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SECOND
EDITION
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MEDFORD, OKEQON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 19 2.
KO. 218.
SERVIA CALLS
ALL HER SONS TO
REPORT FOR WAR
Greece Old Not Definitely Refute to
Slrjn Armistice But Only Asked
for 24 Hours More to Consider
Accordlno to Late Announcement.
EFFICIENCY IN
COUNTY OFHCES
IS
DO SOUGH
T
Greece May Yet Participate In Gen
eral Negotiations to Be Held at
London.
LONDON, Dec. 4. War clouds are
lowering over lunula and AutrJi
lltitinryi If dispatches rocnlvcd hero
today (roii) tho disturbed soncs are
true. Diplomats horo vlow tint alt
nation with alarm and aru urging
an Immediate ambassadorial confer
ence an tho only moaus of quashing
(liu Incendiary tondoiiclm of tho ox
treulsta la llussla, Austria-Hungary,
Hen la and (ha other countries In
volvod In thn dispute.
Russia offlclata openly stated to
day that thn government, would
tolerate no repetition of methods
adopted when Austria slmcd Hon
Ilia and Herzegovina, Thn speech
mudo to the HolehdtaK by tho (lor
miin chancellor that Germany will
viand by Austria In tho event of n
dlspulo with any other nation la char
acterised In St. Petersburg a an at
tempt to Intimidate (ho Cxar and Rus
sian newspapers aro urging the tin
mediate withdrawal of vast ltuUu
deposit from German bunks,
County Judge-elect T. L. Tou Vclle
States Governor West Has Bills
Drafted to Submit to Legislature
Which Will Savo Taxpayers Money
MR IMPLEMENTS LEFT BY THE ROUTED TURKS AFTER II BALKAN VICTORY
Bill Also Prepared to Place Counties
In Classes With Stated Salaries
fur Conduct of Each Office.
LONDON, Dee. 4,-Nowh ngeiicy
dispatched horo today from Sofia
hiiy tlutt Srrvia linn Untied n enll
for nil men r.npuble of lirurimr arms
to rrjMirt at onea to ilie color.
NQITA, Dee. !. Tlint Oreeco did
tiot officially reject nil armistice bo
twecii Turkey ntiil the Hulkiiu allien,
liut ilfiniiinlnl tit) udditionnl U I hours
to ron-uder (lie protocol, U thn tiffin
iiil uiiuouueemeiil hero today.
If I Ida prove correct, (Irveee may
Jet Hi;ti the pence agreement, ami
pnrticipntn ill tho negotiations be
ginning ill loiidnu Deeemher III.
It is ojpoctod tlutt tho government
wilt publish soon n lint of the dead
mid wounded Ilulgurian. Tho co
plo will thru lenrii for the first timu
tho names of those, who perished ill
I lie war nguiuit thn Turks.
VIENNA, l)ct. I. The probable
outcome of thn withdrawal of Greece
from the llalkaii allies cuupcd mtieh
speculution in tllpliunntiit circles.
tSomo predicted it would rcMilt in
tho disintegration of tho nllitiuee,
while others predict tlint itoumnuiii
will take flrccco'tt place.
It wuh rr po i tod today that (Iron I
Ilritain, Franco and Russia had
brought pressure on llulgurin to con
clude peace negotiations, even if
Greece refiiNcil to ilct the protocol,
If (ii'ccco eonlluucH the. war with
Turkey It may bocotuu einhroilcd with
its former allien.
ROME, Dee. !. Italy's hope Hint
oncn peaeo waa effected with Tur
key she could succeed in pacifying
tho native tribe of Tripdli and Cyreii.
ilien without acluitlly conquering tho
two provinces by arms, it in a fair
way to bo realised, according lo of
ficial announcement by tho govern
incnt today.
Since tho signing of )Haco with
Turkey, a total of 11,510 Arab mid
other tribesmen have mode their
nainuiehiou hi inu jianimx ami sur
rendered their aniiri, Additional
hiibmissloiiH lira belli); made, daily,
mid Ituly oxpontu hooii to withdraw
u leant n portion of liu iinny from
TrIjoli.
Adoption of uniform muthoda of
bookkeeping and n modern systcm
Itatlon of county record ao that any
taxpayer can find out what every
county la payliiK for auppllea and
labor and Just what It cost to run
tho county waa thoroughly discussed
by County Judge-Elect L. Tou
Velio with Governor Went at Halcm
Tueiday, Col. Tou Velio returned
Wednesday bringing assurance of
the governor's co-operation and sup
port In road building etforta to bo
made in Southern Oregon. Ho
tatea:
"Coventor Went haa drafted bllla
that If adopted, will nave thn people
thouc.imU of dollar annually In In
creaiied efficiency and In public
'comimlca. They cull for n uniform
ayatem of accounting, with monthly
detailed report to tho aecretary of
atate. Tho secretary will print heso
roniparntlvo report, which wilt be
available to any taxpayer, ao that the
financial condition of any county,
and th prlco It pit) a for labor and
material will bo ahowu at a glance,
In comparison with amouuta paid by
other counties.
"Tho governor baa also prepared a
bit) to place countle Ju tUtet
graded according' to papulation,
area and assessed valuation, with
ataled aalarloa for tho conduct of
each office. When it county In-
cresses In wealth, and population,
It automatically goes Into the higher
clans, which provides higher pay for
thn officials, thus saving tho raft of
salary grab bllla every session, and
providing equality of pay for work
done lu all rounllcH,
"Governor West la heartily In
favor of good roads and has prom
ised that ho will heartily co-operate
with Jacltson county. Ho thinks
tho best way to solve tho problem
of road legislation, la for tlio legis
lature to pass three of tho bllla ho
vetoed, over tho veto, and then
amend thum to overcome deficiencies
and obJectloiiH, Otherwise, hn says,
the entire Icglalatho scuslnu will lin
spent lu wrangles between the ndvo
catea of different bllla and perhaps
no effective Icglidatlon bo accom
plished. "I urged tho construction of tho
I'aclflo Highway by convict labor, to
begin at both ends of tho atato and
tho governor promised hla hourly
co-operation."
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CHICAGO, Dec 4 --ricntcd In n
big automobllo beside her black hus
band, her fingers and throat j;tlstcn
Itijrwllh her nowly acquired dia
monds, grim rcllca of tho first wife'
fato, Jdra. Jack Johnson tho second,
formerly Luclllo Cameron, a whlto
girl, loft hero today for Indianapo
lis on her honeymoon.
Johnson declared that ho expected
to proreed by automobile to Indiana
polls and there board a train for
New York and Ilonton.
CHICAGO, Dec. i."l hco Jack
Johnson Is to marry Luclllo Came
ron, In your city. I Just wanted to
know If tho people of Illinois know
what tea grans ropo'a made for."
This telegram, signed J. Truddlo.
8hroveport, La., waa recolvcd bore
today by Chief McWecney. Tho mea
sago waa dnted yesterday.
ACTIVE IN NEW YORK
CONFIDENCE
MAN
BUSH
NAVY
TO
PAY IN MORE
LONDON, Dee, L Wlnaton
Church!!!, first lord of tho admiralty,
toduy announced In. tho Commons
thut approximately a fifteen per cunt
Incrouso would bo addod to tho puy
of tho offlcora nud mon of tho Drl
tlHh navy. Tlio Increases, It wuh
hold, will total Sl.uaiUOG. This U
tho first lucroano to bo niado In tho
pay of tho navy's officers and mon lu
blxty yonifl,
GETS THREE YEARS
SAN KKANCISCO, Dee. I.
f hnrlt'H W. IHekoy, nolorioux ns tlio
operator of fruililuleiU women suit
claim in I'aeifio eoaat cities in con
nection with which he in now faoiiiR
a number of criminal chargcH, wok
heiiteueed to huno three yearn in Kan
Quciitlu hero today by Kuperinr JiuIkc
Frank Dunne, heforo wliom lliokey
vih doiiviiiled by a jury of obtaining
money by fnlu prelenceH from Tony
ItaptoH, Arthur Mutiilon, jointly
chucked with lliokey, received a him
ilar 8cntenco. A atay of ton dayu
wan granted nud notice of appeal
filed.
INDIAN MOSLEMS ARE
NKW YOUK. Dec. 1. With prlco
changoa Irregular utocka wero active
ut tho opening of the atock market
hero today, With Southern l'uclflc
In demand tho prlco roso 1 a-l
points on tho first fow transaction)).
Union 1'aclflc, however, dlaplayed
heavlneaa during tho early hour
but hooii inailo up Its Idbh. Other
Change were small, with decllnea In
thn majority.
Kxceptlonol utrength wuh hIiowii
by Mexican rotroleum ami Califor
nia Petroleum, cuch gaining n point.
For a short tlma tho market tend
ed decidedly upward with Iloadlng
In thn lead, This wan chocked when
thu markot oncountored a flood of
liquidation nud short rolling of
American Can. Sharp lonses re
united for other Ibsuch on tho list.
Losses of one or two points woro re
corded by Union Pacific, Heading,
at. I'uul, titnol, Amalgamated nsd
Lehigh. Bmultlng dropped three
polnte.
Tho markot clobed weak,
Honda woro cusy.
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GREAT SUCCESS
COI.OHADO KI'UINCS. Colo., Dee.
4. Further testimony that tho re
ported FriciUnau tfytv for tubervu
lohia in 'really -it clirV.wiiti given fiere
today by Dr. A. C. II. Friedman, who
returned yejtenhiy from Iteilin,
where he visited his brother, Dr.
Frederick Friitu rricdmun, tlie dis
coverer. Diseuxsiui; the cffcctK of the tur
tle hcnim which i said to be the
greatest medical discovery for ages,
Dr. Friedman t-uid:
".Several hundred patient my bro
ther treated nre reeoveritiL', llm-
lrovin; the efficnev of the cure. The
matter of immunizing, newborn chil
dren ngtiitist the disease is Mill in
definite. Tho exact effect of tho in
jection of tlio scrum on babe will
not be Uhccrtaiunblo for several
yearn."
MILITIA NOT TO
GRACE B
OTTERILL
CHOICE OF LADIES
FORPOLICEMATRON
Clmce IJ. t'otterill of tlit city who
Iiiih had cxtennive exiteriencc in pro-
PROTECT
S
UICILMOND. Va, Dec. -I I will
never order out thu mllltla to shoot
down their neighbors and protect a
black bruto who commltu tho name
less crlino ngulnsl a whlto woman."
This declaration wus mndo by Gov
ernor O. L. Illeake, of South Caro
lina heforo tho governors' conference
lu scbslon hero today. Uleaio warm
ly defended hla uio of tho pardon
ing power, declaring' thut lu twenty-two
monttts be had pardoned
abouut 100 persons, and expressed
tho hopo that heforo the ond of his
second torm tho uuntbor would reach
eight hundred. Tho atato executives
spent tho day ut Norfolk slghtseclng-
Thoy will return hero tonight, when
u session of the conference Is to ho
hold.
CALCUTTA, India, Dee. . More
than 100 Indian Moslem today at
tended a (grout publiu demonstration
hero to pray for Turkey's auuoess in
iln btrugglo with tho llalkan utatoa.
Twenty holy mon conduotod tho Her-vioett,
LOS ANGELES VOTES TO
RETAIN FREE LUNCH
LOS ANGKuKR, Dee. 4. Tlio
oonunisaion form of novoruiuunt for
Los AiiRulea today bears the Htamp
of approval of olty's voters, wliiln
free luueh us an iiiKliluliou is en
dorsed nud permitted,
A iimposod uovv oily clmrtor to
pour tho oity'H Rovernmontal maehin
ery to u jommiHsiou p itched was de
feated by n voto of 10,844 to JI3,r10.
Tlio voto in favor of nu ordinunoo
prohibiting freo lunches in ealoohH
waa 15J77 UfniiiBt a2,3'J4.
NEW REVOLT IN MEXICO
IS PLAN OF EX-MINISTER
NEW CHILEAN!, Lii., Dee. 4A
Tlml Jesus Flotvs XIurou, former
tninlslor of tho interior of Mexico,
plans u now revolt in that country is
stated horo today in private advices
reooived from Mexico City.
It is reported that tlio forces of
General Zapata, in tho south nud
tho.su of General Sulazar in tho north
aro supporting Mugou,
"ARSON TRUST" IS CHARGED
BY WISCONSIN OFFICIAL
MADISON, Wis., Dee. !. Stnto
Firo Murshull Purtnll inslstetl today
that he lias uucoverod an "ur&ou
trust" wliich lias duqtroyod $l,00l,
000 worth of proporjy, Warrants
have been issued for tho principal
tillered offondors,
largo cities, is thn choice of thu In
dies of the Greater Medford club for
Mlieo matron, nud that organization
will ask her apoiutmcnt ut thu
hands of the city council Thurrday
evening. Tho Greater Medford lub
will pay her Militry for the first
month or two until the now- city bud
get provides funds for that purjwic.
Tho eommitteo of the Greater W
ford club unmed to ehoosc u ruitablc
IK'rsou for tho place examined a
number of applicant and determined
uH)u Mrs. t'otterill ns thu person best
fitted for the place. Her experience
along probation lines led the com
mittee to believe her best tpinlificd.
Tbo police matron will in effect
be a regular member of the forco nud
will be on duty each day from non
until midnight. Sho will he expected
to guard the "welfare of thu boys
and gills of thu city who may
through ignorance violate some pro
priety or law. Tho ladies beliovo
that a helping hand in a crisis will
avert a great deal of subsequent
trouble and expense.
The eommitteo of tho Greater
Medford club having tho mutter in
hand is comK)sed of Mrs, J. ).
Heard. Mrs. M. L. Alford, Mrs. K. II.
Fickel, Mrs. J. F. Iluddy uud Mrs.
G. W. Davidson.
STRIVE TO KEEP
CONFESSION 00T
HEDD1NG, Oil., Dee. L Desper
ate efforts wero made by tho defense
in the trial of William E. Clements,
accused of slaying William C. Landis
from ambush, to keep tho confession
of Clements from being introduced us
evidence hero today. Tlio entire mor
ning was spent in arguing. Tho do
fenyo holds that it is not shown that
no intimidation proceeded tho obtain
ing of tlio confession.
The case of tho peoplo will eloso
with the introduction of tho confes
sion made by Clements three days af
ter tho killing of Landis. It is plain
that tho court will admit thu confes
sion us evidence.
Cracksmen Make Haul
SAN FHANCISCO, Oil., Doc. L
Cracksmou drilled open tho Bufo In
tho saloon of William A, Niemann
horo lust night uud got S490 In cash
and two watches Tho robbors
drilled tho safu comblnatlos and
then with a slodgo and bar opened
thn Innor compartment, Tho rob.
bory wus not discovered uuttl this
morning.
APPROPRIATION
RECOMMENDED
BY
M'VEAGH IS CUT
WASHINGTON, Dec -l.-Curry-
ing .$ 1,000,000 less than thu amount
nation uork. at Seattle mul lltUS12?l,a - '.-"S. & --4
. ... ... , . - "7 ---fcfVtflJth; the executive, Teglslafivo unil
judicial appropriation bill was rc
(Hirted to the huiisu today from the
committee on appropriations. The
bill calls for .$.'14,000,000.
The president's salary remains nt
$75,000 and that of tho president's
secretary $0,000. Tlio committee
eliminating a provision for future ex
presidents to be mude congressmen
ut large with n salary of .$10,500,
No appropriation was provided for
the commerce court, tho mint at
Cnrson Citj, Nevada, the ntsuy of
fices at Doisc. Idaho, Salt Lake, Hel
ena or Charlotte, N. C.
The bill provides thut hereafter
congressmen will get nn allowance of
$l'J5 a month for a seerctnry. It
requires that the clerk of tho house
pay these secretaries directly.
Four Districts In All Have Issued
Notices Calling Election to Levy
Special Tax for Road Bulldinrj
Purposes Three More Probable.
Only Four Mere Days Remain in
Which to Post Notices Catltni
Meeting for Election.
Tho residents of road district No.
C, comprising all of the Lake creek
section abovo Kaglo Point today Is
sued a notlco of a special meeting for
(bo purpose or levying1 a special tax
for road building purposes. This is
tbo fourth district so to. declare Us
Intention, meetings having- been
called In road district No. 1, which
Includes a part of Ashland; road dis
trict No. 8, which embraces the up
per Koguc river territory near Trail;
road district No. 9, which la com
prised of tho territory at Asbestos
on upper Hvans creek.
In all probability three additional
districts will call meetings within
tho noxt two or thrco days, these dis
tricts being Dutte Kails, Willow
Springs and Kaglo Point.
Iload districts wishing to levy a
special tax must proceed at once aa
the meeting cannot bo held until 22
days after tho first publication and
posting of the notices. Tbo last
day notices can bo potted and pub
lished for such mc.3tlr.gi will l De
cember 8 and It posted 'then the
meeting would have to be held on
tho 30th of December.- The certifi
cate of tbo chairman of the meeting
-moat-be ia-the-hamla'OfUHe eoUaty
clerk not later than December 3t.
REPUBLICANS
TO
MEET AT BANQUET
WASHINGTON, Doc. 4. Flual ur
rasgements wero completed today
for the republican rehabilitation ban
quet to bo held In New York City
January 4. It will bo tho biggest
banquet in tho history of thu party,
1500 republicans. Including every re
publican congressman and senator,
having signified their Intention of
attending.
1'rosldout Tuft Is expected to out
line tho policies ho bollovcs noces
sary to prevono tho party's disin
tegration. It Is expected ho also
will announce his determination not
to bo a candidate again.
WITNESS CALLED
ARCHBALD
m
E
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Exami
nation of witnesses In tho senate Im
peachment trial of Judge Robert W.
Archbald of the United States com
merce court, charged with ''rnlsbe
havlor and misdemeanor In office."
started this afternoon. Both tho
prosecution and defense hopo to cou
cludo the trial beforo the holidays.
Judge Archbald's chief counsol, A.
S. Worthlugtou, concedes tho princi
pal contentions of tho prosecution,
but Insists its Interpretatlos Is wrong
hat Archbald Is guilty of wrong do
ing, and that hU relations with cer
tain coal laud deals had been en
tirely open.
DENVER IN GRIP OF
HEAVY SNOW STORM
WASHINGTON, Dee. -1. Tlio first
test voto in thu impeachment of
Judge Archbald of the commerce
court came in thu senate this after
noon uu a question of whether thu
contract lor the purchase of tlio
culm diuup, in wliich Archbuld was
refert ed to as a purchaser by tho
titlu of "silent partner," wus udmis
sable us evidence.
The senate by a voto of 55 to II
ivotcd for its ndmission, Senators
Braudagcc, liuriiham, Crane, Gallia-
ger, Guggenheim and Clark of Wyom
ing
DENVER, Col., Dec. 4. This city
is in tho grip of a heavy snowstorm
which started Into this afternoon. It
is predicted thut zero weather will
prevail beforo tomorrow.
FOUR ARRESTED AT SEATTLE
WANTED IN VICE SCANDAL
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 4. Four
mon wore arrested here lata lust
night by detectives said by Seattlo
police to havo como from Portland,
They aro guarded at hcadquartors
and pormltted to talk with no one.
It Is believed tho men aro wuntod
In conuoctlon with the vlco investi
gation on In Portland.
GREAT NORTHERN RY.
INCREASES CAPITAL
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. -J. An
amendment to thu articles of incor
poration of tho Great Northern rail
way, increasing its capitul J'roni
$210,000,000 to $231,000,000 was
filed in tlio office of secretary of
statu today. It is stated that tho in
crease was madu to acquire tho
Blocks, bonds uud securities of tito
Montana Itnilwuy company,
Society Girl Dies
NEW YORK. Doc, 4. Prominent
in Wushiugton society during tlie d
njiuistaition of thu (late G rover
Cleveland, Miss Lancing Rowan,
actress uud uieco of former wire
tury of tho Treubury Lyman J,
Gage, is dead hero toduy, following
an operation, for t&urit.
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