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' p?i "'S ,!"""' - V rf My HM 'vt t-tf A! i Medtord Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Cloudy. Max. M. MiH. A :io. I rorlvNM'itiM Yeiir l)iill Hovoiilli Vinr MEDFORD, OttKOON, TJlTOSDAV, APWL 25, 19.12. No. 29. w K TAFT A THAT COL THEODORE ROOSEVELT SEEKS J DICTATORSHIP TAFT IN ROLE N MAN WN S COUNTY HA NO POWER TO PASS Prcsldrnt Says Ho Believes l( Roosc vrlt Were Elected, It Would Be Im possible to Dlsloilnc Him From the White House. "Neither In Thounht Nor Word Have I Bern Disloyal to the Friendship I Had (or Theodore Roosevelt." SI'I'INOFIKI.I), MiiNH., April 115. lllir denunciation of I en iiiii r I'resi Ihiu Tlwoiloiy ItooMivcfl Ity the mini "limrt ho put into (tut White House lodny featured President Tuft's firct appearance in lliii present campaign. u a fighting man gtul he brought forth hi'itilv cheers from . big and it'tic, who fancied him in that role. I'rtmidcnl Tall declared flnlly Unit ln IikIiiiumI Itoosovolt, if again ejected would lie almunt iinMutMhto to li. luiln from the Wliil.t limine, anil 'hut another trim for the "rough ridei' miKht icmilt in a li foliate dictatorship. Not at All llloynl, Aiimm'iI ItooMivclt's linrgpfc, Tn 1 1 recited (Im former president' lluiil term statement in Will ncd nguin in ll'OH. lie gave Koosovelt full credit for fleeting him in 1110 1 nml then said: "Nelthur in thought, word or u ! .-hiiir I lieeifilinloynl to thn friendship I hail for Theodore Itnnscvclt." Piosidtnil Tuft went at length into KooM-velt's iiminuuccu'u:ut of hi ciiii duhicv anil his "charter of ilenioein i'V," dchxcicd al Columbus. He eon tilineil: "I tin 'charter of ileiiiocrnev' v. a ineffective, ami hi lie utliu'ked the nilmiiiiMtiiilioii ami myself. Ker xinee then he Iiiih been abusing the Hitiiuiiixt ration ailil licensing inu. So far in my peroonul feelings are eon eerueil, I would not have replied, lull I represent I lie muisc of that element of the repnhlieiin party which believes in the MicrctlncfK of the coiiNiitutioii. .Mr. Kooxcxcll Iiiih misled miiny lion ol people to behove hix clinigcs, Th. caiiHc which I it'pri'M'nl is entitled to defeiiNii." Croud dicers Wiltlly. I'icsidoiit Tall then went on to aiiHVer Hoosovelt's charges. "lie says," declared the president, "llml I 'favor the oligarchy of bosses' or represent the spoeiul interests and that my iiihninistriitiou Iiiih prodiiccl nothing progressive, that I am a ro- actiiinary and other ehtirges too niimeroiiH to mention." Seeing llic- president for the flrt time us a lighting mini, the crowd cheered him throughout his speech of an hour and a half, which practi cally. anticipated thn address ho is to deliver in Huston tonight. "Tho ro-iioiuiuutlou and ro-cleelion of ItooHovcIt to u third term," naid President Tall, "would ho ilnngcrous. lie Iiiih forgot Ion '1 hit NtiiudnrdH of ilia iiiiuv deal. Jin nays tho bosses are supporting mui His definition of a lions depends upon whom thn boss is, siiiioiling. If lie is Hupnrtiii HooiSnvcll, lio h a leader if hji is hiipioiliufj me, ho in a Iiosh." y Diiiikci' of Dictator. With hin voli'o tiomhlini; with emo lioii, llio president concluded with a wiirniui; to his hcarorH thai In Koohd vcll (hey aro in "diuipir of n dictator who, once ho received tho third term, would cling lilui u loi'ch to tho White Hoiiho mui never leave, it until'doath riiiiiovcil liim." The preHident added: ' "I am Hurry to say il, hut HoohovoH is a man of Midi Atroug purHoiiulity, a man of hiiiiIi Hti'ont h of purpose, and who Iiiih no lit tlu regard for tho coiiHiilulion, for legal procoeduro or ''fill' tho courtH, (hal ho is not to ha trusted with tho pnimdoixiy, J am sorry to Hiiy It, hut 1 heliovo it iu my ITS WN LAWS TYPE OF LIFEBOAT USED ON HE STEIIHSOIP TIIINIC IS SEWEflELY CHITIGISED Justice McBrldc Raises Many Ques tions In Decision Filed Dcuyiiifi Rc liearlno of Jackson County Road Bend Case. County Cannot Proceed, He Declares, But States That Matter Has Never Been Aruurd In Supreme Court. ! hoiil, nml i miiHi Hlaio my" coime-lioiiH." Now IliimpHhlrn ilinuoorntH havu tle chlcil to hold tliolr Htuto ooiivontlon In Coiiconli May 11, for tho Bcloctton of dulogiito tn tho national convon t Ion at llaltlmoro. In mi opinion tiled TiiDMilay in the siipieuii! court hy .liixticu Mollride in which a petition fur a i ('hearing of the liickitoii county road hoiul caxu h hiiiicd, it is held that a county can not pass legixlatioii at a general elec tion as wan deduced from the flt-st opinion filed in the case. While the mutter was not argued mid was not ifel'iiiitclv settled Judge .Mcllride min i'H (iiuwtintiH as o the cutttodiaii of such n loual law if passed; how it shall he promulgated, where it hIiiiM llii recorded ami the like. In fact the decision ends all discuion as to tic power of a county to proceed to init iate and pass lawn under the. initia tive which followed the rui'cut ronti homl dociMoii. "". The decision follew: .Mcltrldc'rt Opinion. Mcllride, .1. In an .ihle and vigor ous pctitvn filed liy iiiiinVel for ro spoudent, w are ii"l;'l t tat iluf initcly the views of this court, as to whether a county can, hy a local law suhmillcd to the voters at a general election, provide for the creation of an iuiUhtrilncHH and the issuance, of IioihIm for the purpose of huildiiig pcrmauenl nnls. The picseiit case wn taken up out of its regular order and a dcciio:i cpediled at the reipiest of the par lies in order that the county ,ilin -ities might he infoiiiied :ii to th validity of tho atteinptvd election, which had hecu held fo; tlio pin io,e of uiithorir.iug a houded iudelitedues. The validity of that special election and (hu authority Tor holding it were Ihe only ipientious luifoic llu'coicl, and are 'the only (picntioim which tins rccoiil prchcntH. Hut in view of the Tact that lluwriter of the opinion in that case nil minted (horcm that there was a lack of authority in counliis to hold Mich an election under any ur ciimstaiiccs, olhei memhers of the court, as a mailer of l'irt impro s,o;ik and uo docmiiig that ipictiou to he involved, thoiignt hest In ipinlify such o.picssioiiH nil', hold thfir judg ment on that ipiestiou iu reserve until occiihion hhottld pMperly aiisu for its CNcreiM'. Any opinion expressed in this case, upon what might he the roniilt if uu olhur election should ho held, would no meruiy niciiim ami oi no moio authority than if tho Judges individ ually hud iiuiioiiuoed tho miiiio views upon lliiilnu't corners, jiicNtlous Italscil, The effect of atteinptiug t,ueh county legislation, without u further eniihliug-iict, has never hecu thor oughly nualixed iu any argument mado iu this court. For instance, if tho county passes u local law, vhi shall ho its custodian; how shall it ho promulgated, ami where shall it ho recorded and authenticated and puti lished, so that the pulilio gonenilly shall lake notice of its provisions These ami other matters of detail arc too grave, loo important, and too far reaching in I heir coiihoouciicd, and their omission iu the amendment too suggestive of an intent on tho part of tho friuuers of tho aiiiondmuut to Icavo them for future settlenunit hy legislation, for us to pass upon thum iu u liiipluiziird nianuor in a enso in which thoy aro not involved. Wo do not nay that any of tho difficulties siiggcfltcd am iusiiporahlo hiioausu thatiiuestiou is not hoforo us, hut it should ho feinumhored that this court aciiuot hy moro lint miiko or aitioml Iho law or provide forms of proooiul u)e, and that iu many mat tors per taining to tho (axing powers our de cisions aro not filial. Tho valito of h hond issuo or ovon i)t an isuuo of county orders, iu tho ordinary lonn uojionds upon tl0 opiu W PiiirPimi j r ,'i' i". p-. r Yap-7TrM 5fm. rtl ' 'j"i ... . ill ' if . WWrnrnt m. -r iMi:v..M.'iEHW3aHBc2Hib&d THF TITAhlirlV LIFF. -AVIWr; ROUIPME.NJf ( PtBEZHE fl 11 nFnpkinr-n 'nwm cavf 220A DFR.90N.5 lti c flTSgfc'SS.- ys 'RH b a.r iai5rZSS?ic? 3r!2!& HtCbwwtsf4( TKLTITANIC5 LIFE. BOATS BROUGHT IN BY THE. CMiPATHIA. . E! A N K DEPOSITS INCREASE $113,000 IN TWO MONTHS During (ho past two months ha deposits in the city have increased $ll.'l,;i7-i.0U according to hank state ments isMii'd today ami on Kahruary (i at tho rcijitest of the comptroller of the currency. The hanks reflect increasing huMiifhs iu the city and have hei'n milking steady gains since tho fit of the year. The increase will Ik greater at the next call as hy that time various construction works will he midcr way. On I'ehninry 2 there was on do isisit in local hniiks the Mini of .$1, 7atl,7l8.0l. Tho present cnll hhows on deposit l,(IO(),tll)2.7:i. H. VON DER HELLEN REGEN T TO SUCCEED OLWELL Senator II. Von der Mullen of Welleu has heen appointed regent of the Oregon Agricultural col lege to succeed John I). Olwell w ho Iiiih served for the past nine years. Senator Von der Hellen was niiined for 11 like term of nine years. Seuutor Von der Hellen is a happy ehoieo for the phiuo as he is closely in touch with tho agricultural inter ests of taint horn Oregon and take great interest in tho work. He is a graduate of foreign universities and has long heen identified actively with all movements for tho heltermeiit of this section. Mr. Olwell declined a reappointment. olipicIll en m miT IlLUUFBIolhft OVER LIFEBOATS I B tJrU KOUTUAMI'TON', lyighiud. April 'Ji. At 11 late hour today the liner Olympic of the While Star line, wu still lying off Ryic, Ule of Wight, hecause of its iniihilily to secure en ough stokers trt trjHifec the 300 men who struck yesterday ju-t five niiu utcs hefore the vessul was scheduled to sail for New York. Warned hy tho disaster of llii- sister ship Tilunic, the Olympic stokerstileserted in .1 hotly, declaring tlwv'$tlo .callupsihlo lifehonth installed on the vessel were 1111 sea worthy. When offieials of the White Stai line announced their intention of get ting non-union stokers to fill the places of the htrikers, the crew on the Olympic threatened to desert, and tho plan was abandoned. Although tho stokers nt fimt de clared they would not sail unless wooden limit were substituted for tho metal ones, they finally agreed today to give the collapsible boats a test and if they proved seaworthy to cull off ihe strike. A deputation of strikers then watched mental boat I fffiklli2!iipi25? MARCONI TELLS ABOUT SALE OF WRELESS NWS Message Demandinp, Story of Disas ter Be Held (or Four Figures De clared to Have Been Sent When Carpathia Practically in New York. TVPE OF BOAT .SHOWING MAST, SA I US. ETC. AIM HP IS SUBMERGED TITANIC ME GOVERNOR ATTACKS CRAWFORD'S OPINION NKW YOniC. April 2o. The nuk ing of an S.00U ton steamer about 100 miles north of the position vhero the Titanic went down, was witnessed by the officers and erew of the-Norwegian bteamer Romsdel, which is iu drydoek hero today, according to statements made public. Tho officers sav the wreck occurred March 20. The identity of the lost vessel 1ms not been established. Rockets attracted the attention of the Romsdel to the distressed phiji. On the way to the scene the Romsdel ON PRIMARY LAW itrikers tlien watched mental Inuit-. hutl seven holes stove iu her hull by owcred, and if the metal boats come' the L-reat iceberg. After renairi. up to the expectations of the White had heen made. Captain Heil mid, tllo Star officials, the Olympic probablv Romsifel at daylight was unablo to wilt sail tonight. ODD FELLOWS MET find any trace of the disabled vessel. The distress signals ceased about midnight, ami soon afterward the lights of the disabled steamer disap peared beneath the water. mm AM y AT ASHLAND FRIDAY TEDDY'S TRUST N mm TUCSON, Ariz., April 'Jo.Kighl ing between Mexican federal troops under Ucuornl lliirho am more limn 1,000 rebels near Topic was resinned today after 12 hours of steady fight ing ami gained little for cither side. According to tho reports received horn, many lmo been killed on each side. Tho exncl number cannot ho lournod, for fedora! censors aro 011 duly ut all telegraph points, ai uuiiiicuu minus 01 looters soi.ed Iho opportunity offered by tho fight lug and began a systematic pillage of houses and stores, Heavy iliiniago is reported dono at To pin hy tho rebel machine guns. fireat interest is being manifested in tho I. O. O. 1" congress to bo held ' 1 Aol. !,..,. 1. ..,.1 ....I t i ...-iiiiiim minimi'", iui limy llllioug the Odd Fellows. Rehekahs and can tons, hut their friends as well. It will bo 1111 occasion to bo long remem bered and judging from tho number of inquiries for tickets it begins to look as if the one special which ar rives ut 0 a. 111., will not accommodate all who want to go at that time. Through the courtesy of' tho railroad company a special faro 0110 one and a third has been granted for tho round trip, good 011 all trains. Only round trip tickets will he honored on the special. The special train will ho held till 11 p. in., thus, allowing all lo tully enjoy the entire, day's fes tivitics. LETTERS PRINTED IRREGULAR I0NE IS MARKE T ionoC lawyers and purchasers as to Ihoir validity and any dioluni of our in advanoo as to their regularity or validity would only tend to oonfitsiqu and uncertainty. Tio pptition is denied'. N13W YORK, Ajirll 25. - Tho opening stock market today tlovol- onoil an Irregular tono.- Internation al llurvoutor and National UuUwuya of Jloxleo second nretorred woro down 1 1-2. J.ohlsh Vnlloy ahowod marUod strength with n gain of 2 mui Now York Central 11 nil Missouri Pacific worn' up 0110. Uijltoit Statea Stool, lliiriimnu uml Hill stocks woro uogloctod, ami tho metals rose n point, Tho market closod (Inu, Bonds woro steady. WASHINGTON, April 25. Doth condemnation and approval aro ex pressed hero today over tho reudlug Iu the senate yeatonlay of confldeii tllal correspondence which passed between Herbert Knox Smith, com missioner of corporations; Theodore Roosevelt, thou presldont of the United States, and Charles J. Itoua- purto, fortnor attorney general, re garding tho government's antl trust suit against tho International Har vester company, Adheronts of President Tuft aro jubilant, declaring Unit tho depart ment of Justice manifested no undue hasto lu sending tho letters to tho somite, while tho lloosovolt support ers aro admittedly angry, assorting that it was nothing but n political mnvo, ami one intention to uijuro Koosovolt's candidacy for tho re publican presidential nomination. Attornoy (lonorul WlcUorsluun and other officials of tho department of Justlco said today thoy had noth ing to add to tho publication of tho lottors mid Commissioner Smith ro fiiBcd to discuss tho nuittor. EALb.M, Ore.. April 25. Governor West today has given out n statement in which he vigorously attacks tho opinion of Attorney General Craw ford on the presidential preference primary law, in which Crawford con strues the law to mean that there is no legal obligation resting on dele gates to national party conventions o vote for the presidential eantlidnto unless he shall have received nt the primary election a majority of all votes cast. Crawford holds that as Colonel Koosevelt did not receive a majority of all republican ballots enst delegates to the republican national convention at Chicago tb not have to vote for him. Denouncing what he terms Craw ford's "siirbsloue opinion," Governor West declares the law is plnin and that by it all delegates to tho national party conventions are bound to carry out, to the best of their ability, the will of the voters as expressed at the primary polls. "The man who goes to a national convention ami violates his nledird obligation to carry out the wishes of his jMiIitical party," said Governor W est, 'i sn crook and a perjurer, the opinion of the attorney general notwithstanding." Offense Under British Laws for Op erator to Give Out News Operator Justified in Sale. 'i SOCIALISTS WIN ABERDEEN SUIT STEAMER CREOLE ABOARD MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI NKW OHLEANS, La., April 23. Tho Southern I'ncifio stoiunor Creole with 205 persons aboard, lfi reported aground near tho mouth of tho Mis sissippi. Tugs luivo been rushed to her assistance. ADEKDEISN, Wn April 25. That socialism was on trial for tho first tlmo in Washington and that it won is tho contention of local social ists today, following tho granting of an Injunction against tho socialist hall. Tho Finnish Socialist hall, tho only meeting plttco for tho equal rights party, had been closod by tho police Tho stato organization em ployed Attornoys Homer llono mid Howard Wright of Tacotna to onjoln tho city. Judge Mason Irwlu grant oil tho writ nftor a two days' hoar lug. "Hut If tho I. W. WYs aro allowed to moot thoro, tho pollco must closo tho hall," said Irwin. Tho city attornoy charged that se ditious, troasomiblo Bpeochoa hod boon mado in tho hall. Ilono and Wright put on tho stand eleven mom bora of tho party, All testified that thoy bollovod In tho constitution, that thoy woro not overturning tho gov- orumont by force and that thoy had WASHINGTON, April 25. A breach between Senator William Al lien Smith of Michigan, chairman of tho senate sub-commlttco which is Investigating tho Titanic disaster, and his associate probers, is reported to hare occurred today ovtr tho question of releasing some 'of tho members of tho Tltanlc-'n crow from further detention. Chairman Smith favors holding every member of the ciew in Washington until the In quiry Is finished, but other members of the committee bellevo this la un ne cfcs&ty Senators Jonathan Bourne of Ore gon and Theo. E. Burton of Ohio constantly break Into tho question ing, frequently Ignoring Chairman Smith. Interest in tho hearing is wan Inf. us indicated by tho small cr.,vnl present today when tho iu- ulry opened. Marconi Explains Order. William. Marconi, head ot th& Marconi Wireless company, was the first witness today. Ho admitted thrt tho New York offices of his company fc.nd sent he following wire less order to tho Marconi operator on tho Carpathia: 'Held news story of disaster at font figures." Tob message, Marconi explained, was not sent until tho rcscuo ship was off Sndy Hook, practically in Now York harbor. Marconi denied all porsonal knowl edge of tho message, saying that Chief Operator Sarmis of tho New York office was responsible. Ho In slited, however, that tho message .eforred to Interviews with Ouoru tor Cottum and not to wireless nies j. ct. sent from the Carpathia. Explains News Messages. Marconi said that every liner should have two wireless opjorators. He said be understood tho difficulty of tbe'Carpathla's operator sending messages on account of tho Inter ference ot amateurs. "It Is tin offenso under British laws for a wireless operator to glvo out news. Cottam used his discre tion Iu refusing to glvo tho story while he was aboard the Carpathia. In New York, at 2 o'clock Friday morning, Cottam told ho could got something for his story. I told him to give It It ho wished." "Tho following radiograms woro Intercepted hy Wireless Operator Simpson and nppear to mo to bo sig nificant enough to bo brought to tho department's attentien: " 'Seagate to urputhlu and Titanic oporators, 8:110 p. m., April 18 Ar ranged for your oxcluslvo story ot wreck for dollars In four figures, Marconi agrcolug. Say nothing un til you sco me. J. M. Sanunla, op erator C Marconi said of theso messages: "I know nothing about thorn. I told Sainmls as an official of a British company I would not prevent tho oporators making what they could out of tho Information thoy had." PROB E AGAINST MONEY TRUST WASHINGTON April 21. -By u vote of 2:)5 to 125 tho house (his morning passed the, 1'ujo reaolutivr; calling for nn investigation of the money IruHt, Tho measure empower the committee on bunking uml cur rency to Inquire into tho rltioiu. x- istinc hotwocn the nutioiiiil luuikd of nevor advocutod anarchistic prlncl- Now york una indutrul Slid rnlrMMl Tl nles In tho bulldlmr. .......,i:,...,. ., " pies lu tho building, " I