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ISOLATED
BY FLOOD HERS
I)t. IJnrgmve was cleoted president
of the city eicil, fter tlie now
eounciinwn hud Irtish (twora in, at the
fitkt jtf fce41hfr of the aw city council
T8tJiy evening., 'Kwirmfl of tlio
ifiwiynrttl cldfck contest was set for
DMdrfiy events, after' K motion' by
Counoihnan Mann to deny the petition
had' been wirittlrawa.
After the reading of the contest jmi.
iitiun, Attorney P. Ji Neff, represent
ing CeuneitmHH EmmenB, reauestct
rti earty date for uearinft, Blallntf tbnt
veir if all the charges' in the' protect
Kere IrMe, as no fraud Van charged,
they, did. not c6tiNti,tite grounds for
deqlariiig thfi elebtioit void. A full
hearing qf the chsrjrct wh ordered
Qiw tja Dr.. Kceno
Couueilman Keeho icatlcd attention
to' the charter! providon limiting (ho
liability e'f the .city' in dflmnge cases
td $100, sustained bj( the supremo
ootfrt, which niakes the coUlioilracn
indlvidurilly: liable for,' d'aningea, Utig
gcautig its repeal,
"It can owly be dene by n Vote df
the people at ti geneml oh special
ejootltn," remark!. City .Attorney
MoCabe.
"Ah ha I" said Conodlmiin Keeue,
"no that in another1 thing jwutoed by
the aVat people, U iit" "
"Xof the dear op' !!l't & ty"
btk in Attorney Ntff, ''it wa hi
the 'ebaHer hh pfrtd by the IrgiMu
tuw), and 1 belieVe, Dr. Kccno was
Urore at the time in the lobby."
It was decided to submit on aend
nient at tho mxt election.
TatogWd City mhk
Coiiricilninn Dnvis naked noma
pointed qi)CKll6i)3 an td city finandes
and the c1iverfon of money from ono
fund td another without kf,n author
ily, concerniiijr iMVtlc'ulnrly florae
$15,000 of clt.v warrant he'd by tl
'clhFargo bank of fi'fln 1'rnnciHL'O,
on which payment w demanded, He
uttftnl lat W. H Ooro of (ho Md
l'ord National bank Watt ohxiouh that
wi(rie action be taken by IIio city, tho
baiik bing unable' to get a reply from
tbo elty incoming them. Tho war
ranty wore Jwicd temporarily to jmy
for the north aide newer, to bo re
deemed by iistriot bond), but the !r.
nuance df (ho bonds wah enjoined nud
the warrntn left outfltanding. Tho
Matter waa referral to tlto' finaucd
committee,
Cowneil OonuHlkeM
The following owaroUtcefl were
named:
rtnanw Margrave, Kn, navl.
Light and watar Amy, Mann and
Hargratfl.
Street d roads (Keene, Amy
asd Kramens..
Halldku aad fire Mann, Amy,
Kvtn.
Health Emtaens, Dayln, Rmorlclc,
Fnblta marhet-fDari Margrave
3mM.
Ltc Kwrlpk, Mann, Amy.
Dr. Hargrav -ra letd preatdost
of the eouacU to act tu presiding
officer n the ahieace of the jaiyor.
A -ptMUoft w preeated for a
woe4n stdewa) by resident of
Beekmau ayenue ner bakota, and
Dre Chief I.awton presented tho
elatma of residents near the Jacheon
chool rr a walk from flond, to
Jackna en Summit avenue,
Mayor Kmerkk wld that the conn
ell were Chary ef lay Jag down wooden
aldewa)ka beeauw tM many people
wvra looking about to get hurt and
th a tk city fr damagea. Coun
cllman Mann aatd that iremethtng
hU he dime however to keep the
Kbool thlldrey out ef the mud and
tho Ma4tf r finally referred to
KHwt Md rood committee wtlk the
MrMtOM that the oommltteo look
W the groHHd ad see If a few
load of gravel would not asawer all
yvrvoooa for tho tet ef the -wlater,
1X)S AK0KLB3, J,an. 19. Flood
Waters from rivers and swollen
mountain strenma continued to rlno
"today throughout southern qallfor
Ela had Ar(zqna from )io rain which
ait.hee falling elnco Saturday..
The, crest of. the flood In tho low
eectlegs of eon thorn, California was
ep;ected by Die Koyornment weatber
h.ujreaU to bo reached somo' (imo to
day wheit the bulj of tho M'fltr from
melting enow In tho pipuntalnn reach
cb theso Ucctlpna, .
Many .tovyna ,lu southern. fJnllfor-
Tila practically wero Isolated today.
uaiiroau trams ana street cars were
running io aomo polnta, hut tele
graph and tetophonq wires were down
or working In bail order.
Telephone reports, from San Bor
riftrdlho said the wator aupply of Col
ton and Bast Highlands had been cut
off, Residents wore using buckets
and palls to catch rain, water, It was
said.
Warm creek was overflowing Us
bgnkB. and flooding a portion of the
eastern part of San nerndrdlno.
Meadowbrook park, in that section
was a lake of water.
ASKS
CONGRESS
10 PROBE LOBBY
PREPAREDNESS
THIRTY-SIX SUES
BY
WASHINGTON, Jan. J0.InVnti
grttion of tho motiveH of mipportoro
and opponentH of prcpnrcdncsH wn
urgrd by IteprcHcntntivc Gardner of
AfflftHnchuHettH. Ilcprctcntntivc Ilcnfl
ley Of MiHouri nud Tflvonncr of Illi
nois today before tho boufcc rules
committee.
Jfr. Gardner's pending rcholution
.would' embrnc6 organizations nud in
dividuals, .including himself, Koprc-
H.chtrttivd Tnvctnicr nud Willintn J.
.Bryan.
"Mr. Brj'nn, of course," Mr. Gard
ner told tho committee, 1ms a perfect
right- to make money out of bw oru-
?ado ngninst prcpnrcdncsn if ho
bboosCK to do ho. However, if liio
speeches nro pnid for, the public is
the Ichb likely to nut fnitli in hia nc-
ciiRntionfi, especially when ho hlmnclf
refus.t'B to make good when they nrc
clwlqngcd.
"With Mr. Tnvenner and mo it in
different. Wc arc handsomely poid
to, lcgitdnto for tho country. If Wq
nrc malting 'additional money in our
'campaign for and ngninHt'prcpnrcd
"ncHs' our constituents nrc entitled to
hndw thai fncf."
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LL HEALTH DRIVES
AUTHORESS TO END
E
ADHRDBBN, 8. D Jan. 10 Roy
Flagg, of this city, lays claim to the
world's record In bowling, making
thirty-six connocutlvo strikes in n
five gatno match with Jako Qtroth,
oh tho Motroolltdn alleys yestorday,
hagg finished his gamo with, nlno
strikes, rollod two perfect scored nnd
mado three strikes at tho beginning
of the. fourth gamo for n total for
tho three games of 870, Throe game
average 2300. Flvo gamo aybrago
261, Tho previous record was 869,
made by William 12. Ronch, of Wll
ihington, D61.
CONTPACTS ARE LET
WASHINdTQN, Jan. lO.Con
tracts wore approved today by Secre
tary Daniels for tho construction of
three high powered ntival wireless
stations, ono each at Ban Diego, Cat,,
Caylto, Philippines and Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, by the Federal Wlroleea Co.
Thoy will bo used by the navy for
Intor-communlcntlon in tho Pacific
and althouRh constructed for uso of
tho government will bo open to public
use undor tho same plan as other
naval wireless stations.
DEATH THREATS Y MRS, MOHR
(Continued from page one)
TO HAKE MUNITIONS
(Cottauod from put oan;
AM; Aatorifott Lofowoiive, OOO,
M; Asoorieoii f)tel f'ouMriw, fl5)
OW.ftOflt BliMn lj;oolive Workfe,
l0. WW, 00 ; IMMehm fltoe Co.,
11: bj)a W 4fy; tegethcr wj(h
fioid gut d other like ahnsj Colo
4Fwl k Iron Co,, 35,00fl toaa of
&4ool roooda; Crucible SfeoJ of Awer
k, 10,MQ,OOO; GoaerU Klectric,
$t,QOO,WMi Kew York Air Brake,
MMa,0M WWtitttWe Air
BroJio, f30,OM,000; WestinghouM
Mooafaolortug (,, JW,WW,W.
TWi ioM ot ioelade," the Keoa
er oetfcd, tb contraots of tho
AW CbaJwont MoitHfeWuruig cow
pay of afcropul kUI or tho Ik
Pot Po4ot oontMiiy of oii4fivs,
or tho Koetrhi Baoo ftitUiy ooot
pM.v, or the Qw ChewicaJl cow
pwyJor tho Oooa oto C8.
pny, or of tks LMkiiiaattnH SUel
ooVey, or ot Um jSwumooo Copper
ooatoonit 11A hM haM IumI .
fini!tHl ig the S4UW'MMn bpjWM,H
dented he hnd told Mm. Mohr in 1013
ho could control Miss JJurgcr.
Mam JlHt IHm Wife
"Didn't j'oit meet Jtrw. Molir 90
Elmwood nvcnuo and didn't vho tel
yqu ehe loved her husband, and didn't
you tell her, 'A. nice girl liko you
shouldn't waste your timu with a fel
low like himt"
"No, air."
"Didn't Mrs. Mphr tell you Kbo
onllcd up M.LsH Ilurgcr nnd usked Iter
to atop going around with her hus
btmd and that Miss ltnrgvr had prom
kh1 to keep nwoy, nnd tlldn't Miss
Burger tell Dr. Mohr and didn't Mrs.
Mobr tell you that no n coiibcquenco
tho doctor bent her?"
"I think faho tihowed 1110 goiuq
marks;"
Rooks denied that ho had tried to
get Mrs. Mohr to go to dinner with
him or that hu had told her Pr. Mohr
wok, a ficouudrct and he would liko to
"put a cpupje o bullets lutp hifu,"
Warned ftfffca Itaptoyo
Mlns orogo Omeby, who was
pr. Mhr' ottko oecrotary. testified
Mrs Mohr hd sK to her that she
)tde4,puttl)ig a tep ta Pr, Mohr's
gogg with Vh?s uur?r t h4 aaV
fi.fyv to note who went iato the
pkyslciays, office and to watch Mtsa
urgor,4
"Mrs. Mohr told roe she wpul4 t
Mt purge? while,, she. .Y out rid
lag with the doctor and Mid that If
she wwd her that way she would
threw ald In Miss burger's eyes and
Had her," the wttneso said.
Mice Ormaby said Mrs. Mohr a 10
hd warned her to stay out of the
dootor'a automobile or "tako the co-
aoouences."
On tho day of the Ehootlag Mrs,
Mohr calkd her, Miss Orrasby said,
Md tokt her to keep out of tho ma
WiA tt vhe was going to toy to?
MUm turgor and give her a trim.
HELD FOR TRIAL
CHICAGO, Jan. 19. -A Writ of
habeas corpus for tho rclctfao. of Irv
ing Updlko, who with his brother
conformed to )iavlng plotted to kill
their father, PUrm'an D. Updlko, Was
dismissed in tho Criminal court' today
after Irvine had said ho did not want
to bo released, llorbort Updlko, who
revealed tho plot, remained today in
tho Ooh Park pollco station.
State's Attornoy Ifoyno la(or or
dered that tio caso of tho Updike
bro.thors bo takon beforo tho grand
Jury. Irving remained in tho custody
of the stato'n attorneys officers.
I
REDDING, Oil., Jan. 10. Half n
toll of wheat was taken out of here
today on a northbound train to ha
Hcnttorcd along tho track between
Fit river and Hinio for tho relief oi
thousands of quail nnd other bird
Htnrvjng bconuHo recent heavy fnllu
of snow htivo mado their feeding
places innccefbiblc. J. B. White, dep
uty Btato gamo uommissioucr, under
took the distribution of tho wheat. IIo
said food would bo supplied daily for
the birdH and hay would be 6cnt to,
certain miots for tho rohef of tho
deor dnven from their haunta by tho
fitonu.
1' . ,11 , t w. t: ..
ANOTHER WONDERFUL
RECOVERY FROM
KIDNEY TROUBLE
p4r,"
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For nearly uino -oars I was a groat
eutferer from what my doctor said
waa Kidney (rouble and my blood
was out of ordor; oudurlnc all that
tlmo excrutlatlng pain in my back
and across my bowels. I was drawn
down so that I could only walk with
my hands on my kneea. My doctor
said he could do nothing for me. I
tried many kinds of mcdlclno but all
to no avail, A friend told mo about
Dr, KIlirier'K Swamp-Root, and as
I hd tried everything else that I
heard of, I bought a bottle of Swamp.
Root and It did wonders for mo. I
prite it higher than any other medi
cine, and I shall recommend It to my
fflend?. I wish to add right hero
that after using Swamp-Root for two
months I begaa to straighten up and
.am -now sound and well, and feel like
I might live a long time yet to toll
whut your medicine has dono for mo.
VoUrs vory truly,
TW Sugar St T C. CI.AY,
lH.ate.of Ohio Jlurlon, Ohio.
Marloa county.
Personally apepared beforo mo this
IHh day of December, A, D., 1014,
T, C. Clay, -hq subscribed to tho
above statement and mado oath that
tho eamo fa true in substance and
la fact, Charles W, Haberman,
Notary Public, Marlon Co., Qao.
bettor to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Htg.
twuRfton, .V, Y,
Prove VhAt KWMMlteot Will do for
Yoh
Sond 10 cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.
Waghamptoa. N, Y for a sample site
bottlo. It will cohvIhco auyo-ae. You
wijl alto receive a booklet of val
uabVo laterRiattott, telling about the
kidneys and bladder. Whea writing.
ho sure aad mention the Medford,
.pro, Pally Ma.lt Tribune,
HER LIFE BY GAS
N14W YORK, Jan. 19. Mrs. Dora
Knowlton Itnncous, authoress, wide
ly known as a transhUortof French
and Itnllan literature, committed sui
ctdo at hor home hero todny by In
hnllng gas. Droad of a'ropotltlon of
two paralytic strokes from which sho
bad suffered and contlnUod 111 health
worn ascribed by hor friends as tho
motlvo for ending her llfo. , ,
Mrs. Itnncous was a widow. To
hor friend and literary co-worker,
Dr. Itosslter Johnson, sho Wt-niouey
for funoral expenses and a noto In
which she said:
"I am so weary of my broken llfo
with a prospect of worBO to come that
I can not bear it any longer. Qod
will not bo angry with mo. I havo
confessed everything to him. lib
knows how much I can bear hnd must
know I can bear no more."
Mrs, Ttanoous wds born In Ashflold,
Maw,, and was about sixty years old.
Sho translated Into English with Dr.
Johnson Gnbriolo d'Annunzlo's "Tho
Flame," and with llobort Arnol, edi
tions of Ouy DoMaupassant.
At ono tlmo Mrs. Ilancous was on
the stago as a member of Augustln
Daly's company, playing with John
Drew and Ada Rehnn.
NAVy !N. BETTER
CONDITION
HAN
IN ITS HISTORY
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NEW YOHK, Jan. 10. r. P. Mar
cone, a representative of tho National
Surety company, has rooolycd inforf
hintion that n representative of
French nnd Italian financial interest)
w on bin wny from Kuropo to thin
country to purchase supplies, tho cost
of which is estimated at $250,000,000,
for uso after tho 'war1, Tho ngent duo
to arrive hero within ten days is Tito
Mnzzoni, who in snjd to lmvo power
of attorney given ltim by tho censor
of the Hank of Italy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Secre
tary Daiilols, in transmitting to tho
senato naval committee Admiral
Fletcher's annual report for tho year
ondlng Juno 30, 1015, states that
stops have been taken to roniody fif
teen spoclf Ic complaints sb to tho,
condition of tho Atlantic fleet. ''
Tho summary Is denoted' as show
ing tho principal weaknesses and. re
quirements of tho fleet. Many of
them aro of long standing Secretary.
Daniels says, nnd somo wore In pro
cess of correction beforo tho report
was mndo. - ,-..
"Othors within the scopo of tho
department's authority hrtvq slnco
boon remedied." the loiter continues.
After a detailed description of tho
work In progress, Secrotary Daniels
says:
"Let mo add that tho forogoing
facts domonstrato conclusively that
tho flcot is bettor organized, tho
ships more fully manned and nioro
competently offlcerod than 'horot'o
foro and that our gunnery Is Btoadlly
Improving."
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OLDMPECMS
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ROM ASPHYXIATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Senator
Met nt noon.
Foreign relations committee took no
action on Mexican intervention reso
lutions. Indian affairs committee continued
hearing on Osage land leases.
Senator Cummins spoko in favor of
government armor plato and munition
factories.
Itemimcd debate on Philippine clf
government bill.
Heuse: Met at noon.
ItoprcHcutntivcfl Gardner, Trtvcnncr
nnd Ilcnsloy urged rulctf committee to
investigate Individuals nnd organiza
tions urging mid opposing prcpnrcd-
ness.
Louis Kelly, recently from Mon
tana, who has followed tho prospect
ing gamo for many of his sixty years,
came near to quitting It for keeps
'Sunday Wji'cn ho narrowly escaped
asphyxlntlon. During tho past1 fort
night Kelly has. boon scouting for. se
questered rlchdrt along tho nortlv riyor
rangeivnear tho old Sylv'anlto mnc.-
II Is camp, consisting of anj army tent,
'Shiatl.hnd eirculnr, w'as. pitched on
tho road to tho Sylvanlto.1 t
Saturday ovening Kolly built a
flro in bis small sheet-iron stove,,w.Ith
tho plpo stuffed through tho tent
flaps, Somotlmq In.tho-.llttlcst-hour3
of Sunday morning ho doclded that
tho quarters wore too heated, and
unjolntcd tho plpo, casting It outside.
Across tho top of tho stovo ho placed
a sheet of tin. Within was a glow
ing bed of now coals. Tho prospect
or rotUrnod to his blnnkots and to
a sleep from which ho neglected to
awaken in tlmo for bacon and break
fast. Chnrloy Andorson, who is a'o
flirting with fortuno In tho vicinity
of tho Sylvanlto, wnlkod up from his
camp to bid tho neighbor good morn
ing, at half aftor nine. Ho hailed
tho tent and its in ma to. rocolvlng no
responso. IIo toro the tent flaps
apart. A stifling wavo of suporhoat
ed air nnd gas gushed out. The follow
I prospector, swatcbod in his blankets,
did not return to him until Iato that
hour Andorson worked over tho un
conscious man, falling to rovlvo him;
then ho hiked through tho snow for
.medical aid, three miles distant, at
Gold HIM.
Dr. ciiisholm, who oxamlnod tho
sloopor, p'ronounccd his condition to
havo boon caused from tho charcoal
gasos escaped in tho closed tent.
Kelly was takon, still in his stupor,
to Cold Hill, nnd placed in a ward of
tho Kolscy hospital. Consciousness
did otn return to him until late that
ovening, and it was tho following
morning beforo ho hnd thoroughly
rocovorod. It is tho opinion of tho
physicians that tho happy circum
stance of his discovery by Anderson
6ayedjils life by tho narrow raargla
of n few'mtnutes,
SALEM, Ore., Jan. i9. At a meot
lng of thestato fair board Tuesday A.
II, Lea of Portland was elected sec
retary over W Al Jones, ncum,bcnt,
who has served a year and who was n
candidate for re-olcctlon. As a re
sult J. II. Booth of llosoburg, presi
dent of tho board, and N. K. West of
La Qrnndo at onco submitted tholr
resignations to Governor Wlthy
combo who immodiatoly.nppolntcd In
their places A. C. Markers of nose
burg and J. E. Reynolds of La
prando. Tho now board will elect a
president at a later mooting.
"I DON'T SUFFER
ANYMORE"
"Feel Like a New Person,"
says Mrs. Hamilton.
Now Castle, Ind. " From, tho tlmo
I was eleven years old until 1 was seven
teen; 1 suffered each
month so I had to bo
In bed. I had head
ache, backache and
such pains I would
cramp double every
month. I did not
know what it was
to be easy a minute.
My health was nil
run down and the
doctors did not do
mo any rood. A
neighbor told my mother about Lydia
E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound and
I took it, and now I feel liko a new
person, I don't suffer any moro and I
am regular every month. "Mrs. Hazei
Hamilton, 822 South 15th St. '
When a remedy has lived for forty
years, steadily growing in popularity
and influence, and thousands upon
thousands of women declare they owo
their health to it, is it not reasona
ble to bellevo that it is an artlclo of
great merit?
Ifyonwantspcclnlndvlcowrlto
to JLytflft E. Plnkuam Mcdlclno
Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will uo .opened, read
and answered by a woman and
held In strict confidence
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SHEETS
72x90 bleached
sheets, 60c grade
now
39c
PILLOWSLIPS
42 and 45-inch
pillowslips, 20c
grade
15c
9,
Qjms
TheWoman's Store
HANDKERCHIEFS
All linen hand
kerchiefs, special,
each
5c
COMFORTERS
Heavy com
forters, special,
each
$1.25
SENSATIONAL BARGAINS for THURSDAY
$30 Suits $4.98
Just 10 left. Made of fine
materials. On JJ QQ
sale Thursday . V vO
$30 Coats $4.98
Just 15 left. Heavy winter
Coats up to $30 M QO
values . . . Pv0
$10 Skirts 98c
Just 6 left. Good cloth,
values up to $10 QCf
now, each. . . . 013
Three Big Specials in AH-Wool Sweaters
Women's all-wool sweat
ers in grey and red, new
styles. $4 values
now, each .
Women's heavy grey
sweaters, up to $1 AQp
value, this sale, each Ol
Men's and Women's all
wool sweaters, good styles,
up to $5 values &9 00
now, each . . VvO
Children's all-wool sweat
ers, cheap at $1.25, AQ
this sale, each . . vOL
Men's and Women's all
wool sweaters, up to $6.50
values, now $08
Women's heavy sweaters
grey and red, worth (fe MQ
h this sale, $18
New Waists
They are going quick these
"Wirthmor" waists; just a
few left, up to $2 jjj
values now, each . v
Blankets
Grey cotton blankets, good
size, cheap nt 75c,
now, each . ! .
48c
New Dress Goods
A beautiful 'line of the
new Shepherd checks for
Spring, Kftfi
yard "'
Best Dress
Prints now, por
yard,
5c
lOcOutiug Flan
nel, now at, per
vard,
8c
Outing Flannol
Gowns at
79c
Clark's O. N. T.
Spool Cotton
at .
7 for 25c
Embroideries,
np to 25c values,
now, yard, "
Sc
jOSood Handker
chiefs, now at,
jeal'h,
2c
V.
Sanitol Talouiiv
Powder, now, '
por can,
10c
Children's 35c
Underwear now,
each,
25c
Hand Bags,
worth $2.00, now
at, each,
$1.19
Pottieoats, up to
$2.00, now at,
each,
S9c
Bed Spreads,
worth $2.00,
now, oaeh,
$1.25
Cambric Muslin,
12Vc values,
now, yard,
9c
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