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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1925)
r PXnE FJGTTT Double Victory I1IIIIUIIV VUUU Mil WESTERN LINES NEED RATE BOOST CHIPAOO, Kept. 8. (A. U E. Wt'tlllng, niunnsor of the HtutlH tlcal bureau of the Western rnil roadH, teBllfyliiK uh the opening mil way wltllcRH In the henrlnH In the .Aataen fvalirht fit It fwtln HfA OUHQ before Chalrmnn Clyde H. AUchlnon 1 of the InterrHtnto comnmrco com mission, said ft I m okI one-fifth of the money Invented In the western rail roads fnfled to refelve any finan cial return In 1924. ' la elftht yeum ending Deeeniher 31, 1924, more thnn $1,700,000,000 was Invented hy the mi Iron tin In im provements while the net return earned by them In 1924 wiih Hf. 000,000 less thnn It wiih lu 1 '.' I . wa his stutement. "The rate of return earned on total Investment was ft. fill per cent In 1910 and was only 3.75 per cent in 1024. 'The net return earned by tho western railways In 1!24 was equiva lent to a 'rate of return of hut 4.fif per cent on the investment up to the end of IWlfi. being lower than return actually earned on this In vestment in 1916 and left nothing nt all for return on the $1,700,000,000, which has heeu invented in the property since that lime. "If tho full freight rate Increase now requested had been In effect In 1924 the western rnilnrndH net in that year would still have, bean lesfi than the net return actually earned in 1010 and would hnvn amounted to a return of 5.56 per cent on the I!II6 investment as con trasted with the 5.G9 per cent actu ally earned in 1U16. "If the Increase now requested had been realized In 11)24 It would havo meant a eturn to tho western rail ways of only 4.5S per cent on their 1924 Investment. "On the basis of lf24. a five per rent Increase In freight revenues wou I d p rod u cu a f a I r re t u r n on ap proximately $7,000,000,000, leaving over $2,000,000,000 of western rail roads' Investment still receiving noth ing at. all." ' Hcvw Central I'rot Photo Lansing, Midi.,' put on two beauty contests within two wccli.1. Miss Ottis M. Crngg entered and won both. Now she is barred from future competi tion. She is 20. BASEBALL SCORES Nntlmuil. x A. New York Firm Kunic: It. If. R. riOHton i.2 II 0 Now York 3 7 0 Conncy ulld Olliiuiii; Ihi'OMfli'UI inn" BnytfatY Sflcond gnnio: It. II. B. riOHton fi n 2 Now York..:..........:..'..;;...: :.: 4 7 0 Qraliam, Gunvwlcli mill O'N'oll, fllli 8oii ; Scott anil Dovltui, 1 E E FOR CITY ITER The first mei-tlnf; of the Kiwanis club iil'lor the tfiiiimwr vacation whs liel'l ut Ilntul Meilfonl Muniliiy, the' program coiislsllng of u talk by A. I : lllll mKnrdlni; the Clianiher of Com inerdo. drive which will ho held Thnrs-j day of this week, also regarding the comlne; election for water and city j hall bon l. The club decided toi heartily support ull these propositions. Secretary Tengwald called attention ; to securiuK three reels of films from I the Itudlo corporation on "safety at. sea. Tliese rilms will he shown at one of tho tlfcuters and It was decided In invite the Rotarlans, I. ions, Kuilln club and liiKli school pupils to utteud. Announcements will be made later Mr. TenKwald also culled attention to the International convention at Van couver. II. (!.. September 1C. President Glen Kubrick spoke of the plans for the full season and also, called attention to some of the work Iw.ln.v lnnn l.u nlhn. flltt.a Bllnh na' investigating ine ciass oi magn.inr's sold at tiie newsstands, the "Little llrother" movement in which boys are examined lor physical defects ' and iliseases and seeing that they are properly treated, bringing together leaders in capital and labor and assist ing in other things for Iho welfare of the community: ami the people especially children. Glen I' a brick won the attendance prize given by the Valley Kiwi com pany. . ' . Guests: worn Superintendent E. If. lledilck and li. II. Conkel. the new principal of the Moil ford high school: .1. T. Tourtellolt of Portland, architect of the new high school building, and Arthur Wilson of Klamath Falls. A new member present was Harry Johnson, new manager of tho Western Auto Supply company. s At Brooklyn . It. II. R. Philadelphia .' I I (I Ilronklyn 1 0 0 Pierce and Wendell; Viinco mid Taylor. . Hecond game: It. II. K. Philadelphia 3 13 2 Brooklyn 4 13 0 Itlng and Wilson; Oilmen and Taylor. At Pittsburg It. II. R. Clilcngo 3 111 II Pittsburg 2 12 0 Aloxunder and (loiizn Iih; Yde and Clooch, At St. Louis It II. K. Cincinnati 10 HI o St. Louis I Id 1 Drfldy and Krouger; Itcluhurt, Dick erman, Dyer and OTarrcll. Amerlcitii. First same It. II. R. New York 0 li 1 Boston 4 8 I 8hawkey. Ilnyt and T.ueffs. llen gough; Kufflng anil Plclnlch. Second game; It. 11. 13. New York 7 14 0 ItOMton 4 !) 2 I'ennnrk and IlenKouKli; Itoss and Ulnchoff, At Clev'ohind R. II. I".. Chicago 2 2 Clovoland 0 in 0 Robertson. Kerr and Crotiup; t'hle . nnd U Scwell. WASHINGTON. Rnnl R IA PI Secretary Wilbur today reidled In directly to one charge niudo hy Colonel William M. Mitchell ill Ills attack on the nuvy and army air services. The Hefivotiiry snld tile Shenandoah had not been sent on her western trip lu an effort lo riitiko up for failure of tho polar flight and the Hawaiian flight. A western voyage had been pluuned months ago, he sa'd, before the Hawaiian flight was arranged nnd about the same time Unit tha Arctic expedition was agreed upon. Mujor-Gimeral Ilulinlck, tho Inspec-tiir-gonrnil. presumably will call upon Colonel Mitchell for the 'acts. On re ceipt of u statement from the colonel that lie did make the charges against army and navy ofl'lcors contained in the statement Issued tit San Anlonio Saturday, General llelmicli will be in a position to formulate his recom mendations. The actions of Major-General lllnes, ' the chief of staff, lii referring the ) matter In Gonerul llelmick Is in lino with routine procedure. I Miilor-Gonornl .lohn A. Hull, Jildgo ddvociitegeneiiil of the army, prob ably also will be consulted. It tin pears prcbalilo that several days will e'linso before Ihore Is a final decision. Tho war department maintained c impli'to sllein e oxcent for announce ment that the Mitchell case had been referred to General llelmick. KtlORNR, Ore., Sept. 8. After drenching ruins of yesterday and hist iiiglil. Kugene invoke loday to ind skies somewhat lighter, though there was sumo indication of further show ers later In the day, Hop picking is being held up by the rain, and it is checking prune picking as well. Ah the prune crop:thiN yenr is practically negligible however, it is not expected to do lunch damage there. RUCiRNR, Ore., Kept. 8. A number of automobiles of Willanii'tle valley people who Journeyed to Klurence. on the coast, for Labor day, were ma rooned on the road between Klorenee and tho Coast range of mountains yes terday. A scant few cars wllh chains made the return trip and some of ibe cor owners caine home ml tho Irain, planning to go back for t licit- ma chines later. Others laid over for the day, hoping for drier roads today. One serious automobile accident was reported yesterday. Tho car of D. I Kngland of Oorcna left the road near Coiustoek when one of the front tires of tile machine blow out and tile driver lost control. Tho car was wrecked and l-bigland suffered a bro ken collar bone and ponslbly other Injuries. His two sons who were with him in the car were not hurt. At Philadelphia ' It. "Washington 4 Philadelphia .... n Fcrgtisnn. ItiiKsell and Unci, Harrlss, Gray and Cochrane. It. R. 7 t 9 1 , Tale; DISTRICT FACING SOLDIERS' RULE R. " At Detroit H. II. St. Louis I 3 li Detroit II Ui t Glurd, Kalk and llargrave; Htoner and Woodall, Masonic Temple Dedicated . ' PA XT A it A It MA H .V. Kept. 8. Santa Barbara's new I'.oio.iliiO Masonic tem ' pie was dedicated on scheduled time yesterday In spite of $:ia.nao damage which ira suffered by the holloing during the earthquake. . The Ontelrg Table. For n small homo where space Is nt a premium, a gateleg table is a great convenience. Tho leaves may lie dropped nnd the table set away In nny corner when not In use. Or only t lie leaf may he left raised nnd tho table then fits close to the rending chair or end of the davenport, making one o( those "end tables" which are n coy looking. Such a table Is Just the tiling In hold the hook or two yon nro now rending, the reading lamp. Hie ash tiny if one Is needed In your home or vuo of the season's flowers. YV'hen company nrrlves nnd vnu want to serve a buffet lunch In the living room or in the porch. It Is easily moved to any location on demand. In the winter It Is. convenient to serve n Sunday night . lunch bcsldo the nro-place. MoC.U.RSTKn. Okln., Sept. 8. (A P.) A tenxo feeling prevails nt Harts home loday near hei-o, white a dcols- I. ,n In liolmr i'in..ioil ! lha uinln fnnl. lal at Oklahoma city whether martial I law shall be declared In the milling district and state Iroups dispatched to , mailllalll older. Sunday night tile fan house of nitne number twelve of the Itock Island Coal company was dyna mited. Tire explosion resulted In a trip to Oklahoma City yesterday by Sheriff Will Anderson and County Attorney W. R. C.otcher, of Pittsburg county, to lay the situation before Governor Trapp with recommendation for mar tial law. Conditions In the Hartshorn dis trict have grown worse during tbe past week follow big a fire In a mine dump, which It was Indicated later, had. been smouldering for some time. Non-union miners have begun to carry arms, declaring that their livos have been threatened. I t'nlon officials say the explosion was caused by mine operators In order to lend strength to their I'lea for martial law. When Sergeant A.. W. Cnrlson of Portland nrrivetl in the city last night It was the first time for two years that a United states Murine corps re cruitlng officer had stopped hero. Sergeant Cnrlson came here from Ash land, where ho had spent one day. He Is en route to Koseburg. where he will spend two days, and later to Kit Rene, where he will spend two more. He states like the army. Hie marine corps Is In need of tianilsmon and men for general enlistment. Tile sergeant wears two medals re ceived for target shooting, both by pistol and rifle, nt Camp Perry, Ohio, lie will leave this evening for Hose btug, nnd while en route plans to stop nt Grains Pass for n few hours. I'll-1 Take. SAN I'ltANCISC Pit-1, giant naval failed to get away cInco-Honolulu air air over San i'lnni yesterday. Naval was Ibe Intention o fn' an endurance phSe. i Trial Spin i. Sept. 7. The seaplane, which on the San I'ran cruise, was In the Isco for two hours officers denied It f the service to try record with the ' Cook With gin. The tlnslness nnd Professional Women's cluh- had an enjoyable lun cheon meeting nt the Hotel Holland nt noon. The club's ncttvttles nt the county fair were discussed .and plans were put under way for conducting a food concession. ' Members attending were; Miss Ada Itrewster, president; Miss Gladys Wbltson, Mrs. T. T. Shaw. Mrs. II, O. Hansen, Mrs. Katberlne Johnston. Mrs. Adrlnhto Hamilton, Mrs. 1.. . Howley. Mrs. Miller Dunn. Miss Mil dred Knight. Mrs. Lorraine Cornish. Miss Josephine Greaves, mid Miss Jane Olson. Mrs. Jessie McComb ot Corvnlils, slate homo demonstration, 4-DAY Manufacturer s I " , ; ' Sale PIANOS-GRANDS-PLAY ERS AND PHONOGRAPHS Wednesday morning our doors open upon one of the greatest selling events in history. The manufactur ers' representative is here for four days only to conduct this manufacturers' sale. N e ver before have prices and terms like these been offered you. Don't hesitate any longer. . Make your home a real home by furnishing it with music. Store open evenings during sale. ' ' . GREATEST SELLING EVENT IN HISTORY BRAND NEW 88 NOTE PLAYER PIANO with outfit consisting of FREE FLOOR LAMP DUET BENCH MUSIC ROLLS EXTRAORDINARY SALE TERMS ''IBEELt': $395 fiS DOWN - MONTH 3 Trade in your old piano or phonograph at full value. 0 This Beautiful Little New $700 Value BABY GRAND Only $485. Brand New $400 .Value ; UPRIGHT PIANOS Only $325 BARGAINS GALORE AWAIT YOU IN USED PIANOS AND PHONOGRAPHS Fine tone; good coiiilition. IJolls mid bench, only $287 Just the thing for the student. 0iil-v : ' $49 Elegant tone. A real bargain- " $148 REMEMBER 4 DAYS ONLY S?,NvSDT,TSDAY $100 value iiliono grajili., Looks like new. Only $48 Brand New 210 Model Victor Victrola FREE Bridge Lamp, 20 Record Selections Free Records 20 record selections with each phono graph on sale. S133 READ You can put nothing into your home that will give you more pleasure and .enjoy ment than music. If you have children you owe them a musical education. Keep them at home with music. ' Music, converts your 'house' into a 'home.' BUY NQW! OPEN EVENINGS o UNTIL 9:00 PALMER PIANO HOUSE 234 East Main Dependability Quality Service 0 . 0IEN EVENINGS Phone 882-B ? ; UNTn69:00 -J t( lender, was guest,
