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&&--' Trctton Historical SoiM cny Han i&tft. Medford Mail Tribune ,v-.. SECOND EDITION HI J .1 WEATHER -51 & Fnfr and wit niter Max 84' Min -l,T Jlol Itiinl .11, , v r M KoMjMnfltind Ymr. UnllyHAvmth Ter, MEDFORD, PRJSOON, TUIIHKDAY, BEI'I'ISMBER 12, 1912. NO. 148 TEDDY TALKS TO 6000 PEOPLE AT LA GRANDE Tnft Plan to Hnvo Kim Answered .it Onco Is Blocked by Fair Manage ment, Who Refused to Allow Cam palgn Orator to Proceed. BRYAN STARTS. TRAILING TEDDY CROSSCOUNTRY OSTRACIZED BY BOTH WHITE AND BLACK RACES WHITE WIFE OF BLACK CHAMPION KILLS HERSELF Socialist Attempts to Compete with Roosevelt and Is Promptly Ejected From the Grounds. Nebraska!! to Speak in Every Place Where Roosevelt Does in Interest of Woodrow WilsonPays His Own Expenses and Manages Trip. LA UHANDK, (Jr., Kept. l'J. -(! (Hii'l KnoHovelt tinult! a picturesque entry luiro litdny Into Hut iutirinr country of the nortliwnit, dulivetiiig a chnrautoiisliu (kIiIicmh t it crowd of OOOO people at tliti Union cMuitl fair. .Members of (lit) i'Yutcmitl Order nl Moose, uiirln-il lu itniforiiiK suggest ivu of Hit) era of tlm crusaders, ex corted lint colonel. At lliu fair lie hobnobbed with four cow punchers, discussing Iturseniitnslilp with John Spain, lht world's champion broncho hunter, who journeyed to town to "whoop it up for Hoosmclt.'' , Tnft .I'lctn Hjwllcd A pltiu hy tlio Ta ft cumpuigu forces to "blanket" tint Roosevelt M'li by having .John M. Harlan on hand immediately to answer tlio col ourl wan ntpM?a in tlio bud by the fair. niuungcmeiit, who refused the administration's defender temiihtiiti to talk on tlm gruiidhluitd. When thu colonel Marled to mkniU a MH'inlintlu enthusiast in the audi Hive created n tfitipornry diversion by insisting on competing ngiiinsj ItMwovclt by a campaign talk for Debt. The offender wiw promptly ejected.' ; i V? " r Roosevelt declared lie was greatly touched' by n big' hunch of flower handed Mm, with n card reading: "The children of Oregon lovo yon because you believe in our mother mid nro tlio great defender of the American home," "I'd rather have (hat said about me than aiiythihg I can think of," llic colonel asserted. TntkN to C'ouboj Roosevelt prefaced his speech with an explanation Hint ho regretted thai it wan physically imposhihlu for him to HKHik in all thu Oregon oilirft. Then ho digressed to talk about Or egon horses o the cow puncher, while u moving picture operator iniulically turned the crank to per. potuutu tlm cx-prnsldout's wrin, ges- turcs and the punchers' yells on the Him. About Hint tjuio u delayed train hove in sight mid thu colonel insisted on giving them "thu square deal," pOHtKiilinK Ms speech until the crowd could gather iimiuid, Continues HIn Attack Roosevelt continued his attack bu guu yesterday at Portland on the delegates Kent from Oregon to tlm nnlional republican convention. branding the fivo that turned against llielr iiiHiniutfuiiH iih "traitors who Nlinuhl receive punishment," and dubbing National Comiiiltt'eemuii WillianiH iih "oho of the thieves." "If you pardon the man who Hindu a nomination," the colonel do dared, "when ho gets into office he will Htenl morn than a. nomination." Roosevelt bitterly assailed the Tuft plan of sending "imported or nlors" behind la follow him. label- ling them an "dlKcrcditcd politieiaiiH --prophets without, honor in their own country," sent In to attempt to innuo tlio pooplu vote with thu poll-tioiaiiN. Bull Mooso Trail to Be Followed Throtifilioul Nation In Intrrest of Protjfrtslvc Democracy. NEW YOHIC, Hept. 12.-Acting on bin own Initiative, William J. Ilryau wired tlm democratic national cam uiltteo hero toiiny that ho would start Saturday on a campaigning tour for (iovcrnor Woodrow Wllnon Hint would carry htm over tho trail blazed by Cononcl 'Ilieodoro Rooso- volt In bin Jaunt through wentnrn stales for progressive- converts. Wll son's campaign maungors nro elated over tho Nohrnitknu'H teleKram, be lieving thut llrynn'M oratory and of fortn will offset any effect that Roosevelt's trip niny hnvo had. Starting at Denver next Monday, Hryiiu will Npenk at every point whero Colonel KookovoH linn Hpoken or In to upcnlc IneludliiK polutn In Colorado, lInh. Montnnn, OroKou, WnnhlnRton, Cnllfornln nnd Novndn. Urynn'n trip will keep htm tinny until October 2, when ho plaun to return to Lincoln for Novcrat dnyn of rent. Thou ho will rcmiuio ItooKovelt'n tntlt, following his wnke rl;ht up to tho Novemhor election. In bin teleKram to Wllson'n ninnn Kcr, llryan nnuouuend Hint ho would pay nix own expene, and that ho bad cancelled nil lecture aiiKage inontiT "After October "Hryan'n Itln jrnry will b mapped out by Wit on'n vpoakcm' buroaii, bul unlit that tlmo ho will nrrmiKo hU own route. M J 'vmnzKmrw. -wwi7ir-7z,y.-UmamBam-Z2 Fo'l HkcBH IBKk'H IIIIBHaH Mrw. .lark .lobiiMiu GIBSON CM NNOCENCE WHEN HE IS ARRESTED GOFF APPROVES SIDE-TRACKING COMMTS B MY Fi OR THIRTY DOLLARS DULUTHTRACTIONLINES ALLTIEDUPBYSTRIKE DULUTir, Minn., Hept. lt Will every Hiirfuco cur in Jhdtith Hud up, l no mayor, biiHinosH men nud ntrik irn united liorti (odtiy in n ooneort d domiuid 'or nrbltrution of the htreelcar inuu'H Htriko, Thu com pany offieiula tmid they liad nothinj" to urhitrato, Notloo wiih served on thu oily of. iielalri HiIh afternoon that the com. puny would I'OHuuio uervleo when tho Htrikohruukors oould bo (uiiniiitoqd Pfoleoto, TO PROTECT GIRL I'OIITIiANJ). Or., Sept. 12. Ac tion prompted by wliat he declares huh a dcrtiru to protect Nanny Eliz abeth White, a l,uti AiiKelcM cirl, in the eniifu of tlio urrcnt here of Scott S. ltrown, who la held on a charge of bigamy. ltrown, who Iiiih a wife, Clonus 1). IJrown, llviiiK liere, t nllcKcd to have contracted a hccoud mntrimoniul al liance u few days it pi with Nminy Klir.nlit'lli without tho formality of a divorce. Auuordiiii to the p'olicc. Hrowu Niiyh be married the While ejrl after ineetiiiK her throiiKh an advurtie incut. The officeix Miy hn told theiu hIih nave him .f'Jr to marry her, $." later and $:IH, besides aereeiu! to Kvo him n divorce within kix mouths. According to Hrown'8 ailc("ed con foshiou, Nanny Kliaheth White wanted him to marry her no she could ho protected in thu eyes of her family. She is said to have loved n wealthy business man of Los An jjolcs, She is said to lie pretty and prominent Kouially in Los AiikoIlm. The officers say ltrown told them hn was to uso Hie .fllO to buy puss- ago to Los Angeles so as to prove to Nanny Klixabeth White's parents she had a husband. NKW YOltK. Sept proclaiming his Innocenco nnd jih KertliiR that ho Ih a victim ot clrcum tmiccH which ho can explain, Attor ney Burton L. (ilbnon wan nrrentcd hero today nnd formerly charged with tho murder 'of Mr. Hosa 8ato. a pretty AiiBtrlan, who died w,ut1ei. Iwlatln-f' wlln Glbnoit nt" nreenwood lAko, K. Y,, about a month ngo. ItoturnlnK to Now York, Gibson explained that Mrs. Sznbo met death by drowning, nnd that n minister, whose nnmo linn not been disclosed, KtriiRRled desperately to riivo her life. Suspicion wan centered on tho nttornoy when ho produced a will Knowing that Mrs. Bznbo liad left hor cntlro StOO.000 estato to him. Aus trian authorities hero lutorcutod themsolves lu tho ense. tlio body whb exhumed and an autopsy performed. Tbln showed conclusively thnt Mrn. Brnbo died from strangulation nnd not from drowning. Gibson 'expected to bo nrrcstod, nnd early today wont direct to tho offlco of Deputy Shorlff Do Graw ot Orange County, who took him Into custody, "I am suro tho warrant Is n nils lake," snld Gibson. "Thoro was no legal evidence for ltd Issuance. 1 have not boon worried slnco tho first allegations woro mndo." (lihsOit Hiiid he believed (he report that the autopsy showed Mrs. S-.abo's windpiix) displaced was un true. Ho Kii id many untruths had been published about (ho case and that ho )mn rcvoivod ussurancos tli.tt tin attempt would be madvt to "rail- Jack Johnson Broken-Hearted and Will Quit Rinfl as Result of Wife's Suicide She Was Former Wife of Millionaire Turfman Duryca of Pltlsfjurg Stcr- les of Cruelty Denied hy Champion, Who Adored Spouse His Family Thought She Married Him for His Money 'and Held Aloof While Former Friends Would Net Associate With Her. f (.'IIICAO'O, Sept. VI. .lack Johnson, , w..rn hcinywcight champion of (lie wot Id, suffered a com plctc knockout here tat :i o'clock thU uioruiiij; when his white (ife, Kltu(.Miinon, died in I'rovidcuce hos pitiil from u sclf-iu flietcd bullet wound. The woman shot hei-hi'lf in (he rijjlil temple ,it w couple's apart ment here, mcr .loh"ni.oiiV Thirly-lirst street rafc. She died five hours later. lteHirts cont lid uis to the motive of .Airs. Johnson in ending her life. The theory pciicrnlly ncceptvd is that she suffertHbaii attack of nervous prostratun, briiutiht on by tho renliwitiou that she wii forever barred Iroin the wolrld liicli she left when hc became the wife ot the nero pugilist. DurycnV Divorced Wife .Mrs. Johnson was the divorced wife of Clarence & Duryea, million aire turfman. Close friends of the woman say she sickened of mingling with the race to which her husband belonged, and tliat'i she cliosc the only way out, as shqsaw it. Friends of the champion usi( that Jfrs. Johnson wa a victim of ttiberculosi-. and was preparing last night to leave for New .Mexico when 12. Boldly, hc suffered a relapse. Diymissiug her maids from tbc apartment, sbc fired a bullet into her bruin. At the lime, it is said, Johnson was down town notifying frieW that his wife would be unable to start west. When he returscd and learn ed of Iih wife's ncfie raced to PVoviriciice liosplt)!;tiiliisun,,tin. bile. Jfrs. Johnsoo,' tuironscious, was on the operating table. Hreak- iug through tho line of attendants, he rushed lw the side of hih wife and threw lit anus about her. Will Lcate King Johnson, his friends say, is a broken man nnd will never a-rain en toMho ring. Ho was devoted to his white wife, and she apparently re turned his affection. At all bis ring encounters since their marriage in June, 11)10, Mrs. Johnson sat near the ringside, encouraging him on to victory. It developed later today that Mrs. Johnson had been suffering from nervous prostration for a vear. Skilled nerve specialists were culled. "This is something you have never (rented before," friends say Arrs. JoIiiimui told one of tha phi einns. "It can't bo cured. My heart is being eaten away slowly. That's what's the matter with me." When the black champion opened his cafe hero Mrs. Johnson was given rooms above the restaurant. She managed tho establishment, the negro allowing her n percentage of tho profits. Ho thought, he, said, that it would take her miud off other worries. Hut slio continued to TfcvV j.?' ' ''4--'"'''BiBlBy BLACKMAILER I0F CAUGHT SETTING TRIAL FIRE TO GA1 REBELS MARCH IN SOLIU BODY TOWARD LINE Grave Apprehension Is Felt at Doug las, Ariz. Rebel Leaders Declare They Will Disregard Instructions to Avoid Trespassing In U. S. If Americans Invade Mexica Rebels Say They Will Join With Federals to Drive Them Out of the Ceimtry BECKER RIVERS TAKES LONG REST NO MATCHES FOR PRESENT LOS AN0KLK8, CiiL Sept. 12. Jou ltlvers will consider no mutches in Suit Francisco at tho present time, uceording to his nmuugur, Joo Levy. Kivors will start Into today or tomorrow for Wheeler Springs for a long rest, after which Levy will try to get him on in Los Angeles with Willlo ltilehio or Joo Mandol. Ho is willing to meet Ititohio hero if tlio Sail I'Yuuulrtinui will mako ringside weight. After a ltilehio match or u ehuneo lihuHelf in another battle with Man dot, Hivers will bo ready for Fruukio HttniH or any other pugilist with whom Promoter Coffroth of San l'Vanuisoo oaros to arrango n meet- NKW YOltK. Sept. 12. Sidetrack lug of tho case against Police Lieuten ant Charles Decker, charged with tho murder hero or Gambler Herman Rosenthal, and tho central figure in the graft allegations against certain high police officials, today met with tho approval ot Justice Goff. espe cially appointed by GovernorDicto try the. case. Tho Beckor trial was originally scheduled to begin today, but Attor ney John K. Mclntyro, for Becker, secured yesterday a postponement from Supremo Court Justice Blschoff until October 7, Mclntyre, asserting that witnesses had been unearthed In Hot Springs, Ark., who would swear that Sam Schopps told them. that, so far as ho knew, Beckor had nothing to do with tho slaying. A commissioner was nlso appointed by Justico Bischoft to go to Hot Springs, where Schopps tho alleged "murder paymaster," was arrested, to tako de positions. When tho case was called today Justico Goff formally postponed all action until tho October term of court. Justico Goff sprang a sur prise by saying that ho had 'notified tho governor that ho would not hnvo been ablo to sit in tho caso tho last two weeks of the month anyhow, ex plaining that ho had nnothor Import ant caso to hear. M PREPARES (Continued on pngo 2.) (Continued on page 2.) ivllsKcoIfiPolcW? Unless tho automobile ownora show moro public spirit, tho American Goournphic.il Socloty oxeurslon of world ruinous scientists to Orator Lnko will bo called off, and tho clianco to advertise Orator Lnko and tho Hoguo Itlvor Valley abrond lost. 'At. least 25 automobiles nro noodod. Of this number, 1G hnvo been definitely promlsod. but sovorul of thoso cars aro old or nro runabouts and ununited for tho trip. Sovorat drivers hnvo vol uutoored to drtvu cars for those who cannot go thoinsolcs. Thoso who have ngreod to furnish enra up to this morning wore: G, I'utnnm, V. II. Goro, Irving Worthlngton, 10. U. PIckel. W. I. Vaw tor, J. A. Wostorlund, K. I,. Ton Vollo, G. F. King, L. O. Orton, P. S. BtooiiBtrup, A. Conro Flero, V, H Cowles, J. w. .Mltcholl, j. p, Itoddy, Calltorpln-Orogon Power Co.. Strtnton Griffla. Thoro wro 47 automobllos In Juekson County, ot whlcji there nro 37a In Medford, ,113 In Ashland, ai lu Central Point, 17 In Jnck sonvlllo, 12 lu Talent, 7 In Phoonlx. In addition thoro aro 10S In Grants Pubs. Thoro ought to bo public spirit onough among tho ownora to lotui tho uso of their enra, especially as tlio wouthor Is dollghtful, (ho roads bettor than over boforo. Show yoursolf pro gressiva In tho truo stmso by volunteering your car. Tlio ladles aro also called upon to assist. If tho enra aro not offered by Friday ovonlng, tho excursion wilt bo cnllod off by wlro but wo don't wunt to do It and aujieo.1 for co operation to tho gonerul public. O. PUTNAM, P, J.'O'GARA, , BKNJ. 8HBLDQN, ' ' (- J ' .Commercial Club Conuiilttoo, TO RGHT BULGARIA SOFIA, Sept 12. A big force of nillltla was called to the colors by government officials. Tho army la oxpectod to be on a war basis soon, It being gonorally accepted horo that war between liulgiirlu and Turkoy Is certain. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sopt. 12. Tho war ministry today ordorod fif teen divisions of army reserves to mobilize Turkish government offi cials consider that war with Bul gurla Is on, although it has not boon formally declared. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept- 12 By being a splendid digger. J. V. Samp son, a special officer, detailed by tho King County sheriff today has Quln cy Hoffman, a farm laborer In the county Jail ponding the filing of various-charges. Including blackroaU and arson. And for the first time in mnnyrnioBthu. August Flsherf wealthy farmer and his family, aro removed from the apprehension that their homo may be blown up by dyna mite, Fisher lives a mile and a half north of tho city with his wlfo and fivo children. Two months ago he re ceived a letter signed with a black hand, threatening to kill himself and family and to blow up his residence If $2500 was not left at a designated spot for tho writer. Hoffman, employed as a laborer, voluntcored his services as a guard and frequently would rush out at night firing his revolver at an imaginary foe. Sampson was detailed by tho sheriff's office. Ho wont to tho farm as a laborer and allayed Hoff man's suspicions by digging two sacks of spuds to Hoffman's one. Tho last lettor found Monday says: Don t forget to say your prayers. Somo night twenty pounds of dyna mlto will bo exploded under your now homo." Wednosday Hoffman went to tho barn, Sampson followed, noticing snioko Issuing from tho building, and reached tho barn In tlmo to catch Hoffman with a half burned candlo In his hand just after having applied It to tho building. Hoffman says Fisher Is worth something liko SI 00,000 and ho felt ho wns ontltted to "Nick" him for nt least S2.500 or it. i , DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 12. Fifty Amcricntu, six of whom are'.womea, are threatened with deatli hy a horde or OOO Mexican rebels who re ad vancing on KI Tlgrc, seventy mile south of the International bsttadary, according ta frantic telegraphic Bwn tuigcs received hero late today. Kl Tigro la the richest gold camp in Northern Konora It la prelected by a federal garrison of ulity men, tlic commander of which Is importun ing Immediate aid. The rebel leaden, according to the teicgramfi, have declared their inten tion to Hack and burn the town. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 12. Cour iers despatched to Colorfel Benlg, by scouts, who are retreating under the advance or General Rojas arriving- at Augua Prieta shortly after noon, bringing word that the rebels are 'ad vancing In a solid body and are with in three hours march of the border. Tho rebel leaders, It Is reported, have declared that the action of the United States government in .peraiU- " ting federal troops to be transported , , to Augua, Prieta through American ' territory will cause them to disre gard earlier Instructions to vald tree paMlng on American. Ml,U they;,, fit to do otherwise. , Grave apprehension exists, here. To Keep Americana Oat EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 12. ''U tho, Americans invade Mexico I will Join forces with tbo federals to drive them out," Is tho statement refugees arriving here from the south today declare General Campa -made to them after he had held up and plundered a train yesterday near Nogalee. None of tho passengers on the train were injured, tho rebels seeking only arms. Advices hero from tho district near Douglas, Ariz., say that Escobosa, the rebel leador, who has been oper ating near Nacozarl, has been hanged by orders of Colonel Aojas. Esco bosa refused to Join In the pending attack on Agua Prieta and Rojas or dered his men to capture and executo him. President Madero today Is making dosperate efforts to relieve Agua Prieta. Two troop trains, bearing 1,000 men. aro on routo from Jaurez and 500 Infantry aro marching from Cananea. It Is bellovcd hore that Rojas will postpono his attack on Agua Prieta , until tonight. t .t t. ffttt'ffttf ,,' STRUCK BY AEROPLANE AVIATION STUDENT KILLED MINKOLA, L. I., Sept. 13. Struck in the chest hy a flying aeroplane, several of his ribs piercing Ills lung, Qeorge Moutuml, a pupil of tho, Moisnnt Aviation School, who was injured whilo watching tho flight of Gustavo Salviuas, a Mexican army officer, is dead hero today, Mounord stood on tlio edgo of tho field with 11. Huias, another fledg ling aviator, watching Salviuas mak ing iv descent. Hums shoutod to Mounord to get out of the way but tho latter stood apnroutly dttzvd and tlio prow of tho aeroplane btruuk lihu full in tho eles(, 10,000 PEOPLE GREET WILSON SYHACKUSH, N. Y., SopL 12. Ifoceived with Hie greatest enthusi asm, Goernor Woodrow Wilson of New Jeroy, democratic candidate for Hie presidency, addressed 10,000 persons at tho btatu fair horo today. lfe said in part: "Tho tariff is a malignant growth which required a surgical operation. If I am tho surgeon I must perform tho operation. I will not touch liny healthy tissue, hut I will cut the deadly thing out and savo your lives, "Tlio man who says 'lot tho trusts stay us they are,' declines to attack tlio uouter of our sooinl and political trouble. If ho does not propose lo operate ho is not a surgeon, but a qunok. And don't let u quack dis tilth you." Wilson Kldd ids intellectual gifts seemed to trouble Uoosuvclt, nddiuQ that one of his gifts was "to koop off subjects I don't underatiitld." XOGALES, Ariz., Sopt. 12. After holding up tho southbound Sonora railroad passonger that left Nogalea lato last evening, a detachment ot Genoral Cam pa's Mexican rebels, cut opt tho engine and threo coachos. proceeded southward burning bridges behind thorn, finally ditching tho lo comotive and baggage cars 75 miles south of the border, according to re fugees who arrived hero today, Tho attack on tho train was mndo thirty miles south ot Nogalea. None ot tho passongers was molested but all lost their baggago. They walked toward Nogalea throughout the night, requisitioning handcars when they. reachod a construction camp ten miles south of the border at daybreak, According to tho train crew1, Cam pa Is at tho head of more than 1,000' woll armed troops, JAIL BIRD PROVES BEST BRONCHO BUSTER en, i CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 1 When the Calgary Stampede open. an Indian named Three Pertens was doing a short term In Jail and he was wanted to rido in the broncho riding , contest boforo tho Duke offt Cor natight. So a local ranchman bulled.? htm out with $1,000 and he defeated ' all comers, winning a golden belt. $1,000 cash and A baaqwe saddle, I j h r W 11 J ; r m i a t , rt i n