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QPNn SHIP PROFIT- FORCED 140 CALIFORNIANS j'WRlTE !N' NAME CONFESSION BONE
1 AID OF
POLAR ACE
ON OIL BARON
HE TESTIFIES
COMING FRIDAY ! ONLY COURSE IN OF CONTENTION IK
COAST TOUR SINNOn VACANCY: KLAMATH MUROER
Col. Stewart Unable
Wilkins and Plane Due to;
Reach Norway Early Next;
Week Bremen Ready to
Resume Flight, Held by
Greenly Island Storm.
', Mure thnn 40 cam carryl C'aU
. ifnrnia rciilfnU, will arrive at the
10 . Or-json boi-diT nxt Friday at 3
jv'clock in the All-l'aclric Coaut
K66P From Taking $759.- caravan which 1h milking a tour
! of IIih KCfiiic beuutifM ulong the
590 in Continental Trad- Kiancut to van-
icouver, H. t, accurdlne to W. M.
infl Dpal Rnnfte tfl Rp l'lijnion. proprietor of Jlut.-I
my ueai Donas 10 oe JttckHOIli who hu(4 bw.n nalnt.d the
Turnprf Rarlf fn QiniMnir5 Medrurd --hairnian of the- project.
I Ul IICU DdCK 10 dinirldlriThe I'uliforiilu reaidentM will be
! met at the border by local car ,
Concern.
i OSLO, April 24. W) The
Steamer Wlna owned by the Nor
thern Exploration company and
at present at Uonnlnetmiag. Fin
ns uric, Norway, has received a
telegraphic order to proceed ua
near Green Harbor, Hpitzbergen,
au poHtiible to take Captufn Gourde
, Wilkina and IJeutenunt Carl
H. KU-luon uud their airplane to
iiurway.
f'The mlna left today and tn&y
teach the mouth of Ire Fjord
about- Saturday. The filers are
expected to reach Trotnioe, Nor
wayj eurh next week. .
I- -Captain Wilkin wan quoted In
a ineahAKe from (ireen Jlarbor to
1 owners, who will auiHt In conduct-
j Ing them to the ncenic point
" " ' " ! around Med ford and the urruund-
WASHIXGTON, April 24. 0P : in vicinity.
Robert W. Stewart, chairman off Tne caravan haH been planned'
the board of the Standard Oil com- jand npoiworcd by luiiel owners, j
pany of Indiana. teifled before j eaort ownera and head of ti avel f
the senate Teapot Dome commit- ' bureuua in both atatea, who will
umieruiae 10 cuuiioKue ine nnor-
! SALEM. Ore.. April 24. UP ; PORTLAND. Ore., April 24. (JP)
The funferorilonal committee of Mrs. Bertha Lotches, Klamath
the second Oregon dibit k-t has Indian matron, took the stand to-t
no legal authority to nominate a day as a government witness in
candidate to succeed Kepresenta-; the trial of On' tile Davis, Klamath !
tlve N. J. Binnou and the only 1 Indian, charged with slaying Clar-1
legal method for nomination la j ence Walker of the Pit River tribe.,
by the writing in of names on! with an axe on the niyht of Janu
the primary ballot on May 18. This 1 ary 2.
Is pointed out to Phil Metscban -Mrs.
of Portland, chairman of the Ore- ufuiple.
gon republican central commit- clothes.
tee, in a letter sent him by Willis i celled.
Lotches was dressed In
well cut and fashionable
Her hair was neatly mar-
oaniHtant attorney gen-
at the home of
mother of Walker,
tee that he was awarded a one
fourth share of the profits of the
Continental Trading company of
Canada, even though he bad pro
tested that he did not want the
ULoney.
Stewart said H. 8. Osier, presi
dent of the Continental, huuderl
him packages of Liberty bonds at
mation regarding attractions along
the count for the benefit of tour
iNts ptiMHlng thru this section of the
country. Mr. Clemenaon urged co
operation on the part of the local
i-itMideutK, In selling the beautlen of
this district to the outHi tiers who
pass thru here, by Joining the
H. Moore,
era). I
The withdrawal of Kinnott from
ths itfiiiiu rtr I.,. I lot f. ill r. win. hit.
flrmi.tnfn.Ktit n mmhr nf 1h!chwen English
court of claims has given rise to
a question as to how his successor
as a candidate on hte ballot would
be chosen. The Moore letter tnen
Mrs. Lotches, who was a visitor
Annie Lynch,
at the time of
up a trust fund and place one-half
of the securities each to the credit
of the Sinclair Crude Oil company
l and the .Standard of Indiana.
! The oil man, who la uuder Indict-
the Dugbladet today us stating j r uu imviim tbiuhbu 10
that he and Lieutenant Carl II. IW1P commute 1 u e s lions,
i-m..Iiu. ui riv t, Mnn.h i,ie Weed ut the outset to reply to
tlifs autumn.
various tiinna totaling 7fj9 &O0 (caravan, wnun will arrive In lied-
PiHVioilHlv. h had dcHrlcrl n ntt i ford at 4:30.
j the murder, told her story in well I
losen English. j
Forrest Llttlefield, who is prose-1
cuting the case for the government, :
I referred in his opening statement
LeJl confession signed by Davis,1
tions the three methods of placj commissioner at 1.1 !
ing names on the ballo at pr b hta ,
mnry elections, by petition, by." ,v.' D Mntlti
statement and the filing of a f ee ; atlorneVf who cianied' tbat it was
and by the wi tting in of numea. , faL.on at , m in tho
now iinpoHsible. .
JlnH for the expedition are
Virtually complete, bVit Captain
Wllkinn would make no further
atuteinent on the project for the
present.''
" The 'newspaper also wild that
Cviitniundcr JUchard K, Iiyrd, who
la' now preparing his own expedi
tion to tin Antarctic, offered to
buy the airplane In which Captain
Wilkins mude his Jtuwil fllKht
deronri iUtf "top of I he world",
but the latter refused to sell. ,
When Lieutenant Klclmm wuh
asked what he thought about
white , he and Captain Wilkins
Wi-i flying from J'olnt Jlarrow
acrtiHH the polar regions, he re
plied: - "If we 'have gasoline
omniKh. we ioon will see Nor
way, tlio .land of my forefathers,
for the flint lime."
A', special dlsjmtch says that
Ca pta In WI I k Ins is very pop u la 1
at Green Harlwr,
himself modest, a
an v ouerie.H d irected at h hn.
Tho wltnesu said he turned over
the bonds to Roy J. Iturnett, a tax
expert for the Hlundard, who was
to act as trustee for the fund.
"Those bonds remained In the
vaults of the Standard OH company
of Indiana until lost Saturday,"
ytewart continued. "When I got
to Chlra'io that day from Wash
ington I called In the directors of
the company and Mr. Burnett and
bad the box opened.
"1 explained the whole transac
tion to the directors and they de
cided that the bonds should be
turned over to the Sinclair Crude
Oil Purchasing company."
The purchasing company Is
owned jointly by the Standard of
Indiana and the Binrlatr CnnoH.
dated Oil company. It bought half
of the oil the Continental obtained
from the late A. E. Humphreys of
Denver. This oil was later turned
back to the Sinclair and Standard
and is proving! companies at a profit of 25 cents
good comrade, o barrel, although Htwurt car.
Carl Kwlgart spoke on publicity,
giving interesting illustia 1 1 o n s
from his own work, and Kd liinns
gave a short Instructive talk on
the operation of meat markets.
Clyde Kakln reminded the Kotary
club members ugaln of the Home
Products dinner to be held by the 1
chamber of commerce and service J
clubs next Friday night. K. L.
Scott, president of the Lions club, I
urged a large attendance of local J
residents and business men at the
special Lions club - luncheon at i
Hotel Med ford tomorrow. ;
Due to the absence of William
club. 'who. with seven ther locl !1"' wi!,t n "r Utryed tl.elr
IN HOWIE FIRES;
under unsuitable conditions. There
will be further discussion as to its
I admission when Thomas is called
I to the stand.
According to the story told thus
far, the murder followed a night of
heavy drinking by both Walker and
Davis. It is alleged by the govern
ment that the defendant climbed
through the window and killed
oung Walker as he lay aMeep,
alone in the house.
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BOl'Tll IU2ND. Jnd.. April 24
WV Trapped in their beds. Luuls,
ti. and Oeurge, 3. suns of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Wei berg of South
Bend, were burned to death here'
full of energy and a hard worker, j anteed the Continental's contract.
.. Lieutenant Klelson was de-jamPf wi,n Sinclair and otheis.
arribed us the same nnd full of, Continuing his recital, Htewart
good humor, declaring himself j 8ttld that as the couiwnB 'fell due
as 'mighty comfortable," as hejlarnett clipped them and he
lies on a sofa In the radio in-cahed them, turning over to Tiar-
lion smoking and rending. Ukinut( an equal amount of other
1 uplnln WilkltiH. ho wnnts a ! bonus.
ehang of clnihes.
- tiptnln Wllklmi said that he
felt, very comfortable at Oreen
Hnrhor and expreaned astonish
ment that he hnd found here reg
ular comfortable Norwegian
hotisPK. Ah soon as he gets time
He will construct n snow hut l'ke
a bee hive, to dcmoiiKtrale the
dwellings, ns they aro ut Point
Darrow.
members is attending the Rotary
conference In Seattle this week,
Frank Newman acted as president.
A telegram was received by the
members during the luncheon to
day, from the absent members,
which, besldo president Allent.
Included Kd Hhockley, Jack Wake
field, Wm. Wtiitelaw, Jack Carle,
Win. fjjbittt and C. J. Semon
A Rotary committee appointed
to meet the All-Pacific Coast r
caravan at the border Friday, in
cluded. Horace Uromley, chair-:
mun. Clyde Kakln, Heoxge Hunt,'
AI Hayden and Charles Clay. :
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home. The parents had built
fire in the kitchen lunge and
gone to a barn a qiiurter of u !
ml If away to milk the cows. They "" "
, left the boys sleeping upstulrs. ! The Medford-Phoonis district
The fire was first discovered by - have an unusual interest In
a neighbor, who turned In a firs:the fact that among the young
alarm, but the flames had gained men graduates in this years class
1 so much headway that the boys at the commencement exercises of
.could not be resetted. The lib use, j the Presbyterian seminary at San
j valued at $2,000 was destroyed. I Anselmo near San Francisco next
I Thursday, Leonard Urown, son of
Tlr. nnd Mrs. Walter Frazer Brown
POPULAR TIRES IN; BULB GRASS TEST
I ASTORIA, Ore., April 24. WP)
Dr. Kldred 11. Waffle. 4S. for
many years a prominent physician
here, dropped dead In his office
here, yesterday. Death was caused
by a heart attack. Dr. Waffle
was boj-n In Ixil, Wis., and spent
most of his boyhood In Pendle
ton, Ore. He received his de
gree at the I'niverslty of Oregon
medical school.
PYTHIANS FINISH
CONVENTION PLAN
C. H. Davis, represents) 've of the
Portland branch of the United
Stutes Rubber comiwuy, spent sev- j
era) duys the past week In Med-1
ford and southern Oregon In tho j
Interests of lr. H. auto tires. This'
well known make of tires, which
has been popular here for many
years, is carried by the Auto Sup-
Talisman Lodae No. 31 Knights I .. lB fwuuy anu ueeue
of Pythias held a very important I JUiaie f .
with 14 PuHil. "v -M'r mm,uu, iu-
uamtfu in uirfutme tire mauuiac
Showing that the publicity which
has been given to the O. C. Hoover
winter blue grass is having results.
Prof. F. C. Keimer of the Southern
Oregon experiment station at Tal
ent, today received a request from
Prof. H. H. Post of the Montana
university at liozeman, Mont., for
a quantity of the locul grass for ex
perimental research in class work
by the students. A large package
of the grass was being prepared to-
riay lor shipment to the university.
of the Pembro orchards, is one of
the graduates. John Hoyt, Jr., son
of a former Sunday school mis-
sionary in the Med ford district will !
be another member of the gradu- '
ating class. !
Leonard Brown, shortly after
being ordained as a minister will
take the pastorate' of a Presbyter- j
In n church nt Santa Clara, Calif..
the pulpit of which he has been i
temporarily supplying for some j
time past.
1 ' Mr. and Mrs. Walter Frnser
Brown leave this evening for San j
Anselmo to attend the graduating
exercises. Ilev. H. P. Lawrence,
who left on the Sims la train today
for San Anselmo to attend the
spring meeting of the board of I
directors of the seminary, will also j
be present. He experts to be back
in the city next Friday
Pattl Oruud
DETROIT. MIsh Loura A. M
Dover aftks dismissal of hiislmnd'H
suit to deprive her adopted son of,tnk phice at this convention
x.ion a mon h income from u-uh
fund left by her husband's fathef
to his itrnndnon.
meeting last night
Chancellors and one
Chancellor present.
Plans were completed ' for tho
district convention which will be
held In Med ford next Thursday.
This district comprises the lorigee
of I torn-burg, O ra nts Pass, M ed
ford, Ashland and Klamath Falls.
District Deputy Grand Chan
cellor H. C. Hoehne was present
and told of a contest which will
in
ture. and has employed Clarence I).
Chamberlain. Doted flier, as a con
sultant lu the development of air
plane tires. 1
The U. S. Rubber company uses
this paper to cover this trading
area and has an ad In this Issue.
DorftMakeaTby
Out of Baby
rBabies Have 'Nerves'
By 11UTH DRITTAIN
T
ritualistic work among the dele
gated from the five subordinate'
lodges. Past Chancellors James j
Htewart, K. W. Juqua and K. ti.
(Jure were elected to represent
Tnlisnian Lodge in this contest. '
ti . jtiMurno, popular garage Flower thlev.m unn.n tl.nA I
owner f Hornhrook. who has m1kJU Blolc 36 ulpg from (ne d j
been under the doctor's rare! f Mrs. All,- THii,n,i.. ti, 1
tulis wen. the pride and Joy f
for several months, was present
and nave an Interesting talk.
Illihs Heine, who spent last
week in Portland, told of the
progress being made In the nor
thern part of the statu In lenr
Kunllng tho uniform rank, which
is the mllltury department of the
KniKhts of Pythias. Mr. Heine
made a strong plea to have the
Portland hoys organize the uni
form rank In Talisman Lodge,
which U now being considered.
Mi's. I rowbrldKe, who offers to
give a bouquet to anyone who will1
ask. She feels her loss keenly.
I he authorities have u strong!
clue to the Identity of the cul-
prlts. and they will be made an
example of in an effort to curl)
this form of reprehensible cussed
neyw which break out every sprint:
fc - " 1 far- 3
r- s j
palads and CaaUindl
.ittnttroa 1 1 1
Much of tlio nrrvoiinpi In oliir
rliiliiren imii Ih Irdiftl to the ov.r
ntliutilutinn (turlii); infum-y. ruti-wl
)iy rcyiirdiiiK lmty t. a tort of .nf
initvd toy for the .mu.riitent of par
out.. rclHthe. and frirnil.. ILhv unty
be ptuyisl vvilli, Imt not for more ttntn
it nuarUr of an hour to an hour
daily. Iieytnitl th.;t, heinji liandlnl.
tit'klrdt. cansril to Uujih or even
(ivaili, will iwmietiniet reult ill voin
itiiii, anil imarialily eauiei irritu
bility, eiyinif or U'i'ilene.
' Wvtfnfiieia, cryinif anil .leepleu
IK'ha 'from Ihi eniue -an eutily be
a il ly treatiiiK mhy with more
roiiiiliTiillon, hut when you Ju.t ran't
ae what ia mttkinjr liahy reitle.. or
UMit, Mler line him a few lroia of
Jmro, luirinlena Catoriu. It', anini
up to at'e'how iftiirkly it ralint hahv''
nerve nml toothea him to al vp; vol
t ii'iiliiim no drug or njiiatei. It I.
Jniiely vepelahli- Ilia reiMjie la on Ih
yrumivt. Lemling phy.ielana tire
(KTll ft for rolle, rholera, ilinrrhea
mnatlpatlon, saa on aloinarh anu
liovi'i l. feveri.hneaa. loan of aleen ami
all other "upaeU" of lialiyhuoil. 0ei
ILi million botllea ul a jeiir ahovva
It owrwheliniiir popularity.
! With each Loltla of Caatorla. you
t book on Motherhood, worth if
weight- In (rolil. J-ouk for Chaa. II.
j'leielier'a aifrnatura on th aikai
u you'll get puiulii Culoria. Then
a,r many Imiioiiou.
EAGLE POINT ITEMS
At the Paronl Teiu'her naaoela
Hon mBotinK held a week HKo, offl
cera for the coiuln.t year were
eleeted. Mjh. (Iniho was ro-eloeted
liroBldent. Tho other offleera, who
will ho new ut their poHltiona. aro
Mra. (iaater. vli'e preaident; Mlaa
JohttKon. He'n'tary: Mrt. f'ora
rimlth. treasurer. Mra. ChUdrilh,
who haa aeted aa aeon lary and
treatiurer tut tho paat alt yenra.
mien, la lui'llKllile for reelootlon,
wna releaaeil with a vote of thunka
for her lonuT and fiilllifiil work.
At thla meetlnx final reiiorla were
Hlven on tho I'.-T. A. hi Jlnka held
a month am, and money wna aet
aalujo to complete payment on the
new ai hiMil orthoponir Vlcimla.
A! the lm-nl liiHtitute held a week
a no at KhkIi. I'nlnt. the I'.-T. A.
nerved rhh ken dinner to over UO
iwople. Thla, aa proliahly the laat
niouey ralHlci artlvily of thla year,
leaven tho treaxury with roiiHiiler
I able funda to rirnw on.
The KaKle Point baaeball loam
haa heen vlrtorloua with a naiTow
mui'Kln In both. Knmea played an
far. The flrat, with Jaikaonvllle.
had t aciire of H to 1.1: the aec
ond, played with Talent In con
alilemlile mud ami ruin, waa .1 in i.
One Knnie waa poatponod because
u tlio bad weaOivr.
You Won t Go Astray
If you place your orders for all kinds of building
material with Medford Lumber Co.
We have no "applesauce," bunk, or anything but good
material at reasonable prices.
Medford Lumber Co.
Phone 629
J. H. Cooley
North Fir St.
' MANN'S - The Best Good for the Price. Ko Matter What the Prict - KANN'8
WEDNESDAY SPECIALS
At Mann's Department Store
A REAL MONEY SAVING SALE
SILK DRESS SPECIALS &
$15.00 Values $9.00
100 charming new .ilk dresses made of the very
lats.t tillra in nlain nnd figured Dattemi. All
sizes. Ud to $15.00 values on sale fcQ ,
Wednesdav r,U Wi
tforv on r tii nn &&k
PaCU.uu JLresscb ipii.w"
A wonderful group of new dresses in one and
two-piece styles, made of this season's most
wanted colors and materials. Every one dif
ferent. A full range of sizes. Up to 1 A
$20 values. Wednesday PA"
A Big Coat Event Wednesday
$15.00 Spring Coats $10.00
Just about 10 coats in this lot, made of all-wool
materials, full lined, good styles. Up to d l f
$15.00 values, on sale Wednesday. P 1 V
$25.00 Spring Coats $14.00
A fortunate purchase enables up to offer 50 ex
cellent new spring coats in tweeds and twills.
All colors and sizes. Up to $25.00
values, Wednesday only
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1KB
$14
Table Damask
S1.20 Value 85c
64-in. pure linen unbleached
table d a m a 8 k in beautiful
floral patterns! Regular
price $1.20. Wednes
day special, yard . . .
85c
Silk Hosiery
S2.95 Values $1.59
Women's La France", "Kay
ser" and "Gold Maid" silk
hose in all colors and sizes
up to $2.95 values, Wednes
day special,
pair
$1.59
Wirthmore Wash Dresses
Only One Dollar
There is a spring smartness about these new
Wirthmors that distinguish them from the
ordinary wash dresses. Made of "Borden"
fabrics in all the newest English type prints.
All sizes, 16 to 52, on sale g
Wednesday, each tp 1
Pollyanna, Juanalla and Betty Baxley
Wash frocks made of voiles, batiste. dim.f.V.
and prints. Fast colors. Real
$2.25 values, Wednesday, each .
$1.95
Soap Sale
Koyal Cuticle and Boquct toilet
soap, good quality, our regular
V2U: soap, Wednesday
12 Bars for 39c
. Neckwear
S1.25 Values 95c
Women's collar and cuff sets
made of ecru net; V and cir
cular shaped neck lines, also
vestees with and without cuffs
up to $1.2.) values,
Wed nesday, 7 O C
Voile Pajamas
Women's and misses nm'rmma -
made of fine imported voile in
pruned and plain, colors
snaues,
Wednesday, pair ...
Tye Dye washable
silks, a yard
all
$2.75
$3.95
N16 I
Infants' Sweaters
S1.25 Values 75c
Splendid all-wool sweaters for
infants in pinje. white and blue.
Regular price .$1.25, . 1VLn
Wednesday, special IW
Infants' Creepers
S1.25 VaJue 79c
These creepers are made of
pvints and ginghams, fast colors,
sizes 1 to 3 years. Kegular price
$1.25 Wednesday, : 7Q
special, each . I SC
SEE DISPLAY IM WINDOW
Printed Crepes
Silk and cotton crepos in many
beautiful patterns and color com
binations. :u. inches -wide, fast
colors, Wednesday, ; QCL
special, yard .'. OC
Child, en's 85c ravon
vests
75.
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MaU Order, Promptly Filled, Postage Prepaid-Agrau for Butterick Pa'ttem.