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PAPERS STOLEN
AT
ftrrcnForcn matt; trtpjixt:, mtcdfotjt), oteciox'. Monday, xoyemitf.t?. 1?,. inir.
.f ffVl-AGSTAI''!', Ariz., Nnv. i:t. Dr.
l'ereivul l.nwHl, founder nnd diree
tur of llit' Lowell ohseivatory here,
imtl nil astronomer of iiitermitionul
$ reputation, dii-d hero lust night from
u stroke of apoplexy suffered yoster-
diiy morning.
Dr. J.owoll apparently wim in good
fii lifiiltli when he arrived here reeenlly
0 from a leelure trip.
1 l''of I en years iiiiieh of Dr. Lowell's
; j effort hail heen devoted to study of
' the planel .Mars and he made many
' interest hivr announcements of Jiis oh-
j servalions on the life and topography
: of that world.
I Dr. Lowell's home was in Hoston,
where he was horn Mareh lit, J8f.i.
1 lint he eaine here at eertnin seasons
'i for his' studio- at the oleiviilorv he
3 estahlished here in IStll, heeaiise of
the eh'arness of the atmosphere.
Several ast ronomteat expeditions
iwere oi-janized liv him. Anions them
were an eclipse expedition to Tripoli
in lllflll and alt expedition to the
-.; Andes nioantains to photograph Mars
"i in J!I07. For ten years prior to
'j he made a number of flips to Japan.
.'. In T.llt'J he was appointed non-resi-
dent professor of astronomy of tile
Massachusetts Institute of TeehnoM
' o;;y. lie Has the author, of many
j works on astronomical subjects and a
j contributor to scientific publications.
; C'AMniUDCi:, Mass., Nov. IS. Dr.
j Pereival Lowell, whoso dealli at his
,! private observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz.
was reiiorted today, was best known
j as the principal exponent of the
) theory that Mars Is Inhabited.
i Astronomers generally, while ex-
i pressing regard for his ability and en-
thusiasn repardqd many of his thco-
j ries as radical anil all of them were
not accepted.
Dr. Lowell was a brother of A.
Lawrence Low-ell, president of Har
vard university.
It was from the observatory at
Flagstaff that he announced his dis
covery of vegetation on Mars, with,
the inference that the planet was In
habited, ami his observations of the
canals as being so regular in form as
to indicate that they wero artificial.
A jjolloitgue p Jr. Lowell said today
that while many astronomers did not
agree with his theories, they were
confirming his observations very fre
quently. Dr. Lowell is survived by bis widow
who was Miss Constance Savage Keith
of Ttostou and by two sisters and a
brother.
. FIELD HEADQUAIITKRS AMER
ICAN pr.MTIVE EXPEDITION,
Mexico. Nov. 13. Followers of Fran
cisco Villa hnvo boon disrovpred in
headquarters camp.
Thus far, none haa boon molested
or plm'Od in the stockade with the
sroro captured during the southward
drive of the punitive expedition. They
go about the camp openly and .even
receive American gold, at the rate of
about a dollar a day( which is wealth,
for a peon.
- These Villintas, however, harbor
no evil designs against the American
troops. Neither do they talk about
thel raffiliation with the bandit lead-
or. For they now are pacificos and
declare that half of the poor people
of -tho southern republic would do
just as they are doing, work in a de
sultory fashion for the army from the
north, if given an apportunity.
Hut few of the laborers stay long
in camp. Their fear of Villa is too
great. The threat Vilal has made
to kill every man and woman who
turns n hand for the Invaders, strike
a chill to their hearts.
POSTAL CLERKS
XF.vV YORK, X..v. I.J. In t let
ter to President N'iUon. tnndt; public
today, Thomas K. Flaherty, secretary
ami trciMircr of the National Feder
ation of Po-tal Clerks, entered a pro
tect nu'ain-t working po.-tol't'iee clerks
more than ei,-ht hours n day. The
letter calls the attention nt the presi
dent to the fact 'ibnt a law pii-ed bv
eonirre-s provided that clerk- Jmll
not be required to w,,rk more than
eight hours a day within ten hours.
nnd fr working in exec- of tin
are to be paid ovcrtHtie in proportion
to their ulniics.
WASHINGTON-, Nov. 1.1 The Her
man embassy has reason to believe
that a number of highly conflilctitiul ,
dispatches, at present missing, were
in the packet from which Karl Arm
gaard Urnvos extracted letters he Is
charged with having used in an al
leged attempt to obtain ftl.uOf) from
Countess Von Dernstorl'f, wil'o of the
(ierman ambassador.
The nature of the dispatches Is un
known. The (ierman government has
been sent all available information
regarding tho packet's coutents aud
investigation, it is said, will imme
diately be made In Berlin with a view
of ascertaining what, if any, secret
papers aro missing, as well as the
identity of the 'messenger from whom
Craves secured the letters. ,
It was made plain today that Prince
Ilatzfeldt. counselor of the embassy,
through whom Graves attempted to
get $11,000, may testify against him,
but woulii prefer not to. If his tes
timony is deemed essential to the
prosecution of Craves, permission for
him to appear in court will be asked
of Kmperor William.
It was learnedtoday that tho pack
et from which Craves obtained the
letters adrossed to Countess Von
IJernstorff had been officially sealed
by the German foreign office. The
lotters which have so far been seen
by embassy officials are dated early
in September.
All details of the story told by
Graves last night in Now York were
ridiculed todny at tho German embas-
SPECIAL ELECTION
ASHLAND, Nov. 13. The city
will hold two elections in the near
future. The first is a special one,
Nov. '24, pasing upon the merits of
two proposed charter amendments.
The first refers to abolishing the
two miner-ill springs and park com
mission mid merging both into "The
Mineral Spnngs and I'ark Ccimniis
sion" of three members, to serve one
two and threev years respectively
me eicciion or ni"ii a Hoard carries
with it by implication the levyinjf of
from a .'I l-U to a 5 mill lax on the
city's assessed valuation, the amount
so raised to be expended in a general
way for the upkeep of the parks and
springs system. Thi snnicndmtnt, if
earned, does away with the dual
boards and eonilietinp authority.
It also- broadens the scope of the
second amendment on the special
election ballot authorizes the city
council, in its discretion, to make re
assessments of property wherever
previous ones have proved to be de
fective. This is a new depaturc here
but it has been adopted in other
towns, Meilford included, and has
stood the acid test of supreme court
decisions.
The city election proper will be
held on Tuesday, Dec. II). The of
ficers lo be elected are mayor, re
corder, treasurer and three council
men. The present mavor is- O. II.
Johnson, rccoYdcrf ('. II. Gillette,
treasurer. (I. . Kubanks. The coiin
cilmen whose terms expire are If. I'.
Cornelius, 1st ward; I'. L. A-hernl'l.
'2d ward; A. L. Lamb, .'Id ward.
Lamb is up fur re-election, Cornelius
also "if the people want him.'' A-h-craft
not having nmdc any public
announcement. For mayor, J, din
son is a pas-ive candidate ' for re
election, and ('. YV. limit a, council
man from the third ward, is an
avowed one. For recorder, Gillette
is not a candidate, but there arc
many others, icludini; II. ('. Galev.
J. I!. Wiuicr. V. II. (iowdy, I!. 1
Campbell and ('. L. Cunningham, nil
of whom haic made formal an
nouncements. It i- conceded Hint G.
G. Kubanks will have no opposition
whatever for re-election as city
treasurer.
GOVERNOR WHITMAN TO
INSPECT MILITIA
NEW OHLKANS. I.n., Nov. 1.1.
Governor Charles S. Whitman of New
York, necompunied by Mrs. Whitman,
was in New Orleans today en route to
McAllen, Tex., where he will inspect
several thoii-nnd national guardsmen
or i tie empire state. I be governor
and his wile planned lo rot her
until Wednesday.
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25catall tlruwistg.
Miss F.thel Harriman, shown here
with her mother. Mrs. J. Wdcn liar-
liman. will, it is rumored, allomll.,,
.
mci ciiyii gcoiciu mniii it, one ui inc.
1
i.iguesi oi American minionaii es,
with whom she has been seen many '
times during the summer season 'at,
EIGHT HOUR DAYI
NHV YORK, Nov. 1:1. With the
prospect that iptestions Involved in
the Adamson eight hour law contro
versy will be brought ui). proceedings
in arbitration were begun here today
which may settle the demands of
switchmen on thirteen railroads east
of the Misslsssippl for an eight hour
day and time and a half for overtime
labor.
The Switchmen's union of North
America, which is affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, de
manded an eight hour day after con-'
gress enacted -the Adamson statute.
Tho railroads would not make the
concession and arbitration is now
sought under the Newiands act. .
IIALTIMORK, Mil., Nov. 1M. The
thirty-sixth annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor opened
a two-weeks session here this morn
ing. Cardinal Gibbons delivered the
invocation and President Samuel
Gompers of the national organization
responded to the addresses of wel
come. The reading of the report of the
executive council was expected to take
up all of the afternoon session. It
was contained in a closely printed
pamphlet of 1 f2 pages nnd dealt wlfti
practically every question affecting
the federation.
LOS ANG10LES, Nov. 13. Slight
Improvement was reported today In
the condition of Mrs. Inez Milholland
Iloissevaln, New York suffrage leader,
who is gravely ill of anemia at a hos
pital here. She. passed a fairly good
night, her nurses said, and showed a
little more strength following the
third transfusion of blood into her
veins, made Saturday.
The Business Short Cut
The quicker, shorter, surer,
more profitable way to trans
act business is via
WESTERN UNION
Telegraph Service
It discounts distance and
overrides delay.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
; ewHirt. Miss llim-inum is consul
l''cil one tit tile mosi hcnntilul women
j '-t' Newport, New- Y,,rk and Washin:
! ton society.
. . 1 t
1 tie runi.-r, it true, coming netore
-.,. ,,., i,,!,,,,!,,,.,!,,,, lo society.
means 'iii-i-c will be no race for her
hand.
DESTROYERS SUNK
PKTKOGUAD, Nov: in. An offi
ciul stiitement issued here today sayn
that a majority of German vessels
which took part Friday in a bom
bardment in the Gulf of Finland were
sunk. ,
The German warships, the state
ment says, were llti-kuot torpedo
craft.
. The statement reads;
"Haltic sea: On Friday night a flo
tilla of the enemy's Ilti-knot torpedo
craft entered the Hay of Finland. A
dense fog hindered discovery of the
enemy's vessels in good lime and in
coneipience the enemy succeeded in
bombarding the Baltic coast for sev
eral minutes.
rtEltLIN, Nov. 1.1. Germnn tor
pedo boat forces on Friday night
entered the Gulf of Finland nnd ef
fectively shelled the Ku!slnn naval
base of Ilalticport ut short lunge, ac
cording to an official statement Issued
today by tho Germnn admiralty.
Dnlticport is near tho entrance to
the Gulf of Finland, tIS miles west of
the Russian naval station of Iteval.
The port Is the terminus of the Baltic
railroad.
LINCOLN. Neb., Nov. 13. Mr. and
Mrs.'W. J. Ilryan departed today for
Miami, Fla. Humors that tho Bi'yons
wero going to make their permanent
home in the south, presumably North
Carolina, were denied today by Mayor
!C. W. Bryan, brother or William J.
i Bryan. It was stated that the Bryans
will spend the winter in Miami, but
Hint they will consider Nebraska their
home.
FLOUR REACHES RECORD
PRICE IN PORTLAND
POItTLANI), Ore., Nov. in. Flour
retailed in Portland tsores today for
$n.RO a barrel, said to be the highest
I price ever reached here. Since Octo
jber 2S flour has sold for $!M0, but
I Increases In ttio prices of wheat
brought the raise, dealers said.
AVASU1NC.T0N, Nov. 13.-Secre.
tary Lansing laid beforo President ,
Wllson today a summary of Infornia
tion rcKnrdlng recent submarine at-1
tacks on vessels carrying Americans
but reported thut sufficient evidence
was not yet at hand on which to btiBe
action. lie- Bald no Information had
oeen receive., iron, mo ... run govern-
ment in responsn to an Inquiry sent
through tho American embassy there
concerning the sinking of the, Marina
when six Americnns lost their lives.
Whilo the Btnto department of f I -
cials consider the submarine .situation
as serious, no decision had beeu
reaehed today as to whether Germany
has violated pledges given to tho
American government after the attack
on the channel steamer' Sussex.
All recent submnrlne activities in
cluding the raid of U-53 off tho New
England coast are being considered at
the sthto department together In an
effort to determine whether a new
'submarine! policy has been adopted
by Germany.
No developments of vital import
ance In tho Mexican situation wero
reported to the president by Mr. Lans
ing. While It la understood Mexican
relations aro not In a satisfactory
state from the viewpoint of tho ad
ministration, tho commission meeting
t Atlantic City will be given a further
opportunity to report a conclusion.
AMERICAN SAILORS
FIGHT MEXICAN FIRE
Pl'EKTO, .Mex Nov. :. Sixty
men on tho gunboat Wheeling were
ashore yesterday to fight n fire caus
ed by lightning which struck jwi
tanks of crude oil, with n capacity
of 50,0(10 barrels eacrl. Five adjoin-
ing oil tanks were threiitencl, but
eventually the fire wns checked.
When there Is more than ono way
of doing a thing, 10 to 1 a fellow does
it the wrong way.
refection
Ready and glowing at the touch of
a match giving a cheery, odorless
warmth. Burns PEARL OIL, the
clean, cheap fuel. In blue or white
enamel or plain black harmoniz
ing with the finest surroundings.
Prices: $3.75 to $7.75
For Sale by 1
Garnett-Corey Hardware & Plumbing Co.
Medford Furniture Co.
Car Owners
Now is the time to think
about your overhauling for
the winter, when you are not
using your cars
Have your cylinders re-bored and
ground. We have the machine to
do it with. Work guaranteed.
Power Auto Co.
LONDON, Nov. HI. The F.xpress
mlurv!i ,m nl li, le in today's issue bv
a French military writer, Captain
Philippe Millet, culling- on Great Rrit-
ain to taku over more of the western
front ami relievo the French.
t'mtt Millet snys it is necessary
k fe )ain tiit (ic mnMo o
...
(,m, lin"n "'"I ''""''" ''a,nwi ''
j bused on n mere exchange of coin-
Iplimenls and that nil Frenchmen are
; wondering whether the Knglish fullv
i realize what is happening in France,
; lie snys the French recognize grnte-
; fully what Great Britain has already
I done, but feels thut the time has come
for the British army to relieve the
French more efficiently.
The writer cites utterances of
French deputies to support his claim
ami remarks that the British are
holding only ;"ll kilometers of the
front, compared to the French fiHO
kilometers, lie adds:
"There is not one village in France
where the people do not expect our
friends to enable its, after twenty
seven months' hard strncrle, to have
some rest during the third winter and
prepare lor an advance next year
without having to exhaust ourselves
This is what our people feel. Thev
have put their trust in Great Britain
nnd they nil expect the relief of a
good bit of the French lino to be
made soon.''
iSALONIKI REVOKES GIFT
TO KING CONSTANTINE
ATllKNS, Nov. 11, via London
Nov. i:i. The municipality of Salon-
i 'ki, in which was launched the move-
"lent to take Greece into the war in
opposition to tho wishes of King
Constantino, has formally revoked its
gift of Villa Ahitini nnd Ninousn for
est, made to tho king after the Bal
kan war. Tho reason assigned is tho
"ingratitude" of the kmpf.
Oil neater
FURS
Red Fox sets animal
stole, large Muff,
$27.50 value, closing
out . . $16.50
Large Black Russian
Wolf, long straight
stole, very large Muff,
$57.50, closing out
price . . $35.00
Large Black China
Wolf Set, large collar
and muff, $35 values,
closing out sale
. . . $22.50
Beautiful Nippon
Mink set, large collar
and pillow muff, val
ue $87.50, closing out
price . . $46.50
Large Nippon Mink
Collar, regular price
$39, closing out
... $22.50
Japanese Mink Col
lar, regular $24.50
value, now $13.98
Beautiful large Piel
ors Muff, Nippon
Mink, regular value
$50, closing out price
... $27.50
Large Nippon Mink
Muff, regular value
$39, now. $22.50
River Mink Muff,
large size, regular val
ue$19.50,now$9.98 Russian Mink Muff,
14 inch; regular $8.50,
now . . $4.98
Large River Mink
Muff, regular $16.50,
now . . $9.89
A big line of smaller
neck pieces and
throws, in Krimmer,
River Mink, Beaver,
Chinchilla, Natural
Opposum, Grey
Squirrel, Blended
Squirrel, , etc., actual
values to $12.50, now
.... $4.98
All Children's and
Misses' Furs at clos
ing out prices.
The above is only a partial
list of our big line
Ahrens'
Closing Out Sale