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MTCPFORT) TRTP.TTNTO, MEDFOTxT), OT?F!0T. FTCTDAY. fiF.PTF,MT.F.Tj: R, 1 01 H PXOTC TTFRFFi DEFENSE OF U. S. (Continued from page ona foreign and coastwise trade when un able to lcacs tliem to Individuals or private corporations. Child Labor Law: Denying Inter state commerce to products of mines and quarries employing children un der 1G years of age, and factories, mills, canneries and other establish ments employing children under 14 years. Rural Credits Lnw: Establishing a farm loan board In control of a sys tem of farm loan mortgage banks. Workmen's Compensation Law: Providing uniform sick and accident henefits for employes of the federal government, and benefits to depend ents in case of death. Emergency Itevnue Law: Provid ing for doubling the onrmnl income tux on the lowest class: making an additional surtax ranging from one per cent of Incomes in excess of 20,- 000, to 13 per cent on amount of In comes In excess of $2,000,000; levy lug a graduated tux of ono to ten per cent on inheritances ranging from $r0,000 to $5,000,000; a ten per cent net profit tax on manufacturers of munitions, five per cent net profit tax on manufacturers of mnterials enter ing into munitions; a license tax -on actually invested capital stock of cor portatlons capitalized at more than $09, 000; wine, heor and liquor excise tnxes and miscellaneous stamp taxes. (nod lloiuls Ljiw Good Roads Law: Providing for co operative federal aid to the states for construction of highways, and appro printing $75,000,000 to be spent in five years. Postal Savings Law: Amendment increasing tell amount which Individ uals may deposit from $500 to $1000 with interest and an additional $1000 without interest. ' Federal Reserve: Amendments, in cluding amendment to the Clayton anti-trust law, permitting officers and directors of member banks to become officers and directors of not more than two other non-competing banks; amendments permitting national hunks to establish foreign branches, liberalizing regulations for discount1 ing commercial paper and permitting members banks in towns of 5000 or less population to act as agents for insurance. companies. Railroad Legislation: Creation of a joint sub-committee of senate and house Interstate commerce commit tees to investigate for further legisla tion for railroads and tho Interstate commerce commission, question of government ownership of public util ities and comparative worth of gov ernment ownership as againts gov ernment regulation. Railroad Eight Hour Day Lav: Es tablishing eight hours as the stan dard for reckoning the compensation of railroad employes operating trains in Interstate commerce after January 1, 1917, and providing for a commis sion of three to investigate the ef fects of the eight hour standard, pre sent wage snot to be reduced during the investigation, nor for thirty days thereafter and work In excess of eight hours to be paid for at a pro rata rate. Tariff: Creation of a non-partisan tariff commission of five members to investigate and advise congress on luiirf revision; repeal of the free f agar provision or existing tariff law; amendments Increasing duties on dye stuffs to encourage manufacturing of dyestuffs in the United States; enact ment of an anti-dumping provision to prevent dumping of foreign made goods at elss than foreign market prices; nutohrizatlon for the presi dent to retaliate against foreign na- tious prohibiting importation of goods from the United States by laying an embargo against imports from offend ing nations. Cotton Futures Act: Providing a prohibitive tax on cotton sold for fu ture delivery in fictitious or wash Pales. Philippines: Law to provide for a more autonomous government of the islands, enlarging seir government, reorganizing election laws, establish ing an elective senate and promising independence whenever, in the Judg ment of the United States the Philip. pine people demonstrate capability for II. List of Appropriations iiiiruiniauons lor all purposes were: Agriculture $ H.94S.S52 Arm) Diplomatic & Con'sTr.. Hist. Columbia Korllfirations Indian Affrs Leg. & Executive Military Academy Navy 07. 590,530 5,355,096 12.S41.907 25,74 fi, 050 10, 967. 644 37,925,690 1.225,043 313,300.095 Pensions 158,065,000 Post office 322,937,679 River & Harbor 40D98,135 LIS 10 SETTLE U WASHINGTON', Kept. 8. In i lateulent issued following the ml jntirninent til' congress, President Wil son called atlenliiin to tile "helpful ami humane legislation" itasscd and declared t it it t while he regretted addi tional legislation dealing Willi 'he re cent dispute between the rnihwitls ami their employes luiu not been com pleted he had every reason to believe the question would he taken up im mcdialely al'ler congress reassembles. The president's statement follows: "A very remarkable session of con gress has just closed, full, as all re cent sessions of congress have been, of helpful and ' Immune legislation which eonslilulcs contributions of capital importance to Ihe defense, the economic importance and I lie whole life of Ihe country. "It is lo be rcgretled I hut tho ses sion could not have continued long cnoii''li lo complete the program re cently projected with regard to the accommodation of labor disputes be tween (he railways and the employes, but it was not feasible in the circum stances to continue the session any longer, and therefore only the most important and pressing parts of the program could be completed. "The rest, it is agreed, has merely jjyen postponed until it can he more maturely deliberated and perfected. I have every reason to believe I lull il is (lie purpose of the leader of (lie two houses immediately upon the re assembling of congress to undertake lllis additional legislation. It is evi dent Hint the country should he re lieved of Ihe anxiety which must have been created by recent events with regard to the future accommodation of such disputes." AEROPLANE LOST IN (Continued from Fage One.) 'LONDON,' Kept. 8. A British aeroplane was lost in a raid yester day over SI. Denis, in Itelgiiiiii, lliirly miles soullieasi of Brussels. "Yesterday afternoon naval aero planes attacked t ho enemy aerodrome at SI. Denis, says an official state ment issued here today. "A large number of bombs were dropped witli good effect. One of our machine failed to return. "During the same afternoon a na val aeroplane successfully attacked and carried out under anti-aircraft fire of the heaviest description, hut the pilot returned safely. Sundry Civil 128,299,285 Perm. App'fns : 131,074,673 Shipping Bill 50,100,000 Deficiencies 72,500,000 Rural Credits 11,100,000 Good Roads' (1,000,000 Floods 2,000,000 C.rand Total $1,637,583,682 In addition to the total there were authorizations for expenditures In fu ture years including, naval, good roads, tariff commission and other expenditures to bring the total to ap proximately two billion dollars, but these amounts do not properly apply to the appropriations fur the fiscal year. "See How That Corn Gomes Clear Off!" "GETS-IT" loosens Your Corns Bight Off, It's the Modern Corn Wonder Never Fails. "It's hard to believe anything could act ll.ke that In KettltiK a corn off. Why, 1 Just lifted that corn right oft with my liiiKer "ail. 'UKTS-1T la certainly wonderful!" Yes. "GETS IT" Im the most wonderful corn-cure "It'a Ju.t Wonderful, tk. War 'GETS. IT' Makes Ail Cora, Co Quick." ever known because you don't have to fool and putter uround with your corns, harness them tin with ban dages or try to dig them out. "(JETS-IT" is a liquid. You put on a few drops in a few scondH. It dries. It's painless. Put ycur stock ing on right over It. Put on your regular shoes. You won't limp or have a corn -twist" in your face. Tho corn, callus or wart, will loosen from Your toe on it comes, (.lory hallelu jah! "flETS-lT" Is the blgtest sett lor com remedy In the world.. When you trv It. vou know why. "OETK-tT" Is sold and reeom fnended bv dmei-lsts everywhere. 2ftc a bottle, or sent on rerelpt of price by B Iawrence & Co., Chicago, 111. Sold in Medford and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by LKON li. HASKIX8. protesting against the action of the revenue conferees in striking from the hill his amendment which would prohibit the admission of Pacific. ocean salmon and halibut through a foreign country, except dn bond from am American port, declared congress had surrendered opportunity to de velop a great American Industry. "Talk about a lobby influencing congress, ' he cried, "wnnt is mui when a distinguished gentleman rep resenting the Canadian government, Sir Joseph Page, while he may not have besieged congress, has been be sieging officials of this government to discourage this measure." Senutor Curtis offered another res olution directing the senate "lobby committee" which has been In exis tence for several years and has never reported, to investigate tho alleged foreign lobby. Senator Chamberlain urged Its adoption. The homestead grazing hill was passed without record vote. It al ready had passed the house. It pro vides for stock raising homesteads, raising the maximum nrca which may be entered for that purpose from 160 to C40 acres. When tile house convened at 8:30 a. in., Speaker ( lark, llcmncralic Lender Kitchin, Republican Leader Mann hud n sinall number of mem bers on both sides were on Ihe l'Uior to walcli Hie windup. Spen Iter Chirk and Republican Leader Mnnn exchanged Hie usual fe licitations. CI lamp Clack's Talk. Speaker Clark addressed Ihe house unl referred lo the session of con gress as a long, tedious and labor ious session. "No session of congress in my rec ollection,'' he said, ''stayed in Session so many days and worked so many hours. "I ainthe only man;" Hie speaker went on, amid applause, "I know of who invariably lakes up cudgels for congress. It is n strange predica ment Hint wo are in in ' litis country. Nearly everyone would like uu office; many run for office,, few gel office and everybody abuses those who do grot the office. I think Hint Ihe rea son that they hop on congress is that it is impersonal and does not hurt anyone's feelings in particular. Some day 1 am going lo take a whole hour to discuss Hie relations of the Amori- 'ii n congress to tho American pen- pie." Soon al'ler the president reached the eapitol the revenue hill was ready for his signature. Tho seuale adopt ed Hie concurrent resolution for a III o'clock adjournment which already liad boon passed in the house. Kmergency IMH Signed. President Wilson signed Ihe emerg ency revenue bill ut H:'JS o'clock in the presence of Senator Simmons, chairmnn of the finance committee, and Representative Raincy of the ways and means committee. The president held n reception in his room as a line of senators and representatives passed through while he sat al Ihe table signing bills. To Senator Simmons the president ex pressed gratification over the pass- ago of the revenue Jiill and its many legislative features., lie said, how ever, that he greatly regretted the failure of Hie Webb hill to provide for establishment of American collective selling agencies in foreign countries. Senator Simmons also expressed his regret Ihal Ihe measure had failed, hut said il would ho pressed ut tilt' next session. As the president was about lo sign the $'JII widows' pension bill with Representative Ashhrook of Ohio, its sponsor, by his side, Senators Siiiilh of tleorgin unci Itryun of Florida, who opposed it vigorously until Hie last mill lit i', entered the president's room and Mr. Aslirook asked them to wit ness the signature. The president smiled ns tile two senators hurried away. Howdy to Adjourn. At 0:30 o'clock the senate ap pointed Senators Kern mid Sinnot to notify the president that congress was ready to adjourn unless he hud some further communication to pre sent. They were joined by Represen tatives Kitchin, Fitzgerald and Mann, the home committee and Ihe joint committee wailed on the president at !):3f a. m. The president congratulated the leaders on the opportunity for n "well-earned rest." Officially he in formed them that he )iad nothing fur ther to eonimunicnte to the congress. When they loft the president's room the chief executive was joined by Secretary Lansing, who chatted with him ns he continued- lo sign bills. Senator Kern notified the senate nt tf:f3 o'clock that the president had nothing 'further to couuuuhicutc. Thereupon Senator Nelson of Minne sota offered a resolution of thanks to the vice-president for his impar tial conduct in presiding over the seu ale. The resolution wus adopled mid the vice-president Ihaiikcd the senate in a brief address. Thereupon Ihe senate adjourned sine die ut !):."!) o'clock. Miirshnll's Addeess, Vice-President Marshall in his ad dress, to the senate said: "When I assumed the duties of this oft ice J thought it would be n terrible thing to keep silent, but the longer 1 stay here the more I think it is wiser lo keep silent. We are about to leave here, somu of us 'to point with pride' and others 'to view with alarm," but I hope when we nil have eoine back we will have forgotten Hie animosities of the campaign and will remember Hint we ure good friends." The usual hubbub chnractcri.cd the closing moments in the house after Representative Kilzgcrnld, chairman of Ihe committee, had made n state ment regarding appropriations. Mr. I'ilzgernld said Ihe world was ablaze and extraordinary slops had to be taken in the way of large expendi tures for defense. Representative flillelt of Massa chusetts said that "applying the dem ocrals' own standard and logic the session just closed far surpassed in extravagance any predecessor." During the session of congress closing today 17,8011 hills and til'2 resolutions were introduced in Ihe house. Of these, 2fi2 hills became laws and !l!l public resolutions wore adopted, in addition to lf0 privulo hills and resolutions passed, j Mew to avoid emtkns 6p These Three Women Tell How They . Escaped the Dreadful Ordeal of Surgical Operations. i i hi huh BURY HERSELF WITH CIllCAflO, Sept. 8. Lillian Her eon, employed in a downtown office, saved $102, bought n new while dress with which to drupe her own dead form and then killed herself. Her body was found in a gas-filled room ill her hoarding house yesterday. A note to her landlady rend : "The money is for my funeral expenses." Hospitals are great and necessary institutions, but they should be the last resort for women who suffer with ills peculiar to their sex. Many letters on file in the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass., prove that a great number of women after they have been recommended to submit to an operation have been made well by Lydia E. Pinkham 's Vegetable Compound. Here are three such letters. All sick women should read them. Marinette. "Wis. "I went to the doctor and he told mo I must have an operation for a fenmlu I L t.l 1 T i 1 1- .1 T I 1 1 Li'uuuio, unit x imieii lu uuyu it, utmu us x uuu uwjii nmmecl only a short time. I would have terribio pains and my hands and feet were cold all tho time. I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and wus cured, and I feci better in every way. I give you permission to publish my name because 1 am ho thankful that I feel well again." Jlrs. Fked Bkunke, Marinette, Wis. Detroit. Mich. "When I first took Lvdia E. I Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was no run down with female troubles that I could not do anything, and our doctor said I would have to undergo an operation. I could hardly walk without help so when I read about the Vegetable Compound and what it hud done for others I thought I would try it. I got a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and a package of Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative 'Wash and used them according to directions. They helped me and today I am able to do all my work and I am well." Mrs. Titos. Dwyek, 089 Milwaukee Ave., East, Detroit, Mich. Bellovne, Pa. " I suffered moro than tonguo can toll with terrible bearing flown pains and inflammation. I tried several doctors and , they all told mo tho same story, that I never could get well without an operation and I just dreaded the thought of that. I also tried a good many other medicines that wore recommended to me and none of them helped mo until a friend advised me to give Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound a trial. The first bottle helped, I kept taking it and now I don't know what it is to be sick any moro and I am picking up in weight. I am 20 years old and weigh 140 pounds. It will be the greatest pleiisure to me if I can have the oppor tunity to recommend it to any other suffering woman." Miss Iuexb t Froeliohek, 1023 Manhattan St, North Side, Bellevuo, Pa. If yon would Hke special advice write to lilla K. Pinkham ' Med. Co.(coiiHilential),Lyuii, Mass. Your letter will bo opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. ARROW COU LA R S 1 6 cts. oh, 6 for 90 eta. CLU ETtPEABOpY Cy CO. INCAggggjJ MILLINERY OPENING SATURDAY, SEPT. 9th You are requested to inspect the display of new Millinery shown by LOTTIE M. HOWARD 109 North Central Ave. . .' I , . . A A A A A a A a A. A. A. A A A A A A A A A A A A a a a a a a , a , a .A , A . a AAA AAAAaV MAIWE Just ReceivedA Carload of 1917 Maxwells $685 Complete f . o. b. Medford We invite your inspection of this mechanical masterpiece Call or phone and we will be glad to arrange a demonstration A. W. Walker Auto Co. I y 2? f t t t t y t f ? ? T t t y y y ? t f t y t y f f t f t
