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', So rotut Zi ' li rtcf c'ty '! MEDFORD Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'nlr onlftfit nnd Tliunduy Mnv. 77j Jllii. 113. Mail i PnrlyMtilril Yenr. hnlly r.lMtith Ynnr. HEAR EVIDENCE E liuiicnchiiicnt Court Declilo-, hy Vote of 49 to 7 to Defer Decision as to Lcfiallty of Impeachment Articles Until After All Evidence Is In. Plan to Drlitfi In Acts Before Elec tion as Well as After Attorneys Sum Up Case. AI.IIANY, X. V., Sept. 21. Al lliu mitKliih 'f t'liii'f IumUi.'ii CuIIcii (if tlm court of appeal, llio bulrcr im peaehmeiit roiirt, by a vole of 41) lit 7, decided loduy o dnfor decision iih In lliu legality of tin- iiiiKMoliiiuiit article until after tint evidence iiffulittil tlm governor in hciinl. Attorney Richards, opening fur tint prosecution, after the decision liiul been reiielud to delay a ruling mi tlio legality of tli" impeachment urtiittiHi, denounced Hul.cr iu tin ninht violent language. Hiilcr in Huorlittiil "Uu employed bagmen to scour tlm tnH fur contrihtitloiiN to his rnm palpi fiiinl," declared KirliiiriU, "Mm! Ii hud a bag himself, ohii to tlll.dlill iih well n x to I- contrihu tiun. Uu ilid moio than colled fund. I to intended to Keep tlii'in to liny Mlot'kH and to Mipply margin fur bin (.took speculation." Then tin atlorai'y reviewed tin' charge ntsnliiMt Hulfcr, riwnpttiilnt ing tlinn and attacking tlm governor pcroiinlly. "Ah high ns hi nfflro ami n high n hi iionitiun," In' shouted, "w un prepared to provi' low, sordid crime iiKtilmtt William Sulcr. 111m chief offciife were plain frainl, Inrrrny nml perjury." 1'iu's Mining Argument Tin suggestion that an official ran ho hold answerable for aels prior to lliu anHUiiiptlnii of office i revo liitioiiiiry mid unhi'iinl of," said Fox. "I am loath to believe that this court will approve sueh a iloclrinc." Tlicn In' quoted Judge IV.rkcrV ar gument that tin constitutional con- cation of 18 III removed all limita tions on the stale senate's power of luipenehmcnt. "If this In true," ho milled, "Ihen the limitation in the prudent criminal cmlc operate In Hie present cane." I-iixk argument wn the strongeM yet maile, since tlm impeachment trial begun, nml tin most i-loqiicut Dci'Mon U I'oMpoiinl When Fo.x hail finished, Chief .Ius lice Culleii unid that in hU opinion the oueslion raised were hiicIi that tluiy could not ho deeded offhand, anil In Miggetcd delay. .Senator Winner moved to postpone action, ami his suggestion wiih ailoplcd. Attorney I), duly Horrific then filed Sulr.cr' answer. It denied all tlm allegations uxcopt that Sulrer nil inltteil receiving t'liinpiiluii contribu tions, snylug ha accepted them in good fullli. Attorney ltichuulK then spoke. The iiinnngcrH of t ho Impeachment nrocrcdinirs hnvo friibnoeuned the niiiiiugcrs of thn local telegraph of ficeH to proilncn all tclcgramx nent hy Sulr.fr, his wife, l'rivalo Secre tary Sarochy, John Honnei.).cy and lamoH (lunlsnii during June, July AugiiHl and tluiH far in Septcinher. Tlm capital, when) tho trial iii progreiH, wa paclicil today, ilcxm'to tlio fact that only poraoim nhovving good rciiHoiiH for mliulHsion were nl lowed to oilier. BROADWAY REVELS SHOW NEW LIFE N'HW YOUIC, Sopt. ai.-rliullca-tloiiH Unit tho "lid," clampuil down on Ilrmulwny'H lolistor palaces by tho lata Mayor Onynor will ho tlltoil enmo hero thla nftornoou whon Acting Mayor Adolph Kllno nxprossod his hnllof Hint Guyiior'R 1 o'clock curfow law In too stringent. "I do not think that th'oonfos want to ruiuiilu opaii all night," Bald Kllno. "It uooiiib to 1119 that It would ho well to rhniign tho oIohIiiu hour from 1 to a or Si'OO o'clocK," A NS R BOD CISIUN IBM. BRIDE OF ELLIS' TRIES TD Murderer of Slialnusky Identified as Vlrnlnla Man, Wanlcil for Scries of Hotel Robberies Married and Deserted 16-Ycar-Old Girl. All Victims Were Second-Hand Mer chants Brldo Now In Hospital at Point of Death. INDIANAPOMK, lint.. Heat. 21. Couflilniit Hint tho murderer of Jo mvpIi Hlmlannky, n Kevoiiillintul dealer, who was lured to n hotel luini nml killed nflur Imlng rohhod, In Jomiph i:itl of Illchmouil, Vlrglnln, tho In dlniinpollH pollru nHimrl Hint HIIU' enp turo 1h only n mattur of n fow dttyH. With hln nrrcNt, Hid pallro nxpect HI- 1 In to roureim to n tierlen of hotel rob herlei In Phllndolphln, I'lttuburg, Clevelnnd, Toledo nud I.oulnvlllo. It dovolopcd todny Hint B!inlnnky'i murderer pawned n gold wntch hero which hnd heiui tnkeit from n victim nt I.ouIkvIIIk, Hi In fnct convincing tho pollru Hint Klllii rommltted tho ontlra nerlcit of rohlierlen. Two Bonn of Hhnlnmiky ponltlvaly Identified n pic turn of I'rod llroknw, wanted for rob bery In I'lttuburg, mi tho youth who gnvo thu nnmn of Atiduriou nnd In diirod filinlnimky to vUll tho hotel. Thn pollen declnro Hint Kill uvea tho nllnes of Antiunion nnd llroknw. Wlfn Trie Hulrldo A ctirlou fnct pointed out In con nection with Shnlnnaky'a murder I that nil of Kill' victim hnva been verondhnnd clothing drnlnrti, Hhnlntmky'a funcrnl wni hold this mornlpg. Dnclnrrng that filin hnd married Kl llii, a girl of ilxtcen yonra giving tho unmo of Audrn linker ahot horsalf In n rooming homo hero today. Hot con dition I crltlrnl. Tho girl untd alio mnrrlnd Kill, who than wns going under thn nnmn of Anderson, nt Dan ville, llllunU, July C. Tho pollro doubt tho glrl'a atory Hint alio ninrrlod Anderaon, but nro InvcMlgntlng. In her room wna found n letter nddronaod to Mrs. Iofrn linker, her mother, saying her bus bnnd hnd murdered n man nnd en- cloatng clipping of tho Shnlnnaky crime. Ieerteil In Week Thn young wnmnn told tho pollco Hint alio recogntted her huabnud'a pic- turn In tho nowapnpora na tho alnyer of Hhnlnnaky. Rho mid alio lived with Anderson only r week when ho deserted her. Tho girl ahot horsotf In (ho left aide, but wnlkod to n gro cery atom nml told thn clorlc Hint alio hnd shot horaclf. Then n pollcomnn wnn nummoneil, rrnnklln Dollatore, n roomer, snld Hint n man resombllng pictures of Kllla cnlled to aoo thn girl Mondny but Hint alio wna nut. A railroad conductor said Hint n youth rosom btlug Kills went to Cincinnati Mon dny afternoon on his train. Telegrams from Dnnvlllo confirmed this afternoon tho girl's statement Hint aha had married Audersou thoro In July. SCHOOLMATE MEETS IDT Ni:V YOItlC( Sopt. 24. l'nthor Frnux Mnkert, a former nchoolmnto In tlermuny of Hans Hchmldt con fessed murdered of Alum Aumullor, told tho Nuw York pollco Hint Schmidt wns n brlllnnt scholnr. Mnkert saw Hchmldt today, nud whon tho two niou met, Schmidt said: "Thoro la no uso talking to mo. I hnva no regrets, I klllod by revela tion. You do not understand, as you hnvo uot had rovolntlons," Mnkert nam od aovornl rolatlvon of Schmidt who woro Iimano and gnvo tho authorities much Important In formation. BILL COLLECTOR DRIVES DEBTOR TO COMMIT SUICIDE OAKLAND, Cut., ' Sept. 121. While n hill collector waited outside today, Oeorgo C, Wright of Antioeh, Gal., fltepped into his room hero anil sent a hullet into his hrain. ITo COIHSUICIDE J lived hut few minutes, MIODFORD, MURPHY READS POEM WRITTEN CAPTAIN'S WIFE Maor Forced to Rehearse Love Ditty Dedicated to Mrs. Mcrrlam Little Gained In Cross-Examination Ex cept Paroxysms of Mirth. Touch of Traijedy Added When De fendant's Mother Tells of Opera tions Merriam Forced on Wife. HAN KIIANCIRCO, Cnl Bept. Z. Thero wna moonlight on thu meadows Thorn worn shadows In tho lnno, Aa I went along wltli Ijesalo At thu grinding of thu cauo. It wns drip, drip, drip Oh, tho en no una awcot to alp, Hut nothing to thu sweetness of her dewy, rosy lips. And that's only part of It part of the poem .Mnjor Clnrenco Murphy for merly of the governor of Louisiana's sinff, wrotu nnd dcdlcntcd to Mrs. HesMlo C. Morrlnm, wlfo of Cnptnln Henry 0. Mcrrlam of tho United States army. Ilia fuco purple, his brow covcrod with perspiration nnd his voko husky with rage, thu major bad to read the entire, poem to a crowded courtroom todny nt tho trlnl of Captain Mcr rinm'd divorce suit ngalnst his wlfo, whom ho accuse among other Uitngn, of Indltcrotlons with Major Murphy. Court I loom Hujo)' room Attorney I.lnforth for Captain Mcr rlam started on his cross examina tion today, however, with tho avowed Intention of "ruffling tho major's bangs," and, to some extent, ho suc ceeded. Tho rending of the witness' poom throw tho courtroom Into such paro xysms of mirth that Judge Graham, himself on tho broad grin, could not restore order for somo time, and laughed when ho suggested that tho major tako his lyric to tho Orphoura Tho dapper but wrathful major fin ally reached n point whoro ho could couinin mmscir no iongor ana ex claimed, regardless of court otlquetto: "I hno boon brought hero undor falso pretenses and ought to bo allowed to protest. I was In Paris when I re ceived word that I had boon named n co-respondent In this enso, nnd I enmn nil tho way ncrnss nn oconn nnd n continent to dotend tho good nnmo of this woman and myself only to bo mudo gnmo of. So I wish to mnko a stntoment." I.lnforth wouldn't consent, how over, nnd, apparently ngalnst his will Judge. (Irahnm, who looked as It ho would have liked to hear what tho major had to any, wns obliged to re fer him to tho nowspnpors. Asldo from annoying tho major, I.lnforth accomplished nothing. Ills rooms woro tho worst offenso tho wit iiflsa would admit. As for his rela tions with Mrs. Morrlnm, ho declared emphatically, and with overy nppear anco of truth, that they wcro perfect' ly Innocent. (Continued on I'ngo 3) BY WASHINGTON, Sept. 2I.-Vni!cd States Judge. Pollock of Wichita, Kan., correctly interpreted the Mann white slave net when ho declared that tho law did not nffoot "the personal osonpndes of mon and women," no cording to views expressed hero this afternoon hy four members of con gress. "Tho Maun law," said Congress man Adnmsoit of Georgia, "was not intended to apply to private epi sodes, only commoroinl ventures," Itepresentnlivo Clayton of Ala bama look llio same view. "The Mann not," ho Raid, "wns intended to break up tho 'traffio in young girls." Representative darner of Texas said: "I think Judgo Pollock inter preted tho act thoroughly, lie is right." lteprosonlntivo Garret of Tcuues- seo was of tho snnui opinion, "Judgo Pollock's decision Is in accord with tlio inlcut of tho law," he said, OHI'XION, AVICDNJOSDvW, MRS. PANKHURST, THE MILITANT SUFFRAGETTE, AND DAUGH TER, WHO ARE COMING TO LECTURE IN AMERICA " .aSSBBBBSBSBSBB- jar;,, Ji' ' ? J if IBF .-7' H W.'dtv . - r?&f'r ms f v -v v ' JERSEY PRIMARY THKNTON. X. J., Sept. 1. Pres ident Without candidate for the democratic nomination as governor of New Jersey vyas victorious, as shown by complDte rctunin today from yestenlny's btnte primnrlct;. The three nominations were uh fol lows; Democratic Fielder. Uepnhlionn Stokes. Progressive Colby. The Wilson democrats won uot only on the gubernatorial nomination hut on their choice of a legislative ticket nnd in the statu committco contest. Tho progressives enst tho smnllest voto nt tho primnric, which Cnndi dato Stokes declared to moan that numerous progressives have returned, to tho republican fold. On the strength of thi", ho predicted n re publican victory at the election. CALIFORNIA FOREST L NAPA, Cal., Sept. 21.-Tho for est fires which have burned for three days in four central California coun ties wcro reported under control to dny. A deep fire trail cut lato last night saved the Hercules Powder works in Santa Cruz county, ami the fire in Nnp.i county nlso is under control. A shift in the wind is re ported today to hnvo saved the min ing town of Newcastle, Placer coun ty, which was meuneed last night. A fire is reported in Sail Mateo coun ty, hut is of littlo consequence, ns no life or human habitations nru en dangered. Tho henviest loss was sustained in Napa county, whoro the damage i estimated at $7."),000. SENATE COMMITTEE VOTES ECU HETCHY WASHINGTON, Sopt. 21. Tho sonato public lnnds commlttoo wns Bcliodulod to tnka a voto at 4 p. m. today on tho Iletch Hotchy bill to glvo San Francisco a wator supply from tho Yosomlto valley. Oppon ents of tho mensuro concodod tho voto would bo fnvornblo. .Former Representative. Parsons of Now York doclarod the building of a dam In tho valley would destroy na turo sounds which he attributed to Kcho Rocks, tho splashing of fish and bounding deer. Parsons' fnco flushed whon Supervisor Vogelsang of Sun FrnnclBco BUggestod that tbo Now Yorkor probably meant "tho singing of fish ana tho yodoling of doer," WILSOraiDAIE WINS NOMINATION HKP'I'JflMUBlt 21, 3913. ROOSEVELT MAY LEAD REPUBLICANS IN 1916 ELECTION WASHINGTON, Sept. H. Inter viewed concerning a itatement re ccntly attributed to United State Senator Sutherland of Utah, to the effect that Itooaovelt will bo tho re publican nominee for president Iu 191C, the consensus of opinion among politicians hero today was that "It atl depends." "Tho queslon was put to tho colonel point blank by a progressive congress man who was visiting htm whether ho would accept tho republican nomi nation," said Congressman Kelly of Pennsylvania today. "Tho colonel gavo his Interrogator every assurance that such an event was most Improb able, but did not answer categorically. "Personally, I bcllovo tho report that ho will bo tho republican nomlneo Is buncomb, Intended to distort tho Issuo between republicans and pro gressives, but oven tho loss of Roose velt would not destroy tho progres sive party." "I bcllovo that, If tho republicans nro to win tho next election progres sives must lead tho party," said Sena tor Gronnn of North. Dakota. "All theso stories mean nothing," said Senator Ilrlstow of Kansas, "be cause tho election Is threo years away." "Hoosovelt's candidacy in 1916 de pends on tho attitude of tho progres sives toward tho republicans during tho noxt threo years," said Congress man Austin of Tonnesseo. "It tho progressives continuo tb put candi dates Into every congressional dis trict nnd to malign tho republicans tho breach will only widen." "I.nFoUotto, Roosevelt, Cummins, noruh or any other prominent pro gressive would bo nccepable." SMALL DECLINES NKW YORK, Sopt. 21. Llttel ro Bistanco wab otforod to tho soiling movement In tho early dealings In stocks ttday. Utah Copper and Araal gamnted wero forced down ono. Colo rndo Fuol dropped 1 and declines of from halt a point to li nlso woro registered In Rending, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Lehigh Valley, Stool and Can. Lator soiling bocamo moro nggresslvo whon It dovolopcd that tbo declines woro not bringing out support. Union Pacific toll 3 and many other declines of 1 to 2 points woro registered. Donds woro Irregular. Tho market closed steady. Drain Editor Dead DRAIN, Ore., Sept. 24. Cortlandt C. Parker, editor of the Drnirt Non pareil and tho Youcalla Times, died " . Y. ..-...-..--.-.- , - I ol apart laiiure in ipuruiiii iouiiy.ioiueys mss uer name iiuoui. uviMct-'ltotyceri j0 g,s months tn jail Here to Ho was 80 years old. ' UiqjioiirU A doctor cared for her. jfty ty United States Judge PolUnt;. COIL TIGHTENS ABOUT COULSQN FOR 2 MURDERS Accused Man Falls to Account for Whereabouts at Hour Fatal Shots Were Fired That Wounded Common-Law Wife. Revolver Used Found In Hotel Where Coulson Rcfjlstered Shortly After Commlttlnp. Crime. SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Kept. 21. Assistant District Attorney James Ilrennnn did uot earn munh. he ad mitted todny, from the "third de gree" applied to A. K. Coulson, the Market street merchant whom the police have been holding since n few hours nfter George Kovnek nml Wil liam Acker wcro shot dead nnd Conl son's common-lnw wife wns Kcrious- ly wounded, ns they were lunching together in the Allns gnrnpe early Inst Friday morning. All Hint Rronnnn was able to get out of the prisoner wns this: "I closed shop about f:30 Thurs day evening, got a shave nearby, nte in a restaurant near my room, nnd reached the apartment about 7:45 Half nn hour Inter T took a streetcar to the bench, rcmnined thero until midnight, bought n drink of beer nt the Cret nnd enme back to town." From then until nfter 2 the next nffernoon Coulson's account lapsed, lie took it up ngain with the nurcn ae of a newspaper, his rending of the shooting, his visit to his lawyer and his surrender to the police. He did not pretend to have forgotten what happened between midnight nnd 2 p. m. lie simply refused to tell. Phoned From Hotel Ilrennnn learned, something, how ever, of tho prisoner's movements during the period he would not dis cuss. The informant was P. II. noencrnntr, n business nssocinto of Coulson's. According to his state ment. Coulson spent the latter pnrt of the night of the murder nt the OnkwooJ hotel, whence he telephon ed to Ro'encrnntr. about 7 a. in. to arrange for a meeting with his Inw- ycr. The police visited the Oakland ho tel to verify this story, and at tho hotel Clerk Bert Davis did, indeed, identify Coulson as hnving register ed there about 2:30 n. in. on the morning of the shooting, or some twenty minutes nfter it had occurred as "A. n. Cole. I,os Angeles." Later Mrs. S. K. Stncey, landlady nt tho Oakwood, found a .1S-caliher revolver, such as fired tho shots which killed Aekcr nml Kovack nud wounded Coulson's common-law wifo, nnd such nlso, ns Coulson is known (Continued on Page 3) LPLOT I Y 1.0 SANGKLF.S, Cal., Sept. 24. Two witnesses appeared in court here todny to tostify in support of the assertion of tho detenso ot ucorge 11. ni.h,v, charged with contributing to tlio delinquency of Cito Helen Barker, that a full-blown plot to ex tort money from wealthy men by blackmail existed among linbitucs of tho Jonquil apartments, a house of unsavory reputation. Judge W. H. Evans of Monrovia, ruddy faced and upstnuditig despite his snowy hair and ndmi?ion of 74 years, was the first to tako the stand. Oetnvius Morgan, 04, an architect of much prominence, professionally ami socially, hero, was the second. Evans wns subjected to an uu plensnut interrogation by Assistant Distriot Attorney Keyes, who direct ed his questions with discouragin'j; pertinacity to tho aged juror's visit to the Jonquil. Morgan for a tiinn at lenst csenped tho inquisition. His attorney ad vanced reasons why ho should be excused that wero taken under con sideration by tho court. Myrtle O'Dnir, a Jonquil girl, be- enmo hysterical while listening to at ., . . " BLACKMAI AGAN NO. 159 DRAGGED HEAD DOIT DEATH STRATTON'SFATE Hotel Worker, Ane 30, Falls Back ward From Box Car Steps LUe Pounded Out on Ties Positively Identified. Three Trains Pass Over Mannlcd Body Before Discovery Dead Man Lived Here Two Years. K Stratton, a hotel worker, about thirty years of ago n.ct death Wednes day night, by being dragged .jhjead down, from tho Southern Pa'clflc water tank to tho Jackson street crossing, with ono foot caught Iri tho stop rait of a box car of a moving train. From ono o'clock last night, tbo tlmo of the discovery of tho body until noon today his Identity was clouded. Then Councllnicn Gcorgo Porter positively Identified him as E. Stratton, who worked two days for the Dig Pines Lumber company this week. An Inquest will bo held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Tho dead man had evidently boarded tho north bound freight at tho water tank, and from a trail of blood, fell backwards from his hold near tbo Fifth street crossing. Ills foot caught between the foot rail and against tbo car floor, and ho was holp- less, his cries being drowned by tho nolso of tho train. This happened about ten o'clock, and the body was discovered by tho crow of a south bound freight train about one o'clock. Two freights and a passenger train passed over his body before a discov ery. A. hundred curious, people flocked to tho Perl undertaking parlors this morning to seo tho remains. Thn dead man had lived In Medford for two years at Intervals. Ho was known as "Rip," and had worked as a cook and helper at tho Medford Hotel. Recently ho returned from a trip to Portland, and Tuesday wont to work for tho Big Pines Lumber company. Nothing Is known of tho relatives of tho man, though It Is believed they llvo in Southern Cali fornia. RACIAL RING STILL IN'PROGRESS AI DENTON, III., Sept. 21. The rac ial disturbances which broke out hero following tho murder by for eigners of two American musiehuiH nt a danco Saturday night wero still raging today. Foreigners, regard less of nationality, wero assaulted wherever they showed themselves. Business houses wero closed and tho homes of foreign residents barri caded. Tho sheriff confessed his iimliil- it" to stop rioting nud martial law was declared. Fifteen National Guardsmen this afternoon discovered sovoral aliens attempting (o enter tho homo of Wyatt, tho only membor of tho trio of musicians who escaped with hi life. Ho is tho prosocution's only witness. FAILS TO MAKE CROSSING: FAMILY IN AUTO HURT COLFAX, Wash., Sept. 2I.-H. M. Gwynn, his wife nud fivo-year-pld son nro sufforing today from serioiw injuries sustained whon the nutomo bilo in whio hthev wero riding was struck by nn 0. W. 11. & N. freight train nt Pullman. Gwyun attempted to pilot tho ear over it crosisng iu front of nn incoming train. Tho boy's skull was fractured nud Iiq mny not recover. SIX MONTHS IN JAIL ', FOR RAISING PENSION CHECK SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Sopt, 21. Convicted of altoriug nnd rnUIntr a government pension check from $18 to .$ 18(10, John Bogdcii was scn- !" " (."", ...,... ,...., N N MN i .