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V'XCIF, FOTTTC MEDFORT) MATL' TRIBUNE MEDFOTtD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL ft. 1017. DF( IN KX3 lilt : Medford Mail Tribune AN INIiKI'KNI 'li.NT NliWHI'AI'HK I'L'UMHIIHI KVWItY AKTUHNOON KXIIKI'T Kl'NUAV HV THE WHY WE ARE AT WAR. .MKhFOIil) i'lSl.S'Tl.NU .'d. Office Mull Trillium bullillim, 20-27 K'trtli l''lr Hired; tfU-iliont T Thrt DuinocnUtc Times, Th Mr-iirord Mull, Tlie Mi-dfonl Tribune. The Kuuth evn ()ri'K'niiiri, Tho AkIiIiuiu i ribuno, QKOItOB PUTNAM, KllIor. BUDSCHIPTIOH BATES! JlU n6 yi"". hv mail Ojih month, by mull J'cr month, l0ivT('d by furrier In Mcilfuri), Aslilniul, I'hoi-jiix, Tut UTt out, Jacksonville ttnd Central , 1'olnt , Paturday only, by mull, pvr year.... 2 , w ei'Kiy, pr your i frcJ co. Official pnp.-r of (he City of Mudford. orncini jmpiT of JackMon County, Kntir'l itH Hi cnnd-ditKH miit Ii-i Mi-dford, Ori'Bon, uiidur thu act of March H, IHf.l. Swum Circulation for HUG 2,4'Jl. r''1 l-'uli liuHeil wire Aiwouiaicd Vrvua dis (.y jmicn 10 Hi SU go Pr El I AFTER THE WAR In AMSTKIUM.r, April 9. Tho cm fjt peror's Master message on electoral ,; reform, nridrnnscd to Chnnrallor Von Ilelhmaun-llollwog, Is treated by I ho 'n Herlln press as of the highest 1m portuiice. The only paper which ox en presses dissatisfaction is tho Kreuse fo Zoltung, which finds little consolation Ct In tho fuel thut tho execution of tho reform propositi is postponed until Rr after tho war, as It believes the chair - eel I or should not now halt on tho 0. P"lh of tho complete democratization jl) of Prussia and (iormnuy. Tho hokal Anzelner thinks (hut (ho inessaRo will havo a useful offect jr abroad. "No one can Interfere with A' our affairs," says this paper. fo The Tngobhitt' snys It Is essential that Prussia, should havo oiiunl vot ing, abolishing tho present bad pin ct nil system. It reminds the omperor w that Prussian franchise reform Is'on ly ono of numerous reforms needed by (lorninny and that tho whole Im L I'erlul Institution needs rtinodellng. Ii AMSTiatOAM, April 9. Tho fron ; tier correspondent of tho Tologruf, n suggests that tho recklossnoss shown by (ionium submarines Ih duo to tho C IiIk financial rewards offered (ho 0 crows by (ho Oorninn government fi Tho men who man (ho submarines get (op per cent bl'her pay than P those of any other brunch of tho na tional service and recelvo In addition r iiuliBlantlal bonuses. l lfty per cent of the valuo of a captured snip Is distributed among her captors, five per cent to tho com- c inandor of tho submarine, five to the t chief engineer, flfleen to tho remain V mg oincera and twenty-five to the a crew. Per oonlngoa for torpedoed o ships iiro bused on the Insurance vul- ') no of tho vessel. In these cases the ' submarine commander gets one per cent, (bo chief engineer one, tho re- ninliilng otrlcers four and tho crew ; ten. There are also extra rewards ror special exploits. I , " MAYOR GATES TO BUILD fc BUNGALOWS ON WEST MAIN R Mayor ('. K. dates, who purchased three resident lots on West Main I street u couple of months iiro, huf. r had Architect ('lurk at work tor sev eral days on plans and spoi -incurious f for the erection of u buntalow on f each o( these three hits. Two or the lots join ami Mr. Clark ( ban drawn bis plans to IiHiik out a I very mil. pie and pleasliiK exterior ap 1 pearaiu-e. In that while the Ihiuku I lows will be Identical in deskn the I Plans will be reversed (;vinB l lien a decldei' dirt'ercnt appearance and n I very altracllve ono. I'he (wo bulhl 1 Inns will be connected In a liercobi which will sp ,ml,,, aiilomoblle ' ilrlvewny between them. Kucli buimalow will havo five t rooms, a bath and sleopiiin porch. ' The porch piers ami fiicpiaces will lie i of cobblestones. The third Imnnalow to be liullt will lie alnios( u facsimile or the io libovo inentloneil In Intctlor deslcn. i but the outsble will bo so cousii n, , na to be veiy unlike the others In out. Hide nppearaiu e. The exterior or all (ho htlUKalons will be shluc.lt-. I, .Mr. llules states Him pnioset (o comment o const ruction work on tllO buildings at Oln C, Of i:voi U; estimates could he sui'inttte.l nn, contractu awarded. itPKOAI many splendid paragraphs in President Wil- son's nolile message eallinif llie uutio i to arms v,c qiioie the following as expressing what it seems to us is our complete) justification of war and should continue to be, the soul and heart ot our national purpose: "We are now about to accept the gage of battle with this natural foe to liberty, and shall, if necessary, spend the whole force of the nation to check- and nullify its preten sions and its power. We are glad, now that we see the facts wilh no veil of false pretense about them, to fight inns jor me nil iniate peace of tlie world and for the libera tion of its peoples, the (Jerman peoples included, for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must ie planted upon tlie trusted -foundations of nolitical l : i i , , liiicity. It seems to us that the president said not a word too much or a word loo Jittle; that to have said it sooner may have been an evidence ot over cairerness for war: t.hnt. to nave ueiaycd longer certainly would have been weakness. Jl there be a citizen of this country so lackinsr in im Iriotisni, so blind and deaf to the dulies which this solemn Hour imposes upon him, that he hesitates to make what ever sacrifice may be called for, he is unworthy to enjoy the liberty so dearly purchased by the revolutionary fathers. J V e are about to go to war not only to preserve nnr own liberties, but to help all the. other liberty-loving peoples of mi: worm train aim preserve t ncirs. No nation ever went to war with a less selfish- hhvhomp for a more noble cause. Our allies are the great European democracies. wlnVli I., it.. i . ' ' (or nearly uiree years have heen lighting our light, list as now we snail iimu uieirs. We arc all at one, and must continue at. one. in nuv rle. termination to crush forever the last remaining military autocracy that menaces the world's liberties. SPOILATION OF A NATION. CO MANY stories of (lerinan barbarism and cruelty havc been related that we have become calloused, but tales coming from the evacuated portion of France surpass uwiiui i,iniHt: M cvtousiv reuueu. jiinven : v m " - - " 11 ill re- rreaung invaders have (Unie their best not only to make tins lerlile and smiling portion of France a wilderness, but to destroy utterly that portion of the French people in habiting it. Ihe derinans have deliberately burned d mited every building. They have'eut down Ibe iivionw'.u ,,(' shade trees and orchards. They Lave put acid and salts upon the vineyards. Thev havo nmi'dereil ami !.,,, en tered the male.iuliabitanfs mutilated the children, forced the women into a shameless slnverv. e;n-ri,l ind youths into captivity. That many mothers and children, refugees from the' district near St. Quentin, evacuated by the Germans, were deliberately infected with turberciilos's, by cultures inject-1 ;d in their arms under the guise of vaccination, is the state ment of Captain Dr. Cailleaux, in charge of the Hosnital I onde. at Chantillv, who savs: "A microscopic examination of (ho nus froni lb tho limbs of a number of these poor ret'unees disclosed the fact thai they were all Inoculated with tu'ioreiilosis coil-life, in the form of germ cul tures, by (lerman army doctors. "Their object was plain enomrh to cause ivld .iiiio.nl tiihorcnineie anions tho French people. Thoy tried to do It n Ioiik time pro bv Innocu latlUK expatriate! prisoners or war. Then emaciated and Illnouiished wo men and ehllclren i.-.ailo excellent hrcodlnu siiots for iub;rt ulosk.. anil nl- incty several Panics aro dead and others In n serious condition." There Seems to be. nothing Ihe human brain can eon- eive of in the line of torture and refined cruelty that the 'russian jugger has not made use of in his tenth century wan are with twentieth century euiiiiinir. HANDING A LEMON 10 IHE JAPANESE . AMSTKUDAM, April !). Under the. caption 'the biter bit," SuiuIii.v'k Koelische Volks Zeituiif; prints un ar ticle under ft Berlin dntc which pur ports to explain America's plun in tlie l''ur Kust. 11 says : "The iiiitiiffoniKiii between Anierifn and Japan was aroused over China but Washington proved craftier than Tokio and l'ureed China to break with (lermnny by which action Japan like Ksnu wn cheated of its rights as tlie first born. President Wilson realized tho imnortnnee of Chinese and Japanese questions letter than liny of his predecessors and adopt ed it strontr policy in sunoort of ihe prestige of the United Stales, n pol icy "which also became anti-German. "It would he wroiirf to attribute this policy to pro-Hrilishisni. Dur injf the wiir President Wilson pur sued an American policy above all, lo which is aseribuble America's huffo development ill tho production of ar maments. Every child knows that no one in Germany ever thought of Ihe possibility of ft ficrinnn-Aiueri- enn war. President tlson lnmsell hardly seriously contemiilated ft Ger mun diiitLrer but did contemplate a Jiniiiiiese d.'iii'j-er. This is also fully iiiidersleod in Tokio." The article says that on (ho sur- I'aco nothing , is more naluriil than America should equip a Kiunt army and fleet. It continues: "They are not for use, however, in (his war, during which they 'will prac tically not fire a shot, but for use af terward Ufjninst Japan. Thus our neinies play with their own allies the s;ume of 'Ihe biter hit,' wilh Japan actinjr tho leading pari." CAKI) OF THANKS. We desire to thank the Medford I. O. 0. F., the Sutherlln I. O. 0. F., Olive Rebekah lodge, the sophomore high school class, Mary C. Tinker and class, Baptist Ladles Aid and The Loyal Hearts class and the many friends for tlie ninny beautiful floral offerings and especially the friends who so kindly helped us during our recent bereavement. MRS. E. G. HEADLEE AND CHILDREN. E 6T. LOUIS, April 9. "Wo are en tering upon ono ot the greatest wars wKhout a rese'vfj of food," declared Henry J. Wales, president of the Kansas s(.U3 fcjikcltural college be fore the confirciH-e here today called by Secretary Hourton of tho United States department of agriculture, to consider the food situation of the na tion. . "This country'.; visible supriy of food," lie continued, "will be consum ed before anotlie- harvest. Should we havo an unfavorable season ihe United States would face tiio great est food shortage since the civil war. "The problem of suppoiting two million soldiers soon will confront us. We must feed our own people at home while they produce munitions and equipment and wo also must assist in supplying our allies with food." Increased gardening, rapid exten sion of community canning clubs and encouragement of potato acreage were among tho conservative measures ad vocated by President Waters 'PHILADELPHIA, April 9. Eight and one-half inches of biiow covered Philadelphia today, exceeding in depth any snowfall during the past winter. NEW YORK, April !. Worship pers leaving the churches after the Sunday night Easter services walked out into a snow storm which, contin uing nil night long, ended today after laying a five-inch mantle of white upon'the city. H. E. Nenlon and .t! Ii. Chase have called a meeting at the Table Itock school houso to organize a home guard and emergency club. Mr. Chase, who is a Spanish-American war vet eran, has volunteered his services ns drill master. mm Ask Grandfather He'll Tell You Hundreds Of Thousands Have Kept Their Health By the timely and periodical use of a GOOD blood tonic. The best time is in Spring or at its approach. Preserved health means a vigorous and happy old age. During 50 years S. S. S. has performed thi3 service for millions. Cleansing tho blood lightens the work on your liver and kidneys. You feel better and live longer. At your druggist's. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. S.S.S. Will Preserve Ycssrs SOIL SLACKERS. 7 ''''' square yard (if uihhI soil should be put lo work to neip ieeu uie nation. ' I Ins is tlie slo.oan put. out bv the United States dennrr- I ..c : ..ii . . . '. . . . . i ini'iii in .im-iniiuire. in l ie nudsr n ;i won win- lied wilh ereat crop shortage, the owners of vacant uncnl ivaled hits and utitillcd acres are as much "shickcrs" n those who it I use m other ways to answer their country's The department su. truest s "why not put a special tax on ie unused huidr"' The susrircst'ion is an excellent, ime. ,,. , i ii, i , , .... tu.i 'i ii'ii ini (i s uiiiio alio n i in i s: it ii'.iin iiu.t iKHlhl he lorccd bv taxation to hrino- tlu l.-nnl int., j Only one hall' the arable land in" the United-States is under cultivation. I'robahlv the noivcntaiiT is not m-eater in the Uopie river valley. Here we are in normal times, import ino- half our foodstuffs, and we may be sure that nil, war prices and a world demand, that unless we raise our own toodstulls this year, a good manv of us will iro without. If we would raise more potatoes, corn, wheat, ijardeii triirk, pii;s and cows there would be no question of the val ley's prosperity. In ordinary yea is, we must have irri gation to do it, but we may be' able to jM by without it this year at least we can urovo that we .'ice no sl:wkiri In- 1 1' ill"'. Xdlli'l-',, All nceoiiuis due the late K il lleadlee, agent for the j. k. WutMns Co., Illllut bo llllld at once to Mrs. K O. lleadlee, 1U7 N. ('., M,-dford. 17 Willi Medford trade Is Mcdiord n,.,,!v MANILA. April !).--Filipino veteran- of ihe revolution are plcduim: llicir loyally and co-tUK'nuimi to I lov crnor ('u-nt-nil Ihirri-on. The au ilionlics rc rt'.'i-tci iiijj (icniiaiw. Tin- (Icim.in club lu re lin- bi-cn t ier ed. Sailors I nun the (icniuin m-.m'! .it ("cbii mid ,i'.!nti.i!in':ii hioe ln-cn conhned to eiiu-ps as u iiiciiviit-c ,,f pi'i'leetii'ii. ltridtjcs anil public buihl :ni.'s are under imitl. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all dniirgists. JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKE lily Assistant. BH SOl'TII HAItTI.KTT. l'bciivc M. 47 nilil 17-J-LJ. Ausionioblto llearse Service. Ambulance Service, Coroner. Insist Upon Home Products THESE GOODS ARE MADE IN THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME WHICH Oli' TIIKKK TOPS is tho belter? it is difficult to toll now, because tho sun is shining but when these two cars run through the shower which is coiiiIiik over tho next hill there will bo all the differenco in tho world between them then. Wi make tops that do not leak or crack and we repair tops which have Kone bad. Medford Auto Top Factory li. 11. ACKI.KV, Proprietor. US South Central. If good little pigs you'll be each mom, . , - And drink vour milk aud eat your corn, You'll soon grow into that delectable fame Of having "ACORX" llama and lacon for vour name. ROGUE BJeVlLI-u , AND! I PfA ACORN VZS( I INDEPENDENT MARKET "Around the Corner" OUR SERVICE STATION For Telephone 890 GALVANIZED TANKS OIL AND WATER and IRRIGATING TIPE Go to J. A. SMITH, 128 N. Grape St. Fatronhe the Institution that Maintains the Largest Payroll in Modford The Medford Printing Co. The Tiest Equipped Job Plant in Oregon Outside of Portland ill rw lis Time! -which stands. a heliitid violiii tone, (and Ciar fragrance) Dovn in Pennsylvania the wood from the old covered bridges is much esteemed as material for the making of violins. For this wood is time seasoned, time -cured. And unless it is made from time-seasoned wood a violin lacks in tone. By the same token a cigar, the leaf for which has not been properly time-cured, lacks in fragrance. That, friends, is why we time-cure for long months all leaf for the OWL Cigar. That is why we constantly keep on hand at least $1,000,000 worth of mellowing tobacco. And why our curing experts never allow any portion of their guarded leaf to be made into OWL Cigars until it is exactly "ready" in OWL fragrance. These measures guarantee that your every OWL Cigar will be a fragrant, mellow smoke. Demonstrate it I 5c at the near est cigar store. IB THE MILLION DOLLAR CIGAR a 7i.' 'iiniviiHi' a 1 53 Showing exact size W of t fi-adi-ant , p. unelW OWL 13! Branded.- for 3'our protection M. A. GUNST BRANCH GENERAL CIGAR CO. INC. You Can Be Your Own Garageman by piirehnsins your automobile sup plies from us. We have everything from clip grease to body polish. It Is a real pleasure to use our polish tho dirt comes off so easily, and the Kloss rises as brightly as the sun. C. E. GATES The Portland Hotel PORTLAND, OREGON The Rose City's world-famed hotel, occupying an entire block. All outside rooms. Superior dining and grill service. An atmosphere of refinement, with a service of courtesy. European Plan, $1.50 and Up RICHARD W. CHILDS, Mauager
