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Newspaper Page TextMEoroim matTi timpuxk. mjkpfotm), okecox. futday. DWrTMUF.n is. ion;. PA'QR THREE . "? L FIGHT 10 REPEL L Idaho Senator Declares That Border Experiences Prove It Impossible to Federalize Militia Result in Gen eral Failure to Secure Soldiers When Needed. Cili.KOX fl.UiDN'ER. WASHINGTON', Doe. Vi. Senator lorah lius taken Hip load to repeal the militia federalization clause of Hie liny-Chamberlain net. "Our experience with the federal ized militia on the Mexi. au border." said the senator "shows what I pre dicted: that it is not possible to fed eralize the milil in. We eannot have n force half state and half federal. The soldier must be under the au thority of (he federal government, or he must he under the jiuthority of the slale. Moreover, lie must be a sol- dii r and not a workiugmiin tempor arily absent from his work for tem porary soldiering. The militia lobby which swarmed in Washington lust winter made a botch of our armv leg islation. The oflieers were after salaries, for themselves, which thev (tot. The result is an army which cannot be recruited up to nuything like its 'full strength; n tumble of au thorities and jurisdictions; a dupli cation nf salaries, and n general failure to secure soldier when wo need them. Congress must now face this problem anew and solve it." Yorut tonal Kdueat ion. 01110 time before long oni regular armv soldiers are going to learn to be farmers and mechanics. Thev are -going to gel 'vocational education." Tucked nway in the llay-Chamber-ln in bill, passed at the last session, is n clause which authorizes this. Lit tle has been done yet in this direc tion, owing to the fact that the army lias been very busy in Mexico, but the power is vested with the secretnrv of war to make life in the regular army more pleasant and desirable bv of I'ci'iiw those riliii'lrlioTHtr lKtvitnt ages: The bill provides that in addition to military training, soldiers while in the active service shall hereafter be given the opportunity to study and receive instruction upon educational lines of such character as to in crease their military efficiency and enable them to return to civil life better equipped for industrial, com mercial and general business occupa tions. Civilian teachers may be em ployed to aid the army ottieers in givimr such instruction, and part of tin instruction may consist of vo cational education either in agricul ture or the mechanic arts. The sec relaryof war'is given power "to pre scribe rules and regulations for con ducting the instruction provided for.'' and he also has power at any time "to suspend, increase or de crease the amount of such instruc tion, consistent with the requirements of military duty." Proposed Alternatives The failure of the Hiiy-fhnmber-lain army plan has opened up consid eration of several alternatives. Some of them are: A professional army with higher pay and educational ad vantages to make the army life more attractive; (2) a modification of the Swiss system, involving abolishing the regular standing army, nnd sub stituting short tcim training for youthful volunteers to bo turned back ns potential reserves after the train ing: (;!l federal volunteers on the lines of tli intincntal army plan suggested by Former Secretary of War Garrison : t-i) universal military 1 rainiiiir without compulsory service: (.") universal compulsory military service. SEATTLE, Wa-h., Dec l.". The Associated Students of the Univer sity of Washington yesterday voted to offer C. J. Hunt, football conch of Carlton college, at Xoilhlield, Minn,, a like position ul the university here, to succeed (iilmottr Itidiic, who is re- It f.vi.,.o.l IIimI Itur.t will accept. He is a graduate of Denuw.1 university and played on the IVpauw ton 111 wliilivn ftu.flfut. lie Int boon rnnfliirif? x yours nrnl durinti that time Iiis tciims lmp lust only two jrnnit's. iJuriiiEr tin- jiji-'t so.'tsun hi Ciirlt'tn tenm di'fodti'd Vnivorsity of Chionco 7 to 0. Mr. limit wn (liiwrn lui the usiimuton po.-itmn l.'i-t year nt n time vbrtt Dntiie linn iWidrrl tn Iriivr Swttllo. Altei w.'inl. however, .thii n iii'lm-ed to re luaiii mii'ther yeur. BORAH TO HAY MIUTIA BIL FIVE MILLION MAY BOW jr l.cft at top, l'n Vi, who becom peior of Abyssinlii lit ago of 111; bo who limy lie made king of Greece married the English I'riiioess Victoria Kugenie in KMlli. Another big nation will bow to n "baby king" it' the reported intention of the allies to put fl-vear-old Prince Peter upon the Greek throne is eur ried out. War has brought chaos in Greece, whose nrmy and navy King Constan tino has refused to turn over to the allies. Former Premier Venizelos is on the island of Crete awaiting the step of the allies which will dethrone King Constantino, Crown Prince Pe ter and, make Venizelos regent find iictu'nl ruler! "T! " " "' Ilaby kings have been tried in several countries, but, with one ex ception, they' have failed. Pu Vi became emperor of China in 1008, at the age of two years, and was dethroned two years later, when his country became a republic, lie led no pleasant life while bis learned advisors ruled the country for him. Kvory bit of Pu Yi's food had to be closely inspected for fear of poison- Li PARIS. Dec. 13. The decision cf the government to prohibit the con f imiptioiyduring the remainder of li e war of alcoholic beverages, with the exception of wines and beers, has "n.iocd consternation in the liquor '.radc. althe iKh It is but the logical cum-inntion of a series of restrictive n eufcures, which have been takn slne the outbreak of hostilities. V. Oriznrd, president of the saloon-:iecpei8- federation and M. Delrosc. ,'ie.iiiieiit of the l'rj!.-!on Dealers' a- o.i;iiion, declare 'he new measuic will bring ruin to 3S0.O0O saioonkeep- era now mobilized r.rd fighting for their country and that it will dry up one of the sources of national wealth. On the other side. It Is pointed oui, that aside from consideration of the health of the people, alcohol Is needed Lrgently in the manufacture of mu--.itious, for which purpose Increasing quantities are being imported. 11m amount expended for this purpose In the present year Is about 1 .10,000.0(10 francs, -romparod will 30,000,000 trancs last year. M. Hiemaln, secretary of the Antt Alcohol league, says the prohibition measure will not Injure the saloon- j keepers, but on the other hand will benefit them, as they would get smcl: j profit with the doubled taxes on spirits while the sale of wine, beer. cider, tea and coffee will yield hand-I some returns. The distillers will lose nothing, M. Riemaln contends, as hefr whole output will be taken for Industrial purposes. QUARTER MILLION LOSS BY FIRE. 0SKAL00SA, IA. OSKALOOSA, la., Hoc, 1.1. One I fireman was seriously burned and ! property valued at $2.10,000 was do- .stroyed by a fire here which earlv today, spread until it had burned all J It the buildings within an area of a cltyl'v square. TO BABY KING; OTHER YOUNG n eniueror of China at the lute of two low, Alfonso, who was kftiR o Spain In Abyssinia, Queen Zeoditu, who claims direct descent from the fam ous ljueen of Shebn. bus taken over ing. The child was closely guarded and eould not be taken out of the Forbidden City. Three thousand ser vants took care of him aud these grown-ups were his only playmates. He was ruler over 400,000,000 people, over a country bigger thnn Europe, nnd did not know it. - King Alfonso, beloved ruler ' of Spain, became ruler at the moment of his birth. lie is the exemption among "baby kings." He is , still ruler of 20,000,000 people, the most beloved mnn in the land. Since his childhood Alfonso grew up among the bovs of the street, so now he is considered one of the best all-round sportsmen in Spain. He is a crack shot, a daring horseman, skillful yachtsman, adept ..swimmer and diver, an excellent tennis player, fencer, gymnast and motorist. King Alfonso is 30, and the father of four sons and two daughters. He PRIDE OF KAISER'S ARMS IN SURPRISE ATTACK PARIS, Dee. 15. A German attack on Lassigny thai part of tho front nearest to Paris, was made Monday in gerat force, says La Llberte's cor respondent with the French Brinks, tt appears to have been concerted to 'coincide with von Bethmann-Iloll-j woe's note, probably with a view to 1 impressing the French by a local suc cess. "The Germans brought together 40.000 men from the best divisions" adds the correspondent, "and concen trated corresponding quantities of ar tillery. The attack was preceded by an Intense 'Bombardment lasting for I. ours. "Tho French were not t.ik.;u by fvirprlso p.nd received tho assaulting waves Willi a fire from their three Inch guns and machine guns, tearing the ranks terribly. A barrier fire thrown to the rear of tho Go-mans caught tho supporting reserves. "The Germans reached tho Fr 'ncb trenches over a frontage of 300 yards but an immediato counter-attack en abled the French to regain the attacking columns escaped. Moat of them were killed after stubborn re sistance. "The Germans renewed the assault an hour later without success. The French heavy artillery dispersed Hie reserves as they came up." MACHINERY FOR NEW SAWMILL ARRIVES Two more cars of machinery for Uhe sawmill of the Appleaale Lumber company arrived Krlday afternoon and the brick to be used in the strnction of the boilers Is expecteJ , today. The work of Installing the machinery will begin at once. Thi work of sawing some of the sills fir the framework has begun. It Is now planned to Iiavo the mill In operation ihy February 1st. The committee In charge of the collections from contributors report good collections so far this week, lover $1000 being collected Thursday. is urgent that they he paid prompt- to meet the freight and other bIMr that arise. ' RULERS WERE FAILURES years; center, Yasiu who was em. rom Wrvti. Jtlght Peter, age nine, the rule'of 8,000,000 people from the baby emperor, Ynsu. The boy was Kl in 1900, when he succeeded to the throne. At that anc he could speak Oer man and French fluently, besides his own language. He was keenly inter ested in everything foreign nnd was euger to introduce every foreign re form'.. His deposition by Kmprcss Zeoditu, this yenr, means reversion to reactionary government.. Prince Peter.- may ascend . the throne-in .thn.hcnt of war to rule over 5,000,000 -prople. Tho eyes of the world are on. the allies' plan Will he become another Alfonso or a Pu Yi? Greece has not been sueccssf ul fin nneinlly, for its expenditures exceed its revenues by about $10,000,000 an nnally. Venizelos will rule, but the responsibilities of a bankrupt nation would fall on the "baby king," who cares more for his toys than the worries of a nation. 5 YEARS AVERAGE WASHINGTON', Pec. 15. A do crease "of 60,000,000 bushels in the corn crop from the estimate made in November and an increase of .2, 000,000 bushels 111 the wheat crop were shown today in thu department of agriculture s final estimates of the country's important farm crops Their value, based on prices being paid farmers December 1, show vast increases over hist years totals, This year's corn crop is worth $573, 103,000 more than last year's; the wheat crop, 8.(,)62,000 more; oats !f!tB,b7.'l,000 more; potatoes, $!!", 071,000 more; hay, $ft.",,2.')0,0O0 more tobacco, $72,727,000 more, and cot ton, f 175,378,000 more. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Final psHmntcu nf thfa vc.nr'ti nroHnrtlon of s principal farm crops, an nounced by the department of agri culture today, are: Com. 2.C83, 241, nno bushels, compared with 2. T32,4:)7,000 tho 1910-1914 average. Wheat, 693,8S6.nni) bushols, com pared with 728,22.1,000, the five year averagn. Oats. t.STil. 992,000 bushel, com pared with 1. 1.1 7. 9 (i 1.000, the 1910 1914 average; barley, I SO, 927, 000, against' 10.208,00": rye, 47,1)83,000 against 37,386,000; buckwheat, 11, 840.000, against 17.022,000; flax seed, 15,4.19,000, against 18,353,000; con-jrlce, 41,982,000. against 24,387.000; potatoes, iss.4Ji.uuw, against JfiU,- 772,000; sweet potatoes, 70,9.1o,00(l, against 57,117,000; hay (tame) 89, 991.000 tonB, against B,234,000; to bacco, 1,1.10,622,000 pounds, against 991.9i,8,000; cotton, 11,511,000 hates against 14,259,000; sugar beets, 671.000 tons, ugalnst 5,391,000; ap ples, G7,G95,000 barrels, against, C.V 9CU.000. Thicken dinner served by ladles of Methodist church In Deuel Blcg., 8nt- unlay from 11:30 to 2, 228 E LEADE DECLARES CAPPER! WASHINGTON, lbV. 1.1. State administrative problems iero dis cussed at the first of today's sessions j of the governors' conference here, Governor Herniiuist of Minnesota presided and the suUiect was pre sented by Governor Stewart of Mon tana. General discussion followed. America's duties and responsibili ties after the war was the topic for the afternoon session with Governor McCnll of Massachusetts occupying the chair. The discussion was hd by Governors Capper of Kansas nnd Al exander of Idaho. America is confronted with the re sponsibility and duty of lending the movement for universal pence nnd to insure that such wars as that of the present shall no longer disturb the world, Governor Arthur t apper of Kansas today told tho conference of governors here. "Upon file American people, Gov ernor Capper said, "rests tho re sponsibility and duty of leadership in the movement for permanent pence among civilized nations. It is no Quixotic idea to which we are cnllcd. We arc not meddlers in the affairs of others when we say that war must cease. The interdependence of na lions, the bonds of commerce and finance, entirely aside from tho die tatcs of common humanity, make it impossible for this plague of war to exist anywhere upon the globe with out seriously nliectunr both our m tcrnntional relations nnd our domes tic affairs, "Tho close of the world Avar strikes the hour for the organization among civilized nations of an nc tunl federation with the purpose of maintaining a world pence. And Anicricn is the one nation which can nroposo such n federation nnd effect its organization. The task is hope-, less without us. This is because of; our non-participation in. the present struggle and because of the magni tude of the nation and its resources." Xnias'sale, 113 West Main Snlur-day.-Decemher'lC Aprone, fancy ar iclcs, homp made calces, all at reason able price. Lutheran Ladles' Aid So ciety. 228 MEDFORD The Woman's Watch of Today ; anl Tomorrow i - Convenient, safe, mora beautiful on the arm 6 than any bracelet, the wristlet timekeeper is I " truly "tho woman's wutch of today and tomor- j Gruen Wristlet Watches ore lnndo'witb all the I - skill in small watchmaking for which tho name I - The reputation for precision timekeeping won j by the Grncn Yerithin Watch is your guaran- tec of real timekeeping qualities. 11 MARTIN J. REDDY I "bono 10 Quality First I - Visitors Always Welcome I Will VVt I II I III S BEFORE SUPREME COURT WA8II1XUTO.V, Doc. 15. Labor questions, Involving legality of union organizations, their right to peace ably "picket ' and liberty of con tract wore argued today before the supreme court. In two West Virginia cases the court reviewed decrees of Federal Judge Dayton finding tho United Xlino Workers union and tho rVmerlcnn Flint Glass Workers' un ion illegal organizations and also com blnations In restraint of trade under the Sherman law. Judge Dnton Issued broad Injunctions, respectively to the Hltchman Coal and Coke com pany of Wheeling, W. Va against tho Mine Workers' officers, Including Sec retary Wilson of the department of labor, who was formerly secretary- treasurer and to the Eaglo Glass and Manufacturing company of Wells burg, W. Va against the Glass Work, ors' organization. Judge Dayton's decrees and injune tlona were annulled by tho fourth circuit court of appeals nnd tho cor porations' Injunction suits ordered dismissed. The companies then ap pealed to tho supremo court. Ijibor Interests have been closely watching both cases, more recently, betause of questions arising In tho Adamson law list case. Both Wee' Virginia companies, operating ' open shops" have contracts with employos not to join a union. They sought restrain union solicitation, even by peaceable persuasion and argument of their workmen, contending that, sucl: so icltatlon Interferes with cousclt'c llonal liberty of contract. The clroul: cjcrt uphold union rights to peace ably "picket" nnd persuade such workmen without Intimidation or vlo loaco. MEDFORD Vulcanizing Works All work guaranteed. Auto Tire Repairing. "We sell Fisk and Mich- cliu Tires. . 36 South Grape St. Medford Kodaks For Krismas BOOK STORE STOMACH UPSET? Get at the Real Cause Take Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets That's what thousands of stomach sutiercrs arc doing now. Instead of taking tonics, or Irvine to natch un.a poor digestion, they are attacking the nvi cause of the ailment clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr. hdwards Olive Tablets arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way. When the liver and bowels arc per forming their natural functions, awav goes indigestion' and stomach troubles. If you have a bad taste in your mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor, lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition or energy, troubled with undigested foods. you siiould tnl.'c Uhve mulcts, tuc sub stitute for calomel. ' , Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are purely vegetable coinnound mixed with olive oil. You will know them by their olive color. They do the work without griping, cramps or pain. Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief, so you can eat what you like. At 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. MEN WOMEN . Are you tired of work that offers llttlo or no chances for advancement? Why not become a drugless nhyslclan. Tho field is large, opportunities great and' the profession honorable and lucrative to tho trained practloiier. Wo offer n thorough course In Anat omy and Physiology, Electro-thcaphy, Phototherapy, Vibration, Massage, Spondylo-thorapy, DIognasis, etc., etc. If you aro Interested, call or address Drs! Mac Pherson, Williams and Blew Grand Ave, at B. Alder St. Portland, Oregon. Christmas Is coming. Be n '"sp'ug buy useful gifts. Nothing is better or more enjoyable for the Christmas feast as ; well as for -every meal than ' 'Medford Creamery Butter ; V It's made of pasteurized cream and there is nothing better made. : ; ; . 'VI PS-., d IB , i . , fThelortlaiicl- Hotel If you contemplate a visit to Portland before or during the holidays, remember that the Portland Hotel is situat ed in the very heart of the theatrical and shopping dis tricts. Ladles traveling unattend ed aro particularly pleased wlth'tho refinement of tho surroundings and tho cour tesy of tho service Appetizing McniL'l nifilAUD V. ailMH, Mgr. iiiMiiiiu;8!iiriiif.i:iTjiJua.i'.::rL,irj!rTwii;r eOmySmMPrizeS (HihestAward) given to Dictionaries ; nl the Panama- Pacific Erposilion was granted to WEBSTER'S INEV INTERNATIONAL i Superiority of Educational Merit. 'i'lna- new creation answers wiih g fina nu'.liorily ull kinds of piuizliug I questions such as "liowij rr;emiA I pronounced?" "Whi re is fl u dirtt " "What is a contoit'dia ro. i o-" "What :u;io.r;r" "What 1 is iwoM emit" "HowiSfttof pro tiounoM?" nnd tbounndfl of others. More than 400,000 Vocabulary Termi. 30.000 Geographical Subjects. 12,000 Biographical Entrie. Over. 6000 Illus trations. 2700 Paget. The only diction aiyvrith the divided page a itrokeoi genius. RalarMiJInjla. PPkUIUu. Write for trfccl- liMtmiiuuiv oto. free, o tvt ot P.Kkot Mapif S'ou ruwio thil e. a c. MERRIAM C0 SpibifkM. Mus. 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