& City Hall -v.j Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER , fr'nlr and warmer Mm 74.B; Mln m Hum 4. r'rirlV.Mc.OOIIil Yenr. MEDFORD, OttHJGON, MQNIMY, ,JlTLY22, 1912 NO. 103 Dully HnVlUllll Yi-nr. t HANFORD RESIGNS TO A VOID IMPEA CHMENT mm E Exposure of Juillclnl Scandals Com pel Jtulft to Allege Pour Health nnil leave Bench Under Fire of Assailants, Virtually Confession. Probe Halts Pending Decision of Conness Whellicrto Continue Im peachment Proceedlnus WASHINGTON. July 22-Tl.e Mm. gniphin resignation of United Ktiite Judge Cornelius II. Iliiuford reached llii' while limine tliin iiltcriiooti, It lead: "I hereby resign office ns Unit.'d State judge. Will ootil iriu by let ter." President Tnfl wiih mil shown tin tolci;rtiiii hefoie ln went In his usual Kif gamy. It is reported he Mill IhUc no notion until linnfoid's letter ii rrve. Hcmh In Resignation SEATTLE, Wn., July 22. -Forced In nutton liy revelations, (lint he while judging railroad eases, hud lessoned In mm, apparently In ret urn for "friendly niliiHoiiH," nnd, it Is report d, spurred on liy request iif Pro! .lout Yuri, t'uited Slates DiMriot Judge Cornelius II. Ilnnfoid, under iiiis'iiclimciit investigation liy n cotnt initteo of congress, today resigned. Whether or not tint impeachment iiifNligiiliou shall he I'outiniit'd lit COIIglWSS Sllh-COUlllllttce. wllil'll hits Wen proliinif Ititiiford'wjiidlrlnl'ncH They hnvo wired to ominKM for direction. Iluuford assigned ns his reason for Deigning t It i&t IiIh licilth in poor. l)irUMi Colliipfccn Throughout tlio proceedings of the !uittiry to ditto neuron of witnesses Iiiimi testified tlttil In wns addicted In till' ONOOssivO lSO of lilllor lllld HOtlll' of llii'iu deelnred liiiu to lime ueled Indecently In public places. In addi tion to thin it number of witness) liuse shown tlnii Iiin notion in appoint iug receivers for uirious business ooiieorns lit nnd iilioul Sent I In wiih fur front being uliovn suspicion. Tim Iluuford defense colluptcd apparently when tin' investigating eiuiunitlee showed u deteitniiied of- foil to got nt tlie bottom of Judge lliiuford's alleged business dealings with litigants. Tim Ilnnfoid division reducing llio Northern 1'iicifin mil wny's tuxiiH wlttli' liu was negotiating for the purchase of thousands of tuiros of Iniid fiotn tliu railway, wiih n staggering blow to the defense when Kcprosciitiitnu .Me Coy tend it on tliu i coords. On top of (his eiune tlie eoininitteeU sensational mnvo Siiturduy to In- fHtiKiitu (ho whole rolutiotiHliip ex isting between ICorr mid MoCord, nt lutnoys, and Iluuford, REBELS WAYLAY 84 PASSENGERS mioxico city, July au. Eighty, four potHoiiH woro killed, uccordltiK to today'u OHtliuntoH, In yontorduy'a uttauk by .npatlHtaH on tho Mexlcuu Ciioruavaca train near l'arroa on th i1ko of tho fudorat dlatrlct, Throo of tho wounded dlod laat nlfrlit In tho railway hospital. Twonty-tbroo lienioiiH CHcaped tho butchery nnd itiailn thcilr way Into Tioh Marias, nro Imio today, havlni; arrived on n uoeond rollef train. It Ih out I muted that tho train nt tanked by tho ZnptitUtiiH oarrlod np proxliuntoly 75 piiHBonorii, lit addi tion to tho fifty floldlorfi of tho oh en rt. Of t'hU iiuiuber 4 H Holdloru woro killed, Tho bodloa of itluo pnu HOUKorH woro found near tho track, A nuuibor of tho puhhoukoi's and iioldlorH woro killed and their bodloa coiiBumnd In burning cara, which woro flrod with oil. Uoforo tho at tnek on the train, tho Zapata troupa routod a email uarrlaon at Purros, ACTION TRAIN SLAYING -- RESIGNATION IS QUILT ADMISSION CLAIMS BERGER WAHIIINOTON. July 'i'i "I tuko JihIko llmifonl'H reiilKnatlon hh mi iiiIuiInhIou of IiIh Kiillt," wiih (1m Mlat nu'iil lii'io toilay of C'oitKn'HH limit tctor HorKor of Wlncoii mIii, who liitroilueet! tlm nmo Ititlou fiillliiK for tlm liitpi'uch niKiit of tlm Hentllo JurUt. When Inforineil (hut Iluuford litiil lii(ere,l IiIh renl;iuttloti to I'rimldi'tit Tnft, llemer Mnld: "lit littrodiirliiK my nmoltt (lull callliiK fur action auulnnt JiiiIko Iluuford I wn fl;tit liifc corruption on Hie lieneli Ken orally and not JiuIko iluuford, perwoiiully. Tlm Iluuford ami Archhald ruaen are Mpleudld nrKUttmiilii for llio recall of JudKi'A. It would ho a inlKhly Kood tlilm: fur the county If a couple of dozen more United Klates JudKeti would renlKii or bo recalled by tlm people. 11m prenent njxteiu of Inipeucliinent U utntatlHfac tor, cumberHoiuo and contly." WORD m TO BE DISMISSED; RESULT SECURED WAHIIIN'OTO.V. July 22.Chalr man Clayton Ibla afternoon received tho followInK denpatch from CoitKreaH "limn (Irahiim of ttm Jlanford luveitl KUtltiK commlWo In Hcattle: "Han ford Juat now forwarding hli reilK natlon to tho attorney Ronoral. Wn uro not (jtilto done taking testimony tint nearly no. Tho Htib-commtttco iiiintilmouily favorn dlicontlnulng tak ing further testimony." Clayton at ottco replied requentliiK the Kuh-coinmltteo to clone tho teatl tnony. Thin wiih tnkoti to mean tho cIohIiik of the Hnnford ratio which ptobnhly wilt bo dismissed In tho house. Clayton unld: "In my opinion t IiIh hottio can pro ceed to Impeach Hnnford and the Nonnto ran try him, but tho main ob ject of the Impeachment to get rid of an unfaithful officer linn been ac complished by bin reidgnatlon. If It U true he wmi unfaithful thoro scomn no necessity for hla Impeachment. I tnko It no prealdont will over ap point him or no constituency will ever olect him to nny office" Attorney General WIckerHham aald ho had no Information of llanford'fl Intention to realgn. OF 8HAN0HAI, July 2S. llecauao tho radical element think President Yaun Shi Kul too coiiBorvatlvo tho dlvl ulon of China Into two aectlona in predicted today. Tho radicals who control tho southern provinces, say they Intend to elect Dr. Sun Yat Sou president of tho now republic. Tho follower, of l'roaldout Yuan control tho northern provinces, PRODUCE DEAD GAMBLER'S DIARY NEW YQUIC, July 22. Flvo por soiih uro undor arrest today charged with participation in tho Herman Itosanthul murder hero Inst wook. Thoso nro Wllllum Chnplro, owuor of tho automobile used by tho mur derers; Louts Llbby, its driver; Jack Horo, tho go-batwon for tho polico and tho gamblers; Urldglo Wobor, in whoso rooms It Is alleged tho murder plana woro laid, and Sum 1'anl, at whoso outing a week ago, it Is al logod, tho orlmo wits dooldod upon, Jack Sullivan Is hold as a miatorlul wltnoBB, It was stated that arrests In othor elttoa aro momentarily ox-, poctod, Tost offlco officials today nro try Ing to locato tho writers of lottora SON KILLED 10 AVENGE 10 HER William E. Clement, Son of Mrs. Bradford, Confesses to Revenging Death of Parent by Shooting Down Her Slayer From Ambush Landis Played "Another Slioveufll of Dirt on Mother's Grave" Which Maddened Youth IIKDHIKO, Cnl., Julv 22. Wllllnm K. Cleiiinitu, son of .Mm. Hrtidford, who wiih recently killed by William ('. LainliK, poHtmiiHter nt Huekee near here, cnnfcHM'd lo liiivitii; nlnit and killed IaitdiK from nmhtiMi here in reu'tiiie for the dentil of Inn mother. John Clement, a brother of the limn who eunl'eKHi'd. Ims been releim ed. MureiiH A. (Iril'filh, u friend of William Clement, Iiiih been nrroMed following (he emit'cMon mid Dan TIioiuhoii, iiuollter friend, in still held.. .lout ut hint midiiinlil, William Clement neitt to the sheriff, haying. "I will be tot hooiter or later so I want to eonfexK," District Attorney Chenowctli nnd n Htenoraplier were culled nt once. Clement Haiti : "I did the job. In u wuy I ant not Kerry. You may do what you please with me. hiuulin killed tlm best friend 1 had on enrtli tny mother." Clement Hnid lie shot Lnnditt three time from it HMit found near the fork'H of u road where he lay hidden under n niuiminitn Inlt. "I was driven to it," he mild, "by tho demeanor of I.nndis after he wiih released on bail after killing tny mother. Sitting on his front Hreh it short dlHtnuee from our home he played the tune: 'Another shovelful of dirt on mother's grave.' " Clement seined greatly releived lifter the confession nnd slept sound ly hist night for the first time since his arrest. The confession has rats ed his standing with the public. Kverybody here believed tlint Clement committed the crime, but the officers found it difficult to get direct mid poMtho evidence. OF 2 TO 1 BET ON WILSON NEW YOHK, July 22. Tho odds In Wall street today aro 2 to 1 on Woodrow Wilson bolng tho next presi dent of the United States, according to tho New York Times (democrat) which say: "Anyone who doos not bollovo that Woodrow Wilson will bo tho next president of tho United States and willing to take a chance on hla con viction, may find an opportunity to bet by Interviewing nn active member of tho stock oxchango. Ills name may not bo mentioned bocauso of tho poBslblo conflict with tho antl-bottlng laws but tho brokor has G,000 of his own money which ho bus boon vally trying to placu nt odds of 2 to 1 on Wilson." threatening District Attornoy Whit man and others. Tho grand Jury postponed tho Rosenthal Investiga tion until tomorrow because of a hitch over tho witnesses to bo ex amined, Tho grand Jury wants to oxamlno Polico Ltoutonanta Docker, O'Hollly and Costlgnn, who woro In chargo of tho squads detailed to check gambling. District Attornoy Whitman rofusos to permit Dnckor to testify unless ho formally waives Im munity rights. Mrs, Roaonthal probably will testi fy tomorrow, and la oxpectod to pro duco hor husband's memorandum book detailing polico operations, it probably will nnmo tho men able to corroborate hor husband's stntomonts, One of Jackson County's Neglected Assets P'.Z' (WfKtiit JBM1 !iiiiiiBMBiiHiiiHlkiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiHHiHI A wagon load of pine between thirty and forty billion feet of timber is tributary to Medford, and nono of It being cut. The valley itacs nn ater.tge of thirty million feet a year, al of It Imported. It would take thousands of men steadily employed employed for over a century to cut this timber. This la but ono of Jackson County's undeveloped natural resources. 3-YEAR-OLD CIO After wandering aloiiu ami lost for 24 hours tho 3-ear-old daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs, A. W. llradh'hav, who reside on the Antelope property owned by tho Itogue Itlvcr Commer cial Orchard company, was found Sunday afternoon, tired out but un harmed, aftor nearly n hundred friends and neighbors had spent a full day and night hunting for her. Tho llttlo mm wandered awn)1 Satur day morning oiiciTwan not found un til tho next day at noon, three in I lea from -home. Saturday morning Mrs. Uradshaw wan very busy with Iter housework and did not notlco that Marie, her 3-year-old daughter was straying away. Later she began a search nnd could not find tho child. Sho then summoned help and by nightfall tho Irrigation ditch had been drained nnd searched, the well had been drained and every building searched. With nightfall tho search was redoubled but no trace was found of tho child. Sunday morning ono of tho search era found a small gingham apron worn by tho child nbout two miles from tho farm house. This placed tho searchers on tho trail of the child and about n mile further on tho llt tlo one was found. No injury hnd ro flttlted from the night In tho open. "I slept under a bush," was tho child's only explanation. Mrs. Ilrndshaw is in a precarious stato following tho long search for tho child. I PENDLETON, Orcj July 22. nut tor Creole Valley, southern part of Umatilla County la today a scene of devastation, according to tho first news reaching this city lato today, as tho result of a cloudburst Saturday night. Hutter Cieok Vnlloy Is an Isolated district. A wall of water which followed tho cloudburst swopt tho valley for miles almost cle.in of farm housc.t and barnes, mid but for tho fact that farmers rodo In ndvanca of tho water warning Inhabitants, many Uvea un doubtedly would luivo been lost, Tho water came In u wall flvo feet high and four or flvo bundled feet wldo, E WASHINGTON, July 22. Tho stato department announced today that It has under way nn Investiga tion Into alleged mistreatment of tho American missionaries In Korea at tho hands of tho Japanese authorities thoro. Senator llacon, member of tho senate foreign relations committee, fniMiinllv iiroteatod to tlm .Tatianoso oinbussy lioro, LOST FOR 24 HOURS ANTELOPE REEK ADUSESIOF RICANS AN DIEGO A AND BOB UP AT I The I. W. W. and tho San Diego Exposition got attention at the recent session of tho Mining congress nt Yrekn. One of the exposition pro motors mado ,i good talkon behalf of the exposition and tho next morn ing the following resolution was read and offered from tho floor. Dltranr denounced tho I. W. W.'s as anar achlsts and J. Walter Dyer declared Hint tho thousand socialists In tho congress a territory count not wear I their button with safety in San Diego. Tho resolution carried on a perfunc tory aye and nay vote when Presi dent Herzlnger took tho congress Into his confidence and informed them that tho congress nt the Ash land organization nnd the subsequent sessions at Grants Pass and Medford had steered clear of mixing up with either democratic, republican, so cialist or prohibition politics and he wished the congress to Ttnow that It was treading on a dangerous prece dent. His remarks were enthusias tically received nnd tho resolution was rescinded with a whoop. It rends: In view of the fnct that tho citi zens of San Diego hnvo seen fit to send a representative to our congress to invito our co-operation In their ex position of 1915. And In view of tho fnct that tho basic force upon which this congress rests Is tho toiler with pick, pan and shovel. And In view of tho fnct that the legally constituted authorities of tho city of San Diego hnv0 seen fit to set nsldo tho safeguards of llfo anil nueriy, in denying rroodom or as sembly, speech and press and nro making a relentless war upon the wealth producers of this nation Therefore, Wo aslc that tho citizens of San Diego again restoro those constitutional rights, that tho hum blest citizen mnv know that degroo of penco and security onjoyod by one of loflest station. This to tho end that wo may with ono volco say to every citizen of Oregon and California como. let us go down to Sun Dlogo in 1915. WASHINGTON. July 22. Calling of now primary elections to docldo tho right of ltoosovelt electors and pro-ltoosovolt candidates to romaln on stato "regular" republican tlckota was a solution of tho poltlcnl mix-up today suggested by Congressman George W. Norrls. tho Nobraskun progressive who rocontly was nomi nated for United States senntor. "It Is claimed because I hnvo ro fusod to admit and dououncod tho alleged ro-nomluntlon of President Tnft I should withdraw from tho ticket na ono of tho republican can didates," Norrls said In a lottor to Chairman Jolin L. Kennedy of Omaha of tho Nebraska ropubllcan stato commltteo. "It Is my bollot that Mr. Tuffs al- YREKA ME N E E L T A tetujMwiry restraining order hu.s ben issued by Frank M. Calkins, judge of the Circuit court, stopping the erection of the Netdcrmeyer brick building nt the corner of Eighth nnd Fir streets u the building is so close to the Rogue River Valley railroad that the box cars strike the brick1. The railroad bases its suit for nn injunction on a deed given" tho rail road 22 years ago bv the owner of the lot at tlint time which grunts, for nrconufcTOtinn of ?100, the right to the corner for the operation of the tr.icks including several fet where cars hang over the private property there. Mr. Xeidenneyer who recently pur chased the lot started erection of n two story brick livery stable. The south wall nuts nearly to the track, so close that a box car has already diModged some of the brick. Work must cease now until the suit filed by Barn u in is settled. FOR STRIKE SUFFERERS LONDON, July 22. Cursing the government's refusal to intervene in the dock strlko hero in which more than 250,000 men, women and chil dren are suffering privation, James O'Grady left his seat in the House of Commons today, swearing that ho would not retain his place in that body while women and children starved, O'Grady demanded that Premier Asqulth intervene in the strlko. As qulth said It was impossible. O'Grady then sheuted: "This is a damned scandal" and left tho cham her nt once. FREDERICK FULLER FOR FEDERAL JUDGE IN ALASKA WASHINGTON, Jly 22. President Tnft toduv nominated Frederick Ful ler to be United Stntos judge of Alas ka nud Junior Crossley to be United States attorney. loged nomination was not obtalnod oljher lawfully or honestly. Be lieving this, I havo deaouucod this alleged nomination as unlawful, null and void nnd I havo rotusod to rocognizo Mr. Taft as tho ropubllcan nomlneo." Norrls declared ho rofusod to ac cedo to tho demands for his with drawal ns tho ropubllcan senatorial nomlneo mado at tho bqhest of "a few solf-constltutod and self-appointed leaders, when most of tho selt-appolutod censors of republi canism nro federal officeholders." Tho Nebraska progrosalvo then de clared ho held his nomination from tho rank and fto of republicans and suggestod holding a now stato-wldo primary, RECTI OE NEW Bl DING NEAR RACK STOPPED iW PRIMARIES 1TAFT IWHD FROM BALLOT Attorney General Webb Holds That Defeat of President In PrlnartM Eliminates His Electees Frew ffcf General Election Ballot Ho. Voters Whs Participate In Pri mary Election Can Sign Neminat. ing Petitions far Any CaitfMate SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., July 22 Should President Tnft bo defeated in tfieonteflt' for cotitn'r,mkthe Sep tember Californin primnries, it would eliminnte-lnVvpleetors, ns republicans, from the general election ballot In November, ndertrdinf? to nrv4pinion U sued today by Stnto Attorney General V.JS. Webb, iavjiich he upholds the progressive republicans nnd main tains that regulnr republicans who desire trt support Tnft mny secure places on genernl election ballots, but mny not use tho name "republican." Webb holds that the Tnft republi cans must either win the'xoiitcst with administration organization for con trol of the republican party in the state or have no cbnnce to -vot for their candidate in November. Tho principal points in tho opinion follew: 1 Brond nnd liberal interpreta tions of direct primary law necessary in order to mnke it constitutiana!.' 2 State ndministraton ticketmaj take the name "republican," although its nominees nre pledged to support Roosevelt. 3 Regular republicans who desire, to piippori President Taft?may se cure places on the general election ballot, but may not use the name "republican." i No voters participating in pri mary election in September mny "sign nominating petitions for any candi date at November election. 5 Cuiudidatca for presidential electors may be voted on in groups, provided they are designated xtf the ballot under some party heading. C Prohibitionists, socialists, or nny other party mny secure place on tho ballot in November election through nominating petitions -without holding party primaries. t ON KANSAS BALLOT TOPEKA. Kan., July 23. The Kansas supreme court today decided that tho names of RooBovelt electors may romaln on the primary ballots and that the voters can then express their choice between Taft and Roose velt as tho republican nominee. It developed thut tho Taft-Rooaovolt row was political and should havo never been brought Into the courts. All suits were dismissed. ,i a IN WE YEARS LONDON. July 22. Introducing the supplomontary naval estimates in. tho Commons today Secretary Church. Ill announced that England intends to increaso her shipbuilding program for tho next flvo yeara to 21 dread naughts, flvo tho first year, and four annually afterward, Ftftoea hundred men will bo added to the porsonnel of tho navy this year, Churchill doclarod that 33 dread noughts will be In commission in 1914, as against Germany's 29, WorJc ou eight crulsora Is to be hastened and olght battleshlpa will be constantly kept In tho Medlterunuean. The estlmatos also provide tor an airship fleet. Churchill declared that Premier Sir Robert Dorden of Canada has au thorized the statement that Canada favors any steps to strengthen the' navy. IN CALIFORNIA ROOSEVELT ELECTORS mm mm DHNB ' 4 P,