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MEDFORD, OttHJGON, MQNIMY, ,JlTLY22, 1912
NO. 103
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HANFORD RESIGNS TO
A VOID IMPEA CHMENT
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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-
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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