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Orenon Historical Soelttr City Hall MEDTORD MAIL TRIBUNE WEATHER Hliowrrs tonight and Halur day. Mx. 71!, mill. 47, p .IX SECOND EDITION ' I.:1 MEDFORD, OUUCiON, HILDA Y, Al'KIL 18, 1913. NO. 23. forty-third Yitr, Dully Klulilli Year. M- H WAR WANTED WITH ABA BY JAP JINGOES Open Declaration of Hostilities Is Threatened ns Result of Proposed California Legislation Antl-Amer-Icnn Sentiment Increases Rapidly Plans for Selilnjj Plilllpplnes and Hawaii Discussed hy Newspapers Populace Arousrd to Frenzy TOKIO, April 18,-Opoii declaro t In tt Dint miii' with I lie .United Stiites im impending iih u result of Cnhfnr nlii'n promised iinti-ulleii lnnd holding legislation, mill 1 1 nt t only tho Itilliicncu of Christianity roiild piownl IionIiII tli's wiih vnii'i'il bore luiliiy in n public speech by Count Hhlgruobu Okumii, former premier of Jupitit. Anli Ami'rii'nu sentiment Ih increasing rnplilly, nml while Count Okiiuiu de clared tliu government did not fluirt tin Hipiiliir hostility towmd tin) United Hlntes, changed conditions in .Inpnii now iiiiikn it iniHHili1it for Iho yo eminent to rontroln tin' lower clnoH nud"lrrnoiudblc newspaper who nro insistent in their ileiiminU for immrdltito war. The situation in Toklo in rapidly bcenmiug nln niilnuly serious, mid it is feared the lower classes limy rum up against American resident here. At ii mnn Hireling tlA thousands of perwonn, composed mostly of irre sponsible, ileiiuinileil inlunt rrtnlln lion ngnltut America liy Jupnn. Wnr songs were, Ming to nroimo tlie the Mipiilni'e to patriotic frenry. Co Initi uewKphier writer Iiiivh outlined plan fur thn seixiiro of the Philip pin ! nml I law nil, oponlv denouncing the government's HtihtnUslvo altitude. Japanese. officliOn lire nilmitteilly nliitnii'il over the situation. Timet! to show die friendly feeling of the gov rriimrnt to tho United States, Huron Notionki. tlm foreign minister, today was limit nt n luni'hron in honor of lr. Ilnniilton Wright Mnbio or Now York ; Dr. Pcnhody nnd John I.. Mutt, secretary of tho liilernnlioniil com mittee of the Young Men' Christian Association. Tlie most eordial spi lit prevniled. After tlie luncheon tho Amcrioiins met n number of representative Japan Christians lit tlio fcsldeueo of Count Okiium mid tlm fonner pivmier'H alarming speech followed. Molt re plied, nnd agreed with the count, rmying he now belloved llm influence or Christianity wnH superlative ik'deeId CI1ICAOO, April IH. Suspected of iuiptieiitiou In tlm brutul inurder or her crippled huslmnd, with hive for iiiinlher mini supplying tlm motive, Mrn. Oenrgo Dlvl wiih released on bond of ij. 1 0,0110 here todiiy ponding tlm iieliou of tlm grand jury. Tlm woman's alleged "trinity, flonrgo Nmnberg, wiih jolcnsod on a hiuiilar iimouut. Mrs, Dielit hroko down following tlm cm oner's inquest when Nurnborg admitted that Im Imd taken her to n hotel "two or three times." Judge (loodenow overruU'd it motion to 10. leuso tlm couple on $50110 bail, in no em dance, willi nn ngroemont reached lifter Iho coroner hnd recommended llm nricHt of llm couple. Physicians mo in iitteudanco to Mm. blcU, who Is near n collnpao. PUTS SHARKEY OUT FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES NKW YORK, April 18.-Aiiboum1 when incnihiu-H of nn nil hIrIiI party at u lulilo in hi Hnloou called him a "Iiiih been," Tom Rluiikoy, n former heavyweight tiiiKi1iKt, uHeited ho htill could link any man living "Yullow," DiwIh, woIkIiIiik about VJ0 pnuiiilrt, iieoopted tlm elmlloiiBO. A flor HparrliiK liilofly, Davis planted bin foot in HlmrUoy'H Btoiiinoli, nml Tom wua out for fifteen iniuutud. MURDER CHARGE INEZ MILH0LLAND SEEKS MAN FOR LAW PARTNER Mihh in i'. Milhollnud, one of the imM betiutiful HtffrncotlcH, who iih heriild led (he women' iiiniiKiinitinu nc imriide in Wiifchmetoii mid Iiiih fig- utcd coiihpii llnli-h, will Iiiiiir out her dnni'lc tin" week iih lawyer in tlm Wall Street ililtict. Hut MIhh Mil holliiutl wiih ibdiit; more thnii hunt inn mi office Hie oilier day. She wnn after n partner, too. "Ile mutt lie n mnn," Miid one of her rneuiN "Mihh Millmllnnd will imt Inke one oT tlm women Inwycr im n partner " TWO AMENDMENTS BILL INTRODUCED RACRAMKNTO, Cl April 18. Whether tho ncnntn will pm it hiiU- htitulc nuli-ntieii laud bill n it otandrt or whether it will adopt iimcndmentM that will exempt Kuropemi cnpilnl nnd aim the bill directly nt llm Jiipnnrc, arc ipicNtinuH heiuj; mLed at thu cnpi lnl today. MemborK or tlm i-eniite arc eonsid ering two ninendmeiiln, introduced latu yesterday by Senator HirdxnH, author of tho xublilule bill. One of Ihcho nmeiidiiicnlH provideH that enr Mirntionii the majority or wIioko Block irt in the luiiidx or aliens cllniblH lo cilizenhhit can own laud, and in Niiui lar lo the corporation clamm in tlie uitembly bill. Tlm other imieiidinent is drawn with llm idea of protection the Ioiiiih of foreign banks. Tlm chuion ex empU laud deotcd to oil, mining. lumber ami MilppinK.iuiiusirici. llolh muendineiilM, if adopted, will favor Ihtiopeau capital mid con fine lh effect of the measure practically lo tlm JapancHC. Tim nuti-alieu laud bilU coutiuuo In Im llm nriiieiiiiil tonln of discilri- hIoii at llm capltol. 1'role.ilH nro nr- living by tlm Hcore. from innny nee tlonH, nnd it wiih partly becnuwo of tboMi protcxls that Iho nmcudmcnlx were diivwn up for llm consideration of llm Hcuatc. Action on tlie bill bv Hint body i not expected for hovernl dnyn. , F NKW YORK, April 18. Tlieio will hu ftiHioii of tlm prngrciitdvu mid reiulilican parlien, according to n Blory hero by tlm national pogesMVO e.xeculivo committee Tho Htnlement wiih drawn up at a meeting of tlm commit teo liens WWRSF.LS, April 18. -llolh the HoulullHtH mid tho government agreed today that tlmro aro 1175,000 toiloiH on Htriko in llolgium hh n result of tho ugilatinu for mmilmnd miffrngo. Thu Htriko leaders prediet that prnu timilly every priutor in tlm country will wnlk out tomorrow, TO ANTI-ALIEN LAND IAP DEMANDS FAIL TO MOVE IN': Hysterical Threats by Toklo Crowd That Government Resort to Arms to Protest Passage of California Dill Does Mot Scare Wooilrow. Wilson Expeds California to Pass Dill and Orenon nnd Washlnnton to Follow Suit. WAHIIINOTON, April IB. Uy terlcnl ilnmatiiU by 1'O.OUO perttoiiH inmemliteil In maim mvotlng In Toklo Inut nlKbt tliHt tho Jupiuii'Ni) gnviirn nirnt reniirt to ariitu to protvit li;ulllt tint paioiuKo of Hit ntitPallen Imitl bill no pi.'inlliiK buforu tlio Cal Ifornlik lej;llutiire, failed to cicltu I'reiiliteiii WlUon hero today. Nutur- nlly Wantilngtoii ofllclaliiom In alight ly coiirrrniil oer unll-Aniurlcnn Agi tation In Japan, but tlm president liulHtN that California U prlvllcutd lo vnacl uny IcKl'Intlon It dvalrcs, nml It ncciim certain that the cov ermueut will not Ititcrfuru with thu pnirKae of the land lawn. American dlfflcultlun In Moxlro nml Japan nro complicated bccauiio only tho nctlng heudii of cmliAinile nro In each roiintry, Tho rotilgnntlon of I .am Andcrnon, tho Amorlcan nm bammlor to Japan, Is In thn hands of tho president. I'rcnldent Wlion Is iinilom to Hcud n new nnd depend nblo nmbatmndor to Japan nt once, l-'ormcr Mayor Uuthrlo of Pittbur Is urged for tho places . KlpCCtM lllll to I'll. President Wilson expect Califor nia to puss tho land bill nnd frankly told thn Japanese ambassador that when It Is paused ho expects Oregon ami WashltiRtoli" to adopt Identical bills. Tho president expects Americana to becomn most unpopular In Japan nnd hn wants un ambassador then, cnpubla of handling tho most dell cntn situations. Iloth Prchldent WIN on nnd Secretary of Stato Ilrynn aro keeping In closo touch with Sucru monto and Toklo. Itcports from Mexico Indicate, thu: rebel activities aro Increasing throughout tho northern part of tho country. If ho enn prevent it, President Wil son will not permit any miti-Jnpiincxo agitation on tho const becoming nn inNiie which might endanger tho friendly relations between this coun try nnd .Input). He Intimated to nil who have dicuscd tlm plan with him that ho thinks the less Mtid about it now Ihe belter. The pioosrd Cali fornia land Inws were not discussed at (inlay's cabinet meeting. Confer With linker. Tomorniw Iho president will con fer with Congressman linker who will unbuilt the text of tho bllU pending in the California legislature, l'n-si-dent Wilson it also having prepared a digest of nil couit decisions regard ing alien land owning, In order to fttmiliaruu himseir with land laws. Secretary Hryan lodny character ized ns "utterly foolish," reports that he intended going to California to in vestigate the situation theto. T TO PORTLAND, Ore., April 18. At tnruey John A. Jeffrey today stated Hint injunction nniceedinus will bo brought against Secretary of State Hen Olcott to prevent Iho holding of tho special referendum election next November. Tho election wns ro- vided for In n bill introduced by Sen ator Day and passed by tho recent legislature. It appropriated only $12,000 for Iho expenses of tho elec tion mid it is declared this sum in onliicly inadequate. Jeffrey declares tho bill is uncon stitutional in thnt it is an attempt of tlio legislature to limit tho powers of tho people in initiating laws. Tho bill would only allow referendum meas ures to bo voted on nnd Joffioy stntcs that tho legislaturo cannot prevent tlm people from putting initiative measures on any ballot, H ASKS EN ELECTON TO ELIMINATE LAST VESTAGE I DIPLOMACY ' It President Wilson and Secretary Bryan to Recognize South and Cen tral American Service Crane De clines job ns Ambassador to Russia No Anll-Truit Legislation to he Con sidered at Tills Session Meeting Called to Frame Currency Bill. WAHIMNOTON. April 18. - ITcsl dent Wilson nnd flwretnry of Htute I try on today nro planning to re orgsulin thn South nnd Central Ariuirlenu diplomatic tun Ice. ollml nntliiK tho luut vi-stlgwi of ' dollar diplomacy." It U reported that llrnu bvlfevcs that his vtiburdtnati'S hnvo been giv ing out matters which ho thinks should como from tho department chief, and a, shake-up In tho state department Is predicted. Duo to tho pressure of his prlvuto business affairs, Charles It Crnno of Chicago has declined tho npiolnt ment its ambassador to IttiSHla, ac cording to a report here today Crnno held a conference with Presi dent Wilson yesterday He returned to Chicago Inst night No anti-trust legislation Is to be considered by tho senate, at this sca slon. according to statements by members of tho senate, commerce commission today. Tho committee Is preparing anti-trust legislation which wilt bo presented to tho reg ular session In December. To frnmo a currency reform bill. Bcnator Owen of Oklahoma Is ar ranging n meeting Monday of tht senate banking committee. 8ACRAMKNTO. Cat., April IS. A cablegram to tho president of tho California slapi ronnto from a Meth odist bishop In Toklo, urging tho senate not to pass antt-Japaneso leg islation and declaring that tho sit uation in Japan Is serious, caused a war of words that kept tho upper houso In an uproar for several min utes today. During thn discussion personalities were Indulged In and tho troublo subsided only after a motion to bar tho cablegram fro nitho records of tho senato had beon defeated. Tho cablegram, which was rend At tho opening of thu senate, wns as follews: "Methodist missionaries urgo tho defeat of antl-Japaueso legislation Situation hem Is serious." Tho message, wns signed by Hlshnn Harris mid was dated nt 'toklo. POPE MUCH BETTER IS WASHINGTON, April 18. Tho apostollo legation hero received to day n rablo from Home Btnttng that tho pope's condition U greatly Im proved. ROMi:, April 18. Pbysiclnns in nt tendance on Pope Pius tonight issued tlie following bulletin: "His Holiness passed n calm day. His temperature is 08.(1 mid his im provement continues. TWENTY DOLLAR FEE FIXED BY FREIDMANN PnOVIDKNCK, It. I.. April 18.--Twonty dollars por patlout is tho rnto fixed horo today by Dr. V. V. Frlodnumn of llorltu for further In oculations of hU alleged tubercu losis euro. Krlodmunu dopnrtod for Now York today to hold n confor enco with Surgoou Geuoral Iluport lUuo, of tlm United Stutos public health Borvlco, BISHOP JAPAN WIRES PROTEST LEADERS OF TARIFF FIGHT IN SENATE AND HOUSE i SPI AKKR CHAMP CLARK SFNATOR F M SIMMONS NEW ITALIAN POPE NKW YORK. April IS. In dis closing reports fnm Horns thnt the Quirinalaud the vtienn'nra.'cohspiri- nig to secure the election or nn Itnlinn cnrdiutil to the pupacy in the event of Pojve Pins' death, Mnnsiguor Dnvellc, n pnimiucut Ilouinn Catholic prelate, declared here teday: "No nrlifiro could conceal the rcnl condition or tho Pope nnd further more the election of the pontiff is absolutely untrnmmeled. With the vast entourage in Hie Vatican it would bft imMisaiblo to keep the Pope's real condition n secret. "Tlm selection of n. non-Italian Pope is practically impossible. There nre Iwonty-sevcn nut-iilo cardinals but it does not mean that they could agree on any candidate but nn Itnl inn. "Tho French would never support n German or Au-trimi cardinal. Spain nnd Portugal are not in ac cord with the church now, ?o they could not he recognired, while thcro aro only three American cardinals, ''Tho unofficial interest, displayed by Iho tpiirinnl is not (.uprising, Popo Pius, when patriarch of Ven ice was on the friendliest terms willi the late King Humbert nnd Queen .Miirgbarita." L SF.ATTLK, Wnsh., April 38. That Japan tdmuld bo amused over tho proposed notion of California in re fu.sing to permit oitmuis of thnt country from owning land, when a law forbidding any foreiguor to hold laud is nu tho statue books of this state, is enuring enmmont bore. It is nlso noteworthy thnt nn effort Is being mudo to repeal this law, so tho state may benefit by immigration through tho Paunmn canal. Tlio Washington constitution, ex cluding aliens from owning land, hns existed hero since 1S80, and tho cham ber of conunerco hero succeeded m getting tlm recent legislature to sub mit nn nmeudinent to tho people, which would throw tho doors open to foreigners. This nmeiidment, which is to come up nt tlio election of No vember, 101-1, would also permit rest dent JnpmiCM nml Cliinono, to own land. It is not generally believed, however, that tho chamber of com meruo amendment will bo ratified. If Ray Chapman Is as good ai tlio Cleveland critics say ho Is, tho Naps' Infield will bo thoro with bells on this season, ssssssf rK, f '.fflssssssssssssHlB SSSSSSSf .i-' " 'akHEHI BBKJlBsiyJHBlSBBBBBSBBBBBBBlSBBaBn VibbIiibBSIibbbHbbsb&i tSSSS ''.fBBBBHI Br -. 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GUILTY; CONSPIRACY IlKI.MNGH.xM. Wash., April IS. Jacob Ktirth, chairman of tho board of directors of tho Seattle National bank ami one of tho most prominent financiers In tho northwest, wus this morning found guilty of conspiracy to aid A, K. Schrlcker, president of tho Lncouiier Stato bank, of l.acon ncr. to defraud Schrlokor's deposit ors. Furth was In court when tho Jury, which had been out since Thursday afternoon, nnuouueed Its verdict. His head sauk upon his chest and ho seemed deeply nffected. Tho ver dict waB wholly unexpected by tho deteiibo. DYNAMITE STOLEN SAN QUKNTIN, Cab, April IS. Led by Warden James Hoyle, San Queutln guards today aro searching for 100 sticks of dynamlto stolen from tho prison underground powder mngaxlno last Tuesday afternoon. Up to 10 o'clock today no truco of tho missing exploslvo had boon found. Tho disappearance of the dynamite was not discovered until yesterday, when tho magmsliio was visited to get dynamlto and capo to bo usod In tha construction of roadbeds botwoon tho prison and Snu ltaraol. Warden ltoylo is at a loss to account for Its disappearance. Ho believes It Is pos sible that tho dynamlto may have bcou carrlod awny by ox-convlcta plotting to blow up tho penitentiary. ' IN CIALS KIDNAPPED FO 500.000 RANSOM J Y FIND H WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN ON FOR IRRIGATION Effort to be Made to Secure Con tracts for Water Coverlntj 20,000 Acres of Roaue River Valley Laml by May I Business .Men to Help. Automobile Tour to Make Flying Trip About the Valley and Talk to Land Owners. i ' Twenty. Ihousnnd neres by May 1. With this nn a dognn business men nml land owners of the Rogue river vnlley hnvo instituted n whirlwind campaign to securo irrigntion to cover the valley. An ntitomobile lour with tMTsotinl cnlls upon, the land owners will be the chief method em ployed. Following tho submission of, n new contract, which provides payments' for water rights In installments cov ering 20 yenrn instead of 10 years specified in the original contrnct, to the Innd owners of the vnlley, inter est in tlie campaign to hnvo enough lnnd signed up to guarantee tho con struction of n new high lino ditch by tho Rogtio Ilivcr Vnlley Cnnnl com pany which will plnco 55,000 ncres of lnnd in tho x-nlley under wntcr, hns suddenly reawakened nnd business men nnd landowners nro getting be hind the movement. Tlie new con tract gives 20 years In which to wy for the wntcr nnd this length of time makes it easy for water to be placed on all of 'tho land. Art automobile trip through tho vnlley wns planned for, Friday, but rnin " forced a postponcnwrif until Monday. On he trip a large num ber of business men planned to go ami talk to the property owners in regard to water nnd its benefit. Among thoie who hnvo promised to tnke their cisji nre: Councilman J. W. Mitchell. Colonel Mundy. York nnd company, Horace llownrd, F. F Mer rick, Shorty Onmctt, Dr. It. E. French J. A. Perry, C. M. English mid many others. It is, planned to make n whirlwind campaign between this time mid Mny I nnd determino if possible whether 20,000 ncres of land con bo signed up. With this amount of lrnd cov ered by tho contracts, which nro placed in escrow in the Medford Na tinunl Unnk, tlm company will go nhend nnd constnict the high lino ditch. Not only will this furnish work nt tho present timo to n largo force of men, but water will solvo the future of the vnlley ns tho ndvmi tugo of irrigation is unquestioned. A number of land owners liny al ready taken ndvnntngo of the new contract and signed. OF TARIFF FREE LIST- WASHINGTON, April IS, Tho democratic houso caucus considered today tho free list section of the tar iff bill. It Is expected that tho bill will bo finally considered tomorrow n3 a wholo and that It will bo pre sented In tho hoiuio next Monduy. Democratic mombors of the ways mid moans commltteo today made minor uomndments to the phraseol ogy of tho bill. No amendment of' tho income tux provision Is oxpectod, except one oxomptlng tho Incomes of lire Insurance companies. Tho republican house caucus will bo held late this afternoon, INSANE Y. M. C. A. SECRETARY TRIED TO BURN BUILDING' COUNCIL lsLUFFS, Iowa, April 18, Following hi-i confession to hnv ing mado five attempts to burn tha Y. M. C. A. building here, Willis E.' Cottrcl, general scoretnryof lha local association, is today ordered ' com mitted to mi insane asylum. lie will ho taken to tho slate hospital nt Clur-' iiidu. . . . CAUCUS FINISES CONSIDERATION 4- ??-