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PAGE THREE I PATRIOTIC WEEK T THE OPEN SEASON Ambrose light, but as she nenrcd the daugcr point even the lift rafts and collapsible boats were made ready tor immediate uso. Reflectors wero strung up fore and aft nnd carbide lights wero tied along tho rails for use in event the St, Louis became tho victim of n toredo or gunfire. t MTCDFORD MAIL TRTBUOT: MEDFOTID, OETCflOX, TUESDAY. MAKCII 27. 1917. Another enthusiastic meeting of tho veterans' organization was held Monday evening in the armory, at which Mayor C. E. Gates and a com mittee from the Greater Medford club, "were present by invitation to make plans tor co-operation In the events determined upon to "put Mcd ford on the may" iu connection with Patriotic week. The Greater Medford club committee consisted of Mis. C. S. Schioffelin, chairman, Mrs. G. E. Johnson, Mrs. Alan Brackinroed, Miss Nancy Clark, Miss Elizabeth Putnam. Plans formulated at the meeting for the week Include tho following activities: Participation in the patriotic meet ing in the Page theatre, Tuesday evening, preceded by a parade of tho Seventh company in uniform, led by the city band; a visit to the high school by Mayor C. E. Gates and Captain A. J. Vance, to givo a talk to I tho students on patriotism and the I- duty of citizens to their country In time of war; requests to various lodges to devote their meetings this week to patriotic exercises and the support of the Seventh company; a public meeting at the iNatatorlum or Pageon Saturday evening for the pur pose of securing recruits for the Sev enth company, preceded by a grand parade, led by flfe3 and drums In cos tumes of various periods of this coun try's martial activities, and by the city band and high school band, fol lowed by the Seventh company and Grand Army veterans, Spanish War votorans, ladies' riding club, mounted In costume, the members of various lodges, automobiles and the citizens generally carrying banners. A committee was appointed to ar range for the parade consisting of T. H. E. Hathaway, chairman, Geo Coddney, It, B. Clark, Elmer Foss, H. S. Deuel, H. H. Howell and mem bers of the Seventh company. The program committee appointed Sun day evening headed by E .E. Kelly, arrange the exercises and speak ers to bo announced later. The mus ical program will be in charge of tho committee of the Greater Medford club. Tho recruiting committee reported headquarters had been secured on West Main street, adjoining Marsh & Bennett's grocery. Mrs. Schioffelin for the Greater Medford club, stated that committees of young ladles would be present each day through tho week at the recruiting quarters to assist In tho work; at her sugges tion lists of eligibles were prepared to be addressed personally by the members of the committees, in an effort to secure them as members of the company. A flag committee was appointed to visit the merchants and other busi ness men today and request them to display tho American flag In their fcntorcs and on their store and office fronts. Tile committee consists of Illalno Klum, chairman, Mayor Gates, A. J. Vance, Albert Clark, F. J. New man, P. I). Ulackden, E. E. Kelly, Mrs. C. S. Sohiofrelin, Mrs. G. E. .lohnson, Mrs. Alan Brncklnreed, Miss Nancy Clark, Miss Elizabeth Putnam. Mayor Gates consented to issue a proclamation requesting tho citizens generally to wear the flag of their country on their persons, and to con tinue the practise during the coming crisis. An interesting feature of the even ing was a short talk by Mr. Pyre, a member of the Canadian cavalry, on furlough because of wounds received ill action, who related, various ex periences In the trenches. Mr. Dyro returns to active duly In April. The meeting was presided over by Alan Iiracklnreed as chairman. DARNING NEEDLS KILLS WORLD CHAMPION COW AITLl'.TON, Wis., March 27. 'a il lino Paul l'nthenue, the world's champion llolstein cow, owned by H. 3. Schnfcr, is doml. A postmortem showed Hint n dam inp needle hurt pierced the heart. Two yours aim Hie ntiiinul jrnvo 'J.8H8 pounds of bulter. She was thirteen years old and won every prizo for which she hud been entered for some years. t OBITUARY. Frank II. Ilatficlil Died At Central Point. Ore., Monday, March 26, 1917, Frank B. Hatfield, of typhoid fever, age 24 years and nine months. lie was a bookkeeper In the Central Point bank and a resident of this section ten years. Ho is survived by his parents and one brother. The funeral ser- vices will be held from the family residence Tuesday at 2:30 p. m., the Rev. Handy officiating, interment In Medford I. O. O. K. cemetery. SALEM, Ore., Mar. 27. Governor Wlthycombe has appointed tho seven members who are to investigate the question of what state activities can, consistently in the interests of effic iency and economy, be consolidated or eliminated to avoid duplication of work. It will report to the legisla tive assembly which meets in 1919. The members of the commission are; A. J. Johnson, Corvallls. T. J. Scrogglns, La Grande. John H. Carkln. Medford. Austin T. Buxton, Forest Grove. Frank Patten, Astoria. Herman Van Borstcl, Portland. Charles Rudeen, Portland. Necessity for the appointment of such a commission became apparent in the closing days of the last legisla ture after that body had wrestled with the consolidation problem from the beginning of the session. While the legislature was practic ally a unit In the belief that some consolidation and elimination of com missions should be brcught about, no conclusion could be arrived at to cover any general consolidation pro gram. Consolidation committees were named by each house, after the two bodies had deadlocked. Then the two committees proved hostile. But the dove of peace finally settled down over the committees and they suc ceeded in arriving at some conclu sions an to consolidation, but theso wore in turn blocked by dissension between the two houses again. The situation was admittedly one of 89 members who all sought to at tain a definite object, but all were at sea as to the best way to attain it and what the best object to attain really was. Consequently a resolution author izing the appointment of the hoard was adopted. Governor Withycombe, in making tho selection of the men to serve on this committee, drafted men from different walks of business life and scattered them considerably over the state, so that the members might bring to the committee the Ideas and views of various localities as to what possible economies might he effected by the recommendations of the com mittee. It is expected that stops -will be taken in the near future to start on the task which devolves on the com mittee, as the question is one which involves many angles and requires considerable investigation. E IF CAMHKHXSK, Mass., March 27. The Yale- Harvard boat race Ibis year vill be cancelled in event of n declara tion of war by congress, Krod W. Moore, graduate treasurer of nth lolcis nt Harvard universily, said to day. Other ntliletie events also will he cancelled, ho said, nllhmiph such competition as may he decided on Harvard's home fields when tile prep aration does not involve intensive training, will he played. The proba bility of similar action bv other pol icies may further reduce these con tests. No formal agreement has yet been reached rsrurilinir the Yule-Harvard regatta lit New Loudon, Conn., on June 22, Moore said, nlthnucji there had been uu informal exchange of views between the graduate athletic committees of both universities. The crew activities would he tho first to be abandoned, according to the treas urer, both because of the prepara tion necessary nnd the fact that every member of the varsity crew and most of the members of the second eight are enlisted for some form of mili tary or naval training. S. P. REFUSES ALL SAN' FRANCISCO, March 27 The Southern Pacific company dcolnred an embargo today effective tomor row on all enstbound freight over the Sunset-Gulf roulc except United States government shipments be cause of lack of vessels to handle the freight from gulf ports to the Allan tic senbnard. ' If we continue to accept freight for those ports it will tie up equip ment, greatly aggravating the present car shortage,"' nn order signed by (1. V. I. nee, freight traffic nianngcr, read. HUNTIKG 0-BOATS ISSUED WERE-. (UMCLg f I BREAD AND BEETS . HAVRE, France, March 27. The Belgian government has received by trustworthy means letters from re sponsible Belgians who have been deported to Germany. The letters, dated at tho end of February or early in March, were written from the camps in which tho men are-. being confined. Some passages follow : "Since February 1 we have had only two meals a day. The one in Hie evening has been discontinued. That was tho best one because we had corn." I From another leltcr: "It is frightful here. We 'are dying of famine. We have a ration of bread, water, and beets. That is all. We are seletons covered with skin. Thirteen were counted in the morgue yesterday and fourteen to day. That is from among the 3(100 or 4000 here. Conditions are more frightful in the and camps. If anyone gives us a little soup or something else to eat he is punished with five days in prison." From another Idler: "The situation becomes more nnd more unendurable from day to day. Every morning two or three dead are found in the huts. The doctirs de cline all responsibility. Today 120 arc dead at Camp . We hope for our deliverance by the great of fensive." T E LONDON, March 27. Although steps have been taken to introduce a limited supply of food.-tuft's into Greece, the blockade instituted against that country will not be raised until the demands of the entente al lies have been satisfactorily execut ed, Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, told the house of commons today. Replying to a question whether any deaths by starvation had occurred in Greece owing to Iho shortage of food, Lord Robert said there were reports of two deaths ill January, but the British government ha1 no of ficial confirmation of Ibis. To know where to luv is as important in glasses as any thing else. We hope our liiinifi is all the guide vou need. It means tlie licst of everything optical. DR. RICKERT Suite 1-2, Over Mar Co, WW Xi&mSL m m m mm 1 Three Killed Hotel Fire. PARKERSBUHQ, W. Va., March 27. Three persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the "That's just what I've always wished a cigarette would do satisfy!" Stephens hotel nnd ten other build ings nt Craston, Wirt county, early today. Tho loss is estimated ut $75,-000. The feature of Chesterfields is that they begin where other cigarettes leave off. In other words, besides pleasing the taste.Chesterfields go further they satisfy! Just like a long drink of cold water satis fies when you're thirsty. J And yet, Chesterfields are MILD! It's Chesterfields or nothing if you want this new cigarette delight, because no cigarette maker can copy the Chesterfield blend an entirely new combination ol tobaccos and the biggest discovery in cigarette blending in 20 years. Jfyy&ttvjefodo&tccci Cat "Give me a package of those cigarettes that SA TISFYl" CIGARETTES ?Jj -y i i ' " fj I 11 LONDON, March 2(1. ( Belayed by censor, from a staff correspondent of the Associated Press) Tho St. Louis, tho first passenger vessel carrying the American flag to cross the Atlantic jnce Germany's declara tion of unrestricted submarine de struction and the first aimed Ameri can liner to enter a F.uropcnn port sineo tho war began, arrived this morning. , She carried a meager number of passengers thirty-tlireo all told but her holds were filled to capacity with non-coutrabnnd freight. The St. Louis came through with out interruption. No submarines were sighted, nor were there at any lime any indications that German undersea boats were aflcr the big liner. If any of them saw tho St. Louis they made nn attempt to de stroy her, hut carefully kept nwny from Iho guns of tho American ship. But signs of war were not .lucking and tho last three days aboard were anxious ones for passengers and crew alike. On Friday and again on Sat urday after the St. Louis entered the forbidden zone, driftwood was passed apparently parts of destroyed life boats. Yesterday a great field of oil was encountered. Vague rumors of tho sinking of ships either ahead of or near the St. Louis increased the nervous tension. For thrco days nnd nights tho enp- tain did not leave tho bridgo and never in her 22 years of existence has the American ship been driven so furiously ns she was from tho time she passed into tho zone until she was picked up by a pilot. Tho journey was virtually without incident until the war zono wns reached. Unusual precautions were taken as soon ns tho liner passed the urn 2,Jor A CHILD HUES OIL, CALOMEL, PILLS FOR LIVER AND BOILS ilvo "California Syrup of Figs" If IXmstlpntcd. Look back at your childhood days. nomomber tho "dose" mother insist ed on castor' oil, calomel, cathart ics. How you hated them, how you (ought against taking them. With our children It's different. Mothers who cling to the old form of liclous "California Syrup of Figs." do. The children's rovolt Is well founded. Their tender little "in- sldes" nre injured by them. If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, givo only de licious "Callofrnla Syrup of Figs." ' Its action is positive, but gentle. Mil lions of mothers keep this harmless fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take It; that It never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach and that a toaspoonful given today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a GO-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which hus full directions tor babios, children of all ages and for grown ups plainly on each bottlo. Bowaro of counterfeits sold here. See that It Is mado by "California: Fig Syrup Company." Rofuso any other kind with contempt. Bud Lawrentz has purchased an lnteerst with Q. F. Williams In the Medford Cleaning Works All kinds of cleaning work guar anteed. We call for and deliver goods. Phone 57 8 S. Central BEST SEEDS That Grow Wc have a choice line of Garden Reeds, including tho Famous Burpees in packages and bulk. 59 varieties of Silencer's Sweet Peas. Broadley The Medford Florist and Seed Man Phone 872. Body WOOD Fir 12-Inch 16-Inch 42.25 .. 2.75 MoreyWOODComp'y Phone 654-J. 37 North Fir St. Attention, Farmers MJCDPORI) JUNK COMPANY 81-33 N. Bnrtlott St. Pay Highest Prices for HtDKSl Green hldos per lb 17o Dry hides, per lb. ..............25o Groon calf hides, per lb. .....25o Dry calf hides, per lb. . .30o We Also Iluy Sheep Pelts and Goat Skins. BUTTER 40c lb. at The Dairy 322 E. Main Phone 481