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WKATIIKIt llnlii, T)i tltttneu of tlm rUifd, W III It Knlr weiitlipr. Win I tn Iti or ftiimv Wlilln mill nl lit) I.ikiii I nlinwi'r lllnnk trtiitlltlllllt Almvn wlilln, wiirniot'i liwlnw wlilln, colilor. Wlilln Willi lilimU cniitor Cnlil Medford Mail Tribune Full Leased Wire ReporfcL Tho only pnpor in the ?ubllsbod In a city the daw?" Modford having ft leaned whk l 'i FIFTH YFAE. MISDFOItD, OREGON, .MONDAY, NOVUM HER 7, 1010. Not 1OT. POLITICAL WARRIORS LAY ASIDE ARMOR WHITE HOI CAMPAIGN TWO SOCIALISTS WILL BE ELECTED WISCONSIN AT AN END Two Principal Parties Have Concen trated Their Efforts on Guberna torial Candidates Prohlhltloncrs Have Dccn, Waijlnn Strong Cam paign Four Parties in Field. La Follctto Will Control Lcnlslaturc and Bo Returned Siand-Pattcrs May Knife Republican for Gover nor and Thus Elect a Democrat. PORTLAND, Ur., Nov. 7. Polit icnl warriors laid aside tljeir armor today mill art! anxiously uwaituifj tliu dooinnn ol' lilt; voters at iliti polln tomorrow, following a whito-hoC campaign iu wliit'h luud-uliiiKiiiK and attacks mi tho private "ccords of va rious fiiiiiliiliii'H ciintiiiuoiisly cluud ed tho real iHMtit'H. Throughout tho campaign tho two principal parties concentrated tliuir cfforv.t on tho gubernatorial caudi tlitteH, Jay llowennuu, tho repuh-i-can noinmce, and Oswald Wont, tho dciiiocratio Htniidnrd-bonrer. Doth inoit arc avowed progressives. Tho democrat!), however, liuvu .charged that Jowcrmnn wiih not sincoro in his doolarution that ho . wiih a hiipportcr of tho primary law of Oregon, and havo based thoir fight against him on this charge Save tho outcome of tho llIit for tho gov ernorship, indications art' that tho republicans will elect their candi date for I ho principal state offices. Democrats coucotlo tho olcction of A. W. Luf forty, progressive luptib lican to conisrcs from tho first dis trict. Republican Icndera declared that Congressman Hnwloy will ho re elected in tho hceoinl district, hut (hoy admit that his plumlity will ho lessened on account of tho attach math) against him hccauo of his Maud-put teudoncic-, Republicans clnim owormnn's majority will he 7000, Ilnwloy's COOO and Lfforty'. 6000. - Tho prohibitionists havo been wng ing n strong campaign for "Oregon dry" by virtue of tho initiative and referendum law, and a a romdt of their offoilH it i doubtful whethei Orugou will remtiiu iu I ho wot col umn after elect inn. Four pail it placed ticket iu tho fiohl llu4 year. The republicans, domoornU, hociulihth ami prohibi tionist. The republican!, hue a icg inturod voting ironglh of appro.xi rualelv HL'.OIIII, the ilomnornts 2(1,000 and the .ooiulUt, proliiliilioiiists and iutlepunilents cninliuietl, LI.OOO. .MIWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 7. -Two RoclnllntH will ho eluded tomorrow to congress from Wisconsin dlstilctH, It 1h predicted. I.eatlorH of tho dum ocnit party predict that Cnry In tho foiulh ami Coclieiii In tho fifth, both republicans, will he defeated, Tho HtautlputtorK who will oppose LuFollotto will cut tho republican candidate, It In expected, and thlH itufflclent to bring nhout de tlieno tllHtrlctH. It Ib coucodoil on alt sides that Ln Folliitlo will control tho legislature ttiid that ho wfll ho returned to tho senate. A VOTE FOR MYERS IS A VOTE FOR PATTERSON To defeat Joshua Patterson for county commissioner, it is necessary for those opposed to. him to unite the divided opposition and voto for tho strongest candidate. George L. Davis, being the republican nominee, is the strongest candidate and democrats as well as republicans arc supporting him. It is not a party question, but one of progress. If you favor prorjrcss In- county affairs, Hood" roads and business management, vote for George L. Davis. " H will bo fent In SMITH WILL WIN E HI COUNTY Democratic Nominee In First District Has Not Made a Single Speech in Josephine, But Will Beat Hawley There. OUANTB PASS, Nov. 7 Tho cam paign, doces here this evening with nn nddrcB-j by ex-Govornor Goer for Mm rfiiiiilillriiim. AlthnuiMi Ilnbert G. Smith of thlii. plr.ee, cnudTdntc for ctniKrenH front tho Tdrnt dlntrlct, has not made It single pcccU.ln Joneph Inn county, tho'conceiiHua of opinion Ih that ho will rnrry It by n maporlty varloualy estimated to he from 100 to S00. Kor governor, tho voto will ho cIopo between llowerninn and Wot, with tho probability that llowerninn will havo a small majority. Tin rnmpnlKii Iiiih been apathetic with the exception of the prohibition nucutlon. TWO NAVY DRYDOCKS FOR PACIFIC COAST WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. UeportB that two now naval drydnoltH woro Koon to ho cHtalillHlicd on thy Pacific ctniHt woro received with gratifica tion In official rlrclcit hero totlay. It wiih annnuiiced by Secrolary Meyer that woik on tho Improvemont would IickIu Hoon. PORTHL NOT DEAD. BUT VERY MUCH ALIVE SHATTl.K. Nov. 7.- F. K. Porter, former rnnhler of a I.os Angeles hank, who was reported iuIhaIiik by his frlentlH Saturiluy, Iiiih turned up alive and ancry. Accordlni; to tho report to tho local police Saturday, Porter had no,uundored JUOO.OOO In two yea in. Ills funds depleted, ho wiih alleged to linve pocketed a vo volver ami to havo Haiti that ho was Kolntf on a "Ioiib Journoy." A fow bourn after tho afternoon papers hnd printed tho story Portor turned up and now declares that ho Is not pon iilleHH, has no Intention of committing suleldo and he Is looking for his frleutlH who told the police about his actions. JUDGE KING SHOULD RECEIVE EVERY PROGRESSIVE VOTE -f f 4 , -r :J ,4- f Will U. Kiuir should tomorrow receive the voto of every mini in Jiu'kHon county who believes iu procienMon. Judue Kiue; is olio of tliu probont niemhorrt of the Hiipjenie court of Oregon. He is the only member of (huj t'oiivj to titaml up for tho Crater hake road nnproprialiop, '' 1Mb opinion upholding t,he coiistilulionulily of Hint appropri ation hhows carej'ul roHoarch iuit) the law mid paiustakiu); labor iu the i n I e rest of the people. Tomorrow in Hie time for tho peo ple of ilnokKon coiintv to show their uppreeiation of this work. iu tirtlor for Tlido Kin to he cloeloil he must defeat .Indue Huruotl. The way to niako .your vote count double for tho six year term is to just volo for ono .Indue Kiujr. IternKuixiMl an tlio nlilost mnii upon the bench by the Orepjm Slate Hnr iiHSooiation, by whom ho i indorsed, mid ndmiKedly the friend of'Soutliorn Oregon upon the bench, Roulhern Oremni fihould volo for liim Jo u iniiii. , Put a ero"it hetween (lie number mid tho nmuo of dUDOK W'llih It. KINO, for tlm six-yvar term. f f 4 W1K1 N GREAT BARGAIN COUNTER RUSH Kcntncr's Crowded With Eager Wo menFully 300 Blocked Sidewalk and Street Before Big Store Pre vious io Opening of Doors. The Krcntcst bargain countor rubh over occurring in tho city of Med ford was experienced this morning when Kcntncr's Hig Store throw open its doors at 0 o'clock for its 0-ccnt remnant sale. For fully nn hour prcuous n gront crowd of women gathered beforo the store, and just before tho doors woro opened the crowd spread over tho sidewalk and into the street. No less than 300 women were on hand. Wlieu the doors opened there was a wild scramble to get inside. Clerks had no time to display goods. They himplv threw them into the air and the woman who wn.s fortunate emmuli to grasp it, had tho bargain. The first intimation the ladies of Mcilford liad of the ureal sale was when the .Mail Tribune appeared on Snitdav morning." Telephones weie iheu keptjiusy while tho women ar rnuued with "huim" to be on linnti it the offering of the bargains. The advertising niniinger of the Mail Tribune idreulated through the ' 'nvvtl Monday morning anil over 00 ir cent of. tho wlnnon told him he i.'d lend of the snle iu the Mail Trib une. Hoe- it pay lo udvcitUe? It doc. THREE CORNERED EIGHT IN UTAH Democrats Predict Victory and Am erican Party Is Equally Confident Much Insurpcncy Atjalnst Sen ator Smoot. SALT LAKH CITY. Utah, Nov. 7. Witli a three-cornered fight on and all three parties uhumiug victory, Mime surprises are promised in to morrow's elections. Chief interest centers in the contest iu Salt Lake county, whom tho three parlios are strongest. The republicans say thoy will win by u large majority; the democrats predict n sweeping verdict and the Americans ure,etpuilly eonfidout. lutlicaiiiHis urn that Davis, Ulaii, Sun J'ote, -Holdextor and Cnelie countje,s wyill go democratic, owing to the statewide prohibition plank of thai party. It is genorally conceded that the republicans will show losses iu their old-timn strongholds, with n distinct undercurrent of insurgency developed against the leadership of Sennor Smoot. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 7. With, both John W. Kern, domocrnt, and Albert J, llovorlilgo, ropubllcan, con fidently claiming that tomorrow's election will bo a personal ondorso incut for tho United Stntos sonattr shlp, tho result horo Is hollovod to ho doubted by most political dopo- storB. Tho "ellont voto" Is tho determin ing factor. It Is oatlnmtod that fully HO per cent of tho voters who will go to tho pells tomorrow havo not Indicated tho party thoy' will support CRATER LARGE FORGE OF MEN HI WORK New Road Located by Engineer Hel del Is Being Brushed Out New Bridge to Be Bollt All Rocks and Stones to Be Taken Out. Tho government has bturtcd work improving thut portion of the Cra ter Lake road lying within the Cra ter national forest. A crow of 17 men is employed and work is to be rushed. Sevcrnl hills in tho old road will be nvoided, ns wo men are working on the new line located by Engineer Hcidcl between Union creek and Sil ver camp. Tho government officials 'have n fund of ijriOOO with hich to improve the rond. Thereof' 17 miles of rond to he reconstructed. The officials plan to make this go as far as pos sible. All stump and rocks are to be remocd mid two bridge are to be constructed .tine ucros Lnioii mid the other across Whisky creek. FALSE CLAIM OE HAWIEVEXPOSED Chamberlain Secures Action on Pension Claim Hawley Says He Did It Woman Aided Laughs at Story. INSURGENTS TO WINWAHINGTN Two Republicans and One Democrat to Be Elected to Congress All Are of Progressive Insurgent Type Legislature Will Be Republican. SEATTLE, Wabh., Nov. 7.' Washiugton will send two insurgent republicans to congress and may unp an insurgent democrat, according to progressive republican leaders. Con gressman William E. Humphrey ol1 tlio first district, who has a six-year record as a standpatter, is being fought hard by Judge W. W. Black, n progressive democrat. In tliu second district Wnrbnrton, iumirgcnt, republican, and iu the third, La Follette, insurgent, appear to havo no serious opposition. The state legislature will, as us ual, be overwhelmingly republican. The county election will go mostly to the republican, although there arc several fplits between the stand paj,ters and the iiiRurgents. The moHi, ilioous'.cd feature of the election is that of the Mate supreme com t. The regular republicans aie Mipportini; fhe five candidates who were: nominated iu a state judicial convention. Tho insurgent republi cans and democrat havo joined is sues on n non-partisnn ticket made up of three inuitfiit republicans and two progressive democrats. Both the regulars and insurgent clnim a decided victory. KERSH JURY WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 An in- titauce of Heprc-cntativo Hiiwlcy' claiming credit for services rendored by others is related by those who know its dottuls hero. Alton Hooso- volt uiitercd Oiegeii, Governor Cham berlain met hint at tho slate line. On the train he said: ".Mr. President, why don't "you stir up tho pension bureau to get some of these claims nilowed winch have been pending uo long, and which are so meritorious?" "What claims do you refer to?" asked Hoo&ovolt. ClMiuhorlniii mentioned one of a widow which had been ponding many years. Secretary Oarlield inado a nolo and wired the pen-ion bureau to look into tlio claim, oid it was allowed promptly. Uawley's fooreinry onned on the widow and told hr Hawley had got her claim through. Sho laughed at such a suggestion and replied: 'l know he hud absolutely nothing to do with it. Omernor Chamberlain got my claim allowed." -ft--- - -f-f ANTI.ASS.KMHLV TIOKNT. f 4 For Statement No. I. - f For Congrcbs -f -f 15 Hobt. G. Smith. -f For Governor 19 Oswald West. 4- For Supronio Justice 35 Will R. King. , f For .lolnt Uoprosontntlvo 57 Irl. D. Rood. . For Stnto Sonator CO II. Von dor Hollbn. -f -f Far Representative -f Gl M. F. KKBleston. -f -f C2 J. A. Westorlund, -f f Vol Yes on: f 310 Ashlnnd normal school, -f 318 Rogue River flah blH. -f f 35 1 Good reads bill. f H I t IS DISCHARGED Unable to Arrive at Verdict and Are Told to Be on Their Way by the Judge New Trial Will Probably Be Ordered Immediately. T AEROPLANE IS GREAT SUCCESS t Aviator With Consignment of 'silk Files From Dayton to Columbus Trip Made Ih Splendid Time and Without Single Accident. COLUMBUS, O.. Nov. 7.- -The first "freight" aeroplane ever flown arrived in Columbus nt 11 '-"j0 totlay, carrying a consignment of silk from a Dayton firm. The mnchine, driven by Aviator Pnrmalce of the Wright Hangar., left Dayton, 52 miles from here, at 10:40 a. m. I'armnlee mode the entire trip without once alighting. He encoun tered a strong wind nost of the way and otherwise he could have made better time. "Finest trip I ever took," declar ed Parmnlee. "Couldn't have been better if I was driving a passenger. Had a clear line all the way nnd didn't once have to take siding. My freight was a through consignment, so I passed the way stations witk uit even checking mv speed." MRS. CRIPPEN IN CHICAGO OR DEAD? Asserted That Woman for Whose Murder Husband Is to Hang To morrow, Has Been Seen in Chi cagoChief Denies Tale. PORTLAND, Nov. 7. After being out hinco noon Saturday, tho jury before which Mrs. Carrie Ker&h was tried for complicity iu tho murder of William A. Johnson at tho Now flriuid Central hotel was discharged (hit- forenoon by Judge Morrow of the circuit court, because no verdict could bo arrived at. It is prnlmlflo that a new trial will bo ordered immediately. When tho jury reported a disa greement, Mrs. Korsh. who was iu tho courtroom, became hysterical and retiuired tho nttendanco of a physician. OLD RESIDENT STILL STIGKS TO APPLEGATE Vet Swi'ne was in Medford Mon day on a hut-iuotis. trip. Pat hu been a re-ident of Josephine count", near tho continence of the Applogate with the Rogue, for years, and i now moving to the llanley plnee, n the upper Applogate. "Thoy can't herd mo off that .-tronni," ho says. "I stnrted about the middle of its length. Thou 1 went down tho crook and mudo a Ut ile money. 'Now I'm going farther up and I'll knpe stayin' wid tho old Applogate 'til thoy push me over th ridges iv the Siskiyou, if it be tin I can't stay. Mnvjio n, mo h I'll bo eoiuin' down tlio oroek some day, wid a wad iv tho rent stuff." CHICAGO. III., Nov. 7. Replying to the assertions of persons inter-c-ted in the Crippen case iu London that Mr. Belle Elmore Crippen, for who-e murder Dr. II. Ih Crippen is under sentence to hang, was seen alive in Chicago, Acting Chief of De tectives Sullivan issued a denial to day that the department had auy au thentic information concerning the ense. "Tho story that Mrs. Crippen is in hiding iu Chicago reminds mo of tho Cronin and the Belle Guiness eae.s. When they were murdered we got stories from overywhore that thev ."- ' ". .is plate-, when, a.- u matter nt tact, thev were dei '." .i. i ... . "III! u gut definite information that Mrs. Crip pen was here we do nothing. At pro-out we have no clue of any kind. TAFT OFF TOMORROW ON TRIP TO PANAMA SILENT VOTE BIO FACTO N K Energies Are Now Devoted to "Gel ling Out the Votes" General Feeling of Dissatisfaction Oyer tfce Tarlff Law Same Old Feeirng f; 1890 Is Manifest in U. S. WASHINGTON. No.. 7. After dropping his voto In tho ballot box at Clnnatl tomorrow President Taft will board a train for Washington enroute to Panama on a tour cf in spection. The president has made arrangements ..Iteroby ho will re-colvo- election returns on board his train after It passes Columbus, 0 ami boforo his arrival at Pittsburg It Is expected ho will kuow definitely how tho election Is going nil over tho enstorn half of tlio country. From Wnohlngton Tafo will go to Charles ton, S. C, whoro ho will ombark on tho cruiser Tennessee. Accommo pauled by tho Montana, tho Tennos soo will sail at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. As to that used article you want t. -ell: make the price attractive and make tho ad explicit. Tlint' nil' NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Althoas the politicians of the country r keeping up a show of activity tSyi the campaign has virtually ew8e Eneregles aro devoted to final per fection of plans to "get out ptM vote." Tho biggest factor tho coimtsy over, as the polltcal morecaaters fig ure it, is tho "silent vote." Nerar in the history of tho country & J been more difficult to accnrxta$r forecast the outcome of an atecrTw. Men have broken from old pxtSa renounclng party tleu, but they : been silent on tljo question of man they will support. Tho pendent voter ia the big factor. TMy have listened to the campaign ojub tors, smoked cigars furnlahedlgr both sides, but have gono sileat&- on their way. Tho politicians a&mSt: they are at sea. Tariff Greatest Factor It is known there is a general rescu ing of dissatisfaction over the tariff law. How wUespread this feritec Ib and how it will affect tho ontcumti varies as one talks to tho managBW of tho two old partlea. It is adap ted that tho high cost of liviss m a factor and that similar queatfewi havo arisen, coupled with tho insur gent movement nnd that these mat ters will aggect the voto of both pacr tles in certain sections. It is the first time, tho polltlsla say, for many years when an elect Uwt has como up with entirely now is sues before the people nnd with bs feeling of unrest which, In 1890, was called tho "democratic feeling." "Silent Vote" Slnco 1904, when the country wss swept by tho Roosevelt landslide, and congress was overwhelmlagiy" placed in tho hands of the repa&St can party, tho Independent voter has been nn Increasingly 'largo paia3 to tho forecaster. In the electfiaK of 1906 tho Independents upset wea mado calculations In many state, where the machines of tho old rrr tles were supposed to be well oCte and running smoothly. Tho condi tions which two years later made it possible for Taft to carry states la which democratic congressmen h4 been elected and democratic gov ernors chosen, have' become ctSUt moro uncertain nnd predictions fey the dopestors aro admitted to -more guesses. Heturns Will lie Slow Tho first returns, It Is expected, will come from Massachusetts. Th democrats aro oxpectlng victory r at least an unusually largo voto uaA the result Is waited with keen Inter est as the first Indication of the ma em! trend. It is expected that tb results lu Massachusetts will bo known at 7 p. m., eastern stlro', Tuesday. In Now York, whero tho fight hsa beon very bitter, It is expected re turns will bogln to como In by 5 it m and tho final result will bo de termined, It Is believed, by XO o'clock. Although by midnight the result. In many congressional distrlcta will bo in, headquarters of tho democratic and ropubllcan congressional ., palgn committees expect no offfcfiiV news on the congressional sltuatlos boforo Wednesday. Vote Yes And PrevemExtermination of fish in Rogue River On initiative measure on ballot to bo voted Novombar 8, entitled; "A bill for an net prohibiting tho taking of flslr from tho watera of Rogue river, or any of Its tributaries, by any means except with hook and lino, commonly colled angling." 5 4 S YES. 349 No. ROCUE RIVER FISH PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION. Comprising business men, farmers and cltlstona of Rogue Rlvor valley. 4 M6 " it at ' J