MEDFOTJD AfATTJ
TirFTTFORD. 'OTffi'fiQy. ,10T)AY. MAY fl. 1!)1S
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ACKSONCOUNTY NO INVASION OF
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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liver ;t50,tXK itounds of various herbs
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The most successful solvents are used
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Kvery utensil and tank tliBt eomes in
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the medicine is pnstcuriied and scaled
in sterile bottle.
It is tlie wonderful combination of
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The letters from women who have
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l ydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound which we are continually puu
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De Lay's Sacrifices!
$ We sold 7 used cars Saturday evening and the buy-
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1 1917
1 1916
1 Saxon Six
1 Chalmers Six
4 Fords, including
1 Roadster
1 Dandy Little
Roadster at $225
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Mr. DeLay lias returned from Portland and says we must close our stock of used cars in the next three
days. Remember that the goods we offer are all exactly as we represent and far below the regular market-
Don't expect we are going to give you these cars, fcr they merit good cc3h anywhere, but rather than
ship we are going to sacrifice enough to make any car we have, a wonderful bargain.
W.
R. De
TERMS
Lay
CLAUD MILES,
Sales Manager