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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
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,..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.
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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.
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