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WEDFOKD M3ID TI&BTjrflig, MEIXffORP, "'OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 20," Mg vmv, FOUR 4 MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNX MkU PHINTIN9 CO. jAN I BliTS PtIB 0lee Tribune, Building-, SS-27-29 North Fir street; telobHons 7C- The lTemerstln Times, th Medford Mall, Tho Medford Tribune, Tho .South ern Oi-egdnun, The Ahland Trlbuno. GttORSB PUTNAM, Editor! WnWMWlTJ?TI0H XATXBI WILSON A WORLD LEADER One yyby malt. ,......... Ono month, by mall ... ..... .. .., 'Jacksonville Per lriontli, delivered by carrier. In rnoomx, $5.00 .&U .rA.i?.i ' ntvi Cohtrnl Prtlnt . Saturday Only, by mall, por year.. Weekly, pur year....... -,-..-. .CO 2.00 1.C0 Orflckl Paper of lha City or Mrdfbrd. Official Paper of Jackson County. Entorrd as necond-clasa matter at Medford, Oregon, undor tho act of March 3, 137?. Sworn Circulation for 191B 2466, Tutl leased wire Aneoolated Press dispatches. A ttL EM-TEES Did IIo fclmnKo Jils Sllml? It 1b rumored that tho causo of the death of W. J. Evans, who died here last fall, -will be .Inver.tlgntod. Mr, fevans was Fhought to havo kill ed himself at the tltno, biit was later undecided, Arklnda Cor. Llttlo Itivcr (Ark.) News. , Literally SlwahlnK. Toaeheiw-Wllilam, which (ravola tho fastor -heat or cold Willie Heat, Anybody can catch cold. I'lty tho Pnrtoni. Want ononjotlc "woman, call on mlnatorflj good talker llboral cdm poiWlon. 2 J 83 O-st. (Call foro noons, San Diego (Cal.) Union. , lliuth? Albert Zabala ot Solodad was horo Thursday and nccompnnlod Martin Iorminl to San Paltno to purchaso a irinlo cow. Tho San Jtinn (Cal.) Mission Nows. i:icrlloit I 'oinhiK. John Timothy Anthony Jonos has bet a hundred and fifty bones that tho darkest dark homo from tho so crete3t Btall will win tho president's chair noxt fall. And John Timothy Hits In his shop and talks till tho shadows pt evonlnu drop, al)out -what a bonutjrul bot bo has mndo, nnd how that tho other guy's sotting afraid, Prom now till election day Johnny will talk to tho folkB hi tho ntoro nnd tho buino on tho walk, nnd peo plo will pass him. nnd buslnosB will lag, mid Johnny, -will talk till his shoulders will bos. Johnny will ho n "polltcal fan," nnd novor a woman, a boy, or a man will atop at lila shack for to purchaso n stump, n bundle of cum, or ti two-penny lamp. J think I'll o down to John Tim othy Jones and spoil lila comploxlon or broak halt his hones, and oay to him, "Why doh't you tend to your atoro JtiBtpart of becoming a silly old boro? Why dtu'B olectlon mako crawfish run wild? What makes your foggy old' brain set bo rllod? Why can't you lot tho oloctlon nlono, toad to your cookies nnd answer your phonoT" CharJca II. Drlscoll. Our Own TmwloKWW, Brooklyn Everybody -who Uvea In Drooktyn elthor has bahles or bronchitis! both are In the air. llrooklyn Is ri part of Now York, but It Is farther from Broadway to Smith atreot thail U is from Forty second atrcet to Port Bald. You never roalluo this till you begin to live In Brooklyn. Ilrooklyu Is a rathor quiet Village. Fords aro al lowed In tho samo atroetB with nuto mobiles and saloons closo on Sun days. Brooklyn Ijbb 788 churchos and only 46 cabarets. TUEVIH0 ARRIVES TO COMMAND MEXICANS ,-- . CHIHUAHUA, Mux., May 10, Ia El Paso Junction, Mtiy 20,Clonoral Jacinto Trovlno, lu supremo ooiuinaml of tho troops delegated to wipe out the bandit nionneo of Chihuahua and Coahulln, nrrivnl horo today. General Trovino fidid that ho wojild hd very enroful not to ououpy towns until after tho Amoricnna ncnto so ns to nvolil nil possible elmimo of friction JIo has oslablisbed henil (matters here, Why SMka k Om m wwwm i i i 1 1 1 1 i i n JOHK A. PERL UXDIRTAKIK M N. JtARTf JMW wimw m, 4i mmi trim IN these days tlic editorial writei-s on many ot the repub lican organs are working overtime in penning satirical criticisms of President Wilson's foreign policy. 2?rom the Hearst papers which lead the fight clear down the line to such as the OregOnian, it is one degenerate yawp that Mi. Wilson is a spineless jelly-fish, with little sentiment and devoid of reason, who Whiles away his hours munching peanuts while Americans are being murdered in Mexico and oil the high geas, without a sense of respon sibility or twinge of conscience ovei" his own inefficiency. It is but fitting that these journals so busily engaged in painting the man chosen by the people to the highest office in their gift as one who has dishonored and is dis honoring and disgracing the flag of our country, should be led by one whom a few years ago they denounced as being the cause of tho murder of President McKinley by the same methods they aro daily pursuing as to President Wilson. Tho fact that these .journals are following the lead of ono whom they denounced as beyond the pale ol decent journalism and an abettor ot assassination ought to prove conclusively that the inspiring causo of their attacks upon tho president is something lar lrom patriotism. a A favored method of attack of those dobaiichers of pub lic opinion is to make invidious comparisons between Mr. Wilson and a strong man in the white house, like Mr. Roosevelt, or a dignified man like Mr. Hughes Gathering courage from their own audacious falsehoods, they now assert that had a republican occupied the presidency the Lusitania would not havo been torpedoed and Belgium would not have been invaded. Mr. Roosovelt is pictured as sending for the German ambassador, reading the riot act to him, and Von Kluck's army halts at the Belgium boundary. , This is a wonderful cinema of what would never havo happened, and it is a wonderful lot of liars that write it up uiid aiiect to believe it. It is sweetly assiniue to believe that had Teddy been on tho job he had but to soy "Stop, kaiser I" and he would stand; "go to, Villa," and ho would go to, and no doubt there aro pale gray asses in numbers who believe these nicotine vaporhigs of the political copy-makers. But there is ono point of view that neai'st and his re publican disciples in their wild erics for war from their cellar windows havo cntii'o forgotten, and that is that tins is a republic. Their view seefns to bo that tho United States of America is an oligarchy ruled by a dictator whose chief functions aro to protect tho Hearst investments in Mexico, and Morgan's munition dealings with lEhirope. To them there are no questions of eliminating poverty among our own people, or making lifo bettor for the youth of this land, except to fit them for soldiers, against tho timo they may be useful in looting sonic weaker nation for the benefit of the financial despots of Wall street. They prate knowingly and falsely about the president's neglect to break off diplomatic relations with Germany, or Jiio failure to sond a large army to Mexico to clean it up. It is possible tlicso penny-liner provoricators havo never heard of the constitution of tho United States of America? But then again, one might ask, "What is a constitution botween thioves and murderers, or those who seek to' profit by a war of aggression, or a war of defense, oven though it enucd in tlio nation's doleatr ' But whatever tho view of those who find a royal road to wealth through tho blood of their countrymen, tho peo ple look upon this as a government of law undor tho con stitution. And under the constitution tho president can not dcelaro war, cannot mako war, an dif ho should do so, should bo impeached. The declaration of war must bo by congress, But theso loyalists say tho prcsidont could break off diplomatic relations. IIo could, it is true, but if his doing so would bring us into a war with onothor country ho should novor do so, for that would bo simply ono way of assuming authority and power not granted tho president. It would ho usurpation on his part, jind President Wilson has rofraiucd and refused, as was his duty, to consider it a personal privilege to plungo this nation into war. Tho prcsidont desorves the highest commondation of tho pcoplo for his steadfast adherence to tho constitution, for tho reason that tho great, important question before tho American pcoplo is to maintain this as a government of law, responsible to tho pcoplo of Amorlco. This is not only important to tho American people, but to tho world, for tho reason that if wo ouco vest our prcsi dont with tho right to make war, then this ceases to bo a republic, and whon tho pcoplo of this country admit such authority in tho chief executive it will moan that the lovo of liberty is dying in the hoarts of tho people that thoy havo surrendered tho ideals of frco institutions to their economic lords and masters, Tho question is not what a Teddy in tho white house would havo dono to the kaiser, or Villa, or.Carranza, but what ho would have dono with tho American peoplo and their constitution. It is not a question of how big a bluff ho put up against the Uorlnans, but how union authority no woum usurp unaor tne stress ot war. Wo know that in a timo of noaco Roosevolt oxpressly assisted the steel trust in violation of law to gobblo up tho Tonncsseo Coal & Iron company, because tho gontlomon of the stool trust told him that it thoy woro pornuttod to grab it thoy would stop a lmaneial pamo. What such a presi dent would do in tho face of a worldwide war tho gods thomsolves would not hazard to guess. Woodrow Wilson has kept tho nation out of war, not alone to saYo tho lives of otir peoplo, uot alono to escape tho hardshipsj'burdons and cruelties that war insures ovon to tho victors, Ho has had a purpose oven beyond tho avoidance of oil that war means, in bloodshed and oppres sion, in tears and wnr. His high and noblo aim has been to keep alivo in Amorica the traditions and principles o a government of the people, ns tho only hope of tho world, to some day become a world without a war "-a world of nations of free people. His purpose has been to keep this nation out oHhe maelstrom, that it may to the sorely tried peoples of Europe bo a beacon light of hope that may yet point the way for them out of the darkness of aristocratic and military government and hasten the dethronement of all kings, czars and emperors. WoodrOw Wilson knows and understands that the en try of this country into tho war means that the example of this republic for a hundred years would be sullied in the eyes of the world. We would be drawn down to the level of the military oligarchies of Europe for having embarked on rt military embroilment. Tlic end of the war would leave a fear of reprisal that would compel us to become a military nation. But remain ing at peace with all, enduring saerif ices, perhaps, oiir very patience will in the final end bring tho warring nations to us as the counsellor and friend of all, the enemy of none. In that hoiir the role that America will assume will be sliblinier and nobler by far than the part that any Victor ever knew. We have fed the starving of all their bleeding nations. Our men and women have healed ahd nursed the soldiers of all tho stricken countries. So when the hour comes, that the leaders grow aweary of sending their all too docile citizens to stay and be slain, when imperial pride is stran gled with human bloo,d, the eyes of the valiant millions will turn to America as tho hope of tho world as a gov ernment where men cannot bo driven to tho shambles of war as a land where men at last are free. And Woodrow "Wilson in those days will be hailed os the leader of tho world as one who saved the cause of human liberty from destruction. . 1 Medynski's Views on Railroad Bondingl As many of the conservative pco plo of Medford who are opopsod to tho bonding of tho city of Medford for 1 railroad to tho Blue Lcdgo, havo naked md to glvo my vlows on this quostiou, I herewith append Bomo ot tho principal reasons why I also oppose this bonding measure. 1. Tho Pnclfc & Eastern rail road as It now standB cost over 10, 0d0 per mllo; and a conservative es timation Of tho cost of this projectod railroad -would bo at least $20,000 per mllo. Now as tho Ijluo Lcdgo railroad survey Is forty miles, It woUld mean $800,000 to completo the railroad to tho mlno. Throe hun dred thousand dollars would not roach half way. 2. If It would bo profltablo to 6p crate tho Blue Ledge nnd other mines adjacent thereto why should not tho owners bo wiling to put up an oqliat amount -with Medford? 3. If It Is tho Intention ot tho road to go to tho coast, why should not tho whblo of tho(Roguo rlvor valloy contribute to ,thls proloct? As Aicuroru is not a manufacturing town silo has nothing, to chip, tho sur rounding country -will be tho ship per, honco why should thoy not con tribute towards tho oxponso of tho construction ot a railroad? A. Tho nrescnt nronoslton Is very Indofrttto for tho this reason. There Is no poalttvo assUreanco that tho mines wll operato permanently oven it & branch Hno was run to It. It has bcon Inferred that tho mil company or tho Groat Northern is back of this project. I Can say posi tively they are not. I would llko to Boo a railroad from Medford to tho coast, and It Medford Bhould contrlbuto $300,000 It Is only prudoncd and good busi ness that she should ho safeguraded In everyway. Thoro aro but few hooplo who realize what it means for Medford to glvo away $300,000.00. To bond for this umount at C percent Irttorcst for 20 years nloans $18,000 per year Interest and $15,000 por yenr sinking fund, a yearly total ot $33,000 to bo paid thru taxation. Our present assessed valuation Is $4,104,- 127 at these figures this would In crease our present taxes n llttlo ovor 8 mills por year. Do wd want to put this extra burden on tho poople with out a guarantee of sufficient returns to warrant tho Investment? No In dividual with good business judgment dablos In uncertain speculation, nolthor should a City. What assurance havo wo that this railroad If constructed will not In a short timo fall Into tho hands of tho Southern Pacific and becomo a feeder for thorn? Should this tnko plnCo, thoy would novor pormlt It to go to tho coast, for thd simple reason that it would rob their present trunk lino of jthru freightage Tho Pacific and Hastorn railroad doofl hot pay Interest on Its bondd, how can you oxepect this prdjobtod road to do It? Romombor this, "tho Pacific and Eastern road oxtonds In to a vast timber bolt, with amplo ton- nngo to keop that railroad busy for tho noxt fifty years, yot our local nsumption of lumbor nnd fruit boxes Is "being shipped Hi from tho Wlllamctto valley and othor much moro romoto points, while our local timber Is bogging dovolopmont. Can you tell mo why?- Hero Is your answer, tho "Lumber TrUst." Tho "Copper Trust" can also, If thoy wish, prevent tho operation ot tho Bluo Lodge, This Is ono of tho vital reasons for Medford to havo pos itive assuranco before saddling her self with moro burdens. It tho mlno owonrs In tho Bluo Lcdgo district deslro to operate their mines, and It will pay them to do so, It Is really up to them to mako tho first start to build a railroad, for thoy aro most directly Interested and would dorlvo tho moat honoflt. Should thoy do this I have no doubt but what Medford would then be willing td assist. P. MEDYNSKI. i& Will SATTttY I aro. jt Why So Popular? Anvtlitni? that relieves worry is nop. ular -that's why so many people de pend on us for lighting and starting satisfaction. THE ELECTRIC SHOP (03-105 S. Central. Phone 22-J - Free inaction ny battery at anytime . . & gggMMMlriBK The Iron is HOT arid You are COOL That is the Electric Iron from PAUL'S ELECTRIC STORE 212 W. Main St Next to Power Co. MR. FRED ALTON HAlGHT Teacher of Piano and Harmonr, composer of "Our Navy," "A Memory,'' etc. A teacher with an established reputation, who maintains a high standard and gets results through a correct di agnosis nnd through tho application of tho proper prescription to meet tho needs ot each individual pupil. Biramnn, tiikm HAIGHT MUSIC STUDIO Itoom 101 Gftrnctt-Corcy Bldg., Phono 72. Medford, Oro. iff CjfevT A porter on a Pullman coming from Grants Pass the othor day, when asked to got a table for a travel ing man, said: "My goodness! It just keeps me busy getting tables for these little Corona Typewriters." Whether you are a stay-at-home or a gad-about, the CORONA Typewriter will serve you better than most standard machines or a pen. A Medford owner has had his machine three years, used it for weeks at a time three to soven hours a day, yot it has had but ono adjustment and runs poi'fectly and in perfect alignment. The same story from 24 Corona owners in Medford. MEDFORD BOOKSTORE MEDFORD, MAY 22 89th ANNUAL TOUR OF THE John Robinson 1 0 Big Shows . Ttie World's Greatest Circus MIL , l-avM&Lmmm,L&i& 4Rings--500 Sensational Novelties BIG DOUBLE MENAGERIE 51 FUNNY CLOWNS More Animals Than Were in Noah's Ark See the Monster Free Street Parade Seat Saleat Haskins' Drug Store THE UNIVERSAL CAR With sovornl hundred makers of automobiles In America, tho Ford factory turns out moro tiinn one-half of the entire finished produot. Because tho worth jf Ford cars na depehdnblo, money savlnc; utilities has been demonstrated beyond nil question, tho demand is constantly increas ing, Ordor yours NOW. Runabout $390; Tour-luRCar$-H0;Coupclct$jD0; Town Car $G4Q;. Sedan $740, All prices f. o. b Detroit. On sale at Spnrtn building. C. E. GATES Easy Terms If Desired. -J 9 -3l5v' J S & M ,. VFU. liii! l&j.lk'LJ". Ai - H-JSli.J&?f- LX i:l.J.JlJ&Slttlsln", t" UtkU. A