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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1914)
m : I f i fiKGBJFOTTR "" '- oiuuiuiui, jnAiJU j.KinunB . ' ' r BEDFORD MAIL' TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREOON, TITUKHDAY, u o- ( wscgut m liSD roi INT NKW&PAFBR Kitr ArranNooM JNDAT T TIO ' PRINTINO CO. OMtMJtell Triton Balldlnf, IMMI tmm wit tfttt tfpiig 7. "llMiPMMeTrtle TIhmc, TM M4feril ML IM MMfera TMDUM, THIt BOUW raOncMilM, ThcAcbUnA Trlbta. THE WISDOM OF WITHYOOMBE JSESttV! mall- kati IMll- -11.00 . PM-Matith, llverd bjr carrier la fMcero. jaoKaonTiiia ana ven tral Fdnt .10 titwrtey nly, by wall, pr rar 1.00 Mkly, pr ytar . . 1.60 OffMal Pimt of the City r Matter omelal Paper of Jackion County. Nfitaraa aa aecona-claaa Matter at fedferd. Oregon, undr taa aet ot Kan I, 1IT. With ftMforl fltoOr SUPREME EFFORT BEING MADE TO TURN ALLIES LEFT TARIS. Oct. 22, G:G5 a. ni. Lat est dispatches from tho hattlc front in Franco and Belgium told just enough to make the public eager or more. Tho allies' positions having been everywhere maintained against tho onslaughts ot tho enemy, today's official statement of the war office -was the object ot hope on the part ot the French. Meanwhile the fighting force, and before resuming tho contest, sought anew to discover tho weak spot In the lines of ono another. Tho maxi mum of natiens: "Do not attack in front the positions you can take by a turning" Is a movement to which the Germans are adhering In what ap pears to be a supremo effort. In this battlo of tho north, tho allied amies, supported by an English squadron, have thus far successfully -withstood repeated and ficrco at tacks. The fields of battle in Belgium, Flanders, Picardy, Champagne, Ar foaneLerralBe, Vosges and as far as Alsace, continue to be tho scenes of combats whero tho allies have made gains, but a real decisive result la yet awaited. BRITISH RELEASE STANDARD OIL SHIP WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, tho British ambassador, was Informed today by the London foreign office that the American tank steamer John D. Rockefeller, seized by British cruisers, had been released. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22,Actlng Secretary Lansing of tho stato de partment announced today that tho United States had. protested to Great Britain against .tho Bclzure of the American steamer Brindllla now at Halifax, N. S., as unjustifiable, and demanding her Immediate release, TRIES 10 ASSASSINATE DOCK COMMISSIONER NEW YORK, Oct. 22. An attempt to assassinate Richard C. Harrison, first deputy commissioner of tho de partment of docks and ferries as he was about to enter his office this morning was frustrated by tho ac tion of spectators, who overpowered the assailant and after a fight last ing several minutes, took away a pistol, The assailant was supposed to bo John O'Connor, a discharged cm ployo. Ho was locked up. ON another page is printed a letter written by Dr. .Tames Witbyconibe, republican nominee for governor, at tacking the Medford public market. If there is one institution that has been a success, it is the Medford public market. It has brought consumer and producer together, encouraged tho growing of garden truck, cheapened the cost ot living and kept the mouev at home. It has been a material help to the struggling farmer and orchardist as well as an aid to the housewife. Jt has restored to Medford much trade that had wandered away. One only has to attend the Saturday morning session of tho market to see how it is appreciated. People of all ranks and classes flock to it and liberally patronize it. The market has not worked any injury to the grocer, as was feared. Instead, it has been a benefit, as it relieved him of a portion of trade in which there was much loss and insured him a steady supply of produce. The letter gives an insight into Dr. Withvcombo's fore sight and character It was written before the market had become firmly established and was a palpable political effort upon his part to curry favor with the grocer rather than the farmer. It is an index to his shallowness and sophistry. Listen to the words of our modern Pewhattan: "THE PUBLIC MARKET IS AN UNORGANIZED, UJ1AUT1U METHOD OF DOING BUSINESS IT NEITHER AFFORDS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STANDARDIZING VALUES OF PRODUCTS, NOR UJUUSKS AN Y JJMPJBTUS TO IMPROVEMENT." This assertion of Dr. "Withy combo's is not home out by the facts or the results. The character of the markot de pends entirely upon the method of conducting it. In Med ford it is neither chaotic nor unorganized. Again he savs : "IF THE BEAUTIFUL AND PROGRESSIVE CITY OF MEDFORD ESTABLISHES THE ANTIQUATED PUBLIC MARKET. IT IS MY PREDICTION THAT IT AVILL PROVE TO BE A LONG STEP BACKWARD." All of which shows how much, or rather how little, Dr. "Withycombe s predictions arc worth. It is a pretty poor prediction for a statesman. "The farmer," concludes Dr. "Witbyconibe, "should devote his time and thought to the art and science of pro duction and leave the subject of distribution to those trained for that class of work." Verily, pearls of wisdom 1 Dr. Withycombe thinks the people haven't sense enough to select their candidates and need an assembly to name them for the people, so it is but natural that he thinks the farmer and producer lias not senso enough to market his own products, but needs a middle man to do it for him. OCTOBER 22, -" m u A Defense of Withycombe and O. A. C. TIMBER TRUST ACTIVITY PUGUST KILLED IN, - ' BOUT IN INDIANA , CHICAGO, Oct. 22. John Lund greu, opponeut of John Levcndow kl, killed in a boxing bout between the pair at Tollestou, Indiana, last sffM, aa arrosted hoio today. ' "It must have boon heart trouble, M we had scarcely begun to mix tbttigs when I knocked lilm out," sM LuHdgren, who left Tolleston Wfr the fatal termination ot the fJM wa kNOWU o llllH, AT all the Chamberlain meetings from Baker City to Medford leaflets have been distributed by certain men employed for the purpose, who have followed the sen ator over the state, attacking his record, besmirching his character and presenting specious questions to be an swered Very wisely, the senator refuses to pay any atten tion to this form of attack, merely stating that if cither .of his opponents desires to ask him any questions he will snare ins lime wiiu nun at me meetings. ' One of these lists of queries was prepared by a former inmate of the insane asylum, and the other is in the form of an open letter signed by Russell Hawkins of Tillamook. Mr. Hawkins is manager of thc""Whitney Lumber com pany, a Weyerhaeuser subsidiary company, dominating tho timber interests of the Tillamook country. As the Booth-Kelly Lumber company has common stockholders with the Weyerhaeuser company, the activity of Mr. Hawkins and the lumber trust in behalf of Mr. Booth is easily understood. The lumber trust needs an other senator. The Oregon & California railroad gnuit, now the prop erty of the Southern Pacific, containing over four million acres of timber land, is shortly to bo forfeited to the gov ernment, if thp decision of Judge Wolverton is sustained, as is probable. With an Oregon timber baron as senator to dictate the disposal of this immense quantity of timber property, it is easy to guess the opportunity of the lumber trust at the expense of the people. There is another disadvantage in having a lumber trust senator instead of a representative of the people. Most of the opposition to public improvements in Oregon comes from the timber barons, who object to being taxed upon a just valuation of their holdings. They desire to hold, for speculative purposes, vast stretches of timber, and do all in their power to prevent taxation which would compel them to sell or operate. Hence taxation for public im provements are fought in the courts throughout Oregon by timber owners, and the material progress of the state thoreby materially checked. In Clatsop county, the timber interests enjoined the payments of county warrants issued for a crulso of tho timber to secure an equitable basis ot valuation tor tax ation. In Tillamook county the timber interests enjoined the payment of county warrants for road and highway pur poses and lias taken the case to the supreme court. In Lane, Douglas and other counties the timber inter ests contested the special road district tax levy and suc ceeded in invalidating the law. In Klamath County, the timber interests attacked all county warrants, because of the program of good road building, and succeeded in crippling the county's financial standing and destroying its credit. In Jackson county, tho non resident timber interests re fused to pay the special road district tax, contesting the same. Tho methods of grab whereby the control of great tim ber areas was obtained arc familiar to all. The policy of holding these timber areas intact for speculative purposes and for tho benefit of future generations, is also well un derstood, TJio question follows do the people of Oregon want a representative of tho lumber trust, or a representa tivo of tho pooplo as United Stales Hoiuitor? To tho Kdlter: 1 have JiiBt .seen n copy of your bdltorlnl of tho Hth In roKiml to tho tnituro of tho experimental work car ried on nt the several experiment ulntlons by the Oregon Aiuleulturnl College. You llkcw Iso remark on tho enormous appropriations absorbed by tho Institution and sou do not seem to bo particularly plcnxcd lu that Dr. With) combo appointed his son to a good position at one of these sta tions. As I have been a member ot the experiment station, allow mo to enlighten you oil several points. In the first place tho amount of money asked by tho college was fully Justified. To proo to you that It was t will cite but one Instance. Af ter the appropriations granted by tho lnt legislature, President Kerr raised his own salary from $5000 to $7000 per nnuum. Of course, If you were to ask him .he Mould remark that the increase was granted by tho board of regents, The, said board la a joke at Corvallla an It Is common knowlcdgu that President Kerr con trols tho board. Now 1 submit to jou whether such an act of philan thropy could bo perpetrated unless the appropriations were forthcoming. Frankly, I am surprised at your knowledge of the experiment station situation. I had been under tho Im pression that this was a secret ami not known by any outsiders. If jon will examlno tho expenditures for tho several stations you will seo that first tho fund Is manipulated at Corvallls so that not more than In absolutely necessary goes to tho purposes of the act granting tho appropriations. If you don't believe It, ask for a state ment showing where the money ap preprinted for stations is applied. Furthermore, I desire to protest against our attitude on the matter of a state official appointing his son to a good position under himself. It was about that tlmo that President Kerr appointed his son to tho respon sible position ot managor ot tho bus iness activities of tho Collcgo and station. Said son left after, as far as I am ablo to ascertain, a not too successful regime. However, within tho past few months President Kerr's son-in-law has been appointed to a position In tho extension department ot the 'college. Prcsldont Kerr docs not think this out ot tho ordinary therefore It must be perfectly proper. Let mo tell you of an old trick frequently played upon tho taxpayers to which few people aro "wlso." The College conducts a very effi cient publicity department. Tho mot to of tho department Is "Hurrah for US," all reports of' tho activities of tho institution nru made with this motto apparently ns a guiding prin ciple. Thoy will tell you that since Dr. Withycombe has been director of tho experiment station tho stato .has gained In population, wealth, and' In resources, all due to tho collcgo. It must bo so for they admit it them solves. After tho rcal'plotoccra havo shown tho way tho collegocomes and signifies its willingness to tako tho credit and askfor more appropria tions on tho strength of It. And, perhaps, you havo noticed that al most all the testimonials regarding tho great work our agricultural col lego originate in tho collcgo publicity department. These arc a fow of tho conditions undor which Dr. Wlthycombo has de veloped his strength of purposo. Tho Ashland Tidings seems to think that tho doctor has no opine, and I pro sumo you aro inclined to think along similar lines. As a matter 6t fact, tho doctor has never really been moro than a nominal director. Tho presi dent has always been the director, tho dean, tho business managor - and everything elso In which any author ity was vested. (Whisper) Why did tho last business manger leave after SB Mam Dw IliUMAJtA mi.rlj IKMMgf to Mount's "I am not surprised to rtwerva tho number of men who come Into tho storn to purchase 'Mother's Friend.' " remarked a leading; rtrugglnt. It Is a happy thought to send hubby to tho drug tore. "Mother Friend" In applied externally over tho AbdamlnAl fiiuiirle- 5p. It Is a Kentlo, penetrates to tho flnonetwork of nerves beneath tho skin and ,han a marked tendency to .relluvo the mucular strain to which theiw) Iroad, flat "nlxlomliiul munclis arc nubjrtted. Tho curds, ten dons and ligament aro thus permitted to stretch without tho corrcupondhitf wurfuco train so often Involved durlntr tho period of expectation. Trl In part uccounts for tho cntlroabHcnce, In many cases reported, of naunca, morning slckncus and other dUtrekc, nifrli laceration of the epi dermis ko often the caae wtira tula gcntlo form of lulirlcatlon l neglected. "Mother's Friend" has, been hlKhly recommended by a hot of Women who know from experience and by men who know from observation. Write- Uriidfleld lUiruUtor Co., SO lamar JJIdK., Atlanta, Oa., and wo will ncml you a vuluullo little book to expectant others. John A. Perl UNDERTAKE Lady AMlouat M M. IIAKTMCrr I MM I AinMtfAJM9 MotIm halug been employed only a fow months . Said business manager had orgnnliod and successfully conduelud tho business activities ot tho Univer sity of Wisconsin for U years. The official enduring such conditions tor half n doxon yenra must necessarily lose whatever spina ho was original ly endowed with. Ho please, kind sir do not censure tho doctor. Whisper once again, Will some ono kindly ask PresldenL Kerr whero ho obtained the I), tic, he placeH after his name and whether this Is tho snmo D. Se. that President Kerr claimed In Utah, when questioned, that It was a typoyrapMcal error and should havo been 11. Se. l, Doctor of Scriptural Divinity (a do gree conferred by tho Mormon church upon tho faithful.) Dr. Wlthycombo, If you well willing to tolerate these and worse contll tlons, ns you havo for the past half doen years, why should wo expect that you will Ixi tho people's j;oor nor If elected nud not merely a rub ber stnmp for some scoundrel who doe not dare to run under his own colors. S. 11. OWMI3. mm WU 0i' " , a.umj asaeww STAR Theatre Wednesday and Thursday Klaw and Erlanger Present Woman Against , Woman In Throo Parta Other Good Pictures TT Theatre TODAY ONLY Knight Errant Itlp-lloarln.; Comedy Women Alone Majestic Comedy Spifkin's New Job Do Luxo Comedy Red The Mediator Comedy Drama Mable's Bare Escape Illp Hoarlng Keystone Comedy 10c ALWAYS 10c rflJteTjL STCRMNO (nl 3te, Etruscan One of thn popular pat trrni In Gorliim labia Silver wnni standi with Ihulx'&t product of tho Mlddln Georgian Period. iTIiodnilKncrsof that time cr strongly Impres sed with ptiro (jreek mid Itomaii forms, Invariably avoiding the ro coco, the fantas tic and tho ornate. This new (iorliam pattern, modeled iioii tlicio stan dards, attracts by Its clasftlc sim plicity and Is es pecially appropri ate to Colonial and Georgian illnlng room. 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K M L E I N rou LOTHES ADE IN EDFORD PAGEUP i FRIDAY "Bread Upon the Waters Two Part Drama Tho prnetleo of his high Ideal Im parts soul to liln art, biluglug him fame and fortune. Kxperlenro Is a great teacher. Klleiiuo (llrardot. I.lllluu Walker ami an nll-iitar cant. "The BlacK Signal" A heart-Interest drama, showing how a governor refused to pardon hht own sou who wan coudoiuuud to hung. , "The Missing Page" A Story of tho Medical World "A Canine Rival" Wood-lle-Wudd Is HUH Pursulnc Ma trimony. A Comedy of Mirth VAVPKVIIiMl Kmpresa Circuit ODDONE" Accordionist, With a Novelly Offering Oomlittf "The Fortune Hunter" PAGE THEATER Wednesday-Thursday TREY V HEARTS TWELFTH SERIES Thin serif is filled with rapid action ami IioIiIh tho iulerebt l'toiii htnrt to finlhli. "YE VENGEFUL VAGABOND" A Hpcolnoulnr ilrnmntio trngeily ot I'ilgrim layn. -Tho historical nluo nl' Uih pietuto in jiariiinoniit nt leant ihrvu or four hundred people were used in proiluuiu it. "POLISHING UP" t A Vi.tnjjrnph Comedy. Fen lining lliiiiny uml Flora Much. VAUDEVILLE I'miliipyit Circuit SILBER AND NORTH A Mini ami n .Maid, J'reHcntiin; Heaps of KirMt-ClnsM Comedy. Coming -"The Fortune Hunters" Page Theater 22H Engagement Extraordinary America's Foremost Actor NAT. C. GOODWIN Supported by MARGARET MOREL AND In the Great New York and London Success "NEVER SAY DIE" In lliu ciibl: Dciiuirt Clciigh, sudor Matvil, Stanley I'l'ii-risou, (lludyu Wiluon, Cliailolto Lambert, Luko Vrohiiuin and othuiu Seal Snlu opium Tlieulur llox Office, Kiiday, Ool. 'JO, 10 a. in. 1'IIICRS: 1.80, .f 1.00, 7.rm and f.() BI'KOIAL KOTIGI'' Tho inuiiiiKomoiit dooH mil hesitate (o ulalo that Mr. Goodwin in I ho most irominenl utur hooked nl litis tlieulur Hinuo IIh ocniiifr; thai tho company niiiioitinK him in i'iihl hIiiuh and "Never Bay Din" onu of Ilia howl plays over produced hy Mr. flood uiii. II (,'ivwi him ovcry oppoitunity to dlHpluy Ids Kreut nhillly, mid il is Nuldom (hill n city of thin hio is ho foiliinalo ns In secure tho eiigiiKcmMil of Hindi u pnuiilneiil slur mid Htroiitf ooinpany in a pio dilution which hits iimdo u phenomenal mieveus lu Loudon and nil of tho Iiii('hI ollk'tt of Urn Untied Htatus, 51 v N