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urtjwii nmwiMi ..,Wl. Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Cold. Mnv., ii7j aiin.t aa lUtatlvo Humidity, HH I'd' lriwiyKlril Vnr, MEDFORD, ORMCJON, 'JTKSDAY, JANUARY 9, 19.12. No. 249. GOTHAM SUFFERS $20,000,000 FIRE REV. RICHESON IS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE Kf, A '. ? v rv i 4 S N TBKE 0 MINISTER MAY BE COIVIiTEt Statements From Members at Gov ernor's Council Indicate Tlmt That Dotty Favors Clemency Four Op- . jtosetl to Capital Punishment. RICHESON APPEARS ON JERQE OF COLLAPSE When Arraigned He Immediately Withdrew Former Plea and En tered One of "Guilty as Charijcil." UOBTON, iln-.. .Ihii. I).-IMonI-tag irtiiltv in iIih inunUr liy tobum if!" lit dlmwriM wethenrt, Avis IJiiiihII of llynnitif, (ho Rov. Clarence V. 'I'. Ititthwmtu whm Iit'Jny sentenced liy Judgo ftindorvaii Lu bo eloclrnout cd during the mU of May 11). Summoned lit eourl, Richeauit ap peared on (lie woio of ooIIho. Ifc whs iirntiieiiml and at mien withdraw )ii former plow of mil ;uilly. plead ing iimtcNil "jcuiltv hh rhari'tl." While I(irhcon wiik Mculciicitd to wmiii, ii will in mi proimmuiy 'HMi psying with his life for tho orlmii. StMtciiiuut from inrmtion of inul that tlic vnli stand nix (o ,'t in fiivor of olemonov with four of the ballot unalterably upponod to capital puiibdimmtl mul only throe absolutely in fiivor of tln dentil peitnlty. Attorney .More, who eollnpitod ytierilMV, entisitig h voMtHinrHiniit of tint nentiineing, m but lor lodoy. I'l-orccilhig (Julet. Titil' proewdiiur worn mil ou national. Judge SmidenHui iiudntud Ihnt only n few iiIIimiiI the homing to witae th pronouncing of tioii tniieo on tin olnivyniHii-wlHyor. The lcptititf cleared tin corridor of Hid wuirl long before In upponruiieo. When I trinity Cmiiiii appeared in Itichiwnn'ii null thi' comIVhm'iI mur derer win n tnily. Ili wu at unco bullied in I lit) prison van to (ho court hoiiKo van! ami then lnkn through a pHiowgo below Iho building mill by ii buck ulnirwny into tint witirt room through (ho i)ittrumt in iho lihrnry. IViv Set, I'rNonor. I'lMV pOriOIIM MIIW KicllOAOII (III route. Whim lie entered tho court it wag eou that ho whm oloun hIiiivoii, irnln mul worn, hut ho Nimiiivd iu full pdMuiwion of liiat fnoultion. Ilu win. uiiiiih thiiuiur lliuit uhoii urnwlod mul had (loop oroiiHoa in hi fane, lo walked with evident effort, plainly nliowing Unit ho whm Mill suffering from tho ofi'ootH 'of liis wolf niulilu tiou. Tho court proceedings ocouploil nhiuit l.'i luinuloM. Dintiict Attorney l'ollolior road iho ladiotiiiont mul I lion WhihoMoiiV ulloriin.vH nnnouucuil Hint ho wixhcil to witlulruw Iuh ploa of not guilty, mul In plotul piilly to tho oliurnow of inui'dor iu thu llrmt (luwriio. I'ollolior thou roiul Kicho bnii'n (tniifoHHinu, which wan xprciul upon tho aiiuuloM of Iho court., GREAT BRITAIN MAY CALL RUSSIA.TO ACCOUNT LONDON, Jan. n. Oroat lhltuln li oxpouUxl to follow tho oxainplo Hot by thu United Stutoa In ciiIIIiik HiikhIu to account for lofiiHlutf to rocoKHlzo tho iiiiHupnrtH of JowIhIi oltlzoaa vIhIUiik KiibhIii, and thoro la it poH8ll)Illty thai tho AiikIo-HuhhIiiii treaty of 18Gl, Blinllnr to that with tho Unltod HtntoH.of 18;iU, will ho alnoKatod. Tho AiikIo-JowIhIi uhho elation luiH ui'Kod biicIi Action, Sprotilo Quiets Rumors. HAN KUANOlHCO, Cul .lull. 0. Kiuphutli) donlul of ii roport from I.oh AiiboIoh to 'tho offoot Hint city would, hurourioi' lio lioudipiaitoiH for I'lortldont William Hproulo or tho Houthorn I'acirin and nthorti of Its oxocutlvu offlooni, was inailo hoto to day. GIVliS WASHINGTON THE "MUM13Q JUMBO" DANCE "I. M.M.lii ' "- I '"'""ii' Til". I . PxiNtx Jonah KataiauaolTi. "I'ii.i, t'npu," ,. , .1,., ill Kuhio Kitlriiiiili,-ic, i!i li, itc in , ouprc-H trmn tin- territory of Hawaii, i i'mIIiiI. Itii iiilrmlin id n new dniico in WnMhinctoii. It im called tho "uiuuiho jiiniho," or AinHrirnni'd "liuln huhi." Tlio (lance, it h mikI, oiiIiIoh the "grixxly iM-nr," tjic "turkey trol" mid it fow of I lie other iiuxlerii uIciih. OP CIEff STORM IS CAUSING FL Over 6000 Poles and 800 Miles of Wire Are Down Damane in Port- . land by Recent Storm Is Estimated at Quarter of a Million. 1'Wm.AN'l), On-.. .Inn. P.-l'lood romlitioim in tho I'uxut oiiud mul WillHiiiiilln vnlloy (Hulricl of Oro Kou Hiid WitHhiiiKtou aro prodictcd to day hy Iho wculhor hiironu u u ro Miilt of life chiuook which uturtml lata iiiHt ni;ht, and iw rapidly inciting: tho Miinw iu Wi'Mtoru Qtokou nnd WnMhiuKloii, In tho Inland Kinpiro kiiow in fulling mid tho tuinporuturo Iiiim iiioihirntod urontly. A u'cnornl riso from xcro and hclow to 10 and 'JO iihuvo iM,rcpnrto(l, Wire couimiiuiciitioii Indwoou 1'oit laud and tho oarft mul Houth in pur ulywd. Thi. inoriiiiu.'. tho Wontoru Union roporli'd Iho wiro upon opor nthii: north, wilh noun Kouth or oiihI. I'ruetionllv the wimo conditions worn ropottod hy tho tolcphono coinpaniw. Tho railway hlookndcs in tho Oi liuiihiit river Kirjji on tho O.-W. If. & N. mid Iho North Bank rnadh, catiHod hy hlKiwilril'ts mid laiulhlidoK, wore (domed up iluiinir tho niht mul tho liuoH woro reported open to truf fle tliirt forenoon.- Train on tho Soulhorii 1'aoillc, liiliuin north mid "unlh from I'orthnul are on schedule tiiiio. Tho chinotdc Iiiih nnod I'orllnndV eiti.eiu teiiH of thoiiKiiuilH of dol- lai-s. Within two hour after the warm ruin mul hreo.o set iu ice that covered tho trees nnd wires heuau to full nwny. TIiIh relieved tho htrnin that lliroaleued to hreak lliein mid add In tho wild ilimmlor of tho HtreetH which oeonrred wlieu Sunday'8 ivor thaw tore down wiro mul hroko trees mul Khruhhory, einising dninatre esti- CHINOOK WAKE WHO IS YOUR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE? Mark cross botweon nuinbor and nanio of candidate, ltopublican. 1 C ) William Howard Taft. - 2 ( ) Robert M. La Motto. 8 ( ) Theodore Roosovolt. '. ' Democrat, v v , . . $ ( ) Woodrow Wilson. 5 (. ) iTtidson Harmon, G ( ) Champ Clark. ! 7 ( ) William T. Bvyun. Cut out and mail to 'Mail Tribune. N Name Address , E F LOUIS J. WILDE Portfolio Carried on His Left Side Stops Bullet When Would-Bc As sassin Opens Fire on Kim on the State House Grounds. BULLET MAY HAVE BEEN MEANT FOR GOVERNOR WEST Prosecutor Is of Same Build and His Walk Resembles That ' ,of Governor. KALK.M, Ore., Jan. 0 A portfolio curried on liln left sldo Htopped n liullot nlmed nt thu head of A. K Clurk, MperlHl proncf utor In tho Iouls J, Wlldo cnBo, when a wouUl-bo nnmiflln opened fire upon him nt tho Mtntc Iiouro Kroiinda a ho was ro- turiitiiK to tho city nt an onrly hour thin mornliiK. Tho wouliMio inurderor fired twice. Tho flmt hot struck Clark Iu tho left arm junt below tho el how, Tho Kecond ballot bolnR di rected strnlKhl nt tho heart of Clark but wuh Mopped by n wml of papora eontulneil In the portfolio. Clark came" to the city ycntcrdny for tho purpose of Rnthorlni; datn In tho WfTdo ratio. Ho roiualnod In tho Htato library until a (junrtor after 12 o'clock HiIh tnornlni;. On tho street after ho had passed tho bandstand on tho stntohouso Kroiinda nnd wan taking tho path to tho loft ho ob served n man leap out from behind tho trees. Without n word of warn ing lio opened fire and after firing tho second tlmo flod In tho direction of the rnpltol building. Tho feeling hero Is that tho nssas- sin wnH after Governor West and mistook Clark for him, who Ih of about the governor's build nnd has n Hlmllar walk. f f 4 4 4 4 4-4-4-4- 4 Equitable Did Not Carry One Cent of Insurance KKW YOKK. Jim. !. It wiik lenrucil lute thirt after noon Ihnt tho Kipiilnhlo Life Assurance Hoeiety did not onrry'n penny of insurance on' ilrt Imildiug, ilotni.ved hy lire hero olay. Only three weeks ago tho trustee appointed a eoiuinittee to ennsider tho ad visability of Inking out a pol icy, hut nfter coiiMiltiug with experlK the eoiuinittee decided that the building was prac tically llreproof nnd notified the trustees that it would bo uselesH expenditure to take out mi insurance policy on it. -f f 4- f 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- milled at between .f.TiO.OOO and ifliOO, 000. It will tnke more than n week for linemen to repair tho damage wrought to Udophono, ojootrio and telegraph wires here. Over (1000 pols and 800 miles of wire nre down. PRO U1N 0 s mm URGES HbTinEMkNT OF TAFT. Km .'r; 'i & iBfl . O.t&orjst O 1' ( (lowrnor CIuim S. 0 horn of Mich igan in n xpeech rcfi-'iih nt Laniiug declared that Senator La Kollette could i.eter ho elected pteMileut. lie also reiiuented tlmt both he mid President Tnfl retire fro nithe nice for the rcpuhlicnii'iiomiimtioii in fii vor Theodore llootfevelt or Albert .1. Hevendge of Indiniia RECEIVER FOR GRANTS PASS AID John C. Jenkins Named at Portland Calkins Makes Order at Same Time, But Holds Kin Abeyance tor Word From Portland. At I'orllmid Monday, John C. Jen kiiiH wiih appointed reoeivor of the tiniutx Paint nnd Kognc Hivor Hail road oompHiiy. At (he tntne time JudgQ Calkins t firants l'ns up K)inted M. J. Anderson receiver of thu properly umiii petition of II. X. Parker of (Inuits Pass, who holds a hill for grading agsinst the company. The lattor order is hold iu abeyance pending information regarding the Portland npixiintincut. District Attnriiex Mul key petitioned Judge 'Calkins to dismiss both indiot inenlH agninst John IC. Kollock, for mer secretory of tho lioguo Kiver Townsite eompauy, whrt was indicted with 11. h. Chapm. president of the company, Kollock proving tlmt he had resigned from the company butore tho lots were sold under the nltnt nient plan, living only served during tho (Hirioil of orgMiiir.utiou at attor ney. The grand jury Hiljonnivil with tho reeommendatiou that the county court begin notion to remove the bridge over the Kogue constructed hy the O. 1. & It. K. riulr.mil. PEACE 10 REIGN UNTILJANUARY15 Armistice In China Is Extended Division of China May Come, the Rebels Takiiifl mo south for. a Republic LONDON, Jan. . Dispatchos from Pekin to the Kxehnuge Tele graph today declare that tho urmis- tieo in China has boon extended to January fi. Public- opinion, it is stated, favors a division of China, tho rebels taking tno south ns a ve publio mid tho .Mumhus roiiiaining in power iu mi empire of tho north. SHANGHAI, Jan. 0. Dr. Yu Ting Fang, republican minister of foreign affairs, luft bore today for Nanking to oompleto tho cabinet which will orguniKo the uov state. All of those selected, have noeopled tho posts. Li Yuen Hung has boon named gen eralissimo nnd will lend mi attack on Pekin at tho couglusion of tho armistice, providing a bnsis for peace bus not previously been found, ROGER! u BLONDE BOSS" ENTERS DENIAL TO URGE! Lorimer Once Again Takes Stand Be fore Senatorial Committee and En ters General Denial of Corruption Connected With Election. SAYS HE NEVER PAID MONEY FOR HIS SEAT States That He Never Raised Money or Tried to Do So for That Purpose. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 0. Taking the Btand today before the senatorial committee which Is to In vestlgato onco more -his 'election as United States senator from Illinois. William Lorlroer, "blonde boss" of Chicago, entered a general denial of corruption in connection wUh bis election. Answering tho questions of his counsel, Judge Elbrldgo Hanecy, Lorimer denied that he had ever paid money or anything elso of value to anyono for his voto in the sena torial fight; ho denied that ho had ever authorized any ono to pay for .votes, uniT declared, he did not know. of any ono In tho Illinois legislature who was paid anything for his vote, nnd had no knowledge of any one raising a fund to purchnso bis elec tion. "Did you at ,any tlmo ralso mon ey, or cause a fund to bo raised, to nid your election to tho house or the sonato?" Lorlnicr was asked. "I did not," ho answorcd. IiOrlmor testified that on Novem ber 2, 1908, ho received a check for $500 from P. M. Blount, campaign manager for former Senator Albert J, Hopkins, to assist in Lorimer's congressional campaign. I To said ho returned tho check. Hanecy then asked Lorimer for tho details of the balloting in tho Illinois assembly for United States senator, to show how tho various members had voted. DEMOCRATS 10 EETJDIE 25 Baltimore and St. Louis Arc Running Neck and Neck for the Honor of Entcrtaininn Delegates at National Convention. WASHINGTON, D. C, Juu. 0. Baltimore was this afternoon select ed by the domoorutiu national com mittee ns tho city in which the demo cratic, national convention will con vene Juno 2j5. The committee- decided upon tho Maryland oity nfter Itobort Grain, a Dultimoro produce merchant, had produced a guarantee signed by all the lending hotel men, pledging that hotel rates would not bo raised dur ing the life of the convention. In addition to this, Craiu exhibited a certified cheek for $1 00,000, to bo used in defraying the expenses of tho convention. WASHINGTON, D. C. Jim! 0. With Juno 25 set us tho date for the democratic national convention, the national committeo of tlmt party this afternoon threshed out tho merits of tho sovornl cities bidding for tho con vention. Kurly in tho day Baltimore and St. Louis woro running nook nnd nook for the honor of entertaining tho delogtitos, hut tho former oity up pears to have tho hotter chance of winning. St. Louis is handicapped by tho fact that Missouri has two possible (OotitiiiHod on Page Throo.) PROTEST JlUAIJYST II IS DOMINATION JUDGE W T. KOOJC. Four states have jciit vigorous pro tests to President Tft against the nomination of Judge W. T. Hook of KmiMih for the supreme court bench to succeed the late Justice Ilnrlnn. The states objecting to his election lire Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska and Oklahoma. :T DAY FOLLOWS II OIIETCHINICI Telfer and Samuels Certain of Elections-Chances Favor Porter-and Ireland Summcrvillo and White Are Making Close Race. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the foU lowing forecasts on today's election were generally nccopted by those who are elosoly in touch with the situa tion : Kobcrt W. Toiler, incumbent, will bo elected oity recorder over K. W. Egnn, socialist, by a large majority. Gus II. Samuels, deputy city treas urer, will bo elected treasurer over John Holer, socialist, by a large ma jority. Chances favor tho election of L. G. Porter in the First wnrM, although J. W. Mitchell is a close second, and may win out by a narrow margin. Frank 1. Snnkoy, socialist, is polling a light vote. Chnnees fnvor E. C. Ireland in the Second ward over P. K. Wynkoop, nnuougu wynkoop s tnoniis ciniin lie will bo elected. Thomas, socialist, has fallen behind. J. T. Summervillc is running a close race against D. C. White, socialist, for councilman iu tho Third word. Sentiment ns to the election is about evenly divided. It is freely stated that if a socialist is elected today it will be iu this ward. Tho city oeletion which is being held today in this city failed to ore ate nuy .considerable excitomont even at the last moment, a quiet campaign being followed by a quiot oleetion day. The only plneo any appreciable nnifluut of "doing" was manifost was nt the city recorder's office, where tho registration board is sitting. A largo number of residents who failed to register appeared before the board and swore in their votes. On tho street but few workors were iu evidence. Polling of votes started promptly nt 9 o'clock with tho opening of tho polls nnd continued brisk. A fair sined voto is boing cast. Tho polls will close nt 5 o'clock and comploto returns should bo in before G, ns the ballot is n short ono. GOVERNOR JOHNSON TO STUMP FOR LA F0LLETTE SACIUMFNTO, Cul . Jan. 0. "I shall go oust and take the stump for La Follette, if I can arrange tilings hero to got away," Governor Hiram Johnson said today. "Hut I cannot state before the end of tho week whether I shall bo able to leave. I am doing all I can to make urrungeineuts to go oust." OIE ELECT! EVERY ENBINE IN BOROUGH IS CALLED UPON I t.iuiiuuii; biic mm uiuci uusiiy C...1I..I.I.. if. mn.i nil... n.il.. Structures in Block Bounded by Cedar, Nassau, Pine and Broadway Are Destroyed. MANY LIVES ARE KNOWN TO BE LOST Narrow Streets Hakes It Very Dlffl- cult for Fire Fighters Flames Spread Rapidly. .-. f 4- -f NEW YORK'S HOLOCAUST - -f 4 The known deed: Battalion Fire Chief William Walsh Special Policeman Conrad Sicberr. Guisseppe CJputi, porter. John Savzf, Krter. Unidentified iiorterl Unidentified ctir.cn. John Cumpiou, night watch man. It i believed the death list, vlicp "cfffflplctod, wnrho't lio less than 10. It is declared that tho mone tary loss through tho fire will not bo less than $15,000,000, and mnyrcnch 130,000,000. f- 4-f4--f4-4- ---f NEW YORK, Jnu. 0. -Acting on reports of poisons who reached the Equitable building shortly after the fire started, Fire Chief Kcnlon this afternoon ordered rescuers into the still burning shiioturo to seek for bodies The chief wns informed that IS firemen, employes of the building, were missing, mid be fears that all are dead. Kenluii said unconfirmed reports indicated that the total death list might reach 25. Men this afternoon aro probing all portions of tho ruins. Conservative financiers estimate tlit more than $.'150,000,000 in en-.It ami securities aro in the vaults of the Equitable Life building, and un told millions more nre contained ;n the vaults of the Mercantile mid Equitnblo Trust companies and other banks and brokerage offices in the bilrued building. All vaults are re ported intact, but us they cannot bu reached it is unknown whethor tho contents have really esuaped the rav ages of the fire. NEW YORK, Jnu. 0. Six persons ore known to Iinvo nerished mid a loss of KiSMbly $20,000,000 was caused here today when tho Equitable Life Assurance society's costly 12 story building and all tho other structures iu the block bounded by Cednr, Nassau, Vino street and Broadway were consumed in tho most sonsational Ilro Now York bus seen for years. Bursting into flumo ill tho oarly morning tho Equitable building, which was supposed to bo fireproof, soon became a raging furnace. Thu Ilro soon spread to tho othoi- htrue turos iu tho block mid menaced tho wholo of tho downtown finnneinl sec tion through tho burning brands which u high wind swept through tho can yons of lower Manhattan. For tho first time iu tho history of tho borough every piece of Ilro llglu ing apparatus on the island wus called out mul firomeu, their faces scorched by tho leaping flames, fought desperately in the narrow streets to stay the progress of the conflagration. Itodlcs Keen to Pull. At tho height of the Ilro bodies of men were seen falling from thu fifth floor of the building and, striking the street, were covered with pllen of debris before the firemen could rush (Continued on rB9 Three)