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PXGE FOUR MEDFORD ItSm TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER SS,J915 i X $ .. ft ' y ' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AN INDEPENDENT NUWSPAPKH rUJJLIbMIIMJ KVKUY AKTEHNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE MEDKORD l'JUNTINO CO. Office Mai! Tribune nulldtng, 26-27-29 Norlli Kir street! Iclopliono 76. The Democratic Times, Tho Medford Mall, Tlio Meurord Trtiune, Tlio South ern Orcgonan, Tha Ashland Trliuno. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, by maL.m............J5.00 One month, by mnll........... .SO Per month, delivered by carrier In Modfonl, Phoenix, Jacksonville and Central Point ......... .CO BnturJay only, by mall, per ycar.. 2 oo Wockly, per year . ... 1.50 tfflclal Paper of the City of Mcdford. Official Paper of Jackson County. Entered ns second-clans matter at Meilfard, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. THE SUNDAY CLOSING LAW Sworn Circulation for 1914, 2588. Villi loaned wlro Associated Press die-Hatches. Ip; 4' Hubscrlboru falling to tccoIto papors promptly, phono Clrcu- latlon Manager at 250-11. HONG KONG KOLUM mmmw m Uf. AN initiative petition is being circulated by the Retail Grocers' state association for the repeal of the Sun day closing law. The movement had its origin in the arrest of some Portland grocers for soiling goods on Sunday. The movement is naturally being actively pushed by the Seventh-Day Advcntists, whose religion calls the ob servance of Saturday instead of Sunday. Their advocacy is therefore duo to conscientious motives and not from a desire for gain, as is the case with the merchants, whose motive is the desire to chase pennies every day in the year. The Sunday closing law has been on the Oregon statute books for half a century, and has been more honored in the breach than in the observance. Manv of the provis ions arc absurd and impossible of enforcement because of public sentiment. 31 certainly needs revision, but to abol- ;..i. c,..i i..: ..ix 11.... 11... .!. ... i ion oiiiiuu uiuamg juiugeinor, as mo inniaiive mil pro vides, is too drastic a remedy. Jt is a subject for legisla tive action rather than initiative. The Sunday closing law is about all that is left of the old blue laws originated in the days of the Puritans, in the religious revival that followed the translation and printing of the bible. The name "blue" was applied after the res toration of the Stuarts, to those who looked with disappro bation upon the licentiousness of the times. It was applied not only to persons, but to customs, institutions and laws of the Puritans by those wishing to bring them into rid icule. The Puritan idea of the Sabbath as a compulsory day of religious worship, has been largely succeeded in the broadening of religious creeds, by the continental idea of a day of rest and recreation as well as worship. "Without wnoiuwjiij uiu juiigious leaiure, tnc Jaw or Health re FIRST PICTURE SOF "THE UNBORN," WHICH DEFIES NEW YORK CENSORS; SCENE FROM PLAY ijimcs mat mo numan machine be given one day's rest from the treadmill of labor. "Without it, nature becomes out of seven from the treadmill of labor. "Without it, na ture becomes exhausted and efficiency impaired. This has been recognized and provided for in nil Mvili-nfirin My Brundfnllicr Is SO yenrs old nml nn nrdent fisherman. Vhnt nhiill I Blvo him? (aiVU 11I.M A DEMI JOHN.) SiioitkliiB of words which ran lio properly spollod hnckwnrdH, horo'tt it wholo Bontenco: "Snug nnd raw wo I ero I muv war nnd guns.'' Most Of the World's WOl-k am hn flnnn in riv flnvn Mini hygiene requires that it bo so done. There is no reason why all ordinary merchandizing should not be done in six days. There are, ol'couiw. certain executions, but 1in(miMn necessity dictates that drug stores be open at least a few hours is no reason why grocery stores should also. Nor does such a law work to the loss of the grocer, who sells in six days what ho would olhorwiso in seven. Public amusements form another exception as they exist to en tertain the public, but for nino-lcnlhs of the occupations and industries tho Sunday closing law is a good thine and beneficialto humanity. 'While the present law needs amendment, its obsolete sgeuons eliminated, it shouldnpt be repealed. ,, r Kmllyl Ann Wcllmnii, lending iwnnim In "Tho Unborn," N Mi mm nlxive, mMi a hccno fmin iho play Ik-low, In which .Miss Wcllninii, (right) tnkes tho jmrtoftho mother of nn epileptic boy. 'J'ho Ixiy (router) l.s hiycil ly Kicrvtt Iliittvrflchl nml that of the IxiyV father liy John Saiipolis. Inset nlxixu is llenlnh l'oynter, nullioruf "Tlio Uuboni,'' Slionlso witito "Jcnn Rivers." !UE SHARK PLAYS BILLIARDS LEFTHAND They Ml Do II, They Ml Do It. "Unrucr, shy did ou drop that hot towel on nij face" "llecuuBo It was too hot to hold In my JiiuiiIh, Mir." Huston Olobe. Todaj'rt Hellilngrr "Dlamontl Jim" llrndy tolls ot n mountaineer fnudlut, who, during a liatlln for a cabin In tho mountains Kwciro ho'd ml am inn til t Ion to lliu oe enpants or tho besieged cabin, or die. "If I can't do any other way," ho wild, "I'll give It to tho ononiy and let him Hhonl It at thorn." KtolhtV Ibirpiln Coimlcr llrnth enn hn tipnllod without tlio tilil of too many cojili. llnrgnln goldfish platod. aro apt to bo fio mo mon marry poor glrlH to not tip down others rich glrla (o uuttlo up, Ono Ciism Must 11 Woixi 'num Tho Oilier (From Rolette, N. 1). Uncord.) V. IC. Cook Is a victim of lagrlp. Mr. .T. I'. (JrnbU U a victim ot u bad onto of Ingrlppo. Cautious "I wmit h careful eUwUfwur ona who takes no chance." "That's ine, air. I require refor enro anil snlsry In ndvanco." Juduo. Aniiulnc mo tho Wondu of .Modem Kuiwry (l'roni l'rlend. Neb.. SoHtlnel.) Sunday Mrs. D. It. Moan inform ed an opurnlloN oh h sprlHg oil I oV on nnd dlioovord h double Htpndlx twins as It wer. The operation wss li BliOCOiW, but the crlcketi dld. Always Toaoher Harry, esn ou tell mo vhnt nnlmul attaches iUelt iuot to man? Harry Tin- l'il !.. CHICHESTER S PILLS -t7S. I JII A.W f l'll t. H-.fcllf IMN.o4 lrJVX J'llUU I(t4 .-I .I4 ..ullttXV liiw, ui I r A I 4 k 1 L m liirr llur f3mr v HrauM. a -i iii ill rrim NlJIluMI IIUANU I'll I.K. I.. ttiikeiiuUu. ! A atuViw swi irwt'ooisisn REHIRE t. M .' -m U1 1 a mm Ono winter ovcnlnR twolvo years ago, AuRtiHt Klcckhefer strolled over to n cuo rnck In n billiard linll nnd Btood centcinnlatlni: tho nollflhnii Btlcka wllh their faHclnatlnc loatfcrw and Ivory tlpa. Ho had never handled a cut hut when nakoil to jday ho decided it would bo n Reed tlmo to atart. Ho waB only 1 1 nnd woro abort troiiBora. JtiHt what ho wbb doliiR tn n billiard hall at that ago history does not toll, but ho has boon In n lot of thorn Blnco. Ho holds threo titles. (looilnnHH only knows why Klcck hefer picked out a cuo with his loft hand that night 12 years iiro, but ho did and ho playod tho eutlro Rnmo with hlx loft hand. Ho has played with tho bouthpaw over slnco. (.'banco uiiiHt hno mado him n loft hand ouolHt for In cvorjUiItiR olso, from wrltliiR and oatliiR to "mlttlng" a friend, ho U rlRht-haudod. Kloekliofur's flrat riiiiio wbb pool, called pocket billiards now. That was In 1'JOa. Hlx years later bo was Btato chnmplou of WUconslu, Then ho turned to tlireo-cuslilon billiards and won tho championship of Mllwaukeo In It) 1 0. DurliiR tho noxt three yearn ho didn't do much except practice, then in l'Jl I won tho luterstato title. Kleokbofor kept practUItiR nnd this ear, at tho ago of id, played for tho world's tltlo against Alfred Do Onto, tho Cuban, who Is past 50 and held tho pool championship is con seeullvo jears boforo ho boeamo tkroo-cuidilon kltiR. "llllllard playors nro born," pays Kloekhefer. "It's tho Btroko that counts and that's born In you, not acquired. Whon preparing for n tournumont or big iiiuteh ho trains n Reed deal like a fighter. Ho walks two hours every morning. He Is careful about his food, claiming oven n Blight at tack of liullgostiou might throw; him away off form. SOXS OK I.OUI) OAr.M.D A 4TIAITOK DIi: IX WAK LONDON, Dec. 18. Lord Illbbcs- Ualo, whoso attack on tho llritlsh army staff In tho house of lords caus ed him to ho called the next thing to a traitor by Lord Dor by. has civon two boiih and n eon-ln-law to his country, besides boltiR n brothor-ln-law of tho premier nnd head ot ono ot tho old county families ot York-Hhlro. "The Unborn," n plea lor liirlliiof Mn. Iluriinniin. motlier of nn cii- eontrol, done into meb Irninn. in the leptie boy, (ilnycd by yottnu Everett v.k of lleliu it i ilyiiler, an im-Iivmh, jlliitlerfielil. The part of tlio defect who wan famous on the lO-liU-IIO eir- ive'H fattier was taken by John Saiu cuits beforo the movies superceded jiolin. that brand of public amusement. It I "1 do not see," nil Jliss Poyntor, wan put on under the auspices of tlio Medical Heview of l.eview.s, with Hniily Ann Wellman, formeily leading woman with Lotus Munn, in the ntar "why any one would any my piny is unmoral. I urn working only for one thiiiR" heller bnbiesi and I urn iloimr my work honestly nml elonnly. There part. Miss Wellman essayed the role isn't nil" ioo in 'Tlio I'nlinru nnd it isn't it play for unytliin tlmt is had. "1 defy nnyone lo point out nny IliiiiR' wicked or vulgiif in my play, nml those nre the only two points on which the public has a right to con demn any Koureu of information of .such n subject n lliis." Injunction proceedings have given the piny great advci tiding nml a tre mendous run. aides front tho United Statos, tho canal supply department Is negotiat ing with tho truck gardeners of Costa Hlca for tho shipment of Costa Hlcnu vegetables from Port Llmon on tho rofrlgerator ships of tho United Fruit Steamship lino. l'l-cneli SoclnlLst. I.oynl I'AHIS, Dec. IS. In tho slxteon months slnco France wont to war It Is declared that thoro hna been only ono republic bo nrrestod on tho cvo of tho Issuing of tho genoral mobiliza tion order. case ot nn attempt mado by vlolonco to interfere with tho concentration ot I will bo sung around tho treo on Reed IYIIown' rhrlsliims Treo Tnc Good Follows, an organization of mon who help to mnko poor chil dren hnppy ovory Christmas, nro be hind tho municipal Christmas tree Idea In Columbus, I ml. Thoy will eroct n big treo In Commercial park, which Is Just ncross Franklin stroot from tho city hall. Christmas enrols tho army nnd tho prosecution of tho war. This fact Is being pointed out In Justification ot tho action which Christmas ovo by tho eoniblnod church choirs of tho city. Tho othor exercises will ho held In the city hall, 1'i-oMi Vegetables Scarce PANAMA, Dec IS. -Owing to tho dfflcultles of obtaining fresh vogot- Mlnlster of the Interior Mnlvy took In, where the poor chlldron of the city resIstliiR suggestions that nil rovolu- will receive presents, llnskets of pro tlouary leader, nnnrchlsts and per- isolns for the needy adults of Co sons suspected of disloyalty to the luinbuR will be distributed nlso. OAXAUV DUSIXHSS KIMiKD JIV Til 13 (JltKAT WA It UIOHLLV, Dec. IS. O"ho buslnoss of' tho canary-breeders of (ho Hnrz mountains hns been almost utterly dostroyed by tho war. Toun of thoti snmls of cnunrlos woro exported year ly to America, Franco, England nnd Russia. Tho war has stopped this, and tho domestic trndo Is almost com pletely nt a standstill. 1'rnctlcally nil tho breeders liavo already abaudonod the business. SUNDAY Charlie Chaplin will positively appear at this theater as usual on tho same program with a five part Gold Itoostcr play la Comrade John Wo also show a Pntho News plcturo making a seven reel show. Seo this exceedingly good show Sunday. COMING Tuesday; "Tlio Chalice of Courage, a C-pnrt Vltagrnph. Ad mission ID and 20 cents. , Another GH&EAT BIG DINNER At Hotel Medford Christmas 5 to 9 V. M. One Dollar Reserve vouy seats for NEW YIQAll'S ISVE And once more Live the Life With Medford trndo is Medford mado. WESTON'S Camera Shop 208 East Main Street, Medford The Only Exclusive Commercial Photographers in Southern Oregon Negatives Mado any tiiiic or place by appointment. Phone H7-.T We'll do the rest E. D. WESTON, Prop. AjA A'W The Singing of Carols The custom of singing enrols Is still malNtalnorf In Italy Indeed, on the coutlaent enroling at Christmas Is Nliuost universal nnd particularly In Koine, where, during the season of Advent, l'lffcrsrl may be sen nud heard performlag tholr nnveius. JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKER l-uily AhsUUlIlt UM K. IIUTI.KTT Phones M. 17 and 17-Jii Anibiilnuco Svnlru Coroner -1A 1 jtii Vkiiiu. .... . . ......... IV.V llK . " " -T- !!' ." M. .V.V.TkauA r yesF" M ta. xs r "- . ?:TiM -r-ai v'lSSgSSgS,r ; i7jrtjj" - r a fAX : I iff fJij . tnK S I " v . WtStma VW " . M x MEDFORD 'S LEADING Motion Picture Theater ugeiion Announcement Whilo the Christmas trade has been fully up to expectations, we still have a large stoclc re maining, and in order to reduce same quickly many lines we will discontinue entirely. We have decided to throw open our store of bar gains to the publii' whon the demand for such articles is the greatest, livery ono knows tho Diamond stock of Jewelry. "But wo will enu merate a few of our many bargains. We have the largest stock of Cut Glass in southern Oregon, of such well-known manu facture as ljibby, etc. S-inch Howls marked down from $10 to $5.00. Water Sets, SlS.oO to $10.00. Sugar ami ("reamers, $10.00 to $G.50 and as low as $'2:25, Mayoimise Sets reduced to $11.25. Nappies, were $ I. ."(), now 75c. Sterling Silver Thimbles, loc up. llig Hen Clocks, $2.00. Sterling Novelties, half price. Sterling Silver and Plato Toilet Sots, -10 por cent off. Many Sterling and C lass articles, idoal for presents, one-third off. Rings from one-third to one-half off. Lose no time in making our selections next door to pofctoffice. FRED L. HEATH .1. W. DI VMOND, Mur. m rm The Page NOW A Night in the Show Genuine Essanay Chaplin Comedy Featuring CHARLIE CHAPLIN It's uproarious because it's a burlesque of something we all abhor and duly do. The Print of the Nail Modern politics is the subject of this three-act Sclig drama. Canimated Nooz Pictorial Live news of the day shown in an Essanay picture. 'flip ..... i The Pag' Mcdford's Leading Theater e Tuesday December 21 SEMVYN & COMPANY Present MMIGAIIET ILLINGTON "A Great Aetrcs In a great nlay." X. Y. Horald. THE LIE 'lnllrfla, rtvorberatlng triumph." Amy Leslio In Chicago Nows. B' HENRY ARTHUR JONES Ono j ear nt tlio Harris Theater, Now Yoifc City. XKW YORK CAST A.M) l'RODUCTlO.V. " SmI sale now or. PrlM. lt It rowt lowr door IS.00: lut t Jl 50; balcony, 1st 4 row 1 50. next 4, $1 00. next 3, "Jc. balance 50c. .4 i' V