MEDFrmn MAIL 'TI.TBT'NK. MED FOR IX OKEfiOX. MONDAY.
YANKS RECEIVE
16 INCH GUNS
F
ROM GERMANS
Forty-two Cannons Turned Over to
Americans in Verdun's Reqlon in
Good Condition German Officers
Glad War Is Over 3500 Machine
Guns Awaltlna at Lonuiivon.,.
. WITH THE AMERICAN AH MY
WT.ST OP VKRI'L'N. Nov. 17. (Bv
JUsoriatfd press.) Two 16-inch
rnnnnn which were turned over tot the
Americans nt Snincotirt on Saturday
wcro euns used bv the Germans to
shell the Verdun region. Fortv-two
Kuan of various enlihres were turned
over. The 11-inch euns were token
nnnrt bv the Gemmns into three sec
tions, euoh section beini! drawn bv a
ti-iictor.
Lieut. E.Timct flruener of St. Louis.
represcnti d the firt nnnv with Lieut.
Hubert Nicnlson. of Salisbury, N. C,
guinir os militarv expert to see that
the biiiis were nil in eood condition.
The lieutcnnnts were ncompanied bv
an infantry serircnnt and four pri
vates. Lieut, (irucner. the sereeunt
and one private, went ahead in nn
automobile can-vine a white flair.
Lieut. Xicolson and the other ornate
followed. .
Glad War Is Over
L'pon reni hinir the outskirts of
Sninrourt. thev were met bv a lone
German licuteant who spoke Er.clish
He conducted the Americans to the
villncre hotel, where billets had been
provided. After snvinir he was L'lnd
to see them and expressinir bis belief
that his responsibility was past, the
German said:
"I am damn clad the war is over."
As the Americans entered Spin
rourt, the rear euords of German di
visions which had held the place were
iut withdrawing, the Germans re-
viinnir as thev marched nnnv.
The Oemian lieutenant escorted the
Americans to the hotel and l'f-
pd to make them comfortable. Lieut.
Kicolsun and the German bcirun
eheckino the euns and continued lhi1
work until dark. Then the German
entertained the two lieutenants at din
ner. The German continued weariiej
his side arms until after the-riiimer;
the Americans also wearing theirs.
Confidence Itrstored
After dinner the German said that
he thntiL'ht he did not need anus, but
remarked that he had t'clt nervous
(lurintr the afternoon after Ihe Ger
man infantry had retreated, as he
was uncertain as to what the Ameri
cans niiuht do. All three timk off
their side arms and spent the niL'ht
nt the hotel. The German ;lept on
the first floor and the Americans di
rectly above. Thev hud breakfast to
cctlier and finihed checkini: the
nuns, after which Lieut. Gruener linve
the German n receipt for them.
Just before noon the German order
ed the hotel to serve chocolate aad
hcifan pnekinir up his effects. U told
the Americans that it.'ilMt machine
euns awaited them in Loneuvou.
Two orderlies brought tin his horse
and twkiiur the receipt into an inside
pocket, the enemv officer mounted.
Kavinir eood-hve. Then he added:
"I hope mv troubles nre over for
a while. 1 hope to foreet all about
nuns and war and battlefields for
ee-r "
TO HELP CREAT
TOKK). Oct. 17. (Correspondence
of Associated Press. ) ,lapan is as
lovnl to the "ureal alliance caused
by this war" us she is to the Aifelo-
Jananese alliance, declared iseount
Ohida, the minister of foreign af
fairs, in the Jaianese cabinet ill an
interview todnv. She reu-anls the al
liance with Great llritain and the cor
nerstone of her forciiiii policy, he added.
"We nre impressed," lie continued,
"bv the most recent utterances of
the president of the I'nited States,
addressing the people of that country.
The declaration of the president that
'with perfect unity of purpose and
counsel will come the assurance of
eomplele viclorv' seems to me the
first principle in the solution of the
difficult problem before us. There
enn be no Icnirue of nations mile.-.-,
lliire is ntnoiiir the members as com
plete unity of confidence and trust
in one another as of the purpose and
counsel. The 'nohless obliire' of the
west or the 'llushido' of the east must
permeatii and iruide the action of anv
such league. Distrust and suspicion
must be left outside the door.
"Japan has always endeavored to
make plain bv word as well as In
deed that she is ready to undertake
n fair proportion of the work looking
to the ettainment of the common uim
a id hc is as loval to the t-reat ul
li.ince created by this war as to the
Anulo-J.ipnncsc alliance which Japan
invariahlv re-jurds as the cornerstone
of her foreign policy.
"We are all joined now closer than
ever bv a common duty to obey n
common mandate to prevent Ihe spo
liation of a nation which was betraved
in an hour of ercat .weakness. Our
L'reat nciuhhor Russia is not disloyal.
She has been regarded as disloyal
simnlv because an attempt has been
made to rob Russia of the name she
carried proudly in the past. 'Die hon
est people of Russia must come into
possession their heritnsc and be help
ed to secure it bv the nations who
have joined to help Russia with a
niitv of purpose and counsel and n
lovaltv. which should not seek any
advantage which is not shared bv
their allv."
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AS U. S.
nnrCr- off the coast of Scnleswig-Holstein. this rocky
Island, rising out of tne North 81, is one of Germanv-n rujc point
v,hich ih m T-iU occupy, its length is little over a, mflei but It Is
strongly fortified and has a population of fishermen and pilots num
bering about 2,000. One time the island was sacred to the Goddess
llorta. That was before It was dedicated to Mars by the HUN. From
an independent republic In the tenth century, It passed to Schleswlg.
- ceded to Great Britain In and. nv traaljr Uacarns OaxmAa
PARIS, Nov. 18. The population
of l'nris. after an imposing celebra
tion of the liberation of Alsace-Lorraine,
turned out again hist night and
crowded the streets, particularly the
important boulevards, which were
lighted in full glory as in times before
the war. I'ntil long after midnight
this i,Mrnim voices' in laughter and
song filled the air. The people, with
linked hands, whirled around every
American soldier whom thev met.
Young and old were kissing and be
ing kissed. Thev sang not. only
French tunes and English songs, but
WASHINGTON'. Nov. IS. -George I American favorites like "Over 1 here
Moses of New Hampshire was iaiul "lime
I
sworn in as a member of tin senate
today after a sharp debate in which
Senator I'omcrcne of the committee
on privileges and elections attempted
to defer the action pending investi
gations bv the committee of charges
of irregularity in the New Hampshire
election on November .". Senator
Moses defeated John 11. Jameson,
democrat, bv a minority of.about 1,-1100.
Canl of Thniths
Al the enlhedi-al of
Sunday, there was
thanksgh her sen ice.
Norte llame.
i m.i-s ami
Influenza I.n Crlppo
The present influenza la now known
to he our old familiar la grippe.
Foley's Honey and Tar Is Just what
every sufferer from influenza or la
erlnno needs now. It covers tho
rough Inflamed throat with a sooth
Ing healing coating, clears away the
mucus, stors the tickling and coush
We wish to thank our friends and Ing, eases the tightness and heavy
also tho lodges for their kindness, breathing. Day and night, keep ! o
sympathy and beautiful floral offer- ley's Honey and Tar handy. It gives
Ings in oar recent bereavement. J ease, warmth and comfort from the
.MRS. A. F. HOHLKY I very first dose. Buy it now. For sale
AND HKI.AT! VFS. ' bv Medford Pharmacy
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. Plans to
adjourn the present session of con
gress sine die Thursday were made to
day bv democratic leaders of the sen
ate and house after the senate finance
committee had reported that it would
he impossible to submit the war reve
nue bill before the new regular ses
sion of congress opens December 2.
Republicans polled overwhelmingly
in favor of adjournment and their
lenders said the ad iournmcnl program
would in all likelihood go through.
EFFECTIVE JAN. 1
WASHINGTON. Nov. S. New and
official boundaries for time zones,
I thus unifying existing lines and luov-
I i.wr tlo.m liehlK' WetWlll'd. Were 1111-
nounced toduv bv the interstate com
merce commission to become et fective
at 2 a. in. Janaurv 1 next. Thi or
der is pursuant to the davlight sav
in" act. which in addition to author
izing an advance of Ihe clock during
Ihe summer provided for permanent
I'nited State tandard time, and re
ouircd the commission to define the
limits of the standard time zones
which previously had been fixed only
by custom of cross-continent rail
roads or bv local law.
lietween central and mountain time
the line begins at the Canadian
boundary. I'irtal. N. I) running thru
Minot and Goodall. N. I)., and follow
ing the Missouri river to I'ierre. S. 1).,
then thru Murdo Mackensie. S. 1).:
.onu- Fine. North I'latt, .Met ook and
Republican Junction. Neb.: I'liillipps-
hurg. l'liiinville. Klhs. Dodge t ltv and
Liberal, Ka. s.; Wavnokn, ( 111 ton and
Snvre, Okla.: Sweetwater, Jiig
Springs and San Angclo, Tex.: and
the 100th meridian to the Rio Grande
river.
lietween mountain and Pacific time
zones the line is fixed following the
eastern boundary of the ISlackfect In-
ian reservation in Montana and In
Continctnal Divide to Helena. Itutle
and Dillon. Mont.: l'ocatello. Idaho.
ind the Oregon Short Line to Ogden
and Salt Lake Citv. L'tah: thence the
Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad to
the west, to the south boundaries or
I tah to the lLlth meridian, thence to
Seligman and Parker. Ariz., and along
the Colorado river to the Mexican
boundary.
All of Alaska is left within a single
time zone, the commission holding
that it cannot deal with this mutter,
nor with the omission of Ihe Hawaiian
Islands for the terms of the daylight
saving act.
Between the central and mountain
time zones, cities on the line will take
mountain time except Portal, and
Minot. N. D. : Murdo Mackensie. S. I).:
Pliillipshurg. Stockton. Plainlield. KI
lis and Liberal. Kas.; Wavnoka.
Ralph and Snvre. Okla.; Sweetwater.
Big Springs and Ran Angclo, Tex.
ANOTHER
I
RIAL
Federal Court Refuses to Review
Case--Last Hope Except Possible
Action bv Governor Stephens for
Retrial Gone Action Follows Re
peated Efforts to Set Aside Verdict
KILLED BY A FALL
NF.W YORK. Nov. IS. Allen Ad
ams, civilian in-tructor ut the govern
ment aviation camp near Hempstead.
Long 1-liind. and Aerial Postman be
tween New York and Washington, was
instantly killed today when bis ma
chine got out of control anil crashed
to the gro-ind.
Allan. s was testing n new machine
:it Central Park. Long Island. Two
hundred feet alove the ground, he
disappeared into a dense fog and a
moment later crashed to the ground
His wile witnessed the tall and was
i.vostraled.
WASHINGTON. Nov. IS. The su
preme court refused today to review
the ease of Thomas J. Mooney, labor
leader, under sentence to die Decem
ber 13 for the murder in connection
with a bomb explosion two yours ago
in San Francisco.
In asking the supreme court to re
view his ease. Moonev charged that
his conviction had been obtained thru
fraud on Ihe part of Ihe district at
torney who had made use of periured
testimony. This fraud was not dis
covered, he claimed until after his
conviction, but efforts to obtain a
new trial failed.
In acting on Moonev's petition to
day, the court merely announced its
decision through Chief Justice White,
without comment.
The case attracted country-wide
attention. In response to appeals for
his influence. President Wilson twice
lias telegraphed the governor of Call
San Ouentin state peniteLtiarv await
ing execution.
ReH-iited Failures
The action today followed repeat
ed efforts to have the siiiirc'.ne court
of the stale reverse the iudginent of
death against Moonev on the ground
that he hud been convicted bv mis
feasance and inalteasunce pnutieed
bv tre district attorney and the police
department of San Francisco. He
lool l.cen convicted for murder in con
nection with a preparedness day bomb
explosion Jnlv 2 . lillli.
On March 1. 11)18. the. supreme
court denied Moonev's main appeal
for a new trial bused on the ground
nf reversible error. A later appeal to
he common law. called "Coran Nobis"
(hefore us the king) wns denied July
22, 1018. two years to the dav after
the explosion.
Matson Doty, A. II. Peel and W.
X. Smith of Portland, are on a busi
ness trip to the city and valley.
fornia suggesting that clemency
considered.
he
Last Hope Goes
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18. "The
last prop is knocked from under
Moonev with the exception of possi
ble action bv Governor Stephens," At
torney F.dwin V. McKcnzie. of counsel
for Thomas J. Moonev. said here to
day when advised that Moonev's ap
peal to the I'nited States supreme
court had been denied.
"We expected a denial from the su
preme court but it was up to lis to
evhuust every possible means of get
ting a new trial for Moonev," McKcn
zie said.
Maxwell MeNntt. counsel of record
for Moonev. is in Washington, where
he presented the appeal to the su
preme court on October 2(1.
Moonev is in "death row'' in the
HUSBAND
SAVES WIFE
From Suffering by Getting
Her Lydia E. Pinlcham's
Vegetable Comound.
Pittsburgh, Pa." For many months
l was not uDie to ao my worn owuou iu
a weaKness wnicn
caused backache
and headaches. A
friend called m y
attention to one of
your newspaper
advertisements and
immediately my
husband bought
three bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham'a
V egetable Com
pound for me.
After taking two
bottles I felt fine
I and my troubles caused by that weak
ness are a ttnng ot tne past, ah women
who suffer as I did should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.'
Mrs. Jas. Roiirberg, 620 Knapp St,
N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Women who suffer from any form of
weakness. as indicated by displacements,
inflammation, ulceration, irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness or
"the blues," should accept Mrs. Rohr
berg's suggestion and give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
thorough trial.
For over forty years it has been
correcting such ailments. If you have
mysterious complications write for
advice to Lvdia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co , Lynn, Mass,
; illiilllll
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. Women
employed in war'iiulustries must be
urotectdl ilurinir the .Miriocl ot' itulup
triiil trans! nrnmtimi 1 rum itnemplov
ir.ent. a relaie to the lower waue
standards and unsnitahlo eonditioiis
of emiilovinen! L'J'nerallv said n state
ment todav lv Marv Van Kleei'k, di
rect or of Hie women in industrv serv
ice of tJie department of labor. The
women who are to be displaced bv the
rcturnini: soldiers should be ivcn full
npoprtunitv to lind other uainiul em
ployment, she said, before their in
come is cut off.
Gat Ihe Genuine-ggyY
and Avoidrn5rAmiJ
yCj2SeStn Every Cake
DON'T LET A GOLD
KEEP YOUAT HOME
Dr. King's New Discovery
almost never fails to
bring quick relief
Smnl! dosos once in awhile and that
throat-tearing, liin-splittin cough
6Don quiets down. Another dose ancfa
hot bath before jumping into bed, a
good fihep, and back to normal in the
morning. t
Dr. luna New Discovery is well
known. For fifty years it's been
relieving coughs, colds and bronchial
tttacks. For fifty years it his been
sold by druj3i3t3 everywhere. A
rrliabls remedy that you yourself or any
member of your family can take safely,
60c and $1.20.
TrainThoseStubborn Bowels
Help nature take its courEo, not i
with a violent, habit-forming pura-
tive, but with gentle but certain and
natural-laxative, Dr. King's Kct; Life j
Pills. Tonic in action, it stimulates tHe i
lax bowels. Cold by drurists. 25c
ONLY A FEW DAYS MORE
To send that Boy "over there"
his Christmas present. All pack-'
aKes must lie at Red Cross local
headquarters not later than Nov.
20.
We have a liic lino of useful and
lilKhly appreciated presents for
Dim.
West Side Pharmacy
'The Rexall Store"
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The War P
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On Used
Gars
Heavy Incoming Shipments Compel Us to Make Room. To Do This, We Must Clean Up Our Stock of Used Cars
We Want toMove These Cars Fast, and to Do' This, Prices Will Be Quoted That Will Insure the Quick Riddance of Every Used Car on Hand
Prices That Talk Make Your Selection as Soon as Possible
Two Dodge Touring Cars, Easily Worth $900, Your Choice at $750
Good Reo Touring Car, Self Starter, All in Good Condition, Worth $600 at $395
Buick Six, Extra Good Buy. Used Very Little at $1200
Ford, With Commercial Body for Delivery. We Held This at $450, Now $350
Ford Touring Car, Worth $550, at $445
Ford. Roadster, Worth From $325 to $350 at $265
Overland Touring Car, Easily Worth $600 at $495
Overland Touring Car, Model 69, Worth $400 at $250
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