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PITrc FOUR MEDFOIHJ MATE TRTBTJNE, MISPTflftP.: OT?F!ONT, " WFJ)NTT:ST)AY, Of'TOBEU ... 1017 Medford Mail tribune AN INHKI'BNIIHNT NBWSPAI'KK PUlil.ItWIHI KVKHY Al'l'KItNOON EXftKIT HUNDAY BY TUB MKUI'OIU) I'KINTINO CO. OfflcB Mull Trlliuro Hulllfn, J6-J7-! North Kir ntreftt: telephone 76. The Democratic. Tlmeii, The Mclfnrd Mall, The Mnlfnrd Tribune, The South rn Oreftonlan, Tlio Ashland Tribune. OKOHOK I'UTNAM. Editor. BUBSCBIFTIOa KATES I One year, by mail - - .5 One month, by moll - .0 Per month, dcllv.r.id by carrier In Moijfonl, Axhlaml, J'lioenlx, Tal ent. Jachaonvllle and Control Point - - . '5 Saturday only, by mull, per year. I I'O Weekly, per year- 1.60 Offlclnl paper of the t.'lty of Medford. Official paper of Jiickwon County. Entered flfl aeroiifl-cliiBa matter at M"dfnrd, Oregon, under the act of Uarch I, 187. Bworn Circulation for 11)162.491 MIO.MIIIOU OF TDK ASSOCIATED I'ltKKK Full T.enwed Wire St rvlee. The Asso ciated Ti-'-ea la I'xeluHlvely entitled to the use fur republication nr a" newH credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local tiewa tiubllshed herein. Al r k'lrts of repuli llcatlon of seclul dlMpalchea herein urc alsn reser'eil. "."en LAFOLLETTE PROTEST WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Prcllml nary consideration of numerous pe titions Hcoklng expulsion from I he (ienato of Senator L;i Kollotte and several other senntorH for tliolr ultl tutlo towiirtl tlio war was begun tndny by tlio senate privileges and elec tions committee, but no action wits taken, and another meeting will be held tomorrow. Sentiment wns said lo liave devel oped at today's meeting for action of Bomo kind and anainst merely tabling the petitions. Tlio ttiestion of proper procedure was dinrUBScd without, agreement. Senator ha 1'olletto Is said to be conxldering an address before con gress adjourns. In answer lo bis critics. 200.000 EN ROUTE L CANADIAN IlKADOlAHTKliS IN I'lfANCK, Oct. li. The enemy early lliis iiNpijiiti' iillempled lo raid our lines in the Avion Hector, hut wux discovered bel'ore he pt lo close quarters and tlrivcn oil' iit'lcr sus taining n number ol casualties. The inl'milcy activity is ircncrnlly less than nonnul, hut the sound of otitis never ceases. The (iernmiiK tire ut tciiilin;r more hy way of destructive shots on our hullerv positions than they did earlier in Ihe season, but even in this respect llicv are still t'ur hchiml the liiitish anil Cnmtdiitu l'UH ncrs. There has been marked increase in the use til' luicr riiuiic, liic.ii velocity rims by the Germans. The results ccrluinlv do not .justify Hie free use of tlice uuns. The enciny also bus increased Ihe proportion of eas hells and has scnl us iiinnv varieties if (.'as. This may imlii'ate that the chemicals from which poison e;ns is made are available in e.rcnter quiiii tilii'S than those required t'ur hio;h explosives. AM t lit prisoners of good eilucn liou now siieak of the growitlg senrc ily of war inaleriuls, ami particularly of arlicles audi as rnhltcr, eotlon and copper, which can neither he pro duced at home nor obtained from Cicrinany's Kuropeati neighbors, One of Ihe prisoners taken is yesterday's outpost affair said that while Ger many could not lie conquered in the field, she would he forced to make peace because of her failure to ob tain supplies. The weather is excellent aiir the men in (he Ircnclics are in (rood health and spirits. The casualties continue extremely litrhl. WASHINGTON, Oct. About li()0,l)(IO men, rcprcscntim.' the third increment to the national tinny , to day arc on their way lo sixlccn can tonments, where already half Ihe (iH7,IH'0 called to the colors by the president are mobilized. Altho to day's quota should be 'ID per cent, local conditions in the various states have reduced the general average of the increnuMil lo 'Jtl or 27 per cent. The railroad war hoard issued a slntement today in com lion with tiie njirt which the railroads have played in handling the 1 1 ill. uuiuilu i vi . DEATH IN BRUSH Fl RIGHT TO STRIKE IN WAR TIME IS strenuous ellofls are mm- niuo. ... obtain bonds for some of the lenders. He declarud it would be impossible to secure a total of ifl, (.', M would secure the release of all under ;.,.i;..t.,..,t but he intimated some ol I'il.I.MOiiK, f'al., Oct. 3. Three women unci u baby are known to have been burned to death, property valued at half a million dollars is believed destroyed and further de slrnctinn is threatened by a brush lire north of here, said to have been stalled by an unidentilied man last CIIIf'AflO, Oct. 3. Whether nn organization can go on si l ike (luring war time and whether members ol orjriuii.ntioiis can stay on a strike when that strike was initiated belore tlio war started, are tjie two luirn- moiint issues between the L lilted States government and the Kill in dicted members of the I. W. W., ac- movcmenl ever attempted in this eounlry. "Including the national guard, the j regular army and the new national J army, the railroads to date have moved approximately 7120,000 sol diers from their homes to (raining t camps or embarkation points," says the statement. "The great bulk of this army re quired special train service, involv ing the use of lX'illO passenger epr-s, including l.'illtl I'ulhiian and tourist sleepers, 12000 baggage curs and Irani freight curs. "The longest haul made in the new national army movement to dale was from Yuma, Ariz., to r'ort Kiley, Kan., 1."M miles. "Of the national guard moveiiK'nls, the longest one was made by a bat talion of San Francisco engineers from San Francisco, C'al., to a point on Hie Atlantic coast." Friday, but which became dangerous eordinj only yesterday. The dead Sirs. ('. K. Webb, Miss Ifuth Fanslcr, .Mrs. Webb's baby, Mrs. Webb's sister-in-law. Many persons were burned severe-. I.. ,ii,,l i iiiinilioe of i.ersons have not biggest troop l.j . j j-,.0In llm some lnny bnve OF GRAIN FOR SEED WASHINGTON, Oct. II. In order to Insure, tlio retention of sufficient seed wheat and rye lo sow next year's war crops, the department of agri culture today announced lhat the 30 day grain storago llmilattlon will not apply to seed grain. Lots may be kept for heed purposes until Ihe end of tlio next, seeding season, but can not bo sold at a prlco exceeding by 1,') percent tlio selling prlco of num ber 1 wheat at" tlio elevator where Btored. SEPARATE PEACE OFFER PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. .1. Ger many lias made no proposals what ever for a separato peace either with France or Great llrilain. Dr. Von Ktichlinann. the German foreign sec retary, makes this announcement, ac cording to advices from Ilerlln, la answering the speech miido by Gen eral Verkliovsky, the Russian minis ter of war, before tlio democratic con gress In l'ctrograd. 1SSAL li l lost. Hundreds of men now are fighting to prevent the spread of the fire, which is traveliitg westward past a point six miles north of here. The four dead were found together in the Little Sespe river canyon. Their clothing ami bodies were burn ed. They were huddled in n group. Seventeen persons, including those dead, were on the Anaconda, oil property, six miles north of here when the fire reached there late yes terday. All were forced to run lor their lives. To reach safety they ad to take some path thru n gullcy or down the etinvon, and it is believ ed the women lost their way. Miss Funsters brother, who es caped, said lie was holding his sis ter's aim, niding her, but she stum bled, and in the blinding smoke and licking flames -which were closing in, ho was tillable to find her again. Ap parently she and the two other worn en, with Mrs. Webb's baby, gave out when Ihe first touch of fire reached them. WASHINGTON, Oct. .1 President Wilson has remitted tlio sentence of dismissal from the army Imposed on Sceond-l.lcutenant Arthur lllnghtim, Jr., Sixth field artillery, by a Ben- oral court-martial, following convle lion of hiivintf represented himself as a single man when bo was in fact married. Tlio officer was a corporal in bis regiment and when making application for examination for ap pointment as a second lieutenant was found guilty of having described him solf as single on the official form. to Otto Christensen, attor ney lor the latter organization. Sweeping denial of each of the barges named in the indictment was made by Christensen, who asserted the chief point lit issue is whether the I. W. W. members are within the law in promulgating strikes clurin war time. I'hc government ehnrges cannot ... -. ., , , . i .. 1 linn... possitiiv sinna up, tie iicciarcu. inc. I. W. W. has at no time taken n pos itive position in regard to the war. Some of the strikes we are charged with starling 'to embarrass the gov eminent' were started before the war began. As to our alleged attempt to fight conscription, I refer federal agents lo the large number of I. W. W. members who are now in t lie vnr ions cantonments. "The charge that German money has been backing the organization is ridiculous." Mr. Christensen admitted tha the jail'woiild bo the members, now n) released on bail. ' ,., ' ,,. A Vnnilcrvccr of Scuttle , .1 I,. Chicago H'II ::;-;tcd wt;.. m, Ihe defense of prisoners. h., will bo in Dorft ask for CracKers sag Whether you Dny SNOW FLAKES in balk or in package, you arc sure of a dainty, crisp, cracker that .will add zest to a meal or light luncheon. . Sold in three sizes of packages, and In bum. PACIFIC COAST BISCTIT CO. Portland, Oregon. 95M11ABES umsm Warner, Wortinnn & Goro Clios. L. ScJiloffelln J. G. Hibbard Jones Cash Grocery Fonts Grocery Company WE SKIiL 'KM C. 1". Kribs J. li. Olmsteail Slnrsh & Hcnnctt John Hrownleo Suppose You Were Going "Over the Top iTirniiAM net 3 Thn Ger man military authorities have Issued Witllt lliol'e tliail atiytll'ui",' ? orders that all lights in tho govern mental district of Dusseldorf and a great portion of Westphalia must be darkened at night, according to the General Anzeiger of Essen. Similar precautions against air raids aro be ing taken at other places In western Germany. You know wiiat that means, don't you? OcttiiiR out of the trenches for a charge.' The order comes after hours and days of incessant nrtillcrv nrenaration. Then it's up to the men in the front lines. (Suppose vou were waiting to go ocr the top in ten minutes. hat would you it more than anvthuig? What would be the one thing that would help after the nerve strains of: two days' roar from those "big guns'? You'd want a good smoKe, 01 course. r.ut, on the other hand, you re not "over there." You're here because ypu have to be. And you have no trouble lay ing vour hand on a pipe or cigarette. Mut thev're scarce on the other side ciiiai'ettes'and tobacco; the kind our men like. 1 '.lame scarce. So help send smokes to the Soldiers. W'e make it easy for you: all you have to do is to send a little money -to: Mrs. D. I). McCoy of Citsmila. Calif., arrived lust Tuesday morning for an extended visit with her pa rents. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Morgan. J. II. Slovens left Wednesday morn ing Tor Albany on loudness. He visited the statu Tnlr at Salem be fore tils return. Mrs. Thomas K, Scott of Medford spent Friday at the It. Morgan homo helping her little son, Millie, celebrate his seventh birthday. It. :. Smith sold I I bead of fat bogs to Victor Purscll of Central Point Satin daj. receiving : cents a pound. Mrs. P. Itl.ii'kl.utn was a business caller in Jacksonville Sal unlay. Mr. Weslover from Sail Fraud was visiting at the .1. X. Mansfield homo Saturday. Dorothy Grigsby returned lo Med ford Saturday after a visit with her slater, Mrs. licit Itippuy. Tlio W. II. Stcnait family move to the Mrs. Calhoun house one day last week. .1 .1. l'iinkev and 1!. M. I onlev were In Jacksonville Saturday on business Mr ami Mrl. Henry Cunicr anil daughter were Sunday afternoon cull ers at tho home of Miss Mary Hurst. hall Smith went to Medford Sun day evening, whcie he will enter high school. .Mr. and Mrs. Pert Nichols were called to Sams Valley Monday morn ing by the dcaih of Mrs. Mr-hols' sis ter. Mrs. D. K. Pankey. A. A. Iloyee was a business at Jacksonville Motnl:'-. II Pierce. Paul 1'liuee, ! Slfers and Win. Pcnninter marled on a burning Hip Monday morning In the Kvans creek vicinity. W. 11. Morgan and familv were Sunday visitors at Ashland park. JOHN A. PERL UlTPERTAKl Ily Assiniant. H 80VTI1 IIAKTI.KTT. , mono m. 47 na i-J-a. AuitomnMIe llesrso Porrlcs. Amtmimt Bertict, irtr Your Grocer will deliver p all.'f You've enjoyed it at restaurants and other places now you want your family and your guests to join you in the same pleasure. That's one of the joys of serving Bevo to hear your guests say how Rood it is then to listen to their arguments as to just what it is. If they haven't seen the bottle they'll all agree that it is sometbi: s else if they have seen the bottle each will have a different explanation for its goodness. Itevo is ntitritivc pure through pasteurirntion and steriliza tion non-intoxieating, wholesome and thoroughly refreshing. ,'ofe 13evo should be served cold. ri-' nilrnnn, flrivprl.-. lrpirmrM fut itrea M v, picnic rel.. . Hi. i I n' "..,, .le.ii.t i ,i. 1 1 f.i"' se.il oiecr 1.1. Hleir rfttetvn erTrrv- ,c uuiu ki.., maii.u.Tw iv.- the K.IU; . inc.t in irent -.1 you. Bevo is sold in bottles only and is bottled enclusirely by Anheuser-Busch St. Louis he:ile Dealer I iV: non I MI'DKOHD. ORF.. The Medford Mail Tribune Tobacco Fund has iust been started, to supply our boys with their favorite smoke. Will you help to make it a success r lnis nas Deeri endorsed by the Government. Through the efforts of this ..... I..... J ,.VU Tk A t-v orino r naner. arrangemenis nave uecn muuc wnu u. iuuviiwu Tobacco Company to send 45c worth of Tobacco for 25c. Here is what they will get: I 2 packages of Lucky Strike Cigarettes, retails at 20c 3 packages of Bull Durham Cigarettes, retails at 15c 3 books Bull Durham Cigarette Papers 1 tin of Tuxodo Tobacco, retails at 10c 4 books of Tuxedo Cigarette Papers A return cost card is enclosed in each package, so that every contributor W ill re ceive a personal acknowlednient of his gift. You will treasure this message from the trenches. Everybody wants to give a little. Will you help make it a succcssi by doing your bit? Contribute! Organize your club, your church, your town, office, your factory and give the boys just, a little comfort favorite smoke. your -their THE MEDEORi) MAIL TRIBUNE TOBACCO FUND
