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Newspaper Page TextSEC medford sorm tribune. TmiFORn, "oreoon. Tuesday, eerrttary is. mm SIX INDICTMENTS BY The county grand Jury after hay ing been In session since Monday completed Its work this forenoon and was discharged. The Jury had few cases to consldor and returned only six Indictments. . After a thoro Investigation of the charge against A. K. Karhart. former road supervisor of the Rogue River district, accused of charging theuse of his auto against the county while In office as a wagon and team, the Jury refused to Indict Mr. Earhart and dropped tho charge. The mom' hers of the former county court test! fled before the Jury highly commend lug Mr. Earlinrt's work as supervisor. The Jury returned an indictment against Ray Toft, tho Med ford loan broker, for the unlawful selling of a bottle of whisky to V. H. Smith, the local roofing contractor, early in De cember. An indictment was also re turned against John Doe on the charge of contributing to the delin quency of a minor. . IN Information was given out con cerning the four other Indictments rfefurned, but It is understood that they were, all returned in the four Ashland cases of criminal assault on young girls. . The session of the circuit court ttr1Bwlll'open next Monday, and the first Case to be tried is that against Mark Foster, the young Bedford man accused of criminal assault on a school girl when outTrTdlng with her In an auto. This case was tried at the last term of court but the Jury disagreed. ARMY E OPERATING ROADS IH THE ARMY ENLISTMENTS TO BE RESUMED WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. Bv a vote of 172 to 162 the house late to day adopted a rule for immediate con sideration of n senate bill authorizing resumption of volunteer enlistment in the rccular army. Administration lenders said passace of the bill, ex pected foment., virtually would end nil possibility of action on the mili tary .committee's plan authorizing an nrray of half a million men during the yenr beeinninc next Jul v. The senate measure provides for an nrmv of 175.000 men. the limit set bv the nationnl defense act of 1910. Immediately after the rule was adopt ed Chairman Dcpt of the military committee, announced an amendment would be offered to the senate bill limiting the period, of enlistment, to one year in actual service and to two years in the reserve instead of three years' active service and four years in tho reserve as provided bv the pres ent law. . ..: HOME PHONE PLANT AT PORTLAND SOLD PORTLAND. Feb. 18. The entire property of the Home Telephone & Tcletrraph company, upraised at $2. 100,000, was sold at public auctiofi nt the courthouse Monday and bid in J'or $.r)00.000 by the Security Sayintrs & Trnst company, in accordance with previous arrangements with the bond holders. C. F. Adams, acting for the Security Snvines & Trust company, presenting tho bid. There were no other bids and the plant and real es tate were knocked down to the bidder without delay. ADRIAXOPLE. (Correspondence of the Associated . Tress.) Railway travel in this section of Europe now adays, is calculated either to develop or shatter one's patience. A trio from Salonika to Constantinople, which in pence tune rcouircd less than l; hours, now takes n week or more. The corespondent of tho Associated Press spent five days iounicvinir from Serres in Greece to Adriaiioole a distance which a fast American train would cover in less than 10 hours. The . correspondent traveled in i stoveless box ear with Unitarian sol diers who outdid themselves to make him comfortable. , The British armv has taken over tlto operation of mniu railways in Rulcn ria and Turkey, and while the wretch ed condition of the German locomo tives which have fallen into their hnuds, makes travel extremely slow, the service is unusually efficient. The traveler is alwavs certain of reaching Irs destination .however Ions it may take. It is this administrative effieiencv on tho part of the Enelish that has made it possible for American Ked Cross foMrnnsport hundreds of tons of supplies to Doints from Saloniki to AdrinnOple in Turkey to meet the ur- irent needs of Greek and Serbian refu Kces who are pourintr back from Bui sarin and Turkey in ever increasing numbers. Not oulv have the British authori ties expedited tliese relief supplies iu every possible way but thev have at several points turned over to the American Red Cross lanrc ou.intitie.s of flour and other foodstuffs. It is no exoneration to say, if it were not for ths and other help on the part of the Kritisli. the condition of return. ins refugees Would he hopeless. THISlPRINCE IS PHILANTHROPIST i BOXING BILL SALEit. Feb. 18. The house yes terday afternoon passed Dr. Earl C. MeFarlnnd's bill authorizing cities and towns in Oreeon, if thev so desire. to establish municipal boxinir com missions. after the Portland plan. A Ucw minor amendments have been made in the bill since its intro duction. One action prohibits matches on Sunday; another requires that 100 taxpayers, in place of 10. file a ne tition with' the niavor before the com mission may be created. . The house yesterday passed the Rogue river fislnn? bill with a com parativelv small displnv of nvrotech nies. The real battle was over the committee report last week. P1CARE TESTIFIES AGAINST HUMBERT PARIS. Feb. 18. President Poin care cave testimony yesterday in the case of Senator Charles Humbert, former proprietor of Le Journal, who has been under examination for some time in connection with charces ctow iner out of the Bolo Pasha and other treason cases. The president's tes timony was taken at the palace of the Elysee. TO REDUCE GERMAN ARMY. (Continued from page one.) 16 CAPITAL SHIPS WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. AH of tlio 10 capital ships already author ized by the navy will be under7 con struction on tho ways, within a year. Hear Admiral Tnvlor. chief of con striiction.itpdny informed the senate i naval -affairs committee durinir con sideration of the naval appropriation bill. . . "-.-m These ships will be completed with ' in four years at a maximum from the time thev arc started,. Admiral Tay lor estimated.- , ,, . . i: -v w Tho committee restored to the bill a provision coutinuine war time in cronscd pay in tho navy, which was stricken out bv the house on a point ot order. . ... Rays It Is tbe Best in the World There Is one remedy that those who know depend upon for relief from coughs that "hang on" after the grip. Foley's Honey and Tar clears the passages, soothes raw, Inflamed membranes and banishes irritation and tickling in tho throat. A. H. Mc- Doniel, Box 61, Lindside, W. Va., writfes: "I am glad to tell you that Foley's Honey and Tar 1b the best medicine In this world. I have had a severe cough and before I used half a bottle I was better." For sale by Bedford Pharmacy, '., pate In the League of Nations on the principle of political and economical equality. He said that Germany was ready to agree to disarmament on land and sea and in the air. : Erzberger admitted that Germany made a mistake in 1871 when she did not consult the people of Alsace-Lorraine as to their fate. He expressed the hope that France would not make the same mistake In annexing Ger mans without calling a lebisclte. y. JBINCE JCIHDiraT', I '"""Vhte b th royal mler of Llech fceastela. reported la December to pave been detached from his hthrona by tbe wave of democracy which enveloped the little country Jin Its 8 weep over Kuropo. Ueca tens tela has only CO square mile and 1 0.0ft 0 people and Prince Jo bann has been aibnnefactor ot tna onntry rather than an oppressor.; IB has large holdings In other jparU of Europe and when tho Uechtonsteln treasury baa boon, low It was his practice to finance public, works rom . bl nrlvata. BBMO - . 1 E WITH TROTSKY - STOCKHOLM.. Feb. 18. Se- rious differences of opitiion have arisen bet wen the Moscow soviet ..headed bv Premier I.enine nnd the Petrourad soviet headed bv Leon Trotzkv. over the allied proposal for n conference on tho ' Princes Islands, according to a dispatch from 1 Ielsinefors. V Bolsheviki forces operating in the Ukraine, nceordins to ad vices from Kiev, have suffered, several severe detents at the hands of the Ukrainians. . BUTTE EDITOR ON Tl , V " Financial Treaty Wnntcd LONDON, Feb. 17. One of the notes presented by Mathlas Erzber ger, one of the German armistice commissioners to Marshal Foch at Treves on Friday, complained of the failure of the. entente allies to com mence negotiations at Spa for a fin ancial treaty with Germany, accord ing to a German wireless dispatch picked up here. Erzberger pointed out that the arrangements made by the entente called for a beginning of the negotiations on February 12, and that the German delegates wore at Spa to commence work. He said it would be necessary to arrive at an agreemeat regarding the amount and price of foodstuffs to be supplied Germany and concerning the manner of payment. He declar ed that, as these matters were not settled It wall Impossible to give In structions to the commercial fleet, for "however anxious the German government Is to fulfill its engage ments, it is its solemn duty not to place the merchant fleet under for eign control until tho purpose for which such a significant and painful measure was agreed upon has been assured." HELENA, Mont.. Feb. 18. W. F. Dunn, editor of the Butte Bulletin and representative in the legislature from Silver Bow county, elected on tho democratic ticket, and whose scat is now bcine contested under allesn- tions of fraud, is bcine tried hcfol Judze R. Lee Word of the district court of Lewis and Clark county on a charee of sedition, R. B. Smith and Leo Daly, co-defendants with Dunn and associated with him in the rjub hcation of the Bulletin, will be (riven separate trials, a motion to that ef fect havincr been crantcd bv Judge Word this morninr. Tbe three men are cbursed with ie norinc on order of the Montana state council of defenso in converting their newspaper into a daily from a weekly followinu an order from the war in dustries board and its communication to the Bulletin bv the stato eounci of defense, and with attempting to incite resistance to the mandates of the council of defense whoso author ity it denied in nnvditoriul published Aucnst l(i. 1018. The oiiestioninsr of jurors bv coun sel for the defense indicated Unit it would base its case on the consti tiitional Guarantee of freedom of speech and freedom of the m ess. Tli prosecution will be based upon the state anti scdit'on liuv nnssed bv the extra session of the legislature a year atro under the provisions of which re sistance to a leenllv constituted state body opcrntinir for the winninc of the war constitutes sedition. It is not expected tUc jury will be complete be fore tomorrow. OF U PARIS. Fob. 18. Tho finnncl.il situation of France Is bolux glvon serious attention in the chamber ot deputies, whore It will bo tho subject ot on Interpellation at an early date. France's war expenses aro expected to reach a total of 1 S3, 000.000,000 franca, with resources to meet It of 1 58,000.000,000 francs, showing a deficit of 24,000,000,000 francs. In addition to tbe 24, 000,000.000 deficit, there are exceptional ex penses such lis compensation to civil ians for war damage, which Is placed In moderate estimates a't 10.000,000.- 000 francs; tho cost ot exchanging the German mark currency ot Alsace Lorraine 3,tiOO,0O0;00O francs: the repayment of bonds Issued In llbonit-i m Portland., E BUILDING, PORTLAND Tho.. Jackson County Business Men's association at its nnnual meet ing held nt the Hotel Holland last uittht went an record in opposition lo Jackson county rnisiuir the $1,000 al lotted to it ns its share of the $1".V 000 to bo mised in Orciron outside Portland tor tho buildinir of n perma nent buildinir for tho Pacific Interna tional Livestock exposition. The as- soeiation, nlthouith it thought tho ex position buildinir would be n nice tliinif, vet felt that Jackson county could spare no money for this pv pono and that tho establishment of the county fair should pome first In imparlance, rather than ruisinv mou- ied In establish a permanent buildinir T 65TH IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, l-VIj.'lH. WitU enouuli sunn in die weather lo iiuike it ex liilianitiiiif 11110 men ami -III ul'l'iccrs of the tl.it li Const Ai'lillerv. back l'l'oui France, swuiur up Scuttle's business streets ludiiv to tint accompaniment of cheers from thousands, Ol'ticei's of the North Pneil'ie ('oust Artilerv district and const defenses of I'uuet Sound, bands, the mayor's weleoinim: committee nnd a platoon of police escorted the intrude from the station to Masonic Temple, wherti litncnii u iih served I lie troops. Auluuiubila rides, llicntet' ntli'iiclioiiH, nnd n ball toniuhl urn on the pi'om'iini. Tumor row tlio tiooiiN leave for Cniiiii Lewis for dciiinliilir.nl itm. Ill L'.HUU. Will II' U. 1 "HH Thor Is more Cmnrrh In this suction of tli country llisn nil oilier dlnsias put toitttlior, and fur ytsrs It w sup. iiihikiI In b Inoumbl. Iloeiors prvserlbiil l,n ul lunull", mill liy cnliiilHlltly fullliiic 10 uuro Willi linl treulitiiul, pronouniad 11 iiteiirHbl. Cslarrh Is a tocul Ulanuio, Srnnlly I'lilutaetd by conallluiloiial i'un llloiis nnil lhrs(iira nqulrns conitllu. Iliinul Imaliuuiil. Hall's Caurrh Mull. i'Iik, iimnutKiliirsit by F. J. Cheney Co,, t'olrilo, Olilo, Is s eotial lluiluiial rouitdy, la token Inlorunlly mid aula lliru t lie Ulooil en Die Muroua Hurfuona ot die Myatein. one llunured Dollars re ward la onrttl for any onee thai Halt's' C'ulnrrli Meilli'lno talla lo VUII, Hand fur circulma unit ifeiltnoitlula. K J. I'lllCNKY CO., Toledo, Olilo. Mold by lirussUta, o. ' llsll's Family 1'llls for cumllpatlon, we ed regions, 1,500.000,000 francs: do. moblliiatlon bonuses, ostimnltHl nt between 3.000,000.000 mid 8.000,. 000. 000 francs, together with other exceptional expenses, which will bring the estimated total to 2a,000, 000,000 francs und make' tho total deficit 50.000.00(O00 francs. It is reckoned that tho expenses for 1920 will bo IS. 500, 000,000 francs, ot which the existing budget can supply only S. 000.000, 000 fruncs The question Is, therefore, being dis cussed In France quarters whether, apart from Germany's war contribu tion, a new division of war expenses ought not to be considered between the allies In order to distribute more equitably the burden whirb, It is con tended, weighs more heavily on France than on tbe others.- DECLARE FOR LEAGUE STOCKHOLM. Feb. 18. A resolu tion formulated bv the Swedish sec tion of the International Committee of Women for Permanent Pence nnd indorsed by representatives of 47.000 Swedish womeir dcclnrinir adhesion to President Wilson s pence prourum, will be sent bv I. N.-Merris, tho Amer ican minister to President Wilson, 1 TO GREAT BRITAIN PABIS, Feb. 18. Xeeotiiitions nre under way between Grent Britain and Anrcntino for art nrraiuieinent under winch Arccntine would make a credit loan to Great Britain, to be expended in Argentine in the purchase of food stuffs and raw materials. Similar projects are reported under discus sion between other entente powers and Arecntinn. " Drug clerks may yet hove hope. The legislative bill cutting down their hours to 54 a week was resur reeled last week and i now one of the live ones lying on the tables. A bill on the table may be taken up at any time and become a live Issue, m Flower of France Freely Offered for Freedom's Sake Six millions of the youth and chiv alry of France have been offered that Freedom might live. . The world will ever remember this heroic sacrifice and outpouring of tbe blood of Its youth. It is likewise not. unmindful ot tbe great service to tbe world ren. dcred by the French peasants who have given It a perfect remedy 'for stomach, liver and Intestinal ' ail ments, relieving, it is. said. Incalcul able suffering, saving thousands of lives and preventing innumerable surgical operations. The Ingredients are imported and placed on sale In this country over the numo of Mayr's wonderful Remedy by Geo. H. Mnyr, a leading Chicago chemist. It Is n simple, harmless preparation that re moves the catarrhal mucus from the Intestinal tract and allays the Inflam motion which causes practically all stomach, liver and Intestinal all mcnts. Including appendicitis. One doso will convince or. money refund eo. ... or sale by druggists every where. . . , , , ... Adv. A number of local matters of in terest to niorehnnlM were discussed, us well ns rations, and the nsoseintion elected the following board of direc tors, who will meet in the near future and elect officers: C. S. Biitterl'icld. Blaine Khun, A. C. Huhhnrd. II. C. Gnrnelt. Paul Jannev, H. L. Walther and B- V. Paul. The only new di rectors elected werc.,11. C. Guruclt and II., L. Wnlther. ' Tbe Wsocintinii Inlso adopted a resolution netitioninir the government to restore Hie telephone svMcm of the eounlrv to nrvntc ownership fnl lowimr a discussion which showed that there wuu much dissatisfaction with tlio phone service under covernmcnt control nnd n feel in if that the service would l)ri much better under private ownership airain. BILL IS ACCEPTED LIBERTY Tonight Only :: :: Tonight Only . the celebrated comedian VICTOR MOORE IN "SNOBS" Rlory of milkman Who fell Into n million ami illdu'l know what to do with It. , ..I i, u Admission Today, Adults, 15c; Children, 10c.'" TOMORROW THURSDAY LINA CAVALIERI, Famous Opera Diva 'V in "A WOMAN OF IMPULSE" W WASHINGTON, Fob. 18. The house today adopted . by a vote of 232 to 109 the conferees' report onj Iho oil and mineral land leasing bill, which opons up for development vast areas of western 'lands. Action by! the senate Is now awaited. The bill makes ponslblo the leasing of approximately 700,000,000 acres of public land, 305,000,000 acres of, forost reserve 35.000,000 acres ot coal land, 6,000,000 acres ot oil land, and 4,500,000 acres of pbosphnto lund. Jn payment tho government would recolve royaltlos nnd rontnls and tho government reserves tho right of supervising, controlling and regulating tho development. With Med ford trade Is Bedford made Ten 'pounds of smelt -free 'to the kiddle ten years or 'otidor who brings us the most words' mado from letters taken from the words . - . r "Indford Fish and Poultry Market". v or example there are two T's, you may use two In your words, Thore Is only one I, you can only use It onco In a -word. The smelt will be glvon away to the ono bringing tbe most words, so number your words and bring them In by Friday, Feb. 28. In caso of a tie we will give second ono arriving 8 pounds of Binolt, third one 5 pounds. winnerI' names will be published n tho paper on Sunday following. Medford Fish and Poultry Market Fish Is Ilrnln Food. 108 West Main. Phono 3(12 A New Hot Lunch at Crowson's ffl have arranged a number of tasty and pleasing combination luncheons from which to choose. 'We are : featuring bot, biscuits with . nearly all. of them. JepV Competent x LJ7h MprhnnirQ llavo chnrgo ot all work In this shop and when a repair Job leave tho shop you can be suro It Is first class. All work guaranteed or no charge. Wo speclnllio an ovy.aretylone. WeldliiK. PACIFIC HIGHWAY GARAGE ITUtlOII & SleHINXI'.V, Pmim. 80 H. ItAItTIiKTT 220 Kast Main , ARE YOU AWARE In tho course of 1 year tho balance of your wntch makes 107,680,000 revolutions? THINK OF IT I In time the oil gums, produces friction and wears the dollcato bear ings, destroying tholr high finish nnd perfect fit, thus ruining an accurate time pleco. ' An ordinary machlno is oiled dally. Your watch should bo ollod once- a year. Lot mo examine It, an honest opin ion from me will cost you nothing. Martin J. Reddy Phono 81, Visitors Always Welcome Fisher's Blend Flour Now Milled as Before the War NOT THE COARSE, DARK FLOUR OF WAR TIMES BUT A RICH, WHITE, PATENT FLOUR Made from finest Eastern Hard Wheat and finest Western Bluestem . Scientifically blended and manufactured by FISHER FLOURING MILLS CO. Seattle, U. S. A. . Now Is Oio tlmo for that now top, or to luivo tlio old ono repaired, W also put on plate glass back curtains, do iipliolntcrlng, nil kinds of repair work. MEDFORD AUTO TOPICO. 30 North Grape Htrect. l'hono 104. Reveries of a Flour Salesman He sold flour for a great big mill; -They used to call him "Gold Peddle BilL'; V; We hoard him remark to a friend one dny-4 i ,' ' And this is what we heard him say: . .' .... .J; "Tlio trade sure i.s a-lreatin' mo roiifth, ! Why everyoneVi stuck on this homo-milled stuff. They fihakc my hand and smoko my cigar, But 'notliing doing' when I start fo talk flour; For 'Gold Peddle' flour there seems no demand; Simply say, 4 Wo like tho VILMO brand It's made from the wheat our fanners grow Had a good raisin', don't you know! Uneontaminated 'by railroad or froight,' Always at hand without worry or wait; Tho housewives say, and declare it is so, It's n dead sure success when mixed into dough.' " Rogue Valley Milling Co.