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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.
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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.
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"RIGHT WILL
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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
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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
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"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
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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.
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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.
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(1. PUTNAM, Miumger.
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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.
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