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A ;.uv . T. Medford Mail Tribune J? FIRST EDITION WEATHER Mitv. 05 JS, Mtn. 40 tt. Fulr tonight mul tomorrow. y I'iirlxiiiiiiiil Yi'itn Dullv tl.-wwitli Vnir A03DIT0RD, ORKOON, TJiricSIM Y, APRII; 18, 1912. No. 23. it t. NJL v -t yL WILL MEDFORD If So, Merrick Must Be Nominated---A Vote for IN PBS IS HOPE -LA FOLLETTE Senator from Wisconsin Declares That Man Cannot Ohcy God's Law ami Not Prourcss Speaks to Aud ience of 3000 People. Urprs Re-election of Senator Bourne Declares He Is Great Help to Proflrcsslvcs. f-ft-f-f-f t-f iff-f f "Vihi miiiiot olwy (iod'M Jaw mul mil proKrowi, ll l t I'ltKCUtltll. YOlir City lllllMMi that you ii n proKrentilvo. Novor, novor 'Htimd jmt, for -f that moium to ntiiminto. Keep -f tint fultli. m forward con- -f iluutly. Only In proKreitii Iti thiTo hope." Henator Lu PolleUc Hubert Marlon l,u l-'ollolto, United Htato Knuiitiir from WIhcoiikIii, pro- ;roitlvo lupulillcnii candidate for the pioHldciiry of tho United HtntcH, ml diiwMcd mi audience of :IUII people at tlin Nutiilortiim In tlilx city thin morning. Fully 11X1(1 people were turned tiwuy niter all ot tho iUmIvm mul manning room in tmi tiiniiioriuin wan filled. Heiiutor l.a I'ollotto ttpoko for ni'itily two liourri ami afterword shook liuiidrcdn of IiiiiuIm. TIiIh re ception wan very ontliiiHluHtlc on tho pail of tho Mod ford people and lie wiik Klien a orltublo ovation when he appeared mul wlion ho concluded IiIh reiunrkii. .Senator l.u l-'ollctto opened IiIh re iiiimKh with n tribute to thlit Mate In piilulliiK tho way toward a restora tion of tho government to tho peo ple. Tho, popular Iiiwh adopted liy tit Ih Htato arc ItH Kreutotit itdvortlHO ment, hn declared, and him canned Oromm to become a household word In every homo throughout the na tion, rionutor Lu l-'ollotto followed IiIh trlhuto to Oickoii with a plea for the reelection of .Senator llourno. "I wan warned," Hinted Mr. l.a Folio! te. "that to Hpenk of Kenator llourno would ho to lone votes, lint I want to toll you right here that to .Senator llourno Oregon In Indebted for her meat ami good Iiiwh. And 1 waul right hero to Hay that If Grown diieH not return hliu to WiiHhliiKton the react loiuiry prows will herald to tlin world that Oregon Iiiih koiio hack. And I would Htlll make thin Htato ineiit even If I know It would rout mo every "voto In your city. Don't let tho nation imy that Oregon linn gone hack. Wo need llourno In WiiHtiliigtnn." Kenator l.u Folletto thou plunged Into n deiterlptlon of tho way Wlm-on-win haii been rocomttrurti'd economic. ally lira wing a Ichhoii from tho Ini provoiueut In conditions there 15 )earii ago and now. "WIbcoiihIii Iiiih nolved tho proh loin," declined Mr. Lit Folletto. "Thoro mo tlirtio great powei'H held hy tho courtH to hn within tho JiiiIh diction or a ntato In regard to rnll-i-oiuIh, I'M rot, to fix i'iiIuh; hocoiiiI, to provont dlHcrlinluatlon, ami third to onforco adeiiato Htirvlco. TIiIh wo have ilouo In WIhcoiiiiIu ami I want lo do for tho nation. WIkcouhIii Iiiih hiivuiI her cltl.onn $15,000,000 In freight rutoH iilnco thlit plan wan worked out. It Ih ii hiiccobh. It can ho inado a hiiccohb nationally." Kenator Lu Folletto worod tho great comhluatiomt of capital throughout tho United BtutoH, de claring that when Theodore Itoono volt wh olootod lit 1001 thoro were 1 111 coiuhlliatiouH with u capitalist! tlou or $a,7S 1.000,0(10, In tho United HtutoH. Wlion ho loft oftleo thoro were 10,020 comhlmitlonH with u cupitiiiuatiou or s:i 1,000,000,000. 'Hail ho gone at It right, ho could have checked tills groat lnonaco with a Htainp or tho root lint oh J how It Iiiih grown mul grown, Now In dood thoro Ih danger mul tho question inuHt ho dealt with without error or 1 (Contluuod on I'ngo 0.) N 1 TO F President Taf t Approves Appointment of Senate Committee Which Leaves for New York to Probe Titanic Disaster Subpoena Officers. No One Saved Except Those Aboard Carpatlila Colonel Astor Lost Ismay Plans to Elude Inquiry. WAHIIINOTON. April 18. J. Ilrucu lHinn. iiiiiiiiikIiik director or tho White Nlur Line, will tell the Htory of the Titanic dlMiiMor If tho United .Stutoh goverumeiil can make him do It. TIiIh much wiih made certain today folloMlug a lengthy conference be tween Frehldeut Taf I and Kenator Kuiltli of Michigan, chairman or tho Hennte Miilicomiiilltee on commerce, appointed to proho tho dlwiHter. Ariompnuled by Sergeant-at-AniiH ItaiiHdell of the Hcnnto and Super- IhI utt liiHpcclor Uhler of the Hlentn boat limpectlon Hervlco, the Hiihcom inlttee left for New York thin after noon with ordern to Htart tho Titanic Inquiry Immediately. To i:iuiilue Ihtifay. Chalrnian Smith ilenireH to exnin Ino lNinuy and tho offlcerH of the Titanic upon their nrrhnl, an It Ih feared thexo offlcem and Imuay vlan to take tho fir fit Hhlp back to lCng lnud. which would place them beyond the Jurlndlctlon or the committee. I'rcHldont Tan heartily npproved or .Senator .Smltli'H plan and Iiiih promlHed to cooperate with the com mittee In every powilblo way. The Wall Sttcot Nowh llureau to day pouted a copy or a ineHHaRo pur porting to have been received trom Captain ItONlron or the Carimthla by wlreleHH to Highland l'olnt, declaring that no one wan miivoiI frntn tho Ti tanic except thoHO on bor.nl the Car patlila. and that ot theno mirvlvorH 100 are In the hIiIp'h hoHpltal. Colonel ,stor Lost. The inoHHago Htnten ruither that the body or Colonel John .larob Aator Ih not aboard the Carpatlila and that Mm. AHtor In dangeroiiHly 111. Two hundred of the Tltnnlc'H hiilloiH, anleep In their iinarteiH at tho tlmo of tho accident, were crUHhod to death, tho nu-HHago Ha)H. Tho vi'BBel wan In diirknoHH for rour niliiutoH after the crash. A Hlnillar Htory, reported at Nor folk last night, Ih unconfirmed. Isiimy to Skip. It Ih reported about tho White Star offlccH hero today that J. llruro iHinny, director or that lino, who whb taken aboard the Carpatlila with tho iiiiHHonuorH rcHcned rrom the Titanic, Kent a wlrelesH to tho captain or tho nteaiuer Cedrle, which Ih nohedulod to hiiII from Now York at noon today, to wait at tho lower end or tliu bay until the Carnathla arrlvim tonight, take lfiinay uboard, and sail with him to Kugland. orrioliilH or the While Star UUW Hiiy that tho report Ih unconfirmed. It Ih reported that iHinay planned thin movo to eHcapo lulervlowora when the Carpatlila dockH ot Now Vork. OF HOUTIIAMFTON, lOngland, April IS, Terrible hcoiioh prevailed hero today at the offlcett of tho Whlto Htar blue, which tiro holug ulorinud by tho wIvoh, children ami sweetheartH ot tho crow of tho Titanic. Women and children pleaded plt- eoiiHly ror lUt or lho BiirvlvorH or the crow. Many of tho women are broken In .mind mul body as a reault ot tho long miBpeuHO, Ono woinaii, Hhrloklug for ior Iiiih- band, mm, two brothers and four couuIub. all lnonibofH or tho Tltiuiio'H crow, dropped uhcoiibcIoub In Trout of tho company a otflcea, mid whs taHon to hospital, in DESCR 8EWRECK CROWDS AWAIT NEWS WRECKED H H HHtf CARPATHIA PASSING INTO NEW YOnK BAY HW YORK. April 18. The entrance to Now York harbor In fogbound thlH after noon and iih It Ih becoming more donne hourly It Ih reared the Carpatlila may bo held off Handy' Hook during Lho night and may not be allowed to laud tho mirvlvoru until tomorrow. At 1:10 thin afternoon tho Cedrle wlreli'HHed lho Hea gato iitntlen: "Wo re now pahHlng tho Carpatbla." .ynatour wIndenH opcrut orH broke Into all attempts made by tho Carpatlila to talk to tho Seagate Htntlou. 4-4-4 4 44444444444 NKW VOUK. April IS.-Tlio flrnt word or the actual condition or the Titanic Hiirvlvorn aboard tho Car imthla wan received here thin nrter iiooii In an iiIiiiohI Incoherent wlreU-sn ineHHiige. It read: "Kurvlvorn In dlHtractlon. Wo pray (Sod tor waving iih. Helped by another boat with rescue. Men pat " Hero the current tailed and all additional (He operator could gather wan thu Hlgualure. which Boomed to bo "Mabelle ThoimiH." The Htatement that nuothcr boat helped In the rcHCtio has renewed hope here, relatives of tho passengers hoping that othem may be rescued hcHldos the BiirvlvorH on the Car patlila, SILL PROFITS NICW YOitK. April IS. Declaring thai the protltH or the railroads are too narrow to permit tho Increase In wages demanded by lho locomotlvo englneerH, tho conrerenco committee or the Hallway Managers' association ot the lluwH etiHt or Chicago and north of the Ohio river, today notified War ren S. Stone, grand chief or tho llrotherhood of Locomotive Kngl neerH, that the demand will not bo granted, and appealed to tho loyalty of the englneerH nut to Htriko at this time. Stone Iiiih been authorised by tho englneem to call a strike If tho ne cessity arises. A week ago ho Bald that lr such a strike were called tho roadB would receive "only an hour's notice." Tho reply or the conrerenco com mittee today said: "Public Interests doinand linnioiiso IniprovomentH tor safety and tho margin or profit Is now narrow." TO T NKW YORK, April 18. -Tho Whlto Star Lino anuuuiiced at it o'clock this afternoon that tho Car imthla will prolmbly not dock boforo tomorrow morning, Officials of the lino hiiUI tho heavy weather probably would prevent the captain bringing his Hhlp hiifoly In through Urn tortu ous Ambro.su channel and thoy tea rod tho dirriculty or caring ror tho sur vivors In tho night would bo too groat. Tho Carpatlila this afternoon con tinued to I'ofiiBo all wlrolesH calls. L N13W YORK, April 18,Toduy'B Bt,opk pinrhvt ononQd with gonornl - 4- f T 10 FROM WRECK VIMS PffiVEHf INCREASE CARPATHIA GENERA ADVANCES STOCK MARKET PROGRESS TOMORROW? Dunn Is a Vote for Stagnation for Medford and Jackson County HRSBk .''l loMi "zZ-as 'II J If W"IMWJHBMMM iBPi WWW I i 'I HEHbnnP' i T fcSjjgMjy..''Ti,. . jjMrf!iBlBBBTPMHrSBfllv The Iijiiii anil uirnyaid of George W. IIiiiiii'h home nlxe Aslilaml one of Hie finest fanus hi tlio Hogue Hlver valley, u (Hirtlen of the CKtale Inherited from IiIh father. This ht nrt ore, unliniroieil since Its erection in early pioneer iIujh, N on the Pacific highway, and Mantis as a monument (o the progressive, enterprising, liM(Mlute elianuter of .lude Iliiiin. ALL CONFIDENT OF POKTImVNM), Anl8.--Oii Ihe eve of the primurv elcelion in Oregon to morrow, hiipporlcr-i of President Tuft. Senator l.u Felldlo mul Colonel HooM'velt all are optimistic nuil each l'netiou eAprcftses confidence that it candidate will receive tho republican presidential nomination. The content lor the democratic presidential uemimitioii ia- developed into a Krcat race helween Speaker Chump Clark mul tJoycrnor Woodrow WiUon. The New Jerey piverimr is receiving: stroii! Mipport mid hi udlieieiits elaiui that he will receive the nomination. The keenest interest also is felt in the fight helween .Senator Jonathan Hoiirue, junior, mid Hen Selling, for the republican nomination for United States senator, llelli factions nssert tiiov will win. A iremendouslv heavy vole is ex necleil. 80 LIS LOST SAN KHANTISCO, April IS. -Kilily lives were lost in the wreck of Ihe steamer Ciiehcpole, off the west const of Peru on the nilit of Mnreli 'Jl, neeoithni lo the Itriti-li trump steamer Queen Uelenn, in port here toiluy. The t'aeliepole was umnneil by British officers and a e.rew of fifty Chileans, with HO passcnyern. It is believed that the vessel's en gines blew 1111 cnusiiifr it to sink in stantly, us 110 trace of tho Ouchcpole was found, mul not a soul was siixeil, The sen wits as euhii us j;lus, ut the lime. The wreck occurred on (lie Clinch pole's rcgulnr run between (lunynipii al, Keumlor uud Pavtu, Peru. advances, Now York Central and United States Steel belnp particular ly strong ami American Smelting ami Canadian Pacific wore features. Uonds of tho International Mercan tile Marino company woro up slight ly. Oreat Northern, Southern Pa cific, Lehigh Valley ami Atchison preferrod woro down fractionally. About noon- heavy selling pressure wlpod out virtually till tho early gains. Union Pacific roll a point un der yesterday's close. Tho market closed steady. Uonds woro Irregular. A. J. Moutuijuo, formor governor of Virginia, Is a candidate for con gress rrom tho third N'lrg'nla dis trict, tho soat uow hold by Captain John Ltunb. WINNING mm WRECK A Sample of Dunn's Progressiveness bcund PROBE THAN WRECK LONDON, April 18. Svdney liax lon, M. P.. resident of tho hoard of trade, in the house of commons today promi-cd 1111 immediate ami searching iiiiuiry into the wreek of the liner Titanic. Buxton declared Unit the committee of the hoard of trade in charge of navigation recently recom mended increased lifeboats life pre server and rafts for the hi liner, but that these requirements had been found iin-atisfuetory and hail not been enlorecd. The board of trade is unable to compel the liners to reduce their speed, ami cannot compel them to take n southerly route across, the At lantic, said Ituxtoii. Postmaster Genera! Samuels de clared that his department is busy probinjr the false reports given out Monday that the Titanic was tafe, in mi effort to determine who is re sponsible for them. HALIFAX, X. S., April IS. It is persistently rumored here that Cap tain Haines of the liner Parisian learned from the Olympic that the Titnnie's boilers exploded iiumediale ly after she struck the icoborjr, toiir iusr a hole in the cssel which caused it to founder. Capluiii Haines is ul-o credited with sayimj that the Titanio's wirclo-s was put out of commission fifteen minutci after the smash. TO EXHIBIT CREATIONS OF OAKLAND, Cnl.. April 18. The announcement is made pulilio today that the syndicate of eapilnlists, rep resented hv Uollo ,1. Hough ami W. (Itirnnr Smith, who hao taken over tho handling of the creations of Luth or Uurhauk, plant wixard," will mnke this city the exhibition center of their vast enterprises. Thoy have acquired 11 lurco tract of html ut llourdmoor on the border of Oakland, where iiiauy uores are to ho dovoted to an exposition area and demonstra tions station, open to lho publio with out ehnrgo, which is to ho imvdo one of tho show plaeos of California and a special attraction for visitors, to thg Panama Pacific exposition in IB CAUSED MFJ ITALIAN FLEET AT LONDON, April 3. Unmoor thnt an Italian force is ttt:iekiur the en trance to The Dardanelles to force Us I way into the Sea of Marmora ami thence to Constantinople are current here today accordm;; to the receipt of a cable from an ajjent of Lloyd at Constantinople, Riving an uncon firmed report that cannonading was, heard near the entrance to the strait CONSTANTINOPLE, April 18. The Italian fleet, according to reports received here, is at the entrance to The Dardanelles and is believed t be preparing to force a passuge. it is also rcortcd that one of the Italian warships struck a submarine ami went down. LUMBER STRIKE PORTLAND, Ore., April IS. -Preparations have beeu completed by otrtcers or tho I. W. V. to call a general strlko Friday, April 19. which if effect I vo will prostrate the lumber Industry of thu state ot Washington, throwing 15,000 log gors, shlnglo weavers, teamsters, yardmen, longshoremen and river moil out or work, according to Ed J. Lewis, Industrialist organizer, to duy. Official sanction for tho walkout has boon wired to F. II. Allison, secretary of tho lumber workora de partment ot tlio I. W. W. at Seattle, by Vincent St. Johns, president ot tho organization. MAJOR BUTT'S FATE WASHINGTON, April 18. That President Tuft's suspeuso regarding the fato of Major Archibald W. Ilutt, his military aide, will not be volieved until the Carputhia docks in New York tonight, is indicated in the fol lowing wireless messago received by Secretary of thu Navy Meyer from Commander Chandler of tho United States scout cruiser Salem. "The inquiries concerning Major Putt and others were relayed to the Chester and iiknnwlcil"ud. Later f sont another inquiry. I just learned thu Chester did not voeoivo thu oriir- innl message, I am uow trying to got iiiu 1 u nullum uiiuci. uui l-uuuiuimib aro unfavorable as njuuy other sta tions hj-o interfering" DARDANE S PLANNING HMN 1514 PERISHED 705 RESCUED IN TITANIC 1ECK Official Figures Given Out Car- pathia With Survivors Ahearrf Due Tonight All Information Refused by Steamer Officials. Conditions Bad for Wireless Working Ismay Bitterly Criticized for Keeping Relatives in Suspense. " 4 SAVED FROM TITANIC. -t- -- f NEW YORIv. April 18. Tho following was given out hero today by the White Star line us the final revised fig ures of those saved from the Titanic, uud from them wus deducted the mmibor of the probably dead. The wived: Cabin passengers, mimes unknown 38JL Steerage, names known., llil) Steerage, namesunkuowu 33 Crew who manned boats 105 Total 703 Missing, probably dead: First cabin passengers.. 172 Second cubin pussenj-ers 189 Steerage passengers..-.. 433 Crew, including all hut four officers 700 4 f Total .1,314 NEW YORK, April 18. Tho firt official indication thut some of the survivors of tho Titauic wreck, may bo in a serious condition, resulting from exposure by being tossed about in lifeboats before beitig rescued came today when officials of the White Star accepted an offer from St. Luke's hospital to set aside its new addition for the Titanic survivors. It is reported here when seven of tho survivors are insune from their ex periences and many others seriously ill. Tho White Star officials posi tively refused to discuss the condition of tho survivors. Defies President. Open defiance of tho president of the United State ami flat refusal to relieve the ugouy of suspense of thoustiuds, of persons woro voiced to day by J. Uruee Ismay, managing dir ector of tho White Star line, when ho curtly refu-ed a wireless request from thu United States scout cruiser Chester for details of the Titanic dis aster. Isiuuy's stand was reported 'o Washington by the Chester, which made it clear that the request to Is may had been made in the name of tho president. Ismay is censoring the Carputhia's wireless for tho rea son, it is believed, that the real story will show thut criminal carelessness was responsible for the deaths of the thousand and more who went down when thu Titanic struck. llltterly Criticized. Pit tor criticism of Ismuy and his action is hourly growing in intensity here. Not ono word of the condition of tho Titanio's survivors has bocouio known although uutruceublo rumors are c unci it thut many of tho women survivor, are verging on insanity. It is evident that tho Carputhia's story of tho horror will celipso any thing in history. ArrangemoittH wero completed today to expedite thu laud ing of the survivors when the Car puthia docks horo at 0 o'dook to night. Surveyor of tho Port Henry and Immigration Commissioner Wil liams will personally supervise the arrival, Tho survivoru will bo group ed alpluibutically on tho dock ami this will mako tho work of reuniting tin survivow with relative eimy, Titanic PWlief FtrnJ. LONDON, April 18,Klitf funU for tl(s Tltuiiio'H wltyJW WH .f 150,000 b t A olxk JmM. i r M 1 f IM