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Dnlly Hnvoiilh Yi-nr.
TAFT PROTECTS
PET COURT BY
USE OF VETO
Lcijlslnllve Executive nml Juillclnl
Appropriation Bill Disapproved hy
President House Will Attempt to
Pass It Over His Head
Resolution Introduced to Citrli Presi
dential Veto Power Conprcss
May Adjourn This Week
WASHINGTON, Am Ifi. I'nwl.
lll'llt Til ft llllH SCIlt COIIgrCSH Ills Vlttll
of tlu legislative, executive nml judi
I'iul appropriation hill, lie ilintip
pro veil llio hill because it abolished
tin' etuiiiiiereo court inn! jimviitt'tl for
n seven yeiir rnli' fur nil clerks in I lie
government M'rvico,
Aftr tho vein niWHitgn ws rend
("iiiigrosHmnn Johnson of Kentucky
moved tluit tlm iiiniHi' puss tho bill
over tlin veto. Two hours debnio
011 MK'll IK'lioil WIIH tllOU llri'('ll llMHI
WASHINGTON, An in. -A rexo
Iiitlou proposing (lint tlm constitution
In' amended to curb tin presidential
vein isiwer wiih introduced in the
house todny by Reprecntntii
Sli'VciiK of Nebraska. It provide
that tin' limine tuiil M'linto inny nvor
iiili tin1 veto ly n majority oto in
stead of two-thirds.
WASHINGTON, An !.".- Lender
in emigres tody declare Hint only
two thing on n prevent mljonrimii'iit
on Saturday the sibllily tluit
President Tnft will veto tilts "budget
bill" because it abolishes (lie emu
nieree court, nml n possible fight
over -tlm' conference rvirt on tlto
Piirinmn Cnnnl bill.
The confrere iigroomcnnt to ell
intntilo (lie provision for free toll for
Ainerieiin vessel cngugcd in foreign
eoiiiiiierei' I expected to prccipitn'o
n fight in both houses.
The niivnj, pension mid uppropri
nliin bills are itxH'etel to puns. Tin'
house probably will rejeet the senate
iiiuouilmciil (o the eotton bill which
npt-id moil of thy ('nnndiaii reci
procity agreement. The Miliar and
excise, tax bills probably will he al
lowed to die. The. house in expected
to aeeept the scuule's puree I pint
maendineiit to the post office hill.
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WASHINGTON. An 15. Wed hot
denunciation of representatives Hart
lioldt of MiHKOiiri and Mondell of
Wyoming for their npoeehert defending
the repnbliemi nationiil convention
for ro-iioiiiiiiatiiiK Taft , wiih voiced
in tliu Iioiihi) today hy Heprexentn
live Wiirbiirton of Washington.
"ThoHti Hpeeehes," Wiirliiirton diu
olareil, "nhow how ntteily unfitted
and iitiiilulified both Hicmo f;eiitleiaeii
were to net iih jihIkoh in llio eontent
nt Chit'iiKO between President Taft
and Coloiinel ooovolt. IJolh were
i;i'MrtHly partitoin."
Analyzing (ho neleetion of the
WiiHhliiKtoil doleKiitert to tho CMiieno
convention, Wiubiirtoii charged tint
the HooHovolt dclepiten to the WiihIi
incloii Htato (toiiventlon wuro denied
ticlcetH of adininflion and wein ex
cluded front tliu hall, Wiirbiirton
ridiculed llarilloldtV Htateinent that
ho bad a "front Heat" in the national
coniniittei) and Untuned to all the
coiilenlrt.
"About !I0 or .'15 men nut in those
front Heals," mild Wiuhnrton, "Inl
they only beard Hindi evidence tH tlioy
desired In bear. They sat in the
front seats and Ibdencd and liHtenned
and listened, hut, in tlio end, tlioy
reiaenibured only what tliu bnssvs
wanted lliem In renieiuber,"
NINETEEN MINERS KILLED
1,200 FEET UNDERGROUND
AHKHNANT, Ala., An 10. Nino
teen minors aro dead hero today, iih
tlm result of gaH explosion in (ho
Alternant 'mines, Seventeen of lbof
bodies Iimvo luinii recovitrcil.
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MEDFORD
ASKED TO DEFEND BECKER.
SZ& NAPTJN U UTTLCTOl
Kullowliiff tlio rnUlnjc of n fund or
fSO.000 to ilofend Clmrlwi Ileckur, n
llculeiiuiit of K)llco in New York, hold
for tliu murder of llcrinan Itotviilbal,
Murtlii W. Littleton iidniltlcd tluit lie
li.id beeu lukei) to unxumc cbnrcu of
thu defonco.
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. ,NKV YOHK, An I'.. Diseardmc
bis dilatorv tiutics when tlirealeiu-d
with arrext rtuder a federal warrant,
Sam Sehepps, held at Hot Spnn,
Ark., for complicity in the murder of
(iaiabler Herman ItoMiathal, chnni'd
front aiiiii today and is now enroute
to New York in eustodv ( Aihtiinl
Dintrict Attorney Kobert Ituliiu, a. id
Coiinly Detective Stewart, according
to a Htatetaeal isiised here by Dis
trict Attorney Charles S. Whitman.
The .route the officers took with
their prisoner is beim; kepi a wcrct.
When the gram! jury resinned Its
IlU'cstantioii today oftiners of
several banks were waUlm; in lite
corridors' of' 'the Criminal Court
building to testify. It is believed
these men wero called to give teti
inotiv concerning deposits made by
Police Lieutenant Charles IJeeker,
who is Kid to have deposited
.."l),00() in several iuslitutioiift during
the six months proceeding the murder
on a salary of .? 1 H.'i a month. The
hank accounts of other higher-ups
in lite siice department, suspected
of sharing in the .fJ,l(ll),(im) yearly
graft sipiecKi'd fioin New York
gamblers by (be police, will also be
inspected.
polioSg
LOS ANCJKLHS, Oil., An 15.
Although tlio entire department Is
working In n fover of determination,
tho poltco today hnvo been nimble to
capture Chorion K. Greenfield, who
they believe In tho murderer of b'la
elgbt-year-old Hlep-daughter Vivian.
Tlio child's body, tho throat bearing
a gnPldiiK cut, was found Tuesday lu
a Venice lodging Iiouho.
In splto of a letter Greenfield wroto
IiIh wife, declaring that ho would tuko
Ills own life, tho police do not believe
ho Ih dead, They (support this be
lief by tho following argument: Ex
amination hy pliyHlclmiti showed that
tho child was murdered early Tues
day morning, Greenfield did not
leave tho room whero tho body wan
round until :i:U0 o'clock Tuesday
aftornoon, Nearly 100 cigarette ends
wore found on tho door In tliu room
Indicating, tho police say, that for
houiH Greonflold pondorod his courso
nml finally disappeared. Tho fact
that ho was booh In lxa Angolea Tuoa
ay, they say, Indicates that bo decided
not to fulfill bis threat to leap Into
tho ocean at Vonlco,
l'ollco of every California city hnvo
been furnUbed a docrlptlon of Green
field, and a scoro of detectives havo
been detailed to tho search.
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LONDON, Aug. 15, Gen
oral William llooth, head of
tho Salvation Army, Is stqnd
lly sinking today. Ho la un
couhrIouh iinoat of tho tlmo
and bin end lu bollovod to bo
uonr,
.)., $.,fj...(.i$i..f
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NOW
WAV K
D SCENE OF CRIM
CHILD
MURDERER
MEDFORD,
BOWERS, ET AL OF
Reports From Ashland to Effect That
Men Who Checked County In Its
Efforts to Build Bear Creek Bridge,
Would Stop Contractor
Removal of County Property Without
Authority May Be Basis of New
Suit to Check Work
IteporlR from AHlilniut ronchlng
Mi'dford today nro to tho effect that
Itentou llowern and H, A. Cnrletou of
that city aro much dlHgruutleil at tho
fact that Contractor I'erhnm In pro
ceeding with the countriictlon of a
new bridge over Itear Creek lu this
city, ami that they may bring a new
milt to utop tho work basing It upon
tho removal of county property with
out authority. In IiIh suit tho coun
ty court Ik to ho restrained from
"giving away" tho old structure
over Uonr Creek.
It In reported that Mowers, Carle-
tou, et al, of Ashlnntl wero disap
pointed In tho restraining order Is
sued by Judge Calkins of Ashland
Inasmuch as it simply enjoined tho
county from paying for n new bridge
over Hear Creek and did not enjoin
tho contractor from proceeding In the
matter. That Contractor Perham
would be willing to go ahead with
the work and "tako n chanco" did
not occur to thorn. Now, fearing
that Mod ford will actually get n new
bridge, they nrc considering a suit to
restrain tho county court from giv
ing tho old bridge to Mod ford or else
bring proceedings, against Perham
for the removal of county property
witheut: authority. In other woVds
Perham moy find hlnuolf charged
with 'theft."
As tho work of tearing down tho
old bridge ovor Hear Crook proceeds
It becomes more and more apparent
how dangerous It was to traffic. Tho
sills and stringers nt each end wero
badly rotted so much so that splkos
may bo pulled from tho timbers with
tho fingers. Tho steel work Is also
In n vory poor condition.
Contractor Perham Is making fast
time In tearing down tho structure.
A temporary crossing wilt bo com
pleted by tonight.
OF
FISH DIE
MADRID, An .".. naltling for
their lives in a terrific storm off the
north const of Spain inaiiy fishermen
wore drowned, according to advices
received here today.
It is reported that 111) perished nt
Ilalboa alone.
DARROW MAKES
Every Art of the Orator is Employed
by Attorney in His Own Defense-
Pathos, Sarcasm and Wit Is Used
Devotes His Time Today to a Review
of the Testimony hy Witnesses
for the State.
1 1 ALL OF H13COUDS. LOS AN
GWr.KS, Cal., Aug, 15, Ilia Taeo
Btroamlng tears tho Jury which Is to
decide whether ho shall go to tho
penitentiary or bo a, froo man weep
ing Uko children and with a not a
dry oyo In tlto crowded court room,
Olurouco S. narrow today placed his
futo lu tho hands of tho twelve men
who will deliberate on their verdict
within a fow short hours. Tliu
famed attorney nnado tho groatcst
oratorical effort of his long earoor.
Ho played on tho feollngB of tho Jury
and his audlonco as a mastor touchos
tho keys of a groat organ,
As Harrow mado his Inst pica tho
chimes of St, Vlvln's Cathodral a
block away, whoro a wedding wns bo-
lug hold, rang joyfully through tho
court room, Sobs wore audible dur
ASHLAND SEEK
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MAIL TRIBUNE
ORKCION, TJlTRSIMY,
GENERAL TO ACT
WASHINGTON . An 15. The
resolution of Senator Potnereiie of
Ohio directing the attorney general
criminally to prosecute the individual
defendants on tho oil ami tobacco
trusts eases was debated in the
sennto today. I'omercne demnunded
that the senate tako the matter out
of tho committee's bauds and consider
it on the floor. Sutherland called
tho reslutiou "oao of the mot ns
touudin ever presented to con
gress," adding:
It is absolutely insnnc. It would
mean an invasion by congress of the
rights of another branch of the gov
ernment." Seuutor Kcnyon of Town was op
posed to the resolution and lauded
Attorney (len eral Wiekersham for
bis "diligent and fulitliful perfor
mance of his duty."
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WOULD HAVE SENATE RAILROAD
RDER
ATTORNEY
A MASTERLY PLEA FOR LIBERTY
ing his dramatic pause; men and
women nllko wept unashamed.
"If you twolro men sond mo to tlio
penitentiary I'll go," Bald Harrow.
"Llfo Is Uko a gamo of whist, Tlio
unseen cards are shuffled and dealt
by tho hands of Fato, I don't Uko
tho way tho cards aro shuffled but I
Uko tho game,
"I'll play the gamo through tho
long, long night with tho cards I'm
dealt until tho breaking of duy,
"Gontlomon, thousands of men.
women and children, doop down In
tho mines, In tho stores, tho shops
and tho rallrlads, on Iron frames of
Bkyscrnporsj lu tho bowols of steam
ships nro looking to you to snvo mo,
and to vindicate my nnmo.
"They nro looking to you, gontlo
mon, and they'll thank you."
Advancing toward tho Jury box,
carrying n huge shoaf of notes, Dar
row at onco plungod Into tho Lock
wood bribery charge, tho specific In
dictment In tho present whon ho took
up tho caso this mornlug.
"ThlB morula Koutlomon," Dnr
row bognn, "I will confine myself
solely to this caso, not tho outside. Is
sues; tlioy havo nothing to do with
mo. v- '
"All you hnvo to docldo Is: "Did
I gjvo Uutt H, Franklin ,?4,000 on
tho morning of November 28? Did j
MXIITST 15, 1012
THO SPOILED CHILD.
WILL NOT BECOME
SUBJECT TO ENIRY
WASHINGTON', An 15. The
senate todny passed the house bill
relating to land suits brought forth
by tho government in Oregon to re
claim public lauds in which the rail
road company to which they were
granted failed to fulfil tho terms of
the grant.
Tho bill provides that none of the
lauds thus reverting to tlio United
States shall become subject to entry.
Ite effect will bo to confirm in
jsissession of their property those
who purchased lauds from tho rnil
rond in good faith.
1JOISK. Idaho, An 15. Progres
sive leaders today declared a full
progressive state ticket will be plan
ned in tho field for tlio fa)l elections.
As ii result of tho refusnl of Paul
Clngstone to bo u candidate, progres-
sives aro undecided as to who shall
head their ticket.
Franklin tell the truth or did ho Ho?
Tho ovldonco shows ho lied.
Must Not Ho Guesswork
"Gentlemen, you cannot sond mo
to tho penitentiary on guesswork or
suspicion, If I am convicted lu this
case, It must bo on tho story of Dort
II. Franklin. Ills story is that Job
llnrrlmnu camo to mo on November
28 and gavo mo $4,000 for bribery.
Job llarrlmnn says ho didn't do It.
"Do you bollovo ho committed por
Jury? .Next, Frank Wolfe says ho
camo down on tho car with mo that
morning, and was with mo until I
loft for Harrlman's campaign head
quarters. Is Wolfo n liar and a per
juror? For what? Ho lias no In
terest in this caso,
"Now, gentloinon, If you convict
mo when you go to tho Jury room,
yyu must say that I, Wolfo, Harrlman,
Fremont outer, i.ecompio uavis, an
lied, but tho saintly Franklin spoko
tho truth. With their two grand
Juries, their Burns outfit am! their
Kroctor's Association, they rako and
scrapo tho country and find only two
honest iinen Franklin and Harring
ton. All tho rest nro liars.
AVouhl Convict Tbeinselvci
"Gontlomon. to convict would bo
vlct you of bolng party to this plot
to outrap tho llfo and tho liberty of
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LONDON, Aug. 15. Reiterated de
clarations of Irishmen opposed to
home rule that "Ulster will fight"
brought forth today what Is declared
to bo a semi-official warning from
tho government that all those leaders
who counsel sedition and rebellion
will be given short shrift If a shot is
fired.
This dictum of tho government was
practically announced today by Sir
William Byles. a leading Liberal,
who announced that treasou-folony
Indictments aro now beblng drawn up
against certain leaders of tho Ulster
men, and that, If warfare In Ulster
comes, these leaders will bo Imme
diately arrested and held crlnlally re
sponsible. Sir William Byles' an
nouncement Is taken as a practical
warning from tho mtnstry to the Irish
Protestant leaders to ceaso Inviting
to treason.
Adding to tho significance of
Byles' warning, the Dundee Adver
tiser which is considered tho porsonal
organ of Winston Churchill, first lord
of the admiralty, declared today that
tho government Is watching Andrew
Bonnr Law, Sir Edward Carson, F, E.
Smith and others who havo advo
cated tho doctrine of armed resist
ance.
WEST AGAIN SAYS
HE'S NO! CANDIDATE
SALEM, Ore, Aug. 15. Governor
Oswald West today,announcos ho will
not bo a candldato for re-olectlon.
Ho Btated ho believed ho could carry
ou his present crusado for tho Im
provement of moral conditions
throughout tho stato bettor If ho re
moved tho Impression that ho was
noting with a vlow to furthering
political ambitions. Governor West
Is a Democrat,
Stock Market Steady
NEW YORK, An lfl.-r-Todny's
opening stock market devoloped nn
even amount of gains and losses.
Union Pacific, Heading, St. Paid and
Northern Pacific wero inclined to
sonic lionviucRS. Hill issuas yoro
ifinn and the coppers hold fairly
stead. Tlio market closed dull.
ULSTER
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Fair nml warm Mnt l.5j
Minors; Hot llHmai.
NO. 124
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OF TROUT FRY
Most Successful Season In History of
Elk Creek Hatchery 10,500,000
Salmon Fry, 1,600,000 Stcelhend
and fOp.OQO Cut-throats Liberated
Rainbow Trout Efltjs Taken Frem
Fish Lake on Umpqua and Liber
ated in Rogue Tributaries
Over ten nml n half million suasion
eggs and over 1,000,000 steelhcnd or
rninbow trout eggs and 100,000 cut
thront trout eggs were tnken, hatched
npd liberated this season in the Rogue
nnd itH tributaries, (he. trout fry
being kept to the fingtriin htate, by
the United State Bureau of Hat cil
eries nt the Elfc Creek hatchery, work
ing in eonjiine.tion with tho state fish
nnd game association. ,
"This ims been one of ba most
successful seasons on Rogue rivor
which the Bureau of Fisherieh has
experienced in many years," says
Supt. Henry O'Jfnlley. "Durinsr tho
fall of 11)11, -1,830,000 chinouk salmon
eggs were collected nt tho ,s(ation
located near Trail. On .tlio. Lower
Rogue river near Grants Pass, via
collected 5,720,000 chinook salmon
eggs, making a tolul of 10,550,0flV
These wero hatched and then liberated
into Rogue river and its tributaries.
Collecting Trout Fry
'During the early spring, fiteeJ
iiend and cut-throat trout eggs were
collecte dnt Elk creek near Trail, also,
in Applegate creek, results being
about 200,000 stceihead trout re
ceived at Elk creek and 48,000 cut
throat trout The krfcer; portionr'bf'
the egg collected at jApplegnte creek
wero shipped to Rogue river, there
being 1,221,200 steelhoad trout, fheso.
were hatched nt Rogue River station
and when they reached the feeding
stage, W. L. Finley, state game
warden, at the request of the Rogue
River Fish Protective asociation nnd
approval of the State Gamo and Fish
Commission provided ample funds for
feeding them and nlso paid for 'um
ber to construct extra troughs ttt
the fetation located near Trail t& well
ns for labor in connection wiih tho
feeding. These fish were held up
until the early part of August are'
are beimr liberated into th main Hoguo
river nnd its upper tributaries.
"Much credit is duo Hugh C. Mit
chell who is fishculturist nt this
station for tiio fine lot of ffsh ho
hus liberated this summer and we feel
sure that results will be forthcoming
from plnnting such fish for tlioy wero
strong, vigorous and healthy, and of
a sizo amply ablo to tako enro of
themselves.
Kept as Flngerllngs
"In addition to this, tlio cut-throat
trout were alno fed to the fiugnrling
stngo and liberated into the river.
Mr. Finley also providel funds for
tho collecting of rainbow trout eggs
at Fish Lnko somo 45 miles from
Trail, Oregon. A portion of the-o
eggs wore hatched out and liberated
into Fish Luke, the balance, some
255,000, were packed out to Regno
River station to bo hatched and
liberated into this rivor. It is under
stood tho funds for this work wero
provided by the Gamo department '
and, of course, comes from tho
licenses paid by tho rod and lino
fisherman of Roguo river."
Mr. O'Mallcy will bo at tho Elk
Creek hatchory Sunday.
ONLY THREE MILLION
FOR ASM BABY
NEW YORK, Aug. lfi, Tlmt little
John Jacob Astor, tho two dnys old
son of Mrs. Madeline Forco Antor, '
widow of Col. John Jncob Astor, n
Tituniu victim, will lmve to worry'
through life on tie $11,000,000 ' pro
vided for him in bis fnthor'rt will,
wus indicated liero today in a state
ment isHiied by Henry Gildttrtijeevf, -Mrs.
Astor's nttorney.
"Mrs. Astor," said the nttorney, -"has
nlwnys. expressed suttefHctian-
ovor tho provision of the nntj-nuntiu!
agreement, and tdso with her h- 4
band's - will. The. (jufltl of, pro- .
vision for tho poptlitttuetiH ehiid kflt I
not been diseud, but mSm&
over Iho wil ti not probW"
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