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JrEBFOTJTTi MAIL" TRTBTTNT! rEDFOKIi, OTCEfiON. TTTTT.STUY. APT.TL 12. 1917.
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FOLKPLAY PLEASES
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FOR LEAGUE 10
MINIMUM PRICE BRYCESCHEMES
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Government Guarantee of Fair Price
to Farmers is Only Way to Avert
Food Shortage Up to Congress to
Act at Once Otherwise Great
Distress is Certain.
ENFORCE
E
Former British Ambassador to Unit
ed States Springs Plan Drawn Up
Two Years Ago Is Along Similar
Lines to That Devised by Taft and
Approved by President Wilson.
P
WASHINGTON'. April 12. A min
imum price lu fanner on wheat, corn
and potatoes such price to be fixed
by tilt :ii:rit'u!tural dcpiiniiient ne
ctodii:i: to legislation by congress
is t!io only answer to the threat of
famine in tlie T'niloil Stale. It U
tlie remedy applied in all other wnr-r!n-
countries ui.d it .mlil to lie
ciia.-tt'-l into law at' onee.
T;iis e..in-hi-i.n has been reached
by all ffovcnunern officials who have
iriven the io.m1 question any atten
tion. I have talke.l with Assistant
See n't a rv of Agriculture Carl Vroo.
lean, with Uraih'ord Knapp, of the
sotniiern extension work, with ('has.
N'e-hitt of the Di-triet of Columbia
Ko.nl Inquiry lonrd. ami with n doz
en others. All nirree that the coun
try is faciiiir the most serious food
situation it has ever faoed. Never
l'i'fore has there lieen the concur
rence of n world war, n loeal crop
failure and a general world erop
shortage. The deficiency is not a
matter of sries-work. It is eertain.
Itemed)- Is Drastic.
So too is the remedy. I.eft to the
'ration of demand nnd supply the
result will he the seizure of the food
by those bavins eeonomie slrenL'th.
I'riees will mount to unbelievable
levels; the poor will be unable to pay
the priees and will faee actual lumper
and starvation.
It is futile to iikc the planting of
larger nircii-e. The fanner has
learned by Ion;; and hitter experience
that when anybody plants heavily
the priee nt c rop time is depressed
and hi' does not cet his profit. This
year he has to pay enormous priees
for seed. In many parts of the
eounlry there is aetual .-liortnuc of
seed. 11.. pays higher for his labor,
his fertilizer and his farm maehinerv.
lie does not eare to put in a hie
iicrentre and have his labor and his
pains for nothing. If the pivern-
lnent k prepared to assure him a fair ; conciliation or against a member na-
LONDON". April 12. Details of
what Is known as the 'liryce Scheme'
for a league to enforce peace were
given out tody by Lord Ilrice. form
er British ambassador at Washing
ton. In a letter accompanying his
statement Lord Bryce says the plan
was drewn up by himself and a com
mittee of prominent Englishmen two
years ago but had not been made pub
lic before because the time for pub
lication did not seein to have arriv
ed." and because opinion in England
in the midst of the war. had been re
garded up to now as unfavorable for
calm consideration of the future. The
plan apparently antedates the propo
sal advocated by former President
Taft a'nd endorsed by President Wil
son.
Lord Bryce says:
Like American Plan
"The entrance of the United States
into the war makes It desirable, that
the effort of the American League to
Enforce Peace should be responded
to by expressions of public opinion
here. I therefore venture to lay be
fore you a scheme almost identical
with that of the American T.eague
It was prepared by a group of men
here two years ago.
"The scheme Is, of course tenta
tive, but taken with the American
scheme It may help to draw public
opinion to this important subject.
Obviously no practical steps can be
taken until after the war but the idea
is one which the public may well be
gin to consider. It has received the
approval of the present and late pre
miers and foreign secretaries."
liryce Plan Outlined.
Tlie Bryce plan as outlined follows
closely the lines of the American pro
posal but goes a step furthei In the
direction of common enforcement of
decisions and In providing for collec
tive action a!tr.int any non-member
nation which refuses arbitration or
prolit lor what he raise, he will put
in lniye e.-i.ps. Otherwise he is like
ly to resist the pre-ent agitation and
to put in M.me line of crop which he
thinks others will not plant. 1
Crisis Is Mere.
If roll'.-ress Would eu.li't n law j
phduinc the irovcrmncnt to the pur-!
eb.ise of all wheat offered at jl.otl.
a Im-licI it ml nil corn at $1.00 the!
u L'reatly increased j cil would be advisory only and not
crops and more for executive.
unlrv and the allies.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
10 VISIT SCHOOLS
result woulil be
aereaire of the-i
the Use ot this e
Listen to what Bradford Knapp
says to the farmers of the south.
This is taken from n bulletin just is
sued from his office of Kami (Exten
sion work :
"Now the crisis is here! This irrent
nation mu.t arouse herself for a
michty str.ttfole for liberty. People
without f I and armies without ra
tions are conoiicrcd before they can
1'i's.in to iislit. Our creates! safety
now lie- j j,,d production and in
savir'. the ua-te prod'.iets.
Must Have KimnI.
"If the south is to be strum; she
iiui-t hae food. I;' thi- country is p.
be stror,- she ,., . e fed and
have an abundance to .Mi-tain those
Tr.ei;.:I people who are even n
;-!':!.' our battles fr liberty and
demoi la. y.
"1 r.iii-ir!atioii inav Iv
lour own ilclei.-e ivouues vo.i t
produce and eonserce your food ..ap
ply. lon't fail now. It is a nation
al proliUni of defense as important
as m, a, e,;4. ships tin.l cannon.
ni. if -i-e.l is sholl e.in-
!:n like patriots and
' laimers. Arrant j
I'-llM-ll t. nicer-
n-. ,..o,a-, Vil.et,
-.' Il.im. etc., ! ',
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tion which commits acts of agression
without having agreed to submit to
the International tribunal.
It is suggested that the greater
powers be represented In the Interna
tional council by three members, to
one or two for smaller powers, hut
Lord liryce explains that this does
not seem a point of fundamental Im
portance as the functions of the couu-
It now appears 'hat the arrest of
tl.e couple known is E. Cravendore
,-.rd wife for passin? worthless checks
on Medford business men, lias more
than local significance, and that the
prisoners are wanted on similar
charges In other parts of Oregon
County Prosecutor Roberts and Chle!
of Police Hittson are Investigating
the record of Cravendore.
The couple are now languishing In
the county pail at Jacksonville be
cause of Inability to raise bailbonds,
although the young woman's bond Is
only 1200.
It has developed since their arrest
that Cravendore has a criminal re
cord and that he once served a terra
of a year in the workhouse for crook
ed work done In Portland. He Is at
present wanted by the Portland po
lice on the charge of forgery, under
the name of Irving P. Oehler, word
to that effect having been received
by Chief Hittson Wednesday even
ing. The description of Oehler tal
lies exactly with that of Cravendore.
The prisoner admits that his name
is Oehler and says that he is the son
of a Portland contractor, and that at
one time he followed the plumbing
trade in Portland. At one time also
he operated a cheap restaurant in
Portland. It Is claimed he defraud
ed numerous creditors of both his
restaurant and plumbmg establish
ment that he ordered numerous sup
plies on ciedlt from wholesale houses
and then sold them and pocketed the
proceeds.
Cravendore aud his wife, who was
known as -Van Smith when she resid
ed In Medford and vicinity answer
the description closely of a worthless
cheek passer, who, representing them.
selves to be Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hold-
man of Portland, operated in Eu
gene two weeks ago. They visited
an Eugene real estate dealer arid pre
tended they desired to purchase
ranch. The dealer escorted them
around an entire day visiting various
properties. Then Holdman induced
the dealer to cash a worthless check
drawn on I-add & Tritons bank of
Portland.
Next day the couple disappeared
leaving behind them an unpaid hotel
bill and several business men holding
bad checks.
TO
John Schrick, pres nperutor, who
The patriotic meeting that had been
announced for Thur-dny evening nt
8 o'clock in the city park, will in
stead be held at the Cuthhert build-
in'.: bth and N. I entral tonniht at the
enlisted in the naval re.-erve as chief! a"me ,1(llir 'Ail ni(.n of Medford and
A delighted audience at the Page
theater Wednesday evening witness
ed the annual reclta' by pupils of Mrs.
Lynette Hovious, which was given
under the direction of Mrs. Hovloua.
The first part of the entertainment
consisted of the presentation of the
three-act Cornish foil: play hy a ni'.ir-
jber of young girls, who displayed
splendid dramatic ability.
I In the cast of characters were Carol
' Hovious. Maurine Mc Keany, Elia
ibeth Aitken, Joyce Maddox, Isabella
' Stuart. Maijory Kelly, Dorothy Up-
ehinist, Terry L. Asluraft, mnehin- American war, Mayor C. E. Gates 1 shaw, Edith Campbell. Margaret Van
electrician, received orders Thurs
day to proceed to the Vuset Sound
Xavy Yard, Washington, for service,
with the following J." recruits, re-id-ins;
in Medford, whom he i.s ordered to
mobilize at once:
Louis Baker, yoeiuan; A. I. Affil
iate, yoeuian; Oscar E. Reynolds
vicinity of military aire are esieeially
invited to attend.
The hioh school band will furni.-h
mu-ic and the audience will sinsr pa
triotic sonirs. A number of short
speeches are o'-o on the program.
Amonir the speakers will be K. A.
Kowlev. a civil war veteran: H. A.
machinist: Ered Arthur Powell, mil- Canady, veteran of the Spanish-
PRESBYTERIANS ELECT
The annual congregational meeting
and election of officers was held in
the Presbyterfian church on Tuesday
evening. April 10th. The following
officers were elected: J. G. Chap
man. new elder. The other elders
nre J. II. Cooley, II. T. Hubbard, W.
H. Gore. II. 0. Wormian and E. X.
WarnerYVarner. MayorC. E. Gates
was elected a trustee to succeed him
self. The other trustees are W. W.
Watt. W. W. MacDonald, II. G.
Wortman and E. A. Welch. The fol
lowing deacons were elected: John
B. Carpenter, I.oftus I,. Cathcart:
deaconesses. Mrs. E. X." Welch and
The Medford public schools will be Mrs. Koseoe Johnson. The reports
visited tomorrow (Friday) by State from all the organizations and de
Superlntendent J. A. Churchill Mr. partments show the church to be In
Churchill will visit the various de-j a most flourishing condition. During'
partments in the junior and senior the past year the church has had a
hich schools. In addition to this he; wonderful growth and development
will make a careful investigation of : More than at ual of one thousand peo
the normal tr.. ning course. There ! pie attended the two nrenchtne er-
i will le twenty-four applicants for vices last Sunday. The music is be-teaitiers-
certificates. Several of 'tug furnished by Andrews' chorus
these applicants hae already been J choir, with Mrs. C. C. MeCurdy at the
j fleeted to positions In Jackson coun-ipipe organ. The choral orchestra of
:ty mid elsewhere. !telve musical instruments has been
j Supt. Churchill will address the engaged to continue the sacred con-
di-turbe'l I r-'nis .mo puoiic ai ine ceris on Minuay evenings. Light re-
. ' nigh school building at 4 p. m. on freshments were serve.! t ih et.-
the 'County fnit Plan." The nubile 0f the service by the ladies of the
is urged to be present. church.
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v,fre in uj so long before
thf modern savings bank
t.!n:e into being that semt
people still persist in this old
fashioned form of banking.
There is alwas the danger
of theft, fire ard misplace
rr.er.t in this soft of bank,
and the mone kept there
errn5 -no interest. Bring
your savings to
Dr. Heine, philr!an and surgeon.!
Specialty. re. ar, noe, throat. Of
fice over Meeker's. Glasses fitted.
The JACKSON COUNTY BANK
Medford, Oregon
Established IStS.
ist: Gailord M. Ixiomis, machinist : 1 and iTr. E. H. l'orier.
Archie. H. Fletcher, eleetrieian : The punx'se of the meet ins is to
Everett Curl Eer-uson, eleetrieian: ' encourau'e further enlistments in the
Robert S. Murray, ship cook; Ed-! Seventh Company, C. A. t'.
ward B. Edwards, carpenters male; "
Ira Cusebolt, fireman; John O. Van i from one-office, with several others
Horn, store keeper: lirover E. I'ur-! enlisted awaitinir call.
din, blacksmith; Thoimis T. Merri-j Miss Bernice Cameron, manager of
man, blacksmith; Kenneth E. Murray, ' the Postal Telegraph company office
printer: Daniel W. Baghaw, Jr., !of Medford. clso received orders
printer: Carl E. Swainson, printer: ! Thursday for herself, Miss Evelyn
James C. Murray, printer: Albert En- Taylor and Miss Ruby Burke, to re-
srene Or. hospital apprentice; Jay port for immediate duty at the Brcra
Winans, Diamond, hospital aipren- crton navy yards. Miss Burke, who
tiee; Nelson E. Hemphill, eleetrieian: Is chief day operator at the local tel
C'lare E. Burke, hospital apprentice; ephone exchange, and Miss Taylor Is
L. . ( ameron, apprentice .seaman: night long distance operator at the
James E. Walter, painter. I same exchange. They expect to leave
Five employes of the Medford ! Medford by Saturday. The three are
Printing Company lire included in enlisted In the naval reserve in
the above list: John Sehriek, press the electricians class, but .Miss Cam
operator, Medford Sun; C. E. Eer- eron has been notified that her offl
guson, press operator. Mail Tribune: ;cial position will be known as "chief
J. C. Murray, liiiotypor; K. E. Mur-'of drafting."
rav, pressman; Carl E. Swainson
Scoyoc. Margery Tucker, Evelyn Off-
printer, Two other employes, Arthur
Perry nnd Leigh Swinson. reporters,
have already gone making seven
Our guaranteed spray hose handles
any kind of mixture. Crater Lake
Hardware Co. 20
ut. Gladys Murphy, Mercia Mischke,
jWaunita Griffith. Kaiherine Llndlcy,
Dorothy Carless, Mildred Messing,
Marlon Blessing, Arlene Butler and
Bessie lleadlee.
The play was followed by beautiful
interpretive solo and group dances by
a number of pretty, graceful young la
dies In costume. The Colonial minuet
tand movement musical numbers were
I presented hy the following: Misses
Helen Brown, Elsie Law rence, Joseph
ine Koppes, Alice Lyon, Virginia
IBuffam, Dorothy Miller, Marie Myers
Margaret Fates, Isabelle Burbldgc,
jThelma Radcliffe, Opal Stacy, Flor
ence Bain and Dorothy Bain.
The remaiuder of the dance pro
gram was as follows: "Danz Caprice"
solo. Carol Hovious: "Mendelssohn's
Spring Song" solo. Miss Dorothy M fi
ller; "Dance of Darkness, Day and
Dawn" Misses Dorothy Miller. Gert
rude end Julia Opp and Margaret
Fales.
Because the armory of the Seventh
Company, C. A. ('., has been too
crowded with the presence of Com
pany I, O. X. 0., of Woodburn, which
hus made its headquarters there for
u week past, the Woodburn com
pany Thursday moved its headquar
ters to the Cutlibert building, 6th
street and North Central, where it
occupies two floors. The Seventh
Company now has its nrmory all to
itself. Captain Todd at first planned
to move his command to the Natator
iuni, but changed his mind when he
found rent would be charged. The
Cutlibert building is donated rent
free nnd makes ideal quarters with
the exception that it has no heating
facilities.
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Fresh chocolates at De Voe's.
AT GAZA 8000
CAIRO, Egypt, April 12. The Brit
ish are continuing their successes in
the vicinity of Gaza, Palestine. Their
mounted forces have occupied fur
ther Turkish territory to a depth of
,l-"i miles, consolidating strong posi
tions menacing Gaza and making
many prisoners.
The losses of the Turks around
Gaza are estimated at 8000, while the
British dead, according to the reports
received were less tiian 400. One
hundred and ninety British are miss
ing, mostly members of small parties
which became isolated in the fog
after penetrating the town of Gaza.
sr.
Prices Increased M
ay 1st
Order Now and Order Quick
We have expscted a price increase right along and only ths immense quantity being produced will
enable us to sell at the May 1st price we, of course, have no assurances that further increases in price
will not be necessary.
Everything that goes into ihe MaxweG is the best this we do know and can prove.
The steel is the finest that money can buy the motor no finer, no tougher, no steadier can be built
according to our experience and the steeper the hills and the tougher the roads the more the Maxwell
seems to like them.
Our April allotment will be delivered to us at the old price. That's agreed and that's fair to us
and we are going to be fair to our customors.
But after May 1st, we can't buy a Maxwell for a penny less than the new price and we shan't
sell you one for a penny less than $S65. i.
Come in study this car see if we are right or wrong about it
When we say biifiest value, we mean It and we can prove it
by any known tests or standards
We put It up to you to Judge after you consider these features.
Maxwell Style Same as Highest Priced Cars
The MnTwcll lines are pleasing to the eye. The dcia con
forms exactly to the previlir.t! style, as illustrated by any num
ber of high priced motor cars.
Comfort to the Feint of Luxury
The Matwcll car Is rcximy. tt ccats 6ve passenger In com
fort. There is r'cn'y of le room In frcnt and rear. The long
semi-elliptic Maiwell springs and the soft, M era-deep upholstoy
male riding easy,
150,000 Miles Not Unusual
There ore Marwell can In dailr use which have already ran
over ISO.000 miles. Think c.f It more than 29 yean of average
drying! There are Marwell cars in the mountains and in sec
tions where there are rough, roeds or no roads, that bare gone
M.eO miles miles tbs; n:j w.ptk and tear most cars
to pieces.
The World's Er.Juiii.cs Champion
car, b running lor J2.JJmUv 44 ils. saad nights WITHOtr AD2T. larS are gODC
A MOTOR STOP, ANT) WITHOUT AST REPAIRS OR ADJUST
MENTS. The run was sanctioned and constantly observed by
the supreme court oi this industry The American Automobile
Association. The car was a stock car and was so certified. Tht
tacts are lnaisputaoie.
Maxwell Running Expense $3.19 Per Month
Marwell cars, on account of scientifically correct balance and
light weight are very economical to operate. Hundreds of In
stances are on record, showing from M to 44 miles per gallon of
gasoline. Mrs. Miriam Seeley Professor, Oregon Agricultural
College has Just completed a trip from Corrallij, Oregon to
Boston and return 9,700 miles (about 1 i years of average
driving1. The total expense for gasoline, oil and repairs was
i.-j cenis nuie or mc equivalent oi per month.
Complete Equipment No Extras to Buy
Maxwell cars have every device and accessory for the greater
convenience and comfort of the owner. Not a single thing te
lacking. When you buy a Marwell, no further investment la
necessary.
Remember $665 May 1st $635 Now.
And get your order in now before these
A. W. WALKER AUTO CO.
South Fir Street, Medford, Ore.