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University News Offlco i Medtord MUl Tribune CLEARINGS Hank clearings today wero $iii,i72.H2. WEATHER KnlrMnY. 71. Mill. 23. Menu. I ().r. 11m. ilO.OO. FORTIETH YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1911. JSTo. 305. m, , i ARBITRATION FAVORED BY ! England's Naval Expert States That America and Great Britain Should Combine to Keep the Peace Among All Nations. RACE FOR ARMAMENT THREATENS BANKRUPTCY Early War Only Alternative Ameri ca Should Take Initiative for Peace Pact. LONDON, Mnrch 35. For the first timu in two years Lord Admiral Beresford England's naval expert consented to discuss the relations rl the- United States and Great Britain (By Lord Admiral Bercsford.) Speaking at the Pilgrim's dinner at New York in August, 1901), I de clared in favor of an urhitration treaty between England and the Unit ed States and including all question in dispute. I believed then, and 1 believe now that such a treaty would insure the world's peace and ultimate disarmament. If America and England agreed to use their influence Jo keep the ponce it is hard to conceive any nation attempting war with such mi agree ment. The international i'aco for ar mnmeut will inevitably result in uni versal bankruptcy or early war. There can bo no other outcome. America must take theinitiative England is the world's most vulnera ble nation, because seizure of hor trade routes in the event of wai would cripple hor desperately within a week. To England war Is a matter of life and death, while to other pow ers, it is merely inconvenient. There fore Englnnd must mnintnin the lend in armament at any sacrifice. But America is invulnerable and able to take tho lend in establishing universal arbitration. f unable to establish tho peace principle unaided America could easily succeed with England's co-operation. Wars ol aggrandizement arc easier to prevent than wars where honor is involved, but even tho latter would bo prevent able if tho disputants knew that it would bo made more difficult foi them to fight. For instance, America and Eng land, practically tho controllers of tho world's markets, could make im. po.ssiblo tho conduct of a prolonged struggle by any other two nntions This control, bncked by tho combined fleets of tho two countries, would render war impossible. That is why I want America to take the firts step. I think Kngland would follow. If thendniinibtrutions of tho two nations will not act let the two great Anglo-Saxon families move spontaneously. FOR BRAVE SOLDIERS SAN' DIEGO, Cab, March 15. Typhoid vaccination Is now woll un der way with the soldiers of tho pro visional brigade stationed at San Diego. Not one case in 100,000 has occurred after vaccination, It is de clared. Three applications of tho scrum aro necessary, ton days apart, In order to guarantco good results. Unlike tho vaccine for smallpox, tho typhoid vacclno has no appreciable of feet. It leaves no sores and there is small danger from blood poisoning whero ordinary precautions aro tak en. Officers and men over 45 years of ago are not compelled to submit to tho vaccination, the mattor being optional with them, as they aro con sidorod reasonably safo from the dls oase, Wisconsin Lumber Mill Fire. MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 15. Fire today destroyed the entire stoqk of the M. Hill Lumber company lieu1, foiixiiming JjOOO.OOO feet of lumber The flmnoa for a time threntenoJ Monoiniuoe valley, i manufacturing suburb. Fireman Frank Clark was 4li...u.ft. Trnni a Iti.lilit siwl rimifiliA.I PRO VACCINATION Hi- du-d on the way to (he hospital I RUSSIA THREATENS CHINA WITH WAR IN AN ULTIMATUM ST. PETERSBURG. March "" 15, Unless Chijia shall reply to Russia's mandatory note "" within 10 days the foreign of "" " fice will cens6 negotiations (. 11.4 lllllllVi 111 V'UV.llllV ill "" the war office, according to nf'fif.ml nmintiimnttintif f.wlfiv t "" It is understood that the pro- "" posed military demonstration " " against China will ho pushed "" vigorously. Secret reports in- " dicnto great military prepara- " "" tions in China. Russia's ulti- " matum was handed to the Chi- "" " nese impcrinl council today. "" "" It is reported Hint Japan is " advising China to yield to " ' thn T?iifcminn iloiimiiflu t f44. 4- 4 4 - INSURGENTS GO FORTH TO FIGDT Garrison at Mexicali Slips Out of Town and Heads Toward Picachos Pass Where Battle is Momentarily Expected. MEXICALI, Mexico, March 15. Without divulging their destination, Generals Uerthold and Leyva, with tho greater part of the Insurgent gar rison Ht Mexicali slipped out of town this morning and headed toward Pi cachos PaBS. Tho arrival last night of couriers from tho revolutionary junta Is be lieved to have been responsible, ns preparations to move wore started immediately afterward. Captain McDonald and flfteon men wcro left behind to hold the tranches at Mexicali. Immediately after tho Insurrecto force started, the United States sold iers at Caloxlco began throwing breastworks along the lino, lending an air of mystery to the whole af fair. It was generally believed that a battle near Picachos Pass was ex pected. MANY SAVE COIN IN PAYING TAXES Sheriff's Office Swamped by Taxpay ers Who Save Three Per Cent of Amount Due by Paying Today Have Until the First to Pay Up. Banks throughout tho county and tho sheriff's offlco wero crowded to day by tnx payors eager to save tho three per cent allowed by law for taxes paid beforo tonight. Taxes do not become delinquent until April 1, after which a penalty of 10 per cont attachos. But all who pay before tonight save three por cont. Tho first half of the 1911 taxes aro due now, Tho sheriff's offlco today was crowded. A large number of farm ers called and paid taxes while the telophono was kept busy informing residents throughout tho county the amount due. Only a small number of tax payers havo failed to toko advantage of tho refund for early payment. NEW BASEBALL SUITS ARRIVE Medford Team Will Sport the Apple and the Pear on Uniforms for Coming Year Aro Gray in Color ..Suits Are Natty. The new uniforms of tho Medford basoball toam have arrived and sport the apple and the poar. The uniforms are grey In color and upon the right hroast is a large rod apple while- up on the loft Is a huge yollow pear. The suits are grey in color and are "some nifty." The suit are on exhibition in a local sporting goods store and are at tracting much attention. TESTIMONY OE WOMAN AID TO MCLALLEN Miss Speiclier Testifies in Roseburg Tragedy That Mahan Made First Move After Boasting That He Would Kill His Rival in Love. DEFENDANT ESTABLISHES PLEA OF SELF DEFENSE All Parties Were Divorcees Jury Likely to Clear Accused Man Is Composed of Farmers. nOS13BUIta, Ore., March 15. The testimony of Miss Lillian Spolcher be fore the coroner's jury that B. A. Mahan, who fatally shot by Roy Mc Clallen late Monday night had boast ed that he would kill McClallen is todny considered of vital Importances by District Attorney Brown. Mlss Speiclier Testifies. That Mahan threatened to kill Mc Clnllon becauso ho kept company with Miss Spolchor was the testimony of the woman boforo tho coroner'u Jury. Incidental to her evidence, District Attorney Brown read two letters written by Mahan to Miss Spolcher in which Mahan declared his love for the woman and referred to McClallen in base terniB. Most Important, however, of all points brough out while- Miss Speiclier was on the witness stand was that Mahan, himself, ushered in tho tragedy by moving his right hand toward his hip pocket as If to draw the pistol rest ing there, after McCIellen had warned him not to ndvance further. Replying to n point blank question put by Brown, Miss Spolcher denied that she and Malum wero ever en gaged to be married. "I quit Ma han's employ last November," said tho witness, "when ho returned from Portland and accused mo of wrqng doing. Then ho threatened to kill McCinllon If I kept company with him. I immediately notified Mr. McClollon by note of his danger, and Mr. McClolleu, nftor that, carried a pistol when wo wero together." Kays Malum Made First Move. Bringing her story to bear directly on tho shooting, Miss Spolcher gavo testimony decidedly favorablo to McClollon. After reciting tho 'visit homo with him thnt Mahan stopped to the theater with McClallen, sho said that while Bho was on hor way In front of them at tho placo whero the killing occurred. "Mahan advanced toward us nnd plnced his right hand on his hip pocket, at tho samo time muttering something that I did not under stand," said Miss Spolcher. "Mr. McCIellen pushed me to one side and said to Mahan stop, don't como a stop further.' Mahan did not stop and Mr. Clallen fired nt him. At the first shot I hurried down tho street, dazed, and saw no moro." STOCK MARKET ACTIVE BUT TONE IRREGULAR NEW YORK, March 15. Today's stock market opened nctivo and al though gains wero In the majority, tho tone was irregular. Westlnghouse Electric gained 1 1-. Illinois Central and Canadian Pacific 3-4, Missouri Pacific and Southern Railway 1-2. Amalgamated Copper and Atchison lost 3-8. The market closed strong. Bonds wero steady. SCORES OF FRIENDS AT MISS PICKENS FUNERAL Scores of friends nttendod tho fu neral faervicoi? over tho remains of Miss Dorothy Pickens who was laid nt ret in the Jacksonville cemetery Tuesday afternoon. Simple word of Comfort wero spoken to the sorrow ing renltives and friends by Rov. Bol kuup of the eMthodist church nt tho home, after which the funeral cortOKO made its way through tho valley to the beautiful Jacksonville burying ground. The floral offerings ware vory beautiful ni)d wore sent in grunt pio fusion. The oueket was literally huriod beneath u mass of carnations. - SCORES OF LIVES LOST NEAR REGGIO BY WATERSPOUT HOME, March 15. A wat erspout in tho Strait of Mes sina deluged the const near Ileggio and inflicted enor mous proporty damage and a reported heavy los of Ifie, ac cording to dispatches received here this evening. The greatest damngo was at Ouarnieri, where, it is stated, scores of persons were killed or injured. The collapse of the Ounrniori marble works buried 150 persons in its ruins. MAKES $5 BET ON JAP WAR Gold Hill Prophet Wagers That America and Japan Will Begin Life and Death Struggle by Midnight Friday. , GOLD HILL, March 15. To show good faith in his. assertions of Japanese-American war, II. W. Dlko mnu, Japanese war projihet of tho Gold Hill News, bos mndo a $5 bet with Ralph Darling thnt war will bo declared by midnight Friday between Japan nnd America. For somo tlmo, Mr. Dlkcmnn has predlctod war. Ho has predicted tho capture of Gold Hill nnd in other ways shown himself a faithful fol lower of Hobson. mm talks 10 GRANTS-PASS President of Local Commercial Club Addresses Booster Meeting in Neighboring City and Praises Them for Enterprise. President Colvlg of tho Medford Comorclnl club has returned from a visit in Grants Pass whoro ho appear ed before tho residents of that city gathered in a boostor meeting and addressed thorn on progress. Mr. Colvlg states that the meeting was most enthusiastic and that Grants Pass Is making great strides toward becoming an important city. Tho Judge, in his address, praised thorn for tholr enterprise. "Grants Pass Is waking up nnd is playing real ball," states tho Judge. "Thoy sny they will bo tho important city in Southern Oregon and I told thorn that Medford wolcomod somo real competition for tho placo. The city Is Btrlrrlng itsolf mightily and is coming to tho front." INSURGENT WOUNDED ARE KILLED BY TROOPS EL PASO, Texas, March 15. -Tales of tho cruelty of Diaz's sol diers to tho rebel wounded continue io arrive at tho headquarters hero of tho insurrecto junta. It is report ed that u suspected federal spy cap tured by General Blanco's men and held for examination by Madero said that General Navarro, federal com mander, ordered ut men not to take any prisoners. 4- 4----r - FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD FOUND MURDERED . PORTLAND, Or., March 15. "" Sent by her mother to u "" butchor shop yesterday tho body of little Haibara Ihdtz- 4 " man, aged 8, was found in a room of a lodging house at 107 liussoU street today by Mrs. Bortlia Nelson who runs tho place. She had previous- "" ly rented the room to a man " who appeared to be a laborer. "" "" When Mrs. NeKon threw back "" the oovoringh of the bod this " morning sho found the body of "" the little girl lying in a posi- "" Hon which indicated that sho h'ad died in keenest ugouy. EIGHT BAYS TO MOBILIZE 0 N Length of Time Required to Get Into Action Made Apparent by Arrival of Forces at San Antonio Camping Ground. SUSPENSION OF PERSONAL GUARANTEES TOMORROW Regiments to Be Scattered at Points Along the Rio Grande Maps of Mexico in Demand. SAN ANTONIO, Toxns, Mnrch 15. Eight and a half days after tho order for .tho mobilization of Ameri can troops wns Issued from Wash ington, the first ontlro division wns completed nnd encamped today. Tho arrival of the Ninth Cavalry nnd tho Fourth Field Artillery complotod tho division. Recruits to fill out skele ton companies to tholr full wnr strength are still pouring into tho enmp. Tho suspension of personal guar antees under tho Mexican constitu tion becomes offectivo tomorrow. Tho iusurrcctos havo served notice thnu thoy are ready to bring- reprisals the lustanco the Diaz government en forces tho penalties threatoiiod and which mean vlrtunlly martial law. It Is believed that bloodshod and rlot in In Northern Mexico will follow, and thnt foreign interests may bo endangered. It is roported hero today that Gen oral Carter Is proparlng to movo tho ontlro division for points along the Rio Grando during tho week. Tho may departmont nt Washington, It Is said, hero Is bulsly engaged In pro paring mllitnry mnps of Northorn Mexico. It Is beliovod that tho war department Is preparing to rush rand maps of Northern Moxlco to Gonoral Cartor. The 17th Infantry tpok tho field this afternoon In tho First Regimen tal drill of tho "military manouvors" bore. Makes Final Proof. Dnvld C. Avery of Gold Hill ap peared beforo United States laud com mission Canon Wednesday and niado final proof on his homestead nenr Gold Hill. L NAME CITY ENGINEER TODAY Council Will Meet This Afternoon to Discuss New Appointment No In timation Given as to Identity of New Man. The city council will moot in spu cial session this afternoon for the purpose of confirming tho appoint ment of a city engineer to succeed Harry E. Foster, resigned, Tho mayor wil submit one of two names for an informal discussion in order to determine which is most desirublo to tho councilmen. Other routino mutters will be con sidered by tho council nnd in nil probability theiuorease in salary for Assistant City Troasuror Samuels will bo grunted. Troasuror Jacobs bus recommended thnt Mr. Samuels be paid $100 u mouth instead of $7" us nt prchout. PORTLAND. Or., Mnrch J."i. As sorting that they intended to go to Scuttle "to see a friend 'sail for the orient," 10 Jupnnehe employed by the .Monarch Lumber uoiupnny today quit work and demundod their wages It is roported that Japanese employed in eastern Oregon are (putting their positions uuoMteuutiously nnd leav ing for oitios near the C'Hiindiau bor der. Thoy ascribe no reasons for their sudilsu leave taking, hut dony thut the reuvul press reports eon doming alleged Jnpuuoso nativity in Mexico hits anything to do with llioir actions. w H-TT-f-f-t- - - LOS ANGELES TIMES BUILDING BLOWN UP SAYS CORONER'S JURY 4 LOS ANQKLKS, March 15. After nearly six months' do- "" liberation, tho col-oner's jury "" investigating tho explosion " "" thnt wrecked the Times print- " ' llll Illlllll llllU lllllll1lll1llll llu 111- T t Iwirtj Alnr.i limn HO .fitiiitcnc utr.'. ...... ....... ... , ,l..0.1 V. ' wpi'n nvniiitiiiwl. 'I'lio (Villuif. "" ing verdict was returned: "Tlii Timou liiiililiiirr umiq ilx- ' stroyed nnd n large number " T n( flu. ntmiliivn fciltiwl Kv 1111 ' " explosion followed by fire, suid explosion being caused by " high explosives other thnn il- " lumiunting gas, placed there " hy n party or parties un- " "" known to this jury." 4 4 fm . .--- COL. ROOSEVELT SEESJl PASO Spends Three Hours Whirling About Border Town Is Escorted to Albu querque by Delegation of Formet Rough Riders. EL PASO, Texas, March 15. Leuviug behind him nil questions ol insurrection, Justus, mobilization and army maneuvers, Colonel Theodon Roosevelt loft for Albuquerque to day after a busy three hours whirl "seeing El Paso." "oUosovolt arrived at 7:40 o'clocl this morning and attended a break fast at tho St. Regis hotel, nt whicl. theindividuul pinto was $.'). lie then automobiled through the city nut spoke nt Cleveland square at L o'clock. A delegation of format' rough rid ers escorted tho colonol to Albu querque, attended by 100 of tho ex troopers. Mrs. Hoosoyolt nnd Mist Ethel aro nt Albuquerque nnd wil join tho colonel who will leave foi Arizona lute tonicht. Speaking nt tho breakfast tender ed him nt tho Hotel St. Regis, Col onol RooBovolt referred briefly to the Mexican situation, but made no re ference to tho mobilization of troops ou tho Toxns border. Ho said that United States wanted to sco Moxlco a peaceful and prosperous nation, based on foundations of justlco nnd ludopeudenco. During breakfast Mexican consul Romolln dellovorod to the former president a congrntulatorj message from President Diaz. RAILROADS FINED FOR Illegal Practices Costs New York Central Thirty-five Thousand and Pennsylvania Twenty Thousand Standard Oil Benefited. BUFFALO, N. Y., .March fl.- -The New York Central Railroad com pany was fined .$115,00 todny nnd the Pennsylvania railroad .$'20,000 in the United States district ccuit here, uf tor tho roads had pleaded guilty to ehargos of rebating. Tho case in volved tho Standard Oil company h connection with a shipment of oil four years ago from Oleau, N. Y. to Hollows Fulls, Vermont, The Standard already has been fined .$20, 000 for hiiMug incepted the rebate. BOTTOM FALLS OUT OF The bottom has tulleii nut of biiMi- noHu in (ho police court. During the putit month there has boon nothing whatever stirring in police court cir- olus nnd Mayor Canon in wondering where the. (rouble lies. So peaceful bus been the city thnt only $2.') va oclluetod via the polioo station in February jipd this month gives promise of still emnllur receipts, The few eases thnt have como up have been stale cases. N POLICE COURT BUSINESS AMERICA IS JAP MENACE ON PACIFIC German Strategist Declares Philip pines Threaten Ambitions of Brown Men Who Aro Preparing for an Aggressive War of Conquest. SIXTY THOUSAND VETERANS IN SANDWICH ISLANDS Guam, Samoa and Other American Possessions Scheduled for Seizure. BERLIN, March 15. Count Er nest von Rovoutlow, tho most noted strategist and military writer in Gor mnny, declared today thnt tho "American naval base constructed i.n the Philippines is an intolerable men ace to Jajian. Supremacy in the waters of tho far cast is necessary to tho life of Japan, and, realizing this, her statesmen are planning to striko soon." Count von Itevontlow furnished tho United Press todny with ndvnnce proofs of his carefully prepared es say on Japanese-American relations. The summing up of his argument is aa follows; laps Plan for War. "It is not denied, even, by tho skoptical, that Japan is preparing for an aggressive war with tho Unit od States. Tho main object of tho Hussiuu wnr wns not tho'unuoxntiou of territory, but to prevent tho per manent occupation by Russia of Korea, Kwau Tung and Port Arthur, "Leading Jupnncsc statesmen .are convinced that Japan ns n great power cannot exist unless she id nn vally supremo hi the Pncific. She must continue to command tho Chi nese market. America is her rival there nnd I ho Panama canal has for ono of its main objects tho conquest of Chinese markets and tho creation of a shorter route of commuuicution between the American Atlantic ports and the const of China. St'l.nro of IhIiuiiIs. "Tho Japanese conquest plans pro vide for the seizure of tho Philip pines, Hawaii, the United States pos sessions in Samoa and the island of Oiiiuii. Thus Japan would create a pormnucnt and uuultorublo udvuii Ingo for herself. Tho most powerful American Heel conceivable would be helpless in such un immense urea of operation ns tho Pacific ocean with out ndvnnce buses so thnt capture of those bases by Japan would render that country undisputed mistress of Hie Pacific." "There can be no doubt but that 'apnn Is now in a poHttion to boIzo these iHlunds, becauso either thoy aro unfortified or Insufficiently fortified, mid tho sufficient protection of tho American fleet la Impossible, Tho sudden seizure of theso islands is neither Impossible for Improbable, It must bo remembered that tho tinio Is rapidly approaching whon Japan will bo compelled to defond hor political and commercial condition under less favorable circumstances, and so that ronson operates In favor of tho ear liest possible seizure of America's Pacific possessions. Thnt Amorlcnn officials rcallzo this is shown by their fovorlsh haste to fortify the Panama Canal, Seek Naval llase. "A significant sldo light on Japun'tf attitude toward tho uso of the Phili ppines us a naval bnso Is afforded by tho fact that a lurge floating dry dock, convoyed to Olougapo under difficulties dovolopod a leak In n most Inoxpllciblu manner and sank. This and many circumstances kept quiet show that Japan Is almost ready to deprive tho United States of her naval baso boforo tho American fleet grows to such an extent that Its sup eriority over tho Jnpnnoso navy would bo overwhelming." Want Parcels Post. SACRAMENTO, Cnl., Miuoh 15. Tho California Stato Iletnil Hardware asoointiou, which opened its tenth annual convention lioro today, is fighting tho pasugo of the parcels post clause in tho proposed now pos tal law. United States Senator Per kins was asked to fight tho proposed law. $