MFDFOTCD MATL TRTBITXTC, MEDFORD, OttF.fiON, MONT) AY, MATiC'IT 12, 1017
UPPOS T ON TO
BRIAND FORCES
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French Premief Likely to Reslan
Has Majority In Parliament but
Filibusterers on Committees Hold
up Legislation Making it Impossible
to Carry Out Program.
PARIS, March 12. Tlie attacks of
the opposition In parliament has pro
duced a situation of such a character
that both the friends and the adver
saries of the government admit today
that it cannot continue. The general
opinion is that the opposition which
has been resorting to obstruction by
refraining from voting must over
throw the cabinet and assume respon
nihility for solving the problems
which form the basis for its assaults
on the ministry or else cease Its at
tack.
Deputy Petltjean of Paris will in
terpellate the cabinet tomorrow, the
Journal says, on llts general policy
opening the way for a comprehensive
declaration by Premier llrland as to
the position of the government. Tho
Petit Journal howutvor, says it is
doubtful whether a conclusive debute
will take place tomorrow or whothor
cabinet changes will Intervene, mak
Ing tomorrow's session purely a for
in ul one, pending a declaration from
a transformed ministry.
GILL SUPPOSED
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$7500 AS BRIBE
Billingsley Says He Did Not Tell
Mayor Amount Given, But Nego
tiations Called for $7,500 Gave
Preacher $1000 to Finance Cam
paign to Clean Up Seattle.
OpMKitlii In CommltUVH.
PARIS, Feb. 25. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) Premier
Brland is In a situation, with refer
ence to the parliament, simitar to
that which preceded his first fall
from' power In February, 1011
There la well grounded belief that
he mny again bo obliged to retire.
A public vote, in which deputies
and senntors are obliged to take their
responsibilities before tho country.
glvos tho government a majority.
Both houses som to he with M.
Brland, yet the committees aro
against him and they are, as they
wore In 1911, making it extremely
difficult for hlin to conduct affairs
Tie himself explained in a recent do-
bate in tho chamber how the com
mlttees and IntorpollatorB in hot'i
houses wcro taking tho greater part
of the tlmo ho noeded for tho conduct
of tho wnr.
OIUkm1 Ui l''.plnin.
Tho day after tho premier's return
from Rome he was obliged to sponk
three hours beforo tho budget com
nilttco, explaining what would he tho
authority given to tho new under-sec
retarles of state. The niombers of
the army, committee, the forolgn re
lations committee, and tho naval com
mittee of the chamber anounced that
they would require M. Hrlnnd's nt-
tendanco beforo thorn .for. further do
tailed explanations regarding the high
command of tho Ormy, the (tropic Hit
uation and otbor questions Unit al
ready had been debated during Hi.
secret sessions of tho chamber anil
Bona to,
The budget committee refused to
accept the government's si-hcine for
now taxes and the committee on leg
islatlon reported unfavorably mi (lie
premier's request for authority to act
by decree on urgent questions, the
decrees to bo regularized by legisla
tion afterwards. The gravity of this
development appears when It Is re
called that tho request made by Pre
mier llrland was really a part of his
ministerial declaration to tile cham
ber after tho formation of the new
cabinet, constliutlng a part of the
cabinet's program.
l ikely to li-.lgii.
Political observers say the hostili
ty of parliament In coin mlttees Is
qinio iiKoiy lo force M. Ilrluud to the
Bamo decision that ho took under sim
ilar circuuiHtanccs in mil. The
speech, niado by Paul Hen baiiel after
his re-election as president of tin
chamber was considered similrlinnt
in this coiinoi lion. lOvei.vone saw In
it a direct nttack on the government.
It is not thought that M. prsrhnni-l.
who Is a very cwr. fiil politician, uoiilu
have haluirded such an assault unless
he knew he had a majority of tin
chamber behind him. Certain organs
supporting the government, say In M.
IJeschanel's speech, a direct hid for
power.
MEDFORD SAMPLE STORE
OPENS NEXT TUESDAY
The new Mi'ilfnnl Sample Mur,
will oH'H rr liiisims Tur-tlay morn
ing lit 2IS Kasl Main Mn ct. This is
one n Mring of tenty-.ix stm
dcnlinir in samples unci they will carry
everything for men, also Indies am!
children's mi,,,.,
J. L. Head, 1 1 1 hiniiiiL'i-r of IHi
utore here, cauic from Hit- i-iuiipanv's
store ut Kugeiie. Tiny !ik tliul the
public honor them wilu a cull.
SKATTI.i:. Wash., March 12. "1
told Mayor Gill, before 1 laid the
money on tin; desk, that I was givini;
liim more money limn I had ever paid
before fur protection," said I.ol'imi
llillin'slcy. principal government wit-1
ness in the so-eulled whiskey graft
trials in the federal court, on cross
examination today. "He hud pre
viously impressed on me the great
value of the service he could render
me."
The dcfi'iiil.ints, besides Mayor flil
are Chief of Police licckinhain, for
iner Sheriff Robert T. Hodge and City
Detectives Peyser, Poolman, !
anil McLennan. They arc charged
with conspiracy to violate the 1 'nilcd
States laws by importation of liquor
into the state of Washington,
(iuvo Preacher $1(100.
jiiinngsicy lesimoil umt last sum
mer Jie gave Uev. Dr. Murk A. Mat
Ihews, pastor of the First I'resbvter
iau church .flOIIO unil promised to
giv him more to be used as a fund
with which to Vlcnn up the town."
llns was before he. reached his ul
leged compromise-with Mayor II. C.
dill, and after his drugstores hud
been sunishcd and he and his brother
had been thrown in juil charged with
murder.
Asked if he knew how the nione
he said he gave to Dr. Mallliews hu.l
been expended, Millingslcy declared n
had been used to investigate socnlio-
gicnl I'unililions, reports of irnniblir.t.-
graft in the lower end of the fit v, and
the whiskey business. The witness
freely udmilled lliul he "liud'it in for
Mayor dill" before! August ,'KI, the
day of the alleged brihe.
liilliugsley, answering riueslions,
said :
Did Not. Tell Amount.)
"I did not lell dill the exael amount
I was giving him when 1 laid the
f 10(10 roll of hills on the desk. He
spoke of the incriminating nnlure of
the documents which he held, anil
which had been seized by the police
wlicr Ihey raided his drugstores on
I bird nveniic.
"dill look one of the papers and
read il and asked nic how 1 thought
it would sound if it were read in court.
lie lold me he could order the police
io arrest me every day."
Denied Vengeance,
liilliugsley denied thai he hud said
at any tune that he was going to
gel ' (lill. Describing an interview
with his alloiney, George K. ViiihIit
veec, in December, IlillingslcvMcsli-
I'ied: v
''Vnmlcrvi'iT iisRcil me litnv much
I hud luM t the nveniinctil, mut
iiski-il me if I wiis cuitijr In tell nil.
He said it would il not unml to m;
lot of people in trouhlc. I totit
him I was ton lute; (luit I Inn nlreadv
(old every! him.;. I said I didn't feel
mi had nliout (ho mavnr, heeatise he
had raiiM'd my nl'ivst last summer
and yot me into much trouble, hut
was sorry fur Chief llerkittchmn and
cilv detectives."
BOTH MOTHER
AND DAUGHTER
Relieved From Pain and
Suffering by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Prooklyn, N Y. "For three or four
years I sutfered a (Trent deal of pain
icriodically. so 1 would have to lie down.
Sly back would ache and I would feel
very weaK and mis
erable. I remem
bered how my moth
er had founa relief
from pain by using
I.ydia K. Pinkham a
Vepetablo Com
pound and I decided
U try it, and thanks
to the Compound it
helped me just as it
did mv mother, and
1 am free from psin,
bnekache and that
general weakness that was so hard to
car. I am able to do my work durintr
such times and am recommending I.ydia
K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
my friends who suffer as I did." Misj
Mkta Tiehf.mann. lt"22 Jefferson Ave..
llrooklvn, N. Y.
To know whfllicr T. villi K.
I'inUlmm'g VrKCtaliloCoiiipoiinil
will leln von. lust try it. Lor
lid Ice n rile to I. yd li 1!. Pinklmm
iileuii'ine ( n.tronllncritiiili l, nn.
Muss. Yoiirlettervlll lie oii-ni-il,
rend null unswered by it vtoiimu,
uuil hi-ld ia atrK't vuulldeuce.
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BY I.W.W.BULLET
SKATTI.K, Vasli.t March 12. The
hts that killed Deputy Sheriff .IcC-fi-rsoii
lieard at Kverett, Wah.f N'o
veruher ." last, during the pistol battle
at the Kverett eily (lock, came iruia
tin.1 steamer Verona, aceordim; to tes
timony civm today by ('. A. Mitchell
in the trial of Thomas Jl. Tracv.
Tracy, who U rhared with minder
of Heard, was a member of a ''free
speech" expedition scut from Indus
trial Workers of the World hemUi'mr-
ters in Sunt tie to hold street meetings
on corners in Kverett where meetinirs
had been forbidden hv ordinance.
Mitchell, a member of the everett
citizens committee, testified that he
was standiu within three or four
feet of the deputy sheriffs in tho dock
when the firing beptm Deputy Heard
was facing the Verona, lie said. Theie
were three or four shots i'rom the in
terior of the Verona's cabin, and then
a volley from tiie boat, just before
the ofcJ'ieers fell. The men on the
dock, Mitchell swnre, then opened fire
on the Vernna. Mitchell is employed
in the lathing department of one of
the Kverett lumber mills.
F
DKXVKIt, Cob.., March 12. That
the state will ask for the death pen
alty in the ease of Mrs. Stella New
ton Smith, charged with the murder
of her husband here January lit,
hist, was indicated today when her
trial began in Wcstside court. Mrs.
Smith was dressed in a fashionable
while gown. She betrayed at) emotion.
WASHINGTON', March 1 J -Mobil
ialioii uf the complete lighting
strength of the navv haw been recom
mended by naval officials. The aj:
proval of 'resident Wilson is rt
ipiired before orders yan be sent
calling oat the reserves, assembling
the naval miutia and releaing.jill a
.live officers now on shore dutv for
sea Hervict.
Immediate graduation of the fin
class at Annapolis would be included
in the plan to make up as far as pos
sible the threatened shortage of of
ficers.
Au active recruiting campaign al
would be necessary.
TIED UP BY STRIKE
WASHINGTON, March 1:2. I'm
tically one-half the street railway
lines of the capitol were being operat
el today by Ktrike-lircakcrs'. Thi
other half owned by another com
pany, was running as well, liecogni
tiou of the union was the chief ques
tion. Service on the lines under
strike, while infrequent, was bein
maintained without disorder and tin
company expressed its confidenc
that operations wouM return to nor
uial in a few da vs.
a -pebble
, to keep
mouth moist
Igl 'He used
&iWi in his
1 WibLS:!
gives us a
wholesome, antiseptic,
refreshing confection to
take the place of the cave
man's pebble.
We help teeth, breath, appetite,
digestion and deliciously
soothe mouth and throat with
this welcome sweetmeat.
The Wriley Spearmen want to send you
their Hook of Gum-ption. Send a postal
for it today, Wm. Wrlpjey Jr. Co., A
1732 Kesner Building, Chicago.
The Flavor Lasts!
732
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Capital
S100,0ft0
Building Credit"
Mueh nt ihc hiL'ger bu--ines in the eoun
t ry i- done mi borrowed capital.
Kvery Ku-ine---man and Karmer slioubl
trie to build up hi-- rredit at tlie bank--bel'or.'
tlie time of iiecc-ty arrives. We,
nt th l'ir-t National l!ank, ba-e much up
on a in; n establishing and mantaining
consi, tenth A HANK A 'orNT
Tlutt p'TttiiK u to Vih'W bis char
acter and ability. Thai should inter
est Mill,
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MEDFORD OREGON
Hundreds of Dollars Worth of Goods Will Be
FORCED
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And all this week we will
sell all kinds of good mer-
" chandise at less than the act
ual cost of production and
everything going up.
There Is No Help for It
We must have the room. The goods must
go. Here are a few prices you can't afford $
$ to miss. Read them all over and see what
you think about our buying capacity. But
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then why should you worry whether its our
buying capacity, experience or gall. The goods
are here and speak for themselves. We still
claim to have the cheapest store in the West
I Dumped on the Tables
Boys' and, Mens Shoes dumped on the tables
and marked at give away prices.
BOYS' worth up to 3 and 4 Dollars
shoes $2.24, $1.98, $1.74, $1.49, 98c
One lot of Men's WoJk and Dress Shoes
going at - - - $1.98
One lot of Work Shoes, worth up to $4 2.75
One lot of Work Shoes, including U. S.
Army, Goodyear Welts, Chippewa, etc.
goinp: this week at - -. 2.98
Men's Work Shirts 49c. Khaki Pants
Regular $1.75 Pants going at $1.15 and 98c
10c Handkerchiefs, red, blue and white, going at, each 5c
Ten cent rolls of Toilet Paper going at - - - 5c
Men's Silk Front Shirts, worth $2, going at - - 98c
25c Suspenders 15c- 50c Suspenders 25c
MEN'S HATS 98c,$1.15,$1.25,$1.49
MfPC Right up to the minute in style and quality.
1yJ1-11 O Made of fine cloth by some of the best tailors
QT TT'TC in the country, going at
OUI113 $7.50, $8.50, $9.00,. $9.98
A lot of new Coats and Vests, small sizes, at - 98c
Now listen. The doors will be wide open.
There is no limit on anything. Buy as much
as you want. It is all going.
Chairs, Tables, Dressers, one Gas Range, one
Cook Stove, Quilts, Pillows, Sheets, Bed
Springs, Steel Cots, etc.
Canvas Gloves 5c
That's' all today
WILL H. WILSON
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