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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Fair. Mnv., 10; Mln, fll
Itelmlvo Miimlillly, 71) Pet.
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AIEDjTORD, OIMMON, TChSIMY, JANl'ARV .'50, 1912.
No. 267.
COLEMAN PLEADS GUILTY; IS FINED $25.00
CATTLE THIEVES IN BUTTE FALLS DISTRICT ARE CAUGHT
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SAYS THAT HE
'I Plead Guilty to n Technical
Violation of the Law," He Tells
Court, "Out I Am Not a De
faulter." JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
SUSPENDS SENTENCE
C
L. Rcamcs and Warden Flnlcy
Have" Argument In Court
Great Interest In Case.
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THE LAW.
Suction lu.VTlf any per
mhi bll rwwo any money
whtvtir for thi Mt
or hIihII Iikv In hi pohiN
ion any money whatever In,
loaning l) Miititi mIhIi
Mini hll in Hiiy wh "iivorl
In hti own u hiiv Hntiiiu
IliHivof, il' xIihII Iiwii, with or
without intercut. Hiiy portion
thttroof, or IihII iioIhcI or re
twm to v tivur Hiiy ihhIIou
llntoof, n hy Ihw directed
Hud rwniiHMl iii jMtf
,rs5m1u)II-'Ii!!'iU'jmI KHlUJf f
lif'rtrtmy unit upon ooiivTuliou
Hereof nlmll htt puuishml by
iinprhniiiinHnl in tin- pumti'ii
tinry of ut lw than mil' nor
iii'im than in year hihI by
Hue fiiunl tn twice the miioinit
u i'iiiviiInI, IihiniiiI or neg
lected lo Ik1 Miil n Hit i'iiki!
1 liny hi.
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"Yutir hoHor, I nut nloMilulelv
Kttilty AN eliHtneil ill I hi cnuilitiul.
I know tin Ihw', ihi1ihh uol iih well
rn Mr. Ilnhty, hut I huve hhhI eery
line of it ami hiii Kiiilty ot'u leelmieal
violnliou of (I. Hut I have the money
- every penny of it. I urn Ktiilty of
liejtliciice uml tile only o.nciimo thai
1 Iihvo lo offer in the fuel that my
work in loo heavy. I have not hail
I tint lo cheek up the book mid make
IIih lemitlMiion iih I nhnuhl." '
Croml Hear Plen.
Hueh wiim n Hlutiiincnl iiiuilo hy
William U. Cohuiiuu, county clerk,
who uppuntoil before .luwtice of the
Pernio Clleun ). Tnylor Tuemlay mom
iiiK lo uuHWei' lo u complaint tiled hy
KIhIo fliinio Wuriloii I'iuley, upon the
ItrotmilH that nil money received hy
.Mr. Coleiiiiin tin county clerk from
huuliiiK uml ilnhiut; lieeneH iltiriux
the mtt two years hail not huen rc
mitleil to the elnto treantuei iih pro
vldnd by law. Tho hiiiu Involved a to
tal of f lO.liau. Mr. Colutuau wiih fined
Jf-Jo ami cohIh hy .Jimlieo Taylor who,
in view of u Ntntcuieut uiaile to the
court hy Mr. (.'oleninu, Hiinpenileil tho
miiittiiinc.
A K'''mt iiinouut of intoroHl wiih
illinluvcil in Iho ciihc, Ihc court room
uml nil.iucont (lorndorH lining crowd
oil with an inteiimlml IIiioiiki which J
HhIiiiiihI enuoilv to every Hontcuno
Hpohmi in (he loom, Tho proccciliiiKK
were brief, tho mat tor oreupyiiiK lit
ovnr mi hour.
I'lulry I'llcd Complaint.
Tho oomplnint wiih llloil hy Mr. Kiu
ley Jlonilay oveiihitf nl'ttu'hu luul vin
iteil I lie county olork'M office nt .litcl;
Minivilhi uml hail mmlo u (leuimul of
the fiiiulH due tlin Htate, In IiIh com
plaint filed before .liiHtieo of tho
Pencil Taylor, Mr, Fiiilny ohar?cil
Oolemnu with a uiUdcmi'mior umler n
piovision of tlm Male uaino law which
reniiiroM tho ooiinly clerk every three
Dl!) Nil I REMIT
montliri to turn over tho Hluto treiiH-1 wooiI'h hill for tho revision of tho
iirar nil iiioiio.vh ilerivud from the iH-jiron mul yteel seheiluhw of tho Puyno
Hiiauco of lulling uml hmiliiiK liAhlricli Inriff wont to tho Hcnutu to
iKintnm, a wiirrmu wiih ihsuimi huh
oveniui; uml Horvcil (IiIh inornliiK, Mr,
('olnniiiu eoiuliiK over lo Medford for
hi uppimrnmio Imfnro Tnylor,
Mr, ( oli'innn wiih repreHented in
coiirl hy (' l Hi'iinicH who, before
Mr. Coleiumi pleaded to Iho complaiuli
(Coatliiuuu on I'uuu 0.)
TWO RUSTLERS
ARE ARRESTED;
IT GUILT
MIssIiiii Cattle on Duttc Creek Not
Destroyed hy Timber Wolves But
hy an Organized Gann of Cattle
Rustlers.
THIRD MEMBER OF
GANG STILL AT LARGE
Youtiij
Man Named Hughes
Story Evidence Is
Found Later.
Tells
An orgHtilzml KUiiK of cattle thieves
which, according in tho uiilliorlllen,
Iium operated 011 Little lliitto creek
for two )flrn, xIwIIiik In t tint time
ovor 100 bond of cattle, win broken
iii Momlwy with (Iii nrret of Jolm
McKee hiiiI Andiow Coffmnti, both
of whom have ronfcimod. A wurrant
Ik almi out for Wither Coffinim, who
Ik nihil charged with rustling cuttle.
Tho nuthorltltM made tho arrest n fol
lowing a Mtory told them hy n yomiK
llllttl IllllllCd lltlgllori.
According to tho authorities n
Kronl tiuniher of missing entile on
Hutto crook wore not Ulllml hy tlin-
1 nor moivuh, an 1110 roumimcu no
I Moved, hut hy thltt hand ot nitni.
Hatunliiy n complaint wiim filed In
J limine of tho Policy Wiitklim' court
nt Knglo Point vhnrstliiK MrKvo nuil
two C'orriunn hoyn, Androw nml WIN
her, with tho tluift of rattle. W'nr
rantK of nrreMt wero at once IhhuoiI
mid kIvoii Into tho IuuiiIm of l)oiuty
Sheriff Antipole, who caine to Med
ford In Honrch of IiIh men and, find
Iiik MrKee retiirnliii; to IiIh homo at
Unite KoIIh, arrtMted him on the
I'Mtlflr & KiiMtern train mid took him
to KhkI" Point. AMhpolo then ro
turned to M ml ford and arroHted
Andrew Coffninu and took him aim
to KiikIo Point.
While Atthpolo. wiir arronllni; .Mo
Kee and Andrew Coffiuiin at thin end
of the lino CoiiNtithle Clnucailo wiih
out after Wlllier Coffinau In tho
vhdulty of lliitto Kallrt, and lie, trto,
Ik iiudouhtedly under nrioat hy tills
time.
l"or tho paMt two or threo yer
the Htookmeu of tho Hutto Pal In
country have heon iiiIbhIuk cattlo
from their hamlH and HUHphdop Iiiik
pointed to McKvo and tho Coffman
hoyn, hut not until hiHt week wnK
there evidence Hiifflcleut to warrant
nu arrorit.
II wiih n lone Made floor, iih tho
Htory KtiuH, which led up to tho nr
rent of the threo men. dim NtcholH
owned the Hteer and when ho mlnsod
It from his hord ho Iiobuh a proHBtiro
hunt for the aulmiil and tho prttHstire
wiih hroiiKht to hear ho heavily upon
a yoimi; man mimed HukIioh, a rohu
tlvo of MoKco and who liven with
him, that tho Htory of tho UIIIJiik' of
tho black Hteer wan brought to llRht
and tho details wero told ho fully
that no room for doubting their ad
miriuiy romalned, Tho Btcor had
been driven Into MclCeo't) hIuhI, as
told by IIukIioh, nod thoro shot and
drosHed, tho ukln IiivvIiik boon plnced
bohlnd a nearby lojr, whoro It wiih
aftorwnrd found, with Mr, Nichols'
brand plainly In ovldouco,
Sliicn tho arrcflt of MoKoo nnd
Andrew Coffman both havo confcHaod
to tho itIiiio nnd worn bound ovor In
tho Hum of $TiOO tn appear hoforo tho
April term of tho kiiuuI jury,
UNDERWOOD BILL
IS SENT TO SENATE
YAS1IIN0T0N, Jim. 0. Diunn-
1 emtio IIoiiho Leiuler Oscar Uniler-
day.
UI3UKULWV, Cal. Prof. Cyril
RtobbliiH of Unlvorslty of California
Ih koIuk to out-prodigy tho lonrnod
Juveniles of Hoalon. lliHtead of tho
yomififlteiH horo playlui; In mind piles
they'll Htmly "city lot botany."
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Southern Oregon uml Xrtlicrn
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Is the Convict Who Was Allowed to
Go and Help His Family He Then
Returned to Penitentiary, Only to
Be Released Again.
POUTI.ANI), Ore., Jan. 110. WiU
linm Mack, serviui; n life senteueu for
murder in the Orej-ou penilunliary.
litis been paroled , second time and
will soon leave for Tncoma, whero
his family ruMtlofl. itocoriUiij; to word
rccoivcil liiiluv from Snloin.
Maok is the convict who was al
lowed to lenve the penitentiary by
(lovernor Went early in JUKI nnd
work to pay off a inortpixo on hin
lined father's home nt Siioknuo. lie
pive his word that ho would retiiii
nt tho cud of seven months uml re
sume stripes for life. True to his
promise, .Mack lifted the moitpiKc,
enrued a few dollars for his wife mid
baby and arrived ut the penitentiary
doors December 111, one day ahead
of time.
"You are hrenkini rules hy coming
hack so soon," said Iho warden. "I'm
KoiiiK to put you to work." Then ho
handed Mack a cmt and mounted him
on tho wall, whore tho convict stood
Himrd for Iho next 12 hours.
A few hou.ru later Mnok's hnir had
been shorn mid his name was nahi
lost and a iiiuuhor substituted.
Content that his parents nml wife
wero in fair circunihtanees, ho went
willingly to work with u prospoel of
years of straining lnhor ahead.
Meanwhile Mnok's wife removed lo
Tnconia, on Governor West's sugges
tion, it is said. Soon afterward Iho
drab colors of Muck's e.sistoneo wero
lighted by the unexpected news that
ho luul heon granted u second parole.
Mnek killed n man nt Clrnnts Pass,
Ore,, in 11)0!), during n saloon brawl.
SCHMITZ CASE GIVEN
STILL ANOTHER SETBACK
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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal Jan. J10.
Tho hoarlng by tho court or uppoals
for a prohibition writ restraining
Suporlor Judgo Lawlor from proceed
ing with tho trial of ox-Mnyor Ku
gouo 1'. Soli in It z under tho Indlet
niontu eharglng htm with hrlbory In
connection with gas rntea, was Bot
ovor until next ThurHdity morning
wlton tho ciibo wita called today.
WM
Ml IS
AGAIN
PAROLED
GOVERNOH
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Medford, Oregon, as a Mining Center
Quart. Mine, one of the many lllutnitlui. ii)iiiriiiK in 11 ((-uic IxMiklet
Callfornln ulilcli li Ikn'ii UnuimI for tho .Melfonl Mining CoiiBrcsH.
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HR1 WILL BE
ARRAIGNED NEXT
Charged by County Grand Jury With
Bribery, Attorney Must Answer
Further Investigation Will Follow
Soon.
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INDIANAPOLIS Iml., Jan.
.'10.- Thirty arrests of mum
burs of an "innur oirclo" of
lnhor lenders declared to luno
been concerned in li dynamit
ing omupaign liieh ouhninat
ud in the arrest of the MeXn
innrns, ure eNpectod before tho
end of the week under indict
nient by the fedentl grand
jury here.
Unless Miini'thing nnforo
soon dovolov. leduml officials
doelnros, the dyiuiiuitiug in
vestigation will uoiiqlttde lo
morrow uiht and tho gnind
jury will rqwrt either Friday
or Satunlny.
Thirty lnhor lemurfi, reports
&ay, will he mdietejl.
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IjOS AX0i:i.i:s. Cal., Juii. 30.
Clnreuoo Darrow, cltared in county
grand jury itidiciineuts with bribery,
will he uirnigiud hoforo Superior
Judge Conroy 'fhniday morninir. In
preparation for that fonnnlity, it was
stutod today that lie. nnd his chief
counsel, Karl Roger, would spend to
day in conference ;.t Darrow's Ocean
Puvk homo.
Tho trial dale i'' problematic. The
calendar is crowded, aiul with the ex
pected olnshes ot counsel, motions,
demurrers and urgmuents, the begin
ning of the trial will probably he de
layed until late thN fal.
1'lin iliv.1 i'i.l nHnrnitv'v! nlTinn vo. I
fused to eo.nu.enl upon n report tlmt
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Port II. Franklin has confessed to
bribing it McXnuiara juror. Neither
would Franklin denv tlmt ho had mnde
ii complete statement to Assistant
District Attorney John Ford.
Franklin, who was in (bo employ of
the MoNitnmrii defense, was named in
an indictment charging bribery of a
juror. Since then he has divided with
Harrow tho principal interest in the
grand jury investigation. According
to common report, FrmiUHn's conduct
before tho grand jury would have
THURSDAY
MOHN
ROOSEVELT TO
BE CANDIDATE
IF
Lawrence Abbott States That Former
President Is Willing to Serve Third
Term If People Demand It Will
Not Contest for Honor.
TItEXTOX, X. J., Jan. 30. Posi
tive statement that Theodore Hoose-
volt if nomiiiatcd will accept nnd if
elecfed ho will sorve is inade today
by Lawrence Abbott in a letter to
fonuor (lovernor Fort.
Abbott's letter is the most authori
tative .xtatenient regnrding Hoo.-.evelt's
attitude yet made. Dated yesterday,
the letter says in part:
"My Dear Governer: Answering
your letter asking me, as one of Colo
nel Roosevelt's associates, whether he
will accept the nomination for the
presidency 1 can state my views in
a very few words. 1 have no author
ity to speak for him and what I say
must be understood as my individual
opinion.
"If Colonel Roosevelt is over eloet
ed president again, it will not ho bo
cause he seeks or wants tho office,
hut because the country wants him
to perforin a certain job. He has had
all the political mid official honors
that any man could desire. 1 am con
vinced that he does not desire the
nomination and will enter into no con
test to secure it. Hut I am equally
convinced tlmt if his count rymen are
in need of his services as uhief execu
tive he will no more doelino the call
than he would decline to enlist if his
services were needed in time of war.
"However, it is for his party and
his country, not him, to decide the
question. If thoy decide to nominate
hint, 1 am sure ho will accent; if they
elect him, 1 am sure ho will serve."
LOS ANCiKLUS. No more Jova
talk on tho flrohmiso telephones.
"rnvo1 ro"8htor miwt forsot their
.iiii.ftlinntitii ilmiliirr ililltf linn in
sweothoartH during
Chief's orders.
duty hours.
much to do with that body's action
regarding Darrow.
Officials of the district attorney's
office intimated that there would ho
further investigation by the grnnd
jury. The jury's efforts to fix re
sponsibility for the alleged bribery,
however, ttre said to bo finished. Just
what Hues the new probe will follow
was not divulged.
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LAWRENCE HOLDS
Twenty-one Companies of Infantry,
Two Troops of Cavalry and 2000
Armed Detectives on Hand to Quell
All Disturbances.
LAWItENCE. Mass., Jan. 30.
With rifles and double allowanco of
ball ammunition in every pouch 21
companies of Infantry, two troops of
cavalry and 2000 armed detectives
In the pay of the big mill owners
today are maintaining what is prac
tlcally martial law In Lawrenco. To
overawo the thousands of strikers
who are fighting for what thyo claim
is only a living wage, soldiers are
patrolling every avenuo leading to
the mill section and throughout the
business districts, while tho work
ors, nlready near starvutlon, stand
Idly In groups and watch the mill
tary preparations proceeding in a
blinding snowstorm.
Although martial law has not yet
been officially declared, nil streets
are kept cloar. Colonel Leroy Swet
zor, In command ot tho anllltlanien.
has thrown consternation into the
ranks of tho dissatisfied workers by
forbidding them to participate In
parades or gnthor In mass meetings
to discuss ways and means which
thoy hope would end In victory.
Desplto tho fact that tho striker
assert they have mndo no threats ot
destruction ot mill property and only
hopo to win tholr fight In a legltl
mnto mannor, tho troops today wero
ordorod to arrest all strike leaders
seeking to Inflame tho workers to
dlsordors. This, tho strikers say, Is
but n ruso on tho part ot tho mill
ownors to create sentiment ogalust
their cause, as thoy maintain that no
disorders havo boon contemplated.
Governor Foss efforts to bring
about a settlement ot differences so
far havo boon unavailing, and tho
strikers oponly charge him with bad
faith. Thoy contend that wltllo ho
has promised to lend his offorts to
nn amtcnblo adjustment of tho dis
pute, his uctlon In ordorlng addition
al troops to Lawrence shows that ho
secretly favors tho textile oporators.
Tho oxtromoly cold weather,
coupled with a blinding snowstorm,
has, greatly increasod tho sufferings
of tho Btrlkors.
Militiamen today flrod on 20 men,
HUTU
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ERANKEIN MAY
NAVE TOED ALL
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Report Flies About Los Angeles to
Effect That Former Detective Has
Confessed All He Knows Regartl
inp. Bribery Cases.
DARROW SAYS HE WILL
NOT DISCUSS THE CASE
Every Angle of the Case Will Be
Probed by Jury Before
Adournment.
LOS AXOELES, Cal.. Jan. 30.
"I don't enre to discuss that angle of
the case, but I will say this, Frank
lin's name wns on the backs of the
indictments in which I wnH named."
This wns the statement of Clarence
Darrow when questioned regnrding n
report that Bert Franklin, charged
with bribery of n McXnmara juror,
bad confessed nnd would be a witness
against him when he is brought to
trial on u similar cbnrge.
The fact that Franklin's name
appeared on the back of the indict
ment indicates that he was a witness
before the grnnd jury which voted tho
true bills. wj-ft
DarronstatemQnf.wrwith
that of Ropers, that horfiAd. wop a-fa-mous
San Fiicwcohjip , notwith
standing two rachnd turned state's
evidence, is believed here ip indicate
that Dnrrow and I(ogers'-efther nre
certain tha.t Franklin 'and the district
attorney's office h'ave'tufaniderst'nqd
iug or that Franklin may'bnvo con-
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LOS ANGELES, Onlan. 30.
Every angle of the MeNnmnrn case
and nil its ramifications investigated
will ho scrutinized nnd all its rami
fications investigated before the
county grand jury which indicted
Clarence Dnrrow adjourned. This
was the statement today of Assistant
District Attorney Joseph Ford, who is
conducting the probe.
Speculation is rife today over n re
port that Bert II. Franklin has con
fessed to jury bribing, implicating
Darrow. Franklin stoutly denies the
report. Ford refused to tulk when
nsked if the report were true.
It appeared certain today thnt an
other batch of indictments will be is
sued soon after the return from Flor
ida of Di-trict Attorney Fredericks.
It is hinted that Fredericks' return
will bo the signal for definite action
in connection with the alleged dyna
mite plot.
Attorney Earl Rogers, for Darrow,
stated today that he will move to set
asido tho information and quush tho
indictments ngainst his client when it
comes up Thursday. Rogers made
more significant tho report that
Franklin had confessed and would
testify against Darrow, when bo said :
"I distinctly remember thnt in tho
San Francisco graft cases a certain
Gallagher nnd a certain Itucf turned
state's cvidenco and I have tho satis
faction of remembering tlmt I bent
them mid cleared my man just tho
same."
FORMER HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER CLEARED
OLYMPIA. Wash., Jan. 30. Aftor
18 hours' deliberation, tho jury today
returned n verdict of acquittal it) tho
case of Joseph M. Snow, former
highway commissioner, charged with
grand larceny for retaining about
$2000 of funds paid tho state high
way board by tho Milwnukco road.
Tho mouoy wns to acquire part of tho
state Suoqunlniio Puss highway for ft
rnilrond right of way.
alleged to havo boon crossing tho Ico
In tho Morrlmue river, headed In tho
direction ot tho Unwoco mills, AN
though a hall of bullots wore Bont
across the Ico toward tho men Inves
tigation disclosed uo cvidenco of
strikers having boon thoro.
GRAND JURY