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p PAG BBC MEDFOttD MATL TRTBUNE. atEDFOttD. ORECION. MONDAY. AlWST 17, 10H CRUISER LEIPSIG AT SAN FRANCISCO TO SECURE COAL T OF ARGENTINE LAW PRESIDENT PLANS E TO PROTEST ACTION ATTEMPT TO FLOAT BY SPECULATORS F GOVERNOR WE PRICE FOOD CONGRESS ASKED MORGAN ABANDONS ES SEASON A D ALONG LINE COMMERCE CENSORSHIP FOR FOR R HUNTING WITH AMERICA OF JAPAN CHINA WIRELESS LNES OREIGN LAN l Mi l. I n n i hi in ' u? . p e t sv k: r t-i ; li P IN I SAN FRANCISCO; Cnl., Ants. 37. The Ovnnnu cruiser Leipzig which crept inlo port before ilnxvn tAJny, moVed into ninn-o'-war row Inter and heffnn to tnfco on cout and supplies. Cnntmcts nlrendy Imd been placed with eonl, victualing, towing and lif;htcrn(j companies, by the arting (lennnn roumil. IVnnission in writing, however, had not been form ally requested nnd ns noon ns the collector of tho port lonroed that eonling had lirpun with out Ids nullinrltq. lio ordered it stop pod immediately, until tho formali ties had been complied with. The noting German consul protest ed, but the collector was firm. In spector Hulger, ho said, would e.x nmine tho cruiser's bunkers, rejwrt how much coal sho needed to take her to Apia, nnd that much nnd no more would be permitted her iu the due course of the reflation. The Leipzig had placed nu order for seven hundred tons. I'mler the neutrality regulations the Leipzig can tnko on only suf ficient coal to carry her to the near- j est Oennnn jwrfj in this enso Apia. Samoa. She must leave before 1 o'clock tomorrow morning nnd she cannot return within throe mouths to nny American port unless in the menntimo sho shall have touched ut n Oennnn port. Lurking in the fog bank off the Knrallones is supposed to bo the French armored cruiser Montcalm, a vosxel superior in everything but Sliced. The Loinxic was built to make Iwrnty-thrre knots nnd the Montcalm twenty-on. The Leipzig U of only 3250 tons displacement and tho Montcalm of 9367. The lat ter enrries a main battery of two 7.6-inoh guns foro nnd aft, with broadsides of four C.4-inch rifles each. Tho Leipzig has ten 4.1-inch guns, mounted two forward, two nft nnd three on each broadside in spoil- SOOIl'?. Died. SUIVKL.Y At the home of his daughter Mrs. Fred Hartley at Wll; llama, Josophlno countr, Tuesday alKht, Aijguat 11th, at 11 o'clock, Jacob Shlvely, aged 84 years. Mr. Shlvcly was born In Ohio April 2, 1S30. Twenty years ago ho came to Oregon residing In Ashland most pt the time at which place ho was known to acorca. Mr. Shlvely leaves (our sons and four daughters they being Mrs. Fred Bartley, Williams, Ore.; Mrs. phn Erway, Hastings, Mich.: Mrs. Mary J. Erway, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Mrs. C. E. IUnear, Moab, Ariz., and John O. Shlvely, Medrord, Ore.; Arthur J. Shlvcly, Los Angeles, Cal.; Win. II. Shlvcly, Chandler, Ariz., Henry D. Shlvely, Mlddleville. Mich. Mr. Shlvely was hurled by tho side of his wife at Ashland Friday. Do It Today. Resolve to smoke Gov. ohnson ci gars, the best, and thereby patronize homo Induitry. tf $mm$m5m4m$$ INTERURBAN AUTO CO. Inc. Announces that beginning on Monday, August 17 its first car will be placed in operation between MEDFORD AND CENTRAL POINT t SCHEDULE (Daily, Except Sunday) Leave Mcdford Leave Central Point 6:30 A.M. 7:00 A.M. 7:30 " 8:00 " 8:30 " 9:00 " 9:30 10:00 10:30 " 11:00 " 11:30 " 1:00 P.M. 1:30 P.M. 2:00 " 2:30 " 3:00 " 3:30 " 4:00 " 4:30 " 5:00 5:30 " 6:00 " 6:30 " 7:00 " 7:30 " 8:00 " 8:30 " 9:00 " 10:30 " 10:45 " Until niTimgamcntfl for wailing room lutvo Immmi pnrfuctud (ho car will leave f ho Modl'ord hold and go oihI, on Mini wJJl return from Conlral Point ly tho name route, Faro between Mcdford and Cent nil Point, ono wny 15 wy Cur will utoj) on Nlgnnl nt nny point to tnlco on or Jet off pmHongorH, "Pay iih you entf-r," Governor West's proclamation closing the door hunting season in Oregon until rainfall went into ef fect today. It was issued because of the danger of forest fires as a result of camp fires carelessly left by hunt ers. The governor issued the proclama tion upon his return from Portland, where he received information re garding conditions. Hunter will be informed of it by fire wardens, nnd it is probable that most of them will be reached today. State Forester Klliott, who con ferred with Governor Wf-t regard ing numerous fires, said he felt that it was a good thing. He said there had been several reports of forest fires having been started by careless hunters. The season started August t nnd would hove closed November I, but for the proclamation of the ex ecutive. LARGEST ARTIFICIAL LAKE IN THE WORLD NEVIS, (Plumas Co.) Aug. IT Tho Orcat Western Power Company has completed to a height ot eighty feet Its great dam on the north fork of Feather rlvor. This dam has created Lake Alma- nor, the largest artificial lake In Cal Ifornla, as a reservoir. Ultimately this dam Is to lie fur ther enlarged, forming tho largest artificial lake In the world. The dam Is of an hydraulic fill type and contains 350,000 cubic yards of earth and rock. It has a length ot Its crest pt 600 feet. ny creating Lake Almanor, 4 450 feet above sea level. It has formed a reservoir with a capacity of 82,000 000,000 gallons of water. Two hundred and fifty thousand acre rcct of water is impounded, forming a lake over ten miles In length and thirty square mllen In area. The nig Meadows dam will be tur- ther enlarged In the futur , so as tolion for (e t . d - '- ultimately impound 1.250.000 re wWll nwl '1Ior. feet of water, or five times tho nres ent storage. This ultimate development of th water-shed will make poislhV generation of 550,000 continuous horsepower from the flvo power sites which the company owns. OUIMET PREPARES TO DEFEND CHAMPIONSHIP CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Finnl prac tice for golfers who will attempt to wrest the national own championship from Frnncis Ouiuiet in the tourna ment begins nt the Midlothian Coun try club was held today. Most of the 125 players entered in the tourn ament planned to be on the links. Ouirnct, the present titlchohlcr, is playing nt the top of his guine. WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. Reports to the 'department of justice tell of the creation of nttificinl food "rices all along the line. A district nttor nev in Texas reported that granulat ed sugar had risen from $1,150 to $7..i0 per hundred weight since n week ngo; Swiss cheese, from -i to 118 cents; Hour, from $l.7. to .,. 10: beef ribs, from 18 to 'Jt cents jor pound; sirloin, i!8 to 32 cents; pork loin, 18 to '?" cents, and smoked ham from 'JO to 22 cents. The district nt tonioy suggested that small consum ers are charged even higher prices than hotels and restaurants. A letter to the nttomev general from the manager of cue of the law est livestock commission companies in the west reported that while hog- declined m Chicago .l per 100 pounds nnd cnl tie declined I'm to S. cents jut 100 pounds, dressed prod ucts to the consumer ndvnnced sev eral cents per ound. ''The packers clnimcd Ihnt reduc tions were made on account of fin niicinl conditions and money Mring ency,' he wrote, "but l don't know whnt excuse thov gae for ndwiuciiig the dressed nnicle. There is very lit tle beef or pork extorted." ASK GOVERNMENT E WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 17,-Oov-ernmentnl regulation of the sale and control 6f tho price of wheat is ad vocated by the Hrend arid Cake Mnn tifiicturers' association of Canada in a resolution unanimously adopted here today. Tho resolution says; 'We believe that one of the best ways for us to show our loyalty and devotion is to co-operate with the government, so far n prices of our raw material will permit, by not tak ing advantage of siieculntivo condi tions by unduly ndvnncing the price of bread." The resolution expresses the belief that there is nlwnlntnl.. .... ;...,:-:.... L GRIERSON DEAD LONDON, Aug. 17, 2:'0 p. m. Lieutenant General Sir James M. Grierson died suddenly in n train in Kuglaud today. General Gnersouj. who was bom iu 1850, was ono of the foremost of llritish military leaders. He had a long wnr record nnd at the time of his death held the eastern command of the Jlritisli army. xrtth Uedford trade is Med ford mad KI'AV YOHK, Aug. 17. -A law re ocntly passed in Arjtonlliiii especially friendly to American merchants and manufacturers was placed in opera tion in this eity todav by Minister N'aon of that country, who has es tablished an office in tho Awcntine consulate and is prepared to receive deposits which will bo credited to the depositors in Hueiuw Ayres without discount. The law niithnrmnu Minister Kaon to do this was intended not only to relieve United States iinns whose brunches in Argeutiiii were embar rassed by Ihc difficulty of money shipments, but to encourage better trade relations between this country and the South Amcucan republic. Mnny merchants, exporters nnd manufacturers have olre'ndv culled on Mr. Xnon to arrange for deposits and otherwise to take advantage of the now law. CAPTURED FLAG I'AIMS, Aug. 17, lD-JiT, a. m. The first Prussian eagle captured by th French during tho prccut war swung today nhoM) tho entrance to the French war office in Paris. It is the led and black Hag bearing n Prus sian eagle in the coaler, which was homo into battle by the first lower Alsatian infantry, regiment No. 132 of the German nrmy, when it came into notion nt Snintc lllnisc, nlso known as Snintc Marie uux Mines, nnd Mnrkirch. The regiment came from the Gorman fortress of Stras Imrg. The flag was taken by tho tenth battalion of French rifles and was brought to Paris Inst night by Marool Sorrel, formerly French, military at tache at llorlin. Crowds of Parisians Mood this morning Btaring at the captured standard. REACHES NEW YORK NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Sir Thos. Upton's cup challenger, Shamrock IV, arrived nt the Iirnoklyn shipyard today. Captain Tumor, sailing mas ter of the challenger, said the voy uge from Hermudn find been without incident. He snid the Shamrock would be placed m winter quartern at once. If you want a lithographed trutt label Instead of a printed one, see ua, wo are agenta for Schmltz Litho graph Co. Mcdford Printing Co, FRENCH EXHIBIT Monday during Wild West Show car will run direct to show grounds On Saturday evenings an additional trip will be made, leaving Medford at u:d) p. m. ana central Point 11:45 p. m. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 A reso lutlon directing Secretary of Hlate llrynu to protest against the an nounced Intention of Japan to take over tho Gorman leaned territory of Klnu-Chow, Chlnn, was Introduced In tho liouso today by Heprosontntlvo llrltteu or Illinois. Tho resolution quotes the Japanese ultimatum to Germany demanding the withdrawal ot all German armed forces In Chinese territory or waters, nnd tho surrender of Kino-Chow to Japan nnd continues; "Whereas It Is self oUdent that tho relenso ot said territory to tho Japan eso government would Ik) Inimical to the Interest of tho I' lilted States and China whoso territory should bo pro. served; therefore bo It, resolved, that tho secretary of state he, and ho la hereby directed to communicate with the Japanese government that tho I'nlted States views with concern the transfer by force of arms of any Chi nese territory to Japiui or any other foreign nation, or any transfer with, out tho unconditional consent of tho Chinese government." Itcprcsontntlvo llrlltcn said that tho course of Japan appears to bo n war-like step to gain a hold on Chi nese territory. Tho resolution was referred to n commit too. $415,000 IN GOLD AT FALMOITH, Knglnnd, Aug. 17, 1 p. m. The sum of $U.VH0 in American government gold was re moved from the United Stales cruiser Tennessee and sent to Loudon this morning. Tho gold was iu small kegs, which were en eloped iu n nil fastened securely nnd dropped by a largo derrick into a sailing vessel, which was at once towed to a wharf. The operation was watched by n largo number of residents of Fal mouth. After the gold had been lauded it was placed on a wagon by American sailors titnl taken to the railroad station, where it was stacked in n special steel bullion car, which was securely locked with two kejn, one of which was kept by the rail road company nnd the other by the American Kx press couipuuv. MARCONI OEEERS ITALY HIS SERVICES KOMI! via Paris, Aug. 17, M a. m. William Mnrconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy, has written to friends in Itomo saying that ho wid return to Italy to offer to his own country nil the assistance that he ru.i give, in enso of need, his Bcientific knowledge or his arm, whichever muy bo most useful. Leave Mcdford 9:30 A. M. 10:30 " 11:30 " 12:30 P. M. 1:30 2:30 " 3:30 " 4:30 " 5:30 " 6:30 " 7:30 " 8:30 " 9:30 10:30 ." 8:3o " Alain hUv.hI to IMvorHldo, popping nt IioIoIh nnd on Hlgiml nt nny Hirwl Inlowclion whIh, round trip 25 r:nlH, To Inlerniudinlo pointu (2'y nijk'y or Ichh) ,10 ttfnfB I'U'h WASHINGTON', Aug. 17. Piosi dent Wilson expects within the next twenty-four houis to find an impar tial plan for dealing with the ques tion of censoring wireless nnd cable messages out nf tho United Slntos to the nations involved Iu the Kumpoau wnr. He consulted today with do--mrtment of justice officials and with inlornutionnl law exports on the sub ject. The president told callers todny that the chief difficulty is that cables can deliver messages only on this side or the other side of the ocean, while the chief sphere of the wireless is iu mid-Atlantic, ltoplviug lo it suggestion that it would be easier for Great Htituiu to tiuusmit mes sages ft otii the United Slates to Can ada mid then send them acioss the Atlantic, the president said that the practical difficulties of censorship to Canada were almost uiisunuouul nble. NOTICK. Notice Is hereby nlven that the un dersigned will apply to the. city conn ell at Its meeting to bo held Repttim- bcr 1st, 1914, for ft license to sell malt, spirituous and vinous Manors in quantities less than a gallon at Its place of business on lot II, block SO, city ot Mcdford for a period of six months, Dated August IG. 19H. W M. KUNNi:iY. H MEDFORD PHARMACY OT 1 DRUGS f ml In our new location 212 E. Main St. M U aftei September 1st y We Give S. fc H. Green Trading Stamps SUNDAY SCHEDULE NHW YOltIC, Aug. 17. Abandon, ment by J. P. Morgan and company of a proposed loan to France because of -tho altitude of tho administration at Washington Is exported to terminate, negotiations recently under way hro Iu behalf of other helllKoreuts, In cluding Austria, It was understood In the flniimlal district that tho Austrian gmoru ment had sounded American hank ers, prenuumhly through Its niuhaHim. dor at Washington regarding tho pro. sped of n t no, 00(1, 000 to 1100,000,. 000 loan, chiefly for the piirohnso of foodstuffs In this country, Theie were 'reports today that tho Swiss government planned to estab lish credit here through one or moro ot Its representative hanking Insti tutions which have correspondent In this oily, GUNBOAT SMITH'S FIGHT POSTPONED UNTIL AUG. 24 LONDON, Aug. 17. The fight nr ranged for tonight between "Gun boat" Smith, the American heavy weight pmnlist, nud Young About u of New Yoik has boon postponed until August 21, owing to the illness of Abeam. You Get tho Pest There. Is when you amok Gov. Jonn ion cigars and patroulio homo Indus trios. t t t T f t T f f f ? ? T T t t T T ? T t Loavo Central Point 10:00 A. M. 11:00 " 12:00 M. 1:00 P.M. 2:00 " 3:00 " 4:00 " 5:00 " 6:00 7:00 " 8:00 " 9:00 " 10:00 " 10:45 " .K X HPrftv. imr ri1' m "ttttHtHM"!"!"