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A LOCAL BANQUET
A banquet wns given at the Hotel
SOCIALISTS FILE
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The Noted Dead
Pi-ess.) Sir
niCRLIX. Muy 7. (liy the Associat-
Medford list night by J. H. Cochran. e Press.) Official protest has been
manager of tho southern Oretfon and entered by the socialists aKin"t the
northern Calffoinia general agency of validity of the election of Field Mur
ine Pacific Mutual Lire Insurance
company, honoring the officers of the
home office.
In addition to members of Mr. Coch
ran's agency force and medical exam
iners of Med ford, there were several
Invited guests. Duo to illness Mr.
Cochran was- unable to bo present,
and the banquet was presided over by
J. W. Kirkpatrick, special agent of the
local office.
Following the dinner speeches were
made by the home office members
present.
Frank R. Woodbury, vice-president
of the company, spoke at length of the
growth of life insurance in general
and of the Pacific Mutual in particular.
predicting great things in the future
of life Insurance.
shal Von Ilindenburtf as president of
Germany. The socialists charue many
irregularities and demand that the
election bo declared void.
This action, however, does not seem
to worry the nationalists, who say It
will be difficult to prove that the cir
cumstances were Fuch to affect the
result of the vote In which Von Hin-
dnburg received a plurality of 902,
911. The Hociutist paper. Vorwaerts cites
as evidence, either of intimidation or
fraud, the fact that the nationalists
after the election published n list of
localities In which every voto wus re-
I corded for Von Hfndenhurf?.
May 7. (By Associated
Dover ton Hturdee, ad
miral of the fleet, who commanded
the British squadron In I ha battle of
Falkland Islands , in 1914, and later
participated In the battle of Jutland
died today, lie had been III for some
time.
Entering: the navy in 1871, he rose
by successive stages to the rank of
rear admiral In 19 OH and was made a
vice admiral Just before the war be
gan. He commanded the Anglo
American force In the Samoan
troubles in 1HU8-99. A baronetcy was
conferred on him in 1916.
EA
C0UNWEIT
PASADENA, Cat., May 7. Corde
nio A. Severance of St. Paul, former
president of the American liar as
sociation and lawyer of international fop tne K'lu
LONDON. May 7. (Tly the Asso
ciated Press.) The remarkable slump
In wotl prices la attractinK attention,
the' prices having fullen about forty
per cent in four nionthB without much
apaprent cause.
The buyers, it is said, miscalculated
the rate of consumption and conse
quently have many thousands of bales
on hand, but out enough to uccount
mp.
Kir Arthur Goldfinch, director of
war material during the World war,
and an authority on wool, is qulted by
the Dally Mail as saying- that the sur
plus is very small as compared with
the average consumption, but that ow
ing: to It something like a puntc is onw
occurring. .
The Melbourne correspondent of the
L. W. Morgan, superintendent of the! . 11 a meonceivanie. ne paper says.
policy department, spoke of Important in,u ,n a "'ry pomieaiiy uiKunueo,
changes In life Insurance policies, 1 11,1 vo,B 1,1 wverul localities
particularly of the disability features. iBhoultl hav" Konc tov OIUJ nmn
extended Insurance and surrender1 "''" socialists assert that the elec
vnlues. nil of which have been added torH " numerous rural districts were
during the growth of life Insurance. c"'oed Into voting for tho field mar
Cary Groton. assistant secretary of fihlU because transparent Instead of
the non-cancellable division, told how opaque envelopes were useu, tnus per.
thn Pacific Mutual n'onenred the non- mltlhiK the election of officials to see
reputation, is .dead at his winter
home here.
Mrs, Severance was with her hus
band when heart disease abruptly
terminated his life late yesterday.
She will accompany the body to St.
Paul for burial, leaving Pasadena to
morrow. Porn at Manlorville, Minn., In 13C2
Mr. Severance entered the law office l)&ny Tet.Braph rvJiorlti thnt a coun
DaviH as a young man. and In 1887
formed with Davis and Frank H.
Kellogg, now secretary of state, the
firm of Davis, Kellogg and Sever
ance, ah a mepwjer ot mis urm phou(l he no Ba,ca (n AU8traUa for
won wine repuuuion as an iiumumy .p
on corporation luw, nariiciimuug in
ninny Important cases.
He was president of the Amo
Par association in 1U21. He was
t active republican and orved
I rlnuH commissions, but never held
polltllal office.
WASHINGTON, May 7. IB the
Associated Press) One of the great
est conspiracies for the counterfeit
ing of government securities ever dis
covered is declared by secret service
officials here to be involved in the
indictment at Pittsburg yesterday of
eight nien on counterfeiting charges.
Hetween 40 and 60 persons are
under arrest In three states on
charges of having manufactured and
distributed fake war savings stamps
and revenue strip ..stamps. Trial of
the alleged leaders is to start In Chi
cago next week.
Says Ordtaary "Buttermilk Best
. For Jreckles, Sunburn and Tan
AdvlMM Old Time- ltrripe of IliiUer
rnilk freain tn a Sew Wuy A
t;t'iillu Miiwaiicn Willi rinRvrs Be
fore Jlotlrlyic Is All Tliul 4
aNwcMuiry.
riutfrrmilk and Ovum Slmiilo Kern
eclies Uest Kiw Fuec, llimila
und Arms In l-:quislte Condition
Son, Smooth und Brauli'iil.
The old-time application of Butter
milk anil Cream to whiten and pre
aerve the skin and remove harsh lit
tle wrinkles and uuly sallowness is
grandmother', recipe and. women
throughout the country are aBain
ulnc it to ensure n beautiful com
plexion and snow-white
arms.
Buttermilk, however, is not always
.obtainable, but
last perfected J
hands and '
it's just a common ordinary buevr-
milk in the form of a wonderful
specialist haB at cream. ThafB ,oil. Howards Buw
IliemOU OI cunui'ii- UTIIUIK ".. "& i.nn
cancellable Income Insurance and of
the wonderful program of this form of
dlsfibllity insurance.
AH of the officers complimented Mr.
Cochran's agency on the larne volume
of business bolntf done and predicted
a great future for this nuoncy. They
were also loud In their praise of Mod
ford and vicinity nnii are planning
vaoation trips to thlH miction.
The following wore In attendance:
L. VV. Morgan, superintendent of pol
icy departmont; Cary flioton. assist
ant secretary non-cancellable division;
Frank R. Woodbury, vice-president;
Dr. E. 13. rickel, chief medical ex
uminer; Dr. P. O. Thayer, Dr. Wm.
W, P. Holt, examining physicians; J.
W. Kirkpatrick, special non-cancellable
agent; J A. Tlialhofer, district
manager at Klamath Falls: Henry
Under, executive ngeut; II. K. Camp
bell and S. II. llutlcr,' hankers of
Eagle Point; Ray Henderaon and II.
V. W. Rpllver, local agents; T. J.
Fuson, non-cancellnble agent nnd Now
York Mutual mumiKur: J. O. Isnncson
of Central point, C. I, (loff, fire Jn
surnnce agent; I.. II. Tuttle and A. J.
Thalhofer, guests.
The table decorations wore beauti
ful and unique, a special, foature being
the place cards doslgned by MIrs
Bnodicor, which was the emblem or
tho b!g troe, "tllnnt of the Pacific,"
which Is the Pacific Mutual slogun.
IXIN'DOX. May 7. (I'.y the Asso
ciated Press.) Viscount L-everhulme,
which wuy the ballots wree east.
The protest in a form of a plea for
fin in IniwHfin ntlfi.rr,i thnt iirAiuiirn lu
being exerted upon the election con?- Industrial leader and multi-millionaire
misslson l.v fixinir nurh an nnrlv dull ' soan kinf?' BUCCumhed to pneumo-
as May 12 for Von Hindenburg's In
auKuration, as the commlssslon is thus
not afforded sufficient time to can-
tintinr, ii..irrmiib und romi ti ne it the finger ups urounu ino corners
Federal agents have captured fake wUh a perfe,.t t.ream. which you of the eyes and mouth.
stamps with a face value of $190,000 cnn b in 8nn qU(intities ready to To get the best effect, be sure to
and agents In Chirajro have seized U8e Rl any f(rst (rjilPS drus store by follow the simple directions. Drug-
seyeral of .the counterfeiting outfits, t Rmnl otli,tn fnr "UnwRrdV1 Hut- cists guarantee a noticeable Improve-
ci! of Australian wool brokers inani- '""V 3nr i'r I termilk Cream. , ment a ir Vi? " .?
uv. There is no secret nhout It nor is iney win muiiu m "wncj. ai an
in ten or eleven cases. there any doubt about the result drugfrlsts Adv.
--Secret service officials said today i ; ..m. , ..s ' . .
the ganpr had built up a resourceful
distributing organization by which
the stnmps were passed along
through friends of the gangsters
and cashed at poatoffices. Most of
llie distributing was done through
headquarters in Cleveland and Pitts
burg. ' j
. : i
mously resolved yesterday that It was I
desirable to suspend all wool sales I
throughout Australia until July 1, and
it was actually decided that there
Pickup mil of
QUENTIN
vass tho returns.
Agitation alno continues over the is
sue whether tho republican flag shall
be retained, or the old bluck, white
nnd red re-adopted.
WOMAN HEAD OF
BABY HOME IS
nla at 4:30 o'clock this morning after
u brief Illness. He was 74 years old.
As William Ilaskins Lever, he start
ed work in his youth as a soap cutter.
but within a few years founded a small
factory of his own, and built up the
business until his enterprises "assumed
I world wide importance. He was rats-
lng his wife's maiden name llulme
with his own, became Viscount Lever-
hulme.
UNABLE TO AGREE
NEW VOIIK, May 7. Mrs. Helen
AuitUHt Clclsenvnlk, who conducts a
baby home in East Sfilh street was
held In JJ5.O00 hall In police court to
day on a charge of substituting chil
dren placetl in her iiiHtltutton. ,
A.Hnlmiuit District Attorney white,
who appeared nKUln.it the woman in
court snld numerous eomplnlntH had
BY
POLICE OF SPOKANE
NEVADA CITY, May 7. A posse
loft this morning for the crest of the
snow covered Sierras in pursuit of two
men believed to bo Convicts Hall and
Tanko. An automobile with un un
conscious man. .beside two others was
reported to have been soen passing
through Loyal to nlr on the road to
Reno, Xev.
The same machine passed through
Duwnlevllle last night. A well dressed
man. with hancs crossed as though
tied, and with head hanging limply on
his cheat was beside the driver.
Jorigt Protests Tax
I ; DETROIT, May 7. The Dodgo
board of assessors lnte today lopped
$17,000,000 from their earlier apprat-
jsal of 945.000,000 as the John F.
Dodge estate's share of the sale price
of Dodgo Brothers, Inc. Trustees of
, the estate immediately unnouueed
i they would content the board's action.
THE SCRATCH FEED
Jliinufactiireil and Sold by the
Morton Milling Co.
is as elieap as wheat and is n much better balanced feed.
Phone 311 Free Delivery . 4 W. Jackson St.
SERVICES HELD IN N. Y
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Come on, folks, come on along where
the crowds are headed tonight
ALBURNS The Miracle Man
SPOKANE, Wash., May
Oollec-
POTITLAND, Ore., May 7. The
Jury which tried Edgar Itlani'hard.
dismissed Portland policeman, on a
charge of iiHsault am) battery, in
connection with u raid March 21 on
the home of David Koulkes, reported
at 11 p. m. last night thnt It was
hopelessly divided and was discharg
ed by Circuit Judge Sklpworth.
The poliiomnn wus charged with
striking David Koulkes. Jr.
Utani;hard denied that ho wilfully
struck young Koulkes. Me said the
blow Was dellverpd as he was trying
to foroe the door, which was being
' hold by the boy.
Blanchard said he apologized when
ha realized thnt he was attempting
to entor tho wrong home. A house
across tho street was the nno which
hud been picked to raid the officer
said.
heon .made against her by mothers, 'day
lie told the magistrate the charge
against the woman probably would be
ch an trod inter tn hnmlclrln.
I Tho iirnHei'iif nr unlit Ir hn.l Imnn
ported It to him that twelve rhildrcn
starved to death In tile woman's insti
tution In one month. A former nurse
in the baby home, he aaid, had told
him Mr.s, (tdseuvolk was "cruel to all
her charges."
The specific charge on which the
woman was arraigned was made by
William Argere of Manhattan who
said he placed his four-months old
son in her care and that another child
was returned to him.
NEW VORKr May 7. (By Assoc!- 1
a'tfd Press.) . "Memorial services in
Town Mall this afternoon mark the
tenth anniversary of the sinking of
the Lusitnnta with the losn of 1 1 OS
Mvuh. including 1 !!4 Anicrlcunu
tlon from news stands of magazines, clergymen of all faiths, naval offic
ordered suppressed 'by county prose- JhIh and relatives or friends of some
cutor Charles Levy as obscene and of thn victims were on the program,
indecent, was being continued here John Drew, tictor, was scheduled
today by wholesale news dealers who for an address in memory of Charles !
took up copies of nearly twenty pub- Krohman. theatrical producer, who
Mentions from a few stands yester- lost his life on the Lusitnnla. t
I Madame Lucilla do escovi sings 1
Magazines whirh contain pictures the national anthem and reads an ac-
and drawings of womnn in scanty count of the disnster written by her
attire and Jokes declared question: brother, Silvio do Vescovl, who res-
able will be collected from all news cmd 24 women from the sinking ;
Special Ladies Only Matinee
Tomorrow Afternoon 2:30 o'clock
Questions Answered Privately
TCNIG-HT'S PICTURE
From the Story "Jungle Life," by I. A. R. WYL1E
vessel.
UNCLE JOE CELEBRATES
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DANVILLH. III-. May 7. Hy tho'
Associated Press) Uncle Joe Can
non, former speaker of the house
of representatives, was 89 years old
today.
He spent the day quietly with his
family, reading tho hundreds of tele
grams and tetters that came to him
from all sections of tho country, lie
enjoyed a visit this morning from
lieutenant Jack Ilarirtng, world flier,
who was here today.
NEGRO KILLED IN RACE
ELDORADO, - Ark., May 7. One
negro wus killed and eight white
men were wounded, two seriously, In
a fight between white and negro
oil workers near here lust night after
a demand had been mode that the
negroes be discharged. More than
100 shots were fired. An investiga
tion Into the affray was started by
tho sheriff today.
.CHICACIO. May 7. Oladys Robrrts
telephone girl detective who testified
at the McClintock Inuuyst a few days
ago today reported that she was
solved and struck last night while
walking from a motion picture show
by two unidentified assailants who
escaped.
Her face badly battered, she ap
pealed to the state's attorney fur re
dress. M iss Roberts test if led before tho
coroner's Jury which subsequently
bound over William Darling Shepherd
to the grand Jury in connection with
the death of Wlltlam N. McClintock.
She told of visits by Shepherd to the
detective agency of John K. Jones,
quoting alleged conversations over
heard by Jones turn! Khcpherd.
Clean cotton raga vintrd at Mall
THhnn nttlom
stands In the city during the
mainder of the week, the prosecutor
announced.
Objections to tho magazines cen
tered on pictures printed on the
covers nnd also, connection with
Jokes nnd short stories. It was said.
The action of the prosecutor fal
lows passage ' of a resolution by the
recont convention of the Inland Em
pire Education association here con
demning the circulation of such
publications. ,
Mr. Levy announced that he would
prosecute in tho case
of the magazines, but lv
announce nnv details of bin nlans.
Curtailment of circulation by the m"r you never thought was in
distributors will shut off su'ci of the '"r nystem. Heath's Drug Store.
ACiV.
Simple Mixture Best
For Constipation
Simple buckthorn bnrk, magne
sium sulph, c. p., glycerine, etc.,. as
mixed in Adlorikn, la excellent for
constipation. v It pften works in one
hour or less and never gripes. The
pleasant and QUICK action of' this
efficient Intestinal evacuant will sur-
f further sales "rise ou Adlerlka helps any case
declined to "aH 011 l,,e stomacn. unless aue to
aoep-Hcaivn causes. onen removes
magazines, the prosecutor believes.
2 WALlST; BROKERS
TO QUIT
"H "jl TT. A "IF T. N Eveninas,5r;'SKiddiot a Dime
I iXl I A I - T0M0ii0W:
j, -A- w ' 4 X "DONT CALL IT LOVE"
NKW YORK. May 7. Two Wall
street brokerage houses, which fig
ured prominently in the handling of
last year election wngers, J. S. Fried
and company and W. L. Darnell and
Company, are temporarily enjoined
from continuing in business.
The injunction was obtained yester
day from Supreme Court Justice Mc
Crate of llrooklyn by Attorney Gen
eral Ottlnger. The firms are charged
with fraudulent stock sales and re
rcivcrtdiip for both is asked.
The attormiy general said the action
was the beginning of a campaign to
"clean up the financfnl district."
Ch
ildren
Cry for
8. P. MAY BUM) TO COAST.
(Continued From Page Ono
railroad which operate 27.000 miles
of line and that these corporations
were prepared to- finance the exten
sion. There Is pending before the com
mission a petition by the Oregon pub
lic utilities commission whirh ask
that railroads serving Oregon le re,
quired to build a hire amount if new
extensions J ft the rent nil und mhIit,i
sections of that state.
Tho Orcson Trunk nronniml filed to-
rtnv In nart covers the routes on whh l
tho Oregon commission has sotAhl to
Xorco the new construction.
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