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STEDFOKD fflTE TRTBTJira. MEDFORD,
ORFOONT, T1TTTRSDAY, MARCH 15, 1917.
Medford Mail Tribune
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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.
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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.
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morning suffering from bullet
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