the stock mar ket was the heaviest in a long time, in dicating the serious view of the situa tion taken bv financiers. Servian Capital Moved. UKt.OKADK, Servia, Oct. !. Prepa rations have been completed today for the r.-movnl of the seat of government from this city to Nish, fortified town 1 30 miles southeast of here. It is the second 'largest city in tho country. King I'eter is still holding out against war with Austria, but the people con tinue to clamor for immediate opening of hostilities, and there is little doubt thai they will enforce their demand. The removal of t he government of fices to N ish is considered t lie most significant action that could be taken, i! wiM be possible t-i hold Nish against an invading army if the development of affairs should make such action nor.. Ships to Activities. Xv,' 1 Stts t r.'ji I "RIGHT WILL W Commoner Believes Will of People will overcome Wishes of Corporations .TOL1ET. Ml., Oct. 0. Tn n speech here today, William .T. Hryan expressed his confidence that "right will tri umph" in the present campaign, and said : "I nm sure that the will of the peo ple will overcome tho wishes of the corporations, which desire the election of Judge Taft to the presidency." Jtryan went over the main issues of the campaign and vcriticized the repub lican platform and tho manner in which the republican campaign has been con ducted. Former (lovernor Krancis of Missouri is accompanying Hryan on his tour of Taft Rests. CIXClXN.m, O., Oct. !. William II. Taft will rest at tho home of his brother Charles here until Monday, when he will start on his tour of Ohio and West Virginia. In the meantime Taft will not make any speeches, but will take the best possible care of his voice and keep himself in readiness for the vigorous activity that will mark the closing days of the campaign. LONDON, Oct. 0. Kngland today or dered the battleships (Mory ami Prince of Wales and the cruisers Diana and Lancaster to proceed at once from Mal ta to Land of Leinnos, which is n Turk ish possession, and is located in the Gre cian archipelago. Kngland is taking this action upon the representation of Turkey that only the presence of Knglish warships can calm the Turk ish population and pre vent the destruction of the empire. Servia Seizing Roads. VIKNNA, Oct. Servia is retal iating today and in response to A us Iria's occupation of the frontier, in seiz ing roads ami bridges on the Bosnian border, where Austria as yet is unpre pared to offer resistance. Lien tenant field Marshal Oscar Va tiorek was appointed commander of the army and assumed chaige this evening. The nctivity of the Servians on the frontier is not of an organized nature, and it is unknown whether it is under orders from the head of the govern ment. Lieutenant Field Marshal Pot iorek has a high record for commanding troops, ami Kinperor Fran. .Josef places the utmost confidence in him. He will have absolute power in the movement of the army ami will be nccnun table only to the government. The announce meat of his appointment was taken to day to mean that the government be lieves that war cannot be avoided, and every precaution will be taken. O. P. Hates, the new man at the Tog j gery, has been joined by his wife, who arrived this morning from Porthnid. LEASES SECURED ON Telegrams Seit tils Morning Advising Mundy that - He During the past took agents for Colonel Mundy have been busy in the valley securing leases on land wlo re it is thought possible that od might be obtained if drilled for. These agents have secured between IOmo an, I r,mm aens of land nnd Friday morning wired olonel Mundy, who is in Kansas ' it v. that they have secured the land he told them to secure. Colonel Mundy nd vised his agents that whenever they could secure a per tain acreage of land nmp 4.100 nrre that he would ship oil boring ma ehinery to th; city and commence op erationi. It wai the news that this BOOKS IS SO niiT nrr m lw County Court Decides to Wait Until Spring Before Ordering Work - Consid ered Grand Jury Report After it lengthy and thorough eomdd eration of the report of the grand jury, which recommended in strong terms the exporting of the county books, the coun ty court Friday decided to not take any action in the mailer until next spring, giving as a reason that they did not wish to place the county further in debt during t his year. Judge Neil was in favor of having the work done immediately, stating that. it was his belief that the exporting of the books would save the county more money than the cost of cxperting would come to. However, Commissioners Pat terson ami Owem: would not agree to ordering the work, but finally agreed to reconsider t he mat tor in I he spring, and will order it then if liuaaces justi fy it. The board of equalization will meet Monday. October lit, ami at that time it will probably develop vhat effect the antiquated methods of keeping Jnck son county's books have upon tho tax rolls. Many pieces of proper! y have been assessed t wice, and it cannot be determined how ninny pieces have been overlooked. HEAVY EARTHQUAKE SHOCK ON ISLAND OF HAWAII HON'OLPLP, October It, Persons arriving here fr.un II i Jo today state that the enrjhqunke felt there Septem ber l! was the heaviest felt in the Ha waiian bdand since lstis. A ti lal wave about t hre feet high accompanied t he s.'isinic disturbance ami all parts of the islam! were r.i-.akeii. The volcano of the burning lake became exceedingly active, t he lake rising and falling in t he pit from ten to twenty feet every few hours An artesian well of molten lave rose to a height of revernl hundred feet in the air. continunlly pouring a stream down the eastern side nf the pit. HUNDRED NEW READERS FOR TRIBUNE IN CITY S. I). .Indd has just completed a successful canvass of Med ford for The Tribune, in which over tod new subscribeis were added which, in addii ion to The Tri bane's already large list of city readers, gives it three city sub serihers to one fur any other daily paper. Mr. J odd states that he finds The Tribune one of tin1 most popular paper he ever solicited for and thai it was no trouble at alt to secure sub serihers, as the paper's superi ority is universally conceded. Mr. .Indd leaves t 'might for (tedding, where hn will Conduct a canvass fur one of t he local papers. LARGE ACREAGE OF LAND; MUNDY Is To Ship Machinery At ncreage ha 'I been seen roil t hat went forward to Colonel .itindv Friday morn i tag. He will iinu', in all probability, forward the ntacli i nery at once and ) gin operations.. t'olniiel Mainly enji. a reputation a- an oil espert. and has been interested ill local prosper is si net he f i ("I came t-t Me.t..rd. as the representative of the Sunrise Mining com pa n v, in a a ci deavnr to secure cmil ml of the local coal mine. (c hus paid considerable ( attention to oil in th" valley and decid ed that the prospects warranted an at tempt to strike n flour of oil. He wan in the field for lemes for nnmn time i.rior to the report thit C. II. Pierce O IE "Better Government Own ership than Present Con ditions" Says Shonts ClIU'AtiO, Oct. IK The public utili ties commission law in New York has killed railroad development and gov ernment ownership of railroads would be better than the state of affairs in Xew York being made permanent, de clared Theodore P. Shonts, former head of the Panama canal commission and now president of tho Interborough Met ropolitan Trad ion company of New York city. In his address, which was delivered before the Lakes-tot he -Hull Waterways convention, he said in part: "The railroads are the backbone of transportation. It is impossible to strike a hlow al, the railroads without hilling I he canals and the greatest danger the country faces today is the physical operation of railroads by commissions. "We now have public, service com missions in New York, which super vise ami cent nd t he railroads, with the result that railroad development in New York is dead. "The menace is in the law itself. Kather than see this condition pcrma nent, as a railroad man, I would prefer government ownership of railroads. "The solution of the problem of con t'liuing railroad development rests in giving the railroads a square deal." GOVERNMENT WIRELESS WORKING IN ALASKA DAWSON. Y. T.. October P.-Leiu teiiaul Jennet in charge of the inslulla linn of the government circles Millions in Alaska has arrived enronte from Seattle. He had communications with the wireless stal ou from Dnwso-i today by means of the wire as far as Kagle and bevond lh"iv hv means of the wire li ss. lie announces that all the wireless station:; are now open for coiumiuci'cin) business. There are stations al Circle, Kagle, Fairbanks, (libbou nm Nome. Thesvstem i(i a marlc-d success. HAULS FRUIT TO MARKET IN AUTO There has not been foi some time a Ixtter example of the 4 wealth that lies in the soil of 4 the Uoguc River vt.liey th.iii that seen near the Southern Pacific depot Friday morning, when A. W. McPheaisoii drove hU auto 4 mobile up to the Will- Pargo 4 office loaded with a hnlf linn 4 died boxes of pouches for ship 4 nient to market. The lonneaii 4 of the machine was piled high 4 with the fruit, which is shipped 4 to different cities mi the coast. 4 Few are the sections of the 4 Tailed Stales in which the soil 4 produce enough wealth to war 4 rant thf use of an automobile 4 for the hauling of fruit. 4 4444444-f 444 4-4 WILL BORE FOR OILI Leases Have Been Obtained . Once had struck oil. Colonel Mnjidv is in Knn-us Citv al the present time in tin intercut nf ( he Snnrote Mminif eomp.iiiv of Chicago, ;ilid is erpecte.l back ill l-dfoid u about ten days, j When the prospect s a le siieh as I it j interest a man having wide rxperieiu-e in developing oil pro-p.cts, there must I be a good chance nf striking oil, which j will prove a great benefit to the city. It, P. Little one of the a gents for Colonel Mundy, secured InitHctt on some l.VHi nrres nnd John M. Hoot obtained like holds on nomn ?."loil ncres. thr ngentn sccurM enough to swell the total tn so mo !(00 acres. 6 COMPANY HAVE SECOND EOT BONDS BLANKS ARE ALL ON HAND; ORDER BATCH OF $20,000 SIGNED Will Tal.o Others as Soon as They Are BoId-CUin. Quort., Bond Houso Should Be Oil the Way. City Heeordor Collins wns Friday morning notified that tho Jackson Coun ty bank, local agent for John Nuveea A. Company, bond brokers of Chicago, were in receipt of the blank bonds for Hie !flM2,nin remaining of thu bond issue nf $ '."ia ,000, and that Nuveen & Company wished 10,00 nf these bonds signed at once ami returned to them, as they had sold tho bonds and wished to deliver them to their custon ra. The bond buyers advised tho city that they vould onler other lots of tho bonds as i ipidly as t hey were disposed of in ' hica.;o. Finn Queried. Some t.'ii days ago Itecorder Collins i'.trwarded the signed bonds for .$(10, DO odd, which money is to be used to pay tor the wal t distributing svatem ( Med ford, and as yet has received no word from the bond house. Friday morning the recorder sent a telegram asking Xuvoon A; Company whether or not th had teceived the signed bonds. As vol no reply has been received by Mr. Collins, bul one is expected Satur day. These bonds were accompanied by a sight draft and the city should have this money soon. The fact that. Nuveen & Company are urging I he signing of tho remaining port ion of the bond issue shows that they are having little or no difficulty in disposing id' the bonds, as tho $t0, diim lot would be Hold first nnd then the remainder be placed on the market. A lot of f'JO.OOO has been sold before l hey were ready for delivery and no doubt the others will be disposed of rapidly. It begins to look as if the money would b on hand before the source of -.vater supply had been determined. LABOR DELEGATES CONSIDER PROPOSAL OF SHIP FIRM LOXDOV, Oct. H. Labor delegates representing the employes nf the grent shipbuilding firm of Famous Wity nnd ompaiiy lire couf.idcriiig the proposals of the employers to permit the work men to enter plant;. M r. Ftirnons told the committee that tho shops would he shut before an incrense would be grant ed the men. K. C. (indd is returned today from f i rants Pass, where l.e has been during the past week on a business tup. Reward The Alcdtom Daily I rihiinc lias (Iimidic tin1 linna I'idc paid circulation in Medford or outside' of any daily ncwspaiicr printed in Southern Oregon. Five hundred dollars will he forfeited to any charity if examina tion I iy a committee nf husiness men, to he agreed upon, does not verify the statement, providing that will lie forfeited hy the contesting paper to charity if it fails to estahlish half as large a bona fide paid cir culation, the expenses of the investigation to he liorne by the losing newspaper. Merit nrri Itailv Tribune. (1. PUTNAM, Miumger. E JflX PayS Up-In-AM1S Against Commissioners For Their Refusal HesidentH ami taxpayers of the dis trict norinv.-'si or .Metitoru aro up in arms against County Commissioner I Owens nnd Patterson for refusing to order a gravel surface on new roads recently com;h led In that section. As a result, th- muds will be impassable as soon as it ranis, and in order to reach Mejford ;es. dents will bo com piled to travel v:a Central point. The roads gn,d"i are called Rosa ave nue, running west from tho old distil b ry. Hell Lam an I Pauley Hill, which .s sticky laud. The commissioners ni'reed to pay half the expense of grav i bn if tin o n f irty owners paid tho other half, on: ,ih the roads wore partly hti'il i iy pubi, Mibxcipl bin, nn-l it was t he first work done in four years in that section, ami unimproved land was paying taxes on ifibtn an acre valuation, owners thought they had paid their share ami that it was up to the county to pay for the graveling, inasmuch ns they offered lo furnish the gravel. In this County Judge Neil agreed with them. "I offered to donate gravel free of charge," siiid W. II. Stewart, one of the orchard owners affected, "but the commissioners turned it down. All con cerned aro indignant because the mad man! or has been sent to another dis trict and as a result nil the work done this summer will be rendered useless an soon ns it rains. "The district affected is one of the richest sections of tin1 country anil the new roads providing access to Med ford were largely built by Medford contri butions. We have been paying our taxes for years without any road im provement and it is not fair to ask us to pay half the expense of graveling. These roads .represent the llrst county work done in four years in our vicin ity, and we nre entitled tn relief, nnd intend to secure it if there is any way we etui get it. " Sunday School Entertains. Tonight at Christian church those who lost in t he Sunday school contest in September will entertain the winning side. All the Sunday schools aro in vited to this feast of good things. REFUS GRAVE F ROADS i .
