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P2GEF0UR MEDFORD MAHJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,. OREGON, MONDAY, DEOEArBER 20, 1915 t: r MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AN IMnrPENnnNT NEW81'APErt rUBLIHIIED EVKUY AFTnilNOON EXCKPT BUNDAT BY THU MCOFOUU PIMNTINO CO. Office Malt Tribune Ilulldlns, 25-27-28 North Fir street; tclcphono 70. The Democratic Times, The Med ford Mall, The Med ford Trbunc. The South ern Oregonan, The Ashland Trbuno. BUBSCRI1TIOK SATZI One year, by mil. .5.00 ,60 Ono month, by mail. Per month, delivered by carrier In Med ford, rhoenix, Jacksonville and Central J'olnt .CO Rnturday only, by mall, per year 2 oo Weekly, per year .. 1.50 official Paper of tho City of Medford. Official Paper of Jackson County, Entered ns second-class tnnttrr nt Medford, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Bvrorn Circulation for 1914, lilt. Full leased wire Associated Press dls- satclit. MENACE OF PEACE -3!&aSS Bub-crlbora falling to receive papers promptly, phono Circa Utlon Manacor at 2C0-R. '! HONG KONG KOLUM Vhnt Is tho bent Xmnn present for a neighbor woman with nix en nary hlrdH? (NLICK TAHIIY CAT.) Nut tiro ovr-m-- Attention A vicious o'yHtcr, wo nro Informed by tho Now York World, caught n duck's benk In Its shell nt Smith I'olnt, j. I., nnd held tho duck undor tho water till tho duck died, Advertising Men! I lend! Workmen engaged In demolishing tho Grovcr Cleveland homo nt Cold well, N. J., discovered a cigar which had lain .hidden In tho ratters fifty years. Tho finder smoked It nnd nald It wns good. Affectlonnto JVojtlo Tnko Winning iA woman mistaking n I'lillinnn porter for her brother, kissed him on tho station platform nt Jollct, III then fainted when she discovered her mistake, John T). has said that ho owes much of his business success to golf. Isn't It jruo that mono men owe their golf io success. A Vermont man lins taught his dog to Hlngj so ho tolls n Now York ro i porter. ('Maybe It la n bird dog.) Today Hollrlnpor Hilly "jtfunduy wns onco driving across Nebraskn. Ho paused by n rail fenco to ask directions of n farm cr. After getting Ills directions, Hilly Bald to tho farmer: "Is that n scarecrow over there In tho field? It hns stood In tho samo position ft long tlmo but " "Thnt." responded tho farmer, "oh no, That's n man 1'vo got working by tho day!" Stella' llm-gnlu Counter Many pcoplo who do tho hesitation waltz hcslstato too long on thulr part Dor's feet. nPllE latest danger to threaten the United States, ac- cording to politicians at Washington, is the menace of peace oi which tno nysicricat preparedness propaganda against a visionary world in arms is part and parcel. This awful menace has taken the place of the tanlf, the psycho logical panic and mte regulation and tho anti-trust law as the lather oi calamity. Gilson Gardner, the "Washington correspondent, says that the thought of what will happen to the poor working man of America when the millions of belligerents go back from the trenches to useful occupations brings teal's to the most hardened standpatter. To think of all the factories and farmers pouring their cheap goods into the "United States wrings the heart of our noble statesmen, who view the war as a good thing for neutrals in that it creates a demand for gunpowder and supplies on the part of bellig erents. JJo thus Huninmrij'.es the disinterested views of these pntriets: Preparedness that Is the slogan of today preparedness for peace. Wc trust it will not come upon us lit tho night. Tho moro hopeful of us seo tho war dragging along for two .three, perhaps even ten years. In thnt caso our prosperity Is secure; wo may by that tlmo become financially cn treuchod dug-in, an tho modern soldier puts It. Aro wo prepared for pcaco7 I say emphatically no! And how do wo know what might bring It upon us! Little things often set in motion great forces and thus blindly become tho promoters of vast consequences for oil na well ns good. Tako tills fool Kord ship, or tho woman's pence party, or tho conferenco of neutral nations proposed by Jane Addnms and her crowd. What do women nnd automobile makers know about war? I tell you this congress ought to prepare! The naval program is all right as far as It goes. Theso government mnnufneturo fellows won't get nnywhero, nnd tho steel business will go on as It lias started. Hut wo should prepare for peace. Wo should tako tip the matter of an anti-dump ing Inw right away. Tho tariff ought to bo put up, and wo ought to leg Islnto to keep out altogether tho products of cheap foreign labor. Wo ought to allow tho freest combination of Industry for selling abroad; wo ought to encourngo tho establishment of branch banks abroad, wo must grant ship subsidies to build up our merchant inarlno (a government mer chant marine wilt hurt tho shipping business) and finally, wo must have tho biggest army and navy In the world, so as to protect our commerce and provide a market In which to dump our surplus when peace comes again. Then, to cinch our foreign markets, wc will have to make use of our biggest army and navy to seize foreign lands, and because a republic is not qualified for world in vasion, wc will have to become an autocracy with a czar or kaiser, mid our civilization will have completed the circle, be back when it stalled from, the bird of freedom dead and only I he ghost of democracy left to haunt humanity. A PLEA FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE Forglvo our our dentists. debts ns wo forglvo (Jooil llttlo calves, when they die, become chicken croijiigtloa. Honk! Honk! "Now Ma," cuutlonod pa, "don't forco too much on our guest Ht Ulnnnr." "What then?" stilffojl ma, "Make It u sociability run not an CndurnncQ contiwt." Louisville, Ky., Courlur-Jouruiil. 9 ' "9 -OONSIDEll the Christmas tree, not on account of the V unique fruit it bears today, but for its own romantic history. Whether it be a hemlock, or a balsam firm, or any little scrub "evergreen," your Christmas treo'links you with the most remote ages of the earth. Jt belongs to the family of pines or conifers. Theso aro the aristocrats among trees. Their lineago can be traced back millions of years to the period when fishes were the only important vertebrates on earth. Tho pines, then, aro very properly a symbol of long evity. As such they have made themselves a great place in oriental art. Tho western world, however, has valued them mostly for their commercial uses. Pilch find resin, spruce gum nnd beer, bark for tanning, wood pulp, medicines and tho cheapest as well as some of the most expensive woods aro a few of the sources of wealth which man has discovered in the pine family. And now comesthe tragedy of the conifers. Even the trees wage relentless warfare. Darwin says, 'Tho oaks have driven the pines to the sands." Tho coijifors reproduce themselves from seeds. When a pine tree is cut, its root dies. And tho seeds of the cone bearers, unless they find fortunate lodgment, perish quickly. Thus persistent trees like the oak and the maple have taken up the best ground and the pines now live on mountain heights and sand dunes. . Slaughtered relentlessly by man aiuj lacking power to reproduce themselves rapidly, lliesp Miuient and beautiful trees are (loomed to extinction.,,' This is not a plea to do a-',ay with tho Christmas tree. The trees used at the ('luutinas festival hardly count in the tremendous annu-d commercial sacrifice. This is a ju for the appreciation of the beauty and romance, of'Yue pine. Of late, landscape gardeners' have been giving them their proper place in small city lots as v!i as upon large estates. AVhoever has a yard could do a service to his commun ity by planting any of the scores of lovely cone bearers. And where is the child who would not like to raise his own Christmas trees.' J linvo n friend who novor buys nw Chrlstmns Junk too soon; 6ho Bays, "I wish tho Ht6rott would noil thulr stuff till CluUtinim noon I" Sho'u thut unnio girl I told you of, who used to have u boau. Sho kopt putting off tho wedding till tho poor man had to blow! ( l.oulao Goldsmith, it prolty I'lut Lrookvlllo (N. J.) school tent her has resigned her Job bocniiBo It Is too lonetoino. BRITISH LOSSES IN SERBIA ONLY 1278 LONDON, Due. !i0.- The 1. 1 .' of Itritibli onsuultio-; loMiltuit; !"'"" 1'" itloiiiki (upuiliUon into Heibi.i w.i only 1278. Those figures xvero jfixwi " 1'" lioiibo of oouiuioitfs llu aftouiuim . JIurold J. Tentimit, Niiiiuiiirht.irv fiimlor-HH'rotury for war. Mr. Tin limit said thnt only w officer uml '85 nu'ii of other nuilM hud ln.i. AS IT APPEARS TO YOUTH Editorials Written liy Pupils of the Medford High School.) I (luistnmi ft INitluiv'.' .No! Thin iuiMiou Iiiim iicir becii tin ibHic until recent l, mid when xw m. recently we iuut include the gteul Kuropenu war, which is now being waged upon tbc battlefield it' l!ur ope. The iurtioii i- n direct out giowlh of that iiiikMn omtlict "bull u daily hoarding mi lntor of great ilccilt. mill bloodshed, which lino necr before been paralleled. Why bhould we doubt the iiffinnutixo answer to this statement when so mnuy human problems uro ut mi iMic. Is civil ization a failure? One would in tuulv Miv "No," hut why me men litflitiiij on the rnvojurd of KuroiH- tor the inexcusable principles of kc: c :kc: K C Baking Powder is guaranteed absolutely pure and wholesome. 1 here is no Kochelje salts, no harmful residue left in the food that is leavened with K C. Even the most delicate can cat Hot breads raised with K C without distress. Try K C Baking Powder breads if yeast raised bread does not agree with you. KC K K C u k ICC Belfihhuess, rnco hatred nnd nnlmnl impulse? It nppciins ns if nil tho virtues of man have disnppcnred nnd left in their stead xiolcnt passions nnd nn nbnominl thirst for blood Europe todnv is cnculfed in a vio lent liemorrliaL'c of blood, while America slumbers peacefully nnd en joys tho opportunities nnd peace of her "mother country." let they ny that Europe .U n much more highly civilized country than the United States, which is quite jilnusiblc, ow iiifj to the youthfulness of our insti tiitions. t Hence, it is not improbable that one should ask himself: Hns Christ mas. the birth of our Snxior, been celebrated in vnln? Wo sny, "No." Christmas is not nn institution rcc- ot-nized for purely educational pol icies or for its morale. It is mi epoch in tho history of the world; nn epoch thnt will never be erased from tho history of the universe until that sys teni censes to exist. Christ wns born in Bethlehem upon the 'J.'jth of De cember, in tho year 1 A. I). When ono refuses to respect that dale and honor it xvith true devotion ho ceases to be n Christian, for he renounces his belief in Jesus Christ, the son of Ood, who crcntcd the enrth. Thnt wns not n failure. Why, then, is Christinas n failuic? Is Christmas n I'alliuo'.' No! Chfitttmns is held by many to he n mockery, n failure, merely nn excuse for unwonted extvuvtiL'iincc. lie spite the fact thnt much Inoncy is ap parently uselessly squandered nnd thnt tho true spirit of Noel, though present in detail, is sadly laekinf when n wido application of Christian principles is desirable, nevertheless the ehccrinj, regenerating effort of nn outburst of convivial spirit, how ever formal and inconsistent, is of countless value nt u time of year not renowned for its cheerfulness. At this time tho pressure of ordinary routine is cspccinlly oppressive; it is the hnlf-wny stntion bctxvecn the lr-st xvnmi dnys of Indian summer mid the brisk dnys of March. Tho old proverb says: "A stitch in time saves .nine," so the actual physical htim'i lus nnd the oven more potent moral stim.ilus of tho t-enson is invaluable to tho "tired business mnn" t.xpe, to xvhi t 'i most of us belonf. So much for tho purely economical nspeet of tho question. From n religious standpoint xve must neknowledgc Christiuns io ho somrwhnt of n fnrce. Tho revival of leiigious enthusjitMii is not us mark ed an might ho expected from the sig- niiicanco ol tho church festival, yet there is, I heliaVJ, wurccly ono of us who is not in some degree seiii'hle of ii "better' feeling of unspoken de termination to do good and to benefit others more than in tho past. So, in spite of the many pessimistic senti incuts that wo hear nlmost daily, we mus't bo truly thankful for the influ onco niul "morale" of Christmas mid eenso to think of it in tho light of n fuiltire. i MARKET REPORT Trices r-aa oy naaora KGC1K- 10c. ' m?TTI.H- Unify, Hoc. POTATOES- New, lac. ONIONS 1 1 .0 per lb. HONKV-I'Je'per lb. CIDKH Sfle. rOHK SSVio. BHEP-)Ho, LAItD-lOc. ' - , HACON 13m)l5e. , BUOULDKKS 122c. ,. HAMlUc. .U'TTKI. FAT Mo Hl'TTKK - Wholesale, 110c. Mre-itoc . HOdS Abie, :iV.'.(jMt'o. STKKKS- Alix e, -I j(fl5e. COWS-Alixe, 'l(fi)M.o. VEAL- Droned, 8(Mlt I.!e Poultry HENS - Urge, over -t lbs., lie; under lbs. .09o; old roosters, tie; stags, le; spring, l'Je. DUCKS Eat, 8c, GKKSK-F.it, 8e. TUHKKYS 13 to loc, neenrdiug to quality. UKI.aiAN HAKES, fi to Co. liny una Grata (Having Prices.) WIIFAT Me bushel. OATS - .fj.l ton. HAY- Alf.du, .ii:i ton; grain, 1'J. AIH.K - While, fl. Bargains in ROSES 200 Throe-jear-old Caroline Testout Hoses (or sale at u bargain Tho tlne.-t rosos in Medford from tho bcM rose hedKo In tho city. Tho Carolina Teatout is u porpet uul bloomer, largo pink rosea and tho bent hedge or atrcot roso for this climate. Pierce, the Florist ALLIED MONITORS B01VIBARD GERMAN LINESATWESTENDS I5KHLIN, Dec. 20. xln London. Entente allied- monitors yesterday shelled tho Oorninn )ositions nt Went ends on the Belgian const, hut were finally driven nwny by land bat teries, snys the officinl statement is sued today by ffcnnnn headquarters. The statement ndds thnt German iivi ntors nt lucked the town of Popor inghe, near Ypres, numerous hostile troops being concentrated there. The statement follews: "Western theater: Fire from our coastal batteries drove off the enemy monitors which shelled Wc&teride yes terday. On this front there xvns live ly nrtillery activity. "Ono of our nir squadrons nttnek cd Popcdinghc, xvhere numerous troops of tho enemy nro gathering. "An English biplane xvns shot down in an nerinl fight near Bruges. The occupants were killed. "Balkmi thentcr: In the fighting norlhcnst of Tarn, previously report ed, three mountain mid two field guns xvcre captured. "Near Mojkoxno fighting continued successfully for tho Austro-llungnr-inn troops." POSITIVE PROOF Should Convince the firctc,st Skep tic til Medford Ilccauso it's tho ovldcnco of a Med ford citizen. Testimony easily investigated. Tho strongest endorsement of merit. Tho best proof. Read It: Mrs. William Charley, 305 North Orapo St., Medford, says: "I had much pnln in tho small of my back nnd sometimes I could hardly bend or straighten. At night the trouble bothered me, too, and often I couldn't sleep. I tried plasters and liniments, but nothing helped me. When almost discouraged, I heard of Doau's Kid ney Pills. In less than two weeks nfter I began taking them, I felt better. Kour boxes of Donn's Kid ney I'llls made mo well." (Statement given Sopt. 1 1, 1907.) OVi:il TIVi: VICARS LATER Mrs. Charley said: "I hnvo had no kidney troublo slnco Doan's Kidney Pills freed mo or It." Prlco GOc, at nil doalors. Don't simply nsk for a kidney remedy got Doan's Kidney Pills tho samo that Mrs. Charloy had. I'ostcr-Mllburn Co., Props., Uuffnlo, N. Y. -Adv. TODAY MAUD ALLEN Tho famous star in The Rug Maker's Daughter A dashing romanco of tho Turkish Anicrlcnn rug trndo, which presents tho world famous dancer In ono of her most beautiful d.incos. This Is n special 5 part Paramount. COMING Tuesday, 'Chnllco of Cour age." A guaranteed attraction or your money refunded. THE PAGF MEDFORD'S LEADING Motion Picture Theatci HERE Only Tonight Neal of the Navy Interesting and lustructivo Play Life's Pitfalls Domestic happiness and tho sanc tity of tho homo nro troutoi! In this Kdlson three-net photoplay, featuring Marian Xcsblt imd Hcrliert lrior Mr. niul Mrs. Sidney Drvxv Comedy Rooney's Sad Case JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKER lidy Am Lit nut 28 S. UAllTI.irrT rhoiiM M. -17 and I7-J2 Ambulance Sen iro CoroHcr IMM? DecemVzI Medford's Leading Theater SELWYN & COMPANY Present MARGARET ILLINGTON "A Great Actress In a great play." N. Y. Herald. THE LIE . "Insplrflng, reverberating triumph." Amy Leslie in Chicago Nowg. ' nT HENRY ARTHUR JONES ' ' Ono year nt Uio Harris Tlicatcr, New York City. NEW YORK CAST AND PRODUCTION. Curtain nt S:30 sharp. Children In Arms not Admitted Scat salo now on. Prices, 1st It rows lower floor $2.00; last 4 $1.50; balcony, 1st 4 rows $1.D0; nc.t 4, $1.00; next 3, 7Cc; balanro 50c. PAGE MEDFORD.S LEADING THEATRE WED. DEC. 22 Greatest Livin; Actor Uurtnlii' S:30 sharp. Chil dren ln anus not admitted. iLAIL ORDERS 2sTOW Farewell OF . Forbes- Robertson His first and positively his last appearance in Medford AND LONDON COMPANY In Jerome K. Jerome's IModorn INlorality Play Passing SL Third Floor Back The Ideal Christmas Play over 5000 times in England and America. Scats on Sale Noxv. $2 00, $1.30, $l no, 73c, GOct III -caJ rrSliS CSN VXV V0 WVW' tAV f -AMD A great: I ?r v :..:-. ' . . ' ' . . : i s SKI AINVjKY VdKIZZLY S$ WM KUbrltl IUWAR17 WMM,smfA lAPQ PLACE YOURSELF'IN THE POSITION OF EDITH MAITLAND. IMAGINE FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS OF FEROCIOUS SILVER-TIP CONFRONTING YOU, A DE FENSELESS WOMAN WITH NO "AVENUE OF ESCAPE. A RIFLE CRACK AND OUT OF THE FOREST EMERGES-SEE THIS WONDERFUL PICTURE., Nm- Star Theatre TUESDAY-Children 15c, Adults 25c IT'IS A VITAGRAPHILUETRIBBOFFEATURE NKt 5l STAR THEATRE Auto Contest LEROYtfNGRAM - - - - 8480 leader in the lontcst up to Saturd nlbt Volt xxlll bo tountt)a ovry mubt this w-fk. Attt-ud the follein mwtlneo and get 30 vol nlth thlldren t IKket aud loo vole with adults' tlcktu. TihMuU). Vtdnwa-Jy. Thursday ud Krid. All xoim must b in ballot boi not Utr Uwa Xiom ove Bisht nt 14 p. w. The Auto wUI ke gkrm awny Xwu fk. t.U. J i 1- v kVW. :kc: V V