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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1920)
itrEDTOTtn sixtr; TTCTrcuyR ynrnT'OTm otit.co. wkdVtisd ay. TTBTiFATiY sr.. 102a MISTRESS OF GIRLS' IL LOS ANOEI.KS. C:,!.. IVb. 2.".. Miss Florence lluiisrl, till, owner or the Htiutinttton Hall school ior irirln in South l'nHUtlenu, near liere, was shot and killed in her room Inst night by nn unknown assailant, who then piled excelsior in t he kitchen and set firo to the buililinir. The fire was discovered hv IKss Housel's father, aged 80, who extiniruished the flump. The f'uther then attempted to call Miss House, but repeated rappiiiL's brought no response and when her loom door was forced she was found dead. Examination showed that the slav er hud entered the houHe through n pontrv window bv foreiutr the locks. The police began a search fur a re cently discharged male employe. The body of vt M. llowen huaband of the school housekeeper, wan found later In a schoolroom, with a bullet 1hru the heart. Mrs. Bowen said she and ber husband had been separated and wbile be had threatened her, neither she nor Miss House! had felt thut he would attempt violence. All BUI 2 HIGHS QUI! ON ACCOUNT OF FLU EWIKNE, Ore., Feb. 25. All liitra schools in this district , except Eu gene and Iiosebnni have withdrawn from thd Oregon stale debating lenciie for this vear beeauso of the prevalence of influenza and these two Hchools will soon meet in ioiuf. debate to settle the championship of Iho district. FJmira and Jniielcm C'itv high schools in f,ane epuntv travo notice todav of their withdrawal iind Jtvrtlo Creek, in Douglas county dropped out lust week. PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 2.1. F.u Kene.E, Smith, representatives in the Orctron legislature and union labor leader, lias withdrawn as a candi date, for the republican nomination for congress. Mr. Smith, who an nounced his eandidaev ten davs ago, suid todav 'unexpected developments hnvo caused him to change his plans ubout running. for congress. SPURN LANSING'S NOTE. (Continued from Puro One) offieo said it was "pained because it was ueeessarv to decline the North American government's reipiest that orders be issued granting, Forres per misxion to enter Mexico. Mr. Lansing's reply to the Mexican covernment's request for permission to import amis and munitions from tho United Stales cuvo n list of notes roeeived hv the state depart ment from Ygnacio Itonillas, .Mexican ambassador to Washington, relating to tho subject and iu substance stat ed the permission desired could not bo granted under present conditions. ASQUITH IS VICTORIOUS. (Coqtlnuod from 1'ngo One) the present coalition government. Ills battle was fought along thoao lines. Regarding the burning question r.'f Hunula he advocated full and free commercial, financial and industrial Intercourse, to be re-opened without delay and declared his belief that the Baltic states, with Poland, should be encouraged to make peace on reason ablo and advantageous terms with Husnia, Tho allies, ho thought, should do tho same thing, for rcus(.1is, he said, "which ought to appeal to our "conscience as well us our judgment." SECRETARY OF STATE NAMED (Continued from Page Ono) Lansing nearly two weeks ago. Is' e pected to curry out his Intention of retiring from the slate department. Mr. Polk has been in 111 health for more than a year and his physicians havo advised a lolig rest. Should Mr. Polk retire two linpnr- PUT CREAM IN NOSE AND STOP CATARRH Tells IToiv To Opon C1okkI Nos trils and End Head-Colds. You (v line in a few monicnl. Your cold in hrnd or catarrh will o pun. Your clogffrd nostrils will oju-n. The air patadgca of vou r li end will clen r n ml you cun brenthe freely. No num' dull ness, bcfldaelic : no hawk i ng, mm til i n:, mucous diechartfrs or dryness; no strug gling for breiith nt niplit. Tell your drupjjist you want a Jtnnll bottle of Kly's Cream" Bnlm. Apply h little of this fmirrant, untitieptie criimi in your nostril, let it penetrate thnniuli every air plottage of the head; wKittie aod heal the swollen, inflamed innmuA membrane, and relief comes instantly. It fa Ju6t wbat every cold mid catarrh sufferer needs. Vvu't fctay stulTed-up lu.dBiiBen.blc . taut posts in the ulnlo department would be left vacant, that of under secretary to which Mr. Polk was ad vanced some months ago, and of as sistant secretary. The latter place was held by William i'hljips, the new ly appointed minister to The Nether lands und Luxemburg. On leaving the White House, Mr. Colby said : "J hod a long and unhurried con ference with the president which Im pressed me with the great confidence ho has reposed In me. 1 hope I shall not prove inadequate to these great duties." Mr. Colby aalil that pending con sideration of his nomination by tho senate he did not desire to make, a statement. TROOPS TO SUBDUE I. W. W. (Continued on Page Eight) lot, as provided by statute, counsel for Htate and dofunse u greed to accept the thirteenth juror. Hoth mate and dofonHO exoroined their peremptory challenges on filling the thirteenth place and it was argued that because. of thlH It would be prcper to use tho thirteenth man. The court ugroed when both sides stipulated to such u course. Continuation of the lefen.se case halted last week by Furr'n Illness was expected to be resumed after a" brief recess. Citizens here were expecting the arrival of a detachment of the S.'.th I ' n i tod States infantry this utternoon word having reached here that Major General John F. Morrison had ord ered the troops to move from Camp Lewis this morning. Troops were asked for by Herman Allen, county attorney of Lewis 'county, who said vague rumors had convinced him that, the presence cf federal soldiers Would prevent uny trouble. j Montesnno Quiet I TMontesuno is more quiet than it has been since the trial started, but Allen declares his uctlon in asking for troops was dictated by the desire to preserve the peace and insure a fair trial, both for the state and de t'ense. Only rumors of trouble bave been heard, many of them vague,, Allen says, but bo is of the tvp!nion that the presence of tho troops would help to quiet even these rumors. I "We have reason to believe that most of these rumors are idle and un founded," Allen said last night. "At tho same time no harm can be done by taking the proper steps to antici pate and forestall any possibility of serious friction." "The request for federal troops for Montosano is very obviously a piece of propaganda," declared tieorgo F. Vanderveer, counsel for tho ten de fendants today. Vundorveer said there was no need for troops here that there was no sign of trouble and no possibility of trouble. Harnett on Stand Tn defense re-culled KiiL'cne Har nett, one of tlie ten defendants, to the slum! shortly it Her Bull took nis seat in the jury box. Jiarneit. testi fied that the nacknuc be mailed from (Viitniliii on the day of the sliootini: waH a geranium plant, and that lie sent it to his mother-in-law in Cot tonwood, Idaho. The lnucliinnu coat which. Harnett claims he left at Uie Kndcrick hotel was entered ns a de fense exhibit as were ii!m some papers, which Hut-net' said he hud carried on the dav of the shoot inc IVUDWAYMLSFE Men and women at forty stand at the portal of a crucial period. Strength must be kept up, the body well nourished. SCOTT'S is tho tonic of wonderful helpful-' ness to those in middle life. 1 SCOTT'S nourishes and in- vigoratcs and helps tho ' body keep up with the daily wear and tear on strength. Let Scott's ! I help keep you robust! -, bcutt St ItoNiie. UluotulirM. N. I. 19-11 ' xJlfresh Vegetables not "cold-storage-fresh" but really fresh-gathered from the garden! When you taste the fresh crisp ness, the green succulency of them, you'll count your little time, trouble and ex pense a hundred times re paid. For Morse's Seeds are always dependable. Fivccfntsnpaclrl.at poccci, florists, drug and hardware ilorci etc., everywhere. C C. MORSE & CO. 125 Market St. San Franciaco MbBSifs Seeds and about which be went to the of fice of Elmer Smith. C'entralia at torney and one of the defendants. The palters referred to n homestead cJiiim, he testified. liiirnr-tt testified that be walked down Tuwer avenue shortly after the hootiuir naming S. A. Hand and Alexander Siirurtsen men he met on this Wiilk. lie declared he would not have had time to walk to a hill board a half mil from the hall and ib-rtoit m rifle. The rifle Harnett i-- UNSHAKEN TESTIMONY Time is the lest of truth. And Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the test in Medfurd. No Med ford resi dent who suffers backache, or nunay fug urinary ills can remain uncon vinced by this twice-told testimony. Mrs. Wm. Charley, ;iU5 X. drupe St., MedTord, says: "My kidneys didn't act right at all. Besides this, I had much pain in my back and sometimes I could hardly bend or straighten up. At night the pains bothered mc) too, and often 1 couldn't sleep. I trie'd plasters and medicines for my back but none of them lelped me any. It was while I way feeling ill and discouraged that 1 heard of )oan's Kidney I'ills and began taking them. In less than two weeks, 1 felt better. 1 took iu all four bo'xes, when I felt well." OVKK RIGHT YEARS I, AT K H Mrs. Charley said: "1 recommend Doan's Kidney Pills just as highly to day as I did several years ago. I still consider thorn a medicine of merit and whenever it Is necessary for me to take a kidney remedy I use them, for I know they aro most re liable." 60c, at all dealers. Fostor-Milburn Co.. Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. FOLLOW THE TRACKS "Sic 'em Wapi. Stop them! for my sake." IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT if 16 KINDS OF WILD ANIMALS Piny a unique part in the story Greatest dog slodgo raco and do fight ever! Scenes actually taken inside the rim of the Antic Circle I F1 fa Ai alleced to have used in finne from! the Avalon, was found under this ! signboard, according to state cvi-1 dence. Witness in Tear S. A. Hand, who testified to cor j roborato Harnett's storv ot his walk !own Tower after the shootintr. left I PAGE Mon. Night March 1 l'HK'KS no-, $1.(M and ZCzS? " i i -!Jjw li HI tife i'W--i ?L, "wr' issi' ni-.i o ivn marcaiist mayo A. ('. SHvu mill Nclyn-n Vit.s' pn'senlalion, l(h JOSKPIIIVK SAXK and (ho Mtnm Kl4'it- ('ast and piftdui-tion. LAI'GIIK KTKItY JIINTTK, CillOWIMi INTO SCItKA.MS I'Hjh Tickles AVIl I1a.lii's RfPflt Novrlly Catclii-s UlCUl Tho Ileal Thing It's -1-1,1: IMatinee Daily ADAPTED FROM "WAPI BY JAMES OLIVER MISSION ADULTS 35c Back to God s Country the witness stand in tears. He is a cun dealer in Centralin. He said he walked down the street with Har nett shortly after the shootintr and that he noticed nothing unusual in Harnett's demeanor. i i identified a Mi caliber rifle as one similar tu Harnett's and declared he never knew Mail orders nov accom panied bv check. Box of fice ooen Fri.. Fell. 27. 12 to 45 to 7. $!.SO I'lus War Tnv. THK PhAY THAT IS lt(M Kl THK ' X1. tuy with i,ak;iii:k ov fauf;lis ,lI'"s ('llmaxoi Now Linns Viltinst ltii;lile.st Clin 'J,lB''l run iviits St. Tho Uitost Medford's Greatest Afternoon TivprHin7i j'" ',7,7 "T" THE WALRUS" CUR WOOD Never a Film Like This See Dolores fight for love and life aboard the whaler Scenes actually made at Sea KIDDIES 10c LO GES 50c - the defendant to have a ,'IS-.V rit'Ic. j inir his knowledge if. Harnett's nl The state olleees that it was a bul- leyed walk down the street after the let from a :t8-f' rifle which killed shootimr. Hand said he did not men (irirmn. Hand's tears apparently tioii it to Cunnini:haui because lie came as the re-.uk of cne--cxami-j was not a-ked about it. nation 1mm Attorney C. R Cun- Hand aid he was a member of the niriL'ham of state course!. bo no- j h,nkard faith and hud rcli-ious braided the .witness for not mention- ' objection-; to testifying in court. PAGE Seats Now Sellinq. $1.50. $1.00. 50c. 12 to 45 to 7. POSITIVELY THE GREATEST MAGIC PltODKL'TION EVEIl and Wapi tore at her enemy THE RIALTO DE LUXE PROGRAMME 1 Bernice Bolger Violin ' soloist in selected num bers. 2 Bray Pictograph Odds and ends of interest. P. Christy Comedy " He Who Hesitates." J The liialto presents "Back to God's Country" A TALE OF LOVE AND VILLANY Unique, Beautiful, Daring! See Dolores' desperate swim ..down the mountain rapids.I ' INCLUDING WAR TAX Prices- Thnrc Nicrhf Box open u,' lyp111 Feb. 26 AND MOST SENSATIONAL PRESENTED ON ANY STAGE ALL THIS WEEK 55 1 fir