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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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