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tfl lCco"it 8'rcol ' -, r Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Hhowcr ton fli t or Tlnindiy. Mat 7H, mln. fl. Y Party. third Ynr, Dully- IIIuMlli Ymr. M18DFORD, OltKOON, WKDNKHDAY, JUNK 38, 19J3. $0. 75. 1 207 Second RirJi 9 Sill! MEMDEnS OFTHELDEW PARTY HELD IN JAPAN TRUST PLOT TO MOID DPI ON Associated Press and Boiler Pinto Concerns Aliened to Have Lent In fluence to Sugar Lobby to Create Pulillc Sentiment. Lovett of Harrlman Railroad Sum niuneil to Appear Before Investl liatlnn Committee. WASHINGTON, June, IN. Honiitor Nitrrln this after noon wilt Introduce In dm m'niili' a resolution reinioHt llIK JlllllI" Robert Koviit, rlialrtnnit of I ho executho bustd of (ho Union I'nclllc railroad, to appear boforu thu MKimtn lobby IiivcmIkiiHuk ihiiiiuIUcc. Uivnti rciciilly staled Hint off dials of Hut I'iiIimi Pacific liiivn been ro pentodly approached by per non claiming In liuit power fill Influence In tmiKriwH In connection with tlin Union Paiiflc-Houthcrn Pacific dl itutiilluii proceedings nml other in ii I lorn (iinruriiliiK Imtli railroad. Ho will bo linked In k!o till Hin fart on thuo matters. K''&4 If!) . iiPI m A.;v Vi M l y I SUGAR COMBINE WORKED WITH G.O.P. LEADERS Oxnard Letters Expose Part Played In Namlnu Philippine Commission and In Shaping Reptihllcan Poll. cles. Fi.rakcr and Uncle Joe as Well as Taft and Loeli Mentioned In Loh nylst's Missives. WASHINGTON. Juno IK -Com. tilitto exposure of n RtKniuli' plrt, HiriniKli uo of certain iiewspMiier ninl iiiihh ilUlrlliulliiK association. whereby Hin mii;tir Interest have been daringly engaged hi maiiiifnu luring iitilillu noiitluienl nu.ilii.it freo sugar I predicted hero today by lint cntito sub-committee, which In In M'bIIkiiUiii: tlio "liiilillouii Inlili)" tlo iniutircd by President Wilson. Hml Make Cliurge Following Km publication of var ious Idlers written by C C llnmllii of I lm Mlrlilttan lli'iit KiiKnr i()iiiiniiy. which irtiiiiicit to hIiimv Hint lint Amiocliiliiil Prim, tin Ainorlran l'ri'iw iiihioiIiiiIiiii, tlio Ainorlcuii NnwnpapiT Union ami varloix nownpamrM liuvn frroly Iniii tliulr mrvlriH to tlio mii;iir lotihy, Sdiuttor Itcoil nahl teday: "I wiuit tlio country to Kiit Hin full kIk- iilflnuiro of thmn IntlvrH, I want Hii'in to know linw ttu miKnr iicopln, iinIiik uvory woapon nml backiil by llniltli'rt wealth, Imvn Iiihmi flKlitltiK to ilofuni fno miKiir, Tlmy havo Hwni tmbllo opinion iinIiik tho pnHH In tlio tnoit ilarliiK tiinnuor, ami ha'i romluctml a roiintrywl.ln cainpalKlt lo Inflmmco noiintorH nml lllltllll lllllllll-N J. Hurt c) IjiiIciv i:ilo IjkIi-iv .1. Iliiriy l.ailcw, tln IcntliiT nnr- i'IiiiiiI of New York, with n party of friend o into trouhtc in Japan wlini IiIk nili, tlii' Coliitnliiit, cnlcri'il a I'limnl port, W'aKiijiiiiui. I'ur a turn' Iiih rii'inU nml ri'lativiH with con kiili-ralily cixcitnl, hclii'vini: that tin iii'Iioii follout'il lici'ininc uf tln prcHt'iit ri'latioiiH lirlwrrn .la pan nml the Tinted Sltilm. (Continued On pgo 3.) 500 10 7 SHOT VV I N S N I CUP AI ASCOT LONDON, Juno 18. Tho Itoal Hunt cup, fatttru,rncu of today'a ovxiitM at AHcoti wan won by H, T. JoiiI'd l.oiiKHot, ot oililn or COO to 7; Kir John liolk'w Hanlulr, 50 to 1, wan upcoml, ami Hlr ThmniiH Dowar'H llraxtml, no to 1, third. Twenty- n I no liormm ran In tho race, which mih at hovoi) furloucH nml inn yanlu, ami currlpd n chhIi vultio of SI 0,000. Tho AhcuI (lor)iy wan won by Wil liam Waldorf Antor'a l'llllwlnldo; Major I.odoi'a Atigar wiih Huqond mid Hlr J, W'llloiiKhliy'H Jainomin third. Aimim; tho othor utartorH w KIiik (luoruo Aiimur, tho horno at wIioihj bildlu Minn Kmlly DavUiin thiow lionolf diirlnu tho runnliit; of tho IChkIIhIi doiby whou Hhu rocolvod liijurloa which ronultod In hor doath. TIiIh was tho second day ot Aucot wnok, KIiik Oooiko and Qiuioii Mary did not attund. Tho ilclumt iitnko of tlio moot will ho run to morrow, tho gold cup valued at JlifiOO with S1T.G00 In ciihIi nddod, dlHtanro two nml ono-liulf iiiIIch. Thin trophy la ono ot tho most uiiKor ly HoiiKlit tor pilzon of tho HiiglUH turf. Tho klnit and quoou will load n loyal proronnlon from Wlndnor riiHtlo, and It will bo u full Htnto lny, SEAnLE EDITORS FACE TRIAL FOR CRIMINAL LI8EL BIJATTI.i:, Wniili, Juno 18 Kdl torn Allien Itlrthvii mid CV II. Mlthii or tho 8attlo TluifM, lMllor l.oroy Kiiiidira or tho Hoattlo .Star nod IM Mini ('ln)iiou, editor of n wcokly pulillcntloii, wpro Indicted today on chnrKi'H of crliiiliial libel by tho Krmiil jury, which wiih dlwharKod eHtenlay. follow Iiik n proloiiKcd In illKntlon of charKON mndo by tho arloiiH p:iKrrt that i:raft exlHtetl Pi county affair. County official.! un der flro wuro conmired for lux nu'th oiU In hamllliiK county fundi, but no IndlctuiDiitH woro roturiiod acaliiht thrill. Tlio eilitoiH of Hie Tiini'rt wcro in iliclcd for pnlili-hinc a n(nry dial Joe .loo .liirvln, n iiii'inlicr of tlio WVIK iiicnnu oi tun Hociaiisi parly, wiih iniKsiiiK with .f.'iOO o 'Socialist I'llIltlffU." Tho Hlory inliiuali'il Unit ho cm lirxxli'd (ho money nml hml j;oiio to Hii,'liinil. DEBAIE ON REPORT WASHINGTON. .Tiiiio 1H.-U.e-oxIh xiilmiitlcil in Hi,, iiihiilioim loliiiy pn.bi' eoiiiiniltee today nIiowciI that OAlianl received a Inter from nn mi. Known eorichHiiideiil in .Inly, 1!)(I7, whieli lead: "(love wrole me hoiiic lime ngo re pirdint; the forinatii.il of (he Philip pine eoiiiinixhinii. wnile thai Hie inallur wim fixed last winter. lie replied Hint he hml been talking (l Senator Teller of Colorado. He niil thai it wilhe iinpoh.ilie to fix it mi. til next winter." AiikhM I. IHO", O.xnard wrole lo Palmer: "Iti-Kiirtlintr vneaneieH on the Philippine eommiHoiou, it U I rue Hint notliiiiL' can he done until next winter, hut I upokn to Tonter nml NewlaiulK (he told he was O. K.) nml aHkeil lliein lo apply for vnenn- eie madv hv senalorH from Idaho and TeiinecHec. They said they woulil." BUNCO LEADER EXPOSES PLOT WITH POLICE Details of Organized Conspiracy Be tween $309,000 Band of Swindlers Given liy Gnllo iooks Kept Show In II Payments for Protection. JACKSON, COBB AND COLLINS A RE LEADING THE BATTERS OF THE TWO BIG LEAGUES UP TO DATE COILMS TMCTSCS .372 . Rake-off of $20 a Month for Each Detective not Enouqh so Fifteen of Proceeds Is Substituted. LONDON, Juno 38. Dehnto on tho leporl of n pnilianieulary com. milleo absolving member of tho Itii (Uli cabinet front clmi'CH of miscon duct In connection with pivoiument eonlraelrt with the Marconi Witoles company wiih Iipkhu today in tho Iioiibo of eomoiiH. (loori;o Cnvo, unioiilsl, moved tho adoption of u roHolulion eiinurii) Allornoy (Ion oral Kir ltufiiH Ihuucs ami Chnucollor l)aId Lloyil-fleorj,'!', hut without im- pntinn cnmiption on thoic pint. Keep Out of Print AujjiimI 27. 11107, Oxnnnl wroto to I'nliiier: 'Von had heller try to net n reiolnlion Hironyh reardin Cuba, a x it might hlnrt our enemies piinir. Of eourne, we wnnt n Ktnni niiti-IMiilipiiiiinrt rrHolulion ml Ihrouuh. I read tho 'beet enzette' carefully. My judpnrnt ih Hint it woimi ne oenor to not nllovr your nnuio to cct into print too often, ns Hoineone tntyslit Iiprhi to comment on it. It serum to me you could do bet ter work for the enu.o by not helm; thnucht to bo connected with the pnMT in nnyway." On December 27, 1007, Oxnard wrote Palmer: "I Imvn M'cn CoIoudI I'dwanlx nml cot him to n:ren with me that it 5m Kior jxilillcrt for Tnft to punh his measure (Iiik winter; ho U Koiii to Irv nml brim: him to hi way oi imiikinu'. I nixo Hnw iieii, who nuroed Hint Hin whole mihjcct had heller he toslponrd, nml will talk lo Hie president aloin; Hint line." Mlitht Harm IVIeuiN July 1, ID08, Oxnnnl, who wns hi New York, wrote o Palmer: "After Kohl? oxer the situation with our friends here, it was deemed hem Hint I flliould not nppcnr nt tho Den ver convention, ami they fepl that it woulil ho bolter if you Rtnyod nwny nlso. H in all right for Sforpy nml (love o ho there hut they feel thul our presence would do no good, nml might do hnrm witli our republican friends in Washington noxt winler.'' Next was pnidueed n copy of n letter recelvpd by Oxnnnl in Chien go from Washington. No nnmo wiih shown on tho enrhon copy. It said: "Wnkemnn who wns witli Undo Joe for four hour, fools (lint ho hns no eomplishcd Romothiiif;, hut did not feel nt Hhorly to tell mo such in de tail. From hero ho went to Cincin nati nt I'ornkor'n request. Ho U leaving no stone unturned in hU ef forts lo get real protectionist on tho committed on ways and means, SAN FHANCIKCO, Cal., June 18. Sttong inideiice of nn orgnuie.l eoiittpiniey bclwecii, the i.liee of the bunco detail nml .:t(ll),onil baud of Italian Huiudlcrs uimii which the proHeeiition hopen o convict former DeteetiviM Arthur Mael'hee nml CharlcH Ta.vlor. was submitted by Mike (lallo, convicted bunco mnii, hero tmlny. 4t (alio on (nml Today's session oned with flal lo on the stand. He said: "Paul Nneeo kept books for Hsoln and the other oliecmeii. At that time nil of iiic imiieo men were paving ift) a month for protection. tut this was not enough for Ksoln nml nt a meet ing in the Mecca snlpri it wns nr rnuged that the jvollco were lo get fifteen per cent of nil tricks turned, (lallo continued with n recitation of the history of the oxnitiotiR of the gaiiR nud rejientcd tho xtory of his nrrmt in June 3012, ly Taylor nnd MnePhee when he wns dismissed by Police Judge Bhnrlnll thmtigh the failure of hn nrresting officers to pniiecute. The bunco man then' told of , re pealed visits fnun MaeT'lfec during his. Hallo's, imprisonment in (he city jtrison pending trial. At that time. he said, Mael'hee paid him to keep quiet nud promised to see that ho would ho given probation. Wires for WUiicm Police Chief While lodny, disre garding whateter notion tho district attorney might take in tho matter, wired Police Chief Young, of St. Imis, to send Login no Itovigo to Ihis city nt the expense of tho local department. Itovigo, who wns known in bunco circles as "Chilo tho kid," is held in St. Louis for jumping his bail on (. grnnd larceny charge. Ho is said to have deelan'd that while here he per sonally gav.o protection money to MacPheo and Tavlor, as well as to Ksoln and tho five other policemen who hnve confessed nml been sen tenced for conspiracy. . .&2!HMPHHMkfc lwTzXv. m-T . ?lr-sS XX .HHHhl itm ni -v -wj m .; "ba IB. ! ! H Mi tzzy'vo w 2rl DEMOCRATS IN HARMONW: CURRENCY BJLL President Wilson Infwms Press That Party Leaders Are In Complete Accord Over Proposed Reform ef Currency. ; .4-3S J& a tJ Republican Support of Measure Ex pected and Sought Wishes te Avoid Partisan Charfes cf F1fM. Dreaktf; tk c?bb, jzzmoir 4-03 For the second week of June, two .Jackson, .nn.'. nud Spenker,. 383. Col- Ims nni-hcd the sensou with .318 to his credit. At Hie present since of mouths after the hn-cbnll season he gnu, Joe Jnekson of Cleveland, Ty Cobb of Detroit, nnd Fddio Collins of the I'hilndelphin Athletics led the batters of the two big league. Tha National league didn't furnii any one good enough to got in witli the highest three. Tins pretty much tho way the batters finished Inst year. The leading bntfern when (he sen-j son closed in 1912 were Cobb, .410;! the race he slops nhend of Speaker, wim was in the three best n week ngo. Hut Ihc National League men nro pretty elo-c behind the leaders Crn vnth, the new slnr of the Phillies. Iiml .i iwroentngc of .308; Viox, the new man in rittsburgh, .3i2, nnd lluggini, tho new St. Louis manager, 343. HOOD JURY STILL OUT-MAY H DISAGRE E TRIPLE ALLIANCE OF ANGLO-SAXON GERMANIC RACES BRITISH POLO PLAYERS OFEiFOR OLD ENGLAND (Continued on Page S) 10 F, RIMUNaFICM), 111., Juno 18. A bill nppinpiiiiHiiK SHOO, 000 for an llllnolu exhibit at tho 1015 Panama Paolflo International exposition In flan Francisco was paused today by tho lower houao of tho Htato legis lature, Tho bill lias ulready boon piiBHod by tho sonato, and now kouh to (lovornor Dunne, who In oxpoctod to Blmi It, STUDEBAKER EMPLOYES QUIT IRK 10 STRIKE DKTROIT, Mioh., Juno V38.-Di reeled by Industrialist lenders IfiOU aiitomobilo woikeiei employed hy tho htudebakor eoiporatuni nro on strike here today. Weokly iiibtond of semr uioutliiy paydays nro demanded by (ho strikers, who nlso elnim that ono of their number was discharged without eiiiiso. Fivo hundied of the strikers, who nro foioignors, mnrehed to nuother big plant of thu company horo, which' also omploys 2.ri00 men, in an effort to persuado these also to join tho walkout. A henvy guard of mounted police is on guard nt the fuotory, NF.W YORK, Juno 38. Admitting freely that the Americans outplayed the British team in the recent Meadow brook Polo tourney nnd declaring Hint tho games (hero weru I ho fastest they hud over played, Cnplnins Edwards, rreake nud Ititsou, of tho English team sniled today for Liverpool. J. Lionel James, rcpreseutntivo of the Loudon Times, who sniled with thu polo players, said : "Tlio Americans wero so fast tho Rumo wns brutal." It developed here lodnv Hint Cap tain E. 1). Miller, England's own um pire on the field, called tho foul on Captain Cheapo, which cost England tho final game. HAWLEY'S ESTATE WORTH $6,787,315 NHW YOH1C, Juno IS. A now appraisal of tho estate of tho lato lCdwtu Ilawloy, ordered by tlio statu controller and complotod today, shows that tho railroad magnate was worth $0,787,3 IB, which Is moro than n million ami a half dollars moro than tho first appraisal ot tho estato showed. It tho appraisal stands, It menus a difference of about $110,000 in transfer taxes, duo tho Htato, DENVER, Colo.. June 38. A vcr diet is expected here lodny in tho murder case ngninst Frank Kenwood, who killed Oeorco Conolnnd nud Silvester Von Fhul in the Drown Palace Hotel here in nn nffrny fol lowing nn entanglement wiih the wife of John W. Springer. Henwood is confident of acquittal. Tho jury, which retired nt 30:30 last night without balloting heard from the district attorney a most hit ter denunciation of Henwood. District Attorney Hush pilloried Henwood as a miserable nomad nnd parasite. Kn.-h nl-o bitterly roasted I ho high society in which the princi pals in the case moved and finished hy demanding (he gallows for Henwood. becoming to mo instructions oi Iho court, the jury mny either acquit or convict of first or second degreo murder, first or second degreo man slaughter or voluntary or involun tary homicide. At noon there wns no sign of n vor diet. A great cmwd had gnlhere.i in tho court houso grounds, which command a iew of tho jury room. It wns predicted Hint either a vordiet of acquittal or murder in the first de greo would be renched before night. Henwood slept well in his cell Inst night. SEAnLE VOTES TO TORONTO, Oat., June 38. A new triple alliance or jience of import to the whole world impends, if n special despatch published here today by tho Toronto Star is founded on facts. Dated from London, the story snvs: "It is stated here on tho best author ity Hint the conference in lierlin on Monday between Andrew Carnegie nml tho Kaiser wns internationally of far grenter significance thnn hns generally been fiiipposed. It is rc IMirted Hint Carnegie hml offieini credentials from both England nnd America, authorizing him to com mence negotiations for n triple peace alliance between these three na tions (Orent Hritain, the United States and Germany) which would establish nud insure pence to the civ ilized world. "It is believed -that King George, when he attended the German royal nuptials, opened tho way for Carnegie." WAStllMflTOV Tuna IB.. . .; - . ' -T f iiik ins citaoiiinea custom or taiKingi to tho newspapermen only at ce'r? tain periods president Wilson called.' tho correspondents to his office to day in order, as he said, to refute reports that tho democratic leaders had disagreed In regard to tho cur rency reform program. Ho said thnt Secretary of tho Treasury McAdoo, Senator Owen ot Oklahoma and Rep resentative Glass ot Virginia, 'ho are In charge of tho proposed legis lation, aro in entire accord. Tho president said his message to congress and a draft of the currency reform bill would bo presented Mon day, and that copies of tho bill may be sent to tho banking and currency committees ot the senate and bouse tomorrow. He declared be bad de cided upon this coarse In order to advise the republican currency lead ers as well as the democrats la re gard to his position. Republican support of the bill is expected, he said, and that be wish ed to ayojd. any charge that henad tried, to force' theblll through fcon-", gress on a partisan basts. Members' of his cabinet and U jheadjM.Jia both honses, be Insisted, were 1st en-. tiro accord. "M ' SPECIAL SESSION FOR DIRECTPRfMARY TRAIN IS.HELD UP 'ROBBERS GET NOTHING IMPROVE HARBOR SKATTLK, Wash., Juno IS. Four ot five propositions concerning tho Improvement ot tho port ot Seattle, preparatory to tho opening ot tho Panama canal wero carried by a vota ot 8 to 1 at )ostorday's special elec tion, according to a complete count In 1G8 precincts. Proposition 4, to Increase tho port commission from threo to fivo mombors, was dofoat ed by a voto ot thieo to ono. Tho propositions cturled call tor tho ex penditure ot 13,000,000 for tho con struction ot a public terminal on tho east waterway, to include docks. warehouses and cold storago plants. This Is In addition to two other pub lic docks alroady provided for. Tho Indictment against tho editor ot tho Star was "bused on an article. In which churgoa mudo by tho Po mona Orange, a farmers' organiza tion of King county, wero published. Tho county commissioner's woro ac cused by the grange of mismanage ment of tho public affairs nnd with vnstlng tho public funds In paving and other contracts, SPHINGFIELD, Ills., June 18 Nearly every policeman and detective In this city Is searching today for two masked bandits who held up the Illi nois Central Diamond special, Chi cago to St. Louis, near hero last night ami who abandoned tho unglno In which they fled In tho heart ot this city. Despite tho fact Hint they spent two uour3 trying to open tlio ox- press safe, which contained $23,000, tho robbers failed nnd did not got n cent. Only n fewof the passengers on the held up train know ot tho robbery, tho express car nnd onglno being detachod and run some dis tance from tho train bofore tho rob bers started to try to blow tho safe. ALBANY, N. Y., June 18. To glvo to New York statu a real direct pri mary law, tho state legislature con vened hero today in special session called by Governor Sillier. Gover nor Sillier, who, with others who havo been advocating a direct pri mary law, has stumped almost every nook and cranny of the state, said today that ho Is cortaln of victory In splto of tho fact that Tommy Hall, led by Charles Murphy, will fight tho proposition to tho last. Sulzer's measure, If enacted, It Is claimed, would drtvo "such bosses as Murphy nnd Barnes completely from power' nnd mlnlmlio tho Influence or tho old machlno rule. The progressives In the legislature are certain to stand firmly behind Sulzer In his fight. Besides the primary Jaw, an effort will also be made by Sulver . to havo several other progressive laws enacted before tho special ses sion adjourns. MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES BEGIN HUNGER STRIKE LONDON, Juno 38. Two luilitnnt suffragettes, Mrs. Mnrianno Hydo nnd Miss limiting of tho Women's Freedom Lenguo, wero sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment today for obstructing the police Miss Annie Kenney nnd tho other suffragette leaders, sentenced yester day Imvo begun a hunger strike in Ilollowny juil. IL MACHINE KILLS ONE, INJURES ONE SHEItBUOOKE, Que., Juno 18. Mystery today surrounds tho killing of one woman nnd fatal Injury of another by an Infernal machlno re ceived through tho mall bore. Tho dead woman Is Mrs. Thoodoro Bllo deau, wlfo of a contractor. Her sls-tor-ln-law, Miss Bllodeau, is not ex pected to Ilvo. Tho houso was wroclt-' ed. Tho pollco have no clow to' tho sondor. WELSH BILL PASSES TO LONDON. Juno IS. By a vote of 357 to 258 tho Welsh disestablish ment bill passed its second reading in tho houso of commons last night. Tho bill, which was passed by the Commons last FVlirnnrv una Intni- I rejected by tho house ot lords, i J t rr S i. !; ) ) ) If' ' ,..2kaU-r.4...