Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 06, 1912, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIF reitwi HlittrrJwl CltvHaH f"rt u Ji MEDFORD Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair, ntntfnmty tmnwriitiH -.lint. MM .Mm. JM. 1 forly.pironil Tr. MEDFORD, OKKOON, HIJ DAY, DKrBiMBER 0, 1912. NO. 220. Dully Hnvmilh mr, Mail i - MfVN m . - srt Tl'HWW I MEW ON FISCAL AFFAIRS SENT BY TAFT President Summarizes Conditions In Notion as Excellent Advocates Banking, Army and Judicial Re forms Now Under Consideration. Philippine Bill Opposed and Insular Affairs Discussed Finances In Good Shape. WAHIIINOTON, Pre. rr-. drill Tat I today sent congress that port lun of hi message dealing with fiscal, Judicial, military niut liuulur affair. Tim massage, n part n as follews: lliixurvM Conditions The foti.lllloii of tlin country with reference to huslne could hardly ho bettor. Whllo tho lour year of the administration now drawing to a close havo not developed great spec ulative expansion or n wldo field of liuw tnvcatmrnt. tho recovery and progress made from tho depressing conditions following tlir. panic of 1 H(iT havo been steady ft ml tho Inl prnvniimnt has been clear ami easily traced In tho statistics. Tho busi ness or tho country I now on a solid basis. Credits aro not unduly oxtondod, nml every plmao of tho sit untlon seems In a statu of prepared ness tor irlod of unexampled pro' porlty. Condition of llio Treasury Tho condition of tho treasury I very satisfactory The total Interest-bearing debt I Ud3.7??,?70. or which 13l,nsi,yS0 constitute tho lannina -Canal loan? Tho non-Inter-ralTnoarlniT debt Is $37S,aOl,:X4.00. Inrludlng 30,CH1,010 of green hack.. Wo havo In Iho treasury I lf.0, 000,000 In gold coin an a re servo against tho outstanding green backs; nnd In addition wo bate a cash hnlnnco In tho treasury n a gen oral fund of UC7,15:,478.9, or an Increase- of 20,'J't.''i over tho general fund last year. Receipts nnd KipeiidliiireN Tor thifo years tho expenditures of tho government havo decreased under th Influnro of an effort to crotioinlie. Till year present nn apparent exception. Tho estimate by tin Secretary of the Treasury of tho ordinary receipt, exclusive of postal revenues, for the year endlui; Juno HO, 19M, Indicates that thoy will amount to 1710,000,000, Tho mini of tho estimate of tho cxpedltureii for (hut trn mo yours, exclusive of I'nuunia Canal disbursements and pohtnl (disbursements puynlilo from poHtal revenues, Is $7.13,000,000, In dicating u deficit of tr.'.OOO.OOO. Tor tho year ending Juno 30, 191.1, similarly oHtluiutcd recelpta wero SilC7,000,000, wlillo tho total cor responding estimate of expenditures for that year, tuibmlttcd through the Secretary of tho Trenaitry to (.'on groiiH, nmotllited to ICr.C,Op0,000. Thin shows nu Increase of $70,000, 000 In tho estimates for 19U over tho total estimates of 1913. Ranking unit Currency 8) Mom A tlmo when panics seem far ri anoved la tho heat tlmo for us to pro- p.iro our financial system to with stand a Htorm. Tho most rryhiK need tlim country has Is a propor banking and currency system. Tho existing one Im Inudoquato, and every (Continued on 1'aRo .1) nrsaaersr: POCKET ALL JOBS GIVEN BY TAFT WAfllMWITON, Duo. 0, Propnra tlniiH for tho propoMud movement by democratic) londoru In tho Benato to block tho confirmation of tho ma jority of iTOBlduut Tuft'ri appoint inontH to offlco to ho nimlo durliiR tho lust few montliH of hU admlulu tratlou la tindor way hero today. All tho pout offlco nppolntmonU will ho "poclfotod" by Kenatora from tho Intorontcrt dUtrictH, It Id undor iitood, at buuU plncea whoro a cltnngo might ho mudo, DEMOCRATS TO NARROW 1 LEFI FOR TURKS Balkan Allies Insist That Turkish Bulgarian Frontier Extend From Mlda on Balkan Sen to Gulf of Saros, Taklnjj Nearly All Territory Servla and Monleneuro Demand Por tions of Albania and Greece Mace donia. SOFIA, Dee. (1. l'ntin no millini. Ilo Miun-e here today it muk Inuriieil the Itiilktin ullies will itihixt (lint (lie TutkUh-lliiljpiiitiii fninlier exlend J'roui Miilin, iu tin lAm'k Sen, lliroucli S'nnii, nul Dioitu, hi the Oiilf of Snto. Thin would leave the Ktilliiu nulv n nnrrow Ktri in Huropo 100 iniloK Inu nnd lb milcx ivl.lo lcinli'ilnu on (he IhiriluiiplloK nnd the Son of .Muriuoni, iuuliidiiiK ("oiistnti tiuojile. II n I ) iuw teamed that January 7 is the ilalu net as the time limit lor the I'linferein'e of Hie ix-aee envoys in Inidoii, lueli lii'ciim Dcecmhcr 111. Thirf uive-t Ufl day lo the repre nentntive to nu'ree on lenna. Aimtrhi lo Object It i liolievrtl that Auntrm will oternly object to the wholeoale dii- ioit of Kiirotiean Turkey iiuioni the I In k tt it allien, but It i expected hero I lint I ho evident deteniiluatioii of Drent Itritniu. France mid Itutxin to alnnil finnly toj,'other will prevent nnvlliintr mon than dlplomntie opiMi- flttoii from Aui'trin, (lenuniiv mid Italy. There in beired.Jo..he lililo doubt Hint Hie Ihilknn allies will ct mot of tlieir demiiniU. If the allien do net whal limy want, the Niillan'H Hunenii hiiIijci'Im will hhrink from 7,000,000 to 1,250,000 hOltN. Want AlluinU Ken in nml .Montcitc;rn, it ia learn ed, will put in a formal demand for larj-o M-ctiniiri of Albania; ltulk'aria wanlN Thrnt'u mid n part of .Mnee donin, mid both the decks and the ItnlgnrM claim Salonika. It is prob able tlieir eoiiflietiuc desires will re sult in a pailitioii of the proinee when tho tenus of petieu nre finnlly urrnuced in London, IS I'OltTI.AN'I), Dee. n. Ashihfnnt Vim Chief i.uudenklon, I.iciitennnt lohiiHuii mid Inddonuiiii Heath of the local fire depnitmeiil were hlii;lit ly hurt in ii lire which today destroy ed the uotorioiiH Krieksou'rt niiIooii, the InrKCNt on (lie 1'iicifin const, and the Dewey liolel niljoiniiiL'. The loss is ehliniiitcd at 170,000. Thern wero J'JS kiiohIi hleeplnjj in Iho Dewey hotel when (lie fiio hioke out, but nil escaped. Ono woman jumped into u life net from n kcihiihI Htory window. Tho buildiuf;H nro in tho lienrt of the old Iciideiioin, Tho fire hint ted in a Hocond liiind hIoi-o ndjoiniiiK (ho saloon nnd prncttmilly tho entire firo department reKMind(l. The Riiesln in the Dnwcy hotel wero nwnkeucd by Iho Hinoko mid flumcH, nnd hud little difficulty in ivaohinpr mifoty, STEEL IS FEATURE" OF STOCK MARKET NKW YORK, Dee. 0. With threo trmiKiielioiiH of 11,000 hIiiu-ch chmiR uk liaiuU nt (18 II -I, trndiiie; in Unit ed Stilton Steel ws deuideilly heavy at tho opening of tho stock market hero today. Irrepilnrity prevailed throughout tho lint, with duoliucH in tho majority, Itendin dropped n point. VariouH Rtouka fluctuated half n point up nnd down. Important Htooko wero below yes (orday'a t'iunro.s. Dunk still scanned HOuitritioH oloH';ly. Tho mnrko( cloned trrrptliir. llomltt wore wenL, BYOM S NOTED PORTLAND )N BURNED WDNEY W NOT TELL FIRED BULLET Wounded Los Angles Broker Re fuses to Make Any Statement tx to Talk of His Lino Affair Viln ex-Chorus Girl of Dalies in Toyland Sentimental Slusli Flo.t From Show Girl Who Asserts She Alone Luftd Her Victim. SAN FUANCISCO. Dee. fi. - "I re fuse lo Hiiy nnjlliint: about it. 1 will not tell you who fired the MiieV This wiim the answer ludav f Hob ert .1. Widney, lis Angeles real estate dealer, when nsked l the po lice in the Mortlon hospital here if It were true that Mrs. Trances Vivln l.voim fired tho shot in her apait inentH which tKTforiilod hm Hlimmci and broiiKht him to death' door. Vidney despite nil pi ensure, nil tuiltilely refused lo talk of the tnit,'i' end of hi love affair, and tho ipifs linniiii; officers withdrew without a fact. Didn't I'lre the Shot .frs. l.yoiw, the pretty ex-wife of Doner nnd ex-ehoius irl of the "Hnhe in Tovland," from her cfl! today still iiiMistcd strenuously tliti' she did not fue the shot which eti'cd her romance with the n Aneles man. She declan-d that WidneyV wife, who Ih here nt his side, is uotli Inc to the renl estate broker, ami defiantly nierts that he ovtI-niul lovesher only. "I wierifieed ecrllitnj: I held dear in life became of my love for Hob Wtdiioy," she tearfully declared. "Dock it seem jxinMblc' that I wouln sliont him in view of thnt? lie lotcd me ns dearly. We wero wrapped up in each other. This other woman wa nothing to him. He wanted a separa tion but wan too honnrnblo to take it utirtiout hor convent. We of'un hchemed what wc should do after out mnrriii;e. We made plans for tho future of tho little boy who was to unite our lives. Sentimental Klusli "If Hob dies there will be nothing left for nie. Death will then be wel come. I can't and won't believe thai ho made the statements published in thn si pern. They aro malicious false hoods concocted bv his wife, and I know thnt lth will clear me of this grave charRo when he recovem. "I gave infinitely more titan alio, was happily married and had a loxiiiu- husband, of whom 1 thought tho world, until 1 saw Hob Widney and realired I had made a mistake. "Hob knew I was married. I knew ho hud a wife. However, neither hesitated in our actions, because we loved with undying affection. 1 was ready to give exerything for Hob, His wife gave him nothing. Ho loved children and ko do I, nnd how we wished for the day when a little one would toddle nbout our feet." 18 ltKItLIK, Dee. 0, St. PeterwburK dispatehcH to tho Herlin Tagcblatt today any that Hussia will havo uigh teen army inris on the Austrian fnmtier within a week. Oflieinl eirclen hero do not regard lliifi iiovvr iik indicating war but mere ly n h Bhoniug Russia's prepnedncss. Dlnpntehes from Vienna mceived here today deny n report currunt in Herlin that tho Austrian minister to Sorvia Iiiih been ivenlled. EIGHTY TWO PERISH L1SHON, Doc. fl.Tlmt at least oighty-two fibliormeii perisUe.1 in n storm which swept tho Portuguese, const loot Monday i.i roporled hero today by survivors, A tleet numboriiiar nearly a hun. droit Hinnll craft was completely destroyed. 10 RUSSIA MASSES AMY CORPS THE WOMAN Iff THE CASE Mtliut nle K J KAN ntAS'CIRCO. Cai . Dec C l)lhiatchc from Chicago which quote Mayor Janios Hotjib of Han Franclo co an dcclarliiK there that ho will clean up the Ilarbary Count. San KrancUro'a vice lecllon on liU return from the east areraiulng no little commotion amoiij'upen lowo" ad vocates hero todays Holih' pronunclauirnto In nld to hae followed puhjlcatlou In Chica go of the expsrjetm of IJolIw Cap tain Meicher of thit'cltr, rfho on x recent vUlt to San Francisco was Htunncd liy tho licence permitted here In tho restricted district. Informed of Mcasher'M ttatcmenta while ho was In conference with Mayor Carter llarrlton, Mayor Itolph U said to have promised a quick clean-up of tho "coast" when he re turn In case ho finds Meagher's story Ih correct. "Why," Meagher Is quoted as say ing, "1 saw things In San FrJiiclnco's vice section which mako anything In Chicago look tame. Thero Is no other city In tho world where such open violation of tho law would be permitted for n moment." E LIFE THREATENED; T 1HCI1MOND, Va Dec C Flat chnrnes that four lettorH threatening hU llfo hail been ient to Richmond In care of Governor Mann of Ylrulna was voiced by (ioornor Uleaso of South Carolina at today'a setislon of tho govornur'H convention. Tho South Carollnau'a statouient c.i mo an a climax to n mighty row, precipitated when Oovornor O'Neal of Alabama introduced a resolution stating. "It was the souse of this convention that Governor Uleaso's Ideas regarding lnch luw should bo con8urcd." Governor Ulense, rod with anger wan on his feat In an Instant. "1 do not caro a snap for this reso lution," ho shouted- "I won't npolo glzo for a word I havo said to tho convention. My to hell with tho constitution' speech still stands. N'ow go ahead and expel mo from this body. I don't care.' Governors ailchilst and McGovcrn supported O'Neal wlnio governors Hawley, Kltchln and uonahoy thought tho convention should not consldor tho matter. Governor Uleaso boasted that ho had everything fUed In South Caro lina so ho could go to tho Benato in 1915, picdtutlng that many of tho min "now sitting In this convention, would bo reposing l tho shadow or private llto." jj j IMIINTKSS ANNE, JM., Dee. (J. Wosloy Miles, n negro, wiih hanged here today for attacking tho fifteen yenr old ilanghtur of former Sheriff W. 0. Phillips ot Somerset county Inst May, ' PROMISES GENERAL CLEAN-UP OF BARBARY COAST NR AY WON 5 INDICTMENTS AUSTRIA MUST FOLLOW PROBE BACK DOWN OR 0FB01GGAMEI FTGUT BALKANS Frnnkle Edvards, Bud Anderson, Dick Donald, Onlie PIcnto and Rawhide Kelly Named In Indict ments Returned by Grand Jury. Edwards Says Law Is Not Violated and Contest Will Go on Just the Same. r'rnnkio F.drvnrdH, local bo.uuir im picHsarjo, Ilud Anderxou. Dick Don nlil. "ISobe" I'icalo. and "Kawhidc" Kell were indicted by the grand jury thin afternoon rr nrrnnciiiK n prire fight. WarruiilH linvo been issued for ibeir nrret irnl they will be tak en into cimtody thi- ufiernoon. The indict nii-nts followed n probe which Morlcd Thtiidny uftornoon when n newpaiM-nnan nnd n "fan" were hailed before the jur- and que tioiifd rt'gnrdiut; tho rontest which had been staged in this city. Follow iiiKJT llo"e wilnee. IMvviinls, An deoon. Donald, I'icnto nnd Kelly were Miununncd Fr'ulay moniins. The iiidiclmciiU were returned this after noon. ' The Hcetion of the Oreggon law un der which the indictments were re turned rendu aft fnllowt.: "Any person or rsons arranging or attempting to nrrange, or nfff ring to nrrange. or engaging or offering to engage in. n, pri. ficht. to be fought within the limits of this Mate, or otherwise, in nny manner, cither as principals, second. mftistnnt, Htakrholder. trainer, referee, aider, abettor, .jdicitnr or ngent, whether "niil fight shall take plane or npt, hhnll, upon coiniction thereof, be im- priKoncd in the (HMiitenliary not IesJ than one year nor more than five yenr or by a fine of not less than $1000 nor more than WOOO." The contents which have been ar ranged prctioiisly, as this one, have been claimed to be boxinc content. Mannger Kdwards this afternoon Mated that bonds would be arranged and thnt the bout would p ahead ju-t the same, claiming that tho con test tonight is not n violntion of the Htate law. NKW YOIIK, Doc. G. After crowing the Andes mountains, In a biplane In a hlludlng snowstorm and during tho poisoned darts of hostile South American Indians, threo Frenchman aviators Dr. Ignaclo Allende, I'lerrc Vlllnrd and M. Lo Compte Saint Croix do la Konaclero are today en route fronj hero to Franca aboard tho Steamer I.a Savalo. Tho trio started from San Diego, Chile. August H. with a supply- ot evaporated food, Intending to mako ISO miles a day and land in South ern Itollvla. After four days, at an altitude of 4000 feet they lost their way. On tho sixth day they landed In a thick forest, whero they wore attacked by Indians and wore forced to abandon their machlno. On foot thoy then reached tho vlllago of Ea sang, Hollvta, and finally by steamer camo to Now York. E WASHINGTON, Dee. G. Con gresMiuin ltnker qf California today recommended to the houso rivers and huiborx commit teo thnt $05,000 be appropriated to improve the Sacra mento, Feather and Mokelumn rivers iu California, jf'.'S.OOO of which was to bo used between Sacramento and Itcd IlluiT. linker also recommended the ap propriation of $20,000 to improve ami survey tho inner cluumuls uf Humboldt harbor. Congressman Steven, California urged tho appropriation of -f 1123,000 to improve. Smi l'edro harbor. GROSSED ANDES AEROPLANES Sofia's Declaration Inspired by Triple Entente and an Ultimatum to Austria, Italy and Germany Russia to Back Up Balkan Allies. No Response From Vienna or Berlin and Feeling Growing That War is Near. LONDON, Dec. C Aimtrla mimt now hack down or fight. Thin, ervlce club. dlpIomatR, Korernment officials and a large part of the prens of I-ondon declare thU evening la Kiiro to be the outcome of today' announcement from Hervla that the Ilalkan allien plan to take from the Sultan all of Turkoy-ln-Kurope nave a now Htrlp. Including Constanti nople which will f rinse the Dos- phoniK, the Sea of Marmora and tho Uardanelli'K. YVbll no official of tho govern ment will he openly quoted on tho subject of opinion hero In general that Sofia's declaration was Innplrcd hy tho triple entente nd that It was, In fact, an ultimatum to Aus tria and her allien, Italy and Ger many. Tho view Is generally held that the declarations ot Premier Polncalre of France, Sir Edward Grey of Great Drltalu and Daron Sassaonoff of Russia, with Rus sian massing of heavy forces on tho Austrian and German frontiers Is a most forceful notification to Austria that her Interference In tha partition of Turkey will bo met. If necessary, with guns. Conflict U Pnihalile In view of tho fact that tho nutgar Ian pronouncement of the allies In tentions has drawn no response from Vienna or Ucrlln, although it has been public many hours, the feeling Is growing here that Immediate Euro pean conflict Is likely and that the triple alliance. It it turns to arms, will make no open move until after tha peace plenipotentiaries have met here December 13. That the feeling of optimism preva lent hero is not shared In the terri tory where tho Russian-Austrian clash will come, if It does come, Is In dicated In Vienna dispatches to tho Dally Mall. They declare that th Austrian peasants on the Russian frontier aro firmly convinced that within a few weeks at most they will be In tho center ot a whirl wind of war. Thousands ot peasants, the dispatches say, are buying and burying largo stocks of food and are turning all they possess Into money preparatory to tho dreaded Russian Invasion. RttsilA Is Ready Toe same conditions, other re ports say, prevail on tho Russian sldo ot tho border. In addition to this It Is reported that leaders of tho Russian Poles are convinced that with war will come to opportunity for a freo Poland and that secret drills aro proceeding In a hundred forests nnd that arsenals ot wea pons are being formed throughout all Poland. In Warsaw whero the headquarters ot the socialist Polish league are located, It Is rumored that all .preparations havo been anado for a Polish force ot 100,000 men to take the field tho distant war Is de clared between Austria and Russia. DISTURBS TRIAL INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. C Comedy was injected into tho dyna mite conspiracy trial horo today, when M. L. Ponnell, oue of tho de fendants, nnd former president ot the Springfield local ot tho Iron workers' union, resumed tho staud. Tire witness chewed violently on a pleco of gum, his facial contortions were so disconcerting to United States District Attorney Charles W, Miller that ho appealed to Judge Akorson. I'ennull, with a mighty ef fort, (mediately swallowed tho gum and tho case proceeded. Ponnell was cross oxamluod re garding 'explosions at Springfield, III., aud vIsltH thoro of II. S. Hocklu and John J, MuNaiuaru, 1 CHEWING US K NOOSE IM OF Negro and Chinese Hanged In Call fornla Prison"! Protest In the Name of Jesus Christ Against This Hanging'' Shouts Spectator. Oriental Killed Father's Wife, and African a Fellow Convict in RM at San Quentln. SAN QUENTIN, Cal.fiDee. . "I protest against this hanging in tho name of Jesus Christ I" This protest was voiced nt the state prison here today' by T. II. Christcnscii of San Francisco, a lcctator, during the execution of Willie Luis, a Chinese, for the mur der in San Luis Obispo county of his father's' Chincfo-Americnn wife. "You have no right," ChriMcnsen shouted nt Warden Hoyle, "to take away something thnt you cannot re turn. Jesus would not, do this thing." " Gnnnls Mie Objector At this point two husky guards seized Chrislensen nnd carried him from the dantlirooin. The hanging proceeded. Luis went to his death without n whimper. Because of the peculiar formation of hi neck, it was expect ed that some difficulty would be en countered in hanging the Chinese, but tho execution was mndo without n hitch. Lius's neck was broken In the fall. Luii wan resigned to his fate nnd went' to his death trailing. The trap whs spruit;: 'nt exactly lOVeJocV nnd the body was cut down fourteen min utes later. Cliristcnen is a member of t!:e anti-capital p'unihb'mcnt league nnd the protest he' made iu the death chamber resulted from hi.s opposi tion to the death penalty. At the Inst election Christensen was h can didate for the assembly on tho so cialist ticket in the twenty-sixth 's tricL Ho was defeated. After the hanging Warden lloylo announced he hud Christensen e- moved from the death chamber to prevent him from disconcerting the hangmen. Delelianty Pays Penalty FOLSOif, Cal., Dec. . Edward Delehnnty was hanged, for tho murder of William Kaufman, a fellow convict today, duriui: a riot in the prison last February. Seven minutes after the trap of the h en f fold was sprung at 10:20 o'clock Dclehunte was pro nounced dead. Delehanto went to his death with- (Continued on page 2.) TO SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. G. To emphasize to the world at largo that San Francsco, ono tho eve ot Its Exposition era, has burled dis cord and that all (actions will bo found pulling together, various newspapers and civic bodies hero, started today a movement for a great "burning the hammer' cele bration on Christmas Eve. At Lotta'B fountain, In the heart of the city, tho spot made famous by Lulsa Tetrazxlul'a great Christmas caroling ot two years ago, the em blem of "the knocker" will be con signed to tho tlamos The corpse, according to tho plans now matulng, according to plans now maturing. fled drums, fantastically draped mournors and all the panoply of woo will mark tho first part of the cere monies, with the whole changing to a wild rovol of mirth and Jollity as the leaping flames lick up at the mid night bell, Official sanction to the plan Is given In a telegram from Mayor itolph, who 1r now n the east. The chief executive of the city eommwids tho scheme and promlwa to b par tonally ou huiul to old la the obsequies. fflO RACES SAN EMSCO BURN THE KNOCKER ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1 .1 7 '1? -I t I (, W i; l 4 rt n VI ul 'M w ni m ffl m 4 d -Kr