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- n Medtord Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Mat. r.l, Mln. U2, Hum. l. Fair tonight. Dolly fllxtli Tear. rorty.Klmt Yi-ar. MEDFORD, ORICOON, .MONDAY. MARCH 18, 1012. No. nos. TAFT SCORES PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES Declares They Are ''Open Avenues for Fraud and Violence" Takes Slap at T. R. in Discussing Judicial Recall Irrnon HUtarlaol MK CMy W. PRESIDENT IS BITTER IN HIS REMARKS Executive Deplores Afjltntlon Now Exlstlnu Ajialnst "Courts and Con stitution' and Says Attacks Arc a Serious Menace to the Government. Judicial Recall, Ho Says, Would Be to Remove tho Keystone From the Arch of Government. BOSTON, .MiiK.t March 1B.-Thc M't policies Of (ll "pcdplcV puwr movement," worn roitHlfil to it brown turn hv President Tall hero today in addresses before both Ikuihi'm of the XlllKWIcllllNOttH legislature. He bit terly ilciuiiiiK'cil what he termed tin1 "xnnp box" presidential primary iih mi "open avenue fur fraud niul vio lence" uplews properly Hnfcguurilcd l)icuHiug the reojtll of judgcH, Id which litt is tntKllcrnhly opposed, President Tuft made it direct ship 'it Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, assert i utr tin rri'iill of judicial decisions would never do, adding tlnil it wax itnpoMNJlilii for till tin' people to direct lv paitieipntn in I lie functions of government. Deplore Aullnllon. " ivrmiM7nT,TiTrt "iloelnrcil Unit the eoiiKtltiitlon wtk ilin foundation of government "of tlm people, for llio people, by It representative port of tin) people." In this eoiineelion the president deplored tile limitation now existing against "llio courts mid the constitution" null deelared it wax Niguificniit .(lint irresponmblo uhhuuU upon either in inteinpenile language or the baseball's assumption of cor ruption, It in h nml iucDiniM'tcney were made liy tlione whoso influence with liny part of the people "is n serious iiinnnei' (o nu enduring government." The president fluid in purl : Sii)N People Do Itule. "Ono (mi easily discover n ten dency in modern politics to exult above Ilia written law and uliove the written constitution what is milled 'the popular will' iih if it were a high er law to which we must admit alleg iance, and hy obeying it, entire or t ritiii-irchH Htiitutory and eoiistitu. tioiial limitations. Thin heresy is not hinted exactly In u form of an assertion lluit judges and otherM are lo Ignore llio statute nml the ennsti- i nt inn becmiHC of conflicting popular will, hut it in the more insiduouM pro position that tho plain construction of the HtiitutcH tti constitution in to ho (lefeutcil nml strained, and an otherwise impossible construction put upon the luiigungo of the statute or coiiHtituliou in tiuferciicn to what i supposed to he the popular will. Tlo continued reiteration 'let the people rule' if it Iiiih any significance at all, is iiilcutletl to ho u reflection on tho government wo have had to the pies cut time. I do not Intitule to say Hint hiHtory of tho hiht KM years hhowH that tlio people have ruled, Would Remove Keystone. "The occasion for these remarks in nu allude on (he judiciary, mid u prnpoHiil, hy judicial recull or the re cull of judicial decisions, lo destroy its uilcpoiiihuico mid to remove, tho keystone 1'roin the arch of govern tiicut, "I dony Hint there in decisions' of tho court h or tho ohnraolor tluil which justifies niicIi a radical inno vation. 1 don nt hesitate to Hiiy that In my judgment tho voluntiiry' prim ary outHiilo tho law, known by its iu fonnal character iin tho soup box pri mnry, is worse than none. It gives full opporliiuity for tho ineligible doctors of the other party to ciihI unfair voton. Williout tho snfogiiurd of penal provisions in respect to ousting mid counting hultitH, It is open Cl'iitul nml violonoe. Private, Property nu Upllftcr. "Ill other wohIh, our government 2u u government of tho puoplo, for the people hv a ropiOHontatlvo part of tho people, under n luudiimonlnl com puny which lins vindicated its wis dom, equity (iiitl utility, '('hone wiio linvo Htmliofl, olohcly tlio oiMiratlons (Continued on l'g I.) GIRL'S JEALOUSY CAUSED FALL OF NANKING. J mxr:firirir WFrrt-'Krrm. acraa. JPjPjPjPjPjPjPjPjFjPjPjPHpAIv- pr "It'll 'jlnMHvliiLKwa au chxj. MiiMiiJiiiuuumimnOTmpmntiinriqinaa ct d Tbc full of the Mutielm tl iiiint In .VanLIng can lie nttrllnitctl to n clrf" Jmli.u- At. Clin, formerly u favo-ile of I la Vlccro. wa dlMplnced In bis trctloui by two Ktiroiriinn. wtiereiipou liu uldiil tin rebel, nod, n llio etor) run. ibe liuil more lo do with I lie retitlui: of llio Viceroy I linn tinyttilui; elm Now All Clm tins thu freednui of Niiulduu and tlnds n welcome no nutter whei i a; Keen, from Ibe ynmeii of Hie l'ri-ldeiit 'o the ciiiup of Hie coldler L PROBABLY BE ULLOra TO GO In all prohalnlity Mack Hlowcrx limited at llarrishur, Oregon, on complaint of the director of the Par ilniiellc, or Kuiiuh creek school dis trict, of which he wax clerk, and fnuu tho funds of which he is nlletjed U have cuilic.j'.lcd to tho niuomit of .;i8(, will not force a prund jury prohc or mi indictment. Mr. Mow ers returned Sunday to this county nml this afternoon will meet with the school directors and District At torney Miilkev in a conference, lie states that he had left only for it vSit north and is not guilty of cm hcr.r.lemciit. He will ho allowed proh nhlv to make good the amount mid o free. Mowers was nrrested Saturday nt llnrrihlnuK. Divine houd to appear here today ho wits allowed to come to Metlfortl without n iuard. The arrest was imiilo Saturdav followiiie it con fcreuce at which the directors met with School Supervisor Henry mid Coroner KcHnee. the latter ueliiu; for the dist i let nlloriiey, mid it wits de cided that Mowers should return mid mako an adjustment of the mutter if possible. Although the withdrawal of the funds from the Hold Hill hank mid their removal from the county, as is supposed to ho the ease', coiisli tutcs a criminal offense, it i.s under stood (hut there is little disposition to prosecute on tho part of tho direc tors or tho peoplo of tho Dardanelles school district, provided Mowers can make good tho amount ho U alleged to have taken, BILL IS FOUGHT LONDON, March 18. All Knnhin.1 today is eagerly awaiting tho fnto of the minimum wage hill which will ho introduced into parliament tomorrow hv David Lloyd Oeorge, chancollor of tho exchequer, On (lie outcome will hinge the life of tho coal minor strike, involving more than a million men, which is causing untold distress to millions. It is eonornlly admitted that tlio llhoralH will ho forced to muster their full strength to pass tho measure Members of tho labor party are fighting the bill tooth nml null, bo lieviiig jho niefuKuro h intended ua an onuninir wedirn for tho coiminlsnev jurbitrution pjl' all iiuluslrinl disputoa, LOWES WL MINIMUM m ONE. OP jAKTAKcrry 0 in all probability Professor V. J. O'Oarn, ))iilliologit for .luuksnn county will in the future divine his time with Josephine county, eneh county payiiiK a jsirtion of his sal nry. In this manner the entire Hogue river valley will he adequately in spected and protected against dnm ngc by disease. Saturday afternoon the fruit men of Josephine county met in Grants lass and passed a resolution to take immediate steps to make this plan a success. Prof. O'flnra is willing to aid the fruit men in Josephine county if Jackson county will ugroe, and the county officials of Jackson are will ing provided Josephine pays u portion of the miiiuul salary of .$5,0(10 being received by the horticultural expert. The Josephine men will usk their county court to appropriate .fl'J.'iO for this purpose, $11100 to Jackson count v and -f-'fiO for O'Clnrn's ex penses. A meeting will be held in Grants Pass next Saturday at which time Prof. O'Oara will ho present. "As matters nro now," said one of th- fruit men, "Josephine county is sponging on Jackson county by fre quent use of Prof. O'Onra's willing services. o want to end this and gel him for more time and pay for it." At tho meeting of tho fruit men Saturday arrangements wpro made with Prof, O'flnra to secure his frost warnings night and morning, and all persons desiring this information unn get it free dally by calling up tho local long distance operator, -who is always supplied with the forecast. NAVAL BATHE IS CONSTANTINOPLE, Mnrch 38. With vessels of antiquated type, a Turkish fleet is today preparing for action against the Italian squadron which is assembling off Milylene, fit) miles from the entrance, of tho Dar danelles, Boy Kidnapped SHANGHAI, March 18. Bandits today kltlnnpnod tho turn or Bhang Kun I'aB, niultl-mllllouolro. Thoy (tout tho father a note demanding $100,000 ratiHom, threatening to kill tlio hoy if tlielr doiuuiula wero not compiled with, s ul M OnCHARDSTS OF JOSEPHINE MINI DRINKS ACID IN SALOON MAY DIE IM (Jlovcr. riding bow, for Twohy llrothcrx, this afternoon drank' u large done of carbolic arid and at wrt'HH tlmo Ih very clone to death. (Jlovcr Is mippoKcd to have, taken the drought In the rear room of Doc Ityan's saloon. Ho wntt s'-en to walk throiiKh the barroom to Front street and tlioHo who noticed him Mate his faro was twitching and that ho was ghimtly pale. ' Outside the saloon he fell to tho pavement groaning and writhing In pain. Physicians were iient for and the strong odor of carbolic acid gave a clue as to what bud happened. It Is thought chanceH for recovery aro few. ESCAPED CONVICTS SHOT THIROIAXEN In Desperate Battle Murderers Who Escaped From Penitentiary Are Overwhelmed by Sheriff's Posse and Fight to Last, LINCOLN, Neb., March IS Hem med in on four sides by sheriff: posses, fugitive comiets Gray aim Dowd this afternoon lost their lives in ti battle near Gretua. Convict Morloy wiii captured aU've although badly wounded. Joy Blunt, a fanner, whom the des peradoes compelled to drive them across the country was accidentally .shot and killed by a deputy sheriff. The convicts made their Inst stand in a school house, three miles south east of Gretna. Two of four posses whieli had left Lincoln earlier in the day on a special train were cloe on their heels mid tho convicts forced Blount, nt the point of a gun to lash his horses into u dead run. Reaching the school barely a minute before the posses arrived. For hulf mi hour the battle raged fast mid furious. The xisse poured gulling fire of bullets into the win dows mid Convict flray was literally shot to pieces. Henlizing that a finther stand was hopeless Convict Dowd fled to a cornfield. He refuetl to surrender but fired a bullet tliroush his own head as the posse closed in on him. The officers then stormed tho school building and found Morloy lying in a neap. Ho had been badly wounded and offered but slight resistance. II FO LLETTE IS CONFIDENT OF I FAHGO, N, D March 18. "I novor folt hotter lu my llfo, and am much pleasod with tho greetings given mo today, I am confident that North Dakota will endorse mo next Tuesday for president." Senator Hohort M. Lu Follotto of Wisconsin thus expressed himself hero today after addressing tho vot ora of Mlnot this anornlug. Ho will sponk at Dovlls Lake this afternoon. La Follotto. spoilt yo8tovday at Grand Forks djotutlng his autobiography. Senator ha Follotto' followers throughout tho stato assort that vic tory for their loader la certain, w VOTETOMQRROW HE IS LEADING AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. !rwv . jMB Wr M ipHppppn HillHilllllllllllllH i .HIIHiflllllllllHIIIllllllHHRHBHH ' JVL "& DR I?OUQtl4A3 MAWCON . The Aurora, which left Ilobart on December 2 laat with the Australian Antarctic expedition under the lendershlo of Dr. Douglas Mawson aboard, hiiH returned there. Tbr Aurora landco two separate parties at two IHilntH lu tbe Antarctic rcglouH . one under Dr. Man-son on January IP and the 'ilir under Dr Wilde on February 111 HITS BY SCORE With the last day for filing for of fice only nbout two weeks distant, hats are piled high in the ring of county politics, in fact in one or two eases, men who had their beavers in hand ready to hurl them over the ropes have reconsidered seeing no place for them to fall. But there aro hats of every description fedora, dicers, sombreros and one or two caps, some plumed and some plain, some with fancy bands and some with stiff brims hut 'thev are all there just the same. Saturday it was announced that County Clerk Coleman will not be a candidate for re-election. This leaves the republican Held to X. L. Nnrrogan of Kaglo Point. District Attorney Mulkey will pro bably not bo a candidate. It is understood that L. A. Gre gory of this city is considering run ning for nssossor on tho republican ticket. Tho full list of thoso who havo filed their papers follews: George W. Dunn, county Judge, re publican. F. E. Merrick, county Judge, re publican. J. It. Nell, county Judge, democrat. George Lyninn, commissioner, democrat. V C. Lcovcr, commissioner, four- year tonn. E. E. Kelly, district attorney, dem ocrat. Chauncoy Florey, recorder. H. I Taylor, recordor, democrat. Fred L. Colvlg, recordor. J. A. Wosterlund, representative. Fran( A. Grlez, surveyor. A. E. Kellogg, coronor. W. O. Daley, commissioner, for two-year term, democrat. J. C. Smith, Wolinor, two-year term, republican. A. h. Irwin, constahlo, Ashland, R. Eutes, constahlo, Medford. John Bellinger, constahlo, Medford. Horhort Ultima, district attorney, republican, J. Percy Wolls, superintendent of schools. Ralph V, Cowglll, county surveyor, August D. Slnglor, sheriff. W. A, Jones, sheriff, W, T. Grlovo, assessor. W. H, Miller, county clerk. N. L. Narregan, county clorlc, John Watklns, Eagle l'olut, Jus tlco of tho neuce, G. O. Taylor, Justice qf the poaco, Mujtlu McDonough, assossor, democrat, m T MOUNT!! RETREAT MIENS SI HlhhSVIhLE. Va., March IS. Forty detectives from Richmond and as many more deputlos and farmers today surrounded the Allen gang of outlaws In "Devil's Den," a natural fortress In tho Blue Ridge mountains 12 miles from here. The cordon of officers and men Is gradually tightening about the stronghold and it Is believed Impos slble for the bandits to escape. Three United States revenue agents, who know well each of tho lti men com posing the outlaw clan, led tho posse to the mountain pass. At dawn to day smoke was seen curling up from Devil's Den, Indicating that the ban dits wero preparing breakfast. A number of city detectives favor storming tho stronghold, hut tho mountaineers who know tho advan tage tho outlaws have In their almost Impregnable position, maintain It would bo suicidal to make such an attempt. The mountaineers favor a starvation siege. Mountaineers arriving hero this afternoon brought n report that Sid ney Edwards, nephew of Sidney Al len, lender of tho bandits, "had been captured and that part of the posse was returning to Hlllsvillo with him, Edwards Is said to havo been badly wounded. IS I AUBURN. X. Y March IS. Dragged forcibly Into tho death chamber by his guards and strapped into tho olectrlc chair, in splto of his struggles, Domlulco DoPasqualo was executed In tho prison hero today. DoPasqualo murdered Colegero Po llzzl lu Rochester, N. Y. TEXTILE WORKERS RETURN TO MILLS LAWRENCE, Muss., March 18. Thirty thousand textile workors to day returned to tho mills, after win ning ono of thu greatest struggles on record, Operations wore resumed -without disorder, on MURDERER DRAGGED OCHAR LOSES PURSE CONTAINING $1642U L. L. Noonchester who arrived In Medford a Few Days Ago From Vale, Oregon, Is Heavy Loser No Trace Is Found. Five Hundred Dollar Reward Is Of fered for its Return Believe Pas serby Picked It Up. L. L. Noonchester, who nrrived in Medford with his family a few days ngo from Vale, Oregon, was most un fortunate Sunday morning in losing his purse in which there was $1042 in currency, gold and silver. Mr. Noonchester enmc to Medford expecting to buy property nml mnke Medford las home. He nnd his fam ily were stopping temporarily with relntives nt 903 North Central ave nue. A wallet containing the money had been given into the bands of Mrs. Noonchester, by her husband fot safekeeping and so closely did tho woman guard the purse that she kept U with her t all times. - About 10 o'clock Sunday morning while plny ing on the street with bet children she became so intercste(T fri their childish pranks as to forget the pres ence of the purse in pocket of her eont nnd it fell out onto the street. The loss was discovered soon after wards but a diligent search over all tho ground for two blocks south of 003 failed to disclose its whereabouts and the conclusion is reached that it was picked up by someone who is now holding it for a reward or has appropriated for their owii use. Mr. Noonchester, who is a brother of E. Q. Noonchester, public steno grapher nt the new Medford hotel, hns offered a rewnftl of $300 for tho return of the pure nnd contents. In the advertisement offering the re ward the denomination of the bills lost is given, seveii of them being $100 gold certificates, ten fifty dol lar bills nnd the remainder of tho amount being, in smaller denomina tions together with somo gold nnd silver. - In the purse there were nlso re ceipts for dues from tho I. O. O. F. and XI. W. A. lodges, XIr. Noonches ter being a member of these orders. The name "L. L. Noonchester, Vule, Oregon," was stamped on tho purse. It hardly seems possible Hint Mr. Noonchester will not recover his loss, inasmuch as it took place in ono of tho best residence parts of the oily and nt the timo it wns lost there would be but few, if any persons pnsMiig other than people of that lo cality who might bo on their way to church. .Mr. Noonchester is a man of mod erate circumstances nnd in ull proba bility the amount lost represented his entire cash capital, which ho wa treasuring expecting to invest it in a homo hero for himself and family. COTTERILL IS NOW MAYOR SEATTLE, Wash., March 18. So- nttlo's now mayor, George Cottorlll, municipal ownership udvocato and all around progressive took office at noon today. About 2000 neonlo packed tho grand opera houeo, where hold. Tho public Inauguration Is a novelty here, und Is regarded us un expression of the peoplo to "ot to gether" and forgot factional differ ences. For tho first tlmo In Seattle's his tory, no changes In the heads of de partments wero mado upon the now mayor's taking office. Police Ohof Bannlck, Flro Chief Stlmson onrt even Prlvato Socrotary Coition to Mayo Dllllng are still on their Jobs, Mayor Cottorlll promised to make no ckMMK es oxpept as they in ay gradually b. come iiec&mry.