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PAGE SIX 23 LIVES LOST BILLIARD HAILS 1ST HEREAFTER PAY CITY LICENSE MEDFORDJtATL TRTDUNE MEDFORD, OREfiON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 2.1917. WHEN VACUUM WASTORPEDOED In ndditinn to pussin ordinnnees licensing the proprietors of liillinrd hulls mid curd playing rooms, in the discussion of which Muyor (lutes and Nine Survivors, Including Captain Landed Lieutenant Thomas, U. S N. and Four Gunners Amono Lost eneh councihnun en me out flat-foot -8 Naval Gunners and 18 Mem- !ul n'f"1"t pennittinnny Ban.oiinB ini nit; i-iuii ruwiin. i lie ciiy coun cil nt its lengthy meeting Wednesday I ihiii- iiio luiieiiciiii y (lei'iiu'ii io I millffl n elnirirn f,ir wii(ir f,.r llwt Pnn.l T.l VIi'JMtnnT. H.f,... it fnu ... nmnflni.lii..u ......I.... 1 I.. I.. nP A ... . ...... jut mujr t,. tut) BUlUlJr l " -'ui miunn f;(iiiiviiH Mill! HH3 Ui X nt rnn,nn II...I. ...:ilu ...... r. ..1.1 1. w. iiiium iiuiiio, 11 gunners anui'""ln ; ni)iinic iinn, iiiiuuiin re tho third mate and boatswain of the I ferring the water ordinance buck to inc water eominiltec lor lurtncr American tank steamuliln Vacuum, all of whom had been given up for lost, was made known by tbo captain hlin eelf In a telegram received today by the American consul, 11. L. Washing ton. This telegram reduces the Iosb of life to twenty-three, about thirteen of thlB number being Americans. It In creases to eight the number of gun ners saved. It also placea the loss from the crow at eighteen and the saved at eighteen. The captain's meagre telmrrnm consideration. An ordinance wiik nlxn tinumiit tn go into effect May 15 to regulate and license motor llimsns nrwl iifnevs and alter that date no longer will Ihesc public conveyances be allow ed to pile as many passengers in side nnd out as enn be crowded on. The ordinance forbids any such con veyance to "carrv over two passen gers more than its rated scutim? ca pacity inside the car." On May J; tlio proprietor of any KILBANE OUTPOINTS CHAMPION FREDDY WELSH .no uujiuiiii b meagre leiegrnm w" 'a.v -i; me proprietor or an; gnvo the first definite nows of the loss I billiard ball must pay an annual li of Lieutenant Thomas, U. S. X., and the death from exposuro of F. H. Lo- roe, but did not toll how the survivors reached land. OiH-rator's Story Losllo Hatton, the wireless opera lor, of Niagara, Wis., who, from the wlreloss hut saw the wake of a tor podo and the porlscopo of a mibma rino, Bald the explosion was so terrl cense fee of $;" for the first four tnblcfl or less, and $1 for each additional - table. Kach public card room must nuv an annual license fen of $:i for the first two or less tables, nnd $1 for each nilililionul Inble In addition the pronrietor of each card room must put mi a security umid ol IpL'.ill tbut bo wi permit no (rumbling in bis place. The ordi- NEW YORK, May 2. Johnny rLII bane, of Cleveland. fi.ntiir,vi..i,i champion, outpointed Freddie Welsh, of England. worm's nni.,...ni..i.. champion, In eight out of ten rounds of their boxing match here last night Mlbano weighed 130 pounds and Welsh 13. SOCIALISTS HOLD IMmT MAY DAY PARADES flc that It blew a holo right nn nance also forbids Hint nnv vnnib through tho ship abaft tbo cnglnojnndcr (i years old be permitted to room nnd put tho wireless dynamo out of commission. "I, therefore," the operator added "was tinablo to send wlrelemi calls When we woro In the small boat the submarliio appoarod on the surface and made a Briuaro hit with the first shell on tho wireless hut, shuttering It Frank J. Ycrnoy, the second mato, who lost his llfo when the Vnctium went down, was making his first trl loiter in n billiard hall or card room. Durinir the discussion on rixmljit- ing card rooms Mayor Gates caused a mild sensation when he declared that if a report he wits having inves tigated about, a cerium card room was true, he intended to close no the place for good, nnd nsked if the 'otineil would back him tin in such proeecditre. Knelt councilman em phatienllv said that lie wnnl.l ) , i . . L up Mayor Gates in any move he made " ""I mo mm iriiii' v.un- in nuy imitc I after tbo torpedoing of tho American o "top gambling for money steamship Algonquin last March. Yer ney was ulso socond mate on that ves- BOl, 1H Lives Iwt, The case referred in bv Hie lnnvin was Hint of a man whoso family and himself were being supported bv charity, Mayor Gales himself being a conl ribnt or, who went into a cer- NORWAY, SWEDEN LIVERPOOL, May 2. Captain tain card room and lust $4.50, all Harris of tbo Vacuum roports that IS men or his crow were lost. Eight gunnors nnd 18 niomhers of tho crew woro saved. Lieutenant Thomas, U. S. S., lost his llfo by tho BlnkltiB of the Vac uum, according to a telegram re ceived hero today from Cnptaln liar na by tbo American consul hore, II i. Washington Caplaln Harris also reports that i raiiK It. Loreo died of cxnosiiro aft cr being lnnded and Hint A. Donald lias. ,1. Fisher and Chns. F. Luekan nro lost. Loreo. Doilllld. Flshnr nnd Lui kan woro members of tho United Mates naval gitnrd on tho ship Vac num. The following nnval gunners form mo ncuum have ben Bavcd: Jas -. Williams, John Willoms. (leorge . Pinker, Oswald II. Lmko, Henry JJ.I. J.Musfihorn, Jr. MemlM'ra of Craw t.xsl. Tho rollowlng nieniliers of tho Vac mini s crew woro olst: mink J. Vernoy, second mate, naturalized llolglnn. New York. John Kirk, chief englneor, nat uralized Scot, Now York. Francis J Davison, nslslant en gineer, naturalized Swede. V. 11. Crane, steward, Brooklyn. Thomas Kills, mes Imv. Alliaiiv X. Y. " S. Mlchelpon, qllitrtennasler. I'elto Villalon, Chilean. X. Kind, A. OrlK K. T.-rvls. I.. Vistnn. w. tlnivcy, .1. Dusaiia. rireuuin: I.. K. Hassiiinssen, H. oKen. n. A. ins. ula, D. Kthlamlllva, seamen. J. .Miller, cnok (may lie Joseph Mulen, llrooklyn.) the money he hud left, in a game of poker. The unienduient to the water onli nance lo fix a charge for the use of water on lots and gardens used in Hie lood preparedness onmimiL'n aroused much discussion. Tlereliit'nr. users of such lots have had to pay nt the rate o fl..i() n mnnl i. nit the council prnctically decided to make tint cnarge ot about 4 nulls a 'iltiurc foot for the season BONES OF BABE DUGUPINCEMETERY While Samuel ltntomun was plow ing In tho eastern part ot tho 1. O. O. 1'. cemetery recently Incidental to Improvements being made In the cemetery, the plow turned up n small box mado of rough boards. On opening the box the bones of a fully developed baby were found. There Is no record of a burial where the box was found. The bones were given lain custody of rndeituker I'earl who relnlerred them. "The body had been burled at least several years," said Mr. I'earl on Wednesday, "it may have been a legitimate burial of longer ago than that, for It Is only In recent years that a complete record of all Inter moitls in tho cemetery has been kept.' LONDON", AHiy 2. A Stockholm dispatch says that the' greatest so cialist demonstration ever seen in Sundinnvia was held throughout Sweden on May Day. Great crowds assembled in tho streets of Stock holm carrying banners with the in scription ileniuiiding more food and bolter conditions of life. Hundreds of children with peace' banners participator. LONDON, May 2. A riirisfinnir. disputed snys that usual May )ny demonstrations were held nil over Norway nnd that much ilissntisf'ac- tion was held at. the high prices of me necessities ot lite. AMSTKHOAM. Mav 2. A tele gram from Iiudnpost, Hitngury, today, says : "Yesterday being Labor Day then was n cessation of work. All fac tories nnd business establishments woro closed. No newspapers annenr- ed. . The socialists held n number of meetings which passed resolutions. There were no disorders." FROM A FROST Medford und the valley were dan gerotisly near a heavy frost late luesday night and early Wednesday morning in fuct the local weather bureau reports that conditions were never more tavorablc for a frost However, tin ncxplninnble freak of the weather caused the temperature to rise just as the danger point was being reached, und at 5:30 a. tn. all danger was past. . The coldest ' official temperature at the l;. S. weather bnreii II in flip Garnett-Corey building was 32 de grees, registered at 5:30 a. m. In all directions out from Medford. how ever, the temperature was lower. For instance nt the Holloway orchard it wns 31 at 5:30 a. in. Orchnrdists were unensv all Hini- ont the night and kept in telephone touch with the weather bureau, nre- parcd to begin smudging as soon as riven word to do so. No smudging was necessary, however. STRAWBERRIES MUSTBE SOLD IN STANDARD BOXES Shipments of strawberries aro be lng made in the state and the state sealer calls attention to the law gov ernlng the Bale of same. First, that the berries must be sold In standard boxes, In quantities up to and Including a dry quart. Second, that the boxes must be well packed. The purchaser Is entitled to a box of berries well packed and level full. Vigorous prosecutions are ordered for violators of the law as follows: 'The standard boxes or basketB used In the sale of strawberries, blackberries, loganberries, raspber- FOUR WOMEN TESTIFY Positive Proof that Lydia E. - I WW ... rinkftam's Vegetable Com pound Restored Their Health. Ynnlcfri M V "J D.iffn-.j ' ouncicu i turn a nan enna nr fomoU tfnKln 1...1...L. ....h.u hiwuiiu, uatiauilt. I inkham s Vegetable Compound re stored my health after everything elso had failed. "--Mrs. H. J. L. Feathek, 61 Hamilton Ave., Yonkera, N. Y. today had it not been for Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound as it cured me from a severe case of female trouble " Mm n a rvn r Road, Danville, 111. Kidgway, Pa. "I wish all women who suffer from female troubles would tftkff T.vdin I? P,nl.Unn. 7 ..li. j.. . .uniioiu 0 vegeuiuia compound as I avoided a surgical oper ation by its use." Mrs. 0. M. Rhines, Ridgway, Pa. JNorin j Haven, Conn. "Lydia E Btored my 1 rles, or similar berries, shall be of the Interior capacity of 67.2 cubic Inches dry quart) or 33.6 cubic inches (dry pint) or 16. S cubia Inches (dry one half pint). And it Bhall be unlawful to offer or expose for sale or sell strawberries, blackberries, loganber ries, raspberries or similar berries In boxes or baskets of other than the standard size; provided, that nothing within this section Bhall be construed as In any way preventing tho sale of strawberries, blackberries, loganber ries, raspberries, or similar beries, by the weight or in boxes or baskets of greater capacity than 67.2 cubic Inches." - - - -J HERPICIDE does not change the color of the hair one particle.' Tl ij Capital '$100,000 FAIR PLAY The United States government has an nounced that the private Rights, Prop erty and Bank Accounts of Subjects of Foreign Countries within our borders will be Respected and Protected in equal de gree to those of Its own citizens. It is this fair play to all; malice toward none which causes Citizen and Alien alike to be linked One Hundred Million Strong in Universal Patriotism. Wo tender the facilities nnd services of the First National Hunk as an aid to In creasing Production n Increasing Con sumption. ; st National Bank iviLUrOHD OREGON n Pinkham's Vegetable Compound re- ? y ftra,wl oner everytning elso had failed when passine through chango of life. There is nothing like it to POLICE COURT FINES TOTAL $92.50 FOR APRIL Tho police court of the city enrich ed Modford's treasury by ?!l2.r0 Inst month. Judge (llcnn O. Taylor's offi cial report for April follows: Driving car faster than 16 miles per hour, 7 cases; 4 dismissed; II fined. Amount collected, $;!'.'. 0. Leaving car on Hear Creek bridge. three cuses, all dismissed. round drunk on streets, seven cases, two sentenced to Jail and scn tences suspended. Three fined. Two forfeited ensh bull. Klnea collected 2T.i-,. Hull forfeited, $2.".. oil. I'rivlng car with blinding headlight one caso. Klne collected. $7.2.-1. Cases Investlgnted but not docket d. three. WASHINGTON', Xlay 2. Onnon ents of women suffrage were heard today by the senate committee consld erlng the suffrage amendment to the constitution. Mrs. James Wadsworth, wife of the New York sonntor nnd daughter of former Secretary of State John Hay lea tho speakers and urged that, at least during the war, suffrage aglta- tntlon be abandoned. If Amerlcnn women earnestly want tho vote, Miss Minnlo Ilrosson, of Iowa stated, they could oulcltlv get It through their husbands. She denied that tho foreign voto has been rosoon slble for defent of equal suffrage In several states. WAR WILL LAST THREE YEARS (Continued from Page One.) fill ASS VAI.I.KV, t'al., Mv j ..... Lieutenant Clarence C. Tlinmus, defi nitely reported lost In tho sinking of tho oil steamer Vacuum, was the son of tho lute J. M. Thomas, a bunker hern. 0 was 32 years old and wns appointed to Annapolis In 130S. BILL IN THE HOUSE W ASIIIMiTO.V, May '.--Tho war emergency bill, carrying $2,S27.ti.'i3, 663 was takea tip In tbo houso today for final nrllon and lis prompt pas ago with but few dinscullng votes virtually wns assured. The hill ap propriates 2,223,s:t!i,2.',t for the army; $S0,3ar.T3 for the navy nnd tho balance Is to meet exl inordinary expenses of other departments arising i from tho war. -Tin1 fnniiiiis lVtrocnid in f li ii' -m h M'.W Yo;K, m..,j. monument creeled m honor of Kalherinc II been demolished ni r,,,.,,, j,,,,, i. at the re.piest of t. committee "I Mildiers, aci ni, Img t dispatch re ceived here today from lYtrugrnd by the Jewish Daily Forward. PKTltOliUAt) May a.The It.,.. lnn capllul Tuesday Inaugurated n first great May-day fete without fear of opposition from any reactionary iliinrters. Tho weather was beautiful and numberless processions ni..,,i along tho streets tlirniigliout the d.iv Kverythlng passed off In perfect or der, although a million persons mr. tlclpalert in tho parades. The govern ment had proclaimed the day a gen oral holiday. HALF-MILLION TONNAGE FOR 24,030 SOLDIERS W ASI1INOTON, May 2. The I'nitnl States stands ready to send an army to Kuropo whenever the allies deem It wise to divert the nec essary shipping from transporting food. The amount of tonnage that would ho required for transport Is usually put nt about 20 tons per man In a fully equipped force. For the regular American unit of 2 4,000 men nearly half a million tons therefore ould li0 necessary, or ships about ei'ial to ths seized (ierinnn tonnage In American waters. It remains for Hie allien to figure out If they can afford to divert that amount of ship ping. REWARD OFFERED RY BERLIN AUTHORITIES l-IH.IV. May 2. In announcing the fliU'ir,, nt the nlnlm tn rrrvittt holi day utrlli,,. the Merlin authorities have offered a reward of 30(10 marks 'or the niosecutlon of "agitators in enemy service who are trying to start dissensions, especially In the labor In ccrm.iny." described difficulties tho government faced In raising the greatest army In the history of the country and of the need of supplies, especially farm products nnd ships. Tho states, Secretary Jtakor said can assist tho government by giving support to tho draft; aiding recruit lug and seeing to It that proper ex oniptions are enforced and that men needed nt homo nre not sent Into the army. "We are not going to make war. he said, "with our right or our left hand, but with both hnnds, nnd every niiiii In the country ran aid." Secretary Daniels nsked the aid of the states In recruiting the naval nor sound to 150,000 men ntler tho new bill is passed. I-nter at the slate department Sec rotary Lansing in responso to inqiil rles said: "it may as well be recognized that tho siihniarlno situation Is very serf ous." Tv n r m r i 'ARROW form-fit COLLAR 1 ir30c CH1TT PTAnomrAro itnim . o la MUllllllg I1KO H 10 iWMWlma Hid . If r Florence Isella, Box 197, North .unveil! vunn. The many convincing testimonials constant, v nnliliali,. in f.n n ------j ........ , niw iicHaJUJBra ought to be proof enough to women who suffer from those distressing ills pecu liar to their sex that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ia the medicine they need. Cars for Sale I Willys-Knight $1000 1 Dodge Brothers Touring Car 830 1 Buiek Roadster oji -J 1 Ford Truck 250 1 Indian Twin Motorcycle 75 Bernard Motor Co. DEALERS IX Dodge Brothers Motors and G. M. Cr Trucks United States Tires 1 1 t ? ? y t T t t SAMPLE SALE of SUITS WAIST SALE 500 brand new Wirth niorc "Waists, beautiful styles, all sizes, M to 52, on sale at. each $1.00 TheWoman's Store 14-22 NORTH CENTRAL MEDFORD, OREGON BABY WEEK Booties, Bonnets, Bibs ami manv other art.iclns V for the Baby on sale at V each 25 V f ? ft X 9 r I. t y ? t y. J ? V ? : y i 1 y f y ? T ? y t We bought a tra vel O u uuiiii 13 of Silk and Wool Suits at 56 off reg ular prices. These we place on sale Thursday at the following remarkable prices. All of our own stock in cluded in this sale. 25 Women's Suits, made in this seasons most-up-to-date styles, all good colors and sizes. Regular price $25. See display in windows at the low $13.98 COATS lOWomen'sCorduroy Coats, sold regular up to $12.50, Kc; rr now, each . . . iJ)OtUU price of . VAAAA aw ... 25 Women's Silk and Wool Suits, all this seasons styles, in a good range of colors and size. A few of the advance Fall mod els in this lot up to $35(vals.dj- Q QQ sthis saleiy.v7(5 Bungalow Aprons Made in good percale, in dark and light styles, worth $1, this sale, each . . . OC ? t ? ? t f t ? ? y t ' t f f f t t t t t f t ? ? ? t r f ? ? ? ? ? x
