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,r n r ,' .,' o , . I '! MTOFOKD ftEAlU TRIBUNE. MEPFORP. ORKOON. TUESDAY, MAY 31, 3015 . ffr.-rer' tf I f- ll k MN$QI MAIL TRIWJNK AJ INDWPMNnBNT tur.i4iiKi KVtenv COWPMNDBNT MRWHPAPBR . AKTKIINUlliX IJY TUB 4TlNn CO. OKIr Moll JTrihuim Iliiltitlnn. SS-JVSO North Mr street leleohou 7i. i i i f Tha DcitwenitlC Tlhic. Tho Mntfnrd Mall, Thi itwlOml Tribune, Tli South, rii Orusonlan, tho AlilaiVI Trltnmo. BU8Cirrrow satsi One year, Uy mull.... . Mn Ono month, br,,mMi...-.-..,.- - " ivr mown, oeiivKmi wiitit in Mnlfdnl. riiwnlx. Jnukwrnvillf ml Central Point ,.-.. Hfl(Hr-Jy Pi)ir, y roil', per jvuiv. J Wtakly, ik ycHrw- ......,. -u. I tfl , II I IT H I - II T ' "" Officii Jmr eX Ui tity jf AlrUoro Official tttrwr nr dtwksun Comity Knlcril tin FifttiHl-cliiwn lintlrt nl Mlfnrit, Orcpnn, umlrr tlii net of March ' ' orn Circulation for lH, 8S l'ull lmmd wire Aiwooliilrd ! dl patent. Subscribers milinjc to receive papers promptly, phone Clrcu- lAtlon Manager at S6GR. 4 4 "When you loci like kicking your self and find out that you're not con structed right to do a good job don't be discouraged. Maybo somo one la dead anxious to assist jou." LAUGHS Could bo of Aid An elderly negro was run over by a wagon. A sympathetic attor ney rushed to the hospital and of fered to handlo the case on a con tingent fee. "Go 'way fum me, white nian," said tho old darkey feebly. "nut I want to help you," Mid tho lawyer, The old man showed a gleam of Interest. "Do you?" ho asked. Tho lawyer nodded. "Den," aald tho victim, "you go out an' find do man dat run Into me and bus' his hatd wide open." Washington Star, Good PorrontKO Dr. Busier How is your practice? Dr. Grander First rato. It couldn't be better. I had more than 1200 patients last year, and didn't lose a single cent, Puck. A Substitute Demosthenes was about to go down to tho seasltpro and perform his cus tomary stunt of talking with his mouth full of pebbles to Improre his enunciation. On the way an Idea as- wiled him. "What's tho use cf fuss ing with a lot of bligy pebbles," he growled, "when I can get tho samo effect on tho Galcian battlefields!'' And ho said Suzlysmzebrgl six times In rapid successjop. Cleveland Plain Dealer. T1IIJ MOYIKS JJy Jim Jinnee When you watch all tho crowds That hike down to tho placo Whero tho up-to-date movies are shown, You can easily seo That they set a fast paco And tho morel attendance has grown, And It pots you to thinking, 'Tis funny, by heck, It affecta eefy njan and hla wlfo. Just wjini did wo do, I menu "Me, him and you," Before movies came Into our life? gX ,; flSBHl - tl if P. S. Whero tho dickens did our tlmo go then? KJiopjldiig hy KnuiplP Vtfillor tsc'ancfl) I ant o talk wjh" Mr, Brown, ' Attoridant What ?!r, Drown? Visitor I cannot remember his first name, but ho is only recently dwawado, ,t(i'mlant ( formerly n depatraeut atpre porker) Please show the en tjdinan socm of tho latest shaded of prow ns.r-PjHshy rs Qhronjcjo. a fxwjiy Cvci( Clown Do you Know why tho ring waster JIJo$ to flourjsh'a big whip? Kquentrienne Well, why? Clown Because It's a snap. f t ? potcy AUvturo ''What makes you say Mr. Bab bit has pone for the season?" x( -"feiause I bw h,l;n pepjwred with " f i, r ' $ itlier I'oor t fll ILrVjwvany property?" rt 'Wrtf ?t jiijioli. All J'b xq r A MADMAN'S ACT Til 13 rulnpso of (ho Gornilui war lord into barbarism is n'Oinploti'. Boasted eJTieiouey but ministers to blood lust and science bceomes n strumpet J.or mini's. Treaties arc but scraps of paper to be torn up at will, and honor the idle divam of an idealist. Shattered aro the fragments of international law. Cone is tljcthin veneer of civiliza tion. In the scrap heap lies the progress of centuries and from the ruins emerges the gorilla-like figure of the prim eval bvute. From the ruthless rape of .Belgium to the poison-exhaling bombs of Ypres, irom tho Zeppelins spilling disaster on innocents from tho heavens, to submarines darting death to neutrals irom under the sea, from the wanton destruc lion of storied Louvajn to tho sinking of the Imsitania, runs a narrative of brutal outrage that dims the thousand-year-old record of Attilla the llun as the scourge of j Europe. Tins is not warfare it ?s premeditated murder. Such nets are the wonton crimes of a paranoiac, of a ruler crazed by militarism and insane from power whose taint calls, like an ancient heathen deity, for the continual sac rifice of innocents. And tho blood lust has stained the nation he rules so that in its warped and twisted vision, murder of the helpless is applauded as a feat of valor and rewarded a cheap substitute for heroism. Of all the blunders of. the kaiser's blundering diplom acy, the most stupid is the destruction of the Lusitania. How con ho expect the sympathy of neutrals when he de liberate! v violates international law in their destruction' "What can the vandalism accomplish save excite the do testation of mankind, alienate the sympathy of the world and make it shudder in horror at his blood-Iust'f The sinking ot the Lusitania may bring an iron cross as the "reward of bravery" to the crow ot the submarine which brought unseen death to over a thousand neutrals and non-combatants, but Germany's reward will be a world-wide exasperation and a world-wide execration. It will not weaken the allies in the slightest it does weaken Germany tremendously. MOUNT M'LOUGHLIN pESPITE efforts to correct the mistake, the name of Mt. Pitt is still erroneously applied to Alt. McLough lin, the snow-capped sentinel of the Rogue River valley, whose symctry and beauty deserves a better fate. "Who was Pitt and what did he do for Oregon to deserve such nn eternal mouumentf Pitt was the English states man who guided the destinv oftJJritain in the long struggle against Napoleon. Ife never In 18J2 Donald MeJvav a the mountain MeLoughlin, in lin, then factor of the Hudson's Hay company at Vancou ver, the founder of Oregon City and tho first white resi dent of Oregon, and it has never since been officially known by any other name. On .February 9, 190d, the the Urcgon legislature passed house concurrent resolution No. 27, which passed the senate Februarv 13, 1903, as shown in House Journal, page 916, designating the moun tain as Afount MeLoughlin. On December 26, 1908, the Oregon geographic board adopted a resolution declaring the name to be Mount Me Loughlin. On November 11, 1911, the U. S. geographic board passed a resolution declaring as follews: "MeLoughlin, peak, Cascade range, southern Oregon, latitude 42 20" (Not McLaughlin, not Pitt). How did the mountain come to be called Mt. Pitt? In the latter '70s Captain Applcgate ran a survey for a rail road from the Umpqua valley, over the Trail divide, up Butte creek, skirting the base of Mt. MeLoughlin, over the Fish Lake pass into the Klamath country, thence via the Pitt river to California. On the map of the survey, which he unsuccessfully tried to sell to the Oregon & California railroad, lie labelled Mt. MeLoughlin as Mt. Pitt to iden tify his route as the Pitt river route. From his map it was copied on railroad and other stuck probably because Pitt MeLoughlin. Pioneers never heard of a few years it will never be heard of again, as both govern ment and railroad maps in the future will givo the moun tain its correct name. Residents of the valley should drop the false name and give the mountain its correct title a name identified with the early history of the state. Dr. MeLoughlin well deserves the honor, for a finer man never lived. L KILLED BY RANGERS ALPINE, Tex..tay ll.Two Mex icans, ot a band of twolvo smugglers were killed and others wounded today In a running fight with a United States river guard und Texas rangers fifty miles below Douqulllas. Near ly 100 stolon cattlo -were recovered. Recent wholosalo thefts of cattlo resulted in tho organization of a num ber of posses. Warrants have been Issued for a dozen men and several arrests havo been mado in connection with tho smuggling trado. Stojw Tliat Itcli, Just a few drops of that mild, soothing, cooling wash, MeritoJ Ec zema Remedy, bo highly recommend ed for Eczema, and tho Itching and burning is gone. Don't fall to try this excellont remedy for any form of Eczema. We know Merltol Eczema Remedy will glvo you instant re lief, jjpjd and guaranteed by IJas lilns Drug Store, Solo ngoncy, prlres 50c nwf fl.QQ. tf heard of Oregon. Hudson Bay trapper, named honor of Dr. John McLough- house of representatives of maps and tho misnomer was easier to pronounce than Mt. Pitt, and in the course of I1LIHI ONLY HOPE FOR PEACE IN ITALY HOME, Hay 11. Although, ncjjoti ntiona with the central empires still nro pending mid there is n Imre pox Mljility tho influence of foimer Pre mier Qiolitti may nyert war, military preparation pointing to Austria as nn inevitable antagonist are ho thor ough uml vigorous thnt a conflict ccmH unavoidable. Kyen discussions jtnjong (l;e oj)mik ition purtjes have virtually cuiiBcd, Only the jrrceoiioilnlilo paities whos9 (leputien met in the cliumbcr Jodny Mill oppose Italy participation in the war ami their ntiitiidc is supposed to e fc'iipletJ .more by incQpH;sJcjc.y Imu opposition lo yvpr, . cju .; .,,.,. : .,.. ''., '.'..,., j Bill PHOTO PLAYER PUTS PEP w n ,w8&Bm id. 'V4Hl IIV KSTHKIt HOFFMANN "Aa braov as Hi-Ion Holmes," in n expression that has swept tho Unit. oil State since Ml Helen Holmes appeared in Kalem's llaiards of Ilel- eu Railroad serins. She la thoroughly at homo In tho cab of an engine; In a telegraph of fice or atop of afrolgh t train. Miss llolmes Is very proud of tho fact that she can run an englno or brako a train with the best brakemen In tho country. "It'a all In tho day's work," she says. If Helen wero told AUIO SEASON OPENS ON COASI Now that motnriWx nil wr tho i-niiht nro I'timi'Mlv nlatwiini' llieir hpriug nnd summer tout in?, and eon suiting tho vurimis imips nnd guide books for places to go, it hchooc them to tnku n look ut tlieir nutomo- biles nnd ec that tliey nre in perfect slmo for the contimplulcd ilnvi. No less important should ho tho question of the tire equipment for the coming m-umii, nnd the expert enced moturi-t will not stnrt out on uny extended tours without firt equipping Itin ear with new lire; and nUo seeing Ihut pttro ones me ear ned along. According to P. A. (lilberl, general ales manager t tho I'uited Statin Hubher company of Cnlirornin, mo torisU nru now cqiiiU)iug their cum with tho well-known "Nobby Trend" and "Chain Trend" limnds, ns the find these tiren gie ideal service un der tho vnrtuitr weather eonditions that predomumtc during tho spring season, pnd" in nchlition givo such re mnrk'nblo mileage that it is truo economy to nee them. 'Touring is opening all over tin const," said Gilbert, "ami in till tho Jnrge cities indications ore that there will Ijo n great amount of driving thi season. Advice received from Han Francisco telU of tho Inrgo number of easfcm peoplo there who hao brought their cars with them mill are planning to tour California and the Pneifio states whilo out here, tin the interesting nnd healthful uutomobile route. ITALIANS HASTENING TO LEAVE AUSTRIA-HUNGARY PAWS, May 11. A Milan dispatch from Udino to the Havns ngency Mays trnins nriiving from Austria are fill ed with Italian travelers. Hundreds nro waiting at the Trieste railroad station for places on trnins. OIIU.S INTIAIlHIJAIrif Hundreds of nlrtf go to work dny after day, afflicted with somo ail ment peculiar to tholr sex, dragging ono foot wearily after tho ptaor, working always with ono eye on tho clock and wishing for closing tlmo to ronjo, Every such girl should rely on Lydla E. I'lnklmm's Vogotablo Compound to restore hor to a normal healthy condition, thon work will bo a pleasure, Tor forty years this fa mous root and herb medlclno lias been pro-emlnontly successful In con. trolling- the diseases of women. Why don't you try lt7 John A Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant JWi S, HARTLKTT PhoMM M. 47 and 47-J9 AnbuiMce ftcrrU Corvner IN PERILOUS PICTURES to hop Into nn aeroplane and pilot It into tho clouds, aho'd obey order without feeling tlio least bit afraid, and eho known nothing of tlieeo con traptions. "Helen Is a daredevil nt lioart," Director Mcdownn declared with sat isfaction. "Any kind ot n senroy feat nppenls to her and the nioru dan gorand excitement there Is tho better alio likes It. You'd think a pretty clrl like Helen would bo afraid of spoiling her looks, but nothing ever worries her." i VKNiri:, via London, Mny 11, Tho nowspaicr of Viennn Justify tho sinking of tho Lusitania on tho ground that alio was "virtually nn auxiliary cruiser." The Neues Wiener Tagoblntt says: "Tho Lusltanlu was really exactly tho samo aa an EtiglUh battleship." Tho Noun Frio I'rcsso says: "Tho sinking of the Lusitania Is equivalent to a imval defeat and per- Imps ono result of the Incident will bo collapse In America of faith In England greater regard for tho (lor- man emperor" THE PAGE MctlfonTs Leading Theater LAST TIME TONIGHT SPECIAL STAR PROGRAM CHARLIE CHAPLIN ANITA STEWART EARL WILLIAMS nnd DOROTHY WARSHAUER, Voted Mo.it Popular Ulrl In Chicago WKDNKHDAV ONLY Tho I'hoto Play Masterpiece The Dollar Mark I'lvo Acts featuring HQHEIIT WAItWICIC HEAIt3T-SELia WEEKLY C-10-lCc VIENNA IE SINKING OF LUSITANIA I ROOSEVELT SCHOOL I A Mid-Summer Night's Dream AT.. STAB THEATER TONIGHT AT 8:00 P. M. t General Admission 25 Cemts to All s LINER'S SCHEDULE NOT DISTURBED BY L NIJW YOllK, May II. No nonornl cancellation of tlio snllluitA of nteiuil era or of p:flMMiiumi uugagud from Now York to Kiiropeitu porta hna fol lowed I ho MnlclliK o tlio liiultnuln, acordlng to hkoiiIh of ntoniuohlp linen here. They say, however, Hint there has been nn Increnmt In the popular ity ot vusnela flying neutral flags. Tho fait Hint tho Amerlcnn line linn stopped booking third clann paused- Iters for the SI. I.ouls. which Is due to leavo hero Saturday, wits cited na an evidence of thin, Tho agent of tho rrench lino sold tho sinking of the hualtnuln would uqt prevent them (ruin sending their stennurs ncroiu n usual, At tho offices ot tho Scandinavian-American and Holland-American lines It was stated that no salllngn had boon can celled, Agents of the White Star Hue said tho Cymric would anil from Vow York for Liverpool next Friday, ac cording to schedule. Forty cnbtn and .100 steerage passengers already nro boukod for that steamer At tho office of the Oman! lino It was said that no Instructions had been received from Liverpool regard. Ing the sailing of Its steamers end there had been no cancellation. It was estimated that 3,330 pas sengers nro on hoard tho various steamers from American ports bound for destinations that will tnko them within range of Herman submarlno activities. AGED TAX COLLECTOR ltr-.li.rvtl to llcxillli by Vlnol Corinth, Miss. "I inn n city tax collector nnd seventy-four )ears of age I was In n weak run-down con dition. My driiguUt told mo about Vlnol. I tried It and In n week no ticed considerable Imprevement: I continued Its use and now I linto gained twenty pounds In weight, nnd feel much stronger. I ronnlder Vl nol a fine tonic to crenlo strength for old people," -J. A. Price. Wo guarantee Vlnol, our delicious cod liver and Iron tonic, for at) run down, weak nnd debilitated condi tions. Modfdrd Pharmacy. Adv. THE PAGE Bedford's Leading Theater LAST TIME TONIGHT CHARLIE CHAPLIN In His Latest Success BY THE. SEA With This Thrco Act I'caturo "RATED AT $10,000,000 Vltagraph nnd Essanny Productions Complete This Program WEDNESDAY ONLY Afternoon nnd Evening Tho (Jront !-'tvo Act Photo Play "The Dollar Mark" With Hobort Warwick No Advance in Admission Wurlitzer Orchestra Air. J.ylo C. True, OrKunixt REPEATS LUSIIK Oil Treatment for Stomach Troubles A Hliuplo piemiilpllou untile tii of it eoiiililiuiilpu of pure veuutuhle olln In pinditcliig wonderful rtuinlU fur uf ferei'M fioin ntmiineli, liver mid Inlea Hunt lioiihlen, Tho touted)', whleli In mild to luno originated In Franco, whoio II litis luieu used for yeitiri by the peiiHiHitr). m Introduced In to tliln cnuiilry hy denote II, Mnyr, n iemllnjt Chicago druggist, wjio cur. ed hlniHelf of severe stomach, liver and lutnstliint troubles by Its lino. Those who have used It say the first done Is mif'lcletit lo convince any one of Its reiimrlcittilo merit, mid that within twenty four hours tho suffer er feels lllyi a new person. This medicine, which has heromo known as Mayr'a Wonderful Heinedy, Is sold by loading drugglstn everywhere lth the poslthe uiulerntniidtng that our money will he refunded without iue. tlau or uiilhlilo If ON13 bottle fnlln to give ou itbHulo sntlsfaclluu, Adv. T Theatre ON L Y TON I (I I ITONLY The Kaffir's Skull A thrilling Two Part Itcllanco A Romance of Old Holland A DIlONCilO -TWO PAIITS Before and After ItOYAL COMEDY Getting Acquainted CHARMK CHAPLIN nnd MAM'l, NORMAND IN A Keystone Comedy C & 10c DONT MI8H IT--5 & 10 MEDFORD17 MONDAY, MAY 1 1 HcMTtrd icmIii Mdil nt llnnUm' ilrtiK xtore hImhv dny. stMlto tills feet 2Sc Is tlM SEATS FOI 10.00C IWBftl m4 , I Urn Bstk MMMtt Nfmi MU mm trUr w vItM, u.i.h nrf Tlarti., mt vrw. 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