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Newspaper Page Text:, , ffreffon Historical Soofilv m r-A W H, MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE a SECOND EDITION WEATHER! 1'nlr and warm-M tHj Mhi 01; IU'l JIhim SW. u ifc-i Korypoinl Yiar. Dnlly livnth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY", AIWST 13, 1012 NO. 122 lb i PASSES L TARIFF OVER THE VETO Nineteen Republican Insurants Vote With Democrats Clark Rules That It Takes Two-thirds of Those Vol Inu Aye antl No to Pass Debate Proceeds and Follows Vote Senator Clark nnd President Tnft are Both Utterly Assailed WASHINGTON, Auk. 13. Hy ttrni'o ur a ruling mado by Speaker Chirk the Iioiiho today panned tint wool tariff revision bill ovor l'mul duiit 'I'aft'n voto by it vuto of 174 to HO. Nineteen republican Insurants voted with tho democrats. On tho voto n At flntt announced by tint speaker tho democratlc-ln-niirrtoiit alllanrn Apparently bad failed to pans tint bill by two votes. Ton iiiOinbitrM who hnd paired with almontees voted iin present, Clark ruled Unit It took only two thlnU of tho members votliiK "ayo" or "no" to puna tho bill and nil ml thai two-thirds had no voted "ayo" mid that lint bill was passed. A violent ilintu followed, tho rrpuhllcaiin bitterly attacking Clark. On this Underwood madu n point or order, thus flnnlly enabling tho speaker to declare tho bill pained. Before the volo waa taken, Con Kretmnnit Cnnnou of Illinois, Hill of Connecticut, Greene of Iowa and Ut ter or Ithodo Island defended I'rcsl dent Taft'a veto of tho wool bill. Utter avcuiod thg democrat of playing politics In foisting respons- Iblllly for the wool bill on tho pre I dnt. IMUKorald of New York took a HnitillH,.OiflrdiWtMml culled Ilia wool ronort of 'the tariff board metro Kucm work, Hcflln of Alabama, poKe, denouncing rrciiueni inn nnu tho republlcttn party generally The proKreimve who voted to ro- pudlnto tho Taft veto were: Akin, New York; Young, Anthony and Pitnmt. Kaunas; Morso and Cooer, Wisconsin; Htoenomon, Davis. Ander on, Itolgcfon, Lindbergh nnd Miller, Minnesota; Kent, Calif.; Utterly Oregon; La Follotto and Warburtatt, WnihliiKton; Norrl nnd Hloanc, Ne braska; Storens, Minnesota, and Woods, lown. Gardner cf Massachusetts bitterly appealed from tho rulliiK or Speaker Chirk, lie won followed by Miinn of IIIIiioIm, who comlderod tho prece dent correct. BERLIN, Auk. 13. Three tlimtR iiint persons are known to linvo been killed In nn earthquake whleli rooked Uoulli Kiihtern Turkey, according to n message jimt received liero by the Tugcbhitl, from Us eorospondent nt Constantinople, Moro tluui 00,000 porsons nro homeless iiiul starving, An active ernler in hIho reported to have, up penred on (lie Atlantis Hide of the Hon of Munnorn. Later doHpatuhos received hero lu ilioiito that (iomlitioiiH avo much worse in tho disturbed region of Turkey than tbo earlier advices Htntoil. Sup )lemoiitiiry messages received to iilflil Hay tbnt ninny persons oiiught under the tottering walls nro h t III ullvo but Hlowly starving to death. Tbo Turkish government in said to bo doing their utinoHt for tbo rellof of tbo HiifforerH, but officials tuiiuit tbeir inability lo uopu with the situation, Unless outside aid is oxtonded it onlco, it 1h .feared thousands Svill perinb from oxpoMiiro and lack of food. MODOC GOLD STRIKES TO BE INVESTIGATED WABllINdTON, Auk. IS. An ox pert InvoHtlgatiou In Modoo county, Cnl., wiih ordered by tbo ffeologieal Hiirvcy department lioro today. I QUAKE-SLAUGHTERS 3000 IN TURKEY. 50,000 STARVING POSTAL MS GRANTED RIGHT TO ORGANIZE Oarred From Any Orijanlzatlon Conn Jenanclnn Strikes, Hollow Victory Is Won by Government Employes In Senate After Loup Debate Wjlit to Appeal to Conyrcss Ovrr Head of Posma&ter General Also Given Czar Rule Ends WAHIUNdTON, Auk. U.-llarred from nfflllntlon with any orKtmUa- lion countenaiicInK NtrlkeM or lock oiKh. United Htatea ponlal clerk won a hollow victory In the m-iiuto today when that body by a vote oMii to 7 decided to kIvi thin branch of tho Kovernmeiit nervlro the rlKht to or Knnlie. The volltiK followed a aplrl ttsl debate In which HenatnrH I.a Toi lette of Wlicouiln, Hoot of New York and Smith of South Carolina took u prominent part. Keuatorrt m Follotto and Smith look tho position that thoro were no lawn to prevent poHt.il clerlti from ori'.anUliiK or dct'larlni; u Htrlku If they' were dUsatliried with their cotnpeuiuitlon and working coudl tloiiM. Senator Itoot took n)iarp la ami with thin ntuud, declarliiK bit terly that no orKunltntlou ithonld bo allowed which would bo In a position to cripple tho Kovernmenl service uven In tho sllehteat degree. Other fionntom Maw behind tho movement an attempt to co-opernto with tho American Federation of Iabor and bitterly fought tho measure. Still other nwortitd that aa the Aniorlcnn Fderatton ltnlf cannot call a strike, the provliton could not ponrihly af fect that .Mil. .s.. Tho poital clerk won a victory, lftto of ,h'0 n,n0ndinont, granting thorn however, by tho adoption In tho son- tho right to apponl to congreia ovor tho head of thu pontmaiiter general, whoiio word horctoforo hua been final. During tho progretm of tho delrato Bomitor Cummins mild that striken by pontal clorkn "would bo little leas than IreiiKon." Tho umendment was then adopted providing tho right to any government employe to furnish congress with In formation, and It specifically directed that nuch employe waa not to bo In terfered with. Senator iJourno then w'thdrow hla amendment. Senator Heed'a amendment jwr- mlltlug employes to organize, but forbidding their affiliation with "Blrlklng" organlintloiiH was then adopted. POST OFFICE DENIES IA FOLLETTES WASHINQTON, Aug. 13. OfflcInlH or tho post offlco department donlod today tho charges mndo by Senator LuFollotto In tho sonnto , yesterday that lottora from railway mmll clorka addressed to him had boon opeuod and oxamluod, Tho letters In Question wero In ro ply to a circular sont out by Senator La Follotto seeking data regarding al leged coorclvo methods of tho postal officials to provont omployos from organUntlon. Lu llletto Intlmatod that bocauao of tho confidential information con cern In ir tho "hamsBlng" mothods employed ugalnst tho clorks contained In thoso lettors, a number of clorka had boon disciplined by their super iors. POPULISTS TO ENDORSE WILSON OR ROOSEVELT ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 13. When the Populist's nniionul convention met hero today it was announced tbnt tbo prly would not put u tieUot of its own in tbo field. It wiih believed oitbor Colonel Itoosqvolt, tbo progres sive nominee, or Governor Wilson, the domoeratio nominee, would bo en dorsed, General Booth Dying LONDON, Aug. 13,Tho condition of (lonoral William Hototh, head of tho Salvation Army, Ib critical this ovonlng. Hooth's rocovory from ro cout IllnouH, .which wns Uiought prob nblo Is now bellovod to bo unlllcoly, IMMENSE CROWD IFSn . f W mUm LkkkkHBT 1 4 ikkkkB t k xT.tSlZXJC:G3rrr---r'. ''rr'r'rrir-r'rT'ru!xMxk KA WJ&&fZ " BBBBll I bbBBBBv " iWW TBbBBm1 S"BJb9Mi lm.aasv BHtis 1 L aBHT uAp9b BlBiafcB rf J rBtLLM? BLv bBWbbHbm bL HiB&!l9 '.ll llA!?Or A 9&0'wBrA -Jtbb Hff 'Lm L aiiiiiiiiiiHl lkw ' :HkL', ZJm BBBMlllaBBBHBiBBlBBBBV bBbW . HaV' flE Uiaf JBM&l u . 3i.lMBBBBBM BBBBHl IBbT BlEf -4h iwBM mVfBBt laPBBBVBBBlBBv"BBBm. 1B"JW .VjPF BBBm? -BT m LBBMAiBBMiawirfaJffttB3iV9'BBBBB BBBBHl IBfH -11jM?WIbBBBMBM 1 ImBBBBBMbBWTWF mSjVMilttPBVBKA BHBBBBMl lH aiBTBiTBiTBiTBiTBiwlBBVSWt SmIbBBBBBBBBHh iBBBBBM jflBBBr l&. 'Aga" TbW tbW JUBaABHisBBailVaflBBBBBBBPuBBBBBB I kBBBBBMl I fBBBM SI4 ftft -O BBBBBBS 11 liPBBlBS IRVBBBBBBr wr k, VVbBBBBBBBBBBBBBtmu JtBKHbIbTt. BbW 'BBl aMaaaWal lllBB HV)JA' s'iHB "1 " -JBfJBJWBaWBWgW3U. -"XlA.- MiiiaMBMBWBjiMBMWBiBJWBrtWfcJanaMBlm wuBJBHBK. BJBl - ifL 1--" GOVERNOR WILSON DEUVEHINQ HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Hi- liOVERiNOJS. WfLSON Tho "Utile While Home" at Sea Girt, .V. J was urnuiided by a ttirons of ten thousuud ptruoiis bcu Oouruur WUaon, v,ttb Uoicruur Marxhall, of Indiana, at hia aide, made IiU apeech accepting Hie democratic noiiilunliou fur 1'rvbldcnL BARNES TO BOSS APPROPRIATION FORiTRAIN DERAILED TUFTS CAMPAIGN NEW YOllK, Aug. 13. Charles D. Illlles, former secretary to President Taft at;d now chairman of tho repub lican national committee, went to Chicago today to open western head (junrttTB for tho coming campaign. Ueforo his departuro mills ap pointed William Hnrnes Jr., of New York to havo active charge of a great part of tho Taft campaign ns chair man of tho ndvlsory committee. Other members of tho committee ap pointed nre: Senator Burton of Ohio, Austin Colgast, of New Jersey; Thomna Do vino, of Colerado: (lovernor Oolds borough, of Maryland ; John Hayes Hammond, Mary S. Now nnd Joseph Keating of Indiana; (icorgo Sheldon, Adolph Lowlsohn nud Herbert Par sons of Now York; Senator Llppltt, of Ithodo Island; David Mulvnne, of Kansas; John Wnunmakor of Penn sylvania and Fred Upham of Illinois. In'tholr campaign nrrnngemonts. tho Taft managers took a leaf out of tho "hull mooso" book .and ap pointed MIhs Helen lloawoll of Now York and Miss Muliol Iloardmnn of Philadelphia to take ohargo of tho woman vote lu tho equal suffrage states. ON ANGEL ISLAND SAN ritANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 13. Steering too flno a courso around tho treacherous bunk off Angol Island, thu liiltlsh Steamer Strnthardlo, with Captain I.iunont at tho helm, wont nshoro on tho rocky bottom of tho west sldo of tho Island shortly before noon today. Tho powerful tinny tug Slocum nud threo tugs nro standing by ready to glvo tho Strat- hardlo a lino It necessary. Tho Strnthardlo was bound In from Ualtlmoro with fi 100 tons of coal for tho government. Tho vessel la vnl- ued at $200,000 and curried n crow of eighty men. Aa tho steamer grounded nt high tldo It will bo dif ficult to float her. ALDERMANIC PROBE STARTS IN SEPTEMBER NEW YORK. Aul'. 13. Emory Hacklier, attorney for tbo oonunitteo of nldoymop who will iuvohtigato alleged grafting mothods of Now York Dolieo officials, niiuouueud thin moriviue; that tbo inquiry would open hero September i. OR RE-ELECTION HEARS GOVERNDR iODHOUl WILSON'S SPEECH GOVERNOR CM LAKE TO BE 0111050,000 On necouut of Mroni; opposition from the bouse, Crater Lake will he lucky to hoourv nn appropnatiou of $.ril),000 uconliue; to n telegram re ceived from .Senator 'Bourne. It is evident that llu weakness of Oregon in the lower botiho miiy prove fatal to the measure, Oregon congressmen hnving twico penuitled the deleat of the bill. Senator Hourne ii milking a fining figbt for tbiH ameiubucut, ns shown by the following telegram: Washington, I). C, Aug. 12, 1012. Geo. i'utunm, Jledfonl, Oie. , Bitter" figbt beingmnde by boue conferee agaiut mj senate amend ment appropriation hundred thous and for Crater Lake. Think I can get fifty thousand and is this will be recognition of project and in my opinion big iclorj in view of atti tude of hoiioo conferees. Fifty thousand probably more than can be lined this season, JONATHAN BOUKNj:, Jr. AS VANCOUVER. 11. C. Aug. 13, Declaring that Mount McKlnloy, that much dlsciisRod Alnsknti peak, tho highest on tho North Amoricnu con tinent, will novor bo climbed unless tho expedition attempting It Is pro pared to spend six wuoUs, If neces sary awaiting favorable weather to climb tho last 500 feot of tho peak, Mori Lnvoy, tho guhlo and photo grapher of tho Pnrker-Browno expe dition, has Just nrrhed, Tho party soourod proof that Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of alleged polar- fnmo, novor reached tho oummlt of Mount Mc Klnloy ns ho had clnlmod. Tho peak chosen by Dr. Cook for tho fnko photograph has certain topographical resoinblancos to tho summit of Mount McKlnloy hut Is of auolhor peak 10 miles away and only lO'.OOO feet high. NO AMERICAN FLAGS' WANTED IN CANADA SASKATOON. Snhk.. Am?. 13. While mi American circus waa parad ing bore this morning u squad of Northwest Mounted I'olioo and a par ty of citizens compelled the cirous lunungeiueiit to take down all tbo American flags they wero flying, H AGAIN BAN FAKIR WILSON DEUVEHINQ HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FIVE LOSE LIFE KKKCHELUS, Wnh'n.. Aug 13. As a result of the wreck of the Olympian, tbo Milwaukee's crack train, when the regulnr engine and the helper jumped tho track nt the bridge over the Coal Creek late yes terday tifternoon, dragging tbo ox press and baggage ears and day coach with them to tbo creek bed forty feet below killing five persons, traffic is blocked today and the trnins nro being run over tbo North ern Pacifio track. It is expected that tbo trncks will be cleared toniglirrj The dead: Mrs. Simon Jurich. 201 Western Avenue, Seattle; Engineer Al Townsend, Salem, Ore.;Kngineor Henry Noble, Seattlo; Firemnn J. II. Thimhell, Cedar Falls; and Fireman II. Spencer, Taeoma. Three persons were injured but will recover. ' The train wns approaching the summit of the Cascade Mountains when tho forward tender wn de railed. The Pullmans nud tourist sleepers, dining nnd observation cars and one baggage ear stayed on tho rails. K. C. Snyder, returning from the Bull Moose convention, to which he was a delegate said today that many lives in tbo rear half of tho train wero sned by the weight of the steel baggnge ear which, though it loft the rails, was too heavy to bo pulled off the bridge. WOMAN FALLS FROM TOP OF PINNACLE PEAK TACOMA, Wn., Aug. 13. Siezed by dizziness as she gazen down from tho summit of Pinnacle Peak yester day, Miss Charlotte Hunt, ngod 30, a Seattle school toacber, suddenly pitched oil into space, her body being picked up by other members if the pleasure party 800 feot below in Paradise valley. It was curried lo the railroad in n pallet' of alpenstocks and blankets by men nnd arrived ;,i Taeoma earlv todav. Neailv everv bone in the body bad been broken. The other women, unnerved bv tho accident were carried down the moun tain by the men. Miss Hunt's mother livus at Tama, Iowa. WEST VIRGINIA MINERS TO STRIKE AS PROTEST CHARLESTON, W. Va., Aug. 13 As a statewide protest to tho notion of tho authorities in sending militia to the mines in tho Paint Creek district, 70,000 coal miners in West Virginia e.xpoet to bo called hit today, At present (hero are 10,000 men on stiiko in the district. IN THE CASCADES OF ACCEPTANCE. STEAMER STRIKES AT SEA MONTREAL, Quebec. Auiz. 13. AH efforts by coast wireless stations today to gel in touch with the Allan Line Steamship Corsienn, carrying 200 passengers bound for Liverpool,, which struck an iceberg late yester day eas of Belle 1-le, near New Fiundlnnd, so fur have failed. It is not beliieved here that the vessel wns seriously damaged. A messnge from Captain Cook of the Corsienn in re porting the accident to Allan Line officials, said: "Corsienn struck iceberg this after noon. Stern injured above water line. Ship taking no water. Will prooed." Officials of tho Allan Lino an nounced later In the day that they had received a second wireless report from Captain Cook giving further de tails and confirming his earlier mes sage thnt tho Corsclan was not eer ously damaged. Tho second message stated that tho engines of tho vessels wero re versed when tha Iceberg was sighted; that It merely touched tho bow, and that tho slight damage sustained was confined to that portion of tho liner aim tho waterllne. GOULD LINES FEATURE OF NEW YORK, Aug. 13. Tho fea ture of today's stock market was tho strength of tho Gould issues and Erie. Donvor nnd Rio Grando preferred rose one, Tho 11111 Issues, Canadian Pacific and Unitod States Steel wore heavy. Tho tread of tho market wns generally upward, and all stocks fared bettor. Tho market closod Btrong. Bonds wero Irregular. WATER FLOW YEAR PANAMA CANAL WASHINGTON, Aug. 111. If ex cavation continues at tho paco set during July, it is expected Unit water .will bo flowing within a year whore tho great steam shovols today oro working on tho Panama Cunal. Ropoits publisbod hero today sjiow that during July 2, (l!)3,f)38 cubic yards of rock and earth were taken out, compared with 2,1130,770 cubic yards in June. CEBERG DAMAGES SLIGHT N HOWARD I; FAIALLY HURT Meaner Details of Accident Reach His Brothers, Horace and S. T. Jr., of This City, Who Leave at Once for Scene of Shooting, near Glemial Is Interested in Medford Furniture & Hardware Building Spent Time, Here and in Glendale i PROBABLY Rev. John Howard, well known in this city, being n brother of Horace nnd S. T. Howard Jr., nnd interested in tho Medford Furniture & Hardware business block at Sixth nnd Central wns probably fatally injured Tuesday morning by being nccidently fthot, while on a hunting trip about 20 miles from Qlendnie. Only meagre details of the accident reached Med ford, one report stating that doctors find stnrted for the scene of th. accident but with little hope of sav ing Howard's life. Ho was shot through the body. His brothers, Horace nnd S. T. Jr., left immediately in an automobile for the scene of tbo accident. Ilev. Mr. Howard wns well known in this city. He is a singlo man nnd divides bis time between Medford nud Glendale where be has charge of tho Presbyterinn church. Ho came to Medford a few years ago and with his brothers wns associated, with the company which erected the Medfoni Furniture & Hardware building, one of the largest business blocks in Medford. Whether Mr. Howard wns shot by another member of the party or whether he accideutly disehurged , ij,( gun is, not known. " Y.- BURNS TO TESTIFY E NEW YORK, Aug. 13. District Attorney Whitman nnd Detective William J.' Bums met in tho criminal court building here this, afternoon. It was believed Bums would tectify before tho trrand lurv toilnv nlmur with eighteen other witnesses. Whit man said be did not know just when indictments would be returned. District Attorney Whitman -today investigated tho contents of Police Lieutenants Becker's safe deposit box nt tho Madison Safe Deposit com pany. It wns learned that Mrs. Becker made t fourteen visits there between November nnd June. OF BECKER REIGN TERROR raw MURDER F 2 MEXCANS MEXICO CITY, Aug. 13. Accord ing to advices received hero today, a state of terror exists in Ixtnpt, following tho slaughter of 200 natives by a baud of Zapatistas who halted thero on tho march to Tolucn, capital of tho state of Mexico, only fifteen miles noih. The town was gnrrisonod by about 100 rurales. Fighting occurred earlier in the , day near Tenciuo, and 000 federals thero defeated the rebels. lu a canyon north of Ticumnn, jllO miles enst of Mexico City, a force of Zapatistas attacked a passenger train, and from ambush slaughtered !I(J soldiers and more than 20 pas sengors, aftorwards sotting fire to tho train, according to meagre detailH received bore, A fow of tho wounded crawled out of tho way, thus esunp iug the fate of those unnble to leave tbo cars who wore bunted. V WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Tkat , American lives and property art, threatened hy the firing across the international boundary if Mexiaaii rebels concentrated at, Jusrex, w'hh' tho message receiver here ,ody hy, tho state department front Colonel Steevor, commanding the Unittui States troops & El Phso, Sltiever , denied reports Ihat a force of rbtn had crosed into Arizona. -, . i rl n u w r n W I. m !1 ri ,, i' -'M 'f ff