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ss-nar,1- K ( s SECOND EDITION Medford Mail Tribune ? WEATHER ltnlii tonight nnd HafHrilay Mv. Ij Mln. Ill; ,11. .01. l rorly.lhlril Tr. Dully-KiHhtli Vr MEDFORD. OllKClOy, FRIDAY, ,LNrARV 2.'), 19M. MIKADO ADOPTS DFBA IE DELAYS AN AM CAN ME X CAN POL CY Japan Snubs United States by In- Lenders Admit Ballot May Come To VOTE ON ALASKA RAILROAD BILL (orinlnii Bryan That Mikado In tends to Look After His Own Sub Jrcts lu Mexico. Growlntj feeling In Official Circles That Japan Plans Scries of At tacks In Retaliation for Land Law. WASHINGTON, Jim. 23.-TSoere. Iiu.v ill' Stnlo Rryan admitted today llini news of Din distinctly tuiti Aiiiciii'iiii .Moiiomi policy Japan had adopted emtio an ii groat surprise1 to Ii tin. Foreign .Minister Huron .Mukliio's speech concerning Hit California lllli'll lllllll lllW, III Nlill, WHS submit- ln to him In advance, lint llin mil iiuilloii cnicoil In him liv Ambas sador Viscount Chimin llint llu .Mi (.mln Inlt'iiilci! in look nl tM- Iiih own subject in .Mexico "wiih (ho ttiil of din nlly, l.'iitiliiiiil," with tho plain linplii'itlioii llint ho will not Icivw it lo the Culled States to do, certainly wu unexpected, Series of Atfiuk There wn n growing feeling in of ficial liiri'tiw I htm Unit I ho Japanese gOWTIIIIIOIlt pluils rcrloS of attacks in retaliation for llio California land law on American foreign policies. Secretary of Labor Wilson hail a long oonfoii'iioo loilay uillt ('omuiis sinner tlciiorul of Immigration fori ini'tti concerning llin Japanese situu lion. Altoiward he suggested to Speaker Clark Hint tho Asiatic im migration problem might easily tin sullied, without appearance of ills- (iriuiiiinlliVn, by excluding all aliens Mlm could not puHH the physical tests required of Unit (t Slates anny re- limits. In spilo or Ihii. jew-, ami in spile, al". of the fai'l that llii' house i m -migration committee hml put the soft piil n I on thu linker Asiatic exclusion hill, Scoretnrv WiUon went Ii:m. in dorsemont of Hie measuro lo run pre. The only change, ho suggest. ') was a clearer definition of un "Asiatic laborer." pproio i:rliiKlon Sll'llllisllip COIIIpUUioS, III' aillll'll, aic becoming i-ry uclito in dcu'lop ii'ir tin' field of emigration business Ihjoiifihoiit llie Orii'iil, ami the only way Amciiim can pioteet itself from an inllnx of cheap foreign labor 'in liy legislation. Ilo lofcried lo llio Hindu inunigrn. lion piohh'iii as "urgent ami iuiper nine" ami urged immciliulo ni'lioii to pii'ti'iit Hindus 110111 entering llio I'nili'il Slates, assorting that llio Xoilhcrii Pacific railroml is planning lo sol llii'in up all along its routo as fainii'i-H. morrow Smith and Bacon of Gcorula Protest Government En tcrlntj Transportation Business. OFFER OEMS POSITION AS CHIEF Bristow Would Limit Leasing to Pan ama Railroad Company, All of Whoso Stock Is Owned by U. S. WAHHINOTON, Jan. 23.-Debate on llio Alaska railioml hill continued in tho Mi'iialo toilay. Prospect of an immi'ilialo Mitu on final passage unn slight. Liwnlorx ailmitlcil, Inmcvor, that it miKlit i'oiiio tomorrow. Si'imtorw Hiuith ami Haoon, hold of (Ii'orcifi) proti'nlcil apiiiiKt nnpourr iiik Ii"' pri'siilcnt with tho r.ylit to liiiiflnixc Ahiskmi riiilroniU ujlhout IniilliiH,' llio prioo (o ho paid or ilon ik'iiatini; llio ptoporlii'H lo ho hoii-ht. I'i'iir also w iim t'xprt'Mht'il that tho priwiilcnt miht iniNiiHO tho reiil pouor uii'ii him in aiilliorixini; llio li'iitiiij: of (ho loailrf to corporatioiiH. M'linlor Hristow proponoil thai tho prowniuti .ionli ho ri'laiiii'il, hut that only tho Panama llnilroinl com puny, nil of whoxo Htook llio kovohi moiil ouiim, hlmulil ho oonslilori'il n. Mirli a Ii'iino. Si'iinlor CummiiiH of Iowa thought thin wiim hatinfai'tory. hut no olo wax takou on the matter. am mkg in GOTHAMJOLICE Mayor Mltchel Announces That He Intends to Appoint Builder of Pan ama Canal Police Commissioner of City of New York. i NO. 2G0 CLAIMANT APPEAR8 FOR STRATHCONA MILLI0N8 ..V" Washington Astounded at Report and Does Not Credit Acceptance by Goethals Rumor Unfounded. PANAMA, Jnn. S3. Wlmn tol.l tnilny of tho report Hint lio wim to bo npiiolutod pollto commlMlotinr ot thi city of Now York, Chief KriKlneor ("onllinlii of tho Panama canal Kali): "I do not Intend to leave tho rntial zonu uulom tho authorities wIhIi (o Rot rlil of mo, Thu report that I will accupt tho pollco coiiiinlinloneriililp of Now York City In Incorrect." BSfl.. I bl' i'fB2Klt7i"''.iiiiHiiiHI HB. IV-'f'fn'ftH'jWI''"' .llniKSIIIH I 1 EH C0NTRAC1 OF STATE PITER WITH TYPO ONION KAU'M. Or., Jan. UII. - Alleuini: Unit it unlaw fully ilihi'iimiiiatoK ho- twi'oii oiliroiiH of thu t.tn to, in an un roiisonahlo roHlrlolion of eompi'titiou iiiiioiik priulorx, ami that it U niilnst puhllo poliuy, a Hiiit wiih liliil horo today to liuvo llm union Inliel dkitii moiit onloioil into hi'twoeit Slato Prinlor . A. Ilnrrm ami tho Allied PiiuliiiK TrailoH eounell of Halem do olaiod void. A temporary rehlralu in oidor wiih rnnloil hy Ciroiill JiiiIk (Inlloway piolilhlllu m nee rolai'v of htnto nnd hlato IreitHiner fiom iHNiiiui; wnriiints or payint; Urn wiikoh o llio piiutoiN employed at llio hlalo piiulliiK plan! pending (he oiilenmo of llio hull. Tho plnliilll'lH In (lie notion are C. IVauolM, iniiiuiKi'i' of llio llinplny. oiV AsKonlullnii of lliepin, and Jiim, Amlier ami I'. ii. IIiishihI, Junior piluleiM, Tho ilofoinlmiU iinuieil are llin Allied i'lilllluif Tunic 1'iilllieil of Hnleiii, Cnplial TioKiiiphli'ul union, Hlulii J'lliiter lliiuU llllil liieinhei of il... .,..!.. . . I. il. 1 I I iim niniii iiiuiiiiir nun ii. cninii iinn IT Hiu Hoveiimr, nemul my nf Mini wlulv llitullKT, STOCKS IS BRISK Ni:V YORK, Jan. 'J.'l.-Karly trad iuj; in htoekn toilay urn brisk, with a htniiii; undertone, hut Huetuatod irri'Ktilarly. Cauadmu Paoifio, New York Coal nil ami dilon Paoific were off about a point, hut tbU wax off net hv iraiux in Southern Paoific and Keadiiii;. Texas eoinpanv rose 'J and Southern Paeifio touehed V7, n new IiikIi reeord for tho movement. The upward movement wax eheeked heoauHo wlunevor Helling uMumetl auylhiug like general proportion tho demand fell off. Mo-t of the deal iugx seemed to ho between profes sional traders. Tho hears attaeked llio market on llio strength of Piesi- deut WiIhou'h four anti-trust lulls. llonds were htroug. The market elosed htroug. FIND RINGS STOLEN Ni:V YOltK Jan. 23. Mayor Mltchel announced tliU afternoon that ho Intcnilcil to appoint Colonel (!eo. V, (Joothnlii, chief onglnecr of tho Panama ranal, pollco comtnlnHlonor of Now York, In hucccihIoii to Hlilno lander Waldo, who wax removed from offlro hy former Acting Mayor Adlopi Klluo on thn lant day of Ills term. "Prom tho ueKlunlng of my term," mild Mayor Mltchul, "I hare tried to got Colonel (JoethnU. 1 had not Intended to nay nn thing about It until Monday, when 1 proposed to limiio a Htatomcut. "When Ueorgo V. Perkins went to Panama ho carried a tncnai;o to Colonel Ooothals from mo, with h vlaw to getting him to accept the ap pointment. I expect to teo Mr. Per kins tomorrow night. All I can say now I that tho result wai moct at Ufaclory." Tho Hillary of police commissioner w hut $7ir)0tl. Art chairman of tho Pauamn canal commission, (loethaU now reoeivex $iri,00() n year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 33. Tho ro port that Colonel Gcorgo W. (Joe thalf, chief oiiRluecr of tho Pnnaf.t. canal, noon will bo appointed pollen cointnlHBloncr of New York City and would accept, aitounded Waahlngton officials today. Tho report v. at not Konorally bollovcd. "I can acarcoly credit thu report," nald Secretary of War Garrison. "I know that Colonel Goothals recently declined a proposition to become general managor of n big buslnesi concern nt Dayton, Ohio. I think tho report of his appointment to be pollco commissioner of Now York will proo unfounded.'' Lord- 5i rat Kcemev LEGAL FIGHT FOR $50,000,000 LEFT BY STRATHCONA fflO DROWNED CALIFONA FLOOD WATERS HUERTA WILLING ORDER POLICE TB STEP DOWN TO EXTERMINATE FORDELABARRA GUN GANGSTERS Dictator Said to Have Proposed Hi's Own Retirement If Administration at Washington Will Agree to His Taking Field Against Rebels. Scout Cruiser Chester Sent to Puerta to Protect Americans During Bat tle Expected Within a Few Days. In each . ensc-the victim was swept from n ' hnildlf uliilo fnrilitii' uiillin utrmiiiw- Attorncy John Sterliu wnx'.Or..., Wn.,.1. .,,....1 it. n .lr,v.,o,l " F f ..- - NKW YORK. Jim. -:. A legal SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Jan. 1.1. fight over tho ..")0,f)r,o,0(IO estate of Two deaths' by drowning in flood the Into Lord Stnilheona unx ex- w"o were retried today. eeteil here today. It was not do Died that making nn investigation for James jnt Oregon I Ioue, neur Marysville, Smith of llonton, be suppwod elJii:n. and a mun.hellevcil to.Je; -Willinm ant. Whether Smith claims to he 's,n1' A "'"-bli) " onAiilefP.wnH Lord Strathooim'rt son could not he ; lrownI in Clrecn Valley creek', near ilofillitolv loariied. Tin. nwimU slum- I'Sniltll Rosll. that Lord Strathconn was the father of hut one child. A daughter. She ix tho wife of It. J. Ilhs Howard HOSTO.V. Jan. 'JJl.Kf forts to learn hero today just what elaim James Smith had, if any, on Hie es Into of Lord Strathconn, failed com pletely. ".My husband will make no state ments at this tune." .Mrs. Smith told newspaper men. "The time may odium when ho will hno a statement to make. He is ill now ami unable to sco unjouo." BAN FRANCISCO, Col., Jan. 23 -Tho room occupied hero by Italph PcrrlB, tho Kl Mnnto bandit, now un der uentonco or doath In San Quontln, was located today by Dotectlvo Hlrolt. Two solid gold rhiRs with tho sot Hiiks torn nut woro found. Ono ho loiiKod to Mrn, Arthur Colon, wlm Identified Fnrrlsa on tho street hero and caused his arrest. Tho other bo longed to n Mrs, Murphy or Los An golos n passongor on tho train obbed by Farrls when ho shot and kllloJ PasHoiiKor A Kent II. 10, Montaguo. Farrls will bo Iiiiuko'I March 0. SENATE VOTES TO GIVE WILSON RICH T LEASING R AD NOTED EDUCATOR'S KIN ARREST AIM FOR 8 PORTLAND, Oro , Jan. 23. Mayor Allien was scheduled lo bo arrested and tulieu to Jul I this afternoon on a churgo of working thu pollco nnd flrumoii inoio lliuu oluht hours u duy In vlolutlou of llio slulo eight hour law, Thu uriust Is lo ho uiiidi by Labor Couimlsslonor lloff who thi inornlng iniulo fluul urniiiuuuiouts Mllh thu uiuynr for his uriust. It Is unlikely that thu nmor will mi f fur ibn luirdkhips of u sluy In Jull for (illy Alloniuy La Hothu will ho Mudy to noivii ii wilt nf iisluus cur is . , I llllll Utf UIUIII IIM kflMll llu III.. .11 ....I sliln '""" "" ii'w mini inn ii (i, WASIIINdTON, Jan. S:l. lly a vote of -1 1 to 17, tho hcuato this af ternoon decided to empower tho pres ident to lease tho proposed Alaska government -owned railroad, if ho bees fit to do so. Tho amendment introduced by Senator Cummins providing that tho road could ho leased only to the Panama Railroad company, thu stock of which is owned hv the government, was defeated hy tho samo vole. President Wilson's inessago nnd Secretary of tho Inlciior Lane's re port, both favoring government op. erution, as well as government of mi Alaska railroad, wore quotoil from by henalor Xorns of Nebraska. Friends of tho hill united with op. poneuts of (ho principle of oeni- meut opcralion In defeating thu Cum iiiIiik mnoudmeut. Later mi mueudmcnl which would permit tho jiresldcut to Icanu tho Alaska inllioMil to (ho Pnimuiii rail, rond wiih iidopli'd hy a sole of ill to I'J, An I'ffoil lo slill.0 out llio pinUs. lop allowing llio Kovi'iiimt'iit lo pur i'Iiiiso luUling lilies liiklciiil nf build, lug ii riilli'oinl wiim defeated, ill lo b, Tim n'jiufu Ihi'ii loolt ii u'ce.s until liuuu Iuiiiuiiuw. ANACOIU'KS, U8h., Jan. 23. Consldcrnblo Interest wag developed horo today by thu discovery that John II. Day, who died nt a local hotel friendless and lu poverty, was a brother of Chancellor James It. Day, of Syracuse. X. Y., University. Tho chancellor hns asked Prosecut ing Attorney HoajUo to lnvestlgatu tho circumstances of his death, and tho strange disappearance, of Hoxcoo Day, son of tho deceased, John II. Day traded his farm lu Doming, for tho Craum Hotel in November, but his now venturo procd n fnlluro mid ho was forced to glo It up. Day dlod December S, and thn snino ovenlug his sou disappeared. Neighbors at Dom ing took up a collection to prevent n pauuor's burial tor Day, RESUME HEARING SUIT LOS ANflF.LKS, Cal., Jan. 'J.'l. -The hen ring of .Mrs. Wood row Wil Miit's suit lo establish lillo to eiylily acres of laud in the Coachclla valley was expected to be rciiuiucil Into to day before l-Vdeial Regiolrar Hincii. Thu taking of evidence, It was be lieved, would ho DOiii'linleil Innlubl or loiuoiiow, when a ilecUlon wiu ox perlid, Mis. WIImiii, Ihiough mi niloiuey, iiliilms mini' t mhl m iii Un land, upon which homifeli'iiil mill ilencil iiiilin In ihu inline of oilier piiou ihc H'tfUlvit'di Cloudy weather prevailv.il through out California today, hut no rain was reported. The let-up just nt this time iM-rmitted tho rivers of the state to relieve much of the overburdening prcure of water which threatened to entire floods and heavy financial lo-s. The city of Napa was flooded Inst night and early today, but conditions were reported much better this nft crooou. Railroad traffic was resum ed Into today after many hours' in terruption. Conditions in the uppfr Sacra mento watershed, it was Mini, will re main critical for several days. .W.W.RIOTERSTO TAKE STANO IN DEFENSE TODAY MAUYSVlLLi:, Cal. Jan. 23 That Herman Suhr, Richard Ford, William Deck und Harry Hugan, de fendants In tho Wheatluud hopflold riot murder trial, would bo put on tho witness stand In tholr defenso fore tonight's udjourumcut or by to morrow at tho latest was generally oxpected horo today when tho trial was resumed. Tho prosecution did not, after all, offer in evidence tho confession which Suhr says was extlrtod from him by torture at tho hands ot prl vuto dotectlves, tho only Incriminat ing remarks ho was quoted as having Hindu being, at least according to the wltnosscs' nccount, purely voluutary, Tho defunso opened Its caso yes terday afternoon with un effort to prove un nllbl for llagnu. Ho was, according to John Quluti and Ueorgo I.ohter. teamsters on tho Durst ranch, playing cards with thorn In tho ranch Bttible ut thu tlmo ot thu riot. "Do you helluvo," asked Attorney Curllu, who conducted tho cross ex amination for tho prosucutlou, turn f UK to thu jury "thut theso men were calmly p!u)lug curds with h buttlu In progress u short ilUtoucu nwuT" "You could tho supper bull two hundred )urils," ho uddeil, uddruss Inn lilmseK uuulu lo Quluii, who was on Ihu sluud, "but o" didn't hear Ihutu shoUY" VKHA CRUZ. Jan. '23. That Pres ident Hjierta had signified to Presi dent Wilson's emissary, John LimI, his w.llingncss to rcsij.ii on certain conditions was widely reported lieu today. The offer wus .aid to have been Midc through Jesus .Mugon, who had a long conference with Li ml n few days ago and was still in Vera Cnu, siipjxjseilly awaiting un answer. Und was understood to be suspicions, however, whether he was fully em powered lo speak for Iluertn, nnd to have asked for salixfnctory creden tials. Tho minor wns that Iluertn pro posed to retire in fnvor of Francisco do In Hurra, provided tho Washington ndminintrntiou would agree to his taking the field in person against the rebels nnd consider him eligible as n presidential candidate at the next election. I.ind asked Admiral Fletcher to send the scout cruiser Chester to Puerto, Mcx.. where there nre 300 Amerienns and upon wh'ch the rcb els were sajd to he closins in. with every prpspeet'o'f & buttle iniidc of a day or two. mere ivns tnu!crnbie go--ip over tlinrge d'Affmres O'Shaughucsj's iietion in helping Jorge Vera Hstnnol, one of the deputies arrested by Pres ident Huerta's orders last October, to escape from Mexico City. On nc count of President Huerta's personal Iikui" for O'Shnushnessy, it was be lieved the incident would be allowed to pass unnoticed, but it was doubted if the dictator would have remained indifferent if ninny other diplomats hud been concerned in such an affair. Mayor Mltchel of New York Issues Edict fcr Arrest of Slum Terrers One Leader Arrested and His Rival Sentenced to Five Years. Member Who "Squealed" to Police Is Clcsely Guardedpolice Ordered to Use Clubs Freely in Clashes. TO NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Ordorg to tho police to exterminate Now York's notorious gunmen wero Issued today by Mayor Mltchel. Less than an hour later tho police had arroste-I Max Mlnsky, a gangster, and charged him with the murder of Max Lcvlne. The latter was tho chfof rival of "Dopey Denny" Fein for tho gang's leadership. Nathan Pcrlmuttcr, who "squealed" to the police was responsible for i'ln sky's arrest. Ho was closely guarded, as gunmen were numerous about Judge Mulqucen's court, where Min sk)' was arraigned, , Pcrlmutter swore that ho and Lc vlne were In a saloon when four gangsters entered. Ho fled, ho said, but returned later and saw the gun men shooting Lerlno's body full of holes. He also identified Maxey Gor don as another of tho gunmen. Police magistrates throughout tho city are co-operating with the police In their efforts to wipe out the gang sters. Mayor MItchet ordered the police to use their clubs freely In, clashes with the gunmen. , .When court opened Justice Malouo sentenced Fein, to five years Impri sonment In Sing Sing,' the maximum penalty for' second degree assault. "I am the victim ot a frame-up, ', Fein declared Just before be was scntonccd. "I am Innocent but I am game, and wilt take my medicine Ilka a man." T SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Jan. 23. Hud Audeion of .Medford nnd Red Watson of Los Angeles uro matched to box twenty rounds here Friday night, February 'JO. The match will bo .staged by thu Humboldt club, of which Jack O'Connell is promoter and Louis Pa rente matchmaker. The weight agreed upon is 13S pounds at 0 o'clock. At ireent Auderi-ou is at his homo in Vnncouver, Wash., and Watson is here, having arrived recently from Hakersfield. NO SYMPATHETIC EOF WEST TO PROVIDE WORK EOR IDLE IF EMERGENCY EXITS INDIANAPOLIS, lml., Jun. 'J3. There will bo no sympathetic strike of miner, on account of thu Colo rado coal miners' walkout. This was made certain hero today when the annual convention of thu United Miueworkers of America adopted a resolution nut to abrogate any con tracts in unionized districts when a strike is on in any other district. SALK.M, Or., Jan. 23. That ho would take matters in his own hands und see that relief was provided, the unemployed of tho state, thu situio as ho would do in Ihu ouo of a fire, flood or other calamity requiring prompt actiou, was thu statement of Governor Wet today. Any further effort to provide work for thu unemployed, he said, would depend upon thu report of conditions made to him by tho city officials of Portland. "If tho city authorities investigate and find conditions are critical and that the city cannot handle thu sit uation, then this office will take up tho matter," said thu governor. "I have plans for meeting thu situation. "If theru was a great fire or Hood, would this officu wait to ask an opin ion of the attorney general T I can find no difference between the cal amity of unemployment mid thut of a lire or Hood." NAPA RIVER FLOOD llumlu plans it lum of tiuciii iiiinciil liuurunre. SAILORS ARRESTED LIVERPOOL, Jan. 23.-Iteortlux u mutiny on hoard, thu Hour Dcoulun put buck Into Holt head toduy after having covered hut u small portion of lis Intended run tu lloslou. Dillon Mllur hud lufusm! orders until thu iioii'iiiiloiilsls In thu crew had buon lauded. Iiiilcud Ihu union limit un bo nut weio Brivsiml s( arrival si lo)huad, NAPA, Cal., Jan. 23. Overflow from the Napa ihor Is responsible today for fifty resident hero belnjr surrounded hy throe feet of water, Scores of persons were saved from poxaihlu death hy rescuers in biwts. A thong Diirrent of water flowing out (he tinoks preveiiM tjolithprH Paeifio trains from moving mrlk lu Kl. Helena or ChIMo or smilk U Viilluju yvterday. but It ww MlV ci this I'onilllloH wtfW km rsinsilM bitfuro loiiluhl, i'uit of ihu trrU f tM 4MM lliiii between KL IMwt m4 L'wlkf logo wnu huM iL m4 Mum Ut ollliis urn nui ukt ItiMu uitLJ j WWlk'l4li fH'4, ), At o i M .A ':. .Mi