PX0V1 BIX
MEDFORD MXTE TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OIK"J OX. FRinAY, MAWIf
lf17.
YOUNG .WOMEN
DIE TOGETHER
IN SUICIDE PACT
Two Girls Shoot Each Other Simul
'taneously in Portsmouth, N. H.
Cafe Hold Revolvers at E?ach
Other's Head No Cause Known
and No Reason Given in Notes Left
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Mcrch 23.
The two young women wi" killed
each other nlmultnneoiiHly In the
Portsmouth cafo last nlKht were do
finitely identified today as Margaret
(Penny) SpaldhiK, daimliter of Geo
V. SpaldiiiB, of Newton, Maits., und
Kthol Stanton, duiiKntor of J. L. Stan
ton, city passenger agent of the Uock
Island railroad, with headquarters it
Los Angeles. A note signed "Peggy
and Kthel" found In a room In the
Itocltitigham hotel which they had oc
cupied Wednesday night Indicated
that they had agreed to commit mil
eldo together.
ftllss Spalding was eighteen yours
of age and MIhb Stanton was twenty
two. The girls canto hero Wednesday
After a night and a day spent at the
hotel whore .Miss Stanton had reg
Istorcd in her own name und Miss
Spalding us "Hose King" they went
to the cafo for dinner. They spent
more than two hours over the ineal
prolonging It by repeated calls for
hlack coffee.
Two Mints llennl.
Just before 11 o'clock tho waiters
and the few remaining diners heurd
two. Tho girls cumo hore Wednesday,
whoro (ho girls hud been seated and
found MisB Stanton dead, lying half
acroBB the tablo. Miss Spalding lay
on the floor unconscious and died
Bhortly afterward. Each girl hiul a
bullet wound lu the temple. Miss
Stanton's fingers were closed about
a 32-calIber revolver nnri beside Miss
Spuldlng's body lay a pearl handled
22-caliber rovolvor.
Tho police expressed the opinion
that each girt held a rovolvor at the
other's head and fired, it was p lull -
nod to hold an inquest today. The
nolo found in tho girls' room was ad
dressed to .Miss Spalding's mothor.
Thorough Inquiries mndo at her home
In Nowton it was learned that Mar
garet Spalding wns a grnduuto of the
Newton high school, wher Bho hud
been a prominent busketball and
hockey player. Slnco laBt fall she
had been n ieachoi-pupil In tho gym
nasium department of tho (larlund
school In Iloston. MIsb Stanton was
a pupil at this school until two wclis
ago when she began BtudlcB at the
Dana Hall school in Wollesley, Muss.
Tho two young women hud been close
friends for boiuo time.
No Definite Hciimih.
'No definite reason was given In
the nolo for the girls' act. It Bald
they had decided that it wns bettor
that thoy should dlu and asked their
parents not to bo grief stricken be
cause "they would all be happy and
peaceful when ruunllod in a bolt
world."
A note left by Miss Statilon asked
that C. !'. Muluhury, Johnson build
ing, Cincinnati, he notified. Tho po
lice lonrnod today that Mr. Malsbury
had served as executor of tho estate
of Jllss Stanton's mother, who was
killed In nil nutomobllo accident.
HjkI !ii4lcM'iidcnt. I.'ortiinr.
I,OS ANtlULKS, Cul., March 2:1.
J. I.. Stanton, city pussouncr agent
hero for the Itocl; Island railroad and
fathor of Miss Kthel Stanton, one of
two young women who were shot and
killed simultaneously hist night In n
Portsmouth, N, II. Cafe, said tudny
ho rould orfer no explanation of his
daughter's act. Ilo saiil she was
cheerful as a rule, and he know of no
reason for her to wory. She had an
independent fortune and could grati
fy her tastes. Six months ago, he
wild, she concluded to Iruvol ami had
been moving from place to place since
then.
U. S. FIRST TO RECOGNIZE
NEW RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
PICTUtXIli.M). .Mar. 2:! -The rnlt
od States Ik tho first nation to reaig
nlxa formally the new government of
KiiBSln. Ambassador Pram Is made a
preliminary cull this morning on For
eign Minister Mllul.eff Itntncdiaicl)
upon the receipt of in uriii tlons from
tho slate department :,t Vn.Hlinitmi.
This afternoon, n voiMp.inled by lib
staff Including the liiivnl ami iiillttai)
attaches, lio went to the M.iiinsky
pulni-e, whero the minieil of iiilnlsten.
wan assembled, inmle the loimnl rec
ognition and piCMMUeil runurnhila
tlons and felicitations on in half oi
the Pulled Slules. The tnllitan and
naval nttaclien npiear d In full mil
form, whllo Ainbnst-udor I'mni'la and
tho secretaries wore nl'teruooii dress
TO TANKER BY
(Contlnuod From rage one.)
Iliindelstiliid huvh tliere nre only six
Americans unions the survivors of
I lie llcnldton.
In its ni'eount of the linking? of
Hie lleiililtun Hie lliindclshliiil says:
"The unreliability of the fJennun
HHiiruiieeH renrdin the so-eallcd
safe one is shown by Hie reports of
the crew r.f Hie llculdlou unci the
crews of fishing bonis.
"l''or safely's sake the Uenldton
clinic the northern route. Wednes
day evening at 8:13 o'clock n sub
marine suddenly made u treacher
ous; attack. Without fully emerging
and without a wurning it fired two
torpedoes which hit the steamer
umiiKhips so that the vessel, liccause
of the dangerous character of her
cargo mid an explosion in the engine
room, cnnejit fire.
Mf Itvnf. Capsized.
"Tim crew in three bonis -tried to
leave Hie, sjiip,. Two sloops with 111
mid 7 men respectively, Kiiccccdcil in
getting uwuy, but Hie thinl, eniilain-
ing Zl men, cnsi;:ci und nearly all
were drowned.
"The crew of a Dul.-h trawler which
observed tho fire fn.m n great lis
liinee believed the glow to be Hint
of the iiurora linrenli.s and did not
go to the rescue. The next day, how
ever, seeing u sloop under sail, thev
at once stopped, fishing and slcnmcd
in the direction of tho sloop whose
occupants were so exhausted that
I hey were unable to maneuver their
boat alongside I he trawler. The eup-
tniii of the trawler finally niiinuged
to upprouclt tho sloop mill some of
Hie Dutch fishermen jumped into the
craft anil brought it alongsido the
trawler whore the shipwrecked men
were taken on' board, cured for and
supplied with dry ' clothes. All the
property ot the crew was lost.
lx-ft Survivoi to Drift,
"After the uttnek the submurine
at once siibinergeil und disappeared
wilhoiit troublinif over the lot of the
shipwrecked sailors.
"A ng Hie crew of the Iioaldlon
were thirteen Americans of whom six
were rescued."
KOTTKKDAM, March 23. The
six Americans saved from (he Uenld
ton pre Cuptain Charles t'hristoplier
of Hrooklyn; ,). Calihvcl of New York,
duel engineer, mill (1. Kmbry of
New Orleans, first assistant engi
neer, all of whom landed ut Yniui
den; O. O. Willerup, chief mate; Y.
Swcnson, secoinl assisliint engineer,
and I,, t'. Johnson, third assistant
engineer, who landed at Toixclielling.
Tanker l imniieil.
rillUDKU'lllA, March 2X
Thirlecii American citizens were
among the forty members of the crew
of the American tank steamer lleald-
lon, sunk by a submarine last Wed
nesday off Terschelling, Holland,
with the probiible loss of a score or
more lives. The (anker wns unarmed,
having left this port before Presi
dent Wilson niilliorized the navy (o
furnish guns and gunners (o mcr
rllli lit ini'li.
The Uenldton, of -1,-IH!) gross tons
and owned by the Slandnid Oil eoni
pany, sailed from Philadelphia Jan
uary -li lor Koltenlain with a curgo
of 2,l;i7,'iMl gallons of refined pe
troleum. The loss, including cargo,
approximates .tL',l."ill,(MIO it is said.
I'p until two years ago the lleald
lou was known as the I'urelile and
smiled under (lerinan registry, bill
-ince then has sailed under the
American tUxg. Ituilt in PIUS in
(Ireenock, Scotland, she was ;hi!l IVel
long, L'7 feet in depth, und M feet
beam.
Avoided Danger Zone.
The lleablloe liml an unusual voy
age before she was sunk, uccoiiliii','
o iigenls of the steamer here. After
liei iiinn v had issued lu r mil ice for
iiillilcss subiiini me warfare, the
llealdlon picked up n wilclc-s nii's-
:e olf the cun-t of l-'raucc oider
her (o relmn at once to Halifax
and await orders. She arrive, 1 there I
lima! I'ebriiarv S and remained until!
al t February 'JM, when she sailed!
:iiin lor liotlenlain by av of thel
Slieilund islmids route which is out;
of i lu subuiariue win- ?ono esahli-h-
ed hv (lermanv.
I'he decision of llic uacnts to have!
the lleiildloii uvoid the dimmer none!
mil not call at Kirkwall for inspec
tion caused the llritb.ii uullioi ities
put the ship end crew (hi-ouch a
1-n.oroii-, cxiiiinnsitieu at Halifax.
Y hen the sleanuT left Halifax she!
h.ol orders t , at Hergcn ami 1
then rocci-il to li'oiieriliiin. I
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
tin! S.M.i:- li.-lghm plK'ons, mill
7:: mi.
KiI'Mi- .Mull' ut postofiice. owner
ploa.-c call ii nd Identity turn und1
I ;, for uJci ilslug. j
Only those who pay up delinquent
insliillmeiits on city wtiter main pay
incuts prior to May 'H, will receive
in return water certificates redeem-
,able in the payment of water rent.
Those who fail to pay before that
.date will be confronted with, the nu?.
cessity ot puying wnler rent ill easli.
Heretofore in addition to issuing
wuter certificates for (be amount of
the delinquency paid up the certificate
was issued in the amount of delin
quent principal plus interest, thus
putting a premium upon the non-payment
of wuter main installments. In
other words if a property owner owed
t 100 and paid it at time of maturity
ho received certificates in the sum
of $10(1. Jf he wuiied a year to pay
he would receive $10li in certificates,
or principal plus interest lit 0 per
cent for one year.
Under the tonus of the ordinance
passed last night no allowance will be
made for interest in the issuance of
certificates.
Following is given a stnteincnt of
figures in regard to payments of
wuter main assessments and the issu
nnce of certificates:
Amount of water certificates al
ready jssued, $104,(100.
Amount redeemed for water rent,
$.-.0,000.
Amount nuw outsdindinir for
which certificates have been issued,
$IH,(I00.
Amount issued representing; inter
est, $20,000.
Amount of principal yet lo be paid
up, for which ccrtificnlcs will be
issued, providing- payment is made
before May Mist, $78,000.
If the old plan of paving interest
on delinquent payments had been fol
lowed until all payments had been
made, tho total interest charge would
be about $.54,000. Of this amount
$14,000 has already ncciimulated.
The pussuge of the ordinance is in
line with the new met hod of handling
the city's finances formiilnlcd bv Col.
Howard A. llnnson of Scuttle. Water
accounts have been transferred lo
the city treasurer, who will in future
make collections and issue ccrtifi
cnlcs. DIED
PAUL Mrs. Martha Paul, mother
ot Mra. Laura D. Dodge of the May
Dry 'floods Co., died Sunday, March
18, at Stockton, Pnl interment Wed
nesday, March 21, at Stockton.
MORTAOUOH John Mortugugh of
Phoenix died at the Sacred Heart hos
pital March 22. Funeral arrange
ments have not yet been mado.
SKAdOS Mrs. S. S. Skagga, a
pioneer of Oregon, died at her home
in this city at 2 o'clock Thursday
morulng, March 22, 1917, aged about
75 yearB. Tho remains will bo ship
ped to Kitgcne whero they will prob
ably ho Interred in the family lot at
Pleasant Hill cemetery. Mrs. Skaggs
crossed the plains with her parents
when a girl in ISIS and was one of
the first. Bettlers of Lane county, who
established homes In the vicinity of
Pleasant J If 11. Mra. Skaggs Is sur
vived by her brother, T. 11. Hendricks
who until rec'ntly was the president
of the Pirst National hank of Kugene,
another brother, A. M. Hendricks,
and a sister, .Mrs. P. P. Chase, both
of Kugene.
Tho Junior high bcIiooI basketball
tenuis of the Washington and Lin
coln schools will play a game at the
Nntutorlum tonight at '::)... Admis
sion will be (en cenla.
Special
V EN desiring steady
employment in fac
tory and sawmill at
Weed, California, should
see J. A. Eckwall at Ho
tel Med ford Saturday,
March 24 and Sunday,
March 25th.
PUTS GUILT FOR
JiEKU.Y, March 2.1. The I.okal
Anzeiger accuses President Wilson
of criminal carelessness in bis con
duct of American-Herman relations.
The paper says:
"The policy of President Wilson
since the breaking off of diplomatic
relations lias been rhnrnolerizcd by
careless and criminal errors. lie bus
played with the destinies of great
peoples. lie. desires to make his fur
ther course depend upon whether
(lermany commits an overt act that
is un openly hostile action against an
armed American merchantman. At
'.ho same time be lets it be known tbut
he has commanded these armed mer
chantmen to open fire on their part
on all submurines immediately.
"In the face of the reasons we have
given the whole world as the basis for
unrestricted warfare it is unparall
eled rashness if the president risks
the lives of American citizens in the
careless belief Hint we will not dare
to injure them. Kvcn apart from the
fact that our naval authorities de
clare that it is practically impossi
ble to distinguish American from non
Aniericnn merchantmen, the German
government must einphalically de
cline to consider tiny discrimination.
If President Wilson rashly wants
war he should start it ami he will
have it. On our side it only remains
to assure hiin that we have put an
end to negotiations about submarine
warfare once for all. The monstrous
guilt for a Oenmin-American war,
should it come, fulls ulone upon Pres
ident Wilson and his government.
WOMAN GETS VERDICT OF
$7 IN DAMAGE SUIT FOR $50
A jury In the justice court Wednes
day gave a verdict of S 7 In favor of
Mra. Agnea Merrill against CliarleB
W. IsaacB, for damages to hay, left
In a pasture rented for stock. Suit
was originally Instituted for 850, and
a compromise offered for J20, v'htcli
was refused. The defendant was rep
resented by Attorney Gus Newbury,
and the plaintiff by O. C. Boggr.
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY II!
Hair Stops Fulling Out ami Gets
Thick, Wavy, Strong and
li'.llltillll
Your hair becomes ligh(, wavy,
fluffy, uhumlaiit und appears as soft,
lustrous and beautiful as a young
girl's after a "Dandorlno hair
cleanse:" Just try this moisten a
cloth with a little Danderine and care
fully draw it through your hair, tak
ing one small strand at a time. This
will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt
and excessive oil and In just a few
moments you hnvo doubled tho beau
ty of your halj-.
Ilesliles beautifying the hair nl
once, Danderine dissolves every par
ticlo of danruff; cleanses, purifies
and invigorates the scalp, forever
Mopping itching and falling hair.
Hut what will please you most will
lie ufter a few weeks' use when you
will actually see new hair fine and
downy at first yes but really new
hair growing all over tho scalp. If
you iarr.for pretty, soft hair and lots
of It, surely get a 2.1 cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any drug
store or toilet counter, and just try
It. Notice.
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WITH HIS FAMILY
(Continued From page One.)
members of the family the following
information was given. All the five
children are in bed with the measles
for which reason Alexandra has not
been outside the palace walls for two
A cake
without butter
(Report No. 1)
They tolii me that
wholesome Cottolene
made delicious cakes.
To' make ,sure, I had
Katie make this cake.
I looked on.
At the. start, Katie
was very doubtful. She
said, " You've got to use
butter for cake." I said,
"No, you haven't. Just
one-third less of Cotto
lene than you would of
butter. You wait and see."
I wanted to show Katie
and I was hoping for
an A-number-one cake.
Ycsl Cottolene is also superior
for frying and for all shortening
If you want to get good things to eat'
at a good sensible price, go to
JONES' of course
SPINACH, ARTICHOKES, TOMATOES, GREEN ONIONS
RHUBARB, CAULIFLOWER, RADISHES, CARROTS, PARSNIPS
AND MORE OF THAT WONDERFUL BUNCH LETTUCE
APPLES, ORANGES 25c DOZ., FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT.
In Fact Everything Good Don't Wait Order Early
Others are trying to imitate us in dohi business but they can't figure out how
we can sell so cheap and give the accomodation of the Free Delivery, etc. I t sure
is a puzzle to the merchants that want to make the Dutchman's 1. They'll have
to come down off their high horse, for the r ople are av.T.ke ar.:l goiv.g to
Jones' Cash Grocery
THE PROFIT SHARING ROCERY.
Phone 234-235 1st Store East of Park
1". S. Tho latest stylo rrc
ntion Jh giving; hatpins as Kast
cr fnvorn,
Phons 10
days. So far rs 1b known, 110 order
has been issued preventing ber from
walking about the grounds. She has
boon forbidden to use the telephone
and telegraph, or to have any com
munication with the outside world.
This morning Bhe requested permis
sion to telephone to Princess Darat
off, a friend, asking as to her health.
The request was refused.
At the Nicholas gymnasium, a big
building near the city hall, two hund
red adherents and courtiers of the
former emperor are under arrest.
Spies Also Incarcerated
In a big room on the first floor,
the correspondent found seventy per
boiib In civilian dress, formerly pal-
fcV'i
!
By a man who saw it
Katie went ahead do
ing a lot of things that
1 did not understand.
But finally the batter
was ready. I licked the
spoon and the batter
flavor gave promise of
a fine cake flavor.
It kept its promise.
When the layers were
done Katie said, " My!
See how light it is."
We waited 15 min
utes for the cake to cool
before testing its flavor.
When we did, Katie's
doubts were removed.
The Natural Shortening"
Revised -1
Cottolene
We save you money
The Right Way to Buy
DIAMONDS
There Are Two Ways of Buying Diamonds.
The right way is to buy of the house that has a big
enough stock to give you unrestricted choice in mak
ing your select ions.
A house that is able, through large purchases, to give
you the best price.
A house that has a Diamond Department properly
equipped to give you expert suggestions when mak
ing your purchases.
Such a house is
MARTIN J. REDDY
Quality First
Visitors Always Welcor.e
aco spies and agents. Hore also were
four Russian officors with German
inuiies who had been arrested on sus
picion of having sent comunlcatlons
of the former empress to Berlin. In
n iiRtniiborlne room aat the director
jof the Tsarkoe lyceum school, who
was general In the army and a close
friend of Iiasputin, as well as a re
actionary member of., tho district
court.
On the second floor In a soperate
room. Prince Putiatln Is held.
Prince Putiatln was ono of the re
actionary Russia's most powerful
men. Ho was private secretary to
emperor and in recent years was dir
ector of the pulace.
aone
Her cocoanut cake was
certainly a delicious cake
and not a speck of but
ter had been used.
Katie used this recipe:
Two-thints cup CottoL-ne
2 cuj s sujir
3 ejzKS
3 cups fluur
5 level teaspoons baUiiv; powiler
Quarter te.vpuo salt
1 cup milk
Half teaspoon each lemon and va
nilla. Boiled frosting sprinkled
with cocuanut.
From R. J. C, Jr.
FREE! Cook Book containing
23V rcciper. by famous cooks svnt
free. Write to The N. K. Fair
bank Company, 111 West Wash
ington Street, Chicago, lit
At grocers in tins
of convenient sizes
P. S. Styloonift nays, why
stub u ir. (HI hat with n tncn-ty-flvo
cent pin.