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PA fill STX MEDF0H1) MAIL THTI5UNE. MI'J)FOIi!.- Ob'KGON. FK1DAY. JII.Y 12. 1!1M I Invasion of Eenemy's Country Halt ed By Order of Timid Politicians In War Cabinet Who Forced Gen eral Averesca to Retreat When He Might Have Shattered Germans. LONDON', Juno 30. ( Correspon dence of the Associated Press.) How 1 ho Rumanian urmioH lo.st an oppor tunity of annthlluthitf the Gorman and Unitarian armies in the Doiintil ju In 1!H(;, Ih rove a led in a confiden tial document, which lias just readi ed The Associated Press from an authoritative source In Rumania. The document rontalns an account of n conversation 'between Field iMar hhal von Mackennen, and the Itii inunlan military leaders, which oc curred shorily after the Rumanian peace treaties worn stoned. Von IMaekonsen declared that the failure of the Rumanians to press their ad vantage In I '.Hi; 4 handed the whole con rso of the war. Ho said that his entire army could easily have been pocketed and compelled to surren der, and this mlKht have been fol lowed hy a separate peace with Bul garia, which would have separated Turkey from her allies, and changed the whole balance of power In the east. Itlnmo INili Helium The Hiimitntiui failure, the memor andum states, was duo, not 1o the military leaders, hut to the short HlKhtcdncss of tho politicians at Itucharest. In September l!Uti (len cral Avorscu, commander-in-chief of the Rumanian army, and hy far the ablest of all the Rumanian gcnorals, had taken an army of four divisions and had crossed tho Danube Into the heart of the enemy's country. He had found a clear path Into the heart of tho (inrman-HiilKaiian Dohrudjn army and had penetrated 15 miles with .a view to cutting off all their communications and striking them from tho rear. Cenoral Avoroscu's own position was safe, for - behind him he hud elt-'ht divisions of support and reinforcements, Including Ser bian and Rumanian troops of the first quality. Rut ho had Defected to cut the wires which had connncted him with the politicians in Itucharest and ho had not only 15 miles beyond tho Danulm, when there came a per emptory order to withdraw his forces. It was nn absolute command from the war cabinet. Averescu tried to reason with his chiefs over a tele phono wire, mid even threatened to resign, but the politicians had decid ed and refused to chntiKO tho decis ion. The cabinet, it appeared, felt that thero was danger of the German armies on the other side of Rumania tho Carpathian front breaking thru and doing a ureal dent of harm nt a lima when Averescu's army war far ufield. Vroforml Timid Policy The politicians timidly preferred a defensive policy to a dariUR offensive und after a day or two of delay, Av erescu and Ills army withdrew from their commanding position In von Jluekenfcn's rear and retired back across the Danube. The Germans were much puzzled by this maneuver and never were ablo to Recnre a satisfactory explana tion of this withdrawal of their en emy at tho very moment when his rnuso seemed won. Von Maekensen was an old pro-war friend of Averes cu and knew the hitter's abilities too well to underestimate them. That was why von Maekensen Houuht out Averescu during tho peace parleys a few weeks aui In Buchar est. "Why did you withdraw?" nuked von .Maekensen. "If you had gone forward you most certainly would havo banned tho whole of the Unitarian and (ier mun armies in the IMmulju." CROPS A FAILURE RUMANIA LOS CHANCE BAG VON MACKENSEN PAU1S, .Inlv l'J. I ; 1 1 1 u . 1 1 i i . i V pea ., lint population i- m u moic pre uri in condition t'loni lurk nt' food .in-' clotliiui.' thou nt niiv tone un e Ku llililliil ciitereil the witr. lie i roiU'llillir the A-uciutcil l'n Voni ntltllorilntix e Milling iitdtrotc tli;il nil crop I lii -s vi'iir me failure. Willi! little I' I tlii'le ;is li.i liei u Voilllisiliotit'il liv the to riniilt' 'I lirt'iul ration ninonuu to (ei :liun liuir ii tul l:iitv. The crop?- in lli'-iiraliiii niv ntiiv;-. tin u nml lire in all I our u condition iin hi liiuuunia. AUSTRIANS LOSE LARGE QUANTITY WARJVIATER1ALS (Continued from page one.) .July 12. Genera) IVtnin is nmn the Germans on (he western side of the Mnrne Milicnt little lrht in their po sitions east of the forest of Viilers Ctitlerets. (jmt nijjlit his troops on this front made sub-timt inl progress. The most tangible result from this fifihtinjT is I he capture of LoiiL'punt to ihe outskirts of which 1 he French lied pushed their advance on Wed nesday niht. A In no in this neigh borhood was at m (alien. The French lines were likewise driven ahead in the Chivinv farm district, north of Iuipoont. A for ward push also was Kivisn (he line south of houponl and east of Fnver olles. The extension of the front to the Faverolles region is Ihrenteiiin' the! ioenl salient held by the Gci'innns be tween I.otijrpuiil district and (he American sector northwest of Cha teau Thierry. Sconling Operations II is not impoMlflc (hat the 1VH-j iriK-out opera) ions which r in pro-! jress on both the French and Brit ish fronts have other than a purely i defensive purpose. Inst night's ae- I tions on the British front were nil in! the nature if scoutini; operations. 1 The enemy artillery is displaying rather marked activity on the front of Verdun. Berlin claims that five airplane out of nu American sipindto'i of si whii h attempted to raid Cobten. frl! into German hands, (be crews having been made prisoners. This report was confirmed today in General lct sbiu's communique. Itrilisli airncn have dropped bombs on Offeiibur, u maun fact u rim; town southwest of Karlsruhe, Germany. American avia tors on iJie Tool sector have account ed inor I wo enemy machines. Concerning Lieutenant Hubert M. Wilson of Central point and Mud ford the Chicago Daily Tribune of re fcn( dale nays : "More than 5(1 years ago Charles Lush Wilson resigned from his post as aiqbasador til the court of St. James to return to his native land, help in (be re-election of his friend, Abraham Lincoln, and aid in the fight lor universal freedom under the Slars and Stripes, "Late this month Charles Wilson's grand nephew, Second Lieutenant Itoberl Mattefn Wilson of Oregon, a member of the coast artillery, will sail for Fnglaud qud thence to France, to put in a few more licks for liberty, Lieut. Wilson's grandfather, the late It i chard Lush Wilson, was the last member of Ihe Wilson family lo be collected with the Chicago Jour nal, for which one of Ihe earliest ed itors was their father, John It. Wil son. "The lieutenant's fa I her, Kichard Lyle Wilson, has a pear orchard near Mcdford, Ore., and until his eulist in. 'Ml I lie lieutenant had been alter nating with one year in the orchard and another at (lie I'niversily of Cal ifornia, where he was stpdyin to he a civil engineer. "Fntil Thursday Lieutenant Wil son is visiting in town with his brother, Richard Wilson, IHK'i Fast ti'th street, lie is 'J" years of nge and i- a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. LeMer It. Gnmt. Mrs. J. It. Burnett end Mrs. ,,(m GmmM. LOOK who's HERE! DOUG FAIRBANKS - IN "Mr. You havo two days to Fix It So you will sec Mr. Fix It And you w ill be Fixed His Latest Laugh Tonic Q I'otct your worries, forcet your woe: come nnd neo this funny show. No for km tueiiMirr a two Admission Lower Bid you notice how extra polite and unusually cheerful all the post office attaches appeared today, and how the carriers walked with springy step and whistled ay tunes over their routes? Well, here's the se cret of it. Notice was received this moniin? from the postoffiee department that every mother's son of them, except I'ostmaster Minis, beginning with July 1st, had been i; ranted a .200 per year increase in pay. This is in accord ance with the law passed by congress months ayo that all employes of the first and second class postol'fiees throughout the country except those who receive a salary of over $1,20(1, should have (heir pay increased by $2110. The Med ford office is one of the second class. The reason postmasters do not share in this raise is because of the law pass loiipr iu that florin; the length of the war their salaries should not be increased. Colonel Mints was so disgruntled that he left early today for his ruwti to eat worms. AT PAGE TONIGHT Douglas Fairbanks, athletic come dian comes to the Page theater for two days (inly, Friday and Saturday in his latest Art era It production, "Mr. Fix-It." Tins is the picture in which (lie fa liinus Doug sports a dress suit for Ihe first time in many a onca ranees. He is a general "fixer" of human hearts and as such is surrounded hw three attractive girls three leading women. Thev are Wanda Hawley, who was Wanda Petit in the Kox days, and Mnrjorie Daw and Cather ine MaeDoiiald, who have been with Doug in other piclires. This is rated as one of the best pictures this famous star has even made. On the same bill "extra meas ure" is n big two reel comedy, "Book ing Them Over," and a scenic. Come, you will go home and forget your worries. BEN REITMAN TO BE RELEASED TODAY CLKVFLAND, July l'J.-Dr. Ben Kcilnmu of Chicago, serving a six months' workhouse sentence for spreading birth control propaganda, was lo be released today, A large portion of his . 1,1100 fine hns been paid hy hundreds it! sympathizers. LEMON JUICE TAKES OFF TAN Girls! Male bleaching lotion if skin is sunburned, tanned or freckled S(iuee.o tho Jnico of two lemons Into a hottle containing three ounces of Orchard White, shake well, and you havo a quarter pint of the best freckle, sunburn anil tnn lotion, and eiiuiilel()ii lieuutltler, nt very, very small eout. Your grocer has the lemons and any ilrun store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of Orchard White for a few cents. Massage this sweet ly frimritnt lotion Into tho face, neck, anus nml hands each day and see how freckles, sunburn, windlmrn and Ian disappear nnd how clear, soft nnd white tho skin becomes. Yes! It Is harmless. TODAY and SATURDAY - Fix It" - rvl romnly nml a scenic. Floor 25c, Balcony LONDON, July 12. A Dutch trav eler from Germany, says a dispatch from Tho Hague to the Kxchango Telegraph company, declared the ru mor has spread over Germany that Field Marshal von Hindenburg is 111 and Is unable to participate in the work at the army headquarters. The military duties there havo been taken over entirely by First Quarter master General Ludendorff. German newspapers, the traveler says, nre not permitted to print anything on tho matter. REESE CREEK RIPLEIS Mrs. Frank Johnson is in the Med-; ford hospital and was operated on. last Friday; she was getling along! nicely the last report. j Bennie Bellows who underwent an I operation some lime ago, for a I growth on his ear is better and ablet to he brought home. Mrs. W. K. Hummel is suffering, from a boil on her wrisl. j Miss Maud Merritt is just recovering- from n severe cold. i Mrs. Sam Courtney is visit iny her sKtcr, Mrs. Frank Castor of Butte Kalis. j A ear load ol b'cesc ereek young! people took a trip to Crater lake and, spent the Fourth there. -j Hazel Morris of Butte Falls is vis iting at Mr. Winters. Tuesday atterimon there was a WHOLE FAMILY. SICK "All of my six brothers and sister,, na well as myself, have suffered since childhood from stomach and liver trouble and bloating. I thought It ran in the family and that I could never be cured, hut, thanks to Mayr'a Wonderful Remedy, since taking it nearly a year ago I have ibeen enjoying tho best of health and feci like a new person. I have no trouble from anything I eat." It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays tho inflammation which "causes prac tically all stomach, liver nnd Intes tinal ailments. Including appendi citis. Ono does will convinco or money refunded. For sale hy drug gists everywhere. Adv. STARTS TODAY ENDS TOMORROW LOOK WHO'S HERE! 20c Children 10c GO! GO! I i r . . DIVORCE' ! thunder storm in this part of the i valley and for n short time a regular i Kaii'-as deluuye. There was quite ai nil of hay down over the country, j The Sunday school jrroup atherinu of this part of the country will meet at Reese ereek school house Sunday. I .July JM. lor an all day service. Come and brine your dinner. There will be plenty of ood water on the grounds. If it is pleasant weather the meeting will be out under the man trees, hut should it come up a thunder storm the school is convenient to go into. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED MAIL Ready For Another Big Crowd Saturday New Sales offerings not advertised or put in the sale before malke their apperance today. More opportunities for you to save in the purchase of needfuls. What 98c will "Wash Petticoats, values tl.no. On Sale Satin-day !ovs' Wash Suits. Cheap at $1.50. On Sale Saturday "Women's Mack near silk Petti Cheap nt $.1.50.- On Sale Saturday : Women's white Wash Skirts $4.00 Values. Saturday : . Jliddv Blouses, worth today $1.50." On Sale Saturday at,'. 25 OFF ON $30.00 Spring Suits, now $ 10.00 Spring Suits, now $50.00 Spring Suits, now Soap Sale 5oo Bars Colgates Toilet Soap regular price 15c cake for this sale 10c a cake 3 for 25 Big Bargains Talcum Powder, good quality. Cheap at 15c. 3? 10c Big Bargains Women's Vests, sleeveless, worth todav20e. 1 Zn This' sale Jt Women's Night Gowns, cheap to dav at $1.00. For this big sale onlv .... and values, now Special Sale Art Goods Corset Covers, Towels, Pillows and Centerpieces, in the package outfits fcir em broidering, !5c values, 1 0p now 'v now 10 PER CENT OFF ON ALL SKIRTS DM FRENCH FLAG UPON BASTILE DAY WASHINGTON, July V2.A reso lution liy Senator Walsh f Moiitiinii uruinu Aim'rii'nn citizens to nliscrve Imstile tiny on July J4, lis "n nmrk of spci-iiil ri'iuil for our nlly," l'i;iti"', mill evti'iiiliii!.' tu Hint count rv Ihe I'nitcnial irrwlintis of the I'niiiJ Stall's, wns ailuiti'il iHianimouslv to ilnv tv flip opnto. A fonv will he Buy up to 98c 8c coats. 98c up to 98c 98c SUITS AND $24.00 $30.00 $37-50 $20.00 Silk $35.00 Silk $40.00 Silk a at 10c Clean-up Stamped Pillow tops, real 25c val- s: 10c Odd sizes chanioi srtte and lisle Cloves, 35c val ues, per pair In Hosiery and Underwear Women's Union Suits, all styles Children's fast black Hose; also a few white; cheap at 25e. This sizes, 50c 39c sale, pair "Women's Gowns and Combination Suits, cheap at $1.50. For Q0p this sale .... Children's Hose, fancy Special for this sale .... Corset Coveis, 'ombinations, Ixompers and Scarfs, in pack age outfits for embroidering. 50c values. QC Odd lot of Jew elry, consisting of Har Pins, Uings, Stick Pins, etc, Keglilar values to 75c, this big sale . 1 1-2-2 , CKNTItAT, MKOFOIU), OliKtiON transmitted to the Kreneli tovc.ii. nient hy the secretary of suite. TACOM A, Wash., July 12. Ah nr. umiizatiiins an' reiiiesteil to 'llspluy the llaji of Kram e lielow that of ;!iu stauilaril of the Vniteil Slates net Siinilay, July H, Bastile Day, ae. (unlingr to un order put out hy Col, K. K. Jones, camp commander. Oraniziition conininnders are nln authorized to (rrnnt passes to .ill Opzcho-Slovok forces and those of French nativity who are 1101 in ,iiur antine that they may utten-t the cele )v;tinn in Seattle. ' ' OR EXPRESS PRE-PAID Sensational Silk Sale 1,00!) vards fine imported PotfRce Silk. r!4 inches wide. Cheap at. $l'.(M). vard'1:! : 69c 1,000 yards Fancy Silks in stripes and nlaids, up to $2.25 Values. ffl CQ This sale, yard fl.J7 1,000 yards Fancy Tub Silks, suitable for men's shirts and women's waists. Fast colors, $1.25 grade, OQr vard "0L SILK COATS Coats, now.....'.. $15.00 Coats, now $28.00 Coats, now $30.00 I Yarn Sale An odd lot of German town Zephyr and Shet-. land Floss, up to 35c val ues. To be closed out Saturday, a skein 19c Sale of Gloves Women's long chamoisette (Moves, in black and colors: 75c 19c values, now, pair..! 48c Women's Silk Hose, in black, while and colors; good qualitv. On : ..$1.00 Women's fine 1-jdeJ Hose, black white and colors. pah:'!::! 69c I5c Half tops. OCp Special Sale Jewelry Odd lot of Bar rett '.s and Jew elry, good styles and quality, val ues up to !5c. For 'Srh 10c 39c ALL PARASOLS AT ONE-HALF PRICE