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KfF.pyoRn aeatl trtrttxtc. MFjvroPD, oi.'r.nox. fimdav. .taxfakv inn I E KNIFE 10 RESIST POItTLAND, Janv5. Disorder ap proaching a small riot developed here tonight at a meeting of the Forty-five Efficiency club,, when K. Ij. McClure, who declared ho had rented tho hall, Insisted on presiding and resisted ejection by drawing u knife and chanting the crowd. A sound of police finally disarmed and ejected him. ., i The Forty-fire Kfficloncy club, only recently organised, is an organ ization of men 45 years of age or older, whose purpose Is to prevent middle-aged men in business and in dustriul lines from being crowded nsldo by younger men. Tho club in eludes in its membership a large mini her of well known men. At to night's meeting, Fred Spoeri, local manager for the Pacific Telophono and Telegraph company, wus asked to preside ns ho had done at tho pro limlnary meeting and McClure ob jected, saying he hud engaged the hall in the name of the Maturity Manhood club, a similar organization of his own. Panic ensued wheu Mc Clure drew his weapon and there Vas a rush for the exits. After McClure had been taken away, the club proceeded with Its or ganlzatlon nnd appointed committees to perfect working plans. Mr. McClure was formerly a rcsi dent of Medford and well known ni a l'rciueul contributor to newspapers upon his hobby of "soiohtilic money." BY SEATTLE POLICE SKATTl.G, Wash., .Inn. !. Kmmet Whitfield, aged 21, who was shot by a policeman in front of police head quarters early I his morning, when he fled to escape nrrest as n suspicious character,, died, at tho city hospital two hours later. According to the police. Whitfield answered tho de scription of a mail who hud commit ted many highway robberies in Scat lie lately, makine- a specially of striking and robbing women on the street, ten women having been his vic tims. Whitfield had been in Seattle less than a year. Papers found among his effects indicated that lie had formerly lived in Buffalo. Last nighl the holding up of a cigar store and I he brutal robbery of n woman who was struck three times by the thief, put the police on the alert to catch the slugger, of whom they hnd a good description, l'oliccmnn Max Mver, who halted Whitfield in front of police headquarters, says that the man tried to draw a pistol, 'and then fled. Mver fired three shots, one of which, took effect in the fugitive's ab donicn. ISKRXK, Switzerland, Jan. The Bund prints a note from the German , legation with the object of dispelling fears aroused in Switzerland by ru mors thai (iennnns intended to strike nt Vinnce and Italy through thii countiv. The note says: ''We inav once more declare that as all Swim, know, Germany is form ally resolved to strictly respect Switzerland's neutrality." INVOLVE MM T (Continued From Page One.) UPON FEDERAL GOLD HILL NUGGETS BREAKS A COLD IN JUST A FEW HOURS 'Tape's Cold Compound" KniU Grippe Misery Don't Stay Ktuffetl-l'p! You can end grippe and break up a severe cold cither In head, chest, body or limbs, by taking a dose of "Tape's Cold Compound" every two hours until three doses are taken. It promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages III the bead, stops nasty discharge or nose run- nine, relieves sick headache, dull ness, fevcrlshness, sore throat, sneez ing, soreness and stiffness. Don't itay stuffed-np. Quit blow ing and muff ling! Kase your throb bing head nothing else In the world gives suc!i prompt relief as 'Tape's Cold Compound," which costs only 25 eenis at any drug store. It acts without isslstance. tastes nice, and causes n inconvenience. lie sure j-ou get tie genuine. Adv. ed to subpoena Secretary Lansing, Secretary Tumulty, llaruch and Thus. W. l.uwson. lie was prevailed uixwi by other members to withdraw his motion, but he said he would make it again later. Kepresentittive Wood objected to testifying- in public and said most of the statements he nindc were based on Information in a letter to him from. A. Curtis, u Willi street broker. He did not have the letter with jiini, but said lie would produce it later. What information lie hod, regard ing the so. called leak, bo said, was only hearsay and ho feared that n public, statement would interfere with the work of the committee in obtain ing witnesses. Advnnco Iufnriuulloli. Wood testified he hnd been inform ed thai ou Wednesday, December 20. which was prior to the publication of the note, a confidential telegram had been seut by H. W. i.McKinuon, of Thompson & MeKinnon, brokers, of Chicago, to Ralph If. Hartley, man ager of their branch nt Oshkosh, Wis., advising him that the president would have a message of iniwrtnnce soon and (lint- be. should, advise friends and patrons of his office to sell short on stocks. S. li. Friday of Oslikosh was' named by Wood as his iuformnut. Eftrlv in the afternoon of the same day, Wood said lie was informed, Iiwson Bibs.' branch "brokerage of fice in La Fayette; Ind., also received information from Chicago that the president was nbouf to send a "pence note." llcp're'sehtntivo Wood ' requested that Otto Kuhn, of Kuhn, I.oeb & Co., S'ew York, be subpoenaed apd inter rogated regarding what advance in formation lie had, if any, abo'nt the note. Asks AUl of Exchange A resolution to ask the Xcw Yoik stock exchange to preserve nil its books nnd pnpeii from December 10 to tho present date nnd another to make the same request of W. U. llibbs & Co. nnd nnv other brokers m Washington, were approved by the committee. "I have information also," Repre sentative Wood told the committee, "that an exchange firm here known as F. A. Connelly Co., of which a Jlr. Boiling, n brother of the president's wife, is a member, engaged in profit able transactions during the recent finny. Their dealings on the stock exchange were made through Hutton & Co., of New York, reputed to be one of the largest speculative con cerns in Wall street." Asked by Representative Henry for the source of his information-, Mr. Wood suid that most of it came from A. Curtis, a broker nnd stock dealer in Wall street. Hearsay Evidence. "Wlio guvc you the information about Barney Bnnich und Mr. Tu multy I" Representative Henry asked. "That came from Curtis." 'Did von sec him, and where?" "So, I never saw him," Mr. Wood replied. "It came to me in a letter.'' Asked for the letter, the congress man said lie did not have it with him, but would get it later. ' , . - "Where did you get your informa tion about the Connellv finn nnd Mr. Rolling, you spoke of?" ' "That has been a common minor prevalent here," said Representative n ooii. i lenrneu u ironi sucii sources, but don't remember just who.'" "You certainly must have received it from someone.'' "Yes, but I don't think T can recall just who told me that. 1 heard it many tunes.' I haven't taken the names of all persons who gave me int'onuntion.'-' Ilcro Representative Wood inter rupted the questioning to say: "I have 'said, and I wish to say again nt this time, that I have made and nm making no charge against anyone. I nm merely giving you in formation f have received.-' "What public position has Bernard Haruehf" asked Representative Campbell, ranking republican of the committee. llaruch and Tumulty. "I understand he is n member of the council of national defense.' "1o vou hnve memoranda ns to the date of the alleged conference be tween Mr. Bnruch nnd Secretary Tu mult v nt the Biltmore hotel?' Mr. Campbell continued. "I don't remember, but it is stated in this letter from Curtis." "In these conferences between Tu- multv and Rarach. what is meant to be implied by the word conference?" asked Representative (turret t, n dem ocratic, member of the committee. . WASHINGTON, Jan. ,V President Wilson today nominated the follow ing members of the workmen's com pensation commission to administer the federal employes' liability law : Dr. Riley McMillan Little of Swaithtnore, Pit., a republican, for ii term of six years. Mrs. Frances C. Axtell of Belling .hnm, Wash., progressive, for a term of four years. John J. Keen of Indianapolis, a democrat, for a term of two years-. SKATTLE, Wash., Jan. .'..--Mrs. Francos C. Axtell, nominated ns n member of the federal employes' compensation board, is of) years old, n nntive of Sterling, HI., and n grad uate of Pepaqw university, with two bachelor degrees. She has two grown daughters. Her husband is a prac ticing physician. Her brother, Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland, was a mem ber of President Tail's national board of efficiency and economics. Mrs. Axtell was elected to the state legislature of Washington in 1912 as a republican, nnd in .HI 10 was nom inated for congress from the second Washington district on tho progres sive nnd democratic' tickets, but chose to run on the democratic ticket. She was defeated. PAUIS, Jan. 5. The torpedoing of the Creek steamship Siripiros Is re ported In a llavas dispatch from Cor unna, Spain. Twelve men of thi crew were saved by the fishing boat San Jose. A llavas dispatch from El Kerrol, Spain, says the captain and twelve members of the crew of t,he Siripiros have been landed on the beach at Cobns... . SUICIDE SOLVES MYSTERY Miss Claire Tucker was a visitor with friends in Medford Inst Thurs day. lien n f)iltv. local freight mm tor the Southern Pacific, returned Thurs day night from a week's visit with relatives in Portland. Bill Finisher of Medford has been in town several days the pn-H week, the guest of R. P. Tucker. . Mrs. G. W. Miiam and son, Vernon. were in Medford last Friday on business. Miss Louise llnrvey has been the guest of Miss Claire Tucker since Christmas. Miss Harvey's home is at Grants Pass. J. H. Griffiths arrived here from Portland Friday for a visit with his sister, Mrs. George A. Patrick. Mr. Griffiths is well known to old resi dents, but it has been several year since his Inst visit here. Rev. E. C. Richards made n short visit in town Friday evening, on his way to Ashland, where Mrs. Richards is spending the holidays with her par ents. Mr. Richards had been to Grants Pass in the interests of the Willaiiultc university, of which he is field worker. Mrs. Blossom Lane and Miss Vir ginia Bceman were Medford visitors Saturday. 1 Tarle Williams, grand patriarch of the Encampment ol I. O. O. F. for Oregon, was here Thursday nnd nt tended the meeting witli the local Crater Lake lodee. Mr. Williams is from Frecwnter, Or. Harold (Irani returned to his home at Medford Friday after n week's visit with "Aunt Peggy," as he affec tionately calls Mrs. G. A. Patrick. Pave Osborn, a pioneer well known to nil old-timers, died Wednesday, December liT, at Corvnllis. Mr. Os born was Mrs. J. .1. Houck's father. He was almost 90 years of age. Porfessor Archibald F. Rcddie re tamed to Eugene Monday morning after a vacation at the Riverside col ony. , Miss Eunice Duiigcy left for Phoe nix Monday to resume her school work. : R. B. KeHogg and family departed Monday for their home nt Eugene, having spent the holidays at the E. B. Day ranch home. . Miss Lcliih F.nton relumed Monday to lalent, where she is teaching hool. Miss Enton had been at her relatives' home on Galls creek tor the Chrislnins vacation. Hi's. Frank and Eva M. Carlow of Medford were in Gold Hill for the day Monday. .Mrs. Callow is a sis ter of Mrs. W. L. Collins of this city. Professor nnd .Mrs. D. K. l.uthey arrived from Salem Monday. Pro fessor Luthey has charge of the Sar dine creek school, near Gold Hill. Jesse J. Houck returned to this city from Corvallis Tuesday morning. .Mr. llouck hnd gone there to spend the holidays at his home. 0. Liudholm of Grants Pass was in 'Gold Hill Tuesday on mining busi ness. Mrs. J. II. Bceman and daughter, Mrs. Blossom Lane, visiled friends in Grants Pass Monday night, re turning here the next day. Mrs. A. K. Rippcy of Medford spent New Year's at the home of her sou, Lloyd Rippey, nnd family. A number of local men, among them H. D. Reed, R. L. Darling, C. A. Peterson nnd Sam McClcndon, nu tocd to CchtrnI Point Tuesday to at tend the funeral of Lawrence R. Cnrdwell, at one time proprietor of the Gold Hill hotel. Mr. Cnrdwell was known to everyone in Gold Hill und all will regret his sudden demise of lust Snturduy morning at Fort Klamath. Leslie Darling and family arrived Monday for u short visit at the home of his mother, Mrs. Nellie Darling, and other relatives. Died At the home id' his parents, Mr. nnd Mi's. W. J. Smith, on Snr dine creek, near Gold Hill, Dewey La vcrne Smith, on Thursday. December '28. The youth was only 17 years, (i months nliii 8 days of age. Services were held Sunday afternoon in the local M. E. church and interment made at the I. 0. O. F. cemetery at Rock Point. The six leading contestants for the ladies' wrist watch nt the Comus the ater are as follows : Inn Gardner, 810; Ida Johnson, 79.1: Margaret Chis holm, 080: leie Walker, tili'i; Velum Davidson, 3U5; Ruth Cudy, L'80. The little theater's program for this week will include, beside "Peg o" the Ring," Lulu Glnser in "Love's Pilgrimage." Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Vroomnu and jsunlly yields to the purer blood and greater strength which SCOTS ili!fgiln (Continued From rage One.) had identified this collar as one worn by Lewis the night before the murder was discovered. . . AVith the announcement that Lowis had committed suicide the tension which has existed at the detective bu reau seemed to relax and Captain Tate announced today thnt he felt his work on the case virtually was at an end. Kecking the Motive. Captain of Detectives Tate said several letters were found In Lewis' effects in Atlantic City. Torn scraps of what appeared to have been a let ter were also found. These will be brought to this city and an effort made to learn the real motive for the murder. Among the papers was a list of telephone numbers, one of which was that of the apartment houso where the slain girl lived. Tho police have discarded a theory that a third person was pres ent in the Colbert apartment when the murder occurred. This theory was that one man was In the Colbert apartment when another man came in unannounced: that one of the men Immediately lei t and that tho one who remained quarrelled with .Miss Colbert and the killing followed. While tho police say they are con vinced that Lewis w-ns the man re sponsible for the death of the girl, they are not ready to believe that the crime was premeditated. It Is their belief, they say, the tragedy was the result of nnuarrel over jeal ousy aroused by the attentions of other men. . USE 'CASCARETS" FOR LIVER AND IBDWELS :reates. Its rich oil-food enlivens the whole system and strengthens the organs to throw off the injurious acid. Many doctors them selves take Scoff's Emulsion and you must stand firm against substitutes. Rcott&noww.ll!'vM,l w T. daughter, Mrs. William Robinson, ar ' rived Friday, from Portland to nttem the funeral of their grandson aui' nephew, Dewey Laverne Smith. SUFFERING CATS GIVE THIS MAN THE GOLD MEDAL Let folks step on your feet hereafter; wear shoes a size smaller If you like, for corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. He says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, Instantly re-' neves soreness, and soon the entire . corn, root and all, lifts right out. ; This drug is a sticky ether compound, j but dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn without inflaming or even ! irritating tho surrounding tUiue. ' ! It is claimed that a quarter of as ounce of frcezoae obtained at any drug ? store will cost very little but is suffl- J cient to remove every hard or soft corn j or callus from ouc'b feet. Cut this out, enpecially if you are awoman reader J who wears high heels. ' When Dillons, Ilejwlnrliy, Sick, for Sour Sionuuii, Itail Ilivuth, Ilail (olds. Get a 10-ccnt box. Take a Cascaret tonight to cleanse your liver, stomach and bowels, and you will surely feel great by morning. You men and w-omen who have head ache, coated tongue, a bad cold, arc bilious, nervous, upset, bothered with a sick, gassy, disordered stom ach, or have backache and feel all worn out. Are you keeping your bowels clean with Cascarets or merely forcing a passageway every few days with salts, cathartic pills or castor oil? Cascarets Immediately cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the sour, undigested and fermenting food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry off the con stipated 'waste matter and poison from the bowels. Remember, a Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning. A 10-cent box from your druggist means healthy bowel action; a clear head and cheerfulness for months. Don't forget the children. Adv. TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY That you can get $20 Suits at . $9.98 High Top Shoes $3.98 Flannel Shirts . 98c Pants, pair . . 98c Work Shirts . 39c Canvas Gloves 5c Men's Hats . . 98c Overalls . . . 69c Winter Underw'r 39c A Cook Stove and Some Furniture 3 Baby Buggies Edison Graphophone and doz. Records $4.50 A lot of Second-hand Lumber and Chicken Wire Everything Cut to the Quick WILL H. WILSON No. 81! 3fi. lteport of Condition of tho , Medford National Bank , At Medford, In tho State of Oregon, at tho close of business on Docom ber 27th, l!)lfi. HlCSOL'ltCKS. Loans and discounts Overdrafts, secured, none; unsecured, $1,220.3!) U. S. bonds, deposited to secure circulation 100,0011.00 Premium on U. S. bonds l.&liO.OO Total II. S. bonds '. Bonds other than I'. S. bonds, pledged to secure Postal savings deposits 5,000.00 Bonds nnd securities pledged as collatoral for state, or other deposits or hills payable .... 13,000.00 Securities other than U. S. bonds owned, unpledged 17,4:14.20 Total bonds, securities, etc I Stock of Federal lteserve Hank stock Value of banking house Furniture and fixtures Heal estnto owned other than banking houso Net amount due from approved reserve agents in ew York, Chicago and St. Louis i4,32ti.l0 Xet amount duo from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities 127,U20.I0 Kxchnngcs for clearing house Fractional currency, nickels, and centB Notes of other national banks Federal Reserve notes Lawful reserve In vault and net amount duo from Federal Reserve Bank 011,030.68 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Trensurer 5,000.00, 341,2:12. IIS 1,320.311 101, 550.00 37,434.20 3,750.00 43.XOO.OU 5,000.00 47, 083.00 151.C51.60 5,7411.45 242.57' 3.1 10. U0 100.00 Total LIABIL1T1KS. Capital stock paid in Surplus fund Undivided profits Circulating notes outstanding Not amount due to banks nnd bankers Individual deposits subject to check ('crtlf'.'ralcs of deposit duo in less than 30 days Cashier's checks outstanding Postal savings deposits State, county, or other municipal deposits secured by pledge of assets of this bank Total demand deposits Certificates of deposit Other time deposits Total of time deposits $803,714.87 ? . I 100,000.001 25,000.00 4,133.08 iuo,ooo.oot 732. 4!); 319,083.77 23,523.87 T 824.21!' 3,218.80 301,000.70 M2.1S8.02 45,000.00' 127.883.93 84,304.09 Total $803,714,87 Real Mince Pie TWICE AS GOOD AND HALF THE COST OF BULK MINCE MEAT V8P ur Try Recipes on til Package Fruit Ck Puddinc mod Cookiaa 12c to 15c per package At Grown "Like Mother Used to Make" None Such Mincemeat MERRELL-SOULE CO., SrrxtH, N. T. BREAKFAST FOODS Are used the entire year, but are especially appetizing during the winter season Kellogg Corn Flakes Post Toasties Shredded Wheat Grape-Nuts Triscuit K rumbles Cracked Wheat Oatmeal Puffed Wheat Corn Puffs Puffed Rice Cream of Wheat Pearl of Wheat Wheat Hearts Albers Oats Albers Wheat Flakes Quaker Oats H. 0. Oats Mother's Oats Mother's Wheat Flakes Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food Ralston Bran Roman Meal Pettijohn's Breakfast Food PERSONAL ATTENTION PROMPT SERVICE i MARSH & BENNETT PHONE 252 State of Oregon, County of Jackson, ss: I, John S. Orth, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. JOHN S. OKTII. Cashier. Subscribed und sworn to before me this 5th day of January, 1917. S. M, HOUliltTS, I Notary l'ubllc. COItHECT Attest: i: W. II. tlOltK. .1. !'. WORTMAX, K. MK.HRICK. Directors. Let Us Explain how It Is possible for us to stll you auto suppllts of the highest order at such low prices. It Is no secret Just the way we buy, In largo quantities and for cash. Don't delay purchas ng that new horn, lamp, etc. Come to us today. The cost will be nomi-i nal. C. E. GATES State Poultry Show MEDFORD, OREGON Jan. 9 to Jan. 13, Inclusive B. F. KEENEY, Judge ERNEST WEBB, Superintendent Knt rios Close Midnight. .Tiinnary 7. Judging JJcgins Tuesday, 9 A. M. Awards by Comparison Southern Oregon Hinls will also he scored. Cash Premiums "Will Xet GO Per Cent of Entry Fees. Many Elegant Cups Offered Large atlendanee of Prominent Poulterers promised from Northern Oregon. ADMISSION: Adults 25c, Childm 10c. Show Formally Opened at Noon, Jan. 9 15y order Executive Board 1
