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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1012.
NO. 160.
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COIL OF EVIDENCE TIGHTENS ON SPANOS
!
ADMITS HAVING
KNIFE ON LAST
T
Officers Find Murdered Man's Watch
on Shelf at Hotel Medford Where
Spanos Worked Blood Stained
Five Dollar Bill Found on Spanos.
Frank Parker Jailed as Suspect
Fails to Account for His Where
abouts Sunday Evening.
Aftor Untuning to the rending ot
tint verdict of tho coroner's Jury and
ImvliiK iind n warrant of arrest (or
murder served on til in ut tho city jnll
by Hlivrlff Jonoit Wrdiiwdny after
iiiioii Mlkn Hpnuon n earned of tlm
iiiurdor of (Icorgo DuditHknlouri mi
lust Bunday ovnuliig, partially brake
down niitl ndmlltod thnt lio hud bean
l lug to tho officer. H admitted
t tut t Im had Hod to (hit officer In ro
gnrri to tho knlfo. slating thnt tho
knife wan hi nnd thnt It hnd In hU
PohnciuIoh Hnturdny mid Humlny.
Till ndmlMlun followed n dcclnrntlon
by tbu officer thnt they hnd ovl
donco to nhow that ho had thu knlfo
In hU poiseniilou Hnlurdny. Rpanon
declared liowovcr thnt ho hnd loft
tho knlfo at tho pool room on Sunday
evening nftor entlug wntormolou. llo
changed hU atory of tho knlfo ntor
I ho off Icon hud worked up a com
plutn cno ngnlniit hint fallowing tho
finding of tho knlfo by Hhorlff Jonc
nt tho icono o tho crlmo.
New Development
Khorlfr j'onci it ml AotliiK Chief
CliiRcndo hnvo tightened tho not
which has slowly but stiroly beei
cloning nbout Mlko HpnnoH during
tho pmt two tlnyit for tho murder of
Ccorgo DedAHlifttoiiM, n Ureok, on
Humlny night nl tho box rnrtory. Iin
portnnt developments nluco Wodncs
day nro;
Tho flndlnR of DcdnslcaloiiH' wnteh
nt the Hotel Medford on n aholf
above the ptneo whom Mlko Bpanos
worked wiuhlnK dishes.
Tho finding or n five dollar hilt In
Rpnnon' possessions which In blood
titaluod, Hpiuiort' admission Unit tho knlfo
found nl tho hcono of tho crlmo wnn
In bin possession Buuday.
Tho nrroHt of Prank Parker, ynrd
mnn ut tho Hotel Mndford, nH nn
ncrampllco In tho murder. Pnrkor
Hi iinnblo to sntUraclnrlly acrount for
his whorenbouln on Hundny night be
tween 0M0 o'clock nnd 11 MO. The
ufflcorn nro now working on evidence
which U oxpoctod to tthow thnt Parker
assisted Hpnuon In murderliiK George
Dodnnkaloum
Jury Holds Upturns
Tho coronor'n Jury on Wednemlny
nfternoon brotiRht In 11 verdict they
doclnrod their hollof thnt Bpnnos whs
roHpoiiHlblo for tho denth of Ueorno
Dcdasknlotis. Bhorlff Jonon Immod
lately nworo to n coinplulnt churRliiK
Bpanos with tho crlmo nnd uorvod n
wnrrnut on hjin. This uoamod to
woakon Rimnon who udmlttcd thnt ho
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OH AND FLEES
TO UNITED STATES
fcli PASO, Toxiih., Hopt. lir.
Kurly collnpHO of tho Orovxo robollloii
In Mexico City lu noon In ndvlcoa ro
colved hero today which say that
Qeuornl I nor. Suluzar, one of Ooroxco'H
chlof lloutonunta, Iibh dQBortod hU
coiiininml nnd fled to til United
BtutoH, erouuluR tho border Immed
iately south ot DoukIas, ArU.
tiovornl dnyH ago Qonornl Emlllo
Cnmpii, unothor or Oronco'H trimtod
tueii, doHortod tho robot chiibo, erous
Ing to tho Uiiltod States, whore ho
wiih arrputed by Amrlcnn troops.
In nddltlon to Canipn and Salmear,
Dr. Isldro HtlorU, Joucquln Usqulra
and Joso Earundon, all robot loudora,
hnvo doBorted, coming to tho United
States (or safety,
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Who bnn done splendid work In connection with tho DednnUalous
murder. With uothliiR to btnrt on. Mr, JoneK nsxlhtod by Acting Chlot
or I'ollco CliiRcndo, hnvo unearthed uvlilenco which clenrly polntu to Mlko
Hpntioi iik tho murderer. Tlioy nccurod every Important bit or evidence
round to dnte.
REBELLION
NICARAGUA
ENDS
BY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2fi - United
HtntoH Minister Weltzel, at Mauiigiiti,
N'lcnrngua, teleRraphed the Htnte de
partment today thnt Admiral South
er'und hnd ml v! Hod him that (loticrnl
M'nin, nl the head of 700 robolti, had
Hurrctulered.
Tint, Welliel believed, would end
the lebelllou. Il Is not known whnt
illHportitlon will bo made or Mean,
who Ik believed to havo Kiirreudered
to 1'reHldenl Dlnx of Nlcnragua.
Junu IrliiH mid (lonoral X.elcdon,
(lonernl Mena'n aldeti, have not yet
Kurrondorod,
Itehol Holdlerri nro flocking Into
MnuiiRiin today to lay down their
nrum. (lonoral Menu In giving up
the Htruggle nniiouticed wIlllnguoHH
to exile hlniHoir from Nicaragua If
Dints dciilrod but II In not bolloved
that Menu will he aHked to leave.
Some of the othor leadorn, how
ever, prnbnhly will bo prouecutod.
TURKISH MANEUVERS
TO PRECIPITATE WAR
CON8TANTINOIM.K, Sept. 1!5.--That
tho Turklyh army maueuvorri
next month In thu vllayetto or Adrlnu-
inoplo, when It Is expected that r0,-
000 troops will bo placed lu the field,
will give Hulgarla a pretext to pro
ceed with tho mobilization of Itx
army, Is tho holler horo today lu di
plomatic ctrcloH. Much upprohouHlon
Is felt.
SURRENDER
ASSESSOR COMPLETES 1912 ROLL
The nsxoKRcd valuation of .luck
sou county, exclusive of all corpora
tioiiH Hiioh n.s ralhomlH, telegraph
linen, which come iimler tho slate
lmni'd of taxation, h iflia.ll l,tm.
'file uKscriHinont of eorporatioiiH will
raiHo thin to approxlmntely .'f-:i8,00l,-000.
Tho iibfiiMHinoiil, tolills have just
heeu eomiileted hy Assessor W. T.
Grieve. Duo lii equalization of as
scHhtnontH the eul from last year's
assessed valuation is $l,!l!HI,ft'Jj;i, It
is bolloved this will ho offset hy the
assessment to ho levied against tho
Pnelfiu & Eastern between Kagle
h(1 Hntto 'rtllBf m1 tho jiowor
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THREE MURDERERS
ARE REPRIEVED BY
SAl'JIAMKNTO, I'al., Kept. 'JO. -AeliiiK
OowriHir'A. .1. Wallace today
reprioved for two mouth Kil Wliliain
of Cliieo, Willie l.uirf of Monterey
eoiiuly and Alex Sr-arxeur of Sun
l'Vanoiseo, under hculeiieH to lie
liiiugcd tomuriiiw al San Qiteiitin
prison.
At the same time he issued a state
ment d,cclnriii liirf willingness that
no mint miller Heutenee should suffer
the death penalty, in ciixe tho people
Mini) vote to aboliMi enpitul punihh
uieiil. This is tlio position which was
inedieli'd Wnllaee would take when
lie commuted the sentence of death
to life mipiihuninont of tlvorgo l'lp;
ueiim. ROOSEVELT TALKS
MHMPH1S, Tonn., Sept. 2G. In n
Hpeech devoted entirely to Mississip
pi Ittver ucoda, Colonel Theodore
Hoosovelt, progreastvo nomlnoo for
president, nddroaaed tho Lovo con
vention horo today. Ho assorted that
ho favored deep waterway from tho
lakos-to-tho-gulf and believed tho
government Hhould uudertako tho
work.
plant of the I'liwor company at Pro
spcel, neilhor of which were assessed
last year as. they were undor con
st ruction,
Tho assessed valuation of the cit
ies and towns in the county exclusive
of corporations is as follews:
Ashland, .12,81)5,(180,
Medford, $8,7(10,1)1)0.
Talent, $1(1(1,(1.
' .luukhuuvillo, $M7i28l.
Coiilrnl Point, $-107,8(13.
tingle- Point, $155,220.
Phoenix, $171,1)27.
Gold Hill, $183,082.
Hiltto Palls, $81,225,
. Wooitvlllo, f 80,5l)Q,
ACTING
GOVERNOR
UPON
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1M0RGAN MUSI
TELL OF TRUST'S
Money King Summoned to Appear
Before Senate Investigation Com
mlttee and Extlsln Contributions
to Slush Funds
ot Both Parlies.
Younp. Bliss to Br
ng Father's Books
i
Harrlman's Secretary to Be Wit
ness Also.
WASHINGTON? Sept. 2(.I. Pier
nl Morpm of j New York, the
pout
Jk
world V groutct,tMiK organizer nnd
principal xtoekholiler in AiiierieaV
strougext priviitu'Jjaiikuir itixtittitioii,
will be the fiitwiliKK to tcxlit.v
when the scmitatcuntribtitioii ciini
paiiiK iuventigtititig committee re
sumes it heiiriiipi line next Momlav.
The money kins .will he linked how
much money the triott, in which he
interested have contributed to both
the democrat and republican in the
last three citinpaigus.
Morgan's testimeDy is expected ti
develop thu biggeft sensation hince
John 1). Arehbold,' president of the
Standard Oil company, and Senator
Hoies Penrose of. I'ennsylvnnia, in
testifying rcvcntly' before the com
mittee swore that; the oil trust con
tributed $12.7.000 loTheodore hooe
veil's cum;uign fi'ilie pretsideacv in
100-1. '
IIIIk.h Also Suniiiioncd
An important tviiuehi to apear
Monday will be Cornelia X. lilies,
junior, wltnoc father was treasurer of
tho republican national eouitnittee in
1001, nml to whom the Standard Oil
company's contribution is alleged to
have been made. The elder Bliss has
been dead some eai.
C. C. Tegelhoi'f, secretary to the
late K. I. Ilarriinan, the railroad
wizard, will aluo testify on Monday.
Ho will be linked whnt contributions,
if any, llarriman made to tho repub
lican campaign in 100-1, and to ex
plain the intiTO.-t tho latter is said to
have taken in the political situation
in New York during this campaign.
Onnsby Mcllarg of Chicago, who
argued the Koo-evelt contest easo
before the republican national com
mittee at Chicago in June, also is ex
pected to testify Monday. It has not
been developed ju-l whnt tho commit
tee expects 0 learn from Meltar.
Interest also centers in the testi
mony to ho given by Hliss. He will
produce his father's papers and re
cords bearing on tho 1001 campaign,
which nro still intact. Theso are ex
"eeled to show whether the Standard
Oil compaiiy did pay $125,000 to
Treasurer Hliss in 1001 for Roose
velt's campaign and exnetly to whnt
uso the money wa put.
Hoosovelt Also to Talk
Colonel Itoosou'It will testify bo
foro tho committee October '1. Ho
will be followed oa tho stand by Wil
liam Loch, junior, now collector of
tho Port of Now York, who was
Itoosovelt's private secretary in 1004.
Congressmali William 11. MurZiuloy
of Illinois, who directed President
Tat't's auto-convention campaign, will
testify October 7, More than 100
witnesses in all lu"o been summoned.
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NKW YOHK, Sept. 20,- Tho stock
mnrkot resumed Its upward course; at
tho oponlng today Canadian Pacific,
Great Nor.thorn Oro certificates, Con
sblldatod Oan and Hopubllo Iron
gained 1 to 2 points. Soma hesita
tion was shown aftor tho oponlng,
and prices rocodod gonorally but re
covered. Recoveries reunited from
lurgo buying onion), United States
Stool was au ncttvo foaturo, but
smelting with a two point rlso, was
tho strougost or tho spooulntlvo Is
sues, ' Tho mnrkot became qulto dull
around noon and closod woak.
Bonds wore easier,
ELECTION GIFTS
SMELTING
STRONGES
OFSPECULATIVE ISSUES
(SIR l-DWARD CARSON, LUADHR OH HOME
RULE
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Jm Cpward Carson
muM ma kino
8lr Kdward Cnreon. nt one lime Solicitor General for Ireland. Is leading
the cjiiiipnlgn In t'Htpr ngahitt home mlv for Ireland. He retelred a treat
twllon on his leceut pe.iklng tours through London
TEDDY TALKED
white sun
WITH UN D.IR.
MKMPHIS, Tenii., Sept. 20. Cir
cumstances in which he might huve
written that he would bo triad to see
John 1). Arehbold of the Standard Oil
company were given here toduy by
Colonel Itouscvclt in answer to a let
ter published in the Hearst newspa
pers in which Hoosovelt is alleged by
former Congressman Sibley of
Pennsylvania that ho would be glad
to see tho oil magnate. Colonel
Hooscvelt, however, said that he did
not remember the incident.
"Throughout mv administration."
said Colonel Itoosevelt, "if Congress
man Sibley or anyone else asked me
to see Arehbold I would hnvo said:
'Of course, I will ho glad to sec him.'
1 made it a nraetiee to see nearly
everybody who called at tho White
House.
"I would bo clad to hnvo Mr.Hearst
DiiblUb all the letters he has. More
over, if bo can furnish the dates of
letters I have written that ho would
like to see in pi hit, I will publish them
myself.
"I recollect that oiieo John D.
Rockefeller, iiiuior. came to seo mo.
As a malter of fact, however, the
Standard Oil company wns not men
tioned. Our talk was eontmed ox-
lusivcly to tho white slavo traffic."
Bell's Route by Democrats Complete.
SACRAMI3.NTO. Cut.. Sept. 2t.
Attor two dnyH nnd nights or work
tho California stnto convention this
morning adjourned leaving tho quos-
tlon as to whether tho presidential
olectors should bo decided by elec
tion or petition still undecided.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. -Granting
of pensions to mothers of
children, where tho fathers havo died,
been disabled or havo disappeared h
tho new measure of social justieo en
dorsed by all four of tho California
parly platforms adopted hero this
week.
The socialists were the fiist to
write it into their list of immeiliato
demands, taking that action on Tues-
tlay utter n siroiiK speouu in us oe
half by Mrs. Klvinn S. Peals, nssom
bly candidate from Berkeley.
The Roosevelt renublieuns cnino
next, tho principle scouring endorse
ment in their completed plutiorm. luo
parly is pledged to imssj n pension
law tor tho relief of mothers ot no
jjomlont oliltlr!l.
PENSIONS FOR MOTHERS IS PLEDGED
OPPOSITION IN IRELAND
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BERER OF REASON
POUGHKEEPSIE. X. Y., Sept. 26.
Continually snarling and dashing
about like a wild animal, and berott
ot tho uso of speech because of his
long solitude, Artbur Dritton, aged
-10, was round naked and with his
race and body covered with a long,
shaggy growth ot hair recently in
the Pawling mountains, where ho
lived in a cave, la causing tho offi
cials and inmates ot the Hudson
Rive state hospital here much con
cern.
Orltton disappeared ten years ago
and nothing was heard ot him until
he was located In tho. mountain fast
nesses, where, barking Uk"o a dog, ho
attracted tho officers to his retreat.
Dritton Is bolng subjected to nn
exhaustive study by medical experts,
who state that by reason of hU llfo
as a recluso ho has descended to a
state ot primeval savagery. Ho dis
dains tho uso ot knlfo and fork, us
ing his fingers, with their clawllko
nails, at all times, and eating raven
ously whouevor rood Is ofrored him.
Ills teeth are as sharp as it thoy had
been tiled, nnd ho tears at his food
like a wild animal. It Is believed he
lost his reason whllo wandering in
tho mountains years ago.
SMITH NOMINATED BV
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICANS
HARTPOUI), Conn., Sept. 20.
Herbert Knox Smith who recently re
signed us federal commissioner of
corporations, was nominated here to
day by the progressive lmrty for gov
ernor of Connecticut.
Senator Camiuetti, who had pre
viously announced his intention to
make this nn issue of tho democratic
campaign secured its adoption by his
purty.
Tho Taft republicans, in their
platform, pledge support to "reason
able pensions to tho mothers of de
pendent children."
Thus tho four parlies whoso nom
inees will make up the entire mem
bership of tho next California legis
lature stand pledged to euuet ft law
which shall guarantee to every moth
er in California tho opportunity to
retain (ho euro and training of her
own children in her own homo mid
closing forever llio old bud days of
tho hondiug of hnlf-orphaus to public
institutions to live out a sad, bleak
ohUdhoqfl, ,
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REA
WILD
MAN
CAUGH
WOODS
POOR MEN IN
SENATE NEEDED
ASSERTS LANE
Democratic Candidate far Senater
Discusses Ecsnemfc ami Swiat Is
sues at Opening Campaifft RaHy
Before Largt Audience.
Elimination ef Special Privtrtfe HM
te Be Main Problem CMfrffitmf
Country ami1 Nation.
"My first visit to tho Hogtle river
valley was nx n boy in 1800 I have
spent my vacations horo ever since.
I have always regarded it as the most
beautiful valley in the world and
would rather live here than any place
I have ever seen. I have tried sov-
cral times to buy a ranch here, but
never had money enough. I see a
great future for the .valley? It wll
Imj but a few yeartf until every avail
able space in occupiedy-and by peo
ple who do not j-ct know of its ex
istence." f
Sincerity Evident
In these words Dr: Harry Lane,
democratic nominee for United
States senator, opened his speech to
a large audienco at tho Natatorium
Wednesday evening, after a brief in
troduction by C. L. Reames. The
customary sounding brass and tink
ling cymbal of tho campaign orator
were lacking from Dr. Lane's speech,
which was alo"nV the 1e-"5f "an In
formal discussion of economic wsne
involved in the' campaign, interspers
ed with humorous anecdotes which
elicited applause from his auditors.
His evident sincerity and earnestness
greatly impressed those who heard
lu'm.
Dr. Iuie described his efforb to
eradicate special privilege, the seiz
ing of streets and franchises by pub
lic service corporations while mayor
of Portland and stated that tho
troublo with tho nation at large was
the same troublo that Portland and
other cities encountered tho seizure
and exploitation of tho people's
rights nnd domain by special inter
ests, the unjust taxing of tho many
to create swollen fortunes for tho
few.
Discusses the Tariff
"The tariff," stated Dr. Lane, "is
but one of these forms. Unjust as
sessment is made uhju tho multitude
for tho benefit of the special inter
ests. The protection of American in
dustries simply means the unjust
mulcting of the, people, who aro forc
ed to pay excessive prices to tho
trusts for that which thoy sell abroad
for a fraction of the amount Amer
icans are forced to pay. Tho bene
fits labor receives from protection
are shown in tho wages paid by pro-
(Continued on page 2.)
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John W. Davis, for U0 years u resi
dent of tho Griffin creek section lies
ut tho Snored Heart hospital with
both legs fractured, following u mix
up with a calf ut his ranch this
morning. Ho yill recover although
he is about (15 yours of ago.
Davis was leading a calf' when the
uocidcut occurred. Tho nniiuul be
came frightened and bolted. Davis
was caught by tho rope and hurled to
tho ground, fracturing both legs. He
was about uUO foot from the liourits
and was forced to crawl that far for
help, his son who live with him being
deaf.
Dr. Porter wiih ealM. Alter wak
ing mi examination he hud blw wavwd
lo Medford.
About six months ago Dhvw had '
mix-up with a wild wt whh.Wt,,
hand giving him blood poUoAittg. M
has just reoomtHl frw tk mmft
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