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4 . ,11 s trvwfi Hktetta ieett city HN fo Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Clodjr, rntH Mav. 70 1 Ml. ai. . I'tflrtyiMtfloiiiI Yrr. t)llyHViuilh Vrnr, MEDFORD, ONECION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 19.12. XO. 181. 9 ! 0 m 4 i - i - r p t. BLOOD-STAID, TAPE-WRAPPED GAS PIPE FOUND IN is BY AS Officer Clniicadc Mnkes Ten Strike by Uncarllilnrj Evidence Which Will Prove Vltnl lit Case hy Cor roljorntltifi Snanos' Confession. Gas Plpo Hidden in Dark Retreat Where It Has Been Protected From the Weather. Parker's Alibi Poor. Tho gas pipe which Mike Kpaiios declines wax iihoiI liy Frank Parker In tlio killing of Oconto DednskiilniiM in this city Hepti'mber -- wiih found liy Officer Clngcndc, Monday inoni ititr about K o'clock in the mtr of the Neutllo rooming house on Front ?trt'ot vlmm Parker liod. It is it deadly appearing weapon covered villi hlnodsittiiirf. Mike KmmiH at (In county jitil today iifU'r first min utely describing it. positively identi fied it iih tho weapon used ty Par Lit, Tliirt in tho most important evi dence found lo (into corroborating lliu confession of Mike Spanns Unit ho was present villi Prank Parker when Dcdnskalous vtiM killed niter thn iniirdcicd initti luul been lured iilmiit tho city. Spnlios,' identification of tho jjfie pipe Is without ft Ititw, Ax soon iih lln pipe van found it van taken to Jncksonxillu wltrrn Kpuuns was nsk ell for a close description of il. He minutely described it before, tin nfll ft'iK nvimjcl. Mm know Unit they liiidlt'ln "their jsiMortidoii. lifor'ou being shown tho weapon lie positively identified it iim lint one lie had seen in PnrkeVit possession. I 'ou ii 1 1 Ilmk of Hi" Scatllo Tin' weapon vn foinnl hidden in a cubby Imlo directly in thi' rear of tln Ken lliu niul less (linn Till feel t'roiu Iho mum occupied liy Parker on the nlghi r lluj murder, lliu room, until' her Eight, wits tho hi'coiiil fiom the rear cntrniiue. Just beneath the stuirfl mi otil iloiir hud hren uiiileil up. Between n Hereon iloor and tho wood eu door standing upright was Hid pan pipe. It viih bloodstained niul In its hilling plaeu bus beep tdicltctud lniiii tho weather. Thu woniHHi viih uiailo hy tukiiiK u pieeu of tlireoMjuaitor iiipo ahout I'J iurhori loni; ami with tho line of ' leiliiuer attimlifil to an iueli ami a half "T". A ml wax run thiouuh tho iiipo to make u with I xling while thu hiuiil holit anil Hie miiiileroun end vero wrapped with tape. Thin tape luul evidently hren pnlurnli'd villi liloud, Kven tho eonl whieli I'dhuh the wrintliold U hloiulhtained. The AVetiHn is lieiuty iiiiiiiikIi to tiavu dealt death villi ouohlow. Alllil In Poor I'arkerV defeimo will prohuhly he i Continued on" pnKo 2.) E LIBEL DAMAGES nuUiiNoiiAM, WttHh., Oct. ai. Tlio alloRoU "cliuructer uhhiihhIiiu torH" of llohort T. UoiIko, proKron Alvn cuiullilnto for Kovornor, vera thin morning hIvuii nil oppnitunlty to provo their uuuoh UKaliiHt hint In court baforo oloctlon day, William II. lllitBiir, IIoiIko'u at torney, who hrouKht four llhul nultu iiKaltiHt tho UollliiBliant Herald ror $70,000 daniUKOH, foruutlly uakod mauiiKQiuont of that paper to wulvo tlmn mill Iminudlatoly procood to trim. AcconlliiK to luw, tho pnpor Iiuh twenty uyn In whluh to file an niiHwur to tho complaint, mid could, hy vurloiiB dolayH, poBtpono tho trial until uftor oloollon. Attotnoy HlKKitr, howovor, Ih anxious to httvo thu trial boforo oloctlon in order to hIiow up what ho alloROii nru uttor falBoliooilBd mid vltlflcittloitB prlntod ithout llodco. Tho DullluKhum Her ald, whluh Ih owuotl hy Bumuol I'm kliitf, nutlonul ropuullcaii commit' tuoman for thU state, mudo uu ut toplf on Hndjjn'ni prlvnto life IDENTIFIED K WEAPON ED HODG US HR SUnGEON ATTENDING COLONEL ROOSEVELT i tfjr ;sii OR. JOHM B, MURPHY A E.. LMDER,T. I)r, JoUti 11, Aliirpliy, n ell known neuron, I one of cicriil pliynlcUng (vim hare been cnlleil to nlleml Colonel Itooncrelt tr. A l IjiiiiImti nml Dr. John A U'jrili, (ho Imii'r I lie pronlilenl bt itir New VcirU Aciiiteiuy of Medicine, exinit Itio oplnluu tl-at Mr. Itoo.o rell h imiiiimI N not nerluiin mi J look for o njK'eJy recovery. PERKINS TELLS OF GIFTS MADE TO WASIIINtJTOK, Oet. ai Follow Iiik T. F. Ilyun, GeorKo V 1'crkiiiH of New York was the next witnc InverttiKiitiiiK committee. After tnk Itixc the htnnd Perkins said that his oeeupation wax that of a ntired woikiuimiiu. I lo added, liewevcr: "At' prenent I nut vorkini; eighteen hourx a day tryiii); to cot uu eiht hour law." Perkins deelaicd ho did not know how the rcpuhheaii eatupuiKii fund in 11)01 wiih iniM'd, allhnuuli he coii Irihuted hotveen .U.OOO mid i?75,00IJ lo it. New Voile LIro (!lft lit' 1001 I'resideut .MeCall of tho Xew Yoik Life Ahwurnuco hoeiety, lie Miiid, iiulhori.ed him to udvuiieu riU.llOU to Hie repuhlieaii national eouimittee for policyliolders. He de nied ell knowledge of thu Ilurrimiiii fund. l'eikius Mtid ho eotitrihuted .-f'JO.-000 to thu i'oU(reioual eummittee in 1003 unit $1,000 lo thu Tuft in miKUialiiMi expenses. Perkins tutit1ed that ho had eon Ii dialed this your us follews: To the New York Mute convention .Hfi.OOO; Treiihiner Hooker .',500; Washington offiee ISOO; for luk iliK Hie polls of .iKl.OOO; neut other "tales 10,000, and Kdwiit .Sims fiT.noo. When asked rcKiirdiiiK thu report that Ito had underwritten thu Itoose velt eaniialKn for i;i,()00,000 Perkins miid: "That statement mihl lo rank at tho top of thu loin; list of iiumiti ated lies." Kent lleicrlilKo 910,1)01) Cihisk oMiiniued liv SenalotH Oliver and Poniorono, l'erkins irow very nn- K'l'y and ohnrj;otl his iuterloeutors with unfairness. Tho witness tehli- tied that in .1001 ho heut .Senator AN hurt .1. HovoridKO of Indiana a uhoek for .f 10,000 to nssibt jo his senatorial eainpaigc ' LONDON, Oet, U1.--A RtRnntio war, imoUiiiR all Furope, iiistlRiiteil by a clash between Austria mid litis silt, in the tilui'iniiiR pt cdiutioit of Kuiuiil Pasha, president of tho Turk ish couucill, in today's issue of thu London Chronicle. All foruiRii diplo uititH liuru nru peHiinis(iu over thu outlook, and Lloyd's today is ulmrR iitR If) per aunt for insurance aRuiust war within six mouths between Itusbia and Austria. Both Austria mid Bussia lire watehiiiR tho Balkan war situation with hungry oyes, euuh btauding ready to grab ilofiirahli) Turkish lautl at thu Blightosl pretext. Itusbiti to d.ay lpis IjUOO vl Wiidy to yw iKg, r m On i HuiLmv. BhI I M VI 1 WM tflW I J - 0ny4mfi CAMPAIGNS AN WA THREATENS RYAN FINANCED PARKER A1N AND UNDERWOOD Wall Street Manipulator Gave $300, 000 to Parker's Campalan in 1004, Nollilno for Bryan In 1903, $80,000 for Harmon, $30,000 to Underwood Was Not Asked to Help Champ Clark or Woodrow Wilson, So Did Not Give Anything to These Candidates WAH1I1NOTON, Oct. '21.- -Tlio. F. Kvnn, thu Now York fiuaiieier, was the first witness to appear today he fore the Semite eaiupaiu imesth;ul inc eoiiiniillci' ulien the hearings were rehiimed. lie ave his oceupntioii as "fanner." ltyiiu testified that in 11)01 ho was oppoM'i to the nomination of Indue Parker as deinoeralic eaudi dale forthe prexideney, finoriiiK Senator Oonuaii of .Maryland. After the nomination, he said the adherents of Parker asked hint to contribute, then Hyan added: Kvrl ilio I'nrfy "I nave $.")0,000 ami later uvo somu umouuts totalliui; .100,000. Toward the cud, the untiounl cam paign eomiuittce Mtid that thu Par ker citmpaiKii would collapse unless more mutiny were secured, so 1 de cided tn jivc further aid. Just before the closQ of thu campaign, for party worker I rhvo about $3,000 to ay elect io,lob.NXht relvas that at tho7 cud of ''the cntnpain every debt was paid. I did this because I did not want to see tho parly dictate grated luul disKntccd. "Kvery dollar was kivcii hy myself, and not one dollar from any corpora tion or other business interest." Ilynii declared he knew nothing about thu 1008 contributions. "Last year I thought tiny pod democratic eaudidato could be elect ed this year with thu exception of Hryan," said Ilyun. "I wns deter mined to aid anyone except him be cause I thought he viih tho only cloud ou thu party. I had no particular choice. I bad known tlovemor Har mon for twenty-five years, and from time to time J t;avo his mnnaers hums UKKrcKutint; between $70,000 and $80,000. Nothing tflvru AVIUon 'Litter Senator Hankhead of Ala bitiua mentioned Underwood, co 1 cao tho littler $:i0,000. I was not asked lo help Speaker Clark or (Inv entor Wilhou or 1 would havo done so." Cross examined by Senator Pom ereuu of Ohio, Kyait said hu knew lud;u Parkot; could not win before ho was uoiuiiinted, but cave $1100,000 to J'arker's uninpniKu evelt after he realized that tlio prospects of his election wore hopeless. DR. EDWARD HANNA BISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO AVASHINOTON, Oct. 21 1'oho PIiih bus appointed Dr. Edward llantut, professor of thoology at St. Uuruard HOinlnnry at HochcHtor, N. Y auxllllnry bishop of Snn Fran cisco, according to a cablegram ro colvud hero today by MoiiHttlngor Ilonznuo, tho npontollo dologato. E port a foreo of 80,000 men 'to lliu hcono thu momunt Austria makes it move in tlio direction of intervention, Should cither Austria or Itussiti, all diplomats liuro agree, attempt any iiunuxaliou niovo it would bring till I lio other powers togothur in tho most disastrous war in thu hUtovy of thu world. Kuimil l'asliu says thu present dis turbance it) the Balkans iu but a pro Imlo to a gunoral oonfliut. Ho jiro diota (hat Austria will pruuipitatu thu clash, nml that tho other Furopean powors will bo foreod to join in un less, thoy euro to Ktaud idly by while Russia mid Aubtrin split up tho Otto 11)1111 owpivQ, EUROP ML OFF OYSTER BAY FEELING BULLY Bull Mooscr Recovers Sufficiently From Wound to Leave for His HomePoints of Bullet Definitely Located Sensitive to Press. Gives Nurses His Card and Tells Them If He IslEver Sick Again Will Send for Them. f- ( IIK'AUO, K:f. ill .(Moin-1 Th.-o-1'iiV ItooMivelt jsuirted for ()yter Hav at H:2'i iiVdocl; tlm ipeiimn: t'M'f the Peiius;f1ianm rulroad. Fin-i'tl to walk ijfcu slrp-, from tb iio-iln i,. ;iu fiitU'iiiubi. ' thi cokoicl reached bis private car exhnuslcd. Kxeept for futipje. lie haiil he felt bully. The colonel wnyed his hat and smiled when hi tntiu htarlcd, as the crowd .sheuted: 'flood-bye and ood luck." Coitillllon -Is (iood The last l)iilliliu'l-urd eouceniiup Uoosovclt's bealtlt litre said: "Pulse, temperature and respira tion tionnnl. Tlic Tjoinl of the bullet was definitely located this moruiiip. It is sensitive to pfeNuru. (Ii.iier.il condition imL hvMcd er well last nif-ht." "trf Before leaving 'tl Merey Hospital day Colonel KeWcrclt especially tod tbnnked MUh VfUfi.nmLJiIi Fite- goraltiriirshtrslTnHd itulT "Oirls, if it were not for the fact that I am Rtiiiip home, I would want to stay hero and have you care for me. I wnnt to ruc you somctluiiR, so you tuny chooMi auythiiiR you want from tlio thiiiRS I buve with me." (Jltcs .Nurses OnN Miss Yelter mi id:.. "Just rivo us your card, colonel." "I'll k'uo you two each," said the colonel. "One I want you to keep nml the other I want you to carry witlt you when you ro to New York. All you will bae to do when you uomo to see mu in to enclose the card with your name on it,vitud I'll be de lighted to see you. Should I ever be come ill iiRniu, iu the White House or elsewhere. 1 will eertninly call for you RirU. E AWES IN VERA CRUZ VHUA ClfFZ, Mexico, Oct. 'JL Since tlie arrival in this port of the United Stales cruiser Dos Afuiucs, tlio feeling of un.Mi'ty among foreign residents bus been greatly relieved. It is believed today Unit iu ene a battlo is fought it will occur outside the city limits. Upon arrival hero Commamler Hughes of tho De Moines arranged for an interview with Felir. Diaz, nophow of tho deposed president Porifirio Din., who is' in control of tho oily and a long conference en sued, thu nature of which is not known. GREER LIBEL CASE SET FOR THURSDAY Tho enso of tho statu vs. Uert II. Groor, odttor of tho Aslilund Tid ings, tor eilrulnal llbol, was contin ued lit tho court of Justlco of tho Ponco Taylor Monday .until next Thursday owing to tho Inability of Prosecuting Attorney Mullcoy to bo present, being busy with other cusos. Greer nppcurod In court this morning with Ills attorney 13, D. Brlggs of Ashland. F, L, Tou Vollo, who sworo to tho complaint charging llbol bus re tained A. F. lloauies to assist Iu tho prosecution, REAR BUILDING WHERE PARKER LIVED MfcMBfcKS 0: '1 III: ROOSEVELT FAMILY ON WAY 'JO BEDSIDE OF WOUNDED STATESMAN w wMK ir,J uJTT JiF'MBM KLmm fl- PBfi'" w ' j"1"---- " Vl w mMfiiQXfjFniHlrL,iBH ViBBV'HHftMUmks!BBl iir: TLinrw-iPF BOnr--IT LEFT TO EIQHT. MRiDOUSLAS KOCHNSON. MRS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, tl3S ETHEL ROOSEVELT AND THEODOfc& R005EVELT.JIS. lmmHll.itcly upon receipt of ttii nt-wn trllles of rtie title opt upon the life I her husbanil Mrs, itixi-cvelt tiurrlcil to ChleitRn to In hi Hip oeoMile , of iIim 'irlckeu statesman IWIde J1- i:ouetelt (he orhfr niemlM'p. .f the f:imll.v tvho went ou the same tralu were Tbeodor" HooKcelt. Jr MN litliel uuil Mr. Uoujrlai Roblnmm. Colonel Itoosevelt't lKier BECKER TAKES STAND IN HIS a - OWN DEFENSE NKW YOHK, Oct. 21. rollco Lieutenant Chnrlos V. Docker, on trial hero for Instigating tho mur der of Gambler Herman Rosenthal beforo the Hotel Metropolo, will bo given nn opportunity to take tho stand In his own behalf. Attorney John F. Mclntyrc, chief of counsel for tho defense; announced that Decker would tako tho stand some time this afternoon. Tho story of tlio murder by tho men who arc accused of- doing tho actual slaying was promised this af ter when Attornoy Mclntyro an nounced his intention ot calling Horrowlts alias "Gyp tho Illood" and Harry Vullon, notorious New York gunmen, to tho stand. These men nro held In the Tombs on In dictments similar to that returned against Hecker. Detectho J. C. Whilo, u member of Ueckcr's raiding squad, was one ot today's principal wltncssos. Ho told of Lieutenant UeckorHs order to raid Rosenthal's gambling estab lishment. Ho admitted that ho fre quently had dined with Becker and his -wlfo but denied that Docker had Introduced Uosonthal as his "best friends." Tho main part of White's testimony was corroborated by Po llceninn Charles Stolnart. M'COMBS PREDICTS BIG VICTORY FOR WILSON CHICAGO, Oet. 21. That Wood row Wilson, democratic candldato for president, would win tlio great est victory In tho annals of demo cratic history, la tho prediction of domocratlc Chairman McCombs who arrived hero today. JACK JOHNSON HANGED IN EFFIGY CHICAGO, Oet. 21.Tllanging n blaukfnoed dummy bearing it placard saying: "This is vliut wo will do to Jaok Johnson," a largo crowd was dispersed today by tho police' here. Tho authorities, howovor, did not out down thu effi"- Tlio demonstration caused a tint and further trouble is anticipated. CHICAGO, Out. 21.-Out t refusal to accept any bond that Jack John bon, heavyweight champion of tho world might furnish to effect tho vu lonsQ of Miss Luoillo Cameron, tho ninoteuu year old while girl whom the pegro fighlor isi'ejptrgod with abduct ANnKAJMILY LEAVING FOeCHICASG FIGHTING Fi THE WATERS OF ""WB1B0E Water contests involving proper ty valued at moro than $1,000,000 havo been filed with Junies T. Chin- nook, superintendent of this water district and will be heard this week beforo Mr. Chlnnook, sitting as ref eree Tho chtof contest Involves the rights to water front the north fork of Itogue River abovo Prospect whero tho Oregon-California Power company divert tho water to oper ate their power plant at Prospect. Tho suit was filed by Uonjamln 11. Sharles, Isaac Gurd, C. O. Atkinson. Augustus Hockaday and others ot Missouri. Tho Oregon-California Power company appropriated tho water of tho north fork of the Roguo on Octobor S, 190-1. They constructed a hugo ditch but did not begin to uso tho water until last year. Their appropriation is said to bo for the purposo ot dovoloplug 11,31S theo retical horsepower. Tho eastern parties now bringing tho contest mado application to tho state engineer ou March 24. 1910, for a permit to upproprlatu thu waters ot tho north fork of the Roguo and Mill creek for tho pur poso of developing 3000 horsepower with a C0-foot head. The point of diversion ot tho Oregon-California Power company's plant Is above tho point whero Gurd, otal, expect to tako out tho water and tho prior right to the water Is under fire. Tho easterners claim that tho O.-C company forfeited their rights by lnuctton In building, und that In. addition to this that they (Continued on pugo 2.) ing, was mado lioro toduy by United States District Attorney James 11, W'ilkcrsou. Miss Cameron is hold as a material witness iu tlio wlt'itu slave euso against Jennet to Dorr. Johnson, talking over tho telephone told Wilker&on that ho was prepared to furnish tho 2"),000 bail demanded for Miss Cameron's release, "You nro suspected in thirt case, too," Wilkeraon answered tho negro. "Did you know that I I want you to understand that I will not approvu bond you may furnish." Wilkerson also indicated that he would not approve any bond furnish ed by a surety company, F LOSTBY TURKS Advance,,Guard of Bulgarians Cap lure Defenses After Desperate Bat tie in Which Lasses en Beth Sites Were Heavy. Turks Surround MefHeneflrto Fere Killing 300 ami Recapturing Sev eral Positions. i VIENNA, Oct. 21. The. udvauco guard of the Bulgarian forpes- oper ating against Adrianople have cap tured the two outer forts which de fend the Turkish city, according to advices received here today front Sufin. Tho Bulgarians were victorious only after u desperatw bailie in which the losses on both sides were heavy. LONDON, Oct. 21. A despatch from Constantinople to the Evening standard todny says: "The Turks have surrounded t force of Montenegrins cros-iu the Iln cr Boynna, killing 300 and re-cap-luriiiR several positions." The despatch docs not gay when the battle occurred. The Turkish officials, in Constanti nople, the correspondent ays acetiba I be Montenegrins of tiding dumdum bullets--, of shelling Turkish hospitals mid of killing the wounded af Tttzt nod "Re rami. r A despatch 1fr'alirCeii&tt&iimi)(i indicates that a revolution w threat ened in Turkey but most of tlw Turk N't government officials seofl'.at the report. Estimates of tlw killed so far on both sides ns a result of Tur key's clash with the Balkan states is pieced today at 1,000. The Turkish and Greek fleet are expected to como together soon in a depcrate buttle for mastery of thu seas. GIRL'S SLAYER CRIES CONDON, Ore., Oct. 21. Bob Morgan, slayer of pretty Vlrglo Hart, whom ho shot three times through the body when she spurned him, Is In jail here after a thrilling (light through the hills, chased by halt a dozen sheriffs' posses. Mor gan offered no resistance when cor nered by Sheriff Montague of Gil liam county, near tho village ot Fos sil. When ho was brought to the jail hero ho cried like a child. Ono of tho posses after Morgan was lod by the aged fathor of tho girl, a Kentucky mountaineer, who with the spirit ot the feud In his blood, had threatened to kill Mor gan on sight. He never got this ehanco, howovor. ON STOCK MARKET NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Signs of heaviness wore evident at tho -opening ot tho stock .market hero toduy. A decllno ot almost a point was re corded In Readlug, Steel and Amal gamated Copper during tho early dealings, while pressure wus notice able upon Union Pacific, Northern Pacific and other leudors. This pressure becamo marked during the first hour affecting various leaders to the extent of a point or more, Light trading and selling pressure wero tho notlcoablo characteristics of today's markot. Less watj yielded by coppers here than abroad, Lohlgh Valley was the only railroad Issuq fulling to gain a point. lite expectation of decisions being banded down by the United Statwi supreme court In Washington teuded to rostrlct public interest, The market closed Weak, Honda, were steady, OUTER S Ai AN WHEN CAPTURED m F V F i M f IH ' it f tl Nl u t ft H t i P l jd I .' , Yi r -a IW. n 1 H"l