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MIDDFORD, OUKCION", 8,VITMAr, .LNtAIY 0, 1015
NO. 249
PROGRESSIVE CITIZENS UNITE 10 ADVOCATE PASSAGE OF NEW CHARTER
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Mctlfortl Mlnlslrrl.il Association Joins W. C.T. U.ln Urulrtg Adoption (or
Moral Influence on Community Professional anil Business Men and
Lculslators Commend It tor Its Advantan.es In Administration Good
Points Brou-zt Out From Many Sources Physicians of City Favor It
Good Points Set Forth In Brief Communications.
To Hie People of Mudferd:
Having Mtnlled tlin old CUy Charter, mul the Now Charier proponed
In (ho people fur tli"lr iiiloilliiii, u enn miy frankly (lint In our Judgment
(Ini Now Charter lit a nnt Improvement over lint old one.
II prnildcit for a iiiiirn liunlnnn lllut uilmlnlMrntlon of thu clty'a nffitlrii;
It mine fully gu.trdii III" Intercut of the lux payer mul tint ordinary citizen,
nnit provide fur u mom trul) representative council In tint preferential
otlui'.. Tint City Manager, and tint required book keeping In Hko iiito
iluttt huMiuiaa. Without iH'Mlnu lint New Charter m III tend to anil tnnku
pnmtllilit tint proiiiotlou or tint tuornl Intcri-at of tint city n tlio old did
not, iiml wo holil Hint morula uro worth morn to thin city Hi tin dollars,
Knell ahotilil Mody tint Now Charter and (Im old without prejudice and
Mill hilt lli'ht Judgment,
MINIHTKItl L ASSOCIATION 01' MKDI'Oltl).
PHYSICIANS OP MEDFORD
To tin IMItnr'
I'luMiinn uro not KUppom'il to Im HperlitllMH In ilty nffalra. hut any
proposal lending to 11111I.0 .Medford a letter city, with a moro efficient and
ticonouilcal gntcrmncut, with a wide-flung reputation for progreaalvenoaa,
ulll hi'lp any biiMnoMi or profwMon an Midi an all our ix-oplo.
Itcgnrdlng tint now ihnit'-r, mil It not boat Ini eniiMdcrcd an nn entirety
InMciid or In niluiiUi acctlonaT No ono pretends It Ik istrfccl. hut In It not
far better Jlinn our proaenl oint; and If, If nereanury. ho eaally chunKcd?
Docs It not Introduce, atrlctly hualncas iiM'thinU Into city affairs? U It
not a fact that In every city whoru hiicIi a charter liua boon adopted, a de
cided Improvement Iiiih followed?
Can wn imt. therefore, iih Reed cIiUkiih with tint beat Intervals of tint
ell) at heart. lonlly iiupport UiIh plan for Improving our city government?
It W. UTKAIINH. M I). F. U. THAYKIl. M. I)
It. J. CONItOY, M. I). It. W. CLANCY. M. I),
i:. it i'iuki:i.. m. i). i:. it, hi:i:li:y. m. n
i: II I'OllTKIt. M . J J. HMMONH. M D
H A I.OCKWOOI), M. I).
ALWAYS
PROVED
To tho IMHnr
In Kntrntii'titM an In nature, tln aamo canae product's tint biiiiio of
fcctH. Tho HiluitM which have heen put to aotero leal ant lint UiIukh
Mlovn and advocate. Tim couiinlititlou form of gncrnmul hait long alnco
passed tint experimental atnge. It In hero to May, and wherever It has
Ih-oii given a fair Minw It hint proved niurejwful, and won tint confldt'iicn of
Its lilttmoat opponents. That It lit tho wry boat form of city guM-miiicul
gocn without HiiyliiK
A compiirltlvo itl inly of tint old ami tntv form of Kow-rnuient Iour no
convluct'd mo Hint It In tint chcnpoM. Hut hfHt, the HafcM, Iohh compllcntod
mid uiont ntlnfactnry to nil conccrncil than any otlnr form.
Tim fact that title which hitvtt adopted It for ninny carn, throiiKh
y,ood and II report, Mick to It. Muiuld couvlnco overy uuhlaited mind thai
It In worth IoIiik hettt. 1'olllltat couomlMtM, politicians of autliorlt).
utati'Miiit'ii of reptile, and our leadliiK perlodlcnlH and nnwupiipcrH vndoryM
It. i I'mler It the condition of Imlli Ylch and poor Ih hettur. and owrythltiK
pcilalnlnn to the clty'it lient IntercMH lion it Miner IiiihIh, l.ot .Med ford fall
Into line To live idle iiiumI ho pnimt'bHiNe
The arKumeiilH of Mn)or I'nrdln, ntul tint majority of our city council,
fnor II, and thin ithotild hu nufflclcnt to gho ll it itplendld majority at
tho coiuIiik ck'illoii.
nu j. i.Avm:.sTi-: iiu.u
COUNCILMAN
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To (ho l.'dltor:
May I iiHo )our paper to voice my prottmt imnlnM the campnlKn of idIh
repieKeiitatlou which hcoiiih to charnctorlxo tho efforts of IIioko opponed
to tint now charter.
Not mitlHfled with crlllclxliiK the new charter ItHelf, which thoy find
pretty haul to do; nor with willful inlM-HialeinentK coucurultiK It; thoy muM
npread uutrulliH coucoiiiliit; tho men who have had to do with II.
Ono of tho latent oxhlhltloiiH of thin policy Ih the report, IndiiMrloiiHly
circulated, that I am opponlnK tho charter. I'reclnoly tho oppoMto In true.
1 favor tho charter hccitUHit I am convinced, from my twoyenr'B work on
tho city council whole I have, neon tho hnndlcapn wo have hcen undor with
tho old charter, that It will help produce moro orrtclout, economical and
lioueHt Hovenuiiont. It In a Iouk Mop In tho rldht direction, and I earn
tiHtly rticomiiieud to nil fi lends or K"d Kovornniont that thoy kIvo thin
chailur tltolr hearty mippoit.
OKOIUli: W. POUTKIl,
Councilman Firat Wnrd.
STATE LEGISLATOR DISCUSSES LEGAL MERIT
To tho Kdlter:
I'ioiii a IokiiI Hlitndpolnt tho proponed mnnasor form of city Kovornmont
Ih not now. It Ih hut tho twin hIMoi- or tho piivnto corporation which him
xo larKoly thtown old wnya or conducting huHlnomi eiiterprlHea Into tho
discard. Continental i: uro no and ohpocIiiIIv (lermany havo had their hur.
HouutHtorH ror ynniH and no lawyer who Iiiih ntttdlod thewo hut will nay their
city Iniial machinery Iiiih iiiatlo ror efficiency and economy. Hud tho com
mittee not Hcou fit to call the now council, director, tho recorder, necro
tury and tho city eni;luoor, maniiKor, It would tako a microncopo to toll tho
imw from what wo now actually enjoy, which 1 uottco haa uavod hoiuo
$'-'0,01)0 over liiHt year.
Tho local mtroKuardH or tho old chartor nro In tho now with n pront
many now oiioh itddod, anil while hoiuo or tho pliraneolony Ih not altoethor
happy and poHHlhly piovIhIoiih front tho chnrtorH or othor btattm mlKht
huvn been it llttlo hotter adapted to our Mate lawn, Hioho uro minor con
HldoratloiiH and to a lawyer fanilllnr with tho old putchwoti; thero la no
conipaiinou whatever.
Many uro ohJoctltiK to provlHloua iih now which havo boon In tho laws
of Oregon for yearn or aro IioIiik piopoKod liy tho 1915 IcKlalature to
lcinedy uuuilHliikiihlu ovIIh, hiicIi iih city budnot, accountlnK, recall, rola
tratlou, Ihiuor lobulation, dolliniuontmHsesHmont provlHloua, park law, etc
1 can think of no bettor wIhIi for Medford (oxcopt boot uukui factory)
than to oloct efficient men and utve them tho modern legal machinery of
tho now chin tor to work wltji.
JOHN H. PAH KIN.
(Continued, on
CLERGYMEN
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COMMENDING CHARTER
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DOVE OF PEACE
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Gutierrez Announces to Convention in
Mexico City That Problem of Paci
fication Practically Solved De
tails Withheld Until Arrangements
Completed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Jl. I'lore
ol' iieolialionx between the waning
riniioiH in .Mexico hv whicli "tlui
pmhlcin of piieilieatioii of Mexico Iiiih
iiaelifiill.v been hiilteil," were nn
uounecil InM nilit to the convention
in .Me.Mco City by (Iciieial (luticricx.
TIiih wiih rt'iiorlcil in a iliipatch to
the Mute ileiaituieut totlay lioiu
Amerii'ini 'ihihuI Sillimau.
"It would not be opportune at (hi,
time," Miid (leueinl (iiitierrex, "H
(.ne tltinilh, but their publieatioii will
be iniitlc in due time." He nildcil li
hint been in touch with all uriucf
roiip- in mi I mil- paiN f the tepul -lie,
iniitnliiiu' foiccw in the htute ci
Cliibuila, mid two pinnp-aU hail hcrv
inittle to him whicli M'cmcil Mitifue
tory.
Hi'iieial (lutieriey. nunle no jeffr
euee to (ieiieiul ('urraua, but hi
Muti'inent enverini: "armeil miup,"
taken to mean that a leeoneiliation
between the wniriui; fiietiou- oT the
once uuileil e(iiiiitiilnniiiliM anny
witx in tin1 milking, (iutierie. ulo
Miid tlclcati'M titiin some anuctl
(.roup- bitbcitti not reiiescuteil were
evpeelctl to attend lite eouveutioii.
The eon vent ion elected new pretiil
ill; officer iiud ileeitlcil to hold tlnily
eHionM.
Apliui"e areeti'il Outieiier.' titl
lueut Unit the contention would not
be dominated by "unv chief or per-
Mill.
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IIAHI:1j. Switzerland, Jan. 9, vln
I'ailn. Gennan martial law In de
ncrllHtd by Alnatlann In Hanoi iih
"welKhlnt? heally" upon their
countrymen at homo.
Thoy declare that tho speaking of
I'renrh Is climalflcd ns nn offenso un
der tho ordern Issued by tho com-
mandltiR Kenernla or tho fourteenth,
fifteenth, Mxtccutli and twonty-flrst
Herman nrmy corpa. who clto tho
Imporlal lawa or 1S7S and 1SS2 to
support their contention. The testi
mony or tho children and aorvanta la
taken before court mnrtlnl na proof
of guilt of tnlkliiR French.
1'oraonal fooling between pro-
BRITISH BATTI.B
TAe. LOST
LUTTERS OV
BLOODY MEXICO
MARTIA
W
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HEAVILY
PON
ALSATIANS
i BK
Herein h Mmwn Ciiitlmul h fifteen ton drea.luouKht the roimld.ible. which was sunk throuKl. ' 0JPOT' f
mine oV throiiBli the li iinclilm: of a loriuitlo from a ilium; ( eriuap Mibmuiine which entered tho hnsllsli Channel.
The battle "hip. l,lJh "!mi ! lii cat Itrltiiln .YIkMkm. tar.led e.ew of ell.t hui.drcd. and It U believed that so.uo .ovn
litiuttr of her 8HlloM porUhwl when tho ship went u the bottom of tho UtujlUU Umtuiul, , , M
ACT It 1CSS WIFK OF GUV
ASKS FOIt AXXUUfl'JNT OF MARRIAGE
( JANC J
SU .r . , , . lZ-L PEVTON Stg
jHtwSiHH
Wile o (Juv lliitct l'ot, the act or, who was m'imi hi Mcdlonl lu-t
miiuiiiit in "Omar, the Tent Milker." She a ertn lu iiiiwittirv om
mittcil biKiimv when in ltlll" f lit be a mo Mrs. 1'oM, IicIicmiik he had been
Icptllv divorced from her fonuer hu i-bniid, the Into Arthur I ceil Uonlon
Weld, ninr-iemn. She wif Mi-x .leu me nu Noriuuu, (laughter ot u Chi
enpo brokiT. Her tltce name i I'ojton.
FATHER ELOPES WIIH
BRIDE OF HIS SON
f-f-f-f r-ft-f-f
NKW YOIMC, Jim. . Fnnik
liu I). Wootl, it ytmii ho-pitiil
iutei ne, named bis father its en-re-pontlcnt
in a suit for divorce
from his wife, brought to trial
in the supreme court. It wits
alleged thai I ho .viiiij niiin's
father eloped with his bride on
the uiht of the wedding and
took her to Chiciiizn. Yoiintr
Wood's mother testified in tho
suit that she hint found her
husband mid her Mill's wife oe
cup.iii iipaitincnts together in
Chicago.
French and iroHermnn Alstitlons Is
running IiIkIi, vlnltlng Alaittlons de
clare. Tho lhcal cotirtH lino Krnnted
divorces recently to huahiiuda and
wlvea unahlo to llvo hariuonlously
tiecauae of their oppoalug national
aympathteH.
SftlP HLOrX UP IX EXGLTSII CHANNEL.
BRITISH BATTLE SHIP rORMIDABU
BATES POST
BY
PoUIiik plucoa for the city
ohtctlon to ho hold next Tues
day hnvo been named by tho
city recorder as follews:
First Ward Sparta build
in k, rear room.
Second W a r A M o o r o
Hotel.
Third Wnrd City Hall.
Arrangements aro being
formulated whereby tho rei;
lMrntlon board will set In tho
lobby of tho Nash Hotel.
CHICAGO, tin. !). Tlmt the federal
reserve bank law iuveMs too vu-t a
power in the hands of ono man, the
seeietnry of tho treasury, mul thus
pvosi'iiU nu element of dauber which
should be dealt with Iv vtuijrrt', wit-,
the iistrtiou ininle toitnv hv Charles
CI. Dawes former comptroller of the
currency, at u speei.il meeting of Chi
eimo financiers and bu-uit'ss men.
vO t Hill
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BLANKET PARDON
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Governor of South Carolina Grants
Full Pardon to 1500 Convicted of
All Crimes Breaks Pardon Rec
ordTotal of Pardons Reaches
3165 Dwir,2 His Term.
COMMMIA, S. (., Jan. 0. Full
pardon to about l.'iOO persons con
victed in South Carolina of various
cnincs ntul paroled since January 1,
1111 1, were rantc! today by Governor
Hlcase.
In addition to a number who were
included in n blanket pardon, and
none of whom i- now in the peniten
tiary or in prison cninp-i, the gover
nor also grunted clemency to thirty
four convicts in state prisons or en
gaged in public work.
High teen were pardoned, ten parol
ed and six were given commutations
of sentence; seven had been convict
ed of murder and ten of manslaugh
ter. The governor had prepared n spe
cial decree granting full pardons to
tlio-e paroled since Jmiiiarv, ll'll,
ami with one sweep of his pen he
restored citizenship to approximately
l.'iOIJ men mid women, who collective
ly had been found guilty of violating
virtually every law of the state.
Governor Hlcase signed the blanket
pardon in red ink. He accepted as
correct the cstimute of his oftice ut
tnchei that his action today would
increase to 3105 the total number of
pardons, paroles mid commutations
of sentence which he has granted
since he became governor four years
ngo.
According to information obtain
able here that places Governor
HleaseV record for grunting pardons
above that of an state executive.
He will retire from oftice on Jaiiii
nn 13.
Tho following tetter, from tho edi
tor ot tho leading magazine in Amer
ica on Munlclpla afnlrs, la aol( ex
planatory. It indicates tho Immense
valeu to Medford tho now charter
will be, from the standpoint of ad
vertising alene:
"HenJ. C. Sheldon,
"MftiHord, Oro.
"Dear Sir:
"1 havo read with uch Interest the
copy or tho Medford Mall Tribune
o Dec. 20 containing tho proposed
now charter for Medford. It bo hap
pens that tho current Issue of Ameri
can City contains nn editorial rof-
erenco to this most important stop
forward In American municipal gov
ernment. I very much hope, as jon
no doubt do also, that the proposed
charter for Medford will bo adopted
at the election Jan. U'tli. If It Ih,
Medford will receive a great deal of
favorable publicity tluoiighout tho
Pnlted Stntea. It occurs to me that
this fact, If It was undoratood, would
havo aonio favorahlo weight among
your townspeople as a reason for a
favorahlo vote on tho charter In ad
dition to the great Inherent merits of
tho work Itself.
"I'leaso notify mo promptly H tho
chartor is adopted us wo wish to havo
an article thereon In tho American
City. It ia not at all unlikoiy that
wo will havo an editorial moutlon
thereon also.
"Awaiting with Interest advice
rrom you as to the result of tho elec
tion. I am. Yours very truly,
HAROLD S. nUTTBNIIKIM,
"Editor." J
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CHARTER
BIG ADVERTISMENT
MEDFORD
GERMANS AGA N
HACKING AWAY
AT
Kaiser's Army Resumes Attack Upon
Warsaw in Several "Places Rus
sians Sweep Through Bukowlna
Unchecked French Advance in
Alsace Checked.
LONDON, Jan. 0. Coincident with
their new movement from tho north,
the Germans have resumed their vio
lent offensive operations to tho west
of Warsnw. They are hncking their
wny forward at some pointa, only to
he in turn driven out from their po
sitions by Hiis-ian bayonet nttnek.
This leaves the situation in Poland
a whole about what it wiih u fort
night ngo.
Meanwhile the Itusaian sweep
through the Austrian crownlnnd of
Ilukowina continues unchecked, ac
cording to news dispatches reaching
Loudon, mid this nrtnv is expected by
Itriti-li observers soon to be well over
the mountains fonnin-r tho boundary
into Hungary.
Serviu with her nrmy more ir less
rehabilitated i- described in London
as attacking the dual monarchy from
the south with renewed vigor. Aus
tria declares that the latest Servian
attempts luive been rcoulscd.
Frenih Checked in Alsaco
The French ndvunco in Alsace np
purcntly bus been checked. Both the
French mid German official state
ments of today tell of the recapture
by the Germans of Ihir'nlinupt hi
limit, the town south of Stcinbach,
capture of which by the French was
announced yesterduv.
In the Argonnc violent fighting is
again in progress. In ono charge thu
French lost n number of men ns tho
result of n trail set by the Germans,
who permitted them to occupy ft
trench and then blew it up. Fighting
has hcen resumed in tho Aisiio re
gion, where tho allies claim to havo
captured three lines of Germuii
trenches, covering 0U0 metres of tho
front.
The German statement, however,
says that French nttucks in this re
gion were repulsed.
lliiiitanlii to MobllUo
Coincident with tho Russian sweep
through the Austrian province of Hu
kowinn, plans are tinder way in tho
adjacent country of Itumaiiia for
mobilization of the tinny. Unofficial
ndicc state that tho entrance, of
llunmiiin into the war is expected.
(Continued on Page Five.)
Charles Drake, wanted by thu au
thorities for over it year on n war
rant charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses, was limited
by Constable A. II. Hammond Wed
nesday and now lies In tho county
jail awaiting tho action of the grand
jury.
Drako for over n year hns bemi
hiding in the upper reuohes of Kvmis
creek, n district almost impenetrable,
particularly in the winter time. All
last Tuesday night tho officer of thu
law lay in tho woods waiting; for tho
etnuing of Drake. In tho morning
smoke wits seen to arise from the
chimney of the cabin under surveil
lance. The officer entered mid found
Drake cooking breiikfuat. At first he
refused to rotum, but reconsidered,
Tho case of Drako is iinupiQ, About
u year ago he went into tho goat bus
iness, purchasing a number of gouts
from it man hv tho nuino of Taylor.
Ho bought what gouts he could, un
cording to the allegation. Then, it
is asserted, ho mnrtgiigcd tho entire
lot to llirmn V. Meudor for $:."().
t'pou seeming tho money, it is nllegt
oil, ho departed, and eluded defMiea
until h week.
FTJilSH
UN
DRAKE
ARRESTED
SWINDLING
AFTER HIDING YEAR
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