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- Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER J'nlr toalftlit. IMftht frof. Slav., Mj ,Mh., an. 1'iirly-ttilnl Ynr Dully niRhtli Yirnr. MIDDFOIID, OKISCION, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1913. NO. 05. CALIFORNIA ALIEN LAND BILL 13 MODIFIED TO PERMIT JAPS TO HOLD THREE YEAR LEASES "I 1 mm f?fJM UMiir City HH 'C3 SENATE SOFTENS RIGOR OF LAW AGIST JAPS Bryan Succeeds In Mltlflnllnij Anti Allen Land Lerjlslatlon Nippo nese Pirmlllcd to Lcaso Afjrlcul tural Lnntl In Three Year Periods. Amendment Not Sure of Passage In House as Met a Divided Vote In Senate, Johnson and Dryan Confer HACUAMKNTO. Cnl., May 2 Tim mhuloii of Secretary or Hlnto llryuti to California to mitigate tlio rigor of oxpocted anll-allcn laud leg islation whs nt leait partially mic (eful .hero today when thu forte of the Johitiou administration di vided on an umoiiduient to penult Japanese to hwuo ntrrlciilturnl lnn.li In three-year period. Tho nuioiidtiiMit, which wax InWe- dured 1iy Kntiator lloynton, one tt the Johnson floor lendor In the en- to, pawed with the active assistant" ot tint diimounits and with tlio voto alio of Senator l.croy Wright of Hsu Diego, tin only Tuft repuhlliiii In the nenato. It passed by n volo of :s to i a. Uunl Owner AhUp. Whether Secretary Dry an had n hand In what e"om to ho a setback for those who would excludo the Japanese l not apparent. Tho no lion of llti administration In back ing thn leasehold amendment came ostensibly a tho remit of prendre from lhoo Und holders In Sacra mento,' H:w Joaquin and Contra Coi tu counties who leano nearly oiui mil lion aurng of their delta land to Japanese. Hut J tint before Iho sen ate convened Secretary llryau, Clov ernur Johnon, Avtorney noiioral Webb and Senator lloynton held a hftfrol conference, and It I rccaided a pomllilo that III thin secret session tlrynti played a trump curd which may bavo bad something to do with tho roMiltant action. Hut nil thn progressive would not follow lloynton. Senator Illrdnll. tho original sponsor of the nntl-allen bill, voted against thn leatobold iimendmeut, and Senator Hun of Ran I'raiiulicii, nlrt) a progressive, de clared uguliisl It on thn floor of tho senate, saying: "It I not what tho people, of California want." l-'nlo of llllt In lloiibl. Wlmt will bo the fate or the Webb ami'iiiliuent and of thn lllrdsnll bill when umended by thn lloynton clause wiim Mill problematical when tho sun- alo took a recess until 1-IS o'clocR thin nfternnou. The Impression wail r.ouornl, howuvur, that tho leasehold concession may linvo met tho wUIicm ot tho federal administration, and that tho enactment of tho lllrdsnll Wobb monsurn will be proceeded with. BY AMERICA WHEN WASHINGTON, May 2. Recognl tiou of the Chinese rcpubllo by (ho United .Stolen government wan mude today, according o cabled advices received hero by Acting Secretary of Slate John DiiRKutt Moore, from American Clung il'AffairoH Willinnw nt I'eUin. Before leaving for Cntifomin to con fur with ntato legislators nt Sa cramento, Som'otut'y Bryan instructed thn Pekiu legation to hand to Prosl deitl Yuan Shi Ini America's offi cial recognition Iho day tho new Chinese iihHcmblS' wih organized. Its orgnnl.nliou wh offeeted today. Nolifiimtion from President Yuan Hint thn iuiwhuko of recognition lind been rend to tlio iiHHcmhly and no ccpk'd uIho was received nt tho .slulo department tmlny, ( It ox-pi-PHHnd tho npprooialiou of tlio ChincHC, people nnd of thoir chief exo-uutivo. CHINA RECOGNIZED ASSEMBLY MEETS SUFFRAGETTES I 1101 1 U FIRING LUMBER YARDS Scotland Yard Unearths Plot For Wholesale Destruction Among Pap ers Seized at Militant Headquarters Government Buildings Doomed. Bottle of Nitroglycerine .Found .In Plcadllly Circus Tube Station Pulillilirr of Paper Released. 1X)NIK)N, May 2. - Hcotlaud Yard ttetertlviK nrrcatcd Kdward Clayton In connection with n miffrnKette plot to burn all lumber yard In Iumton Tho nrreat wai baxed on IcTtem writ ten to Clayton by MU Annie Ken ney, tho militant nuffraKetto, HitliiK lumber ynrdo and deacrlblnK the mokt effective way of nettliiK fire to them with chomlcnU., Clayton refuted to comment on lb" charge, hut tho police admitted the evidence to hu lined nKiilnut the prl- onvr wai found In tho rnld here on iiiffruKPttn beadiuurter. Bydnoy C. Drew In under nrreat today on a charttn of prlutlnc yen terday'a Uiiio of tho "Huffraxuttc,'' tho militant orRnn, ordered mmpend ed by the homo office. Drew con duct a mull prlntliiK hup, l'nderN ArralKncd. Clayton, Mint Kenimy and otbora nrrciiled In thu raid of uffrnK"tlo beadquartpra wero nrralRhed today lu llow Ntreet court and their appli cation for iinpnrato trial denied. In hi outline itatumcnt, Crown I'ronectilor Ilodkln read evernl let ter ho alleged Clayton wroto to Mli Kennoy. Home of then, ho said, were found at auffraitetto headquar ter and other In Mloa Kenney' flat One of tho letters aot forth plana to burn everal coverntnent building In ndtllllon to the lumber yard. It In cluded illiiKram and location, the hour wntrhinen wero on duty and other Information. Another auRRCkt ed Martini; thn fire with tnrrhe aoaked lu dentine, beuiollne and al cohol. Uemnndcsl to I'rloon, OurliiR Prosecutor Ilodkln' tato ment, "denoral" Mr. Flora Drum- mond nnd Mh Kerr fell aleep In tho prisoners' dock. After 1'roiecutor -Ilodkln had out lined tho crown'n enno thn trial of the aufrraRPttc wni continued to Mon day. Drew und Ml Lennox wero released on boll. Tim other were remanded to Hollo way prUon. Drew wan admitted to ball on hi promlio never aRiiln to print the Sut- rraRntto, tho mllltauta' official mouthpiece. Ml I.onnox wn re leimcd on tho rnpreHeutntlons ot her phyaleinnH, who naaertod that her health would bo Jeopardized by In carceration. A bottlo of nltroRlycerlnn wn found today In the 1'lcadllly Circus tube station, throwing paHteiiKor Into a panic Buffrnnettea are huh pec ted. NF.WAHIC, N. J., rny 'J.-Whilo Prchidcut WIIhou'h iiutonuddlo wiih en route to thd Soldierri' Home nt ICoarey, N. !., wliero lie desired to visit (leueral K. llird Orubb today, the mnlonnan of an inter-urliun ear iiiHlHtcd on ruuiiiuK bis car alongside tho presidents mnehiuo. IllENlIIES'PROnr IN NEW HAVEN DEAL 110STON, May 2. Denial that ho perBonally profited as tho result of stock transactions of tia Now York, Now Huvon & Hartford railroad, waa ontorod hero today lioforo Intoratnte Commerco Commlsalonor l'routy by 1'ioflldnnt Cbarloa B, Mellon ot that company, President Hucrta P --. SAN fRANCISCO FAIR - rUlkw . ANO BLACKLIST PORT iiiHlRS.tfUyflUaiR3:. L f aBaBlHiHiT Jft iiiiPiiiiHslBiiiiK!kaii a N tSahuliilSiiiiiiBk.iiiwSiiiiiiiWiiM ..... A. V. HaiiiHiiiiHuiiHHiBHlilllKiHBiaD44'''0 n. v ULHIKslHiiiiBsSviflSil CHIHUAHUA FACES M CAPTURE BY REBELS -Sfci .?... SURROUNDING CITY mffefewV' i -lte x v"""ri-'-tmMHH.Bw: HI. I'ASO, Texas. May 2 - Chihua hua City, Mexico, I tuclnu enpturo by nn lnurr.eiit army, nccordlnK to report recelted hero today. Three thousand federal are nulling from tho outh to the defence of the city The unexpected occupation ot So nora and Chihuahua atatc by gov ernment troop I expected finally to blot out the revolutionary activities In Mexico. Tho entire organised opposition to Hucrta holds control or 3S4.700 square mile, or allRhtlr more than half tho area of tho nation. The population of theao revolvlnc sec tions I 4,200,000 or a llltlo less than one-third of Mexico's total. Ventutlano Carransa waa Eorcr nor ot Coahulla under Madero. Ho ha had himself proclaimed provi sional president In opposition to Huerta. Ho I et.iblhlnR a "Junta" at Washington. I). C, and la aid to represent tho Madero lnter eat. Ho I thn acknowledged lead er ot thn "Constitutionalist" move ment. Thn maytorciu revolt In Sonora nnd Blualna I aided by tho YaquI Indian. Governor Maytorena bold Hermoslllo, thn capital or Sonora, which bo haa never surrendered to Iluerts, nnd has the resources of thn stato at hi back. Ho I said to ac knowlcdRo Curranxa'a leadership. Tho National lino of railway north of Monterey ha been torn up by Carransa; It Is also cut south of Mon terey, and shuts otr nil northern og ress. Tho International lino from Monclova to Knglo Inss, la In Car ranzn conrtol. Tho Central, for most or the way from Torreon to Chlchun hua City alno fell Into hi hand who hua City also roll Into hi hand when he captured Jtmenes, tho Hucr ta army headquarter for tho north. North or Chihuahua City to Cludad Juarot, opposite Kl Paso, Is alno In control ot Carransa forces. Tho Southern Pacific railway ol Mexico run from tho Arizona border south through Sonora, Slnaloa and Teplo for a thousand mile. It Is nearly all In tho hand ot Maytorena torces. Tho Southern Mexico lino from tho city ot 1'uchlu to thn city ot Oaxaca, (Continued on pago 2.) LOS ANGELES VICE PROBE CONTINUED I.OS ANOKLKS, Cul May 2. William Appol, u detective, testified today boforo tho grand Jury probing vlco condlttona hero. It wna report ed that Appol denied tho possession attributed to him of letters pouring directly upon Important features ot tho lnvos,tIgatIon, Other witnesses who appeared bo foro tho grand Jury wore Mrs. Mabel Mason, proprietress or tho llluo Moon cafo; Sandy Ferguson, a Imrtondor, and William Hunter. William H. Wood, rocontly (rood from n cburgo or contributing to tho dopondoncy of Murlo Ilrown-Lovoy, was subpoeuaod today to upponr boforo tho Judge, Controls Less Than ir-f"w i r&-iilK i i c XuvS'St f d Z - ' 7?lpT'S?viHffcA' H CAffAMXA Nxolma. micmoacah f.fiM?K!t(eMa MamjaxiiiP ! ' .iVirAViflulAim . f . StArx iMtf IUvVuuhW AffsrH-va map toxica r?rtuVV' f .'',- Utirr UAtAff tiViMVt)rV, A' C tJnmuirfc FACE TRIAL UPON E SAN' FRANCISCO, Cni., May '2. Cnmimil prosecution of several, probably all of the eight San Fran cisco delcctive implicated in alle gations of gmtt nnd corruption by members of nn Italian bunco ring wns predicted here today by District At torney Clias. M. Fickert. Detective Frank rkolo, already indicted, was expected to surrender himself ut po lice headquarters lato today, when tho indictment formally charging him with uceepting n bribe will bo re turned to Sucnor Judge Dunne. Julius Seccp, proprietor of n no lorioiw cafe, who recently uppenred before the grand jury, will be form ally ehnrged with perjury and grand larceny at the miiuo time. Secco lias been in custody ill default of bail ever since the indictment was re turned several days ago. Tlio grand jury hopes to end its inquiry today, and besides Km1ii, the men who stand in danger of criminal proseoutru uro Detectives Arthur Mol'lieo, Jumes Meflownn, I.ouio Dro lette, John Sullivan, William Mcliugh, Charles Taylor nnd Charles Joseph. These men already have been charged with "uiioffieerlike conduct nnd with consorting with bunco men," by tho polico commission and also face dis missal from the police force. Soven subpoenas wero issued from grand jury chambers early today on instructions from Fickert nnd it was believed the investigation would end with their testimony. dundeiTmay fight with ad w0lgas1 I.OS ANflKLKS, Cl., May 2. Johnny Dundee, who battled twenty rounds to r draw with Featherweight Champion Kilbnno nt Yornon Tuesday night, may meet Ad Wolgnst in tho same ring in Juno. Promoter Mo Carey hnH suggested tho match, and it is satisfactory to Dundee's mana ger, providing n ringsido weight of 11K1 pounds is stipulated, Wolgust's attitude hns nut been learned. CRIMINAL HA One - Half of Mexico SENATE TO PROBE COAL DISTRICTS OF WEST VIRGINIA WASHINGTON. May 2. -Follow-Ing tho plea of former United State Senator Watson or West Virginia that congress cease ha Inquiry Into the conditions ot tho coat districts In that state, Senator Kern of Indt-! ana announced today his determina tion in the senate to demand that tho Investigation be pushed to tro limit. Watson, who I a coal mine owner, telegraphed that the strike In the I'ulnt and Cabin Creek districts la over, and that further Inquiry wouH bo futile. Senutor Kern, In his speech, declared: "Tho strike I not tho question. Peonage la tho question. Hunting men across tho hills llko sscjped convicts nnd beasts Is tho question. Wo nro going to have an inquiry. I propose to bnvo It shown that when tho federal experts Investigated con ditions last year, whole pages of their report wero suppressed ! y ths department ot commerce An I labor. "Do you realize that within :.&0 miles or tho capital or this nation a drumhead courtmtirtlal tor the past 30 days has been trying 'Mother' Jones, who tor 40 years lias been engaged In humanitarian work, and who Is ono ot tho greatest women In tho country?" She Is, probably known to more peoplo than any other American woman." BRYAN GRATIFIED BY SACRAMKNTO, Cat., May 2.Up- on receipt of official word from Washington Hint tho Chinese repub lic, had been granted recognition Sec retary of Stato Bryan today ex pressed himself as highly gratified, "I bnvo taken n deep interest in the recognition of tho Cbineso republic," Hrynn declared, "nnd 1 am glad to soq that it hns reached n point of sta bility where our government can ox- tend this loniml notion." Bryan positively refused to discuss any phase ot tho umi-atien situn-i tiou, I ' JAPAN TO BOYCOTT TOKIO, May 2. Not only will the commercial lender of Japan refuse to exhibit nt Hie Panama Pacific ex hibition, liuj, irrespective of the Cali fornia legislature's ntlitiulo an em bargo will be phiepl on nil California pom Minti'd the miti-nlicn land bill be paused, according to announce ment mndc here today. OAI.VESTON', Texas, Hay 2. Blood curdling stories of bnitnl mur ders of Americans iu Mexico wero told here today by fourteen Ameri cans and nn F.nglishrmin who have just arrived here on the Steamer Heryl from various sections of tho Southern republic. Nine women nnd six men made up tho party, several women leaving tho bodies of their murdered husbands on Mexican soil. Sentiment against Americans in .-wexico, me reiugeea declared, is stronger under the Hucrta regime thnn under Madero. Hundreds of other refugees, they said, wero nt Tnmpico nnd othor Krts, unable to escape from Mexico because the railroad tracks have been destroyed and freight steamers aro forbidden to carry passengers. Most of the American refugees at Tapmico, it is said, uie penniless. NEW YORK, May 2. Mercedes Madero, sister of Francisco Madero, tho slain president of Mexico, is mnrried here today to Antonio Cnn alizo, a member of tho Moxiean con gress from Lower California under President Madero. GIRL'S WLEADS TO MARSIIFIELD, Ore., Mny 2. A jury in tlio circuit court at Coquille today returned n verdict of guilty in tho enso of Guy Qreenleaf, a chauf feur, charged with attempting crimi nal assault. (Qrocnlcaf wns arrested following the suicide of Krnm Kuorr, nged fourteen, sovernl weeks ngo, Tho girl had previously mado n con fession to her mother involving Greenleuf, BRUTAL MHBS IIP AMrPIPAMQ IM SOUTHERNMEXICO MADEROS R WEDSCONGRESSMAN BOOST EFFORTS IN CITRUS TARIFF Amendments Intended io Raise Pro posed Schedule For Leimns, Grajw Fruit and Oranges Lost as Are Those For Figs, Raisins, Olives- Efforts of Republicans Craw Weaker and Weaker Alflwi a Certainty Bill Will Go Throtifrh. WASHINGTON. May 2. All amendments offered by California congressmen to offset proposed sweeping reductions lit the citrus fruit schedule went down to over whelming defeat in the bouse today. The citrus fruit paragraph as em bodied In the Wilson-Underwood tar iff bill, wag adopted. Fighting valiantly with but scant hope for success, California con gressmen bitterly assailed proposed sweeping reductions in citrus fruit duties contained In tho Underwood tarirr bill. Tho democratic majority resisted these efforts, alleging Cali fornia lemon growers seek an unfair advantage by taxing the whole coun try with tho object or monopolizing the eastern as well as the western markets. Aviaultfl flrovr AVcaJter. The republican assaults upon the tariff bill are growing weaker each day, and It Is now almost certain that, tbe citrus schedule will bo ap proved as It stands. , The minority leaders hope to harass the democrats by resorting to guerilla tactics and hereafter will, offer numerous amendments to every schedule. Another partisan Crush Is ex pected when the wine and liquor schedule Is reached. Tomorrow tho wool schedule comes up for consid eration and despite tho fight prom ised by Ohio and western democrats. It is certain tho schedule will gd through unamended. Representative Under.wood hopes to put tho cntlro tariff bill through either next Tuesday or Wednesday, devoting one whole day to the in come tax feature. All Amendments Lost. During tho debate on tho citniB schedule Representative Knowlund of California offered nn amendment in tended to boost the duty on figs ud raisins, nnd Representatives Hays of fered nn amendment proposing to tontinuo tho Payne rote on olives. Representative Hell offered nn' amendment changing the duty on lemons to l'A routs, a pound, and that on ornucs, limes, grapefruit and shaddocks to one cent per pouud. All wero defcuted. Representative Stcvena' proposal for u ono cent rate on lemons and three quarter of n cent on othor ci trus fruils nlso was rejected. (Continued on page 3.) TO GIVE UP SCUTAR LONDON, May 2. Belief that Russia, secretly backed Montenegro in its defiant stand against Austria was swept uwny today with the ro ceipt hero of n despatch from Cet tinjo which frankly stated that Rus sia, in an official note, strongly ad vised King Nicholas to surrender Scutari to tho powers. Diplomats iioro expect Montenegro to act on Russia's suggestion; that tho situa tion in tho Balkans will gradually clear, and that armed steps to force Montenegro to ovaouuto Scutari will bo unnecessary, Trading on the continental bourses today was normal except in Vienna. Ynr talk, was renewed in the Austrian capital uftep Emperor Frnnz Jwef had culled his advisers into eunuilta-tiou. END IN FAILUR RUSSA ADVISES MONTENEGRO E i