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gu' . . u.ttfvt n- iTT. f - vj, , , I .V7V?V -. rf Wi-9iUf7M cur Hill Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDIT J ON WEATHER Hhimrr. Light fnut early Wednesday. M. JW, mil. Hit .A - I'liMr-thlnl Vror Dull)'- UlKlitli Yr. MEDFORD, OKISaONJ'LMiHIMV, Al'HIbanjfllS. NO. 32. RAILROAD MULCTED OF HO ACRES OREGON LAND BY FEDERAL COURT kit ESPEE LOSES LAND GRANT BY COURT DECISION Federal Judge Wolvcrton Holds That 2,300,000 Acres Led In 0. & C. C. Railroad Grants FcrfeKcd Ac count of Non-Com;lhnce. Appeal Taken to Court of Appeals at Once Attorneys For Railroad De cide Not To Argue Cue. POUTI.ANI), Ore, April i!U. Fnitod Slate Dlxlrict Judge Charles S. WoUcrlon lliix morning announced Hint the J.JIOtMlOO nerr of land left of grant made ill 18011 nml 1H70 made liy ilin gn eminent in order tlint I lit Oregon mid California ininlit ho iHiMiat rni'tt'tl in forfeited because of failure on lh "irt of I lie company li eomplv wild leniu of I lie grant. The decision ciimn when attorney Pr tlu rnilrniiil company decided nut to iirKU tlu fiHp, which xa not fur I hi week. It will lie npHiilnl to the United State circuit court of appeal Ht IIIHK'. ; Tin' Oregon ft rnlifortiln null ha Iicmi ponding hi tho federal court for over n yenr, following mi net of con glow mithnrUiiig the c'lvcriiiiirnt to mii for the bnhiucc of the land Hint has tint lii'im nolil from tlio grant of Iritlrt nmt 1K70. Thu rnilroud com uiiy roochod Hie lamW iui condition Hint lljivv would Iiq Mild lo procetlo HctlhW fit $2.r.O nfT acre, mid this, (lie government charge, they did not do. Tlio laud Involved in tld unit nro omtod in practically every county In 'cru Oregon and iitntliuitrrn California, nnd should Judge Wulvor. tun's decision lie upheld ill tlio court of iimh1w,,III throw the luud open lo SOtth'lUCilt. .Indue W'olvcrlnu' decision cud nil litigation for tlio present in Orcein in tlio fnmoim Inud grant null which linn heun pending for fiw yenr. Thu nc lion of the defense in not arguing the nunc miiito i n Hiirpriite. The principal action in the suit .cnuio in HUM), with the untiling mid overruling of demurrer Tiled by the defendant. In bin decision tlio judge bold Hint the Oregon mid Cnlifornln violntrd Hie Inw of the lntitl giant i sellim: Ibo land lo people in nmintitie In ox cess of 100 norcH each, and at price exceeding .fi-IO tor ucrc. TO PUGET SOUND TACOMA, Wash., April S9.-lto-contly published loporls that tho Caiiiullaii Pacific rullwoy IntomU building a now lino from tho llocky iiiouutaliiH to PiiKOt Hound nro MtmiiBtlicncd toiluy by tho receipt of a calilo nicitnRo from Sir Thomas HluuiKiioKny, president of tho com pany, now la Loudon, Sir Tbomim' iiioitmigo miyii that tho compiiuy lx propniod to upond 1100,000,000 In stead of SuO.OOO.OOO borotoforo re ported to bu tho amount. This mon ey already Iiob heun ruined. "Hlnco my arrlvnl In Hnglnnd," snyn Sir Thulium, "my attention him licoii en I Unl to a publlHhod ropoit that an oxpoiidlturo o( $60,0011,000 Ih euulomplutod- thU year In laylu,; doiihlo trat'ktt, cOliHt uettnu linuicli IIikih and puttliiK a tunnel throimh thu Itoulty moiiulaliiH which would provldo mi iiltcrnatlvo routo with a uiiiuli ciiBlor Krndo thin, now oxIiUu, nlid thiouKh which electricity Could ho iihuiI, If required. "Tho ropoit can only rofor woBtcrn t-uniula for, aa a nmttur o' fact, our coutomplatcd oxpcudlluro ovor tho wholo Hyatoin for tlio non.1 futiiro will bo nuiro IIUo SI 00,000, OflO, (ixclimlvo of oxpoudlturo on lollliiu stock," CANADIAN PARC PANS NEW IE RUSSIA BACKS BRYAN AWAITS MONTENEGROIN WILSON'SORDERS AUSTRIAN WAR AT SACRAMENTO Speedy Declaration of War Indicated at Vienna Prince Danllo Prepares To Bombard Austrian City Con flict May Involve All Europe. Turkey Supports Essad Pasha For King of Albania French Advised Montenenro Will Give Up. VIKKXA, April '!). Follntriiie n two hour' conference wilb the em peror tonight, rorclu'ii Miuinter Von Ilercbtoldt, xeiaixirfiuially htatcd tbnt Aiihlrin would deliver a twenty- four hour ultimatum to MoiitciicKro totaoriow niortiim;. The iittiiiiuluin will commuud Mnn I euro lo exuciinlu Srulnri. If tho MoutiMiKrius linxu not cvnminted by TburHilnv morning, AiiHlria will im inedmlrly inovo truopM aeroM the frontier and formally declare war, it wiik xaid, vii:n;na, Apiii an. Swiy do... larntioij of war between Aulrin and MoiiteiVero it iudicntvd here todav in n statement by llmpenir Fmnx Jon eph, by the nluriiiintr lmriM on the llourxi' mid by continued coutultn tioiix bvlwcen Hie euiHror and Oraud Duke l'rnur. IVrdinnnd mid Hie cabl net mi)l the anny p'liciuU. The op-tlmUt-. un hopeful, but Ibo cniw'nr doitlnrcit be ii detcniiiued lo drive the MouluiiCKriiiH out of Scutari. IteporU from tho lliilkun States am nlannliiK- Prince Dnuilo of Moil, teiietfnt U on Hie uiarcb o occupy Hie bcittbtK domiiiutini; Cattun mi Aim Irian eil.v. and it in reported tuny bombard Hint place. Danllo alo will be in a position to moid the Aim trinliH lauding at Autivart. There i npprcheiiiou Hint the conflict will involve the rout of Kit rope. Ktnwiii U not pnrlicipuliiiK in the bunion cnufcreiteeH mid ix re Mirlcd to be Kccictly aiding Mouto ueKro. It Ih feared Hint if Austria follows nut her tbicatrt ltiHhia will openly defend llm mnaller nation. Such a move would involve (lermany and what would happen thereafter in problematical. PAIMS. Anril 'Ml Turkev Ih back. I utr T.bHiid Pimbn'ri olaimx to the throne of Albania, aocordiui; to a ilcHiuitcb from ('ouxtmitlnnnto to n uewH nceuey here today. It i stated that the Porte has instructed the TurUnh diplomatH in tlio various Ku- ropenn capilam to mippnrt Mnml PaHbu. It N icportcd Hint V.iu Pnulin iiroclnbned liiniHolf kirn- of Al bania in order to relnln tho Turkish Huxerninly over that country. The French lroverunieiit is Rcoiet- ly ndvixed Hint MontciiKro will ulti malcly nbnudon Scutari without a fight, it it rcortcd. ESPEEliEST EXTENSION OF TIME WA8IIINOTON, April J!D. Dxton hIoii of tlmo for the llarrlmau mor Kor dccbilon to lieconin oporatlvo Is nuked In a memorandum filed by nt torneyM for tho Union Pnclfla nnd the Oregon Short I.luo wltli tho mi promo court today. Tho memoran dum doclarcH that tho oxtoiiHlon nu HI July I, as Attorney General Mo Iteyiioldx propose, In luiuleituato. It BURt;eatH that thu Utnb feduial JiiiIkch bo allowed to uho tbclr din- ciotlou In flxliiK tho tlmo for Hio deelHlou to go Into effect, FflOST IS PREDICTED FOR ALL OREGON TONIGHT POKTMNI), Oro April 2n.Oro fjonj Shower tonight or YVoduoH day. Light frost went, heavy frost cast portion tonight. Westerly winds, No Further Conference To Be Re Quested Before Nlyht Morning Spent As Guest In Senate Cham ber Listening to Debates. Appreciates the Treatment Received Since Arrival Visit a Genuine Pleasure Declares Nehraskan. HACIIAMKNTO, Cab, April 20. Iiidicnlioim HiIh nfternooii were that no further conference with the log- iluturo would be rt'ipictcd by Score tiiry of State llryan before tnnlghl. Ilryan spent Hm entire morniiiir ax a Kiienl in the sennlo chamber. Dur ing IiiIIh in the buineM be hold in formal rocepllium m the prenblcnt'ft' Ntmid, cluillliiu' with tlio logislnlorx. It bt evident that Mrynn U await ing further midline from Washing ton. Ilryan aiiiiouucrd that bo would ro. turn hero from Snn FraucUco to morrow nielli. "I am not ccrtniu when I will re turn cnsl," ho told a I'nitcd Prohd rcpiocutatio. "1 cannot ntato at thin, time what fuilber nction will bo taken by President Wilson or wheth er I will bine a statement to make before leaving for Washington. "I appreciate very much thu atti tude ol blh.ibu'j( . .fuyorinir and tlioe ilpiMHC nutl-alii'ti legislation anioni; tho legislator, both towaid me nml my inl-"lon here ninoe my arrival. Mv vixit to Sacramento ban been n gentiiuo pleasure." Ilryan wan erected with hcaily np plnitiin ni bo entered the ticnato cbnmbor shortly before noon today, during an argument over the auti capital punishment bill. Ilrjnii took n heal nt' the presidcntV desk mid hslencd with, intent to the proceed ings. POLICE CAPTAINS T NKW YOIIK, April 20. Charted by tho mato with graft and tho ub Boquont bribing of wltncBsca to stay nut of tho JurlNillctlon of tho courts, the trials of former Police Iaiipectou Dentil awecney, James Uussoy, Jitnion Thompnon and John Murtha boRun hero today. Tho charKes undor which tho men nro beliiR tried coino under the gen eral heading of "coimplracy to ob struct JuhiIco." If tho conspiracy chnrges full to hold, tho men prob ably will bo tried later mi a direct graft charge. 10 ON WOOL AND SUGAR WASHINGTON, April Ulh Presi dent Wilxnii today arranged for n conforcneo TbuiHday with wclern nnd Houtbcrii Hcnntorn who nro op posed to his free wool and Kiigar plans, CHARLEY HORN VICTOR OVER GEORGE BROWN TAFT, Cul., April 'JD. Charley Horn, is tin easy victor today over Oeovor Drown, following five, rounds of onu-sided milling hero. Tho mon were Hohcduled to box twenty rounds. After having his man all but out on two previous Hessians, the Snn Fran tdniio heavy applied tho tdeup wallop in tho fifth and Brown went dowiHo defeat, SAND RIAL CHARGES OF GRAFT JAPANESE PREMIER. RADICAL LEADER, AND GOVERNOR JOHNSON, CHIEF FIGURES IN THE PRESENT TROUBLE. ",- tJZjtryrxT. if wjMMPm i Count . V "M!Z2i'.nt -,. - 23IK Trouble between the I'.ntcd Slnlcs nnd Japan over tho proposed nnti alien laud ownership net of Califor nia has brought into notice again Count Ymnnmoto, tho premier; Count Okuinn. who ban done Jiiucb to stir up the trouble, nnd Governor Hiram W. Johnson of California, late can didate for wee-president on tho pro gresmvo ticket, will become iuiort ant figures in the situation. SACRAMKNTO, Cal April 29. With Secretary of Stato Hryan look ing on, tho state senate today de feated Senator HryaulV nnti-napital punishment bill, fifteen to twenty three. Tho action of tho senate menus Hint capital punishment will not be abolished In California by the pres ent legislature. Senator Gates, declared, in a long speech that until tho Los Angeles ex plosion ho bad always stood and fought for the abolition of capital punishment, lie. contended Hint it was tho bbudnw of tho gallows alone that forced "those responsible for the destruction of life," to confess, and for that reason said be was in favor of retaining caopital punish ment. NEWS1E LOSES LIFE VKXICK, Cab, April 20.-F.ddio Willis, 10, a newsboy was drowned and sixteen sailors of tho battleship Maryland narrowly escaped death when one of the ship's launches over, turned off the breakwater. Tho launch hcenmo fast on tho break water and oapsir.ed after it bad been pulled from its position by ft second launch. Tho sailors, clinging to thfa overturned cinft, wero rescued li' lifosnvcrs. Willis had gone aboard tho ship to sell papers, His body hnd not been recovered laic today. CALIFORNIA TO IMRS. PANKHURST KEEP ON HANGING : ORDERED BROUGHT ALONG OLD LINES1 BACK TO PRISON i ,..a..;'i:A s... t?ST ,-... . Wb lo tho Japanese premier ban done much to rcstrnin anti-American fcclmtr in Japan, the populace there has looked lapelv to Count Okumn. He answered the other day with Hie statement that nothing but tho In fluence of Cbristiauitv could pre vent war between the two countries. He said he hoped the influence would be exercised. He has addressed hcv oral large meetings where much nnti American feelinc was, shown. LONDON, April 20. Aniiounecc ment that tho "ticket of leave," from Hollowny prison jniuled Mrs. Emme lino Pankburst, the militant suffra gette, hnd been levoked and n war rant for her immediate return to prison issued, was made nt tho home offico this afternoon. Tho warrant has not yet been executed but it will be Inter in tho day, it was said, do spite rejxuts from pbsicinns that fur ther imprisonment would jeopardiro Mrs. Pankhurst's life. According to tho ticket of leave plan, Mrs. Pankburst should have presented herself voluntarily at the prison nt its expiration. Sbo did not appear, however, and this neces sitated tho formal issuance of a war rant. LAYS Y. Ml A. E SACKAMF.NTO, Cab, April 20. After laying tho cornerstono of tho local Y. M. C. A. building today, Sec retary of State William J. Ilryan re ceived a long cipher message from President Wilson believed to be an niiswer to Ilrynn's reports on tho nt titudo of thu California legislature regarding pending auli-alien land laws. Tho message, it is said, contains further instructions for Hryan and another executive conference is o'x pected during tho day, when Bryan again will take up tho disoussiou of nnti-ulien legi&lutiou, with tho legislators, WILSON STAN PAT; SO OOES GOLDEN STATE President Insists That Words "Ineli gible To Cittenshlp" in Bill Now Pending Violates Treaty Gover nor Johnson Also Stands Pat. Bryan's Mission a Failure. So Far As Changing Result of Legislation- Public Sentiment Demands It. WASHINGTON, April 29. Prcnl- dont WIIjsou 1 standing pat on hla attitude In tho California anti-alien land law matter. lie Imtsts that tho words "Ineligible to cltlzcmhlp" con tained In tho bill now pending before tho California leglitaturo violates tlio treaty now existing between Japan and the United States. This was the only announcement from tho white bouc foiiowlng to day's meeting or the cabinet. John Uasaett .Ioore, counsellor for tho atnte department, occupied Secretary of Stato Iiryan's cbolr at tho raeul leg. The cabinet listened to tele grama exchanged betweeri President Wilson and Secretary Uryan and de cided that Ilryan had handled thu situation satisfactorily. v Oocrror Stands Pat. SACUAMKNTO, C'nl., April 2!). Governor Hiram W. Johnson nnd Hie California. IcjylA.tjircv nreyilnndind I'm, ,i kiii rxciiiuiiig an micas ineli gible to citizenship will be passed, and the mission of Secretnry of State William J. Ilryan will result In fail ure. This in a word is tho situation in the Japanese imbrogiiu hero today, so far as anyone, enn tell from the outside. From the hour when it was first known that President Wilson desired to send Bryan to California it was predicted tbnt Johnson would not recede from the stand ho and bis administration bad taken. It was declared that tho pressure of public opinion in the state called for a law excluding the Japanese, in such stroll); form Hint Johnson simply could not resist, whether bo wished to or not. Today it seems as though these predictions bnvo been fully ful filled, nnd unless President Wilson, in messages to Bryan today, can set forth sumo stronger argument than Bryan has yet presented, there is bnrdly a doubt that action directed almost specifically ngmtwt the Japa nese will be taken by the California legislature. , Wnlt Word from Wilson. At present, the situation halts pending recepit of some further mes sage from Washington, in answer to telegrams sent by Secretary Bryan last night. It was expected tbnt the president's nmbussndor to California would bear from bis principal and immediately afterwards a conferenco with the legislature would be held. Unless at this conferenco Bryan is able to impress the legislators with u necessity for delay, it is not probnblo that there will bo further efforts made, through his means, to block California's expected notion. Tho secretary probably will go to San Francisco tomorrow as tho guest of the Panama Paeifio exposition """ (Continued on Page 6) BULLET IN HEAD FOLLOWS AUTO TRIP IU3NO, Nov., April 29. Following nn automobile trip with hla wife, and friends, Thomas J. Kirk, Jr., of Sac ramento, Cul., son of a formor stato superintendent of California schools, put a rlflo bullet through his head and Is dead today. Kirk had tlio automobile party wait outsldo. Then ho hastened Into a room and blow out his brains. Alarmed nt his long nbsonco, mem bers of tho party Investigated ,nnd found him dead. Marital troubles are said to have caused hla act, WAREHOUSES m -OF-WAY TOBEMOVED Notice Served on T. B. Thelss to Vacate and Wreck Building Just North of Main Street Other Buildings To Go Soon. Southern Pacific at Work on PlaiiiBf Beautifying Property Owned by Them In Heart of City. That all of the building nnd ware house on the Southern" 'Pacific right-of-way for n block north and south of M)rin street nro to bo removed, nnd tbnt tho officials of the company nt work on some plan for the benutifi cation of the two blocks, became known today. The nest wnrchotno to go will bo tho former homo of tho Medford Grocery company owned by T. B. Tbeiss. Notice has already been served on Mr. Them to vncnto mid wreck tho building. Other not ices will follow ns rapidly as leases expire. The wrecking of the Davis warehouse is nearly completed. The plnns of tho compatrytlfpr the benutificntion of I ho two bjcks are not yet determined but it irf-beliovcd Hint they will bo parked nnd shrub bery nnd trees planted. For several years past the old nrchouscf, erected when the city Vna in its infancy, have been eyc jyre.s nnd.severaLattemiftjiiVjiJicCH made, by citizens; (o .b'ave thm' re moved. Tho railroad company how ever failed to tnko nuy nction until recently. With the parking of tho two blocks the heart of tho city will bo made far more attractive to stranger passing through on trains. L DICTATE TARIFF WASHINGTON. April 29. Rep resentative Oscar of Alabama, tea-ier of tho majority In tho house, today served notice on the republican min ority that tho democratic members pronoso to dlctato tho tariff and will stand responsible for tho results. Speaking In tho house, Underwood said: "It's our business to framo this tariff bill and wo alone uro respon sible. Wo don t propose to let you republicans wrlto this bill." YOUNG JAP SUICIDES AS PROTEST OVER BILL CHICAOO, April 29, As a pro test ngaiust proposed legislation un favorable to bis race in California, Lnr Kio Kum, n young Chicago Jap anese, put a bullet iu his brain in bis quarters hero and is dead today. It is believCd ho went insane as tho re sult of brooding over tho proposed anti-ulien laud laws iu California. MILLIONAIRE'S SON HELD FOB FORGING A CHECK SAN FKANCISCO, Cnl., April 29. Charged with signing a fictitious check on n St. Louis bank to pay n tllO toxical) bill here, Myron M. Fricdo, twenty-ouo, who says ho is Ibo son of J. M. Friode, ico-presi-dent of a wiiolesalo jewelry firm iu St. Louis and multi-millionaire, is un der arrest hero today, Following his booking at tho polieo station Frieda is said to have admitted tho authorship of tlio worthless paper, Fricdo camo hero several weeks ago, and lived at hotels. Up to the timo of his arrest bo was seen fre quently with mi actrefcri who.su iinina is withheld. DEMOCRATS W SAYS UNDERWOOD tjfl n i-i i ;t 5f I r '41 f i ' i ' . t '!. ail