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wFiniptj mi m '" i 1 t -Vi i'ITAV . V.VT .'i.;.'". JJ.VAW W! "tss; sss j sw Medford Mail Tribune r SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fnliljr fair tonight May. .W; .Mln. 27. '1 .i. i: PnrtjMircniHt Tmr Dully Mnvenlti Vr, MEDFORD, OREGON, WKDXKSIMV, NOVUM HER 27, 1912. NO. 21a. TURKEY IN ORDER TO RESIST AN ATTACK FROM SERVIA RECALLS TR00PS FR1 HESU Wll I MMNIGAI rZZ AUSTRIA 1 SERVIA TO FINISHES STORY JA ' . ; FIGHT AUSTRIA OF DYNAWIITING WsSL '' ..'; General European War Seems Inevlt ntile Austria Declines Germany's Siiimestlon to Submit Dispute to Arbitration Troops Heady, Germany and France Ready to Take a Hand Situation Most Threat nilnn. I.ON'DOS'. Nov. 27.--While the llrltiilt iirtmN mill llrilUli lntemeii pniiprnlly piodiut Unit by Himn mentis Kurnpn will do prevented from cugng- tiig In ii general war as mi outgrowth or Austrian nml Servian dlfrioultii over mi Ailrintio seitmit, opinion Im Iiv no ineHiis niri here lluit tin' nilnn- IIimi today Ik nmlly iliutgomuw- mure dmigoroim limn ii ha mit been since Turkey flrwt chudied with llu lliilkiui hIIIim. Ili'lgrtidc dispatches nay thnt Ser- in U culling lur troops buck fi"iu Turkey to defend her own territories ngnliMit Austrian invasion, lite re ported dolonnlnntinit of lluiin to HiipMirt Sen in 'under inly cirouin Miiiicim," the repotted iiiohilirnliou of troop in Ati'tnii, Germany nnd ltiinin nil nre Indications that grout inenU prohnbly nre urnr. .Mnlng of lreiuii Troos N'oL u slngln Juridriil to show how nenVnlPKiiropo Ih to wnr ii regarded lv mllltnry observer here iim more significant Hum the mistaken muss nir of roHorvlulM lust nijtht on the l-'iencli border. The error of n com mnnding district otfieer, while it win luiincdinlely rrpuireil, was the firM H'lil iiitliiiiitlini that rmnee I on the uleit for inciineing liiiior nnd thnt if thnt iIhiiuit eoineri, Aw will strike nulek nml luirtl nt Germany, should the Utter, in sho surely will, support her kIIIiw, Austria nml Itnlv in Hi'ir ileterinlnutloii to keep Kusslu nml her practical viihhuI, Sen hi, from n warm water port on the Adriatic llrlinln to ,sM I'miiooV prepnteilne for wnr in igHidcd here n giii'iix the firnt real iiiliiuution of what Itriluiu's stund will lie, llltheito it bus Im-cii doubted thnt Kugluud uotiltl take u firm stand nvuiiikt Austria nml nenunuy. It Iiiih heeti believed thnt France nml Kng loiiil Voiilil strive to loeulue the, con flint nml allow Itussiu nml Sorwu on Iim oiio hum! nml Austria nml Italy on the oilier to fight out their ipiuirel alone. Ki unco's, piepurediich, how ever, Im now taken to mean nothing else thmi that a definite undoi'slnnd iug with Miichilid Iiiih boon renehed nml thnt the impending Kiiropeuii eonfliel will he. as much n war to otiih mid eheek Gorniiiu imwor n to put n luilt to the aspirations of the Ah tiuim for moie lenitorv. Tim Hunl rejeetlou hy Aiixtiin of (leniiuiiy'H propoMtil that Kuiporor 1 inn. .loHiif Hiilmnl Iim Adrmtie I'lniiiiH to an iutornntiounl trihtiunl in helioved hero l prncllenlly cloio tli door lo further uttemplK to mediiito lie (J"' kuUcr. Thnre h in diplomntie eiieles u feelint; that miiuo meuint mnv rt he found In nvert Urn cIumIi of wur hut how UiIh Ih to he ilono no (Continued on unco a.) TOE AT SAN FRANCISCO FAIR SAN FKANT1SC0, Nov. 27-108-Went C, C. Monro Iiiih rceelvi'd word from WiirIiIukIoii Hint Mlniftlor J. J. Loudon linn ol'fielully notified the hlnto dopurlineiit thnt Holland tut ' cojiIh (ho Invitation of rrexiilmit Tuft to purtielimto in tho 1015 uulverHiil e.pohlt!on. MlulNter Loudon will ar rive in lliirf iill.V on Di'i'i'iutnif II and williin it l'nw tin.VH uftor UU urrlvul will dedii'uto tho Hito fur Holluud'r purtieip'utioii hi tho o.poiliou, llolluud in (ho Iwimly-Hci'ond for eiuu nation In nciiept (ho invitation of participation In tlio eumhif; world'H fair. Sclf-Confrxjcil Assassin Leaves the Stand His Narrative Unshaken hy Cross-Exaniluatlon Efforts to Confuse. Iho Witness Fall. Did Not Cam When Arrcstrd-Ex-prcted It at Any TimeNever Act rd as Detective, INIMA.VAPOI.IH. Iml , Nov. 27. Ortle I!. .Mi'MuiiIkuI, nelf-ronfeioieil ilynamltnr, will leuve tlin ilatul proli ii lily late till nftornoon, hln cronn ri ninlnntlun emleil, with hlfi Mtory of nlleKcd eouutrywliln dyuntnltliiRit prnetliKill)' uiiilmkoii, OtIIk'h niiHWcr to tho iincNtlofiH iroioiimleil hy Senntnr John W. Kern, chief of rounnel for the union men un Irlul here for llloKiilly tratm porlliu; ilyiiHiulte, have been nhnrp ami clear. Kfforl to conftuo the vsltneiot liasn failed, tm he muck clonely to the ili-talU of liU ronfen xloti all almiK llo Ji roved a plim dld wltnon. KeCril ,rret "I did not care when I wai ar renteil," ald McMinlgal today. "You eo, I had been expectlnic or rent at nny time. I commenced to feet Indifferent to nrre-t after the Time InillilliiK at I.oi AnRelvt wqh I'ynamlted." Mo.Manlcal ItnllKiinutly denied to Soiiitir Kern tba. he wpn ever em ployed by any detect ho aR)iicy or that he accepted money from tho National nrectotV annoclutlon. I.xroit for McManlKnCa ready re idlea to Kenator Kern'a iui'ntli)iiK, the croM examination of the wltne Iiiik been without featuem, Tho croM oxntulnatloii wiih Interrupted thlri nflcrnoou lo allow ltneiUH from Detroit, to dcicrlbe explosloiiH there, which were Intended to Im plicate. Ilocklu. Troubln Oter llomti Trouble over the bond of the do fendaiita wiih revived thla afternoon when JuiIko Audernnu announced that tho Indemnified bomU are In valid, llo Maid If bondmnen wore protected from Iokh "any defendant could Hiinp IiIh fltiRer at tho law and Jump hU ball without trouMo to hU bondameii." Defeiiiie Attorney llurdltiR admit ted he wiih partly Idemulfled for tho IioikIh he had fiirnUliod and other do fciiKo nttorueya mndo altnllar ihIiuIh kIiiuh. Judxe AnderHon then nil jiiurued court until Inter In tho af ternoon to allow the dnfcudant'it a eliaure to meet tho courfa Inter pretnllon of whul coiiHtltuteH ii valid bond. It wan reported that n dnten of tho defendant!! are In Imiuedlatu dniiKer of IohIuk thlr liberty. NEW WHITE HOUSE COW TO REPLACE PAULINE WAYNE WASHINGTON, Nov, S7 Paulino Wnynn, presented to President Toft by Honntor Htephennon, of Wlneon uln, will ceiiHe to bo tho White lloiuo cow on March -I, With tho Incom ing of flovernnr WIIhoii her post of 4 ---- -. E SAN FltANTISfO. Nov. J7. Rim- pocti'd hy tho police of imirdorinj' hiit UKod niothor, Jus. Lena Jonas, hero yosterduy, Joseph Joiiiik, tailor, wim Buhjeelcd to "(ho (bird dojrri'o" today, but no coufcH.sIon wiih obtain ed, "I did not kill mv inothor." insist ed .Ioiiuh, "It is truo tbut wo (piiir- relod frciiuoully nbout hor property vulucd nt :U).00(l hconus'o she would not improvo it, but tho thought of murdor novor outorcd toy mind, I (lonld luivo Kecured hor tiny numhor of teuiints hud 8ho ilono as I Hutr- KChtud) but flm refused nml llm prop. erly renmiuod tinoeoupji'd." JonuH was uoi'VOUH tlirounliout (ho oxmnluatlon but Hluok to bis Blorv iibuul roturulii); homo mid i'iudini; bia u CTED OF MURDER NG MOTHER There will TURKEY FLATLY REJECTS PEACE L CONSTANT1NOPLK, Nov. J7. Nnrim I'amIiii, for Turkey, flnlly re jected today tho llul;urinn pence of fer after which (leuernl Pavoff, the Hulf;iiriau !cuiotciiti:iryt nj;recd to consider eouuter Tuikixh piopnnl-. Tho tniiicctn of mi nn'oment nre eoiifidercd Hli(jlit. It Ik umlerxtood heie that Uuluriu Ik williui; to ;ie Tm key no territory in Luropo wive the eity of Constauti uoplo unit iiomiuiil Mioreij;iity oxer Albania. LONDON. Nov. '". That effotln to penuindo tho Halkuu allien mid Turkey to oKree upon pence terniH will fail is snivel y fen red here todnv. The ucKotiulorH nre milking' no icnl pniKresM. ( omlitionft in ('nimlnnliuople nre iuiprouui;, ami Turkish ri'iuloive lueuts nre arriving from Amu. Thw, it is believed, in eucourniuK the Turkish riiilomiriort to delay settle ment. H ix nlho feared that the jjend lock will he hard to hrcak. distinction will fall to 'Nena of Avon, a ri'Klsterod nnlmal, snld to ho valued at $5,000. Noun will bo tlin gift of William (lallowny, of Waterloo, town. niother dend, her body eovorcd with n blanket. Investigation showed rH. Jonas' livlnjj room litleicd with her belong inj;H, Tho son's properly wiih un toiadicd. Costly trinkets scattered about (ho )bieo ennviueed (ho police (hat robbery was not the motive for tho crime. Ouo of (ho most important factors in (ho case, tho police say, is tho (lis nppearnnoo of tho need womnu's will. Jonas allowed ho saw her writo up tho document four yours nuo, mid that bo was tho chief beneficiary, A charred paper was found in tho kitchen Blovo, and (bo polieo boliovo it lo bo (ho misslutr will. Tho bits of paper nro under mk'rin.uopio ex-uiuinittion, TERMSOFBU S Ready for the? Turkey Feast BlOhS OF THE TIMES. t lw no lone of thc;all Trllmue.TlianUifilrliiK tay CRIPPLED AGGIES AT LOS ANGELES LOS ANCJBLKS Nov. 7.- With nltiiont the entire back Held crippled, tho OroKon ARricnlttiml pollcKe fool hall (hhiii nrried Jirre. today for to morrow'H const ehiiuiploimhip nnie of Auierioau foothnll with Oecidvulnl oollejje. The Akrjps will enter the gumc with nlmost mi entire suhxtitute hack field. K)cnduu. hackfleld star. i out with n bl ruined toinluii. He will he replaced v niinu)M'U. lllnek well, left half, with a sprained ankle, Iiiih jjhon wav to Hiohardson. Dewey, Munrlerbiiok, will ho kept out of the lino lib n ili'ciplimiry meiiMire, ae eordinj; lo t'onch Dolun. .Mny. tackle, hits mi ahccM. on liw hnek mid eiinuot piny. MelCouxie will take hi- place. Oceiileulnl will take the field with the htroiiest Ime-up of the seuson. Tliev were tophi. nv favorites in the hettint; BE OREGON CITY'S MAYOR OIIKQON CITV, Ore., Nov. '27. Sirs, Kit to L. Nctn today filed her petition ns cmiiluiiito for the oflico of mayor. It is hinted sbo has a pood chance njjiuiiht Lunt K. Jones, the present incumbent,, Orant Dnnick hnviujj decided not (o cuter tho moo. Sirs. New (on, ulthoujjh not active In KitffriiKO circles, hns been at the head of various ciwo lnoveiuents and is well ipmlificd (o fill (ho position, nueordiiij to her friends. yt ETO T ST PETEHSH17RO, Nov. 27. Strlkos nro bolut; declared today In various parts of Huasla as a protest against tho action of tho Kovernnicnt In oxocutliiK cloven mon of tho lilaek l3oa fleet for liicltln mutiny. Tho condemned mon soiu ahot at Snbua topol. Tour huailrod sailors from tho floot uro ln'lii trnnsforrod to Hnva) and Yludlvoutok, POPULAR VOTE MUCH LESS THAN THAT CAST 1908 NKW YOIIK. Nov. 27. Latest nvnilahle fi);urcs on the popular vote in the recent presidential election show Wo od run WiNon received 230, IIM votes less than Urynn received in 100S, mid that the combined vote of Tnft and Roosevelt wns 333.11J left-, than thnt received hy Tnft in 1008. The fijeures KiIled throughout the country ive Wilson 0,150,7-IS; llnosovelt 3,.rJS,H0, mid Taft 3.37U. 122. With tho MH'ialist count still uiifiuislicd in Mvrn stntes, Debs' ote stands t 873,783, and that of Chufiu, tho prohibitionist candidate. at 1110,01 1. Mryan's popular vote in 11)03 was ,31)3,1S2, mid that of President Taft in that year 7,37,07tl. The figures in tho 1912 election am based on both ofticial and unofficial returns. Cohan mid Harris nro to revive "Stop Thief 1" BAFFLING THEFT LONDON, Nov. 27. A remark nblo theft of 150,000 taken from a shipment of $1,000,000 disappeared from tho Dank of Knglaud to tho of fices of the Credit Lyonnals at Alex andria Is bewlldorlng tho police of KiiKlaml, Kgypt and tho continent. Tho crlmo Is believed to bo tho work of n gang of International thieves to whom Information of tho Intended Bhlpmont leaked out. Tho clovornoss of tho thoft is rovealed In tho fact that although twolvo days luivo elapsed sluco tho dlBcovory of tho theft It Is not yet known at what point on tho trip tho gold was stolon. Tho most unusual feature of tho at fair Is that whoa tho cases containing tho gold wore opened In Alexandria tho heavy seals put on In London woro apparoutly Intact. Tho specie was dlaputched from tho Uauk of England on November 12, It was packed In bans, $5000 to tho bag, which were placed In cnaos and sealed, Its removal was super intended by three representatives of tho Credit LyouuaU. Tho cases T PLEADS GUILTY Woman Who Confessed to Murdering Two Women Ordered Acquitted by Judge Who Holds There Was No Proof Except Her Confession. Second Case Dropped for Lack nf EvidenceWill Return to Los An geles. KHDALIA. Mo.. Nov. 27. I'mlor peremptory instructions fiom Judgv II. It. Sliain, the jury in the enso of .Mrs. I'nnsy IkIi today .returned a verdict of not guilty of Ilia charKo of murdering Mrs. Qnnintiincc. Pnis eetitor O'Hnniion miiiounced he would file no information ng:iiiift Mrs. Lesli in the Coo Miisoniiig oiise, mid she was rvl wised. Mrs. Iesh surrendered to the oIiec in Los Angeles some weeks nj-o, con fessing thnt she hud udministcrcd imisou to both Mrs. Quniutnnce and Mrs. Coe. In his instructions to tho jury Judge Shaiu snid a corpus delicti bad not been established by any evi dence except Mr. Lesh'? confession, and that this fnct rendered the con fession invalid. Tho court wroto the verdict mid it wns signed hy the fore man of Jhc jury. .. Mrs. Lfj.li was calm throughout todnyV proceedings, freipiently as serting her willingness to pjjy any pcnnltv demniided. She tbnnked (lie jurors for their labors- mid nunoiiiieed she would start tonight for Jackson ville, III., to visit relatives. Mrs. Lesh plnns to return to Los Angeles within two weeks. "1 can see my boy there once in n while," hhc said, "even if 1 cannot regain possession of him." Sentiment here is overwhelmingly in favor of Mrs. Iesh. During the trinl church people frequently called, but Mrs. Lesh refused to see them, saying: "Now is not tho time for church people to offer aid. Tho time when I needed help was when I was a young girl, alone ,nnd friendless. They cared nothing about me then." ARRIVES NEW ORLEANS NKW OULKANS. La., Nov. 27 Hound for Now Orleans, tho fourth division or tho Atlantic fleet, headed hy Hear Admiral Fletcher's flagthlp, the Minnesota, entered tho Mississip pi at South West Pass this morning. Tho officers and sailors will spend their Thanksgiving In this city. Tho fleet will remain a week. OF $50,000 GOLD woro hauled to the dock In a van and placed In charge of tho otflcors of tho steamer Schwalbc and placed In tho room of tho ship to which there woro two keys, onp to tho outer and oi)o to tho Inner door. Thu captain had one key and tho first officer the other, so that nclthor could enter (ho roonl without tho other. At Uro men tho specie was taken ashoro In a specially charted tug in order to catch a train. On tho train the guard in the bnggago car was changod four tlnios. At Trieste It was takon aboard the ship notation and It was on tho urrlval of tho ship at Alexan dria that tho theft was discovered. All tho cases had been packed tight with tho liags In London, When wolghed nt Alexandria tho wolght was correct uud the seals seemod In tact but It was discovered that tho contents of two of tho boxes woro looso. On opening thorn It was dis covered that ton bags woro missing and that bars of lead had been sub stituted, It Is believed that, tho sub attutton took pluco on tho train be tween Uromou and Trlosto, 0 S I 10 GRANTS PASS TO VO BONDS TO BUILD RAILROAD Special Election for $200,000 to Start Construction pf Road to Crescent City to Be Called Subscription Started for Draper Ri(fht-of-Way. Dr. Reddy of Medford MovIiiq Spirit In the Enterprise Speedy Action Promised. A plnn to bond the oily of (I run Is Pass for .f 200,000 to start conM ruc tion of a railroad from Grunts Pass to the const nt Crescent Cily, was publicly launched nt n tnnss meeting held Tuesday evening at the opera bouse, Grants Fn. The meeting was well nt tended mid considerable enthusiasm devclo-tcd. Dr. .1. P. lleddy of -Medford is re-s-ionsiblc for nnd tho moving spirit of the movement, lie bold nn option on the socnlled Draper surveys, made in 1008 and used as n basis of the Ilildreth report on the proposition, including a deeded right of way for lo miles from Grants Pnss to Hays Hill, and n 27 ncre terminal site lit Grants Puss. To liny IlruKT Surrey Tho commercial club of that city recently appointed a committee to tnko uti tho matter with Dr. Itcddy. The. committee reported -. nt lt night' meeting recommending the purchase of the surveys and properly and plans for initiating n movement which it is hoped will result in a rail road to the const. The committee has caused tho or ganization of n holding eorjxirution named the Pacific Interior company, to purchase tho Drnjior holdings with a view of turning them over to n construction corporation later. K. T. MoKinstry, Geo. Colvig and W. P. Qiiinlnu are the incopomtors, capital stock $100,000, par value $10 each. Tho price to bo paid for the Draper property is stated at $33,000, the first $0,000 payable Dec. 1, and sub sequent payments every 00 day thereafter. Call Horn! Klcctlon K. T. McKinstry presided nt tho meeting nnd strong speeches were made by K. K. Dhinehnrd, Mnvor llobt. G. Smith. IL L. Gilkey, I)r! J. Y. Heddy nnd others. Mr. Gilkey recommended the plan of calling a SMeinl election to provide for tho bonding of Grants Pass for 1200,000, and bis suggestion met with un en thusiiistio resixinso from the meeting. Mayor Smith nminuuced that ho would cull tho city council together within a few days to provide for such special election. A subscription for the purposo of meeting tho first payment on tho Draper option was started and nbout $10,000 subscribed on tho under standing that tho money would bo re funded out of tho proceeds of bond sales, should tho voters adopt thnt plan. Two llrhlgcs Proposed It is proposed to use a portion of the remainder of this $200,000, after purcluising, surveys, etc., in building a combination wugou and railroad bridge over Koguo river, and Jose phine county will be asked to build n similar bridgo over tho Applegalo. Dr. Heddy assured tho mooting of substantial support from Crescent City and tho timber Interest adja cent thereto; referring o tho 12-mllo (Continued on page 2,) TEDDY IN THE LEAD T SACRAMENTO. CaL. Nov. 27. Rovisod ricures. unofficially tabu lated at noon today by State Statisti cian Crotnln gave Wallace, progres slvo elector, n load of 147 over Grif fin, democrat. These figures In clude tne official count for all conn? ties except Alameda and Los Anx los and the unofficial winvsss for theso two, f n f