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Ornnon HUltrtwl JB Clly Hall " v Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Cloudy tonight. Max, (M, Mitt. 8. k I'lirly-nrcoml Yrnr. Dully Hnvi'Mlh Ymr MICDFORD, ORKaOK, BA'ITHDAV, AJ'KIL 27, 1912. No. 31. HISTORY OF TITANTIC DISASTER IS GRAPHICALLY NARRATED BY WIRELESS n " . k r .i r -K met FLASHES TELL T OF LOSI SHIP First Flash nt 10:25 O'clock Nlulit of Ulsnstcr Carried Appeal tor hop Lou Book of British Steamer Mount Temple Presented at Hearing. Every Phase of Catastrophe Stands Out With Llnhtnlnn Like Clearness In Words Jotted Down by Operator. WAHHINOTON, April 27 (Irniih In ditcrlptlou of tlm wuy In which wireless flnhett Hwepl tlm Icy son while more than 1000 liven went out on tint kIiiUIiik VI tunic was given hern today buforii tho United BtnlcH mitiato committee ItivuittlKntlitK tho disaster by Captain Jniiion Moor of tint llrlt IhIi Mcamcr Mount Tom pic from tho firm flush nt 1 0 : A o'clock tho ulKht of tho disaster which rnriliul (ho appeal "struck Ice berg; come nt onco," to 7:41 o'clock tho fullowliiK morning when tho Car pnthla flashed "no uso standing !)'. Nothing tnoro can ho done," every phiiNo of tho catuntropho ntood out In tho Iok with IlKhtnlng llko clearness. No wordn wore wasted In thnt lon. Curt. short sontenccs nnd broken phrases told of tho dexporato need of help through tho tow disjointed words which tho Mount Tomplo wlrol man Jottnd down. !K of Vlnlrf)N Head. Captuln Mnoro denied thnt hu or any ono on tho Mount Tomplo saw Mho Tltnhla'ii'IfjthU. llo rend hi iihlp'H wireless Iok for Sunday night, no follew: "10:20 Tltnnlc notitlliiK '0. Q. I).' 'Can't rend you, old ninn, coiuo at ouro; Htruck Ircborg, Inform captain.' "0;;ir Cnrpnthlu niiHwor. Tl taulu announces 'Htruck Iceberg.' "10:55 to 10:57 Titanic calling 'H. O. H.' "10:50 Tltnulc working Carpa thin, "II p. m. Titanic chIIIiik 'C Q. I).' "11:30 Tltnulc gets Olympic says 'Captain says Kit your boats ready. She's going down hy head.' "11:27 Titanic culling 'C. (. I), to Ualtlu. "11:36 Frankfurt snya 'Our cap tain will k for yon.' "11:17 Titanic acknowledges ro colpt Horvlro message from Olympic, "11:10 Tllnulo says '. Q. I) our oiikIiki rooms floodod.' "11:52 Tltnnlo tolltt Olympic oou calm, Calling Hut No Itoply. "11:65 Frankfurt and Illnna calling: no reply. "12:26 a. in. lilrmu says slio's 50 'mllcri from Titanic. "12:50 All quiet now. "12:61 Tltnnlo Iiiihii'l spoken hIiico 12: 17. "1:20 Carpiithhi sends Titanic: 'Aro you thuru? Wo nro firing rock- OlB.' "1:10 Ciirpalhla calling. "1:68 Ulrnm thlnka hoars Titan lu; says 'Wo'ro only 50 miles off, Ilopo you'ro snfo.' "2 a, m. Carputhla callH. "II a. in. All (iiilut. Wo'ro stopped. "(i:16 CarpiUHIu ropnrtH finding 20 lifeboats. "7:11 Ciirputhlii imyH 'no uho Htandlng by. nothlni; more can bu dono.' '' Movement of Steamers Shown. Then followed oiUrloti In tho log book showing tho inovoinuiitH of tho Callforulun, tho Curpathlu and tho Virginian, At U:-15 a. in, tho Car puthlu reported that uho had found 20 Ufuboatn filled with Hiirvlvoru. Captain Monro said ho hiiw no corpHtm near tho bcoiio of tho wreck, llo had never hoard of Icoflojila bo fur uotith. "Hut," ho mild, "if I had boon warned iih tho Tltunlu wub 1 would uovor havo run ut 21 knots," Captain Mooro said that ho did not reply to tho moBBiigoH, an tht opurator Hald' 'Uho can't hour me.' llo changed tho courHQ of tho Mount Templet howovor. mid ordered full Hpood towurd tho Titanic, Tim captuln estimated that tho Ti tanic wnH thou about 9 tnllOB tlUtuut. RE Al mBBBBIBnFvJMSBBaKPMilBBBBIBi " r tiii i-rrwiiwiWMwMiiMrriii rni-- J i i i n i i wrnii-imj M.mLMM riuljj-l i i i r IccImtkh hki'lrlml by mi orflcrr of tho Savolc on April 18 (tlitro days nrtvr iIImiMct) In run of 30 nillctt, almost on the hpot where the Titanic sank. Ilerj; in lower left liand cor ner In MippoM'l ly tin Siiviile't offlreru to Ik the one tin White Slur stuiiiolii Mrnck. ' , MEXICAN ELS DEFEATED AFTER T .MKXK'U (MTV, April 27. Alter LraiuiiiK iiartial control of Tcpie, cap ital of the torritorv of thnt iiauin on tlm west ooabt of Me.vieo, ami rob bing noil Imrniii hcvtiiul heotioiirt of tho town, 'J, (100 ZapatUtas were tie foiilcil today by i foreo of JOO reheN ami driven from town. In the fiht iiic which nicil nil uioruiii, it i- re ported llipt -MI0 rebuU wero killcil. KU PASO, Texan, April 27. Mexi can rebeln havo captured nnd nro narking fludad Topic, on tho wont coitHt, acrordliiK to Information Hunt out today by officers of Ceneral Orozco'K Htaff at Cullaenu. No lufor uiatlnu hat heun obtained ami It Is Intimated that Orim-o la coloring tho roMilt of tho Topic ouKnKomcut, which Ih known to havo begun Mon day. According to mcattagoH received hero, the cathedral and practically all public buildings of Topic wore doHtroyod. hooting and pillaging la ropoitcd throughout tho district. MAY BE CALLED McmliciK oT the AhIiIiukI eompany of the National guartl irro holding themselves in remliuosH fpr netivo duty in Me.vieo, according to reports from AhIiIiumI loduy. II is reported Unit onlei'rt are e.Hieled soon order ing them into netivo duty nnd the iiH'inliei'rt of tho eompany nro nlreudy preparing fit" neli duty. Tho national guard of California Iniki received such OI'dlH'fi tl 11(1 it IS expected that Miuiliu orderri will lie Hcnt tho Oregon companies. T.rgx: Ho 4i(Iil(ul: "At. !l o'clock wo en countered IcefJeldH and doubled our lookouts, At -I : It 0 a. m whon wo woro 1 1 miles from tho Titan Io'h lo cation, wo woro ntoppod by tho Ico. Uoforo that wo mot u Binall Bohoonor, whoso light h Boomed to go out Inter. TIiIh vobhoI was lietweon ua and tho TltanUi on our port bow. I wna pro ceodlng oaBt nnd tho uohnouor was coming from tho direct Ion of tho TlttintC. RAVISHING MM GUARD Sea of Icebergs in Which White Star Liner TEDDY PLAYS HERO L MKItlDlAX, Conn., April J7. t'olouel Theodore HooHcvelt today hitved u yonin; girl from being erut-li-cd to death hero under the wheels of tho train which is carrying him to Murtsuchusetts. The girl, whose nntnu bus not been learned, had left the train uud joined the crowd to listen to the former prci-ideut's peedi. Tho engine stinted suddenly uud the girl grabbed for tho brass railing. Although she mnuaged to cling to it, she was swept from her feci. Colonel Ifonsovclt reached over tho roiling nnd pulled the girl to the platform, llo wus cheered until the train was out of sight. I IS DEAD AT 92 CIIICAdO, April 'J".l)r. Daniel Kimbul Pearson, aged 02 years, who gave his fortune of more than $7, 1100,000 to educational institutions that he might die poor, died here to duv in u Hiuitoriuui. Pneumouiu, ae cninimuicd by other complications duo to ail winced age, was the cause of death. Dr. Pearsons started giving away his fortune in 18SS and his last gift was mudo some months ago, leaving him with only an income suf ficient to keep him from want. At tho ago of 01 ho u'uvu up a lifelong use of tobacco, declaring at the time that he renounced it not "because, it affected him physically, but for rcasous of OOUhCioilCC. Dr. Pearsons camo to Illinois in 1857 from Urndford, Vermont, wlicro ho was bora, Ho miide a fortune in buying and selling Illinois farm lands. His first notnblo gift wus $100,000 to Heloit college, Wisconsin. Ho gave Dcloit $000,000 before he died. Other donations were: Chicago Theological Seminary $280,000; Holyoko $lf0,000; Worces ter university $100,000; Drury col lege, Springfield $100,000; Uoroa col- legeg, Kentucky $200,000; Colorado college $100,000; Whitman college, Washington $120,000. I II H I I nil. n rf Sandy ForguBon looked llko a rout "como back" In IiIh rocont bout with MnrrlH Harrlfl In llonton, SAVING YOUNG GIR M CAR IE I UN COFFIN SHIP HAS! MCORS-OF UK VICTIMS HALIFAX, N. S.. April 27. One hundred and cighty-iiino corpses of victims of the Titanic disaster will arrive hero on uoard the "coffin" ship Maokay-Hcuuett Monday next, nccording to advices received here to day. Only tho relatives of tho vic tims will be allowed on tho dock when the Mackay-Hcnuctt berths. The body of Colonel John Jacob Astor, as well as thoso of Isadorc Straus and other prominent New Yorkers nnd Pluladclphians will be hurried to New York; Nine under takers arrived here today with a quantity of embalming fluid ami the curling rink here has been transform ed into a temporary morguo for the reception of the bodies, Advices from the Maekay-Dcnuett state that the bodv of Frank D. Mil let, the artist, ha- been identified. AT BILL AND TEDDY LOS ANCiEI.LS, April 27. When Senator La Follette leaves Los An geles today he will leayo behind him a new spirit of progressive confidence nccovding to o.OOtl of Ins supporters who heard his address in Temple aud itorium last night. Until nearly midnight the Wiscon sin senator held his uudicuco, and ad ministered rebounding tnps to Uoosc vclt nnd Tuft. Tho" direct charge that Koosovclt, as president, was derelict in bis duly regarding trust regulation was the opening wedgo for other acoualioiw of offioiul leniency with great financial interests. "When Koosoelt bootuno presi denl,' declared La Valletta. "Ill) orimiinnl trusts existed. When ho stepped from the eliuir that number had been increased to inoro than a thousand. Ho was there when tho trusts were just getting their grasp, and ho let the situation got by him." PRINCE OF WALES TO . VISIT UNITED STATES PARIS, April 27, Tho Cri Do Paris Kays that the Princo of Wales will visit America next fall after vibit iiitf France, LAB Titanic Met Destruction CLAIM BROTHERS I Tl COItVALMS, Ore, April 27 That both defendants had confessed to him their guilt was the testimony to day of A. II. Ilurris a reporter oa the Portland Journal, in the trial here of George and Charles Humphrey, brothers, charged with the murder of Mrs. Eliza Griffith at her home near Philomath last June. Harris, to whom Charles Humphrey tlm younger brother is alleged to have told of three murders beside the Grif fith killing, nil of which he said he and his brother committed, gave 5n (retail what he said Charles and George told of the brutal crimes with which they arc now charged. POKTUVNI), Maine, April 27. In a locked private car and refusing to seo anyone, Vincent Astor. son of Colonel John Jacob Astor, who went down with the Titanic, and heir to tho Astor millions, passed through )hi city today, en route to Halifax, N. S to take charge of his father's body when the "coffin ship" Mnckay-llcu-uctt arrives there with bodies recov ered from the wrecked liner. Young Astor will take the body at ouco to New York. IN STEEL MARKET NEW YOKK, April 27. Somo heaviness was shown in tho stock market at the opening today but prices soon recovered, netivo issuos reaching u fraction abovo yestorday'u close. Tho coppers showed particu lar strength, Amalgamated, Utah and Tennessee copper rising from J -2 to 2 points. Hearting maintained its strength around 17o. Canadian Pa cific, Lehigh Valley, Union Pacific, Northern Pacific and United States Stool woro among tho stocks which recovered after fractional declines, Tho market closed steady. Homlu woro firm. CONFESSED GU1L NEWSPAPERMAN UNWRITTEN LAW, SAVES PRESCOTT F OAKLAND, Cal., April 27. Itcli anco on the "unwritten law" today probably saved from tho gallows Harry Prescott, on trial hero for tho killing of Ralph" Thompson, whom he surprised and shot to death in the bedroom of Mrs. Kate Pre&cott, his wife. ''That man who invades another's home to steal his wife invites death," said Prescott's lawyer, addressing the jury, and that the plea had effect was seen shortly before noon today when with 10 for acn.uittal nnd two for conviction the jury reported a disul'reement nnd was discharged. Prescott, who was concealed in his wife's room on tho night of February 28. when tho killing occurred, swore he saw Thompson come in and tako off his shoes. "I am going to stay all night," he swoio Thomp-ou snld to Mrs. Pres cott. Then, ho said, his wife stepped into n bathroom to take down her huir and when ho saw tho shadow of her falling coiffure he sprung- out and opened fire. Prescott will appear before Judge Ellsworth Monday, when tho date will be set for the second trial, and his attorney says he will move that Prescott bo admitted to bail. T TO FISHKILL, N. Y April 27- Harry K. Thaw left Mattawan asylum early today to attend the proceedings by which ho itopos to secure his release, at Now Rochello before Justice Keogh. Ho wan attired in an old durk suit and woro an old fashioned derby hat and glasses. Thaw has aged con siderably, and his huir is now entirely gray. Ho weighs 187 pounds. Thaw smoked continually whilo wailing for tho train at Fishkill htalion. Thaw said: "f am confident tho proceedings will succeed, as I bclievo 1 can demonstrate absolutely my san ity now." On tho return trip to Mattawan Thaw was accompanied by his mother and sister, Alice, tho divorced wifo of tho Earl of Yarmouth, and Roger O'Mnru, a Pittsburg dotccivo, ROM GALLOWS AW ffl mm MAYOR GAYNOR AND'OURGEORGE' ARE MENTIONED John Hall McKay, Active in New York Politics for Twenty Years Sees Success This Year for Demo crats Hughes te le Named. Chamberlain's Name Sugfestetf fwr Vice President He is Well Kniwn and Universally Papular. That William J. Gaynor of Now York and George E. Chamberlain of Oregon aro being discussed In demo cratic circles of tho east -as nominees of tho democratic party for the presi dency and vice presidency of the United States aid that Charles G. Hughes, a member of tho supreme court and former governor of Now York, will probably bo tho compro mise .candidate put forward by the republican party is tho statement of John Hall McKay, the oldest member of tho National Democratic club of New .York, and active In New York political circles for tho past 20 years. Mr. McKay spent several months In Medford last year and returned Fri day for an indefinite stay In tho val ley. Republicans on Ilun. "It looks very much In the east," states Mr, McKay, "that the republic an party Is on tho run. The party la split up into several factions each holding a bitter animosity toward vtao other. Since New. York"! the f(lyi ota! state It would appear that there will be a demand for tho republican candidate who can hope to carry the state. Tho recent primary elections have shown that by no possibility Is Theodore Roosevelt tho man. there fore the logical candidato Is Charles K. Hughes, who Is highly thought of and respected by tho entire common wealth. President Tnft's foud with Colonel Itoosevclt has split the re publican organization to such an ex tent In New York stato that the man agers of tho organisation could not hope to elect the members to tho elec toral college bo necessary to the suc cess of tho national ticket with tho president as tho standard bearer of their party. It follows, therefore, that Justico Hughes will bo tho com promise candidate. Democrats United. "On tho other hand, the democrats are united as never before in tho his tory of tho party. While tho repub licans aro now busily engaged lu slinging mud tho demoorats, as was woll shown nt tho recent dinner of the National Domocratio club on Jefferson's birthday, are all agreed that tho party has a wealth of can didates any ono of whom would bo an excel Ion t man to present to the popular suffrage. "Again, tho democrats have a plunk in thoir platform to go bofore tho people on, which will appeal to all classes as never before. That plank is tariff reform. A series of 'tariff reform' dlnnors gtvon by tho National Democratic club in New York City during tho past wlntor havo crowded tho clubhouso and dem ocrats of all shades and hues who formorly hold views as wldo apart as tho poles havo become united by this issue. Gaynor Splendid Man. "If Hughes Is tho nonilnoo his log ical opponent will bo William J. Gaynor, mayor of Now York City. Mayor Gaynor Is tho Idol of nil New Yorkers. IIo has tho ability to ex press himself clearly and forcibly both in speech and In writing, He Is a publicist of tho foremost rank and his undoubted integrity and ability coupled with tho fact that ho can" no doubt carry tho pivotal state of New York for tho domocratio ticket makes him loom largo as tho probable presi dential candidato of tho democrat! party. "At tho Jefferson dinner which I have roforred to bofore William Jen- ningB Uryati in speaking of the wealth of domocratio eligible pruhajd "Mayor Gaynor In no mean or uncer tain torma. Mr. Bryan said tkt among other factors which had tHt4 (Continued ou Fay i) t "VJ