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arEDFORDMATL TRTBTTN1RMEDFORD, OTCEfiON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 3917
UNENDWGF
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RAGING ALONG
GERMAN FRON
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Lull Overhangs Greater Portion of
Line, But Other Spots Witness
Continuous Battle 13th Assault
by Germans on BuNecourt Fails
Kaig Sniping Hindenburg Line.
(From a Staff Correspondent of the As-
HUClllUfl JVl'HH.)
WiTIT TIIH JililTlSll A It MY IN
FKANCK, jMny .). ThcMifjh a lull
overhangs llio urealm portion of t lie
Imttlt! line ho complete in places Hint
lurks' .siiiiii mid swallows' fus.sintf
mnlio welcome breaks in Hid cases of
silence, other spots are witnessing
uncmliny; 1'irlit iitr. Itulleeourt is one
of these spots. Lens is another and
the valley of the Searpe another.
Here the Germans never cense
counter attacking, throwing in fresh
battalions after battalions, onlv to
pull them out after three or four days
as slashed remnants.
ruts Away at Lino.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Ilai,
accepting the homely axiom that there
are more ways of killing a dog than
by choking him to death on butter, re
fuses to sacrifice his men in frontal
attacks on such positions. Thus, day
by day, sniping off a piece here and
there, he is gradually cutting away
the fabric known as the llindenhurg
line and threatening positions farther
back. Ho carefully nips the edges
of the enemy's strong points, eon
serving his own force until at a given
moment he doses in like ti cat in
capturing points, with their garrison
and supplies.
The liullceonrt fighting is a typi-l
eal example. Here what amounts to;
11 hand-to-hand struggle has con
tinued for two weeks, sometimes ad
vancing and sometimes retreating,
but always netting slow but sure
gains for llaig's legions: The Ger
man wireless recently said: "This is
the twelfth attack on the mass of
craters which represent Itulleeourt
since April 1 1. If, however, the Kug
lish are bent upon possession of this
heap of ruins, they will have to re
peat the attack for (lie thirteenth
time."
Thirteenth Asxnult Fails,
In effect the village now is vir
tually all Itrilish, now needing the
German admission that the thirteenth
assault was complete in its compicst.
' The Germans twice have freu.iedly
counter attacked the IlrilUh holdings
in the Hindcnhurg line, through the
edire of the village, leaving many dead
as they staggered back defeated.
The Hritih are almost impercep
tible in closing about Lens in much
the same manner, with almost con
tinuous fiirhtii'g reported. Southeast
of Loos the Germans, attacking from
trenches near Cite St. Laurent, are
breaking up under the Knglih ar
tillery. In a snappy encounter
around the Gillctmmt farm, the Ger
mans drove out the British in a mid
night attack, but the Itrilish coun
ter attacked ii n it recaptured the farm
lief ore dawn.
TRI-STATES GOOD
(Continued from page 1.)
Ion mill Idaho. Sluill Orcfriin stay in
Hie mud many more yearn to conic, or
will her people, wake up and say,
'Let's (ret out of the mud' by votinfr
the $0,1)00, 0110 bond issue on June
4th.
"Oregon, with her .'l."i,(IOO miles of
highway improved would soon take
the lead of all Ia'ifie coast states
jn population, Oregon is a slate of
raw material, Look at her vast acres
v 4 v' 4
HEARS TALK OF REPUBLIC
(Continued from Pngo Ono.)
,T. A. WKSTKItM-'XI),
I'resldent of Tri-Stnto Good ItoiKls
Assoc Lntton.
of fertile soil, yet undeveloped, her
limit lumber industry, her vast herds
of sheep and cattle, nnd her ereat
mineral deposits, all waiting for rooil
roads.
No Increased Tu.vos.
"A vote for the $6,000,000 bond is
sue does not mean nn increase ill
taxes at all us claimed by the ene
mies of the issue. It means n suvmir
of thousands of dollars to you and
me in tires, casoliuc, and machinery,
and this means a tremendous sav
ing to you in (,'oml, smooth, paved
roads.
'A party of eastern tourists from
Ohio who had traveled 4000 miles
already, passed tliniujrh our beauli-
ill vallev last week. In an inter
view wil tlicni, they declared the
Cow Creek and Pass Creek Canyons
Dounliis county , were the only
places they got stack, and said that
overland tourists should be warned
not to atlempt to enter Oregon, bat
slufuld be turned back via the south
ern route. Now, we Orefronians do
not want that kind of advice banded
out to us by our eastern tourists or
people who want to see our great
stale."
WASHINGTON-, May 1G. When
the senate today took up the great
$3,390,000,000 war budgot, Itcloaed
the doors and discussed It privately
because, many senators said, It en
tailed discission of confidential In
formation on prosecuting the war.
The bouse passed tho bill openly.
Senator Martin, democratic leader,
assented to considering the bill In ex
ecutive session upon suggestion of
Senator Weeks, republican of Massa
chusetts. It was not decided whether
the entire bill would be so debated
or merely sections relating to war
problems.
Senator Weeks said that the senate
could not properly act upon such a
great bill without confidential infor
mation. Secretary Baker of tho war
department had specifically requested
that Information ho gave tho appro
priation committeo bo kept confidential.
Tho senate first took up the $500,-
000 appropriation for the council of
national defense and tho $400,000,-
000 appropriation to start construc
tion and purchase of a fleet of mer
chant ships.
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$IC0,CQO0O0 LOANED TO
RUSSIA BY UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON', M-.iv Hi. The gov
ernment loday made its first loan to
Itussia, . 100,000,0110, bringing the
amount thus far advanced lo the al
lies up lo .l!L'.').000,000.
AGREEMENT ENDS CRISIS
(Continued from Cage Ouo.)
SNAG, LOSES VOTE
WASHINGTON, May 16. Miss
Joannctte Kanlclu, congrcsswoman
from Montana, struck her first parlia
mentary snag today In the house.
Miss Rankin was standing fn front
of the speaker's desk with other mem
bers who bad not answered the roll
call o ntbe motion to recommit the
army bill, when she attempted to cast
her vote.
"Were you In tho hall and listen
ing when your namo was called "
asked Speaker Clark.
"No," replied Miss Hankin.
"Then you cannot vote," said the
speaker.
Miss Hankin retired to her seat.
Tho speaker's edcislon was In ac
cordance with the rules of tho house.
THOSE AWFUL
CRAMPS
Suggestions that may save
Much Suffering
WASHINGTON, May 16. Mem
bers of the senate and house agricul
tural committees today reported to
their colleagues that President Wil
son is unusually anxious for early
passage of legislation to stop spec
ulation in foods and regulate pro
duction and distribution. The food
situation ranks second only to the
army and navy in importance for the
war, the president told the commit
tee members at a white house con
ference Inst night.
It seemed probable today that nil
food legislation pending in congress
will bo rearranged in three adminis
tration bills ono providing for a
food survey nnd stimulating produc
tion, already under consideration in
the senate; nnother regulating dis
tribution and prices, and the third
authori.iug a system of preferential
shipments.
An amendment designed to relieve
the ffreight car shortage was offered
by Sunator Smith of Georgia, pro
posing that of the appropriation for
men-hunt ships. $100,000,000 be us
ed Ip construct or ncquire freight
cars nnd iiennit their use by railroads
upon terms to be approved by the
president.
TEDDY TO GO AS
ALBANY, N. Y., May 1G. At the
conclusion of a two hours' confer
ence today with Governor Wliitman,
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt announc
ed that he would ncccpt Governor
Whitman's offer of a major general's
command in the state service if the
federal urmy bill were passed without
the provision to permit him to go to
Kurope with an expeditionary force.
Colonel Roosevelt said: "Governor
Whitman has, as you know, offered
me the commission of major general
if the volunteer plan for sending
troops abroad is not accepted in
Washington. The commission would
authorize me to raise one or more
divisions in New York state, but the
members would not necessarily come
from this state."
Mrs. Gils Newbury returned Wed
nesday morning from a two weeks
visit at Los Angeles.
The idea of a" tonic" t
For baldness that is chronic
Is manifestly quite absurd, (
s) But when your hair is falling
In quantities appalling,
There's hope in that reassuring word,
& HERPICIDE
Applications at the better barber shops
Guaranteed by The Herpicide Co.
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Economy and Thrift
THESE should be a fundamental, not
' Incidental, part of the operation of
every Farm, Business Establishment and
Household. And we find that Thrift and
Economy naturally develop when the safe
ty, system and convenience of a. Bank Ac
count at the 1st National are utilized.
You may make this bank YOl'R
HANK by opening n Checking or
Savings ncount in person or by
Mail. Why not try it?
Member of the Federal Reserve System.
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MEDFORD
OREGON
There Goes One
of our regular customers. He buys
all bis supplies from us because he
knows we will have what he
wants no matter what he may need.
Springs, spring clips, piston rings,
platinum points, generator brushes.
In fact everything for his car.
C. E. Gates Auto Co.
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Beautiful new Filet, Oriental and
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these are tlie latest ideas for trim
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a yard 10 up to $1.48
Aims
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MEDFORD, OREGON
NEWe EMBROIDERIES
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I First Showing of New Merchandise
The Very Latest Ideas from the World's Best Fashion Centers
Mono, rcKiu dliiK lb us part of tls tusk
to realize such reforms. Tho execu
tive committee of tho dnina has up
proved Hits tleiMon of the government.
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Kaiser i made rcpoii'-ilile I'or jmiii
(icrniiin minlncsM ami (he milbrcak of
war am Hint he is continually be
in insiiltcil.
"Pence by nt:l vi'tiicrl wniibl he
pood f'irlmic I'or . Ninety
nine iH-ivriit of it-1 Ihc pi-noV look
M'iih hope nn,l Innvir: In Slur IJhiIiii.
If I'Vniiee nnd Cienl Triliim re
nonnce iuineatioii nrd (ierni;inv in
sists thereon, we linll Imvc 11 tev
olution in Ihc ciMiiiliv."
Want IVnei ( 'oui'lllilcil,
There were prolnneeil shout- ol
irn!ic;!l!ltioll ;it tlli lllld elle- ot'
'Vhiiir.c ! down !" The pre .ideal :
calltd llerr Srlieideniiiiin to older,
bill Selieideiuilliu continued :
"It 1 1 1 s lint eone mi far a- thai
et; the enemy doe-; not renounce
linnexotion. A pence jn-t to till par-tie-;
-diiiuld be concluded. 1 nm firm
ly convinced that no pence can be
concluded without nn alteration of
frontier and that inii-l be nrranL'ed
by muliial iiiidetMntidiniT. 1 am bit
terly opposed lo the slnuiihtcr of an
other milli'iii min; principally be
cause certain (ierinaus desire pence
that .'voiild follow roi!.iiess. I, one;
live pence! Iioiil' live Kurope!"
G0VERNMENA MANAGEMENT
OF RAILROADS ASKED
WASHINGTON', May If. -Mroad
presidential nuthorlly over trmixiior-
tutton, IncludliiK power lt determine
what comniodltlcn Minll bo plvrn prof
oronco In tho movement of freight,
wna aked of cniiKrcsB today by I'resl
dent WlUon with the. pica that "the
exerclne of tnh authority hna be
come Imperatively neceteary." ,
ItailicnU In I'mvcr,
WASHINCTON. May Hi. tte-or-Kimlzntlon
of the Russian cabinet was
regarded here both ns tnereasinp the
power of the radicals nnd as looking
forward to a greater denroe of untly.
It Is generally felt that the coming
Into power of the radical party Is
more desirable than a situation where
the power was divided between radi
cals and moderates with both practi
cally powerless to net.
The resignation of Foreign Minis
ter MihiUoff Is regarded as the price
demanded by the radicals for their
active co-operatlou with the govern
ment. Mltukoff Incurred much en
mity w hen he pledged Itussia, wltbont
consulting the radicals, not to make
:i separate peace. lie also has been
unpopular In some quarters for bis
vigorous luslstain e that Itussia lie giv
en Constantinople, which was regard
ed In conflict with the no-nuncMitloii
pronouncement.
The resignation of many military
officer Is regarded as vastly more
dangerous than the political slilftlngs
of power ns the whole ilisciplina and
morale of I ho army may be affected.
cr vimblJaj tuk4j
TyroneI'
HOI.
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form-fit COLLAR
ciiiiTTEACotn'ca twotAKuis
Mnrysville, Pa. "For twelve years
I suffered with terrible cramps. 1
would nnve lo suiv
in bed several days
evurv month. I
tried all kinds of j
remedies nnd was i
trentcd by doctors.
butniy trouble con
tinued until one day
I rend about Lydia
E. I'inkham's Vege
table Compound and
what it had done for
others. I tried (t
nnd now I nm never i
troubled with cramps and fee' like
different womnn. 1 cannot praise I
I.ydia r,. rinkham s CRetatilo uom-
fiound too hiphly nnd I am recommend
np it to my friends who suffer as I did. "
Mrs. George K. Nayloh, IJox 72,
Mnrysville, I'a.
Young" women who are troubled with
fminful or irrcpulnr periods, backache,
icadache, drnpirinp-down sensations,
fainting- spells or indigestion should
take Lydia T. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
Write for free and heipful advice to
I.vilin E. rinkham Medicine Co. (con.
fidential), l.ynn. Mass Only women
open and read such letters.
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cleauing time, also for
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gingham; fast colors;
$2.48
very special,
each
New White Tub Silk Petticoats
With Double Panels "FITRITE" Adjustable Band Top.
New colors in all silk taffeta Petti
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each ". JeJ.iO
Extra fine quality of taffeta Petti
eoats j worth ").(X); special, JJ (Jg
Some extra heavy weight taffeta
Petticoats; new colors; (M AO
each $1,20
Xear silk Petticoats, with "Fit
rite tops; all colors; special, ff-l "7(7
each 01.it)
Xew floral Petticoats; light CO OC
shades; all sizes, special, eachyilw
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we can help you solvo tho problem
economically If you will agree to
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We've got tho material yon w-l.
need right In slock and w 111 ho glad ta
show you what slro and stvle silo
think Is best suited to your Individual
needs.
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89c
sale price,
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I'tncy Pongee Silk in
the new figures and
stripes; III inches wide;
special,
vard
$1.39
Taffeta Silk in
ors, in. wide,
$2; for this
sale only, yard.
all col-
worth
$1.48
1000 yards of Fancy
Silks, stripes and plaids,
values to $2.50; P Q
this sale, yard....VlviJ
3i-inch Tub Silks in
fancy strijies for waists
and dresses; flf )C
yftrd $Lid
Rlack Taffeta, 32 in.
wide, worth $1.2."); in
98c
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Beautiful New Dresses
Fresh from the factory New Pongee
Dresses in up-to-date styles, special at
each, $18.00 and $22.50.
2") brand new Silk Dresses in blue,
gold, green, brown and other colors; a
good range of sizes; these are made by
one of the hest makers in the eountrv;
on salt- from $13.50 up to $25.00."
very chic models in White
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Xew " Wirthmore"
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Waist in the
world for
Xew "Welworth"
Waists, exclusive de
signs, made of fine voile,
trimmed with new laces,
all sizes; sold
here oiilv, en.
Two Bis Specials in Crepe de Chine Waists.
$2.00
New ( 'rcpe de ( 'hine
Waists, good quality;
come in white and
el i i
iiesn; good as most
$").IH) values,
special
$3.98
Just received a few
new models in Crepe
tie Chine Waists; a
good range of eoloi-s;
very special
each
$4.98
Oriental
Beads, the very
latest novelty,
from 50 up to
$2.00.
Kayser's
Fancy Silk
Gloves, white
and colors ;
from 75 up to
$1.98 a pair.
Children's
Socks
In till sizes,
white with fan
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g r a tl e, very
special, pair,
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New Silk Skirts
IN BLACK AND FANCIES.
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up to $15.00.
Wool Skirts in plain
and faiu-v, verv new
styles, $5.iS to $12.
New Sport Skirts in
plaids and stripes, $10
up to $lfi.50.
New Wash Skirts,
made of linen .suiting,
poplin and gaberdine
and pintle, from $2.4S
up to $6.9S.
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