Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 14, 1916, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAU-i TRTBPNK, MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY. .SEPTEMBER 14, 1916 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER UBL1SHKD EVKHV AI'TEKNOON HXCWT SUNDAY BY TUB MKDKORD MINTING CO. Office Mall Trluune Building, I5-7-i Nortli Wlr HtreHt; telephone 76. The Democrstlo Times, the Medford Mall, The ll.ilrord Tribune, The South ern uresuniun, The AehUnd Trlbuua. HUMANITY FIRST I X his a(;c,rptaiicp s)((;f:h president Vilsoii said: xiu woi-Kiiigmcn or vnm'i:a nave wen given a vor- ltaiiio cin.-iiir-ipiitioii, by the legal recognition or a man's labor as a part of his life, and not a mere marketable coin mod ity; by exempting labor organizations from processes of Hie courts which treated tluir members like fractional parte of mobs and not like accessible and responsible indi viduals." , j , . . .. i , , What has been done by the administration to justify this assertion? Four measures have been enacted into law that vitally effect the status of the toiler, all of them beneficially, ail of them improving the conditions of the mass of humanity. The measures are: The Clayton law, the seaman's law, the child labor law and the trainmen's eight-hour law. Jn addition, the department of labor has been organized with J.'. i.1 . 1 ' . a seai in vue caoinet. The Clayton law declared that labor was not a coininod ity. It is no longer a crime for laboring men to organize to Hotter tiieir condition. Ihey can no longer be enjoined or indicted and imprisoned for organization. The abuse of government by injunction has been curtailed. i lie si-ciiriarfs law abolished feudal serfdom upon Amer ican ships on the high seas. It was the occasion of wide spread agitation. It was declared that it would drive the American flag off the seas, Chambers of commerce and business organizations petitioned for its repeal. It inter- icrcd wirn the prol its ot shipowners. If these profits were lepenuent upon Old Ulory's being the symbol of slavery upon the sea it would be just as well to haul the flac down. Hut the seaman's law has not driven the flair from the sens. Indeed, American shipping has grown as never before. J he child labor law was iorced through by the "dicta tion" of the president. His insistance only compelled its passage. It prohibits interstate shipments of products in which children are employed .in the manufacture. It in terferes with greed ,but it protects the, future of humanity. J lie railroad eight-hour law, so roundly denounced bv Candidate Hughes, not only averted a calamitous strike, hut provides bel ter tram service as well as benefitting em ployes. A few years ago trainmen were on duty for thirty, lorty, tilty and even sixty horn's on a stretch not for li'iciency, but to increase the profits of the greedy finan ciers who controlled the systems. Senator La Fa lette. after a hard battle, secured the passage of a law limiting train service to sixteen Hours a day. The same opposition appeared. It was declared it would bankrupt the railroads, who had to pay dividends on watered securities. But it diclnot. The eight-hour day, like the sixteen-hour dav. will force better management by the railroads. They will have to cover JUU miles in eight hours instead ot ten hours, as at present. They can do it at no greater cost, and give ueuer puuno service, winch is what tney exist for. Other acts of the administration beneficial to labor are: The law requiring an eight-hour day in contract work for the government; eight-hour day for all government work ers;, eight-hour law applying to women in the District of Columbia; the eight-hour, provision for postoffice clerks and carriers; the eight-hour provision applicable to civil ians engaged in the manufacture of .ordnance and powder for the government; the eight-hour provision as to mining or an coai to oe usea ny tne navy; tue provisions for the protection of miners in the Alaska coal-leasing law; the organization ot the mine rescue work of the bureau of mines; the "phossy jaw" legislation to protect workers in match lactones from poisoning by phosphorus; the ap pointment of the "Walsh industrial relations commission and the printing and circulation of its valuable report; in creased appropriations for the children's bureau; and the federal workman's compensation act. The organization of a department of labor came after fifty years of agitation by organized labor. Twelve presi dents and twenty-four congresses came and went before the appeal of labor was heard. But with President Wilson, a secretary of labor came into the cabinet, as head of the department of labor. It promotes mediation in labor dis putes, probes industrial conditions, finds jobs for the job less anil lias opened public lands to the workless. The labor legislative record of the Wilson administra tion, while highly displeasing to the malefactors of great wealth and greedy captains of industry, is one the com mon people may well be proud of. The prosperity of a nation is the prosperity of the masses, not of the classes, and the I'li-st heed of govurn nients should be humanity not special interests. OKOHOB PUTNAM, Editor. DBICBXPTIOlf UIIII One yi v. by mnh ... ..$6.00 One nis tli, by mall .60 trr molh, ut'llvered by currier In Medford. Phoonix. Jacksonville and Central Point ,. .60 Saturday only, by mall, per year- 2.00 Weekly, pur year , 1.60 Official Paper of the City of Mrdfo Official Paper of JackHOn County. Entered Bfl Hecond.cliisH mntt-r Medford, Oregon, under the act of March 9, Sworn Circulation for 1815 C. Full leased wire Associated Press dispatches. EM-TEES i. Export Aijvlct! : JiuIkc Why did you Btrlke this man? Prisoner lie called mo a liar, your honor! Judge That no excuse. Prisoner Woll, JuiIko, It was my first experience. What dues your honor do In Hiich cases? see 'Self Evident The eminent lecturer had Just fin ished his two hours' talk and he was walking hack to the hotel with one of the committeemen "Do you think (he eoile heard me distinctly " asked tho lecturer ear nestly. "Some ot 'cm did," said the bored committeeman as ha stifled a yawn, "for 1 saw 'eni get up and go out" see That's Different, Too ' "Senator Flubdub looks stupid to me. Dbesn'fctoppear to know whether be is going or coming." "lie iu not so sleepy ns bo looks. Ask him about his mileage and you'll find he can tell you exactly what be Is entitled to, going or coining." '''"'' The truth about some public fig ures is never known until thoy ac quire a monument and then It is sel dom found on the monument. e e e Too many of our coming young moil start with u handicap. e s There's no hope for the mini who In ' a hypocrite even with himself. A Wifely Come-lmck "1 Intended to call Urldgot to bring a fresh bucket of water," remarked tho professor's wlfo. "You doubtless mean a bucket of fresh water," corrected the professor. "I wish you iWould pay some atten tion to your rhetoric; your mistakes are curious." A few momonts later the profes sor said: iMy dear, that picturo would chow to hotter advantage if you were to bang it over the clock." "Ah," sho replied qulotly, "you doubtless moau it 1 were to hang it above the clock. It 1 wcro to bang It over tho clock we couldn't toll tho time" Lovo may not be a disease, but It Is frequently of a rash nature. He Knew were homeward-hound from They church. ! "According to tho minister's ser mon this morning," said Mrs. Enpeck, "there Is to bo no marrying or giving In man-luge In heavon. Do you believe that?" "Well, I bavo no reason to douht It," answered Knpeck. "Thero must be Borne way to distinguish the other place." OSWALD WEST TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT At tho Prcsbytorlun church Thurs day ovenlug at eight o'clock Kx-tlov-ernor Oswald West will apeak on "Oregon lloally Dry." ' Tho several churches of tho city will Join in this gathering. The Ministerial Association of the city earnestly requests the people to hear Ex-Oovornor West on this most im portant nn it timely topic. Dr. Kolllns announces that the Methodist church will omit tho usual prayer meeting and Urges a full at tendance at the West meeting. Wltb Meiiford trade Is Modfurcl made 'ELL- Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package' proves it. 25c at all druggists. SPEED OF FRENCH AS Porcelain Making Is New Industry (The . Kuropcan war hrnmjlit a slmiini: in the lulled States of many ninnut'at'turvs which hitherto had hreu import I'd. Amerit'iniH immediately set to work to remedy tho laek with striking1 sueeess. TIum is the sevond of a series of articles showing that "Amerien ean." Kditnr.) Itv I'MiKDKtiU'K M. KKK11Y. .WASHINGTON. Sept. IX Two years ago nohmly in Amerien thought that it was possible to innniil'aetitre jHMtrhiui in the CniU'd States from Auicrit-nn elays. Knland, ijennany and France have nlwayw suppIitHl the etavs from which porcelain and other fine clay prod nets and crucibles have been made in this country. Today, Secretary of Commerce Kedlicld is very proud of samples of porcelain vases made in his nwn de partment, which etpial anything from 1'ie finest porcelain manufacturing es tablishments abroad. When the Kumpeat, war restricted JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKER liily AnMMant J S. II KTI,KTT I'houe M. I)n ml 47-J-a Automobile Hearse Service. Ambulance Service, Coroner. imports of clay from abroad, the I'niled Slates bureau of stiiiulurils nt its Pittsburg laboratory undertook a series of experiments with Ameri can clay to see if it eoiild produce the fine Kla.e which ilistinuuislios the im ported product. This Blu7.e is pro duced bv bnrniiijr the clay. The experiment of the bureau were entirely successful, nn,l American iimnul'uelurers were advised of the results, and of the fact that American clay could be obtained which, with slight treatment, could be made equal In any of the imported clays. Many of these are found in the south and are now bciui; produced for commercial use. Today i'uere are two establishments PARIS, Sept. 14. The speed of the Frenoh advance In Tuesday's battle on the Bomme front took the Germans completely by surprise, according to description of the fighting given by an eye witness. He said: "The attack began at 12:30 p. m In perfect order. The officers had difficulty in holding their men, some ot whom started even before the as pointed time. In a few minutes the first objective was carried and at 12:33 the news arrived that the Ber Ilngot trench was already occupied Then Information came In fast of other gains aud tbe observers saw a stream of surrendering Germans running toward the French lines, "Many ot the Germans who sur- rendeied were hit by the curtain fire of their own artillery. Most of tbcm were troops who bad recent ly arrived frq,m the Verdun front. The prisoners declared that though they expected the attack tbe rapidity with which it was delivered took them by surprise. They Bald that when they started to come out from their shel ters they found the French troops al ready In the trenches. The Germans seem to have silt- merod very heavy losses from the preliminary bombardment alone. captain said his company lost more than halt its effectives during the bombardment. The co-ordination be tween artillery and infantry was per fect, thanks to the aviators. One aviator located a German battery and gave the range to the French artillery with satisfactory results. "Hy three o'clock part of a brigade of light Infantry had reached the Be thune-St. Quentln road before Bouch- avesnes. The attack on Bouchavesnes began at 4:30. Half an hour later a Bengal light blazed up from th center of the village as a signal that the French troops had entered the place and at 8 o'clock its capture was reported. This brings our advance on this front Blnce July to a depth of ten kilometers." DUNN, LOUDEN LEAD TICKETS IN I jiPli! f CHICAGO. Sept. 14. With Cook BERNE, Switzerland, Sept! 14. Wireless dispatches from Budapest announce that n compromise has been reached between Premier Tiszn nnd the leaders of the opposition. The premier lias conKehted not to adjourn parliament beloro the end of the mouth, nnd tile " opposition lenders have agreed not to criticise the mili tary authorities, but only the admin istration nnd its foreign policies. Count Julius Andrassy, former premier and lender of the opposition, precipitated n crisis in the Hnngnrinn parliament on August 24, when he announced that he would no longer respect the political truce effected at the outbreak of the war and would resume criticism of the government. unking the best type ot chemical porcelain from these American ma terials, and others are expected to tollow in their footsteps. .Samples of this American-made imreeluin ware are already beginning to find their way to market, and n new American industry on n perma nent scale has become nn neconiplish- ed fact. p rumb!es Is the &VVi Durum "C "Vj ffff wheat food, Wi made by the v 1 I Kellogg Toasted r f Corn Flake Co. 1 s Nojk took for this rt'1f'llf'(tttff QnL 'V signature M viltLliTTrff VK WILL NOW HKI'KAT OUt Sl'ECl.U, XO. 1. PKAlt OU( 1IAH1) VOK SALK. Ten acres near Phoenix. 4H miles from .MedTord. good graveled road to Pacific highway, cither north or east corner tract, beautiful view of teh valley, 1 miles from Pacific highway, five acres pears, six, years old. one acre .Newtowns, good free soil, all fenced, bouse, hen house and well. For immediate sale 1S00. Title perfect and cl-?ar. Good terms. v . f If there Is a Ix-tter hny In tho valley we want yon to come nnd fell us alHiol it nnd we will loner our price. HURD LAND & INVESTMENT CO. II Jackson t'ouiily Honk Itiillilinir, Medford, ( retro n Sept. 14. With Coo! county complete and returns In today from 1887 ot the 8973 down state precincts, Governor E. F. Dunne and former Congressman Frank O. Low den appear as tbe candidates respec tively of the democrats and republi cans for the, governorship au4 one of tbe hardest fought campaign In Illi nois history Is predicted,. , Each ot the veteran campaigners begins the gubernatorial contest wlfh a plurality of about 100,000 votes to inspire enthusiasm. Governor Dunne defeated his chief opponent, William B. Brlnton, pf Dixon, a manufacturer, by 60,000 In Cook county, in spite ot the tact that Iirlnton was Roger Sullivan's caqdl- rtqte. Colonel Lowden won In Ccok county by 30,000 and down state by twive tnht plurality. William Lorlmer, ousted United States senator, who tried for the re publican nomination from the sixth, nis oiu. congressional district, con ceded defeat early today when Ar thur W. Fulton emerged with a plu rality of 1,000 from districts which Lorlmer had thought his. Less than 14 per cent of the reg istered women voters In Chicago bal loted, the small vote beine attributed to the limited number of offices on whlcli they may vote. Democratic women cast about 22,000 votes and republican about 10,000. WOMANNOMINATED AS SEATTLE, Wn.; Sept. 14. Mrs. Frances C. Axtell, who wob nominat ed for congress in the second Wash ington district on the democratic and progressive tickets, was a member of the legislature of 1913, being the on ly republican representative from Whatco mcounty. Her campaign for the legislature was managed by Mrs. Ella Hlgginson, the poet and novel ist. Mrs. Axtell Is fifty years old. the wife of a practicing physician of Bell- ingham. She is a graduate ot De- Healthy Motherhood Means i A Healthy Baby: The foundation of a perfect baby Is its mother's health dur ing the months pre ceding expectancy, and nothing can take the place of "Mother's Friend' In au tiring her of pleasant and comfortable condition, and assisting nature In Its work during tills period. "Mother1 Friend" hat helped thou sands through this trying ordeal In perfect safety. "Mother's Friend" Is ao external remedy easily ap plied. Oct It at any dru gist A free book on Mother hood will be sent all ex pectant mothers. It Is a valuable and Interesting book you sbould have. Send for. one. Address Tho Brad field Regulator! Co ' tit Lamar Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. pauw university with degrees of bach elor ot philosophy and master of arts, and has two daughter. , ; Theot of the congresjlpnal dlsr trlct in 1911 was: Republican. '2,'- 651; democrat 15,032; progressive, 14,394; socialist 10,099; prohibition, 2898., I : , 1 , . i . Thq r publican nqmlnje If jUng ley H. Hadley, the lucumfent . I ' :' I M'--'i T UDDGE MOTHERS MOTOR CAR ' ti- Ask some friend who has gone to the front to teli you the general opinion of the car in army circles The ttory of its creditable perform ance In government service is some thing we would like you to hear from authoritative sources It wlil pay yon to visit iu and examine this u' The gasoline consumption Is unusu ally low. The tire mileage j u , ( unnsualy high. The price of the Touring Car ov Roadster complete Is f 785 (f. o. b. Detroit) BERNARD MOTOR CO. , v Medford, Oregon . OPPOSITE S." P. PASSENGER DEPOT Merchants, Notice In accordance with vote of directors, it is requested that all stores close at noon, Friday?Sept. 15, Ash. land day at the fair. MEDFORD MERCHANTS ASSN. i By Earl C. Gaddis, Pres. By John H. Carkin, Sec. ..... - j i, Don't forget the style show every evening in the Davis-Vawter building and the Merchant's booths on the second floor. i I ,