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Newspaper Page TextVKUT) FOTTTS STEDFOKD fflTE TRTBTJira. MEDFORD, ORFOONT, T1TTTRSDAY, MARCH 15, 1917. Medford Mail Tribune an TwnirpreNnirNT Nl'MVffPAPER PUliLlKHlOl) K V 10 It If Al'TEKNOON jaXCK'.'T SUNDAY BY THifl MEDFOltU 1'KINTINQ CO Office Matl Tribune nulMlnjr, 25-27-1 North Kir utrret; uiVphone 75. The Demncrfitlc Tlirit-a, th Meitford Hall The Aluuford Trlhuno, The Koulh rn Oreifuiiluu The Ashland Trlb ne. GEonan putnam, Editor TTBSCRIPTIOW BATED One year, by mull $6.00 One month, by mull .60 Per month, diMlvred by carrier In Medfitni. I'iiOt'filX. Tiih-ltt. Jack sonville nnd CVntru. Point .HO Saturday only, by mall, per year..- 2.00 Weekly, prr year .. .... 1.60 Official Paper of the City of Med ford. Official PnDer of Jnckaon County. Entered as Hecond-chiHS matter at Modford, Oregon, under the act f March Sworn Circulation for 1916 2491 Full leased wire Associated Press dis patches. T FICTROGRAD, Jlarch 15. Tlio Turks are lu rotrent on tho CaticuHl.in front pursued by tho Itusslans, tho war office announces. Kcrmungliuu lias been captured. Tho announcement follows: ! "In tho direction of Bakhlz our troops prosHlnK tho rolroatlnij Turks are nnproucliluR toward Hiinu, '. "lii the direction of llamndnn after an ohsllnato bnttlo lasting two days our troops took possession of the town of Kerinnnsliali. 1'ursult of the Turks continues." PotroRrad has boon shut oft from the outside world for sovoral days and the forefiolng dispatch Is the first word received from that source since tho official statement of Mon day. Tho absence of tho war offlco roports for tho first tlmo In tho war and even of press dispatches for such a JToriod of tlmo, gave rise to consid erable speculation as to the situa tion In Russia, particularly in vlow of tho disturbances In regard to tho food shortago, which woro In prog ress In Petrognid at last accounts. The official statement Indicates a vigorous RuHHlun offensive on a wid er front in Persia than bud been pre viously reported. Tho enpturo of KorniaiiBhah, which Is about eighty miles southwest of llumadun was re ported unofficially from London yes terday. Tho town roferred to as liana probably Is Danoh, 130 miles north wost of Korinanshah and only about ten miles from tho TurklBh border. It Is well to tho north of tho Turkish army defated by tho llrltlsh In Meso potamia which may bo cut oft If tho nusslau advance continues. 10 OPEN PORTS - tlOI'RNIIAOICN, Match IB. Tho right of American ni'iiiml merchant men to enter neutral ports of Knropp Is tho subject of negotiations being carried on by diplomatic, representa tives of tho United Slates. lr. Maurli'O llgan, American min ister to Denmark, llko his colleagues at other courts, took up the subject anew a few days ago but as yet has received no reply from tho Danish government. It Is understood that among tho European neutrals, Sweden and Nor way havo no objection to uso of their porta by armed merchant men. Hol land, which bus barred belligerent nrmcd merchantmen from its har bors, Is expected to extend tho same rulo to armed American merchant vessels. CALLS FOR REPORT WASHINGTON, March 1 .. A rosnliiliuli by Senator Stone, adopted by Hie senule to'ihiv. e.-illiiiv" lor n re port on nil foiciiMi :-liiis finning under the American 1'liiu' dnrinj; the JllM tlflcen months, was generath nccc.tcd as intended ( , , develop wh.it ally ships had elianu'i'd reistn since the (iennan campaign t' nilhle-Mioss liegun on I'clirimi v 1. About the name time il was an iHMiiiccd lhal n strict censnr-liip had been instituted by the commerce de partment regarding all marine iit'i'nir. llei-cat'ler inl'iiruiation regarilhiy; ship. Iiuililiiis- and registry transfers uill be withheld. Tho treasury department some time Bjro ordered port authorities to discontinue (ho practice of nnnoune in tho clenriiiLTs mnl sailings. COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING. "pl IE army bill, which failed to pass the senate on ae--- count of the filibuster against the armed ships bill, contains a universal compulsory military service clause, endorsed by the president. Jt was this measure, and not (he armed ship bill that occasioned his filibuster, stated Senator La Follette in (he debate over the cloture rule. The universal service bill, was introduced by Senator Chamberlain. Certain paragraph from it were added as a rider to the army bill by the senate military affairs com mittee, after a sub-committee had conducted an elaborate series of hearings and embodied them in a report, which has not yet been printed. The bill provides for six months compulsory military training and would have brought into such training 400J 000 boys aged .18 every year, who would be liable to nine years service in time of war. The Mail Tribune has always been opposed to compul sory military training as affording a basis for tho establish ment of militarism. An exhaustive study of the subject, however, together with the lessons taught by the European war, brings the conviction that it is not only beneficial, but necessary for the preservation of democracy. It can lie prostituted, as in Germany, and made to .serve unholy ends, but properly used, as in Switzerland, it averts militarism. The standing army, with its caste system is a survival of feudalism and makes for autocracy. Universal service, as in .France, creates true democracy and sounds the doom of autocracy. The world struggle in the future as in the past, lies between autocracy and democracy, and a proper system of military training will afford the best prepared ness for democracy against "mad-dog" autocracy in its frantic struggle to perpetuate privilege. We have not at hand the details of the proposed train ing bill, but'its outline, as reported in the press dispatches, indicate that it is inadequate in that it does not go far enough, for every youth in the country should receive a j.uw moiiuis pnysicat i raining. Compulsory training will ship and humanity. It will improve the race physically and mentally, create a united nation by abolishing racial differences and eradicate the narrow provincialism bred by isolation, the present curse of the country. It will aid in creating efficiency and in SENATE EXPRESSES COLOMBIAN TREATY WASHINGTON, March Ifi. Hi- vided views oC the Kcnulo forciiru re lations committee on the treaty to pay ('iilumhia. tt!'J"i,(IOO,(IOO Tor )he partition of l'annma were made pub lic hero today before tho senate be gan dehato on the subject. "Tho treaty." tiiivs tho report which favors, tho convention, "should he considered solely on its merits as a question of the present moment without regard to tho circumstances nut of which the lone; standing differ dices between Colombia and Hie I'nit eil Slides originated." The minority report, which op poses tho treaty denies Unit the Vnit cd stales was guilty of anv iniscon duel in coiineeliou with ihc partition of Panama nnd asserts that Hie "Co lombian government has no just or eipiilalilo claim ngaiust this nation for an net on our part, in connection therewith, "We ennnnt nffnrd to purchase cordial relations with any const ry," says the minority. "We cannot af ford to nnswer n blackmail demand. Once respond to such n demand and we shall he held up for every fancied w rong hv other count ries." ITI llKlil.IN', March 15. French at tacks against tho (icrman positions on the slopo of lllll IS 5 In the t'hnnt pagno region, woro repulsed yester day by tho Clerinan ftre, says today's official statement Issued by tho army henduunrtors staff. On the west bank of tho Mctise, smith of Ctimlcres the Germans captured a French post and brought In a number of prisoners, PARIS. March l,r.. "Fast of tho Disc a surprise attack which we made In tlio region of Mouiln-Sous-Tout-vent enabled us to take prisoners," says today's official statement. "Sev eral Cerman attacks on small French posts In the vicinity of Vlnmcc west of Navarlu farm nnd in the Argonnc were broken up by our fire. In the region of Mulsons do Chnmpagno there was rather spirited artillery firing without Infantry actions. "Theio Is nothing to report from the remainder of the front." OBITUARY. Kl.Nii I!. T. Kin? of l'airview, "re., passed nwiiv on Wednesday morning. Sir. King nnd family were fonnei residents of Ihc vicinity of Me,lf..r,l. Interment in l'.irllnnd i cn.eiei v March 111. lit 'J p. in. do much to develon citizen building the nation. Ol.YMI'JA, Wash., March 1.) John Von Dell, on trial charged with the murder of State Industrial Insurance Commissioner K. W. Olson is the com missioner's office, in tlio slato cnpitol February J, wept on tho witness stand in his own behalf today.- Van Dell, without questioning, told n run lung story of mi accident to his head ill a loggine; camp, his treatment in n hospital end bis trouble wrth th insurance commission over the nature of his injury, which I ho commission contended was not serious. V:in Dell said he fell in love with an eighleen-yeor old girl at the hos pital and this upset him as much as an,' thing else, lie continued : "My head was light. I couldn't reason, and I remember only vaguely what, happened. It was nil on account of my being hit on the head by a haul-back line. 1 had the sense knocked out of me." LONDON. March 15. An Amster dam dispatch to Heater's says that the Dutch papers give prominence to an article by Count Von Kovcntlow on the position of Sweden, which is reprinted l'limi the liorlin Tagcs Zci tuiisr. Count Von Hcvcutlow contends that (ireat ltritain is trying to in fluence the affairs of the neutral countries by increasing the number of her consuls and concludes: "A decision cannot long be delayed. Germany does not await with platonic interest Ihc development of the future altitude of Sweden Inward the de mands of the entente, but regards it with a watchful eye. The future atti tude of Sweden is of fhe highest di rect importance in regard lo the war." BANDITS GET GEMS IN FINE ARTS PALACE SAX FRANCISCO. March 15. 11.,,.. lite l.rnln li.ln t It a n.,ln..n ..t llnn arts on the l'anamii-Fai-tfic Interna-; tional grounds early today nnd in a1 room housing nn exhibit of rare Jew-! dry valued at tliO.OOO. shot John Hall, night watchman, who returned llieir firo as they escaped. Nothing was taken. lla'! confronted tho tubben with a revolver ns they dinned through a window, bat they were too quick for him and sent a bullet Into his shoulder, lie returned their fire from the floor. llnll crawled to tho telephone nnd called polic) headquarter) for help. Willi Medford trade Is Medford made ALLIES DESIRE NKW YOltK, March LI. "The al lied nations do not want II. e I nitcd States to send a great expeditionary force to Kuroie in case of war with Germany," said Judge Henry Neil of Chicago, today, on the eve of sailing for Spain, from which country he ex peels to go lo Kngland. Judge Neil has been "home" only a few weeks. lie is returnim? lo Fng hind to keep u series of lecture en gagements, under the auspices of the British Children's society, which is Hiding distribution of pensions to de pendent widows and children of sol diers killed on the battlefields. "While I was in Kngland on my re cent trip," snid Judge Neil, "I talk ed with many members of parliament, judges and other people in public life. They told me Great rSritain did not. want America to go lo war with Ger many, in tho sense of sending aimed soldiors'to the battlefields of F.iiropo. "America can do more to help the allied cause by contini.iiig her pro duction of food and sending it to Kng land. H is economic, rather than military aid, that America can render in this crisis. "With forty five million people in Kngland, and the necessity of feeding five million soldiers on the continent, lngland's fond resources aro nat urally strained lo the utmost, espec ially with (lie intensified German sub marine campaign on. "Notwithstanding this fnet, food is cheaper in Kngland than it is here. This is because tho government is controlling the prices of foodstuffs. "The final determination of this war will rest on food supply it lias been so in all past wars, and it is so today. "I believe the Tinted Stales would have been at war long ago we would have gone lo war over the Lusilnnia incident if President Wilson had not known that the best way to aid in the overthrow of Germany was for America lo keep up her role ns gro ccryinan for Kurope." INTHEAPPLEGATE A local touchers institute for Ihc Applcgatc valley will lie held at Iiuch March 'J-l. The following is the pro gram ol the meeting: Music, Iiuch school. American historv, Mrs. Kvclvn Lane Walker, leacliers training department, Central Point. U. S. history in the eight grade. I Tin. N. A. Frost, Hueli. Luncheon. The ladies at Hueli wi entertain (he teachers at luncheon in the school building. Music, violin nnd piano, "iruinnr- eskc," Paul Wright, Applcgatc, vio lin; Miss Mildred Nibert, Applcgatc, piano. J'hc Applcgatc, U. F. Nibert, princi pal Applcgatc school. Kids, C. S. Cramer, principal Wash- inglon school, Modford. Demonslralii n, class in Palmer writing. Miss Margucreltc Morrissey. primary dcpni'tmcnl ,Hueh school. New school legislation. Hen C. Shol lon, representative Jackson county. With Medford trade is Modford mado. k The In- 1 com;ir;ibte J lluhv Food. 'J Mnkrs Irlimie A.-mIio- f-ubwi uvfc w -.YMTfil la .Voifwri' Mtlk" WIDEMANN'S niNK, UnlwEtriNID, ivraiin ' GOAT MILK A IVrwl Kwi nho jar InuWult. AT LEADING DRUOCISTS , '-'SlS, 11. Tin.. 20c. .rtiT wioemanpJ goat .milk ro. READ A DOLLAR A MINUTE on Page 2 GOOD STUFF JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKE! IiftCty A VI "tint tS 8. tl.RTl,KTT Phone M. 4?n nd 47-J-fl Automobile Hhik Btrvle. tmkuluiiM BtrvtM. Cropr E PKIiUX, March l.'.. The follow ing motion has been introduced in the Prussian lower house by Herr Pi'ied herg, leader of the national liberal party: ''The house resolves lo ropiest the royal state ovcrnnient to present a hill by which nicmhership in the house of lords will be chunked in such a way that while, retaining the royal privi-: lege of appointment, hut abolishing all privileges of families and digni taries which now exist in relation to; to membership in the house of lords, representation by menus of elections and corresponding to their importance be granted to all large municiptilitiesV and to all professions of importance for the economic, life and the civiliza tion of our people." The house is expected to discuss the niotion shortly. The adoption of a ineasuro such as that proposed by Ilerr Friedherg would be an important step in the po litical re-organization which has been discussed so widely in Germany of late. The herrenhaus or house of lords, is composed of princes of the royal family, chiefs of mediatized princely houses, heads of territorial nobility, life peers chosen by the king, titled noblemen elected in certain pro vinces by land owners, representa tives of universities, burgomasters of towns with more than f0,000 inhabi tants and members nominated by the king for life or for a restricted pe riod. With Medford trade la Meiltord mado. GLASSES mado to correct the optical defect pe- collar to each eye at a nrlco consist ent with the nec essary require ments of the case. NO DKOl'S USKI). DR. RIGKERT Suite Y-'i, Ovor May Co. THE MM. FACT THAT colt's Emulsion is generously used in tuberculosis camps is proof positive" that it is the most energizing prepa ration in the world. It has power to create power. It warms and nourishes; it enriches the blood, Stops loss of flesh and builds you up. SCOTT'S 8S PURE AND RICH AMD FREE FROM ALCOHOL. Scott ft Bowoe. Bloomfield, N. J. 16-2-; f CIUMP" IN EVERY DROP" ni;i-kSiikStovp I'ollsh ,i,i!.-i-. Hdoi'S II -1 ilrv out; ttn hi' us.-. li t!i .xt linn; li.ii:( a::i iwtr oic nu:.:ity; ntwiohiti'ly no wnrt.-; ntnltnt or ijirt. You get our money's worth. J I A s r-i AAA 9 Stove Polish oth'-r i ! -h. 1 k iv! n.l off ,t I nt (.ir tl pvl,!l jo l! l.iVc-3 you I If it -.n't t!i.-l :.t"V't.irt v.m -vcr 1!m-i! - vorrdaiicr will refund your mci.')', DUcIc Silk Store Polish Work, SteriiiiR, Illinois. I'-r JM-icW Silk MrDryliiK i-n. rrt-vcuu i y iiTid I, v. . n.icv. It li ,. conuutu.v.kLi BEST That Grow "Vo have a clioicc line of Clardon Seeds, iiicliicliiicr tlio Famous Burpees in i)acka!TPs and bulk. 39 varieties of Spencer's Sweet Peas. Broadley The Medford Florist and Seed Man Phono 872. 1 ill if fern ItOAXOKK, Yn., March la Stock ;on Hoik Jr., who was i'uiunl in the 'homo of Professor Charles K. Vawti-r of the Virginia Polytechnic institute facnltv Jit nhH'kslmrtr ''") v Tnolav The Modern Method of Spraying Fruit Trees is with Soluble Sulphur (Compound) A dry powder, easily dissolved In cold or hot water. Makes a perfect solution. Use in the same way as lime-sulphur. No sediment; no grit to wear out pumps and clog nozzles. No freezing no crystallization no leakage no loss. ; Economical and put up in 1-lb. cans, 10-lb. ' cans and 100-lb. drums. Send for Soluble Sulphur Bulletin. It tells you how to spray. Write, ft , f2 Seattle, Fortlind, Ellensbur)! and Wapato Phone 64 GUY W. CONNER Lime-Sulphur Lead and Oil Sprays ALL LADIES' Oxfords, Ilmise Slippers, dneed from $1.00 to $1.50 ASHLAND'S QUALITY STORE liOOST VOIH SAI.AItV IXdltKASl.; VOl'll KAIiMXG CAPACITY a. tho MEDFORD COM MERCIALCOLLEGE DAY AX1) XKiNT SCIKKII, COM.Mi:lt('IAL I!l!AXC'lli:s S1IOHTIIAX1) AM) TYI'EWniTIXa UOOKKICKl'INti AND C1VII, SUUV1CI-; l.NSTKLCTlOX IXIllVIDUATi AXI IN CLASSKS stluioxi-s i:mi:k at any tuie CAI.Ii AT Till: COLLEC.K SKK I S AT WOltK lMIOXK Special Offer for the Next 30 Days Owing (o (lie liijrb eost of living I will "-ive ONE POTATO FREE for every fruit or shade tree sold. Everything in the Nursery Line. H. B. PATTERSON, Quaker Nurseryman Office and sales yard 101 South Fir Street Office Phone LMl'-J. THE UNIVERSAL CAR The reliability and practical useful ness of Ford cars is best proved bv the great number in daily uso. i'ord owners drive their cars all the year around. Ford service for Ford owners is as prompt, reliable and universal as the ear. Xo matter where vou may go there you will find tho Ford Agent fully equipped to trive immediate ser vice. letter buv vour Ford todav Touuing Car, $:;iiO. Runabout. 3-15-Coupelet, .t55: Town Car, $5!)5- Se dan, $(i45 all f. o. b. Detroit. We so licit your order. Fasv terms. C E. GATES morning suffering from bullet wonmis, (lieu1 at a hospital here this mo mini;. 1I it reported to have mado a statement before lie died, saying lYiil'rwvor Vnwtcr fired the shots. 1M mmm SOLMF SULPHUR LOW SHOES formerly up to $3.50, re-' a pair. ir.-l, ;tl XOItTH (USAPB ST.