Csjj, Orrrjon imturloal leeta City Hall J & Medford Mail Tribune cao SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair and warmer Max MAt MIh 1.1 ! Il front tonlM. I'ortjrBcoiul Y-r. Dally M)Vfliitti Ymr. MEDFORD, OREGON, TCRSOA Yt SKPTKMJJKR 24, 1912. NO. 158. Km J I 1 I i l ' AVE GREEKS SUSPECTED OF MURDERING COUNTRYMAN IN JAIL: TWO HAVE $400 IN GOLD Officer Makes Ton Strike hy Locntlnu Knife With Which Dedaskalous' Throat Was Cut Mike Spanos, H eld as Suspect, First Accurately De scribe! Knife and Later Positively Identifies It-Chrlsto, With His Brother, Nick, In Jail at Jacksonville Believe Brothers Guilty. Shirt Covered With Stains. Said to Be Blood, Found at Hotel Medfcid Where Spnnos WorkedLamp Chimney on Which Blood Stain Show Found In Room Occupied by Chrlsto Brothers. Gust Di'tiielnicopiilua mid Tom lunulas (wo (Irrt'kH who liml liccu vlnUiti Ooorgo l)rduHkiilous t lift murdered muni whoso body wus found lulv yesterday under n wnro hount along I lid railroad I melt, anil lot I yesterday about tho time tlio body was found, woro nr icslcd at Ashland lift iiighi, anil brought to .Medford TiiPHiltiy hy Constable Siliglrr. They luul nlmttt f 1(10 iih)ii their persons, &()() or ll being in traveling check secured Monday tnortifiiff from Iho Medford National. iiikI if'JUO in gold. "I" lliciu liml ii large revolver eoucenb'd iiHi!i hhn. , They woro with tlio murdered iiiim until I o'clock Sunday livening, short Iv before tlio t'rimo was committed. They left the pool room shortly be fore Dcdnsknlous, and reached their nmiiH in llio Emorick at 10 o'clock. Toy uncurl tlniL they knew of the murder before leaving .Medford. tint protested their own innocence. When eopfroiiled with tlio corpse, oho 'f tlii'iti broke down nni wept. Moth Imd been employed on Keotioii work nt Hilt. Mlkq Sputins this afternoon juts!-'"llvely-'Mcntirifil (ho knifo 'found nl tho scene of DmhtskuloiH mulilor this morning hy Sheriff June at the ono owned hy litiin Chrlsto, who with hi hrolher Nick, i'h lodged in tho eoiiuty jnil at Jacksonville, iicciihimI of complicity in the murder. To Anting Chief of Police ('iugriiilo and 'n newspaperman, SpnnoH accurately decerihed n knife owned hy tho Greek. Tho description lullied iii every par tioular with tlio one found hy Sheriff Jones, mid Inter, on being shown the knife, KpnnoH positively identified it. Ho Niiyrt that tho ktiifo wiih in his possession for two iiioiiIIih and liml lie guvo it back to lmitt Cliristo, ono inonlh ngo. The oflloers are now woiking upon tho possiblu theory thai (ho Christo brothers committed the crime. SpnnoH Iihh hy no incmin yel, however, salts fied them (Iml lur uid nothing to do with tlio murder. It in now certain (hat ono or two of Iho Irio killed ni'd rohlied DedaHkaloiH, while all three may he implicated. Sheriff Jones and District Attor ney Mul key, modeled hy Acting Chief of Polioo Cingciido made much pro gioKH hi olohing Iho not about Mike SpnnoH, u well known memhur ofthe local (Ireok colony, suspiete-l of Iho murder of George Dcdiiskuloits, a (lieek, whoso body wiih found under neath tho Crater Lake Lumber com pany's box factory opposito the Sou thern Piioitlo passenger depot al II o'clock Monday afternoon. Dodim kaloiiH wan murdered mid rolthed Sunday niuht. With SpnnoH (licro in implicatod in the unso, two Greeks who am brothers. It Is certain that one of thu Irio committed (ho crime. SpauoH waa first Hiispoolod lalo $10 A TON GRAFT UNCLE SAM'S COAL TACOMA, Sept. U I. Major Julm Maxtor, (ptarlot'iuiiHtur, who uyecuted the cont runt for coal whioh han hrouglit (hn . proHonutinii of C. K IJoiiHtou and John Mullock for f and Mud coimpirnoy, wiih on tlio wHuuks Hlaiid hi their trial in (ho fodonil iiourt hero today. Ho toritified ho had novor hvrd any criliciHin of him for awarding (ho contract I'm over $-7 a ton when ooal wiih Belling lu tlio open imirkot for $1(1 and $17. Ho Elated under uropH oxuminatlon by Kcnutpr PiloH, nltorney for tho do foudnntri, Unit It alwayH cimt tho gov ornmuiit moro for gondii than it did piivato nurphwQr Monday nighl and lodged in (ho city jail. At Iho hiiiiiu lime Meit Cum tilings a compiiuioii wiih arrentrd, hut on bin proving a complete alibi wan released. Two other (Ireek friemln f S(anoH, known as Kick and Louie, ("hricto were locked up mid (hey arc being held pending (he investigation. Hhrlt In I'otuitl At a late hour Momlav night Act ing Chief Ciugcndo found a whirl at the Medford hotel where Spiitiox worked which wiik identified by an other (Ireek iim the one Spanoc had worn Sunday. Thin shirt had been waclied Monday hy SpauoH and plac ed in another locker than bin own. Thiw whirl in Mill Mlaiued and the cpoU on it are believed to ho blood. Thin wiik tlio llrrtt link in tho ohaiii connecting SpnnoH with the murder. Tim officer then visited Simon' homo and learned Hint he had chowed up nt bin hotirtc at a late hour Sunday night. II in known that ho left the pool hall on Mr Htreet at 10 o'clock and chuniH that he win in Iho cit park alone for an hour and a half. At Iho lumen n lamp chimney with blood tttaliiH on it wiih found and re moved by the iHilico. SpnnoH nt thnt (lino hud u bloody handkerchief and complained of having had a nunc bleed. , Joiicn Find Knlfu Thin morning Sheriff Jones- satis fied that (ho scene of the murder had not been thoroughly search rcvixil ed Iho scene and far back under (ho box factory found (ho knifo with which the murdered man's throat had been cut. An attempt to identify thin knife as one owned hy Span is was partially Micccftsful. In locating tho knifo Sheriff Jones made a ten strike us it is highly probable that the knifo will 1m fully identified before night. The movements of Iho murdoici'. mail were easily traced as ho is well known in Medford having resided in (he valley for Iho past nix years On Sunday night ho visited tho pool hall on Kir Hlrcct and remained thtv until about 10 o'clock. Mo left alone and wiih followed in a very few moments hy Spauos who had given htm (ho "high sign" to leave the place. Ho also visited a fruit stand on Front street and (hero purchased a watermelon which was later identi fied as (ho olio found nt tho scene of tho murder. Tho man in charge of the fruit stand could not Identify the men with DediiHkalous at the time. Ilody In Found Tho next xccii.nf (ho murdered man wiih at II o'clock Monday aftoruoon when George Stoekus, foreman on tho local Southern Pacific section, noticing (ho queer antics of his dog in tho neighborhood of Iho box fac tory investigated and found (ho body. It was a horrible sight. Tho doud man's head had been crushed with Home heavy implement, probably a stone, and later his jugular vein had been severed. His clothes wore torn from IiIh body In order (hat his money belt could ho removed, ThN bell, empty, wiih found near tho fac tory, Tho murderer or murderers had killed their victim, stripped tho body of valuables and thou drugged tho body under Iho factory. Two Oroi'kH Suspected Al first suspicion seemed to point to two Greeks who were in tho city from Hilt, Cab, ami who planned to leavu for Iho old country soon.. La ter n card from tho Medford h"te! wiih picked up nnd then miRpphjii turned toward Miko Spanon who ws al tho Koeno of tho tragody with tho offloors. lli movements woro tvnoed and ho wiih tutor lodged in jail. Itort CuniniingH, also an employe of (he Medford hotel wiih placed under ar lent hut ho proved a complete alibi and wiih released. Tho lyo G reeks (Continue ou jmgo 3,)i INVESTIGATORS SEARCH FOR CLEWS IN GIBSON (2AISINQ A. A. KK.EMER- MR5.LBEKT STEFeN V Tho nbove photograph hovrii Ihr mixing of tlio roflln containing the Ixxly of Mrs, Kzalm, vrfaouc mysterious death linn cmnicd the mveittlpitlon of the (Jlliwni caxc. new going on In New York. Hy exhuming the body the exact entiKU of tier ilruth can tic drtrrmlnel, I'hotographs of conn- of tin most Important characters In the Inrct!gatlon Hre uIno mIiqwii. 'J'hry nre iScorgc Tlvclinuin, nt whoe )iuc Mn, Szalsr lived: Or. Frll Flschernupr, Austrian Vice Conxiit. who ordered the InrcstlgiitUiii; ilr. A. A. Kreuii-r, coutisil for the Coniul General, and Mrs. Albert Stern, KltllPM. : MING MANUEL JA LED FOR WEARING LEGION OF HONOR I'AUIS, Sept. HI A distinguished appearing youth wiih strolling nloin tho Champs Klysees. In his automo bile was (he rosette of the Legion of Honor. Two policemen npproached, clanking their swords. "A beardless youth like you hm no right to be n chevalier of tho Legion of Honor," said oe. "It is a punishable offense (o wear u Legion of HondV decoration unless you be long." - ' f "I'm not n chevalier; I'm higher than that," replied the youth. "An officer, inujbo?" sneered the IKilicemau. "Higher than that, too," quoth Iho youdi. "Ah, n commander," observed iho policeman, contorting his face in an effort lo multiply his Mtecr. "I am higher than a communder," said the youth blandly. "Oh, I see," responded the police man. "You've pit lite grand cross. This is a little loo much. You coiao along to the station." The voulli went. At Hie station ho handed (he commissary of police his card, lie was ex-Ki.ig Manuel of Portugal. UNITED STATES STEEL RISES TWO POINTS NBW YOUIC, Sopt. 21- Tlio Block market was Irregular at tho opening today. Union 1'nelflc, Northorn Pa cific and Heading wero wcuk. Trnd Ing wub heavy. United States Stool, Colorado Fuel and a few specialities rowo 1 to 2 pnlntR, Anaconda foil abruptly on rumors connected with today's dividend meeting. Call monoy wont to G por cont before noon. Thu market closed strong. lloiids woro steady. BRYAN'S ITINERARY TAKES HIM THROUGH WEST LINCOLN, Ncli., Sept. 'Jl.-Wil-linm J. Mryan's itinerary after his speech in Sacramento, Cal., tomor row night, will carry him through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska and Kansas, according to announce ui eat made hero today. Ou Thursday, according U present nrrnngoinonls llrynu will speak al Carson, Nov., (hen ho will go into (ho western ulates, arriving at Lincoln in timti to greet Governor Yoodrow Vil 8nn hero Oolober 5. On October 11, Wilson will bo thu guest of Mryan nt tho latlor's home. MEXICAN REBELS CAMP ALONG TEXAS BORDER LANGLKY, Texas, Sept. 21. Claiming to belong to thu command of General Pascunl Oroxco, moro than 1,000 Moxioun rebels today aro oticamped across tho border from hero, Americana returning hero af tor importing onttlo say tho rebels charged them an export duty in the iwwno of tho Qrozoo jjQvornmciit. THE. COFFIN CONTAINING MBS. QJMMATE IS OF NEW YOItK, Sept. 'J I.- War ou Tumiiiaiiy Hall if Charles K. Murphy, its big boss, does not abandon hi- procliiimcd inlenlioii to force the re uoniiiialioii of fjou-rnor John A. Mix is said to lie the determination nf Governor Wol ru Wilson, which will be deeliiredhy the democratic cnudidnto for'iisiilciit in Albany on Friday night. M the matter is ad justed beforomilt time, however, and Murphy bucks down, there will be no discussion of the Mtuution. Governor Wilson will start tomor row on his New England trip. Murphy declared today he was not committed to Jlix, for a re-iiomiu.i-lion of the taller. "There is no break." he said, "be tween Senator O'Gonnnn and 1. The senator i not n delegate to (ho Syra cuse convention because he did uo( indicate he wanted (o go. If he wishes he may go as a delegate from my own district." TAFT SENDS MARINES TO PIMLAntiLIMIIA, Scpl. 24. -While en route cast today President Taft ordered the United States transport Prulrlo to sail Thursday or Friday from hero with 750 marines, who aro to guard tho custom houso at Santo Domingo during tho revolution which has broken out there. SIR RICHARD CARTWRIGHT, NOTED PUBLICIST DEAD KINGSTON, Ont., Sopt. 2 1. Sir Illchard Cartwrlght, noted Canaduln publicist, dlod at his homo horo to day, following n surglcnl oporatlon. Horn In 135, Sir Ulclmrd dovotod tho greater part of his llfo to poli tical service for his country. A warm friend of tho United States, ho urged, as minister of trado and commorco in tho Lnurlor, cabinet, commercial reciprocity with tho ad Joining ropuhllc. At Quebec in 1808 and Jignln la Washington In 1808-99, ho represented Canada In Anglo-American Joint high commis sion, SACRIFICE A LEG TO SAVE BURNED GIRL'S LIFE GAUY, ind , Sopt. 24, A horo fund was sturtod hero today for Wil liam Hugh, who has offorod to sacri fice a log to nuvo .tho Ufa of Miss Kthal Smith, who wna sorloualy burned when a Bpurlc.from n motor cyclo sot flro to hop clothing. Phy sicians stated thata unless skin was grafted soon to Miss Smith's logs alio would dlo. Doctors J. Ai Oralg and Frank Smith will decldo today whether to pormlt Hugh to sacrifice his log. Everyone calls Hugh a "bravo boy," although ho Is 41 years of ago, llq Insists ho will soil papers as usual, ovon l( ho should; 8ftg-lfgo n leg. ULTIMATUM WOODROW WILSON GUSE IN NEW YORK. HARRY LANE TO SPEAK ON ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN Dr. Harry Iine, democratic candi date for United States Senator speaks at the Xatatorium tomorrow even ing. Ho will stop at Gold Hill en route here and be accompanied by local democrats In automobiles. Ho will visit tho G. A. R. encampment at Kaglc Point and tho Pioneers re union at Jacksonville. Ills Itinerary follews: Central Point opera houso 2:30 p. in. Wednesday, Sept. 25, . Medford Nalatorluni 8 "pP m" Wednesday, September 25. Jacksonville, nt Pioneers meeting 2 p. m. Thursday, Sopt. 20. Ashland, at Chautauqua auditor lum $ p. m. Thursday, Sept. 26. Dr. Lane Is no stranger to Jackson county. His father. General Lane, wns first governor of Oregon and commanded tho troops that sup pressed tho Hoguo river Indian out break. Ho has numerous relatives hero and has spent vacations hero for years. Dr. I.ano Is not a politician. Ho was nominated without being a can dldatc. Ho served two terms as mayor of Portland, and during his regime open gambling was finally suppressed and Sunday closing on- forced. Ho la a progressiva demo crat and a good speaker. huher-is AT MOSTON, Sept. JL Chestor S. Jordan, sentenced to death for the, murder four years ago of his wife, Ilouora, was electrocuted nt the state pri-;oii hero at 10:'J1 o'clock this iiloruiug. Jordan's wife was known in vaude ville as Irene Shannon. Her murder was discovered after Jordan had slain hor and put tho remains in a trunk which ho carted around town in it cab. The driver hceanio suspicious and reported to the police. Tho orimo was bolioved to bo tho result of a quarrel. WHITMAN SATISFIED WITH EVIDENCE AGAINST BECKER HOT SPRINGS. Ark., Sopt. 24, District Attorney Charles S. Whlt uian of Now York, with his assist ants, returned cast today satisfied that their examination horo of wit nesses will bo sufficient to bolstor up tho caso against Police Lieutenant Charles Ilockor, who Is charged with murder In connection with tho kill ing of Gambler Herman llosonthal In Now York, CONNELLY OF MADERA TO PRESIDE DARROW'S TRIAL SAC1LUIENTO, Sept. 24, Acting Governor Wallace today appointed Judge Williapi Connelly of Madora to preside at the trial of Clarence Darrow for tho allogod bribing of Juror Main in the MoNamara case, Tho trial will open October '21 in Los Angoles, ww. CAIMAN!! FLOCK TO HEAR BRYAN SPEAK Nebrasknn Arouses Wild Enthusiasm and Trip Is Continuous Ovation Taft Out of Harmony and Roose vclt a Belated Reformer. Wilson Praised for Moral Courage and Sympathy With People Rare Ability' as Student of Government. IIANFORD, Cal., Sept. 21. Start iug on a lour of the San Joiwptin val ley which will land him this nfter- nnou nt Sacramento to address the delegates to the democratic state convention, William J. Mryan, cam paigning in the interest of Woodrow Wilson, democratic nominee for president, arrived here at 7 o'clock thw morning. ' Travelling wiih the commoner are n dozen California democratic lea ders, including James I). Phelan aiid J. "S. Witrdcll, who will have charge of a big mnss meeting at Dreamland Hink, San Krancixco. tonight. Amuse Wild KnthuMn.'oit Desoitc the carlv hour hundreds thronged the station here nnd Mrynu wns driven to an hotel amid an en- llitiuiniir. ilitiTtsinuf rnlinti. ltivnn.i speech delivered in (he court house yard, nroitsrd his auditors to wild enthusiasm. In his hccch Mryan devoted about the same amount of time to Taft and Roosevelt, declaring that the former was out of harmony with (ho pro cressivo jnovemeut aud that Roose velt is n belated reformer." Bryna used George W. Pcrktns as an jllus "( ration of Roosevelt's plnn for mak in' the trusts ncrmatieiit. "His doctrine,'' Mryan said, "is the most dangerous preached in hun drcd years." Praises Woodruvc Wilson In presenting Woodrow Wilson, the commoner dwelt upon the moral courage of the' democratic nominee nnd his sympathy with the people. He also expounded on Wilson's rare ab.l ity as a student of government. Tho Mryan special train left hero at 9 a. in., arriving at Fresno an hour later. In Fresno n forty minute speech was delivered. Tho party es- jiects to reach Sacramento at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Bryan announced that ho ha! ac cepted an invitation (o speak in Reno, Nev., on Thursday. His itinerary calls for speches al San Francisco tonight, Oakland tomorrow morning aud Sacramento tomorrow nuiht. Fresno Cheers Xebraskau FRESNO, Cal., Sopt. 24. Moro than 5, P00 cheering men and women wero assembled lu tho court houso gquaro horo today when William Jen nings Itryan arrived from Hanford and dellvorod a short speech eulogiz ing Woodrow Wilson and denouncing Taft and Roosevelt. "I will speak of Taft tho president who Is," said Bryan, "of Roosovelt, tho prcsldont who has been, and of Woodrow Wilson, tho president who Is to be." "Taft. a unlquo flguro In political llfo, camo Into power four years ago my a million majority and ho goes out by unanimous consent. Eleventh Hour llorormer "As to Roosovolt ho comes as a re former at tho olovonth hour, not a penitent prodigal, not to turn state's evidence agatnBt former associates, but with the demand that ho bo niado prosecuting attorney and placed (Continued on pago 2.) FIFTY T! Li LOS ANQELES. Cal.. Sopt. 24. Southorn California democrats today aro Jubilant following tho visit of W, J. Uryan wno opoaou me cam paign of southorn California for Woodrow Wilson, Tho Coinniouor'a mala mooting at Flest Park was attended by 20,000 people In all about 50.000 porsons heurd Bryan horo. Local democrats bollovo that Woodrow Wilson's strength in Southorn California baa boon uudor e-tlniated, LAND OWNERS APATHY KILLS CANAL PROJECT Rogue River Canal Company Drops Effort to Extend System to Irri gate Entire Valley Until Sixty Per Cent of Owners Sip Contracts, Development and Planting of Rogue lands Continues on Largo Scale Price of Water Raised. Tho efforts of the Rogue River Canal company to extend Its Irriga tion system to covor the entire valley with canals have ceased oing to tho Indifference of land owners who fall to appreciate the vaule of water, anil tho company's solicitors called off. However, tho company will extend Its system whenever sixty per cent of the land lying under a proposed exten sion is signed up. Ail prospect of new construction work in the near future is abandoned, though the work of developing and planting company land will proceed on a large scale. At a recent stockholders' meeting, tho above program was adopted, and the following resolution passed: Announcement to Land Owners Whereas This company has for the past eighteen months maintained a corps of solicitors In the; field In an endeavor to Interest the owners of land in tho Rogue River valley In Ir-r rlgatlon; and whereas, after persist ent efforts It has been demonstrated that tho land owners of this valley are indifferent to the advantage of Irrigation and that it Is Impossible to sell sufficient -water on any of the proposed extensions of the company's system to warrant the construction of the same. ' " It Is therefore resolved that all so licitors be withdrawn and that no further expenditures be made on the company's canals other than Is neces sary to fulfill tho company's contracts with Its present customers. Up to Land Owners It Is further resolved that when ever In the future the owners of land lying under any of the company's; proposed dcxtenalons shall furnish tho company with contracts for waler on 60 per cent of the land lying un der, such extension, that this com pany will construct such extension and furnish water on such contracts. Whereas It will require approxi mately fifty dollars per aero on 60 per cent of all land under tho pro posed systems of the coaipauy to pay tho first cost of coustructing tho system, and whereas by reason of. In terest und tax accumulations on the present Investment or the company the cost of such systonf Is constant ly Increasing. It Is thoroforo resolved that fifty ( dollars per aero Is the minimum prlco at which water rights can bo sold by this company and that ou and after January 1st, 113 said price ho In creased to flfty-tlvo dollars por acre until further notice. Additional In creases in tho price of water to ho mado from time to tlmo as directed by tho board of directors of this com- ( Continued on page 2.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept, 21. An imuiediato strike of tho minora of tho Nevada Consolidated Miues at Ely; Nov., in sympathy vith tho atvik iug miners of tho Utah Copper com pany at Bingham, Is reported ins be ing arranged today by President Chnrjos II. Moyor of. the Wuttim Federation of Miners who is in that camp, Thoro wero no ilovelupmout of noto today hi Bingham, whuro Gov ernor Spry is still seeking a busU of settlement between the men and their employers, Tho only stir in the camp was tho arrivnl of forty additional sheriffs' deputies, which followed the discovery of three boxw of dynamite cached uoar tho Bingham dapot, It is reported here today (hat (he executive board of the. WeMern Fed eration of Mfuers i prepared to alL .... imnlOiltula .filllOMut Slfpltrll f Ii ttl LUlll fill HHumiiniv ifiilini M."T .-.-.i" ouk the went if strikebreaker Tw used at BlHjjham, f ' MEW MMDS TO JOIN ns ! n"fa I t a