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M I3DF0RD, ORKflON, FROAy, NO VEM I3EII 6, 1912.
NO. 107.
MM INITIATIVE FREIGHT RATE BILL HAS APPARENTLY PASSED-ROAD BILL IS DEEEATED
OREGON VOTES
IE DEAL
FREIGHT RATES
Measure Dcslnnet! to Provide Eqnit
nhle Rates (or Equal Distances anil
End Discrimination In Favor of
Portland Passes by Good Majority
Jackson County Vole on Initiative
Measures as Far as Counted This
Noon.
Thul tlio Medford equitable freight
hill, Initiated by tiui Medford Traf
(Ic l)ii r tmu linn probably cnrrled In
(In) election In tho cheering nnwn
flushed by thii wires today. Tim bill
imcured n good majority In Mulliio
mult rouiity mitl other rouutlcs nro
reporting innjorlles In I(h favor. In
Jiimtkci' ronnty tho bill him n tun
Jorlty of over 1000.
The mcasuro Ik designed to end tho
ilUrrlmtimtlon In favor of I'nrtluml
mid enable the creation ut Jobbing
tenters In thu Miunll towns. It pro
vide equitable rates (or oqunl dis
tances and a maximum nud inliiliniiin
rnr lond rate. It was bitterly fought
by thn Huullmrii Pacific, the Port
I it ml Chamber of Comuirtrco, tho
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Portland jobbing Interest nud statu
lumber mutt.
Tint Home Hub) road bill nud nil
1lMli olhtT road menxiires cxcit tho con
I"11 ' "vrpriMrtjrtintrmPtMer ii'W'mgm
l.'iltinl niffrnKo will Imvn n major
It)' clout to 1000 In Jackson county.
Tin offlclnl count completed for 32
products out of 40 allow 2141 for
unit H00 against.
Tho official voto on other measures
for IS precincts out of 40 not In
eluding thn Medford votu as com
Helot! nt noon wern:
Majority rulo amendment, yen,
t r. A t ; no, 10RU.
Utilities regulation, yon, 1175; no,
611.
Mlllngu tax, yea, 940, no, "SB.
Mnjorlty rulo lultlnllvu IiIIIh, yci,
80S; no, 920.
(Irnngo bill, county roads, ye. 530,
no, 12-4U.
Eight-hour hill, yos, 10.4; no, 714.
Hint) aky Inw, ycH, 85fi; no, 835,
Coin let labor bill, yon, 1238; no,
540.
County prison labor bill, yes,
118.1; no, 330,
Harmony! statu road bill, yen, 008;
no, 1005.
l.lmttliiK nlnlo rond IndobtedncMi,
yes, 822; no, 76.
County bonding net, harmony bill,
yes, 080; no, 9(10.
LIuittlnR county road ludobtud
iii'hh, yes, 707; no, 850.
Kqultublo freight rati) bill, yon,
1285; no, 40C.
Home Hum road bill, yen 028, no,
75!.
Abolishing Hlato Bouuto, yos, 031;
lib, 004.
Hlnglu lux bill, yoa, 502; no, 1108.
Abolishing capital punishment,
yen, 874; no, 871,
Autl-froo Rppoolitblll, you 030; no,
1040.
TaxpnyerR bunk bcIioiiio, yes, 000;
no, 812.
TO
TALK EXTRA SESSION
IMUNCiaTOft N, J., Nov. 8.
JoHoph Duvioa, ttocrotnry of tho duino
(initio national committee, wan an
unexpected visitor today nt tho bun
gnlow or Proaldunt-Ulnot Woodrow
WIIboii horo. '
"Out In Illinois," DavlcB told Wil
son, "they uro cnlllig you, "tho
Abraham Lincoln with n collogo odu
iMllon,'"
WIIhoii mul Dnvlon conforrod for
Hovoral hours,
Wilson flatly rofusod tlila nftor
noon to dlaouoa tho notion or Ropro
Ktmtullvo OBcnr Underwood of Ala
bama, mnjorlty loudor In tho liotiae,
III urging n apoclul bobbIou of con
groan Hhortly nftor Moiqh -I, wlion
Wllaon uaaumcB office
LANE ELECTED
SENATOR OVER
N
Jonathan Bourne Twelve Thousand
Behind in Countlane Leads by
1000 With Only Few Votes to Hear
From Wilson's Pluarlly 10,000.
Woman's Suffrane Carries by 3000
Utilities Bill Wins and Single
Tax Loses.
PORTLAND. Nov. H.-ConiiuYtr
returns finiii 23 counties of nil part
of I bo Male, give Dr. I lurry Lane,
tlcmocinlio nominee 11 lend over Hen
Selling, the republican, lor I'liilcd
.States heiiitlnr by 750. Lane hits mi
increasing lend 111 Multnomah ronnlv,
but Selling lakes l lift place 111 tlif
Male.
Willi put tin) ictunw from overv
t'tiiiiitv bill one mul I'nirly coinplote
ri'tiirtiH from unci (f dm roiintu
i.mif linn :i:.(t::i; s.-iiin :i t,:ti,
Hoiirue '' l.l.'ll mul ('link, lite pin
KrcHHlvi iioiiiinef, KtilL.
Ctimpleto retuniA fiom art roiintieh
of Oregon this afternoon mul par
tial returns from iiine others today
Ifivn Womlrow Wilhon 11 plurality of
IIiUl! MileM over the bull mooxo can
tliilute. Wilton's plurulity oxer Tnfl
is l'J.UOrt voles, Tnlt beinir only tMIKI
otes beliiml ltooKoflt.
Oregon's oto for president iik tab.
ulntfit tins itfleritoou Htmnls "t fol-
w i ". i winiHr'ii"')i'ir m
WiiHiin -I'.Mjf,. Ho.mi'veii :jn,rir,:i;
Till"! :io,8i.
Debx, hOcialist ciiiuliilute, polled
Minirisincly InrRij vote, his total oh
fur iih eoniileil licini: well over 1,000.
In Multnomah county alone lie had
U.772 wile.
Chafiu, proliibitioniiit. tins H.l 1(1
voten, his vote in Multnomah countv
beint; 8!I0.
IIIIIn Tbnt I'a.eil
OreKon luia adopted women' stiff
niKe, a statewide public utllltloa act,
laws permitting the worklnc of con
vlctii on public roadn nnd other en
terprlacs nud forblddltiK their em
ployment by prlvnto flrmi, 1111 effec
tive railroad rate bill, an oct oxenip
tliiK liouaehold uffects from taxation,
nnd an amendment reatorltiK to tho
loKlalnttiro to the rlnlit to certain
vltnl tax lobulation, of which right
It wns recontly doprUed.
The lucomploto count nhowi that
woman'R Riittrnce will carry by n
inarKln of 3,000 votes. Tho voto on
tlila particular nioasuro Ih tho moat
representative to date, tho retiirna
from only five small counties bulm;
iuIshIiic.
Miiltuoniah county held back on
suffrage with a acunt niiirKlii In Its
fnvor, while tho rest of tho atnto
kIvch It n substantial backing
KIiikIo Tin Dcfetitetl
Tho eight-hour day law on public
workH nud tho nuiondiuent pormltt
(Continued on I'aixo Three!
GREAT MASSACRE IS IMPENDING
CONSTANT, noiinmnln, (Nov. 8.
Moio than 1,000,000 men, women
nnd children, It Ih estlmatod horo to
day, will moot In combat on tlio
Btreeta of CoiiHtnutluopIo Bhould tho
Moslem capital succumb to tho Hul
gailnn attack. Tlio Bltuatlou thoro
Ih admittedly growing more desperate
hourly, Only tho fact that such u
largo proportion of tho nntlvo popu
lation In Stnmboul Is ongugod In
dofendlni; tho city ngalnat Cxar Fer
dinand's lashing attack has pro-
ventod CoiiHtnutlnoplo from nlrondy
being tho Bconn of tho worst innaH
nero In tlio world's history.
Tho iiuluuto the word Is tlashod
that tho Hulgnrs hnvo broken
through tho lust lluo of rcHlstnuuo,
thu uinsHiicro h likely to start. All
business Ih Hiispondod In CoiiRtantl
noplo Indicating (tint tho crisis Is
near, Time nnd ngnln tho nntlvo
population or Stnmboul ban attonipted
to orosH tho (loldon Horn, which
Boparntos tho nntlvo front tho for
eign eootloiifl, oiily to bo rrustrated
by tho throwing of drawbridges, but
i Mr-mm. tz$r"Ti TO BEG N WAR
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442 ELECTORAL WILSON'S PLURALITY NECK AND NECK
COLLEGE VOTES OVER 2,500,000 RACE REPORTED
CTID unnnonu crro pai ieddum
lUll TfUUUIlUlT NKW YOItK. Nov. S. The follow- I t ll I iHI If! IlllllH
NEW YORK, Nov. 8. Practically
complete rctuna received today from
ovorywhoro ninko It virtually certain
that Presldont-Kloct Woodrow Wil
son will hnvo 4 42 votes In tho elec
toral college. Delated returns from
Wjomlng rural districts glvo Wilson
that Htnte by a narrow margin, uud
iilthoiiKh California Is still In doubt.
It Is believed hero that tho abovo fig
ures will stand.
Wilson will nssiimo offlco with
IiIh party In control of tho seunto
and tho houao. Latest available
riguros show 48 democratic Bonutora.
will bo elected". This Is half of tho
total momborshlp uud will give Vice
Presidentelect Marshal! tho decld-
(Continued on Pngo 3)
It Is not believed heio that they can
bo checked much longer, oven It tho
Moslem dofenso holds. No matter
what tho ontcomo of tho bnttla In
tho clty'B outskirts may bo it Is tho
consensus ot opinion hero that tho
Btreots or CoiiHtnutlnoplo will yet
run rod with blood.
The native Christians nro more
uumoroiiH than tlio Mohamuiodnns In
Constantinople nud will right to tho
Inst ditch. Kvon women nnd chil
dren nro armed ant! tho battlo will
Btart tho mlniitu tho Mohanimedans
succood In broaklng In from Stum
houl. .Tho Btreots In tho Moslem
capital woro practically, doHortod to
day with cavalry patrolling tho city
to prevent disorders. Soldtora,
heavily nrmod, wnlt ut olthor end of
tho hrldgo, spnnutng tho Ooldon
Horn, with onlcm to Bhoot to kill
wlion tho Mohninmodnns Htart tho
rush, It Ik not bollevod, hawovor,
that tho troops can withstand the
Mohammednn attack wlion news of
tho Uulgar victory reaches Stam
haul,
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KKW YORK. Nov. S. Tlio follow
ing table, 'compileti from the lntet
offieinl, unofficial nml ctiimntetl re
lurns fmni states shows the iHipulur
volo of the count rj by state as fol fel fol
eows: Stntes Wilson. Hooevelt. Tnfl.
.vinunmii pii,iiuii jn.umi iti.tiuu
Arizona 35,0(10 10,000 4,700
Arknnmis 7rt,000 28,000 20,000
Citliftiniia 2S0,1J5 'J80,2fr
Colorntlo 100,000 00,000
50,000
07,258
10,144
5,000
55,055
30,211
253,030
151,157
155,74S
02,000
110,000
1,000
21,815
5 1,043
152,255
170,000
80,000
3,000
215,S(l
Conneelie't 73,(501 :ia,54(t
Delnwaro 22,llrt!) 8.270
Honda :w,ooo 0.000
Georgia 02,804 21,147
Idaho 20,701) v 14,028
Illinois 40:1,411) 3S0,5Ul
Indiana 270,877 Itl0,!)0.'l
lown 2:U,8.rt 210,8:11
Kniihiis lrtS.OOO 10,000
Kentucky 2l4,8o0 102,075
LrtiuiMiinn 00,000 10,000
Maine fi0,004 ' 00,240
Maryland 112,122 57,000
Muss. 370,005 140,152
MicliiLMti 100,000 240,000
Minnesota 145,000 105,000
Miss'ippi (15,000
Missouri :151.0:18
Montana 4 1,000
Nebraska 100,000
Noviitlu (10,000
Now liamp :irt,7-Kl
N. Jersey 174,001
N. Mexico 15,000
N'w York 050,721
N. Cnr'l'a 145,000
N. Dakota !I5,000
Ohio 401.331
50,000
1 15,288
22,000
74,000
51,500
17,802
W3.038
7,800
387,403
00,000
27,000
210,201
27,000
58,000
3,800
32,0 1 1
70,813
11,250
450, 100
30,000
25,000
272,380
Oklulionm 125,000 100,000
Oregon 50,000 -10,000
35,000
200,1(15
27,775
1,200
reiinn. .'181,250
Rhode Ihl. :i(),200
S, Cnrol'n (iO.OOO
R. Dakota 55,000
Tennessee la.tWjl
TeMirf 210,000
Utnh ;i5,000
Vermont 35,:il)7
Virginia 78,000
WiishVn 05,000
ViiK'n 100,000
Wisoin 3R7.13L
428,570
10,488
30,000
00,000
45,000
38,000
13,000
22,333
' 18,000
125,000
77,000
52,080
7,000
5,500
30,000
40,000
21,217
21,000
75,000
51,000
108,000
3,500
Wyoming' 30,000
J Totals 0,308,007 1,300,305 3,350,301
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Nov. 8.
Since an official count will probably
lie Decenary to determine whether
Roo'-exelt or Wilson hns enrricd Cali
fornia, (he eye-, of several thousand
cnthiisinstt who have bet money on
the result nre turned to tho office of
Secretary of State Frank Jordan,
who U required by Inw to certify the
final and official returns to Governor
Joliusoil. This certificate must be
made by Monday, November 23.
All pieeinet return in all the fifty
eight counties will be canvassed by
the respective boards of sujwjrvisors
or election commissions beginning
nest Monday mornin.
Tlio county clerks will then certify
to the secretary of state tho total
voto on eneli candidate and for nud
(Continued on Pngo Three)
T
WASHINGTON. Nov. S.Presi-
dent Tuft today began outlining the
message ho is to send to tho not
congress. Ho plans to make it a
tc.siimo of the policies his adminis
tration has advocated but which hits
not yet been adopted. Thoro will be
only 57 working days in tho coming
session, excluding Wednesday's which
nro dovotcd to special calendar bills,
and tho president realizes tho neces
sity of swift work.
Thu piesident intends to shift to
congress icsponsibility for his legis
lative piogiuui, believing failure to
adopt it will give the republicans an
opportunity to blamo tho .clenioornlio
members of tho house. He proposes
to scud a general messngo nnd spo
dial mensngcs to tlio Jogislators
throughout tho session. Tuft spout
tmioh of todiiy jn conforenco, with his
onbinot apd tho situation wns thor
oughly caiiviiss,cd.
President Tuft's veoommendalious
will mluco tariff leduotions for cor-J
AFT PLANS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
RUSSIA
Immediate Precipitation of European
Powers in Contest Over Division of
Turkey Expected Large Armies
Massed Along Frontier.
Servia and Bulgaria Insist Upon Re
taining Conquered Territory De
spite Threats of Powers.
PARIS, Xov. 8. Slrong probabil
ity of nn immediate wnr between
AttBtriu and Kutsin over the division
I of Turkey's territory beizert by the
Balkan allies is seen here today in
lipnlehei from Vtennn nnd St.
J'eler.lHir'.
Vienna reporN sny the cot cm
ineut hns mas-ctl a Inre united force
on the southern frontiers, ready to
invade Balkan territory, if necessary
to enforce demands rennlins the
division of territory. St. Petersburj"
announces that Himin will keep time
expired soldiers under arms until
spring, practically placing itself on
war iooiin". ,
Reports Alarming
VIENNA, Nov. 8. Gravest fears
thnt within a few hours nil Europe
will be plunged into war over the
shuttered remnants of Turkey-in-Europc
are felt here today. The sit
uation is- fnot nlatniiiij; flnif the
Hours1 here and in Berlin are de
pressed.
If Servia insist on ettinj an out
let through lier conquered territory
to the Adriatic, officials here say
Au-tna will be compelled to resort to
onuei ana nayoner. uussm men is
expected to back Servia and nn Austrian-Russian
war would begin, in
which it would be almost impossible
to prevent nil Europe becoming em
broiled. Dispatches today from Belgrade
say the Servian statesmen "do not
intend to bo cheated out of the ports
of Durnzzo, Sn.n Giovanni del Medun
and Alessio, which were Ihe sole ren-
son for Servia's entering: the Balkan
wnr nRainst Turkey."
It is officially announced here to
day thnt Austrin and Italy plan to
divide western Turkey regardless of
Servia. Austria wants crcrvtliiiu-
west of the railroad from Mitrovitza
to Salonika and Italy wants the rest.
DISTRICT ABOUT SEATTLE
VOTES DRY AT ELECTION
SEATTLE, Vash., !Nov. 8.For
tho first Unit) In tho history of this
county It will bo "dry" In tho district
outside tho city. Tho voto stood
5,911 to 4,778 In favor of tho "dry"
element. Tlio 'election last Tuesday
Is tho result or the failure ot the
county commissioners to obey the
wishes of a majority of tho voters in
two small towns who petitioned
against tho licensing of a certain sa
loon. tain schedules. Other roconimeudn
tions thnt he will make follew:
Supplementary legislation to the
Sherman anti-trust law nnd feder.tl
incorporation acts; n new treaty with
Russia; workmen's compensation law
nnd industrial insurance; restoration
of tho tariff commission; an effi
ciency commission; extension of thu
civil sorvico; adoption of the budget
system of appropriations; an extia
now battleship immediately and threo
annually thereafter; fortifications of
tho Panama canal nnd n law permit
ting foreign nations to appeal to tho
United Statos Miprcnio court from
the free toll concessions given Amor
ionn coast wiso vessels; international
investigation into the high cost of
living; development of Alaska; a ship
subsidy bill; oreation of an army nnd
unvy icservo and increasing tho pres
ent infuntry nnd cnvnlry force; pro
tection for Indians nud purehaso of
foreign homes for American diplo
mats,
BULBARS TAKE
LAST FORTS AT
TURKS A A
Furious FlflWIng in Prefress ami
Fall of Constantinople Certain
Within a Few HoursMassacre f
Christians Likely tft FHIew.
Terms of Surrender ef Capital ts
Czar Ferdinand Already Umler
ConsideratiM.
BUDA PEST, Nov. 8. It Is au
thoritatively reported here that Tur
key Is negotiating with Bulgaria for
the surrender ot Constantinople to
Czar Ferdinand. The terms and
other details could not be learned.
An epidemic of typhoid fever, It la
reported here, has broken out among
the wounded soldiers at Adrlnanople.
BUDA PEST Hungary, Nov. 8.
Reports have just reached here that
the Burgarlan army has completely
reduced the Tchataljn fortifications,
has routed their defenders and can
enter Constantinople as quickly na
they can cover the twenty-five miles
to the capital.
It Is believed that tho Balkan
Turkish struggle Is sear, aad per
haps the fall or Constantinople will
mean the beginning of a greater Eu
ropean war.
Anxiety here is intense regarding
the behavior ot the Turkish troopa
which are straggling- (HtoCoHstaiitf-
nople.
LONDON. .Nov. 8. Both Sofia
and Belgrade telegraphed today that
the Bulgarians have captured most
of the forts In Constantinople's last
lino ot defenso and It Is certain that
furious fighting Is In progress, tho
Turks making their last stand against
the Christian entry Into their totter
ing capital. .
It Is believed hero that the fall of
Constantinople Is certain within a
few hours at most, and that a mass
acre of Christians at the hands of tho
defeated troops and the Infuriated
Moslem population Is sure to follow.
Statements that Adrtanople has
surrendered to the Bulgara bavo not
been verified and they are not credi
ted here.
Dispatches from Athens still In
sist that the Greeks have captured
Salonika, but this Is unconfirmed.
It has been learned that the Sofia
and Bolgrado censors have not only
been eliminating portions of the war
matter filed there by the correspond
ents, by that unknown to tho cor
respondents, parts ot their stories
havo been written in by the censors.
MAKE $40,000 HAUL
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 8. En
tering tho mail car of u southbound
express train on tho Louisville and
Nashville railroad nt Blount Springs
early today bandits hold up the clerks
at tho point of revolvers and secured
$40,000 in loot.
Tho thieves grabbed several regis
tered mail pouches, signalled tho en-.
gineer to stop nnd cscapod , few
miles fiom Birmingham. Posses
hnvo taken up their trail.
AEROPLANES TO GUARD
PACIFIC COAST LINE
LOS ANGELES, Nov, 8. That
noroplniies will ho at rum? along the
Pucifio coast from San Diego to the
Canadian line to establish a more
mobile dofenso of (ho coas.t is th
plni of tho United States Kpvernment
according to Lieutenant August Nor
ton of tho const artillery eorW.
Lieutenant Norton hs bH okosan
us tho first orttcer to nanuia nh
aeroplane on this ehain of sUltanM,
He is on hUt way to Swa, HUga fa
look over a proposed siU Umm, 4
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