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DOINGS OFTHE WEEK Current Events o( Interest Gatherei From the World at Large. G e n e ra l R e su m e o f Im p o rta n t Events P re s e n te d In C o n d e n se d F o r m f o r O u r B u s y R e a d e rs . M ilwaukee Socialists will spend $1,- 000,000 for an imm ense public park. R ussia th rea te n s to invade China im m ediately unless the la tte r adheres more closely to her treaty. A renew al o f the express d riv e rs’ strik e in New York City is causing much trouble and bloodshed. The U nited S ta te s Suprem e court has upheld the corporation tax, and P resident T a ft is m uch pleased. A W ashington legislator b e t his w ig again st $20 th a t a certain bill would not pass. He lost the wig. A large force of rebels threaten in g Ju a rez is led by O scar G. C reighton, an Am erican and a H a rvard g ra d u ate Nevada leg islatu re has agreed th a t the woman suffrage question shall be voted on a t the general election in 1913. An e x tra session o f the W ashington legislature may be called in an effort to save w hat roads have already been built. It is believed th a t the personal rig h ts g u a ran tee of the Mexican gov ernm ent to its citizens will be w ith drawn. The naval patrol of the Mexican coast has been recalled, ow ing to the p rotests of Secretary Lim antour, of Mexico. T hree new spaperm en from San Diego, Cal., are lost in Mexico, w here they w ent on a news g ath erin g expedi tion in an autom obile. They are in the haunts o f the rebels and may have been captured. Storm s are causing serious floods and w ashouts in California. C orporations suffered all-around de fe a t in the S e a ttle elections. Senator L orim er defends reciprocity but condemns talk of annexation of Canada. M inister Creel says there is no oc casion for any nation to in te rfe re in Mexican affairs. Ruef has arrived a t San Quentin and in p riso n e r’s g arb and shaven head became convict No. 24,911. Salem, O r., showed the g re a te st per centage of gain in population of any sta te capital in the U nited States. Adm iral Cone says oil will soon re place coal as fuel for the navy. The governor of Idaho has ordered all property assessed a t its full value. D E D IC A T E B IQ DAM. S a lt R iv e r P r o je c t in A riz o n a fo r O p e n in g . R e ad y Chicago- The U nited S ta te s Rec lam ation service in its work of supply ing m oisture to arid lands has given the world five of its larg est dams. It was q u ite appropriate th a t one of the larg e st of these, a p a rt of the S alt R iver project in Arizona, should be called the Roosevelt dam, in honor of the man who, as president, signed the act th a t made its construction possi ble. Col. Roosevelt, in connection w ith his v isit to Phoenix this spring, will form ally dedicate the dam named in his honor. In this connection it is in te re stin g to note th a t the N ineteenth N ational Irrigation congress, a t which it is expected Col. Roosevelt will be one of the principal speakers a t Chi cago, Dec. 5 to 9, has for its president Hon. B. A. Fowler, o f Phoneix, A ri zona, who for many years was presi dent o f the S alt R iver Valley W ater U sers’ association. T his immense dam, requiring over four y e a rs’ work and costing in the neighborhood of $3,500,000, is 280 feet high, length of base 235 feet, and top 1,080 feet. The dam is higher than the Flatiron building of New York C ity, and would hide the capitol a t W ashington to the dome. Two four-in-hands could pass on the top. Most o f the wall rests on stones big enough for a team and wagon to stand on and w eighing sixteen tons each. The lake formed by the dam extends back in the valley tw enty m iles and holds enough w ater to flood 2,000 square m iles a foot deep. The re claim ed land will m ake 25,000 farm s, each large enough to support a t least five people, m aking homes for fully 125,000 Am ericans. Each acre it is estim ated will yield yearly crops val ued a t $50 to $125. C O R N ELL LO SES ON T u itio n STUD EN TS C o s ts $ 1 3 .7 0 M o re P a id B y E a c h . Than Ithaca, N. Y .- Each student a t Cor nell unversity is costing the in s titu tion $13.70 more than he is puttin g back into the treasu ry by his tuition, according to a sta te m en t prepared by officials. T here are more than 4,000 regularly enrolled undergraduates in the uni versity, so the loss is a considerable item . The figures w ere reached by e stim a tin g th a t th ere were 8.6 stu dents to ever m em ber of the institu tio n staff. S tu d e n ts’ average tuition paid in was $1,070 for each group, and the average salary of a teacher is $1,188, or a difference of $118 for 8.6 stu dents. These figuers do not include the cost of adm inistration, but re fe r to instruction only. The sta te m en t gives the present value o f the u niversity property, buildings and grounds as $4,613,438.- 48, and of equipm ent $1,994,512.71. S tation colleges are valued a t $471,- 797. The total productive funds are $8,687,274.05. The income is $1,- 687,299.26, and w p m w are $1,625,- 395.85. D O G I S T . F . R Y A N ’S G T A R D . A m in iste r a t Elgin, 111., sta te d be fore a m ass m eeting th a t the “ in te r e s ts ” spent $625,000 to keep Lorim er in his se a t in the senate. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Busch, the m illionaire brew er, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary a t P asa dena, Cal., receiving over $500,000 w orth of presents. PO RTLA N D M A RKETS. W heat — T rack p rices: Bluestem , 81a82c: club, 78c; red Russian, 76c; valley, 80c; 40-fold, 79c. B arley— Feed, $23 per ton brew ing, nominal. M illstuffs -Bran, $20a21 per ton; m iddlings, $27a28; shorts, $21a22; rolled barley, $26.50a26.50. Com — W hole, $28; cracked, $29 ton. O ats— No. 1 w hite, $27a27.50 ton. H ay — T rack prices: Tim othy, E astern Oregon, No. 1, $20a21 |>er to n ; m ixed, $16a20; alfalfa, $11.50a 12; g ra in hay, $13al4.50; clover, $ l la l 2 . V egetables — C arrots, 90ca$l per hundred; parsni|m , $1; turnips, 90ca $1; beets, $1.25; cabbage, $1.50; garlic, 10al2c per pound; hothouse le t tuce, 50a75c per box; pum pkins, 2c per pound; sprouts, 9c. Green F ru its— Pears, $1.50al.75 per box; cranberries, $13.50 per barrel. A p p les- Fancy, $2a2.75; choice, $1 a2; common, 50ca$l. Potatoes — Oregon, buying price., $1 .25al.50 per hundred. Onion»- Buying price, $2.25 per hundred. Poultry—L iv e: Hens, 20c; springs, 19|a20c; ducks, 20a23c; geese, 12a 12Jc; dressed turkeys, choice, 23a25c. E gg»--O regon ranch, 20a21c |>er dozen. B u tter—C ity cream ery, ex tras, 1 and 2-pound prints, in boxes, 31c per pound; less than boxes, cartons and delivery ex tra. I* P o rk - Fancy, lO fta llc p e r pound. Veal— Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 12J a l3 c per pound. H ops--1910 crop, 18c; 1909 crop, 12al2}c; contracts, 15c. Wool E astern Oregon, 12al8c; val ley, 17al9c; m ohair, choice, 30c. C a ttle —Prim e steers, $6.75a7; good to choice, $6.50a6.75; fa ir to good, $6 .25a6.50; common, $4 a5 .; choice to prim e cows, $5.25a5.75; good to choice, $4.75a5; common, $2a4; choice spayed heifers, $5.25a5.50; good to choice, heifers, $5a5.25; choice balls. $4.50a4.75; fa ir to good fa t bulls, $3.75a4; common, $3a3.50; choice lig h t calves, $7.75a8; fa ir to good, $7a7.50; choice heavy calves, $5.25a5.50; fa ir to medium, $4.75a5; choice stag s, $5.50a6; fa ir to good, $4a5. Hog»- -Choice, $8.50a8.75; good to choice, $8.25a8.50; poor, $7a7.50. Sheep - Choice yearling w ethers, g rain fed, $4.50a4.85; old w ethers, $4a4.25; choice ewes, g rain fed, $3.50 ■4; fa ir to m edium , grain fed. $2.75a 8.25; choice lam bs, grain fed, $5.50a 6.75; good to choice, g rain fed, $5a 6.50; fa ir to good, $4.50a5.50; poor lam bs, $2.50a3.50. Hay fed sheep and lam bs 60c lower than g rain fed. Savage W o lf- H o u n d 1» N e w M illio n a ire ’s C o m p a n io n , Y o rk INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TOE STATE S E T T L IN G N EW COUNTRY. L o o n L a k e D is tric t O ffe r s F in e p o rtu n itie s to D airym e n . C LO SED Op R ic h LA N D . C o q u ille R iv e r B o tto m U s e d fo r D airyin g . to Be Coquille— S. H. McAdams is con stru c tin g a machine which will be used in the clearing of the bottom land on the Coquille river. I t can hardly be called a stum p puller, al though it has many points of a ma chine of th a t nature. It consists of a boiler and engine m ounted on skids, the engine being equipped w ith a drum and cable sim ilar to logging en gines. The engine is a double cylin der of g re a t power, and the sled or skids are o f m assive construction. Mr. McAdams says the m achine is an experim ent, but th a t he has made a close study of the m a tte r of clearing the bottom land of the Coquille val ley, and believes he has the proper kind of a machine for the work. As y e t he has no contracts for clear ing, but when the plan is tried out if it proves successful he will have but little trouble in securing plenty of work. The machine will be ready for operation early this month. Consider able in te re st is being shown in the plan by those who have willow bottom land in this neighborhood. U M A T IL L A T O NOT M AD E. M a s t e r F is h W a rd e n R e p o rts C o lu m b ia T rib u ta rie s O v e rlo o k e d . Marshfield — Loon Lake, a d istric t ju st over the line of Coos county and in Douglas county, and located be tween Coos Bay and D rain, is to have a sawm ill in addition to o ther im provem ents which are being made. The d istric t was for years isolated, w ithout any outlet but a tra il. Re cently a wagon road was built from Loon Lake to Alleghany, and the re sult is th a t a num ber of farm ers are going there to settle. J. McDonald, a m em ber of the logging firm of McDon ald & Vaughan, will build this spring a mill a t Loon Lake. I t will cut about 12,000 fe et a day, and will supply the ranchers and se ttle rs with lum ber for building. The only struc tu res in the d istric t now are built of shakes. T here is about 4,000 acres of fine bottom land, which is a ttra c tin g the atten tio n of the dairym en, now th a t the d istric t has an outlet. Be sides, an auto line is to be run from Drain to Coos Bay, through the Loon Lake country, this sum m er, and there is to be some road building which will require lumber. In the locality there is some 50,000,- 000 fe et of m yrtle, maple and other hard woods, and this will be handled by Mr. McDonald in his mill if he can find a m arket for th a t class of lum ber sufficient to pay him to haul i t out. E N G IN E T O C L E A R SEASO N BE O PEN ED . S e c r e t a r y o f In te rio r W il^ P la c e T r a c t s fo r H o m e ste a d E n try . W ashington—The secretary of the interior has issued notice to the effect th a t lands in the fourth u n it of the U m atilla irrig atio n project in Oregon, will be open to hom estead en try on and a fte r March 22, 1911, and th at w a ter will be furnished to these lands during the coming season. W ater rig h t applications may also be made for lands w ithin this u n it heretofore entered and for lands in priv ate own ership. The fourth un it contains 6,053 acres of irrigable land, of which 2,763 acres are public. Building charge of $60 per acre is payable in not more than ten annual installm ents, each paym ent not less than $6 per acre ex cept in case of lands h e rea fte r entered when first installm ent shall be $12 per acre and subsequent installm ents $6 per acre. New York — A ferocious looking w olf hound, pow erfully built and alert, has been installed in Thom as F. R yan’s home a t 858 F ifth avenue. The hound looks more like a real w olf than iike a dog. Every tim e Ryan rides In one of his autos the hound sits next to the chauffeur and looks to be ready for any emergency. R yan’s auto was in fro n t of his home Sunday when the chauffeur came out of the basem ent w ith the dog. From the anim al’s collar ran a heavy steel chain and a lea th er strap. The chauffeur held on w ith both hands. He was dragged by the hound tow ard the auto. The dog jum ped to a seat. The d riv er fastened the strap to a bar. “ W hat kind of a dog is th a t? ” ask ed a reporter. “ A genuine wolf d og,’’ replied the N e w T e le p h o n e L in e , chauffeur. Vale—Through the g ra n tin g of a “ And he belongs to Mr. R y an ?" franchise by the city council last even “ He surely d o es." No a tte m p t was m ade to interview ing Vale is to have a second telephone system w ithin 60 days. The franchise the wolf hound. was g rantd to H. S. Jackson, a new arrival in the city, whose petition was R e b e l T r o o p s C u t T o P ie c e s . signed by 118 of the business men and Mexico City, March 14. A body of residents of the city. The new com 120 insurrectos w as cut to pieces by pany is to be incorporated w ithin the rurales a t San B artolito Puebla y e ste r next few days and Mr. Johnson states day, according to reports reaching th a t work will begin a t once in this here. More than 50 were killed, 11 city. The object of the new system is seriously wounded and 27 captured. to bring all of the independent lines As the rurales have adopted the revo w ithin the county into the county seat, lu tio n ists’ tactics o f am bushing th e ir while a t present O ntario is the main enem ies, none of th e ir num ber w ere central telephone station. killed and only a few wounded. Colo The M alheur Home Telephone com nel G uerrero, in command, upon lea rn pany, which has been o perating lines ing th a t the rebels w ere m arching to in Vale and vicinity for the past sev atta ck the m unicipality of N ativitas, eral years, is connected w ith the Bell sent 100 of his men to engage them. long distance telephone lines, but does not connect w ith the independent lines F e a r s are F e lt fo r D am . of the county, and it is generally be M exicali, March 14. C aptain W il lieved th a t independent telephone con liam Stanley left the insurgent camp nections w ith every p a rt of the county tonight w ith 40 men on a tour to ac will benefit Vale to a g re a te r extent complish the destruction o f every on account of the help in securing th in g betw een here and Algondones. much of the trade th a t is now going to He took dynam ite w ith him, w ith the O ntario.. announced intention to blow up the railroad tracks, but fe a r is expressed A rte s ia n W e lls A ttra c t H o m e s te a d e rs on the Am erican side th a t the new Lakeview The discovery of three Colorado river dam may be in danger. flowing wells in one of the valleys of The insurrectos disclaim any evil de Lake county a t depths of 90, 122 and signs on the Am erican works. They 165 feet, has caused a rush of settlers declare th a t they will fight any of from the nearby K lam ath and Modoc C ardoza's men they find in the vicinity counties to the new lands and there will be m any thousands of acres of Q u a k e J a r s M t. V e su viu s. these taken in the next week or two. N aples A severe earthquake, ac One day th ere w ere over 1,700 acres companied by strong detonations from filed upon by the men th a t drilled the Mount Vesuvius, occurred here Mon wells and th e ir friends. The discov day evening. Investigation showed ery m eans much to m any of the se t th a t a g re a t landslide had dropped tlers, as it elim inates much fe ar on from the upper p a rt o f the crater. It th eir p art regarding the rainfall. is estim ated th a t it m easured 1,000 by 250 fe e t and when it fell it caused F a r m B rin g s $ 9 0 .0 0 0 . enormous clouds of smoke. The fun Fendleton — John Bahr, a wealthy icular railw ay was badly damaged. U m atilla county farm er, has disposed A p a rty of to u rists w ere about to a s of his 920-acre w heat ranch near this cend when the shock occurred. ity for $90,000, m aking one of the m ost im portant real e state deals ever A m e ric a n s F ly in Ja p a n . consum m ated in this county. Barm»y Osaka. Ja p a n “ B ud" Mars and Anderson, a local farm er, is the pur C aptain T. S. Baldwin, the Am erican chaser. The land is used exclusively aviators, m ade three successful flights for grow ing w heat, and for th is pur here in the presence of 400,000 spec pose is regarded as one o f the beat tato rs. Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni, farm s in the country. Bahr recently grandson of the em peror, was present. purchased a fine home near Lents. Salem — M aster Fish W arden C lan ton has subm itted his m onthly report, show ing receipts o f $112.50 and dis bursem ents, or accounts presented for paym ent, am ounting to $1,353.52. He calls a tte n tio n to the fact th a t the leg isla tu re failed to enact a closed season for Columbia riv er trib u ta rie s, and th a t the closed season on the Co lum bia riv er extends from March 1, noon, to May 1, noon, while on the W illam ette riv er and its trib u ta rie s, north o f the falls a t Oregon C ity, the season does not close until noon March 15 and opens again a t noon A pril 15. No closed season, w hatever, he says, e x ists on the other trib u ta rie s o f the Colum bia riv er in th is sta te , w est of its confluence w ith th e Deschutes river. He m entions the fact th a t the launch A storia, which was dam aged by fire, has been placed in first class con dition for the closed season on the Columbia. J. D. M itchell, of P o rt land, w ill act as engineer on the launch and will be under the super vision o f Deputy W arden R athbun. The launch Oregon P atrol, it is re p o rt ed, has also been overhauled and placed in w orking order for the closed season. This will be m anned by W ater Bailiff Gor and E ngineer F. N. Sw eet, both of A storia. FO RESTRY BO ARD F O R M IN G . G o v e r n o r W e s t A s k s F iv e B o d ie s to S e le s t M e m b e rs . Salem —Governor W est has w ritte n to the Oregon S ta te Grange, Oregon F o rest F ire association, Oregon Wool- gro w ers’ association, Oregon & W ash ington L um berm en’s association and the U nited S ta te s F orest service, call ing a tte n tio n to the law passed a t the last leg isla tu re providing for the a p pointm ent of a sta te board of forestry, which will have charge of the expend itu re and of an appropriation of $60,- 000 to be used in fighting fires. “ You will note th a t the law pro vides th a t the governor shall appoint as a m em ber of the board someone recommended by y o u ," he says. “ In order th a t the board may be chosen and organization perfected a t an early date I would ask th a t you kindly tak e the steps necessary to obtain from your body a full and free expression as to its choice." G RA N TS PA SS C R O P G REAT. F r u it In s p e c to r S a y s Y ie ld B ig T h is Y e a r . W ill Be G rants P a ss- The f ru it crop of this section o f Rogue R iver valley will be among the big yields, according to J. F. Burke, county fru it inspector who has finished inspecting th e valley. L ast season he exam ined 150,000 fru it trees in this county. These fig ures do not cover the e n tire field, and a conservative e stim a te places the num ber of acres a t 3,000. Commercial pears took the lead in the variety of fru it se t out in 1910. Mr. Burke says the g re a te s t danger to commercial orchards is found in the backyard fru it trees in towns. They are hard to spray, ow ing to the nooks and com ers of the prem ises, and are often neglected for th a t reason. The present stag e of all the orchards is som ewhat backw ard, ow ing to the cool w eather. $ 1 9 4 ,0 0 0 T a x e s f o r M a lh e u r. Vale — The assessm ent roll o f Mal heur county was turned over to Sheriff K erfoot the first o f the month and shows th a t $194,000 is to be collected in taxes in this county th is year. Of th a t amount $35,000 is for the road fund, $92,210 for the sta te , county and school tax, and $23,200 for special city taxes. Of the special c ity taxes, the city of Vale w ith its levy of 20 m ills, will secure $9,200; O ntario w ith its tax levy of 12 m ills will se cure $9,120; and N yssa, w ith a levy o f 14 mills, $4,800. G ra n g e a t E lk to n , O r . E lkton E lkton grange has been o r ganized by S ta te D eputy Cyrus H. W alker w ith a good c h a rte r list. The officers a re : M aster, J . E. Row; overseer, J. J. H enderson; lecturer, E. D. T raylor; chaplain, T. N. G rubbe; stew ard, W. M. H am pton; assistan t stew ard, M innie M. T raylor; secretary, F annie H enderer; tre a su r er, John K ent; g a te keeper, E. E. McClay; Ceres, A nnie G rubbe; Po mona, N ettie H enderer; Flora, Maud McClay; lady a ssista n t stew ard Lela T raylor. Douglas now has 12 granges. R u ra l D e liv e ry fro m A th e n a , A thena P o stm aster H. O. W orth ington has ju st inform ed the patrons of his office th a t he has taken up the m a tte r of rural free delivery w ith the departm ent a t W ashington and th a t they have g ran ted the rural serv ice, which will begin Ju ly 1, 1911. The d istric t th a t will be taken in by this route will extend north of town to the Link S w aggart farm and on the N orthw est it will include the homes along Alkali flat and G erking flat. E n g in e e r M o v e » to A sy lu m S it e , Pendleton—C aptain C harles A. M ur phy, engineer for the branch asylum , has moved into a residence on the branch asylum site. W ith his home on the grounds C aptain Murphy will supervise work on the lands purchased by the sta te and perform o th er du ties under the instructions of the sta te board. He will have charge o f the work of laying the w a te r m ain from the city lim its to the branch asylum grounds. C o n t r a c t L e t fo r A s h la n d S c h o o l. Ashland -T h e Ashland school board aw arded the contract for the building of a new high school to Snook & T ra ver, of Salem, O r., th a t firm being the lowest of six bidders. The bids on the general contract work ran from $63,000 to $75,000. M E X IC O D IA Z I S IS G R A T E F U L . REA SSU RED . W e lc o m e A m e ric a n T r o o p s — N o F a v o rs to r Ja p a n . T a ft E x p la in s — H e H a s N o th in g F e a r F r o m M a n e u v e rs . Mexico C ity, March 11. — Foreign M inister Creel has asked Francisco de la B arra, Mexican am bassador at W ashington, to extend to President T a ft his thanks for the la tte r ’s friend ly a ttitu d e and for the explanation he sen t to P resident Diaz relativ e to the m obilization of A m erican troops. “ Mexico could not expect anything else from a country which has shown herself to be such a friend during so m any years and th a t so efficiently has aided in her economic developm ent," Mr. Creel says in his telegram to Mr. de la B arra, adding, “ the words of the president will no doubt tranquilize Mexican o pinion." In another m essage o f the am bassador to M inister Creel regarding a conference he had w ith P resident T aft yesterday, he says: “ President T a ft w arm ly eulogized P resident Diaz and added th a t the Am erican governm ent would try to aid, w ithin proper lim its, the cause of peace and order in M exico; th a t it could not be indifferent, as much on account of Mexico being a neighbor as because o f A m erican capital invested in Mexico. He ended by saying the U nited S ta te s was determ ined to ful fill its international duties, among which was the m aintenance of the sovereignity of other countries, es pecially in dealing w ith Mexico, w ith whom it hail such friendly re la tio n s ." T h at Mexico has g ran ted to Japan no concession for the m aintenance of a naval statio n and no p rivileges on the Tehuantepec railw ay a re s ta te m ents which Mr. Creel th is afternoon authorized Mr. de la B arra to m ake. The increasing rum or in the U nited S tates th a t Mexico had entered into an agreem ent w ith Ja p a n w hereby the la tte r w as to be perm itted to use cer tain ports along the coast of Lower C alifornia and be g ranted special priv ileges for the tran sp o rta tio n o f sup plies over the Isthm ian railroad, caused Mr. de la B arra to send to the foreign office today a request th a t he be perm itted to m ake a definite s ta te m ent regarding the charges. It advises the governm ent to make such changes in the personnel of public officials as are necessary to allay pop u lar disapproval and to do it a t once, w ithout fe a r o f offending any one, re gardless o f his political standing. “ Intervention would not m ean w hat it did in Cuba, Honduras or N icaragua — a m ilita ry diverson easily re aliz e d ," says El Tiempo, “ and w ithout any lam entable result. It would m ean a genuine w ar w ith Mexico, though our fro n tie r m ight be occupied, our ports blockaded, our com m unication w ith the re st of the world cut o ff." El Tiempo suggests th a t in te rn a tional w ar m ight follow intervention, and sarcastically ventures the opinion th a t the A m ericans would find it “ bad for b u sin ess," the E nglish words be ing used. The m obilization o f troops is characterized as the command “ a t te n tio n ," and a w arning to Mexico to re-establish quickly the peace of the country. Mexico City. March 9 .— S e ttin g a t rest all rum ors th a t the U nited S ta te s ia p reparing for intervention in Mex ico. P resident T a ft today sen t to P res ident Diaz a telegram in which he says the m ilitary m aneuvers being con ducted along the fro n tie r in Texas have no significance which should cause concern to Mexico. The m essage was tran sm itte d to the d ep artm ent of foreign relations by F red M. Doering, charge d 'a ffaires of the Am erican embassy. Follow ing ia the te x t: “ 1 have the honor to advise your ex cellency th a t I am in receipt of in structions from my governm ent d irec t ing me to inform his excellency, P res ident Diaz, through the medium of your excellency, th at the president of the U nited S ta te s w ishes to express the hope th a t no m isapprehensions will result from unfounded and sensational new spaper conjectures as to the m ili tary m aneuvers about to take place in T exas and elsew here, and to give P resident Diaz assurance th a t the m aneuvers have no significance th a t should cause concern to the friendly neighbors of the U nited S ta te s to the S o u th .” A calm and dispassionate view of the m obilization appears to have been taken here by the Mexicans. No e x citem ent followed the appearance of the news. D ailies in Spanish as well as the Am erican m orning new spapers give much space to the details of the m ovem ent. In some quarters, nevertheless, the explanation given out a t the W hite House as to the significance of Presi dent T a f t’s order was viewed w ith skepticism . This was p articularly tru e as re la tin g to Am erican residents in the city, m any of whom profess to see in it the first step in a move to w ard intervention. U. S. Army to Look Alter Foreign Affairs in Mexico. E n g la n d and G e rm a n y W a n t T h e ir In te re s ts in M e x ic o P r o t e c t e d — T a f t T a k e s A ctio n . W ashington, March 8.- The m ost extensive m ovem ent of troops and w ar vessels ev er executed in this country in tim e of peace is now under way by order of the president, the objective being the country north of the Mex ican boundary and the w aters of the two oceans a t e ith e r end of it. T w enty thousand soldiers — more than one-fourth of the arm y of the U nited S ta te s of all arm s o f the service are m oving tow ard the Mex ican border. Four arm ored cruisers com prising the fifth division of the A tlantic fleet, have been ordered from N orthern w aters to the naval station at G uantanam o, Cuba. Most of the Pa cific Meet is, or shortly will be, on its way to assem ble a t San Pedro and San Diego, Cal., and 2,000 m arines are pre paring to m ake the G uantanam o sta tion th e ir tem porary headquarters. It was officially announced a t the W hite House and a t the W ar and Navy d epartm ents th a t the purpose of this g re a t m obilization, unprecedented save in w ar tim es, is the train in g o f officers and men under service conditions and practice in co-operation betw een the land and naval forces. O ther pains were taken by all officially concerned in the m a tte r to give this color to the sudden a ctiv itie s; but these s ta te m ents w ere accepted w ith increasing reserve. The executive offices were steeped in m y ste ry ; the e n tire m orn ing was given over to conference w ith officers of the W ar and N avy d e p art m ents. This thick atm osphere of m ystery, and the efforts to m inim ize the im portance of the business, lent a sig nificance to the fa ct th a t M ajor Gen eral Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the arm y, in an effort to elude in te r view ers, slipped out of one of the rear windows of the presid en t's office and beat a re tre a t through the secluded portions of the W hite House grounds to a re a r entrance of the W ar d e p art m ent. The real significance o f this activity, which has been confined apparently to ' the last 48 hours or less, is thought to re la te very directly to conditions in Mexico, and to the grow ing belief th a t the situ atio n th ere is by no means as satisfacto ry as the Mexican govern m ent would have it believed. There are p e rsisten t reports th a t the physi cal condition of P resident Diaz has lately become such as to alarm his ad herents and th a t momentous develop m ents a re to be prepared for. One re p o rt c u rre n t here today was th a t the Pearson syndicate, heavily interested in e n terprises in N orthern Mexico, had appealed to the B ritish governm ent for adequate protection of M E N A R E K E P T IN N A V Y . its own and o th er foreign in te rests in preparation for the chaotic conditions G o v e rn m e n t E x e r c is e s P riv ile g e of th a t would alm ost certainly follow any W a r C o n d itio n s . serious loss of prestige, to say nothing S e a ttle.— An agreem ent in the en of the collapse of the Diaz govern listm ent contract which the govern m ent. m ent has the au th o rity to enforce in S IR E IM P E R S O N A T E S S O N . tim e of w ar, requiring men to rem ain in the service a y e ar a f te r th e ir en listm ent has exipred, has been invoked H e T a k e s C iv il S e r v ic e J o b B o y W o n . a t the Brem erton navy yard. Orders B o th A re A rre s te d . w ere received from W ashington not to San Francisco - Because he took a discharge any enlisted men on the ex position in the postoflice here which piration o f the four-year term , but his son had won by com petitive civil hold them in the sevrice until fu rth er service exam ination, George J. Reg- orders. ley S r., w as arrested on an indictm ent O rders have been issued to re cru it charging him w ith conspiracy to de ing p arties to use every effort to per fraud the U nited S ta te s governm m ent. suade civilians to enlist, especially in R egley’s son, George J . J r ., w as a r the M arine corps, which is adapted to rested on the same charge. service on land or sea. The son passed the exam ination A t no tim e since the Spanish-A m er- some tim e ago and was placed on the ican w ar has the governm ent invoked eligible list. When a position became its rig h t to hold men in service longer vacant, his fa th e r appeared a t the than the length of the re g u la r e n list postoffice to claim the place. The m ent. E nlistm ents in the navy and fa th e r filed a bond and assumed the M arine corps are for four years, w ith duties o f the position before it was a proviso th a t it m ay be extended to discovered th a t he was im personating five*years in case o f em ergency. Men his son. held m ore than four y e ars receive a bonus. B ill L e a d s to A rre s t. A la s k a n C ity B u r n s . Juneau, A laska, March 11.—W ith the tem p eratu re below zero the c iti zens of Douglas C ity, on an island across the bay from Juneau, are fight ing a fierce fire th a t sprang up last night, and a t daybreak th reaten ed to com pletely wipe out the city. There are more than 4,000 people in the city, 2,000 being employed in the famous Treadw ell gold m ines. A high wind was raging across the channel and no help can be sent from th is city until the storm abates. All o f the mines w ere closed down today. Sacram ento A fte r listen in g spell bound to the discussion and hearing the assem bly pass a bill abolishing capital punishm ent, Joseph W. Coon ey, w anted as the m urderer of his cousin, w alked over to the senate cham ber and gave him self up to Sena to r Thomas Finn, who is also sheriff of San Francisco city and county. “ I ’m Joe Cooney and they w ant me, T om ,” he said when the senator ap peared. “ All rig h t,” replied Finn, “ come a lo n g .” The two le ft the sen a te cham ber w ithout a ttra c tin g notice. M a n y S e e k in g B e n e fits. A rm y to G e t T w o B ip la n e s . Los Angeles -A ccording to L ieuten ant J. C. W alker, who to g eth e r w ith L ieutenants E llison and Beck, has been receiving instructions a t San Diego in the operation o f aeroplanes, the U nited S ta te s governm ent closed a contract today w ith Glenn C u rtiss for two biplanes to be used for scouting along the W estern Mexican boundary during the present m obilization of troops. L ieutenant W alker said th a t the plan was to work under the direc tion of General Bliss and cover about 200 m iles of the international line. D ick in s o n P o in ts W a y . A tlanta, G a.—S peaking before the Southern Commercial congress here. Secretary o f W ar Dickinson said th at he hoped to see a soltution o f the ne gro problem through the voluntary de p a rtu re o f the younger generation of colored people to a new country which they would govern them selves, under the protection of the U nited States. He adm itted th a t the tim e w as not yet ripe for such a move, p a rtly because of the South’s labor problem . W ashington — R elatives dependent on those who lost th e ir lives in the forest fires which sw ept the W est last sum m er will receive the $15,- 000 appropriation m ade by the last congress for th e ir relief, as soon as the officers of the d ep artm ent of a g ri culture and forest service can form u late plans for its distribution. A num ber of claim s already have reached the departm ent. A date will be fixed lim itin g the tim e in which such claim s can be filed and will be given consid eration. S 3 0 .0 0 0 is B o y 's P ro fit. New Y ork—W. J. Ronan. a tele phone boy in the office of Ja m es R. Keene, m ade $30,000 in a W all stre e t speculation, according to his testim ony in the bankruptcy proceedings of Lathrop, H askins & Co., one of the stock exchange firms caught in the collapse of the Hocking pool. C redi tors are endeavoring to show th a t Mr. Keene was responsible for the failure o f the pool and th a t young Ronan turned his knowledge to good account. In c o m e T a x D is a p p ro v e d . D E F E A T S IT S E L F . In te rn a l D is te n tio n B r e a k s cialist C o lo n y. Up So M exicali, March 9.— W ithout the firing of a hostile gun, the arm y of liberation, which was to have e stab lished a socialistic republic in Lower C alifornia, w ith this little ham let of adobe houses as the capital, has been beaten. It encompassed its own de feat. W hen the Federáis come, in all probability, they will find nobody to fight. Dissension, ram pant for more than a week, reached the crisis today. In the face of the enemy, which is ex pected to strik e a blow any hour, a handful of insurrectos m anning the rifle p its again voted a lack of confidence in the leaders, Leyva and Berthold. John K. T urner, the w riter, said to be close to the revolutionary ju n ta in Los A ngeles, declared them both outlaw s and asserted the ju n ta would w ith draw all support if they did not obey th e m andate of the men and step down. In sp ite of this, L eyva and Berthold rem ain defiant, standing p at on the coup they worked th ree days ago when they regained power from C aptain Stanley. R E B E L S A IM E D A T IS B E L I E F . In s u rre c to Ju n t a H o ld s D iaz and “ In te re s ts ” A s k e d fo r T ro o p s . Lons A geles, March 9.—T h at the m assing of U nited S ta te s troops along the Mexican border is a spectacular a tte m p t a t intim id atin g the revolu tionists, is the belief of the officials of the revolutionary ju n ta here. P resi dent Ricardo Magon, of the ju n ta , m ade the follow ing sta te m en t today: “ The very fact th a t no com plaint has come from Diaz or his cabinet concerning a m ovem ent th a t could easily be construed as a hostile action is evidence to us th a t the U nited S ta te s and Diaz are in accord and th a t the rushing of Am erican troops to the border follows an appeal to th is gov ernm ent by Diaz and the moneyed in te re sts of Mexico to lend them as much m aterial support as possible. “ We do not believe the U nited S ta te s will m ake the m istake of a ct ually sending troops across the border, b u t will a tte m p t by this show of force to frig h ten the revolutionists into abandoning active operations, which they never will do.” In te rve n tio n is P re d ic te d . Mexico C ity, March 9. — The an nouncem ent th a t Am erican troops would be concentrated on the Mexican fro n tie r created no noticeable excite m ent among M exicans today. The new spapers printed the news fully, but w ithout extended editorial com m ent. The official explanation a t W ashington th a t only ordinary m aneu vers are contem plated is accepted by prom inent M exicans as sufficient, but the public is skeptical and the move is regarded by some as the first move of A m erican intervention. D iaz in G o o d H e a lth . Mexico C ity, March 9. — General Diaz received Adm iral L ajorte and m em bers of his staff a t 5 o'clock today in the N ational Palace. A t 8 o ’clock tonight he was in conference in his town residence w ith the governor of G uanajuato. In reply to a <^uery from Barcelona today regarding the tru th o f rum ors which had reached there, Colonel Porfirio Diaz J r. cabled th a t his fa th e r was in excellent health. The president passed the m orning in his office in the N ational Palace and walked in Chapultepec grounds. W o m a n to G u id e H o ra a a . Los Angeles, March 9.— E questrien nes and fem inine w hips in large num bers will add considerable in te re st to the Pasadena Polo club's show a t T ournam ent Park, Pasadena, March 16 and 17. E n tries closed today. The fem inine horse fanciers will be included am ong the en tries th is year in larg e r num bers than ever before, while not a few will drive or ride th e ir fav o rite stock for the ribbons and trophies. G o rm a n s H a v e N o t A p p e ale d . R e b e ls F ig h t W it h D ynam ite. S alt Lake C ity —The Federal income tax m em orial to congress w as killed by the sta te house o f representatives, 33 to 10. The senate ha» adopted it unanim ously. A house m em orial in opposition to the C anadian reciprocity tre a ty w as lost in the »enate. ARM Y to El Paso, T ex.— Mail advices from Torreon say th a t Am erican Consular A gent C arothers has received official advices of severe fighting a t T apia, Durango, in which dynam ite was used. The rebels le ft the c ity a fte r m any had been killed on both sidea, and then destroyed the w a ter works. Berlin, March 9.— No requests for the protection of Germ an in te rests have been received from the legation or consulates in Mexico. In an au th o rita tiv e q u a rte r the opinion was expressed today th a t it was natural for the U nited S tates, as a neighbor ing sta te , to tak e precautionary m eas ures on the Mexican frontier.