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MTCDFOim MATL TTCTHTTNR MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 10. 192 PJOR TTTTITCT'J t 0 PARK STAGE FATAL FIGHT .10 DEATH A, fact; unknown to many' is that swan-Mil' engage in encounters and battle unto death; Last Saturday morning employes' of Lithia park found one of the beautiful swans that have ' been admired by , park visitors dead; ; Much speculation arose as to the cause of its. death and the opinion prevailed .that the bird - had been killed by mischievous boys.' The of ficials of-the park decided, to, hold an investigation to determine, if possible, the cause of death. : A thorough ex amination was made, but the investi-: gators were as much at sea as in the beginning. , This morning brought a solution to the mystery. As employes of 'the park- were performing their morning duties, they saw two of the remaining swan engaged In a fierce encounter, the huge birds using their wings with terrific force. Park employes finally succeeding in get to - the birds and separated them. The one that ap peared, about -ready to. accept defeat was carried out tothe bank and it was thought, that it- was only exhausted and would .recover in a few minutes Instead, the bird toppled over dead, having been overcome by the blows of his adversary. Park officials and. citizens in gen eral regret the loss' of the two, as only four remain. Much of the pond occu pied by the Bwan is frozen over and nark authorities believe that the 11m Ited water remaining is responsible for the two fatal encounters. Pre parations are. being made to separate them and they win be kept apart until the ice: disappears, and ample swim- ming room is restored. jsniunu uiu ings. ::, -'. '' CHEAPER TO SEND THAN KEEP HERE It Is ; cheaper for Jackson county to send its prisoners to Portland ana pay Multnomah county 60 cents a day for each offender, than to try to look after the prisoners at home, accord inc to County. Judge Gardner of Jack ' nonvillo. who has been attending the state chamber of commerce, and. is now . attending the sessions or ,tne highway, commission. Jackson , coun ty is not equipped to . take care of prisoners serving a sentence, so it is considered more,, economical to snip them to . Multnomah county, where they can work on the rockplle, than to' establish a. rpckpile viiv, Jackson county and furnish guards." Recently there, appeared in the press a state ment that Judge, Gardner might be a candidate for the. republican nominar tion for secretary of; state. In the com ing primaries. The judge says that while a number of people have made the proposal to him, he has not com mitted himself one way or the other. Portland Oregonlan. , Kiwanians, Craters, Rotations Backing Harding Memorial " The Medford committees appointed . to asslst-'Count Chairman C. P. Tal out of t the' Harding- Memorial, asso.- elation, are as follows: ,. Cratersr7-V. J- Warner, C. Y. Tcng wald, A. J. Vance, Don, Newbury. !;' Klwahiana T. E. Daniels, A. O. Bmtth.-'." '-! ' " - Hotarlans W. R. Kirkpatrick and , V. A. Hanna. J ' Jt is not the intention of the organ lzers of the association to solicit con tributions, but to have them voiun, . tarllv madev ' If. you favor the ..movement, please leave, or send a contribution to any ; of the above or to C. L. Oarlock at the Chamber of Commerce." NERVOUS, RUN DOWN MOTHERS ,vf' r. 1 . 1 . - M ' Worn Out Caring for Children and; Hwuework See how Ly4ia, ' JPwkham' Vegetable ' v ' , Compound Helps Indianapoli, Indiana."I was fa a . mry nervous and run-down condition 1WBUH - nursing mjr baby, and hearing soma talk of Lydia E. Pinkhara's Vege table uimpouna, x began taking it From the second bottle I noticed a bie I improvement, and I am sUU taking it I am not a bit nervous now, and feel like a different person. If is a great medicine for any one in a nervous-run-down con-, dition and I would be glad -to give- any. cue advice about taking it I think there is no better medicine and give you permission to publish this letter." Mrs, Anna Smiths 641. W. Norwood . Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. (" The important thing about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is that It does help women suffering from the , ailments common to their sex. ' If you are nervous and run-down and have pains in your lower parts and in Sur back, remember that the Vegetable mpound has relieved other women having the same symptoms,' For sale ff druggist averjrwbwat ... . I ipr"'i mi mill OF YEW EXCHANGE TOKIO, Jah. 10.-i-(By Associated Press). The recent 'steady decline of the exchange rate on the yen is caus ing anxiety especially among the for eigners and Japanese exporters. The yen today touched 44 cents and no. body expects a halt in its descent until i reaches.,40.,,,. - "t-j; , ., The drop already is affecting Imr ports and experts point out that this holds disastrous possibilities because the imports that are being checked are necessities, not luxuries. The drop may retard rebuilding In, the earth quake and fire zone because of the prices for lumber, steel and machin ery. The decline of the exchange rate on the yen, it is said here, is likely to force the . government's hand In the matter of a foreign, loan as it is thought that 'onlya large' dollar loan for the purchase of reconstruction materials can check the. fall, of the yen. conneauftntlv much lnternnt in at- I tached here to the aotlvitles of Kenji Kpdama, who is in New York discuss ing the loah'sltuatlori. .. . Financiers here believe a loan of a quarter, billion yen (J 125,000,00) will be floatable in New York and London in the early spring. The yen's decline is- 'attributed to three., factors, first, the Unfavorable trade, balance which official figures Just published show to have totalled 600,000,000 yen (1300,000,000) lust year; second, the heavy demand for dollars to puy for reconstruction-materials purchased- In America; and third, the, , ref usal . of -the go vernment to . employ its . specie hbldlrigs.abroad to' retard the downward tendency of the yen. ' .. . The government's refusal Is due to a desire to limit imports, thus making foreign, trade coma, more - nearly to a balance and also- to 'the . low point reached by its specie reserve abroad. BANKER DIES, WILL GIVES STUDENT AID PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. . 10. Mrs. Ida May Crawford, widow of Edward G., Crawford, Benlor vice-president of the United States National bank, who died in this city May 12 of last year, died here last night at her apart ments. Sho had' been' "in fulling Health rom the time of her husband's amiiu. . .... -. - ' -, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford made reel procal wills directing .the disposal of their property. By the terms of these testaments, after making certain an nuity bequests out oT theestate, val ued at about $400,000, -the income of. the residue is to be hold as a per petual student loam fund. This fund approximates $250,000, which the trust department of the United States. National bank as executor is author ized to loan to worthy young men seeking .education in . mechanical trades and business linos. Loans are to be made on nominations by the. executives of the United States Na tional bank in sums of not more than $1,000 nnd at interest rates not ex ceedlng five per cent. , GOPCO RATE RAISE FULLY EXPLAINED Due- to a typographical . error in last night's Mail Tribune In quoting letter of the Public Service Commis sion of Oregon regarding adjustment of rates of the California Oregon Power company it, was stated as fplr lows:. . -' : 'The proposed electric cooking rate provides for an increase from lc to l&c per, k. w. h. for the consumption Jn excess of 230 k.'.w. h. per month," whereas this should have read "an in. crease from lc to lc. per k. w. h, for the consumption in excess, of 230 kilowatt hours per month.", The Mall Tribune Is advised by the power com pany that. no cooking, customers will be affected unless-their monthly bill is over $7.00, and then only to the lextent of 14 c per k. w. h. for the ex: cess over 230 k. w. h. ' OF At the chamber of - commerce luncheon at the Medford hotel yes terday, William Moore, state fire marshal made the' Btartllng state ment that the Oregon, per .capita fire loss in 1922 was greater than any other state in the union and that 60 "per cent of the fires were preventable. Jny Stevens of Ban Francisco, a former Oregonlan, described the Ber keley fire and its relationship to the atmospheric conditions, He gave a demonstration of whnt happens when people place in their electric light system hairpins and other metals in stead of using the proper plug. Mayor Oaddls spoke in the Interest of the campaign for the starving chil dren of Germany and the forum voted a recommendation, on this subject to the directors. ' -, J. W. Wakefield .was chairman of the forum and it was well attended. Do 4. Propose that membership In the League, should be opened to all nations.. Irovide for the. continuing de velopmeut of international lay; STILL FIGHT OVER WASHINGTON Jan. x 10. :DWIded Into two' camps,-; houso ;re))iill brans will ineet in conferenea tonight to de termine whether tax legislation, or the soldiers' bonus is to have right of way on the legislative program. . One group, endeavoring to bring about- n house vote on the. bonus by the end of the month. Is expected to propose either that the ways and means committee be instructed to re port the Mckenzie bonus bill ahead of the revenue measure or that the conference go on record as favoring enactment of both proposals without saying which should be given priority. The, other faction is led by Repre sentative, Longrworth, tho republican lender, who has announced his inten tion to fight any proposal at variance with hta. contention that the. ways and means committee should be Instruct ed to report, certain of the tax bills before taking up the bonus. The. committee nut aside for a time today, consideration, of the revenue bill to. discuss the proposal for a con stitutional amendment prohibiting the lRsuancef.of tax-exempt securities. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. The rail roads and merchants of the United States could save more than $1,00.0,. 000,000 In the next five years through removal of freight terminals, ' from congested city areas to cheaper outly ing property and. the use of motor trucking service for the delivery of freight, Alfred 8. Swayne, of New York, told, the national transportation congress called, by the National Rail way association.- . ,- ' ,v Mr. Swayne, who Is chairman' of, one of the six committees of the. organization- which recently, completed studies of various phases of the transportation problem, discussed, the relation of highways and motor trans portation to other transportation agencies. t ' He outlined economies his commit tee hnd found possible, recommended proper regulation of motor transpor tation, advoca'ted the development of highways suitable for economic handl ing of traffic nnd urged continued re search to disclose more fully the pos sibilities of the use of motor vehicles. JLLO THE PLAN IN BRIEF Proposes r I. That the United States shall im mediately enter the Permanent Court of Intffrnation.il Jutie uimVr the pomlltions stated by Secretary Hughes uml President, Harding in February. 1U2S. it. That witliout beoomlng i mem ber of the Leapue of Nations as at present constituted, the,, United, States shall offer to extend its pres ent cooperation with tlie League and participate in the work of the League-' as a body of mutual counsel under conditions which 1, Substitute moral force and public opinion for, the military and economic), force originully iui plied in Articles X and XVI. I. Safeguard the Monroe Doctrine. 3. Accept tlie fact that the United State will assume no obligations under the Treaty of Versailles exceot' bv Act, of Comrrena. PR1IIY BONUS OjLl ON CAIiNOAl urges railroads 'haniwiight M The past few days have showed us just how the people believe in us. They have crowded, jammed our store; they have bought: merchandise by the armload. They know w-e are telling them the truth when we say we are cleaning out, that this stock will be sold down to the figures we have set by February 1st, in v tory time. , And we want YOU to believe this we would, uot break faith with YOU. Come in and let us make good. If TOXX have already attended this Medford Mail Tribune Medford. Oregon you approve the winning plan Yea O In substance? No O (Put an X Inside the proper circle.) Name , . ...... Address Please print, CJty State Are you a voter? Mall promptly to THE AMERICAN PEACE AWARD 342 Madison Avenue, New York City If you wish to express a fuller opinion also,, please write to the American Peace, Award. " ' - BRINGS SUIT TO : : ABANDON C: P. WASHINGTON; Jan., 10. Clarence H, Venner. a atock, holder ,. in ill? Southern Pacific company,, petitioned the supreme court today for an order to compej' the,, dissolution of control by the Southern Pacific over the Cen tral Pacific railroad as directed by a supreme court decision delivered in I May, 1922." . , I In making; his plea Mr. Venner said the '. attorney, grenerol had' nnnounced the. government would not appeal from the decision of the federni dls-i trlct court- for: Utah; approving the ' action of the . inter-state commerce commission In authorizing tho South, ern Pacific to continue control over the Central Pacific. . v i -i After the supreme court decision,' the federal district court in Utah or dered tlie dissolution, but the inter state commerce commission permitted the Southern Pacific to continue its control and the district court guve Its approval, holding In substance that, while the dissolution decision of the. supreme court hnd been bnsed on the grounds that the consolidation .vas prohibited by the Sherman anti trust act, the order of the commis sion was warranted by the transpor tation act of 1922. In the petition today It was con tended that the district couit should huve held that the commission was without jurisdiction to consider the application , of the Southern Pacific for tho. reason that It was aimed to "nullify-, the mandate, .of our highest court,". -V. t PORTLAND. Ore., Jan, 10. Prac tically every type, of: criminal, , from bootlegger, to - forger, employes the automobile in , hln' operations, Oregon sheriffs and fedcrnWprohlbltlon agents were told here today by. Joe Keller, Investigator for the Automobile Underwriters association. ; "Tho automoliilo: is employed , in ninety-nine out of every hundred criminal cases today,' Keller said. The officers are here in attendance upon a three-day law. enforcement school conducted by tho federal pro hibition department. Discussion has centered chiefly around, search" and seizure, and explanation of the proper procedure In Issuance of search War; rants. Facts, not; fancy, must form the basis of all such documents, tho speakers have declared.' ' Dept. S A BIG SUCCESS ' I I AFTER CUMMINS AS SENATE HEAD ; WASHINGTON,! Jan.: 10. Rever be rations from the month's battle in tho sennto which resulted in the elec tion yesterday of Senator Smith, dem ocrat, South Carolina, as chairman of the interstate commerce committee, over Senator, Cummins, republican, lo.wa, continued toduy In tho form of rumblings that presaged a somewhat similar fight over the retention by the Iowa senator of tho office of presi dent pro tern. i. The, house meanwhile began work on the first big appropriation mea sure of. the season the interior, sup ply ..bin which was reported yester day by the appropriations committee with the total cut ta $lQ7,727,H6fi which is 935,792.044 less than allotted to the department last year. Tho livelihood of an, effort to un seat the Iowa senator as president pro tern, now that the chairmanship fight fs out of the. way, has. brought . out suggestions In some quarters that cer tain republican insurgents and the fanner-labor senators, comprising the "LaFolletto group might throw their support to. Senator Pittman. democrat Nevada. Republican . organiaztion senators have contended thnt Senator Cummins, retains the, Honate presi dency by virtue of his election at the last session of congress and they have not formally, indorsed him for re election. i In tho house the Dyer antl-lynching bill, tho Mexican situation and agri culture's problems received a share of committee attention with the ways and means compUttee continuing Its work on revenue legislation. , The house immigration committee began work on the proposed bill which would restrict Immigration to 20 per cent of, the foreign born of ench nation In the United States In 1890 and to two per cent of the blood relatives of foreign born hero. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10. The 64 lending cities of tho Pacific const experienced in 1923 an increano of 38 per cent in building activities over 1922, according to a survey made public today by S. V. Straus and company. The grand totnl of build ing In these cities was $402,049,908. Utah showed the greatest relative gain of 53 per cent, while California came second with a gain of 42 per cent. The Washington gain was 20 per cent, Oregon 17 per cent and Ari zona 14 per cent. 1 Annual gains of tho large cities wore: Los Angeles, DO per cent; San Francisco, three per cent;. Portland. 11 per cent; Seattle, 16 per cent; Salt Iake. 34 per cent. ' , "Pape's. Cold Compound" Breaks, a Cold Right Up Take two tablets every three hours 'until three doses are taken. The first 1 Idose always, gives relief. The second i and third doses'completely break up the j cold. Pleasant and safe to take. Con-1 tains no quinine, or opiates. Millions , use "Pape's Cold Compound." . I'rloo, thirty-five cents. Druggists guarantee it, '. sale come in The Colonial's Closing-Gut SALE I of Ready-to-Wear 0 Now Coins: On Watch Tomorrow's Mail Tribune ' For Big Slashes . in. Prices NOTICE TO ELKS Bro. Frank T. 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