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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
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INTERURBAN AUTO CO. Inc.
Announces that beginning on Monday, August 17 its first car will be
placed in operation between
MEDFORD AND CENTRAL POINT
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SCHEDULE (Daily, Except Sunday)
Leave Mcdford Leave Central Point
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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
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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.. .... ;...,:-:....
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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
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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.
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There. Is when you amok Gov. Jonn
ion cigars and patroulio homo Indus
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