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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Ka I r niul wanner, Max 91
tfln m ltd Hum 12 iter cent
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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