Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 06, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHorary ! medford Mail Tribune : FORECAST Toninht nud tomorrow, tnlr. WEATHER Muimimi yesterday, All .Minimum today, Forty-sixth Tear. ty.iny K 1 1'.vi' n it i Yra r. . . MEDFOKR OK KAON". SATl'RDAY. .lAXl'AKY (i. 1917 NO. 2M BOND BUYERS REFUSE 10 BID If Medynski Plan Carries, It Will Probably Be Impossible to Sell Re 1) funding Bonds to Maintain City Credit Letters From Bond Houses Give Sound Advice In Matter. Tf the Medynski plan carries. It will probably bo Impossible to sell tho 130,000 rofundinK bonds, adver tised by the city, to take up the re funding bonds due April 1, 1917. The bonding houses have all refused to bid upon these bonds, pending the outcome of the election Tuesday. These refusals are on file at tho city recorder's office in response to re quests for bids, A sample reply Is that from the Merchants Trust and Savings Bank of St. Paul, Minn., which read's as follows, dated St. Paul, January 1. City Recorder, Medford, Ore. 'Dear Sir: "It may be of interest to you to know that we are not going to bid on your bonds for the reason that you expect to vote on January 9, on tho issuance of from $700,000 to $930, 000 special assessment refunding bonds. "With an assessed valuation of a little over $4,000,000 your city ha'J accumulated an Indebtedness of over $1,200,000, the larger portion oi' which you intend to Incur by re funding witli bonds. Special assess ment securities should be paid by taxes levied against the benefitted property and nbt thrown Into your general fund and assumed by the cit atr a whole. , ' "Wo mention the above morel.- from our desire to suggest where pos sible to municipalities, like your own. the best methods of financing their improvements, and at the same time explaining to them certain actions, which make their securities undeslre- able to the average financial house. "Trusting that you will not think us impertinent, we remain, "Yours Truly "A. C. DENT, "Manager Uond Dept." VILLA REPULSED EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 6 An offi cial report of the battle of Jimincz was received here today by Carranza Consul liravo l'roni General r'rnncisco Minima, commander of the north eastern military zone. The report was dated "Military Headquarters. wJiinillcz. Chihuahua, January ,",'' and reads in translation ns follows: ")lv advance cuards came in con tact with those of the enemy and a ON CITY BONDS k general ensfanenicnt followed, covcr insr a field of more than eight kilo meters. The enemy divided into three columns and started the attack with its left flank, eonsistius of about 1000 nan. Hecause of the rapidity of this movement and my opposing col unin, in command of Colonel Salinas, being; greatly reduced in numbers, 1 sent my stuff to attack the enemy's riRht flank. "This movement enabled us to es tablish a firing base nnd also served to check the enemy long enough to permit Colonel Salinas' cavalry to be reinforced by tho fourth brigade, under the command o Pablo fionza les, the cavalry forces of General Carlos Oznna, nnd Colonel Klipidio IfodriRucz. We compelled the enemy, after a severe encounter, to retire to its base on the mesa where the Villa forces wore driven off by the eighth corps. The pursuit of the enemy was then taken lip by the cavalry. "Wliilc-fbis phase of the battle was in progress the enemy, with more than 1 .".00 men. charged with great force aghinst the infantry lines located along- the railroad. This movement was directed in erson by Franei.-co Villa. We repulsed the ilia column nnd the nltncks of their oavu'ry were overcome and the eavahy dir i n hack.-' . . . Medford Will Lead All Oregon Cities for Debt if the Medynski Scheme Carries s v SHOWING INDEBTEDNESS OF OREGON CITIES AS COMPARED WITH MEDFORD IF MEDYNSKI SCHEME PASSES lelativi' .size of Mod ford's dclit if Medynski bond . Kelativo size of per capita indebtedness of Medford (if selieme passes, with that of other cities. , Medvnski scheme carries) wit h ot her cities. 14 ., . , ' ' I cr ( apita I opnla- 1 . Debt. ' i, ... ..vt-.... , Debt. -tion. Medford... - - l.(iS!).:0() ' 1SS 9,000 Eugene 1 n 111 12,000 Salem mtm 1 ,v "': ?' l.'i.OOO Astoria ' c'1':'''v SI 10.000 Tlaker i;V2,Sl)0 MMm !-' 7,000 La Grande mmmmammmmm n , ,-)0()0 Ashland wmm !U 0,000 '""" I BBBMaMnaiM 10.') 1,0(10 Grants Pass -110.812 102 1.000 Koselmr- ..mmmm :!11,Iuwmmi 02 ."),00ll Albany """"" 01 "),()()(). If the Medynski bomliii'.: and linn!;rutev ti-hfmc curries, Mcdlon! will have a greater imlt-ltcilnc by far than any city in Oregon outMr INirllnntl, ti yceuter delil llinu llie oihrr four cities of southern Oregon Itoselmrg, (ii'iiuts Pass. Aslilaml and Klamath Falls cniuliincil, a jrrealor delil llian lioschiiru and Kuvonc combined, a urcnlcr delil limn Salem, The Dulles and Albany combined, a greater ilebl than linker, l.a (Iriinilc, The Dalles and liuscbiii ;j combined. II' the Medynski liondini; scheme carries, the per capital debt for every man, woman anil child in Medford will he if'lHH a jjrculer per capita indebtedness by far than in any other city in Oregon greater than thai of Salem and (limits Pass put together. And this colossal debt, with "1"0 per cent additional in interest, must be paid by direct taxation upon the real and personal property in Medford, if llie Medynski scheme carries. What kind of a handicap is this lo place upon llie city? DAN ELS ASKS AID !N CHECKING IL LAND GRAB Secretary of Navy Appeals to Senate Committee to Defeat Claimants Seeking Leases on Navy Reserve Ships Need It for Future Supply Rights Not Enforceable. WASHINGTON-, Jan. (i. Secre tary Daniels appealed today lo Chair man Tillman of the senate naval eom miticc to defeat the compromise leg islation to give claimants leases on the' navy petroleum fuel reserve in California and Wvoming. lie also sent a statement of the navy's objec tions to Senator I'ittman, chairman of a sub-commitlce which framed Ihe compromise. The department of .jus tice holds many of the claims are fraudulent and Urn navy maintains the safety of the nation will he im periled by the loss of fuel. "Kverv capital ship and every de stroyer is now designed to burn oil and oil only," Secretary Ilnniels wrote Senator Tillman, ''and the fea tures of the design are such that it is impossible to return lo the use of coal. The speed of our destroyers and battle cruisers would be impos sible of attainment with anvthiug hut oil. "ll is therefore of Ihe highest im portance to the nation that the oil in these lands be reserved for the use id' the navv. We do not wnnl the value of tile oil, but we waul to pre serve ihe oil so that we may be n-- sored of a supply fur our ships, and if we are lo be nlaced in such a poi-1 tion of llltcrlontv as we Would be II forced to abandon the use of oil, Ihe ''onilitiou would be one of national humiliation." t To Senator I'ittman, Secretary Daniels wrote: "I am advised that many of the claimants have no rights enforceable in any court of law or eipiity, and that thev maintain iO"Cmoii in most cases by force or inlimidution. These men are now asking congress to give tliem. at the en:-t of naval efficiency (which means at the cost of the na tional security) thai to which they have no legal or equitable claim, and it is my understanding thai this pur posed remedial legislation is calcu lated to accomplish that result. LONDON. .Ian. C The Creek council of ministers has approved n rcstriition of the daily rations and the appointment of a food dictator. -a- mi I'.xchane Tclcgranh com pany dispatch from Athens today. Am I- of ier-ons io dised of sed ition, vhidi had cea-cd for several days, ha i' been licuii again, the di--jiatcli adds. WILL DRIVE OUT J. To the People of Medford: 1 have been n resident of Medford for 12 years. During that time 1 have planted nnd brought into bear ing the largest commercial orchard in the county. Also, 1 have acquired property In Medford nnd have orceted buildings thereon. This money was Invested because of my faith in the future of the city, and I am now ex pending 7,000 more in Improve ments. 1 believe for-the people of the city of Medford to adopt the Medynski plan woutd be disastrously calami- : tons. I have paid all of my paving ! nmiessmelilK Tills Is n limn when every citizen of Medford should put patriotism for his home city above selfish purposes. I have been instrumental in bring ing many people to Bedford and the valley and secured the Investment of considerable money within Its porate limits, but if the Medynski plan should be adopted, no sane or thoughtful citizen would consider lo cating in a city so tax ridden as Med ford inevitably must bo under the Medynski plan. The Hanson plan Is the only business-like plan to adopt. .1. A. WESTEKI.rXD. E PITTSIU'ItG, Pa., Jan. 6. Three masked highwaymen toi.ay held up an express messenger at Tarantum near hero and robbed him of $10, 0110, the payroll of the Klaccus Glass company. The money nad heen sent from here by rail and upon Its re ceipt at Tarantum was transferred to an automobile though still in charge of the messenger. As the machine was passing through the residence part of the village it was sideswiped by a large touring car and stopped. A man with a handkerchief over his face sprang on the running board and pointing a revolver at the ex press messenger ordered him to hand out the money. He' then demanded the. magneto key of the automobile and with his revolver still covering tho messenger and chauffeur hacked to his own machine In which were two other men. They drove away. liKIM.IN", Jitn. (i. The Ku-M;tni bmuyht up icint'orconiouts him! re newed tluil iittiicks ye-teidnv on the! northern end of Ihe Kno-o-fijiliejiin l'roni, near the Oulf of li'iyu, it U tin ! inMini-cd filTieitilly. They entered (ionium p"-iti'm- o:im of the Kivrrj An. hut cl-ewhcre were repulsed. In i :i counter attack. Ihe fierman tmk ; finii pri-'iior- and m-mtii! machine! IAN PORT El 1 1 In Addition to Main Danube Port, Five Other Towns in Rumania Are Taken by Teutonic Troops, Which Have Reached Sereth River at Two Points All of Dohrudja Occupied. P.KKI.IN, Jan. (i. Havarian nnd Austro-IIungarian troops yesterday stormed Kussinn-defenses on an ex tended front south of the Trellis val ley, near the Moldavian frontier, the i ' '' off ice innounces. I i ...i.i;, , i,.,,;i., II,,, ,,i,,,. in it,M,, , ........... of which was announced last night, five more towns in llumania have been taken by the Teutonic troops, which have reached the Sereth river at two points. New operations have been inaugurated in Dohrudja, fol- I lnwinS the expulsion of the last of the Hussions and Rumanians. The capture of Hraila by Kicld Marshal Von Mnckcnscn, his advance on Cialatz, twelve miles north, the clearing of Diibrnilja of Russians and further Teutonic successes in Mold avia have brought the Rumanian cam paign to a new pha-e. IH'feiise of Danube. The Hraila bridgehead, while not itself an integral part of Ihe Sereth line now held by the Russians run ning northwestward from the Dan ube toward the Moldavian frontier j mountains, formed an outlying dc i fense of that line on the Danube cud and is capture weakens the eastern flank of the Sereth position. (lalutz, likewise on the Danube, lies just behind the Sereth line nnd that town now is menaced by a (lermano llulgarian movenicul across the Dan ube from it in Dohrudja, made poo- (Contiaued on Paso Five.) RSS BRAILACAPT RED RY MARK N 1 IS I MIIIVMI.IIUUM Most Dangerous Legislation Ever Placed Upon the Ballot To tho People of Mcdfurd: I t is lit tho request of a nuiiilier of ril iens that 1 nffain express my views of the .Medynski charter amendment. As I have heretofore said, I have the highest personal regard for .Mr. Medynski and he lievo thoroughly in his honesty and good intentions in again putting this matter before the piiblie. How ever, T think ol' it just lis 1 did when it was plaeed upon the hallot before. I regard it as the most dan gerous piece of municipal legislation upon which we have ever been required to vote. If a man is in fin ancial distress, two courses are open to him one is to get tlie time for the payment of his debts extended and the other is, bankruptcy. This is the present sit uation of the city. Its financial condition certainly could not he great lv helped bv increasing ils indebt edness. ' A. K. KKA.MI'.S. SPELLS DISASTER STATE PIONEERS To the People of Medford: As among the pioneer merchants of the city of Medford, it has been a matter of pride with us to live In a cily that has In the last quarter of a century increased In population from one to ten thousand. During all those years we have been willing taxpayers and have at all times en deavored to keep faith In public mut ters with the people of our adopted city. We have been and are paying our assessments from time to time. In our judgment, for the good peo ple of Medford to adopt the Medynski plan spells disaster In every respect. We cannot expect capitalists to In vest their money In a debt-ridden city. The city will be so incumbered with nil of Its various obligations that it will be unablo to hold out any Inducement to nay factory, cannery, saw mill or other enterprise. Our appeal Is to vote against the. Medynski plan and for the Hanson plan. III'TCIIISO.N & l.CM.SDKN. NO PEACE TERMS LONDON'. .Inn. i.- Itcrliii n'vpMM'i I.nknl Anzfiur ;tnd Vns mm!h Zeitnni; nuotcil liy lln Cop- CIlliaiM'M fMlT'iOlliI-lll nf I 1h Kx- (linim' 'IVl(".xr;ti!i -iimi:my, slnlc tluil ii mv pcjicc trnn- M' t 1m rent rut pou'i'r.N wliii-li rimy Imve ln-rn rljn in the lunula ol' I'p'-iiliMtt Wil-un iift not i-niirc from nlTirinl mmhvc, Fur llirnnoii', tin- iH'W-iiinr ftatc, it ts not I he inlciilion (it ivc such Icnns to thf prci-iilriil. (icrnmiiy, thev Miy, i ready to hiy licr tcrm on lu t;i- lilo ill II police CiMlfcrcllcO. STOCK TICKERS N LEAK PROBE Wall Street Newspaper Men Sum mor.ed Telegraph Companies to Bring All Dispatches Lansing and Tumulty to Appear Voluntarily on Monday. WASHINGTON, .Inn. I!. At to day's lirarliiK on ftpprnxonlutlvo Wood's resolution for Invcatluntlon of whi'tlirr thnrn whs n stock market leiik on President Wilson's pence note, the trend turned lo Invesllmt tlon of Willi street ticker services, which supply news "tips" to broker age houses. Seven men employed by the Wall Street .lonrnnl and Central News of America, which furnished service to another Wall street newspaper, Fi nancial America, were subpoenaed and Instructed lo liiinK their records witli them. Miinayers of the two telemnpli companies were, also subpoenaed to brini; all dispatches sent lo the two papers by their Washington corres pondents on December 20, the day of the market crash. llepresenlattve Harrison, demo crat, of tiie com mil tot!, declared he believed the so-called leak was through th(! representatives of those two publications, who with several newspnper men had been informed confidentially by Secretary Lansing Unit nioiiiiiic; that a note hail been ' I dispatched lo Europe. .Mr. l.niisliiK, however, ill thai time declared the nolo did not concern peace, anil would not discuss Ils contents. Ilcpresenlalive Hardlier of .Massa chusetts pill lnlo llie record today a dispatch sent out over Ihe How Jones and company ticker forecasting n peace note ten hours before the note was published. lie declared that records of stock market fluctuations at Ihe kii me time when compared with the ticker dispatches, would prove, that Ihere was a leak. .Mr. Gardner t.ald he placed both Secreiary l.ansim; and Secretary Tu multy entirely above suspicion. PERMIT FORD TO IT i JtKTliOlT. Jan. ti. -Miniv Ford. J ui'-ih-nt of (he Kntd Miir CMniiany, i wii today jitlou ed (it irocci'd u ith llie c"ii-.tr,ii'iion of a HlMHM.fioO . Mueller mi Ihe I Detroit river, near tlii.- 'city. The three cin-uit jud-je- )nr Miliii" at llie in jiiiM-i tt ii suit hi iMiL'hl e'ain-t Kniil by Ihe I luiU'e ItrothiT1 j jM'if'l it fit a huud ill' 1(1.01111.01111 (n jciire the Undoes Ir-uii any iM-saibl MEDYNSKI PLAN IS BANKRUPTCY SAY CROWELL Veteran Banker Regards Passaye of Proposed Medynski Plan as Cal amitousLegal Tangle Certain; Rtinninti in Debt Will Not Get Us Out of Debt or Improve Credit. "The Meilvuskl plan spells bank ruptcy lor .Medford." slates W. S.r Crowell, founder of the First -"a-' tioual bank and well known as n, banker and financial expert. ,''lt'a' adoption will be calamitous for thin future of the illy." f'ontlmiins -Mr.' Crowell snld: 1 shall vote against the .Medynski plan because: 'It will Increase our present bur- densonie city debt nearly $ri00.,0i)n It w ill mnke t lie city pay In thirty- years lor interest alone, on tho .Medynski bonds $1127,000, or L'7,000 more than the street Improvcmont- debt was at the bcslnnliiK. "It will make taxation so excesstvol that it will drive away Investors, make properly In .Medford undesir-' able, and amount In many cases t confiscation. , Is Flint Mortgage. "A bonded debt of the city Is a first mortgage upon every man's home, which may prevent him from raisins;! a little loan on his houso and lot to assist himself with If ho desires to- do BO. f "The pcreonluRe of our city d.M ulrendy larger than that of any o!hmja elty in Oi-oroii. ; "The adopt ion of tho, Mrdynfiiiiit plan will mal;o us th(r butt of if li vuiv 101 unyy lnu'iiiKuni, itiun uij pvery city anil ovory financial In-ui- tution In Oregon, anil whorcvor oIsh:, Hip fact or ils adoption U iiudo'l known. ' "Whenever wo travel nlionrt nmlv Inform anyone where we refiinV, thrtj remark will lie: ' j ''Oh! you live in thu era? town. of Med To ril, where thev set rich ! . runniiiK deeptr In debt.' ,f 1.1'ttal Tannic (Yrtniii. "The plan will he fourht thronx't 1 t ho court.;, and a Iouk dHn. in th. final settlement of our street Im provement debt will be the rennlt nnrti in Ihe meantime onr flnancoH, already tailzied, will bo Involved In Kreatm onrusbni. A bond Issue of ;K.-ni I'alWdue April flrvt. Ihere wPl l.-y no money to meet It and tho eit' credit will go to H"na.--h. "To save t'ir city's credit, durinjc this period of protruded litigation, a. niillaKe tax ol S i .ills will have to b' levied annually to pay le. I'lteivsi upon the ;n i . en: outslandini; itn Iiovcmeut bondH, until tin? uuknowit period arri'.'-.; w iien all tl: vox.n t questions n'rowln out of I'tv. Mcdyn-' sld folly shall have been finally set-t tied. V "llunnliiK in dclit will not net. u ) out of debt or Improvi- mr credit. i '"The Mt'dynslil plan enrried to Its! last anulysls would coinne) llift elty to I iHsume and rejiay all tho delits which f all lis citizens have over paid to ev-' erybody for anything.- r "The logical result of sin-h a eotirsn spell folly and financial ruin "Kvery one who has the best, in-; terests of tlie city at heart, and their ! own Interests as well, should veto against the Medynski plan nnd fop the Hanson plan." FEDERAL PROSECUTOR FOR LIQUOR CASES SKA TTI.K. W'umi.. .Ian. (I. - rnited Slati s lii-drirt Attmney (lay Allen -aid toiluy lhat he had a-ked the nt lorney yi-ncral ol flic I'nitnl States lo appiiinl a special pin-eeutof in the -o-eiillerl wlii.-ki'v cases, involving violulion of Ihe federal liipior laws. Mr. Alhn mm1: "A Miccial pro-eeiilcr i dc-irahle heeau-e the mvesti'Utiou ts of such import jmi'c thai even a hint of per -onalily cannol lie allowed to enter the Ciie o fur ns the government i- et m-cnied. A speeinl pi u-ecntor would (lee the him' I'l'oui nny such po-Mhh' erilii-isiu.'' The I'niled Sinle- grand jury will reus-emhle iuM Tue.-day.