UW.rsUY M "" Medford Tribune WEATHER Fair today. FORTIETH YEAR. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. MEDEORD, OREGON", SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1911. IN THREE SECTIONS No. 308. MAIL FIRST i SECTION H ARMY READY FOR WAR AT ANY SEASON Admitted That Object of tho Work of the General Staff is to Be Pre pared for Any Emergency at Short Notice. ADDITIONAL TROOPS SEAT TO ISLANDS IN PACIFIC Two Batallions of Artillery for Pearl Harbor Supplies for Phillippines. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18. Absolute rendiness for war, siu.'h as this country lias never before known, was admitted tonight, the immediate object of the work of the general staff of tho army, which today was shown to extend to the strengthening of the island forces in tho Pacific. Heavy orders were placed today for food supplies and ammunition, to be transported is soon as possible to the Philippines and Hawaiian islands, which will be strengthened immediately by addit ional troops. All movements point toward a pre paredness to face a possible attack from the Japanese, which culminative evidence- this week indicates, despite official denials, may follow as swift developments apparently impending the invasion of Mexico. The war department today official ly announced that two battalions of tho Second Infantry, from Fort Thomas, Kentncky,a7o now en ruote to San Francisco, whence they will sail for Honolulu next Tuesday to strengthen the defenses of Hnwali The third battalou of the Second Regiment, which is now at Fort Hus sell will sail for llonlulu in Juno.' That the defenses of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii aro insufficiently manned at present wns- admitted by artillery officers. It was stated that in all probability the war department would soon issue orders for the dispatch of additional nrtillery companies to the islands. "The move to increase the forces in Hawaii comes at a time when it is regarded as particularly significant," That tho defenses of Pearl Har bor in Hawaii are iiiMiffioncently manned at present was admitted by artillery officers. It was stated that in all probability the war de partment would soon issuo orders for tho dispatch of additional artil lery companies to tiio islands. "The move to increase the forces in Hawaii comes at a time when it is regardod as particularly signifi cant," said one officer, "However at the time General Harry relinquished command of tho department of Cali fornia in which Hawaii is included the war department decided to make a separate department of Hawaii and establish a brigade there. The pres ent movement of troops is in line with that plan. Thoro has been no unusual transfer of troops to the Philippines." The tip is prevalent that 12,000 men would bo sent to Hawaii within n few months. The second infantry received public orders to proceed io tho Toxas mobilization. That tho were to rush to San Francisco by n round nbout course was not revealed. The Fifth Cavalry will leave next week for Honolulu on the Transport Crook. This would make a nominal brigade in Hawaii. Tho departure of Colonel John A. Kiddle, artillery chief of tho depart ment of California, for Honolouiu last week is believed to have been in connection with fortifications .it Peail Harbor. It was rumored that nre artillery at tho island fortross nl roady has begun the work of mining tho harbor. COTTON KING SULLY SUES FOR DAMAGES WASHINGTON, I). C, March 18. 7 Alleging a conspiracy existed Io injure his name and reputation, Daniel J. Sully, the "cotton king," this nttemoun filed suit against Julia Hays Hammond, Hammond's son Harris and five other cotton men of Ainerien and England for $1,500,000 damages. PACIFIC ISLES OUR ONLY LOSS General Miles Says Japan Could Easily Capture Isolated Provinces But Success Would End There Further Aggression Not Effective WASHINGTON, D. C, March 18. That Jnpan could easily tako posses sion of tho Pacific Islands, under the existing conditions was the opinion of General Miles, U. S. A., retired. Discussing Count von Iteventlow'a artlclo given to the United Press, General Miles declared ho believed there would be no war with Japan. "But," ho added, "you novor can tell. There Is no earthly reason why Japan should go to war with America. However, If they should clash, the Pacific Islands would quickly suc cumb to the attack. In three or four weeks the United States could put 3,000,000 men, properly equipped and well officered, Into the field. This Is sufficient argument that Japanese aggression beyond tho islands would not bo effective." WOMAN HAS NARROW ESCAPE Man Shooting at Target Comes Near Hitting Woman Is Arrested for Discharging Fire Arm Within City Limits Has Confab Willi Brooks. Considerable excitement was caus ed on West Eleventh street Saturday morning, when Mrs. ZIpps was nar rowly missed by tho bullet from a revolver fired by John Cavaslan, a Swiss, who waB target shooting. A report to tho police brought tho of ficers, who placed tho Indiscreet man under arrest charged with discharg ing firearms within the city limits. Cavasln was practicing with his re volver and evidently did not notice Mrs. KIpps. Tho ballot narrowly missed her head. When tho offender was placed In the city Jail he had a great tlmo con versing with B. S. Brooks, held for Insanity, who Is a fellow country man. From appearances, thoy had an oxclted Italian backed off tho boards In point of gesticulation dur ing the heated parts of their confab. SAYS THIS CITY T OF ALL Frank Walters Returns After Exten sive Tour and States That Med ford is the Queen City of Them all Many Tour Australia. Frank Waltors, tenor, who is well know in Medford theater goerse is again in tho city after being -absent tor tho past eighteen months and is glad to get back to what he terms "God's own country." Since Mr. Walters left Medford he has traveled on cloven different thentrocila circuits and .has covered fifteen stnaes. Not in not a single instance did he find a town tliut equals Medford. "Medford boats them all," states Mr. Walters. "Never did I see its equal although I visited hundreds of oities nnd covered fifteen states. Hero is a loud that U indeed for tunate in point of climate, citizenship and natural resources. ROOSEVELT DEDICATES BIG IRRiGATIAN DAM PHOENIX, Ariz., March 18. Oreetod by thousands of admirers who linod the streets for block around the railroad fetation, Colonel Tlioodore Roosevelt arrived here to day on route to the town of Kon volt, where he will dedioate tho dam bearing his name. Tho journey from Grand (.'nnjuu was without incident. TEN THOUSAND L E Eastern Ohio and Pittsburg Districts Affected Workmen Remove Tools and Will Not Return to Work Until Tascarawa Strike is Settled. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND WAGES ARE LOST WEEKLY Board Votes the Expense of a Million Dollars if Necessary to Carry on Strike. WHEELING, W. Va., March IS. Obeying the ordors of National Pres ident Lewis, 10,000 miners tonight In eastern Ohio and Pittsburg dis tricts removed tools from the coal mines and will noto return to work until tho mine- operators of Tusca rawa fields, settle the strike started a year ago, when the companies re pudiated tho Cincinnati agreement and closed tho mines. Many strikers, not sympathizing with tho strike, haven't a grievance, but aro loyal to the union. Some op erators threaten to close tho mines and not recognize the unions here after. Tho strike was called by tho na tional minors' board because tho op erators here filled ordors for their Tuscarawa mines with coal mined here. Tho miners lost $200,000 In wages weekly. The board votod to expend a million dollars If necessary to car ry on tho strike. "HELL0"C0'S.SJSS ONEJNOTHER Griffen Creek Lines In Spirited Meet ingEach Charge the Other With Bad Faith But Matter is Being Adjusted. Tho Griffin Creek Telephone com panies, known as Co. No. 1 and Co. No. 2, met in spirited mooting at the Griffon Creek schoolhouso last Thursday night. Tho fanners of tho latter company charged Co, No. 1 with not fulfilling Its coritract with them, Four years ago Co. No. 1 of fered to build and keep In repair tho tolephono lino of Co. No. 1 for the feo of ?2 a year por phono. (Tho duos paid by Company No. 2 havo provon Insufficient to meet tho ex penses of keeping tho lines of Com pany No. 2 In repair by a wldo mar gin, but the pioneer company has continued to fulfill its end of tho contract without protest until tho last few months. Then, discouraged by Inability to find n lineman willing to tako the position, both lines of Company No. 1 and Company No. 2 havo been allowed to remain out of commission for long Intervals of tlmo. Tho-meetlng at tho schoolhouso do volopod Into a very warm ono. Polk Hull, president of Company No. 2, called the meeting to order, had Sec rotary It. n. Wilson read tho contract and then requested an explanation from tho members of Company No. 1, who had ventured to tho mooting, charging thorn with, breaking con tract. Counter charges were mado by W. J. McFcrson and J. WIlRon of Company No, 1, claiming that Com pany No. 2 were delinquent In tholr dues. Declaring further that tho present arrangement was unsatisfac tory, as it had been a source of ox penso to his company and had not brought efficient service to olthor, Mr. Wilson proposod that Company No. 2 buy a half intorost In tho polos and other apparatus and becomo Jointly responsible for tholr upkoop. Prealdont Polk Hull of Company No. 1, howovor, rofusod to consider tho offer, saying that his company wbh well ploasod with the bargain that thoy had mado and would bo satis fled with nothing olso than a strict compllauco with tho contract on tho part of Company No. 1, Upon tho condition that the telophono wires A MINERS N REBELS HANG FEDERAL SPIES Garrison at Mcxicali Executes Two Mexicans Supposed to Be Implicat edCaptured Near Border Line and Arc Shot. MEXICALI, Mex., March IS. Un der cover of darkness, tho firing squad of the rebel gprrlson hero at midnight executed two Mexicans sup poseu to bo reueral spies, It was learned today. The men were stood up against tho .stone wnll of the old Superfacto Mansion nnd shot, Their bodies woro left lying where they fell until at daylight a detail picked them up and burled them In the field across tho way. Ono man was Fellp Rlos. The other's namo is unknown. Tho two woro cantured bv rebel ouvfiosts near tho border abovo Mexi can. Papers rolatlvo to a shlpmont of arms to tho federalists In Mexico wero found on Rlos. POLICE RAID HOBOES' CAMP Evidence Found Showing Where Med ford Chickens Have Been Going- Camp Broken Up and Mean Told to Hit the Ties. Tho local police forco Saturday raided tho hoboes' camp on Dear creek and after destroying tho rough domiciles of th eweary Willies ran tho men out of town. No less than a dozen knights' bf tho road woro given hurry up orders and hit tho ties. From tho great quantity of feath ers found in the camp it Is believed that the hoboes aro responsible for the chickens which havo been miss ing from Medford rooBts during tho past week, which has been a subject of dally comment. VEHICLES MUST KEEPJO RIGHT City Authorities to Draw New Or dinance to Regulate Traffic on Main Street in Order to Prevent Danger to Residents. In order to reduce tho possibility of accidents on Main street the city dads will in the near future draw an ordinance to supplant the present ono which covers automobiles only which will provide that penalties for failure to observe- the rules of the road at all times. Every vehicle must keep on the right side of the street and must make corners on tho outside i nordor to prevent colisioiiH. Tho drafting of tho new ordinance will be in keeping with the ordors of the chief of police to the patrolmen Friday to see that all rules of the road wero enforced. PAINTER FALLS AND BREAKS THREE RIBS P. J. Halley, a painter, whlfo work ing on the rosldenco of A. M. Wood ford late Friday afternoon, fell and fractured three ribs. Tho Injured man was at once moved to tho hospi tal and givon modlcal attention. Mr. Halloy was at work near tho eaves when tho laddor on which ho was a.t work slipped and hurled him to tho ground. Ho fell heavily and was Borlously Injured. bo placodlurthor apart on thTTpbloB, President Hull, howover,, generous ly proposed that lilu company pay an additional 50 ronts to tholr yoarly duos of $2. The members of tho lino voted favorably. Tho mooting closed with a promise on tho part of tho mombors of Company No. 1 to keop tho lino In better shapo horeaftor. IS President Taft Hints at His Under standing of Situation Which He Cannot Discuss Motives Causing Mobilization Important. ADMINISTRATION INDIFFERENT TO TENOR OF CRITICISM Secret Information Sufficient Warrant all That Has Been Done 40,000 Troops to AUGUSTA, On., March 18. In formation was allowed to drift out of President Tuft's eveeutive hcud quarters that the president would consider invasion of Mexico as equi valent to u declaration of wn.r. It is believed that the president i" preparing to send an early spoei.il message to congress dealing with tin iuteruatioual situation and the army and navy mobilization. It is ex plained that at present, owing to in teuational considerations, the presi dent cannot discuss the situation, but everyone about the president freely admits that the motive which caused the moblization wns most important. Every action of President Taft and his advisers shows that tho admin istration is poneetiy intiuorcnt mi all criticism owing to the massing of troops and warships and it is confidently asserted that tho BPcrot information possessed by the gov nrnmentw ill, when tho lima comes, bo shofn as quito sufficient to vnr raut nil that has. boon done. Today, at tho end of nearly two weeks since the country wn& started by the ordering of some '10,00(1 United States troops t othc Mexican border and various cruisers and smaller navy crafts to San Diego harbor, the mystory of tho move is nearly ii deep here as ever. The cruisers hue been kept in readiness as far as pos sible for active service, considoriuir the lack of coal. President Taft in'dicnted today that ho would urge tho sonato nt the approaching special session of con gress to immediately ratify tho Anglo-American arbitration treaty. This would preclude tho possibility of England aiding Japan in tho event of a Japanese-American war. The president regards tho notifica tion as most important, and plans to have the senate consider it while tho house is formulating plans for tariff revision. Tho treaty would bo tho most radical peace plan ever adopted, ns it would include clausos for the ar bitration of all questions at dispute, including those in which tho na tional honor is involved. MEDFORD'S FIRST Dr. E. P. Geary of Portland is Pleas ed With Progress Made by City i Signed Application for First Water Supply for This City. Dr. H. P. fleary, now u well known physician and surgeon of Portland, but formerly mayor of Medford viait ed his old home for a fow hours lot week. Called to the bed hide of his old friend, Dr. Van Dyko of Grants Pass who has been vory flick with puemoiiia, he took tlic opportunity of coming to Mudtord nnd driving out to tho farm on Griffin Creok which ho has owned for ever 20 yours. Dr. Gonry, who is ono of ihe Rogue Kivor Calloy'g most o nthusinstio boosters among the business nnd pro fessional men of Portland was very much pleiiM-d with the improvements which were taking idnoo in Medford i and the siirronndinjf country. Ho said that ono had to go to Port laud to fully appreciate tho Iloguo INVASION EQUIVALENT TO MA N WA MR S Kivor Vnllov ft thoro it was the mont'0"1' cnVttBBOr. "i or a praisod and talked of fruit diatriotl ro,roonttIvo who oan lloIn 'ou to in tho northwost. matorlalko your business venturol OAVE MOFFATT S SIIDOFNiy Lindsicy's "Beast in the Jungle," Multl-Millionairc Traction Magnate and Railroad Promoter Dead in New York City of Heart Disease. DENVER, Col., March 18. Dav Id Motfatt, tho niultl-mllllonalro of tho Motfatt railroad, died oarly to day in Now York. William Q. Evans, a Denver traction official and a rela tive of Moffatt, tolographed Fred Moffatt, tho financier's sou, that his father died at tho Hotel Ilelmont In New York nt 11 o'clock this morning of heart trouble Moffatt's health had been poor for soveral weoks. Ho went to Now York In Decombor. NEW YORK, March 18. Tho death of David II. Moffatt, million aire railway man of Denver, who was stricken today with heart failure, was sudden. Motfatt had boon suffering from a chill sluco ytesrda). $300,000 TAXES PAID IN WEEK Huge Amount is Collected Gain in Total Amount Over Year Ago is Great Jones Says All Are Pay inn Up Well. Tho tax paying rush in over in the county sheriff's offieo and tho forco is catching its' breath after ono of tho most strenuous Weeks ill its history. Over $300,000 was col lected last wc.ck. The tax list shows a big' increase over last year ngo. This your the total amount of taxes to bo paid is !jir1.7,:J7-.-lO or $118,0M.!!1 greater t linn the year before. COUNTY JAIL IS OVERCROWDED More Prisoners arc Confined at Pres ent Than at Any Previous Time in the History of the County Say Of ficials. There aro moro prisoners confined In tho county Jail than over before In the history of Jackson county, nnd county officials aro In hopes that tho coming session of the grand Jury will result In tho disposal of a largo num ber of thorn. Tho Jail Is crowded'and It Is found oxtromoly difficult to keep the Institution In a sanitary condi tion. Records of tho county for years back do not show u tlmo when as many prisoners wero confined ns at present. Sheriff Jones Is worried I for fear a fow moro may bo sont ovor, In which case ho says ho does not know where ho will put them. I Tho county officials are Insisting ' upon tho personal cleanliness of tho 1 men la order to keep them healthy, ! In spite of crowded conditions. GOULD BANDED LEMON TO ROCKEFELLER BUNCH IIALTIMOKK, Md, March 18. A prominent ot'liciul of tho Western Maryland Railroad, who has been in conference with Gcorgo J. Gould for tho last few days, doolared today that Gould eoinplotoly foolod tho Kuhn, I.ooh-Itoukofollor combination into believing that ho had turned ov er (lie control of tho Missouri Paeifio to thoio iulorouts. He said that no les than seven director elected woro alightod with tho Gould inter ests and vonturod the opinion that Georuu Gould would ho ru-olootod prosidcui of tho .Mitouri Puoifiu, A want ad campaign will find an WORK IS SOON TO START ON POWER PLANT Contracts for Machinery of New Plant Near Prospect on Rogue River Are Let and Work Will Fol low In the Near Future. SO CALL FOR BIDS FOR MOVING MUCH FREIGHT Over 750 Tons of Equipment Must Be Moved From Medford to Pros pect 800 Horse Power. With all of the contracts for tho equipment of tho now power plant at Prospect, which Is to cost $800,000, let, tho Rogue River Electric com pany Is propnrlng to got an early start on tho oroctlon of tho plant and this fall will soo a part of tho plant, If not tho greater part of It, In oper ation. ,. During tho past wcolc tho company has contracted for tho machinery, which Is to bo Installed In tho new plant. This machinery consists of a hugo powor wheel and threo genera tors, which aro capablo of producing 80000 horso powor and which will supply nil tho power needs of tho vnlley. Tho present plant at Gold Ray will bo used for auxiliary pur poses only. Some Idea of tho Immensity of tho undertaking can be gained from tho fnct that tho electric company will In the near futuro call for bids for tho moving of 1, COO, 000 pounds of freight from Medford to Prospect. This Is approximately 750 tons and Includes (ho machinery and supplies nocessary for tho erection of tho pow or hotiso. The plant Is to bo so constructed that it will bo nu easy matter to add to Its production of power by the In stallation of additional machinery. Tho natural fall of tho river makes this possible at a small expense jt PINING ELK TO BROUGHT Local Men Plan to Bring Eastern Anthered Beauties to Medford and Free Them In the Hills of South ern Oregon. j A number of Wyoming Elks aro to bo brought to Jackson county nnd liberated In tho hills about tho val ley, If tho plans of a numbor of local men do not miscarry. A largo sum of money has been subscribed to pay freight charges, and V. J. Emerlclc has agreed to go eust and bring tho elk to tho valloy. It Is planned to nllow tho oik to roam about tho foothills and event ually multiply In southern Oregon. As thoy aro protected by law, It Is thought that In a fow years thoy will become numerous. Charles Guy Is tho father of tho plan. ( CHINA CONCEDES ALL OE RUSSIA'S ST PETERSBURG, March IS. DIspuUliPs from Poking today say that tho Chiuooo foreign board hus delivered to Mlntstor Korostovltz Chi na's reply to Russia's noto which pruetlcaly grants all tho Russian do mauds on tho Mongollo and 111 prov inces. Tho answer will glvo Russia a vir tual monopoly of tho trade of Mon golia and Slnktang, WASHINGTON, D. C, March 18. In response to representations io tho Mexican authorities nt Ciudml Porfirio Diaz, Henry Whittle, nu Ainorieau uowspnpor man charged with having participated in the re volution, will bo relonsod at onco. This information was rccoivod by tho stnto department today. H. V& (3w A' -hi