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SECOND
EDITION
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1913.
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NO. 60.
JURY GIVES ROOSEVELT 6 CENTS DAMAGE
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COLONEL WINS
LIBEL SUIT
QUICK VERDICT
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'TWO WESTERN SENATORS
MAY STOP TARIFF BILL
Jury Never Leaves Court Room Af
ter Remarkably Strong Line of
Testimony Roosevelt Stands Vindi
cated of Being Drunkard.
Secret Service Men and Many Close
to Ex-President Swear lie Was
Never Drunk Verdict Expected.
After having Large Number of Well
Known Men Called to Testify for
Kim, San Franciscan Gives All the
Slip Said to Be Crazy.
SMALL HAULS
MM PLACES
Homes of W. A. Messier, Frank Amy,
Scott Davis and Frank Isaacs En
teredGets $28 From Messier
Purse and $10 From Amy.
MAUQUKTTl!, Midi., May HI. -('iiiiii1ij(u
exoneration for Colonel
Theodora Knosovelt, former prol
ilriil, I'm ii i charges of drunkenness
iiiiuli" ngnlnsl Mm In an editorial by
(li'orgii Xowelt, editor nf hliiM-mlng,
Mich., Iron Ore, came hero (lilt after
noon w fioit Ncwelt, uflur Itoohevrll'h
rnxn was rested, look tho wiliu'HH
Mund iiml nimbi eoinitlHo mirrrml?r.
Newott rend a long stntrmi'iit Iir
ilrfuiding his mistako in charging
Itoocvelt willi (IrunkoimuHH, Inhlhtlng
thai ho noted with no malice but Kim-
ply repealed In print allegations bo
Iiml heard by word of mouth nml
n-ithoiit niiy nctuitl knowledge of
thrlr truth. His statement emtio nt
inru after tho rending of n score of
tlfifttioiiH from iirnuibirnt porxontt,
nil of whom nworo they had known
UooMiivvtt intimately for yenr ami
that bo wan n model of sobriety.
Newell' Statement contuhied n
full mid frru retraction of llm dmrgo
of drunkenness and made an abso
lute apology to tlin former president.
i in: tmuivt in i hi; jiiij iinniiiiu
dmiingPM to Colonel Kooscvcll In the
Mini of six conU.
Colonel HouHOVtlt Immediately ml.
dressed th0 noiirl.
"In view of tho statement by (bo
defense," hit Maid, "I iixk the court
to iiiMruct tht jury that I denim only
iiominnl damage. 1 did not pi Into
I bin unit for money or for any In
dicntivo puriioso.
"1 made my reputation, an this
court, bait Mild, nil issue hccmiho I
wished for oitro and nil during my
life timu to thoroughly and compre
hensively deal with slanders. Nover
ngnin will it be possible for any, in
good faith, to repent these charges.
1 have ni'hiovcd my ptiroso and nin
content."
After Nowclt mid bin ntturnoyx
bad bold ft whispered conversation,
nil tlm lawycrn joined in n request for
tlm ronrt to order a fifteen minute
rt hm to ngrco on tho nmuiiut uf
iliimiigrH.
Asked to Go to Court Yard to Smoke
and Escapes Threatened to Kill
Attorney Savage Is Prominent.
SAN KHANTIhcO, CaI., Slay SI.
-After calmly writing out twenty
fivn t.iihMienneK for prominent eapi-
IiiUhIh, judges, alienist, physicians,
lawyer and priests to appear before
Judge Moguu Monday to testify nx
to Mm sanity, Dr. II. Itremmcr Smith,
n pnuniiient Kan Frnneinco thyi
I'lnn, who bud been diitnined nt thn
detention boHpital (.luce May 'JO, en
cnK'd early today and up to noon
wits still nt large. Smith is alleged
In buvn threatened to kill Attorney
Mrs. Davis Sees Man Reach In Win
dow for Pair of Trousers Sup
posed to Be a Hebo In Town.
A nor leu of burglaries evidently
committed by tho same Individual
took plscj Friday night, tho burglar
effecting entrances Into tho homes
of V. A. Messier, Frank Amy, Hcolt
Davis nml Frank Inancii. At tho Int
ter plnco nothing wan taken, though
it ocrecii whh pullud off tho window.
At tho Memlnr home, on South
Holly ntr-ot, thn thief tixik u pair of
troimem containing 2K In coin, n
iHcktlo and diamond Hcnrf pin and
n pnlr of now hoen. Tho trounorH
and nhov wero dUcardud a Hhort
Lincoln )',. Kavage, a lifelong friend, dlitmico from tho Iioiibo and rcvav-
After writing tlm HiibimeuiiK, Dr. I erotl.
Smith linked to bo allowed to go into
tho rourt yurd to Miiioke. This wan
grunted mid bo made 1mm way out of
tho yurd.
IDENTFY
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MAItgUKTTK. Mini.. Muy 511.
Agrned verdiut fur Itoohuvclt. (.'hho
I'MiIm.
The liifll wltneHHe.i for Iioosevelt
wero Ir, Lyman Abbott, ilmueH Anion,
iiiiHtoiliuit of HooupvpU'h bonu'i iiimI
(leiidial l.eonnrd Wood, from nil uf
whom depoMilioiiH wuiu read iim to
Koonuvelt'tt Hubrlcly.
Thn pniHfuillioii in Colonel Iloof-e-velt'H
lilml milt iiguiiiHt (leorge
Nnwelt, publlnbur of tho Inphcminj;
Iron Ore, renlod nt 12:15 this after,
noon,
Kowult, tlm dofuiiilmit tit uiiuu tuok
tho Hiaiul fur tho defoiisii.
RETURNS JEWELS
BY PARCEL POST
l.OS ANdHhKK, Cnl Muy III.
Whutlior tlm thief who Htoll $'M)W
worth of juwold from MVh. Nollio C.
IIimilui'Hon, n visitor from Alaska,
ropentud Ills not or was uuiiblo to
illspoHo of his loot, is u mooted iics
tluii burn today, following tho vo
turn of tho guiiin liy parcel post, with
out explanation. Airs, llundorwoii hu
lievuH (ho rohlior oxperiuueeil ii ubaugo
of heart, but tho poliuo aio inuliiied
to uttribiito his nnusiml pioueduro
to a fear of tboif HloutliH. Tho Jow
els dlHiipponit'd from n hotel hero
tluco wonltK ngo, They wero ro
tiiini'd Into Ills! ovpnliij;,
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CAST UP BY SEA
AHTOKIA. Ore, May Ol.-Tlia
body ruxt upon tlm Hnudrt nt Long
Ileneb Inst WedncHiluy has today been
identified ns that of Captain Kobert
Wilson, master of tlm Htciimtdiip
Hlrulhfilluii, who disappeared from
his hbip off Capo Mattery on May
ia.
When tho body wiik taken in charge
by tlm Iong lleavb authorities it was
turned over to'(!onniur (lilhaugb who
at oueu began a tborougb search for
relatives or acquaintances of the
man who might identify bin).
Tho bnly, which was in an excel
lent state of preservation wns easily
recogaiied by a friend of llm do
ceased as that of Captain Wilton, n
native of Scotland.
WOLGAST SPLITS
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At Frank Amy hom thn thlif
took Mm. Amy'a purse, containing
a 110 gold piece and tllver change.
The punu woa thrown away In tho
yard,
At Hoott I)' ho rpAchcd through
a window, grabbing a pair of trous
ers with 3 or H In chnugn In tho
Krktti, llo w aeon by Mm. Davla
nt tho window and flod, dropping the
troutoni In tho yard.
Tliero are a bunch of holiocn In
tho city and tho thief la aupponod to
be ono of tho crowd.
A floating dope fiend who linn boon
vlaltlug drug atorei, demanding dopo
anil raining a dlaturbanco when ro
fused, waa taken In ciiatody by Chief
of I'ollco Illttaon toilay.
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Portland Man Summoned Home In
Time to Hear Wife's Screams as
Murderer Fires Twice Inta Her
Body Helpless to Interfere.
HOT FIGHT ON
MEXICO LINE
SEVENTY DEAD
E. W. Allen, Plumber, Who Had Af
fair With Women Is Murderer
Takes Own Life Afterwards.
Senntors FWincis-jn. Kewlands of
Kcvniln nml Thomas J. Walsh of
Montnnu uho will rcfiiHC to vote for
frro wool s provided for In tho Un
derwood, tariff bill How la-fore the
fccnnte. fo ,
CHILD ASLEEP
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TRANSPORT
HAN FHANCI8CO, CaI.. Mny 31.
Another split butweou out Jones and
Ad Wolgaat la Impoudlug and It It
cornea it g not nt nil Improbablo
that tho' Dundee match In l.os An
gelca will bo paaaod up, Wolgaat re
turning to Ban Franrliico to moot Hod
Watson lata In Juno.
Iloforo J ones nml Wolgant left for
I.ob Angoloa It dovolopod today Wol
gaat had a conforoncn with Jim CIrlf
fin, tho reault being that tho ox
champion aa good as agreed to box
Watson hero on Juno. 20. Ho la mild
to hiivo sworn (Irltfln to accrocy, not
wishing Jonoa to have knowludgo of
tho move, saying, It Is further ututed,
that In tho futuro ho would do hla
own biiHlnosa. Watson haa nccoptod
term for a bout with yolnnat, and
tho latter also Is Bald to bo satisfied
with what Oilfflii haa uffored,
OFF FOR WEST
SBATTI.K, Wash., May 31. He
pairs mi the transport Dix now at
tho nnvy ynnl nt Ilremorlon, nro
nearly complete, nml order wero re
eclvcil todny for1 her (o coino to this
sirt and load supplies for Hawaii
artd the Philippines. Two hundred
horses will bo taken to Hawaii mid
fifty to the Philippines, wbilo n. full
cargo of Miipplies, most of which is
for tho Pearl llaibor pout will be
taken aboard.
BERRY PRICES BETTER
AS
JUSTIN TIME
A -year-old doaf nml dumb baby
owe Ita llfo today to Mr. F. ii.
Haxoltoii. 1H0 Woat Ninth atroot.
Tho child wandered down tho liar-
mini track and wont to sleep with Its
llttlo head pillowed on ono of tho
ralli. Mrs, Haiclton aaw tho baby
Just as tho train approached and
pulled it off tho track In tho nick of
tlnio. Tho baby's bister ahowod up
and' took It homo nftor explaining
that It hnd run away from homo and
had walked qulta u distance along
tho track.
THREE REFERENDUM
PETITIONS FILED
KKNNKWICK, Wuah., Mny 31.
MorrlcB aro advancing In prlco aa tho
Hcanon progrcaaea, for tho first time
In tho history of harry raisers hero.
Tho Reason oponed with tho fruit
bringing H h crato nml todny tho
prlco ranges from HBO to H.75,
with tho demand In excess of tho sup
ply, lluyora from nil parts of tho
northwest aro horo mid rush each
Incoming wagon, offering spot cash
for tho load dollvorod on tho frolght
plntforin.
TOKIO, Muy III. It whh lonnieil
Hemi-offiuliilly hero today that the
foreign office in drafting another
note to be forwarded to Washington
regarding (ho autUalien laud bill
paused recently by tho California
state legislature Tlm note will be
naliled lo Ambassador Chimin for
prpHcntnlinn to Secrelnry of Stnto
Ihyuu,
LOSE TO WASHINGTON
POHTLANn. Ore., Way 31. The
University of Washington reproscntn.
tivea in the oratorical contest hold
hero aro victors today over tho Uni
versity of Oregon orators.
Harold Burdiok of Washington won
tho first prlno for tho prepared orn
tlon by u score of four to two. Tho
prize for the extenmoro oration was
won by Fred Dennett of Washington.
wi scored a to 1,
SAhKM, Ore., May 31. Petitions
for a referendum on tho compensa
tion act, comity attorney bill nnd
sterliration meusuro wero filed today
will! Secretary of Stato Qleott. Euoii
of the petitions has moro than u suf
ficient number of names. Tho ef
fect will bo to tie up the measures
until after the vote is taken next
Noveiubor.
ETHEL BARRYMORE'S
DAUGHTER IS' ILL
NBW YOWK, May 31. Mrs. Kthol
Ilarrymoro Colt, tho actress, Is quar
antined ut tho Mlnttiru hospital hero,
where hor year old daughter Is suf
fering from dlplithorla. Tho child's
condition Is not considered danger
ous.
I'OHTLAXD, Ore., Muy 31. A bul
let fired through her temple by an
infatuated lover ended the lifo of
Mrs. Keo Kinber, n pretty young mar
ried woman hero todny, the tragic
climnx of nn "affair" with K. W. Al
len, n plumber, who then shot him
self mid fell dead across her body.
Allen bad become crazed over tho
woman. Todny be rushed into the
hoiihe nt 308 Montgomery street
where Mrs. Fisher lived with her hus
band, dashed up the stairs and into
her room.
For twenty minutes, with tho door
barred, he kept her there, holding off
with threats of death anyone who at
tempted to interfere with him.
Allen fired three shots at Jess
Fisher, the woman's hm-hand, who
bad been summoned from bis employ
ment two blocks nwny, to hiivo hi
wife.
Through a crack of the. door,
Fisher saw Allen ho! dine his wifo
down on n e.nieh-with ono hail,- n
revolver in the other, whilc'lio cozed
coolly nt the entrance to the ioom.
The husband, unable longer to stand
the suspense, attempted to break
ojicn the door and Allen fired three
times, nono of the bullets taking ef
fect. Mrs. Fisher screamed to her
husband not to ontcr tho room or she
would have no chuueo for her life.
The police were notified and just
as the automobile arrived, two more
shots wero benrd in quick succession.
Breaking open the door, Patrol
men Ilinson Courtney and Shcrill,
found the mnn dead, lying over tho
body of Mrs. Fisher, who waa breath
ing her last. She died before physi
clans could nrrive.
Jjcavcm Note llebtnd.
In Allen's pockets were two notes.
One, written ns be sat in tho r oom
holding off would-be rescuers of the
woman, showed tho desperate and
frantic condition of his infatuation.
It jread
"To whom it may concern I am in
this room with Mrs. Neo Fiihor nnd
if any one tries to ontcr, I will kill
Iter and myself. And nlso anyone
wuo tries to come in. ior i nave a
perfect right to do this, and tho pub
lio would say I wns right if they
know tho circumstances. Now wo
are going to stay in here until we are
both dead or lot alone to do as we
plcuso. Now I am a desperate wan
mid I will do all I say I will do. If
you don't beliovo it, just try to come
in nnd seo "
There it ended, interrupted, ap
parently, by tho arrival of police. On
tho back ho bad scrawled the words
"notice and read," with the Iiitontic.i
npparently of printing it on tho door.
Engagement Between Regulars and
Constitutionalists Above LaretJe
Reported by Couriers Both Sides
Lose Heavily.
WAD TO BE
PUSHED
UPON
RAIL DELIVERY
C. G. Bullis Promises Quick Aetleit
When Rails Arrive In geptemta"-
Will not Tear up Streets IMtH
Necessary Sratto Week 6s m.
U. S, Cavalry Arrests Twenty Rebels
Who Escape Across Border Line
Into Texas Details Missing.
LAKKDO. Texas, May 31 Cour
iers reaching here today report that
a hot flgbt between Mexican regu
lars and constitutionalists took place
today on tho Rio Grando 30 mites
above Laredo. Soventy men are re
ported to haro been killed on both
sides.
Tho Fourteenth United States car
airy arrested 20 of tho rebols who
crossed the bouudary Into Texas.
WANK JURY Of
WOMEN ONLY
KAN FRANCISCO, Cab, May 31.
The first motion for a special ve
ntre ofo owomcn ever Teeonlcd in a
San Francisco court wag.cntcred here
today.br.AlfottrVflilbcrt, Boalt be
fore Superior Judge FTulaysdn in Utc
case of Mrs. Hertha Williams, called
to be set for trial. The motion was
continued until Thursday to be
passed on by Judge Dunne.
Mrs. Williams was arrested fol
lowing the shooting of John Jungo
luus on February 21. She had pos
session of a trunk owned by a wit
ness in the murder case and is said
to have refused to release it until
paid a certain amount. Tho defense
claims that the baggage was held for
a board bill.
Bullis Gees East en Busrime M
Will Return June IS S. S. BWs
Seeking te Hurry RaH Order.
LONG BEACH AWAITS
T
LOS ANGKI.ES, CaI., May 31.
District Attorney John D. Fredericks
was expected to present to tho coun
ty grand jury today the report of tho
coroner's jury on the Empire Day ae
cideut at Long Deueb. lie will then
ask tbo inquisitors who viewed the
sceno of the accident if they expect to
make an investigation to fix tho re
sponsibility for tho accident. It is
expected that tho jury will order at
once the issuance of subpoenas for
witnesses.
OLYMPIA FOREST
PUNS BIG SALE
Teams havo been engaged for the
past few days Irj grading upon the
route of the new electric railway
whero tbo line will turn from East
Main street for entrance into Siaki
yon Heights. C. O. Bullis, who will
have charge of tho construction of
tho new line, states that thw start
of construction has been primarily
for the purpose of computations
based on the character of the cutting
which will be necessary in ranking
the roadway off from Maia street
nnd upon which tbe plans will be laid
for tbo special work In connection
pith the curve construction.
When asked whether construction
would proceed continuously now Mr.
Bullis stated that it certainly would
not; that the steel rails bad been, al
ready orodercd but that tho , atel
company wero so far behind' aftcm
their orders that they will not proa J
ise aeuvcry neiore me laiier pan oi
September. He said: ''m-tJ
"We do- not intend, to Jar np'Ore '
streets any three or four mefltks be-'
fore we can h'opa for delivery H our
steel and we do not, mtmi to organ
ize a force for a'riy o"f tftis'werk ua
til a tirao when the wit ire work from
grading to rail spiking and tapping
into, place can bo carried through.
"Wo aro going to hurry matters as
fast as possiblo but we assure you'
that wo will not tear up any street
until a period which will give suffi
cient working time immediately pro
ceeding rail delivery."
Mr. Bullis leaves today for a busi
ness trip cast and returns to Med
ford June 10. He stated that S. S.,
Bullis now taking the matter of de
livery' up with tho steel company with'
the idea of securing an earlier deliv
ery if possible.
LEMONS
NOT
DYNAMITE HANDLER IS
KILLED IN BLOWUP
PK1NCK UUPEIiT. B. 0., Mny 31.
Conrad Thoralund, Swedish work
man is dead today ivs tho re&blt gl
an lumident which occurred Thurs
day wbilo handling dyntuuito on ex
cavating operations along tbo wnter-
ii'out. Quo luuid was so bmllv lao-
muled, that it bud to bo amputated, superintendent,
AVIATOR KILLED
WHEN HIS TE
CHICAGO, May 31. Jamos Colo
van, an aviation pupil, was killed at
tho Cicero aorodromo hera today.
Tho wires of his Curtlss btplano bo
camo untangled lu a treo and Coloran
foil CO feet. Ho was crushed by tho
blplano'a cnglno.
A. H. Stephens Gets Plum,
WASHINGTON, May 31. Tbo ap.
pointment of Alexandor II. Stephens
to bo general superintendent of tho
railway mail sorvico, vice, Theodore
Ingnlls, was announced horo toduy by
Postmastor General Burleson. At
present Stephens is distriot superin.
tendunt of tbo railway mail sorvico
nt San Frnnoisuo. It is understood
Ingulls will be, npoointed a distriot
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 31. Offi
ciuls of tho Olympic. National Forest
aro contemplating tho snlo of $70
000,000 feet of cedar ami Douglas
fir timber. Ono of the units, inelur
iiu 100,00,000 feet of tho olsost fir
trees on the peninsula is locnten near
Port Townsend and tho snlo may bo
contested by the city ns tho watershed
on which it stands is tho sourio of
its water supply.
CHAMBERLAIN PUT ON
TO
GO ON FREE LIST
WASHINGTON'. May 31. Flat
declaration that he has assurances
that tbe senate will not put lemons
on tne tree list was made here today
by Congressman Kettner of Califor
nia. New York Importers bad urged the
aenato flnanco committee to free list
lemons, but House Leader Under
wood Intervened, and tbo half cont
duty on lemons, provided in tho new
democratic bill, was carried by tho
house. Tho Importers havo carried
their fight to the senate.
WASHINGTON, May 31. Sena
tors Pitluum of Nevada, Jpnes of
Washington mid Chamberlain of Ore
gon today wore named a sub-eommit-teo
by the semito to report on tho
Alaska rnilroud bills. The sub-coin-
utitteo probably will report uext week.
FOUR YEARS WITHOUT
SIGHT, SEES AGAIN
EUQBNK. Ore., Muy .Sl.Atter
spending four years In durknoss, Mrs.
J, Mlsnor Is today happy in the full
possession of hor vision, following a
successful operation for tbo removal
of cataracts. Tho outcome 'of tho,
operation was a joyful surprise, tia
It was feared that Mrs. Mlsnor would
nevor again bo ablo to seo.
WILSON LIKELY TO WITHDRAW
NOMINATION OF SEATTLE MAN
WASHINGTON, May 31, Re
ports uro current here today that
President Wilson will withdraw 'th'a
nomination of Edgar Battle lo b'e
promiuotit nt Seattle on account of
tho protest of Sceretitry Bryan and
other administration democrats.
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