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ilmtm Iflitnrtiai l.rinr Medford Mail Tribune :- SECOND EDITION WEATHER OrriftloHAl Miowent. Mat., (li MIh., IflJ I'rwlp., .Ml Kurtr t lilrtl Yonr Unlly I'ihIiIIi Yrnr. AN C MS ACCOUNTTARIFF ANGER WILSON Tnlk liy Mnniifnclurcrs of Closlnn Down Arouso President to Use Cluli Fttiul tor Rctlfleltl to Prolic Cost Hero and Abroad. Tariff Dill Laid Dcfore Senate Dcmocnitlo Majorlly Only Six Loulslnnn Senators Dolt Gill. WASHINGTON, Mnv ? -l'j-l'l'iit Wilson lingered hy (brents of iiuniu fncluicr to close (liolr faetoriti when tlio Inriff t III become a law Ih'cihinc, Hik.v miv tlii'V "iiniinnt loiig t operate profitably under Km pro vUihiisi" dcihled today, If iiftry. to mm a cluli, Tim department of commerco propone, to net If iiinnii fneluroiH ri'iliii'i' wages mill curtail operations, mHigulug riMiiiillillit.r to Ihr low Inriff. 't'lm nit'kiiloiit ordered Secretary ttedllold to invontlgnte nil neh ease. A ruii.l of l 00,000 will In placed nt hU iliMHiil mill later It will be In- iiM'd to $1,000,000 if iii'tiwwirv to gel Hit fact mill figure. IPdflrld'n Hlnlrinriil. ''I luivo recommended (lull tin president initio nvnilnlilu mi appro pilntion of 9 1 00,(100 to cover lang uage in mi nppropriuliou liill stating it in among tlio duties of Iho bureau of foreign mill domentlo commerce to ascertain tint rout of producing ar ticle In tlm liiitnl Stales mill in the lending countries abroad; Iho pro fit of iiinniifiii'lurcni mnl producers; n oompnralHo eot of lixiug; what article it r controlled liv trust mnl v. lint fffot tnitnnd enmhinnliou hno iimii production mnl price," declared Secretary Redficld in n Mntoment toilny. "Tint hiw will pro. itlo for Investigation, mnl limy stnrl whenever Iho president or congress orders, mnl 1 hnvn imkctl the prrsl ilnil to order it now." The I'lulorwiiort tnriff hill which wn passed hy the house Into venter ihiy, reached the seiinlo shortly be fore H oVlonk thin nflcrnnon. Senn tor Penman of Peniw.vlvnnln nt oneo moved Ihnt the menstiro ho laid be fore the senate. Tariff tllll hi Senate. Tlm first Inp of the Unilerwood hill's Journey wmi fininhed in the hniitc Into yesterday when it wiih passed hy ii vote of 'JR1 l 13. Only fic ilemonrnli voted ngninst it. A more stubborn fKlt is expected in tho senate, The democratic ma jority in the. senate is hut nit, mnl iin two member from l.ouiniunu will not neeepl the Hiignr schedule, It i -expected thev will combine wllh the tepublieumi nml progressives to do iVnt tho eutiro hill. I OF PARIS, May ll.-l)enputehcs from (.'oltinjo o a iiowh ngenoy liero xtnto Unit wlillu tho MouteneKriim were oviiciiiitiiiir Heutiul today firo Htnrled in tho Turklnli iiuirler mid Hint it burned Homely. K 1h staled lioio today that Ihu ml uilraU of Iho internullounl fleet will hold Koularl until Itn futum U do linilely buttled by tho Kuropomi power. MARSHALL "CALLS" VVASIllNdTOtf, Mnv 0. HcplyliiK to fitaleinentu by Colonel (Ii'ovro llarvoy of Now York that bin vecont Hpeeelms wero intended to Snl'lamo tho "prodntory poor," Vice. President ThomiiH It. MiirHliall today voloed n "noine back." Hemild: "I will por Honally k I" Wall Street and upolo Klxo if anyoiio will prodiiuo n publlo iittoranco of mini) udvocatini? tho our tailnieut or distribution of IioiiohI wealth oxeopt by a fair luliorltaueo URKISH QUARTER SCUTAR BURNS COLONELGEORGEHARVEY JAPAN'S FORMAL ARMY AVIATOR PROTESTISFILED KILLED IN FLIGHT AT WASHINGTON AT SANTA ANA Objection to California Anti-Allen Land Law Presented United States Government liy Viscount Clilnda, Japanese Amliassador. Matter Is Laid Dcforo Cabinet but Nature of Protest not Made Public Situation not Serious. WAHIIINOTON, May 9 .--Jiimn'ii fnrinul iirotent iiiialimt (ho California uiitl-ntluii land law wiih preneiilcil to tlm Dulteil K(nt Kovernuittiit liuri loilii)'. Il wiih liatlileil to Hneretnrr of Hlntii llrjan liy VUcoiint Clilmla, (tin Jiiiuinho niiibiinail(ir. Ilrnn lalit (lie mutter before, (tin rnlilnet, later rliultliiK lirlefly wli'i Clilmla nml arrmrMlm: for miother louromiico tomorrow. Tho ttllltii Iioiiko In ullelit ri'Knril Iiir Iho ronluiKM of Jiiinn'n irorit. Tli fnei tliat Herretnry llrynn left for Now Vork (III ufleriioon (o apeak ut a UHnipiot t lut r ii loulKht Indicate tlml Iho iKundoii U not coiihldureit kurlouH. "AiuliiiMiulor Clilmla nml I eon ferreil Informally." snlil Hecrctary Ilnau. "1 cannot iIImmimi thu meat liiK" I IMR AND SELF OAKLAND, Cnl., May S. -I'lnylnn nt tho alilo of lila mothor In tho bed loom of tho family hero curly today, H.yenr-olil IJobort Cralu wntcheil tilit fnther, llonlnmln CralB, wrlto hli hint will mnl tcttnmcut nml thou turn n Rim on hi wife, ilrlvliiK a hullol Into her right tnmpto nn alio alepl. Tho lumbniiil fired it e ceo ml tihot Into hli own head, dyliiK Intlnntly. Mm. CmIk, about to bvromo n mother, In probably fatally wounded. Ill health of tho man U nsnlKncil an thu cnuio of tho tniKody. In tho will CralR bequeathed hi pmpcrty to Mr. W. K. Field, mother ot Mrs. CralR. Ila nuked Mm. Field to plnrn hi llttln son In noiuo public home for children. Tho child tried to uwnkeu his mother, following tho nhootlnn. mid wiih muenred with blond when ho ran Into tho hallway und aroused the other ocrupnnlii of tho house. CralR was for innuy year mi em ploye, of (ho Southern Pacific In tho buffet aorvlru on tho fcrrybo.V E I OF PUGILISTIC BANKER WASIIIN'd TON'. Mnv . Iv u vole of 'JIID lo I, tho liouso tin afternoon adopted a rCMilutlou oiilerniR tho ar rest of Charles ('. (Hover. iireHidunt of tho ItiRRH National Hank of Wash- iiiRlnu, I). I'm mid providmi; lor (IIovoi'h arraiiiRUient before tho bar of tho hoiiso for aliened contempt hecauso of bin attack on Keprobeutn tivo Sims of Tennchieo. BABE ES A WRITE WILL SHOO BOY WHO KILLED FATHER FREE 1.08 ANOl'21-KH, Cnl., May 'J. No prison or reformatory doors aro onon today for 1 l-yoar-old Martin Hlckort who Bbot and killed his father, Dan iel UicKcrt, hontUBo ltlekert hnd beaten tho hoy'H mother anil knoekod her down. Tho Jury that trlod tho cauo wai out hut 14 mluutos, and Kioat toara wero streaming down tho fatherly face of tho foromau when a "not entity'' yordlct was road. Tho boy, sitting bcaldo his blnck Kownoil inothor, npimrontly did not ronllzo tho portent of what tho foro mnh hnd snld when ho found him self clnsnod lit tho sobbing woman's MEDFORD, Lieutenant Park of Airship Corps Loses Life When Machine Crashes Into Canyon at Olive In Fllfjlit to San Dlcijo From Los Anodes. Was West Point Graduate and Held Army Aviation Records for Sus tained Fllfjhts. KANTA, ANA, Cnl Slay 9. Lieuteiimit .1. II. Park, iirmy aviator, wan instantly killed today when IiIm ncroplnuu fiiitc'iunl into u mill v at Olive, near hem, ithiln he -wiih ut (emptiut; to take the air after a lmrt rit. Tho iiiaehine danlieil into u tree, mid Piirk'n head wiim crushed lienuiilli the heavy eiiKiuc. Park wiim coiiiieelcd with tho tinuv miatioii inrps hlatimii-il nt Han Dicuo mid ntnrtcd early ilnv lo fly from Hun Diepi to lm AiikcIch. lie piihseil over Knutii Ana nhortly after H o'clock, following thu line of the Simla Fo railroad. At Olixo the road brmichu, one Kpur running eiiHt ward to Hlvcoido and one continuim; uorlhward to l.o Angeles, Park ilixcovercd hi error ami Imided in a field Hour the illume to e his bear inH, .MNriilciiliitcil Field. UMn mnxeeuilini: after n ret.1, th iniator evidently miHcaleulatei tho length of (he field, nml wan uunblu to clear n ravine Hint marked its boundary. Thu neroplnno wheel struck thu further hank, and the frail craft plunued down mi embank ment, bringing up nualiihl n hiik'c oak tme. Park, hi head mmhcd lo a pulp. wan dead, when he was removed from the wreeknee by fanner who hnd Keen him fall. Itotli Nboulilers were cruHhcil, nnd bin back apparently broken. Mndo Spectacular I'llnbl. SAN DIF.dO, Cnl.. Mnv . Lieu tenant Park left North Island in Snn Dicp) at .r:10 n. in. today for n flight lo Lou Angeles. He planned to mnke tlm entire flicht without landing. Ho eittiinnted (hat (ho flight would take about three Iiouih. I.leuteumil Park hns been tn tinned hero for some lime, nnd re cently has been innking many spec tacular flightM. A few dn.vs ago when tho cruiser Smith Dakota wns in tho harbor, Park made n flight to give tho gun ners n chnnco to get practice In ob taining night on nn nu aeroplane. He went up about 0000 feet nnd htiljbc hind n big cloud, nnd, circling nbovo it, kept himself from tho sight of the gunners for somo time. Held, Duration Itcrortl, Park hnd had training in iivintion nt tho Curtlsg field ut IlmnmondHpnrt N. Y. lie wns Biuglo mid about thir ty yours of age. Ills homo wns in Now Hampshire. Ho wns flying n Curtibs typo hiplano known as Seed Scout No. 2. It wns built especially for military uo. Lieutenant Pink held tho duration flight record for officer in tho United States army. Ho initdo the record two weeks ago hero when ho remained in tho nir two hours mid thirty minutes. Ho wns a grnduato of West I'olut nnd formerly served in thu Philippines. His only known relative, is n brother in tho engineer ing corps, now htationed at Corrigo dor Island, Manila Hay. arms, whllo uttorucyH nnd Jurors putted him on tho shoulder and spoke reassuring words. During thu domoustrntlon youuc Martin, who had remained stoical throughout tho trial, finally burst Into a fruuxy of sobbing and throw his arms about his mother's nock, weoplng and talking Incoherently. Martin Hlckort Killed his father throe months ago, shooting him with a 22 callhor rlflo. Ho had been craxoil by his fathor'B brutal treat ment of his mothor. Tho morning ot tho shooting Hlckort had knocked his wlfo down nnd whon she nroso thoro was blood on her arm. OMXION, 'Kit IDA Y, iMAY i), 1l. ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN" DECLARES FOUNDER iK .'VHHH J. H. Howard, nbo lias Jot rclebrnt eft tils Hint blrtbilay. Penniless from lire, lie U-gaii life anew, by muillin .Mtilfonl, :I0 years ago. "It Is never too late to bci;lu," quoted J. 8. Howard. tUc "father ot Medford,' whllo In a romluUccut mood today. "My own experience, tenches mo this, for, It was Just 30 years ago, when at 1 )curs of age, 1 burned out at Jac.konville. und moved to Medford-jjt wasn't, .Med ford then nnd begluliro over again without a penny. 1 am not exactly rich now, but I have a pluco to sleep and throe, square meals a day laid up for tho rcmnlndor of my life. "Yes,"' continued Mr. Howard, "It wns Just 30 years ngo that I erected thu first building In Medford nnd started tho town. How Jacksonville laughed nt me, and called tho placu Mudvllle,' llubbltvllhy mid 'Chap parrel. ' Hut ho laughs best who laughs Inst. "Well I remember that morning 30 yours ngo when fire destroyed my store nt Jnckitonvlllu. Tho ladles ot tho town wanted to bavo a benefit for mo, saying I wns nn 'old man. Well 1 was, 1 guess, us I wns SI. Hut I refused thcli utforu and started Medford. T HIE SLAVE ACT CHICAGO, May 0. Tho govorn- ment's interpretation of tho Maun wliilo blno act was ouostioned hy Defense Attorney Honjnmtn llaehrach at toda's session of tho trial of Jack' Johnson, tho negro pugilUt, for al leged violation of its provisions. llnchrauh nrgucd that Johnson did not violate tho not in carrying Hello Selireilier about tho country with him because shu wns an inmate of u resort when sho met tho negro. Ho said the .Maun act wiih 1 rained In uimlv onlv to oases where a white slaver bml induced n L'irl of nrevious. ly good reputation to necompany him. llaehrach also asked Hint in ono his contention is overruled nml tho trial continued that nil testimony oxcept thut directly relating to tho Pittsburg eases ho gtriokeu from the record. Judco Carnenler is expected to pass on Iho contentious of tho du- fenso Ibis afternoon. Tlm notion of the court iii rtiliiiir not nvlilenco that Johnson beat tho Kehi'oihci' unman is regarded as n victory for tho defense. Tho negro grinned broadly when Judgo tarpen- tor mado this ruling. Count Cnsslnl Dead. ST. PKTKKSHUKtt, May 0. Count Cassini, former Russian mn- ImNsndor a I Washington, is dead here LAM NN AE todny, Ho had been ill for moutbb. OF tamammaULiu. .T "The first frame building In Med ford still stands, on Front street. 1 limited tho lumber In and erected a store. First 1 had to grub out the chnpurel and stumps, but I figured on building a town here. The road from Jacksonville ran north nearly two miles beforo crossing tho valley and then up Hear creek. ' Soon after t got my store running 1 started to get n direct road (o Jacksonville. 'You'll never put a road through that sticky,' they told mo, but I did. "When tho railroad came along I got In right with tho officials. 1 had them donate land for u church, a pnrk, nnd then had C. C. Dcokman donnto tho site for the Washington school. In tho moantlmc other peo ple wero busy nnd soon wo had quite a town. I secured the express agency and the postofflce. For 10 years I nevor missed n train and they came through nt night. "Yes, I could tell you lots regard ing Medford and Its history. Tho town was started by a 'broken down old man without a penny nnd aged r.l. It's never too late to begin." I MKXICO CITY, May 9. An offl clal ultimatum from General Victor lano Iluerta, provisional president ot Moxlco, todayy is eu ruuto to Wash ington on tho question of recognition of his government by tho United States, Unless Mexico Is recognized by thu United States nt onco, Huortn snld, any ambassador tho American government may send to Mexico City will bo u welcome guest, but would not bo regarded as ambassador. Organized labor has twenty-four representatives In thu statu legisla ture of Ohio. SPOKANE. Wash., May 9. Charged with having murdorod hor sou, Hnymoud Johnston, "0 years old, by administering strychnine, Mrs. Mary Johnston Is under arrest hero today. Sho was taken into custody following tho return ot a vordlct by a coroner's Inquest uftor IS wltnossos had been examined. Johnston carried policies In two fraternal organizations In which his mothor was named as beneficiary. A statement from State Chemist Elton 11. Fuller, who made an analy sis, was read to tho coroner's jury in E A FORWARDS ULTIMATUM 0 0. ASK NG RECOGNITION POISONED SON FOR LIKE INSURANCE iO'HARACLEARED BY EXPERT OF t Handwriting Specialist Declares Sig nature Purporting to Be Lieuten ant Governor's on Sherman Hotel Register not His at all. Maude Robinson, Divorcee Making Affidavit Has for Attorney Law ycr Wtio Tried to Stop Vice Probe. CHICAGO, May . Tho Chicago Dally Newg publlihcd today a stori that Marshall Well, a handwriting expert, has examined Lieutenant Governor O'Hara'a signature and a slgnaturo purporting to be his on tho rcglitcr of the Shorhinn hotel hero nnd declared they were not written by the came man. SPHIXOFIKLD. III.. May 0. Lieutenant Governor Hnrrctt O'llarn announced today that he will not go -to Chicago tomorrow to attend the first session of a legislative commit- I tec which will Investigate charges imado against him In connection with tho senate white slave and starvation wages probo. Ho said he would not appear unless he wero summoned. Maude Hoblnion, who Is alleged to have mado the affidavit against Lieu tenant Governor O'Hara, was di vorced from her husband, Foster Shrlvcr, last January. C. F. Morti mer, her attorney. Is one of the law yers who attempted to lnterupt the recent sessions of the white slave probers here. YEAR W,t. GRAFTING POLICE NEW YORK. May 0. Four pollco' Inspectors, Husscy, Murtba, Sweeney and Thompson, who recently ,wcre found guilty of bribery hpre, were each sentenced today to 'one year in the penitentiary and fined $500. It was reported that tho wlfo of ono ot tho Inspectors has declared that unless, her husband tells District At torney Whltninn everything ho know? of pollco grafting In New York sho will tell htm herself. SPIRITS INTERFERE STOP DIVORCE SUIT LOS ANGELES. Cal May 9. He causo of "spiritual intervention" the divorce suit brought by Isaac C. Wil son against Mattlo Wilson is dropped today. When tho case was called be foro Judge Mouroo, Attornoy E. D Martlndalu for tho plaintiff arosa nn.l snlil '"" ""'- I "My client informs mo that he has had u spiritual message instructing hi in uot to press his charge Ho of fers this ground only for chauglng his mind." Judgo Munroo remarked that, "spiritual intervention or uusplrltual Intervention," mi Amorlcau citizen has a right to chnugo tils mind, and tha case was stricken from tlio cal endar. which ho declared that ho had found a largo amount ot strycliuluo in tho stomach of tho deceased man. Johnston's father, tho husband of tho woman under nrrost, in testify ing, ulleged that sho had attempted to poison him at a tlmo whon ho car ried $10,000 Insurance und had also had him confined In an Insane asy lum. Sovorul days ago physicians ot Spo kane wore divided In opinion as to whether Johnston had died from spinal meningitis or from rabies re sulting from tha blto of n vicious horse. V HE 500 N OR NO. 41. TURTLE CURE Tuberculosis Experts of Federal Pub lic Health Service Assert Results Do Not Justify Public Confidence In Freldmann's Alleged Cure. Series of Experiments ielnn Con ducted Bacillus an Acid-Fast Freldmann Refuses Explanation. WASHINGTON'. May O.Practicnl denunciation of the elniins of Dr. Frederick rYnnz Fririlmann to (he discovery of n euro for tuhcrculomx though (he denunciation wns cautious ly expressed, wn voiced hero today beforo the convention of tho Associa tion for the Study mid Prevention of Tuberculosis by Dr. John Anderson and Dr. A. M. Stimson of the United StntcH public hcnlth service. "Without presenting in delnil llic condition of the patients observed, we urc in n position to state thnt the effects thus fnr observed do not just I fy (lint confidence in tho remedy in spired hy widespread publicity. Publicity Cnuc Harm. "In our opinion harm Iiak been done by tho undue publicity, insofar n it has lessened the confidence of tubcrculosU patients in well Tecojj nized methods of treatment or ban interrupted their use, and we are constrained to advise against any lessening of those well known, meas ures which not only have effected cures but have reduced the incidents of the disease." IMiiud the whole report of Dr. An derson ami Dr. Stimsoa there was an undercurrent "of" criticism' of' Dr. Friedmann. In one part the govern ment physicians say: "The reticence and vacillation of Dr. Friedmann has not in any way been allowed to interfere with our judgment of iho effects of his reme dy ns observed by us." Kxpcrimenta Under Way. "Concerning the culhtre subaiitled by us," tho report states, "we may say that n series of experiments are under wny. Tho bacillus has been found to be nn acid-fast, the organ ism, having properties quite different from those of any tuberculin bacilli with which we nrc acquainted. It ap pears to be idcutical with an or ganism cultivated from- a small quantity of material osed for injec tion which Dr. Friedmann permitted us to have. Wo have requested Dr. Friedmann to furnish ns with a larg er amount of material for examina tion but he declined. Wc can state, however, thnt living acid-fnst bac teria nrc being injected by the in tramuscular and intravenous method, although wo tiro ignorant of what medium they nro suspended in or whnt additional substance may bo contained in tho final mixture." DOUKHQBORS PURCHASE LAND'NEAR ALBANY ALUAXY, Ore, Mny 0. After visiting tunny sections of Western Oregon, but none south of .Koscburg, four representatives of n colony o Kusbtan Doukhobors in Saskatche wan have today purchased 3500 acres of hind near hero. It is re ported thnt other purchases will bo made. Ten families nro to bo pluqcd on tho tract nt onco nnd soverulmoro will enmo as soon as they dispose of their holdings in Canada. Tho colony will bo known as the Society of Independent Doukhobors mnl bus filed articles of incorpora tion with iv capital stock of $100,000. ASTORIA WIRELESS OFFICE IS CLOSED ONCE MORE ASTOItlA. Ore.. Mnv 9.W. R, Vopo, a iion-uuion wtroless tolegraph- or who camo to Astonn Wednesday to tako over tho niniiiieement of (ho local station closed Iho office ajpiiii today mid departed lor awmus o declared that his KvmiialhUHJ were with tho men who nro striking ugalust the Marconi company tor an incr0 in avouch. Tho Marconi system her DENOUNCED BY U. S. SPECIALISTS is again out of operation. ! H ' tax."