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? I. '. !(' 15 i'i , ?' l it IMCIK crs-s TissK if MRDFOm) MAIL TWinrNH. MUDFORO, OKIWON. FRIDAY, NOVKMUUR '20, .iu WON DERFUL WAR MP OH I TO BELLIGERENTS WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. To tho viilrfMll roni)lutc map of tho 12u roicnn War zones, proparod by tlio war officii 6f tho lolltptrnt, Amer ican ttftity officers owe the detailed ritudy they nre aide to tnnko ot tho trdotfl iuttroinoiitn in Ik'lKlnni nnd France nnd to some extent, upon the Aimlrlnii-KuBHlan, nnd Germnn-UuB- slun frontier. When despatches rIvo tho nantoa of vUlaRcs around which fighting In In propress, It is poswlblo to turn to these maps nnd see nt n Klnuce the chnrncter of tho coun try, Its roads nnd byways with de tails of their construction and even to note tho nnluru of the soil on slopes wliero the inpu will have to "(11k In" to withstand tho storm or rifle, ninchlnc-Run nud field-piece fire. There nro yet no such maps of this country. Tho European maps nro tho products of yeani of toll in preparation for war nnd those used hy General Joffre, tho Froiic'i com-niauder-lu-clilof, General Froin't. tin KukIIhIi lender, nud tho German hief talus undoubtedly nro far more com plcto than any other foreign govern ments hove been able to obtain uhow Iik the rcRlon now torn by war. Willi such maps nt his disposal n ronunnndcr can be far in the rear of his long battle lino and yet know from moment to moment tho exact nature of obstnncles in any portion of the front ho is facing. Ho could direct the places of entrenchment to within a few yards of any small detail or battery of gun a and could order forward his heavy artillery along a certain rond with entire con iiucnro ttiat tho road would carry tho huge weight. There is no trail or bypath, ditch or stone fence that is not shown. For nearly fifteen years the I'nlted States army has been struggling In a modest way to supplement its maps of this country o they could offer, to a very modest degree at least, tho aid to military operations which Eu ropean commanders have at hand. Tho progress of fifteen years on the hugs "task is described by army officers as "insignificant," outsido of Its educational value. tij'jifj.. : s WAR NURSING AS SOCIETY FAD BOUND I R ED LONDON, Nov 20. Society wom en nro hogging tho authorities for permission to go to the front ns nurses. In many cases tho ijunllfl rations ot thu applicant nro sinnll, but sho regards being a Hud Cross nurse as romantic and fascinating and would go without thinking of the ser ious side of tho matter. "Affectlottal and emotional nurs ing," is the way Sir James Crlchton llrowne described It In an address be fore tho Kensington District Nurs ing association. "There is a good deal of spurious uurslmr about this time," ho went on to say. "I heard tho othor day or a fashionable lady who called on a matron at a provin cial hifspltal and said: 'I wish to have a week's training as a nurse on any terms you like, uut I cannot give more than n week to It, for 1 want to go to the front.' "That sort or thing." fald Sir James, "Is highly reprehensible, for in no branch of nursing is cousu mate skill required more than in the management of wounds and the wounded. Tor half-baked nmnteurs to meddle in such matters Is to en danger life nnd limb." HURRY UP ORDER ISSUED TO FINISH PANAMA CANAL WAR STIMULUS TO MARRIAGE FIGHTING NATIONS COUNTESS TOLSTO GETS MANUSCRIPTS AMERICANS AMBULANCE CORPS LONDON, Nov. 20. Tho Ameri can Volunteer Motor Ambulance Cort'H. organized by Ilichard Norton of Iloston, Mass., lias equipped tne mutor-nmbulancesto assist in the Im mediate removal of wounded from tho battlefields In Kttrope. In many cohcs tho wounded have been with out medical aid from five to seven days, snya Mr. Norton, thereby pro moting tho deadly effects of tetanus, gangreno, and other dangerous com dlcalloiiR.l( Tho flrqt unit of this American corps, with Harvard, Ynlo and T'rjncutoit graduates largely repre sented among tho volunteers, .has al ready left or the front, accompanied by Mr. Norton, under tho chargo of Col. A. J. Harry, of tho Hrltlsh lied Cross society, with tt staff of two medical officers, 201)earers. (two to each car) and tluco expert motor engineers'. It is desired to equip other units, for which contributions arc being re ceived by "Tho Ameriran Volunteor Motor-Ambulance- Corps" care of Drown, Shipley & Co.. 123 I'al Mall. Loudon. PKTItOGItAD. Nov. 20 The dis pute respecting the disposition of the I most important manuscripts of Count Tolstoi, the novelist, has at length been decided by tho court of Final Instance In favor of tho widowed Countess. The manuscripts of these earlier works, upon which the writer's true fame is bused, wero given In Tolstoi's lifetime to his wife, who, de posited them, witli ptber relics, in the .Moscow Historical Museum. Tho unfortunate wording of Tol tol's will led tho daughter to at tempt to secure these gifts to Count ess Tolstoi as a part of tho novel ist's estate, wlille tho countess, also fearing to lose them, endeavored to recover them from the Historical MiiFeum, which, pending a settle ment of tho dispute, refused to hand them over to either party. It hns now been decided that they may bo returned to the widowed counters as her property. PANAMA, Now L'O A lmn-U order li.i been NmiciI 1i Governor (.loclhnU for Hie completion of llie tmiml, The time limit ot by eongrexs is July. UMlt. and Colonel GorHtnN i determined Hint the Ihki of Hip fln iUinp toehe- in eery dpimrtttifHt from thx'dgiiiK M htndfo urtlu inj; -hull be completed nltetid rather Hum behind, litue. Colonel UoclhnN himself i cttiuc n pnro. nnd may be seen often nt work in the tirimiuil ra tion huilditit; nt Hnllion lute nt uhilit. Men and litneliines now on the iMh imi'i nro sniil to ho working liittdi'ii than nt any time ,-inee (he great work was started ten jours ngo. Kvery mottling Colonel GoelhuU npiHmrs nt some pint of the work where lie has not boon for several dtiy-. piovioii-U', to hurry tlttnt nlons. There is tiie ene of Hie wteniu slioveU delving into tho side of too Hill for the roek that goet to form the on! breakwater in front of Co lon harbor. On enelt one i u huge plnennl whieh show the number of curs loaded us the vvoik progi . Kor every job u murk lint lieen set toi be surpassed if tottiblo. ()u Sosn hill the man who has charge of load ing Hie ears Hint Ink the roek fifty miles aeros Hie isthmus to the new breakwater is working ngniti-t the mini in charge of trnusitortiitg tluw same curs those fifty miles while the man who unloads them out near the , cud oi the two-mile tivetle U m-Iuiur i things -o ilutt he will nlwnvs he iust n little ahead of the other two. At I present there are :JU(l to jYiii ears ol I roek sent linn everv vvnikm, day. 0 E POPULAR IDDLOKPARISIANS LL llK.I'UN, Nov. JO.--Wor uutin nges" will umterinllv hic'vum" Hie niunher of inurriajwn for Ib-rlln tUit venr. Wksn tw winjjivke out many of l icons nud in somo cnes pnvnle of tlie tiwervo unit hiuilwclir tleeidotl to mnrrv on llio oye of tiicir depatt- ure for ho'fifint, with Hie result Hint J AttgiiHi, 101-1. .iiowM it total of mar riages for IJnrilu or nTlKI, ns niraioel 1:IUI for Hh sme month ol last ,ver. In tli MohiliauHon week, Auuuxt Vt-S. '1011 tttftfttngc cotitriiot.s wetc mude, of which I In- largest iMimhvr was due to the iintbretik of the war. The first X4vcu month of 1014 showed ll.lltfl) umrriHges ,s uiraiust ll.OJO in 10l;t. ll i believed hero Hint the number of nutniuireit in llariin due to the war i not far below WOO. Sume of them hnd been plmmcd for the nittuimi nnd winter moii, ami it i expected thut for Hii( ivsm die ienii for Hiese mnntlm will full helow uonnnl. Tliits hns nlready been ilemonstnitui by tlie i'ord fur September, in which month l.'utl tuntri.igcs took ptaee, ns ugnitinl S'.2 in Nitnnhci', I0KI. Kor 1011, up to mid imlud iug September, the nuiuhi-r ot in.irii nges is JS.1.10. as nsuiiist 11,701 Ji.t the snme period of Jl)l:t. The outbreak of (he v;ii lu ,iU mntermllv iitfiueueed for the bcitu Hie legitimixution of children lni out of wedloek. In nenrlx nil cni tkis whs done by the father of the child marrying it mother. "Wlnlo in Attgut, 101.1, only JOS eliiUlieu were legitimised, tlioir nninbcr in Aniis, 1011, was 10IS, of which number all but five were jjivn a prer status before the law by mnrrinc In th' lit-st seven months of lull onlv I 100 hildreil weie legitimit'd, jis auiinist I I'i'J tor the same pcrmd in I'll . TAKMS, Nov. 'JO. I'liilHians nie becoming slolnl under the I mil ol war. lloiuh-throwing ueroplaueM liave Id'cu unable o distuih tlieiu, and llio long eaiupaigii in the not Hi lins not elmun(ed their puiienee. Tliey are glad if Hie allies train but a mile a day nud m'oih aottafitnl oven if ttogiiiund lilt hoett lol. Instead of the expoeted offer vtwcenci' of iiuprcHMoiiulilo people thteatencd by attelt u rrdoiilitnhlo ns ailiiut us Hio'Ueiumu iirtny, eom i plete Iraiiuillily ptevnili. Theie seenm lo be entile coiifidenee in one mini JuVTre -tuid it ii n striking e.v emplificntioii of the force of charau Icr of the limit that he kits made map Undents of people who were pre-eminently hero worshippers. Appealing in no way to romuiitio rituey, he takes iiutclf eiititely tail of die cntogniy of the popular idol. Tlie snlo of postcards, which is taken in l-'rnnce ns n sure but'oiaeter of popularity, show that while most peo ple wnn I the photograph id' llii- great general in tlntr iol!v Ion, he is out tun tit otdei bv Kin - Mbett, die lid iitu soldier, tluntnl I'teueh, "Tou.iuv Atkins' mill Hie Tin" o - 1 'HSSSa IMM1 S WW M. HHHHlllllllW- - "-Sfc. -") Most natural arc those portraits in which formality is is cast' aside and by our modern methods you arc scarcely conscious of being photo- '7 graphed. Your roliitivcs imtl frinitls will lie di'li",lilcl lo I'ocoivo your picture for Clirisliiins Wo Arc Open Sumliiys from 2 (o 5 p. m. SWEM STUDIOS UU-i West Mala "On Hie ('HMiml I'loor" .Mcdfotil LONDON, Nov. 20, a-12 p. tn. Wlnton Sponcor Churchill, first lord I ot the admiralty, stated In the House ot Commons today In roply to a ciues tion that tho total lirltish unval casualties to date wern: "Of Hoars Killed. 222; wounded, 37; missing 5. Men kilted, S'wd; wounded, '2S; mUsltig, 1. L 10 OF E FOR PEACE I'ATTJ.K Clfi:i:U', Muii., N-.v. JH. 'Univial Kaee. niore geiten I brotherhood nnd un increased i'ii ts in mis-ioti work, will be the cut leoind of the ''iiioiHmii war. in lb - This list, tho first lord anld, did , minion of Ill-hop K. If. Ileiulux oi not Include .tho relating office and Kiiiimih tlty, who today addio-e.1 men in tho royal naval division at j dm iuterdcunmiuatioiuil niwlieal mis Antwerp and on the Drltlsh cruUer sionary ooiiferenee. Good Hope, sunk by thto (JBrmnus "1'reimratJons for war have been off the Chilean coast which totalled so gigantic, ami the ending flaitgh- 10U0 and Si j, respectively. tor t,o terrible," xaid Ilishop llendrix. . "that the feeling of revulHoii HHtoiig Vou Oct the Dest i men ninl untioiw will ho n ilciit Thoro Is whon you sntok Gov. Joun-1 rntvv for peace nnd brotherhood. " AJm " a jnr. ruiuctiii hind I -J CIGARETTES I ' A'Highfy I j Original Quality H t 4i7'iC-"''''fti K k20fcrl5yra I GIVE Jones Your Order for that FINE THANKSGIVING TURKEY 20c PER POUND DRESSED Wlrlop ' . Tea-It Done Steaks 20c Any ro.ist lu the Leer, pi lino r 10m lm (tided 1 e Tine liork roast 1 2c. Million, poullrv. etc. Jones Market U So. tVlitlal I'liOiio U7 BOATS USD 10, FIGHT BATTLES IN JUU'OKS, llelgium, Nov. lit), via L(jtdoii, 1H1 1, in. Fighling between the (Ionium and allied forces in ilio iiulinlutcil territory but u ecu Diviiiuik' and Ni(uiii)il, on Hie Xottli sen eijusl, U now Jreiiiently being eairied on in bouts, A tillers, for tho first tinje in war, hits prowd inefleelive, Inljierconal bravery and cjiterjinw are cotiiiliug for miieh mid the battle i Jieiuiiing o retemble the claxkieal pU'UV of I.e.vdon in the ixlccnlli een Uir,v witli inlils mid counter tuiiU by jni'iins of flat-boltoiucd haul. Two rnniomb of (lie cvontli 1 Sol -giuti inlniilry have keen nunlo Kmglitt of tliu Leopold Older for Iraiti-jiorUug forty men, including Jlfjeeii evi'ivl,v woiindei!, imtdux Iho ininliilioiift umlcr licat.v Jin tiiu Ijnillo in il ))ii"'iil lnwt'. iU' ''flft-ii'ly ny, m,i) In I w'ini 10 RETAIN COPPER WASHINGTON, Nov. (). The Italian steamers .Sun (liovanni nud Hegiuil d'Hnlin, i el eased after repre- heutationri by thu state department against their detention at Gibraltar, were allowed to proceed to Jtnly only ufter agreeing to return to (libralt.tr wiili tlieir copper cargoes, it ins jKii-nrd today. The vessel, were hound fiom the United State and carried large itun titiort of general cargo, which would linvo had. to he removed to reach the copper. A Ilritislt prize court nt Gibraltar will decide whether their copper is eontraband. END ABUSES OF ion cigars and patronize homo Indus tries. With Medford trade is Mcdford made ? THE HAGIK, via London. Nov. 20, Thu Associated J'reas Is In formed by German officials that a plan Js belttK dlbcUfescd to do away with further mutual retalatory meas ures upon Interned private citizens of France and Germany. Jt Is proposed to appoint a German coiiiihIhmIoii to visit tho Fiench detention camps and a French commission to vlMt the German tamps. These commissions nro to investigate actual conditions among tho detained foielgu subjects and If possible uKrue upon a plan wheiouy both nation i will refrain trout further drastic nt astires. Diaiicr at St, Mark'. Saturday evening, November -1. fit. Mark's Guild will give another of Its popular chicken dinner. The din ner will bo served fiom 5 to S In HI. Murk's hull. Thu follo-vlng Is tho inenui Uulied Kulmon Hinolhertal Clilulum Manhed J'otiitou Diced Heels Hot HUeultM Jelly Coffee Ice ('louin Cuke n itnoTiy M'Wiiim WE iiuitmtv""' Dozens of delightful uses Not only hits Log Cabin Svrun no counl for wafllcs. &$l(l' 'n unncakes or French toast, SIM -ut it's wonderfttl for canuy.pudtiingsima cakes. TOWLE'S a06 CABIN CANE AND MAPLE. SYRUP Makes Home, "Sweet" Ifojne, Indeed is unrivaled for flavor, and of absolute purity. It's a wholesome sweet for the children. Sold In full measure cans. Order of your grocer today. The Towle Maple Product! Company Sales headquarters l People Gai Building, Chicago Ref Incrltii St. Paul, Mloo.i St. JobuLurr, Vt. Log Cabin Fudge Two cups granulated atiirnr, cup of Lojj Oibln Syrup, cup of milk, two tablespoons but ter. Stir In enameled sauce pan over brhk fire until' It makes a soft ball when drop ied into cold wntor. Then beat until It Ih-kIiis to pranu Jale. Tour In buttered pwj , aud wipi purUy cool cup In squares. i J V riJ-vr u tf IVX JlL li Tjhe The Greatest Biggest f. THE PLACIi OF SECURITY HI I li i ,1 J'UlllC Hui ! ,i'i Uo- for.VMliu' ' h the Wilt of of Hit Jin l-fiui o )' u 1 in and llugliir J'roof I (I I' Il'fX lt 1 1 , i lli'i Olll; lll't yi ou and up per ear. OVER ?2 VEARC UNDO ONC MANAOKMeNT 1 I $,f SALE The greatest slaughter of high-grade Clothing, Hats, Shoes, and all Furnishings, ever held in Southern Oregon! (Read pages 4 and 5) H F. K. Deuel & Co. STORE IS CLOSED Read Pages 4 and C f y V -v. ' y i Hm 'w fM yipwf