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MEDFOTm "matt; mmirsE. medford, oregox. THURSDAY. JUXE H. 1920. - 1 1 L... POSTAL CHIEF; Speculation is rife in Med ford nfi to who the new postmaster will be to sneewd to the unexpired term of the Into George P. Mims. Already rumor pluees a number of enndidutes ir. the field, ineliulin? two well-known Ainerienn I.ejrion men, but the ma jority of the eon.ieetures, especially auioni; the better informed ones, nrtnes the present assistant post master. Will ,J. Warner, who lias been connected with the posloft'iec for the past 17 vears, as the man. Contrary to ceneral understandim the Mcdfonl pnstiiiiistcrsliil) is iinr tinlly under ejvil nerviee, and is not so iiiik'Ii of n political job as in veurs past. The candidates for the vacancy must puss a. (still' civil service ex amination to be eligible to appoint ment. The salary of the office is at present $'27(1(1, but this salary will be increased when the new postal serv ice salary bill now pending in con Krcss becomes a law. I'ntil the new postmaster is ap pointed by the president, an netinz postmaster will be appointed bv the I'niteil States Fidelity and Guiirui- tee company of Baltimore, which v.'us on Colonel Mini's bond of $17,0110 as postmnster. Kuder this bond the company is fiuanciallv responsible to the government for the proper, rim ninif of the postoffir until a suc cessor In Colnnel Mims is appointed and the company is relieved from the bond,' :.. The post officii department of course; tends to the actual running of the office, and by the department rules uovorninir in case of deaths or absence of postmasters, the assistant DEUES" Workshirts for Men $1.35 Lee Unionalls for Children $1.75 The story that holds vour undi vided attention from start to finish. Many proclaim Lionet Barrymore, the star, the qreatesl screen actor of the day. You lipve urttll Saturday midniuht to see "The Copperhead." ALSO A JOE MARTIN l$m COMEDY mSM l At. - uver me niVL Transom" .rv.' ' t' "v it COMING A. C. Allen's Local Pictures ; . ' ,t ' ...... ,itifu' reSjiuieiii n vniti uiaim ii," i ,nm postmaster becomes the head of lite office until officially relieved. Jt is entirely probable, if precedents are followed, that Assistant Postmaster Warner will lie named nt-tins post master, by the bonding company until the president appoints Colonel Mini's successor.- Mr. Warner wired the bondinir com pany shortly after the death ot Colonel Minis, apprising it of his demise. COL MILLER TALKS JUNE 7 . i Colonel Itobt. A. Miller who lias made several most interesting ad- dresses before thcorum of the Chamber of Commerce has consented to give a talk at the library next Monday evening, Juno 7 upon u sub ject of which he linn mailo an exhaus tive Htudy, that of geology, especially of t hut portion relatiiiK lo southern Oregon. This meeting next Monday will he held under the nnspiees of the Med ford Chamber ot Commerce and the general public 1b Invited, irrespective us to their being niembom of this organization. The Btibjivt as pre sented by the colonei will he alive with Interest and one which will en ligiiten our residents of the future possibilities from a mineral develop ment viewpoint.. Ah Col, Miller 8iiyn, there have been a hundred million of dollars taken from southern Oregon, yet there is a vast greater amount of wealth yet remaining. Whnt thin wealth con tests of and it h character and, forma tion is what will be told at - this meeting. A special Invitation to attend Ifi extended to the ladies of this lo'ality nit they are as vitally Interested as are the men. Kemember that this is not exclusive Tor members of 'the Chamber of Commerce, but all resi dents are urged to atfecd. Today's Scores National If. IT. K. New York (1 Vi 0 Boston , ft I 4 Neli I' (i ml Snyder; Kudolpli, Ileum and Guwd.v, , ' American .v. It. IT. E. Pliilltilclphiu 4 (12 New York ...ft ' ,r 3 ' AIi i lire, llastv, Perry and Perkins; Kbawkcv and llannali. WARNING I U kMPlng your bowelt rtfular da not i or ml"" l UiallTM; just try KOHOLAX mr, gentle, wholoiomc. llcst ..rid govs farthm. tlbtalnabia tl bur ilruciriU, eteiy hero. Ksrolax U reiki for many irnirnU. Ineludlnr ciiintlpiltuTi. hcatUchu. dfuy Mill, bitehlno, t. lietriburi., litrpltt liver, Sail l)tptli. mrrouintii, upcplk, lintltfn Da, ubmitj, wvutal uml iihj'ijl dujlaaii. IHlCOPPERHEAlf - ' - i r'' v.'.' " -u ri. -s itn PRICES Evenlnrjs, 7:15 Matinee. 2:15 Adults. 35c Children. 1 0c Lones 50c (War Tax Included), RIALTO ; . , " PORTLAND, June 3. Louise Ben der. 17, is unconscious at a local hos pital today suffering from a crushed skull, Inflicted late last night by an unknown assailant. Alvln Denolt, 24 neighbor, Is being held by the police pending Investigation. ' W. B. Bender, father of the girl also is in a hospital suffering from a scalp wound Inflicted by the assail !""' '",? he attempted to rush to his ''"P' -.assistance, "enolt mritine tn f lift nnlfpn. hiia ml mil the aiisuult but ia Bad to maintain that he did not know what he was doing at the time, as he had been drinking. The girl was struck by a heavy piece of wood, whittled in the shape of a -cluh. Physicians say chances for the recovery of Miss Ben der arc slight. G. A. R. GUESTS OF RIALIO, PLEASED The 0. A; li. nnd V. I!. C. members hist niyht "en hived every second ol' "The Coppcrliend," which is one ol' tin! best patriotic and emotional pic tares ever seen in Mcilt'ord. chniac terlzed bv nuict, iruusiiallv fine nct- injr: "The Copperhead" takes I tense urip on one from start lo fin ish, and altcrnatelv thrills and bruit's sobs, and ils spiritual uplift lusts low? after the performance, its Civil War setting .and costuming made it in tensely inlereslimr to I III! "frizzled veterans anil the Heliel Corps women brinuiinr back vividly to most the stir rinsr days of their youth, and tliev are very miitel'ul to the Hiulto iiinii mtcmenl for the treat bestowed on them. FEDERAL AID 10 CINCINNATI, June H. Spmkinsr hclore the Cincinnati Chmnber of Counlierce, Harry A. Wheeler, presi dent of the Chamber of Coinme'rco of the t'nited States, urged that the government "place itself underneath business in u helpful way, especiallv in the export field, just as Knuliiud and other, countries have done." .Mr. Wheeler insisted that American concerns desiHinr to operate in for eimi countries be itivou churters from the Cnited States aovernment. 2 COMING! A. C. Allen's Nature Pictures IN FREIGHT JAM 'WASHINGTON, June 3. Full co operation was promised the inter state commerce commission In reliev ing the freight Jam by Daniel Wll lard, president of the Association of Hallway Executives car service reply ing today to the commission's tele gram of yesterday declaring that Its orders were not being carried out by the carriers. .Mr. Wlllard telegraphed the com mission from New York that be had called the commission's orders de signed to relieve the freight conges tion to the attention of all railway executives. 'He added that he felt sure that It would be unnecessary for the commission to carry out Its threat of Invoking the penal provisions of the interstate commerce act. VILLA DRIVE ON PARRAL BEATEN WASHINGTON, June 3. Advices today to the state department said Francisco Villa, the .Mexican rebel leader, was reported to have attacked Parral yesterday and to have been re pulsed by the garrison with some losses. MKXICO CITY, June 3. Southern revolutionary chiefs were assured protection yesterday by General P. klius Culles, provisional minister of TEXAS TROOPS TO AUSTIN, Texnsr June X State troops will take hurire of the long shoremen strike situation nt Giilves- ton Saturday nt"nine o'clock. In a communication to Adjutant Genera) W. t). Cope of Texis, Governor W. P. Hobby todnv ordered twenty-nine troops of dismounted envalrv. and three machine trim companies, Texas national guard to! proceed immediately to Galveston. Trie troops are mobiliz in; ill various Texas cities. PORTLAND 'CONEY; HIT BY FLAMES PORTLAND. Ore., June 3. The chuto-thc-chutes concession nt the Oaks, an amusement park near here. was burned to the around early today, the bluzc for a lime tlireutenins mills and lumber yards in the vicinity. The damnite was estimated nt $20,000. Hack of water hindered the fiic- fiahters and fie I tuts were called to assist. AT' RED CONFAB WASHINGTON. June :i The Unit ed States will be represented uuof ficinlly at (he furthcoming confer ence nt London between Gregory Krassin, bolshevik minister of trail- and commerce, and representatives of Ihe supreme economic council, it ,v;is lunoiinced today bv olfic'nls here. OF MEAT TRUST WASHINGTON', June .t The linuev agricultural committee voted todiiN lo postpone act on on legislation recii luting the meat necking inilustdv until the next scion of congress. ix committeemen opposed the delay. The committee voted to make the legislation an order of unfinished business for the next session. Ono of the outstanding motion pic ture productions of the year is the screen version of Augustus Thomas', brilliant play, "Tho Copperhead," which with Lionel Harry m ore In the leading role, opened ft four days' u n ut the Hiulto theatre last even ing, and it is well worth the attention of every admirer of really fine photo plays. The fact that a whole village was constructed and' twice reconstructed for the three main episodes of the story Is an indication of the large soalo upon whtrh the picture has been prouueed. The success that has been thus nttaincrt in securing the real atmosphere of the period in which the action of "The Copper- iieii'i" takes place Is striking. PLATFORM TO BE CHICAGO, June 3. The republi can platform. Chairman Hays of the national committee, declared in a statement today, will be a "sacred contractual obligation between ths party and the people." Kull opportunity for hearings be fore the resolutions committee, ?,lr. Hays said, will be accorded In all pertinent subjects. "The platform will deal, of course, with the great fundamentals," said Mr. Hays. Arrangements to hear representa tives of women, labor and agricul tural interests already have been made and Mr. Hays is distributing voluminous information compiled by the republican committee on plat form and policies. REGULATE BRITISH FISH INTERESTS VANCOUVKIt. It. C June X yVu.vs and' means must be devised lo protect salmon and halibut fisheries of Ilritish Columbia or there will be notbim; left to protect, said Hon. W'l linm P. Sloan, commissioner of fish eries for Ilritish Columbia today, ad dressing the convention of the Ca nadian Fisheries association which has bronchi into conference more (bun one hundred delegates from va rious parts of Canada and the Cnit ed States. Waste, ovcr-fishim; and luck of proper regulations, wouhi prove disastrous to the fishing in dustry unless remedied. Reds Enter Teheran. CONSTANT! NOPI.F., June 3. (liy the Associated i'ressi The Pcrsirn legation here has received a dispatch saving that the bolsheviki had entered Teheran, the capital of Persia. 5 MANN'S The Best Goods for the Price, No Matter 20th Friday Surprise Sale! 1 29 Money M $1.50 PLAY SUITS $1.19 S Made of heavy blue den S im. Cheap at $1.50 pair. Si?":.- $1.19 50c OILCLOTH 39c Best quality in dark eol- ors only. Cheap at 50?.. Friday,' OQr vard J'v m 25c CRASH 19c Good quality. Part liu- on. Cheap at 25c. 1Qr H Friday, yard H 10 Per Cent off On All Gossard and Warner's Corsets . j 59c PILLOW CASES 48c 42 and 45-inch Pillow Slips. Regular price, 59c. Friday Surprise AOr Sale, each :t0l. H 85c SUITING 75c Promenade. Suiting for .summer wear, S5 valu 1 S Friday, vard : 79c CREPE 63c Silk and Cotton Crepe lie Chene. Kegular rire ; 63c ' 59c SHIRTING 39c French Flannel patterns E in cotton shirting, 5)! values. Fridav, IQr M ynnl .". l H 50c SHIELDS 35c Good quality dress shields 50e values. I-'ri- lr. 7Zf vard vviv $1.25 Union Suits 98c Princess May Union Suits in all sizes, in pink and white. Fri-' Qfir da.v suit 70t MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED E CHFAP.PLENTIFUL SKATTI.K. June X Japanese cen 'trifiiL'u! sugar, n crystallized sugar product, can be laid down in Seattle for approximately $17 per hundred pounds, according to information re ceived from Kobe by a Seattle ex porting nnd importing company, I'l.u made public today. The information said between 80,00(1 nnd HO.OOO tons of the Japanese product are now available for export. Another im porting firm announced .Vi.OOO tons of Japanese. Formosa and Javanese sugar would be shipped direct lo New York and ubout 5000 tons to San Fruncisco. PARIS, June .1. President Desch nnel left Paris this morning in im niitomobile lor the Chateau de l.ii Mnntellerie. nt Jj'ieux. Normandv. LIBERTY AND "THE SPEAK-EASY" Mack Sennett's Latest gloom killer ' -STARTS TOMORROW- ROEERT WARWICK in Comedy - Savers for $8.00 WAISTS $5.98 Made of good Georgette Crepe and Crepe de Chene. Up to $8.00 val ues. y riday, each $5.98 One-third Off On Suits Every Spring Suit in this sale, one-third off regu lar price. ' ' $1.50 Boy's Waists 98c Made of good percale. All sizes. $1.50 values. Fri day, each 98c 10 Per Cent Off On All ' Silk Waists 10 Per Cent Off. 35c VOILE 29c Hemstitched Voile for ( urtains, :15c values. ! riday, yard 29c 59c GINGHAM 48c .'!2-inch fine Zephyr Gingham. Beautiful pal terns, 5!)c value. ilO Friday, yard TfOl 48c LONG CLOTH 29c Mill Ends. Nainsook and Long Cloth, 4Se values y'l, 29C BATH TOWELS 29c Good quality hath towels. Un sale Friday, each 29c 20c GARTERS 15c Good quality Children's Garters, 20c values. Fri- (la:r 1 Cr pair 1 Jt (mm TKeWoman's Store '4-22 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE MEDF0RD. OREGON MAIL OR r7 where be will rest for soveial wvikr '- The president seemed very alert. Armenia Mandate Off. WASHINGTON. June 3. The st.K ate resolution declining to grarit President Wilson's request for" au thority to accept n mandate over Ar menia was ordered out today bv 'the house foreign affairs committee. Chairman Porter said he did not ex peci house nction until tomorrow. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured by loci appllcallona. as ihey cannot tit. dlead portion ot Ui. ear Ih,,, , on'y ono way to cum catarrhal atali", ar.tf that la by a constitutional ren!.' Catarrhal D.afneaa la cauaed by , ,' llaiiu-tl condition of toe- inucoua llnliv Hi the Euatachlan Tube. When thla tuL ii tnfta.ntid. you have a rumbling aound or tm perfect hearing-, and when It la enllrViJ cloaed. Dearnets la the reault. Unleaa ihl Inflammation can be reduced and thia tut I restored lo Ita normal condition, heariiii will be destroyed forever. Many rases ' deafness are cauned by catarrh, which tl an inrtumed condition, of the mucous nr faces. Hall'a Catarrh Medicine acta th the blood on the mucous auriucea of ilin aystein. . We will rive One Hundred Dollars f my case of Catarrhal Deafness that tiiZ be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine ci? ulare free. All Drutgtsts. 75c. F. J. CHENEY sV CO.. Toledo, o. Your Last Chance Today And the Biwiest Race of the Year Will Be K Over WALLIE RE ID "EXCUSE MY DUST" Jojm Drew's Celebrated Stage Success r- " JACK STRAW" What the Price MANN'S Tomorrow! 39c HOSE 15c Infant's Lisle , Hose in 3 red, pink and blue, 39;; values. Friday, y 1 C pa.ir Uv Vi OFF ON COATS 1 Every Spring Coat in this sale One-Fourth Off Regular Price. $2.00 WAISTS $1.50 Made of good Voile. All sizes. Friday, each $1.50 1 45c YARN 35c ' -W An odd line of VooI S Yarn. Cheap at 45c, Friday, s skein J JL 48c DRAPERY 39c W Colonial Drapery,. "( inches wide. Regula.- price 48c. Fri day, yard 39c 1 $1.48 DAMASK 98c 70-ineh Mercerized Table Damask, $1.18 value.-'. i' riday, vard 98c I 85c VOILES 75c ; 45-inch plain Dress ' - r i . . , , , ones, au gooti siiaoes, s 85c values. Fri- 7C S day, yard I Jl g 85c GLOVES 79c H Ivanhoe Silk Gloves in s white and black, 85c val- S ues. pair 79c i $2.00 VESTS $1.75 g Princess May Silk Lisle Vests, $2.00 values. Fri- each I... $ 1 -75 S $2.00 Silk Hose $1.59 In all colors. Plain and lace stripe, $2.00 values. SS:. :.$1-59 EXPRESS PREPAID S