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' MEDFORD MATT TRTBWE. MEDFORD. OREfiOX. TTTTTTRSDAY. AT'OFST 24. TOlfi
PRINCIPAL ISSUE
OF CAMPAIGN IS
MEXICAN CRISIS
Question to Be Decided at Polls Is
Whether Voter Wants Hughes and
"War With Mexico or Wilson and
Peace Political Situation Summed
U hy Expert.
Ily II. X. lUckey.
. WASHINGTON', Aim. 24 It Is evi
dent Candidate JhiK)ien coiisidern
Mexico the weukeat mot In tlio Wll
hoii deienae for he han devoted more
wonlK to it than to any oilier kiiIi
jeet Klnce he opened 111." campaign.
A Mexican crlHl faced President
WIlRon the day ho was InauRiinited.
CrlU has followed crlsln and each
one has called for a decision hy the
president, Involving the question of
jieare and war.
'. The president has had to malic
these ileclnlnns without regard to
their popularity or unpopularity. He
lias had to consider their effect on
the relations between this nation and
forolRii nations, especially those of
South and Central America. lie has
had to consider the future as well as
the presont welfare of his people, and
last, hut not least, tho righto of Mex
ico. Keystone of INdicy,
1 am betraying no confidence when
I say President, Wilson's determina
tion to lieep this nation out of war,
;,t any price short of absolute sacri
fice of national honor, has been the
Iceystono of the urch of his Mexican
policy.
It Is churned In Ihe Republican
platform, and the chai'Ke Is being re
peated in every speech by Hushes,
that Wilson has neither kept us from
war with Mexico nor saved our na
tional honor: that ns the direct re
sult of the vacillating Wilson policy,
conditions In .Mexico lire worse to
day tli mi when he took office; that
hundreds of Americans have been
killed and millions of American
properly destroyed III Mexico In de
fiance of our right
JtcpiiWIciiiiN Limit Kclve.
I'urorlunntel.v, bnth the Itepuhli
ean plaii'jrm and ti'r republican candidate-
limit thenisclvLS to a bitter
and swcvlng criticism of tho Wilton'!
Alexin in policy, without miKBestinK
what Kl.ni'i;! have hetn done or
promlsltiT svliat will be done if they
net control of tho on rnincnt.
Ilii'4h s has expi":i e.l a high re
Rani fi,t the lute lluerta, hut lia.i
ijot sai l thai had ho been, presUciil
ho woi'M have r?ej',i:ized him as
president of Mexico.
'onsl''i-rlnB the well-known pnli'i.
Mid private character of lluertu, thai
lie uttaiucd whatever power he hid
in Mexico by the cowardly asslsltiu
tlon of I'tleutl oud fnt; Hint no con
siderable number of tho Mexican
people believed in III in or wanted him
for president; that ho represented
the salne clique of unifiers that for
years without number, under Dim,
had looted Mexico and kept the great
liiilk of its people In ignorance and
virtual slavery, it is not strange
Hughes has hesitated to say that he
would have recognized his right to
govern. ,
People Against lluertu.
The simple fact Is, that aside from
any question of inoruls, the recogni
tion of lluertu by this country would
not have solved tho Mexican problem.
The Mexican revolution would have,
continued ami lluerta would have
been killed or driven from the conn
Jry. No one who knows Mexico nnd
has studied lis problems with an open
mind has the slightest Idea that llu
ertu nnd Ills methods would have
lieen tolerated by the Mexican people
very long.
Ills recognition would have been
notice to every cut-throat brigand In
every South and Central American
couutry that the Pulled States stood
for government by nsslsslnutlon.
Tho "easiest way" for President
Wilson would have been to recognise
Huerta. It would huve saved a lot
of trouble, much criticism, and It may
have been good politics. Put it would
have been wrong and President Wil-f-on
Is not the hiun to purchase po
litical prestige at such a price.
Having determined not to recog
nie lluerta, the president begun to
apply the "pressure of moral Torres"
which finally pushed Hnerta from his
Root of power arj nru.o hhn from
Mexico.
' It was iluilng this pressure that
Admiral Mayo demanded that lluertu
salute our flog. This was u perfectly
nslulne thiug to do and President
Wilson knew It Just ns well as any
body else.
Wilson IHsnsrwi.
' The president was at While .Sul
phur Springs trying to gel A little
rest when Admiral Mayo's artlou was
reported to him. It la an .open secret
that he was disgusteo and his first
impulse probably was to repudiate
the admiral's demand and reprimand
him tor lack of Jndgmeut.
Had such a demand under like
circumstances been made of Kngland,
Trance or (lermany or any oilier na
tion with an organized government,
whoso people could understand that
Its repudiation did not necessarily
mean cowardice on our part, there Is
no doubt President Wilson would
hnvo promptly repudiated It.
Hut Mexico was different. For
years the Mexican people have been
fed on the Idea that the grlngoes are
cowards and bluffers.
President Wilson hacked up Ad
miral Mayo's "salute tho flag" de
mand because It seemed Impossible to
inuko the Mexican people understand
that any other course was not due to
our fear of them.
To be sure, tho flag was not sa
luted and this has been tho cause of
much caustic comment and muny
flippant remarks.
Hid Not. Want Salute.
President Wilson never cared a
rap whether tho flag was saluted or
not. He certainly did not propose to
have war with Mexico if It could be
avoided, whether or not the flag was
saluted. The naval and military
demonstrations which followed were
Just sufficient , to impress tho Mexi
cans with the fact that we had teeth
if we cured to use them.
There may be an honest difference
of 'pinion as to whether the presi
dent used good Judgment In hark lug
lip Mayo's demand, but there cun be
no doubt that Wilson believed at the
tlmo Hint tho necessities of the situ
ation demanded the action, which lie
took.
The worst that run be said of I lie
salute the flag" Incident Is that sev
eral American marines and quite a
number of Mexicans wore killed and
I hat the flag was not saluted.
The best that can he said of it Is
that it increased the pressure against
the assassin, Huerta
w ho verv soon
fled tho country.
The more recent events in Mexico
are familiar to all newspaper readers.
r .lresident I.s Hinceiv..
Wlintcvor action the president has
taken,- or fulled to take, has been
based upon his sincere desire to give
the common people, of Mexico every
possible chunce to guln for them
selves, the political and Industrial
freedom which they never hud but
which Is their right.
There havo been many times when
the president's pnllence has heen I
ti led almost to the breaking point ;
when less wise, less determined, less
patient men would have weakened.
Only (hose very close to the presi
dent know of tho tremendous pres
suro which those financially Inter
ested In Mexico have exerted on him
directly and indirectly to force him
to send a great American army into
Mexico, ostensibly to pacify the
country in the Interest of humanity,
hut In reality, to prevent tho common
people of Mexico from working out
their own salvation In the only way
In which the common people of any
nation hnvo been able to work It out
by the sword.
' Tho ltlg; Question.
In the final analysis, when the
voter considers Ihe president's Mexi
can policy in lonni'iiloii with how
no snail vote in .vovemiier. ho must there has been, or Is likely to be, an
ask himself this question: "Does affront to our honor by revolullou
Amcrlcn wiint war or peace with I torn Mexico, which would justify It.
Tiki. Iu R.-l.rV (Buy F..U
TODAY IS HOTTEST
T
The ludlesl wc.it her of tin .vnr
pri'Vdils iivcr the northwest tho first
hwil wave .since June Hi. The ther
mometer rejieheil H)0 Wednesday nnd
stood t lO'J's lit 'J o'clock Thursday,
with ro.-pectH of gu'miz still higher.
The percentile of humidity, however,
is lihl, so thiit the hint is not op.
pressive. The iiilil continue conl,
witli 11 -Ji-dc;i'ee drop in temperature.
There hits heen little hot weather
during the summer, whieh has been
the coolest experienced (or several
vein's. On June Iti the maximum of
KM was reached, but the lint spell
was of short duration.
The weather bureau predicts con
tinued fair and warm, with chances
fnvorinji cooler weather Friday.
lOI(TLAX!, Or., Aim. 2-1. The
hihcM temperature of the year was
recorded here today. The mercury at
I p, ni. stood lit flti decrees, three de
crees hiyher lhan yesterday.
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SAX l-'RANCIHf'O, Aug. 2-1. The
open shop was Inaugurated here to
day by IIS firms ufflllated Willi tho
Petal! Lumber Dealer's AbsocI.HI in
:nn" ,lie HI"P owner b Association 01
(the Pacific Coast, with the result that
more than 300 stevedores, according
to union offlcluls went on strl'io In
the lumber yards, with a promise that
.StiO would be out by night.
Secretary Kiton of tho Itlggecn MM
Stevedores' union said the union hud
no argument With the lumbermen.
The lumbermen and the lumber
schooner operators declared open
j"'oi yesterday wben union stevedores
'I'llt two lumber yards, refusing '.o
work with non-union stevedores
Mexico?" lie must answer that ques-
don lor himself and should bring
to bear on It, all that, lie bus of
reason, heart and conscience.
lie should not answer until he has
calmly considered what war with
Mexico would mean that it would
mean an army of at least ROD, 000
men, tens of thousands of whom
would be killed and wounded anil
the expenditure of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars.
llo should realize that Intervention
In Mexico would mean war against a
united people, a war which might
lust for years und which would even
tually result in the. spoliation and
probable annexation of the country.
illo should ask himself whether
such a war would be worthy of the
great American nation and whether
Buy a
reputation or tno
Fisk Rubber Com-
pamj -And. thoii
seventeen uoarf of experi
ence in lnanurActurin
onlu the highest "rade
pneumatic tires
Fisk Tire j For Sale By
Med ford Vulc. Works
Me, I ford
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CRATER LAKE
I'ive represent at iveMviv- the flnz
zlies, namely, Mr. ami Mrs. Hunce,
Rescue Jnhnsnn, Miith Ilurd nrpl
-fr. Xoren, recently motored lo Crn
ler lake for n two weeks' stay. Camp
was established nenr the lake und
several inlcro.-.tiiig- (rips were taken.
The one main event was a hike ttriminl
the lake, which deserves mention since
it was ' accomplished l'nr thc'i'il-st
lime this season, and ns far as in
known to .Mr. Sleel, Mr. i'nrkliiirst,
owner of the hotel n! Ihe lake, npil
the, Kovemiiieiil engineers, it" is the
first lime that any women have pp in
formed I ho font. The trip was made
in tlfi'ee days nnd the necessary
blanket;- nnl grub were packed.
The route taken followed to n
jjreiit extent Ihe survey for the pro
posed liijrhwny nround the lake,
r'roui camp the rim of the lake was
followed to, Victor Idiek. then the
route leading, nround the back of if.
thchce iilnnjr the rim to Ihe Walcli
inaii, over its face, then over (llu
cier I'eak, l.lao Kock, Itugt-ctl Crest,
lionnd Top, Cloud Cap (ihe highest
point reached). From here the con
structed highway was followed In
Sun Mendows, then I lie way led
across Vidua Ridge and alon Ihe
rim lo Katjle Ciiirs, nnd then-skirted
the out nide of Castle Crest, this being-
the finish nnd by fur Jhe roiijili
est part of the trip,' on account of
the loose rock formation. During
the greater pari of the trip the lake
was in plain view. Variety was mill
ed hy mountain ieaks looming; up and
valleys nnd, lakes appearing soine
liincs nt great dislanees, as Mimnl
Jefferson, 1-10 miles to the north;
the Three Sisters, nlouiit TiidKrln,
Diamond lake, Mount Sent I, Mount
Shasln, 110 miles (p the south;
Mount Pitt, upper Klamath lake anil
large forested ' regions sometimes
broken by large pumice 'tints ' anil
winding streams.
North of Cilneier Peak u snow field
about four miles wide was encoun
tered, iu the erossin"; of which the
party found ' that j'upid progress
could often be made fiy"'sliiliiie'dowii
Ihe steep slopes and dinging lo the
pucks. Crossing- the snow i-h.-iugcil
the complexion of eai-lj-onc4-ns-mi
liurii which was none too comfort
able. And al night it seemed -nsr if
the e.xtreniesl Arctic cjjlds were upon
us. A ruin the last night made it
impossible to climb Mount Scott, ns
originally ''planned. Melted 'snow
furnished the water for drinking- n nil
cooking and when the fiireign tastes
were too noticeable Ihe coffee was
made extra strong.
The first night out camp was made
on the north slope of l.lao Rock. A
large bonfire built on the rim of tho
lake was seen al the hotel, on I lie
oilier side of the lake, and was'ans
wcred hv signals with auto heinl
lighls. The second day rain forced
early camp on top of Cloud Cap. A
second bonfire was built and was
answered as before.
The pnrlv pronounced Ibis the most
wonderful ns well ns pleasurable
MeJiUeeini; trip ever taken. The
grandeur of the lake and Htirround
in' country eaunot bo appreciated
hot ore tak'nc a similar lrip. The
highway, when pompleted tin Mind the
lake, besides heinr an engineering
fent, will unfUcstiinaMy he the most
wonderful drive in the world. -und
hould of itself he n ntlrnetion to
touriMs. It follows the rim most of
the way, often erosm- precipitous
elifj., wide banks of piuniee, winds
through forests nnd over niendovvK.
Much credit is due Mr. Steel for his
untiring' efforts in securing f:ivor-
BARGAIN BALCONY
BARGAINS
M.I. DEPARTMENT STORE
RELIABLE MERCHANDISE
WAISTS
1 lot Waists 19
1 lot Waists 29
1 lot Waists 39
Values to .:!."0
CHILDREN'S
DRESSES
1 lot $1.19
1 lot 98
Values to 2.00
BOYS' BLOUSES
1 lot, 50c values, specinl
Saturday 25
CORSETS
i i.t : 29
1 lot 59
1 lot 79
IT WILL
HAPPEN
M
at
The Biggest and Greatest Sale of
Men's Clothing Ever Held in Medford
The Daniels Stock
Going on Sale
Watch Tomorrow's Papers. Store Is Closed
iil.ln IniMI'ilii.n unit tin iiiini'iinrilition !
whti'h is makiiivr this highwny pos
sibln. Prof86or Wheeler of Kagle Point
spnt Wednesday tn Medford.
FOR THROAT AND LUNw
aTCttuoitN loimis and tot-im
Eckman's
Alterative
oij ii v ai.i. i.::aiiivii ujicucis.n
SHOES
1 lot Cliildi-eii's Shoes
at 49
1 lot ( 'liildi'cn's Shoes
at 89
1 lot riiildren's Shoes
at : $1.39
Values to 2.")0
MEN'S SHOES
1 lot $1.98
1 lot $2.19
Values to ,t4.")0
LADIES' SHOES
1 lot $1.39
1 lot ...$1.98
llotStnii)Sandals....98
Values to-HOO
BOYS' SHOES
1 lot $1.49
COSTS NOTHING TO LOOK
SaVes You Money When You Buy
aturday
ornin
1 0 a.in
After
Vacations
MARINELLO
Itelter Thau tiie IUit, Are Our
Toilet preparations.
; MARINELLO HAIR SHOP,
107 fiaiTielt-Coi-ej- IHiIk,
RELIABLE METHODS
SKIRTS
1 lot 98
1 lot $1.98
1 lot $2.98
Values to 10.00
LADIES' COATS
All prices. $1.98, $2.98,
$3.9S, $4.98
SATURDAY NOTIONS
BARGAINS
fie Pins 3
fie Hunks ami F.yes... 3
rc Buttons ! 3
10c Two-in-Onc Blaek-
inff : : W
m- Shineola 8
,10c Menilins Twine ....5
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