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3 oinw unWtfriW M Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS llunk clearings today wore $35,002.87. WEATHER (Hear and Cooler. Uni 20.02 Temp. BB. ' f. FORTIETH YEAR. MEDFpttD, OREGON", THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 3911. No. 300. PRESIDENT MEXICO DEAD? IS DIAZ OF . & X T ,.' i jT j . i 5? v RUMOR RIFE REGARDING DEMISE Mexican Ambassador Denies but Country .is Puzzled by Sudden Movement of Troops Which is Con tinued Without Abatement More Men and More Ships Are Sent South. . WASHINGTON-, D. C March 9. Is President DJnz of Mexico dead? That is the question troubling Washington today. Humors are rife to that effect but denials follow close. Tho death of Diaz, if true, would lead1 to such a movement of tho part of the United States as has startled the country during tho past two days. No othor explanation is offored ex cepting that of u gigantic "war gnme." But why this "war game" and consequent pouring out of thousands of dollars, whoa Taffs whole policty has been retrenchment. It is generally bolloved here that if Diaz is not dead ho Is very noar tho end. Ambassador do la Barro of Mox lco sont formal denials of tho death of President Diaz to all Mexican con suls and other official representa tives of tho government In tho Unit ed States. A formal call was also issued for all loyal Mexicans to re turn to their own country. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March. 9. That President Diaz of Mexico has been dead for 48 hours is a report received by broker operators hero over their private Wall Street tele graph wires. No confirmation of tho report, it is said, has been receiv ed. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal March 9. A report received over brokers' wires here today says President Diaz is dead. Tho report has not been confirmod. NEW YORK, March 9. Notwith standing tho rumors that President Diaz of Mexico is dead, tho stock market was unaffected at tho open ing today. MEXICAN SHIPS ARE AT ENSENADA WITH MANY TROOPS ABOARD SAX DIEGO, Cnl., March 0 It bo cumo known hero today that Enscn nda, Mexico, 80 miles south of here is something of n war baso itself .Mexican warships arrived there Tuesday, but wore not reported soon er because of n break in communi cation. Thu Democrntn, a largo cruiser rather old, and tho gunbout General Guerrero, both uro at anchor there having brought all tho troops thoy could carry, besides field artillerj and a band. It in said thnt' tho war ships brought iu moro than 700 troops. ' Troops from Ensonada under Gen eral Le Jol' second to General Vega nrrivod nt Mexicnli hist night. Thu .number is reported to bo G40. MEXICAN MINISTER AND MORGAN HOLD A LONG C0NFERENC NEW YORK, March 9. Senot Jose Limnntour, Mexican minister o finance, and J. P. Morgan, junior London mombor of Morgan & Co . held a long seorot conference nt tin Plnza holol here thin moraiug. Aftc it was ovor neither wpuld say wha mat ter& had been diMHiw.ed. THIS WOULD BE EMJUHOF THE'WAR GAME' OF EXECUTIVE Y ASKS.. FORPROTECTION or His Government, However, Denies That Such a Step Has Been Au thorized by Them France An nounces That It Has Not Made Any Representations to the United States Regarding Mexico . WASHINGTON, D. C, March 9. The admission of Ambassador James Bryco of England that ho had asked tho United. States to protect British interests in Mexico becauso the revo 'lutlon there has passed boyond tho power of tlio Mexican government to control, Is causing interested comment today, in tho light of offi cial denials of his government and semi-official denials of tho French government that any representations regarding Mexico were made at Washington. That tho British foreign office de sired to keop any movo it had made secret is generally understood here, and Bryco's statement caused con siderable surprise. In somo quar ters, it is believed that it may fur nish tho real oxplnnntion for tho mobilization of American troops. LONDON, March 9. Although tho forolgn ofifco Issued a formal denial tliat it had asked tho United states to protect British Interests in Mexico, persons high in official life hero say authoritatively that such representations were mado to tho stato department nt Washington. Tho tone of the London nowspap- ers generally commends tho action of tho United States. PARIS. March 9. Tho forolgn of fice today semi-offjcialy announced that it had not mado any represen tations to tho United States regard ing Mexico. GENERAL WOOD IS TO LEAVE FOR THE FRONT EARLY IN COMING WEEK WASHINGTON, D. C, March 0. General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, will go to San Antonio early next week "as soon as an army, di vision is organized" according to war department officials. It was silto Mated that "as many as tho general staff officers as can bo spared" will go to San Antonio. Shortly aftor his arrival General Wood will review the assembled troops. CALIFORNIA NAVAL RESERVES MAY GET A TASTE OF WARFARE SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., March ? The Snn Francisco division of the California naval reserve is in readi ness for auxiliary duty with the Pa cific fleet in Mexican waters, accord ing to Captain A. B. Adams of the Fifth division. Tho local division numbers 250 officers nnd men who nro eagerly awaiting word to sail. Similar conditions prevail at San Di ego and Los Angeles, where the First and Second divisions nro on practically a war footing. ARMY OFFICERS SCOUT IDEA THAT JAPS ARE MIXED IN WITH MOVE HUACHLTA, Ariz., March 0. - Array officer nt Fort iruuchucu to day profound to holiove that the present activity of United States troops in the direction of the Mox icon border was tho rostilt of a ro (Continued on J'ago t. S HERS I Said to Be Back of Move FISHERMEN ARE ; gPJggBk ILf&r 3'" - IL "" Copyright, 1310, by American Proas Association. ,T. 1 MO HOAX Who Is Mild to bo buck of tho movo ment now underway by llin gov eminent forces. Morgan owns or controls over ijS 1 00,000,000 of Mexl ran securities, and is firm friend t o Diaz administration, since it was Diaz who granted him vast Mexican CoikcshIoiih. PIERCE IS TO auijjis job Assistant Secretary of Interior 'De partment Says Jt is Duty of Every Official to Resign When Fjsher Takes Charge of Department. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 9. Declaring Jt tho duty of overy offi cial of the intorior dopartmont to resign when Waltor L. Fisher bo- comos secretary of tho Intorior, As sistant Socrotary Plorco today said ho would loavo tho dopartmont when aBllinger rollnqulshoB his portfolio. Secretary Ualllngor reiterated to dny his determination to sue his al leged slandorers. Details of his plans for wholesalo llhol suits have not yet boon complotod, ho said. It was Intimated that proceedings prob ably would be started at Now orlc ami Seattle. FIshor called upon tho prasidont today, and it is probablo that ho will tako office next week. Various sena tors hero do not rogard sorioualy a report that Sonator Lorimor would attompt to provont confirmation of Fisher's appointjnont by tho son &to. Cruisers at Practice. BREMERTON, Wnsh., Maroh 9. No Information regarding tho mova m out a of tho cruisers Maryland and West Virginia can bo obtained hore from tho navy yard officials. Tho cruisers aro now In tha straits mak ing speed tests on coal qualities. Tho commandant of the yard would nolth- or admit nor confirm tho report that tho vessels had been ordered to join tho fleet off tho lower Pacific coast. ."Jim 1 1' 'u "n Rllff TIES OP ROUTINE WORK Is Atcnding to Spools in Jute Mill Is Now Only a Numbered Object Labor is Not Arduous but Requires Alertness. SAN QUBNTIN, Cnl., March 9. Abraham Ruof begun today tho un broken routine of prison life that ho must follow for many a weary year. Until today tho former poli tical boss of San Francisco bad been glvon rosplto from routine to accus tom himself to his surroundings, Ruof becamo a "bobbin boy," tond iug spools In tho Jute- mill, n labor not arduous, but requiring alert ness. With tho sound of tho morn ing rising boll, Ruof becamo a num bered objoct in tho prison machine and only a fow guards, his cellmate and tho prison books tako cogni zance of his Individuality. Has Good Hens, NEW YORK. March 0. Hen for lion, MurciiM Johnson of Glcnvillo will liuok hi flock of 00 against any liko-iizad bunch in thu county in uii ogtMnyjjig coiitoat. From tho iiohIh of those- 00 hen, Johnson gathered during February l.OUO perfectly good egg, thereby winning a wager thnt tliiy would "turn out" 3000 eggs dur ing tho mouth. Thii is nn nvorogo of 17Vi ogifs for each hen in 28 days JohiiKun smvb that his lions usually knocked off work n, Sunday, which makw their porformanoo all the more creditable. lie inxiste that no mhi- eial indueouii'iits wore offered the heuf itjjd that they worg jipt given finding slmnp in return for their SWEPT TO DEATH Great Storm Rages Off Coast of Portugal Shipping in English Channel is Heavily Damaged Fully One Hundred Lives Arn Lost. ALL VESSELS WARNED TO SEEK SAFE HARBORS Coast is Piled With Wreckage No Yet of Storm Break ing Up. LISBON, March 9. -Fully 100 fishermen havo lost tholr lives dur ing tho past twenty-four hours in tho great storm which Is sweeping tho bay of Biscay. A largo numbor of small glshlng crafts nro missing and tho shores aro piled with wreckage. Tho hurri cane came up suddenly last night and did great damage. LONDON, March 9. Seldom nt thlB Hoason of tho year has tho Eng lish channel been swept by as heavy a hurricauo as has prevailed during tho past twenty-four hours. Much damage has been dono and a largo death list is expected. The merchant murine exchange has Issued warnings to nil vessels tolling them to keep within tho shel tor of the harbors. Thcro Js no sign, of tho storm abat lirg. TRAINS TO BUTTE FULISJPRIL 1 Company Puts on Force of Men to Get Track in Shape for Regular Train Service After First of Month Open Resort to Campers. The Pacific & Eastern railway ox pects to havo a train Borvlco to Butto Falls by April 1 according to nn announcement made by Chiof En gineer Qerlg today, A largo forco of mon hns boon put at wrok getting tho now track in shnpo and work will bo rushed. v Tho train service menus oponlng a splendid earning pround to tho people of Medford this summer. WILL MOVE ON Rebel General Makes Ready to At tack Seaport Is Spurred on by News That United States Troops Are to Occupy Lower California. MEXICALI, Mexico, .March 9, Driven by roports of impending oc cupation of Jowor California byy Uni ted States troops and urgod to ac tivity by tho Los Angolon revolution ary Juntn, tloneral Leyva, command ing tho rebel forces In Mexlcall, an nounced today that unless attackod beforo tomorrow by fedoral troops, reported in tho vicinity, ho would movo on Ensonada. Rebol scouts today roportod that tho federals had withdrawn into JMcacho Pass, nnd rnthor than risk an ongngomont with thorn under geographical dtadvantagos, General Loyva announced his intention of taking his men along tho bordor, at tacking Tin Juana on route. At u meeting lust night llnnoral Loyva, who has boon threatened with being ousted, was glvon on un animous of confidence by his men, Bovernl Americana who havo been tho -chlof agitators against him wero sent out of tho camp, EN ADA 0 NEW HAT FOR MEN IS PERFECTLY LOVELY; BEARS SMALL FEATHER On Left Side of Grey Derby lints Is a Onto Llttlo Feather Chi cago Greets New Creation CHICAGO, 111.. March 9. Perfect ly lovely men's grey derby lmts or namented with tho enlesl feather will bo common sights along State street this spring, according to lend ing Chicago hatters. Tho advance guard of the now fad has arrived and in soveral windows is exciting moro than passing comment. The feather is n regular plume nnd stands up jauntily on the left sido beside u bow-knot thai is effectively hidden by tho hat brim. BOY FACES JAIL FOR WATCH THEFT Bert Cummings, Known Locally as an Amateur Clog Dancer, Arrested in Oregon City at Request of Local Officers for Stealing Gold Watch Bert Cummings, formerly of th'n city and well known to patrons o tho "amateur" night performances at local thoatres as a clog dancer, passed through this city this morning iu tho custody of Constable A. L. Ir win, of Ashland. lie will bo taken beforo Justice of tho Peace Hurt in Ashland this afternoon to answer to tha chai'go of having stolen a gold watch, tho property of Mrs. L Strumph, of this city, on tt6, night of tho fire iu tho Womlor store here Tho boy was arrested yesterday h1 Oregon City by tho polioo thoro on a description furnishod by Chief of Po- Iico J. F. Ililtsou of this city. In tho absence- of Constablo Singlor from this district, tho district nttor. I n oy was forced to turn tho warrant over to Constablo Irwin of Ashland who went to Oregon Cily aftor the prisoner, The alleged theft, which tho boy now odniirs, took place during tho confusion incident upon a fire in the Wonder sloro hero last wook. Mrs. Strumph, who conducts a rooming liouso over tho store, rushed to tho street when the alarm of firo was sounded and, upon ronching tho curb remembored that she had loft her dog iu tho supposedly blazing build ing. Cummings offered to go and get tho dog and, ho told Chief Ilittson this morning, unable to resist the temptation when he paw tho watch lying apparently forgotten, ho took that loo. Ifo turned tho dog over to Mrs. Strumph but kept tho timo pieco. After tho excitement of tho fae was ovor, Mrs. Strumph discovod her loss nnd immediately notified Chief Ilitthou. Sho advertised for a roturn of the watch, which, she said, sho valued highly as it w'as a gift from her mother, IlittKon wus pected Cummings" and hoaring tb.it ho left tho city, traced his baggage to Oregon City. Unless he is able to furnish tho bail required in the .justice- -court iu Ashland, Cummings will be brousht to tho county jail iu Jacksonville (his afternoon to await tho action of the grand jury. That tho boy was tho victim of a sudden impulfio when ho look lite watch, and that ho is not n thief at heart, was tho bolief oxprcscd this morning by tho officers who have brought about tho capture. Cum mings has boon employed in tho city, mid hns at all times borno a good reputation for industry and sobriety TAFT IS SOON TO DECIDE MORSE PLEA WASHINGTON, . C, Maroh. 0.--Prohident Taft announocd today that ho would decide during his pro posed southern trip whothor to par don Hankers Charles W. Morso and John II, W.ulsh. Attorney flonernl Wiekorsham has sent potitiouu for clemency to tho president and sug gested olumouoy. E BADLY NEEDED Prediction Made by Manager Mal bocuf of tho Commercial Club Points to Probability of Shortage of Houses. ' ' . j GREAT INFLUX DUE FROM MIDDLE WEST Advices Received Show That Accrnn- modations in City in House Line Will Be Taxed to Utmost.' Scores of letters received by tho Medford, Commercial club daily, show definite indications of record breaking c6nditiong in tho way of incoming land and investment seck ors in April. This is demonstrated by tho mnny requests for furnishod and unfurnished houses, niid appre hension is expressed" by a largo num ber as to the prospects for their ba ing accommodated. A strong fonluro is thehiqttiry for city values both in tho way of budding lots and resi dences. From all parts of tho Union comes the same story that April will be tho favorite mouth, for westward move ment this year, which means that tho majority of peoplo looking, to the Tloguo River valley will pay little, hoed to the colonist rates which wif expire tho tenth of that month, but, will come at tho regular passenger faros that provaiU throughout tho year. But in addition to this a groat number of homeseekers nnd others will lake advantage- of tho speoiul in ducements offored by tho railroads, and the latter havo foreseen ai; enormous prospective travel which is evidenced by their arrangements for taking care of tho multitude. Pri vate advices from Chicago exprosa the situation thnt Medford and tho Roguo River valley aro moro iu iho public oyo this season than any other western locality. OREGON BOYS WOULD FIGHT Mexican V(ar Scare Threatens to Inundate Militia With Applications for Places in Service Spanish War Men Want More Service. PORTLAND, Or., Morch 9. Tho Mexican wur senre threatens to iu- undnto tho Oregon mililia with ap plications for places in tho service. Richard Dieck, first lieutenant :u the militia, and a Spanish American war veteran, said today that nearly a dozen members of the company with which ho fought during tho wiir with Spain, had either telegruphed to him or had made personal aealls ask ing to bo enrolled iu case war broke out. RUSSIA GETS ' A TURN DOWN Chinese Foreign Board Refuses to Accede to Demand for Trading Privileges on Island of Chinwanto In CM LI Province. PEKING, Mnrcji 0. Tho Chlnoso foreign hoard rofusod today to uo codo to Russia's demand for trad ing privileges on thejslond at Chin wanto, in Chi Li province. It is bu lioved that tho foreign board was ac tuated in its refusal by a resolve that Russiap trade encroachment will not bo countenanced iu China - outsuki Mauchuria. MO HOUSES 'liftoff . 1-- 'j-m&mMti&aairM