Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 05, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Maximum Yestcrdav, 77; Minimum Today, JO. FORECAST Fair ami warmer Tuesday. ' " ' edford Mail Tribun Forty-seventh Year. Dally Twelfth Year... MEDFORD OREO ON. TUESDAY, JUNE ", 1917. NO. 64 SIX MILLION DOLLAR; ROAD MA inDITVnc IflnKflNnnilNTYIRFRMANs IIW llllli II llll I I III li luiiuuii uuuiii i uLiimnnu luul fff 1 1 1 1 IV is I II i i wi ,inTrnmnnnimn nrvrnmirn m MIX W I II II I III I I r IU,LUI UI1UUMUU ULUIIIUILH 111 mom Inc 450 1ITY mMm I uu nunuui Portland With a Majority of Over 9000 Wins the Fight for Progress and Good Roads Baker Elected Mayor by Small Majority New Pen itentiary is Snowed Under No Ex tra Pay for Legislators Uniform Tax Classification Carries. PORTLAND, June o. Oregon will Issue $0,000,000 in bonds during the next five years to construct a system of state highways, the electors having voted yesterday in favor of the bond issuance by a majority estimated be tween 8000 and 10,000. The legisla tive mgnway conunlttte, which con ducted a campaign for the bonds, i'jiinied they carried with a lead of A proposal to issue $100,000 in bonds to construct a new state peni tentiary at Salem was defeated, re turns today indicated. Some sections voted two to one against it. George L, Raker was elected mayor of Portland over W. If. Daly by over 1000 majority. It is very close be tween Kellnher and Mann for com missioner. Looks like Kelhiher will win out. Rarbour was elected as the other commissioner. Incomplete returns on the highway bond vote from 25 out of 36 counties in the state give: For 46,037; against 36,596. Simultaneous elections carried. In creasing pay for legislators lost, uni form tax classification carried, au thorizing ports create limited Indebt edness carried. Multnomah county road bonds For, 17,386; against 8000. These are complete returns from 2 23 precincts. LONDON', June .r. Official mi nouncement is made (linn an airplane raid is now in progress over ihe Thames estuary. One German air plane is reported to have been brought down. Bombs were dropped over Es sex and Kent. The statement follows: "An airplane raid is now in pro- press over the estuary of the liver Thames. Tile enemy have dropped bombs over Hie adjoining distric t in Essex and Kent. N'o further 1 -tail are yet nt hand. I'p to the present one hostile maehinc has been reported brought down. ' Retween eight and twelve German . taubes were the raiding aircraft. They ere hotly engaged by British aircraft Luns and aviators and driven back. The German machine reported brought down Is said to have tumbled headlong into the sea. Still another is reported to have been hit. CHICAGO, June 6. A number of large corporations here are buying liberty loan bonds to give employes at the annual Christmas distribution In lieu of the customary wage bo nuses or profit-sharing gifts. One of the corporation heads who will adopt the plan Bald today that it not only provided the men with a suitable bonus, but took care of the Christmas giving at an early date and would allow the corporations to profit by the interest on the bonds for prac tically a half year before the bonds became the property of the men at Christmas, V I h M YrU IN With All But Few Scattering Pre cincts, Vote Stands 1756 Yes to 1294 No Only Third of Vote Poll edNew Penitentiary Defeated as is More Pay for Legislators. YoU on Bond Bonds. Precinct Yes Med lord (185 Jacksonville 93 Gold Hill (18 Central Point 101 Flounce Hock 42 Rogue River .'12 Willow Springs 20 Phoenix 70 Ashland 319 Kagle Point 71 Griffin .Creek 38 No 221 55 40 113 !) (il 28 08 313 811 1 Mound HI Butte Fulls 12 211 43 75 48 Sams Valley 50 Applegato 24 Wntkins 21 18 Kuch 18 27 IS Sterling (i West Talent 55 24 1756 1294 Majority for 402. Medford Wins County. Tho $6,000,000 road bond issue carried Jackson county by a majority of approximately 4 50 votes, with all but a few scattering precincts report ed. The vote was very light, only about a third of the normal vole being polled. The new penitentiary jippro prlation was lost by a three to one vote. The port bill carried the Coun ty as did the uniform tax amendment and the uniform election bill. In creased pay for legislators and the harmony amendment were defeated The Medford vote won the county for the bonds, with 464 majority. Ashland only gave 6 majority for the bonds. The banner bond precinct was Flounce Rock with 4 2 votes for the bonds and !) against, and tho banner opposition precinct, Butte Falls, with 4 3 against and 12 for. Central Point and Hogue River, both on proposed paved road, voted against the bond issue. Ashland's Vote, The Ashland vote was as follows: On Port bill, yes 313, no 225; on in creascl pay for legislators, yes 111, no 4 26; harmony amendment, yes 283, no 196; uniform tax, yes 339, no 178; uniform elections, yes 418, no 141; new penitentiary, yes 147, no 42'5; highway bonds, yes 319, no 313. As under the new law, the sheriff collects election returns, nnd no re turns will be collected until the regis tration returns are completed, it will be a couple of days before complete figures are available. FRED JACOBS OF PORTLAND KILLED PORTLAND, June 5. Fred A. Ja colis, principal owner of one of the largest real estate offices in Portland, was Instantly killed here today when tho brakes on his auto refused to work and the machine, In which he was riding, rolled down an embank ment in Rose City Park, a suburb. Jacobs' neck was broken. He resided In San Francisco several years before coming to Portland 11 years ago. SAX riSANnsrn, June 5. Klton P. Murker, railway mail clerk on the run between San Francisco nnd Ash land, Ore., was nrre-ted here today by United States postal inspectors. A sea n h of his room revealed sev eral thousand dollars worth of jew elry, according lo Inspector Sttohen II. Morse, who said that Mocker had been under surveillance for &oine lime. Naval Base at Ostend Bombarded Force of Six German Destroyers Engaged in Running Fight at Long Range and One is Sunk Big Of fensive in Preparation West Front. LONDON, June fi. A German de stroyer has been sunk and another damaged in a running fight between six German destroyed and Commo dore Tyrwhitt's squadron, the admi ralty announces. The German naval base at Ostend on the Belgian coast has been bom barded by Rritisb warships, the ad miralty announces. The British forces were undamaged. The text of the admiralty announce ment reads: "The vice admiral at Dover reports that the enemy naval base and work shops at Ostend were heavily bom barded in the early hours this morn ing. A large number of rounds were fired with good results. The enemy shore batteries returned the fire but our bambardment forces suffered no damage. "Commodore Tyrwhltt also reports that early this morning a force of light cruisers and destroyers under his command sighted six Geinan de stroyers and engaged them at long range in a running fight. One of tho cnoniy destroyers, the S-20, was sunk by our gun fire and another severely damaged. Seven survivors of the S-20 have been picked up and made prisoner. There were no casualties on our side." Aerial Attacks. LONDON, June 5, 12:25 p. m. The aerial attacks on German estab lishments in Relglum are being con tinued by the British. Further opera tions wore reported officially toady as follows: "Naval airplanes an Sunday night attacked tho airdome at St.. Denis Westrem, near Ghent. Many 'bombs were dropped with good results. The enemy's seaplane base at Seebrugge was attacked by our seaplanes at the same time and Bhipplng in Brugge also was bombed. All our machines returned safely." Great Offensive. All the familiar signs which her- alda great offensive are reported from the British front in France and everything points to the near ap proach of a resumption of f4ghtlng on a great scale in the western front. The thunder of the British guns in creases day by day in olume while trench raids and other felntlngs for position multiply In number. (Continued or Page Five.) SUMMARY No. I'RKCIXCT 'JO Medford No. Main DO Medford So. Main .'Il Medford No. Central :i2 Medford So. Central 33 Bedford No. llivcrsidc 3(1 Medford Xewtown 37 Medford Park 38 North Medford .'in Medford Northeast 40 East Medford , 41 Southeast Medford - 42 'Southwest Medford 43 West Medford 44 Northwest Medford 31 Medford South Riverside . 3:. Medford Oukdule Ttotals Majority BUILD SUPERDREADNAUGHT TO DRAW RECRUITS. asm 5 A modern siiiiei-drcadnaiiglit is IwIiik built of wood In I iilon Siiiuire, Xew York, wliorc millions. of people pass dully, lo draw lwrults. It will have turrets and wood guns and a crew of several hundred men who will go (Jim ull duties und tlrills of regular sailors. I NEW YORK, June 5. The police announced toduy that they had In formation that tho head of the Ger man wireless system came to this country, made plans regarding wire less outfits and other details thru which information was to be conveyed to Berlin and then departed, probably tor Mexico. This uisciosuro was made In con nection with the arrest last night of Herman Frencke, an electrical en gineer charged with conspiracy In violating the postal laws. Others held on the same charge arc Harry F. Perlssi, Irvin Bonaparte and Axel D. Melchnr, the last named being a saloon keeper In Brooklyn. Perlssi and Bonaparte arc employes of a Ger man electrical company. The government alleges that the men operated an "underground" mall system to Germany by having letters carried by members of the crews of Norwegian ships. Documents found In ufflces occupied by Perlssi are said to show shipments of wireless electri cal apparatus on Ward line ships to Mexico. OF VOTES CAST IN MEDFORD JUNE 4 "3 c a a 'A X :hi "i 28i .v.! l.-i! 1 ' -'! 4S; '2!l 3H! 3l! 3l 27J Mi 73; 21 1 2."ii :is, 33, 311 III) I 4ii '21 1 2; 12: I -4.fi 22! r; in; 2; 12; llll ,)l; 45.273.1..5 -"101 ,is3; -1301 -J-c-r J&&J FOUR SHOTS AT LONDON, June 5. The American steamship 'Mongolia fired four shots on June 1 at n German submarine which discharged a torpedo at the liner. Neither the Mongolia nor the submarine was damaged. The Mongolia was 250 miles from tlx; British coast when the subma rine appeared and fired a torpedo. By skillful maneuvering the steamer es caped the torpedo and opened on the submarine with her guns. 1'iiiir shots were fired, 'flu! ;ubuuirine fled, nl- (hou.ch unhit. The Mongolia pr d- ed on her voyage and has arrived at a British poll. It was (lie Mongolia which fired the first gun for America in ihe war and sank a (lermau submarine in April. After leaving on the voyage just com pleted, Ihe liner put back to port on account of an accident to a gun in which two nurses were killed. WASHINGTON. June 5.- Viola tions of Swedish and Danish territory ! German submarines and the firing on tliem by authorities of those coun tries were otlieially reported lo the state department. 5 -3 a 'A 'A' -I 'A -V -A I S ! 13: 12i 2I -t 20' 2 I.",! 12' 3i; 31, I"! 'H: 2i; 311! '! i"! l!l 3ll! r,.i .-wi 12! 22 nil 22j 22 32 2.V 37' 2(1! 31' 31 ; 22 38' 3!l! 17: 22 lli; 2!lj 23 ii -it: ft' 2H 17; 3.i I :! 11! 31 1 1H1 82' 10 23 1 21, 0! ftii! 13 2.1 13 3.-1, IK, 13! 12' 2H 27! ."1 1' H: 22 r . 21! II n! is; 13; 3i ; !l (i 1! in! 11! 2l Hi fi: 2"' 2(1 ; 4(i' '7 .'111 83 371 2l! lift; 30; 3S1 (i2l 30; 12; b"2' 21! 121 2H l 37I 10 18; 21 2721371 l-'.S 23ft .-.(Mi'2.72 l3'lMI7'f.V221 1)9,223 ifttllllill YOUNG AMERICA DOING PART IN AIDING NATION Registration Proceeding Generally Thruout Country For War Service Without Disturbance Few Arrests Reported Weather Is Generally Fair All 21 to 31 Must Register. WASHINGTON, June S. Hegi-.l ra tion iiroceeiled generally without dis turbance thruout the country and the few arrests reported were construed by officials not us evidence of any effective organized resistance, but rather ns sporadic affairs to be ex pected in an undertaking of such mug nitude and importance. Weather generally was fair nnd in coming reports indicated a healthy registration during tho early hours and continuing ns the duy passed on. Tho extent of evasion will not be known until complete returns tiro as sembled, but officials are confident it will be negligible. America is stepping forward today to do ber part in making the world safe for democracy. In every city and town in the most remote valley, hamlet, and at tho wildest mountain cross-roads ten mil lion sons of liberty aro Inscribing their names on the honor roll of the ages, that the free governments for which their fathers died may not per ish from the earth. All Must Register. Whlto or black, married or slnglo sick or well, alien or native born even enemy subjects of the kaiser- all mon between the ages of 21 and 31 aro expected to present themselves today between 7 n. m. and 9 p. m. for registration. It does not matter that a man for any reason Is unfit for army duly; that will bo established later It does not matter that he may claim and bo entitled to exemption from army service that will be attended to in another way. It does not matter that he is not a citizen of the United States. lOvery man between those agos is required to register toduy unless ho already is in tho military service in some brunch or other. As each man registers today he will bo numbered and nt a later tlmo the numbers will be chosen for servlco by lot. Not until then will any man know whether ho has been drawn for the first Increment of 050,000 men who probubly will bo called to the colors for training early In Septem ber beforo they go to tho battlefields of northern Franco or tho trenche of outraged Belgium. (exemptions Later. After tho men have been drafted the question of exemptions will come up to bo decided by fair and impar tial boards. They will determine whether physical or mental defects drhnr a mini from service or whether tho dependence of others on him. or tile country's need of him In civil life make It necessary to exempt him from service nt the front. In tho meantime, today's duty Is registration. Tho long arm of the federal law Is renchlng out to seize those who seek to evade this .first duty to which all have been cnlled and thoso who by counsel or influence seek to prevail upon other to shirk it Tho department of justice for the tlmo being has put aside ull other work: (he great machinery of the fed eral government has concentrated to day upon enforcement of tho law Citizens have been called upon ns (Continued on Pago Five.) CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., June - Railroad officials Investigating the finding of a large timber on the track In front of the train which last night morn Mnjor-Gcneral Leonard Wood from ChiiltanooKa to llliiulngham are Inclined lo bellevo the obstruction fell from a passing freight train and that Is presenco was merely an accident. D V Fish Lake Dam Develops Leak Which Threatens Break Water is Drain ed From Lake Rapidly Dirt Fill ing Washed Out of Dam Leaving Bare Rocks No Water for Irriga tion Until Flood Is Past Diverting Point and Stream Clears. Telephonic reports received in the i.:., ........ c I.., .1. 3 l-llj nun liwmi lllflll lliu 1-11IHO UUIU of the lioguc River Cnnnl company, ' were to the effect that the break in the dam was under control, that the water was running from tho dam thru the pipes, nnd that nil danger of the dnin giving way wns past. The break in tho wall of the dnui occurred Mon day night. Outlets wcro nt once open ed to drain the dam and by noon the water level hud been lowered beyond the danger point, according" to tel ephone advices. fhe ranchers nnd others riding along Itullo creek in that viuinity were greatly alarmed Monday night und Tuesday morning by the escaping water from the iTum rushing down tho creek, took no chance today, how ever, and n number of them moved their household goods, to higher ground, fearing that tho dam might ive wuy and carry everything be fore it down the creek, ' ' Civil Kngincer Ralph Cowgill of the canal company had u crew of men nt work at the dam. Me hurried to the scene Monday night ns soon as the news of the leak was received in the eily. Debris Clogs Intake. Cily Water Superintendent Arn piger, before leaving for tho dam and the city water works intake Tuesday morning, said (hut from re ports he hud received during the night from the city intake the water sup ply of Medford was not endungered I'rniu the break in the canal company dam. Me said, however, that because of ihe rush of waler from the dam the intake and vicinity wns filled with debris of various kinds which would have to be cleared away beforo Iho normal supply of water c;ouId flow into Ihe intake. However, as a precautionary meas ure, before starting for tho intake I his morning he ordered Acting Chief of Police Crawford to stop ull irri gation of lawns anil gardens in the "ity until further notice. City Knglneer Arnsplger tele phoned from the dam at noon Tues day that tho danger was past but that It would require two days to drain the dam, meauwhllo all irrigation In Medford will bo forblddan. , Alarm ('routed. Considerable consternation was erciitod thruout the city when tho ru mor spread that Hie dam nt Fish luko had gone out, carrying with it the water supply of Medford. Many peo ple lately imbued with the prepared ness idea al. once started to filling tubs, buckets and other receptncles (Continued on Page Four) REPEATS APPEAL I'KTIJOORAD, June The conn cil of soldiers und workmen's dele gates today sent n long statement to the socialist parties and central fed erations of trades unions of tlio world repeating its appeal of March 28 to the peoples of (lie world to unite ill reMiliilo action in favor of peace und in which it inscribed on its banner: ''I'encc without annexation or in demnities on the hasiH of rights of na tions lo decide their own destiny." 1 BREAK NOW OVER