Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 24, 1917, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextV'XQVj THREE L GERMANS FAIL BETHLEHEM STEEL perience In the operation of national banks in Colorado, principally in the city of Denver. "As assistant secretary of the treas ury, Mr. Malhurn lias had general su pervision of tlie fiscal bureaus of tho treasury department. Including the office of the comptroller." The examiner's office pays $15,000 a year. As assistant secretary of llie treasury .Mr. Mnlburn got $5,000. SEEKS REPEAL OF TAKE FALL 001 TO ANY EVER CUT Krr.DFOnp MATL TRTBUXR MJ5DFORP. OJ,M'. iOV. AVKDVKSP A V, .I.WPAUY ' 1 , 1JVI7 . (From lilt; Salem .Inurnul.) The iubli-hor nf 1 lit l'orlliiuil Journul i- tin' prince of iloinuoues in Oregon. Mis paper, tin- elf-np-pointed .liiiuriliuii nf the poor anil op prcM'il, was l'niiiitlcil mill hacked by I ho nullify ol' tin richest iiieit ot' I'uitlaml tin1 nu'ii wild have I'atteii- cil upon spoi-inl privilege. Always hiiullv i .1 tlm side nf tat' "plain - pic," it lias never so I'm forgotten its obligation In its woiillhv backers as tii specifically attack a public ser vile corporation, or special interest in the citv of rortlanil in which tbese men are interested, no mutter how flagrant tlieir disregard of public lights or tliu larger interests of tlie ciimmuuitv might bavo been. It is outspoken against graft lis Ions as it ilocs not strike too close to home. The Joiti'mil's course in this mat ter of the publication of the doliii ipient tax list is typical of its entire career. Il-. c-liiir;'s that there has been .mall iiL the, publication of the list in .Miiltnninali county, anil since almost everything in that enmity is tainlcil with graft, we n re not clis-o-eil to challenge its statement. Yet it was one of the newspapers to par ticipate in graft, even soliciting the county cniirl for it, ami there is no evidence on record that it has return ed a dollar of this graft money to the public treasury or the downtrod den delinquent taxpayer for whom it sorrows so deeply. I julonbtedly, however, in keeping with its reputa tion for hyporcisy and deception, the grinnl-luiul play of turning slate's evidence at this late day mid confess ing the sin- of its past is considered of (."renter value than the tainted money it would receive from a con tinuance of the graft. But outride of Multnomah county the publication of the dclimiicut tax list i- not, never has been, a graft. The price paid is only commensurate with the service rendered, and the ser vice is one of the most important in the conduct of county affairs in a business-like way. The county ex penses arc. made up in budget form and a lax levy is made to cover them if the taxes assessed are paid. If they are not paid the properly of the ilidimpient must be sold to realize the monev necessarv to meet the couutv budget. There is only one way this can honestly and effectively be done: by advertising thoroughly, with a full and correct description, all the prop erty delinquent and the date upon which it will ho sold if the taxes are not- settled before that date. The burden falls not upon the man who has paid his taxes but where it f slmiiM full upon the property owner who has hdi pn'ul. It is properly not 'in expense upon the general treas ury, .i ml the present method of ad vertising ibis delinquent list anil charging the cost against the delin quents recognizes this fact. lint the deliniiuent has rights in this matter also. One of these rights i lull notice of his delinquency, through publication in its fullest possible sense, and not by the precarious, un certain aiid'uiibiisinesslike method of postal funis through the mail, an ex pense which the man who has already paid his taxes, would have to bear. Assessments are made n full year, or even more, before taxes become delin quent, mnl a large amount of prop erty changes hands between the time "f making the assessment and the levying of the taxes, so that a large perecntn.je of these postal cards would g astray. Many persons would find their property bought out ii'iin under them when they had sup- -i-d tin- former owner had paid the 'axe-, mnl nuihv in, n-re-i. lent taxpay ers ult ,it( jn jt,,, meantime changed their p..-t,,iTicc addresses, woulrt ni ver rc cive (he postal card notice. And I" think of a great champion '"' 'I'1' I and oppressed like the l'ortlniid Journal advocating the sat "!' a delinquent taxpayer's home upon ii" other notice to himself or the pub he than that contained on a postal 'aril thai might or might not hav C ached him. And who, besides the Portland '"iirnal, wants the .sunlight of pub licity ili-cnrdcd for the dark and dev ious nicthi.ds that are snggc-tcd by "ml paper? The court bmise gang "I lax lieu siiconhitnrs. warrant scalpers and haii'jcr-oii. I'o ibly 'he abs,ie companies which thrive "ii laiigled titles mnl all of thc-e worthies who would lake advantage "I the hard-prcs.cd, ignorant or per haps tuneless property owner. Von " ill find one of these tin-horn county '"iirlhoii-e speculators hiding behind 'very county .judge, clerk or sheriff who wants to discontinue the adver-'i-uig of the delinquent lax list. Business rfticiency, honc-ty and 'air play demand the inlvertisin- of the delinquent tax list in the nm-t "ln and above-board inannei through t,e iiivsppeilinil the JVtlnnd Journal know il. It- s. SALEM, Ore.. Jim. :M. The Ore gon legislature In continuing Its as sault on the high cost of living. Al ready two bills have been Introduced into the house of representatives pro viding that keepers or cold storage pliinls list wlili Hie state dairy and food cnmniissioiier the number of ar ticles of food stored with them. Stor age would also be limited to one year. Thus, the frnniers of the bills say, monopolies on tho food markets will be done away with ami any attempts to corner commodities to await high prices would be laid bare. Lined up with the legislators In their attacks on the high prices is the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs, which assisted in the making of one of the hills, which was introduced by Representative A. C. Callan, Port land. The women say the legislature is but another battle ground in the war they are waging on high prices and which started when a boycotting cam paign was waged by them in Portland recently. "Every person who purchases a fishing and hunting license in Ore gon should automatically become a deputy warden with full power to make arrests for violations of the law." declared Representative, Clay C. Clark, of Arlington, at a recent meeting of the joint ways and means committee. .Mr. Clark also suggest ed that the duties now performed by the deputy state game wardens be shifted to various peace officers of the state and that the money expend ed Tor salaries he used by the fish nail game commission for improve ment work. A memorial to congress urging im mediate passage of a federal law re quiring universal military service is being prepared by Senator (leorgo It. Wilbur. Hood River, for introduction soon. Senator Wilbur is chairman of the senate military committee and is an officer la the national guard. SAI.EM, Or., .Ian. 24. Tlie house put the brakes oh the consolidation program yesterday when the bill by Thomas providing lor the elimination of one tax commissioner came up for final passage. Thomas asked the house to refer his bill to the committee on consoli dations with the argument that the house should proceed carefully in re gard to all consolidations, for fear that a mistake might be made detri mental to the administrative work of the state government. "If there Is going to be any careful and constructive work tending to wards consolidations of commissions. It is apparent taht this will have to conic from the house and not from the senate," Thomas said in support of his motion. "Our friends of the senate are eveidently trying to make a record for speed. We do not want to do this. It is also evident that when we pass a measure we must do so after careful thought, for we can not trust to the other house, to give it careful thought, and kill it should it be ill-advised." The house sent the bill on co the consolidation committee without dis cussion. WASHINGTON', .Tan. 24. Repre si illative A. I'. Gardner told (he sen ate siib-conilttce on universal mili tary service today that figures be had compiled among National C.uard regiments In the Kl Paso disirkt showed an overwhelming sentiin-nt unions the stale troops in favor ' i .......I. Loriclnf inn total Of "".' answers were received to a list of questions submitted through ilrlga dier Oneral Hell, commanding the district. Tln-y showed. Mr. Gardner said, that ID colonels. IT.O captains and 2:i4 first sergeants, or a total of .110, had declared In favor of com pulsory military training and ser vice. icilude for the poor and iw 11-t rml deii taxpayer would, if heeded by the legislator-, turn him over in every couutv to the tender mcicv of a nang of tax certificate -peculator-, who would never neglect to extort the lat farthing of 1 ally and intere-t. HOUSE 10 GO SLOW CRISIS IN SIMLA, Inilia, Jan. 21. I'Yom it time early in (lie war right up 1o the present moment Germany has never reused nt tempts to stir the Indian empire to revolt, areunliiitf to Sir Charles Cleveland, director of crim inal intellicneo in this country, who made lhi statement to a correspond ent of the. A-sneiated Press. Sir Charles characterized the plots as "clumpy, belated, t-o tluoretical and hased mi a misunderstandine; of In dian character," and declared that the scheme failed chiefly hecaase of "the sanity of the jjroat Indian pub lic which has withheld its support." Sir Charles is reputed to know more about those in whom the secret serv ice naturally would be interested than any other man in India. For years he has made a study of that elas which favors the darkness of night for its comings and its goiuirs, and now as head of the secret service the government relies upon him to check untoward occurrences in any section before they have grown into a seri ous menace. "There has been some trouble in In dia," said Sir Charles, "but it has fallen very far short both of the pic ture drawn in enemy publications and of the enemvs de-ire. The stale of India all through the war seems to have exposed a very biir misealcala-: Lion on the part of the (icrmans. ! "It would he interesting- to examine how far this miscalculation was due In 11 misunderstanding of normal In dian affairs, and how far to a miscar riage of plans for causing trouble in India and among Indians outside In dia diiriii'!' the war. My own impres sion is that (icrinany thought India would need very little extraneous prompting and assistance to rise ag:uin-t the Itritish if the latter were in serious embarrassment owing; to a big continental war, and that there fore not very much attention was paid by the German government to instiga tion in India before the war. Where and how did tlie German government get that idea Was it conveyed to them by secret unknown agents or by their consular officers in India or by some over-confident Indian extremist or by jlrilish pnnie mongers? P.KliNK, Jan. L'l The coal crisis, arising from the decision of (icrinany to abrogate the convention in regard to the imports is increasing in grav ity daily in Switzerland. The polit ical department has decided to take a cenMis of all stocks of fuel and any concealment will be punished by im- pt imminent and a fine of 'JU.IMIO trancs. The federal council has authorized the gas plants to fix the amount of gas each consumer may burn daily and the iron and steel trade will henceforth he under the supervision of the political department. A Heme dispatch under date of January 21 suid that considerable ex citement had been caused throughout Switzerland by a German measure prohibilinu all importations. The dis patch said thai the Swiss government would nrote.-t to Iterlin, as the entire economic situation of the country was affected. NEW YOKK. -Ian. If Mr.-. Ethel P.yrne, who U serving a sen tence of thirty days in the peniten tiary for dU.-eniinatiitg information on birth control, persists in her re fn-al to eat, the New York penal au thorities will have to deal with their firt real hunger strike. Mrs, ISyrnc sn vs she has eaten nothing since Monday mornim-. The ini-ftp r 1- a -i-li-r of Mr-. MaiLrait-t Si' iv r. "h is known Mirou'i'iit th" country ',,! her ad vocccv of hirtl nt ml. SKATTl.K. Ian. 2 1. fanners op erating In AlH.-ka and Vuxn Sotipii naters estimate tlie total i.-ilinon ia- '-: for the season of 1 ! I at l. I 7.i'" cases for Alaska ami Tin. I for I'n- rpI Sound. The Alaska pack was val ued at lil.l.S'.'O.""". the I'imi'i Soiiml pack at $3,7iii),Oiim, .NEW VOKK. .Ian. 2 4. Sharehold ers of tho Hetlilebcni Steel corpora tion will be asked, at a special meet ing on Kebrunry 2 4 to ratify their directors' recommendation to in crease the common stock of the com pany from 1 l.l.tbio.iiuu to f till, 000, 000. to provide for a common stock dividend of 200 per cent. Tho di rectors also increased the common steel: dividend from T per cent to 10 per cent quarterly ami offered tlie common stockholders the right to subscribe to $ la, 0110,000 new stock at par on a basis of share for share of their present holdings. This bonus was declared in Wall street today to bo one of tho most magnificient "melons" ever divided by an industrial corporation. Inas much as It Is understood that the present stock issue Is controlled by Charles M. Schwab and his friends, there Is virtually no doubt that the directors' proposition will bo ap proved. ISlr. Schwab, chairman of tho cor poration, declared that control of Bethlehem Steel never would pass out of his hands and the hands or his associates. Voting power will ho withheld from the new stock to be issued.' Tho declaration of tlie bonus. Mr. Schwab explained, was made possible by the. corporation's immense earn- 10c Tins 5c Metal-lined Bags I 1'AliIS, Jan. 'J-l. The newspaper continue to comment on President Wilson's speech, but there is no change in their views, which all re semble each other, regardle-s of the political color of the organs. The Fi garo says ; ( "For the last two centuries the (Icrinany of the I lohenzollcrns has in fested the world like 11 pirate on the ocean. The independence of the world and the liberty of the seas can only be couUcrcd by anus. Peace without victory would he a victory of the powers of evils, of those who em bark in a war not only against men, hut against the principles of moral ity and justice that are no less dear to us than President Wilson." Stephen Pichon, writing in the Petit Journal, says: "President Wil son's views are worthy of all our sympathy, insofar ns they are elevat ed, humane and jnsl to us. They are equivalent to a condemnation of the enemy, against whom we arc defend -ing them with indomilahle energy, lint in order that they prevail il is neces sary Ihat we he victorious and thai the crimes which have caused us so inanv deaths and so much destruc tion ha!l be puni.-heil ill an evmphtry lasfiion.'' ini;s in l'.tli;. which amounted to $01. 717, 11211 compared Willi J2:!,7M!t7S1 in 19 la. A NUMBER 8 hat may il cover a mighty in tellect or it may cover a plain case of big head. They're the same yet different. They're both hats-on-heads. Don't ud(;c by externals. Several kinds of tobacco come in tins. VELVET tobacco is put up in tins. But that doesn't make it like other kinds. The finest selected leaf from Kentucky's richest Burley fields is only the beginning of VELVET. Then a full two years' ageing in wooden hogsheads a matter of large storage and investment expense. Then a careful manufacturing method employing the widest experience of life -long tobacco men. What goes into the tin governs the pipe satisfaction that comes out of it. And we believe you will prefer VELVET to any other pipe tobacco at any price. P4, ,, . X:Wmkm?:ttA WASHINGTON, Jan. 24--Itemoval i of Charles Starek from office as chief I national bnnk examiner for tho sec jond federal reserve district with 1 headquarters at New York, and the appointment to his place of William ! P. Mulhurii, assistant secretary of tlie j treasury, was announced today by Comptroller AVilliams. Mr. Starek has been absent on leave without pay since .November IS. Charles F. Klchmond, chief of the re ports division of the comptroller's of fice, has been acting chief examiner since October 1 5. The reasons for removing Mr. Sta rek wero not niado public In the ( comptroller's statement, which fol 1 lows: "William P. Mnlburn, assistant sec retary of the treasury, has today re signed that office and accepted the office of chief national bank exam iner for tho second federal reserve district with headquarters at New York City, vice Charles Starek, re moved. "Mr. Mnlburn Is by training and experience iocullniiy well qualified for this Important office, llcforo hn became assistant sccrei.ary of tho treasury In March, 1014, Mr. Mnl burn was engaged In tlie active anil successful practice of law In Hi nver for over tea years. Prior thereto ho had for thirteen years practical ex fa One Pound Glass Humidors There has been Mr. In In the price oi Grape -Nuts Nor Any Decrease In the Size of Package Or Quality. MEN WOMEN Are you tired of work that offers littlo or no chances for advancomcnt? Why not become a drugloss physician. The field is large, opportunities great and the profession honorable and lucrative to the trained practloner. We offer a thorough course in Anat omy and Physiology, Electro-theaphy, Phototherapy, Vibration, Massage, Spondylo-therapy, DioguaBls, etc., etc. If you are Interested, call or address Drs. Mac Pherson, Williams and Blew Grand Ave, at E. Alder St. Portland, Oregon. Medford, Oregon, Jan. IS, 1917 TO WHOM IT MAY CONC'HHN: This is to certify that I, the un designed, had very serevo stomach trouble and hnd boon hothored for several years and last August was not expected to live, and hearing of Glm Chung (whose Herb Store Is at 2-11 South Front street in Medford) I do i lded to get herbs for my stomach trouble, nnd I started to feeling bet ter as soon as I used them, and today am n welt man und enn heartily roc ouuuend anyone nf f llctod as I was to see (II 111 Cluing and try bis Herbs. (Signed) W. It. JOHNSON, Witnesses: M. A. Anderson, Medford. S. II. Holmes, Engle Point. Prank Lewis, Eagle Point. Win. Lewis, Eaglo Point. . W. I,. Chlldreth. Knglo Point. C. E. Moore, Eaglo Point. J. V. Mclntyre, Eaglo Point. Geo. It. Von dcr Hellen, Eagle Point. Thos. E. N'ichols, Eaglo Point. John 8. Orth, Medford. Attention, Farmers MKliroltl) JTXK COMPANY 31-38 N. Partlett St. Pay Highest Prices for HIDES! Oreen hides per lb 17c Dry hides, per lb 2Co (linen ralf hides, per lb 25c Dry calf hides, per lb 30o Mo Also r.ny Sheep Pelts uud Gout Skins, I'lione ilsn-J. WESTON'S Camera Shop 208 EnKt Main Street, Medford The Only Exclusive Commercial Photographer in Southern Oregon. Negatives Math; any time or place hy appointment. Phone H7-J. We'll do tho rest. E. D. WESTON, Prop.