writ:
Or H-A 9K&
901 srr."'"-
Medford Mail Tribune
K
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Ma. Id; .Mill. IWj I 're, .17.
Itiilti tonight mid Iomioitimv
Fiirty-fuurlb Vr.
Hnllv- Ninth Vriir.
MBDFQItl), QRI'XIOy, KU1DW, .JAXrAKV 8, 191.',.
XO. 248
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FIRST STEPS TO
ITER VALLEY
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MOVNG
A A
L
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BY Ml T CONSTANT NOPLE
Committee Appolnlcil at Mass f.lr.et
lr; Makes Report Petition (or
Creation of District to Oc Sulimlt
tcd to Voir of Land Owners Within
District.
Tit Irftml Owner:
Tim iMMiiinlltotf to initiate mi irri
Itflliini dWlrlot In ilit) Ungnn Itivcr
Vflllcy elected ill lln mum inceliim
hold lit llll public lillllll.V, .McdfiMil,
.S'ovpmltrr Zi, I HI I, miilm lln ful
liiwinK nIiiIchioiiI :
A llif roMili dC iiiiiiiiM'iiim nu'itliiiKM
or t lit (mtiHiiiliT, (In' hniimlnrioii of
Hie riii' itUtiict luivr liriMi fniiu
lllnleil su ii In include, roiijthly
Hnliititr, I tin I pint or Iho Moor nf the
valley lyinjj liMween Itiigtic INvim nml
Tiilfiil, i'XflinliK nil iiM'iiiiiii'iiliil
tiiH'IIK Mil 1 1 I'llil".
TIh llll'lNHI or (III best H'hn Hint
liiiuiiiM lii iiuMiRiirnli' n ciiiinittii lur
Hit1 ciciiIiiiii ir nil irrigatnm illliH'l
lam Itwti mil' which him pushd tin1
cimiiflillt'i', nml In which I'lMi-iilcinlili'
of il time lm Ih'i'ii ili'Milnl. It lm
IIU- (It'llTltlilH'll llMIl tlio 1 1 1 1 mi
An Hi in Iln follnwinu ctier:
"Jnminiy II, I III.'.
"Tn .prM. Cn riM'iilfr, llenkwilh,
Amlcri, Siiiiiiii'i' ii in I I'ciry, tin
committer itppnmted li n inni meet
iiiy orJiiluliiwiM'ii fur Intuiting iibnut
inivitliim in Hip linjjue III or nll',v.
"(Ii'iitlrmru: Cnufiriuiuu nur enn
i'iniii'ii if vi'ii'rliiy, I lii'ir Iwur
tu Miiluiiil the liillewinu: statement nf
tin' Mmilinii mill altitude nf till'
l(uui' Ithor Valley ('uiml emMtny
lnWHiil rwfHt Irrigation development
In twin vllty:
"If tin1 lmnhiwnei In Hit KuKiir
Hivor vuHpj prfr In MtMiro iiriuu
t ion through Hm iimtriiincntulilx ui
mi niiiiiiliiiii district ritllii't- than
tliriiiiitli inilmilinil tinlriii'lo (villi mil
I'luniwiiy, wi will lit tlie In-t in op
iui llii i-uiii-vi1. Our elucl i-mif- n
ii thai tlii In ml iinim -bnuld ln
oniin cniiviiirod nf tin' miIiic nml in -I'i'tiity
of irriyutimi. We do iml on
Inn! Hint (Mir mIiiii in tlu unlv one
Unit iMin lii devised fur irrijiittinu iln
valley, Inil He urn confident llml it
U tin numl ftiwihlo ylem mill llml
wlll'll I III' lllllll tltt'lltM of till Mllll'V
fimillv ili'iiinml litigation wo hull ln
iilili to nftVr llii'in tlii' ln't mill
rliiiiHl v'ii, nf i'i'iniiiK il, no unit.
Ii'r wliKtlii'r tlmt ili'iiiiiiiil i'iiinii
tlirmiKli mi irriiiiilimi ilUtiii'l or liy
wnv nf (tritHli1 cihiIiiii'I.
"An fiirllif!' i'iili'M('n of our cmifi.
ili'in'o in tlii i t'upi'i'l, lliii I'uinpnny
will, il' your I'omniitti'n nii til In in
in mil rule n Miniiiimi Pur mi iiriuii
tioii tli( i ht . uli .Mill I'Vi'ry itit -iini'i-
in it power. It will eonlrilinlo
In ln iici'ioinnry i'iciisiw, it will
linn over to (ln eiMimiilli'e nil iti tee
inil nml miv oilier ilntn wliicli il Ihik;
will pliU'e lit iU ilimiiil its fielil
J'oree mill ollinr eniployou.
''TIiik i'oiiiiiinv iiffirs l mo tin
lieciMiMi it I'i'iilie-i tlmt ii ciunmiKii
for mi iniuntioii iliNtrii'l imit lio ii.
Hcntiiilly n emnimitsu of eiluention iih
In (lie value of ii'iiuiilion.
"'i wili Cnntlier to -lnti Hint il
in iliMlinellv itmlei-Klooil Unit liv m
i'eilinif lliii ol'IVr neither tin' commit
tee, eolleelively, il mi'iiiliers iiuliviil
inilly, nor the iiiinlion ili-liiit, if
foiineil, nre lo lie ilermcil In he iimlei'
the wliuhtext nhliunlioii o tin emn
imn.v. Thin eompnuv will Inl.e it-
ehiiiieeH n' heiny; nhln to eonviiieo the
ovpeit mlviorM wlioni the intention
liMjicI iniiy employ nml the Iniul
iiiwimo llieniHelvi'rt. who will Ihivh Ihe
fiiml;nml coulriilliiii; voicr, llml its
plmi niul irnj,'nlimi Kyuleni mo mle
(pmlo nml (ho heM nvuiliilile. nml llml
hih'Ii propiwilimi Mint il mnv innKo
will mil only he Mm ehenpcxl nml moht
nlhm-liw, Iml Hint it will he rensmi
nhle nml Cnir nml Tree i'rom nnythint;
ri'M'inliliiiu' n hold up.
Preparations Under Way to Transfer
Archives o( State Allies' Fleet
Hanimcrlnii at Dardanelles, While
Victorious Russians Invadinn from
East March Across Carpathians
FRENCH REPOR
T
S NO
LONDON, .Inn. S r'uimtiiiillmiiile,
(emu dril liy tliy alllim iih one of Hie
KieiilONl iirinii of the war mIumiIiI limy
win anil Tnrlto) lie forreil lo kIvii It
up, may lie muimlnneil kkim iih (lie
neat of tlio TuikUli Kovermiient. A
illnpiitrh rioin Sufln. HiilRfirla, kImhi
III orlciimiitaiilliil ilelall mi arcotiut of
uimettteil romlltloiiH nt ('onutiinll-
miile, when Il In mild tlmt Internal
ilUoriliifM, an well an iittacltH from
without aiiaienily are fetireil.
Il In imiM'ili'il Unit iri'iiiriitloiin
Iiiivii liixii miiile In reiiniM' (torn the
illy iiii'IiIm of nl n I e ami tho tieim-
my, nhoiilil ilm neroMHiry urine, ami
llml nl Aililmiopln nrrmiKeineiitN ale
tllliler HA) to tei'elve the Moverillllelil
nlfli llll. All AllKlo-l'relirli fleet l
hmmiierliiK nt the llitrilanullen, whlih,
If iwraeil, w iiulil kIvo iktihih In Coil
mmitliioih KiiHt of Ilm city on
Dm ItiiMo-Ttirklih frontier. Itumliin
foiefH, which are Milil lo hne ile-
fealeil Ilm Turku, am hckMiik lo
penetrate Aaluilc Turkey lu the ill
loiilou of Conittaiitliiople.
Tim I tu ml mi uweep ucionn Iluko
wlna, Aimtrlii'ii iiorlhwentern pro
Mine, mnl IhroiiRli (IhIIcIii to the
1'nttnillilauii, tiRiilunt which the Ann
Irliiu have Imt-u ilrhnn linck, In ail
mllteil In an (ifflilnl ntalement tmtay
from VIhiiiiii, Tim Auntrlan mill
In ry aiithorltliw wty (hat the ret rent
of their troop wan i-.inle iiccexHiiry
U Ihi'iiiiliielluil kiipeilorllN of Ihe
lltlHiiliiii fnircd ,
TOWN. jALSACE
Sharp Flfjhtlnu In Proyrcss at Several
Points, With Minor Victories fcr
Each Side Eastern Armies Simi
larly Inactive Trench Warfare
Becomes Rule In Poland,
THIRTY THOUSAND
TURKS ANN H LATED
IN DEEP SNOW
I'KTIKKIKAI). .Inn S There wa
liiwii nut in this t-it v tlii" ultenioon
mi nflicial eiiuimiinieiitmu tnuu the
hemlipmitei o' ihe ii-iiiu niiny in
the Cuiii'iihiin lemliiiK u rnlloWn;
"In the eoiiihiit nf Ariluhmi, in
Trmix-Cuueiioiu, t'ortv mile north
tt of Kuix, we ilefentcil nml ili
pct'M'il the component paiU nf the
(Itloiumi in my, which fmiueil purl nf
Ihe firl iinny I'lirp-.. This cmp luul
hecu stiiliimi'il ut foiilmitiunplf. A
iiuuiher of llaslii lhuonl,. hrmiuht
fioui lluropcnit Turkey, ns well u
hmuU o Ailjar irihciiieu, who linvc
liikcn up the emiMc nf Turkey, fniiijht
n'iiiiisi us at Aiiliihuii.
"We fiipliircil a lnre ipiunlily of
wur Imoty. We huricil more than
loll hmlich of the enemy's troops.
"It has hecu cluhlilicil that the
ninth Oltmumi niiuv eoips, .'1(1,0111)
men si rone;, lius hcen couiplelely ile
xtinycil. These ileliichnicuts were cn
lireljv ovciwhelmcil in Ihe snow.
BATTLE RAGING
T
LONDON. .Ituln. S. -C'aiituro of
another town lu Alxuec to the HOlith
of Siiiinhelin, Ik reportetl hy the
I'himi Ii uur nfflce In Km Mateinent of
'todiij. The (termini coiniiiuulcntlou
neither afllruiH nor ilonlcil tlm re
port, moliiK iiieiety Hint flKhtlui; Im
Mill lu proKrenK for pocHeHMlon of
the town. .It In Nlaleil, Iiowcmt. that
lepentnil I'reiirh nttneks In Alunco
hrnke ilovtn miller the Herman artil
lery Hie.
Ill n few other locnlltlen between
Hie North Hen anil Switzerland nhnrp
flKhlluK Ik In proKreK. lu which each
utile linn HCOH'd m minor vldorleK
hut over mont nf the linn there Ik Ut
ile acllvltt.
KiMi'i'ii Annies Inaillve
Tim ni mien lu the emit are Mini
larly Inaillve. Tim Cermnti com
iiiuulratlonH nieutlomt nu eiiKnt'tiiviit
emit nf Itnwka river In I'olnnil where
II In pnlit that the advance Im kIIII Id
proKicKK. hut Ihe Hpertacular clnHhox
of (treat maHKCH of troop ilurliii: thu
enrller patt of the war hnvo no par
allelM now alum; the Wnrnnw front
There, im In the went, the (leruiaiiH
nml ItumthiUK hnve iIiik themni'lves
Into the ground nml are tnldiiK up the
leillniiH operatloiiH of warfare lu the
tronrhoti.
The reporlH rcMchlnt; London hIiow
that Oeuentl Von llltiileuhuri;, the
iiermnn comiuauder tu I'olnmt, for
nomc time priHt linn iiiailo no nppre
clnlile proRreim toward Wamnw, the
mud of Poland evidently ImvliiK done
for hi what tho broken dykon anil
the reiiiltant luiimlatloux did for tho
(ieruinmi lu Went IMauderH.
I'Jxpects Iti'lnfom'tni'iits
A illHpatch cmuliiK tu London from
CnlHMihiiKen hii.vh that Von lllnden
'mi'K l ispectlnK leluforceiueutH ami
Hint with nn army of one million men
he ptupoM'H to innke mm morn nil
I'lcitm effort to hreiil; through to
the I'ollch capital. Tho ltnnnlan
would appear to hnve hnd ample time
In reinforce thnim.elve and to
HtrciiKthen their linnltoim around
Wamnw, nml It Ik the opinion of
ltrltlnh nlmerMTM that the trench wnr
fnre for which the woHtern thenter of
tlm wnr linn become fniuotiK, will he
waged lu the icKlon of tho Polish
rlvern
AiiHtrln-HunKary nnnln ndmlts ro-
Hiement of tlm forces lu Ittikowlna
Mini II Im from IIiIm UiihMihi forwnnl
niovement before which I ho Auk
trlniiH mo kI Iiik wit) that tho most
Hpectnrulnr developnienlH of tho next
fnrtnlKht may be expected, nccordlni;
lo opinion held by koiiiu llrltlxh oh
HiirvcrH of tho wnr.
TRAGEDY OF LOVE BARES DUAL LIFE OF LAWYER.
lI ISar Bff.- 3EwBF i uk
WILSON ASKS
NATION BE TROE
TO HIGH IDEALS
President Defends Policy of Admin
istration Before Larfjc Crowd at
Jackson Day Celebration at Indian
apolis Shackles Off Business,
What Is to Be Done With Liberty?
MfcS. IDA ROGERS
Until bin wife mid tbu other woman" knew nf t lie it.. til. U- Iff of l.url.
Klton JtoKer. a prominent attorney of New rk illy. It iviik stated at Li'ti:iiion
liimpltnl, lu New York' illy, where the woman, known ax Mrs. Ida Sulffei
ItouiT. lay dying of bichloride of mcniiry Mdiiiliii: In I lie niimi lmplta
Ibelr miii John, inn nml a hnlr yearn eld. hImi whs illim, wtille tlirlr dniiulitei
Lorldn. I'lk'hl inotillm old. illi-d h n stilt of Ihe iiI.ii iiliiiliiNleod In Iln
nml tier. That Mr, ('undine (Jlddllii: ltnt:er, bad khonii Uh M-ternl ie:ir
of her hindmnd's rcin'unis with Ibeotber winiiuti n Ii Immi- l;.u'r' im.nr
nMtcrtcd by I'r V rmtt lliicue. fr Ihrei' vi"ir He f.uul.v plil'ti nf ('
woman who tool. (n. - in r imim "Hih ot'icr w .uinu" In , i r " r r ie fa
tlmt lingers wan minli'd nml that be lint l.i'en.ninirh' I n.i.i h fn.e ami hr
dlvimvil
COMMISSION FORM FATHER OF . OREGON
CITIES- IS BEST THING YET
CATHOLIC CLERGY
MALTREATED BY
To Ihe lMitnr:
Whjrt.( hae imj mmle n speeiiil
ctmly of niuaTl'Tpfifliliffii'f,.Ule'mMWi
luissjiin Iniul of aoveninicnt eiit i
have workcil very sue)Of.fullv in niy
unlive eountry, Sweden, whom most
of the nitii's nre siiiull ami immlitions
often ery similar us they Hie in
Mi'illonl, us fur ns uf !.imilnrity is
possible.
I Iiiim' IntMy noictl two references
to the siilisfaptiiiu this method is
giving iu Sweden, hciiij: from kmlcrs
nf the opposiiitr political parties nf
Hint lllitloii. ). IV I. Tulheis; (lib
em!), deputy spenkor nf the Inwer
hnue of Swcilcn, siiyst "The plan litis
ilistiuelly raised the intellectual level
nf the icpit'sculHlivo.s n n'nt sep
ft rwnnl iu Swedish political life."
The lute Swcilih prime minister, A.
Liuilinau (cnnerutive) sny.s; "All
parlies nppeur In like Hit' new
method."
1 do nut desire to mix up iu polit
ical discussions iu icunl to the iniui-
iiKeineiit nf the city nffnirs nf MeiU
fold, hut this splendid election
incthoil has hecu tried, in imtiou lif
ter imlion, nml has provcil to ho more
than satisfactory, mnl is imilnuhtcuN
To tho Kdlter:
Pome frlund ory kindly sent mo a
copy of the propohcd nuw charter-for
.Medford. I liavu j-ond It with much
IntroHt, ofcpeclally the provlnlons for
a buulnos mnnnger .mil for election
of members or the council by propor
tions of nil the voters of the city
(who vote) instead of by pluralities
In wards or districts.
Thl plan is In use In many of the
countries and cities Hint nre most ad
vanced in tlm science of self govern
mont by the people. This chnrter
alvts Medford an opportunity to take
a stop In municipal government (well
lu the front rank ot the cities of the
l'nltd States, and I hope your cltl
xens will adopt the charter hy nn
ovorwholmliiK majority. It will he
by far the host thine they hnvo over
done In city building.
Slncoroly yours,
S. U'HKN.
Portland, Jan. 7.
INDIANAPOLIS, Iml.. Jan. 8.
President Wilson today defended the
policies of his administration before
a large crowd of people which filled
Tomllnson hall here., He wns Intro
duced hy (iovernor Itnlston of In
dlann. "I have ntwnys thought with re
sard to Individuals that If it man
wns true to himself he would then be
true to other persons; and I believe
that applies to n great country like
ours, that a nation that Is habitually
true to Its own exalted principles of
action will know how to serve the
rest of mankind when the opportun
ity offers. Thnt Is a very deep phil
osophy of life which It Is very thor
oughly worth while living up to.
"We have a great many things to
do In this country thnt we can do
only if we keep our equilibrium, only
If we think nml speak Justly about
one another, only If we try to do the
Just thing from day to day In the
dally task.
"We have been trying at Wash
ington to remove somo of the
shackles thnt hnve been upt upon
American business; but nfter you
have removed tho shackles you must
determine what you nre going to do
with your liberty. And there nre
many tasks to perform for mankind.
There nre mnny things to bo bettered
In this world which we must set our
selves to tnnko better. ,
"So what I want to say to you now
Is this, merely:
"Let us keek sober, common coun
sel nbout our own nffalrs and then
when the tlmo comes, when we can
act upon larger field, there will be
no mistake as to what American will
do for the peace of the world."
NW
CHARTER
A THO ZED BY
CITY COUNCIL
Mayor Purdln Relates History of
Charter Framlnp. Commission, Con
slstlnrj of Twenty-one Persons
Desirable Features Are Set Forth
Lcl City Go Ahead, Not Back.
ly the most scientific plan yet ilovised
for giving- the people n liu-iiu1. .liLf
nml up-to-ilate government.
0. X. XKI.S0X.
JAPAN
WILLING
TO
NE
E
PHILIPPINE ISLES
GERMAN
TROOPS
A
SALIL
(Contlmmit on lingo two.)
VILLA ARRIVES TO
T
13L 1.H0, Toxtis, Jan. R. Honornl
Villa arrived this iifternnon at .tail
rex. I'lepnraHous worn bi'Kiin for
hit) coufcrouco with (Icuoiul .Scott,
LAKWDO, Texas, .Inn. 8.- Tho Iml
tin of Ku It 1 1 lt, expected for ho vera I
days, heiuui today at II a. m., accord
ing to an official Ciuriinza miuouiico
meiii iiiikIo today at Nuovo Laredo,
Tlm righting Is outside tho city, thu
Cm iiui.a forces having; ovacunted
Kultillo two tin) h ago, retiring tow
mil uipoiiio. Thu nrriclal mousagti
Hiiid that, al'ler novo nil hours, tho
fighting wH tit tl I going on.
Villa troops lu mid around tho ell)
woro utluckod by nbout IK.OOO con
KtltuHoiiallst troops. Kurly reports
from tho battle said that hundreds
iilnmdy hud boon killed or wounded.
Tlm Curninzn forces weto nttncUlug
from mountains nbout tho city nml
weto pourlm; In u lire from in cannon,
LONDON, .Ian. S, 1 1 :''tl u. in. At
(lie rcipiesl of Hie llelgiiiu logiition
iu London, Hie llrili-h press hurcmi
today issued ilctuilcil allegations nf
the maltreatment of tlm Catholic
clergy in llelginm nml tho ties) mo
tion nfjhoir iiiMiluliuiw hy (iorntnu
troops. This stutoinont siiys Hint
chinches nml religious houses woro
iloslrnycil or profundi in iiltim-t ev
ery village nml iu mnny towns where
tlm Oormuti troops passed, in most
oiisos the edifices woio utili.od ns
Sjtnhlos ami prisons nml when tint
placed hi fjufe hiilin.g tho Micrcd ves
sels were stolen.
Tlio htulcmeut makes tho tloolnrn
tiipi Hint members nf the elorgy hnvo
hecu exposed tu spociul imlignitio.s nl
the humls nf (lermmi sulilicrs, lu
the ilioceso of Liego, Nuinur, Mnl
iuos nml (lliont imiiiy priests and oth
ers onuncotcil with tlio churches were
cither shot nr Imngoil. Mnny oilier
priorttt. woro curried off to (loruinny,
wlioro lliey appear to hnvo heen
"subjected tu ulioiuiiiuhlu usiige."
Women's Christian Temperance Union
in Favor of New City Charter
To the Kditer:
There tire probably many people in .Medford who,
like ourselves, find it hard to understand all the fea
tures of the new eharter and eoiue to an intelligent
opinion on it, though we see many improvements
over the old. To those may we say : Can we not, with
good judgment and safety, follow the lead of men
whom till know to be upright and good business men I
Look tit the list of men of national prominence
who are urging cities to adopt such charters as a
means of bringing better government and better bus
iness methods into city affairs: President Wilson, ex
President Taft, ex-President "Roosevelt, (Iovernor
.lohnson of California, President 101 iot of Harvard,
Senator Rob Lafollette of Wisconsin. These tire only
samples of the list.
And let us consider who of our Medford eiti.ens
are for the charter and who against it. There sire
doubtless good, honest men on both sides. Rut is it
not a fact that the group of men who have become
known ns progressive, public-spirited, unselfish in
working for the city, successful in their own business
and properly called ;is among our most prominent
men, tire for the charter? And are not those who are
known as knockers and selfish in their unwillingness
to work for the common good lined up against tho
charter almost to a man? .
Can we not each of us easily decide to which
group we want to belong?
WOMI-JN'S CHRISTIAN TlOMPttRANCtt PMIOX.
CH1CAOO. Jan. S W. .Morgan
Sinister, for eight years nn American
official in tho Philippines, beforo be
coming nn international fisuro in the
financial affairs of Persia, told the
senato Philippines committee today
he believed Japan would bo glad to
enter Into a treaty with tho United
States to neutrallxo the islands.
Sinister could not conceive, of any
foreign power attempting tlio con
quest of tho Philippines after the
withdrawal of tho United States.
Thero was tin unwritten Monroe doc
trlno In the Far Kast maintained by
Japan, ho bald, which would mako
that nation oppose tho entry of any
other powor Into tho 1'hlllpplno group.
"It Is my opinion Japan does not
want the Philippines," ho said, "and
would bo glnd to enter Into n neutral!
xatlon trenty for their protection on
our withdrawal."
To tlio Public:
On Dt'comher 2.'l, lOl.'l, I roml n
paper before the city cmmeihiii which
I mlvi-ci the mlnplinu nf n now char
ter by the people of Medfonl, nml
niuncil it committee nf .iovpii",'to pro
pare ami submit In the council a draft
nT the mine, to he Mibmittcil by tho
penpli; fur ndopjioti Jir nijceliim.
The ennimitteo appointed failed lo
net, mid iu Fobmary, UHI, the mnt
ter was- taken up liy myself mid oth
ers, mid it was decided to proceed in
n different manner to hriu about the
desired result, ami nfter hcvi-ml
meetings iu toy office, when? there
were in attendance several member
nf the cnuneil mid nthers nf our peo
ple, it wns decided tlmt a larger com
mittee would he belter, mid the mem
bers thercnf were elccled by the
vnrinus persons at the meeting's, nml
fnllnwimr this plan, on the 18th ditv
of February. 1014, Conneilmnn Por
ter, at meeting nf the council, of
fered for adoption hv flic council n
resolution crentin n charter oomrnis
moh of twenty-nno person, consist
ing nf the follewing:
rnlllllllsslnii Xnmoil
S. Vilas Ilcckwith, Dunhar CnrpNi
ter, Charles jr. Knglisli, Leon II.
Ilaskins, Mrs. V. W. Ilollis, A. C.
Hubbard. I,. Ii. Jacobs, K. K. Kellv,
Mrs. fleorso K. ICinjr, P. V. Modvi'i
ski, T. W. Miles (curve II. Millar.
Porter J. Xoff. Dr. K. II. Pickel, J.
A. Perry, M. Purdiii, (loo. Putnam, If.
W. Itnlil. Hen ('. Sheldon, II. L. Do
Annond mid W. I. Vnwler.
It was moved hy Sargent nml seo
onded hy Har:rve that Hip resolu
tion lu ndopted ns read, mid the
same was adopted hy the council y
tho following vote;
Porter, nyo; Medyiiski, nye: Kmer
iek, nye: Smvent, aye; Ilnrxruve,
aye; Mile, nyo.
Those are fncts, as nuiy he verified
hv the room iN, mid tin not confirm
the claim made liy opponents of the
charter that the cnuneil had nothing
to d with creatine the chnrter com
uiisiion. In my opinion, one of the best ar
guments in fnvnr nf the now chnrter
is tlmt iiiulcr it wo hold elections once
in two years iu placo of once each
year, a we do under the old, it this
reduces the strife mid turmoil attend
ant on our elections niio-lmlf.
Xo AiKliment .Mailo
The claim that under the new char
ter the cnuneil could tiny tho mini
aj;pr u snlnrv of $."1000 or more, if
ihoy snw fit, is tin argument against
it, us under the present charter they
could pay tho engineer or attorney
or other officer such a sum iih they
may ngroo upon, hut they do tint pay
any officer or einployu nf tho city
more than tlioy feel he is worth lo the
city. There will always ho something
that must be trust to tho council, as
there now is, mid wo must hope Hint
there will ho other honest men on the
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SALUTE HERALDS
I
F
CENTENARY
NKW OHI.KAXS, Lu., Jan. S.
Celebration nf the centenary of peace
between Urcnt Itritniu mid the I'nitcd
Stntc.s was hegun hero today with u
salute of tweutv-one guns timed to
end 100 years, to the moment, after
Andrew .luoUnii triuinnlied over the
llritish nrniy at Chulinette. Other
ccrciuouics of tlm pence celebration
included the uuvcilim; of u statue nf
Jackson on the spot where tho gen
ernl hud his standard ut Clialmett
mid tho fnrninl oxchnngo nf greetings
between Assistant Secretary Peters
nf the treasury department, who Is
President Wilson's representative,
mid tho envoy nf King (Icorge, Con
sul Caiow-llunt.
A
RECEIVES
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BRITISH REPLY TO
AIR
ICAN NOTE
l.OXI )().N", Jiiii. 8. Ambassador
Page today received from tho llrit
ish government tho preliminary reply
to tho American unto protesting
iigniust llritish interference with
American shipping, Ilo forwarded it
immediately to Washington.
The time, of delivery of tho more
definite supplementary reply which
the llritish government is to iniiko Is
uncertain, It probably will bo wjtliiu
two weeks.
Further negotiations between tlm
two guveriiiiuuit tjonoorning ceilie
eases of detention of American ve
sols will pncou tlio preparation nf
tho fund llritish ulihWe-r.