Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1913)
rTfKTOHgQUH. Medford Mail tribune . AN INlinPKNmiNT NHWHPAPRIl PtIUMHIIKO nVRIlT AFTRIINOON XXCKPT BUNDAT nr TUB MKUKOItl) 1MUNT1NO CO. ,Th Domocrntlo Time, Th Medford Mll, The Medford Tribune, Thn South ern OreKonlnn, The Antilnmi Trlbiino Officii Mall Tribunes Uulldlnc. J1-J7-JB North Kir truft: telephone 76. Official Taper of the City of Medford. Official I'nper of Jackson County. UKOltan PUTNAM, Kdltor And Mixnnircr Kntered us nccond-clnss matter nt Ueilfonl. Oreeoti. under the net of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One yMir, by mall .....- , It.vo One month, by mall. ... .. .50 Per month, delivered ! carrier In Medford, Jnckaonvlllo and Cen iral loint - ... .0 Weekly. Per year.- , .. .- 1.60 nWOKN CIRCX7X.ATION. Daily average for eleven months end ing November JO. 191 J. 1M CALLED A FAKE PAKIS, Dee. 20. Ficlit fans who witnecd the eight-round dash here Inst nipht between Jack John -on nnd Jim Johnson wcro convinced todav Hint Jack would hnvo boon knocked out if the fight hnd gone a few more rounds, llo was groggy nt the fin ish nnd it was considered doubtful ir he could hnvo la.-tud another round. . The newspapers were bitter today in their denunciation of the fight. "It was one of the worst fake? ever ntlcmpted in Paris," was the way the Exeelsdor referred to the af fair. Jack churned thnl hi" miserable poor showing was due to a broken left forearm, sustained in the third round, and a physician today cor roborated his assertion. lleferce Mnitrot called the bout a draw. CHARLIE HIP BESTS WOLGAST. JEN ROUNDS MILWAUKEE Wis., Dec. HO.-Ad Wolgast, former 'lightweight cham pion, admitted today thnt he "had gone back a little," but he still in sisted that he is the be.-t man of his weight in tho world, daspito Jlic trim ming ho received here Inst night nt the hands of Chnrlie White of Chi cago. Tho contest went ten rounds, with nine belonging to White. Tho only round tho former cham pion took was the sixth, and this was won by him by a mile. He nailed White time and again with n left to the faco thnt brought f-t renins of blood from both mouth and nose. White appeared tired when the round closed, but he rnrae back wmel nnd easily led throughout the rest of the tailliug. MONA LISA SIMS 10 E FLORENCE, Dee. J0.--The ".Monn Lisa" wag started loday on it jour ney to Rome. Tho authorities admitted that mnnv Itnlinns opposed sondiut; the fumouu painting", part of tho fint Nuooleon's loot from Italy, back to tho Paris Louvre. So strong wns Ibis feeling thut it was feared nn irttempt might be made to seize it forcibly and hide it, ns (ho only menus of keeping- it iu tho country. As n precaution against eueh n thing tho train was accompanied by n strong guard of carbineers and de tachments wero on duty ut nil rail road fctalions to piuvcut "any uttempt tit a rush, 4 I COMMUNICATION. To tho Kdlter: Tho ploco In tho paper about J. C. Tluckmastor Is abholutcly false. I bad nothing to do with tho rocks In nny way. I reported tho matter to tho Southern Pacific company and wbb nrrosled, but was turnod Ioorc afterwards on a plea ot not guilty. It was also fulbo about tho hold up last fall. 1 put nothing In tho papor, nor spoko to no reporter of tho mattor In any way, although I was struck bensoloas ono evening xvhllo riding, end tho samo can bo proven by Inquiring at tho Nush liv ery, Thoro was no monoy or valu ables taken. A report of the affair camo out Iu tho Sun, but I nover saw It. As It proved afterwards, It wasn't done with Intention to rob, but was n pergonal affair. Please publish this. Itespcctfully, ' J. C. nUCKMASTEU. Snrnfmonto, Cnl., Dee. 17. m mm BOUT PARIS THE CURRENCY BILL THE currency hill thai passed tho senate Friday night and will be' signed hv tho president, on fly in tho week is prohnhly tho most important piece of financial legisla tion enacted since tho civil war. Its primary object is to provido a moro elastic currency to prevent panics, to stnblfao financial conditions and free 'the nation from tho domination of tho money trust. The passage of the bill is tho crowning act of the Wil son administration and proves the president's capacity as a party leader and administrator. While bitterly fought, even by members of his own party, and vigorously opposed by "Wall street and its big business allies, the administra tion succeeded after months of patient and persistent effort in forcing its passage by a narrow margin. That tho bill will be a' relief to the business world is universally admitted, though it will bo some months before its effects are felt. Meanwhile, with the tariff and the currency settled, there is no reason whv business condi tions should not speedily revive. It is uncertainty, more man anything else that cheeks prosperity and the uueor taint v is now removed. ".riiat Hie present financial stringency is wholly arti ficial ami the result ol a uail street conspiracy is indi cated by conditions. Banks never had more monev and never loaned less. Crops throughout the nation have been good and prices high. Railroads show increases in earn ings of ten per cent.' yet arc reducing expenses in a con eertetl effort to torce higher has been in effect for months Dig ousmess evidently seeks by creating iinancial strin gency in times of plenty to secure a return to noliitcal power and privilege. Development projects have been ueiueii litiids,. even ordinary enterprises curtailed bv refusal of loans. Never was' there less excuse for business depression in the nation at large. That the currency bill will go a long wav towards rem edying conditions and cffectuallv destrov the control the money power now possesses the nation is the claim ot the ure is inns summarized ny sponsers: "It provides a plan for concentrating tho reserves of 25,000 banks into the greatest banking association in tho world. It provides for mobilization of these reserves and for keeping them liquid and quicklv available in the form of cash. "It provides for the issuance of an elastic currencv through federal reserve notes which mav be put out on the security of commercial bills of short maturity. "It establishes an onen discount in:rfcif wiiL.L a mm.. ica has never had before a bills and paper mav be discounted at all times t low intm.- est rates. "It safeguards two per cent bonds. "It will stabilize commercial, financial and industrial conditions in America. "It establishes foreign ioreign commerce. (ITi. i .. l , ... j.t extends a strong helping hand to the eountrv's iarmers and producers and will bo invaluable to business men as well as to bankers thcinselvej. "The system is under the supervisory contrdl of the government through a federal reserve board, with full power to fix- interest rates, to control the elastic currencv or federal reserve notes, to examine banks and to remove officers and directors of any federal reserve bank. Ihe system starts with $53,000,000 capital and in two years it will have moro than -jnnnnnnnn ,., i probably $200,000,000 in government funds distributed iiiuii5 t-igm; io ion Diniits adjusted to serve conveniently and sympathetically every section of the country. " Parents Responsible for Child By Lady Cook, neo Tennessee Clnflin NEW YORK, J)ee. 11). Parents may 'be assured (hat tho welfare of their children nnd the" future of the raee lie Io a large extent in their hands. Their action? and habiU nnd beliefs will govern those to eonie. If they fail, so will the others. If they do their duty wisely the children will follow 'their, sample. . Parents not ordymold their own children, but tliejCfeCliihlrcii's chihhen to many generations. It. therefore is the first duty of parents Id slrixc diligenllv. earnestly and heart fully to devise the best methods of instructing their children in tho care of their bodies and tho proper nnd God-given use-, of its functions. Naturally, one system of instruction would not do for nil children, for some children mutiirc moro quickly thnn others. Tho teacher of spelling or nlgchrn has to grndo tho children so that the chil dren more advanced, or quicker to grasp, will not ho retarded by lliso who are slower to learn. So should tho tonehcrv of eugenics exercise dis cretion iu instructing tho child. Af ter the ngu .of 10 or 12 tho full de tail of-tlio wondors Tif our conception and growth should bo taught. If all parents followed this method it would do more to stamp out evils among children of tender years, and Iho opportunities for older, children taking advantage of younger ones thnn any oilier ono thing. Lot u child ho mystified and it will ho cur ious. Adopt an attitudo of mystery nnd refusal to explain, nnd tho child will gain from othor children as ig norant of tho truth ns itself, tho knowledge which the parent wrongly withholds. Ignorance of eugenic truths, I nm happy to sny, does not alwnyq. result in Joss of virtue. In fntL it iif' an ns'loiuiding fact that MDFflRP, MAIL .TftTTtmE, AWMtl.W- rates. Tho tariff reduction and no one crippled thereby. on the business interests of administration. The meas senator Uwen, one of its marker. wIipumii i.mmiir.i.,.i.ii branch banks to care for our ren there is ns much virtue in the world ns there is, considering the eugenic ignorance of the majority of the chil dren nnd youths. Hut bringing a child up to maturity without lo-s of irtuo is not all of n parent' dutv. Tho parent is far from blameless if the son or daughter, nftcr murrinire, makes the mistako so frequent in the lifo of the young married couplo mistakes that arc due solelv to ignor ance of the most important matter, and mistakes which sometimes result in so much misery and so many bro ken marriage ties. Tho human passions have been found to bo terrible forces, like steam or fire, nnd instead of studying them iu order to regulate them in uceord unco with their own true Inws and their adaptation to tho world's; well being, they have been feared merely, fought down nnd suppressed. There can ho no argument sensibly made nguinst full ami complete instruc tions for young people about .to be married. When ono enters into n business as an employe or a partner, he first makes n studv of that busi ness. And yet how few aro the young couples who nro going into a lifo pnrtnftrnhip in the huiuess of lifo nnd souls, who know the details of tho "business." It is either thnt their parents do not realize what this ignorauco may cost, or that tho par ents nro too prudish loo replele with that fuli-e, mock modesty which is nothing shmt of criminal. Hy all mcuns, the couple should be taught tho use and regulation of the fiinc lions of tho body, and the instruction should be ns complete mid full us the instruction uecorded Iho student who is to becomo a nurso or it doctor or a clerk or h lawyer. In dry air sound travcla 1442 feet per second, In water 4900 feet, lu Iron 17,500 feet. OTDflORP, rDCTC10.y, li ,iSiJ-WTf-Tfc"-w -r. -i U Tell Children the Truth . ' ' Pleads Titled Eugenist illy : The trust of a child It ih thnt nut urul and Implicit. l'nroutH lose thla trust by beliiK tho first to deceive. The plotm aiiHwer, "Hod inndo you," to tint iiHtinl miration, "mother wlio nmdo mo?" Is n plotw Hiibtor fURO. ' ti One might as well tay. when tho child has eaten too much, "(.Soil nave on IndtgcKUon." Tho truth, told no the child could uuderidnnd. would draw tho chll.l eloao to the parent In affection and umlei-staiullng nnd trust. hy Lady Cook (Nee Tennessee Clnftlu) XKW YOUK. Hoc. IS. There should he complete confhtenro be tween mothers ami daughter and father and sons. The trust of n child Is at first natural and Implicit, but It quickly forfeited by deceit. Parents usually lose their children's trust he being tho first to decolo. They prnctlco upon their Infantile simplicity, and both subsequently suf fer for tho fraud. It Is tho naturo of eonfldeuco that, when oueo gone. It seldom roturnk. At a tlmo when a child's Imagination Is so strong thnt It enuuot discriminate between fact nnd fiction, and Is at tho same time thirsting for knowledge, ever thing should bo presented to It truthfully. Knlry tales, unless ctenrly explained to be "made up" should nover ba told. Tho fooleries ot Santa Clans should bo avoided, unless tho child can bo inadu clearly to understand Santa (Mnus as an allegorical per sonage. And when tho little one, wonder ing whence do children come, nstts, "Mother, who mnde inc. Where did I come from?" tho usual pious answer Is a silly falsehood nltout a goose berry mush or the pious subterfuge: "Ood mado you my dear." Onn might as well tell a child after It has eaten too much, that God gave It Indiges ;.,The Call of (Hy Thonui Niumn, iu Ihe Sun Francisco Examiner.) The Poets' club held n special meeting yestetday to consider a re xirt published iu the morning puHr that Comeback .lones, tho nvintor, mi honorary member of the club, had arrixed at the planet Mnr. This ul leged feat, it was declared, surpass ed in importance any previous rec ord of humnn accomplishment in the scientific world, not excepting the journey made by Mr. Junes to the planet Venus. Some doubt arose ns to the au thenticity oftli newly published re xrt, howeytx, owing to 'the follow, ing communication v.hioh'Mrs. Jones had received from southern Oregen: '.Medford, Of'., Dec. 1.7, Ull'l. "Mrs. Comebnck Jones, care the Poets' club. 22'2 Hearst building, San Francisco. "Denr Madam: Knowing thnl joii would like to have your husband home for the holidays, I beg to of fer you some information. "Very truly yours, "O. S. ELTNA." Since Comeback Jones has disap peared iim)ii his aeroplane, The people of the whole world fear ho'll not come back again. Rownrds are offered, . grout and unnll, and searching parties are Endeavoring to get Iho cash for Comeback and his car. A million dollars tho reward for Comeback and his ear! Thcy'vo searched throughout Iho oily mid the country, but in vain; The sleuths hae covered many stales iu thorough search, that's plain. Hut there's ono secluded section they False Shame of (Sacramento Ileo) Home tlmo ago at a dinner in Phil adelphia, Frauds Ilopkluson .Smith, a novelist who claims to bo an American, said: I have been ashamed, as I sat Iu tho clubs of London, to hear America discussed and ridiculed becnuso of tho Wilson Mexican policy, Wilson nnd Ilryan have made this country tho laughing stork of all Europe, It is an nutrago thnt America should ho humiliated und made n buffoon be fore tho eyes of thoSvorld by this ad ministration of theorists at Washing ton, Undoubtedly, Abraham Lincoln was rldlculod In London clubs during tho Kobolllon oven moro than F. Ilopkln son Smith hoard Wilson lampooned tho other day. And doubtless some Americans of that day lacking intestines, llko 1 Hopklnson Smith Instcud of stand ing up llko men for their country, for their president, for tho truth and for humanity also hung their recreant heads In humiliation. V, Hopklnson Bmlth tho dena tured American who parts his namo ami Ids mentality in tho middle ftiVPUTWiW, 'TWOFiNTOfl fc.-. , - tion. Would It not ho wiser and better for tho mother to say at once! "My darling. ou came fiom jour father and mother. Wo made you from our own bodies, so that ou are putt ot us. You grew as tho seed giows within tho fig, and (or many weary mouths 1 carried joii lieneath my heart, where nu weie fashioned and remained until ou were fit to be botu, then 1 brought ou Into tho wotld with much pain; and so I ntu called your mother, be cause tho word mother means labor and ou cost mo much." A llttlo later, when tho child could understand more nnd moro tho lo.tl meaning of this answer, would not Its heart be drawn nearer to tho par ent? Would not this answer, when understood better, prevent the child from Inter learning tho real truth ot Its birth from had companions on tho street comer or In tho school clonk-room, and when discovered In this way to bo kept n guilty secret from Its parents? Tho child Mulud would argue, as It does most logically I that tho mother or the father had to I put It oft with a foolish explnuatlo.i. and thnt therefore to nytl truth was bnd. If ou htdo these things from your children, they 111 bldo slmllnr things from ou for It must ho the parents who first approach such sub. Joels. Hut It you discuss with tho child frnuUly and In terms In Keen ing wlih Its nge and understanding, tho child, in turn, will mnko u con fidant of you. , Of course, It must depend upon the chllil. how these true explanations are mnde, Just as It must depend upon the child when It will ho put Into the nursery nlono to sleep or nt what ago It will bo permitted to go to school. It lit up to the parent to study tho eh)ld, nnd decide tho pro per time nnd tho proper method (or tluv detailed lostou. the Recall hae overlooked, somehow ; And I liaxe eaiued that nullum ma send it io me now. YH, lo located Comeback Joi, so send the million now I You well remember ComcliHck June does much excitement crave; To be iu action almost any danger ho would brave. And so he came to .Medford, where the recall, he bad heard, Was in effee.t and be could get what office he preferred. You see, iu Med fold he could tlK sueh place as he preferred. And that's where I discovered him, in all his splendor grand; He's the high and mighty Mogul li the isilitician band. At present he is councilman in two wards, ami surveyor, City atlorney, street commissioner, recordor and I'll swear Thnt now they're talking cnmestly of Comeback Jones for mnvor. Uon the reading of lhi. poem, the club decided to resolve itself into a Copenhagen committee ami examine into the proofs of the expedition Io Mors before bestowing anv further praise on the hirdmaii. The Oregon correspondent seemed to be trust worthy, his communication being en. tirely in ore and in tegular rlivme up to the second line from the end where a break was held to he justi fiable under tint circumstance. Mrs. Jouos hud scut her detectives to Medford, ' nt up Io the tune of the club's adjournment no word hud beei. received I'tom them, Poet Eltiiu was uufitiiiuoiisly elected a member of tin club. Pitiful American probably would have the United States conduct Its "negotiations" with weaker nations ns Circa t llrltaln did with Ireland, India, Afghanistan, nnd tho Transvaal. I Hopklnson Smith might have been humiliated also bad bo heard Lord Hnldnuo ut tho American Thanksgiving Day In London speak lu tho highest tonus of this samo WIIson-Hrynn Mexican policy, K, Hopklnson Smith bad better change his brand of Americanism and use some of tho good old .Joseph (Jhouto stuff. Chonto Is not n Wilson man; ho la an old-llnu republican, Hut this ox Ambassador to (ho court of St, .lames said at tho recent, Chamber of Com merce dlnnor in Now Yerk: I should llko vory much to dlscusu John A. Perl UNDERTAKER ' Lady Assistant M 8. IIAHTMSTT Phones SI. 47 und 17-J 13 iiiluilnnco Kervlco Deputy Coroner tcomtn. the vHey of thrt United Stales In ru gnrd Io Mexico, I Ihlnlt I could " eupv tho whole evening with It II only I know what thnt polity wns, llul there Is only ono man who known thut policy nnd ho very wise ly keeps his own counsel. It In n very try lug situatien: II Is a vory dim geious situation, hut one thing I know nnd tar one thing I uppeal to tho heart and Iho bend of every gen tlemuii pieseul In thin chamber to night. That In this liylug situation there Is but one duly for all of us, and thnt Is to stand by tho piesldunl of it,, i i'nii.i.1 muixri. iin It now ii what ho Is about lie known whnt Is nlm lug nt Wo must stand by our President thiotigh thick and through thin, und wo nhnll romo out right lu tho end. ISIS THEATRE Pliotopbt)s Tilda) and Sntuidny The Toll of the Marshes A Urninnlle Story of tho Lund Unif iers, Featuring Fruacls X. llushmnn wiii.'.v run n.oric stopped Lublu Drama the iicki.i: nti.wic Comedy IIYPNOITINO MAMIE Comedy Coming Sunday MOTION PICTt'KK DANCINO I. US. SONS Threo Heels MAKE A MITMU.E IIHKl'MAS pitiMS.vr rmt pahkvts oh (,it.Mti'.iti;.vis Have their two-focus nlasc dupli cated In KRYPTOKS tho new kind with Invisible rending parts. Fancy eo glcss enses, o)o glass chains and reels, slip-on temple hows for on glasses, to use when driving, plii) lug golf or tenuis nnd etc. Dr. Rickert Nolle l-U, Over Deuel's vfi'lhJr3'kt.rgl I .",il'lL a M PAGE THEATRE Steam Heated- Coml'orlnhlo Tonight and Sunday Night, Docombcr 20-21. WALLA WALLA FRONTIER DAYS Mil? Kilm Sensation The thrilling Mao holdup -Mucking bronchos. World's most daring riders. Sensation after sensation. SEE Also a Dig Surprise Comedy Reel. MUST OK PROJECTION PAGE THEATRE Coming Monday, Dec. 22nd tup: iiitok tiiiosmason Stanford Glee Club , 21 COMd'XIK SONOMIRDS A Ripping (loot! Farce: "IN A STANFORD FRATERNITY HOUSE". Choruses Skits Solos PRICES Entire Balcony, 20o; Lower Floor, HOo Sale Open '.Monday, 10. A. .M. Phono '118 t STAR THEATRE TODAY THE FOCI l VAN STAATM A veiy clover inuscnl novelty act, presenting "An Old Dutch Muslcnlo" THE IthACK .MASK A two-rcolor by the 101 llliou Co. ANIMATED WEEKLY Latent nuwti lu motion pictures, CUIISIIS SAID THE VILLIAN Farco comedy. WOLLWOHTII .V WOOLWOHTH .Music mid Effects, ADMISSION. 10 CUNTS IT Theatre The War Makers Sptvinl IVntuiv, TwoKool Vila. The most (luring plot pver attempted in diplo mat ie cireles. To secure tho war plans, the whole assem I tin ?,' e is put under the "Sleep of Death." The plot tails. "No Place or Futhor" "Camping with tho Black foot" "Soth'a Woodpilo" Don't fail iosee it. MRS. H. L. LEACH Export Corsottoro IVHi North Dai'tlett. Phono nt;: $ m.