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i f, Orrrjon Historical SestoSp City Hall rs3 Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair and vwtrnt Mnx. 7ilj IWIn. -10. MEDFORD, OIllMON, TflUItSDAV, OCTOKKtt 17, 11)12. PnllyPitviiulh Year. NO. .178. SPANOS CONFESSES TO KILLING GREEK o to-- V A HE F R E 0 DEDASKALOUS 10 SCENE OF GRIME FULL DETAILS OF COLD BLOODED 'DEATH CAME 10 cm m 0 TH N STATEMEN GREEKSUDDENLY Onnnos Tells All to Officers nnd Lalcr Slnns Statement Covering All Particulars of Crlmo Insists That He Was Forced to. Help Trank Parker In Disposal of Body States That Ho Did Not Know Parker's Intentions Until tlia Fatal Dlow Had Been Struck Says Parker Told Him to Tlirow the Blame on Bert Cummlrius, and Declares That Cum Inns Is Entirely Innocent of the Cilmc. JACKSONVILLE, Oregon, Oct. K., Uil2.-"I, Mike Hpnuox. of my own free will ami imtlroly nt my own mikkwUoii and mdlcllntlou ami after having been wnrnml by Him prosecuting attorney Hint tliv statement I nm about to make, will, If seen fit, ) used n($altiHt mo, way Hint on tint '-'ami of Koplnmbor l lh lown Lumber Compnny'ii box factory In Mcdford near tho hour of II o'clock p. m. I was prenent nml saw George DcdiiwknlouH hilled. Tim killing watt done In llm following manner: '(leorgo DodiwUnloiu. Frank Parker nml msolf wont to this place to nit-ut a Klrl Hint Pnrker hail promUml to bring there. Tins nlrl dlil not come. Jul before going to tho box factory Parker tolil George he ought to got a watermelon for llm girl ami tlio rem of us. Parker and I stood nenr the depot until George got the melon. Then George nml I wimt to the box factory while Pnrker wont nftor the Klrl. Parker cnino hack In n few moments without the Klrl Huyliig that she woulil bo there In n few minutes, lie said: 'LctM cut the watermelon.' George liml my knlfu which he hail borrowed of me nt the (Sronk pool hnll nbout 8; .10 ji. in. He handed It lo me to cut the melon. Hut Pnrker Imdnlcd that George cut It for 'he In an old Itnml at It.' I then linndi'd the knife back to Gcorgo and George bent over to cut the melon. Then Parker hit (leorgu In tint back of the head with a piece of pipit wrapped with tape, lie hit him threw or four Hinc.. Then . Pnrker told me to take .him, Innldo. Parker hnd n gun In one hnnd nnd the pipe In tlio other sin ho nld:''( 'If you don't When Parker Struck First Blow No Sound Was Matlo by Injured Man Spanos Says Parker Held Gun on Him and Forced Him to Help Tells How They Lured Georfje About City Sceklnrj Quiet Spot. SCENE IT BECKER TRIAL WHEN IMPORTANT WITNESSES TESTIFIED GIOVANNI 6TANISH . Mike Spuuon Iiiih confessed that h" was present ul (lie murilor of George Dcdiisknluu, a Greek, nt the box Inc. lory In Ihi eily .Sunday evening, September --. lie Implicates Frail. Parker, yniiliimu at a local hotel, whom lie ny did Hie actual killing. Spuuos miiili' his I'liiifcsHinu to Slier, iff iIuiich after sending for him. Later he repented hi slory lo Dis triet Attorney Mnlkey, Sheriff ,lone niiil L. Jin I oil. Mis fdulement wnx put in writing hitted mid acknow ledged by Spanos. Parker was ar retted early Thursday morning nml Indeed in the county jail. Although la- has (old the Mory id the crime in all of its particular, even visiting the scene of the crime with the officers and (here vividly describing ihovarjoiiH tden in (he killing, Spnnos maintains Hint lie did Inke him Inside I'll do you the name way.' Ho I dragged GoorRo Imddofunt know dial Parker planned to take (he muu'8 life until after Hie first Mow wnx struck nnd Dcdnskn Iimih had fallen forward on his face unconscious. Spanos then deelnrcs that Parker drew a mm and forced him to drair the body under the box I factory, where Parker cut the man' throat nnd threw Hie knifo nway, afterward robbing the body. Spanos slutt'8 Hmt he olilained .only $7, Pnr ker pocketing the rest- with the. ad monishment for Spanos to "keep Ids mouth shut." Confession Voluntary Spanos' coufcsMon follows his coiifiiicnicut iu the county jail during; the past Ihreo weeks, Ho has been alone in the upper tier of cells where he has had great i!pportuuity to lliink about his clime, lie has hedged lo he placed in Hie cells on the firM with Parker's help. After wit were liiHlde ho made mo light mntchc while he cut George's thront. Pnrker cut IiIh throat wth the namo knife. Then Pnrker went through bin pockets and then ho tore open Ida clothe nnd Rot the belt while I lit mute turn from n box ho hnuded me. Then Pnrker Rot the belt. I do not know whnt ho roi from It. That $r. bill I hnd Parker Rate mo to shut up nml nay uolhlnR. He told me If 1 over uld anything I would not live over "I hours as ho hnd frlemlH outHldu lookliiR out for him. "Tint watch found nenr CiiiiiiiiIiirh' nhelf wns put there by Parker, lie told me 1 miiHt Htty llert CummtiiRB put It there if It watt found. Pert CuinmlnRH Im Innoront. "The pumn In the one that Pnrker took the J.r bill out of. lie told mo to ny that llert CuiuuiIiirii throw It nway. "Pnrker nnd I went to a hydrant near an old Htnbte and watdicd our IiiiiuIn nfter (he ktllliiR. We uIho Minhed our hIioch, Pnrker IiihIhHur on It. "Pnrker told tun he wiih roIiir to lay low awhile nnd then bent It. "Pnrker hnd his pocket full of moiiiuIIiIuk and I heard (ho money rattlliiR In IiIh pocket. Ho ah:n riivo me two dollars In tdlver nnd I riivo r0 centM of It to my wife and told her I won It Hint night, "When I wiih on the stand lentil) Ini; nt Pert CiiiuiiiIiirh' hcurliiK Pnrker Mtood uear tlio front door nml shook his flul nt mo when 1 wiih (eHtlfyliiK about the watch. He nlso Rrltted hi teeth at mo when 1 did not nay Hint I had seen llert place the wiitch on the shelf, "The pipe whh IiiiurIur to Parker's wrist whllo ho itnurr.hcd HcorRC,' To the nbovo ntnteinent In the presence of II. V. Mulkcy. W. A. Jones nml Louis Uuton after the Hnmo w iin rend to mo 1 affix my ulRiiaturu. (8l?ned) MlKH SPANOS. WITNKHSKH II. F Mulkey, V. A. Jonen. f.ouls Union. 1 mkiWmiJMy WWm&sS&r jM. DGO FRMnIK." CmULS ECKe xfySSfflmtt&r THOMAS RYAN . )('j3it?9mSer refuses to ipcnTiFVc&y KiAuiis i JL iWiJEPiT ! OF SCURRILOUS. Wm RAISES STANDARD : AHttHNU HHIP OF REBELLION ? ROOSEVELT OUT OF ALL DANGER SA SURGEONS All Nervousness Has Disappeared Only Teddy"s Desire to Carry Bul let as Souvenir Will Cause Opera- ticn to Be Performed. Thousands of Telegrams of Sym- s pathy Pour in and Hundreds of Boqucls Arrive Daily. (Continued on Paeo Three! POItTI.ANI). Ore., Oct. 1 Thomas J. Hums, socialist writer, nnd bovcii other prominent tsoclnllats were today Indicted by the county Krnnd jury for Issuing an nllcRcd Bcurrllous clrculnr directed ngaluut Colonel Theodore Itooscvelt and CoiiRrentimnu I.oiiRworth, on the oc casion of Koobovclt's last visit here. Tlio announcement of the indict ments, which wero secret, was made todny. The federal grant! Jury Is reported lo be considering tint return of like Indictments. Acting presumably as (ho result of the ' attempted assassination of Colonel lloosevett, nnd tlio alleged action of a number of socialists in snickering nnd Inughlug when the shooting was announced at a social ist meeting here Monday night, the MOftRtS I.UBAN... NEW YOltK. Oct. 17. The j state rested its casd at 4:25 o'clock this afternoon In tho trial of Police Lieutenant Charles Decker, nccused of tho murder of Herman Rosenthal. grand Jury indicted tho socialists. The circular which referred to Itooscvelt us tho executive who "at tempted to murder Haywood, Moycr nnd Pcttlbono and to Congressman Nlcholns Lougworth as a "bawdy house keopor" was spread broadcast upon tho occasion of Hoosovelt's visit to Portland last month. The most glaring cunrgo made by the circular was "you sold Princess Alice," roferrlng to Colonel Roose velt" to that bawdy houso keeper, Nlcholns lougworth." It also re ferred to an article In n New York paper which nccused Roosevelt of stealing $10,000,000 in money ap propriated for the Panama Canal. T Kb I GENERAL MAN E AGAINS T SERVIA LONDON, Out. 17, Dispatches received hnio from Coustniilluoplt) todny Hiiy that Turkey formally de clared war iigalnst Hulgarla and Sor via today. The Turkish war office lias ortluroti n general advance on tho (Ireek frontlor, nnd n Turkish fleet Is already nailing toward (ho (Intf of Sparta. LAWSON SfflT $17,000,000 SOKIA, Oct. 17. Accompanied by his utuff, King Ferdinand loft today for the liontliiuurtortj of tho Unitar ian urmy uuur tho Turkish frontier. Tho king, It Is botltived, will Issun a formal declaration of war from that position. CONSTANT! NOPLI0,' Oct. 17. Hot li (ho Sorvlnu and llulgiirluu min isters wmo glveil tholr piiuHportu to day and nt oncii dopartod tor tholr I'ouutrleH, SOFIA, Oct. 17, Tho Htatomont given out hero today Hint war hud been declared against Turltoy is of ficially said to bo premature, The iinnoiuicoiuoiil, u Is said, wiih dim to mlHto,l(o, FUND WD WASIIINOTON, Ocl. 17 Tlio Hal charge thai .$17l0(HI10l)0 wiih ruibcd by (lm "Wnll Street system" lo back llm ilurk horse cnndiimlo nt the dciu oeralie national eonvenlio'u in Hnlli- moro wiih muile by ThonuiH W. Law son of Huston (his nl'lernoon before the Htnuilo eumpnigu eoulributioiiK iiiveHtI),'aling eoinmillce. When pressed, however Luwsnn was umihlu to l'uruihh (lie uuiucs of (lin uonlri bnlorri. The Hnston l'iimueier tnhl (ho eoin millce that lliu DiefiuiiH testimony given the proheru wua generally eon Bideri'd u joke, WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Test! fylug heforo the koiiiiIo eoulrihutloiiH luveritlgndng eommittea hero this afternoon, Krnnk A. ftfunsoy, nul linnuiro iiowHpniHii puhlishei' and magazine owpor, ndiuitted that he oontrihttted .fl 18,000 to Colonel Theoiloi'o Hoosuvolt'n pre-eouventiun ttniupnigu. Luwson followed M'uusey on the stand. u testified that tlio Stan (Continued on nngo 3,) NEW YORKHERALD POLL sMwlNlS BIG LEAD In the New York llcruld iintionnll cessions of strcimlli, howexcr. Tnlils,,nw votes and by tho fact that no ii ....i.i:. 1....1 c i.... ... . .. 1... i I ... .. . ....... .,, , .. .... poll published Suudiiy, Oct. Jit, Wd son is fiist, Uoosou'lt Hecond, Tafl Ihird. At Ilia opening- of the third week before election the Ihreo rivals for (he presidency still upponr to he Mrength perceptibly. In lown ho still pondering," .still (he unknown quantity (hut will decide Hie result. In souio flections evidcuecs are not wanting Hint tho "on-llio-fciico" ele ment is slowly dismounting and Ink ing ii definite position, hut tho top rail holds hundreds of Ihousnmls of riders. TIiIh grout, sphiux-liko vole IciiiIh politicians to declaim with fer vor that llm election this year will he any man's battle right up to Iho open ing of the polls. 'I'a ft Sentiment Shows (iootl Galas Tlio most notable development of Iho lust week iik indicated by tho na tional political eanvuss has boon the strengthening of (ho Tuft force in MHiui Kcetious. In Ohio, Taft'rf homo stale, tho president increased his gained somewhat; in Pennsylvania ho apparonlly continued to draw from Iho Roosevelt camp; while in Now York thero wero evidences of a swinging hank of voters from tho mHv party into Iho old republican lino. II hoars, nut to a certain extent the as sertions of Iho Tuft uiauagerH tli.it tho presont prosperity will heeomu more and more of u campaign asset for Tafl, and (hut many u voter, who now is mulnoitlcd eventually will givo ear lo tho "lot' well enough alone" argument. Notwithstanding his npniu-ont (io- appcars to be fur in the rear ot hn two rivnlh. Tho traw vtdo indicate that Wilson at thii tune is so fur in tho lend thai if Hie elceliou were to morrow iitotfiul ot N'ttr. fi he wouhl win fur more than a majority of the electoral college. Starting with the slides of tho south which hue mani fested no lendencv to; depart from democratic tradition, tho results of the Icrtt vole iu I lie dcbalublo states indicate that at piexunt Wilson has llm upper hand in at least thirty-one slutos. These stales are. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colo rado, Florida, (ieorgln, Indiana. Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mnssachiisotts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nohraskn, Nevada, Now Joitioy, Now York, North' Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Cnrollna, South' Dakota, Tennessee, Toxini, Virginia, West Virginia, "Wis consin, Wilson Thirty-oiio states; total electoral volo ot 110, Necessary to elect, 200. Nine -States Doubtful This list, which Is not offered In nny soubo as a forecast of what will happen Novombor B, but morely as an Idea of how the cltuatlon now Btamls as Indicated by tho cuuvass, does not include souio states iu which tho teat votes favor, WUboii, but whero siipploinentnj Indication? favor somo other rnndldato, Chief ot these states la California, whoro WIson s (nvocqd both by tho Tuft electors will bo on tho ballot, leading many Taft anon to declare themselves for Wilson. Other states iu tho doubtful col umn Just now aro Connecticut, Dela ware, Maine, Montana, New Hamp shire, New Mexico, Rhode Island nnd Wyoming, souio favoring ano candi date, somo another, but still being the sceno ot such nurd battles that wore tho election tomorrow It would bo any guess as to who would win. This doubtful territory has forty olght electoral votes. Slv for Ktm.sevelt, Two for Taft Tho canvass indicates that nt present iloosovolt has tho undoubted lend In Illinois, Michigan, North D.iKotn, Idaho, Oregon and Washing ton, bIx states that have- tdxty-flvo electoral votes. Utah and Vermont, each with four votes, are for Taft, For the next threo weoks tho efforts of tho Taft and Roosevelt forcoa will he to demolish tho string of Btatca Wilson Just now appears to havo nnd to capture enough ot tho-doubtful Btatca to win. In an ordinary campaign tho final threo weeks is tho critical per iod, and In the present campaign It Is oven moio tho crucial stngo. All tho lenders nro looking for Import ant changes In the situation within tho coming wook. ' Tho sllont voto Is slowly finding Its volco. Tlio knloldoscopo of politics may bo Eont whirling at any tlino. Trends ot Bontlmeut now la their lnciponcy may dovolop Into vast proportions. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 17.-A bom bardment of Vera Croz, which is held by rebels under Felix Diaz, was ordered today by the Jhulcro govern ment. Commodore Azuctu, fit charge of the "imbonts was- directed to open fire nt iliere(ioii. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 17. Dis patches iceeived here today from Vera Cruz, where General Felix Dinz nephew of Porfino Diaz, deposed president of Mexico has raised the banner of rebellion, attributed to tho leader the statement that he started tho revolution at the request of this "best element" of the tinny. After onlerimr Vera Cnir. with ,"00 men Diaz seized the nieual nnd gar rison there, which comprised 500 of (he 21st infantry and one buttery of six guns. Revolutionists were then placed iu ehargo of tho gunboiUs Ilravo mid Tnmpieo which were lying in the harbor. General Kugouilios, commander of tho troops in tho sdito of Yueatan, is reported (o favor Diaz, and it ii feared hero that ho will join llm new rcbolliou. Congress is loday considering the demand that members of President Mitdoro's cabinet resign. The min isters involved uro charged with hav ing secured millions of dollar. through grafting methods. -f-f-t-4 f IH MI'Mj MOOSH TO KAT t IlKAIi JIOOSi; STIUIC CHICAGO, Oct. 17. A man whoso name Is not given telephoned to progressive national headquarters hero today that ho was prepared to furnish Colo'nol Roosevelt with tho tenderloin steak ot a bull mooso recently shot., Roosevelt smacked his lips when Informed of the offer, grinned and asked tho doc- ters: "How about It?" They said he might have It. "t want It cooked In hunt- ing stido," tho colonel or- dercd. "with salt pork. Give mo somo flapjacks, baking powder biscuits, coffee and condensed milk with It." ' - ' " ' - v . ft 4 . ' 4- CHICAGO, Old. 17. At 1 o'clock (his aft yoon (ho physicians in nt tendn: mton Colonel Theodoro Itooscvelt at Mercy 'hospital issued the 'followjiig bulletin: "Pulse, tempcraturo and respira tion of Colonel Uoosovelt have reach ed the normal stage. Tho blood count has dropped to normal and his breathing is much cusier.'' STRIKERS INTENDED TO MURDER ALL SCABS SALlvM, Mass., Oct. 17. Tesli- colonel. uetiuiesccd iu this plan CHICAGO, Oct. 17. The following bulletin concerning Colonel Roosevelt, was issued at 9 this merning: "At' this hour Colonel Roosevelt's pulo is 73, his tempernturo 08.11 and his respiration 18. Tho wound litis ju been examined and looks well. There is some oozing, hut Iho lungs uVe in good condition. The patient' gcuer nl condition is splendid. The ca.se is nrogres&iug nicely and unless somo imforseeu complication occurs the bullet will not bo removed at pres ent." The colonel laughed and joked this morning with Mi. ItooMivelt, thu surgeon nnd his ttursfts. Says He Keels 1 Sully "I feel bully mid flue," ho tic tilnrcd. "I huvu just hud a good sleep ami feel that I could start for Oyster Hay Imlny if (ho doctors! would lei me." The physicians than mlvUed thu colonel that oven if (he case pro gressed in (he mod fuvpruMa w.iy there would be no olinucu of him leav ing Chicago until after Sunday. Tho luony that he overheard Arturo Gio vumiitti, co-defendant with Joseph Ktlor and Antonio Caruso on the chargu of murdering Anna Lopizzu, a woman striker, tell Policeman Gal lagher that the strikers intended tu break the heads of nil "noubs" was given by Policeman Harry of Luw ronco at tho trial of tho accused la bor leaders, hero today. Gallagher corroborated Harry's to.-dinionv. ' Dr. William Uvans, former health commissioner of Chicago, wan uulluil into consultation today. Ltilcr ho ouid : "Colonel Koosovoll'ii wound m iu a region' filled with impoitaut organs. Tho bullet headed straight fjir thu blood vessel coming from the heart, If it had not been nearly spent he fore it struck him, ho would havo (Continued on Page a) VOTERS MUST REGISTER AT ONCE H H H H Hff IH In order to voto a( (he general election Nov. G, you iijuHl bo . l'ni.iciiii'fifi Kegitilration uloscs this week, Saturday, Ocl. 10, heinjc tho last iluy. '. ' If you havo not already registered -do so at once. . ' ', llo'gitdrntum blanks ut Postal Telegraph office or,, at ,tho" " Mail Tribune. ' ritt ifl' fe A.- REGISTER TODAY. . 't '& t t t H H f t H t H t f f t il Ql 1ft t 1 1, pi a , v ', . -" 4 i i i tw rw ? "U