&4i MEDFORD Tribune " SECOND EDITION WEATHER'! I M Fair Hint wanner -Mat. Ill Mitt. -12. It i A lforlr-T(i!i(l Yntr. UwllyHnVfllllll Yrltr. MEDFOItD, OKECION, MOXJM Y, NOVIWIHRR 25, 1912. NO. 211. FRANCE AND GERMANY PREPARE FOR WAR Mail IM y ZED BY Conlllctlnu Statements Regardlny Balknn Sltuntlon France Orders Reservists to Join Colors Ger Many Masses Troops on Borilrr. Armistice at Constantinople About to De Slunttl Austria to Attack Srrvla. LONDON", Nov. an. HorlnitR do- proiwlon of the rtorlln and Vienna lloursrs with wnrllltn news which roeped In hour))' from widely sepa mini pulnti on the continent colt firm dlptomnts In llio belief which In freely expressed In llio service clubs hem loulKht that Kuropo lit fitly yearn han never broit au near n (.en orul ronfllrt as nbi l at this hour. Tli In belief Ik strengthened by tha very paucity of ne received from Hie renters of friction nml liy the fart thnl the customary reticence of Ihii llonu Guards uml tint udmlrnlty iin to llrltlth preparations today linn been nhsotunly ImpenetrMahlc, Ac tlvlty Ik Koiicrnl nl hoth tint uriny niul unvy headquarters ami In Down liiK street hut own Information ns to tlm whereabout of the major part of llio .Mediterranean fleet lit denied ami while It l linowti thnl nil Is wiily nt Woolwich arsenal niul at Aldersltol details of tho foreign of fice pri'cniitloiik nro simply not to hu obtained, Thin retlcenco In Ilrlllsh quartern. titkru with tho Kravo new from tlm continent It causing tho opinion here thnl matters nru most Krnvn. I'riiiico N l'rvpurril Tho fact that rofcrvlsts linvn been ordered to ho. ready to Join tho colon on brief notice Is taken ns Indlcat Iiik that Franca U much nearer a wnr foolltiK than the brief dlspatchcn from I'nrU would Indicate. It In be lieved horn that I'arUlun correspond ontii have been quietly naked not to dilute on Trench military mutton at this time. Ileal Information us between Horvla nml Austria primarily nud between the lliilkan ntllci, Franco, ltuiila nud Himland and Germany, Auslrlu nud Italy us groups l viikiio. Prac tically uothliiK of certain Importanco Iiiim r oiim from Austria direct save Unit tho forts at Uolurndo nru being heavily armed supposedly In prepara tion for a posilblo attack by an Aim trlan torpedo bout flotilla which bus departed down the Danube nml of the progress of which, or It destina tion, nothing Is known ultlioiiKh much lit suspected, 7.10,00i .Men I'niler Anns While conflicting report have coiiio In from Gorman, Austrlun and Russian sources, It In known posi tively that more than 750,000 men (Continued on pago 2.) DEATH SENTENCE IN ETTOR CASE SALKM, Miihh., Nov. 25. Dcntli Milium! will mil lie imposed upon Joseph IHIor, Aituro Oioviiiinillt on trial Inu'o today i'or (ho murder ut Lawrence, Inst winter, of Anna Loptaxo, u woman Hlii kor, regardless til' ilm jury'n findings. Tills much wiih miido tiortnlu lodny wlji'ii Judge Quliin instriioted llio jury that tho only verdlut which could ho ulunied against llio dol'oiiduntH, If round guilty, was second degree mur der, which iinri-ioH a poimlly of life Imprisonment. JikIko Qulnn'a Instruction cnino an n mirprlso to 'both tho prosecution and tho dofenso. Tho court, however, directed tho Jury that Caruso 'might ho convlctod of cither flrnt or hoc oud degree miirdor. At i!iq o'clock tho Jury hnd boon out a Vj houm, hut thoro wero no lit- UlcatloiiH of a verdict. AM CORPS Ml A POWERS PERMISSIBLE SCHEMED FOR DESTRUCTION OF LOS ANGELES Sworn Testimony That McNamnra Planned Complete Destruction of City Given by McMnnlynl Dyna mite and Fire to Be Ajents. Panama Canal Destruction Also Pro jectedExamination of Witness by Defense Bcnlns. INDIANAPOLIS. Intl., Nov. 35. Hworn toHtlmnny that John .McNam nra planned romplota deitrtictlou of Imh Anr.clc -wait Riven by Ortle Me- MnnlRnl today at the dyiiamltn con ilrnry trial In tho United Htnlrn court hero, MeMaulitnl'it reiumptlou of tho ultnoaa Hlnnd wan tincxportcd. lie nlito inld thai McNamaru planned to dynninlte all non-union John at the Panama Canal. "Hum tho city of l.oi AiiKeten off the map," Mo.Mnnlcal a)l'Kod John MoNitmnrn told him. "Make It a landunrk like Han Ir.incUco wo rlKht after the bis eurtluiualie." McMaulKil Hatd McNamara planned lo icml three or four "jtood men" to I.om AiiKclm, Blurt flreit In different parti, of the city and then ulruullaii eomly dyiiamltn the water ityilum. Moth i) That lrotiipfcl "The motive that prompted my rnri'or of crime win that my mind wni Inflamed 1y the mludN of othem men like Johij Mi,Vnttinja and II,. H. Ilocklu. I did not do It for money. I waa Informed that wo had everythliiK to win and nothliiK to ou," TIiIh wait tho tint aiuwor made by .Mr.Mnnlir.nl to a qtieittlon by Senator John W. Kern of rouuuel for the tie fenxo, In opeuliiK the croiin examina tion of tho clf-coufcned dynamiter. Kern' iUetlon waa: "What waa tho motive that lod you to cuRago in the btulnciut of dcHtroyluK property waa It the money you received?" The direct examination of Mr- MnulKal cloied today with IiIh tent I mony which led him up to tho time of hU nrrent In Detroit by opera tlvcit of tho William J, lluru detect tlve tiKeiicy. To DoMroy Caiml llefont tho direct examination of Mc.Manlxal endvd ho totlflod tlUt John McNamara planned lo vend him to I'unama, there to lorato n gov ernment magazine, Hteitl the dynamite and blow tip tho canal. McNamara told him, Ortlo nald, to carry out this work even It ha found It necessary to enlUt na a uoldlor. A broad grin awopt the faces of the defendant!! -when Ortlo told of a Hcherno ho alleged -was planned lie John 'McNiitnnrn, Arrangements worn practically made, Ortle uald, for it "atroiiK arm" gnng to sweep down on tho motor Rpeedwtty hero on tho day of tho big ram and atenl the gute rocelptH. Th 1 1 money, Ortle nald, was to bo used for future dy iinmltlngs. MoMuuliTiil then detailed tho trip ho inado to Detroit with Jim Ml" Niiinarif. At HiIh atugo of Ortlns textlmouy, (Continued on page 2.) c- liuiTWi.o, n. y., Nov. an. oom nral managers of tho rallroadu af fected mot Clrand Chief Wurren S, Htono of tho llrotherhood of I.ocomo tlvo Knglueera hero toduy to con sider tho award of tho hoard of ar bitration appointed to HOttlo existing disputes affecting 30,000 engineers on fifty-two railroads. Kxcopt that ho was datlsflod with tho awards, (Meno retimed to com ment on tho findings of tho board, "Wo cousoutod to arhltrato mat tors affecting tho whola country," said tftouo, "and thoro Is nothing to do other than to libido by tho find Itiga of tho board, Thin I do cheer fully and will take steps to put tho decision Into effect Immodlatoly." Tho award in considered n purtlul ENGINEERS WIN A I BY THREE OF THE CHIEF CHARACTERS CONNECTED WITH FAMOUS VIRGINIA MURDER CASE WHICH IS NEARING ITS CONCLUSION WESLEY CiDWARDC, MlSb MWJO IKOLEFi.. CLAUDE 5 UV&N . I'loyd Allen nml hi win, Claud's Hwnnnon All-"', ine"awnltlnu' their death In tho Vlrclnhi peiillentlury at Ittch uiniid, Vn., fur llio anK.iiuliiutlyri of Judge TlKirutim I. Male and nx other pcrsoiu In (ho IlllUrillu (Vu.) court buur n ynir ngu, Mh Maud Iroler Is" the nwretheart of Wley ndward, who U on trial In Wytbevllle, also charged with the Vlrgliiln murders. 8 lie U In dally atlciidniicu at the trial and bupoit to render service 20 MEET DEAIH E I WAl'ICKHAN, lll., Nv. 2'.- M.ir Hutu twenty pvpnins lire lielteved lo have me den Hi thix nrieruoon in nil explnoioii thielt wteeki'd the dry Slureli plniit of the Com I'nxlurt Ilvfitiltitr eoiiipiiii.v. One body, liurn- cd beyond reoogitition, wiih tiiken from the rtiiiiH nliurlly before .'I o'eloek. Almut twenly-flvo pcrHoni, nil herioiiMly iujurcil, were tnkeii to n lioHpitnl. The March huildlnt; tvnn nlout 200 feet from the main Imildini;, n piuiio eiiHtiiui; iiinoii the employee in tlo iiiiiin hlriieture. The Otlnmte of (lit) deild wAu do tenuiued hy the number of employee in Ilm dry starch department tniac eoiinted for. The Hiinivor nre cer tain that ut Iciifit 'Ji ponslicd. A fire followed the explosion nml this hampered tlnxonrrli for the hodiit. Up to n Into hour this nftenionn fourteen Itodirx have been recovered from tho rulnii. Hut it in impiixsible to reach mi neeiirnte crttimutc of tho totnl number of dentin. The plant i lucnled nt the extreme southern limit of WuiikcL'ttn. About 1-5 persons woro employed In the starch plant. It lit estimated that at least 13 girls are among tho dead, Latest reixirts place tlio num ber of Injured nt 3u. Several of tho Injured, according to hospital sur geons, will die. The property loss Ih estimated $100,000. nt nrcimixn, t'ui., Xov. s.. Tin triul of Williiim K. SlenientH, for the murder of Willinm ( Lundis, opened hero toduy before n erouded court room, l'uhlio neiilimcut is with Cleui ciiIh, who alleged his victim killed his mother. Mrs. W. C. llnull'onl on Muv K) IllHt. "Yes, I killed T.undis," he mild. "He killed my mother and then he Kondod me to desperation hy pluyiiif; ".I nut another Hhovelful of dirt on molher'H grnve.' Then 1 shot him mid 1 nm glud of it." SS3T victory for tho engineers on lines cam of tho Mississippi rlvor In their controversy which begun lust Jan uary. Tho most Important of tho a wards uro; In piiHsougor service, n imtnfmuin wago of ?t,3o far 100 inllea or less, and overtime ut tho rntu of fifty cents an hour, with nn average. Bpoed of twenty miles an hour. In through freight service, n mini mum wago of $4.7G per day ot 100 iiiIIoh or loss, with ovorttnio pro rate uftor 10 liourH. ' 'In local irelght sorvlco, 2G conta additional to tho through ruto wub granted, In thp switching Borylco a mini, mum of S-t.lfi per dny ot ton hours n day nr losu, X ON LAN DESTROYED REDDING YOUTH FOR MURDER ROGUE PEARS WIN J AT A three box extill.lt of II one pears grown by the !lvr creek orchards In this VJlley has Just been awarded tho blue ribbon over all pi-ur exhibit at tho New Yorl&jtate fair. They attracted n great deal of attention and far outclassed nil ober pear ex hibits shown. Tho victory of Ilogno river IJoc In New York has tin added signifi cance Inasmuch ns New York was the first state to grow Uosc, that pear bring Introduced there by Pa trick llarry one of, the leading hor tlculturlstK of tha nation lie brought tho variety from Uclglum. EXPECT DilN A decision hi tho Medford bridge case Ik expected within tho next few weeks by I'ortor J. Noff who re turned Saturday aftor arguing tho case before the supremo court. Mr. Neff Is confident of winning tho case. The Medford bridge case was com menced In tho early summer when lienton llowent and S. A. Carleton of Ashland brought suit to enjln the county froni building a new bridge over Hear creek In this city. K. D Urlggs appeared for tho Ashland men and Mr. .Neff for the county. WEST VIRGINIA CHOOSING SITE AT WORLD'S FAIR SAX FIIANTISI'O, N'ov. -j:.-To select a Mto mid inako urmtigeiuents for nu exhibition at the I'nimnui l'a cifio e.Mihitiou in H'15, the fair com miKsion from We-t Virginin is heiv lodny. flovernor tlhiRseoek vn pre vented from coining in portion owinj; to tho coal st i ike. H tH IH Epitome of the Balkan War. The Hulkuu war, apparently about to end with tho signing toduy of wifk'a nnnihtlce, has been one of tho shortest, bloodiest nnd most dccUivu in hislory. MJinlcnoRTo begun hostil ities Ovlober I, nud Hulj;iiriu, Servia uml Clreevo invaded Turkey within it week, Tho Turku did not win n mnglo important oug-ngemcut, unless their defense of Cow Rluutinoptn may ho eoiiidered one. Of Ktiroponn Tuvkey, every squiuo loot bus fallen into the hands of the allies except Oonsluntiitoplo mid a thirty mile sipiuro patch adjoining it and the towns el' Adriunoplo and Scutari. Few figures oonvoniiup; cnsuiilties have been ohtain uble, hut competent author ities estimated Ibeni toduy us follows; Killed Wounded- Turkoj- L'0,0110 100,000 Hulgariii ...lO.OQO .10,000 Servia WOO 1,1,500 Montenegro.. 800 f,'.'00 Clrcoeo 300 2,000 if n i HONORS NEW M MUW N BRIDE CASE DEBS CHALLENGES ENEMIES; ALLEGES TiaillB IIALTH. ml., Xov. .-.. KtiRvtio V. I)eb, ttocinliitt candidate for president nt tho recent election, in tiwuitinu- nrnnt hern on nn indict meiit from Oininl, Kmm., charifin him with sending o)eene tnntter through the muil. Imliclmenth on it Minilnr elntrge nNo hnve been re turned ncniiifrt Fred Warren, editor, nud Ji. K IMiifer. cditorinl writer of the ApjK-nl to lleuw)ii, it hoeinlist iiowinierf publiheil nt flirnrd. .InliiiH Wnylnnd. Into owner of the puhlicnliou, recently fommitled stti cido while the j;rnnd jurj' vvna oou-idi-rljijj liie evidence ngnitiHt tho lic ensed men. 'TlifVindiotmcntw." IK-hi vntfio dny. "uro hnsed on lie. It is the work of i eliniie of men who hnve hontcd they would put us in the pen itentiary, nnd either bankrupt or de Rtrov the Appeal to Reason for cer tain exposure made hy Hint pnper. "So fnr tth 1 nm concerned, work- in.innen will not he held tip for a cent for mv defene. I defv tho phik to do it worst. 1 shall ncecpt no quar ter nt their bands." LOS ANGELES NUT ALSO COUNTERFEITER l.OS AXOF.LKS, Xov. 25. Police Detectives who returned today from Sun l.ui- OliiKi, said (hut Carl ItJI delhneh who threatened the central poliep station with dynamite was held there one month in 1011 for having counterfeit coins in his possession. While in jail Iteidelhach attempted to Ma mi himself. WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR POISONING TWO FRIENDS SEDALIA. M'o., Xov. 25. To try Mrs. Pansy Lesh, clnimiuj: to have poisoned two women, a jury is hoinpr selected here today. It is cxitccted that a verdict will ho reached by to morrow night. It is the purpose of the court to Iry Mrs. Lesh first on tho charge of poisoning- Mrs. Quniutauce and then for tho slaying of Mrs. Cue. The defendant will plead not guilty in both eases. VIKNNA, Xov. 25. That the Ser vians are mounting more guns in their forts ut Belgrade is stated in a de spatch received here today from Sera liu, Hungary, which is located across Ilia rier from the Servian capital. All soldiers that can bo spared from Monastir and Prisrend aro recalled to Ilelgrndo hy the .Servian government, FRILASSIXO, Clernuiny, Xov. 25. (Hy courier from Vienna to avoid censorship) It wns lonrnod on high authority toduy that sumo timo this week Austria will servo Sorvia with tin ultimatum, Austrian officials, do not shnro tlto hopeful feeling prevail ing elsewhere in Kuropo and aro de termined to press mutters to a crisis. roreign Minister Saznnoff of Itus- mm Ml LlhS AUSTRIA READY TD FIGHT SERVIA sia has joined the "war party" and is FIRE DESTROYS AUDITORIUM AT STATE'S PRISON Convicts Flfjlit Blaze Successfully Orlrjlnates In Electric Wirfnc, Over Starje Loss Estimated at $3,000 Death Nooses Exposed. Roof and Stage of Hall Burned Up Hydrants Give Trouble Which Gives Fire Big Start. nAl.KM. wrc, ov. 'J.i. A lire which originated from jwor cleetri? wiring above tho stage in the auditor ium nt the state penitentiary this morning caused a loss climated at f.'I.OOO. Tiie roof of tho nuditorium nnd tho Mngo, which bus complete fixtures, were destroyed. The re mainder of the room which is forty by eighty feet in dimensions nnd has n healing ra parity of fiOO u un harmed. ' Put Out hy Convict The fire had a wicked appearance before being extinguished by the con victs tviih the prison nppnratus. A gruesome sight was presented when the smoke bccflii to drift away in the death chamber where live murderers nro to lo hnnged on Friday. December 13. The two nonwi could bo plainly seen through the lurid hating hanging spectre-like from the ceiling. It is believed ihat if a stronger breeze hud been coining from the south, the scaf fold which has sent fifteen to death in its history would have been de stroyed. , The fire started nt 10 o'clock and wns soon practically beyond control. Immediately upon the alarm being given the convicts, practically all of them were et ot work and they work ed ns if the building was their own, which indeed it Js, as the nuditori"jn is for their especial entertainment. Hydrants (Jive Trouble There was trouble with tho hy drants which gave the firo a great start, and the Salcra fire department was at once called upon, responding with its full force, making a quick mil. As soon ns the conditions were known some fifty special police wero sworn in, armed and rushed to the scene, but their presence was not needed ns the convicts all worked like trojnns to extinguish the blaze. PRESIDENTS MAY BE WASHINGTON. Xov. 25. Former presidents of the United Stntes will become rcprcsentatives-at-largc of tho people, hnve it sent in tho house and draw $17,500 salary throughout their lifetime, if a bill prepared by Senrtor Hnrlesou of Texas is passed. Being the second man on tho house appropriations committeo, llurloson, it is behoved, will gain the approval of both houses for his measure. urging immediate support of San in' claim of nu Adriatic, port. Servia has sent unsatisfactory re plies to each of Austria's notes and officials of tho latter government are indignant. More reserves nro being snmmonod daily. Announcement wero read in all Vienna cafes and theatres last night calling nil re serves to tho colors nt once. A continued movement of Austrian troops to tho Kussinn nnd Servian frontiers indicates Austria entertains but slight hope of amicably settling tho Albanian dispute. Sinco yester day 30,000 soldiers have reached Oravosa, an Austrian port on tho Adriatic sea, and 10,000 more troops nru expected today. Servian soldiers ore also rushing northward from Mounbtir nud Prisrend. MEMBERS-AT -LARGE JHIRTY NEW RAYNOR'S DEATH LOSES CONTROL TO DEMOCRATS Maryland's Brilliant Senator Passes Away After Llngerlrtf llliwss Funeral Will Be Held at Washing ton on Wednesday. Republican Will Be Appointed in His Place Glvinn Majority in the Senate. WASHINGTON, Nor. 25, Senator Uayner died at C o'clock this morn ing. Senator Itayner's death changes the control of tho senate. His vote gave tho democrats 49, one mors than a majority. A. S. Gotdsborough, a republican. Is governor of Maryland and It Is be lieved ho will appoint Wlllam P. Jackson to fill the vacancy until the Maryland legislature meets In Jan uary to select Raynor's successor. Senator Curtis of Kansas says that the election of one or possibly two democrats In Illinois and one In Tenncsseo probably will break the tie In the senate. Senator Uayner was ill for more than a month. Five times the physicians called his fam ily to tho bedside font on each occa sion tho strlckou statesman fought off death and rallied temporarily. , Tho funeral will be held hero Wednesday. Tho honorary pall bearcru will bo chosen - frea' 'mem bers or tho senatu and house. The ceremony-will bo conducted by Chap lain Pierce of the senate and Inter ment will follow In Rock creek ceme tery. The details of tho funeral aro be ing arranged by the sergeant-at-arms ot this senate. JOHN'S VICTIM IS FED FROM PRISON CHICAGO. Xov. 25. Lucille Cam eron, of Minneapolis, the nineteen year old white girl, held in jail as' a witness against Jack Johnson, negro pugilist, was released toduy by unit ed Slates Judge Carpenter. Tho girl's release was secured by her mother, Mrs. F. Cameron-Falconer, who signed a bond which insures tho appearance in court of her daughter at any time. VICE SCANDAL PORTLAND. Nov. 25. According to nn announcement made hv Denntv District Attorney Collier the federal authorities will bo approached on tho mnttor of handling tho Portland vice scandal. Thirty or more new indiotments have been issued, nnd many more nro oxpected to bo arrested today. It is understood ihat f oilier a nm. paring n brief to be submitted to tho government officers as the result of evidencos having been found that, tho operations of tho vieo ring extend from San Diego to Seattle, Tho district attorney's offico Is in possession of letters nnd ovideneu showing that Portland is far from be ing the, only city concerned in tho scandal and many of those connected with tho local nhuse of the scandal repido in other pnrls of the stute. Tho commercial club in this city have adopted resolution culling for a thorough investieation, The or ganization will appoint a committee of fifteen in a, few day to sift the matter to tho bottom in mi endeavor to cot somethincj tangible out of the ninny conflicting reports concerning INDICTMENTS tho ficap.Uiu. 1 1 h 1 "A ' H tj 4 J M j a ' en i"ji 1 & t'i I .-. .fi H;1! ,)