Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 12, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textpxrrrc 'fotttt jrrcnroTiT) matt; TTjnwrc, nromTi, orfjon, Monday. FftrsTtnARY :i2, ml Medford Mail Tkibune AN' TNniCI'K.VIiKNT NRWtfPAl'KU Plllll.lSHKIl KVI.'IIV AI'TKHNDilN J-:N'I'KI'T HI'.VOAY PY T1IK .UKKHJItli I'PINTfNU CD orfice Moll Trlbunn RulMlnR. I5-I7-2S North f-'ir Mli'vct; i.-i.-iiIkiiic Th Vipir.ocr.itip Tlini. th M-lfnrd Mail, The .MauIhi Trif.;m Th. K-.ulii mm Oreoniuii Tim AhIiIuihI Tribunu, " GKrtGi; Im'TNAM. K-IItor BUBS CHIPT ION BATES! On yr-nr. by mint .$.".f0 One month, nv iriiul 50 pr month, (l-liv r.-il hv airlt-r In MfdC.nl, I'Ji. i. nix, . J:tckMnvill i. na iN-ntrnl 1'oinl ..' r flmnnliiy milv. t-y mail, p-r i.ir.... 2.'" W !Jy. r"T y ur 1 r' Official I'm r uf tlttf 'Uy C Mctlfurd. ' Official Piipcr of ,l!H')yon County, !;nlt-r-H s wtn- -h mutter at Mt-df'Ud, Oii-Kon, muh-r the net trt -Murch 8. Sworn Circulation for 191 0 2 4 91 Kul) h :ihi'J wire At(H(tci:itcd Press dia- JCKW.YOKK, Feb. The arrival today il' the xtriutiship New York brought tlu number uf American trans-Atlantic passenger ships tit this port lip to four, Tim New York nailed from Liverpool on February II. 'Jim .A mi' lie tin liner Kroonland ilockeil here yesterday mid Hie St. l.otlis and St. Paul of the same line lire still ill llicirpiers, while their owners nwnit iiow-k front Washington ill regard to pciniHsion'to ti rut Amer ican whips lor defense, against sub marines. Tile Culm i d liner Aiiduuin, from Liverpool, Jniinnrv '11, and lite Itnl inn Kteainship (litisippc Venli, from Mediterranean ports, reached their docks here today. " 4 'lite llritisli liner ( 'cdric, which sails today for Liverpool without pnsscn jfiiro, will carry 501HJ sacks of mail, which have been delayed here for the p.sl week aboard tin; St. Louis. The New York was the first Ameri can ship lo leave Liverpool nl'ler (leriimny's war zone decree went inlo effect. She passed throiiuh the dan ger one without si.uhtinjr war craft of any kind, In'r officers said. The fourth ship under the American f'lutr to said from this port for a Kiiropcau destination since (ter lunny's renewal of unrestricted miIi luarine warfare !:ot away last nij!ht. She is tht! :t'V-loot freighter Owcuo. of the Federal forwardine; company, biumd for (tenon, currying a eencrnl enrjro of '-'Hill Inn-. Her master and limnv of her crew, tire' Americans. i mm rate SAI.KM. Ore., Veil. I-. - llcarlim was uniiitccl by tin; l'ulillc Service commission Saturday on tlu? question of reducing the rate on canned Koods botween A ih lami . Intermediate polatH and Portland from cents a 100 pounds to 110 cents in carloeds, mini mum wolRht 00,000 pound!!. 'Xo olijertlon to tho proposed re duction was made by cither side, tied it was represented that the proposed rato would result fn HliiuulattiiK (he Shi dcnln;? fruit Hint canning Indus tries In Southern Oregon by making tho rortlauil miirket more accessible to that district. Senators Von tier delicti. Smith a:'d EUy ami Wuller l! ri 1 1 1 u, o( Kitseiu, apepHied for tho shippers, ami Ili a C. Hey sail V. V. .Miller, asisiant lienoral fretjiltt Hteut, for ttie Sui:'.'i ru l'avlfle. BUY THE PRODUCT OF A blanch factory ot tho i'alit'nrniu Wnshins I'owdcr U boon establish ed In Antihunt. TIioko who think ti homo proilurt, or homo factory cnii nut nianul'ai lino a ood n product U5 is shipped In, tve Invite you to give Iho Ciillfnriilu Washing I'owtfor trial, ir om 'ititl it not j ti .t 1 to any soap or w:!-hii:t; puurior that in Khlpprd in wo ii-ttiin uur nionv, Tli.1 ln't it'coiiiri.oiiilation wo fan live, that it Is not injurious to fiotio. Is our ovrrnn.out l -t fMCfi. Call fomia U'aliini; l'od. i t fur f-.tlo n( thf roioi(f( to aiul Iht-i' t iarttT pouiuls. il'ir, loi ii s in in; moio iiioiioy in the Stnitlinii part of Uio roii, ami ho.-p-, mon nionoy in (Ikm: Ifttion, sivp Hiore people tli.it want oi K ;i rltatit . LINCOLN THE LEADER T().Y. while lii'iiiitiii tlic niciiiiipy of Abraliani Jiti-i-iilii, I'f.'itt sl Anii'i'ii-.'tn, li-l ms rcllt'cl tii(iii the les sons (if hilieulii's life as njiilieil In dill' pltjlileiiis of ttidav. e see ourselves ilrtiwuiir neart-r the uiaelst roiii oi war it war which is waned, in lite main, helween icople who are led hv leaders and people who are ruled hv rulers. Le.ideis, not rulers, are the need of the world, today its in IJiieoln's time. AA'c think of Lincoln as the man of lite people; the com moner; t he democrat ; whose views were those uf the rcat, intelligent masses, whose feelings, those of the men who toil. Ihir we should not think of 111 1 1 1 as the ordinary man. Vnderstand this difference. . Linoeln, horn lowly, son of a shiftless father, spvinino; fj'oni that peetiliitr ieople, the "poor white trash" 'of the southern states, spent his days in honest toil and pored far into lite ni";lit, hy flickering; candle, over the Jew hooks he could borrow from more fortunate neighbors. With a determination rare in the human race, ho set about to become a master of knowledge, and bv his own untii'iui; xeal he raised himself from an unlettered moun tain vokel to the most exalted position that man can bestow. That is why Lincoln, the nary nun. . Lincohis must spring .from tin? common people can have upon the problems and trials (lod hasten the time when duee mora Lim-ohis. "With a Lincoln in evcrv warring millions, laying waste orphaning humanitv. J lad Tolstov been it Lincoln had that great Russian been it peasant-horn, with a full understanding of the peas ant's needs 1he course of history might have been changed. Had Liebknecht been a greater man, leaders instead of rulers might have prevailed history might be very dillerent. . The common people must and will prevail, in every land. l!ut this happy day will not arrive until the common people realize that the world is full of Lineolns if they will onlv seek them out and prepare to be led bv them. BONILUS NAMED fHREATS OF BREAK AS AMBASSADOR BETWEEN G. 0. P. FROM MEXICO ' AND PROGRESSIVES WASHINGTON', IVh. J'J.-lynnrm lloiiillas, (Hit' ol' (lencriil ( .irniti.a'.-; ivprrsonl tit ive-i on the .Moxicnn Aiiiononii join) oow minion, has huvu nainoil nmh;i -;-a(l'i- Irom Aloxicu to tho IHitod Sltitcs. Ifamoii Ocriori, who hiw been in oliaio of iht- .Mexican riuiiassy int-o I lu depart iiiv oi' I'lli-co Arredondo. aniluisnd.u- doi'jnato, was inl'onncd today of Mr. I'oniliaV appointment. Mr. lI'Miilhis now al Palm l'caoh, Kla. It is oNpcfted lu- will come to Washintnii thi- week to present his oivdont ials, al almost the aine lime llorirv 1'. l-'h'ii'her, the Atnerio.in inn-hn-.-adof to Mexico, is received by the Mexicnn overniiient. After the failure of the Mexiean Anioriean eoinmissioii to et l'eel an ad justment of the iiietions at t'-iw ho twoen the two tioyerunionN, Air. Ar redondo wjn railed to Me.ici., it wa nndei-tood at that time that Mr. lionillns would be chosen as hi - stic eos.Mir, alllionh Mr. Arredoiulo in--islod (hat he woidd return to his poM. .Mr. I"tnllit ha- been the mini-der of ciiinniuiticatinn-; in (Jeneral Ciw rana's cabinet Miieo (lie ftrmatin (f his yo 'eminent, ami i- one of the few men who i, reputed to hae llie en tiro eofifidoin'o of (ienernl t'arraiua. lie wa eduealod al the Mas-at-hns-ctt In-tiltile of Technology and mar ried mi American woman. KOSKIU'lit;, Un. Foh. I J.- .Mayor Napoleon It ice caused noiuew !;,( uf a sensation hove when he declined to issue a proclamation asuhn; the peo ple of Itoselmri: to di.phtv f!a,;s in common with the mayors o? o.hor townt and cities throughout .Hegoi.. "Wo have many people of Coioum, ancestry in Kosebnrg aad 1 tvusider them among our be-t eiti'..-ns. 1 do not boUe it i right to cre:ite dis sension ami diMoid anion;; the differ ent 1 1 m.-os of pi opto. i g.mllcss of the present rni-." the maor said. 'The re a i e a I mi many people- in KomIum uhoaie finaiK iall unaMe io i in . ha' . " It is (minion t h:;t 1 lieso pc i-p- v ii':'. 1 .iii. I, h .-ho'ilt'fi- a t;uu ,iu. t : iil loi i lirii mint t ," M.i ..or iiUes . fi'iial to issue i; prot l,.!i;.Uinii lias i Husid eouMder- .lhe ,!i , i-lt O'll here. commoner, was not tin ordi the common people, for only the true brotherly outlook that beset mankind. the common people, will pro hind todav, (hero would be no the hind and widowing and in Germany, and the course of -NKW VOItK, Feb. 12. Throats of a hienk botween tho republican na tional committee and certain pro gressive leaders wero recalled today by ttIio publication of a letter ad dressed to (leorge W. Perkins and j Kverett Colby, progressive members I of the republic an national campaign j conduct1, by Chairman Willeox of tho repinuican national coMtmmee. i ne chairman appeals to tho progressives who joined tho republicans in support of Mr. Hughes to remain within tho republican fold and promises to call a'meeting of the national committee either in Slay or Juno lo adjust their differences. Mr. Willeox said the meeting prob ably would be held In Chicago and declared that it would lo inoppor tune to tali the meeting together now bcenu.so thu country, vas on Hie verge of war and it was no lime tor partisan discussion. The letter answers one addves-ed by Messrs. Perkins and Colby to Chairman Willeox on January HI, in which they urged him to call a meet ing of the national committee to dis suss tlu? "grave and Important ques tions that confront our country to day." IF RUSSIA IS FIRM Cl'M HI'Mt LAN t) CAP, Tenn., Fe'j. i I S. S. McClure, New York pub lisher. i-pe:iklng today at tho closing of the Lincoln birthday anniversary celebration at Lincoln memorial uni versity, declared that the outcome of the Kuropean war depended on the success of Oernutny's new submarine campaign and on the course of Rus sia. j "If t ho t'-boat Is a success, (ler ntauv would win ihe war." lie de j dared, "luit Cermany is beginning j to doubt the piaciieiihillty of the (iimiers.-a iralt. Another possibility lis thai Kussiii will make a t-epurute ' p' ate. In i;im' tho I'-boat is a fail Mire and Lussia mlheres to the allies, ; Cermauv is lost." Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package provcrtit. 2re:it all (lruists. IN HOTEL FIRE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 12. At least thirteen pprono are iuIks inis and are believed to httvo lost thel MveB In Hie fire which destroyed the Kenwood hotel, Twelfth street and Hennepin avenue, shortly nTter mid night, according to police estimates this morning. Jn addition to the known mlHRinK there aro 11 others unuccoimted for who may be in tho ruins, according to K. U. Stalker, propriftor of tlio place. One person Is known to be dead. Mrs. Lucille Squire suffered a fractured skull when she leaped from a third story window. She died Bhortly afterwards at the city hospital. ' Officials believe that many per sons were precipitated into the base ment hy crumbling floors and wero buried in the debris. A thick layer of Ice now covers the ruins, ham por ing the work of search for victims. 'Seventy-two persons aro thought to have been In the hotel when the fire broko out. While several of the Injured wcro in a serious condition, it was report ed nt the city hospital today that most oC them would recover. One woman who became hysterical after 'being rescued, raced down the street screaming and froze her feet before being overtaken. Others, garbed in night attire, suffered terrible expos ure in the ten below zero temper ature. While tho firo was at Us height, Harry Jensen and his wife crawled to a window ledge on the top floor, for a moment they paused, then Jen sen embraced Ms wife and together they leaped to the street, while spec tators cheered. Mrs. Jensen was badly hurt, while her husband es caped with minor injuries. The Ken wood was a second class lodging house and an old landmark. NKW YORK, Feb. .12, A (Ionium suliiaarino entered tlio neutral Span ish harbor of I. as I'ulinas, I'nnar.v Islands, on lieceinher It and Hank the Creek steamship r-'pyros. according lo two of the seame-i wUo arrived today mi the steamship Morro Castle. Mar il.i.a recont? told (t tho Spyros tie ins towed to a Hranish port after l:u iim ;nrj i ilt.ei! Tho sailors a.'liv here said tue Spyros ))at Into !.as 5 almas on her nv:iLo from Mi:.'iio. ires, ea.i-".i:f; !?rain for Hull, Kns;land. Tuo ( -boat entered the harbor, they asserted, anil notified the eaptain to abandon h's ship within forty hour', at the end of which time It would tie destroyed and thu threat was fulfilled. 10 DISABLE SHIPS LONDON, Feb. 12 In an address at YVilholmshaven regarding precau tions taken by (lermany in view of the possibility of war with tho I'nil od Sti'tes, Dr. t'.ustav Streseninnn, a prominent national liberal immibei' of iae reichstag, made the following :--ial'.r1iiout1 according to a Rotterdam db patch to the Kveniug News: 'Our Oerm:iu bluo jackets in tho 1'i.iled Stittes will have seen to 1. that (loiiuaii steamers in American ports shall not bo usable by any one for some time." ' Hr. Streseninnn expressed the opin ion t'uit the work o; me (ierman snV n-:ir::iea was encouraging thu army for Iio spring campaign. SCOTT'S EMULSION RELIEVES SORE, TIGHT CHESTS JOHN A. PERL tJNDSRTAKEK laly AwistAiif S 8. IMKTI.KTT Phone M. 4in nil 47J-1 Automobile Homo frir. luikulnn hirWi, I'trunv. SUBMARINE ENTERS mm ISLANDS PORT SENATE PASSES SAI.KM. lb. The enat.' Sat unlav i.ae.l the lio-.-ue liiver liliiull,,! bill, whieh Iium been a bone of eon tenlimi till durintr the e-iiui anil de inoi'ulied leilatiim. A-. .-non as the -(.-inn npt'lled, the eliate vn'tlered llon.-f. ISill- Xo. '.'S4 ami '.'"ti eall.'d from the eoimnittee. and tin- euti iileration "!' tlie-e bill-- be made a -neeial ol'iler of bit-.iues for 1 o'eloek. When llotie liill No. fK wa put en its final ja-sae Sentitor I. S. Smith of Coos opened the debate with a lengthy statement a lo the eondi tions existing at the month of the river, lie eritieieil .Mr. Maeleav for statiii" liel'ore the eominitlee several tiihts ao that those who favored t lie bill had never been down to the moitili of the river and were not fa miliar with eonditions there. J'rom II nine's Time. 'l have crossed the liotiiie river a number of times ami can speak from personal knowledge. The difficulties there are of lone; stiindin;-." Senator Smith staled. Me recited the contro versy from I lit- time 1!. I. Hume com menced operations up to tile present time. "The commercial otvnniza Jions are back of this bill." The court docket was cited showing the many violations that have taken place and the country wan constantly in turmoil, lie asked how it could be figured that Mr. Maclcay was bcin driven out of business when his (,wii admission before the committee prov ed th.at his cannery employed three fourths of the jrill netters, who would be directly benefited throu,e,li the pas sage of the hill. As Tourist Asset. Senator Yon der llellon spoke briefly calling attention to the value of the li'ojrue river as a tourist asset and lie hoped that he would have the support of his colleagues in passing the bill. Senator Garland of Linn comity said he was very much in favor of Ihe bill. The llo'jue river is the chief attraction the people of Southern Oregon have and he stated that he hoped the bill would receive n hi;; vote. Senator Olson staled that, the li'oiie river issue wits an old iifiltt back neain. Previous sessions, this issue had taken up one-third of the lime of the scs-iou, and the legisla ture had. he llioimhl, jfiven the .cople all ihe restrictions they desired, lie did not want lo be accused of bcintr under ihe influence nt Maclcay, but wauled it uaderslood that he was onlv lhihtin;: Ihe bill because he did not want lo see caniial driven out. Senator Olson of .Multnomah, made a sptited fiplil asainst Hie bill, lie declared it n;ant tho throttliir; of an indiistiy and said that when ilta tf'-.l lcis'aUite reopened the Ilo:,r.e o eotniT'.erciat flailing it imposed more restrictions than suard any other .stream in the state. ' Kcst fictions Considered Severe '.'o traps or fish wheels are altow rd in the Itogne, although they ato FINE FOR RHEUMATISM! Mustcrole Loosens Up Those Stiff Joints Drives Out Pain You'll know why thousands inc Mu? tcrolu once you experience the glad re lief it ghes. Get a jar at once from the nearest drug store. It is a clean, white ointment, made with the oil of mustard. Better than a nuivtard plaster and docs not Miner, i'.rinizs case and comfort while it is being rubbed on ! Mustcrole is recommended hy many doctors and nurses. Millions of jars arc used annually for bronchitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, pleurisy, rheu matism, lumbago, pains and aches of the baric or joint?, sprains, pore muscles, Mui'jcs, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of the chest (ij .often prevents pneumonia), Earl Fruit Co. of the Northwest Successors to Tho IMumIiiccth Fruit Co. of Oregon. Will still continue to handle n full lino of well known reliable sprays, such as Rex Lime and Sulphur. Swift's Arsenate of Iad and all oth er materials nc.cesary in the care of orchards. i:.i;l FiiriT ro. of thk . v. J. C. HKOW.W Dist. Aseut. WOOD Hotly Kir Wood at per tier (or K'-lncli ilelivereJ; Ji.TO for 16 Inch tlelivered. Phone 584-R permitted to operate on the Colum bia," he said. "No sleelliend may be taken by commercial fishermen on the ltoguo, though on all other streams there Is ; no restriction axalnst them lo all Ibis, the legislature, to safeKiiard to the greatest extent j 1'ie-idcai Mnsor spoue in deiens,. the rlBhts of the unslers, Imposed a of the bill, lie said that this was u Hayed season for seining. On other 'hill ih'at the people of Southern O re nt renins the Fcason opens on May 13. Kton wanted, lie cited the senators On the Ko -iie there run be no seining j h hail voted for Ihe prohibition i...ln l rnstr e ons 111 1 r endeavor to reach a compromise I r.iii- lo nil ' IlilvioK ( apital Out. Seiinlur I'nirell ol' Miiltnoniali also spoke in oppo-ition to the bill, lie slaleil that the Ways ami Means ,.iii miltee htiil been n-Ui'il tp provide ap propriatioiis to tinlnee imltistiics to come to our stale, atnl here we arc ilrivili'.' one out. ''The people of Sonlliern (Irc.'.'on shonUl wash their tlirty linen at home and not conic to us with their troubles," he said, and moved that tile senate ;'0 into a com mittee ol' the whole to amend the bill. Senator Smith plead with his col leagues not to plant this motion, as i was only meant to "kill" the bill, and there was no other motive behind it. lie aslte.l that the bill he put to a-vote hi it stood, and it it-could be defeated he would eracefolly take his fiMLiiiiiiiiiMujjiuum'iCTrearT : "Kondon's" Helps Him Start the Day. Many a bright business man makes his mornings brighter with a, tube of genuine Kondon'si Catarrhal Jelly' In tact, during 2ti years, 50 million intelligent Americana have used Kondon's for cold -in -head or nasal catarrh. Some druggists offer you complimentary trial cans. All druggists offer 25 rent tubes with the understanding that if the first lube does not do you a dollar's worth of tfooil, you can get your quarter back from Kondon's Catarrhal Jelly, Minneapolis, Min. Insist Upon Home Products iHESE GOODS ARE MADE IN THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME Billings Carriage If good little pigs you'll be each morn, And drink your milk and cat your com, You'll soon grow into that delectable fame Of having "ACOKX" Hams and Bacon for vonr name. INDEPENDENT MARKET OUR SERVICE STATION For Telephone SH0 GALVANIZED TANKS OIL AND WATER and IRRIGATING ril'K Co to J. A. SMITH, 123 N. Gnpe St. lt:it off to llioce who did il. , He nsl;ed that tin' oiioitiou make their I'rplit on the floor, llial lie would gladly listen to it. The motion defeated, and di-rii--ion eonliiiuei1 .Mom'I' for Hill. lull, bill who did not helieve in it, ill lev voted tor n oei au-e toe people wanted it. and the comparison iiu this instance was identical. There a lnhhv of some of 111 v dear est friends mid they have told me that 1 will lo-e their friendship if I support this hill." he said. "Well, would rnlher lose it than east un vote against a measure, which 1 be lieve is i-i'jlit anil which the people want, but I do not believe I am jjoin;; lo lose their friendship." The vole loi the bill stood -1 for the bill, f against, I absent. Senators Hurley and lliintlley chnnsred their tii-st vole of no lo yes, so as to later move lor reconsiile rnllion, if deemed advisable. The senate today also passed Sen ator .1. ('. Smitlis bill, which length ens the season for j-ill-iiettiii!.' at (li-iinls I'ass from April 1") to August 1, insio.id of from June I to August 1, as nt present. vn liKiwin, i!KMO!)i:i, ok Ol! lil-LM.MiK. auto bodies with skill, promptness and artistic appreciation. So, no matter what accident or time, hag done to your ear or how you want tho body eliaiiKed, send It here whore work wo liavo done for others can he taken as a guarantee that our ser vices to .you will ho satisfactory. We alo do all kinds ot blacksmith ins. ... and Auto Works RODUE RdVIElFLo . AND! OlftJT PA) Patronize the Institution that .Maintains the Largest Payroll in Mi-dfurd The Medford Printing Co. The llfst Kiiuijipod Job Plant in Oregon Outside of l'"!!l.iiH.l vO