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MEDF0H1) MAIL THTI5UNE. MI'J)FOIi!.- Ob'KGON. FK1DAY. JII.Y 12. 1!1M
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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
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. .
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