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mm Mitttrkii tnta eity Htf . Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Ka I r niul wanner, Max 91 tfln m ltd Hum 12 iter cent lritt l y-fifininl Yrnr llnllv HkshmIIi Vi'iir MIUDirORD, OMWON, SATIMMM Y. .Il'LY 20, HJ12 NO. 102. JAP MONARCH SERIOUSLY ILL; E DEADLY RIOTING IN SEAMAN'S STRIKE 100,000 MEN ARE AFFECTED M OF $40,000 TAXES T 4 I' CAUS CAMPAIGN FOR BRYAN IN 1908 COSI $666,644 HANFORD I !?' mmwuw r -T ' . , , im ,-y. A 1 GOVERNMENT FROM RAILROAD Ciiiprnir Matsuhllo Fnlllnn Rapidly ami Urath Only a Question of Vnck's Coliiibo Occurred Friday Nlllhl While With Empicss. Hrliiiis Services Hrld Thrminhotit Empire lor Recovery Wlfo nf Heir to Tlinino With Him. 'IOKIO. July SO. Official an miuiii'i'int'Ml wan made today Hint tho health of Kmporor MiitMiihlto Ik 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 - fullliiK mill tlml liln ileal h Ih pi nimbly mily it qiiomlon of woukn. Tho Mlkmlo Ih Herloimly III or both stomach ttifil btalu trouble, mill all public ami private audleurcn linvo Imhjii nlniped. 1 1 Ih condition today Ik more Hnrlnun Hum at any other tlintf Mum HI n IIIih'hh iii;nii. Tin1 Hidden rluiMKi' (or llm vom occurred Frldny night, when the Mikado abruptly rollnptiittl while roil "inliu: with llio ompretitt, Court ilinlrliiiiH worn Hiliunioiiod anil tin emprmot renin luoit nil night at her hiilMlitt'tt IiimIhIiIk. 'I'oiluy rollnluui mirvlrcs worn lii'lil thioimhout I ho country for Did in peroi'ii recovery, the upeclnl iwrvleen In Hi" Iliiilhlitl temple hero niul nt Kiln Inline I'Hpuclnlly Imprcwdvo. Tho wlfo of tin heir to tho throne. I'rlnm Yohlhlto, U ropreenllnK lilm at I ho place In liln nliin'iirn, ami h4hi tit tit nrqutilntcd with his falh or" condition hy telephone. Warned Hint tho Mlkmlo Ih tdnklng Hlmullly nniuibcrn of tlm Japaueiio royal fmnlly are arrhliwc hourly ami hiiatmiltiK to the liriUMi' of tho dy ing riilnr. All members of tlio cnbl mt ami other linporlimt gotoroitK'nt ijJflcuiH.iiin.nKoiinUlfil. at tlm palace. Tho public Jinvo been warned that iliHiih may roiuo nt any tlmo ami ulri'olH nro crowded with nuxlnitn Ihrniigit. Tho wholo city In quint ami miiI, According to a luilli'tlii limited to night, tho Mikado's temperature Ih inf.; putMo, 101, nml retqdratlon 3N I'rlnen KntHiira ha been advlned of tho Mlkailo'it condition ami In ox pi'i'loil to roach Toklo quickly. It U lii'llnvcd If tlio omporor dies Knt Hunt will hcrnnio premier again. Mutumi-Hllo-Touwn In tho 121t omporor of his lino, which dates hack S.ftRfi year tho oldest dynasty In tho worlil. Tho omporor In of phvtH lug nildnw, nonrly 0 foot tail, hroail anil inimriilur. of courtly bearing ami liilolloctual appearance. According lo Japanese legend, Mnt mi lllto In I ho direct dcHcomloiit of Gliimu, tho illvlno conqueror, who "iloHi'omtoil from Heaven on tho whlto hint of tho cIiiihIh." Olniiiu, iwiyn tho legend, comiuorod tho AIiioh, a warlike nice, wIioko ilenconilautH Mllll live In tho north part of Japan. Having nettled with tlioui ho ntylod himself Tonnhl, or "Tlio Sou of Heaven," nml founded tlm proHoiit itymtHty In 0H0 I). ('. SACK OF FLOOR IHJUUiV, July 'J0.-SiiiorlorH ol" lioiuii ruin for licliuiit wont wildly oiilliiihiiiHlio hero loiluy over llio Hieeeh of I'lCliiier Asquilli ill tlio Tliiiutui' Ho.Viit liiril niul't. Tlm Hpeeeh wiik h! lonely iiiilioiiulisllo, nml Iiiih mailo Amiuith tlio Imro of tlio hour hen'. OrnUKoiuou of llelfnrtt mmlo ilire IIuiiiiIh loiluy tin to what would hap pen if tho prmniei' venluieil to vinit their eity. I.iiht niulit a unnihor nf homo rule Hiippoiloiri ullnohml a orowd of Mif IfniKolli'H and uttomptod to throw them into llui livov. A KiilTniK"lt tlirow n Imik of I'lour ul l'reinier AHipiilh in tho townhull Hiptnrn today hut misM'd him. Slio was a nest ed nml placed in jail. I.OS ANOI5UCS, Cut., July UO. KllrtliiK with central iiuiHt coaHo, any Hull tolophono offlelalH. llorenftor oporatorH will ho liiHtructml to twitch flliliitloiiH iniilo volceu to tho olilof oporator. Tho order la effective nt VJ9Vt ASQUITH DODGES Jonathan Ronnie Orpanlzcs National nrpiihllcan Proprcsslvc Lnantic to Urnn Precepts of Direct Primaries, atlvc, ndcrriiilini) and Recnll. Purpose In Question Candidates Evrrywhrro and Srcurc Plcdcs of Support of Popular Measures. WASHINGTON', July 'Jil. Thai a lialiiniat leptihhciiil pioic hiu league i lie foiuted hv Hie pro nHie elenieut of (hut puilv lo iiiko the preeeplH of pupular coxei'i incut in Hie eoiuiui; eampniKU v'i the Htiiteliieill IKHlieil licie today lV IJitlcd StiiteM Seitatot' .loiiaHinii Itiuiiiie, junior, of Oregon. Ilennid: "It i ollr pinpoint ii pillHlle li campaign for iinpiiliii cuvcrmiieiit. Wo ttte in Hie comiiii; eiunpiiiii the eteetion of Hie iidvoeiilcx of pnpitlai Kovorninent eveiyhere. It in our pillpoxo to lllenlioil eillldiillltl'K for the einlatoii rcKiinliui; their ntti tmlii iipnii the piiuciplcM for which wo oliiiid, iiiittf villi; the eaiididiitoi that lliov will not leeeive our hiip porl tniliM Ihey pledge llioinaolvo 1.1 urilint; to Hiipport Illicit meaNUiox if eleeled. "The fio piineiplcN or our leaRtiu are ok follew: "Popular eleclion of United Statu houaloix. "Direct primarily. "I'lobideutial priiiiiiriufi, "The iiiitialive, leferenduiu ami icoall. "A thoniiiKlipuiii; emiupt pra -lieci. net." VANC'Ol'VIMt, II. V, July so -Otto of tho moHt npectacular flrca In tho hlHlnry of tho city and which for a tlmo threatened to duntroy tho en tire liiiblueuM iiectlou of tho city hrok'o nut Hhortly hoforo midnight on Main Htreot ami Park l.auo. Six Import ant IiiihIiiobh hlockH wore dentroyeil Involvlni; a loss of half a million dollars, ahoiil half covered hy limtir nnco. Ono flromau whh novoroly In jured hy a fall ami many occupants of rooiiiltiK Iioiihcm mid hotolH In tho vicinity hail narrow chciipch. Tho flainen orKlnated In a tilled hack of tho Champion and Whlto five Htory hulldliiK mid It hullevod tn have Htarted through caroleim haiidlliiK ( matchcH hy trampn who used It for HlcopliiK purpoHCH. It wan communi cated to tho Champion mid Whlto hiilldliiK, lined hy u hulldliiK supply concern, and quickly uprend to tlio A. II. C. kiiiiiko, roarliiK HiioiikIi tlm cottcreto and lirlck hiilldltiKn lined hy tho Canada Malleahlo IIiiiiko Cnmpnny, tho Olhlm Tool WorkH, tlio AiikoIuh HonmliiK Ilouno and to n portion of tho IJrltlHh Klectrlu Coni pany'H car kIioiIh, complotoly Butting ovorythliiK iib It wont. Korty men and wonion nleopliiB In tho Hoyal (ieorKO Hotel which waa Hcorcliod and thirty men In tho room Iiik hoiiHO were Htived at tho rink of the Uvea of firemen, nod aoveral nf thuin were overcome hy Hinoko. Rlx Htreot emu were Inimed oh well as twenty uiotoctiiH In tho garnKo. A IiIkIi wind drovo tho flaincH In a iiiouucIuk manner and It wan only hy a moHt. Htronunuu fight on tho purl of tho firemen that tho flames wero proveuted from takhiK tlio en tire Kiwi Had of tho city. Tlio collapHo of tlio Champion nod Whlto hiilldliiK wati Hpeutnuiilar In tho ox tromo and i ncoro of flromoii mado a narrow ohciipo front holiiK burloil In tho ritlua. HiindredH or uhlvorliiK. half olad people filled tho HtreetB and tlio en tire city whh aroiiHod. Tho flaniOB Hlmt humlrodu of foot Into tho sky, a lumber yard holnu iiiiioiik tlm jdnpB d98troyo, SPECTACULAR W !!5 0.000L0SS SWEEPSVANCOUVER ; PH ijB. Hjf ft ? ' w iBMlBiBMfegf jiff mSsBftHuKJ. MEBJM$yK$:Jw 1 HHRPllllllV HH k n. JBP1 n i f? s "" Zjz . V7JB'W?,y TrWWillHs "? I r A iiiiniiiluie i-loiiillmr-t struck tin upper end of the nllev liom A-liland ioiitliiNiit r'nilav afteruiMOi. It.nu fell in torrrutM nml the kii.iiii.1 wa whituiicd with hnilitoiieM n-t larxe m piooiiM ixif. It wan the eorot huilkloim over leeorded in Ihi .ee lion and did miih damitite to pcoelu s and other fruitH. Hour creek hceanti a roariiur torrent for it few intitule-, a wall of wnlor Muccpiiitf down u hixh n tlio liiln-xl water mark ol hint winter. The xlrm watt acoouipnuicd by a hemy electrical iiilny. The north ami west part of Ashland reeeixod linttllv a drop of mointiiro, but from tho new high .ehool oimt ami couth, the country wn deluded mid blttnk eteil by hail. The Home Mtotin flooded tho f.nt hillx about KmIo I'oint, sending Mill to Creek tn it niiiipase ami put titij: tlie telephone line nut of com UliHMJoii, fillinir (lie dexert with pool of water, nml uiuddyiiitr the wateit. of the Ifouc. Xn other duma;o i icpoilcd. 'I'huidav mi'uiiijr a henvy tdtower fell ciiHt nml north of Central Point but hexoiid JillittK the road with puddles, did no tliuniiKc. The t-liirm has cooled the alino--plicte itiul i mini the hot -.pell. L OF MKN'ICO CITV, July 'JO. (Jen oral lleiijritnln Vlljoeu veteran Moor commander, wax today reported dy ing In a Mtnltaiiiim at NokiiIoh. VII Joen hecaino a nuturiillred .Mexican citizen after the liner war and was Klvcii a command of GOO federal volunteerK In Solium state. Y ILLS WILL TO Many of tho flour mid feed mill !u the eity which have hceu closed dur iiif; the past year or two owiiij- to the small amount of urniii which has been planted nml harvested in tho valley nro now puparinj; for tin ex tended run this koiimiu having Kcour cd enough xrns to Kuarantce them a lengthy run, Mills at Centrul Point, Medford, 'Talent and Ashlnnd will ho placed in operation as hooii as the tlit'cMiing seithou opens which will bo in the neiii' future. Tho volley will produce tho heav iest Kraiii crop this year in its his tory. The iict'oiiKO planted was far heavier than usual while the yield has been very heuv. Somo loss was occasioned hy the rain boating the Rriiiu down forcing ranchers to out for hay in onjer to save it, "Wo have no way of uecuratoly delerniinint; the amount of grnin in tho valloy" states Prof. O'Oarn, county pathologi.sl, "but raiuihors say it is the heaviest in the (jtyi'.v yC (1)0 yalloy, MAN REOPEN OWING HEAVY GRAIN I v M fvPES OF iTKllK.i:tta H WCJT STCECT. A ncuv dniiKcr t imiih the frul grower the titrike of the frclght hamllirit In syiiiitr't . with flrrn.cn in New York on coast-wise steam ers. Crult mid vf '.'.i are tho onh perishable rroducts handled and iinlcm npmly net. i- o Ih made, ex it1 trade will be seriously hampered. TO EXPLOIT IIS UN PROPOSED E; CANTOS', duly 20 The pussim; of the age-old -itpftr'titidn stititist iniu ittg . umpuK C'liincgiiiti a idicino fjr n frcfnotidoiw nniutitr boonf all over China tire believed to be behind the organization nf a $10,000,0011 eoui patty for the n-lcnsililc pitriwe nf developititr Kwnmr Tttog protinee'--iniiiernl n"ourees. In Tse Chu, one of Hie richest and miwt proj;ivste of Canton's unlive merchant, is the father of the company, a strictly Cliiiicwo concern. For lliniiniiiidft of yoan th belief f the ChineM that the result of ex cavating of niiY kind is to rclense a devil living under ground has retard ed miiiiut; in Chiun, and llu's cut tiro Icavt no doubt that the new teptibli cnu goverumetit litis iou hint as surances Hint it will remove prohibi tive mining law on forced by the .Miiiichitii. Requisition Honored SACKA.MIC.NTO. Cnl., July 20. HoipiiHltlou wax honored today by (lovornor Johimon for the removal to Clarke County, Wash., of A. J. Kudcrlln. arrested In San Kranclncn on complaint Hint ho stole $ 1 r 0 0 from tho Northern HrewliiB company during tho two yeara he was In that firm's eiupb'y. TWO CARS" PEARS SOLD AT $2 BOX ' F.O.B. THIS CITY The Xorthwcstoru l-Vuit r'ehnnj;o has just adMcd tho Itngtie Kivor Fruit and Pnulttcu usociatmii that they havo sold f.ir them to ca-tern buyers two udditioual ears of Harl lett pears nt $2 a box f. o. b. .Med ford, This makes thrco cart, of Ibtrt lelts sold for this price for early August delivery. t)tlior bales nre ex peided no.t week. Tho Hartlett pioking season will open eurlv in August, between the olh and the 10th, The recent hot weather has brought the pears along very rapidly. Pears this year are in splendid condition and in point of quality am unsurpassed by any ever shipped from tho valley, John Wchhcr Pardoned WASHINGTON'. Julv 20. -Provi dent Taft today pardoned John Web ber, a oounterlYitor who is serving timo at .McNeil's Island iienitentiary near Seattle. Wcbbo,r is more than m ..1.1 I f OFCHNHPROIC 71) yews Mi TO PORTLAND. Ore., Julv 20. That ho did not propose niarrlngo to her but that Mho proposed to him and In sisted on marrying him was thqtestl uioiiy given by R. II. Thompson, junior, prominent I'ortlander, In tho suit for JS0.0OO dnmaKcs for breach of promise brought against bint by Mrs. Helen M. Goodeve, a San Fran cisco divorcee. Tho suit Is bolng hoard today In Judge McCInu's court. Thompson mild ho wrote tho lovo letters to "Dear Nell" becauso Mrs. Cioodovo waa u "good fellow and ho liked bor company" ovldonco was In troduced by the defenso attacking tho personal diameter of Mrs. Goodovc. It was asserted bor relations with other men during tho period of bor alleged engagement lo Thompson wero Improper. Young Thompson Is tho adopted son of one of tho heirs to tho estate of R. P. Thompson, a millionaire pioneer of Portland. C. P. Trains to Portland TACOMA, Wash.. July 20. Rail way publications announce that tho recent trip of A. h. Martin, vlcc- prosldent of the Son Line to Tncoma, was for the purpose of arranging to send Canadian Pacific trains into this city and that It would bo douo soon over tho Milwaukco tracks. FIRST PEACHESOF Tho Koirue Hiver Commission company, of this city, takes excep tion to (lie claim ot the Ashland Fruit and Produce nssoeialion that Ihey shipped tho first peaches under date of Tuesday last. The local company has been shipping peaches since duly Ulh and have already ship ped from Medford over 7f0 boxes of tho earlv varieties. The record for the first shipment of apples from tho valley also goes to tuo uouuo Kiver commission com pany, thev having shipped about one hundred boxes the past week. To gie soma idea of the amount of local fruit and produce being shipped from Medford to all parts of the state wo quote tho figures of amounts sent out during tho past week hy this one company, all grown in tho Uoguo Hivor valloy. Quo ear of patulous, fill crates of hurries, H00 orates of peaches, 518 boxes of cherries, o;i boxes of apples, besides scores of shipments of vegetables of all kinds, THOMPSON AN HIPPED FROM MED Bryan Allowed No Contribution Over $10,000 and Not Ono Cent Was Accepted From Corporations Herman Rlddcr Contributed M03L Tammany Hall Gave Ten Thousand and Smaller Amounts Came From Others Interested. WASHINGTON, July 20. Herman Rlddcr of New York, ex treasurer of the democratic national committee testified today before the senate com ntlttco which la Investigating tho election of 1908. Rlddcr said the receipts In that campaign wero $CCC, flll and the expenditures were ono thousand dollars less. lie declared that William J. Dry an Instructed him that no contribution over $10,006 was to be accepted, and that not one cent was to be taken from corpora tions. Rlddcr declared that he hlmsclf( was the largest contributor to tho democratic fund. Ho gave $10,000 In bis own name and $9,000 In tho name of his son. Tammany Hall gavo $10,000. William F. Shechan and E. F. I'oltra $3,000 each, Samuel Un tcrmyor $2,500 and others minor amounts. PHILIPPINE ISLES WASHINGTON. July 20. That tho Philippine Islands, which it has been claimed have cost the United States enormous sums of money for admin ist ration, have, in fact, been largely self-supporting, was the burden of u soccial message sent by President Taft to congress today. The message, which was in reply to a resolution, usking u statement of the cost of tho Philippines to the United Slates, said in part: "All expenses in tho collection of revenues, administering post offices, courts, conservation of resources, river and harbor improvements and public works, have been paid from the reveuuo of the Philippines." The message did not estimate the cost of military or naval operations, on the ground that such expenditures were matters of nrgument. According to the message, it cost the United States $3,-irl,!)25 to take over certain small islands outside tho lines described in tho treaty of Paris, to relievo suffering in the islands in 1D0S, and to complete the census each year. FIRST CAR OF Tho first car of potatoes ever shipped out of the Roguo River val loy was sent out this week. It is estimated that the potatoo crop will bo between 30,000 and -10,000 sacks as against less than half the quan tity last year. A' year ago somo twenty odd cars of polntoos wero imported by the valley, showing that the valloy is daily becoming more self sustaining, tho result principally of the exten sion of irrigating systems and the increased uso of water. Hay is also being shipped from the valley this year, when a year ago a out total of 103 cars wero imported. Kgg shipments continue weekly, and for tho first timo no eggs havo boeu shipped in for some months. lbtdgers and foxts aro bunted In somo portions of Portugal by Bonding Into their burrows dogs which carry olectrlc lights on their collars to frighten Uigui out, POTATOES SHIPPED FROM MEDFORD While NcfioUatino, for Purchase of Land From Northern Pacific, Fed eral Jutlrje Reduced Sum Assessed Against Railroad. Receivership of Rcnton Road to Be Probed as Well as Hanford's Close Relations Willi Receivers. SEATTLE, Jurjr. 20. An unex pected move ltiTUcating that the con gressional committee Intends to probe deeper into tho relationship between Judge Hanford and Kerr and MeCord came this morning when the "federal ' committee issued sub poennc.H for all of tho stenographers' records and books in tho offices of the attorney's Scaling with tho Seol tle iiiwl Jlcnton street car concern. In addition to the famous Rcnton injunction .case it- is believed that the 'committee- intends to probe tli prcscrft receivership affairs of tho Rcnton rond nnd tho action of Kerr and JlcCord hr that comicfction. 'Kerr" nnd MiCoh, representing Rcnton line bondholders opposed the application mndo by ,W411iam Craw ford, fornfer president oi the road for a receiver irf tliV state court, al leging that the company was not in solvent. Within a few -days Kerr and MeCord went into Hnnford's court and alleged that tho road was insolvent and asked Hanford to np point n receiver, which he did. Evidence brought out thus far has shown that the relationship, between Hanford nnd the two attorneys had been very close. They wero , asso ciated in tho Hanford Irrigation company and both Kerr and MeCord drew, large- fees' fh roughs' iftfiuonl'tf court in tho Alaska packers case. Kerr and MeCord again were tho attorneys who secured iho injunction from Hanford last Rummer in (he Rcnton cube. George II. Plumraor, western land agent for tho Northern Pacific rail road again took the stand this morn ing nnd rend more of tho correspon dence between the railway and Judge Hanford nnd tho Hanford rrigatton company. He testified that tho Nor thern Pacific entered into eight transactions with tho Hanford peo ple. The fact was developed that while Hanford wns negotiating with tho Northern Pacific for hind, ho reduc ed the taxes of the Northern Pncifio by $10,000 in the caso of the com pany against King county. I E T PORTLAND, Ore, July 20. Pa clflc Northwest grain crops for 1912 shows a heavy Increaso In quantity over tho 1911 crops and aro in excel lent condition says tho Portland Journal today. Tho whoat crop for Washington, Idaho and Orogon bdowb tho greatest Increase, bolng estimated at 74,000,000 bushols against 06, 750,000 bushels tn 1911. Following Is tho estimated yield of wheat for 1912 for tho thrco states: Oregon, 24,500,000; Washington. 38,200,000; Idaho, 11,300.000. Oro gon shows tho greatest Increaso, this yoar'B wheat crop bolng groator by 7,750,000 bushels than that ol 1911. Washington crops Is lioavlor by 1, 200,000 bushols than Its 1911 yield. Idaho shows a loss ot 1,700,000 bushels in comparison with tho 1911 crop. SIEEL T I T WASHINGTON, July 20. Charg ing that certain Intoresta havo beou circulating "distorted and mlaloadlng Information" concerning the contents of tho forthcoming roport of tho bouso steel Investigating committee Chairman Stanley today omnljatlo ally donlod that tho report would rccommond tho dissolution ot the pjyi juo, intjf mf. .!, IK H i K M RECOMMENDED I M t3 I u A b r lw.1 V ,.!( '