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MEDFORD, OJIISCJON, SATURDAY, SISI'TKAIJMH 90, 1911.
TWO SECTIONS.
No. 1C5.
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MAJORITY FAVORS1BOND ISSUE
MORE THAN 30,000 MEN QUIT WORK ON HARRIMAN LINES
TREMENDOUS
OR
MEDFORD POLLS
VOTE ALMOST UNANIMOUS
DOND ISSUE OE $1,500,000
Reports from All Sections of the County Favor Passant of Bond Issue
Voto Llnliter In Ashland than, Was Expected and this is Taken
as an lidicatlofi of Success hy Octtrr Hlnhway Advocates All arc
Workliin Hard.
ALL EUROPE
JACKSONVILLE, CENTRAL POINT, GOLD HILL,
TALENT AND. PHOENIX ARE IN FAVOR OF IT
Mcdford's Vote Is Heaviest Ever Polled In this City Before Noon 887
Votes Had Been Cast When Polls loscd for Luncheon
at Noon
IS EXCITED
OVER ERACAS
London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and
St. Pctrrsburn are Trylnjj to Form
Coalition of Powers to Hold Down
Balkan States.
DAM GIVES
AWAY: 300 TO
00
DROWNED
At (wo o'clock 70 votes hud been
i'iimI in North .InehMiuwIle precinct,
County Clerk Cob-man who luix been
ltMtiiif( iiim tuli on lli voting there,
hlulcH thai giving t'it benefit of cv
cry iloulit, tit least IO of iIhjh,! win)
in favor of tli; bond insm). A sub
tdnuliiil iniijorily ix oxpreled in cacti
of iliu two .InckMinvillo precincts.
A lain ic port from Ahlund till
al'tcinoon wiiti to Hid effect Hint AUO
AMiiliuuKwiiniK. It in I'Hlimiiti'il hi
Anhlnnd that !() pur cent of thin
number or l!(l() wcio in favor of tlio
roailx, This would indicate Ih.tl
AMiliuidVi vote njjahmt the lioiul
range between u miijoiity of IOU
Judging from report from all
effect liml tint voting in that city i
Hoi heavy, (loot! roads advocate at
Ahlilaiul stale today that thu vote
(hero will Hurprinc tlio county as the
bonds am being heller suppoited
than it wax believed will ho tlie case,
It in claimed thai tlio majority
ngaiiml tins ImiimIh will not exccc.i J 00.
It !h claimed hy thu advocates of
tho bonds that (lol.l Hill, CVntnil
Point, .Inekhoiiville, Phoenix, Tinil
ami ProHpeot are certain to give a
majority in favor of thu bond. ThU
with 'tlitt Medford voto, will iiKHiirc
tho punugo of tho bonds own if ev
ery other precinct including Ash
land, returneil a majority against.
Tho voting in Medford started
early anil hundred vihitcil tho jhiIIs
early. Hy 10::i0 a. in. over fU0 vote
hail been cant.
Dnritiir the afternoon the voting
Hwlliiim of .liirkwiH county to'ci.edl ,,,,, nlvv ,, ;, U .jt.vt,(I
liy liio .Mail Ti inline at noon imlny.
there in little iloulit hut that .laekoi.
county ha taken a bland for ino
gnwn uiiil linn gien tho good 'imiIs
hand iHMiie of .fl.r.Oll.tlllll a hiiblu
tial mujniilj.
Thu vote in Medford is ver heavy,
totaling in tho five precinct in 'he
city, 887 olcx at 1 o'clock when the
polls cloned for an hour to allow the
election hoard to get luncheon. Tin
in the hcuviont ole ever east during
a forenoon in thin city. It in pre
dicted that the total vole will ho be
tween I. '11)11 ami l.'tlt) in this citv and
that the hoinlrt wilt receive a 'Major
ity of 1000 voIch in thin city alone.
Reports from Ashland nutu I ho1
that hetween five ami hcvcii o'clock
this evening' Hint a great many of
whom aro working and planning to
vole after iiilting this afternoon.
Union labor leaders were buoy this
morning.
The only subject discussed on tlio
hi reel k today was tlio proposed hand
issue. Apparently cveryomi was
working for the passage of the homls.
If Ihcro worn any against, they kept
llicl.
The total vide when the polls
closed for noon in Ihn Medford pre
cincts wan: Southeast .Medford, (l;
Northeast Medford, 77; Central
Medford, 282; Southern Medford,
28.r; Northwest Medford, 1117.
F
D
LOWERED
TO BURIED MEN
Work of Rescue Is Prourcsslnn Rap
idly and It Is Expected that Pris
oners will lie Reached hy Tomorrow.
KAMI HANKS, Alaska, Sept. HO.
r'ood wax lowered lo (ho J 'J miners
in thu Shakchpearo mine, today
through u steam pipu which runs
down thu collapsed shaft.
The work of rusnui) in progressing
rapidly anil it is expected that thu
prisoners will ho reached liufnru to
morrow afternoon. '
Thu minors told their rosouoi'H
that thoy hardly daro sleep owing lo
thu intense, cold hclow ground.
RGDOERS FLYING
NOW OVER OHIO
MANSFIELD, Ohio, Sept. !I0. -Aviator
Knilgorri flying westward
ovur tlio continent, left hero at ll:.'10
today, announcing thai ho would fly
until hirt gaHolluii supply was ex
haiiHtrd, He passed Million at 12;2(l.
CAPTAIN HAINS
IS EREE MAN
Was Sentenced, to 14 Years In Sinn
Sinn But is Pardoned hy Governor
Dlx To no to South America With
His Brother.
MARTIAL LAW IS NOW
DECLARED CONSTANTINOPLE
Turkey and Greece arc FlQhtlnfl In
Tltcssaly Russlt Takes
a Hand.
LONDON, Bopt. 30. Oeneral cx
cltumunl prevails throughout Kuropo
today tin n ri'Hult of now ilcvelopment
In tho Turko-Jtnllan bltuatlon In ro
t;ard to 'rrlpoll,
London, Parla, llcrlln, Vienna ami
fit. IvtoraburR nro trying to form n
coalition of tho powers to hold down
tho Uttlknii Stiitt'it.
Mnrtlul law hnu been declared In
Coimtuuttnoplo.
Tho TurklHh fleet htyi arrived nt tho
(lOlilon Horn from llclrut, and tho
torptjdo hoU nml dentroycrji will. raid
tho Italian const.
Turkey and Grecco nro fighting In
ThcHHtily, the nortliwent jirovlnco of
Orcocn.
Husala la reported to bo In posses-
slon of Troblzond and Italy Is mobll-
Izlng her armies on tho Austrian
frontier.
Tho Uuko of Abrzzl has establish
ed a mircciuiful blockmlo of Tripoli-
tun jMirtH and today is In comamud of
a fleet bombarding I'rcvcsa.
(Ireero Ik casting covutoiiH eyes at
Crc.tu; thu llalkan States aro ready to
rise.
Turkey now feels that nit of Its
resources must bo called upon to
maintain Its national Integrity. It
recently lost two provinces to Aus
tria, and with Italy after Tripoli,
(Irceco after Crete and KukhIii after
Treblzoiul tho patriotic Turks fool
that tho partition of tho einplro Is
Imminent nt any moment. Thoy pro
pone to dlo fighting It they must per
ish. Hcsuming thn landing of troops in
Tripoli today tho Italians exchanged
a fow shots with tho defondors.
Auaval engagement Is mocntnrlly
expected near tho Dadnuullcs. Tho
Italian fleet that was sent to Inter
cept Uurkmuu'li Turkish fleet, which
Is now ut Constantinople Is reported
Htenmlng to tho attack.
City of Austin, Pa., Inundated and
No One Had an Opportunity to
Escape Newt Came in Telephone
Message from Mill Foreman.
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NO DETAILS OF THE
ACCIDENT AVAILABLE
Accurate Estimate of tho Dead is
Impossible but Reports aro
Catastrbphc is Great.
COUDEHSPORT, I'a Sept. 30.
Tho Ilynlcss pulp mills dam at Free
man's Hun, near Austin, Pa., went out
at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The
reports say It Is estimated that 200
persons perished.
WAT IE
Tho Mall Tribune lies mado complete plans for receiving tho returns
from today's bond election at tho earliest possible moment and tho In
stant that the result is known It will bo flashed to tho residents of tho
county by means of a red light from tho roof of the Mail Trlbuno
building. Ho watch for the red light for It will signify tho passago
of tho bonds.
The counting of tho ballots will proceed rapidly tonight as tho ballot
Is a short one. The result should bo known between 9 and 10 o'clock
The Mall Trlbuno will Issue an extra following tho receipt of re
turns from all sections of the county, which can bo secured from tho
newsboys on tho streets.
So watch for the red light. It will signify the passage of tho bonds.
EIRST FREIGHT
TIE-UP ALBANY
Men Refuse to Do Their Work and
All Local Freight Traffic on Cor
vallls and Eastern Railroad Is Tied
Up.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Sept. 30. Tho
Emporium Lumber company hero this
afternoon received a long dlstanco
message stating; thnt between thrco
I and five hpndtciirrnna aro report
ed killed at Austin. Pa., when a huge
dam collapsed.
Tho city Is Inundated, no one hav
ing nn opoprtunity to reach a place of
safety. It is reported that tho debris
has taken flro and tho castrophe may
bo oven worse. No confirmation has
yet been obtained.
Thoillspatch tolling of tho disaster
came from some sawmills seven miles
from Austin. Tho manager of tho
mills stated that an nccurato estimate
of tho dead was imposslblo but reports
Indicated that tho catastrophe would
be appalling. Ho asked what action
tedhe should take. Tho company In
structed him to closo down his plant
and go to tho rescuo of tho victims.
NEW YORK MARKET
AMIANY, N. V., Kcpl. :iu. Cup.
lain Peter (J. llaiun, Jr., was par
doned by (lovornor Dix. Mains wiik
Hculeiieed to M .yearn in Sing Sing
tor killing William K. Annis at the
Haysidu Yacht club in August, 1001).
lie will go to South America, au
couipanied hy his brother.
SOCIALISTS SHOW
GREAT STRENGTH
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 30. Muoh
strength was hIiowii hy tlio Social
ists ut (ho recent oluetioiiR that lie
inemhoi'H of tlio onhiuut tendered their
resignations today.
Bombarding Streets.
HOMH, Sept. !I0.
JUDGE PREPARING
TOR M'NAMARA TRIAL
LOS ANflKLKS, Cal., Sept. :!0.
To facilitate matters incident lo the
opening of tho MeNamara trial here
October 11, Superior Judge Waller
Hordwell has drawn tho names of
l'J,r talesmen from tho trial jury libt
to try the ease. Usually theso jury
lists, when so drawn, aro given out
for publication, hut in this instance,
hy specific instructions from Judgo
ALBANY, Ore., Sept. ,10. All lo
cal freight traffic on the Southern
Pacific and the Corvallis and East
ern railway companies here, is tied
up.
When 30 shopmen went out other
employes refused tu-do -'their work.
Trains that wcro supposed, to be
mnde up and en route nt 8:45 n. in.,
were still in the yards here at 1 11.
in. There is no immediate prospect
of traffic being moved.
KATE'S DUKE IS
FIRST JO STRIKE
Telegraphs Rome that Two Torpedo
Boats Were Attacked and One is
Stranded Other is Pursued But
Escapes.
MAYOR EORCfS
PRICES DOWN
Executive of Indianapolis Brings in
500 Bushels of Potatoes and Sells
Them at Cost to Force Commis
sion Houses Down.
NEW YOKK. Sept. 30. Tho stock
market opened with n slightly up
ward tendency on moderate trading.
Recessions fololwed later but prlcos
soon recovered and mounted steadily.
Amlagamted Copper and American
Smelting gained 3, United States Steel
1 G-8 and Heading and Union Pa
cific 1 1-2. Tho actlvo list generally
advanced n point or more; Reces
sions In thu llurrlmati Issues woro fol
lowed by declines elsewhere and
prices woro fractionally below tho
best.
Tho market closed strong.
Bouda were firm.
Fair Crowd at Fight
VHIiNON AHKXA, LOS ANC1K
LES, Cal., Sept. M.Only it fair
crowd saw Johnny Kilhano and
Frankio Conloy in their scheduled L'O
round bout this afternoon. Kilhano
entered, tho ring at 10 to (1 over tho
Kenosha lad, and thu consensus of
Hordwell, these names are being with-' opinion was that hu would win on
held.
Despite the fuel that members of
the defcusu refuse, to stale whether
thy will request n change of judge,
both sides nro working hard to get
their respective casos toned up ready
for the opening of thu battle. It is
not generally believed in legal cir
cles that tho defeuso will carry out
its threat of asking for n change of
judge on tho ground of bias on tho
part of Judgo llordwell.
DERKtiLlW. Pa. -Tho timo-hon-
Wireless dis-f orod " beer bust", ono of tho olassio
patches from tho Italian fleet to-.traditions of tho stato university, li'is
night say that the boiulmrdinoul of i gono down in history. Nothing hut
Tripoli began at 10 o'clock. The
news .(initio from Admiral Aubry, in
'ummuiid of the siptndrnn
points. In the first preliminary
Frank Hantora knocked out Harry
Eord in tho first round.
Occupy Tripoli Tonight.
VIENNA, Sopt. 30. That tho oc
cupation of tho Tripolltan coast will
bo practically accomplished tonight
Is tho belief of Admiral Aubroy In
comamud In tho disputed country, ac
cording to n wireless rocolvod today
In Italy, bovoral Turkish fishing
boats suspected of bolng spies woro
captured by tho blockading cruisers
today.
Tho Crotans havo notified tholr
ropicsontatlfos In Italy thnt thoy In
tend to uso theopportunlty ofofrdod
HOME, Sept. 30. The young Duke
of Abruui, well kuown for his nn
daunted SDirit and energetic action
in Polar expeditions, is tho first to
stnko a decisive blow in the Italin.i
campaign in Tripoli, nccording to re
ports received hero today directly
from tho duko himself to tho effect
that ho hns succeeded in setahlishin;:
n blockade of tho Turkish port of
Prevent. Abruzzi telegraphed to
Homo us follows:
"Two torpedo bonts attempted to
escape. Wo engaged one, which
stranded after catching fire. We
pursued tho other, which returned to
join tho blockaded Turkish fleet in
Prevesa."
ALBANIAN MASSACRES
AT BOTTOM OF WAR
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 30.
Owing to the price of potutoes soar
ing bkyward, Mayor Shank of In
dianajwlU is today selling out 500
bushels of potatoes which he brought
in from the country, at the cost of
marketing them. The mayor intends
to force the commission men to give
fair prices.
At the commission houses tho
prices of potatoes went tumblin-' and
many reductions were reported froru
retailers. The commission men say
the3' will go as low as the mayor.
Tho pcoplo aro enthusiastic and
mnny have pledged themselves to help
'show iip" the commission men in
their inflating of the prices of necessities.
GREAT STRIKE
OF SHOPMEN
NOW
REALITY
Every Line in the West is Effected
Walkout Is Complete and 3bju
are Completely Tied- Up Out at
Ashland.
SWITCHMEN MAY GO
OUT THIS EVENING
Reported that Trainmen Will Refuse
to Handle Cars Worked On by
Strike Breakers.
CHICAGO, Ills., Sept. 30. Tho
recent Albanian massacres aro the
key to tho situation in tho present
Turko-Italiati war, according to
Cluules R, Crane, in a statement
made hero today, upon his return
from a trip through tho llalkan
states.
"Tho devastation wrought by the
Turks in Albania is shocking," said
Crane. "Tho Albanians will novor
givo up, nml should bo of great as
sistance to any power at war with
Turkey."
Crane branded Tout-got, tho Tm
ish general sent to repress tho rebel.
Hon in Albnnin as n monster of tho
bloodiest sort.
FIVE SHOOTERS
INVEST IN VALLEY
Medford Gun Club Wants Pacific
Coast Handicap for 1912, and Have
Splendid Prospect of Getting It
They Say.
The Strike in Oregon.
" Telegraphic advices indicate
" thnt fifty men struck in tho Or-
" egon Short Lino shops at ""
Glenn's Ferry', Idaho; fifty at
"" the Oregon-Washington Rail-
" road and Navigation shops at ""
Huntington, Ore.; sixty-five at ""
"" the Southern Pacific shops at
Roseburg, 30 at Ashland, ono
" hundred at Umatilla, Ore.; ono
"" hundred and five at-LaGrande, t
Ore.,; thirty at Starbuck, Wn.,
"" and practically all machinists
" and blacksmiths stationed at in- ""
termediate towns and sidings.
TI SntilliArn Pnoifin tnnnnla
" and tracks over the Siskiyou ""
" mountains hro guarded by spec- "
" inl officers, who went on duty ""
" this moniiug.
.
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r Hinnlrni- will Int-n iln iilnen thin
vniir nt tlm iiiiiiiml anlMiriitlnn of by tho Tripoli affair to offoct tholr
ihn sophomores, !"K desired annexation with (Ireoco.j
SANTA BARI1ARA, Cul. Dosort
ing a woalthy husband and a baby
boy for nn nutomobilo meohnnio, Mrs.
W. P. Meyers, wife of n prominent
Los Angeles physician, today is on
routo to San Francisco with her af
finity, J. R. Martin. Aftor nn ox
oiting chnso Dr. Myers ran down his
wifo nud tho ohnnffonr hero. Thoy
had eloped in Dr. Myers' ntttoniohilc.
Tho local gun club was Instrument
al In securing five moro boosters for
Mcdrord. Tho following woll known
professionals, Peto Holohon of Du
pont fame, Leo Drakloy, tho Win
chester expert; Stadtfoid, tho Seattlo
represtatlvo of tho Solby Smelting &
Lead company; Dr. M. M. Bull, tho
famous Eurciio dontlst, and Fred
Moullen, also ot Eugene, all invested
in Medford while attending tho two
days' tournament given under tho aus
pices of tho local gun club, tho pro-
sosslonals, whoso territory raugo from
Spokano to aSn Diego, all spoko In
glowing terms of Medford, compli
mooted tho local club on tholr tourna
ment and backed It up by each buying
a ploco of land In tho valloy. Thoy aro
also heading a movement to securo
for Medford tho Pacific coast handl
cap for 1912, this annual event was
held lu Seattlo, 1909-1910, and at
Madoria, Cal'fornla, this yoar. Med'
ford bolng centrally located with am
plo hotel facilities and a fino shooting
ground wit Istand an oxcollent chanco
to secure this bannor event.
Tho locnl gun club aro cortalnly
putting Medford on tho map as
shooting center and havo boon the
means of Interesting outsldo shoot
ers In Investments to tho exteut ot
nearly $200,000 In Modford.
CHICAGO, Ills., Sept. 30. A gen
eral strike of tho Hariman lines and
the Illinois Centrul railroad went in
to effect today and 30,000 men quit
their work. Tho strika is unanimous.
Tho unionists expect tho strike to
spread to every system in America.
As it is the striko affect 2000 boil
ermnkers, 10,000 mnchliists, H,0dO
carmen, 3,000 blucksmithi. 1,'JOOO
clerks, ,'J00 metal workers, 500
stcamfitters, 2,000 painters and 2,
000 laborers and the lines affected
are in Unii.n Pacific oud Southern
Pacific, the Oregon Short Lino, Oregon-Washington
Railway and Navi
gation company, Oregon Railway and
Navigation compnny, tho Sunset, Il
linois Central, thu Yazoo and Missis
sippi Valley and tho Los Angeles,
ban Pedro and Salt Lako routo.
Tho largest number of shopmen af
fected aro at Centrafiu, Ills.; Mem
phis, Tenn.; Birmingham, Ala.; Oak
laud, Cal.; Fast Bukersficld and
Sacramento, Cal; Frccport, Ind.;
St. Louis, Ills.; Omaha, Neb.; Kan
sas City, Mo.;. Paducah, Ky.; Salt
Lake, San Antonio, 1 Paso and
Houston, Texas; Tuosou, Ariz. and
Cheyenee, Wyo.
SEATTLE, Wn. It was an
nounced today that fiOO divorco de
crees granted in Seattlo since 1009
arc void nnd ineffective, nud that
many men and women, divorced by
theso illegol dooumonts, havo romar-
ricd in blissful ignorance that they
nro not oven legally freed from their
prior mates.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 30.
Reports fro movory shop on tho
Ilarriuiau lines west of tho Rocky
mouutnius today deolnro that practi
cally every shopmen in every shop
is out to enforco tho demands of tho
workmen for recognition of their sys
tem federation, for better working
conditions and for incroased pay.
Promptly as tho hour of ten struck,
from Idaho to Arizona tho men laid
down their tools and with tho unant-'
mity and discipline of trained troops
began their flight for what thoy deem
their rights.
Predictions of tho railroad offic
ials that many of tho men would re
fuse to striko woro not borno out.
In Sacramento and Oakland it had
been confidently nssortod by tho rail
road chiefs that only a smull propor
tion of tho workmen would stand to,
their guns when tho tost cmno. These
predictions proved false, nnd, win or
lose, tho strikers have entered tho
fight united.
E, L. Rcguiu, president of the fed
eration, said us ho loft the shop that
tho men had responded with a splend
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