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"t XVs r t", " (- ' r 535 i -v' .'' Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER 1'itlr toiilitlit niul Wetlrtm day, Mnx. "I, mln. 4:1, P !V ' 1-3 5. 1 !' Piirlyllilril Year. Dully i:iKhtli Ynir. MJODFORD, OltWION, TUESDAY, .JULY 13, 10J3. IfrVwv NO. 93. GENERAL STRIKE OF 5,000 TRAINMEN THREATENS SOUTHERN PACIFIC SYSTEM i ' HOUSE PASSES NUMBERS USED CUT OUT GRAPE BILL AVERTING TO TAG OFFICIALS JUICE IS ADVICE GREAT STRIKE SAYS MULHALL OFFERED BRYAN D;iiirr of Walkout of 00,00 Eastern Railroad Trainmen and Conductors Passed hy Afirccincnt of Confircs slonal Leaders, Controversies Which Cannot Be De cided hy Mediation May Bo Re fcrrcd to nn Arbitration Board. WASHINGTON', Julv IV-liy uiinuiiiinu vote the limine this after noon adopted till' NowluillU' lltlielltl- iiihiiI in thi' Kidman net. It now 'kh' to tin' I'uiiti) fur tiiiriial il' miiHir iiiih'iiiIiiii'iiIh, mid ntiilniilili'illv will Im mgut'd by I'liwlili'iit WiUon before night. , WAKIIINOTON. Julv !.-TIik Mtnnto iiunniuiouslv t'utii'iitii'il thii nllctunou in Him NowluiiuV muciul- lllllllt I1M It pllHXCll tllll lllMIIH. Till' IIIIKIIllllll'Ilt now goo to thn prcsi lUni Tor hi siguuturi'. WAHIIINOTON, July 15. -All danger of n mii Iko of upwards of SO. nun cnliini ritltroinl trntiuiii'ii mnt conductors wn averted today tiy llu agreement nf majority nnd minority lender nf tlio bourni to stiiucud oilier IhuiIucm mill linn n perfected miiriid iiutiit to the Krduntn arbitration net nuthorlslng n federal mediation com dilution to settle- all uclt Inbor dl plltcil. Tho limine Judiciary louuultti'o mrt early In tin' iliiy, prepared to ro port fiivorulily tlio New land unieiid iniint wild minor change. The Oluy Ion amendment will lv pigeonholed Tim perfected mcmuiro will lie pars ml tliU afternoon niul signed before nUlit liy President Wilson. To .N'niiio Aiblfnitor Announcement of tlio personnel ol llni new federal nii'illatlou roiiunW dun utilhorlfod liy tlio Nnwliiiiilii iiliitmdmeut lo sulcrt two of tlio hI arbitrator In tliu dispute Ik oxpc'rt- ill lain thin nrtiirniion It Im miikr-, htiiuil Hint tlio president submitted , to tliu imlilniit till morning thn, inline nf tboio Im oiertn to upl point. Tlio Ncwlniid iitni'iiiluii'iit to thoj ISrdmmi net, nn It Ih expected finally to pits congress, provlilnH for tlio mediation of nil dispute affecting tlio wage, hours niul condition of, oinplo) iniint of roinnioii currier. Un der It a hoard of iiu'dlatlon mid run dilution Ih ('rented, ciiiihIhIIiik of :i (Continued on imuo a.) -:, H i T E HARRIMAN'S NEIE HELPED TO PREVEN RAILROAD I WASHINGTON', Julv J.i. -Mm. J. Dorilcii lluirimuii, u uleeo of llm lulu inllioiiil wiriinl niul now a uu'iulii'i' of tlio luiliihti'lul I'ouiinlHhloii, played u piouiiuent purl ill preveiiliui; u Hi i ll.e of more t hull eighty IIioiikiiiiiI li'iiiuiueii wliieli wuh holllcd at u mei'liiiK u llm while Iioiiho lietweeu l'hihiileul Wilson nud lepiertenlativert of liotli hiilcH lo tlio eoiitioveiHy. MontliK iiko, when blm heui'il tliu Mrs; riiiiiui'H of u rupluio lietweeu Ihy eiiMleni rnllionilH mill their em ploy! k, fhu lieuKi'd I'li'hiileiil WilMin in iuliiere, hut he ileelined ut (hat liiue, I'l'iuinu that ho niiuht ho lie eusml of eseilliiK' "wliilo lioiihii In llui'iice," Ho iikuiiImciI, however, to ii'ii DM nn lutei'ineiliai'v in n conlVr iiii'c niiuiiuKil ii 41IM Iho oiiIhiiIo, Mim. Ilurihuuu went hi'fuiu Iho Kuliniial I'ivio I'Vilernlloii, ami I'iinU ileiit Hi'lh Low of lliul iiiumii.ulion III iMIii' uil'iiUKeil .eleiihM'i noillei'- I'll!'") Manufacturers Aficnt Says Vice President Sherman Was Numhcr 8 Expense Accounts Identified Showing. How Money Was Spent. Lahor Leader Offered Bribe to Call off Strike, Then Refused to Pay Him Because of Time Taken. WAHIIINOTON, July 15. Tim senate lohliy (omniltleu resinned Hi hearing today with Martin M. Mill hnll of llnltluiuro, self-reputed chief lobbyist mid strikebreaker for tlio Nntloiial Association of .Manufactur ers, on the stand Seiuitor Reed of Missouri took iii Hie exniuluatloii of the witness. Mulliall Identified a largo niiniher of letters nud tele grams, most of nlileli already bnvo been pilhllKlled. Ill one letter to W. I). H.iyle or Cleveland, In July, 11)07, Mullinll NiiKKi'Hteil that Knylii nsk President Van Clc.ivo to have member of tliu N, A M In Clevelnnd unite to defeat (lie Into Tom I.. Johnson for tuuvor. .Mullinll swore ho went to Cleveland iiiidnr Instructions to dofenl John hoii, nud that lm did no. nr.Uindhfof'thelinimrjt'rtrTBcere- ttiry Schwcdtmun of tdu N. A. M. wrote, to Mullinll' Iti'piitilli'iiii Safe "Hoinii ItirKe tdltiRM are lirewlim, and tdero In ewry ludleatloii Hint In our tariff riiiupnlKii ue liavo with im a majority of tlio republican leadltn: rciimrcuKiniiii. nenatorrt nud tho.ii dlKlier than that, too. To n small deitree tliU Ih ii fael nUo In ri'Kard to tlio lahor Imiio nud miiiiii other propoaltloiiH advocated hy the N. A M." On Keiitemher 5, 1H07, It Ih nlleu ed, Krdvtodtiumi wrote Mullinll t. follow h: "You hiiw, of rnunm, Intro Hecro tnry Tuft ruferred to tlio National AMorlutlon of MmiufnctiirerH it Kront li'iiKth In hU 1'oIiiiuIiiih ad dreH. If not we Hiueeeded In got tliiK tho councH'H plnus tlioroiiKdly (Contliiuea on p.'iro 3.) CASE 10 BE TRIED SAN' KIIAN'flSt'O, t'al., July 15. i mm n AUGUST SECOND The DiKKK-fmuiuetli while hIiivu oiim', whii'h, toi'lliei' with tho We.it ern l'uel eouipauy, poslpunemciit of willed hy Attorney (leuerul Molloy iihIiIh hioiiKht Ihe heuutlotiul lvMnuu lioti leeeiitly of Uniteil Statei Din triet Alloiney John L McNnli was net for liiul Aujpint r, hy UniU'il Slides Judge Van Fleet today, Spu eial I'liHi'i'ulor Matt I. Sullivan, ap pealing for tho KoveriiuiL'iit, iloi'lared; "Tlio KiivcriiiiuMit desires these eiibos to ho set for tho euiliest poshihlo lime." .Indue Van l'lei'l hluled that as lie wiirt uliout to Jeuve for Kiueku to oiiii his teiiii llici'o August Ti wus Ihu euiliest ditto ut which they could ho M'l. The eusii of Altoruey IIiiitIh of Sn (iramcnlo i-cprceulini; Muury I, Disk's eliuiKCil with Huhornnllon of per jury, will he tried ul tliu hiiuio lime. Tho Western Fuel eoinpniiy oftl I'ials' eiiscH were set for Anuust -'). Atliiruee MeCulchccii, who appeared for Ihe ilcfcniluiltx, ileelarcd they were ready for iiiimciliute (rial, hut this was Ihe cuilicM ilutu ut wlildi they coiilil ho hcl. Juiluii Vim I'leel hlulcil Hint he wniilil nut try (he ca-cs, anil II Is uul i'l il ih'il uhu will he Ihe picldliij; JihIkc. Secretary of State Told (o Use Cold Water and Reduce Cost of Livlni) so That He Can Live Upon Salary Instead of Lecturing for Pay. Congress Debates Thrifty Habits of Statesman Who Says His Pay Is Insufficient to Keep up Two Homes WASIIINdTON. July 15.- Stunt; hv iiriticioiu of Iuk recent declaration that lie U forced to lecture to n le nient his xuhirv, Seerelarv of State William J lirvaii today promised to ive out a hlaleini'iit cxpliiininu' junt what lie meant. It will ilcuv that he Is n champion of diuhcr xnlarie foe L" crnuient ofl'ieiaN and explain that te incut Iijh salary ir. iiiKtiffieiciit he caiiM' he is coinpclleil lo maintain his poHiliou here as M-cretarv of nlnte and iiln to l.cep up his liomu nt Lin coln, N'ch. ''I ilio not intend to find fault with pru-ent fiixernmeut iahiriei," said lirvaii ih!" afternoon. "Later in tho day I'll hiivn a statiinent uinkiuir eervtliini: clear. Tho statement will not iliscuhH the 'higher eos( of IKinc,' eitder." ., , Cut Out CJinH Julrt) "Cul out the crape juie,eiiiud ti'Ic to Hpnnir wnlir," was one of the MiL'ttcstioits hurled nt Secretary of State llrvan this afternoon hv mem hcrs of the hcnnte nud eoiiKresi. Uryan's declnrntion that his salnrv as M'creturv of htute was insuffi dent to cnaliln him to maintain both his dome in Lincoln, mid his Misition here n roused con-iileralile eouimeut ".Men u'o on mentions,'' snid Senn tor lliitow, "in order to rceupernto their strcnslli and render better service for the remuinder of the yenr. A loan iisiu his vacation to earn money exhausts his mental imwers mid hy so iloinc is not trcntim; his employer riaht, if tho employer payiut; his sularv diirini; Ihu vnention. "If Hrymi followed the miiiihI Kan sas doctrine of Mining only tuirc spriiiK wnter on the tnble iuslend ol this iiausciiliui: erapo juice, I feel sure he would luivo no trouble in liv iuir within his salary. I understand Krape juice is cheaper than ehnui pnene. but it is not so economical nor so cooil as spriiiL' water. Cold Water Solution "The solution of tho whole mutter lies In cold water." Senator N'onis of Nebraska took a different view of the situation. "Any man in ordinary- occupation," he biiid, "mind! to live within $1'.!. UllO nniiuully. If Hryan lives on moic, in mv opinion, he ouht to tie vole his ntleutioii to ileereasini; ex penses rather than iuereuhiui; bis in eouie." Senator Olllu Jnmert of ICenlueky ilefenili'd Mrynu. inezSmland" weds in holland LONDON7, July 15. Announcement was made hero today of tho marriage last Friday of Mis luer. Milbollaiul, a well known New York Miffrnuist Icuder, to Fuen Holssewuiu of Am pterduiu. The couple nve spenilini Ibeir honeymoon in Holland. Mis Milhollniid nrrlvod bore u week ugo. She went to Soutbamptoii nud tele phoned tho news of her uiurriiiKo to her family here. William Maicoui, Iho vvirclcsx inventor, introduced Puissoweiu In Miss Milhollmul in New York Inst winter. UnlHKUuoln Is tlio hoii of Oliurlui UolsHcweln, a rich coffee planter of tliu Ifdnuil of Java. He I uUo con nected with tlio Mureonl coinpaay. Tint uiurriiiKo wiih pm formed In tint Koiitlt KeimlUKtun rexl'lci')' office. A civil ccieinony uUo wun icrfoinicil in Ainnlcnlnin. VETERAN NATIONAL TRACK CH MANY LOSE THEIR III ' HF m vv r 1 1 1 IHHK"" ym ( HBr 111 m c H 1 1 1 1 1 nPjVt .John JYicfioUosz T 'ffif ,r SiilST Mwr ' Jl III w ' "' i H W' ' ATHFTCCnNTKST 7 f IRMfc I FOR CHAMPIONSHIP M . tf p Seldom if ever before has uch n wholesiile uiwettiiiL' nf favorites been seen at a big athletic tiled n took place ul tde National A. A. I. ebnm iiiniwliiiii in Chlraeo last week. In nearly every event n topnoteher went iloivn In defeat, mid in this respect the east New Work espeeiully suf fered particularly. 'I he lrisli-Aiiifrienn A. C. of New York had not less (liati half u dozen of its veteran ehan'LUK turned back lv "vouug lilood." Matt McOrutli lost liU sixtrcn- iwuiud liauuiier title to young I'mldy Hyan. while l'at McDonald, tdu Olympic sliotput clinmpion, dud his color' lowered by Larry Whitney ot Dartmouth College, who weights but little more than half what big l'at doeji IMutf Adams wns another Olym pian to feel the sting of defeat Tho K. Y. A. ('. clmmnion. who has been justly called the greatest all around jumper in the world, was trimmed by Styles, n ( bicago sehoolhoy John Nicholson of the I'liiversitv of Missouri, despite his defeat at the Olympic games, lias dcen regarded by sciine cxnerK as the leading expon ent of tlio liiud hurdling art, but like ninny nuotlier clinmpion Nicholson "got his" ut tTiicngo.-uiul Fred Kelly, tde boy from Southern I alifornia, wns- tde ntdlete wdo sent tlio lanky Missouimn down to defeat. Kelly Im.l liiiiclv conouered tde great Nicholson vvdeii lie too got a denting. In tde low hurdles tdu raeifie const flier in.l his nuister in Correv. n Chi cago Athletic Association youngster. One of the most surprising form icvcrsnls nt tfie meeting was tlieile- (Continued on paeo 3.) WOODLAND, Wash., July 15, Tho hotly of C. U. Smith of Portluud, wdo wltd dU wife wan lost in a utorm vvhllo dcKcoiidliiK Mount St. Helens n wok lino, wan found last nlKht, n: cordliiK to telephonic udvlce9 reneh ur doro today. No truce wan founl of Mrs. Smith. Tho news telephoned hero contained uo dotalla. Smith's body wltd the neck and left arm hrokeu, was found in u luvu nud Biiow hud ntiout a half nillo from tho beaten trait by n party of search ers, who for three da) a had camped at tlio foot of the mountain n wait ing mi abatement ot a miovvtitorm willed for three duya dud bwept tdu mountainside, Seared In being continued for tlio body of Mrs. Smith, willed In bollev ed to bo In the vicinity, hut progress Is necessarily slow oil account of the roiiKdiiess and prcrlpltniituics of the houtliern slope of tho mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, In company wild MUs Voi itt Mouion ami Han dolph Monro, ulii nf I'orllund, us rended the moiiutulu Kuiidny, J illy 0, While at Iho sunuult tho part)' wiih ovuilukeii Ii) u lenlhlo mln mid kIIVViUl FIND SMITHS BODY WITH NECK BROKEN AMPIONS BOWLED OVER IN BIG CHICAGO MEET; TITLES TO YOUNGER AND UNKNOWN RUNNERS AND JUMPERS . . II K'dMM Oei I .aBIHtr-NSSv &MJK-V' xtf S?7 7c?fpin, I'KKIN, July 15." The Chinese pnrliumeiit convened hurriedly today to consider four new demands con cerning Mongolia suddenly submitted by Iltissin. The demands call for full reefgnition bv China of nil the rights concede to Ifu-sia in the agree ment signed nt I'rgu, Mongolia last November, full niitouomv of outer Mongolia; that China accept Hussion intermediation, mid that China ' Suzerain only. Considerable excitement has been enused hy the action of Ilussia, which is strongly opiiosed by foreign ers here us well as Chinese. BY PEAR BLIGHT OLYMPIA. Wasd.. Julv 13. Ac cording to reHirts biMiight lo the of fice of Commissioner J. H. Perkins nud Deputy T. O. Morrison, of tho new depaituieut of agriculture today, the Yakimu valley is suffering great losses viwimj to the appearance there of pe.ii blight. One grower in Olyin pia nud elsewhere estimates the losses already this season nt $1,000,000. Hie government is taking every step possible to stump out tde af fection. EO DAY LOSES LIFE IN ALASKA A telegram to K. It. Ilnnloy niul F. 1(. Muddoii received in Medford Mon day gives the information that Kd wnnl Day, who hud been placed in charge of their cannery locnted near Fort Wraugel, Alaska, lust spring, was found i!uad in tliu water near by, (videullv having been drowned nut lone, hefuie. Mr. D.it' was the eldest son of the lute Judu" Silas J. Day of Jackson ville, uued nboiil it) vears, mid li un live of Ihu pioneer town, lie Is stir vlvcil by hn iiiniher, and u sUler. Mr, O, N. NeUoii, RUSSIA PRESENTS GREEKS ACCUSED CHINA DEMANDS OE BARBARITIES EOR MONGOLIA AGAINST BULGARS YAKIMA SUFFERS $1,000,0000 LOSS A.R MWUt Jfatt JiftGrritfi. LONDON, July 13. lilood curd ling ebargus against Greek troops arc voiced in despatches received her? today from Bulgarian officials. Aiter enttrting Pmvishtn, the Greeks it is nssertcd, massacred practically ihe entire liulguriaii nud Turkish population. The combined forces of Greece mid Servin today continued to udvnnec, the Gieck conunauder predicting the ii"xt big engngemeiit would occur on llulguriun territory. OAKLAND. Cul.. July 13. Plans were started hero today by the board, of education for the training of tho voi-cs ot a chorus of five thousand children, taken from the grammar grades of the eitv schools, nud n boys' hand of eight hundred pieces, to take part in the cbildrciis' cele brations dining the IDl.'i fair nt San ''ruiicd-cn. The children will be trained bv the miisicnl directors of the city schools nud thu baud wilt bo under the di rection of several prominent musi cians. It will take a yenr to twin the children. MARTIN RE-ENTERS FLYING BOAT CRUISE pKVTW.VTtfll. Mudi.. Julv 1.V After uiiiioiineiiig his withdrawal from tlio tliieago-Dctroit i"ju tuilo flvii.r. III. Ill fl-lliiiit. fillMlll Ii. fll ft 111. of Li R .M'udes changed his mind this afternoon i'iul resumed his flight in nn if Cult to overfuiul Heekvvith Unveils, Ifinler in Iho rneo. Huveiis passed .Maekiuae btrmtg nt noon. Itoy Fnuielrt of Oakland, Cab, whose ninenini lnoke down here, ih out oi it, leaving two maeliiiics lo fight for supicuuie.v. Aviator Fails In Lake. CIIH'AUO. Julv I.V-Avhilor Max l.lilie fell lulu Luke .Michhtuu two mile olf sliiiic, when hiw uioiiopluim tiiliicil lilithi loduy, Hn siviiiii from Ihu VM iLiiuu uinl wiu iccucil, vS BFQEt, Jy 0 CHILDREN TO SING CHORUS TROLLEY UNE QUARREL ENDS N STRIKE VOTE Same Basis for Electric Line Em ployes as for St earn Reads De mandedFive Thousand Men Like ly to Walkout IncliNlIni Ctwlncters Ballot on Strike Vote Returnable July 27 Action Fellows Failure ef Negotiations With Calvin , SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 15. Starting with a dlsnuto between tho employes of tho Trans-Bay olcc trie lines, operated hy tho Southern Pacific company In Oakland, Berke ley and A tamed a, n Kneral strlko of all conductors, brakemen and yard men ot tho company Is threatened today. Unless tdo railroad officials allow employes of tho suburban elec tric lines to work on tho same basis as employes of the steam roads, morn than G000 men probably will .wn!!c out, affecting the lines In the terri tory extending to El Paso on tho south, Ogdcn on tho cast and Port land on tho north. A strike rote cf all trainmen on tdo entire system U now being taken and Is returnable not later than July 27. The strike vote was decided upon allowing negotiations . ulth Vlcv President K. U. Calvin, exteadlr.K over a period of two weeks. T& general committee ot tho Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen and thu Order of Railway Conductors, after a final conference with Calvin, brok'n off negotiations and left boro to canvass tho voto In each transporta tion ccntor. Start of Trouble Tho troublo started when th'a Southern Pacific posted a notice thnt tho trans-bay electric system Is to bo operated by an Independent com pany, at tho same time remaining undor the control or tho Southern Pacific company. Delegations nf trainmen and conductors called on Calvin to find out It thoy wore to bo classed as "streetcar" men or "railroad" men and what their status would bo concerning pay, working hours and seniority. Calvin's ex planation was not satisfactory, and tho deads of tho two organizations wcro notified. Immediately Vlce- (Conttnued on page 3.) ARTIST WHO LETS DUKE ASSIST HIM MOULIN, Juy 15. The grund duke of Ilessu has exasperated tho aristocracy und tho socialists of his duchy by bestowing his putrouage ou Richard Kolb, a lt -year-old ar tist of gront promise. The formro aro angry becmuu tho grand duke rec ognized n socialist, and tho latter blame him for "corrupting n com rade with his false democracy." The grand duko Is a grcut patron of nrt. and, having Inspectod Kolb'a work, he offered to pay his expenses to Rome lu order that he might con tiuuo his studios. Kolb got red In the faro and said: "Rut I am a so elullst." "Never mind," was tdo re ply, "I lovo socialists when they can pulut. You aro tho first I liuva met. Are you a republican?" "Yes," said Kolb, "Thcu you will do bettor in Rome th mi here trying to stel my throne," said tho duko. "Rome was onee republic, you know, but IIms uever." Tho grand duke liiu promised to ullow Kolb 1750 u yMr while pur suing his studies) uud tills bus Mus ed further wrath nmoNg the intuUil 1st, who blume Kolb fur his 'trwili'' nry to thu run" In NMfeMlHK M pMtronuiio, SOCIALISTS ENSURE ' i I : i -M' a