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in PST3E BIX! RIALTO I I I j TONIGHT I DON'T MISS SEEING I I Bill Farnum i ! Tomorrow :mm t-Ji 1 7fo SPEED J maniac: I BEWARE! You Aro Living Dangerous Hours SEE Thomas luce's ENTERTAINMENT SENSATION Tomorrow LIBERTY TONIGHT ROBT. WARWICK ) IN AN ADVENTURE IN HEARTS . ALSO ' MUTT AND JEFF COMEDY AND FOX NEWS Starts Wednesday April 14th for 4 Days ALL AND :ET1AL RialLo (tot the paper to build tlrai, pr bundle, this, office, . . 10c - U T F All Medford mourned today over the untimely death of Mrs. George Gates, who after a gallant hut losing fight nguinst overwhelming odds, sue Riiinhed to the inevitable at the Ka cred Heart hospital at 1:30 this morning. Not only heeanso of her proniinenec, as tho only daughter of Hort Anderson and the dnughter-in-lnw of Jfiiyor and Mrs. C. E. Gates, but hecanse of her personul ehaim beauty of character, and the pcci liarly pathetic circumstances sur rounding her illness, tho tragic end, camo as a genuine Rhode to everyone in the community. Sirs. Gates was taken to the Sa cred Heart hospital about two weeks ago, following the birth of her infant son, Guorgo Gates, Jr., on March 14. Although cvervthine; that medical aid and expert nursinir could do was done. complication followed complication. until a few daVs before her death the (Mid was irenerally expected. Hesides hor father, Mrs. Gates leaves one brother, Curtis Anderson bf Stockton, California, who arrived Thursday evening- Joan Anderson Gates was born in Valley Center, Kansas February 24. 18D5. nnd lived at Vullev Center. El Dorado and Garden City before com ing to Medford with her parents in 1!!08, where sho has since lived. After graduating from the Medford High school, she graduated from tho Med ford business college nnd spent n year at tho Girl's C'ollegiato school in Los Angeles nnd 0. A. C. at Cor vallis. For two years following she was employed in the law office of O. C. Hoggs and spent tho summer ol! I!)18 with her grandparents, Captain and' Mrs. W. L. Uilcv of El Dorado, Kansas, nnd other relatives in Gar den City and Wichita. Hoturniug in July .of that year she enlisted in the service of her country going to Camp Lewis, whore sho entered tho student: nursing course to prepare for over seas duty. At tho close of tho war, after serving six months, Miss Ander son returned homo nnd was married April 211, 1P.10, to Georgo Gates, who himself had .iust returned from ovor- soas service in France, and they went to housekeeping in n neatly furnished bungalow on West Main street. Mrs. Gules was a member of tho Methodist church nnd the Ainorionn Legion. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 :30 p. m., nt the Presbyterian church tho- services conducted bv llov. L. Mvron Boozer. Tho following uctive pall bearers, all personal friends of the deceased, will servo: Frank.. Fjrroll, Jack Garrett, Ned Vilas, .l'nul Leonard, Lloyd Wil limnson nnd Hob S. Deuel. The honorary ball bearers chosen from tho Elks will be: Past Exalted Rulers T. E. Daniels, Gus Newberry, Leon llaskins, J. J. Huchtor, W. II. Meflownn nnd Georgo Collins. Tho body will lio in stato at the Presbyterian church from ono to two p. in., Sunday: members of tho Amcri enn Legion, acting, as n. guard of honor. Burial will bo in tho Jackson ville cemetery besido her mother, who died in Medford Juno 14, Mil. WALKOUT THREATENS TIE-UP (Continued from Page One) and sjidutimr: "All out nt 2 o'clock." the men wero irom tho hno, Pennsvl vania nnd Hig Four railroads, it was said. , . At tho tiftiuo time it wns learned that tho "first trick gang", of the New York Central switchmen, mini boring about .100, meeting in Collin- wood this morning, voted against a strike at present. KxtcmlH to Oinndn BUFFALO, N. V.. April 10. Ex tension of the striko of insurgent switchmen to minor railroad centers in western New York and northern Pennsylvania wns shown bv report: received hero today nnd local indns tries, already short of fuel nnd other supplies, began to curtail operations, linilroud officials estimated n ton per cent of normal freight movement. A strike of the dav crews on the Grand Trunk at Hridgeburg marked tho first spread of the striko into Canada. lOxpmss l'hnlmrgo V. Y. NEW YOKK, April 10. An em bargo on express matter was ordered today as the railroad striko gained ground in New Yoi. further tving up freight and crippling passenger service on many lines. ' lieports were current that n passenger embargo might bo reiiuired before tho day ended." Tho express embargo wns made ef fective to nil but New England ami New York stato points, Svracuso and Buffalo excepted. Thus far the strike has not nft'ected parcel post or other mail matter. This morning New York City found it was facing not only the threat of a fuel and food famine but an actual shortage of workers. Munv thousand men and women who dailv commute from New Jersev were unable to run the strike blockade. Workers on the Hudson tubes ful filled their threat to strike this morn ing and the only means of reaching Manhattan from New Jersey Inv in ferries irivsulurly operated beouusel MMH TRIBUNE. SIETTFDED, 'OREGON". SATURDAY; APRIL '10, 1920- of the strike of railroad murine workers called last week. These strikers redoubled their ef forts to call out more crews and com plete isolation of Manhattan island. NEW YORK, April 10 The series of unauthorized railroud strikes which virtually paralyzed the freight transportation system in New York and vicinity vesterdnv early today spread to passenger lines. Firemen on outgoing trains on the Erie train nt Jersev Citv quit this morning, causing tho withdrawal of sorno trains nnd tho delay of others until new firemen could be found. The crew of a Philadelphia local train nt the Pennsylvania station here did not appear nt (1:1)0 o'clock, A second train, however, left on tinic half un hour later. SHARON. Pa.. April 10. Railroad switchmen throughout the Sfiennngo valley went on strike" this morning, completely tving up the yards at Sha ron, Furrell, Sharpsvillc and other points in the region. Stall Piling Up CHICAGO, April 10. Postoffice officials today took over warehouses to store mail piling up in Chicago as tho result of the railroad and express strikes. It was announced that cer tain classes of mail were mnnv days late. Postmaster Carlisle appealed to Washington and was authorized to rent motor trucks nnd warehouses to handle tho situation. Limited ca pacity and increased uso of tho par cels post during tho express strike were bhuned bv postal authorities for inability to bundle the tremendous volume of mnil. CHICAGO, April JO. Despito as sertions bv railroad brotherhood of ficials of a break in the ranks of insurgent Chicago switchmen and cngineiiicn, ' unauthorized railroad strikes throughout the country ns- sumed serious proportions today with reports indicating nearly 30,000 men were idle. In the Cliicngo district, regarded as tho key to the whole situation. somo strikers returned to work, but from other sections enme reports of new walkouts and a strengthening of tho insurgents' forces. Freight Kmburgo Railroads from the Atlantic to the Pncifio coost announced embnrgoes on freight shipments and industrial eonters thousands of workors had been thrown out of employment, as plants restricted operations because of lack of fuel nnd raw materials. Brotherhood officials declared re ports that 35,000 switchmen and en ginemcn were out were exaggerated hut ndmiltcd thnt the socedine work ers had gained strength outside of Chicago. A. F. Whitney, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Iriumnon announced that a group of striking switchmen on - tba Burlington rond had returned to work in Chicago lust night. A, committee of strikers from ths Chicago nnd Northwestern line, he said, would vote today on ending tho walkout here. A statement by railroad officials declared that all indications were that tho crisis in tho Chicago yards had passed. Insurgent lenders, however, claimed tho strike was unbroken in Chicago and declared that 05 per cent of the switchmen in tho district were out They said twenty charters in the "rump" union with 25,000 actual members had been issued throughout tho country. I. W. W. Lender Arrested E. C. Estev, who wns alleged to have boasted of being nn I. W. W. and urged sabotago at n meeting-of tho strikers, was expelled from the new organization. The coal supply in Chicago was reported to be' dwindling with less I luin a week s supply on hand. , Steel Stills Close At Gary. Ind twelve blast fur naces had been banked today throw ing 12,000 steel workers out of cm ployment. Steel mills in tho Mahoning valley wero preparing to closo down tO' day nnd company officials - said 35,000 workers would bo idle by nightfall. Toledo reported nil lint ono of 23 railroads tied up and a food un.l fuel shortage threatened. Freight movement west from Clevelond had ceased, it was reported ami between 1500 and 1800 employes of nine road there voted to organize n ynrdjncn's: union today. Switchmen and Vnrdmen on the Norfolk niul Western nnd Pennsvl vania railroads walked out rt Co lumbus Inst night and earlv today and four crews on the Bnltinioro and Ohio were reported to have gone on strike at Dayton. Freight traffic in tho St. Louis district remained at a standstill to day and 300(1 stockvnrds workers were thrown out of work nt East St. Louis. Railroad officials admitted that 5000 men on 37 roads wero out in this district. Both freight nnd express ship ments were reported under nn em bargo nt Indiannpolis. - Coast Tied Vp Switchmen on nil roads operating out of Fort Worth, Texas, walked out. last night. Switchmen on four railroads: nt Si.ringfield, 111., voted to join cm- plovcs of two other ronds who wen,t out yesterday. Yardmen nt ltloom ington employed bv the Chicago and Alton were out uud a freight cm- TO STRIKE OIL AT 2000 FEET In nn effort to get n string of tools on the ground and at work ut the earliest possible moment an agent of the Vulcan Oil & Gas company lett Medford last night for Seattle to in spect) several standard drills that havo been offered the company. Ar rangements for a supply of casing, said to be as "scarce ns lien's teeth" have been entered iifto, C. S. Buttor field, president of the compuny an nounces. Owing, to the fact that the com pany's chief holdings in Sam's val ley where their first hole will be put down, are several miles from any granite formations, the company's engineer has advised purchasing n combination rotary-churn drill rip;. lib the rotary rig rapid progress can be made whilo the churn will he on hand should the operators en counter especially hard formations. C'hcck-jip surveys by the com pnny's geologists have been completed and a site for the first hole tem porarily selected. The geologist esti mates that oil in commercial nuanti ties should he encountered at about 2000 feet nnd tlmt, bv using a rotary drill, the hole should be completed within 00 days, barring accidents. Should the Vulcan company sue cccd in bringing in a well immediate prosperity would be reflected. throughout the ' Rogue River valley so generally is the stock being dis tributed. Nor is the attention which the Vulcnn has attracted limited to tho Medford district. Friday's close of business brought subscriptions from California, Washington, Colo rnilo and far-away New Jersev. A. N. Wright, who has beenhero for several days from Omaha, vcr fied the story of the motoric rise to fortune of Hnrrv Sinclair, former Kansas drug clerk, now "rated as worth $15,000,000. Sinclnir. ho said "plunged" into the oil game in Okla homa about three vears ago. Fol lowing nn unfortunate accident which brought him. $5000 in insurance money Sinclnir "lit out" for Tulsa and staked his nil in a. wildcat field, The company's first well proved to bo a big producer and Sinclnir be enme a millionaire almost overnight. "At that time," said Wright, "Tulsa did not look one whit better as a fiv ture oil producer than Medford does today. " Tulsa 'had the surface indi cations. She ,had nlways had them. It remained for Sinclnir and a f-jw other adventurers to brine in ono of the best paving wells that the south west ever knew. "While I would not advise any per son to stint himself or family to buy oil stick I can honestly say that 1 believe it is worth $100 to any man or woman to know thnt he or she has had a real flirtation with fortune. Adv. FLOUNCE ROCK FRILLS Slossrs. S. S. Ingles, Tracy Booth- by, Joe Phipps and W. A. Higlnboth am made a business trip to Medford Thursday. Wm. Von der Hcllen camo up to Union creek Monday returning to Eagle Point the same day. Clem Clarke came up from town last week to stay with his father an the ranch. Frank Ditsworth and sister Hazel who have been confined to their bods for the past week with the measles are somowhnt better at this writing d. E. llollenbeak and family were pleasant cnllers at Bert Higlnboth nm's Sunday. They wero trying out their now Overland car. Stuart Iittsworth and Luther East went to 'Xledford one day last weok returning Saturday. Ed Ash of Trail, took a truck load of road workors to Union creek Tues day. Ernest llollenbeak and N. S. Good- low took tho farmers' cream to Xicd ford Friday. I S. S. Ingles of Flounce Bock, has purchased about a hundred more sheep. Ho expects to bring them up as soon ns weather permits. bargo wns in effect. At Decatur strikers were forming a yardman's union. Knilrond officials on the Pacific const struggled today to keep coast and trnns-continciitui passenger trains moving while nwniting the re sult of nn ultimatum that striking employes would lose their positions unless they returned to work bv 4 P. m. Switchmen nnd vnrdmen .were ipportedion strike in thirteen divis ional nnd terminal points in Califor nia and Oregon. Yardmen at Minneapolis nnd St. Paul, Minn., and Danville, HI., voted not to .loin the insurgents. Switchmen of tho Pennsylvania lines nt Akron, O., went out todav. Warren, O., reported yard crews out. Springfield, III., laborers in the Wa bash shops went out in sympathy with the switchmen's strike. Two hundred vnrdmen nt Jackson, Mich., walked out this morning. The strike, it is said, will effect 500 cngincmen nnd firemen. ,i- Kor Snlo I.lvratnrk WE WILL PIT OUT ON SHARES several fine ewes. Rosenberg Bros., .Medford Hotel, 1I LI BALL PROVES A rrh American Legion ball of the Medford pc'st, at the natatorlum Fri day night, was tho most successrui and Important social event of the season, which was enjoyed by about 200 couples. Great credit is due Thomas Swem, chairman of the dance committee, for the elaborate and well chosen decorations of the hall. Mr. Swem lias been an art student for many years, and served in the late ,war with the camouflage corps in France. During the war he did very ImincTtant work for the allies disguis ing highways on the lines of commu nication, trucks, cannon, and other combat equipment. At one time in Franca Mr. Swem had under his supervision over one thousand per sons, 'building and placing camou flage material. The local post Is for tunate In having a man of Mr. Swein's capabilities on its roll. Tho stage upon which was placed chairs ftr the patronesses, was also very neatly decorated. The nntron- cssos wore Mesdames J. S. Vllus, F E. Merrick, L. L. Robloson, F. Deuel T. K. Williamson, H. U. Lnmsden M. Alford and W. I. Vawter. Tho music was furnished by Al- ford's Imperial orchestra of seyen pieces. Dancing began promptly at 9:15 and lasted until 1 a. m. This was the second ball given by Medford post, tho first one being on Armistice day, November Hth, the first anni versary of the cessation of hostilities with Germany. The event Friday night was in the nature of an inaug ural ball, the election of now officers for the year having taken place April CCh. it is the plan of the legion to niake both the Armistice day ball und tho Easter bull annual events. PARIS NOTE CONCILIATORY (Continued from Page One) solutionof tho vast 'problems which are presented at this moment in the world in liussia, the Baltic, Ajsia Minor nnd nil the Balkans." Tho note closes with nssurance.- that the French government, for the promotion of theso ends, declares itself entirely disposed, before acting to bo assured of the consent of the allies in till Inter-allied questions which the execution of the treaty raises. v Quiot in Kutir Valley DUSSELDORF, April j; (By the Associated Press) The three re maining executive committees of workers' organizations in tho Ruhr district, those nt Dusseldorf, Fiber fold and Barmen, will dissolve Sat unlay noon, relinquishing their gov erning authority to the municipal of ficers. Peter Brter. head of the committee here, said that all Hie committees in the district hnd decided to reorgan ize ns committees, of order, whicl would look after the interests of Hit workingmen. Berter nllegcd that the reiehswehr had' violated their agreement by i arrival of an officer und fifteen men nt red headquarters today' demanding tho surrender of two machine guns. lhese were refused, and upon nn np peal to the burgomaster the reichs wchr departed, whereupon the reds put one of the machine guns, ready for action, before their headquarters. More than 20,000 rifles have been surrendered ns provided for in Hit Biel field ngreemcnt. The workmen's lenders continue to express resentment nt the stcatlv ad vance of the reiehswehr southward, the latter arriving today nt Hntingen and Mettman, within eight miles of Dusseldorf. The Workmen declare there havo been no disorders anywhere. Thev deny that nnv of the reds carried guns to their homes. GAVE HER STRENGTH Mrs. Miller Says That is What Lydia c. nnKham s Vegetable Compound Did For Her Read Her Letter Minneapolis, Minn. "I was run down and nervous, could not rest at night and was more tired in the morning than whenlwenttohotl. I have two children, tho youngest three months old, and it wa drudgery to care for them as I felt so irritable and gener ally worn out. From lack qf rest and ap petiio my baby did not get enough nourishment from my milk so I started to give him two bottle feedings a day. After taking threo bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I felt like a new woman, full of life and energy. It is a pleasuro to care for my children and I am very happy with them and feel tine. i nurseti my baby exclusively again and can't say too much for your medtcine." Mrs. A. L. Miller, 2633 E. 24th St., Minneapolis, .Minn. . Since we guarantee that all testi monials which we publish are genuine, is it not lair to suppose that if Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has the virtue to help this woman it will help any other woman who ia suffering in a like manner! Ml INFLUENZA - nFgktApriliV starts with a Cold . Kill th. Cold. At th. 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