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"I 'V Jl. 'I n f V t 'I 11 r Ot v S ' h r "PA113 Koim MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNB m orricp Mull Triimno iiuiioinc, North t'lr itrcoli trloiuumo T6. lulljlnc, 15.1T-J9 TIib Democratic Tim. TJio Meiifonl Hnil. Tliu Mcdfonl Tribune, Tlii 8oith W OreRonlnn, Tim Ashland Tribune. 8VBS0BIPTI0N StATEB On yertr. by inn 1 1 . - 18,00 On month, by mull .-. . .10 Vft month, oVlliereil by carrier Id Maiironl. Tlioonlx Jntkionvttl ml Central 1'oliU .CO Huturilny enly t-jr mnU, per year S.00 Wrpkly, cr i'r 1.S0 Offlctnl Paper of the Clt of McdforJ OCriclnl l'npur of 'Jackson County. Bnlerml km Rrcond-clnyo mutter M itrrifori), Orvgon, under tho net of March J, 1S79. Bnorn Ctrculntlon for 1914. JtSJ. Full leaned wlro Associated TrtM dis patches. Subscribe falling to receive papers promptly, phono Clrou- lntlon Manager at 250R. Shorty Miles lifts several raro base ball finds this season. He says they're so raro they're raw. LAUGHS On Debatable Ground "I'm green in society". Would it bo all right to shako hands with jondcr distinguished-looking indi vidual?" "I'm green myself. But I'd ad.viso you to go a triflo slow." "Pshaw! No man can rnako a sor ious mistako hy being a triflo friendly." "Yes, ho can, too. That may bo tho butler." Louisville Courier Journal. In Society's Zoo Tho returned hero was rccolrod with open arms. Society flocked to him In swarms and droves and mobs. They mado a lion of him. And ho? Ho mado n monkey of himself. Philadelphia Ledger. In 1071 Judgo Yours Is a very serious crime, my man. Fifty years ago it was K hanging matter. Horse Thief Well, your honor, fifty jeara henco it mayn't bo a crime at all. Tlt-BUs. - Circumspect Wife (In railway train) It's mor tlfng to havo you act so. Why don't ou get up and help that young lady raise that window? Dutiful husband Slio's so pretty I was afraid you'd be, angry. Some An Unlucky "All men are fools!" exclaimed tho pessimist, "True," agreed the optimist, "but they aro not reminded bo often of Jt If thoy remain single." Punch. They're Alike "Evory time I read Shalcespearo I discover somo idea hadn't Btruck mo bofore." "Yes," replied tho man who yawn., "but Isn't it pretty much the same way with an Insurance policy?" Washington Star. Flash "Who's tho millionaire you've caught?" "Something better than any old inlllolnalro," declared tho beach bcllo. "Ho's got -00 saved up to spend and he's only got ten days va cation to spond It In." Pittsburg I'OBt. Mutual Tiiumpli Ho (aside after tho proposal) At last I've won hor, She (a-a-tp) At last I've hooked the poor prune.- Penn State Froth. f Tito Mean Thing "Doctor, my husband " complains so of headaches." "Hum whon does ho havo thorn?" "Ho doesn't havo them I do." A Tribute "Mr. Toor, in jour sermon Sun day you said that you admired the Belgians more than any pcoplo In the world." "I did ma'am. And I do Btlll." "Why Is (hat?" "Ilecauso they havo got money out f my congregation, which Is morn tjMj. I1 fitt pitfn atity (o d,Q," an iNnni'UNDRNT .vnwuPAPEn 'UUMHIlim KVKtlY AITKItNOOM 1JXC13PT HUNIJAY IJY TIlH MKDKOKI) l'lUNTlNQ CO. J' "P?fc fcjir STAND T? X-IM?ESmKNT TAFT UJ position to tliu iiruit'iplo ot throet legislation which has boon adopted in hall' tho statos of tho Union and is still spreading. Because of pride in American statesmen, all uitizons havo in somo decree hoon uninfluenced by par tisan tooling, Wo wish Ijo wonld ee.ase his fnhninations against tho initiative aud referendum. His arguments aro so woak mid )tiorilo that thoir continued nttoranoo and publication will oanso ovor tho darkest shades of repub lican partisans to lose all faith in tho intellectual leader ship of thoir prophets. In his latest address tr. Tall tells his audience, which ho moans shall include tho whole nation, (twit in adopting the initiative and referendum in this country wo aro tak ing up with a political system that was found wanting and abandoned in previous centuries, because unsuitod to political governments. In these arguments lr. Tuff shows himself to bo in capable of understanding the philosophy of history. It is tho key to his lailuro in the to be ot that typo ot mind that never sees beyond its tune: that concludes that tho ago in which ho lives is an improve ment upon the past ages, and that thereforo that which has boon abandoned in the past was abandoned because of its imperfections that that which has boon rejected was bad and that which lias boon preserved is good. (Tf this wore only tmen The student of history knows there have been periods in the history of several nations when justice was more prevalent than in this age when the mass of tho people enjoyed more comparative comfort, and happiness than they do today. "Vc know' there wore nations founded upon principles of government that were destroved in the name of religion by a race that replaced liberty and freedom with slavery, degradation and the most heartrending oppression man is capable of comprehending. religion, we might well ask, as the world the gainer when the civilization of the Indian was destroyed to make room for the Spaniard, the Puritan and the Dutch trader1? To be specific, Mr. Taft seems to believe that because in the early history of the Germanic tribes the laws were made by the people at their public meetings, called the ufolk-moot," and that the "folk-moot" was abandoned for destroyed); that its uselessness or lack of usefulness has been established, and that in now adopting direct legisla tion in this country we arc gathering up the politican flot sam and jetsam of former ages. The historv of the "folk-moot" shows that it was the system of a free people, and as m that manner the people so governed were free, and when the "folk-moot" was abandoned the people from freedom descended to serfdom and slavery. Under the "folk moot" the people were all landholders, but after it was lost the baronial estates replaced the oicupancy by the culti vator, who became a feudal tenant. The "folk-moot" was succeeded by government by the inhabitants of the castles, who counted the cultivators of the soil as they did their herds of swine. The priest was established as a political factor to assist in keeping them in subjection. Then came the French revolution, the revolt growing out of the oppression of centuries, and the maddened at tempt to regain the natural rights of men that thoy had been robbed of in the name of religion and government. Ever since mankind has been struggling, blindly some times to regain the natural God-given rights of self-government. The contest today is in its final stage, with the goal in sight. It is in the final stage today, because man kind has not before within 500 veal's been prepared to enjoy these rights as he is today. The underlying cause of most of the world's injustice in government can bo traced to lack of intellectual develop ment of the mass of the people. "When the world's knowl edge was preserved in clay tablets and parchment writings when only the priests and their protectors could read and write, then the mass of the people were either at the mercy of the cruelty and selfishneess of tho few who desired to rule, or the cunning and brutality of their own ignorant kind. In the contest between the masses and the classes, the masses have always been handicapped by ignorance, for knowledge was restricted to the fc'w. But the diffusion of knowledge through the education of the people and by the press is rapidly preparing the masses for the responsibil ities of government. Tt is this intellectual progress that Mr. Taft and those like him fail to consider and will not see. The light of popular intelligence will soon dissolve all the dark mysteries of politics and government and will illumine the world with one great idea a government "of the people, by the people and for the people." SEAHLE TIMES STUNG FOR $15,000 LIBEL SEATTLg. April 30. Tho Jury In the libel suit ot Itoginald H, Thom son, former city engineer of Seattle, against tho Seattle Times brought In a verdict for $15,000 for tho plain tiff today. The suit was brought because of an artlclo published by tho Times accusing Thomson of cor ruption in connection with tho lot ting of a regrade contract. Thom son directed all the great regrade and other engineering Improvements in Seattle. JJtop Coughs, Croup, Whooping Lough and Colds promptly with Schltfmann's Concen trated Kxpcctorant, 2 ounces mako a pint. Guaranteed to be tho best romody ever usod or money refunded ' HlJ nulU.r-ArtVt ' MEDFORD MATE TRIBUNE, PAT is still standing mi in his op- presidency, as it shows him Leaving aside tho question of long as the laws were made E PKKINO, April 30. Tho ChlneBo statesmen will meet tho Japanoso plenipotentiaries tomorrow, when thoy will prosont China's reply to the last list of demands submitted by tho Toklo government. Thoro Is reason to bolleve tho Chi nese reply will contain only a lim ited number of further concessions. Kodak finishing and supplies at Weston's Camera Shop. Opposlto Book Store. JoHn A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant 38 S. nAIlTLKTT Phonos M. 7 ami I7.J? AwhulftHW gorily PofONiH' UnSTOORD. ORTWOfti FRIDAY, APTUTi HO, 1915 THE LIPS THAT COMMANI) GEN.3IR JOHti ERBNCU OJBTi. JOBFRB " ! I .1 I ! . II I ,IM, - I I 4vv AKIlr sD-f - ( t iHujf sPW iK ifc-MfV H v , w? NITtV! j. ijiV . Aj GRANDJXtKE. NICHOLAS GRAND;DM VON TJUPITZ EARL lilTfllENEE GEM VON KLUCK. EMPEROR W1LHELM TI10 IIim from Mhlrh roino the coi trmit war. Sir John I'rvnclt Is tho field nmiMml nuiiiiiinlliig tho llrllMi laiul forces; Son. JofftVi tho I-'rvnrh Nicholas, thn HuIjiii oviimiuiuU'r-ln chief; I Jul Kitchener, llrllNli mk-iv-tnry of ne; (Jen. on Klurlc, Ceniuiu officer In duirgo of Ttirkl-.li onrn tlons; KmiH-ror Wlllutiti of (.Yntuuiy, tho gtvnl flgitiv of the nri Ailmlnil Jo1IIck, chief of tho ItrltMi flvt. SLEEP A FACTOR OF LIFE II) James ltholerlrk (Continued from Ycstordny ) Steeping and waking are thu trough and crest of the llfc-ne, tho potcn tlal and kinetic factors, tho poles of life. Any wave form, "trough and crest," must bo defined In the same tcrniR, exrept that one gives heat, 0110 light and ono life The two poles mark and amplitude and by thu uni versal laws of motion tiro equal, only that In life, from numerous causeH, these factors are "o.ueerod" so that thoy are often out of vital balance. This law of ltal balance as neces sary to health, gives to the subject n profound tconomlc importance. Tho factors of life npix'tir to bo unequal, as man seems to wnku about tulcu ns lung as ho sleep;), but theso opposite stales havo never been standardized. Wo nro some times half asleep when we aro said to be awake, and also partly nwako when wo nro considered asleep, all turning upon tiio degree of construe tlvv or rebuilding work going on In tho body. It Is a living clock and must bo re. wound. This winding up process In full tide, totally abgorbB toll con scious or waking energies, causing a deep shadow to fall on the orgnnlsm called sleep. When (his work Is com plete a wonderful transformation takes place. Tho dynamo becomes motor, tho unwinding of tho spring sets free tho stored energy which manifests Itsolf as consrlousncHS. Tho Hying organism Ih a vital "alterna tor," the poiltlvo and negative phasen being called waking and sleep ing. Thus the question of alimenta tion Is Inxperaruhly relutod to sloop as the treo and Its shadow, Ih Itself a factor of life whose Hmbol Is sleop. Life Is polar, as sex Is polar and all variations In those polar factors, means a commensurate chuugu In thu vital balance, necessaiy to health, slnco this Is tho law of motion. Man and beast and vegetables havo, allko by the laws of llfo a normal waking THE PAGE Med ford's Leading Theater BIG SPECIAL MUSICAL PRODUCTION The Nautical Knot One Wight Only TONIGHT 50 PEOPLE 50 Produced Dy MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL Under Direction of MIhk luei Coffin Beautiful MunIc fiiatefiil Dancing Supported by Full OrchCBtra Scat Salo Opens Theater Ilox Office Thursday, April 20th, 10 A, M. "" Popular Pilcf4i JJ.V, rjor, All H'nN Kwn'wl ADM. JELUCOE - iantN of ight loitolul men In tho rninnwiinkT - tii. hlcf: (intuit Duke Kemlnll of Cold Hill. and sleeping state Let 111 call them the developing anil maturing factors of life which sounds more familiar while yet the same conrept. All are familiar with the Idea of unripeness or Immaturlt) among fully grown products In the vegetable kingdom, hut probably fow have ever thought of u full grown nnlninl as bring un ripe, jot most of the Ills which af flict the domestic animals today are the result of organlr Immaturity. Any Immature product, animal or vegetable Is "unfit" nnd by tho on exorable laws of selection, will bo left out, eliminated, by nature. She has already placed her sign of ex tinction upon the commercial hog and cow. I'or untold thousands of years sho has been selecting life forms, which could mature under given climatic conditions, when along comes man with hU theories of unnatural selection, prompted by need and greed, dimming tho order of nature The result h, narrow ntralnH of stock, bred In violation of the rights of marriage which extend to n whole species. Almighty power could not reconcile, tho unnatural vital olemnnts thus poured together. The development Is thus suddenly In. creased, with never a thought that this new romposlto organism could not mature, A hand of man-made cattle that sold for 12). 000 a head faded nway at Mm fatnl touch of .Mother nature's rod of correction. Nature's balance was Impaired to such a degreo that life bocamo Im possible We had a potato clinic In Oregon recently, called to dlngnoto nnd proscrlho for the dlsvaHOH of that long suffering vegetable. Its Ills are mostly due to tho same violation of this Inexorable law of lire. Imma turity InvltoH disease. Tho ovo'r de veloped Perrheron horse Ih 'said to bo more liable to ailments than any other of Ills npoclcH. (To be continued.) TT Theatre FRIDAY ANP SATURDAY NIGHTS 20 Million Dollar Mystery Thnnhouscr Two PartH Complete Mutual Weekly News Shorty Falls Into a Title Two Itcol lironcho, Advonturoa of The Archaeologist The Amorlcan Doitutx lll.'llj-; KU.VDAY O.VIA' A Prisoner In the Harem Four Part Oolgnto Animal Feature JOo Aw(yr-1 ZEPPELIN AD DROPS BIBS E IPSWICH, ling., Apill no.KK clted residents of UiIh hliitoilo (own spent tin eiuly hours of tho morn ing Inking stock of (he dumuKo done by the liouihn droped from the Her man all ship, geuenilly believed to have been n Zeppelin, which ap peared ultortly after midnight. So far as can be teamed no one was In Juied although there weio mtvernl nairow- escapes and Ihe properly dnningtt was hiiiiiII llomlm fell hnruileH'ly In Waterloo stteet, 'which In the most densely populated dls trlrt. IIIMIY SAINT KDMUNUS, Kng, April 30 - Police Inspector Wilson snld this morning that Jitttt after one o'clock he henid several terrific ex ploiilonn and renlltnd that a Zeppelin had at lived The shells dropped from the airship caused four fires While theie was no loss of life, the property damage was considerable. The aerial raider remained over the town ten minutes, and then disap peared lu the direction of the coast. STAR Medlord's Molt Popular Ptnyhoiiio Thursday and Friday Paramount Picture The Straight Road by Clyde Fitch with Gladys Hanson Pathe Weekly News Five and Ten Cents 1 NGLSH INS There Are Many Reasons. why It In better to pay by check. It Insured Safety, furnlHhea the bent receipt It la not only convenient but economical nnd navcH time. Checking Account!, largo or amalt aio Invited. OVER eS VEARS UNDER ONC'MANAGC MCf4T I li THREE TRAINS DAILY CHICAGO TEN DAYS STOP SAN FRANCISCO on ono-way tickets to visit the Exposition when you no East via the OGDEN ROUTE (SOUTHERN PACIFIC-UNION PACIFIC) Ask nearest Auent for full partic ulars, fares, eta, via this route, SOUTHERN PACIFIC JOHN M. HCOTT, Oiiornl I'liHtU'iijor fim, Poillninl, Ore. Blood Risings Begin A Mere Sptck Stop Them From Gror- itg Largo nnd Dangcroua. Nearly iivryenn who uses i H M for the lilmiil rvinll u frlrinl wlm wnt lljrotinli uiilnlil milT'ilii in". Ih iwniK nf 11 ingie I'lmpl" or iiu(ll liloml iIhImm. 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