Medford mail tribune., August 26, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

MEDFORD MATE TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, 'AUGUST
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$1280 WORTH OF PRESIDENT'S TIME IS USED UP SHAKING HANDS
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SPEND DAI WITH
San KranclBCO ImsliWBB moil to the
number of 100 called upon Medford
men lianlB today, shook hands, talked
luminous, and got acquainted with
Medford people In goneral. They ar
rived this morning In a special train,
and at noon ontertalncd a number of
local merchants at luncheon on tholr
own diner. Somo of the party were
entertained at the University club.
Uurlng the morning and early after
noon tho visitors called on Medford
merchants.
This aftornoon the San Francisco
delogatlon were taken to Ashland
where they visited the Granite City
merchants, and were entertained In
Llthla Park.
The San Francisco business men
loft the Bay City last Saturday and
have been spending the past week in
the Willamette valley and on Coos
Bay.
lAt North Bend, Ore., Governor
Withyronibe formally proclaimed the
union of Mr. Eugene Lane and Miss
Coos Hay, typlflod by Gerry Watklns
of Eugene, and Miss Gladys noddy of
Jlarshfield, thus marking the culm!
nation of six years of constructive ef
fort In the building of the Willam
ette-Pacific railroad from Eugene to
Coos Bay. The wedding coremony
following closely the forms of tne
usual marriage service. The brldo was
attended by her bridesmaids, all clad
In appropriate wedding garments.
The bridesmaids were Miss Virginia
Clarke, Marshflcld; Miss Thomas,
North Bend; Miss Marvel Skccls, Co.
qullle; Miss Leila Wylands, Powers;
Miss Helen Whitakcr, Myrtle Point.
Attending the groom were W. II.
Adrian of Springfield, as bent man,
and the following ushers: L. C. Kerby
Wapclton; h. Draper, Elmira; Elinor
I'nlne, Dr. A. O. Waller and J. A. Mo
l.enn, Eugene. Just bo torn the cero
inony the Eugene Chamber of Com
merce quartet sang "Whon Eugene
Luno Is Married to Miss Coos Hay."
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NEW YORK", Aug. -i, 1'iilrick
Ciilhimn, (jmiulson of the fiimonn
statesman ami prominently identified
with (he San Pnufcisro street car
Kysleni until n few years iiku, testi
fied in a receivership proceeding;
here thai $," was the only tangible as
set rcmiiinmir of u fortune of $11,
(1110,0(10 Hssesst'd by him five years
Ho. The proceedings became known
today.
Kiiiaiicinl reverses following (lie
earlhiuake and fire in Sun Francisco
were iesonsililc for his losses, he
ussertcil.
Put rick Ciilliniin, while president of
the United Railroads of Sun Frun
ciscn, was indicted on ' churues of
bribery ilnri tijr the 1(100-7 irriit't pros
ecutions, but the jury nt his trial dis
agreed. In l'JUl bu promoted Ibe So
lano irrigated fnrms project in Cali
fornia, in which millions were involv
ed, and which ended in financial eol
lupse. The state railroad commission pub
licly charucd Calhoun with illcjriillv
withdrawing; the project. His per
sonal note for that sum was entered
on the books of the traction corpora
tion lit $1.
SHIP GREAT BEAR WRECKED
(Continued from page onai
which rescued John Horden and his
companions on tho wrecked power
schooner. Great Hear, Is expected
to reach Nome, Alaska, tomorrow, ac
cording to a message received here
today from Mrs. luls I.unc, wife
of Captain l.auc. master of tho
schooner. Mrs. Lane, her sister Mrs.
Isabel Itohson and Captain line's
niece. Miss Anita Allen, are at Nome,
where they went to Join tho Horden
l.ane expedition Into the Arctic.
No Injury to Ktc(HnsMn.
Tho loss of tho Great Hear will not
lausu Vllhjalmur StofutiHson, the Ca
nadian explorer to suffer from luck of
supplies, but may necessitate his re
turning from tho Arctic, sooner than
he desires. Captain Lane had no con
tract with tho Canadian government,
but when he metS tcTansson at
ltunkslund last year and sold him tho
power schooner, Polar Hear, he made
a verbal agreement to return this
year with gasoline and otlier supplies.
When StcfansBon left Seattlo in Juno
1913, he intended remaining In the
north three years and a half, hut
after meeting Captain l.ane, decided
(hat If the additional supplies could
obtained, he would be able to stay
a year longer. It Is likely that when
Stefansson falls to find the Great
Dear at Banksland next mouth, he
-will start home on tho Polar Hear.
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.lie pixwldentiul liunilsliakc Is shown in the Lu-go picture of Preside nt Wilson and a Wlillo lloase visitor,
plctura iiIhivo shows Uie hand of tho piwldent vvtcndod preiMiratorjr 'lo mi offlcbil band niiusplng.
The
Hand shaking Is one of the big du
ties of the president of the United
States.
For tills activity alone President
Wilson, uses up 5(1 hours of his time
during his four-year term of office,
at a cost of 112X0.
,1'lfly bandshakeHe a day Is a con
servative estimate for the president.
It was more when he took office, but
Wilson Is the man who eliminated
public receptions which called for
thousands more handshakes.
Still, between 20 and 30 engage
ments are made dally by the prosl-
many of thena ure far two to five
persons at a time. This means a
handshake torn cch person. This is
In the regular course of his duties.
Then' dome llie'; big delegations
brought by fcopBressinon and 'senators,
at loast one a jrcuk. Besides, there
aro other diilogatioiis requiring a
handshake for each uiembor.
When ' thii. ' 6 f Q . ; 'iuen representing
the railroad brotherhoods went to
WashliiKtoln ' for conference, the
p.esldent had the biggest handshak
ing job of the year. The husky work
men gripped his hand cnthusiastical-
dent, except on cabinet days, and
ly. But 64 0 firm hand grasps were
too much for the president, so the
men were ordered Just to touch his
hand. - , . '
Counting 300 danys to the year and
!0 shakes a day, each consuming 12
1-2 hours a year grasping, hands.
This Is fifty hours in o fonr-yoar
term, or six days and two hours,
working eight hours. a day.
The office of president pays $75,
000 a year, so it requires $1280 of
time merely to shake hands during
the president's term of office.
out story of
KKRMN, An. 20. This chaise
that the l'Vi'iu'li lutvi! nn i'Kitni,cl
force wIiuku duly it in to extcrmiimlo
all the (leniuins t'utinri in enptured
trem-hes, is mudi! in u hltitcment is
sued today by Ihu. Overseas News
aeney. ' ;
Mbe Y reiirb some time apt,' says
the statement, "introduced a new
fightinj? nysteni which is the most
sowanlly and flagrant violation of the
laws of war developed up to this i.'ujf.
Coincident reports confirm the fact,
not known until now, that within
companies special detachments have
been formed with express orders to
remain behind in captured trenches
and exterminate all Germans yet
alive. These troops are called 'net-
toyenrs' (cleaners or sweepers). Their
implement is not the rifle, cartridges
and bayonet of other soldiers,, but the
revolver, knife and hand grenade.
Every man, whether wounded or not,
whether armed or not, is mercilessly
stubbed or shot."
The netloyeiirs are operating by
rdcr of the commander in chief of
the armies, the slalcmenl adds this
fact bein demonstrated by an army
order found mi a dead I'' reach soldier.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
CRISIS REACHED IN DEADLOCK
(Continued from nago one)
road presidents -imposition when the
reiiular daily aieeting of the employes'
committee convened. The workmen's
ominiltcc planned to remain in con
tinuous Mv-.ioti till thev heard from
President Wilson, who had promised
tbetn some word by noon. The four
brotherhood heads went into secret
session early this morning to con
sider the unofficial report of the rail
roads' staad which they had obtained
from newspaper-. They had receiv
ed no word troiu (he white house and
did not expect to confer with the
president, they said, until after he
had received a delegation from the
railroad executives.
The railroad executive.- went into
session at 10 o'clock (ft take final
action on the plan they will submit to
President Wilson. Since the execu
tives determined noon the nature of
their proposal and drafted their re
ply It night, the committee of eight
has gone over and smoothed down
tho wording of the. letter to the president.
Revenue Bill Ridiculed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 'Jit. When
the senate resume, 1 diseiission of (hi
revenue bill today Senator Grtmnji,
republican, ridiculed the democratic
national convention declaration for
economy, charging that the party had
piled up appropriation for the last
fiscal year xreater than any other in
the country's history, except during
the civil war.
'" JK Kr'KUSON CITY, Mo., Aug. 2(i.
Knur convicts, one of them serving
a life term for murder, sawed their
way out of their culls in tho stnte
penitentiary Utst. night and during a
severe thunderstorm scaled the
prisoi: w;alls and escaped.
Hloodhouuds immediately were put
on the trail, but. little hope for their
capture was held out.
Ilow the convicts oMuined saws is
a mystery to prison officials. They
eluded the vigilance of three night
guard.s.and gained the outside of the
;dl building. Krom there they enter
I a long unused tunnel connected
with the power plant. H had been
losod lrom the outside years ago, but
the convicts dug through six feet of
oncreto and stone, thus reaching the
tocknde. I
OVER RETURN OF
'BUKMliX, Aug. 2 0. The celebra
tion of tho return yesterday oflilo
submarine Doutschland to tills port
after Its voyage to tne United States,
was kept up until long after mid
night. ''
During the evening Captain Koenlg
was obliged to make innumerable
speeches. Ho was on the verge of
exhaustion when he retired, with the
crowd still clamoring for him and
singing "Doutschland Aber. Alles." . ..
To the Associated I Press corres
pondent the captain ' reiterated his
great satisfaction at the treatment ac
corded him at Haltliuore.
"Send the American people my
love," he said. "They are good
sportsmen. They treated me finely."
The homeward trip was without
unusual incidents. No British war-
E. L. Van Dresar of Portland, who
Was made the democratic nominee for
election as public service commis
sioner for the western district, will
make the race for election. ,'uccordliig
to his announcement today. ." Mr. Van
Dresar spont Friday in Medford on
his way east on business for several
weeks, but upon his return will com
mence an active campaign for elec
tion In November. Ho wilbrufl ln op
position to Fred J. fiuchtol, 'Who de
feated Thomas K. Campbell for the
republican nomination.
"Although I was not a candidate,
the democratic party saw fit .to nomi
nate me for public service commis
sioner In the western Oregon district
by writing my name on the ballot In
the May primaries," Mr. Van Dresar
said. "Such spontaneous exhibition
of confidence and good. wUI can not
he lightly set aside. It seemed at
first lmposslhle for me to accept on
account of Increasing business duties.
I have taken more, than three months
to consider the sltuationand finally
have been able : to pijrtoil( arrangc
nioiils whereby ,1 am at 'llioty to
show my appreciation1; (of j tljls un
sought honor and make file race for
election In November., 'i;'hj;'!;. i
"The'bffieo'of, jiubiiij'iol'yii com
missioner Is purely 'a''uMui!is'Offlcc,
In no wise political. I'oiuonall) . I re
gret to see any change In this body
at any time, as I firmly believe the
Interests of tho state are best served
by men of experience. gained through
long continued handling of. public
utility affairs.
"Howevor, the republicans of this
district hnve decreed there shall be a
change; this being tho case, I feel
that with more than 25 years' experi
ence in transportation, mariufacture
and shipping, 1 am better MUted to
enter upon the duties of this office
than .any man whose knowledge of
public utilities Is purely political.
."I. believe furthor that It would he
bettor for tho stato If this1 office was
entirely removed from politics In the
same manner as tho Interstate Com
merce commission, but as tills Is not
possible under our present. la,'ws, then
It seems to me the next best thing is
to make the board bi-partisan, in
stead of keeping It. all republican, as
It has been for several ycars and as
It will continue to ho unless I am
elected this. fall.
"Much has been said, at various
times regarding the unwillingness of
(business men to enter politics or ac
jcept public office. T propose now to
I test the full sincerity of this com
; plaint by accepting this' noniinatlon
j as a business office."
i
ships were scon, the captain said,
i after he left American territorial
I waters.
fated!
III
Like the American Indian,
the modern "Savage," the
buyer of Savage Tires and
Grafinite Tubes is far sight
ed. Far sighted because he realizes
that final cost actual mileaga
per dollar is the real test.
Far lighted because in buyine
Savages, he gets both greater
mileage and a small first cost.
Far sighted because he gets
1000 extra miles in the Savage
guarantee allowance (the Sav
age Tube is guaranteed for life),
and many extra thousands in
actual use.
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FACTORY DISTRIBUTOR
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Medford
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Sunday, Aug. 27
Game Called at 2:30 p.m.
Admission 25c and 35c
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Medford, Oregon
In the Country God Made
and Man Forgot
There will be Horse Races. You fellow with the
speedy naff OCT BUSY. 15all Oames, Dancing and
other SPORTS. BAND MUSIC EVERY DAY
HEAR THAT I Bi ii.ff your TEXT and BED and
utilize the FREE CAMPING GROUNDS.
The. Date SEPTEMBER 2, 3, 4
The Place BROOKINGS, Curry County, Oregon
The Event CHETCO COVE CARNIVAL