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Medtord Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
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MEDFORD, ORICOON, .MONDAY. MARCH 18, 1012.
No. nos.
TAFT SCORES PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
Declares They Are ''Open Avenues for Fraud and Violence" Takes Slap at T. R. in Discussing Judicial Recall
Irrnon HUtarlaol MK
CMy W.
PRESIDENT
IS BITTER IN
HIS REMARKS
Executive Deplores Afjltntlon Now
Exlstlnu Ajialnst "Courts and Con
stitution' and Says Attacks Arc a
Serious Menace to the Government.
Judicial Recall, Ho Says, Would Be
to Remove tho Keystone From the
Arch of Government.
BOSTON, .MiiK.t March 1B.-Thc
M't policies Of (ll "pcdplcV puwr
movement," worn roitHlfil to it brown
turn hv President Tall hero today in
addresses before both Ikuihi'm of the
XlllKWIcllllNOttH legislature. He bit
terly ilciuiiiiK'cil what he termed tin1
"xnnp box" presidential primary iih
mi "open avenue fur fraud niul vio
lence" uplews properly Hnfcguurilcd
l)icuHiug the reojtll of judgcH, Id
which litt is tntKllcrnhly opposed,
President Tuft made it direct ship 'it
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, assert
i utr tin rri'iill of judicial decisions
would never do, adding tlnil it wax
itnpoMNJlilii for till tin' people to direct
lv paitieipntn in I lie functions of
government.
Deplore Aullnllon.
" ivrmiM7nT,TiTrt "iloelnrcil Unit the
eoiiKtltiitlon wtk ilin foundation of
government "of tlm people, for llio
people, by It representative port of
tin) people." In this eoiineelion the
president deplored tile limitation now
existing against "llio courts mid the
constitution" null deelared it wax
Niguificniit .(lint irresponmblo uhhuuU
upon either in inteinpenile language
or the baseball's assumption of cor
ruption, It in h nml iucDiniM'tcney were
made liy tlione whoso influence with
liny part of the people "is n serious
iiinnnei' (o nu enduring government."
The president fluid in purl :
Sii)N People Do Itule.
"Ono (mi easily discover n ten
dency in modern politics to exult
above Ilia written law and uliove the
written constitution what is milled
'the popular will' iih if it were a high
er law to which we must admit alleg
iance, and hy obeying it, entire or
t ritiii-irchH Htiitutory and eoiistitu.
tioiial limitations. Thin heresy is
not hinted exactly In u form of an
assertion lluit judges and otherM are
lo Ignore llio statute nml the ennsti-
i nt inn becmiHC of conflicting popular
will, hut it in the more insiduouM pro
position that tho plain construction
of the HtiitutcH tti constitution in to
ho (lefeutcil nml strained, and an
otherwise impossible construction put
upon the luiigungo of the statute or
coiiHtituliou in tiuferciicn to what i
supposed to he the popular will. Tlo
continued reiteration 'let the people
rule' if it Iiiih any significance at all,
is iiilcutletl to ho u reflection on tho
government wo have had to the pies
cut time. I do not Intitule to say
Hint hiHtory of tho hiht KM years
hhowH that tlio people have ruled,
Would Remove Keystone.
"The occasion for these remarks
in nu allude on (he judiciary, mid u
prnpoHiil, hy judicial recull or the re
cull of judicial decisions, lo destroy
its uilcpoiiihuico mid to remove, tho
keystone 1'roin the arch of govern
tiicut, "I dony Hint there in decisions' of
tho court h or tho ohnraolor tluil
which justifies niicIi a radical inno
vation. 1 don nt hesitate to Hiiy that
In my judgment tho voluntiiry' prim
ary outHiilo tho law, known by its iu
fonnal character iin tho soup box pri
mnry, is worse than none. It gives
full opporliiuity for tho ineligible
doctors of the other party to ciihI
unfair voton. Williout tho snfogiiurd
of penal provisions in respect to
ousting mid counting hultitH, It is
open Cl'iitul nml violonoe.
Private, Property nu Upllftcr.
"Ill other wohIh, our government 2u
u government of tho puoplo, for the
people hv a ropiOHontatlvo part of
tho people, under n luudiimonlnl com
puny which lins vindicated its wis
dom, equity (iiitl utility, '('hone wiio
linvo Htmliofl, olohcly tlio oiMiratlons
(Continued on l'g I.)
GIRL'S JEALOUSY CAUSED FALL OF NANKING.
J
mxr:firirir WFrrt-'Krrm. acraa.
JPjPjPjPjPjPjPjPjFjPjPjPHpAIv- pr "It'll 'jlnMHvliiLKwa
au chxj. MiiMiiJiiiuuumimnOTmpmntiinriqinaa ct d
Tbc full of the Mutielm tl iiiint In .VanLIng can lie nttrllnitctl to n clrf"
Jmli.u- At. Clin, formerly u favo-ile of I la Vlccro. wa dlMplnced In bis
trctloui by two Ktiroiriinn. wtiereiipou liu uldiil tin rebel, nod, n llio etor)
run. ibe liuil more lo do with I lie retitlui: of llio Viceroy I linn tinyttilui; elm
Now All Clm tins thu freednui of Niiulduu and tlnds n welcome no nutter whei
i a; Keen, from Ibe ynmeii of Hie l'ri-ldeiit 'o the ciiiup of Hie coldler
L
PROBABLY BE
ULLOra TO GO
In all prohalnlity Mack Hlowcrx
limited at llarrishur, Oregon, on
complaint of the director of the Par
ilniiellc, or Kuiiuh creek school dis
trict, of which he wax clerk, and fnuu
tho funds of which he is nlletjed U
have cuilic.j'.lcd to tho niuomit of
.;i8(, will not force a prund jury
prohc or mi indictment. Mr. Mow
ers returned Sunday to this county
nml this afternoon will meet with
the school directors and District At
torney Miilkev in a conference, lie
states that he had left only for it
vSit north and is not guilty of cm
hcr.r.lemciit. He will ho allowed proh
nhlv to make good the amount mid o
free.
Mowers was nrrested Saturday nt
llnrrihlnuK. Divine houd to appear
here today ho wits allowed to come to
Metlfortl without n iuard. The arrest
was imiilo Saturdav followiiie it con
fcreuce at which the directors met
with School Supervisor Henry mid
Coroner KcHnee. the latter ueliiu; for
the dist i let nlloriiey, mid it wits de
cided that Mowers should return mid
mako an adjustment of the mutter if
possible. Although the withdrawal
of the funds from the Hold Hill hank
mid their removal from the county,
as is supposed to ho the ease', coiisli
tutcs a criminal offense, it i.s under
stood (hut there is little disposition to
prosecute on tho part of tho direc
tors or tho peoplo of tho Dardanelles
school district, provided Mowers can
make good tho amount ho U alleged
to have taken,
BILL IS FOUGHT
LONDON, March 18. All Knnhin.1
today is eagerly awaiting tho fnto of
the minimum wage hill which will ho
introduced into parliament tomorrow
hv David Lloyd Oeorge, chancollor of
tho exchequer, On (lie outcome will
hinge the life of tho coal minor
strike, involving more than a million
men, which is causing untold distress
to millions.
It is eonornlly admitted that tlio
llhoralH will ho forced to muster their
full strength to pass tho measure
Members of tho labor party are
fighting the bill tooth nml null, bo
lieviiig jho niefuKuro h intended ua an
onuninir wedirn for tho coiminlsnev
jurbitrution pjl' all iiuluslrinl disputoa,
LOWES
WL
MINIMUM
m
ONE. OP
jAKTAKcrry
0
in all probability Professor V. J.
O'Oarn, ))iilliologit for .luuksnn
county will in the future divine his
time with Josephine county, eneh
county payiiiK a jsirtion of his sal
nry. In this manner the entire Hogue
river valley will he adequately in
spected and protected against dnm
ngc by disease.
Saturday afternoon the fruit men
of Josephine county met in Grants
lass and passed a resolution to take
immediate steps to make this plan a
success. Prof. O'flnra is willing to
aid the fruit men in Josephine county
if Jackson county will ugroe, and the
county officials of Jackson are will
ing provided Josephine pays u portion
of the miiiuul salary of .$5,0(10 being
received by the horticultural expert.
The Josephine men will usk their
county court to appropriate .fl'J.'iO
for this purpose, $11100 to Jackson
count v and -f-'fiO for O'Clnrn's ex
penses. A meeting will be held in Grants
Pass next Saturday at which time
Prof. O'Oara will ho present. "As
matters nro now," said one of th-
fruit men, "Josephine county is
sponging on Jackson county by fre
quent use of Prof. O'Onra's willing
services. o want to end this and
gel him for more time and pay for it."
At tho meeting of tho fruit men
Saturday arrangements wpro made
with Prof, O'flnra to secure his frost
warnings night and morning, and all
persons desiring this information unn
get it free dally by calling up tho
local long distance operator, -who is
always supplied with the forecast.
NAVAL BATHE
IS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Mnrch 38.
With vessels of antiquated type, a
Turkish fleet is today preparing for
action against the Italian squadron
which is assembling off Milylene, fit)
miles from the entrance, of tho Dar
danelles, Boy Kidnapped
SHANGHAI, March 18. Bandits
today kltlnnpnod tho turn or Bhang
Kun I'aB, niultl-mllllouolro. Thoy
(tout tho father a note demanding
$100,000 ratiHom, threatening to kill
tlio hoy if tlielr doiuuiula wero not
compiled with,
s
ul
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OnCHARDSTS OF
JOSEPHINE
MINI
DRINKS ACID
IN SALOON
MAY DIE
IM (Jlovcr. riding bow, for Twohy
llrothcrx, this afternoon drank' u
large done of carbolic arid and at
wrt'HH tlmo Ih very clone to death.
(Jlovcr Is mippoKcd to have, taken
the drought In the rear room of Doc
Ityan's saloon. Ho wntt s'-en to walk
throiiKh the barroom to Front street
and tlioHo who noticed him Mate his
faro was twitching and that ho was
ghimtly pale. ' Outside the saloon he
fell to tho pavement groaning and
writhing In pain.
Physicians were iient for and the
strong odor of carbolic acid gave a
clue as to what bud happened. It Is
thought chanceH for recovery aro few.
ESCAPED
CONVICTS SHOT
THIROIAXEN
In Desperate Battle Murderers Who
Escaped From Penitentiary Are
Overwhelmed by Sheriff's Posse
and Fight to Last,
LINCOLN, Neb., March IS Hem
med in on four sides by sheriff:
posses, fugitive comiets Gray aim
Dowd this afternoon lost their lives
in ti battle near Gretua. Convict
Morloy wiii captured aU've although
badly wounded.
Joy Blunt, a fanner, whom the des
peradoes compelled to drive them
across the country was accidentally
.shot and killed by a deputy sheriff.
The convicts made their Inst stand
in a school house, three miles south
east of Gretna. Two of four posses
whieli had left Lincoln earlier in the
day on a special train were cloe on
their heels mid tho convicts forced
Blount, nt the point of a gun to lash
his horses into u dead run. Reaching
the school barely a minute before the
posses arrived.
For hulf mi hour the battle raged
fast mid furious. The xisse poured
gulling fire of bullets into the win
dows mid Convict flray was literally
shot to pieces.
Henlizing that a finther stand was
hopeless Convict Dowd fled to a
cornfield. He refuetl to surrender
but fired a bullet tliroush his own
head as the posse closed in on him.
The officers then stormed tho school
building and found Morloy lying in a
neap. Ho had been badly wounded
and offered but slight resistance.
II FO LLETTE IS
CONFIDENT OF
I
FAHGO, N, D March 18. "I
novor folt hotter lu my llfo, and am
much pleasod with tho greetings
given mo today, I am confident that
North Dakota will endorse mo next
Tuesday for president."
Senator Hohort M. Lu Follotto of
Wisconsin thus expressed himself
hero today after addressing tho vot
ora of Mlnot this anornlug. Ho will
sponk at Dovlls Lake this afternoon.
La Follotto. spoilt yo8tovday at Grand
Forks djotutlng his autobiography.
Senator ha Follotto' followers
throughout tho stato assort that vic
tory for their loader la certain,
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VOTETOMQRROW
HE IS LEADING AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
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DR I?OUQtl4A3 MAWCON .
The Aurora, which left Ilobart on December 2 laat with the Australian
Antarctic expedition under the lendershlo of Dr. Douglas Mawson aboard,
hiiH returned there. Tbr Aurora landco two separate parties at two
IHilntH lu tbe Antarctic rcglouH . one under Dr. Man-son on January IP and the
'ilir under Dr Wilde on February 111
HITS BY SCORE
With the last day for filing for of
fice only nbout two weeks distant,
hats are piled high in the ring of
county politics, in fact in one or two
eases, men who had their beavers in
hand ready to hurl them over the
ropes have reconsidered seeing no
place for them to fall. But there aro
hats of every description fedora,
dicers, sombreros and one or two
caps, some plumed and some plain,
some with fancy bands and some
with stiff brims hut 'thev are all
there just the same.
Saturday it was announced that
County Clerk Coleman will not be a
candidate for re-election. This leaves
the republican Held to X. L. Nnrrogan
of Kaglo Point.
District Attorney Mulkey will pro
bably not bo a candidate.
It is understood that L. A. Gre
gory of this city is considering run
ning for nssossor on tho republican
ticket.
Tho full list of thoso who havo
filed their papers follews:
George W. Dunn, county Judge, re
publican. F. E. Merrick, county Judge, re
publican.
J. It. Nell, county Judge, democrat.
George Lyninn, commissioner,
democrat.
V C. Lcovcr, commissioner, four-
year tonn.
E. E. Kelly, district attorney, dem
ocrat. Chauncoy Florey, recorder.
H. I Taylor, recordor, democrat.
Fred L. Colvlg, recordor.
J. A. Wosterlund, representative.
Fran( A. Grlez, surveyor.
A. E. Kellogg, coronor.
W. O. Daley, commissioner, for
two-year term, democrat.
J. C. Smith, Wolinor, two-year
term, republican.
A. h. Irwin, constahlo, Ashland,
R. Eutes, constahlo, Medford.
John Bellinger, constahlo, Medford.
Horhort Ultima, district attorney,
republican,
J. Percy Wolls, superintendent of
schools.
Ralph V, Cowglll, county surveyor,
August D. Slnglor, sheriff.
W. A, Jones, sheriff,
W, T. Grlovo, assessor.
W. H, Miller, county clerk.
N. L. Narregan, county clorlc,
John Watklns, Eagle l'olut, Jus
tlco of tho neuce,
G. O. Taylor, Justice qf the poaco,
Mujtlu McDonough, assossor, democrat,
m
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MOUNT!!
RETREAT MIENS
SI
HlhhSVIhLE. Va., March IS.
Forty detectives from Richmond and
as many more deputlos and farmers
today surrounded the Allen gang of
outlaws In "Devil's Den," a natural
fortress In tho Blue Ridge mountains
12 miles from here.
The cordon of officers and men Is
gradually tightening about the
stronghold and it Is believed Impos
slble for the bandits to escape. Three
United States revenue agents, who
know well each of tho lti men com
posing the outlaw clan, led tho posse
to the mountain pass. At dawn to
day smoke was seen curling up from
Devil's Den, Indicating that the ban
dits wero preparing breakfast.
A number of city detectives favor
storming tho stronghold, hut tho
mountaineers who know tho advan
tage tho outlaws have In their almost
Impregnable position, maintain It
would bo suicidal to make such an
attempt. The mountaineers favor a
starvation siege.
Mountaineers arriving hero this
afternoon brought n report that Sid
ney Edwards, nephew of Sidney Al
len, lender of tho bandits, "had been
captured and that part of the posse
was returning to Hlllsvillo with him,
Edwards Is said to havo been badly
wounded.
IS
I
AUBURN. X. Y March IS.
Dragged forcibly Into tho death
chamber by his guards and strapped
into tho olectrlc chair, in splto of his
struggles, Domlulco DoPasqualo was
executed In tho prison hero today.
DoPasqualo murdered Colegero Po
llzzl lu Rochester, N. Y.
TEXTILE WORKERS
RETURN TO MILLS
LAWRENCE, Muss., March 18.
Thirty thousand textile workors to
day returned to tho mills, after win
ning ono of thu greatest struggles on
record, Operations wore resumed
-without disorder,
on
MURDERER
DRAGGED
OCHAR
LOSES PURSE
CONTAINING
$1642U
L. L. Noonchester who arrived In
Medford a Few Days Ago From
Vale, Oregon, Is Heavy Loser No
Trace Is Found.
Five Hundred Dollar Reward Is Of
fered for its Return Believe Pas
serby Picked It Up.
L. L. Noonchester, who nrrived in
Medford with his family a few days
ngo from Vale, Oregon, was most un
fortunate Sunday morning in losing
his purse in which there was $1042
in currency, gold and silver.
Mr. Noonchester enmc to Medford
expecting to buy property nml mnke
Medford las home. He nnd his fam
ily were stopping temporarily with
relntives nt 903 North Central ave
nue. A wallet containing the money
had been given into the bands of Mrs.
Noonchester, by her husband fot
safekeeping and so closely did tho
woman guard the purse that she kept
U with her t all times. - About 10
o'clock Sunday morning while plny
ing on the street with bet children
she became so intercste(T fri their
childish pranks as to forget the pres
ence of the purse in pocket of her
eont nnd it fell out onto the street.
The loss was discovered soon after
wards but a diligent search over all
tho ground for two blocks south of
003 failed to disclose its whereabouts
and the conclusion is reached that it
was picked up by someone who is
now holding it for a reward or has
appropriated for their owii use.
Mr. Noonchester, who is a brother
of E. Q. Noonchester, public steno
grapher nt the new Medford hotel,
hns offered a rewnftl of $300 for tho
return of the pure nnd contents. In
the advertisement offering the re
ward the denomination of the bills
lost is given, seveii of them being
$100 gold certificates, ten fifty dol
lar bills nnd the remainder of tho
amount being, in smaller denomina
tions together with somo gold nnd
silver. -
In the purse there were nlso re
ceipts for dues from tho I. O. O. F.
and XI. W. A. lodges, XIr. Noonches
ter being a member of these orders.
The name "L. L. Noonchester, Vule,
Oregon," was stamped on tho purse.
It hardly seems possible Hint Mr.
Noonchester will not recover his loss,
inasmuch as it took place in ono of
tho best residence parts of the oily
and nt the timo it wns lost there
would be but few, if any persons
pnsMiig other than people of that lo
cality who might bo on their way to
church.
.Mr. Noonchester is a man of mod
erate circumstances nnd in ull proba
bility the amount lost represented his
entire cash capital, which ho wa
treasuring expecting to invest it in a
homo hero for himself and family.
COTTERILL IS
NOW MAYOR
SEATTLE, Wash., March 18. So-
nttlo's now mayor, George Cottorlll,
municipal ownership udvocato and
all around progressive took office at
noon today. About 2000 neonlo
packed tho grand opera houeo, where
hold. Tho public Inauguration Is a
novelty here, und Is regarded us un
expression of the peoplo to "ot to
gether" and forgot factional differ
ences. For tho first tlmo In Seattle's his
tory, no changes In the heads of de
partments wero mado upon the now
mayor's taking office. Police Ohof
Bannlck, Flro Chief Stlmson onrt even
Prlvato Socrotary Coition to Mayo
Dllllng are still on their Jobs, Mayor
Cottorlll promised to make no ckMMK
es oxpept as they in ay gradually b.
come iiec&mry.