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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
1'iolmlilo Miowcr. Muk 08,
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AIEDtfORD, OKKOON, MONDAY, KICIJIU'AltY 20, 1912.
No. 290.
"I WILL ACCEPT NOMINATION," WRITES
THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO GOVERNORS
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"GENUINE RULE I THE PEOPLE,"
IS TEDDY'S SLOGAN US HE SIEPS
INTO TUE RING TO PICK UP HAT
Plcilues Himself to Direct Primaries nml Will Woik to the End That the
People Shall Express Their Preference as to Who Shall Be the
Nominees for the Presidency Says He Will Remain a Candidate
Until Republican Convention Has Expressed Its Choice.
CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS ARE OPENED IN
NEW YORK; OTHERS TO BE OPENTD AT ONCE
Says Chief Principle for Which He Has Stood for, and Still Stands for,
Is to Reduce to Action the Genuine Rule of the People
Due for Important Conference Today.
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Tlist lc.t of the ri'itiurUlilv brief letter of TliiHiiluru llno-a-VU
to eight republican governor wlio urged liim to bomine h
eaudtdnto for the republican presidential nomination follew:
Hated Now York. February 21. the letter mi.:
"Gentlemen: I deeply HpprcciMlii your letter, tun) I renlir.c to
(lie full tint heavy ifitpiiiihiliiiily it put- upon me, n.xprexdiiK us
It don the carefully considered cnn icticuiK of tint men elected
ly popular vote to tsnd n the bend of government in their scv
ornl Ntntixi.
"I Mlirtolutcly agree Willi oii IIimI tin matter in not one to lie
dwidwl willi nny reference to the penMUial preference oi inter
ot of nny imhii hut purely from tin Muudoiiit of the interests
of tli people n m whole.
"I will hi'ftpt llio HoinliiMlioii for president if it i tendered
tfjtri iitu mill, I will adhuia to llii dcoWdoii until thevoonvcnlion. linn
4- ..k,i3uiSriftt tiu ..(-..P..,-...,...,
"Ono of tin chief pHueipltM for which I have unit for which
1 now Html iul which 1 liuvti always endeavored nml always
hIihII endeavor to reduce io nelinu, j the genuine rule of the
Hopln; nml, t lie re foiv. I hope Hint o far in poille the people
nitty he iriven llic chance, through direct primaries, to impress
thtiir prefeieiit'o ha to hIio shall 1h (he nominee of the republican
priientinl convention.
H'ry trwlv yor.
"TIIKODOItl. HOOSKVHI.T."
THE IfOMHtAHON TWINS
UNCLESAMNOW
SEEKS DATA ON
NEW BUILDING
! After Nearly Two Years Delay Arch-
! itects Office Requests Postmaster
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. Woodford to Answer Many Ques-
i tions in Detail,
RAY
ON HIS REPLY PLAHS
WILL BE PREPARED
Work on New Federal Building Will
Probably Start This
Summer.
WHICH WILL WIN?
a ?.::
SHERMAN LI TO
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: BE
SUPERCEDED
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NKV YOKIC, IMi. art.'-Ciilom
TIkwhIoio Itooitevelt utepptid into the
politionl Hmk iIiIh iiiortniiK l piek
eil up llif lint whieh he ileeliili'd lu-t
WVilAimilny wmh nlrenily in the Hiik.
In n letter to the eight governor who
reipioNteil him to ilefine hin position
he kIhIhiI llinl he would nceepl the
repiihlienu poiniiintion for the prci.
ileney for if it tin temleieil.
Aetive work of liniiiK up ileleuoteH
fiivornhle to the enmliilui'y of Then
iloin' KooMovelt for tin repiililieiiu
iioMiiliuitint noiiiiimlion Ih'kuii in
enrnet here toilny. The letter of the
former pieniilenl o n xi'onp of wet
trn Koyernoi-M in whieh he hiiiil- In
woiihl neiHtpl tho tiomiuntioii for pro
Miilniit luiil Imnlly tooel hefore
KoonevuH hiiiiilipinrlurK in the Me
tropolitnn liuililinx hint hue.ii iwluii
linlieil, Oliver L'nrpenter, a clone
frieiul of t'oriimr Suerutnry to the
I'lOMiihint Oeoi'xo It. Corttilyon anil
nihiiitteilly one of the wlirewtltml po.
ilieiniiH in New Yorl; statu will he in
aetive cliaitfi).
Due In New York Soon.
Colonel KonNftvcIt i due to nrrivo
lieiii Wednesday, wlieu hi friendh
oxpuot him to lio(,'iu a pei-Honal eaiu
aipi for the nomination. Kirnt it i
tmiil, the former provident will k' to
I'liiiiini.N, Arix., wliere Ii'ih hod Archie
ItoDMovelt ih Mludyiii),'. Colonel Kihih
ovult, it iw lieliuved, will nmku uveral
HpeeehiiH en route, e.plniuiiiK furlhor
hin position on the recall of judicial
ili'iiiHioiiH, rather than the recall of
tho judpi making the deeiHioii,
While New Vork will he I lie real
liuad-pinrlmv- of the Itonsevell party
ami a hraiuilt will ho opened in Chi
cago and oiiii may he opened later in
Kan I'VuiKiiwoo.
' ' Important jMi'i-thiK Toilny,
ItOHTON, Miihh., Fuh. S(l. IMiifli
Riuiiiricaiice in ntlnohed to the eon
J'ereiKin to hu holdlium thin ul'ter.
noon hetweoii Culoiiiil Itoohevelt and
(lovernor IIiihh of New llampHhlre,
It is believed that plnim will prohah
l.v hu laid for ilia oapture of New
KiikIiiiiiI for Jtoowovc!!,
lia I'ollello KIinI.
MADISON, YIm., Poll. 1. Al-
thniiuh exprCHsliifl- stroiif; approv.il
of Theodore Hoowu'll, Oovevuor Alo-
lOoveril of Wwconain today declared
tliNt Wixeoiittiu repulilieaiiK ft ill were
firm in their determination to stand
for Seimtor Kohert ,l. I.n Folletto as
candidate for the prciilcncy.
IFBILLPASSES
Senator Cummins of Iowa Strikes
Hard at Stock Watering and De
struction of Competition by Trusts
in Bill Providinn Federal Control.
:BLI2ZAHD
OF
LIFE
d
nan
SE
L
SS
PROPERTY
TIiIiiUn Tnfl KlroiiK.
CIIICAOO, Keh. 'Jti. That I'leni
dent Tuft, den pile Cidonel Roose
velt's openly oulerhij; the content
would lie certain of lenomination and
re-election was the emphatic declar
ation here of ConKres.iuan MeKiuley
of Illinois.
START WORK SOON ON
HERM1ST0N PROJECT
I'OHTI.AND, Ore., l-'eh. 2. - Knrly
iuaupiration of actual construction
work on the government irriKiition
project near llenuiston, eastern Ore
pin, known as the ITmatilla West ex
tension, is assured today in dispatch
es from Washington which state that
the president has directed the appro
val of the reort on I lie' project made
by the reclamation cn-juiccrs recent
ly. When completed tho project will
have cost !i,00(),tl(l(). Thirty thou
hiiiiiI ueres will bo hroanlit under
irripition.
TIlTHY'SliL'lS
NOW UNDER WAY
KlCnWOOl) CITV, ('ill., Keh. 'Jtl.
The trial of Kaiuuel It. Timothy, a
chauffeur, who shot and killed John
.1. Moure, eapilnlist and clubman, in
a miduiiiht revolver duel, opened
here Inilay before Superior .lude
(leoij-e II. Kuck. Mrs, Lillian Moore,
widow of the slain capitalist, is ex
pected n take the stand,
In a statement signed just before
his duatli, Moore admitted that be
fired the first shot, belloviu),' that
Mra. Monro wan with Timothy a a
WASHINGTON', I). C, I-Vli. 'JU. -Striking
bard at stock watering and
destruction of competition by t runts,
a bill providing for federal --outn.l
of bi-; business and dent;ned to Mip
pletnent the Sherman anti-tru-t law',
was introduced today by Senator
Cummins of Iowa.
The bill provides for a commission
of three members to control h'g busi
ness. These members are to be au
thorized to stop stock walerini,', to
bust trust and eliminate eat-throat
competition. It U provided that the
bureau of corporations shall be
merged into the trade cimmiiM-in
which shall have sweeping power.
It is intended that only corporM
tiuns of more than .fr-.Ooil.OOO shall
come within the scope of the bill
and that comnioli carriers shall be
excluded.
One of the strikinc features of the
bill is the provision that no corpora
tion shall encase in commerce with
such enormous capital as sub-dan-Unity
to destroy competition by that
fact nlone. Oirectors in corporations
are prohibited from Ihmiir directors
in any other corporation cn-iiKcd in
the same industry. Hunk officials
and director!- are disqualified fronf
beinj directors in any other corpora
tion with a capital of more than
$10,000,000. Corporations of wIhho
stock more than 10 per cent is held
by competitors shall be barred from
interstate commerce, Common cav
iers, by the hill, are to bo prohibited
from i'ukmriiik in any other liuhmiws.
It s provided that no corporation
shall sell its products below cost for
more than two months under penalty
of .fr,000 fine and a year'H imprisonment.
Middle West In Grip of Worst Storm
of Winter-Cyclone Kills Eight at
Myra, Ark. Livestock Loss is
Very Heavy.
FIGKERT MOVES
THAT SC11IZ
CASEBEDBOPPED
District Attorney Gives as His Rea
Reason the Fact That Ruef Had
Refused to Testify Unless Indict
ments Were Dismissed.
ST. I.Ol'IS. Mo., Fob. 'J0. Knor
iiiou Io--, of life and heavy damage
are tho results of n'storui that today
is sweeping the i-onthwest. KJjitit
were killed in a cyclone nt Jfyra,
Ark., where nj:ricultiirul interests al
so suffered heavy loss.
The Texas Panhandle, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Mist-ouri, and Arkansas
today arc the Menu centers. There
has been great iluninj-x' to livestock
on the ranees. The situation in Kan
sas is serious, a dozen trains beinjr
blocked by snow. One of them, the
California limited, witli Governor
Marshall of Indiana aboard, is stall
ed at (iiirdon City.
BATTLE EXPECTED
AT
VA, l'ASO, Texas, 1-Vb. !(I.--AI-thuunh
a battle in momentarily ex
pected south of Juarez, no clash be
tween revolutionists and supporters
of President Francisco 1, Mtulovit
had boon reported at !1 o'clock thi
afternoon.
CHICAGO, Keh. 2fi. Street car
traffic is paralyzed here today as
the result of a blizzard that is sweep
iiitf the north central states with
eiiicaj,'o as the storm center. A dozen
trains are stalled in Iowa, where
eleven niches oi snow fell.
The miow lies 'JO feet deep in many
of the railway cats in that state and
railway traffic amy not be resumed
for inanv hoars.
ELLIS AGAIN
FOR CONGRESS
Pendleton Man Files for Office De
clares for Direct Election of Sen
ators and Free Use of Panama
Canal for American Vessels.
SAI.K.M, Ore., Feb. 'J(i. Declarin-,'
for the direct election of United
States senators, free uso of tho I'nn
umu canal for American coastwise
vessels and "conservation that re
cognizes the need of the prosont" W.
H, Kills, of Pendleton, is nut today
for another term ok eoiifjiessman
from the second Oregon district. Ho
wiiK retired at the last j;o'ierul elec
tion,
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Feb. 2C
AlarmliiK development today marked
the trial In Judge I.awlor's court of
former Mayor Kugcno E. Schmltz on
a charge of bribery when both prose
cution and defense presented motions
to have tho case dismissed. Judge
Lawlor continued tho case to Wednes
day afternoon, when ho will make a
ruling.
Attorney C. A. Falrall, represent
ing Schmltz, submitting tho case
without further evidence, asked the
court to direct the jury to acquit
Schmltz. Ho gavo as his reason tho
refusal of Abe Kuef to testify against
Sohmitz unless tho Indictments hang
lug over him wero dismissed.
District Attorney Flckort based bis
motion on tho weakness of tho In
dictments. He said that ho was un-
ablo to find any evidence that
j Schmltz knew of tho bribery of Su
i pervlsor Wilson. In view of these
1 facts, Flckort said ho did not feel
I Justified In putting tho stnte to tho
expense of further court action and
asked to have nil so-called graft la
dlrtmonts dismissed.
After a delay of nearly two years
the archittcctV office of the treas
ury department is evidently about to
take ui the matter of nrenarinir
I plans for the new federal building in
tliis city. Postmaster Woodford is
in receipt of a blank form to fill
out on which several hundred iptes
tions appear. He is requested to
answer each of the questions and
return the blhnks as soon as po,i
ble. From the questions asked it is evi
dent that nothing bus been done to
date in rejnird to the plnnn. The
! questions eovc.r all' of the building
i material available within n fiflv-mile
(radius and every other matter. The
' size of the buildinjj will also be le-
tennined upon from the answers to
the questions ns full data covering
the amount of floor space required
by each of the federal offices in
Medford is requested. Information
as to the streets the building fronts
upon is also wanted, and whether
one or two general entrances .should
be provided.
Assistant Postmaster Woodford is
now engaged in answering the ma 113'
questions asked. When completed he
will return them to Washington and
it is presumed that the architects'
office will then get busy so that the
building can be erected this
summer.
AT
LAWRENCE
YET UNCHECKED
Clubbing of Women Today Again
Featured Strike of Textile Work
ersPolice Ignore Protests Fram
Every Section of the Country.
TROUBLE STARTS AFTER
STRIKEBREAKER IS SHOT
Police Charge Crowd and Trample
Women Underfoot Many Are
Carried to Hospitals.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. Jtb.
2(1 President Tnft will or-
der a thorough investigation ""
" into the strike of textilo ""
"" workers ut Lawrence and tho
causes which led to the brutal ""
" clubbing of women by the po- ""
" lice and stnte militiamen. "
i"" made to the United Press to-
" duy by Congressman Victor "
" lu Bergcr of Wisconsin, fol- ""
lowing a visit to the White ""
" House.
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DAM
AGING
HOTEL BURNS; MAN
LEAPS TO HIS DEATH
POltTLAND, Ore., Fob. 36. An
uuldeutlflod man was killed by Jump
ing from tho third story, and several
guests wero rescued by firemen early
today when a fire badly damaged the
second and third floors of the Oil
man hotel, Tho loss la estimated ut
St 0,000.
TWO T
ARE SUNK BY ITALIANS
VERYMPIDLY
Is Said to Have Aged Ten Years
Since Last October When He
Plunged Into Defense of HcNa
maras Stigma Killing Him.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 20.
Italian battloshlns, according to an
official telegram received hero today
nt tho Italian ombnusy, burned and
sunk a Turkish gunboat and a tor-
I.OS ANGKIiKS, Feb. 2(5.-11111 a
shndow of his former self bis spirit
broken, Clarence Harrow, for years
the foremost defender of the Amer
ican workingnmn, is waiting here in
silont, uncomplaining- suffering, his
trial on charges of jury bribing grow
ing out of his defense of the MeN'-i-mara
brothers.
Darrow has aged ten years since
last October, when he plunged with
nil his splendid brilliancy, his tire
less energy nd his dauntless fight
ing spirit into the defense of the
yndamiters. From n man in the nrime
of life, he has become old. 1 1 is face
is scared and lined and bis features
haggard.
Darrow today is doing little in his
own defense. Like a man wearied
of the struggle, ho loaves his ease
in the hands of Karl Rogers, bis chief
counsel.
"Yes," ho says quietly. "It is
pretty hard. Hut I can stand it. 1
feel that 1 am suffcrinc for. a cause.
I have given tho best yearn of my
life to tho eabso of labor, and as a
result comes this indictment. I oun
provo my innocence. I um not worry
ing about that. Hut the stigma of
having been indicted always remains."
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 20.
United States Attorney General Wlck
ersliam today ordered the district at
torney at Lawrence to lnvestlgato tho
textile workers strike for the government.
pedo bout at Doyroiit, Syria, No
shots wore flrod against tho city or
tho public buildings.
LAWRENCE, Mass., Feb. 20. -Buttered,
bruised and blood-smeared
with the clothing nlmost torn from
their bodies by police nnd militia
men, scores of women nnd children
and men, this afternoon are huddled
in n bullpen here, singing and shout
ing their determination not to give
up their fight until what they con
sider justice is wou.
The arrests of the strikers wero
made today when police for nearly
three hours conducted a clubbing
campaign following u riot in which
one strikebreaker was shot. With
the sound of the shooting 10,000
strikers gathered in the streets and
conducted n pcnceoble parnde- Timo
after timo they wero ehnrged by the.
police and militia and men, women
and children, some of the women
with babies in their arms, wero ben
ten down. Many of the women wore
removed to hospitals for treatment.
After each attack nearly a scoro
of strikors were arrested and rushed
to the police station. There, huddled
in a bullpen, they continued to sing,
men, women and girls, bruised unit
blood-smeared, joining in tho defi
ance. Police reserves wero at cnoo
ordorod to stop tho singing. They
threatened and cursed but failed untl
throughout the whole day a volume
of sound echoed through tho police
station and the courts to show that
the textile-worker.' spirits wero un
broken. A notable fact is that so far as
could be learned not a solitary hand
was raised against tho police and
during the three hours clubbing of
tho strikers not a policeman was
scratched.
"I pray God tho people won't fight
back," said William Yates, a mom
her of the striko committee, "Thoy
are at the mercy of blood thirsty
men. I pray Gud that the strikers
may stand firm and do no violence
Instead of retaliating they will mar
tyr themselves for tho milliouu of
other workers who aro suffering now
and who will suffer in years to
come."
Anticipating federal action to as
sure them their constitutional rights
the strikers today aro making 110 at
tempt to scud their nbildreii uwry
from Lawrence.
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