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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1918)
MEDFOTJD AfATTJ TirFTTFORD. 'OTffi'fiQy. ,10T)AY. MAY fl. 1!)1S . . ACKSONCOUNTY NO INVASION OF OVER OP WITH S BER A BY HUNS I 154 PERCENT ASSERTS UCHIDA 3,400 People of County Buy $596,650 of Third Liberty Bonds 1615 Sub scriptions In Modford and 947 In Ashland Medford's Total Is $264,450, Ashland's $199,400. ' Third Ulx'rty I,uin, Qtmtii. SuliHcrilieil. JUhlnnd if lO.'l.'JOO Hutto Knllx 4,100 Central I'oint .... Knfflu Piiint . Gold Hill .IlK'liKOIlvilll! Med 1'urd Kokiih I'tiver Tnlciil 10.0110 7,'JOO .1,400 n,.j.()ll '2:1:1,000 4,100 (i.'iiio lflHO,400 T.'.'OO 27,O.'0 1 4,410 14,400 ' M.'i.liOO 2(ll,4.r,0 1 0.'.TiO 14,H.')0 Kivilig six Toliils ., $:ikh,ooo .oo.o.-,.) Jfii-ltxnn county went "over tin top" with 11 xiiljx-ritiiin of l."4 per 'cnt of ilK (imta in I lie 'I'll i id Liberty hum drive. With a itot:i nf $:IHH, 000 t lie hiuiil sali'x totaled .t.'i!l(i,0."l), nV emnpili'il lit IK11111. ( II I ii-ial (iinpil utiiui will pmliiihlv ini-ri'iisf the tut il n fi'W thousand. Kvery lislrii-l in the M.ulitv ovcT-siihsiTihi'd heavily. Mime towns, like Jacksonville t ir.es their iUitn. lielween .'1,400 and .l.'iOO ieopl,' piTolianed IkiihIh iik acainsl l!:iS on the IiihI drive. As tinted, there were the following nuinlier i,f piirehasers : Medford llil'i, Ashland 1)47, (Ynlrul oint li I t, fluid Hill 140, .Incksnn villu 123, Tulenl 110, Knjile I'ninl 7.1, with reports missing I'roin Unite Kit Ils n nd Itofriio Kiver. Jacksonville Ik'ikIs. In pcriM'ntiiKO of miiiln, Jackson vilo lends, with Itopie Kiver second, iioid mil third, Talent fourth and Kuirlo I'oint tilth, I Int t c Kitlln sixth, Ashhind seventh, Central I'niiit eighth linil Medford ninth. The Mudl'iinl Hoy Sem'its. nfter the field hail been IhorontHilv (hovered, lironcht in '2,700, in 17 order. On Snliirduy, Hie lust iluv of the ciiinpnittn, the .Medl'ord Muhscriiition i.nioiinled lo-iflO.lOO for tm day, in- cludinir niihiher of nersons who in- rrcaxed their original Kuhscriilimn. Hi'V. J. (.'. Kollins uddi'il ik.VIO In his ?10() Kiiliseriplion; Frank Am took on jillO more; I. A. l'ruit ami family MihsiTihed lor if "iOO, U. K. Morris IW !f:100, nnd a nuinlier of others took iii'dilioniil if'iO subscriptions. in reviewniir me work of the. cnin- painil today. ('. M. Kidd, ehairiuiin of tho Medford dislrii't, expressed (is peeial jrraliludc for Hip valualile wnrlc f the women's coniiuilli'e, of which lint. V., H. I'ickel was cli.tiruinn Praise for Committee. Praise is heard oi. all sides for lln riemberH of the executive eonnuittee because of Ihe very effective rum Iwtiirn they eondiicteil in a cimrlcou ni'd ImsinoKH like way. This commit tee was tnnde up of business ir.cn wh.i prnetienlly neglected Ihcir business duties tliirinir the campaign and ""vp most of Ihcir time to rmidiietiiii. the drive. The inenibers of this commit tee lire ('. M. Kidd, chairman: II. I.. V'uller, (ieori;e Collins, A. I,. Hill and '. Corriiur Kenlv. The followins; are aildiliouiil sill uriptions at Cenlral I'oint: James M. dray $."i0, S. A. and dessa Marshall $700; li. II. I'lixnn ..'0; Jidiu Albert 1011; IMhcrt Mar si nil iflno. J. W. Itim.s .f:,(l, !' 1', I.od;c No. I!i:l, I. (I,- ). F. ..,11, Hor race J. Moore, ."0, Kluabelh (I. Flls worlh 4 I nil. It. U. I.iiwrcm c .0, Southern I'ncifii! eoiiipan . 1 .."itlll, Ciilifoniiii-On'f.'on I'ower Co., 1 ,(M t(l, IE Japanese Ambassador to Russia De dares Germans Have No Intention of Seizing VladivostokOpposed Intervention and Declared Bolshe vikl Government In for Long Time. SA' FUAXCISCO, Slav II. The I'nited Slates cnvcruiurut Insl an im portant point in ils h'iil fiijht to rt 1 ni-ii valuable oil hinds in southern Calilornia to the public domain when the Cnitcd Stales circuit voi.rt of ap peals today reversed judgment of tlie I'liitcd Srutcs district court of South -nni California which had upheld the Kovciiaucul ci-iilcniioiiH Dial the Soullieni I'm ilie lonipanr had oh tuined fraudulent pap nl to ti.loO acres ol land in the F.Ik Hills regions of Kern nl, ivhich was valued at millions of dollars. , The npiielhite coin I mdcrcil the dis missal of Ihc L'overuaicnt sail on the p round tliul il had failed to prove ils ease, Tim decision said that ti Southern 1'ncil'ic bad made every possible effort at the tune of Ihc Mirvey to ilclermine the i haractcr 1 the land, and that no complete meth ods of iisfcrtninmi; whether the laud (onlained oil or iiinii ral ore- iveru at ils disiuMil at that I mil'. I Ity CHAU1.F.S fl- IIOIKiFS. (Authority on Far Kast Affairs.) SAX FliAXClSCO, Jfay . The Germans so says Viscount TVhida, just relurned lo Japan after bavin" served through the Russian revolution us Nippon's ambassador have no in tention of invading Siberia at present. This is in part because the Teutons lire trying to cripple Iitisia, Ainlias sndor L'chida explained in Tokyo, re vealing tlie reasons why he opposed .fiipan's proposal to occupy Siberia. Not KeeklliK I lest rllct ion. Hal, he hoids, (lei-many does riot want to destroy Itussia; the kaiser's leaders only wain to lie free to act on the west front - -thai is all. They wanted the Fkrame only because thev needed the food of this irranerv. This Japanese statesman warns aeainst untier-esiimating tlie power of Ihe llolshevikl. Li-nine, Japan's uiuhassador to Ifussia declares, is a (-rent mini. Her man and Austrian prisoners art' miicn infliicirccd by the doctrines of the Soviet government, which Iciiinc deads. S'iscoiint l'chida thinks it probable that they will propagate these radical views in Ihcir own coun tries ufter the war. Japan, he warns his countrymen, must, expect the Holshcviki lo pcrdnm iinite in Russia in the near future unless something extraordinary hap pens" F.ven if Russia is disorganized, l'chida believes Ilia I llolshevikisui will not perish. Ilnlslievlki in Saddle. He scouled any hope of a counter revolutionary success. Russia, in his opinion, is to he led hv extremists "Ihnl is Ihe secret of the llussa ji gov. eminent." A great leader will uob ahly a pear i lead the nation. Lfiliuk ii IT, Ihe first foreign minister of the Russian provisional govi)ri:nicit, he thinks would have done a great work anywhere else; Mil this Riisiuu slates, mini was helpless In Russia and this Japanese diplomat should know per sonally. Viscount I'ldiida was withdrawn fiom Russin after the peace of llrest l.ilovsk was signed with (icrinanv. J Ic crossed Siberia ami hurried to Japan. Here hi' figured largely ill the hold ing up of Japnnese action ngainst the Holshcviki gnvcrmneiil in Siberia. This Japanese statesman may he credited w i I li having done inure than any other leader to slop Ihe interven tion of Japan in Fast Asia ngainst what has been denounced as a tier-nian-llosbc iki coiuhiuation. Against Intervention. Ambassador l'chida, fresh from long contact with I lie men headinu the Russian Soviet republic ami Ihor ougblv conversant with the situation, was dead against Japan going ililo Vladivostok and Faslcrn Russia in force. His views for the time have Iriuiuphed iu tin m ils of the em pire. i-cot.nt I'ebida has refilled to join the Terauchi calancl, s cling Mo- ton,, in the foreign office. Il is un dc r-loiHl in Tokyo I hat he chai acler iid Ihc situation as ''too dangerous." Il is ju-t possible Ihut l'chida an ticipates the fall of the Ten hi min istry in the near future, and docs in, I are to ciincl himself with it. tin the other lull. I, it is highly pli.bablc that this Japanese statesman will some time nqaiii conic iulo control of Nip. pon's foreign affairs - be was Japan's fi-reign minister during Ihc s unl premiership of the grcal Saionji in 101 l-l'. At nni rate, Viscount l'i hula's ut liludc has been of Ihe almost import mice in I raining Japan's line of ac tion in (lie present crisis ab'iig a line u ling Ihe nproval of the I'niled Stales, as well us the allies. MRS. POTTER PALMER LETTERS REVEAL OF CHICAGO DEAD E SAIIASOTA, Fla., May 0. Mrs Potter Palmer of Chicago is dead at her winter home here Irom pnouino nla. Sirs. Palmer, who was born In I.oulHvlIle, and was the widow of Pot ter Palmer of Chicago whore she was a social leader, had been 111 for some time. Several days ago hor family was summoned and medical special ists ramo here from the north. She died last night. The body will ho taken to Chicago for burial, leaving here tomorrow. During the world's Columbian ex position Mrs. Palmer was the presi dent of the hoard of managers and visited Surope for the purpose of In teresting foreign governments. Later she was appointed by Hie president or tho United States as Hie only' woman member of Ihe commission to the Paris exposition. She was the pos sessor of a membership In the Legion of Honor awarded by the French gov ernment. For years Mrs. Palmer had spent hor winters at her home hero, which Is considered one or the most beauti ful In Florida. When Potter Palmer died In 1!MI2, Mrs. Palmer for years devoted her time to tlie management of his es tuto which was valued at $H. Odd. Hull. In recent years she spent much time traveling abroad. Mrs: Potter Palmer was an occas ional visiter at Medford. whero she has extensive investments In orchard I property. The Klainnlli and Modoc' orchards nro among the properties owned by the Palmer estate. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY FN FRANCE, May 6. ( Uy the Associat ed Press.) Interesting comments by Cerman civilians have been furnished from an enemy mall captured by the Hritlsh on a section of the Flanders front. Almost without exception ref erences are made in the letters to the stoppage of leave and the parcel post from tho front. The tone la resigned rather than recalcitrant. One letter from Berlin dated April 25 said: "Peace does not Becm to be coming along as we fondly hoped. All this In the west is too wicked for any thing. Four years of it now and no sign of tho end. We hope every day It will will come to a decision and the British will bo driven Into the North sea, but they Bland firm." "We have such a scarcity of shoes In Kttlingen, It Is impossible, to got thorn. If there are any In 'Belgium please send me a pair," says a letter dated In Ettllngen on April 26. "Are you not coming home on leave soon? How much longor Is It going to last?" reads a third letter. A note from RhumR-frings, dated April 23 says: "The mustering of Hie 1920 class took place here last Friday. Most of them were accepted." NEW LEASE OF LIFE Articles of Incorporation of The Irrigation & Power company were filed with County Clerk Cohurn Fri day, the articles giving Grants Pass as the principal place of business, says the Grants Pass Courier. The receiver of the Rogue River Public. Service Corporation Informed the Courier that the new company succebd8 to the property of the Rogue River Public Service Corpora tion, which has been Involved In liti gation during the past year and the aseets of which were sold on March 30, 1918, under an order of the Unit ed States district court. The receiver further stated that the I new company Is composed of Frank M. Fauvre of Indianapolis, Ind., and his associates, and that It plans the rehabilitation of the property and the placing of same in operating condi tion so that 'Its long delayed use will operate to the benefit of the commu nity with the growers and make de pendable plans for the 1919 season. SAVE ANNA HELD NEW YORK, May 6. Miss Anna Held, an actress, who Is critically III with anemia, today underwent an operation tor transfusion of blood, which had an Immediate good effect. Ernest Lane, a motor truck driver, volunteered to give his blood. IF BILIOUS OR SICK : Knjoy life! Don't Stay IiwulacJiy, const Iiutc4l, with breath bud und btoniach up-set. jSil (Qgrl!iiM'tgd mm HUNS DELAY OFFENSIVE. (Continued From rage One.) HELD AI BAY CITY SAX Fit AW I SCO, May ft. Oncnr Curl LIsIhtk, seaman, was held by naval authorities here today for In vcMiuation. According to goxernuieut agents, I.lsoerg has been under sus picion for (ho past two months since Hie lying up in this port of the leam- er Nuiianii, which w.ot deserted by it rew. tioops. li. line docs not report an,' marked infantry fighting, nor does Vienna, but the Italian war office nots a great increase in the violence of Ihc Austrian artillery fire, espe cially on the Trent inn front where the new attack probublv will come in an etlovl to force (be Italians from the 1'iave line. Aerial activity in north ern Italy is intense. S ii'itJ li. In Turmoil. r.nipcroi t'harics leaves bis capital for the lighting front at a lime when Austria is seething wilh political un rest. In I'nbemiii und all parts of domains, the liberals are protesting agaiust his ai'liou in dismissing par liainenl. II is iiiinnunccd in u pun ('irninu. licrlin newspaper Ibat lb Herman loon iiepariment lias taken over control of mosl of llohcmia, "in response to Ihe demands of the tier inan populalion." Three members of the Austrian cabinet arc repot led to have resigned. A lean troops on bolli Ihe Toul and l.aiicvville sclnrs have luf-n more busy Hum usual with Ihe Her mans. Northwest of Toul the Her mans attempted lo occupy a trench loriueriy ueiii uy I lie Americans, ami which was evacuated a month ago. The American artillery broke up Ihe (leriiian cfl'orl, bat further activity is expected. Fust of l.nneville Ihe Hermans have driven from their front line positions by Ihe American gun- lire ami a patrol has penetrated :hlll yards into the enemy lines. The Americans met a (ieriuan parly of seven. Three were killed and Ihc olb ers were taken priv,,uers. .i m rvi i A FAMOUS MEDICINE How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is Prepared For Woman's Use. 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