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oreKfln Historical Im!) City Hall .,- A Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itiiln. Mat,, liij Mln., !)7; l'lrrlpltiitlon. ,10, lHiir-Miih Vinr. I'lirly-riiHt Vi'np M13D.F0RD, OmOOCttf, HATTIclMY, JANTAUY .13, 1912. No. 253. V THREE DEAD, SIX MAROONED, SHIP LOST JACKSON COUNTY OVERWHELMINGLY FOR LA FOLLETTE J if y ;1 jm b ON COLUMBIA BAR SCHOONER TURNS TURTLE NEED MONEY TO MAKE HOME IN EOS ANGELES Awarded Sharo & of Nohcl Prlzo William M. Colvltj, president of Med-. ford CiMiimrrctnl Club, Tells uf lm- J previous Received While on Recent Visit In Southern California. BOOSTING AND MONEY MADE DESERT PLEASANT PLACE Would Not Exclinit(je the Climate of Southern Oregon for That of Southland. jritatxsoott nt.c vsoure (My WUIIhni M. ('.dug.) 1 having Jimt returned fromiHMitheiii CnllfflmU nml wh.v imhiiIm, It might lit) inlfrcaling (i btow nlmt a lu- dwt of woMtrti UilixMllmi think ( IIK WllltlllMHll HHll lilt ll'MMiill wllli'll IinHe4t IffHlllliltll III illllllllit lIlMl MII lion of Ajiiniii'M. OriKliMilly iho country wm ic(iImIi' ninl mint -triu'lito. I( eoltet prlneijmllv of bnrieii hill-t ninl mhiiiI iIiuicn, (In' iniiMi lining relieved only liy brmdi. Wllli'll I'ltVOK'lt till tllllll'lllllWN of nit- hue, lint toilMy tlm entire i ttteioti U dtdtml with bcHutll'nl 'i(ii ninl ill tnuilivt vIIIm. tMt Ajuptot) In many wiiy le n tWHiloi'tSil 0 of iilmiil 3(00,000 In- linhltiita, hhiI nl tlito (into uf Uk ywir there uro not lex (linn ir(),(t()t Mnplo living in I lu cily ninl it nub hiIih, wIuhih home are olftowhoro. Thoy are there for vnrioiia roMsun. M largo wrt of tlii'iu liming onmo to oenp lh rigorim cliiimlo of ntlmr wrln of the union, nnd oilier to n. oupmnttt their IhwUIi. During tho wwlc that I iil hi tli clly. tin tiny wwih vi'ry ninilltir to our diiy In June. There whm n olnudlctM ttky. Hit lc wiw warm nml iliiiniiiit. nml nil tint nnt nct'iiiml lo mty, "Cniuo here mill nwt." 1 do not think it coun try whom n live, uggroMnivc spirit Mould winlt In upend hi ilwyn, uiiIomm lin IihiI plenty of money, nml would not iwm to mix freely in the bat tle of lifu. Hut in u nntioit (ion tnininx nearly 100,1)1)0,111)0 people, thorn Nrn uiHiiy IIihiihuuiIh wltn linvt eiioiigli o live on without .work hikI wliuMit pliyMienl otimlitioiiH imluee tluitii to iNHwpo llm I'limutin iuHit itneen of thoir lionum in olluir itHloi; men nml women in fuel who wnut to "do nothing nil the lime," ami then a in it Ki'iuit miiny of thin eluan who Keek autithiirn rnlifoiuin iih tin im flHpti rum) nppiu'diit ilU of other lo onlllln. Aro C J lent ltoohtrrrt. Tlui nitloiiH of I.oh AueleH uro H rent ImoHlorH; I hey never tiro of telling of tlioir aliinoin ollmuto nml niuynifioiinl nily, nml tlio womlvrful Nee new Hiirrnumliii it. They huvo ex ploiteil all tlumo iohoiiitoh to u wou ihirful extent; they have mmlo a rnil ro nil to Iho Mmiuuit of Moimt Luwo. l-'voryouo who viniU the idly talu'H ill thin trip nl an uvpeiiNe if from $5 to .$1(1, nml yul it hmmty ami uniiul enr )h no (loinpurihou with our own (Valor hike. Then there in Calnliim, '2H miluK at kimi, iidIIumk inoro than a ha iron pile of rock, hut man Iiiih Imililed Upon it the hoaiilil'iil little oily of Aviilou. It cohIh $2.00 to ho taken them and haek from Loh An (jolou. You HjtL'iid .fit) or .flfl whilo ut t'atalitui, Tho Htthuihaii villacH ahoul I.om AiiKoloa uro ory hmiutiful. In Pana dena, a Hiihuih of largo proportion, I hero aro the ro.sidoiioos of tit) mil limmiroH aloii otio ntroel alouo, Oi gaiitin palm truoH ami olhor tropical lilantd mako vorilahlo phtturcs on tho 1'iutl of nature in ami almut tho Kj'oumlri around (hoso roHidoaooH, Of no 1 1 wo, you will take a trip to l'awa (lona, Alliatnhra, l-oiig Hoaoli, Vouioo ami other heaiilit'ul plaeoH, and, on onoli trip you will louvtv from $5 lo if; 10, whloh you hnvo won from tlio hiiwiiioH voutttroH iu other IiiiuIh, Hufl'or for Wator. AcconllaK to n ilvipatcli from Chrl t tn iila I lie Nobol penro (irUu linn tx-cu iiwnriU'tl Jointly to Prttfnwior T. M. 0. ANer, n iiieintior of tlio Dulcli Council of Ktnto, nmt llerr Alfnil II. IVIcd. 1'illlor of tho Vienna rrlik'iuarlc. ICnc-li rwi'lvwi JI0.WJ THHEECHACKSMEH BLOWSAFEOFBANK ANDTHEN ESCAPE Detonation Awakes Citizens, Who Grab Shotfjuns and Head Off Men Battle Follows, One Bandit Be lli II Wounded. WISCONSIN . PROGRESSIVE H HAS BIG LEAD In Plchcscltc Conducted hy the Mall Tribune "Little Giant" Gets 123 Votes Out of a Total of 1194 Cast Roosevelt Second With 211. REPUBLICANS OUTNUMBER THE DEMOCRATS 2 TO I Taft Is Only Given 120 Votes-Wilson Leads Democrats, Willi Bryan Close Second. Holiort M. I .st Kollotto In tlm fn vorlto for presidential nomination In JnokHoit county, with Theodore ItODHovolt miroml, iircordltiK to thq ploldKollo foiiiluctud liy Tho Mull Trillium dorian Iho psiKt fortnlKlit. WIIhou ltniln tin duiiiocrntH, with llriiu a I'liMo hocoiiiI. ' Tho following Ih tlio total voto sib rorordod Haturdny noon, whun tho polls cletunl: Tnft no Lit Kollntto 423 Itoortovolt 211 WIIhoii , , , , v, ioa Hrmou ,...' 53 "- , " 5&S i ntPRlCFTSr HIGH oJ FREf HIDES FROM ' uiuy; ANDTHF ' "1 TRUSTATHI AMD TlF .' HIGHC05, opELECTR SIGNS on '4 & Clftrk "A;vf Si VICWl'OltT IUCACH. Cal Jan. 13, TliniM erarkmnon iwrly tmliiy lilow tho wtfo of tin liitiuc of Nownort and oninpi)d wills a Htnsilt mitn nftor njVotorn, runuliiK Imttlo with rltUenn, durliiK whloli onw of tho lntiidllM wish wound ed nnd llrndloy Meinldo, it flHheinian, whm nIioI twlco In tho hark ami por ImpM rittnlly woundwl. Illllii of larKi' doaomluatloiiH woro Hcaltwred ntiout tho MtreotH hy tho ImndltH, who In their fllKlit dropped a Iink Into which thoy had crammed Kold ami hlllx siKKrociitlni; Hovoral tliomuiud ilolhtrH. Tlm cracksmen Hhatterod tho hank mtfo with nltro-tjlycerluo Hhortly ho- foro 8 o'clock In tho morulni?. Work- Iuk rapidly, thoy gathered prnotlcnlly tho outiro ooutontH of tho vault unit rtiHhod Into tho Htroot hoforo thoy woro Interrupted. Tho detonation camwd hy tlio ex plosion rockud tho outlro vIIIiiko and within five mluutOH a doxon rltUonR, armml with Rliotunnrt, had blocked ovory avonuo of imcapo. William Hall, a wiloon koopor, ovortook tho crftckHinon iih thoy woro iitlomplInK to teach a Iiukk.v thoy had loft at tho oiIko of tho town, llo exchaiiKeil more than a doen hIioIh with thorn, oiio of tho trio falllinr, apparoatly badly wounUod. Ono of tho bandltH, oarrylnt; hla woiiudud companion, roaohod tlio IniKK)' wlillo tho third suomhor of tlio party oiiKaged Mall In it dosporato KUII dllfl- Wlillo tho fight was la progress tho men In tlio bUKt;y laahod tho homo Into a Kullop, ami dlmippoarod. That tho robbory wan carofnlly plaaaod Ih ovldoncud bv tho fact that tlio ornckHinon had cut all toloKraph and tolophouo wIioh Into Newport llonch. Thoy also hIukIioiI tho tlron of CiiHlilor Ii. II. Wallaco'H aiitomo bllo, In a KnriiKO la tlio roar of tlio bunk building, Tho btiK of monoy dropped by tlio hiiudltH wiih taken lit chargo by Wal lace. It wiib a noBohiiK of tlio va rloly UBod for food I m; lioreoa mill horo tho jimrlc "X. 11., I.oa AiikoIcb," Hrynn ,ioi DuIib - , 94 Tho linllotH woro Hunt In from al most ovory precinct In JiiokHoa coun ty and limy bo regarded as fairly Imllcntlvo of tho BonUmoiit of tho DR. JOSLEN JURY FAILS TO AGREE Man Charged With Having Betrayed 1 7-Year-Old Girl Must Face An other Trial Panel Was Out 24 Hours. a k i " -jrfiBKiVvi'UliBfe 7&2L tv VV3BV A SdfciHlllHli&Sjw ml i Six Members of Crew Are Clinging to Swaying Jetty on the Bar, Fight ing for Life Against Wind anil Waves. CAPTAIN WITH WIFE AND DAUGHTER SAFE ASHORE Schooner Was Blown Against the Jetty by Rising Gale Shortly Before Noon. A BIG KICK COMING. -XEW TOKK msnAUx GERMAN RETURN SAN FKANCISCO, Cal Jan. 13. After rastliiK aoarly two doiou bal lotH, nil with tlio Hiiiuo roHiilt, tlm Jury la tho caao of Ur. Otto C. Jos- Ion, charKOd with hnvlnu betrayed tho 17 year old "candy nlrl," Ethol WllllaniB, haa boon dlaclmrKCil and proparatlona aro today bolus mado for a now trial. Tho voto of tho Jury stood t! to 15. Tho panel wan out 2 I llOUI'H. s show eie chins i FORJOGIALISTS: Conservatives Admit That Socialists Will have at Least 100 Members In Reichstag, Making Them the Sec ond Party In Strength. w BS WTH MERCURY RECH FOUND GUILTY OF MURDE E I nnllciui on Iho trip Koutli, iiIouk iCuiiituuuu on luio 6.) it $250,000 BLAZE PHILADELPHIA, Pn Jan. 13 A flro which for four hours raged in tho down town district horo was K"t ton under control uhortly boforo 0 a. in. today, nftor caiialni: an outl- matod dauuigo of ifUuO.OOO, SANTA 11AH11AHA, Cal., Jnn. 13. Sontonco upon John Itech, con victed of tho inurdor of IiIr four- houiH-old baby, will bo prouoiincod TuoBday. ltooh was found Biillty of murder In tho first degree, Tho crlmo for which Itech must pay a penalty was commlttc-d Novom bor 2, lnnt. Tho IiIkIi cost of living Koch ploiulod, proiiipted tho dcod. OHIO SENATE ATTACHE & CONVICTED; GETS 3 YEARS COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. IU. Con victed of ooniplioitv in wliolosalo Krafting in tlio Ohio logislnturo, llod noy Doiglo, formor Rorgoaut-at-nVniK of tlio Btato sonato, was Houtoimcd today to Borvo thrco years in tho" pcnitontiar.v. His uttoruoyB illcd n hriof witli tho supremo court appeal ing tho case. Arguments will ho hoard January 211. Nothing is surer in thte world thnii (hat a uood Korvaut can (lml a good Jplnoo throtiKh want advertising. lltiltl.lX, Jan. LI. Hotitriw at noon today indicaled that tho tooial ihts eleoted inoinhcis to thu reiolihtag from 07 district" and will hnvo t'l least an even olumcc in electing olhor eandidnto in tho robuJIotmg on Jan uary 2-t in tho 10 districts where no onndidnte ivceived a plurality in yes terday's balloting. Socialist lender claimed today that thoy were certain to uarry at least HO of those districts, tho conserva tives admitting that the socialists would probably lmo ut least 100 members in tho rcichgtag, making them tlio second party in strength. lhoro is also a possibility that the relmlloting may icMilt,m tho social ist winning i'iii. I placo ovor the Catholic centrists. Tho socialists retained fivo seals from Horliii ami in tho relmlloting expect to carry the First district, in which tlio kaiser livijp. Tho growth of soolalisnt hero is shown today hy the fiiiuoiiiicemeut that Lodhour, the socialist leader, carried his district in Herlin hy an increased voto of I'J.OQO. Tlio government fears that tlio so cialists, radicals and liberals will form n coalition, nud thus completely dominate the voii'lotng. PIVEjELOW For First Time In Years Zero Weath er Prevails at Gotham Municipal Authorities Do All in Their Power to Alleviate Suffering. Nowlyweds Are Cold, CHICAGO, III , Jan. 13. Twonty- olght nowly married couples, tho old oat liolng 23, hnvo appoaled to tho charity of tho county tor nsaUtnnco na it result of tho xoro woathor horo, NKW YORK, Jan. 13. Zero woathor struck Now York today for tho first tlmo in many years. At 5 o'clock this morning It was 5 bolow zero, and at S a. m. the mercury had risen only thrco degrees. Accounts of tho suffering on tho lower east sldo when tho mercury falls hnvo been written tlmo and again, but tho oxtromo privations of tho poor In this blast of winter no ono could fittingly describe Deaths front cold and starvation aro hourly being reported to tlio pollco, oven tho morgues nro crowdod with shivering and poverty stricken humanity try ing to got warm, and ovory hallway and area grating whoro thoro Is it breath of heated air today is crowdod thick with tho flotsam of tho slums. Every offort of tho municipal au thorities Is being given ovor to block tho grip of cold nml starvation upon tho sufferers. Pollco regulations aro practically susponded, and tho bluo coats, Instead of looking for law vio lators nro searching tho alloys of tho pooror sections, picking up thoso uu fortnnntos who fall and rushing thorn to shelter boforo they porlsh from tho cold. 20 KILLER, 100 M DE 1 mjjilEUED Federal Troops in Argentine Fire on Legislature Battle Lasts Three Hours Many Government Build ings Are Destroyed. 11UKNOS AYRES, Jan. 13. Twon- ty persons were, killed and not less than 100 seriously Injured at Uahla, iirnzii, touny, when that city was shelled by fedornl troops under com mand of General Setero Mouozes. Tho clash resulted from a conflict between tho federal government aud states of tho republic, prompted by tho refusal of tho Bahla authorities to accede to habeas corpus orders Is sued by tho federal Judge iu favor of democratic legislatures. General Monezos attacked tho leg islature and a battlo lasting three hours followed. Many government buildings It is reported woro des troyed. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13. - Picked up by the jxrt of Portland tug Wnlulit this afternoon, the four inusted schooner Admiral turned tur tle on the Columbia River bar, and probably will be a total wreck. Threo men were aboard her when she turned over and, according to reports rc eened here, they drowned. Mean while six members of the crew era marooned on the swaying jetty on tho bar, fighting for life against wind nnd waves. At 1 o'clock the Hammond lifusnv- ing crew had completed preiiaration.n to go to their rescue. Captain Tiender nnd his wife nnd daughter, who were reported to be on the jetty, are at Fort Stevens. They and three sailors left the ship this morning and put to shore before tho heavy southeasterly gale mado the bar too rough for small boats. The Admiral, a four-masted schooner, was blown against the jetty by the rising gule shortly before noon nnd the crew scrambled on to tho structures nud clung thoro while tho ship bumped her way on toward tho shore. Tho Wultihi was sent out and suc ceeded iu getting a line ou to tho de serted vossel. The tug wns towing her back toward the channel when she turned turtle. Whether the threo men aboard her were members of tho tug's crew or of the Admiral is not stated in the meager dispatches re ceived here. The Admiral, 171 feet in length, was in ballast from Valapniso to Orn.'s Harbor, Wah. She was 4-t days out from the South American jHirt. MEN 10 WORK FOR EQUA L SUFFRAGE E. V. Carter of Ashland Is Vice Pres ident of New Organization for Jackson County Pike Davis Is President. Cold In Ohio. COLUM11US, Jan. 13. With tho thermometer down to 27 bolow zoro, this district la experiencing tho cold est weuthor of tho winter today. A timid or reluctant uso of want advertising does not mako n work- hunt prosper. PORTLAND RIDS HERSELF OF MANY VAGRANTS PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13. Lin ing them up six lit a row, 127 mon, arrested during tho night and given suspended Beiitencos us vagrants, woro marched to tho city limits today and told to "leave town and not conio back." City Feeds Gulls. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 13. Touched by tho pitiful condition of thousands) of gulls starving in the harbor hero hecaiiBo of tho zero woathor, city officials today took stops to relieve them, Refuso and garbugo collected from cafes and ros taurauts, usually Iiiclnoratod, woro spread over the ico and thousands of tho gulls gathered and feasted. PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 13. The most unlquo political organization In Orogon, mado Its bow to tho public todny as tho "Men's Equal Suffrago Club" with W. M. Davis as Its prosl- dont. E. V. Carter of Ashland Is vico presldonL for Jackson county. Tlio club was organized for tho purposo of securing tho ballot for tho women of Oregon, the only stato ou tho Pacific coast whoro women can not voto. TO SOLIDARIZE SOCIALISTS AND ORGANIZED LABOR SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 13. -Political solidarity of the working class and tho socialists will be Iho most notable advance step advocated at tho eleventh annual convention of. tho state building trades council when thoy meet next mouth in Fres no. Recommendations tonkins? to thin end will ho considered Sunday night hy the executive board, representing the "various county council.