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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
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Dnllytllxlli YiMir.
Korty-KIrM Yeur,
MEDFORD, OIWXJON, KA'ITKDAY, .JANUARY 20, 1912.
No. 258.
SENATOR CUMMINS ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY
FOR THE PRESIDENCY; POLITICIANS ARE STARTLED
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MEN WHO BROKE
PLEDGETOWEST
Al CAPTURED
Effort uf J. W. Rllcy, Albert Snloni
and Frnnk Arara to Escape Falls
Am Catiht hy Siiprrliitcndi'tit Doltz
of Pacific & EastiTii.
WERE WORN OUT BY
NIGHT OF HARDSHIP
Warden Ctirtlss Latifjhs at Report
That Men Were on Their Way
Back to Prison.
J. W. UUvy, AIImtI SHlmii an. I
1'rwiik A ruin, IIih I'HithWM honor mm
who inn away from Wcwlulle Tliur.
ilny ovmiiIiik, were iiiliiriil Frnlin
MflriHMiit it mill hIiovo IvkIo Point
liy Turn Itoltx, miwrinli)iiiIiMi( of the
I'Hdillii V hVuiloiu, ntiil II. CiugcHdc,
town ummlutl of IJwKh' Point, who will
divide Dim reward offered. Tim men
wra inltti! coming down the track
HHHr Hi iHiuuiiixKHry. A truck walk
or phoned tin description to Eagle
Point hhiI Iti'ltx nnil PiiiKi'iiili loft on
h handcar. Tin convict worn lnlit
oil miHIuk on h fallen tree nitiir tin1
tiMck Mini surrendered Ml unco, 'i'ln'.v
mr worn ohI liv their oil nijthl ninl
itt f hiU uw lumtily twlih. hhiI
fflVMt'J r"Mt, MHll llltlf flllllll'llftil
0$ rami.
Uthty wiim tho ringleader of tin1
hlllWll MHll ludlK'cd the others III tll'r
crl. I In (iHiiui'il to do n photograph
er nnil lln' .Mnil Tribune cmncru wo
left nl tin fninp for hint to take
plmtiwi Hilh. At tho time of Gov
ernor Wont' vWi I'mting-hl hko, l
ninl tloi other wcio nkcd whether
or wot they nut Hiilixlleil wild treat
ment rofivtil r wauled to ri'tiirn to
SnliHti All were i'tniliHlio in llmir
iX'iimmImim of M4tiifiiilion mill dciro
to ri'iiiHin. Sonic nl tlo' iHoaiclK who
n.vpriMMHNl tlipuiitclviw iin diiH-outoiitcd
wore token liHi'li to Siili'in.
PIiiiiIiw (toy, who itriiM'il nl tln
t'Mini Tliiireduy w'ilh the now honor
1 1 ion MiMit to iiiilni'i thorin icturuod
tn ShIimii, discovered Hut nixl)) of tin
throo whim ho wiiil (o present Knloiii
hid pwndo of tor dinner. I In phono
down tliHt there intoiiMii iniliKiintioii
nt tlu cmnp ovor the nl tempted i't
nwH.v nnil Jiiliiloliini ovor tin capture
mnl ulinnlil Riley lm taken hack ho
would undoubtedly ho terribly pim
lnhcil. Tho (lapliirml convicts wore tunioil
ovor to n ilnpnly Mlinriff anil nftur
mj Hititltiix tlm night in the Knylo Point
jhII worn drought to ,lncknnillc Sat
urday mnl lodged in tlm oonnty jail.
WkhIiih P. II. CnrliH of the state
ponllonliury arrived in Medford with
three now honor men to rcplaeo the
iloMorleix, Sulnrihiy, ami will lake the
latter hack to Kalein with him Sun
day. They will he met at Eagle point
hy one of the honor men who pur
Himil the ericnpuH to Medford, and hike
from there to the emnp.
Wiuilen t'ltrlin Hlaten thai no ro
fneHln wero ever inade hy those who
tried tn esenpe for return to Ralem
mid IiIiikIih nt the storv they tell, lie,
u well an (lay and the honor men,
Hay that it wiih a determined effort
to hreak away, hut that tho men lost
their way and lost their nerve.
E
NEDS THE MONEY
WASHINGTON, 1). ('., .Inn. 20. -Meoaiio
Andrew C'urnoKiu needs the
money, u feud, tlm coiiHoipionoim of
whleh no olio irnn forimee, opened
hero yiiHUirdny helweon tho iron iuiih
tor and tho Iioiiho of roprottoiitntivcH.
Tho oIiihIi oiiiiio when Chief Cluik
South of tho hoimo rofiiHud to pity
Carueijle '28,70 duo tho Hteel kiu an
inilenuo and witminH feea for tiuitify
inw hel'oio llui Stnnley Iioiiro eoni
inillee which In iuvcKtintlnK tho utuel
tnial,
TO AHOHMI DIA'III IM NAITY
MUM I I II ! II I ' -
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i.incriiiir Jolili A Dlx. of Now York,
ihirntiKli!' In iuvouI ullli (tut miivu-
i'IH "tilli'il liy the Siiierllilt'iiileut of
-hi n fur (lie HlMitltimi of t'iiil(itl
i" '! Itiniilre Sliile
VEATH, VICTIM
LI'S MISTAKE
Man Who Was Sent Up From Jack
son County, Released After Elylit
Years When "Victim" Returns,
Takes Own Life.
Word litw town reeolveil from So
ul tlo nouecriiliiK Hi miluliio of W. L-
Von Hi, who wnn cnuvlitleil In (hlri
county for a murder ho never coni
in ft tod and tieut to tho ponltontliiry,
wlicro ho nerved elylit yearn lieforo
IiIh "letlm" returned alive. Veath
ended IiIh Hfo liy klckliiK a mmp box
out from under IiIh dniiKlluK foot nnil
Hlowly HlrauxlliiK to dmilli.
Vcoth Hpent within ouo .inoutli of
elKliI yenrH In tho OroKou peniten
tiary, and when (ho nmn ho wax con
lctcd of luivlnc murdered returned,
Vim tli wiih roleoNcd, only to find that
IiIh wlfo hud marrlud another man.
Wire .Man led Another.
I lo wiih rolontoul In October, 1905,
with over HO of IiIh UU-yimr Boutoneo
Ht II I uiiHiirvod. Albert Tonidn, thu
man whom ho wiih accused of ItlllliiK,
had been found alive. Veath hur
ried from tho prison to IiIh former
homo In I IiIh city nail hero ho re
ceived IiIh wornt blow, IIIh wlfo had
married a man who unit been' IiIh
best friend. They wero living hap
pily.
Von th went qulotly awny, and ho
never returned to tho utnto' which
had wrecked IiIh life.
Tho black shadow that ruined
Voatb'H Hfo camo durliiK tho Bum
umr of 1S17. llo wan IIvIiik bapiilly
w'tli bis fa in liy In .luck son county,
tlo hall been playliiK tho fiddle at a
country dance. HeturnliiK liomo, ho
becaiuo tired. Instead of koIiik ill
recetly homo ho stopped In tho cabin
boloiiKluK to Albert Toppln and Blopt
a few hours.
Convicted of Murder.
Whon ho arrived homo tho noxt
day ho wiir told that Teppln's cabin
had boon bumoil down, and that
Home bonoH that looked Hko huinnii
bones had t'con found. No trnco
could bo found of Toppln. Naturally
It wnH concluded tho bonen must Imvo
been his. Veath whh tlio man who
had boon known to havo boon tboro
last, llo was accused of nuirdorliiK
him, Tho detectives worked with
him until thoy almost luado him bo
llevo that ho had commlttod murdor.
llo waa convlotod and bIvoii 00 years.
Tho yonva draijKod on and finally
a deloctlvo enmo to tho poultontlary
with Albert Toppln. Vonth was ro
leused within a fow daya Just an
soon na tho ttreat state of OroRon
could arraiiKo to undo tin Kroat mls
tako, Veath was fi7 years old.
Dlown to Atoms.
HKHLiaV, IJ. C, Jan. ao.-
-William
Coward and Archlo McAlllBor woro
killed when u iiiIhhoiI ehari;o exploded
lu tho Nleklo Pluto initio, lloth mun
woro practically blown to atonia,
HANGS
HMSELF
STRIKERS AND
IROOPS MAY
CLASH SOON
Thousands of Operatives In the Tex
tile Factory Districts Are Out and
Restive Under Arrival of State
Militia.
TWELVE COMPANIES OF
MILITIA NOW ON GUARD
Over 18,000 Union Men Are Out and
7000 Non-Union Men Arc
Afraid to Work.
LAWUKNCK. .Mann., Jan. 20. Ho
ncwal of the f!htiiii; here hefween
slate troops and thinisanilK of Htrik
erx who are out at the bijr textile mills
of the eity in prolyl npiiiihl the eul
tinjr i flheir hunrH nud waeM was
foreenhtod today with the arrival of
four coufpniiicri of militia from Lynn
to uMit (lie compauieK now on fjuard
here around the struck milln.
Kver bince the hayouet charge of
Ktate tniop the other day the condition-
of the disput have hourly In
come more grave.
In Haverhill, Lowell ami Lynn the
workei-H in the textile factories are
tewtive. They protet bitterly that
their pay, low euotmh before, has
been cut In-low tlm living point
throiiKh tho new ulate law reducing
the hourn of work to fI n week. The
obnoxious law, they say, hns been put
on tho Htaluto books hy the secret
workers for the big mill owners, and
thev apparently are standing firm in
their deinand that no reduction in
their wagw shall he accepted.
JIioiimiikh ot operatives are still
out hen-, more thousands are on the
vergo of a strike in Lynn, Lowell nud
llnorlul and the gravest results may
eoine nt any hour.
More than 18,(1(11) union men are on
strike here, mid 7(100 non-union work
ers remain away front the mills, fear
ing thut they will, ho caught in a
clash between (ho strikers mid the
soldiers. The owners nssert that 10,
000 men are still working, hut the
strikers maintain that their ranks nre
still intact.
The demands of the strikers arc for
n lf per oe-ul increase in wages. This,
they ussert, h necessary that they
may live. President Wood of the
Aemrieau Woolen company, for the
luillownors, declares that "business
conditions do not warrant the ad
vance." His declaration is taken to
mean that tlm companies will not
onmnrnmixc.
The situation is critical and if
strikebreakers are imported, desper
ate lighting is feared.
TORNADO KILLS
SIX PERSONS
Dozen Houses Arc Demolished
Wires Aro Down In the Wrecked
Section and All Details Aro Lack
Inn. WINONA, Miss,, ,Tan. 20. Six per
sons killed, many injured and total
ilcHtnictiou ot a dozen nouses is the
toll of ii tornado that swept over this
district today, between Newton and
Winona. All of the dead nre negroes
except the biiiiiII daughter of Albert
Wales, a farmer. Wires tiro down in
tho wrecked seution and details are
lacking.
BIG AVIATION MEET
OPEN AT LOS ANGELES
DOMINQUn FJKLl), Lor Angeles,
Cal., Jan. 20. Mayor (leorgo Alex
ander this al'tornoou fired tho gun
that officially opened tho Doniiugue
iivhitiou meet. Almost nt oneo a doss
on nip ernf't loft tho ground, flying in
ineveiiRed height directly nhovo the
ui'iUHlsttimls.
JJfU
fi? or SBRviee i am iNruiBNieo 'MK& JyfSH- KCkPWSti! ,
fm& By HO DIMINUTION OF ZEAt POR, t jBHPVrci5JP.
iWt Y(XW FUTURP INTEREST, NO " ME' PirlVsl X-
Wy DEFICIENa OK GRATEFUL JlESPtCT H A i'V
.Ml FOR YOUR. PAST KINDNESS, BUT H x , s
fli I AM SUPPORTED OVA FOtt. VMH "v ' ,
m illCDNvicriQN TiiAr the. step is ,j MB v. v
S INTO' iliTOKRli! t.-TBRMTtlftlf "S3fe-
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IMPERIAL
GL
ES MOVE
TO LEAVE THRONE.
Rebel Chieftains Are Convinced That
Manchus Will Capitulate Only
When Forced to Do So Renewal
of Flflhtlnn Expected.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. The Chicago
Daily News this afternoon prints n
cnhlo dispatch from Pekin which says
that the ahdiention of the Munchu
dynasty is an accomplished fact mid
thut the delay in r-sriiiig the edict is
caused hy fear of an uprising hy
tho reactionary wing of the imperial
family headed hy Prineo Kung. The
dispatch also kiin that while a new
government is being formed Tien Tsiu
will bo the temporary capital of
China.
SUANOHAI, Jan. 20. olographic
ndvlcca today from Pekln declnro
that tho Imperial clan is still oppo
sing nkdloatlon of tho emperor and
tho romovnj of tho court from tho
forblddon city. Tho robol chieftains
horo aro now convinced that tho
MancluiB wilt capitulate only when
forced to do bo, and n ronownl of
fighting la oxpected when tho arm
istice oxplrca January 28,
Dlapntclios from Nanking, the cap
ital of tho prochilnioil republic, say
that Dr. Sun Yet Son, .provisional
president, la confident that tjio pow
ers soon will recoKiiUo tho govern
ment of tho now China. Sun la said
to believe that nctlon will como first
from tho United Statos and Knglnnd,
which countries, ho bollovcs, nro act
ing In concert.
Sho Fooled Him.
SAN FIUNCISCO, Qnl Jnn, 20.
State Labor Comiulsalonor McLaugh
lin went bolilud tho scones to tuko
Into custody a "child actress." Ho
says tho Joko la on him, sho proved
to bo 32 and the mother of sovornl
children.
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i'THE Hb'iGHT, OF-
DISCUSSION AT
! CLUB MEETING
VERY SPIRITED
Judge Colvifl Objects to Minutes of
Previous Meeting and After Sev
eral Had Voiced Their Opinion He
Had His Way.
The regular meeting o tho Medford
Commercial club took place on Wed
nesday, evening last and adjourned
until Friday evening, on account of
the presence of the Hetnil Merchants
association in the city. At tho meet
ing last evening n spirited discussion
took iilaeo over the iptestiou of ap
proving the minutes of the regular
meeting of January 3, in relation to
n motion which was passed nt that
time requiring tho club to deposit $30
per month, commencing with Jtuiii
nry, 1912, to repay tho gentlemen
who uresented tho exhibit building to
the club tho $2000 paid out by them
to Mr. Olwcll in its purchase. The
president claimed that tho notion of
tho meeting of January I) made this
$2000 a legal obligation of the club,
nud that he thought it should not be
so considered. Thnt if it was any
thing it was n moral obligation only.
Several motions nud counter motions
wero introduced. Fiunlly the presi
dent called Mr. Osonbrtiggo to tho
chair, and he then made the follow
ing motien:
"Moved that all that portion of thol
minutes of tho last regular meeting,
relating to the pmehuso of tho exhibit
building ho nuiciidcd to read ns fol
lews:
"That this club shall pay not less
than $.r0 per month into tho Fanners
and Fruitgrowers bank to bo ulti
mately applied in niootinK tho obliga
tions of the men who purchased tho
exhibit building from Mr. Olwcll, nud
thoreaftor presented it to the olub.
Provided, howovor, that this shall not
be considered n logal obligation of the
olub so long as its present legal in
debtedness exists."
This motion was adopted unani
mously, and tho minutes of tho moot-
v r nn
OLD. GOLD WILL
RE GOLOR SGREMEi
MINHNGRESS
City to Be Arrayed In Gala Attire for
Two Days' Convention of Miners
From Southern Oregon Will En
tertain Visitors.
Old gold will bo tho color adopted
for decorations for tho mining con
gress to bo held In Medford Feb
ruary 2 and 3, and merchants and
hotel keepers aro nsked to decorate
their windows and fronts In this
color as much as possible Tbo
budges for tho delegates will bo In
old gold also.
Each delegate to tho mining con
gress will bo presented with a gilded
miner's pick walking cane as a bouv
enlr of tho meeting. A banquet is
talked of for the visitors also It Is
proposed to entertain thorn with an
auto rldo about tho city and freo
seats to tho "Chocolate Soldier,"
which will bo given nt tho Medford
theater Saturday oventng, February
3. To this end, 100 beats havo been
rcsorved.
An Illustrated namphlot of G4
pages on mining in southern Oregon
Is bolng printed with tho official pro
gram and It will provo a valuablo
stimulant to tho mining Industry ot
this region.
Word comes that tho couuty com
missioners and n largo delegation
from Yroka will bo on hand. Largo
crowds aro oxpected from Ashland,
Grants Pass, Gold Hill and other
mining centers,
Can't you write n wnnt nd thnt will
interest tho person who is looking for
u better nlnco to live-?
iiifr of January I) woro so nmonded.
Other ilotiul business was trans-
noted,
As u result of tho work of Messrs,
Colvig, Medyuski, Nye mid Hoson-
haum, 25 new members were ndmitted
to membership in tho club,
TAFT CUMINS
lH FOll ETTE IN;
EI III TEDDY?
Republicans Are Confronted With a
Curiously Complex Political Situa
tion Taft to Confer With New
York State Leaders Tonight.
WORLD DECLARES BREACH
COMES TAFT AND HITCHCOCK
Said That Roosevelt Will Consent ts
Become a Candidate "If
Drafted."
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NEW YORK, Jnn. 20.
"Tell the editors of tho coun
try to set up this phrase:
"'I have nothing to say.'
"Whenever they nre nnxious
to quote or interview me on
political subjects they may
use thnt and thut nlone. I
havo nothing' to say on this or
any other political mutter."
This was the statement of
former President Roosevelt on
leaving his office in tho Out
look today for Sagamore Hill
when reporters nsked him his
opinion of tho Cummins presi
dential candidacy announce
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NEW YORK, Jnn. 20. With Presi
dent Taft, Senator La Folletto and
Senator iCummins of Iowa openly in
the field and evidence hourly growing
that Theodoro Roosevelt nlso is to
bo a enndidate for the presidential
nomination, republicans here ludav
nre confronted with a onrionslv cam.
plex political situatipn.
President Taft will arrive hero to
night from New Haven nnd probably
will confer with New York stnto lend
ers of the old guard. Colonel Roose
velt is today at his office here for
the first Saturday in mnny months.
His presence in the city is belioved to
bo significant, in view of tho declara
tion of ox-Governor Fort of New Jer
sey nnd Everett Colbv. nlso oP Nnw
Jersey, who, after a visit to Roose
velt, declared the former nres dent
can be expected soon to admit that
ne wilt be a candidate, "if drafted."
Cummins' announcement of his
candidacy is taken to indiente thnt ho
is convinced that the ndministrntion'
crip upon tho southern dcWates is
breakable. He expects it free for nil
tight in the convention.
Tho New York World declares to
day that n breach has come between
Tnft nnd Postmaster GenernI Hitch
cock, "following tho discovery that
Hitchcock was lining un the southern
delegates so that thoy can be used
if needed" against Tnft. When tho
story was called to tho nresident's
nttontion at New Haven he refused
to make any comment.
Iho stnndpnt olemont todav is elat
ed ovor Senator Cummins' announce
ment. In discussing it, Wnltor Hous
or, Washington mnnager of La Fol
letto's presidential campaign, said:
"In his announcement Senntor Cum
mins purposes to become n favonto
son enndidate. This will make no
difference to tho Ln Folletto cam
paign. Our campaign will proceed n
usual. La Folletio is in tho race to
stay.
Standpatters Kluteil,
"Our friends neod not ho nlnnued
if any number of enndidnto ontor tho
race. Senator La Folletto stands for
important nud dofluito noliticnl.nrin.
oiples which daily aro becoming bet
tor known to the people His friends
foci that it is important that Senator
Lnfolletto should make bis nriiuiinlns
known to tho entire country mid lead
tho movement by his candidacy for
the presidency."
Friends of Senator L Folletto
hero think thut Cummins' announce.
ment makes it cortnin that Town ivill
send mi uuti-Taft delegation to tho
uiitiounl convention. Thev declare
(Coiitlnueifbn pijfJ.)
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