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Jnlversity UiW QfUtt j Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS I WEATHER Clear Mux. 80, Mln. .15, Menu 57.5; ltnr. .10. Hank clearings today were $(, io.ou. FORTIETH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1911. No. 1. MOBILIZATION FORCES JAPANESE TO ABROGATE SECRET TREATY WITH DIAZ AMBASSADOR ASSIES TAFT T "War and Game" Explained Japanese Mexico Had Framed Secret Treaty Whereby Nippon was to Have Coaling Station in Mexico. JAPANESE NOW RECOGNIZES FORCE OF MONROE DOCTRINE United States Learned of Secret Treaty and Immediately Took Steps to Stop Move. WASHINGTON, I). C, Muroh 23. -Sweeping assurances thai Japan will withdraw entirely from Mexico and 1 hereafter will take no- part in Mexiean affairs, it is said hero today in dip lomat iu circles, were given yesterday to President Taft at his conference with Haron Uchida, the mikado's inn bnssador to the United States. Dispatches received today from Mexico City confirm this. They fetato that, as a consequence of the Ameri can naval nnd military mobilization, a secret .Japanese-Mexican alliance hu been abrogated. I.a(c Treaty Is Secret. Tim only acknowledged treaty ex isting between Japan and Mexico is a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation, ratified in 181)1. The ne gotiations of April, 1010, "ever have boon made public. Ambassador de la Burru, of Mexico denied that any seorct treaty existed. It is definitely known that Pi-om-dout Taft and Ambassador Uchida agreed upon what statement of the cmbroglio was to be made public and. iialurallq, each announced friendli noft for the other' country. Trained in April. In spite of this parade of attach ment, it has been learned that a se cret Japanese treaty-Mexican treaty (ho existence of which officials of both nations publicly denied, wa I rained lt April by a .pecial Japa nese agent and that the United Static luib since that time been watching the couive of events with increasing dis pleasure. Under this agreement Japan prac tically controlled the isthmus of To hmintepoo and all the ports of wet em Mexico below Gunyma-.. Final! 10 days ago, tho Pacific Mail Steam feliip company, loalizing the futility a nuinpoting with tho Japancso on tin cont of Mexico, announced its with drnwul of fchip from Salina Cruz 4 the terminus of the Tehunntopo. Alliums railway. Open Door to Juwn. ' The secret Japuneso agrocmont, it jg said by diplomats who are behind tliA iflduoe, relntod oniony io um. HUoiM and through them, opened tha door of Mexico to Japan. lln uuct 'w ieH that it could uil have beon made the btuu, for a stronger -' Th,B w"b whnt, United State feared, audit was his ro.peet which induced l're-idei t Taft to smash all precedent and ol der the inobUiwtioii which blocked JanftnV solium. ,, The movement of the troop these diplomat say, w umUZ Pident I)i that no trifling w. to Monroe doctrine would be permit te . and were al a notification to Japan Africa wa- wakc to the Mt., Son ad ul1 "T Myt T Jression an affront of the most ser- lout nature. ....... leadly Show .Moans .Mm..,M Officials familiar with the facts .a Zivid into believing that mere dip- Y- Jrnliiie. represented the loamtw fomalU.e. ret true situation. A hu,b " 'p was reeenujr i,.ri,uiese ideut Taft to investigate the Japanese Mtuuliuii there, said todu : .'v.... mnv ure. Prudent Tail . ... ,t he feareti war ..& Tnsn. If he - . would be "fill vtir .. . ' 1. Anil:i",or JAPSWILLQUI tlllllt PRISONERS HODT i JUDGE, UPPER After Being Repeatedly Warned Members of the Camorra on Trial in Italy Suffer Severe Beating for Hissing at Decisions of Judge. QUEEN OF THE CAMORRA GIVES HER TESTIMONY Thirty Caged Camorrists Applaud Man When He Denies All Knowl edge of Crime. VITEUBO, Italy, March 23. After being repeatedly warned by Judge Hinnehi that IC they did not stop ex pressing their Ideas of tho trial and stories of tho various witnesses by giving vent to hisses 'and cat calls, that ho would have them horsewhip ped. 13 members of tho Camorra on trial hero wero today dragged from their steel cago In tho courtroom, strung up by their wrists and glvon 100 lashes each. Thoroughly sub dued, the trial Is now proceeding In a more decorous manner. Tho po lice authorities have placed a guard about the homo of tho Judge nnd giv en him a bodyguard, as It Is feared chat he will bo assassinated by mem- j bore of the Camorra not yet nppro iicndcd. Firm denial of tho governments charges that tho Camorrlst assassins of the Cuocuolos washed their blood stained hands In her homo after tho crime, was made horo today by Maria Stenardo, known as "Queen of tho Camorra," when she took tho stnnd today In tho trial of tho alleged mur derers In progress hero. Examined by Judgo nlanchl, the Stenardo woman denied that she had bribed witnesses to testify In favor of the Camorrists and denounced tho carbiniers for offering, as sho said, $12 to her for every witness she could get for tho prosecution. Fernnnilino do Matteo, who is chargod with having lured Cuocuolo and his wife to death, was also ex amined. He -denied any friendship with Nikola Morra, ono of the alleged actual murderers, nnd amid applause from the 30 caged Camorrists, repu diated all knowledge of tho Cuocuolo STANDARD OIL Resorts for First Time in Its History to Public Press to Contradict Statements That It Anticipated Unfavorable Decision. NEW YORK, March 23. Resort ing to the public press, tho Standard Oil company this afternoon broke all Its traditions of secrecy when It In sortod a paid advertisement In New York papers denying that It anticipat ed an 'unfavorable .decision by tho United States supreme court, and had already porfectod ro-orgauizatlon plans. The ndvortlsomont says: "Tho porslstont reiteration by va rious publications that tho Standard Oil company has prepared to re-or-ganlzo ronders It necessary to state officially and omphatlcally that there is absolutely no truth In such reports. No such plans havo beon made, and no such preparations havo beon un dertaken. All statomonts to tho con trary are untruo and misleading." Flies With Eleven Persons. PAWS. March 23. With 11 ! singers aboard, Meutenaut Broguet broke all records here today by fly in.' three mile in his biplane, lie flaw aeroes theaerodrotne iu four mitviti - 'flu- t"in wiijlit or tuo nor ..plane's passenger wns lflOO EOi CONTEMPT NOW EXPLAINING Mayor Canon's Annual Report to City Council MEDFORD, Or., March 20, 1911. To the members of the city council of the city of Medford, Oregon Gentlemen: Section 14 of tho charter requires tho mayor of the city to make a written report of all tho affairs of the city, and to make such recommendations as ho deems expedient at the last meeting before general election of each year. For a number of yenrs last past this provision of the charter has boon overlooked and tho practice has been established of omitting this report. During tho time that I havo been mayor, the mayor and council have worked In such complete hnr mony, nnd each and every member of tho council hns been so conversant with all of the affairs of tho city and with all of tho plans in contemplation for future: Improvements In the service, that there has boon no real need for such a report and no harm has comejfrom Its omission. There having, however, been n de mand made upon mo that I file such a report. I cheerfully do so at this time. The figures I shall give aro in each case to January first of the current year. During the past year all of tho funds of tho clt'yhnvo beon carofully watched by tho council, and ex penditures so limited as not to' overdraw these fund's. Every fund of the city, except tho strcot and road fund, wns, on Jnnuary first, solvent and contained enough money to carry the running expenses of tho city until' tho tax moneys aro received from M;irch collections. Tho general fund will run very close, but It will not be necessary to protest any wnrrants on Hint fund. There will ho a small shortago In the street nnd road fund, nmountng by tho time tho tax money's aro received to perhaps $2500, but this will not se riously Inconvonlonco tho city or those doing business with It, ns nnplo levy has been made for tho fund during the coming year and tho locnl banks are wllng to carry tho warrants. Durng the current year a large amount of Improvements were Installed, tho cost of which was as sessed on the property benefited. The nssessmonts levied for this purpose during tho last year aggregated more than $300,000. It was necessary either to collect theso assessments as levied in full or to soo that the owners of property assessed signed up under tho Bancroft law and Paid their first Installment of tho nssescmont. This latter mii3t bo done before tho bonds enn bo sold and tho money In this way placed In tho several funds to pay for tho Improvements. The detnlled labor of securing theso signatures from the ownors of thousands of distinct parcels of property, entering them In the proper books and Issuing the necessary bonds, hns Involved an enormous amout of lnbor. Tho city has been oxtraordlnnrlly successful In tho collection of these assessments. Out of n total of more than $30 0,000 assessments levied during tho yenr, there aro at tho present tlmo less than $17, 000. altogether which has not either been paid In full or signed up under the Dancroft law. A charter amendment wns recently adopted providing thnt In case of tho sale of property for delinquent assessments tho monoy paid by tho purchaser shall bo returned by the city In case the sale proves void. With this guaranteo to purchasers I believe thnt It will bo possible to sell all of tho property upon which assessments aro delinquent and realize the full amount of these as sessments In cash. In my judgment, tho city should take steps to make these snlcs. It Is also of tho utmost Importance that tho work of keoplng tho Installments on theso assessments collected as they mature Too much emphasis cannot bo placed upon the Importance of this mnttor. It In volves the credit and even tho solvency of tho entire city. Ily tho end of the current yenr thoro will probably bo outstanding assessments payable In installments of moro thnn half a million dollars. Un less these assessments aro collected promptly as they mature, tho consequences to tho city will be most serious. This Ib a matter In which the city should bo aided by every loyal cltlzon and property owner. Up to this time property ownors have responded with great promptness and willingness, nnd It Is hoped that this spirit will continue. At the snino tlmo tho city will absolutely require efficient help on this work. It Is a mutter which should be constantly watched. If found necessary, a collector should bo oniployoil to go out side of tho office nnd bring tho matter of theso payments to tho property ownors personally. If absolutely necessary, the property on which assessments go delinquent must bo sold, but It will bo far bettor from every standpoint to collect tho money from tho property owner. Tho bonds of tho city authorized at tho recent election should bo Issued at onco, and ho work un dertaken of lowering tho water mains on Enst Main street In ordor thnt tho street mny bo Improved. Some permanent and ndequato plan of disposing of tho garbage of the city must bo made and carried Into offect In the nenr future. The difficulties Involved In this mnttor are serious, but tho solution can not bo delayed much longer. It Is a matter which I command to tho council for careful consideration. The mnttor of bettor lighting of the business section of tho city Is ono thnt calls for Inimodlnto consid eration. Tho property ownors and business men nffected should bo Induced to Install tho necessnry posts and the city should furnish the necessary electrlcnl current for Installing cluster lights along Muln street and along the vnrlous side streets In tho business section. This matter 18 already receiving the consider ation of the council, and It should bo pushed ahead as rapidly as possible. It will be necessary to glvo a detailed statement of tho balance in tho vnrlous Tumls at tho beginning of tho current year, for tho reason thnt tho report of tho treasurer, which Is on file, and which hns already been published, shows this In dotall. In conclusion, I feol warranted In stntlng that the affairs of tho city aro on a stable and safe baBls, and although the amount of Improvement work which hns lieon undertakon by tho city Is onormous, no difficulties need be met If tho affairs of tho city nro conducted on n careful and business-like bnsls and Its records and business kept In a systematical and accurate manner. Tho work o fthe recorder's offlco In In splendid shape, nnd tho recorder Is meeting every requirement of tho sltuntlon, but It Is Importnnt that tho council keep constantly In touch with tho work of that offlco nnd bo ready with niiy suggestions nnd assistance that may bo needed from time to tlmo, in order that tho offlco may bo supplied with nny need ed help to keep tho work In proper shapo. So far ns tho credit nnd flnnnclal standing of tho city Is concerned, the work of this offlco will dur ing tho rfoxt few years bo of vital importance. Respectfully submitted, ... v. IT. CANON, Mayor. To those desiring a moro detailed acocunt regarding tho receipts and expenditures, monoy dorlvod from Inspection fees, miscellaneous llconses, etc., I would gladly refer them to tho city recorder, who will gladly submit copies of tho treasurer's, recorder's, street commissioner's, engineer's, mnyor's court and plumbing inspector's reports for tho past ,,ear. MERCHANTS EXTEND THANKS TO FAMINE GROWS LRU CHINA Plague Is Said to Be Almost Entirely Under Control, Although Thou sands Fell Victims Relief Is Widely Distributed. TACOMA, Wnbh.. Murch 23. -Bringing nows that tho fntnino which has boon devastating contml China nnd the pneumonic plnguo, which has been almost oqtiully destructive in northern China nnd Mnnchtiriii nro abating rapidly, the Japanese steamer from Yakuhaina, arrived in port today. When tho Tueoma .Maru ion mo - , - , . - .. orient on March 7, Captain Yumi.-.! 'b-r I... support of pop- etmotostatestI.elKuowwl.noston.' J-r legi-latiun, mid of oonti- - tirely under control, although thou ; deue u, lus 4dmi...-tn.l.o.. for i-L L I.-.1 faii.M. vw.n,M to tiic Brrym out the will of tho When tho Taeoma Maru loft tho auds hud fallen vietiins to the seourge. Koliuf mslted to l'ekui m ShMglial in the form of Itygo sums of monoy by onble had bowi dlelrfl- . ----- . ...... uti-d to the famine sufferers. I IS BIG SUCCESS Merchants' Asociatlon Holds Annual Session Express Appreciation of Governor's Support of Popular Legislation. ---- "The Morehunts Assooin- tiou of Medford in miiiual " meeting aMombled, herewith ezpres its appreciation of the interest mauifostud by f fl'Memor Oswald Woht in southern Orocon. and unaiii- uously tenders him a vote of ,'T . ..,.nl ' T- "J"" ' jI8 Ml.niml muutintr of tho' Mor- BANQUET ,nUnucd on l'ufo -I.) GOVERNOR WEST CHINA TO BUILD Decides on Naval Reorganization to Be Effected in 1915 Eight First Class Battleships Are to Be Con- structed at Once. TACOMA, Wut.li., Murch 'JX Chinn. has docidud on u naval reor ganization scheme to bo offoclod in lOlfl, according to ndviees brought by tho sloumor Tucouih Hnru which l iu port today. Kight first class bat tleships, 'JO or moro oruisers, 'JO or moro gunboat and two flotillas of torpedo boats ate to bo constructed , """ 1W Tll0 , m01lt , ldnw j ,iui! sad four naval stations established. plans of tho Chiueso govern- iirovido for thu most modorn in wurwhip construction und u- lUHIUUIlt. Until you've found thnt nd that Ib most importnnt to you today, you huve not really rend tho paper. GREATER NV ISLET By PAVING CD. Sewer Connections Arc All Made on West Jackson Grading Outfit to Arrive Tomorrow Teams Busy Hauling Supplies. 140,000 YARDS OF PAVING TO BE LAID IMMEDIATELY Old Contracts Will Keep Contractors Busy Until July I Much New Work. Louis Morolng hns been granted tho sub-contrnct for tho grndliu' of West Jnckson street by tho Clurko Henery Construction company and work will start Mondny. Sowor con nections on tho street will nil havo been made boforo that tlmo. Tho grading machinery will bo horo tomorrow from Sacrnmento and tho work of assembling It will Btart at onco, so that actual work may bo started. During tho pnst weok tho teams of tho company havo been delivering supplies to vnrlous points In tho city. Ono hundred nnd forty thousand squaro yardB of asphalt paving con tracted for last year aro to bo put down this year, In addition to 100, 000 square yards now potltlonod for. Tho company hns much work to bo dono this season ns ninny now con tracts aro to bo let. Tho old con tract, according to Mr. Clnrko, will keep thu company busy until July 1, nnd after that dato no wwork will bo In order. Moro mon nnd oqulpniont will bo used this senson than last nnd tho work will progress moro rapidly. Tho season's work will bo opened on Jackson strcot according To n res olution pasHOd by tbo city council at a recent mooting. This Is ono of tho most Importnnt rcsldcnco strcotB In tho city yet unpaved and wuh ono of tho first last season to petition for pavoinent. Already petitions for '.ho paving of many additional streots havo boon filed with tho city council and a largo number of theso specify nBphalt ns laid by tho Clnrko-llenery people. ARE ORDERED SHOT Citizens of United States Captured by Federals Are Tried hy Drumhead Courtmartial and Ordered Execut ed Ono a Miner. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 23. IfoporU loiichcd hero today that four Americans who wore captured by Mexican fcderul soldieri- iu the recent fighting in Chihuahua have tried by drumltcnd courlinuitinl and ordered shot. Ono of them m suid to bo J. Ilumiltoji Dignowitty, u mi nor nnd cuttle mnii of Chihuahua The identity of tho others bus not boon disclosed. Fred Dignowitty, u cousin of one of the men alleged to be in peril, bbrought tho report of their danger horo today. Ihero has been no con firmation from nny other source us yet, but the leport is generully uc coptcd hero us correct. Relief Expedition Off. SYDNKY, N. S. W.. Maieh 23.-- MritUh relief expedition to quell in uprisiiik of the natives nguiust whites is on its way today to lpori ii, Hunts Maud, hi the New llobridos. The few white men mi the isluud aro itvorwheluiiugly outnumbered. Tho ifftiirs of tho group aro administered by a oommisviou of English and French naval officer), T T Ml IN REGULATION HAS CHECKED MOVE F0ROWNEBSH1P So Declares Annual Report of Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph Com panyState Control is as Far as Would Go in the Matter. GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALSO PROTECT ALL INVESTORS Report Cites Fact That Bell Company is Absorbing Other Companies to Check Dual Systems. . NEW YORK, March 23. That slate control and regulation of pub lic utilities Iiuh effectually killed all sentiment for municipal ownership in the United States is the bunion of tho nnnunl report of tho directors of tho American Telephone nnd Telegraph company, made public horo todny. Stuto control, the report says, is a necessity, but it urges that "gov orniiicntul und state supervision should Htop tit control nnd regula tion, und should not bo used to man ago or operate public utilities, nor to dictate what the management and op eration should bo, beyond requiro meuUJfiir the greatest principle -of economy und efficiency."" The report centinues: "If there is to bo state, control nnd rogululion of publio utility cor porations, there should bo also state protection to a corporation which is striving to sorve tho wholo commu nity. Parts of such a corporation's service must iiecesmirilv ho unprof-' ituble, und it should bo protected from uggressive competition covering only thnt part of its interests which nro profitable. "Government control should pro tect the invostor ns well us the pub lic. , Through n wise and judicious state control nil the advantages and none of tho disadvantages of stuto ownership mny be secured und stnto ownership will be doomed." The directors' report recites tho fact thnt opposition companies nro being merged with tho Bell wherevor it could bo legally done with the pub lic) acquiescence. It declares that tho public is lired of dual telephone ox changes, adding that as fast as con fidence in protection against the real or imaginable evils of mouoHly in creases, opposition to the mergers will decrease. Ah to tho financial condition of the company, the report deolares that in 1010 the gross revenues of tho Bell system were .$105,000,000 which paid dividends of $25,000,000. Tho net revenue of tho American Tele phone und Telegraph company for lust year is given uh $31,033,000, which yielded dividends of .20,70,- 000. VERGE OF WAR Special Guards Are Detailed to Watch Over Braga and His Cabi netArmy is Said to Be Split Into Factions Dissatisfaction Rife. LISBON, Muroh 23. Owing to persistent rumors of nn assassina tion nlot, spooial guards wore de tailed today to wnleli ovor Prcsidont Bragii nnd his cabinot. The army U said to bo split into factions, and dis satisfaction with tho present statu of affairs iH widespread. Money Stolen From Ship. BHKMHHTON, Wash., March 23,- Tho navy yard authorities toduj admitted that thoy enn find no trano of tho $r'J5 stolen from tho safe of of tho battloship Colorado. HI 1 Vv ' i W 7 i s lContiuil on l'J6 t ) "U!lll3.