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,Vl, if l PXGE FOUR "B" MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, ftrEDFORt), OREOON, FRIDAY, OOTORIDR 0, 1914 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE BOOTH, PROTECTOR OF AMERICAN LABOR JOnND.ROCK13FEU.KK olnims that the CiKht against the coal mind's in Colorado is a fight to maintain tho My Trip to the Oregon State Fair- PAGE THEATRE Monday and Tuesday Miilliu'C 2:30 1 M. KvciiIiirs :30 l M 8:-l5 l M. Doors Open Thirty Minutes lMorc I'crformniii'e WILLIAM FARNUM Mr. Peterson, Wllber Uodlovn nnd 1 left Medford at 8 o'clock Krlday morning, September 21, on our way to tho Oregon Stntc Fair. This tn Ing my first trip thiough this part ol tho country I saw many things that wero of great Interest to mo. Wo arrived nl Salem a rouplo ol days before tho beginning of tho fair and I helped plaee the Jackson coun ty exhibits until Sunday evening. Then! entered tho, hoys camp whore I formed tho 'acquaintance of Iiojh from nearly every part of tho stato. ,Wo wero under military rule and each boy was furnished lth a uni form. One of the most Important things wero our meals, which wore furnished at tho army mts house. Wo spent from ono to two houia each day at drill, but the greater part of our tlmn wn spent In looking over the wonderful dlsplny of live ntoclc, farm products, and machinery ex hibits. Judging contesta of livestock and different farm product)) were hold hero. An Interesting occasion was n visit to thu stato capltol- wliovo wo mot Governor West. Mr. Chuchlll allowed iih through thu capltol buildings In cluding tho stato penitentiary. There wore hundreds of attractions going on nil tho time. Including races. AK INDEPENDENT NEWRPArEK , rOBLIKHKD EVKUT AKTKrtNOON XXCKPT BUNDAT BT TIM MKDFOHD riUNTINa CO. rights of tho laborer to work for whom and what he pleases in, other words, to maintain the independence of Offle Mat Tribune Bulldlnf, 1S-IMI Worth Fir trtt; telephone 78. Tfce Democratlo Timet, The Medford Mall, The MoJford Tribune. Thn South era Oreronlan. The Ashland Tribune. tho workingmaii. Who believes that? R. A. Booth, on his pishH'e, h'is these werds: "Protec tion to American labor." What does he mean by that i "When Mr. Booth was in the state senate and Cleorge K. Chamberlain was governor, the laboring people of Oregon were trying to get a law passed to protect American labor. jrvavc&xTTiox kaxm One rr, by wall 18.00 One month, br mull-,. .to in Tin; Timiu.iNC aniTiNC mioto m.ay of Alaska mie Per month, delivered by carrier In lv Meorora, jacnionviiia ana ven tral rolnt .0 Saturday only, by mall, pr year .00 Weekly, per year - 1.80 WHh Mcdfortl Stop-Ora SERVIANS LOSE TWO DAYS BATHE ASSERTS VIENNA LONDON, Oct. 9, 1:10 p. m. Tho Austrian war offlco mndo tho follow ing official announcement under dato of October S, says n dispatch to the Itcutor Telegram company from Vienna, coming by way of Amster dam: "To th already announced buc cmscb against tho Montenegrin troops now is added n direct blow against tho Servian troops, who invaded Dos nla at Vlshcgrad. Their northern column from Srcbrenltza, moving against Dajna and nasta, already has been repulsed and driven across tho Drlna with the loss of their supply train. "Tho main Servian forces who ad vanced on Houmanla and Planlna un der command of General Mylos Bo Jnnovlc, former minister of war, were" routed by our troops in an en gagement which lasted two days and only escaped capture by hasty flight. One battalion of tho Eleventh Ilogl ment and several qulck-flro guns were captured, (signed) "POTIOUEIC, Field Marshal." HOSPITAL HIT 8Y SHRAPNEL LONDON, Oct. 0, 3:23 a. m. A dispatch to tho Chronicle from Ros chdaal, Holland, dated Thursday evening, says: "Sevcro fighting is proceeding out Fldo of Antwerp. I nm Informed that shrapnel struck tho Erasmus Hospital in Fontaine street, break ing many windows. In Turnhout nnd Its vicinity many houses have been destroyed. "It Is reported liore that the Ger ,mam have been compelled to retreat for a short distance. "A number of Vnullno nuns have arrived at Hrodu, Holland, from Lou. derxeel, near Malines, where their convent was destroyed by tho German fire, although they wero nursing thcro, it was paid, hundreds of wounded. The wounded wero cour ageously rcscud by Holgian soldiers, who dashed through the flames to get them out' RALPH PARLETTE TO GIVE LECTURE HERE Italjih Parlclte Is "The Humorist Who Helps Humanity." He has been on tho platform ubout twenty years. Ho lectures nil tho year and has spo ken 'wherever tho platform Is known. His lectures aro talked about and his suylngs widely quoted. Ralph I'arlette is tho ccjltor of Tho Lyceum Magazine, that has a national circulation. Ho is ono of tho best known men in America, nnd has been a power for good In thousands of communities. Italph Parlotto has had a wide ex porlenco ns a struggler, a newspaper- .wan, h writer, a lecturer, but today ho is in the fresh bloom of suocess, ( for ho is yet n young man with tro- 1 lucndous enthusiasm. Last year ho addressed colleges, Bchools, teachers' institutes, clubs, X, M, O. A. Sunday mass moctlngs in , cltlos, church gatherings, conven tlons Sunday union meetings, factory workers, mill men, street railway men spoke In tho greatost halls and In bollorsblps, in pulpits and parlors, traveling all tho year, into evory stato in tho union, Parlclte'H locturea fix tho insldo or people, Then ho says tlicy cun fix tho outsldo tlieniHolvcs, His lecture at the Nnlutorltini Mon day nlKht, Oct. J 2th, 8 o'clock U the first number of the MuthoiJUt JOntor IttlHini'iit coiiine, This com no Is given $ hx h bvHfiflt for tilt 1'ubllu Mb wry NUd Is dMMirvInK ' "'T Nupimit, (let Mnr iHMifoH iuiiuU now at Jlukln 1 J)rug Mrf, George E. Chamberlain supported thai measure and worked for it, and It. A. Booth opposed it. The bill was one for a law to modify or abrogate the iniquitous fellow-servant doctrine, a law made by the courts of this country, which prevented the widow or chil dren of a laborer killed in the employment of another from recovering damages or compensation for the loss of the wnge-ejirner or breadwinner of the family. Under the fellow-servant doctrine as established by the courts, if the death of one employe was caused by the care lessness of another employe, that was a complete defense, and the widow and children conld go beg or starve. Under 'that doctrine the courts had held that if the roadbed of a railroad gave way and the engineer niul fire men were killed, the railroad company had nothing 10 pay, because the section men were fellow-servants of the en gineer and firemen. ' If a foreman of a factory who had charge of the ma chinery worked with the operatives and one was injured or killed, the injured employe or his heirs, in case of death, conld recover nothing, because the foreman was a fellow servant of the laborer. Under this doctrine the courts of this state were closed and barred to the pleas of widows and little children for some compensation to take the place of the husband and father who lost his life in the service of his employer. The decisions, of the supreme court are replete with such cases. One of the greatest battles waged in this state was that of the laboring classes for laws setting aside this mon strous doctrine of the courts, and it, was only overturned through the use of the initiative. For .veal's at every ses sion of the legislature the working people of this state asked in vain for such laws. Mm. Booth was in the state senate for eight veal's and opposed such legislation at every opportunity. At one session, when George E. Chamberlain was endeavoring to have a law just to the laborers enacted, Mr. Booth opposed it with all liis influeunce. On the floor of the senate he said: "This bill will break up every sawmill owner." Mr. Booth was for the sawmili owner and against his laborers. It mattered not to him how many workingmen's families were broken up and lost because this damnable doctrine of the courts left them without a right to recover some damages to keep them together and take the place of "daddy's" daily pittance, as long as the sawmill mail) did not have to pay. It shows Mr. Booth's vision of the protection to American labor and his vision of humanity. Mr. Booth, like Mr. Rockefeller, doubtless thinks be is protecting American labor when he advocates a high protective tariff, his idea being that the. capitalist will take care of the laborer, and that the laborer should look to the capitalist for his protection, and charity when in need. It is the old mud sill idea of labor. The mass of the people must always be dependent for their right to exist upon the willingness of someone else to give them a job is the economic idea advanced by the Rockefellers, Baers and Booths. Keep them under and keep them hum ble has been their plan. With two men hunting for a job labor is cheaper. A protective tariff on the goods of the manufacturer but free trade in labor. The laboring men of Oregon if they arc loyal to them selves, to their cause and to their posterity, will not hesi tate to choose between one who helped them and one who fought their just demands. WHY DEMOCRATS ARE ELECTED THE question is often asked why a republican state like Oregon so frequently elects democrats to office. The answer is easy. Oregon is first a progressive state. The republicans defeated are stand-patters. The dem ocrats elected are progressives. The people of Oregon prefer a progressive democrat to an unprogressive republican, The republican party organization is controlled by stand-patters, and despite repeated defeats reactionaries arc nominated for office, the leaders preferring defeat to loss of party control. Booth, candidate of big business; Withycombc, believer in Chinese labor and advocate of boss-control by assem blies, already rejected once by the people because of his insignificance; llawley, nie-too follower of Uncle Joe Cannon all political reactionaries, long unbelievers in the people or their right to rule, and subservient flunkies of corporate interests, are the type of me,n selected to lead the republican ticket. Thatjs the reason a disgusted electorate voles for pro gressive'and capable democrats instead of reactionary re publicans. That is why the Oregon system is still in exist ence. The assault on popular government, though not in the open as il was four years ago, is just as determined and vicious as over, the more sinister because clandestine, The election of Hoolli, Withycombe and llawley will mean a surrender jo tho nredajory InlcrcHtH a blow'to the Oregon h,vhImu slop nuckward in popular government, freo shows, concerts nnd entertain ' meats. Interesting tnlks wore made by different able speakers, and I am siito ucry one hnd u Jolly good tltuo. CI.AUS C. OI1AHLKY. llrow nshoro, Oregon. Extent of German Ambition It la puzzling to try to find out how porvaslvu and complete has been the obsession In Germany that the German people woio providentially ordained to drive back Kiissla, crush out Krnnco, break up the British Um pire, annex Holland and Helglum, and domlnato the world. That these unbridled dreams of empire hao possessed tho mind of many, If not all, of the military leaders of Ger many, and that many historians, phil osophers, and men of science nnd cul ture have been apostles of this so called "pan-German" cult. Is unde niable. Hut it senilis Impossible to believe that tho great mass of ex cellent German folks had been ser iously Infected with this madness. Opinion has becomo so strongly convinced, In Hngland and 1'rnnco, that Germany hns really Intended and deliberately planned to annex the lAvf Countries and to crush and Gor manlzo France, with n Iow to tho conquest of England, that tho very suggestion of ending this devastat ing war fills them with alarm, bo- causo they feet that Germany must ,1m crushed before life can be woith (living for any other peoplo In Europe I They nro saying emphatically that . Germany must bo reduced to tho po sition of n second-class power as u io 'suit of tho present war. Ah a ma Iter of fact, this war ought to result In the end of the mllltniy ststem, which Includes tho Urltlsh navy as well as the Germany army. The Ger man people cannot be reduced to n low place In the wot Id unless they are nearly all murdered, or iiulestt I they censo to apply their splendid energy to tho training of all their children and to the social and econo mic advancement of their communi ties. From "The l'rogresa of the World," In the American ltevlow of Itcvlews for October. AT ONCE! STOPS STOMACH MISERY AND NDIGESTION Do somo foods you cat hit back taste good, but work badly, ferment Into stubborn lumps and cnuso n sick, sour, gassy stomach7.Vow, Mr. or Mrs. Djspeptic, Jot this dewn: Capo's Ulapopsln digests everything, leaving nothing to sour and upset you, Thoro novor was anything so safely quick, so. certainly efcfctlvo. No difference how badly your stom ach Is disordered you will get huppy relief in five minutes, but what pleases ou most is that It strength ens nnd regulates your stomach so joti can cat your favorite foods with out fear. Most remedies glvo you relief sometimes they aro slow, but not suro. "Pnpo'n Dlapcpsln" is quick, postlvo nnd puts your stomnch In ii healthy condition no tho mUcry won't como back. YouY feel different as soon aa "Papo's Dlapepsln" comoB In contact with tho stomach distress Just van ishes your stomach gets sweet, no gases, no belching, no eructations of undigested food, your head clears and )ou feel fino. j Go now, make tho best investment )ou over mado, by getting a largo fifty-cent caso of Tape's Dlapepsln from any drug store. You rcallzo In five minutes how neediest! It is to suffer from Indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach disorder. Adv. TT Theatre FItlDAY AND HATUflDAY Matineo mid Evening MIIjMO.V IH)Uull AIVNTKKY Episode No. 10, "Shanghaied" NEW EXOIiANI) II)7j Two reel Dronclio feature MUTUAL WlJIJfUAT NEWS IOVE AN!) M'NAMITIJ Ko)Ktouo Comedy DON'T MISS IT 10c AMV.IYS 100 John A. Perl UNDERTAKE! LtiJy AMlitant mt H, HAK'IXMTT 1'lnm M, 47 UMI 4MB AwbttUttw IfervlM !) 0trtr !o It Toonr Resolve to smoko (lor. Johnson cl ears, tho best, nnd thereby patronlzn homo Industry. tf Home dressed joung pork for sale every Saturday beginning October 10th. 1'ordc, booth -H, public mark. ct. 172 IIIOM TUB HOOK HV KKX M'.AUI - IHIUT. ACTS, NINh PARTS PRICKS OK ADMISSION Mtitlnoe, lower floor !0c I Mat lure, balcony lOn Nllilit, lower floor -Go Mght, balcony lUu I lux Seats , Gee Ail ailviiiU'O in (he nul.ir price of admission to the I'ngr Theatre lint a ri'iliifl'on in the price clwwil for "I he Spoilers" in oilier cities STAR THEATRE TODAY EUROPEAN WAR Showing In two reels of motion pictures authentic views of tho tVar Itev lowing Troops on tlio All trlnii Ilonlcr. Tho (ionium Knlser Order .Mobilization. King (icorgo llovlevvlng Troops on W'tty to tlio Front. President Polncalro of Franco and French Gcncralx. I.'iujtcror Fran cis Joficpli of Aifililu. King l'eter. French AlrMilp Squadron. 1iihhIiiii Flagship nnd Cmlsem. FIoito I Initio Scenes Along the Ilonlcr in tlio .Ma neuver. Tho lilg i'crmnn Navy Tornerio lloats, Destroyer, lllg Dreadnaiight in Action. PRESIDENT WILSON THE MAN OF PEACE Thrco Other Itcels PAGEUP Advanced Vaudeville and Selected Photoplays Poor OiK-ii 7 I'. M. ADMISSION Lower Floor l."c Ilulcotiy J do Friday Kclijr. "THE WHITE MOUSE" In Two IfeelH. A Srlip (Iniiim of tlio hiiouh, fcnl urim; Messio Mylon in nu intensely iiitcrculim,' nnd lliiillijiK nlory. .'l.(.X."'....il..i,..'.'lv,.',. ....... '..; (TV.'','!l;l,t'"l,i!A!itf.,.iAj!',iiif'' I PAGE THEATRE i 6 i i (it Saturday Evening, Oct. 10 I ONE NIGHT ONLY M.j- , 1 1 ! II I I I . ,. MR. WILLIAM A. BRADY ANNOl'NU S DeWolf Hopper and tiii: Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co. Willi a wum.iant ;asi inci udim; lilcllo I'nttiTSOii (ilndys Caldwell Jnyne Herbert Annbi'l Jourdiiit Hcrlicrt Wnlcrous llciirv'Smiih MiiiKle Miirdiiiint Unu liroiiks AND Arthur Aldriilne Arthur Ciitiiiinulmm John Willanl Herhert Cripps Two-Ilecl l.uliiu. "THE MAN WITH A FUTURE" A ilriiiiinlio story of Hie m imiiiitl cliihNi'H. Tho life of it woiiinn. ('lime mill rorormiition; viilno ami coiiHolntioii, with nu enilint,' "f linjiiiiiehH, iVtngniili. "DOCTOR SMITH'S BAUY" A ileliglili'iil anil leu'ilimiito coin- inly, i'cutiiiiiij; Mniiilco Costollo lunl Man- (JiiaileHlon. ,. i . . VAUDEVILLE I'iiiIiiui'n Cuoiilt TAYLOR mid ARNOLD 'J'llU IflllMkht klllllIK IK'I Hi MHIlll'tllll'i The Finest Light Opera Ensemble and Chorus ever heard in America I "MR. HOPPER AT HIS BEST" Cliicnuo Tribuno. In Revivals of Gilbert & Sullivan's Greatest Comic Opera "The Mikado" A Real Gilbert & Sullivan Revival O) PRICES OF ADMISSION 1st 14 rows lower floor $2.00 Ilnluncc of lower floor i .in Rows 1, 2 ami 3 liiilcony 1,50 kows .-, ii, unu n imicony .... 1.00 11kVUC O 1(1 mill I I Itilliiinir Mf Rows 12, 13 anil M Uiilcony .... ,50 Seal salo now on. Hox nffim mwti in n m aMm Mall Orders reeelvetl for which cheeks should he made k finyiililu Io I'jiku Thealre, if) ) M t i-S pr X i