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OfflBU MEDTORD MAIL TRIBUNE tf CLEARINGS Hank clearings today were $.10,800.81. WEATHER Occasional showers. Ilnr 120.05; Temp, mean 55 FORTIETH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, ALARCH S, 1911. No. 299. INVASION OF MEXICO SEEN IN EVERY MOVE MADE BY U. S. ARMY AND NAVY Mnivcralty News , ? . ' t 7 t - ) WAR AM E" THIS WASHINGTON, D. C. March call upon ail retired officers to WASHINGTON, 1. C, March 8. Despite statements by Mexican Ambassador do la Hni-ro that Mexico had boon informed in advance of this United States mobilization and that, it was satisfactory to President Diaz, the impression this afternoon 1? growing stronger that big events are in the making. General Wood refuses to answer any questions. Not more than u dozen officials are "'on the inside" and from them there comes not n word. It was pointed out hero this afternoon that the war department appropriation is so low that the pres ent mobilization will force the democratic house to face a huge deficiency. The oxnso of moving the troops will 1x3 enormous and the administration, it is pointed out would not dare to incur so vast a debt simply for maneuvers. President Tuft, who recently refused to let the army spend any money for improve ments, it is said, would not now pour hundreds of thousands out for a simple "war game." To add to the almost certainty that grave moves are on the tapis, the war department today ordered to active service a class of nnny medical officers who, in time of peace, nitj sent to various cities for instruct tion in the higher branches of surgery. All have been ordered to prepare, for quick moving commands. PN WR DAYS RECALLED Washington Greatly Excited by Mob ilization of United States Army on Mexican Border All Soldiers Are Heavily Armed Pontoon Bridge Material Shipped South. WASHINGTON, J). C, March 8. - Not cincc Iho days before the Span ish war (lias Washington official dom been so excited as it is today through tho huge mobilization of troops on tho Texas frontier auid the mussing of warships within ensy striking distanco of both the gulf and the Pncifio Mexican const. Reports that President Diaz of Mexico is dying and that the foreign governments uro demanding of the United States protection for their Mexican investments lends to general ridicule hero of tho government's of ficial explanation that its hurried movement of soldier is being pushed forward simply ns a "war game." Troops Armed. In this connection, n prominent nnny officer hero today pointed out the fact that all the troops being massed on the Mexican frontier aro carrying 200 pounds of ball cart ridges. "This," lie said, "makes it appear that tho troops nro being moved for business nud not for prac tice." Doth General Wood and Secretary of War Dickinson today evaded all questions as to the object of tbo mob ilization. "General Carter," they said, "will bo allowed to work out his own war gamo." Doth refused to state how long tho government had boon considering tin alleged "maneuvers" nnd wouU' throw no light upon the reasons foi tho speed in tho final arrangement. Pontoon Itridges. It is reported today that tho wni department has ordered material for tho construction of pontoon bridges sent on n .special train which carried troops from Fort Lenvon worth, Ivans. This is taken to indi cate that the nnny wishes to bo pre pared to cross tho Rio Grande at any point deemed ndrisablo provided the present bridges provo inadequate, either through lack of strongth in their construction or by armed oppo sition. Anothor possible explanation of tho hasty gathering of American troop nnd ono which does not necessarily conflict with tho occupation theory iUliat tho demonstration may be intondod by tho United States ad ministration to serve as warning to Mexico against closer relations with anv power which might defy tho Monroe doctrine nnd strike at Amer ica from tho south. Prnctioally setting tho Monroe doe trine at naught, it is known that Ja- nan has been ondoavoring to obtain n naval station on tho west coast of Mexico, whoro thousands of Japa nose, most of them veterans of tho Itussiun war, nlrondy have been li onized. President Diaz is credited (Continued on I 'ace S ) EXPL ANATION IS RIDICULED 8. It is reported this afternoon that hold themselves in readiness for service. REAL ACTION IS OUT L Every Official Move Indicates That the Massing of Troops on Mexi can Border is in Preparation for Real Action Hurry Call is Every where in Evidence. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 8. Although thoro Is hardly a dollar in the United Stntes. treasury jfor army mnnouvers, the quartermaster general and army commissary offices were or dered today to buy war supplies to an unlimited extent. Every official movement indicates that the massing of troops on the Mexican border Is in preparation for real action and not practlco maneuvers. Everything since tho hurry call was issued Indicates an almost exact par allel to tho events beforo tho Spanish war. THREE ARMORED CRUISERS COALING FOR TRIP TO MEXICO NEW YORK, March 8. The annored cruisers Tennesseo, North Carolina nnd Montana aro coaling to day and will stnrt for Gulf of Mexi co ports tomorrow. MARINES CARRYING MUCH AMMUNITION ARE OFF FOR BORDER BOSTON, Mass., March 8. With in half an hour after orders wero re ceived at tho Chnrlestown navy yard here today, n company of marines, each carrying 200 rounds of bull cartridges, started today for Phila delphia, where they will bo shipped on bonrd a transport for tho soutlr. Tho second class cruiser l)es Moines is being placed in commission hero todny and wil sail ns soon as posiblo with sealed orders. GENERAL GRANT OFF TO FRONT TO TAKE ACTIVE COMMAND NEW YORK, March 8. Indication that tho United States army is soon to seo serious action was seen here today in orders to Gonoral Grant, commanding tho department of tho East, to proceed at onco to Fort Mon roe, Virginia, there to board a trans port for Galveston. With Gonoral Grant will go two provisional regiments of coast artil lery, which havo been hastily organ ized to serve as Infantry. Thoso will bo under control of Colonel Townloy and Colonol White. THINK UNITED STATES WOULD HEAD OFF ALL JAP NEGOTIATIONS LEAVENWORTH, Knns., March 8. Army officers hero today declare thoir belief that tho United States mobilization is inspired with tho idea of ending negotiations between Jupnu and Mexico, whereby Japan sought to ncnuirc n ooalin:: station on tho west (Continued on Page C.) El: the war department has decided to x TORPEDO FLEET Men in Charge Set Rapid Pace Boats Arc Stripped for Fighting Every Officer in Working Clothes Gets Busy Evidently Something Doing for Sure Thinks San Diego. SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 8. Army and navy officers at San Diego nro expecting war, and San Dlcgo vxpcts to be a ccntor of real activity ,ln tho way of preparation for trouble as, u result of tho Mexican revolution. The torpedo fleet today was strip ped for action and getting ready to snll tonight; 2000 lnfnntrymon aro coming from the north and It was re ported today that 400 or more of them would bo taken on tho fast tor pedo boats and destroyers to Sallnn Cruz, Mex., na soon nB thoy arrived. It Is also expected that sovcrnl of the cruisers now In tho Pacific will bo here soon and that tho supply ship Glncler from Maro Island will bo hero In n few hours to help mako this a base for action on this coast. Working Hard. With Lleutennnt Commandor Louis C. Richardson, commodore of tho tor pedo boat fleet, leading tho pneo and dressed in regulation blue army shirt and brown overalls, tho crows were working today as they nover worked before. Meanwhile the men nre Bay ing nothing.- The navy is not on dress parndo. On tho cramped llttlo tor pedo boats and submarines tho scone la moro Buggcstlvo of a foundry than of a flagship on parade. Fast ns tho work can bo done tho boats nro strip ped for action nnd getting ready for sea. Ships Stripped. Tho destroyer Truxton, which was coaled Inst night, was stripped to war attiro early today and tho othors to day wero getting In their boats and stanchions and other deck furnlturo as fast as they could after leaving tho bunkers. Doth the torpedo boats Fox and, Davis have thoir torpedoes In tho tubes, showing grim and deadly at tho muzzles. Tho destroyers Goldsborough, Pre blo, Perry, Truxton, Rowan nnd Btow art woro all prepared to take turns lining up nlongaldo tho mother ship Iris for ammunition. Commander Richardson ovldontly has ordors of groat Importance, "When tho leadors at Washington aro Jumping from rear windows of the Whlto HoiiBe, ho ald today, "and running down back stairways to dodge tho reportors It roakes mo real Izo tho amount of secrecy that Ib be ing obsorved there. Thoro Is abso lutely nothing that I can any now." Submarines Going. Tho fact that tho submarines Plko and Grampus will accompany tho tor podo flotilla Is regarded as confirma tion of tho boliof that real trouble Is feared. 'Thoy woro oxpoctod to bo ready with tho other craft ut 6 p. m. Thoy huvo a, sailing rango of 25.8 miles with thoir gasollno surfneo power and an additional range of 50 miles with their Btorago batteries, submerged or afloat. (Continued on I'avt I.) TPSF WAR $5 IS PI BY Medford High School Teacher Found Guilty of Assaulting Student is Fined by Justice Dox Costs of Action Amounted to $46. TESTIMONY SHOWS PROFESSOR IN WRONG Sccly Hall Was Beaten by Teacher on Thursday Pedagogue Said to Have Lost His Temper. Found guilty of assault by a Jury sitting in Justice of tho Peaco Henry G. Dot' court in Jacksonville Tues day.Professor J.P. Ctidihy, commer cial teacher of the Medford high school, was Wednesday morning fin ed ?5 nnd costs. Tho flno was plac ed at the minimum because of the high costs of tho action, which nmountod to $46, At tho trial In Jacksonville Tues day several witnesses testified on both sides, the propondoranco of tho ovldenco tending to show that tho assault was an aggravated one, nnd that tho treatment meted out to Sooly Hall, tho 17-yenr-old pupil, by Cud- jhy, who Is much oldor nnd strong er, is snld to havo bordered nearer on tho brutal than tjm circumstances necessitated. Occurred Thursday. Tho affair which had Its legal hear ing yesterday occurred last Thursday In tho local high school. According to tho statements of thoso who wit nessed the encounter and tho ovents which led up to It, Hnll, who had been excused from attending tho aft ernoon session of tho commercial class, decided to attend tho session and, after tho period had commenced, entered tho class room. Ho angered, Cudlhy by permitting a chnlr which ho was drawing up to the tablo for his ubo to drag along tho floor, and Cudlhy rebuked him sharply. Tho boy mado somo kind of a rotort and Cud lhy ordered him from the room. When leaving Hall remarked: "If I leavo tho room, I do so for good." Fight Follows. Cudlhy followed him to tho corri dor. Onco thero, -according to the story told by Hall on tho witness stand, Cudlhy started tho fight by "llfhtlng" him undor tho chin In such a manner ns to cause his head to strike ngnlnst tho wall. Hall said that ho then struck Cudlhy with his clenched fist and tho fight started In oarnest. After his first blow Hall stated that he was unablo to land nny moro, becaiiBO of tho fact that tho old er man rained blow nftor blow upon him, discoloring both his oyes and otherwise bruising him nbout the faco. Collins Stops It. Hall finally escaped and ran Into tho offlco of Superintendent of Schools U. S. Collins, whoro, Just ns ho crossed tho threshold of tho door, Cudlhy landed anothor blow upon tho back of his nock which precipitated him across tho room. Further pun ishment, tho witnesses said, was only nvortod whon Collins stepped botweon Cudlhy and tho boy. Two witnesses at tho hearing, Miss McDormott nnd Mr. Frost, both mem bers of tho faculty of tho high school, testified to Cudlhy's usual oven tem per and cool-hoadedness, but tho ver dict brought in by tho Jury points to tho belief among its mambors that tho teacher had allowed his tompor to get the bettor of his Judgment when chastising tho Hall boy. Tho Jury. Tho Jury which tried tho caso was composod of John Dunnlngton, 13. A. Thompson, John Heavonuo, Alex Mor ris, Charles Ilayso and F. M. Tun gato. District Attornoy D. F. Mul key appeared for tho prosecution and Attornoy F. J. Newman represented tho accused. As tho result of tho decision ren dered yesterday, Superintendent of Schools this morning ordered tho commercial class of tho high school (Continued on Paso 6.) LI PINCHOT IS SATISFIED" Says Ballinger's Resignation Was In evitable and That Fisher Will Make Good, and Receive Strong Approval on Part of American People. PRESS GENERALLY THINKS MOVE IS WISE All of Secretary's Appointees Are Preparing to Leave Many Have Already Quit Positions. NEW YORK, March 8. Ileforo sniling for Europo today Glfford Pln chot, formor United Stntes chief for ester, discussed the succession of Wnltor L. Fisher of Chicago aB sec retary of tho interior, roplncing his enomy, It. A, Ballinger. Of Flshor ho said: i "Ills ontrnnco Into tho govornmont sorvlco will unquestionably bo strongly approved by tho public. Bnl- llngor's resignation wno lnovltnblo and will bo received with gonoral sat isfaction. It Is a welcome concession to tho growing determination that tho country shall bo ropresonted by public servants in whoso hands the public Interests will bo safe. "I urn. satisfied at last." All tho New York papors refer edi torially to Dalllnger's passing. Their opinions aro ns follews: Werld: "Thero has not boon at any time any quostlon thnt tho scan dal dostroyod llalllngor's usofulncBS and made his presence nn unneces sary drag upon tho administration. It would have been wlBor to havo rec nlzed this lonir nuo." Trlbune: "If Flshor rocolvea tho commendations of Rnlllnger's critics for doing In offlco oxnetly what Bal linger did, tho whole Ballinger con spiracy will bo completely oxpo&od as personal perBocution." Sun: "Tho Amorlcnn pooplo havo not lost their lovo of fair play or parted with thoir sonso of deconcy. Wo nro sure thoy will ngroo with tho president that Bnlllngor has boon tho object of 0110 of tho most unscrupu lous conspiracies for tho defamation of charnctor that history can show," Times: "Wo think tt;ls well for the president nnd tho success of his ad ministration that Bnlllngor roslgn oil." PreBB: "All truo friends of tho administration must rojolco In this change for tho bottor." American: "Lot charity say what It will of Balllngor, ho belongs In deed nnd In temper to a day that Ib past. Ho has been n mlllstonn around tho neck or tho Tnft ndmlnlstrntloii, ills rotlronionfln tho faco of nn Im pending congressional Impeachment was thoroughly discreet." WASHINGTON, D. C March 8. Evory adherent of Secretary Ballln gor now employed In tho Interior de partment probably will rotlro short ly after Waltor L. Flshor takes charge. Thoso who havo nlrondy re tlrod'aro Assistant Secretary Wilson, ABHlstnnt Attornoy General Oscar Lawlor nnd Chief II. II. Schwartz of tho field sorvlco. Fred Donnott, commissioner of tho gonornl land of flco, Is preparing to rotlro. Stocks Uneasy. NEW YORK, March 8. Uneasi ness over tho Mexican war scare re sulted In weakness In tho stocks of tho National railways of Moxlco at tho opoulug of tho stock marot. Both the first and second preforred atock lost 1. Tho gcnernl list was Inclined to heaviness. Bryve Not Instructed. LONDON, March 8. That no In structions of any kind had been sont to Ambassador Bryco from his homo government regarding tho attitude of tho United States toward Moxlco or tho propoBod protection of English Interests, was tho statement mado this nftornoon by tho foreign offlco hero, Organization of Fruit Growers Is a Gigantic Task That efforts to organlzo tho fruit growors of tho Pacific northwest Into ono centrnl body In order to bring fruit raising to tho front will succeed only after months of study has boon glvon tho Bubjoct and that tho for mation of such an association Is n formldnblo tusk, Is thq boliof of C. E. WhlBlor, who roturned Tuesday (Continued on Page Two) BIG PETALUMA EGG HATCHERY COMING HERE t . i . Medford Commercial Club Meeting With Success in Effort to Provide Payrolls for This City Petaluma Men Aro to Be Hero in New Future. After threo months of correspond' onco with ono of tho largest Califor nia concerns operating in the famous poultry district of Potnlumu, Manager C. A. Malboout of tho Medford Com mercial club has JuBt received word that personal Investigation on tho ground will bo mado by thorn within tho next few weeks nnd that In ull probability stops will bo taken to In stall a plant in Medford without do lay. This Industry, If established here, will bo of much valuo. It will not only mean a now payroll to tho city, but will create In Medford tho dis tributing point of tho products of tho entire Pacific northwest, which fact of Itsolf will necessitate tho employ ment of many pooplo and tho pur chase of a largo quantity of eggB dal ly. Tho plant will probably stnrt with a capacity of 1500 chickens por week, requiring over 200 dozon eggs, nnd as fast ns possible will bo ex panded until a maximum capacity of 8500 chickens, calling for tho use of 30,000 eggs, Is roachod. It Is n well recognised fact tnnt tho Iloguo Rlvor valloy Is cousldorod to havo no superior In many respects, especially that of clliuato, In tho United States as an Idoal poultry see Hon. Professor J. L. Djydon, poultry director at the Oregon agricultural college, lias made this statomout re peatedly, and has wrltton many words to oncourago Mr. Malboout In his campaign to woik up tho poultry business In southern Oregon to an oxtont that will mako It almost as Im portant ns our great fruit industry will bo when fully developed. Poultry has been greatly noglccted In tho Roguo Rlvor valloy nB a com mercial factor, hut tho next two or throo yours will seo Immense strides mado In Its growth, and Mr, Malhoouf predicts tho volume of poultry prod ucts will In thnt time ho greater than In any othor county In Oregon. It Is absurd to roullzo .that Medford peo ple consumed nonrly 75,000 dozon custom cold storage oggs In 1910, and shlppod In from othor localltlos moro thnn that quantity. Mr. Malboouf advises that ho wants to gut tho nam os of nil pooplo Inter ested In poultry raising In tho valloy, so as to get somo itoms of Informa tion wnntod at onco by tho California people, and will uppreclato It If thoy will send thoir addresses to him by mall at tho earliest posslblo dato. MARO ORDERS AN ATTACK ON AT ONCE Rebel Leader Wants to Be in Control of City Before American Troops Can Cross Border Has Larie Force Within Striking Distance. AMERICANS COMPLAIN AT LACK OF PROTECTION Believed in Juarez That Hasty Mob ilization is Plan to Permit Diaz to Retire With Show of Grace. EL PASO, Toxns, Mnroh 8. Proli ability o American intervention in Mexico is soon hero this" afternoon in tho report that Provisional Presi dent Francisco Mudoro has ordered u force of 5000 revolutionists to at tack Chihuahua instantly. It was pointed out that Mndcro has that number of men within striking dis tance of Chihuahua' aild it wua .be lieved that ho intends to bo in pos session of Chihuahua before Ameri can troops can positively cross tho border. ' Preparations nt Fort Bliss for. quartering two regiments are boinr rushed. Tho old fort is to be used. it is said, as drill grounds for the recruits. It is goncrull belicvod in Jnures that behind tho hnHty mobilization of Amoriunu troops is n plan to permit President Diaz to rotiro with somo little show of graeo. Local representatives of tho Mox ienn Northwestern railroad and tho Pearson lumber interests, both Brit ish concerns, acknowledge today that stockholders had complained that Mexico was not protecting foreign in terests. FEDERALS ADVANCING FAST ON MEXICAL! MEXIOALT, March 8. A largo force of federals advancing on Mexi can, woro located eight miles west of horo by robel Bcouts early today. Tho govornmout force, which left Ensen oda March 3, was preparing nn Im modlato advance on tho city. Rato Flflht Over. WASHINGTON, D. O., March 8. With tho filing today by tho Penn sylvania railroad of now Bchoduloa cancelling proposed advances, the fight of tho railroads against the lu torstato commerce commission's de cision provcntlug higher rates canio to an eud. Tho Now York Contrnl, Baltlmoro & Ohio and tho Brio railroads prom ised to follow suit within two duys. Will Direct Verdict. LOS ANGELES, Cal March 8. Jmlgo Rlvea announced In court to day that ho would grant tho motion for a directed verdict against Ml&s Turnbull by tho attorneys for tho state In tho suit of Boatrlco Anita Turnbull for n. daughter's share In tho cBtato of the lato E. J, (Lucky) Raldwin. Argumouts this afternoon woro schodulod to dotormlne the In structions to tho jury. Robhers Arrested. DETROIT, Mich., March 8. Victor M. Cloro nnd Bryan O'Hara, both of Palms, Mich., woro arrested today chargod with having held up a South ern Pacific train noar Ogden, Utah., Inst January, In the holdup one man, a porter, was killed. Tho robbers soon red $3000 In money and Jewels from tho Pullman passengers. CHIHUAHUA , s - & ' . dM&k&sai