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HyHaN i i- Medford Mail Tribune t SECOND EDITION WEATHER llnlit tonight Mm. art j Mln. ill I'reclp. ,041. ,v I irlyarnnl TfT. Dully Mnvnnth Tr MEDFORD, OREGON, TIintHDA Vr, TJECEMIJER G, 1912. NO. 219. n MONTENEGRO DEFIES AUSTRIA AID SERVIA OUTLET TO SEA VITAL TO BOTH INLAND STATES Montenegro Will Stand hy Srrvla In Seizure of Adriatic Port Refuse to Consider Independence of Al bania. Greece Remains With Qnlkan Allies Hopes to Force a Partition of Allianla and Secure Portion. ANTIVAUI, Montcmuro, Dec. C. Tint mill fluul dnflauco of Aus tria's demand Hut Hrvln bo kept loulated (rum tho Adriatic Hen was voiced hem today by (leuciul Mnr llnovllcli, tint premier ami command-cr-lu-chlcf of Montenegro. "If Austria refuses Hervln tho port dpnlred," ho said, "Austria will hnvn to fight tlorvln unit Moutut gro together. Montonegro ami Herv lun Interests run together In thin mutter. An outlet on tho Ailrlnllr Hen lu vital to Hurvln. The Horvlun army ran hold ttui territory It linn loiujuorcd. Wo rrfiuo to even con older tlm Independence or autonomy of Albania," Coiifeiriirri Approval I'AIUH, Doc. n, I'orclKit Mlulntr Hcrchtotd of Aimtrln linn cndorfcd Kir IMwnrd Orny'a proposal for a ronferenrn of Kuropnaii ambassadors to settle tha differences between Ser tin and Austria, acrordlnit to n dis patch received hero today from Hilda Trot, Il.wss aUtcd that llorchtolri Is communicating tho plan to other inoinbor of tlio triple alliance. ATHKNS, Don. ft. -It mih nlficinl Iv announced Iliut Onece will nego tiate In lliu pence negotiations mtli Tnrlu'y ami mil remain n part of tlm Halkau ullliiiu't Klrtln of Wnr r.MP CONSTANTINOl'LII, Dee. ft It wim iiffliiially nntmuueed hero today Hint ii state, of war Mill exists be tween Orccco mid Turkey. It Is ex IX'iiled Unit Oreeoe will capture the fortress of .Inuiuii, mid tlio inland of ('hint within ii feu- days, mid that then King (leorgo will lie willing to MlMM'llll llOhtilllicS lllld sigll II MMI iirnlo armistice, uflor which 1 1 recce will lie represented in the iiermiiiicnt peace negotiations to he lirld in Lon don. LONDON, Dro. ft. Oivek ucllvi ties lit Valium, have alaimcd tliplo malh here, who now fear (lrccco in in cm uoH mill hopes to force a par tition (f Albmiin. It in mpcotcd thai tlio allien, with the exception of (licccc, will lin able to agree with Turkey rcgiiidhip: the division of (lie territory when tint envoyh meet in London Decemlier J3. It in a I mi pro luihlo Unit tho Kuropenn miihiixsu dnrs will inui't hero siniultiiucously with the uuvoyM in mi attempt to nd just differences between Kervin mid Austria, PHYSICAL VALUE OP RAILROADS IS VOIED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON, Dee. ft. -The Adamson hill providing for physical viiluntioii of ruilrmids wan passed by tho housn today by u vivu voce vote, It reipilrcri (ho interstate coinmcroo iioiumissluii to report annually to cougicss on tho uuttiul physical value of every pldt'u of rullruiiil properly in tl(o country mid tho muouiit of Outstanding SlOuks llllll bolldh, Tho republicans Hcoured tho aclup tinu of mi iiiuuuilnient providing for mi iuvuiilliriitlim of how tho govern niuut cap HiiimrvlHu 'iiuil limit tho Ik hiio of railroad Heuiinlie, prevent tlm iHHiuinoo of wnloroil Htouk and to in Hiire that nil monoy hconroil s not unlly UBod for pliyhioiil improvo-muntu, REVOLVER ENDS ROMANCE WITH CHORUS GIRL Robert J. Wltlney. Wealthy Los An neles Realty Droker Is Shot While In Apartments of Vivian Vale, Wife of Denver Man. Reams of Paslonate Letters Disclose Romance of Long Standing Sui cidal Attempt Probable. SAN I'ltANCISCO, Dee. ft. While iiitimnliiiir that Itoherl .1. Widuey, n Loh AiiKtli" real eftnlo broker who wiih hhot in the abdomen heie laat nluiit hi the'iipiirttiientH of Viviuu Vnle, it choriiH aiil, funnel ly the wife of Williniii ('. Loiih of Denver, wiih accidentally Mint, the woman today Mipplicl reiiiiii f leltern mid Me crmiiH from Widuey which iudienti' that tho broker limy luno tried Mii clde. Widuey. who ix still at tlio iiut of death in a local hospital, refiiMw to di4ciiNM wliul bapMMied before the pitol cracked. The I.voiim woiiuiii iiuiiulaiiiK her iuuiK'iiiiee ami deuliirt Widuey e.xonernted brr before he win. taken to the liocpital. Itelwoeu the two tho (Milico ore puzzled. They are lioldim; the woinnu but ho fur no ehnrfco IniH been placed acaiuHt her. J'ltKtoiiatn Iivo letter Xover in nil the liltor' of tangled nnuiiuecH which tiiivo tiern bnreil to the world in Snu rnmeiheo Iiiih there bron it riifcc where mom fervor wiih pnekrd into letter and telegram than Widnnv oniwded into bin. Some of the letter are familiar to brnr publication, Inil even the t clet: mm, pleadiin:, beinc, imploring for tho love of Hie woman who wanted In break awav are mi strennoiiK that the wirM miiht liuvo wiinned when thev ined over. Ilruutiful mid elile, the Lynn woiiuiii won apparently Iho center of Widimy'ri life, and he wiih willini; and miximm In Ioko nil for her. Mot of hiN letters were ide.nrd "V. I. A. I." which the irirl kiivv indicate; "Violet, I iidoro you lUili." I'nMiil of Conipiest And the uirl, HioiikIi guarded by tho xdice, !h proud of her conitieht. She iiuide no objection lo Widney'n lotterrt lii'Jni: tHkcn by tin" prehH to dny, mid ohcerfuljy eoneurrcil in n Kclcclinu of Iiiiko photogrnpliK in which her vliartiw nre diplnycd be- iuc taken for reproduction. Some of tho exhibitH found when her rooinn lu tho Hotel Sorrento, wliero tho shoot inc ocourrrd, wero senrched hbowed that one at U'iihI of hor ad mirers hud urlixlii' tiiHtes. Ouo book in pnrliculiir, wiih found full of hkolehe well and cleverly draw i, but ho naiiKcoim in hiibjcet (hut even the policctiieui who aided in the M'lirclt blushed and tho uirl herselr hcld down her head as Ihev wetw rovcnled. It Is ovldoiit from vouio of tlioiu tluil Mrs. I.yoiiH wan ondenvorltiK to break uwuy from Wldtioy, who show ered monoy, tonus of endoarmont and tliroatti to couunlt Milclilo upon hor. Illllicr Von or Oblivion A tck'Rram ucnt to Mrs. Lynns In Douvor Juno J5, says: "Aftor nmturu dollborntlon liavo como to coucltialou Hint Ufa without (Continued on I'ngo Ktvo.) ST. PKTKKSnUHU, Dee. fi.Un- dor ordorti to proceed to western Monism, a (lotuuhmmit of Ittissiun troops bus arrived at Urcu, uouord- lilt-; to utlviccrt lioro today. ArniiiKcmontu lor traiihportiitlon facilitioH iiIoiil' thu lino of uuiroli woro mudo with thu Mongolian unv oriimcut, Thu troops aio proueodiiiK to Ui'Ra Ih'cuuho of (ho reports that Clilne.no Iroopu arc udvauoluK on Kokdo ami UliiiHsutul and ropot'tti of HiiHHiau morohimts beiiiK phnulcrod. WARIIINQTON. Dec. 5, Tho committee appointed to liiTentlRato Infectious dUcascu araong Indians on all of tho reiervntlons In tho country roports that tho American Indians aro nioro afflicted with infectious dis eases than any other raco on enrth. Two of tho most common diseases nro tuberculosis and trachoma, both of which am breaking down tho health of tho 300.900 Indians now living In tho United States. Tho death rato from tuberculosis Is estimated ut thirty per cent, almost three times as high as tho rate anions whites. U IS SWORN TO BY WASHINGTON. Dec. ft. When tho trial in thu Hcnnte of Judpi Kob ert W. Arcbbald, of tho commerco court, charged with mi"conduct in office, wiih rcHiuncd today, I'M wind W. Williams of Duiiiuore, I'a., con lluiied lliu tenliniony of Arebbald's alleged iiarlnemhip with him in thu pureluno of a culm dump near Scran ion. Tho witnobs wus cnm examin ed by CoUKrcMiuuui Webb of North Carolina. Williams reluctantly nduuttud Hint Arcbbald drew up an agreement for an option on tho Katydid milin bank, in tlio sale of which, it is alleged, Arcbbald held a linlf intercut. Arcb buld watched Williams closels IhniUKbout hits (cMimoity. ro CO BREAK UP MEETING GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec D. Militant HiiffraKottes, twcnty-flvo strotiR Inviidud u mooting of unlvor ulty HtudoutH durliiR tho )coch of Irish Secretary lllrroll hero today, aud by shrieking "Votes for womon" drowned out tho upoaUcr. Studoutu roughly huudlod tho wo mon who fought buck viciously with hatpins and flugornulls. Twelve of tho HUffragottoa wero arrested. RUBY ROBERT AND WIFE KISS AND HAKE UP DECATUR, HI., Dee. ft. "All is borcno in tho FiUslinmons family" Hiiid Mrrf. Itoburl FittsiniaioiiH, wife or tlio formor houvywoittt obninpiou hero today in denying a report that bho intruded leaving tho stngo to go to JCono lor a ilivorco. Slio insisted that shu wan liuving no trouble with A HBALD'S GRAFT HER PARTNER "Ituby Robort." LO! IHfc POOU INDIAN. LOIR BX LUMBER EN ORDERED WASHINGTON, Dee. 5 The In-tcr-stato commerco commission sus tained today tho contention of tho Multnomah Hov compuny uud others of I'orHund uml Astoria Hint the rates on box lumber from Hicho cit ies to points lu California nro dis criminatory and unjust. Tho defendants lu tho case aro tho Southern Pacific and tho Spokane, Portland and Senttlo railway compa nies. TO KEEP CENTRAL SAN Fit NC1SC0, Dee. 5. Southern I'neil'io milroiul interests likely to lie nl'tectcd liy the supreine court's marger decision i Iho sub ject of daily conferences hero todny between William SpixAile, the com pany's president and vice l'ro.-idenl K. K. Calvin and Vice President Wit liain V. llorrin. Tlio most important miiller under cousideralioii is tho ipiestiou of whether there is any wuy of thu Southern l'aeifio retaining its dis tributing system if tho Union l'ueifie neiilres tlio Central l'aeifio from Ogdeu to Sacramento and tho old Central California from Sneramonto to Oakland, Tho officials, it is said, aro trying to deviso some menus whereby tho Union Pacific would bo enabled to niHiuiru merely Iho' Ogdeu-Otikland iiiutu line, leuviug tho other branches for distribution purposes. Sproule, CiilviUfiinily Ilerrin will loavo early nest weok to attend the oouforeuoo of Hurriuitm offioiuls at Suit Luke, NN PACIFIC A. I.'ll,lll4 LAFFERTY SEES J WASHINGTON, Dee. ft. That the old stniidput wing of tho republican parly would incite with tho conser vative element in Iho democrat party, this force to battle with tho allied progressive of both old parties for control of tho presidential election in 1910 was the prediction hero to day of Congressman A. W. Lufferty (republican) Oregon. "I eoct President-elect Wilson will prove another Tuft or Cleveland and that he will hu too conservative" -aidLufferty. "Thin will result in the amalgamation of tho progressive elemcuth of tho republican and demo crat parties before tho next general election. "In my"opiulon tho republican pro gresMVos in congress will remain 'regular' for u time, hoping that tho progiessivo element within the party will control nominations and shape pluttomi deolaratious two years from now. There is no denying (ho fact that the independent progressive movement this year was composed almost exclusively of ropiiblicuiiK." BETTER CONDITIONS NI3W YORK, Dec. 5. Tho stock market opouod nomowliat firmer to day. Heading w-us up G-8 and American Can 3-4. Tho touo was unsettlod. Tho report that bunking Institutions intended to scrutlnlzo closoly tho character of Industrial collateral for loans was again hoard, causing somo liquidation. Monoy was comparatively easy. Tho market closed with a bottor tone. Honda woro easy. STAND-PA DM m mm TO Stock and Produce Exchanges and Clearinn Houses to Be Prosecuted as Conspiracies in Restraint of Trade as Outcome of Trust Probe Reorganization Planned and Changes in Business Methods (o Be Forced by Congress. WASHINGTON. Doc. 5. Legisla tion to bar stock and produco ex changes and certain clearing houses from tho use of the malls as "con spiracies lu restraint of trade." Is a probable outcome of the money trust Investigation, according to Rcpre sontntivo I'ujo, chairman of the house committee which Is conducting the probe. In an Interview Chairman I'ujo outlined revolutionary reforms which the committee plans to forco upon stock and produce exchange and clearing houses, and hinted at sensa tional facts which the preliminary In vestigation has disclosed. Ho said: ILnr From .Mails "I bellevo It Is clearly shown that the stock exchanges and somo of tho produce exchanges as well as .most of the clearing houses of tho coun try nro conspiracies In restraint of trado. As such all .their .interstate: business should be barred from the malls, and I feel certain that tho rommltteo will recommend .such ac tion. "In listing securtles. limiting the slto of tho membership and by var ious restrictions, tho stock exchange and the clearing houso associations havo become, in cfect, gigantic trusts and monopolies which am amonablo to tho law. Tho New York stock exchange is a striking examplo of this business domination. "Tho postal laws will bo Invoked to cxcludo exchanges, and associa tions of bankers and brokers from the uso of tho malls In Inter-state commerco unless a completo reor ganization Is made. It they aro not ro-organlicd they will be treated ex actly as tho Louisiana lottery was. Federal Incorporation "I bellovo federal Incorporation of stock exchanges will bo enacted." Pugo said tho bills enforcing dras tic remodeling of business would bo Introduced In January. "Tho money trust, he said, would bo resumed Monday to frame legislation seeking tho To-organlzatlon. "Tho clearing houses," I'ujo added, "must and will bo re-organ Izcd. As a result of our Investiga tion, I understood soveral clearing houses aro voluntarily removing re strictions upon membership and their business methods. Thoy must chango their methods radically, however, or faco prosecution under tho Sherman anti-trust law. They also face tho probablo loss of tho uso of tho malls. rrtecutloiis to Result "As now organized, tho clearing houses forco tho bunks to Join or ro- (Continuco. on page 3.) 58 ESCAPES IN T 18 SALKM, Oro., Dec. 5 According to blounlul reports fifty-eight men huvo escaped from tho penitentiary during tho eighteen months that Oovornor West's honor systoni 1ms boon In vogue. In tho similar per iod proceeding theso ulghteou imonths twenty-two oscaped aud a number of theso woro feeble minded. Of tho fitty-olght wero houor meu working unguarded on county roads and olsowhero. Two woro rotumod to tho penitentiary whllo a number woro nrrostod uud Jallod olsowhero. Ono of tho "honor" men, Josso Hall, torrorlzod the wholo stuto un til captured In Oonson county and returned to Jul). Tho annual avor ago of "honor" escapoa Is twenty, PLAN AR XCHANGES H Ml A MONTHS TO E City Council Expected to Give Com pany Certain Time to File Propo sition, Then, If Net Ferthceming to Fix Rates UndrNew Law. City Tires of Dilatory. Tactics n Part of Company Officials ami Will Force the Issue.. An ultimatum to tho prcgon-Ciili- fornin power company ba been pre pared nud will in nil probability be ndoptcd by Iho city council Ihin evening. In effect it puts the light proposition in Hie city sipiarely up to tho company, which must net within n certain number of days or the city will proceed lo put mi ordinance into effect rrgulalbig the prices for pow er in the city. The city is given this power under the new public utilities bill passed nl the recent election. Tho city officials Imye wearied of the dilatory' luetics on the pnrt of the isjwcr officials mid now proceed to go nhead. They hnvo asked for ' propositions covering the jiotnts nt Usue and have determined to wait no longer for them. Tho -ultimatum is excctcd to givu the company def inite period of time to come to enns and if they fuil the city will proceed. Under the public utilities hilt pass ed by the people in November a city is given power to regulate all charges for Dublin ttiilitic. All ordinance covering- the prices to'bc charged for power will bo passed. The only re course' the company lias is nn appeal to the state commission, and show that the prices fixed are" unreason able. As (lie rates for power nud light nro higher here than in other cities in Oregon it i& believed Hint the com pany will settle its differences with the city. TO Tl OF OTTAWA, Out., Dec, ft. Under the Canadian Kvcrumeut'i teniKr u ry naval policy which wus announc ed in the house of commons today by Premier Hordeii, parliament is asked to vote .-faft.OUO.OOO to construct three Canadian siis;r-dreatlnauglits, which are to be tho stronger, t in the world. The three great seafighters will bo built in Knglund and will bo at tho disKsal of the HritUh admiralty for the defense of tho empire, and will ho maintained and controlled us part of tho royal navy. Premier Uordcu informed parlia ment that Canada bus been assured that if in thu future it bhuiihl bo tho will of tho pcoplo of Cuiiudu to cs tablisli n Canadian unit, thu vessels could bo recalled by Cunndti to form jmrt of the dominion's navy, lu (hut case (hoy would bo uuiiutulucd iy Canada, not by Kughtnd. In the event that Canada decides to withdraw her ships, aha must gio notice to tha British admiralty. Spe cial arrangements will bo mudo to afford tlio Canadian an opportunity to officer tho vessels. The admiral ty is prepared to order for early construction in Canada, small cruis ers, oil talik vessels and vnrioua auxiliary oral't. Tho Canadian gov ernment agrees to boor part of tho cost of establishing (ho necessary plants to build theso vessels. It is suggested Unit ouo Canadian minister should reside in Loudon for a purt or the wholo of each year. CHICAGO, Dec, ft, Hccuusu of thu scandal of thu Jack Johnson Lucille Cameron marriage, (,'hark'H A. Kurch, member of tho Illinois leg islature, announced today that he will push a bill forbidding misctHiatioii in this state. ULTIMATUM raw R COMPANY COMES TONIGHT CANADA BUILD REE WORLDS BIGGEST WARSHIPS i 7 V Vs . g vv it vvWvspVrtrryW
