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& tffrttpn Hitfoneaf shriv City HaH V sa ... u: Medford Mail Tribune WEATHER Fair tonight And Htmita. Max., 51 J Min 34, SECOND EDITION I'orlyltilri1 Yrnr. I)lly-i:ii(litli Vi-ur. WILSON URGES INELIGIBLE'! CUT OUT BILL Secretary Bryan Trleurnphs Gover nor Johnson Stallnn That President Requests That Character of Lco Lilian lie Altered Governor Transmit Messanc to Lefllslaturo Matter to ho Taken up Early Next Week. NACllAMKNTO, Cnl., April 10. .Si'OM'inr.v f Klutti Witlinm J. Hrynn liVgrnlied (uiliiy lo (Inventor John hoii dcidiiring tlmt Pn-Hlilrut Wilson urgg tlml the word "iiicleglhlc tn i'tllxi!iiHliti'' l)i' It')! iiii'lmlril in any li'inil hn MHy ly the legislature. Tint 'tlt;miii una rend In tin sen nti' iiml ontered printed in tint jour nal. There w nn I'litiinicnl on Die IIKMHIge. Thu governor' message lo Ilia h'jj Mature follow' "To tin legislature of llni Mute nf Citllfnruht: Um 'I'" MueMlnu n legislation euuccruiiig the ownership of liiml by nlii'iiM, I urn HiU iimnilng In receipt nf ii tulcgrnin frmn Mr. Itrynii, secretary nf Mate, expressing dm view nf llio pnwldoul. "Tim tvIoKrum 1 in fnllnuM: '"'Washington, I). ft, April 1H, 111 HI. (Inventor lliruin Johnson, Siiornmenln, Cnl. Tim president de nim mo In ny llinl while lie fully recnguixort the right nf lint pcnplo nf California tn legishitn ncenrillng lo their JlnlgiiWit n llm Muhjret nf liiml teiiuie, he reel It hi iluly In urge u eoguWntinii nf the Interne. thmnl character f stli'li lt-;lnlnlltii. Itoiug mixioim In preserve 'nud htreinjthen liie long standing friend ly relations nxlsling between thU nouutry nml (lie nnllnn nf llm Orient, he ery respect fully hul most imi lYfllv mlvise iigntnM llm use ir the wont "Ineligible In ollUelir.hip." Ho nlH Hint you bring this view In llm ntti'iitloii nf Urn legislature, lie be lluviw Hint the srnule hill iih tele graphed to the ilepnrlnient nf tnt i gnmtly tn le preferred. Tlmt hill llmlleil ownership In clllen nml (lhno) )vhn had declared Iheir in trillion In become i-ltUm.' (Sinned) "HIRAM JOHNSON, flnveriinr." The nnli.nllen substitute hill he tnken up In Ihe senate Munilny, no rnnllng In Seimlnr Hirdsnll tnilny. The iimeuilmentH lire expected hnrk frmn the priiller nt thnltimo, PAUIH, April 10. Thu C your old nml the -I year nlil daughter of 1st iliitu Diincmi, thu (union dancer, wurn drowned In the Heine rlvor here today when Iho uutomobllu In which timv wuro rttltntr wont through railing of tbo Courbovolo bridge. The uhlldron' governess wiw ilrowneil with Ilium. Tho chauffeur wiih thrown clear or tho cur nml rescued. Tho nrclilont occurred In trout nf tho Duncan homo, Hono l-'itucholti, u writer, wim In Iho Iioiiho nt tho tliiio, vlBltliiu tho iltuiror'H hrother. When ho biiw tho commotion nml tho gathering crnWdH liu porsunded Iho dancer In retire to her bedroom, thn rlvor being IiivIbIIiIu from Ihoro. It wan mom (him tin hour Inter when Mrs. Duncan lourimtl of tho tragedy. LI IS SADORA DUNCAN'S CILD DRQWNDED NHW YOUK, April 10. Kluctiiu tloim In Moxlcnn I'otroluum nmrkod tho bobsIou of tho market today. Ciumdlnn l'nolflo dropped two point on tlm Inltlul biiIo. TnvdliiB wni ro Htrlrlod to hut n fow Htouk. Tho total trnnnetlonB woro siuiill, Hour uctlvltliiu did a chuho tho oxxpoetod Konoral Bollliut. Tho nmr Itut cloned firm. Douda worn firm. STATE RIGHTS RECOGNIZED AS BENSUH President Hopes to Avoid Open Dreak With Japan but Admits Cali fornia has ninht fo Regulate Its Own Affairs. No Fear of War With Japan-Private Messages Minimize Situation Abroad. WASHINGTON, April ID.-Hliitu rlttliU urn supremo In tlm exclusion of Japanese frniu California. ThU I thn Hilt!ou taken tuilny Ity President Wilson, lint lie hope to molil mi open lirenk with Jiiptin nml rnUNiMpieull)' lOiluy tout a InuKthy piiiMimil litleiiriun to (Invernor John ou. II cnuteul nrn necret, hut It In unilemlooil tlm prenhleut pnrun nil nipea li'il to Joliniioii to hi-ii tlmt mi mUlnke worn inniln In thu IpkU I nl Inn. The pretlilutit unw mi vlnltor to. ilny, even Hivrelnry llr)nu, who wnutpil to illuru llm Cnllfornln vlt untlou wllli llm iri'litent. nut IicIiik mlmltteil lo tlm white Ikiiih.i prlvuto ronuiB. Ilrynn illil, huwuver, tulk with tho prrnlilenl for hnir an hour by telephone, on the mutter, It U mlmltteil nt tho Btntu depart ment that confidential dlipatchet from Tokln lulultnlno tho iitill-Auiurl-cult feeltuic nml tlmt dlnturliniice wurn of minor Importnuro. Tho iireildent put In houra of ex cliulun by poruMiiK carefully tin. Now York, Texu nud Dlilrlri of Co lumbia land law. Serretury llryai, alio duvotnd nioit pf thu day tu the California altuatlnn. There I no fear of war with Japan hero, hut tho prenldcut Ii doteriulucd that no mUlakc (hall, ho made. At tho huiuu time thu doctrluo of "Amerleit for American'' flmU n renpoualvo echo In hi mind and will, probably, di'lermluo hi conernl ao Hun. TO MINE BRAIN OF MAN BEAST CAMP FIVB, Via Shellon, Wnnh.. April 10. Impelled In Iheir prnRres by a heavy rain, blaxcil Imil eov rinl with mini iiieheH deep nml the fording nf creek, n orow nf men is lit work today trying (o hritiK in tlm hoilies of Clmrlos Lalhrop nml IinU llluir, vielimH of John Tomow, llm hiuulil of llm Wyonooehu. Uinler existing oomlilioiiH it is not believed llm hoilie will he conveyed to (hi liUKiK emnp until lalu ttiniht or Sunday mnruin. Tho body of Tomnw Ik now nt Iho lMllshnlc enhin, eiht mile up the truil fnim here. There It will ho left for nt leant Ihreo iluy nml will Iben bo luken In MoutcHiiuu, vliero it i planned to hold nil uutopsy nml ex- limine Hm brniii of tlm mini who ha torrorucd trnpper nml rancherH In thu Olympies for tho lnt three year. Coroner Hunter nf Chehnll county believeH Hint Tomnw Iiiih been nf llioti'd Willi mental itixcimo nml thai hi luurileiou neliuiiH were duo In Ibis online. Tbo dead outlnVti bend Ih nf a very peculiar nhiipo. CHARGE OF DAUGHTERS WASHINOTON, April lO.-Fol-lowliiK her election n president-Ken-orul of tho DniiKhlerrt of tbo Ainorl oiin Hovolulion, Mrs. William Cum iiiinir Slorv of Now York look con trol of (bo national convention of Hint orKnnir.utiou at its uouulmliiij,' hohhIoii hero today. Mm, Story wns olectcd on tbo third tlay's lmllotiuK after a eampait;n that anumed counlrywido attention. Sovon vlco'piortident-Keuurnla also woro Holootcil, In tbo final ballot Mrs, Story vo coivcil fivo-buudiod votes, a major ity of fifly-ono over hoe nonrcHt op pont'iit, Mrs. John Miller lluilon, MEDIfORD, m 'MMKgyHfiwHi flr lmRfHH 'H 8PVK4Bl KH' B t B x lJ Li0 HHlfflaYv'-iSni' 1 ' L vEnJllBfl 'JB PWIH yR ' V 1 ' a. '.?" i'HBL n9) JmwmJt'i'T3T IIIHwkHHVH taB,HBflB4:ifc7HS mWWMmW 'BJmmWmmmmmmPaSS JM' jUaluWUmmmmmWL:'-' rtmmWrj9mmmmmmmm wam WiU0LLJmmmMttmCLWM5mmmmmmmmmWmmr!BwmmW .'J-" mWWmmmm BKuilflBiBMEXr9BH-V9'PVUDBaH-!-,t 'iin$fMt,':;i .mmVmmm&A mmmf$BttBUmmW izssJmmmm'Wt&Jii'pmJ '' fcrTmmmmW Vi "fr Wnftmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmri JJ&F9mWn 'A'V-a wmWmlmmmmmmmmmmW3mmmmmmWmWimmmWi When Prt'Niileiil Wilon Rleppeil before Ihe join mphnIiiii of Hoiino nud Sennto April 8 In dclner in person nti niblre o (Hmcren be broke pre- cedent nf more Ihnn one hundred year. Ye I it i llm intention of llm president tn eiintinue xuuiMhinj; pre cedent. He will nppeur before hoth TO SAN I'ltANCIBCO. Cnl., April 19. In Hue with thu drastic action taken by hoth city and federal an thorltlc lo prevent further tout; war here, a blockade wn declared on Chinatown today by District At torney Flckort. Tho order kocb Into effect nt once. No ono will ho nllowcd to leave or enter tho dUtrlct until tho authori ties are muured that thu tong Rim flRhtors nro quashed. Hvery artery Into Chinatown Ih clood by n heavy pollen guard. The order apply to nil, nud w keep thousand ,of sightseer away from tho picturesque district. It U hoped Hint from Btngnatlug trado In tho quarter tho tong murdorors soon may ho brought to Hum. This 1 tho second blookado to bo declared In Chinatown In It hUtory. Tho first one, under Clhof of Pollco Roymoor'fl rciUmo, wns nn unquali fied curcosB. Tho CIiIiiuhu merchant, reullxlng that tho long men woro responsible for their empty stores, soon got together and put tho Iouk under control. JAP. WAR SCARE WAHIIINHTO.V, April 10. 1'rcsl dent Wilson would not admit today that any ronsoii lor a Jupaneso war scare exists dusplto tho imitation at homo nud In Japan over nntl-nllou land bills now ponding in tho Cali fornia legislature This fact wns omphuBlxud today when tho presi dent declined to incut a delegation of Cnllforulaus who wlshod to "ex plain" tho reasons for tho hill. At tho samo time, however, Presi dent Wilson does not Intend to inlu linlro tho situation nud Is keeping In close, touch with developments In Hncramonto and Toklo, tho stnto do- purtment watching tho mootlngs In Japan, Tho president did not go to tho oxcoutlvo offices, today, but re mained In tho wlilto Iioiibo library, studying alien laws. Ho has agreed to oiitllno his position to Hepresontn tlvo ltnluir of California and wants to bo sure of his bUuuI, BLOCKADE UPON CHINATOWN ND N WARS REASON R OREGON, SAT J DAY, APRIL 19, 1913. PRESIDENT W000R0W WIL80N BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS boiie many limes ill Iih ndtmr.is tmlioii. The rcirt eiiine from Hip While HoiihO Hint liuvill not nppeur before eiiiijjrp! rverv lime be but n com mmiicalion lo make, but will reserve tbi mclbuil for htnlemeut which he purMtc milking very jniprrwlvo incriiie eiUiecniiilK routiuo mntlcr BUT DEMOCRAT! WASHINOTON, April 19.-.An- sworlug charges that ho hns anar chistic lonnlnRs. Vice President Mar shall horn today said: "In Indiana I was accused of not being progressive, whllo now I nm called nn anarchist. I myself have not mndo charges against rich men. I hnvo merely voiced that which 1 bellevo I public opinion. "I do not desire to limit tho ac cumulation of wealth tn America. I destro only to call tho ntteutlou of thoao accused of wrong dealings to Hint chargo and kIvo them nn oppor tunity to dlsprovo It. 1 cannot per sonally assent to a system of gov ernment which Is paternalistic or socialistic In chnractor nud I hnvo felt If thoBO who have obtained spe cial privileges through legislation really understood tho feelings of tho American people they would, In a spirit of loyalty to our Institutions, lonsctit Hint speclnl privilege bo abolished nud tho old-fashioned Jof fersonlnu theory of equal and exact justice to all become nn economic policy In America. "I do not believe In socialism. Hut I do suggest tho folly of educating people, enlarging their vlows of Ufa nud teaching them to onjoy good things and then closing the door of opportunity so they cannot enjoy life and obtain those good things. ' OF 33 llOSTON, April 19. Krltz Carlson of Minneapolis was tho winner of tho annual Marathon race under the auspices of tho lloaton Amateur Ath letic club. Andrew Sockalexls, the Indian runner of Oldtowu, Maine, wns second nud Harry Smith of New lork third. Carlson's time, wns 'i hours 1!5 min utes and 1 l-G seconds, llo. appeared to bo greatly exhausted ns ho ap proached the tape, but quickly re vived. Carlson wns glvon a hard race by Sockalexls and Smith, but drew away from them on tho homo stretch nud hnd n good lead at tho finish, Thousands witnessed tho start nud finish of tho rnco, which bognu and ended at tho llostou Ath letic club building. MARSHALL NJIJ AN ANARCHIST n,ll he Kriit io c litres nml rem by Hm clerk of both hmic in Iho iiMinl manner mid detmlcd rex)rts of ile- parliiienls will bo eul hv secretnnc. Any lime the president wihca to train the nlteiitmn of the eounlry bo will notify both lmtte of hi atten tion to nddrc them. He will mnkc hi argument which will uet on the PEACE T; ALLIES ACCEPT TERMS LONDON, April 19. - Pcneo in the Ilalknus wns believed in Fight today, tho representatives here of tho low ers momentarily exjieeling receipt of the allies' formal acceptance of tho lust pcneo pnHisal submitted by the power. A de-patch this morn ing from Sofia stated that Hulgnrin aecpted tho offer witii slight reserva tion, the understanding being that Hulgnrin would $Kuk for nil the al lies. International dimension nmong the allies, however, may postpone ab solute pence. Heports from Vienna say that Uulgaria and Servia each hnvo demanded an explanation for the clnsb between Servians and Flul gnrians near Kumnnovn, when eighty Serbs woro slnin. Tbo king of Montenegro, despatches from Cettinjo sny, bus admitted hi inability to tnko Scutari alone nml will withdraw. E WASHINGTON, April 19 Thor ough Investigation of the public slapping of Congressman Sims of Tennessee by Charles Olovor. presi dent of tho Itlggs National bank here, may bo mado by tho lower house of congress, It Is said. Clover accosted Sims on thn street yesterday and, after douounclug him, slapped him across tho fnco. Sims, who Is an old man, shouted "I need holp" nud u passerby Interfered. Knmlty between tho two men has existed since Sims on tho floor of tho houso charged that Olovor prof ited In a deal whoreby tho govern mont acquired additional park lands. Sims declared today that tho Inci dent Is elosod, hut the Investigation will ho ordored, It Is reported. HALF HOLIDAY PLAN AT NATIONAL CAPITOL WASHINGTON, April 10. Start ing today, President Wilson inaugu rated a Saturday half holiday plan at tho whito house. Tbo president also intends to take daily bikes hero-after, BALKAN SIH BANKER LPS CONOR MN flrxt pngp of every newspaper, and ilicMMitinn congreMnen will be help Ie o debate the subject with him. The npe,iroucc of the president was marked by a crowd and mi audience such n i seldom seen in the house. Most of the diplomats nud nil Washington -oeiety which could reach tho galleries beard hire. PONTIFF BETTER; T HOME, April 19. Tho popo slept from midnight until dawn. Ho still was weak when ho awoke, and after dismissing all but ono attendant, tell asleep again. Thousands of persons hero retuso to bollove the optimistic bulletin Is sued from tho Vatican. They still think the pontiff Is dying, basing their belief on Cardinal Merry Del Val's extraordinary precautions for secrecy. ROME. April 19. It was an nounced today that tho Vatican Pen tncostal celebration at St. Peter's, In memory of the hniperor Constantino, which was scheduled for May 11, Is indefinitely postponed. Popo Plus' physicians announced that his holiness will bo unablo to participate In any corcmonlals for a month. AIRSHIP STRIKES IREE CIIICAOO, April 10. His biplane falling fifty feet nfter ho had tried to clenr a big tree but failed, Otto Hrodic, -1(1, nn aviator, was almost in stantly killed hero today. The acci dent occurred nt the Standard avia tion field in the south side. A branch of the treo struck one of bis planes, causing tho machine to snmonmult. llrodio wns one of the aviators connected with the Standard avintion Behool. On account of tbo fino weather ho assembled his ma chine for n short flight. PASCO HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE WITH $60,000 LOSS PASCO, Wash., April 10. Firo which started either from an ovor benU'd oven or from a fumnoo in tbo basement onrly today completely de stroyed the Villard Hotel, entailing a loss of about $00,000. Only about half of tho loss is covered by firo in surance. When the alarm was given tho halls wore so dense with smoko that it was with difficulty that tho guests mado tboir way to safety and many escaped in their night oluthiug. CEREMONIALS OR MN H POSTPONED NO. 24. JOHN OSBORNE LEAPS 5 STORIES TO HIS DEATH Contracting Carpenter Well Known In the City, Crazed by Craving for Li quor Which he Could Not Get Hor rifies Pedestrians by Suicide. As Noon Day Crowd is Flecktflf Homeward he Citato to, Reef of. Hotel and Leaps to His Death. John Osborno, a carpenter, need about 45 years, who lis resided a number of years la Medford, 'leaped to his death from tho roof of the Hotel Medfcrd at noon today. Ha struck on tho edge of the sidewalk, death being practically Instantan eous. Temporary Insanity Induced by a craving for liquor, which bo could not purchase. Is believed to bo re sponsible for his rath act. A scoro of peoplo saw Osborne leap to death. The usual noon hour ' crowd was making Its way home ward when Osborno fell. A few were within a few feet of tho spot on which ho fell. They rushed to his side, but death came with the crash. So far as could bo learned no ono saw Osborno Jump. When flnt noticed ho was In mld-alr. There. Is but llttlo doubt, hoWever, but 'that he Jumped, as it would be Impos sible to fall from tho roof, as a waist high parapet must first be scaled. None ot tho hotel employes saw him climb to the roof. ' Osborne baa recently been a heavy drinker- Frldajrattte' wlfej-hiJij-put upon the "blacklist" bbiI 'wife he asked for liquor today he was refused. This evidently preyed on his mind to such an extent that he decided to end his craving for liquor with death. Osborne Is well known In this city, having been a contracting car penter hero for sonio time. Ills wife, Mrs. Olivia Osborno, Is oao of the leading trained nurses of tho city, formerly conducting a hospital here. She Is a member ot tho stnto board ot examining nurses and president of tho state association of nurses. Osborno leaves two children, Eva J., of this city, and a son who Is In California. He resided at C12 South Oakdale. OAKLAND, Cnl., April 19. no tnllattng for Its beating last year, tho University of Washington eight captured tho annual Pacific Intdr colleglato regatta on the Oakland estuary today. Stanford was sec ond, 42 seconds behind tho Seattle boat, while California finished 30 seconds in the rear of the Cardinals. California took tho lead and held It for tho first of the three miles with a stroke of forty. Tho Wash ington crew wns rowing at -a 33 clip, whllo Stanford recorded 31. Tho rapid action of tho Callfornlans soon began to toll and they gradually fell behind, Washington passing tho oth er boats at tho end of the first mile. From that time on Washington con tinued to mnko tlio gap bigger b. twoeu It nud tho Stanford, sholl, which wns in second place. KILLS HER CHILDREN H KLGIN. III.. April 10. With a bul let bole in her bend and with tbo nocks of tbo littlo ones broken nud (heir skulls crushed, tbo bodies of Kirs. Muudo Sleep and lior two children, Orville, 2, and Sarah, four, were found today in an nbnmloned cistern on the Sleon farm near hero. A re volver was found at the edso of tho cistern, indicating that she had brut ally slain the children and then com mitted suicide. Hut one chamber of tho revolver was empty. WASHINGTON WNS ANNUAL REGATTA 1 i I i y i i I i t vi' - H rk .' J r, i