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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON. WKDXKSDAY. AUGUST 30, 1910
SERBS REPULSE EMBARGO UPON I
BULGAR ATTACK "
STRUMA FRONT HLi
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French Make Progress Before Ver
dunAllies Bombard Bulgars on
Struma Front Turks Claim Ad
vance and Defeat of Russians in
Carpathians.
l'AHIK, Aiik. ' Severe riulitint,'
is in progrcHH tho Miii'cdoniiin
front. The wiir otliec report of to
day kuvs tlio French gained ground
west of Hie Vurditr river. KiilKiiriiin
attacks west of J-ako Ostrovo were
repulsed by the Serbians.
The announcement Hays:
"On the Struma front and in the
Lake Doirnn region we bombarded en
emy otganizations. West of tho Vnr
dar we mado sonic progress. Vio
lent artillery fighting continues. A
Bulgarian attack west of Ostrovo
lake came under the fire of Serbian
butteries. The Bulgarians fell back,
having sustained serious losses."
l'AMS, Aug. U0. Tho ' French
launched another attack on the Ver
dun front east of Kleury last night
and made further progress, the war
office announced loday.
The eiitenla allies bombarded Bul
garian positions on the Striunu front
'and near Lake Doirnn. Violent ar
tillery fighting continued in tho re
gion of Ostrovo and Vctrenik.
The statement says:
"There was the usual cannonading
along Iho whole front. There is noth
ing to report in regard to the opera
tions of last night except n minor en
terprise whiob permitted us to ad
vance to tho casj of Floury."
Turkish Tnxw Advance.
HKHI.IN, Aug.' 110 (bv wireless to
Sa-ville). Turkish troops tiro ad
vancing step by step in tho Caucasus
and have broken tho reistnnco of the
Hussiaas, who occupied dominating
heights, jt was announced today by
the Turkish war department. One
attacking Turkish detachment, it is
said, found a thousand Russian dead
on the battlefield.
I'K.TKOOHAD, Aug. ,'10. The Itus
sians have captured, l'ankcr moun
tain, in tho CarpathiuiiH, tho war of
fice reported today.
LONDON, Aug. DO. Bulgarian
batteries were silenced by tho British
niter an artillery engagement Mon
day and Tuesday, the war office an
nounced today.
"On Iho Struma front," Iho an
nouncement suys, "hostile artillery
shelled tho Kopriva bridge Monday
and tho following morning our ar
tillery retaliated and succeeded in
silencing tho enemy batteries.
"Vcslerday our aeroplanes bom
barded Drama station and troops
and traasnorls at 1'orta, apparently
wild some results.
"On the Doirnn front, near Dolil
zelH, our batteries dispersed an mi
eniy working party."
MOULIN, Aug. 30. (ionium tVop
in the region of the Sniiime river re
pulsed strong British attacks along
a line from Ovillers to I'ozicrcs and
bctuecn (iuillcmont and Muurepas
last night, says the official statement
issued today by the German army
hoaihpiarters. British detachmcuts
which pcuet ruled the dcrmaii posi
lions at points nor Hi of Ovillers and
I'ozioros were deleatcd ill hiind-to-
hutid fighting.
CHARLEY CHAPLIN AT
THE PAGE THEATER
A particularly strong drama with
Violet Dana In the Btollnr role and
another Chaplin picture urn tho big
attraction!! which will bo offered by
tho Pago beginning tills afternoon
The Chaplin la tho much lookod
for two-rocl Humility film entitled
Police." This tolls of the trials and
Irlbulatloiia of Chaplin boglnnlng
with his release from prison and got
ting "trimmed" of $5 by the prison
chaplain. Charles turns burglar but
menu poor success owing to the
audible way In which ho "burgles.
Those who have soon prlvato exhibi
tions, say the reel has a larger
amount of real humor and lens slap
stick comedy than many of his psst
pictures.
Tho feature drama Is "Children of
Eve," 5-act Klelne-Edlson master
piece, presenting a mighty slory
the story of a bitter fight against
tradition and environment.
Tho Pnthn News will complete the
Unless reliof conies quickly the Walla
Walla valley will lose half a million
dollars worth of prunes.
SPOKANE, Wn., Aug. 30. The lo
cal office of the Great Northern rail
road received an order today not to
accept any more fruit for shipment.
An embargo on perishable fruit will
mean ruin to tho Northwestern Boft
fruit growers It It remains operative,
for any longth of time, In tho1 opinion
of W. K. Miller, traffic manager of
the Spokane Fruit Growers' company.
Within a week the prune crop will
be ready for shipping. Tho ' We-
natchee and North Yakima districts
are Just beginning the shipment of
peaches.
AGIST STRIKE
OMAHA, Nob., Aug. 30. Judge
Willis B. Sears of tho district court
of Douglas county today Issued an
order restraining the general and
local officials of the Order of Rail
road conductors calling or enforcing
a' strike on the lines of the Union
Paciric. '
The order was Issued on petition
of Etlwln A. Hamilton, a conductor
on the Union Pacific and a momuer
of .the Order of. Uallroad Conductors;
who decluroa, tout ho and many other
employes of the road are anxious to
continue at work. .
Pennsylvania,
rillI,AUIOI,l'lllA. Aug. :il). The
I'eniisylvania railroad and its allied
lines have placed an embargo on
freight shipments, it was announced
here toclav. The embargo affects ex
plosives and inflammables beginning
tomorrow: perishable freight begin
ning Friday and all other freight be
ginning (Saturday.
ST. I.Ot'lS, Aug. .'III. An em
bargo on all perishable freight that
cannot be delivered by September II
will bo issued by tho Wabash railroad
today.
Oregon Hliort Lino
SALT I.AKK CITY, Utah, Aug. rill.
Tho Oregon Short Line mid Salt
Lake route offices announced cm-
bargos today on livestock and per
ishable freight. The Western Pacific
has made no announcement as yet.
Northern Pacific
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. HI).
Agents of the Northern l'auilic rail
road were instructed last night an
embargo is placed on perishable
treiglil and livestock winch cimuot
reach its destination by Saturday
Denver & Klo (iraiulo
DENVKR, Colo., Aug. III). The
Denver & liio (Irande railroad todav
issued mi embargo on the receipt of
all perishable freight and livestock
which cannot reach destination before
11:!)!! p. m., September II. Notice. of
the embargo has been sent to all sta
tions along the system. , ,
ItaltliiMiro & Ohio ' 1
BALTIMOHK, )., Aug. Iltl. The
Baltimore & Ohio railroad today an
nounced an embargo on the receipt
of all perishable freight which could
not be delivered by 7 a. in. Monday,
September '2.
Colon Pacific
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. HO. The
Union Pacific Kailroad company Inst
night issued an order placing an em
bargo iui livestock mid other perish
able freight that would not be de
livered before September 2.
Michigan Central
HKTHOIT, Mich., An- HI).-The
Michigan Central railway today plac
ed an embargo on shipments of all
perishable freight which could not be
delivered before Scotciuhcr 'J.
TRIES TO PREVENT STRIKE
(Continued fioin Page One.)
satisfactory settlement of their de
mands could prevent a walk out. '
Satisfactory Settlement Asked.
"No power on earth except a
satisfactory settlement now can pre
vent a strike,1' said VV. O. Lee, presi
dent of the trainmen.
"We four heads certainly could not
obtain a postponement of the strike If
we wanted to nor could wo postpone
It It wo received messages request
ing such action from every one of the
committee'' of f40' "whp werb here
last week.- President Wilson has not
askod us, to postpone the striko and
ho understands, as we made It clear
to htm JJflttduy .light, that we now
are JiowcrloVs (o' act unless' a satis
factory" settlement is mado."
A. B. Gnrretson, head of the con
ductors and spokesman for the em
ployes made a similar statement.
Besides conferring with Secretary
Wilson today, the brotherhood heads
talked with several members of con
gross at the capltol. Tho brother
hood officials expected to confer to
day with Samuel Uompors, presldont
of tho American Federation of Labor.
It was said that, Mr. Gompers had
mado no attempt to induce the
brotherhoods to postpone the strike
and It was not thought ho would.
Brotherhood officials who ex
pressed confidence last night that
enactment of Presldont Wilson's pro
posals Into law would not prevent the
striko.
E
TIE FORTS, TAKE
'PAHIS, Aug. :i0. The city of
Drama, in northeastern Greece, has
been seized by Bulgarians lifter a
battle with the Greek garrison, tele-
graphs' tho Athens correspondent of
the Matin. ' ; t
,; The .dispatch says that tho Bul
garians captured three forts and took
prisoner tho Greek garrison of TJ0
nie'u und that a number of soldiers
Were killed. This news is confirm
ed! the. correspondent adds, by ref
tirees who havo rcuehed Athens. s
', Drama is one of the principal
towns- in northeastern Greece, sev-
I'hly-fivc miles northeast of Salon-
iki, in the district east of the Struma
river, which the Bulgarians have been
occupying for the hist fortnight.
There have been other reports of
fighting before between Greeks and
Bulgarians, but the French war of
fice on Friday last staled tho Greek
gitrrisoiiH ut Ivavala and Drama were
still jn possession of the towns and
had not been utlacked. It wns an
nounced at Athens last week that
Germany and Bulgaria hud given a
written undertaking to Greece that
their troops would not enter Kavala,
Dratnn or Seres. . .
IH'lnwjiro, LnekiiUHiinit At Western
NF.W YOU K, Aug. III). An em
bargo effect ivo tomorrow on all per
ishable food products was annoiiic-ed
today by the Delaware, Lackii wanna
& Western railroad.
lumlsvlllp. Nashville
LOI ISVILI.F., Ky., Aug. - No
I ices that an embargo on all classes
of freight would be issued within 4H
hours were circulated here todav bv
the Louisville & Nashville, the Louis-
villo, Henderson & St. Louis niul the
Southern railroad, "unless some fa
vorable action is taken or some un
derstanding reached at Washington"
in relation to the anticipated general
railroad strike.
BERLIN, Aug. :i. The bandon-
nicnt of part .of Transylvania to tho
Itumaiiuius is forecasted ill dis
patches from newspaper correspon
dents ut tho Austrian nrmy'lieadquur-
tcrs. '
' The correspondents intimate that
the central powers will not nttcmpt to
lefend the entire border, owing to its
crookedness and the largo number of
troops required for the adequate pro
tection of u front half as long as
the Kussian buttle line. It will be
advisable, the dispatches say, to
shorten the front by abandonment of
certain parts of Transylvania.
Modify Embargo
TOPKKA, Kaii., Aug. 30. The
Atchison, Topekn & .Sunlit Fo Rail
road company modified its embargo
today so that shipments of livestock
and perishable goiJs that can be de
livered to destinations within fortv
eight hours from 2o'eloek today will
be accepted. vicsUnday s order call
ed for immediate-. refusal. ;
FRISCO BY OVER
TO,
corporate greed, in solid phalanx ar
raved. wo wont to the rank and tile
of the republican party asking that
they repudiate the solf-constlluteu
bosses, and marvolously have the
rank and file respo nded."
SAN KHANCISCO, Aug. 30. Gov
ernor Hiram W. Johnson, progres
sive primary candidate for United
States senator, carried the city and
County of Saq Francisco liy410,Sfo
volos over his opponent, Willis H.
Booth, of Los,. Angeles, according to
complete figures on the ,576) pre
cincts. 'Governor Johnson Issued tills
statement today; ' '
"We have , done 'the impossible po
litlcally. With 300,000 of' the best
of our citizens disfranchised, with
all the houses, big and little, with all
the powers of special privilege and
Krlo
NEW YOI(KAug. HO. Tho Erie
railroad announced toduv Hint it had
put into effect yesterday an order
that all classes of freight accepted
tor transportation over its lines
would be subject to delay on and af
ter September 4.
Kanta Fe
LOS ANGELES. Cul.. Aug. III).
An embargo on perishable freight to
points outside Califoruiu went into
effect here today on the Southern
Pacific, Santa Fe and Salt Luke rail
roads, the lliree carriers serving this
district.
. "NE thing they don't
teach in colleges is
theOWLisa mighty
good nickel smoke.
That's a bit of smok
er's information you
young fellows will learn
when you get started
for yourselves. Con
gratulations I
The Million
Dollar Cigar
M.A.OtJNST a CO.
INCORPORATED
No! No!! Positively NO!!!
M E IIAVK NOT ItAISKIi Ol lt CHICKS.
Furthermore, we want to make It plain that we guarantee the
seme all-wool and worsted fabric the sanio excellent workman
ship now as always,
THK rXIIOI'KAN' W.K HAS CAl'SKD TUB PltlCIX OF WOOL.
i:SN TO ADVASCF, FKOM its TO I (HI PF.lt CIONT.
Wo would certainly be Justiried in raising our price. Hut rather
than do this, wo have cut down our expenses by taking a CHKAPKK
STOHK KOO.M. This enables us to offer the samo all-wool and
worsted suits and overcoats at the samo old price.
300 All Wool Fabrics $15
300 AH Wool Fabrics $20
ouu irom m to $60
I.IK TO KIT
A M KIT TO W K.Alt
The largest line of guaranteed all-wool and worsted suitings and
overcoatings In Southern Oregon. COMPAHK AND 8KB FOK
VOl'ltSELF! ,
Everybody needs it-rstori-d
for emergency in a weU-Jc'vel
oped, well preserved, wVll nour
ished body und bruin' .
Grape-Nuts food stands pice- '
eminent'' as n builder of this',
kind of energy. It is made of
the entire nutriment of whole '
wheat und barley, two of the
richest sources ; of food
strength.
Grape-Nuts also includes the
vital mineral elements of,, the.'
grain, so much emphasized in
these days of investigation of
real food values. ,,, V
Crisp, ready to cut, easy to
digest, wonderfully nourishing
and delicious. '.
"There's a Reason"
Grape-Nuts ;
Livestock Shipments Banned
SAN.FHANC1SCO, Aug. HO. The
Western Pacific railroud placed an
embargo on all .livestock and perish
uble freight today and announced ac
ceptance of dead freight only sub
ject to delay. '
HARLAN, W In. CORTLEY, VA In.
Arrow
Ttcfi COLLARS
5 eeni , 6 for 90 ctnh
CI.UETT. PFABQDY Jt CO., INC, MakarJ
Here Is a Snap
A 1916 Little Six Buick
good as new
$850.52
C. E. GATES
1916 Chevrolet
Baby Grand
FOR SALE CHEAP
First class condition. 1 new extra tire
and tube, tire cover and bumper
Bernard Motor Co.
IlKMKMHKIt, our 9'M
Suits are a good a
any and lKtU4 than
many.
GUS
The Tailor
x 0 North Front Street
MKKKUItl), OltKliOX.
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JMAIL ORDERS
receive, qui' .very best attention
give us a trial. Send for samples
of new goods we pay the niailage.
TkeWomarfs Store
14-22 NORTH CENTRAL
MEDFORD, OREGON
JACKSON COUNTY,FAIR
Everybody boost and do their best
to make this the greatest fair ever
held in Medford, September 13-16
Come. ,
NEW
DRESSES
Just iii today, 25 Brand New Serge
Dresses from New York's nuist famous
dress house you ought to see tli?m
the styles are different and tin- price
cheaper than you can buy materials and
pay for the making. A good line of col
ors sizes 1() to 41
Prices $8.98 up to $22.50
Sl'KClAL 100 new Middy Blouses, all.
48c
sizes, up to $1.23 values, now
each :
NEW GOATS
AND SUITS
We were very fortunate in placing' our
orders early this year, as on account of
the strike in New York it has been hard
to get early deliveries we have quite a
complete line of Suits and Coats for
fall and winter wear
Coats $8.50 up to $75
Suits $28.00 up to $50
SPECIAL Children 's School Dresses,
'made of good gingham, sizes 2 to f Q
14, on sale Thursday, each O'
The New Dress Goods and Silks j Get the Children Ready for School
Are Here in Great Abundance
32-inch Black Taffeta,
worth $1.23, on sale QQA
Thursday, yd 30C
Scotch Plaids, beautiful
98c
5(-inch Heavy Coatings,
$2.98
new patterns, '
special, yard ,
new patterns,
very special, yd
38-inch All-Wool Serge
for dresses, cheap today
at 7oc, our price,
yard
40-inch Silk and Wool
Poplin, why pay $1.50
Our price, per
yard
Silk Velvets, in black and
cold's, worth fff A A
today $1.25, yd.... Jl.UU
69c
Wool
1.501
$1.19
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A Few Specials for Thursday
32-inch Scotch Zephyr
Ginghams, 25c; value, on
sale Thursday at, r,
yard.. 13C
Boys' and Girls' School
Hose, good heavy weight,
special price, " 4 C
pair 10K
Ribbon for hair bows, all
colors, at, per f A
..j. XVI
yard.
Dress Gingham for chil- A
dren's dresses, fast col- &
ors, worth 13t, 4 Ap A
now, yard .lvl
Galatea Cloth for middies V
and dresses, good AA. V
patterns, now, yd vC J
Percales, 36 inches wide,
cheap todav at 12'.c, on
y::: ioc
bill. . , 4.. (j.