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SECOND
EDITION
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Dully Hnvunlh Ycnr,
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OC'TOBIW 28, 1912.
NO. 187.
FRANK SEYMOUR CONFESSES TO MURDER
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CORROBORATES
says una cut
SENDS FOR SHERIFF AND MAKES CUMMIN6S IS
FULL AND COMPLETE STATEMENT AGAIN ARRESTED
Admits Ho Struck First Blow After Assisting In Lurlnn Detlnskalous
Aliout City (or an Hour Says Spanos Had Club and Continued to
Beat Victim's Head After He Was Dead, and Then Not Satisfied, In
sisted on Ctittlnu Throat Says Money Belt Was Empty and That
Ho Only Got $5 From Pockets Mike Took the Watch.
JACKSONVILLE, Oregon, October 27. HU2.--I, Frank Seymour, make
this stiiloincnl ill' my nun froo will ufter having been warned Hint it wll
be, If semi lit, iimm! ngnhiMt me.
On Sunday night, September 22 nt 8 o'clock. l loH tin- Medford hotel
niiii wont In tho (hock (Mini nitxu on Fir ftied nnd wont in. I wiih witli
Mike Spnnow. When wo wont In tbo lol room the tiutit Miko wiih tolling
n.c uhnitl wim not there. Miko wont tn mm Initio nml Mori (.'uuiiiiiiiBx who
wn wild iih lo nnotbor. About ftvo miniiloH nflonvariln Urn tlrcek, floorgo
)cilukiihiu onnm in with n wntorinolon on bin righl linn. Wbon bo cmno
ii, .Miko HHiko lo bint mitl tbon oiuiio over to mo. Wo played olio gutne of
pool nml wliou wo got through with tbo game Miko loft tbo wnl room. In
10 iiiinuloH I loft nml nw Miko nt Um cigar Maud on llm corner of Sovonlb
nml Kir HtrooiK. Wo walked up to tbo I'go tbontro. 1 akel Miko where
bo wiih going lo Inko (lenrgo. Ilo ilid not know, mi wo wmil out lo limit n
ptnon mitl wont straight np Miilu utreot to Oakdnio, nonr tho school honxc.
Miko wont ilown Onkdale to Ibo niilronit nml I wont from Unit comer across
tbo pink mnl bnok lo wboro Miko wiih. From tboro wo. went buck behind
tbo school house to Ibo wooil ilo to find n pbioo lo Inko (leorgo. Wo wont
from tbo school limine mio block north, tnrnoil ;aHt nml wont two block.
Vo worn going o tko bint in by tbo undertaking parlor of Week ,';
Lfi.iii.bul-tcouhLiiof flmVii pbioo," At Onc Mrrol wo purled,
I wont down drupe street mitl Miko wonl nflor George. I was supposed
(o moot lilm on llmt street somewhere. 1 wont lo Ibo Imintlry on (Impe
Mieet. 1 stayed tboro until I pit tired nml blurted np town. 1 got about
one Imlf n block nml tbon mot him ntnl George,
George Itml n bottlo of wbrnkoy mnl wo nil took n drink mid walked down
within two blocks of tbo end of drupe si rod. Miko (old mo to uo mound
Ibo block nml mnko George think 1 went niter n girl. I was gone .ibmit 10
minutes and emtio buck on Grope stioct mid went down the Mice! tin-cling
Mike mid George nt tbo Month end of Ibo hired. Miko told Oe-irgS t .nt Ibo
pit I would bo Ihoro in iibiwt 10 minutes. Wo wnited nbont n Imlf hour mid
bud nnolbor drink of whiskey.
At Iim pbioo I could not hit George mnl Mike could not ud up courage
to hit him. so wo loft tltoto.
Wo wont north of drnpo street nbont two blocks .tun tbon lin-tunl cunt
o Front sheet mid down Front hlroot lo llm rooming hottho opposite the
.Medford drooory compmiy. Wo went to tho buck of this bonne mid tried
lo got George to go down between Ibo slnro and rooininir house lint wo
could not got him in thoio. I wiih going o give it np an a bad jolt. Miko
told mo (but dcorno told bint thnt ho bad all of bin ninnov on bint and
(hut ho did not want lo go in any dark holes iih bo wiih i.fiiiid that ho
would lose bin I'ionoy.
Wo then walked down lo Frank Belcher's pool room. 1 stnrleii lo
leave Ihein mid Miko says you live thin way, conui ami wo will go homo. 1
thought Miko wanted In lake another cliauou ho I went along.
Wn wont from Frank Belcher's pool room straight across to tho inter
Hncliou of Main drool and tho railroad, (ben down tho railroad to tbu
depot. Miko (hen naked me for Ibo price of a water melon. Ho told mo
thnt ho told dcorno llmt I did not wmil him to upend money ami that I
voiibl pity for tbo wntormclon. Miko told mo Hint George (old him Hint bo
would go nflor Ibo melon iih I paid for it.
1 walked on down tho track. Alike came and told mo that George was
ii long liino onmiiiK mid llm! ho (Miko) would o nml hoc what was tho
inn I lor, I wailed for Miko ami deorpi at the platform on Ibo houIIi end of
tho box fuotory. 1 dnyed tboro about five iniiiiiti'H when 1 saw Miko mod
CIooiko nt tho (Input. IIu took the watermelon from (Icoi'ko mid walked on
jiimt mo down the truck,
floored ntoppod mid tried to talk to mo hut I could not tttulcrdmitl him
hut ho wanted nm to tako a drink of whiskey. I look a drink. Miko called
to cmao down wboro bo wiih lint Oeorpi wanted to go down tbo pnvenieut on
Front Hlroot, lie finally niiido up Ii'ih mind to go wboro Miko was,
Miko had laid llm watermelon down on a board lined lo nut IruekH on
fiom llm platform to tho earn. When doortfo nml I got tboro Miko bunded
tbo kmfo In deoi;o and jabhored Komothiui; to bint 1 could not uiiderHtaml.
(leoruo started in thcit to cut tho melon. dcoro,c was on Ibo ridtt and Miko
on tho loft.
When doorgo Hloopod lo out tho melon Miko htarlod to hit dcorno with
a cudgel ami I wiih afraid (hat bo would piuiibIi in bin bead, fo I jabbed
li'm with my elbow nml look out tbo j,'iih pipe I hnd mid struck doorj;o in
the back of tbo hoad. donro foil over tho melon, I rolled him over and
. - - rCoiitinuo'il oiiPaKo )
TURKS SLAUGHTER
THEIR IN MPS
THROUGH MISTAKE
rONSTANTINOl'liU, Oot. 28.
AdtniHsioii Hint onu-tontli of ono on
tiro Turkinh army oorpH wiih killed at
Kirk KiliuKoh throub (ho climb bo
twoou two Turkish dotachmoiitH iih
tho result of a nilwlako, wiih mado
hero by Turkish offioialn thirt after
noon. Tho Hiimo offlolulH, however, hi'
Hinted that tho Turku had ruoapturcd
Kirk KillsBoh,
WARSHIP' SENT
TO SCENE OF WAR
lMULADKM'IHA, Oot. 28. Hur
ried preparations nro boiiiR mado at
tbo Leniio IhIiiihI navy yard today
for tho immodialo Riiilint; of tho ortti
nor Ihtllinioro. Sealed ordera from
WaHlilnjiton direct tho vcbsoI to tuko
a full Biipply of coal, amniimitioi) and
proviHioitH,
It in iimlorritood tbu IlaKimnro will
flail for Ttirklnb war waters tomor
row (o protect Amorlonn julorostH,
This report iih yet ia unconfirmed.
IS' CONFESSION
GREEK'S THROAT
Seymour States That Bert Cummlnus
and Spanos First Planned Crime
and Then Took' Him Into It.' But
That Cummlnus Was Not Present
When Murder Was Committed.
Kvldctntly realizing Hint tho an
tliorltlcn Imil liullt up a full and com
plete cbho agalnta hlin, Frank Soy
moiir, nllnn Parker, hold In tho coun
ty Jail for itKiilittlnK nt tho niurdor
of (U'orr.e DoduhkaloiiH In HiIh city
Heptemhor Z'l, mint for Sheriff Jonon
Sunday ovciiIhk nntl mndo a full and
complete utatomonl regarding tho
crlmo after ho hod boon warned by
tho Khurlff that any statement ho
irindo would. If noon fit, ho unci!
aculnut him.
ArcordliiK to Soymour'n confes
Mlon, which wdh placed In writing,
illtncil and acknowledged by him, he
Mtruck tho llmt blow ami felled Do-
(lanknlouif, natlnk that ho desired
only lo stun htm. Ho then stated
that Snnnos In a ntHrderotiB frenzy
InaUted In licntltiK tho iiitfortunato
man's brains out and then, not sat
isfied, cut his throat.
Seymour or Parker, unllko Spanos
docs not attempt to sldestop tho mat
ter, stating frankly that ho struck
tho blow which foiled (loorgo Dcdns
knloiiM. rinnniMl Wwk In Advance
Seymour HlatCH that tho crime was
planned n week In ndvanco and that
they planned to murder Dodoska
lous and got his money on tho night
of tho electric parade In Medford but
could uot got DedaskalottR away to
a secluded spot. Ho states that llcrt
CummlngH with 8panos first planned
tho crlmo and that later thoy took
him In on tho Job. On tlili state
ment Cmumlngri was again taken
Into custody Monday morning after
having been arrested twlco boforo.
Seymour states that Oummtngs was
not present at tho ttmo when Dodos
kalout was murdered but that It
was Cummlngs who first planned tho
Job.
CttmmtugH wan placed under ar
rct today and tnkott lo Jackson
ville. It may bo that ho will ho held
for complicity In tho crlmo.
Kind KNinos' Club
In corroboration of Seymour's
testimony Sheriff Joaea Monday
morning visited (ho box tncti.ry lt
thlH city and In a hug Ptln of saw
diiBt found another tapowrapped,
bloodstained gas pipe, which Parker
says Spanos burled Immodlatoly nf
tor tho crlmo. Ho states that ho also
had a gas plpo and that It was tho
ono found lu tho rear of tho Seattle
rooming Iioiiho hid .Monday morning,
Tin ffiullng of this club la strongly
corrobatlvo of Seymour's confession
in which ho does not try to escapo
full blamo. Ho states that ho Is
roady lo sPtnd trial, pload guilty and
"tuko his ntodlclno."
According to Soymour Dodaska
lotis did not have tho money on him
when murdered ho was supposed to
liuvo, Seymour states emphatically
thai tho holt was empty.
Font Kor Sheriff
The lonfosplon came entirely
voluntarily on Seymour's port. On
Sunday ovonli-g about seven o'clock
ho called Louis Raton, tho Jailor, to
hint and stated thnt ho wanted to
soo Sheriff Jones at onco on Import
ant business. Sheriff Jonos was
spending tho evening with his pnoth
or. Mr. Kototi telephoned htm and
us noon as ho ronchod aiV6onvlllo
ho wont to oio Soymour, 'lite prlso
l e stated Ihit ho wished to t ako a
full 4tatomen( rOgnrdlng tho crime
and ho did so. His confession was
reduced to writing mid tbon signed
by Soymour.
II COMMON SCENE ON
' 'r-rONTENEGFTIN TROOPS READY TO
VE
PRFSDENT
IS
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UTICA, N. V., Oct2$- - James S.
Sherman, vice presTdm of the
United States.' Is In ajcritlcil condi
tion, and the outcome of his case
cannot be forecMtdyJlsJlmeac
conlliiR to adinlBslon made hero this
afternoon by his physician. Dr. P. II.
Peck.
Although tho physician denied that
he considered Sherman's case hope
less, ho mado no attempt to mini
mize the seriousness of the vlco presi
dent's Illness.
Sherman is suffering from a com
plication of ailments -which have
caused heart weakness and difficulty
In breathing.
Vice President Sherman has been
III since last spring. It was thought,
however, until recently that he was
recovering. ,
Sherman suffered a relapse a
week ago when ho went to the polls
and registered. He seemed much
hotter Saturday and was abto to
walk about the-house. Ho suffered
a bad night last night, but showed
some Improvement this morning.
Dr. Peck announced this afternoon
tho vlco president Is resting com
fortably and that lie hoped for fur
ther Improvement
NOW TOTAL 6477
County Clork Coleman has com
pleted tho list of registered voters
for Jnckson county for tbo general
election Xovomber S. ' Thero nro
0477 voters on tho roll which Is
1200 moro than wore registered lit
1910.
Tho two prlnclplo section of tho
county oro Medford and Ashland.
Medford's nlno precincts' " have a
total registration of 2403 whllo tho
fivo Ashland precincts havo 120S.
Tito county clork Is now preparing
a list of voters by precincts.
T
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. -When
tho supremo court resumed its hcssion
today, pfliiHiiloriiu; a number ot' onnes
of. national iniportmiceno op'nions
wero rendered.
Amonjr tho cures to ho considered
aro tbo "KeadiiiK Caso'l .omolimes
milled "The unthniiio an trtu-t'';
tbo Southern Pacific merger with the
Union Pacific; the P.ittbn indictment,
and ninny others.
CRITICALLY
UTICA
1
REGISTERED VOTERS
N JACKSON COUNTY
THE TURKISH FRONTIER
MIT TEDOY
LL; TO SPEAK BUT
THIRTY MITES
OYSTKK BAY. X. V., Oct. 28.
By orders from his physicians, Col.
Theodore Roosevelt's speech at Madi
son Square Harden next Wednesday
evening will. o- limited, to thirty
minutes. "'"jMfnoii,;!! lli,-"fo-nier'pfesl
dent Is rapidly r-c;cr!iig from tho
effects of Johr Scr.-i.nks bullet!,
j the doctors fear tho U.x of his
strength, shou'd he Mieuk longer, I
Colonel Itoosevclt cn.oyed another
walk out doors today. It was an
nounced that 'Re fever president
still suffers occasional pains from
tho wound.
Colonel Itoosevelt asked permis
sion today to motor to Xew York
Wednesday, but the doctors denied
the request, fearing that tho Jolting
of the automobile would re-open the
wound. The colonel then decided,
to make the trip In a private car.
Tho former president spent thir
ty minutes this morning rambling
about the grounds at Safamoro Hill.
IlKIUil.V, Oct. 28. Fears thnt the
balloons entered tit tlto international
balloon race for the Gordon Dennett
enp would bo swept over tbo North
Sea wcrq dismissed today when a
shift in tho wind occurred and tho
balloons were seen hero thin nfler
tiooit headed for linsstii. It is be
lieved that all arc still in the air.
The United States is represented
b two balloons, John Kerry's "mil
lion Population" and 11. K, Honey
well's "Undo Sam." Gonnany, Kel
pium and Italy each havo lwo
I'Vanco, Austria nnd Switzerland caon
havo throe mid Kngland mid Denmark
each one.
With" tho exception of John Watts'
Kansas City II" exploding mi hour
boforo tho start, tbo race was liexuu
under favorablo conditions.
E
PIIOKKIX, Ariz., Oct. 28. Tito
Franklin car, driven by Ralph Hamlin
today won tho Los Angeles to Phoe
nix race. Hamlin arrived hero at 2
o'clock this nftoruoon.
Hamlin's timo was 18 hours nud 4o
minutes.
Hnmlin said bo experienced little
difficulty with (ho roads and thnt
his car was in condition to turn
around nud race back to Los Augclos,
Fred Fuller In a National car fin
ished third. His ttmo. which has
not yet computed, probably will put
him in socond place, as ho started
later thatl did Sottles, In Cadillac No.
y, who canto In second,
AN
EN
HllKIA in GRAB
GOP
DURING PRESENT lifl,
ADVANCE
ALL CANDIDATES
CLAIM
XEW YOBK. Oct. 28. The worth
lessness or political predictions vas
exemplified here today when- the
state leaders of -the three big par
Ue McJi.cJalraed .Xew ..York state for
tbelrrespectlve presidential "'candi
dates.
The prediction of William Barnes,
leader of tho Taft forces, caused the
most comment. He announced that
reports from up the state Indicated
that President Taft would carry tho
state by 50.000.
Chairman Palmer of the democra
tic state committee was even more
optimistic. He predicted that Gov
ernor Wilson's plurality would ex
ceed 100,000.
Chairman Hotchklss of the pro
gressive force took exception to Pal
mer's prediction, claiming that Col.
Theodore Roosevelt would carry the
stato with at least 50,000 votes to
spare.
The silent vote In Xew York this
year, it Is believed will be enormous
and it is generally expected that the
result will bo In doubt up to the
last minute.
AFTER ROUMANIA
LOXDOX, Oct. 28 Tho great
European war which has been feared
ever since tho Balkan allies attacked
tho Turks today Is believed bore to
be an Imminent danger.
Austria this eveulng threatens to
Invade Xovipazar and Russia's heavy
concentration of troops on her
southern frontier Is believed to In
dicate that tho Czar plans to grab
Roumanla,
It Is rumored that the British
war and navy departments are pre
paring to mobilize.
The European markets aro very
tineapy.
INFURIATED YOUTH
KILLS EIRE FAMILY
SHEDOYGAN, Wis., Oot. 28 In
furiated because bis wife's parents
gavo their daughter refuge at their
farm house near hero Alviii Roeltr,
aged 211, it wits learned today, shot
and killed Philip Otf, aged foity-fivo
years, (lie lutter's wife and Fred
I la tit, aged eighty-throe, yours, Mrs.
Ott's father, last night. Then Rooitr
went into tho woods, and bunged him
self, His body was found today,
Roehr nnd his wife hcparated re-cently.
W
YORK
BY BIG MAJORITIES
NOVPAZAR
CZAR
TURKS CUT Off
THROUGH
LOSS
OF
Bulgarian Troops Capture faint Six
ty Miles Southeast ef AtkliMfk
and Hundred Miles Frew CwistJW
tinople In Confrol ef Ralh-Ml.
Desperate Battte Rajing With Rfht
inp. Line Nearly Hundred Miles In
Length.
SOFIA, Oct. 28. Official eonfir-,
mntion of the report that Bulgarian
troops have captured Eskibitba, sixty
miles xouthenst of Adrianople, was
received here today. Eskibaba U but
100 miles distant from Constantino
ple. 'Tito capture of Eskihnba means
that Adrianople is cut off from nil
communication with Constantinople,
the Bulgarians having complete con
trol of the Oriental railroad. Tho
Turkish troops which comprised tho
garrison ot Eskibaba are retreating
in the direction of Constantinople.
Official dispatches from the, Bul
garian battle line nt Adrianople nnd
news, dispatches reaching here today
from Constantinople both declare
that a desperate battle between Turk
and Bulgarians is raging over the
whole territory between Adrianople
anO- the-Jllaclr Sen, arfistfitijwHrie,,
ui nearly iuu nine. inn SirilgJJIC,
dispatches agree, has been in pro-'
gross since Wednesday.
Latest nccounts from Adrianopio
here are that the cit.v tiil holds out,
rain having greatly hampered the op-.
eration.s of the besieging Bulgarian
forces. '
Scutari Captured
ROME, Oct. 28. Queen Helena of,
Italy, who is a Montenegrin princess,
was today advised positively nnd un
qualifiedly that the Montenegrins
have captured Scutari.
VRANJE, Serviu, Oct. 28,-Tele-grnms
from toe Servian front today
say that a Servian forco has occu
pied Mitrovitx, in the Sanjak of Novi
bnzar. tho terminus of u . railroad
running northward from Salonika.'
This gives tlto allies a strong stra
tegic point To their campaign against
Salonika for the isolation of western
Turkey iu Eurone. ,
BELGRADE, Oct. 28. Dispatches
here from the Servian front declnro,
that the allied forces have captured
Prist inn, Usktib nnd Istib and plan
an nttuck within a few hours on Sa
lonika, which they ore rapidly ap
proaching. Allies Aro VIetorlus
With a Orcek army moving on
Salonika from the southwest and the
combined Servian ami Kulgarinu
force nppronching from tho north the
second portion of the allies' -phm
seems near its climax. Tho capture
of Salonika will mean that all of the
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DIAZ MUST DIE
E
IT
MEXICO CITY. Ool. 28. General
Feiiz Diaz, father of Mexico's latest
revolution must din nnlnt.9 llm Hit.
prcmo court of Mexico ruloa that tio
court martial ordering the execution
ii illegal. This much was made cor-
tain bore today when Preident Frun
Cisco l Aladcro tlatly reruseil to heed
tho rcrpiest of a committee repre- .
senting the (lormnn, French hhi!
Spanish colonies, which recpiefcled
that the death sentence be revoked,
The (nniinitteo exulnindd that wlillu
tlioy bad no desire o interfere -with
iuu suuriiiiii;iii, "IB nenuutnHt 01 iwtt V
vast majority of the popeWxii
nnd foreigners alikiTHfkwUWly
was against Diaz' eaeenHoji, . ,
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