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im-. Ji yMJ pV Cfe (Trcnon Historical City Hat f . e ! 'v$ Medford Mail Tribune . . weather' Cloudy. Max flO Mln 4 Jfol Hum I0j I'reclp .(HI. ,, , SECOND EDITION rorJy.drt'onil VrPi IMIIyi Hnvimlli Yritr, MEDFORD, ORKUON, AVJ3JXHSI)A V, HltJl'TKMIJKR 4, 1912 NO. 341 ' . i " r VERMONT GIVES VICTORY HOPES 10 DEMOCRATS Complete Returns Shuw Itciiulillcnii Loss of 43 Per Cent, Democratic Gain of 27 Per Cent ami Prourcs &lve Vote of 15,700 nriiulillcan Candidate Tails to Secure Needed Majority and Election Is Thrown Into Lculslntore IWULlNOTON, Vi.t Sit. -I. - Km hod figure from all Iml III towns In lln Hind' iiimv show tluif Alton M. Fletcher, Ilii leptililicnu niiiiiiiM'i' for governor, irt leading 1 1 it r lit it II. Howe, tlltf llt'llKHTIlllc CIlIllllllllll'. Iiy Imt l,trr nos. Complete ii'hiriiH limy mittiiiinllv ciil down till advantage. ItotliniK ri'i'i'Unl lii'ic iii to 2. uVloek this nflcriinoii gave llio following; llguies: Alton M. J-'InlriiiT. 'J.'l.r.llll; Harlan II. Howe, 18.(111; llnv. Finser Motif., gor, progressive, 11,'JOI. huulinoton, vi., a.'i.t. 4. Dixnocrntlo victory In llio November presidential election la predicted linri today nit u result of tho Inroads made mi tho minimi republican voto by tint democratic nominee for gov ernor In yesturday'a stato election. For fifty yours Vermont boa been considered tliu barometer of national politic, tint republicans Invarlnbly losing when tho republican jituralUy In tho Rtuto t)rom lit' tow 22,000. Practically complctn returns ro rnlvuil (otlny glvn A. M. Flotchor, (ha republican no ml nf 11 for governor, 2U.II00. Iliirlan II. IIowo, tho demo emtio iioiulnoo, U trailing at tila hooU with 20,000 vote, while tho Itev. Fraior Mottgor, tho progressiva candidate, polnlocd 15,700 votes. In tho stnto election In 1910 tho repub lican candidate for Kovcrnor received :tl,8in votes ami tho democratic nomlnoo 15.803. I, eglantine In I'.ltf t No cnudldato In yesterday's oloc tlon rocolvod n majority, mid tho now legislature will miinn tho gov tirnor. Ah tho legislature In rcpub llciiti, It seams certain that Fletcher will bo cIiohuii. Tho strength of tho now progres hIvo parly In lla flrat llno-up against tho older oroganUiitlona also wna oniiKlilorod an outstanding foatnro. Tho republican ninnngors had pre dicted that tho progressive voto would fall below 10,000, and tho showing tnado by Mottgcr ennio nit a big sur prise. With aovoral minor districts ntllf missing, (ho ropubllcana havo oloctod tin ini'iiiliorH to llio nKHombly, tho democrats 3-1 and (ho progressive 17. Democrats .Tulillant Tliu doinocratH aro Jubilant over tho rottiiH nnd point out that It tho pro Krcaalvu voto woro addod to tho ro publican total It would lvo (ho ro publican catidlilato n plurality of but 21,700, aovoral hundred voles nhort of tho lilHtorlo 22,000 coiiHldorod uocoiianry to luatira ropiibllcmt auc comh at tho national election. Tho actual republican losa ovor the party voto In 100S wna -13 por cent, whllo tho domocrntlc Riiln waa 27 por cent. Tho doinocratH lioro ehilin that many who would not voto tor tho doinoorutlo'camlldftto for kov oi nor will Hupport Govoruor WIIhoii for proaldoilt In Novoiubor, SLAIN IN m Kli PASO, Tojciih, Sept. !, Trnp pod In a mirrow canyon while uurouto In ulliu'lc Minim Niuiviih, Hlato of Hniinra, more tliuh 'J00 of u i'oivo ol' rt)0 Moxieuii lobillB woro killed Iiy towiiH peoplo mid n rimall i'oivo of fctlornlH, uooidlup; to disputehoH roeolvod lioro today. 'I'lio lowimpooplo, reportH lioro hii,v, liilorcoplcd tliu voIioIh In llio canyon nnd held them off until rolnforcu iiiouIh of I! 1)0 fmlorulrt arrived with uiueliluu miilH. Hnilniad lliionnui who piiNKud IIii'ihikIi tliu oniiyoii nfter tliu liattlo nay tlioy counted 187 dead. Tho fuduriilH Inter iiieineynlcd tho builicH, SONORA mm WEST STARTS WA AGAINST p1 UM bsiiiHb -J:: .,: - ' .. 3$ Saloon Keepers Notified to Oliuy Laws and Stop Sclllnn Liquor to Drunken Meu--Drewerles Warned Analiiit Shlppliin to Ollnd Plus Mm st Appointed Special Prosecutor to Gather Evidence Auulust Viola tors and Conduct Cases l'()in'I.ANI, Ore, Mi-pi. Iiiiiiiijr iKorniirfl,v IiIh I. Cmi. eritiiule iikiiIiikI tico in I'iMlliiiid nnil (lii'unn, (Invoriior Wext (tiilnv npt'iit'il nr on the iuiliviiltml hulooiildM'pi'i-M of I'ml liuitl. lie appuinleil ItoHfiio K. I'. Iltiixl. a I'ortlaiitl nlloruey, xnreinl prohOtMilor In nther evidenco (iaiiit Niiloiniki'efieo. who iolalo eilv mnl fttato Iiiwh by xi'lling lirpinr to inloxi- t'lltt'il piTMOIIH. Ilnmt iin HHTlnl I'rtiweueor Ilurl will work diroolly untler the coventor iIkmikIi he will eo-operuio in all poKHible wnyx with II. ,M. INler ly,iippniiitiil Hpeoial pniMt'uiitor to eotitluel the Keneral emupninn naintt viro in Portland. Tudor the city ordinance the liceiiho of a KalnonkcciH'r limy be rexnked if ho m'IIh In inloxientetl xnton. "I'm coiii to Mamp out driinkon iii'nx in Portland a miieh nx mih hilde," Haiti (Joernor 'i"t lodny, "Iiy eliuiiuntiuK ilriinkeneHrt uc can cliini nato eriini! mid out the expemto of the ptdiee department in half." Governor Went announced lie. wuh miikiin; proruhH in ln endenxor to uncertain llio niinieK of Ktoekholtlerx in lirovteriVrt lio.ullepw iolnto the law by Hliippin litpior to blind piH in dry territory, llo stated he would inhiia tv proclamation. in ui day or two warning Orepm breweries not to break the law in Hiin respect uudor pain of proxeeiitiouh. Ktop Illicit Traffic "I mn informed," the governor Paid, "that certain breweries plan to eni'iipo prDHccntinu by nhippin litpior to Vancouver, WnliuiKtnn, then re whippliii: it into dry territory in Ore pin thiix liitliin; lichiud the Inwx ! Inwinu iiitorhlnto Nhipinonts of litpior. If tlioy do thin I hlutll proceed agniiixt llieso browericH on tho griuntl that they aro pnlde uiiiHiiuees ami prose cute Ihein." Governor Woht aid that hin nt.iy in Portland depended entirely iiwin the pniKresw uiiitlu in the campaign iiKliiiNt vice here. TAFT SMS ' SPRAINED ANKLE WASIIINOTOK, Sept., -1. -Presi-tleut Taft was forcctl to take to hi bed today licoauso of a t-praiued miklo whieli was hurt when ho slipped on tho uolf links nt lloverly a low ilayn iiko. Tho pruhidont wan foreetl to brenk all oiiKiiKcmentH mid will thus bo iinalilo to addresH tho international iioucrpHK of Applietl Clieinistry lioro today, fir probably to receive a com mittee of tho NcieptiutH who woro to have seen him this nfteruooii. Tho president refused to make any eomtuent on tho Voimont election. ONE LIFE LOST IN OCEAN PARK, Cnl Sept. 4. Af ter an oxluuistlvo soarch of plncoH whero refugees nro housed, Chief of Pollco Ilnmlnll utatod today that ai) inlHHliig havo boon accounted for, mid (hat onn death will bo tho entire Iosh of llfo resulting from tho tiro that Im rod tho Ocean front lioro, causing proporty damages estimated at al most 13,000,000. Efghty persons woro more or Iosh seriously Injurod during tho tiro lioro last evening A majority of tlieao woro painfully burned, out by falling glauH or trampled in tho nun from tho flamoH, Among tho moat BorloiiBlj; In-. Jurod Is Harry Mnnuol, 28, who ac WORLD'S FASTESTMHTOH BOATS TO RAGE FOR BRITISH INTERNATIONAL TROPHY Aimimmzi w: - zmm GREAT BRITAIN ! 'jBJj&Lj&sa. - lU'NTINOTO.V, I.. I., Sept I. Great Hritmn won the llnniiHwnrtli trophy, tnkiiit; the thud of the inter national innlorboal nice-, when 1 1 1 V1....1.. i ...., if .i..r..,.(...i iin. ...ii.r.'i.i I .1,1,., I ,..'1.1 I , l.'.l. .1 l.l 4lll .. Kli defender, Ilnliv Kelnincc. Tho Huliance won Satimliiy's race linl the .Maple l.enf won ,estenla mid today's winch clinched (he trophy. OF NEW YOHK, Sept. 4. - The stock market uH'iied weak today. Auiicoudn mid .Mercantile Marine were the only sttieks tu kIiow finniH'Hit, theso im-lics Kmnitii Minill fractious, fmiadian Pacific, Now York Ci'ulml, Aunsrinin Sii),'nr mnl tobacco stock were the weakest Til thitli"t. Defiliurf were tpiito heavy, lint of a professional nature. After tho opening tlwline, Canadian Pacific, Kaion Pacific, Iteadiiiif and the metal, stocks rose half a point above 'last night's clos iiiR level. Jfoney on call opened :.t II Jl-I. Time loans were more diffi cult tu negotiate. Tho market closed fmn. Honds viero easy. I .MAltrA, Toxiib., Sept. 4. Mexican robolH nro today In posnesalon of tho ton of OJInaKd, which wna captured without tlrliiK a shot, mid havo ro plonlhod their doplotctl supplies. Whon tho robelH approached, tho tedorals uudor (lonoral Sanchoz flod to tho IiIIIh, leaving a amall forco behind to defend tho town, but tho latter surrendered , without a atriiKRlo. TEDDY SPEAKS TO KEOKUIC, Iowa, Sept., l.tin routu to lies Moines today Colonel Hoosevelt muilo ivnr platform nd drossOH at every station where his train stopped ami us (ho train was a local it stopped ut neatly every crossroad, At Mount Kiwi tho for inor president talked fivo minutes. $3,000,(1 EI cidentally Hhot himself In tho groin whon ho tripped ovor n flrohoso. Harry Kellogg Buffering from hys teria, Is In n 8orloiiH condition nt a hospital, Mm. P. W. Coopor, still hysterical, and O. W, Applegate, In n similar condition, nro causing tho hospital pliyalclnus much nuvloty. Tho boaoh Is being patrolled for bodloH of porsoiiH who may havo boon drowned by leaping Into tho ocean during tho flro. A report that sovon uioii, last booh on tho end or a pier, thole oscnpo cut off by advancing flamos, bad mot death, was prpvod unfounded when tho moil turned up today, Thoy had escaped In a row boat which thoy found nioorod to tho pier, 51 nnws nFFFAT toPJMF m m 'mm UHLUUIIUULIUII .UUILIHUUl. UULU (IMIHU HHIIILU EQUAL SUFFRAGE VICTORYjN GRASP in uniuatu nun COU'MHPS, Ohio. Sept. 4 With tho exception1 of (he woman j suffrage clause and i-ogalbly one or tw? minor miicndnietiu, practically all of the proKrcBsUcj' 42 amend ments to tho Ohio constitution car ried by over-whelming majorities at yesterday's election. The suffrage amendment was defeated by about 50.000 votes. Although tho women mado n hard fight, (ho almost solid alignment of tho saloon voto against thorn and tt)o laritttoreigu vote In tho cities downed them. Only 50 por cent of tho normal state vote was polled, but present In dications aro that tho Initiative and referendum, homo rule for cities and the laws calling for good rouds. taxa tion and judicial reforms carried by pluralities ranging from 10,000 to 60,000. YANKEE BOB PALS PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. -1.- "The eluisni of halo opened by the civil war Iiiik been bridger by love mid affection. 1 would to God that my father were here now to see how time has swept away all bitterness. It cmi be truly Miid that Moliuny Keb.' and Yankee Hob' nro pals now,"' This wus the statement hero today of Captain Robert K. Leo, son of (he great Confederate communilcr nnd himself u ehil war veteran who is hero to nsist in arranging for llio tiflieth miuiversar.v cclcbraton of (ho baltlo of Getly-lnirp next July ill which both "blue ami gray" will participate. Captain Leo is bout with age bill ho is a diligent worker. "1 wnnt ovorj hotly to know," he said, "that n fraternal feeling pre vails among the boys nnd that wo mo ono people, with one country mid one ling." SCOTS SWEPT BY TERRIFIC GALE LONDON, Sopt. 1. Ton fisher men drowned and many fishing smacks lost, Is the toll takon by n torrlflu galo that swept thq northwest coiiBt of Scotland noar Butt Lowls yesterday and today. Tho galo dosconded without warn ing upon tho unpieparod ftshormon, lashing (ho sen Into a fury and work ing havoc through tho Hoots, Many mon nro still roportod miss ing, and It 1b feared Unit aovoral boats foundered with all hands, John Law-8, nlnoty years old, has boon olected for tho thirty-first tlmo as register of deeds In O run go coun ty, N. C. Mr. Laws was first olocted during tho gold oxcltomont of '49 and has hold office continuously for slxty- thrco years. 1 EB AND INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Sept. I. "Tho result In Vermont means a progressive victory In November." This was the prediction here to day of former United States 'Sens, tor Albert J. Beverldge, who with Colonel Itoosevolt and Judge Ben Llndsey stumped Vermont for the progrcfblvo stato candidates. "Tho news is glorious," added neveridgc. "I did not think it pos sible. If Vermont does this after two weeks of fighting, everybody can see whnt the other states will do In November." AR STOKE AGAN T CHICAGO. Sept. 4. Just as it Homed us though iho controversy between owners of electric lines here mid their men was about to bo settled today, negotiations fell through and a di-astrous enr strike is threatened. Tho break came when the officials, Mayor Harrison and the employes suddenly withdrew from a confereii'-e and the men ut once issued an ulti ui at inn giving the roads twenty four hours to meet their terms or faco a walk-out. In explanation tho employes' com mittee said they were convinced tho employers were peeking to crate dissension among the union men nnd meantime wore pursuing; dilatory tactics. They demand that n single arbitration board shall settle nil dis putes. The officials of tho roads said (hoy would answer (ho demand tomorrow, E LENZ, Franco, Sept. 4. Rescuo parties aro working desporatoly to save tuo lives or 73 minors wno aro entombed In tho Clarence Coal mine near tho department of Nord, ac cording to word received lioro. An explosion of flro damp Is said to havo been tho causo of tho nccldont, Throe bodies havo been recovorod, and twenty-tin oo minors woro taken 6t allvo, HREATENS CHICAGO TEDDY GIVEN CHANCE FOR DENIAL WASHINGTON, Sopt 4. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, tho progressive nominee for president, will bo given nn opportunity to officially dony tho testimony of John D. Archbold, con cerning tho Standard Oil Company's contribution to tho ropubllcnn cam paign of 1904, This much was mndo certain lioro this afternoon whon Senator Mosos E, Clapp of Minnesota, chairman of tho sonata campaign contributions commlttoo announced that Koosovolt would bo callod to testify whon (hat body resumed Its session oarly In Octobor. A now corporation waa motitlouod BY DEMOCRATS OF MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. -L Complete return today liow the nomination of Judge John Karl over J. C. Schmidt for governor by the democrat-. Governor McGovern, republican, Cnrl Thompson, socialist, and Charles Hill, prohibitionist, were unopposed. . There was a very heavy democratic voto while thnt iif tho republicans fell short of expectation. So active IH.II.C were the republic!!- in the demo- emtio fight that it is possible tho party failed to ioll the required 10 per cent of the total voto which is neeesnry to gie the party a place on the ballot. Iu that cae nil the republican candidates will have (o mil as independents. RAIDED BY REBELS WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. At tho Verdo ranch, 15 miles south of Nnco, Arizona, a band of Mexican rebels stolo 70 horses and fired upon a party of Amrelcau cowboys who sought to Interfere, according to ad vices received today at tho stato de partment. Tho cowboys wero compelled to fleo, and two of their number, Roy Adams nnd Oscar Sims, are still missing. IN VERMONT RESULT LINCOLN, Ncbr.f Sept. 4. Wil liam Jennings llryan, whoso work nt the Baltimore convention was largely responsible for tho nomination of Governor Woodrow Wilson, jees vic tory ahead for the democratic nomi nee for president as a result of tho Vermont election. ' "Tho Vermont results," Bryan said, hero today, "with n heavy in crease in tho democratic voto and hopeful division in tho republican muks, (he outlook is encouraging." today In connection with tho 1904 republican contributions whon Sona tor Clapp Intimated that commltteo mombors woro cousldortng summon ing suvoral millionaire Chicago pack ers to determine whothor tho beof trust figured in tho contributions. Sonator Clapp said ho oxpectod that William II, Loob, junior and George B. Cortolyou, both termor private secretaries to Roosevelt would bo callod as soon as the convention ro-couvoned, William R. Hoarst, ho said, Is now under treatment In a Biuilturlum In Europo and ho was not certain whether ho would summon tho publisher. CALIFORNIA IS PROGRESSIVE BY BIG MAJORITY Roosevelt Forces Win Control at the State-Wide Primaries Four Bull Moose Candidates for Congress, Three Taft Adherents Win San Francisco and Los Angeles Beth Wave Bandana Taft Farces. we,,, Utterly Routed SACRAMENTO, Cal 8ePtftgj-ftl: 3:30 o'clock this morning itiwla.a?-5 nounceu at Curry headquarters with only two precincts to b heard from Charles F. Curry, republican, led Frank Devlin, progressive, for con gress In tho third district by 120 votes. E. A. Hayes has defeated Jtidgo Robert Clark In tho eighth by a Jew hundred votes. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 4. By an overwhelming voto of tho state-wide primaries, California is for Roosevelt nnd Johnson, and has repudiated President Taft. This, in a word, is the summary of yesterday's polling, which resulted in almost absolute domination by tho Roosevelt frees, which will nnmo California's presidential electors and, certainly assures the .naming of Roosevelt presidential electors by thnt assembly. Congressional Fights Onl in the congressional fights did the Taft forces show strength. Four pro-Roosevelt republicans were nominated for congress, while three rpr rt , i ;"" r '-T'' "am a,m """,.... ," ." u ,'" "T" " "Ve ,?","" .r ",.PT." ' ticnl life against Robert Clark in iho eighth district today was still in doubt with the chances slightly iii favor of Ilfiycs. Two other congressional fights in the ifirst nnd third districts woro still undecided at noon today, but only iu tho third was there any hope for tho Taft man, C. F. Curry, leading Frank Delvin, progressive, there by 120 votes with two pre cincts unreported. Tn tho first district the fight was between Judge Clifton Connick cf Etirekn, progressive, nnd E.'II. Hart of San Rafael, independent republi can.. Hart seemed to have a shade the better chauco of securing tho nomination. South for Teddy All of the southern part of tho stale went strongly for tho progress ives, C. W. Bell winning in the ninth; W. D. Stevens in (ho tenth, nnd S. p. Evans in the eleventh congressional , districts by hnudsomo maorities over their Taft opponents. Iu Sun Francisco John 1. Nolan, progressive, had heavy labor baoki.ig nnd easily defeated Edward Nolan,, , the regular republican who opposed him for tho nomination. Complete figures nre not yet available on tho democratic and socialist vote. Tho democratic voto, however, is known to have been light, us while there were fnctjoiml fightn, all tho candidates wero for Woodpw Wilson r.nd only local issues stimu lated tho balloting. TAFT SUPPORTERS twi SAN FRANCISCO, CnL, Sopt. 4, Suppoiters of President Tuft among' tho .senatorial and assembly candi dates who woro nominated yolerdy will hold a sopnrato convention Sep tember 24 in Sacramento and select presidential electors in opposition to those to bo chosen by tho progres sives, acording to a report hero to duy. Tho purpose of thin move, it 'Itf said, is to raise a legal (pii'sUon nnd throw tho matter jnto tto courts 'hi nn effort to prevent the progressive from obtaining tho republican ' elec toral voto for Colonel Roosevelt at tho November election., . J oo Wood, tho Boston Red Sox star, is the leading plteker In the major leagues. 7oek We a winner 126 times out &t'i trt, HOLD COHTN -li ':'! irf I "V) I i -f