rvmv six
wtotord men) TRmmrR, yraproiiD, oueoon' ratutiday. matcctt in, 1020.
li
ii Iun:c. live central commercial
body. Hoth Mrs. Krobaeh ami mv
sell' are happy lo return to the de
lightful elinntle of the Jtoirue Jiiyer
valley and permanently locate in nueh
a beautiful and delightful fit v. utter
our residence in the cold climate of
Montana.
PUBLIC CORDIALLY INVITED 10 SEE
OIL DRILLING START IN THE VALLEY
Rialto
El
ENGAGED TO LEAD
3 Days
Starts
Tomorrow
EBERT GOVT. OVERTHROWN.
(Continued from Page One)
"In all the time I have been nwnv
from t lie valley, I have never hearil
unv oil v of its size so ivell siiokcn
of as jriMlfi.nl." said If. 0. Frnbncli.
ihe new chtiinlicr of cnniniprcc secro
tai'V. who with liis wife, arrived here
Friday afternoon from Three Forks,
Mont., where he had l.een soorelnrv
of the ehainher there for the nast
two years. Mr. I'Vohaeh will assume
aetivelv his seerelarial dnlies here
t.n April 1. and in the meantime he
is lookin',' for a suitable iln-elliu-.'.
Mr. and Mrs. Frohaeh are at i. resent
blom.iiiL' at the M'eiU'ord.
"I am txlail at the ehaml.er is hein-.'
enlarged and reorganized and thai
the efforts l.y the American City Un
real! to this end are meeting with so
hearty a response," said Mr. Fro
haeh. who is n former secretary of
the Ashland eommeivial elah and well
iieonainted with loeal and eoantv af
fairs. "It means mneh to not only
the welfare and development of Med
l'ord, I. lit, to the whole valley to have
INFLUENZA
starts with a Cold
Kill the Cold. At the first
sneeze tike
HILL'S
CASCARAfcP QUININE
Standard cold 'remedy for 20 yearg
in lauiet lorm uie, mre, no
opiates break up a coltl in 24
, Hours relieve grip in J dayi.
Monrv back if it fails. The
leni ine box rtnn a Red
(op with Mr, Hill's
picture.
At All Drag Strmm
II LIBERTY
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Friday, March 12
AGNES NIELSON
Skartvedt
Star Contralto Solist
of
The Temple Chorus
Seattle
In Concert ,
Prices-50c, $1.00, $1.50
Sen I Sale ;il Page llox Ol'fici
Beginning Wednesday at 11!
(iiooii). iUail orders now.
Licensed City Scavenger.
ah pniinn immofllftrolv rnmnvnri on
short nctlco. Weekly visit in resi
dence districts. Daily busltiosn dts
Ulct. riiuiR'3
"V it.
1
Wetzel went to meet tbesc troops and
warn them of the coneuiienees of
1 heir action. Troops from the Jial
tic have joined in the revolt.
The troop.s which were concen
trated at Doebetritz rndudini: the
Krhard and Loewenfeld naval briu'
ados, nevertheless, continued their
advance on lierlin and at live o'clock
this morninir were at the Tierirarten
railway statioh.
BRIILIX, Mar. l.'l. It is reported
tliat it is intended to proclaim Field
Marshal von Ilindeiilninr "imperial
president."
PARIS, M';ir. (Iluvas) The
Khert irovenuiient in Germany ha1
established its seat in Dresden, ths
capital of Saxony, according to ad
vices this afternoon.
Socialises Strike
PARIS. Mar. i:i. (Hnvas) A
proehuiinlioii issued in lierlin today
declared that the government of the
empire has ceased to exist and that
the power of the slate has passed
into (hi? hands of (ieueral Director
von Kapp, who becomes chancel Inl
and lias appointed General von
LuetlwiU commander in chief id' the
military forces, Jicrlin dispatches
Mate.
The proclamation declares the na
tional assembly dissolved. It is an
nounced that a new government is
beinr formed. The socialist parties
have declared n ircnerul strike, the
dispatches add.
Papers Seized
TlKIU.IX. Mar. i:t.--fIW the As
sociated Press) The public security
tnnird this mornim." occupied the of
fices of Vornwerts and the semi-ol -ficial
news airency. The services to
the provinces and abroad were pro
visionally suspended.
It was reported durinir the morn
inir that a manifesto had been pre
pared and presented by President
Khert, Minister of Defenso Noskc
and olberA Hiimmofnnir the workers
to a ireiieral st rike. 1
President. Khert and bis wife left
lierlin at 5 o'clock this moruimr.
devolution Inevitable . , . ,
WASHINGTON; Mar. i:t. Press
dispatches hroiliibt to official Wash
ington its first newH of the overthrow
of the (ierman. irovernment by the
ihiltiarv. : '' ,; ;
1 "Such a1 revolution wins inevitable'
was the eoiaalenUof Whi House of
ficials; but officers, at; the state, de
part men). . would . make .j no statement,
preferrimr to wait fur of ficial advices
and additional details. i
AVhite' lloas(! officials would not
indicate oli what, thev based their
expectation id an uprising.
Reports from Germany to irovern-'
men! departments, however, have in
dicated a ir rowing feelinir of unrest
because of (he slowness of recon
struction and a return of world
peace.
No reports reirardintr the revolu
tion have been received either from
Kllis horiiur Dressel, special United
Slates commissioner at Berlin, or
Colonel Kdward Davis, American mil
itary observer al the (ierman eapilal.
It is known however, (hat Ihev have
regarded (he situation as serious.
A Palate devolution
Communications with Naucn radio
station at Iterlin has been interrupt
ed for -IH hours, but it was resinned
todav. It was assumed (hat (be sta
tion had been closed temporarily by
the revolutionists.
Sonic hiuh military officers were
inclined to retrard the uprising as a
"palace revolution. ' which would no
spread thronuhoul Germany. Recent
leports to (hem, Ihev said, had in
dicated that (he morale of the forces
under Minister of Defense Nosko was
uood and that the irovernment would
he able lo cope with both (he monar
i hist plots and sparlist discontent.
The Kberhardt i.owcufcld marine
brigades, which are reported to haW
occupied Wilheiuslrase. were organ
ized at Kiel earlv in ll'lil ami were
brought to lierlin in the sprmir of
I It nt year to suppress spartieist vio
lence. The organizers of the unit
were officers of the old reuime and
the troops are regarded as extremely
conservative, t huiiirli not necessarily
icacliouarv.
Kcjictloii In Denied
CDl.OGNK, Mar. PI.- The new
Loverutuetd established in Dcrlin i:
not inleiided to promote the aims oi'
the nioaarchisls or the reaclionaries,
it is declared in a dispatch to the Co
u'.:ne (ia.ctle from Herli?i loduv.
Tlie mc-aue reads:
"The new irovernment under Chan
cellor Knaoii savs in its program to
be made public that it will honorahlv
fulfill the treaty of Versailles. 1;
Lives emphatic assurances that the
government has no reactionary ot
moaarcbial aim-.'
CALL ON SCHOOL BOARD.
(Continued from PaRO Ono)
hut since then1 has been so much
criticism of the board and id' our su
perintendent, it seems necessary for
us to make a statement in defense of
Superintendent Davenport, who cam;1
to us with the best of credentials ana
with 14 veurs of successful teaehinu
experience to his credit und had been
The public is invited to witness the
commencement of drillinir the first
oil well of the Triironia Oil & Gas
coin pan v near Phoenix tomorrow
afternoon, and a larire crowd is ex
pected to be present to see this lonjr
anticipated event.
The spudding in of the well will
commence promptly at It o'clock and
an interesting feature of the occasion
.will be the takimr of movinir pictures
of the crowd and all the doings inci
dental to the drillinir. Surely we'll
all be there in our best hilts and
tuckers ,so as to look our best in the
movinir pictures, whieh will be ex
hibited in the local theatres as soon
as the films are developed. The pic
tures will be taken by A. 0. Allen.
offered an increase in salary to re
main in the school of which lie wan
superintendent before cominir to Medw
ford. Our schools were in a most un
satisfactory condition, there was an
utter lack of system and standards
were low. There was a haphazard
way of doimr tbinirs and an entire
lack of discipline in our hiuh school,
and Ihe hoard put it souarelv up lo
Mr. Davenport to reorganize the
whole, system, lo weed out teachers
whn were not up to standard and to
place (he schools on u plane that
would be a credit lo our citv, and to
this end the board airreed to back
him in every way. This we have cn
sisteutly done and we. have the satis
faction of knowing that I hero has
been a great improvement in general
and in the high school' i'n'piirticular
under Superintendent Davenport's
mil inurement. ;'' " ' ' ' ' !
Davenport. Is Pralsrd
; M!i, Davenport, js npi. (a ijipintn.ai.,
we Jaiow, hut he is a, thorough schoi.l
man, an honest conscientious hard
worker and wo feel sure Ihat if iriven
proper support that he will huil up
our schools to a standard we should
be proud of. . As evidence of the
esteem in which his work is held bv
oilier educators, the following letter
may prove of interest:
"March 10, 10'JO.
"Mr. William Davenport.
"Supt. of Schools,
"Medford, Ore.
"Dear Mr. Davenport:
"I want to think vou for the very
cordial hospitality shown me during
n.v recent visit at Medford. I en
joyed every moment of my stay, and
c onuratulale vou upon Ihe success of
the splendid work lhat is being done
under your supervision at the Med
ford schools.
"Very Sincerely Yours.
"MARY K. KAWCKTT,
"Dean of Women, Oregon Stale
Agricultural College."
. Same T rest I incut as Iteforo
It mav be well to remind Ihe people
who have been so active in stirring
up propaganda against tin1 superin
tendent ami in condemning the board
that three or four of Mr. Davenport's
immediate precedessors hae been
subjected to the same sort of treat
ment which is being accorded Mr.
Davenport, Ihev have been forced to
resign and have left the citv humili
ated ami licit rl broken. Isn't it about
time to call a halt on this sort of
thing and give a man a spiare deal
We shall never have good school
until the people learn to support the
ones who are giving their best ener
gies to the conduct of the schools-
filL Know what you give
MOtnerS your children.
The open published formula appears on every bottle of
MRS.VIN
SYRUP
Hie Infants and Children's Regulator
nna prompt, efficient tpkc-
l .thl(" ralli.-iilic.
Rhutturb-n rrjuvenator of disfw.
live action.
Sodium RM-arhonntv WrM valit.iM" In treating i
severe K'ttlric indit-Mion in children.
Oil of Anise. Fennel, Caraway. Coriander. Glycerine, Sucar
Synip. nil of which help to make this formula the very hrstthat
medical skill can devise. If it were possible to improve this for
mula it would be done regardless of tho fact that a bottle of
Mrs. V.'inslow's Syrup now costs twice as much to make any
other similar preparation. Yet it costs you no more than rsii
nary baby laxatives.
At all Draggists
ANGLO-AMERICAN DRUG CO., 215 217 Fulton Strcat. N.Y.
General Selling Aw i: H.r-IJ F. Rltcki.
The reason that the company de
cided to beirin drillinir Sunday after
noon is that so many people who de
sired to witness this operation had
reouested that time.
Tiie well will be christened, too,
for the Triironia companv is doimr
Ibis thinir up in style. Miss Kdith
Campbell, duuirhter of W. N. Camp
hell, who is vice-prusident of the
companv, will do the christening by
breaking a bottle of irrape juice over
the derrick.
To reach the well from Medford,
no south on the Pacific highway and
turn to the left across Pear creek
hridire, then proceed straiirht east
one and one-half mites and turn off
one-ouartcr of a mile. The derrick
will he in plain siirht most of the wnv.
Under existing conditions were Mr.
Davenport to leave and another man
take his place, it would be but a
short time until be would receive the
same treatment if he tried to run the
schools in a systematic manner. No
man or woman coming into a com
munity a stranger could long stand
against the insidious attacks which
have been made upon Uie, superinten
dent in an effort to discredit him.
)i . Stand on Jtecord
The board is fully cognizant of
the 'source of this propoganda .which
t was started before Mr. .Davenport
had reall; Conmieneed his work in
our schools.' It was readily taken
up liV the pnpils'und parents; ninny
iiiisropresentfitions have . been niade,
and sfOries grow as. they travel- v
trust that orrjenhuer thought, tUe best
inlerosts of the wlmle hi:ioo1 system
Will' he placed holore tJicsrititerjOSls. ol.
any individuals, This is the attitude
(he1 hoard has taken 'and .we stip;id
suujlrelv 'mi "Oil r -record. This tall; of
a recall has no terrors fur; .the meiUr-
hers of vour school hoard, we hay
nothing to retract and nothing to
cover up: we were elected , by , the
people of district fortv-nino (411) to
run the schools , and so long as we
are the hoard we want lo run the
schools to the best of our ability.
We are working together hanuon
iouslv and believe that we have th.
support of the people of this district
who are in favor of a better school
system. If we do not represent the
sentiment of the majority of our
people, we will gladly give place lo
those who can do better.
As to Parent. Teachers
.lust a suggestion. We feel with
all due respect with every member of
the different I 'a rent -Tacher Associa
tion of the district, as a board, that
the Parent -Teacher Association
should have a copy of the stale school
laws and also have the requirements
set out bv (lie hoard of education,
and to give time and study to same
in order to assist both the teachers
ami work in unison with the board.
Unless thev are posted, hoth on the
law and the repiiremenls of the
teachers, it is impossible for them to
understand the position of the hoard.
Signed and endorsed unanimously
by the M'edford School Hoard.
DR. K. O. RIDDKLU
li. J. PA LM KR,
K. If. JANNKY.
II. C. GARNKTT.
.1. W. WAK KK1KLD.
Tli'KNTi iN. X. .1.. Jlur. Li.-Cov-ernor
Kilv;mls. win. nskeil thai his
inline lie left nt'f the presidential nri-
SLOWS
Sodium Citriitean rffrctivr recti-
lator ol thf tvwrl5 tiwl ir1-
qiipntly with nifirr inRriHiinin
bvlc.inml (Wlnn in Ucating
colic anc diarrhoea.
A Ck. Uc. N,w Y-rk Toroat, CiuJ
Those who were unable to hear
Agnes Nielson Skartvedt at the Pago
lust night need not bo disappointed.
The First .Methodist Episcopal church
has been fortunate enough to securo
her to furnish the special musical
features of tho big evungelistic cam
paign which begins tomorrow. Airs.
Skartvedt is not only a concert artist
of unusual ability, but is also a spec
ialist in sacred music.
llev. J. Randolph Sasnett, minister
of the First .Methodist church, says:
'To secure tho services of Mrs.
Skartvedt tor a period of two weeks
during our evangelistic drive is more
than I could have hoped for, but 1
dared tho effort and was fortunate
enough to finally make a satisfactory
agreement with this noted artist.
.Medford will now have n most unique
opportunity, and ono of which music
lovers will make the most. Mrs.
Skartvedt is at her best in singing
sacred songs. She has agreed to sing
at every service."
nMrs. Skartvedt is a western "made"
artist, having had all of her training
in Seattle, chiefly under .Mr. .Mont
gomery Lynch. Mr. Lynch discovered
Theo Kurlo and was tho die who
started him on his career of fame.
I'rof. Lynch was director of music in
"The Wayftrer" when it was staged
at Columbus last summer, and there
he attracted the attention of leading
musical critics of New York. He Is
director of the famous Temple chorus
of First Methodist church, Seattle, of
which Mrs. Skartvedt is the Btar con
tralto. ninrv ballots in Illinois, announced
todav he hail sent similar rciiuests to
his suiii.nrters in other states.
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Ifl
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Main and Central Phone 90
.An
Attraction
TONIGHT THE
H0YDENISH
MARY PICKFORD
That Every One Loves
"HEART OF THE HILLS'
i
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i from Broadway in a
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Seats Now Selling Box office open 12 to 4 5 to 7 ... j J
Seeing it, is a Kelaxation for clergy. Judge, Tinker or TlrediBasl- ij
SAVE
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D. W.
GRIFFITH'S
New picture tale of the olden,
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RICHARD BARTHELMESS,
CLARINE SEYMOUR
CAROL DEMPSTER
"Scarlet
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D :
TONIGHT
MONDAY -NIGHT
i MARCH; 15$ 1
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