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PW&ifr. . fM..w ! z.i' vvv'tH;ri timuvJ'" ,vtivbltt4' &9vte&i,& vti4VV&M'JfXt. ' . " i if "(Uj' f tivvMvJjit:.V,r,iMW ww m ! ? Medford MkiL Tribune Weather Italn tonight nHil Iihwmtbw Mat. fi8j Mlin 2fi jhit. trK SECOND EDITION I1 iiriy.Toiiil Tfr. DHlly-HdViiiUh Y?nr THE BAMS Turks Rctrcatlnn to Southeast of Atlrlniioplft and Hemmed In by Bui linrlnn Cavalry Serbs Advancing lliroiijili Macedonia to Meet Greeks Victory for Allies Will Mean Final Collapse of Turkey In Europe Turks In Retreat. RAGING ALONG ARMIES' FRONT PARIS, Out. 'JO. Xmwh of threo buttles hctwrru lint liiilktin nlllos mid I ho Ttuks is tt.MjU'(l hero nt tiny hour. Dipatche rroiii tho allied tinnlcs' fronts indicate Unit Mulgtirrt tiiul Herb it ro finding stlffer opposition in llii'lr iuImiiii'ij along (lirir vitriiui linos, mill lluU a cliish In thrcu suc tions in likely soon to conic Olio of tlllVNO llllltlct, Illllt llflVVt'CM Tmks ami llulgur, linn been in no lion for Home time but so fur im Inis boon Inunu'il here, tho reported heavy fighting there ki fur Im nut mnler lullml it yet, although it in exacted soon. To date tho Turk win In have lict'ii retreating to tlm Miiitlicusl of Adrimiopto. It I now reported that their iiuiiii army in hemmed in hy milling' hand of Hulgnr cavalry, uiul (hut lint big, ami probably declsio battle between the forces uf C.ar Ferdinand ami tlio iirmv r Abdullah Pasha in in emtio near Erkciic. Serin Hlradlly Advancing Tlio cinch of second itiiHr tmu't i expected between Vice, Macedonia, ami Salonika. In thU rrgioii tint --5teawKdf4ftUUwut;y,,''puii4 ward, apparently with tit ibtidgn " Joining force with Ilia Oreokn. Tlio Turkn It i expected will try to filter tlio iillii'il armies territory ami eiiilcavor to defeat eneli. The third henvv battle In exiM'cleil In oeeur between the Greek force which are appri)iieliinu' Salonika from the southwest through MoutiHiii' and a force of Tut kitli troop which i said to he moling from Salonika. Mystery ro far surrounds the Turkish strength in tho province of Salonika, hut as far ns known (here is aminuuitiou at tlio port, it bolinved, ilint the foreo of the Moslems if strong, Defeat Fatal to Turks Defeat of tlio Turk in eaeh of the engagements, expected with the Seihs It in believed here, would prove fatal to tlm Turkish cuiiho in the west. Al lust report", the Servian woic engaging the Turk at Vole, Muec doiiia, If tin) Son inn win lliey im doubledly will take Momi-tir, one ul the moBt impoilaui towns in Maee ihaiia. The tun tit (lieek foree wmi last re ported en imito to .laiiiun, where the Inir battle v.itli thu Turku in pie. dieted. BOURNE PR E DICTS NATION FOR WILSON OREGON FOR 1E0DY I'OHTI.ANU, Out. Ji). Womlrow WiIhoii will Im eleeled. Thin U tlio opinion of United Stale Suniitac Jonathan llmitne, junior, iudepuudeul eamlidali! for ro-eloetimi am a pro itihHive, valued today in an inter view. "It Jh my opinion that Womlrow WIIhoii will ha eloutod tlio next prohi dent of Ihn Uuitt'd KlaloH," Haid Kmmlor Hoftruo. "I'orHoimlly 1 urn hiipportluj,' Colonel Theodora ItooHe Mill. Tliero in H oluuiiM! tliul Hooho. veil may ho clouted but by tlio wildont hi retell of tlio imii(,'liiati(iii, I eaiiuot huo whuro Tall Iiiih a ohaiieo in the world. t "I feel enuviiieed that tlio eolouol will (tarry Oregon by 5,000 plurality ami I Imllovu 1 hIiuII oarry Oroj,on by 10,000 voIoh. "Although Oovornor Woodrow WiU ion in not my olioloo for preHlduut, I nuiht in all I'liit'iieHH Hay that ho !h ,i liitr broad man and omi of Hplondld atlaimnonlH, Ah I know him, ho its I'nir tJ M" wm m is BY EXPLOSION Boiler In Basement of Salem Bank and Trust Company Bursts, Wreck' Inn Bulldlnii and Fatally Injuring Three and Brulslnn Others. Print Shop In Basement Destroyed, Glato-Glass Front Blown Out and Sidewalk Torn Up. HAI.KM, On'., Oel. IMi.-ln a ler rifie boiler explosion which oei'tirrcd in the bitMemeut of the Salem Hank and Tiitit buildiui; at l'J:IO o'clock tltl altoruoou, W. (I. Kasl, enxliler and one of (ho direclotv of tlio bank ini; eHlablihhiiieut of (lint institution, and Otto Miielllmiipt. an employe of the .MiiL'hmoro l'riutini; nhop which in located in Iho IniHcmcul of the build inu', were pmbably futility injured, while a third mini uho-o 11111110 1h not iiHcertiiinable received injuries which uoccMMlatcd hi beitii; taken to the hnxpitnl. t. II. Itobcrtx, another of the direelorH of thn haul: received (tit about the faer ami other bruise of a minor nature. So ureal wan Iho eoneuNlou of Hie oxploxiou that buililiuuH in the entire Work felt Hie foree of lite jar. The platcghthH front of the bank buildiu;; won broken out and the sidewalk on Liberty htreet ndjnoent to tho rear of the biiNciueut wiih vulirrly dchtroy. ed. The eatiHo of Iho rxplot-lon nluy oulv be conjectured. Under minimi condition it I Kitld that there could jtoLpoftnibly havo botjii Afiyjlciiijr;i. tion'of ttlemn in the boiler. Tlio lioll rr wan a ninjplc hot water hcnt!u; ar ntUKement ami no regular worl:meii were employed in tho bailor room. It wau aid by Home that the wilve of the boiler were defeefie hieh inn v have reunited in Meuin uciwrnt iiiK- ('asliier I'nsl wu in the bufinieiit at the time of Iho explosion and wu buried beuealh koiiio timber. Hi rfcht a rut wa torn off ami he wa a I mo badly Kcaldcd. Hi condition i otiticnl. H I j. O. ltidiorl wa "it tint; in the hit nk ini; room and wa picked up bodily and hurled Ihroiiuh n pinto kIiihs window, lie wu badly injured but probably will recover. TO DIVIDE HONORS WIIH IE0DY NKW YOKIC. Oel. 2D. Hiram .loluiMiu, Califoriiia'rt fi(;htiuK cover uor will hharo tho Npenkiiu houovri with Colonel Theodore Itoosovclt, nt tho hi),' pnf,'re8fivo mectitii; to bo held tomorrow in Mttdisou Siiuani (Innlon. JoluiKon is keeping two htenoKraphoiv, busy prepariiiK iit Hpeoeh. Tim Culifortilu Kovernur spoko thin ufteiiiooii nt Moridcu, Conn., and toniKlit will Hpcnk at Nrow l.on ilou mid Norwich, returuiiii: to Now York immodiately theruuftor. Tho rent of tho week will bo spent by Governor Johnson in ennipii'iKiiiiiK in Now York Htato. ATHENS, Oct. ail, Willi mimll Turkish kiii'I'Ihoiih, nioltiiiK boforo thoir foree, tho piiucipnl foreo ,of tho (h-eok ainii" in advanoiuj,' Hteadily into Turkey on Iho road to Salonika. A curious indication of tho Turkish demoralixation in reported today from Kalainak. Tho Turkish Kuvoruiuuiit neglected lo toll tho Turldsli tioin mandor tlioro that war had formally hct;uu, and tho Turk in garrison woro iiHtuuirilioil when tho Qroolc army arrived and captured jliom without u bhot. 11UDA I'KST, Oct. ail Dommlfiliui roooived from Oottinjo Hy iluit tho MontoneKiin forooH uvo hIioIIIiik Sou turi from tlio IioIkMh ahovo tho city. Thin indicate that tho earlier an i91tcojuoi)t bfiji Viiti) hud fnllcn EM W BALKANS ONNU MEDFORD. GREEK SOLDIERS SHOWN HERE MOBILIZING -y"-T '" mm. xZsGL i,'-.?, SBjHnH - K BLOOD CURDLING TALES OE CRUELTY TURKS. PRACTISE . I.Kll-SIC, normally, Oct, 2l Hlood eiirdliuc Moriw of tho cruelty practiced uhhi tho captured Uulgiir inn Mildfcru hy Turkish troop in the battle at Kirk Kilinneh aro told today by a Ifed Cm phyMcinu writing from Iho front in thu lipjtier Ncm ten Nachriehleu, a newspaper here. Tho romance, of tho Moslem troops, thu writer wty. was probably tho most desporale in tho history of motlerii warfare. Threo time, he wrote, the Sultan's forces repulsed tho l)ul(;nriau eharoH. Kaeh time, however, Ihoy made Hhort snllio in pursuit of the HulKitr, cutting mid sliiHliiii with bayonet, whirliuK Kuustock over their head, and oven liitiiij,'. The wounded Hulptrs, the phyxiciau said, were hideously itttiti intvd by Kurd ituu Hashi liashouk, many of (ho Halkati Mildiors bein found after tho Turkish evacuation with their nose mid car cut off, their ojo Kouyed out ami their ab domen split open. After tho final charse, t tin pbji clnit s.titl, many l)ul(;ariau and Kuril were found locked in each other' arms, tho Uiilirtiriiuis with their throat bitten thrntu'h. INCREASE IN PAY E LM.Y, Nov., Out. 2 Ily tho moll votliiK to uccont tho IncroiiHo of twonty-flvo coats a day offerott Oc lobor I by tho company, iho Htrlko iikuIuhI tho i:oiiHolliiate( Copper oompuny ami other mines In this dla trlct Is off toilay. Tho minor, it w.as nnnoiinrcil, would reuumo their former placo at onro. . E viik preinaluro. Tho despatches declare, however; that all Hiipplios for tho Turk huvo been cut off, uiul that tho city mu-st soon fall. liAHISSA, Oreece, Oct. i! Greek troops today dofcalod tho Turk nt Castuuu in n hattlo hiHtiu throo hour. Tho (1 rooks thou ououpicd Tripolaiuus, which is only ono hour' march from Verra. Tho fit'tioth flrook division has occupied tho town uf Qrovcna. llKLCIKAnB, Sorvia, Out. U0. With Httlu offootivo vosiKtanoo by tlio Turks, tho Borviau .force of' tho Hhodopo army today aro couyoruiii,' on Vie, Mtioedoiijn, boulhoast of Uakui), VICTORIOUS OKKdON, TUij&DAV, OfTOHKIt 20, 1912. U fAFT TAKES SLAP AT AVA8lUNTON,s,'SJmABHhnr lap wn tnkou at (lovcmor Wood row WIUou of Now Jcmy aud the democratic parly by- President Taft today In nil open letter ta Fred Getr, Cincinnati publisher. Tho letter. In part, tmyu: "Tho great rcnervo force for tho nlaln practice of commono sense by tho American pcoplo s asserting ll- self, and that menus a republican victory November 5. "Doc It uol Btrll.o you as ridicu lous for Governor Wilson to vague ly Intlmato that If ho U elected he 'will mnko such a gentlo reduction' that business will not bo Injured when his party so recently nttomptod such rccklcF chniiRcs that, If I had not vetoed thorn, wo would now bo confronted by n pnntcu 'ITio com promUcs effected by tho Insiirpcnt republican would scum mild com pared with whnt tlioitomocr.itlc ma- Jorltles would sond to Wilson for his signature aud which ho could not refuse. "None of tho leader of tho third party believe it IkihUio slightest chtuico ami they rcallto'a voto for It menus a voto for tho democrats, lint most uf thorn aro so filled with hatred for tho republican party Unit thoy would willingly bring disaster to tho country to gratify tholr von Kennco." IS rOXSTAKTIN'OI'M:, Oel. -JO. -Official aiiuoiutccuiout. was miido horo today that tliOfinuiii Turkish (tuny on the Krkene river has been reinforced and tho officials of tho war department tito confident that it will route the Unitarians. They as sort that tlio hattlo at Kirk Kilisseh wits merely a rear giuml notion cov oritiK a strateio retreat. They say Kirk Kilisseh was considered inde fensible, and that ouo division won loft to delay tho Unitarians while tho rest of tlio Turki. forces rot rent ed, It is admitted, howovgr, that nearly all this alleged rear Bimrd woro captured or killed. TAFT OFF FOR JB0THAM TO CONTINUE CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Presi dent Taft started for Now York at noon today. Thoro ho vll confor with his campaign nnuiagors, ami will attond tho luunclilnK of tho now bat tlosjilp Now YprH. - i WILSON ON TARIFF pilM Xi I'll TURKS AMY REINFORCED ON TURKISH BORDER csr HEIRESS KILLED Fl )R $45 CURRENCY AND $1000 GEMS CJU&UJCv.. Oct- ,-23. MurdersdJSdHvJbVUUWW' during, the night for 145 In currency and $1,000 in Jewelry, tho body of Miss Sophia 'Singer, aged 29, mem ber of a wealthy family of Catons vlllc, Mil., near Baltimore, was found In a rooming house horo today roped and with a towel stuffed in tho mouth. Tho police aro seeking Charles Conway, a professional lilgh dlver. Wood spots led from Miss Singer's room to that occupied by Conway. When tho police broke open tho door tho room gave evidence of a terrific Btrugglo. Conway could not bo found, and Miss Dcatrlco Kydoll, another roomer, is also missing. Al though Conway Is hampered by a wooden leg, ho has qulto a reputa tion as an athleto. William II. Warthiim, a roomer In tho sumo house. I hold by tho police as a witness. Wartham Intended to marry tho girl today. Sho recently Inhorltcd $-15,000 but would not got posses sion for about a year. TO RECOVER HEALTH OYSTKU, N. Y Oct. 29. Contin ued Improvement was noted today hi tho condition of Colottol Hoosovclt, who was shot down two woeks ago In Milwaukee by John Schrank. Hoosovolt spent tho morning dic tating letters and tho afternoon rest lug up for tho otfort ho will bo called upon to mnko tomorrow night when ho Is to deliver a thirty mlu ii to speech In Madison Square Gar don, Now York City. VIENNA, Oel. tltL'Teaco al any prico will not bo Iho Austrian policy," This statement, made horo this evening by President Ttnrgca of tho Austrian ministry, after a Iwolvo itnur conference on tho Palkaii situa tion, was taken as indicating that Austria will resent, by Jorco of arms, any acquisition by tho Ualknii allies of Turkish territory which Austria believes is necessary to her own ex pansion in tho near east. Prompt de velopments am expected to indicate to tho world whom Austria stands it) tho situation, which, it is admitted, is dangerous to tho potioo of Europe. WllUO, p conrso, jo tjyt",!1? f COLONEL AUSTRIATHREATENS BALKAN ALLIES WORK STARTS EATRE Two Buildings, Each to Cost in Neighborhood of $30,000, Start on Same Day Huge Warehouse on South Front Plan of Local Co. Dr. F. C. Page Increases His Hold ings at Main and Riverside by Purchasing Lot Owned by Masons Hnildiei: circle in Medford havo aain beeomo decidedly active with the breaking of ground today for Iwo largo structure each to cost in the neighborhood of $.'10,000. One will bo u new theatre on Kast Main street erected by Dr. P. C. I'aga mid tho other is a four story warehouse on South Front creeled by the Medford Ilea Ily ami Imprtnemcnt company. Work on tho now thcutrc began to day, it is excctcd that the founda tion will bo in before winter rain can seriously interfere with the work. Dr. I'agc slates that he cx- H.ct to have the building ready for opening by February 1.1 at the latest so that Medford will not lose all of this hcason' attraction. The' plans for tho building provide for every modern feature and will seat 1200 people. Four Story Warehouse The now warehouse on Front street will be practically four stories in height, n high basement being pro vided. Hugo elevators will be in stalled and all modern" conveniences built for tho handling of freight. The cooiikiiiy nircmiy iias applications for the space- according to Charles S. Hebo, manager. This company hn heretofore constructed only resi dences this being their first venture in u business building line. A number of other structures aro planned for early erection in tho city. Among structures now under way is tho new brick livcrj stable on South Fir, tho Rcdmuu wigwam on Apple, si one-story brick on North Front near the depot and n large addition to the Home Telephone building on Sixth street. That Dr. F. C. Page contemplates considerable further development work nt lliversidc and Main is evi denced by tho fact that ho has pur chased the lot on the southwest cor ner of tho Masonic building associa tion, paying ifTJ.OOO. T NEW YORK, Oct. 120, With tho departure for Tomato of Ralph Hers tho comedian, n report gamed cur rency in theatrical circles hero today that he is to wed Edna Goodrich, for merly Mrs. Nat Goodwin, who is at pt-osout filling n vaudeville engage ment in tho Canadian city. Herz, who was rehearsing n part in a new pluy called "Hacholors and lloucdicts," wrote a note to ono of the authors, James Montgomery, in timating that ho was leaving tho city to get married. Herz was divorced by Lulu Glaser last January on tho ground of cruel ty. Friends of both Ilurs and Miss Goodrich deny tho marriage report. Austria's determination tiro as yet obtainable, no secret is made of thu fact Hint n course of action has been definitely doeided upon. Tho devel opment of Austria's program is not expected until some decisive result of tho impending buttles between tho Turks, Montenegrins, Servians, Bul bars and Greeks is learned. It is bolievod certain thut if the Turks aro defeated and tho downfall of tho sultan in Europo becomes probable by those victories, Austria will sorvo notice on tho allies that her territor ial pretensions must bo rospuotod, and u portion of tho Moslem terri tory bo reserved for her under pen alty oJJ tin appeal (o rnis, ND NO. 388. CUMMINGSNOW ADMITSHEKNEW 0F1RDERPLAN Confronted by Seymour at County Jail He States He Knew of Spanes' Plan But That He Refused ta Ge In on It Chloroform First Suggested Says He Asked for Share of Lt But Did so as a Jeke Hearifff Is Set fer Wednesday Merntog. Confronted by Frank Seymour, alias Parker, and in the preses.ee ot Sheriff Jones, Prosecuting Attorney -Mulkoy and Louis Baton, Bert Cum mlngs, re-arrested Monday for com plicity in the murder ot George De daskaloua. a Greek, la this city Sep tember 22, admitted that he knew that the murder was planned several days boforo it occurred, but insisted that he turned down the plan as first advanced by Spanos and later' accepted by Frank Seymour. Cum tilings also admitted that he had de manded a third ot the loot as tho price for his silence but states Jhat he asked for his sharo "only as a Joke." Seymour openly defied this statement on the part ot Cumaalng and declared that Cummlugs not only helped In tho planning ot the crime but that is was oniy by an un foreseen occu ranee that be became separated from Spanos and Seymour leaving them alone in the actuat commission of tho crime. Cum- mtngs wilt be given his preliminary hearing at Jacksonville Wedawday morning. At tbat time the officers expect to arrive at the full truth In "the matter, as Sayawiir. Sbh9 j-and " will probably take the standi. Chloroform Suggested Seymour declares that Spanoa and Cummlngs first planned the crime. At first it was proposed that Cum mlngs securo a bottle of chloroform and ubo that as the agent to rob the Greek ot lito. Cummlngs ob jected to this, declares Seymour, and at that point In the planning be was taken In as ono who would have tho ncrro to club Dedaskalous into un consciousness and allow the trio to mako away with tho money tho Greek was supposed to havo upon his person. On the nlgbt of tho crimo Spanos, Gumming and Seymour left the hotel together ana went to the pool room on Fir street. Thoro after a few moments Cummlugs Is said to have become separated from tho two leav ing them to carry out tho work. Cummlngs declared at first that ho know nothing whatever of the mat ter but later when confronted at tho county Jail by Seymour ho admitted that ho know tho crime had boon plannod and also that ho had asked ror his sharo ot tho loot In the bath room nt tho Medford tho next morn ing. This ho said ho had dono sim ply as a Joke. Seymour Laughs nt Him "You might havo been Joking when you started In." Seymour an swered him Monday, "but you wero as much In earnest as I was at the finish," Seymour claims that ho thought Dedaskalous had entrusted Mlko with tho mouoy a short time prev ious to tho killing und thut Spanos hnd boon holding out on him. (Continued on Page ) TO DIVIDE AMONG ALLIES LONDON, Oct. 'JO. Pressure on Aubtria by tho otho'r powers is telling today, and it is reported she has con-' sonlcil to tho demand of tlio allies for i division of Turkish territory among the Balkan stutw provided thoir demands are "reasonable." It is believed, however, that An- tria will oppose such addition to Servian territory as would1 pruyunt her own expansion id the nr t later. This point in the ititerNHUoHul situation is generally regarded Hi tk urnx of tho whole wifajr, AUSTRIA CONSENTS run "IA v .it, -M f - Ft I Ml a I i,i.N; m tfMi:'k'nMV. i(V '