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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Fair and vwtrnt Mnx. 7ilj
IWIn. -10.
MEDFORD, OIllMON, TflUItSDAV, OCTOKKtt 17, 11)12.
PnllyPitviiulh Year.
NO. .178.
SPANOS CONFESSES TO KILLING GREEK
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DEDASKALOUS 10 SCENE OF GRIME
FULL DETAILS OF COLD BLOODED 'DEATH CAME 10
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GREEKSUDDENLY
Onnnos Tells All to Officers nnd Lalcr Slnns Statement Covering All
Particulars of Crlmo Insists That He Was Forced to. Help Trank
Parker In Disposal of Body States That Ho Did Not Know Parker's
Intentions Until tlia Fatal Dlow Had Been Struck Says Parker Told
Him to Tlirow the Blame on Bert Cummlrius, and Declares That Cum
Inns Is Entirely Innocent of the Cilmc.
JACKSONVILLE, Oregon, Oct. K., Uil2.-"I, Mike Hpnuox. of my
own free will ami imtlroly nt my own mikkwUoii and mdlcllntlou ami after
having been wnrnml by Him prosecuting attorney Hint tliv statement I nm
about to make, will, If seen fit, ) used n($altiHt mo, way Hint on tint '-'ami
of Koplnmbor l lh lown Lumber Compnny'ii box factory In Mcdford near
tho hour of II o'clock p. m. I was prenent nml saw George DcdiiwknlouH
hilled. Tim killing watt done In llm following manner:
'(leorgo DodiwUnloiu. Frank Parker nml msolf wont to this place to
nit-ut a Klrl Hint Pnrker hail promUml to bring there. Tins nlrl dlil not
come. Jul before going to tho box factory Parker tolil George he ought
to got a watermelon for llm girl ami tlio rem of us. Parker and I stood
nenr the depot until George got the melon. Then George nml I wimt to
the box factory while Pnrker wont nftor the Klrl. Parker cnino hack In
n few moments without the Klrl Huyliig that she woulil bo there In n few
minutes, lie said: 'LctM cut the watermelon.' George liml my knlfu which
he hail borrowed of me nt the (Sronk pool hnll nbout 8; .10 ji. in. He
handed It lo me to cut the melon. Hut Pnrker Imdnlcd that George cut
It for 'he In an old Itnml at It.' I then linndi'd the knife back to Gcorgo
and George bent over to cut the melon. Then Parker hit (leorgu In tint
back of the head with a piece of pipit wrapped with tape, lie hit him
threw or four Hinc.. Then . Pnrker told me to take .him, Innldo. Parker
hnd n gun In one hnnd nnd the pipe In tlio other sin ho nld:''( 'If you don't
When Parker Struck First Blow No
Sound Was Matlo by Injured Man
Spanos Says Parker Held Gun on
Him and Forced Him to Help
Tells How They Lured Georfje
About City Sceklnrj Quiet Spot.
SCENE IT BECKER TRIAL WHEN IMPORTANT WITNESSES TESTIFIED
GIOVANNI 6TANISH .
Mike Spuuon Iiiih confessed that h"
was present ul (lie murilor of George
Dcdiisknluu, a Greek, nt the box Inc.
lory In Ihi eily .Sunday evening,
September --. lie Implicates Frail.
Parker, yniiliimu at a local hotel,
whom lie ny did Hie actual killing.
Spuuos miiili' his I'liiifcsHinu to Slier,
iff iIuiich after sending for him.
Later he repented hi slory lo Dis
triet Attorney Mnlkey, Sheriff ,lone
niiil L. Jin I oil. Mis fdulement wnx
put in writing hitted mid acknow
ledged by Spanos. Parker was ar
retted early Thursday morning nml
Indeed in the county jail.
Although la- has (old the Mory id
the crime in all of its particular,
even visiting the scene of the crime
with the officers and (here vividly
describing ihovarjoiiH tden in (he
killing, Spnnos maintains Hint lie did
Inke him Inside I'll do you the name way.' Ho I dragged GoorRo Imddofunt know dial Parker planned to
take (he muu'8 life until after Hie
first Mow wnx struck nnd Dcdnskn
Iimih had fallen forward on his face
unconscious. Spanos then deelnrcs
that Parker drew a mm and forced
him to drair the body under the box
I factory, where Parker cut the man'
throat nnd threw Hie knifo nway,
afterward robbing the body. Spanos
slutt'8 Hmt he olilained .only $7, Pnr
ker pocketing the rest- with the. ad
monishment for Spanos to "keep Ids
mouth shut."
Confession Voluntary
Spanos' coufcsMon follows his
coiifiiicnicut iu the county jail during;
the past Ihreo weeks, Ho has been
alone in the upper tier of cells where
he has had great i!pportuuity to lliink
about his clime, lie has hedged lo
he placed in Hie cells on the firM
with Parker's help. After wit were liiHlde ho made mo light mntchc
while he cut George's thront. Pnrker cut IiIh throat wth the namo knife.
Then Pnrker went through bin pockets and then ho tore open Ida clothe
nnd Rot the belt while I lit mute turn from n box ho hnuded me. Then
Pnrker Rot the belt. I do not know whnt ho roi from It. That $r. bill
I hnd Parker Rate mo to shut up nml nay uolhlnR. He told me If 1 over
uld anything I would not live over "I hours as ho hnd frlemlH outHldu
lookliiR out for him.
"Tint watch found nenr CiiiiiiiiIiirh' nhelf wns put there by Parker,
lie told me 1 miiHt Htty llert CummtiiRB put It there if It watt found. Pert
CuinmlnRH Im Innoront.
"The pumn In the one that Pnrker took the J.r bill out of. lie told
mo to ny that llert CuiuuiIiirii throw It nway.
"Pnrker nnd I went to a hydrant near an old Htnbte and watdicd our
IiiiiuIn nfter (he ktllliiR. We uIho Minhed our hIioch, Pnrker IiihIhHur on It.
"Pnrker told tun he wiih roIiir to lay low awhile nnd then bent It.
"Pnrker hnd his pocket full of moiiiuIIiIuk and I heard (ho money
rattlliiR In IiIh pocket. Ho ah:n riivo me two dollars In tdlver nnd I riivo
r0 centM of It to my wife and told her I won It Hint night,
"When I wiih on the stand lentil) Ini; nt Pert CiiiuiiiIiirh' hcurliiK
Pnrker Mtood uear tlio front door nml shook his flul nt mo when 1 wiih
(eHtlfyliiK about the watch. He nlso Rrltted hi teeth at mo when 1 did
not nay Hint I had seen llert place the wiitch on the shelf,
"The pipe whh IiiiurIur to Parker's wrist whllo ho itnurr.hcd HcorRC,'
To the nbovo ntnteinent In the presence of II. V. Mulkcy. W. A. Jones
nml Louis Uuton after the Hnmo w iin rend to mo 1 affix my ulRiiaturu.
(8l?ned) MlKH SPANOS.
WITNKHSKH II. F Mulkey, V. A. Jonen. f.ouls Union.
1 mkiWmiJMy WWm&sS&r jM.
DGO FRMnIK." CmULS ECKe xfySSfflmtt&r THOMAS RYAN
. )('j3it?9mSer refuses to ipcnTiFVc&y
KiAuiis i JL iWiJEPiT !
OF SCURRILOUS. Wm RAISES STANDARD :
AHttHNU HHIP OF REBELLION ?
ROOSEVELT OUT
OF ALL DANGER
SA SURGEONS
All Nervousness Has Disappeared
Only Teddy"s Desire to Carry Bul
let as Souvenir Will Cause Opera-
ticn to Be Performed.
Thousands of Telegrams of Sym-
s
pathy Pour in and Hundreds of
Boqucls Arrive Daily.
(Continued on Paeo Three!
POItTI.ANI). Ore., Oct. 1
Thomas J. Hums, socialist writer,
nnd bovcii other prominent tsoclnllats
were today Indicted by the county
Krnnd jury for Issuing an nllcRcd
Bcurrllous clrculnr directed ngaluut
Colonel Theodore Itooscvelt and
CoiiRrentimnu I.oiiRworth, on the oc
casion of Koobovclt's last visit here.
Tlio announcement of the indict
ments, which wero secret, was made
todny.
The federal grant! Jury Is reported
lo be considering tint return of like
Indictments.
Acting presumably as (ho result of
the ' attempted assassination of
Colonel lloosevett, nnd tlio alleged
action of a number of socialists in
snickering nnd Inughlug when the
shooting was announced at a social
ist meeting here Monday night, the
MOftRtS I.UBAN...
NEW YOltK. Oct. 17. The
j state rested its casd at 4:25 o'clock
this afternoon In tho trial of Police
Lieutenant Charles Decker, nccused
of tho murder of Herman Rosenthal.
grand Jury indicted tho socialists.
The circular which referred to
Itooscvelt us tho executive who "at
tempted to murder Haywood, Moycr
nnd Pcttlbono and to Congressman
Nlcholns Lougworth as a "bawdy
house keopor" was spread broadcast
upon tho occasion of Hoosovelt's
visit to Portland last month.
The most glaring cunrgo made by
the circular was "you sold Princess
Alice," roferrlng to Colonel Roose
velt" to that bawdy houso keeper,
Nlcholns lougworth." It also re
ferred to an article In n New York
paper which nccused Roosevelt of
stealing $10,000,000 in money ap
propriated for the Panama Canal.
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LONDON, Out. 17, Dispatches
received hnio from Coustniilluoplt)
todny Hiiy that Turkey formally de
clared war iigalnst Hulgarla and Sor
via today. The Turkish war office
lias ortluroti n general advance on
tho (Ireek frontlor, nnd n Turkish
fleet Is already nailing toward (ho
(Intf of Sparta.
LAWSON SfflT
$17,000,000
SOKIA, Oct. 17. Accompanied by
his utuff, King Ferdinand loft today
for the liontliiuurtortj of tho Unitar
ian urmy uuur tho Turkish frontier.
Tho king, It Is botltived, will Issun a
formal declaration of war from that
position.
CONSTANT! NOPLI0,' Oct. 17.
Hot li (ho Sorvlnu and llulgiirluu min
isters wmo glveil tholr piiuHportu to
day and nt oncii dopartod tor tholr
I'ouutrleH,
SOFIA, Oct. 17, Tho Htatomont
given out hero today Hint war hud
been declared against Turltoy is of
ficially said to bo premature, The
iinnoiuicoiuoiil, u Is said, wiih dim
to mlHto,l(o,
FUND WD
WASIIINOTON, Ocl. 17 Tlio Hal
charge thai .$17l0(HI10l)0 wiih ruibcd
by (lm "Wnll Street system" lo back
llm ilurk horse cnndiimlo nt the dciu
oeralie national eonvenlio'u in Hnlli-
moro wiih muile by ThonuiH W. Law
son of Huston (his nl'lernoon before
the Htnuilo eumpnigu eoulributioiiK
iiiveHtI),'aling eoinmillce. When
pressed, however Luwsnn was umihlu
to l'uruihh (lie uuiucs of (lin uonlri
bnlorri. The Hnston l'iimueier tnhl (ho eoin
millce that lliu DiefiuiiH testimony
given the proheru wua generally eon
Bideri'd u joke,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Test!
fylug heforo the koiiiiIo eoulrihutloiiH
luveritlgndng eommittea hero this
afternoon, Krnnk A. ftfunsoy, nul
linnuiro iiowHpniHii puhlishei' and
magazine owpor, ndiuitted that he
oontrihttted .fl 18,000 to Colonel
Theoiloi'o Hoosuvolt'n pre-eouventiun
ttniupnigu.
Luwson followed M'uusey on the
stand. u testified that tlio Stan
(Continued on nngo 3,)
NEW YORKHERALD POLL sMwlNlS BIG LEAD
In the New York llcruld iintionnll cessions of strcimlli, howexcr. Tnlils,,nw votes and by tho fact that no
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poll published Suudiiy, Oct. Jit, Wd
son is fiist, Uoosou'lt Hecond, Tafl
Ihird. At Ilia opening- of the third
week before election the Ihreo rivals
for (he presidency still upponr to he
Mrength perceptibly. In lown ho
still pondering," .still (he unknown
quantity (hut will decide Hie result.
In souio flections evidcuecs are not
wanting Hint tho "on-llio-fciico" ele
ment is slowly dismounting and Ink
ing ii definite position, hut tho top
rail holds hundreds of Ihousnmls of
riders. TIiIh grout, sphiux-liko vole
IciiiIh politicians to declaim with fer
vor that llm election this year will he
any man's battle right up to Iho open
ing of the polls.
'I'a ft Sentiment Shows (iootl Galas
Tlio most notable development of
Iho lust week iik indicated by tho na
tional political eanvuss has boon the
strengthening of (ho Tuft force in
MHiui Kcetious. In Ohio, Taft'rf homo
stale, tho president increased his
gained somewhat; in Pennsylvania ho
apparonlly continued to draw from
Iho Roosevelt camp; while in Now
York thero wero evidences of a
swinging hank of voters from tho mHv
party into Iho old republican lino. II
hoars, nut to a certain extent the as
sertions of Iho Tuft uiauagerH tli.it
tho presont prosperity will heeomu
more and more of u campaign asset
for Tafl, and (hut many u voter,
who now is mulnoitlcd eventually will
givo ear lo tho "lot' well enough
alone" argument.
Notwithstanding his npniu-ont (io-
appcars to be fur in the rear ot hn
two rivnlh. Tho traw vtdo indicate
that Wilson at thii tune is so fur in
tho lend thai if Hie elceliou were to
morrow iitotfiul ot N'ttr. fi he wouhl
win fur more than a majority of the
electoral college. Starting with the
slides of tho south which hue mani
fested no lendencv to; depart from
democratic tradition, tho results of
the Icrtt vole iu I lie dcbalublo states
indicate that at piexunt Wilson has
llm upper hand in at least thirty-one
slutos.
These stales are.
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colo
rado, Florida, (ieorgln, Indiana.
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mnssachiisotts, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Nohraskn, Nevada, Now
Joitioy, Now York, North' Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South
Cnrollna, South' Dakota, Tennessee,
Toxini, Virginia, West Virginia, "Wis
consin, Wilson Thirty-oiio states; total
electoral volo ot 110, Necessary to
elect, 200.
Nine -States Doubtful
This list, which Is not offered In
nny soubo as a forecast of what will
happen Novombor B, but morely as
an Idea of how the cltuatlon now
Btamls as Indicated by tho cuuvass,
does not include souio states iu
which tho teat votes favor, WUboii,
but whero siipploinentnj Indication?
favor somo other rnndldato,
Chief ot these states la California,
whoro WIson s (nvocqd both by tho
Tuft electors will bo on tho ballot,
leading many Taft anon to declare
themselves for Wilson.
Other states iu tho doubtful col
umn Just now aro Connecticut, Dela
ware, Maine, Montana, New Hamp
shire, New Mexico, Rhode Island nnd
Wyoming, souio favoring ano candi
date, somo another, but still being
the sceno ot such nurd battles that
wore tho election tomorrow It would
bo any guess as to who would win.
This doubtful territory has forty
olght electoral votes.
Slv for Ktm.sevelt, Two for Taft
Tho canvass indicates that nt
present iloosovolt has tho undoubted
lend In Illinois, Michigan, North
D.iKotn, Idaho, Oregon and Washing
ton, bIx states that have- tdxty-flvo
electoral votes. Utah and Vermont,
each with four votes, are for Taft,
For the next threo weoks tho efforts
of tho Taft and Roosevelt forcoa will
he to demolish tho string of Btatca
Wilson Just now appears to havo
nnd to capture enough ot tho-doubtful
Btatca to win.
In an ordinary campaign tho
final threo weeks is tho critical per
iod, and In the present campaign It
Is oven moio tho crucial stngo. All
tho lenders nro looking for Import
ant changes In the situation within
tho coming wook. ' Tho sllont voto
Is slowly finding Its volco. Tlio
knloldoscopo of politics may bo Eont
whirling at any tlino. Trends ot
Bontlmeut now la their lnciponcy may
dovolop Into vast proportions.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 17.-A bom
bardment of Vera Croz, which is
held by rebels under Felix Diaz, was
ordered today by the Jhulcro govern
ment. Commodore Azuctu, fit charge
of the "imbonts was- directed to open
fire nt iliere(ioii.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 17. Dis
patches iceeived here today from
Vera Cruz, where General Felix Dinz
nephew of Porfino Diaz, deposed
president of Mexico has raised the
banner of rebellion, attributed to tho
leader the statement that he started
tho revolution at the request of this
"best element" of the tinny.
After onlerimr Vera Cnir. with ,"00
men Diaz seized the nieual nnd gar
rison there, which comprised 500 of
(he 21st infantry and one buttery of
six guns. Revolutionists were then
placed iu ehargo of tho gunboiUs
Ilravo mid Tnmpieo which were lying
in the harbor.
General Kugouilios, commander of
tho troops in tho sdito of Yueatan,
is reported (o favor Diaz, and it ii
feared hero that ho will join llm new
rcbolliou.
Congress is loday considering the
demand that members of President
Mitdoro's cabinet resign. The min
isters involved uro charged with hav
ing secured millions of dollar.
through grafting methods.
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IH MI'Mj MOOSH TO KAT t
IlKAIi JIOOSi; STIUIC
CHICAGO, Oct. 17. A
man whoso name Is not given
telephoned to progressive
national headquarters hero
today that ho was prepared
to furnish Colo'nol Roosevelt
with tho tenderloin steak ot
a bull mooso recently shot.,
Roosevelt smacked his lips
when Informed of the offer,
grinned and asked tho doc-
ters: "How about It?"
They said he might have It.
"t want It cooked In hunt-
ing stido," tho colonel or-
dercd. "with salt pork. Give
mo somo flapjacks, baking
powder biscuits, coffee and
condensed milk with It."
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CHICAGO, Old. 17. At 1 o'clock
(his aft yoon (ho physicians in nt
tendn: mton Colonel Theodoro
Itooscvelt at Mercy 'hospital issued
the 'followjiig bulletin:
"Pulse, tempcraturo and respira
tion of Colonel Uoosovelt have reach
ed the normal stage. Tho blood count
has dropped to normal and his
breathing is much cusier.''
STRIKERS INTENDED TO
MURDER ALL SCABS
SALlvM, Mass., Oct. 17. Tesli- colonel. uetiuiesccd iu this plan
CHICAGO, Oct. 17. The following
bulletin concerning Colonel Roosevelt,
was issued at 9 this merning: "At'
this hour Colonel Roosevelt's pulo
is 73, his tempernturo 08.11 and his
respiration 18. Tho wound litis ju
been examined and looks well. There
is some oozing, hut Iho lungs uVe in
good condition. The patient' gcuer
nl condition is splendid. The ca.se
is nrogres&iug nicely and unless somo
imforseeu complication occurs the
bullet will not bo removed at pres
ent." The colonel laughed and joked this
morning with Mi. ItooMivelt, thu
surgeon nnd his ttursfts.
Says He Keels 1 Sully
"I feel bully mid flue," ho tic
tilnrcd. "I huvu just hud a good
sleep ami feel that I could start for
Oyster Hay Imlny if (ho doctors!
would lei me."
The physicians than mlvUed thu
colonel that oven if (he case pro
gressed in (he mod fuvpruMa w.iy
there would be no olinucu of him leav
ing Chicago until after Sunday. Tho
luony that he overheard Arturo Gio
vumiitti, co-defendant with Joseph
Ktlor and Antonio Caruso on the
chargu of murdering Anna Lopizzu,
a woman striker, tell Policeman Gal
lagher that the strikers intended tu
break the heads of nil "noubs" was
given by Policeman Harry of Luw
ronco at tho trial of tho accused la
bor leaders, hero today. Gallagher
corroborated Harry's to.-dinionv. '
Dr. William Uvans, former health
commissioner of Chicago, wan uulluil
into consultation today. Ltilcr ho
ouid :
"Colonel Koosovoll'ii wound m iu a
region' filled with impoitaut organs.
Tho bullet headed straight fjir thu
blood vessel coming from the heart,
If it had not been nearly spent he
fore it struck him, ho would havo
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