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v -.' "-ni.w w"wii v iM7fE3!!!7!J!!?5i!i3"!!n t 'r'TIf ,.rVViP4''iti'r.9 . wwtjw Ihr'w,W'f1irWl1! u k SECOND EDITION I'nrOMwi'nmt Yfitr, Unity Hrv..nHi Yi-Bft EXECUTED BY Tuthulcnt Scenes Which May End In Anolhcr Revolution Follow Dicta torship Tactics Practiced hy Presi dent of Chinese Republic Terrorists In Southern China Dcijrcc Death for Tyrant Quarrel With Dr. Sun Yat Sen HIIANOIIAI, Aug. 17. -Turbulent neeiics, which may end In nnnthor ro solution, will result, It la predicted hem today, form the execution of two prominent generals by order of President Yiiiiii Hhl Kill. Tho two WiicmIn were suspected hy I'reiddonl Yunti of opposing bin continued ne IuIhII ton of power, Hint ho ordered their execution without a hearing. .Yuiui'm dictatorship Inntlcu nro mild to h ri-npoimlhlo for tint threatening oiitbrcnU, and tho executions today added fik'l to tho flame. Tho (wo general, who arrived here hut recently from Ilnuknw, nro trn I (I to luivo roiiio to Shanghai on other tli ii n government IiiihIiiohk, nud denied tho rhnrgeit made by Yuan to till 411(1. To make matters wort?, relations between Dr. Hun Ynl Han, tho most popular man In tho rutin try, nml I'renlileiit Yunu Hhl Kill nro nlrnlucd. Dr. Hun bullctcs nml openly charges that tho prctddcut seeks complete dic tatorship of China nml thin assertion Ih generally accepted hy-lho nntlvcii. Reports received horo today from Hotilhorn China stale thut terrorists I here hnvo decreed ttiat President Yuan mmit tile, nml omlMitrlcn nro re ported en routo to tho capital to bring flUnut hi nMnvHlUHtlon. i L E PORTbANI). Oro, Aug 17 - Tho Oregon Journal, tho United Press leaned wlro client In Portland, nml nuo of tho mont powerful pnporti In (ho Pacific Northwest, toolkit moves Into Its magnificent now twelve story building horo. In Its now homo tho Journal will havo one of tho fluent newspaper plants In tho United Slates complete and down to ditto In uvory particular. Speaking of tho policies of tho Journal, Colonel C. 8. Jackson, pub Usher, Dald: "You nak mo what tho Journnl newspaper idiinds or. For advance mont of tho raro of men for butter rouilltloitH for n bolter dlHtrlhutlou of wealth nml tho Joyn of llfo; for government of tho people, for tho people, hy tho people In short for n 'squnra deal.' " NO FIGHT PICTURES T 1'OllThANI), Ore, Auk. 17. Notice today In wurvod on iiiiiuii;oim or Portland tliuaterH by Ghlof of Police Slovor that thoy will not ho allowed to hIhiw iiiovIuk pIcturoB of tho JohUHou-Klyiiu or Itlvoru-Wol-Kiiul flulit. Hovural thentnru hud ur rniiKi'il lo uho tho ploturos. 'llio oi lier Ih IiiihoiI oh tho law forbidding tho priiHontntlmi of criminal ncta on it BtiiKO, It Is hold thut nti prUo flKlitlnr, Ih unlawful u OroKon prtzn flKlitorH' nctH nro thnxo of cilinlnulu uccoi'illuK t tho tuto law. ALASKA BOUNDARY SURVEY , COMPLETED TO THE ARCTIC DAWBOK, Y. Ktonmur l'uulluo T., Auk 17. Tho Iiiih nrrivoil from Kiitiipnrt UouMi, whuro hIio doltvoivil u (iiu'ko of umiunil inoteliiuiiliHO taken from IIiIh poll, Hlx memlioi-ri of llio lioumlnry Hiirvoy nvrlvoil on tho bout Mr, Hoeloy, n inemlioi' of tho party, wu.yk: "Tim viiiitiliipr (if llio liouniliiry lluu hurt lump uiimntotml tliidiih'li to tho Arctic, uiiil tho men uvo now mouu inoiillii and oHior flulBhiiif,' worlj," II GENERALS YUAN SHI KA R UNA NEW M permitted Medford TEDDY SAYS HE SAVE COUNTRY Election of Himself and Johnson Is Only Way to Restore Government to tho People Asserts Roosevelt to Massachusetts Crowd Wilson Bitterly Scored for Apathy to Platform and President Taft Compared With Lorlmcr UKVKKK IHJAOII, Maim, Am;. 17. Coupling tho iinmo of President Taft with that of William l.orlmur. deponed United BtnlcM Senator from IIIIiioIh, and sharply referring to "tho apathetic attitude" of (iovernor Woodrow Wllimu townrd Iho demo cratic platform, Colonel ItoonevoK to day flrd tho opening gnu hero In his .Maxnachuiii'ttK riimpalKii for president on tho proKrciulvo ticket. Ill pleading for tho support of tho proKrmwIvo platform, Colonel Kooio tolt assorted that siicrosH of tho domo crude ticket moan unthroning In power ono set of homes, whllo vic tory for tho republican party would mean tho continuing In power of another not of bosses. Tho proj;rci- hIvo nioveiueiit, ho mild, wiim aimed at rotten political umchlnert nml tho only meuim by which tho uoverninent could bo roHtorod to tho pcoplo wiik by tho election of hlnmolf nml Clov ornor lllrain Johiuon of Cnllfornln, hlit ruiinlni: mate. Itoonovolt'H denunciation of tho democratic party, In plntforin nml (Iovernor Wilson wan particularly bit tor. Wllitou, ho until, had referred to tho democratic platform In Mich Kimrded termu nn to convey tho lm preoiiloii that ho neither repudiated nor tfiipportcd It. Tho forinr p-pMSldentV roferonco to Prenldent Tnfl wn brlof hut pointed, llo openly chnrcod that tho president recelvwl tho Hiipport of Utrlmer In tho lllluolx prlinarleu, when he knew thnt tho lattr'n lec tion It) the United Htn(en sennto was minted with fraud nml brotiKht with a "niiiHU Jiiiui rniKuu tor imu pur pone. ROOSEVELT JUBILANT PltOVIDHNCK, It- I, AtiK. 17--Jubllnnt over tho reception accorded him hero In IiIh flrxt political Bpeech bIiico IiIh noinlnatlon for tho presi dency by tho projjreBslvo national convention, Colonel Theoiloro Hoosc veil left Providence for UoHton today confident that ho hits a Reed chance lit Now Knidaud. ltoot-ovolt will Hpenk at .1:110 thin nftornoou at Itovoro lleneh. u nubtirb of lloaton. Colonel UooHovelt devoted most of his Hpeech hero to tho tariff, which, ho mild, wan of especial concern to tho Now KiiKland states. TO SHOOT CRIMINAL UMNO, Nov., Auk. 17. Omitted a stay of execution by tho supromu court, Auilrljo Mlrkovlch, Bontoncod to death for tho murder of n country man Ih today (ho iiroblom of tho Novudad ituthotitloH who nro on doavoiliiR to net lilin to uuuiiko hlu Heloctlon of tho mode of execution from shooting to hmiKlnK. Whon ttlveu tho eholco us to how ho should illo, nccordlni; to tho lawn of Novnda, Mlrkovlch ilocldod on tho luillot, but no itmirds could ho oh Inlnod to carry out tho execution, LAST MEMBER OF SUICIDE CLUB GOES AFTER COMPANION l'HANKMN, Ln., Ah jr. 17. With the arrival hero totluy of Iho hotly of (liirhiud Frere, llio oriKiiml "nuieitlo oluh" of'whleli Froro was Iho hint member to no, Ih exlinel. Ft oro oiuU'tl bin life whllo enrouto hero on n Hteiimur from I'nuiiinn. "Do or ilio," wiih Iho motto f tho fiiileltlo oluh, and whuu Frero wax jilted recently hy a jjirl ho ooiiHldored thai his io had m'oti a luilure, 1 AN VOLUNTEERS jMIDDFORD, DARRO W PROMPTL Y A CQ UITTED B T JUR Y IS NOT GUILTY E Three Dallotts Taken hy Jury Which Is 29 Minutes Rcachfnii a Verdict Dramatic Scene In Court Room Mrs. Darrow Embraces Husband District Attorney Threatens to Take Up Bain Case Monday Verdict Received With Cheers J.OH ANOKI.KH, Cnl., Auk. 17. Chtreiico H. Dnrrow was found not Kitllty of corruptly liifluvncliiK Oeorco N. Lockwood, n Juror In tho trlnl of J. II, McNumitru thin morning. The Jury was out .17 minutes. JudiJo . Ilutton Immediately do clnred Darrow dlKchnrKod and his ball rclunscd. "Orntlomen of tho Jury, hnvo yoii iiKreed on a erdlct7" nrked Judso Ilutton. "Not Kiillty." rend Foreman "Wll Inms. Tho announcomuiit was re ceived with cheers and nppluuse. Mrs, Dnrrow embraced her huu band, who merely sighed deeply and looked around tho room. "Oh, I cnu'l tnlk; 1 can't talk," she nobbed. "I am too happy. It Is wonderful. I know It I know It," as tenrs of Joy streamed down her checcks. 'llireo HitllotM Token For a time ntter (ho crdlct Dnr row appeared tumble to comphrehend what had happened. Then ho smiled and started shnklnc hands with scores of friends who surced around Mmrv-w -' , . -V Juror l. C. Paul Itltter. when nsked If (ho verdict was reached on (ho first ballot, said; "Yes." This was denied, however, by Juror A. M. Illnkesley, who eiiIi): "Thoro wero three ballots. On the first wo stood 9 for ncipilKnl nml three for conviction. Tho second gave Mr. Dnrrow ton votes nml tho other two en in it over on tho third. Those who did not vote for ncipilttal on the first two ballots nro tho only ones who will over know It," Standing In tho box, tho Jurors hold n reception. Hundredth filed past, HhnkliiK each man by tho hand. Mitch Juror shook Darrow'H hnnd heartily. Ho said llttlo to them but bin fnro wreathed In smiles. Unlit CliarRo Next When nsked whedior ho would proKCcnto Dnrrow on tho Haiti chnrRC, District Atlornoy Fredericks wild: "I don't hco why wo should not prosecute Mr. Dnrrow on tho Huln charge. It Is really n stronger case than (ho ono on which ho has Just boon acquitted." Tho Pain caso comes up to ho sot for trlnl In department eleven of the superior court nt 2 p. m, Monday. "When nBkod for n Btutomont, Clnr eitco Dnrrow said: "118 boon n terrlblo ordenl nntl I feel n great sense of relief. Nobody who know mo could bellevo I wiih corrupt. Tho Indletmonts could only havo been returned under (ho stress nntl otccltomout of tho dramatic- end of tho MeNumnrn trial. "I will ro on doltiK nil I enn to holu tho cnttso of tho poor." JtnlKO Jury ('huro JudKO Ilutton In charging tho Jury snld: "Mxcoptlon has been taken to tho district nttornoy.'s nrttumont. Do not bo swayed by tho personal opln ImtH of uttorneyB on either Bldo when not supported by tho ovldonco. "Tho dorondnnt at tho bur. Glnr onco S. Dnrrow, Is chnfROd In tho Indlctmout with Jury bribery. Uororo you can convict tills dofondunt, ovory ono of thu elomontH of tho ehnrKoa nsalnst hint must bo provod boyond a reasotmblo doubt. If thoy nro not proved you muni return a vordlct of 'not guilty." WEST ASKS RESIGNATION OF REDMOND'S MAYOR HAhF.M, Oro. Auk. 17. Governor West getting a telegram from lied niondi Oropini that the mayor had lieen trltid and convicted for kiiihIi litiKi this morniiiK wiied him and the chief of milieu, domundiiij,' their reMuimtionsj, A Mail Tribune OHMON". SA'ITRIM V, AWIl'ST 17, 1012 ' -Jm vtf STEAMERNEWPORT DEATH LOSfF SUNK AT PANAMA TURKISH QUAKE HALFMlLTIONLOSSf PLACED AI 3000 SAN KltANTISCO, Cnl., Au-17. A erified reMrt bv wireloi-. lo (he effect that the 1'arifiu Mail Stcam hliip eoinpany's paeiicr and freight Hleuiiier Newport had been sunk nt midnight by the eollai.e of a large ovcmmciit t-lied mi Hie dock ul Kalboa, ltlunu of i'annma, wik re cenved here todn liy (leiiernl Jlun ager It. I. Selierwin in the local offices' of Hie company. No word has been received of any h-s of life. Firnt report wero that the dock had co!Iumm1, hut this wiik disproved later. The dock t eouerole. Tho value of the Newport's cargo wns about .fJOO.OOO, ami of the vessel $1100,000. Tho loss will be lessened to home extent hy .salvage. Tho order Iiiik been issued to at ouee recover as much n possible of the sunken freight ami lo begin opera tions to raise the vessel. "The Newport was heavily laden with a general cargo of iron, steel dry goods and other merchandise, ami was (o have sailed today. Siie was due bnek m (hi lort September 1'.'. Captain Dreauan was in com mand. Tho big shed toppled over without warning. AMERICA TO TAKE HALF CHINESE LOAN NKW YORK', Aug. 17. Admitting thnt after length) negotiations, plans wero under way by foreign bankors to loan China SiiO.000,000. Wllllnrd D. Straight, representative In China of J. P, Morgan, who arrlvod horo on tho Steamer Mnurctutilti with his wire, hinted todny thut his visit horo wiib In connection with tho proposed loan. Ho also expressed tho opinion (hat America's sliaro woufd bo at least half, despite tho resentment of tho foreign bankers against such a division of tho loan. LONDON, Aug. 17. General Wil liam Rooth, aged head or tho Sulvn tlon Army, is reported steadily sink ing tonight. Attending physicians hnvo practically abandoned I10410 for his recovery. UOMIUY, Aug.M n.Hunter Worknn, an Amerlcau'oxploror has boon ktUod by an avaliuicho In tho Hlmllayn mountains,. according to a despatch received 1W9 today. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 17. Tlnit not le.ss than 3,000 ersons met death in the heries of earth quakes which still continue to rock southeastern European Turkey was Hie word received here todny in an oficinl message from Captain Upliam, nil altnehe of the American embassy here. I'phnm lelegrnphed frjjm the iinkc zone, lie is cruising nbo.it aboard the embassy's guttrdship, the Scorpion, investigating conditions. Hundreds- of people, Upham tele graphed, were buried alivo under (lie crumbling walls, slowly starving to (leath. As the earthquakes still con tinue, he said, the lives of hundreds of others are continually jeopardized by tottering walls and dnmnged buildings. The street of ninny towns and cities are strewn with victims, the stench from decaying corpses being sicken ing. Upliam telegraphed thut fund? and food were needed itnmediutely or hundreds of others would succumb to hunger. E MKX1CO CITY, Aug. 17. Soul to Investigate tho Serrano Indian upris ing nt Xla, Oaxaca stato, eight hun dred fedorals wore first hospitably ro colved, then ambushed by tho In dians. Tha chlof showed friendliness or tho federals, serving great banquets in thotr honoijj Whllo tho fedorals wero returning they wero trapped In a canyon and two hundred of thorn slain. Twelvo hundred fedorals havo been despatched to relluvo tho survivors. E REBELS TO RETREAT WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. Steady firing hy tho Aniorlcnu marines guarding tho legation at Managua forced tho attacking robels to re treat, according to advlceH recqlvod today by tho stato department, Sev oral nnttvo women and children wore killed during tho bombardment, but only 0110 American was hurt, NAN MA A MEXICAN TROOP drcnon Historical faelriy City Had UMum A V BILL ADOPTED BY SENATORS Tcrritcrial Legislature lo Consist of Scnalc of Elfjht Members and House of SIxfcu Members With Governor Having Power to Veto Bills Passed hy Legislature arc to be Submitted to Ccncrcss for Approv al Before Bccomlnn. Law WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. Tho conference report on tho Alaska civil government bill was adopted this nfternoon by tho senate. It provides for a territorial legis lature to consist of a senate with eight members, elected for a term of four years, two from each Judicial di vision in Alaska; a house of 16 mem bers, clccctcd for two year terms, four members from each division In tho territory. The governor Is given the power to veto legislation. Dills passed by the legislature are to be submitted to Congress for ap proval. The legislature Is authorized to create corporations. GAMBLERS FLEE NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Panic reigned in the underworld hero to day when the news got abroad that 1Kb "supremo" court woufd "conduct a" grand Jury Inquisition into the Rosen thal murder scandal, giving Justice Goff full powers to compel testimony. Many gamblers and others hurriedly left tho city. Under "John Dee" proceedings, Justice Goff can call gamblers and keepers of disorderly houses and force them to testify how much money was paid for police protection and to wham It ws paid. The suspending of Inspector Hayes on tho charge of falling to keep his district clean Is believed to bo a fore runner of a general shake-up by Com missioner Waldo, now convinced that tho pollco deceived hint as to gam bling and vice conditions. SKA GIRT, N. J.. Aug. 17. Throwing dignity to tho four winds, Governor Woodrow Wilson, tho democratic presidential uomlneo, laid asldo his campaign pinna and duties here today and held open house for tho residents of Now Jersey. Genuino old Virginia hospitality was extended by tho governor and Mra. Wllsou, both natives of tho Old Dominion state, to tho hundreds who visited tho "llttlo whlto house" to shako tho hand of tho man whom they ac claimed as "tho next president of tho United States." Vendors of all kinds sold waros on tho lawn. Huudrods of women vis itors Joined tho Wilson and Marshall loaguo of Now Jorsoy. L NKW YORK. Aug. 17. Canadian Pacific, with a two point docllno, and showing marked woaknoss, wits tho feature, of today's short session stock market. This loss, howover. was offset by a rlso of one In l and ?', Gonornl Klectrlo and Consolidated Gas and with tho copper and steel is sues showing fair strongth. Soiling prossuro later caused agonoral heavi ness with a further docllno In Cana dian Pacific and marked weakness In tho coalers. Tho mnrkot closod Irregular. Ilonds wero steady, PROM NEW YORK WILSON REEVES NEW II WEATHER 1'nlr irnil Manner Mmk 7 Mln n-l Itol Hum it. NO. 12G Warden Curtiss to Parole the Ten Men Now at Wcstvlllc on Account of Good Conduct While at Work on Crater Lake Hhjhway No Other Men arc Available at Pres ent Time so Honor Camp Will Be Closed for a While 1 CAMP MP AW Ml Wcstvllle, Honor Camp No, 1, Is to bo temporarily abandoned, owing to the remarkably good conduct of tho honor mon a"l work on the Crater Lake highway who havo shown them selves to bo entitled to parolo rind tho scarcity of honor men at Salem. Warden Curtiss of tho Oregon poni tentlary nrrlved In cdford today for tho purposo of paroling tho mon. Aa thoro aro no other men available, the camp will havo to bo temporarily abandoned. Tho demand In state Institutes and from other counties for men far exceeds tho supply of mon available Tho county court sonio time slnco made application for mon and greatly regret tho abandonment of tho camp. Westvllle. Honor Camp No. 1, was established last November at tho Peolor ranch on Upper Rogue River. Slnco that time the honor men havo constructed several miles of excellent mountain road, their work receiving the highest commendation from all who havo Inspected it. Tho men worked under the direction of a fore man furnished by Jackson county, but without any guards whatsoever. All of the men proved worthy of tbo trust reposed In them by Governor West and faithfully kept their promises- to hlmr -' --;.-:m.ww. Several times the working force at tho camp was cut down by men whoeo sentences expired and theso vacancies wero filled by other men. from tho state penitentiary. Recent ly- the number of men at tho camp was cut considerably and no other men wero available. Theso men. In the estimation of Govoraor West, are now entitled to parolo so they will bo freed as soon as Warden Curtlsa reaches tho camp. Only threo men mndo an attempt to cscapo from tho camp and It was duo to tho activity of the other honor men that these were speedily retaken and returned to Salem. TING WITH HIM ALL OF HER MH The authorities aro about to confer tho title "meanest man in Jackson county" on George Murphy lato of Dittto Kails following his desertion of his wlfoaud two children with all of the money In tho family lenvlng Mrs. Murphy and two young chllUron destitute. And this, after Mrs. Mur phy had wotlded an ax bIiico spring In tho timber on their placo In order to got n llttlo money ahead. A warrant will probably bo Issued soon for Murphy, and, If found, ho will probably go to work on tho couri ty roads and havo his wagoa paid to his wife. Dut In splto of her treat ment at her husband's hands Mrs. Murphy Is reluctant (0 prosecute. ' l.nst wlntor Murphy and his wife moved to Butto Falls. Thoy secured a contract with a tolophono company to furnish polos and slnco spring havo boon preparing them, Mrs. Murphy who Is a big strong woman ' assisted In cutting tho polos wcUdlng, an ax by tho sldo or her husband. Ro contly tho poles wero shipped to Mod---ford and sold. Last week Murphy camo to Med ford, uccordlng to Mrs. Murphy, and after collecting $160 due thent de sorted her. Sho succeedod In rain . ing a llttlo monoy at Ilutte Falls and camo to Medford where she told her story to tho pollco. Murphy was seen at Ashland Tiiwj day. Ho will ho apprehended P""0' , ably and returned to th(' city. In, thq moan tm Mrs. Murphy l.soak- Ing work In order to support herolC" npd children, MAN DESERTS WIFE H P. r n mi l 1! fl M I I r i i