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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Cold. Mnv., ii7j aiin.t aa
lUtatlvo Humidity, HH I'd'
lriwiyKlril Vnr,
MEDFORD, ORMCJON, 'JTKSDAY, JANUARY 9, 19.12.
No. 249.
GOTHAM SUFFERS $20,000,000 FIRE
REV. RICHESON IS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
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MINISTER MAY
BE COIVIiTEt
Statements From Members at Gov
ernor's Council Indicate Tlmt That
Dotty Favors Clemency Four Op-
. jtosetl to Capital Punishment.
RICHESON APPEARS ON
JERQE OF COLLAPSE
When Arraigned He Immediately
Withdrew Former Plea and En
tered One of "Guilty as Charijcil."
UOBTON, iln-.. .Ihii. I).-IMonI-tag
irtiiltv in iIih inunUr liy tobum
if!" lit dlmwriM wethenrt, Avis
IJiiiihII of llynnitif, (ho Rov. Clarence
V. 'I'. Ititthwmtu whm Iit'Jny sentenced
liy Judgo ftindorvaii Lu bo eloclrnout
cd during the mU of May 11).
Summoned lit eourl, Richeauit ap
peared on (lie woio of ooIIho. Ifc
whs iirntiieiiml and at mien withdraw
)ii former plow of mil ;uilly. plead
ing iimtcNil "jcuiltv hh rhari'tl."
While I(irhcon wiik Mculciicitd to
wmiii, ii will in mi proimmuiy
'HMi psying with his life for tho
orlmii. StMtciiiuut from inrmtion of
inul that tlic vnli stand nix (o ,'t in
fiivor of olemonov with four of the
ballot unalterably upponod to capital
puiibdimmtl mul only throe absolutely
in fiivor of tln dentil peitnlty.
Attorney .More, who eollnpitod
ytierilMV, entisitig h voMtHinrHiniit of
tint nentiineing, m but lor lodoy.
I'l-orccilhig (Julet.
Titil' proewdiiur worn mil ou
national. Judge SmidenHui iiudntud
Ihnt only n few iiIIimiiI the homing
to witae th pronouncing of tioii
tniieo on tin olnivyniHii-wlHyor. The
lcptititf cleared tin corridor of Hid
wuirl long before In upponruiieo.
When I trinity Cmiiiii appeared in
Itichiwnn'ii null thi' comIVhm'iI mur
derer win n tnily. Ili wu at unco
bullied in I lit) prison van to (ho court
hoiiKo van! ami then lnkn through
a pHiowgo below Iho building mill by
ii buck ulnirwny into tint witirt room
through (ho i)ittrumt in iho lihrnry.
IViv Set, I'rNonor.
I'lMV pOriOIIM MIIW KicllOAOII (III
route. Whim lie entered tho court it
wag eou that ho whm oloun hIiiivoii,
irnln mul worn, hut ho Nimiiivd iu full
pdMuiwion of liiat fnoultion. Ilu win.
uiiiiih thiiuiur lliuit uhoii urnwlod mul
had (loop oroiiHoa in hi fane, lo
walked with evident effort, plainly
nliowing Unit ho whm Mill suffering
from tho ofi'ootH 'of liis wolf niulilu
tiou. Tho court proceedings ocouploil
nhiuit l.'i luinuloM. Dintiict Attorney
l'ollolior road iho ladiotiiiont mul
I lion WhihoMoiiV ulloriin.vH nnnouucuil
Hint ho wixhcil to witlulruw Iuh ploa
of not guilty, mul In plotul piilly to
tho oliurnow of inui'dor iu thu llrmt
(luwriio. I'ollolior thou roiul Kicho
bnii'n (tniifoHHinu, which wan xprciul
upon tho aiiuuloM of Iho court.,
GREAT BRITAIN MAY
CALL RUSSIA.TO ACCOUNT
LONDON, Jan. n. Oroat lhltuln
li oxpouUxl to follow tho oxainplo
Hot by thu United Stutoa In ciiIIIiik
HiikhIu to account for lofiiHlutf to
rocoKHlzo tho iiiiHupnrtH of JowIhIi
oltlzoaa vIhIUiik KiibhIii, and thoro la
it poH8ll)Illty thai tho AiikIo-HuhhIiiii
treaty of 18Gl, Blinllnr to that with
tho Unltod HtntoH.of 18;iU, will ho
alnoKatod. Tho AiikIo-JowIhIi uhho
elation luiH ui'Kod biicIi Action,
Sprotilo Quiets Rumors.
HAN KUANOlHCO, Cul .lull. 0.
Kiuphutli) donlul of ii roport from
I.oh AiiboIoh to 'tho offoot Hint city
would, hurourioi' lio lioudipiaitoiH for
I'lortldont William Hproulo or tho
Houthorn I'acirin and nthorti of Its
oxocutlvu offlooni, was inailo hoto to
day.
GIVliS WASHINGTON THE
"MUM13Q JUMBO" DANCE
"I. M.M.lii ' "- I '"'""ii' Til". I .
PxiNtx Jonah KataiauaolTi.
"I'ii.i, t'npu," ,. , .1,., ill Kuhio
Kitlriiiiili,-ic, i!i li, itc in , ouprc-H
trmn tin- territory of Hawaii, i
i'mIIiiI. Itii iiilrmlin id n new dniico in
WnMhinctoii. It im called tho "uiuuiho
jiiniho," or AinHrirnni'd "liuln huhi."
Tlio (lance, it h mikI, oiiIiIoh the
"grixxly iM-nr," tjic "turkey trol" mid
it fow of I lie other iiuxlerii uIciih.
OP CIEff STORM
IS CAUSING FL
Over 6000 Poles and 800 Miles of
Wire Are Down Damane in Port-
. land by Recent Storm Is Estimated
at Quarter of a Million.
1'Wm.AN'l), On-.. .Inn. P.-l'lood
romlitioim in tho I'uxut oiiud mul
WillHiiiiilln vnlloy (Hulricl of Oro
Kou Hiid WitHhiiiKtou aro prodictcd to
day hy Iho wculhor hiironu u u ro
Miilt of life chiuook which uturtml
lata iiiHt ni;ht, and iw rapidly inciting:
tho Miinw iu Wi'Mtoru Qtokou nnd
WnMhiuKloii, In tho Inland Kinpiro
kiiow in fulling mid tho tuinporuturo
Iiiim iiioihirntod urontly. A u'cnornl riso
from xcro and hclow to 10 and 'JO
iihuvo iM,rcpnrto(l,
Wire couimiiuiciitioii Indwoou 1'oit
laud and tho oarft mul Houth in pur
ulywd. Thi. inoriiiiu.'. tho Wontoru
Union roporli'd Iho wiro upon opor
nthii: north, wilh noun Kouth or oiihI.
I'ruetionllv the wimo conditions worn
ropottod hy tho tolcphono coinpaniw.
Tho railway hlookndcs in tho Oi
liuiihiit river Kirjji on tho O.-W. If.
& N. mid Iho North Bank rnadh,
catiHod hy hlKiwilril'ts mid laiulhlidoK,
wore (domed up iluiinir tho niht mul
tho liuoH woro reported open to truf
fle tliirt forenoon.- Train on tho
Soulhorii 1'aoillc, liiliuin north mid
"unlh from I'orthnul are on schedule
tiiiio.
Tho chinotdc Iiiih nnod I'orllnndV
eiti.eiu teiiH of thoiiKiiuilH of dol-
lai-s. Within two hour after the
warm ruin mul hreo.o set iu ice that
covered tho trees nnd wires heuau to
full nwny. TIiIh relieved tho htrnin
that lliroaleued to hreak lliein mid
add In tho wild ilimmlor of tho HtreetH
which oeonrred wlieu Sunday'8 ivor
thaw tore down wiro mul hroko trees
mul Khruhhory, einising dninatre esti-
CHINOOK
WAKE
WHO IS YOUR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE?
Mark cross botweon nuinbor and nanio of candidate,
ltopublican.
1 C ) William Howard Taft. -
2 ( ) Robert M. La Motto.
8 ( ) Theodore Roosovolt. '. '
Democrat, v v , . .
$ ( ) Woodrow Wilson.
5 (. ) iTtidson Harmon,
G ( ) Champ Clark. !
7 ( ) William T. Bvyun.
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LOUIS J. WILDE
Portfolio Carried on His Left Side
Stops Bullet When Would-Bc As
sassin Opens Fire on Kim on the
State House Grounds.
BULLET MAY HAVE BEEN
MEANT FOR GOVERNOR WEST
Prosecutor Is of Same Build and His
Walk Resembles That
' ,of Governor.
KALK.M, Ore., Jan. 0 A portfolio
curried on liln left sldo Htopped n
liullot nlmed nt thu head of A. K
Clurk, MperlHl proncf utor In tho Iouls
J, Wlldo cnBo, when a wouUl-bo
nnmiflln opened fire upon him nt tho
Mtntc Iiouro Kroiinda a ho was ro-
turiitiiK to tho city nt an onrly hour
thin mornliiK.
Tho wouliMio inurderor fired
twice. Tho flmt hot struck Clark
Iu tho left arm junt below tho el
how, Tho Kecond ballot bolnR di
rected strnlKhl nt tho heart of Clark
but wuh Mopped by n wml of papora
eontulneil In the portfolio.
Clark came" to the city ycntcrdny
for tho purpose of Rnthorlni; datn In
tho WfTdo ratio. Ho roiualnod In tho
Htato library until a (junrtor after 12
o'clock HiIh tnornlni;. On tho street
after ho had passed tho bandstand
on tho stntohouso Kroiinda nnd wan
taking tho path to tho loft ho ob
served n man leap out from behind
tho trees. Without n word of warn
ing lio opened fire and after firing
tho second tlmo flod In tho direction
of the rnpltol building.
Tho feeling hero Is that tho nssas-
sin wnH after Governor West and
mistook Clark for him, who Ih of
about the governor's build nnd has n
Hlmllar walk.
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Equitable Did Not Carry
One Cent of Insurance
KKW YOKK. Jim. !. It
wiik lenrucil lute thirt after
noon Ihnt tho Kipiilnhlo Life
Assurance Hoeiety did not
onrry'n penny of insurance on'
ilrt Imildiug, ilotni.ved hy lire
hero olay. Only three weeks
ago tho trustee appointed a
eoiuinittee to ennsider tho ad
visability of Inking out a pol
icy, hut nfter coiiMiltiug with
experlK the eoiuinittee decided
that the building was prac
tically llreproof nnd notified
the trustees that it would bo
uselesH expenditure to take
out mi insurance policy on it.
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milled at between .f.TiO.OOO and ifliOO,
000. It will tnke more than n week for
linemen to repair tho damage wrought
to Udophono, ojootrio and telegraph
wires here. Over (1000 pols and 800
miles of wire nre down.
PRO
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URGES HbTinEMkNT OF TAFT.
Km .'r; 'i & iBfl
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(lowrnor CIuim S. 0 horn of Mich
igan in n xpeech rcfi-'iih nt Laniiug
declared that Senator La Kollette
could i.eter ho elected pteMileut. lie
also reiiuented tlmt both he mid
President Tnfl retire fro nithe nice
for the rcpuhlicnii'iiomiimtioii in fii
vor Theodore llootfevelt or Albert .1.
Hevendge of Indiniia
RECEIVER FOR
GRANTS PASS AID
John C. Jenkins Named at Portland
Calkins Makes Order at Same
Time, But Holds Kin Abeyance tor
Word From Portland.
At I'orllmid Monday, John C. Jen
kiiiH wiih appointed reoeivor of the
tiniutx Paint nnd Kognc Hivor Hail
road oompHiiy. At (he tntne time
JudgQ Calkins t firants l'ns up
K)inted M. J. Anderson receiver of
thu properly umiii petition of II. X.
Parker of (Inuits Pass, who holds a
hill for grading agsinst the company.
The lattor order is hold iu abeyance
pending information regarding the
Portland npixiintincut.
District Attnriiex Mul key petitioned
Judge 'Calkins to dismiss both indiot
inenlH agninst John IC. Kollock, for
mer secretory of tho lioguo Kiver
Townsite eompauy, whrt was indicted
with 11. h. Chapm. president of the
company, Kollock proving tlmt he had
resigned from the company butore
tho lots were sold under the nltnt
nient plan, living only served during
tho (Hirioil of orgMiiir.utiou at attor
ney. The grand jury Hiljonnivil with tho
reeommendatiou that the county court
begin notion to remove the bridge
over the Kogue constructed hy the
O. 1. & It. K. riulr.mil.
PEACE 10 REIGN
UNTILJANUARY15
Armistice In China Is Extended
Division of China May Come, the
Rebels Takiiifl mo south for. a
Republic
LONDON, Jan. . Dispatchos
from Pekin to the Kxehnuge Tele
graph today declare that tho urmis-
tieo in China has boon extended to
January fi. Public- opinion, it is
stated, favors a division of China,
tho rebels taking tno south ns a ve
publio mid tho .Mumhus roiiiaining in
power iu mi empire of tho north.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 0. Dr. Yu Ting
Fang, republican minister of foreign
affairs, luft bore today for Nanking
to oompleto tho cabinet which will
orguniKo the uov state. All of those
selected, have noeopled tho posts.
Li Yuen Hung has boon named gen
eralissimo nnd will lend mi attack
on Pekin at tho couglusion of tho
armistice, providing a bnsis for peace
bus not previously been found,
ROGER!
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BLONDE BOSS"
ENTERS DENIAL
TO URGE!
Lorimer Once Again Takes Stand Be
fore Senatorial Committee and En
ters General Denial of Corruption
Connected With Election.
SAYS HE NEVER PAID
MONEY FOR HIS SEAT
States That He Never Raised Money
or Tried to Do So for
That Purpose.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 0.
Taking the Btand today before the
senatorial committee which Is to In
vestlgato onco more -his 'election as
United States senator from Illinois.
William Lorlroer, "blonde boss" of
Chicago, entered a general denial of
corruption in connection wUh bis
election.
Answering tho questions of his
counsel, Judge Elbrldgo Hanecy,
Lorimer denied that he had ever
paid money or anything elso of value
to anyono for his voto in the sena
torial fight; ho denied that ho had
ever authorized any ono to pay for
.votes, uniT declared, he did not know.
of any ono In tho Illinois legislature
who was paid anything for his vote,
nnd had no knowledge of any one
raising a fund to purchnso bis elec
tion.
"Did you at ,any tlmo ralso mon
ey, or cause a fund to bo raised, to
nid your election to tho house or the
sonato?" Lorlnicr was asked.
"I did not," ho answorcd.
IiOrlmor testified that on Novem
ber 2, 1908, ho received a check for
$500 from P. M. Blount, campaign
manager for former Senator Albert
J, Hopkins, to assist in Lorimer's
congressional campaign. I To said ho
returned tho check.
Hanecy then asked Lorimer for
tho details of the balloting in tho
Illinois assembly for United States
senator, to show how tho various
members had voted.
DEMOCRATS 10
EETJDIE 25
Baltimore and St. Louis Arc Running
Neck and Neck for the Honor of
Entcrtaininn Delegates at National
Convention.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juu. 0.
Baltimore was this afternoon select
ed by the domoorutiu national com
mittee ns tho city in which the demo
cratic, national convention will con
vene Juno 2j5.
The committee- decided upon tho
Maryland oity nfter Itobort Grain, a
Dultimoro produce merchant, had
produced a guarantee signed by all
the lending hotel men, pledging that
hotel rates would not bo raised dur
ing the life of the convention. In
addition to this, Craiu exhibited a
certified cheek for $1 00,000, to bo
used in defraying the expenses of tho
convention.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jim! 0.
With Juno 25 set us tho date for the
democratic national convention, the
national committeo of tlmt party this
afternoon threshed out tho merits of
tho sovornl cities bidding for tho con
vention. Kurly in tho day Baltimore
and St. Louis woro running nook nnd
nook for the honor of entertaining tho
delogtitos, hut tho former oity up
pears to have tho hotter chance of
winning.
St. Louis is handicapped by tho
fact that Missouri has two possible
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PROTEST JlUAIJYST
II IS DOMINATION
JUDGE W T. KOOJC.
Four states have jciit vigorous pro
tests to President Tft against the
nomination of Judge W. T. Hook of
KmiMih for the supreme court bench
to succeed the late Justice Ilnrlnn.
The states objecting to his election
lire Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska
and Oklahoma.
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DAY FOLLOWS II
OIIETCHINICI
Telfer and Samuels Certain of Elections-Chances
Favor Porter-and
Ireland Summcrvillo and White
Are Making Close Race.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the foU
lowing forecasts on today's election
were generally nccopted by those who
are elosoly in touch with the situa
tion :
Kobcrt W. Toiler, incumbent, will
bo elected oity recorder over K. W.
Egnn, socialist, by a large majority.
Gus II. Samuels, deputy city treas
urer, will bo elected treasurer over
John Holer, socialist, by a large ma
jority.
Chances favor tho election of L. G.
Porter in the First wnrM, although J.
W. Mitchell is a close second, and
may win out by a narrow margin.
Frank 1. Snnkoy, socialist, is polling
a light vote.
Chnnees fnvor E. C. Ireland in the
Second ward over P. K. Wynkoop,
nnuougu wynkoop s tnoniis ciniin lie
will bo elected. Thomas, socialist,
has fallen behind.
J. T. Summervillc is running a close
race against D. C. White, socialist,
for councilman iu tho Third word.
Sentiment ns to the election is about
evenly divided. It is freely stated
that if a socialist is elected today it
will be iu this ward.
Tho city oeletion which is being
held today in this city failed to ore
ate nuy .considerable excitomont even
at the last moment, a quiet campaign
being followed by a quiot oleetion
day. The only plneo any appreciable
nnifluut of "doing" was manifost was
nt the city recorder's office, where
tho registration board is sitting. A
largo number of residents who failed
to register appeared before the board
and swore in their votes.
On tho street but few workors were
iu evidence.
Polling of votes started promptly nt
9 o'clock with tho opening of tho
polls nnd continued brisk. A fair
sined voto is boing cast.
Tho polls will close nt 5 o'clock
and comploto returns should bo in
before G, ns the ballot is n short ono.
GOVERNOR JOHNSON TO
STUMP FOR LA F0LLETTE
SACIUMFNTO, Cul . Jan. 0. "I
shall go oust and take the stump for
La Follette, if I can arrange tilings
hero to got away," Governor Hiram
Johnson said today.
"Hut I cannot state before the end
of tho week whether I shall bo able
to leave. I am doing all I can to
make urrungeineuts to go oust."
OIE
ELECT!
EVERY ENBINE
IN BOROUGH IS
CALLED UPON
I t.iuiiuuii; biic mm uiuci uusiiy
C...1I..I.I.. if. mn.i nil... n.il..
Structures in Block Bounded by
Cedar, Nassau, Pine and Broadway
Are Destroyed.
MANY
LIVES ARE
KNOWN TO BE LOST
Narrow Streets Hakes It Very Dlffl-
cult for Fire Fighters Flames
Spread Rapidly.
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NEW YORK'S HOLOCAUST
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The known deed:
Battalion Fire Chief William
Walsh
Special Policeman Conrad
Sicberr.
Guisseppe CJputi, porter.
John Savzf, Krter.
Unidentified iiorterl
Unidentified ctir.cn.
John Cumpiou, night watch
man. It i believed the death list,
vlicp "cfffflplctod, wnrho't lio
less than 10.
It is declared that tho mone
tary loss through tho fire will
not bo less than $15,000,000,
and mnyrcnch 130,000,000.
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NEW YORK, Jnu. 0. -Acting on
reports of poisons who reached the
Equitable building shortly after the
fire started, Fire Chief Kcnlon this
afternoon ordered rescuers into the
still burning shiioturo to seek for
bodies The chief wns informed that
IS firemen, employes of the building,
were missing, mid be fears that all
are dead.
Kenluii said unconfirmed reports
indicated that the total death list
might reach 25. Men this afternoon
aro probing all portions of tho ruins.
Conservative financiers estimate
tlit more than $.'150,000,000 in en-.It
ami securities aro in the vaults of
the Equitable Life building, and un
told millions more nre contained ;n
the vaults of the Mercantile mid
Equitnblo Trust companies and other
banks and brokerage offices in the
bilrued building. All vaults are re
ported intact, but us they cannot bu
reached it is unknown whethor tho
contents have really esuaped the rav
ages of the fire.
NEW YORK, Jnu. 0. Six persons
ore known to Iinvo nerished mid a
loss of KiSMbly $20,000,000 was
caused here today when tho Equitable
Life Assurance society's costly 12
story building and all tho other
structures iu the block bounded by
Cednr, Nassau, Vino street and
Broadway were consumed in tho most
sonsational Ilro Now York bus seen
for years.
Bursting into flumo ill tho oarly
morning tho Equitable building,
which was supposed to bo fireproof,
soon became a raging furnace. Thu
Ilro soon spread to tho othoi- htrue
turos iu tho block mid menaced tho
wholo of tho downtown finnneinl sec
tion through tho burning brands which
u high wind swept through tho can
yons of lower Manhattan.
For tho first time iu tho history of
tho borough every piece of Ilro llglu
ing apparatus on the island wus
called out mul firomeu, their faces
scorched by tho leaping flames,
fought desperately in the narrow
streets to stay the progress of the
conflagration.
Itodlcs Keen to Pull.
At tho height of the Ilro bodies of
men were seen falling from thu fifth
floor of the building and, striking the
street, were covered with pllen of
debris before the firemen could rush
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