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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Cold. Max., !!7; tola., lia;
ICrl. Hum., HH Per Cent.
Unity MUth Ynr,
rorlyIlrnt Ymr.
TWELVE PAGES
MEDFORD, OKKGION, HATTItDAY, .JANUARY 0, 1912.
No. 2t7.
REV. RICHESON CONFESSES GUILT
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GAVE HELL
111 POISON
10 KILL SELF
District Attorney Finally Consents to
Leniency and Rlcheson Will Prob
ably Do Given Life Imprisonment
Confession Was Voluntary.
IMIUIOAD DEALS
11 fS SPECIALTY
RICIjESON IS ON VERGE j
OF MENTAL COLLAPSE.
flE33&s&. ft ' biI3H
o- a
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Says Ho Purclmseil Cyanide
Potassium and Gave II to
Trustlitii Girl.
of
IIOHTON, .Munii , Jan. C (nr
Clkromit vTr(tl TlioiiipHon ItlrhoKuii,
former pantor of the ultrn-fiiMhlnu
Hlil" liiiiiiaiiunT llnplliif 'church or
CiunlirlilKU, ronfcimcil totlny'tn tmv
hiK uinnloriMl li In former Hwonthcart,
AtIh l.lniii'll or MyiinnlH.
Kleliiwon recently Htnbbed hltimotf
In I hi groin with u piece of tin In
tin Ht. Churl' Street Jnll an IiIh
KunnU wore being ehmiKotl.
Itli'huxiiii'ii con reunion uiu innilii In
(hi) form or ii letter lo IiIh attorneys, j
(l wnn nililri'um'il to Attorneys John
).. Leo. William A Mnmii unit I'hlllp
Dunbar. It rt'Utl
"(leullomen: Deeply penitent (or
tin" uiu, mill mrni'Ktly ilcitlrliiK, t far
iin In my power lien, to inukn atone
m"nl, 1 lirrotiy confehn llml I uiu
Kllllty if lh of tonne for whlrh I
stum! ohnmcil. I mn iiiovimI to thin
aniline liy no Inducement of benefit
or Imiluury.
"llolnottK iih In tint crime, Clod hnx
nnj fully abandoned nut mul my ron
nolttneo mul miinhooil, however de
praved, will not itdmll or ntltl fur
llmr iiiikuIbIi.
"I recognize thorn U Mt III thd nioroy
VtWl-IAJr "KKB .
Ntwinmi I rli, who lii j it I (in
plcltd tln IlitJiiii iinr ol tli ' Miuui'iip
iilu A Si 1iiiiH mid Iowa Central
riulniiiil merger mul i iiiilcrxtiiil to
have another deal on for tin iur
i'Iihki' of lid' Pere Marquette, i
ktmvvii niiiiiiiir railroad lliuiuoicr iih m
"quick trader." Ktiiliiiinl deals nri
Iiin upci'inll v. mul there are few men
in Wall hIh1! who uxi'i'l (uiu in the
niimlii'i' or "lurn-nvoix" n has made
in llu IiinI 211 enrs
NO BREAK IN
0 0 W N
MO
LE-WESI
Several Deaths Are Reported In the
Various Cities Throughout the
Mississippi Valley Conditions In
Chlcano Chaotic.
FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED
IC3 TIMES IN 24 HOURS
Cold Wave Reaches New York All
Trains Are Many Hours Behind
Their Schedules.
GOVERNOR
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ADDRESS1 CLUB
Oswald West Arrived In Medford To
day and Left at Once for Honor
Camp Will Talk to Ladies on
Monday Afternoon. .
Oswald West, Oregon's chief execu
tive, nmvi'i! in Medford thin morning
mul left nl oium for n visit to "West
villi1." or Honor Camp No, 1, on the
('ruler Luke roml. He mm accom
puuii'il liv ii number of loenl inun.
On .Momliiv iitternoou nt St. Mark's
llllll Governor West will uililrens llu
of the MkHtur mid imum remnmit of . 11(1,H , ,hl (,r,.lll(.r M,Mfor.l chili.
ii iIIvIiih Hpnrii of kooiIiii'hh Mt II I llu
K'trliiK wltlilu me will not admit of
my Mill further wroiiKltiK by a pulillc
trlHl her whewe pure ouni; llfu I
hnve dektroyed.
"Under tint IiimIiIiikm "f remome I
hnvo Huffuroil nnd am MUffiTliiK Hie
lorturim of the damneil. In thlti I
find a mlinkiiro of comfoit.
"I ran wIhIi to llvo only hermiHe
within Home prlmm wall I iiilKht, In
iiomo niiimII meiuiire, redeem my xlu
ful punt, iiiIkIiI help mime other lie
HpalrliiK Mini I mid at limt find fuvoi
with (lod
"You are liiHtructeit to deliver thlu
lo the dlxtrlul attorney or the JiiiIko
of the uourt. Klurerely youm,
"OLAItKNCK V. T. HICIIKSON."
The roiifemilou, It wiih lenrued (IiIh
afternoon, wiih hnniled hy KIcheHoii
to IiIh iittornoyH yuiiterday. All
throiiKh the nlr.hl the attorueyH for
llio xelf-iioufeiiMed uiiirdeier pleaded
with DlHlrlrt Attorney I'elletlor for
leiileney,
Kor iniiuy hoiirH I'ellutler IuhIhIoiI
that KIcIiiihou pay the death penalty
-for IiIh urlmii. but tihortly after 1
o'ulouk thin ufleruoon ho kuvo In,
Hlni'o he lnutllntml hlnmelf Hli'li
iiHiin Iiiih huiui on the vurnu' of iv
UHtulal and uervoim eollapiie, Yen
I onlay thu eleiKyniau Hiimiuoiied At
torueyH Lee and Morne to hlu cull
and told them or IiIh Intimacy with
MInii Miiuell, He told IiIh liiwyoni
Unit he had (Uncovered that hIiii wiih
noon to liocoiue a mother mid to pru
vent MIhh KdmandH from learuliiK f
thin fact he puruhuned u bottle, of
uyanlile of potunHluiu and nave MIhh
lilmiell a Hufflcleut iiuiintlty lo ciiiiho
her death
The inectiim is called for I o'clock.
SIGN ARTICLES
SOON FOR FIGHT
Johnson and Flynn to Meet In Chi
cap Today and Post $10,000 As
Evidence of .Good Faith May
Stand As Side Bet.
CIIICAdO. Jan. ii. - .lack .IoIiiihoii,
the iiCKin elimiipiou hcavyucinlit, nuil
lim Kl vim of I'uclilo will meet here
lute this uftciuooii to hjku iirlietes
for a eliampioiiHliip hut lie. Kueh
IlKhlcr, il jh saiil, will poxt .f 1(1,(11)1)
iih on exnleiice of uooil liiilli, wliich
iiiiiv hIiiiiiI iih a side he.
The ilute for I he uropOM'il encoiiu
ler will he determined alter 1 1 null
MelntoHh, I lie Australian promoter,
ilelluilelv nilwKCH .IoIiukoii oh what
ilute he will Ntue the .loliUhiui-.Mc-Vey
hoiil in Piiriw, Jack I'm ley, who
is plunniuk' to luiiulle the Flviiu
lualuli in Nevada, Iiiih miarautcoil
.loliiiNon 2(1,0110 iih liiH eut and one
third iulurext in the moviiit; picture
ri;hlH.
McIiiIohIi has xtuted that he in
tends lo Hinge (he mulch in I 'a iih on
the nielli of (he (Iruuil Prix.
WILSON IS AFTER THE
SUPPORT OF BRYAN
CIIICAdO, Jan. (. -With the ther
moulder regiHleriiiK 10 decrees Ik-
low 7ero nt o o clock Him iiiornnnr.
Chieauo today ciiilurcil iih hixtli il.iy
of low tcinpenittireH mid the weather
officials declared that no relief is
yet in sicht.
Four deaths, directly due to the
ley hliihts, were reMirted today at
various (kilice Motions; sufferiui; in
intense, business is seriously hiiui
pertd mid travel is practically'at a
staudslill. .
Not in tlve years lias Chieauo ex
perienced such chaotic condition.
The condition of the poor is pitiful in
the extreme. Many of the leading
eliarilv Hoeietic nre witluml funilH
mid are forced to turn the Hor away
wlthouf relief. ' , '
l Ileluir nt 0 O'Clot'lC.
A 0 o'clock today the tempcratum
was at (I below, the change bcinj:
liurdly perceptible.
The Ore department has been called
Ukiii 1G8 times duntiir the past 2-1
liourn. The llremeu are exhausted
and all reserve forces were ordered
to reH)it for duty today.
Alt municipal loilintr hoi
jammed to the doors mid the result!
lion prohibiliut; the homeless from
sleepiut; in downtown hallways has
been temporarily suspended.
All trains into the city are hours
oeuiuti seueiiuie.
I'o u r Deaths at Ht. IauiIs.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 0. Four
deaths and appalliui; suffering are
the results of a ternlle blir.r.unl (hat
swept down upon St. Imis duriuK
tlie eaily hours of today. At 8 a. m.
the tlieiuiometer reuistered ! decrees
below ero nnd it was urowinir colder.
The weather bureau predicted that
the mercury would tumble to 10 below
before ni;ht.
At St. Joseph, Mo., Ii was 18 be
low mul 20 below on the Kansas
prairies. All trains fro initio west
and mil Hi are J2 limns behind theii
schedules.
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REBEL AUACK
ON PEKIN NOW
IS IMMINENT
Little Information Rcflardinn the
Plans of the Rebels Is Received
30,000 Revolutionists Well Armed
and Provisioned Arc on March
700 IMPERIAL SOLDIERS
ARE REPORTED SLAIN
Question of Peace or War Apparently
Rests on Decision of Dr.
Wu Tinp, Fang.
AND THE END IS NOT YET.
N IIKKM'
NO CLUE FOUND
TRAIN RODDERS
Many Believe Man Who Robbed Mail
Car on Train No. 16 Is Beintj Pro
tected by Friends nt Redditui,
California.
BLANKET INDICTMENTS
RETURNED BY JURY
LOS ANQHLUS, Cnl., Jan. 0.
Thu federal ;raud jury, which Iiur
lieen inv'HliKnthiK uIIokoiI dynurnlto
lilolH, rutnrtiuil today two blanket in
dielmuntu. AKhouuh thu federal au
(horitltm refusod for the time IiuIiik
to divulge thu eontontH of (he bills,
it wiih huliuvod t,hat at IoiihI iih many
defendaulH wove involved iih in thu
iiidleliuoutH returned lnut Sntiirduv,
when thu imiulwitorH voted truu litlln
iiKiiiiiHl Oluf A. Tveilmoo, B, A,
Cliinuy and Anton JoIiiiuiihoii, Cali
fornia luhor lemk'i'u;
WASIIINOTON, I). C, Jmi. 0.
Hundreds of leadlnt; democrats are
eitlier here today or due to arrive
for (he national eouuuitteu meet inn
mid thu Jankson day bampiot on Mon
day. It in evident that William J.
llryan in auain thu cuntral Hgum nnd
(lie hit; queHlion nonfreiitiup: tlui lead
cru or llio "uiitorrincd" in "What will
llryan dof"
llryan will nrrivo hero Monday,
Woodrow Wilson arrives (his a f tor
noon, llitt adhorontH are busily lay
ing wh'OH to got thu Hryan support.
Soiling roal outnto in thin oily 3d
neither a doubtful nor an expi'iisive
task it'a a want ml tank.
New Ytnk Shivers.
NKW YORK', Jan. O.-dripped by
the blasts from an icy blizzard, New
York is shiveriin: in the coldest day
of the winter, (he thermometer rcjj
iHteriinr 8 derives above ero. The
Hiifferini; from cold and poverty in
the crowded sections of the city is
alarming, nnd the municipal hulking
houses nre unable lo shelter' (hose
clmuoriiii; for admission, mid are tem
porarily carini; for hundreds else
where. A inidniuhl (he department of
elmrities ordered llio steamers IjowcII
and Hrenuau moved alongside a pier
and hundreds of (he homeless wore
Hhellered dutiiit; the early morning
hours in (heir cabins. Scores of po
licemen have collapsed on the streets
from the intense cold.
fl( WcgrceH llelovv.
WINNNM'XI. Man.. Jan. B. Fifty
below zero is (ho record at White
It Ivor, on thu north shore of Lake
Superior, today and (ho wenthpr has
played huvoo with (ho Canadian Pa
eillo railroad telegraph lines. In
many plnues engines hnvo gono dead
though travelers havo boon taken oaro
of at fiootion houses. All through
thu Canadian west temperatures
ranging down to -10 below aro record
ed. Winnipeg is isolated from east
ern Canada, (ho altoruatlvo tulegraph
routu via Chicago being blookod albo
by sovoro weather, This eity is pre
pared for oold nt any timo during
thu wintor nnd there is not much suffering,
HKDDINd, Cnl.. Jan. !. Sevei-nl
United States postal detective ar
rived hem today to investignte the
mail robbery of the Oregon Kxpress
near here yesterday.
Local authoiities admit that Ihe
bandit who forced Mail Clerk Churlc
J.,ltheiu to bind and gag his nsoisi
nuts, after which he rifled the mail
pouches, has made good his escape.
They declare that he has completely
covered his hacks. Many believe
that the bandit is huiug bccludcd by
friends in Redding.
RAILROAD CLERK IS
ARRESTED FOR STEALING
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. (I. War
rants charging Temple Alexander,
former clerk u tho purchasing de
partment of the O.-W, R. & N. com
pany, with wholesale, forgeries, were
sworn to by the railroad, mid the
young man, who until recently wu
a familiar spender in the grills, was
arrested (his afternoon. Alexander
returned from Salt Lake lo fnco the
charges of forging signatures to
requisition receipts and disbursomoit
vouchers in the sum of $2.",000.
BOY
SHOT BY FRIEND
Alex Boyd Is Killed While Rabbit
Hunting Raymond Baglcy Re
sponsibleCoroner's Jury Is In
vestlfjatinn Today.
Ambassador Reld Home.
NKW YORK, J. 0. Ambassador
Whiteluw Reid and Mrs. Reid aro
hero today, having arrived on the
Lu8itania. The ambassador is home
for a six weeks' vacation,
Dickens' Son Burled.
NEW YORK, Jan. 0.--Funeral
8orvioos wero held over tho remains
of (ho ato Alfred Tennyson Dickons
at Old Trinity church this aflor-
1)0011,
The coroner's jury was summoned
today to invest igute the death of
Alex Hoyd, IS, of Ashland, who was
accidentally shot and killed by his
hiintiiiu' companion, Raymond Uagley,
while they were returning from a roll-
hit hunt. The bullet penetrated Boyd'.-.
lungs. Death was almost instantaneous.
It has not been ascertained how
the una happened to be discharged.
HARRY THAW AGAIN
TO SEEK FREEDOM
NKW YORK, Jan. C It was
learned hero this afternoon that
Clarence Shearn, Now York attornoy,
NEW MEXICO
IS JEW STATE
Action of President in Signing Proc
lamation Was Probably Hastened
by Visit of Delegation of Prom
inent New Mexico Men.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 0. -The
proclamation admitting New
Mexico to statehood was officially
signed here this afternoon by Presi
dent Taft. Action was probably
hastened by a visit here of a commit
tee of New Mexicans, who called upon
the president, calling his attention to
tho recent sweeping republican vic
tory. New Mexico, it is believed, will
join the column of states referred to
as "reactionary."
Protects Order of Moose.
SACRAMKNTO;Cal Jan. 0. Sec
retary of State Jordan today turned
down articles of incorporation for
thu Independent Order of tho Moose
of the World of Los Angeles on tho
next week will begin proceedings to ground that tho nnmu was too much
secure tho release of Harry K. Tlmw!iko tho oxistilu. onier of Moose.
WHO IS YOUR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE?
Mark cross botweon number and name of candidate.
Republican.
1 ( ) William Howard Taft.
2 ( ) Robert M. La Follotto.
8 ( ) Theodoro Roosevelt.
Democrat. l',ll
4 ( ) Woodrow Wilson. ' '! -
5 ( ) Judson Harmon. . . ' i
C ( ) Cliamp Olark. ''
7 .( ) William 0". Bryan,
Cut out and mail to Mail Tribune.
Name
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PEKIN, Jan. 0 Terrified by ro
IHirts that the rebel annv from Nan
king and Pujow hud begun its march
on Pekiu, the Manehii princes today
summoned Premier Yuan Shi Kni tle
inmidint; to know what preparations
had been made to check the move
ment. Yuan reassured the uriuces declar
ing that a force of imerial troops
were making ready to march upon
Nanking, and declared that with this
counter attack menacing them, the
revolutionary chiefs would not dare
to detach their forces from the vi
cinity of the enpitnl of the pro
claimed republic. .
Little direct information linK been
received here as to whether the re
ported rebel advance is to he a real
attack or is ouly a feint designed to
force Yimn'rt surrender to the reebl
demands. The- last authentic news
was that the rebels, about 30,000
strong and well nrnied and provi
sioned, had been ferried across the
river from Nanking to Pukow.
Whether tho ndvance has really be
gun no one in Pekin knows. It w
believed doubtful, however, that Yuan
Shi Kni has any force of imperial
troop:, of sufficient strength to se
riously dispute (bo rebel movement,
if it develops into a real attack on
Pekin.
700 Aro Killed.
Following the receipt of reports
that 700 imperialist troops had been
killed in a battle near Hankow, it is
believed here that hard lighting will
take plaee there today, ns well as at
Uwangpei, a short distance north.
Government troops are being rushed
to Ilnuktiw to reinforce the command
(here. It is not known how strong
the rebels are in that vicinity, but
their slaughter of 800 Mancnu sol
diers is believed to indioato that they
have heavy forco.s in the upper Ynng
tse Kiaug region.
Considerable fighting is reported
from the vicinity of Lmichnw, be
tween 3000 imperial troops rushed
there to put down a widespread mu
tiny and the former soldiers for Ihe
emperor, who rebelled and declared
for the republic. The overwhelming
force of tho imperialists crushed tho
revolt, hut uulv aftor some hot skir
mishing. The question of peace or war to
day apparently rests on whether Dr.
Wu Ting Fung, miuibler of foreign
affairs, of the now republic, can ui
dui'o Yuan Shi Kni to visit Nanking
to discuss peace terms. Wu bhunes
Yuan for double dealing in refusing
to support agreements intido by his
representative, Tang Shao Yi, but (ho
legations bore declare that if war
continue-; the responsibility will rest
on the shoulders of Wu and his col
leagues for (heir refusal (o leave (ho
form of government of the reorgan
ized China to be decided upon at a
national convention.
May Send Troon
WASHINGTON, 1). C, Jan. 0.
Seoretnrv of State Knox and his first
assistant, Huntington Wilson, today
held a Ion-; conference which, it is
believed, was with reference to (ho
reported sending of American troopa
to China.
It is bolioved tho pjnns of tho slato
department havo been completed and
that tho war depnitment will ho re
quested to at oueo arrange for tho
depardiro of thu troops from Manila.
You (inn's mako an interesting tid
verlremont (f an uninteresting sloio
but really you should ho careful
that your really interesting store is
not misrepresented bv an unintcrost-
ing advertisement.