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WAR S NEED OF
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Universal Military Service in Great
Britain Would Have Averted
Great War Paid Army and Volun
teer System Unreasonable, Un
sound and Undemocratic.
ARM
REFORM
"By CHARLES EDWARD UUSSKL
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 23.
To servo the republic all of us or
none of us.
That Is the only idea that Is safe,
reasonable or democratic. The mag
nificent motto of democratic Switzer
land, "All for one and one for all"
that should be ours no loss.
Tho present military policy of the
United States if we can he said to
have one is to hire some few of us
to go out aand fight for tho rest of
. us, who sit in fat ease at homo.
Is Utterly KoolUli
It is rotten, it is undemocratic,
it is selfish, it Is utterly foolish.
We ought to have learned that last
from the experiences on the frontier
last summer if they taught us any
thing. In this age. any nation that de
pends for its defense upon a volun
teer service and a band or hired mer
cenaries, is sleeping on the verse of
destruction, ,
This is no new discovery to any
body that was privileged to be In Eu-
ropo when the present war began.
I was in England a month after
the overture to that drama turned
up, und w hat i saw sent gllmmcriug
the last Illusion on the subject.
Great llritain had a military sys
tem like ours, Sho depended upon
volunteers and 'an army that fought
for hire, and in all human experi
ences no system ever went more
completely to smash.
ScivIm" Due 1'ioin All
There was the plain situation, as
clear as the day to anybody t'lat car
ed to look at it. (Itc-at Britain would
never have un army until she made
service the duty of all and not the
paid Job of a few.
All the men In the government
Knew It. perfectly well. Whatever
they might say for public consump
tion, they knew the truth, and in prl
t vfte tho-y ytcKnowlodged it. ; -
'Day after day the country rang
with appeals, meetings were held in
every corner of the realm, the gov
ernmont spent ? 1 On, 000,000 in ad
vertising in the newspapers and on
bill 'boards.
Men would not enlist on the mer
cenary basis; they would not be a
band of jonissarlcs while others sa
in fat ease at home.
So (Ireat Britain wasted 1S months
in which she took practically no pen
in tho laud war because she had no
men to put In the field.
' But if the leaders in the govern
ment knew the truth why didn't they
say It?
A Dead Kin-imilii
Because of a fetich, a superstition,
a dead formula, a word!
'Conscription" that was Hie
dread bosy that lay in the path.
Great Britain never had resorted to
conscription, therefore it never :eust
resort to it. Our forefathers fought
on the volunteer plan and therefor-;
we must tight on It. It was equally
true that our forefathers used can
dles and canoes, but nobody though:,
of that. Nobody thinks of anything
wheu there is a handy fetich to ob
sess us.
So the situation drifted along, the
fetich worshippers terrorizing the
government, no British troops to
speak of on the continent and none
in sight.
Then Lord Derby hit upon tho hap
py scheme of putting conscription to
work but calling it by another name.
,id arter wasting IS months of pre
cious time Great Britain began to
get an army.
It Is a terrible responsibility that
these unfortunate slaves of the fetich
assume. s
Twelve years ago the British gov
ernment, then in the hands of the
conservatives, prepared a bill for uni
versal military training and service,
and these fetich persons frightened
the government out of the Idea.
Would Have I'lvventeil War
U they had kept still there would
l-'c no war now.
A few years later discerning men
like Lord Roberts and Robert Illatch
ford saw that Great Britain In Its un
protected state was certain soon or
lata to be attacked by Germany.
The fetich persons howled down
all these warnings.
There ;s in all Great Britain today
not one thinking creature that does
not regret bitterly that a deaf ear
was turned and eyes were resolutely
closed to the certain Tacts.
Kire ea'.iug jingoes are rightly de
tested. Vet is mnst alwavs he a
XKW YOKK, Feb. 23. Definite
measures to meet the food situation
were considered today by stale mid.
city authorities. Governor Whitman
and some of the members of Hie state
legislature see hope in the immediate
passage of the food and market bill
introduced.
The women's nnti-high price league
.sent a delegation to the board of cli
mate this morning to demand an ap
propriation of $1,000,000 lo be used
in buying food lo be sold to the poor
at cost. This organization announced
that if its plea was unsuccessful it
would urge that beginning Moudnv
children be kept out of school until
conditions had improved.
In some of the tenement district.-,
the boycott has taken the place of
the riot us a means of protest. The
boycott, however,, has not been alto
gether peaceful. A number of women
were attacked by infuriated house
wives, as they eume out of whops
carrying' meat and fish. A score or
more of arrests were made yester
day. The food and market bill which the
governor is known to favor, contains
an emergency clause which uuthorizes
the commission lluit would be created
under this act to take such measures
to secure relet' us il may deem de
sirable, in case of an emergency cre
ating or threatening lo create o scar
city of food. One authority today ex
pressed the opinion that if a real cri
sis arose the food commission would
hove virtually dictatorial powers.
ALLIED TYRANNY REVOLTS
GREECE DECLARES KING
(Continued From Page One.)
cuts for absolutism and militarism.
It is just the other way around. Ven
Izclos stands for whatever suits his
own personal book. His Ideas of
government Is an absolute dictator
ship a sort of Mexican government
I take it. hen he was premier he
broke every man who dared to dis
agreo with him in his own party. He
never sought to express the will of
the people: he imposed his will on
the people. The Greek people will
not stand for that. Thov demand a
constitutional government in which
there is room for two parties, liberals
and conservatives,, each with a defi
nite program, as in the United States
or England or any other civilized
country, not a personal government
where tho only party division is into
Venizelists and anti-Venizelists.
.Not Mro.(,'erimui.
"That Is one thing I wanted "to
say. The other Is about the effect of
the so-called German propaganda in
Greece. The entente powers seem to
have adopted the attitude that every
body who Is not willing to fight on
their side must be pro-German.
Nothing could bo falser In respect to
Greece. There Is a present resent
ment against the allies In Greece
and there is a good deal of It, espec
ially since the blockade is due to the
allies themselves and not in any tier
man propaganda. The proof oi' it i.;
that when the so-called German prop
aganda was at its height there vna
little or no hostility towards the al
lies. It has only been since the dip
lomatic representatives of all the cen
tral powers and everybody else whom
the Anglo-French secret police Indi
cated as inimical to the entente, have
been expelled rrom Greece and any
German propaganda rendered vir
tually Impossible, that there has
grown any popular feeling against,
the entente.
question if they do as much harm as
tho fetich crowd.
We have here in America more
than our share of them. A bill to
make service for the republic and de
fense of its life the common duty of
all has been introduced In the senate
und they are going to beat It.
If, five years hence or ten, we find
ourselves In the terrible position
Great Britain was in at the outbreak
of this war. I hope there will be no
error about the responsibility.
TENDER THROATS
readily yield to the healing
influence of -
It soothes the inflamed mem
branes and makes richer blood
to repair the affected tissues
to help prevent tonstlilis
or laryngitis. SCOTT'S Vtt
is worth insisting upon. X!'
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SUM OF $73,262
(Continued From rage One.)
trial, which the plaintiff prevailed in,
was unfairness in the classification
of udobe us earth or hurdpun. it was
classified us one or tho other; while,
as n matter of tact, it wns more dif
ficult to work in limit solid rock, it
was held. The prieo paid for n cubic
yard of excavation in earth was '29
cents and of lianlpan 3.!i cents.
Judge Davis held that the material
known as adope did not come within
these specifications and that 7.") cents
a cubic yard w-as a reasonable allow
ance for removing it.
Judge Dnvis found that $39,000 of
tlie winter work required by delays
must be paid for at i'oreo account
prices, that is, t ho fixed prices for
day work.
It was also held that tho claim of
the plaintiff for force account on
three culverts should be allowed.
These culverts, 50 feet high and 100
feet long, were constructed by the
contractor under protest and were
crushed by shifting earth, necessilat
ii'g reconstruction.
County Contentions.
Jackson county contended by
Southern l'acil'e and other engineers
and by many expert witnesses, that
Mr. Sweeney had already been paid
some $'J0,000 more Ulan entitled to
under original contract, Hint ample
allowance for extras had been award
ed, and thai Sweeney's losses were
due to his own extruvajrant methods
of construction, his I'nilure to use
steam shovels 'and modern equipment
a id his iiicl'ticiency. The county con
tended that the slate engineer had
allowed Sweeney something over
$7,000 in forct' account ; more than
$f,000 too much in classification,
$13,700 lor extras in the final esti
mate, in addtiion lo classifying the
adobe as hard pan.
The decision of the court in full,
is as follows: ,
Tho court finds:
Frst That the award of the coun
ty engineers should be set aside;
Second That Hie amount of exca
vation fixed by the county engineers
is more correct and should be adopt
ed;
Third That the classification of
Ihe plaintiff's engineers is more near
ly correct and should bo adopted;
Fourth That the material known
as ' adobe does not properly come
within the specifications of the con
tract and that the price of 7."o per
cubic yard is a reasonable allowance
for moving Ihe same ;
Fifth 'fhat the claim of plaintiff
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Well Ps
You will be well pleased with our vegetables. They
are the best obtainable.
Head lettuce Celery, Carrots,
Bunch Lettuce, B. Sprouts, Parsnips,
Green Onions, Cauliflower, Rutabaga,
Spinach, Cabbage, Onions.
FRUIT AND FIRST QUALITY
Sunkist Oranges, Florida Grape Fruit,
Bananas, Fancy Newtown Apple?.
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for forco account on the Ktciiunan
section should be allowed;
Sixth That the allowance of
$2,000.00 made by Ihe county en
gineers for damages on the Dollar
hide bridge is reasonable ami should
be adopted ;
Seventh--That 'the claim of the
pljiintil'f for force account on Ihe
three culverts should be allowed;
Eighth That the miscellaneous
force account ullowcd by (lie counly
engineers, less the accounts for the
Stcimnnn section should bo allowed ;
Ninth That the claim for material
on hand should be allowed;
Tenth That the claim for dam
ages on the Siskiyou curve should
be disallowed ;
Eleventh That the claim for
crowning and super-elevation should
be disallowed :
Twelfth That the claim for dam
ages on account of not being able to
employ station men should be disal
lowed ;
Thirteenth That (he plaintiff is
entitled lo costs and disbursements.
Un the annexed sheet is the esti
mate of the court in detail, showing
balance duo to tho pluintiff, $73,
2(i'2.'Jj, together with ntcrest at six
per cent on $71,LG'J.2j fYcm May 4th,
inir, amounting to $7,707,113, and
tho decree of t lie court will be entered,
accordingly for plaintiff for that sum.
In conclusion the court desires to
thank tho respective counsels for
their diligent and able assistance
rendered the court in the preparation,
presentation and arguments of this
case."
Attorneys for Sweeney were, Carey
and Kerr, S. U. Houston, Loyal H.
McCarty, Robert D. Searcy; for the
bank wero Chamberlain, Thomas,
Kramer and Humphreys, nnd for Ihe
county, A. E. Kennies.
An nppcnl will at onco be taken to
tho supremo court.
FROM POVERTY TO RICHES.
UNCLE LEAVES FAT LEGACY
PORTLAND, Feb. Vi When Kmil
Langendorfer, aged 21, private in
Troop A, Oregon cavalry, was mus
tored out of service today, he was
penniless and owed the troop canteen
65 cents. In his extremity lie sought
and obtained employment at the
troop stables, where the mounts of
tho discharged' cavalrymen will be
cared for until their further disposi
tion is ordered.
As he curried the horses a caller
was announced for Langendorfer. It
proved to be his brother, Arthur
Langendorfer, and tho news ho
I brought was that their uncle, Jacob
Henry Langendorfer, had died In
New York Wednesday night, leaving
to the two brothers, his nephews, and
their father, Charles Langendorfer
the bulk of his fortune, estimated at
upwards of $300,000. Tho father left
I today for :.ew York to claim the leg'
acy. 'Emll Langendorfer went back
!to his currying after after the news,
land Arthur, who Is 2(i, returned to
work ou his dairy farm near here.
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BOX 'CAR RULES
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WASHINGTON, rcb. 'J3.-T.. re
lieve the freight congestion at Chicago
rules rcimring box cars to be kepi
on their home lines have been relaxed
and New York Central eipipnieut is to
be used with the preference given lo
food supplies. This was announced
today by the inter-slate commerce
commission.
The New York Central's action to
relieve Chicago with its own box cars
is interpreted ns a virtual suspension
due to the emergency ut Chicago, of
rules recently promulgated by the
Aiuericnn railways association and
now in effect which prohibit the use
of empty cars off their own lines and
requires Ihe railroads to dispatch for
eign emply cars lo home lines in
trninload lots.
lieports to the commission and to
tho car service commission of Ihe as
sociation indicated that the work of
relief at other congested points,
notably Cleveland, Detroit and Cin
cinnati was proceeding satisfactorily.!
HTHE best mince
. meat you ever
tasted, and it still
costs you the same
old price of
12c to 15c
A Package
This is high living
but not high cost
in living. Get
None Sue
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MERRELL-SOULE CO.
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Your Breakfast
as well as every other
meal will be highly
appreciated if you use
Butter
It is made from Pas
teurized cream, the
modern method. In
sist on having your
grocer send you this
brand.
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keep vottr fe:t fretdi, wcet and happy.
Just think! a whole year's foot comfurt
for only 2 cents.
Attention J Farmers
MKPRMM) .JINK COMPANY
31-33 N. Haltlctt St.
Pay lllKhcut Price for
ImiK.S!
Oreon hides per lb 17c
Dry hides, ier lb 2 5c
Green calf hldea, per 11) 25c
Dry calf hides, per lb 30c
Wo L liny Sheep Pells and G'ont
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things accord
in1 to the pleas
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tobacco an'
books would cost
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diamonds.
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Swift's Arsenate of Lead
Rex Lime Sulphur
Black Leaf 40
EARL FRUIT CO. OF THE NORTHWEST
J. C. Brown, District Manager.
LUMBER HANDLERS
WANTED AT WEED;
20 men for sawmill sorting tables.
Wages on contract basis of 20c per,
thousand feet. Average wage on this
basis will amount to approximately
$2.90 per day. Write to
Weed Lumber Company, Weed, Cal.
for further particulars.
Medford Office 114 N. Central
Outfits call for intructions as to
inbound freight
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