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"f ' . f I "wtatf e " . - 5 MEDFORD Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Wntttirr Mnv. rt7j MIh. 27. Hiiowrm tonight. MEDFORI), OREGON", SATriWAY, NOVEMBER 0, 10 2. Dally MnviMith Ynr. NO. 108. . ..v.fl mr Mail ? SERVIA DEFIES AUSTRIA: PRO W PHPIIS GEM EUROPEAN WAR llllll II MH. " -Ill . II , H I, I. .MM, I II MMMMmMMMMMMBM WHOLESALE BUTCHERY OF CHRISTIANS SERVIA CALLS Wnrnliifi Met by Hushing an Army to Seize Turkish Seaport on Adriatic Sea Awstrln on War Footlnn ami Invasion of Scrvla Prolialile. British Fleet Sails (or Near Eastern Waters European Conflict Im pends. LONDON', Nov. II.- Only the most delicate diplomacy can now avert u general European wnr, every dipln unit in l.onilon admitting today that peace hangs only liv n thread. Wlin lliitr Great Hriluiii. Franco ami Rus sia will bo found fighting Germany, Austria ami Italy within a week i problematical, hat the worst U fear 'il. ami it seems almost certain now that tht Munition will ho iculizcd. ServiaV defiant answer to Auk trin's note of wanting that it' Sorhi:t troops occupy part of Albania whic'i faces the Adriatic sea tln Aw-hlii'i nrmv will ems tho frontier into Ser via, Iiiih thrown all Eiitopc into tin gravcM apprehension in inniiv yeari. inr4orrif.fin?BWifi?ffifo.r- i lacking, II In report1)! here tliat Sor Via answered Hie uolu hy rushing nn a nny nailer fli'iUMtil Ynnknvitch to M'io Duruko, a Turkish seaport on tin Adriatic sea. If it proves true, it is admitted here by all diplomats that Austria in certain to carry oat its threat, ami then Ilia situation which all Europe has feared since the Italian war started will lie at lunula Austria In Prewired Austria alroailv is on a war footing nml Ilia annouiici'iaenl that soldier have Mlarteil an invasion of Servia is expected hero iitntiioutiiiily, Thiw is the iiiovo that will throw all Europe into war. Tho other isiwers, iailitiir imports hero say, will at ooeo hucoiiio involved in tlio following erder: Gcr many will strike at Russia in aid ol Austria; iih a Russian ally, Franco will attempt to invade Gcimnny; n a member of the triple alliance, Italy will declare, war on France,. Then (Treat Jlriluin, supporting Russia, will attempt to destroy the Gcrinitu nml Italian fleets and send troops t (Continued on pngo 8.) NEW YORK, Nov. I). United States SeiintorH James O'florman ol ,Now York, Intilor Itayner of Mary. land and .lames ltued of Missouri went iiuintlnnt'i! hero today or tluoo possibilities for J'rosidciit-ploet Wil son's cabinet, Tlio only thing that stands in llio way of their no'oolipii, il is naid, is tlui fear'tliat other than progressiva dmnneruts would lie elected o fill Iheir seats in Hit) son ale. I'rcHident'F.leot Wilson wiiiiIh Ken. alor O'doiiium in IiIh oahinat, hut t'cairi that if O'Clorinnn ruHhpiH fioin tlui Hciiato to aceu'iit a portfolio, Tinnnian.v would eloet William F, Hhuuhan or hoiiiu oilier oorporatl :i lawyer to fill iho vaennoy. Tainuiaii, doininalcH Iho Now York leiHlatuiv and itrt uhloflaliiK would ho in a por tion to uiiniu O'floruian'H hiiecussor. William MoCoiiiIin, tdialriuan df tho deinooralio national coiiunittee, u indhmlod that ho will not accept tho poHliniirttor neiuniilblilp, fearing ho would ho (tliiii'Keil witli uhIiik that poHlfiou to Iniild up the domoorulin polllioal niiiuliinu. AUSTRIA'SBLUFF WAR CERTAIN WILSON WANTS O'GORMAN SEATED IN HIS CABINET 4 KINGS PLAN CARNIVAL OF SOLEMN ENIRY OF ST. SOPHIA Czar Ferdinand and Balkan Mon nrchs to Restore Christianity at Constantinople ami Observe Mass In Famous Mosque. Bulnarla Announces That Neither In tervention or Coercion Will Be Tol eratedBalkans to Keep Turkey. SOFIA, Nov. II. -SarpiisMiiK in so. Inutility and Miiificance any event in the history of Karope in the hint fiOO ycaM, (V.ai Fctdiiiaud of llnl- Caria plan to cud the Turkish war with nn entry in force into Constan tinople. Announcement was inatle here today that Kinit I'cler of Servii., Kim: flcoivt' of tlrcecc ami Kin Nickolas of .MonteiH'ni'u have accci! ed hin invitation to iiNist in the final downfall of Khun, which will lie celebrated with solemn mass in the Mosque of .St. Sophia. Determined to shine in history an Iho CharleinaKiie oT tho twentieth century, Ferdinand him set Jiis henit on rcoriiiL' to Chrisliauitv tlio itii die of the faith in the eatmii Uoiiia'i I'inplrcr w1i1ch"!iiw pUirur the pmyerx of tho .Mohammedan siueo Islam overran southern F.uropo ill the fifteenth century- It is indicated that, whether liulj;aria lotnius Cou stanliiiople or not, Czar Ferdinand will insist that a part of the final a rra linemen t with the jsiwers he a stipulation that the cross be raised over St. Sopliln. The dale of the entry of the four Christian kins into Constantinople is not yet set, hut it is not expected that it will he accomplished until Turkey's power in filially broken. ludicatini; that Mnlaria intends to stand firmly for her rights in tho final settlement of the sultan's em pire, Premier GucM'hoff UMied today a statement as follews: "J am (.'ratified that the powers admit the impossibility of restoring the status pu in the Ualkaus and njjrco that Furopean Turkey must ! divided umoiic (lie Italkau state. We will not consent to intervention he fore tho war is ended, and will not submit to coercion at any point. Wo will proleet the financial interests of tho iMiwers and are resolved also to remain friendly witli Austria mid Itussia." GETS $40,000 FOR OF TACOMA, Wn., Nov. 0. -Miss Nil lio iStorlo and her bubo have wv awarded a verdict of $10,000 from Fred C. Ilojjan, a wealthy Spencor villc, Ontario oarriiin uianufacturei' by n federal court jury, which amount is tlio largest on record in siml'nr cases of breach of promise. Tlio i'uso will likely be appealed. CALIFORNIA IS SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 0. With u dozen varying computatious of the election in California, and thu only thing certain that all aro wrong, tho question of whether Thoodoro ltooso veil or Woodrow Wilson has carrlnd tlio slate is today as uiuoli of u p-,r:-zlo iih when tlio polls closed Tucbday, Tho edge seems to ho with lloosovelt, it survey of all tho counts iudionthtg that lin Iiiih ii present pluarlity of somewhere between U00 mid 700 votes. Jt is not believed probahlu that Wilson can overcome this loan. Although most of tho lists of al leged returns give only four proelnuta tr REIGNED AT Thousands of Men, Women and Chil dren Slain by Turks Before Sur render Turkey Warns Powers of Calamity to Forelrjncrs. Furious Battle Raglrtfj Along Line of Turkish Defense Asiatic Rein forcements Arrive. HF.IU.1N. Nov. n.-Wholesnlc hatchery of Christians men, women and children by Turkish troops just beforo the surrender of Salonika to Crown I'rineo CoUMnntine's Greek army is retried in de-patches re cuixed here fri Athens Into todin Hundreds, fiurhaps thousands, il ic reorted, were killed. Tlui syht which tireeted tho Oreek army' entry into tho city wuh sick cuiiiK'. Horribly mutilated bodies of women and children filled the streets. The Balkan soldiers, driven to frenzy by tho carnival of blood, wanted to turn on the '20,000 captives mid the officers ar said to liavn experienced much difficulty in holding the troops in check. ' ' i A wnriiiinr ,ovhnliAlilt,' lie "cx peeled should Constantinople fall be fore. Iho Iluluarinn attack is said to nave neon ifuei in me .Moslem unpi tal today by ICainiil Fasha, tho rand virier of Turkey. ''Tlio entire naval strength of all tho powers," his note is alleged to Imvc said, "will not bo sufficient in avert n calamity to all foreigners in Turkey if Cr.nr Ferdinand enters Constantinople." Tim latest reports received here say Greek troops nre being landed on tho hanks of the Maritza river. SK.MI.IN, llungar, Nov. 0. Itc portR of a furious battle along tho Tehatalja fortifications, with tho ltulgiirs repeatedly chnrgiug Xazim I'iisIiu'a Turkish defender, were re ceived hero today in dispatches from Bulgarian sources. Asiatic troops, the dispatch said, wore, reinforcing tho Turks. CONSTANZA, Houmunin, Nov. I). itoports hero from Constantinople say tho Turks there, froilrJed by tlio Shoik-Ul-Islam's proclamation of a holy war, have begun the slaughter of Christians. Tho reort is uncon firmed. It is understood tho butchery ho gan in tho Galata quarter, the for eign business section. Several fires aro reported in tlio city. Guards about tho embassies and consulate.-, have been redoubled. VIENNA, Nov. 0. Kaimil lmhn told tho foreign ambassadors at Con stantinople, today that ho and tlio siiltaiu would perish rather than abandon tho Moslem capital, accord ing to a report received hero from Turkish sources. "My sovereign will await death in tlio palaoe, and 1 in my office," tho pasha is reported to havo said. STILL IN DOUBT missing from San Diego county, a Wilson county, udviees from t'hoiv today state thnt JH procinots aro still missing from tlio offioiul list. Tho election hoards in those precincts failed to send bulletins on their re turns and tho ballots themselves uc locked in boxes, not to he opened until tho otlioial count begins Mon day next. And as it is in San Diego, so it is in half a dozen other counties. Some of those aro reported to bo for Wilson; sonto for Roosevelt unit tho only thing oortain about them in that it will still ho days before tlu no result is known in any of thom.J SALONIKA EIGIITEEN-XEAR-OLD SOCIETY GIRL WHO ELOPED TO ESCAPE A CHURCH WEDDING feuse!', fr ii in Mi HHkvB IP ! la v nHflk "t'nHKBJBmmMA (urn Xi ' iMliVi iff 1B cA'U H Ht 4am Mmmmmmm i ' tBRP y3k3 milfopd vic5 'CfPPy Formal nnnuuuciriiiriit of the untrrluce. more than two mouiln um in u'li. mlinton of Jilt Aji(la Parker has Juat been loade by llie youus woiu.tn'c fntber. Mr. Ulchnrt! Kmory rakr. n broker, of Wasblugtoa. D. C. Tho bridecroom I Mr. MllforU Worltoiui. of New Vork. llrs. Worths mi who N only elslitoen .veara old. t well known In Washington i"s-ley mat 1st cunhlrrrI nnu of the prettiest inemlH;rs of the yomiKor noelul h hlle the vngnitcnU'til wn anetloawl by itr. I'arker. he and his ehli'st iluughtrt liiftNtcit on u church Methtlui:, hut the young couple did not waul one. They luiended keeping theiwret until the lster of the bride laid niuiouuectl her en SUKi'iiieiit. r Mrs. Worih.ua Ua tntenied nmntriir aclre. She played the leading role to ' 1 he i oJlegc llcrp. a noddy piny priMncrtV lust winter. LONG tiff DYNAMITE PLOTS BY L INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Nov. d. Urtlo K. McMunlgal, confessed dyna miter, took the stand lu the United States court here today In tho trial of 4" labor leaders Indicted for Il legal transportation of explosives. McMnnlgal went on tho stand at noon, reciting his life Rtory from the llmo ho alleges 11. S. Hockln, secre tary of tho Bridge and Structural Ironworkers Union, mot him In De troit in 1905 and enlisted him in alleged dynamiting plots which cul minated In tho destruction of tho Los AngQleu building. McManlgal said the pay for his first dynamiting Job ronslHted of "com- pllmouts from the executive hoard." on a plcco of paper mid $7f In money handed him on tho street by a stranger. Chester Krum, ouo of tho attorneys for the defense, objected to McManlgal testifying hut was overruled. 'McManlgal pave n chronological recital of bis dynamlto operations. After tlio Detroit Job, ho said ho was summoned to Indianapolis to meot John McNaroaru and Frank M. Hyiwi, president of tho Ironworkers organization. In February 190S, ho aald ho mot Ilocklu at Chicago, Hoekln proposing that they dyna mite tho brldKO at Clinton, Iowa. McManlgal Bworo thnt Hockln told him tho executive honrd of tho union hnd sot nsldo money for "organiza tion purposes" paying ?l-'5 for each Job besides expenses. Tho witness riwo n detailed description ot tho dynamiting at Clinton. 10 WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Tho American revenue cutter Unalga, on routo around tho world, was notified today by tho nnvy department to await further onlors nt Suez. Tho Unalga loft Aden, Arabia, tho day beforo yesterday. ' It la expected the outtor la to be placed at tho dis posal of Ambassador William Uock hill nt Conatiintlnoplo to reaoao Im PwHIod Amorlcan resldopt In Turkoy. I M'MANGA RESCUE -i ,A. J m LISTER ELECTED" BY 1500 MR SEATTLE. Xoi. fl. -State Chair man Hupp of the republican central committee concedes the election of Ernest Lister, democrat, to.lny ever Governor M. E, Hay, republican bv ,1")00 plurality. I fay was ready to coneedo his defeat yesterday when his managers advised him to wait till tho official canvass of the returns before making a public statement.- Tho returns practically complete, show that Washington went for iiooseveit overwneimtngiy, etcetcii u democratic governor, republican stite officers generally, two pro;rcssivt congressmen at largo mid thn.o re publican district congressmen. Congressman Will E. Humphrey, republican, squeezed through by a plurality of 1,KJ7 in the first district. Congress m a n Warhurton, progrewe lost out by 8-h" in the second disirici, which La Follette, progressive remih' lienn won 'by -1,000 over his demo, orotic opiHinent nml hy 0,000 ovei tho progressive in tho third disrrict. .1. A. Falconer, progressive won by 7,000 for eoiigressinnu at iargif, while J. W. Hryan, progressive won by 1,000 phirality over tho republican candidates Henry 1$. Dewey .-nut J, E. Frost. Young Mtko Donovan, n son of tho famous Mlko Donovan, has en tered tho professional ranks and will fight In the welterweight class. GOVERNOR HAY STREAK OF YELLOW IN JOHNSON CHICAGO, Nov. 9. Hold ns a fed eral prisoner on charges ot having violated tho white sluvo law In his dealings with whlto womon, the "streak of yellow" which has always been attributed to Jack Johnson, negro prizefighter, enmo out today a yard wldo. Johnson kicked hard whon ho was put In tho "hull pon" with othor ne gro prisoners ami given as a cellmate John Drown, negro, who Is chnrgod with murder, "This Is pretty tough on nn Inno cent man who Is sick," Johnson whined, When tho big back- com plained of paua In hla stomach ho BLOODHOUNDS FOLLOW TRAIN B i.r Shasta Limited Held Up by Three ' ii;n Bandits Near Delia and One Killed in Battle With Brakeman Rob- bery Most Darinq in Years J Three Sacks of Registered Mail Seiz edRain Soaked Posses SeaVch ina Hills for Fleeing Robbers. IfKIJUIMi. fill., .Nov. P. -A rai.i- soaked po-se, guided by hloodh.iiiiids, today is hot on the I mil of two of the lliree bandits who last night held up the north bound Shasta Liu'icd near Delta and escaped into the hi.! with three sacks of registered mail. The third bandit, whose first rune is ; Frank was shot and killed by James 1 Yoakum, bead brnkemnit on the Jiniil j ed. whoe home i in Ashland, Ore- guiu cony reports siniei lliai liniKe mau Thorb San ford did tho shooting, but investigation today showe 1 Yoak um to be the man who engued in a duel with the tliird of the outlaws. The robbery was one of the most daring since the days of the F.vnns and Sontng gang. Delta, n Ijttle village in the Sierro foothills, was the spot selected for the hold-up. , Three Men Board Train i tie inrce men uoanied Wxi xnnn. shortly- before 8:30 oVloct, wLYu It stopped for water just before enter- lag Delta. As (he train enteted the yards a torpedo ciplorVd, and Fngt neer Henry Wentze brought the tiain to a standstill. The bandit who w:it later killed by Yonkum crawlea over the tender and covered the engineer. The other two forced open the doors of the mail ear, threatening to kill the clerks if they sounded an alarm. Ilcsidents of Delta watched the train stop, saw a man climb into tho rub, but never snpeeted that the train was being held up. Drakeraan Yoakum rushed to the engine and took in the situation at a glance. Crawling under the cars, he ran to John Morton's saloon. "For God's sake give me a revolt ei quick," ho gasped. "Thev are hold ing up the train." Battle With Bandit Followed by Morton, the brake man rushed back to the engine. In the. light reflected from the engine's open firebox he snw the position of (Continued on page 2.) STOCK MARKET WEAK NEW YOBIC. Nov. 9. General weakness was evident In tho stock market at the opening today, due to the war situation in the Balkans. Declines of a point or moro were numerous. Tho market continued vory heavy and further losses were suffered In different parts ot the list. Tho market closed weak. Bonds jvoro steady. was put Into a bath tub full of hot water. Ho remained thoro thlrty- tlvo minutes, refusing to leayo tho tub when tho physician ordered him to do so. Ico water turned on to his back soon cured him and ho looped out quick when tho stream struck him. Dr. Hogan at once ex amined him and declared ho was perfectly woll but prescribed a sor les ot dosc3 ot uupulatablo drugs as a punlshmout for playing sick and tho turnkeys were instructed to see that Johnson took his medicine whether he liked It or not. The Jailor today took a $0,000 lockot from Johnson and will k'eop it In safety, TRAIL SPANOS ADMITS I ASSISTED IN . GREEK MURDER Supplemtnaryk Statement Is Made (9 ..Sheriff Jones in Which Spanos Says He Beat Dedaskalous on te Head aid Also Cut His Threat. Explains Every Detail of the Crime arid' Statement Proves Same As One Told by Seymour. Mlko Spanos has "come clean." Placed In a cell by himself at tho county Jail and apart from thi other rrlsonera he broke down Monday af ternoon and sending for jherlft Jones Hiade a new confession re garding the murder of George Do daakatou in this city on the- night of September 22 In which he admits full participation in the crime stat ing that he t:u!&hed Dedaskalous by beating him over the head with a club an:l ft fi.-r wards cutting his throat, following the blow struck by Trank Stymour which felled tho Greek. In his new statement Spanos does not attempt to shield himself as he did In the first one, but Is frank in stating that he planned the crime with Seymour and, afterwards carried It out. Ills conteaalon as. place'd In writing and signed by him follews: The New Confesition "I, illke Spanos, of 'ray-own' free will, and entirely without solicitation and after having been warned that it will be, If seen fit, used against me, say: "That certain parts of my former statement were false and that these facts are true. I planned with Frank Seymour to rob George Dedaskalous of tho money he was supposed to havo on him, and for that purpose Induced him to accompany me and Seymour about Meuford on the night of Sep tember 22. 1912, coming finally to the box factory where Dedaskalous was killed. After Seymour had hit Dedaska lous I also hit him with a"club. Af ter we dragged him tinder tho box factory I cut his throat. I helped search him and secured only the watch and chain. Seymour after wards gave mo two dollars. Handled tbo Watch Tho next day I placed tho watch on the shelf at tho HoteJ 'Medford where It was afterwards found. The five dollar bill I gave Harry Clngcade was loaned to mo by De daskalous early In tho evening. I also throw the pocket book away where I afterwards told tho officers to look for It. So far as I know Dednqkalous had no money on hlni aside from u little silver. (Continued on page 2.) AT EFALL E SOFIA, Nov. 9. After a desperato artlllor duel the Bulgarian army be foro Adrlatiople today captured tho outer forts of Kartalepec and Papoz topo, according to news received hofo from tho front this nfternoon, T' Bulgarian loss la said to havo been heavy. VIBNNIA, .Nov. Tho Turkish po sitions about Tehatalja aro crumbling , bofora a terrific Bulgarian attack and tho fall of those "Moslem do. fonsea qn the outskirts of Constant!- ' nople la but it question ot hours, ac cording to a dispatch received here this afternoon from tho Itolchpost'u wnr correspondent. The end of tho, Turkish resistance Is In tight dwiplte fresh reinforcements of raw Turkish , troops UBhed hea from Cefwtantlv nople. 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