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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER l-'fllr, AVnrmer Tuesday. May. T, Mln. 17. f Forty-fifth Yenr. Dally Ttnth Yrar. SUITTORESTORE Unsold Portion of 0. & C. Land Grant Amounting to 2,300,000 acres, Val ued at $50,000,000, Kept hy Rail road Congress Given Six Months to Regulate Future Sales. H -f-f if Approximately $1150,000 in taxes for Mio post two years is duo .Jackson county from tlmt portion of the 0. & ('. limit unint wilhip,ita borders, .- LANDGRANTLOS BY GOVERNMEN WASHINGTON, Juno 21. The government toil--1 lost ils unit in the Mipreine court lo forfeit the unsold portion of tin dromon & rulifornln railroad land maul, imiouulini' to Home 2,:t00,000 ncios and valued at ' $iiO,000,000. . The railway company wan enjoin ed, however, from futuro sales in violation of the conditions of tlie ' uranl. until consress lias Inul icasoi able tiiuo to act. Justice. McKcnnn, for tho courl, held tho government's position in claiming tho conditions to tho grant about sale weio eomiitioiis for which n violation worked n forfeiture, was untenable. The court held the con ditions wcro in the nature of en forc ible "covenants." Ho said eoncress would havu six months for action 'n tho case . Itccoiisldcratiou Asked Solicitor General Davis asked the court to reconsider and restore the case to tho docket for rc-nrgunient. 'J'lio application was taken under con sideration. Tho unit was instituted in necord nnco with a resolution of congress in the federal district court of Oregon on September I, 11108. Tho govern liieut claimed that the railroad had forfeited its rights bv having violat ed n provision which required it to Kill in not more than Kifl-acro tracts, for not mo! e than $2..'(l an acre, and only to actual settlor. The govern ment sought to prove that tho com pany had sold in largo tracts to tim ber companies at inoio than $2.50 an acre, and had adopted a policy to sell no moro to nnv purchaser for the time being. Tho railroad contended that tho proision was not effective, because the lauds wcro unfit for settlement, and furthermore, urged that tho gov ernment was slopped fiout iaiiug tho question of torfcitinc because of long uc(tiio(.cenco in tio company's disre gard of tho ulling provision. Squatters Intervene About sity-fivo persons who went upon the lauds and claimed (o be act ual settlers, within the meaning of the law, brought u cross complaint, ask ing that tho railroad company h held to be a trustee for actual settlers and icipiired to sell to tlicin. Some HOIK) persons who have not gone upon Ijie laud to make settlements, but who have applied to the miliond company to pui chase 1(10 ncics, intervened with a petition that the company he inquired, as a trustee, to convey lands to them. , The lato of Oregon intervened with tho claim that tho state levied nearly half n million dollars taxes a year on tho lauds and asked that the lauds not be forfeited to the govern ment, in which case the taxes might bo lot, but that tho railroad bo re quited to sell them tor tho luajolit of tho government. Tho Union Trust Company of New York, trustee under n mortgage given on tho land tu Foeuro $20,000,000 bonds ued in building the railroad, also intervened. YAQUiSDEFEAf N'OOALl.S, Am, June 21 Mexi can hiililierx cnt to protect .foreign r in the Yuqui vallov have boon de fetited by the Indimis in two battle, according to Mi. Herman C. I.ouf- fer of Lo Angelo., who arrived to day from Cocari, notir the scone of the fighting. In ono of thu battle the Mieuu soldiers lo.t twenty-five jncu. Yetrly In a fight near Jirl. Oil kilometers south of F.inmluio, they 1d1 ioit) men and a machine gun. MEXICAN OPS LEO M. FRANK AND I g. ..BBBBj WftSSKSMM vH BilHpj Rjfr Tmi if! -FWVHBI ftifyKiHF R tF , - yl r v h JflflHIflH . EHH1k'- MWWFvIV. btM ik '&.ir H sa HMHBIWB'' w utJVib). TV E& W f w B $WP 1H Ik. iU ? "w 'jmkM f a: F SPp!. w t .ahb. , vmiMi mm., bsssmjk jmmauiiiMSMmt . t iftmmmmmmmm , .,K::m.--w-, ; J;:."m ,. Ammmmw mm- -rmmmm t' ' t jmmmu' WBhx: ymmmm wrr :&&mm -i. .mmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHftT- - - imiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiB w 'rciiiiiiv' itniBiiir yv. oi.n. . t tHc 2ii i., -fniHE jtmgzimx. t vstmmKiMmmk? UNITED STATES TO W" Sf B fflS MUS PROTEST USE OF fclpf -T SEPARATE FROM RAG fit BRITOKS W m mm WASHINGTON', .lime 21. New icpre&cntutions to (treat Hritaiu on the use of the American flat' li Kii" lish steamers iirohablv will be made in the note which is hciiu; prepaicd to deal with further iutert upturns lo neutral eonuueiee. It wns hinted of ficially todav that as individual com plaints of siich instances had come to the state department they bad been laid befoie the London foreign office, but that the next note would aain deal with the subject Kenerally. At the state depaitmeul todav it was said no official information was at hand on the ficrmuu charge that the subuiaiine U-'-'tl was rammed ami sunk by u HritWi steamer flying the Swedish colors. Amciicau ol'ticials, while not admittiutr that the case ban a bearing on the neKotiations with (lennany, aie curious to know how the German admiralty uot its iufor matioii, iuaMiiiich as cveisone on the I'-'JO wa-. reported lo-t. 10 MOVE 10 CORNISH WASHINGTON', dune 'J . ,,.,,. rations for opening of the summer white house at Coruioh, X. II., weio beiiu today in anticipation of the arrival of President Wilson, Servant", and motor car went forward. The president will o to Cnrnih by wny of New York to see Colonel K. M. Houe, his M'ivonal friend, who recently returned fiom Kuioiie. H. present plans he will leaxe here Wed nesday and spend Thursda in New Yoik with Colonel House, Extra! The Docs kiiiiiiiiiWl U. -" -- - ' ' ILIVIlii:" " M.l!"f -H.il '! f e i l" T'Tn&xwMW ;w)j vvl 71 rrl j, W ?s tji . f-Jz -'.' "S4 a" wWjrtr ffitHmWr 1 aV AfV V. 0inx wimm a""'. ,nDFORD. PRINCIPLES IN HIS LONG FIGHT 10 ESCAPE NEW BR T SH LOAN PUT OUT AI PAR LONDON, .lane 21. Announce, incut was made today by Reginald AfclCcuuu, chancellor of the e chequer, that the loan" of 'J.'iO.OIKI.ODII pounds authorized by the house ol commons last week for war paiposcr. would be issued tonight. The new loan will ho put out at par and will bear P?. per cent inter est. Mr. MerCennu's announcement wns made in the house of commons. The chancellor said the tato would have tho l Split to repay the loan at par .in lll2, but in liny ease it must lie re paid in thiily vca is. The chancellor emphasized the fact that, in addiljou to putting: foivvard a biisinivss transaction he wished to appeal to the put riot inin of the conn- 'try lo "use its gigantic resource! to cairy on tho war successfully jr imisclvcs and our allies." The chancellor xaid tho total ical ixed deficit between revenue and ov pendiliuo up to Inst Saturday auioiiuted to .118.(100,0(10 pounds. The daily war e.vpenditures now amount to nearly ,fl,000,000 pounds, uud is still inci casing. WASHINGTON, June 21. Con-li-tutioualliy of the Illinois pure food law pmhihitiiig in effect sale of a food preservative containing hone acid was upheld today by the supieiao court. and Germs Are (New. itm- TOTALS A BILLION L . .v rr-r6 rsrtPDoYJ, J J wri4iiiM&xte&itei 1&J&. .?"''&. ..?? OKECJON, MONDAY, JUNK 21, 1915 l.eo 31. Crank, center, In tlio upMr left band picture, I I )cm- old .laiy IMinuau, foi'Alios murder I'rauk was (Oiivlited; Im'Iiuv, Slieilff ( Wlnvler .Arauuiiui. . In (lie upiH-r rlulit JkiikI I coiner, Mrs, Iao 31, I'nink, whoso Ion;; flubt ated lice liusttnnil, ami I lielovv Iter, do v. John 31. Slaton of ' (I'orKla, who t'oiuuiutcil I'muk'N sen ' tenrc. SAYS U.S. COURT WASHINGTON', Juno 21. In n do cltdon ro lirond un probably to annul "Kranilfnthor clnuRo" onactments In every southern stnto, which lias ailojited hiicIi laws, tho nu)iromo court today hold Invalid Oklahoma and Maryland lcKhdatlnn aimed at re stricting the iiokio vote. Tho iIcoIh lun was ununlmoiiH. Tho derision In tdinrt war that It in n violation of thu Fifteenth amend nleiit for a ntato to peloct arbitrar ily a dato HtK'li ns 1800, and pro vide that penoiiH not qunllflcd to vnto on that dato or whoso nncoitora 'i oic not iiKillfied, ne barred from vat hit; or must yubiolt to voting tosts not required of tu.irs, Tho court further hold that olec Hon officials who sought to onforco Hurh damns could bo bold amonablo to law for den)InK parsons a rlfjht to vole and that such officials could not dlsroKard tho f.irt (bat tho Fif teenth amendment had stricken out! of tho htuto luw the word "whlto" as a qualification of voting, Mobelizing The annual sexton of the American GRANDPA CLAUSE 11 VDD IHE GALLOWS WHICH WAS WON I0DAY T IS HELD FOR JOLIKT, III, June 21.- A ncurn trusty, u product ol the "honor sys tem" among convicts at Johet peni tentiary, was held in solitary con liueiiient today pending' iuvcfligiiluui of the minder of Mrs. Kdmund M, Al len, wife of the prison waiden, whose body, fearfully burned, was found on a blazing bed in her apartments yes leiday. Joseph Campbell, eouvictiuir of killing n negro in Chicago five .vears auo uud sentenced to serve an inde terminate sentence of from one year to life, was the convict under guard. So far as is known, Campbell, chosen as Mrs. Allen's personal servant un der the honor system, is (he hint pur sou known lo have seen Mrs. Allen alive. Campbell in one of tho five trusted convicts who had accc (o the waiden'H uimrlmeuts. Oflicmls believe 3rs. Allen was binned lo death as she lay uiicoii Heious on her bed, as her skull had been iractured bv a blow, which physician said had not caused her death, Kvideuce also obtained indi cates the slayer had sprinkled Hie hcihlinir and Mrs. Allen's night cloth itf with alcohol liefer touchiiiK n match to it. Waiden Allen wim in Wol Hndeu, Iud., when tho murder was committed lie was to havu been joined by Mrs. Allen today, Medie.il nso(iatioii opcii? todaj m San NEGRO U MURDER OF WARDEN' WIPE WASHINGTON, Juno 11. In a far ronuhlui; decision which crowns with victory the government fight to compel the ralliottdn to disassociate htmeslvoH ftuui tholr coal companies, tho vuproiuo rourt today ordered that tho Lackawanna railroad bo enjoined from transporting coal of tho Lack awanna coal company lindor tho so called WO!) rnntract, nnil rftvorsod a decision of thu lower rourtu which was against tho govornmout. Department of Justice officials said tho eouit'M decision was n clean cut victory In tho government's long fought easo lo compel dlsnssorlntlon of the railroads and their coal com panies. Its effect they said, Is far leaching. Tho government charged that tho contract by which Iho railroad sold to tho roul company Its coal was not n bona-fldo transaction and violat ed both tho nntl-trust law and tho commodities clamo of tho Hepburn rate law, It Is tho second suit of tho government against tho railroad company under tho commodities clause. Justice La inn r announced the court's unanimous decision and sent tho rnsfl back for furthor proceedings. E RESTORED 10 DOCKET WASHINGTON, Juno 21. Tho su preiuo court adjourned today for tho summer without deoiding tho Inter national Harvestor, Oregon minimum wage rtnd other Important eases pond ing. It will not meet again until Oc tober. l''rauci-.co.) NO. 78 LEO. M. FRANK'S DEAIHSEI IS Governor Slaton of Gcoroia Com mutes Sentence to Life Imprison mentSays Action Means Polit ical Obscurity for Himself, But Would Rather Be Plowlnrj In Fields. HHHHfH l MAU1KTTA, On.. June !. T flikViirimV (slufnii tUt lii.tut rn or, , Slaton, -'- I-.,..---.., lf.V '...., coininul nited. llie sen!etiCl of Leo 1 l. li' . I i....1 !.'.. .tfr!.... . -'' ' ...... r,. .. ... .p.' ,ii ii rniiu. u- iiki mi iiirini ati mrv T htire todivj', A ble-sirci) dummy "slntiig to a telophoiuLjtole bore T nn inseription, "Joh At, Slu " " ton, Georgia's Irniior'iilivernor." " "" Man Pliiignii. tlit ie m of the T ivMifiil I'nelnrv mlirdiri t'linner- r ly lesided heie. . ATLANTA, Ga., June 21. Leo M. Frank's death sentence was commut ed to life imprisonment today by Governor Slaton. Announcement of the governor's decision came several hours after Frank had been secretly taken fiom the jail here and hurried to the state prison farm at Milledgc villc. Frank was sentenced to be bunged heie tomorrow for the mur der of Mary I'lmgan in April, 10 1 'I. Governor Slaton still was jit his country home when he announced his decision. In making the announce ment the governor dictated the fol lowing brief statement: Acts CoiisiTcutlously "All that I ask is that tho people of (leoigia lead my statement of tho reasons why 1 commuted Leo M. Frank's death sentence to life im prisonment before theyi'fliis judg meat. "Foellng lis I do about lhiv case, I wouh he u murderer if 1 allowed this man jo bang. It means that I must live in obseurilv the rest of my days, but L would rather he plowing in n Hold llu.ui In feel for the rest of my life (ial I had that man's blood on my hands." T)ii first official announcement of tho govcinoi's decision was made at 8:12 o'clock this morning. Fxtra editions of the local newspapers con taining the unofficial announcement, unused e.eitcd crowds to form, Mounted police ami imtrolmcu made ut least one nrrest. Comment disap proving the decision was hcaitl in the gatherings, llcvleivs tho Tragedy In his statement exhaustively, ex plaining his reasons for commuting Krniik's sentence, Gov'ernor Slaton reviewed the circumstances surround ing lli murder of .Mary IMiagan in the National pencil factory here on April '211, 10HI, the conviction ol Frank uud bis appeals for olctneucv. Continuing, the statement leads; "The murder was n most lieinotH one and the offender dexorves the punishment of death. The only ques tion is iih In tho identity of the criin inul. The lcponsihllilv is upon the people of Georgia to protect the he of licr citueus and to maintaiu the dignity of her laws, and if the choice must be uiiide between the np piohatiou of eilixens of other slates and the eiiforeement of our law-' against offenders, wo must choose the latter alternative. ' Thu inn. f.inii.l llio .In. ... ...V J.., ..M.l.l, ,. ... - fondant guilty and with the execution of the demonstration outside the courtroom thero was no disorder. (Continued on Page Two) By S atterfield M Ott THUNDER.! ' ' " '11',"',tT,7T WHIN TtAt TRttS PtvVH TO LTAVE, THt WAQOH CAME TO TAKt AWAY THt IRUNria. TC- WIU.OW4 W-pr ANt THtr DOGWOObi A.B.K-t! OUtrt.OOCML NC COMMUTED I TOLD TMOA mw,iis I , Von; or IMI'lJK K&WVfrMTK m m Li 'a iiX i it t'Vf II 1 ry3 I' c;4i H