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CHIEF OF POLICE
When 12-yenr iilil William Drown,
of u'0" South Newtown street, wants
n policeman he wants n policeman,
nnd that is all there is to it even tlio
lie excites the whole city irnd calls
out the fire department.
Down town this forenoon William
lent his bicycle to little Sonny Aus
tin, u colored hoy, just for n lidc
nround the block. An hour or so
later when Sonny failed to come hack
with the bicycle the peeved William
decided it was time to notify the mi
lice, nnd hnvo the stronir arm of the
lnw chastise Sonny.
Not finding a policeman nt head
quarters, William stepped over to the
fire nnd police box front of the Com
mercial club building, opened the
door, nnd unintentionally pulled down
the firo alarm hook.
The fire department turned out in
a hurry, the .siren whistle blew lind
everybody in town nsked each other,
"Where is the lirej" When William,
who is a brother of Sid and ( ceil
Hrown realized the awful break he
had ninde, he lost all interest in his
bicycle nnd departed hurriedly for
more secluded (iiiurleis at his home.
A few minutes after his departure
little Sonny, unconscious of the com
motion his delay in returning had
raised, and hnppy as a lark, rode up
in front ot the Commercial club build
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POLICE FORCE
William II. Crawford, for the past
five years a member of the Medi'ord
police force resigned his position this
morning to take effect at once. lib,
written reiri.-nution to Mayor Gates
rend that ho resigned "because of
failing health and other ihtsoiuiI rea
sons." Mr. Crawford intends to take up
fanniiin nnd will leave the city this
week with his family and locate on
his farm six miles from Tho Dalles,
Oregon. Oneo before, several years
ago, he resigned from the police force
and tried farming for a while but toon
gave it up nnd returned to his old
position in this city.
Crawford's successor will not he
appointed until the council meeting
next Monday night. Mayor Gates
and several councilmen whom he con
sulted today decided on this program.
In the meantime (wo temporary po
licemen will be apiHiintcd, the second
being required because of Chief llitt
son's absence as a wi'ncss
before the federal grand jury at Port
land. Night Poll. email Timothy will
act as chief of police during the ab
sence of Chief llittson.
WITH AXE NEARLY
CUTS OFF HAND
Frank Kendall of Thomson ereck
is getting along nicely in the Sacred
Heart hospital and there is now hope
that he may recover the use of his
right hand which he nearly severed
with an ax last week while fighting
bumble bees.
With several other men Kendall
was nt work cutting out a new forest
trail near the Wagner creek trail in
the Applegatc district when while
slushing thru some brush he stirred
up a nest of bumble bees. The bees
attacked him and he fought them
with his right hand while ho held his
double bluded ax in his left hand, and
accidentally brought his right wrist
down on the blnde. The blade cut
half thru the wrist, cutting thru the
nerves nnd large artery and even pen
etrating the bone.
His companions managed to stop
the flow of blood nnd tcmornriy
cared for the wound until a horse
could be brought from three miles
nwny. Then Kendall was taken to
Thompson creek and from there was
brought in to Dr. S. A. Lockwnod's
office in Medford. The same night
he was removed to the hospital.
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W. II. Kltts ot Cleveland. Ohio, la
In the city (or several days on a busi
ness mission.
Medford ieople who purchased lib
erty loan bonds on the installment
plnn nnd who have not yet made par
tial payment must get busy tomorrow
and either pay in full or pay 18 per
cent of tho purchase price.
These instructions have been sent
it to tho banks of the country.
The United States treasurer de
mands that 18 percent of the amount
of bonds purchased on the install
ment lilan be naid bv encli iverson
making such purchase, to the bunk
where the subscription was made be-
toro Thursday, June 28.
Those who wish to pay in full mnv
do so. Interest at I)U, Hereout will
be paid from June IS to the date of
payment.
MA 1)1! ID, June 26. The govern
ment yesterday decided to susiiend
the constitutional guarantees. Pre
mier Duto went to the palace to ob
tuiu the king's signature to the de
cree authorizing the suspension.
PARIS, June 2(i. The decision to
suspend constitutional guarantees in
Spuin was reached at n special meet
ing of the cabinet yesterday after
which Premier Dato took to the palace
the decree authorizing the measure,
to obtain the king's sigature. It goes
into effect today.
Dispatches from Madrid give no
special reason for this action. The
constitutional guarantees have been
suspended several times since the out
break of the war and were restored
only recently.
The cabinet headed bv Marquis
Prielo resigned on June 9 becuuse of
inability to cope with the vurious in
ternal difficulties. Widespread labor
troubles, high prices of necessities,
the cutting off of u large part of the
country's exort trade by the subma
rine campaign leading to industrial
depression; dissatisfaction in the
nnny nnd irritation over the persis
tent pro-Clcnnnn propaganda which
has been carried on combined to pro
duce a dangerous situation nnd nt
times thero has been fear of a rev
olutionary movement. The Duto cab
inct was formed on June 12 and sub
sequent press dispatches from Ma
drid said the crisis had passed. '
POLICE DISPLAYED
LITTLE INTEREST IN
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BULGARS MISTREA1
SERBIAN CLERGY
WASHINGTON, June 2fi Mis
treatment of Serbian bisho nnd
clergy by Unitarians was reported
today by the Serbian legation here.
In a statement the legation said:
"The Serbian bishops and clergy
are being treated in a brutal way in
the Serbian provinces under Bulgar
ian occupation. The bishop of Ser-
XEW YORK, June 26. The entire
motorcycle police squad, some of
whose members already have been
suspended by Arthur Woods, police
commissioner, in connection with the
Ruth Cruger case, was ordered to re
port at headquarters today with allisuie is interned in a Bulgarinn mon-
reports and summonses for the last
two years. All other policemen who
saw duty with the motorcycle force
during that period, but now are on
other duty, also were Instructed to
appear with their records.
Miss Helen Cruger, sister of the
murdered girl, testified today before
Leonard, M. Wallsteln, commissioner
occounts at the Inquiry Into the han
dling of the case, that she received
only scant consideration from the of
ficials to whom she appealed to find
her sister.
Henry D. Cruger, the father, also
testified that the police bad manifest
ed little interest In the case. He
formally demanded, he said, that Al
fredo Cocchi's bicycle repair shop be
searched and the only search made
was perfunctory,
Edward Swann, district attorney,
who is conducting an inquiry, said to
day the murder case against Cocchl
was complete, and If Cocchi cannot be
brought here (or trial. Trpm Italy, he
is prepared to present a complete case
agalnBt him In the Italian courts.
OBITUARY.
James Kent, aged 11 years, 10
months and 15 days, died at his late
homo, cornor Riverside avenue and
East fifth Btreet, last night, June 25,
1917, after a lingering Illness. He
leaves a widow, Jane Kent, and six
children. The latter are Mrs. Lucy
Ilarber, of San Diego, Calif.; the
Misses Anile and Jeanne and three
of Medford, and Dolph of Antelope
Creek. '
Deceasod had been a resident of
Jackson county for 3S years. He was
born at Masquodolt, Nova BcotU. He
owned a ranch In tho Lake creek dis
trict. Funeral services will bo held on
WITH THE ROOT MISSION EX
ROUTE FROM MOSCOW TO PETRO
ORAD, Sunday. June 24. The Root
mission left Moscow for Petrograd to
night with a distinct sense ot encour
agement.
"I have derived much more encour
agement from my observations of con
ditions in Mlscow than I expected."
said Mr. Root. "It seems clear that
the men we met there and the classes
they represent are patriotically devot
ed to the task of bringing the country
thru her present difficulty. I may
say that I think after visiting Moscow
that there Is a fair chance of their
succeeding.
"I believe that the clouds which
rested over the peasant population
and some of the less informed classes
already shows sign of lifting. They
are attaining a conception of the
meaning of their new liberty and of
the ways to preserve it."
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at
Perl's chapel. Burial will be in the
Odd Follows' cemetery.
CHATAOOffA CHIEFS
VISIT MEDFORD
jr. c. r) eed, president of the Ash
Innd Chautauqua association, Rev. IT.
II. Cnmnhan, pastor of the Presby
terian church of tlrat city, nnd Irving
Pindloy, retired capitalist, were in the
city today on thelr.tour thru the val
ley distributing litcralnre advertising
the Chautauqua, and boosting" it in
general.- . .. .
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President Reed says that the new
auditorium will be ready for the
coming season, which begins the even
ing of Jury 11 The opening attrac
tion will be a great concert by the
Medford and Ashland choral socie
ties under the leadership of George
Andrews.
asterv. The director ot the theologi
cal seminary in Prinzren, Steve Pim
itrivilch, has been ordered with 120
of his pupils to go on foot all the way
to Sofia and none of them has since
been heard of. The Bulgarians nre
enforcing their Schismatic religion in
Serbia und the Serbian clergy is Ui'ing
expelled from the country-"
THREE BRITISH PLANES
I TEN
LONDON, June 2C. Three Brit
ish naval aeroplanes fought a battle
with ten German machines over Wan
der on Monday. An official account
rufjuv nop
muni-iinc
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of the fight says ono and probably
three of the German were driven
down. All the British airmen re
turned safely.
The announcement follows:
"In the course of a patrol on Mon
day three naval airplanes encountered
and engaged ten enemy machines in
the vicinity of Roulers. They fought
for 16 minutes and brought down one
enemy In flames. It Is believed two
others were driven down out of con
trol but clouds interrupted the view.
Our machines returned safely."
WAUKESHA, Wis., June 2fi.'
While friends -conveyed the body of
Mrs. David Roberts to its last resting
place, Miss Grace Lusk wept silently
in her hospital room, where she Is
confined by a bullet wound, self.
Inflicted, after she had killed Mrs..
Roberts.
Miss Lusk seemed much depressed
all during the hour of the funeral
service, it was said, but there was no
change for the worse noted In her
condition and physicians tonight still .
believe she will recover. ' .
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