Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 23, 1917, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextPAOTC TITREE BOYS MAKE SHELLS FATHERS AND BROTHERS USE AT FRONT DANISH STEAMER 3' E. F! IE IN niEnFonn matt, Tmr.urR. MEnForcn, okkoox, titksi.y. .tantauv 2.1, mi? ft 'f SAI.KM, Or., Jan. 211. Three v.dy iM,imnisiuiu'is lo serve wiiliuut lifii. nut) llu' ssL'U'rlum ot a nrtlL'tlfUI roail-l'uililin.' i-iiiiiiii'i'r as tin- ex-uf-' field cliMiniiaa of tli cuuiaiissiini arc X prowiUil I'nr ia house hill Nu. ,( .iiitro'luwil by lti'i'i-fsciilative I.uur ,! giuuil of Multnuimili, one of several highway codes which are to be intro ' diK ' il this session. J I'ach congressional district is to lie f Tepiescntecl on the contemplated eoni-rj- in&-i'wi l).y one eonmiissitmer who will ', Betve a six-year teim. The bill speci ' ! lies that the slate engineer shall have J prto'lical training in road Imildin as vigil as technical l;ii(iwk'cln lie will ' Jcivi- a salary of iftiOOO a year. J lYiimiry lliKliiviiy. j v'l'lic primary highways of the stale i. arc specified us follows: fe" Mate highway Xo. 1 From the X city of Portland in a southerly direc- 3tion direct to the California line, ' passing through Oregon City, Salem, Albany, Eugene, Hosebur, Grants : Pn-s, Mocll'oril and Ashland. j . State highway Xo. '2. r'roni the f city of Portland in an easterly direc tip" to Ontario, Or., passing through " Kood liiver, The Dalles, 1'endleton "! UDd linker. .State highway Xo. 3-1'rom the T.cft.v of Portland in a northwesterly jf; dii cction to Scasiile, passine; through ";; St Helens and Astoria. Secondary r hlehwnys an1 stdl to bo designated. ' Chi work involvini; an expenditure of less than $L'(I0( the ipiestion of Hpenditii; the money will he left to the discretion of the commission. I'ndcr the provisions of the act, the stair engineer may be called upon in an advisory capacity bv the county f courts of the slate. It is left to the ( judgment of the commission as to the ft jnsc of convicts ju tbo construction of .roads, and should the commission de- r Jiiilil.l , "III n l 1.1. ,1,1, 11 IS lllil lll.itllll with the governor to provide such labor as the commission may call for. , "l lioml Itouds OimmitU'c Code. , ; Another good roads code is that to ho in! roducod by the Oregon good roads committee. After a session of k several days with members of fann 1; ers' unions ami granges the good roads comniitlee-Hiid- depu.t-y tlislriet. fjattorncys" from various parts of the State, provisions were made for n one-half mill tax to be levied for road purposes. The state engineer with ,two members selected by the governor will compose the slate highway com mission. The selections will he made from a list of names given the'gov- f ernor by the good roads committee. The work of the commission will be confined to state roads and that body will have power to appoint assistants, I an expert engineer or a road builder. , ('oiinly engineers or roadmnsters .. will be appointed by the county courts V throughout the state. Maps of roads in each county will he made ami sub- : " .milled to the liighwav commission for approval. i Abolish Ilond Supervisors. , t Koad supervisors will be displaced V' rind the elei'tors of each county will - appoint a board of trustees compos . od of three men who will serve with out salary ami direct the work of roads other than under the control )' the state or county. . Provisions are made for the levviim 01 a 10-niill tax for work on roads in each district annually, and this rtionev will be expended in the discre tion of the trustees. County roads ill be worked out of a levy not to Sli ced 7 mills to be expended under ' tlic dirci-tiou of the roadmatcr or en- gilli'i r. i 'J'hi' code is -aid lo have been mod . eled after llial recently adopted bv owa and is -aid to be a much more ti.-factoi-y method of handling road ji'ork than the method now used in TMlregon. ASSAILED BY JONES WASHINGTON. Jan. 1'rc-i- I'lfut Wilson's jtl.in to vi-it 1 he enpitol i reqiii-ntly, urjiinir action mi lii-i-lation program, va- attacked today liy Senator Jones, rcpuinieiui. wtio de clared it indicated course of 'Sys tematic lolibyiii"" by the pre-ident. -nncnineoinent. 1 desire to announce that I have resumed the general praetlre of law at rooms 2 09 and 210, Klrst National Bank building. Medford, Oregon. Prompt and careful attention will te plvc-n all egal huHinorts intrusted to me. Mr. Orlin Hell, a painstaking stenographer, jointly occupies these rooms and solicits stenographic work from the general puNlo. . Very respect fully. E. E. KKLLY. SALEM, Jan. 23. The Rogue river fish bill comes up for a hear ing before the house fisheries com mittee, tonight. Representatives from the Rogue River Klali Protective as sociation from Med ford are here in support of the Thomas bill and At tprney C. H. ltuffington of Gold neaeh is here in the Interest of elimi nating seines and set nets. Several bills nre before the committee. The Thomas bill, II. n. 120 as presonted, provides an open season for gill net tors in both upDcr and lower Rogue river from April 15 to August 1" of every year, lengthening the upper river season from 00 days, as at pres ent, to 120 days and abolishing the lower river fall fishing season en tirely, including silversides, and abolishing seines and set nets. A weekly closed season of 3G hours is provided, instead of 12 hours as an nounced in tho press at the time the bill was introduced. The bill prohibits commercial fish ing, except as follows: "On Rogue river, between tho mouth of the Illi nois river and I)oyles rock, near the mouth of Rogue river, one mile be low the steel bridge that crosseH the Roguo river on Sixth street in Grants Pass, and a point known as HolU Gate, salmon may be taken between the hours of C o'clock a. in. on any Monday and the hoars of (i o'clock p. in. of the following Saturday." Tho Tichenor bill, H. I). 98, makes ! unlawful to tnko salmon with a seine of any description and abolishes set nets below Bagnell's ferry, but permits tlioni above. .. C. Aitkcn of .Medford is here with b'.s fish screen, adopted by the slate fish commission, and is busv sbowing legislators how it works. lie has moving pictures of its operation to convince the skeptical. E SWINDLER PLACED ON TRIAL SPOK AXIS, ,lan. $3. Tho trial of five former officers of the North western General Trading company of Spokane, accused of using the mails to defraud, bewail in the United States district court before JudKC William C. Van Fleet of the northern district of California, who was tem porarily transferred to this district to hear thin case. The defendants, it is alleged, misrepresented the finan cial eonditfon of the company in ad vertising and selling stock in the company, which was represented to be a largo co-operative mercantile enterprise. Large sums of money, it is alleged by the government, were thus obtained from investors in all parts of tho Pacific northwest. Those who went to trial today are Gale Smith, Clyde I. Davies, Stephen T. Knudson, John C. Lawrom'c and Olin Fowler. I-awrence .lank, a local attorney, was indicted, but on orders of Attorney General Gregory the charge against him has been dis missed. GENERAL STRIKE AT PAWS, Jan. 21). A general strike reported to be accompanied by vio lence and incendiarism, has broken out in Saragossa, says a Havas dis patch today from that Spanish city. "The police are in charge of the workshops and the factories," adds the message, "and the soldiers are running the street cars. The local newspapers have suspended publica tion. "At a meeting In Barcelona repre sentatives of .100 trade unions re solved to join the strike." CHRIS EVANS. FAMOUS BANDIT, ON COUNTY PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 2:t. Chris Kva'ns. famous member of the Evans and Sontag pang, California outlaws of the early days, was this(afternoon sent to the poor farm. Palsied with age and because of his injuries in the famous battle in which he lost his liberty many years ago. Evans applied to the county for assistance, and on ref ommendatlon of Dr. E. T. Geary, was sent to the poor farm. Evans is 70 years of age. lie lost his left arm and his right eye by gun shots. He .spent years in the Cal ifornia penitentiary, being pardoned a few years ago that he might spend his last years in comfort. His wife reside at -Ifl .cf.ond street. miiiii,;...'iv,:sji,i'.v ;im is-;.. Yoiiiik Franco in tho Munition Shops. Tills picture, exclusive to Tho .Mail Tribune, dhows a few of the liumlied.s of French boys working in war factories, making shell and other munitions for their fathers ami brothers at tho front. TWO SAFETY FIRST SALUM, Ore., Jan. 23. Two Bife ty first bills were Introduced in tho house yesterday. Representative Barber Introduced bouse bill No. 1S3, making the maximum speed of steam and electric trains at grade crossings on public highways 15 miles an hour except where the crossing is protect ed by a watchman employed by the company. Tho bill makes It possible for the estates of the persons killed in grade crossing accidents to re cover any amount the jury may see fit to award, (loins away wilb the 7 r, 0 0 limit for accidental death in Oregon. The rnllroad company guil ty of a violation of the act is liable to a fine not exceeding $10,001). The second measure was house bill N'o. 17S, introduced by Sweeney, of .Josephine, providing against the use of glaring headlights on highways. The bill is a copy of the California law on the same subject, and which has boon approved by autulsls of that state. tIM WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (iuerd: inen who return from the border to find their jobs filled will receive the assistance of the federal bureau of Immigration in obtaining oth'-r em ployment. Commissioner General Oamlnerti today Issued orders to all officers of the service throughout the country to do everything possible to help un employed guardsmen. The plan, has been approved ly the war dept'.r: r.ient. HER 110 VOYAGE XKW LONDON". Conn., Jan. 23. Rumors that the l)e.;tschland, or a sitcr submarine, soon would be here have multiplied lately. A watch for the visitor was set when the Kastern Korwardinir company's launch K-.co left her dock about midnight, manned by a crew from the interned (iermnn steamer Willehad, and proceeded out of the harbor for a point near the en trance, where she cruised to and fro for several hours. i di;xvi;k. Colo.. j,:n. 2:1. Ju.ie i Charle-. C. Hut'rr today denied boi.d i to Mrs. Stelhi M. Smith, charged with ! the murder of her ha-band, John l.awrenee Smith. Mr. Stuilli will have to remain in the county un til her trial, which will bcin .Marcii 12. Mrs. Smith -hot her hu-band early thi monih. fnllowinir a ipiarrel at their Mount View boulevard home, in the e.ciu-ive re-idio-e diutri;'t. STATEWIDE REFERENDUM TO MAKE WISCONSIN DRY MADISON". Wi,., Jan. L'l. A bill providing lor a -tnicvide referendum an the. prdnbitiin ipie-tmn in lUIH was introduced in the H-euiMy today, 3 .,111.1,111 rx, . iltiUl f LARGE RESERVATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 2:1. The estab lishment of lnrc reservations on gov ernment land at intervals nlonp; the coasts and borders, for use in the mobilization of troops ill case of war, was recommended today by Dr. Tbos. Darlington, former health commix sinner of New York, in a report to the National Civic Federation, in annual session here. In lime of peace, lie said, the camps would be used for the training; of recruits in military lac tics, sanitation and hyeicne, and in aviation and automobile engineering. TOADSTOOLS POISON SHEEP AT R0SEBURG JlOSEHl'llG, Ore, Jan. 23.- Toad stools have been lound to bo the cause o'. death among sheep In this vicinity by W. t. Cobb, the Bend banker who owns; a. large, ranch near K'.illogi;. lie has lost nine sheep re cently from eating poisonous toa'l- i stools in one of his pastures. Other ! sheep owners have reported li.v-i symptoms, and it Is probable that uii . diagnosed cases of many death.! among sheep in the oak-clad pcriures have been due to the same cause. it s Because tineir Turkish blend is BALANCED Balanced lha!; is Tvhat makes Fatima'a hlrvA corn finable, both vJdte yoa'co smoking and afierivard, too, The milder toLuccoa in this Turkish blend arc so well balanced with tho richer, fuller-liavorcl leaves as to entirely off-set all "oily heaviness" ihe cause of discomfort in so nany other cigarettes. A. id ilii very Mr- '"ij; vh:ci rcaitcs .T it tiica-? s -fa-furtiiWo (and therefore so 6r.jj5!iv.-- ia aho y-i-i what j.:ij:;.:t j that unusually good 1 aliiua tactc. But even ro, you alone car d'.'ci'ie whether or not yon Jikr. Kali mas. That's cab to bcuL ay litem. 171 A iHriiriik M A .. A Sensible Cigarette -mti; in hi 'TT""rii III a -t- r r i V MADJSOX, Wis., Jan. 23. William J. Bryan addressed a nuifa meeting hero last night which opened a state wide prohibition campaign. Tho as sembly adopted a joint resolution summoning President R. Van lllso of tho University of Wisconsin before the legislature to explain on what au thority Max Eastman, PociallHt, was denied permission to speak In a uni vorsity building recently whilo Mr. Ilryfiu was permitted to address a mass meeting in a university pavilion. Tho resolution now goes to the Ben ate. Reference to Mr. Bryan as "a propagandist," was stricken from the resolution before it was adopted. CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR IN DOUGLAS COUNTY ROSEBURG, Jan. 23. Tho total shipments of liquor in Douglas coun ty during 1010 was: Whisky, ll.IlliO quarts; beer '12,l!lti; aleohol, 1 CT 7 ; brundy, 200; wine, 271; gin, 51; rum, 10, and alcohol for' pharmacists, llil'l. For sacramental purposes, 7 2 quarts of liquor were purchased. Es timated value of the shipments is $:t0,000. Douglas county's saloons formerly did a business of $200, 0tt) annually, according to local esti mates. KIO JANK1HO, linml, Jan. Tile I.)ani:-li steamer 1 hinmiershus was fired on last ni'it by the nuns of the foil at Santa t'nu and halted while trymir to put to sea secretly after re- j reiving a quantity of provisions and, J according to repor;, a lari;e quantity of explosives from the German hsips anchored in the harbor. The llnuimershus entered the port at 10 o'clock last niyht and dropped anchor close, (o the Gorman ships. t took on hoard a Inre number of eases and then attempted to leave tho har bor. Tho movements of the ship were observed from the fort and it was signalled to stop. The signals were ignored until I wo ennnon shots were find, when the linmiuershus hulled and was boarded by the port police. The police compelled the steamer to anchor in the neighborhood of some lirazilian warships, where it is briii kept under surveillance pending an investigation. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23. 'Announce ment was mado today that fio St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad would bo Hold at foreclosure February 21. Tho Missouri Pacific railroad will bo t;old at auction the same day. The sale of tho two roads is to clear the way for the ending of the receive' ships of tho Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain system. Under tho re organization plans, both roads will be under one management as they are at present. ASK IF AMERICANS liKItl.IX, Jan. 2::. fulled Stales AinhaK.salnr licruvl today made for mal imiulry at the foreign office as jlo whether any Americana were 'anions the neutral prisoner.'! of war j on hoard the Yarrowdale. mrfcfaBfrL Mho iffe H-'-7 MCKKONDVA. a for fill 3IAMSOX, Wis., Jan. 2X "Tho president's message is n wonderfully eloquent appeal to tho nations at war," declared Willittm Jennings Bryan in an interview here today be fore leaving on n train for Spring field, 11!., where he scpnks this nftcr ruon, "Insofar as the president's message suggests terms of agreement, it is entirely sound and reflects what I believe lo be an almost mmuimoim sentiment. But I dissent entirely from the proposition that this nation should join in a movement to offect peai'e in Europe. "II1 I know the senlimeut of tho American people it is inconceivable that they should be willing to put the American army and navy at the com mand of an international council v:,i-h would necessarily be controlled by European nations and allow that council to decide for us when wo would go to war. ''In the president's appeal ho pre sents the philosophy of brotherhood and co-operation, and this is incon sistent with the proposition that it bo backed up by u larger display of force. In other words, the president bus sown wheat and durox together. I hope that the senate will approve of the wheat and reject the tares." TEUTON OFFICIALS LONDON, Jan. 23. Confidence in the victory of the central power was oxpressed by speakers at a dinner Klven In Dorlln by the president!) of the Teutonic powers parliaments, ac cording to a lierlln dispatch to Rou ter's by way of Amsterdam. Chan cellor Von llethinnnn-Holwcgg and several of his colleagues woro pres ent at thu dinner. Dr. Karl Holffer Ich, German iiccrctrry of the Inter ior, referring to tho entcnto's refusal of tho pcaco otter said: "Our enemies must learn to under stand that anions us there Is no na tional caate but a great lmtional army which dcsplio all will hold on and bo victorious by virtue of tho divine right or existence of our peoples and their Inexhaustible strength and readiness for sacrifice." 1 y MP I