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First Arizona State Fair, Phoenix, Oct. 28 to Nov. 2 :h:hkkx:::: oosevelt Shot by a Cowardly, Would-Be Assassin EICRATIC GABFEST IKES VOTES FOR COL ROOSEVELT STANDPAT SPELLBINDERS LAMBAST ROOSEVELT FOR THREE SOLID HOURS AND SAY NOTHING MUCH ENTHUSIASM DISPLAYED BY THE APPLAUSE COMMITTEE ON THE STAGE POOR MARCUS SMITH, ARIZONA'S POLITICAL BENEFICIARY, IS PITIABLE FIGURE. If any proof was needed to show campaign was Theodore Roosevelt who the pie-counter Democrats fear j and the one man most feared hy Mr. most, that proof was furnished at last Jones. night's Democratic gabfest, when foi I The speaker misquoted Roosevelt three solid hours the speakers lam- whenever it suited his purpose best, basted Theodore Roosevelt as the" one ( notably so when he made Roosevelt dangerous man in American politics, say he would never again be a candi Foxy old Mark Smith, who has fed date, which were not the words used at the public crib for lo these many by Roosevelt. years, the corporation lawyer and the j Also. on numerous occasions in ref employee of the Southern Pacific Co., erence to the joint statehood cam proyed by his astonishing logic, to the paign of eiglit years ago. He sought entire satisfaction of the officeholders to discredit Teddy in that connection, on the platform, that only one man when everyone .who is fairminded in America really favored the trusts and in possession of the facts knows and corporations, and -that one man that Roosevelt did not even try to uas Theodore Roosev'elt. And Mark influence the Arizona Republican par had the proof, which was that George ty largely made up of'his own aiipoint- W. Perkins had subscribed $15,000 to ( tees to support joint statehood. Roosevelt's campaign fund out of his j Roosevelt expressed only his private own private fortune and that Mr. Per- j opinion that joint statehood would be kins himself favored the Progressive ( the only kind of statehood congress pai ty and in fact, was the whole would give Arizona for years to come, thing. Arizona was then, as npw, entirely Poor old 'Mark has npt learned, or dominated by the big corporations and isn't fair enough to admit the -truth, these big corporations were the big that the Progressive party, or move-j factors in defeating joint statehood, ment wasn't born with the nomination . and were mainly opposed to any kind of Theodore Roosevelt at Chicago, but of statehood as long as it could be it is an evolution that has been un-1 prevented by aid of such crafty poli folding very rapidly during the pasi'ticians as Wiley T. Jones. 15 years, and for which Roosevelt isj Roosevelt knew full well that the' more responsible than any other ono Arizona corporations were united man. I against joint statehood for the rea- The American people realize this, son that a large state, (like Texas for hence their overwhelming support of Roosevelt whenever given ' an oppor tunity to express it at. the ballot box. Mark Smith reflected in a typical manner just what the politicians of all the old parties feel, and that is, Theo dore Roosevelt is against the whole field, and he must be overwhelmed at any cost. . Mark Smith is the best argument The Examiner knows of in . favor of Theodore Roosevelt, Congressman Carl Hayden in a very short address really endeavored to 'iticians would fall into line. In thi? give the people in the audience, who Captain Meeden was disappointed were mostly Roosevelt Progressives ; and he soon fell in line with the bunch, and Socialists, some idea of the rea-jwho opposed joint statehood, while son for his candidacy and what hejV. W. Woodman, W. H. Lyon of the had endeavored to do in Congress and j Yuma Valley, and the Editor of The what he proposed to dp in the future, if re-elected. He referred to the pro posed national bridge ocress the Col orado at Yuma and expressed the opinion that Yuma bridge all right would get the Mr. Hayden admitted that he was , for Wilson as the head of his ticket, ' but this surprised no one, as Mr. Hay den is well known to be a program Democrat. , His remarks were, on the "whole, received very kindly by the people, al- though he was not applauded as gen- Jones "was that Roosevelt, when at erously by the "applause committee" ( Chicago, and the Taft forces had on the stage as were the two speakers decided to back Hadley, and Borah who followed him. Jwent to Colonel Roosevelt with a Wiley T. Jones of Craham county . compromise, Col. Theodor Ropsevelt was the real wind-jammer of the even-j did not say that he wanted the nomin ing, and the way he did puncture ation for himself, as Mr. Jones stated, the atmosphere was a fright to listen j But he said he would never agree to to. and about half of the audience a compromise, the nature of which was didn't listen, but wended their way ( known to all the Progressives, and out of the hall. nine-tenths of them followed Roosevelt Mr. Jones talked Roosevelt for one out of the Republican party on that hour and, a half, and convinced even issue. the few Democrats present that the Yet another misstatement made by one paramount issue of the present Mr. Jones was that Roosevelt offered (Continued fon Page Four) NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Superior Court pf the County of Yuma, State of Arizona. In the matter of the Estate of, Mary Clymer, Deceased; Notice to. Cred itors. Notice is hereby given by the un dersigned, administratrix of the Es tate of Mary Clymer, deceased, to the creditors of and a.11 persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit such claims with the neces sary vouchers, within ten months aft er the first publication of this notice, to the said executrix, at the office of her attorney, Clement H. Colman, Main street, Yuma, Arizona, which said office the undersigned selects as her place of business in all matters connected with the estate of Mary Clymer, deceased. MARY VANCE BLACKERBY, instance) would be much harder for them to control than a state" small in population would be. Roosevelt .made no fight to force the joint statehood, and gracefully gave way 'to the wishes of the people of Arizona in the mater. Many astute politicians of Yuma prominent among them being Captain Meeden, informed the editor of The Examiner that joint statehood would carry because Teddy would come down with the "big stick" and the pol Examiner were among the very few who refused to desert joint statehood the administration measure and the vote in Yuma resulted in 200 for, and 300 against it, whereas at. the be ginning of the campaign scarcely a man was found in Yuma who favored joint statehood. s As in the present campaign, at the outset all the big newspapers, Repub lican and Democratic, were lined up with the corporations of the territory. Another misstatement made by Mr. Administratrix of the Estate of Mary Clymer, deceased. Dated Yuma, Arizona, October 10, 1912 four weeks. LEADS A POLL 0 F JHEVETEBANS LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15. The eng thusiasm with which the old soldiers are rallying to the support of Roose velt and Johnson and the Progressive cause generally is pretty clearly in dicated by a poll of the Fifth precinct of the soldiers' home. There are 163 voters in this precinct, and of these 147 have announced themselves for Roosevelt. Six have declared them selves for Taft, three are Socialists, and seven are Democrats. Get New- Magazines at Shorey's. The Country Is Paralyzed WOULD-BE ASSASSIN IS A FORMER NEW YORK SALOONKEEPER, NAMED JOHN SCHENK, WHO HAD DOGGED ROOSEVELT OVER MANY STATES AWAITING AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMIT MOST DASTARDLY CRIME HIS AIM WAS TRUE, AND "ROOSEVELT LUCK" ALONE PREVENTED A NATIONAL CALAMITY. OOOOOOOO.OOOOOOOOOO CHICAGO, Oct. 15, 11:10 a. m. (Special to The Yuma Ex aminer), Roosevelt is now In the Mercy hospital here, and he will undergo an X-ray exam-' ination. The wound is three inches deep over the tenth rib, the bullet resting at the bot tom of the wound. Colonel Roosevelt was able to walk from the train to the ambu lance which conveyed him to the hospital. Every precaution will be- taken to guard against blood-poisoning. His physi cians do not regard the wound as likely to result seriously. OOiOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Shot and sorely wounded by a cowardly assassin as he was about to leave his hotel, for the Auditorium m Milwaukee last evening where thous- ands of people were awaiting his ar- rival Theodore Roosevelt turned to' look at the assassin who had been felled by Colonel Cecil Lyon of Texas, and said, "Don't hurt him, I'm all right." The assassin had wedged his way through the. crowd and was close to Colonel Roosevelt when he drew a .32-calibre pistol and aimed straight for the heart, but Providence and "Roosevelt luck" caused the leaden missive to strike a package of manu- script in Col. Roosevelt's pocket from. when it glanced and hit a rib and embedded itself at the base of the tenth rib Rpoiii Pninnoi p.nn t vnn f as,' who is accompanying Roosevelt on this trip, was Elbert H.. Martin, the Colonel's stenographer and Cap- tain Alfred O. Gerrard of Colorado, one of the Colonel's Rough Riders, who quickly overpowered the would-be assassin and threw him to the ground. and prevented him firlne a second shot which he fully intended to do. The assassin was pounced upon by 11 " WILL TROT IN STATE FAIR RACES PHOENIX, Oct. 14. Word has been received here that William Durfee, the well known horseman, expects to bring Manrico, his world's record-breaking three-year-old trotter, to Phoenix, 'to participate in the race program ar ranged for the First Annual Arizona State Fair. Manrico can rightfully be considered the head of the stable that Horseman Durfee is racing this year and his presence in Phoenix assures some speedy trotting. At Lexington a few days ago Man- rnn wno rohirnoH fv,Q ttti n nai nf fv. Kentucky Futurity trotting classic, valued at $14,000, after six gruelling ' heats. In the last heat of this race in which Baldy McGregor took the lead of Rythmell and Manrico was held well in the rear of the leader and it was thought he would not have any chance to get up in time to win the The Ohio Farm Journal has made up a poll on the political situation. "While it is too early to tell, the indications are that there will be some surprises the morning after the 'votes are counted. During the three weeks previous to the closing of our forms for the October issue, the following straw votes were taken: Roosevelt'3G2, Taft, 58; Wilson, 151." With a record of 65 years as a Democrat, Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. J. Wal lace of Philadelphia, has announced "I've been voting the Democratic S6 now. Roosevelt is ahead of the Progressive." Here are two straw votes from Illinois: Illinois Watch Company, in Sangamon county, 111.: 230 for Roosevelt, 80 for Taft, 70 for Wilson, 12 for Debs. Sangamon Electric Company: 66 for Roosevelt, 29 for Wilson, 9 for Taft, and 9 for Debs. 1 A poll of the passengers on board railroad was taken a day or two .ago. signed with the following result: Theodore Roosevelt, 92; William H. Taft, I 30;Woodrow Wilson, 58; Eugene V. The Southwest demands a bridge across the Colorado even, if party .politics must be neglected to get it. -yi&-'?y" a large crowd and dragged into thp 0( kitchen of the Gilpatrick hotel. Col. 0( Roosevelt sat back in his car while O an immense crowd yelled at him. He O said to them, "My good friends, 1 Oam not hurt, and I am going to the O Auditorium to speak. . Good luck to O you." O The, ex-president did not feel the Of bullet until he had reached the Audi CD torium when he felt a sting in his O right side. He instantly placed his O j hand," upon the bullet. Dr. Terrell, the O Colonel's physician, who is traveling ojwith him, made a hasty examination O and said that he was not seriously O hurt. o Though sufferings in great pain O the Colonel insisted upon mak O ing his speech. Henrv Cochems. t.h( i Bull Moose leadin in Wisconsin, broke the news of the shooting to the await ing crowd. When Roosevelt came up on the staee he receivd n treimpnrlmi ovation He spoke ft half hour) then he'was hurried to his automobile and rushed to the hospital where a half dozen .Physicians made an examina tion but failed to locate the bullet At midnight last night a bulletin was issued from the emergency hos pital saying that Colonel Roosevelt's wound was superficial a flesh wound onlv and no evidences of injury to tne jun The Colonel's condition was so good that the physicians allowed him to continue on his journey in his privatt car to Chicago where he was placed under surgical care at the Mercy hos pital. Alie woum-oe muraerer, at tne mii waukee Police station gave his name as John Schenk, address as 370 East Tenth street, New- York City, ai which address h& had formerly kep 'a saIoon- , The assassin gave, evidence by i memorandum found upon his person that he had been following Roosevelt around over the country. He had his schedule, the first place where he had been with Roosevelt was at Charleston, South Carolina, on September 23." ,s heat and the race. When the contest- jants turned into the stretch, Manrico j moved up with a rush and after a mile brush won the heat by beating Baldy McGregor to the wire. The time j in this heat was 2:07, which is a new I world's mark for the sixth heat of a race. Tins also was the rastest six heats ever trotted OF PUSS DIVISION DAILY TUCSON, Oct. 14. Assistant Super intendent T. H. Kruttschnitt of the Sbuthern Pacific, has returned from a trip over the division. He finds busi- ness increasing. An average of from 350 to 400 cars are Passing over me nne uauy. LADY EVANGELIST TONIGHT The evangelistic services continue at the Baptist church every evening, Hear Mrs. Hermiston tonight. his .intention to vote for Col. Roosevelt ticket ever since I was 21 'and I am two old parties. He is the only real the Spring Valley express of the Erie Voting cards were passed around and Debs, 2. CONTRIBUTIONS CAMPAIGN W. F. McCOMBS, DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN, TESTIFIES BEFORE COMMITTEE McCOMBS PAID THE EARLY EXPENSES OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET SAYS THE GREATER PART OF THE FUNDS COLLECTED WERE SPENT FOR "PUBLICITY." WASHINGTON, Oct 14. William Ohio, manager of the national Dem F. McCombs of New York, chairman ' ocratic. committee; Judge Alton B. of the national democratic committee, I Parker JosIah Quincy of Maasachu . TJ A1 . , , t! setts, Roger Sullivan of Illinois and told the Clapp commission investi- , , i Fred C. Penfield of Pennsylvania were gating . campaign funds today that the other witnesses to testify today. $208,000 had been contributed to thej While his' prepared.atatement detail fund this year in behalf of Governor ed only $193,565, Mr. McCombs said Wilson's nomination. the total expenses for the campaign "I began this campaign for Govern- had amounted to $208,193, He said . ,,,. that represented all the money ex- or Wilson m May, 191V he said. "For veQ and the first. month or two the campaign iC0llecte(i and disbursed to his was aireciea irom my own ouice, ana I paid the expenses out of my own nocket. Then I astahlished hpadauar- cers in New York. I think I spent:?85'000 credIted to "Cleveland Dodge about $10,000 myself." - and friends" Mr- McCombs produced Here Mr. McCombs produced a list a letter from Mp- Dodge &vinZ the of contributors to the Wilson fund. contributora as followa: Edward G Following are the principal pre-con-vention contributions-: Frederick C. Penfield, $12,000; .Wil liam F. McCombs, $11,000; Charles N. Smith, $1,000; Charles R. Crane, $10, 000; H. J. Barrett, $2,500; F. B. Robert, $2,500; George E. Handel, $2,- erU PUDiicity. 300; R. Magill, $2,500; Abram J. Eikus.i "We had to acquaint the people of $12,500; Harvey Thomas, $6,000; Jas. the United States with Governor Wil D. Ptielan, $1,000; Daniel Fellows son," he said, "and a wide campaign Platt, $2,500; Henry Morgenthau, $20,- of education was necessary. 000; Cleveland H. Dodge and Prince- j "There is not a dollar in that state .on friends, $85,800; Irving T. Bush, ment which reflects any promise, ex $1,000; Joseph F. Guffey, a Princeton pressed or implied, on my part No. friend of William F. MoCombs, $L850; "representations were made to anyone Samuel Untermyer, $7,000; collected ( to induce him to contribute except hrough William G. McAdoo, $3,600, that this country needs a man like hof which amount Jacob Schieff gave $2,500. Mr. McCombs testified that the $12,- iH)u credited to Frederick (J. Penfield wall all of the money that said contrib- ator had given. Senator Dixon of the Roosevelt forces had testified he had understood Mr. Penfield had made 'huge contributions." " Senator John H. Bankhead, mana ger x)l the Underwood campaign; Lieu enant Governor Hugh L. Nichools, of s IS DEFENDED PRES. TAFT The stahdpat Democratic speakers last night couldn't refrain every now and then from a defense of the G. O. P., which- was regularly followed by an apoldgy that a Republican speech was not intended. One speaker, Wiley T. Jones, thought it even necessary to continu- ally inform , the audience that he was delivering a Democratic speech. Most of the audience thought it merely a vituperation of Theodore Roosevelt and Mr. Jones' two hour talk would have done full justice to Harlan andj Bede as his line of bull con also that of Mark' Smith was about the same as that delivered by those followers of the Bull Moose. VIRGINIA NOT LEASED Mrs. Jennie Meade and Miss Vir- ginia Meade have requested The Ex- aminer to state that they have not leased the Virginia House, as report ed several days ago. Get New Magazines at Shorey's. j Word comes from Charles H. Hichborn, for sixteen years treasurer of the ' Republican State Committee in Maine, that he has resigned and has informed 'his former' coalleagues that from now on he is "going to be unhampered in his support of Colonel Roosevelt. A straw vote taken on. board the Newark branch train of the Erie railroad leaving Patterson at 5:30 a. m. one morning this week brought these results which were cheered when they were announced: Taft, 2; Wilson,. 10; Roove velt, 22. On board a special train carrying visitors to the Pennsylvania State- Col lege one day this week a straw vote brought these results: Roosevelt, 191; Wiison, 121; Taft, 37; Debs, 9; Chafin, 9. r With a Ralph Cameron in congress this year. Send Robert S. Fisher to Let the fight against Judge Sloan rest some needed legislation at Washington. Vote for Fisher this year. The people of Arizonacan vote for Hayden who is a perpetual candidate any old time. Partisanship is a thing of the past. Arizonans are demanding constructive statesmanship the kind that does things. Look up Ralph Cameronte record, and compare it with the record of our present representatives In congress. FOR WILSON'S TOTALED $208,000 knowledge. Questioned about the contribution of aneidon, $i,uuu; Thomas Jones, $10,- 000; David B. Jones, $10,500;. Cyrus H. McCormick, $12,500, and Cleveland S. Dodge, $51,500. 1 Mr. McCombs said the greaterr.part of "his funds were expended for gen- Wilson for President of the United States." Thomas Ryan was mentioned today 'as a contributor to two Democratic presidential compaign funds before the senate committee. Xiieutenant Governor Hugh L. Nichols . of Ohio, said Mr. Ryan, gave $77,000 to Gov ernor Harmon's fund ami Senator Bankhead credited Mr. Ryan with $35,000 contributed to the Underwood fund. NOBODY DOUBTS MR. JONES' Wiley T. Jones said last night at the Democratic meeting that as be tween Roosevelt or Debs brands of So cialism, he preferred the Debs brand. And why not? The Roosevelt brand has the endorsement of the American people, while the Debs brand has but feeble support and no chance to win. ' The great Democratic donkey which has fought from time Immemorial to. "get in" had what looked like . a chance this year until Roosevelt threw his hat in the ring. 1 "' THE DEMOCRATIC ISSUE The standpat Democrats have no case before the American people There Is but one issue from their standpoint and that issue is Theodore Roosevelt. The remarks of the Hon. Mark Smith and .Wiley T. Jones at the Zeller theatre last night prove this You want to hug some children, and slap others. ' "They can't kill Teddy. Yuma would have had a bridge built congress and something will be done. awhile if necessary to put through The Yuma bridge for instance. ATTITUDE